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Design and Architecture Senior High School
|Selected Characteristics of Magnet School and Host Districta
|Magnet School: Design and Architecture Senior High School
|Host District: Miami-Dade County Public Schools
|Year Established as Magnet
|Population Type
|Visual arts and design: architecture; interior, industrial, and fashion design; entertainment technology; visual communications
|2,000 square miles
|MSAPb Funded
|479 students
|27 magnet high schools out of 77 high schools in district; 13,509 students in magnet high schools out of 108,462 students in grades 9–12 in 2006–07
|Student Ethnicity
|52% Hispanic
16% African-American
28% White
1.5% Asian American
|Student Ethnicityc
|61% Hispanic
27.9% African-American
9.9% White
1.1% Asian American
1% Multiracial
|Special Education
|Special Education
|Free or Reduced-price Lunch
|Free or Reduced-price Lunche
|English Language Learners
|< 1%
|English Language Learnerse
a Source: DASH 2006–07, http://www.greatschools.net
b U.S. Department of Education's Magnet Schools Assistance program
c Source: Miami-Dade County School District student demographics 2006, http://www.schoolmatters.com
The buzz of excitement is palpable in the industrial design room at Design and Architecture Senior High School (DASH). Students have just received printed glossy cards showing their entries in a chair design contest cosponsored by Dacra Development, a Miami real estate and restoration firm, and the HSBC bank in Switzerland. From their 48 designs, 11 finalists were culled, and five were chosen and manufactured as prototypes. Tomorrow, the winners' prototypes will arrive, just in time for the annual Miami Art Basel Festival. The students' high-caliber work shows how DASH, ranked by U.S. News and World Report in 2007 as the nation's eighth best high school, encourages innovation and creativity through interdisciplinary, project-based learning. As DASH principal Stacey Mancuso says, "There isn't a student here who isn't driven." They discover that "you don't have to be a starving artist to pursue a career in the arts."
DASH was founded in 1990 through Miami-Dade County Public School's Saturn School Initiative, an effort to create leading-edge teaching and learning models throughout the school district. It is an exemplar of a career-focused high school program, the first in the district to focus on design careers in the arts. DASH combines a rigorous academic program with specialized design training. Located on a three-acre campus in the heart of Miami's recently revitalized design neighborhood, DASH serves students from the entire Miami-Dade County area. In the 2007-08 school year, it enrolled 479 students in grades 9-12, more than two-thirds of them from minority backgrounds. According to the College Board, DASH is an international leader in Advanced Placement (AP) exam participation and performance with the largest number of African-American and Hispanic students scoring 3 or higher on the AP Studio Art exam.25
Mission and Curriculum
Founding principal Jacqueline Hinchey-Sipes coined the DASH motto "Education by Design" that is articulated in the faculty handbook: "Our vision is to educate talented students to become confident and critical thinkers through interdisciplinary challenges in the visual arts in preparation for college and a career in the design world." The school's curriculum features five strands: Architecture/Interior Design, Fashion Design, Entertainment Technology, Industrial Design, and Visual Communications/Web Design, combined with rigorous liberal arts courses. Admission to DASH is selective. Students must complete an application that includes a portfolio of ten art works, a sketchbook of drawings, and an audition on campus in which they are asked to complete several drawings in charcoal, pencil, and ink, take a short tour of the school, and have an interview with a DASH teacher. The highly coveted spots result in a school with low attrition. Students work hard to get there and even harder to stay.
The college preparatory curriculum exceeds state and district requirements for high school graduation. Students take eight classes, completing 32 credits for graduation, eight more credits than the state requirement for graduation. Academic class periods run for 100 minutes, with classes meeting either Tuesday and Thursday or Monday and Wednesday, as well as every other Friday. The school day is extended by an hour, running from 7:40 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. with eight periods. The school's curriculum also exceeds state requirements in terms of its content. Both the art design and college preparatory classes are rigorous. In each of the five design strands, students complete required course work from five curriculum areas: technical skills; fundamentals and historical perspectives; advanced techniques and applications; business essentials in design and marketing; and core studies. The curriculum requires that all juniors and seniors take AP portfolio courses, creating a digital portfolio of their art and design products for college applications, local and national competitions, and college admissions offices. In addition, their rigorous liberal arts requirements include: social studies, world history, American history, government, and economics courses offered at regular, honors, or AP levels. Mathematics courses are aligned to prepare students for college from basic algebra through AP calculus. Technology is integrated into courses with CAD (computer-aided design), multimedia, Web design, digital photography, and basic applications. Three languages (Spanish, French, and German) are offered, and students can take the college requirement of two years, or extend to four years in a language. Every day there are 30 minutes of sustained silent reading in all classrooms simultaneously.
At DASH, teaching strategies are often interdisciplinary and teachers incorporate seminars, studios and workshops, and self-directed study for students. Through courses and projects, students are shown the connections between their class activities and assignments and the jobs and projects that professionals undertake in the design fields. From the outset, students are shown the connections between school learning and real-world applications in art careers.
Students are encouraged to work on community projects. In 2005, when Hurricane Wilma blew down an observatory tower in Everglades National Park, DASH architecture students were invited to design a replacement structure for the observatory tower. Each student drafted plans and submitted them to a local architectural firm for review. In a graphics class, students created a virtual gallery for a 400-foot-long white corridor at the Miami airport that remained on display for three years. Airport officials have asked DASH students to create a new installation for another concourse.
Internships with practicing artists and designers introduce students to landscape architecture, what it is like to work in a gallery or museum, develop art in public places, and assist in a variety of design businesses. To participate, seniors must have a 3.0 grade point average, parental consent, an excellent school attendance and conduct record, and access to transportation. Often, students work with DASH alumni who are professional artists in the field. In 2007-08, out of 120 seniors, 75 were participating in internships.
Ensuring Student Success
To prepare students to meet their high standards, DASH teachers provide intensive study courses and specialized tutoring in mathematics, reading, and science for students who require additional help. Teachers use annual and interim test results to restructure efforts in the classroom and to analyze which students need additional tutoring and academic support. Online data of interim testing results help teachers to identify specific skills that targeted students need to work on. Teachers also analyze student SAT scores and results from the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) to identify those areas where they need additional work. For example, if testing shows that students are struggling with graphing, the teachers will create a set of activities to reinforce the fundamental concepts.
Teachers provide lunchtime tutoring, and junior and senior students also will tutor freshmen and sophomores. The school offers a Saturday program for students with low FCAT scores or those who have been recommended by teachers as needing additional support. Grade-level teams of teachers meet on Tuesdays, keeping an eye on particular students who need assistance. "We talk in a positive manner and try to work to students' strengths," says one teacher. "If a student is not doing well, we ask, 'How do we help? What's the home situation? How is he doing in your class?' Someone will take on a mentor role, and often we arrange for parent conferences during our team meeting time."
DASH helps its diverse student population achieve at high levels so they can continue their education in universities and art schools. The graduation rate typically varies between 98-100 percent. In 2007, 138 DASH students took dual-enrollment courses at local universities, enriching their high school experience and preparing them for college. In 2007, seniors were offered a total of $9.6 million in merit scholarships. With a diverse faculty and student body representing 37 different countries, including Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Chile, Argentina, Morocco, Cuba, and Pakistan, many students will be the first person in their family to attend college. As principal Mancuso says, "DASH is providing school choice for kids who might not fit in at other schools. They are super artsy and bright and a real mix of kids."
Building School Capacity
With two administrators, 33 full-time classroom teachers, eight resources specialists, 20 support staff, and seven adjunct teachers, there is constant activity at DASH. Principal Mancuso is also a professional painter and sculptor, and teaches a class at DASH. The school has had its share of growing pains. Currently in her ninth year, Mancuso explained that when she first arrived at DASH, "It was second best. There were many adjunct faculty who were very creative, collaborative, and engaging teachers. But as part-time faculty, they simply weren't around enough for the students." So she encouraged strong adjunct faculty members to pursue their teaching credentials and become full-time staff. "All of our program teachers are from industry. They are not education majors. The industrial design teacher designed the sunglasses on her head. The architecture teacher is still a registered architect. Florida gives teachers three years to complete their credentials. Tom Pike, the film instructor, did his online in six months." So now, the industrial design instructor has changed from teaching two courses as an adjunct to teaching six courses full-time.
When principal Mancuso arrived at DASH, she made several changes to the program to increase the level of rigor by expanding the AP and honors programs, making AP Studio a mandatory course for all juniors and seniors. She increased the number of class sections required for the architecture strand, expanded the faculty, hired a fifth math teacher to decrease class size in mathematics, lengthened the school day by an hour, and raised the graduation requirements.
As the district and state mandates for accountability have increased, DASH made adjustments accordingly. In 2007, the faculty was composed of certified Miami-Dade County Public School teachers, professional designers, and college instructors, with 36 percent of the teachers having master's degrees, and 22 percent having specialist or doctoral degrees. More than half of the teachers are trained in the specialized reading instruction Project CRISS (Creating Independence Through Student Owned Strategies).
Achievement and Outcomes
DASH has made adequate yearly progress (AYP) for the past five years in a district that has not. And it has the highest writing scores in the district, outperforming 56 of the 57 district high schools. The school is known for its consistent high performance on testing. DASH qualified for the sixth consecutive year as an "A School" in Florida's A+ Plan for Education, the state's school accountability program, which grades each school's performance according to such factors as student achievement, dropout rates, and college readiness.
The school has received many other accolades and recognition for its arts and academic achievements. In 2007, DASH was honored by the U.S. Department of Education's National Blue Ribbon School program, designed to recognize schools that demonstrate academic excellence. The class of 2007 exemplifies the school's high academic achievement: 87 percent enrolled in four-year colleges, 13 percent enrolled in two-year colleges, and 73 percent are majoring in architecture, art, and design programs. As table 5 shows, the percentages of 10th-grade DASH students who scored proficient or above on the 2007 reading, mathematics, and writing assessments exceeded district and state achievement rates.
Table 5. Percentages of 10th-Grade Students Scoring Proficient and Above On 2007 State Assessments at Design and Architecture Senior High (DASH) as Compared to the District and the State
|Miami-Dade District
|State of Florida
Source: Florida's Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT), http://fcat.fldoe.org


