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SANTA CLARITA, Calif. -- After a season-opening series last weekend against Simpson in which they scored 43 runs the Mustang bats went silent Saturday in a GSAC twinbill against Biola University.
Fortunately for The Master's, A.J. Work (Boise, ID) and Daniel Sheaffer (Mount Airy, NC) picked up their teammates in game one, combining for a six-hit shutout. The Mustangs pushed across two runs, one in the third on a Spencer Downs' (Kelso, WA) ground-rule double that plated Sam Robison (San Juan Capistrano, CA) and the second coming in the fifth when Jon Popadics (Boise, ID) drove in Robison with a single.
Work did an excellent job working both sides of the plate with his fastball, something he knew he needed to do coming into the game. Commenting on his performance, the senior lefty said, "Biola is always a hard team to throw against, they're a powerhouse in the GSAC, I knew that coming in…knew I had to locate, working in and out (with the fastball), mix(ing) in off-speed pitches to keep them guessing."
With six spotless innings Work ran his scoreless streak to 11 innings to start the season. Sheaffer took over in the seventh, closing things out for an old-school, three- inning save, preserving the 2-0 win.
In game two the Mustangs sent Tyler Elrod (Modesto, CA) to the mound, seeing his first regular- season action since Tommy John surgery. After a shaky first inning in which he walked a batter and made a two-base throwing error which ultimately gave Biola their first run, Elrod settled in and threw five solid innings, allowing only three hits and one unearned run.
The Mustangs threatened to tie the game in the fourth when Robison singled with runners on first and second, however, pinch-runner Anthony Leal (San Juan Capistrano, CA) was gunned down at the plate by Eagle rightfielder Paul Slater. Slater also provided the Eagles with an insurance run in the seventh on an rbi single.
Caleb Halverson (Temple City, CA) walked to lead off the bottom of the seventh but didn't advance as the next three Mustangs went down in order to end the game, cementing a 2-0 Biola victory.
With the split the Mustangs move to 4-1 overall and 1-1 in GSAC play. The Mustangs will travel to La Mirada Monday to make up Friday's rainout and will be home to host San Diego Christian in a three-game series next weekend with a 2:00 PM start on Friday and a doubleheader starting at 11:00 AM on Saturday.


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Ok so there are people doing the suit. I feel good now. I have seen the one you posted Doug, but its not really a Tarfful. I am going for spot on with this. I should be done with the masters for the shoulder armor this week. Then to mold it. I may depending on how this works out offer the Bandolier for Tarfful to people. But I know what its costing me to build and it wont be cheap saddly. But it will be awesome looking!
Well Im off to get the blue prints done now.
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Not to hijack the thread, but did you see the catalog number on these?
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Yes. I have looked at stilts extensively. I am not a fan of them at all. I have seen what they can do for height, but it still looks very off to me. I know others may not see the arm issue, but I do very much. I am going to work of a static lift. But I am going to make some adjustments to them to work a bit more ergonomically. I like how they feel better and they dont squeek. Plus they have a bit more balance to them. I will be very top heavy when this suit is done. I think this is just one of those personal preferances things.
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Spent a few hours working on this mock up. The size is damn near perfect. Shape too. It took a few tries, but I think I got all the major details. Now its off to the copier to photo copy all the parts a few dozen times for all the templates then, transfer to the plastic for trim and body work. Once I get this one done, I will mold and cast. I am not sure if this will be a single mold or four different molds. Either way if I sell these, I will have to assemble them before they go out. In the end, I think they are gonna look awesome. Heck just the fact that everything lines up on paper makes me have good feeling that it till be close in the physical prop.
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Yes. I have looked at stilts extensively. I am not a fan of them at all. I have seen what they can do for height, but it still looks very off to me. I know others may not see the arm issue, but I do very much. I am going to work of a static lift. But I am going to make some adjustments to them to work a bit more ergonomically. I like how they feel better and they dont squeek. Plus they have a bit more balance to them. I will be very top heavy when this suit is done. I think this is just one of those personal preferances things.
Couldn't agree more, just bought a pair out of curiosity!
They are a lot heavier, bulkier and unstable than my own custom built ones!
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Started the master for this today. Should be done with it some time tomorrow. Then i will do the shaping and finish work on it this weekend.
