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WILX Buck Pole
a. The WILX Buck Pole ("Promotion") will begin on November 3, 2010 5am ET and end on November 30, 2010 11:59pm ET
a. The Promotion is open to all legal residents of the United States and the District of Columbia (except NY and FL) who are 16 years of age or older at the time of entry and who live in the State of Michigan. Employees of WILX (the "Station"), its corporate parent, subsidiary, and affiliated entities, its advertising agencies, participating sponsors/promotional partners, other broadcasting stations in the Lansing/Jackson metropolitan area, and the members of their immediate families (spouse, parents, siblings or children) or households are ineligible to participate or win. This Promotion is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Void outside the United States, in NY and FL, as applicable, and where prohibited.
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a. 1st prize – A hunt with Ted Nugent to be mutually scheduled(value $1500) , 2nd prize- choice of one of the following, Signed Ted Nugent Guitar (value $1000), or a Deer Widow Package Kim & Company ( value $100), or Deer Processing Jerome Country Market (Value $65). 3rd – 4th Choice of remaining items following previous winner's choices.
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Police are investigating a mysterious attack against a 20-year-old and a 19-year-old in Pocono Farms late Tuesday.
Pocono Mountain Regional Police said Nathaniel Speaks Jr., 20, and Eric Spencer Jr., 19, both of Long Pond, were interviewed at Pocono Medical Center around 9 p.m. Tuesday and said they were attacked while walking around Pocono Farms.
Neither victim said they knew their attackers, only that they were smaller and likely teens.
Speaks suffered a stab wound on his leg, Spencer has scrapes and a cut on his lower lip.
Anyone with information should call police at 570-895-2400.
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All Sorts of Weird Stuff offers news and information about George R.R. Martin, in particular about his A Song of Ice and Fire series.
"When I was young, I read all sorts of stuff. One week it would be Lovecraft, the next Vance. It was all imaginative literature, or as my dad called it 'Weird Stuff.' It was all 'Weird Stuff.'"
George R.R. Martin
New to the series? Read our spoiler-free review of A Game of Thrones.
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GRRM's official site has been updated with new material in "Cover Art", "From My Readers" and "What I'm Watching".
The Westeros network consists of several different sites, including a forum and a wiki, for all your A Song of Ice and Fire needs.


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Balloon lands in Albuquerque neighborhoodPublished 8:25 PM EDT Mar 28, 2013
People in one northwest Albuquerque neighborhood woke up to quite a surprise Thursday morning a hot air balloon practically in their driveways.
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First of all, amazing media server. Best I've encountered.
Having a bit of trouble with one particular situation. Streaming HD 1080p .MKV files that have subs.
I'm running windows Vista with 2GB of RAM, Core2 Duo processor. My PS3 is wired to the router and PMS is on a laptop with Wifi.
When I try and play 1080p .MKV files I have really bad stuttering unless I switch to tsMuxer. The problem with that is that I cannot watch movies with subtitles in that case, as far as I know.
As for using MEncoder, I've done some searching/reading and cannot seem to get the HD videos to play without major stuttering (SD videos and even 720p AVIs work fine). I've put a BW limit as low as 6Mbps, tried setting Video Quality in the drop-down to the option that says Low Quality for Wifi Transcoding, and still no luck. The stuttering usually occurs around the 20Mbps (but not when using tsMuxer even at high Mbps).
I've done a fair share of testing and reading but I am stumped by these questions:
1. Is there any way to use subtitles where using tsMuxer?
2. Any way to use MEncoder to play these files without the stuttering?
3. Is it normal that the bandwidth limit isn't being respected?
4. When using tsMuxer, buffer status and current bitrate on the status page of PMS are about 5x more than when using MEncoder but tsMuxer shows now stuttering. How come?
Thanks a bunch, looking forwarding to getting this working perfectly.


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Ryan Dixon discusses the news and events around the NHL and world of hockey
by Ryan Dixon - August 17, 2011 2:41 PM UTC
When Kevin Dineen arrives in Florida for the 2011-12 season, he'll promote an open-door policy and always be looking to teach.
It seems like having a sense of humor is a bit of a must for any coach, even if he's never had Alex Kovalev on his team. The Florida Panthers' new hire, Kevin Dineen, fits the bill.
by Ryan Dixon - August 10, 2011 1:38 PM UTC
Carey Price may be known for his calm demeanor in net, but his favorite off-season activity is anything but quiet.
In a lot of ways, Carey Price's official title for his summer sporting passion is the same as his unofficial position in the winter. In warmer months, Price bops around his home province on the British Columbia Rodeo Association circuit taking part in the team roping event with his buddy Wade McNolty.
by Ryan Dixon - August 3, 2011 12:09 PM UTC
Development and a burning desire have been lost in the shuffle with Washington this off-season.
In our most recent issue, The Hockey News assigned every team a grade based on its off-season moves. Buffalo and San Jose both earned an A-minus for their terrific summer shuffles, but the only true 'A' handed out went to the Washington Capitals.
by Ryan Dixon - July 27, 2011 11:50 AM UTC
The days of just ponying up more money than other teams are over. UFAs want to see a little more before choosing a suitor.
Judging by what occurred this off-season, signing UFAs has become nearly as much of a team effort as scoring and preventing goals. When Brad Richards became the most prominent man to hit the open market, teams waited in line to make their pitch.
by Ryan Dixon - July 13, 2011 1:33 PM UTC
In a salary cap league, money isn't always the defining factor in acquiring free agents - the testimony of potential teammates helps woo as well.
In an era where the Marlon Brando method of signing free agents is no longer an option, many other factors are gaining significance when it comes to players deciding on a new home.
by Ryan Dixon - July 6, 2011 11:20 AM UTC
Tyler Bozak will no longer be a top-six player in Toronto, but while that kind of demotion would be bad for most, it should help the 25-year-old.
Usually when a pair of new centers roll into town, talk quickly turns to how they might help out a team's existing wingers. In the case of Toronto Maple Leafs acquiring pivots Tim Connolly and Matthew Lombardi, the biggest benefactor may be another middleman, Tyler Bozak.
by Ryan Dixon - June 15, 2011 1:13 PM UTC
As we get set for the fifth Game 7 in the past eight Cup finals, Ryan Dixon gives his thoughts on what has been a crazy series.
If someone had told me two weeks ago, on the eve of Game 1 of the Cup final, that a fortnight later we'd be hunkering down for Game 7, I wouldn't have found it that far-fetched.
by Ryan Dixon - June 8, 2011 12:34 PM UTC
Like him or not, if you give the Canucks agitator your attention he's going to take the show as far as it can go.
For all the Maxim Lapierre haters out there right now, it's genuinely surprising Milan Lucic and Mark Recchi are both fans. What else can you conclude from them adopting Lapierre's Game 2 finger taunt to Patrice Bergeron and incorporating it into their own arsenal of shenanigans in Game 3? Imitation is still the sincerest form of flattery, right? The supreme irony with the vitriol that seems to flow from Lapierre's actions is that the guys who want to lose their mind on him are also his biggest enablers.
by Ryan Dixon - June 1, 2011 12:54 PM UTC
Not many are picking Boston to win it all this year, but this is hardly a lopsided matchup.
