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Waitsburg Cellars Wines I'm Using to Write About Me
Waitsburg Cellars 2012 Pinot Gris Old Vines Columbia Valley $15
Waitsburg Cellars 2012 "Cheninierès" Old Vine Chenin Blanc Columbia Valley $17
Waitsburg Cellars 2012 "Chevray" Old Vine Chenin Blanc Columbia Valley $17
Waitsburg Cellars 2012 Riesling Old Vine Columbia Valley $15
Waitsburg Cellars 2011 "Three" Merlot Malbec Mourvèdre Columbia Valley $25
I think most wine bloggers would agree that the one genuinely satisfying aspect of self-publishing on the Internet is the people you meet as a result. It has been the least expected, and best, consequence of HoseMaster of Wine™. Had I never begun this pointless and self-absorbed wine blog, I never would have met the likes of Eric Asimov, Charlie Olken, Dan Berger, Jon Bonné, Lettie Teague, Robert Joseph, Alfonso Cevola, Tom Wark, Thomas Pellechia, Steve Heimoff, and, of course, My Gorgeous Samantha. I've also been lucky enough to have received kind words and encouragement from many other distinguished wine writers, all of whom are more talented and more influential than I could ever be. Tim Atkin MW, Robert Parker, Mike Steinberger, Mike Dunne, Chris Kassel, Becky Wasserman… It's incredibly humbling when all I really do is write jokes. And badly, at that. Every time I think of quitting, I remember all of those kind words from people with far more talent than I, and I press on. I am indebted to all of you.
And I haven't mentioned Paul Gregutt. Paul has been hanging around this blog for a long time, commenting regularly, and supporting my kind of wine writing. The first time he commented I didn't really know who he was. It's been a long time since I read any wine publications regularly. There's a point where one moves on from the likes of Wine Spectator and Wine Enthusiast. I was tasting so much wine on my own as a sommelier, I didn't need their reviews for personal use, and, believe me, every wine salesperson alive makes sure you know scores if those scores are advantageous. Though I quickly trained the wine salespeople who called on me not to show me scores. I found it insulting. I'm tasting the wine, I'm qualified to judge its quality and provenance, I know my clientele and my wine list, why do I care what number a critic gave the wine? I just tasted it and the salesperson says, "And Parker gave it 93." I'd usually say, right after I spit it out, "Wow, he was close."
Paul Gregutt has launched his own label, Waitsburg Cellars. Many of you will have already heard about it, primarily because of the chest-beating of media gorillas and the braying of wine bloggers, and other folks with nothing better to do, that accompanied its announcement. The wine blogosphere is notorious for its rampant stupidity, and deservedly so, but the notion that it's some sort of nefarious conflict of interest for Paul to make his own wines while continuing to rate others marks a new low in the intellectual cesspool that is the Internet. The conflict of interest points being made, mind you, by high-minded, ethically sound "journalists" just back from their junket to Greece, on their way to Uruguay, busy writing fabulous puff pieces about the wines of those countries, but taking time out from their hectic schedules to enlighten us about journalistic standards and unethical behaviors. But if you don't believe those enlightened bloggers, you can certainly trust Hurricane Harvey Steiman, the Category Five blowhard, who makes a nice living off the coattails of that paragon of journalistic integrity, Wine Spectator. Harvey, in a lovely bit of collegial support for a fellow wine critic, took a nice potshot at Paul on NPR. And the Seattle Times shitcanned Paul as its wine columnist as well. All because he wanted to make some old vines Chenin Blanc. As wonderful as the wine business is, and it is filled with amazing and generous and talented people, it still has its share of self-righteous shitheads.
Did I just hear my name?
I'm a fan of Paul's wine reviews and blog. It's because of Paul that I "discovered" Gramercy Cellars, Ellanelle, Soos Creek, and Maison Bleue, among others. If those names aren't familiar to you and you love wine, they should be. A couple of weeks ago I opened a bottle of Maison Bleue 2010 Grenache "Le Midi" Boushey Vineyard Yakima Valley, and it was the best bottle of Grenache I've had in a very long time, and all of $35 (last I looked, it was still available—really, I mean it, buy some!). It was the sort of aromatic, subtle, restrained, yet powerful Grenache I dream about, a wine rich in red fruit, seasoned with a bit of white pepper, that keeps getting better and more interesting with every sip. I only bought it because I read a rave about the winery on Paul's blog. If he weren't making his own wines, I'm sure he would have rated the winery even higher.
But let's talk about Waitsburg Cellars. Paul was kind enough to send me samples of the first five wines bottled under his new label, four of them white. I take it as flattery that he wanted me to taste them. I'm not aware of ever having tasted a wine from a winery owned by a major wine critic, unless you count the Oregon wines of Beaux Freres, Robert Parker's winery he owns along with his brother-in-law. I've never been a fan of Beaux Freres, the wines are a bit juiced for my palate, as if Jose Canseco had married Mark McGwire's sister and given birth to Sammy Sosa. Would tasting Waitsburg Cellars wines be an enlightening insight into Paul's palate preferences? I don't think so. One wouldn't want to infer much about Roger Ebert's film criticisms based on his famous screenplay for Russ Meyer's "Beyond the Valley of The Dolls," a classic of Titty Flicks. This was a film that had more breast meat than a Butterball factory in November.
As an aside, Russ Meyer, when he was quite elderly and giving way to Alzheimer's Disease, occasionally dined at Pacific Dining Car, often with Kitten Natividad, a legendary stripper and adult film star. Mr. Meyer, at that point, weighed less than one of Kitten's surgically enhanced gazongas. After a while, I noticed that if you watched Kitten's nipples swaying back and forth as she walked, you could trace the rotation of the Earth. Sometimes I miss the restaurant business.
And speaking of pairs (oh, I love a good segue), two of the wines from Waitsburg Cellars are Chenin Blanc. Chenin Blanc seems to be making a comeback, and I'm much in favor of that. There was a time, back in the 1970's, when just about every wine list in California included Charles Krug Chenin Blanc. It was enormously popular, and enormously sweet, and everyone assumed that was what Chenin Blanc tasted like. The only serious Chenin Blancs I'm aware of from California in those days were made at Chalone and Chappellet. I loved the Chalone Chenin Blancs in the heyday of Chalone. They were dry, minerally, and powerfully fragrant, like an apple orchard, and they foreshadowed, for me, the great wines of the Loire Valley that are Chenin Blanc--Vouvray and Savennières. Not that long ago, the only dry Chenins from France worth a nickel were made in Savennières. Now there are lots of them being produced, not just Savennières, but also Montluis and Vouvray. These are easy wines to be smitten with.
The Waitsburg Cellars 2012 "Cheninières" is a nod to Savennières. I'm not in love with the cutesy name, but I'll defer to Paul's marketing savvy. (I'll Chenin de-fer, or he might railroad me out of town.) As I sipped on it, I was reminded of a Savennières producer I'm very fond of, Chateau d'Epiré. The Waitsburg does a nice job of capturing the pretty apple blossom and mineral scent of Chenin Blanc in its driest versions. Unencumbered by any oak, the clean, springtime aromas of the grape have the chance to shine, and those aromas are quite beguiling. It's appropriately crisp, especially at this early stage of its life, and that gorgeous acidity makes it foolishly good with rich seafood. In hindsight, I'd shuck a few million fresh oysters and use this to wash them down. (Every time I think of those luscious bivalves I recall George Burns describing sex when he was 90 years old, "It's like trying to put an oyster in a slot machine." Just a great line.) It had more complexity than a lot of domestic Chenin Blancs out there that I've tasted, perhaps a consequence of the age of the vines. It is a lot of wine, a lot of pleasure, a lot of refreshment and ephemeral beauty for seventeen bucks, my friends. And I'd bet that in about six months it will really be gangbusters.
