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Below I have posted a couple of interesting stories about Paramount Group and it's background. As you can see from it's Wikipedia page, it is heavily involved with a lot of areas of defense in Africa and they are the largest PMSC in Africa. So when Ivor Ichikowitz (the founder and executive chairperson of the company) talks about private security in Africa, I tend to listen.
I also posted a side deal about an aircraft they donated to help in the war against Rhino poachers. This is a great move by the company because poachers are destroying one of Africa's top treasures–it's animals. They also had a vehicle showcased in the popular TV show called Top Gear.
The last article I posted below was not about Paramount Group specifically, but about private security in Africa in general. It talked about the focus of other large companies like G4S in Africa, and it is a great compare and contrast article after reading what Paramount mentioned. If companies want to know what to focus on when delving into this market, it pays to study the market leaders of this continent. Check it out. –Matt
From the website
Paramount Group is the largest privately owned defence and aerospace business in Africa, providing fully integrated turnkey solutions to global defence, peacekeeping and internal security forces.
Since its inception in 1994, Paramount has built strong relationships with governments and government agencies in over 30 countries around the world, earning an enviable reputation as a trusted advisor in the industry.
The Group is a leading innovator in the design and development of state-of-the-art products that it manufactures in locations throughout the world. It is partnered with some of the world's largest and most reputable organisations in the global defence community. The Paramount Group has the ability to understand its client requirements and to use its unique knowledge and experience to design cost-effective, future-proof solutions. As a result, Paramount has enjoyed strong growth and achieved an excellent track record of delivering successful projects.
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Paramount Group is a group of companies operating in the global defence, internal security and peacekeeping industries. It was founded in South Africa in 1994 and offers a range of armoured vehicles, military aircraft, equipment and training to governments.
The company was founded by South African entrepreneur and industrialist Ivor Ichikowitz. The Group is based in South Africa, with its headquarters near Johannesburg.
Paramount Group manufactures a range of armoured vehicles – the Maverick, Mbombe, Matador and Marauder – and in 2011 unveiled AHRLAC, a long-range reconnaissance and surveillance aircraft. AHRLAC is the first aircraft to be designed and built from scratch in Africa.
The business has government clients in 28 countries and partnerships with leading international defence and aerospace players, including Aerosud Holdings Ltd, its partner in the development of AHRLAC (Advanced High-Performance Reconnaissance Light Aircraft).
In February 2011, Paramount Group announced a joint venture with Abu Dhabi – based defence business International Golden Group to market and distribute Paramount Group's products and services in the United Arab Emirates.
Paramount Group's Marauder featured in an episode of the BBC's Top Gear programme. Television show presenter Richard Hammond took the vehicle on a test drive in South Africa to put the vehicle through its paces in comparison to a Humvee in a bid to find 'the world's toughest car.' The programme was broadcast in July 2011.
AHRLAC was launched in September 2011 and described by commentators, including the Wall Street Journal, as filling a niche for a versatile, low-cost aircraft.
Security Is Key To Africa's Economic Rise
By Ivor Ichikowitz, chairman of Paramount Group, Africa's biggest private defence company.
Ivor Ichikowitz reports
22 November 2012
The most important single factor in boosting an emerging economy is a stable state. I believe that all things flow from this.
Capitalism is the most powerful driving force behind Africa's economic development but businesses must be able to be run without the fear of suddenly losing all their assets in unexpected or undemocratic changes in government.
Criminals, terrorists and rebel groups further undermine economic activity across the continent and need to be effectively countered. It has been estimated, for example, that over 10% of Nigeria's oil production is stolen between source and sale by criminal gangs, including groups who tap directly into long pipelines that are extremely vulnerable to theft in isolated areas.


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CHURCHILL: The polar bear capital might not sound like the greenest place on earth.
For nine months of the year, it's snow-covered. Charcoal boulders tumble down to a frozen Hudson Bay. Ice volcanoes from freeze-dried tides curl like whipped cream. And the colour everywhere is white.
The average daily temperature ranges from -26.7 C in January to 12 C in July.
Yet, this place is the proverbial canary in a coal mine for our planet. In the era of global warming, findings studied here include: a 22-per-cent decline in polar bears since the 1990s; ice that melts faster and freeze earlier every year; and orcas that chase seals into the Arctic.
The elements have always reigned over Hudson Bay, once even triggering a global shift of stunning proportions. It was here Lake Agassiz pushed over an ice dam 8,000 years ago, raising global sea levels a metre, kick-starting farming in northern Europe and spawning an epic flood.
Even in summer now, the electrical grid is vulnerable to fierce subarctic thunderstorms.
Beyond the snow and global warming, it's the skies that rule here -- and what they say about solar winds and other secrets of the universe aren't just manuals for telecommunications and satellites. They are the stuff of art and dreams.
Churchill is like stepping outside time, says Edmonton filmmaker, Kyle Armstrong. "I would encourage anyone who wants to get a taste of what the north is like to go to Churchill," he said.
Armstrong, along with Calgary scientist Tron Trondsen did just that a year ago, producing a short documentary on nature's elemental magic --the northern lights -- set against the decaying glory of Churchill's air and ship wrecks.
Magnetic Reconnection has some of the best footage of the aurora borealis ever captured and the film has been selected for viewing in a number of film festivals.
Beyond the overwhelming landscape, there's a passion in people that evokes nostalgia in visitors.
"The people are great. I grew up in a small town and I felt like I was in Canada again, for the first time in long time," Armstrong said.
There are three seasons here: Polar bear fall, beluga summer and aurora winter.
When the skies rule, they pull scientists, photographers and tourists in like magnets for the ultimate lesson in earth magic.
Churchill's been like that, a laboratory, for decades.
Until the 1970s, American and Canadian scientists and military experts shot off rockets to study the upper atmosphere here.
They built a power-supply blockhouse with concrete walls six feet thick that still stands. They had to.
The scientists misfired so many rockets, they were afraid they'd hit it. As it is hundreds of rockets crashed. They pin the tundra like thumbtacks around the former range.
Once, the scientists even pumped the northern lights with barium to see what colours would light up.
This year, the lights took a decided tourist turn for Churchill, catapulting the remote town of 800 onto the top ten list for romantic getaways on the Lonely Planet website.
Locals chuckled indulgently at the description of a two-day train trip from Winnipeg as the love train.
But couples raised on Asian legends do come here, every winter, drawn to the lights for their power to bestow fertility on would-be parents.
Churchill's location gives the place a front row seat on aurora for 300 days a year. It's subarctic climate makes for clear winter skies.
Best of all, Churchill is literally held in a halo called a circumpolar auroral oval, where the best northern lights in the world can be seen.
Sometimes, even the rarest lights of all: Blood red aurora.
Nights light up with ghostly sheets, glowing green, even pink, across black velvet skies. Whistle them down and they'll dance brighter but they'll snag you away, northern legends say.
Science says the stunning phenomenon is the charged particles from solar flares -- 2013 is a peak year for flares--drawn down to the poles by earth's magnetic fields.
The magnetic field is an undulating rippling shield that sweeps solar wind, and radiation, away. The planet would be charcoal without it.
