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Western International, Renaissance end up short in regional play
State playoffs: Baseball and softball
By Harry M. Anderson, Jr.
Special to the Michigan Citizen
GROSSE POINTE — The hopes for a state title in baseball and softball for the Detroit Public Schools came to end June 8. Both DPL teams, Western International and Renaissance, were ousted from state tournament play. The Cowboys (24-11) came up short to University of Detroit Jesuit 4-2 in a baseball regional semi-final at Grosse Point South, while the Phoenix (31-7) lost the regional championship to Garden City 15-2 in the softball regional championship also at Grosse Point South.
"It wasn't our day," said Western Head Coach Juan Sanchez. "The favors weren't on our side. U of D is very good team.
"However, I'm very proud of my boys because they left everything on the field. Our pitcher just had one bad inning."
Western put up a good fight against the Cubs. The Cowboys got their first run in the third due to a wild throw to first. With the game tied at 1-1 in the bottom of the sixth, U of D Jesuit's Harrison Wesson hit a three-run triple, giving the Cubs a 4-1 lead. The Cowboys came back in the top half of the seventh inning with a home run by Anthony Gutierrez, cutting the lead to 4-2. Western then put two runners on base to attempt to tie or even win the game, but they couldn't get them home.
Jose Ramon-Morales was the starting pitcher for Western and took the loss. He gave up four earned runs and eight hits in six innings of work. Gutierrez had two hits including a home run. As a team, the Cowboys had five hits but stranded five runners.
"Our team has a lot of talent, and these kids don't have to be state champs to be winners," Sanchez said. "Eight of them are going on to college, and all of them will move on be sound young men. Now that the season's over, I like to celebrate the season we had."
Renaissance met their PSL rival Western International in the semi-final round. It didn't take the Phoenix long to defeat the Cowgirls 28-2 in three innings. Nijah Slaughter was the winning pitcher for Renaissance as she struck out four batters allowing no hits. At the plate, Slaughter went three-for-three with an RBI.
The top contributors were Breanna Lawrence, who went two-for-three with a home run, five RBIs and scoring three times. Essence England was two-for-four at the plate with an RBI and scoring five times, and Zahji Billingslea went three-for-three with five RBIs and scored five times.
However, things didn't go well against Garden City in the regional championship with Renaissance losing 15-2. The Phoenix committed 11 errors in the defeat to the Cougars, and starting pitcher Chloe Ostoloza gave up 11 hits and 15 runs.
"We just made too many errors and didn't make the big play," said Renaissance Head Coach Garrard Taylor. "Garden City is a good team, but we can't make any mistakes playing a team like Garden City.
"I told the girls I can't play the game for you. You have to play like you wanted it. Garden City was fundamentally sound on the basics, and we have to work on that."
Scoring runs for the Phoenix were Danielle Young and Lyric Elliot. The four hits by Renaissance in the game came from Ostoloza, Billingslea, Kierra Ware and Shivonne Marshall.
"We're trying to get to the next level," Taylor said. "They have to put the time in to be more competitive at the state level.
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Chiles Rellenos with Tomato-and-Avocado Salsa
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Jennifer Zavala's downfall in the first episode of Top Chef Season 6 was her insistence on using seitan (made from wheat gluten) for vegetarian chiles rellenos, but not in a way that improved the classic stuffed peppers. She also covered her clunky, overstuffed poblanos in a thick, unappealing crust. Instead, Gail Simmons fills poblanos with a traditional mix of cheese and jalapeños, then tops them with a bright, fresh salsa.
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- 6 medium (about 3 ounces each) poblano peppers
- 1 tablespoon(s) vegetable oil
- 1/2 small onion, minced
- 1 small garlic clove, minced
- 1 small jalapeño, seeded and minced
- 6 ounce(s) Monterey Jack cheese, shredded (1 1/2 cups)
- 1/4 cup(s) freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
- 2 tablespoon(s) chopped cilantro
- Salt
- 1.5 cup(s) grape tomatoes, quartered
- 1 Hass avocado, finely diced
- 1/4 cup(s) finely chopped onion
- 2 tablespoon(s) chopped cilantro
- 1/2 small jalapeño, seeded and minced
- 2 tablespoon(s) freshly squeezed lime juice
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- Make the chiles rellenos: Roast the poblanos directly over a gas flame or under a broiler, turning occasionally, until they are charred all over. Transfer the poblanos to a bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and let cool. Peel the poblanos. Using a small, sharp knife, make a small lengthwise slit in each one, near the stem end. Using kitchen scissors, carefully cut out the core and seeds, then remove the core and seeds without tearing the poblanos or enlarging the opening.
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. In a small skillet, heat the vegetable oil. Add the diced onion, garlic, and jalapeño and cook over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5 minutes. Let the vegetable mixture cool, then stir in the Monterey Jack, Parmigiano-Reggiano, and chopped cilantro. Press the cheese filling into 6 logs.
- Lightly season the insides of the poblanos with salt. Carefully stuff the cheese filling into the poblanos and press the poblanos closed. Place the stuffed poblanos on a baking sheet and roast in the upper third of the oven for about 12 minutes, until the cheese is melted.
- Meanwhile, make the salsa: In a bowl, combine the grape tomatoes with the diced avocado, onion, cilantro, jalapeño, and lime juice and season the salsa with salt and pepper.
- Transfer the chiles rellenos to plates, spoon the salsa on top, and serve.
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Poblano chiles are generally mild, but occasionally they can be pretty spicy, so beware. Here, Gail Simmons stuffs them with a mix of pungent Parmigiano-Reggiano and mild Monterey Jack cheese, which is ideal for melting.
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Who Will Die on NCIS: Los Angeles?!by Steve Marsi at . Comments
Hope you're sitting down for this one.
The NCIS: Los Angeles Season 3 finale in May will feature the demise of someone we know well.
Seriously, "Someone's gonna die that we know well," executive producer Shane Brennan said.
Gulp. The rest of his quote to TV Line about the upcoming arc teased that, "I've got the target, I'm just choosing which missile to fire. And there's a character or two coming back to tie some things up."
