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This amazing cake is originally made by 17 and Baking.
She said it was originally her father's idea but she did an amazing job.
There are many other flag cakes in the" Bloggy World" but I found another tutorial
That used a cake mix and gave information with a diagram for constructing this cake.
This cake was made with two boxes of white cake mixes and food coloring.
click here for the complete tutorial found at So wonderful So Marvelous
Here is another tutorial for a cake made from scratch
This tutorial was found at Delectable Deliciousness.blogspot,com
The recipe sounds delicious for any cake
This recipe is found at Delectable Deliciousness
and copied here....
To start, you need 3 layers of cake (red, white and blue, obviously). Dorie's recipe makes a 2 layer 9-inch round cake, so I made one and a half batches to get my 3 layers. Instead of making all the cake batter at once, I made the full batch first and once that was done baking, made the half batch. This worked out really well for me as I only have two 9-inch round cake pans and can only fit those two in my oven at a time.
One good thing about Dorie's recipe is that the batter is very well mixed - this helps when having to add food coloring to your batter. There was no danger of overmixing and having a deflated cake.
Perfect Party Cake
from Dorie Greenspan's "Baking: From My Home to Yours"
2 1/4 cup cake flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cups whole milk or buttermilk (I used buttermilk)
4 large egg whites
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons grated lemon zest
1 stick (8 tablespoons) unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2 teaspoon pure lemon extract
1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray two 9-inch round cake pans with non stick spray. Optional - line the bottoms with a round of parchment. If using, also spray the parchment with non stick spray.
2. Sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
3. Whisk together the milk and egg whites in a medium bowl. Set aside.
4. In the bowl of your electric mixer, combine the sugar and lemon zest and rub the lemon zest into the sugar with your fingers until well incorporated. The mixture will become moist and very fragrant.
5. Add the butter to the sugar/zest mixture and, using the paddle attachment, beat on medium speed for a full 3 minutes. Add the lemon extract and 1/3 of the flour mixture; add 1/2 of the milk/egg white mixture and continue to beat at medium speed, then add half of the remaining flour mixture, then the rest of the milk/eggs and finish with the remaining flour. Once all ingredients are combined, beat the batter for a good 2 minutes to ensure it is thoroughly mixed and well areated.
6. Pour into prepared pans and bake for approximately 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
White Chocolate Frosting
adapted from foodnetwork
*note: I doubled this recipe to frost the flag cake and had some left over
5 ounces good quality white chocolate, chopped fine
2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter, room temperature
3 cups powdered sugar, sifted
pinch salt
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup sour cream
1. Melt white chocolate over a double boiler or in microwave. Set aside to cool.
2. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter until light a fluffly. Slowly add the powdered sugar until well combined.
3. Add the salt, vanilla extract and sour cream and beat until very smooth.
4. Add the melted white chocolate and beat just until combined.
Now for the fun part!
As for how to assemble this cake, Elissa did a great job of explaining it on her blog. I'm going to break it down for you:
1. You'll have 3 cakes - red, white and blue. Using a serrated knife or cake leveler (best bet to getting even layers!) cut both the white and the red cakes horizontally so that you now have two layers of each. Set aside one layer of both the red and the white - these will be the two bottom stripes of your flag.
2. Stack the remaining red and white layers and place the blue cake on top.
3. Place a bowl or any circular guide (approximately 3 or 4 inches in diameter depending on how big you want your blue square to be in each slice) in the center of the stacked cakes. Cut around your guide through all three cakes.
4. Discard (read: eat) the inner circle of blue and the outter rings of the red and white. You will then have an outter ring of blue cake along with two small, round red and white layers. Looks like this:
5. Frost your bottom two layers of cake (red and white) then place your blue ring on top of that; spread a thin layer of frosting on the inner circle of the blue ring. This will help stick the blue and the top two red and white layers together.
6. Frost the middle of the two small red and white layers; being careful to pay attention to the way you've already stacked/frosted the bottom two red/white layers, place the small red/white layers into the center of the blue ring.
7. Frost the outside of the cake. (You may want to use a crumb coat first, to keep your frosting white and crumb free).
Set aside some extra time for this incredible masterpiece...
Happy Baking!!!!
(If I decide to make this cake, I vote for the cake mix and ready made icing...this one is a challenge!)


