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In short, radlib is a sincere attempt to provide real-time OS capability on a non-real-time OS. It has been successfully deployed on linux, MacOSX and FreeBSD but there is no reason it would not build and run on any flavor of unix supporting System V IPC.
Specifically, radlib provides fast system buffers, a simple config file utility, events, doubly-linked lists, process logging through syslog, message queues, semaphores, shared memory utilities, timers, stacks, state machine utilities, a process framework, a process management utility to start/stop groups of processes, optional MySQL or PostgreSQL database API, a straightforward TCP/streams socket API, a UDP/datagram unicast/multicast/broadcast API, CRC and SHA utility APIs, and other assorted system utilities.
An example application template is provided in the distribution (see the "Example Application Template" link in the left column of this page). The template example serves two purposes: it demonstrates, through source code inspection, how a well constructed radlib process is implemented and it provides an example build environment with the capability for someone new to radlib to build and execute an example application "right out of the box".
Proprietary forms of radlib have been used in several mission-critical commercial applications with excellent results. It is light yet very powerful and efficient in real time. radlib is BSD-licensed (free to use in binary or source forms) and distributed as source to be built on the target platform. Build instructions are included in the distribution. See the file "COPYING" in the distribution for details concerning open source software and the BSD license.
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New Delhi: The bloody gun battle that left liquor baron Ponty Chadha and his estranged brother Hardeep dead here Saturday came within hours of another clash between the aides of the two estranged siblings, police said Monday, after quizzing over 100 people.
"Ponty Chadha`s men had earlier in the day tried to forcibly take possession of another property in Bijwasan (south Delhi). This triggered off the final clash between the two brothers," a police official said.
He said that two of Ponty`s aides, Madan Rana and Vijay alias Malik, had been arrested in the first clash over a disputed property at Bijwasan that took place three hours ahead of the gun battle at a farmhouse in south Delhi`s Chhattarpur on Saturday.
"There was tension in the family for the couple of days before the shootout killings. Efforts were on to find a compromise," Joint Commissioner of Police Vivek Gogia told reporters.
The blood bath that occurred Nov 17 between the Chadha brothers over the issue of possession of a disputed farm No.42 situated in Chhattarpur ended in both the brothers losing their lives. One security person was injured.
Gogia said that initial investigation revealed that tension had been brewing between Ponty and Hardeep for the past couple of days before the Chhattarpur shootout.
He said the property dispute had not reached the court and their mother and community elders were trying to find an amicable solution to end the disagreements.
Gogia said police were awaiting post mortem, ballistic and forensic reports to ascertain who fired at whom.
A team of ballistic and forensic experts had collected evidence from the farmhouse that was at the centre of the controversy between the two brothers. The property is said to be worth Rs.200 crore.
Till now police have questioned 100 people, including employees, guards and personal security officers, of the Chadha brothers. "Some other people, who were also present at the disputed farm along with Ponty Chadha, have been questioned," he said.
Talking about the sequence of events Saturday, Gogia said that 30-40 men led by Ponty reached the Chhattarpur farmhouse and beat up some of Hardeep`s men, took away their mobile phones and locked them up in the farmhouse. They also fired in the air.
When Hardeep, who was attending a meeting in Noida, adjoining Delhi, learnt about this he rushed to the Chhattarpur farmhouse where a heated argument erupted between the two brothers.
Police investigations also showed that when Ponty`s security manager Narendra tried to intervene in the argument, an angry Hardeep opened fire.
On reaching the spot, police found Hardeep`s body lying in a pool of blood while Ponty had been rushed to Fortis hospital by his men.
Eight people, including a personal security officer and driver of Ponty, and six of Hardeep`s aides were at the spot.
Police also recovered two pistols from the scene which were registered in Hardeep`s name.
Investigators said that they did receive an anonymous call informing them about the fight at Chhattarpur around 12.15 p.m. but confirmed that the caller was not Hardeep. They received two more calls even after the police team had reached the spot.


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1. Re: inheritance between instances problemNed Murphy May 4, 2012 7:38 PM (in response to jdhughen)1 person found this helpful
I am not sure I follow each variation of your examples, but if you wanted to change different parts of a movieclip then each part needs to be a separate addressable entity within the movieclip.
If you want to scale the outermost container, then everything that is a child of it will scale as you describe. If you want the square to be sized separately from the circle/text, then you need to have them as separate entities within a parent container. That way you can target the square to tell it to change while leaving the circle/text unaffected.
"And if I change the scale of any of the elements in any of the instances it changes all the other children."
This one I do not follow. If you mean children within the object you scaled, yes, it will. If you mean you change the size of the textfield it also changes the size of the mask, it shouldn't. But I am talking about changes using code, not changes done manually.
If you manually change a symbol in the library, anything that uses that symbol will reflect the change. If you wanted a variation of that shared symbol, then you create a copy of it and use the copy... but still, anything changed within that copy that is a subsymbol will affect all objects using the subsymbol.
I think there was, to my disbelief, someone who showed some way of creating a copy of a symbol in the library and turning it into a unique symbol that was independent of any parts it inherited via library symbols. If that is the beast you seek, I cannot remember if I was dreaming it or not, but I have been unable to repeat it if it actually worked.
2. Re: inheritance between instances problemjdhughen May 4, 2012 9:35 PM (in response to Ned Murphy)
Thanks for the reply...
sorry if the example is not too clear. I tried to keep it simple. The actual problem is with a custom scrolling dynamic text box. It is comprosed of several nested mc's with all the controlling actionscript and slider graphic pieces, mask, etc and the text box itself being the deepest "nested" item. The problem I'm having is I'm using instances of this "scrolling_txt_box" on for different pages. On one of the pages I want the shrik the height of the whole unit. If I just use the scale tool on the main container it scales everything down and it looks fine and the scroller works fine except the text is all squashed. If I go down inside to the text box itself and scale it back up to make the text look right then the text in the other 3 locations is all stretched tall. I can't get one to look right without making the others look bad. I tried making a COPY of the whole scrolling_txt_box unit in the library, renaming it but since the "guts" are made of the same pieces which are all also MC's then when changes are made to them they change all the other instance of themselves. It's a real nightmare. It wouldn't be a problem if I could overcome the problem with the text itself being squashed.
Is there any way to scale the text box without effecting the actual font size inside the text box?
In my early example when i say child I mean instance of the original master mc in the Lib. In all my experience with nested and dependent elements the idea that changing a part of a child (ie instance) would ripple back up to the parent and accross to all the other children is really odd and seems to really limit the ability to use Lib items to there full extent. While I can see times when you might want changes to ripple upstream, I can see a lot more where you wouldn't. It looks like I'm going to have to totally build a new scrolling_txt_box, code, graphics and everthing just so it will be a little shorter in height. bummer
3. Re: inheritance between instances problemNed Murphy May 5, 2012 5:01 AM (in response to jdhughen)1 person found this helpful
I am still not clear on "what" you are scaling "how", but I can say that if you are "scaling" then whatever you are scaling is changing its characteristics. If you scale a textfield, the characteristics of it get scaled as well. I fyou change the width of it rather than scale it, you may not be affecting the characteristics of the text it holds (it depends at which stage you are changing its width.
