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CAPE CORAL, Fla. - What lies below the surface? A Cape Coral man believes he found a sunken pirate ship 150 years old! And what's even better, is that you don't have to be a diver to see it, because the wreck sits in only four feet of water.
Although there's no pirate's gold, the ship itself could be a treasure trove for Cape Coral. The shipwreck sits about 500 yards away from Cape Harbour. White poles surround it, to protect it from boats.
David Carr, a history buff, and certified public accountant, was celebrating his birthday weekend in May, when he stumbled upon perhaps the best birthday present.
"It was so uncovered I could actually see the ship beams and everything else, the bowsprit, the mast," Carr said. It's a buried treasure in the form of a shipwreck nestled among the mangroves.
"It is my belief that the keel is turned upside down making sort of a coffin lid for the sides of the wreck," Carr said.
Carr thinks this a 150 year old British Civil War era pirate ship. "A schooner scow is what I believe we have here," he said. He believes it was captured in the area and stripped of its sails and goods.
"The local timeline here that was filled out by the state of Florida says the USS Rosalie caught it. Which was an ex-pirate ship. So here's a pirate ship..catching a pirate ship."
State archaeologists visited the site in June, and are calling it, for now, "Carr's Cape Coral Barge Site."
This is considered a state historical site and could eventually become a federal one. "I'm kind of doing a national plea for records of this area," said Carr.
Tropics & Paradise at Cape Harbour is one of many businesses hoping this pirate ship strikes gold in the form of tourism dollars.
"Especially once it's open to the public as an attraction, I think it's going to bring a lot of people down here its going to benefit all the shops," said shop owner Zuzana Kohen.
If you want to learn more about the ship, visit David Carr's website at http://www.davidpcarr.com/news
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Awarded for | Excellence in Film, Television and Computer Gaming |
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The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is a charity in the United Kingdom that hosts annual awards shows for excellence in film, television, television craft, video games and forms of animation.
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The British Film Academy was founded in 1947 by David Lean, Alexander Korda, Carol Reed, Laurence Olivier, Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, Roger Manvell and other leading figures in the British film industry.[1] In 1958, the Academy merged with the Guild of Television Producers and Directors to form the Society of Film and Television Arts, which eventually became the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1976.
BAFTA is an independent charity with a mission to "support, develop and promote the art forms of the moving image, by identifying and rewarding excellence, inspiring practitioners and benefiting the public". In addition to high-profile awards ceremonies BAFTA runs a year-round programme of educational events including film screenings, tribute evenings, interviews, lectures and debates with leading industry figures. BAFTA is supported by a membership of around 6500 people from the film, television and video game industries. BAFTA's main headquarters is on Piccadilly in London, but it also has branches in Scotland, in Wales, in New York and in Los Angeles.
These four branches of the Academy initially operated under their own brands (BAFTA Scotland, BAFTA Cymru, BAFTA East Coast and BAFTA Los Angeles). In July 2010, all branches of the Academy were brought together as one fully affiliated BAFTA.
The Academy's awards are in the form of a theatrical mask designed by American sculptor Mitzi Cunliffe, which was commissioned by the Guild of Television Producers and Directors in 1955. It has since become an internationally-recognised symbol of excellence in the art forms of the moving image.
In November 2007 a special tribute programme was shown on ITV in the UK celebrating 60 years of the organisation called 'Happy Birthday BAFTA'.
The Academy has been associated with the British monarchy since The Duke of Edinburgh became the British Film Academy's first president in the 1940s. The Earl Mountbatten of Burma and The Princess Royal have since held this position, and in 2010 Prince William became the newest Academy president.[2]
BAFTA's annual film awards ceremony is known as the British Academy Film Awards. It aims to reward the best work of any nationality seen on British cinema screens during the preceding year. Since 2008 the ceremony has been held at the Royal Opera House in London's Covent Garden having previously taken place at the flagship Odeon cinema on Leicester Square since 2000. The ceremony previously took place in April or May, but from 2002 onwards has taken place in February, in order to precede the Oscars.
In order for a film to be considered for a BAFTA nomination its first public exhibition must be in a cinema and it must have a UK theatrical release for no fewer than seven days in the calendar year that corresponds to the upcoming awards. A film must be feature length and films from all countries are eligible in all categories, with the exception of Outstanding British Film, Outstanding Debut, Short Film and Short Animation which are for British films only.
