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There's always someone to tell you you're wrong, in wine. (Or to ask awkward questions like how much you paid for something you're wild about, when you don't want your boyfriend to know - but that's another story.)
Yesterday I posted to the board Wine Therapy about an Yves Cuilleron Saint-Joseph I had this weekend in Lille, which I loved, and which was (drum roll...) aged in oak, of the new persuasion.
Well, it may not fly for the oak-shy (which reminds me: one of the most egregious oak bombs I have had was the often-praised Cahors from Lagrézette, the 2000 Pigeonnier, selling at something like $150 ex cellar and undrinkable in the extreme)... Anyway, I have my tastes, and they do sometimes include discreet wood.
This weekend in the north of France was full of new landscapes - and the safe haven of La Part des Anges, a wine bar/restaurant that has my dream wine list. Five of us went there for lunch on Sunday and had some delicious and offbeat fare. But for the second time in three days, I was working around the wine hates of one of our party - and for the second time, those hates were firmly targeted on Burgundy, both red and white.
Now, I know I started this post with the complaint that there were always people to shout you down in the world of wine... But no Burgundy, red or white?! Get REAL!
The only solution was to get a white anyway and hope that the word "Rully" didn't ring a bell...
Here are a few notes from Lille.
NV Pierre Moncuit Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs "Moncuit-Delos" - Lively tiny bubbles and a delicate nose of little white flowers. On the mouth, great minerality and acidity with green apple.
1999 Alphonse Mellot Sancerre "Edmond" - Curious. I hadn't had an Edmond since the 2002, and that was in 2005. This was an odd bird for me. Good "wine" but not very typically Sancerre. Aged in oak, it had by now smoothed it out, but maybe that added to its curiousness. A great deal of body, unctuous on the palate, extremely young for a nine-year-old sauvignon blanc. I would have loved it, but there was a serious dash of residual sugar that I found out-of-place.
2005 Vincent Dureuil-Janthial Rully 1er Cru "Meix Cadot" - Plump young white Rully from my favorite producer of the appellation. An inviting, toasty nose, and on the palate, it wears its oak fairly discreetly, has a lot of body yet some rocks to it.
2005 Yves Cuilleron Saint-Joseph "Sérine" - I heart Yves Cuilleron. This was just a beautiful expression of northern Rhône syrah. A touch of caramel on the nose, and amazingly expansive yet suave on the palate. Everyone fought over this one. Me too.
2004 Alter Ego de Palmer - Haven't tasted this since a year ago. It is still pretty green and wiry stuff. The nose is quite heady and "racé" (i.e. lots of class), but on the palate I think it needs more time to smooth out. It is long on the palate, though, evolving into bark, chocolate, minerals, and violets.
P.S. Back in Paris, Zalto's time is nearing... I can feel it...
Well, well, well, if it isn't Zalto... Yes, someone showed up on my doorstep this morning, at long last. Big box, very light, and I attacked it with a pair of scissors.
No, it wasn't, as labeled, six Bordeaux glasses, but rather a pair of champagne flutes.
First reaction: Oh? That's it? So small and light and not in some way the splendid grail of wine-glassery.
But of course, we'll have to give them the chance to prove their mettle. Heading down to the cellar soon to fetch something I can chill for this evening...
To be continued...
I drink wine (a lot, even); I explore wine; I discover wines; I seek them out, sniff them and sip them. Cheapies I glug, sometimes.
But I have trouble collecting wine. Cellaring it. Purchasing it in quantities sufficient to allow long storage, untouched. Of bottles that need that kind of lengthy slumber before being mellow and right to pour.
To me, collecting age-worthy wines is an act of wild optimism - folly, almost. I have trouble even taking out a magazine subscription - I mean, how do I know I'll still live in the same place a year from now (let alone two)? Or that I'll still be alive? Given my gun-shy attitude toward something as simple as a monthly glossy in the mail, how can I grapple with the problem of amassing many, many heavy objects that you can't take with you anywhere, unless you hire a big truck?
I don't know if I'll ever be able to make the shift from backfilling (since I'm not so crazy as to drink age-worthy wines young) to... aging them. We'll see.
It's been so nice out in Paris that the birds are singing in my courtyard. Sunday, under blue skies that were dipping into sundown at the end of the day, Arnaud and I left the house to go meet up with Michel and his friend for a drink by the Canal Saint-Martin. Suddenly we realized we were stopping before a Vélib' bicycle stand. We took bikes and hopped on them, pedaling off across the Pont de Sully toward Bastille and beyond.
When we got to the Canal, we headed for Le Verre Volé, which is one of my favorite wine bars/restaurants. As we entered, however, a disconcerting vision met my gaze: yellow post-its on every table except one - a two-seater. Gulp. Arnaud spoke to the waiter: yes, if we were really four and not two, then there was nothing before 11:15pm.
Back out on the sidewalk, teased by bottles of Cornas and Volnay in the window, I pulled at my lip. Michel and his friend showed up, and we plotted our next step. A quick phone call to a friend in the 11th arrondissement for inspiration and we were off: Astier! Of course.
And so, at Astier, we "found our happiness" as the French would say, in the form of a traditional, good-humored and tasty repast, along with two Burgundies, red and white.
2004 J.-M. Boillot Puligny-Montrachet - I had never had a wine from J.-M. Boillot before. Now I am going to make a point of it, and a habit. This village Puligny was a brilliant, cut-jewel beauty. Incisive, yet evolving on the palate into a round bauble of tiny white flowers, lemon, cream, butter, and walnuts, I was in love.
1998 Jacques Prieur Beaune 1er Cru "Clos de la Féguine" - This we ordered early on so the sommelier (nice, knowledgeable and good-humored) could decant it. When we later poured our first glass, the nose that leapt out was of a swoon-worthy, plush Burgundian redness. Swirl, taste. Unfortunately, it was closed on the palate, with a suggestive, red-fruit attack - and then a sharp metallic tang and a clipped finish.
But we took our time, talked, ate our dishes (lovely aromas of guinea hen wafted over from my neighbor's dish, as I got to eat tête de veau for the second day in a row - here, a rustic version in a small enamel pot).
The Beaune, with time and air, smoothed out and became quite suave, teasing itself out into a red ribbon of silky Beaune-ness. Mm...
When we came back to the Puligny with the cheese course, it too had fleshed out. A delicious new look at it; I liked both of its incarnations.
Oh, and as for the title of this post... I just may be drinking another fine Puligny in the next couple of days, while I'm at it...
We ate out last night at a nearby restaurant called L'Equitable. I can only describe the experience as... complex. The good and bad aspects of the evening went pinging off each other like so many BB-gun bullets bouncing off of the walls of a racquetball court (or some such image).
We started by walking the two-minute stretch from our apartment to Guy and Anne's around the corner. The four-year-old Arthur was hyperactive. As we walked in, Marc-André was repeatedly throwing him onto the sofa, from which he would jump back up, squealing with laughter.
Guy came in with flutes and a bottle of NV Pannier Brut and set them on the mantlepiece. He knew his tactics: he had Arthur calm down by asking him to bring each glass of champagne to each of us as they were poured. This Arthur did with the serious concentration of a candle-bearer.
Afterward, when the babysitter showed up - greeted with a glass of champagne; how urbane! - we left for the restaurant, a four or five minute walk away on a quiet little street in the Quartier Latin.
