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Unfarmed Project
We started a new project that's all about foraging, wild crafting and the natural bounty around us. We're exploring edibles, medicinals, natural dyes, mushrooms, all sorts of things! If you think about it, it's the ultimate Cooking by Heart in that we're documenting recipes and traditions that often go back much further to primitive times or at the very least, times when we were more connected to our environment and taking advantage of what it has to offer.
Here's the first episode for your viewing pleasure. There's a really nice Clam & Chorizo Pasta recipe at the end. Recipes and more Unfarmed here.
Chinese Style Ground Turkey & Shiitake Dumplings
I'm a little late to the Lunar New Years party this time around, but some of you know I've been busy with another video series venture, called Unfarmed. Make these dumplings and then check it out.
This recipe was adapted from Serious Eats to be slightly more healthy – instead of using pork, we used ground turkey and shiitake mushrooms.
For the Dough:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup boiling water
For the Filling:
- 1/2 pound napa cabbage (about 1/2 a small head), roughly chopped
- 1 tsp. kosher salt
- 2 scallions, roughly chopped
- 1/2 pound lean ground turkey
- 15-20 shiitakes, roughly chopped
- 2 tsp. soy sauce
- 1 tbs. Shaoxing wine
- 2 tsp. sugar
For the Dipping Sauce:
- 2 tbs. soy sauce
- 2 tbs. Chinkiang vinegar (or rice vinegar)
- 1 tsp. sugar
- 1 tbs. finely sliced scallion greens
- 1 tsp. minced ginger
To Cook:
- Sunflower oil
For the Dough: place flour in bowl of food processor. With machine running, slowly drizzle in water until cohesive dough is formed (you probably won't need all the water). Allow dough to ride around processor for 30 seconds. Form into a ball using floured hands and transfer to a bowl. Cover with a damp towel and let rest for at least 30 minutes.
For the filling: Place cabbage and salt in food processor and pulse until finely chopped. Transfer to a fine-mesh strainer and set over a bowl. Allow to rest for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, place scallions, shiitakes, ground turkey, soy sauce, Shaoxing wine, and sugar in bowl of food processor. Pulse until homogeneous. Transfer to a large bowl and set aside.
Squeeze remaining moisture out of cabbage with your fingers, then transfer to the bowl with the turkey mixture. Fold together with a spatula until homogeneous. Refrigerate until ready to use.
To Make the Dumplings: Divide dough into 4 sections, and each section into 10 small tablespoon-sized balls, making 40 balls total. On a well-floured work surface, roll each ball into a round 3 1/2- to 4-inches in diameter. Be generous with flour, otherwise they may stick together.
To form dumplings, place 1 tablespoon of filling in the center of a wrapper. Moisten the edges of the wrapper with a wet fingertip or a pastry brush. Fold in half and pinch the bottom-right corner closed. Pleat the front edge of the wrapper repeatedly, pinching the edge closed after each pleat until the entire dumpling is sealed. Place the formed dumplings on a lightly floured wooden or parchment-lined board.
To Make the Sauce: Combine all sauce ingredients in a small bowl and set aside at room temperature.
To Cook the Dumplings: Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add a 6 to 12 dumplings and boil until they float (About 1 minute). Continue boiling for 2 minutes longer, then transfer to a plate with a slotted spoon. Heat 4 tablespoons vegetable oil in a nonstick skillet or the bottom of a well-seasoned cast iron wok over medium heat until shimmering. Add dumplings flat-side down and cook, swirling often at first so they don't stick. Take them out when they are golden brown and crisp. Serve immediately with dipping sauce.
Poached Egg Bruschetta w Shallot Vinaigrette
This is a weekend brunch favorite in the Lowe + Helzer household and it has guided my education in the art of the poach. At long last, revealed below is my technique for the perfect poach. The recipe is adapted from Alice Waters' In The Green Kitchen. The primary difference is that in her version the vinaigrette involves macerated tomatoes and halved garlic cloves which are removed before serving. I do that sometimes when tomatoes are in season. But on a normal basis, even if my kitchen is low on everything, I've got the makings for this brunch poach. And it's super tasty.
If you've ever had dinner at our place, you've had a variation on this dressing recipe. It's the Lowe + Helzer House Vinaigrette and we literally make it every night. I love it. You can use more or less vinegar, just depends how strong your vinegars are and how you like it. I do 1:1 ratio olive oil to vinegar; Paul does more of a 2:1 ratio. I am a fan of using multiple vinegars, some combos work better than others. You can use different vinegars, balsamic and red wine vinegar go well together if you like it a little sweeter. Rice vinegar is really nice on its own – that's the Schwartz version I grew up with. Oh I should also add that in the Helzer household, salad dressing is made in the bottom of the salad bowl, then after the lettuce is washed, it goes into the bowl on top of the dressing and then it is fatigue'd so the dressing coats the salad. Is that too much detail?
Mix together:
1/4 – 1/2 minced shallot
2 tbs. olive oil
1 tbs. red wine vinegar
1 tbs. sherry vinegar
1 tsp. nutritional yeast
salt and pepper to taste
Poach Method:
I'm not sure there is one magic bullet technique, but here's what I've found works for me – fresh fresh fresh eggs are best. We have the pleasure of purchasing our eggs most often from the local farm, Gospel Flat, so they are crazy fresh. Another important variable, regardless of freshness, is temperature. Because the temperature tends to be cool here in Bolinas, and because we spent time in France and were enchanted by the way folks do it there, we leave our eggs out of the fridge, so they are always at room temp. If you keep them in the fridge, it'll help to take them out an hour before you're going to poach. I've experimented with the tornado technique – the theory being that it helps the egg hold together – but I find that truly fresh eggs hold together naturally, so there's no real need for the spin cycle.
Boil enough water to cover an egg, shell and all, say 2-3 inches.
Add a dash of salt to the water as well as a dash of vinegar. Red wine or sherry vinegars work great. I use the less expensive stuff for this.
Now take a small strainer, like a tea strainer and crack your egg into it. You'll notice the sack and then there's some extra bits of the white, those will drip through, giving you fewer flyaways in your poach. Let it strain for minute but don't let it sit for too long, otherwise, it'll get a bit stuck.
You want your water to be just below boiling, where it's sort of got a wave of heat movement but it's not bubbling.
Drop your egg into the water. It'll just drop to the bottom and sit.
Once it's got a bit of white to it, I usually give it a little nudge so it doesn't stick to the bottom. A gentle tornado around the egg works here so that you don't break the white sack or the yolk. It's fragile!
Use a slotted spoon to check it every so often. You can tell if the white looks like it's too runny inside. You want the white to be soft but not liquid-y. And the yolk to be super soft. Give it a soft touch and you'll know when it's done.
