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Jura Espresso Machines
Great for home or office, Jura elevates the bean-to-cup experience. With the touch of a button, this line of Swiss engineered coffee centers offers individually brewed coffee, espresso or cappuccino into your waiting cup. And you won't have to wait long since a Jura smart coffee center can grind, tamp, brew and self-clean in less than sixty seconds.
Fill the hopper with your favorite whole bean coffee and relish the fresh taste from a Jura "never-move-the-cup-one-touch" that beats plastic coffee capsules or paper espresso pods hands down.
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Jura Impressa F7 Espresso MachineOne, two, you're done! Jura Impressa F7 is the closest you will get to a one-touch machine without the one-touch price! Save time in the morning while maximizing flavor with Jura's new Aroma + grinder functionality. Learn More$1,899.00
Jura C9 One Touch Automatic Coffee CenterThe Jura Impressa C9 One Touch Automatic Coffee Center is the most compact one touch automatic coffee centers around. With a bright, user-friendly interface and a host of programmable options, the C9 is the next best thing to having your favorite barista in your kitchen. Set your preferences for temperature, volume and strength for each drink, anywhere from one to 16 ounces. The Jura C9's Automatic Cappuccino System frees your hands while sending the hot milk directly into your cup. As for this impressive automatic's other professional features, you'll adore the Clearyl water filtration system and commercial-grade conical burr grinder. Learn More$2,099.00
Jura Impressa Z9 One Touch TFT Super Automatic Coffee CenterAs comfortable as we are with smart phones, wouldn't it be nice if our other appliances operated with such ease? While we can't help you simplify that complicated toaster oven (seriously, is it a toaster or is it an oven?), the Jura Impressa Z9 is here to streamline your java routine. Featuring a TFT color display with a customizable home screen for maximum convenience. Easily replace and rename up to six programmable drink options on the home screen by choosing from the integrated drink library. Learn More$3,999.00
Jura Impressa XJ9 Professional Espresso MachineThe Jura Impressa XJ9 Professional Espresso Machine is the monster truck of superautomatic machines. With one-touch functionality and supersized tank and revved up bean hopper, it's perfect for small offices (or large households!) that crave convenience and capacity. Learn More$3,599.00
Jura GIGA 5 Automatic Coffee CenterSometimes more is just more, but sometimes more is awesome. Built to brew two drinks at a time and offered in two different colors, the Jura GIGA 5 is a powerhouse superautomatic perfect for a small office environment or high capacity home user. With 18 programmable drink settings, coffee lovers can customize their beverage temperature, water volume, dosage, and milk foam to deliver the perfect latte or ristretto at the touch of a button. Learn More$5,599.00
Jura Impressa C60 Automatic Coffee CenterAlways improving and keeping well ahead of the curve, Jura has created a machine that simultaneously mimics and improves on it's predecessor. Meet the Jura Impressa C60! The clear successor to the Impressa C5, this machine offers the same necessary functionality to one-touch your way to the drink of your dreams, all while offering a more convenient process. Learn More$999.00
Jura Impressa A9 One Touch Espresso MachineThe Jura Impressa A9 One Touch with automatic milk and Jura's new touchscreen with slide interface is intuitive and easy to use. The A9 has a compact design that delivers all of your favorite coffee beverages in a small footprint. This would be an excellent alternative to a capsule machine for a small kitchen or apartment space. The Impressa A9 allows you to brew with you favorite bean to help you make the coffee you love. Learn More$1,999.00
Jura ENA Micro 1 Automatic Coffee CenterThe Jura ENA Micro 1 Automatic Coffee Center is tiny but mighty, delivering a gourmet cup of espresso or coffee with an ultra-compact footprint. Unlike many single cup brewers on the market, the ENA Micro 1 delivers a true bean-to-cup experience by grinding fresh beans right before brewing, eliminating the need for capsules or pods. The intuitive touchscreen interface is simple to operate, allowing you to program three cup sizes and select from two dosage levels depending on how strong you'd like your cup. Learn More$799.00
Jura J95 Carbon One Touch Automatic Coffee MachineWe're fans of many things, but here are two that top the list: Coffee and items that make us say "Ooooh, pretty!" So it's no surprise that the Jura J95 Carbon had us feeling a bit woozy with caffeinated-excitement when it rolled through the doors. With its striking TFT display, you can easily select and customize drinks to your heart's content (which is no small feat!). But what really set us aflutter? A carbon fiber front panel that gives the J95 Carbon a show-stopping, we-have-to-have-one appearance. A machine after our own hearts! Learn More$3,599.00
Jura J90 Superautomatic Espresso Machine - SilverLeave it to a bright and colorful screen to put us in a frenzy over the Jura Impressa J9 One Touch TFT. Jura has taken the typical espresso machine digital screen a notch higher — maybe even a few notches higher — with this interactive and visually striking version. At the push of the rotary button, the J9 One Touch's menu pops up, complete with text and images, to reveal a list of specialty drinks from which to choose as well as a helpful guide to customize your own drinks, maintain your machine, and when to refill your water tank. To the detail-obsessed users: You can even choose the color scheme of your screen. Talk about personalization. Move your kitchen into the modern era with the Jura J90 Superautomatic Espresso Machine. A vibrant TFT screen and a user-friendly scroll wheel selector makes it easy to find your favorite drink in a sea of customizable options (even for guests). Smart features like automatic alerts for cleaning cycles, empty water tanks and full dump boxes make keeping up with maintenance an effortless affair. And, with automatic milk heating and texturing at the touch of a button, you'll find a perfect drink for anyone in you family. Learn More$2,999.00


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WATCH: Steve Aoki & Linkin Park perform on 'Jimmy Kimmel'
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Steve Aoki made his national network TV debut when he was joined by Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park to perform their recent collaboration "A Light That Never Comes" on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"
[Listen to Jimmy Kimmel Live The Morning After on iHeartRadio]
Steve's television appearance is the most recent in a few national TV appearances by dance music artists. Over the past year, Zedd has performed on the "Late Show with David Letterman" and most recently Krewella performed on "Good Morning America."
Check out Steve's performance with Linkin Park on "Jimmy Kimmel" below!
