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A Tale of Two Counties
For wine and food lovers, California's Napa Valley and Sonoma County offer distinctive experiences
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They'd married in 1982 and filled a 120-bottle wine storage unit. That gave way to a 5,000-bottle cellar hidden behind a bookcase. Cool-climate Pinots and Chardonnays spoke to the terroirist in both of them. They still recall the wording of the tiny classified ad that Joan spotted in Wine Spectator, Cigar Aficionado's sister publication, in 1989: "320-acre Sonoma Coast property. Vineyard potential."
They were readers, hikers, contemplators—not glamorous people. Yet Sonoma felt right. The couple bought the land in 1989, built a road and created infrastructure, then started making wine from purchased grapes in 1991. Their own vineyards came on line shortly thereafter. A 1996 Camp Meeting Ridge Pinot Noir was served at the White House to 44 heads of state. "I think there was a lot of, 'Hey, who are these people?' after that," Joan says.
A decade on, the wines are magnificent—and utterly site-specific. The Camp Meeting Ridge 2004 shows cherry and spice, not the raspberries and strawberries of Burgundy or the straight-on richness of the Russian River Valley. A 2003 from the Frances Thompson vineyard is elegant yet firm, with the promise of many years ahead.
The typical yield is less than two tons an acre, but they don't need many bottles of anything to make the winery pay. With help from Flowers, the Sonoma coast has become one of California's hottest appellations, in less time than it would have taken to harvest one crop of trees.
Williams Selyem: The Passing of the Torch
For years, Williams Selyem meant the artistic vision of Burt Williams. Self-taught, focused to the point of obsession, he started making his Russian River Valley Pinot Noir in a garage in 1981 and almost single-handedly created a paradigm of greatness for the appellation. His tempestuous pride was legendary. If you innocently spit out his wine during a tasting, the tasting was over.
For years, Williams Selyem meant the artistic vision of Burt Williams. Self-taught, focused to the point of obsession, he started making his Russian River Valley Pinot Noir in a garage in 1981 and almost single-handedly created a paradigm of greatness for the appellation. His tempestuous pride was legendary. If you innocently spit out his wine during a tasting, the tasting was over.
In 1997, Williams and Ed Selyem sold out to enthusiasts John and Kathe Dyson. John had helped revamp Times Square for former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, and John's father, Charles, had pretty much invented the leveraged buyout, so the Dysons had plenty of money. By then, Williams was weary of the grind. He agreed to stay and consult. But he needed somebody to make the wine.
Bob Cabral, 44, has long hair and granny glasses. Raised in Modesto, he was 19 when he started buying Williams Selyem Pinots: customer No. 576 on the mailing list. He worked as a field representative for winemaker Fred Franzia, served as the assistant winemaker at DeLoach from 1987 to 1992, then moved on in succession to Kunde, Alderbrook and Hartford Court. An affable journeyman who could turn out serviceable wine from most any variety, he was hardly someone you'd pick to succeed Williams. But Williams did.
After a long, oblique tasting session that Cabral never realized was an interview, Williams asked if he'd meet the Dysons. Cabral couldn't believe it. "I remember thinking, 'Holy cow, I'd get to work with the greatest fruit in California,'" he says. He didn't exactly drive a hard bargain. All he desired beyond what they were proposing was a case of each wine for his own use, since he couldn't afford to buy them anymore.
Cabral has calibrated his vision to Williams's template. The resulting wines bridge the gap between what the best American Pinots tasted like a generation ago, and what they taste like now. Volume has gone from 8,000 cases in 1997 to 12,000 today, but the pinpoint intensity, rich texture and long finish of the wines have remained. Like the old Williams Selyems, the wines are manipulated as little as possible—and never filtered. "If I have to filter it," Cabral says, "I dump it down the drain instead."
He pours a 2001 from the Allen Vineyard in the Russian River Valley, a 2000 Hirsch Vineyard from the Sonoma Coast, then a 1999 from the Rochioli Vineyard redolent of plums and blackberries. All are different, but they share the common thread of bright, intense fruit. And they all taste unmistakably like Pinot Noir, which Williams insisted on.
Cabral is the first to say that he's no visionary. "Where Burt was a mile ahead, I'm only about 50 feet ahead," he says. But times have changed, and what's needed now isn't vision so much as standards and a steady hand. Cabral is adamant that the quality of Williams Selyem will not decline on his watch. And he'll let you spit when you taste his wines.
Chateau St. Jean: Napa in Sonoma
Not all of Sonoma's wineries are hideaways down unmarked lanes, or rural farmsteads with wine on shelves alongside jams and jellies. Chateau St. Jean is a chateau that wouldn't look out of place in Margaux, let alone Napa. Its best wine is not a Pinot Noir or a Chardonnay, but a meaty Bordeaux blend.
Not all of Sonoma's wineries are hideaways down unmarked lanes, or rural farmsteads with wine on shelves alongside jams and jellies. Chateau St. Jean is a chateau that wouldn't look out of place in Margaux, let alone Napa. Its best wine is not a Pinot Noir or a Chardonnay, but a meaty Bordeaux blend.
Yet something about the place feels hopelessly, wonderfully Sonoman. There's never a crunch in the parking lot, rarely a line at the cash register. Set on the 250 acres of the old Goff Estate, its gardens are lush and perfectly tended, but utterly accessible. Pretense is abandoned at the door. A small boy whacks a balloon over the hedges and runs after it over the lawn. He looks like a character in some French movie.
Since 1974, its first vintage, Chateau St. Jean has turned out a range of high-quality wines as broad as any winery in California, from fruit grown in every corner of the county. "That's what makes Sonoma unique," says winemaker Margo Van Staaveren, who has been employed there since 1980, when she was 23. "You have that wild diversity. Not only can you grow all these varietals, but many of them can be grown in several different appellations."
It seems sensible to capitalize on that range of potential sites with distinct wines. But before Chateau St. Jean, nobody was doing it. Hired as winemaker by the original owners, the Merzoian family, Dick Arrowood found one compelling parcel after another, then set out to make wines from each in the Burgundian fashion. "At one point," Van Staaveren says, "we had nine vineyard-designate Chardonnays."
Arrowood didn't stop at Chardonnay. Hard as it seems to believe now, he also made five vineyard-designate Rieslings. Such misplaced ambition might bankrupt a modern-day producer, but St. Jean thrived. In 1981, as a statement of what the winery was and what it wasn't, Arrowood stopped making Cabernet Sauvignon.
In 1984, Japan's Suntory bought the property. Six years later, Arrowood left to start his own winery and was replaced by Don Van Staaveren, Margo's husband. By the time phylloxera hit at the end of the decade, reds had become fashionable, so he replanted some vineyards to Bordeaux varieties. That led to Cinq Cepages, which blended Bordeaux grapes into a high-end release.
When the 1996 Cinq Cepages was named Wine Spectator's Wine of the Year, it forever changed the image of the winery, which is now owned by Australia's Foster's. Those who knew it for its Robert Young Chardonnay were always surprised to see a bottle of red beside it at tastings. Now consumers see Chardonnay and say, "I didn't know you made whites, too." But the multifaceted approach has remained unaltered even as winemakers have come and gone. In all, St. Jean produces 30 different wines today, including a Fume Blanc, a single-vineyard Pinot Noir, even a rich, singular, varietal Malbec. All but the lowest-priced blends come from Sonoma.
When Margo Van Staaveren first arrived in 1980, as the first in her family to have attended college, she was looking for a permanent job with benefits. It became permanent, all right. Yet after more than a quarter-century in Sonoma, she knows little about Napa. Even names of famous restaurants and gourmet shops fail to alter her blank expression. "Sonoma's very provincial, exceedingly provincial," she says. It's supposed to be an apology, but she doesn't sound too contrite.
Benchmark Wineries—Napa
Beringer Vineyards: Living History
As you drive up Napa Valley, past fashionable restaurants and one sleek winery after another, it's easy to forget that the vinous past here extends back more than a century. Then you arrive at Beringer, where the Rhine House looks like something from a fairy tale and wine has been produced for generations. Ignore the tour groups and concentrate on the history: Beringer was founded in 1876, which makes it older than the vast majority of wineries in the world.
