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Colten Nagy led with eight kills, while John Wenger dished out 17 assists and four kills of his own in the Falcons' sweep of the Rockets.
Ephrata 3, Lebanon 1
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Nick Farlow's 12 kills paced the Mounts to a non-league nod over the Cedars. Cory Remlinger finished with five kills and a pair of aces for Lebanon, which grabbed the opening game before Ephrata won the next three.
Wilson West Lawn 3, Cedar Crest 1
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James Mackie finished with 13 kills, but Cedar Crest could not complete its rally against Wilson.
Cumberland Valley 3, Susquehannock 2
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Michael Fisher's 29 kills allowed Cumberland Valley to hold off a Susquehannock rally as the Eagles took the fifth game 15-13. Damjan Stojkovic added 24 kills as CV took the first two games before the Warriors rallied in games three and four.
CD East 3, Reading 0
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The Panthers swept their way past the Red Knights behind nine assists and 12 digs from Eduardo Gutierrez.
Brian Stockton, Lower Dauphin, 5 aces
Alex Modrzecki, Ephrata, 4 aces
Dwane Hollman, Cedar Crest, 2 aces
Cory Remlinger, Lebanon, 2 aces
Rivera, Wilson West Lawn, 2 aces
James Mackie, Cedar Crest, 1 aces
John Wenger, Lower Dauphin, 1 aces
Michael Fisher, Cumberland Valley, 29 kills
Damjan Stojkovic, Cumberland Valley, 24 kills
Korma, Wilson West Lawn, 18 kills
A.J. Schaeffer, Susquehannock, 15 kills
James Mackie, Cedar Crest, 13 kills
Nathan Rohrbaguh, Susquehannock, 13 kills
Nick Farlow, Ephrata, 12 kills
Colten Nagy, Lower Dauphin, 8 kills
Carlos Pereira, CD East, 7 kills
Brian Stockton, Lower Dauphin, 7 kills
Tommy Bowen, Lower Dauphin, 5 kills
Cory Remlinger, Lebanon, 5 kills
John Wenger, Lower Dauphin, 4 kills
Cesar Flores, Reading, 2 kills
Ross Sattahahn, Cedar Crest, 2 kills
Eli Plaster, Cumberland Valley, 57 assists
Alex Modrzecki, Ephrata, 22 assists
John Wenger, Lower Dauphin, 17 assists
Cesar Flores, Reading, 10 assists
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wel I do not have actuall race experience since there was no wind last year. But I can give you some small info. The wind is full ofshore, the race course goes 800m out of the beach and is around 10km long. Each race is 4 times this leg...so total about 40km, maybe slightly more. There are normally not more than two races a day...the 2010 defi is planed to be one week long.
The minimum wind for racing is 20 knots, the maximum for amateurs is 40 knots on start...that would mean close to 50 knots at the end of the course.
The race is with rabbit start...a boat going 35knots is coming towards the beach and you start as soon as it passes your position. The start line as the whole course is 800m long/wide.
The fee is around 200 euro, where 50 isfor safety equipement (flare), after you give it back you get your money bach. Life jacket is not a must, but a camelback is...for normal people the race takes one hour, the camelback is because of safety during some unexpected problems...it might take some time till you get on the beach and to some source of sweet water to drink...so it is better to have a small camel back.
I can say it is a great expeirence and a lot of people with windsurf gear. So go for it.
PS: the water is flat only close to the beach as you go further downwind it gets pretty choppy.
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I Want My MHD!
Posted 15 November 2005 - 02:58 PM
Don't guess there's much chance of seeing this any time before the eventual Mpeg4 rollout.
Posted 15 November 2005 - 03:31 PM
DirecTV will probably beat Dish to the punch on this one again!!!... oh well... How much clearer do we really need to see Britney Spears anyways??? lol...
Posted 15 November 2005 - 03:32 PM
DISH has the capacity now without MPEG4. They already shuffled quite a few transponders to make room for some HD channels.
Posted 15 November 2005 - 03:36 PM
Posted 15 November 2005 - 03:42 PM
most teenyboppers dont own hd tv's ..so most of their audience probably doesnt care about HD
Perhaps, but then again. MTV is a significantly viewed channel and a lot of people are going to want this station. Then again, until Dish adds the other major networks and other signficantly viewed HD stations that people want, who knows what the future has in store...
DirecTV will probably beat Dish to the punch on this one again!!!... oh well... How much clearer do we really need to see Britney Spears anyways??? lol...
Posted 15 November 2005 - 03:54 PM
Posted 15 November 2005 - 05:14 PM
When is Speedvision going to go HD that would be a desirable channel.
Posted 15 November 2005 - 07:06 PM
Posted 16 November 2005 - 08:17 AM
Actually, It's not just a feed of MTV in hi-def. It will feature shows like HArd Rock Live, Two dollar Bill, CMT's Crossroads, Unplugged, and other performance oriented shows from VH1, CMT, and MTV
That actually sounds pretty cool. I agree with the previous poster, I couldn't care less about seeing Real World or any of that crap in HD, but some big name concerts could be really cool.
Posted 16 November 2005 - 09:16 AM
what a waste of precious bandwidth
To each his own. Have you watched the music channel on voom. The (PBS originated) Soundstage concerts are great. And, I gotta admit watching Gwen Stafani or Shakira on the screen does give me a .
They need to find the bandwitch (for sports too, and I NEVER watch that). That's why we have sat (or cable). Otherwise, my OTA antenna would be all I'd need.
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Nathaniel C. of New York City recommends readers get "20th Century Masters: The Best of Lynyrd Skynyrd" CD, writing that while he likes "Freebird" it "is not Lynyrd Skynyrd's most popular song. 'Sweet Home Alabama' tops it, but not because of its guitar prowess. 'Sweet Home Alabama' is a more universal song, a better mix with the general public. From its piano jamming to its uniquely Southern guitar riffs, this song is widely known around the world."
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In order to keep PMAs completely devoid of visual human impacts, BWCAW officials ask visitors to observe these special Leave No Trace rules.
>>Spread out Unlike other areas of the BWCAW, where paddlers are encouraged to stick to the network of maintained portage paths, PMA visitors should fan out to disperse the impact of their footsteps.
>>Hide out There are no campsites in the PMAs. Choose durable surfaces and pitch tents away from the lake and out of sight. Set canoes and packs on rocks or bare ground (instead of delicate vegetation).
>>Put out The USFS prefers camp stoves over fires. If you like fires, use a fire pan or roll back a patch of sod (replace it before you leave). Use wrist-size sticks (or smaller) to keep flames down.
>>Pack out all garbage and your TP. No matter how conscientious you are about catholes (150 feet back from the shore, six inches deep), animals will investigate–and any buried toilet paper will get strewn around the woods. Don't burn it; throwing trash in fires is prohibited.


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Giant Food Stores and Martin's Food Markets have removed another product from its shelves as a result of a Rancho Feeding Corporation recall of meat products, according to a press release from Giant.
Giant's supplier was Ruiz Food Products. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said the meat products were produced without all of the required inspections.
The product recalled is El Monterey Steak & Cheese Taquito, 28 oz., UPC 7100740389, with best if used by dates of:
May 5, 2014
May 17, 2014
May 20, 2014
May 22, 2014
June 7, 2014
Oct. 8, 2014
Oct. 11, 2014
Oct. 16, 2014
Oct. 21, 2014
Dec. 12, 2014
Giant/Martin's has not received any reports of illness. Consumers should discard unused portations and bring the receipt to the store for a refund.
For more information, call Ruiz Foods at 800-772-6474 or Giant/Martin's at 888-814-4268 or go to www.giantfoodstores.com or www.martinsfoods.com.


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A hard-biting bank robbery suspect who left behind a few pieces of mushy paper after trying to eat a suspected holdup note also chomped on a police officer's thumb Wednesday.
That episode left the 24-year-old parolee charged with last week's bank robbery in Roosevelt Park and facing a charge of assaulting an officer causing injury. The bite drew blood, and the patrol officer was treated at a local hospital.
Authorities said they think the man intended to use the note in a robbery of a Muskegon Heights business or bank. Officers captured him near Peck Street and Broadway Avenue.
The suspect was to be arraigned in 60th District Court late Thursday afternoon.
The Roosevelt Park bank robbery occurred March 2 at the LaSalle Bank, 3275 Henry. The suspect, who passed a note to a teller, escaped.
