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I have nothing against tasting notes. Truly I don't. Some people write such lively and lovely ones, one wants to read them for the joy of it, not necessarily in order to bone up about the wines being described. Interesting, that: the tasting note is normally a thing with an expiration date. Who wants to know ten years down the line what a freshly released Sancerre tasted like, back in the day? But the effort of insight and originality remains persuasive, timelessly. Creative minds work with material and produce novelty and brilliance, and for this I am glad.
Yes, you can't go reading through the last pages of the Wine Spectator magazine, as someone (I forget who) recently wrote. But on the other hand, you can't simply have a lavish description of the winemaker or the bottle label or vinification practices or time in barrel or just say "we enjoyed it so much!"; a little more needs to be said about the experience of a wine.
Yet two days ago, I hit my tasting note nadir. I sat in front of a list of wines and my sharp memory of each, and there was just no way I was going to extract anything interesting, let alone a series of quips and quirks and potentially thrilling and enlightening material. I gave it a bash. But lord, it was wan. And I tucked the document away, and eventually, reader, I deleted the document.
I have nothing against points. I like stars and hearts and numbers, they catch your eye. I also have nothing against descriptions of dogwood and plums and pear tarts. Those are pretty, and evocative.
But it's true that a tasting note, when you get right down to it, is like a Schechuan peppercorn. It's a loud, spicy blast in the middle of what needs to be meatier to handle the intensity of its purported "objectiveness."
And points are like a metal skewer: eat around them.
Pic by genial writer Manuel Camblor.
Terroir, yes, indeed. It is often said—and rightly so, I think—that the foods and wines of a region flush, by nature. Some kind of terroir symbiosis. Some earthy confluence of tastes and angles. Swig that Sancerre with your local goat cheese (come to think of it, hit the crottin motherlode at a small boutique in Chavignol, if you're ever in that bend of the Loire Valley); pour some dark and stainy Cahors with your cassoulet (and avoid heart disease while plowing through duck fat and sausage).
Readers of this blog might know that sometimes I drink champagne. But what regional specialties does that call forth? Gougères have been sneaked in the side from Burgundy. Puffy interlopers. Oysters? Forget about it, they're from coasts afar.
But... Champagne production also gravitates around the more southerly town of Troyes. Whose specialty is a rare delight: the tripe sausage known as andouillette, grilled crispy and often served with a mustard sauce.
Thus it was that Troyes native and genial vigneron Emmanuel Lassaigne arrived at a natural wine tasting last weekend in Paris as an ambassador of his terroir. With a small array of bottles showcasing his compelling way with chardonnay, what else to taste alongside than a very natural andouillette, he opined. Served nature. So nature that it was simply raw, and Lassaigne took it from its plastic sleeve and cut it into thick rounds with his folding knife. Cut and serve.
Jarring to eat something raw that usually gets fried up, but the thing was fatty and tasty and a great foil to the chiseled beauty of the bubbles. With a pedagogical smirk, he explained that of course, you have to choose wisely the andouillette that can withstand the direct glare of raw eating. Often, seasonings include chopped onion and the like, which just doesn't do.
But this did. As did a magnum of La Colline Inspirée, Lassaigne's cuvée made from old vines and redolent of the sunny slopes of Montgueux, and the poem that inspired the bottling's name.
Pic by Meg Zimbeck
Unable to contain myself, I have returned to my frequent thematic stomping ground of farmer fizz.
Just up, a guest post scribed by me for my friend Scott Reiner's blog, The Wine Explorer.
In the meantime, I shall sedately relax from the pleasant aftereffects of a few bottles of Lassaigne (07 Papilles Insolites, 06 Le Cotet) and Selosse (Rosé) shared last night with a pair of similarly champagne-hoovering friends.
Yes, Pommard. It's one of those things that people who don't know anything about wine know. Like Châteauneuf-du-Pape or Margaux. The word Pommard has a heft to it, a stately ring.
I knew Pommard when I knew little about wine—less about Burgundy, even, than Bordeaux (my early days were curiously canted toward the Loire and the western seaboard of France). Pommard, when I started to gather up the splinters of Burgundy information, well, Pommard was the Côte de Beaune's masculine wine, ruggedly flexing its muscles near the lacy Volnay.
(Then I went there. It was astouding to see a little string of Christmas lights, those villages, so close: a mere kilometer in distance, apiece, from Beaune to Pommard to Volnay to Meursault. But that should be the subject of another, daintily nostalgic post. (I'm sure you all know how dainty and nostalgic I can get, here.))
It took some time for me to debunk the standard Gallic wisdom: Volnay = girl wine. Pommard = boy wine.
I've had a lot of tangly, rustic Volnays (most recently a 2005 from Henri & Gilles Buisson that was angular; though traditionalists might argue that that was the bluestocking version of the feminine Volnay). And there are some supple Pommards afoot.
2002 Jadot Pommard. There you go. I wanted pinot. Burgundian pinot. I hankered for it, craved it. So I thought: well, I'm having dinner by myself and it'll be simple and lazy, some goose rillettes and a piece of Camembert*, or something. I uncorked this.
OK, yum. Just yum. Just yum. Silk and lace and (yuck, that's starting to sound like a Victoria's Secret catalog); scratch that. What I mean to say is that it was pure. Vibrant 2002 pinot fruit, little cherries, all the pleasure that a balanced, tasty Burgundy can bring. Glug-worthy, hell.
So if Pommard has to be the man's wine, I'm going to wear a hat and a fake mustache. I have no shame.
*For all of you cheese snobs out there, I gleefully invite you to indulge in an actual good, non-industrial Camembert. The poor thing got so popular for a reason, and despite the fact that 97.99% of today's Camembert is made in a factory in Laval (I approximate), the real thing is great. Perhaps too great for potential moderation, but that is another issue altogether.
After several days in the Loire Valley tasting natural wines, I find myself back in Paris. Natural wines hold pride of place hereabouts, as well; so it was that I stopped in to a local store — Naturalia, an organic food store, for those curious — and picked up a bottle of 2008 Clos Roche Blanche Cuvée Gamay.
What can I say about this wine but that it gives vins nature a good name? It burnishes those tarnished images of sanctimonious flops: VA-riddled, Brettanomyces-laced catastrophes poured forth by certain natural winemakers with all of the earnestness of Moonies, proclaiming that inadvertent secondary fermentation is just the voice of the grapes coming out. Damn it: teach those grapes to sing properly.
Which is what they do, at Clos Roche Blanche. This wine is a joy. It is clean and balanced; the fruit is unabashed in its forthcoming freshness; the texture is silken; the whole has masterful transparency of its grape and earth. It avoids funkiness as a disgracedly tattered flag. This is a wine, like others of the domaine I have had the luck to taste and drink, that is Platonically simple, and ridiculously good.