While most acknowledge the disparity in talent levels between Boston and Vancouver is not on the same scale as the staggering geographical chasm between the two cities, you'd be hard pressed to find any prediction that states the B's will win the Cup.
by Ryan Dixon - May 25, 2011 1:30 PM UTC
Starting Mike Smith was a good idea, but Dwayne Roloson is Tampa Bay's guy; San Jose's stars will eventually break through; and Patrice Bergeron for MVP.
A trio of thoughts now that we're down to three teams left in the Stanley Cup chase… • I liked Guy Boucher's decision to start Mike Smith in Game 5 and I think the Tampa bench boss is doing the right thing by going back to Dwayne Roloson for Game 6.
by Ryan Dixon - May 18, 2011 1:34 PM UTC
If the Bruins don't re-sign their big 2011 trade acquisition, Kaberle may follow a recent trend of players seeking redemption.
Game 2 of the East final was likely Tomas Kaberle's best game as a Bruin, which is very good timing considering Game 1 was his worst. As you've no doubt heard by now, Kaberle's stint in Boston has not gone according to plan, save for the bottom-line fact the B's sit just three wins away from playing for the Cup.
by Ryan Dixon - May 11, 2011 3:37 PM UTC
For many reasons it's time for the Capitals to explore all their reasonable trade options, namely ones involving their electric defenseman.
I didn't want to be that guy, but I can't help it. My least favorite huff-and-puff refrain in the wake of a good team getting bounced from the playoffs is "Trade Player X.


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A river that started the day with a modest flow dwindled by the afternoon to a thin sheet of ice covering the dry ground below. Dead fish lay frozen on the riverbed nearby.
John Pallaoro, a Breckenridge resident who owns a business on the Blue River, observed water levels drop significantly Tuesday.
"As I watched the river today, it went from flowing to absolutely nothing and I noticed the smell of dead fish," Pallaoro said Tuesday. "I've observed several dead fish throughout the day."
Pallaoro said the levels of the river this year compared to previous years is "black and white."
"Something is up, something non-natural is going on," he said. "I look up at the mountain and see them blowing all of this snow for the halfpipe and Dew Tour and I don't know if that's the answer or not, but it's hard not to make a connection."
Breckenridge Ski Resort officials say the low levels are not connected with ongoing snowmaking efforts.
"We are constantly monitoring streamflows at the Maggie Pond dam and the Highway 9 bridge gauge to make sure we are not impacting minimum streamflows in the Blue River," said Kristen Petitt-Stewart, spokeswoman for the resort. "We have been well within our flow parameters and 100 percent compliant so far this snowmaking season and minimum streamflows are being met."
As part of this monitoring and management of the water rights, the ski resort has legal right to call for water to be released into the Blue River from the Goose Pasture Tarn above the snowmaking intake.
"Our company has put significant effort and multiple resources into our water rights over the years," Petitt-Stewart said. "We are fortunate to have access to plentiful water to ensure snowmaking across our resort, as we saw last winter."
The town of Breckenridge and Breckenridge Ski Resort, the two entities that divert water from the tarn and Maggie Pond that flow into the Blue River as it extends through town, are within their legal right to use the water, said Troy Wineland, water commissioner for District 36 of the Blue River Basin.
"Breckenridge Ski Resort is certainly hitting it hard right now - they're trying to get every drop of water they can up the mountain to get all of the terrain open for the upcoming busy season, but it's very important to stress that they are perfectly within the confines of their water right and are meeting the minimum flow requirements downstream," Wineland said.
The low level of the Blue River, particularly at a section directly behind Main Street businesses near French Street that nearly dried up Tuesday, can be blamed on the dry conditions and low snowpack levels.
"We're on the heels of one of the worst snowpack seasons in the last 60 years," Wineland said. "The lowest flows occur during the fall and winter, that's the paradigm of the snowmaking issue: They're taking water out of the streams when streams are at their most stressed, but they are within the perimeters of what they're legally allowed to do."
The minimum bypass flows at the diversion point for Breckenridge Ski Resort's snowmaking is 2 cubic feet per second. Downstream on the Blue River near Tiger Road, the minimum streamflow requirement is 10 CFS.
"The minimum bypass flows are being met, but the streamflows are so deficient the river is not flowing above the surface of the stream bed - I need to stress that the water is there, you just can't see it because it's sub-surface in some sections," Wineland said.
The town of Breckenridge rehabilitated through-town sections of the Blue River that were devastated from historical dredge work, but the section with lowest flows Tuesday was a restored area that was left without an impermeable liner to keep stream- flows above the surface, Wineland said.
The town of Breckenridge holds the senior water right of the tarn and allocates water to the ski area for snowmaking. Town officials say conservation of water resources is a joint effort.
"This is a pretty dry year," said Kim Dykstra-DiLallo, spokeswoman for the town of Breckenridge. "We'd like everyone to consider being as conservative with the water as possible."
Pallaoro said the ski resorts should participate in conservation efforts during the drought.
"Just because they're allowed to use up most of the water legally, it doesn't make that level of snowmaking ethical," Pallaoro said.
Jon Ewert, a fisheries biologist for Colorado Parks and Wildlife observed dead brown trout in the Blue River Wednesday at the low level section reported. Upstream, near the Riverwalk Center, though Ewert saw living specimen.
"We didn't experience a complete fish-kill from this drop - that's good," Ewert said. "But when we're having fish die, we want to know why."


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My Autism Team
Eric Peacock is the GM of MyAutismTeam and Insider Pages and is passionate about empowering patients. He lives in San Carlos, CA with his wife and two kids – Jack (7) and Katie (4) and is a hopeless Red Sox fan. You can follow Eric and MyAutismTeam on twitter at @ejpeacock and @MyAutismTeam. Visit www.MyAutismTeam.com for more information.
The Top 7 People Who Helped One Mother's Child with Autism
When Sharon Esch's two-year old son Adam was diagnosed with autism, she threw herself into researching and finding the best team of people who could help her son. This wasn't a turn-key process. In fact, it took a couple of years and lots of "trial and error" for Sharon to architect the best team of providers who could effectively help Adam thrive. Among others, her team included:
1) a speech pathologist
2) an occupational therapist
3) a child psychiatrist specializing in autism
4) a dentist sensitive to the needs of a child with autism
5) an understanding and calm hairdresser for Adam
6) an inclusive gymnastics instructor
7) A caring librarian at a toy lending library
Feeling like she was forging her own path, Sharon started from nothing and built Adam's "autism team" on her own. She pored over resources online and offline to find providers, "hounded" her state's early intervention offices until she got basic services, tested and walked away from some providers, and fine-tuned his team as Adam's developmental needs changed.
