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Thinking back she did seem a bit wobbly in and around the foyer very early on in the evening.
The Sixpence wrote:Certain parts of her have always been wobbly though!
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Thinking back she did seem a bit wobbly in and around the foyer very early on in the evening.
Mashford01 wrote:Here's some links to some footage we took of the final two sets. I was sitting next to Chas (from Chas 'n' Dave) all evening but he disappeared (presumably to the exclusive bar area, he didn't seem to be particularly enjoying it!) before Bho Rhap, so I was able to move to the aisle, so got pretty clear views.
Had a really FAB night, despite Sam Fox, thanks again to everyone for letting us share the experience with you!
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fairydandy wrote:It was great meeting ducksoup (iangeorge) and his mate this time around (really nice guys) and also play it cool (lovely guy). It was especially nice to see Alex (Lady Canny) and Kes, Gordie and his girlfriend and Ace and his wife again. Nice to see MT Queenie again too (never realised what a nice girl she is)! My only regret was that time passed so quickly and I would have liked to have talked to Ace for longer. Obviously, it goes without saying that it was good to see Elessar again, it's always great to see him. Shame PT wasn't there though...
Real shame about Simon.. that meet up was far too brief!!
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Raptor Posts and Hawks, Owls and Rodents
Ecosystems involve complex inter-relationships between living things and their environment.
FRW tries to imitate the natural processes and interactions that restore ecosystem health and the balance of nature.
For example, by providing perching posts for owls and hawks, FRW invites these raptors to hunt on our sites and thereby control the populations of rodents that would otherwise ravage the newly planted deciduous trees.
The rodents -- meadow voles, mice and rabbits -- eat the tender bark of these trees during the winter. Meadow voles and moles also eat the roots of some trees such as green ash.
This damage would be acceptable except that the trees are often girdled (i.e. the rodents remove a complete ring of bark from around the tree). When girdling occurs, food cannot move between the tree's leaves and its roots, leading to the tree's death by the following summer.
FRW's raptor posts help hawks and owls by allowing them to scan a large area for prey without using much energy. Evidence that hawks and owls regularly use the raptor posts is revealed in regular raptor sightings and the discovery of rodent remains and owl pellets on the ground beside the posts.
Snake Hibernaculums
Some snakes (garter, milk) hibernate together in large numbers below the frost line in underground cavities and tunnels called "hibernaculums".
In the spring, the snakes emerge from the hibernaculum, find a mate, breed and disperse to find good territories to feed themselves and their young.
If the snakes cross roads and cultivated fields to move from their wintering hibernaculum to their summer feeding territory, they are more likely to be killed by a car or eaten by another animal.
FRW builds a new hibernaculum each year at one of our Rouge Park restoration sites to reduce the distance the snakes will have to travel and hopefully reduce snake mortality.
Bob Johnson, the curator of amphibians and reptiles at the Toronto Zoo, has helped FRW to build appropriate snake hibernaculums. The Toronto Zoos Adopt-a-pond site has information on the design of snake hibernaculums.
Nesting Boxes for Birds
Some bird and animal populations are limited by the availability of suitable nesting sites. Cavities in old growth trees are the traditional nesting sites for many bird species. Since most of the old growth trees have been cut in the GTA, cavity nesting sites are in short supply.
Fortunately, many bird species will use appropriately designed and placed wooden boxes as a substitute nesting site. For more information see the Links below.
Bluebird Success Story: With reduced pesticide use and increased nesting boxes, the eastern bluebird is making a come-back in the Rouge. When nesting sites are scarce, starlings out-compete bluebirds in areas where the habitat is otherwise suitable for bluebirds. By placing hundreds of bird boxes around meadow areas, people like Bill Lewis have encouraged the eastern bluebird to breed in the Rouge Park after a three decade absence.Nesting boxes which are not used by bluebirds are often used by tree swallows, chickadees and other interesting species. Nesting boxes are opened in the winter to determine if they were used and by which species of bird. Soiled nesting material is removed to reduce the spread of diseases and pests (bot flies).
Wood Duck Success Story: A small beautifully coloured duck, the wood duck, has become less common because its preferred habitat (wetland pond surrounded by forest), has been greatly reduced. FRW restoration projects are creating new habitat for wood ducks. Frw has also placed wood duck boxes in suitable wetland areas and this small habitat improvement is increasing the number of wood ducks nesting in the Rouge Park.
Information on building, placing and maintaining wood duck, blue bird and bat boxes:
Piles of Logs and Wood Chips
The diversity of old growth forests is at least partly due to many fallen and rotting logs and the diverse habitat niches thus created for plants and animals.
With this in mind, the City of Toronto Forestry department helps FRW to improve habitat diversity by providing logs, stumps and wood mulch generated during the maintenance of the City's urban forest. This partnership allows the City to improve habitat diversity in the Rouge Park and efficiently dispose of logs and wood that might otherwise go to waste in a landfill.
Logs and wood chips provide good hiding and nesting spots for toads, turtles, leopard frogs, mice, meadow voles, rabbits and many other creatures.
Songbirds such as the meadowlark and field sparrow use the log piles to declare their territory, seek a mate or avoid predation. Butterfly larva form their pupa under the logs and bark.
FRW also places wood chips around newly planted trees to:
As the wood chips decay they enrich the soil with organic matter and, in the longer term, the decaying logs provide habitat for salamanders, worms and insects.
If wood chips piles remain on a site, they attract milk snakes, red-bellied snakes, toads and other creatures because the wood chips generate heat as they decay and thus provide cover and warmth.
Cautionary Note
Extra care must be taken by City staff and FRW to survey incoming logs and wood to avoid the spread of problematic pests such as the Asian longhorn beetle.
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The most recent batch of Archons are all American teen stars - mostly pop singers and one heiress, Miley (Cyrus), Paris (Hilton), Avril (Lavigne), Brittany (Britney Spears), Hilary (Duff), and Lindsay (Lohan).
The most recent batch of Archons are all American teen stars - mostly pop singers and one heiress, Miley (Cyrus), Paris (Hilton), Avril (Lavigne), Brittany (Britney Spears), Hilary (Duff), and Lindsay (Lohan).
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[[Monica]], [[Rachel]]and [[Phoebe]] are the from the American sitcom 'Friends'.
Chynna, Wendy, and Carnie are the names of the three members of the singing group Wilson Phillips.
Chynna, Wendy, and Carnie are the names of the three members of the singing group Wilson Phillips.
