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If you're planning an upcoming wedding, you'll want to check out these two very different bridal shows in Denver this weekend. Both will provide an invaluable amount of local resources and creative ideas to help you plan the wedding of your dreams.
Sunday March 21, 2010
Noon - 4pm
Marriott Denver South at Park Meadows
10345 Park Meadows Drive
Littleton, CO
Here's a sampling of what you'll find at Bridal Festivals:
- Bridal Fashions by David's Bridal and Men's Wearhouse
- Catering by Big Papa's BBQ
- DJ Services by MDH Entertainment
- Della Terra Mountain Chateau
- Videography by 1321 Studios
Tickets are $4 online or $6 at the door.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
11am - 3pm
Infinity Park Event Center
4400 E. Kentucky Street
Glendale, CO
The Wedding Preview Event is not your typical bridal show. Presented by My Big Day Planner, a wedding organizer created by brides for brides. Come see this theatrical event with bride and groom actors playing the role of YOU in your own wedding.
Here's a peak at what you get at the Wedding Preview Event:
- View four themed wedding demonstrations, complete with bride and groom
- Attend free workshops hosted by Save the Date Events and Your Perfect Dress
- Enjoy a complimentary lunch courtesy of Occasions by Sandy
- Taste sweets from the Intricate Icings dessert bar
- Meet Colorado's top wedding professionals who have been hand-selected to meet you
Tickets are $10 online or $15 at the door. Group discounts are also available.


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…Progress? I hope so. I lost about 7 hours yesterday. Hours that I'd planned for working on the slides for TEDYouth and (mostly) finishing them. There was a weird problem on the computer I use that seemed to seep into Illustrsator as well. Somehow dragging a file to copy or move it somewhere else would not work, and this meant that in Illustrator if you tried to drag an object to a new position, it would fail to complete the operation, generating a copy in the place you moved it to but not erasing the original… It would then freeze. I tested this out in so many different ways to see that it was not damaged objects or files… then eventually decided to reinstall the entire operating system (Lion). Of course, this is no longer a quick task with the move Apple have made to making everything seem like an iPad… all this cloud business. The operating system had to be downloaded from the app store, over wireless… It looked like it would take a while so I moved everything to my office on campus while I did this, since connections are in principle faster… but of course then I had trouble getting the machine to connect to ethernet.. then the fast wireless… eventually got it going… and let it completely recover itself while I worked a bit in the office with limited studio equipment for what I needed to do… It all seems to work again, both operating system and Illustrator (which I did not have to reinstall).
So today sees me with a very early start in the office, and probably a late finish to the day… since I've got teaching to prepare and deliver, etc as well… Bah.
Anyway, above is a snap* from one of the pages/slides showing a character working on certain thorny problems…
(*Updated to fix her GIANT arm…!)
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- Everybody Loves Everybody Here - 2007
- More Uncertainty - 2006
- Here Not There - 2006
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Air India fails to meet Star Alliance deadline
Published: 01/08/2011 - Filed under: News »
Air India's integration into Star Alliance has been put "on hold", after it failed to meet the alliance's standards.
The carrier's planned membership of the alliance was first announced in 2007, and it had been due to complete the joining process by last year.
In May, however, Star Alliance had given Air India a deadline of July 31 (see online news May 10) to meet the minimum terms of its joining contract, which, as it has now emerged, it was unable to do.
The decision to suspend the integration process was reached by the member airlines of Star Alliance and Air India itself, according to an official statement.
The Indian airline failed to meet the minimum joining conditions that were contractually agreed in December 2007.
The status of Air India's application underwent a review at a meeting attended by Jaan Albrecht, Star Alliance's CEO, Arvind Jadhay, Air India's CMD, and representatives from the Indian Ministry for Civil Aviation.
Albrecht said: "With the collective decision to put the integration efforts on hold today we aim to contribute to Air India's flexibility to concentrate on its ongoing strategic reorientation.
"In this process our member carriers will continue to provide assistance to Air India wherever required."
The road to future membership has been left open, however, with existing relationships with Star Alliance member alliances unaffected by the decision.
For more information visit airindia.com.
RalphMcDonald - 03/08/2011 03:12
I am not really surprised at Air India's incapability of meeting the required standards of entry for membership of the Star Alliance. I wonder if Star Alliance ever makes spot checks on airlines who are already members to see if they are offering consistency of service, I feel sure that certain members such as British Midland and Continental and United fall short in some areas.
EasternPedlar - 03/08/2011 09:02
I've always wondered why Star Alliance even considered Air India for membership in the first place. That airline has been a basket case since time immemorial! Shoddy service, disillusioned and unhelpful staff, filthy planes, a poor safety record, and serious mismanagement have brought AI to its kees. Jet's a far better choice, but there are concerns that the Indian Goverment might adopt a dog-in-the -manger approach and block them from joining the Alliance - AI is after all the Government's airline.
SuperSally - 04/08/2011 16:41
Just to add to AjayPuri's comment, it is unlikely the Indian Goevernment would adopt such an approach to block Jet, if they considered joining an alliance. They have already approved Kingfisher Airline's application to join Oneworld - which is naturally a much more premier focused alliance than that of Star which seems to have adopted a quantitative approach rather than one of quality in their expansive strategy.


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Set in the heart of Baume-les-Dames, La Colline aux Yeux Doubs is a guest house located just 400 metres from the train station and a 7-minute drive from the A36 Highway. With free WiFi access, it offers a seasonal, outdoor swimming pool, a terrace and free private parking.
La Colline aux Yeux Doubs offers both attic rooms and rooms with direct access to the pool. Each air-conditioned room includes a TV, a refrigerator and a private bathroom with multi-jet or walk-in shower. There is also a computer, which you can use for free.
A continental breakfast is provided every morning in the dining room or on the terrace. The hosts can also prepare French cuisine upon request.
Bicycle storage is provided for free and the Eurovelo cycling trail is just 1 km from the property.


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Can grapefruit really effect birth control? If so, how much does it take to make it a big deal?
Grapefruit can be a potential problem, in that it can interact adversely with certain medications, including those with hormones. Researchers believe that compounds in grapefruit juice suppress an intestinal enzyme that processes medications by means of the CYP3A4 system. Commercially processed grapefruit juice, fresh grapefruit, and fresh squeezed grapefruit juice may all increase the levels of estrogens, up to 30%, by decreasing their metabolism. This is also true for certain drugs prescribed for heart disease, blood pressure, cholesterol, antihistamines, antibiotics, psychoactive drugs, among others. It is recommend they these drugs should not be taken for several hours before and several hours after consuming grapefruit, if at all. If you are consuming grapefruit in any form, it may be wise to consume it at a time that you are not taking your OCPs. For example, if you take your OCPs in the morning, have a 4 oz. glass of grapefruit juice in the evening, or if you take your OCPs at bedtime, have a 4 oz. glass of grapefruit juice later in the morning, or half a fresh grapefruit.


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I have successfully installed a HP Photosmart C4180 using an Edimax Print Server (PS-1210MFn) in Ubuntu 12.04 via the CUPS configuration.The printer is working perfectly with print server on Ubuntu,but the scanner is not discoverable by XSane OR Ubuntu's Simple Scan program.Do you know what can I do in order to make work under Ubuntu?
scanner support by HP
Your photosmart all-in-one via CUPS is in-fact using the HPLIP driver from HP themselves. i.e. this is already installed in 12.04 by default.
Looking at the compatibility page for your printer:
Your printer is not supported by this driver for network printing.
