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Win 7 Pro x64 Hangs on Reboot, But Not On Shutdown
Hello, I've got a really strange problem here.
Windows 7 Professional x64 edition is installed on a computer. During the installation, every time it went to restart the system would hang immediately; I had to do a hard reboot to continue the installation.
Now Windows 7 is installed, and still hangs on reboot. When I choose Restart, the system shows the shutdown screen, goes black, and hangs. After some time waiting it never reboots and I never see the BIOS screen. However, if I choose "shutdown", it works perfectly.
Also, when I force it to reboot, the system does NOT give me the message that it wasn't shut down correctly. I've reinstalled the system twice. All drivers are installed correctly, and Windows is completely up to date. I even updated the BIOS to the current version.
It's also worth noting that I also booted this machine using a Fedora Linux Live CD, and it restarted without a problem.
Any ideas would be very helpful. Thank you!
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|08 Dec 2010
Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit SP1
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Upgrade or clean install
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As requested, here is more information on the parts in the computer:
Motherboard: ASUS P7P55D-E LGA 1156 Intel P55 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel
CPU: Intel Core i7-870 Lynnfield 2.93GHz LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Processor BX80605I7870
Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts EA650 650W Continuous Power ATX12V Ver.2.2 / EPS12V version 2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready
Ram: Kingston 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10660) Desktop Memory Model KVR1333D3/4GR
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: BIOSTAR VA5573NHG1 Radeon HD 5570 1GB 128-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready
The Windows 7 x64 build was a clean install (in fact, my friend installed it clean from scratch TWICE when the first one had issues).
Thank you!
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The redoubtable and ever-brilliant Iowahawk has done it again. He takes the allegedly proverb-illustrating Kenyan statue President Obama keeps on his desk, and runs the metaphor ragged!
A few examples of his take on proverbial wisdom around the world:
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There's lots more at the link. Go read, and laugh!

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Gelato Massimo
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5 Dishes or Meals That Will Blow You Away
Paradise Beach Grille
Creative food offerings and a 'Cheers'-ish atmosphere makes everybody feel at home
Good memorable meals boast several courses. First, you might nosh on an appetizer, followed by a robust main course and then, of course, there's dessert. For Gary and Leslie Wetsel, owners of Capitola's Paradise Beach Grille, life feels so much like dessert these days—mindblowingly sweet, in fact. That's because Paradise is enjoying a continued boom of success.
It's called longevity.
After more than 13 years in business, Paradise has never been more popular. Chalk it up to the great meals found here—and a new executive chef—but there must be something else the Wetsels are doing that keep locals and tourists returning for more.
"We used to come to the beach," Leslie recalls. "We just sat there one day and said, 'Wouldn't it be fun to own a restaurant?' And we saw the building and somebody said, 'Oh, it's for sale.'"
That was back in the late '90s, and it didn't take that long for the Wetsels to purchase the building and reboot what was there—Larry's Surf and Turf. The result blossomed into Paradise, on many levels. While the Wetsels found themselves entering brand new territory as restaurant owners, they could not have predicted how well Paradise would be received.
Part of that early success had something to do with the view—the ocean and Soquel creek make for a lovely backyard dining experience—but the variety of food offerings were not only plentiful but also unique and clever. And fresh, too. There was an infusion of hearty vegetables in many of the entrees and listings of prime steaks along with creative fish dishes stood out. So, too, did comfort food—from innovative burger selections to basic fish and chips, which were, really, anything but "basic." (See sidebar.)
Gary oversaw the wines, insisting Paradise offer only California wines, with a fine selection of wines from the Santa Cruz Mountains. But it wasn't until this past decade, when Paradise nabbed its first award for Restaurant of the Year and Best Capitola Restaurant in GT's annual readers poll, that something began to click—differently, and in the very best way. The awards were stellar and it just naturally gave the place more exposure. Since that time, Paradise has won consecutive Best Of awards, making a considerable mark in the local culinary/entertainment scene.
"I think one of the things is that we hire employees that work with us," Leslie muses about the restaurant's appeal. "You know, there's a difference between having somebody work for you or with you. And it's really important to both my husband and myself that the people that work here—the kitchen, busers, hostesses and more—that it's a family. And we've made Paradise a family, and I believe that's why we're successful. I think that when they walk in, they enjoy working here. They all work with us. I think that's the key."
So, too, is the man mastering the kitchen—executive chef Scott Cater, who became one of Paradise's major creative entrees back in April. Previously at Casablanca Inn and Restaurant, Cater has enhanced what already works so well at Paradise—the vast, tasty food choices—and added his own flare.
"Scott is bringing in a lot of healthy foods—different fish specials every week," Leslie notes. "We've kept the same menu because it's worked for us. But you always need to bring in fresh fish and vegetables and change it up very week for people who come here regularly."
She's also jazzed about "Italian Night," which is a new offering every Tuesday night. (Brace yourself for some memorable Italian food creations.) There's also locals night (Thursday), which continues to be a big draw.
Originally from upstate New York, the Wetsels found California to be a good fit—Gary, who always worked in high tech, eventually went on to become CEO of Borland. The idea of owning a restaurant never really crossed their minds until that fateful day on the beach.
"We go around and talk to everybody in the place and we treat everybody the same—I don't care who they are," Leslie adds. "I think everybody feels comfortable. It's a Cheers bar."
Ambiance plays a key role.
"Years ago, at a competition I entered, a question was asked of me—and I will never forget it; and I try to live up to it: If you had unexpected guests come for dinner in your home, what would you serve them and how would you feel?" Leslie recalls. "My answer was, 'It's not what you serve them for dinner, but how you made them feel while dining with you.' I laugh now, because at the time, I never thought of the restaurant. So, to me, Paradise is more than a restaurant. It's a 'home away from home' to many of our local patrons and, hopefully, we make everyone who walks in our door feel as if they are 'home." | Greg Archer
Paradise Beach Grille serving seafood, steaks in Capitola (near Santa Cruz) with music & cocktails paradisebeachgrille.com.
215 Esplanade, Capitola, 476-4900. Lunch: 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Monday through Sunday. Dinner: 5-9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday; 5-10 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Happy Hour: 4-6 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Feasting on Paradise
After more than 13 years in business, Paradise Beach Grille boasts one whopper of a menu. Owners Gary and Leslie Wetsel (above) can attest to that. We indulged on (most of) these offerings, from appetizers to dinner items. Dig in …
Appetizers, Two that captured our interest and why.
Haleakala Lava Flow Prawns ($14) Luscious Tiger prawns given special attention with a garlic sautée that rocks. The Hawaiian pineapple and paradise spice mix is a winner. Note the splash of Pinot Grigio. Your standard prawn appetizer can be so, well, uneventful. Not so here. Beyond the inventive name, the dish is really creative.
Gorgonzola-Stuffed Balsamic Marinated Portabella ($13) It's as if the Gorgonzola tangoed with the fire roasted portabella. Note the marinated splendor here and you can't miss the capers inside this flavorable fare either. It's a knockout, also not only for its curious combination, but because it leaves a memorable impression. Delicious.
Salads and Such
Three that stand out.
Louisiana Steak Salad ($15) The sautéed Angus Skirt Steak here is given fine treatment with onions and peppers in—wait for it—a Cajun-esque vinaigrette. Nice touch. It rests in an abundant bed of fresh greens, with roasted potatoes and asparagus along for the ride. Crumbled Gorgonzola adds zesty spunk to this already tasty arrangement.
French Onion Soup ($5/cup; $9 bowl; $11 bread bowl) Sometimes it's challenging to find a good French Onion encounter, but Paradise does it right. Yes, really. These caramelized sweet onions are given fine accompaniment by way of thyme, Marsala wine, crunchy garlic crostini and cheese— melted Emmenthaler. Delish.
Fuji Apple, Walnut & Gorgonzola Salad ($13) Mixed spring greens topped with crumbled Gorgonzola cheese, candied walnuts and fine-sliced Fuji apples. Served with Honey Mustard Vinaigrette.
