JT called me at work at about 12:00 p.m. yesterday…. our meeting at work had just finished. When he said, “the daycare called,” I think my heart stopped for a brief moment in time. Those calls are so scary for me because I know something happened to one of my children. William immediately came to mind.

Then my heart started beating again. Time resumed.

JT continued the statement, “Keisha fell down and hurt her lip really bad. Daycare said she might need stitches.” I attempted to filter out background noise in the conference room as some people were socializing and others left the room. He asked if I wanted him to pick me up to go to the hospital or stay at work while he handled it. By no means do I feel that JT cannot handle anything regarding the twins, but I of course wanted to go to the hospital to be with our daughter.

I completed my time sheet at work, then dashed outside. Thankfully, JT and I only work a few blocks from daycare. When we arrived at daycare, William and Keisha were sound asleep. I hated to wake them up but it was necessary. I looked at Keisha’s lip and surprisingly it was not as bad as I thought it was. The inner bottom lip was split right in the middle. Keisha then jumped into my arms and I consoled her. One of the teachers explained how the accident occurred. Keisha was playing basketball in the gym, threw the basketball up, jumped up in an attempt to catch the basketball ball, then I suppose as she landed she lost balance and fell. As she fell, she bit her inner lip.

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I found out about this site from Baxter. Give Away of the Day.com is a great site that offers free software on a daily basis. You really have to check out the website on a daily basis or subscribe to the feed in order to keep up. I missed out a great program a few times from checking it out just a day late. The script below is available on their website if you would like to post it on yours.

Enjoy.

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I downloaded a video about a week ago and just got around to playing it last night. I opened the .avi file in Windows Media Player and it said it could not play the audio because I needed a codec. I clicked on the web help link and I was informed that Dolby AC3 (2000) was needed. After I cursed at my computer, I immediately googled the term.

I sifted through a lot of garbage to find a discussion on a forum that had the correct resolution and a link to the file.

Here is the information in case you ever run into the same problem:

The file is available at: http://sourceforge.net/ and the name of the file is AC3Filter.

AC3Filter can be found at: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ac3filter/ and the direct download link is: http://sourceforge.net/project/platformdownload.php?group_id=66022

AC3Filter is described as a DirectShow AC3 Decoder filter used to palyback AVI files with AC3 sound tracks and DVDs. Multichannel and S/PDIF support. Focused at flexible controls during playback: gains, mixer, stream information, levels and other.

Enjoy.

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I found this on Facebook from a friend. It has been on YouTube for a while, but I had not seen it before until this week. Very nice…

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Stuck on a single-player mission? These cheat codes can provide you with that “edge” you’re looking for. To use a cheat code, press the enter key, type in the code, and press enter again. The message “Cheat Code Enabled” should appear. Note that these codes only work in single-player missions and custom maps.

TenthLevelTaurenChieftain - Plays a special song (WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne ONLY)

WarpTen - Speeds construction of buildings and units

IocainePowder - Fast Death/Decay

WhosYourDaddy - God mode

KeyserSoze [amount] - Gives you X Gold

LeafitToMe [amount] - Gives you X Lumber

GreedIsGood [amount] - Gives you X Gold and Lumber

PointBreak - Removes food limit

ThereIsNoSpoon - Unlimited Mana

StrengthAndHonor - No defeat

Motherland [race] [level] - level jump

SomebodySetUpUsTheBomb - Instant defeat

AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs - Instant victory

WhoIsJohnGalt - Enable research

SharpAndShiny - Research upgrades

IseeDeadPeople - Remove fog of war

Synergy - Disable tech tree requirements

RiseAndShine - Set time of day to dawn

LightsOut - Set time of day to dusk

DayLightSavings [time] - If a time is specified, time of day is set to that, otherwise time of day is alternately halted/resumed

Source: http://www.battle.net/war3/cheatcodes.shtml

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