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Spoiler:- Game Teams:
I have a pretty good reputation on these forums... Well i mean I could...
Black 2(8/8 badges): emboar, Vaporeon, roserade, Lucario,fraxure, Magnezone
Leafgreen team: Charizard, Pidgeot, Vaporeon, Zapdos, Mewtwo, Dragonite
Soulsilver team: Feraligatr, Togekiss, Lugia, Mewtwo, Espeon, Dragonite.
Black team: Serperior, Excadrill, Chandelure, Volcarona, Heracross, Tyranitar
Emerald team: blaziken, azumarill, cacturne, delcatty, altaria, salemence, rayquaza
In progress: Diamond (8/8 badges)
I know this is a pretty ballsy thing to say, but I think Oshawott is going with Ash to the next region. Yeah, yeah, I know it's hard to believe because its never been done before but Oshawott is very popular, Gen IV advertisement or not. I wouldn't mind him going with Ash to the next region since he certainly hasn't hit his prime yet, I could totally see him pulling an Aipom.
Id choose you. In a hundred lifetimes,
in a hundred worlds, in any version of reality,
Id find you and Id C H O O S E Y O U!
- Ash pulls a "Johto" and slowly replaces Pokemon
- Oshawott actually does something during the saga and isn't treated only as a comic relief
But I honestly find that unlikely. Otherwise, by that logic, we would still be stuck with Piplup (and we all know how popular he was and still is).
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HOWEVER, if they don't do Dragon, then I definitely want to see Spectreon.. The Ghost-type, and give it an incredible ability such as Illusion. Zoroark shouldn't be the only one to have that ability, and a Ghost-type Eevee would be the perfect candidate to take it. I could see it having the same spread as Flareon/Leafeon, but with good moves and typing..
Spectreon: The Ghost Eevee
- Ability: Illusion/WonderGuard <- Lolz!
Att: 130/110
Def: 65
SpAtt: 60
SpDef: 65
Speed: 110/130
The first real physical sweeper of the Eeveelutions. Flareon has the Attack stat for it, but lacklustre 65 speed and a SpDef stat it doesn't need with that typing, well, it made it pretty okay in GenI, but that's history (like offensive Chansey). Leafeon is good as a physical fighter and wall and has the 95 speed stat, which makes it good, but not the physical Jolteon that the group is lacking.
Longstory short:
- Ghost Type Eevee
- Physical Jolteon aka Hit fast and hard.
- Plot twist: SpDef95 switches to HP95 and gives some buffness to the ghost.
And that's if the type won't be Dragon.. xD
Answer to all the bad things in the world: Give up on trying to make everything better. Hence, accepting it for what it is. YOLO! <- Click the link and daw.. -.-
Spectreon would suffer from flareon movepool syndrome lol. I mean the only physical ghost moves it could conceivably learn are shadow sneak and shadow claw.
Ash went to Johto with:
- Pika
- Bulba
- Squirtle
- Charizard
- Caught Heracross
- Caught Chikorita
---- Falkner: Pika, Bulba, Squirtle, Charizard, Heracross, Chikorita
- Left Charizard in the Valley
- Caught Cyndaquill
---- Bugsy: Pika, Bulba, Squirtle, Heracross, Chikorita, Cyndaquill
- Sends Heracross to Oak
- Left Squirtle with Jenny
- Caught Totodile
- Caught Noctowl
---- Whitney: Pika, Bulba, Chikorita, Cyndaquill, Totodile, Noctowl
- Caught Beedrill, but releases as well
---- Morty: Pika, Bulba, Chikorita, Cyndaquill, Totodile, Noctowl
---- Chuck: Pika, Bulba, Bayleef, Cyndaquill, Totodile, Noctowl
---- Jasmine: Pika, Bulba, Bayleef, Cyndaquill, Totodile, Noctowl
- Sends Bulbasaur to Oak
- Ash hatches Phanpy
---- Pryce: Pika, Bayleef, Cynda, Toto, Noctowl, Phanpy
---- Claire: Pika, Bayleef, Cynda, Toto, Noctowl, Phanpy, - Snorlax, Charizard.
Shadow Claw, Shadow Sneak, WoW, Something coverage'ish... Fighting-type move or whatnot..
Answer to all the bad things in the world: Give up on trying to make everything better. Hence, accepting it for what it is. YOLO! <- Click the link and daw.. -.-
Anyway, if there is something that BW taught us is that we're in unpredictable territories. So... anything can happen.
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The Kanto starters were treated as gods because they starred in the Johto league over the actual Johto team, and were then used against Brandon who was Ash's biggest challenge to date at the time. Not to mention Charizard itself gets constant comebacks against powerful pokemon.
It wasn't until Sceptile and Infernape became fully evolved that Ash's Kanto pokemon stopped being viewed as the best.
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Squirtle´s biggest League win was against Electabuzz and Quilava in Johto, that Nidorino match hardly counts


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The Artisan Soda Workshop – Literary Monday
Long live soda! Or, maybe I should say long live elixirs, potions and concoctions. Long before Coca Cola and Pepsi ruled the "soda scene", there were local pharmacists, soda jerks and soda fountains that were slinging their wares. And, many people acted as their own alchemists at home brewing up concoctions. Whether knowingly or unknowingly, Andrew Lynn in the The Artisan Soda Workshop harkens back to these days. Ms. Lynn does a terrific job of providing a number of recipes that you can use or adapt to make your own "soda". I use "soda" loosely as a number of these recipes result in drinks that many would not consider "soda" on their own, yet alone with some well place boozey additions.

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Video: Notre Dame stands by Manti Te'o on dead girlfriend hoax
ATLANTA -- So what exactly is "catfishing?" In their defense of standout linebacker Manti Te'o, Notre Dame said they'd done their own investigation, and he was a victim of a hoax involving his supposed deceased girlfriend.
The media narrative following Te'o throughout the 2012 season revolved around his triumph over personal tragedy. He supposedly lost his girlfriend and his grandmother on the same day, and then performed magnificently on the field shortly afterward.
Then the sports website Deadspin.com broke the story that Te'o's girlfriend never existed. Denying he was a part of it, Te'o admitted he had never personally met the woman.
In a spirited defense of Te'o, Notre Dame called invoked the 2010 documentary "Catfish." They said many people are falling victim to "Catfishing."
"It follows the exact arc of this, and it's perpetrated with shocking frequency," said Notre Dame Athletic Director Jack Swarbrick. "An initial casual engagement, a developing relationship, a subsequent trauma, and then a death."
He said Te'o was the perfect victim, because he is honorable and trustworthy.
So where did it start?
"The movie "Catfish" is about a guy who thinks he's met the perfect woman on Facebook. She talks to him, sends him pictures, even sends him paintings in the mail supposedly done by her little sister. But then, spoiler alert, he decides to surprise her. He meets her, and finds out she's actually a middle aged woman, a pathological liar with an active imagination.
Atlanta dating coach Karla Moore said she hasn't seen a client duped that badly, but she says she's seen people let their guard down online--especially when they're as busy as Te'o. She thinks it's possible he was a victim.
"I think quite frankly football was his life, and the experience he had nurturing his social life was probably marginal," said Moore of NineGPS.com. "And when he encountered a woman online that kind of tickled his fancy, I'm sure she was able to communicate to him in a way that drew him in."
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(USA TODAY) -- To tell the story of Manti Te'o, Notre Dame's star linebacker, one must discuss his inspirational play in this September's win over Michigan State. Just days after the death of his grandmother and his girlfriend, Te'o racked up 12 tackles and recovered a fumble in a 20-3 victory over the Spartans. The following Saturday, after Kekua's funeral, Te'o made two interceptions in a 13-6 victory over Michigan.
