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- Ambassador François Delattre
Ambassador François Delattre was appointed Ambassador of France to the United States in February 2011 after serving as Ambassador of France to Canada (2008-2011), Consul General in New York (2004-2008) and Press and Communications Director at the French Embassy in Washington, D.C. (1998-2002).
A member of President Jacques Chirac's foreign policy team (1995-1998), François Delattre was responsible for European and trans-Atlantic defense and security matters and managing the Bosnian crisis.
He also served as Deputy Director of the French Foreign Minister's Office (2002-2004) and was a member of Foreign Minister Alain Juppé's cabinet (1993-1995), following two years with the Strategic, Security and Disarmament Department of the French Foreign Ministry (1991-1993).
François Delattre was posted in Bonn at the French Embassy in Germany (1989-1991), where he was in charge of matters pertaining to the economic impact of Germany's unification and the environment.
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Ambassador François Delattre is a regular reference in local and national press outlets. Click here
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West downs North 3-1 in a spirited conference opener
Thu. August 29, 2013 at 10:18 p.m. | By Dean Hensley
North Henderson's Rebekah Bagwell, left, and Cameron Pryor dive for the ball against West Henderson Thursday night at North Henderson High School. (Photo by MIKE DIRKS/ TIMES-NEWS)
It was a spirited start to the WNC Athletic Conference season Thursday night at North Henderson, as two traditional Henderson County volleyball powers, North and West Henderson, put on a show for a packed Tom Pryor Gymnasium.
The Lady Falcons ended up taking the hard-fought match in four (25-20, 26-24, 20-25, 25-19) to improve to 5-1 overall and 1-0 in the WNCAC. Leading the balanced attack were hard hitters Rachel Hyatt (13 kills) and Taylor Houck (13 kills), and providing the passes were Caroline Haas (19 assists) and Kasey Kilpatrick (16 assists).
"We needed that one bad," Lady Falcon coach Tiffany Lowrance said. "We got off to a great start right from the get-go, even during warm-ups. We had a balanced attack, and that's our focus now. When these girls think 'team,' that's when we do well."
It was a see-saw battle from the opening serve, as West took the first game 25-20 after a big kill by Houck and another by freshman Mary Catherine Bell to close things out.
In the second game, North's Cameron Pryor (19 kills) had several big points and helped the Lady Knights take the lead at 24-23, but West responded with a Hyatt kill and a Houck kill to take the lead back at 25-23. A North unforced error gave West the second game 26-24.
"We just had way too many unforced errors in those first two games," North coach Sue Moon said. "You just can't do that against West and expect to win."
The Lady Knights turned things around in the third game, winning it 25-20, before falling in the fourth and final game 25-19.
West's defense was led by Savanna Austin with 18 digs, Kasey Kilpatrick with 12 and Caroline Hauss with 12.
North freshman Caroline Marsh also had a big night offensively with 19 kills. Alex Oates had 20 assists, and Kim Cannon added 19. The Lady Knight defense was led by Ellie Caldwell, who had 20 digs, and Jonnie Petree, who had 19.
The Lady Falcons return home Tuesday to host Smoky Mountain, while the Lady Knights host East Henderson.
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Spencer Buck has been nominated for the U.S. Air Force High Flyers. He is a finalist for the U.S. Air Force High Flyer of the Year, honoring the best high school basketball players in Georgia. F
Bryan County High School forward Satashala Beasley is in the running for the U.S. Air Force High Flyers Award. You can go to http://www.thesportsflash.com/USAF-HIGHFLYERS-GA-FINALISTS-GIRLS.htm to vote for Beasley.
Senior Nathan Ward threw a complete game shutout, striking out 12, to lead Richmond Hill High School to a 1-0 win over Region 2A-AAAA foe Wayne County on Tuesday night at Wildcats Field. Davis Townsend was the hard luck losing pitcher for Wayne. He also throwing a complete game one hitter but gave up an unearned run in the 4th inning.
The public is invited to a catch-and-release bass tournament March 17 on Fort Stewart.
Plans for a Family Dollar store in Richmond Hill will soon head to the Richmond Hill City Council after a decision Thursday by the city's Planning and Zoning Commission.
Aliyah Johnson was named the top player in Region 2-AAAA by region coaches after the Lady Wildcats (24-3) won the 2-AAAA title and set a school record for consecutive games won. Johnson, who has signed with Wofford, averaged 19 points a game this season. Also earning postseason honors were coach Elizabeth Bennett, coach of the year, Keeara Jackson, second team and Sarah Goolsby and Charmia Graham, who earned honorable mention. On the boy's team, Spencer Buck, James Williams, Kody Morales and Alex Cruz earned All Region 2A-AAAA .
Bainbridge upset Richmond Hill High School 62-53 on Friday night in the first round of the girls' state Class AAAA basketball playoffs on Friday night in Richmond Hill. The loss ends the Lady Wildcats' season. Richmond Hill finished 25-3.
Several schools across the county will get a little financial boost after the Bryan County Board of Education approved Thursday more than $9,000 in donations for five schools.
When it comes to basketball, Richmond Hill High School senior Sydney Millek is no slacker.
Applause followed the unanimous denial by the Richmond Hill City Council of another request to waive zoning conditions associated with the property known as Colonial Marsh at Tuesday's regularly scheduled meeting.
AASU must be filling pretty good about recent signees Ryan Esenwein and Nathan Ward after both Richmond Hill players played prominent roles in their season opening 13-3 win against Bryan County. Esenwein pitched five innings, giving up two hits and only one earned run and Ward hit a two-out grand slam to push the Wildcats lead to 10-3 in the third inning. Esenwein struck out eight and walked four in his complete game win. Ward finished 1-for-3 with four RBIs and three runs scored. Senior Hunter Hadley went 2-for-4 with three RBIs and freshman Jonah Reyes had two RBIs. RHHS ...
It was a match up that the Richmond Lady Wildcats had been waiting on since Nov. 22. The Lady Cats lost to then No. 1-ranked Statesboro 70-40.
It was only a quarterfinal game on a Thursday night but if you didn't have a seat in the Richmond Hill gym thirty minutes before the 8 p.m. tipoff, you didn't get one.
Everywhere you look, it's been a banner year for the girls' basketball program at Richmond Hill High School.
It was a match up that the Richmond Lady Wildcats had been waiting on since Nov. 22. The Lady Cats lost to then No. 1-ranked Statesboro 70-40.
Welcome to the first installment of the by now surely famous second-or-third-or-fourth annual Bryan County News football-forecasting, pigskin-picking gridiron-guessing contest, which is also known as an exercise in futility for a certain Bryan County News staff writer.
Richmond Hill High School softball players are selling breast cancer awareness t-shirts to raise money for a local breast cancer awareness organization.
Bryan County High School fell 26-0 to host Metter on Friday night in the 2014 football season opener for both teams.
Lady Wildcats win opener
Call them full dress rehearsals - a last minute chance for coaches to see how their teams look against an opponent and a first glimpse of what's to come for fans itching for the start of the high school football season.
In five seasons, Richmond Hill High School cross country coach Levi Sybert has turned the program into one of the best on the coast.
Richmond Hill High School baseball coach Stacy Bennett called first baseman Shane Buerster and pitcher Slade Walker two big reasons the 2014 Wildcats won 20 games in a single season for the first time in the program's history.
They're used to winning in Pembroke, where Bryan County High School's softball program has long been one of the best in the state.
Richmond Hill High School finds itself in a "new" Region 3-AAAAA this year, but third-year softball coach Angie Hummeldorf expects her team to remain competitive and be in the hunt for a third straight trip to the state Class AAAAA playoffs.
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03-22-2014 17:27:30 | More by paul_db
4.03/5 rDev +8%
A: Like a small grocery store. Girls at the registers are always nice.
Q: Tacoma Boys always has great fresh food whether it be seafood, meat, produce and beer..oh yeah, killer dessert too
S: Service is average grocery store style. Younger people stocking and working registers wont know much
S: Alesmith, Port, lots of good local stuff. You can always find a gem here. Parabola, Collage, Arctic Devil, BA Old Ruffian have all been scored here. You can always find something new here and as of right now it is the best bottle shop in all of Tacoma.
