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Authors: Raymond, Wesley, and Company
Date: May 22, 1856
The generic letter indicated that Emery was a correspondent for the Daily Times to cover events in Kansas. It said that any assistance provided in helping him forward information from Kansas Territory would be viewed as a special favor.
Keywords: Emery, James Stanley; Journalists; New York; New York Daily Times; Newspapers
Photograph, John Speer
Authors: No authors specified.
John Speer was a free state supporter and early resident of Lawrence. He was a journalist and editor. He was also involved in numerous free state activities.
Keywords: Douglas County, Kansas Territory; Engravings; Free state activities; Free state supporters; Journalists; Lawrence, Kansas Territory; Photographs and Illustrations; Speer, John, 1817-1906
Photograph, Josiah Miller
Authors: No authors specified.
Although born in South Carolina, Josiah Miller was a free state supporter. He attended college in Indiana and law school in New York. He came to Kansas in 1854 and on January 5, 1855, established the Kansas Free State newspaper in Lawrence. The newspaper office was destroyed by order of the territorial government on May 21, 1856 because is was deemed a nuisance. He was capturned by Buford's proslavery forces and was tried for treason against the state of South Carolina. He supported John C. Fremont. In 1857, he was elected probate judge of Douglas County, Kansas Territory.
Keywords: Courts; Douglas County, Kansas Territory; Free state supporters; Journalists; Judges; Lawrence, Kansas Territory; Miller, Josiah; Newspaper publishing; Photographs and Illustrations
Photograph, James S. Emery
Authors: Bowman, photographer
James Stanley Emery had a law practice in Lawrence, Kansas Territory. He was associated with the New England Emigrant Aid Company, but he also worked as a journalist for the New York Daily Times. He was involved in numerous free state activities both in Kansas and in the East.
Keywords: Bowman, photographer; Cabinet photographs; Douglas County, Kansas Territory; Emery, James Stanley; Free state supporters; Journalists; Lawrence, Kansas Territory; Lawyers; New England Emigrant Aid Company; Photographs and Illustrations
Photograph, Horace Greeley
Authors: No authors specified.
Horace Greeley was editor of the New York Tribune during the Kansas territorial era. He actively supported the free state cause in Kansas through editorials as well as coming to Kansas in 1859. He advocated resistance to the implementation of the Kansas-Nebraska Act and was involved in the founding of the Republican Party.
Keywords: Free state cause; Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872; Journalists; Newspapers; Photographs and Illustrations; Republican Party (U.S.: 1854- )
Photograph, Edmund Gibson Ross
Authors: Cobb
Edmund Gibson Ross was active in Kansas territorial politics and served as a delegate to the Wyandotte Constitutional Convention. He and his brother William W. were editors of the Kansas Tribune in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Territory. He later served as the U. S. Senator from Kansas from 1866 to 1871,
Keywords: Card photographs; Journalism; Journalists; Newspaper publishing; Photographs and Illustrations; Ross, Edmund G. (Edmund Gibson), 1826-1907; Shawnee County, Kansas Territory; Topeka, Kansas Territory; Wyandotte Constitution
Photograph, James Redpath
Authors: No authors specified.
James Redpath came to Kansas Territory as a reporter for the New York Tribune, but he soon became a participant in the free state cause. He was involved with John Brown and wrote a biography on him that was published in 1860. He reported on the free state movement in Topeka.
Keywords: Brown, John, 1800-1859; Card photographs; Free state cause; Free state movement (see also Topeka Movement); Journalists; Photographs and Illustrations; Redpath, James, 1833-1891; Topeka Movement (see also Free state movement)


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This Wagon Hauls A Lot More than Cargo
Thanks to its 509-inch Tri-Power Rat..
While wandering around the hot and huge Goodguys PPG Nationals in Columbus, Ohio, last July-a show jammed to the fences with amazing rides-this '65 Chevelle caught my admittedly somewhat jaded eye, possibly more because it was a wagon than for any other reason. Like a pack mule shod with Nikes, there's just something about a slammed, big-tired station wagon that demands attention. That certainly wasn't always the case: For years, station wagons appealed to enthusiasts almost as much as a prostate exam.
