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MOST men add a vintage car or a choice of song as a personal touch to their wedding day, but for Alex Arkell there was only ever going to be one option.
The youngest member of Arkell's brewing dynasty has ensured 200 guests at his wedding to childhood sweetheart Alice Braithwaite will raise smiles, as well as glasses, with a specially-made brew given the tongue-in-cheek title, Ball And Chain Ale.
Alex will cap a whirlwind 12 months, which included taking on the mantle of head brewer last April, by tying the knot on January 26. He proposed after cooking Alice a three-course meal four months ago and – after she said 'yes' – they came up with the name of the ale together, on the grounds that it attracted the most laughs from family and friends.
While Alice has been busy organising the ceremony, which is taking place in her home county of Northumberland, Alex has been at the historic brewery, in Kingsdown, creating the celebratory ale.
The Arkell's brand will also be represented through a bar which will be transported from Swindon, complete with Ball And Chain hand pump clips featuring images of the couple.
Alice, who opened The Tea Chest in Lechlade last year, has yet to try the ale – which was still being brewed yesterday – but is confident it will be delicious.
The couple, both 27, wanted the new recipe to reflect the key elements of lasting love.
"Beer is brewed from malt, hops, water and yeast," Alex said. "Most malts are made from barley, much of it good English barley and it's the base of any real ale. "Hops are the female flowers used primarily for flavouring and stability.
"The yeast is used for fermentation. Marry them together and you have malt and hops for content, stability and flavouring and yeast to rise to the occasion. "I'm hoping Ball And Chain will become fundamental to a truly contented married life for us both.
"I decided to brew a completely original recipe for Ball And Chain, using four varieties of malt, the main ingredient in beer, to produce a distinct grist known as milled malt as its foundation. I added Celeia, Willamette and Columbus hop varieties through the brewing process to give a rounded, well balanced floral finish to the beer which has an ABV of five per cent."
Swindonians will be able to raise a glass to the couple themselves when the ale hits pubs next week.


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Driver guilty in crash that killed Surrey grandfather
A Surrey man who struck and killed an 83-year-old grandfather who was waiting at a bus stop three years ago has been found guilty.
Gurjit Dhillon, 28, was facing a charge of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death. (A street racing charge was dropped in late August due to unreliable witness testimony.)
Pritam Benning, 83, was grievously injured in the 2009 rush hour crash at the busy intersection of 128 Street and 72 Avenue. He died five days later without gaining consciousness long enough for family to speak with him.
On Friday in Surrey Provincial Court, Judge James Jardine found that Dhillon's driving was "obviously dangerous" that day and that he drove with "intentional risk" that caused his car to lose control, spin through the intersection and strike the bench where Benning was waiting.
Jardine said the entire incident, which ended with "horrific consequences," happened in a matter of seconds. The judge found that Dhillon, driving his brother's black Corvette, had been following a yellow Corvette at about 6 p.m. on Sept. 17, 2009. The two cars came to a stop at the intersection and when the light turned green, Dhillon accelerated abruptly, attempted to change lanes and hit another car before spinning out of control. His car then mounted the curb and launched toward Benning.
Benning's son Manjit was relieved at the guilty verdict, but acknowledged nothing will bring his father back.
"My dad is gone, but we wanted consequences in this case.
"My dad was blameless. He was sitting at a bus stop," he added. "Dhillon was driving in a reckless fashion. If anyone should have passed away, it should have been him."
Dhillon did not take the stand in his own defence during the trial, and did not comment Friday when he exited court following the verdict.
During the trial, a 911 recording was played where he was heard telling the operator "I hit a person. I need an ambulance quick. Something happened to my car. It just went out of control."
The defence had argued that the brake system in Dhillon's car was faulty – a theory Judge Jardine refuted.
"This vehicle went out of control before the brakes were applied," said Jardine in his ruling.
The maximum sentence for Dhillon's crime is 14 years, but the range applied is generally much lower.
In August, Dhillon's wife told CTV news that her husband carried great grief over the crash and has a tattoo on his forearm of Benning's name.

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|Floating a Design
Experts explain why tank testing is crucial to a successful custom project.
By Chris Martin — February 2003
Whether it's a custom yacht or a new version of a production design, designers and builders are looking for something that is truly different and does exactly what they want. But how do they know if the design will work? They could build it, sea-trial it, and modify it as needed, but such trial-and-error building gets very expensive very quickly. The more practical option is to test an exact model of the design--model testing.
What is model testing, when is it done, and what kinds of tests are performed? To get the answers, we consulted several well-known designers.
Model testing involves moving a small, accurately scaled replica of a boat through a water-filled towing tank and observing and measuring how it behaves. From these observations,
engineers can make fairly accurate predictions of how the full-size version will behave and how much power will be needed for the desired speed. According to Ed Monk of the design firm Edwin Monk & Sons, "Model tests can provide valuable information about how a boat will perform, allowing accurate performance prediction and helping to discover any running or seakeeping problems while they are easy to correct."
Jack Sarin of Jack Sarin Naval Architects says that a truly custom design, which "likely has a unique hull shape," and a design "where optimum performance is particularly critical" make ideal testing candidates. He also says that testing should be performed early in the design process, "but only after a couple of circles around the [design] spiral have fleshed out the issues of weight and trim and a reasonable arrangement has been settled upon by the client." It's also important that the designer be present for tests. Ed Hageman, a well-respected hydrodynamicist used by both Sarin and Monk during tests, says, "[The designer] is the one who knows in detail what ought to happen and easily might be the only one to notice when something is amiss."
Next page > Floating a Design, Part 2 > Page 1, 2, 3
This article originally appeared in the January 2003 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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Chandigarh, Sep 16 (IANS) The Punjab government Monday directed all deputy commissioners in the state to register each and every travel and immigration agent under the state prevention of human smuggling act.
Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal said that each agent would be issued a license by October this year.
In a communique issued here Monday to deputy commissioners, Badal said that these directions have been issued to keep a tab on the illegal activities of many unscrupulous travel and immigration agents who are working without registration and exploiting many innocent people, especially youth, in Punjab.
"To prevent these ongoing malpractices, the government has passed the Punjab Prevention of Human Smuggling Act with a view to checking and curbing their illegal/fraudulent activities and malpractices," a Punjab government spokesman said here.
Under the act, all travel and immigration agents operating in Punjab have to get themselves registered with the district authorities.
Principal Secretary, Home D.S. Bains said that the act and rules framed under it have been notified and made available to all concerned.
In recent years, there have been several incidents of innocent people and youth being duped by unscrupulous travel agents in the name of sending them to other countries. In many cases, the youth have died or landed up in jails in other countries.


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What Would Jack Kerouac Wear Today?
