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Friday, May 4, 2007
ESPN Steps-Up And Allen Bestwick Steps-In
The first moment that the familiar tones of Allen Bestwick greeted TV viewers of the Busch Series pre-race show at Richmond, you just had a feeling. The first time the ESPN camera revealed Bestwick in a suit and tie looking as professional and polished as usual, you just had a feeling. When Bestwick looked to his left, there sat the one and only Jimmie Johnson smiling like a kid in a candy store. Once again, you just had a feeling. The feeling was that ESPN had finally recognized a problem, and made a move to fix it. And no one can fix a problem like that better than Allen Bestwick...period. The humble man that NASCAR fans love.
Without changing the style that has made him a household name, Bestwick calmly set the informal and free-flowing tone for the "new" Busch Series pre-race show. He worked hard to include Brad Daugherty, and called him the "voice of the fans." That is the first time anyone has tried to explain to viewers what the heck Daugherty was doing on this show. Its about time Daugherty was given a role, and allowed to be included in the conversation.
Right off the top of the show, Kyle Busch appeared to address his recent rash of accidents. Within minutes of opening the show, Bestwick had two drivers discussing recent events, Daugherty asking good questions, and a HANS device on the set for viewers to see. Then, as he transitioned to commercial, Bestwick set-off the pit reporter "whip-around" with three smiling reporters "teasing" the remainder of the show. This is exactly the type of clear-cut NASCAR news and information that fans have been thirsting for since Daytona. It seems those pit reporters were a little happier than usual with Mr. Bestwick at the helm.
Part of the promise ESPN made to NASCAR was to assist the Busch Series in developing a "personality." No one is better at that this season that Aussie Marcos Ambrose. Rapidly becoming a fan favorite, Ambrose is a great interview and really puts a "face" on a series dominated by NEXTEL Cup "buschwackers." Getting Marcos on-camera to talk about his Talladega experience, and his first crack at Richmond, was a nice touch. As Ambrose finished his interview, Mike Wallace and Juan Montoya were clowning around behind him, and rookie pit reporter Jamie Little jumped right in and interviewed both of them. For just a brief moment...the old ESPN was back. It was actually fun again at the track.
Then, unfortunately, things took a wrong turn. At Talladega, the "booth announcers" appeared in the Busch Series pre-race show, but never even mentioned the Busch race. The Daly Planet made a point of reminding ESPN/ABC Sports of that fact. At Richmond, when Bestwick "tossed it up" to Marty Reid, they did it again. Marty spoke with Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree, but not about the Busch race. DJ had just missed qualifying for the NEXTEL Cup event, and their entire on-camera segment focused on that fact. Never was the Busch Series race mentioned. How does this happen? DJ could have appeared on NASCAR Now, SportsCenter, or even ESPN News to deal with the qualifying issue. This time is for the Busch Series, and ESPN made a big mistake by interrupting the great flow of Bestwick's first show by catering to their NEXTEL Cup star.
Luckily, pit reporter Mike Massaro returned to the Busch beat with Kevin Harvick, who is always the story at Richmond. While Massaro interviewed Harvick, team owner Chip Ganassi was harassing Harvick off-camera and adding to the informal and good-spirited feeling of this segment. Returning to the beautiful ESPN set, Bestwick led an open discussion about Harvick, Busch Series ownership, and Harvick's RCR connections. ESPN was finally talking racing, and it was about time.
At long last, ESPN spent the time to prepare a feature report on a driver who is actually racing in the Busch race being telecast. It seems like a simple thing, but it has not been easy. A nice feature on Kyle Busch and his crew chief for both the Busch and Cup Series worked quite well. Then, they actually raced. What a concept.
After three long months of confusion and ego, there has to be some credit given to the ESPN executives bold enough to make a high-profile change like adding Bestwick. In one show, he has relaxed the anger of the fans and restored ESPN's credibility in this sport. If ESPN can focus the "booth announcers" segment on the Busch Series, and eliminate the ridiculous "what to watch for" questions, they have a winner. As the series moves to Darlington, let's hope that even more hard news and driver interviews are added into the show. Fans need to meet the Busch Series drivers and hear Busch Series information for the entire thirty minutes.
On behalf of The Daly Planet, and NASCAR fans everywhere, thank you to ESPN for bringing Allen Bestwick to the helm of NASCAR Countdown. This move will bring more benefits than ESPN can imagine as the series continues for the next seven months.
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- SonicAD said...
I sent an email comment earlier, but I have to mention it again here... I was terribly pleased earlier today when I heard Allen would be hosting the pre-race show, and he didn't disappoint. He knows what he's talking about, has a good sense of humor, and his voice just SOUNDS like racing (similar to how I think Vancouver Canucks and CBC hockey p-b-p man Jim Hughson just SOUNDS like hockey). His mellifluous tones just seem to ratchet up the excitement. I was terribly disappointed at the way he got shunted onto pit road (after breaking a leg, no less), and then kicked off INC, so to see him back in a suit and getting to talk about racing is fantastic. The only thing they could do better is to put him in the booth and put Jerry back on pit road.
- May 5, 2007 at 2:20 AM
- TalkGeorge said...
AB adds a needed element, now I'd like to see Marty Smith more prominently displayed!
- May 5, 2007 at 7:06 AM
- Anonymous said...
It was truly a pleasure to watch the broadcast with AB at the wheel. I was impressed with how much more integrated the flow was between the booth and the studio during the race. Bestwick also did a nice job of framing Daugherty's "patch" within the show, giving him the context and the space to contribute good content.
Also, after two races with DJ in the booth, I'm convinced he has the talent to contribute insight much like his father did back in the day. I like and respect Rusty, but his constant professing about his likes and dislikes brings down the mood. DJ integrates well with the team, contributing both energy and knowledge which enhances the flow. The addition of AB and DJ make the broadcast more interesting and enjoyable.
- May 5, 2007 at 10:21 AM
- Snafam said...
I missed the pre-race, as I live on the West Coast, and arrived home from work just barely in time to see the green flag fly.
After the race, I was startled to hear Alan's voice, and was over-joyed to hear him again.
I hope to see even more of Alan!
- May 5, 2007 at 12:26 PM
- Anonymous said...
Who is Marty Reid? I have been a stock car fan since the mid-fifties and have never noticed the man. If he had not had DJ and his pit reporters to constantly go to, it seems to me he would be totally lost. If not for following my RCR Guys, I almost turned the television OFF. We need Allen Bestwick back in the booth. Look what happened to the Inside Nextel Cup program on Speed when they took Allen off and Put Dave on. Haven't watched it in over a year.
- May 5, 2007 at 1:42 PM
- WickedJ said...
The only thing they could do better is to put him in the booth and put Jerry back on pit road.
ive been saying this since Daytona
the booth should be AB DJ and Andy
while ESPN's version of the Hollywood Hotel should be Brewer, Rusty and/or Marty Smith so you keep the flow of someone whos actually raced or worked on these cars and someone to ask the questions
put Doc Punch on pitroad and fire Brad
- May 5, 2007 at 3:50 PM
- Anonymous said...
Now if we can get Allen on the evening show instead of the ones they have now who don't know squat about racing. I am sick of the "What was going through you mind at the time of the accident", and other stupid questions like that. ESPN needs to use the NASCAR experience that Allen and Dr. Jerry Punch have and not subs from football, hockey, and whatever those other guys do.
- May 5, 2007 at 3:50 PM
- Anonymous said...
Hello, I am a first-time commenter (if that's the right word) onto your site, and I thank you for being the voice of the online fan when it comes to TV coverage. I believe you have been spot-on with most of your criticisms about ESPN's coverage, but I think it should be noted that ESPN is just starting to get back into the fold and should improve as the season goes on.
