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Thanks to Carol for her review clearing up the location of the park. Yahoo maps doesn't have it placed correctly either. More review later.
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The park is great, the people friendly. Nice having the large and small dogs separated. My one negative remark is the map is incorrect. I searched and searched the area between Modoc Dr NE & Tecumseh Dr. NE. and never located. The park is actually west of N. River Rd., Keizer, OR take Chemawa Rd.,heading west, go straight (4 way stop) past Windsor Island Rd. This site needs to update their map, showing the correct location.
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The New England Patriots have signed free-agent wide receiver LaQuan Williams, a source confirmed to MassLive.com.
In a corresponding move, the Patriots released wide receiver Austin Collie, who suffered a knee injury during Sunday's win over the Steelers, according to ESPN.
Collie, signed in early October, appeared in four games and caught three passes for 34 yards. He was not targeted against Miami or Pittsburgh despite playing 40 snaps.
Williams, a former Baltimore Raven and University of Maryland product, took part in Tuesday's full-pads practice. He worked out for the Patriots in October.
The 6-foot, 195-pounder was released by the Ravens after suffering a hamstring injury in the preseason finale. He caught four passes for 46 yards in 2011. He also returned six kicks for 114 yards in 2011 and '12.
Over four seasons at Maryland, he caught 33 passes for 436 yards with two touchdowns.
The Baltimore Sun first reported Williams had signed.

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Barnett-Moore, 54, said Monday she was wrapping up her final two weeks by readying an outline for the 2014 budget.
"The word that keeps coming to mind is bittersweet," Barnett-Moore said of her retirement. "The city of Kalamazoo has been a great place to me to work for the last 30 years. I've met some outstanding people to work with, some talented, very genuine people that care for this community. It's going to be hard to leave those people. It's like a family. You see these people every day."
Barnett-Moore is one of 219 employees taking an early-retirement incentive offered by the city as a way to help erase a $6 million deficit. City Manager Kenneth Collard also took the offer and will retire by January.
Barnett-Moore's most recent total compensation including pay, overtime and bonuses was $122,438 plus fringe benefits, according to city records. Her base salary for 2013 was $116,327.
Barnett-Moore will receive a monthly pension of $7,588, or $91,056 a year. Her pension is calculated using a final average compensation of $116,155 and 34 years of service -- 31 years that she worked for the city plus three years' credit for taking the early-retirement offer. All city employees taking the early retirement receive credit for an additional three years by retiring in 2012 or 2013.
Barnett-Moore will receive a lump-sum payout of $39,590 for taking the early retirement -- an incentive of 1 percent of her final average compensation multiplied by her years of service that is calculated for each of the 219 employees who took the offer. She also will receive $7,473 for unused sick time and $31,120 for unused vacation time, according to figures obtained by MLive/Kalamazoo Gazette in a Freedom of Information Act request.
Employees receive payout for their unused sick and vacation time about two weeks after retirement. They receive their 1 percent incentive and first pension check about six weeks after retirement, according to a city document outlining the early-retirement incentive.
Barnett-Moore grew up in Cassopolis. She earned an economics degree from the University of Michigan.
She was hired as budget and finance coordinator at the then city-owned Kalamazoo Airport in 1982 under former airport director Michael Stampfler, who later became Portage city manager. She then moved to the water department as customer service and finance manager. She was on a committee that hired Collard as the city's public services manager. She moved to city hall in 2005 as an assistant city manager when Collard became city manager and was promoted to deputy city manager in 2006.
At the water department, Barnett-Moore "personally paid many delinquent utility bills for customers threatened with shutoffs, temporarily down on their luck," according to a city newsletter. Those individuals always repaid her.
Barnett-Moore said she has seen a lot since she was hired in 1982, including the city merging its water and wastewater operations and the resulting budgetary and culture issues.
"To see that and where we are now, I'm pretty proud of where the city has come over the years," Barnett-Moore said. "We've weathered some really bad storms and we'll continue to weather those storms. I do think that in order to prevent further erosion of city services, we're going to have to look at a new way of financing municipal government."
Barnett-Moore said she plans to play her retirement by ear, at least for the first few months
"When you're used to working 10, 12 hours, going from 10, 12 hours to nothing is going to be a little difficult," Barnett-Moore said. "I need to see what that transition will be like."
She said she wants to pursue part of her bucket list, including scrapbooking and traveling with her husband to Florida and the East Coast, and perhaps to Europe.
Barnett-Moore said she did not know if she will stay in Kalamazoo long-term. She said she's proud of where she's leaving the city's team.
"I think we have a really good professional staff that understands the issues and understands the needs of the community," she said. "It's a good place, but I'm looking forward to the next chapter."
Collard, who has worked closely with Barnett-Moore for 21 years, told city commissioners Aug. 19 that Barnett-Moore "has been the backbone of this organization, one of several key backbones for more than 30 years now, very well respected." He told commissioners Barnett-Moore would leave the city "with a hell of a legacy."
Later that week, Collard said Barnett-More is more than just a co-worker and "just made my work life very pleasurable."
"This organization is going to miss her, this community is going to miss her," Collard said. "Just arguably the finest public servant I've had the privilege to work with."
Collard said he will not fill the deputy position permanently, and that the new city manager will have the opportunity to appoint his or her own deputy.
Emily Monacelli is a local government reporter for MLive/Kalamazoo Gazette. Contact her at email@example.com or follow her on Twitter.


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Frigid weather has returned to Ann Arbor and most of southeast Michigan—and strong winds are expected to push the cold to dangerously low temperatures this week.
Tuesday night winds will increase from 7 mph and change direction, reaching speeds of 13 mph by Wednesday morning. The air temperature of minus 6 degrees Tuesday night will feel more like minus 14 with the wind chill.
The subzero wind chill won't quit Wednesday morning, as winds are expected to gust up to 18 mph. The high temperature of 13 may feel more like minus 15 Wednesday with the wind chill—a factor that prompted the National Weather Service to issue a hazardous weather statement Tuesday afternoon.
About an inch of snow is likely Wednesday during the day and into the nighttime hours. The severe cold will remain, as Wednesday night the four-degree low will feel more like minus 9 with the wind chill.
Thursday the high of 13 degrees may feel more like minus 12 with winds between 9 and 14 mph. Gusts could be as high as 20 mph Thursday.
By Thursday night the air temperature will be about minus 5 degrees and the wind chill may be as low as minus 25.
Strong winds will usher in a major cold front Friday and push it out of the area Saturday, with wind speeds expected up to 40 mph both days.
The National Weather Service has not yet issued a wind advisory, but is anticipating that conditions this weekend may be strong enough to warrant one.
For more weather information from Mlive.com, visit Mlive.com/weather.
Amy Biolchini is the K-12 education reporter for The Ann Arbor News. Reach her at firstname.lastname@example.com, (734) 623-2552 or on Twitter. Find all Washtenaw County K-12 education stories on MLive.com.


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The full-day summer camps at Magnolia Park in June and July were a great success, according to parents, children and organizers. There were 25 children at the one-week camp in June for ages 4-10 and the two-week camp in July attracted 18 children ages 5-10.
The June camp offered indoor and outdoor games including daily scavenger hunts based on the camp's nature trail theme. Camp organizers Phyllis Cazaux and Melanie Martinez were surprised at how many girls were interested in the nature activities including looking for bugs hiding in the grass and bushes around the park.
"We also used several boxes of the children's game Cootie," Cazaux said. "We hid the cootie parts around the park and gym and the children tried to find the parts and create as many complete bugs as possible."
Cazaux said the children enjoyed searching for photos of birds and creating a map where they found them in the park. They also made birds out of pinecones and decorated t-shirts with prints of insects, bugs as well as their own feet and hands.
The fun-filled week ended with water activities including a waterslide.
After hearing how much fun her brothers had at the June camp, Meleah Champagne, 8, was eager to join them at the two week camp in July which included low-keyed Olympic events.
"I had a lot of fun," she said, adding that all of the children received medals for their accomplishments. "We had races, made a jump rope out of socks filled with rice, created a frog clip out of popsicle sticks and stacked plastic cups."
According to her mother, Brooke Champagne, her three children really enjoyed the camp, which not only provided healthy, fun physical activity but also utilized their brain power.
"It had them thinking in the summertime, which was a good thing," Brooke Champagne said, adding that the children also enjoyed the crafts.
"Meleah has been to dance camp, gymnastics camp and cheerleading camps but she enjoyed this one the most of all," she said. "It was nice having a camp right here in the area."
According to Cazaux, the park staff had a lot of great feedback on the two camps, which they hope to repeat again next summer.
According to Magnolia Park director Jennifer Goings, it was a stroke of luck that Phyllis Cazaux asked about the camp when she was at the park for her weekly art class. "Miss Phyllis literally fell into our lap and she was awesome," Goings said. "She and Melanie ran day camps on the southshore and they were unbelievable organized."
Cazaux was surprised to discover how many of the children at the camps were not familiar with typical outdoor games such as jumping rope, using a hula hoop or playing marbles.