09-05-2012 20:18:26 | More by barleywinefiend
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Tacoma Boys is a high end local grocery store, focusing on local produce, high quality poultry, fish and meat, and other gourmet items. They also have a pretty sizeable wine selection as well, and in the back, a cold box with a good selection of craft beer and a few imports.
This place reminds me of a smaller version of my local MofC down in West Linn, with the same sort of focus on high quality goods (an attitude that extends to the wine and beer selection as well). The one exception seemed to be in the pricing area; Tacoma Boy prices are much more reasonable then what one will find at the MofC.
In terms of the beer selection, they have a good selection, no doubt, especially for a grocery store. It doesn't come anywhere close to what one can find at 99 bottles and Bottleworks, but still, the selection here is pretty solid, with a nice variety of local and regional beers. Most of the selection is contained in the moderately sized cold box area in the back, but with a few box displays as well.
Others have mentioned that one can find limited, hard to find beers on occassion here, and that may well be true, but on this day I didn't see anything that wowwed me (though they did have some beers from Fire Mountain brewery in Carlton, Oregon, which was a surprise). Service was about what you'd expect for a grocery store. The folks working here were nice enough, but at the end of the day, this is a grocery store, and so there really isn't anyone here that can answer more than the most basic beer related questions (at least not that I could see).
If one wants something special, unusual or hard to find, it's pretty clear that 99 Bottles is the place to go in the area. However, if one simply wants to pick up some good beer while shopping for high end groceries, then Tacoma Boys is absolutely the sort of place to come. I'm sure I'll be back.
06-25-2012 13:46:25 | More by John_M
3.66/5 rDev -1.9%
I try to swing in here whenever I'm driving past its a lot closer to my house than Federal way. Pretty decent local section, Schooner Exact, Fremont, Two Beers, Stone, Rouge, Russian River, a lot of pretty decent beers. Pliny sometimes, but never when I stop by. Some Belgiums and a few Germans. Not real big on customer service (Beer Section), no one ask you if you need any help. However staff is very friendly when they do talk with you. I will continue to go here. I can always find something to drink.
10-28-2011 15:47:09 | More by Pwnzilla
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Another branch of this local franchise. Their beer section is decent sized, but pales in comparison as far as selection goes compared to their puyallup branch. They have some Schafly RIS and Bwine that has been sitting on top of the cooler for who knows how long, but other than that they have a nice set up. The isle is a bit narrow, so heavy traffic times are not too good for browsing. It is worth Checking out, but I have yet to be wowed by a beer discovery there. They usually have Supplication and other regular RR offerings, PTE is hot and miss, but usually miss. Plenty of national micros, but not so many locals stocked.
10-28-2010 21:20:50 | More by youradhere
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My wife remembered hearing about them somewhere, so we stopped by on the way back from a camping trip.
They have a really good selection. Lots of Germans, a fair number of Belgians, an exceptional selection of locals.
I didn't even talk to any of the employees except at checkout, and I didn't ask her about beer, so my "average" rating for service is definitely uninformed. No one was rude, no one was helpful, no one was unhelpful. Just a store with beer.
Seemed like everything was well taken care of, beer is inside and away from the windows. They had some 2009 Sierra Nevada Southern Hemispheres -- I should have bought one to see what kind of shape those things are in after a year.
Some of their prices were a little bit high, some of their prices were pretty good ($8/4 Old Rasputins, $11/4 90 Minutes). Overall, prices seemed reasonable.
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To the Editor,
I am writing regarding the story on the farmer's market held over the weekend at the IGA site (the Times, Page 1, Friday, Jan. 24).
I believe it's very nice that Rockport has vendors participating in a farmers' market. However, after two years without a supermarket, this type of market is not essential, it's just nice to have. We need more than "jellies and Jams" and homemade baked goods.
We are at a distinct disadvantage from other towns of the same population in the area. Ask anyone in town, young or old, and you get the same answer: We need a supermarket similar to the IGA. It is a disadvantage and inconvenience being without.
I find it hard to believe that there is not "concrete" interest in that space to service the town's unique, captive market.
I would recommend that owner Jay Smith seriously consider refurbishing, upgrading and modernize this space, and then I am sure there would be viable options — perhaps Crosby's Market out of Manchester.
This town would seem a perfect fit for its target market, and it would be a welcome addition by everyone in Rockport.


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Africare: Doing Its Part to Help in the Mali Crisis
October 16th, 2012
Political upheaval and complex security problems in Mali, one of the world's 10 poorest countries, threaten to destabilize Africa's Sahel region – which is already in crisis from prolonged drought. Africare is addressing the country's greatest problem, food security, using tested agronomic practices and the best of common sense traditions.
Africare's System of Rice Intensification (SRI) Project in Mali received the 2010 Best Practice award from InterAction; the largest alliance of U.S. based international organizations.
SRI has yielded beneficial results in other African countries, and its introduction to Mali has been transformative.
The process, originally developed by a Jesuit priest named Fr. Henri de Laulanié in 1983, utilizes an irrigation and drainage system, using less water to grow larger hectares of crops – singly planting each rice seedling in moist, aerobic soil.
It is then carefully cultured from organic matter – mostly compost, which keeps the soil moist and reduces the need for watering. The many advantages of SRI include increased yields, less weeding, and stronger and faster plant development.
Furthermore, the environmental benefits associated with SRI methodology (e.g. reduced water requirements, intensification of production on less land, stronger stem and root systems, diminished methane gas emissions, reduced nitrogen fertilizer use) mean that even in the face of increasing climate variability, smallholder farmers are able to remain productive, secure, resilient and self-reliant.
Our mission in Mali is ultimately, to work with rural smallholder farmers to end the cycle of relief-based food aid distribution by building sustainable, resilient food security systems at the local level and creating initiatives— such as SRI and tree planting, to protect the environment.
Since March 2012, armed groups have occupied Mali's North, forcing Africare to flee from the sustainable projects in Kidal, Gao and Timbuktu. Operations were relocated to a region South of Timbuktu called the Kilukuru in the districts of Nara, Ouagadou and Dilly, where internally displaced persons from the North are settling and finding refuge.
In the meantime, despite this setback, the farmers working under the USAID funded project Timbuktu Food Security Initiative (TSFI) have yielded a better crop than projected this year.
The cooperatives established to support the smallholder farmers have come together to protect grain stocks against looting by armed groups, going as far as storing them in individual households.
We are confident that we will continue to do the work necessary in this area by empowering smallholder farmers to create a sustainable existence—regardless of the hardships they may face due to the political unrest in the country.
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I assume that because you all are here it's because you positively adore me….but just in case you ever find yourself wondering why the hell do I read that crazy bitch's blog? I decided to give you a few reasons….
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2. One of my favorite words is vagina. Vagina Vagina Vagina!! And seriously? Who doesn't love someone who drops the word vagina? Or has funny vagina stories? Like how mine was sad recently because she wasn't getting enough attention?
3. I'm pretty.
4. I'm modest.
5. I'm a liar*.
6. I'm overly fond of the word fuck…and some of my posts are filled with the expletives I keep cooped up inside all day so as not to piss away my husbands hard earned money on therapy for the kids. Everyone loves a friend with a filthy mouth, so be mine! And if you don't like people who drop the F bomb, come over and read me anyway, you'll leave having a sense of superiority you don't deserve! So everyone wins! Yay!
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Notes: McLaren to raise pitch counts?