The Churchill Northern Studies Centre, 23 kilometres east of town, is a popular staging area.
In late February, a Travel Manitoba crew led a weekend tour for writers from Canada, Michigan and Texas to the centre. Some lugged heavy cameras and tripods. We all rode dogsleds at Blue Sky Expeditions, snacked on homemade blueberry bannock and snapped photos of grey jays eating out of human hands. We ate like kings.
I tumbled head first --twice -- into thigh-high snow despite snowshoes, laughing so hard I had to be hoisted upright. Beached beluga must feel like this.
A story on Churchill's history as a celestial observation platform back to the pre-Dorset days 3,500 years ago can't end without one final footnote from the fur trade era:
In 1769, William Wales measured the Transit of Venus here.
He not only became the first European scientist to work in Churchill. Wales set in motion a string of events that would immortalize Churchill and the fur trade, without ever naming either, in the English language.
Wales, you see, helped Hudson Bay Company explorer Samuel Hearne hone navigational skills for his historic trek to the Coppermine River. Decades later when they were seasoned, salty veterans, Wales, by then London prep school headmaster, invited the gnarled old explorer to spin his tales in school.
One of the students was to become a famous poet. By some account, Samuel Taylor Coleridge took Hearne as his model for the cursed narrator in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. And the poem's description of ice that "cracked and growled and roared and howled"? Could well be Hudson Bay at spring break-up.
-- Sources include: Michael Goodyear, CNSC executive director, Churchill Hudson Bay, a Guide to Natural and Cultural Heritage, Blue Sky Expeditions, National Film Board's The Northern Lights.


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IT'S interesting that with both its Sunday and Monday night line-ups sagging after 8.30pm, Channel Seven, the most selective of all networks when it comes to fast-tracking overseas content, opted to hastily add new seasons of Bones and Castle into its schedule last month. The latter began its fifth season with little fanfare last week. It's a cheesy procedural that focuses on the crime-solving escapades of the writer(!) Richard Castle and his sidekick (and now love interest) Kate Beckett. With the two attempting to hide their relationship from colleagues, there's little doubt that their bond will be tested by outside influences. As per usual, the plot is telegraphed early and often. And a dull crime - something about a local sports celebrity, a showbiz reporter and a morning show - fails to hold much interest. Castle has a similar feel to another Seven procedural, Bones. Yet there's a key difference: Bones has a bit of spark and spunk.
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ORIGINALLY broadcast in Britain three years ago, this engrossing but ultimately depressing documentary has the BBC journalist Louis Theroux travelling to Fresno, California, a city of 500,000 overrun by the US's disturbing crystal meth epidemic. It's made clear in the opening few minutes that everybody here knows somebody who has a friend or family affected by the drug. As usual, Theroux does not hold back. Driving around in his rented Kia, he begins by trailing local police patrols. An addict, asked why he is caught up in the effects of the drug as he is led away in cuffs, tells Theroux grimly: ''You smoke that shit and it's over.'' A desperately sad theme that plays out through the doco is the shocking number of parents who have abandoned their children in the pursuit of hedonism. A night out with dealers is also alarming. There seems to be a grim acceptance from the authorities that stopping what has become a plague on a generation will be incredibly difficult.
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WHAT a strange little show. Created as a six-episode season for a British satellite channel, this eccentric drama series is instantly memorable for its opening couple of minutes. A hooded Chloe Sevigny - who we quickly learn is a contract killer - eliminates a client's problem by shooting a man dead on top of a building before repairing home and stripping naked to reveal … her penis. So there's no Crying Game bombshell here, then. Producers are upfront in revealing that the gorgeous Sevigny is in fact a transgender hitman. Her character is then jolted by the news that a former partner has passed away and left her the legal guardian of four children, one of whom happens to be her son. This very adult drama does have its lighter moments, but there is a darkness and sadness at its heart that has limited its appeal overseas.
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Music teachers retire after more than three decades
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Plaques line the walls of South Tahoe Middle School, silver and gold dots connecting a 38-year musical history at the district.
It's an era that will end next month when longtime music teachers J.J. Clause and Linda Kurek retire from Lake Tahoe Unified School District, but they don't plan to sever ties with the program they've nurtured since the early 1980s.
"Neither one of us is going anywhere. Not after a lifetime of building up a program. This is our life, our identity," Kurek said.
The two music teachers — who together have more than 70 years of experience in LTUSD — built the award-winning musical legacy from a rural community program. Accolades include multiple gold medals from the Anaheim Music Festival at Disneyland Resort, a command performance at the Northern Nevada Band Festival and a berth at the 1986 Vancouver International Exposition.
It's a long list of accomplishments for a music program that hails from a district with less than 4,000 students. LTUSD Superintendent James Tarwater worked in a region with twice the number of students, but he said performance ability and band participation fell short of what he's seen locally.
"I've been here for eight years and I've never seen such professionalism and commitment. They motivate students, they get really great things out of kids," Tarwater said. "They'll really be missed, no doubt about it. We wish them the best and we'll try to keep the standards as high as they are now."
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Clause arrived in South Lake Tahoe in 1975 fresh out of college. The Bay Area native said she felt she'd died and gone to heaven when she arrived in Tahoe. Kurek, who left a job in Richmond, Calif. in 1980 for what she thought would be a one-year gig in the South Shore, described the opportunity as her dream job.
Kurek and Clause alternated between the schools during those early years, and, with Midas-like ability, the bands and choirs they led consistently won gold. Clause grew the high school music program to 300 students when she first arrived in South Lake. After a short break from STHS — during which time music attendance dropped to about 50 students — she returned to the Vikings' home base in 1982. Four years later, the program was back up to several hundred youth and the band was chosen to play at an international exposition in Vancouver.
"That was probably the highlight," Clause said. "We raised $20,000, which was a whole lot of money for the time, out of this community."
In 2003, the district laid off the high school music director. Clause was working at the elementary schools while Kurek led the middle school program. In order to prevent music education from disappearing at the elementary school level, the pair teamed up to teach part-time everywhere. Other than in fourth-grade classrooms, the two women were able to maintain the program throughout the district.
"We tried to pick it all up. We were spread very, very thin. We had like 120 kids at the high school who came to us at the same time," Clause said. "I can't believe we did what we did."
It was a hectic three-year period during which Clause and Kurek dashed between the high school, middle school and the four elementary schools. But, despite the whirlwind, both teachers said it was a fun opportunity to work as a team for the first time. And since Kurek's children were in the high school at the time, she said she felt like a mother to all her students.
With retirement approaching in the next few weeks, Clause and Kurek said they're excited to have more free time but will miss the program. Clause plans to walk Spain's Camino de Santiago this fall while Kurek said she'll visit Baldwin Beach on the first day of school next year.
"The support of the administration, superintendents over the years and the community was just huge. The program is a priority with all those people. If it wasn't, we wouldn't be here," Kurek said.
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STMS club sponsors car wash
South Tahoe Middle School Club Live will sponsor its 20th annual car wash at the Lake Tahoe Unified School District bus garage on Al Tahoe Boulevard Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Proceeds from the car wash will benefit the club's spring activities. The group will also sell baked goods in addition to the car wash.
