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System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 Beta Now Available for Download
The Beta of System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 ("SP1") enables System Center customers to jointly evaluate System Center 2012 with Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8. The Beta is for evaluation purposes only and not to be used in production as described in the EULAs associated with the product. No license keys are required to do this evaluation. The Beta includes updates and enhancements to the following System Center 2012 components:
- Virtual Machine Manager
- Improved Support for Network Virtualization
- Extend the VMM console with Add-ins
- Support for Windows Standards-Based Storage Management Service, thin provisioning of logical units and discovery of SAS storage
- Ability to convert VHD to VHDX, use VHDX as base Operating System image
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- Deployment and management of Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012
- Distribution point for Windows Azure to help reduce infrastructure costs
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- Data Protection Manager
- Improved backup performance of Hyper-V over CSV 2.0
- Protection for Hyper-V over remote SMB share
- Protection for Windows Server 2012 de-duplicated volumes
- Uninterrupted protection for VM live migration
- App Controller
- Service Provider Foundation API to create and operate Virtual Machines
- Support for Azure VM; migrate VHDs from VMM to Windows Azure, manage from on-premise System Center
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- Monitoring of WCF, MVC and .NET NT services
- Azure SDK support
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- Create virtual application packages from applications installed remotely on native server
For all the details and a download link please see the following: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34607
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After reading an opinion letter in today�s (Feb. 7) Havelock News, I feel so good that finally someone besides just me has the guts to speak up.
After reading an opinion letter in today�s (Feb. 7) Havelock News, I feel so good that finally someone besides just me has the guts to speak up about how our mayor and commissioners spend our tax money that they also can collect at higher sums when they overspend.
I have a very close friend who retired as a Marine Corps officer from Cherry Point and returned to his home state many years ago to become the city manager. He returns to Havelock often as he still has many friends here. I have sent him the Havelock News for years and still do and intend to continue forever.
I called him to ask him some questions about the job of the mayor and commissioners, and he gave me the following information: You citizens vote them in trusting them to do the best they know how. Then they are sworn in to do just that. Next, the meetings started with a prayer asking God to guide them. But that has now by law turned into a silent moment, so who knows what who prays for, if anything.
The mayor is then expected to be familiar with Robert�s Rules of Order, as should your mayor by now know. In major spending, they should be required to hold a public hearing, and the majority rules as they have been duly notified about the date and reason. We have the Havelock News and that is where the city should advertise. If taxpayers feel this is not what happens in Havelock, simply pay more attention and start getting involved. They can start acting like school bullies and spending the money as they please, where they please, and it is the citizens� fault because they stay back and let them do it.
So when I read the letter Margaret Lewis wrote, I felt better because now I�m no longer the only one who cares about our children and seniors and the good of our city.
In about 18 months, we vote for a mayor and the next vote for commissioners, and it is open for entry. Get active. If you care, consider signing up for a spot on the board, and with a caring board, the city will soon fall back to being a friendly, caring place � caring for us who live here. And all ages will be considered when the board spends our hard-earned money. If you can�t run for office, please vote. Remember that your vote will count.
The mayor we have now has repeatedly stated that a good child plays ball. That really irritates a lot of us. If the mayor�s family gave birth to a child who for medical reasons couldn�t play ball, would you state that that one is no good?
God gave us humans brains brighter than the animals and it is up to us to use them. God helps those who help themselves, so let�s remember we are not a herd of sheep. Please let�s follow our own feelings and speak up to support those who do.
Inga DeRoche, Havelock
Editor�s note: The Havelock Board of Commissioners held meetings in December and January in which residents could speak about the proposed expenditure of money for the Lewis Farm Road recreational park project. As the Havelock News is a weekly paper, the city is not required by state law to place advertisements for public hearings or meetings in the Havelock News.

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'Hemlock Grove' Only Features These 4 Gory Moments
A cheerleader, gypsy, and a rich kid walk into Hemlock Grove. And that's pretty much all you learn during the first 45-minute installment of Netflix's new series, executive produced by horror master Eli Roth. The mysterious town comes complete with a trendy helping of supernatural drama, but, at least in the first episode, not nearly enough to capture audiences searching for the next True Blood.
Hemlock Grove certainly looks like the popular HBO series — like True Blood, Hemlock Grove even opens with a sex scene in a car. But the similarities end there. Whereas True Blood favors schlocky romance that incites viewers to head to the HBO Store to pick up Team Bill or Eric t-shirts, Hemlock Grove delivers detached high school ennui. It's an interesting departure for a supernatural series, but, unfortunately, when our characters are bored, so are the audiences.
At the center of the inaction is Roman Godfrey, the wealthy son of a deceased businessman played by True Blood star Alexander Skarsgard's younger brother, Bill Skarsgard. He's a cliché of a rich kid — a teen who doesn't appreciate his own status. In fact, Roman only gets his thrills from recreational drug use, an unsettling close relationship with his cousin, and cutting himself during sex — certainly, a nod towards vampirism, even though we have yet to determine his supernatural connection. When, near the beginning of the first episode, Roman smiles at a young cheerleader who quickly turns up dead, we're left to believe he's most likely responsible.
Unless, of course, Gypsy and presumed werewolf Peter (Terra Nova's Landon Liboiron) is the culprit. New to the town of Hemlock Grove, Peter and his mother (Lili Taylor) are shacked up in decrepit trailer, with Peter only befriending an odd neighbor (Freya Tingley) who seems to have watched enough Twilight to immediately associate the town's newest hottie with a werewolf.
But far more intriguing is Roman's mother, Olivia, played by X-Men star Famke Janssen. Netflix's answer to Revenge's Victoria Grayson, Olivia is an ice queen with a spoiled son, deformed daughter, and a secret that has yet to be revealed by the first episode's end. If there's anything reeling in audiences for 13 episodes, it's discovering what that secret is — even if it's how Olivia picks out her impeccable wardrobe.
Perhaps the main issue with Hemlock Grove is the executive producer himself — with the Roth name behind the series, viewers expect the same blood and gore that made Hostel a hit franchise. But, with the exception of one stomach-churning scene involving a fingernail, the blood is no worse than what you'd see on Law & Order: SVU, and not even close to being as bad as the tamest of Walking Dead episodes. On top of the release of a trailer that promised bones, maggots, and more, horror fans are likely to be disappointed to see only one dead body found in Hemlock Grove.
Still, there were a handful of gory moments in Hemlock Grove. See them below — complete with a NSFVWE warning (Not Safe For Viewing While Eating). And if these are enough to keep horror fans captivated, well, we hear there are maggots in the next dozen episodes!
Poor cheerleader Brooke Bluebell went into the night to get nailed… and ended up losing a nail.
Roman's little sister, Shelley (Nicole Boivin), is so very Dr. Kimberly Shaw.
More than a half hour in, Roth finally unveils some entrails.
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Ohio Dad Who Fulfilled Promise to Walk Daughter Down Aisle Has Died
Scott Nagy died just three weeks after he attended the wedding on a gurney.
Oct. 31, 2013 -- An Ohio father who walked his daughter down the aisle on a gurney at her wedding has died less than three weeks after fulfilling his promise.
Scott Nagy, 56, who had been bed-ridden since August, died of complications related to his debilitating cancer at University Hospitals in Cleveland on Monday.
"He was pretty compromised two weeks ago when he went to the wedding," said Hospital spokesman Vic Gideon. "He just wanted to live long enough to walk his daughter down the aisle."
Nagy had refused to break his promise he made back in March to walk his only daughter, Sarah, down the aisle on her wedding day.
"He promised that he'd be there and he was," Sarah Nagy told ABCNews.com.
Scott Nagy arrived at the First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Strongsville, Ohio, on Oct 12 in an ambulance. He wore a tuxedo and smiled and held his daughter Sarah's hand as he was wheeled down the aisle on a gurney.
"When I walked out and saw him there, I couldn't think. I couldn't focus," said Sarah Nagy. "There was my dad sitting there in his tuxedo, looking amazing and wondering why I was crying."
At the wedding Sarah said her father said to her, "This should be a happy day. Wipe those tears off your face. We're not crying down the aisle."
The proud father smiled the entire way down the aisle.
Nagy was diagnosed with urethral cancer in 2012 and underwent chemotherapy. Sarah got engaged in February and her father was responding positively to his medication and doing well. The wedding was originally planned for 2014.