NOTE: Let's talk about the salad dressings, which can often make or break your salad experience. There are a few clever combinations here but three that we recommend are dynamite: champagne wasabi vinaigrette, toasted sesame miso vinaigrette, Louis and honey mustard vinaigrette.
Lunchtime Bliss
It's hard to leave hungry after lunch here—the portions are so plentiful. Note the three that captured our interest:
Sugar & Spice Salmon ($14) Anything with garlic mashed potatoes tops my list. Fresh veggies are on board, too, but you'll appreciate not only expertly prepared char-grilled fresh salmon fillet, but also how it appears—topped with caramelized pineapple salsa.
Vegetarian Fettucini in a Vodka Marinara ($12) This al dente fettucini pasta is tossed with fresh roma tomatoes, asparagus, button mushrooms and olive oil. The best part: they didn't leave out the vodka-infused marinara.
Grilled Chicken Mozzarella Po' Boy Sandwich ($14) What you get is a fire-roasted chicken breast topped with fresh mozzarella. Basil and olive oil come along for the ride. It's all stacked on a grilled sourdough roll with plenty of fixins'.
NOTE: Those with really healthy lunch appetites, try the Kona skirt steak in Gorgonzola Cream ($16). It arrives with four-cheese tortellini. A full, creamy-cheesy experience. For fun: the Paradise Fish and Chips ($12) are inventive—tilapia fillets dipped in a Samuel Adams beer batter. Hello!
Dinner in Paradise
The dinner menu is vast. Plus, there are many specials to choose from. So, where do you begin? Consider these five:
Coconut & Macadamia Encrusted Ahi Tuna Fillet ($28) One of our favorite dishes here. Sashimi grade ahi tuna encrusted with coconut and macadamia nuts—OK, that's impressive alone—is delivered with a Thai sweet chili beurre blanc and—get this!—wasabi aioli. One of Paradise's most popular dishes. Runner up: The Paradise Potato Encrusted Halibut ($26).
Sausage & Hazelnut Fettuccini ($18) This is one impressive dish. Crumbled Italian sausage, toasted hazelnuts and shaved Asiago cheese tossed with fettuccini pasta in a rich chicken broth. No. They're not kidding. What a rugged yet classy dish. Runner-up: Bacon Wrapped Filet Mignon with Gorgonzola Butter ($34).
Flame Broiled New Zealand Lamb Chops ($28) The lamb is succulent, "flame-kissed" to medium rare and comes with fresh herbs, roasted garlic puree and a refreshing champagne-infused demi-glace. If you think you can't combine noshing on something as robust and decadent as lamb by the beach, think again. Runner-up: Bone-in California Pork Rib Chop with Apple Rum Butter ($25).
Paradise Asiago Encrusted Chicken ($20) It's the Asiago. The chicken breasts are encrusted with it and the combination is terrific. It's served with fettucini pasta. Take note of the basil. Runner-up: Chicken Roulade "Cordon Bleu Style"
After Paradise
Feast on desserts if you must, but try these three at some point.
Chocolate Raspberry Ecstasy ($7) Original cheesecake made with a trio of Belgian chocolate.
Paradise Delight ($7) Stand back, it's mine: A flaky puff-pastry, flash fried and stuffed with cheesecake, drizzled with warm caramel and topped with a scoop of vanilla bean gelato.
Caramel Apple Pie ($6) A buttery caramel is poured over Granny Smith apples and a shortbread crust. This baby is served warm.
Gelato Massimo
The Guiltless Pleasure that is Sinfully Satisfying
From his facility in Watsonville, Massimo Caporale (pictured) makes the most delicious gelato. It is dense, rich, creamy—and low in fat and calories.
Caporale left the Lake Como region of Italy about 12 years ago and came to this country with the sole purpose of making gelato. It was a midlife change for him, but he had already worked as a pastry chef and had learned the art of gelato making. Arriving in California to set up a business, his goal was to make a superb Italian-style gelato from the very best ingredients he could find and to the highest standards. And he has succeeded.
Sitting at his office desk piled with paperwork, the affable Italian is wearing a bright orange Gelato Massimo T-shirt with the words "Sinful but Safe" across the back. One of his vendors comes by to take an order for some of the special flavorings he uses, and he apologizes as they do a quick business transaction in Italian. "He's an authentic Italian gelato maker," the vendor says, with obvious admiration as she heads out the door.
Caporale needs a lot of different flavorings for his gelato and sorbets – he makes an impressive assortment of 68 different kinds. As well as popular flavors such as vanilla, chocolate and coconut, also available are blackberry; crème fraîche; espresso; mango; pistachio; pumpkin; cinnamon; hazelnut; and a killer caramel balsamic that would turn even a non-believer into a dedicated gelato eater.
"People believe that gelato is more fat than ice cream," says Caporale, "but it's the opposite. There's only about five grams of fat in a four-ounce serving, and that's less than ice cream," he adds. The milk-based gelato with all natural ingredients is also gluten free and without preservatives, coloring or additives. A dark chocolate sorbet that is totally fat free means one can indulge without too much guilt.
Depending on the work schedule, Caporale and his team hand-make about 50 gallons of gelato and sorbet a day. Stepping into the huge Arctic-cold refrigerator reveals hundreds of cartons piled high – all awaiting delivery to places far and wide. Locally, Gelato Massimo is sold at stores such as Whole Foods; Staff of Life; New Leaf; Shopper's Corner; Corralitos Market; Moss Landing Market; Palm Deli (in Aptos); and DeLuxe Foods of Aptos.
Caporale has been written about in various publications, but a highlight was a feature in Oprah Winfrey's "O" magazine in March 2008 – a well-deserved recognition. A man of many talents, he was once the team leader on the Italian national hang gliding team, but now he's flying high making gelato in Watsonville. | Josie Cowden
Gelato Massimo, 9 Hangar Way, Suite 1A, Watsonville, 761-3198, gelatomassimo.com.
Hooked on Charlie Why Charlie Hong Kong remains a favorite culinary hangout
Charlie Hong Kong is more than an affordable place to get Asian-inspired healthy street food. The benefits for your body and soul begin from the moment you walk up to the order window and are greeted by three words painted on the wall: Respect, Kindness, and Gratitude. These are the founding principles of owners Carolyn and Darryl "Rudy" Rudolph, who believe they are integral to the way they treat their staff and their customers.
"By eating here you are saying yes to your body, yes to the environment, and yes to community," says Carolyn.
The Rudolphs are committed to giving customers inexpensive healthy food. "Organic and affordable normally don't go together," she adds. "We buy in bulk to do that, and work hard developing long-term relationships with our vendors." Most of the produce is from local Lakeside Organic Gardens.
Everything is cooked fresh every day and the healthiest vegetables are used—kale, red and green chard, mustard greens, cabbage, broccoli, and bok choy, which make up CHK's organic vegetable medley. About two and half cups of these vegetables are used in each dish that features the medley. That adds up to 400-500 pounds of vegetables the staff chops daily.
The most popular dishes among customers are Spicy Dan's Peanut Delight and Gado Gado (both feature the veggie medley) and Teriyaki Chicken Rice Bowl. Carolyn points out that selected dishes feature healthy ingredients including "coconut milk, with lots of vitamins and important minerals, and anti-viral properties" and "turmeric, which has anti-inflammatory properties and has been referred to as a natural wonder because of its many benefits."
All of CHK's signature dishes are vegan, but there are also many dishes available with sustainable seafood or hormone- and antibiotic-free meat. CHK features free-range Rocky's Chicken from Petaluma. "Before deciding to use their meat, we visited the farm and plant and witnessed their process from beginning to end," says Carolyn. "We try to have personal relationships with all our vendors."
A special dish on last summer's menu was Garlic Basil Noodles, featuring fresh basil from local Blue Heron Farms. Carolyn often decides on seasonal specials after getting inspired at local farmers markets. An early autumn special was Spicy Green Beans.
At one point Carolyn was a vegetarian, although she isn't anymore. "I grew up in the Midwest, and food didn't have 'real taste.' In my twenties I traveled through Europe and Asia and got to taste simple, 'real food and tastes' and experience farmers markets," she says. "I fell in love with feeding people simple food.
