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After School Programs (Middle/Junior High Schools)
Culturally Diverse Services
Crisis Services
Educational Resources
Employment Assistance
GLBT Services
Health Care Services
Legal Services
Men's / Father's Services
Mental Health Services
Mentoring Services
Parenting Teens Resources
Reproductive Health Care Services
Substance Abuse Services
AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS (Middle/Junior High Schools)
ISD 197 Noreen Center, West St. Paul, Phone: 651-905-4091 www.comed.isd197.org
ISD 200 Hastings Middle School, Phone: 651-438-0705
The Packer Pad (summer only)
ISD 199 South St. Paul, Phone: 651-306-3634, www.celearn4ever.org
The Sparten Shed (summer only)
ISD 199 Inver Grove Heights Middle School, Phone: 651-306-3662 www.celearn4ever.org
The Tone Setter Program
ISD 195 Randolph, Phone: 507-645-4773 www.randolph.k12.mn.us
African American Family Services http://www.aafs.net
Sabathani Community Center Office: 310 E. 38th St. Suite 120, Minneapolis
Phone: 612-813-0782
St Paul Office: 1041 Selby Ave., St. Paul, Phone: 651-642-0043
Chicanos Latinos Unidos En Servicios – CLUES
Social services for the Latino community (mental health, chemical health, employment, education), Phone: 651-379-4200
797 E. 7th St., St. Paul www.clues.org
Hmong American Partnership
Youth and family programs, 1075 Arcade St., St. Paul
Phone: 651-495-9160, firstname.lastname@example.com
Lao Family Community
Mental health counseling, St. Paul, Phone: 651-221-0069
Neighborhood House
179 Robie St. E., St. Paul
Phone: 651-789-2500, www.neighb.org
Domestic & dating violence support resources
Eagan - Phone: 651-452-7288, Hastings – Phone: 651-437-1291
The Bridge for Runaway Youth
Phone: 612-377-8800, (24 hours) Minneapolis, www.bridgeforyouth.org
Dakota County Crisis Response Unit
A 24-hour response program assists in emergencies related to mental health, child protection, or families in crisis
Phone: 952-891-7171 TDD: 952-891-7202 www.co.dakota.mn.us
Dakota County Social Services – Children & Family
Transition support services for adolescents as they enter into independent living.
Services can be extended until they are 21 years old if the adolescent is attending high school or an equivalent educational program. The Transition Program works with adolescents who are 16 years or older and are in permanent long-term placement settings. The focus of this program is to help the adolescents prepare for independent living or to assure a smooth transition into an appropriate adult program upon turning 18 years old. Phone: 952-891-7400 www.co.dakota.mn.us
Gambling Hotline
Phone: 1-800-437-3641
Harbor Shelter
Temporary shelter for youth 12-17 years olds, referrals only from court services, social services and police/sheriff departments. Emergency shelter/detention placements email@example.com 321 6th St. E. Hastings, Phone: 651-480-8377
National Runaway Switchboard
Home Free – Greyhound bus ticket home for runaway youth 1-800-RUNAWAY
Sexual Assault Services
Community Action Council, Inc. -advocates accompany victims to medical exams, police interviews, court proceedings, support to friends, relatives,
& co-workers, support groups. Phone: 651-405-1500 http://communityactioncouncil.org
Stop It Now MN
Child sexual abuse hotline & resources, Phone: 1-888-PREVENT or (651) 644-8515
United Way 2-1-1
Dial 211. Free, confidential information & referral, 24-7, TTY – 651-291-8440
Multi-lingual assistance offered 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Works with individuals who are affected by emotional, physical or sexual abuse in a relationship with a significant other or family member.
Fairview Ridges Hospital, Burnsville, Phone: (952) 892-2505
Alternative Learning Centers – listed by school district
ISD 6 South St. Paul Community Learning Center
Phone: 651-450-9966, 151 6th Street East
ISD 191 Area Learning Center
Phone: 952-707-4020, 2140 Diffley Road Eagan
ISD 192 Dakota Prairie Alternate Learning Center
Phone: 651-460-1400, Farmington High School 800 Denmark Ave.
ISD 194 Lakeville Area Learning Center
Phone 952-232-2080, 20950 Howland Avenue Lakeville
ISD 196 Area Learning Center
Phone: 952-431-8720, 5840 – 149th St. W., Apple Valley
ISD 200 Hastings Area Learning Center
Phone: 651-480-7690, 213 Ramsey Street, Hastings
ISD 197 West St. Paul
Phone: 651-681-2350, 1897 Delaware Ave. Mendota Heights
West Heights
Phone: 651-332-5570, 150 E. Marie Ave., West St. Paul
River Heights Alternative High School
Phone: 651-457-RHCS, 60 East Marie Ave. Ste. 110 West St. Paul
Dakota County Alternative Learning Center (DCALS) &
Teen Age Pregnancy Program (TAPP)
1300 145th St, East, Rosemount, Jan Hanenberger
Phone: 651-423-8256 www.isd917.k12.mn.us
DAKOTA COUNTY COLLABORATIVE – what is it?
The Dakota County Collaborative is an integrated Children's Mental Health and Family Services collaborative. Partners include parents, community agencies, schools, and County staff.
The Collaborative allocates federal and State funding to support early intervention and prevention services for children and families in Dakota County. Funds are for programs that prevent family crisis; give more access to existing services; overcome difficulties in the current system; and promote parent leadership and involvement.
Programs & Services Supported by the Dakota County Collaborative
NAMI – Minnesota
Support, education and leadership training for families of children with mental illness. For more information go to www.namimn.org or contact the Dakota County Parent Organizer at 651-645-2948 x102 or at email@example.com
A family-driven team process of working with children and their families to plan supports for child's mental health or behavioral issues. Dakota County Social Services, Wrap Access Coordinator, 952-891-7425.
Dakota Healthy Families
Countywide home visiting program, which supports families from pregnancy through the preschool years. Contact Dakota County Public Health at 651-554-6219 for more information.
Early Intervention Mental Health Services
Mental health services for children, age newborn to 6 years old, with emotional or behavioral difficulties. For more information, contact your school district Early Childhood Special Education department or CAP Agency Head Start Program.
Partners for Success® Family Support Workers
Family support workers bridge the gap between home and school by providing resources, services and support to families. Go to www.communityactioncouncil.org or contact the Community Action Council at 952-985-5300.
Information and Referral
Collaborative members help families find resources and services in the community.
Email: email@example.com the Collaborative Coordinator or call 952-891-7449.
Dakota County Technical College
Phone: 651-423-8301 www.dctc.edu
Inver Hills Community College
Phone: 651-450-8500, Inver Grove Heights www.ehs.net/
Alliance Academy - Sober High School
Phone: 952-831-7138, Burnsville http://www.sobrietyhigh.org
Dakota County Workforce Center http://www.mnwfc.org/dakota/zone/
The Zone - Employment resources for young adults
Burnsville – 2900 County Road 42 W., Burnsville, Phone: 952-894-7600
West Saint Paul - 1 West Mendota Rd., WSP, Phone: 651-554-5955
Tree Trust Phone: 651-644-5800 www.treetrust.org
District 202
Phone: 612-871-5559 www.dist202.org
Family and Children's Services
Phone: 612-341-1651 www.everyfamilymatters.org
OutFront MN
Phone: 612-822-8661 http://www.outfront.org
Dakota County Public Health Department
Child Health Clinic – sliding fee services for youth up to the age of 21 years
Child & Teen Check-ups , Immunization & WIC clinics
Phone 952-891-7500 www.co.dakota.mn.us
A state funded health insurance program
Phone: 651-554-5611 ask for MinnesotaCare
MN AIDS Line
Phone: 612-373-2437
MN Children with Special Health Needs
Formerly Services for Children with Handicaps
Phone: 651-201-3650 or 1-800-728-5420 www.health.state.mn.us/mcshn
St. Mary's Clinic – Apple Valley
Free primary & preventative non-emergency health care services for individuals who are without health insurance Phone: 651-690-7029
Westside Community Health Services, La Clinica – St. Paul Westside
Phone: 651-222-1816 staff speaks Spanish, Hmong and Thai, sliding fee
Crime Victims Reparations Services
Phone: 651-201-7300 or 1-888-622-8799
Dakota County Community Corrections
Phone: 651-554-6060
Dakota County Immediate Accountability (formerly Diversion) Program & Juvenile Peer Court Programs
Juvenile Gross Misdemeanor and Felony Property Offender
Juvenile Misdemeanor Property Offender
Peer Court
Phone: 651-438-4440, email@example.com
Dakota County Juvenile Service Center
Phone: 651-438-8399, www.co.dakota.mn.us
Dakota County Family Court Self-Help Center
Phone: 651-438-8102 www.mncourts.gov/selfhelp
Legal services for the self represented, consultation w/ volunteer attorney
Dakota County Legal Aid
Phone: 952-431-3200
Memorial Blood Centers - paternity testing
Phone: 612-871-3300
New Chance Day Treatment
Phone: 651-438-8399
Order for Protection Information
Phone: 651-438-8110
South St. Paul Restorative Justice Project
Phone: 651-554-3280
Resource Center for Fathers and Families
Phone: 612-783-4938
Meld for Young Dads
Phone: 612- 332-7563
ADHD Resources & Support Group
Phone: 952-432-6351
Shepherd of the Valley Church, Apple Valley
Associated Clinic of Psychology
West St. Paul Clinic, Phone: 651-450-0860
Apple Valley Clinic, Phone: 952-432-1484
Behavioral Health Services (BHSI)
Phone 651-681-1600, Eagan
The Bridge for Runaway Youth, Inc.
Temporary shelter services, Phone: 612-377-8800 www.bridgeforyouth.org
Dakota County Parent Support Coordinator
Phone: 651-645-2948 x102, Suzette Scheele email@example.com
Family-to-Family NAMI-MN - support groups in Eagan, Lakeville & West St. Paul
Eagan Counseling Clinic
Mental health counseling, adolescent day treatment, parent group, psychiatric services Phone: 651-454-0114, www.acp-mn.com
Face to Face Clinic
Phone Inpatient: 651-772-5555
Phone Outpatient: 612-672-2736, firstname.lastname@example.com, St. Paul
Fairview Behavioral Services
Phone: 612-672-6600, http://fairviewbehavioral.org
Fairview Ridges Hospital Youth Grief Service
Phone: 952-892-2111
Grief Coalition
Phone: 651- 437-6817, Hastings
Journey Counseling
Phone: 651-460-8085, Farmington
Lakeville Behavioral Health, LCC
Phone 952-435-0022
Lifespan Center for Psychological Health
Mental health counseling & Youth Transition Program, day treatment for adolescents
Phone: 952-562-8500, Eagan
Minnesota Youth Grief Services
Phone: 952-892-2111, Fairview Ridges Hospital, Burnsville, www.fairview.org
NAMI - MN Support Groups
Support groups will help parents discover resources to meet the challenges of raising a child with a mental illness, learn coping skills & develop problem-solving skills.
Phone: 651-645-2948, etc. 102, contact Suzette Scheele www.NAMIMN.org
Lakeville – meets 2nd & 4th Thursdays, 6:00 – 8:00p.m.
Dakota Ridge School, Apple Valley, light supper & childcare
West St. Paul – meets 3rd Tuesday s, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
St. Stephen's Church, light supper & childcare
Parents Class –free, but re-registration is required, call for information.
Options Family & Behavioral Services
CHANGE (out-patient adolescent CD program), OPTIONS Day Treatment, Parent Group, In-home Family Therapy, Chemical Dependency Assessments, CTSS, relapse prevention program, Phone: 651-994-4919 ext. 2, Eagan
Waters Edge Intensive Outpatient Program for Eating Disorders
Phone: 952-898-5020, 14569 Grand Ave. So. Burnsville
Kids n Kinship
Youth-adult mentoring, Phone: 952-892-6368 www.kidsnkinship.org
Kinship program for children and youth who have one or more parent in prison
Phone: 612-588-4655.
Prevent Child Abuse MN
Phone support: 1-800-621-6322 or 1-800-CHILDREN
Parents Support Network
Phone: 651-455-1508, Neighbors, Inc. So. St. Paul, www.neighborsmn.org
Advocacy and information support services concerning emotional & behavioral disorders, mental health special education
Shoulder to Shoulder Raising Teens Together
Call 211 and ask for Shoulder to Shoulder for parent support resources www.shouldertoshoulderminnesota.org
Apple Valley Teen Center
6th-12th grade youth, 14255 Johnny Cake Ridge Rd. Apple Valley
Phone: 952-953-2385 www.cityofapplevalley.org
Apple Valley Park & Recreation
Phone: 952-953-2300 www.cityofapplevalley.org
Burnsville Park & Recreation
Phone: 952-895-4500 www.burnsville.org
Dakota County Public Libraries
Main number: 651-688-1500, www.co.dakota.mn.us
Burnhaven Library, Burnsville, Phone: 952-891-0300
Farmington Library, Farmington, Phone: 651-438-0250
Galaxie Library, Apple Valley, Phone: 952-891-7045
Heritage Library, Lakeville, Phone: 651-891-0360
Inver Glenn Library, Inver Grove Heights, Phone: 651-554-6840
Pleasant Hill Library, Hastings, Phone: 651-438-0200
Wentworth Library, West St. Paul, Phone: 651-554-6800
Wescott Library, Eagan, Phone: 651-450-2900
Dakota County Parks Department
8500 127th St. East, Hastings www.co.dakota.mn.us
Phone: 651-891-7000, 24-Hour Information Line: 651-GET-INFO
Eagan Park & Recreation
Phone: 651-675-5500 www.cityofeagan.com
Eagan Art House - Dakota Center for the Arts
Phone: 651-686-9134
Farmington Park & Recreation
Phone: 651-463-1850 www.ci.farmington.mn.us
Farmington Youth Athletic Association
Phone: 952-985-FYAA www.farmingtonsports.org
Youth club, support groups, events, community service projects
75 Civic Center Parkway, Burnsville,
Phone: 952-895-4664 www.thegarage.net
The Grove
Phone: 651-450-2585, www.ci.inver-grov-heights.mn.us
City of Inver Grove Heights Parks & Recreation, skate park
Hastings Park & Recreation
Phone: 651-480-6177 www.ci.hastings.mn.us
Hastings Youth Athletic Association
Phone: 651-437-8838 www.hyaa.info
Inver Grove Heights Park & Recreation
Phone: 651-450-2585 www.ci.inver-grove-heights.mn.us
Lakeville Park & Recreation
Phone: 952-985-4600 www.ci.lakeville.mn.us
Lakeville Center for the Arts
Phone: 952-985-4640
Mendota Heights
Phone: 651-452-1850 www.mendota-heights.com
Mendota Heights Athletic Association
Phone: 651-454-0433
Rosemount's Park & Recreation
Phone: 651-322-6000 www.ci.rosemount.mn.us
The Oasis Teen Center
Phone: 651-675-5550, Eagan
So. St. Paul Park & Recreation
Phone: 651-554-3260 www.southstpaul.org
Phone: 651-552-4150 www.ci.west-saint-paul.mn.us
What's Up?
Youth information services, Phone: 612-399-9999 www.whatsup.org/
YMCA- Dakota County Facilities:
85 Pleasant Dr., Hastings, Phone: 651-480-8887, www.ymcatwincities.org/locations/hastings
Minnesota Valley
13850 Portland Ave. South, Burnsville, Phone: 952-898-9622
South Family YMCA
150 E. Thompson Ave, West St. Paul, Phone: 651-457-0048
Southwest Area YMCA
550 Opperman Dr., Eagan, Phone: 651-456-9622 www.ymcatwincities.org/locations/southwest/
Amnion Crisis Pregnancy Center
Phone: 952-898-4357 or 952-898-HELP
13775 Nicollet Ave. South, Burnsville
CLUES – Pregnancy Health Education Prevention
Phone: 612-746-3500
Face to Face Health and Counseling Service
Phone: 651-772-5555 1165 Arcade St., St. Paul
Affordable, serves those without health insurance www.face2face.org
Fairview Adolescent Health & Medicine and General Pediatrics
Phone: 612-626-2820
Inver Hills Community College Student Health Services
Phone: 651-450-8525, 2500 East 80th St. Inver Grove Heights
Planned Parenthood Express Care – Apple Valley
Phone: 952-351-9998, 15322 Galaxie Avenue
Planned Parenthood - Burnsville
Phone: 952-890-0940, 2530 Horizon Drive, Cliff View Plaza
Wakota Life Care Centers
15026 Glazier Ave. 1140 So. Robert St.
Apple Valley West St. Paul
Phone: 952-997-2229 Phone: 651-457-1195
Youth Intervention Project - Red Door Clinic Service
Phone: 612-543-5555, 525 Portland Avenue South in downtown Minneapolis
The Red Door Clinic is a walk-in clinic for STD & HIV testing (low cost and fees are based upon a patient's ability to pay), www.redoorclinic.org
Phone: 651-771-2208, http://al-anon-alateen-msp.org
Alcoholics Anonymous
St. Paul & Suburban Area Intergroup, Phone: 651-227-5502
Eagan, 3920 Rahn Road, Phone: 651-452-2921
Hastings, 615 W. 15th St, Phone: (651) 437-9723
Rosemount, 14555 S. Robert Trail (young people 25 years & younger), Phone: 651-423-3622
Rosemount, 14760 S. Robert Trail, Phone: 651-423-3622
So. St. Paul, 301- 3rd Ave. S., Phone: 651-451-2402
Anthony Louis Center
Chemical dependency assessments, day treatment, support groups, aftercare
Phone: 952-890-8879, 1517 Highway 13 Burnsville
Avalon Programs
Phone: 651-454-2833 Eagan
Community Drug and Alcohol Services, Inc.
Phone: 952-564-3000, CHANGE, Options & Options Plus
Adolescent chemical health program, Burnsville
Dakota County Social Services Chemical Health
Phone: 651-554-6446
Hazelden Center – youth substance abuse treatment
Phone: 763-509-3800 or 800-257-7800
MA Health Plan Chemical Dependency Services
Blue Plus (Behavioral Health at Blue Cross Blue Shield), Phone: 651-662-5548
Health Partners, Phone: 952-883-5811
Medica (United Behavioral Health), Phone: 1-800-848-8327
MHP (Behavioral Healthcare Providers), Phone: 763-525-9919
UCARE (Behavioral Health Care Providers), Phone: 763-525-9919
Narcotics Anonymous
Phone: 952-939-3939 groups meet in Apple Valley, Eagan, Farmington, Inver Grove Heights, Lakeville, Northfield, So. St. Paul & West St. Paul
New Connections – Hastings
Phone: 651-480-1180
Prairie St. John's
Woodbury, Minnetonka
Phone: 877-333-9565 (toll free, 24-hour free assessment)
Ramsey County Detox (for Dakota County citizens)
Phone: 651-266-4009, chemical dependency assessment, education & detox
River Ridge Treatment Center
Phone: 952-894-7722, Burnsville www.riverridgetreatmentcenter.com
For more information contact:
Shannon Bailey, Dakota County Adolescent Health Coordinator
Phone: 651-554-6164, email@example.com