Today, thousands of parents of children with autism are going through this same frustrating experience. They feel alone, and despite the fact that other parents have gone through this process before them, they don't have a way to easily learn from their experience and end up re-inventing the wheel. This is the inspiration behind MyAutismTeam. www.myautismteam.com
MyAutismTeam is a free site for parents (recently launched in partnership with Autism Speaks) with a very simple belief: It should be easy for parents of children with autism to find the best providers around to help them.
On MyAutismTeam you can:
- Find other parents in the autism community near you & read their stories
- See the providers (the "autism teams") other parents use & recommend
- Ask questions and share tips about providers
- Connect directly with other parents on the site
- Search a directory of over 30,000 autism providers and autism-friendly businesses nationwide – including all of the providers in the Autism Speaks and Easter Seals databases. (e.g. you can do a search for "occupational therapists in San Francisco, CA")
- Add providers and autism-friendly businesses to the directory
Since launching the site in April, the number of parents signing up on the site has been doubling every two weeks. Parents of adult children, teenagers, and school-age children, representing the full range of the autism spectrum are connecting, sharing their stories and their recommendations. Families with recently diagnosed children don't have to re-invent the wheel, and the ''veteran' parents also exchange information with each other as their children go through new life stages such as adolescence or transition into adulthood.
Everything from Doctors to Swim Lessons
The "autism teams" include far more than your standard autism medical experts. For example, Sharon from Albuquerque, NM and Jennifer from Redwood City, CA – have recommended over 10 different providers each including…
- Occupational Therapists
- Speech Pathologists
- Barbers (who "get it")
- Dentists & Dental Anesthesiologists
- ABA Therapists
- Developmental Pediatricians
- Family Practice Doctors
- Gastroenterologists
- Summer camps
- Swim teachers
- Respite care
- Music classes and more
All Parents in the Autism Community are Welcome
We just opened the beta of MyAutismTeam to all parents and providers in the autism community across the United States. Hundreds of parents are joining each week, and nearly every one adds a new provider we didn't know about previously.
Please join us! To learn more, you can join MyAutismTeam and begin exchanging recommendations with other parents in the autism community today. Please visit http://www.myautismteam.com and please share this link with anyone you know that could benefit from the site.
You're not alone and you shouldn't have to re-invent the wheel.


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STOCKTON - The San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office is looking for two men who committed a robbery shortly after 9:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Casa Flores restaurant at 4631 East Fremont St., deputies said.
Two men entered the restaurant, including one who appeared to have a gun inside his jacket, authorities said.
One demanded money from the cash register. The other removed money from the register and stole a gray purse, deputies said.
Witnesses told authorities both men were wearing dark clothing and black bandannas over their faces. One of the men was described as approximately 6 feet tall. The other was about 5 feet 9 inches tall with a slender build, deputies said.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Sheriff's Office at (209) 468-4400.
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Transforming Viewpoints: A National Juried Exhibition
Because Not Every Viewfinder is a Rectangle
Steve Liggett: Living Arts of Tulsa, Juror
Awards Ceremony and Reception for the artists of the PSU Department of Art's National Juried Exhibition: Transforming Viewpoints.
The Department of Art in cooperation with the Office of Student Diversity has organized a national juried exhibit that will bring into view a variety of perspectives and experiences related to the challenges and triumphs of multicultural diversity.
The juror Steve Liggett will select awards for a solo exhibit in the University Gallery during November, 2014, a $100.00 Friends of the Gallery Award, and a $100.00 Roberta Farrell Immigration Attorney Cash Award. The Office of Student Diversity selects their $500.00 Purchase Award.
Steve Liggett has been an arts advocate and artist in the Tulsa community for over 40 years. In 2001 he received the Harwelden Award for recognition of his art leadership in the Tulsa community. His formal education is from the University of Tulsa and he holds a Master of Arts degree with a concentration in Ceramics. He has served as the Artistic Director for Living Arts of Tulsa since 1993. www.livingarts.org
Selected Artists:
Leslie Barlow, Wilson Borja, Wangling Chou, Jonathan Daoang, Diane Pardy Farr, Claudia Aziza Gibson-Hunter, Sarah Gross, Roseanna Hamilton, Jade Hoyer, Rusty Johnson, Jini Kim, Howard Korerth, Gregory Krepps, Maria Lupo, Anh-Thuy Nguyen, Sheli Petersen, Christiana Prado, Bob Schultz, Wendy Seller, and Rob Smith.


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Autism: I really beat the odds… But HOW???
This post is from a Guest Blogger, Amy Kelly. Amy is a Community Outreach Liaison for the The EARLI Study in Philadelphia, PA., www.EARLIStudy.org
As a mother of three children, two boys, ages 6 and 9, and a daughter with severe autism who is 8 years old, I often wonder, how did it happen? How did Annie get autism, and how did I beat the odds of 4:1 boys to girls that have autism and have two typical sons and a daughter who is nonverbal on the autism spectrum? Interestingly enough my journey through autism (and ask ANY parent… it's a journey all right) has led me to help the cause at a greater level than just my own daughter's prognosis. I work as the Community Liaison/Outreach Coordinator for the Early Autism Risk Longitudinal Investigation (EARLI) Study.
The EARLI Study is a nationwide study that was launched last year in June 2009 across four sites in the U.S.:
1. Southeast Pennsylvania (with Drexel University and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia)
2. Northeast Maryland (with Johns Hopkins University and Kennedy Krieger Institute)
3. Northern California (with Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research)
4. Northern California (with University of California, Davis and the M.I.N.D. Institute)
Researchers are actively enrolling participants who live near the study sites. They are currently seeking 1200 women who already have a child with an autism spectrum diagnosis, and who are thinking of becoming pregnant, or who are less than 20 weeks into their pregnancy.
Both biological samples (such as blood and urine, samples from the umbilical cord, the placenta, and meconium of the new baby), and environmental samples and information (such as dust, medications, diet, medical history) will be collected. These samples and information will be analyzed to investigate:
(1) How environmental exposures during pregnancy and early life might play a role in the development of an Autism Spectrum Disorder
(2) How genetics may influence risk of Autism Spectrum Disorders – especially how genetic make-up might make certain children more vulnerable to environmental exposures
(3) Whether there are biological markers (for example, things we can easily measure in blood or urine) that will predict whether a baby eventually develops an Autism Spectrum Disorder
(4) How the behavior of newborn siblings of children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder changes over time and what behaviors might be early signs of an Autism Spectrum Disorder
Dr. Craig Newschaffer, a department chair at the Drexel University School of Public Health in Philadelphia, is the principal investigator for the study across all sites nationwide. It is my hope that with the brilliant team of researchers and staff working on The EARLI Study, the incredible families that participate in the study, and a little bit of hope, we will one day find the causes for autism… and maybe answer my own personal question about Annie and her brothers.
For more on the EARLI study, see Early Autism Risk Longitudinal Investigation to Expand Epigenetic Studies at autismpeaks.org.