"He was up and about and we all figured he'll be there, no problem," his wife Jean Nagy told ABCNews.com.
Then at the end of August, Nagy took a turn for the worse and it became clear that his time might be limited. When the decision was made to have the wedding in the fall, a team of people mobilized to make it happen for the family.
Jacky Uljanic, nurse practitioner from the hospital, visited the church and reception hall to take care of the logistics for the family. She helped Nagy with therapy to build up his strength. A medical transport group donated the ambulance trip and doctors, EMTs and nurses insisted on working on their day off to help the family.
Nagy was too tired to make it to the reception, but someone donated a projector, which an IT volunteered to set up, and he gave his toast via a remote video connection.
"It was so beautiful and the thing was all these people donated their time and efforts," Jean Nagy said. "They were all there and they just did it. It was so phenomenal and made everyone very happy."
The family has since set up a fundraising page to "pay it forward" and help other terminally ill people make their dying wishes come true. There are have been nearly $3,000 of contributions to the fund so far.


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Madison Herring went 2-for-3 and had a bases-clearing triple to help South Lenoir to a 4-2 win over Richlands on Thursday and clinch second place in the East Central 2A Conference.
Hanna Meready and Madison Beyer had a hit each for the Blue Devils (xxx), who will host a first round playoff game next Friday.
Topsail has already clinched the regular season championship.
South Lenoir will host East Duplin in its regular season finale on Tuesday.
GREENE CENTRAL EARNS SHARE OF EP2A TITLE: Thanks to Wilson Beddingfield�s win over North Pitt on Thursday the Rams will share the regular season championship with the Panthers.
The co-champions will play a one-game playoff to determine which team gets the league�s top playoff seed sometime next week.
Greene Central, which travels to North Lenoir for a non-conference game today, last played in a one-game playoff in 2010 against Kinston.
BETHEL CHRISTIAN TO HOST OPENING ROUND STATE PLAYOFF GAME: The Trojans will host Raleigh Friendship Christian at 4 p.m. today to open the N.C. Christian Schools Association state playoffs.
Top-seeded Bethel (10-7) will host this year�s state championship tournaments in baseball, softball and girls soccer May 10-11.
PARROTT ACADEMY 2, ROCKY MOUNT FAITH CHRISTIAN 0: At Parrott, the Patriots won their final regular season match.
Seniors Brooke Tyndall and Langley Mills scored a goal each while Sallie Sylvester and Charlotte Snead recorded the assists.
By virtue of Cary Christian�s win over Kerr-Vance Academy the Patriots (12-4-2, 11-2-1 Eastern Plains Independent Conference) finished second in the league behind the Knights (12-2-0 EPIC). They now await next week�s seeding for the state 3A playoffs.
PARROTT ACADEMY 8, ROCKY MOUNT FAITH CHRISTIAN 1: At Parrott, the Patriots wrapped up the regular season as co-EPIC champions, their first such title in 16 years, coach Brad Sauls said. Parrott is 12-2, 11-1 in the league. Singles: 1. Miller Stallings (APA) d. Sam Ess 6-0, 6-1; 2. Jackson Perry (APA) d. Lane Dwyer 6-0, 6-0; 3. Parth Patel (APA) d. Andrew Turner 6-1, 6-1; 4. Jack Leland (FC) d. Jason Farsaie 1-6, 6-3 (1-0); 5. Neil Sides (APA) d. Stephen Bryant 6-4, 7-5; 6. Ridge Mazingo (APA) d. Austin Bryant 6-3, 6-4. Doubles: 1. Stallings/Perry (APA) d. Ess/Bryant 8-2; 2. Patel/Farsaie (APA) d. Dwyer/Turner 8-4; 3. Sides/Mazingo (APA) d. Leland/Bryant 8-4.
SL�S JONES WINS 2 TITLES, NAMED EC2A TRACK MVP: At Swansboro, South Lenoir senior Caroline Jones won the 800- and 1,600-meter runs to earn the East Central 2A Conference Track MVP at the girls championships.
Jones won the 800 meters with a �minute, 30.8-second run and won the 1,600 meters with a 5-minute, 24-second run.
The Blue Devils as a team finished fourth with a 44 behind Swansboro (235), Croatan (120.5) and Jacksonville Northside (49).


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CINCINNATI (AP) -- Ohio's attorney general reports the number of licenses issued for carrying concealed weapons reached a record of more than 76,000 in 2012.
That's the most since 2004, when such licenses were first issued in Ohio. The statistics released Wednesday are reported by sheriffs around the state.
There were 64,650 new licenses and 12,160 renewal licenses issued last year for a total of 76,810. The number of new licenses also was the largest in a single year since 2004.
The largest total number of licenses for a single year issued previously in Ohio was more than 73,000 in 2009. That included new and renewed licenses.
A total of 49,828 new licenses and 4,193 renewals were issued in 2011.
Attorney General Mike DeWine's office compiles the annual report on licenses each year.


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Blizzard released the 17.2.2 client patch for Hearthstone to fix a bug related to the closed shop that occurred due to a missing runtime dependency.
We're currently in the process of deploying a 17.2.2 client patch that will address the following items:
Fixed a bug that would cause a crash on mobile when clicking the eye to see who is spectating. Fixed a few various issues that would lock the game state when playing certain cards from hand. Fixed a bug where some players in Europe were only given the option of Warrior as their free deck after graduating the new player ranks. Fixed a bug where the shop would be closed when launching Hearthstone due to a missing runtime dependency. If the shop is still closed after updating to 17.2.2, try swapping to another region on the launcher and swapping back before opening Hearthstone again.
The incorrect Mana display bug for mobile users will be fixed in the next update.
Any updates on when the incorrect mana bug for mobile players will be fixed?
Hey! This will be fixed in our next major update.
By Zadina
A new blog post has been released, detailing a dozen card changes coming to the game on Monday 18th of May.
Shaman is getting some much needed help, since three of its cards will be buffed - although it is debatable if these buffs will be enough to move the class out of the bottom.
As far as the nerfs are concerned, two more Demon Hunter cards (who would have thought?) are getting toned down. Scavenger's Ingenuity, Shadowjeweler Hanar, Blackjack Stunner, Imprisoned Scrap Imp, Bloodboil Brute, Bloodsworn Mercenary are also getting tweaked.
Nerfed cards will be eligible for a refund until June 1st.
The patch also brings a bug fix for Ethereal Conjurer, which was causing the game to lock by not offering any Discover options.
Don't forget you can grab a free Nemsy until May 19, as part of Patch 17.2.0.
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On May 18, we'll be releasing a 17.2.1 balance patch that includes updates for a dozen cards in Standard, as well as a bug fix for Ethereal Conjurer.
Balance Updates
Aldor Attendant:
Old: [Cost 2] 2 Attack, 3 Health → New: [Cost 1] 1 Attack, 3 Health.
Old: [Cost 5] → New: [Cost 4].
Shattered Rumbler:
Old: 4 Attack, 6 Health → New: 5 Attack, 6 Health.
The Lurker Below:
Old: 6 Attack, 3 Health → New: 6 Attack, 5 Health.
The 8 cards below will be eligible for a full dust refund until June 1.
Priestess of Fury:
Old: 6 Attack, 7 Health → New: 6 Attack, 5 Health.
Crimson Sigil Runner:
Old: 2 Attack, 1 Health → New: 1 Attack, 1 Health.
Scavenger's Ingenuity:
Old: Draw a Beast. Give it +3/+3. → New: Draw a Beast. Give it +2/+2.
Shadowjeweler Hanar:
Old: 1 Attack, 5 Health → New: 1 Attack, 4 Health.
Blackjack Stunner:
Old: Battlecry: If you control a Secret, return a minion to its owner's hand. It costs (2) more. → New: Battlecry: If you control a Secret, return a minion to its owner's hand. It costs (1) more.
Imprisoned Scrap Imp:
Old: Dormant for 2 turns. When this awakens, give all minions in your hand +2/+2. → New: Dormant for 2 turns. When this awakens, give all minions in your hand +2/+1.
Bloodboil Brute:
Old: 6 Attack, 8 Health → New: 5 Attack, 8 Health.