Steve has also announced a new partnership to help the victims of the recent Typhoon in conjunction with his birthday. He has partnered with Music Music for Relief and has pledged to match up to $36,000 of donations ($1,000 for every year he's been alive), and the money will go to Music for Relief for Typhoon Haiyan relief in the Philippines.
[Listen to Dim Mak Studios every Thursday at 10 p.m. ET on Evolution]
To encourage donations, the person who donates the most money by December 20th will win a trip to see him perform on New Year's Eve in Cancun, Mexico! Fans can donate to the cause here and set up a fundraising page here.

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Rosé gets its name as a result of its reddish color. Although wine grapes produce a nearly clear liquid, the wine gets its color from the skin of the grapes. This process is how red wine gets its color too, but making rosé involves removing the skins after a couple days of contact rather than leaving them in the wine throughout fermentation.
Don't judge a wine by its color. Rosé comes in several varieties with the misconception that all are sweet and fruity. This characterization is true for some rosé wines. The typical profile of a rosé includes fruity tones like melon, peach, berries, hibiscus and cherry, but can also feature olive or peppery tones. Some dryer, more robust rosé can be paired with a good burger or a pepperoni pizza. The versatile nature of rosé makes it a good wine to serve as a backdrop for your meal rather than the main event. If you are thinking of serving Thai or Mediterranean food at your next get-together, think about a rosé. This crowd-pleaser pairs well with cuisine from these regions and can enhance the flavor of your dishes without overpowering them.
As a relatively easy wine to produce, rosé is made around the world. Order and buy rosé at Wine Chateau from Chile, the U.S., Spain, Portugal, Italy, France or several other locations. Known for its modest price and underappreciated for its qualities, we recommend rosé as a perfect wine for summer nights. Typically served chilled, it is so zesty and refreshing that you'll feel the need to buy it by the case.


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Miss America Contestant: A Sergeant With Tattoos
(NEWSER) – The Miss America pageant runs this weekend, and it's already drawing more attention than usual for three good reasons: Theresa Vail and her two tattoos. Vail, otherwise known as Miss Kansas, will be putting both tattoos on display in the bikini contest, proudly. One is a military insignia—she's a sergeant in her state's National Guard, making her just the second member of the military to compete—and the other is the serenity prayer, reports People. In a blog post for MissKansas.org, Vail explains why she is breaking pageant tradition:
- "Why am I choosing to bear my tattoos?" she writes. It's all about "empowering women to OVERCOME stereotypes and break barriers. What a hypocrite I would be if I covered the ink. With my platform, how could I tell other women to be fearless and be true to themselves if I can't do the same?"
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Ubuntu Saucy Virtual Machines
Virtualization allows a second operating system (OS), such as Windows or OS X, to be run from within (K)Ubuntu. This requires extra RAM (because both (K)Ubuntu and the virtualized second OS require separate amounts of RAM) and a license for the second OS. If you wish to run a virtualized instance of Windows XP, for instance, you must have a license for Windows XP.
VirtualBox is a fast and complete virtualization solution that was owned and maintained by Sun Microsystems (now bought by Oracle). There is a free and fully open-source edition available under the GNU GPL license.
- Install the open-source edition:
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose virtualbox-ose-source virtualbox-guest-additions
- You can also add the QT-version (if using KDE/Kubuntu, for example):
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose-qt
- Start VirtualBox:
- Menu -> VirtualBox OSE PC virtualization solution
For usage instructions, see the End-user documentation. For information on installing Virtualbox in Windows so that Ubuntu can then be installed within in a virtual machine running in Windows, see this page.
Proprietary versions of VirtualBox
A few additional features that are not yet in the OSE version, such as a USB device interface, are available in the proprietary version of VirtualBox. To install a proprietary edition of VirtualBox:
- Add the security key:
wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
- Add the repository string to your repository list and update:
echo "deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian maverick non-free" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list sudo apt-get update
- Install:
sudo apt-get install virtualbox
VMWare is a commercial virtualization platform that currently offers two free products: VMWare Player and VMWare Server (the latter with a free renewable yearly license). VMWare Player can play virtual appliances that have already been created, whereas VMWare Server (which has a broader range of features) allows the creation of virtual machines. In general, VMWare Server is recommended unless you only need to play an appliance. (Appliances will also run in VMWare Server). Users that wish to run servers (or processes) that need to be available to a network from within the virtual machine should use VMServer. If you wish to install a new OS within a virtual machine (other than in an appliance), you will need VMWare Server.
VMWare Player
Installation instructions are on the website, or at the Ubuntu community wiki. In brief, to install the free VMWare Player:
- Install pre-requisites:
sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)
- Get the binary package/installation script, give it executable privileges, then run the installation script:
wget http://download3.vmware.com/software/vmplayer/VMware-Player-2.5.3-185404.i386.bundle chmod +x VMware-Player-2.5.3-185404.i386.bundle sudo ./VMware-Player-2.5.3-185404.i386.bundle
- Run:
- Menu -> Applications -> System Tools -> VMWare Player
Create an Ubuntu Appliance
While any edition of Ubuntu can be installed in a virtual machine, the minimal installation option (F4) of the Ubuntu Server creates a highly-efficient edition (previously known as JeOS) optimised for use within a virtual appliance (which can then be played using VMWare Player or other virtual machine client). See this walkthrough.
A virtual appliance for VMWare Player (using this JeOS minimal server) can also be built using vmbuilder.
VMWare Server
- Install pre-requisites:
sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)
- Download the server source files for your architecture (32-bit or 64-bit) from the VMWare Server website and retrieve your license key by email.
