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Share your experiences with the 2012 GranFondo Cannondale Los Angeles below Back to event details page.
Unfortunately the organizer seems to be disorganized...not only did the venue and date change but the registration fees were only updated recently here on Active and the event is 3-weeks away! Where is the updated/revised route map and event info? All we have is the start line address. The GF Giro LA-Pasadena on July 22 is looking faaar more organized at this point.
Furthermore, try contacting the organizer's email---it does NOT work!
VinoVelo you are so right, but, wait, there's more! Check out the Gran Fondo site. You will notice they now post the LA Gran Fondo date as Oct. 7!!! That's right. The date has been changed yet again. I am asking for my money back from Active. Still waiting to hear....
More news: after multiple attempts to get a refund from Star Events, who organizes the GranFondo Los Angeles, they're only offering me discounts on this year's event, or on future years' events. They don't seem to be willing to compensate riders for the full event cost. What a terrible experience.
I sent this as a PvtMsg on Facebook to the organizers:
The beauty about where I reside here in Las Vegas is our District Attorney's office is such a Consumer Advocate because of the numerous fraud that takes place in this city. I just put out an exploratory inquiry at the gyms where I teach indoor cycling 9x/wk (my classes have 70-90 riders on average at Life Time Fitness, 24Hour Fitness, LVAC, & David Barton as well as the cycle teams/clubs McGhie's, Nu-Vision, Red Burros, Vegas Biking, LV Cyclery, ProCyclery just to name a few) and it looks like you have well over 100 participants for GFLA on July 15 just from the Las Vegas area; that was the immediate response from just two days ago, so it is safe to assume there are many more. I brought it to the attention of the District Atty (himself a cyclist at David Barton) that the transactions were done on-line and the purchases were made in this jurisdiction therefore we have recourse to file a suit against your company if you do not offer refunds. At this point a credit is an absurd option coming from a company with an obviously poor reputation of NOT coming through with its products or services. Think it through, your actions may cost you more in the long run if you do not offer a full refund. Our DA does not take long in filing local class action type of suits that affect high profile and monied individuals (cyclists in Vegas have mula) in our city because he's got a hUge ego and wants the attention. Do not compound your already fragile reputation. In plain speak...you guys blew it!
VinoVelo, I hope your letter gets their attention. My email to them came back undeliverable, and of course, Active told me to pound sand when I asked for a refund. I think the ride organizer's offer of anything to trade on my $125 is not a viable option given their track record to date. And what if I decide to try and do the ride on Oct. 7? What's to keep them from moving it yet again?! I am also really disconcerted that I alerted Active so long ago about the date change, yet they continued to allow people to sign up and take their money under the pretext that the ride was July 15. I have a friend who suggested I can take action through my credit card, arguing that the terms of the original purchase agreement have been violated. I think that might be viable. The whole scenario is just a sad development. Talk about a whole new meaning for the words Gran Fondo!
VinoVelo, it seems like you have quite a few cycling connections over there in Las Vegas. I hope your influence in the cycling community will help you make some progress in this debacle. Please keep us updated and let us know if there is anything we can do to assist you.
Rusas, perhaps try contacting Star Events. Active seems to be just the event directory and order processing system; the organizers are Star Events. Here is their board of directors:
I have been in contact with Olivier, but he doesn't seem to be able to grant my refund. Perhaps one of the other members will be more able/willing to refund us for the event time/location changes and mischarges? Good luck.
I just contacted Cannondale Marketing and suggested that they disassociate themselves from this organization. If they heed my request to distance themselves from this group for fear of a black-eye because of a potential law suit that may catch Star Events attention and simply cut their losses short by offering refunds.
@RUSAS Your idea about following up w/ your credit card company is a good one. I'm going to follow up with mine and have the charges reversed. I have plenty of documentation to prove my point. Shame that Active doesn't have a means of addressing reports of "organizer misconduct" by offering a warning to new sign-ups.
Another July 15th-er chiming in his disappointment. Got charged the "late" registration price early June, still no refunds being offered. I might try the Credit Card route too and see what happens.
I have filled out paperwork sent by my credit card company to dispute the charge for not providing services. I am mailing that, along with the documentation (receipt, undeliverable emails, their offer to let me do other rides in exchange for this one, etc.) today. Not sure how long it will take, but I would be surprised if I did not get my account credited. Stay tuned...
I have already received a credit from my credit card. They have sent me the dispute papers and I will be processing that over the next couple of days. It is a shame it had to come to this!
