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Equipped with translucent mirror technology, the Alpha 37 does not have an optical viewfinder, but rather a 1440-million-point electronic viewfinder. The system permits "reflex" autofocus phase detection in video mode, thus LiveView during video recording, as well as being able to see in the viewfinder the impact of various settings (white balance, exposure, depth of field, etc.).
This new generation of entry-level digital reflex SLT cameras keeps the famous 16Mpix APS-C Exmor sensor, known for its excellent behavior at high sensitivities and in low-light, and for its high dynamic range. But the SLT-A37 is confined to a range of sensitivities that go from 100 to 16,000 ISO, whereas its predecessor went up to 25,600 ISO. It should be said that translucent mirror technology consumes part of the light that enters through the lens and thus results in a slight degradation of the camera's sensitivity with respect to such other cameras as compact hybrids (for example, the NEX-F3 also announced today and equipped with the same sensor as the Alpha 37).
The Sony SLT-A37 can artificially double the focal length of a lens by cropping the image center, while limiting loss of image quality. Sony's "By Pixel Super Resolution" technology extrapolates the image by attempting to reestablish the resolution, the details, and the subject. This type of process has been used in digital compact cameras for quite some time; now it has arrived for reflex cameras. This lightweight digital 2x doubler can help photographers avoid hauling around lenses while traveling.
Many amateur photographers amateurs aren't very successful shooting portraits for lack of proper framing. The Alpha 37 combines the intelligence of face detection with the "rule of thirds" (the golden ratio of photo composition), to come up with an optimal shot. To achieve this, however, the camera itself whittles down the image, although its By Pixel technology preserves some of the image quality.
The Sony SLT-A37 comes on the market this month (May 2012). It will be sold for 500 euros (body only), but also comes in three kits :
The kit composed of the Alpha 37 reflex camera body and the brand-new Sony SAL 18–135mm lens, the world's lightest at only 398 grams, is of particular interest for its multi-purpose use. The SLT-A37 body alone is 100 euros less expensive and better than its predecessor.
To provide photographers with a broader perspective about mobiles, lenses and cameras, here are links to articles, reviews, and analyses of photographic equipment produced by DxOMark, renown websites, magazines or blogs.
Today, Sony announced 2 new entry level cameras both in their hybrid range with the Sony NEX-F3 and in their DSLR range with the Sony SLT-Alpha 37.
Added by koleh77 | May 17, 2012
Everything seems to be good in this body, but the tint LCD is really bad !!!
I`m waiting for DXO mark score of new A37&A57 to compare with A580, still choosing )
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Also waiting for the Sony A57 DXOMark .. it is that x weeks from the date all the time and nothing: (
Now, in addition Sony A37 with the same chip .. hopefully you will see both straight and if they are equal!
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can`t wait any more >:(


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Wine Tasting & Tours: Bucks & Lehigh Counties & Cape May NJ (open all year)
June 2012 - November 2012
- Ongoing: Tours run daily, year round
Wine Tasting & Tours in Bucks & Lehigh Counties PA and Cape May NJ- Tastings & Tours
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Whether you're a beer or a wine lover we have the perfect day planned for you . . .
Enjoy a carefree day while tasting and touring some of the finest wineries, breweries and brew pubs. Let us do the driving so you can sit back, relax and take in the scenery and enjoy sampling at wineries and breweries with no worries! Our special partnerships will provide you with guided all inclusive, private VIP tastings not normally offered to the general public.
Our VIP tours are currently being offered in both Bucks County and in Lehigh/Berks County, PA.
Call now to book a seat!
Tour Pricing:
Tuesday - Sunday - $109 per person
Wine Tours are available for parties of 2 or more.
Bucks County Package:
Includes 3 wineries from the following:
- Buckingham Valley Vineyards: A tour of the beautiful property is included. You will be treated with a sample of Buckinghams own sparking wine followed by a unique self pour tasting.
- Chaddsford Winery: Peddler's Village Tasting Room: You will be treated to a private tasting, pre-selected and presented by Chaddsford's friendly staff. They always add something special to each tasting! Did someone say wine and chocolate?
- Crossing Vineyards & Winery: Experience award winning wines, paired with chocolates at one of the most beautiful wineries and barrel rooms in Bucks County.
- New Hope Winery: This charming and historic winery is known for its wonderful dessert wines. Your tasting may include Sandra's Sangria with fresh fruit, prepared just for you.
- Rose Bank Winery: This beautiful property has buildings dating back to the early 1700's. Enjoy a large selection of wines including numerous fruit wines such as pomegranate, strawberry and blueberry!
- Rushland Ridge Vineyard & Winery: Sample all of their wines at your leisure at this family owned and operated vineyard.
- Sand Castle Winery: Enjoy the scenic ride along the Delaware River to this unique winery. The "Castle" will provide a private tasting and some unique pairings!