It's a shame the Touraine appellation is almost a mar for producers who are doing such astounding work. As I've written here before, I would rather drink their Sauvignon Blanc than many, many a Sancerre or Pouilly-Fumé, supposedly of nobler extraction.
At a recent day of tasting in the small Loire village of Valaire, I joined champagne vigneron Olivier Collin at a table full of Italian wines. The Roagna lineup included a white, "Solea," that was mostly chardonnay, but which included a certain amount of nebbiolo in the blend (about 25%). Olivier Collin asked Roagna about its color, which to the naked eye was indistinguishable from the color an unblended chardonnay would have. As they discussed the way the nebbiolo grapes were handled, I started to think about color in champagne.
Olivier's own pinot noir, the Ulysse Collin Blanc de Noirs, is an uncommon treat. But despite the "blanc" part in its title, it is nearly pale pink in color. I first tasted the 2005 a year ago at the domain, and the vigneron had been considering calling it a rosé, then. (Or at least he referred to it as "the rosé.") But now it was slightly attenuated in tone, and while with time it has evolved into a lovely drink, it bucks the tradition of lily-white blanc de noirs in its unabashed and very natural tint.
Two questions arose in my mind: (a) why do makers of champagne want their blanc de noirs to be white? and (b) how do they get it that way?
Apparently, adding lees from chardonnay is one of the little rabbits in that magic-trick hat. Another is using activated carbon to strip out the color. This is not a happy thing for the finished wine, as far as taste nuances go, though.
Which made me muse on why it was so important to get the stain out. Why the search for whiteness? Whence tint as anathema?
Tasted that same day, a "gris" of pineau d'Aunis from Catherine Roussel and Didier Barouillet of Clos Roche Blanche was just a drop of pomegranate juice in a barrel's worth of off-white. Yet it is "the rosé."
At what point, then, does a wine become rosé? Is it a question of its taste, or of its color? Or of our perception of it?
I may need to pour some Ulysse Collin as I ponder this.
Or some Clos Roche Blanche.
It was a month and a half ago, back in the dim gloom of mid-December, as the days were pulling tight and the dark, cold curtain of night fell with its heavy, blunt blade earlier and earlier...
(I should cue some atmospheric music or something. How about bluegrass? Nah.)
I went out to Le Verre Volé for warmth and boudin noir with fellow wine tippler Rahsaan M. (though I should note that he is not a fellow boudin noir enthusiast, despite an unexpected openness to tasting a tiny dab on the end of a knife). As is the wont of inveterate lushes the world over, we began the evening with champagne and moved on to darker fare, and against all reason, a third bottle for two.
Which he suggested should be a 2006 Champ-Levat Mondeuse. Now, my experiences with Mondeuse had gone from the catastrophic – a cooked mess of a bottle picked up on a lark at a shop in New York renowned for poor storage, in 2004, back when I'd had to ask what a Mondeuse was, by gum – to the pleasing – young fare from Franck Peillot at last spring's Louis/Dressner tasting. But it wasn't something I thought it'd be worth giving my liver the sock for.
However, it was. This silky purple thing, with piquant tannins but much peppery lushness, was like a mountain Syrah. It was so pretty, so lovely, so empty, by the end.
So it came to pass that a few weeks later, as the days were getting longer, but damn, it was still flippin' cold out, friends and I found ourselves at Le Bistrot Paul Bert, where after a fine 2005 Villemade Cheverny "Bodice," I jumped up and down like a monkey (well, verbally) insisting the Champ-Levat Mondeuse was the thing to try.
It did not disappoint, and even though the context was different and the foodstuffs dissimilar (I was eating a yea-big andouillette stuffed with coarsely chopped tripe, alongside gratin dauphinois), that unexpected elegance was there. That river of purple. That soulful bramble.
I can't wait to have this again.
For all those who have an unquenchable thirst for more about champagne, surf away immediately to the excellent website Paris By Appointment Only and peruse my roundup of some fine bubbles I'll try to be drinking again post haste in 2010.
It's the end of the year, but I'm not going to do a "best of" or "top #" post. I'm just not. In fact, I'm just going to slap up a picture I like of a wine that pulls no punches, and then ramble about other things.
The year 2009 is drawing to a close, and my wine life, it would be fair to say, went through an unbridled overhaul, over these twelve months. Many discoveries were made (or offered my way, or stumbled into); some previous favorites discarded in light of new twists to the tastebuds; and former dislikes rallied to and overcome, until these days, you can sometimes find me ordering a chenin blanc.
Clearly, that's one of the fun things about taking an interest in wine: watching your palate evolve. Favorite Cali Cabs of yesteryear (all right, I didn't get to go through that phase, but you can imagine some similarly dark back-story for me, if you'd like) give way to shimmery Muscadet or wiry Albariño.
There's a Comments section, below; I'd be interested to hear some tales of vinous discovery and change from my ever-vigilant readership. What have you unearthed? What do you suddenly shun?
And a free bottle of Puzelat "Brin de Chèvre" for anyone who can guess one wine I used to adore but now can't stomach.
The intention was obviously to write about an astounding champagne I'd had a few weeks ago. But then other great bubbles came my way, and I realized it would be hasty to sum up everything in one epiphanic blanc de noirs. So I'll give you a pair, instead.
2006 Lassaigne "Les Papilles Insolites" - this is a 100% pinot noir with no dosage and no sulfur. I had been forewarned that it would be unlike most typical Champenois fare. (As though that would shake me!) So I popped it for myself, because in that case – this is the principle of going to movies alone, to avoid the dread "bad choice" that could alienate one's movie-going companions – there would be no one else to register shock, discomfort or, well, drink the rest of the bottle. I let the cork out and poured some into a Zalto champagne flute. The bubbling liquid was deep yellow in the glass. And a lean in to smell what was nutty and aromatic led obviously to a taste, which led to a few moments of internal parsing, then quickly, a contented nod. Oh, yes. This wine had everything I pine for in a good glass of champagne, but was, obviously, not something one fills one's stem with every day. It has depth and breadth, is vinous but detailed, streamlined. Crunchy fruit to it, and tannins to structure the whole thing. This would be a champagne to decant, if I could ever be that sensible. By the next day, it had developed roundly, and was even more compelling. I am itching to get back to one of the two wine merchants who purvey it and snap some more up.