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Rich, indulgent, and irresistible -- that's the best way to describe this elegant dish. Whether for brunch or dinner, it's a wonderful (and delicious) way to celebrate the holiday season.
From the pecan crust and creamy filling studded with dried fruits soaked in orange liqueur to the sour cream topping, everything about this dessert is ambrosial. An update of an old family recipe, it is perfect to end a special dinner on Christmas Eve or Day.
This delectable cake comes with other bonuses for holiday cooks. It can be baked and garnished a day (even two!) ahead and improves in flavor as it rests in the fridge.
It is easily transported in a cake carrier to another site, and it serves 12 to 14 with generous portions. Best of all, this beautiful confection looks as if it requires far more work than it actually does. It should definitely bring requests for seconds, if it lasts that long!
Christmas Cheesecake
Servings: 12 to 14
1 cup finely ground pecans
1 cup graham cracker crumbs
1 cup confectioner's sugar
8 Tbsps unsalted butter, melted
Filling and topping:
1/2 cup plus golden raisins, plus 2 Tbsps for garnish
6 tablespoons dried cranberries, plus 2 Tbsps for garnish
1/4 cup finely diced dried apricots, plus 2 Tbsps for garnish
1/4 cup currants, plus 2 tablespoons for garnish
1/3 cup orange liqueur such as Cointreau or Grand Marnier
1 1/2 pounds cream cheese, at room temperature
1 cup sugar
4 large eggs
16 ounces sour cream
3/4 cup sugar
Arrange a rack at center position and preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
For crust, toss pecans, graham cracker crumbs and confectioners' sugar in a 10-inch springform pan, and pour in the melted butter. Mix with a fork until mixture is thoroughly moistened. Use your fingers to firmly pack mixture evenly on the bottom and halfway up the sides of the pan.
For filling, place 1/2 cup raisins, 6 tablespoons cranberries and 1/4 cup each apricots and currants in a mixing bowl. Cover with orange liqueur and let marinate an hour or longer.
Place cream cheese and sugar in a mixing bowl and with an electric mixer on medium high speed, beat until the mixture is smooth and creamy, 3 to 4 minutes. Add eggs, and beat just until incorporated. Drain the marinated fruits and fold them into the cream cheese mixture. Pour filling into prepared pan. Bake cheesecake until firm, 50 to 55 minutes. Remove from the oven but retain oven temperature.
For topping, whisk sour cream and sugar together in a mixing bowl, then with a metal spatula or table knife, spread mixture over the warm cheesecake. Return to oven and bake until topping is set, about 10 minutes.
Remove cheesecake from oven and cool to room temperature. Mix 2 tablespoons each raisins, cranberries, apricots, and currants together, and arrange them as a border on top of the cheesecake. Cover and refrigerate at least 24 hours or up to 2 days.
-- Betty Rosbottom is a cooking school director and author of "Sunday Soup," Chronicle Books, 2008.
Distributed by Tribune Media Services Inc.