- Extract the files, give execution privileges to the install script, and run the install script:
tar xvf VMware-server-2.0.1-156745.i386.tar.gz cd vmware-server-distrib chmod +x vmware-install.pl sudo ./vmware-install.pl
VMWare Package
VMWare Appliances (that include an Ubuntu/Debian OS) can be created using VMWare Server and the VMWare Package utility. These appliances can then be deployed to users who can play them using VMWare Player. Install:
sudo apt-get install vmware-package
Keyboard errors in VMware guest
After installing VMWare 6.5, and installing a guest OS, the Function, arrow and Del/End/etc keys do not function. This is a bug with VMWare´s code. Add this line to ~/.vmware/config (create file if necessary) to fix this issue:
xkeymap.nokeycodeMap = true
KVM is the free open source virtualization solution implemented as a Linux kernel module (in the recent kernels) for computers whose processors contain virtualization extensions (Intel VT or AMD-V). See the Ubuntu installation instructions. Install:
sudo apt-get install kvm
Qemu (without KVM)
If your computer does not have the virtualization extensions, you can still run the QEMU virtualization platform. See this Ubuntu community documentation. It can be installed from source code.
Xen is an efficient open-source virtualization ("hypervisor") platform (which includes a merge with QEMU). It is the basis for the Amazon EC2 Cloud and is generally intended for use on a server (or on "baremetal" systems, i.e. no OS yet installed). It is free open source under a GPL license. The latest desktop (and installation instructions) is available from the website. (A commercial version is also offered by Citrix.) Implementation in Ubuntu requires some modification, currently. For more info, see the Ubuntu community documentation. Install:
sudo apt-get install xen-hypervisor xen-docs convirt
A Xen virtual machine host can also be installed automatically with certain 64-bit CPUs, using the 64-bit Ubuntu Server LiveCD. (A (K)Ubuntu desktop can then later be added -- see Ubuntu server).
Virtual Machine Manager
Virtual Machine Manager is an application to allow viewing of all instances of virtual machines on your system. It includes a secure implementation of VNC. This and other virtual management tools are available as an integrated package in (K)Ubuntu. Install:
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-virt-mgmt
Crossover for Linux
Codeweavers' Crossover Office for Linux is a subscription-based commercial package that allows many Windows programs to be run on Ubuntu without the need for a Microsoft OS license or a complete virtualization system. See the website for more info. Codeweavers releases older versions of this product into the free package Wine.
Wine is a free open-source package that is similar to (and implements many elements of) CrossOver for Linux. Like CrossOver for Linux, no Microsoft license or virtualization platform is required to run Windows programs. See these instructions for installing the latest version of Wine.
sudo apt-get install wine
Also consider installing Microsoft's TrueType fonts:
sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer
PlayOnLinux is a Wine frontend which simplifies the installation and launch of many Windows programs, particularly games. Install:
sudo apt-get install playonlinux
Internet Explorer 7
Internet Explorer 7 can be installed with PlayOnLinux. Select "Internet Explorer 7" from the "Internet" section of PlayonLinux.
Internet Explorer 6 & 7
Internet Explorer 6 & 7 can function under Wine, albeit imperfectly. For most purposes, Firefox can be used (with the User Agent Switcher plugin) to mimic Internet Explorer.
- Make sure you have Wine and cabextract packages:
sudo apt-get install wine cabextract
- Download the Winetricks installation script:
wget http://winetricks.org/winetricks sudo chmod +x winetricks
- Install with winetricks:
sh winetricks ie6 sh winetricks ie7
Note: Winetricks is automatically installed with the current version of Wine.
Netflix in Wine package
- See this section.
- Note: Netflix can also be played through a recent version of the Google Chrome browser. See this section.
Transgaming Cedega
Cedega is a commercial application (similar to CrossOver Office and Wine), for installing and running some Windows applications, specifically games, without the need for virtualization or a Microsoft license. It provides 3D support, software acceleration support, and a high level of DirectX support. Installation instructions are found on the website.
Mono is a free open source project sponsored by Novell to allow .NET programs to function in Linux ((K)Ubuntu) and Mac OS X. Several GNOME applications (like Tomboy, F-Spot, and Banshee) require mono to be installed, so mono may already be installed by default on your system. The most recent version is available here. Install:
sudo apt-get install mono-complete
- Install the Java Runtime Environment version 6 (the default-jre package points to the open-jdk6-jre package):
sudo apt-get install default-jre
- or
sudo apt-get install open-jdk6-jre
- Alternatively, install the Java Runtime Environment version 7:
sudo apt-get install open-jdk7-jre
- If you really need to use Oracle (ex Sun) Java instead of OpenJDK in (K)Ubuntu then install from the PPA private repository using the instructions found here.
DOSBox is a DOS-emulator that emulates CPU:286/386 realmode/protected mode, Directory FileSystem/XMS/EMS, Tandy/Hercules/CGA/EGA/VGA/VESA graphics, and a SoundBlaster/Gravis Ultra Sound card (for sound compatibility with older games). You can "re-live" classic games that otherwise won't run on newer computers.
sudo apt-get install dosbox
ScummVM allows certain classic graphical point-and-click adventure games to run (provided you already have their data files). ScummVM replaces the executables shipped with the games, allowing play on Linux operating systems (for which they were not originally designed).
sudo apt-get install scummvm
Google Android
- Also see this page.
Android-x86 in VirtualBox
Android-x86 can can be downloaded as an .iso image and installed to and run in Virtualbox (or QEMU, VMWare, or other virtual environment). It provides a fast, efficient emulation environment with a large display but some functions and apps will not work with it.
- See here for more details.
Android SDK emulator
Android SDK for Linux is a 32-bit Android emulator/software development kit. It incorporates a QEMU virtual machine framework as part of its installation. It provides a resource-hungry, slow, but largely functional Android environment and apps can be installed from (and run within) the emulator.
- Once the Android emulator SDK is installed, install an app using these ADB instructions or directly from within an app marketplace.
- More detailed instructions are available here.
F-Droid app repository for Android
- F-Droid is the repository for free and open source software (almost all of it ad-free) for the Google Android platform.


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Third Amendment violation? Police invade family's home to use during SWAT call
(Becket Adams) Remember the Third Amendment?
You know, the part of the U.S. Constitution that goes like this: "No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner."
Well, one Henderson, Nev., family in a recent lawsuit claims that their Third Amendment rights were violated on July 10, 2011, when police officers commandeered their home and arrested two family members for "obstruction."
"Henderson police arrested a family for refusing to let officers use their homes as lookouts for a domestic violence investigation of their neighbors," Reason explains.
