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Simon was awarded the Wine & Spirit Education Trust Diploma in 1979 and the Diploma of the British Institute of Marketing in 1983. He is on the Council of the Wine & Spirits Trade Benevolent Society, a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Vintners and a member of the Académie du Champagne. He is also the Clerk of the Royal Cellars and the holder of the Royal Warrant of Appointment as wine merchant to HRH the Prince of Wales. Simon has lectured on wine on many occasions, and to many institutions throughout the UK and his articles have been published in several magazines, notably Vogue, Debrett's International Collector and The Economist Review of the Year.
He has also contributed to many television and radio programmes. Simon is married to Lucy and has two stepchildren Clarissa and Charlie and two Labrador dogs. In his spare time, Simon loves watching Chelsea play football and is an avid theatre fan.
In addition to buying the Languedoc and fortified ranges, Simon is also responsible for purchasing wines from Provence, South West France and England. His three favourite areas of responsibility, however, are the Rhône Valley, Champagne and Spain, where he is in the process of building the already impressive range.
He gained his Master of Wine qualification in October 2002.
Jasper has been a Master of Wine since 1985, was responsible for all the Burgundian entries in the Oxford Companion to Wine and contributes frequently to The World of Fine Wine Magazine, among other publications. He also lectures internationally on Pinot Noir in general and Burgundy in particular.
Though a frequent visitor to the principal Pinot Noir growing countries of the world, Jasper now mainly divides his time between the UK and Burgundy.
His reputation as a Burgundy expert was further enhanced in October 2010 with the publication of Inside Burgundy, a lifetime's study of the vineyards and vignerons of the region, which has subsequently won the prestigious André Simon award for the best wine book of the year. The first two electronic instalments, Côte de Beaune and Côte de Nuits, are now also available as eBooks on iPads.
She is convinced that everyone can be an excellent taster, especially with the delicious range of wines at Berry Bros., and she encourages you to learn through taste. She sees this as her mission when you attend our Wine School. Rebecca is also dedicated to bringing together the talents of Berry Bros. & Rudd's many gifted experts to share their profound knowledge of great wine throughout the schedule of ticket events.
Since 2002 Max has worked in fine wine, and was appointed Bordeaux Buyer in 2007. Max has worked as Fine Wine Buying Director since 2011, and continues to be responsible for Bordeaux.
Max sources all of the fine wine and Bordeaux requirements for the Berry Bros. & Rudd group, including in the UK, Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan: representing between £35 and £70 million worth of purchases a year, depending on vintage. His job includes building relationship with suppliers and wineries to acquire and preserve the best allocation of the finest wines. He loves both buying and selling fine wine, and believes that a good buyer should also be a good salesman. Max says: "I love both sides and believe that a good buyer should be a good salesman; making sure the correct stock is bought but also taking satisfaction in seeing it sold."
Max is committed to getting the best deals, and aims to ensure that the wines he buys will also be a joy for the sales team to sell. "I love to create a buzz in the office. They all call me 'Frenchy' and say I only like French wines, which is only partly true!"
The seeds of Demetri's long-standing appreciation of wine were sown young: "My grandfather in Cyprus had vineyards," he recalls, "and I remember as a child walking through them, and how romantic and fascinating it was." This appreciation of both the emotive nature of wine, and also the mud-on-boots aspect of viticulture inspires Demetri's vinous interest to this day.
Despite his early grounding in wine, Demetri's route into the trade was an unconventional one, coming to us via a brief stint in the army, a spell in Australia working as a jackaroo, a degree in property surveying and also a number of years in new media, and head-hunting in that industry. "However, I knew my real interest and enthusiasm lay with wine," says Demetri, "and I was looking for an excuse to make a break into the industry. Sometimes, life leads you – and a company I was working for went bust: it was the prompt I needed."
Having joined the firm more than a decade ago, Demetri recalls Berry Bros. & Rudd's fledgling Private Events business: "It was all great fun, though rather less professional than it is today. Now, the emphasis is far more on our expertise: we are able to talk to our customers with such conviction, and the level of authority we possess really is second to none. Add to that the exceptional service and food, and you see what a remarkable experience we are offering."
Demetri was made a Master of Wine in 2013, his thesis for which brought him back to his formative interest in Cypriot wine. "I really like to champion the wines of Eastern Europe, the Eastern Mediterranean, as well as fortified wines, and evangelise about our small but pretty Hellenic wine selection," he says. "My role here is diverse. I am principally an educator at our Private Wine Events but also at our Wine School and Brochure Events. Additionally I have a commercial role as a wine advisor. I enjoy that combination of developing our clients' horizons both academically and practically, helping them develop their wine knowledge and broadening their confidence when purchasing wine. I also have a role in representing the company through our various media, as well via external televisual, online and print media. Ultimately, the main thing that the MW has taught me is objectivity and how much there is still to learn."
In 2007, she joined Berry Bros. as a wine advisor, becoming the Wine Club Manager in 2008.
As Club Manager, Katie has discovered a new raison d'etre: to improve the Club and ensure that every member thoroughly enjoys their time in the Club. She introduced the monthly Club e-newsletter and blog and enjoys meeting the members at the tastings and events she organises.
Wine is not just work for Katie: holidays are often based upon visiting different wineries around the world and trying out the local wine with regional dishes.
He has also travelled extensively in the wine-producing regions of the world including France, Germany, Italy and Australia and has written a monthly wine column for a French lifestyle magazine, "Living France". As well as his responsibilities on the management front, Nicholas is also part of a small team which buys the new Bordeaux vintage every year for Berry Bros. & Rudd globally.
Nicholas was appointed Commandeur D'Honneur de L'Ordre du Bontemps, Medoc et Graves – Sauternes & Barsac, in June 2005 in Bordeaux, in recognition of services to Bordeaux and Chevalier de Tastevins in Burgundy in December 2006.
He was a sommelier at many top restaurants before beginning an illustrious sales career in 1989, running Harrods' wine department.
In 1996 he joined Berry Bros. & Rudd as Assistant Fine Wine Manager. Simon has been very fortunate as his job has allowed him to taste many legendary wines. He loves St Juliens and Pauillacs, and top Premier and Grand Crus from the Côte de Nuits. Possibly because of his travelling he likes to think of himself as 'the Indiana Jones of the wine trade'.
Though his childhood ambition was to be an airline pilot, it wasn't long before Stewart's culinary vocation became clear: at school while his peers were trying to bake fairy cakes, he could be found putting the finishing touches to a sole bonne femme. These days, Stewart feeds his love of food by taking in as many restaurant visits as possible – recent highlights include Tom Sellers' Story and The Hambrough on the Isle of Wight.
In his recipes for the Berry Bros. Blog, Stewart aims to show just how good simple ingredients can be – especially when served with the right bottle of wine.
He began his formal involvement with the industry working for The Distillers Company Ltd in 1974, later joining Berry Bros. & Rudd. In 2003, he became Director of The Glenrothes and now represents this singular single-malt whisky across the globe.
Ronnie is a Master of the Quaich and Member of the Committee of the Keepers of the Quaich and a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Distillers and was voted the Ambassador of the Year for Scotland 2008 and then World Whisky Ambassador of 2008. He is married with two children. He enjoys all sports. He calls an aeroplane "home" but lives in England.
Anne McHale MW
Wine Education Specialist
Anne was born and raised in Belfast, and went to Cambridge to complete a degree in French and Latin. After graduating, she joined London-based French wine agency Mistral Wines, before working as a Marketing Assistant at the UK office of New Zealand Winegrowers. Anne joined Berry Bros. & Rudd as a temp for two weeks – that was in 2006, and she has never been allowed to leave.
Anne started at Berry Bros. & Rudd assisting Rebecca Lamont with the Wine School and administration for events. When her role became permanent, she worked as the Wine School Administrator for four years, becoming gradually more involved in presenting events and tutoring at the Wine School. She is now a Wine Education Specialist, a role suited to her passion for wine education and her five years of study for the Master of Wine qualification. In 2013, Anne became Berry Bros. & Rudd's most recent recipient of the coveted title of Master of Wine.