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OSWEGO, NY – For the third year, Grossman St. Amour CPAs PLLC is sponsoring a Make-A-Wish ride in the Oswego Speedway 2-seat Supermodified racecar this Saturday.
Gary Grossman, Managing Partner of Grossman St. Amour CPAs PLLC said, "When we started this three years ago, we didn't realize how much of a difference something like this could make in a young person's life. After experiencing the event over three years, our involvement in Make-A-Wish has grown. This year we are sponsoring a ride in the 2-seat Supermodified racecar for 17-year-old Daniel, who will be attending with his parents and two brothers, and raising money so that other children can also see their wishes become reality."
Several fans have purchased Make-A-Wish stars and have written their name, the name of their favorite driver, or perhaps the name of some youngster who is battling a health issue. The stars will be posted in the concession stand area, and will remain on display through June 15, which is Make-A-Wish Night at the Oswego Speedway.
"We will be hosting the family of the youngster taking the ride, and representatives of the Make-A-Wish organization," said Grossman. "We will make this night as special as we can, and that will make the night all the more special for us."
Once again, Dave Trytek, a veteran Supermodified driver, will be driving the 2-seat Supermodified racecar. Trytek has participated in each of the first two rides and said, "The joy this brings to the child is just unbelievable. Their smile is so big. You can just see it in their eyes when they get out of the car and express how much this meant to them."
Before the racing season even started, Trytek said "Don't forget, I'm the driver that does the ride for the Make-A-Wish child."
The Oswego Speedway Track Safety Crew also plays its part in the ride.
Each year, they greet the youngster, help him or her get buckled into the car, and are present when the ride is over to add their applause.
Safety Crew Coordinator Paul Conzone said, "This tradition started the first year when a young boy was worried he might be sick because he had just undergone a chemotherapy treatment. We wanted to make sure he was okay when he got out of the car. When we saw what it meant to him," said Conzone," we decided we would do that every year."
Last year, the Safety Crew added a new twist, taking the Make-A-Wish child around the track in the safety truck, and having him stand with the Safety Crew during the playing of the National Anthem.
"The more special we can make it,' said Conzone. "The better it is for him, and really, the better it is for us."
Grossman St. Amour CPAs PLLC has been recognized as one of the Top 10 Best Places to Work in Central New York by BizEventz, Inc. and Research Marketing Strategies, and named one of the Best Accounting Firms to Work for in the U.S. by Accounting Today, a leading accounting industry publication.
The achievements highlight the top workplaces in the accounting and finance profession. The awards are based on the quality of experience, client service, average work tenure, and implementing creative solutions to help employees balance work, life, and the employee's involvement in community and charitable organizations.
Lisa Sova, who coordinates the Make-A-Wish Night at the Oswego Speedway, is a Senior Accountant at Grossman St. Amour CPAs PLLC.
"This year is bigger than last year, and is bigger than the year before," said Sova. "We are already thinking about next year and how to raise the bar even higher. It means so much to everybody involved that everybody at Grossman St. Amour CPAs, and everybody at the Oswego Speedway, looks forward to the event, and brings creative ideas on how we can do even more for Make-A-Wish."

