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COSTA MESA — Alec Adamson and Kenny Gea last saw each other during the high school tennis season. In doubles action, Adamson and his Corona del Mar partner got the best of Gea and his Irvine teammate.
The two met again Wednesday and Gea pointed out that it is hard to translate doubles play into singles. He was right.
Gea is better when he is on one side of the court by himself.
In boys' 18 singles action at the 19th annual Costa Mesa Summer Junior Classic, Gea owned Adamson in the round of 16. Gea overpowered the sixth-seeded Adamson with his forehand and serve, winning 6-2, 6-4 to advance to the quarterfinals.
"Even though he was seeded, I felt like I had the upper hand," said Gea, a 16-year-old. "I haven't been playing 18s for a long time. I feel like I should be one of the top contenders [in the tournament]."
Gea earned the shot to prove that he is a challenger. Up next for him will definitely be a test.
Gea faces top-seeded Julian Ruffin of Northwood on Thursday. Ruffin reached the quarters after defeating Jake Yasgoor, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2, in the morning.
Gea's second match in the tournament started in the afternoon, later than the rest of the round of 16 matches.
The reason why he did not play in the morning was legit. Gea is in summer school and class got out past noon.
When Gea arrived at the Costa Mesa Tennis Center, finding a parking spot was not easy because of the OC Fair. His mother dropped him off, before she drove away to search for a place to park.
She made it back in time to watch her son claim the opening set. After Adamson took the first game, Gea began to dominate. He won six of the next seven games.
Adamson grew frustrated whenever Gea called one of his shots wide or long. Once, Gea told Adamson that his ball went wide and long, only to infuriate Adamson even more.
"How was it out?" Adamson questioned Gea, who stood firm on his calls, almost all correctly called.
Adamson seemed to let the calls get to him early on and it affected his game. Gea took advantage.
He was on his way to becoming the seventh player from the city of Irvine to qualify for the quarterfinals. The boys' 18s has turned into the Irvine Summer Junior Classic.
Adamson, who will be a junior at CdM, tried his best to extend the match against one Irvine player. He went ahead, 3-2, in the second set, but Gea was constantly on the offensive, hitting balls deep with power.
"Tough going out in the second round," said Adamson, adding that he will not concentrate on another tournament, the Canyon Crest Summer Junior Open in Riverside, where he plays in the semifinals on Saturday.
Other matches involving locals:
Costa Mesa incoming sophomore James Zillman cruised in both of his matches in the boys' 16 singles tournament and reached the semifinals.
The top-seeded Zillman plays Thursday at 3:30 p.m. against the winner of the quarterfinal match between Teague Hamilton and Eric Tseng.
Corona del Mar's Henry Gordon advanced to the quarters. The third-seeded Gordon beat La Jolla's Beau Bressler, 6-1, 6-0.
Gordon faces eighth-seeded Anthony Lee of Gardena on Thursday at 12:30 p.m.
In boys' 14 singles action, Newport Beach's Bjorn Hoffmann made it to the quarterfinals with a 5-7, 6-2, 6-0 win over Pacific Palisades' Harry Cohen. Hoffmann plays Arizona's Nathan Niemiec Thursday at 11:30 a.m.
Niemiec advanced after getting past Newport Beach's Austin Di Giulio, 7-6, 6-1, in the round of 16.
Kalika Slevcove, a recent CdM graduate, made it to the girls' 18 singles quarterfinals with a 6-1, 6-3 victory against Arizona's McKenzie Majerle. Slevcove is up against Laguna Beach's Tiffany Cheng Thursday at 9 a.m.
Newport Beach's Caroline Beck was swept by fourth-seeded Sarah Stadfelt of Huntington Beach, 6-0, 6-0, in the round of 16.
In girls' 14 singles, Costa Mesa's Michelle Samson and Newport Coast's Jenna Moustafa each lost in the round of 16.
Fifth-seeded Danielle Wilson of Newport Beach was upset in the girls' 12 singles round of 16 by Foothill Ranch's Rishona Lewis, 6-4, 6-1.
Costa Mesa's Nicole Samson retired in the second set against Irvine's Shweta Kumar in the round of 16.
In girls' 10 singles, Corona del Mar's Madeline Jervis withdrew from her quarterfinal match against Arizona's Lauren Stein because of an injury.
In girls' 14 doubles, Newport Beach's duo of Samantha Ludes and Sabrina Sanchez moved on to the semifinals Thursday after its opponent withdrew from the quarterfinals because of an emergency.
Newport Beach's Alexandra Barkouras and her teammate Juliet Sussman defeated Costa Mesa's Annie LaGrandeur and Newport Beach's Kelsey Prater, 6-1, 6-1, to get to the semis.
Newport Beach's tandem of Paige Kenerson and Mackenzie Worsnop lost to San Clemente's Natalie Nasongkhla and Stephanie Neilson, 6-3, 6-1, in the quarterfinals.


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Source: Sybil Scott, Special to ThatsRacin.com
September 25, 2009
Editor's note: The following was written by Sybil Scott, a daughter of the late racer Wendell Scott. She directly addresses criticism of the nomination process as the NASCAR Hall of Fame prepares to select its first five inductees.
Like many NASCAR fans around the country, I'm looking forward to the opening of the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, N.C., next spring. I'm especially excited that my father, Wendell Scott Sr., will have a place in this spectacular new shrine to the sport he loved so much.
As a little girl growing up in Danville, Va., I remember standing in my father's pit stall at clay tracks on the local Virginia circuit. I can recall watching him race at the bigger tracks hosting NASCAR races.
My father was inspired by his father's mechanical skills and had been trained by the Army to be a mechanic and a paratrooper. His talent and skills with a wrench and fearless attitude behind the wheel would take him a long way in a sport that had yet to see an African-American driver compete at its top level. It afforded my sisters, sister-in-law, and other family and friends the enjoyable responsibility of scoring (recording) my father's laps as he raced into history.
My father became known as "The Jackie Robinson of NASCAR" – the first black driver to win (in NASCAR's top series, now known as Sprint Cup). He competed in 506 races from 1961 to 1973, and in the second half of the 1960s, finished consistently in the top 10 in the NASCAR points standings.
My father had a great relationship with other drivers, including Ned Jarrett and Richard Petty, who would offer help with parts and other equipment. Many others also deserve credit for their friendship and countless deeds of assistance.
What's remarkable about that respectable performance is my father did it without the backing of any big sponsors. He built and worked on his own cars, which were serviced by my brothers, other family members and friends in the pits.
He was famously competitive; some said the hardest worker in all of NASCAR. But just as important to my father as tuning his race car to run the fastest lap possible, was getting me and my six brothers and sisters to school on Monday. He and my mother always did.
My family was very proud of my father during his life. With each passing year following his death in 1990, Wendell Scott Sr.'s impact on each of us – and the sport – grows in magnitude. The Scott family is humbled with our place in NASCAR history, and very proud our father's contributions will be recognized along with other racing pioneers.
My mother's sentiments are as strong as a wife.