Like many graduates of Wharton, Gilboa and Blumenthal were hoping to graduate with a big idea that would change a little part of our world. But unlike many of their classmates, they actually had one: Warby Parker is a direct-to-customer eyewear operation that's the first of its kind. The frames are stylish, the lenses are of great quality, and it all costs just $95 — making them among the most affordable pairs on the market, even despite their great looks. Now, W.P. is moving into sunglass territory. And into a new loft-as-office, which the two 31-year-old founders recently showed us around. Like the rest of their team, these two men (and their wardrobe of Save Khaki, A.P.C., and Acne) share long tables with their co-workers — and finish each other's sentences, at least when showing us their open space, which is filled with all the stuff they need to get their job done.
"The showroom in our office evolved from the fact that, when we started, we were working out of an apartment in Philadelphia and we met our sales targets for the year in three weeks. Soon people wanted to come into our office, try on glasses, and meet the people behind the brand. This lets us still do that as we grow."
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A FRIENDS group for Darwen Tower has been reformed thanks to the help of one of the town's most influential businessmen.
A group that had been launched under the chairmanship of former town councillor Stephen Potter folded earlier this year.
But after Darwen Town Council decided to form a new group, Steve Hartley, owner of WEC in Junction Street, has agreed to be its chairman.
Mr Hartley, who has been involved with numerous civic projects in the past and donated a new tower dome made by his apprentices after the previous one blew off in high winds, said: "I am going to put it back on track.
"I will chair it as long as I need to but I will stay involved with it always.
"You get these little committees and they all want to do a good job but they do not have the proper infrastructure.
"It just needs a bit of pressure and that is what I want to do.
"I am a doer and I just want to pull it all together for the good of the town.
"It is a lovely monument and it is what makes Darwen unique so we need to make this work."
Town councillor Simon Huggill is acting secretary of the group but said that once it got on its feet, there would be an election where members of the public can take it over.
He said: "I have said I do not mind being secretary for the time being.
"What I wanted was to make sure we did not lose the funds it already had.
"What we need to do now is spend some time on getting some credibility for the group and then open it up to the public to vote on who will form the committee." Coun Huggill said the group was still formulating a plan on what projects needed to be taken care of.
He said: "I heard there was a leak in the tower so perhaps that could be one of our first projects.
"I want to look at the quality of signage and the paths as well as the tower itself.
"But all we want to do is kick-start it back to where it should be and then hand it over."


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A faint smell of panic permeated the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday as the television industry as a whole finds itself in the midst of an identity crisis. "Tonight we celebrate the best of television," host Neil Patrick Harris said, joking: "For our younger audience, that's the thing you watch on your phones."
Content-wise, TV is in a remarkable place. But what exactly is TV in the 21st century?
That question hung heavy in the air on the CBS broadcast, everyone smiling gamely through the sweaty uncertainty. The solution, as offered by the Emmy show producers, was to continually look back. The opening monologue devolved into an unofficial tribute to Emmy hosts past, including Conan O'Brien, Jimmy Fallon, Jane Lynch and Jimmy Kimmel, who ran up onstage to offer a "smidge of advice... because there's a good chance they won't ask you back next year. They didn't ask Jane Lynch back, is what I'm saying."
Sitting in the audience, Kevin Spacey then turned around to face the camera: "It's all going according to my plan," he said, channelling the scheming politician he plays on House of Cards, twirling his moustache in the name of Netflix and its streaming-TV brethren. Addressing the collection of Emmy hosts on stage: "Look at that parade of blabbering buffoons. They couldn't host a child's birthday party."
And then last year's Golden Globe hosting duo, Tina Fey (a winner Sunday for comedy writing on 30 Rock) and Amy Poehler, riffed from the front row, but at least their bit was zany enough to really work. "Take your pants off! And twerk it!" Fey ordered Harris. Poehler: "It might be degrading, but we would be degrateful."
But it is the digital revolution -- of DVRs and streaming and commercial-free binge-viewing -- that wrought an Emmys broadcast as a rage against the dying light. Or at least a white-knuckled insistence, nay reminder, that broadcast television is still relevant. Harris and Co. repeatedly looked back to the medium's impact from days gone by with perfunctory tributes that stood apart from the standard In Memoriam segment, and Elton John performed a Liberace homage, among many moments that focused on a time when TV was something far more defined.
"Liberace left us 25 years ago and what a difference those years have made to people like me," said John, who is openly gay in contrast to the closeted Liberace portrayed in the TV movie.
Back in the present tense, Julia Louis-Dreyfus won her second Emmy in two years for her performance on Veep, bringing with her to the podium co-star Tony Hale (who also nabbed an Emmy for supporting actor, comedy) to hold her purse, a terrific gag that echoed the job Hale performs on the HBO series. "I would like to thank... she began, then stopped, at a loss, before Hale prompted her: ... my family."
Jim Parsons took home his third Emmy for Big Bang Theory, giving a straightforward, earnest speech before interrupting himself, "It's so silly to be emotional, isn't it?"
Anna Gunn, who has weathered an onslaught of fan backlash for her role as the compromised wife of a meth dealer on Breaking Bad, walked away with the award for supporting actress on a drama.
In a shocker, Bryan Cranston, who plays Gunn's husband, Walter White,on the show, lost to The Newsroom's Jeff Daniels for best actor in a drama.
But the shocks ended there, as Breaking Bad, AMC's soon-to-end tale of White's descent into depravity, won the Emmy for best drama. It was the first time Breaking Bad had won the award despite three previous nominations.
Modern Family won for best comedy.
Best actress in a drama once again went to Homeland's Claire Danes.
The Emmy Sunday represented the third time Danes has taken home a trophy in four years. She won a best actor award for a TV movie in 2010 for her role in HBO's Temple Grandin.
House of Cards, the Netflix drama, came away with only one Emmy on the night, for David Fincher's direction of the series set in the political halls of Washington, D.C.
Behind the Candelabra, the Steven Soderbergh-lensed HBO film about Liberace that was turned down by the big screen, won for best TV movie or miniseries.
By far the best speech of the night -- charming, flustered and succinct -- came from comedy supporting actress winner Merritt Wever (Nurse Jackie): "Um." Long pause. "I gotta go, bye!" The soul of wit, as they say, is brevity.
-- Chicago Tribune, with files from The Associated Press


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INSTEN 5-foot HDMI to VGA/ 3 RCA Cable
ITEM#: 13991162This is a 5-foot HDMI to VGA/ 3 RCA cable. Connect your HD devices to an analog TV with this cable.
With this handy cable, you can connect to play video or pictures on your computer and display the image on your analog television. The five-foot length makes it more convenient for you to plug your HD devices into your television. The cable has a high signal transfer rate between the two devices and protects against RF and EM interference.