I wish I were as crazy about the Waitsburg Cellars 2012 "Chevray." It's not the wine's fault. I've just never been crazy about Chenin Blanc that is sweet—probably just bad memories of Charles Krug hangovers. From an objective point of view, this wine is quite successful. In a lineup of Vouvray Demi-Sec (it just occurred to me that Ashton Kutcher is probably really missing Demi-Secs right about now), it would certainly do just fine. The nose was obviously about ripeness, ripe peaches and pears to me, with a dollop of sweet cream (not ML, a truer cream character). Very appealing, honestly. But you need to pair it carefully with food or it will disappoint. I didn't. It's quite sweet, and very bold on the palate, a remarkable contrast to the "Cheninières," and it's never cloying, which would be the trap. Yet it doesn't carry itself with the verve I like, and though I'm not familiar with the chemistry of great Vouvray Demi-Sec, I recall them as having better acidity to carry the sweetness. Again, it's all of seventeen bucks, and if you have friends or family who like sweetness in their wines, this beauty is a certain winner. It most certainly exhibits Chenin Blanc's ability to carry some sweetness and not be horrid, unlike, say Sauvignon Blanc or Chardonnay (I'm talking to you, Rombauer).
The Waitsburg Cellars 2012 Riesling is just gorgeous! Buy this. Really. It's a lousy fifteen bucks, and if I were running the wine program at Slanted Door, the great Vietnamese restaurant in San Francisco, I'd buy every case I could and sell it by-the-glass. There are wines that are pitch perfect, and this is pitch perfect Washington State Riesling. Hell, it's pitch perfect Riesling. Everyone knows that Riesling is the least appreciated of the genuinely noble grapes of the world, rivaling even Syrah for being unfairly neglected by consumers. This, however, works in our favor. I loved this wine from the first moment we met, which explains why I removed my pants after finishing the first glass. That may have influenced the corkage fee, but no matter. The Waitsburg Riesling has that dynamic mix of luscious and ample fruit, apricot, pear, sweet lemon and honey, and the kind of tension that comes from a dash of residual sugar harmonizing with wondrous acidity (yeah, wondrous—when you think about it, isn't wine acidity wondrous?). Damn, where's my claypot catfish? I dare you not to like this wine. Washington is beginning to make a name for itself with Riesling, think Eroica, on anyone's list of the world's best Rieslings, and now think this Waitsburg version. This wine sings on your palate. So many wines just hum.
The Waitsburg Cellars 2012 Pinot Gris was the first sample I tasted. I can't say that I'm a huge fan of Pinot Gris. It's my least favorite member of the large Pinot family (Noir, Blanc, Meunier, Gris, Tinteurrier)—think Tito Jackson. A color variation of Pinot Noir, it seems to have a tendency to flabbiness—think Tito Jackson. And, at times, it can be flat—yeah, think Tito Jackson. So I bring a lot of prejudice to the glass when I taste Pinot Gris. (I'm ignoring the insipid versions of Italian Pinot Grigio that are ubiquitous—that's not wine, it's battery acid for cougars.) OK, all of that out of the way, I liked the Waitsburg Pinot Gris. It does, in fact, lean a bit to flabby, but that seems to be the nature of the grape, at least to my taste. It might also be a result of the high August temperatures in 2012. The aroma reminded me of an Alsace version of the grape, a lot of ripe peach and pear notes, a whisper of residual sugar, and a depth of aromatics that made me think it had spent most of its time on its lees. I liked the texture, that same sort of oily richness one gets in good Alsace wines, and I liked the liveliness of the fruit, but the finish felt unsatisfying, more narrow than I'd expected. And yet, in a tribute to its quality, when I tasted it on the third day, it was surprisingly delicious. And then when I looked at its fifteen dollar price tag, well, it's worth every cent of that. Sometimes we simply overanalyze this crap and forget that wine that delivers a lot of pleasure for a reasonable price is what we all crave on a day-to-day basis. We just like to hear ourselves talk.
Finally, there's the red, the Waitsburg Cellars 2011 "Three." Risky name, Paul. I mean, who liked Star Trek 3, or Die Hard 3, or DUI 3? The "Three" are Merlot, Malbec and Mourvèdre, with Merlot making up 64% of the blend. I liked this wine. It vibrates with life. I kept wondering what I might have guessed it was if I had tasted it blind. I'm not sure. I think I might have guessed it was red wine from Northeastern Italy, something from the Alto Adige perhaps. At first, it's very lean, but when you taste it you realize it has a long way to go before it opens up. There's a green tea and cherry character that made me think of Merlot from a cool climate, but as it opened up I thought the Mourvèdre began to show itself with notes of mushroom and blueberry. If you're looking for oaky, extracted, ripe, powerhouse red from Washington, look elsewhere. The "Three" is nuanced and very pretty, with impeccable balance between the freshness and depth of the fruit, and not like any other wine I can recall tasting from Washington, or California, for that matter. It would seem to have a long life ahead of it, judging from the balance and intensity, and, for $25, it over-delivers.
All of these Waitsburg Cellars wines are produced in small quantities—the "Three" is the largest at 297 cases. The prices are more than fair. The "Cheninières" could easily be the summer quaffer you need, and the sexy 2012 Riesling you need to put in your mouth. Don't forget the "Three," a wine for lovers of red wines with nuance and style, not power and oak. It's unforgettable, and it will be interesting to see what following vintages will bring. Paul Gregutt is off to an interesting start here—not a boring wine in the bunch. And I always say that the cardinal sin in wine is to be boring. Same in wine writing. So, yeah, I'm going to Hell. I'll meet you at the bar there and we can share some Prosecco…
13 comments:
- Daniel said...
a washington producer who isn't making 10 different over-extracted-gobs-of-unctuous-fruit-alcohol-fueled-funny-car-palate-bombs?
interesting whites from the PNW?
a wine critic making good wine?
looks like I need to book my ski trip to hades...
way to go Paul! working for an importer I don't get to drink a lot of domestic wines (I'm cheap and like to drink samples), but I'll keep my eyes open for these!
- May 9, 2013 at 9:27 AM
- Unknown said...
Great stuff Ron.. like Samantha says, love it when you write about wine.. want a great line when it comes to cloying wines?? The Globe and Mail wine writer Beppi C wrote, more cloying than a Kenny G song..
- May 9, 2013 at 9:49 AM
- Unknown said...
well done ron. your serious pieces are starting to surpass your satire. i hope your next wine review is for splooge estates.
love the chennin blanc that i've tasted from columbia valley. i really enjoy all the oddball white varietals that i've seen from the pnw. and riesling seems to always overdeliver. these wines sound like they are worth seeking out, if hard to find. at these levels of production, are they even available outside of washington?
- May 9, 2013 at 9:55 AM
- Unknown said...
"you can certainly trust Hurricane Harvey Steiman, the Category Five blowhard, who makes a nice living off the coattails of that paragon of journalistic integrity, Wine Spectator" love it but lunch is all over the screen.
- May 9, 2013 at 10:01 AM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
Lots of great wines these days in the PNW, some even made by sommeliers. Paul's are very nice, and the prices are very fair.
Thanks, and that's a pretty good line, thou I tend to be meaner. I'd say it's more cloying than Sarah Palin's suicide note.
You will have to check with Paul about availability, they are pretty small production.
And, yeah, my comedy is more cloying than Ann Coulter's suicide note.
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- May 9, 2013 at 12:27 PM
- Samantha Dugan said...
Ron My Love,
Oh, my, gawd...not only are you talking wine again, you're talking Chenin. And a Rombauer crack?! I think I may have just wetted.
I was pretty curious when Paul posted a couple things about Chenin Blanc on Facebook and after being floored, like seriously, by the Merriman Chenin, (thankfully sans somewhat silly, and to a French wine specialist, slightly irritating, names) out of Yakima, and now this post from someone I trust and value when it comes to wine writing? Well now you can color me down-right investigative. You know how freaking wild I am about Chenin from the Loire and if that Merriman, and this post from you are any indicators, I'm keeping my eyes on Washington. Sort of exciting actually...but nowhere near as exciting as You! I love you so!