Poached Egg Bruschetta w Shallot Vinaigrette:
Toast up some good bread – a nice baguette or a slice of a wonderful country loaf. (Locally, we are big fans of Brickmaiden, made in Pt. Reyes.)
Pour a few spoons of vinaigrette over the bread
Place your poached eggs atop
Season with a sprinkle of Fleur de Sel and Pepper, another splash of vinaigrette if you'd like
Garnish with a sprig of greens or parsley
It's really nice served with a small green salad too. Enjoy!
Tarte á l'Oignon (French Savory Onion Tart)
I'm a big fan of the savory tart. Sometimes I think about starting a tart business, maybe a fresh frozen dough company, maybe opening a little tart stand where I serve savory tarts and salad. Anyhow, this is another tart favorite at home. It makes the house smell amazing and the result is a super tasty dish. This recipe is a French Alsatian delight from my mother in law, Brigitte Helzer. For a perfect flakey dough recipe see below. Timing tip: Have savory dough ready – I like to have it rolled out on my tart pan then I keep it cold in the fridge til I'm ready for it. Vegetarian optional – cut the ham if you'd like.
Music: "Cabin by the Sea" by The Diskettes
Onion Tart Ingredients:
4-5 large onions, roughly chopped
1-2 tbs. unsalted butter
salt, pepper
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
2 slices ham or prociutto, roughly chopped
1 tbs. all-purpose flour
1 egg
1/2 cup milk
1 cup emmentaler, grated (could sub in some gruyere or swiss or other cheeses)
Preheat oven to 450
Heat butter over low-medium flame
Add onions, stir and cover to sweat
This is a good time to grate cheese, roughly chop ham or prociutto
Add ham or prociutto to sweated onions
Add flour
In a separate bowl, whisk egg and milk together
Turn off flame, add mixture to onions
Pull out your prepped dough, pour in onions
Generously sprinkle grated cheese on top
Bake at 450 for 20 mins, then reduce heat to 350 for another 20 mins, cheese and edges of crust should be golden brown
Let cool for 10 mins on cooling rack before digging in
Savory Dough Ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour
¼ tsp. salt
1½ stick butter
1/3 cup ice water (more if air is dry)
Combine flour, salt and butter in cuisinart or bowl
Prepare the dough
Add ice water slowly while pulsing in cuisinart until it gets clumpy
Gather the dough together, being careful not to over handle it (if overworked it won't be light and flaky)
Place the dough in the fridge for at least 15 minutes before rolling it out. (It can be stored in the fridge for a couple of days or can be stored in the freezer for a couple of weeks. Just thaw in the fridge the day before you'll use it.)
Something else – by Heart
It's not food but can you blame me? My dad recently had some old family footage transferred and he gave it to me to play with. I found this, cut it together, found this song(!) and voila. I had to share it here. It's not cooking by heart, but it's certainly from the heart. The comedian and dancer is my paternal grandmother's sister's daughter, Ruthie (Pearl's sister Ettie's daughter). I think that makes her my second cousin. This silly strip tease captures a certain humor of my family, and of its era. The footage was shot in the early 50s when Ruthie's husband Abe Mazlish got a camera and fooled around shooting 8mm footage of family occasions and vacations to Atlantic City or the Jersey shore. Ruthie is in her 90s now and lives, as she always has, in New Jersey.
More cooking, playing and creating by heart to come.
French Baguettes
My guy, Paul, is a lover of bread. In particular, he loves a good baguette. Through him, I have been initiated into a life of baguette enthusiasm. A good baguette is dark and crusty on the outside, fluffy and light on the inside. That seems simple enough, most baguettes should fit that description vaguely, but there is a scale within that description. In France we found that the artisanal handmade loaves are usually best and everything else is, well, not best.
In France, bakeries prepare baguettes and other breads daily, usually preparing a morning batch and an evening batch in order to provide the freshest loaves all day long. In order to stock the shelves with the freshest breads when the shop opens at 6a, Boulanger William Courderot begins his day at 1am. When we arrived to meet him at 5am, he was well into his daily routine. Each day, Courderot rolls out 600 traditional baguettes and each day they fly off the shelf.
There are many types of baguettes. The hand rolled ones are usually called tradition or l'ancienne, they are made in the old French way. You can literally taste the love with which they are made. This is why I advise you to steer clear of the standard machine made baguettes! They are usually lighter in color, less crispy. They are longer and more uniform, there is no trace of flour on the finished crust, and they are maybe 10 cents cheaper. I'm not sure why anybody buys them.
In the states, it's getting more and more possible to find quality bread but it's still always fun to see what you can do yourself. When we were in France, I made a pact to learn how to make a good baguette by baking them daily. But after a couple of sad attempts, I gave in to the fact that everywhere I looked I saw perfect baguettes for €1 or less. I was in the land of incredible baguettes and I wasn't about to waste time and empty calories on bad ones! It takes a lot of patience to come up with a method that works for you in your setting. It's tough for a recipe to account for the moisture or dryness of the air in your environment. Consumer ovens just don't get as hot as industrial ones. But have no fear, Julia Child is here! Julia offers a thorough recipe with helpful pictures in her book Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume 1, and you can see her recipe sans photos here.
One useful tip I can offer to fresh bread lovers: the best way to keep baguettes and other breads fresh and tasty is to wrap them in aluminum foil and freeze. If you have a big country loaf, cut it into smaller more manageable meal-size pieces and wrap each piece separately. When you want to eat some bread, place it in the oven or toaster oven at 350°F for about 10-15 minutes. When you can easily squeeze the baguette in your hand (with a glove of course), remove the foil, turn off the oven and put the bread back in the oven for another 5 minutes or so to crisp it up. Enjoy!
William Courderot's French Baguette
1 kg farine / ~7 cups flour
650 g eau / ~3 cups water
20 g sel / ~3.5 tsp salt
20 g levure / ~5 tsp yeast
Mix all ingredients in kitchenaid or cuisinart mixer until smooth. Let rest for an hour and a half.
Flour prep area and separate dough into three equal pieces. Generously flour a linen cloth. Gently fold the dough over itself and roll while pushing the dough outwards until it becomes a long snake. Notice how little Courderot handles the dough as he forms it into baguettes. Don't handle the dough more than you have to. Place the baguettes on your floured linen cloth, cradling each loaf in fabric so they don't touch one another. Leave to rest for one hour.
Preheat oven to 550°F (or as high as your oven will go).
Use a new razor blade or very sharp knife to score the bread with evenly distributed diagonal marks, about 4-5 scores per loaf. Fill a cast iron pan with ice water and place it on the bottom rack of your oven. This helps keep a good amount of moisture in the oven while the bread bakes. Place the baguettes in the oven for 20-30minutes or until they are crusty and brown. When they're done, let them cool on a rack for 10 minutes or so before you break bread.


