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Watching the sun rise, with the rays piercing down through the clouds, was a nice way to start the day. Bruce stayed on watch longer than usual so I started at 4:00 am instead of 3.
Since I had been sleeping since 8:30pm I was feeling pretty awake and stayed on watch until the sun rose, my first sunrise since we started. Antoine woke up early and we filled out the log book together, which was also a good way to help him figure out how to read the instruments.
Since the wind was starting to pick up we launched the spinnaker and kept it up until about 1pm. It is really fun to drive the boat with the spinnaker up and a good wind. We averaged about 7,5 knots , with a top speed of 8.7 knots while I was driving. I've been thinking about how I am not able to play in today and tomorrow's Bohemian Club Orchestra concerts, with great comradeship and the oyster appetizers and bottomless wine, and as much as I miss that, driving a boat in the middle of the Pacific Ocean is a pretty unique and amazing experience. I've played in probably hundreds of concerts over the years, but being out here like this is something that is probably not very likely to happen again, or if so, not for many, many years. In addition to looking forward to reaching French Polynesia I am also realizing that the trip across the Pacific is just as much a part of the adventure as arriving at our destinations.
Our lunch today was a lot of fun. Bruce made a delicious salad garnished with mango, avocado and tomatoes, topped with tune/salmon cakes. I enjoyed cutting one of our pineapples, in the style of a Thai beach vendor, which I learned about during my first trip to Thailand in 2001.
There were lots of fish jumping and chasing other fish all over around the boat earlier so I put out a line. Maybe we will have fresh sushi for dinner. Otherwise we will have to settle for barbeque steaks and potatoes.
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03/30/2011, out in the middle of an ocean
Last night (nearly 24 hrs ago now) was very slow. There was only a miniscule amount of wind which left us slogging and the sails and boom slapping all night. It was tough to get to sleep. Finally I got up in the early morning and turned the boat 90 to southward, to at least keep the little wind there was filling the sails. We weren't going the right direction, but at least we were moving.
We logged about 140 to 150 nm each night since we left Vallarta, except last night we only managed 91 nm.
Today will be much better as we had excellent 8 to 9 knot sailing with the spinnaker and 6 to 8 knots with the jib in the evening.
(We log our runs from 11 am to 11 am each day).
If this keeps up we'll be in the Marquesas in 19 to 21 days.
It looks more and more like our radar scanner is dead. I did an ohms check of the cable (with radar scanner connected) and two pins that should read 160 ohms +/- 5 percent instead read 112 ohms.
A bad connection (loose, or corroded) would have given us a high ohms reading, so it doesn't look like that.
But I guess we'll manage to get by without the radar. At least we have AIS (which identifies nearby ships' position and course).
We had a nice lunch today, I had to use up the ripening avocados so we had salad with avocado tomatoes and crab meat.
Dinner this evening was guacamole and chips, then penne pasta with chili con carne and tomato sauce.
We are now at 14* 41.5 N, 112* 41.23 W
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John's Blog Updated. Original post with photos: http://travel.reservationkey.com Latitude: 14.9382 Longitude: -112.26482
Here are a few photos of the day. Things are pretty much the same today. We are enjoying the warm seas sailing under spinnaker, moving along at around seven knots. The day started out cloudy but we out sailed the clouds after a few hours.
Last night we had very little wind and unfortunately did not have the spinnaker up so we averaged probably around two knots over the course of 12 hours. We raised the spinnaker first thing in the morning which really increased our speed. Besides not making good progress when going slowly, the boat also rocks back and forth like crazy which makes for uncomfortable sleeping conditions. It is always a risk running the spinnaker at night because if the wind gets too strong we have to go onto the foredeck to bring it down, and in the dark, and with a big spinnaker blowing all over, that is easier said than done. If conditions remain as mild as they are right now, however, we probably will take the gamble and keep the spinnaker up tonight. Sometimes steering by hand, instead of using the autopilot can make for a smoother ride, so I hand steered most of my watch last night. It also helps pass the time and builds skill at holding a course by following the compass heading. Our batteries have been running down faster than expected at night, so hand steering also helps conserve some battery power. When our batteries get too low we run the generator or engine for awhile. The last couple of nights we have had to run one or the other for about one or two hours in order to keep the batteries topped off.
Bruce continues working on diagnosing why the radar seems to operate intermittently. Today he called the company that made the radar unit, Raymarine, with the satellite phone. He said the phone connection was perfect with no delay and great audio quality. We also tried using our other satellite system, our Iridium 9555 phone, but every time we try to call it says the phone can only be used for emergency calls. We have emailed our satellite support team for help with that issue. Since the Inmarsat is working so well we don't need the Iridium right now, but it will be good to have it operational as a backup system. It is preferable to call with the Inmarsat anyway since we pay $1 per minute versus $2 per minute with the Iridium phone.
I've set up a fishing pole and have a nice pink squid lure on the line. We are hoping for a nice sushi dinner tonight. We just finished a nice lunch of avocado and crab salad, and radishes with butter and salt, followed by tangerines. Our fresh produce is quickly becoming not so fresh so we are starting to consumer it at a faster rate. So far one cantaloupe melon and several oranges have spoiled.
Now, I'm off to work. Hopefully the technical support load is light today.
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John's Blog Updated. Original post with photos: http://travel.reservationkey.com Latitude: 16.22452 Longitude: -110.9875
Now that we are well into our fourth day at sea we seem to be settling into a bit of a routine. It also helps that we are getting used to our watch schedule. Basically everyone is up by around 9:00am. Bruce either makes breakfast for everyone, or sometimes each person gets his own breakfast. Today I made myself a nice bowl of oatmeal and raisins with sliced banana on top. After breakfast we have been doing boat projects and smallish tasks. Bruce worked on figuring out why the radar was working intermittently (turns out it needs a lot of power to operate, so when our batteries are a little low it cuts out) and I cleaned up the galley and dishes. Next comes lunch, usually prepared by Bruce (could be something like sandwiches, tacos, hot dogs, or hamburgers). After lunch is a good time to get some computer work done and get on the internet. Yesterday I answered a bunch of technical support emails and checked on a small bug in ReservationKey, in addition to updating the blog and checking weather.
By this time it is getting to be about 4 or 5pm which is a good time to take a shower. I have been pulling up buckets of salt water and dousing myself with that while sitting on the rail near the foredeck. Then I soap up and re-douse with salt water. The final step is a freshwater rinse with the shower nozzle on the swim step. I find it very refreshing to wash off after a day of being sticky and hot. Next up is dinner which we have been trying to get ready by 7:45p or so, just before the 8pm net. This timing also works well for me being able to get some solid sleep before my watch begins. Last night Bruce and I switched watches so that he is on watch from midnight to 3am and I am on watch from 3am to 6am. He prefers the midnight watch since he is a night owl and I found the 3am watch to be preferable as I was able to get almost seven hours of sleep before being on watch. Pascale and Francois have been covering 6p to midnight. Pascale comes up for watch again at 6am when I go off. Now repeat this schedule for about 20 more days and we will be there.
During my watch last night the autopilot went into standby due to low battery power. We ended up doing an accidental tack until I figured out what went on. To bring our batteries back up I ran the engine for about 30 minutes. I also hand steered for awhile just for the fun of it and to get better. It can be tough holding a course in the dark, relying primarily on the compass. There was a bright glow about 30 degrees to starboard and I was able to use that as a reference also. It looked surprisingly similar to what we previously though were the lights of Cabo San Lucas. After awhile the glow got stronger and I was easily able to make out the lights of what was probably a fishing boat. I tried raising them on the VHF radio, but no response. The boat passed us going the opposite direction on our starboard. The previous night what we thought were city lights probably actually were a fishing boat just over the horizon.