Presented at the Orange British Academy Film Awards, the Orange Rising Star Award recognises exceptional new acting talent in the film industry. A shortlist of six nominees is selected by BAFTA juries regardless of the nominee's gender and nationality. The winner is then voted for by the public. This award is dedicated to the memory of Mary Selway, the highly respected BAFTA-winning British casting director who died in 2004.
The British Academy Television Awards usually take place in April or May, with craft awards having a separate ceremony slightly later in the year.
The awards are also often referred to simply as "the BAFTAs" or, to differentiate them from the film awards, the "BAFTA Television Awards". They have been awarded annually since 1954. The first ever ceremony consisted of six categories. Until 1958, they were awarded by the Guild of Television Producers and Directors.
From 1968 until 1997, the BAFTA Film and Television awards were presented in one joint ceremony known simply as the BAFTA Awards, but in order to streamline the ceremonies from 1998 onwards they were split in two. The Television Craft Awards are presented for more technical areas of the industry, such as visual effects, production, and costume design.
The awards are only open to British programmes — with the exception of the audience-voted YouTube Audience Award — but any cable, satellite, terrestrial or digital television stations broadcasting in the UK are eligible to submit entries, as are independent production companies who have produced programming for the channels. Individual performances can either be entered by the performers themselves or by the broadcasters. The programmes being entered must have been broadcast on or between 1 January and 31 December of the year preceding the awards ceremony.
The 1991 awards were controversial when Prime Suspect beat G.B.H. to win the Best Drama Serial award. In what became known as "Baftagate",[3] four of the jurors publicly declared that they had voted for G.B.H. and demanded to see the votes, but these had been destroyed.
The British Academy Children's Awards are presented annually in November to reward excellence in the art forms of the moving image aimed at children. They have been awarded annually since 1969.
The Academy has a long history of recognising and rewarding children's programming, presenting two awards at the 1969 ceremony – The Flame of Knowledge Award for Schools Programmes and the Harlequin Award for Children's Programmes.
As of 2010 the Awards ceremony includes 19 categories across film, television, video games and online content. The 2009 Awards ceremony took place on 29 November at the London Hilton Hotel. BAFTA Children's Awards winners in 2009
Since 2007 the Children's Awards have included a Kids Vote Award voted by children under 14 and a CBBC Me and My Movie award, a children's filmmaking initiative to inspire and enable children to make their own films and tell their own stories.
The Television Craft Awards are presented for the behind the camera skills involved television production. They have been awarded annually since 1999. In 2000 the awards were separated from the British Academy Television Awards. The Craft Awards also now include several categories associated with interactive media.
As of 2010, the awards included the following categories:
The 2010 Television Craft Awards took place on 23 May. British Academy Television Craft Awards winners in 2010
BAFTA first recognised video games and other interactive media at its inaugural BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards ceremony in 1998, ushering in the first change to its rules since the admittance of television thirty years earlier. Among the first winning games were GoldenEye 007, Gran Turismo and interactive comedy MindGym, sharing the spotlight with the BBC News Online website which won the news category four years running. These awards allowed the Academy to recognise new forms of entertainment that were engaging new audiences and challenging traditional expressions of creativity.
In 2003, the sheer ubiquity of interactive forms of entertainment and the breadth of genres and platforms in video games outgrew the combined ceremony, and the event was split into the BAFTA Video Games Awards and the BAFTA Interactive Awards.[4] By December 2003 however, despite making huge headlines with high profile winners like Halo 2 and Half-Life 2 the interactive division was discontinued and disappeared from BAFTA's publicity material after only two ceremonies.
In 2006, BAFTA announced its decision "to give video games equal status with film and television", and the Academy now positions video games as its third pillar of activity in recognition of its importance as an art form of the moving image. The same year the ceremony was held at The Roundhouse by Chalk Farm Road in North London on 5 October and was televised for the first time on 17 October and was aired on the digital channel E4.
The 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 ceremonies took place at the London Hilton Park Lane and were hosted by Dara Ó Briain. They were fully filmed and streamed live online at the official BAFTA website.
The BAFTA Los Angeles Britannia Awards started in 1989 and are held in October/November each year. The ceremony is described as being "a bridge between the Hollywood and British production and entertainment business communities."[5] There are no awards given to specific films or TV programmes, only to individuals. During the first ten years, one award was given at each event, called the "Britannia Award for Excellence in Film", but since 1999 the number of awards has grown.
Awards given include 'The Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film' (the original award was renamed in 2000 to honour Stanley Kubrick), 'The John Schlesinger Britannia Award for Artistic Excellence in Directing' (added in 2003 in honour of John Schlesinger), the 'Britannia Award for British Artist of the Year', and the 'Albert R. Broccoli Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Filmed Entertainment'. In select years, the evening has included the 'BAFTA Los Angeles Humanitarian Award'.