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Class: Knight
Special: Flying, random: Dance-fighting, Leadership, Shockmancy, Thinkamancy, Dollamancy, or Foolamancy
Proposed Canon
First Appearance: TBFGK 42
A humanoid, knight-class, flying unit first seen in the service of Charlescomm. They all appear female, and their standard raiment is much like that of an airline stewardess from the 1960s. They have random special natural abilities from a set comprised of dance fighting, leadership, and spells from the schools of Shockmancy, Thinkamancy, Dollamancy and Foolamancy. They gain additional abilities from that set as they gain levels. When preparing for dance fighting, they have dressed in a 1950s dance style. When off duty, they have been known to wear very little.
Archons are intelligent and have names (such as Jaclyn, Ginger, MaryAnn, Patty, Maxene, and LaVerne). Archons with spellcasting capacities are not true Casters: their abilities are referred to as natural magic, for example natural foolamancy.[1] However, they use Juice just like normal casters. They are also possessed of significant tactical and administrative skills. Archons bring powerful combat and support spells to their employers. Some Archons are able to detect the presence of spells that influence Units, including but not limited to Suggestion Spells and Veils; they can also identify what's being Veiled.
Decrypted Archons retain their ability to cast, unlike uncroaked Archons.
Non-Decrypted Archons have a minimum Upkeep of 200 Shmuckers and high-Level ones close to 500 Smcks per Turn.
Known Abilities
Archons each have one special from the following list, and gain more as they level. Spells that Archons are known to have cast are in parenthesis:
- Dance-Fighting
- Dollamancy (Limited)
- Foolamancy (Limited, have seen through veils, used DDR tricks, and "Fireworks display"[2]
- Leadership (associated with DDR spell)
- Shockmancy (Limited. Displayed Blast/energy spells, flash mob)
- Thinkamancy (Limited, have displayed ability to use Thinkagrams)
Known Users
Charlescomm - They're Charlie's main unit and carry out nearly all of his contracts to other sides, as well as serving as his personal intelligence network. There are roughly 600 of them working for Charlescomm, 20% of them are in the capital and the rest abroad. Charlescomm can pop archons quickly, at 1 per turn or 3/2 turns with a turnamancer, maybe due to the Arkendish.
Gobwin Knob - After undergoing decryption. Following the Battle for Gobwin Knob, Gobwin Knob had 28 decrypted Archons in its ranks. At day, they scouted nearby hexes for newly popped wild dwagons that Stanley could tame; at night they returned to their sorority-like quarters at the top of the Tower of Efdup. Unfortunately for Gobwin Knob, Ansom needed them for the Siege of Spacerock, at which one of them was captured and the rest of them were dusted, thanks to Charlie's manipulations.
It is known that other sides can produce archons, but they have not been specified.
Known Archons
- Jaclyn - Croaked & Uncroaked, then Dusted
- Patty, Maxene, and LaVerne - Fate unknown
- Ginger and MaryAnn - Croaked & Decrypted
- Hilary - prisoner of Haggar
- Avril, Brittany, Lindsay, Paris, and Miley - 3 of the 5 croaked, remaining 2 likely escaped.
- Monica, Rachel - Croaked & Decrypted, then Dusted
- Phoebe - Croaked & Decrypted
- Carnie, Chynna, and Wendy - Fate unknown
- Emily, Anne and Charlotte - Croaked, Decrypted and Dusted
- Norma Jean - Croaked, Decrypted, then Dusted
As non-Casters, Archons would likely not benefit from Linking and are likely not permitted in the Magic Kingdom, so they do not belong to the Thinkamancer conspiracy. However, Archons capable of Thinkamancy probably do have at least a limited, perhaps unconscious, ability to perceive and manipulate G Strings, since the manipulation of said strings is the basis of all Thinkamancy abilities. It may be that the Thinkamancers hostility towards Charlie is based on a fear that the growing numbers of Archons which Charlie is working to create will eventually damage the G Strings.
Under Charlie, Archons are mercenaries. Given that both the Arkenhammer and Arkenpliers have special Units associated with them (dwagons and decrypted respectively), it is likely that Archons have some special relationship to the Arkendish. As such, they may be overpowered (ie. unbalanced) relative to normal units of their type, or perhaps the power of the Arkendish enables Charlie to transmit his leadership bonuses to them.
They know more about Charlie's secrets than most, but do not know all, most having never met him; the decrypted archons answered some of Parson's questions about him (see First_Intermission_46).
Their changing "outfits" when preparing to dance-fight is likely an effect of their natural Foolamancy, though the change of raiment suggests their natural Dollamancy (see 2009/10/page/9/).
Foolamancy could also explain the 3 archons' blasts as being the same Shockmancy spell despite their different appearances. An alternate explanation would be that they randomly had access to different combat spells.
The decrypted Archons put on a giant fireworks display. This could have been Shockmancy (a damage spell) or Foolamancy (a spell that looked like it could damage, but couldn't), or even a combination of both. Assuming it was both, a majority of the 28 Archons had at least one of the two; since there are four other possible specials and they are earned randomly, the average level of these archons would be 2 or 3. Unless they were hand picked for Shockmancy to be the best possible combat troops, which is unlikely given that Erfworld's system is based on multipliers, and the other abilities improve allies' performance.
It may be that Archons are able to lead stacks. Their Leadership ability suggests the ability to command, and Charlie's free-ranging assignments require a good deal of initiative, unless Charlie uses his 'unmatched' command of Thinkamancy to give them orders.
The higher ranked archons wear hats and more professional attire. The lower ranked archons wear older style attire. Postulated due to Book 2 page 75 showing the former to be more capable of leadership.
Due to the natural thinkamancy present in most Archons, their leaders (Charlie/Wanda) may be able to access their senses directly, similar to Transilvito's Bats. Wanda specifically mentions that she is able to access the senses of a decrypted Archon even when it is a prisoner of Jetstone.
Speculative Abilities
Dollamancy: Creating cloth golems.
Real World References
Charlie's Archons are a reference to a television series Charlie's Angels featuring 3 young women working as private investigators for their boss, Charlie, whose face is never seen on screen. The first appearance of a trio of archonsErf-b1-p042 shows them in the iconic silhouette pose from that show's title card (see Wikipedia). This supports the predisposition toward the Archons to appear in the story in groups of three.
Archons are a race of heavenly outsiders analogous to angels seen in the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. The term "Archon" replaced the term "Angel" used in the earliest versions of D&D: this choice was made in response to complaints that the game's depiction of angels was disrespectful toward religious belief. ("Demon" and "Devil" were also renamed to purely invented terms in response to complaints that the depiction of demons and devils encouraged occultism.) Recent versions of D&D have quietly restored the original terms as these issues became less heated.