As a Wine Education Specialist, Anne hosts ticketed luncheons and dinners, as well as tutoring evening tastings and wine schools. As a qualified instructor, Anne also tutors candidates for the WSET qualifications. Increasingly, Anne is becoming one of Berry Bros. & Rudd's better-known faces. She recently appeared on a selection of in-flight videos for Virgin Atlantic explaining Berry Bros. & Rudd's selection of wines available in flight.
Anne loves teaching wine appreciation to people and seeing knowledge and confidence sink in. She says that she most enjoys helping people to discover an exceptional wine that they hadn't heard of before, or debunk a myth about a wine style to show its true potential. Anne finds that working at events for the Wine School allows her to meet interesting, convivial people with a common interest in great wine and great food.
At Cambridge, Anne was a choral scholar, but would love to use her talents to sing more modern pieces. She says: "It is my secret desire to learn to sing in a more jazzy or show-tune style and perform in a musical." Alongside her work, Anne is learning to speak Italian, which she took up because of her love of Italian wine and food.
Ben Upjohn
Fine Wine
Ben started working for Berry Bros. & Rudd at the age of 15, in the cellars of No.3, during his Christmas holidays. After leaving school he went to Oddbins for a couple of years and then joined us permanently in 2001 in the London Shop before moving into the Fine Wine Team in 2005. He has a passion for Bordeaux and Burgundy, but also enjoys wines from New Zealand. In his spare time he enjoys country pursuits and photography.
Chris Pollington
Fine Wine
Originally joining Berry Bros. & Rudd in 1997 working in the Heathrow Airport shop, Chris has also worked in our Internet and Telesales departments before joining the Fine Wine team in 2007. Chris's great passion is for the wines of Italy, hosting dinners and wine schools on the subject, but he also admits to a soft spot for the great wines of Burgundy.
Geordie Willis
Brand Director
"My introduction to fine wine was carrying it, not drinking it," explains our Brand Director, Geordie Willis. "As a family member, people are often under the impression that I would have been weaned on the likes of '45 Mouton, but this was far from the case." In fact, Geordie's path through the business began – quite literally – at the bottom, when he started work in the London cellars as an 18-year-old. "At the time, I did it purely to make pocket money, but it was impossible not to be taken in by the magic of it all," he says.
Having left the firm for a number of years to work in a design agency, Geordie returned to Berry Bros. & Rudd to take up a position in the Hong Kong office. His timing was judicious, as tax had just been removed from wine. "Hong Kong became the wine hub of Asia overnight," Geordie says. "It was the place to be in the wine world – the most exciting bar none." Immersed in the local food and drink scene, and with fantastic travel opportunities, Geordie would happily have remained in Asia – but four years later in 2012 he was called home to take the brand image in hand.
Working alongside design agency, Pentagram, Geordie looked to Berry Bros. & Rudd's past in order to evolve its future aesthetic. "It has been a very interesting journey," Geordie says. "The re-branding needed to feel genuine and so it was essential that nothing should be invented. In fact, the process was more one of a self-discovery. Everything from finding the original shade of green for the shop-front to resurrecting a logo from the early-twentieth century has meant that we were able to start telling our own story."
Vicky Williams
PR Manager
After leaving university with a degree in Journalism, Vicky became a newspaper reporter. After five years, Vicky decided to leave behind a life of parish council meetings and school fetes and move into PR, and it was The Vineyard at Stockcross – a five-star hotel with a two-Michelin-star restaurant in Berkshire, which sparked Vicky's passion for wine. Joining us as PR Executive in October 2004, Vicky now manages the company's PR strategy for the UK and Hong Kong.
Rob Whitehead
Spirits Buyer
Rob started with Berry Bros. & Rudd in March 2006, initially working at the Heathrow Airport shop. After moving to No.3, his passion for spirits which first blossomed during his university days in Oxford, came to the fore. Rob's Yorkshire roots reveal a keen eye for value, and he enjoys exploring some of the more obscure spirits and wines of the world. That being said, he keeps returning to red Burgundies, the whites of Alsace and Germany, Jamaican and Demerara rums and, of course, Scotch whiskies.
David Berry Green
Eighth generation family member to have worked at Berry Bros. & Rudd in his previous role as a wine buyer for the company, David now runs his own venture, DBGitalia. David grew up interested in wine – in particular the culture surrounding it – and worked in France learning about winemaking for two years after leaving school. However he left the vineyards to study business in the early 1990s. Discovering that he missed the wine world, David joined Berry Bros. & Rudd on the shop floor as a Shop Assistant in the Heathrow store, and has never looked back.
During his early years at Berry Bros. & Rudd, David worked for the spirits side of the company, as a regional manager for Cutty Sark, and with the website team before becoming a Wine Buyer in 2001. This appointment enabled him to pursue his passion for wine. . During his career he has bought wines for the company from Burgundy, Spain, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, California, the Loire, Alsace, Austria and Germany.
In particular though, David had always been intrigued by Italian wines and their unfulfilled potential, but had never visited the country until a trip to visit friends in the early 1990s. In his own words, he experienced a "Damascene moment" when opening a bottle of 1989 Barolo: "I remember thinking 'this is fantastic, why don't we do more with these wines?' I realised that there was something special and classical in Italy, on a par with France's finest".
The Barolo was from the La Serra vineyard, made by producer Poderi Marcarini who David works with to this day. In his position buying for Berry Bros. & Rudd, David increasingly focused on Italy; he says: "I was aware that there was more amazing wine to be uncovered and brought to market." Citing the close relationship of Jasper Morris MW, who joined the company in 2003, with Burgundy, David realised that "I could only do this properly by living there."
Over the past 20 years, David says that he has witnessed a change in the Italian wine scene. "Wines with a high alcohol content, international punch and soaring price points that had been produced in the late '80s, '90s and early 2000s lost their allure, as producers up and down the peninsula turned again to indigenous grapes, valuing their terroir and traditions. This heralded a return to elegance."
In 2009, David journeyed to the Langhe, the region in Piedmont that is home to Barolo, the grape behind the majestic Barolo and Barbaresco wine styles. There, in the village of Serralunga, he met Davide Rosso, of producer Giovanni Rosso, and was inspired by his wines. David feels that this meeting was fate: "I always follow my nose, and I felt that it had led me to Serralunga to meet Davide." He moved to Serralunga shortly after this encounter, to better observe and understand the changes in Italian fine wine and in order to buy the finest and truest examples of Italian wine for the rest of the world to enjoy.
David now lives in Barolo, where he is in constant contact with the local producers. His favourite part of the job is identifying, nurturing and bringing to the market truly fine authentic Italian wines, made by producers "who are doing the right thing". David sees himself as the bridge between the right producers and the right customers. He places a premium on understanding the context in which the wines are made, seeking out wines of great integrity and elegance, exceeding customers' expectations, and delivering great value at whatever price point.
In his spare time, David is a keen ornithologist. He was always interested in birds, but found when he moved to Italy that his new home was a particularly spot good for enthusiasts. He says: "One of the great attractions of the Langhe is the annual visits by nightingales. We also see rare birds such as hobbies, a type of falcon."
Emily Miles
Content Manager
Emily joined Berry Bros. & Rudd in 2013, in something of a career sidestep. Having previously worked as a copy editor and writer for magazines such as Esquire and Men's Health, as well as a freelance drinks writer, she elected to swap the bright lights of Soho for more stately streets of St James's in a bid to immerse herself more fully in all things wine and spirits.
In her roles as Content Manger, Emily edits the Berry Bros. & Rudd blog, as well as helping to produce a multitude of literature and communication for the company. "From the buyers on the ground in the vineyards, to the Masters of Wine in the classroom, Berry Bros. is a fantastic place to find expert-led stories," Emily says. "The staff here understand every inch of the wine trade, so if you want to write news about the industry – from the most exciting emerging regions to the best wines in which to invest, there's no better place to work."
