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AVON, Colorado - The town of Avon, famous for its Independence Day celebrations and accompanying fireworks display, will blast off more than 10,000 shells of fireworks this today with the special event The Westin Riverfront Fire & Ice in Nottingham Park.Celebrating 35 years, Avon will set off the largest winter fireworks display in the state starting at 6:30 p.m. today in celebration of Presidents Day. Beginning at 3 p.m., attendees of The Westin Riverfront Fire & Ice event will see six world-renowned ice carving masters - led by Scott Rella, founder of icesculpture.com - which includes world champions as they battle in a carving competition starting at 3 p.m. The ice competition will culminate with the Peoples' Choice Award, followed by an ice bonfire.Be entertained by balloon sculptors, fire and light hula-hoop artists and live music from Turntable Review. Stay cozy by the fire pits and in the warming huts while enjoying a hearty bowl of chili and a hot drink.Fire & Ice in Nottingham Park's grand finale is Avon's legendary fireworks display. Starting at 6:30 p.m., this will be the largest winter fireworks show in the Colorado Rockies set to a musical score and broadcast locally on KZYR 97.7.Attendees are encouraged to ride public transportation, as parking is limited near the event venue. Dogs, personal fireworks and alcohol are not allowed. Visit www.avon.org or facebook.com/avonrecreation for additional event details.
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I currently have version 1.0 and version 1.04 both on my computer and here is the problem:
version 1.0 shows all of my movies as mpeg-2's (not under the transcode folder) (they are all m4v.'s) EVERYTHING PLAYS!!
version 1.04 shows every single movie as avc- and ALWAYS SAYS THE FILE IS CORRUPT AND CANNOT BE PLAYED!! unless i go into the transcoding folder, then they play but they don't sync up (audio/video)
what is the deal? what changed between version 1 and 1.04?
why does version 1.0 show as mpeg-2 and EVERYTHING PLAYS!! and version 1.04 shows EVERYTHING AS AVC AND NOTHING WILL PLAY!! except out of the transcoding folder, if it plays as all?
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1. Sick today: 23:47
Not enough sleep and not enough water and certain other factors that occur on a semi-regular basis meant I was really, really drained today. I pushed myself a bit hard for lunch, heading out to an Ethiopian restaurant with Mike Tsang, his brother David, and their friend Nashira (sp?). It was nice meeting them, though, and I had interesting conversations over delicious food.
That meant I skipped the lunch nap I was thinking of having, though. A high-priority issue came up afterwards, so I didn't get much of an afternoon nap, either. By the time I finally got to nap, it was almost Toastmasters time. I called Paul to say I couldn't make it. I hope he passed the message to Ari.
I wasn't in the mood to cook or even to reheat pizza, but Calum happened to be in the area (he had a thesis meeting with Mark), so he showed me where I could get a nice, healthy soup. It was a bit of a walk, but the nap had left me a little bit better, and I drank plenty of water while I was there.
I felt better after the meal, although still a little out of sorts. I felt good enough to practice some Renaissance dance. I also stayed up talking to Clair and Charo, formulating a battle plan.
All I can say is: thank goodness for portable heating packs, or I'd probably have been totally out of it for the whole day.
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Welcome, well-intentioned friends and acquaintances of both parties, to my 13th annual turkey column, dedicated to that special time of year when each of us has the opportunity to give thanks for stuff that did or did not happen during our latest trip around the sun.
Not to be confused with hypocritical annual resolutions made under manipulative emotions brought about by legal drugs, booze or dogmatic guilt, these are reflections to be looked upon with pride or penitence, satisfaction or sorrow.
The choice is yours.
So without wasting any more words, and in no particular order, I, Richard Carnes of Happy Valley, am thankful:
- For at least a little bit of snow to start the season.
- For the new Gondola to Mid-Vail (although it would have been even cooler if it had a stop at Mid-Vail and then continued on to PHQ, but hey, they didn't ask my opinion before construction).
- Vail has lasted 50 years. Only time (and climate change) will tell for the next 50.
- For living in a community that will never forget the likes of Todd Walker, Taft Conlin, Andrew Claymon or Bolder Lefebvre.
- For living in a community that can easily forget short footnotes like Kobe Bryant, Bobby Ginn and David Wilhelm.
- For knowing the meaning of the term "pseudotumor," thanks to the ever-cheerful and healthy Annah Scully (goddess of Vail Performing Arts Academy).
- Dec. 15 will be an incredible day, no matter what happens.
- Dec. 21 will be an absolutely normal day, because nothing will happen.
- The sour grapes election letters have run their course (more of a hope than an actual "thank," I suppose).
- I do not need to prove my patriotism by signing an online petition to secede (these people are so clueless that they are simply this year's Occupy Movement).
- For not belonging, or following blindly, any political party.
- For the ability to adapt to change regardless of who wins what.
- For people who think they are offending a weekly columnist by writing a letter to the editor.
- The delicious irony not so subtly hidden in the above statement.
- Glenn Beck has faded into oblivion.
- That Sandusky creep is behind bars (but Vilar still should be).
- The religious right is not in control of anything, anywhere.
- For being pro-reality as opposed to anti-religious (there is a tremendous difference).
- Most school children in Happy Valley are being taught science in a science class to expand their knowledge, as opposed to "evidence optional," make-believe nonsense that breeds nothing but ignorance and hate.
- For never being a fan of Twinkies (but I can still chow down on a creme-filled cupcake given the appropriate opportunity).
- Peyton Manning said "yes" to the Broncos last summer.
- Lindsay Vonn said "no" to the competition last winter.
- My eighth-grader can solve a Rubik's Cube in less than two minutes.
- For the opportunity to tell him that if he put the same effort into, oh, let's say ... math, finishing middle school would be soooo much easier.
- My favorite time of the year is beginning this week (Christmas!)
- For still being within 5 percent of my high school weight (but it is becoming a little tougher each year).
- My wife has "no need to read '50 Shades of Grey'" (her words, I swear).
- Even the people I infuriate evidently continue to read what I have to say.
So, thankful or not, I hope each of you have a great Thanksgiving and the rest of 2012, but understand this: Christmas is a mere five weeks away from today, leaving only 33 more shopping days, so what the hell are you waiting for?
This economy ain't gonna save itself.
Richard Carnes of Edwards writes weekly. He can be reached at email@example.com.


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Grant Gustin, who plays the fastest man alive in the upcoming superhero series, "The Flash," says he was a pretty swift as a youngster, but never found it to be a helpful talent.
"I was very fast as a kid and ironically hated running," he told journalists at the TV critics tour. "I quit soccer because it was ridiculous."
Now, Gustin plays the iconic DC Comics character, Barry Allen, who after being struck by lightning, becomes a super speedy crime-fighter. The actor, who appeared in "Glee" as the lead singer of the Warblers, was the first person who read for the part, according to producers, and immediately impressed them with the "spirit of hope" that he projected.
And once he first stepped into the "The Flash" costume, Gustin was star-struck.
"I felt powerful in it. I felt really cool," he said. "It was awesome."
During the panel here for "The Flash," it was revealed that Wentworth Miller of "Prison Break" fame has been signed to play Leonard Snart, aka Captain Cold, on the show. He'll make his first appearance in the fourth episode.
Producers also assured fans that the casting of John Wesley Shipp -- who played The Flash back in the day -- as Barry's father, is not a "cameo or gimmick." The character will be a recurring one. In addition, Robbie Amell, who plays Ronnie Raymond, first appears in Episode 3.
"The Flash" is a spin-off of The CW's popular series, "Arrow," and there will be crossovers between the two shows. Meanwhile, Geoff Johns, chief creative officer of DC Entretainment, promised that "The Flash" will be "the most faithful DC Comics adaptation ever."
"The Flash" premieres Oct. 7 on The CW.