Despite some reports to the contrary, NASCAR fans should know that not only will my father be honored in the NASCAR Hall of Fame, but that the Scott family has been included from the start. We were invited to attend the groundbreaking for the new facility in 2007.
We felt it was time for NASCAR to have its own Hall of Fame, and my mother, brother and I, along with other members of my family, were overjoyed to represent my father as the symbolic shovels entered the earth. We are aware of the nomination and induction process and have been in frequent contact with NASCAR and the NASCAR Hall of Fame and our family has been in frequent contact with each other.
NASCAR is a sport that's been around for more than 60 years. There are numerous deserving drivers, team owners, promoters and NASCAR officials being considered for its inaugural Hall of Fame induction.Only five will be inducted each year.
We ask that my father's fans understand he would want to be considered for the NASCAR Hall of Fame under the Hall's set process, like all the other drivers.
It is important to my mother and our family that fans are not misled via a petition that is circulating in reference to my father and the NASCAR Hall of Fame. We are grateful for the concern, support and response from fans and others, but would be remiss to advise that the petition is not necessary, nor is it supported by our family.
Every race car driver wants to be first. And when one's career is over, every great driver wants to be considered for formal induction into the Hall of Fame. I'm confident in time my father will be inducted, too. Because to me, and so many others, he truly was among the best.
My father would want us to all peacefully enjoy a relationship with NASCAR, the NASCAR Hall of Fame and through it all hopefully promote diversity and touch the lives of children through education, raising awareness, scholarships and his greater desire, which was to provide for orphanages. With that, from one of his biggest fans, please join me in realizing my father's dream.
Sybil Scott, daughter of Wendell Scott Sr., lives in Danville, Va.


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i recently moved back to the area (gaithersburg) after 3 years in cali and am trying to continue playing as much tennis as i can. i am usually back and forth btwn gaithersburg and falls church throughout the week. i am currently in btwn jobs so my schedule is completely open, and w all the us open on tv these days i am craving it more and more. there is a court in my townhouse community here in gaithersburg, but i have no problem driving to play. i am down to hit / play a match / singles / doubles with 3.5s and up any day any time for the foreseeable future
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9407 Old Courthouse Road Northeast, Vienna, VA, can you meet me here at 5 30 pm today?
hi imran, im currently in gaithersburg and have plans later tonight so it wont be possible for me to make it down to vienna. perhaps in the next couple days tho
let me know when you are ready
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Tidal wave ravages East Pakistan
An immense tidal wave and storm surge caused by a powerful cyclone kills over 200,000 people in East Pakistan, now known as Bangladesh, on this day in 1970. The delta area where the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers flow into the Bay of Bengal is particularly vulnerable to this type of storm. In fact, this was at least the third disaster in the region to kill 200,000 people.
The storm began on November 10, 1,000 miles south of East Pakistan in the Indian Ocean. As the storm approached land late on the night of November 12, wind speeds varied from 75 to 100 miles per hour. These speeds are significantly slower than hurricane winds, but the river delta area in Bangladesh is shaped in such a way that the waves produced by cyclones are funneled toward land and significantly concentrated.
Just after midnight, the storm surge waves–amplified by the fact that it was high tide–reached 30 feet and swept over the low-lying land and small islands where most of the population resided. The storm struck at harvest time, meaning that there were many migrant workers in the area as well. It is estimated that 1,300 people were living in the region per square mile and there was very little in the way of a transportation network that would allow for mass evacuations. Even worse, many of the people in the area that evening had no warning whatsoever about the approaching storm. When the tidal wave and storm surges hit, thousands were swept away from their homes in an instant.
The disaster was so severe that only rough estimates of the death toll are available. Some believe it is possible that as many as 500,000 to 1 million people perished. Disease and hunger were rampant throughout the region in the weeks following the storm, as the government was not able to handle the scale of the needed relief efforts. Nearly 1 million people were left homeless, half a million livestock were killed and millions of acres of rice fields were destroyed.
In the aftermath of this disaster, George Harrison organized the Concert for Bangladesh at Madison Square Garden in New York City, the first-ever rock concert held to raise money for disaster relief.
In 1737, a cyclone killed an estimated 300,000 people in the same area. In 1991, at least 200,000 more people were killed in a similar storm.


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The gene revolution: great potential for the poor, but no panacea
Only a few countries are benefiting so far - food crops of the poor need more attention
17 May 2004, Rome -- Biotechnology holds great promise for agriculture in developing countries, but so far only farmers in a few developing countries are reaping these benefits, FAO said in its annual report 'The State of Food and Agriculture 2003-04', released today.
Basic food crops of the poor such as cassava, potato, rice and wheat receive little attention by scientists, FAO said.
"Neither the private nor the public sector has invested significantly in new genetic technologies for the so-called 'orphan crops' such as cowpea, millet, sorghum and tef that are critical for the food supply and livelihoods of the world's poorest people," said FAO Director-General Dr Jacques Diouf.
"Other barriers that prevent the poor from accessing and fully benefiting from modern biotechnology include inadequate regulatory procedures, complex intellectual property issues, poorly functioning markets and seed delivery systems, and weak domestic plant breeding capacity," he added.
Biotechnology, one of the tools of the gene revolution, is much more than genetically modified organisms (GMOs), sometimes also called transgenic organisms.
While the potential benefits and risks of GMOs need to be carefully assessed case by case, the controversy surrounding transgenics should not distract from the potential offered by other applications of biotechnology such as genomics, marker-assisted breeding and animal vaccines, FAO said.
Food and income needed for an additional 2 billion people
Agriculture will have to sustain an additional 2 billion people over the next 30 years from an increasingly fragile natural resource base. The challenge is to develop technologies that combine several objectives - increase yields and reduce costs, protect the environment, address consumer concerns for food safety and quality, enhance rural livelihoods and food security, FAO said.
Agricultural research can lift people out of poverty, by boosting agricultural incomes and reducing food prices.
More than 70 percent of the world's poor still live in rural areas and depend on agriculture for their survival. Agricultural research - including biotechnology - holds an important key to meeting their needs.
Biotechnology should complement - not replace - conventional agricultural technologies, FAO said. Biotechnology can speed up conventional breeding programmes and may offer solutions where conventional methods fail.
It can provide farmers with disease-free planting materials and develop crops that resist pests and diseases, reducing use of chemicals that harm the environment and human health. It can provide diagnostic tools and vaccines that help control devastating animal diseases. It can improve the nutritional quality of staple foods such as rice and cassava and create new products for health and industrial uses.
But poor farmers can only benefit from biotechnology products if they "have access to them on profitable terms," the report said. "Thus far, these conditions are only being met in a handful of developing countries."
Neglected crops
Research and commercialization data on transgenic crops show that many crops and traits of interest to the poor are being neglected.
"There are no major public- or private-sector programmes to tackle the critical problems of the poor or targeting crops and animals that they rely on," the report said.
A large part of the private-sector investment is concentrated on just four crops: cotton, maize, canola and soybean.