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BAFTA in Scotland is the branch of the Academy located in Glasgow, Scotland, mainly funded by the principal Scottish broadcasters. Formed in 1997, the BAFTA in Scotland branch holds an annual awards ceremony to recognise achievement by performers and production staff in Scottish film and television. The BAFTA Scotland Awards are separate from the UK-wide British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Film Awards, although films and programmes recognised by BAFTA in Scotland can also sometimes feature at BAFTA's UK awards. BAFTA Scotland Awards Winners in 2009
BAFTA in Scotland also holds an annual New Talent Awards ceremony focusing on new & emerging Scottish talent in the art forms of the moving image. New Talent Awards Winners in 2010.
BAFTA in Wales or BAFTA Cymru is the branch of the Academy located in Wales. Formed in 1991, it holds an annual awards ceremony to recognise achievement by performers and production staff in films and television programmes made in Wales. The BAFTA Cymru Awards are separate from the UK-wide British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Film Awards, although films and programmes recognised by BAFTA Cymru may also feature at BAFTA's national awards.
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"This older son once took a firearm on a visit to his younger brother's home. In an act that nicely illustrates our cultural dichotomy regarding guns, the younger son wouldn't allow the gun in his house."
I don't understand why the existence of a dichotomy is relevant here. Your older son had a desire to bring a firearm to your younger son's home, and your younger son had the final right of refusal as the homeowner. He did refuse and nothing ill came of it...who cares? I don't allow smoking in my house...who cares? This is the weakest strawman argument I've heard in quite a while. You're trying, poorly, to use your younger son's refusal as proof that a societal rift exists in firearms owneship. Do you really believe people are that dense and will fall for your sloppy reasoning, especially when you offer no supporting evidence to back your statement?
"[L]et's try to imagine what the world might look like to people who think it necessary to keep loaded handguns in the house or to carry them about in public."
"Considering that most people don't feel the need to carry loaded handguns, it's hard not to suspect that at some point, a degree of paranoia might creep into the picture."
You remind me of Joseph McCarthy and his cronies. They used the term "pinko" for the same reason you used the phrase "a degree of paranoia." McCarthy used pinko as a way to convict people in the public's eye without having credible evidence. You're using the same tactic. You offer no proof that those who own firearms for self defense are paranoid, or even mildly so, but you make the claim anyway as a smear tactic. Is a person who prepares for natural emergencies paranoid simply because most people don't? (http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2...) Oh, here's some advice for you. Do you see the link I just posted? It's something called a reference. You should give them a try next time before smearing people.
I think a big mistake was made in writing our constitution. The very first article of the Constitution should have said something similar to the following. "Every person has the right to exist. Every person has the right to defend his/her existense." At a minimum, the first amendment should have said it. When a person is denied the right to defend his/her existence, the person responsible for the denial gets to decide whether that person exists.
I can't say it any better than Benjamin Franklin did hundreds of years ago. "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." Bad people kill people and will continue to do so without firearms.
Hey, if you want to hope for the best and not arm yourself, I say have at it. I will *not* stand idly by, though, and let you force that opinion down anyone's throat but your own.
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Staten Island DA Dan Donovan, who has been eyeing a potential run for AG on the GOP line, just released a lengthy statement slamming the US Justice Department for refusing to take New York City off the table as the location for the 9/11 terror trials.
Donovan reiterated his call for the trial of "9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed" to take place before a military commission far away from the city's federal courts. The press release notes that Donovan is the "official law enforcement official of Richmond County, which lost 268 residents in the terrorist attacks.
The DA decries the fact that the DOJ is so far refusing to heed the "common sense" arguments made by Mayor Bloomberg and others that the trials, which the city estimates will cost at least $200 million a year due to increased security costs and require turning Lower Manhattan into a "fortress."
"As a prosecutor, I am deeply disappointed that so little attention has been paid to the core considerations against trying this self-professed terrorist in civilian court as if he were a common criminal, entitled to rights under a Constitution he proclaims to despise," Donovan writes.
"… A trial before a military commission, in accordance with the standards set in the Military Commissions Act, will protect the rights of the accused to a fair trial, but will also ensure the integrity of our system of justice and protect the security interests of the American people."
"The current proposal by the Justice Department will not result in justice, but will offer a venue in the world's largest media market for those who hate America and seek to make a mockery of our system, all while further crippling the economy of New York City."