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Earlier this month, when LinkedIn started seeding "AI-powered conversation starters" in people's news feeds to boost engagement on its platform, the move saw more than little engagement of its own, none of it too positive.
But the truth of the matter with LinkedIn is that it's been using a lot of AI and other kinds of automation across different aspects of its platform for years, primarily behind the scenes with how it builds and operates its network. Now, with its owner Microsoft going all-in on OpenAI, it looks like it's becoming a more prominent part of the strategy for LinkedIn on the front end, too — with the latest coming today in the areas of LinkedIn profiles, recruitment and LinkedIn Learning.
The company is today introducing AI-powered writing suggestions, which will initially be offered to people to spruce up their LinkedIn profiles, and to recruiters writing job descriptions. Both are built on advanced GPT models, said Tomer Cohen, LinkedIn's chief product officer. LinkedIn is using GPT-4 for personalized profiles, with GPT-3.5 for job descriptions. Alongside this, the company is also creating a bigger focus on AI in LinkedIn Learning, corralling 100 courses around the subject and adding 20 more focused just on generative AI.
The AI-writing prompts for profiles — available initially to paying Premium users — are aimed at helping people who have trouble writing their own enticing overviews of who they are, but might at least be able to spell out some of what they've done, which in turn get translated into a more fluid narrative by the AI.
"Our tool identifies the most important skills and experiences to highlight in your About and Headline sections, and crafts suggestions to make your profile stand out," the company notes. "By doing the heavy lifting for you, the tool saves you time and energy while still maintaining your unique voice and style." It encourages you to "review and edit" the suggested content before adding it to your profile.
The job descriptions, meanwhile, will work on a similar principle: A recruiter writes out some basic information including job title and company name. "Our tool will then generate a suggested job description for you to review and edit, saving you time and effort while still giving you the flexibility to customize the post to your needs," Cohen notes in a blog post. "By streamlining this part of the hiring process, you can focus your energy on more strategic aspects of your job."
While both are aimed at saving time for users, and getting them to keep those profiles more up to date, or to spur more recruitment business by making it easier to spin up those job profiles, I can think of at least one reason why this might not be ideal.
In the case of those writing their profiles, if the aim of the profile is to get an idea of the person you are potentially recruiting or networking with, you are getting further from that essence by using AI to generate those descriptions. Ultimately, that might mean more rather than less wasted time for recruiters and others that might be checking out a profile and looking to make a connection.
That would be less the case for recruitment advertisements, which today already feel hugely anodyne and often do not really give anyone an accurate idea of what might be expected in a particular role, let alone what it would be like to work at a particular company.
In all, the release of these tools underscores how AI may be a powerful tool, but that universal application is not always for the best. A LinkedIn spokesperson said that "this is just the beginning" and that the company "will continue to leverage generative AI to explore new ways to bring value to our members and customers."

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Choosing The Best Assisted Living Software in 2024
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Assisted Living Facilities and Senior Living Communities are much more than just a place to live. The best communities support their residents across all facets of their lives, from clinical needs like supporting the activities of daily living and ensuring that the right meds are taken, to helping residents enjoy a rich and fulfilling community and social life.
Assisted living needs to do more than providing housing to their residents - they need to support them too. Supporting residents and their families can require the collaboration of dozens or hundreds of team members, and it is the role of assisted living software and senior living software to help the teams collaborate and work together.
Senior living communities are also regulated by HIPAA - the federal statue regulating security and privacy for healthcare data. The best senior living software is HIPAA-compliant to enable communities to focus on their residents and not complex IT regulations.
In addition to supporting their residents, ALFs are businesses too, with their own unique compliance, operational and business responsibilities like attracting, training, and scheduling staff; complying with state regulations and completing required reporting; and marketing to prospects, invoicing residents, and collecting revenue.
Choosing the right technology is key to growing your business, attracting residents in today's competitive senior living landscape, and providing seniors with the best possible community to call home. This article will help Assisted Living operators understand their technology needs and how they can select the best technology to help their organization thrive.
Using Assisted Living Software to Manage Clinical and Compliance Needs
Supporting clinical needs is a key responsibility of every assisted living community. These responsibilities include:
A key responsibility for Assisted Living operators is conducting assessments of new residents to understand who they are and why they are moving into your community.
Assessments will typically include biographical information, family information and key clinical information such as what medications a resident takes, allergies, illnesses, communication abilities, dietary requirements, and what kind of assistance is needed with the activities of daily living.