The décor was decidedly out-of-place for Paris. With large, rough-hewn white stones for walls, with thick dark wood beams and amateur paintings on the wall, the atmosphere was right out of a country restaurant.
We were served some gougères and ordered a bottle of 2004 Borgeot Puligny-Montrachet "Les Charmes." The sommelier came out with it and seemed taken aback that the others indicated me as the taster. Already on the wine front, the restaurant was off to a terrible start - the wine list was as patchy as a football field after a mad riot mob has run through it with cleats. Out of the five or six choices for each region, two or three were crossed out...
The Puligny was nice - good minerality, but not jazzy. Lovely nose, a discreet use of oak, all the right notes in all the right places. Decorous.
Our first courses came, and I had the highlight of my meal right there: tête de veau with a roquette salad. Now, this was the first time I have had a tête de veau with a piece of fried brain on top. Genius! The brain was soft and extremely flavorful beneath the crunch of the breading.
Things got a little more concerning with the main course, that said. Everyone had had well-prepared first courses, and as the others' mains came, I saw that they were both artistically displayed and, well, smelled good. We ordered a bottle of 2005 Prieuré d'Arras Saint-Joseph - for red Rhônes, it was either that or a 2005 Colombo Crozes-Hermitage. That was the whole Rhône list. Not to mention that all the red Burgundies were dubious 2004s from places like Santenay by producers I had never heard of...
The Saint-Joseph was varietally correct, but had no real sense of place.
Marc-André's duck breast with celery root blinis looked appealing.
And then... they brought out my main course...
It was billed as a marmite of salmon, dorado, and mussels, which I had seen in my mind's eye with a cream sauce.
Its broth was insipid, the fish hiding under the lashings of seaweedy leeks and spinach overcooked. As is clear from the picture, the only thing that saved me was being passed Arnaud's marrowbone, as he (inexplicably!) doesn't like marrow.
As we finished up the meal with warm thin apple tarts with quickly melting caramel ice cream atop them, paired with a glass of white Gaillac apiece (another run-in with the odious sommelier, who would not serve us the whole bottle, since the sticky wine list was by the glass only. "But there are five of us," Guy said, in vain.), we were well-fed, laughing but of course slightly confused by the sum of the experience.
I was also in something of a marrow coma. Yes, Anne had slipped me her bone marrow, too.
Pretty tasty, though.
While we wait for the Zalto flutes to come, I've been drinking around, some reds and whites (plus two different Pineau des Charentes last weekend while in Charente-Maritime on the Atlantic coast).
The best quaff was part of a pair: a platter of pristine oysters with a sharp, nervy 2006 Pessac-Léognan from a château I did not note down (slap on the wrist). (And to continue my badness, I drank a couple of 2000 Château mumblemumbles and a 1995 Domaine hrmhrm Bourgueil and, oh yeah, a 2003 whatsit Chinon.)
A letdown - surprisingly - was a bottle I picked up on a whim to go along with what turned out to be God's gift to roast chicken - from the charcutier-traiteur in Fouras - a succulently golden, gleaming, moist and unstoppable force of nature in the form of silken flesh. The wine, however, a 2005 Chapoutier Crozes-Hermitage "Petite Ruche," was a complete washout! The thing had no body or heft at all, just a rainwater quality (all right, it wasn't Mamie's glass of wine cut with water, but it certainly played the card of... um... discretion.)
P.S. My latest article is out in the new issue of Gastronomica!
Why is the wine world so old-fashioned in Europe? I read a US-based wine-related bulletin board, as some may know. So I see a lot of what's flowing through the pulse of American wine drinkers and oenophiles. Something that struck me a few weeks back was a sudden gush of enthusiasm for champagne flutes from the Austrian glassworks Zalto.
Revolutionary! I read. Incredible! They make the champagne in the glass come to some new, epiphanic life!
I resisted, but the news just kept growing; the champagne glass, crushed in a mash of mash-letters, was becoming irresistible. With one problem: it had found an American importer. Not a French one.
So, hardy soul that I am, I went straight (after a number of fruitless searches) to Zalto's website and ordered a pair of champagne flutes. Only at the final stage of the online ordering process, I discovered a break in the chain of digital modern shopping: I was now supposed to write a check and mail it to the company in Austria.
After scratching my head, shaking my fist, and finally laughing, I studiously wrote out a check, a cover letter and the next day, went to the post office to procure the appropriate stamp.
Two weeks later, I have now received an e-mail: apparently, Zalto was unaware of the bank fees associated with drawing funds via check from a French bank. Now they want a wire transfer.
Back to the drawing board.
In the meantime, with each passing champagne, I feel I am missing out on Elysium!
It was supposed to be -5°C (about 20°F) in the Jura this weekend, where I was headed for the Percée du Vin Jaune, the annual - outdoor - celebration of the "new" vin jaune, in this case the 2001, since vin jaune requires six years and three months of maturation.
Fortunately, the sun was blazing and it was a comfortable 7°C (closer to 45°F), so my two shirts, sweater, sweater vest, sleeveless parka and overcoat were slightly excessive, and most people had their gloves in their pockets.
The tiny neighboring villages of Sainte-Agnès and Vincelles were cordoned off and filled with the stands of 81 producers of Jura wines. Once you entered the villages, it was tasting time. Along with various comestibles along the way - Morteau sausages, Comté cheese and snails cooked in vin jaune.
Because I'm that way, we started with the best tasting of the day. I knew I liked this producer, but nothing else we tasted afterward was at that level.
Domaine de la Pinte
1996 Arbois Savagnin "Terres Bleues" - this is not a vin jaune but a Savagnin white (same grape, just not aged with the "veil" like a vin jaune); a rich, nutty and deliciously complex nose, and mouth-filling, oxidized palate with a good slatey minerality. Absolutely delicious. My non-vin jaune wine of the day.
1991 Arbois Vin Jaune - what?! After the Terres Bleues, this was a big letdown. Characteristic nose, but completely uncharacteristic on the palate, with lots of slate and no body; very thin. The reason I had liked Domaine de la Pinte (aside from the fact that it was recommended by the eminent wine taster and sometime fellow Champagne traveler Michaël Lux) is that last year, they had their 1979 at the tasting, which was just incredibly rich, profound, with melted caramel and walnuts. This was not that.
1998 Arbois Vin Jaune - Mm, here was a delicious vin jaune. Far more body and more typicity than the 1991, it was the perfect (young) expression of the style. We'll let this one age.
Since there were 81 possible domains to taste, it was time to be picky. Last year, we'd had a couple of real stink bombs. Unfortunately, our favorite producer, Lucien Aviet, was not there this year, but there were a number of excellent choices. I made the wrong turn of heading down a set of stairs into a cellar for Overnoy... only to discover that, like in Burgundy, you have to check the first name. This was not the famous Overnoy, but another, and the wines were thin, forgettable.
Château d'Arlay
2005 Chardonnay - We had a bottle of this at an escargot stop. Apparently (and I didn't know this), the domain has been bought by Henri Maire, the huge and much-reviled evangelist of Jura wines and creator of the "vin fou" (crazy wine). Jura Chardonnay is weird stuff, but this was fairly tame; a nice, wiry aspect to it and good length, that said.
Domaine Macle
Another top domain and a favorite of mine from last year. But just as last year, I found the well-respected Berthet-Bondet absolutely undrinkable, this year, I was disappointed with Macle.