As for the pre-race show, it was by far one of the most enjoyable I have watched in years. Allen and Brad had great chemistry together, something that Countdown had been missing all year. I was glad that ESPN finally let Brad tell us something that indicated that he actually did know something about NASCAR, and came off very well as a result. As a matter of fact, I would not mind seeing Allen and Brad call a race or two later on this year.
- May 5, 2007 at 11:06 PM
- Mike said...
I've been an AB fan since I first heard him calling cup races on NBC back in '01. As a TV producer myself...it's my opinion that the only thing better than having AB on ESPN's pre race show is getting him back in the main booth calling races again. NBC made a huge mistake when they replaced him with Bill Weber. So, ESPN is going in the right direction. Now let's see if they have the brass to go the extra step and get Mr. Bestwick where he REALLY belongs.
- May 11, 2007 at 8:30 PM


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If there was ever a time I wish I could read fluent French it is now, as the December issue of Vogue Paris not only has an amazing cover featuring Victoria and David Beckham, but it is also guest-edit by the designer.
There are two great covers shot by photographers Inez and Vinoodh, each features an intimate moment between Victoria and David, and I love them both. What surprises me most about the covers is how Victoria captures the attention over her hunky hubbie, plus how good does she look in green – she should wear that colour more often.
"We entrusted the editor's chair for this issue to a woman who revealed herself to be the absolute opposite of her public image while we were working together," revealed Emmanuelle Alt, editor-in-chief of Vogue Paris. "Spontaneous and full of humour, she's modest, with a healthy dose of ambition. And like all those who are truly passionate about what they do, Victoria is a perfectionist."
So what can you expect from Victoria's edit – well apparently a look into her world from her family to afternoon tea with Valentino, as well as a look backstage at her spring/summer 2014 show, and a few of her Christmas memories. There is also an interview with her discussing her relationship with David and a fashion shoot by David Sims called "In Bed With Victoria".
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|Violence after killing of another ASWJ activist
|[Dawn] An activist of the Ahle Sunaat Wal Jamaat was bumped off in a Gulshan-e-Iqbal locality in the small hours of Sunday, police said.
They said that armed motorcyclists targeted Qari Ashfaq near Asma Gardens on Abul Hasan Ispahani Road in Gulshan-e-Iqbal late on Saturday night and rode away.
The victim was rushed to the nearby Patel Hospital, where he died.
He was the muazzin at Masjid-o-Madressah Siddiqia and taught children the Koran.
He originally hailed from Gujrat.
The killing sparked violence in the locality as enraged people erupted into the streets, blocked main road for vehicular traffic and staged a sit-in in front of the Mobina Town cop shoppe for immediate arrest of killers.
Unknown persons also had gun sex, wounding a passer-by and a Rangers man.
The maimed were also shifted to the Patel Hospital for treatment, the police added.
The protest sit-in continued for several hours and the protesters dispersed after senior coppers reached the scene and assured them of the arrest of the killers.
Man killed in Sohrab Goth
An unidentified young man was rubbed out in Sohrab Goth on Sunday.
Police said the incident took place near Indus Plaza, close to Al-Asif Square, where unknown men riding a cycle of violence targeted a young man who was sitting near a paan cabin.
The victim was struck down in his prime. The body was taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for medico-legal formalities.
The police said that no clues were found to esta-blish the identity of the dear departed.
Two buses catch fire
Two passenger coaches caught fire in Liaqua-tabad due to a short circuit, police and fire brigade officials said.
They said that the incident took place under the Liaquatabad flyover, where a parked coach suddenly caught fire.
The vehicle was completely gutted in the fire. Another coach parked next to the burning vehicle also caught fire. However,
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Myers saves bullpen, but continues to struggle
CLEVELAND -- Indians manager Terry Francona praised Brett Myers for saving the team's bullpen during Tuesday night's lopsided loss against the Yankees. In that regard, the veteran right-hander's emergency relief performance was indeed admirable.
Myers' performance, however, was shaky in terms of results. That has been the case for the bulk of the starter's appearances dating back to Spring Training, when he joined the team after signing a one-year contract over the winter.
Following Tuesday's 14-1 loss, in which Myers allowed seven runs over 5 1/3 innings, Francona said he felt the pitcher threw well at times. Francona was asked to clarify that thought prior to Wednesday's game against the Yankees.
"The one thing to remember is it's my job to always [think positive]," Francona said. "I mean, if I don't think positive, who the heck is? That's my job. I get that. Shoot, I think we're going to win when it's 13-1 and we're down. I'm supposed to. And then when we're not winning, I'm supposed to try to take care of our guys and either protect our bullpen or do things like that.
"First of all, it was a difficult situation and I thought he really handled it well. That was appreciated. He completely saved our bullpen. He pitched fairly effectively for a couple innings and then they were in swing mode and he left some fastballs out over the plate that got whacked. So I think you can harp on that as a staff, or you can look to what he did well and try to capitalize on that. That's what we choose to do."
Through two appearances this season -- one start and Tuesday's relief outing -- Myers has posted a 12.19 ERA, allowing 14 runs on 18 hits (seven home runs) with four strikeouts and two walks in 10 1/3 innings. Including his six Cactus League games this spring, Myers has posted a 10.05 ERA (35 earned runs) with 54 hits (10 homers) allowed in 31 1/3 innings.
"He's not the power pitcher that maybe he was 10 years ago," Francona said, "so the wiggle room for when he doesn't locate his fastball isn't what it was. So, he has to pitch accordingly."


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Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig is reportedly seeking a new contract, one which could keep him in his current role for another two years, ESPN's Buster Olney reported on his Twitter page Tuesday afternoon.
Selig, who has led the MLB to record profits and has fought past both a steroid scandal and player strike during his tenure, has publicly said for years that he'd retire after his current contract, set to expire after 2012, ran out. Many in the baseball world didn't believe it however. The 77-year-old even joked that his wife, Sue, didn't believe him either.
If current reports are correct, she was right to be somewhat skeptical.
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This year's Oscar nominations arrived a mere three days ahead of Sunday's Golden Globes ceremony -- and the slate of nominees for both events has a lot in common.
Thursday's Oscar nominee reveal was a first for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which traditionally waited until after the Globes showered statuettes on what the Hollywood Foreign Press deem the best and brightest in cinema and television.
Oscar overseers said the earlier announcement was simply to give the academy's nearly 6,000 members more time to see nominated films before the Feb. 24 ceremony. Stealing some of the Globes thunder by adding another set of nominations to the already overloaded brains of moviegoers doesn't hurt either.
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But just how different are the lists when examined against each other? Not so much, it turns out. Like the Globes nominations, Steven Spielberg's civil war epic "Lincoln" continued to be the juggernaut of the award season. "Lincoln's" 12 Oscar nods and "Les Miserables'" seven shows that historical fare continues to dominate.
There were a few notable snubs ("Zero Dark Thirty's" Kathryn Bigelow and "Argo's" Ben Affleck being shut out of the best director race) and a few surprises (love for "Silver Linings Playbook" and "Beasts of the Southern Wild" in the best picture category). But overall the nominations for both award shows run similar tracks.
Rather than detract, the Academy's early reveal has added a new dimension to the award race by setting up a long term field of contenders, and allowing viewers to now have full comparitive knowledge of nominees as the season swtiches into high gear with Sunday's ceremony.
The Globes' dual best picture categories (drama and comedy or musical) previously allowed for a wider range of films to be included than at the Oscars, which contains only one category: best picture. Prior to 2010 the Academy chose only five contenders in this race. The number has since been expanded so that up to 10 titles can be nominated, ensuring a deeper pool of genres can be represented. This year they opted for nine.
The Academy's surprises include best picture nominations for indie darling "Beasts of the Southern Wild" (totally shut out at the Globes), and "Amour," the french-language drama about love in the twilight years that was also given a nod in the foreign film category.
