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Sometimes I go back into the archives and pull up a post to refresh it. Perhaps the hours have changed, they've moved, or something else prompted me to tweak the entry. But a lot has happened since I first wrote about Ô Chateau wine tasting programs. First off, since I wrote about them, they've moved – twice.
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If you're one of those people who've been trying to get one of the coveted places at Hidden Kitchen, the supper club in Paris, liberté and egalité have arrived in the form of a wine bar and restaurant called Verjus.
After running their successful dinners, they've decided to take the plunge and create a warm space where they could welcome any and all guests, whether they want a glass of wine in their cave, or a full meal in the upstairs dining room. The restaurant is now open (and it sounds like they have enough stories about the problems they've had starting it up to write a book), the wine is flowing in the cave beneath it, and both are wonderful.
Le Tire-Bouchon
When I moved to France, one of the first things a friend said to me was "David, you need to get a good tire-bouchon." Seeing as an unusually large about of wine bottles were being opened on a regular basis all around me (and seeing the recycling bin on my street was constantly overflowing), it seemed he was right: one does need a decent tire-bouchon (cork-puller) if one is going to live in France.
The problem is that there are a whole bunch to choose from, from super-fancy ones that cost hundreds of euros, to those you simply twist-and-yank, which means that you have to ungracefully put the bottle of wine between your knees and pull with all your might. And for men, a particularly stubborn cork can mean a sudden and swift heel-of-the-hand blow to les bijoux de famille.
Frenchie Wine Bar
I always think that maybe I'm kind of a loser because I don't go out and eat as much as people think I do. Ever since I left the restaurant business – where I worked every single night of every single weekend of my life, surrounded by other cooks (which probably explains why I am a social misfit when I have to mingle with "normal" people), the idea of calling ahead to reserve a table at a busy place and making plans in advance is still pretty much a foreign concept to me.
After a recent stint making tacos with the crew at Candelaria, I realized that I missed the camaraderie of cranking out food at a rapid pace with other cooks, all working smoothly – with good humor and care, in a hectic environment. Although I have to admit that at my age that I'm not sure how many more of those kind of nights I have left in me. (The two cocktails, one Mexican beer, and two Mezcal shots probably didn't help either.)
Why You Should Drink White Wine with Cheese
Some time last year, I pretty much stopped buying red wine. France was always la France, feminine, and I find white wines much more nuanced and interesting, like women. Whereas (depending upon where you live) men are tough and brutal. And in my own special way of reasoning the unreasonable, the longer I lived here the more I found myself gravitating toward the lighter, cleaner flavors of the vins blancs of la France. I also realized that I felt better when I woke up the next day if I stuck to whites. And since I have to wake at least once a day, that's a reasonable consideration.
There's the old adage about "if it grows together it goes together" and keeping in line with the French concept of terroir (roughly: shared territory), something like a Selles-sur-Cher, a tangy, yet delicate goat cheese from the Loire goes quite nicely with brisk Sancerre, Muscadet, or a Sauvignon blanc. Which, by no coincidence, come from the same region. Slightly pungent Langres from Burgundy partners well with bracing Chablis or unoaked French chardonnay. The milky-creamy cheese is rich enough; no need to blast your palate with a full-on red. (Although I'm wondering if my argument reached its first hole since some people are more concerned with the wine rather than the cheese. So I guess I'm not one of them.)
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Le Garde Robe and Spring
After my recent lament about the state of bistros in Paris, where I noted that the wine bars in Paris often had the best food, when my friend Rochelle who owns Chefwear was in town this week, I wanted to go somewhere casual, where we'd be assured of good, honest food.
So we agreed to meet at Le Garde Robe, one of my favorite wine bars in Paris, which serves mostly natural wines. Another plus are the charcuterie and cheeses they serve by the plate (€12 for a platter of each, or you can get one mixed), which make a great accompaniment to the wines. Each wooden board arrives in front of you resplendent, and is a great way to sample some of the top-quality meats and fromages from France, and beyond.
Another thing about Le Garde Robe is that the fun spills into the street. I've spent a few late evenings perched on a stool outside with friends, laughing and drinking until way past my bedtime. And the staff often becomes 'creative' when using parked cars and trucks to help them out. (Can you imagine the driver's reaction in America if they came out and saw a board leaning against their car?)
They say that you know you're holding a glass of wine from Cahors if you can't see your fingers on the other side of the glass through the wine. Which is why the malbec wine from Cahors is nicknamed "black wine".
Peer into a glass of it, and it's easy to see (or should I say 'not see') why.
I didn't know much about the wine, or the region, before my recent visit. I just knew there were allegedly a lot of truffles, foie gras, and duck dishes cooked up in the Lot. So when I was asked by some folks who were shooting a film about the regional specialties if I wanted to tag along with them, I happily accepted.
(In addition to shooting the grapes, and getting a truffle or two ready for its close up, we made a video of me, too. Which, if I don't come off as too much of a dork, you'll see on the site when it's finished.)
Thanksgiving in Paris…and above & beyond
When folks ask me what the French do for Thanksgiving, I don't think the word they're expecting to hear are "Um, nothing." And why should they? It's not as though America shuts down for le 14 juillet.
Still, a few places around here do get into the spirit and you'll see a few bags of cranberries at the market, a few more sweet potatoes piled up, and smart volaillers stocking whole turkeys, normally a rare site in France.
Since it's pretty much life-as-usual around here on the fourth Thursday of November, when a message from Olivier Magny of O-Château popped up in my Inbox earlier in the week, asking if I'd like to go to a wine-tasting, at 30,000 feet that day, I said, "Sure!"
So there I was, stepping out of my apartment, at 7:15 am Thanksgiving morning, heading to Orly airport to meet up with Olivier and his team of sommeliers.


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Nine-Year-Old Transgender Girl in Reno Declares Her Identity: VIDEO
Nevada Pride in Reno last Saturday gave nine-year-old transgender girl Cee Cee Ott a chance to express who she really is, reports KOLO TV.
Speaking to KOLO TV, Cee Cee said:
"I wanted to be a girl [when I was around three years old], but I couldn't because at the time I was a boy, so I had to be there and dress up like a boy. It was miserable."
After kindergarten, Cee Cee's parents home-schooled her until they could decide what they needed to do to make her feel safe.
Nicole Ott, Cee Cee's parent, says "we want our children to be happy and to be themselves and that's all we care about. We're not trying to make anyone be anything other than allowing them the space to figure out who they are and what they want from the world."
Cee Cee, who starts public school again in the fall, now aspires to be a transgender reassignment surgeon so that she can help other people like her.
Watch a KOLO TV interview with Cee Cee, AFTER THE JUMP...
This case will provide plenty of ammunition for those who will say "I told you so" when it comes to allowing gay men or lesbians to be parents.
Two women inflicting their "gender-non-conformist" ideology on a helpless little boy and trying to turn him into a female is a prime example not only of why some gays are unfit parents and should have their children taken away from them.....it is also a prime example of what happens when boys are deprived of proper fathers and male role models as they generally are in a lesbian household.
Absolutely disgusting.
Sometimes I think the Russians actually have it right.
