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I'm facing an annoying problem, for the last few weeks somebody in my neighborhood steals gas from my motorcycle. It's a Honda VT125 Shadow, all the wires and hoses under the tank are apparent. So the guy unplugs the hoses and siphons the tank.
So i'm looking for a way to film the bike at night to try and find out who this jacka** is.
The street isn't very dark at night.
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Over at Huffington Post, they've gathered together a collection of images having to do with the types of scrunchies worn on "Full House" back in the '80s. There were a lot of them; all different colors and shapes and styles in the hair of the cast.
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Cyclones Break Records on Senior Day
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State (21-34, 4-14 Big 12) celebrated seniors Erica Miller and Tori Torrescano and broke the school record for home runs and batting average in a season on Sunday in a 12-3 loss to Kansas (34-16, 9-8 Big 12).
The Cyclones' first three hits of Sunday's contest were solo home runs off the bats of Maddie Reese, Torrescano and Aly Cappaert, giving the team a record 40 home runs this season. The home run record is one of six single-season team records broken by the 2013 club.
Iowa State's four hits against KU starter Kelsey Kessler (12-6) maintained the season's .288 batting average, another team record. Kessler picked up her third win of the weekend against Iowa State, allowing four hits, three runs, one walk and striking out six.
Miller finished her senior campaign hitting .352 with a record 52 RBI and tied with Torrescano for the most walks (29) in a season. For her part, Torrescano hit .298 with a record-tying 14 home runs and 43 RBI. In their careers, Miller and Torrescano have combined to break or tie seven Iowa State single-season and career records.
A two-run single from Chanin Naudin was one of six hits for Kansas in the top of the third off Torrescano, helping the Jayhawks to a 4-0 lead. Maddie Stein and Ashley Newman also had RBI hits in the inning. Torrescano (11-16) exited after the third, responsible for seven KU hits, four runs, three walks and a strikeout.
Iowa State's first hit of the day was a bomb to left from Reese on a 2-0 offering from Kessler, cutting the Kansas lead to 4-1.
The Jayhawks got back to business in the fourth against reliever Taylor Smith, plating four runs on four hits and a Cyclone error to go up, 8-1. Naudin was again the instigator, sending the first two runs of the inning across with another RBI single.
Torrescano and Cappaert posted back-to-back homers with one out in the bottom of the fourth, the first Cyclone pair to go deep back-to-back this season, to draw the Cyclones within five. Lexi Slater singled through the right side but Kessler coaxed outs from the next two batters to get out of the inning.
Once again, Kansas came up with four runs in an inning, taking the final 12-3 lead in the top of the fifth with on a Cyclone error and a three-run homer from Chaley Brickey.


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Pilot Travel Centers, Germain Racing and Michael Annett Support St. Jude at Charlotte Motor Speedway
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Concord, N.C. (May 26, 2010) – As Charlotte Motor Speedway hosts NASCAR's annual Memorial Day weekend of stock car racing competition, Michael Annett and Germain Racing's No. 15 Nationwide Series team will help bring awareness to the lifesaving mission of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital® for Saturday's Nationwide Series Tech-Net Auto Service 300.
The No. 15 Toyota Camry will feature the St. Jude logo on the hood, deck lid and rear quarter panels in support of St. Jude, one of the world's premier pediatric cancer research centers. Loyal sponsor, Pilot Travel Centers takes pride in supporting St. Jude and their mission of finding cures and saving children.
"As a strong advocate for St. Jude, I live every day looking for more ways to introduce to others St. Jude's goals to cure childhood cancers and help children and families who are affected," said Mark Hazelwood, executive vice president of Pilot Travel Centers. "For the past two years, our partnership with Michael Annett and Germain Racing has been a great adventure into NASCAR and the Nationwide Series, and we're excited to further that by this show of support for St. Jude. We look forward to seeing the No. 15 St. Jude/Pilot Travel Centers car out on the track at Charlotte Motor Speedway this week."
"We are very appreciative of Germain Racing, Pilot Travel Centers and Michael Annett for helping to bring awareness to St. Jude this weekend," said Steele Ford, senior director of sports marketing of ALSAC, the fundraising organization of St. Jude. "This is a great opportunity to share the lifesaving mission of St. Jude with the racing community."
Bob Germain Jr., president of Germain Racing, is active in support of many childrens charities. When he learned of Pilot Travel Centers efforts to raise awareness of St. Jude, Germain was quick to offer the hood of the No. 15 Germain Racing Camry to help the cause.
"St. Jude makes a tremendous contribution toward helping juvenile patients overcome a variety of life-threatening diseases. Catastrophic childhood disease is a very personal subject for my wife and I as my stepdaughter, Sydney, suffers from juvenile diabetes. I'm very proud to have Germain Racing join Pilot Travel Centers in promoting awareness of St. Jude. I look forward to seeing the St. Jude/Pilot Travel Centers Camry on track at Charlotte this weekend," said Germain.
Annett's charitable outlook is the same, "I've always had a special place in my heart for organizations that support children. Every day I wear a 'Will Power' bracelet to support a family friend, six-year-old Will Krueger, who was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in 2008. I'm honored to be a part of this awareness effort and to support St.
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With the 130th Map of the Week we take a look at Slovania's Grainland County, the tropical, southern bread basket of the kingdom. A quick glance at the map of Grainland County should give adventurers a good idea what they can expect there as far as adventure goes: In the south, nothing, and in the north, uncertainty. Adventure aside, one also can expect heat. Much of the county is tropical, lying between the equator and 10° latitude north. Like the rest of Slovania, Grainland County is corrupt, but as one might expect in a tropical zone, in a more relaxed and less dedicated manner than in the cooler and cold climates farther northward. The ruler, Count Blahoslav, wants to live the good life, the comfortable life. He wants to enjoy his days, lack nothing and have nothing about which he needs to worry. A bit of minor corruption here and there helped him, and for the most part, he has reached his goals. The same can be said for most of the free burghers in his county. Southern Grainland County is a land of plenty. The part of the county south of the Bounty River boasts of the richest farming soils and the best farm weather in the northwestern part of the jörð. The warm sun makes the fields and orchards glow by day. Cool rains come on many nights, but it seldom ever is cooler than 60° F/16° C at night. Even when there is a cold front, the warm air from the Muspell Desert to the south drifts over the land at night. However, if we take a look north of the Bounty, we see little. We do see the Dark Hills, but when one looks into this area, one sees only a seemingly endless sea of jungle-forested rolling hills. The eye sees nothing unhealthy in this landscape. The trees thrive; so does the underbrush. Still where the eye finds nothing, the heart senses that something is wrong, that the Darkness is somewhere in these hills that are mostly devoid of human settlements. For that reason, Slovanians do not go there.