- Best contact between HDMI and RCA equipments
- High signal transfer rate
- Protects against RF and EM interference
- Color: Black
- Length: 5-foot
- Connectors: 1 x VGA HDDB15 15-pin/ 1 x HDMI/ 3 x RCA
- Please note: HDMI to RCA cable is designed to connect and transfer signals from HDMI port to RCA port. This cable functions as a signal transmitter, but NOT a signal converter. As HDMI carries digital signals while RCA carries analog signals. In order for these two formats of signal to communicate with each other, both input and output devices needs to support the signal conversion function (code and decode), please kindly check with your user manual. If both input / output device do not support signal conversion, a signal conversion box is required
- Please note: cable might not work by just connecting PC with TV. Your video output device must support both analog and digital signal conversion and output function. Please consult with your video output device's user manual for more information
Warning: California residents only, please note per Proposition 65 that this product may contains chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm.
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Read the description carefully. At the end of the paragraphs, if you read carefully, you'll see that many TV's require a converter box to use this product. My TV is one of these. It's too bad that this requires so much technical examination to use it successfully.Read More
Dose Not Work!!!! (lest not for what you want)
Maybe, just maybe if you have some tv that will take be able to use the hdmi interface for a analog sig, you might be able to use this to play you old VCR or whatever on an tv via an hdmi interface, or send the vga out to it, but all that depends on the monitor's ability to go both ways on the hdmi port and that is unlikely the case. My stupid *** through I could use this to go from a htmi out on a blue ray player to to my old tv that only had rca input... No that will not work. No A/D conversion going on, no play. Don't waste you money.Read More
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I should have known better... By the time I got a day off and realized it was dead, I had already trusted the cable to work and had thrown out the packaging to send it back!Read More
5-foot HDMI to VGA/ 3 RCA Cable
What a piece of C***, these cables are a joke, HDMI is digital, RCA and VGA are analog. There is no analog converter in between. Save your money, this is a ripoff. If you try them and request a refund you have to pay the return shipping. Overstock is in the shipping business not the retail business. They wanted twice as much to return ship as it cost them to ship it to me. I went to the post office and shipped it for half of what they wanted to charge.Read More
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This cable arrived within the expected shipping dates; it came in a postal shipping bag, and was contained in an unmarked Zip-loc bag. There was no labeling, instructions or other packaging -- just the cable in a baggie. This is briefly glossed over in the description, but it needs to be emphasized: this cable is NOT a digital-to-analog converter, and some devices simply won't function with this connection alone. Particularly with any device that is meant to deliver hi-definition video (like any sort of Blu-ray player), you need to check with the device's manufacturer to make certain that it can send an analog signal -- if not, this cable alone will not cover your needs. You would also need to invest in a signal converter, which tends to run in the $40-80 range. I initially believed that this cable was defective when I hooked it up, because I was getting nothing on my older television -- no picture, no sound. I ensured the device I was using was working by connecting it to a neighbor's television. The manufacturer confirmed that my device only sends digital signals, which this cable is not able to translate. It's entirely possible that this cable is perfectly functional, but I have no way of knowing. Again: Make ABSOLUTELY SURE that your device can send an analog signal before buying this cable, or invest in a converter (many of which have additional cable anyway).Read More
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This cable does not work so please do not buy it. I have tried the cable with various devices and it will not work. It simply does not convert the Digital Signal to Analog Signal. Now if you would invest and buy a converter box, then maybe it will work but I do not see anything on Overstock.com and Eforcity.com that advises buyers about it. Simply put: DO NOT BUY THIS CABLE because there is no guarantee that it will work.Read More
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Not for me. I used it with a working HDMI to DVI adapter to resemble a working VGA to DVI cable I already have. It didn't work as intended and it didn't work with an adapter. So, no. Stay away from these cables. If anybody makes it work please post here with information regarding any devices, adapters, cables and software that they have used. Once again, every other part I have works and VGA to DVI is possible with my monitor and laptop.
I have two cable and tested them both. No, the second one does not work.
"Does this product work as it was noted above and in the description?"
No. In fact, it would take a creative mind to get it to work at all. If ever.
"Ps4 or Blu Ray device compatible?"
The ps4 has an HDCP signal (encrypted HDMI with audio). HDMI is a digital signal. The theory behind how the cable above works is that the device you connect it to is supposed to convert the digital signal to analog so that it can be used by your monitor or television. This only works if the device (Laptop) converts the signal. So, no. This adapter cable will not work with the PS4. For that you would need a converter (search hdmi to vga with audio converter). It should work with a laptop (depending on which one) that has an hdmi out. If the laptop has a Blu Ray drive then you may be able to play Blu Ray videos on your laptop. Blu Ray players probably do not recognize analog televisions or monitors. They usually do not have the video adapters built into them so they most likely will not work with this product. summary - will it work with: Laptop - probably with HDMI output and a working video adapter. Desktop - probably with a graphics card that has HDMI output and a working video adapter. ps4 - No (adapter or converter not recommended by sony) ----HDMI to (VGA DVI or Composite) with audio converter may work with monitor (Sony does not recommend) Blu Ray player - probably not ----If your laptop has Blu Ray it may work.
"Want to hook my hdmi out on my laptop to a tv with rca vidoe audito left and right inputs to watch dvd played on laptop on tv analog signals in (video, audio L, audio R). Will this cable work with no additinal devices?"
Hello jackgriffin, Thank you for your question. Yes it will work with no addition devices. Thank you for shopping with us.
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"Will this work to connect an older dvd player with VGA output (3-red, white, yellow) to a new HD tv with an HDMI unput?"
Thank you for the question. It will if your dvd supports both analog and digital signal conversion and output function.
I read online vga will never be compatible with hd. These cords are just a money taker. Didn't work for me.
"would if i want to just plug the vga in my laptop and the three RCA cable in my tv can i do it that way?"
Please note: cable might not work by just connecting PC with TV. Your video output device must support both analog and digital signal conversion and output function. Please consult with your video output device's user manual for more information
"I have an HDMI out adaptor for my iPad which works great on my digital TV, will this work with no problems to an analog TV?"
Yes, this cable will be able to connect your HD devices to an analog TV.
"If I'm using this to connect laptop to tv, if I connected RCA to tv, would I connect BOTH VGA and HDMI to laptop. And do I need any extra cable for sound, or is it covered with the RCA?"
The cable has stereo RCA outputs, so you will not need an extra cable.
"I bought this cord to use for my playstation 3. It does not come on any television I use. Is this cord compatible for a playstation 3?"
This should be compatible with the PS3.
No. PS3 is HDCP. High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection. HDCP = (encrypted HDMI+audio). You can use a converter. Converters separate out the audio and then provide an acceptable video output. The converter must be able to decode then separate out the audio in order to work. Try searching for: HDMI to VGA with audio converter, HDMI to DVI with audio converter, HDMI to composite converter (Not cable, and still sometimes they don't work). Note that, an adapter or cable that does not convert and separate the signal WILL NOT WORK. Sony recommends that you do not use converters because they cannot guarantee that they will work. Also, the ps3 and ps4 have video and audio settings. If you are having trouble getting the video to work then try: hooking the ps3 up with a working connection and then changing the audio and then the video settings to fit the desired output audio and resolution.
