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At just 6-years old young Ruby Bridges became the face of school integration.
Ruby Bridges was born on September 8, 1954. She was born to Lucille and Abon Bridges, who had four other children, giving Ruby three brothers and one sister. At age two, Ruby and her family moved from Tylertown, Mississippi, where her family had been sharecroppers, to New Orleans, Louisiana, because her parents sought better work opportunities.
In New Orleans, Ruby went to a segregated kindergarten. However, the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled in 1954, the year that Ruby was born, that all schools must desegregate. The decision was made in the case of Brown vs. the Topeka Board of Education, when the parents of another grade-school girl, Linda Brown, sued the school system of Topeka, Kansas, because Linda had to attend an all-black school outside of the neighborhood where she lived.
The law was put into place in Louisiana at the beginning of Ruby's first grade year. Ruby and five other African-American girls were given the opportunity to attend a school made up of only Caucasians, after they passed psychological and educational tests. Ruby's parents were faced with a critical decision.
For this reason, Lucille wanted to send Ruby to the new school. Lucille wanted to give her daughter the opportunities she never had, but Abon, Ruby's father, was not eager to send Ruby to the new school because he did not want to endanger his family. Over time, though, Lucille convinced Abon that sending Ruby to the new school would be the best thing to do.
November 14, 1960 was the first day of first grade for Ruby and a memorable date in American history. Ruby was the only African American student to attend William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans. She was the only one of six other students who lived in her neighborhood and were given the choice to change schools who dared to take this chance.
On the morning of the first day of school, Ruby and her mother were escorted by four federal marshals because the local and other federal officials were not willing to protect her. She walked past crowds of people screaming vicious and derogatory things at her. However, this did not frighten her: what did frighten her was a woman holding a black baby doll in a coffin.
When Ruby entered the school, she sat in the principal's office, where she remained all day due to chaos throughout the school. Sweetly innocent, Ruby thought that the crowds and chaos were because of Marti Gras.
Many parents withdrew their children because of integration, and Barbara Henry, a Boston native, was the only teacher willing to accept her, and Ruby's first white teacher became a major influence upon her. All year, she was a class of one, with her teacher as the only other person in the room. According to historian Laura J. Lambert, "For recess, the two did jumping jacks or played games inside. Ruby ate lunch alone. Neither Ruby nor Mrs. Henry missed a single day of the first grade."
The Bridges family suffered for their courage. Abon lost his job, and Lucille was told that she was no longer welcome as a grocery customer. Her share-cropping grandparents were evicted from the farm where they had lived for a quarter-century.
After some time, integration was accepted by the community and more and more students, both black and white, enrolled in the school. Ruby, being the first black American to integrate William Frantz School paved the way for others — including her four nieces, who attended the same school years after Ruby walked those very same halls. Ruby also graduated from a desegregated high school, where she studied travel and tourism and later became a travel agent. She later married, took the name Ruby Bridges Hall, and had four sons.
In 1999, at the age of 45, Ruby Bridges established The Ruby Bridges Foundation. The foundation "promotes and encourages the values of tolerance, respect, and appreciation of all differences." The foundation's goal is to create change through education and inspiration of children and to eliminate racism. The foundation's motto is: "We believe racism is a grown-up disease and we must stop using our children to spread it." Ruby remains an activist in the fight for equal rights.


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BANNING - After a swift response and aggressive attack from the ground and air, fire crews were able to keep the Gorgonio Fire to 550 acres overnight and reach full containment, officials said Sunday.
Highway 243 remained closed Sunday as 556 firefighters battled the wildfire. Officials were not sure when the highway might be reopened. The cause of the fire had not been determined, fire officials said.
The Gorgonio Fire began Saturday shortly before noon and became the second major wildfire in four days in the area. The flames eventually reached 100 feet high.
Temperatures had cooled down significantly, but firefighters were dealing with 15 mph to 20 mph sustained winds, which could cause flare-ups, said Cal Fire Battalion Chief Mike Smith on Sunday.
In addition to the winds, crews on the ground were having to deal with steep, rugged terrain. The fire was burning at the 4,000-foot elevation, where the humidity is lower, he said.
Smith said crews could be there for the next couple of days.
Smith said firefighters are relying on helicopters to fight the fire in areas inaccessible to crews on foot.
"We're confident we'll make significant gains today, but given the extreme remote locations and difficulty of accessing the fire, it's going to be a challenge," Smith said Sunday before full containment was reached.
Because of the remote location and no access to hydrants, eight water tenders have been brought in to supply water for the fire engines.
Today marks the start of Wildfire Awareness Week, a statewide initiative aimed at getting people prepared for wildfires.
The week is meant to serve as a reminder before fire season starts. This year, however, fire officials have responded to more wildfires than the same time a year ago.
"We're seeing fires in the first week of May that we really wouldn't get until July or August," Smith said.
On Saturday, wind gusts topping 20 mph increased the size of the fire from 300 acres to 550 acres in less than an hour in the early afternoon. By evening, crews were able to stop the progress of the fire.
Cal Fire used more than 400 firefighters, 41 fire engines, seven water-dropping air tankers, two helicopters and two bulldozers. A DC-10 was also brought in to drop fire retardant.
Officials say the wind created spot fires on the south side of the San Gorgonio Pass, south of the 10 Freeway.
No structures were threatened, and no evacuations were ordered, authorities said.
The Gorgonio Fire was in same general area as the deadly Esperanza Fire of 2006 in which five firefighters were killed, but the area has had nearly seven years for brush to grow back.
At 6 p.m. Saturday, fire crews working on the Summit Fire, which broke out on Wednesday on the north side of the San Gorgonio Pass, said they had achieved 100 percent containment.
But that was not before the fire burned 3,166 acres, forced hundreds of evacuations earlier in the week, injured at least two firefighters and destroyed at least one structure, officials said.
Fire crews were still on scene, making sure tat they had full control of the fire and that no flare-ups could occur.
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CROSS CITY – A $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest in the 1974 murder of James Norris and authorities are promising that tipsters can remain anonymous.
The last known contact Norris had with his family was a postcard mailed from Inglis. His body was unearthed two years later in northern Dixie County.
The Chiefland Police Department is looking for leads in a commercial burglary. On June 23, at approximately 5 a.m., an unknown person, or persons, broke into the Cash Munny Pawn Shop, located at 1821 N Young Blvd.
Chiefland now has its own version of a Cinderella story, though police say it wasn't glass slippers that a Bronson man left behind after a scuffle with a Chiefland man in his home last week.
To look at Levy County one could conclude things are pretty idyllic and women are safe.
An Inglis man was arrested Tuesday by Levy County Sheriff's Office deputies in attempted first degree murder and arson.
Applications are being sought from lawyers to fill a vacancy on the 8th Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission.
The Levy County Department of Public Safety thanked the Cedar Key Lions Club for the recent donation of Pots and Pans for the Paramedics and EMT in the county and the ongoing coordination and support they have provided the county's first responders.
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Glenn Beck likes to say that "[t]here is no one more pro-Israel or more pro-Jew than I am." But what exactly does that mean?
Over the past month, hundreds of thousands of Israelis (out of a population of about 8 million) have protested high housing costs and other economic issues. A Haaretz poll from late July found that fully 87 percent of Israeli respondents supported the protests; just 9 percent opposed the protests.
But Glenn Beck disagrees. Last week, he and his co-hosts blasted the protesters, whom they characterized as "obviously from the hard left." They sarcastically described calls to "enshrine the right to housing in the law" as something that "worked out well for the Soviets" and mocked proposals for rent control.
Beck went on to speculate that the protests are being orchestrated by some sort of "leftist global financing" and that the protesters are working with Islamic extremists.