NV Egly-Ouriet Brut Tradition Grand Cru - ashamed as I am to admit it, I used to think pinot noir-dominated champagnes were not my style – Selosse Contraste aside, I would say with a dandyish chuckle. Well, not a bit of it. If Lassaigne's Papilles Insolites was already one colossal raspberry to that particular prejudice of mine, a recent bottle of Egly-Ouriet's Brut Tradition (75% pinot noir) was a kick in the pants, to boot. I can no longer claim disdain for that robuster grape. This bottle, disgorged in mid-2008, was of vinous depth that had me grinning from ear to ear. The notes of almond paste and toast were addictive. I vaguely recall that I had had too much to drink that evening. But this, dear readers, was worth the plunge into excess.
It's mushroom season; we're in the thick of it, and beneath, say, a squab en crapaudine or a ballotine of wild duck will be a little heap of black chanterelles or mousserons or cèpes. A few days ago, I was wandering around with a camera and snapped these boletes raw. It was only later, looking back at the girolles and chanterelles and pieds bleus and sheep's foot mushrooms I had also taken in the "seasonal market" series that my eye was caught on the price. Well, 50€ a kilo! That's 75 of your American dollars, at this juncture. Sure, split it by 2.2 to get the equivalent in pounds, but in truth, that's not the price of leeks.
I stumbled upon an article in the Times (London) about organized crime visiting the forests of southern France. And whatever the validity behind the alarm (I have heard expert talk that the fear is slightly overblown and the situation a bit different than described) the truth remains that King Cèpe can only be had for a ransom.
So, in the spirit of populism, I will not write such siren song phrases as, "The murmur of voices filled the restaurant, and the cepes glistened in the dim light."
No, instead, I'll suggest a cheap quaffer that'd go well with that kind of thing. The bounty of good, unpretentious fermented grapes can be all of ours.
2007 Clape "Le Vin des Amis" - a little wine from a great Cornas producer; a little bit like a Cornas, with good tannins and a rustic back-end. There is fruit, there is bark. There is a certain spiciness, that of black pepper ground. It is a happy thing, and a friend of the forest. I had this recently, and I look forward to having it again.
Now for the cliffhanger: soon I will write about the best Champagne I have had in well over a year. A year, note ye, filled with... Champagne.
It's November and is almost time for the "new" wines to come out. I got an early taste of one a couple of days ago when I stopped by at the unusual wine store La Cave de L'Insolite. (I say this with redundant literalness: "insolite" being the French for, well, "unusual.")
2009 Karim Vionnet Beaujolais Primeur - Vionnet used to make wine for another natural Beaujolais producer, Guy Breton, but is now making his own. If this is a glimpse of the 2009 vintage, we are in for quite a bit of fun. Gorgeously crunchy and light, carbonic yet weighty, this new gamay is uncommonly lovely. After sipping some of Vionnet's 2008 Beaujolais — a wine with a hard tannic edge but lots going on — this, on a return visit several minutes later, was lacy, spicy, and had a marked tendency to disappear in a snap.
2005 Villemade Cheverny "Désiré" - A 100% pinot noir bottling that Villemade, these days, only puts into magnum. The wine had been open for several hours and had finally digested its oak and was offering light, funky, soulful Loire pinot. I find this a much more expressive and racy wine than the sometimes angry "Ardilles." Gorgeous and also difficult to keep in the glass.
I came away from the day with something no one would expect me to be glugging in the dark Parisian autumn (or at any other time or place, truth be told):
Gérard Schueller Edelzwicker - no vintage on this 1 liter bottle, but I believe, if I read the tiny coded small-print adeptly, it may be a 2004. In the glass, it is cloudy. Beeswaxy yellow and cloudy. The nose is aromatic, floral, very pleasing. And on the palate, this has an excellent balance between sweet and savory and sour, with a bit of yeasty umami. It's got persistence, it's got an unusual appeal for what is generally the throwaway wine of Alsace. I would not throw this away. I might even acquire more.
Insolite, indeed.
It was a dark, dark, dark fall night. The wind was whipping, and garish bright lights festooned the outside of the Cirque d'Hiver, where many children and balloon-holding parents streamed across the rue Amelot, blocking a taxi in which Barbra Austin and I were ensconsed, late for dinner.
One block later, we egressed from the cab and met Todd and Scott outside of the restaurant Repaire de Cartouche, a place as old-fashioned and wood-decked as a country inn in some tale of banditry.
One hour later, the scents of porcini cream steamily filled the air around a large, circular table, upon which an almost-empty bottle of 2005 Villemade Cour-Cheverny "Les Acacias" stood, beading.
Soon after would arrive dishes of game and mushroom; what better fodder to match them with than something redolent of the iron blood of the Mourvèdre grape?
2001 Grange des Pères Vin de Pays de L'Hérault - What a fine thing this was: heavy on the blood, resoundingly echoing the sang that stood amid the flesh of a well-crusted venison steak to my left and the deep, stewed-wine daube to my right. (My own dish of pheasant picked up the ruffles of cabernet, I think.) I love this wine; this is the third vintage of it I've had, and each time, I have marveled and swooned; marveled and swooned. It is long and profound and exciting. It calls you back to it with great presence and is demanding.
The only way to follow up such a powerful wine was to slip into something similarly prepossessing, yet more coy.
2001 Allemand Cornas "Reynard" - The nose was slight, after the previous, with a curiously lactic note. But on the palate, the silky rush of it all was a jolt. It could hold its own after the Grange des Pères, and more. A lush beauty of northern Rhône syrah. It also paired well with the various game dishes, of which bites were being passed, here and there, across and around our table of eight.
We gobbled and drank.
Then there was no more food, plates were being cleared, and the wine was gone. It was time to turn back to the list.
Three of our party had just spent ten days in the southern Rhône, so perhaps it was time for a complete and total paradigm shift.
"Do you like Arbois?" I asked my friend Todd as I looked sharply up over the edge of the wine list.
"I've had vin jaune, but I must admit, it's not my favorite."
"What about a red?" I'd seen something that had sparked my desire.
There was general ignorance as to the reds of the region, so I filled in with enthusiasm. Words came tumbling out of me as I described poulsard, plousard, ploussard, trousseau.... Was I making any sense? My thoughts were on Overnoy. I was trying to convey the essence of Jurassics, but I'm sure clarity ran low. It was a jumble in his mind like a word-salad e-mail, from what I could tell, as I drew to a close.
Nonetheless, we ordered it.
2007 Overnoy/Houillon Arbois Pupillin - The light color of this wine is a jape. It's a quick switch. This wine is a berry blade. It's a sharp flick of the colorful rope. God, I love this wine. It's got intense acidity and lovely aromatics. It is long and fine on the palate.
