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Sylvania Northview HS & Findlay HS (17)
Anthony Wayne, Ashland, Bowsher, Clay, Findlay, Fremont Ross, Lima Sr., Madison , Notre Dame, Perrysburg, Springfield, St. Ursula, Start, Sylvania Northview, Sylvania Southview, Waite, Whitmer.
Division 2
Elida MS (11)
Bath, Celina, Defiance, Elida, Kenton, Ottawa-Glandorf, Memorial (St. Mary's), Shawnee, Upper Sandusky, Van Wert, Wapakoneta.
Ashland HS (11)
Clear Fork, Clyde, Edison, Lexington, Mansfield Sr., Norwalk, Ontario, Perkins, Sandusky, Tiffin Columbian, Vermillion.
Lake HS (10)
Bowling Green, Bryan, Central Catholic (Toledo), Lake, Maumee, Napoleon, Oak Harbor, Port Clinton, Rogers, Wauseon.
Division 3
Genoa HS (12)
Archbold, Cardinal Stritch, Delta, Eastwood, Genoa, Huron, Northwood, Otsego , Rossford, Swanton, Toledo Christian, Woodmore.
Ottoville HS (12)
Coldwater, Continental, Crestview (Convoy), Fort Jennings, Jefferson, Kalida, Liberty Center, Lincolnview, Miller City, Ottoville, Paulding, St. John's (Delphos).
Findlay HS (12)
Ada, Allen East , Bluffton, Cory-Rawson, Crestview (Ashland), Liberty-Benton, Lima Central Catholic, Mansfield Christian, Mohawk, Riverdale, St. Peter's (Mansfield), Van Buren.
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Michele Morrow Auctions Signed Cataclysm and StarCraft II CE for Child's Play
Our friend, the Scream Queen of Horror films actress Michele Morrow recently visited Blizzard Entertainment courtesy of Mark Gibbons (Red Knuckle) to get a tour through the studios, and to personally pickup a World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Collector's Edition and a StarCraft II Collector's Edition signed by several developers.
"I'm doing an Ebay Charity Auction for Child's Play. 100% of the $$ will go to giving hospitalized, sick kids video games & toys. The auction ends 12/21 but I can mail it out fast for you if it's a holiday gift. Read my blog for the links – appx. 100 Blizzard Developers, Designers, Artists and Animators, autographed my Collector's Editions of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm and Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty. Buy them as a gift and know your purchase went to a great cause!" — said Michele.
Michele Morrow just put these two signed products in auction to benefit the Child's Play Charity Foundation. The actress recently braved herself to have a surgery, after her visit to the studios, where one of her ribs was removed. She's now slowly recovering. Kinda inspires me to soothe my own personal fear. I'll have a minor surgery on Tuesday.
If getting ahold of these signed games and to donate to Child's Play is of interest to you, feel free to bid on these auctions:
Source: Michele Morrow website
Other: Michel Morrow as Lady Sylvanas
Blizzplanet interview with Michele Morrow. Michele on IMDB.

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PITTSBURGH -- State police say a 13-year-old told them he fatally shot his grandparents in their Pennsylvania home because he was upset that they called his mother a whore.
Troopers from the Franklin barracks announced the charges Tuesday against Zachary James Proper, of Oil City, but provided few details.
The Derrick in Oil City first reported the charges, which state police confirmed in a short news release.
A criminal complaint charges that Proper shot his grandmother, Dorothy Fross, and step-grandfather, George Fross, at their home in Sandycreek Township about 4 p.m. Sunday. That's about 70 miles north of Pittsburgh.
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While it's not unheard of for a series to make it to the 100-episode mark without earning much in the way of Emmy recognition—still only one nomination to date, and it was for Outstanding Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic)—and none whatsoever from the Golden Globes or… wait, is this right? The Middle hasn't even been recognized by the People's Choice Awards? We're through the looking glass here, people…
Except we're not, really.
The fact that The Middle is, at least relatively speaking, underappreciated by the masses has been completely beaten to death—I'm as guilty of it as the next critic, if not even more so because I write about it as often as I do—but if ever there's going to be a time to set aside one's annoyance about the series perpetually flying under the radar and simply celebrate its wonderfulness, then the 100th episode must surely be it.
In a nice touch to tie the celebratory nature of the episode into a plotline, it turns out that Orson, Indiana just so happens to be hitting its centennial. As you'd expect from the home of Little Betty Snack Cakes, the Demolition Derby for the Homeless, and the world's largest polyurethane cow, this is kind of a big deal…well, to everyone but the Hecks, anyway. Actually, make that everyone but Frankie and Mike Heck: Brick's been inspired to enter the contest to compose a new slogan for Orson (the winner gets to ride in an old-timey fire truck for the Orsontennial Parade and the honor of having their slogan in place 'til the next centennial), Axl's been reunited with his fellow members of BossCo—now with college knowledge!—and is trying to make some money off the idea of having a velvet-roped V.I.P. section for the parade, and Sue goes through a multitude of emotions when she thinks she's been named to the float committee. But Frankie and Mike? They can't even be bothered.
You can imagine, then, just how excited they are to discover that, in a strawberry margarita inspired haze during a Fourth of July get-together, Frankie giddily volunteered to drive a float in the parade—a suggestion readily signed off upon by an equally intoxicated Mike ("Whatever, baby!")—and even went so far as to boldly demand "the biggest float ya got!" Unfortunately for them, this proves to be an ask-and-ye-shall-receive situation, as they're handed the keys to the highly unwieldy big ass cow float, a behemoth that necessitates that Frankie ride in the front, Mike in the back, both scrunched into uncomfortably tiny spaces, communicating via walkie-talkie so that Frankie can tell Mike where he needs to steer. Good times, right?
Actually, it does prove to be a good time, at least temporarily, starting when Frankie decides that maybe there is some merit to joining in the Orsontennial. Okay, granted, at first it was probably more about being swayed by Nancy Donahue's brownies than a desire to answer the call of civic pride, but she's clearly caught up in the sentimentality before long, and, even more surprisingly, so is Mike. No, they're not really thrilled about being drafted to spend the night outside, sleeping beside their float to keep it safe from the Glossner kids, but they do it anyway, and before long, Frankie and Mike have drifted into reminiscing about how they first came to settle in Orson. It's a conversation that rivals anything we've ever seen in the car—and if you're a dedicated viewer, then you know what high praise this is—but, more importantly, it's a comfortable back-and-forth between a couple who've been together for more years than either of them would care to count, know either other's good sides and bad, and can get away with being sweet and sarcastic to each other in the same sentence. That's not TV, that's reality. I mean, that's about as real as a wife yelling at her husband that she can't answer the phone because she's pooping… and if you've got a significant other and you've never been on at least one side of that particular exchange, then you need to seriously reevaluate the comfort level of your current relationship.
As all of this husband-wife bonding is going on between Frankie and Mike, the kids are each in the midst of their own issues. The slogan contest plays to Brick's strengths as a reader, inspiring him to come up with no less than a hundred possible slogans (and inspiring Mike to ask, "What's the first one? That's my favorite!"), but he soon dismisses them all, goes back to the drawing board, and finally emerges with one that's both personal and provides a sense of historical context: "Orson: The Heartland's Hidden Gem." It's so clever, in fact, that the judging committee doesn't get it, instead going with the supposedly snappier "Orson: Why Not?" Brick loses his shit, as well he should, and deems the whole affair a perfect example of the dumbing down of America, a stance he maintains right up until he's thrown a free shirt bearing the new slogan in Sans Serif… but, really, who among us isn't a sucker for a good font?
Meanwhile, after Sue moves past her exclusion from the float committee, she decides to pay a visit to Angel, Darrin's new squeeze, and find out as much as she can about this woman who's won her ex's heart. As it turns out, Angel's been wanting to spend some time with Sue, too, although her interest is more in doing whatever she can to repair Sue's hair than anything else. (Whether you think she succeeded or failed, you have to admit that the cut to Sue's new 'do was a great visual gag.) Sue leaves the encounter concerned that Angel's not good enough for Darrin, that she doesn't appreciate him for the right reasons, and she takes it upon herself to try and make him jealous, using… Brad? That the plan doesn't pan out the way she intends is a given, but blaming Brad for his fabulousness would be like blaming the sun for shining, and it hardly matters in the end, as circumstances lead Darrin to save Sue from death by flaming cow, thereby convincing her that there is yet hope for them to end up together.
Axl may have the least of the episode's storylines, but the mere existence of the V.I.P. area results in too many great moments to dismiss it. They range from the sublime (Axl repeatedly stealing chairs out from under Brick to fill the area) to the ridiculous (Sue and Brad sitting in the area and singing "Summer Loving"), but the real beauty comes with the cow float going up in flames as a result of its head hitting the extension cords that BossCo has hung across the parade route. If pressed to pull out the funniest line of the night, I'd seriously consider going with Axl's delivery of the words, "Well, that was definitely our fault."
To bring it back to Frankie and Mike, the time they spend in the belly of the beast is effectively a continuation of their casual late-night conversation, growing increasingly more frantic as they make their way down the parade route. In the course of their doomed expedition, we get yet another reminder as to why they really don't have many friends (they're easily annoyed and very quick to talk behind people's backs, the latter tendency proving to be particularly problematic when they're chatting with each other via walkie-talkie on an open channel), but their chatter serves to underline the reasons why their marriage and so many other marriages across the centuries have survived: They love each other, and they've been together so long that they can say whatever the hell they want to each other because they know that nobody else is likely to put up with their shit. So, yeah, they do start yelling back and forth. They're angry and annoyed at each other, but when push comes to shove and someone yells "fire," Mike's out of the cow like a flash, rushing to Frankie's aid. Looking back, it's an easy laugh when Sue says she'd hoped that she and Darrin would have a relationship like her parents, only to cut to Frankie and Mike sniping back and forth at each other, but given that, in the end, Mike saves Frankie and Darrin saves Sue, I'd say there's a way better chance of Sue having her wish come true than there used to be.
The 100th episode of The Middle could've been a gimmicky extravaganza designed to finally raise the profile of the little sitcom that could, but that's just not the show's style. It's never been Modern Family, nor has it ever tried to be. As such, The Middle's big celebration consisted of one major nod to the past (God knows I don't want to see Frankie go back to selling cars, but it was pretty great to see Brian Doyle Murray again) and several little callbacks to past episodes, which the show is constantly doing, anyway. I will say, though, that there was one callback that made me smile wider than any of the others: Frankie plopping down several bags of fast food and yelling, "Dinner!" 100 episodes later, and that gag's still as funny now as it was in the pilot.
You've got to admire a show with that kind of consistency.
Stray observations:
- The performance of "Teeny Place" took the Ron Cougar Mellancamp gag one step too far into silliness for me, but I cannot deny the brilliance of securing the fourth-best John Cougar Mellencamp impersonator in Indiana as the Orsontennial's big concert attraction. I also liked the fact that, although Nancy obviously believed the booking to be a coup of sorts, she still recognized that the crowd was a little too excited and felt the need to clarify that it was not actually the real John Cougar Mellencamp performing.
- With all due respect to the network that has kept the show on the air for 100 episodes, I've got to say it: If The Middle was on CBS, there would be a website for the Orsontennial, and I'd like to think it would include the history of the town as related by Brick, featuring all the details about how prostitution was rampant back in the day.
- As much as I hate the unnecessary abbreviation of words, Brad won my heart when he told Sue, "I know you're saying stuff, but I can't stop staring at your hair. It looks amaz. I'm so jeal!"
- "No one said we could use punctuation!"
- "Unless you're a pie, get out of my face!"
- I demand the immediate casting of someone awesome—but not too high-profile—to play Rockin' Phil Lisson.
- Almost as bad as the dumbing-down of America is the realization that we're only a generation away from losing the last of our population who would utter the words, "I wouldn't want people thinking I'm fancy."
- It's a tiny moment, as so many of the great moments on The Middle are, but I loved the fact that Axl and Sean were aghast at the performance of "Summer Loving," but an enthralled Darrin just stood there eating popcorn.
- Lastly, just to touch on that whole "The Middle isn't Modern Family" one more time, has anyone noticed that the difference between the shows and their approaches also extends to how they're being rerun? USA has blanketed every available 30-minute slot on their schedule with Modern Family, to the point where I'm already almost tired of it (and, as I've said before, I do love the show), whereas ABC Family is doling out The Middle in bite-sized marathons, just enough to raise its profile but not enough to make anyone sick of it. Seems pretty perfect to me.