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Here's a link for instructions on posting a photo:http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/forum/index.php?topic=20.0You do know that recipes are just guidelines, right? You will probably get close to the flavors with any number of different ingredients. Why not just chose a recipe, brew it, see how it comes out, then the next time tweak it towards your perceived preference. Whether it comes out close to Pliny is irrelevant to the fact that you will be making your own very fresh double IPA.
Vinnie wrote an article about Pliny for Zymurgy, in the July/August 2009 issue. It's available for download online here: http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/pages/zymurgy/free-downloads. He includes a little bit about the origin and changes over the years.
Bonnie vinnie also said on the BN he uses a little Amarillo in Pliny now. It does get a mod here and there.


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Featured News - Current News - Archived News - News Categories
40 Years Ago, Nov. 8, 1972
Islander named Lt. Colonel
William Basnett, director of operations for the 914th Tactical Airlift group, Niagara Falls, an Air Force Reserve Unit, has been promoted to lieutenant colonel, it was announced today.
Lt. Col. Basnett entered the Air Force in 1954 as a flight cadet. He completed basic jet pilot training at Laredo Air Force Base, Texas, in 1955 and won his pilot's wings and commission at that time.
He served on active duty when he became a member of the Air Force Reserve. ...
Lt. Col Basnett is married to the former Judith C. Rush of Ware Shoals, S.C. The have three daughters and two sons and reside (on) Rob Roy Park, Grand Island.
30 Years Ago, Nov. 5, 1982
Island Cable seeks to raise rates
Island Cable Inc. granted a cable TV franchise on Grand Island in November 1980, is now requesting town permission to raise its basic rate, from $7 monthly to $8.50, effective Jan. 1. ...
Revision for satellite service could result in a cost of $6.50. Also the company asks that the present connection charge of $19.95 be raised to $24.95 with second, or additional sets ... .
20 Years Ago, Nov. 6, 1992
Islanders choose Bush in record turnout
Although Bill Clinton won the bid for president over now lame duck President George Bush Tuesday, he wasn't the high vote getter on Grand Island.
Apparently Island residents were not in line with the rest of the country as the count here was 3,376 for Bush, 3,103 for Ross Perot and 2,895 for the governor of Arkansas.
However, Decision '92 brought the highest voter turnout in Grand Island history, with 9,374 or 86 percent casting their ballots. ... According to the Erie County Board of Elections, Grand Island has a total of 10,762 registered voters.
10 Years Ago, Nov. 8, 2002
St. Stephen School selected to receive hardware/software
So, you think that the only way to measure the temperature of something is to use a thermometer?
The students in grades 6-9 at St. Stephen School now have the ability to use something else. The school now has a set of 24 Palm hand-held computers, software, and a variety of probes, thanks to their computer and science teachers. ...
The middle grade students at St. Stephen can use these hand-held computers to do word processing, spreadsheet, graphing, and calculating. Special software allows the hand-held computers to collect data, generate tables and graphs. ...