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Hey gang, I am on in the afternoons. The official name of the show is The Drive Home with Dave Spencer. I am also the music director. That's cool for a number of reasons, one of which is getting to hear brand new music as soon as it's released. I am a big fan of movies which also makes me a PICKY fan of movies. I love The Walking Dead and, at this writing, am eagerly awaiting its new season in a month. You could say I'm salivating. Not...ZOMBIE-salivating or anything, but...well, you get the idea. I love college football for a couple of reasons. One is the fact that it signifies the arrival of Fall, my favorite time of year. It's also a blast. My huge love, though, is college basketball. Can't get enough. Nothin' better than a cold January Saturday with nothin' to do but watch college hoops all day. Sometimes there are 7 games on at once. Incredible. That's me, I think, in a nutshell. Peace.


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The purpose of this study is to collect blood from people with "idiopathic CD4 lymphocytopenia," or ICL, and healthy volunteers. Specifically, we are interested in studying special blood cells called stem cells. Stem cells form the blood in our bodies by producing billions of new blood cells each day. Many of these blood cells help our bodies to fight infection including one group of immune cells called lymphocytes.
People with ICL have a low number of lymphocytes and are at risk of frequent infections that can be severe. We will use the blood collected in this study to conduct research in mice and in the laboratory that may provide new information about what causes ICL and what might be done to treat it. Volunteers will be compensated.
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It was Pythagoras who first invented the term "philosophy" ("love of wisdom"), observing that wisdom in the strictest sense belongs to God alone. For that reason, he wished not to be called a wise man, but simply a friend or lover of wisdom.
Traditionally the academic discipline of philosophy deals with the deepest and most enduring human questions that can be approached through reason only. Theology and Religious Studies, of course, also deal with deep and enduring human questions, but not by unaided human reason but rather aided by Divine revelation. Philosophy explores the deepest questions and most basic principles concerning reality, knowledge, and language. It furthermore explores these central issues as they affect all thought – e.g., such as change and permanence, knowledge and belief, unity and diversity, and the meaning of goodness, value, truth, and beauty.
Philosophical reflection and investigation inquire into the assumptions and presuppositions that other academic disciplines take as axiomatic, or as "givens." As a result of Benedictine University's Catholic Christian heritage, philosophy courses at Benedictine must and will always contain a strong measure of and commitment to the overall Catholic Philosophical tradition. However, at Benedictine, this commitment to the Catholic Philosophical tradition is always in relation to wider historical, general, and global philosophical trends.
When you choose to major in philosophy at Benedictine University, you receive the benefits of an extremely broad liberal arts education. This provides multiple practical and career benefits beyond simply attending a professional school or obtaining an entry-level business or public sector position. Philosophy trains the mind to think clearly, helping you to develop an interest in exploring ideas and questions you may have never previously even considered.
As a philosophy major, you will confront and attempt to resolve ethical and foundational issues, while learning how humanity's greatest thinkers have sought to understand global civilization. You will study the history of ideas, investigate ethical principles and their multitudinous contemporary applications, and explore classic questions regarding the nature of the human person and the structure and make-up of reality. In doing so, you'll gain new insight into a wide range of current issues, aesthetic experiences, and human affairs.
Benedictine's philosophy program offers a student- and curriculum-friendly path to a double major, a special pre-law program for both majors and minors, and the opportunity to work closely with a knowledgeable and dedicated faculty.
If you decide to major in philosophy, you will study the history of philosophy and ideas. You will investigate classic questions regarding the human person such as the nature of the self, freedom, death and immortality, and the relationship between the individual human person and the human community. You will examine basic issues and principles concerning reality, knowledge, and language and their implications for other more immediate topics of philosophical exploration. You will investigate ethical principles and their application to a wide range of moral-ethical questions and problems. These may pertain to medicine and health, war and peace, business, political and economic theory, and the advance of technology.
Philosophy students take approximately 12-18 hours of required courses (the number depends somewhat on the individual student's academic intentions and background). The remainder of the student's coursework comes either from the philosophy department's other course offerings or from arts, humanities, or science offerings on which the student and the student's philosophy faculty advisor agree. Each philosophy department faculty advisor assists their students in developing a tailored program specifically suited to the student's particular intellectual needs.
Students majoring in philosophy must complete a minimum of 36 hours of courses toward their major, with a grade of "C" or better. Of these 36 hours, these courses must include at least 24 hours of formally registered philosophy courses, and may include up to 12 hours of Department-approved substitutions for formally registered philosophy courses from related academic fields. Of the formally registered philosophy courses, 24 course hours must be at the 200 level or above and 9 course hours must be at the 300 level or above.
Courses toward the philosophy major must also include:
Philosophy majors are also required to demonstrate competency in a modern or classical language by completion of at least one modern language course at or above the 202 level, or by completing 12 course hours of New Testament Greek I & II and Ecclesiastical Latin I & II.
Note: Students contemplating attending graduate school in philosophy are strongly recommend to take most or all of the following course offerings: PHIL 205 or PHIL 305 (3), PHIL 315 (3), PHIL 320 (3), PHIL 325 (3), PHIL 330 (3), PHIL 335 (3), PHIL 355, and PHIL 365.
Philosophy minors must complete a minimum of 21 hours in the program with a grade of "C" or better. Of these 21 hours, 15 hours must be formally registered philosophy courses, and may include up to 6 hours of Department-approved substitutions for formally registered philosophy courses from related academic fields. Of the formally registered philosophy courses, 12 course hours must be at the 200 level or above and 3 course hours must be at the 300 level or above.
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Hans M. Kristensen was crucial in assessing the validity of information in the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action's Seattle bus advertising campaign. (External link.)LEARN MORE
We Knew the World Would Not be the Same
On July 16, 1945, the United States tested the world's first nuclear device in the desert of Alamogordo, New Mexico, ushering in the Atomic Age. Tara Drozdenko, Managing Director for Nuclear Policy and Nonproliferation at the Outrider Foundation, remembers the Trinity test's anniversary.LEARN MORE
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We will be rolling out a small update on April, 17th. Weewar will be unavailable starting at about 11 am CET. It should take less than an hour for everything to be back up and running.
The main feature is an improved emailing system (see screenshot). Besides much nicer looking html emails, this also includes proper text only versions which many people prefer.
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I'm so excited to share with you a very exciting event we have planned for June 3 at Sewn Studio. We are honored to be hosting author and quilter Sherri Lynn Wood to our shop to share with us her unique technique for improv piecing.
She describes this technique in her new book The Improv Handbook for Modern Quilters, but you can have the opportunity to learn the technique directly from Sherri through an Improv / Theater Patchwork Mashup. That's right, a Patchwork Mashup! How can you miss that? It will be a performance during which Sherri will be the only one sewing, but she will be asking for input from the audience. I absolutely can not wait. I Having peeked at the book, her work is amazing and I'm excited to learn how she creates it.
The event will have two parts. The first hour (6:00-7:00pm) will be the performance and requires a registration. There are a very limited number of spaces for this. To register you'll need to pre-pay for your copy of the book. The cost of the book is $27.50 + tax. You may register by calling the shop 513.321.0600, or stopping in to see us.
The second hour (7:00-8:00) will be a book signing and meet and greet. We'll be open to all, and they'll be no charge. We will have plenty of books on hand if you'd like to buy one, and you can have it signed while you're here.
Please don't miss this opportunity to meet Sherri and see some of her amazing work. Space is limited and we've filled quite a few spots already.
Sherri Lynn Wood Patchwork Mashup and book Signing
Wednesday, June 3
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Fiscal Cliff Deal Necessary, but Rushing Makes Bad Policy
The U.S. tax code is about 73,000 pages. Congress and the White House seem to want to rewrite it in little over a week. Good luck with that.
Rushing makes bad policy. Even if a deal is reached by the end of next week, it's a sure bet that a future Congress will have to deal with the unintended consequences of an overhaul done too quickly.
Instead of putting every budget item on the table, Washington leaders should focus on avoiding the immediate fiscal cliff. Next year is soon enough to fix the nation's convoluted tax code and unsustainable spending promises.
The latest twist in the fiscal-cliff soap opera, as reported in Wednesday's Wall Street Journal, is that corporate taxes are on the table. The White House suggested changes to business taxes; the Republicans viewed the offer as a ruse, and little progress was made on the matter at hand.