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In 2007, my friend and colleague on "PBS NewsHour," Jim Lehrer, interviewed President George W. Bush and asked the following question about the U.S. wars then being waged in Iraq and Afghanistan: "Why have you not, as president of the United States, asked more Americans and more American interests to sacrifice something? The people who are now sacrificing are, you know, the Army and the U.S. Marines and their families. They're the only ones who are actually sacrificing anything at this point."
President Bush's answer — "Well, you know, I think a lot of people are in this fight. I mean, they sacrifice peace of mind when they see the terrible images of violence on TV every night. I mean, we've got a fantastic economy here in the United States, but yet, when you think about the psychology of the country, it is somewhat down because of the war" — lacks the inspiring eloquence of Abraham Lincoln or Winston Churchill, but let's be blunt, he is not the only president of this decade to fail to summon his countrymen to selfless patriotism. Unless I missed it, President Barack Obama has been mute on the matter of asking us to make individual and collective sacrifice in behalf of the nation's common good.
Make no mistake, our values have changed. In the words of one of the first group of Peace Corps volunteers, some half-century ago: "I'd never done anything political, patriotic or unselfish because nobody ever asked me to. President Kennedy asked us that day (51 years ago), and we are still saying 'yes.'"
Contrast that with the argument of the House majority whip, a Republican, to a Washington, D.C., bankers meeting on the eve of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, just days before 2nd Lt. Therrel Shane Childers of Harrison County, Miss., would become the first of 4,486, and counting, Americans to die in that conflict: "Nothing is more important in the face of war than cutting taxes."
Let's be blunt. America today, despite all the lip-service we pay to the men and women in the military, devalues individual sacrifice for the common good. We no longer treat each other — or insist upon being treated ourselves — as citizens with reciprocal obligations to each other and to our country, but instead as consumers who insist upon getting the best deal for ourselves.
As somebody smarter than I observed about our contemporary politics: "Americans vote to send Democrats to Washington to make sure they get for themselves all the federal goodies and entitlements the Treasury can provide. Then these same voters send Republicans to Washington to make sure that they, the voters, will not have to pay for those federal goodies."
Got a federal debt that is out-of-control and threatening the nation's future? The Democrats, led by President Obama, promise that your taxes will never rise if you belong to the 98 percent of U.S. households that earn less than $250,000 a year. The only Americans asked to pay some price or to bear some burden in order to rehabilitate the nation's solvency would be the richest 2 percent.
The front-runner for the GOP presidential nomination, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, is a tax-cut-and-spend Republican who tells us "consumers" that his policies will enable the country to "grow" its way out of the debt mess. Sort of a "what's good for the country club is good for the country" approach.
Isn't it time that we demanded that those who seek to lead the nation treat us not like consumers on the prowl for something for nothing, but as citizens who recognize that we have, in addition to rights and privileges, real obligations and responsibilities?
We know that in America war requires equality of sacrifice. But so, too, does American citizenship.
To find out more about Mark Shields and read his past columns, visit the Creators Syndicate web page at www.creators.com.


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Spanish Pea Soup with Crispy Ham
Oh, March…you don't really belong to winter…and yet you're not a full-fledged spring month either. Sigh…
I don't know about you, but this time of year, I start craving all things spring. Ramps, fiddleheads, greens, onions and asparagus, but there is one vegetable in particular that I look forward to the most. Spring peas. I think my devotion to the fresh-from-the-garden-spring-peas comes from disliking all peas that were placed in front of me before sometime in my mid-twenties…and is most likely related to the fact that 99% of those were of the frozen or canned variety.
Here's a revelation. This Spring Pea soup can be enjoyed any time of year. Let me say that again, you can enjoy the delightful crisp and sweet taste of spring peas any time you feel like it. Herein lies the genius of this Spanish Pea Soup with crispy ham and the Barefoot Contessa! So even if it is still dumping snow in your neck of the woods…it can be springtime in your mouth!
Spanish Pea Soup with Crispy Ham
Good olive oil
½ cup chopped shallots (2 large shallots)
1 tablespoon minced garlic (3 cloves)
4 cups chicken stock, preferably homemade
2 pounds frozen peas, such as Bird's Eye Sweet Garden
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
6 thin slices Spanish Serrano ham or Italian prosciutto
In a deep (8 x 5-inch) heavy-bottomed saucepan, heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil over medium heat. Add the shallots and saute for 3 to 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until tender and lightly browned. Add the garlic and cook for 1 more minute. Add the chicken stock, frozen peas, 2 teaspoons salt, and 1 teaspoon pepper and bring to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Puree with an immersion blender until coarsely pureed, season to taste.
Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Place the ham in a single layer on a sheet pan and roast for 5 to 8 minutes, until crisp.
Reheat the soup and serve in shallow bowls with a slice of crispy ham on top. Drizzle with a little olive oil and serve hot.
The ham is an integral part of this dish…a nice salty and crunchy complement to the sweet peas. We opted to serve some crusty bread alongside and we couldn't resist yet another Barefoot Contessa recipe for Garlic Roasted Cauliflower to make the dinner a bit heartier.
This is so simple, quick and fresh that it makes a perfect weeknight meal, and leftovers are wonderful, even served cold for lunch with a dollop of creme fraiche and of course the drizzle of olive oil and a sprinkling of sea salt!
What is your favorite spring craving?