Assessments must also meet state requirements. These requirements can be updated from time-to-time and vary by state, which can create operational challenges for both larger operators with multi-state operations as well as operators without dedicated compliance teams.
Care Plan Management
The care plan – also known as the individual service plan – is a detailed plan of action that describes how an assisted living community will help a resident achieve his or her individual goals. A great care plan starts with a strong assessment to understand what a resident's needs are and is then individually tailored to meet the needs raised by the assessment across multiple areas, including physical health, mental health, daily needs related to the activities of daily living such as bathing, eating and toileting, and more.
Medication Management
Typical residents in assisted living communities consume 12-14 medications per day. Safely administering these medications – making sure that the 8 med rights of medication administration are fulfilled – can be a complex undertaking. The best Assisted Living Software will include a medication management component, electronically connecting to a resident's pharmacy to access medication information, and using this information to automate med-passing.
Assisted Living Facilities are regulated at the state level. As such, every Assisted Living operator has compliance and reporting obligations they need to meet. The best Assisted Living Software will make it easier for communities to meet all regulatory obligations by providing easy-to-use clinical workflows that meeting state requirements (e.g. around assessments and care plans), reduce mistakes like med errors, and allow administrators to export state-required reports out-of-the-box.
The Best Assisted Living Clinical Software in 2024
Founded in 2004, ECP is the leading provider of EHR and eMAR software to Assisted Living Facilities across the US. ECP's key clinical features include:
- Assessments - ECP is compliant in all 50 US States, with out-of-the-box assessments and reporting for each state and license type.
- Care Plans - ECP's EHR and care plan engine will automatically generate customized care plans for residents based on their assessment responses. These care plans can be used to automate caregiving.
- Alerting - ECP will automatically notify caregivers and supervisors via customized alerts (which can be delivered via pop-ups, emails, or texts) whenever cares or meds are late or missed.
- Incident Reports - ECP has incident reporting built-in, so when something does go wrong, a timely and compliant incident report can be made.
- Medication Management - ECP has the industry's leading eMAR - electronic medication administration record - which can connect to over 500 long-term-care pharmacies across the country to automate med passing and help to reduce med errors.
- Compliance Reporting - ECP produces dozens of reports out of the box, and has a customizable reports engine that makes it possible for communities to export their own custom reports, too. This makes it easy for communities to comply with regulations, handle audits without breaking a sweat, and produce their own quality improvement reports, too.
Using Assisted Living Software to Manage Business and Operational Needs
No Assisted Living operator will be around for long if they can't take care of core business needs, such as:
Invoicing and Billing
Assisted Living Facilities are typically private-pay, and therefore need to invoice and bill residents and their families on a monthly basis. Different operators will employ different philosophies to billing: some will bill a fixed rate, some will bill based on care-rate or care-level, and some will bill on a variable basis for actual care received. Some have an "all-inclusive" offering, while others have an a-la carte billing model.
If you use a fixed billing model, then general-purpose billing software will likely suit your needs. However, if your Assisted Living communities bill by level-of-care or use a-la carte billing, then choosing a billing system that is built for AL specifically will be key.
Assisted Living billing software will help your community capture all revenue, avoid service level creep, and maximize revenue and profitability.
Customer Relationship Management Software (CRM)
Growing and managing census is a key part of building a successful Assisted Living and Senior Living business. CRM software can help operators track potential prospects and ensure that follow-ups are taken to convert prospects into residents. Some communities prefer to use general-purpose CRM software, which will often have more integrations, e.g. with email or calendar software. Others prefer CRM software that is Senior Living-specific and can help capture various aspects of a Senior Living resident's various social needs, and that directly connects to the community's clinical software to eliminate the need for manual re-entry of data.
General Ledger
Like most businesses, Assisted Living Facilities need to keep a general ledger - a central book compiling all financial activity including accounts payable (money your communities owe to others) and accounts receivable (money that residents owe to you).
The Best Assisted Living Business Software in 2024
Used in over 6,500 communities across the country, ECP is one of the most trusted providers of Assisted Living business software.- Assisted Living Billing - ECP Billing is built to help assisted living facilities maximize billed revenue. This is accomplished via built-in workflows where care levels automatically flow from the clinical platform into the billing platform, to ensure that billing is updated as soon as the level of care creeps up. In addition, a-la carte charges automatically flow into billing, so that communities can capture revenue from one-off items like guest meals or spa trips, too.