August 11, 2010 at 1:37 am
I think it could be very enlightening if the diets of the autistic siblings were identified as to the levels of cholesterol containing foods. My recent study of more than 500 showed more than 90% were provided diets deficient in these foods that are essential for adequate brain development and function. My research suggests that if the new born were fed 1 or 2 egg yolks beginning at 3-4 months of age this would likely prevent them from developing autistic symptoms even though their siblings had developed the symptoms, most likely caused by these nutritional deficiencies.
December 14, 2010 at 7:24 pm
Since babies whose parents follow the AAP guidelines do not receive solid food before 4 months (and often 6 months), I find it hard to understand how some children could have diets "deficient in these foods" (all they're getting at that age is breast milk or formula, no food) while others (even in the same family) have adequate diets.
I will have to search out your study to learn what non-autistic kids ate in infancy that is so different from autistic kids.


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Copper Mountain uncorks bottles of affordable, quality wines this weekend for the second year of Copper Uncorked, an event that's stood out from the start for being anything but your typical wining-and-dining experience. Copper Uncorked embraces the ski area's laid-back and irreverent atmosphere by offering affordable wines, value menus and nontraditional food pairings. In keeping with this year's theme as a "working man's wine festival," local restaurants will showcase casual, wine-themed menus and specials today - featuring anything from New York-style pizza slices paired with Chianti to mixed sliders with a wine flight - as part of "Dine & Wine Around." Incline Bar & Grill, for example, will serve a glass of Australian Shoo-fly Shiraz with a baked Guinness sheppard's pie of sauteed lamb, onions, carrots, celery and peas with Guinness gravy topped with Yukon Gold mashed potatoes. On Saturday, organizers offer a new twist on last year's burger-and-wine pairing. From 2 to 4 p.m. in Burning Stones Plaza, there will be a "Wine-n-Wings Challenge," a competition among Copper chefs that was inspired by a Wine Spectator article on pairing wings and wine for the Super Bowl. Tasting combinations will include sweet and spicy Asian wings paired with Riesling and smoky barbecue with zinfandel, among others. Expect creative flavors - anything except buffalo wings, that is.Later that night, from 7-9 p.m., Copper hosts "Din & Vin" - a "'not so grand' grand tasting" at Kokopelli's Trail. There will be six stations featuring small bites of comfort food paired with value wines, not one of which costs more than $20 retail. Examples include Dreaming Tree Chardonnay and Ravenswood Zen of Zin paired with mini grilled cheese sandwiches and roasted tomato bisque and Hogue Genesis Cabernet, Diseno Malbec and Revenswood Petit Syrah with home-style mini meatloaf, Dijon-whipped potatoes and caramelized onion and bourbon demi glaze. Chefs and wine representatives will be available to discuss recipes and pairings. The festival wraps up on Sunday with a "Burritos & Bubbly Breakfast," pairing made-to-order gourmet burritos with champagne from 9 to 11 a.m. at Jill's Umbrella Bar. Guests can sit back and enjoy their burritos while sipping champagne or take them to go and head straight up the lift.Other participating restaurants are Endo's Adrenaline Cafe, JJ's Tavern, CB Grille and Storm King Lounge. This year, Copper Mountain is working with local distributors, such as RNDC, Southern Wine & Spirits and Wine Cru, to put on the event.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- A Georgia lawmaker is being flooded with hate mail from all over the country. State Rep. Earnest Smith is co-sponsoring a bill to ban Photoshopping someone's head on a naked body.
Opponents argue this is a form of free speech and have put his face on naked people all over the Web. Smith normally looks like a distinguished, accomplished, privileged gentleman, but there are some pictures that make him look like a porn star.
"You look and you say, it's amazing the creative things these people do and the time they waste doing this stuff," Smith said.
Smith's face has been Photoshopped, chopped and cropped on pics like the creation, on a horse's head and on a wrestler in a headlock.
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Fryers to Spurs.....
I bet SAF will be bleating to the FA about this transfer! He will be really pi$$ed off by this. Not only did they get nowt but we bought him for half price.
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Holtby signed on pre-contract. good capture.
Rumours, rumours everywhere and not a jot makes sense....
I see that they're now reporting that Modric isn't settled at RM (voted worst signing apparently) and that SAF is looking to put in a cut price bid. Is that SAF's revenge for Fryers? - if so, I think SAF may have the last laugh..
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The White House on Tuesday will propose its budget plan, spelling out how it wants Congress to rework tax and spending policy to meet the White House's priorities. The document is a political one; many of the proposals will never become law or even get a vote. But the budget will nonetheless represent an important marker to gauge how the White House wants to frame 2014.
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1) Jobs. Often an election-year focus among the parties, jobs will be an issue that's even more amped up in 2014. Many Republicans are arguing that the White House's health-care law is making the labor market worse, and the White House plans to say that its budget proposal will help spur job growth. Whoever wins that argument will likely win in November's midterms. In the budget, President Barack Obama will propose spending $302 billion over four years to fund infrastructure, including transit systems, something the White House will link directly to national employment.
2) Defense. In this budget, pay more attention to military policy than to military spending. The White House will propose turning the Pentagon's focus away from long-running ground wars in the Middle East and more toward cyberthreats in Asia and Africa. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has said the budget would pare back the size of the active-duty military but ramp up the size of Special Operations forces. Both parties are confronting internal debates about how the military should be designed to deal with emerging threats, and the White House's budget is sure to enflame those discussions.
3) Deficit. For the past two years, a major focus of White House budget proposals has been deficit reduction. Not this year. While the budget will propose reducing the deficit as a share of the economy to less than 3% over 10 years, the White House has declined to bring back an idea from last year to limit the growth of Social Security benefits as a way to save money. Why? The White House is putting together their ideal fiscal plan and not advancing a document that is meant to spur compromise. It helps unify Democrats, but also solidifies the mood in Washington that there will not be a serious effort this year to reach another budget deal.
4) $56 billion. Democrats and Republicans in December reached a two-year budget deal that set spending levels for certain programs through Sept. 30, 2015. That handcuffs the White House to a certain extent, as administration officials are expected to propose spending levels that are consistent with this bipartisan deal. But (and this is a big 'but'), the White House will propose an additional $56 billion in spending on priorities for 2015 that it would like to see funded if it had budget flexibility. This spending will be split between defense and non-defense programs, such as education. It would be offset, the White House is expected to say, by eliminating certain tax breaks and by cutting spending on "mandatory" programs that don't require annual approval from Congress.
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SAN JOSE -- A day before he buried his son, Lou Viri met with police and prosecutors to find out why the man who killed the 26-year-old bouncer wouldn't be facing any charges.
He didn't know what to expect when he watched the videos, taken from various establishments along a sketchy stretch of Santa Clara Street in the city's downtown night life district. But in the end, after seeing surveillance video of the whole exchange -- footage he didn't want to see until his son's killer was set free last week -- Lou Viri acknowledged that his son's stabbing death could be considered self-defense.