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San Diego — A typical boot camp-style workout enhances aerobic capacity and promotes significant calorie burning while also improving muscle fitness, according to a study released by the American Council on Exercise (ACE). The exclusive study on the benefits of boot camp workouts was conducted at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse through its exercise and health program.
The study tested men and women between the ages of 19 and 29 years old. Researchers used a 40-minute video to measure the effects of boot camp-style workouts, which incorporated a balance of aerobic exercise and strength training.
The average exerciser burns approximately 9.8 calories per minute during a typical boot camp-style workout, the study concluded, which equates to 400 calories during a 40-minute video.
Based upon the data collected in this study, subjects were exercising within industry-accepted guidelines for exercise intensity.
"The study simply validates boot camp as an effective mode of exercise to produce results," says Pete McCall, an exercise physiologist with ACE. "A facility could offer a boot camp class as an effective means of jump-starting a workout program or as a way to break up the monotony of cardio-respiratory training."
The challenge is to find qualified professionals who can lead the classes in a safe and effective manner and to find the space for the classes, he says.
"Urban clubs might not be able to offer boot camp-style classes because they are limited to using a group exercise studio, which doesn't allow room for many running drills," he says. Larger suburban clubs are more likely to have the room that allows the participants to take part in the full boot camp experience, he says.
View the ACE study summary (PDF) on their Web site.


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Apple this week unveiled the next-generation iPhone: The Apple iPhone 4. The new hardware, which is also the first iPhone to boast iPhone OS 4 software, makes big strides on the previous model: The Apple iPhone 3G S. Apple has knack for giving the people what they want.
But HTC is no slouch either. And the recent release of the HTC EVO 4G -- the first 4G WiMax smartphone -- is looking to steal some of the Apple iPhone 4's thunder. The HTC EVO 4G has already set a first-day sales record for Sprint, selling more for Sprint than any device in its first day on the shelves than any other.
So we're putting the two devices into the thunder dome to see who comes out standing. Will it be the Apple iPhone 4 or the Google Android HTC EVO 4G. We'll pit them head to head in 14 different categories to see who comes out the victor.
We've done this before. In clash of the touch-screen titans round one we stacked the iPhone 3G up against challenges like the T-Mobile G1 and the BlackBerry Storm. Guess what? The iPhone 3G won. With the release of the iPhone 3G S a year later, we brought you clash of the touch-screen titans round two: a cage match between the iPhone 3G S and the Palm Pre. Again, to Apple went the spoils. This time, we'll see if Apple can take round three with the Apple iPhone 4, or if the HTC EVO 4G has the power and might of an early 1990s Iron Mike Tyson and can throw a hefty third-round knockout blow.
Ding! Ding! Let's get it on!


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Kush A necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 8 diseños de 5 diseñadores freelance.
I am a college student creating a website that offers information along with reviews of local venues in and around the our main campus. This website will offer students and locals of the town a chance to find information about restaurants, bars, clubs, retail, Greek life, and current events, in and around the university.
What I need: I need ONLY a HOME PAGE web design for NittanyReviews.com. Most importantly, I need the website to be memorable as I want people to come back, so please think outside the box, use creative typography and design.
Our target audience includes anyone affiliated with the University, which includes students, teachers, and guesting visiting the area. The website will also be geared towards locals of the town. The majority of the audience will be between the 18-25 range.
Background: On the Home Page, the different sections will consist of Restaurants, Nightlife, Retail, Greek Life, Events, and Contact us. Besides the home page, every other page will have a list of ads from different venues for that specific category, so visitors will be able to click on a specific venue ad and be taken to a page that I will create for that venue. I DO NOT need these pages, I just need a HOME PAGE design.
What I need: On the Home Page, current events for that day or week will be listed, such as specials at the restaurants or drink specials at bars, or even for different venues in town. Along with specials, there will be featured ads from different venues, placed in and around the home page. The website will also offer space for marketing an ad on the top, bottom and sides of the website, but this can be limited to the effect it has on design as I don't want the website to have a tacky look. Professional, Simple, creative, informative. **Important** I already have a coming soon page up so please check it out, it will contain the logo and slogan to use. The color of the splash page does not have to match the color of the website, although **I would like the website to contain darker colors, not very interested in a white background.


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Louis Vuitton has recently collaborated with Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama on a handbag collection and is raising awareness with a mobile application that uses augmented reality and photo sharing.
The Louis Vuitton Kusama Studio iPhone app allows users take photos of images around them and apply an effect called visions to transform them into Ms. Kusama's artwork. Users can share them on a public gallery as well as social media platforms.
Yayoi Kusama began as an avant-garde painter in Tokyo in the 1950s. She became a figure in New York's contemporary art scene in the 1960s. Her style is a cross between pop art, surrealism and minimalism.
This strategy is a combination of simplicity meets innovation, which augments and transform photos into Kusama's lens.
The app lets users imagine a person or object covered with dots or reinterpreted as abstract waves, as inspired through Ms. Kasama's artwork. It is available for free in Apple's App Store.
Dalia Strum teaches SXF 120: Blogging Smarts for Business and SXF 130: The Social Media-Social Commerce Revolution: What You Need to Know to Keep Up.


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We generally appreciate Rosenthal, even if he does on occasion throw some shit at the wall. We're therefore delighted to see he'll be making the bow tie a permanent addition to the wardrobe, at least for this season. And it's for a good cause.
Via Hardball Talk, Rosenthal will be wearing a different one each week on air to represent different causes, including Livestrong and the Ronald McDonald House. He'll also have the chance to say a few things about each charity.
(Interestingly, the whole bow-ties-for-charity thing is an initiative of the Bengals' Dhani Jones.)
Raising awareness and seeing Ken Rosenthal in a bow tie? Everybody wins, except perhaps Rosenthal, who says he initially hated the idea of wearing them, first forced upon him by his FOX bosses at the World Series.
[T]he first time Joe Buck asked me on air about the bow tie, I said, "My wife and two daughters are playing the entire Series under protest."
Truth be told, I was, too.
But we have to agree with Hardball Talk, who says Rosenthal "totally fits the mold of a bow tie wearer." It just works, Ken doll.
MLB on FOX ready to tie one on [FOX Sports]


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Stephen King's mammoth 2009 novel Under the Dome features two killer antagonists. One is, well, the dome itself; the other is "Big Jim" Rennie, a bully of a local politician who seizes the dome's sudden appearance as a chance to affirm his fiefdom. Too bad only the inanimate bad guy made the transition to the small screen.
Season two of CBS' prime-time Under the Dome adaptation kicks off tonight. It's a killer premise: A giant dome magically drops from the sky, covering the small town of Chester's Mill, Maine; cut off from society, possibly for good, the predictable anarchic wackiness ensues. (Not as wacky as The Simpsons Movie, but wacky enough.) On the page, this is propulsive, pulpy stuff. On TV, it's an immensely silly mess.