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As for my progress so far. I just about finished the master for the shoulder. I just have to do all the finishing work and clean up and Ill be ready to cast me up a set. I will say I know why no one has built these things before. Its a real pain in the arse. But I have been enjoying it all the way. Even if I dont have any skin left on my fingers. Well here is the last pic I will post up until after casting. Gotta order some more silicone for this. It will be cast in four parts, Then assembled after wards. Wish me luck!
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I'm really liking the way this armor's shaping up.
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Looking cool man...
Im more of a bake the cake before I put the icing on kind of guy... but whatever works for you eh?
I would think it would be better to measure the shoulder once the suit is complete. As you keep on reiterating that you want to do it 100% right then im assuming you are going to go for the muscle suit. That should make your shoulder much larger.
Check out the undersuit here
Just food for thought.
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I wont wear a muscle suit per-say. Ill have muscled thighs to compensate and ill be wearing padded shoulders. I did my dimensions based off of the pads plus two inches to compensate for the fur. This is not my first costume and when I work, I don't forget things like size proportions. I do however have to take into account time management. As a teacher I have of all summer. I have 19 hours of cutting, sanding, and "icing"(its a high grade professional type of bondo) into just the shoulders. Since I have off now I can put that kind of time into it and actually get things done. If I had to do this during school, it will never get done. How ever doing a latch hook suit can be done, since I can do that inside while watching TV.
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I'm really liking the way this armor's shaping up.
I have to agree with Lori. Keep up the awesome work Jas!
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Small update for those who are following this. Head kit came in today. I will have to reinforce it with fiberglass, the resin does not like heat at all and got super soft. It warped a bit when I got it this morning. I guess the post off ice does not use AC'ed trucks. Small set back, but nothing that cant be done in a few days. The face is nice and over all the head looks huge. It should be perfect. Ill get started on this in a little bit.
As for the armor bits, I painted and weathered the armor and started to do the bandolier. Should have something to really show off in a week or so, but here is what its looking like
The main straps are three different straps laced together and glued. They were detailed using an awl. The center belt straps were detailed the same way and have had nothing done to them yet. Waiting on the ammo boxes to come in. Once I have those, the bandolier will be finished of really easy. Once the main body is assembled, Ill do the dye and aging work on the belt. Should be awesome looking.
Well that's all for now. Next step is casting the shoulders and getting those assembled.
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Sorry about the delay on this thread, but money does sometimes get in the way, but I have made some awesome progress.
First off the toes....
A friend of mine made the toes out of clay then casted them in laytex. They are reversable so one set works for both feet. Which is nice because less work. I then sculpted nails out of magic sculpt and cast those as well. I have some clean up work to do on them, but very little. I will paint these to match the brown/black looking nails seen on the hands. Ill add some scuffs and things for details even though most likely no one will ever look, but I will so it has to be there.
The bell....
This is the first one I did. It is friggin huge to say the least. But I went to scale mostly so it kinda had to be. Weight may be an issue, so I will have to come up with some internal supports to make sure the belt does not slip and slide off of me. I have a few ideas I am gonna run with once I am all done with it. Ill let you know when I do final assembly. It may be a bit since I tore a mold pulling a piece out, but they only took a few hours to assemble. Clean up is this weekend! Looking forward to seeing this painted up and weathered.
sorry about fuzzy pics, it was late and I was tired when I took them. But getting closer. Ill post pics with a fully completed bandolier when I am done assembling it.
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Very nice armor. What did you make the masters out of and what are you doing the castings in?
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Wine and cheese expert Kirstin Jackson led Good Day through a tasting at City Winery Tuesday, into the world of perfect pairings and the culture of cheese – and really, who doesn't love cheese?
Jackson is the mastermind behind the "It's Not You, it's Brie" blog, and she's holding a pairing session at City Winery Tuesday night.
Participants will be able to try a number of cheeses with the author, as well as taste the wine that best pairs with it, to bring out those great flavors. Jackson might also show tasty recipes to highlights these great cheeses.
They will also get to learn how the best local cheeses are made and where they can get them.