If you are changing things with code, then changing the size of one instance's textfield should have no effect on any other instance. If you are changing the textfield manually, then any instance containing it will be changed.
For what I think you are doing, you probably want to make the textfield and its mask and its background all separate objects and address any adjustments to their size using code. You can make the textfield autosize so that it changes size (height, normally) to meet the needs of the text it has to hold.
4. Re: inheritance between instances problemjdhughen May 5, 2012 9:03 AM (in response to Ned Murphy)
Thanks for the reply.
What I ended up doing was kind of what you said. I went back through and made duplicates/renamed all the involved MC's and then "re-assembled" a new "scrolling_txt_box" (scrolling_txt_box2). since I built it using copies of the all the other MC's any code connectted with them came also. I then had to go through the code update the MC references to reflex the new names of the MC pieces, mostly by just adding a "a" to the end of the name. Everything seems to work now and I'm able to change the size of the whole unit and the text box without effecting the others.
The only problem I having now is the scroller slider tab (the part that slides up and down the track) is only moving half way. I'm getting all the text scrolled but the tab will only move down half the track, either with the mouse wheel or by click drag. You can't move it past approx 1/2 way down the scroller track.
The way I made the scroller_txt_box2 smaller was to open it and select all the graphic element MCs and mask etc (basically everything EXCEPT the text box field) and vertical scaled the whole group (using the free tranform tool) down to the height I wanted. this adjusted everything proprtionaly at once. I then selected the text box and adjusted it's starting size in it's properties to fit(I am using auto-size).
I've looked all though the code and can't find anything different (other than MC names of course) that might be causing this. Sooo....
My new question is can the group "scalling" (with the free transform tool) of the scroller graphic MC pieces to approx 1/2 the original height some how affect the travel of the "tab" in the slider ? I did traces of all the vars related to height and travel distance as far as I can tell in the code below and could not find anything that seemed out of the ordinary. I did the same traces on the other non scaled scroller boxes and the traced var values seem to be proprtionaly the same in relation (I hope that made sense) . Since this is the only instance to this box I will be using I can hard code values if I can determine which one is affect the distance that my tab can travel. Can you see a var here that might be limiting the amount of travel of the "tab"
// scroller setup
onClipEvent (load) {
oldY = 1;
vY = 0;
newY = 0;
mouseWheelHitTest = true;
contentHeight = _parent.scrolledMCa._height; // scrolledMCa is the container for the
scrollSpeed = _parent.speed_content;
scrollStep = _parent.step_content;
viewHeight = _parent.line._height;
buttonSize = _parent.dragMC._height; //this is the "tab"
buttonY = buttonMC._y; // this is the "tab" position
scrollHeight = _parent.scrolledMCa._height;
scrollContent = _parent.scrolledMCa._y;
scrollContent1 = _parent.scrolledMCa;
newY = _parent.scrolledMCa._height;
var mouseListener = new Object();
mouseListener.onMouseWheel = function(delta)
if (!mouseWheelHitTest || scrollContent1.hitTest(_root._xmouse, _root._ymouse, false) || hitTest(_root._xmouse, _root._ymouse, false))
if (buttonMC._y >= 0 && buttonMC._y <= scrollHeight - buttonSize + 1)
buttonMC._y = buttonMC._y - delta * _parent.mouse_speed;
// end if
// end if
// var trace results are listed in red, rounded
trace("contentHeight-" + contentHeight);// 423
trace("scrollSpeed"+scrollSpeed);// 2
trace("scrollStep"+scrollStep);// 2
trace("viewHeight-" + viewHeight);// 94
trace("buttonSize-" + buttonSize);// 25
trace("buttonY-" + buttonY);// 0
trace("scrollHeight-" + scrollHeight);// 423
trace("scrollContent-" + scrollContent);// 1
trace("scrollContent1-" + scrollContent1);// _level0.instance295.instance303.scrolledMC
trace("newY-" + newY);// 423
hiScroll = _parent.line._height - _parent.dragMC._height;
step = (scrollHeight - buttonSize - hiScroll) / hiScroll;
y = _parent.scrolledMCa._y;
// more var trace results
trace("buttonMC-"+buttonMC._y);// 0
trace("hiScroll-" + hiScroll);// 69
trace("y-" + y);// 1
// scrolling loop
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (_parent.drag_but)
if (buttonMC._y >= 0)
buttonMC._y = buttonMC._y - scrollStep;
// end if
// end if
if (_parent.down_but)
if (buttonMC._y <= scrollHeight + buttonSize)
buttonMC._y = buttonMC._y + scrollStep;
// end if
// end if
if (buttonMC._y <= 0)
buttonMC._y = 0;
// end if
if (buttonMC._y >= viewHeight - buttonSize)
buttonMC._y = viewHeight - buttonSize;
// end if
level = buttonMC._y - buttonY;
lev = int(y - level * step);
newY = oldY + (lev - oldY) / scrollSpeed;
_parent.scrolledMCa._y = newY;
oldY = newY;
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I've had a couple of students and even adults that needed to keep their comments themselves or leave stuff alone that we all know they will break with just a look.
This is what I like to say to those people: Put that [email protected] in a toilet bowl
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No joke. -_- One of my friends, every time I hang out with her, she always says something about a really attractive girl.
"Ew, look at the whore!" or "OH MY GOD. Look at her. She's so... slutty!"
She was doing that the entire time I was with her today at an amusement park. I blew up after that billionth comment she made on an attractive girl. I said "dude, oh my god, SHUT UP. Your only jealous because she's prettier than you are! Can we just have some fun for once and not talk crap about every single pretty girl that walks past us?!"
I swear I was going to rip her head off. xD
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I agree? ...On a serious note, though, those people really need to shut the fuck up.
i'm the awkward moment maker.
i have a memory of only two weeks. please remind me of your existence by then.
yep, u gotta know which line not to cross
online 6-9 pm~ i am much too civilized to join in your inquiry of women
I agree, you gotta tell them enough is enough. I worked with a guy that had a story for everything and one day I just told him to shut up and leave.
I have a friend who always complains about her roommate, how gross she is, how slutty, how noisy, how she wakes her up at night, etc. Then when I visit, they act like best friends. It annoys me so much because then she wants to talk crap about me to the roommate.
I mostly hate it when someone says or does something that kills your dream it sux like one time this happen about a year ago a guy I like I was helping him out with something and he was about to ask me out but his Mom believe it or not said something to him that stop him from asking me it mostly b/c we are different race with different backgrounds she want her son to marry his own kind its sad but that how she is I also had friends who ruins stuff before or dont know when to stop talking just like @ Hachikobubble I had a female friend who was about the same she judge other girls like that and what they had on I just look at her in sock like really
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Oi i used to have a sub. teacher that always had a story for everything -_-
My mother is an expert at doing this. Some things you just don't want to know, and you simply cannot unhear... Oh, my poor husband had to hear it, too, said he wanted to stab his eyes while she rambled on about TMI crap.