Shortly after the robbery, Muskegon Heights police and Michigan State Police joined Roosevelt Park police in the investigation.
Around 9 a.m. Wednesday, as Muskegon Heights Police Chief Cliff Johnson saw a man get off a MATS bus at Peck Street and Manahan Avenue and recognized the man as the bank robbery suspect.
Detective Steve White, who is a plainclothes officer, arrived in an unmarked car and called the man over to get his identity. He identified himself and showed the man his badge.
The detective started a pat-down search and by then Johnson pulled up to the location. They decided to handcuff the man and take him back to the police station to see if they could identify him. As White was getting the handcuffs out, the man reached down into his waistband area, pulled a white piece of paper from his waist and began shoving it into his mouth.
By then, Officer Eugene Anderson had arrived. As he attempted to grab the note from the suspect's mouth, he was bitten.
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Venice Beach Recreation Center | KCET
Venice Beach Recreation Center
The Venice Recreation Center may be one of the most famous recreation centers on the planet. Adjacent to the Venice Boardwalk, crowds of locals and tourists constantly stream by this center of heated athletics and dazzling bouts of physical prowess.
Dating back to the 1930s when spectators gathered around this area to watch athletes, stuntmen, and circus performers do gymnastics, the center continues to serve as a spectacle today. Facilities include a weight pen, skate park, basketball, handball, and paddle tennis courts, and the famous Muscle Beach.
When you visit, stop by the caged paddle tennis courts. Athletes from all over the world travel to these courts (11 in total), considered one of the best in the country. A must see also includes Muscle Beach, where fitness icons Jack Lalanne and Arnold Schwarzenegger promoted weightlifting to the world. If you're itching to play some hoops, the center provides basketballs and as well as other recreational equipment. Head to Zelda's Deli for a refreshing sandwich after sweating it on the court.
Begin at the intersection of Pacific and Windward Ave and then walk down toward the beach.
Transit: From downtown bus stop at Spring/1st in Downtown LA, take the 733 Bus towards Santa Monica. Get off at Main/Grand and walk west about 2 minutes to the intersection of Pacific an Windward Ave.
Car: From the 10 Freeway West exit for 4th/5th St. Keep left at the fork, follow signs for 4 St. Turn left onto 4th St. and then take the third right onto Pico Blvd. Turn left onto Neilson Way and continue for about 2 miles as it turns into Pacific Ave and you will encounter Windward Ave.


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If you had to imagine your computer spell check as a person, who would it be?
"My fifth-grade homeroom teacher," answered one frequently corrected speller I put this question to. "Incredibly persnickety. You had to hang your coats up just so or she'd see red."
"My ex. Definitely my ex," responded another. "Always has to be right about everything. The fact that he sometimes is can be very annoying."
As with other areas of life, so with spelling the question is when does nonstop, know-it-all coaching from the sidelines become more of a hindrance than a help. This was not a problem when dictionaries were the only form of spell checking going. Reserved and introverted, dictionaries are pretty much willing to keep to themselves until called upon.
But an automated spell check is more pushy. Here I am lying on the couch at home and starting to type a word on my iPad. Let's say it's "confused." But when spell check starts jumping to its own conclusions with suggested alternatives, I may well start to fantasize that the couch I'm lying on is actually in some fancy psychiatrist's office and that we still have a good twenty minutes to go before my forty-five minute hour is up.
Me: So I'm -- I guess what I'm trying to say is I'm con --
Dr. Spell Check: Conflicted?
Me: No, that's not it. More like --
Dr. Spell Check: Concerned?
Me: no, no. I mean I'm --
Dr. Spell Check: Ah hah! You're content, happy. But afraid to go with the feeling.
Me: Did I say that?
Of all the spell checks that have ever second-guessed my thoughts and feelings, the one on the new iPad seems the most willing to make daring leaps. An acquaintance of mine claims he was in the middle of typing "beekeeper" when his iPad suggested that "be eke" was what he might be getting at. In the same situation, the iPad 3 will probably come up with "to be or not to be."
But as with therapy, so with spell check there's always the hope that one day you may be strong enough to do without the assistance – get up off the couch, as it were -- and go it on your own.
"I before E, except after C, or when sounded like A as in neighbor or..." Anyone over the age of 12 caught mumbling this mantra is probably getting ready to make the big move and turn off their spell check – maybe their therapy too.
But it's not so easy to give up either of these without being at least a bit conflicted. The first time I typed the mantra above I noticed that "a as in" came out as "asinine." Was this a coincidence or a significant, even Freudian, slip on my part? Or even more troublingly was my spell check commenting on any plans I might have to be independent of it?
For now I'm content to go with it being a coincidence. But if it happens again, you can bet that I'll be concerned.
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In celebration of Chief Executive magazine's 20th anniversary, we've been asking CEOs who've held their positions for the better part of that period to reflect on the changes they and their companies have experienced during that time. In our sixth installment, Jim Preston, who has run the core beauty business at
When I joined
But all that disappeared in the late '70s and '80s. I became CEO of Avon during some very dark days. It was 1988. We had more than a billion dollars in debt; we were bleeding; we had just been hit by the first of what would be three takeover attempts in three years. Our credibility with Wall Street was zero because we had not had a good record for 10 years.
Someone asked me then, "What do you hope to accomplish as CEO of Avon?" I said, "Well, step one is survival." In the back of my mind, there were a couple of things that were very important. In particular, I hoped we could restore
Since 1988, when we refocused the company on beauty, selling off a number of health-care businesses, there have been three forces at work that have changed both the industry and Avon:
Consolidation. Until the late '80s, the beauty and fragrance industry was fragmented, made up primarily of small and medium-sized companies. But with a low birth rate in the
This forced companies like ours to look harder at how we were doing business. We had to become a lot more efficient and effective to be profitable and compete globally.
Globalization. Many companies realized that while the
We've entered about 16 new markets since 1990. We'll be in the
The demands in these markets for the kinds of products we sell are great. But without a well-developed retail structure, it's hard for consumers to find them. The ones consumers do find in stores are high-priced because import duties are so stiff. We often open a small manufacturing facility or bring in the raw materials and fill the bottles and jars in that country to qualify for manufacturing, so we don't have to pay the duties. That, of course, allows us to set lower prices, which, in turn, gives us a better shot at gaining a larger market share.
Today you can buy
We used to see the working woman phenomenon as a liability. We thought, "They won't be there when our representatives call. They'll have other employment options, so our recruiting will be more difficult. Although that's been true to an extent, the flip side is that when more women enter the work force, they have more money to spend on products like ours and more need for the kinds of products we sell. What they don't have is time. We can provide a service, convenience, and value. And that's one of the reasons you see improvement in our performance in the
We have also proven we can selectively add new products to our line that generate incremental sales and profits. Ten years ago we weren't in the apparel business-this year we'll probably do more than $700 million in apparel. Two or three years ago we weren't in home furnishings. This year we'll probably do $200 million or more in that category. There is a limit to how many products you can carry, and we're approaching that limit, but that has been a major driver in our ability to continually grow business over the past few years.
Until recently, our line and our packaging were not contemporary enough. We hadn't done advertising in a number of years. People saw
You have to be very concerned with what goes on in the world. Fifteen years ago, I didn't read The Economist. Now it's required reading. I've had to break away from a culture at
The job of the chief executive has also become more complex because of changes in dealing with our own government. OSHA didn't exist 30 years ago. Some of the complicated tax regulations didn't exist 15 years ago. The number of bills coming out of the Congress that can affect business today require that you stay close to legislation or regulations that can affect your industry and be willing to sit down with a congressman, or a senator, or a regulator, or a legislative aide, and make your case in a cogent, coherent manner.
A lot of people talk about their legacy as "look what I did." Brought the stock back from 19 to 160 or whatever. I think a person's legacy should really be determined by what he's built. It's one thing to, say, "Okay, we had a great eight or nine or 10 years." But if those years were great solely because of one person's personality or smarts, you haven't done anything for the organization-except maybe hurt it. I'd rather be measured by what this company does in the five years after I leave. If I've done my job right, it'll be better than when I was at the helm, and it will be better because it'll have the strength in management and a foundation that is solid.


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Onondaga, NY -- Nearly two dozen Central New Yorkers offered suggestions this evening to members of Gov. David Paterson's Economic Security Cabinet.
"Every idea that comes forward will be given consideration," said David Hansell, commissioner of the state Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance and a cabinet co-chair. "We really do care. We really do want to hear what people want to say."