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shakespear wrote:SOFT WORDS
Can you – please – talk with me slowly?
I enjoy hearing you for long time
Can you look at me please merrily?
I enjoy seeing you in the prime
When you want to walk swing and swing
Every thing in the world is worthless
When you want to speak only sing
You have – in lovely songs –more clearness
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an iPod which no longer contains any enjoyable music, and which has also been superceded by so many other models that it is easier (and far more enjoyable) to defecate over the unit, leave it in the street and buy another, rather than take it home and update your music files.
"Goddam sugah, I gots no more good songs on my bogPod! Holds my bag a while honey while I squat down in this busy street and make my feelings known."
by cretinmuncher April 19, 2009
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A New York congressman erupted at a local TV reporter and threatened that he would "break you in half, like a boy" at the Capitol after the State of the Union address when he was asked about a federal investigation into his campaign finances.
Michael Scotto, a reporter for NY1, was interviewing Rep. Michael Grimm Tuesday night for his reaction to the president's speech, and at the end of the interview, he changed topics to ask him about the Justice Department investigation.
Grimm stalked off camera and Scotto finished his live shot.
Then, in an exchange that was captured on camera, Grimm walked back up to Scotto and said:
"You ever do that to me again I'll throw you off this f------- balcony," Grimm said.
"Why, why, I just wanted to ask you," Scotto said, adding that it was a "valid question."
Grimm continued his tirade and said, "No, no. You're not man enough, you're not man enough. I'll break you in half, like a boy."
Grimm later issued a statement saying he was "extremely annoyed" with Scotto and said he doubted he was the "first member of Congress to tell off a reporter, and I'm sure I won't be the last."
"The reporter knew that I was in a hurry and was only there to comment on the State of the Union, but insisted on taking a disrespectful and cheap shot at the end of the interview, because I did not have time to speak off-topic," Grimm said in the statement. "I verbally took the reporter to task and told him off, because I expect a certain level of professionalism and respect, especially when I go out of my way to do that reporter a favor."
On Wednesday, he told reporters outside his office, "I was wrong."
"It shouldn't have happened," he added, as a group of journalists followed him from his office into an elevator in Washington. "And I called Michael Scotto and he accepted my apology and we're going to go to lunch."
The Staten Island lawmaker then spent several minutes trying to shake the pack of reporters and cameras, telling them he was done answering questions. He explained that he was a passionate person who lashed out at Scotto after a long day of advocating for Sandy flood insurance money.
"Unfortunately when you're that type of person that has a lot of passion your emotions can get the better of you," Grimm said.
On Wednesday, Scotto tweeted: "I accepted his apology."
Diana Durand, one of Grimm's fundraisers, was arrested earlier this month by the FBI and is accused of using straw donors to funnel more than $10,000 into the Republican's campaign coffers. Grimm has not been accused of any wrongdoing.


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Glencore to close Dominican Republic nickel mine
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Mining group Glencore Xstrata PLC says it will temporarily close the Falcondo nickel mine in the Dominican Republic that it had been seeking to expand amid environmental opposition.
Falcondo mine spokesman Alain Astacio says the mine will close for an estimated two to three years because of falling nickel prices. The company is laying off 900 of 1,000 employees and about 700 contractors.
The ferronickel mine is north of Santo Domingo in the Bonao region of the country. The mine last closed in 2008 and reopened in 2011.
The company had been seeking an expansion to extend the life of the mine. A U.N. panel had warned the project would threaten water, wildlife and wetlands in the area and Congress recently declared the area around the mine a national park.


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InfoWorld's Peter Wayner takes a first look at Oracle NoSQL Database, the company's take on the distributed key-value data store for the enterprise. 'There are dozens of small ways in which the tool is more thorough and sophisticated than the simpler NoSQL projects. You get a number of different options for increasing the durability in the face of a node crash or trading that durability for speed,' Wayner writes. 'Oracle NoSQL might not offer the heady fun and "just build it" experimentation of many of the pure open source NoSQL projects, but that's not really its role. Oracle borrowed the best ideas from these groups and built something that will deliver good performance to the sweet spot of the enterprise market.'


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Last week was a very rough week. On Tuesday mom called. Dad was very ill in the hospital. The doctors said she should call in the family. By the time I got there late Tuesday night things were not going well.
The next three days were touch and go. The family without question will confirm that dad cheated old man death at least three times in as many days. The doctor was making comments that we should prepare for the worst.
Dad was in a battle for his life. His kidneys were not functioning. The toxins were building in his body. Meanwhile, due to a hereditary blood disorder his blood levels would not allow any surgery to be performed. What would win first? Would the toxins win or the blood levels?
Come Wednesday death was knocking real loud. At one point if Dad didn't catch a break his life was over. The lungs were quickly filling with fluid. His speech was severely slurred. There was the danger of permanent neurological damage. His heart was starting to fail. Doctors were running in and out. He was on the clock.
He did catch a break at the 11th hour. His blood levels dipped enough to perform minor surgery and dialysis was performed. Late Thursday night a literal light switch went on. As I sit here right now and look at him the man who was knocking at death's door was alive. He has a long way to go. He has some mountains to scale. Decisions are going to be tough. He isn't out of the woods, but he is headed in the right direction.
The doctor won't give thumbs up till Tuesday. The kidneys have to keep going. His heart has to settle down, and his blood levels have to drop a lot more.
As I watch this battle at death's door, I honestly don't know what to say. The emotional swing is exhausting. At one moment mom has to think about making decisions nobody should have to make to great joy in his sudden and amazing recovery. In the back of the mind is the fear that come Tuesday this rally could be dashed.
So, we enjoy the moments of lucid recovery. We thank God that no neurological damage occurred. We give God great thanks for giving man the touch of healing through modern medicine. I pray we have the same praise the day the story does not have a happy ending. It is coming.
What can I say to the readers who face this problem? There is no right or wrong decision. Modern medicine has created a dilemma. These types of decisions are personal. When do you say stop? When does one say keep going at all cost? What is a life worth living? I thought I knew on Wednesday. I don't know today.
One thing this week has confirmed: We are in the hands of God Almighty. Dad at one point in his painful journey said, "He was ready to go home." Well, he was, but God wasn't ready yet. We thank God for a few extra days and maybe months. Even the doctors are amazed. What happens from here? We don't know. One day at a time. One moment at a time. You never know when you won't have any more.
Update: My father's kidneys are not functioning. He has gotten a bit better but is headed to a long rehabilitation process and dialysis. One day at a time. Our days are numbered but only God knows the number. Thank him even when we are confused and fearful. No, let's change that to especially when we are confused and fearful.
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Cirago Mini Bluetooth Headset HS-450 Review
Nowadays, every gadget and peripheral goes wireless. Cables and wires everywhere can get very annoying when you need mobility or comfort. Wi-Fi is great for laptops that need an Internet connection on the go, but for small devices, Bluetooth became the standard. Computers, handhelds and cellular phones are now most of the time equipped with Bluetooth communication in order to make use of devices such as headsets. I now often see people with their small headset in the ear, ready to answer a call. Besides having no wire, they make cellphones hands-free. Here in Quebec, like in many other provinces or states, it became a necessity. A law was created stating that every phone user must rely on a hands-free device while driving. So the solution really is to use a Bluetooth headset, like the HS-450 from Cirago.
This high-tech company founded in Hong Kong in 1996 creates innovative products for people on the go. Its headquarter office is located in the heart of Silicon Valley in California, United-States, where the major online retailers offer its products. Cirago also sells USB bluetooth dongles and storage devices. In this article, I will take a look a the HS-450, mentioned earlier.
Closer Look:
Cirago has opted for a very attractive and vivid packaging. The Bluetooth logo at the top left can't be left unnoticed as it is blue on the orange background. The headset is shown in all its magnificence. The most important features are written on the front, which gives a good overall idea of the product. On the back, it is shown that the HS-450 works with Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones, PDAs, notebooks and PCs. The specifications are also listed as well as the package content. On the left side, some other features are listed.
The HS-450 is kept between two plastic layers, the top one being transparent. Inside hides a mini USB cable for charging the unit and an AC charger. So if you don't have a computer at reach, you can plug it directly into the main socket. There are also two other ear buds of different sizes and a neck strap. As for the papers provided, there is a user manual, obviously, and a limited warranty registration card which is to be mailed.


