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Apple continues to be the market darling as investors eagerly anticipate more news about the iPad 3, and perhaps a dividend. The stock is up 24% in 2012.
HP stands for Hewlett-Packard. Shareholders can be forgiven if they thought it stood for "Help, Please!"
Maybe HP wants to rethink that whole "we're not getting rid of the PC" decision?
Hewlett Packard had a miserable autumn. As winter approaches, new CEO Meg Whitman hopes the bulbs the company is now planting will help the tech giant sprout new, lasting growth in the coming months and years.
I started the week with a column about IBM, so it's only fitting that I end the week with a piece about a company I like to call IBM Lite. Or "Little Blue," if you will.
Hewlett-Packard announced Thursday that it will continue selling personal computers after all, reversing an earlier decision to exit one of its core business lines.
Mike Tyson once famously boasted that he wanted to eat a rival's children. You kind of get the feeling that's how Oracle CEO Larry Ellison feels about Hewlett-Packard.
Hewlett-Packard's chairman of the board and new CEO aggressively defended the company's management late Thursday after coming under attack for making yet another controversial leadership decision.
Hewlett-Packard's board on Thursday ousted CEO Leo Apotheker after just 11 months on the job, replacing him with Meg Whitman.
The process of firing a CEO is always full of drama -- just ask Yahoo. But Hewlett-Packard's board has taken it to a new level.
Shares of Hewlett-Packard soared almost 7% on reports that the board is considering firing CEO Léo Apotheker.
And on the 61st day, the TouchPad rose again.
While an earthquake and a hurricane slammed the East Coast in August, the West Coast endured a different kind of turmoil.
For a "dead" gadget, the HP TouchPad keeps showing remarkable signs of life.
As Hewlett-Packard manages a tectonic shift in its business, thrifty consumers can expect to shake down more deals on gadgets.
Hewlett-Packard couldn't sell many TouchPad tablets for $499. It couldn't even sell them at $399, which is around what they cost to make. But $99? Bingo.
The Dow Jones industrial average already has a successful technology company that has pulled back on consumer gadgets in order to emphasize software and services. Its name is IBM.
The discontinued HP TouchPad continues its liquidation at fire sale prices, and the frantic search for the defunct tablet at that elusive $99.99 price was one of the trending topics on Twitter yesterday.
Shares of Hewlett-Packard tumbled Friday following the company's announcement that it is seeking to spin-off its PC division and will kill off the hardware line it built around Palm's webOS.
For nearly three decades, personal computer makers thrived by building their PCs around two key ingredients: Intel chips and Microsoft Windows.
Hewlett-Packard's investors woke up Friday to a 20%-plus loss after the tech giant announced drastic changes in its business strategy.
U.S. stocks were headed for another day of losses Friday, as worries of a global slowdown and Europe's debt crisis sparked a second sell-off in global markets.
Hewlett-Packard is taking a hatchet to its business and doing some radical restructuring.
News from the tech sector continues to disappoint, judging by the market's reaction to the latest corporate earnings reports.
HTC is making a $300 million bet that people want cell phones capable of producing high-quality audio. But will it pay off?
HP's TouchPad tablet went on sale Friday for $499, the same price as the iPad.
The market's biggest movers Thursday were also in the spotlight on StockTwits, with First Solar, Hewlett Packard, eBay, Mastercard and Visa among the top trending topics.
When the chips are down and the cards have been dealt, do you go big or go home?
Hewlett-Packard would love to be the next IBM: A mature, megacap tech company that is still winning praise from Wall Street for delivering steady growth.
Stocks closed mixed on Tuesday as investors digested a weak outlook from Hewlett-Packard, a grim read on the housing market and an unexpected drop in April industrial production.
Hewlett-Packard Co. reported a rise in quarterly profit and sales on Tuesday that beat Wall Street's forecasts, but a dour outlook overshadowed those results.
Hewlett-Packard disappointed investors on Tuesday with an outlook and sales that badly missed Wall Street's expectations.
Apple and other digital music retailers are in discussions with record labels to improve the quality of the song files they sell, executives involved in the talks say.
We all love our smartphones, tablets and other cool mobile devices. Personally, I can't wait for Apple to invent the iGlasses, which will download apps directly to my corrective lenses.
Forget Ashton Kutcher and Lady Gaga. On Twitter, mainstream media outlets such as CNN, the New York Times, and the BBC dominate trending topics.
Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday unveiled a long-awaited new tablet device called the TouchPad, alongside two new smartphones.
Hewlett-Packard showed the fruits of its acquisition of Palm on Wednesday.
Hewlett-Packard announced a major board of directors shuffle Thursday, with four members stepping down and five new directors joining the board.
Software sultan Oracle reported strong quarterly results Thursday, lifting its already hot stock up another 6% Friday. For shareholders of Hewlett-Packard, it's a painful reminder of the good old days.
Léo Apotheker, Hewlett-Packard's new chief executive, said Monday that the company had a bright future, so HP will raise spending on research and development as well as its employees' salaries.
Hewlett-Packard is releasing a sequel to one of the biggest disappointments in the short history of smartphones.
Léo Apotheker was the only person offered the CEO job at Hewlett-Packard, company leaders said Friday in a press conference to discuss their surprising choice.
Many thought Hewlett-Packard would name its new CEO on Tuesday since it was having an analyst meeting that day. That didn't happen.
U.S. stocks were poised for early gains ahead of the market open Tuesday, after reports that showed an bigger-than-expected uptick in new home construction.
Hewlett-Packard said Monday that it has settled its lawsuit against Mark Hurd, the company's ousted CEO, after the tech giant claimed he breached his separation agreement by taking a job at rival Oracle.
Cathie Lesjak, the interim CEO at HP, has a lot to manage. Last week, the battle with Dell for the acquisition of 3PAR, a battle HP ultimately won, dominated the US business news headlines. Today, HP announced the acquisition of yet another company, ArcSight. The lack of a permanent boss, in other words, hasn't slowed the company's growth plans at all.
Hewlett-Packard said on Monday that it has signed an agreement to buy ArcSight, Inc., a security software company, for $1.5 billion.
Hewlett-Packard has filed a lawsuit against Mark Hurd, its former chief executive, to block him from joining Oracle as co-president.
Mark Hurd is to become co-president of software maker Oracle only a month after being forced out as head of Hewlett-Packard over breaches of the computer makers' code of conduct.
The 3PAR bidding war continued into its third week, as both Dell and HP upped their offers for the high-end storage company.
How do computers remember things?
Hewlett-Packard and Dell's intense bidding war for the little-known 3PAR is starting to look a little nuts.
The bidding war over 3PAR reached a fever pitch on Friday, as Hewlett-Packard raised its offer to $2 billion just hours after Dell matched its earlier bid.
Hewlett-Packard once again raised its offer for storage company 3PAR on Thursday, outbidding Dell's revised deal made earlier in the day.
Hewlett-Packard said Monday it has submitted a bid to acquire data-storage company 3PAR for $1.6 billion, a 33.3% premium to the offer proposed by HP rival Dell last week.
U.S. stocks were set to open higher Monday, though investors maintained a wary outlook after two rough weeks of trading.
As expected, Hewlett-Packard reported quarterly earnings and sales on Thursday that that strongly topped its year-ago results.
Stocks were set to open lower Thursday after a weekly government report showed a surprise surge in jobless claims to the highest level since November.
If there's one person who's glad to see Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd go, it's Michael Dell. Since Hurd took over HP in April 2005, it's been a vastly different story for the two tech giants.
Mark Hurd made Hewlett-Packard boring. And investors loved him for it.
Hewlett-Packard chief executive officer Mark Hurd, one of the highest-profile CEOs in America, resigned Friday following a sexual harassment claim against him and the company.
HP has announced a major new initiative and a slew of new devices that enable users to print from any device to a web-enabled printer by simply using e-mail.
Hewlett-Packard says it's developing a next-generation wristwatch for the U.S. military.
Hewlett-Packard plans to eliminate 3,000 jobs over the next few years as it ramps up its use of automated data centers for business customers, the company announced Tuesday.
Hewlett-Packard, the world's largest technology company, used its heft to push sales and income higher last quarter as both consumers and businesses upped their spending on HP's computers and printers.