Popular wisdom is that a deal will have to be made by late December 21 to allow for a vote before the usual Congressional holiday recess. (As economists at J.P. Morgan point out December 21 is also the date of the Mayan apocalypse.) That means political leaders have about nine days to reach an agreement that for now is focused on taxes rather than spending. (You can't even read the entire tax code in that short a time–unless you can speed-read about 5 pages a minute with no breaks.)
The uncertainty of 2013 fiscal policy remains a major challenge for a recovery that is weak by historical standards. Hiring is barely strong enough to bring down the unemployment rate. Retail sales look lackluster in early December. Businesses are holding back on capital spending projects.
The fiddling over the fiscal cliff mutes Federal Reserve action. Government fiscal and monetary policies work better when they are complementary, not conflicting.
The sooner Washington leaders reach a deal, the better for the economic outlook.


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Web2.0 expo 2009 and Cloud Computing
By KitchenSink on Apr 05, 2009
As I did last year, I visited the Web 2.0 expo conference in San Francisco. This year I had very limited time, having a major release to launch and people to hire, so I only spent a partial day there. However I blogged about it last year and felt compelled to share my impression of this year's event.
Since I recently moved into Sun's Cloud Computing Division I caught part of IBM's BlueCloud presentation. And I saw all of Lew Moorman's (from Rackspace) presentation "Cloud Computing and the Paradigm Shift that's coming in IT". Lew's presentation was one of the better ones I have seen, a good introduction to the topic of Cloud Computing, with clear definitions (eg. good explanation of iSaaS - infrastructure as a service), some eye catching slides to keep the audience awake, and natural feeling introduction of his company's services without that icky "being sold to" feeling. Unfortunately his slides don't appear to be posted on the Web2.0 expo site.
There was less energy this year, and Thursday's booth crawl showed the toll the poor economy has taken. A dinner of appetizers was not to be found, and lines for beer were long. We found the best beer, Anchorsteam, at the Safari Books Online booth, so they get a special mention.
An entertaining touch was the tags you could attach to your badge, such as "Social Media Freak", "Hacker" or "Stealth Mode". I put a "We're Hiring" tag on my badge but it didn't attract any interest (maybe because no one wants to do "WebOps" these days). However I talked to another attendee who was looking for an Information Architect, and he didn't get any bites either. Surprisingly given how many resumes I've gotten for the contract positions I have.
Last year I got a lot out of the keynotes, but this year, they were a little flat. Maybe because I caught the wrong day, but for me the highlight of Thursday's keynotes was a video shown by Anssi Vanjoki of Nokia, a nice conceptual piece showing the mobile phone as a configurable device, that could be worn as a bracelet and take on surrounding colors. The future of mobile computing where a phone will be a "sensor" that can merge physical location information with digital information was a nice glimpse of a future that is really here now. Rushkoff's "How the Web Ate the Economy and why this is good for everyone" was rushed and was way too full of itself, although he had some nice zingers as in "The banks are in trouble because they bought shares of their own Ponzi schemes". Will Wright of Electronic Arts is well spoken and has thoughtful insights that even a non-gamer will appreciate, but I had heard him before, and Spore doesn't really excite me too much.
As always, the best part of these events is the networking, and the step back from the everyday job to gain larger perspective. And you can't beat a free ticket.


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'The Legend of Korra' Book Three Will Be Titled 'Change'
Book 3 in "The Legend of Korra" series will be titled "Change."
Speakeasy interviewed the creators of the hit Nickelodeon series, Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, and they offered up their thoughts about the current season, Book 2 "Spirits," and a look ahead at coming episodes. The finale for Book 2 in the "Korra" saga is already online, and is due to be broadcast on TV this Friday on Nickelodeon at 8 pm ET.
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"The title of Book 3 is going to be called 'Change,'" DiMartino said. "It's all about Korra dealing with the change of the world in this point in time. At the end of Book 2 she says it's a new era. And it really is and we're going to show how Harmonic Convergence and her battle with Unalaq and Vaatu kind of shifted the world a bit."
DiMartino also said "We don't have an airdate yet. We're already working on the first few episodes of post-production for Book 3. So that's all going very well."
Check back with Speakeasy for the full interview with DiMartino and Konietzko.
Follow me on Twitter @cjfarley for more news about "The Legend of Korra."
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New Paintings by Richard Remenick
Richard Remenick artist statement:
"I want to avoid the temptation to take an accurate inventory of objects, or to attempt a digitized mapping or explanation that looks "real." Instead I am interested in a feeling response, an approach that is mimetic and subjective at the same time. Hopefully the effect of my work is intimate rather than clinical."
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Seib & Wessel: What We're Reading Monday
Recommended reading from around the Web:
By Gerald F. Seib and David Wessel
Nobel laureate Ronald Coase, age 101, urges economists to step away from quantitative "blackboard economics" and return to "the study of man as he is and the economic system as it actually exists." [BusinessWeek]
@JHWeissmann writes that higher immigration levels can make up for a declining U.S. birthrate [The Atlantic], while @DouthatNYT, tackling the birthrate question as well, argues that the slowing birthrate could rob America of one of its biggest demographic advantages. [New York Times]
At least some businesses see President Barack Obama as a friend: The Economist chronicles a few fast-growing startups launched by veterans of Obama's 2008 campaign. [Economist]
@GregJaffe ponders the myth and reality of David Petraeus, why his Iraq success wasn't matched in Afghanistan and how generals "get used up" by strains of war. [Washington Post]
It's remarkable: Ted Cruz of Texas hasn't even taken his new seat in the Senate, yet already people on the right are talking about him as a potential 2016 presidential contender. [Commentary]
David Remnick concludes from a D.C. conference that Hillary Clinton is running for president and the Israeli political class is a full-blown train wreck. [The New Yorker]
Bruce Riedel, a longtime CIA official with expertise in terrorism trends, explores the resurgence of al Qaeda in new locales: Syria and North Africa. [The Daily Beast]
Sign of the Times
Minor milestones We've spotted:
14.7% of households have mutual funds in taxable (that is, non-retirement) accounts, down from 23.9% in 2001. [New York Times]
A company called Momentum Machines has designed a labor-saving robotic burger that it claims can make up to 360 burgers per hour. [Dvice.com]
November marked first month of shrinking manufacturing employment after 37 consecutive months of increases in the purchasing-managers' survey. [ISM]
More than 90% of the 81,000 persons adopted in Japan last year were adults, mainly men adopted in their 20s and 30s to rescue biologically ill-fated families and ensure businesses have heirs. [Economist]
An estimated 230,000 cars were damaged by Superstorm Sandy, 83% of them in New York or New Jersey. [WSJ]
Norway's $660 billion sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, plans to invest $11 billion in U.S. real estate. [Bloomberg]
Pollster Simple Logica: About 40% of those over age 65 in Spain support other family members, up from 15% in 2010. [WSJ]
Signs of slowdown? Owner of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell says fourth-quarter sales of its popular China outlets will be down 4% year-over-year vs. up 21% in last year's fourth quarter. [WSJ]
Chapel at West Point holds its first same-sex wedding ceremony. [Associated Press]
Four firms—Apple, AIG Goldman Sachs Bank of America—account for more than half the profit growth in the S&P 500 this year; top 10 account for 88%. [Slate]
Eleven of 35 newly elected Republicans in the House have NOT signed Norquist's anti-tax pledge. [Bloomberg]
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Monday, July 08, 2013
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By the time Tu Truong left work each day, the hour was late and she was exhausted. Her role as the art director in Apple's worldwide training department left little time for such luxuries as exercise and socializing. After-work visits to the gym on the Cupertino campus were a possibility. But at that hour it was likely that Truong would be working out alone, which she found distinctly unappealing.
While driving home to Campbell one evening, Truong happened to spy a large picture window facing S. De Anza Boulevard. What she saw inside was a revelation: Graceful couples were swirling and twirling, executing intricate dance steps. The scene played out night after night as she made her way home, with Truong growing increasingly intrigued.
"It looked like they were having fun," she recalls. "I made a mental note to check it out."