"Would this work if i use the RCA to connect my directv receiver box to the hdmi plug in my tv?"
So long as it has a VGA connector, it would work.
No ... Oh, no. You need an upverter from RCA to HDMI. RCA can mean one of two things. RCA 3 output component video or composite. Assuming that the output is composite (s-video, the single Yellow RCA) and you want super low resolution on your super high definition TV then look at the following................. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/agptek-cvbs-r-l-rca-video-audio-to-hdmi-1080p-signal-converter-adapter-switch-box-black/1307194386.p?id=mp1307194386&skuId=1307194386&st=composite%20to%20hdmi%20upverter&cp=1&lp=2#tab=buyingOptions ............... If you just can't stand having the low resolution as a matter of principal then find a television provider that allows for HDMI output or you can purchase the following but remember that this scaler will split pixels and not provide more of them. It uses the high resolution setting of your television but the color gamut is the same as component (no detail is added)................. http://www.overstock.com/Electronics/Gefen-Composite-to-HDMI-Scaler/3703256/product.html
"f I use the cable to link a HD DVD player to a VGA LCD monitor, can I get 1080p image on the monitor ? thanks!"
If both of your items that you are hooking up can provide the 1080 P image, then you should be able to get that resolution using this cord.
If your HD DVD is not HDCP and can convert to analog, your monitor will still have to be able to accept the resolution through the VGA. Check your HD DVD player. Is it HDCP? Can it convert to analog? Check your monitor. Does it allow resolutions of 1920x1080? Monitors are typically progressively scanned. That is the p in 1080p. So, maybe but probably not. Any problem you could have would be a) DVD player has HDCP b) DVD player does not allow conversion of digital to analog c) The monitor resolution cannot be set to 1920x1080 through VGA. Otherwise, yes. While I have not yet tested this particular cable, I assume it works like an adapter. It changes the fitting from one to the other but the signal itself must still be converted. Either by your computer with the right video adapter (software) or another external signal converter. So a computer that is able to convert digital to analog signals may make use of this cable. It is not meant to convert. Read the product description.
"Can I use this to go between my phone and my car head unit with a screen? I would use an MHL adapter to go from microUSB to HDMI out from the phone, and the stereo has RCA inputs."
No. It is not compatible for phone to car units. If you can get the adaptors to coincide with each other it might work.
"would this cable give me sound as well?? I need to know. I see that i was the red and white but i need to make sure??"
Yes, the red, and white cables are for Audio.
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Ink'd Chronicles in downtown Pomona is celebrating its fifth anniversary weekend by honoring America's veterans Saturday.
Owner Terry Dipple said that while planning art shows for this year, he noticed the business' anniversary this year coincides with Veteran's Day. He knew he wanted to do something special.
"I found out there has never been a veterans- or military-themed art show in the Pomona Arts Colony so I wanted to feature an artist whose work would serve as a tribute to veterans and active military men and women," Dipple said.
Dipple has invited local artist Sant Godinez whose work revolves around military themes to show some of his pieces. The show is set for Saturday from 6 to 10 p.m. It will feature vintage World War II pinup art on metal.
Also on display will be an American flag that flew at the Pomona American Legion Hall in the 1960s. Military flags and memorabilia will be shown. An American Legion color guard will attend to post the colors and a member will sing the national anthem.
Dipple said he discovered Godinez's art about six months ago and was intrigued.
"I thought it would be perfect. It reminded me of the photos in my grandfather's scrapbook from his service in the Pacific during World War II. I contacted Sant and he agreed to do the art show," he said.
According to Godinez, his art has witnessed several evolutions. His passion now is recreating the genre of "nose art" that was popular on World War II aircraft. Godinez told Dipple that the guys who fought in World War II are the biggest heroes in history.
Apparently others agree. One of Godinez's recent customers is actor Channing Tatum.
All active military personnel and veterans will be presented with a gift from Ink'd Chronicles.
"The election season has been so divisive, but I hope every American can agree that we live in a great country and we owe a debt of gratitude to the men and women who have served in the military," Dipple said.
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Lately, I've found myself busy wanting things I don't have. In full disclosure, and because we're all friends here, I want a ring of the engagement variety. You know the one that my amazing boyfriend offers me after dropping down on one knee and saying the slew of perfect, romantic things that I have all out planned in my head? Before I met him, I used to hope for the day I would meet a guy as wonderful as my boyfriend. Now that I have him? Well, I want more.
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You can sometimes hire vintage cars in the Karoo to add atmosphere to your wedding day.
South Africa's arid heartland, the Karoo, a vast, semi-desert area lying in the middle of the country and taking up 40% of South Africa, is becoming a favoured wedding destination.
Getting married and inviting 200 of your 'closest' friends to the wedding reception is one of the most important – and expensive – undertakings in the lives of young couples the world over.
They want to make their vows in a romantic setting, bond with their family and friends afterwards, and then head off somewhere exotic on honeymoon.
Karoo weddings offer the whole romance package, at much lower prices than regular urban venues.
The many exquisitely built Victorian-era churches in Karoo towns are the first stop on your wedding journey. Be it Dutch Reformed, Anglican or Methodist, they range from huge 'half-cathedrals' to intimate little places of worship. And there's always a justice of the peace around to make it official.
The after party can be held in either the church hall or the town hall for a relative pittance. Or, if it's the wide-angle wonder of a Karoo landscape you're after, you can book a guest farm venue.
Accommodating large numbers of guests in the Karoo is also no problem because of the hospitality network that exists – especially in the bigger centres like Graaff-Reinet, Beaufort-West, Oudtshoorn, Calvinia and Cradock.
You don't even have to 'import' your team of hairdresser, photographer, make-up artist, flower arranger, caterer or décor specialist. The Karoo has these people waiting to serve you.
Take, for instance, Cradock in the Eastern Cape. The little river town has a church that's a spitting image of St Martin in the Fields in Trafalgar Square, London.
A highly regarded wedding photographer and his assistants form the nucleus of a group that offers a very good hairdresser, a wellness studio, musicians, and someone who grows and sells specialty roses, while a heritage street of Victorian cottages can accommodate more than 170 guests.
'A Karoo wedding is normally a weekend affair,' says Ryno Ferreira, the Karoo's most sought-after wedding photographer. 'We all have a lot of fun, taking photographs on country roads, at old farmhouses, in the middle of absolute space. There's also something special about photographing in the Karoo, with its clear air and the intensity of colours late in the day.'
Then, of course, when the band begins to play and the barmen start pouring the champagne, the true spirit of a Karoo party takes over.
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TOM Reed's Commonwealth Games performance gained him the royal seal of approval but the Devizes judoka is still wrestling with the maelstrom of emotions thrown up by his silver medal in Glasgow.
The 28-year-old blazed through the knockout stages of the men's U81kg competition at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC) Precinct before a bizarre twist of fate saw Reed pitted against England team-mate Owen Livesey – his room-mate in the athletes' village – in the gold medal match.