"I raised my family that way; everywhere we would go, even when we went camping, I'd have to ask 'where's the local health food store, where's the farmers market?' My kids would roll their eyes."
Today, her kids are grown and some of them are staff members at Charlie Hong Kong; clearly their mother's passion for healthy food has had a positive effect.
One of the sons took the passion a step further and dressed up as a carrot for a recent event, this summer's "Golden Carrot Awards." These awards from Santa Cruz County's Go for Health! Collaborative recognize restaurants that have made exceptional efforts to provide high standards in nutrition and food safety and provide healthy food options to their patrons. In 2011, CHK earned the top honor: "Ultimate Golden Carrot." Carolyn was gratified by the recognition of how hard the restaurant strives to provide healthy, delicious food.
In addition to organic ingredients, there are many facets of CHK that display a commitment to sustainability and quality. When the Rudolphs bought the restaurant from the previous owner in 2000, one of the first things they did is switch from cooking with canola oil to rice bran oil. Rice bran oil is high in antioxidants, which makes it very heart healthy. Since then, they have worked hard to ensure that all ingredients are first-rate, and in recent years they have added many eco-conscious practices, which led Save Our Shores to name the restaurant "Business of the Year" in 2011.
As of Earth Day 2011, the restaurant no longer uses plastic bags; it stopped carrying plastic water bottles in 2010. CHK also uses compostable utensils. For to-go orders, re-usable fabric totes are available for purchase (or customers can take food home with just the box it comes in). " I see organic food and the environment woven together," Carolyn says. "I care about sustainability."
An active food advocate, Carolyn signed up CHK to be a part of Food Day (Oct. 24), a national event pushing for healthy, affordable food produced in sustainable, humane ways. "We participate in these kinds of events as much as possible, whether it's donating a percentage of sales to an organization or giving in other ways," she says.
The Rudolphs' collaboration on inexpensive, nourishing food has helped make Charlie Hong Kong a mainstay in Santa Cruz's food scene. "This is a space to come and nurture yourself, and be in community with other people," Carolyn says. | Tara Fatemi Walker
Charlie Hong Kong, open daily 11am-11pm 1141 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz, 426-5664, Santa Cruz Vegan Restaurant. Asian Street Food at Charlie Hong Kong charliehongkong.com.
High Five
5 Meals You Can't Pass Up
1. Breakfast and Lunch Tacos at The Truck Stop Tacos at a truck stop may sound ordinary, but let's clarify: these are not just any tacos, but tantalizing organic seasonal breakfast tacos and Korean-inspired lunch tacos. And they're not served at any old truck stop, but at the Truck Stop, a food truck open Wednesday-Sunday on the Westside of Santa Cruz. Breakfast tacos have been rotating since The Truck Stop opened in August, and have included an exquisite vegetarian combination with scrambled eggs, padron peppers, summer squash, cheese, and sour cream. Asian lunch tacos feature ingredients such as chicken or tofu with ginger-scallion sauce, cabbage, pickled carrots, daikon, and black sesame seeds: a dynamic blend of textures and spices. It's obvious Grayson's longtime involvement in the organic and local food community has paid off! Don't miss her flavor-packed homemade salsas on the side: smoked chili, chimichurri, and tomatillo. And the final reason to support The Truck Stop? Grayson provides training opportunities to youth from local empowerment organization Food, What?!
1500 Mission St., Santa Cruz, 621-7361, thetruckstopsc.com.
2. Breakfast at Companion Bakeshop There are too many possible yummy breakfast combinations to list here, but we'll throw out a couple recommendations to get you started. Try a farmhouse cheddar bacon biscuit with a cup of coffee for a meal that's sort of "comfort food with flair;" the biscuit is doughy with sizeable chunks of bacon and sharp California cheese. Or opt for a hearty, gluten-free buckwheat blueberry scone with a latte. Companion uses local Lulu Carpenter's coffee and a great vintage espresso machine to produce very-well-made and quite beautiful coffee and espresso drinks (also note: the milk in these drinks is organic). Owner Erin Lampel, a longtime Slow Food advocate, opened the retail bakery in June with her husband Jeremy. Previously, Lampel's Companion Bakers products (including renowned organic sourdough loaves and many types of scones) were Bakeshop sold only at farmers markets and via a few CSA programs.
2341 Mission St., Santa Cruz, 252-2253, companionbakeshop.com.
3. Artichoke Appetizer and Barbecue Platter at SmoQe BBQ SmoQe's artichoke appetizer is fabulous, and a great way to whet your appetite for one of the restaurant's barbecue dinners. The wood-fired artichoke is always perfectly cooked, with a housemade pesto generously spread on it. The accompanying smoked tomato aioli for dipping is creamy and very addicting; it complements the artichoke well. For an entree, the enticing barbecue options include tender pulled pork, meaty beef or pork ribs, and moist chicken. Plates come with your choice of two sides such as highly recommended cole slaw: tangy and flavorful. Yes, this is a lot of food—lighter entrees include à la carte sandwiches and wood-fired pizzas – but it's hard not to order such amazing barbecue platters. Just make sure you don't have plans to accomplish anything afterward.
10110 Soquel Drive, Aptos, 662-2227, smoqe.com.
4. BLT and Other Sandwiches at Café Iveta The BLT is definitely worth making a special trip. Hearty, whole wheat sliced sourdough bread is filled with crispy hardwood smoked bacon, fresh Bibb lettuce and tomato, and homemade spicy mayonnaise. The textures and flavors blend deftly, making the BLT Iveta's best-selling sandwich. Some customers add soft-poached egg or avocado to the mix. Other sandwiches worth noting include the #2 top-seller, delicious Turkey (organic Diestel turkey with Havarti cheese, avocado, homemade mayo on sprouted wheat bread) and Caprese (fresh mozzarella, flavorful homemade pesto, lettuce, tomato, on ciabatta roll). The family-owned Iveta is operated by the Bilankos, who are delightful, and include café manager Lisa and her mother Yvette, who cooks many homemade items including biscotti and daily rotating soups such as Roasted Eggplant or Southwest Vegetable. Iveta serves scrumptious scones and other homemade desserts. Iveta actually started as a retail business specializing in award-winning scones; you can also purchase mixes to make some yourself at home.
2125 Delaware Ave., Santa Cruz, 713-0320, info.iveta.com/café.
5. Lamb Specials at Zameen Aptos-based Mediterranean restaurant Zameen serves excellent lamb dishes, among other great foods. There are two frequent specials: Spicy Lamb, and Slow-roasted Lamb. Spicy Lamb features ground lamb, raisins, almonds, and cinnamon. This very moist and flavorful dish comes with a side sauce (your choice: pomegranate walnut, tzatziki, mint pesto, tahini, or fig chutney), but it's so tasty it doesn't even need the sauce. If you're a sauce person, choose the pomegranate walnut – this is perfectly suited. Slow-roasted Lamb, a rich and tender stew, contains chunks of leg of lamb slow-roasted overnight in a marinade of butter, coriander, cumin, and smoked paprika. Like all of Zameen's entrees, customers can select to have the lamb as a filling for a wrap, a topping for a salad, or as the basis of a platter that includes soup or salad and a side dish (Persian Herb Rice, Moroccan Skewered Potatoes, etc.). One lamb dish permanently on Zameen's menu, Lamb Shish Kebab, includes a delectable mint-garlic-onion-yogurt marinade. | Tara Fatemi Walker
Zameen Mediterranean restaurant serving lamb with Moroccan décor in Aptos zameencuisine.com.7528 Soquel Drive, Aptos, 688-4465,
Birichino Wine How two locals created some of the most distinctive wines from the Central Coast
Age has its benefits. It certainly works in the favor of winemakers Alex Krause and John Locke, the titans behind Birichino wines. The duo's 2010 Grenache Vieilles Vignes, for instance, a dynamite, one-of-kind red—lush and profoundly original—originates from local George Besson's 100-year-old vines in the Besson Winery near Gilroy. The grapes certainly boast a rare vitality. But it's just one of the many things that make this duo's pairing, and their journey together as winemakers, so intriguing.