Maybe we can all get a class-action against Active.com; they took our money and don't have any measures in place to hold Promoters accountable. What's stopping anyone from fraudulently promoting an event, collecting the money from Active, then 'splitting town?' Oh wait, I guess nothing since that's excatly what happened here....who cares what Active.com's 'policies' are, if they are nothing more than aiding and abbetting a fraudulent promoter they should be held accountable.
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Maybe we can all get a class-action against Active.com; they took our money and don't have any measures in place to hold Promoters accountable. What's stopping anyone from fraudulently promoting an event, collecting the money from Active, then 'splitting town?' Oh wait, I guess nothing since that's excatly what happened here....who cares what Active.com's 'policies' are, if they are nothing more than aiding and abbetting a fraudulent promoter they should be held accountable.
Patrick Fetzer
Laguna Beach Cyclery, Inc.
240 Thalia St.
Laguna Beach, CA 92651
949/494-1522 (Shop)
949/842-6308 (Cell)
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OAKLAND -- Scott Kazmir and Jim Johnson are locker mates in the A's clubhouse, but they couldn't be more distant in terms of early returns pitching in their new Oakland uniforms.
Working quickly, confidently and efficiently, Kazmir led Oakland to its first 2014 victory Wednesday afternoon, a 6-1 romp over the Cleveland Indians in the first game of a day-night doubleheader before 15,134 at the Coliseum.
But in the night affair, Johnson was handed a 4-3 lead to protect in the ninth, and the new closer had another rough go of it, surrendering three runs and taking his second straight loss as the A's fell 6-4 in front of a crowd of 12,198.
As brilliant as Kazmir was in the opener, Johnson's inability to close the deal in the second game raises an immediate red flag for the A's. They aren't used to seeing their closers fail, particularly one they're paying $10 million to finish off games this season. There's little doubt of the need to get that corrected quickly, even with 159 games left on the schedule.
Johnson, who has a 45.00 ERA, two defeats and a growing flock of boo birds who really let him have it throughout his nightmare ninth, knows that as well as anyone.
"I'm not going to be doing anybody any favors if I hang my head," he said. "These guys need me. They're playing their butts off. We should be 3-0, and obviously, I'll take the blame.
"But if I sit there and sulk and pout, it's not going to be doing anybody any good. So I've got to be me. I've got to trust in what I'm doing, that it's going to get better and prove that to the guys, and be one of the 25 guys who's going to help us win."
The A's were on the cusp of a doubleheader sweep after getting a pretty decent patchwork performance from four pitchers preceding Johnson. Emergency starter Josh Lindblom pitched 42/3 innings and left with a 3-2 lead. Drew Pomeranz threw a scoreless inning, and while Luke Gregerson gave up the tying run in the seventh, Oakland reclaimed a 4-3 lead in the bottom half, and Sean Doolittle pitched a 1-2-3 eighth to get it to Johnson.
But it unraveled quickly. Ryan Raburn and Nick Swisher opened the ninth with back-to-back singles, and after Swisher was forced at second on a Jason Kipnis grounder, Carlos Santana walked to load the bases. Michael Brantley hit a first-pitch single through the right side to score two runs, and David Murphy's subsequent sacrifice fly provided Cleveland an insurance tally.
Manager Bob Melvin was disappointed with the outcome but wasn't about to panic about Johnson's second straight disastrous performance. He said Indians hitters laid off some good pitches, then hit ones that Johnson got up in the zone.
"You know what? It's been two games," said Melvin. "We traded for him for a reason. He has a terrific track record. But he's obviously off to a slow start."
Johnson isn't sure what the problem is, but he's sure he'll solve it.
"Something's going to click," he said. "That's how this game works out. You go through slumps, and just one thing can get you going, and you're off to the races."
Kazmir clicked from his first inning. The 30-year-old left-hander brings a completely different approach to pitching than the departed Bartolo Colon, but in his first official A's outing, the end result was remarkably similar.
Kazmir allowed just three hits and didn't walk a batter while striking out five. He didn't allow a Cleveland batter to reach second base until Mike Aviles doubled with one out in the eighth inning, the last man he faced in a sterling first effort.
It may be premature to say that Kazmir is capable of replacing Colon's 18 wins and ace presence, but it was pleasing to Melvin's eye in the wake of his seriously depleted starting staff to see this debut.
"Very," he said. "I don't want to say it adds pressure to him, because he doesn't look at it that way. He just wants to be one of the starters. But when you lose a Bartolo to free agency, and guys like (Jarrod) Parker and (A.J.) Griffin go down, his importance is key for us."
Kazmir (1-0) didn't look as if he was feeling any pressure whatsoever, despite the fact that he was facing the team with which he revived his career in 2013. He admitted that part of it was a bit strange.