When Truong finally got up the nerve to call the Arthur Murray Dance Studio, the Vietnam native says a profound change in her life took place. "They said, 'Oh yes, come in for a free introductory lesson.' I went to the studio, and everyone was so nice, and all of the instructors were awesome. That first experience was wonderful," Truong says.
Ten years later, Truong is one of the studio's most proficient (and prolific) dancers. Now head of global brand design at PayPal, Truong still works long hours. But she never misses her classes at the San Jose studio, as well as the new venue in Los Gatos, tucked in the corner of the King's Court Shopping Center. Like many local professionals, Truong says the sessions help her deal with the demands of life in Silicon Valley.
"I love to dance; it's very relaxing. My job is pretty stressful, so this is the best therapy for me," she notes.
For the uninitiated, yes, there really was a person named Arthur Murray. And exactly 100 years ago, at the age of 17, he began teaching people to dance.
By 1923 Murray had opened his first studio, on 43rd Street in New York. His popularity and fame grew rapidly and steadily, especially in the years following World War II when interest in Latin dance skyrocketed. Murray and his wife, Kathryn, then took to the fledgling medium of television with Arthur Murray's Dance Party, which ran for a decade on all of the "big three" networks.
Today, 250 Arthur Murray studios are flourishing in 13 different countries, and Arthur Murray instructors can be seen everywhere on TV, from Good Morning America to Dancing with the Stars. The latter program, in fact, has been responsible for a mini-resurgence in dancing, says Juan de Dios, co-owner (with wife Cari Jo Garcia) of the two South Bay studios.
"When the show went on the air, we started getting more calls," he confirms. "But more importantly, it helped bring ballroom dancing to the forefront. People used to think, 'Oh, that's something my parents do.' Now they're thinking, 'That's something I can do.' "
Adds Garcia, "And everyone's wishing they'd done it sooner!"
Attired, respectively, in a three-piece suit and tie, and a twirly dress and heels, de Dios and Garcia move with the easy grace of the lifelong dance professionals they are. Both natives of Southern California, the pair met at a training class for new Arthur Murray instructors. De Dios had grown up on hip-hop and Spanish folk dances. But that all changed when he got his first look at ballroom.
"I saw how fun it was. But I also saw that the cool guys were swing dancing and doing other ballroom steps with really good looking women ... so I decided I needed to learn how to do that," de Dios laughs.
Garcia had been a dance major at Long Beach State University, studying jazz, ballet and every other discipline she could. "I'd always taught dance," she says. "But then I got into ballroom, and decided I'd change direction a bit."
The couple taught together in San Jose for nearly 15 years, and then purchased the San Jose franchise after the former owner retired. When the former tanning salon site in Kings Court became available, they acquired that property as well, transforming it into a nearly 3,000-square-foot, mirror-lined space. Between the two studios, the pair now teaches six nights per week.
Those who are interested in learning to dance are first offered a complimentary private lesson. Then de Dios and Garcia determine which dances the new student wishes to focus on and design a syllabus that includes private lessons, group lessons and twice weekly "dance parties."
"We work primarily with pri-vate lessons, so we're working one on one with our students all the time," Garcia explains. "In the private lessons we try to make students feel comfortable and good about dancing. And then the group lessons are open to everyone who's at that level. That's where students meet other people, they get used to the feeling of leading and following, and they experience all different types of dances."
At the dance parties, all teachers participate and encourage their students. They also keep a watchful eye out to see whose moves may need some finessing. "If we see someone going 'astray,' we know what we need to tackle in the next lesson. Mostly we encourage everyone to dance with each other, to get that feeling of variety," says Garcia.
On any given week, the husband-and-wife team will coach approximately 75 students, ranging in age from 8 to 80. Prospective dancers primarily come from the West Valley region, but several travel from Watsonville, Santa Cruz and other locales. Though at any time a select few students may be tuning up for competitions, the overwhelming majority are amateurs looking for an enjoyable way to get (and stay) fit, change up their exercise routine, and push beyond their comfort zone. The chance to make new friends is an added benefit, says Truong.
"One of the reasons I picked Arthur Murray was because the environment is very professional, and the students are all really nice," she says. "I'm kind of a nerdy type, and I feel awkward and out of place at nightclubs. And with my job, I don't have much time for a personal life ... so I sort of have to choose between dating and dancing. Dancing's more fun."
Of all of the lessons offered at Arthur Murray--from classical dances, such as the Viennese waltz and foxtrot, to the rhythm dances, including the rhumba, cha-cha, swing and salsa--Truong says the Argentine tango is her favorite. Though she lacks a regular partner, she says she always finds someone to dance with at the studio. "All of the instructors are available after the group lessons, so I don't have to worry if I don't have a partner. And I can dance with the other students, too."
Truong's facility with the precise, dramatic moves of the tango are well known to her fellow students, including Los Gatos residents Gianfranco and Eileen Defeo. "Tu is very good, and very nice to watch," says Eileen.
The Defeos have been dancing at Arthur Murray since February, when Gianfranco gave Eileen a Valentine's Day gift of an introductory lesson.
"It was one of those things we always thought would be fun to do, but never got around to doing," Eileen says. "I figured I'd probably like it. But the owners make a really strong effort to introduce new people when they come in, and make sure everyone knows everyone else. It was so much fun, we immediately signed up for a lesson package."
Depending on her husband's travel schedule (both work for biotech firms), Defeo says the couple takes private classes twice each week. Such devotion pales in comparison to the Defeos' participation in the group lessons.
"We're there every day," she admits. "We go every evening after work. It's a lot of fun, we get to meet a lot of people, and everyone's really nice. The other thing is that it's a really good way to decompress from work. You have to pay attention, and focus on what they're teaching you, so for 45 minutes that's all you're thinking about. It's like going into a little Zen state."
The Defeos manage to balance their passion for dance with raising a pair of high schoolers: Arianna, a Los Gatos High School senior who's enrolled in middle college courses at West Valley, and Francesco ("Cesco"), a Los Gatos freshman. Though the younger sibling's response to his parents' invitation to join them at a dance party ran roughly along the lines of, "Yeah, right," he and his sister have since become avid dance fans.
"I knew it was something my parents enjoyed, but I didn't think I'd ever do that kind of dancing. But the teachers at the parties are very open, and they invite you to dance. That first time I was like, 'I don't know how.' But the instructor taught me what to do," Cesco says.
Though those first steps took him into unfamiliar territory, Cesco gamely stuck with the process, eventually finding his footing. "After a while it just gets more comfortable," says the teen.
"I was a little awkward at first," Arianna concurs. "I'd done plays and musicals when I was younger, but actual dancing is more difficult. You have to learn the steps, and how to respond to your partner."
The Defeo siblings now take one or two group lessons per week, and when possible participate in the teen-level group lessons--which consist of Cesco, Arianna and one other young lady. Does Cesco find it weird dancing with his older sister? "Not really. We're just really comfortable with each other. She's a good dancer."
"We're totally fine with it," Arianna says. "I'm actually more comfortable dancing with Cesco than with someone I don't know. He's pretty cool with the whole thing."
While teens and younger dancers are learning the finer points of the West Coast swing and lindy hop, de Dios and Garcia also offer more intangible training: the proper way to ask someone to dance, how to accept the invitation, how to move with grace and other skills. "It's kind of like cotillions used to be," says Garcia. "We talk about good manners, having good posture and standing tall."
Cesco Defeo says this type of grounding has been pretty positive overall. He's been known to talk about his new hobby with his friends at school, although he acknowledges that their response has been skeptical at best. "I'd recommend that other kids give it a try," he advises. "Even though it's kind of embarrassing at first--especially for boys--it's actually quite fun."
Arianna recommends that more young males consider visiting the studio. "Guys think, 'Oh, that's a girl thing; I'd never do it.' But girls actually think it's pretty cool when they find a guy who knows how to dance; it's like we don't have to teach them how. Plus, it's a great way to work out, without feeling like you're working out. The instructors are awesome, and it's really fun."
Adds Truong, "I don't see how I could ever stop dancing. It's helped me so much; it keeps me not only physically fit, but mentally fit as well."
And it's a lot more fun than going to the gym alone.