Rowland-Smith entertains Aussies; waiting game for coaches
SEATTLE -- The Mariners want more innings from their starting pitchers next season, and that might require higher pitch counts."I am an old-school guy and would like to see our pitchers go 120 to 125 pitches," manager John McLaren said. "Among other things, that would save our bullpen." Rarely have starters been allowed to reach the 125-pitch level, let alone exceed it. Going into Sunday afternoon's regular-season finale against the Rangers, right-hander Felix Hernandez, the baby of the rotation at 21 years of age, had thrown at least 120 pitches only once all season -- against the Athletics on July 27 -- topped the 110-pitch ceiling only five other times in his 29 starts, and tossed one complete game. Right-hander Miguel Batista was the rotation leader in wins with 16 and second in innings pitched with 193. He came close to the 125-pitch count level once -- throwing 124 pitches Saturday night in his final start of the season. He reached the 110-pitch level nine times in his 32 starts and never pitched a complete game. And veteran left-hander Jarrod Washburn threw at least 120 pitches twice during the season -- 122 pitches in 5 2/3 innings on Sept. 11 against the Athletics, and 121 pitches against the White Sox on Aug. 10. He exceeded 110 pitches five other times in 32 his starts and also had one complete game. "It seems like pitchers are satisfied with six innings," McLaren said. "We're doing a lot of talking trying to come up with ways to get our [starters] deeper into the games if we can. It would help save our bullpen." Pitching coach Rafael Chaves believes pitch counts will come down if the pitchers "are more aggressive in the strike zone, work ahead in the count, pitch to contact and find a way to put hitters away." "Another way would be to increase the pitch count, but for me that would be the second way." Chaves said high salaries and multiyear contracts make organizations cautious about anyone throwing too many pitches.
"I don't think we'll ever see anyone get up to 150 pitches," he said. "Maybe once in a blue moon, but not in my lifetime, anyway."McLaren grew up in Houston and watched Nolan Ryan throw upwards of 170 pitches a game.
"So I guess I'm spoiled," McLaren said. "I know he was special, just like Roger [Clemens], but we program these guys to throw 100 pitches. We used to come out of Spring Training wondering about whether it was best to go with a nine-man or 10-man pitching staff and now it's 12 or 13. That's where the game has changed the most."We need to re-evaluate our thinking and get our pitchers thinking about going deeper in the game." Trivia challenge: Adrian Beltre went into the regular-season finale with 99 RBIs. Only one third baseman in franchise history has driven in at least 100 runs in a season. Who is it? G'day, mates: Left-handed reliever Ryan Rowland-Smith entertained the Australian National Junior team before and after Saturday night's game. The Aussie team from Queensland was in Vancouver, British Columbia, for a tournament. "I received an e-mail from the coach a couple of weeks ago," Rowland-Smith said. "He said the team was coming down to watch a Mariners game and wondered if I could talk to them. There were about 20 kids, 16 to 17 years old, and I spent about an hour with them after batting practice." One of the coaches of the team happened to be in attendance and Rowland-Smith got in a good-natured jab. "He was one of the coaches on the team I was trying to make as a 17-year-old and he cut me," the lefty said. "I sort of threw him under the bus and told the kids about it." Rowland-Smith said that coach actually "is a good guy" and it was the head coach of the team that cut him. "He didn't like me and I heard that he told people I was lazy," Rowland-Smith said. "I always used that as incentive to get where I am." Rowland-Smith fielded some questions from the teenagers, who wondered what the clubhouse was like and several about Ichiro Suzuki.
"Some of these guys are pretty close to signing contracts, so they asked me what the Minor Leagues are like," Rowland-Smith said.After the game, Rowland-Smith talked with security guards and the grounds crew for permission to take the Aussie players onto the field. "That was cool," he said.
Waiting game: The coaching staff planned to go in different directions after Sunday's game, not yet knowing if they would meet up again in Spring Training."I know they are walking on [eggshells], but we need to step back a little bit," McLaren said. "I have been there, done that, and it's not a good feeling. I apologized to them." McLaren said general manager Bill Bavasi would be going to Arizona later this week and the coaching staff decisions could be made by the weekend. Expect some changes to be made. The answer is: Jim Presley is the lone man of the hot corner to drive in 100 or more runs in a season, plating 107 in 1986.
Take a break: A season that first baseman Richie Sexson can't erase from his mind soon enough finally ended on Sunday.His final numbers: .205 batting average, 21 home runs and 63 RBIs. "Richie needs to go home, recharge his battery, clear his head and get on a good winter program," McLaren said. "Everyone is entitled to a bad year, but now it's over with and he can go home, have a nice offseason and get ready for '08." McLaren said he's considering giving Sexson more at-bats than usual during Spring Training if that's what it takes to get him back to normal, even if those extra at-bats are in Minor League games during camp.
Jim Street is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Anyone who knows me, knows that Malcolm X is one of my biggest intellectual influences. He was one of the first people to spark my awareness of not only racism as a social structure, but the power of community organizing, radical rhetoric, and eventually the power, possibility, and hope inherent in a human rights struggle. Below read and and listen to the "Ballot or Bullet" Speech.
Malcolm X: Full "Ballot or Bullet" Speech
If you're only going to do one thing today, let it be listening to this speech.
"Islam is my religion but I believe my religion is my personal business. It governs my personal life, my personal morals. And my religious philosophy is personal between me and the God in whom I believe. Just as the religious philosophy of these others is between them and the God in whom they believe. And this is best this way. Were we to come out here discussing religion we'd have too many differences from the outstart and we could never get together."
"We must understand the politics of our community and we must know what politics is supposed to produce. We must know what part politics play in our lives. And until we become politically mature, we will always be mislead, led astray, or deceived, or maneuvered in to supporting someone politically who doesn't have the good of our community at heart."
"We have to become involved in a program of reeducation, to educate our people about the importance of knowing that when you spend your dollar out of the community in which you live, the community in which you spend your money becomes richer and richer, the community out of which you take your money becomes poorer and poorer."
"And once we see that all these other sources to which we turn have failed, we stop turning to them and turn to ourselves. We need a self-help program. A 'do it yourself' philosophy. A 'do it right now' philosophy. A 'it's already to late' philosophy; this is what you and I need to get with."
"Once you change your philosophy, you change your thought pattern. Once you change your thought pattern, you change your attitude. Once you change your attitude, it changes your behaviour pattern -and then you go on into some action."
"It's not so good to refer to what you're going to do as a 'sit-in'. That right there castrates you. Right there it brings you down. What goes with it? Think of the image of a someone sitting. An old woman can sit. An old man can sit. A chump can sit. A coward can sit. Anything can sit. Well you and I been sitting long enough, and it's time today for us to start doing some standing, and some fighting to back that up."
"What do you call second class citizenship? Why, that's colonization. Second class citizenship is nothing but 20th century slavery. How you gonna tell me you're a second class citizen? They don't have second class citizenship in any other government on this earth. They just have slaves and people who are free. Well this country is a hypocrite. They try and make you think they set you free by calling you a second class citizen. No, you're nothing but a 20th century slave."
"This is why I say it's the ballot or the bullet. It's liberty or it's death. It's freedom for everybody or freedom for nobody"
"We have injected ourselves into the civil rights struggle, and we intend to expand it from the level of civil rights to the level of human rights. As long as you're fighting on the level of civil rights, you're under Uncle Sam's jurisdiction. You're going to his court expecting him to correct the problem. He created the problem. He's the criminal. You don't take your case to the criminal; you take your criminal to court."
"He keeps us divided in order to conquer us. He tells you I'm for separation and you're for integration to keep us fighting with each other. No, I'm not for separation and you're not for integration. What you and I are for is freedom."
"The whole church structure in this country is White Nationalism. You go inside a white church, that's what they preaching: White Nationalism. They got Jesus white, Mary white, God white, everybody white, that's White Nationalism!"
"It'll be the ballot or it'll be the bullet. It'll be liberty or it'll be death. And if you're not ready to pay that price don't use the word freedom in your vocabulary."
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THE CREDITS: Makeup, Pat McGrath for CoverGirl; hair, Guido Palau for Redken
THE LOOK: Modern sportif beauty as seen through the Lanvin lens.
MAKEUP: "Sporty and architectural" was how Pat McGrath described models' sculpted cheekbones and layers of false lashes, which jutted sharply away from the face.
HAIR: "Alber wanted to go very easy with the hair," said Guido Palau of the models' damp, raked-back ponytails. "It's very strong, very sexy, very much the Lanvin woman. It's like she just got out of the shower and scraped it away with her fingers before going out for the night."
ON CHEEKS: McGrath swept taupe contour powder underneath the cheekbones for definition.
ON EYES: To create powerfully sexy lids without the use of color, she shaded in the entire eye lightly with a rich brown powder, concentrating it at the lash line, then set to work creating extreme lashes with two sets of false fringe.
ON LIPS: McGrath kept lips neutral with a touch of lip balm.