Which missile to fire? This sounds like no joke. The question is who it hits.
As we've seen on both NCIS and NCIS: LA, which dispatched one of its core cast members in the first season, the characters serve the overall show, not the other way around. Brennan really will go there.
It's unclear if the victim will be a core cast member in this case, though. Someone "we know well" leaves the door open for it to be a (somewhat) extraneous, ancillary character (Lauren Hunter for example).
Peter Cambor's Nate, who was initially a series regular but quasi-left the show to partake in covert ops, is another good possibility. Still, it makes you wonder if there's a surprise much bigger than that in store.
Perhaps the most devastating loss would be Linda Hunt's Hetty Lange, who's cheated death a few times already this season. We really, really hope it's not true, but it certainly would rock the team to its core.
Who do you think dies in the NCIS: LA finale? Share your comments below.
In other NCIS: Los Angeles news, there is a major Kensi-centric double episode coming up titled "Blye, K." That arc, Brennan says, goes to the very heart of why the character played by Daniela Ruah joined NCIS.
It also sets the stage for the NCIS: LA and Hawaii Five-O crossover during May sweeps. The show is looking for a late 40s actress to play the estranged mother of a female character ... gotta be Kensi, right?
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Sorry, Kensi has a birthmark in her eye.
The actress playing Kim has a birthmark in her eye.
Does anyone know what's wrong with Kensi's eye?
I agree Renko is small but to me at least the 1st body is small (ehight wise) and petite in size. But if someone died b/c of result of an explosion they could be cut in half . I say Nell, and either Renko, Eric or if main main and I hate saying this Sam. Good luck everyone on guesses and really enjoy the episode!!!:D And there could be a fake out or if main main cast member dies it could be b/c they are going deep undercover.
Jninn, HaHa! I hope they cancel the show! NCIS should be the only NCIS on TV! Zeva rules!!
I'll bet you that SAM is dead in the scene but its the old switcheroo which means that they make the chameleon think he's dead and the rest of the team and then he shows up at the end not dead. Just like every other time. And then the first couple shows next season are about Sam and Callen not talking because Callen feels like he should have been in on it.
Sam dies, so does the show for me. Love the cast but Callen and Sam together make the show. If so I am sure LL had something he needed to work on but ratings are going to drop and probably last season of the show, stupid move CBS.
Callin is interesting and the central character in all episodes. but they have tried to make Sam the center of attention. he's a rapper by trade. Chris O'Donnell is a seasoned actor and should be given more credit than he gets
I am pretty shure mike Reno dies and probably sam right? Mikes small and could be the first body and every one knows the second ones sam.
I kmow I have commented on who I think will die & who is under the sheets in the morgue at the end of the previews but something has bugged me when people said Sam. And its not a, omg it can't be him. I am the 1st to say previews are meant to deceive & they arent always in order shown. But if you watch the preview carefully (doing it w/o sound makes you look at it differently)... The part where Sam & Callen have their weapons trained on The Chameleon seems like a shot from the end. Unless The Chameleon has worker bees, how does he 'kill our people' as Callen puts it. I bet Callen is saying that with emotion not just b/c people were killed but that Granger & his SOB self is ticked off that he (Callen) or Sam shot The Chameleon (b/c he hit the little button on the device he has in his hand. I say that b/c it looks like a remote for a bomb. This is all speculation but I want to hear everyone's thoughts. And I do mean everyone.


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The KDE Communityô is pleased to announce "KDE Meetup 2013". KDE meetup is the largest KDE event in India after conf.kde.in 2011 and the first large scale open source Meetup in Gujarat. It will be held on February 23rd-24th at DA-IICT, Gandhinagar and it shall be a really great opportunity for all those who wish to get started on Open source contribution to learn about it.ô Our primary focus is to introduce people to the world of infinite possibilities of Open source development by teaching them about the basic tools for development including Qt. This event also appeals to those who are already familiar with the tools since there will also be specialized talks on certain topics by experts. Also there will be hackathons after the talks which shall make this event enjoyable and fruitful for everyone involved with Open source including teachers, developers and students.
We needed a forum to gather as many KDE contributors as possible at one place again after conf.kde.in 2011. FOSS events like those of KDE itself have been always concentrated around then same region in the country and we are trying to keep that going in another region as well.ô So Indian KDE volunteers along with GDG DA-IICT came together to organize a conference solely dedicated to KDE with an aim to spread KDE and FOSS as far as possible. Our main target is to include more and more students from India in the KDE community and also to get them involved with Open source development and what better way to spread awareness and knowledge than to organise a really lively and enjoyable event which shall appeal to the students and combine the core elements of learning and fun. The expertise of the speakers and the quaint and cool campus environment shall also serve as prime factors in making the event a pleasant and extremely insightful one.
The KDEôÛ Community is an international technology team dedicated towards creating a free and user-friendly computing experience. It is one of the largest international free software community. It has anô integrated set of cross-platform applications designed to run onô GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, Microsoft Windows, and OS X systems.
To find more information aboutô KDE,ô please visit ô http://www.kde.org/
KDE-India is a group of volunteers who are a part of this community, and have been meeting up at various FOSS events in India and abroad.ô Over the last few years, there has been aô substantialô increase in contributionsô to KDE from India to various avenues like coding, localization, marketing, website/infrastructure maintenance etc. There has also been a lot of contributions as a part of programmes likeô Google Summer of Codeô and Season of KDE.
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The event is a two day conference to be held on the 23rd and 24th of February.
Pradeepto Bhattacharya, Shantanu Jha, Vishesh Handa, Rishabh Arora are some of theô speakers that shall be giving talks at the event. The talks shall introduce people to the KDE community and Qt Development. KDE workspaces and applications, Nepomuk and KDE Edusuite shall also be covered in the talks.
Apart from the talks there will be hands on workshops wherein the experts shall be teaching everyone about Qt application development and also help them with bug fixing in KDE appss. This shall be followed by hackathons for all those enthusiastic participants who wish to take the learning process a notch higher and want to delve further into bug fixing or development and they shall be guided by the Open source developers.