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Looking at the SANE website:
Your scanner part of this all-in-one is not in-fact directly supported through the SANE project.


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Located in Delaware, Yankee Rino is a wide ranging journal that seeks to promote Delaware and the surrounding tri-state area, explore the sciences and the expand the arts. (more).
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PEORIA, AZ - Two women and a man have been accused of public sexual indecency after an alleged romp in a Peoria apartment's hot tub.
Authorities say a 28-year-old woman is also being held on suspicion of child abuse for allegedly leaving her two young children alone in an apartment.
The woman and her 30-year-old boyfriend and a 29-year-old woman had their initial court appearances Monday.
Bond was set at $2,100 for the couple while the 29-year-old was released on her own recognizance.
The three allegedly were seen having sex Sunday night in the apartment's public spa.
Peoria police interviewed them and an officer reported hearing a child crying for his mother. The 5-year-old boy later was identified as the 28-year-old's and her 3-year-old child was found in her boyfriend's apartment.
ABC15 is not identifying the suspects until they are formally charged.


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Junior (2009): Saw time in three games.
Sophomore (2008): Started the first 10 games at linebacker... Ranked second on the team with 74 tackles... Intercepted a pass at Tulane an returned it 35 yards... Had back-to-back 12-tackle games at Tulane and UCF... Tallied nine stops against Tulsa.
Freshman (2007): Named to the All-Conference USA Freshman Team by the league's coaches... Started six games and played in 11... Finished the year with 29 tackles, including a season-high seven tackles at Houston... Had six tackles in the season finale at Memphis and had four stops at Tulsa... Notched a sack against UCF... Co-winner of the team's New Mustang Award along with Youri Yenga.
Prep: A 2005 First-Team All-State linebacker by Texas Sports Writers Association... A First-Team All-Region selection by Texas High School Football... Selected to the Texas High School Coaches Association South squad for the annual All-State game... A Dave Campbell's First Team All-State linebacker as well.
Personal: A business pre-major.


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Leland police officer goes to hospital after woman rams patrol cars
Published: Friday, December 27, 2013 at 12:03 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, December 27, 2013 at 12:03 p.m.
A Leland police officer was sent to the hospital Thursday night after a woman slammed her truck into his patrol car during a 30-minute car chase.
According to Lt. J. Spence, Leland police arrived at the Walmart on New Pointe Boulevard about 10 p.m. after a report of a suspected larceny. By the time officers arrived, 51-year-old Joyce Mae Norris had already left the store and was getting into her Dodge truck.
The officers tried to speak with Norris, but she started backing into Sgt. J. Keel's patrol car, Spence said.
"After striking it several times, Norris hit another car in the parking lot before leading police on a short pursuit on U.S. 17," Spence said.
Police chased the woman into Leland's Waterford neighborhood. In the neighborhood, Cpl. D. Long tried to stop Norris and she ran into his patrol car, "pretty much a head-on collision," Spence said.
Long's car was disabled and he was sent to the hospital for problems with his wrist and knee. He was treated and released Thursday night.
Norris additionally struck a Brunswick County Sheriff's Office car on her way out of the neighborhood, Spence said.
Norris was finally arrested near the Goodwill store on Olde Regent Way. She led police on a short foot chase after getting out of her vehicle, Spence said.
Norris now faces more than 10 charges.
She was charged with two counts of assault with a deadly weapon on a law enforcement officer, felony fleeing to elude arrest, driving while intoxicated, three counts of injury to personal property, misdemeanor larceny, violating open container alcohol laws, aggressive driving and giving false information to an officer.
Norris originally told Leland police a false name upon her arrest, Spence said.
There was significant damage to the patrol cars hit by Norris. Spence said the department estimates it will cost from $8,000 to $10,000 a piece to fix the vehicles.
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Stanford held strong Monday with rounds of 292-289 to finish 3-under through 36 holes. Washington leads the pack at 16-under.
Play is underway at the Pac-12 Preview. The views are best in the country #gocard #nanea pic.twitter.com/L7DVeS3nHY— Stanford W Golf (@StanfordWGolf) November 4, 2013
No. 3 Stanford resumes play Tuesday at the 54-hole event, which is the first non-member tournament ever to be held at par-73, 6,112-yard track in the 10-year history of the course.
Mariah Stackhouse had a bogey-free back nine to open with a 71, and overcome two back-nine bogeys with birdies on three of the last four holes for another 71 to finish at 4-under.
Stackhouse sits in a tie for sixth and Mariko Tumangan is tied for 10th. Tumangan matched the second-lowest opening-round score with a 69. Tumangan started her first round par-bogey-birdie-eagle while registering a 4-under. She would finish with a 1-over 74 in the second round.
Casey Danielson followed her 5-over 78 with a 3-under 70, Lauren Kim went 74-76, and Quirine Eijkenboom finished 6-over after rounds of 78 and 74.
Tuesday's results will be available after the final round at GoStanford.com.


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As many of you have figured out by now I'm not a typical blogger. In fact I wouldn't even call myself a blogger, but rather an internet marketer who runs blogs for profit. Some people consider this unpure and unethical, but I think of it as providing quality content that is so good that the information can be sold. That being said, having the mindset of an internet marketer has helped me greatly in world of warcraft for several reasons. It has also provided you with a unique look at world of warcraft which you won't get from any other wow blog on the net.
1. Diversification - I will never ever try to make all my money from one source. Whether it is daily quests for professions, flipping items, crafting for resale, etc. I always diversify my selling options sometimes to the point of hundreds of markets at once.
2. Automation - Getting as much automation into the equation as possible gives you more time which makes you more gold which opens up more oppurtunities to make more gold. Time = gold and automation = tons of saved time. The difference between someone who uses snatch scans and QA3 in combination and someone who doesn't is the same as the differences between night and day. An example of how automation can work for you is my 22 Steps to Using Auctioneer post.
3. Perception vs Reality - Perception always has to be present to make a sale. Then, when the person has made the purchase then the reality has to atleast live up to the perception. When selling items to buyers scamming them is never the right call because you lose that buyer forever.
4. Never Stop Learning - The world of warcraft is just that, a living breathing world of information. You can never stop learning when attempting to improve on your own performance. New patches, new ideas, and new methods are constantly appearing and it's the job of a successful businessman to do his reasearch and go find this information.
5. Passive Income > Work - Having farmers send me their goods, especially having farmers mill, prospect, or craft for me before sending the items, has done wonders for improving my income in world of warcraft. After getting enough farmers to send their goods to me on a daily or weekly basis, there is never a reason to go farming ever again in wow. That's as close to passive income as it can get in this game.
6. Community - Participating in and setting up the JMTC Wow Gold Forums has provided not only myself, but my readers with a place to congregate and freely share ideas about making gold in world of warcraft. It was the JMTC forums that I learned about several great post worthy topics which I have blogged about in the past and put to use in world of warcraft. There's always someone out there smarter than you or bigger than you, why not learn from them instead of being jealous?
7. You have no control over the market - Yes you can influence the market and perhaps do it more than the average player depending on your gold levels, but you never ever truly control it. This is a hard fact about economics that many players and real world traders have trouble grasping. I can't stop 300 people from posting ink of the seas 5 gold less than me. Whether you react or don't react to a market situation is the only quasi-control you have over the market. You have influence, but no control.
8. Credibility is Everything - I could not sell carrying packages for 1800 rating in 2's (and sometimes 2000 rating) without my gladiator title or youtube videos. Credibility really does follow you everywhere and it is always the difference between making a sale and getting the same old, familiar cold shoulder.