Six countries (Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, South Africa and the US), four crops (maize, soybean, canola/rapeseed and cotton) and two traits (insect resistance and herbicide tolerance) accounted for 99 percent of the global area planted in transgenic crops in 2003, the report said.
Where the research money goes
One of the key constraints many developing countries are facing in adopting and adapting biotechnology innovations is their lack of agricultural research capacity particularly in plant and animal breeding, FAO said.
The private-sector research dominates global biotechnology. The world's top ten transnational bioscience corporations spend nearly $3 billion per year on agricultural biotechnology research and development. Private biotech research in most developing countries is negligible.
Brazil, China and India, which have the largest public agricultural research programmes in developing countries, spend less than half a billion dollars each annually.
The largest international public supplier of agricultural technologies, the CGIAR, has a total annual budget of only about $300 million for crop improvement.
Transgenic crops - an economic success
In the few developing countries where transgenic crops have been introduced, small farmers have gained economically and the use of toxic agro-chemicals has been reduced, FAO said.
"Transgenic crops have delivered large economic benefits to farmers in some areas of the world over the past seven years," the report said. In several cases, per hectare gains have been large when compared with almost any other technological innovation introduced over the past few decades.
In China, for example, more than four million small farmers are growing insect-resistant cotton on about 30 percent of the country's total cotton area. Yields for insect-resistant cotton were about 20 percent higher than for conventional varieties and pesticide costs were around 70 percent lower.
Pesticide use was reduced by an estimated 78 000 tonnes in 2001, an amount equal to about one-quarter of the total quantity of chemical pesticides used in China. As a result, cotton farmers experienced fewer pesticide poisonings than those growing conventional varieties.
Even though transgenic crops have been delivered through the private sector in most cases, the benefits have been widely distributed among industry, farmers and consumers.
"This suggests that the monopoly position engendered by intellectual property protection does not automatically lead to excessive industry profits," the report said.
Effects on human health and the environment
The scientific evidence concerning the environmental and health impacts of genetic engineering is still emerging, the report said.
"Scientists generally agree that the transgenic crops currently being grown and the foods derived from them are safe to eat, although little is known about their long-term effects," said FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf.
"There is less scientific agreement on the environmental impacts of transgenic crops. The legitimate concerns for the safety of each transgenic product must be addressed prior to its release. Careful monitoring of the post-release effects of these products is essential," Diouf said.
FAO recommends a case-by-case evaluation that considers the potential benefits and risks of individual transgenic crops.
The report says that, while some benefits have been observed, adverse environmental effects have not been detected in commercial production. Continued monitoring is needed, FAO stressed.
The report stresses the need for science-based biosafety assessments.
"Where crops have not been cleared through biosafety risk assessments, a greater risk of harmful environmental consequences exists. Unauthorized varieties may not provide farmers with the expected level of pest control, leading to continued need for chemical pesticides and a greater risk of the development of pest resistance."
Furthermore, neither private companies nor public research institutes can be expected to develop transgenic crops for poor producers in countries that lack reliable, transparent regulatory procedures.
The FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission has agreed on principles and guidelines for assessing health risks related to foods derived from modern biotechnology.
Members of the International Plant Protection Convention are developing guidelines for pest-risk analysis for living modified organisms. These agreements can help harmonize regulatory procedures globally.
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What is a runner?
Last week's post brought up some interesting discussion questions for me and the runners I know. I am particularly struck by the varying opinions on what makes someone a "real" runner. So what does?
First, some myths and realities:
Myth: A "real" athlete does not quit.
At the end of a season, a pro-sports team that sees the writing on the wall (ie., knows there is no playoff spot for them) chooses to put their lesser players on the field – not the best ones. Why? Because why risk injury to the best players for a pointless result?
When you have a single time goal in mind, just "finishing" means nothing. In my case, I could have gutted it out, sweated, been miserable and probably vomited at least once or twice, maybe even ended up in the ICU like the three people who ran the NJ marathon on the same day last week. My time would have probably been better than most. I could have pushed and probably run a 3:55 or 3:59 even with my pee break. But why should I risk injury when I could just call it a training run and pick another marathon next week?
And by the way, that is the (tentative) plan.
All of the training books I have read (and I have read many) indicate that when a person has a goal in mind they should register for two marathons instead of one. That way, if conditions are not good, they should make an attempt, run to 21 (which is what I did) and call it a training run for another marathon they have always registered for.
Myth: Heat does not affect "real" athletes.
In this article from Let's Run (brought to my attention by "Grimace's Mom" in my last post – nice name by the way), it says: "72 degrees at the start and 88% humidity is not good marathoning conditions. In most marathons, it would be considered to be nearly brutal conditions." And that was at the start of the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Would we rather those real athletes run, push themselves for the times they want, still lose and then end up in the ICU?
Last week, in my marathon, it around 75 at the start with some light cloud cover. By the time I stopped running (at Mile 21, around the 3:15 hour mark – on track to run about a 3:55) it was 88 degrees, beside the ocean with high humidity. Brutal, indeed.
Next week, there is a marathon in the Poconos. Had I finished last week, pushed myself to the point of illness, continued running with poor form due to the heat and risked injury I still would have not met my goal and I would not have been capable of running another one two weeks later.
Myth: I have been "passive aggressive" about slower marathoners
I am not a passive aggressive person. If I mean something I say it, nothing passive about it.
So here it is: I am not interested in completing a five-hour marathon.
If that is your goal, I respect that. But it is not mine. If I finished in less than 4:10, I would beat myself up for days.
A lot of people cannot take a competitive woman. I have learned that lesson in many different ways, in real-life and online, been called "intimidating" and "aggressive" and blah, blah. I don't care. I am more interested in being honest than in being nice.
I would never be ok with running a slow marathon. I would find that a pointless taxing of my body and it is not worth it to me. Others are free to run however they wish, but for me, if I can't run it sub-4 when I am under 35-years-old, then I probably should not be running it at all.
Myth: I have a fit when I do not get what I want
I do. I want what I want and I will keep trying until I get it. Period.
Myth: One cannot qualify for the Boston Marathon on their first or second attempt
This is just incorrect. I know many runners who qualified their first attempt with time to spare.
As for me, I am a cusp runner. Very close, but I knew it would be hard, which is why variables – hills, heat, etc. – affect me much more than someone who is going out to run a 3-hour marathon. Even with a 20-minute time fail, they still are getting a BQ.
But the fact is, I ran my first marathon in 3:48. Had it been flat, I am 100 percent certain I would have qualified. Most cusp runners like me pick a nice, flat marathon. I did not. And I paid a price for that. But it certainly is possible. I know dozens of marathoners who qualified their first time out of the gate. Bottom line:
I said I was "humbled," but that is not really true. I know I am faster than I was last Sunday, which is why I am strongly considering running another one in the Poconos this Sunday. I have a lot on my plate work-wise and it is probably not the most responsible decision, but hey, I am the kind of woman who bags cleaning for a good party and healthy dinners for a package of Sprees. Responsible behavior is not my thing anyway.