In articles in Sports Illustrated and the South Bend Tribune and in interviews on ESPN, Te'o would recount how his girlfriend, Lennay Kekua, requested that he send white flowers to her funeral. Te'o said that the last words he shared with Kekua were "I love you."
It was a beautiful story, one that publicized Te'o's off-field back story in time to heat up his Heisman Trophy campaign. The story grew over the next three months, including a three-minute piece on CBS This Morning on the day of the BCS championship game on Jan. 7.
The story was also entirely false, according to an article by Deadspin.com. According to Deadspin, not only did Te'o's girlfriend not die in the days leading up the Michigan State game, she didn't exist at all.
In what Deadspin is describing as an elaborate hoax, Kekua was an online persona created by Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, a friend of Te'o's and a pastor at a church in Palmdale, Calif. Says the Deadspin article:
"We spoke with friends and relatives of Ronaiah Tuiasosopo who asserted that Ronaiah was the man behind Lennay. He created Lennay in 2008, one source said, and Te'o wasn't the first person to have an online 'relationship' with her. One mark - who had been 'introduced' to Lennay by Tuiasosopo - lasted about a month before family members grew suspicious that Lennay could never be found on the telephone, and that wherever one expected Lennay to be, Ronaiah was there instead. Two sources discounted Ronaiah's stunt as a prank that only metastasized because of Te'o's rise to national celebrity this past season."
Deadspin traces back the first national mention of Kekua to an article in the Nov. 28, 2009 edition of the South Bend Tribune, which said that the two met after Stanford's 45-38 victory over the Irish. Kekua was reportedly a student at Stanford; Deadspin writes that Stanford has no record of anyone by that name attending the university.
The article quotes a friend of Tuiasosopo's as saying he was "80 percent sure" that Te'o was "in on it," and that "the two perpetrated Lennay Kekua's death with publicity in mind."
"Mostly, though," the articles continues, "the friend simply couldn't believe that Te'o would be stupid enough - or Ronaiah Tuiasosopo clever enough - to sustain the relationship for nearly a year."
Te'o's agent's office had no comment. In a statement, Notre Dame said that the coaching staff was first informed on Dec. 26 of what the university calls a "sad and very cruel deception to entertain its perpetrators."
"On Dec. 26, Notre Dame coaches were informed by Manti Te'o and his parents that Manti had been the victim of what appears to be a hoax in which someone using the fictitious name Lennay Kekua apparently ingratiated herself with Manti and then conspired with others to lead him to believe she had tragically died of leukemia," read the statement.
"The University immediately initiated an investigation to assist Manti and his family in discovering the motive for and nature of this hoax. While the proper authorities will continue to investigate this troubling matter, this appears to be, at a minimum, a sad and very cruel deception to entertain its perpetrators."


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Saturday lineup vs. Colorado – 3:10 start
Today's game starts at 3:10 p.m.. Come out early as the '85 Cardinals and '85 Royals will face off in a softball game at 1:00 p.m.
One note on Jose Guillen's home runs from last night…he is the first player in franchise history to have two multi-homer games at home before Memorial Day. (Courtesy of Elias Sports Bureau).
Here's the lineup: (Podsednik – LF), (Aviles – 2B), (DeJesus – RF), (Butler – 1B), (Guillen – DH), (Callaspo – 3B), (Betancourt – SS), (Bloomquist – CF), (Kendall – C), (Davies – P)


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Santa Maria, CA (Sports Network) - Neil Reed, the Indiana basketball player
caught on tape being choked by head coach Bobby Knight in 1997, died on
Thursday of a massive heart attack. He was 36.
The Santa Maria Times reported Reed, who coached boys basketball and both boys
and girls golf at Pioneer Valley High School, passed away. The newspaper
reports Reed had trouble breathing early in the morning and was taken to an
area hospital where he went into cardiac arrest, but he could not be revived.
Reed claimed in 1997 that Knight choked him during a practice. Video of the
practice surfaced three years later, and the Hall of Fame coach was put on a
zero-tolerance policy by university president Dr. Myles Brand.
In September of 2000, an Indiana student accused Knight of grabbing his arm,
and Knight was fired shortly thereafter.
After his altercation with Knight, Reed transferred to Southern Mississippi
and played there for the 1998-99 season.
"The shock of the passing of Neil Reed and the sadness we feel for his wife,
two daughters and entire family is overwhelming. Tragic news," current Indiana
basketball coach Tom Crean said via Twitter. "Neil was building a career in
coaching and had even sent me his coaching philosophy book a few years back to
proof. Pray for his family."
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Columbia, SC (WLTX) - There have been times when Airport's Julisa Muldrow didn't feel like playing basketball anymore. Fortunately, her mom wouldn't let her quit.
"She's the reason why I play," said Muldrow. "There have been times I didn't want to play anymore, but she pushed me through it. She's all I got."
Eagles head coach Trey Wallace is the beneficiary of Muldrow's continued desire to play, and boy is he thankful. "She's one of the hardest working players I've ever had in my entire career," said a beaming Wallce. "If I had 12 players like her every year, we'd be in good shape.
That's quite a compliment coming from a man who's been with the Eagles 17 years. "When I'm on the court, I'm in the zone. Nothing else matters," said Muldrow. "This is my senior year, so I want to go out with a bang.
Muldrow explodes in the classroom too with a 4.0 GPA. "I've always worked hard on my grades, even before basketball," said Muldrow.
An avid reader, she also loves science and is a self-proclaimed math geek. She's also News 19's Player of the Week.
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Kettering University student speaks at ACCESS ceremony
Steven Shaker was a featured speaker at the 42nd annual ACCESS Dinner in Detroit April 27.
|Steven Shaker (right) with parents Scott and Holly Shaker. Photo courtesy of ACCESS.
Kettering University senior Steven Shaker was a featured speaker at the 42nd annual ACCESS Dinner in Detroit April 27.
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Several government leaders in Michigan spoke at the event, including Sen. Carl Levin, Gov. Rick Snyder in a recorded message, and Dearborn Mayor John B. Reilly. Two prominent Arab-Americans were honored at the event as Arab-Americans of the Year -- journalist Diane Rehm and surgeon Dr. Marwan Abouljoud. ACCESS is the largest Arab-American services non-profit organization in the United States.
Shaker, an Electrical Engineering major from Grand Blanc, spoke to more than 2,000 people in attendance as one of the recipients of the Russell J. Ebeid Scholarship. The scholarship was established by Ebeid, a 1962 graduate, as part of his endowment to the Community Foundation of Southeast Michigan. Many of the grants from the Ebeid Family Fund are to provide scholarships for Arab-Americans to attend Kettering University.
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(WUSA9) -- Science is now confirming something that generations of husbands and wives have already known- women tend to do most of the talking. A study by the University of Maryland's College of Medicine found that on average, women speak about 20,000 words per day. Compare that to the average man, who speaks only 7,000 words per day.
The nearly 3:1 ratio may sound suprisingly high, but Lois Finkelstein, a family lawyer in Chevy Chase, says "women are talking to each other, and they might be talking to their spouse, and the spouse isn't listening".
In her law practice, Finkelstein notices that her female clients are more willing to talk about their feelings, but men tend to keep it more professional. They will talk more openly in negotiations and in business matters, she says, but women are also comfortable talking about their feelings.
The University of Maryland study found that a protein in the brain called FOXP2 is responsible for our desire to speak. The research was conducted with elementary-school age children. The girls in the study had 40% more of the FOXP2 protein in their brains than the boys, which means that it's possible that females are hard-wired genetically to be bigger talkers.


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Volunteers get creative for school arts
ESCONDIDO Fifth-graders can be a pretty dramatic bunch. But on the last Friday in January, the drama among 10- and 11-year-olds at L.R. Green Elementary was all in the name of art.