NV Crémant du Jura - 100% chardonnay méthode champenoise; light and inoffensive, it didn't have enough character to warrant further attention.
2000 Vin Jaune - I'm starting to sense that 2000 in the Jura was a fairly weak year. This was also a very acidic vin jaune with not a lot of roundness or oomph.
1999 Château Chalon - The top of the line for Macle. Apparently, they made no Château Chalon in 2000 because the grapes were not healthy enough to qualify under the much stricter regulations for that tiny vin jaune appellation. The 1999 is fascinating stuff, though. Seemingly discreet on the attack, it gains in complexity and is extremely long on the palate, evolving into a series of mineral and fruit/nut notes.
Domaine Rolet
2005 Arbois Savagnin/Chardonnay - A zippy, delicious young white where the Savagnin and Chardonnay play off each other, with a bitter, mineral and oxidative streak in the Savagnin rounded out by the more conventional, tame Chardonnay.
1998 Arbois Vin Jaune - An elegant vin jaune, with notes of fresh and roasted walnuts.
1986 Arbois Vin Jaune - Another favorite of the day, sipped standing in a courtyard overlooking Vincelles, as the mouth-filling notes of caramel and walnut tart took over. These are just better and better with age.
Domaine Berthet-Bondet
2005 Côtes du Jura Savagnin - Much better than the 2004 tasted last year; real terroir character, though much more limpid and with less body than the vins jaunes we'd been tasting.
2000 Château-Chalon - Well-balanced vin jaune with all the elements in place to age well with nice body to it; I am surprised I was so negative about this domain last year.
And so we looped back around to Sainte-Agnès to pick up our wine at Domaine de la Pinte, and re-tasted the 1998, which was still our favorite of the day. Now all that was left was to walk the mile, carrying bottles, back to the car as the sun began to set. And James Brown's "I Feel Good" started to play from loudspeakers into the Jurassic gloaming.
I almost look like a pro, no?
Last week I went to a lunch organized by the winemakers of Cahors. Twenty-five crus to taste, lined up in orderly fashion on tables. I got my feet wet - my hand, too, with a few drops of wine that left a purplish tattoo for the rest of the day - and discovered a lot about the Malbec grape, which was kind of cool. At each table, I took my glass, poured some wine into it, sniffed, set the glass on the tabletop and swirled it vigorously, sniffed again, noted down a few things on my pad, then sipped, slurped, and spit. (Once, a bit of wine came splashing back out onto my eyelid; oops.) Afterward I added more comments to my pad.
Of course, I've spat before. Many a time. Into spit buckets, onto gravel cellar floors, and even onto a tree outside of Augé when they were holding their big Burgundy tasting last fall. But I have never spat so fully, so systematically, so, well, professionally. I was a scientist, here; a researcher and not a sybarite.
After the tasting was a lunch, and as I sat in front of my truffle risotto and swallowed the first sip of a 2005 Clos Troteligotte CQFD, my throat did something weird, something like a double-take. As though it were saying, "Hey, wait! This is going down." Yes, I had spitter's palate.
A serious first. But don't worry, I won't make it a habit.
The fun thing about having friends with two young children is that when they can't get a babysitter, they suggest coming over to their place instead, auberge espagnol style - i.e. I make the food and bring it, and they bring nice wines out of the cellar. Happy all around.
Guy said, on the phone, "I have an older Saint-Emilion. Not sure what it'll be like. It's called... hold on... Ausone. Do you think it'd be any good?"
NV Pannier Brut Sélection - this is my friends' house champagne, and it's nice, with a good yeasty mouthfeel and fairly discreet dosage.
Celery and celery root velouté.
2004 Jaboulet Crozes-Hermitage "Domaine de Thalabert" - Suave, discreet Crozes-Hermitage; a nice, light menthol touch that paired well with my cream of celery soup, which I had spiked with a bit of piment de Cayenne.
Blanquette de veau au paprika.
1996 Haut-Brion - On opening this a couple of hours earlier, I swooned. While not a Bordeaux fan, this was just so perfectly elegant, so seamless and yet uncommon, I was won over. Silky tannins and offhand length and complexity made it a pleasure, and it went well with my veal dish. I felt that it was at the right age, harmoniously on the cusp between youth and maturity, and well mellowed.
1989 Ausone - I was worried when I opened this at the same time as the Haut-Brion. First, the cork crumbled, and Guy, a former boyscout of course, had to use all of his skill to extract the thing without an ah-so and without so much as letting the smallest cork crumb fall into the wine. The nose was bright and sprightly, with that merlot-y right bank thing going on, but when I tasted it, there was a disconcerting dry leaf taste. We left it on the sideboard to do its Audouzing*. Well, a couple of hours later, after the Haut-Brion, it had blossomed and become absolutely voluptuous in the mouth. With some light red fruits and cigar box tertiary aromas, it was drinking beautifully.
* to Audouze, v.t.
Last night, one of those Sunday nights where you feel so relaxed, you just make a picnic on the bed (in our case with some goose rillettes, sausage, and a platter of cheeses, along with a bottle of 2006 Domaine du Cros Marcillac), I decided to rent a car a couple of weekends down the line.
Done. Now from Friday afternoon to Monday morning, we have a means of locomotion and 1200 km to burn. Where to? Our friend Philippe has invited us to La Percée du Vin Jaune in the Jura, but... well, we did that last year, and... it's cold, cold, cold, and that's also a lot of vin jaune.
We were in Chinon then Bergerac last month. This summer we hit Champagne and Saint-Emilion (and Chinon). At various times it's been back to Champagne, Burgundy and Sancerre, with a couple more stops in Chinon thrown in. So...
The Rhône seems too far by car for just a couple of days. Ditto Alsace. My heart is therefore turning once again toward that shining gold coast, those deep, golden Meursaults and bright raspberry Chambolle-Musignys.
Unless we do head for the Jura and manage to zip on over to Switzerland from there, to discover what in the world seems to be going on with very highly regarded wines absolutely no one has heard of...
OK, I still haven't opened a condom to ruminate on wine pairings. It could be like some rap video, in grainy film and yellowish light with a big 4x4 in the background, filling condoms with Cristal until they explode.
The pace of things has gotten ahead of me and I'm barely able to juggle the different projects going on, let alone add new twists to my, uh, down time...
So I opened a bottle of 2000 J.-P. Mugneret Hautes-Côtes-de-Nuits "XL" (wait a second; XL... hm...) yesterday evening to go with porcini ravioli. This is a wine he aged in its (old) barrels until a year ago; it has an extra smoothness and density to it. Good, round, if somewhat drying pinot-y-ness. Nice fare, but not to be stored for an eternity. Of six, this was the last bottle. As Jacques Brel would say, "Au suivant!"
It made me think, too, about how my wine tastes are evolving, or becoming more demanding. I guess like anyone who learns something about a given topic, niggles start worming out of the woodwork. The top-ten list of someone who goes to the movies a lot but has never seen any classics might not carry much weight in the grander scheme of film appreciation, and if that person started boning up on older reels and art film, he himself might look back at what he thought was superb cinema with a more critical eye. So, too, with wine. Though I still enjoy a really pure, direct Sauvignon Blanc from the Loire. Poured a neat 2006 Jacques Rouzé Quincy with some blackened shrimp on Saturday. Satisfying.