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Joe Cole the answer to our left sided problem?
He's available on a free this summer, its doubtful he'll be going to the World Cup coz he's not playing, and we know about his skill and pace.We do have a problem on the left and he can defo play there.Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
A Yahoo! User Jan 12, 2010 18:37 Flag
I would love this one to happen loki but dont see it happening. If chelsea wont match his wage demands, i dont think we will either.
A Yahoo! User Jan 12, 2010 18:42 Flag
Yes please, but highly unlikely.
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His wage demands are an opening position. Anyone would start high, especially at Chelsea. Remember what Lampard and Terry are on let alone the rest.
If he is free, he's a 15m player going for nothing. Over three years thats 96k a week. His injury record is suspect, but maybe he's been unlucky, he's not too old, and will be relatively fresh.
A 15m player would cost 60k + in wages, so I reckon what Chelsea are offering is about the going rate. Why wouldn't we match that, perhaps structured over appearances etc?
The key is attracting him, and he would fit in our team realy well!
A Yahoo! User Jan 12, 2010 19:48 Flag
Do you honestly think cole would leave london to come north to a team that isn't playing well, with a manager who hasn't got a clue and is owned by baseballing ice-hockey playing leeches from a country that hate football????? 150K a week might do it.
This is deluded. Instead of dreaming about getting star players from Chelsea that you can't afford you should first be thinking whether you will be able to keep the two players who keep your team in the top half of the division.
Joe Cole is not going anywhere. Mark my words.
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He's free....so not unaffordable. Liverpool's problem isn't paying wages, its the sky high transfer fees and one off outlay's which can't be borrowed. We have turnover to support wages.
Normally I'd agree with you about Joe Cole, but Chelsea are talking about Ribery, Di MAria, and no-one is even sure what Ancelotti makes of Joe Cole. For me Chelsea have so many central players, they need expansive width at least on one side. If I can see that, so can Ancelotti, and Joe Cole is not pacy, nor does he stay wide.
I'm not convinced that he fits Chelsea's style of play any more, decent player that he is. He may see himself better off at a club like Liverpool, where he would be one of the higher profile players.
A Yahoo! User Jan 12, 2010 20:08 Flag
We are all allowed to dream arent we robert?
So why are your lot being so tight fisted with little joe?
Come on guys, we have all seen this before, Joe Coles contract is expiring, the speculation about Liverpool, Tottenham, United is nonsense and he will have a new deal before the month is out.
A Yahoo! User Jan 12, 2010 22:34 Flag
(i) he's more likely to win trophies with Chelsea - fair enough
(ii) he's happy at Chelsea- fair enough
(iii) his mates are at Chelsea - fair enough
(iv) he's a Londoner - fair enough
(v) Liverpool's a dump - er liverpool was the '08 capital of culture cant be that bad lol
(vi) Frank Lampard is better than Steven Gerrard - i beg to differ. In facti think the mancs would take stevie over fatboy!
(vii) our centre-forward is not named after an ethnic fast food joint - i think torres was around before nandos and btw its ferNANDO not nando.
(viii) when we beat Liverpool 1-0 it's always Joe Cole who scores - not happened in a while though - you beat us 2-0 instead now lol
(ix) "he's here, he's there, he's every-f***ing where - Joey Cole, Joey Cole" is such a classier hymn than anything you've ever come up with. - f*ck me your lot can actually think of a song?! first time for everything i guess lol
(x) Rafa Ben... [enough - Ed] - yeah fair enough

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As they climbed higher, the rope turned coarse and splintered. Their fingers were red and swollen. Her hands were well calloused, and so she voiced no complaints. His were tender and inexperienced, so each scratch became another injustice. Their pants were wearing thin, and perforations gave way to tears, which gave way to holes, which gave way to blood. The snake charmer's song was lost in the wind, but they knew he was still playing. Like a sapling peeking out of the soil, the top end of the rope manifested the strands, which braided and knotted themselves. Each push of their feet, and pull of their arms brought them closer to the wispy clouds. The rope did not sway, as the trees had. The cuffs of their clothes rippled in waves. He told her to slow down. She told him to keep up. A crowd below, swarmed together, growing and shrinking from sight. He wanted to give in, and let them catch his fall. She had listened to him whine for long enough, and each time she inched up, her hips moved with increasing angst. When he asked if she was trying to shake him off, she told him that she couldn't hear him so far below, and again he was told to hurry.
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The pirate fleet had fallen behind. Each man piloted his own pairs of wings. The tiny crafts were exhausting in the headlong gales. Down below, they were known as the dragonfly thieves, but within their ranks they knew no collective name. Any person who could fly may join in their fun, as long as they wore no badge. At the tip of the hoard, two women strained with grinding teeth. Neither would let the other get there first. They practice of attack feigned of chaos, but each one knew their role. The nimble and light, would spend their strength for height, and latch on to the top of their prey. When one would cling on, they could give their peddling legs a rest, and let their weight do their part for them. The burly pirates, who wore padding and clubs, would land on the decks, in a fury. Their higher risk let them get first picks, but that incentive was hardly worth it. Those who were amiss in speed or strength, would play about as distractions. Their flyers could hold less loot, as they were weighed down with shields and slings.
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This is a hobby for me. I have a day job that pays the mortgage, etc. So money is not an issue, at least from a survival standpoint. However, money does have some value as a measure of the value of what I'm doing as a musician. To that end, one of my goals is to stop playing gigs for a cut (after expenses) of the door. It's pretty sad when the band's take-home for the evening, per member, is about three bucks and a couple of beers. Yah, that's pretty typical for "originals" bands around here - it's definitely a buyer's market.
I'm not bitter about the originals scene, but I do recognize that it's a dead-end for someone who, like me, is a hobby player. I have a blast playing out. But when you consider that for every hour on stage we spend about 40 hours in rehearsals... well, I'm glad I don't have to live off of the income - I'd be homeless and hungy.
I toyed for a while with the idea of joining a covers band. The monetary rewards are good (relative to the originals scene). But I realized, when our originals band started throwing in a cover every once in a while, that I don't enjoy doing covers. That's where I started many years (OK, decades) ago, and I don't have any desire to revisit that part of my musical development.
So, what to do? Well, I've been learning some music theory. That has been a tremendous boon, not so much for my technique, but rather for my creativity. And I've been working on other things, like understanding harmonic movement, relationship of scales to chords, voice leading, ... Stuff that most players associate with jazz technique, although I have no interest in playing jazz - at least not in the sense of playing standards (the jazz equivalent of a cover band).
The theoretical knowledge also helps me to communicate musical ideas with other musicians. I'm learning to be able to grab a chord that sounds good in context, and to name that chord from its notes and its place in the progression. I still have a long way to go to be proficient at that, but just the ability to puzzle it out at my present glacial speed - without books, charts or other aids - is a real thrill!
Technique-wise, I've been developing my right hand. I've learned to play using fingers rather than a pick, which has opened the door to being able to grab unusual chord voicings with skipped strings, and to emphasize some chord tones over others. I'd like to develop some ability to play chord melodies - Johnny A has been a big inspiration in that regard.
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If you're one who believes that misery loves company, Jane, you can take heart in the fact that you are not alone in your stinky misery.
Colleen Macuk, program manager at Jackson County Animal Control, said she often receives compalints from neighbors upset wayward cats' destructive behavior, which includes digging up gardens, killing birds or leaving unwanted deposits behind. But there are few laws or regulations covering cat behavior and cat owner responsibility. Because of that, Animal Control officers personnel can't go out and impound cats like they do with dogs, Macuk said.