Globe best picture-nominated films "Moonrise Kingdom," "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" and "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen" were ignored by Oscar. While the latter was at best a random inclusion on the part of the Hollywood Foreign Press, the public and critical adoration of "Best Exotic" and Wes Anderson's "Kingdom" could easily have secured either film the tenth berth that will remain empty for 2013's ceremony.
Oscar 2013: Full list of nominations
Those same films were ignored when it came to the acting categories. Globe-nominated Judi Dench ("Best Exotic") and Emily Blunt ("Salmon Fishing") were absent when it came to the leading actress Oscar category, as were Maggie Smith ("Quartet"), Meryl Streep ("Hope Springs"), Marion Cotillard ("Rust and Bone"), Rachel Weisz ("Deep Blue Sea") and Helen Mirren ("Hitchcock").
In place of the above, Oscar called out little known acting talents Emmanuelle Riva ("Amour") and Quvenzhane Wallis ("Beasts of the Southern Wild"). With their noms, nine-year-old Wallis becomes the youngest actress ever to be nominated for an Academy Award (she was 6 when filming took place) and 85-year-old Riva the eldest. Jessica Chastain ("Zero Dark Thirty"), Jennifer Lawrence ("Silver Linings Playbook") and Naomi Watts ("The Impossible") are up for awards at both ceremonies.
Bradley Cooper ("Silver Linings Playbook"), Daniel Day Lewis ("Lincoln"), Hugh Jackman ("Les Mis") Joaquin Phoenix ("The Master") and Denzel Washington ("Flight") will compete for both an Oscar and a Golden Globe in the lead actor category. For supporting actor, the Academy's only Globe substitution was to swap "Django Unchained's" Leonardo DiCaprio for "Silver Linings'" Robert De Niro. De Niro's placement alongside Philip Seymour Hoffman ("The Master"), Alan Arkin ("Argo"), Tommy Lee Jones ("Lincoln") and Christophe Waltz ("Django Unchained") creates a field comprised of previous Oscar winners.
Anne Hathaway's powerful turn as the doomed Fantine in "Les Mis" received a supporting actress nomination from the Academy and the Foreign Press, making her one of the category's front runners. Again, the list of nominees were identical bar one spot, with two Aussie actresses vying for the different awards: Jacki Weaver ("Silver Linings Playbook") replaces Nicole Kidman ("The Paperboy") in the Oscar race. Weaver's inclusion places a "Silver Lining" castmember in every Academy Award acting category.
Where the Oscar and Globes really diverge is the best director category. "Zero Dark Thirty's" Kathryn Bigelow (a previous best director Academy Award winner for 2008's "The Hurt Locker"), "Django Unchained's" Quentin Tarantino and "Argo's" Ben Affleck failed to hear their names announced, even as they witnessed their films garner best picture nominations.
Benh Zeitlin ("Beasts of the Southern Wild"), Michael Haneke ("Amour") and "Silver Linings Playbook's" David O'Russell make the Academy's grade alongside Ang Lee ("Life of Pi") and Steven Spielberg ("Lincoln").
What the Globes reveal ahead of the Oscars will be made clear Sunday night. A win for Bigelow or Affleck as director could add credibility to the choices of the HFPA, or simply make the sting of the Academy's snub all the more painful.
One thing is already evident: handicapping viewers can now choose camp "Lincoln" or camp "Les Mis" confident in the knowledge there will be no nomination surprises down the track.


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County prosecutors say a University of California, Los Angeles chemistry professor has been ordered to stand trial after a fire in his lab caused the death of a 23-year-old research assistant.
A district attorney's statement Friday says Judge Lisa Lench ordered 43-year-old Patrick Harran to be tried on three felony counts of violating workplace safety standards in the death of Sheharbano "Sheri" Sangji (she-har-bah-noo sang-gee).
Prosecutors say Sangji was in Harran's organic chemistry laboratory Dec. 29, 2008, when she transferred a highly flammable material without wearing a protective lab coat. The material spilled and caught fire, causing severe burns.
Sangji died of her injuries 18 days later.
Harran is due for arraignment May 9. The university and his defense maintain it was a tragic accident that doesn't merit criminal charges.
If convicted Harran faces up to 4 1/2 years in prison.


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In Le Marche, not far from the Adriatic Sea, the savvy traveler will find the small hill town of Urbino. It is perched between the Foglio and Metauro Rivers.
Le Marche enjoys more than 100 miles of clean Adriatic coastline with long stretches of sandy beaches. The regional capital is Ancona where an annual "Summer Jamboree Festival" is held with bands from all over the world. www.summerjamboree.com
Urbino was declared a dukedom in the middle of the 15th century and has a Ducal Palace with cellars and servants quarters. Raphael and Bramante were famous local Renaissance artists. Urbino's historic center has a magnificent array of medieval and well-preserved Renaissance buildings nestled in a picturesque countryside setting that was inscribed by UNESCO in 1998. The historic center has interesting sites that include: The Oratory of St. John the Baptist, Raphael's birth house, the churches of St. Francis and St. Dominic, the Oratory of St. Gaetano, the cloistered convent of St. Claire and of the Church of St. Bernardino. There is a fabulous VIno con Vista panorama of the city from the Albornoz Fortress.
Urbino's illustrious past rivals Florence in terms of its cultural significance during the Renaissance. This town attracted many humanist scholars and Renaissance artists in the 15th century. These trailblazers ultimately influenced cultural developments elsewhere in Europe. Urbino became a Ducal city during the Renaissance.
For more information visit: http://www.le-marche.com/
1. Urbino was the birthplace of Raffaello Sanzio in 1483. He lived at Casa Natale di Raffaello and his former residence warrants a visit. The birthplace of Raphael is a small 14th-century building with a charming interior courtyard. What was probably the artist's first important work, a Madonna and Child, is located in the first-floor room where he was born in 1483. His superb artistic skills adorn the walls of the Vatican in his legendary "School of Athens" masterpiece.
2. Visit the elegantly proportioned Palazzo Ducale that was built for Duke Federico da Montefeltro and his wife Battista Sforza as a defensive structure in 1460 designed by architect by Luciano da Laurana and Francesco di Giorgio Martini.
It is one of the most beautiful architectural works of the Italian Renaissance. The palace is perched high on a hill with panoramic views of the countryside. The façade of the palace is flanked by two dominating towers. Montefeltro was a patron of the arts who ruled Urbino from 1444-1482. The 3rd Sunday in August, attend "Festa del Ducca" in Urbino to honor the Duke.
3. The palace houses the Galleria Nazionale delle Marche (The Marche National Gallery) and holds the most significant collection of Marchigiana art. This museum is the home to works by Raphael, Piero della Francesca, Tizano, Paolo Uccello and Luca Signorelli.
4. The elegant, Neo-Classical Duomo was rebuilt after the earthquake of 1789. It was done by Giuseppe Valadier, Architect of the Holy See.The impressive cathedral is in Piazza Duca Federico and has a beautiful painting of the "Last Supper" by Federico Barocci. The cathedral/Duomo was largely rebuilt in the late 18th century, during the papacy of Pius VII who completing the reconstruction left unfinished during the reign of Clement XI.
5. Have a "Vino con Vista" at La Vecchia Fornarina close to Piazza della Republica. It is the oldest restaurant in Urbino. Order some fish stew with a glass of Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi (DOC) , a crisp white wine. Order some red Piceno (DOC) vino at the Mamiani Hotel on Via Bernini and enjoy the beautiful view. Duke Federico preferred sour cherry wine made from marasca cherries called Visner. After dinner, order some chocolate and sip some chilled Visner as you toast Federico Montefeltro. He was the enlightened lord that was instrumental in transforming this lovely city. Distilled wines like aniseed liqueurs are popular in this region (Mistra and Anisetta).
6. Visit the Umani Ronchi Winery. Try some Medoro Marche Sangiovese or Le Busche Marche Bianco (www.unmanironchi.com). Visit the International Wine Label Museum in Cupramontana.