Posted by: Rick | Jul 29, 2014 11:55:50 AM
Thanks, Rick, for giving another rational-discussion-worthy posting's comment section a radioactive start...
Posted by: kipp | Jul 29, 2014 12:02:27 PM
Speaking of "absolutely disgusting," Rick is here once again to post some homophobic, transphobic and vaguely misogynistic nonsense and pass if off as some sort of reality that his GOP masters can use to oppress LGBT people. Because lord knows he'd have nothing to live for if he couldn't be a GOP punching bag nutless wonder.
Rick hates LGBT people just as much as the most diehard christian social conservatives. And loathes the existence of women and transgender individuals. He thinks they're icky.
What he doesn't realize is that most people can't stand him. He's a loner and, as Kiwi likes to say, a wimp.
Sometimes I think Rick should go to Russia and be found out to be a closeted gay man and be brutalized accordingly.
Posted by: Tyler | Jul 29, 2014 12:04:08 PM
Whether they are Gay or Straight..De-Masculizing Boys is an epidemic these days...
Posted by: styler | Jul 29, 2014 12:07:23 PM
Oh dear. What to think? I'm not sure. People will say what they want, as usual. Cee Cee, if she/he doesn't already know, will figure out her/his place in the world and the world will keep turning.
A Christian, under God's orders, will shoot the parents. Kidnap the child and turn her back into a boy and the media will love it. The world will keep turning.
Cee Cee will grow up to be the surgeon she now wants to be, celebrate the wisdom of her parents and prove Rick wrong. The world will...you know.
Posted by: UFFDA | Jul 29, 2014 12:11:50 PM
Whether gay or straight, Rick and Styler are actually the same troll. Then again, we already knew that. But for some reason Rick keeps up this charade. What a loser.
Be prepared to see him post transphobic comments under my name during the day. He HATES it when I call him out and loves to impersonate me as punishment. But again, he's a loser, so.....
Posted by: Tyler | Jul 29, 2014 12:12:17 PM
@RICK You're not serious are you? You don't really believe that pseudo-provocative stuff you post here, do you? I mean, wow! You are one, sad, pathetic dude (I think you're a dude. Hard to tell. You're probably Michele Bachmann in disguise.)
Posted by: jamal49 | Jul 29, 2014 12:13:45 PM
I wish Andy Towle would explain why Rick and his many aliases can't be blocked from posting here. He does not add to an intelligent discussion. He degrades the value of this site. It's been the same nonsense for years Andy, it's enough already.
Posted by: Wisebear | Jul 29, 2014 12:22:09 PM
I still think transgenders display a morbid obsession with gender. "I was forced to dress like a boy. It was miserable." Who should care? Whether a particular style is defined as "for boys" or "for girls" is in large part culturally-determined. High heels were a masculine type of shoe in the XVII century, now they're girly.
Why are they so fixated with societal view of what they are?
Posted by: Pandion | Jul 29, 2014 12:25:32 PM
Wisebear, I think Towle's silence/willful ignorance on this subject (and complete and lack of acknowledgement of the issue since it began to ruin this site) demonstrates that he doesn't really care. We're on our own when it comes to the trolls.
Posted by: Tyler | Jul 29, 2014 12:26:53 PM
Cee Cee has wonderful parents.
No matter how bad people treat you outside of your home--if your parents (atleast one of them) love you, then you can take on the world.
Posted by: Derrick from Philly | Jul 29, 2014 12:34:22 PM
Tyler, I guess you're correct. He's let it go for so many years. I know that the technology is there to block a poster. And I don't believe it's censorship to block one abusive troll - and rick, styler, marym, and a host of others are all one troll. It has to cost Andy readers. I just don't get it.
Posted by: Wisebear | Jul 29, 2014 12:38:00 PM
Wisebear, I think the influx of money from advertisers (I assume since there are far more click-baiting stories on this site than there ever was previously) has negated any potential desire on the part of Andy to change things on this site.
I guess what ever makes you $$$ is fine. At this point his brand has been irreparably harmed. There really is no going back.
Posted by: Tyler | Jul 29, 2014 12:56:33 PM
This has nothing to do with the sexual orientation of the parents. This is the only case I have ever heard of where the "trans" kid has gay parents. Every other case involved hetero parents. Still, you know the anti-gays will use this as propaganda. So why does "Nevada Pride" highlight the case? Why not just let this family go about their lives without hyping a story that can be exploited as propaganda? Because "Nevada Pride" cares more about trans issues than gay rights. Which is why LGBT is inherently and ineluctably an anti-gay phenomenon.
Posted by: Merritt | Jul 29, 2014 1:03:37 PM
Wow, Merritt: you're so smart!
Did I say smart? I mean transphobic. It's not an either LGB or T situation. We're all in this together. Just because you think Trans people are weird doesn't mean said population of people is somehow infringing on LGB rights movements.
But hey, it's much easier to hate people you think are ross than it is to root for them or champion their rights.
Your name makes up for your argument, which has no merit whatsoever.
Posted by: Tyler | Jul 29, 2014 1:07:56 PM
@Rick: Given that we have hundreds (thousands?) of years of history of HETEROSEXUAL parents forcing non-gender conforming children into unnatural gender roles (not to mention repressing natural same-sex attractions of their gender-conforming children), the told-you-soers don't really have a leg to stand on. And it's not as if they were going to accept same-sex parents anyway. Basically, they (and you) can eff off.
Posted by: Parental Guidance | Jul 29, 2014 1:15:25 PM
@Rick/Tyler: What a beautiful kid! What amazing parents! It's a shame that you didn't have such loving parents Rick/Tyler. Maybe you wouldn't have turned out to be such a Sybil of an internet troll. I will pray for you, Rick/Tyler, that your god may soften your heart toward the other half of the population, and that one day your penis will grow back, and that you will be relieved of your bitterness. Bless your heart, you little internet eunoch.
Posted by: Christian Love | Jul 29, 2014 1:20:29 PM
I don't think you understood anything I said. I said nothing about trans people being weird. I said that this family is atypical and is ripe for abuse as anti-gay propaganda. There is no need to highlight this particular family as opposed to the many families with trans kids and hetero parents. Those other cases can send the same message but without the risk of exploitation.
But the ideology of LGBT says that whenever gay interests conflict with T interests, T interests always win. And that is what we see here. LGBGT was an act of colonization and hegemony over LGB people. "We are all in this together" in the same sense that the Native Americans were "in it together" with European settlers.
Posted by: Merritt | Jul 29, 2014 1:21:23 PM
Gawd, did this kid take her girl name after the trans killer Cee Cee McDonald? That would be the "transwoman" who stabbed a man to death with scissors, left him to die on the street and then lied about it to law enforcement? McDonald pled guilty and served a prison sentence, but is now being hyped as some sort of hero by trans activists. In the twisted moral universe of trans activism, homicide is a good and noble thing if perpetrated by a "transwoman".
I hope that it is just a coincidence that this "trans" kid has the same name as the killer. If this was a conscious decision to have the child take the name of a convicted felon, then it raises serious questions about the judgment of the parents.
Posted by: Leanne | Jul 29, 2014 1:30:06 PM
Um....I'm not Rick. Is it still trolling when you're calling out another troll? Because that's all I do - call out trolls.