For more information about Arthur Murray Dance Studios of Silicon Valley, visit losgatosarthurmurray.com, or call 408.963.0369.


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1 In the Name of Love concert: Oakland's 11th annual musical tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. features a star-studded lineup headed by Jennifer Holliday (aka the original Effie in Broadway's "Dreamgirls"), Tuck and Patti, the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir and the Oaktown Jazz Workshops.
Details: 7 p.m. Jan. 19; Paramount Theatre, Oakland; $15-$45; www.paramounttheatre.com.
2 Hung Liu: Mills College in Oakland next week is kicking off what will be a monthlong celebration of the works of the influential Oakland-based Chinese-American artist, who has been a member of the college's arts faculty since 1990. "Hung Liu: Offerings" features two of the artist's famed large-scale installations, 1994's "Jiu Jin Shan" (Old Gold Mountain) and 2008's "Tai Cang -- Great Granary." And in March, the Oakland Museum of California opens "Summoning Ghosts: The Art of Hung Liu," said to be the first comprehensive collection of Liu's wide-ranging works.
Details: The Mills College exhibit runs Wednesday through March 17 (http://www.mills.edu); the Oakland Museum retrospective runs March 16-June 30 (http://museumca.org).
3 An homage to "Blue": Fans of Joni Mitchell's gorgeous, landmark 1971 album "Blue" should be in for a treat at Berkeley's Freight & Salvage next week, when a contingent of Bay Area world and avant-garde musicians puts its own spin on the recording. Performers including clarinetist Beth Custer, electronic musician Amy X. Neuburg, Tropicalia band KillBossa, South Indian classical jazz duo Bharathi Palivela and Daniel Fabricant, banjo player Kelly McFarling, members of the woman's vocal group Kitka, Adam Theis and the hip-hop/jazz collective JazzMafia, fiddler Suzy Thompson and Afro-pop band the Seshen are among those who will re-create tracks from "Blue" from their musical perspective.
Details: 8 p.m. Jan. 21-22; $22.50 advance/$24.50 door; 510-644-2020, www.thefreight.org.
4 African Film Festival: The annual traveling series returns to the UC Berkeley Pacific Film Archive next week, featuring recent feature films and documentaries that afford a unique look at the history and politics that have shaped the continent and its Diaspora. Films in the series include Taghreed Elsanhouri's acclaimed documentary "Our Beloved Sudan" (Feb. 3) and Clemente Bicocchi's "Black Africa, White Marble," which employs archival footage, puppetry and animation to tell the story of Italian-born Congo explorer Pietro Savorgnan di Brazza.
Details: Wednesday through Feb. 5; $9.50, $13.50 for double bills; 510-642-5249, http://bampfa.berkeley.edu.
5 One Night Only Benefit Cabaret: It seemingly never fails, as soon as a new touring Broadway musical show hits San Francisco, cast members sign up to do a benefit for the Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation. And such is the case with performers from "Anything Goes," the Tony-winning revival of the Cole Porter classic (playing at the Golden Gate Theatre through Feb. 8; www.shnsf.com), who will be joined by vocalists La Toya London, Lindsay Pearce and Tim Hockenberry for a benefit show on Jan. 21.
Details: 7:30 p.m., Bay Theater at Pier 39, San Francisco; $40-$60; 415-273-1620, www.helpisontheway.org.
6 Jazz at the Chimes: The concert series based at Oakland's lovely Chapel of the Chimes kicks off its 2013 season with a terrific Bay Area ensemble featuring pianist Larry Vukovich, singer Jackie Ryan, percussionist John Santos, bassist Perry Thoorsell and drummer Leon Joyce.
Details: 2 p.m. Jan. 20; $10-$15 (sold at the door); 510-654-0123, http://oakland.chapelofthechimes.com.
7 "Disney's Peter Pan Jr.": Berkeley Playhouse's Kidstage troupe is mounting this kid-centered musical spinoff of the classic story about the boy who wouldn't grow up. Directors Marissa Wolf and Dan Saski will lead two separate casts involving some 60 young thespians in the production.
Details: Jan. 19-27; Julia Morgan Theatre, Berkeley; $15-$20; 510-845-8542, www.berkeleyplayhouse.org.
8 Juliana Hansen: The singer and actress who graced several East Bay productions as a youngster (she starred in Diablo Light Opera Company's "Annie" in the 1980s) has gone on to a career in theater ("Thoroughly Modern Millie") and stars in a long-running cabaret show in North Hollywood. She'll be back in her old stamping grounds Jan. 19, as Walnut Creek's Lesher Center for the Arts hosts a one-night performance by Hansen.
Details: 7:30 p.m.; $20-$25; 925-943-7469, www.lesherartscenter.org.
9 Annie Sampson: The Bay Area singer's powerful, heart-on-her-sleeve blues-rock delivery has long turned heads, whether it was while fronting her band Stoneground or collaborating with a artists ranging from Taj Mahal to Buddy Miles to Eddie Money to Country Joe McDonald. On Jan. 19, she brings her current band to Armando's nightspot in Martinez.
Details: 8 p.m.; $15; 925-228-6985, www.armandosmartinez.com
10 Frank D'Ambrosio's Broadway: Those who missed this revue by the famed "Phantom of the Opera" star when he performed it over the holidays have another chance. D'Ambrosio is bringing the career-spanning show to Antioch's El Campanil Theatre on Jan. 19 for a matinee performance.
Details: 3 p.m.; $15-$25; 925-757-9500, www.elcampaniltheatre.com.
Contact Randy McMullen at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter.com/randymac57.


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Lost Faith in the USA?
Published: Friday, November 23, 2012 at 12:16 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, November 23, 2012 at 12:16 a.m.
Emmett A. Starks alludes to the fall of these United States ["We Have Lost a Nation," letter, Nov. 18].
I would remind the kind gentleman that the USA, comparatively to other nations, has fared better than most and with less a socialistic flare that has burdened other governments with similar standards of living as us.
I would also remind Mr. Starks that it is corporate America that has been the source of any degradation that has taken hold of our fair country.
If anyone has lost faith in the USA, it was they who sold what they could of our namesake to balance their books.
They broke faith with the American public and in kind we should break faith with them.
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November 26, 2012
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RIDGECREST — The Burroughs wrestling team won its first dual meet in Coach Tyrell Blanche's two-year tenure running the team.
The Burros beat Granite Hills in convincing fashion — 53-25 — Tuesday in the Burroughs Barn.
"To win a home dual meet, and to win it so convincingly, is pretty good," Blanche said. "Everyone destroyed us last year. We were dead last a season ago. We're not dead last now. We've beaten somebody, so it feels like we're taking a step in the right direction.
"We got the win at home and it was senior night too, which makes it even better."
The Burros' two seniors — Jake Farris and Isaac Perez — both went out with wins. Farris won by getting a tech-fall with 16 seconds left in the second period.
Perez also won in the second period, but his match was much tougher. Perez trailed going into the second period 3-2, but came back to score an escape point to tie the match, a take down to go ahead and closed the deal with pin soon after.
"We have a group of about seven kids who are extremely dedicated," Blanche said. "Jake, Isaac, Ethan (Haddock), Khaleel Snook and Jaelin (Patin). Those kids don't miss practice, their grades are never in question and they are polite young men who have a future in wrestling. I want to make sure those guys are taken care of because they do things the right way."
Snook got a forfeit win, Haddock finished off his opponent with a pin before the half-way point of the first period and Patin had the night off to recover from a grueling fifth-place finish at West Covina.
"This wasn't the best lineup we could come up with, but our numbers have grown enough that we have options," Blanche said. "We were able to sit Jaelin out after finishing fifth in West Covina to give him a break and let him recuperate a bit. We want him prepared for the Desert Sky League finals.
"Brendon (Olsen) stepped in and looked really decent. He's a second-year kid that is learning. The fact that we were able to rest some kids that needed it, while still putting work in is great for our program."
The night got off on the right foot with 120-pound Burroughs wrestler Travis Rivera taking the mat ready to compete. He pinned Donald Williams with 38 seconds remaining in the first period after scoring a take down and a near fall.