Our excitement for the afternoon was discovering some random wires sticking out of our mast. It turns out we found the rats nest of strings and cables that was giving us so much difficulty a few weeks ago when we were trying to run the cable for our mast head camera. I was able to pull out most of the string but discovered that the cable connected to our wind instruments was partially worn through, probably due to our struggle to run cables earlier. I taped it up with sail tape and hopefully the lines we have in there won't eat it up any further.
We continue to make good progress. The spinnaker helped keep our boat speed around 7 knots all day yesterday. Currently the wind is light and we are doing around 4 knots under main sail and full jib.
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03/28/2011, Pacific Ocean
Today was our third day on the Pacific Ocean; we are now as I write, about 334 miles from our starting point. At this rate we are averaging about 137 nm per day. If (and that's a very BIG if) we kept up this rate we theoretically would get to the Marquesas in 19 days. Probably it will take longer.
Early this morning, I did the 3 am to 6 am watch. To our right side, and slightly behind us, was a bright glow on the horizon. Looking at the charts, it points directly to Cabo San Lucas. We could see the night time urban glow of Cabo from 320 nautical miles away! There was nothing else but sea in that direction so it had to be Cabo. John saw it too, on his watch.
We made very good time last night, averaging about 8 knots boat speed with the jib up in a 10 knot breeze. I was in the cockpit at 4 a.m. when something hit me in the leg. It was a squid. Those things get around. By morning we had several on deck.
We have been having a strange problem with the radar recently. The display says "no scanner", which is the dome shaped rotating antenna. Each time I turned the display unit off, and turned it on again, the radar would work again. Then a little while later, again, "no scanner".
Finally this morning, Pascale reported there was no radar scanner on her watch. I turned off the display unit, and turned it on again. No good, it still didn't work.
I'm fairly sure it's a problem with the electrical connection between the scanner and the display unit. A loose or corroded electrical connection, or a broken wire, probably.
We enlisted our friend and neighbor Judy to try to contact Raymarine for us. The stupid company only provides technical support via telephone or the web. No email!! What are sailors out in the middle of the ocean, with only email, supposed to do??
Thankfully, Judy pulled through. She got a very detailed troubleshooting procedure for us from Raymarine. We'll get into that tomorrow.
It will involve my getting into a bosun's chair and being hoisted up the rigging along the backstay to get to the scanner (radar dome). I'm not looking forward to that.
If we had to, we could live without radar. There are very few ships this far offshore, we probably won't see one until we get near Nuku Hiva. But the radar is also very good at observing squalls, which the ITCZ (inter tropical convergence zone) along the equator is famous for.
This afternoon, the wind died out and we were sailing at a leisurely 2 or 3 knots. So we hoisted our new spinnaker for the first time. The thing is a beauty and it had us moving at 8 knots in no time. We ran the spinnaker all afternoon until it started to get dark, not wanting to have to take a new, unfamiliar spinnaker down shorthanded in the dark when a sudden blow comes up.
We have been eating well. We had pancakes and syrup for breakfast. I barbecued hamburgers on the gas grill for lunch. For dinner I made Rock Cornish hens roasted with onions and squash, served with couscous. For now, I'm doing the cooking since the other crew members have yet to get their sea legs.
We adjusted our course to our ICTZ waypoint: 10 degrees latitude, 128 degrees longitude. This is supposed to be the point where the dreaded ICTZ is the narrowest. Our course is now 243 degrees magnetic.
All is well on board sailing vessel Calou.
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Another pleasant day has passed, with each hour we slowly gain our sea legs and become more comfortable In our water world. We are now just over 300 miles out from La Cruz. During our first 24 hours we covered 145 miles.
The big event today was unpacking and launching our brand new spinnaker for the first time. Besides being a momentous occasion in itself, it also indicates that the wind is slowly making its way around behind us which means we are closer to getting into the trade winds. Launching the spinnaker went smoothly, especially thanks to a net Bruce hung in the foredeck to prevent the spinnaker from getting caught around the jib. We have had the spinnaker up all afternoon and we are making good time with it, even in light winds.
Lunch was a delicious meal of barbequed hamburgers and fresh mango. So far none of our fresh items have spoiled, but we are closely monitoring everything and eating the fruit as it ripens. We fished all afternoon yesterday but no bites so far.
The night watches have been going smoothly. Francois is now taking a watch which means we are sharing three hour shifts between four people which allows for nice stretches of uninterrupted sleep. During my watch I noticed some bright lights on the distant horizon but could not figure out what they were since we are rather far from any land. Bruce concluded later that the lights were from Cabo San Lucas, which was directly north of us by 320 nautical miles. I also had fun trying to see if I could pick up any radio stations from America on my little AM radio. Amazingly, I could just barely make out KCBS 740 from San Francisco. I will keep trying because the skip signal can vary from night to night. Pascale has the 6am watch and she said that at sunrise she noticed lots of birds circling our boat. It turned out that they were hungrily eyeing the many small squid covering our decks which had landed there during the night.
We have been very happy with the performance of our satellite modem. Bruce is now all set up on it and has been using it to manage his rental properties, and also to get tech support via email on an issue we are having with our radar system (no data is getting to the chart plotter). And I've been getting online keeping up with my Reservation Key tech support and downloading the latest weather.
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03/27/2011, Pacific Ocean west of Puerto Vallarta
We departed Saturday at 1145 am from La Cruz and sailed South West, course 230 degrees magnetic. Banderas Bay had very light winds so we had to motor an hour, but as we approached Cabo Corrientes, the winds built slowly from 4 knots, to 5, to 6, to 7.... as the sun was setting we had 12 knots of breeze and were making 8 knots speed towards our destination. We managed 7 to 8, even 9 knots boat speed the entire night and most of today, though our speed was reduced to about 6 knots mid afternoon, and then in increased again to the 7 knots we're doing now. We covered 140 nautical miles in our first 24 hours, not bad considering we spent many hours in Banderas Bay waiting for the wind to fill in.
Our first evening I made dinner, as an appetizer: a frozen mini-pizza (one tiny slice per person) and freshly made guacamole and tortilla chips (because we have a ton of quickly ripening avocados), then for the main course: chicken and onions in a garlic herb sauce over couscous for dinner. Everyone was pleased.
We sorted out a watch schedule: Francois early evening, Pascale late evening, John midnight to 3 a.m., and my shift from 3 to 7 a.m. The captain always takes the least desirable shift.
When the sun rose this morning, there was no longer any sight of land. We are on our way.
We are monitoring many things aboard: so many things are scarce and must be rationed. Electrical power is a primary concern, relying on our solar panels and wind generator some times isn't enough to keep up with our inverter, refrigeration, and watermaker. We must turn off our inverter (which converts 12 V DC to 120 V AC) at night if we wish to have any battery power in the morning. Fresh water is scarce, even though we have a watermaker, it takes electrical power to make it. Every gallon requires 72 watt-hours of power to produce. We have a sea water tap in the galley and use it to pre-wash everything, with a final rinse in a tiny amount of fresh water. Even our showers involve sea water first, then a rinse with miniscule amounts of fresh water.
Despite our conservation efforts, we are running the water maker 2 or 3 hours per day, which produces 12 to 18 gallons. Divided by a crew of 5, that's about 3 gallons of water per person per day, for drinking, cooking, dishwashing, personal hygiene, and laundry. Fresh water is a precious resource.