- Wycombe Vineyards: This European style family winery is a favorite with our clients! While sitting on the outdoor deck or inside their newly renovated tasting room, enjoy a relaxed, personalized tasting paired with gourmet cheeses.
Lunch at one of the 2 following restaurants:
- Villa Nouva Ristorante: Chef/Owner Michael will personally prepare your lunch at this quaint BYOB. You will love their charming outdoor patio and the country like setting while you enjoy their mixed European Cuisine.
- Villaggio Italian Restaurant: This lively BYOB restaurant offers delicious authentic Italian and Mediterranean cuisine. Buon Appetito!
Lehigh Valley/Berks County Package:
Includes 3 wineries from the following:
- Blair Vineyards: This cozy, family owned and operated vineyard is nestled in the hills of Kutztown has gorgeous panoramic views and lovely wines. Your visit at Blair may include a VIP tour and tasting or a tasting paired with local cheeses or sweets.
- Clover Hill Vineyards & Winery: This impressive family owned winery boasts one of the most beautiful tasting rooms in the area. They will be offering our groups VIP treatment with private tours and/or delicious local pairings during the tastings.
- Pinnacle Ridge Winery: The winery, housed in a beautifully renovated Pennsylvania bank barn, is situated in the heart Pennsylvania Dutch Country. A private, one of a kind tour & tasting will be offered or you may be treated to a sweet or savory pairing with your tasting.
- Vynecrest Winery: – This beautiful family-owned winery is housed in a 19th century Swiss bank barn. You will be offered a very unique & tasty pairing of local products during your private tasting.
Lunch will be served at the historic Bowers Hotel in Bowers, PA. The property dates back to the early 1800's and offers old world charm and great food.
Tours run Tuesday - Sunday. Call for availability.
Approximate pick up and drop times:
Pick up - 11:15 am
Drop off - 5:00 - 5:30 pm
Numerous pick up locations are offered in both Bucks & Lehigh/Berks Counties
Cape May Package:
Includes 3 wineries from the following:
- Cape May Winery & Vineyard: A behind the scenes tour of this beautiful property while tasting a few of their amazing wines along the way.
- Hawk Haven Vineyard & Winery: You will love this family owned and operated winery. Our guests are treated to a private tasting and a delicious pairing!
- Jessie Creek Winery: This charming winery & Inn is one of the area's newest wineries. Private tasting with gourmet cheeses will be offered.
- Natali Vineyards: This winery offers a large selection of wines, including French, Italian & Spanish varieties. Natali Vineyards offers old world charm and great wines!
- Turdo Vineyards and Winery: This lovely winery is like stepping into Italy. While sitting on the outdoor deck enjoy a relaxed, personalized tasting paired with gourmet cheeses.
- Willow Creek Winery: Another of the area's newest additions to the wine trail. The magnificent property and wines are sure to impress you!
Lunch at one of the 2 following restaurants: (lunch is included in the package price)
- Bella Vida Cafe: This quaint and cheerful café is a local favorite. The menu offers a wide selection of tasty and eclectic dishes served outdoors, weather permitting.
Old Grange Restaurant: Located in the Historic Cold Spring Village owned & operated by award winning chef Tony Clark. Amazing food!
Tours will be running daily June through December. Limited hours in May. Call or email for availability.
Approximate pick up and drop times:
Pick up - 11:15 am
Drop off - 5:00 - 5:30 pm
Numerous pick up and drop off locations in the Cape May area. Call or email and we will arrange a pick up location that works for you!
Announcing our Brewery and Brew Pub tours!!!
You asked for it, we listened...
Just like our exclusive wine tastings, we have partnered with a number of great properties to create our signature "one of a kind" tastings and tours with local breweries and pubs!
Package is offered at $109 per person and includes transportation, samplers, tour and lunch or dinner.
Enjoy great food, tours and samplers! Your day starts at:
- River Horse Brewing Company — Private tour and sampler at this amazing Lambertville based brewery.
Lunch or dinner at one of the following:
(Pick One)
- Triumph Brewing Company of New Hope — Lunch or dinner served with a Triumph beer sampler. Great food paired with great beer, does it get any better than this?
- Mesquito Grille — Lunch or dinner served with a sampler picked just for you by John, owner of this little gem in the heart of Doylestown.
You have your choice of one of the following options to finish your brew tour:
(Pick One)
- Penn Tap Room— Finish up at this cozy brew pub also located in the heart of Doylestown. You get to pick your own sampler of beer from their list of brew on tap and then end with a surprise, sweet finish to the day!
- Mesquito Grille
- Wrap the tour up with the Grilles famous wings served with a sampler picked just for you by John, the owner of this popular pub.
Please note: Tastings and Tours DOES NOT permit alcohol consumption
in their vehicles and all participants must be 21 years of age.
Tours run Friday - Sunday. Additional tours are also available on Friday & Saturday evenings.