- May 9, 2013 at 10:25 PM
- Unknown said...
i worked on the first vintage of merriman chennin! does it still have the beeswax over the cork?
- May 9, 2013 at 10:39 PM
- Samantha Dugan said...
A super-fine coating but yes.
- May 9, 2013 at 10:41 PM
- Unknown said...
i worked on it at owen roe. barrel fermented in neutral oak and stainless steel. racked off the lees after cold soak, then hand stirred with a battonage every other day during fermentation. i wish i still had a couple bottles of that wine sitting around.
- May 9, 2013 at 10:52 PM
- PaulG said...
There is a Waitsburg Cellars Facebook page with notes on availability. Very limited ( so far) but I expect that will improve over the next few weeks.
- May 10, 2013 at 7:08 AM
- Unknown said...
Talking about Chalone and Chenin Blanc in one article, talk about old school! I will definitely try to get my hands on the Riesling and CB. When done right they remind me of the shore. Nice to see them getting some focus,
- May 10, 2013 at 7:38 AM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
Hey Gang,
It's terrific that Chenin Blanc is finally getting its due here in the US. While everyone is out trying to find the next, hot, obscure variety (grenache blanc, alvarinho, assyrtiko, ribolla giaia), it's the old-timer, Chenin Blanc, that seems to be making a run. I just hope the prices stay fair.
- May 10, 2013 at 9:30 AM
- Beau said...
Late to the party on this one, but I thought I'd read that Mr. Gregutt doesn't actually make any of the wines, he just works on blending together various lots that a big wine manufacturer sources for him? Any truth to this?
- May 27, 2013 at 8:59 PM


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A lot of libraries use widgets on their pages to answer virtual reference questions. They use things like Meebo, Digsby, AIM, and the very cool Library H3LP. Yet recently Meebo co-founder Seth Sternberg, one of the pioneers of widgets on the web, pretty much said that widgets suck. His argument was that widgets can't be easily updated (you have to copy and paste in an entirely new widget) and that they take up a significant amount of screen real estate.
Enter the Meebo Bar. It's a piece of javascript code that's sits as a layer on top of a website. This allows it to be on multiple pages so your widget is not just on your "ask a librarian" page or your homepage; it's everywhere without taking up a bunch or room. In addition, it's fully customizable so you can include your library's Facebook page, posts from your Twitter stream, Flickr photos, YouTube videos, and more. Users can get help from a librarian and also connect with them on social media all from a single bar on any of the library's pages.
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The Spring Framework provides support for plugging in any JPA provider. Through this standard mechanism you can specify the usage of EclipseLink with all of its JPA extensions for use within your Spring enabled application. This is accomplished through the use of a JPA Vendor and a JPA Dialect. Within Spring 2.0 and higher you will find implementations of these for use with TopLink Essentials.
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It's been a wild and wooly holiday season in the greater Seattle area this year with temperatures below freezing and lots of snow on the ground - both distinctly unusual phenomena in this neck of the woods. The roads have often been impassable and there've been widespread power outages, which have caused us to spend a lot of time at home, hunkered down by the fire and the Christmas tree. This in turn led me to recall a piece I wrote a year ago about Christmas trees and allergies, which I thought I'd reprise for today, December 25.
Both real and artificial Christmas trees can cause problems for some people with allergies. It's not known how many people suffer from Christmas tree-related allergies. But if you find yourself with a runny nose, itchy eyes or maybe even increased asthma symptoms around the holidays, it may be due to allergies and not to a common cold.
Real Christmas trees spend their formative years outside in the environment giving them plenty of time to collect a variety of air born pollens, herbicides, fertilizers, molds and other irritants that can cling to the needles and bark. Dragging them in and out of the house and fiddling with the branches while placing lights and decorations can release a variety of substances to which some people are allergic. One of the best methods for reducing the amount of allergens released from the tree is to thoroughly wash it before bringing it inside. Be sure to use a lot of water and dry the tree thoroughly before it comes in the house.
Another problem recently associated with live trees is that molds can grow and increase steadily over the two weeks the tree is usually up. Moreover, since many trees are cut down weeks in advance and stored prior to sale, molds may be growing even before they get in the house. If you are especially sensitive to molds, you should consider getting a freshly cut tree, hosing it down, and keeping it up for only a few days so the molds don't have much time to grow.
Artificial trees can also present problems, depending on how they are stored. Unless they are kept in a dry, dust-free environment, they may be loaded with mold and dust when you take them out for setup. Always wash off or wipe down an artificial tree with a damp cloth to remove noxious substances. When it's time to re-store the tree, put it in an airtight plastic bag and keep it in a cool dry place (as opposed to a damp basement, for example).
Ornaments and lights are equally capable of harboring dust and molds and they too should be cleaned prior to use. As with the artificial tree, they should be stored in dry areas, off the floor and in plastic bags or containers.
Even with all these precautions, some people will still be symptomatic. Depending on how big a problem it is for you, consider having others do the most "dangerous" jobs like bringing in the tree and doing the decorating. The less you handle the tree and the decorations, the less exposure you'll receive. If you do handle the tree and the decorations, consider wearing gloves and a mask. Once the tree is up, having an air purifier in the room may also be helpful.
Some allergists recommend against Christmas trees altogether, either real or artificial. But if that's just not right for you, following the above steps may prove helpful. Last, be sure to have a supply of your allergy medication on hand and available before the stores and your doctor's office close for the holidays. Spending Christmas day in the ER would be memorable, but it's not a tradition you'd want to start!
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Erik Siedow of the Department of Anthropology will receive the Market Access International, Inc. Award for Excellence in Scholarship in the Humanities and Social Sciences for his paper "An Archaeometric Examination of Barbadian Redware During the Early Colonial Era" His advisor is Frederick Smith.
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Jim Voeller fishing the Missouri River
Whether you're a long-time angler, or someone who has only dreamed of pulling in their first big one, there is a lot of information on fishing available out there. Here are just a few tips to help you get started, and improve the skills you already have:
Fishing is one of the most popular sports in America, for lots of different reasons. You can challenge yourself to catch more or bigger fish than your last trip, or you can just sit back and enjoy being outdoors and not worry about catching any fish at all. You might decide you like the excitement of fishing in a tournament and competing against other anglers, or you may decide that hiking into a remote mountain lake with your best friend is your favorite thing to do. One of the best parts about fishing is that it gives you time to sit and relax, and think about other things that are important to you.
Most anglers were taught to fish by someone in their family. Ask your Mom, Dad, Grandparents or other relatives to teach you to fish. If they do not already know how to fish, you can learn together. Once you learn how, spending time together outdoors with your family will become an important part of your life.
Many anglers like to release the fish they catch, but fishing is also a good way to bring home a tasty meal. As long as you follow the fishing regulations and are not wasteful, there is no reason not to enjoy eating what you catch. It can be fun to try different ways of cooking your fish, and for many anglers, the best meal they have ever eaten was fresh- caught fish cooked on the shore of a lake or stream.
Rod & Reels
There are a huge assortment of rods and reels from which to choose. This is a good place to enlist the help of a friend or relative who fishes. Tell them what you would like to catch, and they can probably steer you in the right direction. Don't be fooled into spending too much money at first; a good basic set of fishing tackle can be acquired for around $50.
Fishing line is that almost-invisible link between you and the fish. It is measured by how much effort it takes to break the line, usually from four to twenty pounds of pressure or pull. Most fishing in Montana is done with six to ten pound line. Buy the best line you can afford—spending a few cents more may help you land that fish of a lifetime. Most sporting goods stores will wind the line onto your fishing reels for you.
Sinkers are important to get your bait down to where the fish are, and also to help you cast. There are lots of different kinds of sinkers to choose from, but one of the most common and easiest to use types is called the "split-shot" sinker. You can get these in lots of sizes, and attach or remove them from your line as you need more or less weight. It is important to use enough weight to get your baits to sink quickly, but not so much weight that it hampers the action of your bait.