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Next Week: Grainland County - Storm Mill
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The largest hospital in the east is changing its name and that's upsetting to some county officials and veterans, who say they feel slighted for different reasons.
In less than two months, signs at Pitt County Memorial Hospital will begin changing to UHS Medical Center, as the hospital begins branding itself with University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina, soon to become University Health System.
"Medical center is a term that's used across the country for referral and teaching hospitals like this one, this flagship hospital, and UHS is an obvious logical brand attachment to that," said Dave McRae, UHS CEO.
Not everyone is excited. County commissioner Eugene James says Pitt county taxpayers helped build the hospital before it became a not-for-profit in 1998, and says the county's name should be included in the new name for that reason. County manager Scott Elliott says he was disappointed at first.
"If it takes that to ensure continued growth in jobs and economic success- obviously they're one of the major economic engines here in Pitt county and we'll continue to support them," said Elliott.
Some local veterans are upset that the word "memorial" is being left out, saying it was to honor World War II vets.
"We're the ones that put our lives on the line for our way of life, our constitution, and bill of rights, and to dishonor veterans to me is un-American," said Harry F. Kelly, III.
McRae says he understands the hospital has a lot of history, and plans to honor that history, along with the county's name, and veterans as well. He says the signs over the door will change right away. but says business cards and other supplies will transition once they run out.
There's a name change for the largest hospital in Eastern Carolina.
Pitt County Memorial Hospital will become UHS Medical Center.
The hospital says it wants to clearly align itself with the health system and reflect its role as the region's only teaching hospital and Level 1 trauma center. The hospital was named Pitt County Memorial in 1949 and named for World War II veterans. Before that is was called Pitt Community Hospital.
The hospital's parent organization, University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina, will shorten its name to University Health Systems.
The hospital says that close to 60 percent of PCMH patients are from outside of Pitt County.
County Manager Scott Elliot says he heard there has been talk of a name change, but they had not been told anything official yet. He said the name change is strictly a hospital board decision, and the county does not have to give its approval. The change takes effect October 1st.
"We are continually assessing how we can better serve the people and communities of eastern North Carolina," said Dave McRae, CEO of UHS. "We want to simplify our name and our system naming structure to communicate directly and plainly who we are, what we offer and the value we bring to the communities we serve."
"As a proud Pitt County native, I've watched PCMH grow from being a small, community hospital to being an excellent medical center that cares for our community and all of eastern North Carolina," said Steve Lawler, president, PCMH. "We feel that renaming PCMH to UHS Medical Center will help our continued growth and with recruitment of specialists, sub-specialists and medical students to Greenville and the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University," said Lawler.
Plans are being developed to honor the great history PCMH has in the community. The name "Pitt County Memorial Hospital" dates to the 1950s, when the first PCMH was built on West Fifth Street. That facility now houses Pitt County offices.
"The heritage of PCMH is important to the citizens of the area and all of us at UHS. We will commemorate its heritage in meaningful, visible and lasting ways within our campus," said Lawler.
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Falta poco: ¿de dónde venimos?, ¿hacia dónde vamos?
Representantes de alto nivel de doce países y organizaciones de Sudamérica y Europa se reunieron en Lima, Perú, para evaluar la situación de la biodiversidad en América del Sur. …
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Current Situation of the Law on the Conservation of Soil as a Resource: Strategies and Vision
On Monday, September 28 the "Current Situation of the Law on the Conservation of Soil as a Resource: Strategies and Vision" conference took place in the School of Law of the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The event was organized by IUCN's Commission on Environmental Law, the University of Buenos Aires School of Law , the Argentinean Ministry of the Environment, the Law for a Green Planet Institute and IDEA (Institute of Environmental Law and Economics). Distinguished authorities such as Justice Ricardo Lorenzetti, Justice Antonio Herman Benjamín and world specialists on Soils and Desertification participated in the conference. …
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Progress in Bangkok, but hard work left for Barcelona and Copenhagen
IUCN Closing Statement: The Bangkok climate change talks, under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), have moved the all-important negotiating text for a new climate change agreement forward. However, countries are still far from agreeing on the form of the agreement, and most importantly on emission cuts that would ensure a deal in Copenhagen in December. …
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Insider's view: Bangkok part 4
IUCN's head of delegation, Claire Parker outlines the latest developments as the meeting enters its final days. …
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Bangkok must ensure REDD-plus moves ahead
IUCN Daily Media Statement: As the Bangkok climate change talks near their end, some key elements are yet to be addressed. Progress is being made in the negotiations on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD), which also includes conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhacement of forest carbon stocks (REDD Plus). But more must be done. …
08 Oct 2009 | News story
Information on groundwater issues lacking on the Lower Mekong Basin
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More from IUCN climate change expert Claire Parker in the meeting's second week. …
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IUCN contribution in transition to Green Economy in West Asia
IUCN Regional Office for West Asia (ROWA) contributed in the Greenomics 2009 conference in Dubai which focused on the need and value of ensuring harmony between society, markets and environment. Energy conservation and efficiency enhancement were highlighted by key speakers from top companies like LG Electronics, Microsoft and Emirates Airlines. IUCN ROWA presented IUCN's response to the global environmental challenges caused by the present economic model, calling for the transition to a greener economy. …
07 Oct 2009 | News story
Local Partners Champion Water and Climate Resilience in the Himalayas
"There is a water shortage in our district, what can we do?" asked Sri Chandi Prasad Bhatt, a pioneering and award winning environmental activist from the Himalayas, when meeting a delegation from IUCN in Gopeshwar, India …
07 Oct 2009 | News story
Harness nature, protect against climate change
IUCN Daily Media Brief: Nature can be a cost-effective way to protect communities from climate change and extreme weather events. Healthy ecosystems, such as forests and wetlands, are beneficial to local populations for the many livelihood benefits that they provide: firewood, clean water, fibres, medicines, shelter and food. They can also form physical barriers against some extreme weather events, such as storm surges. …
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Sarah St. Clair, '12, Named New Alumni Relations GA
URBANA, Ohio ( January 10, 2013) - Kat Steiner, Alumni Relations director, announced the hiring of Sarah St. Clair '12 as the new Alumni Relations graduate assistant.
Sarah is pictured with longtime faculty member Dr. David George on graduation day.
This past December, Sarah graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor of arts degree in English and communication arts and from the William G. Edwards Honors program. She is currently working on a post-baccalaureate degree through the College of Education and Sports Studies.