A minimum of 10 PEOPLE are REQUIRED to run Brew Tours
Day Tours: Pick up at approximately 11:00 am, tours start at 11:30 am,
lunch included. Approximate drop time is 4:30 PM
Friday & Saturday Nights — Pick up at approximately 5:30 pm, tours start at 6:00 pm,
dinner included. Approximate drop time is 11:00 PM.
Pick up locations include Doylestown, Lahaska, New Hope or Lambertville.
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Twenty years later, the Carolina Renaissance Festival is still providing medieval fun and entertainment. The fair opened its 2013 season yesterday and runs every Saturday and Sunday through Nov. 24.
"The Renaissance Festival provides an affordable escape from you daily cares by immersing you into a storybook village where celebration, romance and chivalry rules the day," said Matt Siegel, marketing and entertainment coordinator for the festival.
Ren Fest takes visitors back in time to the 16th century, where they can wander through the fictional village of Fairhaven. They'll find an artisan marketplace with more than 100 arts and crafts vendors, costumed villagers and foods fit for a king. Fair-goers can watch a variety of live shows on one of 11 outdoor stages, including falconry demonstrations and jousting competitions.
"Several of our popular returning favorites will be adding new material to their shows in honor of the 20th anniversary, including the jousters," Siegel said.
Here is some of the new entertainment for this year:
- Daniel Duke of Danger– This family-friendly show features acrobatic stunts, humor and slapstick comedy.
- MooNiE the Magnificent – A mute clown shows off his juggling skills, gets into adventures and provides witty comedy.
- The Checkerboard Guy– This high-energy comedy act includes props and audience participation.
- Broon– Tricks and stunts combine with sly wit and conversational comedy.
- Sirena– Agalope, Legeia and Raidne present a show filled with music, dancing and touching stories.
- Hannibalthe Liar – Hannibal mixes storytelling with magic and comedy.
- The Celtic music of Lissakeole – The four-piece, Irish band performs a wide variety of Celtic music, from jigs to ballads.
- Cale the Juggler– This exciting act features fire juggling, fire breathing and stunts.
What:Carolina Renaissance Festival
When:10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through Nov. 24
Where:Huntersville. Take I-77 to exit 25 and head east, or take I-85 to exit 52 or 55 and head west.
Tickets:Tickets at the gate are $22 for adults, $12 for kids ages 5-12, and children younger than 5 get in free. Online tickets and tickets from Harris Teeter stores are $1 cheaper.
Parking:Free. A second vehicle entrance/exit has been added to the park to improve traffic flow.


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Did you know that mosquito larvae actually hatch in late-February? Now is the time to start preventing a mosquito infestation on your property. Mosquitoes live close to where they hatch, so if you don't want to get bitten this summer, then do some easy mosquito control work now.
First, identify anywhere and everywhere that standing water can accumulate. Mosquitoes can mature in just an inch of water. If buckets, birdfeeders, or water features have collected standing water over the winter, dispose of that water. Make sure that rain barrels are covered tightly, and that water is not pooling up around your downspouts and foundation. Clean your gutters, or hire a roofer to clean your gutters, to make sure that they are moving smoothly and not trapping water in stagnant pools.
Second, be a good neighbor and find out if your neighbors have standing water on their property. Depending on your relationship with your neighbors, this could be a touchy subject. If you're on friendly terms with your neighbors, offer to help them to clear out possible places on their properties where mosquitoes could mature. For instance, if any of your neighbors have standing water in their swimming pools, that's a mosquito breeding ground that will counteract your efforts on your own property. It's important for groups of neighbors to be on board together to prevent mosquitoes from inhabiting their blocks.
Third, manage vegetation on your property. According to the American Mosquito Control Association, "adult mosquitoes prefer to rest on weeds and other vegetation". Cut down vegetation adjacent to your house foundation, and mow the lawn regularly. If you choose to use pesticide on your property, a qualified pest control expert can spray the lower parts of trees and shrubs.
Fourth, install good screens. If you have a porch, screen it in.
With some preparation work right now, you can enjoy your backyard with fewer mosquito bites this summer.
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Apprentice School Uses Late First Half Run En Route to 89-84 Win over Men's Basketball
December 18, 2011
MISENHEIMER, N.C. Closing out the first half with a 24-5 run, The Apprentice School would need to hold off a late charge by Pfeiffer University to score an 89-84 win in non-conference mens basketball action on Sunday afternoon. The victory moves the Builders to 9-2 on the year while the Falcons slide to 5-4.
Tied at 29-29 with 6:07 to play before the break, Johnny Ferebee (Norfolk, VA) started the 24-5 stretch, which began with a 15-0 run, using one of his three triples for the day. After a basket by teammate Tevin Andrews (Brundidge, AL) Ferebee would drop the next eight points before Pfeiffer would eventually cut it to 14 on a free throw from Elijah Matthews (Clinton, MD). A triple by Latrone Demiel (Suffolk, VA) put the Builders up 21 before Jerod Wallace (Charlotte, NC) cut it to 19 with a late layup.