"We created Birichino to make a particular wine—Malvasia Bianca—for a particular customer, the Quebec alcohol monopoly," notes John Locke, Birichino's co-creator, and also wine manager at Soif in Downtown Santa Cruz.
The Bianca has received much attention for its aromatherapeutic qualities—effusive jasmine, lime blossom and honeysuckle perfume.
"No one else was going to do it," Locke adds, "and we had the very particular expertise and relationships we would allow us to do so. Alex and I both wanted to produce something ourselves and thus the not-so-staggering epiphany [probably staring at us from two feet away for quite some time] revealed itself—that we could start a company to make the wines about which we feel really passionate, in the style we righteously prefer—and work with people we already know and like."
They did just that. They launched Birichino in 2008, culling from their combined 32 years working in the business—Locke and Krause spent many years working as winemakers at Bonny Doon Vineyards.
The Bianca originates from Monterey's San Bernabe Vineyard. But there's also the Birichino Vin Gris, which hails from Lodi's Phillips Vineyard Cinsault—the vines were planted in 1886.
Often, you hear claims of wines being one of "the best" or most "innovative" of the season, and in the case of the duo's red, the Grenache, it's just that—one of the most provocative creatures to emerge on the wine scene in quite some time. It works on many levels and there are few notable reasons why. The grapes are hand-picked, gently handled and given special attention to drawing out inherent lusciousness from the fruit coming off of the wonderfully aged vines. (Besson's father still lives on the property, in fact.) The fruits are sorted again—there's a small portion of the cluster that remains whole at the bottom of the fermenter and the remaining batch is destemmed and lightly crushed over the top. There's more to the process, but the end result is lovely and pleasantly surprising.
Undoubtedly, for Krause and Locke, winemaking is a real love.
"A lot of what we do is a reflection and evolution of what we did at Bonny Doon," Locke notes, giving credit to founder/titan Randall Grahm's genius and the great opportunities both he and Krause had there. Krause, in fact, still works at Bonny Doon as the director of export sales.
"Unless one really loves what one does, it's very hard, and very rare to truly do great work," Krause says. "The old saw is that one must start with a large fortune to make a small one, and we have neither! But what I do enjoy is the quality of life that winemaking affords us—we get to spend time calling on great restaurateurs, scour the globe for horrendously stinky cheeses to stuff in our luggage, artisanal cloudberry liqueurs from Lapland , and go on luge runs, drink whisky, and bet on stagecoach races with our crazy Albertan importers.
"I think you have to be slightly unbalanced to want to get into the wine business, and that makes for interesting company."
As for the wine's name, the duo tells me that they wanted something Italian and that evoked playfulness. They landed on birichino, which means naughty—"mischievous partly for the surprising, slightly racy character of our malvasia that leads you on to thinking sweet, and delivers something else entirely," Locke says.
In this case, it doesn't hurt to be naughty—at all. | Greg Archer
Learn more about the wines at birichino.com. Purchase the wine at Soif, 105 Walnut Ave., Santa Cruz, 423-2020. See also soifwine.com.
Label Maker Local artist Ed Penniman has a history of designing original wine labels
Ed Penniman is well known for his beautiful artwork, and, as a respected local artist, you will see his work all over town and beyond. One of his watercolors was chosen to be the poster for this year's Capitola Art & Wine Festival, and he often participates in the annual Open Studios event. He is also involved with the Santa Cruz Art League as a board member and curator of the California Statewide Landscape Exhibition, now in its 82nd year.
But what you may not know about Penniman is that he designs wine labels. Back in the late '60s, he started working on design projects for Inglenook Winery and the Italian-Swiss Colony Winery in San Francisco on their wine labels – before opening the first graphic design office in Santa Cruz. Then, in the early '70s, he was contracted by Lawrence Bargetto of Bargetto Winery to do labels for their fruit wines – now marketed as Chaucer's brand. The success of this initial work led to an ongoing relationship with the winery that has lasted for 40 years, a fact that Penniman is justly proud of.
For the La Vita wine series, a super premium, estate-grown blend of Dolcetto, Refosco and Nebbiolo grown experimentally in 1994 by John Bargetto at the Bargetto-Regan Vineyard, Penniman was asked to design the labels. Penniman not only helped choose the name La Vita, but he also developed a recognizable look for the label. "We pick a piece of art—the theme is art in history and wine and culture—with an image of wine-making, wine drinking, or farming grapes for the La Vita," Penniman says of the work he loves to do. He has done every single label for the La Vita series, starting in the '90s, and in 2004 the label won a gold medal for Best in Show at the Orange County Fair out of 3,500 entries.
Penniman has also designed other labels for Bargetto Winery—a reserve line of Pinot, Merlot and Chardonnay—beautifully presented in a wooden box, and a special two-part label for a 2006 wine, one part of which was engraved, depicting Bargetto's famous Regan Vineyard.
"They have been keeping me busy for a long time," laughs Ed of the work he's done over the years for Bargetto Winery. "I'm completely redoing the label of their fruit wine line, Chaucer's, which will not be released until early next year," he says. "But we have an exciting direction we're going to go with and it's a departure from the present label. It's going to be handsome and elegant."
Penniman has designed wine labels for Hallcrest Vineyards, Hunter Hill Vineyard & Winery, Paisley Vineyard and others in the Santa Cruz Mountains appellation. He just finished redoing all of Zayante Vineyards' labels for winery owners Greg and Kathy Nolten. "They're very happy," adds Penniman. "And I'm now hooked on their 2008 Syrah!" | Josie Cowden
Ed Penniman Assoc. Design, 4173 Viga Court, Capitola, 462-2333, edpennimandesign.com.
Windy Oaks Winery Spencer Schultze carries on the tradition of making fine wine
Spencer Schultze is probably the youngest winemaker in Santa Cruz County. At the age of 25 he still has much to learn. But fortunately for Spencer, he has an experienced teacher and guide—his father Jim Schultze, owner and winemaker at Windy Oaks Estate Winery & Vineyards. When Jim and his wife Judy founded Windy Oaks in 1996 and started planting vines, young Spencer began taking an interest in the vineyard.
"I was already getting appreciation for the process, but it took a while for me to take it seriously," says Spencer.
"I was not sure if I wanted to step into the business, and I saw some of the stress involved. I was into my late teens or 20 when I really got a palate for wine. I'd been drinking wine with my parents since I was 12—in small amounts," he laughs, "but I never appreciated the difference between a good wine and a bad wine."
After majoring in political science at UC Santa Cruz, Spencer finally decided his path was to follow in his father's footsteps, and he completed a course of formal training at UC Davis, a two-year winemaker's certification program. He also did an internship in France for six months in 2009, before getting seriously into the wine business.
"It's pretty much become a lifestyle and I've grown to appreciate so many aspects of it," he says of making wine. I have a lot of other things in life that I enjoy, snowboarding in winter for one. And I love music and I've been making music here and there for the last five years, on the electronics side. But harvest really gets my juices going. And when it's done, I don't have to worry about what Mother Nature's going to throw at me anymore. It's a huge relief."
As assistant winemaker to his father, Spencer appreciates learning from an expert. He is extremely impressed with one particular Burgundian Pinot Noir clone his father has nurtured. "He only planted half an acre, which he's babied from start to finish," he says of the superb wine made from these grapes. "It's a special clone and he gives it all the love it could ever want. I admire everything he's done, but especially that one because it's reached another level."
Spencer's 28-year-old brother James, who actually named the winery Windy Oaks, is still finishing up school and considering teaching abroad for a while, but he is on the same wine-stained path as Spencer. "He will end up back here in a marketing role," says Spencer. "But I'm more passionate about the winemaking side."
Spencer is starting his own label, called Gravity. He's growing grapes on a neighbor's land and harvesting them to make his own wine. "The 2010 vintage will be about 12 cases made with wild yeast," he says. "It's tasting good right now but I'll give it some more time before I put it in the bottle."
Windy Oaks sits on a prime piece of land that Spencer's late grandfather found in the '70s and built the first house in what is now a small community in Corralitos. Spencer feels truly blessed to live and work there.