St. Clair joined both the cross country and swimming teams during their inaugural season in 2008-09. This past school year, she put the finishing touches on her 4-year career in both sports, becoming the only female student-athlete to compete in the first four seasons of both programs. In 2012, the Athletic Department recognized senior Sarah St. Clair with the Blue Knight Leadership Award.
While juggling the demands of playing two sports, St. Clair also found time to serve as a student ambassador, a reporter and editor for the school's newspaper The Lancer, a tutor for the Student Success Center, an intern for the Champaign County Library, as well as many other activities over her four years. "I am excited to be a part of the Alumni Relations Office. Urbana helped shape who I am; I look forward to connecting with alumni who love Urbana, too," said St. Clair.
St. Clair is a native of Coshocton, Ohio and is the daughter of Bruce and Suzanne St. Clair.


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Tuff Love
By the mid-1980s, pictures of lycra-clad Euros climbing impossible faces had made their way to California. Those posers would blow chalk off their hands while holding on by one finger. Like Ricky Bobby in Talledega Nights, we Californians harbored an instant dislike and immense jealousy for our European rivals. We even coined a derogatory term, "French Free," that effectively, in our small minds at least, discredited Euro climbing altogether.
As is often the case, jealousy bred imitation, and we began looking around California for a cliff we, too, could pose on, wearing lycra and puffing chalk. We looked high and low, in every scruffy canyon and quarry. We found limestone and welded tuff, basalt and granite; we bolted and dogged and chipped; and our crags bore many similarities to the ones in Europe, save one: ours sucked. Now countless sport crags sit rusting throughout our state, from choss-piles like New Jack City and Big Chief to razor-blade pain fests like the Trinity Aretes. The whole experiment would be a total loss if it weren't for the occasional brilliance of our one great sport-climbing crag: the Owens River Gorge.
The Gorge is a deep 10-mile gash cut by the once mighty Owens River, and centered in the Owens Valley just north of the bouldering mecca of Bishop. In 1988, however, when its first sport route went up, the Gorge was about as godforsaken as a place could be. For almost 50 years, Los Angeles had sucked every drop of precious desert water from the canyon, leaving a parched wasteland strewn with three modern power plants (that light up about 75,000 L.A. homes), and the abandoned wreckage of older plants dating back to the early 1900s. Despite the carnage, blank walls of dark volcanic ash welded into compact tuff, and hundreds of feet high, called out to climbers. Ironically, one of the first to heed the call was none other than the arch tradster John Bachar. Bachar, one of the greatest free climbers and perhaps the most visionary free-soloist ever to live, was the antithesis of a sport climber. Yet his classic route Pick Pocket (5.11a) was the first completely bolt-protected climb (established ground up, of course) in the Gorge, and the starting bell for the bolting frenzy that followed.
Within a few years, the Gorge supported hundreds of routes from 5.6 to 5.13, with the vast majority falling into the 5.10 and 5.11 range. The brown walls, sometimes chossy and sometimes diamond-hard, offer surprisingly diverse and unique climbing on pockets, cracks and ubiquitous mini-ledges.
Amazingly, just as the Gorge was coming into its own as a climbing area, a landmark pro-environment decision was made to allow some water to flow through the canyon again. The effect was instant, sublime and green: plant and animal life returned to the Gorge, and it became something of a sport-climbing paradise. Fashion is fickle, however, and just as the Gorge blossomed fully, sport climbing began to lose ranks to the bouldering craze that hit Bishop like an avalanche. Yosemite also returned to kinghood, and the Gorge fell by the wayside. Locals like Marty Lewis continued to buff the walls out with killer new routes and river crossings, and by the mid- to late 1990s the massive Eldorado Roof area housed dozens of wildly overhanging clip-ups.
Perhaps the Gorge's strongest endorsement comes from its almost inexplicable roster of devotees, a veritable Who's Who of trad superstardom, and some of the last people you might expect to see at a sport area.
John Bachar, a trad icon if ever there was one, is famous for defining and defending trad values since the 1970s. He's been coming to the Gorge for over 20 years, coolly and quietly clipping or soloing routes into the 5.12 range. Peter Croft, Canada's star free soloist, perhaps the first to establish trad 5.13 first ascents on sight, has spent years establishing a bevy of classic sport climbs in the Gorge. The hardcore aid-man Eric Kohl has taken considerable time away from his Yosemite A5 horror shows to slam bolts and routes into the big Eldorado Roof. And now, young Lonnie Kauk is putting the steel fingers he inherited from his dad, Ron, to use on the Gorge's hardest lines.
"It's just so damn fun down in there," says Kevin Daniels, another talented trad climber. "I used to think I'd never do sport climbing, but the Gorge just lets you get so much climbing in."
These days the Gorge offers more than ever. Great new routes are still going up as second pitches are ferreted out and harder, blanker walls are attempted. The latest guidebook gives over 50 routes the highest star rating. And if you need a break from the pump, world-class bouldering is a stone's throw away at the Buttermilks and the Happy Boulders.
Jim Thornburg, a wanna-be poker pro, has made a precarious living as a climbing photographer for nearly 20 years.
Season: Spring and fall have temps in the 70s. Winter can have excellent conditions during high pressure, and summer afternoons and early mornings in the shade can also be OK.
Camping: The BLM climbers' campground (aka The Pit) is a 10-minute drive from the Gorge and only costs two bucks a night. From Bishop, drive north on US 395 to the Pleasant Valley exit and turn right. After 0.9 miles, go left on a dirt road for 0.5 miles to the campground. There are toilets, but no water.
Primitive camping is also available on Inyo National Forest land at the Pinyon Campsite. Drive north on the Gorge Road and look for a paved road on the left just before the North Parking area. Follow this for a mile and a half to some nice sites along the road.
Dining: The Great Basin Bakery at 169 Lagoon St. has super-yummy croissants for breakfast, and bagel sandwiches for lunch.
The Black Sheep Espresso Bar at 124 South Main St. is the climbers' choice for coffee and wireless Internet.
Amigos' Mexican Restaurant at 285 North Main St. has great, cheap burritos and enchiladas.
Climbing Shop: Wilson's Eastside Sports on North Main.
Guidebook: Owens River Gorge Climbs by Marty Lewis (Maximus Press).
Text and Photos By Jom Thornburg
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I work at a company that just adopted Zimbra as our mail client (I'm actually an early adopter), and I've gotten Zimbra to play quite nicely with my work calendar (in iCal) with CalDAV and the mail to play nicely with the web client through IMAP. Now, I've downloaded the iSync connector to sync up my address books.
The syncing works fine, but when I subsequently opened Mac Mail, I had a new mailbox folder called "Contacts," which isn't a big deal until I try to do searches on my mail and the contacts show up. Is there a way to not have this random mailbox show up in my Mac Mail?