"Even though the Olympics was the theme of the two-week camp, one of my goals was to teach the children they could have fun just playing and it was not all about winning," she said. "They learned how to take turns, they enjoyed the relays and the crafts as well."
Cazaux added that they did have a Wii set up in the gym but it did not predominate the activity schedule. The children also learned how to make games out of recycled materials which they could easily replicate at home.
The children had fun with tricycle races and the two water days which included a water slide and water balloon games. "When the children have a good time at camp, it makes me feel terrific," Cazaux said. "I feel like I've accomplished what I wanted to do and have enjoyed seeing the children have a good time."
Local teens who served as camp counselors were Broderick Bankston, Darcey Crawford, Drew Crawford, Kria Gordon, Marcus Kety, Avery Plemmer, Taylor Stelly and Callie Waskom.
While the 2012 summer has been tucked away in the memory book, Magnolia Park has a number of programs for children and adults lined up for fall.
Although football registration ends today via the park's website, cheerleading, archery as well as boys and girls softball are still open for registration.
Fall baseball/softball is open to girls ages 7-15 and boys ages 7-14. Children will play according to their age group. Cost to register is $55. Walk-in registration at the park office is August 6-24 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Online registration is also available.
Cheerleading is open to ages 5-12. Cost to register is $70. For more information on each of these sports check out www.activityreg.com where online registration is available 24/7.
Ongoing classes for adults include two art classes, pilates and yoga. There are also youth art classes. The next art classes are scheduled to begin Sept. 5.
Also this fall, there will be a special six week archery class beginning on September 5 for children ages 9-18. Cost per session is $25. Equipment is provided or you can bring your own.
The park also offers adult indoor pickleball open play on Sundays from 3 to 6 p.m. and during the months of April through October on Tuesdays from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Equipment is provided or bring your own.
The gym is also open Monday-Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. for open play basketball. You must provide your own equipment.
If you would like more information on any of these activities, call 985.796.5045.


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Covington came into their annual rivalry game with St. Paul's with a-lot on their mind besides Senior night. With the Wolves trying to hold onto a 33-game district winning streak, the Lions had plenty of motivation for pulling the upset and sending off the class of 2014 in style.
After going up 7-0 early, Covington decided to go for the knockout punch, as quarterback Dylan Savarese takes the snap and rolls out to his left. In what appears to be a well executed play, Savarese launches the ball against his body to a streaking Cordara Laurant who goes untouched into the end zone for a touchdown.
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Citing an unnamed source they said is close to the negotiations, the paper said the only stumbling block could be Cutcliffe's coaching staff. The Volunteers still have six assistants left from Lane Kiffin's staff and Cutcliffe could be set on bringing assistants with him from Duke.
UT Athletics Director Mike Hamilton told the newspaper via text message that no offer had been made to a coach to replace Kiffin, who resigned Tuesday to take over at Southern California.
Five of the six assistants would be owed two years' pay if they are let go by Tennessee, unless they get jobs elsewhere, and interim head coach Kippy Brown would be owed three years salary, according to the newspaper.
If Cutcliffe leaves his job as head coach at Duke for UT, where he is 9-15 in two season, it will be his third stint in Knoxville. He served as an assistant from 1982-1998 and 2006-07.
He is a 1976 University of Alabama graduate. He served as an assistant and as head coach at his alma mater, Banks High School.
Cutcliffe tutored both Peyton Manning at Tennessee and Eli Manning as head coach at Ole Miss, where he compiled a 44-29 record from 1998-2004.
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Torchlight 2 Review
Three years ago a small mining town famous for its abundance of Ember, Torchlight, was saved from total destruction at the hands of the Alchemist Alric and the ancient corrupted dragon Ordrak. A few years later and it all meant nothing. Obsessed with the Ember Blight and the dangers it presented, one of the three heroes of Torchlight became corrupt himself and destroyed the town. Now a new hero must rise and follow the path of chaos and destruction to stop it once and for all.
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Core Components
Runic Games' Torchlight II is an action role-playing game released to PC exclusively through digital distribution. Former players of Torchlight can rejoice with the addition of multiplayer to their favorite dungeon-crawler! Torchlight II continues the tale of corruption through the Ember Blight and follows the Alchemist, a veteran of the first game, across arid ruins and swampy wastelands in order to stop him from taking control of the Elemental Guardians.
This game has a decidedly steampunk theme within this fantasy world saturated in the magic of Ember and Alchemy. Players can choose between four unique character classes to hunt down The Alchemist and repair the clockwork core; Engineers, Berserkers, Embermages, and Outlanders. Engineers take the heaviest of hits and can spawn a swarm of robots, drones and other mechanical beings to bring foes to their knees. A variation on the original Vanquisher, Outlanders are fast-paced rogues who rely on magic to hone their accuracy and speed or to set elemental traps for their enemies. Berserkers are almost feral creatures who focus on swift and brutal claw attacks to undermine the enemy in the heat of battle. As powerful as a hurricane hammering endlessly and effortlessly against the tide of enemies Embermages assault from afar. Align yourself with one of these fearsome heroes and you'll be sure to crash over enemies victorious and laden with plunder.
Average Price
The Game is available for $19.99 USD from online retailers as a digital download. At this price point it is a steal and absolutely worth the cost.
System Requirements
|Windows XP SP3/Vista/Windows 7
|x86-compatible 1.4GHz or faster processor
|1GB System RAM
|Hard Drive
|1.2GB free space (subject to change)
|Video Card
|DirectX compatible 3D graphics card with at least 256MB of addressable memory
|Keyboard and Mouse
Information pulled from Steam
High Points
If you dreamed of being able to play Torchlight with a friend online when you were grinding away under the mountain, you can definitely feel secure in the fact you will be able to play with up to five other people in either LAN or Internet play. Rest assured the Runic Games account you're forced to make is easy enough to deal with and allows you to meet up with friends that may not have purchased the game through the Steam client. The game finder menu isn't as awesome as it could be but it is functional and easy to understand.
Instead of spending your time underground a la Torchlight, you are allowed to explore as a surface dweller that spends only half their time in caves. A marked improvement if you are familiar with the first game. Evening sandstorms erupt across the seemingly endless dunes of Zeryphesh and the swamp terrain of Blightbogs remind you you're not stuck in endless caverns and mausoleums. Exploring open air graveyards, vast deserts, and green plains while adventuring helps to amplify the unrestricting environmental design.
When it comes to items in game there are several improvements worth mentioning; first and foremost is the optional stat requirements. Instead of being bound by levels, players will find requirements listed as "Requires Level 30 or Vitality 100 & Dexterity 60." This small allowance makes playing that much more fun as you do not have to grind deeply to find an armor piece compatible with your skill and character choices. Since you level at a fast pace as well, you'll find that you'll be working through new gear sets every five levels and the gear requirements are liberating rather than hindering. You'll find at level 10 if you've spent your points well you may be able to wear level 30 armor with ease.
Runic had some serious fun with known pop culture references like The Goonies, Minecraft and Borderlands, to lesser like Blood Monkey, Silence of the Lambs, and John Carpenter's The Thing. You'll wander through areas and see references to these and others, it does break immersion but the whole point of a dungeon crawler is to hack and slash rather than be immersed. Overall the references add humor and enrichment to the gameplay.
Low Points
While adding online play, sometimes it can be hit or miss. Currently if you create a game to be entered by "Friends Only" you can still run the risk of having a complete stranger join you. As it stands, you can add a password in order to close off games more securely. There's nothing so strange as playing a game and then having a strange character teleport to you and asking you odd questions. I'm sure this is something that will be resolved later on, it is a startling experience to say the least.
Torchlight 2 is available through several online retailers but the majority of players are likely to purchase the game through the Steam client. Steam has a functionality where you can join a friend in game with only a few clicks. Adding a click to join option either with steam functionality or within the Runic friends list would be a huge boon to the system and allow it to make joining up even easier. There was some difficulty a complication with being able to join games that has since been resolved but this second layer of infrastructure would have made an immediate workaround possible. Playing with others seems to be main upgrade from Torchlight and when playing with friends it seems slightly logical that you would be able to resurrect them if they fall while furiously clicking but, alas, that is not the case. Cooperative play is not as much cooperative as it is a zerg rush; this does not diminish the fun but it is worth mentioning. You can coordinate with friends to formulate a battle plan and assume the holy trinity roles, but you can't truly be a healer.
Playing with friends is the main focus of Torchlight 2 while one of the disappointing mechanics that carried over from the first game was the gem and sockets system. Gem upgrading/transmuting is not as rewarding as in the first game as it seems more likely to return a completely random statistic rather than a logical progression upgrade. This system feels clunky and unreliable considering you get mounds of ember specks, chips, and shards and no substantial place to house them without it your storage overflowing by level 20. Combining two blood ember shards will not yield an upgraded blood ember shard but will more than likely be a, perhaps, useless chaos shard. Your only choice is to sell them outright or transmute them and risk getting something terrible from the NPC.