After town hall meetings across the state this summer, cabinet members will compile everyone's testimony into a report, then make recommendations to the governor by fall.
• At the meeting, Mark Falso and Jill Fox complained about the lack of workforce resources for the disabled. Falso is deaf, while Fox is severely hearing impaired.
Falso specializes in computer-aided drafting. Fox is an engineer. Neither can find steady work.
Fox suggested the state include the disabled in workforce development programs created for minorities and women. She said it would make a huge difference for people like her.
"Please help us," Fox pleaded. "Put us to work."
• Ginny Donohue, founder of On Point for College, a Syracuse nonprofit that helps disadvantaged teens apply to and graduate from college, recommended that the state create programs to help young people transition from school to work.
Donohue told the story of a gifted Syracuse teen who recently graduated from college but couldn't find a job. Donohue said she looked at her resume and quickly realized why.
The resume included her past work experience as a cashier at Nojaim Bros. Supermarket, but failed to note that she was a Gates Millennium Scholar.
"If you are the first person to go to college in your family, you don't know how to do a good resume or have a good interview," Donohue said.
• Philip Prehn, a member of Syracuse United Neighbors, asked state officials to help people cope with skyrocketing heat and electricity costs.
"We have entered a time when families are paying more for heat bills than they are for rent," Prehn said.
• Years ago, people went to college to get a good job to be able to pay for cars, vacations and other extras, said George Robbins, another speaker. Today, he said, college-educated people with decent jobs struggle to pay for food, clothing and shelter.


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Fans have until 8 a.m. Friday to cast their votes online for one of three schools in the 2014 Battle of the Fans contest run by the state's public high school athletics association.
One of the three finalists is Skaneateles.
The NYSPHSAA started the contest this winter to encourage sportsmanship and to get high school students more involved in supporting their teams. Schools were asked to state their cases in the contest by submitting their own videos. The state then sent video crews to each finalist to do interviews and catch the students in action at a game.
Skaneateles is one of three finalists, along with Norwich and Pleasantville.
To vote, fans need to like NYSPHSAA on Facebook at www.facebook.com/NYSPHSAA and then cast their votes.
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As part of our series on the Harrisburg boxing scene, had the chance recently to sit down with Capital Punishment Harrisburg Boxing Club trainer Ricky Clark.
A Baltimore native who moved to Harrisburg when he was 10 years old, Clark was introduced to the sport a short time later at the Police Athletic League facility on North Third Street. His Harrisburg boxing contemporaries included Vincent Boulware, Jesse Ferguson, Tony Stern, Darryl Martin, Kenneth Muhammad and Felix Pacheco, several of whom train fighters alongside him at CPHBC.
Click here to learn more about Ricky Clark
Here's Clark's thoughts on a number of topics:
On learning to box at the PAL in uptown Harrisburg and some of his vivid memories of those times: "The trainers then included the Waters brothers, Sweet Cakes Brownlee. The great Kid Gavilan, he came through every once in a while. They had a Spanish Speaking Center [at that time in Harrisburg], it was out on 13th Street. He kept going back and forth. That's where a lot of them met him out there, but he came through the gym.
On watching Muhammad Ali displaying his skills at the PAL: Even Muhammad Ali came through the gym. I remember when he sparred a local tough guy, Mike Harris, who used to be a pretty good football player for John Harris back in the old days. I remember when Muhammad came in and he sparred him. He just came in and did an exhibition. Mike Harris got in the ring with him, and they were just clowning around. That had to be in the early '70s.
On his own introduction to the sport: "I had no choice. Some girl was beating me up, so my mother wanted me to learn how to fight. She took me down to the gym."
On what kept you drawn to boxing: "I wasn't big enough to play any other sport. That's the only sport [I could compete in]. I wasn't big enough to play basketball, football, that's the only other sport where things were equal as far as size and that's why I liked it. Plus it was a sport nobody else wanted to do and that's what kept me in the game. It was something, something special. "
On the differences between the PAL and the boxing gyms in Harrisburg these days: "In the old days, you had to be very special to do this. You had to be the toughest of the tough. If you wasn't tough, you couldn't last a day in a gym like that. What we did was made it a little bit easier. It's not as tough, but we've taught them more technique. Most of these guys here, in the old days they wouldn't have lasted in our gym. ... That's what's different about this game today, because you had to be tough. In those days, a true gym was 7-8 people. If you had 7-8 people, you had a gym. Sometimes we have 30-40 in here."
On your own boxing influences: "When I was coming up, it was guys like Vince [Boulware]. Even though I was older than him, this guy was there. Back in them days, you had to be something. I was working at the Harrisburg Hospital back then. I couldn't spend a lot of time because I had Harrisburg Hospital, school. These guys I envied because they could take the time to do stuff like that. Even though I did it, I couldn't do it as much as those guys did. I had to work and stuff like that.
On the best fighters to come out of Harrisburg: "I like the old-school guys. I gotta be honest. I've got to give it to Vince, because this guy had three world-title shots. Guys like Sweet Cakes and Sammy Waters, they fought for a different kind of thing back in the old Cavalcade of Boxing. Those guys fought to eat. Vince transformed that to where he could get title shots. And Julian Letterlough, he had another title shot. These are the guys that put their time in. Once you get to that level, where you're fighting for a world title, that's it. That's as high as you can go. After that, Darryl put a lot of time in. ... I didn't really start doing this seriously until I was almost 40 years old. That's the difference between us. That's why I'm still doing it. And that's why most of the guys know me."
On being located on Paxton Street, in a building when you were growing up in Harrisburg that housed a Dodge automobile dealership: "I fell in love with it when they brought us up here. I said, 'Oh, man, this is it.' Plus, the deal they gave us. ... This is perfect."
On having one or more pros in the gym training: "It gives a guy, like a 10 or 12-year-old, the chance to look up and say that's the starting point — but that's the finishing point where Terrance [Williams] is. Like I said, that's the thing about this sport, everybody starts the same. They all start the same. It takes some years. Once you get to the pro level, whether you're successful or unsuccessful, that's the top because you took your shot."
On why boxing has so much camaraderie: "This is the one sport that you've got to love. There's no in between. You have to love this game to come in here every day. You have to have so much passion and love for this game, because these guys come in here every day. There's no money in it. You donate your time. And these fighters are in and out of the gym. It has to be love, because any trainer can tell you that in this game fighters will disappoint you. You can put all your time in and it takes a lot. Some fighters, some trainers give up. It takes so much out of you every time you train a guy and get him to where you're supposed to and then, just like that, you're starting over again. This is a sport where you keep starting over. When you talk about a 6-year-old kid, I look at some of them and say, 'Man, in 15 years, I might have one of them.' Or 10 years. There's no end. There's always somebody coming up, coming up."
On the satisfaction that comes with moving a guy from the amateur ranks to the pros: "It's a great feeling, because that lets you know you pretty much did your job. You took them to the point where they felt comfortable to be able to do this — because this is not easy to do. This is one of the hardest things to do. The hardest thing is walking through the door, but once you climb in that ring, once you climb in that ring, it's always something different. And once you get to that point, it just feels great. That's pretty much it when you see guys do that. I know how hard this is. On record, I'm one of them old-time fighters. I changed my name. When you get to a certain age, you're not allowed to fight. And they'd tell me, but I still fought. If you talk to these guys, they don't know when I fought but they know I was still fighting. To be able to go in there and fight your heart out is something special."
On Danny "Pete" Lugo: True warrior. He and Isaiah [Varisano] are probably two of the most courageous fighters I've ever seen. These are the guys that give it all. No matter what they take in there, they keep coming and coming. And Pete's competitive spirit. No matter what, Pete will go after you. Pete has no fear in him whatsoever. Pete's a definitive underdog, a real live Rocky. This guy doesn't have the ability of some of the other guys, but this guy keeps coming and coming."
On Terrance Williams: "He was basically training himself. This has been two years of hard work, because we had to change a lot of things. This guy gets in there and he gives and takes. He goes to war. I put him in there with guys with more experience. This guy gives and takes shots. In one year, he's transformed. This guy's the total package."
On Isaiah Varisano: "He's done so many amateur fights, he's been doing this forever. He's 30 years old, so he deserves a shot. ... He's one of those guys, if you go to a show, the boxing is good. But most people like that blood, guts and that's what he brings in there. He's as tough as they come."
