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26
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by Dan Veaner
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Friday, 26 May 2006 |
It is probably be safe to say that nobody in Lansing makes as many cakes in a year as Dottie Munson. Munson is the proprietor of Dottie's Ice Cream who specializes in cakes made to order, all made in a special kitchen in her home. She makes both ice cream cakes and baked ones, from simple frosted cakes to multi-tiered cakes with flowers.
She operated the Baskin Robbins franchise at the pyramid Mall for 18 years. "The kids could work with me and we could be together," she says. After 18 years Pyramid didn't want small franchises any more, so she formed her own business selling Hershey's Ice Cream and making cakes. Her daughter-in-law named it "Dottie's Ice Cream."
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May
26
2006
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by Michael E. Callahan
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Friday, 26 May 2006 |
Michael E. Callahan aka Dr. File Finder
Since I've been in computers I've gradually seen things get smaller and lighter. If you think a monitor of today is heavy, you should have picked one up in 1982. Or a printer. Or a modem. Or even a hard disk for that matter. Yes, things have gotten smaller, lighter, and even smarter. So I guess it was inevitable that the PDA or "personal digital assistant would give rise to the "smartphone." So, what is a "smartphone?" Lets take a look.
You can't live in the civilized world and not notice that so many people are carrying cellular phones. They're everywhere. People talking as they walk down the aisle in the supermarket, in their cars, as they walk through the parking lot, even in the dentists office. And it isn't just technical people carrying cell phones, it's everyone. Senior citizens who won't touch a computer have a cell phone. So, the number of cellular phones in use has increased dramatically. At the same time, you had a lot of "techie" types who were also carrying around PDA's, like a Palm or Pocket PC device. Utlimately someone came up with the idea to combine the two. Viola! The "smartphone" was born.
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May
19
2006
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by Dan Veaner
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Friday, 19 May 2006 |
 Dr. Digit 'Splains It All
My computer was infected by a trojan this morning. A trojan, named after the Trojan Horse of Greek lore, is a piece of malicious software disguised as a good program. This particular one puts up phony spyware warnings and directs you to the Antispylab Web site. It tries to scare you into buying their fake anti-spyware software. In the course of doing this it creates phony system files, hijacks your web browser to take you to another fake spyware warning, logs your keystrokes in order to steal your passwords. It installs by stealth and is very difficult to remove. It also makes programs like regedit and Windows Task manager unusable so you can't manually remove it.
That's not all it does, but you get the picture. My computer was unusable, because about once a minute another phony warning would pop up and then a browser would open to the Antispylab site. Brilliant techie that I am I immediately realized the warnings were fakes, and set about finding the fastest way to get the miserable thing off my system.
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May
19
2006
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by Reprinted with permission of Invstment Representative Celine Richardson of Ithaca's EdwardJones
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Friday, 19 May 2006 |
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Now that we're well into May, you might look around your house and yard and decide it's time for a little spring cleaning, if you're the sort of person who does that kind of thing. But even if you aren't, you can probably benefit from "sprucing up" another part of your life - your investment portfolio. Why? Because things change in your life. And while your investment and insurance products and strategies may have been appropriate for you at one time, that may no longer be the case. So, once you decide to clean up your portfolio, what should you look for? Here are a few ideas to consider:
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May
19
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by Dan Veaner
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Friday, 19 May 2006 |
 Hearty, unusual and indigenous plants. That's what Dan Segal wants to offer at the Plantsmen Nursery on Peruville Road. Segal is the new owner, taking over the nursery that was established in 1994 to provide unusual, specialty plants. The nursery reopened on May 6th and Segal says he wants to continue offering unusual plants with an emphasis on native plants and unusual perennials and shrubs, as opposed to annuals and tropical annuals. "I'm still doing some fun annuals, things like bananas and elephant ears and coleus, all kinds of fun annuals," he says. "But I hope the nursery will eventually be known as a native and unusual hearty plant nursery."
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