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The College of Applied Sciences and Arts (CASA) at San José State University (SJSU) has 6 departments and 4 schools with over 8,000 undergraduate and graduate students and more than 400 faculty and staff. Dr. Charlie Bullock, Dean of CASA, came to SJSU in January 2009 from the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) where he was the Dean of the College of Health and Human Sciences. Prior to UNR, Dr. Bullock had been on faculty for 17 years at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He received his Ph.D. at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Dr. Bullock has been involved in issues of disability and health throughout his career. He is regarded nationally as an expert on the inclusion of people with disabilities, especially in sport and recreation. In that capacity, he has consulted extensively with state and national agencies to develop and evaluate programs. He has authored 2 books and published over 60 articles in refereed journals. In addition he has authored 19 training manuals and has produced 4 videotapes. He has made over 100 presentations at local, state, national, and international professional conferences.
As Dean of the CASA at SJSU, Dr. Bullock has strengthened and expanded the College's research infrastructure, created a new state of the art student success center, and fostered interdisciplinary collaboration among CASA's schools and departments. He has initiated key partnerships and linkages in the local community, and has strengthened strategic international partnerships in Afghanistan and Vietnam. Through his leadership, Dr. Bullock has been instrumental in creating a strong central mission for CASA, while enabling each unique school/department to maximize its strengths and potential. He has fostered a culture of excellence and innovation that together with careful strategic planning, has helped to guide the college through difficult economic times.
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Yes, after 225 weeks with relatively little in the way of scandal sticking to the Obama presidency, the 226th week was especially thorny.
The president's advisers are undoubtedly devising strategies to relieve the pressure.
It might be a good time for Obama to look outside the bunker. If so, my nomination is Robert M. Gates, a man who served as secretary of the Defense Department under both Obama and President George W. Bush. (He also served under President George H.W. Bush.)
Speaking on a Sunday chat show last week, Gates told hard truths about Benghazi and the U.S. response. One line of attack on the Obama administration is that it did not act decisively or forcefully enough in reacting to the crisis. From the outside looking in, Gates said, it appears to him that the top people in the Pentagon last September made the right call.
"Had I been in the job at the time," Gates said on the CBS program Face the Nation, "I think my decisions would have been just as theirs were. We don't have a ready force standing by in the Middle East."
He went on to say that "getting somebody there in a timely way — would have been very difficult, if not impossible. And frankly, I've heard, 'Well, why didn't you just fly a fighter jet over and try and scare 'em with the noise or something?' Well, given the number of surface-to-air missiles that have disappeared from Gaddafi's arsenals, I would not have approved sending an aircraft, a single aircraft — over Benghazi under those circumstances."
On this subject and others, Gates offers what he calls a "realist's view."
"I had quite a reputation as a pessimist when I was in the intelligence business," Gates said in a 2007 speech at the World Forum on the Future of Democracy in Williamsburg, Va. "A journalist once described me as the Eeyore of national security — able to find the darkest cloud in any silver lining."
The United States has put such skepticism to good use during its history. The job of leader of the free world can rapidly age a U.S. chief executive. The world is watching you stand atop the global stage where each misstep is magnified. Your foreign enemies are well-versed at subterfuge designed to put egg on your face. Your domestic foes are hoping you'll trip and fall. Your fellow party members are easily frightened and prone to self-destructive finger-pointing.
In a lengthy Vanity Fair profile last year, the author Michael Lewis neatly summed up the White House pressure cooker. "Putting it the way George W. Bush did sounded silly but he was right: the president is a decider," Lewis wrote. "Many if not most of his decisions are thrust upon the president, out of the blue, by events beyond his control: oil spills, financial panics, pandemics, earthquakes, fires, coups, invasions, underwear bombers, movie-theater shooters, and on and on and on. They don't order themselves neatly for his consideration but come in waves, jumbled on top of each other."
Amid the chaos, a president needs solid counsel from an experienced hand who's not going to panic, overreach or make the situation worse. During the Cold War, presidents relied on a set of informal advisers known as "wise men," Washington insiders, diplomats and/or defense experts who could be trusted to deliver clear advice even in the middle of a crisis.
In The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made, writers Walter Isaacson and Evan Thomas describe them: "They shared a vision of public service as a lofty calling and an aversion to the pressures of partisan politics. They had a pragmatic and businesslike preference for realpolitik over ideology."
Gates would be on a short-list of candidates for modern-day wise men. In the mid-1990s, Gates wrote From the Shadows: The Ultimate Insider's Story of Five Presidents and How they Won the Cold War. As Micah Zenko noted on the Council on Foreign Relations blog last week, Gates wrote, "It was my experience over the years that one of the biggest misimpressions held by the public has been that our military is always straining at the leash, wanting to use force in any situation. The reality is just the opposite. In more than twenty years attending meetings in the Situation Room, my experience was that the biggest doves in Washington wear uniforms. Our military leaders have seen too many half-baked ideas for the use of military force advanced in the Situation Room by hairy-chested civilians who have never seen combat or fired a gun in anger."