The England duo's familiarity saw them cancel each other out in a tense, cagey encounter last Friday but it was the Devizes man who was forced to settle for second place as he was beaten 3-2 on penalties.
Reed is still reflecting on the most high-profile victory of his career so far and was delighted to be rewarded with the opportunity to rub shoulders with Prince Harry at the Games on Tuesday.
"England picked representatives from a few different sports to give him a tour around the village and I guess they must have thought that I was one of the more reliable ones," Reed told the Gazette & Herald.
"He seemed really nice and I don't think I embarrassed myself. It was a great opportunity and it's something that not many people get the chance to do.
"It really is mixed emotions for me. When you get through the semi-final, you know that you're guaranteed a medal and that's when the relief sets in.
"But then there's so much pressure in the final, especially because of how big the crowd is. I was devastated afterwards but hopefully, when I get the chance to sit down and think about everything, I'll be able to realise what an achievement winning a silver medal is.
"Throughout the day, I was cheering and high-fiving Owen when he was getting through his fights but it's strange that we ended up fighting each other in the final.
"We've fought each other a hundred times in training but never in a competitive match before – we knew everything about each other and that's why it was such a technical fight, that was always going to come down to penalties.
"I thought that it should have gone down to the golden score but that's the way judo is because the scoring is subjective and you're not always going to agree with the referee's decisions."
Reed has remained in Glasgow this week to let his hair down after his medal-winning exploits.
The Devizes ace, who spends a great deal of his time visiting youngsters as one of Sky Sports' Living for Sport mentors, is hoping that his Commonwealth showdown with Livesey can play a part in increasing the profile of his sport across the United Kingdom.
He said: "A lot of the time, we are competing against world class opponents all over the world but it doesn't get the exposure that competing at a huge multi-sport event creates.
"When I go back to Wiltshire and start doing my school visits again, some of those youngsters might have seen me competing on TV and what I've achieved can help inspire them.
"It's really nice to have everyone at home following me and I'm proud of what I've done.I'm going to stay up in Glasgow until the closing ceremony to support the England team in the other events.
"The atmosphere up here has been incredible and it's been great to watch other sports, like badminton, wrestling and weight-lifting.
"It's also been good to have a few nights out, which is something I've not done in a long time."
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Evolutionists often quote Miller's Experiment as evidence of the correctness of their claim that life formed by chance in primordial earth conditions. However, the experiment, which was carried out some 50 years ago, has lost its scientific implication due to the discoveries that followed.
American chemist Stanley Miller conducted an experiment in 1953 to support the scenario of molecular evolution. Miller assumed that the primordial earth atmosphere was composed of methane, ammonia, and hydrogen gases. He combined these gases in an experiment set-up and gave electricity to the mixture. Almost a week later, he observed that some amino acids formed in this mixture.
This discovery aroused great excitement among evolutionists. In the next twenty years, some evolutionists, such as Sydney Fox and Cyril Ponnamperuma, attempted to develop Miller's scenario.
The discoveries made in the 1970's repudiated these evolutionist attempts known as "primordial atmosphere experiments". It was revealed that the "methane-ammonia based primordial atmosphere model" Miller proposed and other evolutionists accepted was absolutely fallacious. Miller chose these gases on purpose, because they were very convenient for the formation of amino acids. Scientific discoveries, on the other hand, showed that the primordial atmosphere was composed of nitrogen, carbon dioxide and water vapour.14 This atmosphere model was by no means suitable for the formation of amino acids. Moreover, it was understood that a great amount of oxygen naturally occurred in the primordial atmosphere.15 This, too, invalidated the scenario of the evolutionists, because free oxygen would obviously decompose amino acids.
As a result of these discoveries, the scientific community acknowledged in the 1980's that Miller's Experiment and other "primordial atmosphere experiments" that followed it have no meaning at all. After a long silence, Miller also confessed that the atmosphere medium he used was unrealistic.16
What's more, this whole fuss was simply about "amino acid formation". Even if amino acids had formed, it is impossible for these simple organic molecules to give rise to extremely complex structures such as proteins by chance and produce a living cell which even mankind is unable to reproduce in laboratories today.
The fifty years that have passed since Miller's time have only served to further display the despair the theory of evolution faces at the molecular level.
14) J. S. Ferris, C. T. Chen, "Photochemistry of Methane, Nitrogen, and Water Mixture As a Model for the Atmosphere of the Primitive Earth", Journal of American Chemical Society, Bd. 97:11, 1975, S. 2964
15) "New Evidence on Evolution of Early Atmosphere and Life", Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Bd. 63, November 1982, S. 1328 ff.
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Alexandria Lowitzer, also known as Ali, disappeared on April 26, 2010, after getting off her school bus just a few feet away from the family's home.
Ali's mother said she spoke to her daughter, who was 16 then, moments before she was dropped off at her stop, and Ali told her she planned on walking to her job at the Burger Barn to pick up her check.
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VEHICLES which provide a service to the public such as coaches and taxis should not be allowed to use tyres that are more than 10 years old, according to Lancashire County Council.
Councillors unanimously supported a notice of motion proposed by County Councillor John Fillis, cabinet member for highways and transport, at a meeting of the full council.
He said: "I was fortunate enough to meet Frances Molloy, whose son Michael was killed when a 19-year old tyre blew out on the coach he was travelling on to get home from a music festival.
"When she began to tell me what had happened I suddenly remembered the incident – three people were killed, and it was one of those tragedies that sticks in the mind because the reason it happened was so wrong and easily preventable.
"Although the tyre was so old, it was not illegal as there is no legislation in the UK which gives an age limit to any tyres on vehicles."
County Councillor Fillis will now write to the minister for transport making recommendations to make sure older tyres are not allowed to be used on vehicles like coaches.


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Google Releases 4.3 OTA for HTC One and Galaxy S4 Google Play Editionsby Brian Klug on 8/2/2013 8:28 PM EST
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Crono - Friday, August 02, 2013 - linkExcellent, looking forward to MoDaCo ROM based on 4.3 GPe so I can dual boot Sense and 4.3 Android. Reply
Crono - Friday, August 02, 2013 - linkMoDaCo.SWITCH, I mean.
I'm glad the IR blaster is working now, that has made reluctant to get GPe. It's a feature you won't appreciate unless you have a bunch of remotes and realize that universal remotes - even the Harmony series from Logitech - have major annoyances like having to turn switch them from a known state (usually "off"). Reply
James5mith - Saturday, August 03, 2013 - linkA caveat: That's only true if your devices only support power toggle, and not discrete Power On/Power Off commands. That being said, I understand your point. Reply
pixelstuff - Friday, August 02, 2013 - linkAny bets on how long it will take to get the 4.3 update on the Verizon Galaxy Nexus this time around? Reply
madmilk - Friday, August 02, 2013 - linkI'll place my bets on "never". Reply
Brian Klug - Friday, August 02, 2013 - linkThis.