Drama instructor Lenka Juric led about 120 students in breathing techniques, posture, and voice tones as the first class began for "sm{ART} Fridays," a new volunteer arts education program.
"They were willing and attentive. They were hungry for it, and I was willing to serve it up for them," said Juric, executive artistic director for youth theater group Arts Off Broadway.
Over the next eight weeks, Juric will help the students develop skills to dance, sing a song, perform a monologue, or recite an original poem in front of their classmates and during a city arts festival.
At L.R. Green and six other Escondido elementary and middle schools, about two dozen professional artists like Juric have committed to teaching visual and performing arts over the next two months for sm{ART} Fridays. The program — with an accompanying citywide "sm{ART} Festival" on April 13 in Grape Day Park — is the result of nearly three years of planning by the Escondido Alliance for Arts Education.
The alliance is among the volunteer or nonprofit programs that are supplementing arts education in public schools, including Oceanside and Encinitas, as districts juggle budget cuts and pressure to raise test scores.
Officials in Escondido's K-8 district have placed a high value on the arts. But when parents and artists have felt it wasn't enough, they have stepped up with such programs as Reidy Creek Elementary's FAVE, Fine Arts Volunteer Educators; Bernardo Elementary's "Art Docents"; and outreach and community programs at the California Center for the Arts, Escondido.
"There is overwhelming data … that clearly demonstrates the strong correlation between participation in meaningful arts education and a student's overall success in school and actually, oftentimes, in life," said Linda Woods, a longtime Escondido Union School District trustee.
The Escondido alliance started as a group of volunteers, educators, parents and artists who joined to find a way to increase arts education, particularly in lower-income schools.
"Twenty years ago, every school in Escondido had an art docent program," alliance coordinator Cathy Hamilton said. "Now … our more affluent schools are the only ones that are able to keep that going, and that's through their PTAs, an abundance of volunteers, (and) parents who have time."
Volunteer-led art programs struggled to continue at many lower-income schools, Hamilton said.
The Escondido alliance launched in April 2010 under the guidance of the California Alliance for Arts Education, a statewide organization that advocates for "quality arts education" for all students in K-12 public schools. In the Escondido group's early stages, its objective was to identify strengths and find the best way to improve weaknesses in the arts education, Hamilton said.
"There is no (public) money," Hamilton said. "You can't just go to school board meetings and complain about what they don't have. You have to come up with a solution."
The alliance's work evolved into the sm{ART} Fridays program, which was in full swing Friday, the official start date. Professional artists were scheduled to teach watercolors to first-graders at Orange Glen Elementary and pottery to middle-schoolers at Nicolaysen Community Day School. Anita Roberts' Juniper kindergartners were learning to layer colors and shapes in a mixed-media lesson from Escondido artist Carol Murphy. Del Dios eighth-graders already have started hip-hop dance lessons with Juric.
All of the artworks, performance and visual, created on sm{ART} Fridays will be displayed at the citywide youth arts festival. Schools not in the program are encouraged to submit works as well, Hamilton said.


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Buckley Settling In As A Cyclone
AMES, Iowa – When Jadda Buckley was making her college decision, the highly sought-after point guard knew in the end that there was only one place she wanted to call home. Now that she's in Ames and has enrolled in summer classes at Iowa State, Buckley said she knows she made the right decision.
"It's amazing here," Buckley said. "The girls are phenomenal and we have an unbelievable coaching staff. One of the best. There's just a certain comfort here that you feel when you come onto campus. I always grew up a Cyclone fan, so it's a dream come true."
The Mason City native averaged 14 points, 4.4 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 3.8 steals during her senior year of high school, en route to becoming a top-50 ranked player nationally by many publications. Despite receiving lofty recognition in high school, including being named the Des Moines Register Player of the Year in Iowa, Buckley knows how much work there is to be done to be considered the next in a long line of great guards to play for head coach Bill Fennelly.
"He is such a great coach," Buckley said. "I'm looking forward to learning from him. He has so much knowledge of the game."
Buckley has first-hand experience with the kind of players that Fennelly has produced in his time at Iowa State, as she and fellow freshman Lexi Albrecht played AAU basketball under former All-Big 12 honoree Lyndsey (Medders) Fennelly. Buckley said that her time learning from Lyndsey Fennelly was valuable in preparing for college.
"She gave me tips about what college was going to be like," Buckley said. "I asked her a lot of questions. Basketball questions, of course, but even outside of basketball, she taught me how to manage everything and she was really great about giving advice."
Lyndsey Fennelly's advice has already come in handy, as Buckley is balancing two summer classes with basketball workouts on the side. She and her fellow freshmen are already starting to learn what it means to do things "The Iowa State Way."
"Us freshmen are just trying to learn the pace and the scheduling and the timing of everything that we have to do," Buckley said. "There have been big differences from high school that I've noticed already, but it's just all about adjusting."


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F'East Recap From Nick The RV Guy!
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Dec 7 2005 / Wednesday
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Saturday, November 19
Raleigh, North Carolina
Raleigh was our first port-of-call on this six-stop tour, which was to take place over the next 10 days. Shortly after all of the Flip and Firm riders had arrived at the hotel, it was decided that an impromptu visit to Project 58 skatepark would take place, and at round midnight, we loaded everyone up and headed over. Kindly enough, the park had agreed to stay open late for the lads, and for the next few hours, they carved out a few lines to get ready for tomorrow's demo.
Saturday, November 19 was day one of the F'east Tour, and the first demo was at the aforementioned Project 58 in Raleigh. This park is very well hidden in a strip mall, and although from the front it just looks like a regular skate shop, it is in fact quite a bit more. It's actually two stores connected, one side being a skate shop and the other a coffee shop. Behind both of these is the park itself.
We arrived just a little after the scheduled time, and there was an orderly line outside the shop consisting of those who were unable to gain access due to the exceptionally huge crowd. After some signing, the skaters managed to make it into the park, which was packed with wall-to-wall spectators and barely any room for the guys to skate.
The official viewing platform was fairly small, so the park had spackled the crowd wherever they could around the main street course area. The riders used whichever areas they could, despite the sardine-like crowd situation. Nevertheless, this horde witnessed some of the best skating ever seen here.
By about 6.00 p.m. the skating had simmered down somewhat, and the riders began signing anything and everything thrust in their faces, including but not limited to: boards, shirts, posters and more. We left the park at around 7.30 p.m. and headed back to the hotel, where most everyone ate dinner at Waffle House.
Fletch with a front blunt.
Sunday, November 20
Virginia Beach, Virginia
The following day, we left Raleigh at about 9.00 a.m. for the 200-mile journey up the coast to 17th Street Surf Shop in Virginia Beach. These guys have a number of stores in and around the area. Fortunately, we arrived about 45 minutes ahead of time, and already the crowd was surging at over 500 people.
Just a signing was scheduled today, and the parking lot in front of the store had been set up with tables, a tent and crowd control barriers to funnel the fans past the first table and down to the next, ensuring that everyone was able to meet each of the skaters, get some signatures, have a chat and in some cases, get a picture with their favorite skate celebrity.
We parked the van and the RV next to line of eager spectators, and as the pros unloaded, you could see the excitement in the faces of the crowd. The pros took their seats and instantly began signing away. There was some product tossed from the RV, and for a while there, it got pretty rough. A few spectators even managed to climb through the window into the bus.
The crowd didn't seem to dissipate much over the next few hours, but finally by about 6.00 p.m., we were ready to hit the road. After a little confusion, we headed toward the hotel. Well, at least most of us made it that far. Some decided to stop on the way and feed themselves, while the rest of us headed down to the Ramada and ate some dinner. Day two had come to an end, and I'm sure many happy kids--and in some cases even parents--went away with some great memorabilia.