We are still working on the agenda, you can check it out here.
DA-IICT is Located in the peaceful city of Gandhinagar, the capital city of Vibrant Gujarat, which is on its way to becoming an IT hub. While at a distance of just 17 kms from the international airport and with an efficient public transport system in the city, the beautifully lush and green campus of DA-IICT serves as the perfect environment to host such events. With incessant Wi-Fi access throughout the campus and fully equipped computer laboratories, the event can go on uninterrupted with adequate provision of all the necessary equipments.
Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology(DA-IICT) is included in the top ten Technology Schools in the country and is ranked as the topmost private technology university in the country.
Also, last year 17 students from the institute were selected for the google summer of code internship program out of which 8 students were selected in KDE. This was the highest number of selections from any university in India.
Registrations for KDE Meetup are open now.ô Do not pass on the opportunity to become a part of the most amazing community.
The early bird student registration fee is only ã¿400.
For more details regarding the event, please visit our website.
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Love & Theft On Their New Album & Eric's Community Service Mishap
Today's a big day for country duo Love & Theft who dropped their sophomore self-titled album after three years of writing, recording and planning. Their current single "Angel Eyes" has hit top five on the country charts and Catherine Lane had a chance to catch up with the boys as they promote their new album.
With only three years to debut the perfect 11-track album, Love & Theft co-wrote most tracks themselves while bringing in producer Josh Leo, who has worked with Alabama and Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Taking country music back to its natural roots, they were thrilled when Josh came with a plan.
"We never really thought this day would actually come again," band member Eric Gunderson admitted before Stephen Barker Liles interjected. "This album is recorded live with musicians, we didn't add any tracks… We sang with the band to make sure they didn't brush over the vocals and stuff like that." After many takes and very few overdub tracks, the sophomore album was born.
Before Catherine let them go, she asked about Eric's recent run in with the law back in April 2012, where he was arrested at the Nashville airport for carrying a large hunting knife through security.
"It was actually really frustrating because I really completely forgotten that knife was in my backpack and I always carry a knife just usually not one that big," he willingly recounted. "What really sucked was doing all that community service back in Nashville once I got home. Somebody tried to rob me while we were doing community service [and] I was forced to turn around and lay the little punk kid out."
"Right before the kid who took my wallet got away I nailed the kid in the chest with my elbow and he went flying backwards," Eric admitted before Stephen interrupted with his innocent warning. "Violence is not always the answer, Eric, I try to tell him this."
Of course, it all came full circle for Eric and his community service woes. "As soon as I finished [community service] they dismissed the case. My luck."
Love & Theft's self-titled sophomore album is available today in stores and online. Check out Love & Theft's official website for more information.
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San Diego Mayor Bob Filner delivers first State of the City address
Filner discusses budget, job creation
SAN DIEGO - San Diego City Mayor Bob Filner took center stage at the Balboa Theater Tuesday night in his first State of the City address.
10News was there as he talked about creating jobs and being honest about the city of San Diego's financial future.
Despite a 30-minute delay to the start of the mayor's first State of the City address, Filner was greeted with applause from the packed crowd inside the Balboa Theater.
He dove right into talking about fixing the city's financial woes.
"If we've learned anything from the mistakes of the past, it's that it's better to be truthful about these problems than to cover them up," said Filner.
Filner spoke about the importance of improving all of San Diego's communities.
"We've succeeded in revitalizing our downtown, but we've failed to invest those same resources or imagination in making older urban neighborhoods as safe, attractive and healthy as they can be," he said.
He also made a promise to keep the San Diego Chargers in the city.
"I will work to make sure that our Bolts don't Bolt!" he said.
He also gained applause when he talked about creating jobs, starting with the Port district.
"The working waterfront is a key to a balanced regional economy," he said.
They were words that the San Diego Labor Council wanted to hear.
"I think there is a true commitment to expanding the economic base of San Diego to create more jobs, better jobs, sustaining jobs in San Diego," said Lorena Gonzalez of the San Diego Labor Council AFL-CIO. "I think we have the right mayor at the right time."
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Matt & Kim & Soulja Boy & Andrew W.K. are the latest triple-billing for Converse's corporately underwritten original MP3 project "Three Artists, One Song." (Previously: Julian Casablancas, Santigold, and Pharrell; later, Best Coast, Kid Cudi, and Rostam.) Matt produced. The project attempts to fuse these three artists styles, but succeeds in fusing together these three artists' feet. (See: That photo.) Download at Converse.
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by our amazing wedding editor, Amy Lyn
Wedding days can be chaos. There are so many elements completely out of a photographer's control. The light may be horrible. Or the location you've been scouting for formals may be flooded. OR…well, anything really. But, the one element I feel I can always control is the detail shots. I think that's why I enjoy them so much..in the midst of all of that unknown, I find a little piece of control. Here are some tips and tricks I've come up with over the years. I hope they help.
First, when I arrive for the day, I ask the bride (or a bridesmaid preferably) where the jewelry, shoes, and details are and then I go to work collecting items and thinking of the most creative way I can photograph them. Sometimes interesting compositions come easily…sometimes not. But if I don't consider the best way to photograph everything and every person I'm not sure I am doing my job.
Here are some examples of details I shot at last Saturday's wedding. I was lucky that the wedding dress was hanging by a four poster bed in a beautiful hotel room. Yet still, I had options. I chose to photograph the dress in two ways. I immediately "saw" the first shot when I noticed the dress. The second took a little thought as I considered my options but I think makes for a much more striking composition.
The bride's jewelry was a little bit harder than the dress for me. Her earrings were still in their holder and I couldn't find anything in the room that would make an interesting backdrop. This is the best I came up with but I wasn't happy.
Since I knew the wedding colors were gray and yellow, I searched for something that might work well for her engagement ring. Another room held the bride's bright yellow bag. I asked her if she minded if I borrowed it and went to work. I think this works much better and means more to the couple than a bedside table. (At least I hope so!)