Pfeiffer would trim the lead down to 15 on a couple of occasions early in the second half before dropping it down to eight getting themselves back in the game with 4:39 remaining. Reggie Hollinger (Orlando, FL) and Danny Smith (Baltimore, MD) got the Falcons back into a single-digit deficit before Apprentice would knock down six-straight free throws to put them back up a dozen with just 65 seconds left. A final three ball from Matthews would get the Falcons to within six, but a pair of Ferebee free throws with 21 ticks left helped seal the win for the Builders.
Andrews led the Builders with 24 points on 10-of-21 shooting with 11 rebounds for the double-double. Ferebee followed with 21 while Lance Darden (Franklin, VA) was good for 13. Pfeiffer was led by Hollingers 22-point afternoon as one of four Falcons in double-figures. Smith contributed with 15, Tayron Gibson (Dumfries, VA) added 14 while Matthews concluded with 12.
Both teams shot very well from the field as the Builders knocked down 48% of their total shots, one percent better than Pfeiffer. The advantage came from behind the arc as Apprentice drained 10 from long distance shooting 39% to the Falcons five shooting just 23%. Pfeiffer also turned the ball over 22 times to the Builders 17.
Pfeiffer will now take time off for the holiday break before one final tune up contest at Livingstone on New Years Eve. Tip time is set for 3:00 p.m. in the final game of 2011.


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DEEP RUN — Errors, the bugaboo that has plagued South Lenoir in its three losses, reared their ugly head Friday in the first inning of the Blue Devil's third round 2A playoff game against Whiteville.
No problem. Enter Brianna Williams.
After two miscues led to pair of unearned runs for the visiting Wolfpack, Williams took matters into her own hands offensively.
The sophomore catcher ripped a two-run double in the third and then blasted her first career varsity home run, a tie-breaking two-run shot to left that energized the Devils and paved the way to SL's 10-2 victory.
The win sends the Devils (21-3) to a fourth round matchup at West Bladen (24-2), which blanked Eastern Randolph 2-0 on Friday.
"We were a little nervous at the start, but then we settled down and played our game," SL coach Lisa Smith said. "Bree (Williams) kind of jump started us and got the whole team going."
With the Devils trailing 2-0 and two down in the bottom of the third, Williams, who had struck out in her first at-bat, lashed a bullet into the left-center field gap, tallying Cassidy Willoughby from third and Madison Herring from second.
The score remained tied until the fifth. After Madison Herring lined out sharply to left field, Morgan Mentz followed with a triple to deep center, bringing Williams to the plate.
"I was hoping to get a hit or a fly ball so Morgan could score," Williams said. "I was only trying to make solid contact."
That she did, belting a 2-1 pitch over the left field fence, her well-timed first home run.
"Bree hit both of those balls (the double and home run) very hard," Smith said. "Once she started hitting, everyone else did to."
SL blew the game open with a six-run sixth, courtesy of five hits. Meredith Sanderson smacked a two-RBI double, Taylor Sandlin knocked in a pair with a base hit up the middle, Madison Herring contributed a sacrifice fly, and another run came home on one of Whiteville's two errors in the decisive frame.
South Lenoir finished with 12 hits, two each by Williams and Mentz, all for extra bases, and three by Haley Daniels.
"Even when we got behind early, we always believed we could come back," Williams said. "Coach Smith always tells us to keep our focus and good things will happen."
Starting SL pitcher Sandlin and reliever Mattie Beyer combined to limit the Wolfpack to six hits. Sandlin surrendered four in four innings of work, and Beyer gave up just two in the final three frames.