This explains why in discussing Benghazi on CBS last week, Gates told Bob Schiefer that some in Washington have "a cartoonish impression of military capabilities and military forces."
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Without the heat loss, water temp, flow & other radiation you're just hackin', stabbin' in the dark.
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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) Jeff Brohm's belief in taking chances and having a creative offense helped Western Kentucky pile up yardage, points and victories last season.
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Dave Hendershott, the disgraced former chief deputy under Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, will invoke his right against self-incrimination if asked to testify in the job appeal hearing for fired deputy Joel Fox.Barry Markson, Hendershott's lawyer, told Judge Robert Sparks in the appeal hearin ... More >>
Republicans don't want Democrats in their tree house.Arizona Legislative District 11 Republicans snubbed Democrat Greg Stanton from their mayoral forum last night.Former Councilwoman Peggy Neely, Phoenix lobbyist Wes Gullet, and the newest candidate in the race for Phoenix mayor, Attorney Jennif ... More >>
Randy Pullen, former chairman of the state Republican Party, knew the SCA donation was illegally earmarked, sources told state and federal investigators Maricopa County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Lisa Allen was dismayed when she saw the super-sleazy TV ad against her boss' opponent, Da ... More >>
We've only just begun looking through a large report on the state Attorney General's SCA investigation, and already we're finding interesting stuff. But it's hundreds of pages long and, honestly, we don't have time to sift through it and cobble the highlights for you tonight. So, rather than ... More >>
Someone has reposted the video that was jerked belowThe AZ Repugs new Tea Bagger chairman, Tom MorrisseyNote: See Updates below...It's been a good day for the Democrats, in more ways than one.Ex-Democratic state treasurer candidate Andrei Cherny beat out failed U.S. Senate Candidate Rodney Glassman ... More >>
Glory days: Pullen being sworn in as chairman in 2009, after defeating Lisa Allen Randy Pullen, chairman of the Arizona Republican Party, has announced via Twitter that he will not seek reelection at the next state party meeting on January 22. This follows the news that Pullen had no ... More >>
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The Arizona Democratic Party has joined the legions of geeks parodying director Danny Boyle's 2002 post-apocalyptic horror flick 28 Days Later with this YouTube video envisioning the aftermath of Governor Jan Brewer's reign.The analogy works pretty well, as Brewer's recent Clean Elections Debate per ... More >>
President Obama went to the doctor yesterday for his first check-up since taking office. The appointment revealed that the hope and change hero takes anti-inflammatory medication to relieve chronic tendinitis in his left knee, and that he should eat better to lower his cholesterol. It also reveal ... More >>
from gallegoforarizona.comReally, Ruben, it's not worth the $410...There's absolutely no doubt that Mark Spencer, head of the Phoenix Law Enforcement Association, has turned the police union into an anti-immigration juggernaut. Spencer has been a tireless backer of state Senator (and neo-N ... More >>
www.marketoracle.comArizona Republican Party Executive Director Brett Mecum seems to think that the $50,000 left off of the organization's latest spending report is "all good," but another GOP bigwig is calling for an independent audit of the party's books. Yuma County Republican Party Cha ... More >>
www.thedirty.com GOP Executive Director Brett Mecum (he's the one in the blue.) The Huffington Post claims that the stalking complaint against GOP Executive Director Brett Mecum fits a pattern of weirdo behavior by him that's creeping out Arizona Republican Party women.In an arti ... More >>
Dan SabanDan Saban, former candidate for sheriff of Maricopa County, has filed a lawsuit against the Arizona Republican Party and those involved with the shady SCA, a.k.a. Sheriff's Command Association. It could be argued that the public was -- and continues to be -- damaged by the ... More >>
Arizona Republican Party Chairman Randy Pullen called for an investigation into Attorney General Terry Goddard at a press conference yesterday -- but failed to mention that Goddard's office is currently investigating Pullen.In fact, in Pullen's remarks, which you can see in this video posted to w ... More >>
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By a vote of 5-3, the Phoenix City Council today chose former councilman Sal DiCiccio to finish the term of Greg Stanton, who resigned last week to take a job with Attorney General Terry Goddard. DiCiccio was nominated only after the council deadlocked on the nomination of Sal Rivera, an atto ... More >>
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The universe of wine experiences had grown incrementally. The pattern of excellent Napa Valley Cabernet, farmed in two small townships, Oakville and Rutherford, kept repeating itself time and again. There were also hillside-grown Cabernets, from wineries like Diamond Creek and Mayacamas, that held their allure.