As you drive up Napa Valley, past fashionable restaurants and one sleek winery after another, it's easy to forget that the vinous past here extends back more than a century. Then you arrive at Beringer, where the Rhine House looks like something from a fairy tale and wine has been produced for generations. Ignore the tour groups and concentrate on the history: Beringer was founded in 1876, which makes it older than the vast majority of wineries in the world.
In recent years, it has been owned by Nestlé, the Texas Pacific Group, Michael Moon, Beringer Blass and now Foster's. Despite such change, it's been a model of consistency. Head winemaker, Ed Sbragia, started in 1976, when he was 26; assistant Laurie Hook arrived a decade later. "Guys in the cellar have been there as long as I have or longer," Sbragia says. "One of our cellar managers has been here for 40 years."
When he started, Sbragia recalls, Chateau Montelena, Shafer and a few other wineries were making wines at the level he was shooting for. "[There were] maybe 10 of us making Reserve Cabernet," he says. "Now there are hundreds." And many taste like Beringer, or try to.
He and his team have helped define and hone not only the modern incarnation of Beringer's style, but, it might be said, Napa Valley's, too. Sbragia likes wines that are big, Cabernets and Chardonnays and Merlots full of tannin and loads of fruit, balanced by enough alcohol and a splash of acidity to keep it all afloat. Unlike many imitators, however, Beringer's top wines are built to last. On first impression, a five-year-old Bancroft Ranch Howell Mountain Merlot 2001 is hard and firm and not particularly ripe. But as it begins to open, it shows layers of dark fruit and a mountain hardiness that seems to promise it will taste good forever.
That's a product of low yields and strict selection, for even with corporate ownership pushing profits and production nosing into the millions, Beringer's best wines continue to be made in small batches. "I've fought for that for 30 years," Sbragia says. "The Private Reserve is a person-to-person thing, not mass-market."
In 1986, Beringer acquired the Bancroft Ranch. But apart from that and a few other parcels, most of the land Sbragia uses to source grapes was at his disposal when he arrived. He gets high-altitude fruit from Mt. Veeder, Spring Mountain, Diamond Mountain and Howell Mountain. "A lot of pretty awesome mountain Cabernet sites," says Hook.
By now, they know what to expect from each, and how to tweak the different terroirs toward Beringer's house style. They run vast experimental programs, but use them only to make tiny changes in the product, like those futuristic cars you see at the auto shows that end up maybe influencing a dashboard shape on the commercial level. "With a winery as traditional as this one," Sbragia says, "you need to be careful."
Beringer isn't just coloring inside the lines; you might say it drew most of them to begin with. And with such success in the past, why change? "There's a reason why people want to drink Napa wine," says Hook. "There's a reason why the wineries have gotten such attention. It's not just a couple of years, it's a long history, a great history." With every vintage, Beringer keeps on writing it.
Joseph Phelps Vineyards: The Accidental Innovator
Joe Phelps never intended to revolutionize the wine industry. He just didn't want a wine of his to be labeled "Reserve."
Joe Phelps never intended to revolutionize the wine industry. He just didn't want a wine of his to be labeled "Reserve."
In 1974, he and winemaker Walter Schug constructed a blend of mostly Cabernet Sauvignon, with other varieties added. It tasted so good, they wanted to release it as a stand-alone wine. But they had no name. Phelps believed that the Reserve designation sounded fraudulent and he also liked the idea of separating out the best cuvée he had in each vintage. In another year, that might be Merlot, or even Riesling. So Reserve Cabernet simply didn't work.
The wine was bottled without a label. Finally, a name came to him during his morning shave: Insignia.
It was, as far as anyone can tell, the first proprietary blend in the history of American wine. Certainly none would affect an industry—or a place—like Insignia. "Joe's fond of saying that the road to success is still under construction," says Craig Williams, Phelps's director of winemaking, who has worked there since 1976. "But even he would have to acknowledge that Insignia was profoundly important."
Much of the cachet that Napa has developed in recent decades comes from wines—mostly Cabernet- or Merlot-based blends—that transcend their varieties and appellations. Today, fanciful names from Archipel to Zero Manipulation are attached to some of the valley's finest (and most expensive) bottlings. They're a way to differentiate your wine from the hundreds of others on the market. "Insignia is a brand, the way Joseph Phelps is a brand," says Bill Phelps, Joe's son. "That wasn't his intention, but that's what happened."
A successful contractor who saw an opportunity building wineries, Joe Phelps had come to California from Greeley, Colorado. He built what is now Rutherford Hill in Napa, and Sonoma's Chateau Souverain. Then he bought land, cleared away the cattle and horses, and built a winery for himself. From the beginning in 1973, he brought a new outlook, at once pragmatic and visionary, to what had been an insider's field. "Joe is very much a bottom-line person," Bill says. "He approached it as a stand-alone business that would make a profit. But he was able to take the long-term view."
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Xavier Dolan's Laurence Anyways won the best Canadian feature film award at Toronto as part of a festival run that included a U.S. premiere at AFI Fest and a world premiere in the Un Certain Regard sidebar at Cannes. That's where lead actress Suzanne Clement took a best actress nod for her role as a woman coming to terms with her fiance's admission that he wants to become a woman. The 1990s-set drama has a spot in the upcoming Palm Springs festival and will be released here by Breaking Glass Pictures in the spring. Here's an exclusive clip that shows why the Cannes jury fell for Clement:
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So excited to see this film and glad it's finally coming stateside! From everything I've read, Dolan's best yet!
Xavier Dolan is one of the most exciting filmmakers on the international scene. All his films have an incredible energy and vision to them — he may turn out to have one of the most accomplished cinematic careers in cinema when all is said and done. You may not like everything he does, but the boy has ambition, and ambition is so rare in American cinema these days.
Also, watching Suzanne Clement in this clip reminded me (sadly, again) just how thin and weak roles for actresses continue to be in our particular milieu.
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^^^ I completely agree with you with the types of weak roles. But Suzanne was amazing.
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Real, true, painful and fantastic. And spoken in an unabashedly Quebecois accent (homesick!). Brava, Suzanne!
Saw it last year. Terrible, self-indulgent film. There's something interesting here, but it is marred by an unnecessary 3 hour running time and countless, and I mean countless, musical montages. Just cut the crap and be a storyteller. And yes, for that matter, the film's best moment? You've just seen it.
Xavier Dolan is incredibly overrated as is this film.
I'm greatly looking forward to seeing this film. If the clip is any indication, it was a tour de force performance for Suzanne Clement. Great work!


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This summer, many of Ambrose's theatre students had internships and jobs doing work in other theatrical situations.
Recently graduated Kochanny had an interesting summer. Because of her grandfather being diagnosed with lung cancer, she only managed to make it to two auditions. However, she received callbacks for each of these auditions. She is currently working for two children's entertainment companies, meaning that she "dresses up as different princess and entertains the birthday girl along with her guests."
"This job puts all of my theatre skills to the test," Kochanny said. "The children blindside you with questions that you have to answer on the spot, for example, 'Cinderella, why are your glass slippers plastic?' Because remember they broke at the end of the story? And besides, glass slippers are very uncomfortable."
Kochanny enjoyed getting to work with kids, sing, dance, and act. She also says that she "loves performing for kids. They look up to me as a role model, and that is something I take pride in."
This summer Sidney worked as an apprentice stage manager at Riverside Theatre in Iowa City. As the apprentice stage manager she got to work with an equity stage manager and a non-equity assistant stage manager. Junk also worked with other apprentices who were college students and enjoyed talking to them about what they planned to do with their degree in theatre.
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This summer Zweibohmer had the opportunity to go to Hawaii and teach a performing arts immersion class at a summer school (at left). Zweibohmer helped introduce 37 rising high school juniors to the theatre world.
"Some of the kids had done theatre most of their life, and some had never seen a play before," she said.
Zweibohmer also said that the kids have now all helped write and act in a play; some even helped with the technical side. During the two months she was teaching, Zweibohmer compiled the pieces of the script, helped design lights, sound, and slides, ran the slides, and stage managed the show.