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Fidelity MAGELLAN K - FMGKX (.41% ER)
Wells Fargo Advantage Small/Mid Cap Value Fund Institutional Class - WWMSX
Hartford International Opportunities HLS Fund Class IA - HIAOX (.73% ER)
T. Rowe Price Institutional Global Equity Fund - TRGSX (.75% ER)
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Neuberger Berman High Income Bond Fund Institutional Class - NHILX (.70 % ER)
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|Lamar Alexander
|U.S. Senate, Tennessee
|In office
|Term ends
|January 3, 2015
|Years in position
|Fred Thompson (R)
|Base salary
|Elections and appointments
|Last election
|November 4, 2008
|First elected
|November 5, 2002
|Next general
|November 4, 2014
|Term limits
|Prior offices
|Secretary, Department of Education
|Governor of Tennessee
|Vanderbilt University, 1962
|New York University Law School, 1965
|Date of birth
|July 3, 1940
|Place of birth
|Maryville, TN
|Net worth
|Office website
- 1 Career
- 2 Committee assignments
- 3 Issues
- 4 Elections
- 5 Campaign donors
- 6 Analysis
- 7 Recent news
- 8 Personal
- 9 External links
- 10 References
Based on an analysis of bill sponsorship by GovTrack, Alexander is a "centrist Republican".[1]
Below is an abbreviated outline of Alexander's academic, professional and political career:[2]
- 1962: Received his B.A. from Vanderbilt University
- 1965: Received his J.D. from New York University Law School
- 1979-1987: Served as governor of Tennessee
- 1985-1986: Held a position as chairman of the National Governors Association
- 1991-1993: Served as U.S. secretary of education
- 2003-Present: U.S Senator from Tennessee
Committee assignments
U.S. Senate
Alexander serves on the following Senate committees[3]:
- United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
- Subcommittee on Transportation and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
- Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies
- Subcommittee on Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
- Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
- Subcommittee on Department of Defense
- Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
- United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
- Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining
- Subcommittee on National Parks
- Subcommittee on Energy
- United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
- Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety Ex Officio
- Subcommittee on Children and Families Ex Officio
- United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
- Appropriations
- Environment and Public Works
- Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
- Rules and Administration
Presidential preference
Lamar Alexander endorsed Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election. [4]
Fiscal Cliff
Alexander voted for the fiscal cliff compromise bill, which made permanent most of the Bush tax cuts originally passed in 2001 and 2003 while also raising tax rates on the highest income levels. The bill was passed in the Senate by a 89/8 vote on January 1, 2013.[5]
Drones filibuster
On March 6, 2013, Senator Rand Paul (R) led a 13-hour filibuster of President Obama's CIA Director nominee, John Brennan. Paul started the filibuster in order to highlight his concerns about the administration's drone policies. In particular, Paul said he was concerned about whether a drone could be used to kill an American citizen within the United States border, without any due process involved. Paul and other civil liberties activists criticized President Obama for not offering a clear response to the question. A total of 14 senators joined Paul in the filibuster -- 13 Republicans and one Democrat.[6][7][8]
According to the website Breitbart, Alexander was one of 30 Republican senators who did not support the filibuster.[9][10]
The day after the filibuster, Attorney General Eric Holder sent a letter to Paul, responding to the filibuster. Holder wrote, "Does the president have the authority to use a weaponized drone to kill an American not engaged in combat on U.S. soil? The answer to that is no."[11]
On November 4, 2008, Alexander won re-election to the United States Senate. He defeated Robert D. Tuke, Edward L. Buck, Christopher G. Fenner, Daniel Towers Lewis, Chris Lugo, Ed Lawhorn, and David Gatchell in the general election.[12]
Campaign donors
Alexander won re-election to the U.S. Senate in 2008. During that re-election cycle, Alexander's campaign committee raised a total of $8,309,683 and spent $6,520,264.[13]
|U.S. Senate, Tennessee General Election, 2008 - Lamar Alexander Campaign Contributions
|Total Raised
|Total Spent
|Total Raised by General Election Opponent
|Total Spent by General Election Opponent
|Top contributors to Lamar Alexander's campaign committee
|Pilot Corp
|Baker, Donelson et al
|National HealthCare Corp
|Corrections Corp of America
|Top 5 industries that contributed to campaign committee
|Lawyers/Law Firms
|Real Estate
|Leadership PACs
|Securities & Investment
Lifetime voting record
According to the website GovTrack, Alexander missed 85 of 3,253 roll call votes from January 2003 to April 2013. This amounts to 2.6%, which is worse than the median of 1.7% among current senators as of April 2013.[14]
Congressional Staff Salaries
The website Legistorm compiles staff salary information for members of Congress. Alexander paid his congressional staff a total of $2,662,905 in 2011. He ranks 11 on the list of the highest paid Republican Senatorial Staff Salaries and he ranks 61st overall of the lowest paid Senatorial Staff Salaries in 2011. Overall, Tennessee ranks 23rd in average salary for senatorial staff. The average U.S. Senate congressional staff was paid $2,529,141.70 in fiscal year 2011.[15]
Net worth
Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org - The Center for Responsive Politics, Alexander's net worth as of 2011 was estimated between -$6,198,948 and $31,029,996. That averages to $12,415,524, which is higher than the average net worth of Republican Senators in 2011 of $6,358,668. His average net worth decreased by 44.91% from 2010.[16]
Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org - The Center for Responsive Politics, Alexander's net worth as of 2010 was estimated between $9,651,050 and $35,424,999. That averages to $22,538,024.50, which is higher than the average net worth of Republican Senators in 2010 of $7,054,258.[17]
National Journal vote ratings
Each year National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of congress voted in the previous year. Alexander ranked 39th in the conservative rankings in 2012.[18]
- See also: National Journal vote ratings
Each year National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of congress voted in the previous year. Alexander ranked 38th in the conservative rankings.[19]
Political positions
Percentage voting with party
Lamar Alexander voted with the Republican Party 91.9 of the time, which ranked 19 among the 47 Senate Republican members as of November 2011.[20]
Recent news
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Alexander and his wife, Honey, have four children.