The Las Vegas Review Journal provides details on the domestic violence situation police officers were trying to deal with:
Police had gone to the 300 block of Evening Side Avenue, near Horizon Ridge Parkway and the Las Vegas Beltway, for an alleged domestic violence incident at Phillip White Jr.'s home…
White was believed to have barricaded himself and a child inside his home at 363 Evening Side.
SWAT officers closed all entrances and exits to the neighborhood. The standoff lasted hours.
Police began to call people in their homes.
When officers called on Mitchell and his family and asked if they could "occupy his home in order to gain a 'tactical advantage' against the occupant of the neighboring house," he declined, saying he didn't want to get involved.
Things turned ugly — fast.
"The officers banged forcefully on the door and loudly commanded Anthony Mitchell to open the door to his residence," the official complaint reads. "Surprised and perturbed, plaintiff Anthony Mitchell immediately called his mother (plaintiff Linda Mitchell) on the phone, exclaiming to her that the police were beating on his front door."
"Seconds later, officers…smashed open plaintiff Anthony Mitchell's front door with a metal ram as plaintiff stood in his living room," it adds. "As plaintiff Anthony Mitchell stood in shock, the officers aimed their weapons at Anthony Mitchell and shouted obscenities at him and ordered him to lie down on the floor."
It gets worse, according to the complaint:
Fearing for his life, plaintiff Anthony Mitchell dropped his phone and prostrated himself onto the floor of his living room, covering his face and hands.
Addressing plaintiff as "asshole", officers, including Officer Snyder, shouted conflicting orders at Anthony Mitchell, commanding him to both shut off his phone, which was on the floor in front of his head, and simultaneously commanding him to "crawl" toward the officers.
Confused and terrified, plaintiff Anthony Mitchell remained curled on the floor of his living room, with his hands over his face, and made no movement.
Although plaintiff Anthony Mitchell was lying motionless on the ground and posed no threat, officers, including Officer David Cawthorn, then fired multiple "pepperball" rounds at plaintiff as he lay defenseless on the floor of his living room. Anthony Mitchell was struck at least three times by shots fired from close range, injuring him and causing him severe pain.
Police officers even discharged a few pepperball rounds in the direction of Mitchell's dog before allegedly locking the family pet outside for hours in the Nevada heat without any water.


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WATCH: James Franco talks Instagram activity on 'Late Show'
James Franco says his recent Instagram activity isn't really about showing off his body. Instead, he explained on Thursday's "Late Show with David Letterman" that it's about understanding what will get attention on social media.
Franco said he likes Instagram, and things like it, because it gets people to notice the things he's doing. But he's learned that he'll get a lot more notice if he posts a picture of himself in his underwear, than he would if he shares a picture of his new book or just his face.
But Franco has been doing more than just posting images to Instagram. His new movie, Palo Alto, opens in select theaters this week. It's based on a collection of short stories he wrote, but he says he didn't originally plan to be in the film. The director, however, asked him to play the part of a teacher who has an inappropriate relationship with a student. And while Franco says it wasn't a role he was dying to play, he agreed to do it to help support the movie.
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Danai Gurira, Who Plays Michonne, Says 'The Walking Dead' Isn't Racist
By the time the credits roll at the end of "Indifference," some questions remain: Did Rick really just exile Carol? Can we trust Bob the alcoholic? And, um, did we just witness Michonne flirting?
She did compare Daryl's eyes to a piece of green jasper, though it felt more like an insult than a compliment. But whether or not this is what the all-knowing legion ofWalking Dead fanfiction writers have foreseen (the Dixonne shippers of the world are real), it's another step in one of this season's best and most prominent threads: the unveiling of the real Michonne.
The katana-wielding warrior is finally warming up, revealing a dry, witty sense of humor and hints at a past even more screwed up than we imagined. For her many fans—who complain that Michonne isn't getting the same fleshed-out treatment she did in executive producer Robert Kirkman's graphic novels—it's about damn time. Michonne now cracks wise about Rick's code-red stubble ("Your face is losing the war") and about the fleas she's pretty sure Daryl gave her. She broke down sobbing while holding baby Judith and, as of last night, Michonne even let go of her grudge against the Governor. "No more going out," she tells Daryl. Michonne, once the loner, is staying in the prison.
Danai Gurira, who plays Michonne, says that despite all the sudden zingers, her usually stoic character's transformation started last season. "Her choices last year were all connected to what she wanted: a community," she tells The Daily Beast. "She chose to bring that baby formula to the prison, she chose to tell [Rick's group] where Glenn and Maggie were, she chose to bring them back to Woodbury and help them try and get the Governor. She could have easily taken two walkers and walked back into the wilderness. But in her soul, she knew she needed a community again."
To Gurira, this is "peeling back the onion." Last season Michonne had a guardedness that was the result of "her specific PTSD," Gurira says. Of course, when asked what exactly caused said PTSD, Gurira turns dutifully cagey—though she says she knows the details of Michonne's backstory "very well."
"How could I play out any hint of [her backstory] if I don't know what it is?" she laughs. "You're meant to be in the dark. But it is fun to play it out, to crack it open a little bit here and there. All the stuff that happened to her is something that we deeply hashed out. We know when and how and if it will be exposed to the audience."
Will that be this season?
"You know we'll have to see," Gurira says, before offering one thing she can tell me. "The thing I love about this season is how fantastically it does connect really powerful moments of action with powerful moments of just character study."
Gurira's own backstory is less of a mystery. Born in Grinnell, Iowa, where her father was a chemistry teacher at Grinnell College, Gurira moved back with her parents to their native Zimbabwe when she was five. It was there that she found acting, taking inspiration from Dynasty character Alexis Colby and practicing lines in her backyard. After high school, she moved back to the States to attend college, earned an MFA from New York University, and eventually made her Broadway debut in Joe Turner's Come and Gone in 2009. Film and TV—some may remember her as Delmond's Village Voice reporter girlfriend, Jill, on HBO's Treme—came naturally, and she continued to write her own plays. Her first work, In the Continuum, won an Obie Award in 2006 for its portrayal of two women with HIV.