In other words, Beck apparently thinks 87 percent of Israelis support a movement that is collaborating with Islamic extremists and a shadowy network of international "leftists."
Beck has also criticized large portions of the American Jewish community. Earlier this year, 400 rabbis signed an open letter criticizing Beck's inappropriate rhetoric about the Holocaust and his false claims that George Soros collaborated with the Nazis. In response, Beck went on the attack. He falsely claimed that the letter was signed only by "Reformed rabbis" and insisted that Reform Judaism is "more about politics" than about faith, which he said makes it similar to "radicalized Islam."
The Reform movement, which includes 1.5 million Jews, is the largest denomination of North American Jews. According to the National Jewish Population Survey 2000-01, 35 percent of American Jews consider themselves to be Reform, compared to 10 percent who consider themselves to be Orthodox and 26 percent who consider themselves to be Conservative.
The Anti-Defamation League called Beck's Reform Judaism comments "highly offensive and outrageous" and accused Beck of "bigoted ignorance." Beck was forced to apologize.
In May, Beck complained that "the Jewish community" wasn't condemning President Obama's "absolute betrayal" of Israel. Beck declared that "the Jewish community seems to be giving him a pass yet again" and asked, "How is that possible?"
Beck also has a long history of mainstreaming anti-Semitism. He has promoted the writings and statements of anti-Semites like Eustace Mullins, Elizabeth Dilling, and former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. He engaged in a series of attacks on Soros that were steeped in anti-Semitic stereotypes and imagery. In January, Beck infamously identified nine villains who, over the past century, have conspired to control the population; eight of them happened to be Jewish.
So perhaps it's unsurprising that in promoting his upcoming Restoring Courage rally in Jerusalem, Beck is trumpeting the support of Billy Graham, who once said the following to then-President Richard Nixon:
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(Cleveland) - Cleveland Police continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding a crash Thursda night at 1405 East 61st Street that killed two people.
At approximately 11:48pm, a 2006 Hyundai Sonata driven by 33-year-old Willa Guy of Cleveland traveled westbound on Wade Park Avenue at a very high rate of speed. The vehicle struck a curb and embankment near East 63rd Street and became airborne, striking the tree tops and then the second floor of a private home at 1405 East 61st Street.
The vehicle then fell to the ground landing in the driveway area of 1405 East 61st Street.
The homeowner, Emeal Woods, was at home in his kitchen washing dishes at the time of the accident. He was not hurt.
Guy and her passenger, 49-year-old Michael Carter of Wickliffe, were pronounced dead on scene.
The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office responded for investigation and transportation of the victims. This matter will be further investigated by the Cleveland Division of Police Accident Investigation Unit.
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Jaime and Jorge Jarrin might have had their ultimate Father's Day moment six months ago.
Jaime, the Dodgers' Hall of Fame Spanish-language play-by-play man since the team moved to L.A. in 1958, took his son, Jorge, currently working on the Dodgers' postgame radio talk show, to his native Ecuador last December to visit relatives he hadn't seen in years.
Also along for the ride were Jorge's three grown sons - Andrew, 28; Phillip, 24 and Stefan, 22.
"My sons finally realized how far their grandfather had come from this quiet little village in the middle of the world on the equator," Jorge said the other day from the Dodger Stadium Spanish-language broadcast booth. "They've had a front-row seat to seeing him get inducted in Cooperstown, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. But this time, my father gave them something that goes beyond Father's Day - a lifetime of memories and experiences that are so special.
"I know it sounds corny, but the best thing that we can give to each other is time. My dad's been very generous with his time."
Father's Day doesn't get old for the 77-year-old Jaime or the 57-year-old Jorge, even if they see each other much more often. Jorge has stopped working after 25 years as a helicopter traffic pilot for KABC-AM (790) and become part of the team's broadcast department by doing Spanish-language TV games.
Today might be a little disjointed because Jaime is in Pittsburgh with the team while Jorge will be at the KLAC broadcast studios later to talk about it. But the family dynamic doesn't change.
Question: Does Father's Day feel like an every-day event for you two by now?
Jorge: I think you can say that. In many ways, it is. Family therapists talk about how important it is for a family to have a day together, maybe a Sunday dinner. I have the opportunity to have dinner with my dad just about every day now. That's not something I could do when I was a younger man growing up because he was often on the road during the summer. The offseason was different. But when he'd leave early to the park and get home late, sometimes I wouldn't see him for three, four, five days even when he was home. So maybe we're catching up on that now.
Q: What kind of kid was Jorge growing up?
Jaime: He was a very good kid.
Q: There's no reason to lie even if he's sitting right here.
Jaime: No, that's the truth. The thing is I didn't always get to spend much time with him, especially when he was going to college at Pepperdine. But I am blessed to see him following in my steps now and see him almost every day. It's really something very special now. He's very close to me and my wife (Blanca).
Jorge: We only live five minutes apart from each other (Jaime is in San Marino and Jorge is in San Gabriel). It's not uncommon for him to come over. In fact, there was this one time ...
(Jaime begins to laugh)
Jorge: I took my three sons to a Manny Mota Foundation charity dinner event once, and I gave each of them $100 to spend on whatever auction memorabilia they wanted, to splurge a little bit. My oldest (Andrew) talked my youngest (Stefan) into putting their money together to get something really good - a Barry Bonds signed bat. Well, when they came home, the bat ended up in my older son's room, and my youngest son was complaining: "Wait, I gave my money for this." And the older son said: "Well, sure, you can come and look at it any time you want." That didn't go over well. All of a sudden, at 10:30 at night after a game, there's a knock at the front door, and it's my dad. He brought a Raul Mondesi signed game-worn jersey for Stefan so he wouldn't feel left out. I'm thinking: "Wait a minute, you didn't do this when I was growing up." But, of course, he has the blessing of grandchildren that he can spoil and then he can leave.
Q: Jorge, what did you learn about being a dad from hanging around him?
Jaime: Let me tell you one thing first. He is a much, much better dad than I was, really. I admire him for that. He is very special with his kids.
Jorge: But it's a whole different set of circumstances. While he was establishing his career as we were growing up, I had to transition into doing play by play for Dodger television and DodgerTalk while my children were already grown up. The great thing about my dad is he had a wonderful partner in his life, my mom Blanca. Between the two of them, there wasn't anything we did not want for. We had love and appreciation from both of them.
Jaime: I was traveling all the time with baseball and boxing and news events. I was away a lot and my wife took care of everything. She was the one who deserves all the recognition.
Jorge: So what did I learn from him? Being even-handed, patient, a good listener. My dad really likes the process of learning. To do that, you have to be open-minded. That's one great thing he's passed onto me. If I can pass that on to my kids, that transcends everything in how you conduct yourself, how you live your life. It's not always easy. But I've been fortunate to get passed on some good genes. All my sons are doing what they enjoy doing, well on their paths to their own personal successes, and I'm happy for them. We're very blessed and that's why I keep a positive outlook on everything.
Jaime: The best advice I could ever give him was to do your homework. That's the advice Vin (Scully) always gave me. It doesn't matter if you've done 5,000 or 10,000 games, you have to always be prepared.
Q: Did you ever get called into the principal's office because Jorge didn't do his homework in school?
Jaime: Oh, no. (laughing) Maybe I was called because of my other son (Jorge's younger brother, Mauricio).
Jorge: I think we have been the ying and yang of his life.
Q: The other night when you received your bobblehead, Jaime, you had to be serenaded by Jorge singing the national anthem. Jorge, how nerve-wracking was that with your dad watching?
Jorge: Well, the thing is they had no idea. I didn't tell anyone, including my wife (Maggie).