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We are the generation that is either going to end with the earth or change everything (Part 1)
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Xiuhtezcatl Roske-Martinez is a 13 year old environmental activist from Boulder, Colorado in the USA. He was in New York this week for the UN General Assembly side events and Voices of Youth had the opportunity to speak to this remarkable young man.
Part One
VOY: How are you involved in civic and social activism?
I've been involved in activism since I was 6 years old when I did my first public speaking engagement, and since then I've been working in my community with other young people to really improve my community. I get to travel all around the world, trying to inspire and educate youth through my group Earth Guardians. We're a group of community youth that are working to involve young people in issues that are going to affect their future and the kind of world they're going to grow up in.
VOY: You don't often hear of young people getting involved in activism from such an early age, can you tell us a bit of background?
My parents were both activists and I grew up in a really aware community. I was also raised in the Aztec tradition by my father, so I think that through that I have grown up with a deep connection to the earth, and to the land; you know just with the realization that we are all connected and that all life should be protected. So through that, and being in and out of ceremonies my entire life, I just think that with the activism all around me I was inspired to do something about the kind of world that my generation was going to be left with. I saw documentaries about the kind of world we were going to be left with, about climate change, about all these different crises that were affecting our earth. I didn't see how I couldn't do something about it, because you know climate change is the issue that is going to define the kind of world that my generation is going to live in. And when you think about ecosystems collapsing all over the planet, children dying every single day… when you think about that that's the kind of world you're left with, the kind of world you're inheriting, it is something that can't really be overlooked, can't really be ignored. And so I've been fighting to improve this world since I was really young and I'm still keeping up the fight.
How have people reacted to your messages and when you reach out to them?
So I think that when people see me, like a little kid coming up and talking about climate change and about his future and his connect to the earth, it is something that they don't see every day. It is something that adults especially aren't used to. And I think that because of that, it not only makes them want to listen to what you have to say but they also get inspired by what we're doing. Because if kids go home and tells their parents about something that's affecting their future they're obviously going to listen. When a kid's life is in danger, when you know that because of what's happening around you, because of natural disasters, you're going to want to do something about it.
I think there's something that young people have that adults can't convey through speaking – that we have, kind of like this charm, that adults will listen to us, to what we have to say and will do pretty much anything to protect us, because what adult isn't going to want to protect their kids? We're not only trying to get adults and kids involved but to inspire and educate other young people. I think that in today's society a lot of kids are separated and have lost their connection to the earth and don't really care, or they feel hopeless about the state of the planet, and they think they can't really do anything about it. But when they see other young people out in their communities making a difference I think that inspires them you know, it gets them thinking if this one person can make such a huge difference then why can't I? And that sparks something inside of them.
What are some of the things you tell other young people to get them to feel like they can actually make a difference in the world?
I've had the support of my community, my family, of my friends for my entire life. That's what has kept me going and without their support I wouldn't be doing anything that I am doing today. I think that a lot of kids, especially like inner-city kids, don't have access to adults, teachers or mentors who are willing to support something like that, because they don't understated it.
The Earth Guardians are trying to spread the message of young people making a difference all around the globe and we have groups in 5 different countries right now – Togo, India, Australia, Brazil [and the USA]. And it is growing – because young people want to be a part of something, whether it is a group or a club or a sport – and when we're showing them that they can be a part of a movement, where they can use their passion and also make a difference in the world, kids get excited about that.
Past generations – leaders, politicians, adults – it was their job to protect this future and to clean up this mess – but they failed us. In my point of view, the politicians, the leaders, they're never going to be able to come up with anything to really save the earth. And if there is ever going to be anything to save it, it is going to be young people uniting all around the planet, with other generations, cultures and religions, with everyone setting aside their differences, setting aside what we don't like about each other and working together.
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2011 Processor of the Year: H.J. Heinz Co.
While keeping ketchup at the forefront, this 142-year-old company keeps reinventing itself, domestically and around the world.
Many companies have turning points. Maybe it's an acquisition, an audacious new product launch or visionary leader. For H.J. Heinz Co., it was the strategic decision to reshape and refocus its global portfolio, especially targeting highly populated emerging markets.
One of the most notable – and somewhat risky – acquisitions under that strategy occurred in Indonesia in 1999. "It was a big risk, a $70 million investment, a lot of money for that time," Chairman, President and CEO William Johnson says of the majority stake in ABC Central Food, a maker of soy and chili sauces, as well as ketchup.
"Indonesia was undergoing a radical change to democracy at the time, there was a high level of risk, and there was quite a debate in our board. But we bought into the business, and that business today is over $400 million in sales," he says. "It's paid for itself a couple times over. It gave us confidence that we could wend our way through the challenges local markets present through a combination of our capabilities and the right local talent."
Confidence in its ability to run foreign ventures is no longer a question at Heinz – actually, it hasn't been for most of the company's 142-year history. Heinz operates a number of businesses and 81 plants around the world for consumers in 200 countries on six continents. This is no longer the ketchup and pickle company from sleepy Pittsburgh. Nearly two-thirds of Heinz's $10.7 billion in sales are from outside the U.S., and more than 20 percent come from emerging markets, more than double their contribution in fiscal 2005.
As a result, Heinz calls itself "the most global U.S. food company." While that's an interesting part of the story, Heinz has many other claims to fame. Led by the Heinz brand, which itself has $4 billion in sales, the company's top 15 brands generate 70 percent of its revenue; 50 brands hold No. 1 or No. 2 positions in more than 50 countries on six continents. Even here in North America, some leading brands may not be recognized as owned by Heinz, including Ore-Ida, Classico pasta sauces and brands that it manufactures under license, such as T.G.I. Friday's frozen meals and snacks and Weight Watchers Smart Ones.
Heinz focuses on three categories: ketchup & sauces, meals & snacks and infant/nutrition, a fast-growing category that is being fueled by growing sales in emerging markets such as China and Latin America.
In addition to the $10.7 billion in sales, Heinz, which closed its fiscal 2011 on April 27, reported $990 million in net income. It has delivered a total shareholder return of more than 46 percent over its past five fiscal years, three times that of the S&P 500, and increased its dividend by 80 percent since fiscal 2004.
Not bad for a company coming out of a recession. For all those reasons, and many more that will become apparent in the next 19 pages, we're pleased to name H.J. Heinz Co. our seventh Processor of the Year.
Global from the start
This much global exposure, especially in emerging markets, looks very modern and maybe audacious, but it's something Heinz has been doing nearly since its founding. Henry John Heinz had been making horseradish since 1869 and ketchup since 1876. In 1886, he received his first order from overseas, from Fortnum & Mason, then a famous London store. English sales continued to grow, ironically at a time when the business was stagnating in the States, and H.J. opened his first overseas office in London in 1896.
"The world is our field," H.J. is reported to have told his employees.
His son, Howard, expanded into Australia in 1935. H.J. "Jack" Heinz, the founder's grandson, became the company's third CEO in 1941 and stepped up global expansion after the war, launching operations in the Netherlands, Venezuela, Japan, Italy and Portugal.
At the time, Heinz was making ketchup, pickles, soup, beans, condiments and sauces. In 1959, Heinz opened what then was the largest food processing plant in Europe, a factory in Kitt Green, England, to make baked beans and soup.
A number of key acquisitions followed: StarKist seafood, 9Lives pet food and Italian infant/nutrition company Plasmon, all in 1963; Ore-Ida in 1965; and Weight Watchers International in 1978. But global growth, especially, was stepped up in the 1980s and 1990s, with expansions into Africa, Eastern Europe, China and the Pacific Rim.
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2.3.1 In the event that the reader does give a shit about the views of the blog author, the author would like to refer the reader to Article 1.1 and in particular, Article 2.2.1.
I think most of these points are simply implied by the nature of this type of communication. However, judging from some of the reactions on Tobold's post, it doesn't look like everyone gets the idea that blogs are about expressing personal opinions.
For clarity, thank you for reading and I hope you continue to read, but – this is MY blog.
Update 4-07-10:
I wrote this several weeks back and then forgot about it. I don't actually take myself seriously enough to feel I need a TOS, but hopefully you found the humor in it.