Club Live promotes healthy lifestyles and provides high-energy activities to Lake Tahoe youth.
For more information, call Larry Lambdin at 530-541-6404, ext. 229.
'Oliver!' to feature Tahoe actors
The Western Nevada Musical Theatre Company's production of "Oliver!" will take the stage in the Carson City Community Center May 10 through May 19.
South Lake Tahoe resident Logan Chapman, 11, starts as Oliver. His sister, Drue Chapman plays a member of Fagin's gang.
The Tony award-winning musical retells the story of Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist."
Performances are on Friday and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. To purchase tickets, visit http://www.wnmtc.com. For more information, call 775-445-4249.
Educational foundation hosts Celebration of Education
The Lake Tahoe Educational Foundation invites community members to the Celebration of Education Wednesday, May 15 from 4:30-6 p.m. at Lakeland Village. The celebration will feature presentations from all Lake Tahoe Unified School District 2012-13 school year programs developed with grants from the foundation. The organization awarded 32 grants totaling $50,000.
LTCC student art gallery wraps up May 11
Artwork from Lake Tahoe Community College students and faculty will be on display in the Common through Saturday.
Jay Weldon's watercolor paintings will remain on display until June 22 in the Foyer Gallery while selections from the Hanna Porter and Growdon family collections will be on display through June 21.
Kiwanis Club awards scholarships to Whittell students
The Kiwanis Club of Lake Tahoe recently awarded $13,000 in scholarships to Whittell High School graduates. The scholarships were made possible through the Bob Baunhauser Foundation.
The Outstanding Key Club Member Scholarship of $4,000 was given to Anders Chaplin, while the $3,000 scholarship went to Kody Dangtongdee.
Amanda Harris, Garrett Bronken, Sarah Tencher and Emily Harris each received a $1,500 scholarship.
STHS wins Congressional Art Competition award
Julia Schmidseder of South Tahoe High School took second place at the Congressional Art Competition sponsored by members of Congress for her piece titled "Freedom."
The competition was open to all high school students within California's Fourth Congressional District and more than 40 piece of art were submitted for judging, according to a press release.
Elementary schools compete in spelling bee
Five South Shore elementary schools — St. Theresa School, Sierra House, Tahoe Valley, Bijou Community School and the Lake Tahoe Environmental Science Magnet School — sent six third- and fourth-grade students to the district spelling bee April 26. Each school competed as a team to spell the most words correctly.
The magnet school won with a perfect score, while the other schools each scored more than nine out of 10 words correctly.
All grades will compete at the county spelling bee May 17 in Pollock Pines, Calif.
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Ski lifts bob up the mountain into a soupy mid-winter fog. Below dangling skis, the snowpack is thin and icy. Despite the conditions, The Summit at Snoqualmie — just an hour from downtown Seattle — is packed with crowds of exuberant shredders and mogul maniacs eager to get on with the late-to-start season.
Just outside the main lodge, Mike Courts greets a small group of tightly bundled, eager-eyed first-time skiers. Most have their boots buckled up wrong. Two forgot their ski poles. A woman in a purple parka falls over just standing there.
Court is here to fix all this.
"I just want to make sure everyone is here for the swimming lessons," he says. The icebreaker draws a nervous chuckle.
It's hard to imagine that just a few years ago Court was a senior Army officer returning from his last tour downrange. Seeing him on the slopes, it's even harder to image that almost 11 years ago to the day, he blew out a chunk of his heart while squatting 400 pounds at the Army War College gym. It was the kind of massive heart attack cardiologists darkly dub a "widow maker."
At the time, Courts was an AH-64 Apache gunship pilot preparing to command an attack helicopter brigade bound for Iraq. After getting grounded because of the heart attack, he had to fight just to stay in the Army.
But he did stay, going on to do two tours in Iraq before retiring as a colonel in the summer of 2011 after 30 years of service.
"When I retired, I fully assumed I would get a regular job like everyone else does," he says. "I could be working in Abu Dhabi right now making a couple of hundred thousand dollars a year," he says, pausing as another instructor squeezes by to heat up some chili-mac in a dirty microwave crammed into the corner.
"But, you know," Courts continues, "after you've had a heart attack, you kind of go, 'Hmmm ... what do I really want to do with the rest of my life?' "
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Courts' 24-year-old son had the answer to his dad's career-after-the-Army second-guessing.
"He was already out here working as a ski instructor," Courts says. "He convinced me to come give this a try instead. ...
"So, I spent the day skiing with an instructor and was hooked."
It wasn't exactly a surprise. Courts grew up skiing in these mountains.
And in the Army, Courts had long since discovered a love — and even a knack — for teaching.
He learned those skills first as an instructor pilot and more recently on the faculty of the War College.
Last season, like most new instructors, he spent nearly as much time learning as he did teaching.
"Every day after work I'd go spend two hours on the hill with a clinician — kind of like their version of an instructor pilot — to earn my Professional Ski Instructors of America Level I Certification," Courts says.
"If you're paying for that kind of teaching, it would cost you about $100 an hour, and you're getting that for free by working here," he says. Earning that first certification means passing two written exams as well as getting check-off through an entire day of skills testing out the slopes.
"You can just show up and take the test, if you think you're that good. But I can tell you, I wouldn't have passed it," says Courts, who nailed down his certification at the end of last season. The top-ranked Level III certification usually takes years of training.
No one gets rich
Now starting his second season as an instructor, Courts is setting his sights on a specialization in child coaching.
"No one gets rich here as an instructor, but you do start to creep up as you get more of these qualifications," he says.
Indeed, base pay for new, uncertified instructors starts at minimum wage. Pay bumps come as teaching chops progress. Meanwhile, by-name requests for private lessons tack on an extra $8 an hour.
Courts says his son, a full-time Level II instructor starting in management and working six days a week, earns about $14 an hour after taxes. Level III instructors can expect to make about $20 an hour.
"That still pretty tough," he says. But there are some fringe benefits, including deep discounts on pro gear and food at the resort.
"Personally, I'm just trying to pay for my habit," says Courts, who works two days a week, with a laugh. "I just don't want to lose any money."
Endless winter
Like birds migrating in the opposite direction, "endless winter" instructors follow the snow season south of the equator in May as the southern hemisphere begins ski season.
"If you really want to make a career out of this, you have to commit yourself to three to five years of hard work and getting those certifications. With a Level III certification, you're working as a clinician and your pay is going to be up above $20 an hour. And that's when you start working in places like Vail and Europe and doing the endless winter," Courts says.
"If you're stationed anywhere near a ski resort, you can come do this on the weekend working part time. So, by the time you get out, you're already a Level III instructor with several years of experience, and you'd be prepared to make that jump into the full-time work."
Out with his class on the mountainside, his latest group of students has made a remarkable transformation from unsure, wobbly, splay-legged neophytes to a crew of wide-smiling beginners exuding the kind of eager confidence that only comes with newly earned skills.
"You're doing it!" Courts shouts as the woman in the purple parka makes another successful run down the bunny slope. "You're skiing, there's no other word for it, you're a skier!"