This is the most outspoken I've seen Donovan be on an issue in some time. The mere fact that his statement reached me in the nosebleed seats here in Albany makes me wonder whether he's inching closer to an announcement about a statewide run.
Donovan's spokesman William Smith told me not long ago that his boss would be making a decision about his political future within the next few weeks.
While at least five – and possibly more – Democrats have been jockeying for the right to succeed AG Andrew Cuomo when he gives up his current post to run for governor, not a single Republican has yet announced his or her candidacy.
Warren County DA Kate Hogan was wooed by GOP leaders, but recently took a pass on the race. Sen. John Flanagan has said he's looking at a potential statewide run, but Long Island insiders say what the senator really wants to is run for Suffolk County executive (maybe in a GOP primary against Steve Levy?) next fall.
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The Oxford Middle School hoops squads had a successful summer. The seventh-graders went 2-0 in yesterday's Oxford Shootout tournament against North Delta and Kirk Academy to finish the summer with an 8-2 record, while the eighth-grade squad also went 2-0 against the same opponents to post a 16-1 record for the summer. (June 29, 2011, Page 7)
Swindall will lead 8th-grade Chargers
Perry Swindall just couldn't stay away from the football field.
Swindall had left the coaching ranks after two seasons at LaFayette (Ga.) and relocated his family to Oxford to be able to watch his son, Evan, play for Ole Miss. (more…) (June 28, 2011, Page 7)
Oxford 8th graders go 2-1 in tourney
The Oxford Middle School eighth-grade boys team went 2-1 in a tournament held at Hickory Flat on Thursday. The Chargers beat Tupelo 37-31 and Starkville 47-35 and lost 35-32 to Corinth. Oxford's entire middle school roster will return to action for the final time on Tuesday with a home game at the middle school. (June 24, 2011, Page 6A)
McGhee wins annual 'Ironman' award at OMS
There were 10 gold medal winners in this year's Oxford Middle School Ironman lifting competition held recently at the school. Along with 10 gold winners, there were five records broken by Michael McGhee. (more…) (May 4, 2011, Page 8)
OMS to get $3 million makeover
Oxford School District approved a $3 million demolition and construction of a new gym at Oxford Middle School at Monday's board meeting. The project will also include the addition of 8 classrooms for the school. The project is set to begin this summer and complete by Aug. 2012. (April 26, 2011, Page 1)
OMS Chargers nip LMS in title game
The competitive rivalry between Oxford and Lafayette in baseball doesn't just reside with the high school players. For the third time this season, the two middle school programs locked horns in a battle that came down to the end of a game and ended up going in the Chargers' favor.
Oxford rallied from a 5-4 deficit in the bottom of the fifth inning to post a 6-5 win over Lafayette to capture the Tri-Lakes Conference title at Edwin Moak Field on Monday night. The victory was the third rivalry win of the season for the Chargers, who were able to secure their first conference title as well as a perfect record (7-0) in games that counted within the division. (more…) (April 19, 2011, Page 2B)
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The win propelled the Junior Chargers (10-3 overall) into Monday's Tri-Lakes Conference championship game against Lafayette. (more…) (April 15, 2011, Page 6A)
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Dominant was the best word to describe the Oxford Middle School boys track team on Thursday. The Chargers won the OMS Relays at Bobby Holcomb Field by scoring 99 points. Lafayette was second with 44 points.
In the girls meet, Pontotoc was first, Oxford was second, Tunica was third, West Point was fourth and Lafayette was fifth. (more…) (April 8, 2011, Page 7A)
OMS Chargers grab sole possesion of first place
Led by seventh-grade starter Houston Roth, the Oxford Middle School Chargers put themselves in the drivers seat of their division with a 5-1 victory at crosstown rival Lafayette on Thursday. (April 1, 2011, Page 7A)
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They are one big, happy, fun-loving family, although there isn't a soul in the state of West Virginia who would offer to purchase the groceries for the Mountaineers' offensive line.
"All of us can eat," admitted the veteran guard, Josh Jenkins, who returns to the West Virginia University starting lineup as a senior against Marshall at noon Saturday in Milan Puskar Stadium after a year off for knee surgery. "You're talking about a bunch of 300-pound guys."
Three-hundred? Yeah, some of them. And then there's the newcomer to the line, Quinton Spain, the left tackle, who weighs somewhere in the neighborhood of the Pirates' Andrew McCutchen's batting average.
