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Castellare Chianti Classico Riserva Il Poggiale (375ML) 2009
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
Winemaker's Notes
Made from 90% Sangioveto, 5% Canaiolo, and 5% Ciliegiolo grown in the Il Poggiale vineyard, the grapes come from an elevation of almost 1,500 feet above sea level. The combination of high elevation and extremely low yields results in a wine that manages to simultaneously show both restraint and layered richness. This classic red holds great aging capability.
This Riserva is a brilliant garnet color with layered aromas of red cherries, earth, rose flowers, and leather. On the palate, the wine shows excellent structure with firm, integrated tannins and is full-bodied with plenty of spice.
Critical Acclaim
International Wine Cellar - "Good bright red. Complex, knockout nose offers red cherry, redcurrant, licorice, cinnamon and camphor. An essence of sangiovese in the mouth, with suave, penetratingly pure red cherry, red berry and mineral flavors conveying an impression of energy and precision. Very intensely flavored and seamless wine with sneaky concentration and wonderful balance. I suspect this will develop more density and flesh with another year of bottle age. Finishes with firm, high-quality tannins, harmionious acidity, piercing minerality, and lovely lingering perfume. This may well be the best young Il Poggiale ever. It's a wine of mindblowing purity and precision, magically combining perfume, refinement and purity of flavor. "
The Wine Advocate - "The single-vineyard 2009 Chianti Classico Riserva Il Poggiale is huge. Black fruit, smoke and licorice are some of the notes that burst from the glass in this extroverted wine. The Poggiale is a bit juicier and richer than the straight Riserva, but the two wines are as differentiated as they often are. Still, it is impossible not to admire the sheer balance and harmony of what is in the glass. The Poggiale is 90% Sangioveto, 5% Caniaolo and 5% Ciliegiolo, aged in French oak barrels, 10% new. Anticipated maturity: 2014-2029. "
Castellare Winery
The vineyards of this 46 acre estate are found in a natural amphitheater in the heart of Tuscany's Chianti Classico region. The story of Castellare is the story of Paolo Panerai, who entered the world of winemaking at age 37 after a career in Italian journalism. Panerai feels it is important to understand and respect the experience of the world's best wineries and to apply this understanding to viticulture in Italy. He has great respect for technology from other winemaking regions and chooses to utilize this technology to move forward while rediscovering and reshaping some of the great traditions of Tuscany.
The birds on Castellare's labels symbolize Panerai's commitment to environmentally sound cultivation. Herbicides are not used, nor are any systemic pesticides. Chemical treatment of any kind is shunned. Hunting is also prohibited on the property. As a result of these practices, the property has become a virtual refuge for wildlife, including many of the birds pictured on the labels. View all Castellare Wines
About TuscanyView a map of Tuscany wineries (TUSS-can-ee) Sangiovese. Most of the wine coming from Tuscany is made from some clone of this varietal, but a growing trend, started by the renegade winemakers of those Super Tuscans, is to incorporate more international varietals.
Notable FactsThe most well known sub-districts of Tuscany are Chianti, Brunello di Montalcino and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano (note that Montepulciano here refers to the local village, not the grape variety found in the Italian region of Abruzzi). Wine labeled from these regions is DOC-regulated and Sangiovese-based blends. Quality wine from these DOC areas has been on the rise for decades, with top-notch winemakers and wineries shedding the low-quality image once held for Tuscan wine by producing consistently outstanding bottlings that range from deliciously drinkable to highly ageable. Newer to the scene are regions like Bohlgeri and the Maremma, home to of what are now termed "Super-Tuscans," named for the wine coming from the Tuscany area, but not following all of the DOC or DOCG laws required in Italy. In the 1970's, some pioneer winemakers began buying land outside of Chianti and Montalcino, and planting not only Sangiovese, but also international varieties like Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. The wine they produced only fit into the lowest Italian category of "vina da tavola," but the winemakers sold the wine for high prices, creating an almost cult following, and spurning a new wine category called IGT.
About Italy
A little ditty about Italy...This country has about as many wines as its had governments. With 20 different regions, hundreds of DOCs and even more indigenous varieties, the amount of wine made in Italy is mind-boggling. Most of the juice, however, remains in the country for thirsty Italians. Wine is food in Italy and its rare that a meal is consumed without a glass of vino. That said, it's not common to find many folks drinking wine without food either. In turn, it's a match, and a mighty good one at that. In fact, it's safe to say that Italian wine is a foodie wine – one that goes on the table for a myraid of meals.
For regions, the most popular are Tuscany (home of Chianti), Piedmont and the Tre-Venezie, which includes Veneto, Trentino Alto-Adige and Friuli. Other communes of note are in Southern Italy, and a few good wines are made elsewhere in the country. The islands of Sardinia and Sicily are members of the Italian winemaking community as well.
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2 ratings, 1 with review42/9/2013gwendolyn - Oakland, CA510/22/2012
wow. The nose on the wine draws you in, where you could swirl and sniff for hours - complex layers of fruit, spice, earth, mineral and a touch of leather. Excellent balance, lively acidity, firm tannins and all around great flavors going on - all that red fruit, sweet spice, earth/herb/mineral next to great structure. Wanted to keep sipping and sipping... Drinks well now but I bet it will age beautifully for another few years or more!
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Number eight Leroy Houston sees European power shift as Bath Rugby prepare for Amlin Cup final
Posted: May 15, 2014|
Bath Rugby number eight Leroy Houston reckons there has been a power shift in European rugby this season.
French and Irish clubs have had a stranglehold on continental silverware in recent campaigns but that is set to change and both of Europe's trophies could be residing in England at the end of the month.
Bath face Northampton Saints in the Amlin Cup final on Friday week, while Aviva Premiership table toppers Saracens are in the Heineken Cup final against defending champions Toulon of the Top 14 the following day.
Houston spent two years in France before heading across the Channel to The Rec and believes English clubs have raised their game this term.
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"I think this year the Premiership teams have played an excellent type of rugby," said the Australia A international, pictured.
"It hasn't just been a grunty forwards game, it's been expansive and the backs are playing more rugby this year.
"That's especially the case with us. I watched a few of Bath's games last year and there was a lot of kicking but this year we are really starting to play.
"I think the whole Premiership has moved up a notch and it's proven within the European competitions.
"Clermont are one of the best teams in the world but in their semi-final Saracens just turned up and delivered. They came out with their hair on fire and put in a great performance.
"And for us to be in the Amlin final is pretty awesome. To be a part of any final is huge but these competitions feature the best teams from all around Europe."
Houston, 27, has proven himself to be one of the most destructive ball carriers in the Premiership during a fine first season at Bath.
The former Waratahs man, however, says the transition to the English game has been tougher than his performances suggest.
Houston said: "It's about adapting as there is a different type of rugby all over the world.
"In the Southern hemisphere the game is a bit different. They want to do a bit more free running and play more.