Hewlett-Packard has been on a tear since CEO Mark Hurd took over five years ago, but the company's size may start getting in the way of growth and quality.
Hewlett-Packard is making a bold gamble with its plans to buy struggling smartphone company Palm. But you know what? HP can afford to roll the dice.
With its purchase of Palm, Hewlett-Packard acquired more than just a smartphone maker. It also picked up a whole new strategy for its mobile devices.
Hewlett-Packard announced Wednesday that it would buy struggling smart phone maker Palm for $1.2 billion.
The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether Hewlett-Packard executives paid nearly $11 million in bribes to secure a contract from a Russian official's office, according to a news report.
Hewlett-Packard revised its first-quarter net income down by $73 million on Friday, thanks to charges for litigation involving a company that the computer giant acquired in 2008.
A year ago, when all sorts of investments -- stocks, bonds, commodities -- were being tossed on the scrap heap, dyed-in-the-wool bargain hunters who had the courage to sift through the market's ruins were richly rewarded.
It turns out Apple isn't the only company readying a touch-screen tablet computer.
Computer and printer maker Hewlett-Packard said Wednesday its quarterly results beat Wall Street's expectations as both businesses and consumers got back into IT spending during the holiday period.
Stocks rallied Thursday, ending higher for the third-straight session, as investors continued to dig back in after a month long retreat that left the Dow and other major indexes at three-month lows.
For all the buzz about "tablet computers" in recent weeks, one fundamental question about this supposedly break-through computer category remains unanswered:
Lenovo's IdeaPad U1 is a two-in-one laptop/tablet with detachable screen.
Can Hewlett-Packard's motion-tracking webcams follow black people? It's a question posed on a now-viral YouTube video.
Can Hewlett-Packard's motion-tracking webcams see black people? It's a question posed on a now-viral YouTube video and the company says it's looking into it.
Hewlett-Packard Co. announced Wednesday it will purchase networking company 3Com for $2.7 billion, and also preannounced higher fiscal fourth-quarter earnings and raised its outlook for fiscal 2010.
Hewlett-Packard Co. said it saw signs of stability as it reported a quarterly profit and outlook on Tuesday that beat Wall Street's forecasts.
In a poor economy, some budget PC brands are finding its customers happier than ever, according to this year's installment of the American Customer Satisfaction Index, an annual study completed by the University of Michigan each year.
Hewlett-Packard Co. cut its full-year sales outlook and announced another round of job cuts Tuesday as it reported that weak PC sales contributed to a 17% drop in quarterly profit.
Stocks ended mixed Tuesday, after trading in a tight range on both sides of breakeven, following an unexpected drop in homebuilding that clouded the economic outlook.
Hewlett-Packard, which will report quarterly results after the bell Tuesday, is expected to have pulled through the industrywide slowdown in PC sales fairly well, say experts.
Yes, HP's leap into the top 10 was aided by its funky fiscal year. HP closes its books in October, which means its 2008 revenues were shielded from the economic disaster that was last November and December.
Even so, HP's performance was impressive. Revenue and earnings rose 13% and 15% respectively, buoyed by strong demand for laptops (up 21%) and services (10%). And that latter figure doesn't even include the impact from newly acquired EDS. - J.B.
When Mark Hurd is at home in California, he wakes up each day at 4:45 A.M. - without an alarm clock. The certitude that a competitor in the Eastern time zone is already trying to gain an upper hand - Hurd uses a mild expletive to suggest what rivals might be trying to do to him - drives him to pop out of bed unaided long before sunrise.
Stocks gained early Thursday, bouncing off 3-month lows, as investors took abysmal readings on wholesale inflation and jobless claims in stride.
Hewlett-Packard is pulling out healthy growth where others are coming up empty. But investors won't get a free ride.
You can't really blame technology executives and pundits for not wanting to go too far out on a limb in making prognostications and predictions about 2009.
Similar to the New York Yankees, who missed the playoffs this year after 13 straight October campaigns, the HP Pavilion Slimline s3500f snaps the Slimline's run of four consecutive Editors' Choice awards.
The number of job cuts announced in September rose as the economy slowed, according to a report released Wednesday.
Dear Annie: I work for Hewlett-Packard, which, as you probably know, is planning to lay off more than 24,000 people worldwide over the next three years. It seems that most of those on the chopping block are employees who came along with HP's acquisition of EDS. Since I happen to be in that group, I wonder if I should leave now, or wait and see what happens. On the one hand, I like it here, and my immediate boss has told me that he sees a great future for me at HP, so I should "just sit tight." On the other hand, I have two other job offers, one that came from a recruiter, and another from a former EDS colleague who left before the merger. Any advice on what to do? -Dangling Man
Computer maker Hewlett-Packard said it will lay off 24,600 employees, or 7.5% of its workforce, over the next three years in a plan to integrate tech outsourcer Electronic Data Systems, which HP bought late last month.
Hewlett-Packard Co. says it plans to cut 24,600 jobs, or about 7.5 percent of its work force, over the next three years
The $150 HP Photosmart A636 is a slight upgrade to last year's A626, with a few minor software differences. The A636 retains the same body shape and design but adds additional photo customization and editing capabilities.
Its shape and feature set will be familiar to anyone who's seen other Pavilion dv6000 series laptops, but the Special Edition HP Pavilion dv6985se stands out for two reasons.
Rallying financial and energy stocks pushed Wall Street higher Wednesday, after a choppy session dictated by fluctuating oil prices and fears that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are on the brink of a government takeover.
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text: Top 5 Beers of the Week: Sept. 30, 2011 5 Beers We're Digging This Week by POPSUGAR Food 9/30/11 0 Reactions 74 Shares Print 0 69 5 0 0 We really love our wine series, but there's no denying that occasionally, all you want is a cold one. (OK, more often than that.) This week, we put aside our decanters and Riedel glasses in favor of a few brewskis. From a Belgian strong pale ale to a Belgian-style pale ale from Chicago, here are five fantastic beers we're totally into right now. Delirium Tremens What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 "We were drawn to this beer because of its bizarre ceramic bottle and pink elephant label, but quickly discovered that it's one of the most delicious Belgian ales we've ever tasted. Delirium Tremens, produced by Huyghe Brewery, has notes of citrus and spice that are robust, but not nearly as aggressive as what you'd find on the nose of an IPA. I love how it starts out fruity, but ends with a balanced but slightly bitter finish. I'll definitely buy this again." — Susannah Chen, associate editor 1 / 5 Sofie Belgian Style Ale What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 "This saison-style beer is fermented with wild yeast and aged in wine barrels resulting in an incredibly complex beer with notes of citrus and pepper. Expand your beer horizon with this saison and I am sure you will be hooked too." — Lauren Hendrickson, contributing editor 2 / 5 21st Amendment Hell or High Watermelon What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 "The name alone suggests that this watermelon wheat beer has a playful side, and when you order it on draft at San Francisco's 21st Amendment brew pub, you get a slice of watermelon as garnish. Light and crisp like a pilsner, with a fresh melon finish. Perfect for the waning days of Summer." — Nancy Einhart, executive editor 3 / 5 Deschutes Brewery Mirror Pond Pale Ale What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 "Bend, OR's Deschutes Brewery makes a delicious and varied lineup of brews, from hoppy IPAs to rich, chocolatey porters. But right now, as we make the transition from Summer to Fall, I'm loving the brewery's Mirror Pond Pale Ale. It's slightly hoppy, and surprisingly caramelly. It drinks just as easy as most pale ales, but has more depth and toasty, nutty notes, making it the perfect transition beer." — Mandy Harris, editorial production director 4 / 5 Full Boar Scotch Ale What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 "Hailing from Devil's Canyon Brewing Company, located on San Francisco's Peninsula, this beer is a little on the heavier side but a delicious choice nonetheless. It's a dark malty brew with some caramel and chocolate overtones and a 7.4 percent ABV that's surprisingly smooth. I'd definitely enjoy one again!" — Lizzie Fuhr, editorial assistant 6 / 5 0 69 5 0 0 Read More Beer Of The WeekFood PhotosBeer beer This Barbecue Sauce Gets a Helping Hand From 2 Secret Ingredients 6/30 Celebrate With a Cold One! Calories in Your Summertime Beer 6/24 A Fresh Take on an '80s-Era Cocktail 6/21 So, What's the Difference Between Ales and Lagers Anyway? 6/15 Meet the Man Who Put Bacon in Every Dish and Lived to Tell About It 5/20 Give Your Margarita a Fizzy Lift With Beer 5/02 Get a Personalized Living Newsletter! Help us customize your newsletter by selecting your interests (optional): Food Love & Sex Home DIY Link Love Chocolate Legos are basically an excuse to play with your food — HuffPost Taste Here's the full list of chefs competing on Top Chef season 12 — Grub Street Jimmy Fallon pokes fun at how Giada De Laurentiis pronunces spaghetti — Eater Sweet tea fried chicken would make any Southerner proud — Rachael Ray Show McDonald's goes deep fried with its latest menu item — Foodbeast Banh mi meets breakfast sandwich in this must-try recipe — Food52 Source: Akihiro Mizuuchi/Behance


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Santa Maria Harbour Resort in Fort Myers Beach
- bedrooms 2
- baths 2
- sleeps 6
- pool yes
- hot tub yes
- pets allowed no
- type Condo
- community Santa Maria
rates (USD)
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$ 785 - $ 1,200 / week
vacation rental description
This totally remodeled two-story townhome is located in the Santa Maria Harbour Resort on the quiet, south end of Fort Myers Beach. Both floors of this condo has had the original flooring replaced with decorator,18 inch tiles throughout. The newly furnished first floor features the living and dining room, the kitchen with granite counter tops plus full sized washer/dryer, full bath and a large, screened lanai overlooking the pool and docks of the canal. The living room is complete with new furniture including a flat-screen TV, DVD player and pull-out queen bed for additional guests plus a swivel/recliner. The private guest bedroom has a queen bed, flat screen TV, large closet and direct access to the lanai. Up the stairs is the huge master bedroom hide-away. This spacious bedroom has a king bed and sitting area, full dresser w/mirror and TV. Your private escape includes the largest of the bathrooms with a marbled double sink, freshly tiled tub/shower combo plus a separate rain shower and hair dryer. For storage there is a walk-in closet and, unique to this unit, a private outside open-air lanai to watch that special sunset. All bed linens and towels are provided, as well as starter packs of paper goods, dish soap, laundry soap and bar soap. There is also free wi-fi internet service, cable TV and phone.