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Pittsburgh students' bus in accident while returning from YAG convention
May 1, 2012
Twenty five high school students from Obama Academy of International Studies, an International Baccalaureate school within Pittsburgh Public Schools, were in a charter bus that was hit on the PA Turnpike while traveling home from Harrisburg after the conclusion of the YMCA Youth and Government model convention in the state capital today.
None of the students, teachers or adult volunteers was injured in the Sunday evening accident. The bus driver and the driver of the semi-truck were unhurt.
The bus and the semi-truck carrying new Mercedes-Benz sedans bumped sides and scraped together while heading in the same direction. The exterior windows along the right side of the bus were broken and shattered, but the glass never reached the interior by the passengers.
"Wind seemed to push the truck into the bus through a turn and the driver did a great job to avert a more catastrophic accident," said Tobias Rather, a junior within the school club. "State police were called and no arrests nor citations were made to our knowledge."
Traveling on the bus were the governor, lieutenant governor and the editor in chief of Pennsylvania's Youth Government. All had just been voted upon and sworn into office just hours prior in the PA State House Chambers. The student delegation had been to a four-day, model-government convention directed by the Pennsylvania YMCA Youth And Government (YAG). YAG brought together more than 400 students from across the state to participate in government events.
Students at YAG run their own government, electing a student governor, Erik Rauterkus, a junior from South Side; lieutenant governor, Ben Junker, a junior from Bloomfield; and, editor in chief, Anna Vitti, a junior from Highland Park. Two other elected officials come from elsewhere in the state: The speaker of the house is from Hershey and the chief justice is from East Shore Y in Harrisburg.
These leaders facilitate YAG members in a year-long quest to write, debate, amend and vote for bills with committee and floor sessions. Bills are signed or vetoed by the governor. Others win or lose court cases, report on top stories, and lobby for new PA laws. Some YAG legislation has been introduced and passed into law within Pennsylvania.
"YAG has been a well-respected state program for many decades," said Erik Rauterkus, now the 66th youth governor in PA.
"The YAG program clearly demonstrated various perceptions among citizens from suburban and rural delegations who have notoriously dominated the events in Harrisburg," said Matt Lampl, an Obama Academy junior from Squirrel Hill. "Only two out of 24 delegations come from within Philadelphia or Pittsburgh city limits. Naturally, the leadership tended to sway toward delegates from rural, rather than urban, areas, as they represented the majority. But the Obama delegation of 2012 made unprecedented impact this year."
"Ours was an amazing feat, sweeping three out of the five main leadership positions," said Annie Widom, a junior from Squirrel Hill. She held a lobby position this week at YAG.
Mr. Rauterkus claimed the top spot in the election for governor by besting a veteran YAG member, Erin Agnew, from Springfield, which is also the largest delegation.
The bus crash was the second major crash for the YAG governor this week. Just two days prior to the trip to Harrisburg, Mr, Rauterkus, one of the area's top junior competitive cyclists and captain of the school's swim team, was rushed to Presbyterian Hospital after experiencing a major tumble within a sprint in a race at the Bud Harris Cycling Oval.
Suffering road rash and soreness, he persevered and still attended the youth leadership event.
Ben Junker, a swimming and water polo teammate of Mr. Rauterkus, pulled off a similar victory, narrowly beating five other peer members for the role of lieutenant governor. One of his duties is to preside over the Senate. Mr. Junker also was awarded the Outstanding Senate Committee Chair in the final joint session.
The new editor-in-chief for YAG, Anna Vitti, was elected to the position by her peers and moved from her role as reporter.
Obama Academy freshman, Rohun Joseph, was the fourth member of the squad who was added onto the YMCA invite list to attend CONA, the USA version for Youth Government. Adult advisers evaluate the students throughout the year and select an all-star cadre of youth leaders to meet for a week in North Carolina in July. Only 26 students in Pennsylvania get the opportunity.
This was the first year of the Obama delegation, as it replaced the recently closed Schenley High School.
"The students made a great impression with their skills and leadership abilities, said YMCA Program Director Adoree DeLuca-Johnson. "They brought the Obama Academy and Pittsburgh names to the state."
The YAG members were reminded in an opening speech by Governor Tom Corbett, "Youth are the future of this world." In the closing session, Lieutenant Governor Jim Cawley spoke about voting and duties as citizens.
"The key role we play in the YAG program may indicate the beginning of better relationship among the urban, suburban and rural areas of our Commonwealth in both policy and politics" said Demetri Lardas, Obama junior, from the Oakland area of Pittsburgh.
James Hill, 2011 Schenley graduate, from Stanton Heights and a former YAG participant said, "I'm thankful that no one was hurt in the bus crash. It must have been an exciting end to an exciting weekend. I'm immensely proud of Erik, Ben, and Anna for making a smash this year.
"Working with them in the past, I know that they are great kids and that they are going to work hard to make YAG even better next year. I'm very proud that they're making their own legacy and proving inner city schools have what it takes."
By Angela Perfetti,
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Two defensive miscues and a Luis Ángel Landín red card were all that was needed to bury the Houston Dynamo against the LA Galaxy on Saturday night at Robertson Stadium. Edson Buddle had a brace and the Galaxy left Houston with a 2-0 victory.
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"You can't spot a team two goals like that, and especially being down a man, expect to come back," said Dynamo head coach Dominic Kinnear. "I thought the defending for both goals was really poor and they took advantage of them. Credit to them. They took advantage of our mistakes and won the game."
With the victory, the Galaxy continue to put room between themselves and the rest of the Western Conference. For now, Los Angeles is five points clear of the Dynamo after only three games.
Following the match, each Dynamo player was pointing fingers, not at their Dynamo teammates, but instead at themselves and taking blame for their own parts in the defensive miscues.
On the first Galaxy goal in the 27th minute, Dynamo defenders Eddie Robinson and Mike Chabala failed to communicate as to who was going to clear the ball. It was ultimately deflected between the two of them and fell to Buddle, who drove to the end line and beat Dynamo 'keeper Pat Onstad at the near post.
"The first one for me, from my standpoint, is just a terrible angle to get beat from and you should never get scored on from there," Onstad said.
"It's a mistake by me and Chewy [defender Mike Chabala] not talking to each other," Robinson said. "One other mistake and it's 2-0. Other than that, Pat had to make one save, it's frustrating."
The second goal might have been even more frustrating for the Dynamo defense. Robinson went to clear the ball, but instead it was hit by Buddle. The referee didn't whistle a foul, however, and the play continued. Defender Bobby Boswell didn't step up to clear the ball. The play would result in the Galaxy's second.
"I think I have to play that ball a little differently and make a better play on it than I did and we got punished for it," Boswell noted.
If there was a third critical error on the night, it came in the 43rd minute, when Landín went into the corner to track down a ball and earned a red card in the process. Galaxy defender Omar Gonzalez screened Landín off the ball and Houston's Designated Player kicked at Gonzalez from behind.
"They had already given me various [elbows]," Landín said. "I reacted in a bad manner. I shouldn't have reacted that way. Unfortunately I did it, and there are the consequences."
The 10-man Dynamo deserve credit for pressing hard in the second half before ultimately running out of gas. Midfielders Lovel Palmer, Corey Ashe, Danny Cruz and Brian Mullan's move to forward provided the team a jumpstart in attack.
In the end it was too little, too late for Houston as the red card and the defensive miscues were too big a hole for the team from which to dig itself out. Robinson vowed to bring an end to the errors.
"Guys make mistakes like that, myself included, and if you want to stay on the team, you can't do that," Robinson said. "I'll doubt we'll have many mistakes like that again this year, because if you do, there are a lot of good players sitting on the bench that want to play."