"The ruck isn't quite as physical or such a contest, and it's the same with scrums as well. If the scrum collapses they'll just try to get the ball and play out, the ref's don't call it up.
"In France it's different again, they like to slow the ball down and do grunt work and not much else. Here it's a good mixture of everything. There's a good physicality, you are working all the time but actually playing rugby as well.
"I'm grateful I went to France first to learn a bit about European style rugby and how they do it over this side.
"The first quarter of the season I was still trying to find my feet but after I found them it was a case of building up. But I'm playing rugby and that's what I am happy doing. I'm in a good place at the moment."


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By: Alan Hoglund
'Tis the season for maple syrup.
With temperatures below freezing during the night, and creeping toward above freezing during the day, the sap will soon start to flow.
Eyewitness News found Mike Odberg and a friend tapping Maple trees just south of Superior Friday morning. They hiked through the woods on snowshoes stopping at trees to drill small holes before driving in a spigot. Attached to the spigot is a bag used to collect the sap.
With help from his friend, Odberg said he will put about 300 spigots into between 200 and 250 trees. He's hoping this season turns out better than the last.
"Last year was the worst year in about 100 years. The prior year we had close to 30 gallons, and then last year we got about three," he said.
Once the bags collect the sap, Odberg said it be boiled down until it is sweet enough to put on the table. He said it takes about 40 gallons of sap to make one gallon of syrup.


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Meeting to discuss new St. Mary's Family Medical Center Campus
ROME TOWNSHIP, Ohio — A public meeting to discuss the new St. Mary's Family Medical Center Campus at 10777 County Road 107, Proctorville, is scheduled from 2 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, at the campus across County 107 from Fairland East Elementary.
PIRHL Developers and the Ironton-Lawrence County Community Action Organization are hosting the open house to seek public input and to discuss, review and provide input on the proposed plans for an affordable senior housing project in Rome Township.
Satellite senior services facilities and plans for the medical center campus also will be discussed at the meeting.
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How did Cincy pull off game-tying Hail Mary?
How did Cincy pull off game-tying Hail Mary?
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How did Cincy complete the game-tying hail mary?
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Gundlach Bundschu Gewurztraminer 2012
Gewurztraminer from Sonoma County, California
Winemaker's Notes
Fragrant aromas of orange blossom and allspice burst from the glass followed by luscious flavors of lychee, clementine, Asian pear, and guava spiced with fresh ginger and coriander. The round, plush palate is accentuated with delicately woven mineral notes and crisp acidity leading into to a long, vibrant finish. Wonderfully bright and fresh in its youth, this classic, dry Gewurztraminer will continue to develop complexity up to fifteen years from vintage.
Critical Acclaim
Wine Enthusiast - "A wonderful Gewürztraminer, from a winery that's worked with it for a long time and has a good track record. It's crisp in acidity and exotically complex, with citrus and tropical fruit, ripe peach and honeysuckle flavors. That famous Gewürztramimer spiciness is perfect."
Connoisseurs' Guide - "Sporting very clear themes of allspice and clove in the nose with suggestions of ripe apples and a hint of spiced orange as well, this relatively mouthfilling Gewurz stays in step on the palate with ample, nicely filled flavors. While it flirts with a bit of unnecessary heat at the finish, it never wavers from its varietal course, and, while we would not choose it as a picnicky cooler, it has the richness to stand up to flavorful fare such as a classic Alsatian Choucroute Garnie."
Gundlach Bundschu Winery
Gundlach Bundschu Winery is a family-owned, sixth-generation producer of distinctive wines of site-specific character. The winery's 320-acre Estate Vineyard, christened Rhinefarm in 1858, is located at the crossroads of the Sonoma Valley, Carneros and Napa Valley AVAs, at the base of the Mayacamas Mountain Range.
Gundlach Bundschu approaches its vineyards, wines, business and the world with spirit, creativity and dedication to excellence. When you open a bottle of Gundlach Bundschu, you uncork not only the Estate's unique ability to produce profound wines, but also a rich, personal relationship between the Gundlach Bundschu family and the land on which the family lives. View all Gundlach Bundschu Wines
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Twice as large as Napa in size, Sonoma County only makes about a half the amount of wine as her northeasterly neighbor. But Sonoma, with her size, is able to vouch for more diversity within her borders, including sub-AVAs that are climatically varied. The atmosphere of Sonoma is decidedly laid back and down home country style. But in wines, they are keeping up with the Joneses, or Napa-ites if you will. Grape varieties are more varied here, from Pinot Noir and Zinfandel to Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay.
Notable FactsThe largest sub-AVAs of Sonoma include Dry Creek Valley, Russian River Valley, Alexander Valley and Sonoma Valley. Each sub-AVA, with its own micro-climate, is unique in its grape varieties and styles of wine. Dry Creek makes a mean Zinfandel while Russian River produces stand up Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. The Alexander Valley makes some of the better Cabernet Sauvignons in the county and Sonoma Valley creates excellent wines from all the above varieties. Other grapes found throughout Sonoma include Sauvignon Blanc, Merlot and Syrah.
About CaliforniaIt's not rare to see a wine's country of origin listed as "California." A country into itself in the wine world, California makes enough varieties and styles to match many European wine countries. It produces a diverse range of wines that span the quality spectrum.
The most famous of the California wine regions is Napa Valley, and these wines are certainly outstanding – but it's not as broad and diverse as its larger neighbor, Sonoma County. Down south, Santa Barbara's Santa Maria Valley is well-known for its Rhône blends, as well as cool-climate varieties like Pinot and Chardonnay. The Central Coast, the largest California AVA, has many different microclimates that lead to a wide range of wines with many sub-AVAs.
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I thoroughly enjoyed this wine. It was just dry enough to enjoy with my fish dish or pork. It had no elements of bitterness.
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Meanwhile about 80 miles west, forestry officials say the Thompson Ridge fire near Jemez Springs started had grown to about 1 square mile.
Between 40 and 50 homes in the area were evacuated as around 80 crew members and a helicopter arrived to help fight the blaze.
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|Both my labs get ear mites/infections on a regular basis. I clean them regularly with ear cleanser then drying lotion. Is there anything more I can do or maybe something stronger I can use to completely get rid of it?
One of the most common frustrating dermatological problems in our pets is the recurrence of yeast and bacterial ear infections particularly in dogs. This can often lead to repetitive veterinary visits and expense, as well as increasing discomfort and pain in affected patients.
Symptoms of ear infections in pets can include:
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While treatment with ear cleaners and topical prescription antibiotics such as Mometomax or Otomax are often prescribed, the condition often recurs when medication is stopped or a short time later. In these cases it is important to work with your veterinarian on identifying underlying causes of recurrent ear inflammation such as inhalant/contact allergies, food allergies, foreign body or hair in the ears, and hormonal disorders like hypothyroidism.