"The night started good for us when Travis wrestled well," Blanche said. "It hasn't been an easy year for him. His dad was sitting right next to the mat, watching him. Travis just had good position and got the kid on his back for the win in front of the home crowd.
Page 2 of 2 - "That kid was good and Travis is only a second-year wrestler. To see him go out and do that set the tone for everyone else. Jake (Farris) was next and brought good energy. (Jonathan) Ogilvie is a new guy and he came out with great energy."
Isaiah Ramon and Haddock had back-to-back pins followed by forfeit wins by Snook and Richie Villa that gave Burroughs a 53-9 advantage. With three matches left to go, the Burros were assured the win.
"It's a great feeling to get a win," Blanche said. "I think I'm going to Denny's to celebrate with some raspberry iced teas."
The Burros move on to face Victor Valley at 6 p.m. Thursday in Victorville.
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Joining current Islanders Matt Holland and Todd Simko, Texas A&M - Corpus Christi baseball signee Travis Lane (Glendale, Ariz./Central Arizona College) was selected on Day Three of the 2011 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft on Wednesday. The catcher was chosen by the Kansas City Royals in the 41st round (1236th overall).
Lane hit .367 in his sophomore season for CAC, mashing 13 doubles and three triples in his 49 games. He added three home runs and drove in 32 runs on the year, while drawing 15 walks and being hit by 18 pitches. Lane and fellow Islander signee Jake Dziubczynski helped lead Central Arizona to a 56-12 record as one of the top teams in the National Junior College Athletic Association in 2011.
Lane played at Sandra Day O'Connor High School, where he lettered four years in baseball and two years in track. A 2008 Louisville Slugger High School All-American, he earned first-team all-state honors as a senior after batting .511 and slugging .904 with seven homers, 48 hits and 42 RBI in 30 games as a senior.
Lane is the seventh player associated with Islanders Baseball to be drafted in the Scott Malone era, joining Sean Hoelscher (27th round) and Roland Botello (34th round), who were drafted in 2010, along with Holland and Simko this season. Former Islander Roman Madrid was also chosen in the 2009 draft (44th round) by the Cleveland Indians, while Omar Gutierrez (29th round, San Diego Padres) went in 2008.
Like Simko, Lane now has until Aug. 15 to decide whether to sign with the Royals or join the Islanders for next season.
Simko and Holland marked the fifth and sixth players in school history to be taken in the draft. Simko marks the school's highest draft choice in Islanders lore, topping Hoelscher, who was chosen with the first pick of the 27th round in 2010. They are the first Islanders teammates to be selected in the same draft since 2005 (Trey Hearne and Chuck Carter).


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- Feb 16:
- Purdy: USA-Canada Olympic hockey showdown ahead
- Olympics: U.S. bobsledder in position to end medal drought
- Sharks in Sochi
- Olympics: Doughty OT goal leads Canada over Finland
- Sochi dogged by canine issues; Olympic athletes try to help
- Olympics: U.S.'s Davis, White win short dance
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SOCHI, Russia (AP) -- Between photos and insights about their Olympic experience, some Olympians are turning over their social media accounts to sponsors, agreeing to quotas of postings on Twitter and Facebook and letting other people send commercial messages in their name.
The agents for US figure skaters Ashley Wagner and Gracie Gold both say sponsors draft some of their tweets, plugging their brands.
"This is the first Olympics where I actually have a social media calendar, where an athlete has to tweet or mention something on a given day," Gold's agent, Yuki Saegusa, said in an interview. "We get a list of tweets or social media things that need to be posted and then we approve them for her," said Saegusa, senior vice president for Olympic clients at sports management giant IMG.
Although they "encourage" Gold to post the pre-packaged commercial tweets to her 65,000 followers herself, sometimes others do it for her.
"We want it to be from her point of view, and from her mouth and from her fingers. So we try to get her to do them -- mostly," Saegusa said.
"We're in a very new age now where a lot of advertising, or PR, or promotions, is social media. That's becoming a very important aspect of marketing."
Wagner's IMG agent, David Baden, said athletes' sponsorship deals are now starting to specify "how many tweets, how many Facebook mentions and even Instagram" photos they must post.
"That is part of the contract now. That is how important social media has become," he said. "The last Olympics that was not the case."
Baden, an IMG vice president for Olympic clients, worked with skating bronze medalist Joannie Rochette at the 2010 Vancouver Games.
He said they have access to Wagner's account, so they can post commercial tweets to her 60,000 followers.
"It's not like Ashley doesn't know about these. I mean we send her all these. She had to approve all of them, and so it's not that she does not know what is being said. She's seen it. She's part of this whole process," he said.
"It's just that with her schedule, and if we can make things easier, what's the difference?"
Sponsors make sure schedules of tweets are adhered to.
"We'll get a message, usually, from the sponsor, and just say(ing) 'Just reminding you this week, these tweets," he said. "I'll send it to my assistant. And she'll just say; 'Yes, I have it already in queue to do it.'"
The agents did not specify which of their athletes' tweets in recent months were drafted and posted on their behalf.
The verified accounts of both Gold and Wagner -- (at)GraceEGold and (at)AshWagner2010 -- have referenced their own and US Olympic Committee sponsors, in tweets and re-tweets.
It's not clear which recent postings were paid for, but after the Feb. 7 opening ceremony Gold sent out an Instagram photo of herself holding a lipstick applier. "Couldn't forget the red lips," it read. As well as CoverGirl, her Twitter profile lists other sponsors: Visa, United Airlines, Procter & Gamble Family, Smucker's, Pandora Jewelry and Airweave.
Baden says to fulfill their contracts, simply retweeting a tweet first sent by a sponsor isn't sufficient.
When on one occasion he used his own account to send a sponsor's tweet and then asked Wagner to retweet it, "they called me and said, 'No, no. No retweets. It has to come from her.'"(


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Yao Ming's Napa Winery Stoops to Conquer China's Middle Class
Yao Ming's career as a top-end California winery owner is entering a new phase: He's stepping downmarket. Slightly.
The Chinese former NBA all-star has added a new, cheaper wine to Yao Family Wines, his two-year-old winery in the Napa Valley, to appeal to China's growing middle class. The wine launched this week in China and will be released in the U.S. in January.
That isn't to say it's cheap. While it represents a climb down for the 7-foot-6 former Houston Rockets center, Napa Crest – a 2010 blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot grapes with rich plum notes – will retail in China for 535 yuan ($87), a price tag still out of reach of most ordinary Chinese citizens. Yao Family Wines' previous offerings, all reds, have ranged from 1,775 yuan a bottle for Yao Ming Napa Valley, to 6,125 yuan for a bottle for its premium Yao Ming Family Reserve.
Tom Hinde, the winemaker at Yao Family Wines, says the new addition has his boss's stamp of approval. "This is his new house wine," he said. "He tasted it, gave his feedback and he likes this one a lot."
Many wealthy Chinese, including the actress Zhao Wei, have been buying up vineyards, primarily in France's Bordeaux region. But Mr. Yao has gone a different route in pursuing his viticultural dreams. Rather than purchasing a vineyard, he teamed up with Mr. Hinde and others to start his own brand, using grapes grown on rented land from California vineyards.
Mr. Yao's winemaking team leads the operation, though they insist that their boss closely follows the business. His last visit to Napa was in July, when he rode a four-wheel all-terrain vehicle along the vines to inspect the grapes.
According to Mr. Hinde, Mr. Yao "sees this as a business that he will pass down onto his daughter," who is three years old.
Celebrity wines are hardly new in the U.S. – film director Francis Ford Coppola, football coach Mike Ditka and pop star Fergie have all put their names on bottles – but Mr. Yao is the first public figure in China to put his name on a wine brand.
Yao Family Wines sells its bottles in China through the distribution arm of Pernod Ricard SA, the French drinks conglomerate. The winery's managing director, Jay Behmke, said the vast majority are sold through Pernod's VIP list for the China market, composed of a select group of wealthy drinkers who buy direct from Pernod at wholesale prices.