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Justin Duchscherer has had himself a difficult spring. After showing up feeling good, Duchscherer experienced a setback with his hip and had to take a break. He worked his way back to the mound and even appeared in a Grapefruit League game, but just Sunday he was scratched from a scheduled appearance in an intrasquad game because of more hip trouble. Now the starter is going to have an MRA (similar to an MRI) to see what's going on. The exam will likely take place on Monday afternoon.
The reason this is so worrisome is because Duchscherer missed almost the entire 2010 season after undergoing hip surgery. It wasn't the first time he's had his hip operated on, either, as he also went under the knife for a significant procedure in 2007. Throw in elbow surgery in 2009 and you have a guy who's thrown a total of 186 Major League innings since the start of the 2007 season. Duchscherer's been fragile, and while he was hoping to put that all behind him, these continued flare-ups aren't going to help.
With luck, this latest issue will end up being something minor, and Duchscherer will shortly be able to return to the mound and work out of the Orioles' rotation. However, you never know with this guy, and it may be that his body's simply unable to bear the strain of pitching. We'll find out more before long. Note that Duchscherer signed a one-year, incentive-laden contract with Baltimore in February.
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Historic Christ statue in Palmerston Road, Walthamstow, vandalised
Updated 3:47pm Monday 4th February 2013 in Waltham Forest By Daniel Binns, Senior reporter
A vicar has expressed dismay after a statue of Christ thought to be more than 100 years old was vandalised outside his church.
The plaster-based figure, on Palmerston Road next to St Michael and All Angels in Northcote Road, Walthamstow, was discovered smashed up on the morning of Sunday before last.
It is the second time in recent years that the statue has been targeted. Six years ago it was smashed in a similar manner, but the church raised £2,000 to repair it.
Father Alex Summers, who joined the church four months ago, said: "It's tragic. We don't really know when it happened, how or why.
"But obviously it's mindless vandalism of something which is very important to people, not just those who worship here.
"It's a real symbol of devotion for a lot of people. Often you'll see people stopping by it to cross themselves before walking on.
"It does affect people when a religious site is attacked in this way, whether it be a church, mosque or synagogue. We think the police will be treating it as a hate crime.
"We are hoping it can be repaired."
He added that some residents had already started making donations to the church, although hopefully most of the costs will be covered by insurance.
He said: "It has been comforting to see how much the church means to people in the community. Only the other day a man came in and gave us £20 towards the repairs."
The statue is believed to date back to Victorian or Edwardian times and has long been admired by residents as a mini local landmark.
Bob Wheatley, 86, has lived in Palmerston Road for more than 50 years.
He said: "It's absolutely disgusting.
"I'm not strongly religious myself but I've always admired the statue and the church.
"It really is a tragedy that this has happened again".
The Guardian is awaiting a comment from police.
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11:12am Mon 4 Feb 13
E17006 says...
12:34pm Mon 4 Feb 13
Cornbeefur says...
Any hint at satire or comedy against some other religions lead to disproportionate reactions and responses.
People are being sacked and disciplined for wearing a cross around their neck whilst others are allowed to work with their faces covered.
Had this been a desecration of some other religions artifact there would be mass protesting, the Police would highlight tensions and mount a full investigation.
This is only an antique crucifix so they will probably just write it off as a bit of criminal damage.
12:39pm Mon 4 Feb 13
Techno3 says...
2:14pm Mon 4 Feb 13
bhrE17 says...
ing behaviour!!
4:50pm Mon 4 Feb 13
ColinOrient says...
11:25pm Mon 4 Feb 13
Sam Hain says...
11:18am Tue 5 Feb 13
HottRedMan says...
It clearly is mindless vandalism, imo there is no juristicion for vandalism.
2:11pm Tue 5 Feb 13
Cornbeefur says...
HottRedMan wrote:Sam Hain suggests that they put the icon behind a bullet proof screen.
It is true in this country that it is ok or the norm to be allowed to disregard christianity, but when it comes to other religions, It is taken seriously.
It clearly is mindless vandalism, imo there is no juristicion for vandalism.
Do Muslims have to protected their artifacts thus?
Seems it is always one rule for Christianity and another for other faiths.
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Riverside High School seniors Derrick Bender and Kati McKinney were named the winners of the Fred Safford Award, honoring tschool year's top athletes.
Bender earned All-Northeast A League honors on the football field last fall and won the state 210-pound Class A wrestling championship in February.
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By Tom Pedulla, America's Best Racing
The $1 million Florida Derby will go a long way toward defining Shanghai Bobby when he competes on Saturday at Gulfstream Park in what is always regarded as a major steppingstone to the Kentucky Derby.
Does he still pack the tremendous punch he displayed as a 2-year-old champion when he gutted out a head victory against He's Had Enough in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile last November at Santa Anita Park to climax a memorable 5-for-5 campaign? Or is he a youngster who did not transition all that well from age 2 to 3 and will have distance limitations revealed in the 1 1/8-mile Florida Derby?
Jack Wolf, who heads the ownership, insists the colt's lone defeat, when Itsmyluckyday bested him by two lengths and set a track record of 1:41.81 in the 1 1/16-mile Holy Bull on Jan. 26 at Gulfstream, should not overshadow everything else that was accomplished.
"My expectations are as high as they've ever been," he said.
Trainer Todd Pletcher gave the son of Harlan's Holiday a series of five-furlong workouts at Palm Meadows Training Center in Boynton Beach, Fla., designed to help him have staying power. In the most impressive of those, the Kentucky-bred covered five furlongs in 1:00, the second-fastest of 26 timed drills at the distance that morning on March 17.
"He's matured and, as far as his first race as a 3-year-old, from a numbers standpoint, it was his best race," Wolf said. "So, as far as I can see and as far as Todd has told me as how he handles himself in the barn and his works, that he's made the step (from 2 to 3) in good order.
"A lot's going to be told by this next race, but I'm happy where he is right now."
Under the newly instituted points system that emphasizes 3-year-old success rather than 2-year-old accomplishments, Shanghai Bobby will need a strong finish to earn enough points to make the cut for the 20-horse Kentucky Derby field on May 4.
The draw for Florida Derby post positions did not help. He was assigned the rail for the second consecutive start, meaning jockey Rosie Napravnik will have to tap into his early speed to ensure good position during the short run to the first turn. He is expected to be under heavy pressure from Merit Man, a close-up second in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Sprint, and could find himself in hot pursuit.
All of that does not bode well for a horse with suspect stamina. His dam, Steelin', is by the sprinter Orientate.
"There's probably a little bit of a question, 'Does he really want to run that far?' " Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey said of Shanghai Bobby. "But we'll find out."
McGaughey trains Fountain of Youth victor Orb.
Shanghai Bobby is rated as the second choice on the morning line, at 5-2, behind 2-1 favorite Itsmyluckyday. Orb is listed third, at 3-1, in a field of 10. As hopeful as Wolf is, he recognizes the need for a "Plan B" if he does not get the desired outcome.
"If it looks like the distance is a factor, then there are a lot of other races, seven-eighths [of a mile] and eight furlongs," he noted. "So we'll just have to wait and see."


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Priscilla Presley talks about New Las Vegas Show Viva ELVIS
Internationally famous pop culture icon, Priscilla Presley joined Fox 2, on Monday May 17th, 2010, to chat about Cirque du Soleil's new Las Vegas Show. It's called "Viva ELVIS" at Las Vegas ARIA Resort & Casino. "Viva ELVIS" a harmonious fusion of dance, acrobatics, and live music, is a tribute to the life and music of Elvis Presley.
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This week on "Dancing with the Stars" on ABC, Macy's "Stars of Dance" performance features "Viva ELVIS by Cirque du Soleil," with a medley of Elvis Presley's iconic hits "Blue Suede Shoes" and "Heartbreak Hotel." Check your local listings for time in your area.
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Celebrating Elvis week on American Idol, we have two great digital album offers. On iTunes you can get Elvis 75 for a limited-time offer of only $9.99. Elvis 75 was released this year to commemorate the 75th birthday of the King and contains 25 of his career defining hits. At AmazonMP3, you can get Playlist: The Very Best Of Elvis Presley as a Daily Deal for today only at a super low price. Playlist contains 14 Elvis hits and fan favorites in an...