"It's a beautiful piece of land," says Spencer. "I love this place and I'm not ever going to leave it—knock on wood. And I love working for my dad." | Josie Cowden
Windy Oaks Estate Vineyards & Winery, 550 Hazel Dell Road, Corralitos, 786-9463. windyoaksestate.com. Open Saturdays noon to 5 p.m. and by appointment only.


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Putnam's Super Seven: The publisher Observes a Milestone
Today's hardcover lists include an impressive seven titles, six fiction and one nonfiction, all from Putnam and its imprints—a feat, notes publicity director Alexis Welby, "that we haven't achieved in more than 10 years, since March 2003." Of the fiction entries, two venerable authors are in their second weeks on the lists—J.D. Robb's Thankless in Death moves from #28 to #2 place on our Hardcover Fiction list, with year-to-date sales of 32,150, while Sue Grafton's W Is for Wasted (from the Marian Wood imprint) moves from last week's #1 to #3 in fiction (sales year-to-date: 85,500). Catherine Coulter and J.T. Ellison's latest, The Final Cut (see elsewhere on this spread for more on this book) debuts in sixth place on our Hardcover Fiction list, while Clive Cussler's The Mayan Secrets lands at #9 in its third week. Robert B. Parker's Damned If You Do by Michael Brandman takes the 15th spot and, from Amy Einhorn's imprint, Liane Moriarty's The Husband's Secret wraps up the publisher's six-pack of fiction bestsellers. On our Hardcover Nonfiction chart, A. Scott Berg's Wilson moves to #13 from last week's seventh place.
In addition to the publisher's coup on the lists, Putnam this year has been celebrating its 175th anniversary. Mayor Michael Bloomberg issued a Proclamation from the City of New York declaring May 28 G.P. Putnam's Sons Day. —Dick Donahue
The Last of the Gallagher Girls Hits the List
Since Ally Carter made her YA debut with Hyperion in 2006, she has become the queen of the "clean" teen series, writing books without much in the way of sexual content or strong language. In addition to her Gallagher Girls series, about a group of girls attending an elite school for training spies, she has written three installments of the Heist Society, starring a girl from a family of thieves who gets embroiled in her own high-risk jobs. The two series combined have sold more than two million copies, and both have been optioned for film. On Sept. 17, the sixth and final Gallagher Girls installment, United We Spy, arrived on bookshelves, and it lands at #3 on our Children's Picture Fiction list. Carter bid goodbye to the Gallagher Girls with a multicity tour in late September, which wrapped up, appropriately, at Washington, D.C.'s International Spy Museum. Finishing the series has been "bittersweet," the author told PW. "On the one hand, I'm very excited to finish the series, very excited to see my characters ride off into the sunset. On the other hand, I am definitely going to miss that world." —Kate Pavao
Linda Ronstadt Narrates Her Rise to Fame
What adjectives can possibly do justice to Linda Ronstadt's voice? Lustrous? Velvety? Yearning? Luminous? It's a voice I've held dear for many years, and if there were a multimedia component to these pages, I'd attach my karaoke rendition of "Different Drum," as well as a gushy fan letter. Sadly, as reported in the AARP Magazine online in late August, Ronstadt, who retired from performing in 2009 and lives in San Francisco with her family, can no longer sing because of Parkinson's disease. Given her current health struggles, Ronstadt's fans have yet more reason to celebrate the publication of Simple Dreams: A Musical Memoir, which debuts at #11 on our Hardcover Nonfiction list. Here, Ronstadt—winner of 12 Grammy Awards, the first female artist in pop music history to release four consecutive platinum albums, and once called the "Queen of Rock" by Time magazine—shares stories from her childhood growing up in a musical Anglo-Mexican family in Tucson, Ariz., her move to Los Angeles at age 19, and her path to stardom in the male-dominated folk-rock and country-rock scene of the 1960s and '70s—with cameos by Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Neil Young, and many others. Best known for her double-platinum album Heart Like a Wheel, Ronstadt's eclectic oeuvre includes the American songbook, opera, and Mexican folk songs. PW's review noted that in reading this book "one sees why its author, a perpetual student of her craft, was awarded an honorary doctorate by Berklee College of Music." Ronstadt herself writes: "At the time, struggling with so many different kinds of music seemed like a complicated fantasy, but from the vantage point of my sixty-seven years, I see it was only a simple dream." Her publicity campaign kicked off with a profile in the New York Times, followed by interviews with ABC's World News with Diane Sawyer, ABC's Good Morning America, and NPR's Fresh Air. Ronstadt is currently on an eight-city book tour, which began in New York and will finish in Arizona. Though there won't be another album, fans can savor the fact that their favorite "girl singer" has become an author.
—Jessamine Chan
Ducks in a Row
It's a family affair and a publisher's dream: three bestsellers written by members of the same family, those hirsute Robertsons of Duck Dynasty fame, and all published by Howard. All three titles are in the top 10 on our Hardcover Nonfiction list: The Duck Commander Family by Willie and Korie Robertson is #10; Happy, Happy, Happy by Phil Robertson is #4; and Si-Cology by Si Robertson, uncle-in-chief, is top duck at #1. Publisher Jonathan Merkh, an industry veteran, thinks it may be the first time three family members have simultaneous bestsellers. In-print numbers for those titles are whopping—more than a million each—and no surprise, there's more to come. Howard will ship 400,000 copies of Miss Kay's Duck Commander Kitchen in October— squirrel for Thanksgiving, anyone? And next year, for fans of the clan who are also majoring in humanities: Phil-osophy by Phil Robertson.
—Marcia Z. Nelson
Want to Win a Crown Jewel?
In Catherine Coulter and J.T. Ellison's The Final Cut (#6 in Hardcover Fiction), Scotland Yard's Det. Chief Insp. Nicholas Drummond boards the first flight to New York City when he learns that his colleague, Insp. Elaine York, the "minder" of the Crown jewels for the Jewel of the Lion exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, has been shot dead, her body dumped on the bank of the East River. Meanwhile, the cunning international thief known as the Fox steals the centerpiece of the exhibit, the infamous Koh-i-Noor diamond, from the Queen Mother's crown. FBI special agents Lacey Sherlock and Dillon Savich, from Coulter's domestic thriller series (Bombshell, etc.), join Drummond in his search for the Fox, who will stop at nothing to deliver the Koh-i-Noor to the man who believes in its deadly prophecy. Nicholas Drummond and his partner, FBI special agent Mike Caine, lay it on the line to retrieve the Koh-i-Noor and to live to tell about it.
On the marketing side, Coulter and Ellison have partnered with Adler's of New Orleans to offer fans and readers the chance to win a 14k white gold and diamond Halo pendant on a 16-in., 14k white gold chain, inspired by the Koh-i-Noor. The sweepstakes is open until Oct. 1, and you can enter to win at www.penguin.com/finalcutsweepstakes. —Peter Cannon


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Sara Evans, 'I'll Be Home For Christmas' – Song Review
Sara Evans' version of 'I'll Be Home For Christmas' is almost a duet with a warbling steel guitar. Her spirit is enough to carry this classic, and vocally she reminds listeners how skilled she is at controlling her big country voice. The whiny steel grows tiresome by song's end, but not before that.
"I'll be home for Christmas / You can count on me / Please have snow and mistletoe / And presents under the tree," she sings after the song's introduction. Lyrically, there are few differences between this version and most others one is familiar with.
"Christmas Eve will find me / Where the love light beams / I'll be home for Christmas / If only in my dreams," Evans cries out as the song closes. Balancing a touring career with her flock of kids has no doubt left the beauty yearning for home on an important night. Maybe not on Christmas night, but the emotion is the same and it comes through loud and clear on this cut from the 'A Very Country Christmas' album.
The production stands out. Acoustic guitar picking and a gentle piano back Evans throughout the song. A calming solo fills in during the song's bridge. It's warm and reassuring. Some may like the traditional sound the steel guitar brings, but Evans has never been the most traditional of country artists. It's heavy handed, but there are more than enough reasons to enjoy this song.