"Maybe if we'd waited a month for this to happen, it wouldn't have felt so weird," he said. "In this first inning, I heard everyone in the other dugout chirping at me, just talking trash and stuff. That was different, but I got a couple outs and was able to quiet them down a little bit and get in my game."
One of the things the Indians were yelling at Kazmir was that his velocity was somewhere in the high 80s, even though he consistent registered 90-92 mph radar readings with his fastball. It's not terribly relevant anyway, since Kazmir doesn't depend on his velocity as much as Colon did.
"Bartolo was just all fastballs, fastballs, fastballs -- that's what he does," said catcher Derek Norris. "Scott works with his off-speed and gives hitters a lot of different looks. It's just a different style of pitching."
But Norris took exception to a reporter's use of the word "crafty" to describe Kazmir's style.
"To me, crafty means that you don't have much velocity," he said. "I don't know where he was sitting at today, but if he rears back and lets it go, he can run it up there with the best of them. I wouldn't call him crafty. But he's definitely well-rounded."
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Like many animals, waterfowl form pair bonds with members of the opposite sex for the purpose of reproducing. The types of pair bonds formed, however, are not what one would think. Waterfowl mating systems vary considerably. Some species pair for life, whereas others invest a lot of time forming new pair bonds each year—an activity that at first glance would seem too costly and time consuming.
Only about 44 percent of waterfowl species—all of which are geese and swans—form long-term, monogamous bonds. That means that the males of the remaining species must form new bonds each year by finding a new mate, investing in courtship displays and competing with other males.
Monogamy, or pairing for life, is common in geese and swans. They do not form bonds until they are at least two years of age, but more commonly do so in their third or fourth year of life. Therefore, geese do not nest and lay eggs until their second year or later, and swans typically do not begin laying until their fourth year. Male geese play a significant role in raising young, including vigilance over and defense of females while they are incubating and brood rearing. If one of the pair dies, the other will eventually re-pair, but this may interfere with or prevent the surviving mate from breeding for that year. Divorce has also been noted in geese, in which pairs will separate. Divorce has been seen in pairs that were not successful in their nesting attempt or in laying and hatching eggs.
Either way, there is a cost of failed breeding in a year if a mate is lost.
Ducks do not form long-term pair bonds, but instead form seasonal bonds, otherwise known as seasonal monogamy, in which new bonds are formed each season. Seasonal monogamy occurs in about 49 percent of all waterfowl species. In this mating system, pairs generally form on the wintering grounds in the first year of life, and those bonds are maintained only through egg laying. Each winter, the birds must find a new mate and establish a new bond for that breeding season. Males that form seasonal bonds do not participate in raising the young, but will defend the space around mated females to prevent other males from gaining access to their mate. If the male of the pair dies during spring migration north, females will quickly find a new mate for that season, and nesting will not be delayed in that year. Seasonal monogamy is common among dabbling ducks, diving ducks and some sea ducks.
An interesting twist on seasonal monogamy occurs in some cavity nesters and sea ducks that do not form bonds until their second year of life. Research has shown that some goldeneye pairs reunite each year on the wintering grounds and return to their previous breeding territory. This system is possible only in species that exhibit strong philopatry to both wintering and breeding sites. Philopatry is a behavior in which individuals return to the exact site, either on the breeding or wintering ground, from the previous year, enabling pairs to find each other. Males do not participate in raising the young, but they do defend females. Re-pairing is also suspected for buffleheads, long-tailed ducks, harlequin ducks and common eiders.
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Lack Of Enforcement & $50 Fine Help Keep Prostitutes In Business
Some prostitution in the Pikes Peak region might as well be legal, based on information Target 13 Investigates gathered.
Metro Vice & Narcotics told us they are not cracking down on prostitutes who work behind closed doors, unless there's a complaint.
"We're unfortunately beyond the days where we had the resources to be proactive with that and kind of do what you did, but as police officers and catch them in the act," said Colorado Springs Police Sgt. Steve Noblitt, referring to the Target 13 Investigates hidden camera investigation showing sex for money still thriving in the Pikes Peak region.
He said it was a budget issue and the decision was made 2 years ago to eliminate the Prostitution Task Force.
Combine the lack of enforcement with the $50 fine most prostitutes get and we found the door's wide open for them to work the region without much fear. Those who do get busted are almost always working the streets. However, those working in businesses, or online and meeting "Johns" at different locations are in the clear, unless a complaint is filed with authorities.
4th Judicial District District Attorney Dan May told us the small fine most prostitutes get does create a problem.
"It makes it very difficult for us to handle at a local level of closing down places," he said.
Prostitution in Colorado is a class 3 misdemeanor, one step above petty offense.