Jaime: I knew he could sing. In high school, he had the main role in "Fiddler on the Roof."
Jorge: Oh, that was so long ago. Nothing like this. Someone from the team asked me, "Who would your father like to sing the national anthem?" And after I thought about it, I said, "I'll do it." But I wouldn't tell anyone. My wife said afterward: "After 31 years, you can still hold a secret like that? I'm going to keep an eye on you."
Jaime: It was very special.
Jorge: And seeing him on a bobblehead, it's the first time I get to see him nod his head up and down as opposed to side to side, when he's saying `no.' Growing up, it's `no,' `no.' Now it's `yes,' `yes.'
Q: The Latino family is such an important piece of the L.A. fabric. The team says Latinos now make up about 48 percent of the team's fan base. Do you feel you're an important link as a family with the Dodgers in the community?
Jaime: It's funny. So many people I meet, 90 percent, `Mr. Jarrin, my father used to hear you, my grandfather and grandmother used to hear you.' So I tell them, `OK, we grew up together.'
Jorge: My dad has been part of someone's upbringing the last three generations.
Jaime: The Latino families are very close-knit. I am a family man. I've been lucky and blessed to have a great family and they look at me and I am able to communicate with them.
Jorge: For me, it's something fun to hear when someone sees me here, and ask, `Are you Jaime's son?' `Yes, I am.' `I grew up listening to your father. He was always in the background with my grandfather, my father, my aunt. I always listened to your father.' You know what, that gives us something in common. So did I.
More Q-and-A with the Jarrins on the blog: www.insidesocal.com/tomhoffarth
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Cookies made with good-quality margarine are the most like those made with butter in texture and appearance, though they don't have quite as rich a flavor as those made with butter. Always use stick margarine and make sure it has 70% or more oil. Don't use margarines labeled as "spreads," as these have water added, which makes a tough, crumbly cookie.


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Does pregnancy really cause U.T.I. and lower back pain?
Does pregnancy really cause U.T.I. and lower back pain? because I'm experiencing it now.
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Women are definitely more prone to contract UTI's during pregnancy and lower back pain is a symptom. It is important to treat the UTI as soon as symptoms occur, as the infection can lead to preterm labor.
To prevent future UTIs drink plenty of water, consume very little sugar, and try taking supplements that are urinary-tract friendly and safe for pregnancy. I highly suggest taking a daily dose of pure cranberry capsules or drinking a glass of 100% cranberry juice, with NO added sugar.
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Unfortunately if you have ever had a back problem that was unresolved or a weak core you are prone and likely to have back pain in pregnancy. Osteopaths, one with an interest in pregnancy, are very safe and effective at helping. UTIs too are a common problem, I support the use of cranberry juice and probiotics. But always touch base with your GP with any signs of an infection.
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To sooth lower back pain get up and get moving but avoid doing exercises that put pressure on your spine and during all exercises, practice the drawing in technique. Stretch several times a day and pay attention to all compensations you make during exercise. If needed lose weight and see your doctor regularly.
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They are everything an indie band should be: melodic, rhythmic, lyrically sensitive yet positive. Oh, and extra indie points for having an introverted female cellist. Singer Josh Hanson has a voice reminiscent of the distinct Collin Meloy of the Decemberists (he has thick, black glasses and everything!). Whether Yellow Red Sparks have you singing along ("and the tickets were free"), contemplating deep lyrics or swaying with the melody, chances are you're enjoying yourself—whether it's your first or 20th listen. The band defended their title at the 2010 OC Music Awards, with a second win for Best Folk Act in 2011. Keep your eyes out for their full-length album, to be released sometime this year; until then, enjoy their debut EP, Four Steps In Corsets, released in June and honored as a "New and Noteworthy" album on this generation's gauge of musical success: iTunes.
It's often said that portraying a character with a disability is one of the easiest routes an actor can take to draw rave reviews. Whether that's true or not, it seems that one of the most difficult feats is to portray a real, larger-than-life character whose personality is engrained into the popular consciousness. That's why Robert Edwards' turn as the formidable Orson Welles in Orson's Shadow was such a triumph. He lacked the body mass of the porcine Welles, but Edwards more than made up for that through his booming voice and, most important, a keen ability to capture the fascinatingly complex personality—from a joyfully wicked wit to a gargantuan ego—of this giant of stage and screen. It helped to make the flawed Austin Pendleton play, produced by the Alive Theatre at the Long Beach City Playhouse, a delight to observe.
Under director (and OC Weekly arts writer) Dave Barton's direction, every character in Mark Ravenhill's wickedly funny pool (no water) carried his or her own bright torch. But the one who shined the brightest in this Monkey Wrench Collective production at South Coast Repertory was Lamprinos, in the lead role of a successful visual artist whose fame drives her once-close-knit friends bat-shit crazy. Lamprinos was mesmerizing throughout, but probably most so when she didn't say a word. For much of the play, her character was in a medically induced coma while being brutalized by her friends in the supposed interest of art. When she finally came to and realized the horror her friends had inflicted on her, her rage and, surprisingly, mercy were palpable.
The world premiere of Catherine Trieschmann's play at South Coast Repertory drew more attention for putting the battle between creationism and evolution in public schools under the dramaturgical lens. But, while filled with some juicily packaged polemics about the rather warped views of anti-science Middle America, How the World Began was about things personal as much as political. An Ivy League-educated teacher seeks to rebuild her life in a small Kansas town that's trying to rebuild after a devastating tornado. Characters reeling from trauma converge, and through an apparently innocuous remark in a science class, a firestorm sweeps across the town. The play ultimately becomes not so much about politics, but rather the importance of tolerance.
Honorable mention goes to the Maverick Theater's The Legend of Robin Hood; Nathan Makaryk's innovative retelling captured the men-in-tights style of the legendary tale, but was as much a metaphor on contemporary America as a classic fable.
Shitty plays generally don't earn Pulitzer Prizes, so it wasn't astonishing that Suzan-Lori Parks' 2002 Topdog/Underdog kept viewers' attention. But this Susan Seret-directed piece, staged at South Coast Repertory, didn't just make you pay notice; it grabbed you by the throat and forced attention. The two-person character study about brothers trying to reject—and embrace—street-level hustling offered a rich perspective on life in inner-city black America, something sorely lacking in our black-free county. But the combination of Parks' street-poetry-infused writing and the dynamic performances of Larry Bates and Curtis McClarin elevated it above the topic of color and into the discussion of nothing short of the American dream, in all its red, white and blue illusion.
An honorable mention for best play goes to the Brian Newell-directed Frost/Nixon at the Maverick Theater. Newell's novel staging, which incorporated live video alongside his stellar cast, made for a gripping production.
This category could just as easily be Best Director for Oanh Nguyen. No, he didn't choreograph or light the Chance Theater's gripping and sensual staging of West Side Story, one of the most seasoned chestnuts in the pantry of American theater, but Nguyen picked the people who did, and his ability to weave their terrific efforts into this story made for a riveting production. Kelly Todd's sinewy, writhing choreography masterfully captured the bursting hormones of the young men and women at the center of this play's timeless conflict, and lighting designer KC Wilkerson took full advantage of the LEDs (according to the program, this was one of the "world's first shows in which LED lighting has replaced all conventional lighting"). This arsenal gave Wilkerson the opportunity to drench her design with textures and colors that eliminated unsightly flat or dark patches and, via technology, gave the proceedings a natural, realistic feel. Actors are conditioned to find their light, but rarely does that light actually strengthen and even comment upon their performances.