Bloodsworn Mercenary:
Old: 3 Attack, 3 Health → New: 2 Attack, 2 Health.
Game Improvements and Bug Fixes
Ethereal Conjurer will now function correctly and will no longer lock the game state when played.
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Samsung is working on a smartwatch and Google can't be far behind, according to reports.
Google's patent for a wearable computer was approved last year, making many ponder when the Android watch would appear, according to the Financial Times. However, Samsung is currently working on an Android watch, too.
While Google declined to comment on any smartwatch, Samsung's Android watch is reportedly in production, according to Business Insider. While a wearable computer is a great idea -- no more digging into pockets or a purse for a phone and no danger of it falling onto the ground and breaking -- the biggest challenge seems to be keeping battery life high.
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There have already been Android watches, but so far they are merely smartphone accessories that lack most of the smartphone's functions. The new Android wearable computer needs the features of the latest smartphones such as the iPhone 5 or Samsung Galaxy S4 or they can't compete in the mobile market.


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by Mark Judge –
People who argue against reducio ad Hitlerum, the tendency to reduce every political argument to a Hitler comparison, usually have a good point. Welfare reform was not the Third Reich. Neither is environmentalism.
Yet in rejecting Hitler argument, people have forgotten an important aspect of totalitarianism: its pettiness, and how that pettiness can morph into greater forms of repression.
Many totalitarian states don't start by shoving people into death camps. Most begin by micromanaging everyday life. This is why I fear liberalism so much.
For the past several decades the left hasn't resembled Stalin liquidating millions — although pro-life people could make that case — but rather the nitpicking, control-freak oppression of a low-level bureaucrat in a new totalitarian regime.
Speech codes. News organizations blackballing those with different opinions. Casual misogyny and ridicule of traditional morality.
But with the new forced-contraception Health and Human Services mandate, liberalism has crossed that small but vital line between normal lefty pettiness and a threat to freedom that truly does reflect National Socialism.
Currently some of the best commentary on the battle against the White House push to force all sentient beings to pay for contraception is coming from George Weigel. Weigel is a Catholic scholar and a writer of the first rank, and his most recent book, The End and the Beginning: Pope John Paul II — the Victory of Freedom, the Last Years, the Legacy, is particularly insightful into the pettiness of totalitarianism.
Yes, there are horror stories of wars and mass Stalinist liquidations. But I was also struck by what Weigel calls the "quotidian offenses" — those little everyday BS maneuvers that tyrants use to slowly erode the will of free people and inject the state more and more into the zone of privacy.
In Poland after World War II, a man who saw this firsthand, aside from John Paul II, was Bishop Stepfan Wyszynski. Wyszynski had dealt with the Gestapo during World War II, and that prepared him for the communist who invaded Poland after World War II. In 1948 Pope Pius appointed Fr. Wyszynski, who was forty-seven at the time, as the archbishop of Gniezno and Warsaw and Primate of Poland. Weigel notes that the communist regime in Poland did the following:
Threatened parents with loss of employment if they didn't send their kids to communist schools and youth groups
Harassed Catholic publications with "paper shortages"
Secret police reports separated Catholic priests into three groups: enemies, neutrals, and "positives."
Arrested priests and bishops then staged phony "trials."
Weigel sums up the overall atmosphere:
"Permissive abortion laws, communist youth camps that encouraged sexual experimentation, work schedules that separated husbands and wives, parents and children — all these were tools in the communist campaigns against traditional Polish culture and against the Church and its moral teaching."
Sound familiar? Currently, the Obama administration is in the midst of trying to destroy the Catholic Church by forcing it into a schism. Thus it uses Kathleen Sebelius and Sandra Fluke, good liberal Catholics, or "positives" in the language of the communists, to attack the Church itself.
This is the moment when petty, quotidian liberal tyrannies morph into totalitarianism.
In 2011 a documentary called A Film Unfinished was released. It documented the making of a Nazi propaganda film, Ghetto, in 1942. At first there was some concern that A Film Unfinished would soften the anguish of Holocaust victims and affect the historical memory of the event because it showed Jews in Germany going through everyday routines — shopping, eating, going to temple. But people soon realized that the evidence in the film actually made the Nazi crimes seem worse. One could fully witness the ridiculous pettiness of Nazi intrusions into everyday life — pettiness that permitted much greater crimes.
One of the most disturbing scenes in A Film Unfinished is a simple depiction of Jewish women bathing naked together. There is nothing violent in the scene, but it is chilling in it casual cruelty and violation of a private space. It is the state saying: we control what you eat, where you go, what you read — and watch you when you bathe. It's for the good of the state.
In communist Poland after World War II, Bishop Wyszynski finally had enough of totalitarian pettiness when it began pushing into the sacred realm. In what became a famous sermon he offered the following: "We teach that it is proper to render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's and to God that which is God's. But when Caesar sits himself on the altar, we respond curtly: he may not."
The Polish bishops followed this with a declaration that peace depended on "the government's forsaking its radical, destructive hatred towards Catholicism, and abandon its aim of subjugating the Church and turning it into an instrument of the State…We are not allowed to place the things of God on the altar of Caesar. No possumusw [We cannot!]"
The fake Polish government charged the cardinal with, yes, "violating the constitution." Wyszynski was arrested and served a three-year internment. We can only hope that Catholic leaders who refuse to obey Obama's mandates don't suffer the same fate.


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The Red Sox and Bruins own NESN. The New York Times, at least for now, controls a minority stake of the Red Sox. And soon, the Celtics might join the incest between Boston teams and the outlets that cover them.
On Friday, the financially struggling Globe reported that three locals with millions in loose change had emerged as potential buyers of Beantown's newspaper of record, which The New York Times is actively trying to sell. (Newspapers, if you haven't heard, aren't doing so well.)
Behind Door No. 1: Stephen Pagliuca, managing partner of the Celtics.
Pagliuca's day job as the managing director of Bain Capital gives him the kind of cash to pay for Kevin Garnett and potentially dole out the loot necessary to purchase a far-less-intriguing commodity. No one really knows what the Globe is worth — estimates range from $1 to much, much more — but if Pagliuca scores the newspaper, you would think he would have to immediately address the obvious conflict of interest in his owning the Globe's sports section, once the best in the country and still a veritable powerhouse, while presiding over one of the local teams.
All it would take is a statement resembling NESN's list of 10 values, of which "Integrity" is No. 7 — behind "Adaptability" and "Teamwork" — and concisely defined as: "We are committed to the highest level of ethics and professional standards." Somewhere, Dennis Eckersley nods in approval.
If Pagliuca does add the Globe to his list of holdings, the only Boston team left out of this ethical quandary would be the Patriots. Bill Belichick declined to comment.
3 men with local roots emerge as potential Globe buyers [The Boston Globe]
What Price For The Boston Globe? [The New York Times]
The Last, Best Sports Staff [Deadspin]


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Tick Tock on the Clock
December 20, 2012 18 Comments
The script had everything that a person could want — intrigue, drama, and a flawed main character. It was a Broadway show that had the makings of being a huge money-maker but the director decided to go another route. Tim Tebow was supposed to be the next big thing in New York but he didn't even get the chance to be a flop.
It was reported earlier today that the New York Jets are ready to part ways with Tim Tebow. Despite all the expectations heading into the season and the plethora of ESPN coverage, Tebow's tenure in the Big Apple was just rotten. Following the Mark Sanchez benching this week, Tim Tebow was bypassed as starting quarterback for 3rd stringer Greg McElroy. It was the last straw for Tebow and ultimately signalled the end for the former Heisman Trophy winner.
Unfortunately for Tebow and ESPN, this failure with the Jets might have signalled more than just the end of Tebow's days in New York.
The director, Rex Ryan, obviously wasn't comfortable with Tim Tebow having a starring role in his play. This special Tebow package that Tony Sparano designed for Tebow has yet to be found and I don't think anyone is sure if it actually exists. The coaching staff refused to insert more Tebow into the offence despite Mark Sanchez's consistently abysmal play. It speaks volumes to what the coaching staff thinks of Tebow.
The clock never struck Tebow time in New York and it appears as though the clock is ticking rather quickly on Tim Tebow's opportunity to be one of the NFL's 32 starting quarterbacks.