- Assisted Living CRM - ECP CRM has all of the advanced features that sophisticated senior living marketers expect, like care plans and campaign and referral tracking. In addition, ECP CRM contains senior living-specific features like the Life Story - a special module for capturing the important details of a person's life like their hobbies, interests and favorite sports teams, so that they can hit the ground running in their new home. ECP CRM also connects to the rest of ECP out-of-the-box, so that residents who move in via the CRM automatically show up in the rest of ECP.
2. QuickBooks
QuickBooks, available as both a desktop application and a browser-based web app, is used by thousands of assisted living operators to easily manage finances.- Simple Billing - QuickBooks is great for communities with simple billing models, such as flat-rate billing, or care-rate based billing that isn't updated frequently. QuickBooks supports subscription-based invoicing and billing out-of-the-box.
- General Ledger - QuickBooks is one of the most popular general ledger platforms available. QuickBooks can manage Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, and can help Assisted Living operators produce standard financial reporting like income statements, cash flow statements and balance sheets.
- Payroll - QuickBooks can manage payroll, including tax deductions and tax reporting.
3. HubSpot
Hubspot is one of the most popular general-purpose CRMs (it isn't specifically built for Senior Living). It has powerful automation features and is easy to use.
- Marketing Automation - HubSpot makes it easy to send emails, start paid advertising campaigns on Google and social channels, and track telephone follow-ups to prospects, encouraging them to convert from leads into residents.
- Content Management System - HubSpot has one of the leading website-building platforms, which can be used by Senior Living communities looking to build marketing websites with the least hassle possible.
Choosing the right technology is key to growing your business, attracting residents in today's competitive senior living landscape, and providing seniors with the best possible community to call home. When choosing an assisted living software, make sure to look for a web-based, technology leader that provides clinical, business, and compliance software, explicitly built for assisted living communities and other long-term care providers. Integration with long-term care pharmacy partners is also a vital component. When your software provider has your business operations and the seniors you serve in mind, your organization will certainly thrive.
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With the aid of Eminem and Dr. Dre (who produced his first major-label album, Get Rich or Die Tryin'), Jackson became one of the world's best selling rappers and rose to prominence with East Coast hip hop group G-Unit (which he leads de facto). In 2003 he founded G-Unit Records, signing his G-Unit associates Young Buck, Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo. Jackson had similar commercial and critical success with his second album, The Massacre, which was released in 2005. He released his fifth studio album, Animal Ambition, in 2014 and is working on his sixth studio album: Street King Immortal, scheduled for release in 2016.
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After decades of shrinking public funding, every US housing agency struggles to pay for the maintenance of aging public housing. The nonprofit Piedmont Housing Alliance faced an even tougher task: its deteriorating housing in downtown Charlottesville needed a complete overhaul, and it had promised residents that no one would have to leave the site during reconstruction.
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H-E-B reveals plans for massive downtown San Antonio tech hub with 500 new jobs
H-E-B is making a big investment in the Alamo City's burgeoning tech scene. On Wednesday, August 7, San Antonio's hometown grocer announced it is building a massive, five-story technology center in downtown San Antonio, a move that will create hundreds of new jobs and streamline tech operations inside the company's headquarters.
Construction on the 150,000-square-foot building, which will be a part of H-E-B's Arsenal campus, will begin in 2020 and is tentatively scheduled to open in summer 2022, according to a news release. The San Antonio hub will dwarf the technology office H-E-B recently opened in Austin. That office, housed on the city's east side, clocks in a relatively paltry 81,000 square feet.
Where it will be similar to Austin, however, is in the design. With San Antonio firm Lake Flato at the helm, the new office will be decidedly modern in form and function, complete with "open collaboration areas, individual work spaces, and meeting rooms equipped with advanced technology and video conferencing capabilities." It will also use elements from the current Arsenal campus to visually connect the buildings.
Following construction, the hub will house about 1,000 of the company's tech employees, known as partners. Currently, explains H-E-B, the employees are spread in different locations throughout the city.
"The San Antonio tech center will become part of the new front door to our Arsenal campus, just as H-E-B Digital is creating a new front door for our customers online and via mobile shopping experiences," says Jag Bath, H-E-B chief digital officer, in a release.