Overseas until the end of August.
Anyone who cuts a fart in an elevator.
You will never have the username Gonad ;_;
Yeah, I'm kinda that person if you give me the right opportunity. So fun getting the awkward looks after a really messed up comment. I swear I've been traumatizing my classmates with some of the stuff I say.
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By Steven Johnson '13
March 7, 2013
Lydia's Lounge transformed into Kitchen Stadium Tuesday night after students gathered in the University Hall meeting place to sharpen their cooking skills before some real competition heats up next month.
Hosted by the hospitality leadership student group Fresh Slice, the budding chefs prepped for the upcoming Brave Chef cooking competition. The contest is styled after the popular reality show "Iron Chef," where cooks battle each other and the clock to see who can create the best dishes based on a special ingredient.
To help them practice and learn important skills for the main event, students brushed up on their kitchen skills with the help of Aramark, the food services vendor for Bradley's dinning locations.
"I am very excited to be a part of this," said Karl Wolak, Aramark's executive chef on campus. "I am bringing my experiences from other universities to Bradley and thankfully the Fresh Slice team was open to the idea. They have completely taken the concept and run with it."
During the evening Wolak walked students through several cooking demonstrations including how to dice vegetables, properly hold a knife, safely prepare meals and even the right way to wear an apron. At the practice session, which continues on Wednesday night, students sliced and diced peppers, onions, carrots, broccoli and chicken before sautéing the ingredients in a frying pan.
Dr. Kara Wolfe, associate professor of family and consumer sciences, said the event introduces students to possible careers in hospitality and allows them to work side-by-side with professionals like Wolak. The hospitality program, offered through the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, prepares graduates for careers in event planning, food service, hotel and lodging management and recreation and tourism professions.
"Our goal is to raise awareness of and respect for the hospitality industry," Dr. Wolfe said. "There are a lot of good jobs out there and we just want people to know what hospitality entails."
Senior Dana Robinson, a hospitality leadership major and president of Fresh Slice, said the group wanted to provide an interactive activity for students and give them an opportunity to cook on campus.
Hannah Koci, a sophomore hospitality leadership major, said she got involved with Brave Chef to enjoy the collaborative experience and test her culinary skills and taste buds.
"I think this is a great opportunity for people to collaborate as a team and practice cooking," she said. "It's practical and helps build skills for a future career.
The Brave Chef competition will take place at 6 p.m. Friday, April 5, in the Michel Student Center Ball Room. Teams of six will compete in the event that involves incorporating a secret ingredient in all prepared dishes. In order to compete in the main event, students must have attended an informational session.


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Many Napa Valley wineries are beginning to welcome visits from families, and they're making a serious effort to keep the kids engaged. Lest we forget, wineries are farms, and in many cases they have farm animals, game birds, fish ponds, picnic grounds and other kid magnets. Not all of wine country is kid-friendly, mind you, but you can find ample attractions to make this a satisfying destination for serious wine lovers … and grape juice lovers too. The tab: We spent about $647 for a family of four, including $315 for one night at the Villagio Inn, $260 on meals and $72 on a castle tour and wine tasting.
The bed
When traveling with kids, it's all about the pool. The Tuscan-inspired Villagio Inn & Spa (6481 Washington St., Yountville; [707] 944-8877) in the heart of Yountville has a perfectly heated pool surrounded by cabanas with beds where parents can stretch out and relax. The hotel also offers a complimentary Champagne breakfast (don't miss the customized omelets or the banana bread pudding) that can fuel the entire family until late afternoon — which is precisely when it offers a late-afternoon spread of coffee, tea, scones and sandwiches.
The meal
Although a family of four could sustain itself entirely on complimentary fare from the Villagio, what's the fun of that? Midmorning snack: Walk from the hotel to Bouchon Bakery (6528 Washington St., Yountville; [707] 944-2253) for buttery almond croissants and the "Oh, no, you didn't" chocolate-covered macarons. Grab a seat outside so your kids can feed the blackbirds. Lunch: double cheeseburgers made from 100% Niman Ranch beef and milkshakes from Gott's Roadside (644 1st St., Napa; [707] 224-6900), next door to the Oxbow Public Market. Dinner: If you can get into Ad Hoc on buttermilk fried chicken night, it's a no-brainer (6476 Washington St., Yountville; [707] 944-2487. $52 price fixed).
The find
We took our 5- and 7-year-olds on a tour of Castello di Amorosa (4045 N. St. Helena Highway, Calistoga; [707] 967-6272), a 121,000-square-foot Tuscan castle. You must see the castle's torture chamber. Rest assured the tour guide delicately skirts details of skull crushers and iron maidens when kids are in tow. At the end of the tour, parents can taste high-quality wines while the kids sip grape juice, nosh on bread sticks and color princesses and dragons at a kid-size table.
The lesson learned
With so many legendary wineries, it's tempting to just drop in for an impromptu visit. When you have little ones with you, you could regret it. We gambled on Ravenswood and lost. On the pathway into the winery, they posted a "Danger: Rattlesnakes" sign. When I glanced out the window of the tasting room to see my 5-year-old clambering around the rattlesnake-loving bushes that lined the path, this stop became the tasting that wasn't.


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PORTLAND — Damaging winds knocked down trees and utility wires in parts of northern New England on Sunday, flights were delayed in New York City and there were reports of a tornado in South Carolina as the East Coast braced for the remnants of violent weather that claimed 10 lives in Oklahoma.
Heavy rain, thunderstorms, high winds and hail moved through sections of the Northeast on Sunday afternoon. The National Weather Service issued severe thunderstorm warnings and watches across Vermont, New Hampshire and most of Maine.
In northwestern South Carolina, authorities checked unconfirmed reports of a tornado, said Jessica Ashley, a shift supervisor for Anderson County's 911 center. The fire department responded to a report of roof damage to a home and callers said trees were blown over. No injuries were reported.
The weather service said thunderstorms and winds in excess of 60 mph in Vermont produced 1-inch-diameter hail and knocked down numerous trees and wires. In northern Maine, radar picked up a line of thunderstorms capable of producing quarter-sized hail and winds stronger than 70 mph. Forecasters warned of tornadoes.
The prediction for stormy weather in the New York City region produced delays at major airports. John F. Kennedy International Airport had delays of about two hours on departing flights, while La Guardia Airport was delayed nearly three hours, and Newark Liberty Airport was delayed more than three hours on arriving flights to New Jersey.
In the southern part of the United States, thunderstorms, high winds and hail were expected as part of a slow-moving cold front. Heavy rains could spawn flash flooding in some areas, the weather service said.
Meanwhile, residents in Oklahoma cleaned up after the storms there killed 10 people, including three veteran storm chasers. Tim Samaras; his son, Paul Samaras; and Carl Young were killed Friday. The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., said the men were involved in tornado research.
