Domino

Its dimensions and power inspire urban awe: the second-largest field of neon on the East Coast, a 120-by-70-foot spectacular electrical blaze that has cast its blood-orange radiance across the upriver waters of the Patapsco since April 25, 1951. "The sign has 650 neon tubes searing a 760-amps-per-hour image into the psyche of Charm City," as a Sun article described it a decade ago. Baltimore's iconic Domino Sugars sign (the final S is never pronounced, nor is it part of the company's official name)

Men and women wearing hairnets, hard hats, safety glasses and bright-orange vests wended their way through Domino Sugars' Baltimore refinery Tuesday - there to look, not work. The manufacturing engineers and engineering students toured Domino as part of an international conference in town this week, a chance for boosters to get people thinking of Baltimore-area manufacturing in present and future tense rather than past. The Society of Manufacturing Engineers says new-wave manufacturing - 3-D printing, specifically - is one reason officials decided to meet in Baltimore this year.

Suddenly, on February 16, 2005, SALVATORE DOMINO, of Davis, CA; beloved husband of Estelle (nee Ingram); devoted father of Sammie and Chris; loving brother of Mary Weber, Rosalie Eckert, Patricia King, Theresa Jacobs, and Joseph and Robert Domino, predeceased by Katherine Bender; also survived by many nieces, nephews, and cousins. A Memorial Service will be held at St. Jude Shrine on March 12, at 10 A.M.

Domino's Pizza still delivers. But more and more, customers want to stop in and pick up a pizza to go. It's those "pick up" customers - whose orders now make up about a third of the delivery chain's $7.4 billion in sales - that Domino's wants to appeal to with a new store format, the "Pizza Theater. " The first one in the Baltimore area opened this week in the city's Hamilton neighborhood on Harford Road. All Domino's new stores will feature the concept, built around additional seating for those placing or waiting for orders.

Last week on the “X Factor” we had Demi and Simon's teams fight for the final spots. This week it's Britney and L.A.'s turn! L.A. is still pretty upset with getting the over 25's and has absolutely no problem showing that to his category. Jason Brock came through trying to sing “Big Girls Don't Cry.” He was right on pitch but L.A. and Justin Bieber feared that he may not be worth the $5M pay out. Annapolis' David Correy sang “Domino.” The song was almost unrecognizable.

A 35-year-old Domino's Pizza deliveryman was robbed at gunpoint of an undisclosed amount of money Tuesday night after he delivered a pizza to a house in the 200 block of Charlotte Lane in Maryland City, county police reported yesterday.James Hartwell, a deliveryman for the Domino's store in Brock Bridge Shopping Center, dropped off the pizza about 10 p.m., police said. As he walked back to his car, a man walked up to him brandishing a blue, long-barreled, revolver and demanded money.Mr. Hartwell turned over his money, and the robber ran away through nearby woods toward the Maryland City 7-Eleven store.

Plans to locate a Domino's Pizza here may run afoul of town zoning requirements.Primarily a delivery business, Domino's would like toopen a franchise in the lower-level office area of the Barnes Building in Ridgeside Business Center. Zoning requirements limit retail businesses to the top floor of the Ridge Road building.The building was zoned retail and office to alleviate parking problems. Terry Sparks, owner of the planned Domino's franchise, said a delivery business would not contribute to those problems.

I am a poor, wayfaring stranger traveling through this world of woe, but it's OK, I am well paid for the woe and I enjoy watching my fellow wayfarers, the road guys, the men who fly from town to town, talking on their cell phones, hustling software and industrial carpeting, advising companies on branding issues, guys with pagers, laptops, BlackBerries and voices like drill bits. Road guys tend to be a little grim, which you would be too if you were trying to peddle your widgets these days.

A worker for Domino's Pizza was robbed at gunpoint early yesterday behind the store at 8775 Cloud Leap Court in Columbia, Howard County police said.An undisclosed amount of money was taken, police said. The worker was not injured in the robbery, which occurred at 12: 02 a.m.Pub Date: 10/13/97

DETROIT -- Domino's Pizza Inc., already the subject of a nationwide boycott by the National Organization for Women, is facing a possible boycott by the NAACP.The Detroit chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is considering a "preferred purchasing program" to protest Domino's lack of response to its Operation Fair Share, said Sharon McPhail, chairwoman of the Detroit Fair Share committee.The committee studies companies' hiring and promotion of blacks and use of black contractors, and works out voluntary agreements to increase black participation.