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Cherry Tomato Salad from French Kitchen in America (skip the pinch of sugar)
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Jerusalem Salad from A Veggie Venture
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Tomatoes in Coconut Cream from Trembom - English Version (use low-fat coconut milk)
Indian Recipe for Cooking Greens from Evolving Tastes
Green Beans with Mushrooms from Thyme for Cooking (use olive oil in place of butter)
Grilled Eggplant with Tomatoes and Cheese from Technicolor Kitchen - English Version
Crockpot Refried Beans from A Year of Crockpotting
Ovenbaked Eggplant Slices with Caper and Parsley Oil from Lucullian Delights
Roasted Green Beans from Coffee and Cornbread
Caponata (Sicilian Eggplant) from A Veggie Venture
Roasted Cauliflower from Gluten-Free Goodness
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Wild Salmon Roasted in Olive Oil from Kalyn's Kitchen
Baked Chicken Breasts Stuffed with Sage-Pecan Pesto and Feta from Kalyn's Kitchen
Baby Bok Choy with Garlic and Shrimp from Rasa Malaysia
Green Beans with Sichuan Pork from Closet Cooking
Grilled Fish from Beyond Salmon
Coriander Chicken with Roasted Eggplant and Chile from Sidewalk Shoes
Chicken, Halloumi, and Preserved Lemon Skewers from Sidewalk Shoes (skip the pita and go easy on the Halloumi)
Grilled Scallops with Roasted Tomatoes and French Beans from Proud Italian Cook
Tuna Tartare from The Culinary Chase
Tuscan Pork Skewers from The Culinary Chase (skip the potatoes)
Lemon Basil Shrimp from Kitchen Parade
Mediterranean Eggplant with Crumbled Beef, Tomatoes and Mint from Karina's Kitchen - Recipes from a Gluten-Free Goddess
Seared Black Cod with Sauteed Fennel and Tomato-Cucumber Salsa from Christine Cooks
Grilled Greek Lamb Chops from Swirling Notions (trim fat before grilling)
Garlic-Rubbed Steak with Grilled Spring Onions and Creamy Spring Onion Sauce from Coconut and Lime (choose steak with less than 10% fat for South Beach)
In-a-Pinch Stuffed Squash from A Chicken in Every Granny Cart
Phase One Vegetarian Entrees
Baked Eggplant with Tomato-Mushroom Sauce from Cheap Healthy Good
Quick Saute of Zucchini with Toasted Almonds and Pecorino from Kitchenography
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So much to choose from, so little time. You need more than three days to munch your way through the Big Apple, but I did my best.
It had been a decade since I went to New York to report on restaurant trends. Ten years is an eternity in the food world; half the restaurants I visited that were "in" back then aren't even open anymore. Yet New York wasn't as cutting-edge as London at that time, and France, as always, offered not just restaurants to the gourmet traveller, but markets, bakeries, chocolateries, confiseries and charcuteries.
But New York is red-hot on the gourmet radar these days, thanks to risk-taking young chefs like Momofuku's David Chang and Corton's Paul Liebrandt, who garner critical acclaim alongside established bigwigs like Daniel Boulud, Eric Ripert and Mario Batali, who are still at the height of their powers.
It has also become a destination for so much more than fancy dinners. Yes, there's great high end, but there's also inventive ethnic food, delicious casual fare, and a renewed interest in American cuisine.
Walking the streets of New York, I was overwhelmed by the sheer number of gourmet emporiums, cool bakeries, tiny taco shops and fancy food trucks. And how 'bout all those gorgeous cocktails!
The only dilemma was, for a three-day visit, where to start?
As the choices were countless (heck, you could plan a food trip alone around Brooklyn), the itinerary would be ambitious. And Manhattan in summer is hellishly hot, not exactly a climate to induce serious noshing, so fall is a great time to go.
Check out the food-centred websites -- eGullet.com, chowhound.com, seriouseats.com -- and social media sites like Twitter and Facebook, and all the food-lovers seem to be endorsing one New York dining or snacking experience as highly as the next. If anyone is eating badly here, you'd never know it from the hype.
I asked some chef friends for recommendations, read as many restaurant reviews as I could manage, and then changed my mind a million times when on the ground to suit my appetite.
I wimped out on the Momofuku Ssäm Bar duck lunch after eating two huge doughnuts for breakfast at Doughnut Plant. Brunch at Minetta Tavern is supposed to be terrific, but the idea of sitting in a dark dining room on a sunny morning seemed ridiculous. Sadly, a bite at Torrisi Italian Specialties took a back seat to the Eataly experience.
And I never did manage to get to the first restaurant on my list, Porsena, the small but fabulous authentic Italian restaurant run by the brilliant chef and cookbook author Sara Jenkins. There was just too much to do.
But if anything, that missed visit gives me a great reason to return as soon as possible. The knockout food, superb service and the sheer friendliness I experienced in New York left me wanting only one thing: more!
This is what I managed.
THE FANCY DINNER SPOT: Eleven Madison Park:
11 Madison Ave. (at 24th St) www.elevenmadisonpark.com (Gramercy)
THERE are a plethora of choices on the high-end in NY. Would be it Per Se? Jean-Georges? Daniel? Le Bernardin? None of the above.
The restaurant chefs talk about most is Eleven Madison Park. The jewel in N.Y. restaurateur extraordinaire Danny Meyer's crown, this beautiful restaurant is renowned for its food, but perhaps even more for its service. With only 80 seats and 30 cooks working in the kitchen, the level of cooking here, overseen by chef Daniel Humm, is off-the-charts intricate.
The new menu features a list of ingredients -- lettuce, foie gras, pork, chicken, chocolate, etc. -- from which you chose four with no prior knowledge of the accompaniments. It's all a bit of a surprise and every plate presentation is swoon-worthy. Some of the food was salty, but it was great to see Quebecois foie gras and Gaspor pork on the plates.
The service is indeed exemplary, the wine list is filled with choice bottles, and at the end of the meal, they hand you a menu card with everything you ate printed out in detail. Count about $200 per person including tax and tip. But it's well worth the expense. This isn't dinner, it's an experience. Go.
THE CASUAL OUTDOOR LUNCH: Shake Shack
7 locations in N.Y., original location Madison Square Park near Madison Ave. and East 23rd St. www.shakeshack.com. (Gramercy)
RIGHT across the street from Eleven Madison Park, Shake Shack is another Danny Meyer property and probably his most genius one of all. The premise is simple: a super chic snack bar (designed by the architectural and environmental design firm Sculpture in the Environment) that serves top-notch burgers, frozen custard (think super-rich soft serve), killer hotdogs, crinkle fries, thick milkshakes, and even beer and wine.
Get ready to stand in line for at least a half-hour to enjoy this gussied-up fast food, but it's worth the wait. There are several locations, but the original, in the flower-laden Madison Square Park (which had fallen on hard times until given a full makeover in 2001), makes for the ideal New York experience from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
FOR BREAKFAST: SFLBBouchon Bakery
One Rockefeller Plaza, and 10 Columbus Circle, (3rd floor). www.bouchonbakery.com (Midtown and UWS)
CALIFORNIA-BASED star chef Thomas Keller is now a force to be reckoned with in New York. His empire includes the gastronomic restaurant Per Se, but he also opened outlets of his upscale Bouchon Bakery in two locations in the city. The baked goods are very fancy French as in croissants, eclairs, and mille-feuilles. But there are also American favourites like muffins, sticky buns, Snickers parfait and even foie gras dog biscuits.
