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Now 40 years later, on that grainy film strip of memory, in black and white, through the rising vapors of heat on that June day, I can still see the ghostly figure of Secretariat as he plunged along the backstretch at Belmont Park – charging in the distance toward the far turn, like some disembodied phantom in a dream, Ron Turcotte crouched motionlessly on his back as they left Sham and history behind. And then the colt raced by that pole, half way through 12 furlongs of the Belmont Stakes, and I turned my head on instinct to the teletimer and saw the warning lights flashing:
They blinked once, twice and froze: 1:09 4/5 …
Oh, my. I closed my eyes and shook my head, cursing softly at the jock and thinking: Good God, he's blown the Triple Crown. He's goin' too damned fast! What is he doing? What is he thinking?
Of all the little memories that linger from that day, the sight of Secretariat leaving Sham remains among the most vivid; that and the instinctive glance I shot at the infield tote to see the lights conveying that split – by far the fastest three-quarters of a mile ever recorded in the Belmont, three-fifths of a second faster than Bold Ruler, Secretariat's sire, had hung up while setting his suicidal pace in the '57 Belmont; that. and the queasy sense I felt, a little ripple of nausea, which arose with the sudden realization unto fear that Secretariat was going way too fast, way too soon, and surely burning in the fires of his own pace: like father, like son.
Before that moment, it had all been unfolding so neatly, so perfectly, that it appeared Secretariat's quest that day –June, 9, 1973 –would be far less a race than a coronation, a stroll around the Belmont bridle path, a jaunty walk into the winner's circle, all to thunderous cheers and acclaim.
No horse in history had ever come to the climactic moment in the Triple Crown with such a powerful wind at his back, one that had been gaining speed since his victory in the Kentucky Derby in 1:59 2/5, a record clocking that he hung for history behind a string of quarter-mile splits, each faster than the preceding one, that left even the most blasé sophisticates agog: 25 1/5, :24, :23 4/5, :23 2/5, :23. Two weeks later, in a performance predicted by a blazing six-furlong work in 1:10 flat at Pimlico, Secretariat shattered his second record in two weeks when he won the Preakness in 1:53 2/5, three-fifths faster than Cannonero's mark set two years before; a mark that this year was officially lowered to an even more astonishing 1:53.
The colt came out of the Preakness utterly unfazed by the mayhem of the crowds and unbowed by the enormous energy demanded by his efforts. I rode back with him on the van from Pimlico to Belmont Park the next day, and he spent those four hours gazing out the open top door of the van, calmly taking in the scenery along Route 95, tearing at his hay rack, his eyes looking as alert as a spring robin's. The three weeks he spent at Belmont Park, training in a media crush for the Triple Crown, were charged with a crackling energy day after day, whenever the colt appeared on the track to work, or even gallop. On the muscle, he never missed an oat, and he put on a show in the morning that was far gaudier than any seen at Belmont in the afternoon.
Secretariat had a prodigious appetite for hard, fast works, the more the better, and he positively flourished in the grueling regimen that Laurin put him through. Eight days after the Preakness, he worked three quarters of a mile at Belmont Park in 1:12 1/5, but that was just a prelude to the big move five days later, when Lucien sent him out to rock and roll a mile. He spun these splits like breaking sticks – :23 4/5, :47, 1:11, 1:34 4/5, up in 1:48 3/5. Good grief, what have we here? Over the same track, 4-year-old Tentam had just won the Met mile in 1:35 flat. In a last flourish, Secretariat finished his training with a final move three days before the Belmont: a half mile in :46 3/5.
Word was leaking out that America had itself a Superhorse. Three of the leaks were sprung at Time Magazine, Sports Illustrated and Newsweek, all of which had the colt on the cover, the only time in history that the same subject was on the cover of America's three largest weekly news magazines. The U.S. Senate hearings on Watergate had begun to be nationally televised on May 18, the day before the Preakness, and suddenly here was this heroic beast -this gorgeous, unspoiled, and incorruptible mute – providing a kind of national recess from the infamies of the biggest political scandal of the 20th Century.
Unmoved by it all, Secretariat came to Belmont Day looking like Pegasus himself. Those two record-setting races, and all those blazing morning works, had tuned him as finely as a Stradivarius, and he came to the race as fit as any horse who ever stared, white-eyed, through a bridle. I was at his barn at 6 a.m., having slept most of the night beside a tree outside the shed, and what a figure he cut when exercise rider Charlie Davis brought him out at 6:05 to walk him round a cinder path just out the door. A bucket rattled in a nearby stall and Secretariat rose up and started walking on his hind legs around the ring, his forelegs pawing at the blue sky, his nostrils flared, his eyes rimmed in white, and his rippling neck and shoulders gleaming in the sun.
Poor Charlie cowered under him, snatching at the chain. "Come on down, Red," he yelled. "Come on, down!"
The sight of the colt that morning, walking on his hind legs and coming down as if on springs, like a horse in dressage, snorting and prancing as though heading to the breeding shed, began a day that culminated in what many veteran horseman called the greatest single performance in the history of the sport. Nearly 70,000 souls came in caravans of cars to Belmont Park that day, bearing signs of encouragement – "Go Big Red!" and "Triple Crown or Bust" – in the fervent hope that the sport would finally anoint its ninth Triple Crown winner, the first since Citation in 1948.
Such was the historic context leading to that moment when he flashed past the three-quarter pole in 1:09 4/5 and I looked in fear and loathing towards the far turn, muttering my curses. Secretariat never backed off. Never dropped a beat or snapped his tail. He pulled away from Sham and opened fourfivesixseven lengths as he pleased, right now, sprinting through a mile in a dazzling 1:34 1/5, through a mile and a quarter in 1:59 flat. In the closing grip of the pandemonium –at the sight of that horse drawing off to lead by 20 lengths on the turn for home –you could hear the roar of the crowd grow deafening, feel the girders shake, hear the winds of history howling through the eaves; as he neared the wire, now 28…29…30 in front, he never lost the fluid rhythm of his stride.
Tick-tock, tick-tock … In the end he won by 31 and broke the world's record for twelve furlongs on the dirt, 2:24, the last and most challenging of all three Triple Crown records he broke then and still owns still today.
The film strip is grainier now, the morning lights lower around Stall 7, Barn 5, but I can still see him walking on his hind legs round that cinder path, pawing at the sky, and feel the elation and the wonder I felt 40 years ago, and still savor now, at the sight of him that morning and late that afternoon -on the day he flat ran out of Belmont Park and into history.
A seven-time winner of the Eclipse Award for turf writing, William Nack is the author of Secretariat: The Making of a Champion; My Turf: Boxers, Blood Money and the Sporting Life, and Ruffian: A Racetrack Romance.
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- 9 p.m. Thursday - Event kickoff at the Marietta Brewing Company, 167 Front St.
- 9 a.m. Friday and Saturday - Event headquarters opens on the Armory lawn on Front Street, where there will be information for that day's bike rides and paddling events. Participants can pick up directions and head out on their own or meet up to go with a group at 10 a.m.
- 9 a.m. Saturday - The MOV'n Dragons will offer dragon boat rides beginning at the Marietta College boathouse on Gilman Street.
- 5 to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday - Events on the Armory lawn, broadcast live by WMOA radio, including tortoise and the hare races, bungee run tournaments, acoustic band performances, and other demonstrations.
- 7 p.m. to midnight Friday and 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. Saturday - Live music performances at various venues in downtown Marietta.
- Sunday: 10 a.m., pygmy boat parade on the Muskingum River; 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., pygmy boat show on the Armory lawn; 1 p.m., paddle with pygmy boaters on the Muskingum River; 2 p.m., Muskingum River raft race.
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Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Bagel Bits (Homemade Bagel Bites)
I think my daughter lived on Bagel Bites for several years during high school. You know... these things...