Verily, season one was rife with problems. The townspeople's collective intelligence makes the wayward roving humans that populate The Walking Dead seem like a backwoods Mensa gathering—they go long stretches seeming to have forgotten the GIANT DOME that has trapped them in town. One whole episode out of 13 centered on a secret fight club/rave venue in an abandoned cement factory, a puzzling creation absent from the book and quickly bounced from the show. Sheesh, isn't the GIANT DOME enough of an issue?
I'd accuse the writers of spinning their wheels, were it not clear that the wheels fell off long ago. Still, nothing galls me like the treatment of the show's human villain, Big Jim. In King's hands, he's is a detestable force from the start. You plow through 1,000-odd pages (yes, the book is mammoth even by King's standards) as much to see him get his comeuppance as to finally figure out what the heck is up with the dome. He's selfish and manipulative, a parochial political nightmare. There is no gray to be found.
Turn on the TV, though, and, well, "soft" isn't quite the right word. Big Jim is still the villain—he lies, not to mention kills—but the show takes odd sidelines to round off his edges, at times showing him to be a mournful husband, caring father, and even worthy town leader. To be fair, it also shows him to be the exact opposite of all those things, but that inconsistent characterization plagues the entire show, not just its antagonist: The show's nominal hero, Dale "Barbie" Barbara (ugh, those names) gets an unnecessarily darker backstory for balance. King's novel is great entertainment without aspiring to be one of our Great Books; I don't think the television version aspires for greatness, either, but if the goal is some ridiculous fun, why even try to muddy the characters' waters?
As such, Under the Dome's first season played out as a half-assed Big Jim origin story—a long, ridiculous, and unnecessary origin story—for a character ready-made for evil scheming. Was this a flubbed attempt at pandering to our insatiable thirst for "Difficult Men" TV, where good guys and bad guys alike are slathered in shades of grey? Was the softening of Big Jim part of the plan all along, or was it the byproduct of casting the great Dean Norris, then just wrapping things up over at Breaking Bad? True, in that case, he took the one-note meathead caricature of Hank Schrader and morphed him over five seasons into one of the show's only good and likable characters. But there's a difference between turning a flat character into a round one and turning an unabashed bad guy into a gradual, somewhat ambiguous one. Sometimes it's okay for bad to just be bad.
This is not to say that the source material here should be held sacred—Under the Dome specifically or books in general. (Uncle Stevie himself has already suggested that the novel's disappointing ending won't be regurgitated here, and I'm all for it.) But too much of the book's pulpy, trashy fun is being ruined by all these muddled motivations. Still, we press on: As season one wrapped, Big Jim is running the town, and Barbie is in a noose set for a public execution, with Big Jim playing the hangman. Suddenly, the pink stars appear (I don't have time to explain, and it probably won't make any sense), and the dome flashes to bright white—another creation for the show, but at least one that works onscreen. Will it be a distraction that leads to Barbie's escape? Will it trigger a short-lived epiphany for an evil-at-the-moment Big Jim? Will it lead to some other unforeseeable whackadoo happening? If there's one thing going for this show, it's that even as a book-reader, I don't have the slightest clue, but on the flip side, I don't think the show's creators do, either.


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SEATTLE (AP) – State and federal wildlife agents are trying to trap the otter that attacked a boy and his grandmother as they were swimming in the Pilchuck River about 30 miles northeast of Seattle.
Because it has pounced on people, the otter will likely be killed unless it is a female with pups, said Capt. Alan Myers of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.
"We're doing everything possible to capture than animal as soon as possible," Myers said Friday. "This is an extremely rare incident. Otters are not known to be aggressive toward people."
The boy needed stitches for bites, and his grandmother could lose an eye from the attack Thursday morning in the river near Lake Connor Park, which is between Lake Stevens and Machias.
A state worker was unable to find the otter, so expert trappers were called in from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services, Myers said. They'll try to trap it with a foot snare or tranquilize it.
"We're not sure if it's a hyper-aggressive male protecting territory or a female protecting its young," Myers said. "There's a lot of liability in trying to relocate an animal that's been hyper-aggressive, and it would likely be euthanized. If it's a female with pups, there's another possible outcome if we can find a good location."
But the otter would have to be killed in any case so its brain could be tested for rabies, if that's a concern for doctors treating the boy and his grandmother, he said.
"There are no known cases of otter rabies in Washington," he said. "That's an extremely remote possibility."
The grandmother was treated at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle and the 8-year-old boy at Providence Medical Center in Everett, the boy's mother, Tabitha Moser told KING (http://bit.ly/1kaOm2v ).
She saw the 4-foot otter attack her son and her mother saved him.
"All of a sudden I just heard him scream for his life. He was just bobbing up and down in the water and as he came up there was something all the way on top of his head," she told KING.
The otter continued to attack as they left the water.
"Even after it got into the river and out of our way it stood on its hind legs looking at us like, 'Don't do it again; don't come in here,' " she told KING.
Myers said he has not heard of any other otter attacks in Washington but there have been some around the country.
Lake Conner Park has been closed, and signs have been posted along the Pilchuck River warning people to beware of the otter, Myers said.
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This contract's full designation is 'W535 AC 23382'. Awarded to the Cable Raincoat Co in late 1941 it was made from veg-tanned Horsehide.
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The latest patch of the PTR has substantially reduced the value of each Mark of Honor you get from each battleground from 2000 to 185. This means that grinding Marks is no longer going to give you a massive bank of honor, but that's not why this a big deal. That's a theoretical loss, one where we never had the value of that bank to begin with. No one had an actual bank of 1.2 million honor that was just wiped out.
No, the important part is that the current, actual value of a Mark of Honor will go from 248 to 185, or a 25.5% loss to the value of your Marks of Honor over the current trade-in quests. In exchange for the convenience of being able to turn them in individually instead of in matched sets, you will only realize 75% of the honor value of each Mark.
Now, I don't know if the Concerted Efforts / For Great Honor quests are going away. It didn't really matter before, what with the crazy hyper inflated honor rush we were about to experience. But now it really matters.
If the quests stay, then this reduction becomes nothing more than a convenience charge. I actually like this model — if you can get all 6 battlegrounds and turn in the marks together, you effectively get a bonus over turning them in singly. Okay, that's cool. I can live with that.
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Most guys are comparing the Glock to the 1911. I'm going to compare it to the 911…
For the last 40 years Porsche has been remaking the same design and calling it brand new, and the fans have been lapping it up and eagerly await the next version. Those on the outside look at it and see that it is the same thing. The engine was misplaced, tacked on the rear like an afterthought outboard motor. Every one is waiting for Porsche to scoot it in a bit to improve the car's balance.