I found the scene a bit touristy and the pastries are pricey. But for those of us who like to eat and run, the counter here overlooking the Today Show studios is a great option.
ANOTHER BREAKFAST OPTION: Pain Quotidien
13 locations in N.Y. www.lepainquotidien.us
BREAKFAST for some is bacon and eggs, but I'd rather get my carbs at lunch or dinner in a nice restaurant than in some hipster hangout in Chelsea. For a fast breakfast, I quite enjoyed this European chain with locations all around New York, where you sit at communal tables and enjoy a tartine or bowl of granola with your latte while mapping out the day's schedule. Yeah, it's a chain, and, no, it's not a place the foodies usually frequent. But I liked the quiet ambience, the Mozart playing in the background, and the cute jam caddies on every table.
THE PILGRIMAGE: Prune
54 East 1st Street. www.prunerestaurant.com (East Village)
FOR those of us who read Gabrielle Hamilton's fantastic memoir Blood, Bones & Butter, a trip to her East Village restaurant, Prune, is sure to bring many of her stories to life. I had a great simple lunch here, beginning with a spicy Bloody Mary, followed with a delicious chef's salad, a scrumptious burger with salty fries, and finishing off with a perfect chocolate pot de creme.
The restaurant is tiny and a bit shabby, but oh-so comfortable, the staff could not be friendlier, and the people-watching is as good as it gets. Be sure to reserve one of the 28 seats well in advance, and if you haven't read Hamilton's book yet, pick up one on the spot. If you're lucky, she just might be on hand to sign it for you.
THE "KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE" LUNCH:SFLBThe Modern at MOMA
9 West 53rd St. www.themodernnyc.com (Midtown)
CHANCES are, you're not only going to New York to eat. Museums are usually on the agenda, and the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) is a must. Hours spent admiring the Picassos, van Goghs and Jackson Pollocks are sure to drum up some major hunger and you'd be hard-pressed to find a better museum restaurant than MOMA's the Modern.
Yet another restaurant from the Danny Meyer Union Square Restaurant group, the Modern offers diners the option of a full-blown, multi-course gourmet experience in their main dining room overlooking the sculpture garden.
For those less willing to splash out for the BIG lunch, there's the bar room, where you can order all sorts of terrific looking and tasting dishes la carte. I sat at the bar and enjoyed the food and bustling scene immensely (they also have a great selection of wines by the glass and the friendliest waiters I've ever encountered).
Expensive, yes, but after admiring all that serious art, lunch at the Modern seems a better fit than a hotdog on the sidewalk.
THE COOL PLACE: Bar Boulud
1900 Broadway. www.danielnyc.com (Upper West Side)
A foodie destination everyone raves about, Bar Boulud is Daniel Boulud's wine bar that specializes in big-bottle formats and charcuterie overseen by the famous Parisian charcutier, Gilles Verot. Sommelier Michael Madrigale has garnered plenty of admirers for his wine service and selection, and every night some large format Jeroboam or methuselah is uncorked and served to happy oenophiles who sit in this handsome room's bar or banquettes wolfing back some seriously scrumptious French food.
The homemade pates, terrines, head cheese, saucissons and "rillons" (crispy chunks of fried pork belly) are a must, and I'd also recommend chef Damian Sansonetti's aioli platter, paleron de boeuf, or coq au vin with a side of the amazing super green spinach.
But no matter how stuffed you are after the food and wine, don't pass on pastry chef's Ghaya Oliveira's desserts. There are tarts, parfaits, chocolates, ice cream, tuiles and foams -- all as beautiful as delicious.
Bar Boulud is located directly across the street from Lincoln Center, making it ideal for pre- or post-theatre dining. They also do a great brunch.
The hot place: The Dutch
131 Sullivan St. at Prince St. www.thedutchnyc.com (Greenwich Village)
Boulud alumnus Andrew Carmellini (former chef at Cafe Boulud and Locanda Verde) may be known as an Italian specialist, but his latest restaurant, The Dutch, is all American. The West Village restaurant has a noisy bar up front and a more intimate (but still noisy) dining room in the back. The decor is warm and homey and the cuisine is more comfort food than haute cuisine.
Dinner features plates like heirloom tomatoes topped with American burrata, crab salad with Bloody Mary sauce and green goddess dressing, rabbit pot pie, and veal loin with roasted tomato sauce. Desserts are old-fashioned like Devil's food cake with black-pepper boiled icing, and salted key lime pie.
The only weak spot here is the short wine list and the noise. The room is too loud for intense conversations at the table. But book a table early, start off with a dozen oysters, and when you leave, a long walk around this tony neighbourhood is the ideal way to end the evening.
A walk down memory lane: Dean & Deluca
SoHo Store 560 Broadway at Prince Street). www.deandeluca. com (SoHo)
It all began in 1977 in Soho, back when this coolest of cool hoods was grimy and crime-ridden and gourmet foods equalled bottled salad dressing, Kalamata olives and Swiss chocolates. Walk into this gourmet emporium some 30 years later and marvel at the bread, the cupcakes, the produce, the meat counter, and the cheese.
What I like here are the honeys, the spices, the olive oils, and all the other bottled foodstuffs you can slip into your suitcase. This is also a great place to stock up on chocolate bars, especially the intense and original Mast Brothers chocolate made in Brooklyn. Serrano pepper chocolate bar, anyone?
The indulgence: Doughnut Plant
379 Grand St. www. doughnutplant.com (Chelsea)
Nothing beats a coffee and doughnut, and the doughnuts at Doughnut Plant are probably the best in the world. Located right next door to the famous Chelsea hotel, Doughnut Plant makes cake and yeast doughnuts in the most interesting variety of flavours, including lavender, blueberry, Valrhona chocolate, banana pecan, and creme brulee.
Biting into their vanilla bean doughnut, I was transported back to the taste of homemade doughnuts of my youth.
Added bonus: the doughnuts are huge. Unreal.
The place everyone is talking about: Eataly
200 5th Ave. (between 23rd and 24th Streets) eatalyny.com (Gramercy)
In walking distance from Doughnut Plant is this new 50,000-square-foot food market dedicated to all things Italian. Spearheaded by culinary superstars Mario Batali, Joe Bastianich, Lidia Matticchio Bastianich and Eataly founder Oscar Farinetti, this massive food hall offers areas for shopping, eating, learning, drinking and endless people-watching.
Not only will you find hundreds of varieties of pasta (dry and fresh), tomatoes (canned and fresh), and mozzarella (imported and made on-site), there's also meat (fresh and cured), kitchen supplies, and cook books. There's a gelato bar and espresso bar and a wine bar. Restaurants include a pizza and pasta place, a salumi section, a vegetarian counter, a fish restaurant and more.
There's just so much going on here that you'll want to spend at least an hour gawking at all the products and another hour tasting, tasting, and tasting.