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adonspot necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 86 diseños de 23 diseñadores freelance.
We own various online assets and are looking for a talented designer for branding our latest creation - DealBulldog.com - a website and a toolbar to help users to find best deals and coupons for whatever they are buying.
The brand is new and you'll have full creative freedom. What we had in mind is a fun brand with the bulldog mascot, maybe inspired by the one in the Tom & Jerry cartoons (http://www.animationarchive.org/pic…12-big.jpg) that will look great both as a large logo and a small icon.
Second phase of this project will be priced independently of this contest, and will include PSD designs for two web pages using this brand. It will be awarded to the designer of this project if we're satisfied with the results.
This is just the first of a number of designs we are looking to outsource. We constantly have a large number of design jobs in the pipeline.
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We require a design of a logo to be used on a new website and browser toolbar and a couple of buttons to be used on the toolbar.
All assets should follow the same theme/brand.
We require a quick turn around of 2-4 days for the final results.
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* Name: Deal Bulldog
* Should look good as 60 pixels high (can be a different file, or slightly different design)
* Should also look good at 26 pixels high by 90-110 pixels width. (on the toolbar, perhaps just the bulldog head)
* Should work on various background colors (most often white and silver)
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* 16 pixels in height
* Should work on various background colors (most often silver)
* Each button should include an icon on the left, and a text on the right
* Each button should be delivered both as a "normal version", and a "hot version" meant to draw attention to it when action is required. (like when you mouse over a link or graphic online and it is highlighted)
* 3 Icons needed: Coupons, Better Prices, Go (for searching)
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* Text in PSD should be editable (not rasterized).
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Deepcool Gamer Storm Review
A relatively unknown yet still well-established manufacturer in the cooling world is the company named Deepcool. Deepcool has a large range of cooling products for many different platforms, including 1U and 2U servers, standard desktops, and laptops, for everything from hard drives to video cards to chipsets. Deepcool's goal is to provide the best performance and humanized thermal solutions for worldwide customers, while maintaining customer satisfaction by serving its customers' ever-changing thermal needs and providing the quickest and most comprehensive service available. Today, this review will encompass Deepcool's latest CPU cooler, the Gamer Storm. I had not heard of Deepcool prior to receiving this cooler, and looking through its products and doing a little bit of research on the company has been impressive so far. I am excited to test this cooler and see how it stacks up to the latest and greatest heatsinks, and to see if it beats any of the top standing performers currently on the market. In this review, I will provide a complete evaluation of the Deepcool Gamer Storm from unboxing, a close look at the product, its installation, specifications, features, and most importantly, performance.
Closer Look:
The Deepcool Gamer Storm is presented VERY well. The box is made and designed in a way that will make the owner want to keep it since it is so well-made. The packaging is a sturdy white box made of multiple ply cardboard (not corrugated, so it's very stiff) that has a magnetic flap that holds the front cover to the box. The magnetic flap easily flips up and uncovers the interior of the box, which features a window that shows the cooler, as well as a list of features of the Gamer Storm. With the outer flap opened, there is an inner flap that folds outwards and completely shows the cooler. The Gamer Storm is encased in black, fitted foam next to another fitted area that houses the included fan and accessories. The included parts, other than the heatsink, is the 120mm PWM fan, mounting hardware for LGA775, 1156 and 1366, as well as AM3, AM2+ and AM2.
By just looking and handling the Gamer Storm for a short while, I feel that it will be a solid contender to the likeness of the Noctua NH-U12P and the Megahalems. Coming from a name that I haven't heard of, it will certainly be interesting to see how the engineering from Deepcool compares to that of the other companies that currently dominate the market. The Deepcool Gamer Storm is a very well presented product that also looks great and seems like it has a lot of potential to be a great performer. On the next page, I will explore the physical parts and features of the Gamer Storm, shortly followed by rigorous testing and comparisons.


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I have been playing with WINPCD for several weeks now and LOVE it. I'm about ready to refurb some old cabinets and I've been running sims on your software. I like it. Alot. My question regards baffle step considerations.
I recently had a near fatal computer catastrophe but after a new motherboard, CPU, RAM, and a fresh Windows install I'm back up and running. However, I no longer have use of my "borrowed" copy of Office. Is there anything I can use in conjunction with WINPCD to sim baffle step that doesn't rely on Excel? Thanks for your response.


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Brad Keselowski Will Start Sunday's Race from the 26th Spot
November 13, 2009
GOODYEAR, Ariz. (November 13, 2009) – Brad Keselowski, driver of the No. 12 Penske Dodge Charger, will start Sunday's short track event at the Phoenix International Raceway from the 26th position.
In Friday afternoon's qualifying session, Keselowski was the 16th car to roll off to make a qualifying attempt. He wheeled his white and red Dodge Charger around the flat one-mile track running a time of 27.035 seconds which put him on the outside of the 13th row for the start of the Sunday's showdown in the desert. This is the Michigan native's first NASCAR Cup Series start at the one-mile oval.
"The car wouldn't turn like I needed it to," commented Keselowski after the qualifying session. "We spent some extra time in race trim during practice today just logging laps trying to get a feel for the track. This place is really fun and I am looking forward to Sunday's race."
The Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 can be seen live on Sunday, November 15th on the ABC-TV television network. Race coverage is scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m. ET. The event can also be heard live on MRN Radio as well as Sirius Satellite Radio, channel 128.
Driver: Brad Keselowski
Position: 26th
Speed: 133.161 MPH
Time: 27.035 Seconds
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Carl Albert State College Assistant Softball Coach Megan Young will give softball lessons at $25 per hour to girls up through age 18.To schedule a session or for additional information, call (580) 704-4517.— — —Friday Couple Scrambles will take place at 5:30 p.m. every Friday at Wolf Ridge Golf Course. The entry fee is $15 per person for the nine-hole weekly event.For additional information, call (918) 647-2582.— — —The 2012 Poteau Quarterback Club Youth Football Camp will take place from 8 to 10 a.m. July 30-Aug. 1 at Costner Stadium.The cost is $25 per participant. The camp is open to youth who will be entering grades three through six.Entry forms may be picked up at Poteau High School.For additional information, call Joy Womack at (918) 647-1694.— — —Northeastern Oklahoma State University High School Baseball Prospect Camp will take place Aug. 11. The camp is open to high school baseball players who graduated in May or who will graduate in 2013-16.The session will be from 1 to 5 p.m. at Thomas Rousey Field. Registration will begin at noon Aug. 11. Cost is $60 per camper.For additional information, call NSU Coach Travis Janssen at (918) 444-3910 or (918) 316-9195, or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.— — —Eastern Oklahoma State College Baseball Camp will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday and Tuesday.Registration will begin at 5:30 p.m. Monday. The camps are open to players who are ages 5 to 12. The entry fee is $60 per camper, which includes a camp T-shirt. For additional information, call (918) 465-1704.— — —The Poteau Fall Softball League will be Sept. 17-Oct. 25. The league will have three divisions, ages 12-, 10- and 8-and-younger. There will be six teams in the age 12-and-younger league, while the other two leagues will have 12 teams. The entry fee is $300 per team for the age 12-and-younger league, while the entry fee is $250 per team in the other two leagues.The age 12-and-younger league will play games beginning at 6 p.m. Mondays, 10-and-younger league games will begin at 6 p.m. Tuesdays and league games for the age 8-and-younger league is 6 p.m. Thursdays. For additional information, call Billy Bond at (918) 647-1939.— — —The Boys and Girls Club of McAlester will put on a competitive baseball and softball league.It is believed sports encourages a healthy lifestyle in our youth, which is a rising concern to many. Sports also promotes high self esteem in children that will benefit them in many aspects.For additional information, call the Boys and Girls Club of McAlester Athletic Department at (918) 426-5144.— — —The Holiday Island (Ark.) Rotary Club Dettwiller/Lehr Golf Tournament will take place Aug. 25-26 at Holiday Island County Club.Entry fee for each two-player team is $300, which includes both rounds of golf with golf carts, lunch both days and a reception/dinner on Aug. 25.For additional information, call Allen Huffman at (479) 981-0654 or email him at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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GameXplain: "Are you curious how far the Wii U's GamePad will work from the system? We put it to the test as we test it put inside and outside GameXplain HQ."
This is going to be a trend, how far can you get?..lol. It's going to depend on the house. Cool stuff. To be a story and a half BELOW the story the WiiU is on is really good.
Haha, he was outside and it worked. It's a portable too! LOL