Although he was such a success in Denver, it appears pretty clear that Tim Tebow will never be more than a novelty in the NFL. A ploy that owners use to increase jersey sales and media hype for their team. No one, except maybe Josh McDaniels, believes that Tim Tebow can be the long-term solution for their franchise.
Nor should they.
The New York Jets had an entire season with Tim Tebow. They saw him workout, practice and play. Well, sort of play. Out of any team in the NFL, the Jets coaching staff knows Tim Tebow better than anyone else does at this point in his career. Regardless of their immense struggles, they still didn't believe it was worth putting him under center.
They felt it would be better if Tim Tebow didn't get a sniff at leading their Sanchize.
They knew that Tebow time can lead to short-term success. However, the possibility of short-term success would undoubtedly lead to long-term problems. The potential limited success of Tim Tebow wasn't worth the pain of having to find a real quarterback somewhere down the road. Let's be real, that would be an inevitability.
I mean, it has been 3 seasons and Tim Tebow still throws while rolling out to his right about as well as I can cook, which is not very well if you couldn't guess.
To commit to Tim Tebow means committing to a completely different style of game. It means tailoring personnel to fit his very unique brand of football. It means going all-in on a system that has absolutely no guarantee of working.
After watching the Tebow experiment fizzle out in New York, teams are seeing that Mr. John 3:16 is more headache than help. Any ownership or management group that is more concerned with winning than merchandise sales won't be willing to roll the dice on Tim Tebow. For a project as defective as Tebow, who wants to take the risk?
Everyone is learning what John Elway knew all along.
I can't even imagine that Shahid Khan is considering Tebow as a viable starting quarterback option at this point.
Tim Tebow did not get the big break he was hoping for after he was dealt to the New York Jets. All he has left to do now is to hope that someone else sees what Josh McDaniels saw at the 2010 NFL draft.
The thing is, that ticking clock, it's already close to zero.
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Rodney Perry
Warm and friendly is how you feel once you greet the welcoming smile of comedian Rodney Perry in person, and after only minutes of being in his presence the smiles turn to hearty laughter as his gift is to entertain. Born in Chicago and raised in Monroe Louisiana, the road to stardom has not always been paved with fun and laughs. But whatever his surroundings Perry has always used comedy to pave his way to success.
Rodney served his country for eight years as a member of the United States Navy. Serving two tours of duty took Rodney to New Orleans and to the Bay Area, which prepared him for the entertainment industry and for life. He would perform his duties as Yeoman Second Class by day and perform his sidesplitting comedy shows by night. Perry came to a crossroad in 1998, when he had to choose between continuing his Navy career or making Stand-Up Comedy a career. He chose the latter. Rodney, his wife and their children packed their things and headed to Hollywood. Actually, Inglewood.
Upon exiting the Navy Perry was thrust into the work force. Comedy was not paying the bills, yet. Perry did it all. Apartment Manager, Secretary, Data Entry Clerk, Temporary Employee for a Modeling Agency and the list goes on and on. He did all the things that a budding young comedian does. Everything, except the Comedy career that he had moved to Los Angeles for. All that changed during a temporary assignment at the Veterans Administration. During his week at the VA Rodney befriended an amputee. One day he asked Perry; "What are you doing here?" and "Why aren't you doing what you were set on this earth to do?" That was the wake-up call he needed. Rodney began doing any and everything in the world of comedy. He was an audience warm-up, a radio personality, a writer, and mostly a full fledged Professional Stand-Up Comedian.
Rodney Perry has had the opportunity to learn the business of Comedy from some of the best. His first job in Hollywood was serving as writer/warm-up guy for Kym Whitley's show "Oh Drama" on BET. Doors continued to open for Rodney as he got opportunities to serve as opening for the likes of George Lopez, Cedric the Entertainer, and Steve Harvey. The relationship that would prove to be the most poignant would be the one between Rodney and Mo'Nique.
The first time Rodney ever spoke to Mo'Nique she offered to take his wife on a shopping spree. Rodney says, "That was the day I met my personal angel, my sister". They would go on to perform all over the country and to share microphones on syndicated radio as well. When the Radio Show ended Mo'Nique told Perry that bigger and better things were coming. That thing happened to be the Mo'Nique Show on BET.
Perry now calls Atlanta home. Rodney Perry's Comedy career has given him many opportunities, from his work as Co-Host of the Mo'Nique Show to his starring role as Harold in "Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family". Even though Perry is becoming a sought after actor and host he is and always will be a comedian first. Currently, Rodney Perry is preparing to shoot his first comedy special for television entitled "Rodney Perry All The Way LIVE!"


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Buzz-Hooray! Devon Sproule's �¡Hurry! a sensual feast
Early in her career, the term "hot wifey back porch jazz" might not have explained the music of local Americana darling Devon Sproule. Her fourth album, ¡Don't Hurry for Heaven!, might qualify, but when Matt Curreri, brother to Sproule's husband and sometimes collaborator Paul, first used the phrase to describe Sproule's music, she was not quite convinced.
"It's a nice way of putting it," she admits. "But I'm loathe to call it jazz because I have no training in jazz."
Still, the album does capture Sproule stretched outside her usual environment. Most of the ten tracks were written in America and later transformed through Sproule's experience performing weekend festivals with a band across England. For one who usually performs solo Americana-drenched country and folk, the shift to a full band and rock 'n' roll was just as much of a jolt as the time change, according to Sproule, and the atmosphere of touring with a full group using jazzier rhythms and chords also opened up new realms vocally.
"It was groovier stuff that me and the band were playing at these festivals," she says. "I thought people would be critical, but they liked it more than I thought they would."
Although it carries a tinge of homesickness reflecting Sproule's emotional state while recording in the UK, ¡Don't Hurry for Heaven! is mostly confident, honest, emotional, and personal: "I can't live anyplace but Virginia / I've never even tried," she sings on "A Picture of Us in the Garden," revealing the homesickness she felt touring abroad. Later on the same track: "Honey, how are we supposed to ever have us a family when the business won't give us a buck? / I guess it's lucky I'm still pretty young." Anxiety, then fearlessness.
Or, as Sproule puts it, "It's personal writing with some kind of pop sensibility." And other sensibilities as well –- she's jazzy on "Bowling Green," sensual and sultry on "Julie," and rock 'n' roll confident on "Ain't That The Way."
"You end up continuing to improve if you're always poking around for different stuff, different sounds," says Sproule. "I'm trying to get to be a better a guitar player instead of thinking ahead career-wise."
¡Don't Hurry for Heaven! for lazy summer evenings on a Belmont porch summer evening, with poignant yet familiar lyrics. Good thing she's "still pretty young" – that means there will be more of this.
Eventually, at least. "I feel ambitious musically, but not so much to move on to a new phase or out of an old phase," says Sproule. "I'm happy enough with what's going on." That would be ¡Heaven! going over quite well in the UK, per usual, and Sproule enjoying it all from over here.
Devon Sproule releases ¡Don't Hurry for Heaven! on
Friday, April 30 at The Southern. The doors open at 8pm and tickets are $10-12.
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I heartily second the "without offering the slightest hint of review" comment. Being a cheerleader is for fans; what you should do is offer some semblance of thoughtful, musically literate review. Otherwise you're condemning both this musician and yourselves to being appreciated only by blind-allegiance "buy local" herdlings.
That said, the song "Let's Go Out" is killer, and it has unexpected key modulation and melody combinations that distinguish it from the run of the mill I IV V Americana.
Oh thank God! It's been way too long since you guys worshipped Devon Sproule without offering the slightest hint of actual critical review! I saw you had an article about Devon, and I mentally wagered all the money I have in my head, guessing that you would 1. love her new stuff, 2. find it "sultry", and 3. present TONS of quotes from her, AND 4. mention Paul Curreri. Surprise, surprise...I was right!
When I saw her at Starr Hill a few years ago the phrase "the emperor's new underwear" came to mind. Some things get better with age - some things...