....so today's recipe is a healthier version of one of her favorites, made with mini-bagels that include whole wheat flour and reduced fat mozzarella cheese and turkey pepperoni as toppings. They taste wonderful and you'll love how easy they freeze and can be popped out of the freezer a few at a time for a quick lunch or late night snack.
Bagel Bits
For the bagels:
The sponge:
1/2 tsp instant yeast
2 cups (9 ounces) unbleached bread flour or high-gluten flour (I used Sir Lancelot)
1 1/4 cups (10 ounces) water, room temperature
Whisk together the dry ingredients in a 4 quart mixing bowl. Whisk in the water, stirring to make a smooth, sticky batter almost like pancake batter. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and leave at room temperature for about 2 hours, or until the batter has nearly doubled in size and is very foamy and bubbly.
The final dough:
1/4 tsp instant yeast
1 3/4 cups white whole wheat flour
1 1/2 TBSP vital wheat gluten
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp non-diastatic malt powder
1 TBSP pizza dough flavor (optional, but delicious)
Add the instant yeast to the sponge and stir well. In small bowl whisk together the flour, wheat gluten, salt, malt powder and pizza dough flavoring, if using. Add to the sponge and using dough hook, knead until dough is smooth and elastic, about 6 minutes. Remove dough from bowl and place on clean counter top.
Line a baking sheet with a silpat or parchment paper sprayed with cooking spray. Divide dough into 1 1/2 ounce portions (about the size of a golf ball.)
Roll each portion into a ball and place on prepared baking sheet. Cover with a damp towel and let rest for 20 minutes.
Flatten each ball slightly and using a greased finger, poke a hole through the middle of each ball, lifting the ball and spinning it on your finger to make sure hole stays open.
Place bagels back on baking sheet and cover with plastic wrap that has been sprayed with cooking spray. Let rest for 20 minutes.
To test to see if bagels are ready to be placed in fridge for an overnight rest, drop a bagel in a small bowl of cool water. If the bagel floats within 10 seconds of being placed in the water, it's ready. Remove it from the water and dry it off a bit with a paper towel and return it to the tray. If it doesn't float, wait for another 5-10 minutes and try again. Cover bagels again with the greased plastic wrap and place in refrigerator overnight and for up to two days.
To finish and bake bagels:
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, spray with cooking spray and dust lightly with cornmeal or semolina flour.
Bring a large, wide pot of water to a boil and add 1 TBSP baking soda. Remove bagels from the fridge and gently drop them into the boiling water. Let them boil for one minute, then flip them over to boil on the other side for one minute. Remove bagels from water with a slotted spoon and place on prepared baking sheet.
Place the pan in the oven and bake for approximately five minutes. Then rotate pan 180 degrees and bake for an additional 5 minutes or until bagels are golden brown. Remove from oven and allow to cool on cooling rack.
To make the Bagel Bits:
1 cup pizza sauce
1 cup turkey pepperoni slices
2 cups shredded reduced fat mozzarella cheese
2 TBSP parmesan cheese
Place turkey pepperoni in food processor and process until you have small uniform pieces. Add the mozzarella and pulse 3 or 4 times just to make the shreds a little smaller.
Slice bagels in half and place on a large baking sheet.
Top each with about 2 teaspoons of pizza sauce
Sprinkle bagels with the parmesan cheese
Top with pepperoni and mozzarella cheese mixture. Press down lightly on each bagel to secure toppings.
Place baking sheet in freezer and freeze bagels for 2 hours. Remove from freezer and place in layers separated by wax paper in an airtight container. Freeze until ready to use.
To bake: Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Place frozen bagel bits on baking sheet and bake for 11-13 minutes or until hot and bubbly.
33 comments:
- steph said...
YUM! I love bagel bites.
- November 2, 2010 at 7:01 PM
- Julie said...
Wow those are some serious bagel bites!! You are so creative!!
Oh and the mint brownies...gone! They didn't last long at all!
- November 2, 2010 at 8:54 PM
- Lisa said...
You made your own bagel bites, I love it. By the way, if you haven't already, come by and enter my CSN giveaway. As a follower, you're qualified to enter. http://sweet-as-sugar-cookies.blogspot.com/2010/11/45-csn-giveaway.html
- November 3, 2010 at 1:57 AM
- firstname.lastname@example.com said...
Very impressive. These look so professional and delcious too!
- November 3, 2010 at 4:01 AM
- Pam said...
Way to go! They look and sound great! Just wish I had one right now!
- November 3, 2010 at 6:48 AM
- briarrose said...
Yummy. These look wonderful. I haven't made bagels in forever and I have a sudden urge to do so. ;)
- November 3, 2010 at 9:06 AM
- June said...
Darn, I want to come live at your house. Looks like you've always got great stuff in your freezer.
- November 3, 2010 at 9:25 AM
- Sonia (Nasi Lemak Lover) said...
these are cute and awesome, Thanks for sharing.
- November 3, 2010 at 9:41 AM
- Karen said...
Great idea and way better I'm sure than the stuff you buy in the store!
- November 3, 2010 at 11:19 AM
- Nanan said...
You are so good - they look better that the real thing!
- November 3, 2010 at 11:57 AM
- Pretty. Good. Food. said...
Genius! Great recipe :)
- November 3, 2010 at 12:25 PM
- Natalie said...
oh my gosh these look perfect!! totally trying these sometime when I have a free weekend!
- November 3, 2010 at 12:43 PM
- The Mom Chef said...
You made your own friggen little bagels? Seriously? Dude, I'm not worthy.
- November 3, 2010 at 12:54 PM
- Megan said...
Homemade bagels and everything?! Wow. These must be a million times better than the frozen ones... which I admit to eating a lot of many years ago.
- November 3, 2010 at 1:07 PM
- The Manintvelds said...
Bravo! I love it!!!
- November 3, 2010 at 1:47 PM
Hubby cant wait to come home from Vegas to some bagel bits.
- November 3, 2010 at 2:33 PM
- Barbara Bakes said...
What a fabulous, fun post! I need to make these.
- November 3, 2010 at 7:27 PM
- Maria said...
My brother used to eat the bites in HS. I will have to introduce him to homemade ones, that are MUCH better I am sure:)
- November 3, 2010 at 7:44 PM
- Bugaboo said...
These look so great, more nutritious and just down-right better than those frozen ones. Thanks!
- November 3, 2010 at 8:43 PM
- Cookin' Canuck said...
I love that you went right through the step of freezing these bagel bites. My kids would go crazy for these!
- November 3, 2010 at 9:28 PM
- Sue said...
You certainly HAVE come a long way! I'm so impressed. These look fantastic!
- November 3, 2010 at 10:27 PM
- scrambledhenfruit said...
Wow...and you even made them with homemade bagels! They look fabulous- much better than the ones with lots of ingredients I can't pronounce. This would be a fun project for when my grandson visits. :)
- November 3, 2010 at 10:45 PM
- Dustin Baier said...
These are a great idea. I wish my mom made these when i was a kid. You should post these over at dishfolio.com
- November 4, 2010 at 12:21 AM
- Barbara @ Modern Comfort Food said...
Yummo! I somehow missed the store bought, freezer version of these, and luckily my son never noticed them either. Otherwise, I'm sure he would have been a devotee just like your daughter. I can't wait to try your excellent homemade ones with this detailed, mouth-watering guide. A great idea!
- November 4, 2010 at 4:54 AM
- Pam said...
Genius! You even made your own bagels. I am so impressed!
- November 4, 2010 at 6:24 AM
- Pegasuslegend said...
omg you made homemade bagel bites, I should show you my freezer full of them, late night snacks here! love them. When I have time going to try these, my husband will go nuts! very impressed! awesome job looks so bakery style worthy amazing!
- November 4, 2010 at 6:35 AM
- Design Wine and Dine said...
I am SO impressed by these!
We always had bagel bites in the fridge when I was a teenager - we loved them! I am always tempted to pick up a box when shopping in the large bulk stores but then I don't b/c I think about how unhealthy they are.