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WAUKESHA, WIS.— Carroll University will show the 2013 film "Girl Rising" at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 13, 2013, in the Stackner Ballroom of the Campus Center, 101 N. East Ave., Waukesha. The event is free and open to the public. A groundbreaking film, "Girl Rising" was directed by Academy Award nominee Richard Robbins and tells the stories of nine extraordinary girls from nine countries. Their stories are written by nine celebrated writers and narrated by nine renowned actresses, including Anne Hathaway, Cate Blanchett, Salma Hayek and Meryl Streep. "Girl Rising" showcases the strength of the human spirit and the power of education to change the world. The screening will be followed by a discussion led by Carroll faculty and graduates. This event is sponsored by the Carroll University library, the Carroll University College of Humanities and Social Sciences, and the Social Justice League, a student organization at Carroll.
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GARY JONES is looking forward to another exciting chapter in Chester FC's short history when the new season kicks off next month.
The Blues assistant manager is anxious to discover his club's fixtures for the new Conference North campaign which are scheduled to be released today.
Jones admitted he is just as excited as the Chester fans, players and other management staff to learn who the club will be facing on the opening day of the season on Saturday, August 18.
"I'm just as excited as every Chester fan ahead of the club's fixtures being released because, like everyone at Chester, I want to know who we are going to play in our first match, who we will be playing over the Christmas and New Year programme, and when we will be playing our predicted rivals FC Halifax Town," Jones said.
"Everybody at Chester is understandably excited about the prospect of watching their club play at different grounds and in a higher league.
"I'm sure there will be some great games to watch once again - none more so than our fixtures against other big guns FC Halifax Town which could see us attracting a gate of 4-5,000 fans.
"I know that Chester are being tipped by the bookies on past experience and because of the momentum of our two consecutive title victories, but that's an easy way out for the bookies.
"People think we are the title favourites because they think we have the biggest budget of any club in the Conference North, but that's not the case.
"It's true that we've got a good squad and we've given ourselves every chance of challenging for promotion again, but that is because Neil Young and I have put together a good, hard working squad of players, and because we've used our management skills and our knowledge.
"The players and the management at Chester are now preparing for the new season and we're all itching to get started."
Jones underlined the importance of strengthening the Chester squad since the club celebrated last season's emphatic championship title success.
He added: "Neil and I took stick for not retaining Chris Williams and Michael Aspin after Chester's first title victory, but it is vital that the club evolves as it progresses.
"If we failed to build on what the club has achieved, stick with the same players and start to get beat then there is a danger that we will fall back on ourselves.
"Every football club has got to progress and Chester is no different. We feel that changes we have made since last season will help us make that step up.
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- Gloucester City manager Dave Mehew has tipped Chester and FC Halifax Town to do well this season.
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- Former Chester City attacking midfielder Michael Coulson has joined Conference Premier promotion play-off winners York City from former league rivals Grimsby Town.
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Revealing the plan to create more follow ups to the R-rated comic book movie, Garland announces, 'We'll see a sequel if the gross is above $50 million in the U.S..'
"Dredd" is still more than two months away from hitting theaters, but screenwriter Alex Garland reveals he's already planned its sequels. When attending a panel at London Film and Comic Con on Saturday, July 7, Garland opened up about his plan to make the film a trilogy if the first installment could surpass $50 million on box office.
"We'll see a sequel if the gross is above $50 million in the U.S.," the scribe said, as quoted by Bleeding Cool. "It's a simple financial equation. We're an independent movie... In terms of Dark Judges, I wrote Death into this script, but it didn't feel right for the first film. I thought it felt right but after about 16 drafts and it really didn't work out."
Revealing his idea on the sequels' plot, Garland dished, "I needed to have set up the city and Dredd first before taking on what is essentially a riff on the Judges." He continued, "You need to know what the Judges are before you can suvert them. I wrote a second script which was about Dredd going out to the Cursed Earth. That was rejected for similar reasons."
"If they want to make sequels, I've got a story that goes from this one into the origins of Dredd and the city," Garland revealed. "Then the third one has would have a strange, existential attack from the Dark Judges."
Directed by Pete Travis, "Dredd" is set to be dropped in the U.S. on September 21. The movie will throw an advance screening event during the preview night of the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con on Wednesday, July 11. Taking place at Reading Cinemas Gaslamp. 701 5th Ave., San Diego, the screening would be held at 10 o'clock in the evening.
An adaptation of John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra's comic strip, "Dredd" follows the titular character who is the most feared judge among other elite Street Judges in Mega City One. He has the power to enforce the law, sentence offenders and execute them on the spot if necessary.
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Last Saturday morning my Grandma Nan treated me to a nice pedicure. (No, she didn't give me a pedicure.) Her and I both got one. We get pedicures together every now and then. Usually we drive to Bloomington to get our nails done, but not anymore! Natural Nails recently opened in Spencer about two weeks ago. Grandma Nan and I decided we would try the place out!
Let me tell you, I love getting pedicures. Some people get them because they want their nails to look really nice and polished (Grandma Nan for example). Some get pedicures because they are lazy and don't want to paint their nails themselves (been there, done that). Others (like me) get them because they play a sport and well… I don't think I need to say much more (gross).
Once we walked in the door of the salon it did not take long to be helped. We were sat right down next to each other in the pedicure chairs. Because it was 10 o'clock in the morning (I did not pick this time), it was hard for me to keep my eyes open once the massage button was turned on in the chairs we were sitting in.
I don't know how people can work on feet. I would not be able to handle it. I'm sure I would start gagging or something. But I am glad there are people who are out there who are willing and able to do it! Pedicures definitely make me happy, and I know my feet are awfully gratefully as well.
Picking a color of nail polish is crucial! (Well, for some…) When I go look at the section of nail polish I usually scan all the colors until I see one that I like (pretty simple). If I don't see a color that I like or if I get bored looking, I usually just pick a regular color, and by "regular" I mean the reds or pinks. (And you know what I am talking about ladies. One time or another we pick a red or a pink.) A pink or red color is the easy way out. I'm waiting for the day that I pick a really bold color, but until then, I'll stick with the color I chose… red.
Natural Nails is definitely a great addition to our community! Now I don't have to travel back and forth to Bloomington to get my nails done because I have found my new salon (and it's right in town)! The couple that owns the salon is very friendly… even though the husband was not afraid to point out immediately that I bite my fingernails. (And speaking of fingernails, I have been trying real hard to not bite them, but then an event comes along that makes me excited or nervous and I end up tearing them to shreds… I'm working on it though.) My goal in life one day is to get a manicure. At this moment in time I don't have enough fingernails to get a manicure. Maybe one day I will though… One day.
Just hope if you decide to go get your nails done that you don't get there right after me because it might take them awhile to get to you. I'm just warning you. Tennis is hard on the feet.
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Motorcycle Questions? Ask a Mechanic.
Good day and welcome to Just Answer. My name is XXXXX XXXXX I'd be happy to help you with your problem today. Do you have a multi meter?...
was the fuel left in there all winter?
I could go find it I think
we will need it
I spaced draining it
Had planned to ride
ok, thanks, XXXXX XXXXX least need a carb service. Your little pilot jets can't take that. And my guess is a new battery, but that is why we need the meter, to load test it & make sure..
Sorry for the delay; tried to find the meter. I have a battery charger device hooked up that I think will measure the Voltage though it measures what is coming from the charger too
we'll need to check it without a charger connected.
I tried watching the voltage while starting the bike and it dipped back and forthe
Okay I will see if I can find the meter brb
that is what we need the meter to check more accurately. If the voltage ever dropped below 10 with the start button depressed the battery is junk.
The battery is dead by itself. The bike will not turn over without the battery charger hooked up.
then it is junk.
you need a battery & a carb service. I'd also get a new set of plugs.
I had the battery checked out last year and it seemed to hold a charge when the bike was clutch started. The bike would even turn over after riding for a while; seemed like it was charging
it is junk now.
Why wont the bike start with the charger hooked up? it is turning over.
because the battery is junk & likely has one or more dead cells or an internal short, or the charger has welded several of the plates together.
the plugs are likely fouled & you need a carb service.
but I've said all this already
I'm not sure what I'm not conveying properly.