9. No Idea isn't Worth Trying - Regardless of what you decided to try, it's never stupid to try it out and take a risk. When I first started selling essences of undeath I had no idea whether the lifestealing enchant would be enough of a market to sell them. Boy was I happily underestimating how many I would sell and for how much. Soon I was selling them for 400-800% of the cost to initially buy them for reflipping purposes. Never say never.
10. Grouping Up has its Benefits - Just like in online marketing, grouping up with a team of people has tremendous advantages for making additional income. By focusing on group strengths and dividing up tasks based on those strengths, in this case professions, you can greatly increase the gold generated by the group. Setting up professions for specific characters and dividing up the work between multiple players/characters has worked out surprisingly well for me. Currently I have loose agreements with three other high profile sellers on my server which allows us to avoid stepping on each other's toes and focus on our own areas of making gold. We have eached picked a set group of items for each profession as well as times of posting and we try to avoid undercutting wars between the four of us. It's mostly an informal and unorganized thing regarding the time of our postings, as we simply look at who's on and decide based on that for ourselves but it's still a loose grouping of people with the aim of achieving a similiar goal: more gold for everyone.
Do you have a unique perspective on wow that you'd like to share in the comments section?
As many of you have figured out by now I'm not a typical blogger. In fact I wouldn't even call myself a blogger, but rather an internet marketer who runs blogs for profit. Some people consider this unpure and unethical, but I think of it as providing quality content that is so good that the information can be sold. That being said, having the mindset of an internet marketer has helped me greatly in world of warcraft for several reasons. It has also provided you with a unique look at world of warcraft which you won't get from any other wow blog on the net.
4 comments: on "10 Ways Internet Marketing Helped Me to Play Wow Better"
Sparks said... February 14, 2010 at 12:44 PM
Gibbiex said... February 15, 2010 at 1:13 AM
Don't be afraid to fail. Try new markets. I just bought the invis potion recipe thinking it was a good money maker. Hah! Haven't sold a single one. But I will keep trying new markets.
Anonymous said... March 29, 2010 at 6:03 AM
u nailed it. i learned these lessons on my own with my dealings on akama but they're well emboddied in ur 10ways. sometimes i see myself as a public service/servant of the server providing goods at a fair price.
Very deep insight on internet marketing.It is very much essential to keep yourself update as internet marketing experiences changes on daily basis.So to get an edge over competitors all we need to be updated and need to adopt new techniques and strategies when required.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Freshman Danny Masrin (Palatine, Ill./Jakarta International School) shot his lowest round of the spring and is tied for 15th after one round of play Monday at the Benbow Invitational. The Braves are tied for 12th in the field at the par-71 Jacksonville Beach Golf Club, seven shots out of fifth entering Tuesday's final round.
Masrin was Bradley's top individual on the opening day of play, carding a three-over par 74 to pace the Braves. He is tied for 15th in the individual standings, three shots behind the co-leaders.
Sophomore Daniel Young (Metamora, Ill./Metamora) is four shots back of Masrin after a 78, while the duo of sophomore Travis Kreiter (Brimfield, Ill./Brimfield) and freshman Seth Trolia (Mahomet, Ill./Seymour) both shot 79's during Monday's action. Individual places were unavailable Monday evening.
Sophomore Andrew Weisenborn (Columbia, Ill./Columbia) is in the field as an individual and is tied with Young in the individual standings, firing a 78 to open play.
Sam Houston State holds a two shot lead on the field, turning in an opening round 289 and is followed by IUPUI (2nd - 291). Evansville finished the day in third at 296, with Wisconsin-Green Bay (4th - 297) and Florida A&M (5th - 303) rounding out the top five.
Bradley enters Tuesday's final round tied with Alabama State for 12th at 310 with the two teams four shots out of a four-way tie for eighth-place between Creighton, Eastern Illinois, Fairleigh Dickinson and tournament-host Butler at 306.
The Benbow Invitational concludes Tuesday with one round of play.


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2012: Indoors, Callahan competed for the Wildcats at the NAU Open and finished in the top three both times ... Set a personal best in the mile by posting a time of 5:40.48 and taking 3rd place ... Set another personal best in the 3K and took first place with a time of 11:29.26 ... Outdoors, she competed in three meets ... She finished in 11th place at the Willie Williams Classic by running the 5,000-meter race in 18:43.67 ... At the Jim Click Shootout, Callahan clocked a time of 10:55.83, good for 11th place in the 3,000-meter race ... She posted a personal-best time in the 5,000-meter at the Mesa Classic, running 18:31.82.
2011 (XC): Redshirted the cross country season.
HIGH SCHOOL: A graduate of West Valley High School, she was a two-time team captain and was named cross country MVP in 2010 ... The Region VI two-mile champion ... Honored with the Arizona Academic Excellence Award ... Member of the 2009 state champion team.
PERSONAL: She is the daughter of Daniel and Jamie Callahan ... The younger sister of former Wildcat Maggie Callahan ... Plans to major in political science.


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BOULDER – The University of Colorado football team held its 52nd Annual Media Day Tuesday afternoon at the Dal Ward Athletic Center, as head coach Gary Barnett and over 20 players spoke with the media for about two hours. The following are excerpts from Barnett's press conference.
ON STARTING FALL CAMP – "First of all, all of us are glad to be here and we're glad to be back. These are always anxious and exciting moments for football coaches to meet their new teams. There is hope in the air for everybody; there are 116 Division I teams who are sitting down deciding how they are going to win the National Championship, and we are no different. We return a pretty veteran team, even though we are still pretty young. But, we have had a great summer. Greg Finnegan, our strength coach, and his staff have done an unbelievable job getting our guys ready. We look like a football team. I think we are the kind of team where if coaches go around and look at that team then they are impressed with the way we look physically. We are obviously a team that has been toughened; we have toughened up over the last six months. We are a team that has gone through a lot of adversity, probably more adversity than any college football team gets to go through. This is a team that is tough-minded. We have 12 seniors on our team and they have done an outstanding job of leading our team in the off-season, and they have done an outstanding job of bringing our young guys along. So, as we opened camp yesterday with our first practice we had great energy and great enthusiasm. We had good execution for the first day. We need to make sure that during this camp we utilize all the days possible and all the days we can to get back where we need to be.
"This team comes in on a mission. Most of the other teams have to discover their mission or decide what their mission is during camp or as the season unfolds. This (team) already knows what it wants to do or how it wants to be perceived."
ON THE NEW DEFENSE – "Going through our defense, we have made a scheme change. How drastic it is probably depends on how knowledgeable you are about football. It is a change, not a drastic change I don't believe from our standpoint, but it is a change. I think we are similar, I think we are older. A year ago we played a lot of freshmen and we suffered those growing pains with them. Now we are an experienced team. I think our players have looked at (those who transferred) as an opportunity for them, and they look at it as a chance for somebody else to step up and play. And, our coaches have taken it that way, as well."
ON THE CU OFFENSE – "We return Joel Klatt, who last year I think had just a great start and great opening to his career. He is older, more mature and is like a coach out there for us. He's tremendous, and I don't think there is any question that he will be a captain on our team. So having your starting quarterback return with the kind of experience Joel has makes your offense a lot better and makes you sleep better at night.
"We have a number of running backs. Bobby Purify returns after getting a (medical) hardship year. I think the running game should be the strength of our offense at this point in time. That is what we look at and see. We have backs who I think all have experience from last year, and who are ready to step up if we have an issue, and play a lot in each game. I think our offensive line is greatly improved. We went through growing pains there last year. Now I think we are ready for this thing to come to fruition a little bit.