I do not expect everyone to like me. I don't need everyone to like me. I can't please everyone and I am going to say things that offend sometimes, but my job as a writer is to tell my truth. I do not speak for everyone or about everyone. I speak for me.
That said, I am very grateful for the people who came to my defense in the last post. It is nice to know that there are people who get me. It is sad that we live in a society where women are not supposed to be confident, where competitive streaks are considered "arrogant," but I don't buy that.
We all have different definitions of what an "athlete" is and I realize some may think an athlete is one who does not ever admit defeat. I happen to think an athlete is someone who always tries their hardest but also recognizes when they should respect the elements and surrender a bit. The fact is, both kinds of people are athletes.
And I know I am an athlete. Obviously, I am also an amateur one. I have been running almost a decade, faster than many, but I have never claimed to be anything but an amateur and I also know I am not the best runner on the course (except once!). I know there are many, many faster (and many, many slower) people. I am ok with that, too. The only person I am competing with is myself.
I run for myself. I run the way I want to. As a mom, I spend the majority of my life taking care of others. Running is something that is all mine and I am not going to conform to anyone's standards in order to be seen as a "nice girl."
I am tough and I am strong. And unkind words? They do nothing but push me harder.
Sasha Brown-Worsham is a writer, a mother and an unabashed, unashamed runaholic. Check her progress each week as she trains to qualify for the Boston Marathon.


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Former At All Cost Frontman in a Coma After Motorcycle Accident
Sad news to report as former At All Cost frontman Andrew Collins has been involved in a serious motorcycle accident that left him in a coma.
Collins, who also plays bass and sings for the Austin band Vegatron, is currently in intensive care, after suffering four broken ribs, a broken nose, broken leg, broken scapula and a basilar fracture in his skull that led to bleeding in his brain.
To help offset the costs, Collins' family has launched a donation page to help with the expenses involved with his medical care. The donation page is online at this location, and has already reached over $5,000 in the first 24 hours en route to a goal of $25,000.
The metalcore outfit At All Cost formed in 2002 and by 2003 they had signed to Fiddler/Imprint for their first EP. In 2005, they became the first act to release an album under the revitalized Combat imprint, a onetime home to Megadeth and Venom. Their full-length album 'It's Time to Decide' dropped in 2005, while their sophomore set 'Circle of Demons' was released in 2007. During their tenure, At All Costs toured with such acts as Norma Jean and Darkest Hour before splitting in 2009.
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Defensive tackle Richard Seymour, cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha and punter Shane Lechler were the Raiders' selections to the Pro Bowl Tuesday.
Seymour, who was at his most dominant earlier this season, is a reserve interior lineman with Baltimore's Haloti Ngata and New England's Vince Wilfork as the starters.
Asomugha is a starter at cornerback along with the Jets' Darrelle Revis, with New England rookie Devin McCourty the third corner.
Running back Darren McFadden did not crack the top three running backs, with Jacksonville's Maurice Jones-Drew (the starter), Houston's Arian Foster and Kansas City's Jamaal Charles getting the nod.
Place kicker Sebastian Janikowski, who set a Raiders scoring record with 135 points, lost out to Baltimore's Billy Cundiff.
The Raiders announced that defensive tackle Tommy Kelly, tight end Zach Miller, McFadden and Janikowski were named as alternates, although it was not divulged at what level. All would have a chance to go to be added to the team if someone drops out because of injury.


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WASHINGTON — By most measures, it's been a dire few months for the tea party.
Its candidates stumbled in two Texas primary races. Supporters in Congress failed to block bipartisan deals to increase government spending and raise the debt ceiling. And a high-stakes bid to defeat Obamacare led to an unpopular government shutdown that sent tea party approval ratings to new lows.
Five years after it emerged as the most potent force in conservative American politics since the Reagan revolution, the tea party is at a crossroads — and some critics have declared the movement all but dead.
Insisting that they've learned from the setbacks, however, stalwarts are vowing to reinvent their defiant brand of politics to ensure they stay part of the debate in Washington and particularly in the Republican Party.
"We've definitely matured and have gone into what many of us call 'tea party 2.0,'" said Amy Kremer, chairwoman of Tea Party Express, one of the largest national groups to spring out of the movement. "We no longer have protests in the streets, but we're working to elect people and affect legislation and do the things that really have to be done in order to effect change."
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), whose 2010 election was one of the tea party's first triumphs, said it remained "a vibrant and significant movement." But, he said, the movement is shifting to a phase in which it is "beginning to think about post-Obama America."
"We're not going to have Barack Obama as president forever, but our country's problems will still be there," Rubio said. "You're beginning to see more of a focus not simply on just opposing Barack Obama's agenda, which continues to be important, but also about what we need to be for the next few years to give Americans a clear alternative."
A glimpse of that strategy was on display at a recent anniversary celebration hosted in Washington by the Tea Party Patriots, a group that claims 15 million supporters. Co-founder Jenny Beth Martin outlined goals and ideas that tea party groups will be rallying around in the coming year.
At the federal level, they plan to push for the so-called penny plan, which would require annual cuts of 1% in government spending until the budget is balanced.
They will seek a constitutional amendment to replace the tax code with a single fixed rate, ending a system of write-offs — including corporate loopholes and mortgage interest deductions — enjoyed by millions.
And they plan to take the fight to repeal Obamacare to the state level, pushing legislatures to enter into interstate health compacts that they say would allow states to ignore federal regulations and enact their own reforms. Though dismissed as a long shot by some, proponents hope the strategy will render the Affordable Care Act inoperable in those states and give compact members control over federal healthcare dollars.
The tea party, Martin said, has come a long way since it emerged out of the boisterous anti-tax protests on April 15, 2009. What began as "being upset and yelling at the TV" is evolving into a savvy operation, she said.
"They've had an election cycle now where they've seen wins," Martin said. "They've had one where they have seen more losses than they'd like to. And they've seen how the games in Washington are played."
Tom Balek, a Lewistown, Mont., small-business owner who considers himself an original tea partyer, scoffs when he hears critics talk about its waning influence.
"The tea party is not dead," said Balek, who operates a blog and website for the Montana Tea Party Coalition. "The power that's there would surprise people who don't really know what's happening under the surface."
But skeptics say platitudes about the tea party's grass-roots strength may ignore the reality of an increasingly unpopular movement whose fundraising power has diminished. An NBC/Wall Street Journal poll found the movement's negative rating among Americans hit an all-time high of 47% during October's 16-day government shutdown.
"I don't think that they are raising the money nor do they have the sway that they did in the last midterm elections," said Steven C. LaTourette, a former Republican congressman from Ohio who is leading an effort to counter the influence of conservative lobbying groups that he blames for inciting divisions within the Republican Party.
Perhaps the biggest test for the tea party will be how it withstands an effort by the Republican establishment to reassert control over the GOP's tactics and agenda.
After the shutdown, Republican leaders moved to marginalize conservative groups catering to the tea party, and House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) put off budget and debt ceiling fights that he feared could hurt moderates in an election year.