Let's just say on wing night at the local eateries, the servers and cooks cringe when Jenkins, Spain, center Joey Madsen, guard Jeff Braun and tackle Pat Eger come through the door.
And just who, you may wonder, is the champion wing eater?
"Spain," said Jenkins.
"Nah, Braun," said Madsen. "He's just a thug ... just an eater."
If you get the idea that this group enjoys its life, you are getting the true picture of the most overlooked and misunderstood unit in all of WVU athletics.
"This is as tight a unit as I've been around," said the veteran assistant offensive line coach Bill Bedenbaugh. "It's guys from five different states, five different types of people really, but they all get together and hang out together.
"They are a fun group of guys. This is probably the funnest time I've had coaching a group of guys in a long time. It's not really that I think they are good and experienced. It's how they work, their mentality.
"No matter what happens, they are fun to coach. They listen and do what you tell them to do."
It begins right there in the middle with the two guards, Braun and Jenkins, and center Madsen, three seniors with 88 starts between them.
"We have this joke about me, Josh and Jeff are 'The Three-Headed Monster,' because we're the three old guys in the middle," Madsen said.
Someone decided to add a touch of levity to the moment and asked Madsen if it was true he had started playing when Don Nehlen was still coach.
"I feel that old," he said, not looking that age under his modified Mohawk haircut.
The truth is that Madsen, who is a legitimate Rimington Award candidate as the nation's top center, and Braun are recognized as leaders not only of the O-line but of the offense.
"Those are fun guys. Those guys are two guys that will stand up and say something," coach Dana Holgorsen said.
On the field and off, Madsen and Braun are tight, but over this past year, it has spread throughout the offensive line.
"It's with all of them," Bedenbaugh said. "There's a lot of things I couldn't say about them last year at this time that I can say about them this year ... their demeanor, the way they work, the way they approach the game is totally different, and their cohesiveness as well.
"It's showed up in the way we've practiced. Obviously, you hope it carries over into the game."
Certainly there is no reason to believe that it won't. As noted earlier, this group has been terribly overlooked.
If you do not believe that, think back to those 70 points put up on the scoreboard by WVU in the Orange Bowl and then think to how many stories you read about quarterback Geno Smith, receiver Tavon Austin, receiver Stedman Bailey, running back Shawne Alston.
And how many did you read about the offensive line that made it all possible, not only there but in helping the Mountaineers gain 500 yards on LSU, the nation's No. 2 team?
This is how Madsen put their performance in the Orange Bowl:
"Everything worked. I could care less what anyone said. The offensive line was just amazing. We blocked everybody. It was nice."
And Madsen is an honest type, not one to manufacture false greatness. In fact, you ask him about how different this line is now from the one that debuted last year against Marshall and you get as truthful an answer as you could ever get.
"I hate watching us last year against Marshall. I don't know what I was doing. It was like I was a freshman again. My footwork, my technique was terrible. I promise, I will not play like that Saturday," he said.
Bedenbaugh's assessment of the bowl game is somewhat less glowing than was Madsen's, although he does know that his group put on a good enough performance so that Clemson could not stop anything.
"We played pretty good, but it's always the same. There's a fine line between playing good and playing great," he said. "A lot of people look at the bottom line and see we didn't get sacked and rushed for so many yards and go by that, but there's still a lot else. In a game like that or the LSU game, games where you have good stats, there's so many things you can do."
He gave an example from a previous life.
"When I was at Arizona, we played USC late in the year and beat them and gave up no sacks. When we played Oregon, there were three sacks, but our O-line played so much better against Oregon than they did at USC.
"I know, people on the outside were thinking, 'Wow, zero sacks and they won the game.' There was no truth to it at all. Our line played so much better when we gave up three sacks and got beat."
Offensive line coaches and players accept their anonymity and the misjudgments from the media and public.
"People really, truly don't understand offensive line play," Bedenbaugh said. "It's a tough position. A few people who coach, a few who played, there's just a few people who truly understand."
That translates into saying nobody under 280 pounds can understand offensive line play.
The youngest, most inexperienced on the line this season is Spain, a budding star.
It comes not from his massive size but the massive size of his heart, according to Bedenbaugh.
"A lot of it starts with him. You know, guys become great players. Obviously we lead them, push them in the right direction ... but guys become great players because of themselves, really. Ultimately, they have to put up the work," Bedenbaugh said.
"That's why you don't get caught up in all the 5-star and 4-star ratings busts. You see it all the time. Those guys are talented, but they don't have that something else, just the talent. To me, no matter what your talent, you have to have something in you to take coaching. I'm going to coach them hard. Sometimes they think they're doing good, but it's not good enough."