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The man charged in the death of 17-year-old Jordan Davis is facing new charges.
Michael Dunn, 45, was originally charged with second degree murder and attempted murder in the death of Davis.
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Talladega, AL (Sports Network) - Persistent rain at Talladega Superspeedway
forced NASCAR to cancel Saturday's qualifying session for the Aaron's 499.
The starting field for the 500-mile race at Talladega was determined by
practice times/speeds in Friday's first practice session. Carl Edwards earned
the pole, since his lap at 199.675 mph was quickest in practice. Edwards is
not credit with a pole win. It will be the first time the Roush Fenway Racing
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His best finish in 17 races at Talladega is fifth, which came in October
Martin Truex Jr. will start second, followed by Marcos Ambrose, Joey Logano
and Ryan Newman.
Matt Kenseth, Denny Hamlin, Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon and Kasey Kahne will
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Brad Keselowski, the defending series champion and the winner of last year's
spring race at Talladega, will start 11th, one spot ahead of Dale Earnhardt
Jr. Danica Patrick secured the 23rd starting position. This will be Patrick's
first time competing in a Sprint Cup race at this 2.66-mile superspeedway.
Elliott Sadler was the only driver who did not make the starting field.
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The Birdcage
|Release Date: March 08, 1996
|Running Time: 117 mins.
|MPAA Rating: R
|Box Office: $123,986,682.00
|Genre: Comedy, Remake
Robin Williams
Gene Hackman
Nathan Lane
Dianne Wiest
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Summary:Armand and Albert have a home life many would envy. They share a long-term committed relationship encompassing their lives and careers and have together raised Armand's son Val. When Val announces his engagement to the daughter of an ultra-conservative U.S. Senator, what choice is there but to accept his decision with love? Meanwhile, Senator Keeley and his wife are watching his right-wing constituency evaporate with the scandalous demise of his closest political ally. A visit to their future in-laws could be just the thing to take the public's focus off the Keeley's messy predicament. With the impending visit of his fiancee's rigid family, Val asks his father to straighten up the apartment ... Full Summary >>


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|Release Date: November 07, 2003
|Running Time: 135 mins.
|MPAA Rating: R
|Box Office: $59,365,105.00
|Genre: Comedy, Romance, Romantic Comedy
Alan Rickman
Bill Nighy
Colin Firth
Livia Giuggioli
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Summary:Everywhere you look, love is causing chaos. From the bachelor Prime Minister of the United Kingdom who, on his first day at 10 Downing Street, falls in love with the girl who brings him his tea, to a hopeless sandwich delivery guy who doesn't think he has a chance with the girls in the U.K., so he heads for Wisconsin. From aging rock stars, to a stony headmistress, to a monolingual Portuguese housemaid--love arrives in many forms, shapes and sizes. Here, ten separate--but intertwining--stories of love all lead up to a big climax on Christmas Eve, proving that love is the driving force in all of these people's lives.


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The Polar Express (2004)
The Polar Express SynopsisI think we can all agree that the best way to describe The Polar Express is: Creepy. They claim to be going for something photorealistic, but the characters look like hollow puppets animated by some dark power of the devil. Hearing Tom Hanks voice coming out of a puppet-like thing that LOOKS exactly like Tom Hanks is freakish, and not the least bit entertaining.
Robert Zemeckis has described the film as being like a painting, a beautiful work of art full of color and imagery, but I just dont see it. It scares me more than anything and I cant imagine spending two hours trapped with these bizarre looking characters on a tiny, mildly magical train. In fact I think I had a nightmare like that once. Thisll probably give your kids similar ones. Their quest for photorealism looks like it may have fallen completely flat.
The Polar Express Release Date
In Theaters November 10, 2004
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Starring: Tom Hanks, Andrew Ableson, Debbie Lee Carrington, Eddie Deezen, Josh Hutcherson, Michael Jeter, Hayden McFarland, Chris Coppola, Peter Scolari
Written by: Chris Van Allsburg, Roberta Zemekis, William Broyles Jr.
Directed by: Robert Zemekis
Produced by: Steve Bing, Gary Goetzman, Steve Starkey, William Teitler, Robert Zemekis
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How the NBA has worked sales with the past two teams (Pelicans and Grizzlies), they have told the owners to find someone that will keep the team in that city. Since the Maloofs decided to do a backroom deal instead of coming out publicly and saying they were for sale, they never gave the NBA a chance to tell them to find someone locally that will agree to the arena deal. Everyone knows, more importantly the NBA knows that the Maloofs could have found someone to keep the kings in Sacramento and to agree to an arena deal.
The issue really comes down to the Maloofs were looking at trying to get as much money as possible and they found a sucker. We all know that if they would have found someone to keep the kings here first there is no way in hell they would have gotten a valuation of 525 million. By doing this back room deal they were able to bypass the NBA and Sacramento and get the most money possible. I am sure the NBA isn't too happy with the Maloofs. At this point I don't think the Maloofs give a fuck. They already have put into place a way that they will get Max dollars from the sale one way or another.


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Perched on a hill crowned by a majestic castle, Salobreña is a delightful Andalucian village with red bougainvillaea adding a splash of colour to its whitewashed houses. It stands above a sea of sugar cane stretching to a coastline dotted with fine beaches such as El Peñón, which owes its name to a rock plunging dramatically into the indigo-blue sea below.
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The fortress was already mentioned in the 10C but its moment of glory was in the 14C, when it became the residence of the Nasrid kings whose reign in Granada lasted until 1492. You can see the ramparts (access via a corner gateway), the keep and two ..
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Hotel Miba
Carretera Nacional 340, 325 km. E - 18680 Salobreña
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ST. LOUIS (KSDK) - A documentary that recounts the stories of law enforcement officials who died in the line of duty will be screened in St. Louis Wednesday, January 16 at Wehrenberg Ronnies 20 Theatre in south county.
The film, "Heroes Behind the Badge," is being played nationally, and honors St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department Officer Daryl Hall in the credits.
Officer Hall died after confronting a gunman while off duty in April of 2011.
Screenings will occur at 6:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Tickets can be purchased online for $10. They will cost $15 at the door.
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The Fyre and Lightning Consort, founded in 1974, is a group of musicians living in Central Vermont dedicated to the study and performance of Medieval and Renaissance music. Throughout the past 40 years, we have also become increasingly interested in traditional music of various types, including the music of the Sefardic Jews and traditional music of the British Isles, as well as arrangements and new compositions created especially for us by us.
We have a large collection of early instruments including recorders, flutes, whistles, krumhorn, cornamuse, dulcian, cornetto, bagpipe, harp, lute, psaltery, vielles, violas da gamba and assorted percussion.