It was a great way of ushering in dessert, which I forewent for more of it.
And more.
I love those sticky, fatty, piggy dishes, especially as in Paris, autumn is starting to cool down the air and a cold breeze sometimes picks at my cuffs.
Lately, I stopped in at Le Comptoir and knew I had to glut myself on some offal. The main course would be a boned, breaded pig's foot. But what to drink with it?
2008 Gramenon Poignée de Raisins - The match was tasty, as was the wine itself. All silk carbonic perfection from this young-vines Grenache cuvée of the "natural" Côtes du Rhône producer. It had both raspberry-fruited purity and clove-y, peppery complexity; it was "natural" and showed the thin edge of no sulfur, but had no flaws. Nary a whiff of brettanomyces, etc. In fact, the absence of flaws, in combination with natural winemaking transparency, was a source of fascination, pointing out that when it's done right, that approach is compelling.
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A Study of Retrovir and Epivir Alone or in Combination With 141W94 in HIV-Infected Patients
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|A Phase III Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Antiviral Efficacy of 141W94 in Combination With Retrovir and Epivir Compared to Retrovir and Epivir Alone in Patients With HIV Infection.
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- HIV-positive status.
- Screening viral load >= 10,000 copies/mm3 14 days prior to entry.
- CD4+ cell counts >= 200 cells/mm3 14 days prior to entry.
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Co-existing Condition:
Patients with the following symptoms or conditions are excluded:
Clinical diagnosis of AIDS (CDC 1993 Classification C).
Concurrent Medication:
Terfenadine, astemizole, cisapride, triazolam, medazolam, and ergotamine/dihydroergotamine-containing regimens.
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Clinically relevant hepatitis in the previous 6 months.
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- Greater than 4 weeks of any nucleoside antiretroviral therapy.
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|Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 20037
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|Community Research Initiative of South Florida
|Coral Gables, Florida, United States, 33146
|Community Research Initiative of Central Florida
|Maitland, Florida, United States, 32751
|Univ of Miami School of Medicine
|Miami, Florida, United States, 33136
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|Chicago Ctr for Clinical Research
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|United States, Massachusetts
|Community Research Initiative of New England
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|New York, New York, United States, 10011
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|Methodist Hosp
|Memphis, Tennessee, United States, 38104
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Drug Therapy, Combination
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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On a rainy Saturday afternoon in early October, close to 50 young women gathered at the New Castle Library for the first annual Western Slope Rodeo Royalty Clinic, a one-day crash course in etiquette for this year's rodeo queens, princesses and princess attendants.
The girls, many wearing cowboy hats with bejeweled crowns, sparkly shirts and fancy sashes emblazoned with their titles, enjoyed a formal luncheon in the library's community room and heard from speakers such as Cassidy Cabot, Miss Rodeo Colorado. All the girls eagerly lined up for photos with the 23-year-old Cabot, who is from Bayfield and enjoys her job as the face of Colorado rodeo.
"I plan to try out for Miss Rodeo USA," she said with a smile that remained bright and cheerful for each picture.
Garfield County 2013 Rodeo Queen Attendant Alli Sexton, 13, and twin co-princesses Katy and Karly Manupella, 12, mixed with royalty from Beaver Creek, Collbran, Eagle County, Gunnison, Montrose and Snowmass.
Sexton said the whole experience has changed her life. She started off as princess last year.
"At first, I thought, 'It's going to be so boring'," she remembered. "But, I learned things about myself that I didn't know."
As queen attendant, Sexton is in her second year as royalty, and that means more responsibilities.
"If the queen can't show up, I will take her spot," she explained.
Annie McNeel, in her second reign as Garfield County's rodeo queen, is in her first term at Northeastern Junior College in Sterling. That means Sexton is very busy.
"I have to be the leader," she said.
But she doesn't seem to mind. She's getting to know new people, a new royalty horse, and enjoys her newfound self-confidence.
"It's definitely been an experience," she said.
Joyce Gornick of the Garfield County Fair Board helped organize the event with volunteer Lyndsay Jo Smith. Gornick noted the clinics, which teach girls how to comport themselves as young ladies, are usually held near Denver or Colorado Springs.
"That's an expensive trip for those of us from the Western Slope," she said. "We thought we'd offer something here so they could get an education as far as representing their counties and rodeos."
And that's exactly what rodeo royalty do all year long. The girls travel around the state, representing their communities at lunches, dinners and other events. Gornick said they need to know what's appropriate behavior in public and what's not.
"They do have to be taught that they are served from the left [at formal meals] and it's not 'pass the plate'," she said, just as a young lady-in-training at a nearby table licked chocolate mousse from the back of her spoon. "If a girl sits there and stuffs her mouth, someone's going to notice."
But it's not all table manners, said Smith, a past Beaver Creek and Vail Valley Rodeo Queen. Poise and confidence count when it comes to being a good representative of your hometown and the western lifestyle.
"They learn public speaking skills and graciousness," she said. "They come out of their shells."
Kaycee Manupella, mother of the co-princess attendants, praised McNeel for her influence on the twins, after they met through 4-H. The twins tried out for royalty last year but didn't win.
"Annie encouraged them to try out again this year," added Manupella. "She's been a great role model for them."
Most rodeo royalty are in 4-H and have strong riding abilities, said Smith. But tryouts are not easy. Katy and Karly Manupella had to demonstrate horsemanship skills, give a speech and participate in an interview, among other tasks, during this year's contest.
Smith added that, these days, it's harder to find girls who are interested.
"That's why we did this," she said. "We want to promote interest."
The Garfield County Rodeo celebrates 75 years of rodeo royalty at its Diamond Jubilee next summer.


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A Wilmington man is in the hospital after being shot in the abdomen late Saturday, and a 22-year-old woman has been charged in the shooting, Wilmington police said
Police said a 32-year-old man was shot after a dispute with the woman escalated at 2308 Boardwalk Ave. He was transported to New Hanover Regional Medical Center, according to New Hanover County dispatch. Hospital officials said his injuries did not appear to be life-threatening, according to a police spokesman.
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JOCKEY FRANK ALVARADO, HUDSON LANDING, WINNER: "I talked to Blaine (Wright), and he told me just to play it by ear. We knew there would be plenty of speed in the race, so we figured to sit off the pace and save ground. I felt I had good position on the rail, but I had to move a little early to keep my position. I wanted to keep him close to (Winning Machine) because my horse is very competitive. He's a fighter. I heard Mario (Gutierrez) coming late, but I knew the wire would come first."