While it's tough to control a neighborhood tom, there are chemical agents that act as deterrents to him using your garden as a litter box, said Sally Mackler, executive director of the local animal welfare organization, Spay/Neuter Your Pet. Additionally, cat-proof fences can be purchased and installed, she said. For more information, visit the SNYP Web site at spayneuter.org or call 541-858-3325.
A much more longterm solution of controlling cats is to get them spayed or neutered, said Mackler. SNYP will be offering low-cost spay/neuter clinics in an effort to reduce pet overpopulation during October. Tom-and-Mom discount certificates will be available for purchase for $25 for female/moms and male/toms at the Medford, Ashland and White City granges.
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So, what happened while this blog* was on vacation?
Hmm (I started to use the list tag from HTML, but it just looked so 1990s):
1. The American Historical Association came out (as historical associations are wont to do) with a fairly mild statement about not forcing graduate students to dispense their dissertations to all and sundry before they'd, you know, had a chance to publish. This statement came at the intersection of about seven different hot button topics: the catastrophic state of the academic job market, the collapse of academic publishing, the overproduction of Ph.Ds, the power of the intertubes, open access, digital scholarship, and probably a few I'm forgetting. Because of this intersectionality,** there was an immediate outcry on the blogs (including Edge co-founder, Eric Rauchway) and twitter (with hashtag!), condemning the reactionary mandarins of the AHA for failing to come into the 20th century, let alone the 21st. They should be focusing on increasing digital scholarship, and book publishing is such an old-fashioned way of measuring scholarship, and so on. These were all reasonable points, but ignored the fact that the AHA had been, in fact, trying to work on digital scholarship, and had been trying to revamp tenure requirements in a digital age, but that these efforts couldn't magically and with a wave of the wand change How Things Are At The Moment. The AHA pointed all of this out, and then brought in William Cronon to articulate the position. Since everyone agrees that Cronon speaks from Olympus, much of the kerfluffle died off. This blog's opinion? This blog thinks that the AHA has a perfectly good point in saying that graduate students should not have to submit to mandatory open access policies, especially in this era of University corporatization. Graduate students are weak enough as a group and rarely weaker when they are in that final moment of trying to get their dissertation approved. Short-circuiting their choice of what to do with that approved dissertation (by having mandatory open access policies) seems to this blog exploitative.
2. The British government decided to throw a hissy-fit and hijack (if only briefly) Glenn Greenwald's husband, David Miranda, at Heathrow Airport. This was catastrophically dumb in so many ways that it boggles the mind. They're not going to recover anything (from the confiscated thumb drives, laptops, etc) that they don't already have (given that Snowden took documents from the US government***) and the only result is going to be massive quantities of bad publicity. Greenwald does not strike this blog as someone likely to be intimidated by such ham-handedness (though, really, using your husband as a courier for classified documents?) and it puts the Guardian on warning that the UK government is prone to doing stupid things (which, apparently, was the UK's intent). This blog does note the irony of the person under controversial detention having the last name Miranda, however.
3. Scientific American published a column by Salman Khan of Khan Academy arguing for more online content. This blog has already weighed in on the general concept of MOOCs, but wanted to point out that Khan's vision of the university classroom–"Today students in most classrooms sit, listen and take notes while a professor lectures. Despite there being anywhere from 20 to 300 human beings in the room, there is little to no human interaction."–appears to have been drawn largely from Ferris Bueller's Day Off:
This blog is pretty sure there are classes like that, but it has only rarely witnessed, participated, or been aware of such, and this blog has been in a lot of classrooms. This blog also notes that MOOCs (or online learning in general) hardly seem models of human interactivity, but perhaps this blog is being as unfair to the Khan Academy products as Khan is to regular classes. It does however, give this blog a chance to post not only a clip from Ferris Bueller, but also from Star Trek:
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*I know, I know, all Julius Caesar of me, but I felt like it.
**I'm aware that I'm stretching the meaning of that word a bit.
***Though I note that if the US wasn't sharing its intelligence with the British, the UK might actually have gained something from the confiscation.
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The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, were a dramatic reminder of the importance of cultivating a better understanding of the United States and our policies with overseas audiences. U.S. public diplomacy activities include the efforts of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, which oversees all nonmilitary U.S. international broadcasting by the Voice of America (VOA) and several other broadcast entities. Such broadcasting helps promote a better understanding of the United States and serves U.S. interests by providing overseas audiences with accurate and objective news about the United States and the world. GAO has issued three reports over the past 4 years examining the organizational, marketing, resource, and performance reporting challenges faced by the Board. Our recommendations to the Board have included the need to address the long-standing issue of overlapping language services (that is, where two services broadcast in the same language to the same audience) and to strengthen the Board's strategic planning and performance by placing a greater emphasis on results. The Board has taken significant steps to respond to these and other recommendations.
The Broadcasting Board of Governors has responded to a disparate organizational structure and marketing challenges by developing a new strategic approach to broadcasting which, among other things, emphasizes reaching large audiences through modern broadcasting techniques. The existence of five separate broadcast entities has led to overlapping language services, duplication of program content, redundant newsgathering and support services, and difficulties coordinating broadcast efforts. The Board's new approach seeks to overcome these problems by treating all broadcast entities as part of a "single system" it oversees to ensure that broadcast content meets the needs of individual markets. Other challenges include a lack of target audiences within broadcast markets, outmoded program formats and styles, poor signal delivery in many areas, and low audience awareness in several major markets. The Board's approach calls for new initiatives (such as Radio Sawa broadcasts to the Middle East) and existing language services to systematically address these deficiencies. To streamline its operations, the Board has used its annual language service review to address such issues as how resources should be allocated among language services on the basis of their priority and impact, what degree of overlap should exist among services, and whether services should be eliminated because they have fulfilled their broadcast mission. Since 1999, the Board has identified more than $50 million in actual or potential savings through this process. In response to our recommendations on the Board's strategic planning and performance management efforts, the Board revised its strategic plan to make reaching large audiences in strategic markets the centerpiece of its performance reporting system. The Board also added broadcaster credibility and audience awareness to its array of performance measures and plans to add a measure of whether VOA is meeting its mandated mission.
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Message to Protesters: Don't Mess With Testimony
Susan Davis reports on the Petraeus hearings.
The Iraq hearings on Capitol Hill have been punctuated with protests, with a dozen people arrested over the past two days, according to a Capitol Police spokeswoman. Ten protesters were arrested Monday during Gen. David Petraeus's testimony before the House Armed Services and Foreign Affairs committees, and two people were arrested today during Senate testimony, said Sgt. Kimberly Schneider.
|A protester is removed from the Iraq hearings by Capitol Hill Police during Gen. David Petraeus's testimony Monday.
Antiwar activists from Code Pink have targeted the hearings — their members and affiliates make up the bulk of the arrests. At least two of Monday's arrested protesters remain in jail, said Code Pink spokeswoman Dana Balicki. Eight have been charged with unlawful conduct and four with disorderly conduct, according to the Capitol Police.
Code Pink's protests are becoming a common fixture at Capitol Hill events and hearings on the war, and Balicki estimates that approximately 30 of their members have been arrested since the operation permanently set up shop in Washington earlier this year. Protesters aren't always placed under arrest, and it usually depends on how — and if — they cooperate with Capitol Police. "An offense does not always warrant an arrest," noted Schneider, and many protesters are often subjected to nothing more than a police escort off Capitol grounds.
But Ike Skelton (D., Mo.), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, made it clear during Monday's hearing that disruptions won't be tolerated and protesters would be prosecuted fully. "It's been very interesting. We've definitely got the feeling that the word has come from the top down not to mess with this testimony," observed Balicki. "There's definitely been a bit of 'Pink-profiling,'" she said. Although getting arrested for protesting the war is becoming an unofficial badge of honor for many Code Pink'ers — several activists, including Desiree Fairooz, 50 years old, boast of multiple arrests and have even served jail time.