Bastien and Appleyard
Monday, November 21
Frederick, Maryland
Day three saw us traveling about 250 miles north to Frederick, Maryland to an outdoor park, the only outdoor one scheduled. This signing was hosted by Pitcrew, and from what I gathered, all of the pros were looking forward to skating after taking a day off on the previous day. They were especially keen on skating an "outdoor" park.
Unfortunately, the weather forecast didn't look good, and as we traveled Northward, the drops started falling. I don't think it stopped raining all day. To make things worse, traffic around Washington DC was some of the worst I've ever witnessed, and that means a lot coming from a Southern California local like myself.
As we neared Pitcrew, reports from those who had arrived there some hours earlier were not promising. As our proposed arrival time approached, there were a few schedule changes that put a damper on the day. First off, it was decided that there could not be a demo due to the non-stop rain, and secondly, there was no way we were going to make it into the area before 6.00 p.m. We were two hours late!
The demo had by now turned into a signing at the Pitcrew store. By the time we'd arrived, we were indeed about two hours late. The rain had not stopped, but there was still a sizeable crowd waiting inside the store. Tables had been set up, and the boys got ready to sign their little hearts away. Could they last two days without skating? Due to the inclement weather, this visit had wrapped up by 9.00 p.m. and the store was reverted back to its normal floor plan.
Fortunately, the boys got hooked up by a few of the locals and we headed 50 or so miles back down the freeway into downtown Washington DC, where an underground park of sorts had been made available to skate. It's been some time since I've seen a park like this, which was pretty much put together with whatever materials the builders could scrounge up. It featured a low ceiling, little if any air conditioning and no entrance fee. This, to me, is the true spirit of skateboarding.
Not to take anything away from established parks, it's just that ramshackle, homegrown parks like this exemplify why many of us got into skateboarding in the first place. The session here lasted a few hours, and due to the location, I unfortunately couldn't leave the bus alone for too long, so I was only able to witness this special shred fest for a short time.
By the time we made it back to the hotel, it was already 3.00 a.m., and most of us were ready to hit the sack to prepare themselves for the next day's 500 mile slog to Florence, Kentucky. Tuesday was going to be a long day.
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Wednesday, November 23
Florence, Kentucky
Ollie's was the name of the next skatepark. Fortunately for us, we weren't scheduled to demo there until the day after the travel day. However, it had been arranged for us to skate the park after-hours upon our arrival. Snow had been threatening to make an appearance, but as of yet we hadn't seen any.
Another late-night session ensued at this huge park, which has to be one of the biggest ones I've seen. It even has a halfpipe and bowl behind the street course. If you ever happen to be in the Kentucky area, you need to pay this place a visit.
After the session, the first busload went back to the hotel around 2.00 a.m. with the others showing up shortly afterward, pleased that they had the opportunity to skate after having been on the road for so long.
The next morning, I awoke on the bus only to find that it had indeed started snowing. The fluffy stuff came down for quite a few hours, but fortunately didn't really affect the roads--although a few inches did settle elsewhere. The park was only three miles from the hotel, so we were pretty sure it wasn't going to cause any problems.
We turned up only slightly late for this event, arriving at about 5.30 p.m. By this time, most of the snow had melted off and the weather forecast predicted that there would more than likely not be any more for a while.
Like most of the stops on this tour, Ollie's was indoors, so weather really wasn't a factor. Even with the size of this location, the place seemed packed, although it did afford a little more room for the riders. There was so much going on between all of the riders, however, that sometimes the only way you knew a rad trick had occurred was by the roar of the crowd. Each rider had his own line and the crowd knew where and when to look.
Rune Glifberg spent a lot of his time in the halfpipe during the autograph signing session, making many attempts at some insane trick of which the name now escapes me. I'm not sure if he pulled it off in the end, but he sure came close. The night came to an end at around 11.00 p.m. and we headed off back to the hotel, where we ordered pizza. Damn! Pizza can be so good sometimes. Tonight was one of those occasions.
Friday, November 25
Chicago, Illinois
Now it was time to head to Chicago, Illinois, which was about 300 miles Northwest of out present location. In November, going North means it's going to get much colder. As we loaded ourselves off of the bus in downtown Chicago at 6.00 p.m., we could feel the wind biting through our jeans. It was that cold. The journey that day had been somewhat uneventful and everything ran on schedule.
Krush Skatepark is about 30 miles from downtown, and the demo wasn't scheduled to start until 7.00 p.m. the following day, so that meant some of us took off for a quick trip around downtown Chicago the next morning. Being that this was the day after Thanksgiving, it was fairly quiet downtown. The Sears Tower was our goal, and up we went. You could see for dozens of miles from the top of the building, which was very impressive.
Right around 4.00 p.m., it started snowing and it kept up until our departure time of 6.15 p.m. This worried us a little, but it was nothing we couldn't overcome. It was decided that an all-rider photograph would be taken before we left, so the lads had to stand out in the snow for about 15 minutes while the photo was taken. After that was all taken care of, we loaded up and took off.
Fortunately, the snow had all but disappeared about 15 miles outside of our departure location, so it was smooth sailing from there. We arrived right on time to this demo, and as usual, a good-sized crowd had already formed and the park itself was absolutely packed. We parked the bus around the rear of the building and the boys walked up the hill and into the park. Every spare platform was covered with kids, and you could tell they were eager to see their favorite pros ruin this park. They were not disappointed.
Everyone ripped this place, as the constant shouts of approval proved. It seemed every time you turned your back, one of the pros would pull off some nearly impossible trick, causing the throngs to roar. This was a hard crowd to control, as everyone kept creeping forward and reducing the skateable area, In the end, the crowd pretty much took over whichever area they chose.
This signing was not quite as organized as the others, and after a product toss, the riders just randomly signed whatever was thrown at them. Chaos was the order of the night. We left shortly after the mayhem and made our way to a restaurant around the corner, where we pigged out on Italian food before heading back to the hotel. Day five had come to an end.
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Sunday, November 27
Golden Valley, Minnesota
The following day found us back on the road, again heading even further North to Minnesota. In fact, it was another 400 miles further North, and yes, it got even colder. If we would have gone much further North, we would have been in Canada, home of Peter, who is more North than anyone you can name.
We made great time after leaving only slightly later than scheduled, and pulled into town right around 8.00 p.m. There were a few inches of slush, snow and ice lying about, and now it was no longer just cold, it was bloody freezing.
The next day saw a great improvement in the temperature, and by the time we had to leave, much of the snow and ice had melted off. Another group photo was the order of the day. This one took a bit more time to complete, however, which made us about 30 minutes late for our sixth and last demo.
The 20-minute journey completed, we pulled into the parking lot of the 3rd Lair skatepark, and before the lads made their grand entrance, I ran in and took a few photos. This park was a little short on spectator area, but they managed extremely well, and crowd control was not a problem.
The building, however, was not designed to expel the amount of condensation being created by the lungs of the huge throng, therefore the floor and obstacles were continually damp, which created a sketchy environment for all the skaters. I myself witnessed a few nasty spills, but luckily nothing too serious.
Everyone was ripping this place, especially Geoff, Mark, Tom, Javi, David G, Rodrigo and Bastien. Not to say that the others weren't having a good day, it's just that these guys really stood out on this night. The crowd, as usual, were stoked on seeing some of the best skateboarding anywhere. They were lucky to witness almost three hours of hardcore skating, as these guys pulled off some insane tricks and took it beyond anything I'd seen on the previous demos.
The usual product toss came next, featuring a gnarly 15-minute wrestle between two guys for a deck that you'll probably see on an upcoming video. It's crazy what extreme lengths some of these kids will go to for a board. The tables were set up, a somewhat orderly line took shape and the boys did their last signing.