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Marriage, Not Gay Marriage – says Judge Walker
I'm speed-reading through the Prop 8 case decision that just invalidated the ballot measure as violating the 14th Amendment's Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses. Judge Walker framed his decision not as creating a new right to gay marriage, but rather a vindication of the institution of marriage itself:
Plaintiffs do not seek recognition of a new right. To characterize plaintiffs' objective as "the right to same-sex marriage" would suggest that plaintiffs seek something different from what opposite-sex couples across the state enjoy —— namely, marriage. Rather, plaintiffs ask California to recognize their relationships for what they are: marriages. (p. 114)
And because the Supreme Court has long held that marriage is a fundamental right, and holds that California's domestic partnership alternative for same-sex couples is no substitute for that fundamental right. Walker then applies strict scrutiny to the plaintiffs' claims and concludes that Prop 8 violates the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment, largely because he held in the findings of facts that the defense's witnesses were "unreliable and entitled to essentially no weight":
As explained in detail in the equal protection analysis, Proposition 8 cannot withstand rational basis review. Still less can Proposition 8 survive the strict scrutiny required by plaintiffs' due process claim. The minimal evidentiary presentation made by proponents does not meet the heavy burden of production necessary to show that Proposition 8 is narrowly tailored to a compelling government interest. Proposition 8 cannot, therefore, withstand strict scrutiny. Moreover, proponents do not assert that the availability of domestic partnerships satisfies plaintiffs' fundamental right to marry; proponents stipulated that "[t]here is a significant symbolic disparity between domestic partnership and marriage." Accordingly, Proposition 8 violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
On the Equal Protection front, Walker did not assign a heightened level of scrutiny to gays and lesbians, abiding by the Supreme Court's refusal to cast equal suspicion on classifications based on sexual orientation as those based on gender or race. But sexual orientation's rational basis review, which started as a dodge by Justice Kennedy back in Romer v. Evans and continued by Justice O'Connor in her Lawrence v. Texas concurrence, now seems to be as protective as intermediate and strict scrutiny. Rational basis review is supposed to be the most forgiving of acts of discrimination–if one gives even a hypothetical justification in defense of a discriminatory law or practice, that law or practice would always be deemed constitutional. Higher levels of scrutiny were left for "officially" illegitimate identity-based classifications.
But now, the Court, in avoiding the anointment of a new suspect classification for fear of bringing the Clinton/Bush era culture wars into the courtroom, has made its imprimatur irrelevant. If you enact a law or institute a practice that tells a distinct and traditionally maligned group of Americans that they are unequal citizens, then you are irrational. Hypothetical justifications are now inadmissible opinions unworthy of deference. And when this case reaches the Supreme Court, the justices' reliance on rational basis review will no longer be a peevish dodge or refusal to stratify suffering; it will be an honest reckoning of an America that no longer tolerates intolerance.
Walker provides an example of this leveling of rational basis and heightened scrutiny by collapsing sex and sexual orientation discrimination into each other:
Having considered the evidence, the relationship between sex and sexual orientation and the fact that Proposition 8 eliminates a right only a gay man or a lesbian would exercise, the court determines that plaintiffs' equal protection claim is based on sexual orientation, but this claim is equivalent to a claim of discrimination based on sex.
In doing so, he also pulls out a nugget from Justice Ginsburg's Christian Legal Society opinion that some seized on several weeks ago as a gay marriage "time bomb" in dicta:
Indeed, homosexual conduct and attraction are constitutionally protected and integral parts of what makes someone gay or lesbian. Lawrence, 539 US at 579; FF 42- 43; see also Christian Legal Society v Martinez, 561 US __, 130 SCt 2971, No 08-1371 Slip Op at 23 ("Our decisions have declined to distinguish between status and conduct in [the context of sexual orientation].") (June 28, 2010) (citing Lawrence, 539 US at 583 (O'Connor, J, concurring)). [my emphasis]
Just for the sake of it, though, Walker does explicitly intimate his belief that even though he is applying rational basis, strict scrutiny is appropriate:
The trial record shows that strict scrutiny is the appropriate standard of review to apply to legislative classifications based on sexual orientation. All classifications based on sexual orientation appear suspect, as the evidence shows that California would rarely, if ever, have a reason to categorize individuals based on their sexual orientation. FF 47. Here, however, strict scrutiny is unnecessary. Proposition 8 fails to survive even rational basis review.
This note, however, is more evidence that levels of scrutiny collapse when one recognizes animus-driven actions for what they are. More searching review may come in time for less overtly hostile acts and practices, but hopefully by that time, there will be no more suspect classes and only suspect actions.
A jurisprudence of rights as opposed to identities appeals to Justice Kennedy, whether or not American society has caught up to his ideal. Kennedy might not have liked to watch this case at first, but he will most certainly enjoy being in the center of the action once Perry v. Schwarzenegger gets to the Court. As opposed to his more conservative brethren, he sees rights as robust vessels rather than narrow privileges. For this reason, Walker's Due Process analysis broadly reading the right of marriage will be Kennedy's reasoning of choice, while we can count on Scalia to see such a robust reading as leading, at the very least, to unions between all consenting adults no matter how many or how closely related.
But for unanimity's sake, Kennedy, or maybe a justice or four in the liberal bloc, would be well-advised to latch onto Walker's Equal Protection analysis as well. Under this analysis, Scalia has already accepted gay marriage as an legal inevitability, per his Lawrence concurrence:
This reasoning leaves on pretty shaky grounds state laws limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples. Justice O'Connor seeks to preserve them by the conclusory statement that "preserving the traditional institution of marriage" is a legitimate state interest. Ante, at 7. But "preserving the traditional institution of marriage" is just a kinder way of describing the State's moral disapproval of same-sex couples. Texas's interest in §21.06 could be recast in similarly euphemistic terms: "preserving the traditional sexual mores of our society." In the jurisprudence Justice O'Connor has seemingly created, judges can validate laws by characterizing them as "preserving the traditions of society" (good); or invalidate them by characterizing them as "expressing moral disapproval" (bad).
Of couse, gaining Scalia's vote–even in an exasperated concurrence–is wishful thinking. But at least the Court's putative majority in Perry v. Schwarzenegger, — U.S. — (2013) will take pleasure in quoting him, as Walker did in his Finding of Fact 21(c) on page 61 of his 136-page opinion:
Lawrence v Texas, 539 US 558, 604-05 (2003) (Scalia, J, dissenting) ("If moral disapprobation of homosexual conduct is 'no legitimate state interest' for purposes of proscribing that conduct * * * what justification could there possibly be for denying the benefits of marriage to homosexual couples exercising 'the liberty protected by the Constitution'? Surely not the encouragement of procreation, since the sterile and the elderly are allowed to marry.")
Nevertheless, there always does remain the chance that this putative majority may turn to mush in the face of a federal right to same-sex marriage, whether or not Walker's framing survives the Ninth Circuit's go-round. And as I wrote after the Massachusetts DOMA cases:
The question now, however, is whether Justice Kennedy, the author of both Romer and Lawrence and the putative fifth vote in a gay marriage case, is willing to extend his sexual orientation discrimination jurisprudence the same way he has expanded his death penalty jurisprudence. In other words, is recognizing a federal constitutional right for same-sex marriage more akin to sheltering juveniles from life without parole for non-homicide crimes, or is it more like deeming the death penalty at all times unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment? If the former, the Perry plaintiffs can take heart. If the latter, Perry may fail to gain Kennedy's approval, and Gill and Mass v. HHS will become the preferred precedents in the fight for marriage equality.
We must remember that even though Kennedy likes his rights robust, he has also become the limiting agent to the abortion right he helped preserve in Casey. But there is a difference between the gay rights Kennedy has helped protect in Romer and Lawrence and the abortion rights he has since restricted since Casey: gay marriage, unlike abortion, has no dauntingly actual life-or-death element.
Yet as a matter of political consequence, a critical mass of states has not yet come to pass on gay marriage. With only a handful of states and the District of Columbia recognizing same sex marriage, Perry may be more Roe than Loving, and I imagine that every member of the Court will have that in mind when considering the case.
What is certain is that same-sex marriage is gestating in the states, however few have so far endorsed it. The question, then, will be whether Kennedy sees Walker's opinion as a new birth of freedom for a class long robbed of its dignity, or as a grisly killing of viable progress throughout the states' slow and steady political processes.
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Good analysis. I join some in continuing to wonder if 9CA might try to narrow the ruling to the facts and hold that CA alone is at issue, Prop 8 too poorly defended and CA's practices (unliike say Arkansas or whatever) so same sex union friendly that it is irrational for them at least to discrminiate in this fashion. Oh, and Prop 8 was influenced by animus — those two witnesses don't help them there.