Someone has to, right? Andy isn't going to alter the comments section of the site, and allows trolls to post horrible comments. It's up to us as fellow readers to criticize and negate the hate spread by trolls such as Rick (and you?).
And Merritt, you don't make it clear WHY Trans issues somehow go against LGB issues. We are all in this, even if you don't care about some of the letters in the acronym.
Posted by: Tyler | Jul 29, 2014 1:31:13 PM
@Merritt your argument makes no sense. Stories like these help families in similar situations validate their own transgender children. Keeping it hush hush only perpetuates the default stigma associated with it.
Posted by: Not that rob | Jul 29, 2014 1:33:10 PM
Styler is not Rick. Styler is the troll aka Balehead on Queerty. He is pathetic on both sites.......
Posted by: Derek | Jul 29, 2014 1:38:41 PM
Trolls should be given free reign in order to counter all the lock-step clones who inhabit every site on any subject. Hurrah for Andy's refusal to prohibit. It's called freedom of speech and it's tantamount to sacred.
Posted by: UFFDA | Jul 29, 2014 1:51:02 PM
All transexuals are homosexual/lesbian as the act of mutilating to become false opposite sex is itself an act of homosexuality/lesbianism-sad maiming and make this illegal.
Finally, sex change maimings which is mutilating some1 to make them fake members of opposite sex is comparable to trying to make a man a fake animal because he thinks he is an animal trapped in a human body. Most feminists are not speaking against this. 1 would hope that feminists would oppose the mutilation that happened to Chastity Sun Bono as feminists have spoken against Female Genital Mutilation which happens in some nations. Transexuals are mutilations which no Dr. should take part in, yet most feminists are not condemning this female genital and breast mutilation as what happened to Chastity S. Bono where her healthy breasts were mutilated, dangerous hormone shots and her genitals mutilated.
Posted by: funinsnow | Jul 29, 2014 2:49:17 PM
I applaud parents who support transgender children. The suicide rate among transgender people whose families are not supportive is enormous; I've heard 40% or more.
This child's parents may have saved her life.
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Students at Clark College have experienced tuition increases for the past several years, said Barbara Kerr, executive director of communications and marketing. For the 2012-2013 academic year, tuition for a Washington resident taking 12 credits is $1,216.58 per quarter, or $3,649.74 for three quarters, which is an academic year. In comparison, for the 2011-2012 academic year, the same credits cost $1,105.36 per quarter, or $3,316.08 for three quarters. That's a 10 percent increase over last year's tuition.
The base rate per credit has increased 27 percent since 2009. Currently one credit hour costs $110.46, up from $101.05 in 2011-2012, $92.35 in 2010-2011 and $86.95 in 2009-2010.
SEATTLE -- Community college tuition has gone up so much during the economic downturn that students at Washington's two-year colleges are now paying what a University of Washington student paid just over a decade ago.
College officials say $4,000 to $5,000 a year in full-time tuition, depending on credit hours and majors, is still a bargain compared to what it costs to go to UW today but the state's 34 community and technical colleges do have about 6 percent fewer students this fall.
Marty Brown, the executive director of the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, believes that drop in student enrollment is due to a number of factors including tuition and the fact that some people are going back to work.
Kevin Moh, who is in his final quarter at Seattle Central Community College, has seen his quarterly tuition and fees go from about $1,100 a quarter 21/2 years ago to about $1,500 a quarter this year.
Moh works several part-time jobs as a dishwasher, works summers helping his uncle who runs a landscaping business and gets some financial aid. But he doesn't complain about the cost of tuition.
"School's an investment," said Moh, who plans to transfer to Central Washington University to study aviation after he gets his associate's degree from Seattle Central.
Colleges have not been able to keep up with students' financial aid needs, but they're doing what they can from financial aid to online classes and open source textbooks, Brown said.
The state's Running Start program also saves more than 3,000 young people money by enabling them to earn college credits for free while still enrolled in high school.
Despite the additional money the Legislature has put into the state need grant program, more than 30,000 students were eligible for a state grant this fall but didn't get one because there's not enough money to go around, Brown said. About 74,000 students did get a state need grant.
There's no question that some students are beginning to find it difficult to afford college, said Laura Saunders, interim president of Bellevue College.
So the state's largest community college is doing whatever it can to keep them in school.
The college's own fundraising efforts made it possible to distribute $460,000 in scholarships on top of state and federal grants and loans. A textbook rental program is allowing students to borrow a book for $30 instead of the usual $100 or more. Students can check out a computer from the school library for use all semester. School officials have made a commitment to not raise student fees.
Student Patricia Barnes, 55, who has gone back to school thanks to financial aid, sees how much some of her fellow students are struggling to afford college. She worries about the student loans they are racking up and the cost of textbooks.
Barnes didn't get a chance to go to college as a young person after becoming a teen mom and went straight to work instead.
"I believe education should be affordable, especially in times like this," she said.
Tuition has gone up so much during the recession because the Legislature has been cutting the state higher education budget and told colleges they could charge more to balance their budgets.
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When Mala Devi's rheumatoid arthritis laid her up crippled, it was extreme cold that coaxed her body into recovering. After 30 sessions of Whole Body Cryotherapy (WBC), her pain has abated, some mobility has returned, she has put on weight, and most importantly, for her, stopped all drugs.
For all the pain she had to go through over the last couple of years, it seems nearly comical that all they had to do was freeze her to treat her. But that is just what they did.
WBC involves exposing a patient to an extreme temperature of -110 degrees C for three minutes, says Siva Murugan, director, Soundarapandian Bone and Joint Hospital.
"There are two chambers: a preparatory chamber and a main chamber. The patient, wearing minimal clothing, but with gloves, socks, and ear muffs, spends half a minute in -60 degrees temperature in the first chamber. Then he or she will move on to the second chamber where the temperature is -110 degrees C for about 2.5 minutes."
This is the optimal exposure recommended for Indians, Ravi Subramanian, director, Soundarapandian Bone and Joint Hospital, says. Over a period of time, the treatment helps relieve pain and reduce swelling, he explains. There is a drastic reduction in the intake of steroids that are par for the course, traditionally. Patients have also reported better energy levels and sleep patterns. Sunitha Vikram, who operates the WBC machine at the hospital, says even chronic skin problems of patients have disappeared, as an incidental effect.
This form of treatment can also be used for ankylosing spondylosis, another debilitating condition, Dr. Siva Murugan says.
"In the West, it is even being used for healing sports injuries, even improving performance." A course of 30 sessions is recommended for patients, but about 75-80 per cent of them have had relief even mid-course.
The course which costs Rs. 30,000, is now being offered completely free of charge to children with rheumatoid arthritis. WBC has proven to be extremely beneficial for children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, Dr. Ravi Subramanian explains.
"Reinhard Fricke, who introduced WBC, was the one who kept pushing us to get this equipment. He made it clear that we needed to provide it free to the children. Since Dr. Fricke is a Rotarian, one of the clubs has agreed to subsidise a portion of the costs, but the hospital will bear the rest," he added.