7. A haven for Foodies, the cuisine has been influenced by Romagna to the north and Abruzzi to the south. From polenta to porchetta and white truffles, the regional specialties of the Marches include: "Olive all'Ascolana" stuffed with mince, eggs, cheese and dipped in egg and breadcrumbs and fried in olive oil; Stoccafisso in Potacchio, Brodetto and Coniglio in Porchetta. Fossa cheese is aged while buried in a pit. "Vincisgrassi" is lasagne with mushrooms, truffles and chicken livers covered with bechamel sauce and baked to perfection. Cannelloni, maccheroncini di Campofilone and cresce tagliate are popular first courses in the Marche. In sea-side areas the "Arrosto Segreto" is made with mackerel, anchovies and sardines; this cooking process allows the fish to be cooked on both sides at the same time like a fish panini. In Urbino, the delicious braciola is stuffed and braised in white wine. Try some Prosciutto di Montefeltro. You can sign up for Cooking School at: http://www.latavolamarche.com
8. In August, attend the "Sagra delle Frittelle" of Massignano in the Ascoli Piceno fortress. This Fritter Fest is a 50 year old Italian Food Festival. The Macerata Opera Festival is held in Sferisterio from July 15 to August 15 www.maceratagallery.it.
9. More notable holy places include: the 14th-century Oratory of St John the Baptist with outstanding frescoes by Luca Signorelli and the 14th century Church of San Francesco with an interior that was redesigned in the 18th century. The Church of San Domenico is basically a 13th-century structure with an articulated portal that was added during the Renaissance period, surmounted by a beautiful oriel window by Luca della Robbia. The Santa Chiara and San Bernardino monasteries are good examples of Renaissance architecture.
10. Attend glorious "Holiday Festivals and Events" in the town of Candelara in December in the province of Macerata and also in the town of Fano in Giardini Amiani.
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Morenci mayor Keith Pennington appointed council members to committee assignments at the Nov. 14 meeting.
Tracy Schell will serve as chair of the Public Safety committee (fire, EMS and police), joined by Rebecca Berger and Greg Braun.
Robert Jennings was named chair of the Public Works committee (parks, cemetery, library, utilities, streets, sidewalks, building and grounds). Other committee members are Brenda Spiess and Berger.
Jeff Bell is the new chair of Finance, Legal, Personnel and Economic Development. Other members are Braun and Spiess.
Schell will continue to serve as mayor pro tempore.
The mayor's recommendations for department heads and appointed officials will be listed for council's approval at the Dec. 12 meeting. The second meeting of November was canceled.
CAMERA—The city will apply for a grant to buy a sewer camera to give a close-up inspection of lines. The grant would pay three-fourths of the $10,000 camera system cost. The grant comes through the risk reduction plan of the city's insurer.
VIDEO—The police department's new in-car video system has been installed to replace an old system. Police chief Larry Weeks described the system as an important piece of equipment for the department.
CLARIFICATION—An article in last week's Observer told about council's approval of a state request that calls for public employees to pay 20 percent of their health care costs.
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Teriyaki Grilled Salmon
500 g salmon fillets
1/2 Tbsp minced garlic
1 Tbsp grated ginger
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup rice wine
2 tsp sugar
- Mix all ingredients, except the salmon, in a shallow dish. Marinate salmon in this concoction for 1-2 hours in the fridge turning it once in a while.
- Preheat oven grill to the highest setting for 10 minutes.
- Spread a little oil on the grilling pan to be used and put under the grill until hot.
- Place salmon fillets skin side down on the pan and position about 3 inches under the grill. Cook for about 7-8 minutes. Dish up and serve.


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Looks like you have some responses already, but I'm looking to get some playing in today (Sunday the 23), as well. Otherwise I am available during the week after 4 pm. Hope to play soon!
6 sounds perfect. Where are you located? I'm in north Ballard close to the high school where we could try if you are close. Let me know.
Yeah they have 4 public courts right off of 67th street and 12th ave, I believe it is the back side of the high school. I will just plan on seeing you there at 6 then. I sent you a different message about an hour ago with my number, but here it is again. 952-261-7282. Give me a jingle if anything changes.
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Herschel Walker has endured many things: growing up in Georgia, a physically punishing college and NFL football career, dissociative identity disorder, and an up close and personal experience with the inexplicable horror that is Donald Trump's hair.
Offhand, we'd say that having one of your own personalities try to kill you pales in comparison to that last part. But on January 30, Walker may face his toughest challenge yet: he'll make his Mixed Martial Arts debut at 47 years old, fighting a man more than 20 years his junior at the BankAtlantic Center on the Strikeforce: Miami card.
"He's an unbelievable athlete," Maggie Hendricks of Yahoo!'s excellent Cagewriter blog told us. "He won a Heisman, played in the NFL, went to the Olympics on the U.S. Bobsled team. There are fighters who are in their late '40s, like Randy Couture...
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"I have an open mind. I want to see him succeed because it adds an interesting wrinkle to the sport."
Of course, Couture's been doing this for years; Walker signed with Strikeforce in September.
Though conventional wisdom has never applied to Herschel -- he went through the NFL with his own regimine of sit-ups and push-ups instead of weight training, danced with the Forth Worth Ballet, eats only one meal a day, distributes chickens for a living, and sleeps just 3-4 hours -- MMA has proved to be a challenge for other celebrity sports stars who've stepped into the ring.
"There have been some athletes that have been totally an embarrassment," he says of fellow pros who've tried fighting and flamed out. "Jose Canseco, it's insulting, the guy never trained. I'm a guy that's serious about this. This is fighting, you get hurt."
Staffers at the prestigious American Kickboxing Academy in San Jose told Hendricks that Walker is so serious, he's the first to arrive and last to leave. We might be, too, if our debut was going to be a marquee televised event instead of coming in with the usual preliminary fight. Even a fifth-degree black belt in tae kwan do only counts for so much when you've never been in the octagon before.
Fortunately for the College Football Hall of Famer, whom Florida Boxing Commission doctors referred to as "47 going on 22," his first heavyweight match is against 26-year-old Greg Nagy, a career 1-1 fighter who "isn't that impressive."
"If [Walker] gets knocked out in the first ten seconds," Hendricks said, "that looks really bad. Everyone looks bad. ... It's okay if he loses, so long as the fight's good, so they've matched him up with someone who's more on his level."
And if it doesn't go well? There's always that chicken distribution business to attend to, and the knowledge that whatever happens, "chicken" sure doesn't apply to the boss. No matter what Dana White says.


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ORISKANY FALLS -- State Police are searching for two individuals relating to a burglary that occurred Friday, Dec. 28 at the Nassimos CO-OP Gas Station at 141 N. Main St. in the Village of Oriskany Falls.
Around 2 a.m., two male suspects broke into the store and stole several items, including beer and lighters. They were in the store for about 10 to 15 minutes.
The two suspects are believed to be in the 16 to 18 age range, police said.
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When I start a new project I get very lil code on the right hand side.
The very first line (of actual code, not the comments) is package javaapplication11;
Now I am watching/reading/listening to some tuts on youtube. The person on youtube is using Eclipse and can just go straight to typing
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I want to be able to just do that. Go straight to typing class so I can follow along with the tuts. But if I take out the package statement it wont let me continue.
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Montreal Impact 1, Chicago Fire 1 | MLS Match Recap
MONTREAL – Jack McInerney scored on his debut for Montreal, but Quincy Amarikwa's reply gave the Chicago Fire their fifth consecutive tie of the season on Saturday at Olympic Stadium.
The 1-1 finish leaves both Montreal (0-3-3) and Chicago (0-1-5) still winless, but the Fire are one draw away from tying the MLS record of six consecutive draws. Montreal and Chicago also drew 1-1 at the Big O for the Impact's first-ever MLS home game on March 17, 2012.