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- ↑ Gov Track "Lamar Alexander," Accessed April 21, 2012
- ↑ Biographical Director of the United States Congress "Lamar Alexander," Accessed November 4, 2011
- ↑ Congressional Quarterly "Senate Committee List" Accessed January 22, 2013
- ↑ Nooga.com, "Alexander endorses Mitt Romney for president," February 27, 2012
- ↑ U.S. Senate "Roll Call Vote on the Fiscal Cliff" Accessed January 4, 2013.
- ↑ CNN, "Rand Paul says he's heard from White House after filibuster," March 7, 2013
- ↑ USA Today, "Rand Paul filibuster ranks among Senate's longest," March 7, 2013
- ↑ ABC News, "Rand Paul wins applause from GOP and liberals," March 7, 2013
- ↑ Breitbart, "AWOL: Meet the GOP senators who refused to stand with Rand," March 7, 2013
- ↑ Politico, "Rand Paul filibuster blasted by Sens. John McCain, Lindsey Graham," March 7, 2013
- ↑ Washington Post, "Eric Holder responds to Rand Paul with 'no'," March 7, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2008"
- ↑ Open Secrets "Lamar Alexander 2008 Election Cycle," Accessed November 4, 2011
- ↑ GovTrack, "Alexander," Accessed April 11, 2013
- ↑ LegiStorm "Lamar Alexander"
- ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Alexander, (R-Tennessee), 2011"
- ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Alexander, (R-TN), 2010"
- ↑ National Journal, "2012 Congressional Vote Ratings," February 28, 2013
- ↑ National Journal, "Searchable Vote Ratings Tables: Senate," February 23, 2012
- ↑ OpenCongress, "Voting With Party," accessed July 2014
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"So I just ran the whole time. Ever since then I liked running," Simmons said. "I used to get this feeling in my legs. It made my legs real happy."
Last year, Simmons made plenty of
Simmons, who averaged 7.6 yards per carry and ran for 5 touchdowns, was part of a backfield that produced two 1,000-yard rushers — senior quarterback C.D. Hansley had 1,287 yards on the ground — and helped the Bulldogs (7-4) to their best season ever.
Hansley has graduated — and the 5-foot-10 Simmons has bulked up, adding 10 pounds of "lean muscle" thanks to an offseason routine that included a strict protein-heavy diet recommended by a friend who is a trainer.
"He told me the leaner you are the faster you are," said Simmons, a senior. "So that's what I did."
Simmons looks like a player who has big-time potential and will be a "workhorse" for
"He's definitely somebody we want to touch the ball 15 or 20 times a game," Iseman said. "He's got all the tools. He's strong. He makes great reads. He's a great zone back, and he's got some speed. He's a definite first-option guy."
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"He's so focused on his goals. He sets goals and pushes himself. He really brings the mental aspect to the game. He's really a student of the game. He always wants to get better. He's always asking, 'Was I doing this right? Was I running behind my pads?'" Iseman said.
"As physically ready to play as he is, he's equally mentally ready to play football."
As he sat on a picnic table adjacent to the practice field after a nearly three-hour practice, Simmons was asked about his goals this season. At first, Simmons seemed to want to shy away from giving specifics, saying only that he wanted to get "a lot of yards."
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"When I get older, I want to be the best, so I have to challenge myself. So I figure this year — people say it's impossible — but I want to get 5,000 yards," Simmons said in a matter-of-fact tone. "I told coach Iseman that, and I told my mom and dad that.
"They said, 'Why do you want to do that?' I figured nobody else has done it, so why not? It's not impossible."
Actually, it is impossible — or has been so far in the history of high school football. The national record is 4,756 yards (set in 1950) and the
Simmons said he's done the math and knows in an 11-game season (without any playoff games) he'd need to average more than 450 yards a game to reach his goal.
"You never know what's going to happen during a game," he said. "The only thing I can do is I can hope and pray I get blessed and do what I want to do."
The more likely scenario is, with Hansley gone, Simmons could reach 2,000 yards rushing (or more), which would still be in rarefied territory, not just in the history of the Bulldog program but in the area as well.
A year ago, Simmons came out of nowhere (well, actually,
It was a mixed bag of a season for Simmons, who hurt his hamstring about midseason and was never 100 percent after that. But he displays no frustration or thoughts of what might have been had he been healthy all season.
Of course, he feels he could have added to his yardage total and perhaps helped the Bulldogs win another game or two. But he said he's healthy now, having concentrated during the offseason on strengthening his hamstring with a number of exercises, including a heavy dose of squats and integral running on his heels.
"And I try to eat right so I could build up the muscle more," he said.
What Simmons said he hasn't tried to build up is himself since arriving at
Perhaps that's because there was a time, Simmons said, when he wasn't.
"I wish I knew now what I knew back then because I wasn't as humble. I saw other people, they were cocky so I figured maybe if I were cocky maybe that would help me, and it didn't help," he said. "I figured that you got to be more humble. I figured if you were more humble, God would bless you more."