Many of those arrested face little more than a court appearance and a fine unless they have outstanding warrants for other offenses. Balicki said many of the group's members have good relationships with the Capitol Police and often give them a courtesy heads up on their planned activities to keep things cordial. "Our relationship with the Capitol Police is generally congenial," said Balicki. "Our intention is not to make Capitol Police work harder or get angry about our right to protest as citizens."


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About the Book
"Bottom of the 33rd is chaw-chewing, sunflower-spitting, pine tar proof that too much baseball is never enough." —Jane Leavy, author of The Last Boy and Sandy Koufax
"What a book—an exquisite exercise in story-telling, democracy and myth-making." —Colum McCann, winner of the National Book Award for Let The Great World Spin
From Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Dan Barry comes the beautifully recounted story of the longest game in baseball history—a tale celebrating not only the robust intensity of baseball, but the aspirational ideal epitomized by the hard-fighting players of the minor leagues. In the tradition of Moneyball, The Last Hero, and Wicked Good Year, Barry's Bottom of the 33rdis a reaffirming story of the American Dream finding its greatest expression in timeless contests of the Great American Pastime.
On April 18, 1981, a ball game sprang eternal. For eight hours, the night seemed to suspend a town and two teams between their collective pasts and futures, between their collective sorrows and joys—the shivering fans; their wives at home; the umpires; the batboys approaching manhood; the ejected manager, peering through a hole in the backstop; the sportswriters and broadcasters; and the players themselves—two destined for the Hall of Fame (Cal Ripken and Wade Boggs), the few to play only briefly or forgettably in the big leagues, and the many stuck in minor-league purgatory, duty bound and loyal forever to the game.
With Bottom of the 33rd, celebrated New York Times journalist Dan Barry delivers a lyrical meditation on small-town lives, minor-league dreams, and the elements of time and community that conspired one fateful night to produce a baseball game seemingly without end. An unforgettable portrait of ambition and endurance, Bottom of the 33rd is the rare sports book that changes the way we perceive America's pastime—and America's past.
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Dan Barry has crafted a loving and lyrical tribute to a time and a place when you stayed until the final out...because that's what we did in America. Bottom of the 33rd is chaw-chewing, sunflower-spitting, pine tar proof that too much baseball is never enough. — –Jane Leavy
"What a book -- an exquisite exercise in story-telling, democracy and myth-making that has, at its center, a great respect for the symphony of voices that make up America." — –Colum McCann
"Dan's Barry's meticulous reporting and literary talent are both evident in Bottom of the 33rd, a pitch-perfect and seamless meditation on baseball and the human condition." — –Gay Talese
"A fascinating, beautifully told story... In the hands of Barry, a national correspondent for the New York Times, this marathon of duty, loyalty, misery and folly becomes a riveting narrative...The book feels like 'Our Town' on the diamond." — –Los Angeles Times
"An astonishing tale that lyrically articulates baseball's inexorable grip on its players and fans, Bottom of the 33rd belongs among the best baseball books ever written." — –Cleveland Plain Dealer
"Meticulously researched and tremendously entertaining!" — –Columbus Dispatch
"[Dan] Barry does more than simply recount the inning-by-inning-by-inning box score. He delves beneath the surface, like an archaeologist piecing together the shards and fragments of a forgotten society, to reconstruct a time and a night that have become part of baseball lore." — –Associated Press
"Whether you're a baseball aficionado or a reader who just enjoys a good yarn, you'll love this book." — –Minneapolis Star Tribune
"A worthy companion to Roger Kahn's classic Boys of Summer ...[Dan Barry] exploits the power of memory and nostalgia with literary grace and journalistic exactitude. He blends a vivid, moment-by-moment re-creation of the game with what happens to its participants in the next 30 years." — –Stefan Fatsis, New York Times
"Brilliantly rendered...The book is both a fount of luxurious writing and a tour-de-force of reportage." — –Washington Post
"[An] heroic conjuring of the past." — –New York Times Book Review
"[A] masterpiece...destined for the Hall of Fame of baseball books." — –Publisher's Weekly
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Local low-cost health care provider La Clinica will operate a health center inside Jackson County's new Health and Human Services building once it's finished, La Clinica and county officials announced today.
La Clinica received a $650,000 federal grant, renewable annually, in November to operate the new health center inside the building being constructed at 333 W. Eighth St., said Julie Wurth, communications director for La Clinica.
Set to open in late 2014, the two-story building rising immediately east of Medford City Hall will house public health, mental health and developmental and disability services, consolidating the county's 300 health and human services employees who are now spread across nine buildings.
Because the Health Center New Access Points grant requires La Clinica to begin providing service before the county building is scheduled to open, the organization will open a temporary facility near the site within the next few months, Wurth said.
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A 56-year-old Virginia Beach man was sentenced in federal court Friday to 18 months in prison for harassing Navy pilots in flight with a laser.
Robert Bruce Jr. pleaded guilty July 31 to one count of interference with a flight crew, according to a new release from U.S. Attorney Neil MacBride of the Eastern District of Virginia.
Court documents said that Bruce, angry about the noise caused by the Navy aircraft flying at Naval Air Station Oceana, began harassing aviators with a handheld laser as they flew near his home. The incidents took place from December 2011 to June 2012 during takeoff and landing practice, the news release said.
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Germany Says Sprouts Were Source of E. coli Outbreak, After All
First it was imported cucumbers, tomatoes and lettuce, then sprouts, then something-but-we-don't-know-what.
But according to German authorities, vegetable sprouts grown at a farm in the Lower Saxony region of the country are indeed the source of the E. coli outbreak that has killed 30 people, the WSJ reports. Lettuce, cucumbers and tomatoes have been exonerated.
Nearly 3,000 people have become ill, some seriously so, and investigators traced the source to the farm. The sprouts never tested positive for the precise type of E. coli that has been implicated, but the existing evidence of who ate what, when and where is sufficient to make the link, German government agencies say. More people may yet fall ill, a German public-health official warned.
Bloomberg News reports that "interviews with restaurant patrons and cooks and a review of food deliveries" were used to pin down the connection between the sprouts and those who fell ill. BN says the small farm in question sells radish, cabbage, broccoli and garlic sprouts, among other types.
The strain of E. coli that was identified as the culprit in this outbreak seems to have an ancestor in a type of the bacterium first identified in Germany a decade ago.
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Authorities said Danny Shows, 25, shot Laura Shows, 34, with a shotgun. They said she died at the scene of the shooting.
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Easily one of the greatest titles on the DS...Between exploring the massive towns, wandering through the multi-tiered wastelands, and challenging legions of trainers, you'll enjoy a lengthy adventure that no other DS game can boast.
Official Nintendo Magazine UKAs long as you don't mind it being effectively a fancy remake of past Pokemon adventures, Diamond and Pearl provide a fantastic experience with great Wi-Fi features. [July 2007, p.70]
There's a lot to do in Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl, which looks as good as a top-down Pokemon game is going to get for some time. It also benefits more than any other sequel in the series from a predecessor due to online capabilities. [JPN Import]
Indeed, it's somewhat ironic that only now, with the integration of Wi-Fi, Pokémon has become the community game it's always pretended to be. Casting a retrospective eye upon the series, it would appear that every game since the series started in 1995 has just been a level up. This, finally, is the real deal. [JPN Import]
An extremely well conceived game. While some may complain that it is too much like past titles, it's hard not to get drawn into the charm and depth of the universe.
These are the best games in the series by a considerable margin, and should provide you with entertainment for weeks to come, especially if you're planning on playing "Pokémon Battle Revolution" for the Nintendo Wii.
Overall, the better graphics, easier controls, and clearer visuals help make this Pokémon game the best in the bunch. The great Wi-Fi connection modes also make this a must have for any Pokémon fan who may own too many versions already.