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PHOTO: Vanessa Simmons shows off her growing baby bump with sister Angela
Fans let out a collective "awww" when mommy-to-be Vanessa Simmons and her sister Angela posted this adorable photo to their Instagram pages. The sisters were celebrating their dad Rev. Run's birthday in Las Vegas this past weekend and couldn't resist posting an update of Vanessa's cute baby bump. In the photo, Angela proudly rubs Vanessa's teeny baby bump with the caption, "The princess on the way."
Vanessa, who is in her second trimester, is expecting a baby girl with Mike Wayans (Damon Wayans' son). Last month she said she and Mike thought they were having a boy, only to be surprised by their "little princess." The actress also posted a sweet ultrasound picture of her little one on Instagram.
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A luxury hotel with excellent staff and fantastic food. Located near marina, port and easy walk to shops, museums etc.
Perfect location in the heart of the city next to bus terminal . Friendly multilingual staff. Luxurious atmosphere.
Excellent, helpful and friendly service. Immaculate presentation Dinner was average - not up to standard set by the rest of the hotel
Great service, nice room. Noisy at times as located in the proximity of the airport. Then again so is almost all of Heraklion and the windows keep out most of the noise. The step up chair provided in front of the bathtub to climb in and use as a shower is a nice touch but I prefer a separate shower without the climbing exercise.
Good hotel nice staff perfect location to start and finisch your trip to crete, next to harbour and airport, no noise and relaxed atmosphere nice breakfast
Loved the cookies at check in, amazing breakfast, confy bed and ammensties and modern decor. Fluffiest towels, robes and slippers! We only stayed for one night to be nearby the ferry (which we walked to) The area didnt seem that safe - tons of grafitti and a few beggars, but We didnt feel threatened in any way.
The hotle is very well situated with near access to 25th of August St. and the Market. The view of the venetian castle and harbor from from the hotel is dreammy. The hotel itself is very designer modern inside while classic outside. The staff was very helpful and friendly. The breakfast buffet was wonderful. The salads were very good at the roof top restaurant. They arranged for timely transportation to Knossos and the airport. My only bad experience was a group of very roudy Japanese tourists which may have had too much to drink and woke me up at 12:30 a.m. on my last night here. Otherwise, this was a perfect stay.
Located across from the ferry terminal and nearby to some nice dining. The hotel is really modern and rooms are nicely done. The bed is very comfortable. Great shower and amenities. Breakfast is a buffet with make your own orange juice and option for omelettes to be made to order. Very good breakfast. We just passed through Heraklion from Chania to get to Santorini. Did not stay there long but did not seem to be a vacation hotspot. Would prefer to not make my own orange juice.
The building, the hard wood floors, the breakfast, people were nice. There were very few people working ! there was no one at the front door when we arrived and we had to walk to the receprtion to tell them we needed someone for our luggage... they send a girl(a waitress) to pick them up!!! I felt bad for her. There was something uncomfortable about how the ground floor was designed , the location of the reception behind all these glass doors!
Location very convenient Clean and comfortable
The room was very good - the breakfast excellent - staff helpful. Hotel position very convenient.
Very nice and helpful staff at reception. Great central location.
location; hotel was well kept room was very smokey, but that was somewhat expected.
The hotel was very clean, the staff helpfull and most important it was very close to the centre of the town. Just 5 minutes walk and you had access to everything.
Very friendly staff, close to main areas of town for shopping and eating, nice rooms, nice roof terrace overlooking the Aegean
It was close to the center of Iraklio,grate location.
Free high-speed wireless Heraklion is a dump, but this hotel provides good access to it.
We stayed there twice. The hotel kept clean and is located close to the city center. It is close to a public parking lot, which is important as it is hard to park on the street. Their facility is modern. If we go back to Creta, we would definately stay there again.
nothing bad smell at the breakfast , noise from the room ,
Very helpful staff at the reception. There are many tavernas and shops near by.The hotel is comfortable and convenient for all aspects of Heraklion life very difficult to park
The hotel is centrally located, and offers free wifi in the lobby. There is no way this is a five star or even four star hotel. Our room was supposed to be non-smoking, but reeked of smoke and the bed was quite uncomfortable. The hotel was generally worn, from the lobby, which at first glance looked stylish, but upon closer inspection was run down. The helpfulness of the staff varied widely, and I did not appreciate the snickers from the woman at the front desk when I, rather than my husband, handed her a credit card to pay.
Excellent breakfast Very poor quality for money. Impossible to sleep because of noise from airplanes, cars passing in the street with very loud radios on all night, noisy motorbikes and so on. Depressing furniture. Poor view. Depressing surroundings.
Near the airport, large and very well appointed room, we booked a sea view room and thought it well worth it, superlative breakfast including an orange squeezing machine and Cretan specialites with a notice saying what they were. Central location including proximity to the Archeolgical Museum (which is shut for rebuilding and a tempory exhibition of "highlights" is underwhelming). Being presented with the visa receipt after OK-ing bill and asked to fill in the "Tip" box. I had tipped appropriately as we went and I found this a little grasping
Everything. Breakfast was especially good. Staff very helpful. Nothing negative. A bit pricey but that is what you expect for a five star hotel.
Location was good for being close to the port, but the walk up a fairly steep hill with luggage has put me off from stying here again. Lack of communication about the breakfast that was included in the room rate, we were advised we could have our breakfast in our room but was then charged full rate for doing so
Helpful staff, good food, comfortable room, ease of access to airport
The staff were great & with a smile on their face. The Porter Con was absolutely fantastic (keep up your great service Con) & so were the reception staff. The Breakfast buffet had great selection. The motel was very clean & comfortable, close to restaurants & shops & also the port. We will stay there again. no
This is not a 5 star hotel. Hwo is responsible for evaluation?? I will not recommend to pay as 5-star hotel to anyone.
This is an excellent hotel in a very convenient location for sight-seeing. Everything is nearby and close to the waterfront. The staff is friendly and helpful. A bit pricey bu you would probably expect that for a five-star hotel.
Old furniture, bad smell. This is not 5-star hotel for sure.
Ideal situation/location of hotel. Reception staff initially not very welcoming.
The breakfast and the Hotel receptionist very helpful!!!!!! The rooms were poor and aren't to 5 star standards!!!!!
we loved everything. Pool looked and was fantastic. Whole hotel was really beautiful nad staff friendly and welcoming no - loved it all
The staff is very helpful, professional and quick. The hotel is brand new, nice and clean. Good Gym. Very good breakfast.
Excellent facilities. Staff can be friendlier in their service and less automative. Staff should learn how to smile more and show more warmth and friendliness.
The hotel facilities were new, but the location was a bit far from the center. NO
hotel staff eager small rooms
Great hotel. Excellent staff, especially wait staff. Really comfortable beds. Nice hotel which I'd recommend.
Good location, easy to find. Breakfast was a buffet with everything, excellent. Liked the balcony, busy street below to watch but some traffic noise when trying to sleep. For some reason they have 2 single beds pushed together instead of a king or queen.
Since the recent renovation, the quality of rooms is outstanding. Breakfasts and bar menu excellent. The standards of service and staff friendliness are exceptionally good.
Awesome stay, friendly staff, clean and upscale
entrance, reception, facilities, location, very very small room and bathroom like in Ibis hotel, waitress in bar not very kind to customers, breakfast not enough big for 5 stars hotel
Breakfast was great and the staff is friendly and very helpful The room we had was a bit small bu that wax our only complaint
The fact we were upgraded for a club suite on arrivval and everything is brand new, clean, with good service. would like to reccomend anastasia on reception who was cocktails at the bar were bad
the willingness of the receptionist to assist us in all we requested. the old carpet in our room had a bad smell.
We chose a Room with sea view and the view was really beautiful. The staff was always nice and very helpful.