So - how many veiled references to sex did you find in this post?
Yesterday night our friend Marc-André, a.k.a. Le Roi de la Capote ("The King of the Condom"), came over for some champagne and nibbles. We got to talking, after downing a tasty NV Pierre Moncuit Grand Cru "Moncuit-Delos" and moving on to a 2005 Pascal Thomas Sancerre Cuvée Réservée, about wine.
Slicing the dried sausage into thin rounds, Marc-André said, "Have you ever considered writing about wine and sex?"
It was a fascinating idea. We got to talking, the three of us, with Arnaud pouring generous servings of wine and then a red Burgundy I went and fetched from the cellar. "Matching wine to sex, before, during, and after... How would your choices evolve? And of course, taking into consideration the smell of latex."
By the end of the evening, I had given the green light to a wine-and-condoms collaboration with the King.
Arnaud and I went to sleep somewhat tipsy and woke up late. The doorbell rang. It was a courier, and Arnaud came back to the bedroom with a small cardboard box. The label said Pandora Corp. I opened it and discovered two boxes of condoms, one with integrated vibrating rings. "For inspiration."
This is going to be an interesting project!
All right, life cannot be all about righting journalistic wrongs!
Last week, I went to another evening of the Académie des Vins Anciens. This time I had a feather in my cap: its organizer, François Audouze, invited me to come to the location - the restaurant Macéo on the rue des Petits-Champs near the Palais-Royal - early, at 4pm, and watch the bottles being opened. The fun thing is that in French, the word assister means both "watch" and, well, "assist." So guess who rolled up her sleeves?
There were forty-plus very old bottles to open, lined up on a marble bar counter, with François and two knowledgeable friends manning the corkscrews, capsule-cutters and, yes, lobster picks (long metal tools which are extremely useful for getting out minuscule bits of cork, should the treacherous bouchon ever cede and fall to pieces into the wine).
I was started on one of the youngest of the batch, a 1982 Château Clerc-Milon, and was pleased to feel the cork come out in one solid, stolid piece. A second try with a second bottle, this one from the 1970s, was just as triumphal. But a third bottle, as I dipped back into the '50s, was less fortunate; the cork broke in half, and though I didn't need to use the lobster pick, I did need to ask one of François's friends for help.
By the end of the session, there were six or seven dinner plates on a sideboard with the capsules and corks in different states of brokenness. The fruit of our work.
And I had been able to smell the bottles as they were opened - sometimes to pleasant surprise, such as with a 1947 Puligny-Montrachet that had, well, just a pure nose of minerally Puligny chardonnay; others, to uncomfortable recognition of musty odors of damp rug or rotting leaves. The miracle would come four hours later when those dubious specimens had breathed away their must and would come back to vinous purity in the glass.
And so in the evening, after a stroll around the neighborhood, I came back to Le Macéo, which was now filling with members of the Académie (a large upstairs room with finely clothed tables had been retained for our soirée). That frisson of anticipation was in my stomach as I waited for the first champagne to be popped.
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Trey Hillman Pregame Media Session
First place and loving it
Manager Trey Hillman was asked about his feelings on being in first place in the Central Division. "It feels great, but it's a tough road ahead." Hillman said once teams know what you are capable of, the secret is out. Our secret to holding on will be as follows: consistent pitching, improved hitting, and tightening up the errors in the field.
Tony Pena, Jr.
The Royals infielder will have to undergo surgery to repair a badly broken hand. In the coming weeks it will be very important to see how his hand scars over and hardens. That is an important factor in determining his recovery time as well as his return date. Manager Hillman stated, "We are hoping on 4-6 weeks, not 3 or 4 months."
Alex Gordon
Alex Gordon has been working out religiously 3-4 hours a day rehabbing his hip injury. Manager Hillman says Alex is attacking this injury like everything else, vigorously and is very dedicated to coming back as soon as possible. With time he will be monitored and evaluated to determine when the third basemen can return to the Royals lineup.
Sticking with Mike
It was made abundantly clear during the interview that starting shortstop Mike Aviles is not going anywhere with regards to losing his position. With Willie Bloomquist playing great baseball, it's putting pressure on Trey to find a spot for Bloomquist. But that's the situations winning teams typically find themselves in. "I am not giving up on Mike, he has not played himself out of his position yet," says Hillman. He went on to say he is not afraid to play Bloomquist, but thinks Aviles is seeing the ball better and is due to break out of this early-season slump.

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Tunnel to Towers, a truly amazing race
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What I didn't realize was the degree to which running in this race would help me. It was more than a run. It was a catharsis.
Like so many Long Islanders, I feared New York City for years after 9/11. There were constant warnings of an imminent terrorist attack. You could feel your blood pressure rise with each uptick in the terror alerts issued by the Department of Homeland Security. My wife and I felt unsafe bringing our young children to the city.
I had seen too much destruction on 9/11. I wasn't at ground zero, but I watched the World Trade Center collapse live on TV. I saw the towers' smoke plume from my car as I headed from Long Beach, where I lived at the time, to the Herald's office, which was then in Lawrence. I heard the jet fighters screeching above the office as we worked late into the night to produce that week's paper. I covered 13 funerals and memorials for the victims, seeing firsthand the anguish in their families' faces.
And then there was this race –– this amazing race. By 7:30 a.m. on Sunday, I was at the starting line in Red Hook, surrounded by the NYU hockey team, the Syosset High School cross-country squad and firefighters at every turn, most wearing protective gear and running shoes. The crowd exuded such positive energy that I could only think that, no, the terrorists did not win.
And, I must say, running this race was just plain fun. The tunnel was a long, tough uphill battle in which you had to maneuver through a crowd of runners dashing at breakneck pace. I thought about how Siller's heart must have been pounding when he reached Manhattan. Mine was, and I wasn't carrying 60 pounds.
When I emerged from the tunnel, I was met by a line of city firefighters holding large photos of first responders who died in the World Trade Center. The firefighters said "thank you" again and again. Imagine that –– they were thanking me simply because I had paid a $50 entry fee and run in a race. Yes, kindness exists in this world.
Marching bands and cheerleading teams lined the rest of the route, which wound through the narrow park walkways along the Hudson River and then east to 1WTC. After the race, there was a huge barbecue and a three-hour concert by Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band.
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Many folks seem to think it is a good idea to run PA in system mode. But it is not. Nobody should run it that way, with the exception of very few cases, which are listed further down.
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Finally emptied my fridge of all my white wines in anticipation of the Finger Lakes Wine Festival this weekend. There I will stock up on many of my favorite white wines and Rosé wines for the remaining summer months.
Tonight I grilled up some ka-bobs and opened a Republic of Georgia red wine that had been sitting in the fridge for close to seven months. The wine was 100% Saperavi, a grape that a few Finger Lakes wineries are doing a magnificent job with, but Georgia is the homeland of this dark grape. I purchased this bottle at the PLCB store in the Berkshire mall in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. I like visiting that store because of the quality of selections and the knowledge of the staff, especially in the wine section. Different wines are always suggested based on my wine preferences and I have not been let down yet. Whether these stores remain public or private is now in their State Assembly, but I would hate to see changes in the personnel at this store.