Connecting the two Real World References leads to the following progression: "Charlie's Angels" becomes "Charlie's Archons" under the marketing decision of TSR (the original creators of Dungeons & Dragons).
"Archon" was also a classical Greek term for a ruler, magistrate or other leader.
The Archon Jaclyn is likely named after Jaclyn Smith, the actress who played the role of Kelly Garrett.
Ginger and MaryAnn are the names of characters from the television show Gilligan's Island.
Patty, Maxene, and LaVerne's names are those of the Andrews Sisters, a famous American singing trio.
The most recent batch of Archons are all American teen stars - mostly pop singers and one heiress, Miley (Cyrus), Paris (Hilton), Avril (Lavigne), Brittany (Britney Spears), Hilary (Duff), and Lindsay (Lohan).
Monica, Rachel, and Phoebe are three of the main characters from the American ensemble sitcom Friends.
Chynna, Wendy, and Carnie are the names of the three members of the singing group Wilson Phillips.
Emily, Anne and Charlotte are the names of the Brontë sisters, nineteenth-century English writers.
Norma Jean is the real name of Marylin Monroe. The phrase "Goodbye, Norma Jean," was the opening lyric to Elton John's song, "Candle in the Wind," which is about Marylin Monroe.


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It will be too late for the Detroit Lions, but don't be surprised if the NFL changes the rule that prevented officials from reviewing Houston Texans running back Justin Forsett's long phantom touchdown on Thanksgiving.
Watch an encore of the Houston Texans' 34-31 Thanksgiving win over the Detroit Lions on Saturday, Nov. 24 at 2 p.m. ET.
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SI.com's Peter King reported Thursday that the NFL is "very likely" to overturn the rule, which prevents a play from being reviewed if a coach throws a challenge flag on a play that is automatically reviewed, like a touchdown or a turnover.
"Too onerous," were the words used by an NFL source to describe the rule to King. The rule was intended to prevent coaches from simply throwing flags to argue with officials and waste time. But the league already punishes coaches for the unnecessary flag by giving them a 15-yard penalty.
Chris Brown of Grantland.com suggested another smart measure: Have the coaches lose a challenge if they throw the flag when they aren't supposed to. We like the idea, but we're not sure if that will be taken into consideration.
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Endless winter: Yes, there's still ice on Lake Superior
I'm gonna keep writing about this until the last cube of ice is melted (if that happens). Unimaginably, there's still ice from the savage winter of 2013-14 on the south shore of Lake Superior near Marquette, Mich.
The National Weather Service in Marquette posted this late yesterday, June 1:
The Marquette Mining-Journal newspaper reports that according to some forecasts, the ice may last until July:
"To many area residents who suffered through one of the worst winters on record for the area, seeing the ice chunks on the lake every day is a continuing reminder of that wintry grip of Mother Nature, which still has yet to completely loosen," the paper noted on its website.
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Junior Conor Szarek (Leominster, MA/Leominster HS) placed fourth in the one meter men's competition with 350.20 points, and third in the three meter competition with 387.40 points. Sophomore Brooke Garvey (North Billerica, MA/Billerica HS) was seventh in the women's three meter competition with 274.05 points.
The scores were added to last weekend's scores in the swimming competition. As a result, the men finished fourth of 10 teams with 411 points, while the women were sixth of 21 teams with 646 points.
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Back in January, the Food Network came to town and caused a little stir. Brooklyn-based chef and restaurateur Justin Warner, who earned fame on the reality show Food Network Star, was filming the first episode of his new TV show, Rebel Eats. The episode will air on Saturday, March 30, at 10 p.m.
"Armed with $300 in his pocket, a beat up car and a passion for unconventional food and eccentric people, Justin travels the back roads of the South to try everything from moonshine and bacon beer to BBQ in a jar and jelly fish pasta," reports a press release from the Food Network. "Along the way, Justin meets the cooks and proprietors who, like him, march to their own beat through the world of food."
Those cooks and proprietors could include Asheville businesses. The Food Network filmed with The Blind Pig Supper Club and Ultimate Ice Cream, and Warner sampled Troy & Sons Moonshine.
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1. A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership
James Comey
The former F.B.I. director recounts cases and personal events that shaped his outlook on justice, and analyzes the leadership styles of three presidents
2. I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
Michelle McNamara
The late true-crime journalist's search for the serial murderer and rapist known as "the Golden State Killer."
3. War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence
Ronan Farrow
The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist chronicles the deterioration of American diplomacy.
4. Fascism: A Warning
Madeleine Albright
The former secretary of state examines the legacy of fascism in the 20th century and its potential revival.
5. Suicide of the West: How the Rebirth of Tribalism, Populism, Nationalism, and Identity Politics Is Destroying American Democracy
Jonah Goldberg
A senior editor at National Review assesses issues plaguing the left and the right.
6. The Light Within Me: An Inspirational Memoir
Ainsley Earhardt with Mark Tabb
A memoir by one of the hosts of "Fox & Friends".
7. Educated: A Memoir
Tara Westover
The daughter of survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university.
8. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Neil deGrasse Tyson
A straightforward, easy-to-understand introduction to the universe.
9. The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After
Clemantine Wamariya and Elizabeth Weil
A child and her sister flee the Rwandan genocide and suffer hardships together in Africa, only to go on different paths as refugees in the United States.
10. Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World With OKRs [on order]
John Doerr
How a goal-setting system helped large tech companies succeed.
11. The Best Cook in the World: Tales from My Momma's Table
Rick Bragg
A tribute to the author's mother and the recipes she used that were handed down over generations.
12. Chasing Hillary: Ten Years, Two Presidential Campaigns, and One Intact Glass Ceiling
Amy Chozick
A New York Times journalist recounts her coverage of Hillary Clinton's 2008 and 2016 presidential campaigns, and her own personal and professional milestones.
13. Edge of Chaos: Why Democracy Is Failing to Deliver Economic Growth-- and How to Fix It [on order]
Dambisa Moyo
A case for why economic growth is important to global stability and the need to reform democracy.
14. Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin's War on America and the Election of Donald Trump
Michael Isikoff and David Corn
Details of the 2016 presidential election, with an emphasis on Russia's possible involvement.
15. Obama: An Intimate Portrait
Pete Souza
More than 300 pictures of the former president by his White House photographer, with behind-the-scenes stories.
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Happy Wednesday!
It's time for the new release from Heartfelt Creations, the Wildwood Cottage Collection!!! Here is a little write-up for it!