As Bath alludes to, the company has made a push into the digital retail space over the past few years, beginning in 2017 with the launch of H-E-B and Central Market curbside service. In 2018, the retailer bought Austin-based Favor, an app and delivery service.
Along with the new hub will come 500 highly skilled new jobs, the company says, mostly in the technology sector. In the press release announcing the news, both Mayor Ron Nirenberg and Rackspace co-founder Graham Weston applauded H-E-B's growth in the tech sector.
"One of our region's greatest strengths is our willingness and eagerness to serve others, and H-E-B consistently leads the way in this respect," says Weston. "Another thing we do exceptionally well as a region is celebrate. Today, we should all celebrate H-E-B. Five hundred new tech jobs in our community is the type of commitment that sets us on an entirely new path."


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Mediterranean gastronomy is renowned throughout the world for its variety of flavours based on fresh locally sourced ingredients. Add to that the world-class talent of chefs in a constellation of Michelin-starred restaurants in Barcelona, and you have the recipe for some very special culinary experiences indeed. Here are some of our top recommendations for a truly special night out in Barcelona.
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Address: Villarroel, 163.
2. The art of LASARTE
Three Michelin stars and some of the most opulent interior design in the city set the scene for a special gastronomic experience. Dishes are prepared with passion, respect and care, using fresh ingredients from the sea, mountains and countryside. Every meal is an investigation into exquisite flavour combinations.
Address: Mallorca, 259
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The strange and secretive world of celebrity chef Albert Adrià offers a new restaurant experience, with a sampling menu of 40 dishes and exquisite presentation. There are only twenty four tables in the large space. Set aside at least three and a half hours and expect the unexpected.
Address: Sepúlveda, 38-40
4. Tradition at COCINA HERMANOS TORRES.
This restaurant is renowned for the authenticity of its dishes, which always remain true to the essence of their ingredients. Traditional favourites such as paella, fideua and meat dishes are lifted to exceptional levels by the addition of subtle details in their preparation rather than their reinvention. Enjoy a drink in the exquisite wine cellar before sitting down for your meal.
Address: Taquígraf Serra, 20
5. Contemporary fusion at ENOTECA PACO PEREZ.
Simplicity and elegance characterises the Mediterranean cuisine in this two-starred Michelin restaurant. Chef Paco Perez and his team use a fusion of traditional and modern culinary techniques inflused with what they consider to be the three pillars of Mediterranean cuisine: wine, wheat and olive oil.
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Below you will find pages that utilize the taxonomy term "kurokami"
January 11, 2009
Kurokami - The Animation - episode 1
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New season, new anime to see. Since a certain guy kept me telling wonders about Kurokami (黒神), a manga serialized in Young Gangan by Dall-Young Lim and Sung-woo Park, two Korean artists, I decided to give a go to the animated version, produced by Bandai Visual, which has just been out.


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Deadline: August 30, 2021
Applications are open for the Merck Foundation "More Than a Mother" Africa Song Awards 2021. Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany introduced their new award, the Merck Foundation Africa Song Award 'More Than a Mother' 2021 in partnership with African First Ladies, for all African singers, musical artists and emerging talents, to create a song with the aim to raise awareness about Empowering Girls and Women through Education at all levels.
Merck Foundation strongly believes that Education is one of the most critical areas of women empowerment. Merck Foundation's 'Educating Linda' program helps young girls who are unprivileged but brilliant to continue their education. The spirit of the project is to provide an opportunity to such girls to pursue their dreams and reach their potential through access to education. It has been seen that many girls drop out of school due to lack of necessities such as fees and uniform.
Merck Foundation Educating Linda program has contributed to the future of hundreds of girls in partnership with the African First Ladies as part of 'Merck Foundation More Than a Mother' campaign.
- 1st prize: $1,000
- 2nd Prize: $700
- 3rd Prize: $500
- All African Singers and Musical Artists are invited to create and share a SONG on MP3 with the aim to Empower Girls and Women through Education and at all levels.
Share your work as an Audio File or YouTube link to [email protected]. The Subject line of the mail should mention: Merck Foundation Song Awards "More Than a Mother" 2021. Specify your name, country and contact details in the mail.
For more information, visit Merck Foundation.


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Detroit Edison's Rickea Jackson is named the 38th winner of BCAM's Miss Basketball award
DETROIT — Some people get cars for their 18th birthday. Some get luggage. Others get money.