The wine: Eniseli Wines Baraka Kakheti 2007 ($12)
Eniseli Wines is relatively new on the market. Established in 2007, they own 8 hectares of old vine Saperavi along with 6 hectares of new vines near the village of Enseli in the Kakheti region of Georgia. The company also owns 22 hectares of Saperavi on the slopes in Segaani in the Gurjaani district of Kakheti.
Baraka means abundance in Georgian. The wine is made from the Saperavi grapes hand-picked in the village of Eniseli, Kakehti region of Georgia.
Aromas were a little funky at first. I got lots of prune with small hints of chocolate. After a short time there appeared some blackberry and elderberry with hints of currant and some black cherry. In the mouth, the wine was very dry. Some fruit, nice acidity, but a bit bitter or tart with robust tannins. Finish was short to medium and very dry with some dark fruit. Should have kept this one for a few years, but I have a difficult time doing that. The wine paired OK with the chicken and was excellent with dark chocolate wafers later that night. The price is amazingly low at $12 and the wine should age nicely and that is why I will Highly Recommend.
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I think summer may have arrived. A little late, but nonetheless, it has arrived. That means I can start pouring my summer white wines. I can think of no better way to begin than two white wines from Italy, Mazzoni Bianco di Toscana and Mazzoni Pinot Grigio.
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Two of the world's greatest wine-making families are behind the wines from MAZZONI - wines that offer true Italian style for great value. MAZZONI represents a historic collaboration between the Franceschi family from Tuscany and Terlato family from Napa. Blending Italy's old world hand-crafted approach with California's innovative wine-making technology results in some truly elegant and still affordable wines. Passion for quality and respect for tradition along with a bit of Italian flair are the guiding principles to create superior wines for you to enjoy today and tomorrow.
First one opened was the Mazzoni Bianco di Toscana 2011 (SRP $16), a blend of 75% Vermentino and 25% Chardonnay served with pan fried scallops and shrimp.
Aromas were all pear with some hints of citrus and a bit of green apple. Did not get much on the palate. There was some pear, very light grapefruit, but otherwise very dull. Finish was OK at best, short to medium with some mineral notes. I did enjoy sipping with some roasted veggies and a few left over shrimp. I also think this wine will pair nicely with white cream sauces and pasta. I would love to try this wine again with a dish I had a few weeks ago of Chesapeake Crab meat in an Alfredo sauce over angel hair pasta. Recommended (barely)
Well, Sunday I had big plans for grilling up a Salmon steak with some shrimp ka-bob and fresh from the garden asparagus and serving it with Mazzoni Pinot Grigio 2011 (SRP $16). The girls went out shopping for dinner and brought home "hot dogs." Not just any hot dogs, but just any hot dogs. Added to this delicacy was served Shirley's homemade potato salad and her pickled red beet eggs and my Pinot Grigio.
Pinot Grigio was my go to white wine for a long time and it is still among my favorites, and my favorites happen to be from Italy. With the exception of one or two that I found outside of the region of Trentino-Alto Adige I believe the best Pinot Grigio in the world is produced in Northern Italy. So, after having a so-so Tuscan Bianco, I was a little apprehensive opening a Pinot from Tuscany. That ended with the aromas.
Right out of the bottle I got lots of tropical aromas like guava and kiwi with honeysuckle and orange zest. In the mouth there was more tropical fruit with some honey and citrus, nice acidity and some slate. The finish was long, zesty and refreshing and saved the day. OK, Corona, Budweiser or Coors is better with hot dogs, but load that dog up with lots of spicey mustard and onions and a nice white wine works. The Mazzoni Pinot Grigio is a nice white wine. Very Highly Recommended.
Summer finally arrives with 90°F temperatures and Shirley decides to order some pizza and wings for dinner. That kind of worked out alright, because I was very low on my summer white wines and it gave me a chance to open a Super Tuscan red that I recently purchased from one of our favorite local wine shops.The wine is a Marchesi de' Frescobaldi Tenuta Frescobaldi Di Castiglioni 2010 ($20).
Frescobaldi is a Florentine family with thirty generations dedicated to the production of great Tuscan wines in five estates in Tuscany, and a quality distribution network worldwide.
The family's start in wine production is documented at the beginning of the year 1300 at the historic estate of Tenuta di Castiglioni in Val di Pesa, southwest of Florence. From the beginning, the family has demanded that their wines be of quality and that they reflect the uniqueness of their terroirs, and by the beginning of the 1400s great Renaissance artists such as Donatello and Michelozzo Michelozzi had become faithful clients. A century later the Frescobaldi wines were served at the tables of the Papal Court and the English Court of Henry the Eighth.
The Tenuta Frescobaldi is blend of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc and 10% Sangiovese. The color is a deep ruby red and very bright. On the nose I got very pleasant aromas of plum, cherry, blackberry with a little cinnamon and coffee. A nice smooth palate with all the fruit, hints of nuts, spices and black pepper filled the mouth. The dark fruits maintained their presence all the way through the long, dry finish with a little bit of added pepper. A beautiful wine, that was a little too intense with the pizza, but will pair well with grilled steak or roast pork. The wine was also excellent in the later evening with bites of extra sharp Cheddar and Dubliner cheeses. An excellent Super Tuscan. Very Highly Recommended
Yes, it's that time of the year again. Time to travel down to Watkins Glen and take another ride around the race track, enjoy some good food, learn more about the Finger Lakes, taste some awful good Finger Lakes wine while the wife shops at the vendor's booths and bring home a fridge full of wine. It's The Annual Finger Lakes Wine Festival at Watkins Glen, July 12 - 14.
The Finger Lakes Wine Festival, presented by Yancey's Fancy New York Artisan Cheese, is the largest showcase of New York State wines and is held in July at world-renowned Watkins Glen International. Enjoy one-stop sipping and shopping from more than 90 wineries, pouring over 600 wines, andeven a beer garden!The Festival also features a variety of arts and crafts vendors, jewelers, gourmet foods, live music and pace car rides around the historic racetrack. Here are a few highlights of Wine Festival events:
The wine fest has partnered with regional chefs, The New York Wine & Culinary Center, Finger Lakes Culinary Bounty and Cargill, Inc. to bring you a hands-on, deliciousandfree cooking classes and demonstrations.Information and sign ups forthe indoor classesat the reception desk inside the festival Culinary Center.
The outdoor demonstrations are designed to enhance tourism and support the economic well being of area farms, food producers, wineries, businesses and communities, Finger Lakes Culinary Bounty is known for pairing fresh, seasonal and locally grown ingredients with excellent wines to offer an extraordinary culinary experience.
No festival is complete without live, quality entertainment and at the Finger Lakes Wine Festival there is no shortage of talented individuals and groups. With over 25 bands booked in the four major courtyards, roaming a-capellasingersand much more...you can't help but enjoy the atmosphere we've created.Live music is available all day in the Cabernet Courtyard, Sparkling Couryard and The Park. Styles, like the festival, are eclectic so you'll find upbeat blues and jazz to singer song writer acoustic shows...you'll hear covers, you'll hear originals...you may even find that music comes to you!
I recently realized that for someone who grew up on Italian wines, I have seemed to cast them aside over the past five years. Until I started blogging, I think I believed that wines were only made in Italy. Now I know better. That may be the single most important thing I learned because of my blog. This week, I decided to get back in touch with the fantastic wines I have always loved. So, for the rest of June I'll be drinking only the wines of Italy.