Anyway, lured in for a closer look, the deal was immediately sealed, 'cause beneath the open hood of this upgraded utilitarian was what appeared to have been transplanted straight from a '67 Sting Ray-a 435hp Tri-Power 427. Or so we thought....
Discovering More than a "Show Car"
We caught up with owner Mike Eden, digging something out of his Chevelle's cavernous storage compartment while kibitzing with Lonny Gordon, who owns East Coast Muscle Cars in Craley, Pennsylvania. Why do we mention this? Because Mike and Lonny are old buddies and had worked closely together on the project's build. Lonny, in fact, had owned the wagon at one point, before selling it to Mike's dad, who then sold it to Mike. Originally a six-cylinder with three-on-the-tree, Mike's dad had put a big-block and four-speed in the car, but Mike-with the pickiness that is a natural side effect of being a tool-and-die maker by trade-had visions of upping the wagon's level of detail by about a thousand percent. Which, as you can see, he did.
But while this thing might now be engineered and detailed like a show car, it's anything but a garage queen. "We originally purchased this car," says Mike, "for the family to cruise in, and to haul fuel for my Pro Street Nova, which was featured and made your cover in January 2007."
An "Un-Wagon" Like Power Plant
while we shudder to think of it now being filled with leaky, stinking fuel cans, haul it does. That's because what appears to be an L71 427 actually displaces 509 cubic inches and dispenses a decidedly unwagonlike 584 hp and 617 lb-ft of torque by way of a tricked-out T-5 five-speed from G-Force Transmissions. Built by RaceKrafters, this wagontrain began with a World Products block bored to 4.500 inches and fitted with a Callies 4.00-inch-stroke crank.
Heads are also from World Products (320cc) and are teamed with JE forged pistons for a pump-gas-friendly 9.0:1 compression. A Comp Cams hydraulic roller specs out at 0.558/0.542 inches of lift and 235/249 degrees of duration, while the whole thing is crowned with a factory '67 Tri-Power Corvette intake and its trio of 2-bbl Holleys, hidden beneath that distinctive triangular breather with its misleading Turbo-Jet 427 decal. The ceramic-coated headers with 2-inch primaries are from Patriot, and they lead into a custom 3-inch exhaust fabbed up by East Coast Muscle Cars (who also supplied the 140-amp alternator.)
Ride and Suspension
All that power rests on a good foundation. The project began by unbolting the body from the chassis and having Mike's good friend and fabrication whiz, Bob Wineholt, completely box the frame to help deal with the upcoming horsepower onslaught. Then the chassis went back to East Coast for installation of the fore and aft suspension hardware. Up front are Heidts 2-inch-drop spindles, which, together with Detroit Speed coilovers, provide for 3 to 4 inches of altitude drop. To fit the desired rim/tire size, Mike had Bob Wineholt fabricate some tubular A-arms of specific length, based on patterns created at East Coast. A Moser 9-inch axle resides out back, stuffed with 4.11 gears, 35-spline axles, a Detroit Locker, and suspended with Detroit Speed's coilover setup for a 3-inch drop. Brakes?
Big, thank you-Wilwood four-piston discs, 12 inches in front, 11 out back. They're hidden behind polished American Racing Torq-Thrust rims, 16x7 on the nose and 17x8 on the tail.
Interior & Styling
Inside, Mike wanted to stay reasonably close to stock, but with just the right amount of custom touches, the most obvious of which is likely the notch cut out of the original bench seat to clear the Long shifter. Beyond that, there are some Moon gauges, a Budnik wheel, Billet Specialties pedals, and some upgraded carpet from ACC. Re-upholstery, in the original vinyl, was assigned to Dean Alexander at the Hot Rod Garage. The cabin now looks factory fresh from stem to stern.
The big box of a body itself was pretty straight when the project began, but still required a fair investment of time on the part of the East Coast Muscle Cars body wizards before shooting on fresh coats of Willow Green. A stand-out addition is the 4-inch cowl hood from Glasstek, while a much more subtle revision was the painted-on Chevrolet script on the tailgate (below a billet rear window crank.) And who wouldn't like those funky little "hanging" side mirrors?