Rings are some of the most fun details because they offer so many options. I always try to incorporate either the wedding location or a fun detail when I capture the rings. Here I used both a flower from the centerpieces and the reception's vineyard to create something unique. Which do you prefer?
Pointers to keep in mind:
• Find the best light you can. Just because you discover a detail in one place doesn't mean you can't briefly move it.
• Look around 360 degrees. Check all of your angles. Often the most obvious isn't the most interesting.
• Consider what would mean the most for the bride and groom. Could you use the lace of her veil for a backdrop instead of the table cloth provided by the reception hall?
• If you move something be sure to put it back. Ask permission if appropriate, of course, but I have found that no one minds when you respectfully shake things up a bit.
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Kevin Stirtz of Amazing Service Guy has an outstanding post in The Social Customer called, "10 Ways to Turn Online Reviews into More Loyal Customers". Kevin's advice is not just smart, it's easy for any merchant to adopt. Things like, respond to every review; when you're wrong, apologize; stay positive and consistent. Simple points, but they get at what makes a review platform like Zavee so powerful for local merchants.
I have only a few thoughts to add to Kevin's. First, I absolutely agree with responding to every review, at least with a thank you. Depending on the platform, merchants can respond publicly (on the platform), privately (via direct message or email), or both. For example, I've seen public responses to reviews on TripAdvisor but not on Yelp. I've received private responses to reviews on Yelp. Zavee supports both public and private responses. Having access to both domains gives merchants a lot of flexibility but requires thought about how to use them. For example, a general statement of apology probably should always be public, but a promise of specific compensation might best be communicated privately.
Kevin doesn't make the point explicitly, but underlying his comments is the notion that reviews can be shared socially. An inappropriate response can easily make the social rounds and do more damage than the review that the merchant was responding to. A gracious and informative response can be shared as well, but with the opposite effect. In other words, responses to reviews are marketing communications, and should be crafted as carefully as a news release or an ad.Kevin rightly advises against writing fake positive reviews, calling them a distraction from the real work of improving the business. I agree that they are a distraction but I think another reason to avoid them is that they jeopardize the credibility of the review platform as a whole. Think of it as "Gresham's Law" applied to content.
However, merchants frequently tell us they are more concerned about fake negative reviews, e.g., from a competitor or extremely dissatisfied customer. Merchants can never completely prevent malicious reviews but there are two things they can do to limit their impact: First, merchants should be extra vigilant about not rising to the bait and engaging in an online shouting match with the reviewer. Kevin makes this point about all negative reviews but it the more negative the review, the more important the merchant's self-restraint. Second, merchants should trust their customers. They are pretty good about spotting outlier reviews, recognizing them for what they are and discounting their impact accordingly.
A more annoying problem for merchants is reviews that are stale. Restaurants that have changed chefs, hotels that have repainted their rooms, and stores that have changed suppliers have all been victimized by dated reviews. No one knows why anyone would wait months to describe a shopping, dining or travel experience they probably barely remember, but it is a common occurrence. Our attempt to limit the impact of both dated and false reviews is to permit shoppers to post a review only after making a purchase and within 30 days of that purchase.
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Culture vultures will have a field day upon landing in the Berkshires as there are innumerable museums to explore. The Mount (www.edithwharton.org) is the mansion home designed and built by Pulitzer-prize winning author Edith Wharton in 1902. Visitors to this Lenox, Massachusetts museum can get a glimpse into Wharton's life and interests that included architecture, design, and gardening. Located in North Adams, MA, the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, also known as Mass MoCA (www.massmoca.org), is a breeding ground for the visual and performing arts. Large-scale and complex installations inform the former while music, alternative cabaret, and avant-garde theater make up the latter. Home to the world's largest and most significant collection of original Norman Rockwell art, the Norman Rockwell Museum (www.nrm.org) in Stockbridge, Massachusetts features Saturday Evening Post covers, over 100,000 photographs, letters, artist materials, equipment, furniture, and personal objects.
The Clark (www.clarkart.edu) in Williamstown, Massachusetts is well-known for its fine collection of Impressionist, American, and Old Master paintings in a serene setting surrounded by wooded trails. Visitors to Stockbridge, Massachusetts will enjoy stopping by Chesterwood (www.chesterwood.org), the home of Lincoln Memorial sculptor Daniel Chester French. Experience the studio where he worked, the lush gardens surrounding the house, and the many woodland walking trails. At the Berkshire Museum (http://www.berkshiremuseum.org) in Pittsfield, MA, there's everything from fine art and sculpture from around the world, an aquarium, and a collection of artifacts from Native American cultures.


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Mitt Romney wasn't the only big loser last night. For Karl Rove, the coup de grace came in the hour just before midnight.
It began at around 11:18 pm, when Fox News called the election and posted its gaudy graphic: "Barack Obama Re-elected President." Britt Hume, Megyn Kelly and a host of pundits offered up brief post mortems. Even the house organ of the Republican Party had conceded.
But then, abruptly, at 11:25, the narrative changed dramatically. "I have great respect for our decision desk," said Fox's Chris Wallace, "and I can see that they're very happy [at Obama headquarters] in Chicago, but I have to tell you that the Romney camp has real doubts by the call that has been made by us and by other networks."
Enter Karl Rove—Machiavellian GOP party boss, master numbers cruncher, and Fox News analyst—to challenge the verdict that everyone had anxiously awaited. Wallace got right to the point and asked Rove if he thought Ohio was locked up for Obama.
"No, I don't," Rove said.
"We've got a quarter of the vote," he explained. "Now remember, here is the thing about Ohio. A third of the vote or more is cast early and is won overwhelmingly by the Democrats."
Rove insisted that calling the election was "premature."
"So, maybe not so fast, folks!" Wallace said.
The unthinkable had just happened. Fox had called the election for Obama, but Karl Rove, its Svengali like analyst, had just disputed his own network's call.
There was an uncomfortable moment of dead air.
Then, Fox anchor Megyn Kelly addressed the situation with understatement. "Well, that's awkward," she said.