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Here's a cool story from the Los Angeles Times tonight: After being stolen and then spending 23 years in storage with a mere 67 miles on the odometer, a 1989 Corvette convertible was sold to a new owner after an eBay auction today.
The kicker is that this 'Vette sold at auction for its original 1989 sticker price: about $39,471.
The Times reported that the Corvette was stolen from a San Diego dealership in 1989 by a man who was then paid by gangsters to keep it in storage. It was recovered by police earlier this year, then purchased by a wholesale car manager in Glendale, who put it up on eBay.
It's a nice ending for a sportscar that spent 23 years locked away, probably waiting for the chance to do some hoonage. Hopefully, its new owner will have some fun in it — even though it's a "time capsule," as he told the newspaper.
What car would you like to find new in a storage container?
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10. System of a Down –Toxicity ( This song was released in 2001 in the bands most successful album. I love the song for its great lyrics and brilliant music which has a lot of variety and creativity.
"…the toxicity of our city…"
9. The Ramones- 53rd and 3rd ( A song from Ramones self titled album from 1970. This song has not been featured in their best of collection 'Loud, Fast Ramones'. But this song somehow is compelling for me. Just pure Punk Rock with the vocals being on the edge of, what you say, childish.
"53rd and 3rd…."
8. Nirvana- Smells like teen spirit ( The definitive grunge song by the legendary Kurt Cobain from the greatest Grunge album 'Nevermind'. The song defines the grunge culture. Rocking bad ass song with fabulous lyrics and brilliant music!
"…yeah, whatever, nevermind…"
7. Paul McCartney- Fine Line ( The song from his latest album "Chaos and Creation in the Backyard". The legend has played all the instruments in the album. The song is sweet, simple and short. Great lyrics and a catchy rhythm to boot.
"There is a fine line between recklessness and courage…"
6. Elvis Priestly- Can't help Falling in Love ( I just downloaded Best of Elvis in two volumes and I couldn't help falling love with his music. This is one of the songs I've been listening over and over. The lyrics are sublime, so is the King's voice. Really a classic!
"…some things are meant to be. Take my hand; take my whole life too…"
5. The Monkees – I'm a believer ( I doubt whether the new generation has heard of this band. This is the first ever readymade, pop boy band. Though I hate the pretentious songs of Boy bands, these guys had character. Check wikipedia for more… Well, this song is a terrific one. Most of you must have heard its cover version in Shrek(1) . The finale song sung by Donkey. Catchy Music and great lyrics. I love this song!
" I thought love was only true in fairy tales…"
4. Deep Purple- Smoke on the water ( The most famous rhythm guitar riff of all time. Richie Blackmore at his best. I learned to play the riff in Fruityloops! Instant Classic!
"Smoke on the water; Fire in the Sky!..."
3. Coldplay- Fix You ( The song from their latest album X&Y. I love this band. Terrific Songs. ( Not Hard Rock or Metal but good rock songs) This song has got a mellow start and classic finale. Fabulous lyrics and the dreamy voice of Chris Martin.
"When you try your best but you don't succeed
When you get what you want but not what you need"
2. Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams ( This song is really a modern classic for me. I am not getting tired of it. Touching lyrics and a great composition. Very different from Green Days typical Punk Rock( though, very good mind you) fare.
"I walk a lonely road
The only one that I have ever known
Don't know where it goesBut it's home to me and I walk alone
I walk this empty street
On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Where the city sleepsand I'm the only one and I walk alone"
1. Cream- Sunshine of your Love ( The legendary band Cream comprising of Greats like Eric Clapton (guitar) , Jack Bruce (vocals and bass) and Ginger Baker(drums). Though the band was alive for just 2 years, they left and indelible mark on the music scene. They were inductees in the Rock n Roll hall of fame for the same. I cant get enough of this song. Simply Sublime! A great opening guitar and bass. Catchy Tune. The dreamy and breathy vocals of Bruce and good lyrics.. And brilliant Guitar work. This is a classic that has stood the test of time.
"It's getting near dawn,
When lights close their tired eyes.
I'll soon be with you my love,
To give you my dawn surprise.
I'll be with you darling soon,
I'll be with you when the stars start falling.
I've been waiting so long
To be where I'm going
In the sunshine of your love."
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Gas Mileage 15 mpg City/19 mpg Hwy
Engine Gas V6, 3.5L
EPA Class Special Purpose
Style Name 4WD
Drivetrain Four Wheel Drive
Passenger Capacity 5
Passenger Doors 4
Body Style Sport Utility
Transmission 4-speed electronic automatic transmission w/lock-up torque converter, pwr drive/winter start modes
EPA Classification Special Purpose
Weight Information
Base Curb Weight (lbs) 4615
Interior Dimensions
Front Leg Room (in) 40.8
Second Shoulder Room (in) 57.3
Passenger Volume (ft³) 105.3
Second Head Room (in) 37.8
Front Shoulder Room (in) 56.9
Second Hip Room (in) 53.5
Front Head Room (in) 39.4
Second Leg Room (in) 39.1
Passenger Capacity 5
Front Hip Room (in) 53.7
Exterior Dimensions
Height, Overall (in) 72.2
Rear Door Opening Width (in) - TBD -
Length, Overall (in) 187.8
Min Ground Clearance (in) 8.3
Track Width, Front (in) 59.6
Liftover Height (in) - TBD -
Width, Max w/o mirrors (in) 72.2
Rear Door Opening Height (in) - TBD -
Wheelbase (in) 108.7
Track Width, Rear (in) 59.8
Cargo Area Dimensions
Cargo Area Width @ Beltline (in) - TBD -
Cargo Volume to Seat 3 (ft³) NA
Cargo Area Length @ Floor to Seat 2 (in) - TBD -
Cargo Volume to Seat 1 (ft³) 90.2
Cargo Box Width @ Wheelhousings (in) - TBD -
Cargo Area Length @ Floor to Seat 3 (in) NA
Cargo Volume to Seat 2 (ft³) 43.7
Cargo Area Length @ Floor to Seat 1 (in) - TBD -
Cargo Box (Area) Height (in) - TBD -
Fuel Economy
Fuel Tank
Fuel Tank Capacity, Approx (gal) 22.5
EPA Fuel Economy Est - Hwy (MPG) 19
EPA Fuel Economy Est - City (MPG) 15
Performance Specs
Fuel System SEFI
Engine Type Gas V6
SAE Net Horsepower @ RPM 215 @ 5400
Displacement 3.5L/213
Engine Order Code NA
SAE Net Torque @ RPM 230 @ 3000
Sixth Gear Ratio (:1) NA
Transfer Case Gear Ratio (:1), Low 3.480
Trans Description Cont. Automatic w/OD,
Fourth Gear Ratio (:1) 0.723
Final Drive Axle Ratio (:1) 4.300
Trans Order Code NA
Second Gear Ratio (:1) 1.618
Reverse Ratio (:1) 2.000
Seventh Gear Ratio (:1) NA
Trans Description Cont. Again Electronic
Fifth Gear Ratio (:1) NA
Transfer Case Gear Ratio (:1), High 1.000
Trans Type 4
Third Gear Ratio (:1) 1.000
Clutch Size (in) NA
Drivetrain Four-Wheel Drive
First Gear Ratio (:1) 2.856
Disc - Rear (Yes or ) Yes
Brake ABS System Four-Wheel
Drum - Rear (Yes or ) NA
Front Brake Rotor Diam x Thickness (in) 11.0 x 1.02
Disc - Front (Yes or ) Yes
Rear Drum Diam x Width (in) NA
Brake Type Pwr-Assisted
Rear Brake Rotor Diam x Thickness (in) 12.3 x 0.71
Turning Diameter - Curb to Curb (ft) 38.1
Steering Ratio (:1), Overall 16.3
Turning Diameter - Wall to Wall (ft) -TBD-
Lock to Lock Turns (Steering) 3.7
Steering Type Pwr-Assisted
Front Tire Size P245/70R16
Rear Tire Order Code NA
Rear Tire Size P245/70R16
Spare Tire Order Code NA
Front Tire Order Code NA
Spare Tire Size P245/70R16
Front Wheel Material Aluminum
Rear Wheel Size (in) 16" x 7.0"
Rear Wheel Material Aluminum
Spare Wheel Size (in) 16" x 7.0"
Front Wheel Size (in) 16" x 7.0"
Spare Wheel Material Aluminum
Suspension Type - Rear (Cont.) w/Coil Springs
Suspension Type - Rear Multi-link
Stabilizer Bar Diameter - Front (in) 1.02
Shock Absorber Diameter - Front (mm) -TBD-
Suspension Type - Front (Cont.) w/Torsion Bar
Stabilizer Bar Diameter - Rear (in) 0.75
Suspension Type - Front Double-Wishbone
Shock Absorber Diameter - Rear (mm) -TBD-
Safety Features
Air Bag-Frontal-Driver Yes
Air Bag-Frontal-Passenger Yes
Air Bag-Passenger Switch (On/Off) No
Air Bag-Side Body-Front No
Air Bag-Side Body-Rear No
Air Bag-Side Head-Front No
Air Bag-Side Head-Rear No
Brakes-ABS Yes
Child Safety Rear Door Locks No
Daytime Running Lights No
Traction Control No
Night Vision No
Rollover Protection Bars No
Fog Lamps Yes
Parking Aid No
Tire Pressure Monitor No
Back-Up Camera No
Stability Control No
Other Features 3-channel anti-lock brakes (ABS)
Driver & front passenger air bag Supplemental Restraint System...
3-point front and outboard rear adjustable seat belts
Rear center lap belt
Collapsible steering column
Driver & front passenger air bag Supplemental Restraint System...
3-point front and outboard rear adjustable seat belts
Rear center lap belt
Collapsible steering column
Basic Miles/km 50,000
Basic Years 4
Corrosion Miles/km Unlimited
Corrosion Years 5
Roadside Assistance Miles/km 50,000
Roadside Assistance Years 4
Other Specs
Cooling System
Total Cooling System Capacity (qts) 11.0
Maximum Alternator Capacity (amps) 75
Cold Cranking Amps @ 0° F (Primary) -TBD-
Wt Distributing Hitch - Max Tongue Wt. (lbs) 500
Dead Weight Hitch - Max Tongue Wt. (lbs) 500
Wt Distributing Hitch - Max Trailer Wt. (lbs) 5000
Dead Weight Hitch - Max Trailer Wt. (lbs) 5000
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If you are a Linux developer you already are aware of the beauty that some devel packages provide - their gtk-doc generated documentation. Or maybe you have been using it's online variant (e.g. cairo manual). Or you might have used Devhelp to search and read the documentation coming from your locally installed devel packages.
Now if you are using Eclipse for your development the very same documentation is integrated into Eclipse Help Center together with all the other documentations available there, you can read it there.
Pick your style and enjoy! Hopefully this brings the documentation closer to more developers. We all know how hard it is for everyone to read documentation so the easier to read it the better for everyone :).It is already available from Linux Tools nightly update site and will be part of our 1.0 release in June.
P.S. This was written by Jeff Johnston almost entirely, I just had the privilege to do the final touches and announce it.