Dude chill; just asking since that did not make sense to me.
I will try another battery
I am "chill" whatever that is. I just want to make sure that you are understanding what I'm saying is all.
you need a carb service. you can not leave fuel in them for more than a month without issues.
Can I try starting with the battery out of the bike just using charger?
Your battery fails a load test when the charger says it is charged & it will not then turn over the starter
I know you are right about the carb cleaning
You can try it but you will fry your cdi box and then need one of those.
The carbs are reason for the no start. The battery is just junk.
okay; good to know
2 separate issues.
Can I do the carbs myself or should I take the bike in?
I, unfortunately can not asses your abilities, you will need to do that. If you know & understand late model motorcycle carbs, go ahead, if you've never done any carb work I'd fine someone who knows them well, most dealers don't.
Okay thanks Brian good night
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NFL is thinking about putting a franchise in London
LONDON — When the NFL first tried establishing an international presence 20 years ago, NFL Europe teams arrived at stadiums to find the goal posts set up in the corners of the end zone rather than in the rear. Fans would passively watch only to scream loudly when the extra point was kicked. The cheerleaders were vastly more popular than the players.
It was almost as if the spectators — and there were a scarce few — were watching a sport that was completely foreign to them, which, of course, they were.
Fast forward to Sunday and the NFL's presence overseas is undeniable. All 86,000 seats in Wembley Stadium sold out within days eight months ago for NFL games between the Steelers and Vikings on Sunday and the 49ers and Jaguars on Oct. 27. Surveys for sports channel Sky Sports show American football is one of the top six or seven most popular sports in the United Kingdom.
And, as players around the NFL are beginning to learn — and fear — London is calling.
It won't be in the next five years. It might not be until after the current collective bargaining agreement expires in 2020. But just as the NBA plans to expand to Europe within the next 10 years, as commissioner David Stern estimates, it's not unrealistic that in 2023, the Steelers could be traveling to London again to play the London Jaguars. Or the London Rams. Or the London Raiders. Or, as commissioner Roger Goodell said, "The London Whatever."
It's not a matter of if London gets a team. It's a matter of when, as owners such as Robert Kraft of the Patriots have acknowledged.
Steelers president Art Rooney II, a member of the league's international committee, told the Tribune-Review there could be three NFL regular-season games in London as early as next year. This is the first year two games are being played there, but they sold out so quickly the league believes the market for three games is already there.
"We're trying to build it," Rooney said. "There's no definite timetable (for a London franchise), but it certainly is in the active evaluation process now. … We're taking things a step at a time and evaluating as we go."
Since the NFL has no plans to expand beyond 32 teams and, with Los Angeles already in the hunt for a franchise, it would take an existing franchise to want to move. The Jacksonville Jaguars appear to be the logical choice; they're playing a game a year in London from 2013-16 and their new owner, Pakistani-born billionaire Shahid Khan, also owns Fulham of the English Premier League.
So are the Jaguars taking London for a test drive?
"Whether the Jaguars or some other team are going to be seriously interested in moving here, that's a piece of the puzzle that hasn't been in place yet," Rooney said. "I can't really speak for the Jaguars. I know they've looked at their options, but that's something they have to make a decision on."
Rooney added, "It will take a team that's willing to move, and we're not quite there yet, that we have a team that's really seriously interested in that. It's something that's being looked at, so we're still at least a couple of more years away from that being considered."
Why would the NFL want to transplant a franchise five time zones away from any other in the league? To a continent where the NBA, not the NFL, is the most popular American-based pro sport? To a country where there is one true form of football, the kind that Americans call soccer?
As Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger said, "The NFL is all about making money."
The NFL is a $10 billion a year business, making it twice the size of the NBA. But don't think the NFL isn't looking enviously at the NBA's estimated $500 million in annual international revenue, or 10 percent of its business. The NFL's international share is far less of its overall revenue, but how would a Tim Tebow jersey sell, for example, if any entire country, not just one city, embraced him?
There is money to be made in London, a city of 8 million — or one so large, it would take only a small percentage of its residents becoming NFL fans to actively support the franchise. The league estimates that of the 63 million UK residents, about two million are interested enough in the NFL to call themselves fans.
And while vast pockets of London know nothing about the Steelers-Vikings game, and care not a whit about it, Roethlisberger said he was surprised during a summertime visit that there were as many Steelers fans as there were, a group called Steeler Nation UK. And even amid the vastness that is Wembley, there are expected to be thousands of twirling Terrible Towels.
But putting a team in London would be far more difficult than shifting one to, for example, Columbus.
Player acquisition would be the a major hurdle; as Steelers safety Ryan Clark said, it's one thing to ask a player to move from San Francisco to Kansas City, but it's an entirely different thing to ask him to relocate not only to a different country but a different continent.
"You would see guys take less money in order to not be in London," Clark said.
The players union no doubt would demand a separate salary cap and benefits for a London team, since it might be difficult, if not near impossible, to get established players to locate there. If, for example, the Bills must spend nearly $100 million to land Mario Williams in free agency, how much would it cost London for a comparable player?
There are countless other problems, including offseason training (almost certainly based in the USA, not the UK), the taxes on player salaries, work visas for the players, expenses to relocate families and appropriate housing and food.
And there's one Big Ben that wants nothing to do with London.
"I don't know if I can be fined for something I say on my own radio show … but I don't know what player would want to go play over there," Roethlisberger said over the air. "You'd have to move your family over there. What if you got traded? To me, there's too many issues involved. But knowing the NFL, they'll find a way to make someone's life miserable."
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NFL notebook: Ravens safety Reed suspended 1 game for hit
BALTIMORE — Ed Reed's tackling has been scrutinized all season and now the NFL has weighed in.
The Ravens' veteran free safety was suspended one game by the league Monday for repeated violations of the rule prohibiting hits to the head and neck area of defenseless players. Reed has told the Ravens that he will appeal the suspension which would keep him out of Sunday's contest against the San Diego Chargers.
NFL Vice President of Football Operations Merton Hanks imposed the one-game ban which came a day after Reed was called for an unnecessary roughness penalty for his hit on wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders in the third quarter of the Ravens' 13-10 victory over the Steelers at Heinz Field on Sunday night.
It was Reed's third violation in the past three seasons and his second this year.
"We cannot tolerate repeated violations of rules, especially rules related to player safety," NFL Executive Vice President of Football Operations Ray Anderson said. "We will continue to take the strongest possible action to deter these types of violations and protect our players."
If his appeal is denied, Reed, an eight-time Pro Bowl selection, would be barred from the Ravens' practice facility until Nov. 26 and become the second player suspended this season for rules designed to protect the safety of players. Denver Broncos linebacker Joe Mays got a one-game ban for an illegal hit on Houston Texans quarterback Matt Schaub on Sept. 23.
Gronkowski has forearm surgery
No more end-zone spikes for a while from Rob Gronkowski.
A person familiar with the process said Monday the New England Patriots tight end expects to be sidelined for four to six weeks after having surgery for a broken left forearm. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because there was no official announcement.
Harvin misses practice
Minnesota receiver Percy Harvin did not practice on Monday when the team returned to work after its bye week.
Harvin is still working through a badly sprained left ankle that caused him to miss the game against Detroit before the bye. Coach Leslie Frazier says his leading receiver hasn't suffered any setbacks. But Frazier did say it was still too sore for Harvin to go Monday.
Receiver Michael Jenkins also missed practice with a sore foot. An MRI revealed no structural damage.
McGahee suffers torn knee ligament
The lockers of the running backs who might take Willis McGahee's spot in the Broncos lineup are conveniently lined up, four in a row.
Lance Ball. Knowshon Moreno. Jeremiah Johnson. Ronnie Hillman.
Barring an unlikely free agent signing, some combination of those four will be asked to fill in for the foreseeable future for Denver's leading rusher, McGahee, who tore a ligament in his right knee and will be out for what's expected to be a six-to-eight week stint.
Jags' Henne will start against Titans
Chad Henne is getting another shot at starting in the NFL.