To resolve the issue, she hiked, on camera, all they way back to the analysts's bullpen where the Fox decision desk was located. There, several unidentified analysts confidently assured her they had done their homework, crunched the numbers and explained there was no way Romney could take possibly Ohio. They were 99.95 percent certain. They were not backing off. Too many of the remaining precincts that were unreported were in heavily Democratic precincts.
But Rove wouldn't let go.
Next, Fox brought on conservative pundit Michael Barone, a pal of Rove's who had predicted a Romney victory and who is, in Rove's words' "the smartest guy in America when it comes to precinct results" to set him straight.
By this time, Rove was effectively disputing not just Fox News, but all the major news outlets in the country that had called the election for Obama. It was nearly midnight. The spectacle had dragged on for forty minutes, providing an unparalleled spectacle of schadenfreude for Democrats: Karl Rove, stricken, like Humpty-Dumpty after the fall, as Barone patiently explained to him, as one might talk to a child, that Obama reallyhad won Ohio—and the election.
Fox showed a shot of Obama supporters cheering wildly. "They're not listening to Karl," said Megyn Kelly. "They don't care what Karl says."
Ultimately, it was left to Fox's Bret Baier to make a feeble excuse for the chastened Rove. "Maybe we got you a slow computer," he offered weakly.
Rove's defeat did not come from want of trying. Throughout the entire campaign, on the surface, he played the lofty pundit pontificating for Fox and the Wall Street Journal as if he had no role whatsoever in the campaign. But whenever one looked closely beneath the surface, one found the Mark of Rove. Under the radar, via his surrogates in the Romney campaign, Boss Rove orchestrated massive, multi-million dollar political ad campaigns that inundated the swing states with countless ads funded by his SuperPACs and "dark money" groups. He drummed up narratives portraying Obama as a latter day failed, weak, Jimmy Carter, and reawakening paranoid fantasies that suggested America still lived in the aftermath of 9/11, cringing in fear of the terrorist threat. In more than 30 states there were attempts at voter suppression—Jim Crow 2.0– in one form or another, a strategy Rove had begun to employ by 2004. In Ohio, Republican Secretary of State Jon Husted, who had worked on Rove's Ohio campaign in '04, did everything he could to limit early voting. Nathan Sproul, a former Rove operative, launched nationwide schemes to disenfranchise Democrats, but was investigated by authorities for electoral misconduct and voter registration fraud. And various electronic voting machine companies were suspected of positioning themselves to rig the vote.
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The Professional Kiteboard Riders Association (PKRA) returned to Fuerteventura in full force for Day 1 of the Kiteboarding Grand Slam 2009 on July 18th. After the mandatory riders' morning meeting the opening games kicked off in Sotavento with the Freestyle event at 12:45 pm under overcast skies.
The ladies kicked off the days action and excitement having wind speeds ranging from 18 to 28 knots to play with. Although light the wind speeds were still strong and presented a sign of things to come with stronger gusts forcefully imposing themselves from time to time.
Joanna Litwin (Nobile, POL) dominated the first heat of the day, defeating Jalou Langeree (Naish, NED) with a very strong win, scoring high on technical difficulties. Litwin landed a 313, blind judge, s-bend to blind, slim, and a blind judge with aerial handle pass against Langeree's blind judge, raley to blind and kiteloop.
North Kiteboarding's Angela Peral (ESP) had an easy win over Laila Puehringer (Eclipse, AUT) in the second heat.
Karolina Winkowska (Naish, POL) defeated Susi Mai (Cabrinha, GER) in the third heat of the day with a higher technical difficulty score for her 313, raley to wrap, raley to blind and front to wrap against Mai's raley to blind. Also climbing one notch up the competition ladder was Bruna Kajiya (Flexifoil, BRA) winning over Laura Fernandez (ESP) in the 4th heat also with a higher technical difficulty score. Kajiya stomped a blind judge, s-bend to blind, 313, raley to wrap and a back to blind air pass while Fernandez's massive kiteloop-frontloop and raley weren't enough to put her on top.
After the first round of the women's heats, there was a 40 minute lunch break. Games director Olaf Van Tol also used this time to make decided to switch to the men's division around 3:00 pm.
In the first men's heat, Reno Romeu (North, BRA) had his first win of the day at the expense of Johnno Scholte (NED) via a higher technical difficulty score and power. A blind judge with aerial handle pass, back to blind air pass, 313, mobe 5, and a flat 360 were enough to win against Scholte's blind judge, back to blind air pass, high handle pass front mobe and kiteloop. In the second set of the same heat, Sam Light (Naish, GBR) struggled in the strong winds and lost to Borsuk via technical difficulty and variation.
By now the wind conditions has risen to between 25 and 35 knots with gustiness of over 40 knots, a huge difference from the mornings lighter speeds. The strong wind conditions made it tough for the men to land their tricks, however with extra effort from the competitors who were on their smallest kites (5 ? 7 meters), most riders were able to ride the conditions out and advanced to the next round.
The second heat saw Ariel Corniel (Ozone, DOM) earn an easy win over Jo Ciastula (Airush, ESP) while Tour veteran Cesar Portas (North, ESP) successfully landed a blind judge, slim, flat 360 and a kiteloop to cement a victory over fellow countryman Borja Rodriguez (Slingshot) in the 3rd heat. Rodriguez managed to land some big jumps and kiteloops and was overtaken with technical difficulties.
Young rider Andy Yates (Slingshot, AUS) took advantage of the strong winds and landed a 313, non-inverted slim, mobe 5, blind judge with aerial handle pass, kgb and a front mobe. Yates defeated Sergey Borisov (Best, RUS) who landed a regular and switch blind judge plus a raley, with a much higher technical difficulty score. The Aussie also relished in a convincing win over Tour veteran Portas in the 10th heat using an arsenal of solid, powered moves.
Youri Zoon (Slingshot, NED), a former Fuerteventura winner is back after two years off the Tour and was in his element with the strong winds. A blind judge with aerial handle pass, back to blind air pass, front mobe, a huge kiteloop, non-inverted slim and a flat 360 is all it took to defeat Daniel James (North, UK) in the 5th heat.