Our first night aboard was not very restful; it takes a lot of getting used to sleeping aboard a sailing boat. It's nothing like sleeping in a boat at anchor or in a marina. There's the constant sound of water rushing past the hull. There's the constant rocking from port to starboard as swell of wave approaches on our beam reach. There's the sound of the wind moaning in the rigging. And there's the sound of the boat's wood and fiberglass structure creaking and groaning with every shift in position. It's kind of trying to sleep in the middle of a construction zone. One eventually can tune it out. I'm going to try earplugs this evening.
This second evening, I made another guacamole (those avocados are ripening quickly), which we enjoyed as the sun set with a glass of red wine. As we toasted, we drank in the realization that, by God, we really are on our way to the South Pacific! Then we had pasta with grilled chicken pieces, onions, peppers, and tomato sauce.
We are making way rapidly to our destination, hopefully we can keep this good pace up.
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I wish you all fair winds & seas Calou!
All the best from the Pacific Northwest.
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We are well underway, currently about 140 nautical miles from La Cruz, after 23 hours of sailing. Our departure from Banderas Bay was smooth enough, and the winds started increasing to 10 to 15 knots on our beam during the evening and night. Our top speed last night was 8.5 knots, which is really good. Currently we are gliding along at 5.7 knots in fairly smooth seas.
Our first dinner underway started with a slice of frozen pizza as an appetizer which was followed up with chicken and couscous. All of us other than Bruce have been taking Sturgeon to combat sea-sickness and it actually seems to be working. This is the first time I have tried Sturgeon, and it is really nice to not feel terribly seasick.
We actually made a first attempt at leaving Puerto Vallarta on Friday, March 25, 2011, but after getting about three hours out into the bay, we had to turn back when we were unable to unroll our main sail from the mast. The sail roll inside the mast had become loose and the sail was bunching up when we tried to pull it out. Mike, the rigger, met us at the dock that evening and was able to get everything fixed for us. I had worried it was going to be another few days delay, but luckily the fix was pretty easy and we got underway on Saturday, March 26, 2011 at about 1pm.
It looks like we hit the weather window as we are having perfect wind speeds which are quickly pushing us into the trade winds. For now we are just taking it easy and getting used to life at sea.
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Cheick Kongo (16-6-2 MMA, 9-4-1 UFC) has another run in him for the UFC heavyweight title. But he's also contemplating life beyond MMA.
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Once again, he's been cast as the gatekeeper against Mitrione, a talented, if inexperienced fighter who's one of the only heavyweight prospects with an unblemished octagon record. Should he beat back the up-and-comer, Kongo could be no more than two fights away from a No. 1 contender spot.
At age 36, it's likely his last dance, and Kongo accepted that he could achieve his long-held goal of being a champion or fall short of it.
Regardless of what happens, though, there's one last scene he'd like to include for his movie: a fight in his native France. If he could change his government's mind about the beauty of MMA, he would consider part of his job done.
"People think that's [expletive], it's a messy sport just for bullies, or people [fight] with no skills," Kongo said. "We've got no respect, no control, no anything. No rules. And they keep the old UFC in mind."
"When we have the time to share a good discussion about the subject, they will learn and realize that we're just different."
Kongo has certainly lived a life less ordinary as a practitioner of a sometimes-controversial sport. He may be burned out through all his travels. Or maybe, he's hit his stride.
For more on UFC 137, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.


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Nassau County has kept the facility open as a temporary shelter for the displaced pets, providing care to ensure their safety and well being. Currently there are more than 100 animals in the shelter — dogs and cats that are in need of foster homes. In total the shelter has taken in more than 500 animals, and their owners have been able to visit them each day at specified times.
"I have been overwhelmed by the generosity we have seen throughout the county during this devastating time," Mangano said. He added that other groups who have help or donated to the emergency pet shelter include the Long Island Veterinary Medical Association, Bideawee, Long Island Cat Fanciers, Long Island Parrot Society, Shelter Connection, Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter, Town of North Hempstead Animal Shelter, Little Shelter, Forgotten Friends, Girls Scouts, the Humane Society of the United States. "And a large amount of walk-in volunteers," Mangano added.
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Profile: Author John Grisham's Allergy Mystery
He's known for his bestselling novels and the hit films they inspired: The Firm, A Time to Kill, The Pelican Brief, The Client, to name a few. His dashing protagonists unlock secrets, ferret out corruption, and bring culprits to justice. But 13 years ago author John Grisham found himself caught in his own personal thriller, this one a frightening medical mystery.
Something was causing him to experience unnerving allergic reactions, sometimes in the middle of the night. His skin felt "on fire" with welts that would swell and itch – but what was behind the outbreaks? And how to stop them?
After consulting a physician and keeping a log of every morsel he ate for months, Grisham uncovered the bizarre cause of his misery: red meat (beef, pork and other mammals' meat). What he didn't know at the time was that the allergy is linked to tick bites. And Virginia, where Grisham's family lives on a farm, is tick central.
In fact, University of Virginia researchers were among the first to document the tick-meat allergy connection, in part because renowned UVA allergist Dr. Thomas Platts-Mills himself developed meat allergy after being bitten by ticks.
What makes the allergy particularly confounding to track is that it causes delayed reactions, often over four hours after eating meat.
Despite his busy schedule of writing, speaking, and supporting good causes, Grisham manages to keep his allergy in check both at home (in Virginia and Mississippi) and on the road.
The prolific author is always writing – in 2013, he published Sycamore Row (the sequel to A Time to Kill), and the fourth installment in his young adult series, Theodore Boone (the kid lawyer who happens to have asthma), and in late 2014, he released Gray Mountain, a legal suspense novel.
The author found time to sit down in his Charlottesville, Virginia office with Allergic Living contributor Mary Esselman to discuss his bedeviling allergy, making frequent reference to his meticulous log notes.
On the beginning of his odd allergy.
"The first [reaction] was in June of 2002. I noticed some rashes on my ankles. I remember thinking, 'This is weird, both ankles.'" [He didn't think it was a big deal.]
"Then in July 2002, I went with my wife to an annual garden club dinner, and she had prepared these huge beef tenderloins that I had grilled. And while I was cooking, I was shaving some off to sample. By the time we got to the garden club party, my ears were really, really itching. I got my wife and said, 'Renee, something's going on.'
There was a doctor there, and he gave me an antihistamine. My skin was on fire.
So we got in the car, and I was so desperate I stripped down, took off all my clothes but my boxer shorts, and I had all the air [conditioning vents] blowing on me, and you could just see the welts. The skin was just welting up. It almost made me nauseated just watching my skin."
[He wrote down in the food log his doctor advised him to keep that it was beef. The penny began to drop.] "It was always beef."
On developing delayed reactions.
"Two weeks later, we went to a baseball game in Shea Stadium with the kids, and I had a hot dog. And this is when the weird stuff started happening because from that point on [the reactions] were all delayed [by four or five hours after eating]. I'd be asleep – and when you wake up you know you're in big-time trouble.
I remember standing in the hotel bathroom, Renee was putting damp cloths on my skin, and you can just see it: down your legs, and right into your midsection is where it just really welts up. The inside of your forearms – there have been times when I would scratch until it almost would bleed. You just cannot stop scratching.
So the plot thickens. There were 11 episodes in 2002-2003. By then I'm writing notes to myself, 'No red meat, you idiot.' Because it was pork – my favorite pork ribs from a restaurant in Memphis one time – sausage, bacon, ham. Lamb one time. I finally just stopped eating red meat."