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The Swedish striker has been with City since 2008 but has had to wait patiently to make his breakthrough at the Etihad Stadium and has been continually loaned out.
Having had spells with IF Brommapojkarna, Burnley and Feyenoord, the 21-year-old now has an opportunity to prove to Man City that he has the talent to shine in the English top flight after linking up with Stoke on a deal until the end of the season.
He hopes a good few months at the Britannia Stadium will stand him in good stead to finally make an impression back at Man City, but his main aim is to help the Potters.
"I hope I can prove myself," said Guidetti in The Sun, after making his Stoke debut as a substitute in Saturday's 1-0 defeat by Crystal Palace.
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Facebook to get rid of their Sponsored Results, hooray!
Something that has been itching at me for quite a few weeks now is Facebook's 'Sponsored Results', but it's almost as if the social networking giant was reading my mind - most likely with the help of the NSA - and are now going to removing them.
Facebook will retract the annoying ads in July, and have been using them mostly for brands, groups and in searches since August of 2012. The social networking site decided to cut the ads after noticing that the marketers were using both the Sponsored Results and mobile app install ads in a similar fashion. Businesses will continue to use mobile app install ads, so don't expect too much of a de-clutter from your mobile social networking experience.
Twitter opens up Analytics to everyone, now see your complete follower and tweet data
Twitter announced this morning that it has began opening up it's Twitter Analytics Platform to the public, a feature that was previously only open to advertising partners. This means that users can now track the "reach" of their tweets as well as track what country their post have the most reach in.
All of the data can be downloaded into a CSV file allowing users to build customized graphs, spreadsheets and presentations based on their actual Twitter analytics. At the moment all Twitter users should be able to access the data, but some accounts are experiencing issues. Twitter hopes to work out these bugs soon and says to keep checking back if you are having issues.
Facebook jumps on the #hashtag #bandwagon, now those annoying tags become something useful
For about a year now Facebook users have been adding useless hash tags to the end of their post. I am sure I speak for many when I say this was probably the most annoying trend to ever hit the social network. Unfortunately we're about to see an onslaught of hashtags as Facebook has just enabled them to function similar to the way Twitter utilizes them.
Facebook says that starting today hashtags will be clickable on the social networking service that will function similarly to other services like Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr and Pinterest. When clicking on a hashtag, you will see a feed pop-up of what other people are saying about that event, or topic.
Facebook says that now you can:
- Search for a specific hashtag from your search bar. For example, #NBAFinals.
- Click on hashtags that originate on other services, such as Instagram.
- Compose posts directly from the hashtag feed and search results.
Facebook says that as always you believe control the audience for your post, including those with hashtags and that privacy settings can be adjusted in the normal fashion. They went on to say that hashtags are just the first step to help people more easily discover what others are saying about a specific topic and participate in public conversations. The company will continue to roll out more features in the coming weeks including training hashtags as well as deeper insights.
Tumblr users flock to WordPress after Yahoo acquires the popular blogging service and promises it won't screw things up
On Friday I reported on rumors that Yahoo was in talks to acquire popular social blogging service Tumblr for a reported $1 billion. As it turned out, those rumors were quite true as the deal was sealed over the weekend. The once king of the internet purchased Tumblr for a reported $1.1 billion US, of which all will be paid in cash.
Marissa Mayer, Yahoo's CEO, stated that Yahoo and Tumblr will remain separate entities and Tumblr CEO David Karp will remain at the helm of the massive blogging site. In the official press release, Yahoo said: "Per the agreement and our promise not to screw it up, Tumblr will be independently operated as a separate business." This announcement may have calmed some fears, but not all were sure.
WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg posted some tell-tell metrics on his blog last night that showed more than 72,000 post per hour were imported from Tumblr to WordPress last night, which was up from an average of 400-600 per hour. While this may sound like a massive migration, Tumblr says that it sees more than 75 million blog post per day, so 72,000 is but a mere drop in the ocean in comparison.
Is Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer eyeballing Tumblr?
Early Thursday morning reports began to surface about rumors of Yahoo preparing a bid for social blogging site Tumblr. This would put the once king of search on the front lines of the social media war.
AllThingsD reported on Thursday that Yahoo was considering the acquisition of Tumblr for $1 billion. This is not the first time CEO Marissa Mayer has shown interest in Tumblr though. As an executive at Google, Mayer closely watched the blogging service loved by hipsters all over.
The rumors carry some weight as AllThingsD is usually spot on with its predictions on all things Yahoo, and there have been documented meetings between Mayer and Tumblr top execs including founder and CEO David Karp. While the acquisition seems imminent, we are left wondering what will happen to all of the Tumblr pr0n if Yahoo does take over.
Google+ gets 41 updates and improvements including new UI
Google has just debuted a completely new look for its social network Google+. The service is getting 41 new features or upgrades with the most noticeable being a complete facelift. Google+ will now feature a dynamic and modern multi column design that will allow users to explore post more in-depth than previously possible.
Also announced is a new hash-tagging system that will dynamically search relevant content on Google+ and will instantly add relevant hashtags to your post upon submission. When you click a hashtag it will show related items that are specifically sorted to the sources Google things you may prefer.
A new Google+ Hangout app was also announced that makes hanging out on your mobile device easier than ever. It allows users to easily enter into a text based group chat and quickly drop into a video call with the simple tap of a button. Google says that this new app along with the video calls will be free. Stay tuned to TweakTown for more feature updates as they become known!
LinkedIn turns 10 years old, proves that it can hang with the big boys
Over the weekend, LinkedIn marked its 10th year of slowly pushing forward in a sea of social networking websites. The company itself was founded in 2002 by entrepreneurs Allen Blue, Konstantin Guericke, Eric Ly and Jean-Luc Vaillant, but the official website did not launch until May 5th 2003.
While some are quick to point out how small LinkedIn is compared to Facebook, Google+ or even what MySpace once was, LinkedIn is quite successful at what it does. Facebook and Google+ have the fun, photo sharing and interest sharing aspects of social networking covered, but what they lack is a place for professionals to market themselves. This is where LinkedIn really shines.
LinkedIn serves up employment history, online resume, and skill set postings of over 225 million members worldwide, with 77 million of those members being from the US. From an economic standpoint, the company employees more than 3,700 people worldwide and saw a total revenue of more than $300 million in 2012.
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Facebook has over 1.1 billion monthly users, 751 million mobile users and over 665 million daily users
Trace covered Facebook's Q1 earnings earlier tonight, and touched on the social network's insane numbers - but they really do need their own story they're so gigantic. Facebook now have over 1.11 billion monthly active users, and a chunk of those are on mobile.
During March 2013, daily active users passed 665 million on average, and there was a huge 751 million monthly active users, too. The 665 million daily active users (DAUs) is an increase of 26% year-over-year, with the 1.11 billion monthly active users (MAUs) being an increase of 23% year-over-year. Mobile MAUs sitting at 751 million is an increase of a mammoth 54% year-over-year.