Simmons said he went through a personality transformation, realizing the cocky persona he'd adopted wasn't him.
"Yeah, that's basically it," he said. "I was like I shouldn't be doing this."
While he didn't know Simmons when he lived in
"He's definitely a great leader. It comes with his maturity," Iseman said as he sat in the weight room. "He's like coaching an adult. He's just mature. He's a guy you don't yell at. You instruct him on something and he does it.
"He's one of those guys that he makes a mistake once. He makes it once and you correct him and he doesn't make that mistake again. He makes all of us look good for sure. There's no doubt about that. He's not like a 17 year old. Mentally, physically, he's just not.
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Jupiter, Fla. (January 11, 2014) – A slight breeze blew away the rain clouds and sunny skies were the order of the day on Saturday at Palm Beach International Raceway, home of Rounds three and four of the SCCA Eastern Conference Majors Tour.
Seven 30-minute timed races were on tap, each paying full points for Eastern Conference competition.
Group one opened the day with Robert Allaer reversing field on Chuck Moran from a week ago in Formula Continental. Moran came out on top twice at Sebring, but Allaer turned the tables in their rivalry with a win in the No. 52 LTD Motorsports Van Diemen RF00/Ford, with Moran's No. 45 Ski Motorsports Van Dieman RF99/Ford coming second.
James Goughary, near his home town in Jupiter, Fla., grabbed the Formula F checkered flag at his home track with a dominating performance in the No. 72 Van Diemen RF-00/Honda.
Group two's fendered cars featured two class wins by out of towners escaping the cold weather for Palm Beach. Andrew Longe, from Naples, Fla., was the overall winner and Touring 2 titlist in the No. 02 Trianon/Fall-Line Porsche 997, but Rob May (from Wadsworth, Ill., in the No. 4 Fall-Line Motorsports BMW M3) won in Touring 3 and Cliff Ira (from Kansas City, Mo., in the No. 36 Fira Motorsports Acura Integra) won Super Touring Lite, making their winter trips a success.
The action picked up again quickly after the lunch break. Simon Gregg won his third GT-1 race to open the season in the No. 59 Gregg Motorsports Chevrolet Corvette, but Randy Kinsland and John Yarosz were locked in an early battle for GT-2 supremacy.
Yarosz' No. 33 Hoosier/Phoenix Chevrolet Corvette led early, but Kinsland's No. 4 Crossroad Motorsports Corvette moved in front coming out of the final corner and down the front straight to take the point going into Turn 1 on lap 10. Yarosz had fought his way back around on the next lap, and led exiting the final corner when the rear of his Corvette wiggled yet again.
That wiggle on the exit put a tire into the wet grass and shot him back across the track and hard into the front straight wall. Though his day was done, Yarosz climbed from the car safely. On the spin, however, Yarosz clipped Kinsland's Corvette and flattened a tire. Kinsland came to pit lane the next time by to change the tire, but fell a lap down.
The race fell under full course caution for the tow truck to remove Yarosz's machine, and ended under yellow with Joe Fitos' No. 63 Joe's Black Wallet Toyota Camry inheriting the GT-2 lead and win.
Spec Racer Ford was a repeat of both opening races at Sebring. Cliff White drove his No. 58 Cottage Senior Living SRF off into the distance, ahead of trouble for a flag to flag win – his third consecutive victory to open the season.
Behind him, however, there were no fewer than five drivers taking their turn in the runner-up position. Ian Tilbor (No. 82 Picture and Frame Industries SRF), Jim Grey (No. 17 SRF), Thomas Anspach (No. 14 Anspach Racing SRF), Todd Vanacore (No. 19 SEI Motorsports SRF), and Casey McKibben (No. 08 McKibben Motorsports SRF) all battled for the position and ran in second during the race.
Anspach and Vanacore were running together in the battle for second to start the final lap, with Vanacore holding the advantage. The orange and white machine of Anspach had been going deep into the final braking zone to make a pass all race long, but this time was too far behind Vanacore to make it stick. Anspach spun trying to make an exceptional pass for second, and Vanacore was home free.
Had Anspach known what was to come, he probably would have saved his brakes and crossed the stripe third. Vanacore was found to be underweight in post-race tech, as was McKibben, who crossed the line third but ran most of the race without the front body work on his Spec Racer. Each were penalized one lap, giving Grey second and Tibor third. Anspach finished sixth on the final results after the spin.
In Group five, Peter Shadowen's No. 72 Road N Race Automotive/Hoosier Honda CRX was locked in a race-long battle with Charles Leonard's No. 14 JB Racing/Hoosier Nissan 200SX. Shadowen started on pole, but was swallowed up at the green flag by a host of GT-Lite competitors, including Leonard. At the start of the second lap, Shadowen was chasing Leonard for both the class and overall lead in the group.