Such moves heightened the sense of alienation felt by tea party activists, who bristle at the suggestion that their movement is merely a faction of the GOP. LaTourette said Republican leaders must do a better job of communicating to tea party supporters "that we're not their enemy."
But integrating the established GOP with a movement that prides itself on being anti-Washington has proved difficult.
"The tradition of social and political movements is that they are always assimilated into parties," said Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-Kan.), who was elected in the 2010 tea party wave and remains one of the House's most conservative lawmakers. "This one is different. It says the parties are the problem."
Another top tea party priority is reshaping the next Congress.
Tea Party Express has endorsed eight candidates in House and Senate races, including three who are challenging Republican incumbents. FreedomWorks, another major group to spring out of the movement, has endorsed 14 members of Congress, five primary challengers and 10 candidates running in open or Democratic-held seats.
The goal is to send to Washington more politicians like Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, the de facto tea party leader. Though Sen. John Cornyn and Rep. Pete Sessions survived challenges from tea party candidates in Texas' primary this month, polls suggest the movement's supporters remain highly motivated compared with other voters.
According to a NBC/Wall Street Journal poll conducted March 5 to 9, 76% of tea party Republicans are very interested in this year's midterm election, compared with 36% among Republicans who do not identify with the movement.
Kremer said recent setbacks had only served to rally tea party supporters, motivating them to keep pressure on the Republican leadership to ensure it does not back down in fights with President Obama over spending and healthcare. Many tea party supporters fear Republican leaders will embrace more moderate positions, suggesting internal party fights may worsen.
"It's going to be really interesting when we do take back the Senate" in the fall midterm election, Kremer said, predicting Republican leaders will resist tea party pressure to leverage their new power. "I don't think they want to govern as conservatives. They're used to status quo, business as usual."


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ATLANTA (AP) - Hawks president Bob Williams says a letter to potential ticket-buyers promoting Atlanta's chances of signing Chris Paul and Dwight Howard was an "unfortunate" mistake.
The sales letter, first reported by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and obtained by The Associated Press, says interest is "skyrocketing" as the Hawks' "possibilities of landing Chris Paul & Dwight Howard become more and more of a reality."
Williams' statement Tuesday was to show the sales pitch was not tampering.
He confirmed the ticket representative is a member of the team's business staff. Williams says the staffer's "specific reference clearly does not represent how our basketball operations or our business staff have consistently communicated about free agency."
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A US senator leading a bipartisan delegation to Afghanistan on Saturday called on President Barack Obama to announce a decision on his plans for future troop levels in the country, on the assumption a much-delayed security pact eventually will eventually be signed with Kabul.
During a visit to Afghanistan, Senator Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, a Republican, stressed that no American forces would remain in the country without a bilateral security agreement, but also said Obama should not wait for that to give an idea of what the US presence would look like after the Nato-led combat mission ends at the end of this year.
"I believe that it is time for our president to do this so that the people of Afghanistan understand that we remain committed in Afghanistan," Ayotte said, stressing that any post-2014 force would be contingent on the pact being signed. "He can no longer delay this decision."
Ayotte, who is a member of the Senate armed services committee, said she also urged the Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, who has refused to sign the deal, to change his mind. She also criticised the government's decision to release detainees formerly held by US-led forces and considered dangerous.
The top commander of US and international forces in Afghanistan, General Joseph Dunford, testified at a Senate armed services committee hearing last week that he would feel comfortable with a residual international force of between 8,000 and 12,000 troops if the deal is signed. He said the US would provide two-thirds of those troops and would keep an additional few thousand forces in Afghanistan to conduct counterterrorism operations.
Obama has yet to make a decision on the size of a post-2014 US force in Afghanistan after a 13-year war that has become highly unpopular among the American public.
"I hope our president will announce as soon as possible that contingent on signing the BSA and contingent on a responsible way of dealing with the detainees that protects both Afghans and Americans and our allies that we will leave a follow-on force consistent with General Dunford's recommendations," Ayotte said at a news conference at the US embassy in Kabul. "That is a number that we cannot go below."
Karzai surprised the international community and many Afghans in December when he ignored the recommendation of an assembly of tribal leaders and other dignitaries to sign it, saying he would leave the final decision to his successor after 5 April elections. Karzai is constitutionally barred from seeking a third term. The three front-runners in a field of nine presidential candidates all have said they would sign the agreement if elected.
"I call on President Karzai to sign the security agreement, but even if he does not we know that every major candidate in your election has committed to signing the bilateral security agreement," Ayotte said.
Ayotte was making her third trip to Afghanistan as part of a delegation with two Democrats, Senator Joe Donnelly from Indiana and Representative Stephen Lynch from Massachusetts. They also warned the Afghans that the US was ready to completely withdraw if an agreement that provides US legal protection for American troops is not signed.
"We're running out of time here … we're going to have to make a decision soon," Lynch said. "I hope that message goes out not just to Karzai but to the candidates."


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Catholic organizations across the country file suit against contraception mandate
Some of the most influential Catholic institutions in the country filed suit against the Obama administration Monday over the so-called contraception mandate, in one of the biggest coordinated legal challenges to the rule to date.
Claiming their "fundamental rights hang in the balance," a total of 43 plaintiffs filed a dozen separate federal lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the requirement. Among the organizations filing were the University of Notre Dame, the Archdiocese of New York and The Catholic University of America.
The groups are objecting to the requirement from the federal health care overhaul that employers provide access to contraceptive care. The Obama administration several months ago softened its position on the mandate, but some religious organizations complained the administration did not go far enough to ensure the rule would not compel them to violate their religious beliefs.
A statement from the University of Notre Dame said the requirement would still call on religious-affiliated groups to "facilitate" coverage "for services that violate the teachings of the Catholic Church."
"The federal mandate requires Notre Dame and similar religious organizations to provide in their insurance plans abortion-inducing drugs, contraceptives and sterilization procedures, which are contrary to Catholic teaching," the statement said.
Rev. John Jenkins, the president of Notre Dame, said in a message to the campus that the filing "is about the freedom of a religious organization to live its mission, and its significance goes well beyond any debate about contraceptives."
The contraception rule does include an exemption for religious organizations -- but that exemption does not cover many religious-affiliated organizations like schools and charities. Complaints about the narrowly tailored exemption prompted a stand-off between the Obama administration and religious groups earlier this year. As a compromise, the administration said insurers -- and not the religious-affiliated organizations themselves -- could be required to offer contraceptive coverage directly.