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Take a Seat: Outdoor Living
May 22, 2013
Although the Spring showers are back, we've been lucky to have several warm sunny stretches (including this past weekend) and it's been so nice to enjoy our backyard again! One of the main reasons we moved to this house was the 1/4 acre lot with it's tall trees and one of Brad's biggest hobbies is landscaping, lucky for me :)
Everything is especially lush and green at this time of year and I think only thing lacking on our back deck is comfortable seating. Our old cushions are in pretty rough shape (they've weathered everything from drippy popsicles to muddy racoon paws to monsoon rains) but I can't quite justify spending big bucks on new cushions for chairs that I don't really like all that much. While some padding is obviously more comfortable, I can't help but think that chairs without would be much better suited to our West Coast climate…
The green Ikea chairs above would be within budget and are definitely cheerful, but I'm not sure how inviting they'd be to lounge in on a hot summer's day. This banquette with it's layers of pillows and throws, however, well I don't think I'd ever leave!
I saw this string Huron Chair (as well as the Bend chairs in the first pic) at the summer preview tour at West Elm last week and loved it…a single seat cushion might be a happy compromise. Easy enough to take in overntigh yet comfy enough to sit in for a second cocktail (twist my rubber arm ;)…which would you choose?
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- 1 Tracey { 05.22.13 at 7:57 am }
I did love that last chair we saw at West Elm, it looks the most comfortable out of them all. They are all very cool looking though. Have fun in your "space"
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- 2 bliss-ologie { 05.22.13 at 8:57 am }
Beautiful! But I admit, I'm too lazy in the summer heat to even sit upright. I vote hammock.
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- 3 Elisa { 05.22.13 at 11:01 am }
I would choose the second cocktail. Definitely.
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The education section of Irish Times includes this article on LGBT teachers in Ireland. As Eoin has previously noted, Senator Averil Power has recently proposed amending legislation to remove the 'religious ethos' exemption from s. 37 of the Employment Equality Act 1998; a move that, if supported, would do a huge amount to make teachers whose lifestyles are in contradiction to some doctrinal positions of a religious institution that happens to provide the patronage for the school in question (usually but not exclusively Roman Catholic) feel less vulnerable about being out in their workplaces. Two things in particular struck me about the article. The first was the fact that some teachers whose perspectives were included experienced a positive and supportive workplace, even if it did have a religious ethos, and as a result were comfortable with being out among their colleagues. Others, as is to be expected, felt stymied in being open about themselves and their lives—including their family lives—because of the legal regime. The second thing that I found interesting was the comment by one teacher that he might be comfortable being out among colleagues, but would not be comfortable being out to his students because of possible reactions by parents and also because of the potential for himself or his property to be vulnerable from the student body. Both of these things made me reflect on how important it is to be able to visible as an openly gay, lesbian, bisexual or trans-person in an educational context from a human rights perspective.
The first part of this relates to the basic principle of non-discrimination relative to teachers and other educational professionals themselves. The reality, in a country where education at primary and secondary level is dominated by religious patronage, is that teachers are among the very small number of professionals for whom an ascribed characteristic (in this case sexual orientation and/or gender identity) seems capable of resulting in perfectly lawful employment discrimination. Of course this implicates their right to equality; can there be an objective justification for this given the dominance of religious institutions in the education system? If we had a predominantly non-denominational education system, then I can see some justification for a religious ethos exemption; as it stands I cannot.
The absolute importance of being able to express one's sexual orientation is not always fully appreciated by people who identify as heterosexual. If straight, one can refer, without very much fear of any kind of adverse reaction, to one's spouse or partner; to 'home'; to what 'we' did at the weekend. One can invite colleagues over without worrying about 'de-gaying' the house or banishing the partner. One can avoid arguments at home about 'gay hair' or 'camp clothes'. One can go out to the pub or for a walk or to have a meal without worrying about who will see, and what they will suppose. Living 'in the closet' can be a truly suffocating experience. Some people do not find it suffocating; they choose for whatever reason to just say their private life is their own business and come to some kind of accommodation with a partner, if they have one, to that effect. However, where someone is closeted because of the possible implications of being anything else for their job it is an entirely different story. It can and sometimes does have serious implications for one's mental and sometimes physical health; it very often puts extreme strain on one's home life, especially if one's partner is out and wants (understandably) to live and full and open life; and it denies one the capacity to express oneself; to express one's identity. It is perhaps easy to dismiss these concerns by saying 'your sexual orientation has nothing to do with work', but we ought not to forget how important staff room coffee, socialising, friendships, networks and so on are to almost everyone in their working environment. This is no different for teachers, and we ought not to expect it to be.
There is also an important point to bear in mind for students in this context. Young people often (although not always) know or suspect that they may not be straight from a relatively early stage and are often almost entirely isolated in that identity. Certainly, things are changing. There are claims that younger people more readily accept expressions of 'diverse' sexual orientation now than was previously the case, but we should not forget that homophobic bullying remains a very widely experienced phenomenon by younger people who either identify or are perceived as identifying as other than straight. We do a huge amount of living in school. It is a place where a large part of our identity—intellectual and otherwise—is developed. Students who are straight see role models (either positive or negative) all around them; what do pupils who are gay see? Most commonly either people they assume are straight or people who they suspect are 'closet cases'. Certainly, they may know LGBT people outside of school, they may have role models in the broader community, and there is a much greater degree of visibility on television and in popular culture now than was previously the case, but who do they know? As a teenager growing up in rural Ireland the answer for me was nobody. Absolutely nobody. Or so I thought. As I got older, it so happened, I realised that the majority of my small group of close friends identified as gay, but none of us dared to whisper that at the time. After all, who would we whisper it to?
This is partially what is and was so liberating about going to university. In university, usually, one sees lecturers and professors who are gay. One can almost always join a LGBT(Q)(W) society. One can take courses in queer theory. One comes alive with an awareness of what exists in one's world. As a university lecturer I have never had any anxiety about being open about my sexuality. This is a university, after all. Even more it is a law school; if students are going to be uncomfortable with someone who is gay how will they cope with clients who might have actually done bad things? It strikes me as quite perverse to the nature of a university for someone not to be out; in fact, it seems in contrast with the nature of an educational institution generally.
The ability for educators who identify as LGBT to be out if they wish, and to whatever degree they wish, seems to me to clearly be a matter of rights: the rights of the educator, the rights of her partner where relevant, and the rights of her students. Time will tell whether the legislation will reflect this.


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The bet365 mobile betting app means that you never need to miss out on an opportunity to place a bet, even when you're at work or on the go. It's fast, intuitive and offers the same outstanding features as the bet365 website including the in-play markets and live streaming, so you can be sure of seeing plenty of great sporting action wherever you are.
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Downloading the bet365 Mobile App – 4/5
iPhone users can download the bet365 mobile app straight from the iTunes store. It works on iOS 6 or higher, so it will be fine even on older handsets. However, Android users will need to go to the bet365 site using their mobile device. At the bottom of the homepage there is a link which says "View all bet365 apps".
This is different from the bet365 news app, which is available in the Google Play store. You'll need to ensure that you allow your phone or tablet to install apps from outside the Google Play store. This is usually done by going to Settings > Security and then ticking a box which says something like "allow apps from unknown sources". The app is also available for Windows phone, tablets and even Blackberries, so everybody can get in on the fun.
Welcome Offer – 4/5
If you open an account with the operator you can get a 100% deposit bonus. You must deposit at least £5, maximum £200. Once you open an account you will be sent a 10 digit promo code from bet365 finishing in NCDBP by email. To claim the bonus you must make a deposit, go to Members from the Services menu, go to Offers and then enter the promo code you got from the email.
For full details, check out our article on the bet365 promo code.
Features – 5/5
Sports available via bet365 mobile
Of course, looking good and having great deals is all very well, but only if you have the markets to play on. Fortunately anyone using the mobile version will find themselves spoiled for choice. First of all, the app gives you access to the same markets as on the main bet365 website.
This features in-play markets including:
- Football
- Cricket
- Rugby
- Horse racing
There are two main ways you can keep on top of what's happening. One is to use push notifications, which is great when you have to watch your data or when you're simply struggling to get any sort of decent connection to the online world, for example when you're on a train without Wi-Fi (or without decent Wi-Fi at any rate).