Considering her refined resume, maybe it's not surprising that Gurira had never seen The Walking Dead before auditioning for the role of Michonne. She isn't a fan of horror movies. Not that it proved much of an impediment. She mastered Michonne's sword techniques in only three weeks. She's also particularly proud of learning to gallop on the horse we see in episode two of this season—a feat she nailed the day before shooting, prompting producers to call off a stunt double.
"Almost every [stunt] you see is me and you can see it's all my face," Gurira says. "I can really say it for all of us. About 98 or 99 percent of the time, it's us."
By "us," she means The Walking Dead's expansive and ever-changing zombie survivalists. The cast has become a point of contention for some who take issue with the show's racial politics. Lorraine Berry at Salon.com dubbed the show a "white patriarchy" earlier this year, citing T-Dog's death and Oscar's short-lived addition as proof that "the critical mass of black men that can be in Rick's group is one." Gurira finds the notion "hilarious."
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(Yahoo!) - When fans first hear about Metallica's new 3D concert film Through the Never (out September 27), which interweaves live footage of the band's biggest songs with a surreal narrative story line, they might imagine a turbo-charged, high-tech production resembling the classic 1976 Led Zeppelin film The Song Remains the Same. Surprisingly, drummer Lars Ulrich said the structure of that movie was exactly what Metallica wanted to avoid.
"I don't mean to be disrespectful, but [we felt strongly that] it shouldn't be The Song Remains the Same," he said September 23 at New York's Walter Reade Theater at a post-screening Q&A moderated by New York Times writer Ben Ratliff. "We don't want to be in the non-concert part. We don't see ourselves acting."
Metallica also didn't want to create the kind of movie where a documentarian tags along with a band. "[We decided] it shouldn't be in the infomercial style that a lot of the current ones are, where they follow a band on the road, and here they are on and off airplanes. There wasn't a blueprint for this movie, and that's what made it so hard to sell in Hollywood."
Throughout their career, Metallica have frequently avoided the obvious path. After the progressive thrash album …And Justice For All, they slowed down, simplified their attack, and released The Black Album. Then they delved into alternative, blues, and classic rock with Load and Reload; and experimented with improvisational songwriting, unconventional editing, and challenging sound recording on St. Anger. They even recorded a much-derided impromptu double album with Lou Reed, Lulu.


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A Nebraska couple has chosen an unusual venue for their wedding.
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WATCH: Young baby swims across pool
(Erica Ritz) There are few things that strike panic into the hearts of parents like seeing a baby fall into the open water.
But a video uploaded to YouTube in August of 2012, which just recently went viral, shows one baby who appears to be a remarkable exception. The 16-month old baby girl is recorded jumping into a 3-foot deep pool and swimming from one to the other face-down, rolling onto her back only when she's tired or needs air, her parents say.
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The description proceeds to describe Elizabeth as "a very determined little girl," adding that at no point was she forced to do anything she was "unwilling to try."
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We close out National Poetry Month this year with a poem by my teacher, Garrett Hongo, to whom I owe so much for opening the world of contemporary poetry for me and challenging me always to stand in the hottest fire, in poetry and in life.
Something Whispered in the ShakuhachiTo read more or comment...
Once, long ago, Kevin Young and I were fellows at the Bucknell Seminar for Younger Poets at Bucknell University. I knew then how talented he was, but I couldn't know how talented he would become. Here, he riffs off Robert Lowell's poem, For the Union Dead.
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NORWALK, CONN.: A homeless single mother has been arraigned for allegedly stealing educational services by sending her son to the wrong Connecticut school district.To read more or comment...
Age saw two quiet children
Go loving by at twilight,
He knew not whether homeward,
Or outward from the village,
Or (chimes were ringing) churchward,
He waited (they were strangers)
Till they were out of hearing
To bid them both be happy.
"Be happy, happy, happy,
And seize the day of pleasure."
The age-long theme is Age's.
'Twas Age imposed on poems
Their gather-roses burden
To warn against the danger
That overtaken lovers
From being overflooded
With happiness should have it.
And yet not know they have it.
But bid life seize the present?
It lives less in the present
Than in the future always,
And less in both together
Than in the past. The present
Is too much for the senses,
Too crowding, too confusing
Too present to imagine.
Johnny, the kitchen sink has been clogged for days, some utensil probably fell down there.
And the Drano won't work but smells dangerous, and the crusty dishes have piled up
The force that through the green fuse drives the flower
The force that through the green fuse drives the flower
Drives my green age; that blasts the roots of trees
Is my destroyer.
And I am dumb to tell the crooked rose
My youth is bent by the same wintry fever.
I have met them at close of day
Coming with vivid faces
From counter or desk among grey
Eighteenth-century houses.
I have passed with a nod of the head
Or polite meaningless words,
Or have lingered awhile and said
Polite meaningless words,
And thought before I had done
Of a mocking tale or a gibe
To please a companion
Around the fire at the club,
Being certain that they and I
But lived where motley is worn:
All changed, changed utterly:
A terrible beauty is born.
When I consider every thing that grows (Sonnet 15)To read more or comment...
In celebration of Earth Day, here's Joy Harjo's poem:To read more or comment...
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By John Higgins
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The Ravenna Board of Education has hired a new superintendent and selected finalists in its search for a new treasurer.To read more or comment...
My mother always called it a nest,
the multi-colored mass harvested
By John Higgins
Beacon Journal staff writer
The school boards of Cuyahoga Falls and neighboring Woodridge will meet tonight to discuss the possibility of sharing a superintendent.To read more or comment...
Here's a video I shot while reporting about Barberton jazz students working with member of the Brad Wagner Sextet in preparation for a concert that evening. A $1,000 grant from PPG and $800 raised by the Barberton band boosters made the day possible.
These are the 8th graders (plus senior MarQuis Brown on piano) rehearsing a variety of jazz standards including "Take the A Train," "Lester Leaps In" and "All of Me."To read more or comment...
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WASHINGTON: No matter how many subjects they're acing, most college students these days find economics a grind. Tricky financial calculations influence everything from what school they attend and what major they choose to how quickly they finish their degrees or whether they graduate at all.To read more or comment...