Come away with us and discover the whimsical world of Wildwood Cottage, the newest collection by Heartfelt Creations. Unleash your imagination and explore magical gardens filled with light and airy florals, chirping birds, fluttering butterflies and of course the playful and enchanting sprites that call these gardens home. Create your very own captivating fairy garden with this extraordinary collection featuring four beautifully illustrated cling stamp sets and coordinating dies! Fill your fanciful garden scenes with playful fairies, dimensional garden accents, cheery florals and of course enchanting cottages for the spirited sprites to call home. The softly hued paper collection is sprinkled with pretty garden shades resembling moss like greens, lilac lavenders, pansy purples and hydrangea blues accented with daisy like yellows, whites and petunia pinks! Delicate chevrons, ornate floral swirls, along with dainty polka dots and eyelet lace like designs are just a few of the graceful finishes showcased among this decorative paper collection and have been incorporated into heartwarming full page cottage and garden scenes ideal for scrapbook layouts, as well as various sized premade card front panels ideal for quick and easy card bases! The perfect collection to add a touch of sunshine, and bring smiles to the faces of friends and loved ones during those long winter days!
This is such an adorable collection for little girls! Just love the little house with all the elements to create the perfect cottage scene! For my creation this week, I decided to make a wall hanging with a cute fairy cottage scene.
The base of the wall hanging is a page from a chipboard album I bought at Michaels that I covered with the Wildwood Cottage Paper Collection. The cottage is cut from white with the Wildwood Cottage Die and embossed with Ditsy Dots Embossing Folder The roof is cut with gray cardstock using the same die set. All the other elements are stamped with black ink, colored with pencils and mineral spirits and die cut with the matching dies. Everything here has a matching die which makes putting these little scene together so much easier!
Here is a little close-up of the fairies.
To add some sparkle, I used Clear Wink of Stella on the fairy's wings and then dusted with Shell White Glitter. I also used Clear Wink of Stella on the flower petals.
Be sure to visit the Heartfelt Creations' Blog to see all the gorgeous creations by the designers this week! So much talent there!
I'm submitting this to the following challenges:
Word Art Wednesday #264-265 - Anything Goes
Really Reasonable Ribbon #155 - Anything Goes with Ribbon/Trim
Thanks so much for stopping by to visit! I hope I leave you with a little inspiration!
Fairy Cottage Wall Hanging
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Instructions: Wall hanging measures 8" x 8". Using one page from chipboard album, trace chipboard on pink designer paper with a pencil and trim with scissors. Erase any pencil marks remaining and adhere paper to chipboard using Mod Podge. (I applied a light coating to both chipboard and designer paper.) Make sure all bubbles are smoothed out and let dry completely. Punch 2 small holes for hanging. Sand edges lightly with emory board if needed to smooth edges. Lightly ink edges with Victorian Velvet Ink.
Die cut house shape from white cardstock using Wildwood Cottage Die. Emboss with Ditsy Dots Embossing Folder. Die cut roof twice with grey using same die set. Add house to chipboard piece using Scotch Mounting Tape, glue roof to house, then add second roof piece using Scotch Mounting Tape.
Stamp windows, doors and sign from Wildwood Cottage Set on Solar White with Onyx Black Ink. Color with pencils and mineral spirits and die cut with matching dies from Wildwood Cottage Die Set.
Stamp walkway, fence and grass from Wildwood Cottage Accents Set on Solar White with Onyx Black. Color with pencils and mineral spirits, then die cut with matching dies from Wildwood Cottage Accents Die Set.
Stamp various flowers and leaves from Wildwood Floral Stamp Set on Solar White with Onyx Black Ink. Color with pencils and mineral spirits, then die cut with matching dies from Wildwood Florals Die Set. Shape flowers with the Deluxe Flower Shaping Kit.
Stamp mushrooms and two of the fairies from Wildwood Cottage Darlings Set on Solar White with Onyx Black. Color with pencils and mineral spirits, then die cut with matching dies from Wildwood Cottage Darlings Die Set.
To assemble, cut grass into two pieces and glue one on each side of house as pictured. Add door and windows using Scotch Mounting Tape. Add sign using glue and Scotch Mounting Tape. Add Fence with Scotch Mounting Tape. Glue down walkway as pictured using Designer Dries Clear Glue. Add flowers using Designer Dries Clear Glue glue and Scotch Mounting Tape as pictured cutting flower spray into two pieces and adding to each side of the door. Add fairies and mushrooms with Scotch Mounting Tape.
Add adhesive pearls to roof and doorknob. Add Lemon Chiffon Prills to flower centers using Designer Dries Clear Glue and Wink of Stella to flower petals. Add Wink of Stella to fairy wings, then dust with Shell White Glitter.
For hanging, thread grey ribbon through holes, thread jewelry spacer through front of ribbon, and glue down trimmed tail of ribbon with glue dots. Make two 7-loop bows using Bow-Easy Tool and White Silk Ribbon. Add over spacer bead with glue dots. Add adhesive pearls to bow centers.


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Delivering on Africa's Promise
With an expected annual growth of 5% in 2012-2013, Sub-Saharan Africa continues its transformative journey from a developing continent to a hub of global growth. According to the World Bank, almost half of Africa's countries have attained middle-income status. At the same time, the continent's positive outlook is threatened by fluctuating commodity prices, rising inequality and youth unemployment.
To build on its achievements, Africa's leaders need to strengthen the continent's competitiveness, foster inclusive growth and build resilience in a volatile global environment. Accelerating economic diversification, boosting strategic infrastructure and unlocking talent are critical success factors in this new leadership context.
Under the theme "Delivering on Africa's Promise", the 23rd World Economic Forum on Africa will provide an important platform for regional and global leaders from business, government and civil society to deepen the continent's integration agenda and renew commitment to a sustainable path of growth and development by addressing the following themes:
- Accelerating Economic Diversification
- Boosting Strategic Infrastructure
- Unlocking Africa's Talent.
Click here for WEF 2013 updates.


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Since I was NOMINATED FOR AN EMMY I have to move some of my dates for my Mother tour, so I can take my real mother to the awards ceremony. This means I have to move Asheville and Carrboro to January. So sorry to everyone who planned to see me in September, but I will make it up to you in January. I haven't played North Carolina that much, and I really appreciate the chance to come back and have fun with you all. Ooh maybe my friends from Superchunk will come to the show!! One can only hope!!!
January 23: Asheville – The Orange Peel
January 24: Carrboro – Cat's Cradle
If you already have tickets they will be honored on the new dates. If you need a refund, please contact the box office where you originally purchased tickets.