On your own scrap with cancer: "Put it this way, tomorrow they release me. I've been cancer free for a little over two years. When I go to the doctor, they should say, 'Rick, you're good, we'll see you next year.' "
On passing along the knowledge you gathered at the PAL, such as body punching: "That's why I always have that body suit on. That's the way you fight a guy. You attack, because most fighters you're not gonna hit them in the head if they've got half-decent skills. But it's a lot easier to hit the body than a guy moving his head. You go to the body, then you work up. You attack, attack, attack. ... When you start a fight, you chop 'em and keep choppin', choppin', choppin'. 'Cause everybody isn't gonna go. There's fighters that ain't gonna go if you hit them on the chin, but if you work the body."
On why you stay involved: "I do love the game. I love the game."
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Subject: letters
Date: March 28, 2011 8:40:33 AM EST
To: email@example.com
We've been duped
Last November the voters of this state, and the nation, voted to change
our political world by voting in folks promising lower taxes and less
government. That sounded good on the surface, but now as these tea
baggers start to make their changes, I see where this is taking us.
Everything we have spent decades building to make our society so great --
our very way of life -- is threatened. Unbridled government cuts will
have a negative impact on the things we most need and cherish. Our
schools, our safety, our roads, culture, safety nets for the less
fortunate, our national defense, are all at risk. As we lose more fire
fighters, teachers, cops, government services and road maintenance, we
will all suffer. And as we decimate funding for libraries, public
broadcasting, mental health services, medical research, arts, education,
recreation, regulatory watchdogs and so much more, we will soon find
ourselves in a different world. A pronounced step backwards from
civilization, towards a jungle existence, with no spirit of community or
common good.
Governments are necessary, primarily to provide services that people need,
but cant provide individually, It is always good to eliminate waste and
overlap, but we still need many of the things we get by banding together.
Budget squeezes are tough, but it makes no sense why the burden falls so
heavily on the middle class and those in the bottom strata. Yet the new
wave seems determined to continue to give huge tax cuts to the rich and
the hugely profitable corporations. I think we were duped into believing
all these changes would help us, when really they further widen the gap
between the wealthy and the rest of us. I think we could still maintain
our quality of life if we just got those who have most profited from our
economy to pay a fair share.
Now we get the attack on unions, who have always fought for the working
class, union or not. The powerful and rich have divided us so they can
further conquer us. Its scary that so many dont see that.
I for one, will not be voting for the party of the wealthy next time.
Robert H. Smith Cheboygan
A friend of Jake's
I am writing this in response to the article you guys have written about
Jacob Cabinaw (3/21). Ken and his wife were the only two people outside
of Jake's family that spent more time with him than me. I saw him almost
every weekend and he was in the middle of fixing my vehicle when he
I find it odd that I have not once been contacted by the detective,
especially since I left town the week the investigation started. Also, I
want to know what morons believe he left town because he smoked pot?
Going AWOL is way worse than a failed drug test.
Jake was no dummy. He loved his kids, his family, his friends and the
military and is one of the few who wanted to go fight in our two wars. He
does not fit the profile of someone trying to run from his problems.
Anyone that thinks it was anything but foul play is a dumbass and should
think rationally and outside of the ignorance box.
Im glad you guys ran the article and put it on the front page but this
investigation was done poorly by the police. No one runs from their
entire life over a minor marijuana smoking.
George Nemetz via email
An unfair budget
Leave it to Governor Snyder to solve Michigans financial problems on
the backs of seniors and the working poor.
In order to support an 86% tax cut for businesses in Michigan, Snyders
budget proposes a tax on pensions. This tax will have untold negative
consequences for tens of thousands of retirees and those approaching
retirement age.
However, the most egregious aspect of Snyders budget is the proposed
elimination of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). This credit provides
state income tax relief for thousands of Michigans working poor. The
Michigan League of Human Services estimates that approximately 25,000
Michiganders including 14,000 children would be pushed into poverty if
the EITC is repealed. Furthermore, repealing the EITC makes poor business
sense. According to the Anderson Economic Group, every $1.00 of EITC
benefit received results in $1.67 put back into local economies.
All of this adds up to a 32% tax increase for individuals, hitting
Michigans poorest households the hardest. Instead of proposing a change
to Michigans regressive tax structure a fair, sensible move that would
generate billions in new revenue and prevent devastating cuts - the
Governor is asking those who can least afford it to sacrifice more.
Cam McCord Williamsburg
The phony crisis
Loved The Phony Budget Crisis story (Ted Rall, 3/14).
I would just like for you to know how much I agree with and am glad to see
in print, the article on the budget crisis. Finally someone has expressed
exactly how I feel and what I believe to be true with intelligence and
Thank you for taking this risk in Republican territory.
Cindy Akans Gaylord
A better way for economy
After reading American Tsunami (Random Thoughts, 3/21), I think that
maybe Bob Downes had slept through the last two decades. While I share his
frustration with this down economy, I believe that there is a formula that
must be adhered to. I believe an economy needs to be fed a constant stream
of good news, low business taxes, reasonable regulations, controlled
government spending, a balanced budget, low gas prices, and more.
Somehow Mr Downes left out Bill Clintons signing of NAFTA and WTO when
relaying his Republican-led formula for economic disaster. That you blame
Bush is no surprise, but those plant closings he speaks of were preceded
by NAFTA and most have reopened in foreign countries. Your Keynesian
thoughts of endless government spending of Chinese backed dollars to
stimulate the economy is laughable.
As for wages, I spent most of my working life in automotive. When you send
millions of American jobs to Mexico and allow millions of illegal aliens
to enter and offer sub-minimum wage costs to employers, that is simple
supply and demand wage reduction and not racism as your readers like to
extol. As an ex auto worker I like many of my neighbors who have managed
to hang onto our homes make less than half our old wages and we pay half
for everything in life including taxes.
So to the teachers and other government workers, sorry but as you didnt
support us we can no longer afford you.
Bob, you used a firm called Macroeconomists Forecasters to give a chicken
little call for more spending or suffer 500,000 more job losses, their
name by definition requires government intervention (spending) in our
economy. Clinton gave the economy a stream of good news, low taxes, ending
welfare as we knew it, massive cuts in federal government, a balanced
budget and more; this president was raised a Keynesian and rules in a
laissez faire world.
John McDonald Interlochen
Cheers for the Indians
Just wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed the Indians in Winter article
in the March 14 Northern Express. To answer your question, yes -- I have
wondered how the Indians of Northern Michigan lived through the cruel,
cold winter months just a few generations ago.
Most articles Ive come across related to the subject were weak or boring.
Yours was neither. It was the first one that had all the information I
wanted to know. It was succinct and gave information that I have been
seeking, like how the winter made travel possible on soft ground and
animal tracking easier, and the effects of lodge living on the health of
the residents. You paced the article just right.
Ive been reading the Express for many years and this article is probably
my favorite of all time. Even my roommate, who doesnt read the Express,
picked up a copy for herself because of the interest this article
generated when she read the cover.
Elizabeth Winter via email
A turnaround
Mike Estes denouncing of onerous regulations reminded me of his
hypersensitivity to environmental pollution in 2002 when he was
campaigning against conservative Republican Jason Allen for the senate
seat in the 37th district.
At that time he refused to use yard signs because he thought of them as
pollution. I imagine his definition of pollution has softened since that
time, since many of the regulations that he now rails against are the very
ones that protect Michigans air, land and waters. Along with his
enthusiasm for shifting tax monies from pensioners to corporations, this
is a remarkable turnaround for the once Democratic candidate.
Ann Krantz TC
No sharing in proposal
I read with interest the recent letter written by Michael Estes praising
the budget proposals of Governor Rick Snyder. As a retired teacher, I
dont object to having my pension taxed in order to help balance the state
budget. However, I do not want to see this revenue shifted to provide yet
more tax breaks for business.
Mr. Estes speaks of shared burdens. I see no sharing in this proposal. I
see more giving -- to business -- at the expense of retired people.
I urge you to write Governor Snyder opposing his tax shift.
Lynn M. Larson TC
(Look for a follow-up from Michael Estes in next week's Express. - ed.)


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The Vocal Club Mix, Paul Paris' remix and the After Hours Dub – right through to Matthew Macinate's and Nick Arbor's remixes; – are all individually showing what real electronic dance music & energetic structure is exactly about, eighteen times over!