The other is to make use of bet365's live-streaming service. As with any streaming service, this requires a decent online connection, so you will either need Wi-Fi or the ability to download plenty of data smoothly. As well as showing all those key soccer matches you simply can not miss, bet365 mobile offers live streaming of horse racing from both the UK and Ireland along with tennis and basketball.
For those who want a bit of variety, you can also access the casino, games, bingo and poker from within the app. Poker players in particular will be pleased to know that you can have full confidence in the app's stability. As long as you have a decent internet connection and you've power in your mobile device, you can be sure of getting a decent game without any worries that the app will freeze or crash.
Manage Your Account
To help you decide what bets you want to place, bet365 puts plenty of helpful information at your fingertips. Whether you want to read up on the football news or check out the form of a horse you think might be worth a bet, you'll find what you need quickly and easily.
You can manage your account through the app too, so you'll never be left fuming at an opportunity you've missed because you couldn't get to a computer to make a deposit. Likewise when you do make those sweet wins, you don't have to hang about till you're back in front of a computer to get your hands on your money. If you can't remember whether you actually did place that vital bet, then just look in your account history to make sure.
Contact Bet365
In the unlikely event that users do experience any issues with the app, or any other part of bet365's service, then there is a dedicated customer-service team who are both willing and able to help you. They're easy to reach online or by phone. Their phone number is 00 800 1236 5365 in the event that you need help ASAP, but if you're more of a writer, you can email them at email@example.com and they will get back to you soon, as they are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You can also chat with them, they're available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You can also send them mail, if you feel like that's a better idea:
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Users who've already spent some time on the bet365 website will find themselves using the app without a second thought. Anyone new to bet365 will feel like a seasoned gambling pro in no time as the bet365 mobile betting, like the bet365 website, is designed to be completely intuitive to use.
You just log in using your details from the website (or create a new account) and follow clear and logical paths to find whatever it is you want, whether you're looking to place a bet, check your account history, make a deposit or withdrawal or anything else.
Just as importantly, the app is designed to be easy to use on smartphones and tablets. So, for example, the buttons and links are all large enough and clear enough that you can easily see what you're doing even if you prefer to use a smartphone with a smaller screen.
Anyone familiar with bet365 will know that they pride themselves on the fact that their customer care is second to none. They want to make their customers happy and they know what to do to make that happen. For example, people who use the bet365 mobile betting app can expect to get plenty of bonus codes. Obviously there's a bonus for new users, but bet365 believes in rewarding its regular players too, so expect your bankroll to get regular boosts with bonus codes to suit you.
Once you've downloaded the bet365 mobile app, you'll also be able to use bet365 live stream.


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Your Voice With Senator Griffo: Erin Hamlin, NY Mills Boys Basketball and the Woman of Distinction
In this episode of "Your Voice," Senator Griffo discusses Oneida County residents who are making a difference in this world.
Erin Hamlin, Remsen, is the first American to medal in singles luge in the Olympics. She visited the Capitol recently and was congratulated by the New York State Senate.
Kristine B. Giotto was named a New York Senate Woman of Distinction. The New Hartford resident wears many hats and is an advocate for many great causes. Read more about Kristine here.
The New York Mills varsity boys basketball team won the Section III Class D state championship. The team visited the Capitol, where Sen. Griffo gave them special recognition during Senate session.
"Your Voice" is hosted by Julia Lilkendey.


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Ring, ring. The new conservative Charlie Crist is calling.
With a calm shrug or a smile, Gov. Charlie Crist and his supporters haven't seemed too rattled about all the buzz, blogs and straw polls showing that conservatives seem more fed up with him and more fond of his Republican rival in the U.S. Senate, former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio.
Privately, though, Crist seems a little more worried.
Though he's well ahead in fundraising and support in the polls, Crist and his campaign staff have been calling Republican party chiefs throughout the state to figure out why some conservatives are fed up with him, how to defend his decisions, and how to turn on the charm.
Brevard County Republican Executive Committee Jason Steele got hit by the charm offensive two weeks ago as he vacationed in Aruba. He missed a call on his cell phone from an unknown number, dialed it back and started chatting with the friendly and familiar-sounding guy on the other line for a few moments before he realized it was Crist.
"The governor is paying attention. He's spending a tremendous amount of time reaching out. That's positive," Steele said. "It's good when you have a primary. It forces politicians to pay attention and listen more closely to what people are saying."
Steele said the governor has a chance to communicate his commitment to conservatives by making a good pick to replace U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez, who's retiring.
But at the time Crist was calling, he wanted to know whom Steele favored to fill a Fifth District Court of Appeal vacancy, which was part of a judicial controversy that riled conservatives. Steele recommended Circuit Judge Bruce Waldron Jacobus, who could have been appointed months before. But Jacobus is white, as were the other short-listers, and Crist held out for a minority slate of candidates until the Supreme Court said no.
So Crist picked Jacobus on Aug. 4 (eschewing two women, incidentally, which seems pretty common for Crist, according to this Orlando Sentinel piece.)
Steele called Crist the next day to say thanks. And Crist started to ask him about his problems among conservatives. Steele said conservatives thought Crist made too liberal a pick in tapping James E.C. Perry (who used to sit on the 18th Circuit with Waldron, by the way) to the Florida Supreme Court.
"Jason, I don't know if you know, but Justice Perry was a Jeb Bush appointment. If was he right for Jeb Bush, why isn't he right for you?" Crist asked.
Steele mentioned the stimulus. Crist said he had to aggressively seek the money because it was best for the state.
"It was tough to argue with. Even though I hate it, the stimulus package, it's a good point," Steele says.
Still, Steele persisted, saying it seemed to many that Crist wasn't conservative enough.
"I'm as conservative as any governor. I'm chain gang Charlie. I'm pro-gun. I'm pro-life," Crist said. "He used the Charlie Crist charm. He's got work to do and I think he's doing it."
Hillsborough's Republican Party chair, Deborah Cox-Roush, said the calls and temperature-taking from Crist are nothing new. "He's always reaching out," she said.
But over in Pasco County, after Rubio walloped Crist in a straw poll of Republicans this summer, a Crist campaign staffer called county party chief Randy Maggard. He recounted the litany of Crist's transgressions, including the Supreme Court pick and his literal embrace of Barack Obama and the Democrats' stimulus package.
"That picture is etched in our minds. The base is really fed up with this," said Maggard.
At ground zero for the Crist-Obama manhug, Lee County, the head of the party said Crist's term has marked two years of disappointment. As a result, Rubio soundly beat Crist in a straw poll there, prompting a call from the Crist staff.
"The support for the governor has plummeted significantly," Lee said. "A big reason might be that his governance has not been from the conservative side of the political spectrum. It has been left of center."
Lee said the chat was friendly but honest.
"They were taking the temperature of Republicans," he said. "I told them it has cooled substantially."
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Cape Town - Well, would you look at this: it's school holidays again… four wonderful weeks to fill with keeping the young 'uns entertained, and some of that time trapped indoors by the weather. What joy!
Worry not – I've got a few excellent things lined up to cover that eventuality, but first we're going retro. As in when our parents would yell at us to stop lolling around the house, and go outside for some old-fashioned fresh air and exercise.
The other day I persuaded Divine Lady D – who coincidentally is the mother of our Fun Finder rent-a-child on whom we test-drive children's activities – to "put on her jeans and meet me in the car park in 20 minutes". That would be the car park at Kirstenbosch Gardens.
It's one of my favourite places in Cape Town, a massive, sprawling garden of diversity. I have been there many times over the years and yet there are areas of it I have not explored. On this particular occasion we had a clear purpose: to locate and experience the recently opened "Boomslang", or treetop canopy walkway.
Much has already been written about its construction, and you can read about that on the garden's website (www.sanbi.org/gardens/kirstenbosch), as well as its fascinating history, and place of pride in the world. There are some structures and feats of engineering that I find very beautiful. This walkway is one of them. It begins at ground level – although there is a slightly uphill walk to get there – and then uses the natural slope in that part of the garden to rise almost 12m at its highest point.