"The police were correct," Viri said shortly after viewing the video this week.
He saw his son Ryan Viri, pocketknife in hand, walk down the block in pursuit of a 22-year-old chef who'd just been evicted from Johnny V's bar, where the off-duty bouncer had been hanging out with friends. Bar workers said the chef -- who showed up with an attache of cooking knives that were taken away while he was there -- had been acting obnoxious, particularly toward women at the bar, and continued to cuss at employees after he was told to leave.
"I told him he needed to go, to walk away," said a bar doorman who goes by "Lucky" and declined to state his legal name. "I told him 'The only way I'm giving you your knives back is if you walk away. I'm not going to let you hang out by my customers.'"
Lucky said the chef agreed to go, but as he departed said "If I wanted to stab you, I would have by now."
"That was when I thought it was done with, he was going away," he said. "Ryan didn't say anything, he just started walking after him. Nobody saw that (Ryan) had a knife; we heard that later."
According to Lucky and Sean Blak, who also works the door, the next thing they saw was the smaller man -- Viri was 6-foot-4, while the chef is 5-foot-9 -- go at their friend with a foot-long knife, striking a fatal blow to his neck. Both said they didn't see what was caught on video -- that Viri had actually shoved the chef to the ground.
"My kid pushed him first," Lou Viri said, his voice straining. "I don't know what for, but he did."
Lucky and Blak rushed to Ryan Viri's aid, with Lucky trying in vain to stop the bleeding.
"I was pushing down on (the wound) but no matter where I pushed, the blood would start coming out of somewhere else," he said.
Viri was pronounced dead after being taken to the hospital.
His family and friends, still reeling a week after Viri's death on Feb, 12, cannot fathom what happened to make a man described by many as a "gentle giant" go after the chef, who is not being named by this newspaper because he doesn't face any charges. Efforts to contact the chef were unsuccessful.
"He was a great kid, had the biggest heart of anybody you'd ever meet," said Lou Viri. "He always went with the underdog -- if someone was getting picked on, he'd step in. Nerds, rockers, gangsters -- he got along with everyone. He was always neutral."
He said his son, who grew up in South San Francisco, moved to San Jose with his girlfriend about five years ago. Though they'd broken up, Viri stayed in San Jose because he became enamored of the nightspots and the people who frequent them and wanted to one day open his own bar.
Lucky and Blak disagree with the district attorney's assessment. They think a jury might see the footage differently, that it wasn't right for their friend to die.
"That was one thing that made us feel better," said Lucky, "that (the chef) is going to get sentenced and go away. That was what made us feel a little better, and it's b.s. -- a jury would have known that even if it's a self-defense case, what (the chef) did was wrong."
Both Viri's father and his mother, Stephanie Coyle, were overwhelmed with the outpouring following their son's death. At a vigil the day after the slaying, more than 100 club and bar denizens converged at the site of the killing, and a similar number piled into a chartered bus on Wednesday and headed to Pacifica for Viri's services. Lou Viri said those friends took up a collection to pay for his son's funeral and other costs, which had garnered $6,000 in donations by the time he was buried.
"These people who hang out at Johnny V's, Ryan used to talk about them all the time," Lou Viri said. "They were like family to him. I used to not understand why he didn't move back home, but now I do."
Contact Eric Kurhi at 408-920-5852. Follow him at Twitter.com/erickurhi.
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There are few events that feel as old-school San Jose as the Santa Clara County Hot Stove Banquet.
The 29th annual celebration of local baseball, held Tuesday at the San Jose Elks Club, is like a neighborhood block party and Little League reunion rolled into one. It says something about the dinner's resonance in the valley and the hard work of the Hot Stove Committee that San Francisco Giants broadcaster Ted Robinson serves as emcee and major league players with local roots take pride in receiving their awards.
Looking around the clubhouse on Alma Avenue, you see a lot of fathers and brothers, as well as moms, sisters and wives. It's a very family-oriented event. And in this case, some of the families grew up together on the baseball field.
Kevin Frandsen, the Bellarmine College Prep and San Jose State grad now playing for the Philadelphia Phillies, was this year's Major League Player of the Year. There were 20 other honorees, ranging from the Blossom Valley Mustang Little League and the Mercury News sportswriter Glenn Reeves to Palo Alto native Sandy Wihtol, who spent nine years pitching in the major leagues and 16 as the coach of Los Altos High School.
Sam Piraro, who coached San Jose State for 25 years before he retired last summer, was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award. Over the years, Piraro has seen many of his players -- including Frandsen -- honored at the banquet, so he's well aware of its significance.
"Obviously I'm honored to receive the award, but most important, I get an opportunity to thank the people who helped me along the way throughout my career," he said. This is their award, too."
BOOK REPORT: The community's annual conversation about this year's two books of the Silicon Valley Reads selections begins Wednesday with a kickoff event at the Campbell Heritage Theater.
"Invisible Wounds of War" is the theme of the 2013 books. My Mercury News colleague Mike Cassidy will have an onstage conversation with Brian Castner, author of "The Long Walk," and Sue Diaz, author of "Minefields of the Heart," at the event, which begins at 7:30 p.m. The event is free, and seating is on a first-come basis.
If you haven't finished (or started) the books yet, you've got some time. There are more than 120 events taking place throughout Santa Clara County over the next two-plus months (The full schedule is available at www.siliconvalleyreads.org). Many of the events involve the authors, including an event Feb. 2 at the Moffett Field Historical Society Museum that'll focus on the Bay Area's role in U.S. military history. That event's limited to 200 people and reservations are required, so email firstname.lastname@example.com to save a spot.
CAGED ROMANCE?: I've heard of some wild Valentine's Day dates, but San Jose's Happy Hollow Park & Zoo might take the cake with its Jungle Love dinner on Feb. 14. The Happy Hollow Foundation is inviting couples for a five-course progressive dinner held in tents at the zoo, and between the starters and dessert you'll also get to meet some of the zoo's exotic animals and learn about their mating habits. If that doesn't get you in the mood, I'm not sure what will.
Tickets are $150 a couple (over 21 only) but the menu prepared by Parsley Sage Rosemary & Thyme looks fantastic. Check it out and get more information at www.hhpz.org.
NEXT CHAPTER: San Mateo playwright Lauren Mayer's latest work is a fun musical that continues the story of some favorite fairy-tale characters and their famous foes. Pied Piper Players will present the show, "Never After," at Aragon High School's new theater from Thursday through Sunday.
The show's music takes its cue from Motown, rock and 1980s pop. And audience members should expect to get involved, as actors will be breaking the "fourth wall" now and engage them with questions and conversation. Go to www.piedpiperplayers.org for ticket information and showtimes.
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STOCKTON – A 20-year-old woman and a friend were outside near South Sutter and East Anderson streets shortly after 2 a.m. today when an older model black truck pulled up and the driver opened fire at them, striking the woman, police reported.