If you didn't enjoy Torchlight 1, you will not be satisfied with Torchlight 2 as it is a true sequel. The gameplay is improved but is still the same at its core. The story itself is bland and muddled at best; you're directed on side quests out of a necessity for levelling and it's never really clear what your motivation is beyond killing everything in sight. The game however is not about the story as much as it is a full dungeon crawler. You click to move, attack, and pick up loot whether playing solo or co-op.
Since the Torchlight MMO has been shelved for now, the addition of emotes gives the game a slight "MMO feel" that veteran players were hoping to get with this release. Most players will not notice them, as they don't really make themselves obvious. Available emotes are quite standard in variety and are modeled fairly well. Dances change depending on if you're near a player with another class. For example a Berserker would begin to dance like an Embermage if the Embermage started dancing first. Little touches like this make the game feel like they really spent the time to tweak and make the multiplayer experience as detailed as possible.
When it comes to committing to attributes and skills you may want to do some advanced research. There is a light ability to respec your skills but it only goes back three skill points, so if you find yourself having wasted skills beyond this you will not be able to go back and remedy it. In this pursuit, we recommend researching the class you have selected and using a theorycrafting tool like Torchlight 2 Armory in order to reduce regret in the upper levels.
One thing you should consider when looking at additions to the game, such as mods, everyone must have the same modifications enabled in order to play together. If you're friends want to kill 500 robots rather than the wandering sandrats you'll need to agree to it before the game is set up. This sort of preparation is a little troublesome if you were wanting to jump into games at random, but with friends it should be fairly easy to coordinate.
Side Note
Some people like hyper-realism in games, and I can relate when it comes to games that are lush and the environment is crucial, but in games that are steeped in fantasy like Torchlight, the art style should reflect that. Harken back to Okami, Ico or Limbo; the theme helps to reinforce the story and environment to players. Steampunk depths with flame throwing robots let you know that you're getting closer to The Alchemist and somber underground catacombs drip of the dark, restless spirits you'll be sure to encounter while searching for vital, ancient components. Its style is very near to the same from Torchlight I but it doesn't detract from the gameplay at any point.
There is no longer an option to play in "Netbook Mode" as the graphics have been beefed up and the requisite processor is in the realm of x86 compatibility. I'm wondering how people would've been able to play without a full-sized mouse in the first place since there's an overwhelming amount of clicking. These graphic updates are also making the port to Xbox Live Arcade delayed further so if you were relying on that platform you'll be waiting at least a few months for the adaptation.
The addition of an auction house that players could browse while in game would be exceedingly useful but not necessary as players can barter on the official Runic Games' forum in order to complete your armor set or sell items of your own. To be perfectly honest, most set pieces seem to appear over time and it's not likely that you'll need to trade or hunt very hard to find them.
Little Things That I Liked
- Squishing smaller enemies with my boots (literally)
- Fishing with dynamite
- The ability to play with my friends!
Torchlight 2 is the cheapest game you'll run into this year that will keep you addicted and wanting more while you hack and slash through never ending mobs on the way to greater loot and better gear. The incredibly cheap price point gives the game a lot of allure and the flaws we found can easily be ignored to get deeply involved in the game. You'll love it and lose countless hours before you notice you haven't slept all weekend.
4 – Critical Hit! Buy it, love it, and kill all the things!
Our Ratings:
1 out of 4 – Miss: Disappointing, just like rolling a 1 to hit
2 out of 4 – Glancing Blow: A good attempt that doesn't quite connect
3 out of 4 – Hit: Solid, but falls short of greatness
4 out of 4 – Critical Hit: So awesome it makes us want to /dance
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Helps furnish new or soon-to-be mothers with maternity and baby clothing, baby furniture, baby food and limited diapers.
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Provides food bags containing baby food as well as general food for families, maternity and children's clothing. Also offfers health care enrollment and ORCA LIFT cards.
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Last Update: 10/20/2016
Provides supplemental nutrition for qualifying pregnant and/or breastfeeding women, their infants and high-risk children. Families are provided with nutritional education, counseling and food vouchers.
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Last Update: 6/7/2016
Provide food, clothing, and other direct-services to enable homeless and disadvantaged children and teens an opportunity to learn, develop social skills, achieve healthy life-styles, confidence and increase physical activities.
Website: http:/ / www. evcsfb. org/ #!youth-support-services/ cm54
Last Update: 5/26/2016
Food pantry provides commodities, baby food and formula to North Seattle area residents. Clients may visit the food pantry once per week. Also provides no-cook bags for people who are homeless. Sometimes has hygiene supplies and pet food.
Website: http:/ / familyworksseattle. org
Last Update: 8/30/2016
Drop in services for families.
Website: http:/ / www. firststepfamily. org
Last Update: 10/6/2016
Offers baby food and supplies, including diapers; for Seattle residents and homeless parents with children ages 2 or younger.
Website: http:/ / thefbsm. org
Offers a variety of fresh produce, breads, dry goods, meats, canned goods, baby food and drinks, and toiletries when available.
Website: http:/ / www. kpbischofffoodbank. org/
Last Update: 8/18/2016
Services include free pregnancy tests with options counseling; free maternity and baby clothes/items available for clients; emergency diapers and formula; life skills with parenting classes; post abortion counseling; and abstinence training
Website: http:/ / htp:/ / lifechoicesclinic. info
Last Update: 10/20/2015
Offers maternity clothing, baby clothing up to 2T, formula, diapers, shoes, and more; call for information.
Website: http:/ / life-options. org/ services/
Last Update: 3/28/2016
Offers diapers and formula to low income families in Whatcom County
Website: http:/ / www. lyndenhumanlife. org/
Last Update: 4/5/2016
Provides produce, dairy products, meat, pet food and baby items to those in need. Hygiene products and household items are available, as donations allow.
Website: http:/ / www. themadf. org
Last Update: 7/28/2016
Provides diapers, wipes, formula, baby food, and hygiene items to families in need with children aged 3 and under.
Website: http:/ / www. 4mission. org
Last Update: 7/26/2016
CLOSED M, OCT 10, 2016. Operates food pantry and baby cupboard for Federal Way School District & NE Tacoma residents; special no-cook food bags are available for homeless individuals. Provides clothing to any South King County resident.
Website: http:/ / mschelps. org
Last Update: 10/26/2016
Website: http:/ / www. mychoices. org
Last Update: 9/22/2016
Provides formula, baby food, diapers, and other baby supplies for families with children under age 2, as well as food staples for children ages 2-5. Serves residents of North Seattle, Lake Forest Park, Shoreline and people who are homeless.
Website: http:/ / northhelpline. org
Last Update: 10/25/2016
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Why there is more to PRing a tech start up than you might think
25 February 2016
There is more to PRing a tech start up than just exposure or acquiring new customers. But what do you need to know? James Crawford tells you more.
4 Must Read Books to Make You a Better Entrepreneur
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"Viacom's LGBT channel Logo, a division of its MTV Networks, will launch Web tie-in "The Pride Guide†this month. The online site, sponsored by Southwest Airlines and NYC & Company, will provide gay pride-themed video, event guides, photo flipbooks and programming rosters. The site launch aligns with Logo's weekend of pride-themed television programming, "Pride Party Weekend,†set to air June 27 to 29." [TV Week]
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The Detroit Tigers and the Oakland Athletics will play Game 5 of the AL Division Series tonight in Oakland. The rest of the Championship Series field has already been filled.
Major League Baseball announced start times for both the AL and NL Championship Series on Thursday afternoon. Here is the schedule:
AL Championship Series
(On Fox)
Game 1: Tigers/Athletics at Red Sox, 8:07 p.m. Saturday
Game 2: Tigers/Athletics at Red Sox, 8:15 p.m. Sunday
Game 3: Red Sox at Tigers/Athletics, 4:07 p.m. Tuesday
Game 4: Red Sox at Tigers/Athletics, 8:07 p.m. Wednesday
Game 5: Red Sox at Tigers/Athletics, 8:07 p.m. Thursday
Game 6: Tigers/Athletics at Red Sox, 4:37 p.m. Oct. 19
Game 7: Tigers/Athletics at Red Sox, 8:07 p.m. Oct. 20
NOTE: Game 6 will be moved to 8:07 p.m. if the NLCS is concluded prior to that point.
NL Championship Series
(On TBS)
Game 1: Dodgers at Cardinals, 8:37 p.m. Friday
Game 2: Dodgers at Cardinals, 4:07 p.m. Saturday
Game 3: Cardinals at Dodgers, 8:07 p.m. Monday
Game 4: Cardinals at Dodgers, 8:07 p.m. Tuesday
Game 5: Cardinals at Dodgers, 4:07 p.m. Wednesday
Game 6: Dodgers at Cardinals, 8:37 p.m. Thursday
Game 7: Dodgers at Cardinals, 8:37 p.m. Oct. 19
The Tigers obviously have not announced a starting rotation for the ALCS since they still have the A's to contend with. But based on how they have lined up so far in the ALDS, it seems likely that Anibal Sanchez would start Game 1, followed by Max Scherzer in Game 2, Justin Verlander in Game 3 and Doug Fister in Game 4. That would line it up for Scherzer to pitch a potential Game 6 and Verlander, potentially, for Game 7.