Dates will be updated on The Orange Peel & Cat's Cradle websites by this afternoon.


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Smooth Sumac
Smooth sumac is a native shrub that grows in the prairie. It gets its name from its smooth and shiny leaves. It has gray/brown colored smooth branches and milky sap.
There is another species of sumac that looks very similar to smooth sumac found in the prairies, winged sumac Rhus copallina. It has a piece of foliage growing along the stem of the compound leaves, in between the leaflets. This makes it look like a wing growing off the stem, and is where it gets its name. Although the two often grow side-by-side, they apparently do not hybridize. They have different flowering times.
Smooth sumac flowers in early summer, producing small white or cream colored flowers, and produces brilliant red drupes in late summer.
Smooth sumac colonizes an area by means of seeds, establishing extensive thickets by spreading rootstocks. It re-sprouts vigorously after fire, but declines with annual burning. The crude protein and phosphorus increase in the foliage following fire, as well as palatability.
Smooth sumac is usually found in draws, creek bottoms or at the interface between forest and prairie.
Small mammals, birds and white-tailed deer use the dense thickets of smooth sumac for cover. Its drupes are eaten by many upland game birds, songbirds and small mammals. Mule deer, white-tailed deer and rabbits eat the leaves and twigs of smooth sumac.
The fruits of smooth sumac are very important to wildlife well into the winter, when other food sources are exhausted.
Native Americans used all the parts of smooth sumac for medicine, and ate the fruits.


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Discusses Varsity Eight's Three NCAA Titles And Coaching Philosophy
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On May 30, Yale's varsity eight won the grand final at the NCAA Championship. It was the third time in the last four years that the Bulldogs had the fastest crew in the nation and the fourth straight year a Yale boat captured an NCAA crown (the second varsity won in 2009). Yale has now been selected to the NCAA Championships in each of the last nine years. In addition, Yale has won the Charles Willing Team Trophy at the Eastern Sprints in two of the last three years, and has been the Ivy League champion in four of the last six years. Head Coach Will Porter has guided the Bulldogs to all that success and he recently sat down to discuss the state of the Yale women's crew program.
SPO: The program has been very successful for the last
decade. What were the keys to taking the next step and winning
individual NCAA boat titles?
WP: Looking back it has been a steady build. When I took over as the head coach, Yale had not been to the NCAAs in two years. Our 1v and 2v had just finished in the third level finals at the Eastern Sprints. There was nowhere to go but up. Most people think Yale has always been a powerhouse, but if you look closely that is not necessarily the case. In 2000 we were able to make the finals at the Sprints and we got an at-large invite to the NCAAs. That was important. Those rowers in '00 got the ball rolling. In '01 we got an at-large bid again and that led to a team bid in '02. That is why I believe so strongly in the NCAA defining rowing as an individual/team sport because I built our success on the at-large eight bid.
In '04 we finished second both as a team and in the 1v and that was a key moment. I think we came out of that championship believing it was possible to win. In '05 we won the Sprints out of nowhere in the last 500. '06 was a tough year, but we carried over Rachel Jeffers who was in the 1v from '04-'07. In her senior year she stroked our 1v that broke through and won the national championship. If you look at it closely and you know the athletes, you can see how the Class of 2002 is connected to the success of '04, and '04 led to the '05 sprints which led to the '07 season which runs straight to 2010.
The keys to breaking through are the athletes. The fundamentals
of the program have always been solid and as the athletes have
gotten better we have gone faster. That is not to say the earlier
athletes were not as good as the current athletes, but they did not
benefit from the momentum in the program the way the current team
SPO: You have won four individual championships at the NCAA's but you have not won the team title. How do you feel about the team title versus winning the varsity eight?
WP: I would always want to have the fastest crew in the country. That is not to say I would not want to win the team title. I think it is important to recognize individual crews as well as teams. Rowing has been around for a long time and the national champion has always been the fastest varsity eight. Look at every other major championship in this country - the IRA, Sprints, PAC-10, South- Centrals, on the high school level Stotes, Scholastic Nationals, NEIRA, CJ's, USRowing. The winner of the varsity eight is regarded as the national champion. It is engrained in our sport. Now the NCAA comes along and has to find a fit for a large roster so they create a team championship which is great, all the major regattas have team championships as well. But the national champions have always been the fastest eight in the country. I will say the rowing media could do a better job of staying true to our sport by covering the varsity eight winner a bit more than a one line mention in every article.
SPO: Has the success changed the perception of Yale women's crew nationally?
WP: When you win people either love you or hate you. Look at the Yankees - you either love em or hate em. I do not see us as the darling of the rowing media. I know high school athletes like our program because they come here and see how fun it is. Like I said before I think the current perception nationally is that we have always been good. I do not think we get enough credit for the success we have had.
Winning three of the last four national championships in the varsity eight is an amazing accomplishment. It has not happened in the NCAA era. The '07 crew was legendary. They went undefeated, won the Sprints and the NCAA's. They won every heat, semi and final. That is unbelievable. They were flawless. That does not happen too often.
I do not care what program you are, it is never easy to go fast.
It takes hard work, talent and luck. There are definitely schools
that it is easier to recruit to because they are attractive for one
reason or another. But Yale is a highly selective school and there
have been plenty of great athletes who would love to have come here
but were not academically able to. I am ok with that. This place is
about excellence and it fits well with what we are trying to do at
the boathouse. Yale is not for everyone, it should be hard to get
in here. We want the best of the best. We want athletes who want to
race at the highest level and are not willing to compromise their
academics to do it. At Yale we believe you can do both at a very
high level.
SPO: One of your main philosophies is to make sure your rowers have fun and enjoy the experience. Explain why that is so important to you?
WP: Rowing should be fun with a capital "F". To me rowing and racing has always been a blast. I love it. I loved it right from the first stroke I took. It suits me. I love hard work and I love being flat out on the edge flying on the water, working my body to its limits. I miss it. I miss the freedom that you find right in the middle of a big race when everything is churning and you are not thinking - you are just being.
As a coach I look around at regattas and I see so many athletes and coaches who just do not seem to be enjoying it. I kid my team all the time about how uptight rowers are. I do not want to see us acting like that. As an athlete I was coached many different ways and I know the most powerful motivator is to love what you are doing. True success comes from passion. Our motto has always been to go as fast as we can. It is not personal. I could care less who we are racing, ultimately we are racing to be our best. We have always said we will be our own judge of our performance because only we know what we are capable of and what we are trying to achieve together.