These you made here are so great!!!! Box 'um up and sell them! :) I'll order the first one!
- November 4, 2010 at 7:47 AM
- marla {family fresh cooking} said...
Thanks so much for bringing us HEALTHY bagel pizza bites. Not only do these look wonderful, they are guaranteed to taste so much better! xo
- November 4, 2010 at 8:00 AM
- Leslie said...
Seriously? I'm amazed. And I love you. Don't take that the wrong way but this is both an easy whole grain bagel recipe (yay!) and a pizza bites recipe (double yay). I lived on them and Kraft mac and cheese (in the 4 for $1 box-that's how old I am) while I was a college student. I can't wait to give them a try!
- November 4, 2010 at 4:11 PM
- Shelby said...
Wow what an effort, but I'm sure much better than the boxed ones (which I really have never eaten but have looked at several times!)
- November 7, 2010 at 10:24 AM
- Jen @ My Kitchen Addiction said...
These look so good! Yum :)
- November 10, 2010 at 9:25 PM
- Smilin Girl said...
What a great idea!!! I'm going to have to try these!
- November 15, 2010 at 9:33 PM
- Jasmine said...
o those look so yumm.
- November 22, 2010 at 9:59 PM


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"Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted," Mason Wolfe said as she read the bible verse she wrote on the road.
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- Yes
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- Sleep, wake
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- With stand
- Width
- 119.68 cm
- Depth
- 30.5 cm
- Height
- 78.74 cm
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- Enclosure Colour
- Charcoal black
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- Motion Enhancement Technology
- 600Hz Subfield Motion
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Stands & Mounts
- Flat Panel Mount Interface
- Yes
TV Tuner
- Conditional Access
- Common Interface Plus (CI+) slot
- Multi-channel Preview
- Picture-in-picture (PIP) (1 tuner)
Digital TV Tuner
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Video Features
- Teletext
- Yes
- Teletext Memory
- 1000 pages
- Electronic Programme Guide
- Digital EPG
Media Player
- USB Port
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Remote Control
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Audio System
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- Power supply
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- Power Consumption Stand by / Sleep
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State Reps. Peter R. Leishman and Katherine D. Rogers: Without more government spending NH won't attract economic growth
Without new revenue New Hampshire will not be able to continue to attract new economic growth that is so vital for our citizens to continue the standard of living they enjoy.
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Warkworth Castle
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cottages near Warkworth Castle
Perched upon a hill-top overlooking the River Coquet in Northumberland, the imposing Warkworth Castle has been enjoying this panoramic vista for over 900 years. As the largest fortress in Northumberland, the castle proved a vital stronghold during times of Anglo-Scottish conflict, and was home to the powerful Percy family for around 400 years. Follow in the footsteps of the most famous of the Percy's, Harry Hotspur, celebrated English Knight and bane of Scottish raiders, by taking a trip to Warkworth on your next cottage holiday in Northumberland. We have over 50 Northumbrian holiday cottages within a short drive of Warkworth Castle, meaning you can enjoy a great family day out within minutes of leaving the front door of your Northumberland holiday cottage!
So much to see and do at Warkworth Castle & Hermitage
With its rich and notably bloody history, there really is a lot to learn within the walls of Warkworth. As soon as you've laid eyes on the castle's arresting exterior, you'll know that you've chosen the perfect place for a daytrip on your Northumberland cottage holiday. Stroll across the castle's lush lawns absorbing the beauty of the Great Tower, before taking advantage of Warkworth's free audio guide, which offers further insight into the history of the keep. Instil some knowledge into the kids too with the English Heritage's interactive 'Discovery Sacks' and 'Step Inside' activity sheets, before letting them loose in the grounds of the castle, where they're free to recreate some of the more grisly scenes from Warkworth's murky past!
So when can I visit Warkworth Castle?
The English Heritage opens Warkworth Castle to the public seven days a week from 10am to 6pm, so you're free to stay the full day or just make your visit to Warkworth part of a whistle-stop tour around the plethora of other Northumbrian castles in the area. But however you choose to spend the day at Warkworth Castle, a self-catering holiday cottage in Northumberland is the perfect base from which to experience the history of this compelling heritage site.


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Week 9
GOOD NEWS NOTES - Week 9
I am just going to venture a guess here - but I would think you will not want to participate in some effort of evangelism that is manipulative, involves pressuring people, and be considered tacky. Am I right? Then, I have some good news. Research tells us that more people come to Christ and grow into a mature relationship with God if they have a genuine, caring friend or relative to show them Christ's love. George Barna is a nationally recognized opinion researcher who has written many books on how people come to Christ and the methods healthy churches use to reach people. Over and over again in his research he has discovered the reason most people come to Christ is a relationship with a Christian who shows them the love of God in a genuine, mature and caring way.
Let's say this from the very start. If you want to build a relationship with a person in order to manipulate them into the kingdom of God, stop right now and read I Corinthians 13:1-3. These verses give us the proper motivation for reaching out to missing people. If love is not the basis for all we do then it becomes as a noisy gong. The best work we can do is when we love a person into the kingdom of God. When we are able to genuinely care for missing people then we are ready to begin building a relationship for Christ.
Just think, if half of the adults that participate in your church's Bible study built a relationship with one person that led a them to Christ, then we would see many more people begin to follow God. Amazing! Would you commit yourself to God in this next year to build that relationship with a missing person? Would you like to see how God works when we pray for his leadership and focus on missing people? Would you enjoy a new adventure in your life seeing if any spiritual matters come up between you and your friend? All I can say is with God on your side and love in your heart how can we miss?
Scripture - Acts 1:8 Jesus said, "You will be filled with power when the Holy Spirit comes on you, and you will be witnesses for me in Jerusalem, in all of Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
Action - Again you have a choice. Follow the challenge and allow God to use you as a tool in his wonderful plan of reaching missing people or continue as we have and miss this marvelous blessing of God. It always is our choice.
Prayer - Lord, use this capacity to love you have given me, my desire to be available, and my genuine concern for the missing to show me ways to touch their lives
Next Week - Practical Ways to Show God's Love to the Missing


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- Sep 12:
- Granada 24, Golden Valley-Merced 14
- Sep 12:
- Redwood 28, Richmond 0
- Moreau Catholic 50, Mt. Eden 43
- Newark Memorial 31, San Lorenzo 23
- Sep 13:
- Northgate 31, Livermore 7
- Piedmont 44, Albany 16
- Bellarmine College Prep 31, San Leandro 21
- Oakland Tech 49, Balboa-San Francisco 6
- Liberty 18, Hayward 6
- Encinal 42, Rodriguez-Fairfield 13
- Hercules 28, Salesian 6
- Santa Rosa 25, Antioch 14
- Dougherty Valley 14, American 13
- Central Catholic-Modesto 38, McClymonds 24
- Acalanes 49, Irvington 21
- Campolindo 28, Washington-Fremont 14
- California 48, Castro Valley 31
- Foothill 31, Las Lomas 6
- Amador Valley 38, Skyline 0
- Deer Valley 49, College Park 18
- Sep 13:
- East Bay high school/community college scoreboard for Friday. Sept. 13 events
- Regional football roundup: Acalanes High tops Irvington
- James Logan High beats San Ramon Valley 21-18
- De La Salle High football team runs away from St. Mary's-Stockton
- Friday's East Bay high school football scores
In a spectacular display, Pittsburg High senior Harris Ross ran for a school-record 464 yards and seven touchdowns in the Pirates' 49-29 win over host Monte Vista on Friday night.
Ross was too fast for the Mustangs. During a devastating second half, he scored six touchdowns and ran for 361 yards on only 10 carries.
The week before, Ross had 233 yards and four touchdowns in a 35-33 win over California, meaning the Pirates (2-1) have won two in a row against perennial East Bay Athletic League stalwarts.
Ross agreed that he took it to another gear in the second half as the Pirates erased a 14-7 halftime deficit in a competitive game.