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The story of the Puget lowland is one of plate tectonics (forearc basin, donchaknow), but it's also one of continent-spanning glaciers, and those glaciers dragged evidence of plate tectonics over and left it strewn practically all over my doorstep. The drumlin we're on is lousy with erratics. I'd discovered several recently, and been itching to get after them with the rock hammer before bad weather set in. Luckily, our beautiful weather held out until I got my shot at vacation at the beginning of October. I grabbed the hammer and headed up the drumlin for some quality rock-breaking time whilst the kitteh basked in the sunshine.
These beauties are at the top of a nice paved trail.
When I first spotted them, it was an early morning just before work, and I didn't have time to linger. They looked a bit granitic, I thought, and there was that big black streak – dike? Xenolith? Between weathering and lack of time, I wasn't sure.
So I took after them with the hammer. I got a gneiss surprise – orthogneiss, in fact.
Let me show you something neat you can do with the local orthogneiss. Geologist Ron Tabor pointed it out in his book Geology of the North Cascades. Look at orthogneiss one way, and it's streaky:
Turn it 90°, so that you're staring in to the streaks, and it seems spotty.
This isn't foliated, but lineated – which means it got more stretched than squished.
The big, dark crystals of hornblende and biotite just shimmer against the pale feldspar and quartz. You can even see its sparkle on lightly-weathered bits of the rock in the darkness of a forest. It's gorgeous stuff.
I wasn't able to get a decent sample of the black streak – it was too hard, and there wasn't a good angle to break a chunk off from. When I whacked it, great fat red sparks flew, and I became afraid I'd set the forest on fire, which might have seriously inconvenienced the neighbors and possibly turned them off to geology, so I stopped pounding. But I got a bit.
It's just as shimmery as the orthogneiss, and seems at a glance to be pretty much the same stuff, just darker and finer. Not knowing my metamorphic rocks the way I should, I'm not sure what to make of it. Is it just some orthogneiss where the dark minerals got concentrated? A xenolith? A dike? The latter seems unlikely to me, unless it's a dike that intruded before the stuff started getting metamorphosed – it's streaky and flaky and looks like it's been quite hot and under pressure in its past.
One thing I'm fairly certain of: this set of boulders was probably dragged down from the North Cascades. There's portions of that area that are practically solid orthogneiss – around Ross Lake, for instance.
Our second erratic is along a non-paved trail, and seems at first glance to be grandiorite, or tonalite, or something else in the non-metamorphosed granite family.
It seems to have been much less hot and bothered than our first erratics. And we've got tons of this stuff up in the Cascades, too.
If it gets buried deep enough for long enough, if heat and pressure get to it, then it could become orthogneiss. I can't give a solid diagnosis as to exactly what it is, as I didn't take after it with the hammer. I was too anxious to get at these beauties.
These two really caught my attention the first time I encountered them. You see, the one in the foreground is extremely hard. The second is soft and spalling, weathering in sheets.
When I mentioned it, some folks thought it might be basalt weathering to clay. So I whacked on it a bit to find out. I don't think it's basalt. I can bore a sandy hole right in it with the pick.
And it looks very much like sandstone. Possibly volcanoclastic. In point of fact, it looks nearly exactly like outcrops of the Blakeley Formation I've encountered.
Whereas the other boulder is certainly not that. I'm not sure what it is, but it's extremely hard to break.
The only things I'm relatively certain of: it's not plutonic. It's not sedimentary – although it's possible it used to be and has been metamorphosed, but I'm leaning toward something extrusively igneous.
The hammer didn't strike sparks from it. Outside of that, I've no idea.
One day, I'll be better at identifying random rocks in the field. I'm already far more adept than I used to be. And I'm getting over the self-consciousness about whacking on rocks when non-geologists are present. I mean, it's not exactly ordinary behavior, a solitary woman hammering on a boulder. It earns stares. But at least you lot have made me comfortable saying, "Hello, I'm a geologist," so there's that. And perhaps this winter, I'll get round to appending this to my clothing:
Then, should anyone get curious, we can skip the formalities and get to talking about why geologists break rocks to begin with, and why, in an area where bedrock is several thousand feet down, there are so many rocks available to break. And that story starts with ice from Canada, plucking rocks and leaving them all over the place…


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Enjoy a Cutting Garden
The healing power of flowers
We've long believed -- and science now proves -- that gathering bouquets is about far more than making a pretty display for your home. It's good for your health, too.
Many medical professionals recognize nature's healing power. Jean Larson of the University of Minnesota Center for Therapeutic Horticulture, for example, holds therapy sessions in a garden because patients are more relaxed and show quicker progress there.
Flowers also help kids focus and learn faster, says Mary Vidas, director of Tamarack Nature Center in White Bear Township, Minnesota. "With today's hectic family lives, discovering flowers together has restorative properties," she says. "Children brought up with even small amounts of nature in the home are predisposed to lower stress levels."
Ready to pick some flowers of your own? The next slides show where you can visit you-pick flower farms in the Midwest, how to make your bouquets last and which flowers are the best for a cutting garden at home.
Spreading the joy at you-pick farms
Omena Cut Flowers, north of Suttons Bay, Michigan, reflects the growing popularity of you-pick flower farms in the Midwest.
Carolyn Faught started the farm to spread a little of the joy she's gained from tending her plants daily. "A lot of people don't have flowers to pick," Carolyn says. "It's a real experience to come and just walk amongst the flowers."
Her six original small amateur beds have grown into 26 perfectly planned ones, draping over an acre with 150 feet of rolling shoreline (left). Customers can cut a bouquet or just enjoy the scenery. Many leave notes of hope, gratitude and inspiration. "Thank you for your celebration of everyday miracles," one visitor writes.
Cutting gardens to visit
If you don't live within driving distance of Omena Cut Flowers, here are some others to try around the Midwest.
Miss Effie's Country Flowers and Garden Stuff, Donahue, Iowa. Spend a day on the farm picking from among 90 different annuals and perennials. Miss Effie's Country Flowers and Garden Stuff
Turner Farm, Cincinnati. Snip a few stems at this certified organic garden, or become a member of the flower share program, which lets you cut 10 bouquets throughout the season. Turner Farm
Kemper Cutting Garden, Missouri Botanical Gardens in St. Louis. Immerse yourself in the display gardens, then browse the cutting garden for ideas on what to grow at home (flower-picking not allowed at the botanical gardens). Kemper Cutting Garden
Cross Cutting Garden, Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in Chaska, Minnesota. Although you can't cut plants here, you can check out 29 types of annuals and perennials and get ideas from University of Minnesota experts. Cross Cutting Garden
Make blooms last
Maintain your bouquet's beauty with the tips on this slide and the next:
Cut flowers and plants in the morning, when they're the most fragrant and filled with stored food.
Cut stems diagonally, which produces much less cell damage.
Use glass vases. Metal vases can poison the flowers.
Use lukewarm water in your vase. Flowers, like you, don't like getting scalded or chilled when they enter a bath.
Re-cut stems underwater right before putting them in a vase so the first "breath" flowers take is of water and not air.
More tips for better bouquets
Keep bouquets away from fruit, which gives off a hormone called ethylene that harms flowers.
Never spray bouquets with water. This encourages fungi to develop on petals and leaves.
Crush the cut ends of stems on woody plants such as lilacs and flowering quince with a hammer to promote water absorption.
Re-cut stems every few days to overcome the flowers' constant effort to repair and seal off the cut.
Grow your own bouquet
A good cutting flower is one that holds its bloom for a long time and has a single sturdy stem. Try the perennials listed on this slide and the annuals on the next one.
Asiatic lilies
Daffodils and tulips
Delphinium 'Pacific Giant' or 'Magic Fountain'
Foxglove Digitalis x mertonensis 'Strawberry'
Lady's mantle
Lamb's ear
Lupine Russell hybrid
Painted daisies 'James Kelway'
Peonies 'Sarah Bernhardt', 'Festiva Supreme' or 'David Harum'
Phlox 'David' or 'Bright Eyes'
Purple coneflower 'Magnus'
Rudbeckia 'Goldsturm'
Veronica 'Speedwell'
Good annuals for bouquets
Try these annuals along with the perennials listed on the previous slide for beautiful cutting-garden plants.
Larkspur 'Giant Imperial'
Snapdragons 'Rocket'
Sunflowers 'Sunrich Orange', 'Velvet Queen' or 'Sunrich Lemon'
Tricolor sage
Verbena bonariensis
Zinnias 'Benary's Giants', 'Oklahoma' or 'State Fair'