I want my athletes to take that with them after Yale. I want
them to pursue their lives on their own terms with passion and a
desire to become the best they can be in everything they choose to
do. I don't want them to settle. As a parent that is what I want
for my children. Ultimately I want them to be happy, that is all
any parent truly wants for their kids. Rowing is a place where you
should be having fun. Yes we are serious about our pursuit but we
are not going to operate in fear and stress. Those are negative. I
prefer positives.
SPO: The Class of 2010 played a major role in the recent success. What made that class so special?
WP: It has to be regarded as one of the best classes in the history of women's rowing. There are two world class athletes in the class, but we have had athletes just as good as them in the past and we have never had the kind of success this group had. The things that make them great go beyond rowing. They are a very close class, they are honest people and sincere. They also happen to all be very driven and very competitive, but they were able to compete against each other without destroying each other. In the end they put the team first and that is sometimes tough for high end, talented athletes to do. From top to bottom the class was full of winners.
SPO: Did you expect the class to make such a major
impact when they first arrived?
WP: I knew Tess Gerrand was good. But Taylor [Ritzel] and Alice [Henly] were way better than I could have ever hoped. Maren[McCrea]was a known talent but Chart [Catherine Hart] and Mia [Kanak] were just way better in reality than on paper. The rest of the class – Katherine Adams, Mary Pat Wixted - were great leaders in our lower boats. The answer is no I could never have expected them to be as dominant as they were. I also am very skeptical of recruiting classes. I never think an athlete is that great until they are here and prove they can perform daily at this level. It is still a big step from high school to what we do.
SPO: What were your emotions when this year's varsity eight crossed the finish line first at the NCAA Championship? Were they different than the first time in 2007?
WP: In '07 I was relieved that we won because we were perfect up to that last race. It was almost too good to be true and I really wanted those guys to get that one for themselves, they had come so far. In '08 I was pleasantly surprised because we were third with 500 to go. I was standing right at the 1500 meter mark and I saw we were on the move. We had not won the Sprints so I was psyched to see them get it right in their last race. I came out of '09 frustrated because I believed we were better than we showed all year. We never made it to our top speed.
This year I was standing in the exact same spot as '08 and I knew as soon as we got out off the start we were in a good place. When they won, I was on the phone with [my wife] Mia yelling. I was pumped. They are the fastest crew I have ever coached. They could really move the boat when they were on.
All three [championships]were awesome. It never gets boring and
I try to savoir it because you never know if it will happen
SPO: What qualities do you look for when recruiting high school rowers?
WP: Recruiting is tricky. There are many different things that go into success. In the end we look for those athletes who are good students, who education matters to as well as athletes who want to be the best they can be. Obviously it takes certain physical qualities, but to me the personality and the character of the recruit is the most important thing. I want determined athletes who like the hard work, the struggle, the process of going fast. I am not interested in high maintenance people or drama. I want real people who are sincere and earnest in what they do, willing to work for results.
SPO: What about Yale attracts potential rowers?
WP: Everything. The place to start is the University. Yale is arguably the best university in the world. There are Yale graduates at the top of every profession worldwide. It is an internationally known university full of world class facilities and world class professors.
It also happens to be the birth place of collegiate rowing in
the US with a great history in the sport. Between our boathouse,
our three indoor rowing tanks and our weight room we have more
space dedicated to rowing than any other program in the country. As
soon as athletes visit Yale it becomes clear why we are able to do
what we do.
SPO: You have an experienced coaching staff in Kate Maloney and Jamie Snider. How important have their contributions been to the success?
WP: Kate has been here since '03 and Jamie joined us in '05. Kate brings a level of consistency to her position. She is certainly one of the best assistant coaches in the country and she has been approached by several other universities about head coaching positions. I think Kate has a great situation at Yale and she enjoys working with high level student athletes and they love rowing for her. She knows her main job is recruiting and development and she embraces it. A former Olympian, Kate is a strong woman with a big personality. She is a great role model for our athletes. There is no doubt she plays a big role in our success.
Jamie is flat out the best second assistant in the country. He
has more rowing knowledge than most head coaches and I am lucky to
have him as part of my staff. He has made the most of his athletes
and they know it and love him. The funny thing about Jamie is very
few coaches throughout the league think he is a coach. They all
think he is our boatman. They never remember him! It cracks me
SPO: You had two former rowers - Ashley Brzozowicz and Rachel Jeffers – at the 2008 Olympics representing their countries (Canada and the United States). What did that mean to you?
WP: That is awesome. I love to see our former athletes take it to the next level. Both Kate and I rowed for the U.S. Team and we know how hard it is to perform at that level. Whenever a former Yale athlete makes it, I smile because I know she must love rowing at some level and that means we did our job right.
There are plenty of great athletes who never make it to the next
level because they get burned out rowing in college. It is not a
physical burn out, they just loose the joy and rowing becomes work.
To me the Olympics is still the ultimate peak for our sport, but it
is a very different experience than being part of a collegiate
team. Rowing on the national team is an individual pursuit and
rowing on a collegiate team is all about the team. I know Ashley is
still training as well as Jamie Redman, Taylor
Ritzel and Tess Gerrand. If they all make it to London [for the
2012 Olympics] it would be amazing.
SPO: What is the outlook for the future of Yale women's crew?
WP: More of the same. I know our results lately have been pretty
amazing but the day-to-day running of the program is no different
than it has been for the past 10 years. The athletes make all the
difference. If you are asking what is next as far as results, I
have no idea. If you are asking what is next as far as what we do
on the water every day, it will be the same. Do we want to win?
Absolutely, win every race, every event, but that is not the
ultimate goal. The ultimate goal is to do a "little Yale rowing"
and go as fast as we can.


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On a magnificent 84-degree August day in Chicago - clearly the most beautiful we have enjoyed during this routinely oppressive summer - I celebrated the variety and brilliance of Champagne along with a few dozen friends at a special outdoor tasting in a private park. Entitled Champagne in the Second City, this was a tasting that combined dazzling wines with great food in a relaxed atmosphere that reminded all of us who attended that Champagne - and life - is not just good, it's great!
This event was the idea of Craig Cooper, wine director for Pop's for Champagne in Chicago, one of the country's finest venues for everything sparkling. Pop's, under the leadership of founder Tom Verhey and his wife Linda, was founded 30 years ago on the north side of Chicago; in 2006, the Verheys moved to their current location in downtown Chicago, where business dramatically grew and has stayed relatively strong ever since.
I wrote about Pop's and Verhey in a post last December (read here), in which he described Cooper as "probably the most Champagne-savvy person in America." High praise, especially if you know Verhey, someone who is down to earth and not given to hyperbole.