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ST. LOUIS COUNTY (KSDK) - Charges have been filed against a man accused of robbing a south St. Louis County bank.
Roger W. Jennings, 52, has been charged with one count of second-degree robbery.
Police say Jennings walked into the UMB Bank inside the Shop-N- Save store located in the 5700 block of South Lindbergh around 5 p.m. Saturday, December 22.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Police are seeking information about the men who separately robbed two banks and a credit union.
In the first incident on Tuesday, a masked man with a semi-automatic handgun jumped on a teller's counter at a Chase Bank at about 9:25 a.m., demanding money. After receiving it, he ran from the bank.
At about 1:10 p.m., a suspect with a scarf covering his face received an undisclosed amount of cash at Kemba Credit Union and drove off in a pickup truck.
The third robbery, just after 1:15 p.m., involved a man who authorities believe has taken part in at least six area bank robberies. The suspect implied that he had a weapon and was given money at the United Mid-West Savings Bank. He was wearing sunglasses and a fake beard.


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Eos Paso Robles Petite Sirah
Eos Paso Robles Petite Sirah 2005 is not the wine I thought I'd be writing about today. Having attended the Decanter Fine Wine encounter last weekend and with over 50 notes its incredible that the Eos Paso Robles Petite Sirah is the wine that has moved me to write my first blog entry in two weeks. My lack of blogtiviy hasn't been down to sheer laziness, that in fact makes up for only about 50% of it. The other 50% is the Christmas madness that wine stores, online or offline, face around this time of year with The Cellar Door being at its busiest EVA!
That's a good enough excuse? Ok, let's press on.
Last weekends Decanter event showcased some of the very best wines in the world. I made my way round Finca Sophenia, Grant Burge, Peter Lehmann, Chateau Faugeres, Craggy Range, Maison Chapoutier and the best of the Italian stands including Petrolo, Planeta, Feudi di San Gregorio and Braida. If that wasn't excitement enough I also got to rub shoulders with a certain Steven Spurrier and the very talented Oz Clarke. Trying over 50 wines on the Sunday of the event and not figuring out sooner that I really should spit meant I felt I should take my leave at around 2pm still with some great wines untried. Live and Learn! If you're interested in the tasting notes from this event I'll post them on the next Wine90 entry.
So onto what I've become most excited about over the last 2 weeks and that is the £10, available at Wine Rack, beautifully fragrant and oh so long on the finish Eos Paso Robles Petite Sirah. I have to admit to never having heard of the winery Eos. Californian wines not being my strong suit I was quite sure this would be an outside bet for my £10 but, low and behold, and really for the first time since coming home I've found a bargain.
I'm in love with Petite Sirah generally, I've enjoyed the limited amount of Petit Sirahs I've been able to get my hands on whilst living in Italy and whenever I see a Petite Sirah in a wine shop I make a grab for it. Completely undervalued and virtually unknown to the general populus in the UK, Petite Sirah is something you should be drinking in 2009. If you haven't yet compiled your new years resolutions then "drink lots of Petite Sirah" should be the first on your list.
Although labelled Petite Sirah the Eos bottling contains small amounts of Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel, Merlot and Cabernet Franc but with Petite Sirah making up 96.8% of the blend and no indication of these other varietals on the bottle I'm not sure why the winemaker has opted to add the other grapes. If you know, add a comment below. Aged for 22 months in new and old oak (some of it French!) the wine is surprisingly cheap considering the quality and the effort the winemaker appears to have taken. As a late harvest grape, Paso Robles is the ideal terroir for Petite Sirah as the rains come later than in Napa or Sonoma. Education part over, the upshot is that this wine has an exquisite nose, thick and ripe in the palate with a finish that makes your eyebrows raise and twitch. Long story short, this wine rocks and you need to try it ASAP.
EOS Paso Robles Petite Sirah 2005 - BUY - £10
Deep purple in the glass and right off the bat you are hit with a blockbuster nose of cherries, spices and pepper detectable even to those with a touch of the flu. On the palate the wine is thick and jammy with a lustrous mouthfeel, flavourful and smooth with acres of blackcurrent in the mid palate. 14% alcohol held with absolute style, nothing harsh or hot in the finish which goes on and on with notes of chocolate. Not really complex just simply delicious. 90 Points
Where can I buy this wine?
Europeans - Talking Wines - €12
Americans - Napa Cabs - $10
Brits - Talking Wines - £9.99 (or in Wine Rack/Threshers)
Pio Cesare Barolo 2004
Pio Cesare Barolo 2004 is the 6th place wine and top placing Italian effort for Wine Spectator's annual Top 100 wines of the year awards. Pio Cesare Barolo 2004, remarkably, despite having drank it on 3 occasions this year has not made its way onto the blog. Only the 2004 Barbaresco has been mentioned so far but I have a back note to share with you. I must admit to being confused on what criteria these awards are given. Of all the Barolo releases from 2004 for Pio Cesare to be taking the top wine is a mystery. Looking down the full top 10 list, you can see these wines do seem to fall into a QPR and their availability to US consumers relationship that must be influencing the decisions on which wines win out.
Disappointingly only 1 Italian wine made the top 10 but the plethora of wines in the top 100 backs up my recent findings here in London that wine in the £15-£25 price range from Italy is some of the worlds best value.
Top 10 Wines of 2008:
1. Casa Lapostolle - Clos Apalta Colchagua Valley 2005
2. Chateau Rauzan-Segla - Margeaux 2005
3. Quinta do Crasto - Douro Reserva Old Vines 2005
4. Chateau Guiraud - Sauternes 2005
5. Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe - Châteauneuf-du-Pape La Crau 2005
6. Pio Cesare - Barolo 2004
7. Château Pontet - Canet Pauillac 2005
8. Château de Beaucastel - Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2005
9. Mollydooker Shiraz McLaren Vale - Carnival of Love 2007
10. Seghesio - Zinfandel Sonoma County 2007
Top placing Italian wines:
6. Pio Cesare - Barolo 2004
14. Aldo & Riccardo Seghesio - Barolo Vigneto La Villa 2004
15. Sette Ponti - Toscana Oreno 2006
22. Avignonesi - Vino Nobile di MontepulcianoGrandi Annate Riserva 2004
31. La Massa - Toscana 2006
45. Jermann - Venezia-Giulia Vintage Tunina 2006
50. Firriato - Nero d'Avola-Syrah Sicilia Santagostino Baglio Soria 2006
51. Fattoria di Felsina - Chianti Classico Berardenga 2006
59. Terredora - Falanghina Irpinia 2007
70. Attems - Pinot Grigio Collio 2007
75. Suavia - Soave Classico 2007
76. Marchesi de' Frescobaldi - Chianti Rufina Castello di Nipozzano Riserva 2005
81. Querciabella - Chianti Classico 2006
84. Stefano Farina - Barolo 2004
96. Cabreo - Toscana Il Borgo 2006
However, I am pleased to see Pio Cesare in the top 10 I recommend going for this producers Barolo and Barberesco wines and as they are so well exposed over here and the USA they will likely be the only Barolo and Barbaresco wines you'll come across in the fine wine sections of your local supermarket. Or maybe that's just me.