Nintendo PowerArmed with a host of new Pokemon, an expansive new world, and the functionality of the DS, Diamond and Pearl constitute the ultimate Pokemon experience. [June 2007, p.102]
Whatever anyone tells you, you're never too old to enjoy Pokémon. Anyone who says otherwise is an idiot, a liar or possibly both. No, the immense depth, inescapable charms and boundless personalisation found here is enough to put most other commercial releases to shame, with the new battle mechanics making Diamond and Pearl even more covertly complex than the series has previously been.
An update is what they've got; graphical upgrades, new characters, new moves, but with the same classic gameplay. Whether this is your first Pokémon game or your fifth, this formula still works like magic.
AceGamezAs much as I love Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, it alarms me to see how little the core game has evolved over the years.
Pokémon Diamond or Pearl will satisfy any fan of the previous games: it's accessible, it's fun, it features online play and trading, and the battles are more involved than ever, and you'll get hours of enjoyment out of it – as long as you play against people your own age.
Regardless of such niggles, Diamond and Pearl are among the best Pokémon titles so far, if not the best. Visually the game is fantastic, ably juggling 2D and 3D elements, and the soundtrack is catchy, upbeat and distinctly Pokémon themed.
Games Master UKFamiliar collecting and battling, but immaculately designdd and with online play. [June 2007, p.62]
In the end, it's more of the same with some added critters. If you're hankerin' for a batch of Pokemon on the DS, pick it up. If you haven't beaten the other versions, though, you may want to go the cheaper route.
For those who zip through Pokémon games, you can become the League Champion in a little more than 30 hours, but it should take everybody maybe 40 or more hours to complete. Rest assured, the game isn't anywhere close to over after the credits roll.
Electronic Gaming MonthlyUltimately, it's another addictive treadmill of a game that offers nearly limitless replayability and depth. [July 2007, p.94]
The addition of an online function in the game has made its replayability soar to new heights.
Pelit (Finland)The best Pokémon role playing game so far. [Sept 2007]
Tons of strategic depth and gameplay that's incredibly rewarding; it's one of those games that offers an enormous sense of accomplishment for even the littlest things performed. And the touch screen functions of the Nintendo DS help move things faster and easier with simple navigation menus.
The differences between Diamond and Pearl and their predecessors are small, but they add up. Refinement is paramount here -- refined balance of battle skills, refined relationships between monster types -- as is expansion.
The additions and alterations aren't game changing, and Diamond and Pearl do what the Pokémon franchise has always done best--deliver an accessible and highly addictive role-playing game experience.
A nice step up for the series. It keeps the classic gameplay formula that the series has offered for a decade, and adds some elements that only the DS could pull off, from touch screen functionality to online play.
While naysayers can decry the repetition, the strength of the handheld series continues to be that nobody will whip through the games in few weeks. Diamond' or 'Pearl' are worthwhile investments because they represent months and months of gameplay.
Frankly, this is, for better or for worse, exactly the kind of Pokemon game that we are all expecting. The storyline hasn't evolved, the gameplay is unchanged but has had a few refinements, the DS' touchscreen is liberally used, the game is playable online, the graphics are sharp but still evoke the GBA standard, and there's plenty of new Pokemon to capture.
It's easily one of the best games on the Nintendo DS, and fans familiar with the series will be able to dive right in and get into the game.
The addition of online trades and battles finally delivers on the promise that the first Pokémon games made. The crucial social interactivity aspect of Pokémon now takes place on a global scale. It only took 10 years!
Nintendo GamerWith Wi-Fi battles and Global Trade, D/P is essential. [Sept 2007, p.81]
netjakIf you can get past all this, it's a magnificent game and easily the most solid Pokémon game yet.
Although the single-player quests might invoke a sense of deja vu, Pokemon enthusiasts will love the brand new story and other small tweaks added to the game. The new online battles, however, make this a Pokemon essential for anyone's -- fanboy or not -- DS collection.
Pokemon Diamond and Pearl are not only the best Pokemon games yet, but some of most enjoyable on the DS.
There are a few slight tweaks here and there, and the online functionality is surprisingly robust, but otherwise, this game could have been done on the Game Boy Advance with minimal issues. At the same time, there's more content on this card than four typical DS games combined so you're definitely getting your money's worth.
Finally, it is possible for trainers to meet friends online and battle others around the world via the DS' Wi-Fi. There are also competitions that incorporate acting, singing, and dressing up the little critters in costumes.
It's Pokemon. Moreover, it's Pokemon with online play. If you're a Pokemon fan, that reason alone is enough to pick up Diamond and Pearl, ignoring the new Pokemon and new features.
The fact that it's far from a perfect game and not much of a step forward doesn't make it any less of a must-buy. The core single-player adventure is guaranteed to occupy you for more than thirty hours, and the promise of extensive global trading and (surprisingly deep) Wi-Fi battling awaits those who complete the main storyline. Get this game.
Although I was somewhat disappointed by the small leap in visual quality and the average sound effects, it was the music, the online multiplayer, the new touch screen functionality, and the usual addictiveness that drew me in to keep catching them all this time around.
games(TM)Whether you're a hardened Pokemaniac, an open-minded person with a love of great games or even an impressionable child, you'll struggle to get better value for money than you will find in this glimmering pair. [June 2007, p.124]
Edge MagazineBright and breezy, it offers almost bottomless value, creates a believable and consistent world, offers a real strategic challenge as well as the kind of brainless completism that's best suited to delayed trains and rainy afternoons, and hides a staggeringly intricate set of mechanics inside an accessible and non-threatening world. [July 2007, p.84]
What Diamond and Pearl lack in core innovation, they make up for in finesse, refinement and an overall abundance of gameplay. An easy recommendation.
Despite its foibles, this simplified RPG is accessible to anyone, and remains as engrossing as it ever was.
Though the online mode fails to reach its potential, the game itself is polished to perfection.
Awards & Rankings
#2 Most Discussed DS Game of 2007
#7 Most Shared DS Game of 2007
User Score
Generally favorable reviews- based on 230 Ratings
User score distribution:
Positive: 34 out of 50
Mixed: 10 out of 50
Negative: 6 out of 50
Mar 1, 2011This is the first Pokemon game I was introduced to, and it will always be my favorite. As with the rest of the Pokemon games, it can beThis is the first Pokemon game I was introduced to, and it will always be my favorite. As with the rest of the Pokemon games, it can be accessed on any level. You can simply grind through, giving no thought to your IVs, and leveling up your starter to around 75, with a Level 18 Staravia, and beat the game. However, you can also take the most out of it by creating a perfect team, and you'll need more than a level 75 starter to do well in the Battle Tower. Oh boy. There's so much to do--searching and chaining for Shiny Pokemon (many more Pokemon become available when you beat the game) making poffins, going underground, trading online. It's so extensive, and I've spent over 115 hours on it. I recommend it wholeheartedly.… Full Review »
AshKFeb 1, 2010They just added more levels and Pokemon, but there's very little to note. The new Pokemon look like they were really running out of They just added more levels and Pokemon, but there's very little to note. The new Pokemon look like they were really running out of ideas. They were going for quantity over quality. The way you're allowed to transport Pokemon from your GBA games is pretty cool (although it wouldn't work with the DSi because it has no GBA slot), however, a lot of Pokemon can only be obtained this way, so if you don't have those games, then forget it! There are also some Pokemon other than Mew you can't get at all like Lugia and Hoho, which are the ones in the Gold and Silver. I'm sure you would be allowed to get the missing ones in the Gold and Silver remakes, but if those were never made then you'd be stuck with an incomplete Pokedex. What ever happened to "Gotta catch 'em all?!" WHAT were they thinking? One nice thing I've got to say is that the Pokegear items are pretty cool. Puzzles are rare and feel uninspired. Sure there are a lot of Pokemon to collect, but it feels redundant because of how uninspired they are. There is no sense of discovery. The way you're allowed to trade online may seem like a brilliant idea, but everyone wants something insane like Regigigas while all you want is a Munchlax. A so-so game, but probably the worst in the series. Go play the ones for the Gameboy Color.… Full Review »


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ORLANDO, Fla. — ATDynamics, a Silicon Valley-based transportation technology company and a global supplier of semi-trailer rear-drag aerodynamics technology, Sunday revealed the launch of TrailerTail AutoDeploy systems.