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stan_the_man needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 51 designs submitted by 28 freelance designers.
Looking for a more modern, bolder, logo for our construction company. We have an established costumer base and would like our new logo to look somewhat familiar to those customers.
Environmental Earthworks Incorporated
Desired Color Scheme:
Green and tan... open to other colors.
Accepted File Formats:
Standard Web Formats (.jpg, .gif or .png); Vector Formats (.eps, .pdf or .ai)
We are looking for a fresh new look! We don't want to limit anyone's creativity. Our company colors have been green and tan. Our firm specializes in government contracts that have to do with environmentally sensitive projects. Our firm's name is "Environmental Earthworks Inc." The logo should look good on a business card, hat, truck, letterhead, or clothing. We want our name to be featured in the logo. We sometimes abbreviate our name "EEI". We will comment on any potential logos and guide everyone in a general direction. Thanks, we look forward to seeing your ideas.
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The game is simple: you're sailing a pirate ship, and you have to sink your opponent. You can use cannons, ram the other ship, board it with your blood-thirsty crew. Your speed depends of course on the direction and strength of the wind. You can play alone versus a very dumb AI (mainly to get the hang of the controls), against a friend in a private game, or against any dog on the internet.
The technology stack is as follows:
- Hosting is on a free Amazon EC2 instance. Performance is probably not going to be great, but should be sufficient I hope for the traffic I'll be getting!
- Server side is Yesod 0.7. Coming from the Java/JSP/Struts world it was such a pleasure to work in Haskell, with type safe templates. I have no web server, just warp, since there are very few static files (a few sprites and the tile image).
- Client side uses Canvas with a sprinkling of JQuery.
As you can see, no database. Information about current games is purely in memory, and I don't keep any long term information about players. I suppose that allowing players to log in with their Google or Facebook id, and keep statistics on their battles would be good, but I'm not sure this little game will get enough traction to warrant it, really...
The AI also is not great shake, there are only two bots: The Sitting Duck turns to face the wind and stays there. The Drunken Sailor just goes randomly through all possible actions. But hey, it's a multi-player game!
I'm not too sure if I chose the best route for concurrency. I use MVars and modifyMVar.
In fact the more difficult bit was to design the control. I didn't want to a do a full 3D environment, and opted for a top view, but the velocity of the ships was essential, and so providing just direction keys as in more static games wouldn't have worked. Hopefully the way the control works, being disposed on a copy of the boat icon at the top of screen, that turns when you boat turns, will work well. The icons are probably a bit small, it's fine for a mouse but I don't think it could work on a touch screen, unless you have tiny fingers.
A little bit of personal info: inspiration from this game comes from the French magazine "Jeux et Stratégies", that my dad used to get when I was young, and that got me into games. We have still kept all the issues, and issue 22 from August 1983 describes a simple ship battle game, rules written by Michel Brassinne (French warning!). Thanks!
Still it was fun to do!! Hope you enjoy playing it a little!


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Celebration, relaxation, and tasty, edible office gifts. The downfalls during the holiday season are not new to anyone.
(Wouldn't it be nice, by the way, if someone brought dumbbells as gifts to office colleagues instead of food? Of course, this might offend, as it may indicate that you feel your co-workers are out of shape. Food that is highly caloric, however, is still acceptable. What gives?)
Fortunately, you don't have to fall into the holiday trap. To counter weight gain during the holidays, here are seven simple strategies that you can implement today -- strategies that many skinny and in-shape clients have successfully implemented:
1) When It Comes to Dining Out, Be a Kid Again
Going out to restaurants for celebration at holiday time is a challenge. The portions are large, and alcohol is served freely. When you make decisions regarding which place to choose, try to be involved and choose a place that is family-friendly -- even if you don't have your family with you. This is because many family-friendly restaurants have kid-size meals. Yes, order them. Save on calories, and save your figure for the next swimsuit season.
2) Drink Smart
Drink it up! No, not your favorite alcoholic beverage. Rather, drink your water. This holiday season, make a point of drinking two glasses of water before each meal. Hydrating your cells help you to flush your system. Also, the alcohol you do drink will dehydrate you; you will need fluids that hydrate your skin to prevent wrinkles, which makes you look older. But the real benefit is that you will be able to eat less as your hunger pangs subside when you drink water beforehand.
3) Stressed? Choose Pampering Over Pigging Out
Brave the shops and restaurants over the holiday season, and you will notice stressed-out and unfriendly customers. Shouldn't be the holiday season the best season of the year? Additional tasks and to do's pushes many over the edge -- and to ease this stress, they may choose to overindulge at the holiday table. So relax, take a breath, and draw yourself a hot bath. Create your own bath tub therapy by adding on rosemary, thyme, peppermint tea or green tea to your bath. Voila, your home becomes your spa. The point here is that relaxed individuals do not need additional food to manage stress. Managing your stress will help you to stay in control with your eating and not to go on a carb rampage.
4) Keep You Own Naughty and Nice List
Write down what you eat. Sure, it may not be a new strategy, but I bet you have not tried it yet. The best and most successful weight loss programs incorporate a mandatory food log. The individuals who follow this strategy religiously are the individuals who are in control with their food intake and stay within their allowed weight and body fat ranges. In short, keep a journal and ask yourself after each entry: Is this the most beneficial food for my body and my weight loss or weight maintenance program?
5) Tap Your Competitive Spirit
Sometimes we all need that extra push or kick in the butt when it comes to getting into shape. A healthy competition among like-minded individuals -- with a prize for the winner -- may be a great incentive to stay on track. And yes, why not opt for a weight loss competition around the holidays, when everyone else seems to go on a weight gain competition instead? You might be surprised who else might join you when you announce this challenge to your friends, colleagues or family members.
6) Skip the Sugar and Spice It Up
Sugar cravings can be a pain -- especially during the holidays, when there are sugary snacks all around you. So what can you do to avoid the sugar cravings? One option may be to substitute spice for sugar whenever possible. For example, try adding cinnamon instead to your cereal or oatmeal in the morning. The active ingredient, methylhydroxychalcone polymer, seems to mimic insulin function, increasing blood sugar uptake by cells. In short, cinnamon reduced not only blood sugar, but also triglycerides, total cholesterol and LDL (or "bad" cholesterol) in people with type 2 diabetes as a study found that was published in the journal Diabetic Care. And it gets better. How about blood pressure? Stress can raise blood pressure, which can be an issue with individuals with cardiovascular diseases. A study published in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition suggested that in addition to glucose metabolism, cinnamon may have a role in glucose metabolism and blood pressure regulation. In other words, adding cinnamon to the diet may have a positive influence on blood pressure.
7) Find Time for Exercise
Did you think I wasn't going to mention exercise? There's no escape from this one. Sure, you might have not as much time because of shopping, family... you name it. So work with what time you have! If you really do have little time, then use the 15-60 approach. How does this approach work? Take one strength exercise and repeat it 15 times. Immediately change over to a 60-second cardiovascular set, which can be as simple as running in place, running the stairs or jumping rope. Choose the level of intensity that feels comfortable to you. Then repeat the same thing with another strength exercise without any rest. Use one strength exercise for each of the large and small muscle groups.
Weight loss strategies are simple to implement during the holidays. A little focus and a little willpower will get you there. Don't be one of the people who just get fried by too much information and who know all the information but do nothing with it. Just pick one of the strategies above, and you will be on your way to a leaner, stronger and slimmer body.
Stefan Aschan is a leading expert on lifestyle, health and fitness who has helped more than 30,000 people get fit through advice on nutrition, fitness and lifestyle changes. For your free "Updates and Solution" newsletter and e-report on "How to have 10 times more success losing weight, staying on top of your goals, and accomplishing the change of body shape and appearance," visit www.theaustrianadvantage.com.