Detroit Edison senior Rickea Jackson got a trophy — one she actually wasn't expecting.
Everyone else may have assumed it was a likely conclusion that Jackson would be named the 2019 winner of the Basketball Coaches' Association of Michigan's Miss Basketball Award, but the senior had no idea why her coach came over to her house on Saturday, for her birthday.
"They had it on video and everything. They got me," Jackson said, admitting she was stunned.
"Definitely. I thought it was just a birthday card, because it was my birthday. It was a little weird, because my coach (Monique Brown) just came over. She usually tells me when she's about to come over, and she just popped up. And I thought they were about to leave, and my coach was like, 'Here's your birthday card. Happy birthday!' I knew there was money in there, so I closed my eyes and let the money fall, so I didn't see how much it was. And I was reading it, you know, just being goofy, and I was like 'Congratulations, you are the … *gasps* …'
"I was like, 'No, I'm not!' I was just in such disbelief. I cried. It was just amazing. Amazing."
She was introduced Monday afternoon as the 38th winner of the award in a press conference at the offices of the Detroit Free Press, the co-sponsor of the award, now named after longtime Free Press sports writer Mick McCabe.
"I would like to start by thanking my teammates, of course. Without them I would not even have this award. I'd like to thank my parents for always being there, and doing the behind-the-scenes things that made me who I am today," Jackson said. "I'd like to thank the BCAM committee and everyone who voted for me. Thank you for believing in me. Thank you to my coaches for always pushing me in practice and making me the player that I am today."
The 6-foot-3 wing, who is signed with Mississippi State, was the first Michigan girls player to be selected for the McDonald's All-American Game in nine years — and the first from the city of Detroit to ever earn the honor — and was twice named the Gatorade Player of the Year for Michigan, the most recent honor coming earlier this month.
That was part of the reason she thought she might not get this one.
"Honestly, this wasn't expected, because I had all the accolades," Jackson said. "I honestly thought that they would think that I had too many accolades, so I wouldn't get this award. I was definitely surprised."
Jackson finished with 2,939 points from the voting, giving her nearly a 1,000-point lead on the other three Miss Basketball finalists — Saginaw Heritage's Moira Joiner (1,988 points), Grosse Pointe North's Julia Ayrault (1,826) and Muskegon's Alyza Winston (1,707) — who were all grouped closely together, within 200 points of each other.
She said she'd played against Winston and Joiner before, but had not played against Ayrault.
"They're really great players, both point guard, very crafty and fast. I just want to congratulate them for making it to the finalists," Jackson said.
Jackson is just the second winner from Southeast Michigan in 18 seasons — Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett's Madison Ristovski, the 2012 winner was the other — and the first from the city limits of Detroit since 1990, when Detroit King's Markita Aldridge won it.
"That's very special. I'm all about creating legacy, creating history, so to be able to continuously create history is amazing," Jackson said, admitting it would be great to come back to Edison in the future, and see the trophy with her name on it, next to the state championship trophies she's helped bring. "That'll be very cool, just to know that people I'll know in the future can come back to the state, see my name on the trophy, just creating history."
Through the district semifinals, Jackson was averaging 22 points and 6.5 rebounds per game, and came into the postseason with 1,771 career points.
The Pioneers (24-1) have not lost to a Michigan team in 36 games — their only loss this season was to Columbus (Ohio) Africentric in December — and are still alive in the postseason, facing Goodrich in the quarterfinals on Tuesday.
Surviving past that game would put them Edison just two wins away from a third straight state championship, this one in Division 2 after the last two in Class C. They would become the fourth program to win three state titles, joining Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes (2010-12), Detroit Country Day (1997-99 and 2002-04), Portland St. Patrick (1994-96) and Leland (1980-82) to accomplish that feat.
It will also put Jackson and her Edison teammates back on TV, something she agreed probably helped voters know who she was.
"I think it was a huge advantage to be able to play on TV," she said. "Not everyone can see you — there are plenty of people all over the state who want to see me (play), but just cannot. So to be able to play on national TV made a huge difference."