So onto what I really want to talk about today and that is Decanter magazines "Fine Wine encounter" that I'll be attending this Sunday (so if you see me say hello!). Every year Decanter hire out a venue, this year the Landmark Hotel in central London and some of the worlds finest producers come along and show case their wines. This year there are around 100 producers from around the world and whilst I will give it my best shot to get around as many as possible and naturally all of the Italian producers I would like you guys to give me some inspiration about which of these producers I should make a bee line for and which wines I should be tasting.
Recognise any of these:
Finca Sophenia
Grant Burge
Peter Lehmann
Voyager Estate
Yering Station
Casa Lapostolle
Baronne Philippine de Rothschild GFA
Château Beychevelle
Château Brown
Château Corbin
Château Coutet
Château de Campuget
Château d'Issan
Château Faugères
Château Larmande/ Soutard
Château La Nerthe
Château L'Arrosée
Château Lagrange
Château Marquis d'Alesme
Château Miraval
Piper Heidsieck
Château Phélan-Ségur
Château Prieuré-Lichine
Château Rauzan Segla / Canon
Château Saint-Jacques d'Albas
Château Vray Croix de Gay
Domaine de la Bégude
Domaine D'En Ségur
Domaines Faiveley
Domaine Ott
Domaine Paul Mas
Domaines Schlumberger
Les Vins Skalli
Louis Jadot
Louis Latour
Maison Chapoutier
Vignobles Brumont
Weingut Martin Wassmer
Weingut Ziereisen
Baglio di Pianetto
Barone Ricasoli
Cantina Terlano
Castello Banfi
Castello della Paneretta
Fattoria Nittardi
Feudi di San Gregorio
Il Molino di Grace
Tenuta di Valgiano
Tenute Silvio Nardi
Château Ksara
New Zealand
Craggy Range Vineyards
Mud House
Villa Maria
Fonseca Port
J Portugal Ramos
Quinta do Noval
South Africa
Kaapzicht Estate
Ken Forrester Wines
La Motte
Rupert &Rothschild
Abadia Retuerta
Bodegas Alto Moncayo
Bodegas Baigorri
Bodegas Frontaura
Bodegas Muga
Bodegas Ordoñez
González Byass
Marqués de Caceres
O. Fournier
Pago de Cirsus
Pago de los Capellanes
Diamond Creek Vineyards
Heitz Wine Cellars
J Jacaman Wines
Peter Michael Winery
Sonoma Cutrer
Stags Leap Wine Cellars
Yeah, I thought you might! If you have any favourites there then I will be your ambassador and take down some notes for you. I am nothing, if not a public servant.
So camera and note book at the ready for Sunday. Full report to follow on Monday (or Tuesday depending on the thickness of my head). Ciao for now.
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Ravenswood Zinfandel Lodi 2005
Ravenswood Zinfandel Lodi, at around £10, is the threshold Zin crossing over from Pap Zin to Good Zin. It's the Audi TT of Zinfandel, not quite in the super car range, or the cool car range but it's saying, "hey, I have some cash, I'm appealing, I'm doing alright for myself". Ravenswood is possibly the worlds most famous Zinfandel producer and as such is available pretty much everywhere (except Italy of course) so the poor bashed Zin fans won't have to carry their brown paper bag too far home, their cheeks burning red with shame.
"No Wimpy Wines" is the tag line of the Ravenswood winery in Sonoma, California and it's an apt claim indeed. Having sampled around half of the Ravenswood range over the last year all the wines, all Zinfandel, have punched me square in the mush. These are big fruity wines, not about finesse and/or balance, the wines are fruit bombs that are guaranteed to please anyone who loves heaps of fruit and sugar. Think of a thick alcoholic Ribena and you're really close to a Ravenswood Zinfandel. Not a match for my Salmon dinner last night, not even close, but it is a wine you can drink very easily at a party and at 15% alcohol it's no wonder my head is a touch sore while I type this.
I liked it. Actually. I really did. There's a time and a place for classic wines and there is also room in my wine world for a jammy, one dimensional Zinfandel hit and this Ravenswood number is not going to disappoint anyone who likes it a bit sweet now and again.
Ravenswood Zinfandel Lodi 2005 - BUY - £9
Deep purple in the glass, good intensity. Fast and furious with the nose, heaps of vanilla, cherry and strawberry. Huge, mouth filling, jammy palate with acres of cherry flavours. Nothing delicate about this offering. Fruit bomb. 88 Points
Many people enjoy this international fruit bomb style, many do not. Personally I get a kick out of all wines. There is no bad varietal, just bad timing. So shushy.
Where can I buy this wine?
Don't be lazy! Everywhere.
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I'm pretty sure loads of you have tried one Zinfandel from the Ravenswood range. Are you down with the Ravenswood?
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Château La Variere Anjou Villages Brissac Cabernet Franc 2005
Chinese Red Wine
Chinese red wine. That is, red wine from China. No, really. On Tuesday night whilst perusing the aisles of Morrisons supermarket I found one bottle of very dusty and rather trendy labelled Chinese Red Wine. It appears, from the inch thick layer of dust covering these bottles, that Chinese wines are not all the rage in deepest darkest Sutton but, as a Brit who will routinely cheer for the under dog, I took pity on it and took it home to accompany my low fat dinner. Chinese red wine and low fat dinners - Livin la Vida Loca!
Now, whilst trying to find out a little bit about the producer, the area the wine was produced etc etc, I found that no one else in the world, excluding myself has ever tried this wine. FACT. I can't find it to buy anywhere, I can't find another geeks notes, not on cellar tracker, not on the interweb, this wine is my own personal Narnia. In fact I'm really not sure it's called Silkroad anymore so I'm going to have to re buy and then edit this post! Apart from the review there is little more to say about Silkroad Cabernet Sauvignon. No photos or nuffink!
So instead I will tell you what we all know, in every situation in life and that is, that the Chinese are coming. China is one of the fastest growing markets for wine, with white wine a symbol of femininity and class for women and red wine a symbol of power and wealth for men. Whilst the fashion is for European and American top name wines the Chinese themselves are starting to produce better wines, and with their economy can produce wine extremely cheaply with both land and labour insanely cheap. That factor didn't pass itself onto "Silkroad", the wine was £5.99, and for such an unknown quantity this is quite a price.