Of course, the Tigers have some work to do first. Verlander will start Game 5 tonight against the A's.
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Now the college and school district are upping the ante in a big way, with a $1.25 million grant from the Key Bank Foundation to move 11th- and 12th-graders in the MC STEM High School to CSU's campus.
The grant will renovate classroom space into high-tech labs, with a little left over for scholarship money for STEM graduates to attend CSU. Currently, upper-grade STEM students in the city's science, technology, engineering and math high school take classes on East 32nd Street. With STEM students at CSU, it will be easier for them to take advantage of a state program that allows high school students to take college classes at no personal expense.
'CSU President Ronald Berkman and Cleveland schools CEO Eric Gordon credit Margot Copeland, the foundation's executive vice president and chair, with initiating the STEM partnership. All three say the project is potentially groundbreaking because of its scope and ability to fine-tune college and high-school course work for individuals.
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Berkman vows to embed STEM students into the fabric of the university. The program's new digs should also entice more students. The program currently has 125 juniors and seniors, and it's hoping for 100 students for each grade.
Meanwhile, students in CSU's teacher preparation program, CSUTeach, will get a jump-start on their careers by working with STEM students.
The STEM school at CSU could begin this fall if renovations are completed. The concept earns a solid A.


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Parque National Cerro Verde
From Santa Ana you can take a bus up past the Coatepeque Lake, into this National Park, which contains three major volcanos. Cerro Verde itself is an ancient crater, now filled by woodland (2nd photo). You can take a free tour around this given by one of the young volunteers - they are unpaid so tips are very welcome. You'll find the guides at a little hut at the entrance to the car park. Along the way you'll also see Izalco volcano (1st photo) which erupted almost continuously from 1770 (when it formed) to 1958, and is still a bare, ashy heap. Santa Ana volcano 5th photo), the highest in the country, and the crater lake (4th) are also visible.
If you get there early enough (around 10am, you can arrange to climb one of the two volcanos). We got there too late (problems finding the right bus!), so just enjoyed the tour of the jungle, the views and the wildlife. We spotted our first toucan here!Related to:
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The Theatre
The wonderfull restored classical theatre in the centre of the city was originally completed in 1910 and is now one of the finest theatres of Central Amerika. A guide will show you around for a small charge on weekdays.Add to your Trip Planner
The Catedral
The neogothical cathedral in the hart of the citycenter imediately will get your attention. Wathever you like it or not it is at least remarkable in the country. The catedral was build in 1905 as church but bacame a catedral only 8 years later.Add to your Trip Planner
The Town Hall
When I entered the lovely patio of the town hall I almost fainted. Just in the middle of it there's a fountain ánd a real 'Manneke pis', just like in Brussels (in my home country). And that while people looked to us like they had never seen foreigners. They asked us all the time where we came from and how many hours it was with the bus and there was even a man trying to sell us a bed! AmazingAdd to your Trip Planner
Teatro de Santa Ana
The mint green theatre is standing on the north side of Parque Libertad. It is built in a renaissanse style and It was inaugurated in February 1910. On the opening night an Italian opera company performed with the opera Rigoletto. The interior was grand with marble staircases, parquet floors and stained glass windows.
Only 23 years later it was converted into a movie and its original glory was lost. But since 1979 much of it has now been restored.
During the day, Monday - Friday, the theatre is open between 8 - 12 and 14 - 18. I was in the area around lunchtime so the theatre was unfortunately closed and I could only admire the exterior. Sometimes there are concerts and plays performed in the evenings.Related to:
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City Hall
The City Hall is a beautiful colonial style building on the western side of Parque Libertad. Above the main entrance there is a clock tower. If you enter through the main entrance you will come to a nice courtyard with palm trees and a fountain where you can sit down and rest for a while. Around the courtyard there are offices.
You can visit the courtyard of the City Hall on Monday - Friday between 8 - 17.Related to:
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Catedral de Santa Ana
With its neo-Gothic façade the cathedral in Santa Ana looks different than other churches in El Salvador. Construction of the big church began in 1906. In 1913 the cathedral was inaugurated, but all details were not completed. Inside there are high arches and in the front there is a marble altar from 1959. There are two bell towers, one where the bells are activated manually and one where the bells are activated with electricity.
The cathedral is open between 7.00 - 12.30 and 14.30 - 19.00.Related to:
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The Main Square and the Colonial Buildings
The Main Square, the center of the city life, is the main - perhaps the only - tourist site in Santa Ana. During the day-hours it is a lively and colorful place crowded with street vendors, food stalls and passers-by.
All buildings of some relevance in Santa Ana are lined up around the Main Square, with the most notably of those being the neo-gothic white cathedral and the neoclassic green Theatre, both built in the early 1900 in the heydays of Santa Ana as center of coffee export. The building on the third side, the City Hall, is a colonial administrative building of interest today for the lively inner yard more than for its architecture.
The Main Square is a good place to capture some some street-scenes and do some people watching. When the sun sets, not too the late afternoon, the Main Square gets deserted like all the rest of the city center and the feeling I had is that is better not to hang around.Related to:
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Ruinas de Tazumal, San Andres
Santa Ana is a great base for visits to nearby Mayan Pipil ruins in Tazumal/Ahuachapan, San Andres, Joya de Ceren. Also close to the Volcan de Santa Ana, Cerro Verde Ntl. Park, and Volcan de Izalco, made famous in the book about the 1932 revolt and massacre of Indian laborers: Cenizas de Izalco.Related to:
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The theatre was built in the late 1800's as a result of a booming economy due to coffee production around the city. Italian and french architects were hired hence a classic italian theatre in the middle of salvadoran coffee country! It's being restored, but open for visitors and during performances.Add to your Trip Planner
Santa Ana's Cathedral is El Salvador's largest neo-gothic building. It's elaborate facade contrasts a lot with the clean and simple interior.Add to your Trip Planner
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A beautiful colonial building. Generally not open to the public but you can ask to visit the central courtyard.Add to your Trip Planner
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With milk prices fluctuating and feed costs at a premium, monitoring mineral content in your client herd's TMR is more critical now than ever before. There are two key areas where close observation can help determine whether or not your prescribed diet is being fed.
Is your mixer working properly? This is an area often times overlooked by the feeder. Without proper mixer maintenance, your mineral may not be distributed evenly across the bunk.
Is the feeder mixing properly? Human error can prove to be costly if products are being added in the wrong sequence. The amount of time spent mixing is crucial as well. Over-mixing or under-mixing can greatly affect cow performance and health.
To determine whether your TMR mix and distribution are accurate, take several samples at equal distances across the bunk. For instance, pull one sample every 10 feet for the length of the bunk and submit the sample for mineral analysis.
As part of our commitment to bring you the most accurate and cutting-edge analysis, Rock River Laboratory has installed an X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer. This technology allows you to get same-day mineral analysis on your NIR samples. How does it work? This instrument exposes the sample to X-rays; each mineral of interest emits a specific radiation. Based on the intensity of the radiation, the concentration of each element is determined. The instrument is calibrated to give you results for Calcium, Phosphorus, Potassium, Magnesium, Sulfur, Sodium and Chloride.
We have performed many comparative analyses using the XRF and our ICP method. The test is convenient and practical, and our results are always dependable. For more information on XRF mineral analysis, please visit www.rockriverlab.com.


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Yes Virginia there will be a Longmeadow and South Haldey rematch in field hockey this fall.
Wednesday night the top seeded Longmeadow Lancers and the second seeded South Hadley Tigers won their biggest games of the season.
Semi-final wins in the WMass Tournament, Longmeadow 1-0 over Amherst, and South Hadley 6-0 over Agawam, kept these two Titanic clubs on their much anticipated collision course.
Most people who follow field hockey here in the Pioneer Valley remember the story I wrote a few weeks back regarding the Tigers and their unfair advantage.
Well to be honest we probably all beyond the boys playing with the girls scenario. These two teams are the top two teams in the region. Both teams won the games they needed to to force Saturday's epic rematch.
Highlites and Postgame Reaction From The D-1 Field Hockey Playoffs


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MOBILE, Alabama – On prom night, Alma Bryant High School student Brittany Ross, 17, would rather not look like a chandelier with shoes and a corsage.
"Everyone's going for all the jewels, and I'm trying to get away from that because I want to be unique and original," said the Grand Bay resident, who was looking for that perfect prom gown at Dillard's at Bel Air Mall on a recent Friday evening.
Given that Ross is surrounded by racks of dresses dripping with beads, rhinestones, sequins and faux crystals, her quest for a subtle dress won't be so simple.
Major bling is one of the biggest trends this prom season.
"Most of the designers are putting a lot of sequins and stones on the dresses," said Ruth Moseley, owner of Bells and Bows on Spring Hill Avenue. "Seldom do we get a dress in with no embellishments, and when we do, the girls don't really like it."