As you can see, the center of all of this is mobile. Facebook know this, and are pushing out better mobile apps, such as Home. Sure, I use Facebook on my desktop, but I live on it on my mobile - if I'm away from my desktop or notebook, I'm on my Facebook app constantly.
EFF praises Twitter for keeping its user data safe in "Who Has Your Back" list
This year's "Who Has Your Back" report published by the Electronic Frontier Foundation has just been released and Twitter is sitting pretty in the number one spot. In contrast, Facebook, Apple and Amazon all ranked very low on the list.
The report is based on how far the world's biggest tech companies go to protect your data from government demands. Each company is evaluated on six different criteria and given a star if they fit the requirements. Of the 18 companies tested, only two met every criteria with an excellent rating.
Twitter and Sonic.net both scored a full six stars, while on the other end of the scale, Myspace was awarded nothing. Facebook was middle of the road with three stars while Google, Dropbox, and Spideroak all tied for second best with five stars each.
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Google integrates Google+ commenting system into Blogger
Blogs across the web have slowly been integrating Facebook's commenting system into their blogs. The practice has become so popular that popular Content Management Systems like Drupal, WordPress and Joomla all have modules that quickly let bloggers replace stock commenting modules with Facebook's system. Even TweakTown uses Facebook's commenting system.
Seeing the success that Facebook has had with this, today Google has announced that it has begun allowing Blogger users the ability to integrate Google+ Comments into their blogs. Unlike Facebook comments, this new integration will allow users to set deep permission restrictions on who can see comments.
Users will be able to set permissions to individuals, circles or the general public. Blogger will also display discussions on Google+ that pertain to a user's specific post. Meaning that if a public discussion about your post pops up on Google+, those comments can also appear on your blog post.


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Oakton, Marshall girls finish runners-up
by Nick Eilerson
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The Lake Braddock boys tennis team capped its undefeated season Saturday with a 5-3 win over Langley in the Virginia 6A state championship. It was the first state title for a program that has long dominated the Patriot District but never quite been able to get over the hump in the state's most difficult region.
Lake Braddock accomplished the feat at the expense of a Langley side that had eliminated them in the regional tournament in each of the previous three seasons. The Bruins got revenge with a 6-2 regional championship victory against the Saxons, but they got a stiffer challenge from their regional foes on Saturday.
"I was worried. [Langley is] a fantastic team," said Lake Braddock coach Bill Hughes, now in his eighth season at the helm. "They're a fantastic team every year; they always have great players. They're not just going to sit there and let you take them out. We knew it wouldn't be as smooth as the regional final."
Lake Braddock swept the top three singles flights, as Jacob Daugherty, Alex Nesterovich and Eric Yoo each won in straight sets. But Langley's Hammy Abuhamda, Nick Smoyer and Will Pilkinton took the next three singles matches, evening the match going into doubles. Nesterovich and Yoo got the job done at No. 2 doubles, leaving the Bruins one point away from victory with Nick O'Connor and Scott Belcher on the court in the No. 3 slot.
O'Connor and Belcher split their first two sets with Langley, bringing the No. 1 doubles partners from each team onto an adjacent court to warm up. Lake Braddock senior Long Huynh sat out that match with leg cramps, which forced sophomore Dominik Renteria — the team's No. 7 singles player — to sub in alongside Daugherty, forming a pair that had never played together before.
Daugherty and Renteria trailed in the first set, but they wouldn't need to go any further, as O'Connor and Belcher emerged with a 1-6, 6-4, 6-1 victory to clinch the title at Jefferson District Park in Falls Church.
"It's what you dream about as a coach," Hughes said. "To have such incredible players do it, such incredible people, it's great. I feel like we've been building and building towards it each year. To see them finally break through and do it in this fashion is amazing."
Leading the breakthrough was Daugherty, who beat Oakton's Adrien Bouchet for the regional singles title before falling to Bouchet in last week's state singles championship. Daugherty, a Colgate commit, moved to the area from Texas last July for his senior year.
"Coming in I had no idea what to expect," he said. "As I got to know everyone I realized [a state championship] was possible and that was the goal. I'm really happy that I happened to choose Lake Braddock."
The Oakton girls' bid for an undefeated season fell just short earlier in the day, when they lost to Cox, 5-3, in the 6A state girls championship. Senior Cornell commit Lizzie Stewart swept her singles and doubles matches to finish her two-year career at Oakton with an undefeated record. Sophomore Lindsey Le, Stewart's doubles partner, won her singles match 6-2, 6-1 at the No. 2 spot to give the Cougars their other win.
Though they graduate four senior starters this year, the Cougars believe they'll have another shot at the state title next season. A solid freshman class is expected to come through the ranks, as rising senior Ashley Thai's little sister, Victoria, and Katie Clark's younger sister, Annie, could make an immediate impact.
"Next year I think we can do it," junior Alekhya Nanduri said. "We have some new players coming in. Each year we keep going up one, so hopefully next year we can get it done."
Stewart was disappointed to come up just short in her ultimate goal of helping Oakton win its first state title as a team, but she offered no regrets looking back.
"It's just the whole team environment. It's a lot of fun," Stewart said. "I would much rather play high school tennis than not because I feel like the girls that don't do it miss out on an experience that they're not going to get until college."
The Jefferson boys completed their undefeated season and defended their state title over the weekend, coasting past Deep Run 5-1 in the 5A state final. Mills Godwin beat Marshall 5-1 in the 5A girls championship. Marshall took down Jefferson 5-2 in the previous week's region championship.
The original version of this story had the wrong college destination for Lake Braddock tennis player Jacob Daugherty.


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Clean Eating Pesto & Mozzarella Turkey Burger (Video)
This weeks post comes to you from the Jersey shore.
For those of you who think "Snooki & J-Wow" are what the Jersey shore is all about I can promise you that it's simply not the case.
Need more proof? Take a look at the view from our back yard.
It's peaceful, serene, and absolutely gorgeous (and the gray at the bottom of the photo is the cover for the pool… heaven).
At the least while the kids are napping that is.
Otherwise things are a little more happening:
And even thought these burgers are packed with Jersey Summer flavors (ie tomatoes and basil!) I actually created this recipe back in California using the leftover pesto from my How-To Make Pesto post.
What can I say, burgers are a great base for all types of flavors and ingredients and pesto is no exception so check out the video and let me know what you think.
In the meantime, I'm mostly off line for the next week or so, but I do periodically check in so feel free to leave me a message or share your thoughts and ideas in the comments below!
Pesto & Mozzarella Turkey Burger
Yield: 6 servings
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
- 1.5 lbs extra lean turkey burgers
- ½ cup of C&D pesto (or whatever pesto you've got!)