McInerney's opener rescued a thoroughly dire first half. On a quick 43rd-minute transition through the middle initiated by Impact midfielder Felipe, Marco Di Vaio's one-time pass released an onrushing McInerney behind the Chicago defense. Goalkeeper Sean Johnson got a foot to McInerney's shot, but it still landed in the net.
Montreal head coach Frank Klopas tried to shake things up at the half, bringing on defender Hassoun Camara and midfielder Patrice Bernier as well as moving McInerney to the left. But four minutes after Di Vaio missed a glorious chance for the second, the Fire equalized in the 54th minute.
A Jeff Larentowicz header off a Harrison Shipp corner bounced off the far post, but the ball fell to Mike Magee who hooked it with his left to Amarikwa. Surrounded by Montreal players, Amarikwa powered home his third goal of the season from six yards out.
Set pieces kept posing Montreal problems throughout the second half, as did the Fire's transitions. Impact goalkeeper Troy Perkins notably had to show safe hands in the 79th minute to save a Patrick Nyarko header, and he stopped Magee in the 86th as the reigning league MVP raced through on the left.
Frank Yallop's side kept pushing in the late stages, giving a handful to the home side. Montreal made a few attempts to slip their forwards in behind and did threaten in stoppage time, but the Chicago back four held strong, leaving both teams in search of their first win for at least another week.
They will both do so next Saturday, April 19. Chicago open the weekend's slate of games by welcoming the New England Revolution at Toyota Park, while Montreal play at Sporting Kansas City later that evening.
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Forever Tango Preview, Karina Smirnoff Writing New Book, Across Grace Alley Update
Karina Smirnoff is not only about to take the stage with Maks Chmerkovskiy in Forever Tango. She's also been writing a new book. Ok! Magazine asked her a little about what it's about and here is how she responded.
"It will delve into questions people have often asked which I haven't been able to answer," she says. "It's non-fiction with the stories where the names are a little twisted."
So is this tell-all going to make Karina a few enemies?
"None of it is bad," says the dancing pro. "It's all fact. None of it is horrible. Some of this information is out already, some isn't. A lot of times I've decided not to speak up and say certain things and address certain things and it's not because I didn't want to say bit, it's because I wanted to step back and look at the situation and learn from it. Now that I have I'm ready to share those lessons."
Karina, who has previously been engaged to baseball player Brad Penny and fellow DWTS star Maksim Chmerkovskiy, says the process of writing the book has made her look at life a little differently.
"The more you talk about it (your life), the more you realize," she says. "The more you write the more you understand that people's perception is their reality. It's an interesting observation. I can't say too much because I don't want to give it all away but it's a very eye-opening book for me while I was writing it and definitely for anyone who will read it."
Cool, I can't wait to buy this book. How about you? You can read the full article at Ok! Magazine. Don't miss reading it because there is a brief mention about Karina's new movie "Across Grace Alley" with Ralph Macchio as well.
By the way, stay tuned. Karina and Maks will be on Extra and Good Morning America on Monday to talk of their 3 week run in "Forever Tango". They'll also be on The View on Friday. For tickets, see this link. Here's a little preview from Forever Tango….


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As Dr. Jo Boaler, Stanford University Professor of Mathematics Education, shares, "We don't need students to calculate quickly in math. We need students who can ask good questions, map out pathways, reason about complex solutions, set up models and communicate in different forms. All of these ways of working are encouraged by the Common Core."
By developing a curriculum and approach that engages students in high-level mathematical thinking, embraces the belief that all students can achieve at high levels, and provides real-life applications of math in collaborative, inquiry-based environments, we believe we will develop the capacity in all students to be successful and enjoy math as they transfer learning in a multitude of contexts throughout their lives.
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Congratulations to Director Laura Giebler and the ELC High School Marching Band on a great performance at the State Marching Band Competition in Fort Dodge on October 8.
The band members have been practicing early in the morning, 7-9 a.m. Monday-Friday since the middle of August and on Saturdays (4 hours) for many weeks.
In order to fine-tune their performance for the North Central Band Competition, Algona Band Days Competition, and the State Marching Band Competition, they also have performed during halftime at all the home football games, at the downtown Estherville Market, at Holiday Express, and marched in the Sweet Corn Days Parade.
They provide our school and community with a lot of school spirit and entertainment and should be recognized for all their efforts and hard work; which were very evident in their outstanding performance at State.
We all should be extremely proud of the way these young men and women have represented our school and community.
So when you see band members and Mrs. Giebler around town, please thank them for their dedication to our school and community.
Thank you ELC band members and director for a job well done.
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It's been five years since I first met Jeff Hayes, Pastor of Faith Temple in Sioux Falls. At the time, Pastor Jeff was scheduling weekly food giveaways in the parking lot of Faith Temple.
Since then, millions of pounds of food have been distributed to thousands of people in need. Aside from Pastor Jeff and his family, Faith Temple is blessed with members that have given their time as volunteers at the Food Giveaways. There have also been folks that are not members of the church, but have chosen to assist at the Food Giveaways.
Just recently, I noticed that the Hayes family (Jeff, Josh, Rhonda and Jena) have been named state winners of the American Legion Good Samaritan Award. The Hayes will receive a plaque from the Legion for this honor.
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Set the Table with Rabbit
Written onMay 26 , 2015
I circulated the room with a tray of hors d'oeuvres, weaving through bridesmaids, groomsmen, and guests. The social hour was winding down, and by my fifth or sixth pass through the crowd, I knew who the vegetarians were—who to offer the stuffed mushrooms to, who to pass by with the pulled pork.
The pulled pork had gone fast, and as back up, the caterer I was working for that night provided pulled rabbit to take its place.
"What's this?" guests asked.
When I answered, "Pulled rabbit with sweet potato," hesitation came over their faces, and they voiced one of three reactions: a cautious I've never had rabbit before as they slowly reached for the appetizer; an excited Oh! I've never had rabbit before as they popped one into their mouths; or Poor bunny…I couldn't!
This particular rabbit had come from Tangletown Farm in West Glover, and the fact that it was local meat probably swayed the skeptics into trying it. Once they did, many of those skeptics reached for more.
Intrigued by people's responses to rabbit, I wanted to learn about who's raising the meat in Vermont, and how it's done. Although rabbit meat is gaining in popularity, it can seem hard to find. But once you start looking, you'll find yourself going down the proverbial rabbit hole and sniffing out those small-scale breeders and farmers who are bringing this delicate meat to the plate.
Lila Bennett and David Robb of Tangletown Farm in West Glover began raising rabbit in 2009. Dave told me how his interest in rabbit farming began: "I used to be a carpenter, and there was a plumber on a job who was an old Austrian man, and he said that during the war his family always ate well and they always had coffee and chocolate and other good things despite the hunger around because they raised rabbits and they could always trade for anything they needed."
Enamored by this story of self‑sufficiency, Dave brought the idea to Lila, who was less than enthusiastic, noting the furry cuteness of rabbits. But after attending a NOFA-Vermont workshop on pasturing rabbits and researching the health benefits (according to the USDA, rabbit meat is higher in protein and lower in calories, fat, and cholesterol per serving than chicken, turkey, lamb, beef, and pork), Lila agreed to try it, and they've been raising rabbits ever since.
From the beginning, Lila and Dave have been committed to pasture raising their rabbits. (Rabbits are more typically raised in wire cages or hutches.) But pasturing rabbits is different than pasturing poultry, and Tangletown's pasturing style has evolved as they've learned a few important things: rabbits can easily tunnel beneath a fence, and free-range rabbits are hard to catch, meaning that a lot of time on slaughter day is spent chasing them. Through years of trial and error, Lila and Dave now raise the kits (bunnies) in large moveable pens that sit directly on top of grass but have wire bottoms so the rabbits can eat the grass without the possibility of digging out. The animals are moved to new grass twice a day.