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Top news in the midstate
Campaign signs for Dan Miller and Eric Papenfuse began began disappearing in the Harrisburg area on Sunday, and it turns out that Mayor Linda Thompson's signs are gone as well. Thompson said Monday that 300 of her signs have gone missing, and some of them were defaced after her Perry County "scumbag" remarks. "It's immature," Thompson said. "And I have always expressed in all of our meetings with our volunteers that that's not part of the spirit of my campaign, even though I've been a victim of it."
"I've never had signs stolen like this," Miller said Sunday. "You can't believe how many signs have been taken down. It's ridiculous."
Meanwhile, authorities are on a mission to track down $81 million that is owed to Dauphin County. The missing money is coming from those who served their time in prison, but never finished paying fines or restitution to victims. Other people they seek failed to pay court costs associated with fighting a speeding tickets. There are thousands of names going back to 2000. More than $86,000 of those funds have been collected in the past four months.
Other stories you might have missed:
- Jackson House wins the PennLive Burger Battle
- Dickinson student named College Woman of the Year expresses sorrow over slaying of classmate's sister in Afghanistan
- Margaret Thatcher remembered by Camp Hill woman who worked for her
- Criminal charges 'still a possibility' in Harrisburg bond deals
- A young woman tells of her battle with Asperger's to give hope and support to others
The Associated Press' top picks from the nation/world
Obama warns Congress not to use delay tactics against tighter gun regulations: With time running out on the chance to pass gun control legislation, President Barack Obama on Monday warned Congress not to use delaying tactics against tighter regulations and told families of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims that he's "determined as ever" to honor their children with tougher laws. Obama's gun control proposals have run into resistance on Capitol Hill, leaving their fate in doubt. Efforts by Senate Democrats to reach compromise with Republicans over expanding required federal background checks have yet to yield an agreement, and conservatives were promising to try blocking the Senate from even beginning debate on gun control legislation.
Suicide attacker detonates car bomb in financial heart of Syrian capital: A suicide car bomber struck Monday in the financial heart of Syria's capital, killing at least 15 people, damaging the nearby central bank and incinerating cars and trees in the neighborhood. The attack was the latest in a recent series of bombings to hit Damascus in the civil war, slowly closing in on President Bashar Assad's base of power in the capital. Rebel fighters have chipped away at the regime's hold in northern and eastern Syria, as well as making significant gains in the south, helped in part by an influx of foreign-funded weapons. The blast was adjacent Sabaa Bahrat Square - near the state-run Syrian Investment Agency, the Syrian Central Bank and the Finance Ministry - and dealt a symbolic blow to the nation's ailing economy.
JC Penney ousts CEO Ron Johnson after turnaround strategy fails: JC Penney's board of directors has ousted CEO Ron Johnson after only 17 months on the job as a risky turnaround strategy backfired and led to massive losses and steep sales drops. The department store chain said late Monday in a statement that it has rehired Johnson's predecessor, Mike Ullman, 66, who was CEO of the department store chain for seven years until November 2011. The announcement comes as a growing chorus of critics including a former Penney CEO, Allen Questrom, called for his resignation as they lost faith in an aggressive overhaul that included getting rid of most discounts in favor of everyday low prices and bringing in new brands.
Today's highlight in history: On April 9, 1913, the first game was played at Ebbets Field, the newly built home of the Brooklyn Dodgers, who lost to the Philadelphia Phillies, 1-0.
Today's birthdays: Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner is 87. Satirical songwriter and mathematician Tom Lehrer is 85. Naturalist Jim Fowler is 81. Actor Jean-Paul Belmondo is 80. Actress Michael Learned is 74. Country singer Margo Smith is 71. Country singer Hal Ketchum is 60. Actor Dennis Quaid is 59. Humorist Jimmy Tingle is 58. Country musician Dave Innis (Restless Heart) is 54. Actress-sports reporter Lisa Guerrero is 49. Actor Mark Pellegrino is 48. Actress-model Paulina Porizkova is 48. Actress Cynthia Nixon is 47. Rock singer Kevin Martin (Candlebox) is 44. Rock singer Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance) is 36. Actress Keshia Knight Pulliam is 34. Rock musician Albert Hammond Jr. (The Strokes) is 33. Actor Charlie Hunnam is 33. Actor Ryan Northcott is 33. Actor Arlen Escarpeta is 32. Actor Jay Baruchel is 31. Actress Leighton Meester is 27. Actor-singer Jesse McCartney is 26. Rhythm-and-blues singer Jazmine Sullivan is 26. Actress Kristen Stewart is 23. Actress Elle Fanning is 15. Classical crossover singer Jackie Evancho is 13.
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Katherine Hancock Ragsdale will not continue as dean and president of Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, after her contract expires at the end of June.
Ragsdale said she had asked EDS trustees "if possible, to expedite the process of naming a successor so that I may explore new opportunities. Of course I will do everything I can to ensure a smooth transition."
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(RNS) The dean of a flagship Episcopal seminary will step down after a stormy tenure, conflicts with faculty, and larger debates over the future of theological education.
(RNS) The United Methodist Church is dropping a complaint against a retired bishop who performed a 2013 same-sex wedding in Alabama.
c. 2014 Religion News Service
(RNS) Before she and her husband adopted a son and daughter from Ethiopia, evangelical blogger Jen Hatmaker had a different view about race in America.
WASHINGTON (RNS) An outside watchdog group hired to investigate sex abuse claims at Bob Jones University issued its 300-page report on Thursday (December 11), concluding that the conservative Christian school responded poorly to many students who were survivors of sexual assault or abuse.
(RNS) The future of the Episcopal Church's flagship General Theological Seminary remains unclear, even as trustees agreed this week to reinstate most of the faculty who were terminated.
(RNS) Can a megachurch survive the departure of its star pastor?
For Seattle's Mars Hill Church, it's an open question.
(RNS) Husband-and-wife Pentecostal ministers who own a wedding chapel in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, refused to marry same-sex couples after a recent court ruling, and the American Civil Liberties Union says that's OK—as long as the chapel only operates as a religious establishment.
(RNS) Mark Driscoll is back. Sort of.
Leaders of a church that was destroyed during the attack on the World Trade Center in New York City broke ground on a new St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church that will overlook the 9/11 memorial.
The domed building is scheduled to open in 2016—the church's 100th anniversary. The church has raised $7 million of about $38 million needed.
(RNS) Pope Francis stepped slightly outside of ecumenical protocol when he sent his support and congratulations to the new leader of a breakaway group of conservative Anglicans.
The embattled General Theological Seminary will keep its controversial dean and is prepared to reinstate the majority of its faculty.
In late September, eight full-time professors quit teaching classes and attending official seminary meetings or chapel services until they could sit down with the seminary board to discuss concerns about the seminary's dean, Kurt Dunkle.
(RNS) Mark Driscoll, the larger-than-life megachurch pastor who has been accused of plagiarism, bullying and an unhealthy ego that alienated his most devoted followers, resigned from his Seattle church Tuesday (October 14), according to a document obtained by RNS.
NEW YORK (RNS) Days ahead of an annual conference in New York City's Madison Square Garden, the founder of the Hillsong music and church empire is facing strict scrutiny for what he knew about sex abuse allegations lodged against his father.
(RNS) A new institute in Jerusalem has been awarded $2.2 million to help Christians and Jews study Jewish texts, launching what's being billed as a new kind of Jewish-Christian cooperation.
What are you afraid of? That's what Pulitzer Prize-winning author Marilynne Robinson asks writers who shy away from writing about faith.
The beloved author has won accolades after writing so openly about belief, but it remains a subject few other writers take on.
(RNS) Theologian Stanley Hauerwas has declined a series of lectures he was scheduled to give at New York City's General Theological Seminary in November in the wake of the crisis roiling the school.
United Methodists in Pennsylvania have agreed to resolve a complaint against three dozen clergy who blessed a same-sex wedding without taking the case to trial.
Nearly the entire full-time faculty at the Episcopal Church's oldest seminary is battling with the school's leadership, although the sides do not agree on whether the professors quit, were fired, or staged a walkout.
Responding to a real or perceived gap between science and faith, ten Christian U.S. seminaries will receive a combined $1.5 million in grants to include science in their curricula, the American Association for the Advancement of Science announced October 8.