Jim Samaras told The Associated Press on Sunday that his brother Tim was motivated by science.
"He looked at tornadoes not for the spotlight of TV but for the scientific aspect," Jim Samaras said. "At the end of the day, he wanted to save lives and he gave the ultimate sacrifice for that."
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin toured damage in El Reno, about 30 miles from Oklahoma City. She said the death toll could rise as emergency workers continue searching flooded areas for missing residents.
The state Medical Examiner's Office spokeswoman Amy Elliott said the death toll had risen to 10 from Friday's EF3 tornado, which charged down a clogged Interstate 40 in the western suburbs. Among the dead were two children — an infant sucked out of the car with its mother and a 4-year-old boy who along with his family had sought shelter in a drainage ditch.
In Missouri, areas west of St. Louis received significant damage from an EF3 tornado Friday that packed estimated winds of 150 mph. In St. Charles County, at least 71 homes were heavily damaged and 100 had slight to moderate damage, county spokeswoman Colene McEntee said.
Northeast of St. Louis, the town of Roxana, Ill., also saw damage from an EF3 tornado. Weather service meteorologist Jayson Gosselin said it wasn't clear whether the damage in Missouri and Illinois came from the same twister or separate ones.
Five tornadoes struck the Oklahoma City metro area on Friday, the weather service said. Fallin said Sunday that 115 people were injured.
The storms formed out on the prairie west of Oklahoma City, giving residents plenty of advance notice. When told to seek shelter, many ventured out and snarled traffic across the metro area — perhaps remembering when a tornado hit Moore on May 20 and killed 24 people.
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"They had no place to go, and that's always a bad thing. They were essentially targets just waiting for a tornado to touch down," Randolph said. "I'm not sure why people do that sort of stuff, but it is very dangerous."
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Saturday, October 13, 2012
Clean Harbors Stadium, Buzzards Bay, Mass.
1 2 3 4 Total
Fitchburg State (2-5, 1-3 NEFC) 0 12 6 14 - 32
Massachusetts Maritime (3-3, 2-2 NEFC) 21 7 14 14 - 56
MAM: E.J. Bennett 23 yd pass from Mike Stanton (Brandon Rodrigues kick) 14:10 1st
MAM: Keith Caruso 41 yd pass from Stanton (Rodrigues kick) 8:51 1st
MAM: Stanton 27 yd run (Rodrigues kick) 5:10 1st
FIT: Ty Spencer 4 yd run (kick blocked) 14:10 2nd
FIT: Steph'fon Teague 6 yd run (kick failed) 8:06 2nd
MAM: John Trudel 12 yd run (Rodrigues kick) 1:22 2nd
FIT: Spencer 8 yd pass from Christian Lopez (rush failed) 10:09 3rd
MAM: Drew Girouard 34 yd pass from Stanton (Rodrigues kick) 7:36 3rd
MAM: David Wilson 8 yd pass from Trudel (Rodrigues kick) 1:21 3rd
MAM: Jonathan Wright 26 yd pass from Trudel (Rodrigues kick) 9:58 4th
FIT: Jordan Burris 35 yd pass from Lopez (Eric Anastasio kick) 9:15 4th
MAM: Brian Donaghey 45 yd pass from Trudel (Rodrigues kick) 8:19 4th
FIT: Teague 8 yd run (Anastasio kick) 4:29 4th
Attendance: 1714
BUZZARDS BAY, Mass. -- Junior Mike Stanton (Quincy, Mass.) and sophomore John Trudel (Niantic, Conn.) combined for 36 completions, 556 all-purpose yards and eight touchdowns (six passing, two rushing) to lead Massachusetts Maritime to a 56-32 New England Football Conference Bogan Division victory over Fitchburg State Saturday afternoon at Clean Harbors Stadium.
Stanton threw for two scores and ran for another in the opening 10 minutes of action for the host Buccaneers (3-3, 2-2 NEFC Bogan), as connected on a 23-yard touchdown strike to sophomore E.J. Bennett (East Wareham, Mass.) on the opening drive of the contest before hitting fellow junior Keith Caruso (Hingham, Mass.) on a 41-yard hook-up midway through the opening stanza. Stanton's 27-yard scoring scamper with 5:10 to play in the first extended Massachusetts Maritime's advantage to 21-0, but the visiting Falcons (2-5, 1-3 NEFC Bogan) crept back to within nine at 21-12 midway through the second quarter, as a four-yard run by sophomore Ty Spencer (Foxboro, Mass.) and a six-yard scamper by sophomore Steph'fon Teague (Fitchburg, Mass.) closed Fitchburg State's gap. Trudel extended the hosts' advantage to 28-12 at the break, as his 12-yard touchdown run with 1:22 to play in the half capped a 10-play, 70-yard drive, but Fitchburg State responded on the opening possession after intermission when Spencer hauled in an eight-yard scoring strike from junior quarterback Christian Lopez (Bronx, N.Y.) to close the Falcons' deficit back to 10 at 28-18.
Massachusetts Maritime then took control once again with three unanswered scores in just over 12 minutes of action, as Stanton's third touchdown toss of the day, a 34-yard connection with freshman Drew Girouard (Sagamore Beach, Mass.), extended the Buccaneer edge to 35-18. Trudel hooked up with junior David Wilson (Weare, N.H.) on an eight-yard touchdown to cap an 18-play, 71-yard drive for a 42-18 hosts' lead before finding sophomore Jonathan Wright (Newburyport, Mass.) on a 26-yard scoring strike with 9:58 remaining to give Massachusetts Maritime its largest lead of the afternoon at 49-18. Lopez connected with junior Jordan Burris (New Bedford, Mass.) on Fitchburg State's ensuing possession for his second touchdown pass of the day from 35 yards out, and Trudel's closed out the Buccaneer scoring with his third touchdown pass, a 45-yard connection with junior Brian Donaghey (Quincy, Mass.) with 8:19 to play. Teague's second visit to the end zone of the afternoon, an eight-yard run with 4:29 to play, accounted for the final Falcon points of the contest.
Stanton completed 27-of-42 attempts for 317 yards to go with his three touchdowns, as his first completion of the day enabled him to break the school single-season passing record, which now stands at 1,823 yards and tops the previous mark of 1,506 yards set by Jim O'Neill in 1982. Trudel completed 9-of-10 attempts for 131 yards and three scores, as he and Stanton combined for 108 of Massachusetts Maritime's 238 rushing yards for the contest. Caruso (102 yards) and Bennett (100 yards) combined for 16 receptions and 202 receiving yards for the Buccaneers, while sophomore Bobby Rosano (North Reading, Mass.) hauled in eight receptions. Senior Barry Reopell (South Dennis, Mass.) collected 69 rushing yards for the winners, who amassed 686 yards of total offense (the second highest total in school history) in topping the 600-yard mark for the third time in four weeks. Junior Brandon Rodrigues (Brockton, Mass.) also broke Jake Bickley's school record (set in 2009) for conversions in a game with eight for Massachusetts Maritime, whose 56 points fell one shy of the school record also set against Fitchburg State back in the 2009 campaign.