Nowadays, when talking with customers who have a hard time looking past the sentimental value that rabbits hold, Lila shares what she's learned since raising rabbits: "When you see an animal that actually eats grass and vegetables and turns it into meat and doesn't need grain the way a chicken does, you realize that it's better all the way around."
At New Discovery Farm in Marshfield, Robin Schunk began raising rabbits five years ago as a way to diversify her small farm.
"We have limited amounts of land, and rabbits are easy to raise, require small amounts of space, and have a good feed-conversion ratio," Robin says, adding that "it costs less to raise a pound of rabbit meat versus a pound of beef." In fact, with 4 to 5 kindles (litters) per year and up to 14 kits per kindle, it's possible for one doe to produce 300 pounds of meat per year.
With all that meat, it still only takes a few hutches or cages to raise rabbits, if that's the preferred raising method. At New Discovery Farm, Robin keeps the does and kits together in hutches, bedded with hay, and is experimenting with moveable pens during the summer.
As for slaughter, New Discovery Farm and Tangletown Farm both practice on-farm slaughter, which means they can sell rabbit meat from the farm, through a CSA, and at farmers' markets and stores, but not to restaurants. This differs from poultry slaughter regulations because, according to Randy Quenneville of the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, "Rabbit is regulated by the FDA and is exempt from meat inspection requirements." However, in order to sell to restaurants, "the rabbits must be slaughtered and processed in an approved source," such as a state-inspected facility.
"If I could sell home slaughtered rabbit to restaurants, it would certainly increase my sales and give me another, larger market for my rabbits," Robin says. "One of the most challenging aspects of rabbits is balancing how many to raise versus how many you can sell for meat." Currently, Robin sells her meat from the farm and at farmers' markets, while Tangletown sells rabbit through their CSA and seasonally at Hunger Mountain Coop in Montpelier.
Sarah Ouellette of Silver Ridge Rabbitry in Wolcott has taken a different approach: She raises New Zealand rabbits for breed stock and show, as well as meat. Her rabbit story began seven years ago, when she and her husband were gifted a crock pot. They searched high and low for rabbit, and when they finally found some, the delicious slow-cooked rabbit stew that followed was reason enough for Sarah to start raising her own meat.
The search for breed stock took her to Maine, where she purchased her first New Zealand does and buck. That search illuminated the lack of rabbit meat and breed stock in Vermont at that time, and with those first three rabbits, she began Silver Ridge Rabbitry, which now has 40 rabbits, including 25 breeding does.
"Most of my customers are homesteaders who want to raise a few rabbits for themselves," Sarah says. Along with breed stock, she also sells a complete rabbitry start-up package with large wire cages, feeders, water bottles, and nest boxes. She adds that "it's easy to scale up or down in a short amount of time," and that, paired with the fact that rabbits require such little space and feed, makes rabbit an attractive animal for both beginners looking to raise meat for the first time, and for farmers interested in a small animal with a large potential return.
With 40 rabbits, Sarah still considers her farm very small, and she cautions that to really make a profit with rabbits requires a large number of animals—she's hoping to have 100 breeding does eventually. Although it's easy to increase the number of rabbits, "to run a commercial rabbitry you need to have a [temperature-controlled] barn to breed in year round, and that comes with a high overhead," she says. For now, she raises her rabbits in a converted milking barn that also houses goats during the winter. Despite the fact that it won't hold 100 does, the barn is a model for the small-scale rabbit farmer, and was featured in Storey's Guide to Raising Rabbits, by Bob Bennett, which Sarah highly recommends for those new to raising rabbits. This summer, she will be experimenting with moveable hutches on pasture.
Come slaughter time, Sarah takes her rabbits to Vermont Rabbitry, run by Phil Brown in Glover. As a custom slaughterer, he will process rabbits for folks who don't practice on-farm slaughter. He's been in business since 1989 and has seen rabbit demand go up and down throughout the years, and he's noticing springtime orders picking up, in part due to increasing demand from chefs. He no longer raises rabbits himself, but instead does custom jobs for farms like Silver Ridge, and buys live rabbits from a number of small farms and processes the meat for resale to Black River Produce and Vermont Quality Meats, along with restaurants and gourmet food shops.
In the end, the challenges of raising rabbit are balanced by the joys, and also by the delicious final product, which can be fried, stewed, braised, or roasted. The lean white meat is similar to chicken, and for newcomers to rabbit meat, slow-cookers offer an easy introductory cooking method.
"My favorite way of cooking rabbit is to simmer it slowly with onions, celery, and seasonings," Robin Schunk of New Discovery Farm says. "Then I pick the meat off the bone and use it for chili and quesadillas."
After searching out a rabbit recipe for myself, I put together the one above using Robin's favorite seasonings.


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By Allison Brophy Champion
Published: August 25, 2008
Classic Hollywood returns to Culpeper next Thursday with the "premiere" of one of many timeless films to be shown year-round in the movie theater at The Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audiovisual Conservation.
All movies are free and open to the public, or as Humphrey Bogart once said, "It's, "The, uh, stuff that dreams are made of."
Bogart as Detective Sam Spade in "The Maltese Falcon" kicks off the highly anticipated series on Mount Pony with back-to-back showings of the 1941 Warner Bros. classic Sept. 4 and 5 at 7:30 p.m.
"The Wizard of Oz" plays on the big screen Saturday, Sept. 6 at 2 p.m.
From then on, classics like "The Grapes of Wrath" and "Gone With the Wind" will play three times a week: Tuesdays at 7p.m., Fridays at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday matinees at 2 p.m.
"I've never seen anything like it," said Greg Lukow, chief of the library's Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, of Bogart's role in the classic detective drama. "Look for the scene where he laughs and claps his hands together with this maniacal glee at a comment his secretary makes."
Moviegoers will also want to have a look at their lush surroundings.
The 208-seat theater is Art Deco all the way down to the flowered carpet — the same as in the circa-1925 Stanford Theatre in Palo Alto, Calif. — up to the chandeliers, exact replicas of the fixtures in San Pedro's Warner Grand Theatre, circa 1930s.
David Woodley Packard, a longtime supporter of audiovisual and theater conservation, played a major role in the look of the Culpeper theater even down to these smallest details. On a much larger scale, his Packard Humanities Institute donated $155 million toward construction of the Library of Congress facility in Culpeper.
"Besides preservation, (Packard) also has an interest in making sure these precious artifacts are available and accessible to the public in the best possible quality prints and best quality venues," said Lukow, mentioning that Packard restored the Stanford and has been showing movies there since 1989.
When it comes to venue quality, that's covered in Culpeper.
As for the prints, they all will come from the Library's collection — new masters fashioned from original film reels.
Movies showing through the Nov. 22 schedule were selected from the National Film Registry, films recognized for their culture, history or aesthetic.
Mike Mashon, head of the Moving Images Section, said they decided to open the film series with NRF selections primarily because it highlights preservation, the main reason why the Culpeper facility exists.
The Library also tapped the Registry because it contains well-known titles aimed at a broad audience.
But how many people can say they've seen classics like 1933's "King Kong" starring Fay Wray on the big screen? Now they can.
"There is nothing that compares to the experience of seeing them anew in the way they're supposed to be enjoyed: in the dark, on a big screen with an audience," Mashon said of the screen, which measures about 28-feet-wide by 20-feet-tall.
"So in that sense, we're not only preserving films, but the theatrical experience as well."
The theater on Mount Pony is "the perfect place to see classic American Hollywood," added Rob Stone, curator with the Moving Images Section inside the theater last week.
"When you walk into this theater, that's what I think. I don't think of a sterile screening room. It is a miniature movie palace," said Stone, who moved to Culpeper three weeks ago from California, where he was associate curator at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
Practically speaking, the theater offers stadium seating so everyone gets a clear view of the screen, plenty of legroom and spaces for three wheelchairs.
An interesting contrast to its 1920 décor, however, is the state-of-the-art projection and sound equipment.