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May 30, 2016
After two and a half days of deliberation, jurors still have not come up with a verdict in the David Draheim murder trial.
Draheim could face a murder conviction for a killing that occurred 16 years ago. He's accused of stabbing Jeanette Kirby to death when she was jogging in a Delhi Township park in 1986.
Around 4:30 p.m. Monday afternoon, the jurors asked the judge for an extra hour to deliberate, but at 5:10 p.m., they decided to call it quits.
They will return Tuesday morning to decide one of three verdicts: first-degree murder, second-degree murder, or not guilty. There is also the possibility of a hung jury.
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Yanina Wickmayer seemed none too pleased after getting approached by an Indonesian journalist at Nusa Dua in Bali a day after getting hit with a one-year ban for violating doping regulations. She voluntarily with drew from The Tournament of Champions today after learning the news.
Though she is still considering an appeal, the suspension would still stand during the process which would keep her out of the game for several months. Wicky would need to take her appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne, Switzerland.
The U.S. Open semifinalist's spokesperson, Rudi Kuyl, said her lawyers are considering asking the CAS to suspend the ruling which, "[t]hey have never done this, but apparently they can do it," he said.
Xavier Malisse broke down in tears at a press conference in Antwerp, Belgium while discussing his ban. The former Top-20 baller was handed the year-long suspension after missing a test and failing to inform his whereabouts twice to national anti-doping officials.
The X-Man sounded defeated in the presser and wasn't sure if he would fight the ban:
It is very hard to come back...in a year's time I will be 30 and a half. I will then have to play Challengers and Futures again. That is something I can't really see myself doing. It is hard to get a one-year suspension if you never used doping.Tough times indeed. Stay tuned.
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WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- It was about mid first half of the Skins-Raiders game, third down and seven yards to go.
Washington was backed up on its own 23 yard line when Robert Griffin took the snap from the shotgun, danced away from danger, reset his feet and delivered a strike to Pierre Garcon for a first down. Watching the game I thought to myself, "nice!" It was the kind of spontaneous, in-the-pocket matriculation that only a superior athlete with pocket poise and accurate passing skills could make.
Much has been made of RG3 or Rust-G-3 through the first quarter of the season.
When Griffin takes snaps, nothing much resembles the electrifying, game-changing, dual-threat signal caller of 2012. It's been a point of frustration for Redskins fans who desperately want their quarterback to author another one of those Minnesota Vikings-like 76 yard house calls along the sideline late in a game.
My opinion, burgandy and gold nation is getting exactly what it wanted even if they don't realize it. During the off-season, fans clamored for a safer, wiser, less risky Griffin. Well, you got it.
Griffin is not running as much and he is not as fast as he used to be. Truth is he may never run as fast as that December day against the Vikes. Deal with it.
Here's a question though, why does he have to run a 4.3 40-yard dash? As long as he doesn't require Tommy John surgery on his throwing arm, he'll be fine.
Quarterbacks who allow their legs to run them into harm's way don't live long in the NFL. They make highlight reels but eventually they land on the injury report. History tells us that.
Mike Vick, Colt McCoy, Vince Young, Mark Brunnell (more when he was with the Jags). From where I sit, Griffin is a pretty good package. A quarterback with passing skills, who is mobile enough to get out of the way of 300-pound heat seeking defenders. His ability to extend plays demoralizes defenses. Cats like him are difficult to capture on 3rd and long.
Washington fans just have to live with this reality, getting to the elite passing level takes time. Griffin is not there yet, but when he does, watch out league.
The road to getting there, however, is littered with bumps. The Redskins really do not have the weapons to be a consistently elite downfield passing team. They need better receivers and their offensive line could be stouter.
Maybe this is the time to give respect to the Shanahan's. I think they knew they did not have the weaponry and needed a system to maximize the talent of their special being at quarterback.
I also think they knew it would be risky and they would eventually have to scale back the running portion of the pistol to protect assist Griffin's longevity. Maybe they just weren't expecting to do it so soon.
Oh well, Operation Scale Back is here. No injury is good for any player. Maybe, however, what happened to Griffin last season, sped up a process that was bound to happen. To this point, Washington's offense has been like that ugly blackhead on your face. Tough to look at.
But it's the direction the team needs to go. Don't ask Griffin to run more, get him more weapons. That might take awhile but do it. If he runs more, he will get hurt again. Griffin has the skills to be a master surgeon in the pocket. Here's hoping he plants himself there and stays there.


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2010 Daytona Spring Show - Event CoverageWritten by on December 8, 2010 At The Daytona Beach International Speedway
The second largest show in Florida (behind the famous Thanksgiving Weekend Turkey Run) got that way because it consistently gives you more than you expect. The Spring Show, held at the end of March every year at the Daytona Beach International Speedway, has a marvelous, no stress, laid-back atmosphere where fun is primary and most of your detailing supplies stay in the garage. We all know that cleaning creates trailer queens and this event is about driving, not polishing. Like the fun of a Saturday night cruise-in where you pull in, park, give the truck a quick wipe, then go off to meet your friends, the Daytona show uses that same approach, except on a much grander scale.
This year the weather was a balmy 70 degrees, giving attendees a perfect opportunity to immerse themselves in all the automotive attractions of the event. Many shows have built their reputations on having lots of custom vehicles, or lots of vendors, or maybe a fair-sized car corral. You usually don't find all three at the same event but the Daytona Spring Show provides such a variety that you'll have to pace yourself in order to take it all in. More than 1,000 vehicles decorated the infield this year reflecting every style and color imaginable. But parts shoppers were also impressed. Most chose the methodical approach, savoring the selection row by row and thankful that the three-day event gave them adequate time for the journey. The 600 vendors offered everything imaginable from fiberglass fenders to modern EFI engines and accessories. Custom and performance equipment, tools, toys, trinkets; you name it and someone had it.
Found the ultimate part? In case your spouse did not share your glee in transporting those only slightly used 22-inch-wide Mickey Thompsons back to the truck, there were golf carts, parts-haulers, working for tips, that would whisk your treasures painlessly to the parking lot. As an added bonus, strategically placed food vendors kept your personal fuel gauge on full, offering everything from light snacks to power lunches.
But there's more. The huge selection of beautiful vehicles and awesome mix of vendors was augmented by over 785 used vehicles for sale in the car corral, with at least one guaranteed to look great in your garage. The Vicari Motorsports Auction was another way to fill that void in your driveway, with dozens of vehicles crossing the auction block. Whether you were looking for something new or old, pricey or cheap, shiny and complete or a rust bucket project truck, the Daytona Spring Show had one of the largest selections of cool customs in the Southeast. More than 12,000 spectators enjoyed the low-pressure atmosphere of this year's event, underscoring why it is one of Florida's favorites. If you'd like more information on the Spring or Fall shows, check out the website: www.daytonabeachcarshows.com.