But the bling thing is only one of a torrent of trends. With such a deluge of dresses to choose from, what's a girl to do? Who should she listen to? And if you're restricted by a dress code how, do you work within the rules and still make a statement?
"The prom market is so enormous and there are so many dresses, but that's one of the best things about it. There's a dress for every girl," said Jasmine Snow, accessories editor for Seventeen magazine. "At the end of the day, it's really about what she feels most beautiful in, most confident in. It's really about referencing the trends, but really finding the right dress that's perfect for you."
We hit Dillard's, Bells and Bows on Spring Hill, and Susan's Shoppe on Old Shell and interviewed experts to help make sense of this season's trends.
Pastel palette:
"This year is really about pastels; definitely mint, that pale robin's egg blue, which we saw on Lupita Nyong'o during the Oscars, and that blush peachy, coral family (of colors) is definitely a big one," Snow said.
Dillard's sales associate Lois Richardson, concurs. "The big colors are the corals and the blues," she said. "Coral was really staring to be popular last year, but we've definitely gotten and sold more of the color this year." She added that corals come in many different shades, so they could potentially work with any girl's skin tone.
The pastel trend is good news for Theodore High School student Glennan Silcox, 17, who was dress-shopping at Dillards on a recent Friday evening. "I'm a peachy girl," she said. "I have pale skin, so pastels are good for me."
Silcox's shopping helper and Theodore High School classmate Lauren Boyd, 17, said she already purchased a pastel blue-green dress. And Boyd is quite a savvy shopper. She bought it used from a girl who wore it last year. "The girl I bought it from paid $300," she said. "I paid $75."
Skin games:
Some girls have it easier than others when it comes to prom dress shopping. Many schools have dress codes requiring floor-length gowns and prohibiting skin-exposing cut-outs and other risqué embellishment, while others place no restrictions on what can be worn.
The good news for gals is that a lot of dresses feature nude or black mesh paneling, which provide an alluring illusion. "You're still showing skin, but you're not exposing your skin," Snow said.
Built-in jewelry and beautiful backs:
Illusion necklines, mesh with jewels set directly on the fabric, are also a big deal this year. "Now this is important," Moseley said. "It eliminates the girl from having to have a necklace with a lot of stones."
Dresses with decorated mesh backs can also create the illusion of backs sprinkled with jewels.
Cory Cleveland, manager of Susan's Shoppe on Old Shell Road, said girls with strict prom dress codes "love anything that has a beautiful back because they're so restricted about being able to have the cut outs and things like that, so one thing they can have is the beautiful open back."
Back to black:
We didn't see whole lot of black in the reefs of coral and colored dresses, but according to Snow, black dresses are by no means out. "If girls are going to do black they're going to do it in a different way," Snow said. Girls with their hearts set on a black dress are opting for all-lace or other interesting textures, cut-outs, or "anything that gives it an interesting detail," Snow said. "It's still classic because its black."
We think wearing a basic black dress in a tempting texture may be your best shot at standing out in a sea of pastels and chunky bling.
"Black and white color blocking and patterns dominated the spring collections, and prom dresses are no exception," said Megan LaRussa Chenoweth, Style Coach and Expert at Birmnigham-based fashion consulting company Southern Femme.
That 70s prom:
Snow said the 90s are the decade most referenced in this season's styles, but we also sensed a 70s moment going on. "There are definitely seventies references as far as the details go, ;empire waist, and the deep V necklines," Snow said.
I instantly visualized the ladies from "That '70s Show" in a couple of the dresses we saw at Dillard's. Donna would be a knock-out in a $199 Morgan and Co. sexy, coral dress with a swimsuit-like top, empire waist and free, flowy skirt. And I thought Jackie would have looked prom-perfect in a short, poufy $89 Teeze Me ivory dress with a muted lavendar and hot pink bodice.
For a super-glam, runway or red-carpet effect, a lot of girls are opting for the high-low look, which shows a lotta leg in the front and is longer in the back. "If you're not allowed to wear cut-outs and you can't wear anything that's too sexy, it's a great way to show a little bit of skin and still be elegant," Snow said. "If you want to wear a major statement shoe it's the perfect shape."
Cleveland said the high-low has evolved over the last few years. He said most high-lows used to be one-pieces, but now many are more like short dresses with a train attached to the back.
Clarke County High School student Jasmine Portis, 16, came to Dillard's on a recent Friday evening determined to find a lovely high-low.
About a half hour after arriving, she found a beautiful royal blue B. Darlin dress with a little bling under the bust-line, that fit the bill perfectly.


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I don't think I've ever eaten a bad Macaroni and Cheese. Let's face it, a plate of pasta and cheese sauce going to be pretty good no matter the recipe you start with. But when I enjoyed a bowl of the famous Beecher's Macaroni and Cheese when I was in Seattle, I realized that macaroni and cheese could be more than just good – it could be really great. I think it was great for two reasons – it had lots of a wonderful creamy sauce and it was made with a really great cheese (and it makes a huge difference!).
Possibly the best, creamiest, creamy macaroni and cheese recipe ever!
So like all food-obsessed people, I turned to the internet to find a recipe that might be a reasonable facsimile. I discovered not a facsimile, but the actual recipe for Beecher's Macaroni and Cheese (they had apparently published it in their cookbook). Of course, there was still one problem – I was in Canada and Beecher's cheese was not. Of course, Beecher's cheddar is great and you can definitely use it if you can get your hands on some, but the British, Irish and my fellow Canadians make a pretty mean cheddar themselves, so it was just a matter of finding a really great, aged cheddar to fill in.
I sampled a number of candidates (all in the name of "research", of course :) and settled on a mature British Cheddar called "Coastal". I loved it's combination of sharp cheddar flavour with a bit of nuttiness. It's worth seeking out. I found it at my local Walmart, but I believe it's also available at Costco and probably any place that has a good sized collection of nice cheeses. If you can't find it, use any great cheddar that you might pick up for a special occasion.
This isn't the exact Beecher's recipe, but it is certainly based on it. Of course, the cheese is different, but it is also comes about as a result of a "happy accident" I made when preparing the published Beecher's recipe for the first time. You see, I failed to properly read the instructions and added all 4 cups of the cheese sauce to the dish, instead of the specified 2 cups. Yes, I accidentally doubled the sauce and found macaroni and cheese heaven! It should be no surprise, of course. If 2 cups of cheese sauce is good, 4 cups has to be great, right? And great it was. The combination of extra, creamy sauce with really great cheddar was perfect.
Experiment with your favourite cheeses and make your own signature dish. I loved the combination of the nutty Coastal with the sharp Canadian MacLaren's Imperial cold-packed cheese. (Using two different ones gives a nice depth of cheese flavour). I topped mine off with a bit of Extra Old Balderson Cheddar.
- 8 oz. dry macaroni (1 2/3 cups, measured in a 2 cup glass liquid measure. Note that this measure will only work for macaroni and probably not a larger pasta shape. Weighing is recommended.)
- Cheese Sauce:
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 3 cups whole* milk (3%) *recommend whole milk here, if you can
- 7 oz./200 g. a really good, really aged cheddar, broken or chopped into small chunks (I used British Coastal Cheddar)
- 2 1/2 - 3 oz. of another variety orange or white old, sharp cheddar, grated (I used MacLaren's Imperial Sharp Cold Pack Cheddar - You'll need about 1/4 of the container for 2.5 oz)
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt (little less if using table salt)
- 1/4 tsp. (regular) chili powder
- 1/8 tsp. garlic powder
- Topping:
- 1/2 oz. additional old cheddar, grated
- 1/4 to 1/2 tsp. chipotle chili powder
- Add water and a bit of salt to a large pot and place over high heat for the pasta. While it's heating, prepare the cheese sauce.
- For the cheese sauce: In a large saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Whisk in the flour and continue to whisk and cook for about 2 minutes.
- Very slowly add the milk, a little at a time, whisking constantly. Once all the milk has been added, cook, stirring frequently until the sauce thickens, about 10 minutes. (Don't rush this step. The mixture will not be thick, but will noticeably thicken after 8-10 minutes of cooking).
- Remove the saucepan from the heat. Add the cheese, salt, chili powder and garlic powder. Stir until the cheese is melted and all the ingredients are incorporated, about 3 minutes. (If the cheese isn't melted completely after about 3 minutes, you can put the pan back on low heat and stir until it is melted). Set aside for a minute.
- Preheat oven to 350° F. with rack in the centre of the oven. Oil or butter an 8-inch square baking dish, an 8-inch cast-iron skillet or individual baking dishes.
- When the pasta water is boiling, add the macaroni and cook for 2 minutes less than the package directions indicate. (The noodles will finish cooking in the sauce in the oven). When the pasta is cooked, drain and immediately rinse well with cold water. Make sure your pasta is well drained.