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Conservation leader lends voice to water requirements of wetlands, wildlife.
AUSTIN, Texas –-(Ammoland.com)- Ducks Unlimited is ramping up efforts to represent wildlife and waterfowl interests related to Texas water-allocation decisions, underscoring the important role of rice agriculture in providing habitat for wetland wildlife.
As part of that effort, Kirby Brown will be starting as DU's new Texas conservation outreach specialist on Oct. 1.
Water shortages directly impact the capacity of coastal Texas public and private landowners to provide habitat to meet the North American Waterfowl Management Plan (NAWMP) objective to over-winter and return approximately 4.5 million ducks and nearly 1 million geese to the continental breeding population.
"We understand difficult decisions must be made in the face of limited water resources," said Todd Merendino, DU manager of conservation programs for Texas. "However, millions of wintering waterfowl and other migratory birds and wildlife depend heavily on Texas coastal wetlands —many of which are associated with rice agriculture— for habitat and food resources. Ducks Unlimited's goal is to ensure the requirements of these important natural and economic resources are considered in water-allocation decisions."
Availability of water for waterfowl habitat management and other wetland-dependent wildlife populations, rice agriculture and coastal estuaries is a significant conservation concern in the face of rapid, unprecedented population increases and associated water demands from principal Texas cities.
"Coastal Texas, as part of DU's Gulf Coast Conservation Initiative, is among our highest continental conservation priorities for wintering waterfowl in North America," said Tom Moorman, DU director of science and planning. "Kirby Brown's extensive experience with waterfowl management, private landowners throughout Texas and many aspects of conservation public policy and water issues in Texas will be of great value to DU as we ramp up our efforts to represent the water and habitat requirements of waterfowl and other wetland wildlife."
Brown holds degrees in political science and wildlife science from Texas A&M University. He comes to DU from the Texas Wildlife Association, where he recently served as senior vice president of public policy and as executive president from 2002 to 2009. He worked for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department from 1977 to 2002 as manager of J.D. Murphree Wildlife Management Area and program director for private lands enhancement and public hunting.
"I look forward to raising awareness of the habitat requirements of waterfowl and other wetland-dependent wildlife and to helping find innovative solutions to enhance water supplies to meet those needs in Texas," Brown said. "DU can serve as a facilitator and leader in developing partnerships to create win-win practical solutions for waterfowl and wetlands, rice farmers and private landowners, our communities and local economies, and water suppliers and the Texas public."
Ducks Unlimited seeks to provide decision makers with the information necessary to fully understand the importance of the Texas Coast to waterfowl and the related economic impacts of hunting and other wildlife-associated recreation in the area. Along with a declining habitat base, the region's waterfowl-hunting heritage is threatened by water supply issues, and that is a threat to the Texas economy. Waterfowl hunting alone contributes $204 million to the Texas economy each year.
Based out of Austin, Brown will work to help inform policy makers, water suppliers and water users about the requirements of waterfowl and to engage DU in innovative efforts to expand available water supplies in coastal Texas for waterfowl, industry, agriculture and people.
Ducks Unlimited Inc. is the world's largest nonprofit organization dedicated to conserving North America's continually disappearing waterfowl habitats. Established in 1937, DU is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, with special events, projects and promotions across the continent. Ducks Unlimited has conserved more than 12 million acres thanks to contributions from more than a million supporters across the continent. Guided by science and dedicated to program efficiency, DU works toward the vision of wetlands sufficient to fill the skies with waterfowl today, tomorrow and forever. For more information on our work, visit www.ducks.org. Connect with us on our Facebook page at facebook.com/ducksunlimited, follow our tweets at twitter.com/ducksunlimited and watch DU videos at youtube.com/ducksunlimitedinc.


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Catherine Tumber is the author of Small, Gritty, and Green: The Promises of America's Smaller Industrial Cities in a Low-Carbon World, among other writings. She works as a senior research associate at Northwestern University's Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy.
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Maybe some of you can help me here. I'm heading off to Jenna Woginrich's Cold Antler Farm on Saturday for a shared presentation with James Howard Kunstler. He's doing the why's of preaparedness and I'm doing the how's. It's always a challenge to figure out just what folks will find helpful. I don't these people. I can assume that if they're Cold Antler fans that they already have some leanings toward a small farm life. Maybe they're already raising a few chickens and have a yard devoted to food growing. If not, you can be sure they're farm dreaming.
The problem I have is figuring out what's tiny farm talk and what's preparedness talk. I know I used to talk more about disaster prepping. As the ecologlical news, the financial news and the political news has beocome more worrisom by the day, my personal prepping is much less about protecting my family during a power outage and much more about figuring out how we're going to stay warm and fed during what I thing are very stormy seas ahead. The pigs are going to be eating some of the canned food I bought six years ago when I stil thought I could store my way to food security. Ah well. Live and learn.
I would love to hear from you on this. Especially the lurkers here. What's going on with your preps? Are you here for the garden talk or for the prepping tips? Are you worried about the long-term furture or are you concerned about another Irene hitting this summer?
Here's where I am. Yesterday, I began to get the main garden in. I planted as I usually do but I made sure to isolate some plants and seeds that are my favorit heirloom varieties. We are setting aside special beds for plants that I can save seed from. It isn't that much work to add a marker with variety name. The change was made so that I can easily save my seed and ensure a garden in the absense of purchased and packaged seeds. I'll still plant the occasional purchased plants but I'm keeping some of the heirlooms isolated.
So let me know what's up. I want this to be a great workshop and your input will help a lot.


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SPRINGFIELD — Shunting aside Gov. Pat Quinn's concerns, the Illinois House today approved a major expansion of gambling in Illinois that would put a casino in Chicago and four other cities, add positions at riverboats and allow slot machines at racetracks.
The move came after sponsoring Rep. Lou Lang, D-Skokie, got tired of waiting for Quinn to offer an alternative proposal.
The 69-47 vote, with two lawmakers voting present, signaled that Lang was within striking distance of gathering enough lawmakers to reach the necessary 71 needed for an override of a Quinn veto if he stands by his opposition to putting slot machines at racetracks.
The bill goes to the Senate, where supporters have vowed to move forward as the session ticks down to its May 31 scheduled adjournment date.
During debate, Lang said the governor has indicated more than once that he supports the new casinos in the bill but that "he and I have had a dispute" over the racetracks getting slot machines. Lang has made it clear for months that he could not pass gambling expansion without including the provision for slot machines and other electronic betting games.
Lang predicted the "velocity of revenue" would be a job generator and economic boost for Illinois, saying the bill could raise between $300 million to more than a billion dollars a year, depending on who is counting. That would be in addition to sales taxes generated from spin-offs, Lang said.
In addition to a gambling palace in Chicago, the four other casinos would go to Rockford, Danville, Park City in Lake County and an undetermined site in the south suburbs. The Chicago casino could be land-based or docked on Lake Michigan with 4,000 gambling positions. Chicago would own the casino, and there would be a casino authority that would oversee construction and operations. The bill makes clear that the Illinois Gaming Board would be the "supreme authority," Lang said, saying it was tightened to make it clear who has the final say.
Rep. Al Riley, D-Olympia Fields, said four communities in the south suburbs have sought the opportunity to keep hordes of Illinois gamblers who travel from Illinois to spend gambling dollars on the nearby boats in Indiana.
But Rep. Dwight Kay, R-Glen Carbon, urged lawmakers to reject the legislation as "out of hand," saying it would cause people to lose money who can least afford to lose it.
"I think we send the wrong message," Kay said.