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Workers with the LOUISIANA MARINE MAMMAL AND SEA TURTLE RESCUE program cleaned a young Kemp's ridley turtle that was found floating offshore and brought to the AUDUBON AQUATIC CENTER. The turtle, estimated to be 2 to 3 years old, was the first to be rescued from the Gulf of Mexico following the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
Kentucky senatorial candidate RAND PAUL blasted President Barack Obama for putting pressure on BP in the wake of the Gulf oil spill. "I think that sounds really un-American in his criticism of business,'' he said. It's hardly un-American to put pressure on those responsible for a catastrophe that's hurting American citizens.
MEREDITH MARMANDE, a senior at Academy of the Sacred Heart, and JORDAN ANDRESSEN, a senior at Cabrini High School, were recognized as distinguished finalists in the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program, a competitive national contest that honors youth volunteers in middle and high schools.


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It was 1972.
I had just been born. George Wallace had just been shot, and Elvis was hot.
At the time, my mother was 23, and she worked at the Dollar General store in downtown Thomasville.
She worked with a very nice woman, Alice Huff, who was her same age. They had sons the same age...and then there was me.
I guess Mama didn't want to be apart from me because I was just so sweet and adorable, or, more likely, she couldn't find anybody willing to keep me because – evidently – I cried a lot.
Anyways, she would take me to work with her and when she was busy or I was sleepy, she would keep me in a big cardboard box lined with a quilt underneath a table there in the store.
Sometimes my brother Wesley would crawl in the box too, but he like to talk so he didn't hang out with me much. He preferred socializing with customers.
People all over town got a kick out of seeing the baby in the box.
It was good for business, and between Mama and Alli I was well watched.
I didn't stay in the box long though, and Mama and Alli didn't stay at Dollar General long either.
Still I would see Alli. She worked with my grandmother for several years.
But then I grew up and moved on from Thomasville and Alli moved too. She lived in Selma for 20 years. It was just this past year that she returned "home" to Monroe County, and you can imagine how surprised I was when the Rose's store came to Camden and Alli was the manager.
I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me the first time I saw her.
I didn't say anything that first day, but I couldn't get it off my mind. It sure seemed like her. She looked exactly the same, even after all these years. I had to go back and see if it was really her.
I knew it was, when I approached her and read her name tag.
She was quite shocked to see me too, not having been expecting that day to be standing face to face with the baby in the box.
Ms. Alice Huff retired this week.
Thursday was her last day.
She visited the store Friday for a final good-bye, and I was there.
I couldn't be happier for her. I wish her health and joy and peace and love.
Working in Camden required her to make an 80 mile a day round trip. It is time for her to get to do what she wants to do for a change, when she wants to do it. And well deserved.
I am going to miss seeing her.
I really am.
When I saw her, I didn't just see her, I saw Mama, and Granny and I could feel connection.
I didn't cry when I told her bye.
Big tears were stinging my eyes. But I wouldn't let them fall. I figured she had got enough of that in 1972.


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Back in September I wrote about how it was expected that Mint.com was coming to Canada in early 2010. Then a week later it was announced that Intuit was buying Mint. This led to more speculation on whether Canadian banks were still in the cards and if so, when would it happen?
Well now we can see that Mint has made some major improvements towards full access for Canadians!
What has been added to Mint.com
Mint has made lots of progress in what is probably the most technical aspect to adding Canadian support; getting our banks working with their site.
- 4 of the "Big Five" Canadian banks. You'll find Royal Bank, TD Canada Trust, CIBC, and Bank of Montreal (including BOM InvestorLine).
- Scotiabank does not seem to be available, though their Scotiabank Brokerage and Scotia iTrade are both up and running.
- Smaller institutions like President's Choice Financial, HSBC and the MBNA credit cards.
What Mint still needs to do
Aaron Patzer, the Founder & CEO of Mint, sent me an email to point out a few things that they are still working on before the official Canadian launch.
- Canadian categories
- spelling "cheque" correctly
- TSX symbols
- Tips for saving with Canadian accounts, not 401ks and 529s.
I've noticed a few things too that I am hoping will be in place in time for the official launch.
- You need to enter a zip code to sign up. I used one in Montana since it's close to Alberta, but when in doubt, for a real zip code, there's always 90210!
- My RRSP with Royal Bank is showing up as a credit card. It does show as a positive amount though, not a negative, so the net worth is calculated correctly. Unless I missed it, an option to recategorize this to Investments would be an easy fix.
- My TD e-Series RRSP does show up correctly under Investments, but it shows the price paid and market value as the same amount, which unfortunately is not the case.
- No way to enter a postal code to track the value of your home. There is an option for a manual price entry, but it would be interesting to see a moving value and it's effect on my net worth.
- Credit cards from retailers like Sobeys and Canadian Tire.
- Not sure if this is a Canadian issue, but my credit card shows the correct balance and credit limit, but the available credit calculates as if I had a credit limit of $0. This sets of a warning message that I am over my credit limit.
While there is still some work to be done, I'd suggest you head over to Mint.com and check out what's available right now. From what I've seen so far, Mint is a great free service for budgeting and tracking your expenses.
Update August 20: As Charles pointed out in the comments below, it appears CIBC, including PC Financial, are now blocking Mint from pulling their data. While this is an attempt to protect their clients privacy, hopefully Mint will work out an arrangement with them so Canadians have full access to all their accounts in Mint.


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Foyt Family Wines
2009 No.72 Meritage
California: Sonoma County
Mission Briefing
Driven to Perfection
From exciting start to a well-deserved victory lap, this wine takes the checkered flag.
Racing metaphors aside, we really do love today's Foyt Family Wines 2009 No. 72 Meritage. This food-friendly wine, blended from the Bordeaux varietals of Cabernet Sauvignon (82%), Cabernet Franc (12%) and Merlot (6%), is a true delight in the glass. Our entire tasting panel really took its time with this wine, finding ever more flavors and deepening aromas.
We love red blends, especially when they achieve such lovely balance. For all of its bold fruit, there is real elegance here, as well. In fact, the wine is elegant enough to pair with a rosemary pot roast, surrounded by beets and onion. A grilled New York steak with button mushrooms would also be excellent.
Tasting Profile
Deep ruby hues with a nearly opaque core. Color remains concentrated from core to edge. Tall, wine-stained tears from high on the glass wall. After they hang at the top for a few moments, they begin a slow downward march.
Black licorice, chocolate and dark caramel liquor, toasted cedar and butterscotch meld with lush fruits of dark cherry, black currant, blackberry and black raspberry.
Racy and lively with integrated tannins, driving bright fruit of blackberry, black raspberry, toasty caramel, dried (unsweetened) cranberry and tart cherry.
This wine races to the finish - and takes a victory lap. Bright fruit and soft spice really linger.
What the Winery Says
This outstanding (not to mention delicious) wine is a blend of 82% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Cabernet Franc and 6% Merlot that was sourced from the famed Chalk Hill and Alexander Valley appellations in northern Sonoma County. All of the fruit is pressed firmly to extract the deeper tannins in the skins. The wine is aged I a blend of French and Pennsylvania oak, 30% of which is new, with the remainder in neutral Hungarian oak barrels. Each varietal was fermented separately to allow maximum expression and optimum blending opportunities.
Wine Specs
APPELLATIONS: Chalk Hill, Alexander Valley, Sonoma, California
HARVEST DATE: September 2009
PRODUCTION: 330 Cases
pH: 3.43%
About the Winery
A.J. Foyt is an icon in motorsports. He is the all-time winner of Indy car races and titles, first four-time winner of the Indianapolis 500, and the only man to win the Indianapolis 500, the 24 Hours of LeMans and the Daytona 500 auto races. However, when asked about what is most important to him, he always replies, "My family."
His son Larry and grandson A.J. Foyt IV created the Foyt Family Wines label to pay tribute to the family patriarch as they launched their first business venture together. It was born out of their passion for fine wine, but before wine it was racing that ignited their fire. Larry Foyt began his professional driving career after graduating from Texas Christian University. His focus was NASCAR where he competed in all three national series, including the Daytona 500. He also raced in the Indianapolis 500 for Indy cars, making him one of the few drivers to compete in America's two most prestigious races.
A.J. Foyt IV began his pro career driving for his legendary grandfather in the Indianapolis 500 on his 19th birthday, making him the youngest driver to ever start in that world class event. He continues to drive in the IndyCar Series which is where he has made his name and his home. While A.J. set the standard in motorsports, his progeny is setting a new standard in racing personality labeled wines. They know that when their family and friends gather at A.J.'s Houston home over the holidays, their wine will be enjoyed – and admired – for its quality and attention to detail. In the Foyt Family, it's about excellence, a standard embodied by the father and one that his son and grandson continue to pursue.