Word of advice: to avoid waits, book your table in one of the eating sections as soon as you arrive. I had the pasta and pizza. Simple, inexpensive and bang on.
The fun place: Fishs Eddy
889 Broadway at 19th St. www. fishseddy.com (Gramercy)
Most of us food lovers also have a weakness for dishes, and if your idea of heaven is vintage china, New Yorker cartoon mugs and retro cake stands, this funky shop is sure to charm. Scan the crowded shelves and you'll find discontinued old restaurant plates, new plates, big plates, small plates, T-shirts, napkins, kitchen towels and so much more. Prices are reasonable and the style here is more fun than fancy. A great place for gift shoppers.
The oh-so-New York experience: Union Square Farmer's Market
14th St. and Broadway, open Mon. Wed. Fri. and Sat. (Gramercy)
You can tell a lot about a city by visiting its farmer's markets, and the Union Square Green Market is an oasis of green in the middle of Gotham City. Farmers sell honey, ciders, breads, pies, cheeses, vegetables, eggs, flowers and so much more.
No, it's not as sexy as a Provenßal market or even as large as Montreal's Jean Talon Market, but it's teeming with New Yorkers with kids, spouses, friends and dogs in tow, talking to the producers, buying up all kinds of lovely organic produce and looking for a little taste of the country in the shadow of this massive metropolis.
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Dix Capital Bureau
COLUMBUS -- The focus in the race for Ohio Treasurer has shifted from dollars and cents to mosques.
The latter was mentioned in a campaign advertisement by Republican state Rep. Josh Mandel and directed at Democratic incumbent Kevin Boyce.
The ad, which was supposed to cease airing this past weekend, chastised Boyce for hiring the wife of a lobbyist, supposedly after posting information about the position at the individual's mosque.
Boyce, the Ohio Democratic Party and several Ohio newspapers have denounced the ad for its insinuation that Boyce is a Muslim (he is not).
But Mandel said no such insinuation was intended.
"I don't know why people would have that perception," he said. "I think it's clear from watching it and reading the script that it's the lobbyist and his wife. Again, that I know of, I don't think the word Muslim was ever in it."
It's the latest back and forth between the two candidates. Mandel has made numerous claims about Boyce's administration, citing news reports of alleged cronyism and ethical lapses. Boyce denies those claims.
The campaign rhetoric has dominated news coverage of the Treasurer's race, taking attention away from the goals and priorities of the two major-party candidates. (Libertarian Matthew P. Cantrell also is seeking the seat.)
But both say they are better suited to lead the office in the next term.
Boyce spent nearly a decade on Columbus City Council before being appointed state Treasurer by Gov. Ted Strickland. He replaced Richard Cordray, who won election as state Attorney General.
"Think of the treasury as the state's bank," Boyce said of the position. "It's like your own bank, each week you make a deposit in your account and while the money's in the bank's care, they're investing it, they're loaning it out, perhaps giving you a little bit of interest on the money. That's the same way the Ohio Treasurer works."
During his time in office, Boyce points to a number of accomplishments -- programs that encourage consumers to save money and assist businesses in gaining bank financing. He said he's hired qualified people to work in the office, reduced banking fees charged to the state, reduced the office's payroll, even cut his own salary.
That's not to mention protecting Ohio's coffers.
"We think that we've been one of the best treasuries in the nation," Boyce said.
Mandel is a former Cleveland-area city councilman and current state representative who says his time in office has prepared him to become Ohio's next Treasurer.
His experience includes serving as ranking member of the financial institutions and securities committee, as well as involvement in workers' compensation investment issues.
"Pretty much most of my energy has been focused on dealing with these issues," he said.
Mandel said one of his goals would be hiring qualified people to work in the office, and seeking advice and guidance from others.
"I will leverage the experience of people in the private sector who are duking it out everyday, who know what it's like to sign the front of a paycheck," he said. "I'll ask their advice and plan on putting together advisory boards to get their opinion."
One other idea: using the Treasurer's office as a means of luring people back to Ohio -- particularly those who have been involved in markets careers in big cities in other states.
"I think there's a great opportunity through social media and other ways to identify these folks and say to them come home," he said.
Marc Kovac is the Dix Capital Bureau Chief. E-mail him at firstname.lastname@example.com or on Twitter at OhioCapitalBlog.


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BWW Reviews: GODSPELL at Notre Dame is a Joyous Occasion
With Godspell enjoying a renaissance in popularity following its recent revival on Broadway, it seems everyone wants in on the fun. And that's the beauty of Godspell-it's an occasion to rejoice, to delight in the irreverent retelling of the parables in the Gospel according to Matthew, to feel good about faith-whether you share this particular set of tenets or not-and, well, to jump around in your seat and rock out along with Jesus.
The actresses of the undergraduate women's college at Notre Dame of Maryland University embrace the production with gusto, their love of the story and their spirit and verve shining through every number.
As I mentioned in a review of a professional production last fall, Godspell has been performed thousands of times since it first opened off Broadway in its more-or-less current format in 1971, so when audiences go to see the musical, it's because they want to appreciate what a particular cast, director, choreographer, musical director and others will lend to the show. This is the first time I've seen this production tackled by a cast composed exclusively of women, and despite the initial peculiarity of adjusting to a female Jesus, it was easy to settle into the joyous celebration unfolding on stage.
The performance opens with the cast-hooded, robed and carrying candles-entering from the back of the house, progressing single file up an aisle and chanting, monk-like, in a striking harmony. This piece, noted as "Parados (Dies Irae)" in the program, is Notre Dame's addition to the soundtrack; once the actresses take the stage, they disrobe to reveal jeans and white T-shirts stenciled with the names of the philosophers they portray in the production's traditional opening number, "Tower of Babble (Prologue)." Of particular note in this ensemble and rather cacophonous scene is freshman Jazmin Greene, who has a clear, sweet, standout voice and and whose contributions later in the show to the gorgeously harmonized "By My Side" are also exceptional.
Once John the Baptist enters (again, down the aisle), impressively blowing a real shofar and launching the performance's first truly upbeat number, "Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord," the live three-person band ramps up its electric performance and gets the ensemble shaking. At times, given the cavernous space on the stage and the acoustics, the band drowns out the actresses' voices, which often approach the songs at a higher octave than perhaps intended. Jesus (Kristin Lily Ali Cathings), in particular, has a voice that comes across as rather dainty and could benefit from a microphone. She also relies heavily on reading her spoken lines (and often stumbling over them) from a book-a surprising allowance on the director's part.
After their baptism, the disciples-a diverse group of women with impressive voices across the board-return to the stage in brightly colored T-shirts. One of the joys of Godspell, often, is the freedom it offers costume designers to express themselves and go wild, regularly resulting in a zany mixture of colors, textures, fabrics and patterns, so the minimalist approach to the cast's outfits is slightly disappointing.
There are several standout performances, including John the Baptist/Judas' (Norma Gomez, the only actress who seems to have professional experience) rendition of "Bless the Lord" and Jesus and Judas' high-spirited back-and-forth on "All for the Best." Sammi Ciuchta's delight in performing the sultry "Turn Back, O Man" is contagious. And, as mentioned earlier, Greene and Megan Sheppard take on the mesmerizing and flawlessly harmonized "By My Side" with aplomb. But generally, the ensemble numbers are stronger than the solos.