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Mizzou Golf Course to be Named for Former Curator
COLUMBIA (AP) - An $8.3 million contribution has earned a former University of Missouri curator naming rights for the school's golf course at a Columbia country club.
The university's Board of Curators voted unanimously last week to designate the facility as the Walsworth Family Golf Complex, a part of the Club at Old Hawthorne.
That comes five months after Don and Audrey Walsworths' gift for upgrades at Memorial Stadium upgrades and a new clubhouse for the men's and women's golf teams.
Don Walsworth, of Marceline, is an MU graduate, CEO of a northern Missouri publishing company and former curators' chairman. Two of his three children played golf for Missouri. A third was a Pac-10 golf champion at Stanford University.
A Mizzou Arena outdoor plaza is also named for the family.


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Hi, this is my page. I have a /Sandbox.
2011 GSoC Proposal
Short Description Currently, control points between pairs of photographs must be added by users manually or "guessed" using a sifting algorithm. This project aims at a sort of hybrid for straight lines. The user draws straight lines on a pair of images, and the computer then automatically adds and refines control points along the given path. Such a method will allow quick and simple alignment of photographs with straight lines in them.
About Me
My name is Steven Williams and I am in my fourth year studying undergraduate mathematics at Walla Walla University. I have taken classes in data structures using C++. I have been an amateur photographer for about six years and own a Canon Powershot A620 and Canon Digital Rebel XTi. The only special equipment I have is a Manfrotto ball head tripod, but I shoot mostly handheld. Some of my photographs, including panoramas I have made using Hugin, can be found on Flickr[1] and Panoramio[2]. I also use Hugin to align images for exposure blending using qtpfsgui or enblend/enfuse.
Coding Skills
I have been writing in C++ for three years. I became interested in programming in high school, and wrote a Mastermind clone in TI-Basic on my TI-89. I have a little experience with C# and recently Processing. My current primary computer is a homebuilt quad-core desktop running Windows 7 with Ubuntu in a virtual machine.
Recently I wrote a program to visualise and interact with 2D IFS fractals as part of a senior seminar project. It is on Git here [3].
I have patched Bug #749669, which addresses crashing when trying to load an image as a .pto project.
My only previous interaction with the Hugin project is as a user. I have been using Hugin for several years to stitch panoramas. (UPDATE: see [4] for a patch I did for the program)
For this project I would like to take up the Straight Line UI proposal from here [5]. This is also a blueprint [6] on Launchpad. I have had some experience from my IFS program working with user input and object manipulation and am excited to develop a new tool for Hugin that will enable users to match their photographs quickly and easily.
I propose a system that will take a line drawn by the user in the quick preview window, and using a corner detection algorithm "snap" it to the nearest edge detected for more precise straight line input. Once this is done for the same line in matching images, the program will scan points along this line and automatically match control points in each image.
I plan on spending at least 40 hours per week on this project. University graduation happens around June 10, so I may not be able to spend as much time during the two or three days around that weekend. Here is a (very) tentative schedule:
May 24-June 3 Finalize inputs/outputs for new straight line tool, get
June 6-17 Write line input methods for user interaction and rough algorithm for guessing/sifting control points on the given lines.
June 20-July 1 Implement edge detection for given lines, test on lots of images
July 4-8 Clean up and test for mid-term evaluation
July 18-29 Refine control point guessing procedure
August 1-12 Extra week for bugs/slow progress/etc.
August 15-19 Finalize/improve documentation
2011 GSoC Project Documentation
The bulk of this project is wrapped up in a new class, the Control Line, that one can use in a manner similar to the Control Point class. It is a cascade of containers with associated functions for each level. The containers are as follows, from smallest to largest, with a short description, function list, and reference to where one would use it.
StraightLine Description: Functions: Where to use it:
ImageLinesCollection Description: Functions: Where to use it:
ImageLinesPair Description: Functions: ImageLinesPair(int,int)
ImageLinesPair(int,int,ImageLinesCollection,ImageLinesCollection) - for loading an existing ImageLinesCollection pair (from a previous session, etc.) bool selectByIndex(int) bool deleteByIndex(int) int indexOfSelected(void) bool isWhichPair(int,int,ImageLinesPair*)
Where to use it: This class should be accessed by code handling the current image pair. For example, line list selection, deletion, and extracting points along the line would use this class.
LineCollection Description: This holds everything related to straight lines for a panorama. It contains a vector of ImageLinesPair, with very few associated functions. Functions: OnImagePairChange(int,int) Where to use it: Use OnImagePairChange(leftImageNr,rightImageNr) to get a new ImageLinesPair whenever the image pair changes in the Control Points tab.


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October 12, 2010
Bonfire bites...
I'm especially loving the corn on the cob on sticks and the chip cones which would be so easy to do and the red gingham fabric backing really ties the whole theme together. Totally inspiring!
Trish from Frilly Milly events also has an etsy shop where you can buy her printables - they are really great so please pay her a visit.
Rachie xo
5 lovely comments:
- Amanda said...
There are so many beautiful looking dessert tables out there that are so inspiring. I love those gorgeous chip cones!! What a great idea.
- 12 October 2010 at 09:18
- Cassie {Hi Sugarplum} said...
I love the moss over the burlap tablecloth! Thank you so much for stopping by my blog...I'm thrilled to have found yours, and am your newest follower. Will was sweet enough to follow me in the very beginning and I'm thrilled to be able to watch your blog grow too. Can't wait to see what you have to say and show!
xo, cass
- 12 October 2010 at 14:57
- Will @ Bright.Bazaar said...
Get me to this party, ASAP! xo
- 13 October 2010 at 09:46
- Rosie said...
I miss Bonfire Night - they don't have it out here... boo hoo. Love your posts this week - sorry I haven't had a chance to comment earlier! x
- 13 October 2010 at 12:29
- Rachie @ A Chi Chi Affair said...
Thanks for the all the comments lovelies - i really appreciate you taking time out to post. So glad you are reading xxxoooo
- 13 October 2010 at 21:42


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However, as provided for in the Takeovers Rules, ZCCM-IH opted to apply to the Securities and Exchange Commission (âSECâ) for a waiver from making a Mandatory Offer which was granted by the SEC on 21 October 2016 on condition that ZCCM-IH will sell-down its shareholding in the Bank to below 35% by 21 October 2017. Hitherto, ZCCM-IH has only managed to sell 3.2% and ZCCM-IH thus currently has a shareholding of 45.4% in the Bank.
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The Board is therefore in discussions with ZCCM-IH on the process and timing of the Mandatory Offer and will provide further information once the discussions have been concluded.
Accordingly, and in the mean time, Shareholders are advised to exercise caution when dealing in the Bankâs securities until a full announcement is made.


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He did not share modernism's horror of copying historical styles, of applied decoration, or of overt romanticism. May was happy to slather on Spanish motifs. May's version of modernism also lacked its theoretical underpinnings -- and its implicit socialism. Americans, after all, don't theorize. They do. And May was far too individualistic to feel comfortable with socialism.
But May's houses were recognized as modern by clients and by his many fans in the popular architectural press. "A house can be modern and not look it," 'House Beautiful' crowed about the Goodrich house in October 1945. Editor Elizabeth Gordon loved the house's "well-engineered" spaces, its use of ramps ("safer and less tiring" than stairs), and its modern conveniences -- including paired husband-and-wife basins in the master bath.
"It's the untutored who still think that modern means flat roofs, stark lines. This ranch house is as modern as molded steel, yet it has been designed of such time-honored materials as board-and-batten, hand-split cedar shake roof. It's not what 'is' used, but 'how.'"
But nothing ties May more closely to the modernists than their shared belief that architecture could improve the lot of mankind. To May the ranch house was not a style, but a way of life. Ranch houses provided a layout -- and a relaxed attitude -- that would enable people to live active, healthful, family-oriented outdoor lives. "People don't know how to live," May complained in his oral history. "People just do not know how to live."
Among May's innovations are many taken for granted today. In the '30s, he moved the garage from the backyard to the street to create more usable backyard space. Also from the start of his career, he oriented the house towards the back courtyard -- a strategy that would be used by California modernists like Eichler in the 1950s.
Although he may not have put much faith in tomorrow, May clearly believed that today needed to be better than yesterday. From the start of his career, he worked to make every house better than the one before. He built five houses for himself and his family during his career, each a series of experiments.
May was attracted to gadgetry. He loved powerful cars and flew his own plane. He loved comfort and freedom from drudgery. May saw the home not as a machine for living, but as an indoor-outdoor mini-paradise.
By 1939 he was equipping his homes with outdoor lighting that gradually turned on as night fell, creating soft, continuous, indoor-outdoor illumination. In 1946 May equipped the family home with an intercom system that let Cliff and Jean May listen in on their kids playing in their bedrooms or patio, a microphone at the dinner table to summon the help, and a gas-fired incinerator to avoid "unsightly piles of refuse." That was one experiment May was glad he tried out in his own home first -- as it almost caught the place on fire.
May grew up in San Diego. His mother was part of the Estudillo family, who had been in the state since the 1790s. Cliff spent time with his Aunt Jane Magee ("the lima bean queen of California"), whose ranch included early adobe haciendas.
May drifted into architecture. His first career was the saxophone, and he had success with the five-piece Cliff May Orchestra, performing at the Hotel del Coronado and on radio. Their theme song was 'Thanks for the Buggy Ride.' When the Pantages vaudeville circuit turned them down, though, May turned to furniture making. He manufactured Monterey-style furniture, which he installed in model homes offered for sale by Roy Lichty, who would become Cliff's father-in-law.
Soon, working with developers, May was designing homes complete with tiled roofs, Mexican fireplaces and courtyards. "I built my first house," May said, "and away I went." By the time May left San Diego, in 1937, he had designed about 50 houses. An early client, John A. Smith, convinced May to move to Los Angeles in 1937, arguing that it would be a faster-growing market. They became partners. "People seemed to help young people in those days, not like they do now," May said in his oral interview. "Now, they don't think much of young people."
May hit big after World War II. With GIs returning home, housing boomed. May's homes had always gotten positive press -- 'Architectural Digest' loved them from the mid-'30s -- but he really broke through in the mid-'40s, with long articles in 'Sunset,' 'Better Homes and Gardens,' and 'House Beautiful.'