"I had to put this game away for my team," Ross said. "If it wasn't for my line, then I wouldn't have been able to do anything."
Ross had touchdown runs of 94 yards, 74, 62, 59, 36, 17 and 15. Monte Vista quarterback Nikita Zamora passed for 349 yards and three scores, and his two running backs Matt Rood (89 yards) and Zach Cribb (101) had big nights.
But the night really belonged to Ross and the Pirates.
"He's pretty good," Pittsburg coach Victor Galli said with a sheepish grin. "He's a phenomenal back, I think he's one of the best in the state. I said that going in. He needs to keep doing it. He needs to get more scholarship offers on the table. Maybe this will open some peoples' eyes that were kind of sleeping on him to let them know he's for real."
The Mustangs took a 14-7 lead into halftime after a 17-yard touchdown completion from Zamora to versatile senior Ben Wensley. The first half settled down some after the teams exchanged touchdowns on their first possessions.
California 48, Castro Valley 31: The host Grizzlies (2-1) got back to their winning ways, using a potent running attack led by senior Blake Bierwith. California had 378 rushing yards and grabbed its second win.
The teams traded scores in the first quarter as Bierwith collected the first of his five touchdowns after Castro Valley's Namane Modise scored on a 3-yard run. Turnovers plagued both teams in the second quarter. A Cameron Owen incomplete screen pass was ruled a lateral, and Castro Valley returned it to deep its own territory. Demeryah Lane punched it in for a 1-yard touchdown, giving the Trojans a 12-7 lead.
After a CJ Cornwell touchdown, California recovered an onside kick. Four plays later, Owen scored on a 33-yard keeper making it 20-12 California.
In the second half, it was all Grizzlies as they continued to punish Castro Valley on the ground. Bierwith racked up four more touchdowns en route to 209 yards on 23 carries.
-- Erik Stordahl, correspondent
Foothill 31, Las Lomas 6: Isaiah Langley caught eight passes for 152 yards and a touchdown and added a terrific 5-yard rush for a score where he reversed field to help lead the host Falcons (3-0) over the Knights (2-1).
Langley's rushing touchdown was the final score of the game. On the play, he took a pitchout from quarterback Kyle Kearns and went to the right side. There, he found absolutely nothing. So, he stopped and ran the other way, beating everybody to the pylon on the far side.
"Man, that last touchdown, I was just trying to get something into the end zone so we could seal the deal," Langley said. "We were tired. A lot of people were cramping up."
Langley caught a 13-yard touchdown pass to open the scoring in the first quarter, but he also had four catches of 30 yards or more on the night. That helped Kearns, who completed his first eight passes, to finish 18 of 24 for 316 yards and a touchdown with no interceptions.
-- Damin Esper, correspondent
Amador Valley 38, Skyline 0: The host Dons began the game by recovering their own onside kick, and the game was all downhill from there for Skyline.
The Dons scored on that opening drive on a 10-yard run by Michael White and never looked back. White also scored the first touchdown of the second half on a 15-yard run and ended the night with 85 yards in nine attempts. While White did the bulk of the carrying for the Dons offense, Amador Valley also benefited from rushing scores from Jacob Felix and Mitchell Copenhaver. The two-quarterback combination of Zeke Burgermeister and Ronnie Jones combined to throw for 129 yards and a touchdown.
Deer Valley 49, College Park 18: The Wolverines (2-0) scored 28 unanswered points in the second quarter and went on to a comfortable nonleague win over the Falcons (1-1-1) at Diablo Valley College.
Quarterback Nsimba Webster had touchdown runs of 32, 28 and 20 yards in the second quarter, with the last one coming with 2.3 second left in the first half as Deer Valley took a 28-6 lead. Webster also completed 5 of 6 passes for 132 yards in the first half. He finished with 189 yards passing and 84 yards rushing.
College Park's lone score came in the first quarter as quarterback Dimitri Salido found Timmy Jackson for an 8-yard touchdown pass to open the scoring. Jackson finished with two touchdowns.
-- Nick Norvell, correspondent
Campolindo 28, Washington-Fremont 24: Andrew Zolintakis threw three first-half touchdowns and Campolindo's defense produced one spectacular play after another in a 28-14 nonleague victory over visiting Washington.
Zolinatakis was playing with a stress fracture in his throwing arm but didn't seem bothered by it during the chilly, damp evening. His first pass was intercepted, but he went on to complete 11 of 15 for 188 yards. He opened the scoring with a 10-yard scoring strike to Justin Dunn, then Tyler Petite snagged scoring passes of 12 and 45 yards in the second quarter.
The Cougars (3-0) intercepted three passes in the first half, two by Nick Fadelli and the last by Tiger Garcia.
Washington (0-2) trailed 21-7 in the third quarter when it changed offensive schemes and pounded away at Campolindo on the ground. Nate Woudstra carried seven times for 38 yards and Mark Colbert added 15 yards on three carries as the Huskies drove from their own 28 to the Campolindo.
Woudstra swept to the left but was forced out of bounds by Fadelli at the 2-yard line. On third-and-goal from the 5, after a penalty, Emory Simmons of the Huskies caught Tylan Vinson's pass at the 1 but was knocked backward by Michael Samaniego, bringing up fourth-and-goal. Woudstra tried the middle, but Daniel Samaniega stopped him short of the goal line.The Cougars then sealed the game with a 99-yard scoring drive.
-- Steve Dulas, correspondent


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This is an excerpt from EERE Network News, a weekly electronic newsletter.
January 16, 2013
Agriculture Department Invests $25 Million in Bioenergy Research
The USDA has awarded $25 million for bioenergy research and development.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on January 11 awarded $25 million to four projects in four states to fund research and development of next-generation renewable energy and biobased products from a variety of biomass sources. The projects are funded by USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture through the Biomass Research and Development Initiative, and the Energy Department will make additional awards through this program. Research will help increase the availability of alternative renewable fuels and biobased products to diversify the nation's energy resources. Each award was made through a competitive selection process.
Grant recipients are required to contribute a minimum of 20% matching funds for research and development projects and 50% matching funds for demonstration projects. Awardees must pursue projects that integrate science and engineering research in three areas: feedstocks development, biofuels and biobased products development, and biofuels and bioproducts development analysis.
The following projects have been selected for awards: Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas, which will seek to make the oilseed crop camelina a cost-effective biofuel and bioproduct feedstock; Ohio State University in Wooster, Ohio, which will focus on an anaerobic digestion system for the production of liquid transportation fuels and electricity from animal manure, agricultural residues, woody biomass, and energy crops; Ceramatec, Inc., in Salt Lake City, Utah, which will convert lignocellulosic biomass to infrastructure-compatible renewable diesel, biolubricants, and biopower; and the USDA-Agricultural Research Service in Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, which will develop an on-the-farm distributed technology for converting forest residues, horse manure, switchgrass, and other perennial grasses into biofuels and high-value specialty chemicals. See the USDA press release.


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Energetic music pumps through the speakers at CrossFit Low Oxygen in Frisco. Throughout the facility's open room, Summit Cove elementary and middle schoolers in bright neon orange and green shirts are in constant motion. They jump down into push ups, lie on their backs and touch their feet and pull themselves up and down on rings hanging from the ceiling. Coaches circle, praising some and encouraging others as they flag.
This has become a familiar scene at CrossFit Low Oxygen. Since the start of the school year, the group of about a dozen middle school students has been walking over to the CrossFit center twice a week after school to work with coaches and train in the CrossFit style.
CrossFit is an increasingly popular method of physical conditioning that can be found across the country. Proponents of CrossFit claim that its "specialty is not specializing," meaning the program is easily individualized to provide fitness and training within the broad spectrum from combat training to general health and wellness.
"They're making some serious progress," said David Tittle, who co-owns CrossFit Low Oxygen with his brother Brent and has been helping train the students. "The best part of it is that they're kind of addicted now. They're getting stronger, they realize the benefit of physical exercise and a healthy lifestyle, which is what we're going for."