- Add the cooked pasta and to the cheese sauce and mix gently, but thoroughly. (It might look like too much sauce or too little pasta, but trust me, it will all be good in the end). Spoon or ladle the mixture into a prepared baking dish or individual dishes. Sprinkle the top of each with a bit of additional grated sharp cheddar cheese (you don't need a lot here, as there is plenty in the sauce), then sprinkle with the chipotle chili powder.
- Bake in the preheated 350° F. oven uncovered for 20 to 25 minutes, until the sauce has bubbled up around the edges and the top has a nice golden crust. Let sit for a few minutes before serving.


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This month was one of my most difficult months of my year abroad so far. I think that it was mostly due to the difficult language. Even with my difficulties on the language, I still got to do some interesting things this past month.
The first Friday of the month, my school had an English Day. For this, the school asked for us exchange students to give our presentations on our own countries. We were given the option of doing the presentation in either Korean or English. Josh, the Taiwanese student, was the only one to give his in all Korean, while the rest of us used varying amounts of Korean and English. They also asked for us to participate in a competition called the Speed Quiz. Only Josh and I participated in this competition, where we had to make the school body guess what Korean words we were trying to explain. I got nine out of the 10 words, which I was very happy about.
The week after, I switched to my second host family. It has been much more difficult, as my new host family is not able to communicate with me as easily as my last host family. I think that this is a good thing for me, though, because it will probably help a lot with my Korean.
On the second weekend, I went with my new host family to the boarding school that my host sister will be attending in the spring. While in the area, we also went to the Independence Hall of Korea, which was an interesting museum. Afterward, we went camping, and I got to meet some of my extended family.
The following weekend, it was announced Kim Jong Il, the leader of North Korea, had died. When I first heard the news, I was expecting some changes in the environment here. Instead, there have not really been any changes in what is happening here, besides the news coverage on television and the Internet about North Korea.
The next week, our school went on a trip to Seoul to see the National Museum of Korea. It was very interesting, and I hope to go back to Seoul soon.
On the third weekend of the month, my host family invited more of their extended family in order to celebrate Christmas. Although it was very unlike Christmas celebrations I have experienced in the United States, I enjoyed the weekend very much. On the Saturday, it even snowed, giving us a white Christmas.
The week after Christmas (I had to go to school during the week following Christmas), we exchange students had our Korean language test for our school to see how well we were learning Korean. It was not exceedingly difficult, but I had been studying a lot beforehand. I haven't received my scores back yet, but I feel that I did very well.
On Thursday, we finished school after our hanbok (traditional Korean clothing) class for the exchange students, and we began our two-month-long winter break. During the break, we have trips to Seoul, Daejeon, and Jeju-Do. I am really looking forward to seeing more of Korea over my break.
Editor's note: P.J.?Sproule is a Rotary Youth Exchange student from the Houghton Rotary Club living near Seocheon, South Korea, for a year.


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To this effect, the corporate name was changed from Bank Sal. Oppenheim jr. & Cie. (Austria) AG to Deutsche Bank Österreich AG. As a second step, Private Wealth Management of Deutsche Bank AG, Vienna Branch, will be incorporated into the newly established firm of Deutsche Bank Österreich AG.
Till then, two separate Private Wealth Management units will be operating alongside in Austria: Private Wealth Management of Deutsche Bank AG Vienna Branch and Deutsche Bank Österreich AG
Deutsche Bank Österreich AG, which will in future be home to all Private Wealth Management activities in Austria, operates as a full-service bank safeguarding Austrian banking secrecy. It combines the integrity and strength of first-rate independent services provided by a private bank with the competence, security and stability of a global financial group. It offers a range of services anchored in the successful tradition of a private bank catering to demanding customers and, at the same time, it opens up global perspectives on modern asset management.
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Sometimes I like to have my morning coffee in the late afternoon, with a bracing cup of tea. Sometimes, morning coffee happens at night, with a cold beer, or just before bedtime, with a bit of warm milk.
And, quite often, morning coffee comes alongside a nice cup of, yes, coffee, just after I've woken up.
One thing. By "morning coffee" I actually mean "Morning Coffee," with capital letters, which is an online tool that makes it possible (or at least much easier) for me to keep up with the myriad subjects and sites I like to follow.
If you're like me, you're curious about things, so much so that you always want to know more, and know the latest about the subjects that command your attention and enthusiasm. For you, it could be the news, it could be the football scores from across the pond, it could be the lives and loves of supermodels. No one is going to judge. After all, it's your niche of the digital universe.
The problem is that it is incredibly easy to become overwhelmed by what's out there, let alone what you'd like to set aside and read one day.
Once upon a time, I used bookmarks to keep track of my online reading and reference. I took pride in the neatly organized folders and subfolders I created, and in the alphabetically organized lists of links I would store inside.
It all worked great … until I forgot about what was inside which folder, and the bookmarking system I had crafted became so complex that I couldn't remember what ought to go where. Eventually, I clicked on to the insight that I needed a folder of links I liked to read regularly.
Better method
However, that eventually fell by the wayside; while I liked to look at some things every day (Doonesbury, the New York Times), there were a great many things I wanted to check only occasionally.
A few months back, I wrote about how I make the best possible use of the toolbar stretching along my browser for the sites I need daily.
Morning Coffee is the tool I use to fill in the gaps, and help me with sites that don't necessarily need daily attention. As I write this, it's Tuesday, and my selection for each Tuesday includes a blogger I find funny, a magazine site, a Tumblr feed that brings the funny, and a bunch of other things.
On Saturdays, I get a different mix — but that takes into account that I usually have a few more spare minutes to browse while I lean across my breakfast bowl. If I pick up a new interest (architectural photography, paper-based animation) or revive an old one (Tudor history, Roger Ebert's blog), I can pick through them at my leisure.
In other words, for each day of the week, I can get a mix of preselected sites that I'm sure I would forget about otherwise.
Morning Coffee is a plug-in for Firefox, which is the browser I most often use. You can also get it, apparently, for Chrome, although I haven't tried it out on that platform.
It's a simple install (just Google "Morning Coffee plug-in") and then you'll see a little icon of a coffee cup next to your address bar. Like the site you're reading? Click to the right of the cup, and add the link to your queue — and specify which days of the week you'd like to see it. Yes, you can have something show up every day … or every weekday, or every weekend, or any combination you like.
To access your list, just click the coffee cup, and tabs will open for all the things on that day's menu. It takes me a couple of minutes to scan what's streamed forth; usually, I know within a moment whether I want to close the tab or keep reading, either now or later in the day.
By the way, I still do bookmark things — almost always, though, it's a specific article on something peculiar or arcane and to which I'm doubtful a Google search would take me again. Thanks to Morning Coffee, I can better manage my media diet, all within a few sips of java or the beverage of my choice.
John Gushue is an online editor with CBC News
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GULF SHORES, Alabama -- When BP PLC's contractors were based at the city's Sportsplex on Baldwin County 6 earlier this summer, their presence forced municipal contractors painting Mickey Miller Blackwell Stadium to abandon their quick but somewhat messy spraying technique for a more laborious approach with brushes and rollers.
The switch, city records show, resulted in $20,000 worth of additional labor and overtime -- a sum that city officials said Monday they would seek from BP, through the company's claims process.
To date Gulf Shores has filed more than $8 million in claims with BP.
Of the $504,232 it has claimed in direct expenses, $187,66 has been paid, said Gulf Shores Finance Director Cindy King. Of the $7.53 million Gulf Shores has claimed for actual and projected lost revenue from April through December, $1.3 million has been received, King said.
Gulf Shores hired Pensacola-based Mansfield Industrial to sandblast and repaint the stadium's structural steel in early May. The job, routine maintenance to prevent rusting, was originally priced at $302,200 but $31,300 was trimmed from that cost early on, city records show.
The $20,000 addition, which the City Council is scheduled to approve on Monday, will bring the total cost to $290,900.
In June, a parking lot next to the stadium was used by BP oil spill cleanup workers and to avoid damaging the cars there, the painters had to put away the sprayers and buy rollers and brushes, Mansfield's Randy Miller wrote in a June 27 e-mail to city officials. Not only did applying the paint by hand take longer, multiple coats were required to achieve the same thickness as spraying would in a single application, said Public Works Director Mark Acreman.
Since the switch, Mansfield's painters have worked longer hours and on weekends to make up lost time, Acreman said.
BP's crews have moved to a new base and Mansfield has been able to resume spraying on the stadium's west bleachers. The eastern section is complete, Acreman said.
"We're still on schedule," Acreman said. "They've told us they will meet their schedule."
Grant Brown, who oversees the city's parks and beaches, said the company is supposed to finish and be off site by Aug. 15, in time for the high school football season.
The Gulf Shores High School Dolphins open their season by hosting Robertsdale at Mickey Miller Blackwell Stadium on Aug. 26.


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Arlington, VA--Dinosaurs. The evolution of gorillas. An Olympic snowboard helmet. A Navy wildcat pulley. A machine part.
What do all of these have in common?
Reverse engineering--the process of engineering backward to build a CAD model, geometrically identical to the original. For all these projects, engineers took electronic measurements of points from a structure's surface, and fed the data into CAD software, which turned the information into smooth surface models.