How well he performs could determine whether Blaine Gabbert gets one, too.
The Jacksonville Jaguars named Henne their starting quarterback for Sunday's game against Tennessee, the latest change for a team desperate to snap a seven-game losing streak.
Redskins' Meriweather out for season
Brandon Meriweather's season is done after one game with a torn ACL in his right knee — and right after his left knee had finally healed.
An MRI on Monday revealed the season-ending injury for the snake-bit Redskins safety who played just long enough to give a tantalizing taste of what he could do to help one of the worst pass defenses in the NFL.


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Mr Mu, like other Beijing taxi drivers, is currently studying English so he will be able to better understand visitors at next year's games.
Taxi firms provide each driver with one free English lesson a fortnight, and give them a free textbook.
"The book is really thick," says the 33-year-old, who works 12 hours a day, seven days a week.


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Tokyo (AFP) July 13, 2012
Rescuers were racing against time Friday in the search for people buried under mudslides as heavy rains that have already claimed 20 lives continued to pound southwestern Japan.
Police, firefighters and troops were digging through mud and rubble with shovels as more torrential rain fell, on top of "unprecedented" downpours that swamped whole neighbourhoods on Thursday.
Television footage showed torrents of muddy water carrying uprooted trees and other debris after Thursday's violent deluge, while rivers burst their banks and flooded towns and villages in the main southern island of Kyushu.
Reports showed residential streets in the city of Kumamoto covered in mud, while battered cars that had been swept away by flood water were left dumped on hillsides in scenes reminiscent of the March 2011 tsunami in the northeast.
In the city of Aso in Kumamoto prefecture, central Kyushu island, landslides buried at least 17 households, killing 19 people with six more still missing, local officials said.
"We will keep searching for the missing throughout the night, while urging our citizens to stand guard as heavy rain continues sporadically," said Kumamoto prefectural official Yushin Maekawa.
In Oita, a man in his 70s died after being swept into a raging river, while another man remained missing.
Public broadcaster NHK showed rescuers continuing their search, using heavy machinery to remove uprooted trees, boulders and debris as night fell.
The weather eased somewhat Friday morning bringing temporary relief, but further downpours were recorded in Kyushu later in the day.
The city of Hita, Oita prefecture, issued evacuation orders to more than 14,800 people amid increasing fears the Kagetsugawa river, which runs through the city, would burst its banks, local officials said.
Nearly 25,000 people in other parts of the prefecture were advised to seek safety, the officials said.
In neighbouring Kumamoto prefecture, more than 250 households were told to evacuate, while everyone living on the floodplain of the Shirakawa river in Kumamoto city was advised to get to safety.
Friday's downpours were set to add to the misery for an area where 50,000 people were ordered to leave their homes on Thursday after it was lashed by the heaviest rainfall on record.
Landslides and fallen trees have cut roads and water supplies in several places, with at least one small mountain community completely cut off, the local government said.
A Japanese military helicopter dropped supplies including food and water onto the isolated district, it said.
The weather agency urged residents of Kyushu to be vigilant against mudslides and floods after rainfall of 10.1 centimetres (about 4 inches) per hour was recorded in the southern region of Kagoshima early Friday.
The weather agency forecast further about 20 centimetres of rainfall in the northern Kyushu region during the 24 hours to 6:00 am Saturday (2100 GMT Friday).
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Life-long Monitoring of COPD in Veneto Region
This study has been completed.
Regione Veneto
European Commission
Azienda Unità Locale Socio Sanitaria n.9 Treviso
Azienda ULSS 12 Veneziana
Azienda ULSS di Verona e Provincia
Azienda ULSS 16 Padova
Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova
Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: January 17, 2012
Last updated: April 13, 2017
Last verified: January 2012
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Detailed Description:
The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether the introduction of large-scale telemonitoring of patients with COPD produces benefits in terms of improved health-related quality of life and reduced access to hospital facilities. In addition, the trial evaluates the economic and organisational impact of the new services, and examine their acceptability by patients and health professionals.
|Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
|Procedure: self-monitoring for patients with severe COPD Procedure: nurse-monitoring for patients with severe COPD
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
|Official Title:
|RENEWING HEALTH - Large Scale Pilot in Veneto Region: Life-long Monitoring in COPD
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: COPDU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Regione Veneto:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Health-Related quality of life [ Time Frame: 12 months ]Health-Related Quality of Life is assessed by the SF-36 questionnaire
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Number of bed days for hospitalised patients [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
- Number of specialist visits [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
- Number of visits to emergency department [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
- All cause mortality [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
- Anxiety and depression status [ Time Frame: 12 months ]Anxiety and depression status is assessed by Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, (HADS).
- Number of re-hospitalizations [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
|Study Start Date:
|November 2011
|Study Completion Date:
|May 2014
|Primary Completion Date:
|May 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
No Intervention: Control group
Treatment as usual
Experimental: Self monitoring for patients with COPD
Procedure: self-monitoring for patients with severe COPD
Procedure: self-monitoring for patients with severe COPD
Patients are equipped with a telemonitoring kit composed by a portable wrist-clinic device for clinical parameters measuring and a gateway device for data transmission.
The patient can monitor pulse-oxymetry and heart rate with a frequency set by the clinician in the personalised treatment plan. Data are transmitted to a regional eHealth centre where a group of operators keeps these information under control and alert the reference clinician in case of worsening of symptoms. CAT questionnaire is monthly administrated by phone to the patients
Experimental: Nurse monitoring for patients with COPD
Procedure: nurse-monitoring for patients with severe COPD
Procedure: nurse-monitoring for patients with severe COPD
A nurse is in charge of data collection during home visits with a frequency set by the lung specialist depending to the patient clinical conditions. The nurse uses portable biomedical devices to measure pulse-oxymetry, heart rate, spirometry and if scheduled an arterial blood gas test. Data are transmitted to the clinician who checks them on his laptop in the hospital and completes the visit with the medical report.
Detailed Description:
The study is designed to evaluate the impact of telemonitoring on the management of COPD compared with outpatient usual care. From a clinical point of view, the trial will allow to investigate how telemonitoring contributes to improve COPD patients health-related quality of life and reduct the access to hospital facilities (re-hospitalizations, bed-days, specialistic and ER visits) and the anxiety about health conditions. A cost-effectiveness and cost-utility analysis will be carried out in order to determine if and how telemonitoring helps to limit the healthcare expenditure. The evaluation will deal also with organizational changes and task shift due to telemonitoring introduction and patients and professionals perception towards the service.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Age ≥ 18 years.
- COPD GOLD class 3-4
- Life expectance > 12 months
Exclusion Criteria:
• Patient unable to use the equipment provided (alone or assisted).
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|Ospedale dell'Angelo - Pulmonology Department
|Mestre, Venezia, Italy, 30174
|Ospedale di Marzana - Rehabilitative respiratory unit
|Marzana, Verona, Italy, 37034
|Local Health Autority n.16 Padova - Pulmonology outpatient clinic
|Padova, Italy, 35127
|Hospital Trust of Padova - Respiratory Physiopathology Department
|Padova, Italy, 35128
|Ospedale Ca'Foncello - Pulmonology Department
|Treviso, Italy, 31100
|Hospital Trust of Verona - Pneumonology Department
|Verona, Italy, 37124
Sponsors and Collaborators
Regione Veneto
European Commission
Azienda Unità Locale Socio Sanitaria n.9 Treviso
Azienda ULSS 12 Veneziana
Azienda ULSS di Verona e Provincia
Azienda ULSS 16 Padova
Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova
Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona
|Principal Investigator:
|Massimo Fusello, MD
|Local Health authority Veneziana
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The Renewing Health project is partially funded under the ICT Policy Support Programme (ICT PSP) as part of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme by the European Community
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|Regione Veneto
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|NCT01513980 History of Changes
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G. A. 250487-Veneto WP8Cl5
|Study First Received:
|January 17, 2012
|Last Updated:
|April 13, 2017
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
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Lung Diseases
Chronic Disease
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Respiratory Tract Diseases
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Lung Diseases, Obstructive
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Obama has a long lost son who is somehow an eighteen year old
March 31, 2012
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Eighteen years sure seems like a long time, especially if your father is the President of the United States of America. But destiny is great upon 18-year-old Randolph Lee Stagg (now Randolph Lee Stagg Obama) who, the CIA revealed last week, is the long-lost son of Barack Obama.