The mayhem that was the F'east Tour had now officially come to an end. The pros hung out with some fans at the bus for a while afterward, then we headed back to the hotel for dinner. They even had to sign a shitload of posters and boards in the hotel lobby. By this time, I was really tired, so I dragged myself off to bed at midnight and the signings reportedly went on into the wee hours. The next day, everyone went their separate ways.
Thanks to: Everyone at Flip and the Firm who worked so hard making this tour happen, all of the skate shops for having us, everyone who took the photos in this article, and especially all you fans for showing up. See you next time.--Nick Umbenhower


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Thompson averaged 26.0 points and 5.5 rebounds per game in the Cardinal's 1-1 week against then-No. 1 Connecticut and then-No. 10 Texas. She scored 24 in Stanford's 88-86 overtime victory over the Huskies last Monday, ending UConn's 47-game winning streak, and backed that up with career highs in both points (28) and rebounds (7) in the Cardinal's overtime loss to the Longhorns on Thursday, 87-81.
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A Prince George's County fire spokesman says the man died Sunday afternoon. The man, whose identity was not immediately released, was pulled from his home in the 5100 block of Boulder Drive around 5:30 a.m. Sunday. He was taken to the hospital with burns and smoke inhalation injuries.
The man's wife was also taken to the hospital with symptoms of smoke inhalation. Officials say she is in fair condition.
Thirteen people were moved to temporary housing in Chillum.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (WUSA) --The nation's largest Muslim civil liberties group is answering back with its own message after anti-Muslim ads went up at four metro stations.
A federal judge ruled that no one could stop the signs from going up because of freedom of speech. It's similar to what happened in New York City.
Some people have already defaced those anti-Muslim signs that equate Muslim radicals with savages. The signs reads:
"In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel. Defeat Jihad."
The Council on American-Islamic Relations or CAIR is putting up three 16 foot banners at Metro station to counter the anti-Muslim ads. They're going up next Tuesday at Glenmont, Georgia Avenue and U Street Metro stops.
Nihad Awad is the CAIR Executive Director: "we take these hate messages very seriously and they need to be countered through collective American efforts to reject Islamic phobia and hate mongering and celebrate the forgiveness, free speech but also civil speech."
The CAIR signs read: "Show forgiveness, speak for justice and avoid the ignorant." It's a passage straight from the Koran.
Jonathan Thesley says, "That's humble, it shows humility and does not lash out. That's appropriate."
CAIR says the ads are hurtful and create a climate of fear during a time when mosques are being targeted, shot at, burned and vandalized.
Diane Tepfer was inspired on her train ride into making her own sign that reads 'all human beings are created in the image of God.'
"I had to counteract this however I could. U street is my home."
CAIR says it has the backing from nearly 130 organizations from all religions.
CAIR purchased three ad spaces for $5400. The signs will be up for four weeks.
Metro contracts another company to sell the ad space. The CAIR signs will not be next to the hate signs but will be at three of the four stations where the anti-Muslim signs have been erected.


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The Royals have agreed to terms with right-handed pitcher Kyle Davies on a one-year contract for 2011, avoiding arbitration. Consistent with club policy, terms of the contract were not disclosed. The deal leaves first baseman Billy Butler as the Royals only unsigned arbitration-eligible player.
Davies, 27, was 8-12 with a 5.34 ERA in a career-high 32 starts for the Royals in 2010. The right-hander, acquired from the Atlanta Braves on July 31, 2007, is 42-56 with a 5.49 ERA in 138 career Major League games (131 starts), including a 28-35 record with a 5.15 ERA in 86 starts for Kansas City.


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FREDERICK, Md. (WUSA9) -- A man died in an accident on I-70 eastbound in Maryland on Monday night after the tractor trailer he was in rolled off the road.
According to Maryland State Police, at approximately 10:49 p.m., troopers responded to a single vehicle collision on I-70 eastbound east of Monument Rd. They found that a 2009 Peterbilt truck tractor pulling a flatbed trailer was traveling eastbound. Forty-four-year-old Raymond Kulkowski of Russelton, Pa. lost control of the vehicle and went off the roadway.
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Hey, did you hear that Newt Gingrich pulled off an upset victory in South Carolina over the weekend? Of course you did; you're CityBeat readers, so you're all well read. But any rational observer must wonder if Republicans truly think Newt can win in a general election, where there are actual moderates and progressives voting.
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I have been reading through all the posts about active/stand-by zimbra setups... looking to setup a warm redundancy server for our zimbra setup at a co-lo.
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Looks like an Ibex to me.
One of my rancher clients in the Gila (NM) sent me this picture from his game camera at one of his drinkers and asked if I knew what it was. There isn't an exotic game ranch anywhere close to his place. Nearest I could come up with is a Persian Ibex (they were released by Game and Fish in NM down on the border years ago), but I've never heard of them anywhere close to that far north. Sorry, the picture is kind of granular as I had to zoom in a little.
Looks like an Ibex to me.
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A BIG super spike deer! haha. It has to be an ibex
-NRA Life Member
Or maybe a large winged bird in flight
thats crazy, looks out of place, no? deff an ibex but would look much better if were a huge elk
that's what i'm talkin bout!!!!
Ah the mystic flight of the arrow.... Now that I look at it it does look like a hawk or something like that on a up wing beat when you blow it up. It doesnt make sense cause if you look hard enough you can see the trunk of a tree right where you think the head is, and what looks like ears I believe is the tail. Just my take
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Jenkins: Del Mar gun shows will draw fire
Will 2013 be the year when the Del Mar Fairgrounds finally bans gun shows?
The hard business head says: Nope, never.
The bleeding liberal heart says: Hmmm, maybe.
Let's start by ticking off the arguments in favor of firearms remaining for sale where the surf meets the Glocks.
• After scores of shows over decades, the record is defensible: Del Mar's gun shows are, by and large, law-abiding bazaars with an upbeat vibe. Of course, the record isn't spotless. In the '90s, a trio of suspected gunrunners tied to mass murders in Baja allegedly met at the fairgrounds. More than 800 pounds of gunpowder were seized in 1998. On one occasion, a dealer brought in an illegal assault rifle and was cited.
Bottom line: Some seedy bars, or street corners, probably pose larger headaches for law enforcement.
• Loosely regulated gun shows in other states are in bad odor following the Newtown massacre. But the Del Mar shows — for the last 21 years they've been managed by Crossroads of the West — enforce the same regulations as regular California gun shops. No gun-show "loophole" here.
Bottom line: The stereotype of lawless sales to crazies and criminals won't hunt in Del Mar.
• Gun shows have a legal right to sell wares on state-owned property. Buttressing that right to free commerce is the fact that gun shows educate the public about gun safety and laws. In that sense, shows are assemblies with protected rights of free speech.
Bottom line: So what if liberal Pinot Grigio sippers have a problem with guns? A lot of people don't like cats, but that doesn't mean you boot the puss fanciers.
• Money's money. The gun shows are a regular crash crop for the 22nd District Agricultural Association. Five times a year, they bear green fruit in the tens of thousands of dollars.
Bottom line: The bottom line.
So that's the basic case for the shows to go on and on. Now let's give the other side its best shots.
In 1992, former Del Mar Mayor Dick Roe was running for Congress and actively campaigning against the gun shows. As a Green candidate (who would lose big to Randall Harold Cunningham), Roe stressed the hypocrisy of buying back guns with tax dollars while allowing gun exchanges to operate on state property. (Roe, who spearheaded a Del Mar smoking ban way back in 1987, had a knack for being ahead of the curve.)
In the wake of the 1999 Columbine massacre, the San Diego Union-Tribune pronounced itself "troubled" by the shows. "We urge the Legislature to consider a statewide ban on the sale of firearms on state-controlled property," an editorial concluded.