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H. Perry Boyle:
I'd like to nominate myself. I have been competing in men's open class skier cross in the southern Vermont region this year. I am also the father of a second year competitor (placed third in skier cross 10 -12 last year and qualified for 13-15 this year).
Why me? I am committed to USASA free skiing as a competitor and a parent. I am a huge fan of the organization and the program and will be attending my second nationals next month. Aim running logistics for the Stratton boys free ski attendees.
I think it may be helpful to have a free skier representative on the board. We spend pretty much every weekend at Stratton, and our family also has a home in Sun Valley, where we spend several weeks a year and are excited about the free ride/free ski program development. So I feel I have a balance of both east coast and intermountain region sensitivities.
I am 47 years of age and have experience at the board level on several non profits as well as a privately owned company. I am a Managing Director for Equities at SAC Capital, a major investment manager, where I am a member of the executive committee. Thank you for your consideration.
Michael B, FitzSimons:
I am writing you to nominate my husband, Michael B. FitzSimons, USASA Member Number 17000, for one of the positions as a rider representative on the USASA Executive Board.
I nominate my husband because I think he is well qualified to serve on the USASA Executive Board. He is an attorney in Hood River, Oregon and has been the member of several executive boards both presently and in the past such as Mid Columbia Habitat for Humanity, Hood River Youth Lacrosse, and Columbia Gorge Kiteboarding Association. He is passionate about promoting athleticism and sportsmanship at all levels. He volunteers as both a lacrosse coach and a football coach and assists in hosting and promoting skateboarding events in Hood River, Oregon.
In addition to the qualifications referenced above, Mike is an avid snowboarder and skier. He has participated, with our two sons and me, in USASA snowboard competitions for the last two years in the Mt. Hood Series. He is always willing to assist in the local USASA competitions in any way he can. Not only does he compete in some of the competitions but he is also there to help set up course, assist with the start list, set up flags and banners, and generally assist anywhere that he is needed.
For the foregoing reasons, I believe that Mike would be an excellent candidate for a position on the USASA Executive Board as a rider's representative.
Sincerely, Jennifer FitzSimons
Natalie Aldrich:
I am once again interested in the USASA Riders Representative position. I have held this position 2 terms before; during 2008-2009 season, and again during the 2010-2011 season. I have been able to contribute to the position and the executive board by being present on nearly all meeting phone calls, attending Fall Summits, and also attending Nationals for many years. I have been active in USASA as a competitor for several years in boardercross, slalom, and giant slalom venues. In addition, I have remained involved with USASA in capacities other than competing and being a board member; I have acted as Vendor Village Coordinator for the past 2 years, which has meant a lot of marketing, media, and social media, along with many volunteer hours! I believe that I would be a good candidate for this position based on my passion for the sport and the athletes, active involvement with USASA, and past riders representative position. I am looking forward to seeing and meeting you all at Nationals!
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Cameron Chaney:
I would like to nominate Cameron Chaney for as a rider representative to USASA. He has been participating in USASA for a few years now and has been honored to be in invited to Nationals every year. He has had experience with the east coast competition scene as an Appalachian athlete, in addition to be a new member of the Rocky Mountain series.
Cameron is also a steller student at the Vail Ski and Snowboard Academy, which is a public school in Colorado. He moved there in August of 2010 to allow for more snowboard training so that one day he can represent the USA in the Olympics. He has great leadership skills even though he is only 11 years old and he is very ethical. He is often surrounded by younger athletes that look up to him and he gladly offers them advice and loves to motivate them. He would be a great choice to represent USASA in a professional and serious manner.
Thank you! Sounia Nejad Chaney, President, ChainLink Networking Solutions, Inc.
Matt Volpe
I'm a 22 year old student, working on a business major with a focus on entrepreneurship, and I believe I would make a good riders rep because I have spent many years working in the industry in sales, and technical work, am an all around competitor, a snowboard/ski comp judge, usasa volunteer, and am working to get my coaching cert. I feel these qualifications give me the ability to see all sides of an argument more clearly, and help make fair decisions.
-Matt Volpe
Connor Goodwillie
Age 16
USASA – Mt. Hood Series
To: USASA nomination Committee
RE: Rider Rep nomination 2011-2012
I'd like to be considered for the position of Rider Rep on the board for USASA! I feel that I think that I'd make a good rider representative because of my competitive history with USASA. I started competiting in USASA during the winter of 2006-2007. I have competed at the national level for 3 years. During the winters of 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 I was on the Windells snowboard team and rode with a coach every weekend working on developing my skills in snowboarding. This season, 2010-2011 I have been on the Timberline Freestyle team working on skills, competitions and working toward my instructor certification. I feel that I have learned a great deal about how USASA works and that I would be able to bring the riders view to the board as a member.
2010-2011 accomplishments:
USASA Hood Series slopestyle – 2 golds; 1 silver
USASA Hood Series halfpipe – 3 golds
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Players collect chocolate by playing these games:
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•Odd or Even?
•Greater Than or Less Than?
•Capital or Lowercase?
•Consonant or Vowel?
Each game has a target. Search chocolate pieces on trays to find the ones that match the target. If the target is "Red," tap chocolate pieces with red shapes. If the target is "Vowels," tap chocolate pieces with vowels on them.
Collect all the chocolate pieces before time runs out. Then go to the store to melt chocolate and make it into different shapes.
•Three levels of play: easy, medium, and hard
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•Three flavors of chocolate to collect: milk, white, or dark chocolate
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PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has built a political career in standing up to the federal government over everything from immigration to health care. So she surprised almost everyone when she announced last week that she not only plans to push for an expansion of the state's Medicaid program under the federal health care law _ she plans to fund it by raising taxes.
A conservative Republican, Brewer is believed to be the first governor to publicly come up with a way to fund the controversial Medicaid expansion. Not even California Gov. Jerry Brown, a Democrat in a state that largely supports the new federal health plan, has figured out how to pay for a boosted Medicaid plan.
Her proposal to add about 300,000 low-income Arizonans to her state's Medicaid plan relies on funding from hospitals through a so-called provider tax. The idea is already used to fund some Medicaid plans in 39 states, but none have tapped it to pay for the federal expansion and many have at least some room to expand their hospital taxes.
The Medicaid expansion is intended to cover about half of the 30 million uninsured people expected to eventually gain coverage under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. The law expanded Medicaid to cover low-income people making up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level, or about $15,400 a year for a single person. That provision will mainly benefit low-income childless adults, who currently can't get Medicaid in most states. Separately, the overhaul provides subsidized private insurance for middle-class households.
Washington, D.C., and 17 states have opted to expand their Medicaid rolls, but few have been explicit in how they'll pay for it, according to the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. Some GOP governors, including Rick Perry in Texas, Bobby Jindal in Louisiana, and Nikki Haley in South Carolina, have opted out, citing philosophical differences as well as worries about costs.
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Others, like the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, are opposed to the taxes. Mayo argues it provides specialized care for cancers and transplants and shouldn't have to pay to support general care hospitals with high numbers of indigent patients.
Mayo CEO Dr. Wyatt Decker said it would be extremely difficult if the not-for-profit had to pay the tax, which a 2009 state study estimated at about $38 million for his hospital.


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I was looking for some easy home decorating ideas on canvas and came up with this fabric trio. These three canvases from Plaid echo one of my favorite sentiments.