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UN Calls for Accelerated Action with 1,000 Days to Go on Millennium Development Goals
People around the world invited to join in boosting momentum for most successful global anti-poverty push in history
4th April 2013
New York, 3 April - The United Nations and its partners around the world will observe the 1,000 days to the end of 2015 - the target date for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) - during the next week to inspire further action.
"The MDGs are the most successful global anti-poverty push in history," UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said. "The Goals have helped set global and national priorities, mobilize action, and achieve remarkable results."
United Nations Millennium Development Goals
The eight time-bound MDGs address poverty and hunger, education, gender equality, child mortality, maternal health, combatting AIDS, malaria and other diseases, environmental sustainability and a global partnership for development.
Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary General and UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Executive Director, said: "The MDGs have proven to be a powerful focus for international efforts to eradicate poverty and catalyze action towards sustainable development".
"In respect to MDG 7 on environmental sustainability, there has been considerable progress in respect to the provision of water and the extension of National Parks and other protected areas on land and, to an extent, at sea," he added.
"But the broader challenges of putting the environment and its natural or nature-based assets at the heart of sustainable development and the lives and livelihoods of over seven billion people remain a real work in progress. The Rio+20 Summit of 2012 has laid out some new and inspiring pathways for achieving this, including the opportunities from a transition towards a Green Economy," said Mr Steiner.
"The post 2015 development agenda affords a further opportunity to deliver goals based on broader notions of wealth-from the planet's freshwaters to its forests, soils and atmosphere-and the urgency to decouple economic growth from pollution footprints and over-exploitation of humanity's finite natural resources," he added.
Starting 5 April, the actual milestone date, and running through 12 April, the UN will work with governments, civil society and international partners to mark "MDG Momentum: 1,000 Days of Action" in a variety of ways.
In Madrid, Spain, the Secretary-General and young people from the Spanish and European Youth Councils are observing the moment at a special event on 4 April, joined by a number of heads of UN agencies, funds and programmes who are visiting for a senior-level UN meeting.
Since the MDGs were adopted by all UN Member States in 2000, governments, international organizations and civil society groups around the world have helped make tremendous progress to improve people's lives. The world's extreme poverty rate has been cut in half since 1990. A record number of children are in primary school - with an equal number of girls and boys for the first time. Maternal and child mortality have dropped. The world continues to fight killer diseases, such as malaria, tuberculosis and AIDS. Since 1990, two billion more people have gained access to safe drinking water.
To build on this success and accelerate action, the Secretary-General called on the international community to: increase targeted investments in health, education, energy and sanitation; empower women and girls; focus on the most vulnerable people; keep up aid commitments; and re-energize efforts from governments to grassroots groups to make a difference.
"The MDGs have proven that focused global development objectives can make a profound difference," Mr. Ban said. "Success in the next 1,000 days will not only improve the lives of millions, it will add momentum as we plan for beyond 2015 and the challenges of sustainable development."
#MDG momentum
Social media will play a major role in observing the milestone. A global social media surge on Friday, 5 April - involving 1,000 consecutive minutes of digital engagement - will promote #MDGmomentum and the need to rally the world to step up efforts to achieve the eight Goals as 2015 approaches.
People around the world are invited to take part in the social media surge between Friday, 5 April, 8:00 am EDT and Saturday, 6 April, 1:00 am EDT.
The UN's MDG gateway will have a dedicated page promoting the various social media materials and initiatives being organized by a number of UN agencies and partners. The website is:www.un.org/millenniumgoals


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Grain Valley police don't suspect foul play but aren't ruling it out yet in the death of an Oak Grove woman whose body was found Saturday in Grain Valley.
Amber Jo Bradley-Couch, 28, of Oak Grove was found dead Saturday in Grain Valley by a man out walking his dog about 4:35 p.m. She had been missing since Jan. 19 and had been last seen at the Whiskey Tango bar in Grain Valley.
She was not reported missing until Feb. 6. It was first reported by police that her 1997 green two-door Chevrolet Cavalier was found in late February in Blue Springs, but Grain Valley Police Chief Aaron Ambrose said that car was not related to the incident.
Ambrose said Bradley-Couch was found not far from Whiskey Tango and it didn't appear that foul play was involved.
"It was not anything that we initially thought looked suspicious at all," Ambrose said. "We can't rule (foul play) out just yet, but it doesn't look like it. There were no gunshot wounds, no strangulation and she doesn't appear to have been sexually assaulted either."
Ambrose said that Grain Valley police would wait until a toxicology report comes back to rule on her cause of death and determine how the police would proceed with its investigation.
Ambrose said Bradley-Couch was found not far from where she was last seen at approximately 1 a.m. Jan. 19 at Whiskey Tango. She was found on the northwest corner of a business on a Squire Court, an industrial area cul-de-sac which is just southwest of Whiskey Tango and relatively close to Grain Valley City Hall on Main Street.
"It was kind of weird area out the way where no one usually goes," Ambrose said of the location of Bradley-Couch's body. "There's a field area between Whiskey Tango and there."
Ambrose also said weather played a part in not finding her sooner.
"She had been covered with snow for quite awhile," he said. "Because of the cold weather and snow, her body was pretty well preserved."
The investigation continues. Anyone with information on Bradley-Couch is asked to call the Grain Valley Police Department at 816-847-6250.


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You will see, some sound quite dodgy.
I would greatly appreciate a clear expression of the subjunctive of characteristic. I understand why "Quis est qui suam domum not amet?" is subjunctive and "Caesar est is qui nos ducat" but some which just describe seem indicative sometimes "there were some who didn't want to do it" or the like.
I. 1. In Germaniae silvis sunt multa genera ferarum quae reliquis in locis non sint.
In the forests of Germany there are many species of wild beast that are not to be seen in the remaining places.
2. Erant itinera duo quibus Helvetii domo discedere possent.
There were two ways by which the Helvetii could leave home.
3. Erat manus nulla, nullum oppidum, nullum praesidium quod se armis defenderet.
There was no hand, no town, no garrision which might defend itself with arms.
4. Toto frumento rapto, domi nihil erat quo mortem prohibere possent.
With all the grain having been seized, at home there was nothing by which they might be able to prevent death.
5. Romani Galbam ducem creaverunt et summá celeritate profecti sunt.
The Romans chose Galba leader and they set out with the greatest speed.
6. Neque erat tantae multitudinis quisquam qui morari vellet.
Nor was there any one at all of such a great multitude who wanted to delay. (Here why subjunctive...although I've been told that a relative clause describing its antecedent is subjunctive I don't see sometimes why)
7. Germani non ei sunt qui adventum Caesaris vereantur.
The Germans are not those who would fear the arrival of Caesar.
(I understand here...it's not an actual happening just description, so is 6. I know but...)
8. Consulibus occisis erant qui vellent eum regem creare.
Having killed the consuls some wanted to choose him king.
or, After the consuls were killed there were some who wanted to choose him king.
(this could be in the sense of whoever, quiconque, as whoever killed the consuls wanted to choose him king) But then again a natural translation sounds indicative.
9. Pace facta erat nemo qui arma tradere nollet.
Having made peace there was nobody who was not willing to hand over/give up arms.
10. Inter Helvetios quis erat qui nobilior illo esset?
Amongst the Helvetii who there who was more well known than he?
(there is an "is" missing before "qui" yes. This omission annoys me)
II. 1. The Romans called the city Rome.
Romani urbem Romam appellaverunt.
2. The city was called Rome by the Romans.
Roma urbs a Romanis appellata est.
3. The better citizens wished to choose him king.
Meliores Cives eum regem creare volebant.
4. The brave soldier was not the man to run.
Miles fortis non erat is qui curreret.
5. There was no one to call me friend.
Nemo erat qui me amicum vocaret/nominaret/appellaret.
6. These are not the men to betray their friends.
Hi non sunt (ei) qui amicos tradant.
7. There were some who called him the bravest of all.
Erant qui eum omnium fortissimum nominabant.


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Better Than Fiction: Writing Your Memoir With Flair @ the WMML (Part 2 of 5)
- Date: 10/12/2017 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
- Location: Welwood Murray Memorial Library
100 S. Palm Canyon Dr.
Palm Springs, California 92262
Better Than Fiction: Writing Your Memoir With Flair @ the WMML
Presented by the Inlandia Institute with Instructor Marj Charlier
Join us for Better Than Fiction: Writing Your Memoir With Flair @ the WMML, presented by the Inlandia Institute with instructor Marj Charlier. This is the second part of a series of five memoir writing workshops (ending November 30th) offered for FREE to the public (advanced sign-up is requested). The workshops will be from 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. in the Cornelia White Community Room at the Welwood Murray Memorial Library (WMML) located at 100 S. Palm Canyon Dr. in downtown Palm Springs. To sign-up, email your information to firstname.lastname@example.com or register directly online.
Session 2, October 12th: Plotting the Narrative Arc—Developing Your Story and Getting Started
We'll share our stories with each other, share feedback, and discuss techniques for organizing the narrative based on good fiction-writing techniques.
Memoirs don't have to read like diaries or timelines. The best ones are written like good novels—with the same literary trappings that make great romances and mysteries come alive. This seminar will help memoir writers turn their memoirs into compelling stories, with the same dialogue, description, pacing and narration that make fictional protagonists jump off the page. This five-session hands-on workshop will feature in-class exercises and real-time, constructive feedback for both those who've started their memoir and those who want to get started.
Bring your laptop or your notebook, and join the fun in this free workshop series offered by the Inlandia Institute.
Marj Charlier received her bachelor's degree in journalism from Iowa State University (Phi Beta Kappa) and her master's degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She worked at small and mid-sized dailies before joining the Wall Street Journal as a staff reporter. After twenty years in journalism, she received an MBA from Regis University and began a second career in corporate finance. As a VP of investor relations, she coordinated financial reporting for public companies, wrote executive speeches, and did competitive and financial analysis.
She published her first novel Putt for Show in 2013 as she was retiring from business. She then wrote the sequel Drive for Dough and three other novels about women facing major career and life changes: Hacienda: A South American Romance, Professional Lies and Thwack! She wrote two romance novels under the pseudonym Marjorie Pinkerton Miller: One Way to Succeed and No Way to Win (Boutique Hotels of Palm Springs Romances). More recently, she published the first two novels in her Johnson Station series about a small town in Iowa rescued by a group of retired women: Gracie's Revolution and Jackie's Campaign. She is currently writing the third Johnson Station novel, is working on a memoir and owns a small, hybrid publishing company.
Marj was born in Iowa, has lived in eight states as an adult, and now resides in Palm Springs, CA with her husband. She has attended the Iowa Writers Workshop's summer intensive novel-writing program and currently serves on the boards of the Palm Springs branch of the National League of American Pen Women and the Diamond Valley Writers Guild. She also serves on the publication board for Inlandia Institute and leads workshops for the organization in Palm Springs.