"If we could see increased penalties it would be easier for us to go in and shut them down on a local basis," said May.
In our research, we found Colorado's $50 minimum fine appears to be one of the weakest in the country for prostitutes. However, "pimping" is a felony in Colorado.
"But you have to get the evidence of pimping and again if it's a closed organization, a lot of times the person's willing to take the charge of prostitution and won't tell you who they're sharing the money with so we can get on with the pimping charge," May said, "and all we get is a $50 fine, which makes it hard to control."
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CORPUS CHRISTI – The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi Men's Tennis team had a historic weekend in the 47th Annual HEB Tournament of Champions, with sophomore Peter Nagy being a big part of the success enjoyed on the way to the teams first ever title in the event. The Southland Conference honored Nagy as its Men's Tennis Player of the Week on Tuesday, earning the third conference nod for an Islanders men's player this season after he was co-player earlier this season and Guillaume Rauseo won it last week.
Nagy had a stellar week, beating two ranked opponents in singles action, and three total, while helping the team to wins in all four matches played. In the opener of the HEB, Nagy made quick work of No. 47-ranked singles player Patrick Kawka, winning 6-1, 6-2 as part of the Islanders 4-2 win over No. 30 BYU. He picked up a 6-1, 6-3 final at No. 1 singles against Louisiana – Lafayette to send the team to the finals of the tournament.
In the title match, Nagy helped the Islanders cause by earning a 6-2, 7-5 final over No. 92 Ben Davis of Middle Tennessee as the home team took home the crown.
Nagy was also up a set on No. 60 Daniel Leitner of South Alabama when Texas A&M – Corpus Christi clinched the match by a 4-0 final.
He teamed with Odon Barta in doubles action to go 2-1 on the week, suffering only an 8-4 loss against the No. 50-ranked team of Kawka and Francis Sargeant of BYU. The duo picked up wins against Middle Tennessee, and earned the deciding match for the doubles point against South Alabama.
Next up for Nagy and the Islanders will be a match on Friday at 1 p.m. in Beaumont against Florida A&M. The two teams will play a neutral site contest at the Thompson Family Tennis Courts on the campus of Lamar.
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STOCKTON - The San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office reported Monday that the identity of a man found shot to death near Acampo last weekend was Jerry Lee Khaoone, 25, a Stockton native.
Khaoone sustained multiple gunshot wounds. His body was found at 4:53 a.m. Saturday along the frontage road on the west side of Highway 99 just north of Peltier Road, deputies reported.
Khaoone leaves behind a 3-year-old son, his recently widowed father and four brothers. He attended Stagg High School and worked as an ironworker until he was laid off, his brother Jime Khaoone said.
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The Buffalo Sabres have signed Jhonas Enroth to a two-year/$2.5 million extension.
The Florida Panthers have traded Dave Bolland and Lawson Crouse to the Arizona Coyotes for a conditional 2nd round pick in 2018 and a third round pick in 2017.
The Dallas Stars and Jiri Hudler have agreed to terms on a one-year, $2 million contract.
The Colorado Avalanche will likely name a new head coach this week.
The Ottawa Senators have re-signed Cody Ceci to a two-year, $5.6 million contract.
The Detroit Red Wings will move Dylan Larkin to center this season.
The Toronto Maple Leafs have named Mark Hunter as their assistant General Manager.
Mikko Koivu will serve as captain for Team Finland at the World Cup of Hockey.
The New York Rangers signed Jimmy Vesey to a two-year, entry-level contract.
The Calgary Flames have re-signed Sean Monahan to a seven-year contract extension.
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Samsung Chairman Fires Back in Family Dispute
By Alastair Gale
South Korea's richest man isn't going down without an almighty fight in his legal dispute with his siblings over their father's fortune.
On Tuesday, Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee said he wouldn't give "a single dime" to his eldest brother, Lee Maeng-hee, or elder sister, Lee Sook-hee, both of whom are seeking a slice of the younger Mr. Lee's shareholdings in Samsung companies.
"If they sue me, I will file counter-suits all the way to the end. I will not only go to the Supreme Court but also to the Constitutional Court even," Mr. Lee told reporters.
The claimants have filed separate lawsuits seeking a total of around $800 million worth of cash and shares in Samsung Life and Samsung Electronics from their younger brother. They argue that the 71 year-old Mr. Lee took a portion of Samsung Group shares that their father Lee Byung-chull left behind and that were hidden under the names of other people.
The pair were "being a bit greedy because Samsung is so big," Lee Kun-hee said.