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The April Meeting of APS covers the extremes of the size scale: quarks and nuclei at the one end, and galaxies and the cosmos as a whole at the other end.
> For more information, read the general press release (PDF).
April meeting press events took place in Dallas, Texas, at the Hyatt Regency.
> Read more about press conferences at the 2006 April Meeting (PDF).
APS Public Lecture, "An Evening of Cosmology and String Theory with Lisa Randall," was held on April 24. Physicist and author Lisa Randall discusses some of the latest and most exciting ideas in physics today.
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MILTON — Police are asking the public for assistance in identifying two suspects in a recent theft from Cumberland Farms on White Mountain Highway.
The male subjects reportedly fled the scene in a silver Honda Accord. Photographs were provided by the police department and more information will be posted as it becomes available.
Anyone with information on the possible identification of the suspects is encouraged to contact Milton Police Department at 652-4514 and speak with the on-duty officer or officer Andrea White.
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Among scientists studying genetics and cancer, epigenetics is a prominent buzz word. What is epigenetics? The term was introduced in 1942 as the study of the processes by which genotype (basically the DNA sequence of an organism) gives rise to phenotype (the observable appearance of an organism). In other words, the sequence of the DNA nucleotides (building blocks of DNA) is essentially unchanged as the DNA is duplicated in cell division. (more...)
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Ischemic heart disease is the leading cause heart attacks and the leading cause of death in the U.S. It is twice as common as all the different cancers combined. (more...)
Eating Less -The New Fountain of Youth
Sometime in the past, most of us learned about Juan Ponce de Leon, the 15th century Spanish explorer who spent a lot of time searching for the Fountain of Youth in what is now Florida and the Bahamas. Of course, Juan never found The Fountain of Youth because such a thing does not exist. Or does it? Although health and youth will never be restored by drinking water from some mythical fountain, scientists have shown there is a dietary intervention that has potential for increasing one's life span. That intervention is caloric restriction. Caloric restriction delays or even prevents some-age-related illnesses in laboratory rats and mice and causes a 30-50% increase in their maximum life spans. Also, preliminary results from an ongoing study have shown that mortality is decreased by about 50% in rhesus monkeys whose caloric intake has been restricted by 30% for 3 to 5 years. (more...)
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Getting Food Facts on the Web
Scientists at the Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center, its five sister nutrition research centers and numerous government and academic institutions across the country perform research that provides the public with information about healthy food choices. This includes information about how much of a given nutrient is required for optimum health and what foods are the best sources of those nutrients. (more...)
Human Nutrition Research Center Mobilized for Local and Regional Studies
The Mobile Nutrition Research Laboratory (MNRL; think MiNeRaL) completed its first year of operation in April. It was a very successful year! The MNRL, operated by the USDA ARS Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center, is a 40-foot bus customized and equipped to evaluate dietary intakes and nutritional status, health, body composition, and physical and psychological function in field studies of human nutrition. (more...)
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Why Agriculture Needs to understand nutrition: Nutrition Sells!
A few years ago a Western North Dakota newspaper editorial urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agriculture Research Service to stop funding research on "yuppie food and nutrition" and instead put that money into research for improving production. As a former owner and operator of a beef cattle operation, I find the editor's frustration understandable. But as a scientist doing nutrition research, I find the editor's position to be dead wrong. Today, the hottest method of marketing a food commodity is by it's nutritional value. Nutrition Sells! (more...)
A Lesson in Nutrition from the Three Little Pigs
From the story—"The Three Little Pigs"—we learn at an early age that building a sturdy house requires a good foundation and the right combination of materials. The same is true with strong bones. The foundation of healthy bones is the protein matrix, which is about 90 percent collagen and a mixture of noncollagenous proteins. (more...)
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OAKLAND -- Eric Sogard got his second start of the season at shortstop Tuesday with Jed Lowrie sidelined by a sore right index finger.
Lowrie suffered some bruising of his right index finger thanks to a bad-hop grounder Monday against the Rays. He remained in the game for all 10 innings, but he was decided that he was best served by getting Tuesday's start off.
Lowrie may get a second day off on Wednesday; Melvin wasn't prepared to say if Lowrie was available to play Tuesday.
"With Nick (Punto) out, he's the next guy,'' Melvin said of Sogard."He's played quite a bit of shortstop for us before. It just hasn't been this year.''
Sogard, normally a second baseman, had 15 games at shortstop in 2013.
Crisp, who has had off-and-on neck pain since May 7 when he ran into a pole in the Coliseum's outfield fence while making a catch, was the DH Tuesday. Melvin said he would likely put Crisp in center in Wednesday's series finale.
"It puts a smile on my face,'' Melvin said about being able to write Crisp's name in the lineup."He does a lot for us at the top of the lineup. I had him in the game in the outfield yesterday. If I hadn't, I might have started him in center today.''
"It's only weird if it doesn't work,'' Reddick said.
He did it with the score tied 2-2 in the 10th and one out. One out later, the A's had a win on the bearded Derek Norris's RBI single.
"It feels good,'' Blanks said."I hope to be out of here (and on an injury rehabilitation assignment) this weekend.''
Before that he happens, he'll have to have one run session running hard on the bases.
"If something is going to happen, I'd rather have it happen now,'' he said."But it is feeling pretty good.''
"I'm surprised the way Punto is walking around,'' Melvin said."I'd expect at this stage he'd be limping. He's ahead of the game as far as when you think a guy would be.''
Punto is spending time on the exercise bike while waiting for his hamstring to heal.
Part of that was Smyly, who can be tough on lefties. Part of it was recent history. Vogt came into Tuesday hitless in his last 20 at-bats during which his batting average has fallen from .361 to .321 while Moss was 0-for-14 of late and 15-for-88 (.170) in his last 22 games.
"We didn't expect him to hit .380 this year; he probably did,'' Melvin said of Vogt."Like a lot of our guys recently he's in a little bit of a funk right now. I've said before I'm going to take days when we have left-handed pitching to give him some time off. The guy is playing with some pain.''
That's pragmatic, because Vogt has a sore right foot that is keeping him from catching and that would do well with some time off.
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Wine Description
(From 2013 Vintage) Less power and more elegance with the accent on the fruit. Harmonious and balanced with a fine grain of tannin on the finish.