Domino's Pizza is growing in the Baltimore area. And it's looking to hire. The pizza delivery chain needs 200 additional workers for its 48 Baltimore stores - delivery drivers, assistant managers and general mangers. "We are dedicated to this area and excited about the opportunity to offer additional jobs within the community, and grow in Baltimore," Chris Rowe, Baltimore Domino's Pizza director of company operations, said in a statement. Employees who start out as drivers can move up, Domino's said.

Towson's 11-8 upset of No. 15 Drexel in one semifinal of the Colonial Athletic Association tournament Wednesday evening means the Tigers will meet No. 9 Penn State in the title game on Friday and get a chance to seize the automatic qualifier to the NCAA tournament. The outcome may also have opened the door a little wider for No. 13 Johns Hopkins. The Blue Jays (8-5) are rated 17th in RPI in the latest rankings produced by the NCAA. The Dragons (11-4) are two spots ahead of Johns Hopkins but could slide down when the RPI list is updated this weekend for the NCAA selection committee.

Domino's Pizza is adding to its $5.99 value pizza deal with a new promotion, discounted non-pizza items. The nation's second largest pizza chain says it will now let customers substitute other items for $5.99, including Oven Baked Sandwiches, Penne Pastas, Stuffed Cheesy Bread or an eight-piece order of chicken, Nation's Restaurant News reported. January is the time of year when restaurant chains promote low-calorie options or special deals to appeal to consumers who've resolved to lose weight or save money in the new year, the trade journal says.

Domino Sugar is donating 30,200 pounds of its products to the Community Food Bank of New Jersey to help victims of the massive storm called Sandy, the company announced Monday. Trucks carrying the Domino products - including brown, powdered and granulated sugars, coffee service canisters and powdered drink mixes - left Baltimore's Inner Harbor refinery Monday for storm-ravaged New Jersey. "For our company, Hurricane Sandy hit home," said Stu FitzGibbon, the Baltimore refinery's manager, in a statement.

A 66-year-old man was seriously injured at the Domino Sugar factory in Baltimore on Sunday afternoon when his right arm was caught in a large piece of machinery, according to the city Fire Department. Emergency personnel responded to the refinery in the 1100 block of Key Highway in Riverside at 2:54 p.m., and began providing medical treatment to the man as workers labored to disassemble the machine and free the man's arm, said Captain Roman Clark, a fire spokesman. "He was stuck there for an hour and 45 minutes," Clark said.

Last week on the “X Factor” we had Demi and Simon's teams fight for the final spots. This week it's Britney and L.A.'s turn! L.A. is still pretty upset with getting the over 25's and has absolutely no problem showing that to his category. Jason Brock came through trying to sing “Big Girls Don't Cry.” He was right on pitch but L.A. and Justin Bieber feared that he may not be worth the $5M pay out. Annapolis' David Correy sang “Domino.” The song was almost unrecognizable.

Freed & Associates, a small Baltimore advertising firm, has edged out two larger Baltimore firms to become the agency for the Eastern region of Domino's Pizza Inc.The contract award will mean an additional five jobs at the 22-person Freed agency, said President Gloria Freed. "This will be our biggest piece of business," she said.Wanda Newcity, regional marketing director for Domino's, estimated that the deal will mean $3 million in annual billings for Freed. In 1992, Freed had $12 million in billings and expected to grow to $18 million in 1993 without the Domino's account, Ms. Freed said.

Maryland State Police were looking yesterday for a man who robbed the Domino's Pizza in Eldersburg on Tuesday afternoon. An employee at the carryout restaurant in the 1300 block of Liberty Road said a man entered the store about 4:15 p.m. He brandished a black handgun, demanded money from the cash register, and fled with an undisclosed amount of cash. Anyone with information about the robbery is asked to call Tfc. S.E. Zimmerman at the Westminster barracks, 410-386-3000.

The ring that every Towson football player received after winning the first Colonial Athletic Association title in program history has a simple, but contextually confusing message on it. Six seconds. "Six seconds is the average time of a football play," Towson coach Rob Ambrose said. "If you win and play your [butt] off for six seconds, heart and soul, odds are you have a good chance to win that play. If you do that over and over again, all of a sudden things start to build. " Achieving goals in small steps continues to be relevant for a program that won three times as many games in 2011 than it did in 2010 and 2009 combined.

If Dan Deacon's recent input hasn't moved you - previous single "Lots" felt familiar while his novelty remix of "Call Me Maybe" was just that - then his latest single, "True Thrush," might change your mind. The nearly five-minute jam patiently bubbles under the surface, with Deacon's subdued-but-still-warped vocals pushing the track forward.  "Spread those wings wide and take me along / Now show me the sky and tell me I'm on," he sings (I think - transcribing Deacon lyrics is futile, frustrating, sometimes unnecessary)