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Steamed Bread Pudding in the Instant Pot
Submitted by Ezzie B.
This is already such a favorite. My husband is now convinced that he loves the Instant Pot! I made one batch of this tonight and then had to make a second because I had none left to share with neighbors!
- 1 tsp coconut oil
- 1 c Goya Coconut milk
- 1 cup whole milk
- 3 eggs, beaten
- 4 c cubed stale bread
- ½ c cranraisins
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ tsp vanilla
Optional ingredients can be:
- Coconut flakes
- Macadamia nuts or other nuts such as walnuts or pecans Apple ½ of a fresh apple minced
- Put 2 cups of water in the Instant Pot stainless steel inner pot. Add the steam rack.
- Use a casserole small enough to fit into the Instant Pot, but large enough to hold the bread and liquids. I use a casserole dish that is sloped up to 8 inches in diameter and 3 inches high.
- Cut bread in cubes. I like to use my homemade challah but any sweet or white bread will do.
- Mix the rest of the ingredients in a bowl to combine. Put in the cubed bread crumbs. Mix well.
- Cover with wax paper and secure (I use silicone rubber bands that can withstand temperatures up to 600 degrees).
- Set Instant Pot to steam and adjust time to 15 minutes. Let pressure drop of its own accord.
- I usually wait an additional 15 minutes before removing the lid. Remove the casserole dish carefully. Remove the wax paper and whatever secured it.
- At this point I like to put it under a low broiler flame for about 5-8 minutes just to brown the top.
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Nicole brings it home
News • Jun 23, 2016 11:15 GMT
It was a big night for Nicole and Panalpina. She has won Cardiff University's 'People's Choice' award for her work on Panalpina's new inventory forecasting application 'Demand-Driven Inventory Dispositioning', in short 'D2ID'. During a black-tie dinner at Cardiff University, the business innovation award was also officially handed over to Panalpina by Innovate UK.
Nicole needs you!
News • Jun 07, 2016 14:30 GMT
Her family name is almost as complicated as the mathematics behind Panalpina's new inventory forecasting application: Ayiomamitou. Nicole by first name and of Greek origin, she has spent most of her time in the past three years to search for the 'hidden formula' for lean inventories. Will her work with Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, win the 'People's Choice' award? Vote for Nicole!


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The former lover of jailed Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins has pleaded not guilty to child pornography charges.
Joanne Mjadzelics appeared before Cardiff Crown Court and officials confirmed the 38-year-old defendant from Doncaster pleaded not guilty to seven charges.
Six relate to the alleged possession and distribution of indecent images of children. The other relates to an allegation that she encouraged Watkins to send her an indecent image of a child.
Mjadzelics, who was granted bail, will go on trial on January 5 next year.
Watkins, 36, is serving a 35-year jail term for a string of sex offences, including the attempted rape of a baby.
Two of his female co-defendants, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were given 14 and 16 years custodial terms.
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ESSAY- With friends like these: What's wrong with Facebook
They say you can never have too many friends, but obviously "they" aren't on Facebook.
Facebook, for those of you who have been too busy thinking how much better this column would be had it been written on an IBM Selectric to check it out for yourself, is a social networking web site everyone feels a need to be a part of but no one actually needs to be a part of.
In the evolution of time sucks, it sits right between IM and Twitter, to the left of Tetris, and across the hall from correcting comma usage in Wikipedia entries.
The idea of Facebook is to communicate by amassing as many "friends" as possible, much the way the past decade has been about amassing debt and houses you can't afford, and you see where that's gotten us. It doesn't matter whether they're your best friend or someone you've never heard of before– the more, the merrier. Hence, Facebook's unofficial motto: "He who dies with the most friends, wins."
Once you have these friends, they can go to your profile page and see what you say to other people, who else you befriend, what silly quizzes you've taken, and what photos you post. And you can see theirs. It's exhibitionism– I mean, social communication– at its best.
It lets us expose ourselves to the world and be Gladys Kravitz at the same time, without ever having to leave the comfort of our office chair. It's for reasons like this that we should all take a moment to thank the Defense Department for creating the Internet. Well, this and Lolcats.com, the home of funny cat pix.
But really, how many friends do you need? Exactly one hundred and forty-eight if you can believe Robin Dunbar. He's the anthropologist who came up with what's known as the Dunbar Number, which is the maximum number of people with which we can maintain a stable social relationship. That's assuming, of course, that we'd recognize a stable social relationship if we stumbled upon one.
Dunbar came up with this number– often rounded up to 150– by comparing the brain size and social networks of apes, then adjusting the figures to compensate for the size of the human brain. (I'm not sure if he scaled it up or down. After all, while apes can't read, write, or come up with a reason why every little girl loves Barbie and the Diamond Castle, they are smart enough not to go on Facebook and tell the world they're "having insects picked off my butt again.")
But since Dunbar's Number is generally accepted by scientists, I might as well go along with it too. It turns out that, even if we have that many friends, we ignore most of them.
According to an article in the Economist (motto: "Don't blame us for this mess, it's just our name"), the in-house sociologist at Facebook says the average man responds to the postings of only seven of his friends, while women, who– as they like to remind men– are more sociable, respond to ten. This means about 88 percent of our friends are being left in the virtual dust. It also means that if you have more than 120 friends on Facebook– and what self-respecting person doesn't?– you not only aren't able to cognitively handle all of them, but even if you magically could, you wouldn't pay attention to most of them anyway. It makes you feel downright wanted, doesn't it?
This is all the ammunition I need to not add another person as a friend who claims to have passed me once in the hall in junior high school, sends a friend request because so-and-so "said you're a cool person and I should be your friend," or is my mother.
Hopefully, in Facebook's next extreme makeover, which no one will like and will cause membership in the group "Facebook Needs To Stop Moving My Cheese" to skyrocket, maybe they'll put a "Sorry, over the Dunbar Number limit" button next to the other options: "Confirm," "Ignore," and "Leave it on my Request Page forever because I don't want them to see anything about me but I also don't want to offend them by rejecting them."
While people say you can ignore a friend request and the person sending it will never know, I'm not so sure about that. They also say you can defriend people– a verb that will make the dictionary as soon as we realize how great it is and start using it in real life– without their being aware of it.
The only problem is they might start wondering why they never received your "Accepted as a friend" notification. Or see items popping up on their home page saying you've "gone to the bathroom for the fourth time today," have posted a photo of your boss from the office Christmas party that if you hadn't made public could have been your retirement fund, or have tagged them for the tenth time in "Twenty-five Things You Didn't Want to Know About Me But I'm Going to Tell You Anyway."
Then again, they might be too busy searching for new friends to even notice.
Formerly of Richmond, Barry Gottlieb – when he's not soaking his thumbs in ice– now hangs his Mad Dog hat in California's city by the bay.