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- 2 1/4 cups cake flour (1 cup cake flour = 1 cup all purpose – 2 Tbs)
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 ¼ cups whole buttermilk
- 4 large egg whites
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- 2 teaspoons grated lemon zest
- 1 stick (8 tablespoons or 4 ounces) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- ½ teaspoon pure lemon extract
- 1 cup sugar
- 4 large egg whites
- 3 sticks (12 ounces) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- Strawberries
Centre a rack in the oven and preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 9-inch round (personally, I'd use an 8-inch) cake pan and line the bottom of each pan with a round of buttered parchment or wax paper. Put the pans on a baking sheet.
Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt.Whisk together the buttermilk and egg whites in a medium bowl.
Put the sugar and lemon zest in a mixer bowl or another large bowl and rub them together with your fingers until the sugar is moist and fragrant.
Add the butter and working with the paddle or whisk attachment, or with a hand mixer, beat at medium speed for a full 3 minutes, until the butter and sugar are very light.
Beat in the extract, then add one third of the flour mixture, still beating on medium speed. Beat in half of the buttermilk-egg mixture, then beat in half of the remaining dry ingredients until incorporated.
Add the rest of the buttermilk and eggs beating until the batter is homogeneous, then add the last of the dry ingredients.
Finally, give the batter a good 2- minute beating to ensure that it is thoroughly mixed and well aerated.
Pour batter into tin and smooth the tops with a rubber spatula. Bake for 30-35 minutes, or until the cakes are well risen and springy to the touch – a thin knife inserted into the centers should come out clean.
Transfer the cakes to cooling racks and cool for about 5 minutes, then run a knife around the sides of the cakes, unfold them and peel off the paper liners. Invert and cool to room temperature, right side up (the cooled cake layers can be wrapped airtight and stored at room temperature overnight or frozen for up to two months).
Put the sugar and egg whites in a mixer bowl or another large heatproof bowl, fit the bowl over a plan of simmering water and whisk constantly, keeping the mixture over the heat, until it feels hot to the touch, about 3 minutes.
The sugar should be dissolved, and the mixture will look like shiny marshmallow cream. Remove the bowl from the heat.
Working with the whisk attachment or with a hand mixer, beat the meringue on medium speed until it is cool, about 5 minutes.
Switch to the paddle attachment if you have one, and add the butter a stick at a time, beating until smooth. Once all the butter is in, beat in the buttercream on medium-high speed until it is thick and very smooth, 6-10 minutes. During this time the buttercream may curdle or separate – just keep beating and it will come together again. You should have a shiny smooth, velvety, pristine white buttercream. Press a piece of plastic against the surface of the buttercream and set aside briefly.
Layer cake into three layers (I believe an 8-inch should yield 4 layers). Spread some butter cream on bottom layer then top with strawberry slices.
Repeat above steps for second and third layer.
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Nice article on fomer LLC Tbird O'Connor. Good Luck this year Tylerhttp://spartannation...ting-for-a-job/
Michigan State Spartan Stud QB Tyler OConnor Discusses Footballl and Competing for a Job!
Hondo Carpenter: When you were in high school you had a swagger, not of arrogance, but of the love of football. Im seeing that again.
Tyler OConnor: Thats the biggest thing with me right now is my confidence and my comfortability with everything is as high as its ever been. When you do that you can finally go out and play without thinking. I dont think about the play thats called, I just go out and do it. You just let your skills show. You let them go do what they can do. Like I said, just go out and play. Thats when every athlete is at their best. Thats I feel where Im at right now and its working out.
HONDO: Youre able to help each other out while youre competing for the same job. How do you do that?
OCONNOR: Its the family atmosphere that Coach D has established. Every position room here is tight. Theres competition in every room, but every room is tight. And thats just how it is. Every time someone comes off the field, Thats now what I saw
I think you could have done this. Were helping each other out. Not only that, outside of football we hang out all the time on the weekends and well go out together and stuff like that. The family atmosphere that Coach D has instilled in every single one of us and the chemistry on our team
Not that I know of other schools, but I think the chemistry on our team is above every other place.
HONDO: Brad as your coach, and you quarterbacks, are a band of brothers. Youre all rooting for each other. I think thats the secret thats making you guys so good.
OCONNOR: Right. I think youre exactly right. I think a good showing of that is, every time during the season when a series is over, we all come over and meet in the middle on the 50 yard line behind all the teammates. We all talk about what we could have done on this play, on this play. Like I said, not only does that help him out, but it helps everyone else to see this is what you do in this situation. Its all for the team. If thats my job, then thats my job. My job right now is to get as good as I can be if the opportunity presents itself for me to go in.
HONDO: You and Connor both this year are more like you were in high school. Damions not quite there yet where its fun. Are you able to give him some advice?
OCONNOR: Yeah. And I think the biggest thing is, and Ive said it to him a few times already this spring, see what you see. I think he knows whats going on and he thinks hes gonna be right, but he doesnt have confidence. He doesnt throw the ball with conviction sometimes because hes not confident in this and that hes gonna be right. I say that to him all the time because thats his biggest thing. Hes got the arm
he can throw the ball 70 yards. He can run the ball and he can do everything. But once he starts throwing with conviction and have the confidence and that demeanor, then the skys the limit for him.
HONDO: Do you remember all those times when you were in high school and I said please slide, youre gonna make me die? Remember that? Your killing me here Tyler.
OCONNOR: (Laughing) I do. I still dont know that Ive adopted that yet. I havent done it yet.
HONDO: You play like Max Bullough at the quarterback position. Do you think that gives you a bit of an edge, that youre gonna drop that shoulder and go head to head with that linebacker?
OCONNOR: Yeah, thats the thing. I just cant picture myself shying away or sliding or running out of bounds
I run out of bounds, I kinda do sometimes, but sliding in the middle of the field is not gonna happen. Thats just something that, I dont know, I cant do it.
HONDO: Because theres so much depth and so many good quarterbacks, does it maybe benefit you that you dont worry about, if I go down theres nobody?
OCONNOR: Ive been blessed to have not gone through so many injuries ever in my life. So Im not as worried about that. But honestly, yeah, we have great depth where between us three I think were all very good quarterbacks. I think we could all run the offense, run the show. I think regardless of what happens well be alright.
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Real Estate Market Outlook Austria 2018
- The continuing economic upswing provides positive environment for the Austrian real estate market in 2018.
- The strong activity of German investors enabled a new record for commercial real estate investment volume. In 2018, the demand remains high and, at the same time the challenges, however, lie in securing product availability.
- New flexible office offerings are expected to stimulate the Viennese office market in 2018.
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Burger King asked Dubai-based ad agency Tonic to come up with a print campaign advertising BK's late night hours. What did Tonic whip up? Horror icons like Freddy and Chucky gobbling Whoppers and fries. WTF?
After you've had a long night carving up horny co-eds, nothing tastes quite like a BK Quad Stacker. There's a lot to love about this ad campaign, particularly Freddy's sweet ride with UAE plates, Chucky's old-school Kids' Meal, and the fact that Jason has a dead cheerleader plastered to his windshield. Also, how is he eating with his mask on?
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John Pelton's approach to playing the game of tennis has received recognition beyond the victories he has amassed during his collegiate career.
John Pelton's approach to playing the game of tennis has received recognition beyond the victories he has amassed during his collegiate career.
The recent Hope College graduate has been named the recipient of the Division III Arthur Ashe, Jr. Leadership and Sportsmanship Award for the Central Region.
Headed to the NCAA Division III championships next week for the second consecutive year, Pelton earlier was voted the most valuable player in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) and recipient of the MIAA's Stowe Sportsmanship Award.
The Ashe award is given to a player that has exhibited outstanding sportsmanship and leadership as well as scholastic, humanitarian and tennis achievements during their career. Pelton is now one of four Division III players being considered for the national Arthur Ashe award. The program is administered by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.
"John represents everything that is good about DIII collegiate tennis - fierce competition, great sportsmanship, balanced priorities, and strong interpersonal relationships," said coach Steve Gorno. "We have been priveleged to have him as a player and we are happy that others are recognizing him for the manner in which he handled himself every day, every practice, and every match since he stepped on campus at Hope."
Pelton, a resident Rock Hill, S.C. who graduated from Midland, Mich. High School is one of 32 players invited to compete in the tournament to be held May 22-24 in Claremont, Calif.
He was chosen the MIAA's most valuable player as both a junior and senior. This season he compiled a 20-1 record and heads to nationals with a 42-4 career mark.
It is the second sportsmanship award to come the way of the Hope men's tennis team from thje Intercollegiate Tennis Association. In April the Flying Dutchmen were presented the ITA's National Team Sportsmanship Award for outstanding sportsmanship, character and ethical conduct in the true spirit of competition and collegiate tennis.
Players on the Hope men's tennis team have received the MIAA's Stowe Sportsmanship Award 11 of the last 14 years.