Russian rider Petr Tyuskevich (Flexifoil) dominated the first set of the 7th heat while Michael Shitzhofer (JN Kites, AUT) defeated Alberto Rondina (Cabrinha, ITA) in the second set. A blind judge with aerial handle pass, s-bend to blind, slim, front mobe, mobe and kiteloop for the Austrian rider were enough to win against the Italian's flat 360, blind judge, slim and kiteloop.
The 8th Heat was run and then re-run due to the announcer instructing the rescue crew to retrieve a board for Evgeny Novozheev (North, RUS) who was still in the competition box. Effectively, the rescue boat interfered with the heat and had to be re-sailed. Nevertheless, Tom Court (North, GBR) convincingly won both runs unfazed.
Alex Pastor (Naish, ESP) had a late surge in the 9th Heat of the day and took the win against Corniel who was on a borrowed kite for the strong winds. The Spanish rider landed a nice blind judge with aerial handle pass, blind judge, regular and switch back to blind air pass, regular and switch non-inverted slim and a mobe.
Kevin Langeree (Naish, NED) - last year's Tour runner-up - grabbed an easy win in the 10th heat against Morales, while Zoon zoomed-in pass Tom Hebert (Airush, New Caledonia) in 11th heat. Trick variation and powered moves were what the judges saw as the deciding factors in this heat.
Seb Garat (RRD, FRA) managed to win the heat against Paris despite struggling in the increasing wind speed and falling short on a few of his landings. Garet used a raley to blind, back to blind air pass, front mobe and blind judge to ensure victory.
In the last heat of the day, current champion Aaron Hadlow (Flexifoil, GBR) defeated Tom Court. Court worked hard but the reigning champion proved too good in strong winds. A blind judge with aerial handle pass, a huge kiteloop, blind judge, mobe, flat 360, and a shifty 360 were more than enough to beat Court's blind judge with aerial handle pass and shifty 360.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that it plans to keep interest rates ultra-low even after unemployment falls close to a normal level _ which it thinks could take three more years.
As long as expected inflation remains tame, the Fed said it could keep its key short-term rate near zero even after unemployment falls below 6.5 percent. Unemployment is now 7.7 percent.
For the first time, the Fed is making clear to investors and consumers that it will link its actions to specific economic markers. Previously the Fed had said only that it expects to keep the rate low until at least mid-2015.
Analysts said the Fed's new guidance will make it easier for companies, investors and consumers to make financial decisions because they will have a clearer grasp of when borrowing costs will begin to rise.
"This approach is superior" to setting a timetable for a possible rate increase, Chairman Ben Bernanke said at a news conference after the Fed held a two-day policy meeting and issued a statement. "It is more transparent and will allow the markets to respond quickly and promptly to changes" in the Fed's economic outlook.
Though the Fed's low interest-rate policies are intended to boost borrowing, spending and stock prices, they also hurt millions of retirees and others who depend on income from savings.
Bernanke made clear that even after unemployment falls below 6.5 percent, the Fed might decide that it needs to keep stimulating the economy. Other economic factors will also shape its policy decisions, he said.
"The Fed has become more explicit and more transparent," said Steven Wood, chief economist at Insight Economics. "This should provide the markets with much more clarity around monetary policy action in the upcoming year."
In its statement, the Fed said it will also keep spending $85 billion a month on bond purchases to drive down long-term borrowing costs and stimulate economic growth.
The Fed will spend $45 billion a month on long-term Treasury purchases to replace a previous bond-purchase program of an equal size. And it will keep buying $40 billion a month in mortgage bonds.
Those purchases, and the Fed's commitment to low rates, are intended to spur borrowing and spending in an economy still growing only modestly 3 1/2 years after the Great Recession ended.
Still, Bernanke warned that none of the Fed's actions could outweigh the economic pain that would be caused by sharp tax increases and government spending cuts that are set to kick in next month. The standoff between President Barack Obama and Republican lawmakers over how to resolve the "fiscal cliff" is already hurting the economy, in part by reducing consumer and business confidence, he said.
Fed policymakers are hopeful that the crisis can be resolved without significant long-term economic damage, Bernanke said. They foresee slightly faster growth next year and a gradual decline in unemployment.
Bernanke's comments about the impact of the fiscal cliff seemed to raise some concern among investors. Stocks had risen after the Fed's statement was released. But by the end of Bernanke's news conference, market averages were mixed. The Dow Jones industrial average closed down about 3 points. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose fractionally.
With its new purchases of long-term Treasurys, the Fed's investment portfolio, which is nearly $3 trillion, will swell to nearly $4 trillion by the end of 2013 if its bond purchase programs remain fully in place.
The Fed's plan to keep stimulating the economy at least until unemployment has reached 6.5 percent is intended to reassure consumers, companies and investors about the health of the economy, said Joseph Gagnon, a former Fed official who is a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics.
Having only a target date of mid-2015 for any increase in interest rates "sounded gloomy," as if the economy would remain weak until then, Gagnon said. Specifying an unemployment rate _ one close to a normal rate of 6 percent or less _ makes clear that the Fed will keep supporting the economy even after the job market has strengthened significantly.
"This is trying to get away from that sense of `Oh, my God, this is all about gloom and doom,' " Gagnon said.
The Fed's new plan to link any rate increase to specific levels of unemployment and inflation mirrors a proposal pushed by Charles Evans, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
Updated forecasts that the Fed released Wednesday illustrate why it thinks it should continue helping the economy. It expects unemployment to remain at least 7.4 percent next year and 6.8 percent by the end of 2014. The earliest it sees unemployment dropping below 6.5 percent is the end of 2015.


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When crews show up on the scene of an emergency like a fire, time is of the essence.
"When we get there we've got to locate the Fire Hydrant, UN-bury it if necessary to make it usable," said Assistant Lincoln Fire and Rescue Chief Pat Borer.
With several inches of snow falling this past week, getting to this vital resource has been difficult and crews say they find themselves wasting valuable time just trying to hook up to the hydrant.