Thunder blossoms gorgeously above our heads,
Great, hollow, bell-like flowers,
Rumbling in the wind,
Stretching clappers to strike our ears . . .
Full-lipped flowers
Bitten by the sun
Bleeding rain
Dripping rain like golden honey
And the sweet earth flying from the thunder.
By John Higgins
Beacon Journal staff writer
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The Ravenna school board has hired a new superintendent, Dennis Honkala, who is superintendent of Buckeye Local Schools in Medina County, according to a Ravenna district press release.
Honkala received a three-year contract. He has been superintendent at Buckeye since 2007 and previously was an administrator in Green Local Schools.To read more or comment...
Honkey Tonk in Cleveland, Ohio
It's a jazz affair, drum crashes and cornet razzes.
The trombone pony neighs and the tuba jackass snorts.
The banjo tickles and titters too awful.
The chippies talk about the funnies in the papers.
The cartoonists weep in their beer.
Ship riveters talk with their feet
To the feet of floozies under the tables.
A quartet of white hopes mourn with interspersed snickers:
"I got the blues.
I got the blues.
I got the blues."
And . . . as we said earlier:
The cartoonists weep in their beer.
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I would like to watch you sleeping,
which may not happen.
I would like to watch you,
sleeping. I would like to sleep
with you, to enter
your sleep as its smooth dark wave
slides over my head
I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear,
Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong,
The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam,
The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work,
The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat, the deckhand
singing on the steamboat deck,
The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench, the hatter singing as he stands,
The wood-cutter's song, the ploughboy's on his way in the morning, or
at noon intermission or at sundown,
The delicious singing of the mother, or of the young wife at work, or of
the girl sewing or washing,
Each singing what belongs to him or her and to none else,
The day what belongs to the dayat night the party of young fellows,
robust, friendly,
Singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs.
I had the honor of joining a graduate class on ethnic autobiographies at the University of Oregon taught by Li-Young Lee, visiting poet and scholar. To hear Li-Young read this poem, click here for The Academy of American Poets Web site.
The Hour and What is DeadTo read more or comment...
ScienceDaily reports on a new study conducted at the University of Rochester's Baby Lab showing that verbal hesitations and pauses signal to children that grownups are about to teach them something.
This week Cisco, the makers of the Flip video camcorder, announced that it's shutting down production. Here's the obit by David Pogue in the New York Times.
I posted my first Flip video on First Bell on Feb. 3, 2010 of Akron superintendent David James pledging not to put a levy on the ballot at his annual "State of the Schools" address.To read more or comment...
Miracle's truck comes down the little avenue,
Scott Joplin ragtime strewn behind it like pearls,
and, yes, you can feel happy
with one piece of your heart.
First Bell reader Larry D. recommends this Civil War poem by Herman Melville, more famous for Moby-Dick and Billy Budd. Thanks for the suggestion, especially given the 150th anniversary of the start of the war this week. Other readers also are invited to submit poems for Poem of the Day during National Poetry Month.
Shiloh: A Requiem (April, 1862)To read more or comment...
The Wall Street Journal reports that the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle has completed a $55 million computerized atlas of the human brain that will be available to the public for research.
Also check out Jonah Lehrer's take on the new interactive map at The Frontal Cortex blog (but click with caution: his post includes a not-for-the-squeamish photo of brain slicing that resembles a deli counter more than a laboratory). He has an interview with the Allen Institute's CEO, Allan Jones.To read more or comment...
Fellow ABJ reporter Dave Scott has started a blog called, simply enough, Government Efficiency.
He'll be looking at schools as well as fire, police and other government services. If you have comments or story ideas along those lines, check his blog out at http://www.ohio.com.To read more or comment...
From America's great poet of solitude:
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Here's an excerpt from the press release this afternoon from Kent State University.
Poor children are less likely than wealthier children to graduate from high school. And poor children who can't read well by third grade are even more likely to drop out, according to a new report published by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
According to the report, titled Double Jeopardy: How Third Grade Reading Skills and Poverty Influence High School graduation:
Hikmet is considered Turkey's first modern poets and one of the great international poets of the 20th Century. In this poem, he writes from experience, having served a long prison sentence for his Communist beliefs. This poem about maintaining a split consciousness under duress reminds me of the Polish poet Wislawa Szymborska's poem, Autonomy, which we featured during last year's National Poetry Month. Click on the poem title to see the line breaks at poets.org. I tried to get them as close as possible.
Some Advice To Those Who Will Serve Time in Prison
(translated by Mutlu Konuk and Randy Blasing)
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Beacon Journal staff writer
Akron schoolchildren diagnosed with head lice may soon be able to return to school as early as the day after treatment, even if lice eggs remain in the hair.To read more or comment...
One of the science blogs I'm really enjoying in my Google Reader is called Neuroanthropology by Daniel Lende and Greg Downey (their Wednesday roundup of links to research and stories is particularly useful). They brought my attention to these lectures on human behavorial biology by Stanford professor of biology and neurology, Robert M. Sapolsky, author of Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers.
I just watched the hour-long intro to neuroscience, taught by very able grad students, to prepare the class for Sapolsky's lectures in his spring, 2010 class on human behavorial biology. The intro to neuroscience is a bit technical, but pretty much presented in basic English for beginners. I especially like the student-produced rap video at the end of the presentation about how synapses work.To read more or comment...
One of my favorite poems by one of my favorite poets. The simple yet evocative description of the waiting room is what makes the psychological abstraction so dramatic: a moment of self-realization and empathy for a six-year-old who will turn seven in three days.To read more or comment...
The midwest poet who became one of Oregon's greatest treasuresTo read more or comment...
The final postcard poems of Hungarian poet Miklos Radnoti -- discovered in a small notebook in his trenchcoat pocket by his wife after he was shot by Nazis during a forced march and dumped in a mass grave that was later exhumed -- have always inspired me as a journalist for the witness they bear that is unlike any war dispatch.
Here is one of those documentary "post cards" from this website, which includes a short biography of the poet.To read more or comment...