Made of curved steel with smooth wooden handrails, it winds through the upper branches of the trees, thus giving you a new perspective not only of the garden, but the view of Cape Town spread out below. You will see things as you have never done before.
It's fairly short, just 130m from one end to the other, and designed – as all tall things are – to move slightly under pedestrian traffic and certain weather conditions.
It was a cool, cloudy weekday when we were there, so not many other people were using it, only a few small galloping children, but I suspect when it's busy that thing must rock quite significantly. It is a little disconcerting at first, but it's all part of the adventure. This is something you seldom feel at the top of a skyscraper, but here you will. It's perfectly safe, however, and wheelchair-friendly.
There are a couple of benches where you can relax and gaze at the views until your legs feel steadier, and several information boards telling you what to look out for during your walk, such the surrounding area, and birds and insects. And the boomslang (tree snake) after which the bridge is named, including a phonetic pronunciation for foreigners.
"You'll know if one is about because the birds will be making a fuss," I read out loud to Divine Lady D. "What?" she yelled, peering into the branches around us.
"Don't worry about them," I continued to read, "they are venomous but shy and not aggressive."
Well, that's all right then. We didn't spot one, but we did see a few birds, none of which seemed fussy.
We strolled up and down a few times and then, because we happened to be in a part of the garden we hadn't visited before, we went below the walkway and attempted to get lost in the Enchanted Forest – which is more difficult than it sounds.
The vegetation is thick in the Enchanted Forest, and there are magical trees whose roots and branches have done all sorts of weird and wonderful things, fairy rings, brightly coloured mushrooms, and soft, moist, wood-chipped pathways. The air carries a lovely loamy scent.
The pathways crisscross and fork, but despite our best efforts we kept spotting the paved ones through the branches as we pondered whether anyone else actually deliberately tries to get lost in there.
We did inspect the pillars supporting the Boomslang though, and had a good look at its underbelly. We saw how creeping vines had been planted at the base which will one day completely disguise the metal.
You'll find the walkway up and to your right if you enter at the main, bottom gate.
If you know the landmarks, it's in the arboretum, near the concert lawn (which Divine Lady D recognised even without its stage, where we've watched many a summer sunset concert).
Mathews Rockery was another place I had not visited and the Cycad amphitheatre and Protea garden. I also saw Van Riebeeck's Hedge for the first time, as it's on the way up there. Otherwise turn left at the Otter Pond.
The garden is magnificent; this new addition has enhanced it even more.
* Kirstenbosch is in Rhodes Drive, Newlands. Call 021 799 8783 for more information, and see the website for opening hours and admission prices.
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Monstrous Cyclones Churning Over Jupiter's PolesMonstrous cyclones are churning over Jupiter's poles, until now a largely unexplored region. NASA's Juno spacecraft spotted the chaotic weather when it began skimming the giant planet's cloud tops.
Baker Mayfield, No. 12 Sooners Hold Off Iowa State 34-24Baker Mayfield threw for 328 yards and four touchdowns and 12th-ranked Oklahoma held off Iowa State 34-24 on Thursday night for its sixth straight victory.
Iowa State Meets UConn In Sweet 16 At GardenThe third-seeded Cyclones play the seventh-seeded Huskies on Friday in the NCAA tournament East Regional at Madison Square Garden. Both are coached by alums who enjoyed long pro careers.
Kane gets 20, No. 17 Iowa State beats TCU 71-60DeAndre Kane and Georges Niang had the answers for Iowa State after Melvin Ejim's chance for another record game against TCU disappeared early.
No. 16 Iowa State Beats TCU 84-69With about 9 minutes left in Iowa State's game with TCU, Georges Niang of the Cyclones caught teammate Melvin Ejim looking up at the giant scoreboard that hangs over the center of the court.
Ex-Iowa State Player Found Dead In East Texas Home A former standout football player for Iowa State was found dead with multiple gunshot wounds this week in his East Texas home, a police official said Friday.
Reeling Iowa St Visits No. 22 OklahomaNo. 22 Oklahoma (7-2, 4-2 Big 12) is 70-5-2 all-time against the Cyclones and owns a 14-game winning streak in the series.
Lady Bears Beat Iowa State In Big 12 Title GameBrittney Griner and top-ranked Baylor can now turn their attention to again winning the biggest prize.
No. 15 TCU Without Suspended QB Against Iowa StateTCU coach Gary Patterson was planning to use backup quarterback Trevone Boykin as a tailback when the 15th-ranked Horned Frogs play Iowa State.
Red Raiders Look To Avenge Iowa State LossesThe Red Raiders have lost back-to-back games to the Cyclones the past two years, and last season's anemic one-touchdown performance at home is still fresh in their minds.
Iowa State Pounds Texas A&M 69-46Texas A&M, the Big 12's second-worst offensive team, scored just three points in the opening 8½ minutes of the second half on their way to a 69-46 loss.
Tannehill Leads No. 17 Aggies Past Cyclones Ryan Tannehill threw for 263 yards and two touchdowns, as the 17th-ranked Texas A&M Aggies upended the Iowa State Cyclones, 33-17.


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Firewatch Devs Issue DMCA Against PewDiePie After Latest Incident, Get Their Game Review-Bombed
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Suda 51 and Grasshopper Manufacture have announced their next game, Killer Is Dead, expected to land on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 next year in Japan.
The developer told Famitsu that the game would possess similarities to Killer 7 and No More Heroes but is not directly related to either title.
Players control an executioner who hunts down "S Level" killers and eliminates them with a sword. In other words, it's an assassin game.
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THE owners of a historic pub which has stood empty for seven years have spoken of their frustration with Denbighshire County Council.
Verson Investments purchased The Crown Hotel in Denbigh in 2006 following the death of previous owner David Brynle Jones.
It would like to use the Grade II listed building to create around 20 studio flats, but the council says it does not feel the plan is "acceptable".
When they first bought the pub Verson had applied to build eleven one and two bedroom flats but were refused permission.
"The council's reason was that they felt the town needed the pub and hotel," said Frank Rameshni, from Verson.
"Since then, Verson has had the property on the market with no buyers found. That is five years of marketing and no buyers."
The owners say because of changes in the economy it would no longer be financially viable to go-ahead with the original plan, which is why they want to use the hotel for more, smaller flats, but still to keep a retail unit on the ground floor.
"Having spent a long time looking at what would be viable, Verson realised that there is no affordable apartments in Denbigh for people on moderate incomes," said Mr Rameshni.
"Therefore someone who works but does not have a high income is either forced to live with their parents or rent a room."
But Denbighshire County Council's planning guidelines say apartments should not be under 50 square metres.
"That is usually the equivalent to a two bedroom apartment in most towns and far too big for a self contained studio flat," said Mr Rameshni.
"Logic must prevail. No one will invest a substantial amount of money into a business that will lose them money.
"Unless the council agree to this proposal which is fair, viable and fulfils a need in the town - the building will sit there boarded up for as many years as it takes until they come to their senses."
He added: "I can't understand why they don't want studio flats in the town.
"They don't seem to be showing any signs of entrepreneurial spirit.
"In London we have 25square metre flats which sell."
Verson Investments paid £325,000 for the hotel but say they have spent around £400,000 in total by the time maintenance work is included.
The building is still empty and boarded up and is on the market for £349,995 with Fleurets property agents.
A spokeswoman for Denbighshire County Council said: "We have recently written to Mr Rameshni, the owner of this building.
"The building is listed and in a Conservation Area.
"We did refuse planning permission for a scheme of conversion as at that time(2008) insufficient justification was put forward to justify the loss of the hotel.
"Since 2008 we have provided a lot of advice and guidance to the owner in terms of a possible acceptable scheme. Unfortunately the owner wishes to get more apartments into the building than we feel is acceptable given our adopted space standards for residential units.
"We have recently offered to meet with the owner again in an attempt to move this
problem site forward."
Mr Rameshni has asked that residents in the town send an email to him at email@example.com with their thoughts on the pub.
See full story in the Free Press