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If so be sure to check out the Elvis Presley panel on March 19th. Moderated by historian Billy Altman, it features legendary Elvis guitarist James Burton, Grammy award winning artist Raul Malo, Kevin Kern from Elvis Presley Enterprises and John Jackson from Legacy Recordings and Wanda Jackson. March 19th at 5:00pm at Austin Convention center, room 12AB.
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Elvis fans are counting down the hours to the World Premiere of Viva ELVIS™ by Cirque du Soleil® at CityCenter Las Vegas onFriday, February 19th, 2010. On Thursday evening, Priscilla Presley will appear on CNN's Larry King Live. Priscilla will join Larry, along with representatives from Cirque du Soleil's creative team behind the magic of Viva ELVIS™, for a half hour of his show. Click Here for more about Viva ELVIS™ and to order tickets.


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I Wish That C# Didn't Throw When Iterating Over a Null Collection
Consider the following code:
List<string> list = null; foreach (var element in list) //... NullReferenceException above
Boom, in your face! We want to go through all elements in the
nonexisting collection. Not empty, but nonexisting. While you may argue
that semantically there is some difference, when do you actually want that exception to blow up? Fix is easy, but ugly:
if (list != null) { foreach (var element in list) // }
One way to implement this would be to allow a compiler flag that will expand
foreach (var element in list) into:
if (list != null) foreach (var element in list)
This is the same question as before: should you ever return null collections.
My answer is no, forget the null and make code prettier
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By George Bremer
The Herald Bulletin
Khaled Holmes will have to work hard just to become the most notable football player at his extended family's Thanksgiving dinner table.
Brother-in-law Troy Polamalu has won two Super Bowls and made seven Pro Bowl appearances as a safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers. And Holmes' brother, Alex, won two national championships at Southern California before spending time with the Miami Dolphins in 2005 and St. Louis Rams in 2006.
Holmes' father, Michael, was a star defensive end under head coach Bo Schembechler at Michigan in the mid-1970s before turning down NFL overtures to become a financial advisor to the royal family of Saudi Arabia.
But football is just a piece of Holmes' life.
His mother, Katrina, taught her children Latin and an appreciation for classical literature. Holmes played the cello growing up, and he already has earned a master's degree in communication management from Southern Cal.
Selected in the fourth round of last month's draft by the Indianapolis Colts, mediocrity is a word Holmes isn't very familiar with.
"I was fortunate to be raised the way I was," Holmes said following Sunday's final Indianapolis Colts rookie mini-camp practice. "My mother and my dad instilled a lot of great values in me, and this has made me the man I am today."
That man is a 6-foot-3, 302-pound center who doesn't easily fit into any of the common stereotypes used to box in professional football players.
He certainly has the right look, complete with long and frizzy hair that must make Polamalu proud. And Holmes has proven he has the intestinal fortitude to thrive at the highest level.
Against Utah, in October, Holmes was inverted on one play by future first-round pick Star Lotuleilei and botched snaps on back-to-back series that helped the Utes roll out to a 14-0 lead.
Holmes later stood up in the postgame locker room and apologized to his teammates for his play. But not before neutralizing Lotuleilei for the rest of the evening and aiding USC to a 38-28 victory.
He's also versatile, playing his entire sophomore season at right guard before moving over to center for his final two years with the Trojans.
An ankle injury slowed him during his senior year and might have contributed to him still being on the board when the Colts went on the clock with the 121st overall pick in the fourth round. But it hasn't taken long for Holmes to display some of the intangibles that helped make him one of six finalists for the Rimington Trophy as the nation's top college center last year.
"He had that aura about him," Colts head coach Chuck Pagano said after Friday's afternoon practice, noting the speed with which Holmes' picks up information. "He's a very, very confident kid. I was very impressed with Khaled."
Holmes likely will compete with incumbent center Samson Satele for the starting role. The path became a bit more clear late last week when last year's backup, A.Q. Shipley, was dealt to the Baltimore Ravens for a conditional seventh-round pick.
But Holmes isn't buying into any of the talk about his leadership qualities or his potential role as a rookie. Instead he talks about studying his playbook and working hard in the weight room to be the best player he can be.
"It's a role that, when I was at USC, I was fortunate to embrace," Holmes said of being a leader. "Obviously, I'm just a rookie, but I'm doing everything I can to keep that going."
He's doing everything he can to embrace his football heritage as well.
Rather than feeling lost in the shadow of his family's accomplishments, Holmes is trying to use their experiences for the betterment of his own nascent career.
"I've tried to soak up as much information as possible from them, not just recently, but you know, throughout my college career and even coming out of high school," he said of speaking with his brother and brother-in-law. "It's been a great resource that I've been fortunate to have."


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Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow (1973)
Don't miss this amazing video about Gravity's Rainbow winning the National Book Award, including a recording of Professor Irwin Corey's hilarious acceptance speech.
Read Professor Irwin Corey's acceptance speech for Pynchon's 1974 National Book Award for Gravity's Rainbow.
Also, have a look at Douglas Kløvedal Lannark's exhaustive documenting of "love" in Gravity's Rainbow.
Welcome to the Searchable Web-Guide to Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow (ISBN: 0140188592).
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Some Cool Gravity's Rainbow-related Stuff
- Zak Smith's Pictures Showing What Happens on Each Page of Thomas Pynchon's Novel Gravity's Rainbow, which you can view on The Modern Word website
- Dr. Larry Daw's "The Illustrated Complete Summary of Gravity's Rainbow" some really nice interpretations.


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"His performance brought a veritable roar of approval from the audience" wrote "The Irish Times" after Pavel Nersessian received the 1st Prize in the GPA Dublin International Piano Competition in 1991.
Being one of the most remarkable pianists of his generation in Russia, he is known for his ability to play equally convincing in the whole palette of the piano repertoire. He has won prizes in every piano competition he has entered, including Beethoven Competition in Vienna in 1985, Paloma O'Shea Competition in Santander and Tokyo Competition.
Since his childhood he has always been in touch with the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatoire. He was a pupil of the famous Central Music School of the Conservatoire, where his teacher was Yu. Levin, and later he was a student of the Conservatoire under Prof. S. Dorensky. Upon graduating from the Conservatoire in 1987 with maximum marks – a rare distinction – he was proposed to teach there. He is professor there now.
Pavel Nersessian's concert activity is very intense. He has been touring around Russia and surrounding states from the age of eight and, since his remarkable successes in international competitions, has on several occasions given performances in London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Cannes, Leipzig, Vienna, Budapest, Madrid, Tokyo, Osaka, Seoul, Dublin, Muenchen, Caracas, Rio de Janeiro, Belgrade, Cairo, Kiev and many others.


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Back to School Shopping: Your August Stockpile Guide
August 18, 2012 | Posted By: Shannen Bayless | Categorized in: Family, Couponing, Back to School
With summer winding down its time to start thinking of back to school bargains at the Bayless house. Our oldest son will start kindergarten in two weeks, so last weekend I took him school shopping.
I can still remember my mom taking me shopping for new school clothes, and I wanted to carry on the same tradition with my boys. By then end of the day, my son was one happy 5 year old with his new pair of Spiderman shoes, Nike outfits, a few nice shirts as he calls them, and all of his school supplies. Thanks to his Aunt Katie, he will be sporting a Cincinnati Reds backpack and lunch bag this year too. So my wallet was a little lighter at the end of a full day of shopping, but hes only going to kindergarten once, so its okay to splurge a little bit, right?
My youngest son starts preschool in a few weeks too, and once he realized all the fun his brother got to have school shopping with mom, he got even more excited for school. Although, I really think he is mostly looking forward to getting to pick the place to eat when we do his school shopping!
StockpileSo of course stocking up on school supplies is what the month of August is all about. Im sure youve seen fliers from about every store advertising back to school sales (Walgreens and Office Max have been two of my favorites this year). I definitely watch these sales on some things, and I will stock up on things that I may use in my daycare during the year. However, I like to wait to buy many of my kids school supplies when I take them shopping. I like to watch them pick out their own crayons and markers (even though it may cost me a little bit more!).