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NOTES: Hudson Landing (32-11-6-3-$413,188)…Hudson Landing since claimed for $50,000, Feb 25, 2012: 6-4-0-1-$176,500…Blaine Wright in 2012 stakes @ EmD: 5-2-2-0 wins by D'honorable One (dead-heat) Auburn Handicap, Hudson Landing, Mt. Rainier Handicap… Wright has seven career stakes wins at EmD…Jockey Frank Alvarado lifetime @ EmD: 28-4-6-7-$104,302…This is Alvarado's first stakes win at EmD. Thiscatsgotcgharm and Alvarado finished first in the 2008 Emerald Derby, but were disqualified and placed second behind Gallon for interference in the stretch.


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July 1, 2013
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
by Boo, Katherine
Behind the Beautiful Forevers is a non-fiction book beautifully written like a novel by Pulitzer-winning newspaper journalist Katherine Boo. She spent three years interviewing and consulting with the poor inhabitants of an under-city slum, "Annawadi", at the edge of Mumbai's new, modern, and opulent airport.
Many of the inhabitants make a living picking up the airport's garbage and garbage floating in a large polluted lake left by the affluent tourists. They are the poorest of the poor of India.
The book details the abject poverty, the absolute political corruption, along with the tireless efforts of the people of Annawadi. Abdul, a Muslim teenager, along with other boys, scavenges for saleable garbage. Some boys die or are murdered. A teenage girl, Meena, eats rat poison rather than become married to a poor villager.
Abdul is falsely charged with causing a one-legged prostitute, Fatima, to set herself on fire. The corruption and brutality of the police, the judicial system, and the politicians is rampant. His sister and father are also charged and finally exonerated at the end of the book. His fate remains undetermined.
Other inhabitants are Asha who uses the corrupt political system to improve her status and that of her daughter who wishes to be Annawadi's first college graduate.
The title of the book comes from a brightly-colored ad for floor tiles across a wall dividing Annawadi from the view of travelers leaving the airport. Behind the Beautiful Forevers gives us a sad, poignant look at what is a way of life for millions of poor. I am both sad and grateful for having read this book and recommend it to anyone who doesn't appreciate what we have in these United States.
This book is also available as a downloadable ebook, a downloadable audiobook, an audiobook on CD and in large print.
— Recommended by Pamela Gullion, Fountain Square Library, where this book will be discussed on Thursday, July 11th at 1:30 p.m.
June 24, 2013
Into the Darkest Corner
by Haynes, Elizabeth
What young woman doesn't dream of Mr. Wonderful walking into her life, sweeping her off her feet, riding off into the sunset with her? So when Lee Brightman comes into Cathy Bailey's life, she's rightfully smitten. After all, he's gorgeous and obviously equally taken with her. At first it's all wonderful and Cathy thinks she's being too picky, but then, as Lee becomes more and more controlling and abusive, Cathy realizes that no, it's not her, it's him. Fast forward four years and Lee is in jail and Cathy is endlessly checking doors and windows, obsessively and compulsively, trying to control her life and her fears. The author skillfully alternates between the two time periods, building suspense, and we know it's coming, that Lee will get out of jail, that he will come for her, and we're waiting for it in much the same way as Cathy waited, terrified, for Lee's next attack. This story is much more than a thriller; it is a masterful analysis of how abuse begins subtly and embeds its tentacles so deeply into a woman's psyche, that before she realizes what's happened, she's trapped, without resources, with no escape, and no one to hear her cries for help.
— Recommended by Cheryl Holtsclaw, West Indianapolis Library
June 17, 2013
Milk Eggs Vodka: Grocery Lists Lost and Found
by Keaggy, Bill
Do you use lists for your grocery shopping? Then you most certainly lose one occasionally and never give it a thought. After years of "hunting and gathering" those lists from abandoned shopping carts and parking lots, Bill Keaggy has put together an entertaining collection of them, reproduced on every page for you to read and laugh at, and repeat. It's a deliciously amusing (and yes--voyeuristic), look at little private notes meant only for the person who writes them, their shorthand, doodles and smears all part of the fun. In addition to simply what people buy, the lists also say a lot about the state of people's spelling and penmanship, with items like mayonnaise, bananas and Febreze topping the fail list.
Keaggy compiled the lists based on several themes and organized them into 20 chapters. These include "Just Plain Funny," "Sad Grocery Lists," (which are pretty funny), and "Eating Wrong." The chapter "All-American Lists" features a list from each of the 50 states, about half gleaned through Keaggy's web site grocerylists.org. Indiana's list is lol funny and seems to support the health stats we read about for our state. Hint: Pop Tarts, chips and donuts.
On every page there's an interesting fact or statistic about something related to groceries. For example, Vernors Ginger Ale apparently was the first soda pop made in the U.S.--in Detroit, Michigan in 1866. But it's Keaggy's often snarky critiques of every list that make this collection even more enjoyable. In the chapter on sad grocery lists, a note reads: "silver polish, bread, grape juice, table cloth." Simple enough. But take a look at the back of the note and it gets interesting: "No charge from funeral home. $345 – charge for opening grave." Keaggy has a field day. "Oh my God! It's a do-over! They have to open the grave and have another wake for the do-over."
If you have a little extra time on your hands, this book is a fun way to spend it. And if you want to start your own compendium, (ahem, Ann), it's a nice reference.
Milk Eggs Vodka is also available as a downloadable e-book.
— Recommended by Coral Mackenzie-Danforth, Lawrence Library
June 10, 2013
Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned
by Farrell, John A.
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The folksy, rumpled lawyer who bested the famous William Jennings Bryan in the 1925 "Scopes Monkey Trial" was a complex character. After he built his skill and reputation as a company lawyer he devoted much of his career to advancing the organized labor movement in the late nineteenth century by defending union murderers who bombed buildings and homes. In several cases where his client's guilt was undeniable, he argued [successfully!] that murder was justified because of the unfair business practices of the company owners and corrupt politicians they conspired with.
The level of violence employed by unions and companies in turn of the century Chicago is seldom appreciated today, nor is the enormous degree of corruption in the courts of the time. Modern references to the corrupt "Chicago way" are more readily understood after reading Mr. Farrell's detailed account of that period. And Darrow himself prospered in it while denouncing the bribing of jurors by his adversaries and doing it himself, always claiming that his noble ends justified the otherwise immoral means. His vanity and his need for money – he was a notoriously unsuccessful investor – prompted him to take some surprising cases, such as defending Leopold and Loeb, the rich, teen sadistic murderers.
His continual infidelity to his wife, Ruby, and to his mistress, Mary, was an unattractive personal quality, but his courtroom prowess was rarely beaten over his half-century legal career.