"That snow freezes over and gets really hard and it's not a matter of kicking the snow out of the way, you actually have to dig the hydrant out and get down to it," said Borer.
Those interested in adopting a Fire Hydrant can do so through the following website.
With Fire Hydrants located on nearly every other block throughout Lincoln, Fire and Rescue Crews are asking homeowners to help keep these hydrants free of snow and ice and allow this crucial resource to be ready.
"In the winter we ask that they remove the snow from around it, about a three foot area around the Fire Hydrant so that we can get right up to it so we can hook our hoses up to it as quickly as possible" said Borer.
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A selected list of notable books for children about African American history and the African American experience, chosen by LAPL librarians.
Paula Young Shelton, daughter of Civil Rights leader and later U.N. ambassador Andrew Young, presents an intimate, moving story of a child's experience living under racist, Jim Crow laws and participating in the Civil Rights movement. Raul Colón's bright, warm illustrations complement Shelton's free-verse poems to convey both the comfort of family and a tight-knit community of caring adults, and the gravity and danger of the work of these uncles and aunts who were also leaders in the struggle for Civil Rights. Grades K-3.


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I will always trust Dr. N. I went and saw him about doing a facial procedure 10 years ago. I would have completely regretted it, had I done it. Well, he actually talked me out of it, when other dr's were happy to do the procedure, regardless of whether it was the best thing for me. Because of this, and because of his obvious care to each and every patient, I would not even hesitate to recommend him.
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I recently had a consultation at Dr. N's office. From the momment I walked in the door everyone was very warm and friendly. I met with Julie Legman for the consultation. She instantly put me at ease. She listened to my concerns and offered advice. Since then I returned for Radiesse and Botox with Sharon...whom was also excellent in advice and in what she does. This was my first experience with any procedure so I was a bit nervous. Their knowledge and warmth put me at ease. I would highly recommend them to anyone I know. I believe they are truly concerned for your health and a positive outcome for you. I haven't met
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With business, shopping and the arts all at its doorstep, Four Seasons is dynamic Atlanta's premier hotel address – and the only five-star, five-diamond luxury hotel in the city. The Atlanta Botanical Gardens, Piedmont Park, Georgia Tech and upscale Buckhead shopping are all conveniently located near the Hotel. Enjoy Midtown views, ultra-spacious rooms and peerless meeting space and dining, along with service that lends new distinction to Southern hospitality.
An attentive Southern host, Four Seasons is Atlanta's premier address for special events – the only five-star, five-diamond luxury hotel in the city. Nestled in the green heart of Midtown, enjoy acclaimed, restaurant-calibre cuisine created by our internationally experienced culinary team, along with meticulous service from attentive, expert staff.
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It is, after all, what brought him to Louisville from a successful career in New York City. In 2001, on a cross-country road trip, Lee wound up in Louisville during Derby Week, the busiest dining week of the year. On a tip from a friend, he sought out the eccentric chef of a little-known gem of a restaurant called 610 Magnolia, finagling an invitation to work in the kitchen for the week. Impressed with Lee's passion and skill, the chef offered him the restaurant less than a year later. The rest is something like history.
Chef Lee's idiosyncratic culinary style draws inspiration from his heritage, his classical training and his adoptive hometown, while celebrating the best ingredients from local farms. But far from relegating him to the realm of the outsider, Lee's patchwork cuisine has attracted attention and acclaim. A three-time James Beard semifinalist for Best Chef: Southeast, he has been featured in Gourmet, New York Times Magazine, Esquire, Southern Living and many other national publications. He has challenged culinary royalty on Food Network's "Iron Chef America" and appeared on the CBS "The Early Show" preparing an eclectic three-course meal for a family of four for under $40.
Chef Lee continues to seek adventure, whether fishing bare-handed in a Kentucky creek, hunting for venison, working in a slaughterhouse, or dropping in on a friend's restaurant to cook for a few days. He approaches his professional and culinary life with candor, humor and, most importantly, the same spirit of adventure that was the original impetus for his success.
"I decided at a very young age (17) that I wanted to be an entrepreneur. My father has been an entrepreneur my whole life. The deciding factor for me was being who I want to be, when I want to be it and creating my own universe, if you will, and being able to control what is going on in my life, instead of having other people control it."
"Being an entrepreneur and making my own decisions lets me make the restaurant what I want it to be, everything from the food to the decor. It permeates in every aspect of what I do. I helped build the tables here in the restaurant…they have a significant background. I don't do things because I just want to make money. You'll make good money if you believe in and love what you do and share that with other people. I cook because I want to people to experience what I love and give them a piece of what I like to do and people know that. You don't have to tell them that–they see it and they feel it. I am not here just to make food to sell to make money because I need money. I don't even think about the money aspect. I know that God will provide that for me because I am working from a place of honesty, not from a place that doesn't have any truth to it."
Currence's first cooking job was while working offshore as a deckhand on a tugboat in the Gulf of Mexico, though he saw his first restaurant job while in school at UNC where he started washing dishes at Bill Neal's Crook's Corner. An immediate fascination with the business prompted several supplemental jobs (baking bread at an Italian restaurant, butcher shop at a local grocery store, cutting salmon and bluefish at a local smokehouse, etc). He worked his way up through the Crook's kitchen and after three years, Currence returned to New Orleans at the behest of a high school friend, Larkin Selman, to open Gautreau's, where he worked as Selman's sous chef. After several years, Currence moved on to the Brennan family of restaurants to help open Bacco before finally settling in Oxford in 1992 and opening City Grocery. In the time since, the City Grocery Restaurant Group has seen a number of openings, including Nacho Mama's, Kalo's, Ajax Diner, City Grocery Catering Company, Bouré, Big Bad Breakfast and Snackbar.
Currence was recipient of both Restaurateur Of The Year and Chef Of The Year awards from the Mississippi Restaurant Association in 1998. In 2006, he received the Southern Foodways Alliance Guardian of Tradition Award and won the 2008 Great American Seafood Cookoff in New Orleans. In 2009, he was awarded the James Beard Foundation award for Best Chef South and was a winner of Charleston Food and Wine Festival's Iron Chef Challenge.