Sales & Sales TaxMany states also offer sales tax holidays the end of summer, so take advantage of them if your state participates. As of right now, 17 states are participating in some kind of sales tax holiday. Check out this website to see if yours is included. Some of these states have already had their sales tax holidays, and some include more than just items for back to school.
In addition to back to school sales, August is also a time to start watching for sales on breakfast items like cereal and frozen waffles, juices, and items for your kids school lunch box.
Even though we will certainly have some more hot summer days ahead of us, its time to start thinking about the fall and sending your kids back to school. Remember to not only stock up on items theyll need to start the school year, but also grab some extra items they may run out of midyear. Youll also start seeing sales on foods they need to start their days off right and their favorite foods to eat at lunch.
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LANSING, Mich. (AP/WJBK) -- Gov. Rick Snyder on Tuesday signed a law prohibiting novice teen drivers from using a hand-held cellphone while behind the wheel, a nod to a grieving mother's push to enact the restrictions after her daughter was killed in a car crash.The law "strikes our hearts in terms of making a difference in people's lives," the Republican governor said. He was joined at the bill signing by the family of Kelsey Raffaele, a 17-year-old from the Upper Peninsula town of Sault Ste. Marie who in the winter of 2010 veered into an oncoming vehicle on a slippery road while talking on her phone.The law takes effect in late March and applies to holders of Level 1 licenses, who must be accompanied by a parent, guardian or another driver at least 21 years old. It also covers Level 2 licenses, which allow driving alone with limits on hours and carrying of young passengers.A violation is a civil infraction and will not result in points being added to a driver's record.Drivers with full privileges are exempted. Level 1 and 2 drivers can legally talk on a hands-free phone system integrated into their vehicles and can use a hand-held phone to report an emergency."I know that Kelsey is up in heaven just clapping and screaming for joy over this because of the lives that can be saved through (her) tragic death," said Bonnie Raffaele, Kelsey's mom, who hugged the Republican governor after he signed the bill sponsored by Sen. Howard Walker, R-Traverse City.Snyder said the law is "very personal" to him because he also has a daughter named Kelsey who recently got her driver's license.Thirty-two states have similar laws.
"New young drivers have really not a lot of experience so they need to be paying really close attention to driving and study after study shows that talking on a cellphone while you're driving is just one of the most dangerous things you can do," says Nancy Cain, spokesperson for AAA Michigan.
In 2010, Michigan banned all drivers from texting and driving. Asked why not prohibit adults from using a cellphone while behind the wheel, Snyder told reporters he would wait to see more data, arguing that texting and driving is a definite distraction.------Senate Bill 756 is Public Act 592 of 2012: www.legislature.mi.gov
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Once again Maylene and the Sons of Disaster have produced another magnificent album that shows the harder side of christian rock. This time Dallas and the boys have gone back to their roots and mixed in some unusual string instruments in a modern heavy rock band. Be sure to pick this album up. You wont regret it.
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…and Ronnie and/or Johnny Van Zant gargled gravel, they would sound like Maylene and the Sons of Disaster. Thank God Dallas Taylor was "asked to leave" Underoath, otherwise we would not have 3 fantastic releases from this band. Not quite as hardcore as the previous 2, yet no less rocking, MATSOD branch out with a more melodic album that will get stuck to your brain for days (Just try and get the chorus of Just a Shock out of your head). A few banjos thrown in with a bit of clean singing from Dallas along with their Skynyrd from hell 3 guitar attack and you've got an excellent release that in the end unfortunately, will only see the light of day for metal music lovers willing to experience more than your everyday hardcore metal release. Definitely one of my favorite cds I've purchased this year.
Not much else to be said here. This album is awesome. A couple songs have a different feel than the last two albums, but they are good just the same. If you're a newcomer to MATSOD then I suggest you just go ahead and buy all three albums and experience one of the more awesome "under the radar" bands out there. I love this band and their original sound, you're not going to find many gems out there like this. Buy this album!
If your into Maylene, this album is another hit from the band. The first album was great, the second was awesome, and the third is just as great. They still have the same sound pretty much in most songs, but some are a bit different which are great. Some having Dallas singing like he used to for Underoath instead of all the yelling which is cool. Just a shock was the first song that was leaked and it is great. My favorite songs have to be "Last Train Coming" and "Step Up" and "Listen Close"….Listen Close is the one where you can actually hear him more clearly than his other lyrics. It is nothing short of amazing. Last Train Coming has a very cool chorus and the classic Maylene verses. Step Up has Dallas singing with a different tone which is very cool. If you liked The first and second albums, definately get this album, you won't be disappointed.
This is the best MATSOD cd yet. It brings alot more of the band's "southern" roots, which, personally, i feel is what truly defines the concept Maylene strives for. Overall, 5 stars. If you want a truly different cd that you wont take out of your CD player, purchase III.


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Reviews by pbrian:
4.9/5 rDev +16.9%
Everthing about this beer smacks of quality, from the beautiful big bottle to the thin tan head that remains in your glass after the experience is over. Simply delightful.
04-01-2002 08:52:02 | More by pbrian
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North Carolina
4.15/5 rDev -1%
2005 vintage bottle #49597,poured a deep rich copper with some burnt orange tint with a short lasting one finger white head.Aromas of brown sugar and orange marmalade with a hint of caramel,sweet but very pleasingly sweet dark sweet cherries dipped in brandy,brown suger and caramel dominate with just a hint of leafy herbal hop in the finish.The alcohol is a little raw but this bottle is pretty new would love to cellar one and likely will.The 2001 vintage is one of my alltime favorite beers, give this some time and it could reach its standards I believe.
01-14-2006 01:33:23 | More by oberon
Ontario (Canada)
4.38/5 rDev +4.5%
Vintage Ale 2005, bottle #10606
It's 8pm, -8 degrees celcius & there's 10 cm of snow of the ground in Barrie....i'm very glad that i chose this beer tonight.
Pours deep amber with a nice foamy off-white head. A lighty spiced nose with hoppy notes and a pinch of fruit. The taste is gentley sweet with hop traces. A nice sponge toffee characteristic is here and lingers nicely. Mild spice, maybe some orange zest as well. Medium bodied. A nice chewiness to the beer brought on by the sweet caramel & molasses and alcohol kick. Warm, sweetn spicey finish with a mild hop trace. This is the perfect beer for a winter eveing. A nice sipper. Great alcohol warmth on the finish. Good complexity. I enjoyed it thuroughly.
12-03-2005 01:20:25 | More by Popsinc
Ontario (Canada)
3.75/5 rDev -10.5%
05-07-2012 22:05:13 | More by beerhunter13
3.75/5 rDev -10.5%
05-02-2014 09:55:15 | More by DanGeo
3.9/5 rDev -6.9%
2008 vintage consumed 1-31-10
Poured into an imperial pint. It's murky, and has a rusty orange color and doesn't really have much head.
Sweet, congac-like nose with maple, fig, nuts, caramel, and raisin. Like an old/stock ale.
Almost has a little funkiness in the nose and taste. Brown sugar, honey, apple, and subtle flowery hops make up some of the complex taste. The alcohol shows quite a bit at first but quickly mellows. Low carbonation makes the body seem thicker and that adds to the richness.
Worth trying, i'm not 100% sold though.
02-04-2010 00:35:01 | More by brownbeer
4.95/5 rDev +18.1%
Vintage 2001, sampled Nov. 11 2006.
Despite being 5 years old, this beer produces an effervescent carbonation that races through a clear dark maple-syrupy amber beer to form a modest two-fingers of rich khaki head. It leaves a sticky, fragmented lace.
The smell is absolutly mouth-watering. Fruity hops, raisin, nut, cranberry, dark cherry, and yes, even the aroma of fresh pound-cake, form a chorus that wafts out of the glass without even a suggestion of alcohol. As the beer warms a yeasty aroma becomes apparent.
Upon sipping I am struck first by a sweet, rich, nutty, maltiness that is soon lifted off the palate by a combination of carbonation and very soft but fully-present fruity and earthy English hops. They introduce yeasty esters of dark fruit for a bit before a warming alcohol gently creeps in and calms all the layers of flavor on top of a woody scotch character. The aftertase is a delightful vapory perfume. Cordial and berry notes emerge with continued quaffing and amazingly the more I drink this beer the more cohesive and smooth it seems to get. It is very tempting to waste the precious elixer by gulping it.