Flash forward to this past spring when Cooper invited me to a special tasting celebrating the 30th anniversary of Pop's that was to have been held at the wine bar back in May. To make a long story short, not everything came together as the support from certain individuals did not materialize.
Yet several friends of Cooper and Verhey did come through with a variety of special bottles, many of them very limited production releases, so Cooper did the next best thing and scheduled this event for a summer afternoon when our small group could enjoy these wines amidst the beauty of the Chicago skyline.
Craig Cooper getting ready to pour the 1983 Delamotte at Champagne in the City
Cooper assembled two dozen Champagnes from various small producers, most of them recoltant- manipulant. For most wines, there were two or three bottles of a specific cuvée, while in some instances, we enjoyed the wine from a magnum. The selection was magnificent, ranging from the 1995 Krug (in magnum) to the 1999 Pol Roger Blanc de Blancs along with some sought-after selections such as the 1998 and 1999 Jacques Selosse Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut, the 1999 and 2002 Egly-Ouriet Grand Cru and the 2000 Jacquesson Avize Grand Cru. As I said, what a magnificent group of Champagnes!
An Afternoon Taste Sensation Awaits!
When you've got this many great Champagnes together, how do you choose the best? Well, you don't - what you do is taste and discover the differences in the wines according to a number of reasons, be it the cuvée itself, the time spent on the yeasts or the personal philosophy of the producer. As Cooper told me when he opened the bottles of Jacques Selosse, he admired these wines because of their distinctiveness. "I always find something different with Jacques Selosse as compared with other champagnes."
Those two wines were among my very favorites this day as well; both are deeply concentrated wines with outstanding structure and persistence; the two wines perfectly displayed the vintage differences, with the 1999 being more powerful as compared to the 1998. I preferred the elegance and finesse of the relatively lighter 1998, although there is little doubt that the 1999 will in five to ten years' time become a more subtle wine.
I'm a huge fan of Rosé Champagne and while there were only a few available for tasting, they were first-rate. The 1996 Cuvée William Deutz had lost much of its color, but the wine was full-bodied with a big finish with excellent acidity. I absolutely loved the 1997 Laurent Perrier "Cuvée Alexandra" Rosé (served from magnum), which had a deep copper color, excellent freshness and beautiful finesse. This is a terrific rosé Champagne.
l. to r. Jill Joyce, Illinois Sparkling Company, Tom and Linda Verhey
Other favorites poured this day included the 1995 Krug, an exquisitely balanced, deeply concentrated wine, the 1999 Bruno Paillard, a wine I loved for its focus and balance and the 1983 Delamotte, a wine of great freshness, even after 29 years.
I couldn't stay all five hours, so I missed several glorious wines such as the 2002 Agrapart Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru, the 1999 and 2000 Pierre Peters "Les Chétillons Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru and the 2002 Paul Bara Special Club Grand Cru, but I enjoyed the amazing selection of wines I sampled that day. Thank you to Craig Cooper for his hard work organizing and running this event and thank you to Tom and Linda Verhey for giving us Chicagoans 30 years of sparkling bliss!
Text and photos ©Tom Hyland, 2012


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Souray vs. Chara highlights 2009 Honda/NHL SuperSkills roster announcementby Dan Rosen
The NHL will let those two hulking defensemen figure it out on their own Saturday night in Montreal, but don't be surprised if Vinny Lecavalier, Mike Komisarek, Shea Weber or Mark Streit crash the party.
All six players will be firing away for the title as the NHL's most lethal shooter in the Cisco NHL Hardest Shot competition, one of six events that will take place Saturday night at the Bell Centre as part of the 2009 Honda/NHL SuperSkills.
The NHL announced the rosters for the Cisco NHL Hardest Shot, Bridgestone NHL Fastest Skater and McDonalds NHL Accuracy Shooting competitions Tuesday afternoon. The roster for the NHL YoungStars Game presented by Upper Deck and Scotiabank NHL Fan Fav Breakaway Challenge were announced earlier. All 42 All-Stars, meanwhile, take part in the Gatorade NHL Elimination Shootout, the closing event of the SuperSkills.
With Souray sidelined last season, Lecavalier gave Chara a run for the title in the Hardest Shot competition. His top blast was 101.9 mph, which led the competition for a while. Chara, however, unloaded a 103.2 mph blast to win it.
Souray, though, proved during the Oilers' 2009 skills competition earlier this month that he will definitely be Chara's toughest competition in Montreal.
Souray registered a stunning 106.7 mph rocket off his stick. At the time, the Oilers' announcers were saying it was an unofficial record for hardest shot ever in such a competition. Chad Kilger apparently registered a 106.6 blast in another team-sanctioned competition.
The hardest shot ever in the NHL SuperSkills came off of Al Iafrate's stick in 1993. The Washington Capitals defenseman unloaded a 105.2 mph blast at the Montreal Forum.
Souray will try to not only beat that record, but take the title away from Chara, who is going for his third in a row. However, do not sleep on the competition.
Weber has a loud and lethal shot, one that has helped him to 14 goals this season, the most among all defenseman.
Komisarek is not a scorer, but when he puts his 6-foot-4, 240-pound body behind a slap shot, he can rip it pretty good.
Streit is known more for his shiftiness and speed, but he's been the Islanders' point man on the power play and his shot is both hard and accurate.
"It's a pretty foolproof event," Souray said. "It's not the puck handling. Your margin for error is pretty low so I feel more comfortable doing that than anything."
Before Souray and Chara duel in the Hardest Shot, the speed burners will open the Honda/NHL SuperSkills evening.
Philadelphia forward Jeff Carter figured he would be invited to participate in the Fastest Skater competition because it best served him, and he got what he expected.
Carter will go against New Jersey's Zach Parise, Chicago's Brian Campbell and Florida's Jay Bouwmeester in the event in which the players will complete one full lap around the ice.
Last season it was a sprint from goal line to blue line.
Since the event's inception in 1992, Scott Niedermayer is the only defenseman to have taken home the title. He did it twice, first in 1998 with a time of 13.560 and again in 2004 with a time of 13.783.
Bouwmeester or Campbell could win it this season as both are known speed burners with an easy glide and long stride. Carter's long legs give him an advantage and Parise doesn't necessarily have breakaway speed, but he can seriously move once he gets going.
They'll all be chasing Mike Gartner's record time of 13.386, a mark he set in 1996. Gartner was a two-time winner of this event. Campbell finished second behind Shawn Horcoff last season.
The second event of the night could very well provide the seminal moment of NHL All-Star Weekend in Montreal. It's the Breakaway Challenge with five known danglers in the running and fans texting in their votes for their favorite move.