When I look back at those experiences I realize the 1960s and 1970s were the dawn of the rebirth of California's fine-wine industry. In those days you could count on two hands the top wineries. If you could rattle off the names of Heitz, Martini, Mondavi, BV and Krug, you could persuade most that you were a bonafide wine connoisseur. I also realize I missed an opportunity to build a fantastic wine collection. I'm grateful for my early exposure to and experience with those old California Cabernets because it led to a new life for me, as a wine journalist, for the last 13 years with The Wine Spectator.
I'm only half-sorry now that I didn't buy a few cases of those old wines and stick them in a cool, dark closet for drinking tonight. If I could turn back the hands of time and do it over, I would open the door of my closet and find a cache of Cabernet with names and vintages like the seven older wineries listed below.
1. BEAULIEU VINEYARD PRIVATE RESERVE, 1970. The frost-reduced crop of 1970 produced Cabernets that were intensely flavored and especially long lived. The top wines of that vintage remain in pristine drinking condition. The 1970 BV Private Reserve achieved legendary status. It marked the last great wine made by BV's masterful winemaker, André Tchelistcheff, and it capped the third excellent vintage in a row for BV. Both the 1968 and 1969 vintages before it were superb. For two decades, these three wines have been neck and neck in quality, though today the 1970 holds a slight edge over the other two. You can still find the 1970 around. But for wines of similar character and potential, the 1985 and 1987 vintages of Private Reserve closely resemble the earlier classics.
2. CAYMUS VINEYARDS, Special Selection, 1978, 1979. The Rutherford-grown Cabernets of founder Charlie Wagner and son, Chuck, embodied a unique, spicy, herbal and currant character that is unmistakable once you learn the taste. Two wines really stood out in my mind, the 1978 and 1979 vintages. The special selection is enormously rich and concentrated with a broad spectrum of flavors ranging from currant to black cherry to prune and spice. The 1978 showed off the ripeness and fullness of the vintage. The 1979 proved a sleeker version, but just as enticing and age-worthy. Caymus's streak continues today, making it one of California's most sought-after wines. Sensational wines from 1987 and 1988 are currently on the market for $60 a bottle.
3. RIDGE VINEYARDS MONTE BELLO, 1970. This is the only Cabernet I've chosen from outside Napa Valley. There are many fine Cabernets grown elsewhere, but in the 1960s and 1970s Napa Valley provided the most dramatic expressions of this wine. The exception is Monte Bello, Ridge's own vineyard that sits on the ridge of the Santa Cruz Mountains in one of the coolest Cabernet sites in California. Winemaker Paul Draper is another purist who does little to interfere with the intense, mountain-grown Monte Bello grapes. The 1970 has always struck me as the most complete and harmonious bottling, with remarkable depth, richness and concentration. Through two decades of vintages, Ridge Monte Bello has had many successes; in recent years the 1988 and 1989 reflect the unique character of this vineyard. Both are fine wines in vintages that are merely good in most of California. They sell for about $60.
4. JOSEPH PHELPS EISELE VINEYARD, 1975, 1978. Joseph Phelps, a building contractor from Colorado, built his winery in Napa Valley in 1973. Two years later he bought the Cabernet grapes grown by Milt and Barbara Eisele of Eisele Vineyard, a 40-acre vineyard near Calistoga, at the northern end of Napa Valley. Phelps captured the rich, explosive, penetrating currant and mineral flavors of this wonderful vineyard. The 1975 is the star of a fine but not great vintage in Napa, proving that great vineyards can often yield wines that far surpass the quality of the year. The 1978 is a great, ripe, opulent wine from a grand vintage. In 1987 the Eiseles sold their vineyard. Phelps's current Eisele is the 1987 and 1989 vintages. The last possible vintage is 1991. Bart and Daphne Araujo are the new owners, and they plan to make wine from their vineyard.