Teague rushed for 181 yards to go with his two scores in the setback for Fitchburg State, as Lopez completed 17-of-30 attempts for 290 yards and two touchdowns. Burris (155 yards) and Spencer (119 yards) each had eight receptions in combining for 274 yards for the Falcons, who amassed 508 yards of total offense on the day.
Senior Nick Mazurkiewicz (Attleboro, Mass.) paced Massachusetts Maritime defensively with 11 solo tackles, while junior Bernie Girard (Dedham, Mass.) added a career-best eight solo stops for the Buccaneers, who also received seven tackles and a pair of break-ups from senior Evan Sheridan (Chelmsford, Mass.). Sophomore Talib Barksdale (Hudson, N.Y.) registered a game-high 14 tackles in the setback for Fitchburg State, which also received 10 tackles from sophomore Elizear Torres (Bronx, N.Y.) as well as eight stops and an interception from sophomore Taron Seaforth (Lynn, Mass.).
Massachusetts Maritime heads to Castine, Maine next Saturday afternoon to tangle with Maine Maritime in the 40th Annual Admiral's Cup clash that kicks off at Noon, while Fitchburg State hosts Bridgewater State in a New England Football Conference Bogan Division match-up next Saturday afternoon in Fitchburg, Mass. beginning at 1:30 p.m.


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Nick Clegg will build up to his head-to-head European election debates with UK Independence Party (Ukip) leader Nigel Farage by promising today to take on "backwards-looking politics" and making the case for membership of the EU.
The Deputy Prime Minister will acknowledge the EU needs reform, but in a swipe at his Tory coalition colleagues will stress that the UK cannot demand changes with "one foot out of the door".
He will warn that "pulling up the drawbridge" would wreck the economy, make it harder to catch international criminals and hamper efforts to tackle climate change.
Clegg wants to convince the electorate that May's European poll boils down to a choice between Ukip - who would take the UK out of the EU - and the Liberal Democrats, who are unashamedly in favour of retaining links with Brussels.
But his gamble on Europe, with the Lib Dems trailing fourth in opinion polls, was criticised at Clegg's own party conference, with one activist telling him "no one on the doorstep cares".
Clegg will say: "Forget the lazy assumption that, in the court of public opinion, the Eurosceptics will automatically win. There is nothing automatic about election results."
He will point to a Lib Dem Twitter campaign calling for people to express their support for remaining in Europe, saying it showed people wanted "hope" about the country's future.
"They don't want bile. They want jobs. They want our country to have influence. They want opportunities. Ultimately, they want hope."
Clegg will take on Farage in two debates ahead of the contest, and in his speech to the Lib Dem spring conference in York, Clegg will acknowledge the reasons behind the rise in Ukip's fortunes, which have seen them push his party into fourth place in opinion polls.
The Lib Dem leader will say the "shattering collapse of the basic assumptions by which successive governments have run our economy" on top of a "crisis of confidence" about the West's future caused by the rise of China and other emerging nations had led to an "entirely understandable but dangerous urge to turn inwards".
He will say: "If anyone doesn't believe it, just glance across the Channel at our European neighbours, where a number of extremist parties are on the rise.
"We are lucky. Thankfully we do not have the same extremism here in the UK. But that's not to say the fight isn't on for the future of our country too."
Although he will not mention Ukip or Farage by name in his speech, he will warn: "An ungenerous, backwards-looking politics has emerged in Britain. The politics of blame has found an acceptable face: it wears a big smile and looks like someone you could have a pint with down the pub.
"So I'm drawing a line in the sand. I am going to defend the tolerant and modern Britain we love, and I am going to start by showing people what's at stake at the upcoming European elections: do you want Britain in Europe, or out?
"That's the real question in May. One party wants out. Another is flirting with exit. The other lot don't have the courage of their convictions on this - they're saying nothing at all.
"The Liberal Democrats are now Britain's only party of In. The only party out there explaining the clear benefits of Britain's place in Europe. The only party giving people the facts."
Setting out why the Lib Dems are for remaining in the EU, he will say: "In, because Europe is our biggest export market and vital to British jobs. Because pulling up the drawbridge is the surest way to wreck our economic recovery.
"In, because in the fight against climate change, and in a world where some of the biggest players are also the biggest polluters, Europe's nations can only make a difference if we work together.
"In, because co-operation between our police forces is essential for catching the criminals who cross our borders. Crime crosses borders, so must we.
"In, because Britain stands tallest in the world when we stand tall in Brussels, Paris and Berlin."
Prime Minister David Cameron has set out plans to renegotiate the UK's links with Brussels and hold an in/out referendum on EU membership by the end of 2017 if he is returned to No 10 after the general election.
Clegg will acknowledge the case for change "isn't about some starry-eyed affection for the EU - of course it needs reform".
"But you can't change it with one foot out the door. You change it by taking your place at the table - which is where you protect Britain's national interest too."
Answering questions from activists yesterday, Clegg was questioned by councillor Jill Hope about the conference slogan "In Europe, in work", claiming that the issue was of little interest to voters.
"No one on the doorstep cares," she said in the question she submitted to the Deputy Prime Minister.
Before Clegg closes the event, the spring conference will also debate proposals for a "digital Bill of rights" in response to US whistleblower Edward Snowden's revelations about state surveillance.
Party president Tim Farron will say: "The intelligence services can now call on powers which would have been completely unimaginable even 10 years ago.
"But our current legislation - the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, the Intelligence Services Act and the Telecommunication Act is all more than a decade old...Our laws in this area are quite simply not fit for purpose."
"Blanket surveillance of any kind is not the answer to combating terrorism. Our country has well established rules on the deployment and use of communications interception.
"I do not value someone's electronic conversations as any less private than their letters or phone calls. We should revise and extend our current legal safeguards to electronic communications as well.
"Freedom is the very cornerstone of our party. We exist to safeguard a free, fair and open society. But that society has been challenged by the state's imposition of blanket surveillance on us all.
"We must begin the process of restoring our liberty and ensuring that Britain is the country we can feel proud of again."
The motion would ensure that the Government does not undertake the bulk collection of data and only accesses the metadata - details of who, where and when contact took place - or content of communications if there is suspicion of unlawful activity.
But it also criticised Cameron's efforts to protect children from online porn, warning that "Government-supported filtering of the internet will prevent people from accessing legitimate information and educational resources whilst giving parents a false sense of security".


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CALGARY — Fertilizer producer and retailer Agrium Inc. (TSX:AGU) has reported a 92 per cent drop in profits for the first three months of the year as the North American farmers it serves dealt with a nastier than usual winter.
The Calgary-based company said consolidated net earnings from continuing operations were $12 million, or eight cents per share, compared with $146 million, or 98 cents per share, a year earlier.
"Agrium's first quarter is traditionally our seasonally lowest earnings quarter and this was exacerbated this year by the record cold winter across North America," CEO Chuck Magro said in a release.