What could be more important in catching a fish than your hook? Hooks are available a wide variety of sizes and shapes. They are given a number to identify their size; this number increases as the hook size decreases. For example, a size 10 hook is much smaller than a size 2. You will need to match your hook to the fish you are trying to catch and the bait you are using. A common mistake here is to use a hook size that is too large.
Other Equipment
There are a few other items that will make your fishing easier and more productive. A knife or nail clippers makes cutting the line easier. A small pliers or forceps is helpful in a number of ways, especially to remove the hooks from the fish's mouth. You may want to carry a small net to help land your catch, and a stringer or cooler to store your fish if you decide to keep some for dinner. Sunscreen and insect repellant are things you should not forget either.
Live bait
For many beginning anglers, live bait is one of the easiest ways to get started fishing. Of course the most common fishing bait has got to be worms. It seems like there are very few out there who can turn down a lively worm. Maggots and mealworms are popular baits for ice fishing. Leeches and minnows are popular for certain species, but check your regulations carefully, since live minnows cannot be used in certain areas of the state. Even grasshoppers are popular to use as bait in the summer, and sometimes catching them is almost as much fin as catching the fish!
Artificial Lures
An artificial lure is designed to imitate something the fish might normally feed on, or just to look like something they want to try and eat. There are so many types, colors and sizes of different lures that it is sometimes hard to imagine. Spinners are popular lures for trout; jigs are popular with walleye and sauger fishermen, and bass anglers like to use plugs which imitate small minnows and baitfish. This is another good place to ask for help—ask around to find out which lures work best where you will be fishing.
Keep it or let it go?
Once you have caught your fish, you have a decision to make. You can either keep the fish and eat it, or release it. Releasing a fish allows it to survive to be caught again another day by another angler, or maybe even yourself. With a little luck, the fish will grow larger, and it also may have a chance to reproduce. Fish are good to eat, and there is nothing wrong with keeping a fish to eat if the law allows. Fish tatstes it's best when fresh, so don't try to fill your freezer. Keep the amount of fish you will need for one meal, and eat it right away.
Letting it go
It does not do any good to release a fish that will die from improper handling. It is important to handle a fish quickly and correctly to be sure it will live to thrill another angler some day in the future. Follow these steps:
- Land the fish as quickly as possible
- Do not remove the fish from water if possible
- Wet your hands before touching the fish
- Hold the fish level in the water, and move it gently back and forth to move water across it's gills
- If fishing in a river, release the fish into an area of slower water
- If the fish is hooked deeply, cut the line and do not attempt to remove the hook
Keeping it
If you wish to keep your fish to eat, you have a responsibility to the fish to kill it quickly, and take care of it well. You can kill fish by hitting it on top of it's head with a rock or stick. Keep the fish as cold as possible. A cooler full of ice is one of the best ways to preserve the flavor of your catch. Fillet or clean your fish as soon as possible, but be sure to follow the regulations about when & where you may clean your fish.
There are lots of different ways to prepare fish after they have been cleaned or filleted. Most fish in Montana taste so good, especially when fresh, that you do not need fancy recipes to cook them. You can fry them quickly or broil them, and all that is needed is a little seasoning. Or wrap them in foil, add a dab of butter and some salt and pepper, and cook them in your campfire. No matter how you cook them, fish are a great meal.
Montana rivers and streams are famous for the fishing they provide. Whether you like to catch walleyes, trout, carp, or almost any other fish, chances are you can find it in a river or stream. Even the smallest creeks that are no more than a trickle of water can hold big fish, so don't pass them over. Be sure to ask permission if you need to cross private land to reach your fishing hole.
Most lakes in Montana have a place where you can fish from shore. Just look for a Fishing Access Site sign. Explore around the lake, since certain spots may be better than others. Best of all, find someone with a boat to go fishing with you. That way you can fish almost anywhere.
They may not be as large or as popular as some of the lakes in the state, but Montana has lots of small ponds full of fish. For many anglers, a pond near their home was where they first learned to fish. Many ponds are private, so you will need to ask permission before fishing. Don't overlook anything—just because you may have never seen anyone fishing on a pond does not mean it doesn't hold fish. It could turn out to be your own private fishing spot!
Basic Rules
No fish is worth risking your life. Although fishing is an extremely safe activity, there are a few important safety rules for everyone to follow.
Some people say the fish bite better when the rain falls, but paying attention to the weather is important to the safety of the fisherman too. Lightning is the biggest danger related to weather. Never fish when there is lightning nearby. Sun and heat are important considerations to remember too. Take plenty of sunscreen, and apply it often. At the other end of the scale, danger from cold weather (hypothermia) is always an issue in Montana, when snow can fall during any month of the year.
Fishing from shore
It may seem strange to see someone wearing a life jacket when fishing from shore or the bank of a river, but it's never a bad idea to wear a life jacket. Always let someone know where you are going fishing, and when you will return. And try not to fish alone. It's more fun to fish with a good friend, and safer too.
Fishing from a boat
The number one most important rule to follow when fishing from a boat is to always wear a life jacket. Keep it on even when the boat has stopped. In fact, children anyone in a boat who is under 12 years of age must wear a life jacket or PFD at all times.
Ice fishing
A good rule to always follow when ice fishing is to never be the first person to step out on the ice. Wait until you have seen someone else out fishing first, never take a chance on thin ice. Wait for 4-6 inches of clear, solid ice before venturing out. Carry a few safety items, like a whistle, ice picks, and a length of rope, and never fish alone.
Most popular Montana fish
The most common fish caught by anglers in the state is the rainbow trout, although walleyes, northern pike, perch, and other trout species are also very popular. Many of the fish in Montana are wild- which means they were hatched and raised in the wild. In fact, Montana is world famous for it's wild trout fisheries. However, hatcheries are important to help sustain fish populations in many bodies of water. Hatcheries operated by the state of Montana produce over 40 million fish to be stocked in state waters each year. About 3 million of these fish were rainbow trout, 2 million were kokanee salmon, and about 34 million are walleye.
Other species
Montana has 85 species of fish, and nearly all of them can be readily caught by anglers. Other popular species in the state include bass, whitefish, other trout species, catfish, sturgeon, paddlefish, crappie, burbot, and suckers. No matter where you live in Montana, there is some kind of fishing nearby. It's up to you to get out and find it!
The natives
Of the 85 species of fish in the state, about 55 are considered native. That means that the species was found in Montana before European settlers arrived. Our state fish, the Cutthroat Trout is native, as are many other popular species. In some places though, introduced fish species have taken over and hurt populations of native fish.
Where can I learn more?
There is so much to learn about fish and fishing that you could spend a lifetime at it. Many people do spend their entire lives learning and studying about fish and how to catch them, and they never grow tired of it. You can learn more about fish in lots of different places. Check out your local library, look on the internet, and ask your teachers to teach about fish in your classes at school. You can also visit your nearest Fish Wildlife & Parks office to pick up information about fish. Children who like to fish can join the Montana Angling Youth, or MAY Club. It is a free club, with no meetings to attend, and you receive a newsletter about Montana fishing several times each year. You can join by sending your name, address, and age to:
Montana Angling Youth
- 490 North Meridian Road
- Kalispell MT 59901
In Montana, a fishing license is required for most people before they can go fishing. There are different types of licenses required for different people, depending upon how old you are, and whether you are a resident of the state. Check a current copy of the Montana fishing regulations for more information.
Pass it on!
Once you have gotten good at fishing, it's your job to teach someone else how to fish. Invite a friend along who has never caught a fish before. Ask someone else in your family to come out and share the experience that you have learned to enjoy so much.


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Black mobs roaming on July 4th
People 'traveling from city to city just causing problems'
The threat of a repeat of black mob violence on the Fourth of July is causing at least three cities to cancel their annual Independence Day fireworks parties.
Black mob violence has marred for several years the annual holiday celebrations in the Cleveland suburb of Bedford. Almost none of which made its way to the local media. But the city council heard an earful from local residents following last year's holiday violence.