And part of that something else is an attitude and support group like the Mountaineer offensive line, which is carried by the strength of all of them together rather than by five individuals.
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The game was over, a dark memory in Eron Harris' mind as he sat in the West Virginia University locker room.
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When Dana Holgorsen took over as West Virginia's football coach, he came carrying the credentials of an offensive innovator and with an unbroken history of offensive success, the assumption being that it would carry over from Texas Tech, Houston and Oklahoma State to WVU.
Gonzaga avoids upset at WVU
For most of Tuesday night's battle at the Coliseum, West Virginia did a number on Gonzaga star Kevin Pangos, and because of that and some dazzling first-half shooting by Eron Harris and second-half heroics of Terry Henderson, the Mountaineers seemed on their way to an upset of the nation's No. 20 team.
WVU hoping for home-court advantage against Gonzaga
On the surface, you may wonder what chance West Virginia has at victory at 9 p.m. today when Gonzaga comes into the Coliseum to face the Mountaineers.
HERTZEL COLUMN- Gonzaga brings excitement to WVU Coliseum
Gonzaga comes to the Coliseum today to face West Virginia in a 9 p.m. game televised nationally on ESPN2 and, like it or not, it is Gonzaga and not the Mountaineers that has the star power to make this an attractive national game.
HERTZEL COLUMN- WVU game attendance questioned
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HERTZEL COLUMN: There are no sick days for athletes
So you wake up on a Monday morning and it's cold outside; a couple of inches of snow have fallen. That's bad enough, but then as you roll out of bed and put your feet on the cold floor, you realize you head is aching and your back hurts and you've got the sniffles and then …
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Bob Huggins' message to his West Virginia University team coming out of its disappointing 80-71 loss at Missouri that never really was as close as the final score indicates was a simple one – do what you do.
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MUMBAI, India — Starbucks inaugurated its first store in India Friday in a historic building in southern Mumbai as the Seattle-based coffee giant seeks growth in a market long associated with tea drinkers.
"It is perhaps the most elegant, beautiful, dynamic store we've opened in our history," chief executive Howard Schultz said in an interview.
After over six years of studying the local market, Starbucks is making a rapid-fire entry into Asia's third-largest economy. Coffee houses are still a relatively new trend in India, and the chains already in business sell cappuccinos and lattes well below Starbucks' usual prices.
The company, in a joint venture with Tata Global Beverages, plans to open two additional stores in Mumbai next week — on Wednesday in the Taj Mahal Palace hotel and on Thursday in the Oberoi hotel across town — before launching in New Delhi early next year.
For the flagship Mumbai store, Starbucks chose the historic Elphinstone Building in the Horniman Circle neighborhood of south Mumbai, not far from a vast Hermes shop and a stately local park maintained with funds from the family foundation of Italian designer Ermenegildo Zegna.
The flagship, which can accommodate 120 people, is a cool, soaring space, with hand-carved wooden screens, thick tables of solid Indian teak, painted vintage trunks and old leather-bound books.
Schultz said he hoped the effect would be like "walking into a shrine of Starbucks coffee."
The shop will offer free Wi-Fi and stay open until 11 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 1 a.m. on weekends, unusually late for Mumbai cafes.
The 42 menu items reflect local as well as Western tastes, featuring items such as Elaichi Mawa croissants — made with cardamom and milk solids — and tandoori paneer rolls.
The prices position Starbucks at the premium end of India's coffee cafes, with a 12 ounce cappuccino retailing for a little over $2.
"We've been trying to in a sense crack the code here," Schultz said. The company decided early on they needed to enter India with a local partner, as they did in China. Schultz said he spoke with many interested parties, but none "had the complete suite of things we felt were necessary to build a big, enduring business. That changed the day we met Tata."
Schultz came to India in November 2010 to begin "substantive conversations" with the salt-to-SUVs Tata conglomerate, which were followed by meetings in Seattle and a January 2011 coffee sourcing agreement with Tata Coffee. A year later, Starbucks announced it had formed a 50-50 joint venture with Tata Global Beverages called Tata Starbucks Ltd. At the time, the vice chairman of Tata Global Beverages, R.K. Krishnakumar, said the joint venture hoped to open 50 stores by the end of 2012 — a statement Starbucks has since tried to distance itself from.
The company won't comment on expansion targets, but Schultz pointed to Starbucks' presence in other markets as examples of the scale he is interested in. There are more than 700 outlets in mainland China, he said, and 1,000 in Japan. While those numbers are dwarfed by the over 10,000 outlets in the United States, Asia has emerged as a key driver of growth.