While the concept of reverse engineering is not new, computer and software advances have made it a powerful tool. The technology is particularly useful for non-planar or curved surfaces. A complicated machine part can be copied with digital accuracy. And done quickly.
The U.S. Navy hired Advanced Marine Enterprises, Inc. (AME), a naval architecture and marine engineering firm, to make recommendations on how to fix a malfunctioning wildcat. Advanced Marine engineers had a mere five-day window to capture the exact physical geometry of the port and starboard side anchor handling systems from an active Navy ship. The system included two 5-ft diameter wildcats, the sprockets that mesh with the anchor chain. To model the wildcats accurately and quickly, the company turned to reverse engineering and HighRes Inc. (LaJolla, CA), a dynamic software company specializing in reverse engineering software.
Braxton Carter, president of HighRes Inc., developed the C++-based software with a Cadkey interface from Baystate Technologies (Marlborough, MA). Although originally slated for "mom and pop" organizations with an entry-level price of $2,995, HighRes now handles several high-profile jobs. In the design halls of Disney, Carter digitized dinosaur fossils for Disney's newest theme park, Tomorrowland. In the jungles of Madagascar, Carter trained a team from the University of Massachusetts (Amherst) to digitize gorilla skulls to determine the animal's evolution based on skeletal models. Now, the U.S. Navy.
The anchor chains on the LSD49 run from chain lockers, up over deck bolsters, around the powered wildcats with about 180 degrees of wrap, and finally, down through another set of bolsters toward the anchors. Each chain link, made from 3-inch diameter bar stock, 18 inches in length and weighing 90 lbs, should sit flat in the pocket of the wildcat whelps (teeth). In this case, the links of the ship's port side chair sometimes ride up the face of the whelps rather than sitting in the pockets, which presents the danger of the anchor falling uncontrollably.
Wildcats are not manufactured with tolerances that allow them to be used with any nominal 3-inch chain. The manufacturer grooms each wildcat to fit a specific chain sample at the factory by chipping, grinding, air-arc cutting, and/or building up weld clad. Several groomings conducted on the port side wildcat over its five-year life did not eliminate the problem.
Enter HighRes. Equipped with a 3DLX 5-axis coordinate measuring machine (CMM) and HighRes STUDIO software, Carter, went to work. "I needed to create a geometric IGES 128 surface data format," says Carter.
Carter only had five days before the ship went out for missile tests. Originally, he took sliced data measurements. "I would have ended up with a rigid model if I continued this way," he says. Instead he used a series of curves and a meshed algorithm technique. Carter drew primary and secondary lines around the surface. "It looked like a tic-tac-toe board," he says. The unique benefit of HighRes is its ability to move around free forms. This method provides x, y, and z coordinates of points on the surface to a tolerance of 0.012 inch.
To accompany the IGES surface model, a miniature wax prototype was machined with FastNURBs software on a Micro CNC mill from Flashcut NC. Machining the miniature part allowed Carter to verify the surface data by holding the actual physical part in his hand. Carter says, "Desktop engineering tools now allow a cost effective integrated set of tools for part verification."
While Carter digitized, Peter Herrman and Jerry Miller of AME, and John Coon of the Navy, took manual 3D measurements using a chalk line plum bob and tape measure. They measured the hawse pipe deck bolster and chain pipe bolster locations relative to the wildcats as well as the profile of the hawse and chain pipe bolster surfaces in the chain contact area.
Miller used these measurements to create 3D models in the IntergraphT environment. When combined with the wildcat models and a parametric model of the chain, AME engineers could assess fit-up and alignment issues.
Virtual simulation. Brian Bergmann, section chief at AME, explained: "The CAD model not only allowed static fit tests to be conducted, but also was exported to a 3D mechanical system simulation code, ADAMST. Since the ride-up problem was originally aggravated at higher wildcat speeds and chain tensions, AME proposed a dynamic simulation to gain a better understanding of the important variables. The plan is to use the model to build confidence that the recommended alterations will work prior to cutting steel."
Michael Bizier, AME simulation engineer, selected the best code and method for modeling the contacts between the complex surfaces of the chain links, bolsters, and wildcat. He says, "We imported the geometry of the components from the CAD model and set everything up to interact." They modeled surface contact normal forces as well as static and kinetic friction. The scale of this contact problem was beyond what AME or the ADAMS developer Mechanical Dynamics Inc., had addressed before, says Bizier. "[So] we purchased a Contact Dynamics Toolkit to supplement the ADAMS code and consulted with Sam MacDonald, MDI's contact dynamics expert." Eventually, Bizier was able to apply tensile forces to represent chain and anchor weight, and then rotate the wildcat on the computer screen.
Bergmann says the company hopes this technique will prove successful. "Perhaps down the road, computer models will replace the current practice of constructing working physical models of anchor, chain, wildcat, chain locker, and bolsters, presumably with significant cost savings."
At the time the author wrote the article, simulation and final report had not been completed.
Turnaround time from proposal to suggested solutions will be approximately four months. Mapping of the wildcats with reverse engineering and HighRes was an essential part of this task. "We considered other methods such as laser scanning and photogrammetry to obtain surface models, but the mechanical arm digitizing method was found to be better suited for this application," says Bergmann.
He adds that the ultimate goal will be to design and test modifications on the computer screen rather than through trial and error with full-size hardware, resulting in tremendous time and cost savings.
What this means to you:Reverse engineering of mechanical parts can be useful when:
- CAD models are unavailable or unusable for parts that must be duplicated or modified
- CAD not used in original design; inadequate documentation on original design
- Original CAD model not sufficient to support modification or manufacturing using modern methods - Original supplier unable or unwilling to provide additional part information
- Shop floor changes to original design


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One of the worst things you can do is impugn a person's character in order to win an argument. It's much more than criticizing or even ridiculing their ideas -- which is fair. Character-bashing seeks to shutdown debate by attacking the moral quality of an individual.
Show that your opponent's ideas come from a rotten place, the thinking goes, and the details won't matter. You can derail their arguments with a word.
Those people are sexists, so their concerns about over-regulating salaries are meaningless! They're bigots, so their claims of religious freedom are ridiculous! They're racists, so their thoughts about immigration reform shouldn't be heard! They're motivated by hate, their ideology is destructive and their political movement should be anathema!
Here's the problem: sexism, bigotry and racism are problems of the heart, not of a mainstream political party. Yet earlier this month conservatives were loudly accused of all three.
I recently spoke to a meeting of the Republican Women of Huntsville. We had a nice discussion about potential presidential candidates and its principles like limited government and the right to life. I'm sure they were disheartened a few weeks later to hear their party described as misogynist because the Senate blocked the Paycheck Fairness Act.
Never mind that the bill could harm those it clumsily seeks to help through several Obamacare-like unintended consequences. Never mind that it could discourage employers from hiring women. Never mind that judges -- not business owners -- could end up deciding private sector salaries. Those who question the bill are sexists, so don't listen to them!
We also recently learned that the software company that runs Firefox fired its chief executive officer, Brendan Eich, after he was outed as "an opponent of equal rights!" The crime? He donated $1,000 in 2008 to support California's ballot measure defining marriage as a union between one man and one woman.
The man's name was hauled through the mud. Eich was called a bigot, a homophobe and summarily blacklisted.
If the conservative belief in traditional marriage disqualifies someone from employment, or at least leadership, does that also extend to those who submit to the teachings of their faiths? The Roman Catholic Church and many evangelical Christian denominations teach what Eich was fired for, as do Mormons.
It's sincere belief, not small-minded homophobia, that requires us to defend traditional marriage, even when it would be popular to do otherwise. Still, we're called bigots because we're not climbing aboard the bandwagon.
We're also called racists -- perhaps the cruelest charge of all -- because many conservatives have concerns with the left's immigration proposals and how to balance compassion with the rule of law and sustainability.
"I think race has something to do with the fact that they're not bringing up an immigration bill," House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi said this month. Congressman Steve Israel, who runs the Democrat's campaign committee responsible for taking back the House of Representatives, at least said "not all of them," when asked if his Republican colleagues were racists.
A few days earlier former President Jimmy Carter said "it's race," when asked why the south turned Republican. That comment came on the heels of the biggest disappointment of all, when my hometown hero Hank Aaron said that Republicans are just Klansmen in "neckties and starched shirts."
I'm not a Republican because I hate women, gays or people of any race. On the contrary, I believe that we all can best thrive under limited government, individual freedom and free markets guided by tradition and a common moral framework. I'm also a Roman Catholic because I believe the Church is what it claims to be, so I must submit to its teachings, even ones I don't understand, disagree with or that are unpopular.
My faith also teaches that there is evil in the world. It's the true source of sins like sexism, bigotry and racism, and it has the potential to corrupt the hearts of everyone, regardless of their political affiliation.
As the comedian W. Kamau Bell recently said on Bill Maher's cable talk show when discussing this problem:
"This isn't a Republican or Democrat issue," Bell said. "This is a people issue."