- 1 cup diced cherry tomatoes
- 6 slices mozzarella cheese
- Kosher salt black pepper
- Olive oil
- 6 Sandwich thins (or whatever you like to serve your burgers on)
Combine turkey, pesto, cherry tomatoes, salt and pepper in a large bowl. Using your hands, combine until all the ingredient are well incorporated.
Score the meat into six fairly even sections and then free form six burgers.
Heat a grill pan over a medium high heat and lightly coat with olive oil. Cook the burgers for 5 minutes on the first side and then flip the burgers and cook for another five minutes or until just cooked through.
*Two minutes before the burgers are done, pop the cheese on and a nice big lid (As demonstrated in the video) so the cheese melts over the burgers by the time they are dine cooking.
Place on top of your favorite burger bun with an extra dollop of pesto and enjoy!!
Nutritional Analysis
Calories: 368; Total Fat: 13.7g; Saturated Fat: 4.7g; Cholesterol: 75mg; Carbohydrate: 27.2g; Dietary Fiber: 6.2g; Sugars: 4.1; Protein: 39.9g
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These look de-lish! I love how you not that the Jersey Shore is not all Snookie and J-Wow. I was born and raised on the South Jersey shore, and my parents still live there. Enjoy your time there!
Hi Dani
I have been following you for a while now and really enjoy your videos. For some reason the last couple of videos have been having some audio problems. It is like the sound is chopping away and makes it a little annoying to watch.
Just letting you know, maybe there is something wrong with your mic.
Hi Dani,
What brand of sandwich thins are you using? They look very good.
Hi Dani, I'm so pleased to have found your website last week (came across it while looking for help with my first home-grown artichokes and found your video!!) I've been poring over your recipes for the last few days. Tonight I made these fantastic burgers for my family and they all loved them, the pesto and tomatoes stops the turkey from being dry just like you say and they were SO easy to make, my 14-year-old asked for them again right away and he doesn't eat tomatoes! I don't eat meat but look forward to trying many of the veggie recipes you have. Thank you for sharing so much of your time and skill with us, it's great to have inspiration for more healthy recipes.
Trying this recipe out tomo, ABSOLUTELY CANNOT WAIT!! =D


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Tampa Bay Downs: Jockey Allen 'sore' following spill but expects to ride Saturday
OLDSMAR, Fla. – Jockey Ronnie Allen Jr, currently the second leading rider at Tampa Bay Downs, escaped serious injury Thursday after he was thrown from his mount during the eighth race.
Allen, who had won a race earlier in the card to give him 25 winners for the current stand, was aboard Second Appeal in a six-furlong claiming sprint when the 4-year-old filly fell midway through the turn, throwing Allen to the ground.
The jockey was taken to St. Joseph Hospital where X-rays proved negative. He was later released.
Allen took off his mounts Friday but speaking from home said he was "sore but lucky" and planned to ride on Saturday.
Second Appeal was euthanized due to her injuries.
While Allen was fortunate to emerge from spill relatively unscathed, the accident did cost him a winner as Jr's Exchange, Allen's mount in the ninth race, defeated a field of turf sprinters going five furlongs on the turf with substitute rider Angel Serpa aboard.
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Georgetown County investigators are hoping the public can help find the person responsible for a home invasion that occurred inside a gated community Sunday.
Sheriffs Office spokeswoman Carrie Cuthbertson says it happened at about 2:15 a.m. Sunday at a residence on Golden Bear Drive in Pawleys Plantation.
The victim was awakened by the suspect who entered the bedroom. The victim chased the subject out the front door of the residence and fired one shot into the air from his front porch, Cuthbertson said.
The suspect is described as a male who is approximately 601-604 in height, dressed in dark clothing and possibly wearing a hoodie or a stocking cap.
He fled the area in an unknown direction and no further description of the suspect is available. No one was injured during the incident.
In an attempt to locate the suspect or witnesses, sheriffs deputies canvassed the area, but were unable to locate the suspect or anyone who witnessed the incident.
This is the second time in four months such an incident has occurred in Pawleys Plantation.
In late November, a man from Grey Fox Loop reported he answered a knock on his door and was confronted by a masked man with a gun.
The man was successfully able to fight the man who ran from the scene.
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As Kasey Kahl hit the Sloane & Tate Launch Party in Hollywood on Thursday, November 17 with a pretty girl on each arm (former BP2 co-stars Erica Rose and Melissa Schreiber, that is), it looked like he was doing just fine after his recent split from Vienna Girardi.
Kasey flashed his signature smile and made small talk on the carpet, telling a friend he was doing really well, while posing with his arms around Erica and Melissa. He even told Wetpaint Entertainment that he appreciated our dating suggestions, and is trying to figure out Kirsten Dunst's Twitter handle.
But according to Erica, Kasey is putting on a brave face while still processing the maybe not entirely drama-free break-up.
"He's been really sad," she told us exclusively. "He's been calling me all week long, crying."
Erica, who shares some history with Kasey, did not mince her words when talking about his former girlfriend, who post-split took off to Florida to stay with her parents.
"She's not a nice girl, and I don't mind saying that because we're not friends," she told us. "I warned him about Vienna from the beginning. I told him that she was a gold digger and that she would take his money and leave, and that's exactly what she did. She took all his furniture and put it in a U-Haul and drove home with it."
Sounds…not entirely amicable. And Erica sure knows whose side she's on.
Meanwhile, a far more diplomatic Melissa tells us she still remains friends with Kasey and Vienna, and is there for both of them, should they need her.
"I honestly support both of them," she told us. "I love Kasey and I love Vienna. I'm not taking sides."
But that hasn't made it any easier to see her two friends call it quits.
"It's sad, because I love them so much and I really did love them as a couple," she told us. "And contrary to popular belief, when they were together, they were happy. We would all hang out together. We had fun! So it's always sad to see a couple break up, but I think they'll be okay."
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Utes secure commitment from Bingham kicker Chayden Johnston
University of Utah didn't have to look far for Andy Phillips' potential replacement.
Local Chayden Johnston, rated by a prestigious kicking camp as one of the nation's best, committed to the Utes on Tuesday.
The Bingham High standout grew up playing soccer, practicing for hours on end in his backyard since the age of 3. It wasn't until he watched Bingham play Herriman in 2010 that he realized, "Hey, I bet I could probably kick a ball that far."
He was correct. As a sophomore he was ranked fourth in the nation at the Kohl's Kicking Camp Western Showcase, and he began to receive interest from schools like Duke, Boise State and Colorado. But former Utah special teams coach Jay Hill and he built a strong relationship, and when the Utes offered him a couple weeks back, it felt right.
"I'm 100 percent committed to the U.," said Johnston, who wants to go into the medical field in some capacity and will enroll at the U. after an LDS mission. Johnston has met with Phillips and the rest of the U.'s kicking specialists and exchanged pointers, he said.
"They treat me like I'm already one of the players."
That Johnston was offered a scholarship in high school speaks to his ability. Few kickers — at any level — are offered scholarships, with most coming in as preferred walk-ons who pay their way until they earn the top job.