Shadowen was back in front on lap four, but had his mirrors full of the red Nissan. On lap 16 of the 20 lap race, Leonard got a run down the back straight and moved in front of Shadowen under braking, claiming the lead for the second time. The two swapped the lead again twice on lap 18, with Leonard in front entering the final corner with one to go.
At that point, however, the pair had caught a lapped B-Spec car in a tight portion of the course. Shadowen slipped by, and completed the final 2.034-mile with the lead and the win.
In the same group, Mark Weber's No. 25 Goodyear/Redline Mazda Miata and Gary Johnson's No. 82 East Tennessee Race Prep MG Midget were locked in a back and forth battle for second place that became a battle for the lead when the No. 51 Northwest Cable Construction/Hoosier Mazda Miata of Ken Kannard fell out of the lead and the race with a broken header. Johnson took the lead on lap 10, but Weber motored past again down the backstraight to take the lead for good on lap 12.
Alex Bolanos took his second consecutive Spec Miata race win following race two at Sebring, this time leaving no doubt after crossing the stripe 1.239-seconds ahead of Forrest Landy for the race win. Bolanos'No. 57 Momo Mazda Miata battled with the No. 39 Adept Studios Miata of Danny Steyn early, but by lap seven Bolanos held a lead he wouldn't relinquish.
Steyn fell behind Landy's No. 49 Excitations.com Miata on lap 11 of the eventual 19-lap race, then fell off the podium behind Selin Rollan's No. 87 Apex Alignment Miata on lap 17. Steyn still turned the fastest lap of the race in 1:34.002.
Keith Grant won overall and in Formula Atlantic in a caution-marred Group Seven, taking a 24-second margin of victory behind the wheel of the No. 40 Mazda/Hoosier Swift 016 in the 19 lap race, but the closest class battle was between a pair of teammates in Formula Mazda.
Darryl Wills' No. 1 Hillenburg Motorsports Formula Mazda and Stuart Rettie's nearly identical No. 21 Hillenburg Motorsports machine mirrored each other through the race, each waiting for the other to make a mistake. Neither did, with Wills crossing the stripe just a car length ahead. Rettie got the bragging right with the fast lap, turning a 1:20.233.
Each of the seven race groups hosting the 27 Runoffs-eligible classes return to the track for Sunday's races, beginning at 8:30 a.m. (EST). Sunday's races are 25 laps or 40 minutes, followed by victory laps and podium ceremonies.
Live timing and lap notes are available on Sunday at SCCA.com/SCCALive.
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Jupiter, Fla. - Provisional race winners for Saturday's Eastern Conference Majors Tour Round Three at Sebring International Raceway. Drivers are listed by Class: name, hometown, and car.
American Sedan: Tom Ellis, Pompano Beach, Fla., Ford Mustang
B-Spec: Ernie Francis, Jr., Dania, Fla., MAZDA2
Formula 500: Russell Strate, Jr., Alden, N.Y., Rocketech R2
Formula 1000: Brett Lane, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Van Diemen/Suzuki
Formula Atlantic: Keith Grant, Germantown, Tenn., Swift 016/Mazda
Formula Continental: Robert Allaer, Lithia, Fla., Van Dieman RF00/Ford
Formula Enterprises: Brandon Kennedy, Bear, Del., Formula Enterprises
Formula F: James Goughary, Jupiter, Fla., Van Diemen RF-00/Honda
Formula Mazda: Darryl Wills, Houston, Texas, Formula Mazda
Formula Vee: Donnie Isley, Fletcher, N.C., Agitator 016/Volkswagen
E Production: David Smith, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Mazda RX-7
F Production: Mark Weber, Saint Louis, Mo., Mazda Miata
H Production: Mike Miller, Walhalla, S.C., Austin-Healy Midget
GT-1: Simon Gregg, Ponta Vedra, Fla., Chevrolet Corvette
GT-2: Joe Fitos, Loxahatchee, Fla., Toyota Camry
GT-3: Chad Bacon, Kingsport, Tenn., Toyota Celica
GT-Lite: Peter Shawdowen, West Palm Beach, Fla., Honda CRX
Prototype 1: Jacek Mucha, Laval, Quebec, JMS 016 cp/Mazda
Prototype 2: Richard Colburn, Northbrook, Ill., Nostendos
Spec Miata: Alex Bolanos, Miami, Fla., Mazda Miata
Spec Racer Ford: Cliff White, Huntsville, Ala., Spec Racer Ford
Super Touring Lite: Cliff Ira, Kansas City, Mo., Acura Integra
Super Touring Under: Glenn Bocchio, Delray Beach, Fla., Mazda3
Touring 1: Preston Calvert, Potomac, Md., Chevrolet Corvette
Touring 2: Andrew Longe, Naples, Fla., Porsche 997
Touring 3: Rob May, Wadsworth, Ill., BMW M3
Touring 4: Andrew Charbonneau, Boca Raton, Fla., Ford Mustang