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Jim Simpson's Tangelo Pearl/Bittersweet '56 Chevrolet is loaded with a 572ci V-8 sending 620 horsepower through the four-speed to the 4.11 rearend. Inside, ostrich leather pampers the occupants. Check out the full feature elsewhere in this issue.You always see something new at Daytona like Nate Griffen's Toyota motorhome, now transformed with a classic '37 Ford cab and powered by a 350 Vortec TPI V-8 under the hood, turning a 4L60 automatic transmission.This '54 Ford F-100, equipped with a 383 stroker motor, 350 transmission, and 3.08 Posi rear features Cadillac taillights and Weld wheels. Offered at $29,000, it makes for a great summer cruiser.The owner of this '47 Hudson says it has been totally modernized, now running a V-8, automatic, power steering, power brakes, and AM/FM cassette radio. The first $25k takes it away!Event coordinator, Rick Finzer has owned this beautiful '45 (Yes, 1945!) Chevrolet pickup for more than 30 years. If the lines look unique, it's probably because there is a 6-inch extension in the middle of the cab. At 6'4", Rick needed a little extra room.There wasn't much information on this Car Corral Chevy so we don't know whether or not the $5,500 price tag included the custom (engineless) motorcycle in the bed.There were no details on this fullsize Chevy crew cab but we liked the shaved door handles and unique tailgate with a door handle.Ford tuff with Chevy stuff, this '60 Ford pickup was equipped with a 350/350 powertrain combination, along with smoothed body lines and custom paint. For $26,500, it could be in your garage.
You know that you have the rat ride principles down pat when bright orange highway signs become an integral part of your pickup bed.Using the highboy approach, the owner of this vintage Dodge added some ground clearance, tall tires, and wheel lips to fill in the gaps.Dave Marland owns this Wineberry '56 Ford, fitted with a detailed motor, custom interior, and custom paint.One of the brightest trucks at the show was this '40 Ford, outfitted with a 350/350 powertrain, shaved door handles, custom bed with fuel cell, and flawless orange paint.The "Hillbilly Express" had lots of body modifications including a chopped top, shaved body, custom grille, and unique graphic paintjob.


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ROANOKE, Va. (WUSA) - In political news, the race for the White House is now too close to call. The latest poll numbers show President Obama with 48 percent of the vote; Governor Romney with 46, according to a CBS News poll released Monday.
Virginia is one of the critical battleground states in this election. And that's why reporter Andrea McCarren and photojournalist Greg Guise are criss-crossing the state this week to hear directly from the voters. On Monday night, they were in Roanoke.
No matter where you live, this presidential election is historic. It is so close that the state of Virginia could be what Florida was to the 2000 election. Our team spent the day in Franklin County, a geographically small place with a potentially big impact.
Just off Main Street in Rocky Mount, Virginia, up this set of stairs, is the national campaign headquarters of former six-term Republican Congressman Virgil Goode.
"I just see where Virg is honest. I know he probably don't have a chance to win, but I'll sleep good with voting for him," said Keith Tosh, a Goode supporter.
Until now, rural Franklin County was best known as the nation's moonshine capital. But with Goode's conservative base in Southwest Virginia, the Constitution Party candidate could be a spoiler, siphoning off critical votes from the leading presidential candidates, and impacting the state's 13 electoral votes.)
"I've heard a number of times that a vote for Virgil would be considered a protest vote. And I said, a protest against what? And the answer normally is, well I don't like either candidate," said Barbara Chauncey, a Republican volunteer.
"We love the fact that Goode is running here," one Democratic volunteer said.
Late into the night, Democratic volunteer Annette Mack worked the phones at Obama headquarters, scrambling to capitalize on the Goode factor.
"We do believe it's going to make a difference ... we believe those votes that are gonna go for Goode were probably intended for Romney," said Mack.
Goode is on the ballot in 26 states. In a race this close, even if he pulls a fraction of a percent, it could affect the outcome.
The third party presidential candidates, including Goode, have been largely ignored in the debates so far, but on Tuesday, they'll participate in a live, Internet-only debate hosted by Larry King.
After Roanoke, our team hits the road for a big day of travel Tuesday with a look at the importance of the student and the evangelical vote.


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Are Rural Americans Irrelevant?
December 30, 2012
Rural America is "becoming less and less relevant to the politics of this country," Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said recently. Vilsack is a Democrat, the former governor of Iow....
What was this man talking about? Even residents of Iowa would have a perplexed expressionn on their faces over this, ditto for nearby Nebraska which is one of those states that have seen much of the rural counties empty out because no one needs a lot of labor to farm, especially in wheat country or even in ranching. The only families that I know who have an approach to something rural--those well educated back to the land folks who farm organically and sell to urbanites who are willing to pay top dollar for pesticide free produce and healthy livestock.
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Trollsucker, I was using the term "rural" in the same way the editor does. He considers himself to be rural, since he uses the term "us" I consider Iowa, Wisconsin and Nevada to be rural because of the large areas of open or farm land. You can shove your statistics!
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If the urban areas didn't consume all that the editor lists in his rant, rural areas would be more than irrelevant.
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Nearly as the era of the Civil War, we are seeing the birth of two America's, one that is government based with large number of citizens in government housing, and from government checks, or from businesses that make their money from the government, the other is an area where people just want to live without rules from someplace being imposed on their familes or to have 45% of their wages taken to support a central government. The Central Gov America attempts to rule the other America with a "grant" system where money can be obtained if you teach what they want you to teach, take care of the check of the month population and to keep sending tax money and young men to Obama for his Islamic warfronts. Rockefeller lives in that America and casts our vote for that America, not ours. My view? Hardly, Obama has on been in WV once and we are 60 miles from D.C. He does not serve this America, only his other America. We are only a scenic backdrop in the liberal view of America.
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Wheeldog, bingo. That's why the article doesn't say "rural states." The article says "rural America" and "rural areas." And that's why impact's recollection was wrong, and the article was right.
Wheeldog "Is the author of this article advocating the overthrow of the U.S. Constitutional government and the establishment of a so-called "rural elite""
I believe the author was reminding the urban Americans who elected a redistributionist President that rural America provides their food and energy, and if urban Americans keep voting to confiscate more and more of the wealth from rural Americans to buy Obamaphones those rural Americans may not be as motivated to provide that food and energy in the future. And then those urban Americans may have to learn how to farm and mine, which require considerably more effort than collecting social welfare and shopping.
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"impact, the swing states were rural? Recollect again." Troll.
Troll, based on your figures there are no "rural" states. The great majority of the population in most states is found in urban/suburban areas. Is the author of this article advocating the overthrow of the U.S. Constitutional government and the establishment of a so-called "rural elite" whose vote will count more than those who are not rural. Keep in mind that densely populated suburbs and xurbs are simply extensions of urban centers and effectively play little or no part in the production of food and natural resources.
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When you think of rural states as places where food is grown, for the most part your talking about large scale agriculture, not anything like the Mom and Pop almost hobby farms of 4-H and FFA vintage--like when I was in high school, back in the early sixties. Rural--most of the county where I attended high school is so cluttered with housing that little of that is really rural. Rural seems to have the aura of a farmer, standing behind a team of mules, horses and even with a tractor. I live in the West, graduated from university in the Rocky Mountain ranching West; in no way when you call anyone living in farming or ranching country all that rural anymore. Maybe if your in one of the Hutterite Colonies but rural--that has a connotation of a hick sucking on a stem of hay. Someone needs to check the web and see how few people actually farm, even in Iowa or most of anywhere else.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Jovan Belcher legally owned the handgun police say he used to fatally shoot his girlfriend and himself on Saturday.
Kansas City Police spokesman Darin Snapp said he believes Belcher used the same gun in both shootings, which happened within about 20 minutes of each other Saturday morning.
Belcher fired multiple shots, though police are not saying how many, at Kasandra Perkins after an argument at their home in southeast Kansas City. Belcher then made a 10-minute drive in his black Bentley to the Kansas City Chiefs practice facility, where he fired one fatal shot to his head after talking to Chiefs general manager Scott Pioli, head coach Romeo Crennel and an assistant coach in the parking lot, police said.