Santa Maria boasts about its gorgeous pool area. Directly below you will be the largest heated pool and spa area on the Ft Myers Beach island. The pool area lined with a tanning deck, a whirlpool spa, a bathhouse featuring separate his/hers bathrooms and outside showers. Two gazebo areas flank each side of the pool and provide gas barbecues for those special family get togethers. Beach access is just a short walk to the beautiful, white sand beach. Another short walk takes you to the Santini Marina Plaza for restaurants and shopping, the Fish Tales Marina for boating excursions, or golf which are all next door. There is also a boat slip available for you to rent. Park your boat right out your door.
Ride the trolley to Times Square for 50 cents with a trolley stop in front of the Santa Maria. The new International Airport is only 30 minutes away with taxi and limo service available.
All rates listed are discounted up to 35% below what the realtor/rental agency asks for the listed time periods. Yes, you are getting a better, recently refurbished condo for a better price! We are in our 3rd year with VacationRentals and know you will love this condo and resort! Feel free to call with any questions.
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Richard Jones (651) 492-3607
condo rental amenities
Fully furnished kitchen (pots, pans, plates,etc)
Private full size washer and dryer
Linens and towels included
Free Wi-Fi
Huge heated pool and jacuzzi
2 BBQ areas with Gazebos
This is the perfect getaway and location. Walking distance to the beach, shopping, restaurants, public golf course, and marina.
Dock available upon request (not included in rent)
activities and attractions in Fort Myers Beach Gulf Coast South
- Golf within walking distance
- Zoo/Wildlife Park
- Shopping at Santini Plaza only steps away
- Sightseeing
- Restaurants
- Rafting
- Sailing
- Boating
- Waterskiing
- Parasailing
- Jet Skiing
- Shelling
- Swimming
- Snorkeling/Diving
- Windsurfing
- Biking
- Fishing
- Antiquing
- Cinemas/Movie Theaters
- Live Theatre
- Miniature golf
vacation rental rates
The 2015 winter season from 12/27/14 through 4/15/15 has been reserved by lucky vacationers. Remaining dates for 2014 are wide open.
May to mid Jan $700/785 + 11% tax per week and 3-day weekend specials from $390
mid Jan-Apr: $1200 + 11% tax per week. (Remember Dec, January through April 15, 2015 already taken).
OFF-SEASON SPECIAL: Inquire about our Sept-Dec "cheaper than a motel" discounted rates!!
Cleaning Fee: $150
Security Deposit: $49 security insurance required.
All fees are subject to 11% Florida tax
Richard Jones (651) 492-3607
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Prior to paying a reservation deposit, always verify payment instructions by calling the phone number displayed on this listing page. By contacting the owner directly and paying by an approved method - credit card, paypal, check or bank transfer - your reservation payment will be protected up to $1,000.Learn more in our Security Center
Top things to do in Fort Myers Beach
- Hang out at the beach!
- Play a round of golf at the course right next door
- Charter a guide and boat to fish or a pontoon to watch dolphins
- Happy hours at a beach bar
- Casino Yacht goes nearly every day High speed Yacht to Key W
Top things to do on a budget
- Walk miles on the white sandy beach
- Go to the largest flea market in FM
- Grill at one of our gazebo
- Happy hours at a beach bar
- Take advantage of earlybird specials
Top things to do with a family
- Walk miles on the white sandy beach
- Swim in the ocean
- Shelling
- Walk out on the fishing pier at Times Square
- Build a sand castle on the beach
Richard Jones , owner


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I love fishing Gulf oil rigs. I hate fishing Gulf oil rigs.
What accounts for this love/hate relationship? On the one hand, because these offshore structures are home to coral-reef ecosystems that attract many large predators, it's unlikely you'll have much trouble hooking up when you drop a jig or bait.
On the other hand, because you have to fish so close to the structure, don't look for real high odds of landing whatever snatches your offering, unless you're very fast and/or lucky, and using tackle much heavier than you'd otherwise need to avoid getting "rigged."
But there's an alternative — one that many (literally) overlook.
Out of Sight = Out of Mind
"It's amazing how most anglers here have tunnel vision," Capt. Rimmer Covington says, as we run out one of the many passes south of Venice, Louisiana, through which Mississippi River water churns. "We're so spoiled, with so many rigs to fish; we run right over rigs, reefs, pipelines, wrecks and other relief that we can't see, never stopping to drop a line."
In one day of dropping jigs over various types of relief while fishing aboard Covington's 39-foot SeaVee, I was one of several anglers to catch grouper — yellowedge, scamp, Warsaw, snowies, gags, reds — plus red and gray snapper, almaco jack, amberjack, bull redfish, true Atlantic bonito, kingfish and more.
Of course, it also helps to have a GPS full of numbers marking such open-water structure (OWS). Covington and his partners in the Mexico Gulf Fishing Company, based in Venice, owe their livelihood to knowing such spots. But with a bit of effort, weekend anglers can get in on the action, as well.
For example, those who do some homework can get their rods bent regularly by dropping to rigs that were toppled as part of Louisiana's rigs-to-reefs program.
(That state program, by the way, while of value, is limited in scope and can do little to save the 650 or so oil platforms now scheduled for demolition and removal within the next five years by the Department of the Interior, as explained in SF's April editorial.)
"There are nearly 30 toppled or cutoff rigs within reach on a day trip from Venice," Covington points out. "Numbers for these are available to the public through Mississippi and Louisiana marine-resource agencies."
Anglers can find many submerged rigs off Louisiana at wlf.louisiana.gov; search "artificial reef program." For Mississippi waters, visit dmr.ms.gov; search "marine fisheries" and "artificial reef."
In general, Covington says submerged structure/relief in the northern Gulf gets far less fishing pressure than rigs, both because they're eminently visible and also offer an easy place for tying up.