Since starting in 2011, the winery has shipped 9,250 nine-liter cases of wine to China, which represents a tiny fraction of the nearly 3.8 million cases that California exported to the country over the past two years.
Mr. Yao's wine project is an attempt to piggy-back on his home country's growing thirst for the beverage. China's wine market has grown exponentially to become the world's fourth largest by value and fifth largest by volume, according to figures by the International Wine & Spirit Research. The firm expects consumption to increase another 40% over the next three years.
And yet, not everyone in China is lapping up Mr. Yao's marketing. Despite the former athlete's ties to Shanghai, his hometown, where he owns the city's China Basketball League team, the city's drinkers have been slow to take to his wines, the winemakers admit.
"We do much better in the second- and third-tier cities outside of Shanghai and Beijing," said Mr. Behmke. People in Shanghai "seem to be cynical of Yao using his name on a wine label, but those in other cities look at it and think it's cool," he added.
Mr. Hinde said the winery's top Family Reserve wine, of which only 800 cases are made each year, has sold out in China. But he hopes that the new Napa Crest wine will expand the market for Yao Family Wines' selection, especially at a time when the government clampdown on corruption and excessive spending has dampened the demand for pricey wines.
The timing, Mr. Hinde said, is fortuitous, since the winery has planned to create a full line of wines at various price points since its inception. "It's a coincidence that it comes when there's a shift in curbing excess and corruption," he said.
Jim Boyce, a Beijing-based wine blogger who closely follows the market, thinks the new wine has potential because of its star power, and novelty can drive sales initially. His oenophile friends who have tasted the Yao Ming Napa Valley describe the wine as "decent."
"Maybe it's Yao Ming fans, or maybe it will be Napa fans. There will always be people who think it's too much money and the value isn't there," said Mr. Boyce. "But the value of wine is often about the stories behind it. When Yao Ming makes a wine, the media writes about it. Of all the Californian Napas, this is the one people will pay attention to."


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If, like me, you've spend thousands of hours (not to mention pounds) following your rugby team to some of the most famous sporting venues on the planet, you'll instantly identify with many of the stories told by Carolyn Hitt in her new book, "Wales Play In Red."
Carolyn is no ordinary sports journalist. For starters, she's a girl, and more importantly, she's a fan. She is bonkers about rugby, and it shows. Like her touring companion Max Boyce, her enthusiasm for rugby events and rugby people is infectious, and the personal quality of the writing brings the subject to life in a way which your run-of-the-mill rugby hacks can never manage.
The story of Welsh rugby has swung from high to low in ways the English chariot never could. Because in Wales, we don't just watch rugby, we go mental about it. This book follows the story from the hysteria which accompanied Graham "The Great Redeemer" Henry's arrival on these shores, to the dark days of Ruddockgate and Carparkgate, and all the other 'gates which nearly destroyed our national game.
In an era where the voices of fans have been drowned out by the management speak of administrators and coaches spouting the bleeding obvious, it's refreshing and encouraging to have real rugby fans like Carolyn writing passionately about the social phenomenon which is Welsh rugby. She's picked up a fair few anecdotes on her travels and I bet there are loads more too "exotic" to make it into print. You'll just have to ask her when you bump into her in Paris, Rome or Sydney.
"Wales Play In Red" is out now, published by Gwasg Gomer. For a chance to win a copy, follow @gwladrugby on Twitter. We'll be tweeting details of the competition soon – stay tuned!


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The NFL Draft is one of my favorite days in sports. It represents excitement and optimism, genuine enthusiasm for your favorite team in the most parity-driven sport in America. Among other things (gambling, one game a week, fantasy football, etc.), that is why it America's game.
Without further ado, here is my 2013 NFL Mock Draft:
1) KANSAS CITY CHIEFS select Luke Joeckel, LT, Texas A&M
Not gonna lie. The fact that @JayGlazer thinks the Chiefs are going to take Eric Fisher instead really has me worried. My personal opinion is that Glazer, for whatever reason, has become the most plugged-in NFL reporter in the industry. Maybe it's because players like him so much and his MMA-training academy.
Bottom line Chiefs fans, don't be surprised if it's Fisher here instead of Joeckel.
That said, Joeckel is the safer pick and he did his work against Big XII and SEC competition, not the MAC.
Now here's the issue: What to do with current LT Branden Albert, who the organization tendered as the franchise player this year at $9.8 million? Another element that may have the team leaning towards Fisher is his apparent willingness to play on the right side compared to Joeckel. If KC can't move Albert, Fisher can play right tackle his first year in the league or until Albert is out of the equation.
Now, obviously the Chiefs would like to trade Albert, and it appears they are close with the Miami Dolphins. The Chiefs want the Dolphins first pick in the second round (No. 42), but they may have to settle for their other pick in round two (No. 54). That shouldn't worry Chiefs management. This draft is so deep in the second and third rounds. There will be plenty of quality prospects available at that juncture in the draft.
2) JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS select Eric Fisher, LT, Central Michigan
Former Missouri Tiger QB Blaine Gabbert is safe for at least one more year – IF he can beat out Chad Henne for the starting job, which is absolutely no guarantee.
For some reason, new GM Dave Caldwell has been super-conservative with Jacksonville's future. He has already come out and said that the team will not extend a contract extension offer to current LT Eugene Monroe, who was the eighth overall pick in the 2009 draft and is actually a very good player.
Caldwell isn't even guaranteeing an extension to RB Maurice Jones-Drew!
Fisher, who has a higher ceiling than Joeckel because of his elite athleticism and perceived nastier demeanor on the field, can play right tackle this year while the organization figures out what to do with Monroe after 2013.
Quarterback, by the way, should be one of the better positions to pick from in the 2014 draft, especially if Johnny Manziel comes out, so I'm consider 2013 a throwaway season for the Jags so they can be appropriately aligned in the 2014 draft to take their QB of the future.
3) OAKLAND RAIDERS select Star Lotulelei, DT, Utah
This young man was once considered the best prospect in the draft pool. He's a fierce and destructive player when engaged in the game.
Playing at Utah, I'm sure the Oakland scouts and decision-makers have seen a ton of Lotulelei. He's the same caliber prospect at this position as Ndamukong Suh and Haloti Ngata were coming out of college.
Star had a medical issue pop up with his heart – very serious – during the pre-draft testing phase, but doctors have since cleared him of any issue.
4) PHILADELPHIA EAGLES select E.J. Manuel, QB, Florida State
The first big surprise of the draft!
New head coach Chip Kelly is bringing his now-famous brand of play-calling and offensive scheme to the NFL. Current QB Michael Vick would seemingly be the perfect player to quarterback Kelly's "space-and-pace, fastbreak" style of football.
Vick, however, is coming off an awful year. He's 32 years old. He's played 16 games in a season just once in his career. And he's turned the ball over 29 times the past two seasons while producing only 32 touchdowns.
E.J. Manuel, first of all, is a tremendous athlete. He ran the second fastest forty (4.65 seconds) of any QB at the combine. He was the Most Outstanding Player in the 2013 Senior Bowl. He was 21-6 as a starter at Florida State. He was near flawless in the Jon Gruden QB Camp series on ESPN. He's also 6-foot-5 and 240 pounds.
Manuel may not start right away, because Vick still has a little left in the tank, but rest assured Kelly gets his QB of the future in E.J. Manuel.
5) DETROIT LIONS select Ezekiel "Ziggy" Ansah, DE, BYU


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Clear or obvious to the eye or mind: the system's manifest failings
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- Likewise, effects can be gradual, and may not be manifest or observable in animal systems until it is too late.
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obvious, clear, plain, apparent, evident, patent, palpable, distinct, definite, blatant, overt, glaring, barefaced, explicit, transparent, conspicuous, undisguised, unmistakable, noticeable, perceptible, visible, recognizable
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1Display or show (a quality or feeling) by one's acts or appearance; demonstrate: Ray manifested signs of severe depression
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- And that faith was manifested in so many different ways.
- The entire panoply of human emotion was manifested in those 120 minutes.