His coach, Dave Peck, said Johnston has hit kicks from 60 yards in practice and from 50 a couple of times in games — despite a thin build that belies his leg strength.
"If you just looked at him, you'd go no way," Peck said.
Johnston says the key is leg speed. He is also rated as a capable punter by Kohl's.
This year he returned to the pitch and the game he loves after a three-year hiatus. But that's just for fun, he said. He's a football player now.
"He's one of the guys," Peck said. "Sometimes those kickers are kind of quirky. Chayden's way popular."
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The President announced a day of shuttle diplomacy on Monday, with consecutive meetings with Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell aimed at "negotiations to find common ground on a balanced approach to deficit reduction." Notably, House Speaker John Boehner is not part of this round of meetings; there was this assumption that Boehner and Obama would have to work out the differences between the two of them and arrive at a solution, but the White House has dismissed that for now.
At the beginning of the month, July 4 was seen as a soft deadline for arriving at a solution on the debt limit and deficit reduction. That doesn't appear likely now, although the meetings next week look like the last-ditch effort to find a deal. What happens if that breaks down? Treasury has given the hard deadline as August 2, after which the debt limit will have been reached, and extraordinary measures by Treasury no longer effective. But money will still be coming into the Treasury on a rolling basis, just not enough to meet current commitments.
At this point the White House has a few options. They can pay off a portion of the creditors, while giving warrants or IOUs to everyone else; they could simply default on some payments, triggering a fairly catastrophic series of events; or, they could ignore the whole concept of a debt limit and continue paying out debt on Constitutional grounds. This third option is getting more and more play, including in the New Republic:
Jonathan Zasloff, a professor at the UCLA School of Law who has discussed this idea on a blog that he writes with several other academics, told me that while an order from the president for the Treasury Department to continue issuing new debt sounded extreme, it was unclear who could prove sufficient injury from the decision that would qualify the person to sue the administration in court. "Who has some kind of particularized injury, in fact?" Zasloff asked, and he could not come up with a satisfying answer.
Leaving Congress aside, it appears the only possible party to a suit challenging the administration's ability to exceed the debt ceiling would be a character that almost seems designed to elicit zero public sympathy: those who purchased credit default swaps which would pay off in the event of government default. Charles Tiefer, a law professor at the University of Baltimore, told me that Congress could pass a statute that strengthened the ability of this group of investors to sue as an injured party. But this statute, of course, could be filibustered in the Senate or vetoed by the president. Moreover, it would force Republicans to defend the right of those who had hoped to profit from a national default or dip in creditworthiness to sue the government because their payouts had been prevented.
But even if standing could be established and the Obama administration gets taken to court, some legal experts note that an additional argument of surprising strength could be made: The government cannot legally default on its debts. Former Reagan official and maverick conservative budget wonk Bruce Bartlett has suggested as much by invoking Section Four of the Fourteenth Amendment, which says that "The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law … shall not be questioned." Although there has been little litigation or discussion of this section, it could be read to imply an absolute firewall against statutory limits on paying or devaluing the debt.
Is it really such an open and shut case? Obviously it has not yet been challenged in court. Yet the intent of the Fourteenth Amendment is pretty clear.
Still, given the current chief executive, I'd have to say this falls more along the lines of the theoretical. It would be very partisan to ignore the debt limit, and it really wouldn't fit with the stated goal of the President to responsibly manage the nation's deficit. The President has been talking about a grand bargain to reduce the deficit since before his Presidency. Most, if not all, of his economic team wants to see that happen. I'm not sure they see the debt limit as a constraint so much as a forcing event.


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So, I tried Sun Butter (sunflower seed butter) the other day and have been completely obsessed with it ever since. Do you have a favorite not peanut butter?
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HAMBURG, NY - The Hilbert College Softball team had two big wins against Wells College on Thursday afternoon. The Hawks won game one 18-6 and took game two 11-2 to improve to 3-13 on the season.
In game one the Hawks were led by junior Kelly Goodwin (Niagara Falls, NY/Niagara Falls). Goodwin was three for four at the plate with four runs batter in and two doubles. Teammate Sarah Collins (Lewiston, PA/Indian Valley) went two for two with two runs batter in and one double. The Hawks received a strong pitching performance from sophomore Carrie Sisson (Elma, NY/Mt. Mercy) who struck out five batters and only allowed two runs over 4 innings of work
In the second game of the double-header, Hilbert again was led by Goodwin, who was four for four with three runs batted in. Senior Laura Stranc (West Seneca, NY/West Seneca West) was three for four from the plate and had two runs batted in.
The Hawks will look for their first conference win as they travel to La Roche College on Saturday April 5th for a double-header against the Redhawks.
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Today, I took a course on information management fundamentals and decided to blog about some of my observations. With about a dozen students, there was plenty of interesting discussions that supplemented the course content. Advocating for information management and the range of occupations that make up the field were two of the topics that struck me as particularly interesting. We also had an interesting exercise in the taxonomy of grocery stores which pointed out how taxonomy can be used for commercial gain and how it is tailored to serve the needs of a given audience (e.g. a grocery near a university campus is likely to make fast food items easy to find).
Most classic and compelling justifications of information management (and its relative, knowledge management) focus on risk and disaster. Failure to manage archives resulted in NASA losing some of its 1969 Moon tapes, for example. In a corruption trial in British Columbia, the destruction of email records (which should have been put on hold due to legal proceedings) caused a world of grief. These cases are compelling and dramatic, but I would surmise that they are also rare. Another piece of the argument needs to be the positive benefits of managing information such as more efficient use of staff time or the potential to make new connections with other staff who have valuable knowledge. Then again, I have come across some economic research that claims that people are more motivated by the fear of loss (loss adversion) than the prospect of gains (endowment effect – people value what they currently have over potential gains), so perhaps focusing on the loss does make sense.
People working in information management come to the field with a number of different job titles: information architect, taxonomist, metadata specialist, privacy officer and more. Taxonomy – a system of naming and organizing things into groups that share similar characteristics – has recently been booming, but this field may be in decline with better technology. Business analysts, on the other hand, is a new and growing field. However, some brief research into the business analysis field shows that it is dominated by those with expertise in either finance or information technology. If one already has deep knowledge of those fields, then business analysis could be a good way to develop one's career. I think the next frontier is privacy work. That sub-field is still very new, but as privacy related scandals continue to pile up and threaten the credibility of governments and companies, addressing this need can only become more important.


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Yes folks–the first month of 2015 is almost done. That means it is time for a quick recap.
January is often a slow month for pop music because it follows the busy fourth quarter, when major acts release their stuff. But this month wasn't bad. In fact, it was a great one for pop music. Have a look at my pick for the top 6 singles of January 2015 in the list below.