"We don't know who is going to play (at receiver). Ron Monteilh is an experienced guy who returns, but I think he is the only one who has caught a pass for us other than Jeremy (Bloom). So, if we get Ron and Jeremy back—two guys who have played a lot and started games for us—then we have a number of really good young players who are just sort of waiting in the wings.
"At the tight end position, I think we are as good as anybody. We have got depth and we have got experience. So, we are tremendously encouraged at this point in time; no, we're not encouraged, we're excited and I think our football team is excited. I know this is an excited coaching staff, an excited group of players and an excited program. We are looking ready to the four weeks ahead getting ready for our first game, and playing our first game here in Boulder against CSU.
"We are excited about our offensive line, we are about 295 all the way across and very athletic and experienced there. We have a number of guys who have played a lot, they are much improved, they are much stronger, we have a great attitude there and I think we are going to be great on the offensive line.
"I don't think there is any question about (our tight ends). I think Joe Klopfenstein is a big time player. With (Quinn) Sypniewski back and Jesse Wallace, we really have three experienced guys now. They all catch the ball well. I don't think there is any question – we may be in a position to do what we want to do when we want to do it."
ON THE SPECIAL TEAMS – "On special teams I think we are going to have one of the better placekickers in the country. I think Mason Crosby is going to be on schedule to break all of our records here in Colorado. We have got a great young punter in John Torp. And, with the chance that Jeremy Bloom may return for us, obviously our return game gets a bolster there. He is one of the more exciting players in college football today."
ON TB BOBBY PURIFY – "Bobby Purify is a heck of a football player. He is a young man who has had a great career so far and he's still got a year left, and he was respected enough to be voted a captain as a junior."
ON OPENING THE SEASON WITH CSU – "The CSU game gets everybody in Colorado excited about college football and it is a natural rivalry. (In Denver) it is 40-40, forty thousand for us, forty thousand for them. Here it hopefully won't be that way, hopefully it is 49 and five. Now that part I really like and that part I hope plays into our advantage."
ON JEREMY BLOOM BEING BACK – "First of all, it puts a smile on all the coaches' faces. It bolsters your excitement level and experience level. You've got one of the better players at (returner) in college football. On offense now, you don't have to worry about who is going to take the top off the defense. We know who it's going to be. The other thing for Jeremy is that he has been a third and fourth receiver (in the past). Now, Jeremy is going to be in there every play, so that is tremendous excitement for our coaches to have him back, and his confidence alone.
"We hope he is a full-time, every down player. I think he is ready to be and I think he wants to be that. He is going to have to get himself in football shape, but he wants to be there now. For us, to have him on the field every snap, I wouldn't want to be defending the guy. I know that when we played Oklahoma a year ago, they said they would let (Derek) McCoy and (D.J.) Hackett get their catches, but the guy they were going to defend was Bloom. That's the respect he got a year ago as a spot player, so you can imagine what respect he'll get this year being on the field every snap.
"I think that he and (Terrence) Wheatley would have a heck of a race (for fastest guy on the team). And Hugh Charles, the freshman, if you line those three up you could sell tickets and make money from it. It'd be a heck of a race. All I know is that when Jeremy has had the ball nobody has caught him. I think Jeremy just has that competitive speed to him."
ON THE RECEIVERS – "I don't think we have a lack of depth in the receiving corps. You come to practice and you'll see a lot of guys who are ready to go. Blake Mackey, Tyler Littlehales, Stephone Robinson, Dusty Sprague – I mean we have a lot of guys there. We don't have a lack of depth, we just don't know which ones are going to start."
ON FB/TB DANIEL JOLLY – "Daniel Jolly is a young man, who if you saw in practice the other day, he is a man. He had a lot of experience playing last year and he is going to help us like Lawrence (Vickers) in that he can play both fullback and tailback. He has that kind of ability, so he gives us great flexibility and depth. Daniel is also just a wonderful young person."
Practice Notes: Redshirt freshman Joe Sanders, who was recruited at tight end to CU but moved to inside linebacker during the spring, was switched to the outside "Buff" linebacker spot Tuesday afternoon. Freshman Greg Newman, who was recruited as an inside linebacker, was moved to defensive end to provide more depth on the line. Newman stands at 6-4, 235 pounds and hails from Thousand Oaks, Calif.


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In short: Toughest half you will ever doIn full: Very friendly and well organised. Definitely a different kind of running experience but strangely addictive. Date of review: June 24, 2014
In short: very tough race, not sure if I want to torture my body that way again, though very happy I did itIn full: the race is very tough. the countryside it beautiful and views are amazing. not sure if this race is for beginners but probably should be on your list of crazy things to do!Date of review: June 24, 2014
In short: hardest but best half marathon i have ever runDate of review: June 24, 2014
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In short: Don't think, don't feel, just run, walk, stumble, survive and feast your eyes!In full: A fantastic way of celebrating the solstice. Challenges every muscle and every moral fibre. Hugely friendly, efficient and supportive crew. Definitely eccentric but who can resist a bag piper, the national anthem and a slap up picnic at the end.Date of review: June 24, 2014
In short: Hillier than you could imagine but AMAZING to complete. A must-do for all who think they can run hills!! Date of review: June 24, 2014
In short: A half marathon you will never forget (in a positive way)!In full: To race this properly you need to learn to run up and down steep steps. Lost a lot of time because I can't run downhill.Better to do it as a beautiful training run and just enjoy the magnificent scenery!Date of review: June 24, 2014
In short: Hard work, but worth it. Date of review: June 24, 2014
In short: One for the bucket listIn full: Immensely challenging race with calf burning uphills (3000fts worth) and muscle-juddering downhills. The encouragement from fellow runners, spectators and volunteers going round the course (an out and back) is ridiculously uplifting.If Satan did running races... A half marathon like no other and would I sign up for a repeat next year? In a heartbeat.Date of review: June 24, 2014
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Regeneron and sanofi-aventis inked a deal in which the latter company will pay up to $560 million as well as make an equity investment worth about $312 million.
The firms will will jointly discover, develop, and market fully human therapeutic antibodies utilizing Regeneron's VelociSuite of technologies.
Under the terms of the agreement, sanofi-aventis will make an initial payment of $85 million. Regeneron will also receive $475 million in research funding over the next five years. At the end of this period, sanofi-aventis has the option of extending the agreement for another three years.
Additionally, sanofi-aventis will increase its holdings of Regeneron stock from 4% to 19% with the purchase of 12 million newly issued shares. The company is paying $26 per share, a 51.6% increase over yesterday's closing price of $17.15.
An antibody, Interleukin-6 receptor (IL-6), which has already started clinical trials in rheumatoid arthritis, will be the first therapeutic to enter clinical trials under the collaboration. In 2008, a second antibody, Delta-like ligan-4 (DLL4) is scheduled to start clinical development.
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The Gay Agenda has released a new video. It is titled "Know Age of Consent."
A bring you parents urgent warning. Gays love to prey upon children. Gays love to haunt them all night in their dreams, then hunt their exhausted bodies all day.
The gay council convened during the Prop 8 hearing last week and made this video. We received word on film crews shooting this video in San Franciso and on YouTube, their agenda video already has thousands of views and replies.
This video is what they are using for an education video from their probably Education Department chairgay. In it they teach the gay followers, state by state, what is the age of legal consent for unholy acts. They want this list, not so they only approach children who are of legal age of consent, but rather so THEY KNOW WHO TO PREY ON BECAUSE GAYS ARE TURNED ON BY CHILDEN.