Crystal Miller, principal at Summit Cove Elementary, started training at Tittle's facility when it opened. She loved it right away and wondered if there was a way to introduce it to her students as well. She spoke with Tittle, who told her about the CrossFit Kids program, so she started taking steps to bring it to Summit Cove. This included writing grants for child-size equipment at the school and making sure that certified instructors were available.
"It's been great," Miller said of the results. From the moment she announced the program, spots were immediately filled, with a waiting list soon swelling to more than 30 names.
Most of the elementary students involved are in grades 2 through 5, though the pre-schoolers get their chance as well, performing age-appropriate exercises to increase their physical skills.
Physical skills aren't the only focus the elementary and middle school students, however. Tittle emphasizes that learning about health as it relates to exercise and nutrition choices is an important part of the CrossFit program.
"The beauty of it is, it's not just about getting stronger," Tittle said. "It's about having the awareness to make good decisions."
Miller and Tittle have also found a way to incorporate the values promoted by the school's International Baccalaureate program, by featuring a "word of the day" at each session.
For example, "We walk about 'integrity' - so we say, 'Do 30 reps' and that's what we mean by integrity, we do what we say we will, we don't cheat or cut corners," she said. "It's a nice integration for us."
Another benefit that CrossFit affords the students, according to Miller and Tittle, is an increased sense of self-confidence.
"It's a massive confidence builder for a lot of these kids that may not necessarily be fitting into team sports," Tittle said. He added, "The goal number one is just to build confidence. It's to build strength, it's to build speed, it's to build better awareness in terms of nutrition and lifestyle. Especially with kids, it teaches them also how to support each other. ... It's (also) more than that, it's about starting and finishing, it's about being accountable, being responsible."
Miller said that the overwhelmingly positive response means that there is more in store for the future of CrossFit and the school. She is in the process of receiving CrossFit Kids training certification herself and wants to expand the program to summer school students, as well as continuing it next school year.
"It's definitely a growing program," she said.


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Truman State student Tori Palumbo with the Student Missouri State Teachers Association shares a smile with Riley Ayers, age 6, who is placing stamps on Valentine's Day cards during an Adair County Public Library event last week.
The SMSTA students and local children made more than 70 cards for distribution to residents at Twin Pines.
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The inmates at the Summit County Jail are gaining weight. John, a 25-year-old facing robbery charges, blames it on the baked ziti.
"I came in at 185," he said. "I'm 210 right now."
John isn't complaining. He loves the food.
"It's food you'd pay for on the outside," he said. "It's better than what I was eating when I was out of here. It's not just baloney sandwiches."
Having recently been in the jails in Delta and Garfield counties, John is something of a mess hall connoisseur. He knows what he's talking about when he sends his compliments to the chef.
"The food's better here," he said.
Each year, the Breckenridge-based lock-up will house as many as 1,500 guests. All told, there are 94 beds to go around. The inmates are grouped in "pods," which are clusters of cells encircling a common area.
At the very center of the pods are picnic tables. That's where the inmates eat together, three times a day.
There are no bars - just lots of remotely locked doors and safety glass under the constant surveillance of corrections officers and more than 40 cameras. There is no privacy and not much ambiance, but, in a culinary sense, those plastic, bolted-down benches are the most exclusive tables in Summit County.
There are good reasons why inmates call it the Breck Hilton.
Chef Rick Wojcik trained at the prestigious Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y. He's worked in pizza joints, country clubs and hotels. He's cooked in some of Breckenridge's finest kitchens.
However, the Connecticut native's biggest challenge as a chef has been coming up with dishes that people can eat with a spork.
Without silverware, linguine is a disaster. A pork chop without a knife? A shocking regression to our basest nature.
The last thing you want, Wojcik explained, is an inmate eating with his bare hands, so cook accordingly.
Another rule the chef has learned over his 11 years in the jail kitchen: Don't run out of biscuits on biscuits-and-gravy Wednesday. There will be hell to pay.
As Wojcik explains it, the inmates set their schedule by his meals.
The menu rotates a few times a month, but on one recent week, Wojcik served up fried chicken, pork carnitas and penne pasta with chicken for dinner; BLTs, gyros and grilled ham and cheese for lunch; and pancakes, French toast and donuts for breakfast.
Wojcik doesn't want the menu to get stale, but he also wants to keep crowd favorites - like John's beloved baked ziti - in the rotation. It's a delicate balance, he said, especially when inmates aren't the only customers.
Inmates, jailers, judges and court clerks - they all puts orders in to Chef Wojcik.
Cpt. Erik Bourgerie has worked for the Summit County Sheriff's Office for 16 years. Most of his tenure has been spent in the jail, which he now runs with the meticulous nature of a five-star hotelier. So when he was planning a wedding back in 2002, he knew just who to call for catering.
"I made that choice because I knew he was an excellent chef," he said. "I'd been eating his food for a number of years. I knew the quality was going to be good because I experienced that quality every day when I worked."
Jail staff can bring their own lunch, he said, but many of them prefer to eat the same food as the inmates.
"The food's awesome," said Sgt. R. Hochmuth. "This is a lot better than in the Marines."
Wojcik says there are important differences between a jail kitchen and a restaurant kitchen. In a jail kitchen, you count the knives and lock them up at the end of a shift.
You can't keep some basic culinary staples on hand - yeast, for example - because inmates might use it to make moonshine.
Food isn't served on fine china, but in deep, oatmeal-colored plastic trays. Those trays are then placed into a large, steel warmer that an inmate volunteer will wheel into a pod. The food is taken out of the warmer and the inmates are released from their cells. Then, they eat together, like families.
The economics of a jail kitchen are different, too.
"There's a budget I have to deal with," Wojcik said. "It's not just 'Oh, we can raise our prices.'"
Labor costs, on the other hand, are cheap.
Wojcik relies exclusively on trustees, the name given to inmates who earn special privileges through good behavior.
Wojcik takes them under his wing and teaches them to cook. Simple things, like how to cut an onion properly, can open up a world of possibility for someone who has hit rock bottom. He likes teaching people. More importantly, he likes the inmates' reaction to his cooking.
"For a lot of people who come here it's better than what they eat on the outside," he said. "I feel bad for some of these guys. It's tough being here,"
That's why he looks forward to special occasions, like Super Bowl Sunday, when he'll smoke chickens and rib racks at his home and bring them in for the inmates. That's why he'll prepare an elaborate Thanksgiving spread of turkey, homemade gravy, cranberry sauce and "the whole nine yards."
"The way I look at it is, I cook three banquets a day," Wojcik said.
Sheriff John Minor, whose department operates the jail, sees it as giving inmates "a little piece of home."
Both Bourgerie and Minor are proud of the way they treat inmates. As the sheriff is quick to point out, "most of these guys haven't been convicted of a damn thing." As a result, the inmates are seen almost as guests - guests who are innocent until proven guilty.
There is, however, an underlying motive to all of this jailhouse hospitality.
"We really use food as a management tool," Cpt. Bourgerie said. "So giving them really good, nutritious meals, we've found, has tended to lower violence in the facility and reduce disciplinary issues."
He said the facility sees about one to two inmate fights a year. He attributes that to the hearty food.
"If you keep them full, they're not going to be as agitated," he said. "They're going to be more satisfied with their surroundings."
Wojcik stakes his pride on the quality of the food he serves.
"I care what the product is that goes out of here," he said. "Ninety-eight percent of the food I'll eat. Two percent I wouldn't eat anywhere."
He said he's not a fan of refried beans or chili, both of which are in the meal rotation.
One meal that no one wants, however, is Nutraloaf, also known as prison loaf.
It's what an inmate gets if they misbehave. It's the antithesis of the food Wojcik cooks up. It's a management tool - made up of ground beef, eggs, potatoes carrots and powdered milk. It contains little to no seasoning.
Under certain circumstances, Wojcik said he would eat it. "If I was starving."