Mouthfeel is light and gives up an inital soft billow of lifting carbonation before going totally still in the mouth. This beer surpasses and defys my expectations of the style. How ironic that my highest rated-beer may be in my least-favorite style. It is complex and boldly falvorful while amazingly light and drinkable. Yes, it would go very well with a light cigar, but if you have an aged bottle of this, I don't suggest adulterating the experience.
11-11-2006 07:35:46 | More by JudgeRoughneck
North Carolina
3.33/5 rDev -20.5%
2007 vintage.
A-Cloudy, mysterious beer, alot of carbonation bubbles, caramel amber color
S-Caramel, earthy, biscuity, very malt forward smell
T-Slighty caramel/toffee, biscuity malt, earthy, grassy hops, not really coming together for me
M-Medium to full fairly carbonated, creamy
D-Not sure I want to drink anymore of these
I've had this before but not rated it-This needs to age a little more and I think the taste will smooth out.
07-12-2008 03:24:46 | More by hopsleeroy
4.08/5 rDev -2.6%
Fullers Vintage ale 2008 No. 126214
A- Pours a clean dark carmel-amber color with a thick off white head that leaves tons of lacing on the glass. Very appealing sight for an old ale.
S- A very complex aroma of raisins, plums, floral hops, sugar, and alcohol esters. In that order. Great harvest of scents enlighten the beer experience.
T-M- A medium to full flavored ale with mutiple complexities that are admirable in every way. Taste is of dried raisins and sweet alcohol flavor in the finish. Mouthfeel is all and all smooth and leaves a very nice earthy flavor on the tongue that is not offensive at all.
D- Great English ale i will buy at least two more for me and my brother to try... only the best!!!
An excellent ale to have and to celler for years to come i'll age one for myself also.
04-21-2009 20:28:36 | More by wesbrownyeah
4.75/5 rDev +13.4%
06-30-2013 04:42:31 | More by BeerDreadz
4.25/5 rDev +1.4%
01-26-2014 03:22:49 | More by warnerry
5/5 rDev +19.3%
11-20-2012 02:03:04 | More by carlbrew
3.45/5 rDev -17.7%
2004 vintage (bottle 75089), 16.9 oz bottle. Pours a slightly hazy reddish amber with a thin and fizzy head that quickly diminishes to a thin collar.
The aroma is lots of sharp vinous alcohol with some dark fruits and grassy hops.
The flavor is sweet caramel malts and dark fruits with a noticeable alcohol finish. The mouthfeel is medium to full with soft carbonation.
Overall, it's a decent strong ale, but a little too harsh on the alcohol and sweetness for me.
02-21-2008 06:49:49 | More by Beaver13
3.73/5 rDev -11%
Bottle #36146
Poured out a nice amber, unclear and with a quickly dissapating head that left only a dusting and bit of creamy bubbles in the corner of the glasses. Nice fruity aroma, grapes and raspberries. Peppery spice with a bit of dougheyness in there too. The carbination is just right in here, not too much. The mouthfeel is very nice, almost chewy. Good flavors, malty and caramel sweetness, bit of hoppy bite in there, not much. The sweetness is very prominant, which makes it more of a sipper than a session.
10-23-2004 00:09:19 | More by shapudding
4.35/5 rDev +3.8%
Presentation: No: 20845 of 85000. 18.6 oz brown Victorian pint bottle. The bottle is perfect for keeping the dregs at bay and the pint glass clear. Presented in a collectors box, the bottle is also adorned as if it were a fine bottle of Port, all the way down to the labeling and the thin paper strip which crosses the crown.
Appearance: Rich reddish amber brew with a slight chill haze, wonderful lace that floats on top. The haze goes away as the brew reaches cellar temp.
Smell: Creamy with a figgy or raisin fruity aroma, touch of dry malt and estery alcohol in the nose also.
Taste & Mouthfeel : Creamy and smooth with a big malty body, a figgy / pruney like fruit flavour is the front of the malt sweetness which lingers on forever. Hop bitterness has held together well after 4+ years ... spot on for balance and still a decent amount of flavour left. Lovely chewy mouth feel throughout with a good amount of body even in the finish. Alcohol is quite evident ... esters are lively yet are kept at a minimum. The finish has a complex intertwined hop and malt flavour for a perfect end.
Drinkability & Notes: Wow ... a masterpiece in a bottle! Aged to perfection and worth the $6-$7 a bottle. Its flavours have peaked but may not fall to a lesser beer even a year or more of cellaring. Easy to drink with very little aged flavour and no signs of oxidation.
02-17-2003 18:10:36 | More by Jason
3.83/5 rDev -8.6%
Big, big, big malt aroma. Crystal clear with an off white head. Very pretty beer. Again big malt flavor with a touch of bitterness. There are some flavor hops in the middle that I dont care for. Very nice palate. Fuller bodied. Maybe a touch too much carbonation. This is by far the best Fullers beer I have ever drank.
08-23-2005 13:29:47 | More by tjthresh
4.1/5 rDev -2.1%
2004 vintage, bottle number 66051. Pours a hazy copper amber body topped by a small beige head that leaves some sparse patchy lace.
Aroma of toffee and caramel, herbal Goldings hops, and subtle notes of pears and golden apples. A whiff of sherry there, as well.
Medium body with soft medium carbonation. Slight English mineral water feel.
Taste begins with toffee and burnt brown sugar maltiness, followed by red apple skins, old leather, bitter herbal hops, and sherry notes. Complexity deepens as it warms.
Splendid example of English brewing, but not my favorite year for this one. May need a few more months in the cellar.
01-02-2007 19:22:20 | More by merlin48
4.25/5 rDev +1.4%
09-08-2013 18:49:45 | More by kaneel
4/5 rDev -4.5%
Bottle courtesy of ericandersnavy.
2004 vintage. Pours light brown with a white head. Aroma is caramel, brown sugar and some slight tartness. Flavor is similar with caramel malt, raisins, brown sugar and some alcohol. Medium, very creamy mouthfeel.
01-01-2010 17:34:38 | More by Mora2000
Ontario (Canada)
4.05/5 rDev -3.3%
2011 Edition, enjoyed on New Years Eve to close off the year properly. Poured into a nonic. A very handsome looking bottle and box set indeed.
Nice ruby-amber colour, good frothy head. Nice degree of lacing as well. Quality-looking brew.
Nose is very pleasant, and classic Old Ale - pushing into English Barleywine territory. Rich dark fruit - apple, currant, figpear, caramelized sugar, toffee, a bit of booze (port), and good pale malt.
Tastes very similar - this is a very enjoyable ale. I've been spoiled recently with the LCBO's release of the Fuller's Past Masters and other less-common brews - this was a nice cap to the whole list. Similar tasting notes as in the nose, but with a leafy hop and mild booziness to the finish. Carbonation is a touch high, but other than that there's not much to complain about.
Though I really enjoyed this brew, it really didn't wow me as much as I had thought it would. Price tag keeps this from being a regular in my house, but it's an enjoyable treat every now and then.
01-07-2012 05:20:25 | More by JohnnyBarman
4.25/5 rDev +1.4%
05-03-2013 16:23:01 | More by innominat
3.93/5 rDev -6.2%
Clear mahogany pour with a creamy off-white head. Malt, dark fruit, and hops make up the aroma. Velvety mouthfeel. The sweetness of the caramel malt hits you first, with raisins and hop bitterness to follow. Dry, earthy finish. Much better than last year.
12-08-2008 23:49:44 | More by magictrokini
West Virginia
3.58/5 rDev -14.6%
From a nice reddish-brown box with a fabric like texture,a 1pt.0.9oz bottle an 06 vintage no. 71409. served into a large Delirium snifter poured a ruttery reddish brown,cider-like color with a dense creamy bone white head.Good retention leaving a creamy ring and a few curtians of lace.
Clean fruitty aroma,some peach and pear,nutty with some dry vinious quality.Earthy with tartness and a hint of peat.
Very creamy mouthfeel with a dry grassiness with some smooth booziness coming through,peach skin like fruitiness finishes very dry and tart.Malts dominate with strong carmell with a slight burnt metallic edge.