5. HEITZ MARTHA'S VINEYARD, 1968, 1970 and 1974. These three vintages are in great demand among collectors, as they are almost universally acclaimed as Heitz's greatest winemaking achievements. Martha's Vineyard is named after Martha May, who with her husband, Tom, owns this 34-acre vineyard in Oakville, which backs up against the western foothills of Napa Valley and is ringed by a row of shaggy eucalyptus trees. It is an ideally situated vineyard in a microclimate that yields wonderful, spicy, minty Cabernet Sauvignon year after year. Like the 1968 to 1970 vintages of BV Private Reserve, the three Heitz vintages each have their admirers. The last time I spoke with Heitz, he preferred the 1969. For sentimental reasons, 1968 remains one of my favorites. For the 1974 vintage, probably California's most famous and collectible wine, Heitz lay in bed with a sore back; his son David, now winemaker, harvested the grapes and vinified them. Heitz Martha's Vineyard Cabernet has its detractors, but the 1985 to 1987 vintages are distinctive wines. The wines currently sell for $60.
6. MAYACAMAS VINEYARDS, 1970, 1974. Mayacamas is legendary for its hard, rustic, tannic wines, but few in California are as enduring and complex once they're given more than a decade of bottle age. From vineyards 2,000 feet above the Napa Valley floor, Mayacamas Cabernets represent a very deliberate style. There is no effort by Bob Travers to soften or smooth the rough edges, so what you get is often a tight, backward, unyielding wine that is dark in color, firm in texture and deeply concentrated. The 1970 is just now beginning to approach maturity and should last well into the next decade. The 1974 proved another monumental vintage, with a wonderful array of spicy berry flavors. It still has years of life ahead of it, when many of its contemporaries are beginning to fade. The best of the recent Mayacamas Cabernets is from the great 1985 vintage. It sells for about $30.
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Additional information
Fishel, F.M. 2006. Worker Protection Standard: Decontamination Supplies. UF/IFAS Extension EDIS Publication PI-116 (http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/PI153).
Fishel, F.M. 2006. Worker Protection Standard: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). UF/IFAS Extension EDIS Publication PI-119 (http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/PI156).
Fishel, F.M. and O.N. Nesheim. 2007. Pesticide Safety. UF/IFAS EDIS Extension EDIS Publication FS11 (http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/CV108).
Fishel, F.M., O.N. Nesheim, and T.W. Dean. 2007. The Worker Protection Standard. UF/IFAS Extension EDIS Publication PI19 (http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/CV138).
Florida Poison Information Center Network (1-800-222-1222 or http://www.fpicn.org ). Visited April 2008.
National Pesticide Information Center (1-800-858-7378 or http://npic.orst.edu/ ). Visited April 2008.
Nesheim, O.N., F.M. Fishel, and M.A. Mossler. 2005. Toxicity of Pesticides. UF/IFAS Extension EDIS Publication PI-13 (http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/PI008).
This document is PI-165, one of a series of the Agronomy Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Original publication date July 2008. Reviewed April 2011. Visit the EDIS website at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu.
Frederick Fishel, associate professor, Department of Agronomy, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611.
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Leon Schlesinger Studios featuring So White, Queenie, Prince Chawmin', Seven Dwarfs, Mammy, Child, Worm, Hitman.
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|Comments by: Shadow Mihai from Pasadena, California, USA
|Posted: October 11, 2010
Coal Black Is Still The Case In American Media
I am a (white) producer/director, entertainment attorney, and have had the task for many years of managing and directing African-American actresses. Interesting about Coal Black is that apart from some of the terminology, NOTHING has changed in regard to the attitudes about black women in this country, since the day the cartoon aired. I have read the commentaries about what Coal Black means, and I agree. I DON'T agree however, with the misguided assumption that attitudes have changed. For instance, it is seldom we see a pretty black woman cast beside a pretty white female lead; the black females the media allows to have awards and media careers are overrepresented as obese and funny looking; roles for them are still overwhelmingly the slut and prostitute; black entertainment from people allowed by the mainstream to succeed - such as Tyler Perry - support theses same assumptions. No, as another commentator alluded to, we have NOT come a long way...
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|Comments by: wackyoverkhaki
|Posted: January 31, 2007
Coal Black is too much!