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By Jim Carney
Beacon Journal staff writer
More than 40 years ago, Dennis Gartman walked into an English class Dr. Sally Kennedy was teaching at the University of Akron.To read more or comment...
Robert Wrigley was one of my teachers at the University of Oregon. I've never known someone more in love with the sound of words. When I read the word "peduncular" in this poem, I see him smiling.
The AfterlifeTo read more or comment...
By John Higgins
Beacon Journal staff writer
Superintendent Wayne Blankenship will give a "state of the schools address" on Monday, April 11 from 7 to 8 p.m. in the gym at Northfield Elementary School, 9374 Olde Eight Road in Northfield.To read more or comment...
The Office of Budget and Management released two documents Thursday afternoon showing projected savings in Gov. John Kasich's proposed budget from shifting two percent of pension contributions from school districts to their employees.
Currently employers pay 14 percent of an employee's salary into the pension fund and employees contribute 10 percent. Under the proposed budget, employers and employees would each pay 12 percent. Extracting that 2 percent out of employees' overall compensation would save Akron $3.8 million a year, according to the OBM analysis.To read more or comment...
Let the rain kiss you.
Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops.
Let the rain sing you a lullaby.
ProPublica digs into Akron-based White Hat, one of the largest for-profit charter school operators in the country. We wrote about the lawsuit filed against White Hat last year by some of its own school boards. That story is here.
ProPublica, an independent nonprofit organization doing investigative journalism "in the public interest," looks at that lawsuit and about the role of big for-profit management companies in the operation of charter schools. So are the kids learning better in those publicly funded, privately operated schools?
So I'm back from spring break and I notice that the Thomas B. Fordham Institute had an op-ed in the Akron Beacon Journal on Sunday that was critical of my story on rising math scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress that ran on Monday, March 28 .
My story is here.To read more or comment...
A Song On the End of the World
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Gov. John Kasich announced today that Bryan Williams, former Republican state legislator and former deputy director of the the Summit County Elections Board will replace Tamara O'Brien on the State Board of Education.
O'Brien was recently appointed as a Summit County Common Pleas judge. Williams will have to run in the November, 2012, election to serve the remainder of her term, which ends in 2014.To read more or comment...
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from Akron's own Rita Dove
Persephone, fallingTo read more or comment...
This is one of Ohio native James Wright's most famous poems.
A BlessingTo read more or comment...
The Chair
A funny thing about a Chair:
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WATCH: Jimmy Kimmel tricks people with fake band names at SXSW
Jimmy Kimmel tricks people with fake band names in a new South By Southwest edition of "Lie Witness News."
In the video, a reporter asks festival attendees about made up music groups such as Neil Patrick Harassment, What the F**k Bruce Jenner, Heavy Flow, Willie Nelson Mandela and more ridiculous names.
Kimmel pulled a similar stunt at last year's Coachella.
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36% have saved less than $1K for retirement
(NEWSER) – A new survey offers a look at Americans' retirement savings, and two somewhat conflicting points stand out: Some 36% of us have less than $1,000 saved for our golden years, yet a higher proportion are feeling very confident they can retire in comfort. That $1,000 doesn't factor in respondents' primary residences or any set benefit plans (like pensions), USA Today notes. But "what's really striking is that 73% of those without a retirement plan, such as an IRA, 401(k) or 403(b), have less than $1,000 in savings and investments," says the survey's co-author.
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Will NeNe Leakes co-host Kris Jenner's talk show?
It looks like NeNe Leakes has a new gig.
Kris Jenner has confirmed that the Real Housewives of Atlanta star will be a co-host on her new, daytime talk show.
According to The Dish, she'll be part of a rotating panel of A-list co-hosts including Diddy, Joan Rivers, and Ryan Seacrest.
"NeNe is joining a rotating cast of A-listers for the gig, including Kathie Lee Gifford, Joan Rivers, Diddy, Ryan Seacrest and others," she said.
Rumors are still swirling that Kim Kardashian and Kanye West will debut their daughter, North West, to the world on the show during it's premiere week.
Of course, the big reveal would be ratings gold, but given Kanye's growing disdain for his girl's momager, this one might be a long shot.
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Britney Spears Accidentally Forgets To Pay Bill At Cheesecake Factory
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Britney Spears says she feels "horrible" after forgetting to pay for a meal at the Cheesecake Factory earlier this week.
The pop princess and her boyfriend David Lucado were photographed all smiles at the restaurant in Thousand Oaks, California, clutching doggie bags on their way out. But apparently they'd left behind a check for about $30 at their table inside.
Britney's rep tells TMZ there's a simple explanation behind the accidental dine-and-dash. Britney had supposedly asked one of her security guards to take care of the bill for her, but it was never handled.
The star still has a few weeks left to relax before having to head back to Las Vegas. She'll be back on stage for her "Piece Of Me" show at the Planet Hollywood starting August 15th.
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WATCH: Rihanna drinks from a shoe at club
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Who drinks out of a shoe, honestly?
Rihanna does
The "Pour it Up" singer was seen chugging an unknown liquid out of a stiletto high heel at a club in Barbados, and a fan captured the whole thing on video.
In the clip, Rihanna casually drinks from the shoe as if it's the most natural thing in the world while talking to a friend.
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A-Rod Appeal Hearing Underway
(New York, NY) -- Embattled New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez is taking the first steps in appealing his 211-game suspension. The third baseman showed up with high profile attorney Joe Tacopina to MLB headquarters in Manhattan this morning for an arbitration hearing. The suspension is not only for his ties to the Biogenesis clinic, but allegedly interfering with MLB's investigation.
Rodriguez is expected to attend every day of the arbitration that includes a three-person panel of MLB vice president Rob Manfred, MLB Players Association general counsel David Prouty and arbitrator Fredric Horowitz. The appeal is expected to stretch over several sessions and it may take several months for a ruling.


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San Francisco Expensive? Think $4 Toast
(NEWSER) – A group in San Francisco has launched apetition urging the mayor to get the city's cost of living under control—and $4 toast is at the heart of it, reports theSan Francisco Chronicle. This all started several weeks ago with a blog post in Venture Beat by Jolie O'Dell who complained about shelling out $6 for a piece of toast and a cup of coffee at a local eatery. O'Dell blamed the city's well-paid tech community for driving up prices at the expense of middle- and working-class families, laying out a cycle that involves the rise of "bourgie businesses."