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Enjoy the weekend kiddos…
QP – "Jockin' QB" Freestyle (Jam of the week)
Throwback Jam of the Week – Melle Mel "White Lines" (Throwback Jam)
Apple Juice Kid Miles Remixed Album (Apple Juice Kid – Producer of the week)
Kanye West – "Heartless" (Mastered) (Kanye's #2 Single)
New 'Notorious' Trailer (The Rap Up)
D.M. interviews Chicago Bears receiver, Brandon Lloyd (HiphopRuckus)
Hip-Hop Rumors: More Sexy 50 Cent Model Potentials (Allhiphop)
The White Rapper Show's Jus Rhyme Forms AntiRacist 15 (HiphopDX)
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This is 50 Cent directorial debut haha. I didn't think that was funny when I thought of it but for some reason after typing it that just seems funny. Anyways this is a straight to the internet (whatever happened to straight to DVD) film and will be included with his album of the same title. Enjoy!
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Here is a short snippet preview of the Notorious B.I.G. movie coming out where Gravy will be playing Notorious. I am really excited about the film because Biggie is one of my favorite rappers of all time and really want to see how they transform Gravy into B.I.G. This trailer makes me nervous though, this movie looks like its either going to be really good or really cheesy, but either way I am definitely going to watch the movie anyways so here's hoping it's really good.
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County council could join campaign against rail link
Posted: June 08, 2011|
Leicestershire County Council is considering joining a national campaign against a high-speed rail link.
Led by Buckinghamshire County Council, the group consists of 13 councils who are opposed to the planned high-speed rail project.
Buckinghamshire has invited Leicestershire to join the campaign and the council's cabinet will consider the offer next week.
The campaign is opposed to the proposed Y-shaped link between, London, Birmingham and the north and questions the economics of the £32 billion investment.
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County council leader David Parsons said: "High Speed 2 has admirable aspirations but we need to consider the potential impact on Leicestershire's businesses and its environment.
"A strong case has been made for the electrification of the Midland mainline, which is essential to Leicestershire's economy, and although Government says HS2 will not compromise this, stronger reassurances are needed."
He said, in his view, they needed to put the needs of the county's businesses and its environment first and he was keen to join the campaign but looked forward to hearing the views of cabinet colleagues.
The rail network would include a branch passing through the East Midlands. The council's cabinet meets to discuss the offer at 2pm next Tuesday.


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Murray says winning Olympic gold will be the 'ultimate moment'
British tennis champion Andy Murray has said winning the gold at the London Olympics is his dream, and added that if does achieve that goal, it would be the "ultimate moment".
The British No 1, who fell just short of becoming the first British man to win the Wimbledon men's singles title for 76 years, is convinced the Olympics is bigger than anything else in tennis.
According to The Mirror, Murray wants to make amends for his Beijing flop four years ago when he crashed out in the first round of the singles and was eliminated along with brother Jamie at the second-round stage of the doubles.
"I am desperate to win a gold at the Olympics. It would be the -ultimate moment," he was quoted, as saying.
"To me, the Olympics is the biggest sporting competition by miles. What's good for me, and gives me a chance of doing well, is that I'm at home and with friends and family. I can go home in the evening to see them and it's a lot more relaxing than other periods of the year," he added.
"And, I get to spend time in my own bed, which is a luxury for a tennis player. There will be pressure and stress and what not. But it will be a great tournament, sandwiched in between Wimbledon and the U.S. Open.
"I'm looking forward to it as a spectator. I like watching other sports, in fact I love watching other sports. It's not like I'm only going to be watching tennis or football. I will get to see a bit of everything," Murray said. (ANI)


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Wilderness specialist Lee Bergthold will lead a survival backpacking seminar 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, May 22 at Antelope Valley College's Board Room, Student Services Building Room 151, 3041 W. Ave. K, Lancaster.
Cost of the seminar is $40, plus a $10 materials fee payable at the class. It is sponsored by the college's Corporate and Community Services program.
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Stephen Krantz's Complex Analysis: The Geometric Viewpoint was first published in 1992 in the MAA's Carus Mathematical Monographs series. Since the book was very well received and has remained popular, it is not surprising, eleven years later, to see a second edition.
The most important achievement of Krantz's monograph is the unified, accessible and readable presentation of important mathematical ideas in a volume that can be covered in one term by an advanced undergraduate student, under appropriate guidance. In this sense, I think the book achieves the goal stated by the author in his preface to the first edition: "we intend to introduce the reader with a standard one semester background in complex analysis to the geometric method. All geometric ideas will be developed from first principles, and only to the extent needed here" (p. xiii). Thus, this book can be used as a supplement to a course in complex analysis, as the author suggests.
I also suggest it could be used as a main reference for an individual research project or a reading course at the undergraduate level. I believe a student who reads for the first time the important results in this presentation (e.g. the Schwarz's lemma, Liouville's theorem or Montel's theorem) has a very good chance to understand standard complex analysis as it is studied in graduate school. The author definitely has in mind that many readers may be seeing some of these results for the first time here (cf. p. xiv).
In the introductory chapter, the author presents the main results in standard complex analysis: the Maximum Principle, the Schwarz lemma (and the Schwarz-Pick lemma), the Riemann Mapping theorem and the theorems of Picard. The next chapter covers a few basic notions of differential geometry, with emphasis on complex domains and the complex geometric viewpoint. A readable detour into non-Euclidean geometry, with some historical details, reminds us Steven Krantz's interest in the historical developments of ideas, as well as of his collection of anecdotes and relevant details. (See his Mathematical Apocrypha) At the end of this section, the author emphasizes: "conformality, and the computations that we have already performed in another context, are sufficient to see that Euclid's 2000-year-old axiom is independent of the other four axioms of Euclid's geometry."
Chapter 2 covers the relation between curvature and the Schwarz Lemma, and here Krantz underlines that "it was Ahlfors (see Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 43, 359-364 (1938)) who first realized that the Schwarz Lemma is really an inequality about curvature" (p. 70). This approach is the main motivation of this book's architecture, as the author suggests in the preface to the first edition: "In [Ahlfors'] work it was demonstrated that the Schwarz Lemma can be viewed as an inequality of certain differential geometric quantities on the disc (curvatures). This point of view — that substantive analytic facts can be interpreted in the language of Riemannian geometry — has developed considerably in the last fifty years. It provides new proofs of many classical results in complex analysis, and has led to new insights as well."
Chapter 2 also includes Liouville's theorem, normal families, a generalization of Montel's theorem and the Great Picard Theorem. However, the chapter that I think is the best example of Krantz's clear mathematical writing is the one on the new invariant metrics. It covers the Carathéodory and Kobayashi metrics, their completeness, and the connection between curvature and the property of nondegeneracy of the Kobayashi metric. A student exposed to this material may be motivated to pursue a deeper study in this subject, including perhaps the seminal work, cited several times in Krantz's presentation, Hyperbolic Complex Spaces, by S. Kobayashi (Springer-Verlag, 1998).