I am a huge fan of this cartoon for so many reasons. The music. The animation. The humor and WWII jokes. That cutie So White. The big lips on some of the characters hurt me at first, but then I was very able to get past that and see the positive of this cartoon and similar cartoons which far outweighed the negative. Some cartoons depicting blacks definitely offend me but this particular short has more positive and neutral elements than negative. As far as big lips go, I understand the concept of caricatures. Black people's full lips may be exaggerated to grotesque proportions, but white people's long noses are often exaggerated to grotesque proportions as well. Because they're CARTOONS, get it? Even the worst stereotypes depicted in the old cartoons aren't anywhere near as damaging as contemporary stereotypes depicted on BET and MTV. For me, these are the real minstrel shows. I'd like to copy and paste part of a letter I wrote to the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia that sums up my opinion very well (pardon the anger and language but I was having a pretty bad day so I blew my top when I wrote it):
"Wow...I'm in a paroxysm of anger here; I can't explain this eloquently, but hopefully you'll understand. I am a teenage black girl who has to deal with embarrassing stereotypes and ignorance everyday. You know, it really infuriates me is the cliche "We've come a long way." That's very naïve. The stereotypes of the past such as watermelon, toms, and mammies have been replaced with much worse stereotypes such as bucks, wanton jezebel sluts, "smokin' crack and rapin' b*tches," etc. I think the bigger problem here is modern-day minstrelsy, and it's not being emphasized enough in your museum. And what's even worse is that these modern stereotypes are self-debasing ones that blacks bring upon themselves, and whites and black youth glorify this sh*t. The moral decay in black America (and all of America) makes me want to vomit. It also imposes an inferiority complex on black youth. I have a great disdain for hip-hop and modern-day minstrel "coons" such as Snoop Dogg and Kings of Comedy, not because I hate my people, but for the complete opposite reason. And all of this so-called political correctness bullsh*t -- they'll waste all this effort censoring a blackface bunny in a Looney Tunes cartoon, but they'll regard these rap videos and degrading vulgar low comedy as acceptable? "
And if hating rap and our country's moral decay makes me a prude, so be it. My mama and dad raised me to have some integrity. I'm not saying you have to hate rap yourself, but you sure as heck better not approve of rap and then badmouth Coal Black. Then not only would you be a hypocrite but you'd be depriving the world of great cartoons and music. And while fortunately there's some decent educated balanced reviews on Coal Black you wouldn't believe the slander and biased negative slant it has on certain articles- like wikipedia and this other extremist blogger crumb named Yolanda something. Isn't it about time the reign of political correctness as fallen? I look foward to the day where I can watch Coal Black in hi-res on DVD. And let's get CB's killer-diller soundtrack on CD already! Oh yeah, and defense of one of my favorite cartoon characters, So White isn't a ho. She's just sexy and flirty and knows how to flirt her way out of trouble- Black Betty Boop. Notice the double standard- she's no more sexual than Betty Boop but just because she is black she is immediately labeled as some "lascivious jezebel". Chick from Hallelujah was a jezebel. Lil' Kim and the rap video chicks are jezebels. Foxxy Love from Drawn Together was a jezebel. But So White? Just a 40's pinup sweetheart and just as pretty as Ms. Boop and the Disney princesses. Betty Boop's babydoll face, Betty Grable's legs/skirt, and Jane Russell's curves-in pure chocolate-voiced by Dorothy Dandridge's equally cute (IMO) sister. Yowza!
Conclusion: I dig Coal Black and ALL OF YOU HATERS STOP BRINGING IT DOWN AND SLANDERING IT! It's a free country for the rest of us too you know.
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|Comments by: MrNatural
|Posted: February 09, 2005
Learning from history
It's been said that you can't know where you're going unless you know where you came from. This 1940s era cartoon, at the time it was released, was considered "OK" ... and kids today need to know that this era was an era of ambivalence toward racial stereotypes. It would help them to understand the civil rights movement a whole lot better.
Having said that ... and for the moment, disregarding the racial stereotypes (not to mention the politically incorrect word for short people in the title), there is one thing that amazes me about this cartoon.
Clampett drew the heroine, So White, as an incredibly well-built young woman. And, he drew her wearing a micro-mini-skirt that would have raised eyebrows even in the 1960s (in a 1940s cartoon). I was born in 1950 so I don't know how this cartoon was received when it was released. But, I'm wondering if there was any flak from parents (or censorship groups) over Clampett's choice of attire for the lead character?
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