At the beginning of Act II, when a few of these solos take place, the cast seems to race through the first few numbers without much plot. Even still, the performance as a whole is laced with the energy and joy of actresses who truly love what they do and love the story they're telling. I wouldn't be surprised at all to see several of these young women on professional stages in the very near future.
Godspell runs Friday, Saturday and Sunday through March 4 at Notre Dame of Maryland University's LeClerc Auditorium, 4701 N. Charles St. in Baltimore. Its next production, Mama from Ghana written by a Notre Dame of Maryland University graduate student, opens in April. For more information, visit events.ndm.edu.
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Over the past 40 years, Tom Batiuk's Funky Winkerbean has transitioned from a gag-a-day comic strip about a high school to an ongoing chronicle of pure, abject misery. Thanks to the ongoing commentary on Josh Fruhlinger's Comics Curmudgeon, I am now completely obsessed with it, which is why I spend a little time every month rounding up its finest examples of crushing despair.
After last month's strips involved an intervention from the Almighty Himself voicing his disapproval for even the slightest bit of happiness, you might think that Tommy B would take a few weeks to ease off the pressure a little bit, but you would be a fool. A fool. Things never actually get any better in the Batiukverse, and never is that more evident than this month, when the strip heads to that most nightmarish of all places: San Diego Comic-Con. Seriously.


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5 Ways a Bad Relationship Can Make You Sick
Fighting with your partner, stressing over where the relationship is going and more can affect your health.
-Marcelina Hardy
If you're constantly arguing with your boyfriend, you may be hurting yourself much more than you think. While you may feel the emotional pain from all of the battles you have with him, what you may not have realized is how all the arguing is affecting your physical health.
The Effects of a Bad Relationship on Health
Feeling sick after a fight with your man isn't anything new, and it's a perfectly normal reaction. Starting to feel sick every day or more often than you normally do is not so normal. Before you decide to stay in a relationship because "it's not that bad," consider how it could really be affecting you.
1. Lowers the immune system
Dealing with your boyfriend's antics causes stress. When you're under stress, your body believes there is a threat that it needs to take care of, and it will rev up to prepare itself to either fight or flee the situation. After a while, your body will become tired from always being on edge. This exhaustion affects your immune system. When your immune system isn't functioning at its optimal level, it can't ward off germs, which then makes you vulnerable to colds and the flu.
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When you're stressed, your body's blood pressure rises because your heart starts pumping blood faster through your veins to give you energy to deal with that perceived threat. After your blood pressure remains high for a while, it can remain that way. In other words, your high blood pressure becomes chronic. So, yes, your relationship problems could lead you to suffering from high blood pressure.
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William T. Mabbutt, 79, Pullman: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
Lewiston Morning Tribune (ID) - Friday, October 12, 2001 Deceased Name: William T. Mabbutt, 79, Pullman
William T. Mabbutt was born on March 14, 1922, in Shoshone, Idaho, to Elsie
Erickson Mabbutt and George (Ned) Mabbutt. He attended school in Shoshone
and was awarded All State Center in basketball during his senior year.
Bill attended the University of Utah one year before joining the U.S. Army
Air Forces. On his 58th mission, his B-25 was shot down over Italy. He
returned to the U.S. after spending 90 days walking out from behind enemy
After returning to Idaho, he attended the University of Idaho, where he met
his future wife, Anita Hamilton. Bill and Anita were married and settled in
southern Idaho and recently celebrated 55 years together.
His appreciation of the outdoors led to a long career with the Bureau of
Land Management, where Bill became the assistant state director, retiring
in 1980. Bill took great pleasure in making others happy and demonstrated
this by saying "Let's see a big smile." His ability as a chef led him to many
adventures, including cooking for dignitaries and movie stars as well as
groups as large as 1,200 people. Bill and Anita authored several cookbooks about
wild geese and Idaho specialties.
He was extremely proud of his sons and daughter and often took his vacation
one day at a time to attend their scholastic or sporting events.
Bill is survived by his wife; sons, Bill and Diane and Chick and Cathy, all
of Moscow; daughter, Donna and Pat Roddy of Russell, Ky.; sons, Keith and
Norma of St. Maries, Larry and Dena of Shoshone, and Joe and Deb of Boise; a
sister, Dorothy Sword of Boise; 14 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, stepmother, Betty Mabbutt, sister,
Vera and brother, Edward.
Bill died Monday, Oct. 8, 2001, after a long struggle with Alzheimer's
A memorial service will be held in Boise this spring. The family suggests
that any memorials be sent to Christ Episcopal Church in Shoshone, Shriners
Hospital for Crippled Children or the Alzheimer's' Association.
Rather than Bill saying goodbye, his final words would be "Remember, if you
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His flight was scheduled to leave Winnipeg for Newark late Sunday afternoon. Travis Zajac knew that much. But, truthfully, he also had a whole pile of questions bouncing around in his head.
When will training camp begin for his New Jersey Devils? When does the NHL regular season start? Who will the defending Eastern Conference champs open against?
In the end, all those details mattered little. What's most important is this: he is heading back to work.
"It seemed like there were times when the deal was going to get done and then there were times where you felt like the season was going to be lost," said Zajac.
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"I'm sure there is going to be some (indifference to the NHL's return) in some areas and I'm sure there is going to be some bitterness in other areas. It will take time, but eventually I think we'll be able to get the fans back on our side.
"You've got to thank the fans for being patient. This was long overdue."
Zajac had yet to study all the details of the new collective-bargaining agreement, other than to soak up what was available in initial reports. He'll leave the discussion as to which side gain or lost on each issue to others.
"It doesn't matter," he said. "Both sides got some things they wanted. We got to hang on to some of our contracting rights. They league got the 50-50 split. Both sides are just happy to be at this point."
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Family movies are all well and good when you've got time to sit down with the children (or perhaps entertain them on their own) on a rainy day, but every parent will know how valuable DVDs of kids' TV shows can be when you want to keep them occupied for a shorter time frame – such as when you're cooking, or supervising an older sibling through their homework.
Actually, overgrown children (that is, nerdier adults) might find themselves momentarily distracted by the likes of Iron Man: Armored Adventures – The Armor Wars: Termination (3.5 stars) – although all viewers old enough to have seen the Iron Man movies may find themselves scratching their heads at the continuity.
This incarnation takes place when all the key characters are much younger: while still the genius who has built the Iron Man super-suit, Tony Stark isn't old enough to grow, let alone sculpt, his distinct goatee; the familiarly bald Nick Fury has hair; and Black Widow hasn't yet joined the ranks of the good guys.
It's presented in the computer animation style you sometimes see on ''previsualised'' storyboards on movie-making-of documentaries, so these Armored Adventures (you'll have to forgive the American spelling) look a little raw and, let's be frank, cheap. But the technique makes sense for a character such as Iron Man whose face doesn't move. The action is also pretty cool for what it is and, as with any good comic-book character, it's interesting to see this one from a perspective different to that most of us know best.