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Kamel Elzawahry April 20, 2013 Islamic Understanding Institute Panama City, Florida Esam Alhadi, Interviewer and Translator for University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries Edited by Jardee Transcription Also present, Richard Saltzburg Alhadi: Thank you, Dr. Kamel, for being with us, and welcome to this interview which will be short and quick. My name is Esam Alhadi fr om the University of Florida, Gainesville, and this is my colleague, Ri chard Saltzburg, from the university library. This interview takes place at the Islamic Understanding Institu te in Panama City. Today is Saturday, April 20, 2013 and it is now 4:37 PM. It give s me great pleasure to have you with us today. We would like to begin by asking you to give us a quick review on your early upbringing, education and life be fore coming to America. Elzawahry: I graduated from the college of Medicine of Ain Ahams University in Cairo. I then took a teaching position as a le cturer for three years at the same university. The university sent me to England to do my gra duate studies there. I studied in Oxford, Leicester, and Birmingham. The political situation in Egypt at the time was unwelcoming and I couldnt stay there. I made the decision to come to America. I arrived here in 1976. I joined the graduate studies program at Hahnemann University. I also did some studies at Rutgers and the University of Pennsylvania. I acquired qualifications in more than one field of speci alty, including internal medicine, neurology, and paralysis. My next move was to Pana ma City in 1980. A friend of mine informed me that they were looking for a neurologist he re in Panama City. I came here and have continued to live here since that date.
Alhadi: That means you were already living in Am erica for four years before moving to Panama City? Elzawahry: Correct. I was in Pennsylvania a nd New Jersey, and now I have been living in Panama City since 1980. Alhadi: Did you have opportunities to move to any other place? Elzawahry: I never moved to a ny other place since I came here. Alhadi: This long period of residence in Panama City makes you and Dr. Azzam among the people who witnessed the development of the Arab immigrant community here in Panama City. Elzawahry: That is correct. Alhadi: We will get back to this topic later on, but now I want to ask you to tell us more about your fields of specialt y, research, and studies? Elzawahry: When I came to the USA, the system here required me to redo all my studies and training that I had done before ge tting certified. This was in spite of the fact that I did all of my studies and training in Britain and E gypt. I started doing re sidency in internal medicine and another one in neurology and later became certified in neurology and then moved to Panama City. Alhadi: Where did you work af ter arriving in Panama City? Elzawahry: I started by opening my own office. Later I began to work with the hospitals here in town. My office grew very fast and steadily to the point where that I had to bring in more colleagues to work with me. The office has now become a medical center with six doctors working in it. Four of the doctors who work in my cente r are neurologists and
the other two are specialists in neurosurger y. The center is called the Brain and Spine Center and is located here in Panama City. Alhadi: Do you have an o ffice outside Panama City? Elzawahry: We had many branches, but because of the heavy work load we decided to focus our work only in Panama City. However, we receive and treat many cases from all over North Florida. Alhadi: Are all or some of the doctors with you in the center of Arab descent? Elzawahry: Two of them have Arab ethnicity, including my own daughter and another doctor of Lebanese origin, in addition to three American doctors. Alhadi: Is your daughter speci alizing in the same field? Elzawahry: Yes. Sh e is a neurologist. Alhadi: Is this an example of a fathers influenc e on his children? Elzawahry: It could be. Alhadi: You told us that you left Egypt in 1976. How is your relationship to Egypt at this time? Elzawahry: I am still connected to Egypt because of family ties and also psychologically. I believe a persons love to their homeland ne ver fades. Even though the comforts and stability of life here in America makes it ha rd to think of going back to live in Egypt, I still maintain good relationships with the doctors and universities there an d I help them as much as I can. Alhadi: I would like to know mo re details about this. Can you tell us more about your relationships with the study and research cen ters and universities in terms of offering them training and research opportunities?
Elzawahry: We, here in the Brain and Spine Ce nter, accept doctors and students from foreign universities, particularly those from Egypt and other African c ountries. In the past years, we trained doctors from many countries su ch as Egypt, South Africa, Tanzania and Kenya. Because of my standing in the Worl d Foundation of Neurology, I have been able to offer help to developing and needy countries especially those in Africa and Asia. We offer scholarships and training programs. We get a physician from Nigeria every year to attend a training program. I am also on the board of the Florida Society of Neurology, and through our partnership with a Nigerian si ster society, we manage to get a number of physicians to attend medical meetings, and we also have training pr ograms for them here in various places. Alhadi: Why specifically in Nigeria? Elzawahry: It is the biggest c ountry in terms of population. However, with a population that reaches about 100 million, there are only 50 neurol ogists in the entire country. There is a high need for this field in that country. We also helped Ethiopia, South Africa and Chad. Alhadi: How is the situation in Egypt in regards to this field, given th at the population there is almost 80 or 90 million? Elzawahry: Egypt has the best training program among the Arab c ountries. There are more than ten colleges of medicine. Egypt also has a number of excellent medical field specialties. We help them through the exchange programs that scientific instituti ons in this country offer. The truth is that Egypt is not in need of American assistance in science, compared to other countries in the region. Alhadi: How about your connections with other Arab countries such as the [Persian] Gulf countries?
Elzawahry: I am not personally involved in any wo rk with Gulf countries, but I am connected to a number of medical societies that have exchange programs with Gulf countries such asQatar, Dubai, and Saudi Arabia My wife is a dermatologist and she is currently working in Saudi Arabia. There are good numbers of Sa udi doctors who are here on a variety of active exchange programs with many univers ities such as Harvard and Johns Hopkins and also at the Cleveland Clinic. There ar e also many American doctors lecturing in Saudi Arabia. Alhadi: This is good to know. I also gathered from your talk earlier that you are a reference point when it comes to the Arab community he re in Panama City. Can you tell us a little bit about this? Elzawahry: When I first came, the number of Arab community members was small and our resources and energy were limited. We were blessed by having a good numbers of professionals come our way to join us. This has given our efforts and contributions a big boost. Dr. Al-Ahdal mentioned earlier that mo st of the professionals in our community were either physicians or dentists. Because we knew that this area was poor, we decided to offer help. Driven by the desire to make a contribution to my community, I, with the help of a number of Muslim and non-Muslim doctors, launched a society called the Bay Cares Program. It was intended to provide free medical care just like the current Avicenna clinic does. The clinics mission is to provide free service for those people who fall between the cracks. Those are th e ones who are not covered by any government insurance or any other program. Alhadi: That means that the services offered by your society are available to everybody, not just for Arab community members?
Elzawahry: Our services are for the entire community. I believe th at only 1% of the people who use this service are from the Arabic commun ity. The others are people who live in the area regardless of origin. I am very proud of the Avicenna Clinic. This year they were awarded a prize for all the char ity contributions they have be en doing. The society that I started in 1992 was able to offer medical serv ices to the community in 2011, with a value of no less than 25 million dollars. Thanks to God that our relationship with the surrounding community is very strong. The good will and support from all of our friends and the Arab community is on display. I take pa rticular pride in the actions of my peers. Alhadi: I know that there are many doctors am ong the Arab community here, but there are also other people in other professions. Elzawahry: That is true. We ha ve people in different professions Among the services we offer is a school called the Advanced School. It started for th e Islamic society, but it now accepts everyone and doesnt discriminate base d on ethnicity or anything else. Although it is a private school, the admission is free fo r those who cant afford to pay the fees. Alhadi: Does it teach the Arabic language? Elzawahry: It offers Arabic la nguage and religious studies. Ever y one picks the religious studies according to the religion they believe in. Alhadi: It sounds like it is ope n to everyone. Are there American students who have chosen to join this school? Elzawahry: We have a number of American students who also study Arabic language. Alhadi: What do you think the motivating reas on is for those American students who have joined this school instead of goi ng to an American public school?