The book also includes an introduction to Bergman theory and basic concepts in several complex variables. The appendix of Krantz's book includes a proof that the curvature defined in chapter 2 in the context of complex domains is the same as the curvature arising in Cartan's structural equations. The author connects in this chapter his presentation to the standard differential geometry background, as it is presented for example in Elementary Differential Geometry, by B. O'Neill, (Academic Press, 1966). The reader also finds topics of current research interest: "While it is still believed that a biholomorphic mapping of any two smoothly bounded domains must extend smoothly to their respective boundaries, we are far from being able to prove this assertion" (p. 187). Furthermore, in the Epilogue, it is shown that "very little is known about explicitly calculating and estimating the differential invariants described in the present monograph. It is hoped that this book will spark some new interest into these matters" (p.189).
Throughout the book, the author avoids unnecessary abstract approaches, technicalities, formalisms and calculations. As a geometer, I found one of Krantz's viewpoints particularly interesting; he writes that "the techniques of geometry have not proliferated as much as they might have because of the complexity of language" (p.29). Thus, in his presentation he tries to eliminate the technicalities that obscure the ideas, both geometric and analytic. The lucid and highly readable presentation is a result of this educational principle, most clearly described perhaps in this paragraph (p.29): "The best way to learn new mathematics is in the context of what is already familiar. In the milieu of one complex variable, the notions of Riemannian metric, of geodesic, and of curvature become rather simple. The standard geometric device of tensors and bundles is not necessary. The result is that one can learn the flavor and some of the methodology of differential geometry without being encumbered by its notation and machinery." We can see how this principle works in writing by reading the proof of K. T. Hahn's theorem, where Krantz chooses the most useful (and visually effective) viewpoint (p. 157): "We will use the language of geodesics. Going by the book, a geodesic is defined by a differential equation. For our purposes here, we may think of a geodesic as a locally length-minimizing curve."
As I started to read this book, my first reaction was to think that for anyone who later will do research on in Kobayashi hyperbolic manifolds, this is probably the best introduction ever written. But Krantz's potential audience is much wider; his approach is just right for a book at the introductory level. The result is not only a comprehensive overview of the area itself, but also a very informative and inspiring monograph.
Bogdan D. Suceavă (firstname.lastname@example.com) has been assistant professor at California State University at Fullerton since 2002. He received his master's degree from University of Bucharest, in Romania (in 1995) and his Ph.D. from Michigan State University (in 2002), with a thesis entitled New Riemannian and Kaehlerian curvature invariants and strongly minimal submanifolds. His research area is differential geometry, especially the geometry of submanifolds.


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Loynds UK candy drop rolling machine for the forming & production of hard candy drops and various shaped sweets for the smaller manufacturer or for the laboratory. The machine will produce either solid 1 colour candies or a 2 colour layered candy ( 1 colour on top of the other) The machine can either be bench mounted or mounted on its own stand with castors for easy maneuverability. Machine consists of 2 solid brass forming rollers which are engraved with the shape of the sweet. A ribbon of candy is put between the rollers and a sheet of candy is formed into the shapes engraved into the rollers.
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Downloaded last night & played about 2 hours. It looks pretty dam good, sure it's not perfect. like zombies animations poking through walls once in a while. While climbing a ladder, the other character followed me up & climbed right through me. LOL Stuff like that. But I like it. It's a little hectic with the controls until you get used to it. (I hope) The D-pad functions, what buttons mean what, etc... The driving/cars is very smooth imo. That part works very well. One weird thing (or maybe I was mistaken) I switched characters, but after a mission, the voice was the other guy.
So far while it is sandbox, it seems pretty straight forward. You get a "mission/missions" and you carry them out.
Back to the buttons. In one situation I panicked and accidentally threw a pack of firecrackers at my feet WHILE I was fighting 2 zombies. I have ZERO idea how I threw them out. Next thing I knew I was fighting off several zombies at once. So I have to get that down to a science because don't what that happening again.
As far as game play, you have to learn as you go I guess. I have questions that need to be answered (for my own sanity) Like I know autos can get smashed up & not usable, but do they run out of gas? Are all the autos the "same" in terms of strength/armor. In other words would a small little coupe be just as strong as a truck? Does running over zombies wear on the car? Which goes to my strength question. You can switch between characters that are your "friend". You meet many other survivors, but not all are your "friend" How do you make them your friend? Do missions that you mess up / don't complete. Do they come back? Like there is 2 missions to do, and one I was too late, will it reset again? Another odd or confusing thing, you have a backpack that can carry x amount of stuff. But on one mission to get supplies, the item opened up to a huge duffel type pack that my character replaced on his back. (it made me slower) but I still had room for x amount of spaces in my smaller pack. You would think the large pack would replace the smaller one.
There's a lot going on in the game too. In terms of what to keep track of. The journal/inventory/survivors looks exhausting at first. When looking through the journal, there are so many things to look at. So there's a lot to do & search for etc. I overall like it. Not bad for $20.
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William Simmons will spend the better part of the next 8 years behind bars for manslaughter in the 1996 death of Ruch teen Kaelin Glazier. He's already served nearly two years.
It was an emotional scene inside the Jackson County Courthouse.
"I have chosen because of my personal religious beliefs to forgive Bill."
Kim Waller's daughter, Kaelin Glazier, went missing in 1996, her body not found until 2008... across the street from William Simmons former home.
Last month a jury of his peers convicted Simmons of manslaughter in Glazier's death.
"I don't want you to bear with this burden but I do want you to get right with God."
After Waller's powerful speech, Judge Benjamin Bloom handed down the sentence... surprising no one.
"You will be sentenced under Measure-11 to the mandatory sentence of 120 months with the Oregon Department of Corrections."
Quick on thier feet, Simmons defense team formally introduced a motion they've been talking about for a month... requesting a new trial based on testimony from a witness who just recently came forward.
"We received an email from Ms. Serena Beach, she had had conversations with Mr. Robert Glazier. "
Robert Glazier, though not Kaelin's biological father, was married to Kim Waller when Kaelin was born.
The defense says Ms. Beach heard something interesting from Robert Glazier - before Kaelin's body was discovered.
"The gist of it is he was with Kaelin when she came into the world and he was with her when she went out of this world."
Prosecutors have 30 days to respond to the motion of a new trial... and declined our request for for comment, meanwhile the defense team is confident.
"It should be granted, based upon the fact that this is evidence that would change the trial strategy completely."
Waller, surrounded by her loved ones didn't want to speculate on the potential of a new trial... saying she just wants to finally give her daughter a proper burial.
"My only hope is that the community be kept safe and that some horrible tragedy like this does not happen again."
While this new trial motion is being reviewed Simmons will stay where he's been for nearly 2 years, in Jackson County Jail... that's also where he celebrated his 32nd birthday yesterday.