Glock only comes out with a new gun when someone makes a new caliber… In the twenty years of Glockdom, we have seen new generations which we are told are better than the previous ones, and the Glock Enthusiasts will happily explain it to you like evangelical missionaries. But those on the outside look at it and see the same fault… That grip angle. It's wrong. It's not the same geometry that Saint J. Moses Browning chiselled in stone, so it can't be right.
Now here is the thing about both the car and the gun… Like them or not, they work. The racing beetle continues to be one of the worlds very best sportscars, as the Glock continues to be one of the best handguns. Wrong or not, there is something very right about them.


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The 6-year-old boy who had the nation worried sick suddenly became sick on nationwide television. And now everyone's wondering if his family's full of hot air.
Less than 24 hours after little Falcon Heene had the country on edge when it was believed he was trapped in a runaway balloon flying high above Colorado, the boy had everyone in America supressing their gag reflex.
The tyke, who was hiding in the attic when the 2-hour ordeal unfolded, vomited three times on two different nationally televised morning shows when pressed about what he meant when he said "We did this for the show" in the aftermath of the balloon debacle. Oatmeal, anyone?
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"Mom, I feel like I'm going to vomit," Falcon said on ABC's "Good Morning America" when the question about motives was popped.
Falcon's mother didn't move until host Diane Sawyer encouraged her to follow her son off-set. She eventually went to help her son, who could be heard gagging off-camera. Dad Richard Heene then appeared to fumble for a explanation and came up with one that seemed, er, interesting: nausea-inducing asthma.
The parents, who have strongly denied the balloon debacle was a hoax, also appeared to display an alarming lack of even any kind of manufactured concern.
"You okay, buddy?" his dad deadpanned on-air. "I think he's queasy. Should we take you to the bathroom or something?"
Meanwhile, during an interview broadcast on NBC, Falcon's queasiness was about to make its "Today" show debut. But at least the family was prepared for this on-camera appearance.
It was someone's bright idea to use a clear plastic container as a barf bag for Falcon, who vomited twice when his father was asked about the motivations of the balloon ordeal. Projectile style. It was rough.
Falcon's parents are no strangers to TV. The couple was featured on the reality TV show "Wife Swap" twice and have posted videos of themselves and their children on YouTube.
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Throwback Thursday – 10 years ago in the Mandurah Mail | Photos, October 2, 2008
Check out what was making news in Mandurah 10 years ago this week.
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Beijing hosted the Olympic Games, putting the city in the spotlight and infusing China with great pride. Almost 3500 children were named 'Aoyun' (meaning Olympics) to commemorate their newborn child and the sporting event.
The event also saw Usain Bolt set two new world records - one for the 100 metre sprint with 9.69 seconds and one for the 200m with a time of 19.30 seconds.
In February that year, the then Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made an historic apology to the Indigenous Australians and the Stolen Generations.
"Today we honour the Indigenous peoples of this land, the oldest continuing cultures in human history," he said in parliament at the time.
"We reflect on their past mistreatment.
"We reflect in particular on the mistreatment of those who were Stolen Generations - this blemished chapter in our nation's history.
"The time has now come for the nation to turn a new page in Australia's history by righting the wrongs of the past and so moving forward with confidence to the future."
Staying on politics, the 2008 presidential race was a history making one.
Barack Obama and his Yes We Can campaign saw him become the first African American President of the United States.
The year was also a big one for pop culture.
A few days into 2008 saw Britney Spears spectacularly melt down only for her to eventually bounce back in December that year with her comeback album Circus.
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Perhaps you are in the initial stages of, what I like to call, the "Tropheus frenzy." This often begins by browsing the internet, looking at thousands of multi-colored fish, and soaking up as much information as you can regarding these wonderful fish. For a few of us, the next step involves a trip to our local fish store in the hopes of seeing some in person. Deciding which variant to keep is one of the harder questions you must answer. Who can keep just one after all?
I'm sure many of you have tried, and given up on keeping Tropheus. I have almost thrown in the towel myself at various times. I write this short article with the hope you will find this information useful and, more importantly, it will help to keep your Tropheus alive.
Over the years I have learned a few things that work well, mostly through trial and error, compounded by strings of good and bad luck. By no means is this article meant to be a comprehensive "how to" list. It is merely meant to help you successfully prepare and care for your Tropheus once they arrive. This has worked well for me; others may have different thoughts and experiences.
A wise and prudent aquarist should:Always expect bloat when you get your Tropheus in from your supplier, be it mail order or your local fish store. I repeat always! If you expect bloat, then it does not matter if the fish actually get it or not. The point is to be prepared if they do. In my experience bloat hits juvenile's much worse than adults. Adults seem to travel and handle stress much better. You should consider this when making your initial purchase.
Never order Tropheus unless you have metronidazole (metro) available. This medication, in my opinion, is the only reliable cure for bloat. If you wait to order it when you see bloat appear, by the time your metro arrives, you fish will be too far gone.
Having some metro on hand for the Tropheus arrival allows you to treat the tank for bloat in an unconventional way. I have found that it works very well if you soak their food in some dissolved metro the first few days after you get them. Tropheus will eat like pigs when you first get them so it is a good way to get the metro into their system. This should nip bloat before it begins. Using this method I have never had a case of bloat with my new arrivals. There are many advocates that say you should not feed your Tropheus for the first few days after arrival. Supposedly this helps them adjust and lessens their chance of getting bloat. My problem with this approach is that after a few days the Tropheus may not be eating, due to bloat, requiring you to dose the entire tank. A few metro soaked flakes/pellets in their bellies upon arrival may have prevented this from occurring in the first place.
Always get some of the food that the shipper is feeding them, this will help you to avoid giving them new food and causing them to bloat. You should slowly wean them off of whatever they are eating and feed them a spirulina flake/pellet diet. There are numerous suppliers of good, quality spirulina based flakes and pellets out there. Europeans are fond of using a shrimp mix as a staple food source for their Tropheus. While I do not like to use this type of food, they have had success. To keep it simple, I recommend spirulina.
Over filtration is best for Tropheus. They are voracious eaters and require clean water. If you over-filtrate you can do water changes every 2-3 weeks and it's no problem. If one of your Tropheus fails to eat, in my experience, it is because they have bloat or it is a female with a mouthful of eggs.
By now you are saying "Ok great, thanks for the info. How do I know my fish has bloat?" Good question.
It has been my experience that if you're Tropheus does not eat; you should assume it has bloat. Clamped fins with a swaying, swimming motion is another sign. Tropheus resting on the tank bottom is yet another cautionary sign. The easiest signs to detect, however, are a swollen stomach and long, stringy white feces. If you see these in your tank, begin treatment immediately. If you can detect and begin treatment quickly you should not lose any fish.