This video is shocking and scary. It shows the gay devotion to attacking our children. They want to corrupt them while young. Gays love to corrupt the innocent and get jollies from it.
In the following video, you will see the gay agenda first hand. They are twisting our laws to protect children and using it as a way to 'thrill seek' from state-to-state.
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Nease High School's J.P. Clark attempts a lay-up during a game against St. Augustine High School on Tuesday, January 13, 2004.
By ANDREA S. BLUM, Staff The toughest part for J.P. Clark wasn't facing the athletes of Arlington Country Day or finding a way into the Nease boys basketball record books.
It was adapting to his time on the bench.
Clark's absence wasn't because of disciplinary or academic reasons. He's a genuine kid who looks people in the eyes when he speaks, and grades have never been an issue.
However, the 6-foot-2 senior guard's problem was more bothersome than a defender, an off-balance 3 or cut to the hoop.
Clark found himself battling a lingering case of quadriceps tendinitis that sprouted up in the summer and followed him into the school year.
His doctors suggested a six-week layoff, but Clark initially tried to play through the pain. He only wound up frustrating himself even further, scoring a total of 30 points in three games.
Begrudgingly, he took the time off, resting his ailing knee for 26 days, the longest such streak of dormancy in his prep career.
"The way I was playing, it was almost better to take time off," he said.
But Clark has come back to put himself in the Nease record books, and on the scouting report of every Panthers opponent.
A 42-point outing in his return to the court Jan. 6 against Palatka put him in a second-place tie with Marcus Mayer for most points scored in a game.
Mayer had 42 against Bolles on Feb. 28, 1992. His 47 against St. Joseph on Jan. 28 of that year is a program record.
"I can't believe how much it clicked," said Nease coach Bud Beech of Clark's growth spurt. "Last year he struggled to get this offense. This year, he's flowing a lot better into it."
Clark had shown flashes of promise in three years of varsity basketball.
He averaged 21.3 points a game during his sophomore season at St. Joseph Academy before transferring to Nease prior to the start of his junior year. Then he ran into the proverbial wall, watching his production dip to just above 12 points an outing.
There were several reasons for Clark's reduced statistics that many high schoolers would love to call their own. Most of the touches went to seniors Patrick Lepper and T.J. Paterick in 2003 as Clark picked up Nease's complex offense bit by bit.
"This is a very disciplined offense," he said. "There's so many different motions and screens you can do, that it takes almost a year to learn."
Clark learned the offense, but had to settle for spectator status in the early portion of this season. But what Clark's injury did besides take him off the floor was fan his competitive flame even hotter. He wasn't accustomed to watching, and never has been.
Even at Flagler College games (his father Bo is the men's coach), Clark would track down loose balls, shoot with fellow hoopsters at half, and always find something to do to keep moving. So the sitting was getting to him."This has been the first time that I've missed more than one game in a season," Clark said. "It's definitely different. I was so excited about the season, and then I got really down."
When health finally found Clark, he looked like a new player. Recharged, he's ripped off a scorching five-game run in which he's scored 42, 32, 31, 27 and 25 points. His scoring average is up to 23.4 points per game.
Clark's 42 against Palatka in double overtime was the most by a Nease player since Chet Stachitas hit 40 against Wolfson on Feb. 2, 2001. It was also tops in the county this year, eclipsing Terrill Humphrey's 38 against Crescent City in Menendez's season opener.
"J.P. works so hard to get open," said SAHS coach David Simpkins. "He creates a lot without the ball, and you don't see that a lot today."
Since returning, the whispers circulating after Clark's slow start have faded with each showing.
He's averaging 31.4 points in the five games since his return, and showcased that he can carry a team -- even when the defenses are structured to stop him.
Outsized and athletically disadvantaged against Arlington Country Day, Clark let his talents flow.
He hit five 3-pointers, and diced the Class 2A top-ranked Apaches in the lane for 31 points, despite missing the last 5 minutes, 59 seconds because he fouled out.
"We were trying everything to stop him, and he just kept hitting shots," said ACD coach Rex Morgan.
And Clark has proven he can bang them down -- it's just easier to do standing on two healthy legs.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. � A jury of six men and six women began deliberating around 10:30 a.m. in the murder trial of Harriet Street gang member Luis �Fat Boy� Gonzalez.
Gonzalez, 23, is accused of conspiring with fellow gang members to open fire on a graduation party in the Hartford Park housing project in retaliation for the 2012 shooting death of an associate. Sixth grader Aynis Vargas was killed and three women were wounded in the shooting.
Jurors across three weeks heard about a longstanding feud between the Harriet Street, or H-Block, gang and the rival Hartford Soldiers.
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On March 17, 2014, Walt Disney Pictures released a teaser to a new "Maleficent" trailer featuring Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie (who plays Maleficent in the movie) with wings. The new trailer premieres on March 18, 2014. "Maleficent" will be released in U.S. and Canadian cinemas on May 30, 2014.
Meanwhile, in a recent Entertainment Weekly interview, Jolie got a little flustered when she was asked if it was true that she was in talks to direct the "50 Shades of Grey" movie. (Sam Taylor-Johnson ended up getting the job.) Jolie neither confirmed or denied the rumor, but it says volumes that she didn't deny it.
Here is an excerpt from the interview:
Before you signed on to Unbroken, there were these rumors circulating that your directorial follow-up to 2011's In The Land of Blood And Honey would be 50 Shades of Grey. That turned out not to be the case, but how close did that actually come to happening?
Jolie: I — I was just — [laughs and shakes her head – for a long time. Jolie fully blushes.]
There's a story here! I can see you almost want to tell it. Do it!
Jolie: [Laughs, after another long, contemplative pause ... ] I came very clear out of the gate: after Blood and Honey, if I ever directed again, it would have to be a certain kind of film. You know, I'm looking forward to seeing what Sam [Taylor-Johnson] does with 50 Shades and she's amazing. I — I think they're just … it's funny, I think with directing, you just think: I'm better at telling some stories than others but um, who knows?
"50 Shades of Grey" is an S&M love story. Jolie has said in interviews that she has been involved in S&M in her personal life.
Instead of directing "50 Shades of Grey," Jolie directed "Unbroken," based on Laura Hillenbrand's best-selling biography of Olympic athlete Louis Zamperini. The "Unbroken" movie is set for release in the U.S. and Canada on Dec. 25, 2014. It is the second feature film directed by Jolie, who made her directorial debut with 2011's "In the Land of Blood and Honey."
Jolie commented to Entertainment Weekly about the "Unbroken" story and why she wanted to direct the movie: "I'm drawn to fighters. Strength of will — what we need to pull us through. I don't know how anybody could not be drawn to that man's story—it's just—there's so much—so many different people pulled something from his story whether it be faith, forgiveness, resilience, athleticism, pure heroics or also, someone who is quite a troubled youth, who didn't know whether or not he was worth anything, you know?"
In the Entertainment Weekly interview, Jolie said that the jutting cheekbones that her Maleficent character has in the movie were inspired by similar cheekbones that Lady Gaga wore in 2012. Jolie also said that her 5-year-old daughter Vivienne was cast in the movie because she was the only child of that age who was not afraid of Jolie dressed as Maleficent. Vivienne Jolie-Pitt plays a younger Aurora in the movie. Elle Fanning plays the older version of Aurora.