I am starting with a region of Italy that I have little knowledge of. I have tasted only a few of the wines from the Veneto wine region. Veneto is a wine region in north-eastern Italy, one of a group of three highly productive Italian regions known collectively as the Venezie (after the ancient Venetian Republic) and the biggest DOC producer of the three. Although the Venezie collectively produce more red wine than white, the Veneto region produces more whites under DOC and is home to the famous Soave wines. For now though, I am tasting their fabulous red wines.
The first wines of Veneto that I opened were produced by the Allegrini Estate. Based in northeastern Italy, the Allegrini Estate is steeped in the culture and heritage of Fumane di Valpolicella, a small village just north of Verona. Since the 16th century, the Allegrini family has handed down grape growing and wine producing traditions from one generation to the next. Records reveal that the family played a prominent role in the local community as one of the most important land-owners, involved in agricultural work and upholding local traditions. In modern times, the well-earned Allegrini reputation is considered to be a direct result of the intelligence and hard work of Giovanni Allegrini, an instinctive man who dedicated his resources to the land and innovative wine-producing techniques. Giovanni was among the first to question local viticultural procedures, and as a result, he revolutionized accepted practices, while combining the science of enology with strict grape selection to create several of Valpolicella's most famous wines. Today, Giovanni's children continue his legacy.
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Rias Baixas is the only exclusively white wine appellation in Spain and is located in the northwest region of Galicia. Because of its cool, oceanic climate, the Albariño grape from which most of the region's whites are made, thrives to produce light and fresh wines. Bodegas Terras Gauda, founded in 1990 andsituatedin the O Rosal valley near the River Mino, is the leading wine producer in the region and is notableforowning 85% of its own vineyards, the remainder of thegrapesare provided under strict qualitycontrolagreements with other local growers.
This week I opened and finished a sample bottle of Pinot Noir, one night prior to joining winemaker Luisa Ponzi of Ponzi Vinyards on a Wednesday night #winechat on Twitter. Unfortunately, I had family business, (shopping and dinner out) that kept me from being home in time for the #winechat. This was also the launch of #TastePonzi Twitter Giveaway. All details of their giveaway can be found here at PonziWines.com.
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I had mentioned in a prior post that I have always paired salmon with a white wine, but recently found that I enjoy a nice Pinot Noir with this seafood. The first Pinot I tried with charbroiled salmon was a 2011 Little Black Dress which was just added to the wine list at my favorite seafood restaurant, The Clam Bar, in North Syracuse. A very inexpensive Pinot Noir that I thought was fantastic. Just a few weeks later, I received for review, two bottles of the Little Black Dress latest releases, Divalicious White and Divalicious Red.
Little Black Dress introduced Divalicious Red and Divalicious White wine blends targeted at millennial women. Divalicious Red features Cabernet Sauvignon, Carignan and Petite Sirah varietals with small amounts of Zinfandel, Tannat, Mourvedre, Garnacha and Malbec, while Divalicious White features Pinot Grigio and Moscato varietals with small amounts of Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc. Showcasing a glittery label, 750-ml bottles of each variety have a suggested retail price of $11.
"Little Black Dress Wines are the Perfect Fit for Every Palate.Like their namesake, the iconic little black dress, Little Black Dress Wines are versatile, trustworthy, reliable and perfect for any occasion. Classic and timeless, these wines are designed in a fruit-forward style with the female palate in mind."
I have no idea why these wines are targeted at millennial women. They must be assuming that men prefer full bodied rich wines while women prefer the light and soft medium body wines. I believe both men and women who enjoy wine just love good wine and will accept and appreciate the characteristics of all wines. We're not talking White Zin or Lambrusco here. I (male) have found that the Pinot Noir, Divalicious White and Red are excellent wines and should be targeted toward all wine lovers, male or female. Here's why!!!
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I always try to open new wines, both purchases and samples, with a dinner cooked up by Shirley or a simple meal, usually a salad, put together by moi. With the Divalicious White it was a simple chicken salad (field mix, tomatoes, grilled chicked bites and pepperoncini with lite Italian dressing).
Color was a light golden color with hues of green. Aromas were plentiful. Started off with lots of pear, grapefruit, green apple, honeysuckle and tangerine. Nice and zesty in the mouth with apple, lemon, grass, and hints of peaches. Smooth but short, semi-dry crisp finish. Nice acidity make this a very versatile wine that will pair very well with summer salads and all kinds of seafood and just sipping along while day-dreaming on the patio.
The month of May is just about over and I still have a few Finger Lakes wines to start out the summer with. Maybe not enough, but it's a start. You see, I emptied out my rack celebrating Finger Lakes Wine Month in May. Luckily, the month started out with a trip to Keuka Lake for the annual Keuka in Bloom event. I don't believe, or at least, I am totally surprised by the fact that I was impressed so much by the Chardonnays that I tasted and brought home. Two of these were reviewed in my last post, Discovering Finger Lakes Chardonnay. I was also impressed by two Rosé wines. One, a blend of several grapes, from Keuka Spring Vineyards and an outstanding Pinot Noir Rosé from Ravines Wine Cellars. Turned out to be a very nice three weeks with a fantastic wrap up over the Memorial Day weekend.
The holiday weekend began with a virtual tasting of Finger Lakes wines, with comments from many bloggers and wine lovers across the US and Canada. My first of two wines for the four hour tasting was a Keuka Spring Vineyards Seyval Chardonnay 2011($13), a blend of 40% Seyval Blanc, 36% Chardonnay and 24% Vidal Blanc. First sniff was all apple aromas which were soon followed by some tropical fruits and some citrus. Real smooth mouthfeel with apple, mango and some grape with very light hints of vanilla and oak. OK, the grape thing. I got some taste like that of a sweet Niagara grape and describing it as grape is the best I could come up with. Finish was medium with crisp citrus and apple. Could have spent the rest of the evening just sipping on this wine, but had to move on to my second wine of the night.
Picking which of my wines I would open next was a choice between two or three white wines, but Shirley's dinner of Southern style sweet BBQ ribs was ready and I quickly checked out a few of my Finger Lakes red wines. I was still undecided about pairing a medium body Pinot Noir or one with a little heftier body, a Saperavi with the ribs. Finally decided on keeping my Pinot to have with grilled salmon on Monday.
Second wine was a McGregor Vineyard Black Russian Red 2008 ($54). I picked this one up on our last tour, to replace the 2006 I recently finished. Each time we do a wine tour, I get to splurge on one or two wines and earlier this month, I chose this one because the recently finished 2006 was by far the best Finger Lakes red wine I have ever tasted. The Black Russian Red is made from the Saperavi and Sereksiya Charni grapes. Saperavi is native to the Republic of Georgia and theSereksiya Charni is an indigenous Moldovan dark-skinned variety of grape. Color is a very dark purple with tons of dark fruit aromas of blackberry, black plums some currant, smoke and oak with a touch of damp earth, black olive and spice. In the mouth I got all this fruit with some tart cranberry, spice and oak. Finish was extra long with smoke, spice and again the oak or burnt wood like taste. Although ready to drink now, the 2008 will age nicely. Would have liked to keep this one for another year or two. Guess I'll just have to splurge on another bottle.