-Brian Reply
joser116 - Friday, August 02, 2013 - linkI wonder if the update merely adds an extra 150 MB or totally replaces 4.2. Reply
Brian Klug - Friday, August 02, 2013 - linkIt's usually a diff, and if modem was flashed (which sometimes isn't a diff) that accounts for a lot of the size.
-Brian Reply
Krysto - Saturday, August 03, 2013 - linkAwesome. Now waiting to see what's the difference between a Moto X and a Moto X GPE in terms of how fast they receive the updates, considering Moto X should get updates OTA directly from Motorola, too. Reply
ericbentley - Saturday, August 03, 2013 - linkI assume that the Moto X will not receive updates from Google, and they're shipping with Android 4.2.2 right?
Such a shame, and so weird. It's like Motorola has internal communication with Google, even though they're owned by them. Kinda lame when a third party hardware manufacturer's phone gets OS updates faster than Google's own phone Reply
Mondozai - Saturday, August 03, 2013 - linkWhich is why Motorola's engineers are pretty pissed by Google's neglect of the company. But Google understands that it can't be seen playing favourites too heavily as other OEM's will lose interest. Of course, nothing really threatens the domination of Android this year or next year but things move very fast, just look at the decline of Symbian in the 2009-2011 period.
If Google is perceived as overtly picking favourites that will hurt them down the line. So Motorola simply has to deal with it. Reply
Kidster3001 - Monday, August 12, 2013 - linkGoogle could play favorites if they wanted. What are the other OEMs going to do? Switch to another OS? Which OS would that be? Reply
madwolfa - Saturday, August 03, 2013 - linkNow, how about updating my dang Sprint HTC One to at least 4.2.2 ?? Reply
marc1000 - Saturday, August 03, 2013 - linkBrian, could you please confirm what is the version of Maps that came default (not updated) with 4.3?
Jelly Bean had version 6.x and a few weeks ago Google started updating to 7.x via PlayStore, but this update pissed a lot of users that use gps navigation heavily.
Thanks! Reply
flyingpants1 - Saturday, August 03, 2013 - linkWhy? The new version of maps is so much better. Reply
marc1000 - Saturday, August 03, 2013 - linkBecause Maps 7.x will remove the GPS Navigator app. This is the reason over 500 people are complaining in google groups. But I don't want to make this a post about the complaints.
Brian, could you check and tell us the un-updated version of Maps ? Reply
cmikeh2 - Saturday, August 03, 2013 - linkI don't understand the problem that you're referring to. I have Maps 7.0.2 and I still have GPS Navigation. Reply
lmcd - Sunday, August 04, 2013 - linkThe quick access is the complaint. Also I seem to drop GPS signal more now, though that might be subconsciously paying more attention to it. Reply
marc1000 - Sunday, August 04, 2013 - linkhttps://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/map...
here, 21 pages of complaints and explanations to why navigating in the new maps is worse than in the dedicated GPS Navigator app. unfortunately it seems Brian is not watching comments here anymore... :( Reply
superxero044 - Saturday, August 03, 2013 - linkI am really jealous of these phones but living in Iowa our only real options for operators are Verizon and even worse US Cellular. There is little to no ATT or T-Mobile coverage here.
Since I highly doubt these phones will be comes for Verizon or US Cellular, what Verizon phone would you recommend? I have been leaning toward the HTC One (not Google Play Edition), but the new Motorola phones are looking decent. I always appreciate your insight. Reply
djboxbaba - Monday, August 05, 2013 - linkI feel your pain brotha :( Reply
jramskov - Sunday, August 04, 2013 - linkAnd then the waiting starts for how long it will take for HTC to update the standard HTC One to 4.3. Reply
lmcd - Sunday, August 04, 2013 - linkWhile I see that consistency is important with GPe phones, I feel like Google should add an OLED-optimized setting to reduce power consumption on these phones. User-toggled would be ideal. Reply
falko2904 - Monday, August 05, 2013 - linkDid anyone notice the camera firmware update on the S4? After the phone booted from the updated, there was a message onscreen that said something like "Updating Camera Firmware, please wait" for about 20 seconds or so. Wonder what that brought to the table? Reply
SteelRing - Thursday, August 08, 2013 - linkGot my update last night.... was hoping for the fix to allow camera pics to be saved to SD card. Still not there..... or am I just missing something? Reply


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A cannabis factory worth an estimated £100,000 was uncovered in Corsham at the weekend.
Officers discovered the farm at a property on the High Street, while conducting a routine enquiry in the town.
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OK, here's a poser for anyone wishing to respond.
While visiting the neighbors for a small cook out, we got into the discussion of what type of woods we like to use to smoke with. We started discussing hickory when one of the neighbors stateed that only certain types of hickory should be used. Being in the Midwest, the most common type we see in the woods is Shagbark. This guy says Shagbark should not be used.
I have never heard of this. I always thought hickory wood is hickory wood. But, I can't say I have ever gone out and chopped down a Shagbark hickory to know if this guy is right or not. Any wood specialists out there know about this?
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Okra 5 Waysby Toby Amidor in Uncategorized, July 16, 2011
Not sure how to prepare okra in a healthy way? Fried okra is a classic, but this green-hued veggie can also be prepared with few calories and fat added. Here are 5 mouthwatering recipes to get you started.
Pickling is an easy way to preserve the summer goodness of produce. Prepare the pickling mixture and just sit back and relax—that's all there is to it.
RECIPE: Pickled Okra
Combine faro with a delicious blend of vegetables (including okra) to make Emeril's to-die-for jambalaya. Did we mention that it's vegetarian?
RECIPE: Farro Vegetarian Jambalaya
With Tomatoes
Sweet okra and acidic tomatoes work magic together. Besides pairing their flavors beautifully, both contain loads of antioxidants and fiber.
RECIPE: Okra and Tomatoes
In this French-inspired dish, tomatoes and a variety of veggies are sautéed in olive oil. It can be served as a main course with whole grain pasta, brown rice, or French bread. It's also a delicious accompaniment to fish or chicken.
RECIPE: Okra Ratatouille
On Skewers
Thread okra on skewers, grill for several minutes on each side and you've got yourself a fantastic side for under 70 calories per serving!
RECIPE: Smoky Okra
TELL US: How do you like your okra?
Toby Amidor, MS, RD, CDN, is a registered dietitian and consultant who specializes in food safety and culinary nutrition. See Toby's full bio »


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Fired Police Chief Dewayne White on Thursday requested an expedited hearing before the local civil service board, claiming his termination should be overturned because city-parish officials violated his protections under the police officer's bill of rights.
The appeal, filed with the Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Board, asserts White's firing is invalid on its face due to a series of missteps city-parish officials made this month, from the manner in which White learned of his impending termination to the format of his disciplinary hearing before Mayor-President Kip Holden.
"If you don't follow the police officer bill of rights to the letter, then the law says that whatever you've done is null and void," said Jill Craft, White's attorney. "That's why we've asked for expedited consideration."