Here is Disney's description of "Maleficent":
From Disney comes "Maleficent" — the untold story of Disney's most iconic villain from the 1959 classic "Sleeping Beauty." A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. Maleficent rises to be the land's fiercest protector, but she ultimately suffers a ruthless betrayal — an act that begins to turn her pure heart to stone. Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces an epic battle with the invading king's successor and, as a result, places a curse upon his newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to peace in the kingdom — and perhaps to Maleficent's true happiness as well. The film stars Angelina Jolie as Maleficent, Sharlto Copley, Elle Fanning, Sam Riley, Imelda Staunton, Juno Temple and Lesley Manville.


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Avengers #14 by Jonathan Hickman, Nick Spencer and Stefano Caselli.
Creators of Avengers comics have won over Perth fans by featuring the cityscape and joking about local issues in a recently-released issue.
The release came as sci-fi superstars and comic book artists descended on Perth for the Supanova Pop Culture Expo.
In the comic, artist Stefano Caselli depicts Perth city as a bomb impact site.
The Amcom and Bankwest buildings feature in the Perth city skyline.
In another scene, writers Jonathan Hickman and Nick Spencer poke fun at beer prices in Australia with the line: "Where I come from, you cannot imagine what a beer costs."
Comic book collector Luke Caporn said the timing of the release with Supanova was a happy accident.
"While it was good timing I'd say it was most definitely a happy accident," he said.
The comic book poked fun at exorbitant beer prices in Perth.
"Comics are written many months in advance of their release and the writer Jonathan Hickman is known for planning his books years in advance."
Mr Caporn said Marvel often sent its super heroes out of New York City.
"Unlike DC with their fictional cities like Metropolis or Gotham, the Marvel universe is firmly set in the real world," he said.
The issue has been applauded by Perth fans.
"While the majority is set in New York and the States, writers and artists will often send their heroes out to international real world locations.
"The same book with Perth in it also featured Regina in Canada and other cities in India, Japan and Croatia."
It was the first appearance for Perth, but not for Australia, Mr Caporn said.
"Brian Michael Bendis has done an issue or two set on the Gold Coast in recent months in Uncanny X-Men," he said.
"In fact, one of the new mutants he created is from there too.
"Back in the 80s Chris Claremont had the X-Men based out of the Australian outback.
"They even had an Aboriginal teleporter on the team."
The issue has won over local fans, who appreciated the attention to detail in depicting the Perth skyline.
"All the local comic fans I've know have really loved it," he said.
"Not only was our city featured, it was done accurately.
"That was clearly St George's Terrace.
"The skyline had the old Bankwest tower.
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Fredericksburg area school systems are looking at potential snow make up days after the rash of snow days and delays due to the recent snowfall totals. Spotsylvania and Stafford Counties are considering adding on time to the school day or using scheduled student holidays as make up days. Fredericksburg City Schools are also looking into make up options if more snow days are called.
According to Virginia's Department of Education, Virginia students are required to sit for 900 school hours in a year. Local school divisions are scrambling to see where seat hours stand after all snow make up days are used. Some schools are looking to attend classes later in the day, replace holidays, or even attend on Saturdays. Past years have seen school administration petition the Department of Education for waivers to be exempt from making up more than the set snow days.
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This past weekend, as a part of their annual Children in Need fundraiser, the BBC released a two minute clip from the highly-anticipated 50th anniversary episode of Doctor Who.
Entitled 'The Day of the Doctor', the episode will feature a number of Doctors including Matt Smith, David Tennant and John Hurt's newly identified 'War Doctor'. But if you're reading this right now, you probably know this already. Anyway! On with the clip:
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What You Can Expect
This beautiful fresh water lagoon is considered to be one of the most important natural attractions of Acapulco. This picturesque lagoon is thick with palms, water hyacinths and native flora, and has been the setting for Hollywood films such as The African Queen.
When your air conditioned coach arrives at the heart of the lagoon you will transfer to a small boat to cruise through the thick vegetation. A paradise for birds with over 250 species, this tour is a must for nature lovers.
You will visit a local beachfront restaurant where you will enjoy a buffet lunch and open bar of domestic drinks. After lunch you can walk along the beach or just relax in a hammock.
Customer Reviews
April 2015
Adrianna and her flock are wonderful!!! She is warm and welcoming into her home. We got very lucky with great tour mates who are now friends forever. HIGHLY RECOMMEND.
November 2014
My cousin travelled with me. We loved this tour. This tour took us about an hour up the coast from Acapulco which was a nice change. The guide was so nice and helpful and had good English skills. (We are very poor in Spanish). The scenery was beautiful, the food and drink excellent. We agreed we would go on this tour again on another trip to Acapulco.
March 2011
fantastic tour! Beach is great boat ride fun saw many things in Acapulco great lunch by the beach!
Raquel R USA
August 2008
Denise S United Kingdom
August 2008
December 2010
Larissa H Australia
June 2016
Have been on more interesting tours. It was ok.
August 2013
We were asked if we wanted to attend a program about sea turtles for an extra 50 pesos - the program was boring - I do not know Spanish and am not interested in learning about sea turtles from the beginning of time - it was fun releasing one of the sea turtles into the ocean, but then it became boring. There was no mention of sea turtles and had I known that we were going to sit for over an hour being bored, I would have refused. Otherwise, the tour was great.


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Last month ManeGait Therapeutic Horsemanship in McKinney held their 6th annual horse show in order to showcase their rider's abilities and passion for horses.
And showcase they did. With sixty-five riders competing in the Saturday, April 12 show, competitors demonstrated the equestrian skills learned during their therapeutic sessions at the facility for their own families and a hundred community supporters. Every rider participated in equitation and trail pattern classes. Presentations of ribbons and trophies made the day extra special for everyone in attendance. Riders at the 2014 spring show strived for their personal best, and spectators saw this with their horsemanship skills and emotional excitement for the therapeutic riding organization. For many this was the first time they had the opportunity to compete on the back of a horse.
"All of the riders are champions in our eyes and we are so honored to have the opportunity to work with them," says ManeGait Executive Director and PATH International Certified Instructor Tricia Nelson.
The McKinney based non-profit originated in 2008 and was founded by Bill & Pris Darling. Today the non-profit works to help those with a variety of disabilities succeed through therapeutic horsemanship. Riders with physical, cognitive, developmental, sensory, and/or learning disabilities from Collin, Dallas, Denton and Grayson counties participate in the organization's programs. ManeGait, located at 3160 Custer Road in McKinney, Texas, uses the 14-acre facility to build horsemanship skills, while improving the physical, cognitive, emotional and social skills of its clients. Riders at ManeGait are taught to focus on their abilities, not disabilities, both in the arena and outside of the protective fences.
For more info on ManeGait or to find out about volunteering and donation opportunities, call 469.742.9611.
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More Fun With the Millennials
You know, I hate to be an old poo about these things, but can someone tell the Millennial Generation to just shut up for a while?
I understand they're growing up in a much more sophisticated wine culture than Baby Boomers, and are thus automatically wiser and more discerning than the generation before them — that is, the generation that built the wine culture Millennials are currently exploring. I accept a certain lack of perspective among young people. I was, after all, young once myself, and recall adamantly arguing that Grand Funk Railroad's "Closer to Home" was art. (To check my memory, I went to the Grand Funk website. Who would imagine that it would need a section called "Latest News"?) Lack of historic perspective is not a moral or intellectual failure; it's just a defining characteristic of youth.
The Contra Costa Times does an article about Millennial wine judges. It's one of those "nice" articles that doesn't say anything bad but nonetheless makes the article's subjects look like complete idiots. Here's a selection of quotes from the article, along with old fart commentary.
Speaking of the recently held NextGen wine competition:
"You can get people who are stuffy and serious at these things, and then you have to watch what you say or behave a certain way. But these people were in jeans and flip-flops."