He is a contributing editor for Garden and Gun magazine and an avid outdoorsman who enjoys bird hunting of all varieties, fishing and golf. John is active in the community, having served as chairman and president of the Mississippi Restaurant Association and president of the Yoknapatapha Arts Council. He is active with St. Jude Children's Hospital, Memphis Ballet, Lafayette County Animal Shelter and is a sitting member of the SFA Board of Directors, for which he has served as culinary director from its inception in 1996.
Current projects include: a cookbook and Adventures of The Big Bad Chef video series, trips through the lesser known food spots of the Deep South.
He lives in Oxford, Mississippi, with his wife Bess.
His talents have also been recognized in leading culinary publications. Every year Chef Bob was at the Charleston Grill, it was awarded AAA Four-Diamond and the Mobile Four-Star award. The restaurant was also the only one in the area to be included in the Nations Restaurant News Fine Dining Hall of Fame and in the book, The Elite 1000. He has received, Wine Spectator's "Grand Award," Food & Wine's "Reader's Favorite Chef in America Award," the Distinguished Restaurants of North America Award, Santé magazine's "1999 Restaurant Wine & Spirits Chef of the Year," 1999 James Beard Rising Stars of the 21st Century," an Honorary Doctorate from Johnson and Wales University, and is one of the few Americans to be Knighted with the "l'Odre du Mérite Agricole" from the Government of France. Chef Bob Waggoner has also been featured in Saveur Magazines "100 Favorite Things", Artisan Books' Top 50 Chefs in the United States and been invited to participate in the 2002 Winter Olympics Chefs program. In 2001, Waggoner was nominated by The Beard Foundation for the Best Chef in the Southeast Award.
A California native, he received his formal training with Michael Roberts at Trumps in Los Angeles from 1981 to 1983, and later in France at a constellation of Michelin-rated restaurants with chefs Jacques Lameloise, Charles Barrier, Pierre Gagnaire, Gerard Boyer and Mark Meneau. At 23, he took on his first chef position at the private club "Members" in Caracas, Venezuela. Chef Bob Waggoner returned to France at age 24 to become chef of the Hotel de la Poste in Avallon for three years. Then, in 1988 at age 26, in the town of Moneteau in Burgandy, he became the first American chef to own his own restaurant in France, the much acclaimed Le Monte Cristo.
In 1991, Waggoner was offered the opportunity of Chef de Cuisine with Chef Jean-Pierre Silva, the two star Michelin, at Le Vieux Moulin in Beaune, France. After 11 years in France, he returned to the States in 1993 to cook at the award-winning Turnberry Isle in Florida, before joining The Wild Boar in Nashville, where he earned the restaurant a coveted AAA Five-Diamond Award and the Grand Award from Wine Spectator.
Throughout the twelve years Chef Bob served at the Charleston Grill, Chef Waggoner gained a reputation as a media-savvy cooking expert, having appeared on "Gourmet Getaways with Robin Leach," "Great Chefs of the South," "Ralph Emery Show," "Dave Eckert's Culinary Travels," "Flavors of America," The Television Food Network's "In Food Today," "Ready, Set, Cook," and "The Best of." He also taped a series of segments with television food reporter Burt Wolf, which appeared on The Travel Channel, CNN and PBS stations nationwide.
His most recent accomplishments include an Emmy for his television show "Off the Menu" with Turner South, and filming the pilot for a new travel show, "Bob's World," a showcase of Orient Express Luxury Properties. Currently, he is the host of a weekly cooking segment for an ABC television affiliate that highlights Charleston's sophisticated culinary scene. In all of these instances, Chef Waggoner has captured attention by producing menus that combine unusual ingredients with classic techniques. He also makes guest chef appearances at many fine dining establishments across the country, including the prestigious James Beard House in New York City.
Chef Bob is now pursuing his dream of launching the television series, "U Cook with Chef Bob".
Taking these experiences, Hugh developed a style of his own forging together the beauty of the South with the flavors of Europe and opening the critically acclaimed Athens, GA restaurant Five & Ten in March of 2000.
Since 2000, Hugh has gone on to open Gosford Wine in 2004 with sommelier Ben Giacchino and The National in 2007 with fellow chef Peter Dale. Adding to his list of dining establishments, Hugh will open an Atlanta based restaurant, named Empire State South in the summer of 2010.
Acheson's fresh approach to Southern food has earned him a great deal of recognition including Food & Wine's Best New Chef (2002), the AJC Restaurant of the Year (2007), a four time James Beard nominee for Best Chef Southeast (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010) and a 2007 Rising Star from StarChefs.com. Chef Mario Batali chose Hugh as one of the 100 contemporary chefs in Phaidon Press' Coco: 10 World Leading Master Choose 100 Contemporary Chefs.
In addition to running two restaurants, a wine shop, and opening a new restaurant Hugh is writing a cookbook titled A New Turn in the South: The Cuisine of Hugh Acheson. This book is to be published by Clarkson Potter in the fall 0f 2011.
But that is to everyone outside of Athens. To Athens he is a guy who owns those restaurants, has one eyebrow, a wife far better looking than he is and two young children who are the apple of his eye.
A Canuck by trade, the well traveled Gerstenecker has been with the Four Season chain since the early nineties. He has spent time working everywhere from his native land to the Chinese port conglomerate known as Hong Kong. It should be no surprise that Asian influences will sneak their way into the menu at Park 75. If you do decide to visit Gerstenecker, there is a chef's table in the kitchen. It's a friendly twist to a relatively upscale environment.
So while the seasons of our food lives continue to fluctuate, Gerstenecker keeps his nose to the ground and his food up to date. Though I have yet to weigh in on P-75, it's a place revered by many. Time to get to know the man behind the stove.
In early 2011, she spent time traveling the U.S. and Asia to broaden her horizons. Chef Litvin has recently accepted the position as the Executive Pastry Chef at Richard Blais' forthcoming restaurant, The Spence, opening early 2012.