Elzawahry: I believe everybody here knows how ni ce our community is and how kind and polite our children are in addition to being well-connected to the surrounding community. The American families and their children see a good model in our children and therefore ask to join our school. Alhadi: Let us go back and talk about Egypt. You have been residing outside of Egypt for a long time. What is your current relationshi p to Egypt and do you go there to visit? Elzawahry: I currently maintain a very good rela tionship with Egypt. There was a time when I wasnt allowed in the country for political reasons. Thanks be to God that I was pardoned after the death of Pres ident Sadat, may God rest his soul in peace. I spent the period between 1972 and 1984 outside the countr y and was unable to see my family. After being pardoned, I began to visit Egypt every six months to see my relatives in Cairo. I still visit there very regularly. Alhadi: You made a reference to your daughter earlier. I wonder if you have any other children, and if your family is also closely connected to Egypt? Elzawahry: I have three brothers here in Panama City, and they also travel to Cairo and send their children there to learn Arabic. We are all maintaining a very good connection with Egypt. Alhadi: You mentioned that the Ar abic community here in Panama City is firmly integrated into the surrounding community, and th at it is contributing to th e greater community. Does the American community around you understand and appreciate what you are trying to do? Elzawahry: That may not have been the case between the years 1980 and1983. That was a time when the Arabic community was still in its infancy. The community here was not
accustomed to having an Arab community li ving with them. As time passed, people in town came to realize that the Arab commun ity is very kind, has good morals and they treat others well. This led to an improveme nt in relations between us and the surrounding community and eventually many Arabs were selected to serve in leadership positions in town. As Dr. Al-Ahdal pointed out earlier, there are five to six doctors serving as presidents of medical so cieties, and others are serving as chiefs of staff. I was honored to be the president of the Bay County Medical So ciety for a number of years in the 1990s. My wife, I pray to God to rest her soul in peace, was also the president of the medical society and director of medical education for nineteen years. Our colleague, Dr. Makki, of Lebanese origin, is currently the director of medical education. Alhadi: These are very good works, and they are worthy of being proud of. I am very happy to know about these valuable activit ies and contributions. I pray to God that he reward all of you in the best way. Elzawahry: Thank you. [END OF INTERVIEW]


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Robert Hess 1 Oct 2007
3:08 pm
One way to look at drinks of course is to look at how they may have first been listed. In the case of the French 75, one of the earliest recipes is from the 1930 edition of Harry Craddock's "The Savoy Cocktail Book", where it is listed as:
The French "75" Cocktail:
2/3 Gin.
1/3 Lemon Juice.
1 Spoonful Powdered Sugar.
Pour into tall glass containing cracked Ice and fill up with Champagne.
"Hits with remarkable precision"
You'll notice that instead of the champagne flute like I show here, he uses a tall (Collins?) glass which also includes some ice. Not a bad way of serving it. But you'll also note that the instructions are rather light on the actual measurements. the "2/3" and "1/3" here is essentially indicating that he is using twice as much gin as he does lemon juice. but exaclty how much is that? And 1 spoonful of powdered sugar… is that a teaspoon, tablespoon, or just whatever they were using back in those days as a barspoon? And even if he DID list the actual measures here, the size of the glass itself would matter, because if it were a large pint glass, then he could be adding a lot of champagne, but if it were in a smaller highball glass, he may only be adding an ounce or less.
With such inexactitudes of measurements in some of these older (or in fact some modern!) bar books, it can often be diffult to really know what the drink was like as it may have been served, which means we are somewhat up to our own devices to try to really understand the ingredients being used, and try to bring them together in a crisp and balanced fashion, and perhaps one that reflects some of our own personal style of execution… which is what you see me do in this episode.
Jamie Boudreau 3 Oct 2007
11:19 am
Harry's ABC claims to have invented this drink in 1925 and suggests a teaspoon of anis float. Comments?
Robert Hess 4 Oct 2007
7:58 am
...and over on Wikipedia they say that it was invented by WW1 flying ace "Raoul Lufbery"... which is the only place I've encountered that reference (thus making it suspect).
Adding a teaspoon of anis would really change the character of this drink. I'll have to spin through all of my books to see if any other book refers to that as well, but I don't recall having seen it.
Owen Webb 5 Oct 2007
2:02 pm
I rarely drink or use champagne in cocktails so its really quite expensive to make one of these as I open the champagne and then barely use it. Any tips in this regard? Also, how good does the champagne have to be?
Robert Hess 8 Oct 2007
4:51 pm
You can buy "splits" of champagne (ie. half-sized bottles), and frankly it doesn't have to be super great stuff, but clearly something you can enjoy drinking.
erik_flannestad 2 Dec 2007
9:19 pm
Judge Jr.'s 1927 "Here's How", which was liberally pilfered by Craddock and his editors, gives the French 75 as follows.
Blair Frodelius 18 Jun 2008
4:51 am
In the first edition of "The ABC of Mixing Drinks" (1919) Harry MacElhone credits the drink to MacGarry of Buck's Club, London, England. So, it's a British drink that gained in popularity in France during American Prohibition.
As for keeping Champagne, there is a great little item I picked up that keeps it fresh for up to two weeks. It's called the Metrokane Velvet Champagne sealer. Less than $8 on Amazon.com and works really well!
The Frounch Gui 6 Aug 2008
3:25 pm
The sparkling wine of this clip is called a "champagne" in the US (as a "semi-generic" term), but is does not come from the Champagne region in France so, according to French and European law, it cannot be called "champagne". Having said that, there are very good sparkling wines which are not champagnes, and there are very bad champagnes.
Robert Hess 6 Aug 2008
3:29 pm
Yeah… I try real hard to say "Sparkling Wine" when I'm not using real Champagne, but dang, its hard to always get that right.
To folks in Champagne, I bet that bugs them just as much as it bugs me when somebody refers to a Lemon Drop as being a Martini.
I promise to do better in the future!
blair frodelius 6 Aug 2008
6:44 pm
i've enjoyed korbel. what are some american sparkling wines you'd recommend?
Robert Hess 7 Aug 2008
5:06 am
There are lots and lots of great American sparkling wines. One of my go-to's is Cuvee Mumm out of California, for a bargin sparkler, I often use one from Chateau St. Michelle a well known winery here in Washington State.
I'd recommend seeing if there are any offered by your own local wineries, and giving them a try to see what you think.
John Waters 10 Jan 2009
4:04 am
Hi Robert,
For Christmas my sister gave me, "Vintage Spirits & Forgotten Cocktails" by Ted Haigh (a.k.a. Dr. Cocktail) which is truly a wonderful book. Last night I made "The French 75 Cocktail" (page 60) for a couple of friends and it was absolutely fantastic! The recipe provided calls for;
2 ounces gin (I used Plymouth gin)
1 ounce fresh squeezed lemon juice
1 teaspoon simple syrup (I made using 1:1 ratio)
Shake with ice then strain into champagne flute and top with champagne (I used splits of Saint-Germain sparkling wine of France).