China doesn't naturally lend itself to grape growing so the fact this wine tasted under ripe and at times, plain bizarre isn't a surprise. Knock £2 off this wine though and we're starting to get into a decent, quaffable price range.
Silk Road Carbernet Sauvignon 2005 - PASS - £5.99
Sitting dark purple in the glass the wine is aromatically forward with a chocolate/cherry nose but also a touch of fake sweetness. On the palate the wine is less interesting and a touch over acidic and under ripe. Pleasant to drink but not with the tell tale signs of classic Cabernet, disappeared fast on the finish. Despite all these drawbacks the wine was more than drinkable though I wouldn't buy it again for £6. 83 Points
Where can I buy this wine?
Morrisons. Supermarkets worldwide are embracing Chinese wines, probably because there is a massive mark up on it!
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Braida Barbera d'Asti Bricco dell'Uccellone 2003
Braida Barbera d'Asti Bricco dell'Uccellone was another of those Italian wines that I'm really meant to be holding onto but had to break out in order to wash down the muck I've been tasting this week. I'm beginning to think there can only be two possible factors at work,
a) Italian wines are just the best value in the world FACT or
b) My taste buds are so attuned to Italian wines that no others are getting a fair crack of the whip
Over the past 4 days I've had a terrible run. A 2005 Morgon Beaujolais, an 2004 Pouilly Fumé, a 2006 New Zealand Pinot Noir and the Salisbury's SO Organic (Cecchi) Chianti all, in varying quantities, made it down my kitchen sink. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not that hard to please but all these wines didn't just pale in comparison to the Braida, they out and out stunk.
And then there was Braida. I'd forgotten how much I love Braida, the producer, the bottles, the taste of top quality Barbera. Along with Montepulciano d'Abruzzo, Barbera is providing the best quality QPR in all of Italy and the advantage of Braida's top end Barbera (this one), is the ageing potential. Sadly, every bottle of Bricco dell'Uccellone I've ever had (there's a 2001 note on here too somewhere) never reaches it's Christmas destiny. It's just too damned GOWJUS.
I'll tell you what's not GOWJUS, Wither Hills Pinot Noir 2006. £15 and smells like cabbage.
Wither Hills Pinot Noir 2006 - PASS - £15
Brooding dark purple in the glass to the rim. Total vegetable nose, cabbage water, mud, some minerality, no fruit. On the palate the wine picks up, well balanced, good integrated tannins, a little spice and smoke but still there with the veggies. Good finish, a well made wine, just not to my tastes. If you like your vegetable style wines, you may like it, never a Pinot, would have called it Cabernet Franc all the way down the line. 85 Points
Sainsburys SO Organic (Cecchi) Chianti 2006 - PASS - £8
Pretty ruby red with good intensity. Pretty nose, dark cherry and vanilla, little raspberry too but aromatically closed. Hugely tannic on the palate, thick mouth feel, flavour profile is overwhelming currants, tastes under ripe. 83 Points
Braida Barbera d'Asti Bricco dell'Uccellone 2003 - BUY - £21
Deep purple in the glass. Aromatically opens up after an hour to develop a characterful strawberry nose accompanied by some coffee beans. A standout palate with luscious mouth-feel, good balance of acidity and tannins and a continuation of fruit to the finish which lasts a good 30 seconds. Nice job. 90 Points
Where can I buy this Wine?
Europeans - Enoteca Ronchi - €30
Americans - Wine Exhange - $45
Brits - Telegraph Wines - £21
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Bovio Barolo
Bovio Barolo was my party saving wine this weekend as the mega brands, Concha Y Toro and Penfolds faded into the bland background of wine obscurity against the mighty (if unheard of) Bovio. Cracking open the reserves clearly I am missing the mighty Italian wines. As much fun as trying the international varieties is sometimes you just have to come home to old steady and drink what you know you'll enjoy. That being said, on Sunday night myself and two friends shared a fantastic Chilean Carmenere (Adobe) at the Willie Gunn restaurant in London's, Earlsfield. We paid £19 but obviously these are restaurant prices and hiked up x3. You can find, what I'd consider a 89 point wine, for around £5-6 in many of the high street stores.
Back to the Bovio, this was sadly my final of a 12 case I purchased back in Christmas. The Bovio Barolo is a really good value wine, most quality Barolos start at the £30 mark, this wine comes in underneath that and the 2003 vintage can happily be awarded 91 points to my palate. The wine is fruit forward but extremely tannic, really shouldn't be drinking today but there are foods, like my partners "Lemony chicken" that the huge tannic base seemed to compliment quite strangely ... and against the textbook. When I say Lemony, I'm talking obscene Lemony. 5 Lemons on one chicken, Is that even legal?
Penfolds Rawsons Retreat 2007 - PASS - £6
Shiraz/Cabernet blend sits purple in the glass. Uninspiring nose, candied fruit, sugary but not too bad, some good fruit too. Fruit on the palate, a hollow and unsatisfying finish. Serviceable but not great. 84 Points
Sainsburys Taste The Difference Gewurztraminer 2006 - BUY - £7
Dark golden yellow. Explosive spicy nose, petrol and melon. Great mouth feel, good balance, fruit continuing to the finish, seems off-dry but is not. Exceptional value from Sainsbury's. Highly recommend. 90 Points
Bovio Rocchettevino Barolo 2003 - BUY - £24
Dark ruby red to the rim. Exceptionally forward nose, wine not decanted, mineral, vanilla and dark fruits show quickly in a beautiful mixed general aroma. The palate is hugely tannic but bright acidity and lively fruit contribute to the best Bovio Barolo I've tasted. If I had 3 thumbs, they'd all be up. 91 Points.
As you can probably guess where to purchase the Sainsburys wine (which is a BOB in the UK, non UK residents seek out "Cave de Turckheim" - same wine, different label, then It's the Barolo displayed below.
Where can I buy this wine?
Only a handful of stockists sell the Bovio label - Barolobrunello.com, Handford Fine Wines, and Decorum Vintners. All European.
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Surely you folks must have tried a Penfolds? Which supermarket is your favourite for buying wine (the Waitrose/Sainsburys debate continues) and for you in the USA too, which superstore is selling the best wines? As always, any other comments or feedback are appreciated. Ciao for now!
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Ned Yost reflects on Memorial Day
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"I always try to make a point during the National Anthem to remember [the military]," Yost said. "I am thankful for their service and what they provide for us. It's a day that we can stop as a nation and keep them in our thoughts."