Helpfulness of the front desk staff on arrival No
The beds were the most comfortable in all of the hotels that we stayed in, while in Crete. We had a beautiful view of the harbour and a nice walking distance to the shops. The pictures of the hotel really show what the hotel is like.
We booked based on the location, but were delightfully pleased by the overall comfort and cleanliness of the facility.
Staff was very helpful, buffet breakfast was great with lots of choices. Location was good for exploring Heraklion. Maybe just a bit overpriced.
The staff and the service. Breakfast was excellent. Older than I expected.
friendly,helpful staff, very comfortable room, free internet access, good breakfast buffet
Cozy room, harbor view, balcony, friendly and knowledgeable staff A bit self-consciously overdesigned
The food was very good. Location convenient for central Heraklion and handy for the bus station and airport. Also has good view over the harbour, although this isn't exactly picturesque! Good place to stay a night whilst waiting for a plane or boat to go somewhere else. Bedroom was cramped for 2 people. Balcony extremely small. It's also under the flypath for the airport.
Good location near ferry/port area and city, helpful staff, valet parking, great breakfast,excellent harbour view from seaview rooms, worth paying a bit extra.
The restaurant food was first class
The service was pleasing and the accomodation was comfortable. Nothing we did not like.
I arrived late and could not get a taxi from the port. I called reception and they arranged it for me very quickly which was much appreciated. The service was excellent and the room was large and comfortable. The location is a bit loud and busy so not entirely good if you are looking for a quiet night's sleep.
Breakfast View Cleanliness Room facilities Bathroom
The hotel was good located and it was confortable. The personnel was friendly and the room and the badroom were big enough. Little details were not improved, as the light in the badroom or the doors of the rooms. It seems to be an old hotel, renovated and definetly clean kept. The outside facade needs some improvement, but at this time, it seems that most of the houses of Heraklion need paint.
access to the city view from 5th floor Value for money A two bedroom room priced as a three bedroom Room facilities Cleanliness Bathroom Lack of fridge Lack of curtains
The 5-th floor terrasse with beautiful view (sea and city walls). The space in the room. Other reviewers have complained about the noise, but at the 3th floor window & store closed, it was no problem for me. The weakness of the global artificial lighting in the room (not comfortable to read except lying on the bed...)
mainly the location should improve bathroom cleaning
Breakfast was great. The bathroom was horrible. The shower area is the smallest in the world!!
clean & good breakfast The noise from streets make sleep difficult.
the location the hotel should propose a free shuttle to/from the airport.
I chose the hotel for one night purely because of its proximity to Heraklion airport (5-10 minutes by car) as my flight was late in the evening. Noise from aircraft, although it was expected.
Friendliness of staff in this Family Hotel ,convenient for airport. Free internet, good BBQ evening meals - nothing too much trouble. Very hard beds
The cleanliness, the quietness and the nearness to the airport No curtain for the bath, poor breakfast
We were delayed on the ferry from Mykonos and booked this hotel at the last minute so we wouldn't have to drive to our timeshare at midnight. We arrived after 11 p.m, not expecting much. We were happy to be met by a very enthusiastic and nice receptionist, and we could still get something to eat--a terrific omelet, by the way. There was a bar too. Our room was great! I highly recommend this family-owned hotel.
Location 3 mins from the airport The planes fly most of the night!
The staff were courteous, and helpful and spoke or understood English very well, which was helpful to us, because we were tired.We only stayed one night so can not comment on other matters.The hotel was a high standard and comfortable for our transition, to our holiday desination.
Attitude of staff is very nice; good swimming pool! Noisy in night from airplane
Close to the airport Very loud (airport, street). If you have an early or late flight and only stay for one night it's ok, but not for a longer vacation.
We wanted a hotel that was located near the airport. It was very convenient. The staff was exceptionally helpful. The room was clean. Great value The neighborhood was a bit hinky, as can be expected near an airport. Difficult to find decent food, especially if you didn't care to drive.
Easy to find, close to airport, nice pool, 10 mins driving from city center
Closeness to attractions Clerks were rude at reception,room was dusty (floors, table in balcony
location: close to shopping & nightlife + not too far from airport/port Hotel breakfast buffet was overrated. possibly noisy from airport during busy summer months
I booked an executive room which was lovely as we had a seating area in the room. We put out the sign to have our room cleaned and only the bar fridge was stocked.
Breakfast was excellent. Opening hours of swimming pool.
I liked the decorations and comfort of the rooms and the service by the staff. Breakfast was also excellent. Very convenient location too should you want to visit the city centre of Heraclion or if you are in a business trip. The swimming pool should open earlier and not at 11 am.. You couldn't have a swim before breakfast.. the pool could do with a renovation too - the style was too 70s..
Very comfortable room with big balcony. Excellent common areas & the rooftop pool & bar with fantastic views of Heraklion
Very good location. Right in the center of the town. Very close to the port for boat traveling, about 15 min drive to airport. Walk 5 mins to market, car rental agencies, travel agencies. Hotel staff was very friendly and helpful. Good to have free wifi cover the whole hotel. The room could be cleaner.
Luxury hotel, located next to the old town of Heraklion. We booked this hotel because of the swimming pool on top of the roof. But, it wasn't open! Only open in the summer season, okay, it was September, but hey, only a pool in July or August???
Large, spacious room..nice beds.. Small bathroom
Astoria Capsis is located in the heart of Heraklion near major sites and shopping opportunities. You can easily walk to a lot of archaeological sites like the former fortress docks & harbours. There are a lot places to eat and shopping close by. No fitness center for exercise. There weren't a lot of choice for their breakfast. Can be noisy. My room had a noticeable sway for no apparent reason, possibly the foundation of the building was not stable.
The location is with walking distance of the port, bus station, and local attractions. The staff was helpful in arranging an extra night there, and they were helpful in every way. The bed was not as soft as I need with a sore back, but the room had lots of extra pillows.
Everyone was helpful. Swimming pool was closed, although this was not stated on booking.
location, staff, breakfast, free internet in lobby
Very helpful staff. Very close to both ferry and bus station.
The Hotel was very clean and modern. We were in Greece for 17 days and the Marin Dream Hotel was by best the nicest hotel we stayed at and not by any means the most expensive. Great value.
we liked the location being near the centre of the town and the harbour, the rooftop terrace with the views and very nice meals, the staff who were very obliging nothing that we didn't like
Very well located, nice views and nice staff. The breakfast is higher than the standard in Greece. Muy bien situado, buenas vistas y buen servicio. El desayuno es mejor que la media en Grecia As everywhere in Heraklio, parking is a nightmare. Como en todo Heraklio, aparcar es una pesadilla
Location. We stayed in Heraklion as a transfer on our way to Santorini. The hotel is excellently located between airport (arrival), city (eating) and harbor (departure).
The cafe facilities for breakfast and snacks and the quality of the hotel. Walls maybe need more soundproofing as a neighbour's TV was very audible.
excellent location, full breakfast, clean room location, could not use balcony
Location is great for an overnight budget hotel. Great location in Heraklion and close to the airport. Beds are very hard and uncomfortable. The breakfast buffet is awful. Imagine waking up to see pasta for breakfast. No juice just sugar flavored waters.
Everything. The staff was polite, friendly, and extremely helpful. The hotel has a polished, sophisticated feel. The rooms were 1st or business class quality. The price was good.
The view over Heraklion Harbour is fantastic ! Just five minutes to walk to get our ferry... And the staff was very kind.
Close to the beach. Excellent breakfast Small room. Missing seaview, expensive!
easy access. easy parking. comfortable rooms. very good breakfast.
Good breakfast, hotel is located right at the beach, quiet place
Location Cleaness, service
confortable, freindly personell at every time ready for you
The brekfast is very good, the bed's are very confortable.The rooms are new , in very good conditions and with very space ( we stay in a suit).It's a few minuts from the center, very well localize.