They reported that 50 to 80 black people were hitting people in the face and disrupting the festival and surrounding areas.
"Police officers used pepper ball pellets and a taser," said city council minutes from a special meeting in August 2012. "Even the Wal-Mart and Get-Go store had to be closed for three hours."
"The mayor was shocked by what he had witnessed," said the minutes. The mayor assured the audience that Bedford was "not the only city that had these types of problems." People were "traveling from city to city just causing problems."
Because Bedford no longer has a daily newspaper, the city sent out a "Code Red" message warning residents of the violence and lawlessness that was "out of control" at their event. Three surrounding police agencies were called in to quell the violence.
The fire chief said his people were not armed or trained for this kind of activity.
Some of the residents complained of "political correctness" that prevented them from talking about what really happened. City manager Henry Angelo did not deny that black mobs were responsible for the violence. But he did say it was "contemptuous" that anyone would notice.
In 2009, Bedford went through the same public examination after similar violence the year before: Said one local columnist at Cleveland.com:
But there was an elephant in the room that was only barely acknowledged and it had nothing to do with money, nor the reticence of Bedford Heights.
Following the fireworks display in 2008, groups of teenagers, many from Maple Heights, Warrensville Heights and Cleveland, started fights in incidents that some who were there said was tantamount to a riot.
Bedford is known as the home of Archibald MacNeal Willard, the artist who created the iconic fife and drum painting, "Spirit of '76." But in the end, even Willard could not save the fireworks of Bedford and the city council canceled it after deciding it was just too dangerous.
Another Cleveland suburb, Shaker Heights, also canceled Fourth of July fireworks.
"There have been problems in maintaining order and dealing with huge numbers of young people who have shown up through social media at the fireworks and who have been disruptive," said Mayor Earl Leiken to the Shaker Heights Patch.
Derek Abbot lives near the Shaker Heights trouble. He told the Patch:
"The last two years, the streets have been littered with trash. A ton of teenagers have been acting unruly, and I've heard stories of fighting in people's yards. I think the problem is that every other community canceled their fireworks while we kept ours."
In one news story at the Cleveland Plain Dealer, a reader was frustrated that the paper had not reported the riot.
"My daughter and I will NOT be back next year. 'Daddy why are all those kids screaming, swearing and fighting?' 'Because their parents didn't raise them any better honey.'
"Nothing better to see police in riot gear riding on the outside of a SWAT van as the fireworks celebrating our freedom from the English rule rush toward a crowd of idiots, Then police officers telling people that are there to watch the fireworks that THEY have to leave.
"But I thought that the police would put an end to that. I was wrong."
Over at the Cleveland Patch, Steve Smith had a similar experience.
"It's not fear-mongering to say that these people created a real, dangerous environment."
Linda Jenkins told the Patch: "We were patient and scared. It was so sad to see families sitting along the sidewalks trying to have a wonderful and traditional outing for most of us to be placed in the middle of madness that's what it felt like for me."
The year before, Shaker Heights had a similar experience. A few weeks after that event, a columnist for the Plain Dealer got around to writing:
"We were watching fireworks on July 4th in Shaker Heights. The only fireworks we saw were in the sky, but in another area, kids went wild. Some 500 to 1,000 showed up in a flash mob.
"Harmless fun? Not to the teen who ended up with a broken jaw."
On Twitter, a black woman from Cleveland who goes by the handle @Coke216, had another perspective on Shaker Heights 2012: "Yo, I got attacked by racist cops and attack dogs yesterday, cuz n**** wanted to start a riot at the fireworks. Lol."
In a story five months after the riot, David Moore told the Plain Dealer: "What was once a pleasant event has now become a pitched battle at the west end of the show. The point is that the 2012 fireworks were a disaster, and we can't do much more to enhance security."
Bedford and Shaker Heights were not the first cities in Ohio to cancel their fireworks because of racial violence. Just the latest. Prior to this year, Euclid and Warrensville Heights also canceled their celebrations after extended experiences with violence.
Shaker Heights had enough. This year they said no more.
So did the residents of the Minneapolis suburb of Richfield. Black mob violence has plagued that city's Independence Day party since 2006, said police chief Chief Todd Sandell. According to mssun.com:
"Police responded to significant gang activity the night of July 4 at Veterans Park, the site of the carnival."
According to the memo, nine street gangs were identified in the park, as Richfield police responded to 19 "calls for service" that included disorderly conduct, assault and weapons violations."
As these and other cities canceled their fireworks and surrounding parties, other cities such as Baltimore are gearing up to prepare for the annual violence.
The Baltimore Inner Harbor has been the site of black mob violence during the holiday for years. State legislator Pat McDonough called on the governor last year to declare the upscale Inner Harbor a "No-Go Zone" because of black mob violence.
This year, the city is in the midst of a record-breaking crime wave, and the police are promising a "dramatic increase" in presence through July 4, said the Baltimore Sun.
Last year, Chris Rock began the holiday with an explosive tweet: "Happy white peoples Independence Day. The slaves weren't free but I'm sure they enjoyed fireworks."
That night, more than a dozen cities including Chicago, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Columbus, Albany (Georgia,) Waco, Peoria, Greensboro, Peoria experienced large scale black mob violence. Some of the fireworks were canceled before they were over. Some of the crowds shot fireworks at the police.
The July 4 violence of 2012 is documented in "White Girl Bleed a Lot: The return of racial violence and how the media ignore it."
See the Big List of black mob violence.


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Some years ago, I was on a trip to somewhere that involved flying through Dallas (which doesn't narrow my destination down very much), and got to talking with the guy sitting next to me. As luck would have it, he was a stockbroker from Houston. I don't remember which wirehouse he was with, but he wasn't bashful about telling me that he generated $1 million in annual gross commissions. With uncharacteristic tact, I apologized for prying, but asked if he didn't mind telling me what his payout on that was.
"I'm one of one of their biggest producers in Texas," he proudly told me, "so I receive our top payout of 50%." I tried to resist, honestly I did, but I just couldn't stop myself from following up with: "What could they possibly be providing that's worth half a million dollars a year?" He hemmed and hawed and mumbled something about research, marketing support and a Shark machine, I think, but altogether, it all couldn't have come close to $100,000 worth of stuff.
I was reminded of that conversation as I was recently reading about a new study by Cogent Research for Fidelity Institutional Wealth Services that found 76% of breakaway brokers say they are better off financially than they were prior to their move to independence—and 64% were better off after only six months. And despite all the attention that "breakaway teams" get in the trade press these days, some 80% of the 173 brokers surveyed made the leap by themselves.
Of course, that's not a very large sampling, Fidelity isn't exactly an unbiased observer, and like most "studies" in our industry, this was an "unaudited survey," if you get my drift. Still, those are pretty striking figures, and perhaps even more surprising is the finding that 86% of the breakaways said "all or most" of their clients moved with them. I suppose that's a testament to both the proliferation of professional assistance to make the move toward independence, and to today's all-time low in the reputations of brokerage firms.
I suspect these impressive stats are also a function of a phenomenon not seen in the brokerage world before the past two or three years: "big producers" going independent. Like the superstar I chatted with on the plane, top brokers historically have been very reluctant to take the risk of going out ontheir own—regardless of the economic incentives. For most of the nearly 30 years that I've been covering independent advisors, going independent almost always meant scraping by for a number of years while one slowly built up their practice. Which meant advisors had to really want to be independent: for the lifestyle, the freedom or, most typically, to better serve their clients.
Today's breakaways seem to be in a very different camp, making a very different decision. As far as I can tell, these top producing breakaways are making a business decision, plain and simple: One based on the realization that the reputation of their brokerage firm (and any brokerage firm they could jump to) has not only stopped being an asset, it's become a liability.
The impact of this new influx of "instantly successful" advisors on the independent community hasn't even started to emerge. But because these firms appear to be generating revenues in excess of $1 million a year from the get go, they'll be among the most successful advisory firms, sought after by vendors, custodians and professional associations alike. Will they be satisfied with what's currently available or look for organizations with a more SIFMA/wirehouse feel? Probably too early to say: But my guess is that they will have a powerful impact on the culture of the industry—and the profession—of independent advice.