However, the jail's strategy of giving inmates a bit of Breckenridge-style warmth in the bleakest of times appears to be paying off: Wojcik hasn't had to serve up Nutraloaf for disciplinary reasons in years.
But if he did, he said he might add just a little salt.


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The Monroe City Singers will be singing at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 28. This concert will be at the United Methodist Church, 218 Catherine St., in Monroe City.
Refreshments of cookies and punch will be in the Fellowship Hall of the church immediately following the concert.
The Singers will be in concert the following Sunday, May 5, at the Perry, Mo., Baptist Church.
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Orioles acquired RHP Tim Alderson from the Pirates in exchange for 1B/OF Russ Canzler.
Adam Jones was pulled from Friday's game against the Yankees after appearing to re-injure his hamstring.
Clayton Kershaw (back) made it through Friday's bullpen session without any issues and will progress to facing live hitters next week.
Blue Jays acquired C Dioner Navarro from the White Sox for LHP Colton Turner.
Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports that the Rays plan on releasing Desmond Jennings on Saturday.
Yulieski Gurriel (hamstring) is back in the Astros' lineup Friday.
Jay Bruce (calf) is back in the Mets' lineup Friday.
Diamondbacks activated OF A.J. Pollock from the 60-day disabled list.
Kyle Seager (foot) remained out of the Mariners' lineup Friday.
An MRI on Andrew Benintendi's left knee didn't reveal any structural damage.
Steven Matz (shoulder) will resume throwing on Friday.
Mets manager Terry Collins said Friday that there's a good chance the club will skip Jacob deGrom's next start.


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Montgomery Gentry: For The Kids
The duo of Montgomery Gentry, Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry, joined volunteers from The Home Depot, the Academy of Country Music and KaBOOM! to build a playground for Booker T. Washington Academy in Lexington, Ky. Eddie and Troy, both Kentucky natives, received the Home Depot Humanitarian Award at this year's Academy of Country Music Awards and were bestowed with the playground built in their honor. The duo let their fans select the location and Lexington was chosen through an online vote. During the day, volunteers also helped build an outdoor classroom, recycling bins and garden beds to create a community space at the school.


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- Apr 27:
- NFL Draft: San Francisco 49ers complete draft with Rutgers CB Marcus Cooper
- San Francisco 49ers draft offensive tackle from Iowa State
- NFL Draft: Oakland Raiders complete draft with DE David Bass
- NFL Draft: Stanford star Stepfan Taylor headed to Arizona Cardinals
- NFL Draft: Oakland Raiders take wideout Brice Butler from San Diego State
- NFL Draft: San Francisco 49ers will take it slow with Marcus Lattimore
- NFL Draft: Oakland Raiders get a second tight end and a running back
- NFL Draft: San Francisco 49ers add more defensive help in sixth round
- NFL Draft: Oakland Raiders draft TE Nick Kasa
- NFL Draft: San Francisco 49ers nab DE Quinton Dial in fifth round
- NFL Draft: 49ers take RB Marcus Lattimore, WR Quinton Patton
- NFL Draft: Tennessee Titans select Cal center Brian Schwenke, say he might start
- NFL Draft: Oakland Raiders grab quarterback Tyler Wilson
- Apr 26:
- Purdy: You can learn a lot from the NFL draft
- Purdy: Oakland Raiders draft Mad Dog and Englishman
SANTA CLARA — Name the first quarterback drafted by the 49ers since Colin Kaepernick in 2011. The answer: South Florida's B.J. Daniels, who was selected with the first of the 49ers' three picks in Saturday's seventh round of the NFL draft.
Daniels will compete with Scott Tolzien and Colt McCoy for backup spots behind Kaepernick, and Daniels' best attribute might be his ability to mimic Kaepernick's mobility. Daniels' familiarity with read-option offenses dates back to high school.
Daniels' college career ended when he sustained a brrcent oken left ankle Nov. 3 against Connecticut. Daniels, in a conference call, said his ankle is "100 percent" healthy, and it allowed him to compete in USF's pro day and the NFL's super-regional combine in Dallas.
"I'm really thankful and blessed to have this opportunity," Daniels said.
Daniels will reunite with Jim Leavitt, the 49ers linebackers coach who finished his tenure as USF's coach during Daniels' first two years there.
"He's a close friend of my family and I have a lot of respect for him," Daniels said of Leavitt. "He gave me an opportunity to have a full-ride scholarship at USF and I'm forever thankful."
Daniels set a USF record with 25 rushing touchdowns, and he finished third all-time in the Big East in total offense with 10,501 yards. He had 526 rushing attempts for 2,068 yards.
Two of the 49ers' earlier draft picks are also coming off season-ending injuries: Florida State defensive lineman Tank Carradine (second round) and South Carolina running back Marcus Lattimore (fourth round).


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text: As neither a liberal nor a conservative, I'd like to applaud Sen. Rob Portman as the first Republican senator to support gay marriage. I hope that many local conservatives will follow his lead in defending individual freedom and a more tolerant society. In his column for the Columbus Dispatch, Portman wrote, "We conservatives believe in personal liberty and minimal government interference in people's lives." Portman describes a humble conservatism hearkening back to Robert Taft and Barry Goldwater, not an aggressive conservatism that desires to control the personal, moral decisions of Americans.


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SACRAMENTO -- The College Park High boys basketball team's remarkable season came to an end March 23, one win short of a dream finish, as the Falcons lost 54-47 to Redondo Union-Redondo Beach in the California Interscholastic Federation Division II state championship game at Sleep Train Arena.
Redondo's size was a big factor as 6-foot-6 sophomore Jeremiah Headley had a game-high 19 points and 13 rebounds. College Park was out-rebounded 48-31.
"They were a little longer than us, but we've been facing that obstacle all year long," College Park coach Craig Battle said. "They really hit the boards hard. That was the difference in the game."
Redondo's size was also a factor on defense. College Park (27-6), which came in averaging 69 points per game, was held to its second-lowest point total of the season, the fewest since a 59-42 loss to Oak Ridge on Dec. 6.
"They played real good defense," said College Park senior guard Mikey Eggleton, who scored a team-high 14 points. "It was our second-lowest scoring total of the season. That wasn't just a coincidence."
The Falcons, who made it through the Northern regional playoffs despite being seeded 11th out of 12 teams, got off to a fast start, taking a 9-3 lead as their activity on defense prevented Redondo from getting into an early flow.
College Park led 12-5 early in the second quarter after a Joe DeMers 3-pointer, but Redondo started to turn the momentum its favor. The Seahawks went on a 17-6 run to close the quarter and take a 22-18 lead at halftime.
"They're a mirror image of us," Redondo coach Reggie Morris said of College Park. "We're just a little bigger."
After an Eggleton 3-pointer brought College Park to within 28-27 in the third quarter, Redondo put the game away with a 13-2 run.
Redondo (28-8) finished the season on a 21-game winning streak.
College Park made just seven of 25 3-point attempts.
"We had some good looks but they were running right at us," Battle said. "That was a good defensive team. Bottom line was we didn't make the shots."
And so College Park's unlikely run at a state title came up just short. Still, it was the furthest a College Park team had ever advanced.
"It was a little surreal,'' Eggleton said. "It's something you dream about as a kid. We were very lucky to get this opportunity."
DeMers, one of seven sophomores on the College Park team, had 13 points and 14 rebounds.
"It's always bittersweet at the end,'' Battle said. "These guys did everything we asked of them. We might not have a lot of size, but every guy had a big heart. We got a taste of this. We want to come back."


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Capital Journal Daybreak: Obama Narrows Midterm-Election Pitch | Nigeria Tests U.S. Foreign Policy
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OBAMA TEAM CRAFTS MIDTERM PITCH: President Barack Obama will try to frame this fall's midterm elections as a choice between the parties' economic visions, while looking to appeal to African-Americans, young voters and the rest of his coalition. The driving theory behind that push is that this election, like every one since the 2007 recession, centers on the economy. To bolster his case, the president will launch more executive actions over the next month on infrastructure projects and job training.