Really nice place. Great rooms and comfort No it was great
Convenient location, nicely decorated, well-maintained premises, excellent breakfast buffet. No major criticism. The room was a bit small, and there was only a black and white television with no English television channels
8E taxi ride from port, and walking distance to city center. Excellent breakfast. Large clean room. Quiet. On-site car rental. Not many good restaurants nearby.
Just a block off the main waterfront promenade. Friendly and extremely well located. Beautiful rooms and facilities. Best Breakfast we had on our trip.
Staff friendliness and efficiency, comfortable room, good breakfast.
Breakfast was great. Variety of choices and all fresh.
Walk to city center or the water in less than five minutes. Walked with luggage from the port to the hotel in 15 mins. Great central location. Staff was very helpful. 12 euro cab ride to airport. Breakfast was delicious and filling. Rooms were comfy. Good water pressure. That we had to leave.
there is no parking place and Irakleion is not the best place to search for a parking spot.
Excellent in every way
The location, staff, facilities - everything!
Vergis Epavlis has been the best place where to relax and disconnect. It's excellent place, the great breakfasts with an amazing sight, the comfortable and luxurious rooms, the quiet moments at the swimming pool… An exquisite attention from the owners as well as the little details has done these holidays the best ones. An unforgettable experience, we hope to repeat again. Gonzalo y mónica. All good things finish someday, so we couldn't stay more days within this little paradise.
Great attention to detail given by staff to ensure the comfort and enjoyment of all guests. Rooms are large and spacious and tasetefully decorated. Balcony is a good size. Location is either perfect or a little bit remote depending on your point of view. For me it was a little remote but we had a hire car (essential) and it proved to be a good central base.
This hotel is very special, the rooms are really good, the nature around is astonishing and the people there are so nice and friendly like in no other place we have been. This is the second time we went to this hotel and we will be back again for sure!
Quiet accommodation in a wonderful house in the typical landscape of Crete. Large rooms/apartments with an extraordinary design and views, superb service, nice dining room, unforgettable tavern Ethimico...
Location and attitude of staff
we enjoyed an amazing view, the most special hospitality, and a gorgeous place to stay, big and comfortable and beutiful rooms, we never wanted to go outside... to leave...
Everything. Very friendly and welcoming.
Great experience - I will return.
Location and big rooms Their service no mini bar in hotel
Friendly hotel good facilities good buffet selection. Italian Restaurant particularly good.
food, location, accomodation Beach sport entertainment could be done by hotel and included in hotel price partly but not by a third party team. Windsurfing or water skiing training would be as plus.
The hotel is on the beach so that was useful with the children. There was not much to do in the local area of the hotel.
Right in the city center, fully renovated building, clean and comfortable, spacious room, polite staff. Even though it's located in the city center, it's very quiet during the night. For demanding guests, breakfast is quite poor. Nevertheless, for a two star hotel it approaches excellence.
staff was easy going and the rooms are nicely furnished. I got one of the best rooms and that was very nice (but I'm not sure I would have been similarly happy with one of the low floors rooms, unless at a lower price). Breakfast
This hotel was very nice. Everything in the room seemed very new and clean. Spacious bathroom with glass doors around the shower. Large balcony. There's a bus stop to the airport right across the street. The breakfast wasn't the best, but I appreciated a free breakfast. It's on a very busy shopping street so it could be pretty loud.
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Mick Jagger has posted a loving tribute to L'Wren Scott, his girlfriend of more than a decade who tragically committed suicide.
On Tuesday, alongside a photo of Scott, the Rolling Stones frontman wrote on Facebook, "I am still struggling to understand how my lover and best friend could end her life in this tragic way."
"We spent many wonderful years together and had made a great life for ourselves," said Jagger, adding, "She had great presence and her talent was much admired, not least by me."
Jagger noted, "I have been touched by the tributes that people have paid to her, and also the personal messages of support that I have received."
He concluded his post with "I will never forget her."
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Earlier, Jagger slammed a "horrible" report by the New York Post that claimed the legendary musician and Scott had split up before her death.
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Can understanding a swarm of cannibalistic locusts help solve world hunger? Can a million migrating wildebeests help explain why cancer spreads? Can a school of fish help invent robots that locate oil spills? Ask Iain Couzin. He's exploring how collective behavior in animals can be quantified and analyzed to give us new insights into the patterns of nature—and ourselves.
"We're realizing that animals have highly coordinated social systems and make decisions together," Couzin says. "They can do things collectively that no individual could do alone. It's still a very unexplored area of animal behavior." Couzin blends fieldwork, lab experiments, computer simulations, and complex mathematical models to test theories about how and why cells, animals, and humans organize and work together.
"I never had special training in math or computer science, but I realized the power of using computational tools, so I basically taught myself programming." He discovered that video game cards loaded with next-generation graphics processing power would be the perfect supercomputers for his work. "These cards let us explore hypothetical virtual worlds within computer simulations; tracking thousands of animals in real time. One new technique even allows us to see the world from an animal's perspective, giving us a whole new understanding of how sensory input and environmental factors affect collective behavior."
Couzin notes that behaviors such as swarming locusts, flocking birds, or schooling fish may look the same on the surface, but be driven by entirely different biological pressures. During plague years, massive locust swarms invade more than one-fifth of the world's land cover, affecting the livelihood of one in ten people on the planet. Couzin presumed the insects were somehow transmitting information and perhaps acting cooperatively. In fact, his research revealed that they were responding to a lack of essential protein and salt in their diet.
"When those resources run low, locusts eat each other," he explains. "All the nutrition they crave is perfectly packaged in the tissue and blood of other locusts. They run away to avoid cannibalization from behind, and run forward to catch and devour those ahead. This triggers the onset of vast swarms, many miles long. Now that we understand the important role of nutrition, we hope to use satellite data and ground-based sensing to understand where protein may be environmentally limited and predict outbreaks in the future."
Couzin discovered the secret behind the swarms by building a small racetrack in the lab where locusts march for eight hours a day while software follows their movement and interactions. "This kind of detailed, quantitative tracking leads to all kinds of surprises."
His fieldwork studying army ants revealed highly complex, coordinated behavior between a million nearly blind individuals. The voracious carnivores quickly decimate all prey in any area, so they constantly move on, forming traffic lanes that minimize congestion and optimize traffic flow. "Unlike humans, they've unselfishly evolved an efficient strategy that benefits the whole colony." They also form incredible living architectures to keep the swarm moving, including bridges of interconnected individuals and modular nests shielded by five-foot-high walls of interwoven ants.
"This gives us new clues about how to design modular robotics. We may be able to mimic what we see in nature to create machines that can dynamically respond and adapt in the face of change, just as the ants spontaneously create robust yet very flexible structures," he says. "We're working with engineers to develop biologically inspired robots that can very effectively search for oil spills, phytoplankton plumes, or other anomalies in the ocean."
Other research may reveal crucial data on how habitat fragmentation caused by humans affects long-distance animal migrations. Couzin's mathematical models predict a critical point at which migration, once severely disrupted, cannot be regained. "You can't just recover the habitat and expect the migrations to resume—they won't. If our models are right, we must be extremely cautious about transforming land to the degree where systems collapse."
Animal migration also demonstrates the power of collective intelligence. "If one individual is confused, it can follow others. When its own magnetic sensing or memory is stronger, it in turn becomes influential. So you have ever changing leadership according to the quality of information each individual possesses."
Could this allow us to see how cancer cells migrate and spread throughout the body? Couzin hopes so. "I'm fascinated by the idea that our work could ultimately help explain how tumors progress. Basic principles we're unraveling may give us new insights into the collective motion of cells or interactions between neurons."