Wait! Young people in jeans and flip-flops? Seriously? That's a huge cultural innovation compared to the austere formality of the Baby Boomers who, you no doubt remember, always dressed in coat and tie for dinner.
"Millennials are risk takers who understand that without trying something new by experimenting and listening to advice, we will always be drinking the same overpriced, 94-point cabernet sauvignon from Napa Valley."
This is more semantic than anything else, but is "listening to advice" really a characteristic of risk-takers?
On judging wine:
"I judged on all-around deliciousness, what the average consumer is looking for."
This is what we in the wordbiz call "condescension," which is the foundation of snobbery, which is what Millennials claim not to be. This reminds me, somehow, of the argument I had with my father about wearing ragged jeans — and, come to think of it, flip-flops. He wanted me to wear new jeans, but I explained to him that I needed to wear old jeans because that's what you had to wear to be a non-conformist.
On the result of the NextGen wine competition, which crowned the 21st Century equivalent of Annie Green Springs Peach Creek Wine as the best wine for Millennials.
"I am proud to have been a part of choosing a wine that is well-made, whether sweet or dry, and clean. It may not be the most exciting wine in the world, but it's thirst quenching. At the end of the day, wine is just a beverage."
Which kind of calls into question the whole idea of judging wine competitions, doesn't it?
UPDATE: Millennials discuss Annie Green Spring Peach Creek Wine.
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The Wine Curmudgeon
July 28th, 2010 at 10:35 AM
Take a deep breath, my friend. Anyone who isn't a slave to scores can't be all bad.
Now go tie dye a t-short or something.
July 28th, 2010 at 12:29 PM
Once again I take offense (with a grain of salt as usual). You say that Millennials are exploring the wine culture that the Baby-Boomers built. In fact, the Millennials are exploring a different wine culture that, if they did build it, Baby-Boomers are afraid to explore themselves. It is no secret that Millennials are much more likely to grab a bottle of something they have never had than the older generations (I think the stat I read was that 90% of the time they grab something new). Meanwhile, the Baby-Boomers are stuck in their brand-loyal ways of consuming only that which is familiar to them. "…overpriced, 94 point cabernet…".
Now, taking these two groups, which do you think is more likely, if not already, to be wiser and more discerning? Don Juan didn't become the worlds greatest lover by forever sleeping with one woman.
Just to clear something up, I'm not sure if I am even considered a Millennial. I might be a bit old. What is the cut off year?
Mart S - Grotto Wine Racks
July 28th, 2010 at 12:46 PM
Great insight, Leanu. Cheers!
July 28th, 2010 at 3:22 PM
Our generation did not build the "wine culture." We merely added lifestyle magazines like the Spectator and American Bandstand numerical ratings (I give it an 88: it's got a good beat, nice legs and goes well with braised short ribs*)
*Pop culture has now made "trash cuts" like short ribs, hanger steak and chicken wings desirable and therefore expensive. An ironic twist on the whole concept of making something good out of something cheap.
July 28th, 2010 at 4:53 PM
That is not me! The only time my hair was that short, it was cut in a mohawk. Plus, I only heave in stools; never urinals. Urinals are for the tasty post-vomit mint that keeps my breath smelling bathroom-fresh.
July 28th, 2010 at 5:30 PM
"Thirst quenching"?
Mrs. A
July 29th, 2010 at 4:00 AM
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Bobby Hamilton knows his limitations. As a full-time driver in the Winston Cup Series and owner of a three-truck Dodge team in the Craftsman Truck Series, Hamilton has little room left on his plate. Stock Car Racing spoke with Hamilton about how he pulls off this juggling act.
SCR: In the first half of the year, you, as an owner, and two of your drivers sat at the top of the points standings in the Craftsman Truck Series. As a full-time Winston Cup Series driver, how do you find the time and energy to run a three-truck team?
Hamilton: In any business, you surround yourself with good people, and I am fortunate enough to have good people here at my truck team. I dont have any other kind of hobby, so I basically run through here on Monday and Tuesday and see if they need me for anything. Well talk and compare notes or whatever. Then Ill go do my Winston Cup deal and let them have at it. I dont let it take away from my Winston Cup deal. I know my bread and butter is in Winston Cup, but I know my future lies within this truck team.
SCR: Why did you pick the Truck Series over the Busch Series?
Hamilton: I raced in the Truck Series and I thought it was better racing than the Busch Series. The big reason was I had a chance to go with Dodge and be a factory-backed team. I had known through talking with Richard Petty what effort they put forth. They want to win really bad and will really support you in a lot of ways beyond money.
SCR: Your truck shop is in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, when the majority of the stock car racing workforce is in Charlotte, North Carolina. What keeps you in Tennessee?
Hamilton: Driving Winston Cup cars, you see the same face on three or four different teams throughout the year. The reason is everybody lives in Charlotte and they just roll their toolbox from one shop to the next. Since I started this deal three and a half years ago I might have had one turnover and I am up to 34 people now. I didnt want to invest my time in someone, have them learn what youre doing, and lose them to another race team. Everybody lives here and the few people who have moved up here, stay here.
SCR: You are part of a Winston Cup team that has seen firsthand the current economic strains. Yet, as a team owner, you added a third truck to your stable. How are you promoting the Truck Series to sponsors?
Hamilton: We just look at it as TV time. We are all proud in Winston Cup of the TV package that we have, but they are not allowed to mention sponsors. ESPN, Jerry Punch, and all of those guys work really tight with us in the Truck Series. They give the sponsors all kinds of credit. They talk about the drivers. They talk about drivers appearances or truck appearances down the road at a Dodge dealership. Here I am with a $2 million sponsorship and my truck is getting $5 million to $7 million a year in exposure. I think last year we were at 930 sponsor mentions, 920 manufacturer mentions, and 800 driver mentions. That is totally unheard of in Winston Cup. That is the sales force we use with it.
SCR: One of your drivers is an African-Americanwhich is a rare occurence in stock car racing. Tell us how Bill Lester came your way and how you got involved in the Dodge Motorsports Diversity Program.
Hamilton: Dodge actually brought it to my attention and asked me if I would be interested. We did the deal with Willy T. (Ribbs) last year. They wanted Willy because he had established a name for himself and had been around in various motorsports, so we did that last year and built the program. Then we jointly wanted to make a change for this year. We started testing drivers and Bill was actually one of the first guys I tested.
SCR: One of your drivers, Brian Rose, is a veteran of Nashville Speedway USA, as you are. Do you see a little of yourself in him?
Hamilton: Brian has a lot of ability. He listens well. He is a very good racer. The thing that surprises me with Brian is he will look lost at a place like Darlington. Hell go out to qualify and suck it up and cut a lap. Then we go out and practice Happy Hour and are one of the worst trucks there. The next thing you know, we are leading Darlington and finish in the Top 10 on the lead lap. He is just that kind of guy. When the flag drops, something natural comes out. I think he knows how to let his ability take over and not let his worries take over. We are hoping to build a program with Brian here. I dont have a contract with Brian; I am just trying to help his career along a little bit.
SCR: Is it true that Bobby Hamilton Racing is planning on running a couple of Winston Cup races this season?
Hamilton: It has been tossed around. One thing I have to stress: a lot of people think sometimes you get too much on your plate. Clint Eastwood says in his movies, Every mans got to know his limitations. I know my limitations. Until we get completely caught up around here, we are looking at something deep in the second half of the season. I know for a fact that it helps my race team. We built a Winston Cup car here two years ago and went to Homestead with Little Bobby (Hamilton Jr.) and made the race down there. It made my race team so much better with just that one race because they worked in the atmosphere of professional Winston Cup teams. So that is the main reason I do it. I thought it would be pretty cool to put one together again. We will start right now and build one car. It will take three or four months to build it. Then we will go test it and be ready to race.