"For over-the-road trucking fleets, who now have almost universally adopted aerodynamic trucks and skirted trailers, the single most important fuel efficiency upgrade is the integration of ATDynamics TrailerTail equipment to eliminate drag at the rear flat surface of the trailer," Andrew Smith, ATDynamics CEO told reporters at a news conference at the American Trucking Associations Management Conference and Exhibition here.
"This aerodynamic drag is costing trucking companies $2-3 billion annually in unnecessary fuel expense," Smith said. Standard TrailerTail systems seen on highways nationwide require minimal driver interaction. The new TrailerTail AutoDeploy systems launched Sunday eliminate driver interaction with TrailerTail devices altogether and ensure maximum fuel efficiency for the industry, he added.
There are currently some 20,000 trailers nationwide equipped with TrailerTails, he said.
The TrailerTail AutoDeploy systems utilize a highly durable, low-cost, compact radar technology mounted under the semi-trailer to measure vehicle speed and automatically deploy TrailerTails when a tractor-trailer reaches a driving speed of 35 mph.
Once the 35 mph highway speed threshold is met, the TrailerTail deploys slowly, regulated by a swing-arm dampening device. The AutoDeploy system ensures that fleets investing in rear-drag trailer aerodynamics equipment receive the fuel efficiency gains delivered by TrailerTail equipment for every highway mile driven.
Also announced Sunday was the TrailerTail AutoAware system, which is similar to the AutoDeploy system with the addition of a driver notification light on the front left corner of the trailer. The notification light is visible in a driver's rear-view mirror and alerts the driver when a TrailerTail is deployed and the vehicle is moving in reverse.
"Our job is to listen to customers and make the most durable, simple-to-use and lowest cost trailer aerodynamics equipment in the industry," said Court Hinricher, ATDynamics New Product Development Manager. "Any concerns about driver interaction with TrailerTails or potential damage from rear-end collisions are eliminated with the AutoAware system."
Both the AutoDeploy and AutoAware systems utilize automotive radar technology found in adaptive cruise control and collision avoidance systems. The driver notification light in the AutoAware system is similar to the alert lights commonly used by tire pressure inflation systems and trailer refrigeration units to notify drivers of significant air pressure loss to tires or temperature inconsistencies.
TrailerTail AutoDeploy systems are available on both new and used trailers and standard TrailerTails can be upgraded with AutoDeploy systems at any time.
ATDynamics also recently announced a new Deployment Sensor that is available to refrigerated trucking fleets operating satellite tracking systems that utilizes a modified door sensor to detect when a semi-trailer's TrailerTail is properly deployed by a driver.
The new AutoDeploy sells for $349.
"Trucking is an asset based industry looking for ways to save money," Smith said, adding that Trailer Tails are the lowest capital investment a carrier can make with respect to saving on fuel costs.
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NICKNAME: Hake
GENDER: Male
SPECIES: Lion
RANKING: None
AGE: Older adolescent
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: He is quite large for his age, already standing taller that a lioness. He has a sturdy, wiry physique and is quite imposing when he wants to be. Hakema is a male just beginning to grow into his mane, with locks of dark brown sprouting from his chest, head and nape of his neck. Additional tufts grow on his elbows and cheeks, though due to his Tsavo lineage, this is as far as his mane will grow. His pelt is a rich golden colour, common of the desert lions, with paler coloured paws, muzzle and underbelly. His green eyes are surrounded by dark brown eyeshades.
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Life as both an assassin and rogue has changed Hakema. Once funny-loving cub, his attitude towards life changed when the intense training put forward by his adopted mother. He slowly becomes more stern and serious, maintaining his composure even in the most difficult of situations. He hated disorder, scorning his allies if they failed to complete the job right or did not follow orders.
However when Hakema loses his brother to rogue lions during a border patrol, this has a huge impact on Hakema's personality. He is now more cheerful and shows greater concern for his packmates, placing their safety over the successful completion of a mission, but still maintains a stern outlook on life. As the pack slowly wages civil war on itself, Hakema slinks back into the shadows and soon wanders off, beginning a life as a rogue. He becomes lazy, wanting nothing to with responsibility and lives a rather carefree life for a while. He begins to have dreams, of fire and loud noises that shake him awake every night. In true Hakema is in a continuous battle with himself. He has amnesia, caused by a terrible incident as a cub that his adopted mother refuses to tell him about. When he tries to remember, he gets painful headaches and his stomach begins to hurt.
He is a strong fighter, notorious for his quick and deadly movements. But his size makes it difficult to bring down larger animals, often resulting in an injury or two. He loves cute things, mainly cubs and pups, showing a rather mushy side of himself.
RELATIVES: Family; Unknown
HISTORY:No one knew who Hakema�s real parents were, only the that his pride was wiped out when the water became contaminated by run-off from the nearby farms. He was found among the dead, still clutched in his mother�s arms. The hyena scouts who had found him brought him before the matriarch, Giwa, for none wanted to kill the newborn cub. Giwa, a mother of many litters, saw many advantages of raising him among her pack and so raised the cub with her own two children, Fili and Tosi. He spent the early days of his life with these two and in the future, both would become his only emotional support.
Giwa wasted no time in training her children. While Tosi and Fili�s training was hard, Hakema�s was far worse, harsher and grueling as the months passed. In time, he closed himself off, becoming a killer his mother always wanted him to be. On his first raid of a local pack, he showed no remorse, killing without a second thought. But all of this was a mere act, an act to prove he was as much a hyena as his family. In truth, his first raid scared him half to death. Fili was there when he woke from a nightmare, crying in fear and shock. But her role was cut short as her mother began teaching her how to be an alpha. Tosi and Hakema were pushed into the shadows as all males were, forgotten most of the time by there mother and soon, their sister.
Over the next year, the pair saw little of their sister, and if the did, were ignored. They trained and continued to do raids, but neither forgave their mother and sister for abandoning them. On one raid though, Fili was assigned as leader of the party but still pretended like her sibling was not there. They were met with heavy resistance. Two rogue lions also joined the fray, hoping to get a meal out the battle. Fili, in her arrogant, thought she could take them on, only to be cut down like the rest. In a fit of rage, Hakema, added by his packmates, hilled one of the rogues and injured the other, who quickly fled.
They returned home in a quiet march, saddened by the death of a usually large number. When she heard of her daughter�s death, Giwa stayed in her cave in mourning, not bothering to deal with the injured. Hakema himself was also injured during the battle but was not allowed near the shamans as he was seen as a danger to the pack by many. But trouble awaited the pack over the coming weeks. With no heir, Giwa was asked to step down, but the old female refused to do so. What followed was a civil war in the ever growing pack. Tosi and Hakema refused to take part though, and disappeared back into the shadows.
After splitting with his brother, Hakema now makes his way to the pridelands, a place he only heard of in rumours.
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The Monroe Democratic Town Committee held its annual Jefferson-Jackson Recognition Gala on Friday, Sept. 27, honoring Angelo Lisis, Tino Modaffari and Jerry Rookasin — three members of the Monroe Parks and Recreation Commission with a combined 60 years of service to the Commission.
"Our parks and trails would not be the same without the ideas and hard work of these three men," said DTC Chairman Nick Kapoor.
Along with honoring these three men, the DTC celebrated the 15 candidates running for office this year.
"We are running 15 qualified, interested, energetic and enthusiastic candidates for municipal office this year. The goal of every single Democratic candidate is to make Monroe the best Monroe it can be right now," Kapoor said.
"Our town needs short- and long-term planning along with logical, business-friendly economic development and an overhaul in the managing of our legal fees. We will work hard and show the citizens of Monroe what we can do in these coming days and be victorious on Election Day," said Dan Hunsberger, Democratic candidate for first selectman.