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While you are waiting for your Mod Podge to dry, paint all of your wood shapes with Vintage White. Paint two coats and allow to dry.
Use the liner brush and the FolkArt colors to paint swirls on the wood shapes as shown. The circles on the wood heart were created by dipping the bottom of the paint bottle into paint and using as a stamp. Allow to dry.
Cut enough fabric to fit over the fronts of the three canvases. Starting on one side, staple the fabric to the canvas. Pull taut and staple all the way around, folding the corners. Set aside.
Take the fabric scraps from step 3 and cut out various shapes to adhere to your wood shapes as shown in the photo. We cut the edge of the cupcake liner with pinking shears. Adhere all shapes with Mod Podge.
Print out letters to spell "Live, Laugh, Love" on your computer in the size and font you like. Use these as a template to cut out your fabric letters. Tape the templates to the fabric and cut out the letters using your craft knife. Adhere the letters to your canvases using the Mod Podge.
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- Coat all three canvases completely with Mod Podge. Allow to dry and then apply a second coat. Allow to dry for 24 hours before hanging.
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I have some 17g Prince beast xp which is a nice smooth poly should glide real nice over the 18g mains rather than the shaped 16g yonex poly tour spin. I think I'll string that next.
With all due respect, you seem to be all over the place. You are changing string and tensions randomly with no system or reference point in mind. At the same time you are asking for advice on the subject and then refuting any that is given.
Spend some time online and do some reading on the subject.
There are many excellent threads here on the subject as well as other sites. Research a method of testing, what result you desire, and what strings are best reviewed that might fit your budget that obtain the performance you seek. Then test them yourself and gather and compile your findings.
It does no good for you to ask for suggestions if you simply want to debate the advice given. I would read back over what SMASHER has told you here (at least four times) and start there.
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There are few, if any, people about whom more books have been written than Napoleon Bonaparte. Given the man's appropriately lauded sociopolitical and legal achievements contrasted against the nearly unimaginable brutality of the wars bearing his name, unsurprisingly Napoleon's myriad biographers are divided between admirers and detractors, the latter outnumbering the former. However, Andrew Roberts' book, Napoleon: A Life, places the author firmly among Napoleon's devotees. The linchpin of this book, as stated on its jacket, is that Roberts "take[s] advantage of the recent publication of Napoleon's thirty-three thousand surviving letters, which radically transform our understanding of his character and motivation." Roberts interweaves his subject's vast written commentary covering the entire spectrum from mundane to meaningful against the backdrop of Napoleon's improbable rise and meteoric collapse as militarist and politician in a short life that still resonates loudly in our world today. Roberts paints the end of Napoleon's career as attributable less to a clearly flawed character than to trusting the wrong people and fighting the wrong battles badly. ("When Waterloo is war-gamed, France usually wins," says a footnote on page 766.) Either way, the result reduced Napoleon from Emperor of France and ruler of nearly all Europe to Britain's lonely prisoner, left to die an outcast on a barren, isolated volcanic rock in the South Atlantic, light years from Paris.
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The technology-laden art of ghost-hunting commonly practiced today (evidenced by the scads of popular ghost-hunting shows currently haunting your cable television for all the 26 weeks on either side of Halloween) is based largely on an extravagant array of exotic gadgets calibrated to detect the piercing of our earthly veil by ethereal forces otherwise immeasurable dispassionately. This "objective" approach was first widely championed and documented by Briton Harry Price in his 1940 tome, The Most Haunted House in England, a classic in the field examining the haunting of Borley Rectory in Essex. But there are more ways than one to confront a wraith, as celebrated American spirit chaser Hans Holzer demonstrates in his seminal 1963 (reprinted in new editions in 2005 and 2014) work, The Ghost Hunter. Rather than depend on cold engineering's electronic or mechanical fruits like Price and most phantom finders currently on TV, Holzer's methodology relies on selecting deft and trustworthy psychic mediums to accompany him on investigations of locations squatted by specters along America's northeast coast. Once ensconced in a haunted location, Holzer's medium-du-jour allows herself to be commandeered by the wronged spirit so the latter can speak the grievances that compel it to wreak eerie havoc. The book's collection of reports is mostly entertaining, sometimes enlightening, and Holzer's interventions usually (but not always) lead to the elimination of spooky doings once the living appropriately address the ghosts' gripes. Holzer's book teaches it may be folly to assume people's quest for fairness in love and war is constrained by mortal borders, and that a good medium gives any fancy contraption a run for its money in tracking ghosts.
Sunday, January 25, 2015
Book Review: Ready to Hang: Seven Famous New Orleans Murders, by Robert Tallant
There are as many ways to learn a city as there are people interested in learning it. Surely there's no substitute for learning a place than being there. But if circumstances conspire to prevent being there, the next best thing is reading about it, and a great way to learn about a grand old city is to steep yourself in a fascinating collection exploring some of the most (in)famous murders ever to darken its stormy history. Robert Tallant's "Ready to Hang" is just such a collection. Each of the seven well-written stories in this book reveals no less about how New Orleans has evolved from past to present than it does about the victims and victimizers it chronicles. Perhaps the most widely known of the sinister killers in Tallant's book is the person (or persons?) known as the Axman, whose enduring macabre allure lead to his recent resurrection in a pivotal role on the hit television series "American Horror Story: Coven." Notwithstanding the Axman's considerable legend in the annals of unsolved serial murder, not even his gruesome story outshines the other half-dozen true tales in this book. Did you know the Mafia first sharpened its American hooks in New Orleans? You will, and you'll learn why the practice of "decorating the lamp posts" did much to drive the Mafia out of New Orleans into friendlier digs in New York. Tallant's skill with words and phrases, combined with his meticulous research and attention to detail, makes "Ready to Hang" an absorbing and worthwhile read that is nothing less than a bloodstained love letter to the city where he lived his entire life.
Saturday, January 3, 2015
Author Spotlight: Brett J. Talley
We at Gazalapalooza rightly pride ourselves on the long roster of fantastic authors from all over the world who have kindly passed through our notorious turnstile to submit themselves to the merciless glare of the Author Spotlight. Yes, we've had authors who are attorneys. (Your humble correspondent is indeed one himself.) Yes, we've featured authors who are professional political speechwriters. Yet today's edition positions us to present our dear readers something even in our estimable history unprecedented – an author who habituated long-abandoned mansions and misty midnight graveyards gigging as a paranormal investigator before taking his lawyerly talents to Washington, D.C. to infuse Capitol Hill's hallowed hallways with a whiff of literary terrors distinctly apolitical. That writer is Brett J.Talley.
Not merely the subject of a recent profile in The Washington Post, Talley is the Bram Stoker Award-Nominated scribe of suspenseful horror fiction That Which Should Not Be, and The Void. His is also the pen documenting matters spectral in the nonfiction tomes Haunted Alabama Black Belt, and Haunted Tuscaloosa. If this isn't pedigree sufficient to raise hairs on the back of your neck, dare to spend time alone with our guest's array of short stories, every one as expertly crafted and widely acclaimed as his books, and each finely honed to drive a jagged wedge between a sound night's sleep and you.