— Recommended by Melinda Mullican, Wayne Library
June 3, 2013
The Silent Land
by Joyce, Graham
While traversing the slopes of the Pyrenees Mountains on an extended ski vacation, married couple Jake and Zoe awake to find themselves buried under a mound of snow. Having been caught in a massive avalanche, the two must now fight for survival. But upon returning to the once bustling holiday resort, they quickly realize that natural law is a thing of the past, and all that remains is a wasteland of silence and snow. Trapped in a place where remembering is as dangerous as forgetting, and nightmarish apparitions and incessant hallucinations haunt them at every turn, the two struggle to regain both their grip on reality and the will to live.
A superb blend of fantasy and horror, The Silent Land is like waking from a dream, only to find oneself in the midst of a nightmare. A true master of surrealism, Joyce effortlessly juxtaposes contrasting themes of the human condition: acceptance and denial, luck and fate, love and hate, but most of all, life and death. The Silent Land is as beautiful as it is eerie, and a must read for all those grappling with the idea of a hereafter.
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2006 Street Rodder Road Tour - Fun On The RunWritten by on August 30, 2006 Contributors: Jerry Dixey
Without a doubt, grabbing a couple of pals and hittin' the road in your street rods for a day is about as good as it gets. But burnin' up the asphalt with a couple dozen or so fellow rodders for a weeklong cross-country road trip can be the ultimate in street rod fun. Such was the case recently on the first ever ride-a-long version of the 2006 PPG / STREET RODDER Road Tour.
As we're sure you're all aware, for 10 straight years the STREET RODDER Road Tour has been the domain of STREET RODDER's own Jerry "Iron Can" Dixey, who, over that span, has clocked in 250,000 miles behind the wheel of a wide variety of cool street rods, and this year we thought it'd be fun to invite our readers to travel along with us for some good old blacktop-burnin' fun.
The first leg of Road Tour '06 was sponsored by Advanced Plating (one of the nation's premier chrome plating shops) and began at on of the East Coast's largest automotive events, the 16th annual Cruisin' Ocean City, in Ocean City, Maryland. The kickoff show included a daily Cruisin' parade along the Ocean City Beachside Boardwalk, a Saturday night concert held at the Ocean City Convention Center, and closing ceremonies at Ocean City's Beachside Inlet on Sunday. We hit the road Sunday afternoon with 14 cars and 17 participants in tow. Our stop for Sunday night was Virginia Beach and the Norfolk, Virginia, shop of Flatlander's Hot Rods, where Alan Thornton and 25 local rodders were on hand to greet us. Monday morning our journey continued on to Charlotte, North Carolina, and Lowe's Motor Speedway. The track is awesome and we were even able to take a few laps around it in our own vehicles. We then lined the cars up at the start/finish line for an incredible photo opportunity. Brent Vandervort and the folks at Fatman Fabrications were our hosts Monday evening and we were treated to a great tour of the facilities, a really enjoyable and informative conversation, and as an added bonus, a good old-fashion barbecue (there's nothin' like good barbecue after a long day on the road).
Tuesday was a hike; in fact it was a good 400-mile day with our designation being Nashville, Tennessee, where Johnny and Linda Fruend greeted us at their Hunter's Custom Automotive shop for another great evening of fun and food. Wednesday we left the hotel and started our day by touring the Advanced Plating facility and the Gibson Guitar factory in Nashville. Both stops we a blast, and now we know why Advanced Plating's chrome always looks so good and why Gibson guitars make such beautiful music. From Nashville we headed to tiny little Holly Springs, Mississippi, where street rod builder and collector George Poteet treated us to the best burgers in the South and then invited the whole gang of us over for an evening at his farm for homemade ice cream and an eyeful of his massive shop and car collection. When we arrived at our hotel in Holly Springs for the evening, it was hard to grasp all of what we'd seen and learned in that single day of Road Tour #1. Thursday morning we made the 30-minute drive to Memphis where we enjoyed breakfast at one of Elvis' favorite restaurants. We made a brief stop at Sun Records, and then drove down the famous Beale Street section of Memphis. From there we headed across Arkansas, made a stop in Hardy, and toured the automotive museum. One more stop for lunch at Hillbilly Junction, and then it was on to the NSRA Mid-America Nationals in Springfield.
It was a great week on the 2006 PPG / STREET RODDER Road Tour #1. Many friendships were formed and everyone who came along for the ride said they would love to do it again. They will have their chance, since there are five more tours on this summer's schedule. Our next stop is San Antonio, Texas, where Jack Chisenhall and Rick Love from Vintage Air will help lead a group of over 50 vehicles as we head to Los Angeles for the famous Father's Day L.A. Roadster Show. Stay tuned for more coverage of the rest of the 2006 PPG / STREET RODDER Road Tour on both the Web (www.streetrodderweb.com) and in the next issue of STREET RODDER--better yet, gas up your street rod and join us!
We'd like to express our thanks to all who joined us for the first-ever ride-a-long version of the PPG / STREET RODDER Road Tour. It was one of our most enjoyable trips, and the new friendships created along the way are worth their weight in gold. And, though I failed to mention by name (for fear of missing someone) everyone who made the trip, just keep in mind that we'd travel with any or all of you again in a heartbeat--and hopefully we will. And again, as for the rest of you, start making plans to join in on the fun--the new Road Tour is destined to be a blast!
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Our Road Tour adventure began in Ocean City, MD, at the Cruisin' Ocean City event. It was there we met up with our contingent of long-haulers. The show was a blast; cruising the boardwalk and checking out the thousands of hot rods, classic trucks, and musclecars was a great way to start our adventure.We managed to gather up most of the gang for a photo op before we hit the road. Everyone was jazzed and ready to rock. This was going to be a heck of a lot of fun.On Sunday afternoon after the Cruisin' Ocean City show, we hit the road on the first leg of our adventure--onward to cruise Virginia Beach and to visit Flatlander's Hot Rods.Alan Thornton and a crowd of local Virginia rodders were on hand to greet us upon our arrival. The gang had a great time and we all knew this was just the beginning of a fun and memorable trip.Monday morning we left Virginia and headed toward Charlotte, North Carolina. Brent Vandervort of Fatman Fabrications met us at Lowe's Motor Speedway and charmed the powers-that-be into letting the crew take a few laps around the track in their hot rods.The opportunity to make some laps around a speedway that most only get to see on TV was a hoot. If allowed, most of the guys and gals would have continued until they ran out of gas; but alas, they flagged us off the track after a few laps. Needless to say, it was one of the highlights of the trip.We then followed Brent over to his shop and got the royal treatment. The Fatman crew not only gave us a tour of the facility, but they fed us some of the best barbecue we'd ever eaten!It was pretty much unanimous that we could have listened to Brent all evening; he's so knowledgeable and entertaining that the time just flew by, and before we knew it was time to head to the hotel and get some shuteye in anticipation for what the next day's travel had in store.