Excellent analysis, I especially like the reminder on Scalia's position. We must recognize that Scalia is at least logically consistent (unlike Prop 8 defenders…). Indeed, the whole legal case in Perry relies on three questions — the rest being a matter of pure legal logic:
1/ Is moral disapproval of homosexuality a constitutionally permissible State interest ?
2/ Is marriage in California gender-specific ?
3/ If answers to 1 and 2 are both 'No', then is there any possible rational basis which the State of California could have to start discriminating between genders in relation to marriage ?
Scalia saw in his famous dissent of 'Lawrence' that if the answer to 1 in No, then the other two steps leave the interdiction of gay marriage 'on pretty shaky grounds'. Ted Olson also saw this. I think this was the most important, and most difficult step for defenders of equal rights to marriage. Luckily the SCOTUS precedent on this is now well established, with Romer, Lawrence, and more recently, Christian Legal Society.
Now I have to disagree with you, Mike, on one point: neither SCOTUS nor Walker (nor Tauro) imply that under the rational basis test, "Hypothetical justifications are now inadmissible opinions unworthy of deference." Hypothetical justifications suffice, PROVIDED THEY ARE RATIONALLY RELATED to the classification. You can not forbid blue if you have an interest to promote red, UNLESS you demonstrate that forbidding blue can rationally be believed to promote red (even if in effect it doesn't). Not one of the hypothetical reasons provided by defendants in Gill or in Perry survive this simple test.
This is why answering question 3 by the negative is probably the easiest part. All the evidence in the Perry trial, and the detailed opinion of Judge Tauro in Gill v. Office of Personnel Management, neatly debunk any of the bogus reasons proposed. They have yet to reach SCOTUS, but at this point I am reasonably confident that they will be hard to overcome.
However, until the Perry trial, point 2 remained to be made. What constitutes marriage ? This, I believe, is the great strength of Judge Walker's decision and of the lengthy trial that preceded. Walker took great care to establish, based on the expertise presented by the plaintiffs, that the time when marriage differentiated between the roles of man and woman "has passed"; that there are no such things as "same-sex marriage" or "opposite-sex marriage", but just one "marriage". I hope SCOTUS will agree, but I believe this is the weaker link. It's also in essence that precise point which the European Court of Human Rights rejected in 'Schalk and Kopf v. Austria' (even if it made the new and remarkable pronouncement that a same-sex couple could constitute a 'family').
Judge Walker stops there. But he did leave a spare tire in the trunk of his decision: he laid out all the necessary determinations of fact to establish that LGBTs form a suspect class. If you answered no to question 2, it doesn't really matter. But if you answered yes, and you also prove that LGBTs are a suspect class, then just *maintaining* the alleged gender specificity of marriage is not a good enough State interest – bringing us back to Question 3.
Wherever he spends recess, Scalia must be thinking "I told you so"…
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Tour time - 90 Minutes. All Ages
What to Expect on The 90 Minute Ultimate Salmon Tour
Its Facts, Humor, Games, Prizes, Food and More on the Ultimate Salmon Tour!
First you will want to check in 20 minutes before your scheduled tour time at 422 Mission Street in our main lobby and enjoy a fun backdrop of Ketchikan and receive free photos on our exclusive photo set. Once your tour guide comes to get your group, Kids will get to go to the Craft Station with one of our Small Salmon Specialists and paint a custom wooden Fish to take home! The adults will be moved into our theater for 30 minute interactive presentation from your tour guide that will teach you about how Salmon are commercially caught in Alaska along with some humorous surprises.
Following that presentation Everyone will be moved into one of our Salmon feast rooms for 45 minutes were you will be treated to 5 different types of Salmon prepared in various ways for your enjoyment. During that time your tour guide will teach you about the 5 species of Salmon that are found here in Alaska, as well as a game of Jeopardy basedon the various things you have learned during the tour. The final 15 minutes you can go over to our Shop or Cafe and use your $25 dollar voucher that comes with the tour!
Tour includes-
Salmon Theater -
Learn about the commercial fishing methods used to catch the the many types of Salmon in Alaska.
Salmon Feast-
Enjoy five different prepared types of salmon as you learn about the five species of Salmon. Following that, enjoy a Game of Jeopardy!
Kids Station-
For the young ones in our group, paint a wood carved fish with our provided watercolors to take home as a keepsake!
Tour also includes -
FREE Photos with Exclusive Backdrop
1- Souvenir Glass Mug
1- 40 Page Tour Book (1 per Family)
1- $25 Dollar voucher for First City Salmon store
Cancelation Policy - Refunds will be issued in full up to 30 days before tour. No refunds will be offered under 30 days before your tour date.


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Series finale against Twins postponed
Game will likely be made up in September
MINNESOTA -- Inclement weather at Target Field caused the postponement of Wednesday's series finale between the Angels and Twins, who probably won't make this game up until late in the season.
Both teams share a day off on Thursday, but the conditions aren't expected to be favorable then, either. So the Angels were getting ready to fly back home on Wednesday night, albeit a little earlier than originally scheduled, before starting a six-game homestand against the Tigers and Rangers on Friday.
Angels manager Mike Scioscia will simply bump his starters back a day, meaning Wednesday's scheduled starter, Tommy Hanson, will start Friday's series opener against Detroit, followed by Garrett Richards and C.J. Wilson.
Weather reports heading into Wednesday indicated a 100-percent chance of precipitation at around the 5:10 p.m. PT start time. The weather held up throughout the day and both teams showed up to Target Field for their normal pregame, hoping to at least get five innings in. But sleet came down while the Angels were taking batting practice, forcing them off the field so the tarp could come on.
Fifteen minutes before first pitch, with no real let-up in sight and temperatures at 38 degrees, the game was called.
"If you can start a game and then see how the conditions progress, that's one thing," Scioscia said. "But we couldn't even get started in this stuff."
A natural makeup date for this game could come Monday, Sept. 9. Both teams share an off day and the Angels will be en route to Toronto, with Minneapolis basically on the way. The Twins would be in the middle of a homestand.
Perhaps now, at 4-10, the Angels could use a rainout.
"It's neither here nor there," Scioscia disputed. "At some point, you want to play because you know you need to play to get where you want to be. But it is what it is."


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At this writing and in the last six trading days, wheat prices have increased 52 cents. It is often advantageous to sell wheat in lots across time and especially as prices are increasing rather than when prices are declining.
After the Kansas City (KC) December wheat contract price went above the $7.07 price resistance level, the contract price broke the $7.28 resistance in three days and challenged the $7.60 resistance in six days. KC December wheat prices increased from $7.05 to $7.57.
If the KC December price breaks the $7.60 resistance level, the next target price is $7.80 and then $8.05. The KC December wheat contract has price support at $7.27. If the December contract goes below $7.27, the next target price is $7.07 and then $6.87.
The wheat contract price rally started on September 25 before the USDA released the September Grain Stocks estimates. Market analysts had predicted that more wheat had been fed than the USDA had estimated. Thus, wheat stocks would be lower than previously predicted. The analysts were right.
Wheat prices also increased because of export demand, relatively high U.S. hard red winter wheat protein, and relatively low U.S. and Canadian spring wheat protein levels. Another factor is that Argentina has suspended wheat exports until January, and Argentina's upcoming wheat production may be less than previously expected.
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Brazil normally imports Argentine wheat. Without Argentina as a supplier, Brazil has been importing, and is expected to continue to import, U.S. wheat.
In the September 26 wheat exports report, all U.S. wheat export sales were 38 percent higher than this same time last year. Hard red winter wheat export sales were 33 percent higher.
United States hard red winter wheat ending stocks for the 2013/14 marketing year are projected to be 197 million bushels compared to 343 million bushels last year and the five-year average is 337 million bushels.
All U.S. wheat ending stocks for the 2013/14 wheat marketing year are projected to be 561 million bushels compared to 718 million bushels last year, and a five-year average of 791 million bushels.
World 2013/14 marketing year ending stocks are projected to be 6.5 billion bushels compared to a five-year average of 6.9 billion bushels.
Moisture conditions for planting the 2014 hard red winter wheat crop are the best since 2010. However, moisture is still below average, and conditions are "on the dry side."