Not merely the subject of a recent profile in The Washington Post, Talley is the Bram Stoker Award-Nominated scribe of suspenseful horror fiction That Which Should Not Be, and The Void. His is also the pen documenting matters spectral in the nonfiction tomes Haunted Alabama Black Belt, and Haunted Tuscaloosa. If this isn't pedigree sufficient to raise hairs on the back of your neck, dare to spend time alone with our guest's array of short stories, every one as expertly crafted and widely acclaimed as his books, and each finely honed to drive a jagged wedge between a sound night's sleep and you.
The story Talley brought along for our discussion today is his latest work, a novella titled The Reborn. After treading about in spooky cemeteries and shunned premises (much less in Congressional corridors renown for their otherworldly disharmony), it's not altogether unsurprising Talley appears fairly comfortable strapped to a hard wooden chair under the blistering blast of our klieg light array. Let's proceed.
Gazala: In my omnipotence, I've sentenced you to be stranded alone on a desert island for offenses best left unnamed. In my beneficence, I've decided to allow you a limited amount of reading material to make your stay a little less bleak than it would otherwise be. I'll spot you your religious text of preference, and the collected works of William Shakespeare. In addition to those, name the one fiction book, and the one nonfiction book, you'd choose to take with you, and tell why you choose them.
Talley: The fiction answer is actually pretty easy for me, though the answer might be surprising to some of my readers—The Great Gatsby. I've always been a reader, but I didn't love reading until I read that book for the first time. It's one of a handful of books I've read more than once, and perhaps the only book I've read more than twice. It is, in many ways, a perfect book. Not a word is out of place, the story is timeless, the characters all too human. And it accomplishes all that despite clocking in at only a little over 40,000 words. Remarkable, really.
As for non-fiction book, while How To Survive on a Desert Island is tempting, I'm going to cheat a little and go with the Encyclopedia Britannica. I'm one of those people who can look something up on Wikipedia and, three hours and fifteen articles later, realize I let the day get away from me. Since I assume I can't have a laptop, I'll go with the dead-tree version.
Gazala: Your newest book is an excellent and gripping post-apocalyptic reincarnation thriller titled The Reborn. The novella reveals how authorities capable of scrutinizing DNA to identify murderers, rapists, and other criminals in utero are obliged to eliminate these miscreants while they're still womb-bound. Except all is never what it pretends to be, and Marcus Ryder, the soldier who killed Genghis Khan reborn, finds himself and his compatriots battered by brutal moral ambiguities in a very savage world. I've read it. I enjoyed it immensely, and recommend it highly. Shockingly enough, however, from time to time my bare recommendation doesn't always motivate a book's potential reader to become a book's actual reader. Tell us something about The Reborn, and why its potential reader should make the leap and become its actual reader.
Talley: Whether you want a book that makes you think or you want a thrill ride from the first page, The Reborn is for you. I know that's probably what every author says about their books, but I'm serious about it here. And that was my goal. I wanted to write a book that challenged the readers' beliefs about morality and justice, no matter what those beliefs might be. But I also wanted to write a book that kicks ass. You've got firefights, chases, nuclear strikes, world wars, gun battles, artillery barrages, pretty much everything you could imagine. And even better, it's short! Just a little bit shorter than The Great Gatsby, as a matter of fact.
Gazala: What are books for?
Talley: Books are like people; they have limitless possibility for good or ill. They are for entertainment, for learning, for edification, for spreading a message. They can rally people to do the right thing or rally the mob to do evil. A human life is fleeting, but words can be eternal. Every person has a story to tell, and every book is a window into its author's soul.
Gazala: W. Somerset Maugham said, "There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are." Do you agree, or disagree, and why?
Talley: I agree completely. I occasionally read those "10 Rules for Writing" blog posts just for laughs. A blank page is not something to be feared, but to be relished. It is the author's playground, his universe. In that world, we are all gods, and we can create or destroy whatever we see fit. Why would we cabin ourselves, place false limits on ourselves? Now, are there rules for getting published? Of course, and the bigger the house you are looking to land the more rules there will be. And yet, running throughout all those rules will be "originality." How can we be truly original if we are constantly afraid we are going to violate someone else's rules? If I had one piece of advice I could give to new writers it would be this—be fearless.
Gazala: You'll pardon me -- somebody who's the spitting image of Idi Amin Dada is beating on my front door. Ask yourself question, and answer it.
Talley: Question: Ha. Well played. I'll go with, "What scares you?" Answer: H.P. Lovecraft once said that "the oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown." I think Lovecraft is absolutely right, but I would also add that horror is not always about fear, as strange as that may seem. It is also about unsettling the reader, about opening them to ideas that are foreign to them and making them see things they would rather not.
Take Poe for instance. Some might claim (not this writer) that Poe is tame by today's standards. Whether or not that is true, the horror contained in Poe was absolutely shocking for its time. Poe talked about things that polite society preferred not to discuss. I think that's why in today's horror you see so much overt and what might be termed "socially deviant" sexuality in many popular works. The authors are trying to break through societal norms and horrify their audience in a fundamental way.
Personally, I prefer the other kind of horror. I want my readers to peer into the unknown. I want them to see what lurks in the shadows or perhaps to discover that, indeed, the shadow itself is a lurking thing.
The shadow itself is a lurking thing. Very well said, Mr. Talley. And like a bedeviled matryoshka doll, there slinks inside the lurking shadow itself yet another skulking thing, waiting, watching, wanting… But you needn't wait to feed your fevered head The Reborn. All you need do is draw a deep breath, steady your shuddering nerves, and click here to snatch a copy right now from Amazon.
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Author Spotlight: Todd Moss
Today's guest on the Gazalaplooza Author Spotlight is Todd Moss, who has brought along with him his brand new international political thriller, The Golden Hour. We could rattle on and on about what a gripping novel Moss' new book is, but then we'd just be following in the treads of scores of rave reviews preceding our own recommendation. We might instead impress upon you our guest's extraordinary resumé, brimming with global treks and experiences (i.e., gigs at a Washington D.C. think tank, the U.S. State Department, the World Bank, Georgetown University, and the London School of Economics) that imbue The Golden Hour with the hearty flavors only someone who's "been there, and done that" can whip up for your appreciative literary palate. Read The Golden Hour, and you'll soon see how 100 desperately dangerous hours in Mali will rivet you in ways you'll remember long after you've finished devouring this book.
Given Moss' quarter century of professional and educational adventures in Africa, you might be excused for thinking of the Spotlight's infamous klieg light army will have unremarkable effects on our guest. Perhaps, but we all know there's only one way to find out for sure. Moss is sitting comfortably in our hard wooden chair, seemingly unperturbed by the blinding blaze. Let's get this Spotlight underway.
Gazala: In my omnipotence, I've sentenced you to be stranded alone on a desert island for offenses best left unnamed. In my beneficence, I've decided to allow you a limited amount of reading material to make your stay a little less bleak than it would otherwise be. I'll spot you your religious text of preference, and the collected works of William Shakespeare. In addition to those, name the one fiction book, and the one nonfiction book, you'd choose to take with you, and tell why you choose them.