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After a Maths and Natural Sciences degree at Cambridge University, I ran a small chain of record shops for a few years before returning to education, doing an MA at Goldsmiths College's Centre for Urban and Community Research. I did my PhD at Keele University, examining al-Muhajiroun and the BNP, and their engagement with wider society. Between and alongside this, I also worked for the Future Foundation, Vision 21, the Community Development Foundation and the Young Foundation.
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With a county commissioner expressing confidence that that the lighthouse will end up with the county and a coalition of stakeholders pressing for a reboot of relocation efforts, Port St. Joe commissioners took small steps forward last week.
With a county commissioner expressing confidence that that the lighthouse will end up with the county and a coalition of stakeholders pressing for a reboot of relocation efforts, Port St. Joe commissioners took small steps forward last week.
The city of Port St. Joe received bids for the relocation of the Cape San Blas Lighthouse and ancillary buildings but commissioners and staff are examining the potential for invoking a local preference provision under city rules.
The lowest bid for relocating the lighthouse came from Worth Contracting out of Jacksonville. The company�s bid was $304,500.
However, GAC Contractors came in at $321,700, second-lowest for the lighthouse, while submitting the low bid, $188,750, for relocating the other buildings, two keepers� quarters and an oil storage house into the city.
The city has a local preference that could provide a 5 percent adjustment for a local bidder, which GAC would be.
Commissioner Rex Buzzett said later in last week�s meeting that commissioners should consider amending that provision to mandate a preference for a local bidder whose bid was within $5,000 of the lowest bid, providing the local bidder would agree to perform the work at the cost of the lowest bid.
The lowest bids for the relocation of all structures from the current lighthouse site � the federal government has said all buildings must be moved � combine for $510,450, slightly less than the low bidder for the combined relocation of all structures.
The city bid the job out in two phases after being unsatisfied with the first rounds of bids.
The new round of bidders were familiar from the previous round, though Mayor Mel Magidson did not express a similar reluctance to awarding the bids due to concerns over expertise in moving the structures.
What the bids do not include is a method for addressing a significant hurdle.
�The bid does not include dropping the power lines,� Magidson said. �The lines will have to come down either way.�
That punctuated a drawn out discussion between Magidson and Commissioner Bo Patterson concerning whether or not the power lines would indeed have to come down for the lighthouse and how that might impact cost.
During the discussion, a clearly agitated Magidson said, �I give up� trying to explain to Patterson the parameters of the move.
Patterson replied, �It doesn�t take much.�
Pat Hardman, owner of Gulf 2 Bay Construction and president of the Coastal Community Association, which has lobbied to move the lighthouse to Salinas Park, said her research indicates the lighthouse to be too tall to move under power lines, even if placed on its side on the back of a large hauler.
In addition to the power lines, Duke Energy has indicated the cost of lowering power lines to be in six figures, the bids seemed to eliminate the possibility of relocating any of the structures via barge.
All the bids hinge on relocation over land.
Commissioners took no formal action last week, but the clock is ticking along several lines, as noted by several speakers seeking to lobby the city to work with the county on relocation to Salinas Park.
The federal government has already granted two extensions of the time the city has to move the structures. The city was awarded the lighthouse more than a year ago and the original timeline mandated the structures relocation by last June.
That deadline has been extended at least twice.
In addition, the largest chunk of the funds for relocation, a state appropriation of $325,000, could potentially be lost if not spent by the end of the fiscal year in June.
Hardman contended that the city was facing total costs of at least $750,000 and wondered about any return on investment the city might realize, let alone where the city would secure total funding for the project.
By her estimates, given annual upkeep, maintenance and insurance, the city would only break-even after the first 8,000 visitors per year, paying $5 per.
She noted that the lighthouse has never had more than 7,500 documented visitors in a given year.
And, she wondered, what would be the extent of the tourist attraction if the lighthouse was moved from its centuries-old location, altering the historical context.
�The relocation becomes a financial issue on what can be made on it,� Hardman said, adding it could be 20 years before the city realizes its costs to relocate. �Look at the financial side and consider the history � no one thinks you are going to have vast numbers of people coming when you move it into the city.
�This is no longer about saving the lighthouse.�
She added that ongoing roadwork on State 30A would be a major hurdle into 2015 and that regardless of its ultimate destination, bringing the 60-75 ton lighthouse down could leave it unusable.
�To bring the lighthouse down is dangerous,� Hardman said. �When it comes down it may not be fixable. It�s a little bit of a Catch-22 because it has to be moved.�
Betty McNeill, who has from the outset bemoaned any proposal to move the lighthouse off Cape San Blas, said the city should remember the history and collaborate with the county on moving the lighthouse to Salinas Park.
�Some things you can�t put a price tag on and one is the historical significance of the lighthouse,� McNeill said. �The city and county should cooperate to preserve the lighthouse and the complex.
�If we are at odds with each other it will be more complicated.�


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WVU mascot cited for failure to wear blaze orange
West Virginia University Mountaineer Jonathan Kimble has been cited for failure to wear blaze orange when he killed a bear with the musket that's part of his costume.
Division of Natural Resources spokesman Hoy Murphy says hunters are required to wear 400 square inches of the high-visibility color for safety reasons.
Kimble wasn't wearing orange when he shot the black bear Dec. 3.
The kill was legal but triggered a public outcry after Kimble posted a video online.
Kimble has since agreed to stop hunting with the musket.
Kimble has until Dec. 26 to enter a plea in Pendleton County Magistrate Court. He faces a fine of up to $50, plus court costs.
The musket can fire ammunition but fires only gunpowder at WVU events.
Kimble didn't immediately comment Wednesday.


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Washington (CNN) - Officials from the Republican super PAC American Crossroads, including its co-founder Karl Rove, defended their campaign spending and talked about the group's future during a conference call Thursday with 50 of its top donors.
Participants agreed they would not discuss the contents of the call with the media.
American Crossroads and its affiliate, Crossroads GPS, aired tens of millions of dollars worth of television ads aimed at defeating President Barack Obama as well as wresting control of the Senate from Democrats by going after incumbents and challengers in key races.
The two groups exceeded their fund-raising goal of $300 million for this election cycle.
Among those on the call was broadcast executive Stanley Hubbard, who refused to discuss what was said during it except to say "it was very friendly. I didn't hear any negative feedback or comments."
The Sunlight Foundation, a non-profit organization which tracks the influence of money on politics and works to make government more transparent, released an analysis Thursday questioning the effectiveness of American Crossroads and Crossroads GPS this campaign.
Using available data, the Sunlight Foundation said of the $103.5 million American Crossroads spent in the general election, 1.29% of it ended in the desired result. None of the candidates American Crossroads supported won, and most of the candidates it opposed were victorious.