The Essential Sounder
The best OWS or relief of any kind is likely to be that you find yourself, and nearly as good are numbers you get from a friend. Odds are these might be known to relatively few anglers.
Covington points out that he tries to monitor his sounder while going from place to place, marking anything he passes over that looks interesting so he can come back and check it out at some point. His GPS is full of numbers, marking not only rigs or pieces of them, but large rocks, interesting hard-bottom patches, wellheads, pipeline junctions and wrecked vessels.
"I've found literally hundreds of these spots," the skipper says, "mostly by accident — by paying attention to the sounder. That's the most important piece of equipment on my boat. Even with a limited budget, you should allocate as much as you can to the highest-quality sounder you can find."
For Covington, that's a Simrad NSO15 with CHIRP technology, coupled with an Airmar 3-kilowatt transducer with frequencies ranging from 33 to 210 kHz. A particularly welcome feature on his sounder, Covington says, is the BackTrack that "allows us to scroll back to structure that has already scrolled off the screen, and mark its location without having to turn the boat around and find it again."


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Columbus Pale Ale - Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery
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4/5 rDev -9.1%
11-28-2011 04:28:33 | More by tbeq00
4.2/5 rDev -4.5%
Got this growler from nursingbeer. Thanks, Molly! Psyched to try a new (for us) Town Hall beer.
A-Clear pale gold with a creamy white head and some good sticky lacing.
S-Strong blast of citrus hops (this is an APA?), floral hops and pungent parmesan cheese. Nice!
T-Strong citrus and floral hop bitterness from start to finish. As in the nose, way hoppy for an APA but quite tasty. A little light on the malt perhaps but quite flavorful and delicious,
M-Medium bodied, strong lingering bitterness. Thoroughly coats the tongue.
D-A unique but delicious beer. Lots of hoppy goodness and quite nicely bitter. Very happy to have had the chance to try this one.
09-20-2009 22:45:31 | More by sholland119
3.55/5 rDev -19.3%
This has to be the strangest beer I've ever had...and here is why.
Served in a standard pint glass, this brew is a nice shade of copper gold. Small white head with ok retention does leave some lacing around the glass.
The nose...wow. I get bubble gum and cotton candy, with a strong citrus and floral hop character. This smells fantastic...
EEEH!!(screeching breaks) This brew takes a 180 degree turn and heads the complete (h)opposite direction. See what I did there? The taste of this beer is not citrusy or fruity or floral at all, but is completely and utterly piney and earthy and resiny. I've never seen such difference from the nose to the taste in a beer in my life. It's not a bad thing, just strange. I think it's too aggressively hopped and unbalanced in the taste department for my tastes, but still damn good.
The mouthfeel is light and creamy. Leaves a strong bitter aftertaste that only motoroil can wash away. Great drinkability considering how strongly hopped this was.
Wow, such a strange but great experience. Columbus hops, by themselves, may not be for me, but this is still a good beer. I've enjoyed all the Single Hop Series beers I've had so far.
09-17-2009 04:08:48 | More by Mistofminn
4.15/5 rDev -5.7%
thanks to sean for hookin a BA up
growler made a nice loud pop however the pour was rather light with basically no head and what little there was, did retain. color was deep filthy murky funky copper and orange, more orange-ish. if this had some nice head, it would have scored higher. the color is magnificent.
kind of sweet, hints of citrus, pineapple, and booze.
quite bitter! very earthy and very bitter hop flavor. as i swirl this around a bit i get an earthy and funky flavor. very light malt presence, very. hops dominate. through the finish the bitterness REALLY comes out and there is a bit of funky sour flavor as well. pale ale? my ass... but in a good way!
quite full bodied even without carbonation. as this warmed to room temp, it REALLY has that cask ale feel and taste. i dig this, big time.
although i have no idea how this is a pale ale, this is pretty good stuff. VERY bitter and funky. i am glad i got to try this.
*5 minutes later*
the funky bitterness is still lingering and i like it
09-10-2009 22:10:09 | More by hooliganlife
Ontario (Canada)
3.53/5 rDev -19.8%
On tap at the brewpub.
Pours a lightly hazed copper/golden, medium size white head forms, settles down to a decent layer, leaves some lace chunks on the glass. Smell is intense, weed, floral, grapefruit, pine, very resiny, touch of caramel and honey maltiness, but its definitely dominated by the pungent hops. Taste is crazy too, all hops, pineapple and grapefruit, juice acidity, some floral, malt takes to the background, pretty rough and astringent bitterness in the finish, maybe too hoppy. Mouthfeel is light to medium bodied with medium carbonation, definitely bitter in the finish, very rough. After your palette goes numb from the first few sips, its better. Maybe the most intensely hoppy beer I've ever had.
09-10-2009 17:32:34 | More by Viggo
4.22/5 rDev -4.1%
Had a friend pick me up a growler of this stuff. Finally got the chance to crack it open and have a couple of pints. Poured into imperial nonic.
A - Pours a hazy light copper color with a perfect one finger head. As it starts to die down, some nice lacing is left behind around the sides of the glass. A very nice-looking APA.
S - A good whiff is all I need to say "wow". A nice boquet of tropical fruit, hops, and citrus packaged all into one. I get a lot of pineapple, mango, and mandarin oranges as the sweet notes which is then followed up by the hops and citrus. A really nice combonation that makes this excellent on the nose.
T - The sweetness that's on the nose isn't really there on the palate. You pretty much get kicked in the face by the Columbus hoppy bitterness. If you aren't expecting it, this one will knock your ass out. I would say this is one of the hoppiest APA's I've ever had...more like an IPA. This could hang with Masala Mama toe to toe, no doubt. It has some of the tropical fruit notes but it's very faint in the beginning and also has a nice toasty/rye finish that's nice and bitter.
M - Fits right into the style: light, crisp, refreshing, with an oily feel for the finish. The carbonation is right-on perfect as well. Some nice bubbles but nothing that takes away from the flavors.
D - Although this is an awesome APA, I would have to put this in IPA territory. I couldn't drink as much of this with the huge hoppy notes, but it's sure delicious! Town Hall does it again!
09-09-2009 20:22:19 | More by Sean9689
4/5 rDev -9.1%
Shared a pint with the wife at another good Town Hall dinner. Never had the Chicken Penne before - if you like pasta that's a bit warm, try it. It's reallly good.
Anyways. Pale ale, hazed, unclear, looked to be unfiltered. Smell was immediate hops. Funny, when my wife ordered it the waitress said, "Just so you know, Columbus is really hoppy!" I bet there have been more than a few pints sent back.
Taste is as advertised, pure Columbus hops, & guess what? I find I like them somewhat less than some other varieties I've had straight up (Simcoe, Centennial, etc.). The hops are aggressive & pleasantly biting, with an orange edge to it. But it left me wanting. What? I'm not sure. But I had another fantastically hoppped beer this weekend, & this, while just as hoppy, wasn't nearly as good. I can only attribute that to the hop choice.
Nonetheless, a very good beer that I'd be happy to have again. Saying Columbus hops aren't quite up to Simcoe hops is like saying I think Shania Twain is hotter than Janet Jackson (yes, my age is showing). A very aggressive pale that for it's ABV it a great find.
09-08-2009 01:32:56 | More by maximum12
4.18/5 rDev -5%
64oz Growler
Thanks to the man, Alex, for sharing this growler the other night! Columbus Pale Ale has a light golden body with zero haziness and good clarity. The clean white head rose to three fingers without a problem and as it slooowly settled took on that meringue-like look with tall sticky peaks. Even when the glass was finished there was a dollop of head left at the bottom of the glass. Sticky lacing clings all down the walls. This is an impressive looking pale ale.
I tasted this at a recent beer fest and each smell I took I was immediately hit with the aroma of freshly grated parmesan. This growler was no different, there's a ton of cheesy parmesan that segues into an herbal dankiness with underlying hints of orange oils and soft tropical fruitiness. The pale malt base is tough to pull out but shows the characteristics of light sugar cookies. This is one hell of a complex and deep smelling pale ale.