"It's a very good system," said Steve Guttag with Cardinal Sound & Motion Picture Systems of Maryland inside the projection room Friday. "It's one of the highest functioning I've seen," he added above the mechanical roar.
Guttag, who's traveled the nation installing sound and picture systems, has been involved with the Mount Pony theater project for several years
He said the movies shown in Culpeper would be "at least 10 times fresher than what you would see in a typical cinema."
"It's really geared toward older films," Guttag said as he worked on finishing touches. "You look at that screen out there it's very square in shape compared to a modern theater so it's got a really big advantage."
The whole set-up is versatile as well, capable of playing any and all film formats, including the earliest type, nitrate.
In fact, the theater on Mount Pony is one of only five theaters in the entire country capable of showing classic prints on nitrate, as they would have been screened before 1950.
Twelve speakers embedded in each wall and five behind the screen will outdo in clarity and sound any home-based theater system and then some.
Projectionist David March, who moved to Culpeper three years ago from LA for the job on Mount Pony, admitted to being a bit nervous in anticipation of the big premier.
"There's a lot of expectation," he said, "but actually I'm quite thrilled to be a projectionist for this theater. For somebody who loves films, this is a dream: handling it, showing films they way they used to be shown."
Old is new again in Culpeper.
"The quality of this system is going to allow the light, silvery black-and-whites and lusciousness of Technicolor color to come through in ways that people have generally forgotten," Lukow added.
Although, some of Culpeper's silver-haired generation may remember watching the classics downtown in the State Theatre, now under renovation, opened 1938 on Main Street.
Its first movie that year was "Sally, Irene and Mary" starring Jimmy Durante and Alice Faye.
"Bringing Up Baby" with Katharine Hepburn also debuted in 1938. It shows Sept. 23 on Mount Pony.
Allison Brophy Champion can be reached at 825-0771 ext. 101 or [email protected]
All you need to know about getting tickets:
The Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audiovisual Conservation at Mount Pony announces the premiere showing of its year-round free film series Sept. 4 and 5 with "The Maltese Falcon" at 7:30 p.m.
From then on, films will show three times a week: Tuesdays at 7 p.m., Fridays at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday matinees at 2.
Reservations for each show in the 208-seat theater, located on the facility's first level, will be accepted one week in advance using an automated phone system.
To reserve a seat, call 540-827-1079 and then, when asked, enter extension 79994.
A phone message will instruct you to leave the following information: date(s) of the show(s) for which you would like reservations, film title, your name (speak clearly and repeat or spell your last name) and the number of seats desired — four seats per call, please.
The theater lobby will open 45 minutes before show time; stop by the kiosk to get your movie passes, using the same name you left on the phone message. The theater will open half-hour prior to each show.
All outstanding reservations will be canceled 10 minutes before the show is scheduled to start; you may not "save" seats for those arriving late.
For those who do not have a reservation, stop by the kiosk and ask for a numbered "stand-by" card. Ten minutes before show time, any available seats will be given to patrons holding these numbers.
Smoking is not permitted on the NAVCC Packard Campus. Food and drink are not allowed in the theater. Theatergoers of all ages are welcome, but children 12 and younger must be accompanied by an adult.
Here's the schedule:
Sept. 4 — 7:30 p.m. The Maltese Falcon (Warner Bros, 1941)
Sept. 5 — 7:30 p.m. The Maltese Falcon (Warner Bros, 1941)
Sept. 6 — 2:00 p.m. The Wizard of Oz (MGM, 1939)
Sept. 9 — 7:00 p.m. Shane (Paramount, 1953)
Sept. 12 — 7:30 p.m. Singin' in the Rain (MGM, 1952)
Sept. 13—2 p.m. King Kong (RKO, 1933)
Sept. 16 — 7:00 p.m. Morocco (Paramount, 1930)
Sept. 19 — 7:30 p.m. The Night of the Hunter (United Artists, 1955)
Sept. 20 — 2:00 p.m. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Walt Disney, 1937)
Sept. 23 — 7:00 p.m. Bringing Up Baby (RKO, 1938)
Sept. 26 — 7:30 p.m. Trouble in Paradise (Paramount, 1932)
Sept. 27 — 2:00 p.m. Gunga Din (RKO, 1939)
Sept. 30 — 7:00 p.m. Ninotchka (MGM, 1939)
Oct. 3 — 7:30 p.m. Shadow of a Doubt (Universal 1943)
Oct. 4 — 2:00 p.m. Duck Soup (Paramount, 1933)
Oct. 7 — 7:00 p.m. Out of the Past (RKO, 1947)
Oct. 10 — 7:30 p.m. Casablanca (Warner Bros, 1943)
Oct. 11 — 2:00 p.m. 42nd Street (Warner Bros, 1933)
Oct. 14 — 7:00 p.m. Adam's Rib (MGM, 1949)
Oct. 17 — 7:30 p.m. All About Eve (20th Century-Fox, 1950)
Oct. 18 — 2:00 p.m. Lassie Comes Home (MGM, 1943)
Oct. 21 — 7:00 p.m. High Noon (United Artists, 1952)
Oct. 24 — 7:30 p.m. The Bank Dick (Universal, 1940)
Oct. 25 — 2:00 p.m. Gone With the Wind (MGM, 1939)
Oct. 28 — 7:00 p.m. The Grapes of Wrath (20th Century-Fox, 1939)
Oct. 31 — 7:30 p.m. The Bride of Frankenstein (Universal, 1935)
Nov. 1 — 2:00 p.m. The Day the Earth Stood Still (20th Cen-tury-Fox, 1951)
Nov. 4 — 7:00 p.m. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Columbia, 1939)
Nov. 7 — 7:30 p.m. Love Me Tonight (Paramount, 1932)
Nov. 8 — 2:00 p.m. Pinocchio (Walt Disney – RKO, 1940)
Nov. 11 — 7:00 p.m. All Quiet on the Western Front (Universal, 1930)
Nov. 14 — 7:30 p.m. Letter From An Unknown Woman (Universal, 1948)
Nov. 15 — 2:00 p.m. His Girl Friday (Columbia, 1939)
Nov. 18 — 7:00 p.m. City Lights (United Artists, 1931)
Nov. 21 — 7:30 p.m. Top Hat (RKO, 1935)
Nov. 22 — 2:00 p.m. Yankee Doodle Dandy (Warners Bros, 1943)
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New Market Plains Vineyard, A Fresh New Face to Maryland's Wine Scene
Always on the hunt for good wine, I heard rumors about a new vineyard opening near Mt. Airy, MD. I headed west to confirm the rumors. Stopping at Serpent Ridge Vineyard and Black Ankle Vineyard during my quest, I asked the tasting room staff if they knew about this new place. Some heard the same rumor but did not know the name of the new winery in Frederick, MD . Finally, I found one person who had a name…New Market Plains. But, she was not quite sure of its location. Armed with Google Maps, I was confident I could find it.
Minutes away from Mt. Airy, New Market Plains Vineyard is located in New Market, MD. The entrance is not obvious. The Vineyard shares the same road with Adventure Park USA. The road appears to dead ends, but it is actually the beginning of its driveway. Success, the rumors are true! (Hint: If you are using GPS, you should enter Monrovia, MD instead. The GPS may not locate the Vineyard if you use New Market, MD.)
When you enter the property, modern day noises are blocked out and you are taken back in time. The farm dates back to the 1700s and many of the original buildings remain intact. You forget New Market Plains is nettled between a major highway and a business park.
You are warmly greeted by Sue Wilson and invites you to enter their modest tasting room. She, along with her husband Howard Wilson, is the co-proprietor and co-winemaker.