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Very powerful movie. Not for the faint hearted, very graphic. Wonder how long before the backlash starts.
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Geert Wilders had posted it on his political party's website in the Netherlands, but it apparently was attacked in such a fashion as to knock out the website, or so I've read.
just curious on the rationale for removing it.
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Friday, November 9, 2012
What Happened to Omar Beasley in the race for Board of County Commissioners?
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- AnonymousNovember 9, 2012 at 10:37 AM
It's also worth noting the Independent did not endorse Omar Beasley. That may have contributed to some votes for or against.ReplyDelete
Carl writes: "The PA, like the Durham Committee, only endorsed three candidates. Jacobs' strong performance, combined with comparative poor numbers from Reckhow and Foster, raises questions regarding the force of the PA endorsement."ReplyDelete
Here's the numbers:
Howerton - 92,984
Jacobs - 92,801
Page - 91,838
Reckhow - 91,604
Foster - 89,207
Michael Page has 200 more votes than Ellen Reckhow, out of over 90,000 cast. That's quite a stretch to call it "relatively poor." Even compared to Howerton, it's still only about a 1,200 vote margin, or somewhere near 1.6%
Fred Foster is the only one of the Democratic Party candidates who could remotely be described as underperforming. And even he is only 3.7% behind the leading candidate.
In 2008 the spread went:
Bowser - 86,644
Page - 85,754
Howerton - 81,898
Heron - 80,796
Reckhow - 78,632
and that was with only 5 candidates on the final ballot. A much larger spread than we saw this week.
I don't have 2004 data (and the new county website doesn't seem to have the downloads available) but in 2000, when there were 3 Republicans and a Libertarian on the ballot, in addition to 5 Democrats, the difference between the highest vote-getter (Mary Ann Black at 58, 782) and the 5th place finisher (Philip Cousin at 48,644) was about 10,000 votes, or a little over 16%.
so i don't think your analysis of this year's results really catches what happened.
You also write: "A glitch in timing forced Beasley to run as an independent, versus being allowed to run during the Democratic primary."
That's a very interesting take. The glitch, as i understand it, is that Omar Beasely was not registered as a Democrat before the filing period ended. That suggests a lack of understanding of the electoral process that i'm not sure i want in someone who is in a position of governmental power. I also doubt that he would have survived the Democratic Party primary in May. Full disclosure - I signed the petition to put Omar Beasley on the ballot in November. I want more choices in November than what one party comes up with. I'd like to see more progressive candidates bypass the Democratic Party in Durham, and go straight to the voters. I have no doubt that the right candidate with the right message can win a seat on the BoCC, without going through the Democratic Party.
Omar Beasley was not that candidate.
Durham citizens are done a disservice with this political over-analysis. I believe that, at the end of the day, voters are capable of making their own decisions and that the VOTERS (as opposed to any one organization or PAC) ultimately decided the commissioners' race.ReplyDelete
Indeed, except for some nearly insignificant differences in the overall numbers (more likely caused by Republican voters who didn't have a say in the primaries), this election gives the same results as the primary. Again, the voters appear to have found the compromise that the PACs cannot reach.
Despite his late registration as a Democrat, I don't trust that Beasley actually has any allegiance to the Democratic party or its platform. Beasley's 'glitch' with regard to the primaries certainly seems intentional on his part. It can be only have benefited him to have run against 5 candidates in the general election versus against 13 candidates in the primaries.
More importantly, I personally heard Beasley, himself, telling voters (at the polls) both that he was a Democrat and that he was and would remain unaffiliated, depending on which voter he was talking to. This only adds to his ambiguous stance(s) regarding long-time controversial issues like 751 South, an ambiguity that isn't helped by the fact that, unlike Jacobs, Foster, and Reckhow, Beasley has had little to no known voluntary involvement in our local government or community (non-PAC) organizations. We do not need another person with this kind of lack of transparency making important decisions Durham. I am glad that the majority of Durham agree and voted accordingly.
(Incidentally, I would further question whether Page and Howerton are true blue members of the Democratic Party, given their blatant disregard to their party's recommendations concerning the 751 South Saga and the interim commissioners who they, alone (with the help of Bowser), decided. Their financial contributions to the only opponent (Beasley) facing their party's primary-selected candidates in this year's election are also concerning in this regard.)
As for the specific election results, it looks pretty much like a four- (if not five-) way tie to me. No doubt many Republicans voted only for Beasley (bc he was the only non-Democrat) or voted for Beasley, Page and Howerton, bc they are endorsed by the 751 developers, the conservative Friends of Durham, the pro-development majority of the Committee for the Affairs of Black people, as well as each other apparently.
While we are over-analyzing, it is worth noting that the PA's stance, for the most part, resulted in people voting for incumbent Democrats (at least in name) Page and Howerton as well as the 3 PA endorsees (all of whom are Democrats as well), whereas those voting for Beasley would likely only do so at the expense of one of the PA-endorsed candidates (bc of differences in their beliefs and agendas, not the least of which are their positions regarding the 751 South development, as well as the clearly opposing natures of the PA's and the Committee's endorsements and agendas (the latter of which supported Beasley)).
Jacobs, herself, was all over the map and everywhere at once in this election -- she worked incessantly to get voters to know who she really is. So when outright lies were told to voters by opposing poll workers (I saw this personally at the Museum-of-History voting site), Jacobs was often there, in person, to defend herself. It is no surprise to me that Jacobs did so well, despite all the forces against her.
It will be interesting to see in which direction Omar goes know....I have seen folks dive into the political process, and then get frustrated by it, and resign from the world of politics. But then again, I have also seen folks that are fired up by what happens in their initial run and stay involved for a long time....Where Omar falls on this line only time will tell....And on the local level, while I understand the importance of PACs, I also love it when the electorate tells me they have studied the issues and are making informed decisions for themselves, and not voting solely because an organization or person told them to vote that way. Yes there is a lot of information to digest and I do believe that these organizations can bring some of the issues to bear and give us a better understanding of people's views, but I also believe that we must all study the issues for ourselves as well....Hey, maybe I will take Sandee's advice, and run for office myself one day.......ReplyDeleteReplies
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Hey Marc Lee: I enjoyed your above remarks put up on my birthday.
This 73 year old white guy was never brought up to see color. people are people, good and bad. I met Omar at the polls. He was there as himself with a smile, eye contact, and a sincerity that wanted to make a difference. I like him immediately. I voted for him. Nice man. So he lost. He knows how to lose. To me, he is a winner. I spent ten years in Jackson Mississippi. I know color and I don't give a good golly about it. Omar is a good man. Amen


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Route 365A in Oneida to become 'Lance Cpl. Jeremy Lasher Memorial Highway'
ALBANY >> On Monday, legislation passed the New York State Senate (S.2349), that was sponsored by Senator David J. Valesky, D- 53, which designates Route 365A in the City of Oneida as the "LCpl. Jeremy Lasher Memorial Highway."
Lasher was killed July 23, 2009 in Afghanistan when the vehicle he was driving hit an improvised explosive device. He was 27.
"Lance Corporal Lasher dedicated his life to public service, first as a firefighter and then as a Marine," Valesky said. "He gave his life in service to his country, and this legislation will ensure that his sacrifice is honored and remembered in a public way."
"Unfortunately, no bridge, building, highway or memorial can bring Jeremy back to his family. He's a hero to us because he volunteered to fight for and defend the country he loved," Jennifer Lasher, speaking for the family, said. "Hopefully, with the naming of Route 365A after Jeremy, it will cause others to reflect, even if just for a moment, and remember the sacrifices our men and women of the Armed Services make for us.