If there was ever nose that perfectly mimicked the flavor, this is it. Parmesan cheesy hoppiness leads into the dense herbal dankiness. The hop onslaught is relentless and right up my alley. Soft orange oil and tropical fruitiness stick around in the back and have a hard time showing themselves more thanks to the huge hop bitterness. The pale malt is nowhere to be found. The first half glass I drank of this was a 4.5, no problem. As I kept drinking the cheesiness started to drag on me a little bit.
The body is moderate with a moderate carbonation that has a soft feel on the tongue. The hops are absolutely tongue numbing, enamel eating, slap in the gums bitter. This is one of the bitterest beers I have had in awhile and the slightly dry finish keeps the bitterness going.
This beer flows fast but the sheer tastebud sheering bitterness makes tasting anything afterwards a chore. The cheesiness wore on me a little as well but not near enough for me to discount the sheer drinkability.
Columbus Pale Ale is one hop monster of a beer; the hop profile is super complex as well. I really was blown away by the immense, but easy drinking, hoppiness. I'd love to come across another growler of this down the road. Thanks again for taste, Alex!
08-25-2009 18:59:47 | More by joe1510
4.75/5 rDev +8%
Had on tap at Town Hall Monday August 3. Figured I would get my review up now that this is no longer listed as retired.
A: A good-sized white head with plenty of lacing as it goes down, although given how good this was, that didn't take very long. Color was a pale orange that was transparent with some apparent carbonation.
S: One of the best-smelling brews that I have ever encountered. If you want to get a feel for Columbus hops, simply take a single whiff of this one. Plenty of citrus/orange smell going on, with a little bit of a tropical vibe as well.
T: Lots and lots of Columbus hops with the taste much like the nose--lots of citrus with mainly orange and grapefruit. Slightly bitter, more so than your typical APA but not as much as the Masala.
M: Fantastic. Very clean with the perfect amount of carbonation. No alcohol feel and it goes down quite cleanly. Overall, the body is thinnish--though not too thin, as the body is perfect for enhancing this ones drinkability.
D: Hands down the best APA that I have ever encountered, putting al others in the style to shame. And, at least for this sitting, I thought Columbus Pale Ale had also upstaged Masala, which should be quite the endorsement.
08-24-2009 14:27:58 | More by Thorpe429
Ontario (Canada)
4.65/5 rDev +5.7%
Big thanks to younger35 for sending this growler down our way. Shared with Dave, Joe, and Bryna. Served in a Sam Adams perfect pint glass.
A - Great looking brew. Three fingers of off-white foam that slowly dissipates and leave tons of sticky lacing. Transparent orange-yellow color with bubbles slowly rising upwards. Could maybe a little darker and more intense in the color department.
S - Super dank-ass weed and slight cheesy flavor - full Columbus hops in effect here. The smell is huge and erupted from the growler as soon as we unscrewed the cap. There's a light dough and candy malt backbone that keeps things from spiraling totally out of control, but this beer is all about the hops. There's also some nice citrus lemon flavors in there well.
T - The taste is full of punishing bitterness that complements strong lemon zest and grapefruit flavors. Again, this beer is all about the hops, and the malt contribution is a light sweet doughy flavors. The only real knock on this is that the bitterness overwhelms the complexity found in the smell.
M - Mouthfeel is perfect for a pale ale. Light-medium refreshing body, crisp dry finish, and some nice oily hop resins that linger for a while. Carbonation is medium-low and imparts a soft velvety texture to the brew.
D - Even as I've mentioned the punishing bitterness it doesn't really impact the drinkability. This stuff is even more drinkable than Masala. Low ABV, amazing texture, spot-on carbonation, huge flavor - not sure what else I could ask for here?
Small edit - after the third pour the bitterness has gotten slightly overwhelming. Gonna have to bump it down by .5
Highly recommended for all lovers of anything hoppy.
08-22-2009 00:58:45 | More by MasterSki
4.78/5 rDev +8.6%
Hand-bottled 1L swingtop.
Bright, blurry brass with healthy, sculptable white head that sticks all the way down.
Explosive orange nose. Equal parts pulp and bitter peel. Backed up with bitter, bitter leafy herbs.
Malt is dispensed first, but not simply tossed out. Dryish beginnings. Biscuit fullness. Put an exclaimation mark on that. Traces of brittle toffee and, again, orange pulp. The orange rinds, however, exist in much more than trace quantities. It's very much akin to biting through the skins of several citrus fruits in succession. Lemon, orange, and grapefruit. Put another exclaimation mark on that. Maybe two or three. This is monster bitter. Acrid florals seep in next. This really shows how dynamic and powerful the Columbus hop can be. The lingering mouth-numbing bitterness is quelled by a (partially) offsetting sugared citric notation.
As this warms honeyed peaches appear along with some caramel notes. Hopping remains unchanged, though perhaps countered more effectively.
For a Pale Ale, this has girth to spare. It's simultaneously bursting out and contained by its structure. Firm and plenty carbonated. There's no logic or explanation as to how this is pulled off. This is alchemy, plain and simple. Forget the 5.2%, this is a huge, huge beer. I've had beers twice the size with less than a quarter of its characteristics...and I enjoyed those beers.
As this warms and anesthetizes the mouth, it gets better and better and better.
This isn't beer, this is narcotic.
Big thanks 'monk.
06-05-2004 13:27:41 | More by cokes
4.97/5 rDev +13%
This is from the second-to-last growler of Columbus Pale Ale in existence (feloniousmonk nabbed the last one and sent it to cokes). I had the on-tap version and the cask version several nights ago on my trip up to Town Hall. I preferred the on-tap version and this growler was filled from the tap. 'Best by' date of June 8.
Very slightly hazed, orange-accented amber. Fine, lazy carbonation rises to the medium-sized, cream colored head. The cap of foam appears dense and sticky, falls over time to a thick film and leaves broken sheets of lace. The nose was nice on my pint at the brewpub, but it's even more impressive now that there are no sensory distractions. A wonderously fruity hoppiness is bursting from the glass with very little else to clutter things up. Just as it should be. One of the best noses on any pale ale that I've ever had. In fact, it rivals many of the great IPAs.
It's as good as I remember (perhaps even better) with loads of citrusy hoppy goodness front and center. Just as in the nose, there's very little else--malt for instance--to get in the way of this liquid paean to the Columbus hop. The beer tastes amazingly like sweetened grapefruit, lemon and orange zest. The bittering is near perfect, lending just enough bite to the pungeant, citrus fruity flavor.
The mouthfeel is absolutely perfect for a pale ale: medium-full, lightly creamy and exquisitely silky. Words that spring to mind are 'clean', 'pure' and 'bright'. In fact, when steorn and I were talking beer at the brewpub, he mentioned, after taking a sip of this very beer, that it seemed exceptionally clean. The tasting notes in my pocket at that very moment contained the word 'clean' in capital letters.
I feel that I need to take a moment here to apologize to the Columbus hop. I have previously denigrated it, largely as a result of my experience with another Columbus-exclusive beer, Anderson Valley's Hop Ottin'. I now admit that I couldn't have been more wrong. The Columbus, which is displayed with such brilliance in this beer, can stand toe-to-toe with some of my very favorites such as Cascade, Centennial and Amarillo.
The brewer at Town Hall has fashioned a masterful single-hopped pale ale that puts the strengths of its hop on display for all to see (er...taste). As I said above, this is a liquid paean to the Columbus hop and is a pale ale that has rocketed to the top of my list of all-time greats for that style.
As the saying goes, 'all great things must come to an end'. Perhaps, in the end, that makes them all the more desirable. This is the bottom line: if this beer makes a return visit to Town Hall, so will I. Immediately.
05-28-2004 18:53:58 | More by BuckeyeNation
4.93/5 rDev +12%
Presentation: A brown Grolsch like, flip top, EZ Cap brown glass bottle. Simply has the letter C in black pen scrawled on the white ceramic top. A present all the way from Minneapolis. After the earlier Masala Mama, its like Xmas in Chateau Bum tonight. Double Hell Yeah!!