Winemaker's Notes
(From 1989 Vintage) Regarded as one of the finest wines ever made, Robert Parker awards this iconic wine 100 points and writes: "How reassuring it is to see this wine, now the darling of international speculators, trophy hunters, et. al. perform so splendidly. My experience with young vintages of Petrus, particularly in the eighties, is that the wines often did not live up to their pre-bottling quality. That has not been the case with the 1989 and 1990. Both wines have consistently provided exhilarating tasting on the few times I have been able to take a look at them. I initially thought the 1990 may have been marginally read more...superior to the 1989, but at present it is a dead heat. Both are enormously jammy, rich, super-concentrated wines that signal a return to the great Petrus of the pre-1976 era. The tannin is well-integrated, but the enormous texture, thickness, and impeccable balance are what make these wines so provocative. The 1989 is more backward and tannic, thus coming across as marginally more structured than the opulent and flashy 1990. Both wines are phenomenally rich and well-endowed, with that sweet inner-core of fruit that possesses layers of intensity. The colors are nearly opaque purple, and the noses are similar, with offerings of jammy black fruits, intertwined with scents of tea, overripe cherries, oranges, and an exotic coconut/caramel component. Both are massive and youthful, with the 1990 clearly more precocious, and for now, the most flattering to drink. The 1990 will reach full maturity 3-4 years earlier than the 1989 and last just as long. For readers with the riches of a super-star athlete and, just as importantly, a shrewd wine broker who can locate these wines, these two vintages of Petrus will provide memorable drinking for another three decades. Two prodigious wines!" (hide)
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With a few exceptions, much of the U.S. has been experiencing an unseasonably warm and dry winter. While that may make some people happy, those of us who welcome snow, sweaters, skating and skiing are missing winter's frosty grip.
If you're feeling as blah as the brown landscape outside, consider a mid-winter adventure to colder climes. There's nothing like nature beauteously transformed by an icy white veneer to lift even the most listless spirit. From dog sledding to tracking wolves, sleeping in an ice hotel and watching the Northern Lights, cold-weather travel is all kinds of cool!


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Ski-area expansions in Colorado and other Western states may please skiers, but they rile environmentalists.
The annual Ski Area Environmental Scorecard - prepared by an environmental coalition including Denver's Rocky Mountain Wild - found nearly a third of Western ski areas surveyed in 2012 either expanded terrain or planned to develop new terrain.
The growth in ski-area footprints led the Ski Area Citizens' Coalition to assign a lot of "Ds," including four for resorts in Colorado. Those four resorts - Breckenridge, Eldora, Monarch and Steamboat - did not expand but have announced potential plans to add terrain. Only Breckenridge of those four has federal approval to grow.
Copper Mountain and Arapahoe Basin Ski Area came out on top among Summit County ski areas in the annual report.
Both earned "Bs" on the report-card style analysis of resorts' efforts to protect habitat and watersheds, address global climate change and implement environmental policies and practices.
The Ski Area Citizens' Coalition gave Keystone a "C." The resort won high ratings for habitat and watershed protection, but got bottom marks in the categories of addressing global climate change and environmental policies and practices.
"Far and away the biggest environmental impact that a ski area can have is to expand into virgin terrain," said Joshua Pollock with Rocky Mountain Wild, noting that 27 of 84 Western ski areas surveyed expanded or planned expansions in 2012. "Regardless of the reasons, we have to look critically at any expansion and really ask whether or not it is necessary and whether the ski experience can be addressed or improved by making ... improvements on existing terrain."
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HAYWARD -- Eight days before the Beatles first appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show" in 1964, changing popular music in America forever, Lenny Lee and the Nightmen stepped onto a stage at Sunset High School, making local history by winning the first Hayward Battle of the Bands.
Every February since then, the competition has drawn performers from throughout Northern California, making it what may be the longest running Battle of the Bands. The tradition continues Saturday, with 10 bands vying for the top prize at the 50th competition.
Other Battles of the Bands have come and gone, but Hayward's has continued, reflecting current musical tastes, from early rock 'n' roll to punk, grunge, new wave, metal, reggae and now back to rock, said Mick Flaire, 58, a Hayward resident and Battle emcee since 1976.
"The music has evolved with the times," he said. Some say that's the reason the competition, run by the Hayward Area Recreation and Park District, has survived.
The park district, after doing research, cannot find another Battle of the Bands that has lasted as long, said Mike Maine, the district's recreation coordinator for youth and teens. "We submitted an application for a world record to Guinness, but they're in Europe and wanted us to pay for them to come out to verify our claim. We couldn't afford that."
The Battle moved from Sunset High to Chabot College in the late '60s. In its heyday through the 1980s, it often sold out, drawing about 1,500, said John Gouveia, the district's general manager. While attendance has dropped off, the park district is expecting a fairly good turnout this year.
In the 1960s, the Hayward district operated more than a dozen teen clubs, then common in the Bay Area, and often hosted dances with live local bands. The first Battle was organized by recreation supervisor Leroy Pegis, as a venue for those bands to compete.
Lenny Lee and the Nightmen, an R&B group, was one of those bands. "Since we couldn't play clubs, we were relegated to teen clubs," said Bob Gonzalez, of San Jose, who played alto sax with the Nightmen. "There were a number of them that supported music for teens."
The Nightmen played at youth clubs throughout the area, traveling as far as Merced and Turlock, and entered several different Battles of the Bands to get name recognition. It helped that several band members had cars so they could drive themselves to gigs.
"We were never one of those bands whose parents had to take them. That made us even more cool," Gonzalez said, laughing.
Although the Nightmen didn't realize they were making history in Hayward, he remembers their performance that night. "James Brown had released 'Live at the Apollo.' We did Side One of his album," Gonzalez said. "The lead singer wore a real nice tailored suit, and we had matching sports coats. We would do all the dance steps that show bands did."
And the prize? "Each member of the band got a copy of 'Live at the Apollo.' That's how popular that album was at the time."
Coming in third at the first Battle were the Playboys, with Skip Veatch on guitar. Then a senior at Arroyo High School in San Lorenzo, Veatch doesn't remember much about that night. "Oh, jeez, that was a long time ago," he said. "But it was scary. There were a lot of people in the audience."
A few Battle competitors went on to fame, like bass player Cliff Burton, who later joined Metallica, and guitarist Jim Martin, now in Faith No More. They were both in EZ-Street, which played in the 1979 Battle. But most performers have pursued nonmusic careers.
Veatch became Alpine County sheriff and then a county supervisor, retiring last year. He still performs occasionally, but playing country, not the surf music and rock 'n' roll the Playboys were known for.
While the bands and music at the Battle have changed over the years, one constant remains: emcee Flaire. "As long as they keep calling me back, I'll keep doing it."
The ebullient Flaire said he most enjoys giving pep talks to bands backstage before they go on. "I tell them this is your 12 minutes, your time to shine."
A tribute to the Battle's past is planned at this year's event, with footage from a recent reunion of performers. Rundown Radio, the 2010 winner, and Ten Days, 2012 winner, also will play. The headliner is Y&T, known as Yesterday & Today when it won 1974's Battle.
One of the bands competing is Jordan and the HashMites. Growing up in Hayward. Jordan Bunting, 28, was aware of the Battle, but his group hadn't entered until this year. "If we don't win, we don't win; we're just there to have a good time," he said.
The new crop of bands each year fuels Flaire's enthusiasm.
"I used to be worried there wouldn't be kids to take our place," said Flaire, who competed in four Battles. "But there is always another crop of young bands that want to be part of the Battle, part of the legacy."
Contact Rebecca Parr at 510-293-2473, follow her at Twitter.com/rdparr1 or read her blog at ibabuzz.com/hayword.