Couzin tests many predictions in fish tanks at his lab. There, he and his team trained different groups of fish to have varying degrees of preference for different targets. Fish with the strongest "opinions" dictated the movement of the entire group, even when they were only a small minority. But as fish with no preferences were added, a tipping point was reached, and group behavior flipped back to majority control.
"Our experiments showed that individuals without a preference actually promote democracy, increase the chance of consensus, and prevent extremist minorities from fragmenting the group," he says. "At this stage we can't claim this relates to political outcomes or decisions in humans, but we're ready to test our mathematical principle with other systems, including people. The health-care community is increasingly interested in the underpinnings of how opinions are transferred. It could have important consequences for everything from the probability of giving up smoking to the likelihood of obesity."
Couzin's studies aren't limited to bugs and birds. He's placed actors within crowds of people at train stations, told them when to turn their heads as though looking at something, and prompted chain reactions in the crowd. "This kind of socially contagious behavior is common in humans, as is our ability to sense something out of the ordinary," he reports. To demonstrate that, he placed suspicious-looking individuals in a crowd and documented how others detected and responded to the suspects. "You may not be aware of it, but you are subtly, socially engaging with other individuals in crowds all the time."
Although an animal lover since childhood, for Couzin, it's all about the math. "By analytically quantifying all these examples of collective behavior, we can translate knowledge from one system to another—from locusts to wildebeest to people. Scientists are realizing how little we know, yet how important it is to gain knowledge about group dynamics. Sometimes nature surprises us with solutions more elegant than anything we could imagine. There could be completely unknown applications we haven't even dreamed of yet."
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This smoke-free bed & breakfast features 24-hour room service, dry cleaning, and tour/ticket assistance. WiFi in public areas is free. Other amenities include multilingual staff and a TV in a common area.
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Best Western The Boltons features tour/ticket assistance, multilingual staff, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access. This eco-friendly bed & breakfast also offers 24-hour room service, a television in a common area, and an elevator (lift).
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'Alexei Zhitnik's agent isn't interested in making his client the highest-paid Buffalo Sabre – he just wants Zhitnik to earn more than the Sabres happen to be paying anyone else. "We're looking for $4 million. It's very simple and very logical," agent Serge Levin said.'
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'If there is one player worth watching this season it will be Connolly. This youngster has the potential to score goals and add up points. This playmaking center now is surrounded with a supporting cast, unlike his days with the Islanders. With the NHL experience he already has, Connolly is on the verge of a breakout year. This could be that year.'
Amherst to Easy Street
'Tickets for individual Sabres home games go on sale Sept. 17 at 9 a.m. They range in price from $23 to $108.'
Dumont agent has big bark but no bite
'Archambault represents Buffalo's J.P. Dumont, a restricted free agent. Last week, Archambault accused the Sabres of insulting Dumont by offering him the standard 10 percent qualifying offer over his 2000-01 salary of $875,000. He called it "ridiculous." He suggested the team had "laughed at" Dumont. He demanded "respect" and said Dumont was ready to sit out training camp if he didn't get a contract commensurate with his status as Buffalo's second-leading scorer. But by Thursday, Archambault was already backing off. Reached in Montreal, he described the situation as a "misunderstanding" and said he was looking forward to meeting with Sabres management.'
Sabres breathe extra life into girls hockey program
'This fall, the organization will launch the Buffalo Sabres-Oxygen Icebreakers Program to encourage the growth of girls hockey in Western New York. "This is the first organized program that any NHL team has done with girls hockey," said John Cimperman, Sabres executive vice president for integrated marketing. "What we want to do is basically throw gasoline on what we see as a small fire in women's hockey. We want to really get behind it and support it."'
Sabres announce signing of winger Boulton
'"Eric provided us great depth and toughness last season. He improved tremendously and we look forward to his developing further this season," said General Manager Darcy Regier.'
Buffalo agrees to terms with left wing Boulton
'The 24-year-old Boulton appeared in 35 games as a rookie last season, scoring one goal and getting two assists. He earned himself a reputation as an enforcer, finishing third on the Sabres with 94 penalty minutes.'
Ice runs in their veins
'Daniel Mason, an assistant professor of sports management at the University of Maryland, said the Sabres approach to pitching the team is a strong one for a small market team like Buffalo that can face financial difficulties hanging onto marquee players for the long-haul.'
Agent says Dumont is prepared to sit out
'"Right now, the offer they sent is ridiculous. He likes Buffalo, he likes everything, he wants to play – but not for this money," Archambault said. "We don't want to break the bank in Buffalo, but we need the respect."'
Sabres add Fitzpatrick
'The Buffalo Sabres signed minor-league defenseman Rory Fitzpatrick, a 26-year-old Rochester native, on Tuesday.'
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'The lifelong Irondequoit resident signed a one-year contract with the Buffalo Sabres yesterday, and he'll be expected to help anchor an always-stingy defense for the Rochester Americans.'
Buffalo Sabres sign defenseman Fitzpatrick
'Defenseman Rory Fitzpatrick, who spent most of last season in the minors, signed Tuesday with the Buffalo Sabres. Fitzpatrick had two assists in 22 games with the IHL's Milwaukee Admirals before being traded at midseason to the Hamilton Bulldogs. There, he had three goals and 17 assists.'
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'The first stop on the time warp tour is Amherst, where the Pepsi Center ice has been swarming with Sabres past, present and, quite possibly, future. It has become an August tradition for Western New York's hockey elite to gather at the Sabres' practice rink every weekday morning for some informal conditioning (otherwise known as pick-up games).'
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'The renewal numbers as of Aug. 7, according to the Sabres' Executive Vice President/Administration Ron Bertovich, indicated that 75 percent, or nearly 8,000 of the club's 10,600 season ticket holders, have re-upped.'
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Votes will determine official plaid for USC
By Ryal Curtis, email@example.com, 803-777-6491
Don't be surprised to see University of South Carolina President Harris Pastides sporting a new garnet and black plaid necktie in the very near future. That's because the school is getting its very own official tartan.
USC students, faculty, staff and alumni are being asked to vote for their favorite tartan plaid pattern. Voting runs through 1 p.m. March 11 at the new USC Tartan website.
The winning tartan design will be announced later this spring, with new USC merchandise – everything from iPad covers to blankets, backpacks, pajamas, ties and much more – available for purchase online at the Official Collegiate Tartan Apparel website.
The three tartan designs in the running to become the official University of South Carolina tartan are appropriately named:
"Tartan & Feather"
"Old Cocky"
"Royal Rooster"
The official USC tartan is nearly three years in the making, an initiative led by students and faculty from the university's Department of Retailing, home to the USC Center for Retailing and the USC Fashion Board.
Marianne Bickle, retailing professor and director at the USC Center for Retailing, first initiated talks of developing an official tartan for USC back in 2010. She says the new tartan should see strong demand from the Carolina community as well as, eventually, from local and national retailers.
"The tartan will help promote, market and brand USC," said Bickle. "We expect these products to be very well received by alumni of all ages, current students and die-hard Gamecocks fans."
Bickle says a goal of the program will be to secure university approval to send a portion of merchandise sales proceeds to help fund student scholarships.
Ongoing operations for the USC tartan project will be overseen by the university's Center for Retailing with leadership from students enrolled in retail management and fashion merchandising courses at USC.
"We are extremely proud to have the university's official tartan developed, marketed and sold from our Department of Retailing," said Brian J. Mihalik, dean of the College of Hospitality, Retail and Sport Management. "This project is especially exciting in that it provides our retailing students with the unique opportunity to bridge their classroom learning with real-world industry experience."