The dispute primarily revolves around Samsung Life, which raised $4.4 billion in an initial public offering in 2010, South Korea's largest ever IPO. Lee Kun-hee is the single biggest shareholder in Samsung Life with around 41.5 million shares, or 20.7% of the total.
Lee Maeng-hee is seeking around 20% of his younger brother's stake and Lee Sook-hee around 5%.
Lee Byung-chull founded Samsung in 1938 and had eight children. He died in 1987 after tapping his third son, Lee Kun-hee, as his successor, breaking with traditional Confucian practice of handing over the reins of business to the eldest son.
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Chicken And Wild Rice Soup
This recipe was actually inspired by a recipe my daughter-in-law printed out for me to make while I was in Ohio last week babysitting for Gavin. It's perfect for throwing together in the morning before work and welcomes you back home later in the day with the most fantastic smell. I've changed it up a bit because that's what I do, but in her original recipe the ingredients were all thrown together in the CROCK POT without sauteing the vegetables first. Feel free to go that route if you're in a rush. I doubt that there's going to be much difference in the end result. Just know that the end result was absolutely delicious and my son Wes claimed it to be one of his favorite recipes, thus enabling me to add a new category to my sidebar entitled "Wesipes." (Jason, that one's for you.)
Chicken And Wild Rice Soup (adapted from Heather)
1 TBSP olive oil
1 red bell pepper, seeded and diced
1 onion, diced
1-3 jalapeno peppers, seeded and diced (how hot do you like it?)
kosher salt and pepper
2 cloves of garlic, minced
1 1/2 tsp cumin
1 tsp oregano
1 1/2 lbs of boneless, skinless chicken (breasts, thighs, or a combination. I put them in frozen)
1 (8 oz) can green enchilada sauce
1 (4 oz) can of diced green chiles
1/3 cup wild rice (Heather used one can of white beans instead)
1 1/2 cup chicken stock (only use one cup if you're using the beans instead of the wild rice)
1 TBSP cornstarch
2 TBSP milk or water
Heat olive oil in a large skillet. Add the bell pepper, onion, jalapeno peppers and season with salt and pepper. Saute for 6-7 minutes then add the garlic, cumin and oregano. Saute for another minute or two.
Pour skillet contents into crockpot and add the remaining ingredients, except for the cornstarch and milk/water. Cook on low for 5-7 hours (totally flexible here.) Shred chicken with two forks. Mix cornstarch into cold milk/water and add to crockpot. Return setting to high and cook for another 30 minutes or until thick and bubbly.
This was delicious served with cheddar cheese, sour cream and either crumbled Fritos or tortilla chips as garnish.
25 comments:
- PlumpNotFat said...
Just the other day I was trying to explain to someone the difference between a Crock Pot and a slow cooker: "You know how you call all tissues a Kleenex even when you cheap out and buy the Walmart Brand*? It's like that - they're all really Crock Pots. But not."
Iffin you can get your head around something that goes into a "slow cooker" try these babies:
I have had excellent luck with them. No leaks, no tears, no melty stuff (I admit I just knew they were going to melt and render my Crock Pot useless - but I was willing to take the risk to keep from washing something).
*Confession - I buy Puffs Plus with lotion and call them Kleenex. I can't imagine the looks I'd get if I asked someone for ""A Puff".
- October 27, 2010 at 9:36 AM
- Frieda said...
Mags, you crock me up!
My mom just gifted me with a brand new crock pot that she has never used. Now I have three....I think. Gotta dust off those babies and put them to work!
- October 27, 2010 at 10:03 AM
- June said...
Mags - I can't wait to try this fabulous recipe in my DUTCH OVEN and screw the darn slow cooker...errrr crock whatever! LMAO You're the best! Hope you feel better soon.
- October 27, 2010 at 10:08 AM
- Mary said...
Mags, you're hilarious!
I'm printing this as I type! I loveeee crock pot recipes as I love love love soup! Thanks for this!
Mary xo
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- October 27, 2010 at 10:19 AM
- Nanan said...
I think I need to pull out my Crock pot and mix this up right now! But - maybe with pork... William is not much into chicken... then again - that would be an entirely different recipe, now wouldn't it... hmmmmmm you do inspire me!
- October 27, 2010 at 11:02 AM
- Megan said...
I always thought Crock Pot was a brand name, so I call mine a slow cooker, but you can certainly call yours whatever you like! That soup sounds very spicing and warming.
- October 27, 2010 at 11:46 AM
- Kat said...
My Crock Pot is cooking right now. I love using it, and use it often. I believe this is the oldest Crock Pot I have ever seen! My first one is old, but not old enough to have had a glass lid, it is plastic. My friend had the oldest one until you came along with your old timey one!! Now I own 3.