Winemaker Tom Meadowcroft
My passion for wines comes from my experiences growing up, working and traveling in Europe and the United States. Early in life, I started my journey in winemaking by working the harvest of 1979 in Bordeaux.
Later in life, I worked at wineries in Washington and Napa, attended UC Davis and Napa College, and then became a wine manager focused on sustainable farming and environmental advocacy. Managing dozens of properties for the top wineries in Napa and Sonoma taught me the principles of winegrowing and gave me a vision for the kinds of wines that I make today.
With over 60 years of excellence behind the Foyt brand, I am honored to work with the Foyt Family in their passion of growing their wine business. I look forward to many years of fun times and fine wines together with the Foyts. Thanks for your interest in Foyt Family Wines. I hope you enjoy and share our wines with your family and friends.
Winemaker Petar Kirilov
Petar Kirilov grew up in Bulgaria, graduating from the prestigious University of Food Technologies in 2002 with a Master's degree in Beverage Technology, with a specialization in wine, beer, spirits and soft drink technology.
He began his professional career at a Bulgarian factory specializing in high alcohol beverages. In 2003 he decided to leave for California and learn more about the winemaking process. He interned at Truchard Vineyards in Napa, being promoted to assistant winemaker. In 2005 he joined Vinovation, a hi-tech wine company, as winemaker and was involved in numerous research and development projects.
Petar joined Meadowcroft Wines in 2008 as a winemaker to oversee the production of small lot wines. In 2012, he became the winemaker for the Foyt Family, Meadowcroft, and Thomas Henry labels.


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The absorption by OVII and OVIII at zero redshift can be interpreted as a very extensive Local Group medium, whose baryonic mass is greater than that of the known galaxies. This result is model dependent, and for different assumptions, this gas could be a halo around the Milky Way, with hot gas mass that is a fraction of the Milky Way mass. These two models, the Local Group and the Milky Way halo pictures make different predictions for the column of hot gas as a function of Galactic latitude and longitude. In the Local Group picture, the OVII column should be greatest along the Milky Way - M31 axis, and we test that prediction by XMM observations of OVII column densities toward 8 objects. We find enhancement in the column density along the Milky Way - M31 axis, suggesting that this hot gas resides primarily in a Galactic halo of extent 50 kpc. Support for this program was provided by NASA.
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A different lineup produced a positive result as the Coupeville High School tennis team wrapped up the regular season with a 5-0 win over visiting Friday Harbor Friday, Oct. 5.
Coach Ken Stange tried some different combinations to get ready for district and the Wolves dominated, completing the sweep in only 90 minutes.
He said, "All of the boys were solid…the new pairs were productive."
The lineup changes came in doubles, and all three Coupeville pairs won in straight sets: 1, Ben Etzell/Ben Wehrman won 6-0, 6-2; 2, Jason Knoll/Brian Norris won 6-3, 6-0; and 3, Dawson d'Almeida/Shane Squire won 6-2, 6-2.
Nathan Lamb took first singles 6-1, 6-3; and Aaron Curtin won by default in second singles.
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BAY MINETTE, Alabama — A Baldwin County District Court judge denied bail today for Shaun Anthony Carmadelle, who is facing a capital murder charge in connection with the strangulation death of his Daphne roommate.
Judge Jody W. Bishop made his ruling via teleconference during a bond hearing at the Baldwin County Corrections Center early Wednesday afternoon. It was Carmadelle's initial hearing before a judge for the crime to which he confessed earlier this week.
"The judge issued a no bond as is consistent with a case like this," said District Attorney Hallie Dixon after the hearing. "He requested an attorney and was provided with two attorneys because of the capital murder case."
Carmadelle is accused of choking Steven McCullough, 44, on Saturday with two extension cords, then taking McCullough's truck to seek drugs. McCullough's body was found Sunday in his residence at the Grande Pointe Apartments in Daphne's Lake Forest area.
Police said Carmadelle had smoked crack cocaine Friday night.
The 31-year-old Carmadelle contacted Daphne police late Sunday and requested that Dixon be present when he signed a confession late Monday, according to authorities.
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Imagining that Henry Paulson would threaten Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis into completing the Merrill Lynch acquisition late last year never required a huge mental leap. "I intended to deliver a strong message," Paulson anticlimactically acknowledged in congressional testimony.
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How 'hedge fund' Democrats are influencing tax bill
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The healthcare surtax would apply before any tax deductions are allowed (charitable, mortgage, etc.), save one: margin loan interest. So if you want to take out a loan to buy stock, the interest on that will still be deductible against the surtax. But if you want to give to charity or pay your mortgage, you're out of luck. Those aren't deductible against the surtax.
Ouch! CBO says Dem healthcare plan worsens budget picture
Is history repeating itself? High-cost estimates by the Congressional Budget Office helped kill Clintoncare back in the 1990s. Now here is what Doug Elmendorf of the CBO said today about Obamacare:
Would America have collapsed without TARP?
A fascinating exchange just occur ed during Hank Paulson's testimony on Capitol Hill about the Bank of America-Merrill Lynch merger. (Paulson admitted in his testimony that he more or less threatened Ken Lewis with dismissal if Lewis scuttled the deal late last year.)
Obama's self-defeating war on the wealthy
The push by the Justice Department, along with the Internal Revenue Service, to compel UBS to fork over the names of some 52,000 American taxpayers with banking accounts in Switzerland may produce an important benefit for the Obama administration — or so it might think. How so? Those presumably wealthy 52,000 taxpayers, along with some two million other upper-income Americans, can be drafted to help pay for U.S. healthcare reform.


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Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Rookie D Jon Merrill "extremely excited" for preseason shot to show Devils what he can do
Rookie defenseman Jon Merrill said he's "extremely excited" to play in his first NHL preseason game Thursday night when the Devils host the Islanders.
"I'm sure there will be nerves, but I'll try not to worry about that and focus on playing your game and have fun," he said today. "It's hockey. It's supposed to be fun and that's why we're here."
Merrill, the Devils' 2010 second-round draft pick, will be the latest young defenseman to get a chance to show what he can do in a preseason game. Eric Gelinas and Alex Urbom had their turn in Monday's preseason opener against the Rangers. Gelinas scored a goal and Urbom had an assist.
Now, Devils coach Pete DeBoer is eager to see what Merrill can do in an exhibition after watching him over the last week in practices and scrimmages.
"You can see the skill set, DeBoer said. "I'm excited to see him in games."
It appears Merrill, 21, will get a chance to demonstrate that skill set on the power play. He worked on the right point – with Marek Zidlicky at the left point – when the Devils' practiced the power play today.
"They already have great guys that can run power plays here, so any way I can help the team – whether they put me on the power play or the penalty kill -- it's not up to me," he said. "When my number's called, I'm going."
The 6-foot-4, 205-pound former University of Michigan star said his first pro training camp has been going "smoothly" so far and he's been enjoying it.
"It's been great," Merrill said. "Everyone's been awesome. The Devils are a first-class organization all the way through and everything has been amazing for myself and I'm pretty sure everyone else in camp would say the same. Everyone's just excited to be here and trying to worry about playing their game."
Merrill said that's been his main focus.
"The biggest thing is just stay consistent and play my game and not worry about the things I can't control like who's in the lineup and who's practicing with who," he said. "Those are things that are out of my control and I just try to play my game and see what happens."
So, though Merrill practiced today in a group with all of the team's NHL veterans, he's not reading anything into that.
"That could change as quickly as it was today," he said. "I've learned that real quick that you never really know anything. So, you just don't worry about anything. You just play your game and, hopefully, things fall into your place."
Still, getting to practice with all of the team's NHL veterans was "a great experience."
"I think it's awesome to have the opportunity to play with those guys any time whether it be practice, a preseason game, anywhere," Merrill said. "I was really excited about that."
Merrill knows he's up against competition not only from the veteran defensemen in camp – the Devils have seven under contract – but also other rookies such as Gelinas, Urbom and Damon Severson. They all can't make the team.
Still, overall, Merrill views that depth of young defensemen knocking the door as a positive.
"I think it's exciting," Merrill said. "I think everyone around here is excited about the possibility of a lot of good young defensemen and whoever it is that's going to help win games, that's great. That's why we're all here – to win games."