Appearance: A very light phruprr.r.rr.rrrrsst escapes the flip top and a small amount of lightly tanned bubbling froth accompanies the aural treat. Immense clarity allows the light to deeply penetrate, irradiate this one. Like Sir Isaac Newtons prism, my Pint Glass full of CPA allowed the homogenous light from my desk lamp to spread out and form a spectrum of colors. As Sir Isaac would have said, the CPA has remarkable Refrangibility for it creates a range of hues all of differing wavelengths; light copper, peach, apricot, toasted marmalade and dark golds. A beautiful smooth white ¾ thick small bubbled collar remains throughout. What a fantastic appearance, I am simply gob-smacked to think that this was rebottled also, for it has survived the journey West in remarkably tip-top condition.
Nose: Just like the Masala Mama I had previously, this has lots of oranges, sharp pink grapefruits and oily hops in the nose, piney at times yet not as much as the MM, for this is nicely balanced by some biscuit, dry Edinburgh shortcake and light caramel. Citric fruits, lots of freshness and a real zest for life in the aromas, all makes for an exciting drink before this even touches my lips. It smells orgasmic. Be-er-otica at its best.
Taste: Wow! Pale Ale or India Pale Ale? I wondered at first. The lingering grapefruit bitterness, mandarin orange and Satsuma hoppiness makes me wonder! Am I alone in thinking this? The biscuit and caramel malts are there, discernable, just, with some effort. Massive puckering orange bitterness on the cheeks, whilst the tongue gets its fair share of the bitterness. A dry hopped monster for sure. A very hoppy self-deprecating Pale Ale indeed, this is bordering on understatement. Who cares about styles anyway, this is quite simply very impressive whether you call it a PA or IPA! Oranges and Lemons say the Bells of St. Clemence; the CPA has a Nursery Rhyme finish.
Mouthfeel: Balanced to perfection, great taste, a definitive feel, smooth, nicely carbonated, inviting, drinkable yet not under whelming, fruity, sharp, hoppy, bitter and dry. Keeping all these aspects in perfect balance is no mean feat, but it is done exceptionally well here. I bet the Brewer at MTHB can juggle!!!
Drinkability: This one did not last long at all. Quite simply, A Whyie FIVE O!!! This really does epitomize the perfect Drinkability that Pales Ales (IPAs?) can offer the Imbiber. This would make for a truly marvelous Session beer. Ah, but if only I got the chance to test this theory! I would imagine that it would also accompany & stand up to many tasty foods effortlessly as well also.
Overall: After the Masala Mama, I thought things couldnt get any better. How wrong could I be!? I have to own up to being incredibly biased here: Pale Ales and IPAs are my favorite draft beer styles, preferably Cask-Conditioned. For me, Pale Ales embody and encapsulate all of the perfect qualities of a great Session Ale, and hence my perfect beer. But I dearly love the hoppy kick from many West Coast IPAs This has BOTH qualities somehow and as such, for me, it most certainly borders on an Ali.G Pale Ale, or as he would say, an Aye P.A. Respeckt!
Damn, thats it!!! Its no good, I really must look at getting to Minneapolis sooner rather than later, and sharing a brew or two at the Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery with some local BAs. In fact, fuck the local BAs, I wouldnt mind if no-one at all turned up, because I could quite happily sup this one all afternoon on my own and talk to myself quite easily.
Since I joined BeerAdvocate, it has never ceased to amaze me how generous fellow BAs can be, and to what lengths they will go to, to share great beer with fellow BAs, who are so often, essentially, complete strangers of sorts. The generosity, kindness and levels of trust experienced between some BAs is simply amazing, being as it is so rare in society at large these days. BigHuge is one such BA.
Another Big, neigh Massive, Cheers Mate. We WILL get to share a beer this year I am sure, hopefully it will be in July damn, after the Masala Mama and Columbus Pale Ale, how could I miss that gathering! Well, that and the fact that JohnnyP needs someone responsible to look after him ;-))
05-20-2004 05:35:21 | More by TheLongBeachBum
4.5/5 rDev +2.3%
Pale peach/ apricottish hue, with a good, 1/4 " white head.
Aroma, soft and spare, bright, and just a bit of fruit showing off.
Mild at first, on the palate, but flowering and flourishing with a quickness! Light in body, but possessing extraordinary smoothness and drinkability. Full and persistent, bouyantly hoppy flavor, with a long, sweet finish.
This excellent one-hop pale ale had a brief stay at the pub in mid-August, early September, and was soon gone, due to popularity, then spent a tiny bit of time on cask, where it was a dream in a pint glass. TH and head brewmaster Hoops have designs to continue in the series of single-hop ales, and if they're this delicious, keep 'em coming, guys!
10-20-2003 04:57:06 | More by feloniousmonk
4.85/5 rDev +10.2%
Semi hazy golden...nice pillowy white head...awesome citrus nose...grapefruit/oranges..also a sweeter floral note too...taste is like drinking fresh squeezed grapefruit juice...west coast all the way and done right..starts very citric but also piney..a great bitter bite at first floowed by a very enjoyable biscuity maltiness...that mingles nicely with the hops..for as hopped up as this is, it is very balanced...finishes on an almost floral note..body is just a tich too light to be exceptional in mouthfeel..
This is a heck of a pale ale....There are IPA's with less impressive hopping than this one...this would compete with any pale ale on the west coast...outstanding flavor and nose...maybe the most flavorful pale ale I've had...if you love hops you must get your hands on some of this...top notch...
09-02-2003 04:22:53 | More by ZAP
4.58/5 rDev +4.1%
Color is clear yellow with a light coppery tone to its body. Solid off-white head, tall, sticky and steady, fades slowly to a skim always present and lots of sticky strings and little blobs of lace that glues to the glass. Aroma is a nice mellow dry hoppy pine, nice grapefruity sweetness, fresh and blooming strong. Nice dry sense of bread as well in the backing. Solid hop nose. Wonderful taste of easy mellowing piney dried hops, solid woodish pine sense, a touch of citrusy grapefruit and soft bready malts with super mild but favorable bitterness coming through late in the finish, nice and easy going effect. Fresh, clean, and very smooth. It really seems to mellow me out as I drink it, something of the character of this beer rubs off on me; makes me slow down to appreciate its balance. Feel is a solid mellow medium body, super clean with a silky smooth start and a hoppy lingering finish. Goes down real easy. Have to agree with Bighuge on the close to an IPA theory, even as an IPA this would be considered pretty respectable. So as a Pale this is a definate winner!
08-24-2003 00:22:42 | More by tavernjef
4.93/5 rDev +12%
The beer is a clear light copper color. A nice sized bone white head graces the surface and laces abundantly the whole way down. The aroma is heavenly. Like walking through a hop garden. The notes touched upon the heaviest are pungent, resiny and canibis-like. It almost smells like a nicely dry hopped Imperial IPA, but it is not quite that abrasive. I'll still guess that the dry hop was quite hefty. On the palate, the hop flavors dance atop a sturdy foundation of carmelized malt. This is quite bitter for a pale ale. Just taking a stab, I'd guess around 50 IBUs. But the bitterness is clean and quite enjoyable. The hops add flavors of pine needles, citrus, resin and pungent oil. Damn I love this one. This is one of those Pale Ales that teeters on the brink of IPA. Mouthfeel is nicely carbonated and body would go about medium-full. It's refreshing and drinkable enough that I will have not the slightest bit of trouble taking on this growler tonight.
I try not to say things like this much, but this could one of the best, if not THE best, pale ales I've had the pleasure of consuming.
08-20-2003 02:12:23 | More by Bighuge
Columbus Pale Ale from Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery
92 out of 100 based on 17 ratings.


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The Lady Eagles picked up a pair of shutout wins during the first day of Class 2A competition at Montgomery's Lagoon Park.
T'Ebonie Tanner sparked a Sumiton Christian rally in the fifth inning of the first game and the bats didn't slow down the rest of the day as the Lady Eagles picked up a 2-0 win over Houston Academy before blanking Lexington 7-0 in the nightcap.
Sumiton Christian is now halfway to earning a second state championship in the last three years.
Two-time defending 2A state champ Hatton stands directly in the Lady Eagles' path to the title. No. 1 Hatton and No. 2 Sumiton Christian meet in the winner's bracket final at 10:30 a.m. today with the winner earning a spot in the championship game set for 5:30 today.