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On an added note, I have no idea if anyone even reads or has read these silly diatribes I post in an effort to push arthur into the abyss he deserves. But hey I feel better doing it and I highly recommend posting a blog to prevent bottled up yuckiness from mucking up your daily life. It works for me.
It's gonna be a wild ride and I for one plan to go for the gusto, squeeze the juice out, grab the brass ring, get the Golden Ticket... well you get the idea.


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How To Update
Samsung S3650 / S3653 Corby Firmware
It is very lovely full of color phone, And spread so much in the Market. Easy to Use and cover so good features.
In this tutorial we will Guide you step by step to update its firmware and be aware to get fully charged battery when flashing it.
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RFactor: Ruby Refactoring Support for Text Editors
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RFactor is a Ruby gem that aims to provide automated refactoring support for your favorite text editor. Don't we have IDEs that support refactoring? Yes, but RFactor developer Fabio Kung believes that "most of Ruby developers do not use IDEs" and that a text editor is good enough.
Automated refactoring isn't a trivial task, and involves several complicated activities, like source code analysis to determine scopes and usages. It is also necessary to have a good strategy to modify the code without messing up the user's formatting.
Right now, RFactor is still quite young and supports only Extract Method with some limitations. We talked to Fabio Kung to learn more about RFactor.
RFactor uses ruby_parser, which returns the parsed Ruby AST as s-expressions (sexp). But how do you get the Ruby code back from s-expressions?
My initial idea is to use sexps just to support some refactorings. I'm using them to help me take decisions about how to refactor code. What variables can be considered local and what must become arguments, when I extract a method? When I extract a variable, which code should be modified to use the newly created variable?
I'm not direct modifying sexps to produce code; my approach was to modify the source code text directly. The sexp is there mainly to help me decide which things should change, based on the current scope (and to find what is the current scope).
Once I've used sexps to decide what is going to be modified, I extract line and column numbers, so I can directly modify the code written be users.
But wouldn't it be much easier if you could just re-generate new code from the sexps?
ruby2ruby is another awesome project from Ryan Davis, which outputs ruby source code back from sexps. I considered using it before, but I wouldn't be able to maintain comments and user formatting with it.
Through this path, I would have to include comments and formatting nodes (such as newlines, spaces and tabs) in Parse Trees. It is certainly an alternative, but much more complex. This is why I've decided to use sexps just to discover line and column numbers and then I manipulate the source code text directly.
This approach has been enough for simple refactorings (which are my goal) so far. But I'm sure it isn't enough for some more complex refactorings such as move/rename. Those refactorings require different approaches. In the rename/move case, for example, I'm considering using Ack (improved grep) to find potential matches. Then, I would use heuristics (backed by sexps) to suggest places to be changed, asking users what they want to change. It is very hard to do, but good IDEs already have good implementations for those things.
In spite of it, I won't bother that much with complex refactorings; they aren't my current goal. I'm not trying to turn TextMate and friends into complex IDEs. We don't have any refactoring support for good text editors. Let's concentrate on have a simple set first.
So, what is the plan for the future?
So far, Rfactor is very simple, because it can only extract methods for code inside other methods; i.e.: no support for code outside methods yet. Also, it isn't trying to infer method parameters and return. This is one of the the things I want to support. Sexps can tell what should be local variables and what can't. Another thing to consider is replacing similar code with a call to the newly created method.
I'm also studying other implementations such as Python's Bicycle Repair Man, Eclipse RDT, Smalltalk Refactoring Browser and whatever that has a permissive license (Netbeans? RubyMine?). Phil Dawes (from Bicycle Repair Man) has already given me useful insights.
More refactorings are also in the plans:
Unfortunately, I'm only one man and I'm working on these things only for fun, in some of my free time. As in most of the open source projects, any contributions would be very appreciated.
- Extract Method
- Extract Variable
- Extract Class
- Extract Module
- Rename/Move using Ack
More on RFactor can be found on GitHub as well as on Fabio's blog post on RFactor, and there also exists a TextMate bundle.
RFactor is another step towards having Ruby source code tools written in Ruby, other examples are static analysis tools which also use ParseTree or ruby_parser to get at Ruby ASTs.
If you're a text editor user, do you miss refactoring support? Are there other IDE features that you would like to see integrated into your editor?
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SLIME tool
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Basically, it's a LISP backend that implements all kinds of logic for doc lookup, syntax/semantic coloring, etc. Frontend (eg Emacs) and Backend communicate over a protocol - which means you could write, say, a different frontend (eg. for vim) for SLIME but get to reuse the functionality on the backend.
I'd say this is a better approach than rewriting the same functionality for every Ruby IDE or Ruby editor support the way it's done now. Obviously - the frontend would still be a lot of work, if only to translate the backend features to the IDE or editor metaphors; but the basic implementation would be shared. Also: with JRuby as mature Ruby on the JVM, Java-based IDEs could run the Ruby backend in the same JVM process.
I wonder if enough Ruby editor dwellers can get together to pull something like this off.


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Harvey leaves council in bittersweet goodbye
When Skip Harvey joined the Town council eight years ago, Mammoth Lakes was in good shape, the snow came in bucket loads and the future was as bright as the sun.
But on Wednesday evening, when Harvey stepped down, everything was upside down, including the $40 million MLLA judgment against the town at the same time that Mammoth endured its worst snow year in decades.
Even so, the most outspoken member of the council received a warm goodbye from the council and members of the audience, who stood and applauded him in a genuine show of appreciation.
Harvey, owner of the Base Camp Café and who also is battling medical issues as a consequence of throat cancer, responded in kind.
"I have to say I came back up from Santa Monica on Monday. I'm just in awe of the high mountains and the deserts.
"The farther north I come, the better it gets. I can't help staring at them.
"It is beautiful, and then as I turn up 203 to come up to town, (I slipped in between rainstorms), I could see the beauty of the crest, I smell the pine. It's gorgeous, it's enchanting and it's beautiful.
"No one, no matter what, can take that it away from us. I love this town. It's a wonderful place."
In his last years on the council, Harvey's voice was the most vocal, the most obstreperous and clamorous, as the town turned downward.
As if on cue, he took on the Forest Service in his last meeting, saying the town should be more involved in forcing the feds to open the restrooms, open the trails and take down the parking blockades in the campgrounds.
That, in turn, sparked a council discussion on the relationship between the town and the Forest Service.
With a chance to run again this year, he first took out nomination papers and then withdrew them.
Harvey himself acknowledged his outsider stance.
"We don't always agree on everything," he said, "so we disagree and move on."
He paused slightly and continued.
"It has been a pleasure to serve. It's been good to know that my efforts and work has been appreciated, so thank you all, very, very much."


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Linder, 'Femme / Objet'
Dadaism hasn't had its last word. The proof is in this exhibiton of works by Linder Sterling, known as 'Linder', which flutters between luminous boxes, crazy collages, raw meat dresses and scathing performance art. The spiritual child of Hannah Höch and John Heartfield, this British activist, artist and jack-of-all trades has been using photomontage since 1976, with all the bizarre fervour of her predecessors. In her 'automontages', she puts herself on stage again and again, being pulled by her hair, overturning the most kitsch and misogynist symbols of the woman as object (flowers, makeup, housework). Anticonformist and passionate about music, Linder has also designed album covers for the Buzzcocks and Morrissey, and works on her own body to make it the principal canvas of her artworks. She provokes, shocks and always pushes the boundaries of what is generally considered to be acceptable – an emblematic figure of the post punk age, chaotic and pugnacious, at the Musée d'Art Moderne from February 1.
Opening hours: Tue-Sun, 10am-6pm, late opening Thu until 10pm
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