Obama never knew that he had a son until two weeks ago, when Stagg's mother went to Washington for a business trip.
She didn't think that Obama would be there because he had been out of the country, building a house for the orphans. But because of Obama's astounding skills, they were able to finish earlier than expected.
"I was surprised to have seen him again but it is what it is," said Stagg's mother, who doesn't want to be named.
With the unexpected appearance of Obama, she booked the earliest flight back to Minnesota. When she arrived home, Stagg heard a loud cry from her room.
"I really thought that I was just hearing things, but I was daring enough to go towards her room where I found her lying on the ground crying," said Stagg.
Everything became chaotic towards the Stagg family, but eventually the truth revealed itself when Obama followed Mrs. Stagg to Minnesota to find out the truth. With Obama's popularity, the paparazzi followed him in secret and took photos of him knocking at her front door.
Like any typical 18-year-old, Stagg was in the living room playing Modern Warfare 3 with his buddies while his mother gets the door. At first, he said, it was "scary because [his] mom slammed the door and shut off the video game for no reason."
When Stagg was forced up to his room all he heard was Obama's voice. "We need a change," said Obama.
"When I heard that, I knew it was the President," Stagg said. "I mean it was so cool! I wanted my friends to be jealous of me 'cause I had the President at my front door."
For a short amount of time, Stagg's mother punched Obama to get out of her house. Obama took a chance and climbed up a tree that leads to Stagg's window. "He was just a desperate man who only hoped to see his son," said a reporter from The Beacon.
After a hectic conversation with the Stagg family, his family agreed to letting Lee Stagg go. His mother believes that Obama can provide the things that she can't.
Stagg now resides in Washington, in the White House, with his biological father. His weekly allowance is $100,000, which makes him the richest 18-year-old in the United States. Although he has moved, his private jet takes him to school in Minnesota every day, so becoming his friend is easy. "All you really have to do is compliment on his looks and he's hooked," said a student at Harding. "He's really easy or maybe he just wants to be coolest kid knowing that he has a lot of money and every girl should really go for him, not because he's popular but because he's really rich now."
Stagg has some advice for students who want to know him better. "I love donuts and candy," said Stagg. "People should really get to know me cause I hang out with Drake, Wiz Khalifa, ghetto swagger and John Cena. I'm like known for the coolest name ever, 'Fiddy,' because I like 50 cent but just don't want to copy him."
Some students agree that he can become a star through Obama's popularity with society. According to the producer of 'That's so Raven,' Stagg has a chance of becoming the next Raven Simon under one condition. "I want him to help wake me up to a gorilla mask because I heard he was an expert and my employees can never wake me up after boring movies," said Jiddy (named after meeting Fiddy).
Stagg's popularity has stepped up as students have found out that he's the President's son. Everyone is looking forward on his future with society.


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|From: Veer (diggerrrrr at gmail.com)
Date: Sun Sep 14 03:35:37 EDT 2008
I think this is a problem of understanding recursion than anything else. It took me while to understand recursion. When i was stuck , Matthias wrote this (i am substituting 'arrangements' with 'convert') : [quote] When you go from templates to definitions, read out the PURPOSE statement for the recursive template expression: ;;(convert a-list) produce the number that can be formed from all ;; digits in a-list. ;; (convert (rest a-list)) therefore produces the number that can be formed ;; from all the digits in the rest of a-list (What does this mean for a concrete example? Use the examples!!) And then ask yourself how a primitive or a helper function can use this and the rest of the template (line) to get the real result.. [unquote] For example: ;;(convert a-list) (convert (cons 1 (cons 2 (cons 3 empty))) produces what ;;(convert (rest a-list)) (convert (cons 2 (cons 3 empty))) produces what So does this help? On 9/14/08, Grant Rettke <grettke at acm.org> wrote: >> Now discover Jens's hint by following the design recipe. > > Where did I go wrong? (Here is not where I expect you to be psychic, > so let me elaborate) > > I followed the recipe by defining the recursive data (I re-used list > of numbers), created a bunch of tests, walked through the > implementation of the body (cond clauses, selector expressions, > natural recursion), implemented the answer for the base case (zero), > and then was left with: > > [else > ... (first a-list-of-numbers) ... > ... (convert (rest a-list-of-numbers) ...)] > > I think I was too preoccupied with shoe-horning in my approach than > looking at the data. What I *didn't* do was to take something one more > complex than the base case, like this, which is a test I had written > before I implemented the function: > > (check-expect (convert (cons 1 empty)) 1) > > That at least would have gotten me to the first part of the equation > in the else clause, 1 plus ... > > Then I would have looked at: > > (check-expect (convert (cons 0 (cons 1 empty))) 10) > > and maybe though zero plus something times the 2nd part, and finally plus > zero. > > Is that the thought process, step by step satisfy the test by revising > the calculation? You start with the simplest thing from the base > condition? > > My approach thus far has been to write *all* of the tests up front, I > was staring at this while I tried to implement the body: > > (check-expect (convert empty) 0) > (check-expect (convert (cons 1 empty)) 1) > (check-expect (convert (cons 0 (cons 1 empty))) 10) > (check-expect (convert (cons 1 (cons 1 empty))) 11) > (check-expect (convert (cons 0 (cons 0 (cons 1 empty)))) 100) > (check-expect (convert (cons 1 (cons 1 (cons 1 empty)))) 111) > > This was a point where I totally didn't understand it and I felt like > the recipe wasn't taking me there, which I was I posted a long-ish > email. > > Please point me in the right direction to get back on track with what > I missed from the recipe. > _________________________________________________ > For list-related administrative tasks: > http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-scheme >
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Semi-final result:
S KUZNETSOVA bt A CHAKVETADZE
3-6 6-1 6-1
To get involved, text us on 81111 (UK users only) or use 606
Third set:
Kuznetsova 6-1 ChakvetadzeThere we have it - Kuznetsova wraps things up with a hold to 15 as Chakvetadze puts a backhand wide. It has not been good but we can expect more from Venus and Henin in the next one, stay with us.
Kuznetsova 5-1 ChakvetadzeChakvetadze looks on course for a relatively solid hold at 40-15 but lets Kuznetsova back into the game at deuce, and puts a backhand wide to drop serve. And that, should be that.
Kuznetsova 4-1 ChakvetadzeChakvetadze has two chances to get back into the set but puts regulation forehands well long on both break points. Kuznetsova gets to game point with a good wrong-footing forehand winner and goes on to hold.
Kuznetsova 3-1 ChakvetadzeAt 0-30 Chakvetadze thumps a forehand right into the corner for a brave winner, but then follows up with a double fault. She saves a first break point in a long baseline exchange but misjudges a forehand on the second and Kuznetsova takes control.
Kuznetsova 2-1 ChakvetadzeSome better stuff in this game, with Kuznetsova moving to the net and angling away a forehand volley on her way to 40-0. Chakvetadze makes another error two points later and it's a solid hold for Kuznetsova.
Kuznetsova 1-1 ChakvetadzeChakvetadze wins the rally of the match with a forehand winner to get back to 30-30 before Kuznetsova nets a forehand on break point moments later. A second chance comes along and this time Chakvetadze fails to control a heavy Kuznetsova slice, putting a forehand wide.
Kuznetsova 0-1 ChakvetadzeThey're back! Can't say the same for all the spectators but never mind. The quality of play remains pretty poor, so much so that Chakvetadze hurls her racquet about 20ft in anger. She then promptly wins four straight points and takes her second break point by forcing a forehand error from Kuznetsova.
2014: "Am i the only person left who's interested in this match? well....its only because i did a double bet Kuznetsova and France!"From Andrew in Coleraine via text (France have just gone 6-3 down. Shame that)
2009: The players have been given a 10-minute break because of the heat rule. It will probably be the best 10 minutes of the match, and gives you the chance to cheer me up with witty texts on 81111 or comments on 606.