All the information above is positive for wheat prices. Negative factors include world wheat production and world and U.S. corn production. World wheat production is projected to be a record 26.05 billion bushels compared to 24.07 billion bushels last year and a five-year average of 24.78 billion bushels.
World and U.S. 2013/14 marketing year corn production are both projected to be new records. U.S. corn production is projected to be 13.844 billion bushels compared to a five-year average of 12.2 billion bushels. World corn production is projected to be a record 37.7 billion bushels.
U.S. 2013/14 marketing year corn ending stocks are projected to be 1.86 billion bushels compared to 661 million bushels last year, and a five-year average of 1.23 billion bushels.
Just before and shortly after the USDA quarterly stocks report was released, corn prices continued to grind lower as wheat prices rallied. This indicates that wheat and corn prices are moving independently of each other.
The 2013/14 Northern Hemisphere wheat harvest is essentially complete. For hard red winter wheat prices to continue the uptrend, Southern Hemisphere wheat production needs to be equal to, or less than, expectations.
Irrespective of what happens, selling wheat in a specified percentage as prices increase is normally a sound strategy.
Also of interest:
You don't short a sleeping market
More rain spurs wheat planting; slows some cotton harvesting


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The Committee holds quarterly public meetings with the construction community based organizations and residents of the suburban water customer jurisdictions to provide opportunities to discuss actions of the committee that affect those areas.
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Serious Eats Amateur Wine Taste-Along: Lambrusco
Is it just me, or does every girl love bubbles? When I watch my female friends scan through a wine list, there's a moment when their eyes pop, a slight smile starts forming, and it's clear what's happening—we're going to be drinking sparkling wine tonight. When I started telling my friends that we're tasting Lambrusco this week for the Taste-Along, I've gotten a resounding "Oh, awesome!" from the ladies. From the dudes? Just, "What's that?"
Well, now it's time to level everyone's playing field on this sparkling red wine from Italy. Although some people might still think Lambrusco is just Riunite, the cloying fizzy juice that was popular in the 70's, we're getting into some serious Lambrusco this week—mostly dry to semisweet and full of flavor. And unlike that 20-degree drop in temperature we had in NYC last week, this wine should actually make for a smooth and easy transition into fall.
How It's Made
So how is this fizzy red made? Lambrusco, which refers to both the grape and the wine, is most well known from the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. There actually are over 60 clones of the Lambrusco grape, but fortunately for us, there are only a handful that end up making it into bottles—mostly Salamino, Sorbara, and Grasparossa.
On its own, the Lambrusco grape yields a dry wine, sometimes with a slightly bitter finish. So in order to sweeten things up, winemakers have a couple of tools at their disposal. First, they can blend in other, sweeter grapes, such as Ancellotta. Second, they can use a technique known as partial fermentation—rather than converting all of the sugar in the juice into alcohol through fermentation, this process can be halted in order to leave residual sugar. If this is the case, you would expect to be able to taste the residual sugar on the tip of your tongue. Partly as a result of partial fermentation, you can also expect lower alcohol levels for Lambrusco (usually around 8 to 11 percent). And since we've got a whopping list of 10 wines to taste, I know we'll be grateful for this the next morning.
Lambrusco can take on a few several different styles. While the majority of Lambruscos are red (rosso), resulting from full contact and processing of the juice with the pigmented skins, rosé (rosato) or even white (bianco) wines can be made by limiting this skin contact. We're lucky enough to get to taste at least one of each this week, and we hope you can track down some of those bottles too.
What about the bubbles? Where do they come from? With some special exceptions, Lambrusco usually gets bubbly from the Charmat process or Metodo Italiano. In this process, the wine undergoes a secondary fermentation to encourage the creation of the carbon dioxide. This takes place in a sealed stainless steel tank, and in order to keep these precious bubbles in the Lambrusco, the wine is transferred to bottles under pressure [insert Queen and Bowie reference here]. This is the same method that's usually used for prosecco and moscato d'asti.
In select cases, however, Lambrusco is made using the same techniques as Champagne (the méthode champenoise) to create tiny, long-lasting bubbles right within each bottle.
Lambrusco makers can also differentiate their different wines by varying the level of sparkle—either full sparkling wine (defined as 3 atmospheres of pressure or greater) in Spumante style or semi-sparkling (between 1 and 2.5 atmospheres of pressure) referred to as frizzante. And are we tasting one of each this week? You bet!
Major Regions
Five major DOC regions in Italy produce Lambrusco. We'll get a little into each of them and the bottles we're trying, but it's helpful to note that the first three regions we'll talk about include the most prominent clone in their respective names. Starting with Lambrusco Grasparossa di Castelvetro DOC, you can find dry or semisweet red or rosé made from Grasparossa, which is known for its prominent tannins.
The Lambrusco di Sorbara DOC appellation produces mostly dry, medium-bodied reds or rosés although some bottles are semisweet. The use of the Sorbara clone in this region tends to yield wines with more body and deep, concentrated flavor.
Wines from Lambrusco Salamino di Santa Croce DOC are considered very aromatic and are usually either dry or semisweet. Bottles with this DOC on the label will tell you that at least 90% is composed of the Salamino clone.
Lambrusco Reggiano DOC produces dry to semisweet wines in a frizzante reds or rosé style. Wines from this appellation are thought to be the lightest of DOC Lambruscos and are commonly exported.
The last DOC appellation to mention is actually in Lombardy (What?! They're not all in Emilia-Romagna? Get out!). Lambrusco Mantovano DOC, produces red frizzante style Lambrusco that can run the gamut in terms of sweetness.
What We're Tasting
Want to join us in the taste-along? We've got quite the hefty lineup this week, and we're definitely looking forward to it. We'll be trying a few bottles from three widely-available producers: Lini, Tenuta Pederzana, and Cleto Chiarli. Not only do these producers offer Lambrusco-philes a wide variety of styles, but they do so at a very affordable price, with the majority of these bottles around $20 or below.
Here's the lineup for this week:
- Cleto Chiarli e Figli Premium Vecchia Modena Lambrusco di Sorbara Secco DOC ($16)
- Lini Lambrusca Rosso Emilia IGT ($15)
- Lini 910 Labrusca Lambrusca Rosato Emilia Indicazione Geografica Protetta ($14)
- Lini Lambrusca Bianco Emilia Indicazione Geografica Protetta ($16)
- Lini 910 In Correggio Lambrusco Scuro Emilia IGT ($20)
- Lini 910 In Correggio Lambrusco Rosé IGT ($20)
- Lini Dal 1910 Spumante Metodo Classico Rosso 2004 ($30)
- Tenuta Pederzana Gibe Lambrusco Grasparossa di Castelvetro DOC 2009 ($18)
- Tenuta Pederzana Lambrusco Grasparossa di Castelvetro DOC 2010 ($23)
- Tenuta Pederzana Puntamora Lambrusco Grasparossa di Castelvetro DOC 2007 ($25)
How to Enjoy Lambrusco
If you're able to pick up a bottle or two, here's a couple of tips on how it can be served. Typically, Lambrusco is enjoyed young and chilled to around 55 to 60°F before poppin' the cork. And although most people think to serve sparkling wines in Champagne flutes or something similarly slim and delicate, Lambrusco can be served in heartier tumblers or white wine glasses.
Although you could easily enjoy many of these wines on their own before dinner, Lambrusco is great with food. Serve up a big bowl of pasta, or offer a spread of goodies from the Emilia Romagna region—Parmesan-Reggiano cheese and prosciutto are classics, and grilled eggplant or meats would be great, too. If you get a bottle of the sweeter stuff, you could try even try it with dessert.
So now that you've got a primer of Lambrusco in your pocket, grab a couple bottles, and taste along with us! Do you already have a favorite? Let us know what it is in the comments section.
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The city voted to purchase the dilapidated structure at 540 Front St. last month after a restoration plan involving a private developer fell apart. Closing on the property is expected to occur before the end of the year.
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The study of the photospheric stellar abundances of the planet-host stars is the key to understanding how protoplanets form, as well as which protoplanetary clouds evolve planets and which do not. These studies, which have important implications for models of giant planet formation and evolution, also help us to investigate the internal and atmospheric structure and composition of extrasolar planets..