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When Cops Stay Hiding & Go Running: A Report Back from 8/8 Night of Action & 8/30 March for Ryan Ronquillo in Denver, CO
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When Cops Stay Hiding & Go Running:
A Report Back from 8/8 Night of Action & 8/30 March for Ryan Ronquillo in Denver, CO
As the event to raise funds for Ryan Ronquillo's family drew to a close and the banner reading "Justice for Ryan Ronquillo" was lowered, the crowd seemed anxious. There were about 60 people left of the 250 who came through the door for the event that was co-organized with the family and their friends, along with local hip hop artists Brer Rabbit, Sole, Molina Speaks, Stay Tuned, Jonny 5, and Time. Maybe anxiety wasn't really the feeling going around that night. People were on edge, sure. But mostly people. The District Attorney Mitch Morrissey had just made the decision to close the "investigation"—If you can call it that—of Ryan's assassination at the Romero Funeral home on July 2nd of this year (2014). He concluded that because he was in a car, he wielded a deadly weapon and thus his death was justified and all the cops involved would face no further scrutiny. His parents didn't even know about the DA's decision until some of their friends found out on 9 News, and were in complete shock. They were shut out of the entire investigative process, and still hadn't been able to learn the names of those who murdered their son until that night, with the publication of the DA's decision. (more…)


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Verlon "Rube" Walker was a career minor leaguer and a longtime Cubs coach before passing away from leukemia in 1971. His daughter Leigh Ann, who was just three years old when he died, has spent years searching for one thing: a recording of her father's voice, something she's never heard.
Keith Olbermann highlighted Leigh Ann's quest on his show last night, leading up to it by noting how omnipresent cameras are in today's sports world. Everything is recorded, and eventually sees the light of day. So how can it be that no audio seems to exist of Walker, who was part of the Cubs' "college of coaches" experiment in the '60s and served as bullpen coach until his death in 1971?
Skip to the 2:50 mark of the video if you just want to hear Leigh Ann's story. She's reached out to former players, media members, collectors, TV and radio stations, just searching for any scrap of tape, with no luck so far. If for some reason you can help, or know someone who can, you can reach Leigh Ann at her site, BaseballLoveStory.com.


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polka dotted denim DIY
I'm excited to feature this great DIY sent in by my good friend Summer who is the mind behind several great businesses including House&Hold and Fawn&Forest.
Below she shares step by step instructions for how you can do this too! So cute.
jeans or cut offs
light grey acrylic paint
a ruler
a wood skewer (for smaller dots, pencil eraser for larger dots)
1. Lay the cut-offs on a flat surface, focusing on 1 side and 1 leg at a time. You will be painting in sections, letting the paint dry as you go.
2. Decide on the width between the dots. I roughly went 1" between each dot and staggered the dots so each alternating row's dots are in between the previous row's dots.
3. Starting at the bottom of the jeans, follow along with the ruler to create a nice, even row of dots 1 inch apart.
4. Dip the end of the skewer in paint, varying every 2nd or 3rd dot so the dots have a variety of opacity.
5. Once you have a consistent, evenly spaced set of base rows you may need to free hand it a bit as you go into the inner and out leg sections and over pockets to follow the cut of the jeans. Jeans are not totally flat, so you have to roll with it.
6. If you mess up and put a dot where it doesn't belong, simply wipe it away with a wet cloth, quickly.
7. Proceed to hand dot your jeans until you reach the top band. I did not dot the top band, but you certainly could.
Light grey paint is a good choice -- off white will look dirty and white-white will look too "new".
Hand dotting is not intended perfect but adds an interesting element to the garment.
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I have planned to do this for ever! looks good!ReplyDelete
I love this! thanks for sharingReplyDelete
So fun! Nice!ReplyDelete
This is such a cute idea! I might have to make some for one of my best girlfriends! :) Cheers from London! WillReplyDelete
This is awesome! Just bought the denim polka dot button up from Gap... Love this!ReplyDelete
does the paint stay on after washing? if so, i will try this! for sure!ReplyDelete
Excellent idea! Could even do this to a shirt...hmm lots of ideas. Thanks! :)ReplyDelete
Qué bonitos!!!!!!ReplyDelete
This is brilliant!!!ReplyDelete
awesome! but doesn't this get out with washing?ReplyDelete
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LOOOOOOOVE these!! SO cute!!!ReplyDelete
Great idea! Loving the polka dots this season.ReplyDelete
I just made a pair of cuttoffs to wear around the house but this would make them ready for public consumption! Great idea.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 22, 2012
Love the polka dots, but I might just try on a back pocket or maybe on the inside hem, so you get a peek when I have them rolled. Not brave enough for that many dots <3ReplyDelete
- LaurenAugust 26, 2012
Great idea, and so simple! As for those asking if it will wash out - it definitely won't. Acrylic paint, when dry, is water resistant, very nearly waterproof. Believe me, I have ruined several pieces of clothing by spilling acrylic paint on them!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 27, 2012
Posting from US: feel free to email me as I've no way to get back to this board & reply: firstname.lastname@example.com . I just took my fav pair of camerican eagle cutoffs. Placed old rags to stuff leg area just to b safe. Wanted quick, permanent way out. Took bleach pen I keep around the house (usually found in the very bottom of my purse). Tide works great! Didn't do all the measuring & such, just eyeballed out, but made tiny dots being aware it would spread a tiny but. Let process for 5-7 minutes (sit) then wash with a load of whites on extra rinse cycle on highest heat setting possible. Launder as usual. Expect immediate compliments!ReplyDelete
Cute, cute, cute ...ReplyDelete
This looks fab. Such a fun way to revitalize a tired pair of denim trousers! Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
i can't wait to try this! but have you washed the jeans after? does acrylic paint endure the washing machine, or is handwash the way to go?ReplyDelete
love this idea! I just love anything polka dotted, so I think I'm gonna make these pretty soon!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 06, 2013
Hi! I've given you some link love at http://lipstickandawhitetee.blogspot.com/2012/12/favorite-diys-from-2012.html, since your DIY was one of my Top 10 DIYs from other bloggers. I usually don't like polka dots, but these changed my mind :)ReplyDelete
If you're lazy like me, you can use a pegboard instead. Lay the jeans flat, place the pegboard flat on top, and fill in the holes!ReplyDelete
I think this would work with bleach gel and a Q-tip.ReplyDelete
Thank you for sharing and being so detailed :) !!ReplyDelete
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One honor names Hotel California Tequila (HCT) one of the top 10 favored consumer brands for 2012. The Crítico also picked HCT's Reposado as one to the top 10 tequilas of 2012.
Headquartered in Glastonbury, Hotel California Tequila USA has three types of ultra premium tequila – Blanco, Anejo, and Reposado.
"Past awards have shown the quality of Hotel California Tequila types," Hotel California Tequila USA President Jonathan Goldstein said. "Being honored by The Crítico just emphasizes the quality and taste of our tequila."
Hotel California Tequila USA, named after the legendary Hotel California in Baja, has previously won numerous awards and honors for each of its tequila types, including kudos from the San Francisco Spirits Competition, The Tequila Spectator and The Crítico.
"We are definitely a world class premium tequila company who takes a back seat to no one," Goldstein said. "Packaging, taste, and our iconic name makes Hotel California Tequila an award winning great tequila."
HCT has a unique bottle design that was enhanced this year with new labeling.
"We are currently in nine key states and are looking to expand distribution in other parts of the country," Goldstein said.