We hope you're as taken with Mike's killer cargo ship as we were. It's got room for a party inside-and reason to party under the hood. If Detroit had built them like this, maybe there'd still be a thriving market for station wagons today. You know, for those who want to haul both cargo and something else.

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Nameberry intern Hannah Tenison, a University of Michigan senior planning on a law career, picks twelve of the most charming fictional princess names, from fairy tales to video games.
Fiery and feisty princess Merida has come bounding into the spotlight with the release of the newest animated Pixar film, "Brave," and with her, a whole slew of marketing fixated on the newest animated princess. With all the recent focus on royal ladies, it seems only fitting to take a look at all the other fictional princesses and the world of princess names. These fictional princess names range from strong, to elegant, to frilly—just right for a modern day little girl. Here are some of the best, from Arwen to Zelda, Aurora to Rosalina


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New Nokia CEO Steven Elop, who formerly ran Microsoft's most successful business unit, has written one of the most brutally candid and forthright state-of-the-enterprise memos the mobile industry has ever seen, including an assessment of their position post-iPhone. Their "platform is burning":
In 2008, Apple's market share in the $300+ price range was 25 percent; by 2010 it escalated to 61 percent. They are enjoying a tremendous growth trajectory with a 78 percent earnings growth year over year in Q4 2010. Apple demonstrated that if designed well, consumers would buy a high-priced phone with a great experience and developers would build applications. They changed the game, and today, Apple owns the high-end range.
The first iPhone shipped in 2007, and we still don't have a product that is close to their experience. Android came on the scene just over 2 years ago, and this week they took our leadership position in smartphone volumes. Unbelievable.
He mentions Android's assault and lower priced Shenzhen units as challenges as well. Nokia makes brilliant hardware, arguably the best in the business, but they've been slow to adapt to the capacitive multitouch, app-centric, ecosystem-driven new smartphone world. And their software strategy has been fractured and frustrating. Elop clearly recognizes the issues and plans to start addressing them. Our own resident Nokia Expert, Matt Miller says:
Nokia will be holding their Capital Markets Day on Friday where Mr. Elop will reveal his future strategy. There are rumors that he might partner with Microsoft and release Windows Phone 7 devices or go with Android in an HTC-like multiple platform approach. As a fan of both Nokia and Windows Phone 7 you know what I would prefer. If Windows Phone 7 is brought to Nokia hardware then get ready to see a LOT more writing here on Nokia Experts as WP7 is my personal preferred platform at this time.
Will Nokia go with Windows Phone 7 or Android, try to relaunch MeeGo or Symbian at a faster pace with better user experience, or do something else entirely? And how, if at all, will it effect competition with iPhone? We'll find out Friday.
[Engadget via Nokia Experts]


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SPWS needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 26 designs submitted by 16 freelance designers.
Check our history - we always award a winner, so that the best (like YOU!) will participate!
Have a look at http://www.InsightOfTheDay.com, then click over to http://www.spws.net/projects/a/uplo…stions.jpg - that's a VERY rough idea of what my Client would like on the new home page. The concept is simple: free quotes are sent out daily, and a special offer is promoted twice per month.
The site has been rolling along successfully for 7 years now, and it's time for a facelift! My Client has NO attachment to any particular theme, but it needs to be something recognizable, since an e-mail template will be generated from your design, and will go to users daily. There is no "logo" for the service – the masthead is the logo. Using the general look of http://thesecret.tv is one option, but don't limit yourself to that one idea!
The Client is changing the content of the site, so we'll need a home page that can be "stripped down" to a sub-page design as well, probably by using the masthead and top navigation (plus the footer) as the sub-page template. (We'll build that from the PSD that you provide to us.) We will purchase any source graphics, but will need for you to embed them in the design that is given to us. Naturally, we'll take care of the programming (such as the form and the scrolling text), so just throw a generic placeholder in those spots.