Crossroads GPS, which does not have to disclose its donors, spent $70 million during the general election with 14.4% of it having the result it wanted, according to Sunlight Foundation's analysis. In the key Senate races in which it ran ads, Nevada Democratic Rep. Shelley Berkley's defeat was the one success it had.
Obama's defeat and the Republicans gaining control of the Senate were major aims for these groups and their contributors - and neither one was accomplished.
Following Election Day, officials from Crossroads have worked to soothe the concerns of large and small donors through phone calls and other communications.
"Donors have questions globally about what worked and didn't, and while all are disappointed with Tuesday's results, most have expressed a strong interest in our continuity and support for new efforts in 2014," American Crossroads spokesman Jonathan Collegio told CNN.
Democrats, who at the start of the campaign were worried they would be far out-spent by Republican super PACs and other independent groups, have been eager to raise questions about their record following the election. For its part, Crossroads officials said they still had a major impact and kept Republicans competitive.
"Democrats leveraged their incumbency to dramatically out-raise and outspend their Republican opponents this cycle, and Republican outside groups balanced that spending out to keep this a two point race all the way to the end," Collegio said.
Rove also defended the super PACs' effectiveness. He pointed out in an interview with Fox News, where he is a political analyst, that American Crossroads was quicker to come to Mitt Romney's defense when the attacks on his business career first began.
"The first group to respond to the attacks on Bain, on Bain Capital, were not the Romney campaign. It was American Crossroads with an ad in July," Rove said.
One major Republican fund-raiser, who was not involved with the major super PACs and related groups involved in the presidential campaign this year, and who requested anonymity to speak freely, told CNN "you have to look at how effectively" the groups operated.
The fundraiser said if he were a donor to a Republican super PAC, "I'd question the return on their investment."
As to whether he thinks his donations were a waste, Stanley Hubbard told CNN "I think when you are helping in the democratic process it is never a waste."
With the election now over, American Crossroads is preparing to engage in the next battle to hit Washington: what to do about the fiscal cliff of major spending cuts and expiration of the Bush-era tax cuts that will hit at the end of the year unless there is action by Congress and the president.
Republican outside groups spent twice what Mitt Romney did on advertising in battleground states this campaign - $411 million to $180 million.
Tax the greedy billionaires,now! Throw the Tea Party out!
Continue to lose. Take some advise and look in the mirror...CHANGE THE MAKE-UP ON YOUR FACES. Explained....quit being bullies. You will always lose when you are bullies. Rove, Limbaugh, Coulter, HANNITY. Start being nice, you will start winning.
I am happy to let all the rich republican donors cry after their money. All that money went into the economy. All those rich rebublicans would not have spend a cent on anything else. Lets hope the money helped to create some jobs. Hurray for the American economy!!!!!!!!!
Ohh No. This looks like "Damage Control" to me.
I guess after Karl Rove had his melt down on False Noise, his second order of business was to explain to all his Billionaire Donors of his Super-PAC "Crossroads" why they received a 1% return on $300 million dollars spent.
lol.. .opps 🙂 BTW, TY Karl Rove!! From Canada
Karl Rove blew it and now he is in deep caca
Karl Rove has a lot of explaining to do to his donors and the faux channel people who live in a bubble and trusted him when he made Romney will win prediction.As far as the majority of people are concerned he is now irrelevant and lonley human being.
Best waste of money ever. Keep throwing your money away on fatally flawed candidates, right-wingers. Your money will buy you nothing but pocket space.
Hey Karl, try less money and more truth in advertising! If your message is right, then the people will follow. Karl and his minions are to use to buying influence.
After making a fool of himself Tuesday night on Fox News, isn't it time Karl Rove left the national stage?
Karl Rove should be ran out of town and taking Grover Norquist with Him. Time to repeal "Citizens United" and make a even playing field with less spent.
Majority of Republican money spent came from a few very rich individuals. Marjority of Democratic money spent came from average people giving small donations.
I love you President Obama! Your heart is in the rightk place. Thank you for displaying compassion!
The American people pimp slapped them again. They will never learn.
LOL. We were not watching faux news on election night, of course, but even that blonde questioned him on what he thought the numbers were.
i still wonder why they were so sure that Ohio would go to the twit. After all that husted did to keep voters who are not rethugs from voting you have to wonder I wouldn't put anything past these people because they have shown that they would sell their own mothers and children to win.
$300M???????????????? The election can't be bought and maybe they finally learned (I doubt it) that we LIKE the President and we believe in him. FORWARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Start getting on your knees and crawling, Karl, your corporate masters are unhappy because you could not distort reality enough to deliver the goods.
"Bush's Brain" is addled, apparently. On the other hand, he got richer off the gullible conservative billionaires.


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Howdy All.
Went up the Vivian trail to the Dobbs ridge and Jepson peak at the end of March.
Sally's TR and our pictures:
Finally, yesterday was one of those rare days on the mountain when almost everything went right.
Ellen, Marilyn, and I headed up the Vivian Creek Trail with Dobbs Peak and Jepson Peak as our destination. Crossing Mill Creek, which actually was a creek for the first time in a few years, was done easily with the help of a well placed log. The snow on the switchbacks to the wilderness boundary sign was entirely melted out. After crossing Vivian Creek we diverted to gain the ridge to Dobbs in a fairly efficient manner. Soon after gaining the ridge we briefly donned microspikes which were shortly thereafter traded out for crampons. The ice axes were brought out at the foot of "the wall" at about 9,000'.
From this point I was in heaven with the brush, rocks, and deadfall nicely covered in nice crusty bitey snow. The going was not speedy because it is quite steep here and the elevation starts to take my breath away.
We reached Dobbs Peak in exactly 5 hours. I was looking forward to the customary longer snack break but Ellen said "Let's head up to Jepson" so off we went. The advantage of just moving on is that when one stops for one of those longer breaks it is much harder to get going again. One hour and 10 minutes later we were basking in the sun on top of Jepson Peak, 11,205'. We enjoyed the view and the lunch that Marilyn prepared and schlepped up the mountain for us.
The trip back down the upper parts of the ridge was fabulous. The snow had softened up and we did not need ice axes. Our route finding was flawless until we began our descent back down to Vivian Creek. We managed to make it down with much bush whacking, scrambling over and under deadfall, and backtracking.
Mill creek had gotten a bit feistier by the late afternoon and crossing it was more of a challenge.
We went to the Mill Creek Cattle Company for dinner and enjoyed the Wednesday special which was steak!
Miles of smiles,


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July 24, 2010
1974: Alfred Jenkins Gains 200 Receiving Yards as Birmingham Overwhelms Memphis
The Birmingham Americans and Memphis Southmen (or Grizzlies, as they were popularly referred to by the local fans) had won their first two World Football League games in 1974 and had already established themselves as among the better franchises in the league's short history. The clubs met for the first time before 61,319 fans at Birmingham's Legion Field on the night of July 24 in what proved to be a high-scoring affair.