Moss: For fiction, I'd probably pick Michael Chabon's Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. It's an epic, funny, and intimately human story that I could read again and again. Nonfiction is tougher. I'd probably choose Henry Kissinger's tome Diplomacy, a window into political history and the role of persuasion and raw power. And can I trade Shakespeare for the collected works of J.D. Salinger? (Ed.—Sure, we're fairly laissez-faire about reading lists with Salinger on them.)
Gazala: Your new book is an excellent and gripping international political thriller titled The Golden Hour. The novel tells how Judd Ryker, chief of the State Department's new experimental Crisis Reaction Unit, rises to the formidable challenges of restoring the unjustly deposed president of Mali, rescuing an American senator's kidnapped daughter, and protecting the American embassy in Timbuktu from a terrorist attack, and doing it all in less than 100 hours. I've read it. I enjoyed it immensely, and recommend it highly. Shockingly enough, however, from time to time my bare recommendation doesn't always motivate a book's potential reader to become a book's actual reader. Tell us something about The Golden Hour, and why its potential reader should make the leap and become its actual reader.
Moss: Thanks, Richard. The Golden Hour is supposed to be a fun thriller. I read thrillers on the beach to relax and get away, so that was my main goal. However, I also wanted to share a more serious experience: We seem to read every day in the newspapers about some crisis around the world (tyranny in Syria, Ebola in West Africa, terrorism in Yemen) where the U.S. Government is expected to respond. I lived this first hand as a senior State Department official working for Secretary Condoleezza Rice. In the novel, I wanted to take readers right inside the White House Situation Room or into the sealed classified rooms in the corners of U.S. Embassies to hear the conversations about what our government should do. I wanted to give people some insight into how and why decisions are made that so often seem wrong or misguided. That's going on every single day.
Gazala: What are books for?
Moss: Above all, pleasure.
Gazala: W. Somerset Maugham said, "There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are." Do you agree, or disagree, and why?
Moss: When I wrote my first novel, I had no idea what I was doing. I wrote the second one using a wholly different process. I'm now working on the third, and still not sure which approach is best. The only rule I think that applies to all novels: you have to sit in the chair and just do it.
Gazala: You'll pardon me -- I've a sudden and unforeseen crisis requiring my immediate reaction. Ask yourself a question, and answer it.
Moss: Why'd I set a modern thriller in a place few people know? The plot was original inspired by a real coup in Mauritania, but I set The Golden Hour in Mali because I thought everyone has heard of Timbuktu. (Yes, it's a real city in northern Mali!) I also wanted to share some of my love for Africa, a place I've worked on professionally for 25 years. I caught the "Africa Bug" as a college student in Zimbabwe and haven't looked back.
I hoped setting my story about American foreign policy in a country like Mali might help make that part of the world a bit more accessible to readers, and also highlight how Americans and Africans are being drawn closer together than ever before. Our economies are increasingly tied as Africa becomes an important growth market for American companies. Many people don't yet realize that Africa is booming. And our own national security is intimately linked as terrorism and international crime become greater threats. That's why our military is more and more involved in places like Somalia or the Sahara Desert. The continent seems far away for many people, but this is changing quickly.
The old cliché from countless songs, poems and books is Timbuktu's mysterious glimmer is always half a world away from wherever you happen to be, as in, "Darling, I'd follow you all the way to Timbuktu if you asked me to." Not so right now, friends. The Golden Hour's mysterious glimmer is as close as a mere Amazon click. So much for never taking you anywhere fun, right?
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Win2k3 X64 Media Server LTo4 Drive Problem
I am facing problem in detecting the IBM LTO4 drives by Windows Media Server.
Master Server is 6.5 (Solaris 10)
Media Server is 6.5 (Win2k3 R2 x64 Enterprise Version)
IBM LTO4 Drive vesrion is 18.104.22.168 , I am using the file IBMTape.x64_6199.zip for extracting the Driver.
Applied the patches also , but no success.
In veritas Technote http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/307868.htm , suggesting driver problem , but I am using the higher version of driver.
Had any body faced such problem
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For testing I would back rev the driver the one mentioned in the doc. Are these fiber attached drives. Fiber switch involved? or Direct SCSI connected? If SCSI check for bent pins/ terminator etc...
You'll certainlly want to confirm cabling.
Have you logged a case with support?
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Aviation lawyer: Closing control towers is 'political game'
Aviation attorney and Arizona State University Professor Michael Pearson said the skies are as safe as they've ever been, despite the FAA announcement that 149 control towers would be shut down.
Four of the towers are in Arizona: Phoenix-Goodyear Airport, Glendale Municipal Airport, Laughlin-Bullhead International Airport and Ryan Field in Tucson. The announcement was made last week.
Closures will begin to take effect April 7.
The decision made some people nervous about pilots directing air traffic themselves.
"This isn't a new thing. This goes on at airports across the country that do not have air-traffic controllers," said Pearson.
"A lot of commercial airports with air-traffic controllers will lose their controlling staffing at certain time, but commercial flights will come in after the controllers are off and land at the airport."
The decision to close the control towers is all part of a larger political game, according to Pearson.
As a former control-tower operator, he said he's seen the federal agency try to scare the public with similar rhetoric.
"Lots of folks travel and lots of folks don't know the ins and outs of the way the FAA operates and the way the system operates," Pearson said. "So they threaten to close certain facilities and people get nervous, they talk to their politicians to bend to the will."
As for his students who want to become tower-control operators, Pearson has been telling them jobs will still be there.
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15.08.07 - By Ted Sares: These lists are extremely difficult to compile; they are subject to subjective analysis and to continual change. In fact, I have a top 100 list in my forthcoming book and it was pure torture to finally hit the send button. However, like many other on-line writers, I cannot resist the compulsion to do them. With this as my initial benchmark, my next will be posted on January 1, 2008 and then quarterly thereafter:
1. Manny Pacquiao (Jr. Lightweight)- This popular champion from the Philippines, at 44-3-2, has destroyed Mexican legends Marco Antonio Barrera and Erik Morales with his in and out whirlwind style and heavy hands. Under Freddy Roach, he continues to improve adding new dimensions to his already formidable arsenal.
I expect him to beat (and retire) Barrera on October 6, 2000 and to do it in brutal fashion. Why Manny over Floyd Mayweather Jr.? Because he has engaged in brawls that truly test a fighters warrior heart--- and he has passed those tests with flying colors.
2. Floyd Mayweather Jr. (Welterweight)- The undefeated five-division champion, 38-0, recently beat Oscar De La Hoya in an uninspiring fight. While he has the best skill-set of any fighter alive, until and unless he steps up his level of competition, he will be not be first on this list. Of course, should he beat Hatton decisively, that could change things just as it could for Ricky if he upsets Pretty Boy.
3. Joe Calzaghe (Super Middleweight)- Still another undefeated fighter at 43-0, Calzaghe uses a great work rate, punch volume, and super hand speed to beat his opponents. If he beats undefeated Dane Mikkel Kessler, his legacy will be positioned for true greatness. And if he can subsequently notch a win over someone like Pavlik, Taylor or Hopkins, his legacy will be secured. But getting by Kessler is easier said than done.