Snapp said Belcher had legally purchased the handgun he used on Saturday.
"We know he owned more than one gun. He wasn't a collector, but he had several," Snapp said.
Kansas City police will be completing their investigation and turning over their reports to the Jackson County District Attorney's office in coming days.
The Kansas City Medical Examiner's Office completed autopsies on the bodies of both Belcher and Perkins on Monday. The coroner will not release partial autopsy results, including cause of death, until the full autopsy reports are completed in more than a month. The full autopsy report will include the results of toxicology tests.
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Southern Sausage Cake
From the kitchen of Dianne Simpson
1 lb. bulk sausage (I used Sage flavor)
½ cup onion, chopped
1 small red bell pepper, chopped
1 small green bell pepper, chopped
- Brown sausage and chopped vegetables, drain.
¼ cup grated parmesan cheese
½ cup shredded colby/jack cheese
1 egg, beaten
½ tsp. salt
½ tsp. pepper
½ tsp. garlic power
- Add cheeses, egg and seasonings to browned meat.
2 cups biscuit mix (Bisquick)
¾ cup milk
¼ cup sour cream
- Make a batter with biscuit mix, milk and sour cream.
Gently stir sausage mixture into batter and pour into greased 8 X 9 inch baking dish.
Bake at 350° for 45 minutes.
Cut into squares and serve with eggs, and fresh veggies or fruit on theo side.
* May be frozen after baking.
** This is a mild version of the original recipe which called for hot sausage, ½ cup grated jalapeno flavored cheese, and ¼ tsp. Tabasco sauce.


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The perfect stocking stuffer: a 2012 fishing license
It doesn't matter when you purchased the 2011 fishing license. It expires at midnight Dec. 31.
That means if you have any hope of fishing Jan. 1, you'll be required to have a 2012 license in your possession.
The infamous Black Friday has come and gone with tremendous deals for shoppers. Unfortunately, there are no discount deals on the state's requirement for purchasing the annual fishing license.
While many people party hearty on New Year's Eve, a great number of outdoors-oriented people braving the winter cold and hit state waters on Jan. 1.
Lakes such as Camanche and Amador are in the middle of a strong trout-planting program, and both usually are further enhanced to entice the angling public.
The American River, from the power lines near Ancil Hoffman Park to the Hazel Avenue bridge, reopens to fishing on Jan. 1, and anglers generally are shoulder to shoulder vying for steelhead.
Some people purchase the fishing license as a stocking stuffer. Others will gift-wrap it.
With what it takes to purchase a license today, a great many outlets no longer carry them. The process is completely computerized.
The good news is you don't have to leave the comfort of your home to purchase the license and any stamps and report cards you may want. The down side is, if you're purchasing it for a friend or family member, there is certain information you'll have to have for the purchase to go through. The person's name and date of birth are easy questions to answer. Knowing a state ID — a driver's license number — may not generally be as easy to obtain, so you may have to slyly question the person to collect the necessary information.
Assuming you have all the information at hand, visit the Department of Fish and Game's website at www.dfg.ca.gov and click on the link for Online License Services.
If you purchased a license last year, your personal information already will be in the system and automatically will be retrieved once you enter the required data. Then, you simply identify what you want in your "cart" and enter a credit card number.
You'll be able to print a temporary copy of the license with accompanying report cards and stamps. The real copy will be mailed to you within days, easily in time for Christmas.
There's a small increase in the cost of the license, stamps and report cards every year, and 2012 is no different. Expect to pay:
• Basic sport fishing license: $44.85
• Second rod stamp: $13.78
• Steelhead report card: $6.74
• Sturgeon fishing report card: still free
Current fishing
There's been a great amount of early morning fog throughout the Sacramento Valley and Delta. Unless you have radar on board, fog can make boating dangerous.
If you can't see, that means your fellow boater can't see you. It's just too easy to have an accident. Secondly, it's easy to lose track of where you are and how you got there. Fog is disorienting.
Therefore, it's highly recommended that you not launch the boat so long as fog conditions exist.
Stripers: Again, it's a fog issue. The Port of Sacramento is kicking out a fair number of stripers, but those being netted are small. If you're satisfied with little schoolies, then go for it. The bigger fish, however, are still in the Delta region working their way up. If the fog lifts, hit Cache Slough near the mouth of the Deep Water Channel. Drifting big minnows, working jigs or trolling a variety of minnow imitators or ounce-and-a-half Hair Raisers should get you into a good, keeper striper. In fact, much of the water from upper Suisun Bay to the mouth of Cache Slough has been decent for linesides.
Ocean: It all depends where your favorite port is, the Bay Area or Bodega Bay. Crabbing and rock cod fishing are outstanding with limits of each the rule. A mixed bag of 10 rock cod, the possibility of a nice ling cod or two and six market-sized crab is what you should be bringing home.
Lake Berryessa: There are lots of trout to be caught if you find the bait balls of shad the trout stay on top of. It means getting down as much as 40 feet to get into them, though, and that generally means downrigger time. Haul something like a shad-patterned Needlefish, a small silvery lure or a threaded night crawler, and you should get well bit. Bass are the same way, as they're hanging around where the food source is. Drop-shot and spooning should put limits of bass on the stringer.
Eagle Lake: This Lassen County lake will close to all fishing Dec. 31, not to reopen until the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend. For now, however, the wintertime catching remains good. Toplining flies in cinnamon or orange, two-inch Sep's grubs in orange or even a Red Dog lure by Sure Catch all work well. Don't discount hauling a crawler either. Flipping it into the underwater tulles and working it back generally gets you hammered this time of year.
Folsom Lake: Trout fishing is good. Throw in some landlocked king salmon and you can get a nice mixed stringer of fish in the 16-inch class. There isn't much traffic on the lake so you can troll with little competition. The main body is holding the fish, and you only need to get down 35 feet.
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|School going for mill levy override election
|Written by Brenda Johnson Brandt
Holyoke School District Re-1J will be taking a mill levy override question to the voters in November.
Considerable time was devoted to discussion of a mill levy election at the July 17 board retreat. At the July 20 board meeting, detail of the decision and process were discussed further.
Board president Dan Kafka said the board is unified in the decision that this is the time to ask the voting public for additional funding through a mill levy election. He emphasized that doesn't necessarily mean all are in agreement about the election, but are unified in saying it's time to go to the people with the question.
A mill levy override involves a property tax increase that is approved by the voters. Specific dollar amounts or mill levy increase have not been determined, but will be clear for the voters to review before casting their ballots in the Nov. 2 election.
Kafka said the board anticipates two mill levy override questions. One will provide for funding for capital and/or technology for a designated number of years. The other will be for operational needs, to include such things as salaries.
Specific timelines (such as 10 years or five years) will be placed on the mill levy increase questions, as well.
At this point, the board has given Supt. Bret Miles the authority to file an intent to participate in the November election with Phillips County Clerk Beth Cumming.
At the Aug. 3 meeting, the board anticipates authorizing the superintendent to work with bond counsel to formulate questions for the ballot.
At the Aug. 17 board meeting, they will approve the ballot questions. From there, Kafka emphasized the board can provide information but can't go out and campaign.
Community members interested in assisting with the campaign are encouraged to contact Supt. Miles who will have a great amount of information.
Kafka emphasized the importance of properly identifying how the extra moneys will be used, in order to educate voters before they make a decision.