Garnish with cherry and a lemon spiral
True to it's name it was, "smooth yet packs a wallop"!
Lawrence Spies 21 Aug 2009
1:49 pm
When ever I make a French 75 I use Freixenet Spumante. (love this stuff) And for a Mimosa as well…two of my favorite "Champagne" cocktails…
Nik 10 Nov 2009
6:31 pm
Hey Robert,
What device were you using in this video to keep the champagne capped, it doesnt look like the little silver stoppers I see everywhere else.
Robert Hess 10 Nov 2009
6:49 pm
Nik, I've got a bunch of different champagne stoppers, and I can quite see which one I'm using hear. It looks like it might be one I bought in Europe, but most of them are pretty much the same, being a rubber footed stopper that closes the opening, and then metal clamps which hold the stopper tight to top of the bottle.
Bill 11 Feb 2010
7:14 pm
Huh, I've been curious about this drink for a while. It appears to be very similar to a Tom Collins (made not with the mix, but with lemon and simple syrup), just with champagne—err, sparkling wine—standing in for the club soda.
Robert Hess 11 Feb 2010
8:32 pm
Bill, Yes, the Champagne cocktail could be seen as similar to a Tom Collins, but then a Manhattan could be seen as being similar to a Martini as well :-> Sometimes all it takes is just a slight tweak to move from one drink to something else. It is important however to know where that dividing line is, and how thick it is.
AaronWalls 20 Apr 2010
8:32 pm
Robert, just discovered The Cocktail Spirit a couple months ago, and I am hooked. Very good stuff. I know I am not the only person who looks to you as the authority on which recipes are correct, although, I do differ from you on many of the spirit brands I buy. At any rate, a couple of questions about simple syrup:
First, I have seen some people use vodka to make their simple syrup shelf stable. Do you recommend this practice? And, if so, what ratio of vodka should I add to the simple syrup. I understand that vodka is intended to be a neutral spirit and should not affect the flavor of cocktails that I add it to, but it will certainly affect the alcohol content, if I am not careful.
Second, I have taken the habit of measuring and pouring my simple syrup first, as a good deal of it clings to the side of my measuring cup (I use the same OXO you use), and I find that pouring it first allows me to "rinse" the rest of it out of the jigger and into the shaker via pouring with my remaining ingredients.
Third, I understand the difference between 1:1 "regular" simple syrup and 2:1 "rich" syrup, but how do I know which is appropriate, when?
Finally, what do you think of agave nectar? I have never seen you use it, but I am quite fond of it. I have used it in recipes that call for it specifically, and have experimented with subbing it for simple syrup, which seems to work quite well in certain cocktails.
Thoughts? Thanks!
Robert Hess 23 Apr 2010
1:01 pm
Aaron, Yes, I use vodka for my syrups to help make them shelf-stable, For a pint of syrup I typically add about an ounce of high proof vodka. This seems to do the job, although I've never done any experiments to find out what the "best" amount to add. Yes, this will affect the overall alcohol content of the drink, but not really enough for it to have any ill effects.
As for measuring order… yes, I sometimes have a tendency to measure the liquids with higher viscocity first, or sometimes even adding them into already measured spirit and adjust as necessary (ie. if I need 1.5 oz spirit and .5 oz syrup, leave the 1.5 oz spirit in the jigger and add syrup until it reaches 2 oz)
As for 1:1 to 2:1… My habit is to use 2:1, perhaps that is why folks keep claiming I have a sweet tooth. I think the main difference it makes is that one drink will be a touch sweeter than the other, and this becomes just a bit of personal preference. You shouldn't just blindly follow a recipe precisely, but instead toy with it just a little to reflect either your tastes, or the products you are using. If you are using a 2:1 simple and find the drink a little too sweet, you could cut back a little on the syrup until it suits you.
As for Agave nectar, I've used it in at least one episode, the "Tequila Old Fashioned". I think it is an intresting product and can be suiteable for many drinks.
Nick L. 7 Jan 2011
1:49 pm
Great recipe. Like you, Robert, I was a little confused regarding the exact volume of this drink when I saw it in the Savoy Cocktail Book. After trying a few variations, I decided to take some liberties and adjust the volume/proportions to MY liking. I've got to admit, mine is heavier on the gin, but I love the stuff and depending on the brand you use it can really work (Bluecoat and Martin Miller's seem to hit the spot nicely). I also ditched the granulated/superfine sugar (like you) and went for simple syrup instead. I find it difficult to fully dissolve the sugar in this particular drink for whatever reason and seeing little granules floating in the bottom of your glass isn't ideal in my eyes.
I've almost always served this in a chilled champagne flute because I think it's appropriate, although I'm sure a Collins glass would work fine as well.
Regardless, it's a wonderful drink for any occasion, but certainly has that 'celebratory' appeal to it that makes it especially fun on holidays/birthdays/anniversaries/etc.
Justin Taylor 23 May 2011
11:46 am
What is your thoughts on cognac being used in the french 75?
Robert Hess 23 May 2011
1:40 pm
Personally, I think the "correct" way to make a French 75, is with gin, but that doesn't mean it is the only way. I've even done a second episode on the French 75 in which I discuss the "cognac" situation. Check it out!
David R. 23 Feb 2012
10:11 pm
I recently picked up a copy of The Savoy Cocktail Book the other day and was flipping through it and noticed how it seems to be lacking specific units of measurement like you mentioned above. I can figure out what the fractions (e.g. 2/3 gin) mean, but what I don't understand is when the cocktail recipe calls for "glassws."
For example, the President Cocktail calls for 2 dashes of grenadine, the juice of 1/4 orange, and 1 glass of Bacardi.
Am I correct to assume that a glass refers to a standard jigger? Perhaps you could clarify this for me.
Robert Hess 24 Feb 2012
8:43 am
David, it sure is frustrating to encounter recipes in which the author clearly understood what they were doing, but just doesn't quite explain things properly for the reader to figure it out. In this case a "glass" should be considered to be 2 ounces. But also to consider is that this whole recipe is one of "approximations". A dash, especially of a syrup, is not easy to define, nor is "the juice of 1/4 orange", so here is a perfect drink to try to get as close as you can to, and then adjust as you feel necessary to fine tune it to your tastes.
You might also want to check out savoystomp.com where Erik Ellestad goes through the Savoy Cocktail book one drink at a time. The President Cocktail you can find here: http://savoystomp.com/2009/09/17/president-cocktail/


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The use of masking tape alongside glue joints goes a long way towards keeping the job clean, but it is inevitable that clean-up of cured epoxy will have to be done frequently. I have attached a short video clip explaining the use of a heatgun and scraper for epoxy removal, but always try to be as neat as possible in the first place. When using a heatgun, be careful to use the heat to the minimum extent necessary to remove the material, and keep the gun moving so that you don't get deep penetration of heat into the joint.
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