Second set:
Kuznetsova 6-1 ChakvetadzeChakvetadze puts a return wide and it's one set all. All the drama of the third set to follow. Sigh.
Kuznetsova 5-1 ChakvetadzeKuznetsvoa holds to 30, meanwhile the cameraman pans to a shot of Greg Norman who is stepping out with Chirs Evert these days. There you go.
2002: "I do not believe this match! It's like watching my sister and me playing."From EuropeanBeauty on 606 (Come on, you must be better than these two)
2001: "I'm afraid this has been a lesson in mediocrity so far."Times correspondent Neil Harman on 5live Sports Extra
Kuznetsova 4-1 ChakvetadzeOh dear. Chakvetadze goes for a smash and completely misses the ball. Shen then sticks a forehand into the bottom of the net and drops serve to love. This is a Grand Slam semi-final by the way.
1959: "Please god don't let this go to a 3rd set. Can't wait to see venus beat henin."From B Marsh via text on 81111
Kuznetsova 3-1 ChakvetadzeThe momentum has well and truly shifted now, with Chakvetadze sending a couple of ropey forehands long to lose the game.
Kuznetsova 2-1 ChakvetadzeKuznetsova breaks into a broad grin when Chakvetadze double faults to drop serve to love.
Kuznetsova 1-1 ChakvetadzeChakvetadze draws Kuznetsova into a lengthy rally and then sticks a backhand past her as she lumbers towards the net. A backhand error follows from Kuznetsova and she's 0-40 down. The ex-champ saves two before going very close with a forehand that Chakvetadze challenges unsuccessfully. Kuznetsova saves a fourth break point with a huge forehand down the line and hangs on after three deuces.
Kuznetsova 0-1 ChakvetadzeChakvetadze is under a little bit of pressure at 40-30 but comes up with a solid backhand drive-volley to take the game.
1940: "Hi piers, as game is boring and i cant watch it: what's the news on the outfit front?"From anon via text (Good question - Chak is in her usual salmon pink number and looks about 12 years old, Sveta is sticking with the sleeveless red top and white headband that is a bit Jana Novotna, I'd say)
First set:
Kuznetsova 3-6 ChakvetadzeKuznetsova breaks new ground even by her own standards today. She wallops a backhand that is supposed to go down the line but actually lands outside the doubles court. At set-point down, she double faults.
Kuznetsova 3-5 ChakvetadzeKuznetsova finally gets some impetus with a couple of decent shots that include a backhand cross-court pass, and the 2004 champion gets one of the breaks back.
Kuznetsova 2-5 ChakvetadzeKuznetsova holds serve. Sensational stuff.
1931: "Come on anna please win! She strikes the ball so well like hingis but has a better serve and better movement."From anon via text on 81111
Kuznetsova 1-5 ChakvetadzeChakvetadze holds to love as Kuznetsova puts absolutely no pressure on with the return.
1927: Well done everybody who noticed my grass/hard court error earlier on, I was just checking you all read that far down. Kuznetsova appears to be playing on blancmange at the moment.
Kuznetsova 1-4 ChakvetadzeKuznetsova sticks a forehand out to slip break-point down. She then goes to Hawkeye and gets a line call overturned in her favour - definitely the highlight of the match so far. Kuznetsova swiftly makes another error and drops serve anyway.
Kuznetsova 1-3 ChakvetadzeBlimey. Chakvetadze gets to game point and throws in a second serve that needs a gust of breeze to get over the net. Kuznetsova steps in and duly thumps it into the tram lines. What time is the rugby on?
1919: "He's different class, and to go out and do that after a Grand Slam semi-final was just fabulous - it's what the crowd needs."In the absence of anything decent from the women, Times correspondent Neil Harman discusses Novak Djokovic's impressions on 5live Sports Extra
Kuznetsova 1-2 ChakvetadzeIt's a bit blustery on Arthur Ashe Stadium, which looks to be about two-thirds full. A bin on the side of the court blows over, which is about as close to drama as we've come so far. A couple of truly rotten forehands see Kuznetsova drop serve again - when' she's bad, she's really, really bad.
Kuznetsova 1-1 ChakvetadzeIt's not exactly high-class stuff at the moment and Chakvetadze lets a 40-15 slip with some edgy stuff.
Kuznetsova 0-1 ChakvetadzeA woeful start from the 2004 champion Kuznetsova, who makes four errors on her way to dropping serve.
1905: Stand by for the first of the women's semi-finals at Flushing Meadows, and it's fair to say this is not the one that has captured the imagination of New Yorkers. It may be a different story in Moscow.
Kuznetsova has the experience and is a former champion, but Chakvetadze has been in better form this year having won four titles and rocketed up the rankings.
The head-to-head record is 2-0 in favour of Kuznetsova but this is their first meeting on hard courts. I'm already tiring of typing Kuznetsova and Chakvetadze, it could be nickname time. Text me your thoughts on the match on 81111 or use 606.
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Man gets 10 years probation for burglary
Ramon Alexander Lopez, 20, of Callaway has been sentenced on a felony charge of second-degree burglary. A felony charge of first-degree burglary was dismissed in a plea agreement.
According to court records, about 3 a.m. on Sept. 20 police were called to the 500 block of East Union Street in Detroit Lakes.
They found Lopez standing by a black pickup truck in the driveway, wearing a white tank top, silver neck chain and no shoes.
That matched the description of a man who had forced his way into a residence there. A couple woke up to find Lopez in their bedroom. The man spoke to the intruder and he identified himself as Lopez. The man guided him outside, where he was arrested.
He had earlier entered another residence on the same block, where he spoke to a child and rummaged through cupboards, taking numerous food items. He left behind his black Nike tennis shoes.
He appeared Thursday before District Judge Lisa Borgen, who issued a stayed sentence and placed him on supervised probation for 10 years.
A successful completion of probation will result in a misdemeanor conviction.
He must pay $1,090 in fines and court fees, but can do community service work in lieu of the fine.
He must also complete inpatient chemical dependency treatment.


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France's National Assembly voted to allow gay marriage on Tuesday, and, in response to that vote, a disturbing Twitter hashtag began to trend. The actual hashtag reads 'Il Faut Tuer Les Homosexuels.' Loosely translated, the hashtag stands for "homosexuals must be killed."
Users on Twitter began tweeting the hashtag after it was reportedly started by the user Mamadou Neutron.
Mamadou deleted the original hashtag tweet after he was publicly called out; however, he continues to post homophobic messages on his Twitter account.
While some anti-gay Twitter users retweeted the original message, other users took the hate filled tweet further. For example, one user added "Kill them all," and another added "For a better world…"
As expected, various gay rights organizations quickly attacked the Twitter trend. The group SOS Homophobie is asking users to screenshot the tweet attacks and send them along to the organization. SOS Homophobie has not revealed what they plan to do with the tweets once received.
Supporters of gay marriage quickly turned the "Homosexuals Must Be Killed" hashtag around, posting Tweets in support of gay marriage. A favorite support methodology used by Twitter users has been to post tweets along with hacked photos. Here's an example form the Twitter user @maee52:
#IlFautTuerLesHomosexuels twitter.com/maee52/status/…
— cheyenne (@maee52) April 22, 2013
Gay marriage is a heated topic in many parts of the world including the United States where the battle against Proposition 8 continues to rage on. In the meantime, Twitter users who start such hateful threads continue to remove their messages after they are called out by members of the media.
Do you think Twitter users need to think more about the consequences of their actions before they post hashtags such as "Homosexuals must be killed"?


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International Triathlon: Auckland Reaffirms Event Reputation
3 April 2014
For immediate release from Barfoot & Thompson ITU World Triathlon, Auckland. For further information visit www.triauckland.co.nz
Auckland Reaffirms Its Event Reputation with International Triathlon This Weekend
Auckland City will this weekend reverberate to the sound and sight of the world's best triathletes racing in the opening round of the World Triathlon Series at the Barfoot & Thompson ITU World Triathlon Auckland with a weekend of family focused entertainment, interaction and a world class sporting spectacle.