The Americans, under Head Coach Jack Gotta, split the quarterback duties between veteran George Mira and Matthew Reed. The stable of running backs was led by former Bengal and Oiler Paul Robinson and included Jimmy Edwards, Carl Bartles, Charlie Harraway, and Art Cantrelle. WR Dennis Homan, a local favorite who had a modest NFL career after coming out of Alabama, had been drawing the primary coverage by opposing defenses, and this opened the door for fast rookie WR Alfred Jenkins.
Memphis was coached by John McVay and had created a sensation earlier in the year by signing three key members of the NFL champion Miami Dolphins (FB Larry Csonka, HB Jim Kiick, and WR Paul Warfield) to contracts for the '75 season. However, those players were not available for 1974 and so the offense was led by RB J.J. Jennings, a former Rutgers standout; QB John Huarte, a former Heisman Trophy winner at Notre Dame who had been a career backup in the AFL and NFL; TE Gary Shirk, from Morehead State; and tall (6'5") WR Ed Marshall.
The tone of the game was set on the Memphis offense's first play when Huarte fumbled the snap and DE Dick Trower recovered at the Southmen nine yard line. Bartles ran three yards for the touchdown, and while the action point was no good, Birmingham had an early 7-0 lead.
After a Bob Etter field goal for Memphis cut the lead to 7-3, Mira threw to Jenkins for a 38-yard touchdown; once again the action point failed. Again, Mira connected with Jenkins for a long touchdown pass play that covered 74 yards for a 21-3 advantage (once more, the action point attempt was unsuccessful).
The Southmen came back as Huarte passed to Shirk for a 35-yard TD and, with a successful action point, the Birmingham margin was narrowed to 21-11. However, the Americans scored once more prior to the half as Mira connected on four passes in a 59-yard drive that culminated in a 12-yard touchdown throw to Homan. With yet another failed action point, the tally stood at 28-11 in favor of Birmingham at halftime.
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Mira suffered a sprained ankle while scrambling during the next possession, but that didn't slow the Birmingham offense as Reed threw to Jenkins for a 52-yard touchdown on his first play. The Americans finally converted an action point and led by 36-19.
The Southmen didn't give up as they responded with an 80-yard drive that ended with a one-yard TD run by Harvey, although they failed to make the action point. Again, Birmingham responded with a touchdown as Reed connected with TE Jim Bishop on a four-yard scoring pass. With a failed action point, the Americans now led by a 43-26 margin.
Aided by a pass interference call in the end zone, the Southmen came back once more to score on a one-yard TD run by Jennings, but a failed action point attempt kept the margin at ten points (43-33). Once more the Americans drove right back down the field with Robinson scoring on a two-yard touchdown carry and a successful action point. The back-and-forth nature of the second half finally ended when LB Steve Conley intercepted a Huarte pass and gave Birmingham good field position at its own 49. After a 31-yard carry by Robinson, Jimmy Edwards swerved his way to an 18-yard touchdown run. The action point was missed, but the margin proved decisive as the Americans defeated the Southmen, 58-33.
The Birmingham quarterbacks, Mira and Reed, combined for 367 yards and five touchdowns. Paul Robinson led the runners with 93 yards on 18 carries with a TD. The defense had forced six turnovers, including two fumbles and four interceptions. But the most spectacular performance was turned in by Alfred Jenkins as he caught 5 passes for 200 yards and three touchdowns (it could have been more, but an apparent long scoring play was called back due to a penalty – one of 14 the Americans committed). The 200 yards would remain the single-game record for pass receiving yards in the WFL's short history.
For Memphis, John Huarte passed for 224 yards with a TD, but had four passes picked off. John Harvey rushed for 126 yards and two touchdowns on 16 carries, while Ed Marshall caught 6 passes for 114 yards.
Birmingham went on to finish at 15-5, putting them in second place in the Central Division behind the Southmen, who survived the high-scoring loss to post the league's best record at 17-3. However, in the postseason Memphis was upset in the semifinal round by the Florida Blazers, who ended up losing the league championship game to the Americans.
Alfred Jenkins was a consensus All-League pick after catching 60 passes for a WFL-best 1326 yards with 12 touchdowns. He would parlay his notable WFL showing into an outstanding nine-year career with the NFL's Atlanta Falcons.
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Jenkins became a very serviceable receiver for the Falcons and one of Steve Bartkowski's favorite deep threats. He might have been one of the smallest receivers to play the game, but he brought a lot of big plays and exciting moments to the Falcons during the Leeman Bennett years when the Falcons became playoff contenders. Unfortunately he developed a substance abuse problem and managed to get on the bad side of Bennett's successor Dan Henning, resulting in a stint in rehab and being phased out of the offense. Eventually he was cut by the Falcons and never returned to football.ReplyDelete
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Solano followed protocol by tagging up late in loss
ST. LOUIS -- On a play where there was plenty of confusion and some chaos, it appears Donovan Solano did the right thing in the ninth inning of the Marlins' 3-2 loss on Friday to the Cardinals.
With the bases loaded against closer Trevor Rosenthal, Christian Yelich lifted a long fly to left-center. Cardinals left fielder Matt Holliday ran into the gap, and he was unable to hold onto the ball, which dropped behind him.
Marcell Ozuna, who was on third, scored easily. But Solano went back to tag up at second, thinking the ball may be caught. Reed Johnson, on first, was at second as Solano retreated. Johnson urged Solano to advance. Yelich, meanwhile, thinking double, was halfway to second before he headed back to first.
When the play sorted itself out, Solano went to third, Johnson was on second and Yelich on first. Cardinals manager Mike Matheny issued a replay challenge, seeing if Johnson had passed Solano on the basepaths. The ruling on the field, however, was confirmed.
Johnson on Saturday broke down the play.
"Solano, in his situation, when you're on second base with nobody out, on a ball in the air, you're supposed to tag," Johnson said. "With one out, you pretty much get as far as you can. With no outs, he made the right decision."
What happened from Solano's standpoint is he was shielded by Holliday and couldn't tell if the ball was caught. Johnson, from his vantage point, saw the ball drop.
"I think where Solano was, he was kind of blocked out by Holliday's body, because he kind of slid and it fell," Johnson said. "I saw it kick away from him. I was telling him, 'Go, go, go! You don't have to come back and tag.'"
If Solano had kept going, Yelich would have had a two-run double, and Miami would have had second and third with no outs. The score would have been 3-2 for Ed Lucas, who eventually struck out. Giancarlo Stanton followed, drawing a bases-loaded walk, making it 3-2, and the game ended on Casey McGehee's 5-4-3 double play.
As for the Solano play, Johnson repeated: "It's the right play."