Numerous cuts have been made over the past few years, and board members feel it's time to involve the community through this mill levy election.
Details on a master facility plan that is in progress will also play into the school's finance scenario. Miles said that plan will be presented Aug. 17.
Board member Jeff Tharp has been pleased with the community involvement on the district budget and facilities committee, which he serves on.
From that committee, he's comfortable the infrastructure is in good shape. However, specifics which can't be neglected nor ignored involve the impact technology has or will have on educating Holyoke students.
Tharp also cited the ongoing effort to reduce costs.
Kris Camblin noted teachers got a raise, which is important. Linda Jelden said teachers are the biggest influence on students, adding the district needs to retain quality of staff.
Kim Killin said she hopes the public will see this mill levy override as an investment in the community—not just the school.
Laura Krogmeier pointed out the board is seven individuals with their own perspectives and concerns about asking the community to support this.
As a group, Krogmeier said through budgeting and the lack of technology, they see the need to come together as a team—even if they're not excited about having to ask the community to help.
Kafka added they're a fiscally conservative group. He said if they're able to take this to a vote and tell the public how much they've shrunk and what they've had to cut, they have a valid question to ask the community.
While talking about the 1992 Taxpayers' Bill of Rights (TABOR) shrinking government, Kafka pointed out TABOR gives the ability to go to the public to vote on a tax increase.
"We're honoring TABOR," said Kafka, noting they've come to a need and are asking the community.
"We need to validate why we're asking and then just put the question out to the people," he added.
What does the community want its school to look like? This mill levy override election will allow for protection of some of those values.
Tharp mentioned the budget and facilities committee, which includes community members, adds oversight and accountability to the financial status. The committee gives a certain comfort level for overseeing the school's financial situation.
Retreat discussed
While much of the July 17 board retreat was devoted to mill levy override discussion, other topics were also reviewed effectively.
Kafka noted this board works well together, and that was evident at the retreat.
Other retreat topics included goals for the coming year and progress on current goals. Discussion also included working with the Foundation and the desire to get a master facility plan in place. The board also reviewed the superintendent's entry plan.


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Anything official as to why IONE HD hasn't shown up?
Contract issues. Someone in this thread called ION and they told him the contract simply wasn't signed yet. I guess it is a case of the technology being ready faster than the legal track.
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This was Kim's second trip to Ecuador, and my first visit to the cooperative that brings us the coffee El Gavilán. After arriving in balmy, coastal Guayaquil on a Monday, we made the trek to the cool and mountainous Loja in the south. With Loja as our home base, we then visited producer communities in Quilanga and Palanda.
On this visit, we had the opportunity to spend time with two farmer cooperatives that our partner Fapecafes (the exporting cooperative) supports – Procafeq and Apecap. I also had the chance to travel for a second time with the incredibly knowledgeable Alejandro Cadena who works for our export partner Virmax. Together we visited farms, attended a cooperative meeting, spent some time in Fapecafes' main cupping lab, and spent a day cupping with Apecap's cuppers to calibrate on 37 coffees for an internal competition celebrating the co-ops farmers.
Last year, we offered El Gavilán for the first time, and were pleased with their high yields and high cup quality. This harvest year was a tough one for Fapecafes for multiple reasons. Coffee plants were particularly hard hit by the rust disease, or "roya," that became so prevalent in Colombia in years past. This upset led to reduced yields, impacted cup quality, and decreased prices – all challenging news for farmers.
However, after a week with their members we feel confident that, because of their level of organization and initiative, there will be more good years to come. In the photo included above, Elfredín's family in Palanda is preparing bags for coffee seedlings – an apt metaphor for our growing relationship with Fapecafes in Ecuador.
We hope you enjoy these photos and stories!
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A look at this week's recalls.
Child's death prompts IKEA lamp recall
IKEA is recalling more than 2 million lamps, sold worldwide through its stores and online, after a 16-month- old child died as a result of getting tangled in the cord. In a separate incident, a 15-month-old child in a crib became entangled in the lamp's cord and nearly strangled. The lamps, which retailed for between $10 and $13 each, were sold in eight designs, including a blue star, yellow moon, pink flower, white flower, red heart, green bug, blue seashell and an orange seahorse. Consumers should immediately stop using the lamps and contact IKEA for a repair kit.
8 retailers recalling flat-screen TVs
Eight nationwide retailers are recalling Coby 32-inch flat-screen televisions because of a fire hazard. At least six reports have been received about the televisions overheating, smoking, and/or catching on fire. Because the importer/distributor Coby USA is out of business, the individual retailers where the TVs were sold are providing remedies to consumers. Those who own one of the models being recalled should immediately unplug the TV stop using it.
Fire hazard prompts carpet recall
Shaw Industries is recalling more than 16,000-square-feet of carpeting sold exclusively at Lowe's for failing to meet federal flammability standards. The carpet was sold through September and retailed for about $1 per square foot.
Trek recalls bicycles for brake failure
Trek is recalling more than 6,000 bicycles for a brake failure that result in the rider crashing the bike. The 2013 Trek Madone models retailed for upward of $3,000 each and were sold through this month at Trek retailers nationwide. Consumers should contact Trek for information on a replacement.
For a complete list of recent recalls visit the Consumer Product Safety Commission


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Video: Higest paid University officals in Georgia
WXIA -- You can spin the wheel in the game of life, but to land on this list of top money makers, choose your career wisely.
There's sports. We all know college coaches score financial touchdowns. Mark Richt, the head football coach for UGA reportedly made $2.8 million in 2012. Paul Johnson, the head football coach for Georgia Tech made $2.4 million.
While they are considered public employees, the bulk of their salaries are paid by the school's athletic associations, showing how complicated it can be to determine just how much tax money any given employee is paid.
SEARCH THE 11ALIVE DATABASE | Georgia's top paid public officials City and county data comes in part from the state's survey of salaries. It reflects the MAXIMUM allowed for the position, which is not always the actual salary paid.
The same is true for many of the university professors that show up among the top paid in the state.
Marketing professor Dr. Viswanathan Kumar made $949,000 in 2012, and accumulated nearly $50,000 in traveling expenses. Georgia State says at least $400,000 of that came from companies that paid to take specialized classes taught by him.
Still, at a time when many college students are struggling to find ways to pay for the rising tuition burden, the fact the state's top paid employees predominantly work for the University system is frustrating to some.
According to salary data reported to Open Georgia, the average professor made $118,000 last year. The university defends Kumar's salary, by referencing his five page resume and long list of international accolades, not to mention his eight lifetime achievement awards.
They also cite the prestige and recruitment tool the University acquires from his work with several Fortune 500 companies. According to a university spokesperson, twelve of his doctoral students have won international recognition for their dissertations.
Outside of the University system, three employees to make the list are Investment Officers with Georgia's Teachers Retirement System. If you're a state employee or teacher, they're the guys that manage your retirement savings. The Chief Investment officer made $616,000 in 2012 to do it.
Executive Director Jeff Ezell, whose name is not on the list, says the salaries are necessary to attract and retain people who are going to give employees a real return on the $70 Billion they've entrusted to the system.
"If you take it in context of the industry that they work in, it's a very fair salary. We're rather unique being a pension plan and having a stand alone investment operation," said Ezell.
CIO Charles Cary makes about twice as much as any CIO in our surrounding states. The closest comparison is North Carolina, where the CIO makes about $320,000. But North Carolina admits, it contracts out most of its stock trades. Ezell says his office does about 85% of it in house, giving the state one of the lowest expense ratios in the country.