1.1 (often be manifested in) Be evidence of; prove: bad industrial relations are often manifested in disputes and strikes
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- Compared to the early struggles, the strikes of the 1890s manifested a significantly higher level of consciousness among the workers.
- The evidence shows us that such a commitment would first be manifested in improved Aboriginal child health.
1.2 [no object] (Of an ailment) become apparent through the appearance of symptoms: a disorder that usually manifests in middle age
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- Early Alzheimer's disease manifests as problems with retaining new information and difficulty with cueing to help jog the memory.
- Various systemic connective tissue diseases may also manifest in the eye as retinopathy.
1.3 [no object] (Of a ghost or spirit) appear: one deity manifested in the form of a bird
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- I fall to my knees, arms raised in ecstasy, as a sensibly-dressed goddess manifests before me.
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Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin manifestus.
Manifest and the originally Italian manifesto (mid 17th century) both come from Latin manifestare 'to make public'.
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1A document giving comprehensive details of a ship and its cargo and other contents, passengers, and crew for the use of customs officers.
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1.1A list of passengers or cargo in an aircraft.
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1.2A list of the cars forming a freight train.
verb[with object]
Record in a manifest: every passenger is manifested at the point of departure
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Woman Arrested for Graffiting Courthouse
Published: Monday, November 19, 2012 at 10:29 a.m.
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JACKSONVILLE | A north Florida woman who is going through a messy divorce has been arrested after police say she spray painted broken hearts and other graffiti outside a new Jacksonville courthouse.
An officer allegedly spotted 35-year-old Audrey Dostie spray painting the walkway that leads to the courthouse.
Jacksonville Sheriff's officers say she spray painted broken hearts on the columns of the new $350 million courthouse along with an angry statement to a judge on the sidewalk.
Dostie was arrested Thursday and charged with criminal mischief.
WJXT in Jacksonville (http://www.ittybittyurl.com/h69) reports Dostie is in the middle of a divorce and custody case. Her husband also allegedly filed a restraining order against her.
Police say she spray painted similar graffiti and messages to her husband and son outside her husband's business.
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STOCKTON - A woman tried to give two men money for helping her change a flat tire Thursday in north Stockton. Instead, they took her car, authorities said.
The woman was attempting to change a tire on her white 1996 Honda Accord when the men pulled up behind her in a red 1990s four-door Acura and offered to help, police said. The men helped her finish changing the tire and placed the flat in her trunk, officers said.
When the woman tried to give them money for their assistance, one of the men grabbed the keys from her hand, jumped in the car and took off, going south on West Lane, officers said. The second man fled in the Acura, which had dark-tinted rear windows and lighter tinting on the front windows, authorities said.
One of the carjackers was described as an Asian man 19 to 20 years old standing 5 feet 4 inches tall with a husky build and tattoos covering his arms, officers said. He was mostly bald with a circular patch of hair on top of his head. He was wearing a white shirt, black slacks or khakis, gold-framed, oval-shaped glasses and blue-colored contact lenses.
The other man was described as Asian, 19 to 20 years old, 5 feet 3 inches tall with a thin build, short hair, a white shirt and blue jeans, police said. He also had tattoos covering his arms.
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SANTA CLARA -- Carolina Panthers coach Ron Rivera began being called "Riverboat Ron" this season after he showed a repeated willingness for high stakes gambles.
The 1-3 Panthers were looking at a dismal season when Rivera took his gamble. In an October game against the Minnesota Vikings, twice on the same drive Rivera had the Panthers go for it on fourth-and-1 rather than kick a field goal.
Both plays succeeded -- the second was a touchdown -- leading to a 35-10 victory that helped turn their season around. The Panthers have won 11 of their past 12 games, and Sunday they host the 49ers in an NFC divisional game. A win, and Carolina will be a step closer to the second Super Bowl in the franchise's 19-year history. The Panthers lost the Super Bowl to New England in the 2003 season.
As it turns out, the roots of Rivera's gambling ways sprouted in Berkeley.
Rivera was at Cal in 1983, playing for coach Joe Kapp. The Bears had just kicked a field goal against Texas A&M in the final minute to break a 17-17 tie, but Kapp took the points off the board when the Aggies were penalized. On the next play, Cal fumbled the ball away inside the 5.
One play later, Rivera, then an All-America linebacker, tackled a Texas A&M runner in the end zone for a safety, and Cal won 19-17.
"Ron Rivera saved the day," Kapp told this newspaper this week. "A coach's goal is to prepare a player to succeed, and he's really succeeded."
Rivera, who played at Seaside High before coming to Cal, credits Kapp for much of his success. During a Wednesday conference call, Rivera said, "Joe Kapp has always been a huge influence in my life."
"Ron was quiet," Kapp said, "but his personality was always that of a leader. No one thought Carolina would do that much this year, but he's got them right there."
The Panthers are a young team, and Rivera, who interviewed nine times for NFL head-coaching jobs before landing in Carolina in 2011, has always been one to show the kids how it's done.
Bill Cooper, who coached linebackers at Cal under Kapp, said he didn't know Rivera would end up coaching. But Cooper did know that Rivera would work well with the younger set, no matter what he did.
"I know he had a real affinity for kids," Cooper said. "I know because I saw how good he was baby-sitting my son. Kevin grew up idolizing everything Ron Rivera did, on the field and off. Ron was always fully aware of the whole team concept and how he was a part of it. I think he's taken that into his role as the head coach."
Another Rivera strength is his ability to separate what he can control from what he can't.
A few hours after the Panthers fell to 0-2 on Sept. 15 with a one-point loss to the Buffalo Bills, the Charlotte Observer newspaper ran a poll asking fans if team owner Jerry Richardson should fire Rivera. At that point, the Panthers were 13-21 in Rivera's two-plus seasons.
Eighty percent of the readers answering the poll supported getting rid of the former Cal star.
A month later, Riverboat Ron was born during that thrashing of the Vikings.
"We are doing the things we need to do to play winning football," Rivera said. "We've been very consistent and relatively disciplined. We've had four fourth-quarter winning drives. That's something we haven't done in the past."
They're doing it now, getting their direction from Riverboat Ron, who's become quite the gambler.
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Effective September 1, 2011, the Court of Appeal, Fifth Appellate District, launched a mediation program that enables selected civil appellate cases to be mediated before a sitting Justice of the Court of Appeal. The program, which is available at no cost, provides parties with an early opportunity to resolve their dispute in a convenient venue with the assistance of an experienced appellate jurist.
The goal of the program is to identify cases that may benefit from early appellate mediation, thereby reducing costs for the litigants and our taxpayer-funded court system.
Local Rule 2 of the Court of Appeal, Fifth Appellate District, is the governing rule under which the Mediation Program was enacted and operates. The Rule requires 1) that preparation of the appellate record be stayed, 2) specifies who must attend the mediation, and 3) in appropriate cases authorizes sanctions for failure to comply with Rule 2. Local Rule 2 can be found under "Forms & Rules" on this website.
Pursuant to Local Rule 2, parties that file a notice of appeal in a civil case are required to complete a screening questionnaire to be filed with the court. The questionnaire will elicit information to evaluate the case's suitability for mediation and will not become part of the record on appeal. Factors considered in selecting a case for the program include the size of the record, the complexity of the legal issues, whether the parties indicate mediation might be helpful, and other circumstances unique to each case. Completed questionnaires are to be submitted to the court electronically via TrueFiling.
Once a case is selected for the mediation program, the mediation date will be set promptly. The parties must provide a Confidential Mediation Statement for the Justice Mediator several days in advance of the scheduled mediation date. After mediation, the Confidential Mediation Statement will be destroyed to ensure continued confidentiality and the Justice Mediator will not be involved in any subsequent proceedings relating to a case that does not settle at mediation.
Previously, the court conducted settlement conferences when all parties requested one by stipulation. The court will continue to consider stipulated requests for mediation made by all parties in pending appeals.


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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is the most popular Republican politician in America, no matter that more than a few of his fellow GOPers haven't forgiven him for getting too chummy with President Obama last fall in the wake of Superstorm Sandy.
These same critics aren't going to like it that Christie is STILL LAUDING THE PRESIDENT:
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