A year later, Del Mar activist Bud Emerson stepped up to urge the fairground board to turn its back on guns shows. At that time, about 20 counties and cities around the state were trying to win divorces from the gun trade, separations ultimately upheld by the state Supreme Court.
As Emerson said during this period, gun shows can be viewed in the same lurid light as porn.
Citizens have as much right to like, collect and privately trade in legal erotica as they have to like, collect and trade in legal guns.
Some of us may not admire the hobbies — we might find them creepy — but, hey, that's life in a democracy that prizes personal freedom.
It's unlikely, however, that the fairgrounds would rent space to an adult expo five times a year. Imagine the outcry as "marital aids" right out of "Fifty Shades of Gray" are hawked from booths. For added spice, throw in stars of the sex trade lecturing about the First Amendment right to bare arms — and everything else.


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By Ben Klayman
WARREN Mich. (Reuters) – General Motors Co suffered from "incompetence and neglect" in dealing with a long-running ignition-switch defect in vehicles linked to at least 13 deaths, CEO Mary Barra said on Thursday, as she announced the creation of a fund to compensate victims.
Barra said 15 employees found to have "acted inappropriately" have been fired. She did not name individuals.
Speaking at the company's technical center in Warren, Michigan, Barra addressed an estimated crowd of nearly 1,000 employees as the largest U.S. automaker unveiled the findings of an internal investigation into why it took more than a decade to finally recall vehicles with the safety defect.
While Barra noted a pattern of "incompetence and neglect" that she blamed on "individuals" who failed to "disclose critical pieces of information" about the ignition switches, she added that there was "no conspiracy by the corporation to cover up facts."
Furthermore, Barra said the internal investigation "found no evidence that any employee made a trade-off between safety and cost" in failing to deal with the safety problem.
With the release of GM's internal investigation, Congress is expected to announce a new round of hearings soon. In coming weeks, the company also might address whether it will establish a mechanism for compensating victims and their families.
But the internal probe found senior executives were not to blame for a delayed vehicle recall involving the defective ignition switches, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday.
Barra, who has been CEO for only a few months, began her remarks with a message to victims' families. She gave her "deepest sympathies to the families that lost loved ones and to those who were injured. I realize there are no words of mine that can ease their grief or their pain."
Her remarks were broadcast to GM's 220,000 workers globally.
The source confirmed that the report concluded that Barra, executives who reported directly to her, the board of directors and former CEO Dan Akerson did not know about the defective switches before December.
It also found that GM's general counsel, Michael Millikin, was not responsible for the mishandling of defects and the recall delay, the source said. Millikin, who led the internal probe with former U.S. prosecutor Anton Valukas, is expected to continue working at GM.
The move to spare top executives from blame drew some sharp criticism.
"How do you truly fix a culture of carelessness and cover-up without cutting the head off the snake?" said Robert Hilliard, a lawyer for a plaintiff in a lawsuit against GM related to the ignition switch defect.
(Additional reporting by Paul Lienert in Detroit and Marilyn Thompson in Washington; Writing by Susan Heavey and Richard Cowan; editing by Lisa Von Ahn and Matthew Lewis)


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Ports of LA/Long Beach update Clean Air Action plan
November 22, 2010
In a unique regional act of cooperation, harbor commissioners from Los Angeles and Long Beach came together for a special joint session yesterday, approving a new version of the San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP).
The 2010 CAAP Update builds upon the successes of the original which since being enacted in 2006 has initiated a wide range of air pollution-reducing measures for the vessels, trains, trucks, and other heavy machinery used to move approximately $300 billion worth of freight through the port complex each year.
The 2010 CAAP Update is part of the original pledge to ensure that the CAAP is a "living document" which will be adapted as needed to add new pollution-control measures. The 2010 CAAP Update sets even more aggressive goals for reducing air pollution and health risks from port operations.
According to Cindy Miscikowski, president of the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners, the two ports are making the move at while they "modernize and redevelop facilities to accommodate business and job growth."
The announcement comes at a time, however, when port stakeholders are questioning the zealotry of "green" factions who may be harming the competitive advantage West Coast ocean cargo gateways had for many years.
"The environmental process for California's ports already is an exhaustive list of alphabet soup," said T.L. Garrett, vice president, Pacific Merchant Shipping Association.
"CEQA, NEPA, EIR, EIS, HRA, CAA, CWA, EPA, CARB, DTST, NPDES, just to scratch the surface," he added. "The result of this ever-increasing list has been environmental documents that used to be a few hundred pages are now thousands of pages - and project evaluations that used to take one-to-two years now seem to go on indefinitely."
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text: The battle to make Wikipedia more welcoming Culture 10 January 11 Flickr CC: Enokson Olivia Solon Deputy Editor, Wired.co.uk Follow @Olivia_Solon One of Wikipedia's main challenges is broadening its base of contributors. Although there is no shortage of people who want to contribute, many are put off by the less-than-welcoming reception they get as a newbie. A new campaign hopes to address this, says Sue Gardner, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation, speaking to Wired.co.uk. The average Wikipedian on the English Wikipedia is a young (late twenties) male (88 percent), technically inclined, formally-educated and from the Northern Hemisphere. Because of this, the encyclopaedia's areas of interest skew towards computer science, astronomy and popular culture as opposed to agricultural science, medieval art or historical linguistics.In a bid to address this and widen the contributor base to make it more representative of the global population, Wikipedia is about to launch a campaign around hand-holding newbies through their first 100 edits. This is partly about improving the usability of the site, but a bigger hurdle is ensuring that the existing editing community is more welcoming to new editors.Sue Gardner, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation, told Wired.co.uk: "Wikipedians still have a lot of sensitivity to clueless newbies who come online and make mistakes. There is a lot of talk of 'endless September' [a Usenet term coined by Dave Fischer to describe the yearly influx of students getting their first email addresses when the internet was new] and when I first came to Wikimedia there was a lot of resistance to the idea of recruiting new editors."Wikipedians want Wikipedia to be high quality so they are nervous about letting people in who didn't understand the values, the editorial processes. There was not a good understanding of the value of new people and what they could bring."Mystery editors Following two years of internal conversations things are beginning to shift. A key development occurred when experienced Wikipedians conducted experiments posing as anonymous contributors to see how their edits were received. They discovered they were getting reverted or deleted even if they were to the same quality as their named contributions, with insufficient energy going towards explaining why."I think we now understand the problem, but it remains to be determined how well we can do in terms of hand-holding through the crucial first 100 edits," says Gardner.They plan to adjust the interface to make it more welcoming, with more congratulatory messaging. Unlike many other user-generated sites, Wikipedia has avoided constantly reaching out to users via email. However, some relevant updates such as "X has made changes to an article you were writing" or "You edited this article, perhaps you might also like to edit this one" might well add stickiness to the site for new users.Beyond interface changes, the community is trying to engender a more welcoming approach among existing editors. The idea is to encourage them to apply the same social graces that are extended to veteran contributors to rookies."We can't guarantee no one will ever be mean to you on Wikipedia, but the trick is to up the appearance of positive encounters," Gardner says.But an even bigger concern for Wikimedia is to encourage more contributions from the "Global South". Following a year of collaborative strategic planning, it was decided to shift emphasis towards less economically developed countries. Currently the English language Wikipedia has the most articles (more than 3,500,000), followed by the German and French versions, each with more than one million articles. There are almost 300 versions of Wikipedia written in other languages with anywhere between one and 750,000 articles. There are around 67,000 articles in Hindi, 55,000 in Urdu and 21,000 in Swahili, to name but a few. Read page 2 12 Read on one page Latest on wired.co.uk


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It's true.