Holden fired White Monday after accusing him of insubordination and repeatedly violating departmental policy. The termination followed months of mounting tension between White and the local police union.
Murphy J. Foster III, Holden's attorney in the proceedings, said White's appeal is "factually inaccurate" and "misstates the law."
City-parish officials have maintained White is not entitled to a civil service appeal because he is not a classified employee under the local Plan of Government, which states, in Section 9.05, that the unclassified service includes "heads of departments appointed by the Mayor-President."
However, state law — R.S. 33:2481 — says police chiefs are included in the classified service.
Foster said Thursday that city-parish officials have decided not to seek a court order to block White's civil service hearing. But he said the city-parish reserves its right to challenge the board's jurisdiction in later court proceedings.
The five-member civil service board could reinstate White with a majority vote.
"We will respond to the appeal and we will show and produce witnesses and evidence at the civil service board hearing to set the record straight," Foster said.
The timing of White's civil service hearing remains uncertain. The earliest a hearing could take place would be next month, but the board's chairman, Sgt. Bryan Taylor, said it could be April or May depending on scheduling.
Taylor said late Thursday that he plans to contact Craft and Foster early next week to discuss a hearing date. The board meets only once a month, but Taylor said a special meeting could be called to hear White's appeal.
White's appeal alleges several violations of R.S. 40:2531, a state statute known as the law enforcement officer's bill of rights. Craft claims White was never informed, prior to his Feb. 6 meeting with William Daniel, Holden's chief administrative officer, that he was under investigation, as required by law.
White's attorney also claims the Feb. 6 meeting should have been recorded. Daniel has said he did not record his Feb. 6 meeting with White, and the city-parish, in response to a public records request, also said no recording exists.
Craft also contends White was denied his right to have an attorney present during his meeting with Daniel. She claims officials also failed to notify White of complaints the police union made against him during his nearly two-year tenure.
The appeal takes aim at a Feb. 13 letter Holden sent to White outlining 14 reasons for his dismissal, including claims that he showed favoritism to a hire, made improper transfers and shredded documents. The letter makes "unconstitutionally vague allegations" that lack dates, times, places and witness information, White claims in his appeal.
"Appellant is entitled to and desires immediate reinstatement to his position with full back pay, emoluments and benefits of his office, together with attorney's fees as allowed by law," the appeal states.
The appeal cites a part of the statute that says discipline against a law enforcement officer "without complete compliance with the foregoing minimum standards is an absolute nullity."


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Presidents are perpetually interviewing for their own job. And inevitably, they get asked some version of that ever-present job interview cliché: What's your biggest flaw, your greatest mistake? Here's how President Obama answered that question when it was posed by CBS talk show host Charlie Rose in July. "The mistake of my first term was thinking that this job was just about getting the policy right. And that's important, but, you know, the nature of this office is also to tell a story to the American people that gives them a sense of unity and purpose and optimism, especially during tough times."
It was the politician's version of the old businessman's excuse: The problem isn't the merchandise; it's the marketing. And what that really means is that the problem isn't bad management; it's bad customers. The buyers just can't see how great the product is.
Which may be the most revealing Obama degeneration of all. He could have said that he didn't make any mistakes. He could have pointed to some piece of unpassed legislation that he didn't manage to get through Congress. Instead, he talked about a failed narrative. He made all the right decisions, chose all the right policies, but the public just didn't get it, so he's just going to have to do a better job of rewriting history…
It's no surprise that Obama thinks his biggest flaw is insufficiently effective storytelling. He wanted to tell a story that would obliterate the past and remake the world of politics from whole cloth. But unlike his early days, he has to live with the facts he's been given, the history he's actually made, rather than the myth of his own creation. Obama's greatest strength has always been his ability to tell an engaging tale, to imagine more powerful narratives for the people who inhabit his world. But he could never live up to the one he imagined for himself.


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Coffee In Crisis, And How You Can Help
Fair Trade USA Launches New Coffee Rust Response Fund
Let's take a moment to think about our morning coffee. While we may be far from the Guatemalan Huehuetenango Highland or the Alajuela Province of Costa Rica, we brew ourselves a rich cup of Fair Trade coffee and for a brief moment we feel connected to the people and land that brought it to us.
Now imagine that a destructive coffee leaf fungus is spreading through Central America like wildfire, attacking coffee leaves and destroying the tree's ability to produce coffee. It's an outbreak that has the potential to decrease coffee production in the region by up to 50% in the next two years. The small-scale coffee farmers who work hard to supply quality beans to the U.S. market, the same coffee we drink each morning, are now facing a tremendous crisis. With reduced production, they're wondering how they will feed their families next year; some may be forced to migrate to cities in search of work.
Unfortunately, this is not something we have to imagine. As we speak, an outbreak of coffee leaf rust, or roya, is sweeping through farms in countries like Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Costa Rica and El Salvador; Guatemala has even declared a state of emergency.
High poverty levels and an inability to invest in prevention techniques leave small farmers particularly vulnerable to rust.
"This is a critical moment for small producers," said Antonio Cordon of CRECER. "Those that can't update their farming techniques will be forced to abandon production." This is something that affects everyone in coffee--from farmers to consumers.
How can you take action, you ask? To help our farming partners in Central America fight and prevent the roya outbreak, we've just launched the Rust Response Fund, an initiative that allows consumers, companies and organizations to donate directly to farming groups.
In addition to Fair Trade USA's $50,000 donation to the fund, 100% of public donations collected will go to Fair Trade cooperatives in the most affected regions to help small farmers invest in projects like plant rehabilitation, farmer training, organic application, soil management, and hiring rust consultants.
Donating to the Rust Response Fund will help small-scale coffee farmers take control of the current situation, and build resilience to fight future outbreaks. Together let's extend a hand to those farmers who help us start each day, and help them protect their coffee trees for generations to come.
To learn more about the Rust Response Fund, and to DONATE NOW, please visit: http://fairtradeusa.org/donate/rust-defense
Contributions of all sizes are welcome.


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Aug 14, 2012
U.S. Latinos' growing influence — from piñatas to presidentes
"Se habla espanol: Presidential campaigns using Spanish to woo a fast-growing block of voters" reads the headline of an Associated Press story published in the Washington Post, which highlighted the significant expenditures being made by both presidential candidates to produce campaign ads in Spanish. In a similar vein, "Yo Decido" was the headline of Time Magazine's much buzzed about article published earlier this year attesting to the growing power and influence of U.S. Latino voters and speculating that Latinos could decide the outcome of this year's presidential elections. The news reports and commentary go on and on.
Aside from the media, many political experts are making equally bold calls declaring that the U.S. Latino vote will be the "swing vote" that decides who occupies our nation's highest public office. "In the 15 states that are likely to decide who controls the White House and the Senate in 2013, Hispanic voters will represent the margin of victory," declared former Florida Governor Jeb Bush in a Washington Post op-ed earlier this year.