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Hatton (40-10-2) advanced on Friday with a 5-1 win over Goshen followed by a 5-0 victory over Mobile Christian.
For Sumiton Christian, Tanner had a banner day. In the opener, she came through with a two-run triple to break a scoreless tie in the fifth inning.
She followed that up with a perfect 4 for 4 performance against Lexington with three runs and an RBI.
While Tanner led the team at the plate, Cadi Oliver and Katie Justice both earned wins on the mound. The duo held the competition to four hits and two walks in 13 innings.
Oliver got the win in the first game, giving up two hits and one walk while striking out four. Oliver also threw three scoreless innings to open the nightcap.
She gave up one hit and struck out one. Justice threw the final three innings, allowing one hit and one walk while striking out two.
Against Houston Academy, the Lady Eagles got off to a slow start. At the plate, Sumiton Christian's first seven outs came via the strikeout.
"We just started really slow," Aderholt said. "I think everybody was pressing to get a hit. As the innings went on, it got worse. Eventually, everybody just took a deep breath and realized we were OK."
When second-ranked Sumiton Christian needed a big hit late in game Tanner stepped to the plate and delivered — connecting for a two-run triple to help Eagles to a 2-0 over the Houston Academy Raiders.
After four scoreless innings, Oliver reached second base on her second double of the day. She advanced to third after Justice drove a shot to right field and moved to second following an errant throw — setting up Tanner's two-RBI triple.
At the plate, Oliver was 2 for 3 with two doubles and a run scored. Kendall Beth Sides was 2 for 3 with a stolen base, while Justice was 1 for 3 with a run scored.
Against Lexington, last year's state runner up, Sumiton Christian took control with a pair of runs in the opening inning. Oliver led off the game with a walk and Tanner followed with a bunt single. After a Katlyn Sides sacrifice, both runners scored on a Kendell Hamm single.
Sumiton Christian added a run in the third when Sides drove in Oliver with an RBI single. The Lady Eagles pushed their lead to 5-0 in the fourth when Kendall Beth Sides reached on an error and scored a throwing error. Later in the inning, Haleigh Lane singled and scored on a Kathryn Warren single.
The Lady Eagles scored two more runs in the fifth inning. Tanner singled to lead off the inning and Katlyn Sides reached on an error. Tanner later scored on a wild pitch and Hamm drove in Katlyn Sides with a sacrifice fly for a 7-0 lead.
Sumiton Christian ended the game early thanks to a four-run sixth inning. Oliver, Tanner, Hamm and Kendall Beth Sides had RBIs.
Sumiton Christian (52-15) pounded out 14 hits in the win.
Tanner was 4 for 4 with three runs and an RBI, Oliver was 2 for 3 with two runs and an RBI, Kendall Beth Sides was 2 for 4 with a run and an RBI, Justice was 2 for 3 with a run, Warren finished 1 for 3 with a run and an RBI, Katlyn Sides was 1 for 3 with an RBI, Lane was 1 for 3 with a run and Hamm was 1 for 4 with three RBIs.


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---- — Proverbs 3:5 & 6: "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths."
Trust is a big five letter word because it means we are relying on someone. We have opened ourselves up to someone and feel assured we are secure in that relationship, whether it be friendship or business. We see banks that use the term trust in their name. They want the public to know their money is secure. Of course it may be secure, but it sure isn't paying much in dividends in this economy.
Our scripture from Proverbs is giving us an opportunity to look at our relationship with God. The writer says "Trust in the Lord with all your heart," for the Christian, regardless your church tradition, one is called to a complete relationship filled with trust. If one has never had a trusting relationship in their lives, it can be difficult to understand how a person can be so trusting of God.
After all, people do people wrong; there are misunderstandings and parents have molested their own children, so how is it that a person can trust anyone let alone God? There is a need for healing in people's lives so they can move forward.
I can tell you that a person must come to a place where they are not leaning on their own understanding, but seeking out wise counsel from someone who acknowledges the Lord and will help a person find peace and remedy for their loneliness, emptiness and brokenness. Not every counselor has that ability, but there are many who do.
The favorite physician of Queen Victoria once said, "The only remedy for all of life's ills and woes is through the work and person, Jesus Christ." Oh, I know, we have become sophisticated and educated to the point that we think we can figure it all out and do it on our own. Truth is, without Christ we are not capable of effecting the kinds of changes that are needed for right living and enjoy a life filled with trust.
Sure, when you have been hurt, it's tough gaining trust in someone. Our passage admonishes us to, "Not lean on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths."
Here's the question you must answer: How long am I going to try doing it my way? Has your way of doing things worked? Are you accomplishing your goals? Are you developing relationships that are filled with trust?
I have an old chalkboard with this quote from Norman Vincent Peale: "Try, really try. Think, really think. Believe, really believe." Try that exercise. Remember, you must be persistent in developing trust because you will probably have some issues to deal with also.
Starting Oct. 9 at 6:30 I will be conducting a series called: "Come Thirsty; Receive what your soul longs for." We have all been traveling this road of life and we often find ourselves emotionally parched, drained and in need of refreshing. Our level of trust has diminished. I invite you to this series for a time of refreshing.
Remember, trust in the Lord with all your heart.
The Most Rev. Michael Layne, PhD, ThD, can be reached at 812-614-2160 or through www.doclayne.com.
Layne will be guest pastor at St. John's Lutheran Church Sept. 28, 29 and Oct. 5, 6, 7.


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Volunteer firefighters from two states and three counties met at the Limestone Fire Department in Marshall County for a training session involving gas well fires.
Departments from Marshall, and Ohio Counties, and Washington County in Pennsylvania heard presentations from Noble Energy Incorporated, and Wild Well Control, a worldwide company that responds to gas well fires.
The training was held to make first responders aware of what hazards they might encounter when responding to an emergency on a gas well site, from a fire to a full blown explosion.
Marshall County EMA Director, Tom Hart, says its important to keep first responders trained properly.
"We've done a series of training's for the first responders, especially the firefighters over the last couple of years," he says. "In order to keep their knowledge up, and increase their knowledge base as well."
Hart says that there were three gas well incidents in a four month period back in 2010. Since then, there haven't been many problems on the well sites, except for a few transportation issues, he says.
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Africare continues its Pass It On! Campaign and honors World Aids Day 2009 with an inspiring story out of Tanzania about a group of young children using their gift of art to help cope with HIV/AIDS.
"This is for the orphans," continues Dotto John. "I drew this picture to show how our society tries to help to support orphans to get their basic needs."
In 2005, Africare initiated a program to intensify HIV/AIDS community-based outreach in an effort to empower youth impacted or at risk of being affected by the virus. The Community-based Orphan Care Protection and Empowerment Project, or COPE, addresses basic needs like food, shelter, education and health care through support services and training programs… giving young people the tools they need to succeed.
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The Indiana Homeland Security Foundation is accepting applications for nine "Secure Indiana" scholarships for students attending an Indiana college.
High school and college students interested in pursuing a higher education degree and who volunteer for a local public safety organization such as a fire department, law enforcement agency, emergency management agency or emergency medical services may be qualified applicants.
A full-time student with at least twelve credit hours is eligible for a $2,000 scholarship. A part-time student with at least six hours is eligible for a $1,000 scholarship. The program funds are intended solely to reimburse eligible student educational expenses.
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An Indiana resident who is an incoming or continuing student who:
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EAST MEADOW - Many are wondering whether Long Island could keep the power on during the next big storm by burying electric wires underground.
An independent study commissioned by LIPA in 2005 found that burying wires on Long Island could cost $25 to $30 billion. The study says it would raise electricity rates by 150 percent over 25 years.
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Her courage, spirit and dignity inspire the Lesley community.
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Three women with strong ties to Lesley University, two alumni and a student, were deeply impacted by the Boston Marathon bombing. Erin Hurley, class of 2010, participated in the Marathon as a runner. Her good friends, Michele Mahoney, class of 2009, and Remy Lawler, a current student, joined Erin's boyfriend, Jeff Bauman, at the race to cheer her on. Michele, Remy, and Jeff were all near the finish line when the bombs exploded and all sustained injuries. Jeff lost both of his legs but has returned home and is focused on rehab. Michele suffered extensive damage to both her legs. She has been released from the hospital and is recovering. Remy sustained shrapnel wounds and is recovering at home following her time in the hospital.