The Miss Basketball winners:
1981 — Julie Polakowski, Leland (Michigan State)
1982 — Sue Tucker, Okemos (Michigan State)
1983 — Michele Kruty, Manistee (Dayton)
1984 — Emily Wagner, Livonia Ladywood (Stanford)
1985 — Franthea Price, River Rouge (Iowa)
1986 — Daedra Charles, Detroit de Porres (Tennessee)
1987 — Dena Head, Plymouth Salem (Tennessee)
1988 — Jennifer Shasky, Birmingham Marian (George Washington)
1989 — Peggy Evans, Detroit Country Day (Tennessee/Ohio State)
1990 — Markita Aldridge, Detroit King (UNC-Charlotte)
1991 — Lisa Negri, Flint Powers (Ohio State)
1992 — Erinn Reed, Saginaw (Iowa/Kansas)
1993 — Sally Sedlar, Manistee (Toledo/Central Michigan)
1994 — Kim Knuth, St. Joseph (Toledo)
1995 — Maxann Reese, Bishop Borgess (Michigan State)
1996 — Deanna Nolan, Flint Northern (Georgia)
1997 — Aiysha Smith, Bishop Borgess (St. John's/LSU)
1998 — Kristen Koetsier, Grandville (Western Michigan)
1999 — Vicki Krapohl, Mt. Pleasant (Duke)
2000 — Tabitha Pool, Ann Arbor Huron (Michigan)
2001 — Liz Shimek, Maple City Glen Lake (Michigan State)
2002 — Danielle Kamm, Saginaw Nouvel (Marquette)
2003 — Krista Clement, St. Ignace La Salle (Michigan)
2004 — Tiffanie Shives, Lansing Christian (Michigan State/Gonzaga)
2005 — Allyssa DeHaan, Grandville (Michigan State)
2006 — Brenna Banktson, Frankfort (Western Michigan)
2007 — No award given *
2008 — Kellie Watson, Ionia (Notre Dame/Grand Valley State)
2009 — Jenny Ryan, Saginaw Nouvel (Michigan)
2010 — Klarissa Bell, East Lansing (Michigan State)
2011 — Jasmine Hines, Central Lake (Michigan State)
2012 — Madison Ristovski, Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett (Michigan)
2013 — Tori Jankoska, Freeland (Michigan State)
2014 — Lexi Gussert, Crystal Falls Forest Park (Michigan State)
2015 — Tania Davis, Goodrich (Iowa)
2016 — Kysre Gondrezick, Benton Harbor (Michigan/West Virginia)
2017 — Jordan Walker — Mona Shores, Western Michigan
2018 — Jaida Hampton, East Lansing (Wichita State University)


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By On behalf of The Law Offices of Roderick V. Hannah, Esq., P.A.
When a large corporation downsizes, ex-employees may find that their severance agreements are littered with hard-to-understand legal terms. Ex-workers in Florida are often subject to contract terms that are supposed to prevent them from suing the company upon departure; in exchange, those individuals receive money or benefits on their way out the door. Now, though, a national agency is pursuing legal action against CVS Caremark over the language included in certain severance agreements, arguing that the documents violated employment law provisions.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleges that the nation's second-largest drugstore chain included misleading information in its severance documents. Although the EEOC does not generally interfere with private contracts, the agency reportedly chose to intervene because the contracts in this case may have caused workplace bias. The CVS agreements in this case reportedly compromised workers' rights to seek assistance from EEOC representatives. In other words, CVS may have prevented the EEOC from doing its job by distributing unfair severance plans.
News reports show that the EEOC is not seeking financial compensation for workers, but is instead working to prevent CVS from using unclear language in its severance agreement. The company would be required to inform workers of their rights, including the ability to file discrimination charges. Employees who choose to comply with EEOC investigations are also legally protected from employer retaliation.
Instead of emphasizing those rights, this contract allegedly attempts to block employees from assisting EEOC attorneys or investigators unless the company is directly notified. Further, employees are barred from disclosing information about wages or benefits to such investigators. This language has a chilling effect on the ability of workers to seek assistance from the EEOC if their rights are violated. The company argues that the language in the document was not intended to stop workers from contributing to EEOC efforts.
Workers who have been victimized by unfair separation agreements may benefit from consulting an employment attorney in Florida. These lawyers may be able to provide additional guidance for workers who have questions about their own severance agreements. Workers' rights should not be restricted because a company fears reprisal from a federal agency.
Source: The Chicago Tribune, "Severance agreements: EEOC suit against CVS could be test case" Ameet Sachdev, Feb. 23, 2014
Source: http://www.rhannahlaw.com/blog/2014/02/eeoc-cvs-severance-agreement-violates-employment-law.shtml