If that might distract you to the point of overcooking the pasta a touch, The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes! (4.5 stars) might have you burning the sauce. There are two new volumes out featuring the superhero team (subtitled Friends or Foes and New World) and these animations not only look fantastic – slicker, classier and benefiting from the brighter colour palette offered by Thor, Captain America, the Hulk and others, including Iron Man – they have decidedly chewier storylines.
There are heroes that viewers only of this year's celebrated movie may not know, such as Wasp and Ms Marvel, and the Hulk is more eloquent than you might expect, but don't let such factors put you off. And even though some slightly darker themes may set off some alarm bells, they're not so scary as to give anyone older than age five nightmares. (For younger fans of these celebrated Marvel Comics characters, there's always the excellent Super Hero Squad anyway – an endearingly goofy animated series whose adventures have been available on DVD for a little while.)
If all this sounds particularly male-friendly, you might get a surprise ... but then you might also marvel at how children of both genders enjoy the adventures of a six-strong gang of fairies, a selection of whose fourth-season adventures are collected in Winx Club: Believe in Magic (3.5 stars).
The show has a tween-friendly vibe – with its colourful, magical characters indulging in human activities such as falling in love, wanting to be pop stars and the like – but it's mercifully harmless. It even makes an attempt to teach the occasional moral lesson, which proves unexpected but welcome, and its anime aesthetic (despite being an Italian production) looks good, so it's generally fine by us. Although it does lose marks for each episode ending with a ''next time on Winx Club'' preview that can thus lead to tears when it's time to turn off the telly.
Finally, somewhat out of left-field, is the wonderfully irreverent but loveable lo-fi animation Adventure Time, whose first season is collected on, wait for it, Adventure Time: The Complete First Season (4 stars). From its indie-rock theme music to its bonkers characters (principally a boy called Finn who wears a strange hat that makes him look like a walking television, and his dog, Jake, who can shrink or grow at will), it's a delicious, slightly subversive alternative to Disney wholesomeness – not to mention that, while the other shows reviewed in this column come in standard 21-minute episodes, this is served in potentially useful 11-minute portions.
Adventure Time does push the boundaries of scariness – although this disc is rated PG, we've seen episodes involving soul-sucking demons on a G-rated collection – so it might be one, like the aforementioned superhero releases, to watch with the little ones first. But if both you and they approve, it could become a household favourite.
Iron Man: Armored Adventures – The Armor Wars: Termination
(Beyond) Rated PG, 154 minutes
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes! Friends or Foes
(Beyond) Rated PG, 129 minutes
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes! New World
(Beyond) Rated PG, 129 minutes
Adventure Time: The Complete First Season
(Madman) Rated PG, 286 minutes
Winx Club: Believe in Magic
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And it wasn't what Watauga High girls' soccer coach Brittany Bolick expected.
The Watauga High girls' soccer team suffered through another disappointing performance Friday night. the Pioneers (10-2-3 overall; 5-2-1 Northwestern 3A-4A Conference) battled Freedom to a 1-1 tie at Jack Groce Stadium.
The match was scoreless for 65 minutes before Watauga finally scored. Abby Carson scored on a feed from Madi Critcher for a 1-0 lead. But that lead didn't last long
Freedom (6-7-1; 1-6-1) pulled even just six minute later to tie the match. Sophomore Joella Knopf scored on an assist by Logan Dunston. Knopf buried one from 25-yards out.
The teams battled through a pair of ten-minute overtime periods. The tie leaves WHS in third place and 2 1/2 out of first behind St. Stephens in the NW3A-4A standings. The Indians (8-0 NW3A-4A) defeated Patton 7-0 Friday night'
"We dominated the play, but we just couldn't find a way to put one in," Bolick said.
The goal by Knopf was Freedoms first in Boone in 15 seasons. The Patriots had last played at Watauga in 2009, and they last beat Watauga in Boone in 1999 before losing their next nine matches.
Freedom goalkeeper Quay Mills made 15 saves.
Watauga won the junior varsity match, 1-0. Meghan Gottfried scored the game's only goal at the three minute mark of the first half.
The Pioneers play at Hibriten Tuesday.
Friday night's loss exemplified the type of season the Watauga High softball team is having. The Pioneers (2-9 overall; 2-8 Northwestern 3A-4A Conference) dropped a 7-6 decision to Freedom Friday night at the WHS Softball Complex.
As usual, a costly mistake led to a big inning. With the game tied 2-2 in the top of the fifth inning, an error opened the door for Freedom. The Patriots scored four runs to take a 6-2 lead. Rebecca Epley, who victimized WHS with a two-run triple in the first inning, hurt the Pioneers again with a two-run double in the fifth.
The Pioneers rallied and scored three times in the bottom of the seventh, but they fell short in their comeback attempt. Elizabeth Dollar paced WHS offensively going 3-4 with a double, a triple, and two runs-batted-in. Her RBI triple made it 6-3 in the bottom of the fifth, and her run-scoring single in the seventh, made it 7-6, but Dollar was cut down at second base to end the game.
Shelby Winebarger and Megan Jackson, who was 2-4 with a double, each drove in two runs.Sarah Combs scored twice.
Jackson got the start and suffered the loss. She coughed up two earned runs on three hits with four strikeouts in four innings.
"The fifth inning has been our problem inning lately," said WHS assistant coach Jerry Moretz. "We made the switch, but it backfired on us. It's been tough. But our girls have set a goal for themselves. They want to win their remaining games (against Hibriten on Tuesday and Patton on Thursday) before the Easter (holiday) break."
We looked like we were going to take it to them, Kostis said. Sometimes weve struggled against a slow pitcher. Shes got good speed, but shes slower than what weve seen this week, so it took us a little while for us to get used to it. We made great adjustments early on during an at-bat instead of striking out and waiting until next time.
Michala McCune finished up and gave up five runs, only one earned, on six hits with five strikeouts. The Pioneers travel to Lenior to play Hibriten Tuesday; they travel to Patton on Thursday.
The Watauga High boys' lacrosse team saw its hopes for a conference championship take a huge step backwards Friday night.
The Pioneers (2-6 overall; 2-2 North Carolina Conference 13) were bested 13-7 by first-place Hickory on the road at Barger Stadium. The loss leaves WHS in third place, two games off the lead with four conference games left to play.
Hickory (5-1 NC 13; 6-2), which maintained a half-game lead on Freedom for first place, also swept the season series against WHS. The Patriots (4-1 NC 13 and overall) knocked off Patton 8-3 Friday night.
Jake Williams scored three goals to pace the Pioneers; Zack Williams had two goals; Dylan Arbogast and Canyon Mueller each had a goal apiece.
The Pioneers take on Freedom at home in a doubleheader on Tuesday at Leigh Wallace Memorial Field. The first game starts at 5 p.m.; the second game will follow.
(Through Friday's games)
Hickory 5-1; 6-2
Freedom 4-1; 4-1
St. Stephens 2-3; 3-5
Patton 0-6; 0-8
Friday's games
Hickory 13, Watauga 7
Freedom 8, Patton 3
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Freedom 7, Watauga 6
Hibriten 11, Fred T. Foard 7
St. Stephens 16, Patton 9
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