"However, farmer sentiment is positive this spring and we are now seeing good demand for crop input products and services. Agrium achieved a record $788-million in operating cash flow this quarter despite the lower net earnings as we continue to focus on reducing working capital needs."
Agrium's outlook for the second quarter is much brighter, calling for between $3.85 and $4.35 in diluted earnings per share from continuing operations.
Sales during the first quarter dipped modestly to $3.08 billion from $3.16 billion a year earlier.
Expenses rose eight per cent to $503 million from $466 million.
The results included a $31-million share-based payment expense, which was offset by a gain of $32 million on natural gas hedging.
Major crop prices have been strengthening, thanks to strong demand and increased uncertainty over supply.
That's good news for the fertilizers and other farm products Agrium provides, the company said.
But the start to the spring planting season in North America is later than normal because of cold, wet weather.
The inability to get a record Western Canadian grain crop to market by rail has also been a challenge.
"The large North American crop in 2013, particularly in Canada, combined with the cold winter, have challenged rail and port transportation logistics so far in 2014," Agrium said.
"In some cases, the delayed start has allowed the crop nutrient supply chain more time for product to move to market. However, constrained logistical capacity is still expected to contribute to tight supply and demand balances within regional markets this season."


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Back to Collection: Musical news (Saint Louis, Mo.)
The musical news Vol 02 No 03
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Vol. 1, no. 1 (Sept. 1897)-v. 2, no. 3 (Nov. 1898)
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It's almost June. I'm not sure what happened to May, but now it's June.
I've only ran once since MMT and it is driving me batshit crazy. Although I did lots of yard work today and tired myself out, so that helped.
Last week, after the race, I was tired and working, so I was just taking it easy. I was pretty fatigued and going to bed early every night. Then I also worked the weekend, so didn't worry about running.
My left foot started to hurt quite a bit Thursday and Friday last week. I was kind of worried about a stress fracture. So I left the doctor a message, and I do see my doctor tomorrow, Friday morning. My pain has subsided from a 6 down to a 1 on my "pretty high tolerated pain scale". I am pretty sure it was just "residual" aches left over from the trauma that is MMT. Maybe a bruise, tendon strain. I would expect she will want to get an XRAY (and I will demand it, but my doc is really cool, we agree on pretty much everything).
Future Plans
Black Hills 100K June 30th. This is the VHTRC destination race; I have my four day weekend that I was able to turn into a 5 day trip. As long as the foot is okay, I'm happy to jump back into training.
The Ring August 31 Back on the MMT Rocks
WV Trilogy The 50 Mile Race October 12. Where the Trail Goddess gets the 50 mile monkey off her back. Yes, she is going to get faster this summer!! Between talking to The Pacer and The Coach, she is going to get out of her comfort zone and press on harder. (Why am I all of a sudden speaking in third person?)
Now that the weather is nice, the footing is good, and my goal race for the year is completed, it's time to get faster. I am psyched about pushing myself!


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Happy: Today it snowed, it was hard to capture with the digital at school, but it was fun to watch those fat flakes (or as someone told me-big boned for the politically correct weather men out there) hit the ground....and melt....this is a small slice of the playground outside my school (the field), look closely, and use your imagination.
Sad: OK, did anybody else cry about the man with his petition on American Idol? So sweet.
Stingy: I went to the dermatologist and she dug in my skin, it stings.....
Proud: Went to the gym tonight, I tried to talk myself out of it in about ten different ways, but I went anyways.....I sure am tired of the gym.
Hungry: I forgot I bought a kitkat a few weeks ago, I seem to be addicted to the little buggers, I go through candy phases
Inspired: Speaking of candy, the other day at the grocery store, while I was waiting in line and straigtening their candy rows out, I thought....you know, if I worked at a store, I'd definitely want to be in charge of the candy, they are so bright and colorful, and so neatly packaged in small little uniform bundles....a little bit different from trying to sort through the lives of my students and their educational challenges, or rather the social issues that interfere with their education and create challenges....ahhh, 12 year olds....
Addicted: I'm searching for a 12-step program to enable me to stop watching the Africa Cam so much, today I saw an elephant, a giraffe, deer, and a monkey baby and it's monkey mama ....but then I thought....I think I want to set up a Puppy Cam at my house and see what the dogs do at home all day while I'm away.....today Max took an 8 pack of bottled DPs my Mom had in the utility room and brought the entire box and the bottles into the living room, then tore open the box and played with the bottles, can you imagine how said the trip to the animal shelther would have been this evening had he actually destroyed the contents of those bottles, or can you invision my reaction sitting at work watching the camera and not being able to do anything about it?
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Emotions of the Day
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Sunday, January 28, 2007
Photo Journalism....
This post is under the heading "Careers, Christy should probably stay away from." I figured I'd post a little something this weekend, and it might be fun to attach a photo, so...considering all the exciting things I did this week ::laughs hsyterically::....I tried to decide which of the adventures I should photograph, and then I spent the evening chasing my photo choices around the house. I guess I finally tired them out and they decided to sit still. You should have seen all the photos I took with them in action (I think photographers spend less time and energy photographing weddings). So, one of the adventures this weekend was a new collar for Max. I got Lilly one awhile ago b/c her's faded swiftly (brown with pink polka dots), but I started feeling guilty, thinking-Max would know (and care very deeply) that he didn't have a new, pretty collar, so I found him one this weekend that looks like a man's tie (diagonal blue and green stripes)....it was that or one with bones etc....and I wanted them to both feel like they had on classy designer collars (apparently there isn't a great demand for designer collars b/c the pickings were slim), maybe in the summer months they will want something a little more playful and 'dog like.' But for now, aren't they lovely? Other than the new collar adventure (that turned into a new collar, new ball adventures b/c I just couldn't resist getting another ball for Max because he loves them sooooo much (so much that I didn't even 'stage' this picture)) I also taught Saturday school (notice I didn't attempt to photograph that happy memory) and headed out to eat lunch at Jason's. He grilled out for all of us, which was nice. I also tried two of my Supper Super meals, which have turned out very good.....and thus completes another weekend. I could add all the errands, gym visits and TV episodes I caught.....but I can't give away all my weekend secrets....my guest room would never be empty again if you new all the fun had in Mi Casa (ha).