"Asia and the entire Pacific Rim present one of the most significant growth opportunities within Starbucks Coffee Company," Schultz said. "India is at the core, along with China."
Starbucks said in April that China — where it opened an average of one store every four days during fiscal year 2011 — will likely be its second-largest market by 2014.
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Wed Apr 28, 2010 at 2:14:00 PM
Why the band isn't metalcore anymore http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuqek_5gtRY&feature=related
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Wed Apr 28, 2010 at 2:47:00 PM
idk. But it is a shame. There old stuff was awesome and some of the newer stuff is okay. If the new album has absolutely no screaming on it ill be quite disappointed because I kno he can stil do it
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Wed Apr 28, 2010 at 2:51:00 PM
Im hoping for more screaming vocals, but I'm pretty sure its just gonna be mostly singing again. sad.
Metal up your ass!
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Wed Apr 28, 2010 at 4:22:00 PM
Listen to the song he wrote with Slash. It's something between A City Of Evil and Waking the Fallen, vocal wise. In my opinion, if their new album is ANYTHING like how he sang with Slash, the new album will be awesome =]
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Wed Apr 28, 2010 at 6:01:00 PM
Their newer shit is way better than the older stuff. The guy has an incredible singing voice..one of the best out there! Very unique and his vocal range is ridiculous.Anyone can just scream, only a hand full of people can sing though. Matt can do both!
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Wed Apr 28, 2010 at 6:38:00 PM
Spoolin. Sry, A7x's new stuff doesnt compare to their old stuff!!!!
Metal up your ass!
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Wed Apr 28, 2010 at 8:14:00 PM
i liked how he sang the old stuff. Sounding The Seventh was pretty decent. His/their new style sounds annoying to me.
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Fri Apr 30, 2010 at 2:13:00 PM
yea i agree with nate and metalcrusades. I loved Shadows cleans in Waking the fallen which got me into screaming. There guitar tone also got "less heavy" when they went softer too. I can only listen to the new songs live because at least shadows sounds pretty good then
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Fri Apr 30, 2010 at 3:08:00 PM
Spoolin, though I agree with your first point, screaming is actually a difficult thing to do properly, and being able to do both is what makes a great vocalist. Just like M. Shadows, Corey Taylor, David Draiman, and plenty of others.
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Fri Apr 30, 2010 at 3:19:00 PM
Howard Jones and Phil Labonte to me are among the best with the screaming then singing!!!
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Everything You Need to Make Vanilla Extract for Christmas Gifts
ByThere's nothing like talking about Christmas while we're dripping sweat off our foreheads this summer. The only reason I bring it up in July is that many have been asking about the specifics of making Homemade Vanilla Extract for Christmas gifts. Now's the time to get this project going if you're planning to put it under the tree or in stockings in December. Just think – if you get this going now, your busy holiday time preparations will be just a little bit easier! It takes 4-6 months to make strong, flavorful vanilla extract. Therefore, beginning anywhere from May to August is ideal if you want your vanilla to be ready by Christmas.
How to Make Vanilla Extract
I have a detailed post showing you how to cut your vanilla beans and how to get your vanilla extraction process going. You will not believe how easy it is to make homemade vanilla!
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After 4-6 months, you'll simply strain the vanilla beans and bottle your deliciously wonderful liquid gold. Here are the details about how to finish your vanilla extract.
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I've searched many websites for good prices on dark colored bottles for my finished vanilla extract. When I add in shipping costs, the best price I've found has been through Mountain Rose Herbs. Here are more details about where to buy bottles for vanilla. You may be able to find a better price locally, but since I live in a small town with no dark bottle options, I have found it's best for me to order online.
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I have my first batch in the dark corner of my pantry right now! Ordered my vanilla beans from Olive Nation and they are wonderful, just as you said. I didn't have a large jar like yours, so I used 4 quart jars and divided up my beans accordingly. Wasn't any extra work! Looking forward to giving homemade vanilla and ranch dressing mix as Christmas gifts this year! :)
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July 11th, 2013 at 8:50 amThe vanilla with ranch dressing mix will be such a great gift!
Thanks for lining up the discount! I learned how to make vanilla extract when you posted on it the first time.
Have you checked bottle prices at Sunburst Bottle Company? I bought my spice jars there three years ago, and they're great. They have the 4 oz. amber screw-top bottles, lid included, that you use for $.78 apiece, or $.73 apiece if you buy a gross. 8 oz. jars are $.91 apiece; $.83 if ordering more than 50. Shipping is free for orders over $200.