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CakeSpy Note: This is a guest post from Rainy Day Gal (a.k.a. Jenny Miller), a fellow Seattle blogger with a major sweet tooth.
Once in a blue moon, I love a good dark beer.
But every day that ends in y do I love chocolate stout cake.
It's rich, moist, and tastes like an indescribably dark chocolatey-chocolate cake without being overly sweet. Plus, you get to pour beer into the batter. Which is fun. For those of you wary about adding beer to chocolate cake, fear not--they don't taste like beer, the stout just keeps them moist, rich, and prevents them from being overly sweet. I came across an intriguing recipe that was begging, nay, pleading to be turned into cupcakes. Because, c'mon. Who bakes whole cakes anymore? We are living in a cupcake world and I am a cupcake gal. So without further ado, here they are. Fair warning: this recipe makes an ungodly amount of cupcakes. Make a half-batch if you don't know 48 people who would like to eat a chocolate stout cupcake in the next two days. Oh, and fair warning #2: You should probably also be drinking a stout while you're making these. Just sayin.
First, let's make the ganache because it'll need a few hours to chill. You need one pound of bittersweet chocolate (chopped or in chip form) and one pint (or 2 cups) of whipping cream. Again, halve this if you don't want to make a billion cupcakes.
Place the chocolate in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the wisk attachment. You could also use a hand mixer if you're more in the mood.
Bring the cream just to a simmer on the stove and then remove from heat. Immediately pour the whipping cream over the chocolate. Mix on medium-low until totally combined. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
You should probably lick this. It's okay. No one is watching. I'll wait. All done? Wasn't it delicious? Good. Let's move on to the cupcakes.
You need at absolutely sinful amount of butter. 4 sticks or 2 cups unsalted. Paula Deen would be so proud. Also find some sour cream (1 1/2 cups) and four eggies.
For the dry stuff, grab some baking soda (1 tbsp), all-purpose flour (4 cups), salt (1 1/2 tsp), and granulated sugar (4 cups. Yes. I'm serious.). Oh, and you'll also need 1 1/2 cups of cocoa powder. Sorry--forgot to snap a photo.
Finally, the goods: Guinness. Or a similarly dark stout. You'll need two cups, which turns out to be about 1 1/4 bottles. Ready? Let's go. Preheat your oven to 350°. If you want to. Or wait 'till later. Measure out your beer. It won't hurt it it's a few sips less than 2 cups. I promise.
Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat and add the stout. Bring just to a simmer and then remove from heat. I never thought I would have a pan of butter and Guinness heating on my stove.
Grab your cocoa powder...
...and immediately whisk it into the butter/beer mixture until smooth. Set aside to let cool for a few minutes.
Meanwhile, mix your dry ingredients together in a big ol' bowl...
...and put the sour cream and eggies into another bowl. I love cracking eggs. It's my favorite part of baking. But I'm also completely terrified of finding a little baby chicken fetus inside. I would cry for days. Too much information? Alright. Moving on.
Cream together the sour cream and eggs using an electric hand mixer on low speed.
Ummm....don't lick these blades. Even I don't love sour cream that much. For the next step, grab a big bowl....
...and dump the sour cream/egg mixture into it. Pour the beer/cocoa/butter mixture on top. Mix on low with the electric hand mixer to combine.
Next, dump in the flour/sugar mixture. Beat a little with the electric mixer just to get it started...
...and finish it off with a spatula. Shiny.
Pour into greased (or lined) muffin pans. I usually use liners, but all I had were the ugly ones left from a Christmas variety pack. I couldn't handle dancing reindeer today. Where's Bella when I need 'em? Bake, one pan at a time, for 16-18 minutes or until...you know the drill. Clean toothpick. Or not. Sometimes I think when the whole toothpick comes out clean that I've already over-baked them. You're the judge of your own cupcake world---you decide.
I filled them up almost to the brim because I like big cupcakes.
See what I mean? Ungodly amount of cupcakes.
Once the cupcakes have cooled and the ganache has hardened, let's frost those suckers. Give the ganache a good stir before we start.
Spread it around. Spread it around good. I used about a tablespoon and a half per cupcake and still had a little leftover. You frost 'em however you like 'em.
Oh my. A moment of silence, please.
I wasn't drinking that Guinness while eating a cupcake. You must be thinking of someone else.
Nope. Not me (*licks chocolate ganache from lips*).
The verdict on chocolate stout cupcakes? They were divine. Moist. Rich. Chocolatey with a hint of stout. The bittersweet ganache made them ultra-decadent.
When I make them again, however, I'll try a few variations:
1) Use a more flavorful stout. Maybe a local brew, or something with a little more body. Maybe I'll even boil a larger quantity down to make it more concentrated. I wanted more Guinness-y flavor and less sweet.
2) Halve the recipe. Too. Many. Cupcakes.
3) Try not to eat so dang many. There goes one full week of salads. Happy monday!
The original recipe for chocolate stout cake can be found right here. Just follow the directions above to make them cupcakes. Enjoy!


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SEGUIN, Texas --- The Mississippi College football team stopped a four-game losing streak with a 24-21 victory over Texas Lutheran on Saturday afternoon at Matador Stadium.
The Choctaws (2-5, 1-3 ASC) played their best offensive football of the season with 222 rushing yards on 52 carries. Freshman Otis Smith earned his first collegiate start and led the way with 13 carries for 106 yards. MC controlled the clock with over 36 minutes of possession in the contest.
Preseason All-American Allen Cain, who went 5-5 on field goals in Clinton last season, missed three field goals, including two in the fourth quarter that would have tied the game.
Sophmore quarterback Beaux Gipson and freshman signal-caller Stacey Dillard combined to throw for 172 yards and two touchdowns in the contest. They also ran for 99 yards and a score in the contest.
The MC defense came up huge in the fourth quarter with three stops to clinch the victory for the Choctaws. Sophomore Alandas Hardy led the way with eight tackles, while junior Stephen Miner had four tackles, one sack and a fumble recovery.
The Choctaws also held the Bulldogs to just 2-13 on third-down conversions, while forcing three turnovers.
After TLU scored to open the game, Dillard found Otis Smith for a 13-yard touchdown catch to tie the game 7-7 with 2:39 to go in the first quarter.
Senior Chris Campbell shook off an earlier blocked field goal to give MC a 10-7 lead with a 37-yard shot early in the second quarter.
The Bulldogs (3-4, 1-3 ASC) took the lead going into halftime as Brent Peavy found Collin Bode for a 31-yard score and TLU led 14-10.
The Choctaws opened the second half with a score to take the lead as Dillard rushed in from a yard out to take a 17-14 advantage with 5:16 to go in the third quarter.
Jo Jo Epps found the end zone for TLU to get the lead back, 21-17, with 1:29 remaining in the third quarter. Epps rushed the ball four times for 26 yards and the score.
MC would not back down, however, as Gipson found senior Alex Archer for a four-yard score to cap off a 13-play, six minute drive and give the Choctaws a 24-21 lead.
The MC defense came up with three stops down the stretch, including two missed field goals by Cain, to clinch the victory.
The Choctaws will be back in action next week for their 2012 Homecoming contest as MC hosts East Texas Baptist at 3:00 p.m. at Robinson-Hale Stadium.
Choctaws Snap Skid with 24-21 Win over Texas Lutheran
|Mississippi College (2-5)
|Texas Lutheran (3-4)
SEGUIN, Texas --- The Mississippi College football team stopped a four-game losing streak with a 24-21 victory over Texas Lutheran on Saturday afternoon at Matador Stadium.