Alex Ovechkin is back to defend his title, but he'll have a tough crop to beat in Ryan Getzlaf, Alex Kovalev, Sidney Crosby and Patrick Kane.
This event is all about imagination. It's supposed to be a spectacle and the best part about it is the fans will determine the winner via text messages. If you don't like one move, don't vote for it. If you are infatuated with another, put your muscle behind it.
"We have some good guys in it this year," Ovechkin said. "I want to see what Kovalev will do. Of course I like Russians, but he has some sick moves. And he is at home, with his fans."
Seventeen former players who participated in the YoungStars Game have gone on to play in the NHL All-Star Game. Thirteen of them will be in Montreal, including Kane, who played in last year's game.
"It's a fun experience," Kane said of the YoungStars Game. "You sit in the locker room with the best players in the world. I had a great time last year."
While the YoungStars Game is being played, the voting for the Breakaway Challenge will be conducted. Once the YoungStars Game is complete, the winner of the Breakaway Challenge will be revealed.
McDonalds NHL Accuracy Shooting will come after the announcement. This competition is always something to marvel at as it is a lesson in concentration, a test of nerves, and, of course, accuracy.
Tomas Kaberle knows all about it. The Toronto defenseman won last year's competition by hitting all four targets in as many shots, becoming only the fourth player to manage such a feat. That's some serious focus.
Kaberle is back to defend his title, this year going against known snipers Jonathan Toews, Ilya Kovalchuk, Jarome Iginla, Dany Heatley, Marc Savard, Mike Modano and Evgeni Malkin, who could have easily been in the Hardest Shot, as well.
Iginla will actually be trying to reclaim his title. He shared this title with Markus Naslund in 2002 by hitting the target on four of six shots.
When all the targets are down, Souray, Chara, Lecavalier, Streit, Weber and Komisarek will take center stage in the Hardest Shot.
The final event of the night is the Elimination Shootout. All 36 all-star skaters and six goalies will be competing.
Just picture the end of a hockey practice, with skaters flying in on the goalies, one after another, trying to one-up each other in a pseudo-shootout competition. That's basically what this is, but it's 36 all-stars and it will be televised across the world.
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Six people have filed for four places up for election on the Northside ISD Board of Trustees. NISD Trustees are elected to four-year terms.
News Archive
The Northside Young Astronauts Stargazing Event scheduled for Friday, Feb. 27, at Ward Elementary School has been rescheduled to Thursday, April 23 due to a forecast of inclement weather.
Last night, Trustees discussed and took action on several items: held a public hearing on the District's Texas Academic Performance Report (TAPR), discussed processes for naming three new schools, and appointed four campus administrators and one Central Office position.
This year Holmes HS celebrated its 50th anniversary with a community-wide celebration that included testimonials from alumni, special performances by current students, and a reception catered by the Holmes HS culinary students. It was event worthy of a school that has served as a cornerstone in the community for five decades.
When she arrived at Hobby Middle School for her first day as a sixth grader, Marisabel Hilario says her mind temporarily went blank.
Carol Ann Anderson, an elementary reading specialist at Aue ES, is a finalist for the prestigious H-E-B Excellence in Education Awards, recognizing her as one of the best educators in Texas.
Students at Burke ES have something to cheer about. They know that with a lot of work and perseverance they can go to college. That was a message during a recent pep rally at their school.
As every homeowner is aware, electricity and water costs are probably going to go up each year, so every kilowatt and gallon saved across the Northside School District becomes an investment in the future of our students.
Similar to the San Antonio Spurs chasing a sixth championship this year, the Northside Education Foundation (NEF) has a "Race for Seis" of its own.
Congratulations to Northside School District's 179 campus first year and veteran educators of the year for the 2014-15 school year.
The "LibraryPalooza, That Author Thing!" will be held from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 21 at Brandeis HS. The teen Author Fest will include authors James Dashner, Carl Deuker, Laura Lee Gulledge, D.J. MacHale, Mary Pearson, Jenny Han, and Siobbhan Vivian.
The Northside ISD School Board called an election for four Trustee positions to be held on Saturday, May 9, 2015. Seats up for election are Single Member Districts 1 through 4, currently held by George Lynn Britton, Jr., Bennie L. Cole, M'Lissa M. Chumbley, and Robert Blount, Jr., respectively.
The San Antonio Rampage Hockey players know how to use a stick to reach their goals. That's one of the reasons for their "Stick with Reading" initiative where team members visit local elementary schools to recognize students who have met their reading goals. Click here to watch when team members visited Elrod ES.
Northside ISD students continue to excel and receive numerous honors and awards. Below are students who have been named National Merit Semifinalists or Commended Scholars, scholar finalists in the National Hispanic Recognition Program, and National Achievement Scholar semifinalists.
The NISD Special Education Program is hosting a Community Resource Fair for families of students who are auditory impaired on Saturday, Feb. 28 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Northside Activity Center, 7001 Culebra Road.
Northside ISD is holding a Custodial/Maintenance Job Fair to fill more than 60 fulltime positions with benefits for custodians, assistant head custodians, head custodians, and maintenance positions.
In a bold move to better prepare students for studies beyond high school, the Northside ISD Board of Trustees approved $308,000 to pay for the SAT college entrance exam to be offered to all of NISD's juniors. The test will be administered on Wednesday, April 15. A potential 7,000+ juniors would be tested.
Northside ISD is holding a Transportation Job Fair to fill more than 100 positions for bus drivers from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 25 at the Culebra Transportation Station, 7001 Culebra Road.
For the past 33 years, Glass ES has held their annual Officers in Blue event as a way to say "thank you" to local law enforcement. Click here to see what happened at this year's event.
As part of School Board Appreciation Month, former and current trustees and superintendents met during a luncheon and discussed the evolution of NISD from a small rural school district to the fourth largest public school system in Texas.
People who know how to create websites and video games are in high demand, but there is a shortage of computer coders who can fill those types of jobs. Click here to learn how the Code Hawks at Hoffmann ES are learning these skills at a young age, in an after school computer coding club.
More than 20 teams from across the region will compete Jan. 30 and 31 at the 2015 Regional Academic Decathlon hosted at Warren High School.
In Northside ISD, we believe the success of a child depends on all of us. This requires teachers, coaches, parents, administrators, and community leaders to make it happen. Click here to see how going beyond the classroom – beyond the game – will make a difference in a child now and in the future.
Northside ISD is hosting a Job Fair to fill 40 positions for food service workers and food service manager trainees in the Child Nutrition Department.