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Traffic cops in Melbourne, Fl. hand out lottery tickets to speedy drivers on Christmas
(NEWSER) – Sir, I'm going to need to give you a ticket … a lotto ticket, that is. In an attempt to add some cheer to the presumably fairly miserable job of pulling people over on Christmas, police in Melbourne, Fla., were handing out scratch-off tickets to the people they stopped yesterday, Florida Today reports—along, alas, with the less-welcome variety of tickets.
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Summer face: Stila bronzer shade #1 (lasts me for years), Revlon "Coral Reef" lip gloss
I fell in love with this tunic dress online back in March, but was too late. With H&M, the good, affordable stuff tend to sell out in a matter of days, so I was ecstatic to find this lone dress hanging on the clearance rack for $10, three months later, in my size nonetheless. A quick look told me that the dress had been abused...holes from being run over repeatedly by rolling racks, sash belt torn off, and seams coming apart like it had been stretched out then returned. I got another 10% off for the damages, and brought the poor thing home for some TLC. The fit of this tunic dress is extremely similar to my other H&M shift pre-alterations, but even longer. It's very "nightgown" on me as-is, but I knew it was intended to be worn with it's (missing) belt. For this brightly-colored outfit,
I decided to use matte gold as my "neutral." I cinched the shapeless waist and pulled up some of the length using an old gold belt, protected my eyes with gold-rimmed aviators, and finished the look with some barely-there flat gold flat sandals - my summer staple (similar here).
This challenge brought back some interesting memories for me. Ever since I was a little kid, I've had a huge sweet tooth for fruity candy. Unfortunately, candy during my childhood was saved away for rare, special occasions. I remember waiting patiently until my parents fell asleep, before tip-toeing into the kitchen, climbing onto bar stools and counters, and finding the secret stash that was being saved from last Halloween. I would gingerly slip back into bed, clutching onto my Twizzler stick or DumDum pop, and savor it like it was my last meal on earth before slipping into "sweet" dreams.


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WATCH: 'Ice tsunami' destroys homes in Canada and Minnesota
(Liz Klimas) "Waves" of fast-moving ice — or an "ice tsunami" — charged into homes in Canada and Minnesota over the weekend, destroying or damaging much of what was in its path.
The Winnipeg Free Press reported that 12 homes were completely destroyed and 15 damaged when upwards of 37-mile-per-hour winds pushed ice up from Lake Dauphin. No injuries as a result of the unusual event were reported.
The Davis family on Ochre Beach heard the ice coming and within five minutes it rose from the lake and pushed into their home, moving furniture and bathroom fixtures from their place.
"They heard it before they saw it coming up their decks," deputy reeve Clayton Watts told the Free Press. "Then it came right in their front windows. It was just a matter of minutes. Fortunately, no one was hurt. We were very lucky."
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About CarnerosView a map of Carneros wineries
Technically a part of Napa Valley, the Carneros region straddles both Sonoma & Napa counties. It's the Napa region closest to the San Francisco peninsula and the San Pablo Bay, which is instrumental in controlling the climate of the area. The winds from the San Pablo bay create a cool weather pattern ideal for growing Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.
Notable FactsBoth Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from Carneros are delicate, yet complex, with firm structure and acidity. And while the pair are the most popular varieties of the region, some winemakers have branched out, particularly with Syrah. The cool climate Syrah of Carneros is well structured and stylistically similar to Syrah from the Northern Rhone, though often fuller-bodied.
About California
The most famous of the California wine regions is Napa Valley, and these wines are certainly outstanding – but it's not as broad and diverse as its larger neighbor, Sonoma County. Down south, Santa Barbara's Santa Maria Valley is well-known for its Rhône blends, as well as cool-climate varieties like Pinot and Chardonnay. The Central Coast, the largest California AVA, has many different microclimates that lead to a wide range of wines with many sub-AVAs.


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Private lobbyists get public pensions in 20 states
Even though he's not a government employee, he is entitled to a full state pension.
He's among hundreds of lobbyists in at least 20 states who get public pensions because they represent associations of counties, cities and school boards, an
But several states have started to question whether these organizations should qualify for such benefits, since they are private entities in most respects: They face no public oversight of their activities, can pay their top executives private-sector salaries and sometimes lobby for positions in conflict with taxpayers.
"It's a question of, 'Why are we providing government pensions to these private organizations?'" said Illinois Democratic Rep.
Acquario, executive director and general counsel of the
"We want the people that work in local governments to continue to be part of the solution," he said. "We represent the same taxpayers."
The debate is more about principle than big money, since the staffs of such organizations are relatively small and make barely a ripple in huge state retirement systems. The eight
Still, the issue raises a public policy question as many states and taxpayers struggle to fund their pension obligations required by law.
"There is liability for taxpayers," said
Unlike state government, for example, these groups aren't bound by salary restrictions — significant salary increases would result in increasing pension benefits.
But such cuts won't affect Baynes. Under the New York Constitution and that of most states, the benefits of those already in the pension system are protected from future cuts.
"It's clear that there's a big problem with hypocrisy when these lobbyists have been pushing austerity and benefit cuts for other government workers while they themselves enjoy solid state pensions," said Michael Kink of the progressive group Strong Economy for
"Workers who have faced cuts in pay and pensioners have a right to be angry — as do voters," Kink said.
In many states, lobbying groups for states and counties take positions that could conflict with taxpayer interests, such as advocating to weaken caps on property tax increases and boosting state school aid.
But associations of cities, counties and school boards argue that a plausible case can be made for allowing them to get state pensions. These quasi-government organizations operate mostly or solely on dues from their members — local governments or school boards typically — which are paid out of taxpayer-funded budgets. They argue they pool their resources to give a voice to government entities that serve taxpayers.
"It's a technical truism that lobbying groups are not supposed to be in the system," said
Which groups get the pension benefit vary widely across the nation.