Why is so much attention being paid to the U.S. Latino electorate?
- According to the U.S. Census, at 50.5 million, the U.S. Latino community is the largest minority group in the United States constituting 16.3%of the nation's population.
- In 2008, President Obama won 67 percent of the Hispanic vote, while Senator John McCain won only 31 percent, according to the Pew Research Center. In 2004, former president George W. Bush earned 44% of the Latino vote helping him to win reelection. This year, there are approximately 22 million eligible Hispanic voters, a number that could go much higher given the concerted efforts being carried out by organizations like NCLR, NALEO, LULAC and Voto Latino to register new voters.
- The Hispanic community's share of the nation's total population is projected to double, from 15 percent to 30 percent by 2050, according to U.S. Census projections. By then, nearly one in three U.S. residents will be Hispanic.
For communications professionals, the message is crystal clear. This is a large and growing community that no longer can be considered an add-on, or a supplementary component of a national and comprehensive communications campaign. Communications campaigns that leave out 50.5 million U.S. consumers, small business owners, professionals, workers, voters, moms, and students cannot be considered national and comprehensive.
Given the compelling and widely publicized business case, the only question remaining in the minds of communications professionals should be "how do I do this?"
The short answer is culture and language. Campaigns that reflect the fully bilingual and bi-cultural lifestyle of U.S. Latinos resonate with more potency and impact among this audience. Hispanic Americans live in two worlds. They consume American pop culture like everyone but are also interested in what goes on in in Latin culture and Latin America. They are as American as apple pie and their presence and influence have made tacos, carnitas, and piñatas as American as apple pie.
Hispanics are Americans, and they are Latino. They read the New York Times and El Diario/La Prensa. They eat peanut butter sandwiches and tortillas con queso. They watch NFL football and enjoy international fútbol.
The line is getting blurry isn't it? What is American and what is Latino? The cultural overlap is so deep that it is making some ask if it less about multicultural marketing in America and more about marketing to a multicultural America?
The secret is out. Latinos are mainstream. The dividing line is there for convenience. It's a label. In reality la línea no existe.
Translation: The days of having a communications general market approach versus a multicultural marketing approach are over. To be effective and comprehensive, communications should –must- be infused, fully integrated and seamless. Communicators need to fully realize and acknowledge that the United States is a multicultural nation.
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Haven't heard of horchata? It's a grain-based, milky drink made in various parts of Spain and Latin America. Ingrid Hoffman makes hers Mexican-style, with rice as the base. Vanilla and cinnamon add sweet, aromatic flavors. Think of it as a rich man's White Russian, souped-up with spice but still teetering on delicious milkshake territory.
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Bats in deep freeze as Rangers drop finale
ARLINGTON -- On a day when kickoff. ... er, first pitch ... was delayed an hour and 29 minutes because of rain and the temperature at game time was a mere 39 degrees, maybe it shouldn't come as a great surprise that the Rangers' bats, so hot during their first eight games, went into hibernation Wednesday.
"It's too cold to play baseball," Elvis Andrus said with a shiver three hours before the game.
Advantage pitchers, especially Tampa Bay's Matt Moore, who took advantage of the unseasonably frigid Texas weather -- it was the coldest starting temperature for a day game in the history of The Ballpark in Arlington -- to put the Rangers' usually prolific offense in the deep freeze. Moore allowed just one single in his 5 1/3 innings of work as the Rays took the final game of this three-game set, 2-0.
Andrus was still shivering afterwards.
"It was a really cold game today, and their pitcher was really good," he said.
Rangers' starter Derek Holland wasn't bad himself, surrendering just five hits in eight solid innings, but he couldn't match Moore on this chilly afternoon.
"I don't think the weather had anything to do with it," Rangers manager Ron Washington said. "You gotta give Moore credit. He threw the ball pretty well. His fastball had good movement. He was a little erratic, but he's the kind of guy who can be effectively wild.
"Just when you think you got him on the ropes, he makes a pitch. That's exactly what he did today. Their relievers did it, too."
Moore walked six, but the Rangers didn't collect their first hit until Craig Gentry's one-out line single in the fifth and didn't advance a baserunner as far as third until the sixth. By that time, the Rays had nicked Holland for single runs in the third and fifth innings and the Rangers were about to waste the first of two golden opportunities.
Rays manager Joe Maddon lifted Moore after his one-out walk to Nelson Cruz in the sixth. David Murphy flared a single into left-center to greet reliever Cesar Ramos and Jeff Baker walked to load the bases, bringing lefty-swinging Mitch Moreland to the plate.
Moreland, hitting just .214 when the day began and a career .227 hitter against left-handers when the season began, had already struck out twice against Moore, and manager Ron Washington had his hottest bat, switch-hitter Lance Berkman (.480, third in the league), on the bench. An ace in the hole, if you will. But Berkman stayed there as Moreland grounded sharply to second baseman Kelly Johnson. Moreland is now 1-for-11 against lefties this season.
"No, it was all about Moreland out there today," Washington said when asked if he'd considered pinch-hitting Berkman. "I had no intention of using Berkman right there.
"He was available, but the manager's choice was to give him a full day off."
Berkman, who had offseason knee surgery and appeared to be limping slightly in the clubhouse after the game, conceded it might have been difficult to get warmed up and ready to hit on short notice.
Moreland, Washington said, is going to get his chance to play full time against all kinds of pitching after a strong showing this spring.
"We're nine games into the season, and I'm giving him an opportunity to face left-handers," Washington said. "When I get to the point where I don't think he can handle them, I'll take him out, but until then, he's facing left-handers."
It initially appeared that the Rangers had avoided the double play and finally punched in a run on Moreland's grounder, but that was before umpire Marty Foster -- yep, the same Marty Foster who made the controversial call on the final pitch of Game 1 of this series Monday night -- ruled that Baker had interfered with shortstop Yunel Escobar on his slide at second base and called Moreland out at first as well.
Baker and Washington argued the call, but replays showed Baker's slide took him away from the bag and his arm coming up and across Escobar's thighs.
"I just tried to explain that [the interference] had nothing to do with Escobar double and triple-pumping with the ball up in his glove, but it was obvious [Baker] slid with no intention of going for the bag," Washington said.
The Rangers tried again in the eighth when Adrian Beltre, who had singled off reliever Joel Peralta and advanced to third on David Murphy's double, tried to score on pinch-hitter Leonys Martin's fly to medium right, but Ben Zobrist's throw hit catcher Jose Molina's glove on the fly to nail Beltre at the plate.
Washington had no problem with being aggressive in that situation.
"If you watch the position of the outfielder, he was flat-footed," Washington said. "You never thought he would come up with a throw like that being flat-footed.
"If he's behind the ball, maybe you think about [not going]. But we weren't putting runs on the board, and you have to force him to make a play. He made a play; tip your hat."
As long, on this cold day, you didn't uncover your ears.
Jim Reeves is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.