Gwinnett County's School Superintendent Alvin Wilbanks is also on the list.
Wilbanks heads the largest school district and gets by far, the largest paycheck, nearly $414,000. The district says it's not fair to compare his salary to others in the state because the student population served is smaller.
So we looked at the largest districts in the country. New York City serves 1.1 million students, nearly six as many as Gwinnett. The head of that district, made only $212,000 dollars last year and had access to a car.
The second largest school district in the country, Los Angeles, paid its Superintendent $330,000 including bonuses.
Sabrina Smith leads a coalition of parents questioning the district's spending. She says her group has yet to hear anything from the district justifying Wilbank's salary.
"Any school system with a graduation rate of 69% I think is a school system in crisis and I think that emergency action should be taken," said Smith.
Then, there's Fulton County Tax Commissioner, Arthur Ferdinand, the highest paid elected official in the state.
Governor Deal made $139,000 last year. The county says Arthur Ferdinand made $383,000.
Representative Lynne Riley says he did it, by using legal loopholes to get paid three times for one job. There's his county salary, a fee on property owners who are billed together for their city and county property taxes, and a kickback from debt collectors for handing over the bills that end up past due.
Riley stresses, it's all legal. But she believes it shouldn't be. She's introduced legislation to make his position appointed, and place the money he and other tax commissioners currently personally pocket, into the county's general fund.
*HOW WE OBTAINED THE DATA: The Help Desk pulled together city and county data from open records requests and the state's Salary and Wage yearly survey. The state data reflects the MAXIMUM salary allowed for each position, which 11Alive has learned can be very different than the actual salary paid. The maximum salary allowed for the City Manager in Jefferson is reported at $175,000. His actual salary is $98,400. State salaries also reflect total income compensation, which may have been paid in part by sources outside of taxpayer dollars.
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1951 Mercury - Better Than A Dirt BikeWritten by on January 1, 2005 Kristin & J.F. Launier's '51 Mercury M-1 Canadian Cruiser
If you were 13, would you rather have a motocross bike or a '51 Mercury M-1? The smart alec answer and correct answer is both. What if you could only afford one? And what if the only way to acquire the Mercury was to use the motorcycle as barter, along with all the money you'd saved from mowing lawns?
It doesn't take a Nobel Prize winner to answer this question. Osoyoos, British Columbia, Canada resident Jean-Francois Launier, better known as J.F., did what any custom classic truck lover would do. What's unusual about J.F. though, is his wisdom that often comes only with advanced age. Unlike many hobbyists, J.F. still owns his first truck.
In its fourth and latest incarnation, it's a Pro Street pickup with impressive credentials at the drag strip, from several truck shows, and on long group cruises with friends. Before giving you the details on the Launiers' vintage Merc, affectionately known as Ol' Reck or Ol' Girl, we should introduce J.F.'s wife, Kristin. Kristin made a pact with the Ol' Girl shortly after she and J.F. met, "They'll share J.F. equally, unless he asks one of 'em to leave, at which time, they're going together." J.F.'s not the only adult with great wisdom in this household.
J.F. constructed the Mercury's Pro Street chassis from custom 2x4-inch rectangular steel tubing. For the frontend, he welded on a '81 Camaro Z28 IFS, complete with Z28 ventilated disc brakes. Working the Camaro's rack-and-pinion steering system is a Cadillac tilt/telescopic column and steering shaft. Suspended with Alco coilover rear shocks, the narrowed Ford truck 9-inch differential with the stock truck drum brakes was sourced to put the Pro Street power to the pavement. He used stainless steel lines to plumb the brakes. For supplying the pickup with petrol, J.F. hand-made a 30-gallon fuel cell and located it behind the differential.
Since the Launier's pickup was going to be a true Pro Street performer, J.F. and good friend Fred Nelder built a potent small-block Chevy V-8. J.F. ported, relieved, and bench-flowed the once-stock Chevy heads and bored the block. Before stuffing the honed cylinders with pistons, Fred balanced the rotating assembly, which includes TRW pistons and Stroker connecting rods. A Crower hydraulic camshaft and Pete Jackson geardrive helped to button up the engine, as did the installation of a 671 GMC supercharger and dual 600-cfm Holley four-barrel carbs. Hedman tubular headers and a Flowmaster 3-inch exhaust and muffler system took complete control of the engine's spent gases. Equipped with a TCI Auto 4,000-stall converter and trans cooler, the rebuilt TH-350 was bolted to the mill and installed in the custom chassis.
Acquiring his first vintage truck at 13 instilled a great passion, one J.F. couldn't envision having for any other profession or lifestyle. He has a shop in Oliver, British Columbia, Canada, called Desert Auto Recycling, where much of Ol' Reck was re-created, including all of the extensive metalwork. He shortened the bed box, fabricated custom running boards, and shaved the door handles, driprails, and most of the emblems. He designed and built the tonneau from hand-laid fiberglass. After artfully applying the House of Kolor Tangelo Pearl and Lime Time Pearl paint with Tangelo flames creatively about the Merc's exterior, he installed a '58 Edsel station wagon rear windowpane. J.F. also eliminated the vent windows with the installation of new glass.
Within the cabin, J.F. went to work on a custom gauge pod with Auto Meter silver-faced instruments wired with a Painless Performance Products kit. Once he had acoustically equipped the interior with a Pioneer CD/stereo system, J.F. turned the truck over to Baxter's Custom Upholstery in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. Completing the M-1, Baxter's molded flames into the custom headliner and door panels, and covered them with beige fabric and Soft Touch Ultraleather.
Starting with his first vintage truck at the tender age of 13, J.F. has acquired quite a soft touch when renewing and street rodding/hot rodding vintage iron. We imagine Kristin and Ol' Girl will be sharing J.F. for years to come, especially since J.F. says he has invested too much blood, sweat, tears, and love to let Ol' Girl go. In addition, Kristin's pact with the '51 Merc pickup also plays heartily on his feelings.
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House of Kolor Tangelo Pearl-hued flames lavish the M-1's exterior, while the flame theme carries over to the inside. The headlights are Ford Mercury factory items.Michelin radials, sized P225/50R17, cover the 17x7-inch-wide front Budnik rolling stock. The front wheels have a 5-inch backspace.With a 4-inch backspace, the rear Budnik Famosa wheels are 15x14 inches. They're wrapped in Hoosier Pro Street meats, sized 18.50x29x15 inches.With a Corvette center bezel, the Momo steering wheel fits the race theme of the Merc's cockpit. Baxter's Custom Upholstery covered the floor in custom-cut beige wool carpet.Stroked to 383ci, the Chevy small-block makes an estimated 650 hp. A MSD billet distributor and ignition supplies a reliable spark to the Pro Street powerplant. Edelbrock chrome valve covers help dress the well-polished engine.Ol' Girl's best 1/4-mile time is 11.5 seconds at 120 mph. Unless you're piloting something equally fast, you won't be getting much of a view of the custom brake lights/taillights.Trimmed in beige tweed and Soft Touch Ultraleather, Baxter's first custom-fabricated the comfy bucket seats.For the Pioneer CD/stereo system, the owner installed two 10-inch Pioneer subwoofers behind the seats, in addition to the Pioneer 6-inch speakers elsewhere in the cab.


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never happens to me. i like to assume theres a mutual understanding between men who pee in urinals that they each pretend the other doesnt exist.
aint gonna lie, i find it EXTREMELY difficult to urinate in a public bathroom when someone else is in it
You wanna know what's worse?
I found that in a public school's men's room.
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