Goes down fairly easy,more of a sipper though,nothing i would want more than a bottle at a time of.
10-15-2008 02:43:39 | More by jcdiflorio
New York
4.75/5 rDev +13.4%
05-03-2012 21:12:04 | More by Milkysunshine
4.25/5 rDev +1.4%
08-30-2014 00:20:41 | More by DeLuxe13
Fuller's Vintage Ale from Fuller Smith & Turner PLC
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Welcome new students to the second half-century of the African Studies Program! We just finished in the spring with a wonderful year-long tribute to the founding of this program in 1964, to honor the newly decolonizing surge in Africa. We are glad that you have joined us to think about the role of Africa in the world today, and to immerse yourself in Africa's languages, peoples, cultures, and rapidly changing social environments. We dedicate this year, 2014-15, to consideration of human rights issues in Africa, and maternal and child health in Africa, and we invite you to join with us investigating these important themes and applying them in the work you do with our great faculty and staff.
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The passing of former South African President Nelson Mandela has caused the world to reflect on leadership and on its glaring absence across Africa and the globe. His political commitment to a unitary, democratic, multiracial and progressive government in South Africa quickly became a moral commitment as he was tried for crimes against the racist regime that ruled the country, and then thrown into jail for 27 years in the prime of his life. From a jail cell on Robben Island he became a silent and enormous symbol of freedom's potential. He eventually exercised this moral authority to negotiate a peaceful transition to majority rule in resource-rich South Africa, and gain election as its first Black President. Millions of people- millions of youth- in South Africa and around the world participated in liberating South Africa and Mandela was always the potent image of the possibilities of freedom.
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Revolution Renaissance is sort of a power metal supergroup that was founded by Stratovarius guitarist Timo Tolkki. Vocals are split between former Helloween vocalist Michael Kiske (who vowed never to return to metal, but has many times over), Tobias Sammett of Edguy/Avantasia, and Pasi Rantanen of Thunderstone.
"Heroes" is right out of the Edguy playbook, so it only makes sense to have Sammett at the helm. Fiery guitar licks and runs and furious double-kick drums run rough-shot over the track while Sammett belts out the inspiring lyrics. Kiske shows that even though he left Helloween to embrace a new sound, he still has a metal frontman deep inside him. The track isn't as fast as most power metal, but it still have plenty of punch and melody.
Tolkki fires off another killer lick on "We Are Magic." This time Rantanen handles the vocals. He's not as high-pitched as Kiske and Sammett, but he's still just as melodic. Picture Steve Perry on steroids. The track is anthemic in its delivery. Rantanen returns on the dark ballad "Eden is Burning." Sammett takes a final bow on the super-charged "Glorious and Divine." "Last Night on Earth" is the definitive power metal track.
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The Verdict
When I think of the top 5 European power metal bands, Edguy, Stratovarius, and Helloween are definitely up there. Now take those three bands and put them together in Revolution Renaissance, and you have yourself one hell of a power metal force. New Era combines high speed riffage with high octane vocals that will have power metal fans raising their fists in approval.


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Softball splits series with Mercer
March 14, 2008
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The JU softball team split their doubleheader with Mercer on Friday, losing the first game 2-1, before taking the second game 6-4 at the JU Softball Complex.
Freshman shortstop Katie Kelly recorded three RBI in game two, including a two-run single as part of the Dolphins' four run fourth inning.
"We bounced back in the second game and had much better execution then we did in game one," said JU head coach Amanda Lehotak. "I was happy to get our first conference win under our belts and will look to continue it tomorrow against Lipscomb."
After falling behind 2-0, in the top of the first, the Dolphins (13-19)got a run back in the bottom half of the inning when sophomore catcher Ashley Mora drew a bases loaded walk that score senior designated player Patricia Melo.
Kelly delivered her first of her three RBI in the third after her single scored senior outfielder Jillian Mirante. Mirante walked, stole second and advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt by Melo to tie the game at 2-2.
Melo delivered two RBI of her own as part of the fourth inning, scoring senior first baseman Sara Gordon and freshman outfielder Kayla Ouellet. Kelly's single plated Melo and Mirante, who had reached base on the first intentional walk of her career, and helped the Dolphins take a 6-2 lead.
The Bears (16-10) tried to make a late comeback by adding a run in the fifth and sixth innings, and getting the tying runner up to the plate in the seventh, but some good pitches by senior pitcher Shannon Jensen (6-7) and a great defensive play by Gordon helped seal the victory for the Dolphins.
Jensen gave up two runs (one earned) in 3.2 innings of relief for freshman starter Jackie Samuels, who gave up two runs in 3.1 innings of work.
Mercer was able to make a comeback in game one after the Dolphins failed to hold on to their 1-0, lead that was given to them courteous of Mora's first home run of the season in the fifth inning.
Junior pitcher Ashley Iveson (1-4) took the loss for the Dolphins after giving up two runs (one earned) in seven innings.
The Dolphins will be back in action on Saturday, taking on Lipscomb in a doubleheader at 1 and 3 p.m. at the JU Softball Complex.


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Mt. Tam - racers please read!
It's been tough getting permits for the Hill Climb this year, and with five different ones needed it's easy for us to slip up. So we want to give a heads-up about things the rangers/etc have brought up, and said that racers would need to follow if the race is to continue next year...please pass on the word to your teammates, it'd be a big help to us at CRC and Mako.
CENTER LINE RULE - is in effect on Hwy 1 and Ridgecrest, as always...but we need 100% compliance with it. It's a USCF rule, a safety issue, and now a condition on the permit. Watch it also at the start line, on the driveway into the park -- they need us on the right of the yellow to keep the entry lane clear, and are threatening to write tickets & all that. It'll be coned off so should be easy to figure out.
FINISH LINE - they want us completely off the road at Rock Spring and one ranger is really leaning on that. The roads up there are all open to traffic and they want zero interference with other visitors to the park. Please listen to the marshalls and stay behind the cones if you remain in the finish area. We may ask people to descend to Stinson or move into the meadow if it gets at all crowded -- there just isn't much room up there.
PARKING/STAGING AT STINSON - the lot on the right, when you first drive in, is now a pre-staging area. We'll stage groups there, and they'll proceed to the start line for the actual start. Also, reg is moved closer to the inner lot (dead ahead when you drive past the entry kiosk). If you arrive early you'll be waved into that lot, but most cars will be directed to a special-event lot at the South end, which is normally blocked by a gate. It's dirt so be ready for that, you might want to bring something to put the trainer on.
All this stuff has been worked out with the rangers, who suggested the changes to keep the non-race traffic flowing. So we don't really have a choice...but on the flip side, if we follow it all we should be fine for next year.
Thanks everyone for coming, and best of luck with the race.


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|Private school vouchers hurting our public schools
Letter to the Editor:
Gov. Scott Walker's budget proposes expansion of voucher schools in Wisconsin. This program provides taxpayer money for students in the state's biggest cities to attend private schools.
At the same time, Walker and the legislature have made huge cuts to state funding for our public schools in the past two years and plan virtually no increase for them in the budget for 2013-'15.Many school districts in northern Wisconsin, including Rhinelander, Three Lakes, Elcho and Northland Pines, have had to pass referendums recently to keep their schools running. Here are a few examples of the amount of money some northern districts have lost in state aid to fund voucher schools: Rhinelander, $60,725; Crandon, $36,775; Tomahawk, $32,867; Niagara, $44,444; and Merrill, $264,460.
Do you want your tax dollars taken from our public school kids and used to support private schools elsewhere in Wisconsin? If not, please contact your representatives and tell them "no" on vouchers! Sen. Tom Tiffany, Rep. Rob Swearingen, Rep. Mary Czaja and Rep. Jeff Mursau should be trying to remove vouchers from the budget proposal and voting "no" on them as a separate bill. A "yes" vote from them would tell us that they absolutely do not represent the constituents of the North Woods.
You can also sign this petition begun locally which will be delivered to Madison before the budget debate begins. Vouchers aren't a Democrat-Republican issue; all taxpayers are affected by this misuse of our money. Go to signon.org/sign/support-public-schools. Please speak up for our public schools.
Cheryl Andrist
|Tuesday, April 23, 2013 2:09 PM