Democrats face an uphill battle in this election. It's rare for a president's political party to make gains in sixth-year midterms, and Mr. Obama's popularity has taken a dive as a result of the controversial health law. Still, administration officials are hoping that highlighting their economic agenda as good for the middle class will convince Democrats to head to the polls. Carol E. Lee and Colleen McCain Nelson report.
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As President Obama stumps this week to raise money for Democrats, he sounds like a far different leader than he was six years ago. Back then, Mr. Obama regularly extolled his own power, which he cast as a collective power of sorts derived from the Americans who sent him to the White House. But this week, Mr. Obama has been pressing a narrower case and remarking on his own limitations. The rhetoric is a sign of a president who has changed. But is it also a sign of what this and future elections may look like? Read Carol E. Lee's full post in Washington Wire.
BURWELL'S FIRST HEARING: Health and Human Services nominee Sylvia Mathews Burwell got her first taste of the issues she'll juggle if confirmed as secretary at a Senate hearing Thursday. Ms. Burwell is expected to have a relatively smooth confirmation process, but GOP lawmakers used the hearing as an opportunity to hammer home their critiques of the health law. Louise Radnofsky reports.
HIGHWAY FUNDING'S BUMPY ROAD: There are 1,001,874 miles of federally funded roads in the U.S.—and about as many ideas in Congress on how to pay for them. Money is running low in the Highway Trust Fund, and the Transportation Department says it may need to delay reimbursing states this summer if Congress doesn't replenish the account. Lawmakers agree the federal government should help fund the system, but there's no consensus on how to do that. Kristina Peterson reports.
OPPOSITION TO FANNIE-FREDDIE OVERHAUL: Talks to advance a bipartisan overhaul of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac broke down Thursday, raising the prospect that the bill won't advance beyond the committee this year. A number of Democrats remain unconvinced, as the Obama administration has worked behind the scenes to forge compromises on a series of technical issues designed to ensure broad mortgage-credit access and to curb big banks' ability to grow even bigger. Nick Timiraos reports.
ALSO IN THE NEWS: Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine rejected Vladimir Putin's call to postpone a referendum on secession this Sunday … The House voted largely along party lines to create a special panel to investigate the 2012 attacks in Benghazi … In Nigeria, the parents of the 223 kidnapped girls are tormented by the stumbling search that continues three weeks later … The activist immigration group United We Dream, which has long pushed the White House to stem deportations of people in the U.S. illegally, plans to take aim at Senate Democratic leaders next week.
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The kidnapping of 200-plus girls in Nigeria by the terrorist group Boko Haram will test a new form of American intervention as the government plans to send a small group of military advisers to the country to execute a targeted mission to save the children and detain the terrorists. Washington Bureau Chief Jerry Seib discusses the U.S.'s mission in Africa.
–Energy Focus: At midday President Obama plans to speak about energy efficiency at a Wal-Mart in Mountain View, Calif. The speech is part of the president's focus this week on energy policy, which started Tuesday with the release of an advisory committee's climate change assessment.
–In or Out? House Democrats are meeting this morning to decide on their response to the Republican majority's decision to open a new probe into the 2012 attack on an American diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. Some want to boycott it, others argue they need to be involved to ensure balance.
–Tax Credit On again? Followers of tax policy will be watching Friday to see if a measure to make permanent a research and development tax credit for business actually makes its to the floor. Why the doubt? On Thursday, a House vote on the bill appeared to be on, then off, then on, then off.
The Iraqi government would like armed American drones to use in its fight against increasingly assertive al Qaeda militants in Anbar province and, in a reversal, would welcome U.S. troops on the ground in Iraq to help operate them, Gordon Lubold reports in Foreign Policy.
Political headaches for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie continue, writes Jim Newell of Salon, as a New Jersey legislative committee has subpoenaed two of his advisers in the controversy over the George Washington Bridge closure, and bills keep rolling in from the law firm that did a review of the affair that exonerated Christie himself.
Softening public opinion on George W. Bush and his presidency, writes Matt Bai of Yahoo News, are less a sign of changing views and more an indication of how warped the caricature of him was while he was in office: Americans, he writes, are "dispensing, finally, with the cartoon version" of the former president.
It isn't conservatives who are talking about Monica Lewinsky, writes Seth Mandel of Commentary, but rather liberals who seem fixated on her return this week in the pages of Vanity Fair and what that revival might mean for Hillary Clinton.
CNN's Gloria Borger thinks Democrats will be making a big mistake if, as some have threatened, they boycott a new House panel set up to investigate the deaths at a U.S. outpost in Benghazi: "If you don't participate, you can't defend. And if you can't defend — or explain — you lose."
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SNOWMASS VILLAGE - We have much to do getting prepared for a new ski season: equipment organization, getting in ski shape, the anticipation of first turns, what kind of winter weather conditions we are going to have, what is new on the mountain and in town.
Evaluating the winter outlook for a ski season is a tough proposition with all the external local and worldly events. You say you're not quite jazzed for skiing yet? Very understandable when you look outside and see green instead of white on the ground. We are sporting less than half the amount of snow we had last season and are off to a very sketchy start. This might not be a fluke like some suggested at the end of last season. Most of us get the skiing juices flowing just after Halloween, but it is tough to be enthusiastic with temperatures in the mid-40s and no snow in sight. Thankfully, we had snowmaking to get us open. I guess some skiing is better than no skiing. We will see what the future deals us.
Winter will happen, it will snow, and people will go skiing at some point.
Once again some changes have been made both on and off the slopes. Many will be glad to hear that Cafe Suzanne's was bulldozed and a new bold, contemporary-looking restaurant has been completed at the top of the gondola. You can't miss it when you exit the gondola. Space for up to 300 people, a bar, deck and separate space for kids ski school will be treated to a variety of food stations. Elk Camp Restaurant can now be utilized during the summer months for special events and evening dining. In addition to a new eatery on that side, we have 230 acres of new gladed, black-diamond skiing for your powder pleasure accessible from the top of Long Shot on Burnt Mountain. Snowmass now has the capability to make snow beyond Dec. 31 with the purchase of water rights from the dinosaur boneyard, Ziegler Reservoir, and looks like we will need this new addition sooner than later.
You will notice there have been some changes to the Mall area. Silvertree/Wildwood Hotel has been renovated and we now have the Westin and Wildwood Snowmass. Relocated hotel restaurant, game center and new shops have taken root in the complex, along with new shopping at Patagonia, North Face, Starbucks and the Ranger Station replacing Goodfellows Pizza on the Mall. The Mall is back in business ...
Getting jazzed to rip is checking and upgrading your equipment. Check your edges for burrs and rust. Check your boots for mice, throw away the old pair of socks you've skied in for who knows how long and restock your pockets with new sunscreen, lip balm, a clean neck gator, hand warmers and snacks. You will need sharp edges as long as we are limited to man-made snow. Get your skis tuned if you
didn't at the end of last season and apply the suitable wax for the type of snow. Why magnify first-day jitters with poorly tuned and outdated skis?
I would hold off breaking out the new rockered powder skis for a while. Better choice is a good carving ski, which will be the tool of the day till Mother Nature provides some freshies.
Early season is a great time to break in new boots. Ski boots with more than 300 days or four years old are obsolete. Technology is changing not only with ski design but boots also. Warmer, more comfortable and technically sound ... what more could you ask for? Give yourself the tools to have a good first day; it could set the stage for the rest of your season.
We all experience first-run jitters along with unstable flashes; you may tip over. Getting your ski legs back, getting back in touch with the sensations of sliding and pinpointing a balanced stance - a basic athletic ready position - should be your primary goal. Developing a functional balanced stance is vital to getting your season, vacation or holiday, sabbatical or religious experience off to a solid start. Taking a lesson, before old habits are reinforced, is a splendid way to get your confidence back.