Boring designs! ;o)


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Hearth Distribution 1591-5 Black Reflective 1/2-Inch Arctic Flame Glass, 10 LB
- 1/2" tempered glass pieces
- Looks stunning in fire pits
- Works with natural gas and propane
- Reviews
- Description
- Specifications
- Benefits
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Hearth Distribution 1591-5 Black Reflective 1/2-Inch Arctic Flame Glass
Do not let your fireplace or fire pit go out of style with boring old flames that do nothing and look bland. If you have a stylish living room or a colorfully crafted backyard, you want to make sure the flames coming from your fireplace are going to compliment the area, not take away from it. So, add a little spark of excitement to your conventional fireplace with these beautiful fire glass pieces from Hearth Distribution, a trusted source for heating and heating accessories.
A Touch of Color to a Glowing Flame
The Arctic Flame Glass from Hearth Distribution is made of highly durable tempered glass pieces in a half-inch size and come in a variety of hues to provide long lasting use without the worry of the pieces losing their color. This helps reduce the cost of replacing fire glass pieces after frequent use. These Flame Glass pieces are primarily designed for use with natural gas and propane fueled fireplaces and fire pits.
The 1591-5 Arctic Flame Glass are black reflective pieces that will add a mysterious dark glow to the background of your fireplace. These fire glass pieces from the Arctic Flame Glass Collection spread over or near any open fire source and forces flames to pass through and around the processed glass. In doing so, this reflects the red-orange-ish light from the fire into a dim radiance.
A Colorful Centerpiece and Beyond
This colorful product is a great to add some zest to your fire pits and create a fun, colorful atmosphere for people to sit or stand around during your next backyard party, social gathering, or intervention. If you have several outdoor fire pits, try using a different color in each one and see which of your friends will gravitate to which color. This would make a nice social experiment for dating or personality profiles.
Do not forget, black is typically portrayed as a depressing or evil color, but it also represents power, class, elegance, and wealth. Black might also symbolize intimidation and power for some, while fear and insecurity for others.
How Much Do You Need?
This product comes in a 10 pound package. The amount of Arctic Flame Glass needed depends on the size of your fireplace floor or diameter of your fire pit. Here are some rough estimates:
- Fireplace floor: 12-in. x 12-in. x 12-in. with a 3-in glass depth requires 22 pounds.
- Fire pit: 24-in. diameter with a 2-in. glass depth requires 46 pounds.
Guaranteed Satisfaction.
- Up To 30 days to return your purchase
- Money back guaranteed
- Free return shipping
- No restocking fees
- Model: 1591-5
- Product Type: Black Reflective Arctic Flame Glass
- Product Color: Black
- Application: Colored fire glass pieces for fireplaces and fire pits
- 10 LB package
- Adds beautiful color to fire pits
- Can be mixed with other colors
- Comes ready to use
- Easy to rearrange
- Made of tempered glass pieces
- Will not lose its color


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Mike T needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 47 designs submitted by 20 freelance designers.
We're looking for a great looking, clean, professional design for our site. We're growing up a bit and need to start to look more professional.
We are a 1 year old Affiliate Management Agency with some very large clients. We want something that we can be proud of when clients and prospects view Feel free to ask questions of me if necessary.
- Must use our current logo, not the one that's on our website now.
- Logo can found here (I can send hi res version via email if needed):
- An unprofessional design


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The only ranked players left in the Wuxi Classic are world number one Neil Robertson, John Higgins, Robert Milkins and Joe Perry after Ali Carter, Mark Williams and Mark King all bowed out.
King did have to face an inform Neil Robertson and looked to have nothing to combat the 2010 world champion as he ran out 5-0 winner.
Carter, who hasn't seen a championship final since late last year, was knocked out by Ireland's David Morris, while Williams fell to fellow Englishman Anthony Hamilton.
Milkins secured a 5-1 win over Scott Donaldson and David Gilbert fell to Asian Tour winner Joe Perry.
The only Chinese players left in the competition were Xiao Guodong and Cao Yupeng but Xiao fell at the final hurdle, being white-washed by Higgins 5-0 - so it is left to Cao to fly the flag for China when he faces Robertson.