- October 27, 2010 at 12:13 PM
- Sherylyn said...
I've always called it a crock pot! I thought slow cooker was an American term or something.
This recipe looks yummy, I was copying it out to try it and realized...this sounds much like a chicken green chili, if you used the beans rather than the rice! Hmm. Tough call.
- October 27, 2010 at 12:23 PM
- SeattleDee said...
This looks tasty enough to change up my dinner plans for the evening. Keep 'em coming, Mags.
- October 27, 2010 at 12:28 PM
- April in CT said...
Woah, I'm scared I might burst into flames just looking at that dangerous thing!! LOL
This is definitely a recipe I've not seen before, so can't wait to try it. Sounds fantastic!!
- October 27, 2010 at 12:48 PM
- Cajun Chef Ryan said...
You know how I love me some crock pot slow cooker recipes, in fact I have some Great Northern Beans in the pot right now. This looks like a soup I need to add to my list.
- October 27, 2010 at 2:07 PM
- The Mom Chef said...
You say knickers in a knot and I say panties in a wad.
The soup looks awesome.
FYI, my captcha word was fiend. How appropriate.
- October 27, 2010 at 2:32 PM
That's a lovely crock pot Sister Mary Margaret!!
- October 27, 2010 at 3:05 PM
- Pam said...
I think that crock pot officially qualifies as an antique. Since I try to keep hip and appeal to the younger crowd, I am sticking with slow cooker. I'm shallow that way.
- October 27, 2010 at 4:41 PM
- Moogie said...
Thanks Mags!!!
Now I have to worry if I'm being politically correct with the names of my appliances. I probably won't be able to sleep tonight with this turn of events.
- October 27, 2010 at 4:59 PM
- Carolyn said...
My crockpot and I have had an on-again, off-again love affair...until I discovered I could make yogurt in it. Now it's just on, on, on. Every week, I give it a yogurt workout.
But I love wild rice and this soup sounds so good, I am bookmarking it to make soon!
- October 27, 2010 at 7:34 PM
- Julie said...
I have lots of slow cooker/crock pot recipes. I think some I call crock pot and some slow cooker. Why do I think slow cooker is more politically correct? :)
I just bought a new one with the clamps on the lid. Wonderful if you want to take it somewhere!
Soup looks delicious and it's now soup weather here. Cold and windy.
- October 27, 2010 at 7:40 PM
- Sue said...
Wow, that crock pot(that's what I call it too) definitely has seen better days:) I can completely understand how you can be sentimentally attached, because I am like that too.
I would love to have some of your delicious soup because all I have eaten today(really)is donuts!
- October 27, 2010 at 8:16 PM
- Haden News said...
Great looking soup...love this kind of meal when it gets cold...we were at 85 today in Cary, NC!!! I am so ready for 50 -60 degree days and Soup for dinner!!
- October 27, 2010 at 9:31 PM
- scrambledhenfruit said...
I love your Crock Pot and its new label. :) I don't use mine nearly enough,bbut you can be sure I'm going to make this soup. It looks fabulous.
- October 28, 2010 at 12:26 AM
- Natalie said...
where are those bowls from? i LOVE them!!!
- October 28, 2010 at 12:53 PM
- ButterYum said...
Wow, check out that crockpot - cool! I love your post... the recipe sounds wonderful. I really like to use my crockpot - anytime of the year!
- October 29, 2010 at 4:22 AM
- Medifast Coupons said...
Very nice chicken soup. How long have you had that crock pot, looks like an antique?
- October 29, 2010 at 9:09 AM
- Karen said...
OMG, buy a CROCK POT with a removable liner - you'll wonder why you held onto this for so long! The soup sounds great - we're right in the middle of soup weather!
- October 29, 2010 at 6:08 PM
- Couscous & Consciousness said...
Yay - let's hear it for the crock pots. This looks like a great recipe - I'm pretty sure it would go down well around my place.
Just discovered your blog via Sidewalk Shoes - it's great - I'll be visiting often :-)
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xGasPricesx wrote: Sage Francis wrote: That teaser video gets me amped. That's one of my favorite songs of this year.
Yep. I've already played the video like a 100 times and it still hasn't even gotten close to getting wearing on me. So. fucking. good.
But.... Are we ever going to see the release of Who Killed Russel Jones? I've been waiting on that for like a year and a half now and haven't heard a goddamn thing about it. Don't get me wrong, this mixtape is looking like it will hold me over for quite sometime, I just need to know there's that song at the end of the tunnel.
Oh, and that trailer is slick is fuck, SFR is stepping up their video game. I also love that little scene in the hallway where Sage runs in and shoves B off to the side, it makes me smile.