Future plans call for USC tartan merchandise to be sold at traditional brick and mortar retailers, including the campus bookstore.
The USC tartan will go through the official registration process with the Scottish Register of Tartans in Edinburgh, Scotland. Currently, only 17 other U.S. universities have registered school tartans.
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The Area of Central Texas Settled by German Immigrants
Produces Peaches, Berries, Grapes and More
Published June 2014
When, in 1845, German settler John Meusebach set out from New Braunfels, Texas, and traveled 60 miles northwest to select the second settlement of the Fisher-Miller Land Grant, he chose well. He selected a valley situated between two creeks, now known as Barons Creek and Town Creek, and surrounded by seven hills. He named the settlement Fredericksburg, after Prince Frederick of Prussia, a kingdom in what is now northwestern Germany.
The rich farmland around the new settlement would allow the new Texans from Germany to prosper, both in livestock production and farming.
Today, agriculture is an important part of the Fredericksburg area's economy. According to the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, ag production and related industry in Gillespie County averaged nearly $50 million annually between 2008 and 2011. Half of that total came from beef cattle production. The agriculture industry in the county employs nearly 1,000 residents, with an annual payroll of nearly $7 million.
When folks in Texas think about Fredericksburg and the surrounding area, they think about German heritage, wines, beers, picturesque farms in a Hill Country setting, cattle, sheep—and peaches.
Peaches and Fredericksburg go together like bratwurst and sauerkraut.
There is a reason Central Texas peaches are so tasty, peach grower Jamey Vogel said. It's the combination of the hot, fairly dry climate with just enough rain (most years) and the rich but acidic soil of the area that combine to make a tart and sweet peach with just the right amount of juiciness.
Vogel farms about 70 acres of peaches—6,000 trees—along with blackberries and plums near Stonewall, east of Fredericksburg. He is of German ancestry and his family settled the area in 1846. Vogel's family has been raising peaches since 1953.
Most of the peaches and other fruit crops grown in the Fredericksburg/Stonewall area are sold at fruit stands and stores along the highway there, Vogel said. He said prices for peaches run from about $25 per half bushel for average to good fruit to $50 per half bushel for select peaches.
"The far majority of what we sell we sell right here in our roadside stand," Vogel said. Stands and stores along the 14 miles from Fredericksburg to Stonewall offer peaches, nectarines and plums in season, berries, jams and jellies made with the fruit and some even offer fresh peach ice cream and pies as well as other Texas staples like jalapeno jelly and pralines.
To help day trippers and vacationers plan their trips to Central Texas and the Fredericksburg area, Vogel and other growers pubish a website, texaspeaches.com, where travelers can turn to find news about the latest peach or berry crops. Vogel and many other fruit growers belong to the Hill Country Fruit Council which operates and updates the website.
As of presstime for this magazine, the message on the website stated the following:
Peaches are now available at some member grower stands in the Hill Country! Blackberries, plums, and other items are beginning to harvest at the orchards as well.
Please contact the individual growers for availability.
A directory of growers is available on the website so peach and berry fans can find out when their favorites are ripe and ready to buy or harvest.
Strawberries in the area ripen from mid March through mid May, blackberries from early May to mid June, nectarines from late May through July and plums during June and July. Tomatoes and some apples are available July through October.
The severe drought of the last few years has affected the peach crop and other fruit crops, Vogel said.
"It's been tough on us . . . we had a really good crop in 2010, but that's the only one through this drought that we've had," he said. "It certainly has cut the production back in several other years."
This year the crop yield is below average but at least they will produce peaches, he said.
Gillespie County surveyor and math and science teacher Benjamin Lester Enderle is known as the father of the Hill Country peach industry. He planted five peach trees and began selling the fruit in 1921. Enderle developed the Hale, Burbank, Elberta, and Stark varieties. He began marketing them through the H-E-B grocery chain, and eventually had 5,000 producing peach trees on 150 acres
The climate and soil of Central Texas are ideal for another fruit crop that has grown into a substantial industry there during the past 30 years—wine grapes. These days vineyards are a common sight where sheep, goats and cattle used to graze. Of course the Fredericksburg area is not the only grape growing region in the state, but it is home to many vineyards and wineries that have earned name recognition.
Becker Vineyards, Messina Hof, Grape Creek Vineyards, William Chirs Vineyards, Inwood Estates Winery, SantaMaria Cellars and Hilmy Cellars are just a few of the 14 or more wineries and tasting rooms in and around Fredericksburg.
The Texas Hill Country was named one of the "10 Best Wine Travel Destinations in 2014" by Wine Enthusiast magazine in its February print edition and online.
The article states, "Each year, our editors scour the globe to suss out the absolute must-visit spots. To a few traditional wine regions, we've added several modern classics and a sprinkling of up-and-comers, making a compelling list of destinations."
"For the Texas Hill Country to be listed with wine travel destinations around the world such as Mendoza in Argentina, Languedoc in France, the Aegean Islands in Greece, the Barossa Valley in Australia, as well as Sonoma County in California and Walla Walla in Washington state, is a wonderful testament to the dedication and hard work by Texas grape growers and wine makers over the last decades," noted Ernie Loeffler, president/CEO of the Fredericksburg Convention and Visitor Bureau.
One of the more well known Texas vineyards and wineries is Grape Creek Vineyards between Fredericksburg and Stonewall. There, owners Brian and Jennifer Heath raise several varieties of grapes and produce wines that have won dozens of awards.
Grape Creek Vineyards started as a vineyard with, at one point, 25 acres of Cabernet and Chardonnay grape vines. But, in the 1990s a blight that was most likely Pierce's disease wiped out a decade of growth.
Under the new ownership of the Heaths, planting resumed and Grape Creek Vineyards now has five vineyard blocks. The main tasting room block features a 2007 planting Montepulciano, an Italian variety known for producing bold, flavorful and aromatic wines.
Three other areas, planted 2008, include Aglianico (another Italian red variety) and Chenin Blanc, which is located along the driveway to the vineyard's tasting room, a beautiful building reminiscent of European architecture and called the "Tuscan tasting room." A new planting contains both Montepulciano and Aglianico.
Grape Creek's 2010 harvest yielded a substantial first vintage of a red Italian blend they named "Epiphany." Epiphany demonstrates aromas and flavors of dark chocolate, coffee and cherries, according to the Grape Creek website, www.grapecreek.com.
Another winery, Becker Vineyards, is one of the oldest in the area, established in 1992. Both the winery and tasting room at Becker are contained in a building that appears to be a massive barn constructed similarly to buildings along Main Street in Fredericksburg, with stone masonry.
Dr. Richard and Bunny Becker in 1990 were looking for a Hill Country retreat and discovered 46 fertile acres with mustang grapes growing. In 1992 they planted their first vines. The first harvest in 1995, laid the foundation for what is now just over a 100,000-case per year winery.
Becker Vineyards farms 46 acres of estate fruit and owns two additional vineyards at Ballinger and Mason, Texas, totalling just over 87 acres of vines.
The Beckers' philosophy is to promote Texas wine and, therefore, Texas grown fruit. They currently contract with more independent Texas grape growers than any other winery in the state, according to their website, www.beckervineyards.com.
The wine business in Texas is still in its infancy but continues to grow. Nearly all grapes grown in the Central Texas area are used in Texas wines as well as grapes purchased and brought in from other areas. The Central Texas region with Fredericksburg as its hub has become a major wine producing area in Texas.
In addition to having become the top peach-producing area in the state and one of the preeminent wine producing areas in Texas, farmers here grow pecans, strawberries, wildflowers, watermelons and most every table vegetable imaginable.
If the original settlers of the area could see the fruits of the labor of their descendants they would be proud and pleased they chose this productive part of Texas as home.