Lasher was born in Hamilton on Nov. 21, 1981. He was active in sports, from Pop Warner Football and Little League to high school wrestling. He graduated from Oneida High School in 2000 and married Andrea Wolcik in 2006. He was a member of the Verona Fire Department and enjoyed music, golfing, snowmobiling, landscaping and spending time with his family and friends.
He enlisted in the Marine Corps on Oct. 10, 2006 and was serving his second tour of duty when he was killed. He is survived by his wife and their son, Caden; his mother, Vicki Arnold; his sister Jennifer Lasher; and brothers Daniel and Ryan, who is also a Marine. The song "Don't Stop Believing," by Journey, held a special meaning as a motto for Lasher and his family.
"Jeremy will always be a hero to his family and friends. Our hope is that others will remember him and what he stood for, as well as so many others that have made the ultimate sacrifice," Jennifer Lasher said." Jeremy's family is most grateful to Senator Valesky and everyone in his office that has helped to make this possible. It's been a long time coming, but knowing his name will forever be a reminder to anyone passing through his hometown makes the journey worth it. Semper Fi and 'Don't Stop Believing.'"
State Route 365A from its intersection with state Route 5 to its intersection with state Route 365 in the city of Oneida will be designated the "LCpl. Jeremy Lasher Memorial Highway."
The legislation will now be sent to the Assembly, where it is carried by Assemblyman William Magee, D- 121.


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I still don't get the waiver vs. free agent distinction. I picked up N. folk and R. Cobb, which apparently counts as a waiver selection, even though I don't think these guys were on anyone else's teams yet this year. Why is D. Ward a Free Agent, but R. Cobb is a waiver wire pickup? Is this dependent on WHEN a player is picked up? In other words, if I had waited until Friday to grab Cobb, would that have gone thru as a FA pickup and I would have kept my lower waiver priority? If so, when does the waiver period end and the FA period begin? No wonder I'm always at the end of the waiver priorities.
If I understand it correctly it means that once the games start (i.e. first game) at noon, all players are locked and you can again only pick up according to waiver priority just as it worked this week. The waiver order of the teams in the league don't change.
That said, if we get to vote on it, I think I'd prefer free agency be set up to work how it always has. Waivers only for guys who are cut. Maybe this style brings a little more competitive balance, but it entirely negates the value of paying attention to what's going on in the NFL and being quick on your toes.Can that be turned off? That's now how we've done it in the past and I'm not a big fan of it beyond the first few days after the initial draft. Sort of clogs up free agency and I wasn't anticipating waivers being an issue for 3 days a week except for players that were cut by someone. If this was a conversation we had and I misunderstood it, my apologies.
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Before they got competitive on Key Biscayne, the tennis pros of this year's Sony Open Tennis got social at the VIP Players Party presented by Bombay Sapphire. Serve masters like Novak Djokovic, Maria Sharapova and Andreas Seppi found their way to the JW Marriott Marquis where they mingled to the tunes of DJ Calvin Harris and enjoyed cocktails with names like Mansour Smash. The players were careful not to overdo it as game day loomed near. Their invited guests, however, were a whole different story. Photography courtesy of Bombay Sapphire
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Description of Project
Sensory aware applications are becoming more mainstream with the release of the Apple iPhone. This project would combine both HW and SW to add sensory awareness to beagle. First, additional modules such as GPS, 3-axis accelerometers, gyroscopes, temperature sensors, humidity sensors, pressure sensors, etc, would be added to Beagle to compliment the microphone input in order to allow sensing of the real world environment. Then software APIs would need to be layered on top to allow easy access to the sensory data for use by applications.
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Week 3: Get accelerometer
Week 4: Hook up sensor to the I2C; See what Beagleboard does automatically with I2C.
Week 5: Learn how ARM I2C C functions work; Start coding.
Week 6: Finish coding.
Week 7: Do documentation.
Week 8: If we are on time, start working on another I2C sensor.
Week 9/10: Padding time.
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Sieve Email Filtering: Spamtest and Virustest Extensions
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Network Working Group C. Daboo Request for Comments: 5235 January 2008 Obsoletes: 3685 Category: Standards Track Sieve Email Filtering: Spamtest and Virustest Extensions Status of This Memo This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Abstract The Sieve email filtering language "spamtest", "spamtestplus", and "virustest" extensions permit users to use simple, portable commands for spam and virus tests on email messages. Each extension provides a new test using matches against numeric "scores". It is the responsibility of the underlying Sieve implementation to do the actual checks that result in proper input to the tests. Table of Contents 1. Introduction and Overview .......................................2 2. Conventions Used in This Document ...............................2 3. Sieve Extensions ................................................3 3.1. General Considerations .....................................3 3.2. Test spamtest ..............................................3 3.2.1. spamtest without :percent Argument ..................4 3.2.2. spamtest with :percent Argument .....................5 3.3. Test virustest .............................................7 4. Security Considerations .........................................9 5. IANA Considerations .............................................9 5.1. spamtest Registration ......................................9 5.2. virustest Registration ....................................10 5.3. spamtestplus Registration .................................10 6. References .....................................................10 6.1. Normative References ......................................10 6.2. Informative References ....................................11 Appendix A. Acknowledgments .......................................12 Appendix B. Important Changes since RFC 3685 ......................12 Daboo Standards Track [Page 1] RFC 5235 Sieve: Spamtest and Virustest Extensions January 2008 1. Introduction and Overview Sieve scripts are frequently being used to do spam and virus filtering either based on implicit script tests (e.g., tests for "black-listed" senders directly encoded in the Sieve script), or via testing messages modified by some external spam or virus checker that handled the message prior to Sieve. The use of third-party spam and virus checker tools poses a problem since each tool has its own way of indicating the result of its checks. These usually take the form of a header added to the message, the content of which indicates the status using some syntax defined by the particular tool. Each user has to then create their own Sieve scripts to match the contents of these headers to do filtering. This requires the script to stay in synchronization with the third-party tool as it gets updated or perhaps replaced with another. Thus, scripts become tied to specific environments and lose portability. The purpose of this document is to introduce two Sieve tests that can be used to implement "generic" tests for spam and viruses in messages processed via Sieve scripts. The spam and virus checks themselves are handled by the underlying Sieve implementation in whatever manner is appropriate, so that the Sieve spam and virus test commands can be used in a portable way. In order to do numeric comparisons against the returned strings, server implementations MUST also support the Sieve relational [RFC5231] extension, in addition to the extensions described here. All examples below assume the relational extension is present. 2. Conventions Used in This Document Conventions for notations are as in [RFC5228] Section 1.1. The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119]. The term "spam" is used in this document to refer to unsolicited or unwanted email messages. This document does not attempt to define what exactly constitutes spam, or how it should be identified, or what actions should be taken when detected. The term "virus" is used in this document to refer to any type of message whose content can cause malicious damage. This document does not attempt to define what exactly constitutes a virus, or how it should be identified, or what actions should be taken when detected.Show full document text


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I had a couple of pain-free days last week but have been getting pounded by pain with a kidney stone this week. I've been in a pretty bad mood because I've been in a lot of pain lately.
I started to feel the pain last Wednesday but wasn't sure if it was a stone or just my Crohn's disease flaring. Then Thursday it was a little worse but not too bad. Friday was the worst, but I still thought that it could be something else. I was in a meeting all day and hate using my sick time. So by the time time I decided to go to the doctor, it was too late. I figured that it would probably go away anyway. Then Saturday rolled around, I couldn't stand the pain anymore and wound up in the urgent care facility. They did a CT scan and told me that I had a stone inside my kidney but they didn't see anything in the urethra or ureter. He was telling me that there usually isn't pain when it is in the kidney, but I have a lot of pain. There was also a lot of blood in my urine, and my blood pressure was high. My sister (the nurse) told me that your blood pressure goes high when you are in pain.