Finally, I finished up May, grilling up some chicken, turkey burgers and a thick Salmon steak for Memorial Day. And, I finally got to open my Heron Hill Ingle Vineyards Pinot Noir 2009 ($20). This is one I tasted at the tasting room and immediately placed a few in my take home cart. I only just recently started pairing Pinot Noir with salmon. It was always a white wine like dry Riesling or Pinot Grigio before moving on to a light red wine with fish, at least with salmon or trout. So, the only choice I had to make on Memorial Day was between two Keuka Wine Trail Pinot Noirs. Either way I couldn't lose.
Another wine day has come and gone and I did my bit part by celebrating #ChardonnayDay with two of the Finger Lakes finest. Also cemented my feelings about what is considered the world's most popular white grape varietal. Of course, those that know me, know that it means forget the oak with it's buttery, toasty, vanilla, butterscotch and creamy profile and give me Chardonnay aged in stainless steel or just a touch of acorns. I've now come to realize why Chardonnay was not near the top of my favorite white wines. It actually sat well situated on the very bottom of my list. It's also a bit surprising that I would not favor well oaked Chards when I do have a liking for oaky red wines. Someday, I may write a post about what I think the reason is, but it may be a two or three part series and I'm just not ready for that, yet and I'm no Evan Dawson. Oh, by the way, let me plug his book here. Title is "Summer In A Glass" - The Coming of Age of Wine in the Finger Lakes. This past September the book was named International Wine Book of the Year. Contains great stories about wineries and the winemakers that have made the Finger Lakes a producer of world class wines. Now a little bit about the two Chardonnays I opened for today's celebration.
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July 14, 2009 09:23 PM by Britteny Elrick
The whirlwind continues on tonight's episode of Tori and Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood, as Tori Spelling kicks off her Mommywood press tour. This time, Tori brings the whole family with to help hermaintain sanity as she faces questions about her weight and worst of all her mother, Candy Spelling. Drama continues between Tori and Dean when she discovers that Dean sold his motorcycles. Darn that Dean for always trying to please his wife.
Tori Spelling is packing to set out on her national book tour for Mommywood. When the doorbell rings, Dean wants to know what is being delivered and Tori tells him a huge motorcycle. Sike! Tori ordered a white baby grand piano for their living room, which is something Dean has always wanted albeit not as much as his bikes.
Mehran stops by and Tori lets him get the first look at her new book, considering he is mentioned several times. Later on, the family has a photo shoot, but Dean was drooling a bit from his dental work earlier that day. Tori's friend stops by for a little girl talk and they discuss Tori's mom's recent press tour and the fact that she always brings up the kids. She's worried about the questions she'll receive on her own tour. Tori packs up the family and they head to her first media event, her book release party. Immediately, she is grilled about her mom, Candy Spelling, writing open letter to the press saying she'd like to get in touch with Tori. Oh, how endearing…
All the sudden, Tori is told there is an unidentified guest causing a stir and trying to get into the party. When Tori goes downstairs, she realizes it's Daniel Nguyen her #1 fan! She said, "Oh, it's fan Dan!" Crisis averted. Patti Stranger, Millionaire Matchmaker, shows up and Tori's reality TV obsession causes her to freak out with excitement. She tries to get Patti so set up her single OBGYN. After Tori whines to her friends about her mother for a bit, the family leaves to go pack for New York.
Tori's first stop is the Today Show, where she faces more tough questions regarding her weight and her mom. The day continues with back to back radio interviews and accusations of either anorexia or immaturity in dealing with her mother. Finally, she is able to get away from the grind and meet her fans at some book signings. Later that night they head to another book release party. The next day, Tori and Dean head to an Us Weekly luncheon, where they fraternize with the enemy. They end up having a really good time and joking about all the ridiculous rumors. Then it's off to yet another book signing, where Mehran surprises Tori with his presence.
At last, the happy family travels home. When Tori goes out to the garage to ask Dean a question, she discovers the bikes are all gone. She's upset that he didn't consult with her about selling them because she didn't want to be the reason he quit. Dean is confused, but Tori doesn't want him to resent him forever…(but he probably will). Oh Dean, when will you just stop trying to do the right thing?
Later on, the family attends the very first event for the Mimi La Rue Fund, in honor of Tori's late dog. The fund will help injured animals. The evening, which ended with a cheesy Mimi tribute video, was a combination of heartfelt and completely ridiculous. The episode ends with Tori getting an offer from her publisher to possibly write a children's book. Oh, the empire continues…
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Joanne Kathleen Rowling was born on July 31, 1965 in Chipping Sodbury, South Gloucestershire, England into a solidly middle-class home. Her father, Peter, was an engineer at a Rolls Royce plant in Bristol, and her mother, Anne, was a lab technician at Wyedean School. Thanks to her parent's encouragement, Rowling developed an early love of books and knew at six years old that she wanted to be a writer. An attentive student, she attended state-run school in Chapstow, followed by enrollment at Exeter University, where she intended to study English. But in deference to her parent's wishes, Rowling took up French instead, as Peter and Anne wanted very much for their daughter to be a translator or... Continue Bio >>
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1. If you hit help key by mistake during game it sometimes freezes all movement and you cannot even do a 3 finger salute as the pc thinks the game is still running and counteracts. The only solution is crash the pc and reboot.
2. New glitch. Whenever I run FC2 on my pc I lose the use of the letter M on my keyboard - this also happens in another UBI game Silent Hunter 4. Presume this is a Win 7/Ubi glitch. Reboot again is required.
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Number 1 & 3 above happens on both my laptop and my pc. Number 2 is not affected on my laptop.
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Serena Williams really should teach a master class to the WTA Tour on gutting out matches.
The top lady baller was at her stubborn best in her fourth round match in Miami coming back from a break down in the final set to defeat feisty Jie Zheng 7-5, 5-7, 6-3 and earn her 50th career match win at the Sony Ericsson Open. She'll have a chance to face sister Venus in the semifinals if she gets past her third consecutive Chinese baller, Li Na, in the next round.
ReRe was asked about her current stint in the WTA Penthouse after the match and she had some biting, albeit hilarious, commentary on the Tour's ranking system:
Q. Do you enjoy being in a position of being No. 1? Does that in any way help you, or do you...
SERENA WILLIAMS: Most of all I enjoy winning slams and the big tournaments. I obviously do enjoy being No. 1. I think it's great. I think it's they epitome of a great athlete.
At the end of the day, I've been No. 1 and I'll be No. 1. It seems like I'll be remembered more for how many Grand Slams I'll win.
But No. 1 I think is also equally as important.
Q. You won't be No. 1 unless you make the finals here, you know that?
SERENA WILLIAMS: Well, I mean, I don't put pressure on myself, so we'll see. If I make it, I make it; if not, oh, well. It will be kind of weird to be No. 2 to -- because I think the girl that would take over would be like -- lost early here and hasn't really, whatever.
So it's like whatever. I don't really care.
Q. You said you wanted to be remembered for winning the slams. But in terms of holding on to the ranking, you've come a long way to get back to the top.
SERENA WILLIAMS: Yeah. But, I mean, at this point doesn't matter how many Grand Slams you win, can't be number one. Even if you get to the finals of Wimbledon and win the US Open and Australia, that's not what the No. 1 player gets. It is what it is. It's like, whatever.
You have to like, I don't know, win all the smaller tournaments to be No. 1.
Q. Would you prefer they change the system to make it a little bit more weighted so the Grand Slams did matter more? Those are the tournaments every player wants to win.