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Thursday, January 25, 2007
Bumper Cars
Just a little story that triggered a silly memory...this morning I got rear-ended! Initially, it made me freak because the ladies car carried my car forward so far I'm surprised it wasn't a chain reaction. There is a road that has work being done that goes from 3 to 2 lanes, so the line waiting at the RED light was really long in front of me (at least 20 cars) AND behind me (probaby another ten). She was watching the light and just hit the gas when the light went green....I'm sure her morning was much worse than mine, I would have hated to be on her end of it. All I can say is that-the TrailBlazer is a pretty sturdy suv.....I have a headache, but my car just has a little scratch....or what I like to describe as "character" (that's what people who want to save their insurance for a rainy day call it-it's not much of anything, you'd have to get out your microscope and high beams, and maybe a little imagination to see it-but hello, this story would not be interesting at all if I said there was 'no damage')....anyway-by the time we pulled over (which took awhile-because we had to wait for the 20 cars in front of us to move, and unlike HER, it took them awhile to pull out of the stand still position) I was able to be very nice....but it took so much out of me and I was so shaken up-I was so determined I was going to be in a bad mood today at work (Do you ever feel that way-determined to be tense?)....and I arrived 2 minutes before I needed to be there....and forgot about my mood....and the rest of the day went well. It reminded me of when I was little and my Mom and I would argue over something at night and I would go to bed upset and have all these glorious plans of the silent treatment I planned to administer (looking back, she would have probably thought she was on vacation if I had really gone through with that one)....but then halfway through the next day I'd remember I was supposed to be mad at her! I would be so upset that I ruined a perfectly good pouting point I had planned to make.....and so one time I even wrote a note to myself and put it under my pillow "Remember to be mad at Mom tomorrow." Of course, I didn't remember there was a note under my pillow.....at some point I grew up, went forward at church, realized where anger didn't get me, but how silly to look back and remember....and cringe....oh the stories we could all tell, if we were willing ;o)
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Tuesday, January 23, 2007
"Super" Fun
I know a few of you have had a similar experience, but for those of you that haven't...
This evening I met up with a group of gals from work and we went to Super Suppers. The concept is basically, by the end of the evening you have 12 meals (two of 6 different of your choice-there is a pretty extensive menu, and a lot of choices-each serves 3, or you can put six meals together that serve 6 people each). The menu changes each month, and we had so much fun-we all want to go back every month. Even though another gal and I split the meals up (and the cost)-it's hard to imagine-SIX homecooked meals this month? A record-who will be getting the toy the McD drive-thru usually places in my happy meal bag if I eat at home? You bring each meal home and freeze it, all the aluminum pans and ziplock bags, and instructions are provided-it was very organized, and I envied their organizational skills (it's also Weight Watcher approved because of the portion control and provided nutritional info)! They provided some really fabulous snacks and drinks, and they did all the chopping and dicing before we got there, we just traveled from station to station putting it all together with their easy to follow instructions-it was pretty fool proof. Nicole, I think this might be the solution to our domestic delima! I don't know when I'll actually cook my first meal-I'm thinking this weekend, but I've got some pretty fabulous choices to choose from. I know they are a national chain (http://www.supersuppers.com), and they have couples nights, drop-in nights, girl's night etc, or you can pull your own party of friends, church groups etc together. I'll give you the final verdict when I taste the food :O).
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Sunday, January 21, 2007
Feeding the Fans....
OK, there isn't THAT much going on, but I feel required to blog at LEAST once a week (I think you might get a double dose this week) because if I don't, then people stop visiting....and I can't afford to lose anyone....after harrassing Kelly for not reading, now she claims there is nothing to read when she tries to visit. Let me think....this weekend:
1. I taught my first (in a long series) of "Saturday Schools"....kinda seems like a lesson on antonyms.....those two little words together....
2. I met up with a bunch of gals from my 'old school'.....the usual three amigos, and we let a few more come....it was interesting to revisit old times, and every once in awhile I do miss it, but the drive would probably prevent me from going back anytime soon (along with about a 1000 other reasons.....though I should now define 'soon')
3. I finished a scrapbook this weekend I've been working on for about 6 months, and planned on starting and finishing this summer-it was my "Hawaii" album....I now need to do 2006-the only little snag there is-I need to buy a LOT more pages because I took a million pictures with the new digital camera.
Things I did not do:
1. Return phone calls, I really am very sorry, usually I call in the car (You know me and my cell phone activity plan, right Nicole?) I have not returned calls, I've been listening to a book on CD and am trying to 'finish' it before the due date, but plan to set it aside regardless b/c I think the list of people I owe a call to is longer than the number of people in the white pages.
2. I have two books I'm currently working on reading.....I'm ALMOST done....I don't know why reading a book feels like an accomplishment, but I think I'm going to start putting it on a 'to do' list so I feel even more satisfied when I'm able to check it off the list. AND NOW ::moving furniture aside to set up my soap box:: or ::finding a nice couch to lie on while I pretend a counselor listens as I reveal the soul searching I'm currently doing:: I've really been into Max Lucado books lately and am currently reading "In the Grip of Grace"...it's been a great read, the chapters are short, it's easy to dedicate time to read a chapter a day. One thing that seems to be the topic a lot EVERYWHERE I go is 'grace' and I just read a paragraph that I loved (though I've enjoyed the entire book). Let me set the scene before I plagiarize the paragraph: The topic is a struggle I definitely deal with, we are either taken away from where we know we should be through sin, or we sink into guilt (instead of focusing on the gift of grace we have been given) because we feel like we are always having to ask for things-including forgiveness and it's feels as if we can never be 'good enough.' The world tells Christians they aren't good enough, people seem to think Christians think they don't sin....I definitely sin, if I didn't sin, I doubt I would have ever realized I needed a Savior-I hope that people can tell I'm a Christian just through my actions, but my actions-good or bad don't determind my salvation, though sin can definitely effect the quality of my life as a Christian. (Chapter 14 The Civil War of the Soul) "...who told you that you deserved forgiveness the first time? When you came to Christ did He know every sin you'd committed up until that point? Yes. Did Christ know every sin you would commit in the future? Yes, he knew that too. So Jesus saved you, knowing all the sins you would ever commit until the end of your life? Yes. You mean He is willing to call you His child even though He knows each and every mistake of your past and future? Yes."
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Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Baby, It's Cold Outside!
Usually I'm not a huge fan of the snow day b/c we just have to make them up on scheduled vacation days....but today, I'm loving it! Of course, the newsmen were totally off on their weather reports, as of the 10 o'clock yesterday we were going to have a couple of 'snow flurries,' but nothing that would stick! I woke up this morning to ice! Apparently it swept in about 5, so they didn't make the closing decisions until about 7 (at least 15 minutes after I should have left), BUT for some reason it was exactly what I needed today, maybe I was just so tired of hearing about the 'possibility' of it on the news, I wanted to actually see some snow! The temperature is still below freezing, but a lot of the ice has melted, and the streets are pretty much just wet with patchesof ice, it was a nice little gift to wake up to, I got up, and then went back to bed and slept until noon.
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Sunday, January 14, 2007
MaryAnne's Wedding
All right, here are the details.....what an unusual evening I had yesterday....