4. Ricky Hatton (Jr. Welterweight)- Another undefeated fighter at 43-0, this in-coming all action warrior took out Jose Louis Castillo with one of his patented body shot. Moving back to 147 pounds to challenge Floyd Mayweather Jr. in December is the same weight that proved bothersome in his close win over Louis Collazo. If Pretty Boy can hurt Hatton like Collazo did, Ricky might not hear the final bell. We will find out on December 8, 2007. The difference between Calzaghe and Hatton is thin, but Joe gets the nod for his better all around skills.
5. Juan Manuel Marquez (Jr. Lightweight)- His win over Mexican great Marco Antonio Barrera affirms his place on this list as does his courageous and remarkable draw with Manny Pacquiao. An upcoming fight with Rocky Juarez should present no problem for this tough and skilled fighter whose record is 47-3-1. However, a fight with Jorge Barrios would have been more revealing and would have showcased his boxer-puncher demeanor, with the emphasis on puncher. Que es mas macho? Juan Manuel Marquez, thats who.
6. Miguel Cotto (Welterweight)- This LaMotta -like bull, 30-0, continues to make noise with his savage body attack and penchant for stalking and executing his prey. Not since Felix Trinidad has a fighter from Puerto Rico made such an impression. The fact he sometimes has defensive lapses only adds juice to the excitement. Like several of the fighters on this list, he has a big fight coming up that will reveal a lot about his future. Shane Mosley is the test, but I believe Cotto will pass with flying colors with his propensity to seek, trap and destroy.
7. Israel Vazquez (Jr. Featherweight)- A possible trilogy with Rafael Marquez will tell the final tale, but both warriors will need to rest their bodies and let the cuts heal before they go to war again, and the one thing certain about a potential third fight is that it would be a war. While Vazquez, 42-4, has put a lot of tough miles on his odometer, I think he has the wherewithal for at least one more big one.
8. Jermaine Taylor (Middleweight) - Makes the list for his willingness to take on all comers and for his record (27-0-1) of beating them, though in a less than convincing or exciting manner. A win over bomber Kelly Pavlik would go far in restoring the stock of "Bad Intentions." A loss would make him fade away. He ranks above Bernard Hopkins and Winky Wright because he "beat" Hopkins twice and because Hopkins beat Wright. To say the Pavlik fight looms large in Taylors career is an understatement.
9. Bernard Hopkins (Light Heavyweight)- You cant argue with success as this ring wizard uses whatever it takes to keep on winning. Just about the time I think he will succumb to the pressure of a younger guy (or the jabs of a Winky Wright), he proves me wrong. Like I said, you cant argue with success and his is reflected by a 48-4-1 record against very tough opposition. And oh yes, he genuinely seems to enjoy training and boxing.
10. Wladimir Klitschko (Heavyweight) - is on a seven-fight winning streak and improves with each outing. Some may argue a heavyweight should not be on a P4P list, but I say baloney to that. Under Emanuel Stewards guidance, Klitschko, 49-3, has gone far in taking advantage of his innate athleticism. With a great jackhammer jab, sledgehammer right, solid left hook and much-improved stamina, he has become a more complete package. Heck, he has become a killing machine.
11. Jorge Linares (featherweight)- is from Venezuela, but like countryman Edwin Valero, lives and fights out of Tokyo. His record is 24-0 (15 KO) and his skill set is outstanding. He is the current WBC World Champion after having destroyed Oscar Larios with a classy display of boxing and punching, and after In Jin Chi recently renounced at his belt. Anyone who watched his brutal KO of Larios was probably still buzzing from the first fight between Katsidis and Amonsot, but aficionados surely were aware they were seeing something very special as this complete boxer-puncher landed beautifully leveraged punches with deadly and non-stop accuracy. Look for Linares to move up on this list and YOU CAN TAKE THAT TO THE BANK.
12. Ronald Winky Wright (Light Heavyweight- Though its difficult not to list Mikkel Kessler or Sugar Shane Mosley here, I will go with Winky, 51-4-1, who holds two wins over Sugar and had no trouble with Tito Trinidad. Winky still has enough to give any fighter at his weight fits. However, the manner in which Hopkins took him out of his game makes his spot on this list somewhat tenuous.
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When Dr. Barry Byer of Falls Church recently retired from medical practice after 40 years, he had no idea he would soon be helping to contain the recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
Byer, 72, formerly chief of the Department of Family Practice at Virginia Hospital Center, is currently a trustee of the Fairfax-based chapter of the nonprofit Brother's Brother Foundation, which is supporting nearly 75 hospitals and clinics in Sierra Leone and Liberia; two West African countries at the center of the Ebola outbreak.
BBF is a Pittsburgh-based international charity with a warehouse that opened in Merrifield last year. Throughout its 56-year history, BBF has provided over 100,000 tons of medical supplies, textbooks, food, seeds, and other humanitarian supplies to people in over 140 countries. The foundation was recently listed by Forbes magazine as one of the top three most efficient charities and the 38th largest charity in the United States.
With the help of gifts from the general public, corporations and hospital systems such as INOVA and MedStar Health, over the past three years the foundation has provided over 20 tractor trailer loads of medical supplies and equipment to 53 hospitals and clinics in Sierra Leone and 20 in Liberia.
Many of these hospitals are now treating Ebola patients. Several have lost medical staff who have died or been put in quarantine due to the Ebola outbreak.
In 1993, Byers founded a similar local foundation, called Crosslink International, which became part of BBF just last year.
"When this outbreak occurred, we were already strategically positioned to help out these hospitals and clinics in those affected countries," Byers said. "We were already helping them out, but now we have stepped up our efforts to make sure they are getting exactly what they need to battle this horrible epidemic."
Byers said BBF is providing medical and personal protection equipment such as surgical instruments, gloves, face shields, IV poles, masks, gowns and soap to both countries.
According to Byers, three 40-foot cargo-ship containers are now en route; two to Liberia and one to Sierra Leone. Another shipment leaves Saturday for the Ministry of Health in Liberia and an additional shipment is scheduled to leave for Sierra Leone in the next 10 days.
"These containers are 40 feet long by eight feet wide and eight feet high," Byers said. "We are providing everything we can, but there is so much need due to this outbreak that it isn't nearly enough."
Workers and volunteers are working around the clock at the Merrifield warehouse to supply medical workers battling the Ebola outbreak on the front lines in Africa.
"A group from Liberia, including a nurse who was recently on the front lines of the Ebola epidemic there, was here in our Fairfax warehouse on Tuesday," said Ruth Anderson, director of hospital supply for the foundation's Fairfax chapter. "People close to the action there are in tears because doctors and other medical staff who were exposed before they knew it are now dying." Anderson said the group from Liberia was there to determine what supplies hospitals and clinics there urgently needed the most.
"The need there is just enormous," said Byers. "We are doing whatever we can do to help."


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Northampton Celebrates Annual First Night
By Ryan Trowbridge - emailNORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WGGB) – The freezing temperature didn't keeping people away from Northampton's First Night Celebration Tuesday night.
December 31st, 2013
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Many have been downtown for much of the day checking out the different vendors and activities, waiting to ring in the New Year.
ABC 40's Maggie Pereiras was downtown to check out the excitment.