That said, breaking in a fresh street rod via a long road trip is not without some form of mechanical malady. During the course of the trip, we needed to rectify one such situation so we stopped by Lokar for a visit and a bit of mechanical adjustment; the street rod industry is filled with some of the nicest folks!After spending time at Hunter's, we all headed over to our hotel and, after a few cold beverages, we hit the sack with our sights set on the next day's activities.Wednesday morning brought us to Advanced Plating (the sponsor of the first leg of Road Tour '06). This was a real treat seeing just how they go about applying a gleaming coating of chrome.It was amazing to see a professional plating facility firsthand. We were all extremely impressed and couldn't get over how spotless and meticulously run the plant was...It was just a skip and a jump from Advanced Plating over to the Gibson Guitar plant. The opportunity to combine cool stops such as these with a street rod road trip was great--it just doesn't get any better than this.
After one of our drivers meetings, it was then onward toward Holly Springs, MS, and our pal George Poteet......Cruising the South was a pleasure; there's nothing like traveling in a group turning heads and getting the thumbs-up from the locals the whole way.We met up with George at our hotel in Holly Springs and then caravanned over to a little local market for a bite of lunch and what ended up to be perhaps the best burgers we've ever eaten......The market was in a Civil War-era train station complex nestled on the edge of town--a perfect place for a laidback lunch.After lunch we gassed up and again followed George over to his farm to check out his shop and collection of cool cars and trucks.After lunch we gassed up and again followed George over to his farm to check out his shop and collection of cool cars and trucks.Our parade of hot rods wound through the back roads of Holly Springs and ended up at the farm. The rolling hills of George's digs were beautiful, and we couldn't wait to check out all the cool early iron we knew was there.The Poteet spread was even more impressive than we could have imagined, and George was a more-than-gracious host...
The next morning we headed toward Springfield, MO, and our final destination, but not before stopping at a local hangout for a breakfast that couldn't be beat.After breakfast we headed toward Memphis. Once there, we cruised historic Beale Street and made a quick stop at Sun Records (where Elvis made some of his early recordings). From Memphis we crossed Arkansas, made a stop in Hardy, AR, and toured a cool automotive museum that was chock-full of not only a great selection of cars and trucks, but also a vast array of early mechanics tools and auto accessories as well.From there we made our way to Springfield and our final destination, the NSRA Mid-America Nationals. Jerry set up the STREET RODDER booth and tucked the Road Tour Chevy in the shade while the gang visited, laughed, and recounted the trip's highlights...


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And back pimples that burn with the flame of a thousand suns when you lean back on a chair
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"There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it."
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Early stage leprosy, mild touch of mange
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teeheeYou should really get that checked out. I hear there's a really good doctor that specializes in that sorta thing.
Goes by the name of Jesus Christ, MD. You should give him a ring. I don't think he has a landline though so you'd have to try him on the celestial cell.
leprosy is actually not that bad. although it's used as divine commination in the Old Testament (Miriam is punished for being annoyed that Moses had an Ethiopian wife by being beset with leprosy for 7 days), leprosy is represented as a lot worse than it actually is
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cool theme for this one, ill keep a close eye on this. might try to 'tale part' if i have the time
After last month's rather specific lair challenge, this month's is quite a bit more open. Your challenge, should you choose to accept it is to come up with a map that is nautically-themed. This could be a deck plan of a ship, a map showing sea-borne trading routes, a map illustrating a naval battle, a map showing an underwater ruin or lair, or any other sea-going map you can come up with.
Title each new thread May/June Lite Entry - <your title>
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The challenge will end on or around the 13th of June, and the winner will receive a silver compass, glory, and maybe a groupie or two.
cool theme for this one, ill keep a close eye on this. might try to 'tale part' if i have the time
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Interesting theme indeed
I've always wanted a grou… I mean, silver compass!
If I get a good idea I think I'll give this a try, I've been thinking of a watercolor technique for island groups that could fit nicely in this theme.
Cool concept! Definitely joining this time!
Man, shame I already have a regular compass. I would love to bring the lair of my Dwarven Pirates to life.
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OK, I've been away a while because of Real Life (TM). But I'm ready to come back in and take a gander at another challenge . Nautical themed? hmm.....
Welcome back, you've still got plenty of time, about 15 days.
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Lexington, Va., Dec. 17, 2012 – The perspective at VMI has changed much since Dean's Visiting Chair in International Studies and Political Science Dr. John Duke Anthony '62 graduated. Both he and his classmate, Superintendent Gen. J.H. Binford Peay III, spent substantial portions of their careers in the Arab region of the world, a region that was given little emphasis during their cadetships.
"None of … us had any exposure to the culture, people, economics, or politics of the region when we were here as cadets," said Anthony, who has brought 50 years of experience and observation to the course he's teaching this semester, Politics of the Arabian Peninsula.
And the cadets in the class, majors in an international studies department that has existed only since 1997, devote three hours every Friday afternoon to soaking up the unique insights Anthony brings to the department.
"The coolest thing about the class is that he knows so much about the culture because he's lived there," said Cadet Kimberly Gragg '13. Gragg, an IS-Arabic double major pursuing the new national security minor, should know, as she has taken advantage of every opportunity offered by VMI's programs: study abroad in England and Morocco, an internship at the Marine Corps University, and networking opportunities with the Defense Intelligence Agency through the minor.
"He [Anthony] understands the way that Islamism is so important to these people, the way that tribal ties are so important to these people," said Gragg. "He really emphasizes to be empathetic with these people and to completely disregard any stereotypes we have. He gives us a lot of stuff you can't find in a textbook."
After graduating from VMI, Anthony spent the next two years in the Arab region ("Nobody was doing that," noted IS department head Col. Jim Hentz.)
He'd had a choice of three countries offered by an international exchange program. He chose Egypt and stayed with a family there."I was smitten," said Anthony, noting that the experience was also a "massive culture shock."
The next year he led a group of undergraduates to Iran as part of the same program, the beginning of a lifetime of service in and regarding the region: Currently the founding president and chief executive officer of the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations, he has for more than 35 years been a consultant and regular lecturer on the Arabian Peninsula and the Gulf for the U.S. departments of Defense and State. A life member of the Council on Foreign Relations since 1986, he has also been an adjunct faculty member of the U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Institute for Security Assistance Management since 1974 and an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service's Center for Contemporary Arab Studies since 2006.