Merrill spent most of the summer working out at Prudential Center to get ready for training camp. After completing his junior season at the University of Michigan last spring, Merrill decided to turn pro and played 12 games with Albany at the end of the AHL season, putting up one goal and seven assists. That experience helped prepare him for this training camp and the transition to pro hockey.
"It was great to get an opportunity to play some pro hockey, get some experience, be around some guys who have been in pro for a while and just see the way they act on and off the ice and just learn a little bit more about the pro game," Merrill said. "You hear a lot in college, but once you're actually here, it's a lot different."
Merrill already noticed a significant difference in the level of play in the AHL
"Any time you make a step up in hockey, guys are obviously bigger, faster, stronger and make better plays," he said. "The pyramid goes up."
With the young defenseman fighting for jobs and the seven returning veterans – Zidlicky, Bryce Salvador, Andy Greene, Adam Larsson, Anton Volchenkov, Mark Fayne and Peter Harrold – DeBoer is happy with the way his blue line is shaping up this season.
"I liked our defense last year," he said. "We don't have a lot of big names there. We led the league in (fewest) shots against a night (23.1). I think it's an underrated group. I think we can do some things better. We can move pucks a little bit better than we did last year and I think some of the young guys are pushing for jobs because they have that ability. The Gelinas, the Merrills, the Urbom's – they can move pucks very well and that's going to push some guys."
Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur has been impressed with what he's seen from the defense playing in front of him in camp.
"It's been great," he said. "I think the boys are playing really good. Our young guys, we have some big bodies and really mobile defensemen and the older guys are playing well so far. The games are where you start to see how it's going to pan out with the corps we're going to have on defense, but I definitely feel real comfortable with what we have, especially the young guys. Some of them are great. Gelly scored a big goal with a big shot (against the Rangers) – something that we haven't had. The last time I think was (Kurtis) Foster and he wasn't the fastest guy out there.
"So, we have a nice group of young guys. It's good for our future."
The Devils had pretty much all of their NHL veterans in the first practice group today with only a handful of younger guys mixed in. That doesn't mean that some guys who practiced in the second group don't still have a chance to make the team, but there is some separation taking place.
"I think we're starting to get the NHL group a little more together and we're sprinkling new guys in and out on a daily basis," DeBoer said.


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A very interesting read my friend sent me, I would recommend anyone read it as well if they have the time.
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Posted 21 August 2012 - 05:37 PM
It is indeed a nice experiment to think about.
I have only played minecraft with my friends, so I can't say how I would feel if I were tested like that.
But I can say that in my case, even without war and lack of resources, we all could sense the auto-destruction mankind tend to do.
In the end, one of the main servers I played collapsed as well. The server admin (more experienced) argued with a newcomer (too excited and reckless) and decided to go creative and exploded the whole thing with TNT's.
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but of course, that was to their own end as well, but still. It'd be interesting to see what would have happened if they didn't manage to secure their sky fortress early on.
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The idea is to not tell them it's an experiment. Obviously they'll know something is up when you raise bedrock barriers around a small chunk of land and order them not to cross it, but they won't know what you are up to. From the OP's post, it seems a few of them got the idea right away (and, if you read on, you'll notice they did pretty well with renewable water, food, wood and cobblestone, even though they took advantage of their economic superiority by griefing the others, either out of distrust, fear, or just because they could) but most of them were clueless and just played normally until resources went extinct.
I would love to carry out/participate in an experiment like this myself, but dont know how well it will work if everyone knew what the goal was from the get go, Any one has ideas on how to execute it? I was talking to some friends who would be interested in participating so i can participate in something like this.
Now obviously if you show them the experiment and ask them if they want to join, you've pretty much bombed it. Although another interesting experiment is to have one "smart" group which knows what is going to happen, and a "dumb" group which doesn't, and see how they interact. Will the "dumb" group meet the same fate as the one depicted in the experiment, or will they notice the "smart" group is having no issues and ask to join them - and if they do join them, will they eventually rebel and engage in self-destructive behavior?
Or, as was brought up on the MC forums, just let them all know the goal of the experiment and see if they actually manage to sustain the environment by working together, or if they all end up murdering each other anyhow. You don't have to carbon copy the experiment, you can also innovate and, well, see what happens in fact this would be a more accurate depiction of the human condition since in first world countries we're being continuously spammed with "protect the planet" ads, so we are sort of conditioned towards preserving natural resources - we "know" it's important in some sense even if we dont' really have a way of seeing the results.
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I find that I have options. For example, I'm hungry around 11. But, if I don't eat then, that hunger goes away and comes back around 2. And if I don't eat then, it goes away and returns around 5. And if I don't eat then, it shows up at 8.
Eating at 11, 3:30 and and 6 would probably work -- to close the window at 7. But, I usually can't eat then, but if I don't eat when I get home, I'm find, so long as I eat between 4 and 5 really (before teaching).
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Ann Arbor Pioneer won five relays en route to a win in the Cereal Bowl Relays at Battle Creek Central.
Pioneer (380), Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice (360) and Battle Creek Lakeview (326) rounded out the top three.
Pioneer won the 400 Invidual Medley (3 minutes 45.60 seconds), 200 backstroke (1:42.72), 400 medley (3:38.02), 200 medley (1:40.89) and 200 breaststroke (1:54.65).
Pioneer's Matthew Erickson was part of the winning 200 backstroke, 400 medley and 200 breaststroke relays.
Kalamazoo: Battle Creek Lakeview's Steven Cordova, Scott Carstens, John Vann and AJ Caruity won the 500 Up-Down relay (4:14.57).
"It was a really exciting meet," Battle Creek Lakeview coahc Kyle Lott said. "The Ceral Bowl is always an exciting meet. Lot of good teams out there."
Lott said he didn't know what to expect from his team as this was its first meet of the season.
"We were really surprised on how we swam," he said.
Lakeview, which finished in 11th at the state final last year, is looking to place in the top 7 this year.
"I think we are really going to be focused on the state meet this year," Lott said.
Lott said he is hoping to qualify 17 of 25 swimmers for the state meet.
Grand Rapids: The Forest Hills Co-op team finished in fourth (263).
Forest Hills placed third in the 400 individual medley (3:52.40), 200 backstroke relay (1:47.97), the 400 medley (3:50.01) and the 200 medley (1:48.89) relays.


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I began writing this Speaking of Religion piece on the day after Jan. 21, which was Martin Luther King's birthday observance -- now a National Holiday.
The Banner's front page on Jan. 22 featured a photo of Tom Gorman honoring ML King's birthday by taking part in a candlelight vigil at the Four Corner's in Bennington. I was also there once again holding my candle and joining in the singing of appropriate songs such as Woody Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land, This Land is My Land" and "Study War No More" and "We Shall Overcome" and listening to appropriate readings. It did not seem possible that another year had passed.
I remembered being a part of the Civil Rights movement back in the 1950's and meeting M King, Jr. when he spoke at my theological school at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey and also being with him in a peace march in the south.
I also remember, sadly, sitting in the same row in Constitution Hall along with Coretta Scott King after the Poor People's March in Washington, D.C. which took place after her husband's tragic death.
An excellent book entitled "Martin Luther King, Jr. for Armchair Theologians" by Rufus Barrow, Jr. published by the Westminster John Knox Press in 2009, will be the text for a study group this coming week. (See brief this page).
Chapter three of Burrow's book is entitled "Ideas from the Academy." He says that while in high school King rejected the ministry.
It was there that I also studied under George Kelsey and, as Managing Editor of the Theological School Journal, The Drew Gateway, came to know him personally and appreciate his important influence on King. In the two versions of his intellectual autobiography called "Pilgrimage to Non-violence" (1958 and 1963), Burrows reminds us how King discusses "aspect of his formal intellectual journey through seminary and graduate studies."
One of Martin Luther King's most famous speeches was his "I Have a Dream" speech. Some ask, "Did the system finally beat King? Did the attacks kill the dreamer and deferment kill the dream? The answer to that question is an emphatic and resounding No. King goes on to state: "Yes, I am personally the victim of deferred dreams, of blasted hopes, but in spite of that I close today saying I still have a dream, because you know you can't give up on life. If you lose hope, some how you lose that vitality that keeps life moving you lose that courage to be, that quality that helps you to go on in spite of it all. And so today I still have a dream. And so, may we also be able to keep the spirit and goals of Martin Luther King in our hearts and let them guide our decisions.
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