When: 6:30 p.m. Saturday; doors open at 6 p.m.
Where: Chabot College Performing Arts Center, 25555 Hesperian Blvd., Hayward
Tickets: $12 advance, $15 at the door. Can be purchased at Matt Jimenez Community Center, 28200 Ruus Road, Hayward, or HARD district office, 1099 E St., Hayward
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Prior to Texas A&M - Corpus Christi: Ran at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kan. for head coach Mike Bloemker ... ran the 5k in 15:19 and the 10k in 32:01 ... named MVP cross country.
High School: Ran for head coach Lisa Bonds at Hutchinson High School ... during his senior season he ran the 800-meter in 1:59, 1600-meter in 4:30 and the 3200-meter in 9:54 ... lettered two years in basketball, three in cross country and four in track.
Personal: Born Adrian Marquez on June 14, 1989, in Hutchinson, Kan. ... parents are John and Mae Marquez ... has two siblings ... major is health science.


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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - Buy, sell, or trade.
In this case it's trade.
"We'll have regular customers that come in almost every weekend. They'll come with some item from their house they want to trade with one of the vendors," said Sam Ordonez, manager of the Grand Junction Flea Market.
Furniture is one of the more popular items at the flea market, and Ordonez hopes to expand in the near term, even offering entertainment.
Bartering is fairly common. If not with customers off the street then between the vendors themselves.
"As we get more vendors though, it will happen more often. And that's only because if they find something they'd like to have in their booth that's unusual or different um, they'll barter for it," said Ordonez.
And it's something that can be done online as well.
"They know who they're dealing with. When you go onto craigslist, you're not sure who is answering your ad. You don't really know much about the person. But when you're on Facebook, you at least know the first and last name of the person you're working with. You can look at their profile and see where they're from," said Adam Cochran, founder of the Grand Junction Bartering Club.
Bartering should be aware of keeping accurate records for tax purposes.
"You need to make sure you keep meticulous records. The same way that you would if you were running a cash and carry business where you receive cash or checks," said Dawn Rosier, CPA.
More businesses might adopt this idea, for reasons other than monetary.
"Everything is for sale or for trade, yeah. Everything on my table. I like to trade, that kinda goes into my belief system, too," said Seth Cain, a vendor at the Garnd Junction Flea Market.
The Grand Junction Flea Market, www.gjfleamarket.com, is open Friday through Sunday from 9 A.M. until 6 P.M. The Grand Junction Bartering Club is on Facebook, www.facebook.com/groups/gjbarteringclub.


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Judge Denies Teen Murder Suspect Bail
Published: Friday, October 5, 2012 at 1:04 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, October 5, 2012 at 1:04 p.m.
BARTOW | Cassidy Goodson, the 14-year-old Lakeland girl who is accused of killing her newborn baby, was denied bail by County Judge Susan Barber Flood today. Flood ordered that Goodson remain in custody.
The brief hearing was held at noon. Goodson, wearing a green jail uniform and shackled at her wrists and ankles, was accompanied by her lawyer, Assistant Public Defender Howardene Garrett.
As the charges were read aloud, Garrett put her arm around the girl's back.
Goodson was arrested last week after deputies say she gave birth on Sept. 19 to a 9.5-pound boy inside a bathroom and then strangled him.
On Thursday, she was indicted on charges of first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse. Prosecutors decided to seek to have her charged as an adult.
In Florida's adult criminal justice system, the maximum penalty for first-degree murder is usually a mandatory life sentence or the death penalty.
Goodson's young age prevents her from facing the death penalty.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled earlier this year that it was unconstitutional for juveniles convicted of murder to receive mandatory life imprisonment without parole. The decision specifically addressed "mandatory" life sentences for juveniles but doesn't appear to rule out such punishment on a case-by-case basis.
If Goodson had remained charged in the juvenile system, the maximum length of supervision she could be monitored would be until her 22nd birthday.
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Lord -Bell Wedding
Published: Friday, October 12, 2012 at 2:41 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, October 12, 2012 at 2:41 p.m.
Barbara Armstrong Lord and Dr. Lansford Charles Bell were married on September 18, 2012 in a private ceremony at Clemson United Methodist Church.
Barbara retired from the Henderson County School System in 2009 where she taught English at Hendersonville High School. Dr. Bell is a Professor Emeritus at Clemson University where he taught civil engineering.
After a trip to Curacao, the couple lives in their new home in Clemson.
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Fighting for a playoff spot until the final week of the season, the Oliver Springs Bobcats officially ended with a 21-0 loss to Williamsburg, Ky.
In a hard fought game, the Bobcats failed to get the ball across the goal line and finished with a 4-6 record overall and 4-2 in District 2-A after losing 20 seniors from the 2011 season.
Oliver Springs will return eight starters on both sides of the ball for the 2013 season.
"I congratulate the Bobcats on a very hard fought season," player Kyle McGee said. "You guys fought your heart out this season and should be very proud."
Anderson Co. beats Clinton
Andy Long carried the Mavericks past their cross-town rivals and into the playoffs Friday as Anderson County defeated Clinton 45-7. Long rushed for 212 yards on 22 carries and finished the regular season with more than 1,700 yards rushing.
The No. 6-seed Mavericks (5-5, 5-3 in 3-AAA) now travel to No. 3-seed Ooltewah (7-3) Friday in the Class 5A playoffs. The winner will play either No. 7-seed Walker Valley (5-5) or No. 2-seed Lenoir City (8-2).
Clinton ends the season with a 2-8 record, 2-6 in the district.
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Vehicle catches fire on Blennerhassett Island
March 8, 2013
PARKERSBURG — Firefighters fought a vehicle blaze on Blennerhassett Island for more than an hour Thursday evening....
I agree with Mr. Wescott , a brush truck or a retired engine , however I'm sure Blenny officals have thought of this before , loosing the Mansion and its contents would be a tremendous loss. I remember visiting Mackinac Island which is more developed than Blenn. Is. bans automobiles except for Fire vehicles .
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looks like the island needs to invest in some fire suppression of some type. I'm just glad it wasn't the mansion that caught fire, it would've been destroyed trying to fight it with fire extinguishers.
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- On Wednesday, Nov. 14 at 6:30 p.m. there will be a book drop or swap at the PPL Wallenpaupack Environmental Learning Center on Route 6 in Hawley.
At 7 p.m. there will also be a public program.
As a part of America Recycles Day, PPL will offer a Book Drop or Swap and free public program.
Bring your hard covers and paperbacks to drop off. You can swap an old book for a new book.
Unwanted books will be donated to local organizations or Better World Books, who reuses them. Worn or outdated books will be recycled.
Join in after the drop or swap for "What is old is new again: Reduce, reuse, recycle." This program will present information about how to recycle everything from plastics and aluminum to bicycles and refrigerators.
Direct questions about this event to Jenna Wayne, firstname.lastname@example.com.
For more programs, visit pplpreserves.com and click "Calendar of Events."
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