Sage Francis wrote: That teaser video gets me amped. That's one of my favorite songs of this year.
Captiv8 wrote: Is it just me or does B's flow sound a smidge different, in a totally fucking awesome way? I'm hyped!
anomaly wrote: Not to brag, but I bought this sucker at the Dallas show and it's kind of a big deal.
Definately buy this cd. Buy it now.


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Now that the new versions of Ghostscript are available under the free software GPL license other projects relying on Ghostscript can be fully GPL software as well. One of these projects, PDFCreator, I recently tested and I must admit I'm impressed.
PDFCreator allows you to make a PDF of anything you can print, documents, spreadsheet, presentations, anything with a print function. PDFCreator even has encryption and security features that would make it perfect for a corporate environment.
With PDFCreator, you can also email the files created automatically. And, you can make images of each page instead of a pdf. You can even combine PDFs you've already made!
Now, wondering what to do with your new found PDF creation super-powers? You can convert weird file formats to PDF, and send them to friends or family that can't open those formats. PDF can also create easier to distribute and smaller files for formats like CAD
Happy PDF creating! See you next week.
Ghostscript has been free for a long time
Thanks for a great article.
However, changes in the licensing of ghostscript don't really affect it -- ghostscript has had a very capable GPL version which has included PDF support for at least a few years now, and there have been a number of GPL-free tools for making PDF as well.
Ghostscript was one of a few free GPL packages which was developed under a conventional commercial model, but used the free-licensing of the prior version as a way of promoting the new version. This has kept GPL versions of ghostscript available for years.
PDFCreator for Linux?
I knew about PDFCreator and have been using it for a long time - under Windows, but there is no Linux version, on Ubuntu Linux I have to use ps2pdfwr as I couldn't find any equivalent of PDFCreator. Does anybody know about one?
I use cups-pdf, works great after "chmod +s /usr/lib/cups/backend/cups-pdf" since it was broken out-of-the-box =P
free editors for pdf files?
What I think it is really needed is a free editor for pdf files. I needed to edit a simple pdf file with some user entries and all the editors I've found are commercial software (maybe I've not searched enough in Internet...).


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DANVILLE -- Several years ago, Beverly Lane was working on one of the many exhibits she coordinates for the Museum of the San Ramon Valley each year -- this time on the centennial anniversary of women winning the vote in California.
As the museum's longtime curator, she helped to collect treasured pictures, cartoons, posters and other relics of the women's suffrage movement that brought to life the stories of local women and men who fought for the vote -- like Lillian Close and Libbie Wood, who formed the Danville Equal Suffrage Club in 1911; and Elmer and Livia Cox, who joined the county's earliest women's suffrage groups in 1869.
"It was an abundance of riches, and it was a fascinating story, too," Lane said. "These women were just extraordinary. It was just pure fun for me."
Lane, 76, could have herself been a woman showcased in the exhibit, blazing new trails in San Ramon Valley politics, even though her photo wasn't anywhere to be found on its walls.
"Her fingerprints are all over this town," said the vice mayor, Mike Doyle, who has served 23 years on the town council. "She's been very instrumental in the history of Danville from day one, and she contributed quite a bit to making this town the wonderful place that it is, which I call Camelot.
"And it's been delightful to work with her."
One of the modern-day pioneers of San Ramon Valley politics, has was been a relentless agent for change. She was one of two women elected to Danville's first town council in 1982. And she played a crucial role in mapping the town's future as a newly incorporated town, for which she steadfastly campaigned.
She served for a decade as one of the founding council members -- and as a three-time mayor -- helping create the first laws and policies.
A faithful guardian and advocate of the area's rich historical, cultural and environmental resources, she also helped spearhead the creation of a museum for San Ramon Valley's residents -- new and old -- to serve as a bulwark against forgetting what she calls "the larger context" of the area's history dating to the Native Americans.
The founding president of the Museum of the San Ramon Valley and former president of the Contra Costa County Historical Society, she is a local historian, published author and columnist -- a constant "hunter and gatherer" of local history and artifacts.
And as a director of the East Bay Regional Park District for the past 20 years, Lane -- an avid bicyclist, tennis player, hiker and outdoors enthusiast -- has led efforts to create the Iron Horse Regional Trail, the Calaveras Ridge Trail and Sycamore Valley Open Space.
In May, she was named by Sen. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord, "Senate District 7's Woman of the Year" for her record of public service and community activism in the East Bay. But it's only one of a cavalcade of other honors showered upon her for distinguished environmental, historical and cultural leadership.