Yost also elaborated about recent plays at home plate involving contact between a runner and catcher. A former catcher himself, Yost said he hasn't given much thought to whether the rule needs to be examined.
"[Catcher] is the only position on the field that you can make contact with legally, but that's always been the job description," Yost said. "That's always the way the game has been played."
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In the latest complaint filed Kennebec County Superior Court, Gardiner-based Bank of Maine seeks "to recover damages caused by negligent misrepresentations made to the bank by AGME and the other defendants." Seventeen defendants are named.
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text: Google+ identity crisis: what's at stake with real names and privacy? Technology 27 July 11 by Tim Carmody Google Plus After a steady stream of angry blog posts and heated debate among its own users over the value of pseudonymity on the web, Google announced on Monday that it was revising its "real name" policy, at least for display, on Google+.In a post on Google+, Google VP Bradley Horowitz promised greater transparency, particularly in suspension of user profiles. The new algorithm -- human as well as computational -- offers users a chance to correct their profiles before suspension. In the past week, most banned profiles simply disappeared without warning.The great Google+ profile purge began last week with business and media company profiles: ABC News Radio, Sesame Street, Wired. This wasn't a surprise: Google had stated that it wanted to limit the social network to individuals until it could set up special pages for businesses.But after Google was accused of using its policy to play favorites -- why was Boing Boing banned and Mashable spared? -- nearly every company was kicked off.Then the ban hammer came down on any and all profiles whose listed first and last names didn't appear to match "real"/legal names: nicknames, mononym handles, even non-Roman names in Arabic or Chinese. If an account was flagged by another user as "fake" or "spam," Google's overwhelmed community monitors were overwhelmingly likely to suspend it.Even before the great purge, Google+ users and bloggers were grappling with the social network's "real names only" policy. It was always vaguely defined: not necessarily your full legal name, but "the name people usually call you in real life." GeekFeminism blogger Skud (whose account under that name was eventually suspended from Google+) started a wiki list titled " Who is harmed by a 'Real Names' policy?": The list included marginalised and disadvantaged groups, artists and writers who use alternate names in different contexts, and political activists and whistleblowers. Hack Education's Audrey Watters wrote defending college and graduate students' need for pseudonymity on the web, citing concerns about employment and reputation. Google's Horowitz addresses some of these concerns directly in his post, under the heading of "myths" about Google+.Many users were happy that Google was keeping unknown users off the web, arguing that it kept the quality of user interactions high, keeping Google+ relatively free from comment trolls, spammers or phishers. But others questioned Google's motives, arguing that they simply did not want to furnish more of their personal information to Google than seemed absolutely necessary to use the service.Why does Google+ want users' real names? Dave Winer takes a realist view:There's a very simple business reason why Google cares if they have your real name. It means it's possible to cross-relate your account with your buying behavior with their partners, who might be banks, retailers, supermarkets, hospitals, airlines. To connect with your use of cell phones that might be running their mobile operating system. To provide identity in a commerce-ready way. And to give them information about what you do on the Internet, without obfuscation of pseudonyms.Simply put, a real name is worth more than a fake one.This is why I've argued that Google+ is not only a social network: Social media here is a means to establishing identity. This is a tightly-related -- but not an identical -- business. Google's response aims to try to make social identification nearly as nuanced and granular as its approach to sharing content has been. Users can already add nicknames to their profile, as well as "other names"; according to Horowitz, these (along with your education, employment and occupation) will soon be searchable and appear in your G+ "hovercard" identifying you across all of Google -- at least for those circles you choose to grant access to them. Read page 2 12 Read on one page Latest on wired.co.uk


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Name Your Price On Wheeling Properties
But officials want to see plans for real development
May 1, 2013
WHEELING — City officials are telling developers to name their price as they look to sell several old buildings and vacant lots, potentially turning drains on Wheeling's resources into sources of......
The message:we can't even give it away. When Highlands was created with public money as a non-profit it was the final blow to Downtown. The turning away of JUSA was the second to last.These structures will be demolished also;and many more.
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I disagree as I believe Wheeling could be a great entertainment city. If they could learn to build their new building above the flood levels it would be fantastic. Many places in flood lands build above the flood. They could put parking areas under the real building and it is it going to flood everyone would know it and get their cars out. The future building do not have to be flooded. There would be plenty of parking space. It takes someone with foresight a vision to build the city. They could also build locks again to hold back the waters. Wheeling is a great town. Don't give up on it yet. Just get the call girls and pimps out. Put a dome around the city and it would never flood. Ideas. it takes thought and planning.
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Why would anyone want to be Downtown now? It is a gonner.
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It would be to Wheeling's advantage to have my business in their town. They could use my guards at their games and things they have in town. I just cannot believe their attitude.
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I have tried to have my own business in this town. The secretary of city manager told me "It's for the best" What town would not want a security officers business in their town? I am not stupid by a long shot. Yet I am treated horrible by many people. I have a Associates degree in Criminal Investigations****Laude and a Bachelors degree in Criminal Justice****Laude and about to graduate with a Master's degree with at present a 3.6 GPA with one semester to go. I wanted to open a security guard business in Wheeling. I want to get my detective licenses and would hire guards from local people. Any explanation as to why I would not be welcomed in Wheeling? It's just not right maybe cause I'm a women?
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Ragnar is a prophet!
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1) Properties will be purchased by well-connected cronies of certain Wheeling characters.
2) Buyers will ask for "assistance" to make properties viable.
3) Buyers will receive grant money and/or private foundation dollars.
4) Buyers will leave the buildings sit vacant.
5) City Council will pay another $100,000 for the 25th "study" in the last quarter of a century. Said study will collect dust like the other 24.
6) Taxpayers will buy the properties back-at three times their market value-to demolish them in order to create a vacant lot for the benefit of an as-yet unnamed "interested party".
Etc. Etc.
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Just no more bars or dirtbag "coffee" shops that don't sell coffee
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The suggested time frame is unreasonably long. The purchaser should have one month to secure the structure as provide for in the vacant buildings ordinance and one year to implement the plan approved by the council. The property should be added to the tax rolls immediately.
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Tells you how much the rest of the country puts on the value on Wee-ling.
NOTHING! Zero Zip NADA!
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I can see people getting these properties for a song then doing nothing, forcing the city to buy them back to tear down. Hmm maybe I'll get some.
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If one were to buy a property and put thousands of dollars into improving it, would city leaders promise not to take it back by eminent domain for less than one's investment because they decided to put another park there?
Misuse of eminent domain sure cools property sales and development.
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"City officials are telling developers to name their price as they look to sell several old buildings and vacant lots" - I guess ALL of Wheeling is up for grabs!!
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