I arrived at the wedding an hour and a half early (as promised) and decorated the church, get this-I forgot my camera!! I know, if that doesn't throw you into shock, I don't know what will, but I've got some connections, and I think I can get some photos, (but my connection is the mother of the bride, the busiest Mom on the face of the earth, so it may be awhile, unless the photographer puts them on-line). Everything ran smoothly, the church was beautiful, but very, very cold, it has enormously high ceilings, and it's old, it's one of those beautiful Catholic churches people walk into just to look at filled with beautiful statues and the stations of the cross etc. The only hitch was that quite a few people didn't show b/c of the weather, all night on the news they were saying ice, ice, and more ice, the worst storm in years, power lines and tree limbs would be down everywhere, so I could see that, but regardless of those warnings, I would say there was well over 150 people there, but some significant vacancies (Mary's family in OK etc). In addition, there was some Dallas choir that had to cancel (the reason she chose this date-because they would be back to school and able to sing for her, she had been a member in college), but, luckily the 'singers' who had performed 4 o'clock mass were happy to stay and sing (and who wouldn't, a guy from the Vatican was performing the ceremony). Anyway, 7 bridesmaids, two flower girls, and two ring b's made it down the aisle without a hitch, a gorgeous bride, and a happy groom went through the the traditions and are married. The guy from the Vatican was very interesting, he mentioned having children a lot more than I've heard anyway else, sang a lot of things and there were a million things that I didn't understand. I've been to a lot of Catholic wedding masses (all but one of the ones I have been in were Catholic, but I've always been walked through the program, so this one was more difficult for me to understand). They didn't kiss, which was different from any other service I've been to (though they did at the reception), she also left a gift for the Virgin Mary at her statue (which I haven't seen before)-Ave Maria was sung during this time, which I did know, communion was taken by those Catholics in attendance (which was most of the guest). It was the most Catholic, Catholic thing I think I've ever been too, and it took 90 minutes. Afterwards we headed over to the reception, all the details were great, the food was really, really good and the cake was to die for. The dances she chose were soooo cute, and it was a completely full dance floor up to and probably after the time I headed home. The favors were so cute, and I can take a picture of that just so you won't feel totally out of the wedding loop. The next wedding (I think) is March....I love weddings!
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Labels: Friends, Special Occasions, Wedding
Saturday, January 13, 2007
Hitting the Highlights....
1. This week I learned (while reading a really fun book with a reading group) that wolf pack leaders go out, eat 25 pounds of meat (which is equal to eating 60-70 burgers), come back to their den and the puppies lick their bellies, make them throw up, and then eat it.....this was a HUGE hit and all the kids that weren't in the reading group have been borrowing the book now to read on their own, there is nothing like a little vomit to motivate a 12 year old to read more :O).
2. Another fun fact of the week, the following is a LIVE webcam in Africa, it's on 24 hours a day, and I'm addicted to it, give it some time, it's light about 11 pm (central time) until 11 am, it has night visions, and scrolls around to sometimes see animals visiting this watering hole, don't give up until you see animals (which were really there at dusk), you will love it too. I've seen zebras, an elephant and it's baby, all sorts of 'other' animals that look like buffalo and deer (antelope?) with twisted horns and something that looked like a lion (I haven't visited the zoo lately, to brush up on the official names, and we just started the Africa unit in school). http://live.wildlife.wavelit.net/451OK If you visit (and you should) plan on just keeping it on your screen for a few days and I promise it is so worth your time, this also has made my desk at work a very busy hub, I can't get my students to stay in their seats when they know I have it up.
3. It's CHILLY! It has been raining so hard, we are having flash flood warnings and ice watches (such an interesting mix). So far, because the rain has been soooo heavy, it's pushing warm air down, so it's been about 33, just warm enough not to freeze, but it's supposed to finally give up it's fight, and continue and turn into sleet over the next two days, I'm praying it holds out a little longer, my friend's daughter (MaryAnne) is getting married this evening, Mary's entire family is in Oklahoma (which has two plus inches of ice and been declared a state of emergency) and so I think just one or two of the 12 brothers and sisters (plus family), and no grandparents made it down before it hit yesterday morning (before predicted), her dad was supposed to fly in yesterday afternoon from a class, and had to drive instead and was running from the storm in Lubbock, and has hopefully made it, it was crazy, but in the end, so far, it's best case scenario in a crazy situation, just lots of rain, and the wedding is only four hours off so maybe it'll all be 'over with' before and if the worst of it gets here, she definitely has a 'beat all' wedding story. After this, I hope it all freezes over and all the kids that used to be me and the crew from the circle can get out those trash can lids and slide down the driveways.
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Saturday, January 06, 2007
Did anyone see the Cowboy game?
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Friday, January 05, 2007
Babies, Bows and Bread
Between watching episodes of the Dog Whisperer with Max and Lilly, I've been busy during my last week of vacation. (For those of you who have watched the D.W. it says at the beginning of the show not to try the techniques at home, but I bypass the warning, and some of the things really seem to work....much to Lilly and Max's dismay because a new leader of the pack seems to be emerging-me!). Mid-Week I got to visit with Carrilee and Henry who are in town for the holidays, what a happy baby! He's nine months and growing, walking, kissing, smiling, and playing. I think I'm in the presense of a future sports star for sure when I'm around Henry. Holly and I went for cheesecake again today, (New Year's Resolutions don't necessarily EXCLUDE cheesecake, imagine all the dairy present in those little slices.), and yesterday I baked bread.....I didn't even use a bread machine. Each week there is a section in the paper called "Taste" and I am constantly cutting out little ideas I'd like to try....but never do....and this week it was homemade sandwich bread. It took two attempts (those of you who have baked with me, or spoken with me soon after I baked will not be surprised and can probably fill in the blanks to envision the disaster that happened in my kitchen between the first attempt and second success), BUT it was well worth the effort, the recipe was fabulous, and the bread was delicious. I even took a photos (aren't blogs more interesting with pictures?). Scratch the screen and see if you can catch a little whiff of the bread baking smell b/c that's half the fun.....and to end this week I've been helping my friend Mary out with her daughter's wedding (next week). I made pew bows until we ran out of ribbons yesterday (19 and counting on the pew bows), and am about to head back over to make more bows, decorate bird cages, flower girl baskets and other things that pop up along the way. As for my to do list (this one's for you Carrilee), I did finally get my hair trimmed, but other than that, the list is collecting dust....but I think that's the sign of a great vacation.....there's enough time to get that stuff done 'tomorrow.'
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Labels: Pets
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
Lunch with Monica and Elaine
My Mom and I met old neighbors for lunch today (Monica was one year younger for any of my childhood friends who are trying to place a face). Elaine was in town from Houston visiting Monica in Fort Worth. Monica and her husband, Matt are expecting their first baby in July, and Elaine will have her 11th grandbaby with the newest member to their ever expanding family for anyone that is keeping count from the my old 'hood.'
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Labels: Friends
Monday, January 01, 2007
Happy New Year 2007!
Last night things got a little wild ;o) at my house for the New Year's Eve celebration. Brian brought over his WII Sports game and I discovered Holly has a little bit of her brother's in her as she boxed her way to a win. She got into it, hands, feet, and a few frustrated things flying out of that mouth....I took video, but I've promised not to share it with anyone that wasn't present (I've weighed the odds and I figured she's got enough on me, it's not worth it). I wish I could blog the laughter that went along with playing the games. After the 'exercise' and dinner, we ended the evening with Apples to Apples and Skipbo-a few family favorites and a white grapefruit toast (all the Baptist were present and accounted for).
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