Anthony said he is an empiricist, not a theorist. Everything he writes and teaches is based on the reality he has experienced. He offers the cadets knowledge and understanding that they are not likely to get from the media, books, and other academic curricula. The Arab countries, the Middle East, and the Islamic world have been for Anthony like "a university from which there is no possibility of graduating."
Among the views he offered cadets: That the single biggest obstacle to vastly improved American relations in the region is the unresolved Arab-Israeli conflict, which includes Syria; and that the U.S. has used its veto power in the United Nations Security Council more than 40 times since 1970, many of which vetoes, he maintains, effectively aborted the democratic process of the Council and served to block the upholding of international law as it pertains to Israeli's occupation of areas including two-thirds of Syria's Golan province.
"What makes anti-Americanism deeper and more widespread," explained Anthony, "is that we talk more than any people in the world about the values of democracy. … The U.S. is seen by others as the No. 1 aborter of the process. You don't find that in the newspapers."
He spoke also about the number of Iraqis killed or displaced during the war in Iraq, and of Syria's initiative to feed in past years and house more than a million of the refugees. Only 30,000 have been offered shelter in the United States.
"We're missing a piece, as far as the truth in this," he said.
Anthony acknowledged the challenge cadets face in his class, which requires weekly critiques of the reading, class discussion in which the questions often expose cadets' lack of knowledge, and a term paper (choice of 100 topics).
"Learning something is difficult enough, but unlearning something is more difficult because it's emotions – to be wrong all these years," said Anthony. Yet knowledge is related to power. "There's no shortcut but to study … as intensively as possible. … The soft underbelly of unacceptable policy is public attitude. The key to public attitude is factual knowledge, insight, and understanding" – precisely what he has offered to cadets this semester.
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The first quarter of 2012, by contrast, saw an 11 percent jump in tax revenues over 2011 levels, while the second quarter saw a five percent increase.
"The trend has continued," said Finance Director Charles Kelty. "At this point, we've had four months of straight declines."
The numbers highlight the lagging construction and lodging industries in Rifle: Building use tax revenues so far this year are down a whopping 62 percent over 2011, to almost $68,000, while lodging tax revenues are down 20 percent, at more than $81,000.
"It could be the lack of oil and gas activity, but frankly I think consumers are still concerned about the economy, and they're not spending like they used to," said Kelty.
He noted that he had not pinpointed the cause of continuing declines in revenue, and said that a brief look at October numbers suggests that revenues were down roughly 10 percent that month compared to the previous year.
Yet there were a few positive notes in the recent report: Motor vehicle use tax revenue, for example, is up 25 percent over this time last year to almost $371,000, suggesting that more people are buying and registering cars.
Revenue from bars and restaurants is up 5 percent to $495,000, while oil and gas tax revenue is up 9 percent, to $412,000.
Also, city water fund revenues were up sharply, thanks to a couple of factors, Kelty said.
A $25 million loan from the Colorado Water and Power Authority to pay for a new water treatment plant closed in August, and on Election Day, voters approved a three-quarter cent sales tax increase to help cover the interest on that loan.
As a result, water fund revenues grew to more than $27 million from their previous level of slightly more than $2.5 million. A large portion of those funds will be used up as construction begins on the water treatment plant, Kelty said. Groundbreaking is scheduled for March 2013.
On the revenue side, city spending was up 25 percent through the third quarter compared to last year, Kelty said, largely due to the costs of a multi-year federal grant paid for through the planning department.
That department has spent about $300,000 more so far this year than it did in the first three quarters of 2011, Kelty noted, but the city will recoup most of those funds through federal reimbursement in the fourth quarter of this year.


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Henrico's Top Teachers
Profiles of 20 outstanding Henrico educators
Teachers are a special breed. They are driven by a love of learning and a desire to impact young lives. They spend countless hours devising lesson plans, working individually with students before and after school and volunteering their time, seeking not recognition for their efforts but rather the smile of a student whose imagination has been captivated; a hug from a student who needs one in return; or the words of thanks from a student whose mind has grasped a challenging topic.
In the Henrico Citizen's first-annual 'Top Teachers' issue, we honor 20 of the finest educators in Henrico, as nominated by our readers. These are their stories.
Honoring 20 who make a difference (click to read introduction)
(Click on a teacher's name to read his or her profile article.)
Erin Bourne, Byrd M.S., eighth grade
Blair Flynn, Nuckols Farm E.S., second grade
Janet Givens, Echo Lake E.S., first grade
Mesa Hinkle, Glen Allen E.S., first grade
Annette Hodges, Donahoe E.S., fifth grade
Emily Mason, Baker E.S., third grade
Jill Morris, Pemberton E.S., first grade
Karla Ott, Rivers Edge E.S., fourth grade
Philip Riddle, Brookland M.S., sixth grade
Todd Ritter, Henrico H.S., drama
Katie Schwieder, Fairfield M.S., sixth grade
Lourie Sledd, Freeman H.S., exceptional education
Ryan Stein, Pinchbeck E.S., fourth grade
Lance Teillon, Varina H.S., NJROTC
Chris Tickle, Steward School, fourth grade
Matt Togna, Tucker H.S., 10th-12 grades
Stephanie Tucker, Crestview E.S., preschool
Samuel Turner, Holman M.S., sixth-eighth grades
Debbie Waldenmaier, Colonial Trail E.S., third grade
Stephen Worfolk, Jackson Davis E.S., third grade
19th Annual Asian American Celebration planned May 21
Citizen Staff Reports 05/16/2016
The Asian American Society of Central Virginia will hold its 19th Annual Asian American Celebration on Saturday, May 21 at the Greater Richmond Convention Center, 403 N. 3rd St. in Richmond, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Admission is free.
The theme for this year's celebration will be "Our Heritage," in recognition of May as the Asian Pacific American Heritage month, designated by the U.S. Congress in 1992. > Read more.
The theme for this year's celebration will be "Our Heritage," in recognition of May as the Asian Pacific American Heritage month, designated by the U.S. Congress in 1992. > Read more.
Sandston Founders Club honors Sydnor
The Founders Club of Sandston presented lifetime membership to Charles W. Sydnor at its 12th annual meeting last month.
Sydnor, who grew up in Sandston and later served as president of Emory and Henry College for eight years, was honored by Founder Club President Alice Taylor Baldwin at the April 23 event at Sandston Memorial Recreation Center. > Read more.
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Find out how your favorite dining establishments fared during their most recent inspections by the Virginia Department of Health. > Read more.
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17 Henrico schools earn Virginia Index of Performance awards
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May. 19, 2016Click here to read the print edition.
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