They don't know me from Adam; I just thought I'd toss that info into the mix in case it might prove useful. Looks like Mountain Rose is about double that price…
I hope that is helpful to someone. Thanks again!
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July 11th, 2013 at 8:47 amI'll have to look into it, thanks!
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July 12th, 2013 at 8:11 amI got my bottles from Frontier this last time at a great price!
I am wanting to make Christmas gift baskets to sell as a fundraiser for our adoption & was hoping you could tell me what would be a good size bottle to put the extract in. I'm guessing the homemade version is a lot stronger than what you buy at the store? I can't wait to try this!!!!
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July 11th, 2013 at 8:49 amI get 2, 4, and 8 ounce bottles and gift it as I feel best (giving larger bottles to those who bake more). Yes, this vanilla is much stronger, so I just use 1/2 the amount called for in recipes.
I'm so excited to have started my first batch. I have a half gallon jar begun already. There's a few extra beans left, so I'm hoping to be able to use a $5 off coupon from Olive Nation to get enough beans to get another jar going soon! Just a note; I was a little confused when I opened my bag of vanilla beans, as the ones I received were so much bigger, there were less than estimated in the 1/2 lb. bag. I just used the right weight percentage, rather than the correct number. I'm assuming I did the right thing. It's fun to shake the bottle every few days and check the progress!
Unfortunately, my vanilla-making experience is less than great. I am assuming the poor results are from poor quality beans. I have a quart jar full that's been sitting for over a year, and it still smells more like alcohol than vanilla. I got vanilla beans for cheap on a mission trip to PNG, so I'm guessing that my "great find" wasn't such a great find. lol
Maybe soon I'll try again with better vanilla beans. The other problem is buying vodka (can't get it at Walmart here!) and storing so none of my friends see it. Some people would think I'm heathen for using alcohol to extract vanilla or medicinal herbs…seriously, I'm not drinking it, people![Reply]
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July 11th, 2013 at 5:30 pmTwo things I've found:
1. "Grocery store vanilla" has a lot of sugar added to it, to disguise the alcohol taste. Homemade vanilla doesn't have the sugar (or corn syrup, or whatever), so it will naturally taste boozy. I find that we don't notice it when it's baked or added in to whatever I'm making.
2. Running cheap vodka through a Brita filter 10-12 times really cuts the 'bite'. It seems it takes out a lot of impurities, and some people use this trick to make cheap vodka taste like premium. There was some magazine that did a test on filtered vodka; they gave a professional vodka tester 10 unmarked samples from vodka that had been filtered once, twice, thrice, etc., and he was able to line them up in order from least to most filtered based on the purity of the taste.
Ever since I've started filtering my vodka for vanilla, I've noticed that it definitely smells less boozy. It's still boozy, mind you, but not quite as medicinal.
Hope that helps…
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July 11th, 2013 at 7:09 pmI was going to say just about the same! Real vanilla extract has quite a strong alcohol smell but the vanilla flavor shines through in the baked goods. :)
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July 12th, 2013 at 8:10 amYou can use other kinds of alcohol, rum for instance, but it may have a slightly different flavor. I've heard people say they like the rum type even more than the vodka type – it just depends on your taste. I've never tried it, but I bet it would be lovely in baked goods.
Could you use rum instead of vodka?
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July 12th, 2013 at 4:24 pmYes, I have a friend who does that and she said it's great!
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July 12th, 2013 at 10:20 pmAwesome! I sent the hubs to get some rum because I made some homemade tinctures and I read that the rum isn't as bitter as vodka. He came home with a huge bottle. So, I'm glad I can use it to make Christmas gifts now!


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Nestlé has entrusted IAKI with the design of a word of mouth solution for Nescafé Golosi, the three tasty instant coffee drinks that have recently made their debut on the Italian market. Nicoletta Caluzzi, President of IAKI, tells us about the initiative.
What were the goals of Nescafé with this word of mouth project?
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Two of the nation's leaders in the battle against human trafficking, Dottie Laster and Betty Houbion are special guests on the show this week for a frank discussion about the issue.
One of the fastest growing global crimes is trafficking in human slavery, whether in the sex trade, agriculture or hospitality industry, human beings are being bought and sold. Dottie Laster and Betty Houbion are two dynamic women who have taken on the cause of rescue and restoration of trafficked victims through education, training, and passing much needed legislation to prosecute this crime.