Event organisers have condensed the programme down this year in the fourth edition of the event, with all elite and age group racing taking place on Sunday at the Queens Wharf and downtown CBD venue, with age group racing in the morning extending along Tamaki Drive to just before Kelly Tarlton's.
Saturday is set aside as a great family day, with live bands, the Sport and Lifestyle Expo (open from 11am Saturday in The Cloud), and the Westpac & Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust Open Day on the northern end of Queens Wharf from 11am. This will include live rescue demonstrations with paramedics being 'winched' from the sea off the end of the Queens Wharf.
Saturday will conclude with a swim/run (Aquathlon) event from 4pm, with competitors swimming between Queens and Cooks Wharves and running on a course that takes them towards and onto Cooks Wharf and then along Quay Street (no road closure) before finishing on Queens Wharf.
Sunday is race day, with age group events from 7am on Sunday morning (with over 1200 participants), and including in the programme for the first time this year the Queen Street Golden Mile events, interspersed throughout the triathlon programme on Sunday. The elite ITU World Series races are at Midday (women) and 3.30pm(men) with the best fields ever assembled in this country set to battle it out over the 1500m swim, 40km bike and 10km run – on a multi-lap course that provides spectators with great and close viewing around the course.
Event Director is Dave Beeche from Lagadere Unlimited Oceania, delivering the event on behalf of Triathlon New Zealand, anticipates a busy and colourful weekend for everyone to enjoy.
"This is a truly international event and brings to Auckland the best triathletes in the world, as well as providing a great opportunity for people of all abilities and backgrounds the chance to compete in their own event on the same weekend. Triathlon New Zealand is hosting its national standard distance championships on Sunday morning, this too has brought many visiting athletes and supporters to the city for the weekend in a boost to the local economy.
"The elite fields are superb, the best you will see outside of the Olympic Games with the big names in the sport here to compete in Auckland. Spectators will be amazed at how close and how often they will see the athletes on a tight, technical and multi-lap course that gives them a fantastic appreciation for the sport and the elite competitors.
"The City and its businesses and residents have been wonderful to work with, as have the local agencies and stakeholder groups affected by the event. We have changed the course slightly this year to accommodate concerns from last year, with less of Tamaki Drive in action during age group racing and road closures applying on the Sunday only. We look forward to delivering a world class spectacle for Auckland and invite everyone to 'come play in the city' and be a part of a vibrant and truly international event, one that will be broadcast around the world showing off our country and the city of Auckland."
Queens Wharf is headquarters for the event, hosting the Sport and Lifestyle Expo across the entire weekend as well as the elite transition area, finish line and free (first in first served) grandstand alongside the blue carpeted finish area with a live giant screen broadcasting all the action from around the course. Athletes will pass through this area on each of the 8 laps on the bike and 4 laps on the run.
Queens Wharf and surrounding areas will have plenty of food and drink options for everyone, and interactive displays and exhibitions throughout Queens Wharf and at the Expo in The Cloud. Visitors and spectators are encouraged to use public transport into the city or check for public parking advice on the website.
There is a free online Spectator Guide and Event Programme with all relevant information at www.triauckland.co.nz or CLICK HERE
Road closures commence at 10pm on Saturday night, with areas affected including in the central downtown CBD (including Queen Street, Albert Street, Customs Street, Quay Street and surrounding areas). Ngapipi Road and Tamaki Drive are also affected on the Sunday morning, with full details including timing and parking restrictions available online at www.triauckland.co.nz or by CLICKING HERE


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Back Bay High School senior Antonio Cervantes says his favorite class of the day goes by quickly because he's not sitting down all period listening to a lecture. Instead he's up working with his hands and problem solving with his peers as he learns how to install solar panels.
The alternative high school in Costa Mesa is relatively small _ about 160 students _ and comprised mainly of students who have not done well at other schools in the Newport-Mesa Unified School District. This specialized program at the school is the last chance for many of them to get their high school degree.
Unlike many schools in the districts, students at Back Bay who do graduate usually are not headed to a four-year college.
This is in part because Back Bay is not set up for transfer to a four-year college. The school, for example, doesn't offer the science lab and foreign language courses that state colleges require for admission, said Anne Younglove, the job coach at Back Bay and employee for the district's office of career and college.
Younglove said that, recently, one student in did well enough on the science section of the SATs to get in to San Francisco State University. However the majority of students at Back Bay will go on to do a vocational program at a community college, with a small percentage of students going straight into the workforce or the military.
Seeing a need to prepare its students for the workforce and teach them in a new way, Back Bay High School started offering Career and Technical Education classes that cover topics like solar panels and energy auditing in 2008.
This spring they will add a new course on sustainability. Kathy Evans, the Career and Technical Education teacher at Back Bay, said that students who take and pass all three Career and Technical Education Courses will receive a special medallion at graduation.
Back Bay started giving the medallion to students who completed the Career and Technical Education courses in 2011. So far, four students have been awarded the medallion.
Evans said the medallion is a helpful to include on a resume because it lets employers know that students have a practical understanding of renewable resources. It's also a skill they can't really get elsewhere in the district. While other schools offer career focused classes, Back Bay is the only school that focuses on green energy.
"We wanted something that would start them out on a career path," Evans said. "They're very excited. It's not just another book work course. They're learning by doing. A lot of them are kinesthetic learners."
In Evans' classes students learn how to rack and mount solar panels as well as complete an energy audit of a home or business. Evans said the skills they learn in class translate into careers that they can make a living from, as opposed to just scraping by with a job that pays minimum wage after graduation.
Work for solar panel installation can start around $18 an hour and run to $30 for someone who is more experienced in the field. Beginning energy auditors can start at $35,000 a year and earn up to $80,000. The program even helps out with the school's finances, Evans said. A few years ago, when her class did an energy audit of Back Bay, they managed to save the school $3,000 on their utility bills with their suggestions, and for a small school, $3,000 is a lot Evans said.
There are 14 students enrolled in the solar panel and energy auditing courses. Evans said she expects about the same number of students to enroll in the new sustainability course in the spring. Many of her students, like Cervantes, don't get as much out of sitting and listening to a lecture as they do working with their hands.
Cervantes said he likes the change of pace in the Career and Technical Education course and he'd consider going into the solar panel field after graduation.
"I like the fact that I don't have to look at a text book all period and I get to work hands-on," Cervantes said.
Nancy Perez, a junior studying energy auditing, said that she likes the group dynamic of the class.
"I like it because you get to work a lot with your hands," Perez said. "There's a lot of communication here. You have to work with people to get stuff done and I like that."
After graduation, Perez said she wants to go to school to become an OSHA sound technician.
While the need for these classes is especially strong at a school like Back Bay, courses like digital media arts and construction technology are also offered at other schools in the district.
Younglove, said that every school should offer some sort of practical application program, because not everyone will go to a four-year college. She also said that entry level people are needed in the workforce, especially in fields like information technology, biomedical, and hospitality that are steadily growing on Orange County.
"People need to be trained to go forward, design and create," Younglove said. "A student needs to be aware that there are multiple pathways to success, not just one."
All across the Newport-Mesa school district, courses with an emphasis on career skills are offered. From the culinary arts to business courses, here's what's offered at your school site.
District-wide: Digital Media Arts
Costa Mesa High School: California Partnership Academy business and environmental and marine science courses
Estancia High School: Emergency medical technology and construction technology
Newport Harbor High School: Business and culinary arts
Back Bay High School: The energy and utilities pathway, which includes solar and energy auditing
Information courtesy of the Newport-Mesa Unified School District
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Another great Warhol image from CB2. I love that these melamine plates are less than $4, iconicly charming and perfect for plating pieces of sushi, canapes or anything your entertainer heart desires. Another thought- these are great as kid plates... unbreakable, nicely colored.
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Not necessary to have a whole set - but add a few of these to your party or table setting and bring a sense of fun and whimsy to the meal. Even outside of the kitchen or dining area, you could have this plate setting on a coffee table for keys or other accessories. Place one in the bathroom or bedroom area just for decoration or to also set out earrings for the next day, watch, etc.
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Picture perfect plates.