Other candidates for office include: Jerry Stevens for Tax Collector; Nick Kapoor, Dee Dee Martin, Ray Knapp, Ken Wielk, Patrick Carleton, Phyllis Kansky for Town Councill; Amy Primorac, Jason Maur, Steve Kirsch for Board of Education; John Ostaszewski, Board of Finance; Leon Ambrosey for Planning and Zoning Commission; Cathleen Lindstrom for Planning and Zoning Alternate; Pat Tomchik for Constable.
Also joining the Monroe Democrats was Connecticut's Senior U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal. Blumenthal discussed the obstruction of what he said was a small group of senators and representatives trying to halt the Congress from compromising on funding the government after Monday, Sept. 30. Since the gala, Congress did fail to compromise, leading to a government shutdown that was ongoing at press time Wednesday.
The senator also thanked the hard work of the three honorees at the local level and thanked all Monroe Democrats for their efforts and dedication to get Democrats elected at the local, state and federal levels.
Along with citations from Sen. Blumenthal, the honorees received citations from: State Comptroller Kevin Lembo, State Attorney General George Jepsen, Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman, State Senator Anthony Musto and the Connecticut State Senate, and Congressman Jim Himes.
The Monroe Democrats also recognized Former Monroe First Selectwoman Karen Burnaska who is the winner of the 2013 Connecticut Democratic Party Ella T. Grass Leadership Award. Burnaska served as Monroe's First Selectwoman from 1995 to 2001.


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Welcome to Food or Comics?, where every week we talk about what comics we'd buy at our local comic shop based on certain spending limits — $15 and $30 — as well as what we'd get if we had extra money or a gift card to spend on a splurge item.
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Chris Arrant
If I had $15, it'd be an eclectic bunch featuring Jesus clones, retired spec-ops workers, environmentalists and Batman. First up would be Punk Rock Jesus #2 (DC/Vertigo, $2.99), following Sean Murphy's big-time foray into writing and drawing. Murphy's delivering the art of his career, and while the story might not be as great as the art, it still has a synchronicity to the art that few other mainstream books have these days. After that I'd get Dancer #4 (Image, $3.50); Nathan Edmondson seemingly made his name on writing the spy thriller Who Is Jake Ellis?, and this one takes a very different view of the spy game – like a Luc Besson movie, perhaps – and Nic Klein is fast climbing up my list of favorite artists. After that I'd get Massive #3 (Dark Horse, $3.50), with what is disheartedly looking to be the final issue of artist Kristian Donaldson. No word on the reason for the departure, but with a great a story he and Brian Wood have developed I hope future artists can live up to the all-too-brief legacy he developed. Delving into superhero waters, the next book I'd get is Batman #12 (DC, $3.99), which has become DC's consistently best book out of New 52 era. Finally, I'd get Anti #1 (12 Guage, $1). Cool cover, interesting concept, and only a buck. Can't beat that.
If I had $30, I'd jump and get Creator-Owned Heroes #3 (Image, $3.99); man, when Phil Noto is "on" he's "ON!" After that I'd get Conan te Barbarian #7 (Dark Horse, $3.50). I've been buying and reading this in singles, but last weekend I had the chance to re-read them all in one sitting and I'm legitimately blown away. The creators have developed something that is arguably better than what Kurt Busiek and Cary Nord started in 2003 and shoulder-to-shoulder with the great stories out of the '70s. This new issue looks to be right up my alley, as Conan takes his pirate queen Belit back to his frigid homeland in search of a man masquerading as Conan. Hmm, $7 left. Any other Food or Comic-ers want to grab some grub?
If I could splurge, I'd excuse myself from the table dining with my fellow FoCers and get Eyes of the Cat HC (Humanoids, $34.95). I feel remiss in never owning this, so finally getting my hands on the first collaboration between Moebius and Alexandro Jodorowsky seems like a long time coming. I'm told its more an illustrated storybook than comic book, but I'm content with full page Moebius work wherever I can get it.
• David Welsh asks the people who know what sort of scary manga they'd recommend for Halloween reading. As expected, his panel comes up with a lot of good picks.
• Meanwhile, Ten-Cent Plague author David Hajdu reviews Robert Crumb's adaptation of Genesis for the New York Times:
For all its narrative potency and raw beauty, Crumb's "Book of Genesis" is missing something that just does not interest its illustrator: a sense of the sacred. What Genesis demonstrates in dramatic terms are beliefs in an orderly universe and the godlike nature of man. Crumb, a fearless anarchist and proud cynic, clearly believes in other things, and to hold those beliefs — they are kinds of beliefs, too — is his prerogative. Crumb, brilliantly, shows us the man in God, but not the God in man.
Over at Comics Comics, Dan Nadel calls BS on Hajdu's review: "One wonders why an author would persist in writing about a subject he clearly disdains and isn't interested in actually learning about, but I guess that's between Hajdu and his own idea of the sacred."
Go read the whole takedown; it's fun.
Stitches: A Memoir
by David Small
WW Norton, 336 pages, $24.95.
by Ken Dahl
Secret Acres, 208 pages, $18.
I sometimes suspect that part of the reason some critics (if I can use that term) are hostile towards the recent spate of comic book (sorry, graphic novel) memoirs is due to a mistrust of the genre itself. There's a tendency when someone is chronicling a dramatic, personal event, to exult praise merely for inherent drama of the story, particularly if it's a traumatic one, than the skill in the telling. Some folks, in other words, get swept up in the idea of the story itself and the bravery of the person in coming forward to tell it, and ignore whether or not the work succeeds as art.
Certainly the success of books like Fun Home and Persepolis has resulted in publishers unleashing a number of bad or mediocre memoirs on the public. So perhaps it's not surprising some folks are wary when a buzz-heavy memoir gets released.
Two such books hit the stands recently, David Small's National Book Award-nominated (but kids only!) Stitches and the Ken Dahl's Monsters. The good news is that both books deserve at least some, if not all, of the positive attention they've been getting.
The Book of Genesis Illustrated
by Robert Crumb
WW Norton, 224 pages $24.95.
It's a pretty safe bet that whatever book you pictured in your feverish little brain when you heard the phrase "Robert Crumb adapts Genesis" will never match, or perhaps even compare to, the actual product. When surrounded by as much anticipation and hype as this book has been, (virtually every blogger on the block has declared this the de facto "book of the year," or at least the "book they're most looking forward to") there is bound to be some disappointment.
That's especially true if what you were expecting was anything more than the all-too-literal, note-for note interpretation that Crumb has ultimately produced (indeed, except for a phrase here and there, he seems to have left the sacred text intact). If you were hoping to see some sort of sly, satirical take on the Bible, sorry, but that's not here. If you were expecting googly eyes and big feet, go elsewhere. There is the occasional bit of flop sweat, but otherwise, Crumb keeps his cartoony vibe in check. There's not so much as an ounce of irony to be found.
I had the distinct pleasure this past weekend of finally getting around to reading David Small's chilling memoir Stitches and It's definitely deserving a lot, if not all, of the praise that it's been getting. To help promote the book, publisher WW Norton has created six Vimeo videos excerpting the book, all narrated by Small. The first one's below; the other five can be found here.
Momma had her little cough (from David Small's Stitches) from Stitches: A Memoir… on Vimeo.
As Tom Spurgeon reported on Friday, WW Norton is offering a limited edition slipcase of Robert Crumb's highly anticipated adaptation of The Book of Genesis that comes with a signed print. The cost? A mere $500. Amazon.com has the book listed for only $315, a relative bargain by any standard (it also seems to be the cheapest price on the Net right now based on my admittedly quick perusal). There will only be 250 copies of this edition available, so order yours now. You are going to be ordering one right? C'mon, confess, who among you is going say 'heck with fixing the washer and dryer' and pick one of these up instead?