(J. Pepper Bryars grew up in Mobile and is now a writer living in Huntsville. Contact him at email@example.com and jpepperbryars.com.)


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Shaw-based Refuel coach Kirk Bullinger stressed the importance of getting out of the gate with a good start in the American Legion State Tournament at Jesuit's John Ryan Field Sunday.
The team definitely received the message en route to a 9-2 victory over Brother Martin-based Peake BMW, positioning themselves in the driver's seat. As a result, Refuel plays on Monday against the Deanie's Seafood-Retif Oil winner while Peake BMW plays Hahnville-based Otto Candies at 1 p.m. in an elimination game.
There was no denying that Refuel was ready as evidenced by the first inning, turning a double play to end the top half of the first. Next, Refuel batted in three runs on five hits, including consecutive RBI singles by Jace Nini and Matt Keller.
Nini went 3-for-3 in plate appearances with a pair of singles and a triple while also tossing eight innings and scattering five hits.
"I was feeling pretty good on the mound and we were hitting the ball well," Nini said. "We've seen their pitching and felt we could hit because we were getting use to them."
Kyler Johnston hit an RBI single in the third to score Parker Oubre, cutting the lead to 3-1, and it seemed like Peake BMW was prepared to make a move. That was, until the fifth inning when Refuel dealt a knockout blow with a five-run, five-hit effort that was propelled by back to back triples from Nini and Matt Keller.
"Our guys came out swinging the bats and didn't stop," Bullinger said. "Even our outs were hit pretty hard. Jace did a really good job for us and got up to the 100-pitch mark around the eighth inning."
Saturday, July 19
Game #1 – Refuel (Shaw) 12, Crowley Millers 2
Game #2 - Deanie's Seafood (Rummel) 14, St. Landry Bank Indians 3
Game #3 - Peak BMW (Brother Martin) 17, Gulf Coast Bank 29er's 3
Game #4 - Retif Oil (Jesuit) 7, Otto Candies (Hahnville) 3
Sunday, July 20
Game #5 - Gulfcoast Bank 29ers 4, Crowley Millers 3, Crowley eliminated
Game #6 - Otto Candies (Hahnville) 13, St. Landry Bank Indians 5, St. Landry eliminated
Game #7 - Refuel (Shaw) 9, Peake BMW (Brother Martin) 2
Game #8 – Deanie's Seafood (Rummel) vs. Retif Oil (Jesuit)
Monday, July 21
Game # 9 (1 p.m.) Otto Candies (Hahnville) vs. Peake BMW (Brother Martin)
Game #10 (35 minutes later) Crowley Millers vs. Loser Game #8
Game #11 (7:30 p.m.) Refuel (Shaw) vs. Winner Game #8
Tuesday, July 22
Game #12 (4 p.m.) Winner Game #9 vs. Loser Game #11
- See note #1 below
Game #13 (35 minutes later) Winner Game #10 vs. Winner Game #11
- See note #1 below
Wednesday, July 23
Game #14 (4 p.m.) Winner Game #12 vs. Winner Game #13
Game #15 (7 p.m.) Game #11 loses Game #13 or Winner Game #13 wins Game #14
Note #1 – Pairings for Games #12 & #13 will not match previous opponents against each other unless absolutely necessary.
Note #2 – If three teams remain after Game #13, the winnr of Game #11 automatically draws the Bye
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Skip to comments.Excerpts from Zimmerman's apology, testimony
Posted on 04/20/2012 3:18:15 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
In an unusual move, George Zimmerman took the witness stand Friday to apologize to the parents of Trayvon Martin for fatally shooting their 17-year-old son. Assistant prosecutor Bernardo de la Rionda took the opportunity to grill the neighborhood watch volunteer about some of the statements he made to police.
Here's a partial transcript of Zimmerman's testimony:
Zimmerman: I wanted to say I am very sorry for the loss of your son. I did not know how old he was. I thought he was a little bit younger than I am, and I did not know if he was armed or not.....
(Excerpt) Read more at myrtlebeachonline.com ...
He did NOT apologize.
He said "I am sorry for your loss."
Not the same thing. An apology would imply he did something wrong, which is why the media is running hard with the spin that Zimmerman "apologized to the parents" instead of merely making an expression of sorrow and empathy.
CNN is having the vapors over this.
I caught it at a restaurant on closed caption, and they are just beside themselves at this "self serving" statement.
Also, on a local radio show this AM, a black caller who claimed to have investigated thousands of homicides stood firm in claiming that Zs injuries were caused a skin disease on his head and the scab just got picked off.
No amount of truth will ever stop the hate that has been falsely ginned up by the race hustlers Jesse, Al, and Barry.
There is a Freeper who implied Zimmerman, the evil racist vigilante, made the wounds himself with a razor, like a pro wrestlers do. Go figure.
Zimmerman is proving to be a little stupid on his own. He's going to make his situation a lot worse than it needs to be.
No bias there! Zimmerman should have shot that down.
He said "sorry for their loss."
Prosecutor looked like an ass.
Lead investigator had no evidence who started the fight. GAME OVER.
Investigators did not have Zimmerman's medical record either. Looks like they only investigated what they wanted to hear.
As I recall, he never actually hired those two lawyers, they just stepped up while he was in hiding from the Black Panthers and the rest of the lynch mob.
I agree, but I would not have allowed that prosecutor to frame what happened as a crime.
Go ahead Jackson, Neo Black Pussies and Sharpton....stir the pot so that blacks riot in black neighborhoods when they let this guy go.
You cant say NEO Black Pussy!
That's racist!
De la Rionda: And tell me, after you committed this crime and you spoke to the police, ...
You meant New Black Pussies
I hope none of the rioters are carrying skittles and iced tea. Anyone with those in his hoodie pockets who attempts to murder an armed citizen is likely to start this cycle all over.
Sorry...where are my manners....
The article merely demonstrates he's been dealing directly with law enforcement rather than getting good representation. Whether this changes remains to be seen. I'm doubtful.
Ask Z....he may not feel like it now but still better to be tried by 12 than carried by 6...
An sympathy 'apology' which he had to make as a form of civil niceties. I kinda feel sorry for the parents, but they colluded with that black power lawyer and are absolutely unwilling to believe their little "boy" could have done something that warranted being shot.
That's old news and doesn't prove your conclusion.
He's already apologized when he should have kept his mouth shut. The judge rewarded his contriteness by jumping down his throat.
I thought Barry Fitsgerald had passed on.
A perfect example of why an accused should never attempt to make any type of statement until properly trained and prepared by a first class criminal defense attorney, Zimmerman should have answered forcefully: I committed NO crime, sir! Intoning "sir" as one would address a child molester.
The scumbag De la Rionda goes on to lay a Scooter Libby perjury trap in that Zimmerman will never be able to exactly accurately remember his exact words in the many times he will be under oath, and incorrect recall one time giving contradicting testimony will convict him of perjury with a stupid jury.
IMO, they do believe it. That's why mother came out with the "it was an accident" comment, quickly retracted upon advice of counsel.
Scratch "judge". Should have said "prosecutor". I heard "judge" earlier today walking the hall at work. Just heard Harris Faulkner say "prosecutor".
Skin disease, eh?
That wa so blatant.
Couldn't his attorney object?
Why did he testify to begin with? STOOPID!
I agree!
Its called "cement induced lacerations"
I was just watching this exchange on Fox News. They somehow doctored the video and made Zimmerman look Hispanic.
I wonder if the other networks have an undoctored video.
Well, I also saw on the news today they're beginning to discuss Romney and his stance on immigration. So now they have to transition to the persecution of the Latinos.
But Zimmerman is not "Latino." His mother is Peruvian.
If the defense starts worrying about the prosecutor's reaction
it might as well give up and plead guilty.
The prosecutor doesn't determine guilt.
And as per 'Meet the New Boss' post above, he did not "apologize".
Yeah, but you know better. MSM viewers do not.
You say tomato...
Actually he's not and it won't. Your article was written on 4/10, it's old news and everyone is beyond that now..........
That's obviously why you're not a defense attorney since you would not have a choice, that is what prosecutors do. And that's why you also have a court of law to dispute whatever the prosecutor offers.......
Just like in the Duke case. Only investigate that which suits your end result.
In other words, devoid of mens rea.
Let me guess ... 'cause I just got back from an 8 day vacation ... is Zimmerman our new FReeper hero and thou shalt not criticize?
Don't get me wrong. I don't much care how this pans out. But he opened himself up for a beatdown today - not two weeks ago. Just making an observation.
Patterns of behavior.
Excuse me?
Zimmerman did not have to go along with the notion and let the prosecutor steamroll him.
I hope that helps him in the long run.
He is coming across as trusting (perhaps to a fault IMHO).
He certainly isn't coming off as a predator.
Absolutely not! But if you're attempting to make a critical observation on Mr. Zimmerman's current behavior then do yourself a favor, use current news...........
That'll cut down on challenges to you and prevent yourself from having to defend your statements. Easy, isn't it?
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