Theoretical studies suggest that C/O and Mg/Si, are the most important elemental ratios in determining the mineralogy of terrestrial planets, and they can give us information about the composition of these planets. The C/O ratio controls the distribution of Si among carbide and oxide species, while Mg/Si gives information on the silicate mineralogy. In 2010 Bond et al. (2010b) carried out the first numerical simulations of planet formation in which the chemical composition of the proto-planetary cloud was taken as an input parameter. Terrestrial planets were found to form in all the simulations with a wide variety of chemical compositions so these planets might be very different from the Earth.
Delgado Mena et al. (2010) have carried out the first detailed and uniform study of C, O, Mg and Si abundances for 61 stars with detected planets and 270 stars without detected planets from the homogeneous high-quality unbiased HARPS GTO sample. They found mineralogical ratios quite different from those in the Sun, showing that there is a wide variety of planetary systems which are unlike the Solar System. Many planetary-host stars present a Mg/Si value lower than 1, so their planets will have a high Si content to form species such as MgSiO3. This type of composition can have important implications for planetary processes like plate tectonics, atmospheric composition and volcanism.
'There could be billions of Earthlike planets in the Universe but a great majority of them may have a totally different internal and atmospheric structure. Building planets in chemically non-solar environments (which are very common in the Universe) may lead to the formation of strange worlds, very different from the Earth! The amount of radioactive and some refractory elements (especially Si) may have drastic implications for planetary processes such as plate tectonics and volcanic activity,' concludes Garik Israelian.
The latest numerical simulations have shown that a wide range of extrasolar terrestrial planet bulk compositions are likely to exist. Planets simulated as forming around stars with Mg/Si ratios less than 1 are found to be Mg-depleted (compared to the Earth), consisting of silicate species such as pyroxene and various types of feldspars. Planetary carbon abundances also vary in accordance with the host stars' C/O ratio. The predicted abundances are in keeping with observations of polluted white dwarfs (expected to have accreted their inner planets during their previous red giant stage).
'The observed variations in the key C/O and Mg/Si ratios for known planetary host stars implies that a wide variety of extrasolar terrestrial planet compositions are likely to exist, ranging from relatively "Earthlike" planets to those that are dominated by C, such as graphite and carbide phases (e.g. SiC, TiC),' Delgado Mena stresses.
The results of Delgado Mena et al. (2010) were used in this study as they are the first to determine the abundance of all of the required elements in a completely internally consistent manner, using high quality spectra and an identical approach for all stars and elements, for a large sample of both host and non-host stars.
The chemical and dynamical simulations were combined by assuming that each embryo retains the composition of its formation location and contributes the same composition to the simulated terrestrial planet. The innermost terrestrial planets (located within ∼0.5 AU from the host star) contain a significant amount of the refractory elements Al and Ca (∼47% of the planetary mass). Planets forming beyond ∼0.5 AU from the host star contain steadily less Al and Ca with increasing distance. One planetary system, 55 Cnc, has a C/O ratio above 1 (C/O = 1.12). This system produced carbon-enriched "Earthlike" planets. All of the terrestrial planets considered in this work have compositions dominated by O, Fe, Mg and Si, most of these elements being delivered in the form of silicates or metals (in the case of iron). However, important differences between those planets forming in systems with C/O < 0.8 (HD17051, HD19994) and those with C/O > 0.8 (55Cnc) have been found.
'We are working hard to decrease abundance measurement errors and make the results of theoretical models and numerical simulations more reliable,' comments González Hernández, 'There is much work to be done'.
The members of the research team are: Garik Israelian and Jonay González Hernández (IAC), Elisa Delgado Mena and N. Santos (University of Porto, Portugal), and J. Carter-Bond and D. O'Brien (Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, Arizona). These results will be reported in The Astrophysical Journal Letters.


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The Argentinian Jorge Valdano, a FIFA World Cup™ winner at Mexico 1986 and renowned football intellectual, once said of Brazil's Romario: "He plays like a footballer from an animated cartoon." The compliment attests to the legendary striker's ability to score goals that seemed to defy the laws of physics – much the same way the cartoon football characters did in Japanese animation back in the 1980s.
It was around this time that football and animated cartoons began a two-way relationship that has only deepened over time. With the partnership showing no signs of abating, FIFA.com took a look back at some of the many examples of it in popular culture.
Going global
It is very probable that when Valdano made his comment about O Baixinho he was referring to Captain Tsubasa, perhaps the most popular footballing animated series to date. Originally a Japanese comic strip, the series was brought to the screen with the backing of the country's football association, who hoped it would help promote the sport. The immensely popular programme has crossed innumerable cultures and become a global phenomenon, making the main character, Tsubasa Ozora, and his team-mates and rivals, household names for an entire generation.
Indeed, when the Brazilian centre-back Alex scored a sensational free-kick for Paris Saint-Germain against Montpellier in the French league last February, the opposition goalkeeper mused afterwards: "What happened with that shot? The ball just completely changed direction. I asked myself if they'd somehow brought in Mark Lenders without my knowledge." The Lenders in question, of course, was one of Tsubasa's arch enemies, known to fans of the series for his fearsome shooting power.
That said, there is no shortage of Cristiano Ronaldo fans out there who argue that their hero can actually create that affect without the need for animation. However, diehard fans of the series tend to associate Tsubasa more with Lionel Messi, and identify the Real Madrid striker with his alter-ego Lenders. As far as we know, neither of the two mega-stars have weighed in on the debate, leaving followers to make up their own minds.
Scientific studies and diffusion of genre
Of course, there has always been a degree of artistic license used in the making of Captain Tsubasa and similar shows, but it is less well known that the characters' super-powered shots and interminable runs towards distant horizons have been the subject of scientific studies. One, for example, tried to determine the size of the football pitches. Assuming that Tsubasa was 1.70m tall and that a person of that height would see the horizon at a distance of around 4.5km, the pitch was deemed to be a mind-boggling 18km long!
Though less popular than Captain Tsubasa, there have been several other animes involving football that have captivated fans of the genre. One such offering was Ganbare, Kickers!, which also revolved around a young kid and his football team. Despite being hugely popular in its country of origin, Japan, it lacked the international appeal of its predecessor. Goal Field Hunter, in contrast, was a Franco-Japanese creation about the adventures and mishaps of a young Italian footballer. And though not particularly popular in Italy, it did prove a mainstream hit in France and Spain as well as their regions of influence.
Hurricanes was also the result of a multi-national cooperation, this time involving producers from England, Scotland and USA, almost the only markets where it eventually aired in the mid 1990s. What set it apart was the fact that its main protagonist was a woman, one Amanda Carey. More recent launches include the Japanese-produced Inazuma Eleven which, with its strong focus on the need for teamwork to achieve good results, is still running at present.
From the pitch to the small screen
Quite a number of real players have had their own animated cartoon series on TV, whether inspired by their sporting achievements or popularity. Brazil leads the field in this respect, with stars such as Pele, Ronaldinho and, soon, Neymar, portrayed as children. "The idea is for 'Neymarzinho' not just to play football, but also to talk about sports, family, education and culture," said Mauricio de Souza, the famous Brazilian caricaturist and the project's promoter.
Among the productions inspired by genuine sporting achievements, we could not fail to mention Wilad El Eih, an animated series that began broadcasting in Egypt in 2010 in the aftermath of the country's triumph at that year's CAF Africa Cup of Nations. The programme, which features several of that championship-winning side as well as their coach Hassan Shehata, proved such a hit that a second series went on air in 2011.
It is also commonplace to see cartoon characters of famous footballers appearing in series unrelated to the sport. The Simpsons and Family Guy, two North American shows famous for their alternative takes on family life, have featured footballers in a number of episodes. In the former, for example, a pitchside Pele can be seen reading out product advertisements before an international game, while the latter famously depicted Zinedine Zidane as a delivery man who head-butted the recipient of a birthday cake.
However, these types of cameos are not exclusive to western culture, and not always acerbic. Japanese international Yuji Nakazawa, who competed at the last two FIFA World Cups, caused a sensation in his homeland when he appeared in a local anime called Shi Chan. In it the defender played the part of a recluse who teaches the main character and his friends some footballing skills. And while the scenes are spliced with references to some of the player's real-life travails, he took it all with a sense of humour.
Perhaps you can think of other series where football and animation have gone hand in hand. Why not let us know by using the 'Add your comment' button?