"Beverly's ardent advocacy for expanding parks and preserving local history has been key in making the San Ramon Valley such a vibrant community," DeSaulnier said.
But her determination to stand up and be counted came over time, Lane said.
"Being a 1950s girl, it took me awhile to stand up for myself and others," she said. She remembers her early days of running for office at times, when, she said, the occasional older gentleman would ask "if she had her husband's permission to run for office."
It never cowed her -- she refused to let it. And she would always respectfully answer.
"I would just say, 'He supports me doing this, and he's wonderful.' But nowadays, I'm likely to tell them what I think a little more than I did then," she said.
Even before moving to Danville in 1973 with her husband, Jim, to whom she has been married 51 years, and three sons, she was a young mother who always balanced family demands with her passionate desire to give women more of a voice in political life, through work with the League of Women Voters.
"There were a certain number of us in the 1960s that were very aware that we needed the change," she said. "And the skies were held up by both women and men.
"The nice thing about our marriage was that it was a partnership," she said.
When she first ran for office, it was her husband who not only encouraged her but also helped her campaign door-to-door, along with her three teen sons, she recalls.
"It was a family project, so to speak," she said.
If you ask what her secret has been, she simply says she was lucky to have the good health, energy and family support, to pursue her passions. It's actually nothing compared with what a lot of women do nowadays, juggling family life, sometimes with second and third jobs, she maintains.
"How she has time to do everything, I have no idea," marveled Ayn Wieskamp, president of the East Bay Regional Park District board, who has known her 30 years. "She is absolutely dedicated to whatever cause she's working on."
"The amount of stuff she's been involved in has been kind of mind-boggling for me," added Dan Dunn, the museum's director. "I think every area needs someone like a Beverly Lane, who will keep the local history alive for people."
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Age: 76
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Tom Manos has been Maricopa County Manager since March 2012. He earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Finance from Arizona State University. After graduation Mr. Manos served in the Peace Corps in Liberia, West Africa. Mr. Manos joined the County in 1984 as the Deputy County Auditor. In February 1998, he was appointed Chief Financial Officer. During his tenure as Chief Financial Officer, the County received four ratings upgrades from the major rating agencies and currently has a AAA rating from both Standard and Poor's and Fitch Ratings. Mr. Manos was appointed to the position of Executive Director of the Industrial Development Authority (IDA) in 2002. In 2010 he was appointed to the Arizona State Retirement System Board and is serving as Chairman.
In January 2009, Tom joined Governor Brewer's transition staff and assisted with transition planning and staffing. In February 2009, Tom became the Governor's Deputy Chief of Staff for Finance and Budget. In August 2009, he retired from state service and became active in managing the downtown Human Services Campus. He has served in a variety of government capacities for the past 30 years.
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Nice Jim to open the show. Mike is a little off at times, but there is a good jam at the end. Right into a Foam, which also has some rough spots while getting settled in, and a rushed ending. Fee was pretty normal and jammed right into the My Friend intro, which has gotten better with time. Trey blows a bit of the lyrics and the song itself has a weak ending. My Sweet One was good and featured Fish continuing the drum part thinking the big balls might come out, but Trey waves it off and they fade nicely into a sloppy Sloth. Haven't played that one in a while. Coil also has some sloppy moments early on surprisingly from Page, but his solo by the end is good as usual. Llama rips as always. Fluff was ok, but spotty, mostly during Fluff's Travels. Antelope has some funny parts with the signals and all, but it's not quite top notch. Good jam overall, very dynamic and a little spacey.
Suzy makes for a solid opener for second set. Nice Page solo breaks. The Curtain sounded a little rusty even though they just played it a week ago. Nice transition into Stash which has some rough spots, but a nice spacey jam at the end. Paul is the other bluegrass call and concludes with the Big Ball Jam that Fish was looking for earlier. Gin had a way out spacey type jam. They are really starting to push this one towards it's future jammy self. YEM? Good grief, lots of heavy hitters this set. YEM has it's problems early on from Trey, but recovers nicely into the solos and a great vocal jam section featuring words based off of "washing machine". Wow! TMWSIY too? Not bad, a little tentative at first, but pretty good. Avenu is good, as is the TMWSIY outro. Lots of shout outs give way to Fish doing Lengthwise. A funny singalong ensues followed by the shushing of the crowd for a full band Carolina. More shout outs fall on deaf ears as Fish busts into the usual Cavern closer. Well played.
Possum moves to the encore spot tonight complete with the Vibration of Life jam in the middle. Still a good jam.
Not too bad of a show overall. They still seem like they weren't totally happy with what was going on as far as sound, monitors, their ears or something? Not sure. They did, however, push the jams farther out in space tonight.