New Market Plains's wines are all estate wines. Its first vintage was harvested in 2014 and bottled in April 2015. The first release included Chardonnay, Rich Forest Chardonnay and Rosé. Both Chardonnays are from the same vineyard. The Rich Forest Chardonnay was aged in oak and the other in steel. The Rich Forest has a very distinct character and is appealing to the palate. The wines are sophisticated and well-balance considering this is New Markets first vintage. The Rosé is a blend of reds. Its color is strikingly bold. I expected the nose to be fruity, but it was floral. The taste was reminiscent of a French Syrah Rosé. It is perfect to drink year-round. There wines are reasonably priced. ($25.00)
Sue and Howard proudly display the vineyard's 2015 Governor's Cup Silver Medal. An impressive feat for new winery.
During my visit, Sue offered to give me a tour of the property. I gladly accepted. Along the tour, Howard and Sue shared with me the history of the property. The property has been in Sue's family for 10 generations. We toured their processing facility where they are aging their red wines. Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot and Syrah are aging. Looking forward to trying the reds.
It was a great adventure. Thrilled to try new Maryland wines. New Market Plains is a welcomed addition to Maryland's wine community and a new winery in Frederick, MD. I encourage you to visit. New Market Plains is opened Friday through Sunday or by appointment.


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NEWS- Harvey trial: Jury sentences killer to death
Eight months after the brutal New Year's Day slayings of popular musician Bryan Harvey, his wife, Kathryn, and their two daughters, Stella and Ruby, the trial for their accused murderer, Ricky Javon Gray, commenced in a Richmond court on August 16.
A day later, the jury required little time– just 30 minutes– to convict Gray in the horrific murder.
Among details to emerge: that Gray and his accomplice, Ray Dandridge, were already in the house when a family friend dropped nine-year-old Stella off after a sleepover. And, perhaps surprisingly, the news that Gray– who pleaded not guilty to five counts of capital murder– had confessed to the killings, saying, "None of this was necessary."
Harvey was best known in Charlottesville for his performances with The Dads, a pop rock group that appeared regularly on Charlottesville and other East Coast college stages during the 1980s, and for his 1990s work with House of Freaks and Gutterball.
"The first time I saw him play was with his band, Gutterball, in New York about 10 years ago," Charlottesville musician Shannon Worrell told the Hook shortly after the slayings. "He was just an amazing guitar player– really loud and beautiful, a wall of sound."
On August 16, jurors heard a recording of Gray's chilling confession and were shown crime scene photos, according to an extensive report in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Following his arrest in Philadelphia on January 7, Gray told detective Howard Peterman how he and Dandridge discovered the open front door of the Harveys' south Richmond home and went inside with the intention of robbing the family while Ashley Baskerville– whom Gray and Dandridge allegedly killed days later– waited outside.
According to the transcript published in the TD, Gray bound Bryan Harvey with an extension cord, and after Stella returned home, taped the hands of Kathryn and the two girls while Dandridge searched the upstairs for valuables. Gray said that when Kathryn and her daughters freed their hands and tried to get up, he "started cuttin' their throats" before grabbing a hammer and bludgeoning the family.
Gray said he believed Dandridge returned at some point and cut Bryan Harvey, but he said he then hit him with the hammer until he stopped moving.
The crime stunned Richmond, and as Times-Dispatch columnist Ray McAllister wrote in the August 18 issue, "It would be hard for anyone to sit in the Ricky Gray trial and not want vengeance."
Untile the afternoon of Tuesday, August 22, jurors were still undecided about whether Gray should be sentenced to death. Under Virginia law, they had to reach a unanimous decision to impose the death penalty. If they couldn't decide, the sentence would automatically become life in prison without parole. Jurors listened to dramatic closing arguments and spent six hours deliberating on Monday before being sent home for the evening.
Some jurors were in tears during the day, according to press reports, as deputy commonwealth's attorney Learned Barry showed cheerful family pictures of the Harveys and shouted, "For God's sake! You give him death for killing these children!"
Defense attorney Jeffrey Everhart fired back, pleading for mercy and reminding jurors of Gray's mother's testimony that her son had been physically and sexually abused as a child, and that it wasn't "about leveling the scales." In the end, he asked the jury to avoid the "knee-jerk, visceral, 'He killed, kill him!'" reaction.
On Tuesday, according to news reports, jurors looked "weary and frustrated" as they arrived at the courthouse.
Shortly after 3pm on Tuesday, after over 12 hours of deliberation, the jury handed Gray the death sentence. According to news reports, the jury indicated that it was the killing of the young Harvey daughters that tipped the scales.
"This is probably the most difficult thing you've ever done," Judge Beverly W. Snukals told the jury as she read their findings, the Times-Dispatch reported. "Probably for me, too."
Bryan Harvey (far right) was best known in Charlottesville for his performances with The Dads, a pop rock group that appeared regularly on local stages during the 1980s. PHOTO OF 1984 ALBUM "THE DADS" BY HAWES SPENCER


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Disarm America
It is time for America to disarm, both at home and abroad. Since we have only 5% of the world's population and 50% of military expenditures, we can safely reduce our military budget by 90%. This will free up money for health care and vast reconstruction of our crumbling infrastructure. We can withdraw from our eight-hundred military bases located in one-hundred foreign countries.
At home, guns are used to force people to do things that they don't want to, to rob and to kill and also for the killing of innocent wildlife. None of these uses have any true social value. So, every gun owner should be given a single-shot, flint-lock, breech-loading musket, typically used in our Revolutionary War period, 1776-1783. All modern handguns, pistols, automatics and rifles will then be confiscated. And the proud new owners of muskets can use lead balls and powder and practice being members of well-regulated militias…


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Looks legit. 17 in stock. $899 is not too bad these days, I see simular going for 11-1200 bucks all the time. I say grab 'em up.
Just found this..... Is this a real offer ...???
- DSA ZM4 Mid Length Carbine
- 16" Nitride Treated Fluted Barrel
- Mid-Length Gas System
- 1:9 Twist Rate
- Forged Front Sight Base with Bayonet Lug
- Mid-Length Handguards with Heat Shield
- 5.56 NATO Chamber
- A2 Birdcage Flash Hider
- A2 Pistol Grip
- 6 Position Collapsible M4 stock
- 7075T6 Alloy A3 Upper Receiver
Looks legit. 17 in stock. $899 is not too bad these days, I see simular going for 11-1200 bucks all the time. I say grab 'em up.
Clan MacPherson
I built a gun out of a DSA upper like the one in the picture, but free floated the barrel and put in a Jard trigger. It really is a tack driver. The barrels are made by Mossberg (according to the salesman from DSA). 1/2 to 5/8 minute groups are the norm with 68 grain bullets. That's probably not a bad deal in today's market.
the 1-9" barrels are made from mossburg blanks of 4140 steel, many of those made in the last couple years had the nitride treatment.
i think most of the newer ones are mostly just park with no nitride. worth it to get the older nirtited ones IMHO.
1-7" barrels have 4150Cva steel and chrome lined bore and chamber. i don't know where they get the blanks from, for them i suspect their next door neighbors they once got their lowers from.
hell yea DSA makes very good ar-15s.
i have never bought a rifle but i have used many of their parts.
the 14.5" m4 upper they got is the best buy in the ar-15 world when you pin on a FH long enough to not need a NFA stamp.
that is pretty close to the MSRP on the ML with the nitride --
check with the DSA website ---
I ordered the same upper only unfluted from them( DSA) in December just before christmas, still have not heard from them, the price was $295, I don't expect to hear from them at that price
Sprat and sprat1 are one and the same.
DSA Z4 MidLength 5.56/.223 Rifle
here is one @ AIM a little cheaper but no nitrite ,no flutes and OOS--
so yea those are worth the $$


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Dave and Gail
Just a welcome to cakemaker, who is from worcestershire ,UK. This is the lady that has our Maine geocoin #1936, and is now moving around th UK. Lets all give her a Friendly Hi from us Mainers and show her the hospitality we are famous for. And thanks again from us, cakemaker, for taking the time to log our coin properly. "Dave and Gail" and Shamis:D