We only make Pinot Noir.
One of the biggest hurdles a producer of wine will have to leap is the preconception the end user (consumer, drinker) has for your product.
Trying to solve the riddle of what the consumer wants is a fools' game. In other circles it's called "chasing the market". As soon as you change your style and purpose, the market shifts, leaving you as yesterday's child.
What is the best wine and best way to make wine? It's extremely subjective. That's why I make wine that I like. Wine that I will drink , that my friends and family will drink and, along the way, some people agree with what I do.
It's a lot like chili con carne.
That's right. Spicy meat stew.
Because no one can agree what's the best way to make it and everybody has their favourite versions and that includes the vegetarians.
Chili (the peppers) with meat (of some kind) is a North American (primarily Texan) variation of something that has been going on for millenia. Ever since humans started preferring their meat singed by the flame, they've been looking at whatever nasty little beast they've managed to kill that day and asked,
"How the hell am I gonna make that taste good?".
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In the world of vine growing and wine making there has been arising interest in an agricultural school of thought called biodynamic.
Based on the writings and lectures of Rudolf Steiner, this form of agriculture intends to produce fruit, vegetables andgrains (in fact, all products of a farm including animals) by using the natural rhythms of the land and treating the farm like one living organism. It's all explained here.
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Everybody loves a challenging mental exercise in the form of a game or contest. While this isn't exactly a game, it is challenging. It's called design a wine label for a British Columbia wine. The other part of the exercise: next time you're in your favourite wine store, try to spot how many wines are not labeled according to the rules.
Perhaps you've noticed that Black Cloud Pinot Noir has a bit of an outlaw label. You would be right to think this.
The rules or regulations are many and they're designed by authorities on several levels. The federal poo-bahs have the Consumer Labelling and Packaging Act. We all know (at least in this country) there has to be plenty of English/French no matter where it is sold. As a result "Product of Canada" must also appear as "Produit du Canada". That and a host of other terms and notes. They also define how large the print should be for the alcohol and volume notes and how wide the space between the numerals and metric volume measurement.
Some of the rules
- The metric net quantity must be at least 1.6 mm in height
- There must be a space between 750 and ml
- The above must be in boldface
- Only this abbreviation is considered bilingual: "13.5 % alc./vol." Make sure the periods are in there.
- There must be a space between "13.5" and "%"
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Last week this great store in Port Moody became the latest partner in the Black Cloud Pinot Noir quest for world wine domination.
If you haven't been to this store I encourage you to drop in. It's a great spot with friendly, knowledgeable staff. Say hi to Janice and John and all the rest. And the neighbourhood is quite nifty with lots of other stores and services within walking distance. You can easily spend a couple hours exploring, grabbing a mealand buying wine around this spot.
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We're planning on creating some large bottles for Black Cloud as part of our next bottling run.
I've had some feelers out there on Twitter and such, asking for opinion about the oversized bottle genre.
Most people seem to like the idea but they rarely purchase for themselves. In fact, most people seem more inclined to purchase large bottles as special occasion gifts rather than have a few on-hand in their own cellars.
I'm pretty sure we're going to do a few. They're great to have when a favourite charity or benefit comes calling for a contribution. And when we have a dinner party for more than 6 guests, our large bottle will dominate the table!
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Playing around with the format and theme on the site. Bear with me. Embrace the change. I think I got the comment section back.
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In the past, one could comment on my posts. But I was messing around with the template and I've lost comment functionality. Until I geek my way through this, just drop a line at email@example.com if you would like to add to the discussion.
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Starting a new winery is a daunting task. People come at the problem from varied backgrounds and levels of talent. Everybody has a different idea about what makes a winery a success. But few would argue that a winery needs to be a successful business.
Often the decision to start a winery happens in the blink of an eye. Sure, you may have mulled, pondered and ruminated about it for a decade. But for most people, it comes down to a single moment of conviction when your passion, drive and hope come together and you say: Let's do it.
Forget about the awards ceremonies, the glowing reviews and the adoration of thousands of wine lovers: that will all come in good time. The first thing you have to do is make sure you have a good business plan. Without the plan, you're like a ship without a rudder.
The wine business is capital intensive at start-up. Returns on investment are delayed, reflecting both the nature of a business linked to an agricultural cycle and a slow inventory turnover. Investors looking to make a quick buck should look elsewhere as a five year lag before returns in not uncommon. In fact, without proper funding, your winery could be in serious trouble by the time your second or third harvest comes around. You may find yourself strapped for funds and without the kind of cash flow you may have expected
The wine business is heavily-weighted to a brand-driven model. You'll soon have questions about how to best promote and market your brand. Before some of the details become insurmountable, consider engaging the services of a consultant.
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I find it difficult to turn down a chance to try eight Pinot Noirs from around the world. As a maker of Pinot, I like to take every opportunity to see what other producers are creating and compare them with our accomplishments here in the Okanagan. So when the opportunity to join the Wine Plus Pinot Noir tasting event in Penticton last night came up, I jumped at the chance.
Wine Plus has a raft of courses and single night workshops that suit wine lovers at every level of interest. Rhys Pender steers the Wine Plus ship and he and his special guests make the proceedings casual, informative and lively.
The guest commentator was my old friend and Taboma master Mike Bartier from Road 13 . After a quick intro and outline by Rhys, it was time for Mike to make a few comments about Pinot Noir in general. His basic points, misquoted below:
We tasted blind, with a reveal at the completion of the exercise and some discussion. One of the discussion points was the ability of Pinot Noirs to change in the glass very rapidly. This trait showed itself repeatedly over the course of the evening. First impressions were not always the last impression.
Please note: the prices are at time of purchase not at time of tasting. I believe they are all prices in BC but whether they are BCLDB or private store prices I don't know.
Here are my notes:
1 - Ventolera - Leyda Valley - Chile - 2007 - $19.99 - 14.5% alcohol
I put this one in my top three. Partly on value. Great fruit expression throughout the nose and palate with a little smoke up front. A velvety mouthfeel with lots of cherry and a hint of spice, maybe cinnamon? Lengthy finish. I'd expect some wonderful development over the next few years.
2. - Golden Mile Cellars* - Black Arts - Okanagan Valley - BC - 2006 - $35.00
Another one that made it into my top three. Quite a bit of complexity. I got a neat toffee and picnic ham on the nose with an earth cocoa dust that emerged in the palate as milk chocolate. A little leaner than other New Worlders, with a little rhubarb and Fisherman's Friend in the finish.
3. - Colutta Gianpaolo - Friuli - Italy - 2003 - $30.00 - 13% alcohol
Actually called Pinot Nero. I found this one slightly medicinal on the nose, with some adhesive or Vicks 44 qualities. Not one of my favourites. I found the palate a little lean, some cherry notes and an over all 'drying' aspect to the tannins.
4.- Yering Station - Reserve - Yarra Valley - Australia - 2006 - $50.00 - 13.5% alcohol
Strawberry/cherry nose with a lot of the group chiming in to mention a coffee note. Lots of bing cherry in the palate. I rated it in the middle of my group with an appealing bitter note in the background of a fresh plum finish. Superb balance with the acids well-represented.
5. - Cameron - Abbey Ridge - Oregon, USA - 2006 - $67.90 - 13.6% alcohol
Slightly candied/maraschino cherry in the nose with lots of cherry and developing secondary flavours in the palate involving clove-like expressions. The alcohol was a bit more noticeable on this one for some reason. This one also went through some remarkable changes over the course of the tasting.
6.- Louis Latour - Bourgogne - Burgundy, France - 2007 - $21.99 - 13.% alcohol
Cherry gum and slightly solvent smells in the nose. Sour cherry and cola in the palate. Somewhat drying in the finish and a short finish. Not my favourite.