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KINSHASA (Reuters) - An outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo risks spreading to major towns if not brought under control soon after the death toll doubled within a week, the World Health Organisation warned on Thursday.
The number of people killed by the contagious virus for which there is no known treatment has now risen to 31, including five health workers. Ebola causes massive bleeding and kills up to 90 percent of its victims.
"The epidemic is not under control. On the contrary the situation is very, very serious," Eugene Kabambi, a WHO spokesman in Congo's capital Kinshasa, told Reuters by phone.
"If nothing is done now, the disease will reach other places, and even major towns will be threatened," he said, adding that an estimated $2 million had to be urgently found to pay for measures to tackle the disease.
The outbreak, which is believed to have been caused by tainted bushmeat hunted by local villagers, has so far struck in the towns of Isiro and Viadana in the northeastern province of Orientale.
Some 16 people in neighboring Uganda died of the disease last month, though the WHO said the two epidemics were not connected.
The latest WHO figures show there are now 65 probable or suspected cases of Ebola in Congo, with 108 people under surveillance.
Kabambi said one suspected case in Kinshasa had come back negative. Congo's ramshackle capital is home to at least 9 million people and its health sector is crumbling.
Congo's infrastructure has been devastated by decades of corruption, conflict and misrule. The country last year came bottom of a United Nations development index.
Reporting by Jonny Hogg; Writing by Richard Valdmanis; Editing by Andrew Osborn


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PHILADELPHIA—A metal security gate detached from the façade of an Italian ice cream shop Saturday afternoon, killing a 3-year-old girl, police said.
The security door fell on the child at a Rita's Water Ice store in north Philadelphia at around 4:30 p.m., according to the Philadelphia Police Department. The girl was taken to Hahnemann University Hospital and died after arrival.
"Our hearts and prayers go out to the child's family," said Linda Duke, a spokeswoman for Rita's Italian Ice, the shop's parent company. "Due to the current investigation we really cannot comment about the unfortunate incident."
Photos from the scene show the black metal gate lying on the sidewalk, pink balloons still tied to it in front of the shop's red-and-white striped awning. Several popped balloons appear trapped underneath the gate, which businesses typically roll down after hours to prevent crime.
The child was there with her mother, according to WPVI-TV, and bystanders rushed to her aid while others gave CPR. Witnesses told the TV station a sorority and fraternity fundraiser was happening at the time.
Alison Brady, who lives across the street and saw the gate fall, told The Philadelphia Inquirer that stucco work had recently been done on the shop.
"It was almost like slow motion," she told the newspaper. "The gate was falling and people were screaming and it hit the ground and the little girl was there."
Officials with the Department of Licenses and Inspections were investigating, police said.
No other information was immediately available.
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CHEYENNE, Wyo.-- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) Denver Office and the Wyoming State Department of Workforce Services-Labor Standards will host a free training event on the Equal Pay Act on Thursday, May 12, 2011 at the Holiday Inn-Cheyenne, 204 West Fox Farm Road. The training will run from 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm.
Nancy Sienko, director of the EEOC's Denver Field Office, and Stephanie Struble, senior trial attorney of the EEOC's Denver Field Office, will provide training on the Equal Pay Act. Cherie Doak, director of the Wyoming State Department of Workforce Services-Labor Standards, will present information about employment laws in Wyoming.
Included in the training will be information regarding wage discrimination which is prohibited by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Fifty years after passage of the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the wage gap between men and women still persists. Women are paid an average of only 77 cents for every dollar earned by men. The gap is even greater for women of color and women with disabilities.
The wage gap has a cumulative effect on working women and their families. Because raises, bonuses, and contributions to retirement funds are usually calculated as a percentage of salary, the impact of wage discrimination grows over the course of a lifetime.
According to the American Community Survey, U.S. Census Bureau data, the state of Wyoming is ranked 51st in the nation for median earnings for male and female full-time year-round workers, ages 16 and older at all education levels. In this category, the average male earns an annual salary of $48,555, whereas the average female earns $31,204.
The news for Wyoming improves when looking at the median earnings and earning ratio between male and female full-time, year-round college-educated workers age 25 and older. I n this category, Wyoming is No. 1 in the nation where the average male earns an annual salary of $54,000, whereas the average female earns $48,000 annually.
The EEOC is responsible for enforcing federal laws against employment discrimination. Further information is available at www.eeoc.gov.
The EEOC's Denver Field Office has jurisdiction for Colorado and Wyoming. Further information about the EEOC is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.


text: Alpha Kappa Alpha, the first black sorority in the United States, celebrated its 100th anniversary recently. It began in a time when students had to worry about lynchings as well as grades. Today, AKA has more than 200,000 members, and, says AKA spokeswoman Melody M. McDowell: "We remain true to our core mission, which is sisterhood and service. We've given away millions in scholarships, we're into voter registration, voter education, we're into leadership." And now there is an AKA Barbie doll, who wears a gown of pink and green, the sorority's colors. Barbara A. McKinzie, the sorority's international president, says: "What a wonderful idea to take a known icon in our society and have the doll look like us." [Washington Post, Washington Post]


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As the UN recently kicked off the official launch of 2013 as the International Year of Water Cooperation, the IUCN Mesoamerica office released a new video on cooperation achievements between Panama and Costa Rica, including actions in the transboundary Sixaola river basin.
The new video entitled 'Integrating Borders' or 'Integrando Fronteras' recounts the history, activities and future course of the Costa Rica-Panama Convention on Border Development.
The video shows the historical and informational account of what the Border Convention constitutes, its main actions, as well as the participatory binational coordination between the two countries during the last two decades.
IUCN has supported the work of the Executive Secretariat of the Convention with capacity building trainings on transboundary cooperation and water governance through the BRIDGE project. IUCN colleagues worked directly with the Sixaola Binational Commission, a structure mandated under the Convention for the integrated water management of Sixaola river basin. "Recently IUCN helped the Sixaola Binational Commission in formulating new regulations of the bylaws which constitute an instrument to facilitate multi-level cooperation in the river basin", said Rocio Cordoba, IUCN Coordinator Mesoamerica Livelihoods and Climate Change Unit .
The Sixaola river basin is located on the border region of Panama and Costa Rica and in many parts forms the border between the two countries. IUCN has been active for over 2 years in this watershed supporting both local-level and international efforts at cooperation for integrated water resource management.
"The 8-min video is of excellent quality both in terms of content and visuals, and with Spanish and English languages covered, available to a wide audience. It will serve to advocate the importance of cooperative work through the Costa Rica-Panama Convention to audiences ranging from local to national, as well as civil society at large", said Nazareth Porras, IUCN Technical Assistant Mesoamerica .
The work on the Bi-national commission is framed within the alliance forged between the IUCN and the Executive Secretariats of the Costa Rica-Panama Border Convention, as part of the projects 'BRIDGE - Building River Dialogue and Governance', supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, and 'Water Management for Adaptation to Climate Change', supported by the German government through BMU.
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Nicoise Salad Recipes
Tuna Nicoise Salad with Goose Eggs
Today, I made a French salad recipe called nicoise salad. I filled the salad with a combination of salad greens, capers, tuna and goose eggs. I was testing the recipe because school is about to start, and I'm not a big fan of the ready-made all-inclusive food trays. They don't contain much except a few crackers and small pieces of cheese and cold meat that are usually packed with salt, sugar and fat.
The salad received two thumbs up from my little munchkin. She loves hard-cooked eggs, which makes folding in the other ingredients much easier. As an added bonus, hard-boiled eggs are easy to pack. If you're planning on making this for your kids, the nicoise salad dressing can be packed separately so the salad is still crunchy and fresh when lunch time finally arrives.
A Pham Fatale reader named Karen left a wonderfully insightful comment last week where she described the challenges of preparing lunches for her kids. While my little munchkin hasn't experienced the teasing from her classmates (yet) even though her lunch box is different from her friends, I understand the issue. It has inspired me to come up with back-to-school recipes that covertly sneak nutritious ingredients into dishes that are familiar to kids. What could be more femme fatale worthy than that?
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