He gave me some pain and anti nausea medication. I took the pain meds but not the anti-nausea meds (at first). The pain medicine was codeine with Tylenol (acetaminophen), and I got so sick from it, which I then realized was why he gave me the anti-nausea meds to go with them. So I took one of those but it was too late, I was already too nauseous for them to help. I ended up just going to bed. I had all these plans for the weekend because it was my last free weekend before I start another set of evening classes. But I got nothing accomplished and am a little disturbed by that. On top of the pain, my husband invited his family over for lunch on Sunday, and I really would have preferred to been by myself. I didn't feel like pretending there was no pain. I just wanted to be alone and clean up our messy house. But they came over and helped out. By the time 6:30 p.m. came, I couldn't wait for everyone to leave. The pain meds made me really grumpy and tired. I was also irritated at my husband because he had no appreciation for my pain. He has a cold now but it is hard for me to be so caring when he didn't really care about my cold last week and is not understanding of the pain I have from the kidney stone.
I need to re-read my Crohn's commandments!!! I just don't want to listen to him complain about his problems because I am trying really hard to forget mine and when he talks about being so tired and stuff it just makes me mad sometimes. I know this is something that I really have to work on. I am going to try to be loving and sympathetic and not pathetic (although I have been pretty pathetic lately). I really hope that this stone either stays still or passes real soon!!! I am tired of it now!!
The pain has gotten worse. And I went to work today because I needed to work anyway whether at home or at work. If I can't take the painkiller, I figured that I might as well go to the office and be distracted. Maybe this thing will come out soon!!!!!! It feels like there is someone on the inside holding a knife and slicing away.
You all probably think that I am crazy and that I should just take the time off – but who knows how long that will be? And we want to go on a cruise for our anniversary in October and take time off throughout the year. If it gets too bad, I will stay home. Otherwise, I guess I'll just suffer through it.
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You may be trying to figure out what the most beneficial age is to say goodbye to your colleagues at the office. This is one of the most important and challenging decisions you'll make in your life. When you decide to retire affects not only you, but it could have serious, long-lasting consequences for your family members, too. The answer is not the same for everybody, and I'm going to share some information that can help you make an informed decision based on your own personal situation.
If you delay receiving your Social Security until age 70, the monthly amount is 32 percent more than you would get at full retirement age.
From a Social Security standpoint, you can start getting lower benefits as early as age 62, or you can delay retirement up to age 70 for your maximum monthly benefit amount.
For example: Let's say your full retirement age for Social Security benefits is 66, and your monthly benefit at that age is $1,000. Here's what your monthly benefit would be, starting at different ages:
* Age 62 = $750
* Age 63 = $800
* Age 64 = $866
* Age 65 = $933
* Age 66 = $1,000
* Age 67 = $1,080
* Age 68 = $1,160
* Age 69 = $1,240
* Age 70 = $1,320
At age 62, your benefit amount is about 25 percent lower than your full benefit at age 66. If you delay receiving your Social Security until age 70, the monthly amount is 32 percent more than you would get at full retirement age. From 62 to 70, that comes to a monthly increase of $570 or $6,840 a year.
When to retire is a personal decision that you should base on factors such as your current cash needs, your health, and family longevity, whether you have other retirement income sources, and of course, your anticipated future financial needs and obligations. Remember, the average retirement will last for about 20 years, and Social Security benefits are typically adjusted annually for inflation to help maintain your standard of living. For more information, visit www.socialsecurity.gov.


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A Note on Keywords
The C committee prefers not to create new keywords in the user namespace, as it is generally expected that each revision of C will avoid breaking older C programs. By comparison, the C++ committee (WG21) prefers to make new keywords as normal-looking as the old keywords. For example, C++11 defines a new
thread_local keyword to designate static storage local to one thread. C11 defines the new keyword as
_Thread_local. In the new C11 header
<threads.h>, there is a macro definition to provide the normal-looking name:
#define thread_local _Thread_local
In these articles, I will assume that you include the appropriate headers, so I will show the normal-looking names.
thread_local Storage Class
The new
thread_local storage class provides static storage that is unique to each new thread, and is initialized before the thread begins execution. However, there are no safeguards to prevent you from taking the address of a
thread_local variable and passing it to other threads; what happens next is implementation-defined (i.e., not portable). Each thread has its own copy of
errno in
thread_local storage.
Threads are Optional
C11 has designated several features as optional. For example, if the implementation defines a macro named
_ _STDC_NO_THREADS_ _, then it will presumably not provide a header named
<threads.h> nor any of the functions defined therein.
Politics, Design, and Incomplete Information
As a general rule, WG21 entrusts Bjarne Stroustrup with the overall design-and-evolution responsibility; do an online search for "camel is a horse designed by committee" to understand the reasons for this approach. However, there is one design principle that motivates both WG14 and WG21: Don't leave room for a more-efficient systems-programming language underneath our language (C or C++).
Some participants (call them "Group A") expect that atomic data will remain a seldom-used specialty, but others (call them "Group B") believe that atomic data will become a crucial feature, at least for a systems-programming language.
Over the past decades, various higher-level languages have been built based on C (Java, C#, Objective C, and of course, C++) and subsets-or-supersets based on C++ (such as D and Embedded C++). Many companies that participate in WG14 and WG21 have made decisions regarding the languages in which their apps will be written. Those companies that chose C++ as their upper-level app language (call them "Group C") are often content for C to be stabilized (or for WG21 to control its standardization), whereas companies that chose other languages (call them "Group D") sometimes regard C as a crucial foundation under their upper-level app language.
With this much background, I can give an account of the evolution of atomics in C11. The design of atomics in C++11 made crucial use of templates, such that
atomic<T> is the simple and universal way of getting the atomic version of any type
T, even if
T is a
class or
struct type; and
atomic<T*> retains all the compile-time type information of whatever
T* points to. However, for several years, the C design used only the several dozen named types (such as
atomic_llong shown above). One advantage of the named-type approach is that it requires no changes to the compiler itself; it can be implemented in a library-only solution, which invokes system-dependent intrinsic functions at the very lowest level. However, the named-type approach precludes creating an atomic for any C
struct (no matter how small) or for a
T* pointer (for a general
T that is known to the compiler). Largely due to the influence of Group B and Group D opinions within WG14, a decision was made to require a C11 compiler to recognize an atomic
T for any type
There was also a subsequent controversy within WG14 about the compiler syntax for specifying an atomic
T. One approach ("atomic-parenthesis") was motivated by compatibility with C++: Let
_Atomic(T) be the syntax for designating an atomic
T. Then that same source program could be compiled as C++ simply by defining one macro:
#define _Atomic(T) atomic<T>
The other side of the controversy preferred to create a new type-qualifier (analogous to the C99 treatment of
_Complex); using this syntax ("atomic-space"), the type atomic
T would be written as
"_Atomic T". A program written using that syntax could not directly be compiled as C++ (without making use of compatibility macros that would look essentially like the atomic-parenthesis approach).
Both sides of this issue agreed that, once a team commits to modifying the compiler for this feature of C11, it's a relatively minor amount of incremental work to implement both the atomic-parenthesis syntax and the atomic-space syntax. In the end, that's the position that prevailed in WG14. In the meantime, the price of that decision is that only the named-type approach is available today (until compilers implement the C11 syntaxes), and the most-vocal Group C participants can grumble about the decisions of WG14 creating incompatibilities with C++.
Getting the C11 Standard
The new standard can be ordered at webstore.ansi.org (search for "ISO/IEC 9899:2011"). It is now available in PDF, but it costs $285 (as does the 2011 revision of C++). Once these standards have been adopted as U.S. National Standards by ANSI (within a few months), that price will drop to about $30.
You can periodically check this section of this page, where I will update the status of the availability of the draft. Or, if you fill out a web form, you will be notified by email when the C11 and C++11 standards become available from ANSI.
Related Article
C's New Ease of Use and How the Language Compares with C++
Dr. Thomas Plum is Vice President of Technology and Engineering at Plum Hall Inc., and is a member of the C and C++ committees that developed C11 and C++11. He can be reached at [email protected]. The author gratefully acknowledges helpful suggestions from Pete Becker, the project editor of the 2011 C++ standard.


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