SCR: You talk about having this Truck team as something to fall back on when your career as a driver is over. Are you grooming your team for Bobby Hamilton Jr.?
Hamilton: That is in the back of my mind. The way he is coming along nowhe is with a good race team; he could surpass us and that is OK, too. I could keep going on with my own deal. The bottom line is that I dont have anything else to do. I dont understand football, baseball. I cant play golf. I can play a little pool, but you learn how to drink beer when you do that. I just love NASCAR racing. I am going to let the sky be its limit. Im going to let it go as far as it can go. If it goes to Winston Cup, Ill try it. If it doesnt, Ill stay in trucks.
SCR: You have a great attitude about Bobby Jr.s racing career. You basically let him go out there and learn on his own. However, has there been some advice you have given him?
Hamilton: The advice is there if he needs it. At first, there was a lot of advice. There was a point when we felt like he didnt have his heart in it; but I think if you asked him right now he would say he definitely has his head in it a lot more than he did three years ago. To watch him finish in the Top 10 leading laps and almost win, not to even be on the radio with him is great. To just know he has taken the ball and run with it and has learned how to work with his people and communicate with his crew chief makes me feel really proud of him. He has taken that upon himself to learn how to do that.
SCR: Your start in racing was actually working under the hood with your father and grandfather.
Hamilton: Yeah, it was. I think that has helped me along. There is probably nothing on a Winston Cup race car that I cant do. If the motor man isnt there, I can adjust the valves; I can read the spark plugs, adjust the carburetor. Hell, I can pull the cylinder heads off and put another pair on if we need to. I can build the gears, transmission, set the car up, build the shocks. That is something that has always interested me. I would probably be a little out of date on it, but I can make us finish the race.
SCR: With that mechanical knowledge, do you think you have an advantage over those who dont know the difference between a speed bump and bumpsteer?
Hamilton: Sometimes you can be your own worst enemy. What I have learned is that if you have a smart crew chief, let him make all the calls. When you know something is wrong, then you can speak up. A mechanically inclined driver can over-engineer himself at times. I only speak up if I know something is wrong. If Im not sure, I dont put my two cents in.
SCR: Your first Winston Cup start was in 1989 in Phoenix in a car used for the film Days of Thunder. You qualified fifth and were running in the Top 10 when NASCAR asked you to retire from the race.
Hamilton: The car was actually owned by Rick Hendrick, but was shown as owned by Paramount Pictures. Stories escalate as the years go. We actually had a motor problem. They were monitoring all the movie cars and knew we were having a motor problem. Rusty (Wallace) had already gotten spun out by a rookie and it could have cost him the championship. We elected, along with NASCAR, to park. We led the race. We were the best qualifying Hendrick car. There was nothing else to do. I got a lot of exposure. To play it safe was to park the car.
SCR: Was there actual footage of that race in the movie Days of Thunder?
Hamilton: Yeah. The movie shows me in the No. 51 Exxon car at Phoenix running. That is actual footage of it. I also drove the No. 51 Mello Yello car at Daytona.
SCR: From there your career took off. You have won a race in four out of six seasons and driven for names like Petty, Sabates, McClure, and Petree. How important is it to you to have given Petree his first win, or the Pettys their first win since 1983?
Hamilton: Richard Petty is probably the best thing that ever happened to me as a driver. The whole Petty familyLinda, all the kidsthey are just great people. To go to Victory Lane for them, to see Richard get emotionally choked up on pit road, to know that we had to send after Dale (Inman) in the bathroom because he was real emotional, seeing Lindas face. Kyle stuck his head in the window after the race. He was shaking my hand and had tears in his eyes. You just never would have dreamed of how much it meant to them, seeing the No. 43 back in Victory Lane. That is a moment Ill cherish for a long time.
SCR: What about Andy Petree jumping on your car last year when you won Talladega?
Hamilton: I told him it reminded me of someone falling out of an airplane landing on the hood. Just all of the people I have worked with, there has been something special there.
SCR: How much of what you put out on the track is for you and how much of it is for your team?
Hamilton: You know, I have never looked at it like that. I am more concerned about performing well for my race team. When I run bad, I feel bad for my race team, not for myself. Drivers have good days and bad days. Those guys are the ones who put all the work in it. As far as what you get paid to do this, nobody gets paid enough. The drivers and owners are the only ones who make any money. The only bonus the team gets out of it is seeing their equipment run good.
SCR: You have four victories on four different types of tracks. Your win at Talladega rid you of the flat-track racer title. You seem to be proficient on any type of racing surface, but what is your favorite track?
Hamilton: It is easier to ask my least favorite. I dont like the cookie-cutter racetracksthe one groove tracks like Kansas and Chicago. All these new tracks will become multiple groove racetracks in two or three years. I just have a problem when you have to pass a guy on the bottom and he is running on the bottom. You cant do anything because you are stuck in traffic. I like road courses. I almost won a road course last year when I finished second to Jeff Gordon at Sears Point. I love restrictor plate racing. Heck, I just enjoy what I do.


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The season 3 finale of "Once Upon a Time" airs on Sunday, May 11. The promo only whetted our taste buds for what will happen in the 2-hour finale. Back-to-back episodes titled "Snow Drifts" and "No Place Like Home" will tie up many of the loose ends and prepare us for where the show will take us in season 4. On May 9, YouTube shared a couple of sneak peek videos for the finale.
In the first one, Emma and Hook, dressed in fancy period garb, are seen entering a festive celebration. Emma is none too happy about their attire, hers in particular. She remarks under her breath to Hook, "Just when I thought the clothes here couldn't get any worse." He apparently disagrees, as he replies, "You may not know this, Swan, but you cut quite a figure in that dress." He's right, too.
Just then, King Midas introduces himself as the father of the bride. Could this be for the wedding that was planned between Charming and Midas' daughter? He asks their names. Since they are dressed elegantly, they have to come up with something regal-sounding quickly. Hook stammers, "Prince…" but is unable to snatch a name out of thin air. Emma steps in and answers, "Prince Charles," after a moment, she adds, "I am Princess…Leia."
In the second clip, also on YouTube, Emma and Hook have bumped into Rumplestiltskin. He has no idea who they are and they seem to be trying to explain that. Hook tells him they are from the future. Rumple is skeptical because time travel hasn't been done yet. Emma informs him, "Yeah, well, someone has cracked that code."
She tells him they need his help. Before he will agree to help them, though, he wants to know if he ever finds his son. The question causes Emma a moment of pain and she hesitates answering. Rumple grows more emphatic, as he shouts, "Answer me!"
She says yes and he naturally asks how. Before she can answer, he stops her, saying, "Don't tell me. If I succeeded, I don't want anything in my head that might throw it off."
Emma tells him that things may already be thrown off. Rumple then says, "You've changed things? What have you done?' His question goes unanswered in the clip as Emma and Hook exchange knowing and worried glances.
So both season 3 finale sneak peeks give us a look at Emma and Hook in Fairy Tale Land. It looks as if we will be getting to see a good deal of these two and for Hook/Swan shippers, this is good news.
The season 3 finale of "Once Upon a Time" airs Sunday, May 11 in a 2-hour, 2-segment finale titled "Snow Drifts" and "No Place Like Home." Tune in to see how the season ends and where we are going next!
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