Take it easy! You don't have to get a whole season into one day. Warm up and stretch out those unused ski muscles. Your muscles and reaction time are not honed like they were at last season's end. Repairing body parts is expensive, and everyone should have insurance before skiing. Be aware it's early and the pack is thin, there are boney areas and some snags out there. Ask a pro if you don't know where the best skiing is. My advice is to stay on the man-made for a few days or until we get a significant snowpack. Unfortunately we do not have much choice in the matter.
Keep in mind you are at over 8,000 feet; take it easy the first day. Altitude sickness can get you down and ruin your second day of skiing. Hydrate, hydrate and hydrate; it's dry, you should be drinking water.
It's your responsibility to ski safe. With the limited terrain available you need to be especially diligent of safety. The snow is hard and fast and there are reckless skiers out there. Wear a helmet. Refresh your memory by reading the Skier Safety Code. Protect yourself and others; you're not the only person out there.
I know it is hard to get jazzed to ski when it's brown not white, but get out there early and enjoy the new season on what trails we have open, the fresh pristine mountain air, the fantastic views and your first days on snow. Shop small. See you next run.
Don Jewkes is a 36-year certified PSIA-RM level 3 Teaching Professional, Head Skis area rep, local resident and owner of Jewkes Custom Painting.


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What the heck do Parisians do with all that extra bread?� Eat anywhere in Paris, a bistro, a brasserie, a fine restaurant, a cafe, or a private home, and a basket of thickly sliced baguette is as important to the table setting as cutlery.�� Not a skimpy 3 or 4 slices, but piled high.� No butter. No olive oil.� The bread is so good it stands alone.� No bread plates, either.� A few eateries run by the cool new chefs whose cutting edge menus use the classics as a jumping off point, serve butter beside their bread basket.
The basket is passed with pate, with the main course, with the salad course, with the cheese course.� The basket never goes empty.� It's constantly restocked.
The baguettes are so uniformly beautiful that I swear they are from the same place.� Golden and crisp on the outside, tender with a large crumb and air holes inside.� It's just the standard.� One night I sat down at a brasserie on Rue Cler, known for its flower and vegetable markets.� A waiter plunked down a basket of bread that could have come from an American supermarket bakery.� I left.� Found a much nicer place a few doors away.
The question still stands.� No one could eat all that bread.� Especially at home.� At home, they turn it into a variety of dishes.� Two in particular.� Onion soup.� Onions cooked for hours until sweet, good stock added, then slices of yesterday's baguette topped with cheese and slid under the broiler.� And then, there's lost bread, pain perdu, never called "stale" or "day old" as we do in the USA.� It's yesterday's baguette dipped into eggs – eggs are very big here – and fried until golden.� Then crowned with confectioner's sugar.� We call it French toast.� And to make it authentically, I use a baguette.
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Man celebrates 70th birthday by biking across USA
Published: Sunday, March 10, 2013 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, March 8, 2013 at 7:09 p.m.
FLAT ROCK — Mike Farmer sat on a couch at his home in Kenmure. Across from him was a map of the United States. A red, zigzagging line stretched across the northern part of the country.
That line is Farmer's birthday present.
Farmer turned 70 on Jan. 20 and to celebrate, he's committed to bike across America. But it's not all for fun. Farmer is using his cross-country journey to raise money for three charities he and his wife, Georgie, are passionate about — Kenmure Fights Cancer, St. Gerard's House and the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind Inc.
His trip will begin in May at Bar Harbor, Maine and wrap up in September in Anacortes, Wash. The trek is 4,285 miles.
For Farmer, biking is the perfect way to celebrate the charities and his birthday. Over the years, he's logged too many miles to count. He crossed the U.S. once before when he retired as a CFO at a telecommunications firm in 1998.
He's also biked in countries around the world including Vietnam, Burma, New Zealand, Portugal, France, Hungary and Turkey.
How many miles has he ridden?
"I haven't got the foggiest idea," he said. "I find that traveling by bike in foreign countries is the best way to see things."
That's the case in riding across America as well, he added.
Farmer's first trip across the country took him from the Pacific Northwest down through the middle of the country to the east coast. It's known as the "1976 route."
On that trip, his wife drove a converted van with a bed installed inside. This time around, his wife will again make the trip, but will be riding in comfort in a 23-foot RV.
"I'm very excited," said Georgie Farmer. "I said, 'if I'm going to do this again, I'm going to do it in comfort.'"
As for her husband, Mike Farmer will be trying to average 60 miles per day following a road map laid out by Adventure Cycling Association. That amounts to about five hours of biking per day. The map he's following breaks down all the sites, lodging and elevation.
The journey will span 11 states.
Mike Farmer has been busy even in retirement. It's a good kind of busy, he said. Most of it is charity work, but the open road creates a break from the usual routine.
"You're just alone with your thoughts," Mike Farmer said. "There's nothing but the wind blowing by your ears."
One part of the journey that excites him is the chance to run into people from all over America.
"You find out when you get into the middle of America that people are good," he said. "Nobody cares where you're going."
The couple is counting on that kindness on the road. They're taking brochures detailing what they're doing and who the money is being raised for with them to hand out.
While he's mentally prepared for the trip, there is also a physical element. Mike Farmer will be logging a lot of hours on a bike and will be traveling thousands of miles. So far most of his preparedness has come through work in the gym. The winter months have been hard, he said. It's been difficult to get out on the roads. He does have one advantage, though.
"Having done this before, I know what's going to happen," Mike Farmer said. "The first two weeks will be tough."
Once the routine kicks in and his body adjusts, however, it'll be a different story.
"It won't be about the bike anymore," he said. "It'll be about enjoying the scenery."
People interested in donating money to the three charities or just following Mike Farmer's journey can visit www.iBike4them.org. The Times-News will link to his website when his journey begins.
While he's hoping to raise lots of money, Mike Farmer's just excited about traveling the country.
"If I didn't raise a dollar, I'd still do this ride," he said. "It's a moment in my life I'm going to cherish."
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Red-Light Cameras
Published: Sunday, February 24, 2013 at 12:02 a.m.
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Two articles in last week's Ledger caused me some concern and some laughter.
The first article I read noted that a Florida House bill is being considered that would do away with red-light cameras.
The second article stated that the Lakeland City Commission was preparing to vote on the addition of 10 new red-light cameras.
Surely, I thought, the City Commission will delay the vote until this matter is decided in Tallahassee. To my great dismay, I see that the City Commission has voted to install those new cameras ["More Red-Light Cameras Approved," Feb. 19]. Obviously the members of the commission do not read the local newspaper.
I have researched the bill on the My Florida House website and found that the HB 4011 received a favorable vote from the Economic Affairs Committee on Feb. 14. If this bill passes, the city will be out of the red-light camera business because this bill "removes the provisions that authorize the DHSMV, county or municipality to use such detectors."
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Kenya Muslim leader: I could be killed next
In this photo taken Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013, Abubakar Shariff Ahmed, an influential member of a controversial mosque where two previous mosque leaders were killed under mysterious circumstances, sits in his office in Mombasa, Kenya. Writing in Arabic on islamist flag reads "There is no God but God and Muhammed is his messenger". (AP Photo/Jason Straziuso) by Jason StraziusoAssociated Press Writer MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — In August 2012, a leader of a Kenyan mosque that has attracted extremist followers was shot dead as he drove through the streets of Mombasa. Fourteen months later, another leader of the same mosque met the same fate. There have been no arrests in either case. Abubakar Shariff Ahmed, an Islamic community leader associated with the same mosque, is certain that he will also be killed. And he believes — as do many others — that the police haven't solved the two high-profile killings because they are the ones who carried them out. Riots broke out in Mombasa after Aboud Rogo was killed in August 2012 and after Sheik Ibrahim Ismael was killed in October, and tensions remain high in this shabby seaside city ringed by high-end resorts that sit on white-sand beaches.