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You don't have to believe in Santa Claus to believe that St. Nicholas, a well-known fourth-century bishop is the real-life model for the more modern Santa. Nicholas was born to wealthy parents in the village of Patara, which at the time was Greek, but is now part of Turkey. Even as a young boy, he was devout in his Christian beliefs and remained so his entire life.
After his parents died in an epidemic, Nicholas developed
a reputation for his generosity as he used his inheritance
to attend to the sick and the poor and to distribute small gifts to children and other villagers. Additionally, many miracles were attributed to him and as his fame and reputation grew, he was, by popular consent, acclaimed
a saint. Hundreds of churches have been built and named
in his honor across the globe.
During the Middle Ages, he became an extremely popular figure, but was largely forgotten in Europe after the Reformation. His memory was kept alive, however, in Holland where he became known as Sinterklass. Eventually, the Dutch brought their traditions to New Amsterdam (New York City) where Sinterklass became known as Santa Claus.
Today, St. Nicholas is celebrated on December 6 all around the world, and in many countries is still the main giver of gifts to children and those in need. In many countries, especially Europe, children still put out their shoes before going to bed on the evening of the 5th to find them filled the next morning with small gifts and treats.
St. Nicholas is the patron saint of sailors, fishermen, merchants, children, students and others in various countries.


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Nick KikvadzeI cannot understand people who like to be alone. Our friends keep us company and we are always having good time in company of our friends except some unfortunate cases.
Wesley WisemanNew gadgets always make our daily activities easier and more comfortable. This device is not an exception - IRIScan Book 2 is a scanner that enables you to scan books, documents, magazines and photos regardless of the time or where you are – and this is achieved without the need for computer in the vicinity.
George ChitaishviliIn summer time almost everyone tries to get some suntan whether it is good or bad for them. Most people do not know how to be moderate, and they lie under the sun as long as they think their free time allows them to. Often, any length of sunburn could be enough for damaging the skin and sometimes such unlimited sunbathing injures a person's health real hard. So, besides the length of the process of sunbathing, it is also very important to choose the right time for tan.
Nick KikvadzeWinter sport is a sport which is played on snow or ice. These sports are skiing, snowboarding, ice skating etc. It is not easy to master winter sports but it's also important to know how to ski or snowboard.
Wesley WisemanI think it's just about time for all of us to become eco-friendly and to use the devices which help us to protect our environment. Such one is the Mushroom GreenZero Wall Travel Charger.
George ChitaishviliMen like hunting and the hunting season has already come, but it t is too difficult for me to understand how a man can find anything enjoyable in killing a living being .
Nick KikvadzeI wouldn't probably exaggerate to say that music is the most popular form of art in the world. There isn't a person who doesn't like listening to music. When you listen to music you forget everything bad that had happened to you before. After school, I just sit back and listen to music. It doesn't only make me feel relaxed but it also makes me feel happy.
Wesley WisemanWho wants to get dressed and run to doctor's office when he or she doesn't feel well? I think that almost everyone prefer to stay at home and at the same time to be sure that his health is under doctor's control without coming him/her to yours.
George ChitaishviliNowadays there are so many drawings of lotteries in our country and legion of kids are eager to win money in so many kinds of games or lotteries. And they have already planned how to use the winnings, counting their chickens before they are hatched.
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January 3, 2013
Australia may be a democracy but in the case of the Australian Vaccination Network, the government is acting more like Communist China.
A government entity, the New South Wales Department of Fair Trading, is requiring the AVN to change its name after 16 years over what sounds like the most dubious of reasons: concerns from "within the community," according to a blog site LivingWisdom.com.
According to the site, the AVN is a community-based information and support group that advocates for the right of people "to make free and informed health choices" – namely, whether or not they choose to receive vaccines.
The AVN's rules and code of ethics "restrict them from taking an anti-vaccination position," the website said, "they are opposed to any form of compulsory vaccination or medication."
The website said two groups appeared to be behind the effort to force the AVN to change its name.
So much for the 'community' objecting
One is called Stop the AVN (SAVN), "a hate group whose sole reason for existence is to force the AVN to close in any way they can," said LivingWisdom.com, whose tactics have "included harassment, death threats, posting of violent pornography, hacking the AVN's website and a flood of vexatious complaints" to local and federal government agencies – complaints that have led to "investigations which may have cost the Australian taxpayers millions of dollars."
The second group is the Australian Medical Association (AMA), an industry lobbying organization that represents about half of all Australian physicians (who obviously have a stake in administering vaccines). "The collective prestige of the medical profession obviously suffers each time vaccination is called into question," said the website.
From all indications it sounds like the "community" doesn't have as much of a problem with the AVN as do the two groups opposed to it. Nevertheless, the groups successfully convinced a government minister to not only order AVN to change its name – "the first time this had been done for these reasons, according to preliminary searches," the website said – but to also introduce, and have passed in record time, legislation aimed at making it easier to do so in the future.
This isn't the first time the AVN has had trouble with a government agency.
In 2009, a member of the SAVN lodged complaints against the AVN and its president, Meryl Dorey, with Australia's Health Care Complaints Commission, another New South Wales governmental body, claiming their information did not support vaccination and, therefore, should not be allowed to carry on.
The complaint sought a gag order against Dorey and AVN, which would have prevented them from speaking about any health-related issue.
Making immunization freedom permanently illegal?
A three-year legal battle ensued, with the AVN being cited by the HCCC as "dangerous, deceptive and misleading," a ruling that cost the organization its charity authority and ability to raise funds.
"A decision by the NSW Supreme Court in April 2012 overturned the HCCC's warning, reinstated the AVN as a charity and informed the HCCC that the complaints which it had spent a year investigating were not valid complaints in the first place," the website noted.
At the request of the HCCC, the site said, the Australian government is now in the process of changing the law so that anyone or any organization can complain about anyone who talks about health, unless you're a doctor, who would be exempted.
"Bear in mind that the HCCC was formed to act as a 'policeman' for rogue doctors but has, over recent years, been effectively coopted into a police force for the doctors and government-approved medicine," said LivingWisdom.com.
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Hven Armchair / 589 eur
Designed by Anton Björsing
An embracing and comfortable armchair designed to support happy moments around the dining table. Hven Armchair carries a light expression highlighted by few subtle details such as the overlapping poles, round corners and curved shape.
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WxDxH: 53x52,5x86,5 cm / Seat H: 44,5 cm
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Weight: 8,65 kg
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Proper usage and maintenance is vital for getting the most out of the valuable resources we have. Our designs are made to last for generations, but just like everything else, they need a little care to get there.
Painted Oak
Oak grows in most temperate zones. The Skagerak oak comes from European forests and is either 100% FSC certified or FSC mix certified, harvested under sustainable forest management. The selection of the wood is extremely careful and all processing is by hand, so that only the best and most durable pieces of wood are used in production.
Oak is a sturdy and hardwearing type of wood containing natural tannings that will protect against bacterial growth. As an open grain wood, Oak absorbs colour really well and leaves graphic traces of the natural texture visible on the surface.
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'I want to create products that people care about. Something they don't see as a utility object but as something that has value and isn't just discarded after use. Products they want to preserve for a long-term relationship.' Anton Björsing is a trained cabinet maker with the inherent will and properties of wood as his key professional focus. The long-term perspective is a vital factor for the Swedish designer, who sees his curiosity, his knowledge of materials and his ability to take on a given challenge as the key elements in his practice.


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Saga Furs of Scandinavia is desperately attempting to invigorate abysmal fur sales. In the hope of manipulating consumer demand, Saga is offering promotions to designers including giving designers free fur, offering free trips to Copenhagen to learn about fur, sponsoring fashion shows of designers who feature Saga Furs, and providing designers with access to their factories for production of fur fashions.
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- Magna Cum Laude (with high honors) denotes a cumulative grade-point average of 3.70.
- Summa Cum Laude (with highest honors) denotes a cumulative grade-point average of 3.90.
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- GPA for all credits earned at SXU, or
- Last fifty hours earned prior to graduation.
If the student reaches and exceeds fifty hours in a term, then all courses earned that term are counted in the GPA for the "last fifty hours."
The student is not allowed to pick the courses to equal fifty hours.
Honor cords will be given to eligible graduates on the day of the ceremony, along with their name cards.
Because graduate students must generally maintain a 3.0 GPA throughout their program, graduation honors are recognized for undergraduate degrees only.
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You can now create super cute, personalised play blankets on Woolworths Online Photos!
These blankets are made from super soft polar fleece, and come in a range of designs including snakes and ladders, airports, castles and much much more!!
These blankets are super easy to make, just select your favourite design, personalise with your child's name, and pop it on through to the check out.
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D4 girls will have a public school winner.
D4 boys will most likely have a private. (Cornerstone)
D3 girls should be public (Versailles)
D3 boys should be public (Deer Park)
D2 girls should be private
D2 boys should be public
D1 girls will be public
D1 boys should be private (Moeller)
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. - After a nine-month delay, "G.I. Joe: Retaliation" deployed to the top spot at the box office.
The action film starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Bruce Willis and Channing Tatum marched into the No. 1 position at the weekend box office, earning $41.2 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The sequel to 2009's "G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra" was postponed last year to convert the film to 3-D.
"Retaliation" opened Wednesday, which helped to bring its domestic total to $51.7 million.
The animated prehistoric comedy "The Croods" slipped to the No. 2 spot with $26.5 million in its second weekend.
"Tyler Perry's Temptation" opened with $22.3 million at No. 3, while the Stephenie Meyer sci-fi adaptation "The Host" landed at No. 6 in its debut weekend with $11 million.