7. - Volnay - Olivier Leflaive - Bourgogne - 1er Cru Clos des Angles -Burgundy, France - 2005 - $69.99 - 13.5% alcohol
Middle of the pack but a crowd favourite. Lots of creamy vanilla and toffee on the nose mixed with some slight herbal/medicinal notes. Leaness and lots of cherry on the palate. Structure was balanced and finish medium.
8. - Rabbit Ranch - Otago - New Zealand - 2007 - $27.00 - 13.5% alcohol
This proved to be my top choice and a crowd-pleaser as well. It had a nose that defied my ability to describe it at first. I have notes reading strawberries, raspberries and kiwi. The overall nose are these things but freshly cut or smashed. There's a sour cherry palate with underpinnings of dark, complex fruit. Perhaps the controversially termed "bramble berry". This wine is boldly structured and has a long finish. It's only question mark may be a slight deficit of acid. Next to the Chilean, it's probably one of the best values for what it offers too.
* Now known as Road 13
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We've been very pleased with the recent sales surge for Black Cloud Pinot Noir. It's been almost 10 months since we released the 2006. Despite having little marketing experience or budget, word has spread and people (you) seem to really like what we have to offer. It's really starting to take-off.
This kind of success means it won't be long until we'll have to start allocating Black Cloud wines. This means our partners and our private customers will have first dibs on any new release. We only make a few hundred cases. As you may imagine, we can't supply everyone.
So now we're asking our fans to get Cloudy.
If you're one of the restaurants or private liquor stores that have been selling Black Cloud, you're automatically on the list.
Private individuals who are interested should submit their email address by sending it to firstname.lastname@example.com . Don't assume you're automatically on the list because you bought some Black Cloud previously. We only add people to the list who really want to get Cloudy news. Nobody needs unwanted email.
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Position: T-DT
Height: 6-5 Weight: 257 lbs.
Born: July 28, 1941 in Forndale, LA
High School: Carroll
College: Grambling St.
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Installing New Steering - Hot Rod HaulerWritten by on June 27, 2011 A New Slant on Steering
From the outset we've had a variety of goals for the Hot Rod Hauler, some were established for practical considerations like mileage and load capacity, while others were for cosmetic and comfort reasons.
At this point we have a confession to make—there was a time when we scoffed at all those cushy accessories that were becoming common in trucks (mainly because nothing we owned had any of them), but we've changed our tune. We're going to add a number of features to our '73 that it lacked, and one of the first is a tilt column from ididit and a leather-wrapped steering wheel from Grant.
The obvious advantage to a tilt column is the ability to change the angle of the steering wheel to accommodate different driving positions (and in our case it meant we could get rid of the sloppy shifter and a turn signal switch that wouldn't cancel after left turns) and the addition of a new, smaller, more comfortable steering wheel would be a welcome replacement for the big, cracked plastic original.
Thumbing through the ididit catalog we found direct fit columns for '47-'78 Chevy and '53-'79 Fords in straight, tilt, column or shift designs as well as a host of universal designs. For our particular application we could choose between bolt-in column shift and floor shift columns in steel, chrome, black powdercoated and aluminum versions in two different styles—Ford or GM. For the Hot Rod Hauler we chose the direct fit, chrome tilt column shift, GM version.
Why did we choose the GM-style column in a Ford pickup? The simple reason is this—when using an aftermarket wheel and an adapter with this column the gripping surface of the new wheel will be in the same location as the original. Aftermarket wheels and adapters can move the steering wheel closer to the driver, and we didn't want that.
For those who want to use the stock steering wheel, ididt offers all Ford columns that are also a direct bolt-in. Standard features of these columns are Ford top shaft and wiring, '73-'79 columns come standard with four-way flashers.
Choosing a steering wheel from Grant's huge number of offerings is simple enough, they've got a style to suit any taste. We went for a contemporary look and chose their Club Sport wheel, part number 452. This wheel uses a combination of matte black smooth leather-look vinyl and diamond grip textured vinyl separated by metal bands and polished spokes for a cutting edge look. A Grant Installation Kit is necessary to mount this wheel to a vehicle. This wheel will work with Grant Standard 3000 or 4000 Series, Billet 5000 Series, or Euro 6000 series installation kits.
Installing the ididit tilt column and Grant wheel made a real improvement in the Hot Rod Hauler's interior and it's certainly more comfortable to drive. Another of our goals can be scratched off the list. CCT
GM to Ford Wiring
As the ididit column comes with a GM plug on the wiring, a matching plug has to be added to the Ford's harness—but it's not hard to do.
The GM plug is lettered as follows:
|Letter on plug
|wire color
|to brake switch
|right rear stop/turn
|left rear stop/turn
|to turn signal flasher
|to hazard flasher
|right front turn
|dark blue
|left front turn
|light blue
The original plug on our '73 Ford F-350's column had been damage and all the wires were spliced. However, the wire colors were as follows. (Colors on other trucks may vary, consult a manual or identify with a test light.)
|brake light switch
|right rear stop/turn
|left rear stop/turn
|yellow/black stripe
|from turn signal flasher
|from hazard flasher
|right front turn
|blue/white stripe
|left front turn
|green/white stripe
|blue/white stripe
|not used-shift indicator light
|blue/red stripe
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The original '73 steering wheel was huge, full of cracks and it wasn't comfortable when new. Like many Ford pickups of this era, the shifter was loose and vague. As we would be working under the dash we elected to remove the column for easier access.The new ididit column comes with a GM-style plug that is added to the Ford's wiring harness—it has one less wire than the Ford wiring harness. The extra wire is for a shift indicator light the Ford column had but the GM lacks.We removed the power booster and master cylinder for a better view of the firewall side of the stock column. Removing the plate bolted to the firewall reveals a hole large enough for the shift arm to fit through—the complete column is removed from inside the cab.Note the two-hole mounting plate on the stock column; it attaches to the lower lip of the dashboard.At the bottom of the stock Ford column is a connector that hooks to the steering box that is commonly called a rag joint. It absorbs a certain amount of vibration and allows for movement between the body-mounted column and the chassis mounted steering box.As the column portion of the original rag joint is welded to the shaft, a new replacement is required. We used part number 3000053434 from ididit with ¾-inch-36 splines on both sides.The column we chose was the chrome, column shift, GM style. Note the mounting bracket is welded in place. This column is a true bolt-in that requires no modifications to the truck.
Included with the column are the shift knob, flasher button, and tilt and turn signal levers with knobs.This is the GM-style black billet adapter necessary to install the Grant steering wheel on the ididit column.This is the horn contact wire that comes with the Grant installation kit. In some cases the horn button grounds to the wheel to operate the horn, in others a second wire is required.Grant offers a huge selection of steering wheels, adapters, horn buttons and related accessories. We selected the new Club Sport wheel because it looks great and is extremely comfortable.


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Uniondale, NY (Sports Network) - John Tavares recorded a hat trick and also
added an assist on Saturday to lead the New York Islanders to a 5-1 victory
over the New Jersey Devils at Nassau Coliseum.
Tavares, the first overall pick in the 2009 draft, has now scored in five
straight games to move into a tie with Buffalo's Thomas Vanek and Pittsburgh's
James Neal for the league lead in goals with 11.
Matt Moulson tallied once and added three assists, Michael Grabner scored
once, and Evgeni Nabokov notched 30 saves in New York's second straight
Marek Zidlicky registered the lone New Jersey goal, while Johan Hedberg
allowed all five goals on 33 shots for the Devils, who have dropped two of
their last three.
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Been working hard on getting my 5-7 day pack weight down but it is tough!! Looks like with everything including food and two water bladders full to start the trip in the weight is going to be between 50-60 lbs.
I have shed right at 10 lbs 7 of it in the food category.