Reached by phone, Erin said in an interview, "First, I have to say how appreciative we are for the outpouring of support from the community both large and small. I also want everyone to know that we are all doing really well. It was an awful thing that happened, but it was both a good day and a bad day." Erin recalls seeing her three closest friends at Heartbreak Hill: "People I really love were there for me and I was so happy." Erin reflected on how part of what she learned at Lesley is that people really do care and want to do well in life, and be good to others. This terrible act did not destroy that belief. Erin's conviction that people are good is stronger than ever and she is looking forward to attending the One Fund Boston concert with Jeff on May 30th.
Lesley has made a contribution to One Fund Boston, the fund to support all of the individuals and families who need our assistance. We encourage all members of our community who may have the ability and the inclination to make a contribution to this fund or the fund of your choice.
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Sleep Apnea (cont.)
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What is sleep apnea?
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Sleep apnea is a disorder characterized by a reduction or pause of breathing (airflow) during sleep. It is common among adults but rare among children. Although a diagnosis of sleep apnea often will be suspected on the basis of a person's medical history, there are several tests that can be used to confirm the diagnosis. The treatment of sleep apnea can be either surgical or nonsurgical.
An apnea is a period of time during which breathing stops or is markedly reduced. In simplified terms, an apnea occurs when a person stops breathing for 10 seconds or more. If a person stops breathing completely or take less than 25% of a normal breath for a period that lasts 10 seconds or more, this is an apnea. This definition includes complete stoppage of airflow. Other definitions of apnea that may be used include at least a 4% drop in oxygen in the blood, a direct result of the reduction in the transfer of oxygen into the blood when breathing stops.
Apneas usually occur during sleep. When an apnea occurs, sleep usually is disrupted due to inadequate breathing and poor oxygen levels in the blood. Sometimes this means the person wakes up completely, but sometimes this can mean the person comes out of a deep level of sleep and into a more shallow level of sleep. Apneas are usually measured during sleep (preferably in all stages of sleep) over a 2-hour period. An estimate of the severity of apnea is calculated by dividing the number of apneas by the number of hours of sleep, giving an apnea index (AI in apneas per hour); the greater the AI, the more severe the apnea.
A hypopnea is a decrease in breathing that is not as severe as an apnea. Hypopneas usually occur during sleep and can be defined as 69% to 26% of a normal breath. Like apneas, hypopneas also may be defined as a 4% or greater drop in oxygen in the blood. Like apneas, hypopneas usually disrupt the level of sleep. A hypopnea index (HI) can be calculated by dividing the number of hypopneas by the number of hours of sleep.
The apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) is an index of severity that combines apneas and hypopneas. Combining them gives an overall severity of sleep apnea including sleep disruptions and desaturations (a low level of oxygen in the blood). The apnea-hypopnea index, like the apnea index and hypopnea index, is calculated by dividing the number of apneas and hypopneas by the number of hours of sleep.
Another index that is used to measure sleep apnea is the respiratory disturbance index (RDI). The respiratory disturbance index is similar to the apnea-hypopnea index; however, it also includes respiratory events that do not technically meet the definitions of apneas or hypopneas, but do disrupt sleep.
Sleep apnea is formally defined as an apnea-hypopnea index of at least 15 episodes/hour in a patient if he or she does not have medical problems that are believed to be caused by the sleep apnea. This is the equivalent of approximately one episode of apnea or hypopnea every 4 minutes.
High blood pressure, stroke, daytime sleepiness, congestive heart failure (low flow of blood to the heart), insomnia, and mood disorders can be caused or worsened by sleep apnea. In the presence of these conditions, sleep apnea is defined as an apnea-hypopnea index of at least five episodes/hour. This definition is stricter because these individuals may be already experiencing the negative medical effects of sleep apnea, and it may be important to begin treatment at a lower apnea-hypopnea index.
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Eviatar Manor, the new Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Manor had been serving as Deputy Director-General and Head of the United Nations and International Organizations Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel since 2008. He served as Israel's Ambassador to Sweden from 2004 to 2008. Other foreign posts and missions include serving as Head of Israel's delegation to the United Nations Second Committee of the General Assembly in 1996; as Consul General of Israel in Philadelphia from 1993 to 1996; as Press Counselor at the Embassy of Israel in London from 1985 to 1989; and as First Secretary at the Embassy of Israel in Stockholm from 1977 to 1982.
A career diplomat, Mr. Manor joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel in 1973 as a cadet. He has held various posts at the Ministry in Jerusalem, including as Deputy Director-General and Acting Head of the Middle East and Peace Process Division from 2002 to 2003, Deputy Head of the Division and Director of the Bureau of the Senior Deputy Director-General from 1997 to 2002, and Spokesman for the Foreign Ministry and Director of the Press Department from 1992 to 1993.
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This pic is photographic proof of my teammate finishing in 5th place at the Cat4 women's road race at Patterson on Saturday (the one on the left). This was her first race, and she would have had two upgrade points. However, Velopromo recorded it wrong and gave her placing to another rider, although we did not know this until now.
http://www.usacycling.org/results/?permit=2006-124 [2]
The lesson is, of course, that mistakes happen and that if you care about your upgrade points then you'll verify the results at all costs. I feel really bad for her just because it's her first race and it's special to see your name up there "in lights" for the first time. :(


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Transit officials in New York were carrying out a total shutdown of subway, bus and train service as Hurricane Sandy headed to the metropolitan region.
All service was starting to be suspended at 7 p.m. on Sunday.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to start planning for an orderly suspension of service.
New York City subways and buses started phasing out service at 7 p.m. Metro-North Railroad and the Long Island Rail Road suspended service at 7 p.m. Sunday.
The city's mass transit system is the nation's largest. The subway alone has a daily ridership of more than 5 million.
NJ Transit, PATH and Amtrak also shut down service in the region.
Bridges and tunnels will be closed on a case-by-case basis.
Rainfall is expected to start late Sunday or early Monday in New York. Hurricane Sandy is headed north from the Caribbean to meet a winter storm and a cold front. Experts say the rare hybrid storm that results will cause havoc over 800 miles from the East Coast to the Great Lakes.
On Saturday, the MTA had workers nailing plywood covers to subway ventilation grates at South Ferry to help prevent flooding.
The agency began to secure subway covers after flooding by a severe rainstorm on August 8, 2007. After that storm the MTA started a program to raise the grates in sidewalks that ventilate the subway at flood-prone locations.
The raised ventilation grates are located in Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn, and help reduce the amount of water that enters the subway system from street level. All are designed to be attention-getting so that pedestrians don't stumble into them, and in some cases they double as bicycle racks, benches, and artistic stainless steel sculptural forms.
Hurricane Sandy Notes:
- New York City ordered an evacuation of Zone A areas of the city and schools were ordered closed on Monday.
- Gov. Andrew Cuomo directed the New York Army and Air National Guard to mobilize in response to Hurricane Sandy.
- Gov. Chris Christie ordered evacuations of New Jersey barrier islands and closed all state offices on Monday.
- Gov. Dannel Malloy ordered evacuations of parts of several Connecticut cities and said the state is likely to see the worst-case scenario from the storm.
- All mass transit in and out of New York City was being shut down on Sunday night including MTA, NJ Transit and PATH service.
- Major carriers canceled all flights into and out of three area airports in the New York metro area.
- New York Downtown Hospital in Lower Manhattan was evacuated Sunday due to the threat of power loss in the area
- Broadway took the threat of the mammoth storm seriously, with theater owners canceling all Sunday evening and Monday performances
- The New York Stock Exchange and the NYMEX were shutting their trading floors in New York Monday but trading will continue electronically


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At Children's Southlake, we use Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) to spot a variety of problems. A safe and non-invasive procedure, MRI uses a powerful magnet, radio waves and a computer to take very clear pictures. Because MRI imaging requires our patient to lie still, we have anesthesiologists on site who have specialized training in the unique needs of children.
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Because imaging and anesthesiology in children are not the same in adults, the equipment used at Children's is calibrated for children and anesthesiologists are specially trained in pediatrics
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