SERENA WILLIAMS: Yeah, I don't really care one way or the other. Like I'm not -- my whole goal in life isn't to be No. 1. Yeah, I want to be No. 1, but I feel better about winning Australia or US Open or winning the French Open or anything like that. I think I feel better with that.
Or winning here. Just winning titles. Obviously winning titles doesn't make you No. 1 on this tour anymore.
Let's finish ReRe's sentence here: "...the girl that would take over would be like -- lost early here and hasn't really..." won a damn thing that would truly earn DINARA the keys to the WTA Penthouse. Ouch - the truth hurts sometimes.
And note to WTA Tour officials: when your top baller essentially calls your ranking system a big, fat stinking pile of crap something needs to be addressed and changed. Seriously.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — By timing the address to follow his major budget, tax reform and school funding proposals, Ohio Gov....
more dummies running the show.i still don't understand how with all of these smart people in charge that we have fallen to the level that we are.not one good idea in years.our politicians have inherited a sense of entitlement.they are"me" people.
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TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- Expanding Ohio's sales tax might take some of the fun out of going to concerts, football games and amusement parks.
Gov. John Kasich wants to cut the state's overall sales-tax rate while also putting the lower 5 percent sales tax on a long list of new items that include circuses, arcade games and carnival rides.
Admission to fairs, museums, and theme parks would fall under Ohio's sales tax for the first time too. So would tickets to pro, college and high school games.
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The "conservative" idea is to increase spending by 10%....
"To balance the FY2012-13 budget, Gov. Kasich and legislators had to address an $8 billion gap between revenue and projected expenditures. However, as revenue projections improved, the budget gap decreased. State lawmakers though are taking criticism for increasing spending. The biennial general revenue budget grew from $50.7 billion under former Gov. Strickland to Kasich's $55.5 billion plan."
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TRENTON � A Pollocksville man faces multiple drug charges after narcotics investigators with the Jones County Sheriff�s Office discovered a marijuana growing operation inside his residence.
Sammie Lee Daughety Jr., 58, of 3032 Island Creek Road, was charged Monday with felony possession of marijuana, possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana, felony maintaining a dwelling for controlled substances and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia.
Daughety was placed in the Jones County Jail under a $6,500 bond, which he posted Tuesday.
According to a press release from the sheriff�s office, investigators were acting on an anonymous tip when they went to the Island Creek Road resident and obtained consent to search the home.
�Just as evidence of illegal narcotics activity was found, consent was withdrawn. Investigators secured the scene and obtained a search warrant for the residence,� the release stated.
During the search that followed, remnants of an indoor marijuana growing operation were located; and drugs, drug paraphernalia and other evidence were seized, the sheriff�s office reported.
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CONOVER, N.C. - Two-time Masters winner Bernhard Langer has joined the field for the 11th annual Greater Hickory Kia Classic at Rock Barn, the tournament announced today.
The Champions Tour event begins one week from today at Rock Barn Golf & Spa.
Langer joins a field that already includes Charles Schwab Cup points leader Kenny Perry, defending champion Fred Funk, former Hickory winners Jay Haas, Mark Wiebe, Craig Stadler, Andy Bean and Gary Hallberg as well as Rocco Mediate, Duffy Waldorf, David Frost, Russ Cochran and Jeff Sluman.
In addition, World Golf Hall of Fame members Nick Faldo, Colin Montgomerie, Larry Nelson, Nick Price, Tom Kite and Curtis Strange will also play.
The field includes the top-four players and 24 of the top-30 players in the Charles Schwab Cup point standings.
Langer is second in the Charles Schwab Cup point standings trailing points leader Kenny Perry by 699 points with four tournaments remaining in the season.
A native of Germany, he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2002, and he is the seventh World Golf Hall of Famer in the Greater Hickory Kia Classic field - a tournament record. Langer won the Masters in 1985 and '93, and in 2010, he won both the U.S. Senior Open Championship and the Senior British Open.
He has two Champions Tour wins among eight top-10 finishes this season. Langer, who now lives in Boca Raton, Fla., has played very well at Rock Barn.
He finished third in 2010 and tied for ninth last year, his only previous appearances here.
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Stainless Is The Game
And now a word from one of our sponsors, a loyal reader by the name of Cliff Colsten from Phoenix, Arizona:
"This 1931 chopped Ford truck is a product of a lifetime of building, rebuilding, restoring, and trading up vehicles. The truck was formerly a shop truck in Indiana, complete with logos on the rear quarters. My first and only step was to strip the truck and repaint it with nine coats of base, color, and clear. The paint itself is quite something. It's a combination of red and orange creating copper highlights wherever the sun glistens. There are ghost flames on the hood, fender, and doors.
"The rest of the truck was finished; all I had to do was clean and detail the truck using just about every Mothers product available, due to the many one-off polished stainless steel features, including the interior, console, body trim, bed cover, air cleaner, header covers, fan shroud, radiator valance, flamed running boards, and more. The truck also has a beer keg gas tank and a battery mounted in the wood bed.
"Up front are disc brakes at each end of the Pete And Jake's tube axle. The back suspension is a four-link with chrome coilovers. It also has '39 taillights in the fenders as well as the stainless bed lights. Under the dash are lights that make the interior glow blue. For power, the truck has a 350 Chevy backed by a Turbo 350 tranny.
"Although I cannot take pride in the building of this truck, I feel fortunate just to marvel over others' exquisite craftsmanship."
And don't we all.
Blue-Light Special
Even if K-Mart held a blue light-special sale, they couldn't price-match what Adam Miller of Otwelt, Indiana, paid for his truck! Four years ago Adam threw down four Benjamins and the '72 Chevy was all his. From there he tore the truck down and started from the frame up. Any body pieces that needed to be replaced made their way from LMC Truck. His good pal Mark Jones finessed the body and sprayed it in PPG Caribbean Turquoise and white. Between the framerails sits a 383 stroker motor that originally started life as a 350 from a '69 Vette. Adam also installed SRP flat-top pistons, Dart Iron Eagle heads, Crane roller rockers, and an Edelbrock intake manifold and carburetor, as well as a lot of chrome. Now that's what we call bargain shopping!
Like Father, Like Son
It took six years for Larry Jacobs and his son Lee to finish their '48 Panel, but once it was done, it was off and running. In fact, Larry and his wife just completed a 2,000-mile six-state vacation in the Panel, dubbed Root Beer Float.
The father/son team started with an original frame and went from there. They installed a Buick posi-rearend with disc brakes in the rear. Up front, they capped things off with a Mustang II setup complete with disc brakes and power steering. In terms of sheetmetal work, the first order of business was a new floor. From there they shaved the handles and reworked the running boards. Out back, they reworked the butterfly doors to open as one, and they installed frenched-in Caddy taillights along with a Desoto rear bumper. The stock front end was replaced with a fiberglass tilt front end. The interior isn't quite finished, but the L-squared team has fabbed a custom dash with frenched gauges. The only thing farmed out was the paint and graphics; other than that, it was just an old-fashioned father and son project.


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Dear all,
I'm in the process to test out Zimbra. So I've installed it on a test environment. Now I need to import some data and begin testing.
How can I import my maildir from my actual email server to Zimbra ( I've installed it on ubuntu under ESXi 5.1)?
Have read some script and guide around but that's not clear to me. Anyone has done something similar? Hints?