The other quarter-finals pit Perry against Higgins - two inform players - this is likely to be a very close match. While Matthew Stevens plays David Morris and Milkins goes head-to-head with Hamilton.
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MONTREAL — A close friend of Lin Jun testifying Monday at the preliminary hearing of Luka Magnotta asked that his name not be made public because he is "between jobs."
But Quebec Court Judge Lori-Renée Weitzman rejected the request from Dong Dong Xu, 30, the 26th witness to testify at the hearing as it resumed Monday after a one-week break.
A publication ban still remains in effect on all the evidence heard at the preliminary hearing – a routine order from the court at this stage of the proceedings.
As has been the case since the hearing began March 11, many spectators lined up early in order to get one of 24 seats reserved for spectators.
The hearing resumes this afternoon with witnesses from Vancouver, who will testify via video conference. Witnesses from Europe are scheduled to testify Tuesday.
Magnotta, 30, faces four charges in connection with the May 25 death of 33-year-old Chinese national Lin, including causing an indignity to a body, producing and distributing obscene material and sending obscene material through the postal system. He was arrested in June in an Internet café in Berlin and brought back to Canada on a private flight.
Once all the evidence has been presented, Weitzman will rule on whether the case can be sent to trial. If so, Magnotta will be tried some time next year in Quebec Superior Court by a judge and jury.


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French offer gunshot-locator flying robots
Next: Droids which can pry open cold dead hands
Paris Airshow There are lots of small, hand-launched roboplanes around these days, usually intended to let foot soldiers get an idea what lies over the hill or around the corner. There are also lots of acoustic gunshot spotter rigs nowadays, some of them very fancy indeed.
Shooting at the robots. Bad idea.
Neither of these on their own would be news, but French company Secapem claims to be the first to combine the two, offering a small, portable unmanned plane which flies about and detects the tracks of bullets fired at it. At the moment the system works mainly as a way for the plane's operator to evade hostile fire, but the developers believe that in future the kit will be able to mark the locations of enemy gunmen on a digital map.
Secapem MD Emmanuel Pasqualini described the system to the Reg yesterday at the Paris Airshow, underway at Le Bourget. His company's special sauce is its unobtrusive, 30g skin sensors, of which at least three must be fitted to an aircraft. The sensors pick up the distinctive conical shockwave - the sonic boom - which trails behind bullets or projectiles flying faster than sound. (Subsonic rounds are normally fired only from pistols and submachineguns, and aren't much of a threat on modern battlefields.)
A central processor can then work out the bullets' track. At the moment, it does so relative to the aircraft only - it can be used as a threat warning for the operator, or for the pilot in the case of larger manned aircraft. But Pasqualini says that if it were integrated with location systems - GPS satnav, perhaps augmented by inertial reckoning - it could accurately locate the firing weapon on a map.
"We need to work more with the autopilot systems," he says.
According to Pasqualini, the Acoustic Hostile Fire Indicator (A-HFI) isn't bothered by a noisy environment - it doesn't need to be mounted on a quiet electric UAV - and it isn't dependent on detecting the muzzle blast of the firing weapon. This is the great Achilles heel of many shot-spotter systems, as the distinctive sonic crack is easily distinguished but the actual gunshot is easily confused with echoes or other guns.
Secapem's system is in its infancy, plainly, but it's developed from established kit: the firm formerly applied this tech in towed targets used to train pilots in air-to-air gunnery. It's hard to say whether this acoustic route is more or less valuable than the new infrared rivals nearing the market. However, Thales' Elix-IR reportedly weighs 30kg; A-HFI, at 30g a sensor and 73g for the processing board, may have the small UAV sector to itself. ®
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State Police Announce Roadside Safety Checks
Ashkum, IL – The Illinois State Police (ISP), District 21, will conduct a Roadside Safety Check (RSC) in Kankakee County during the Fourth weekend in April, according to Captain Bridget Bertrand.
The ISP has zero tolerance for impaired driving in Illinois. Officers working this detail will be watchful for drivers who are operating vehicles in an unsafe manner, driving with a suspended or revoked driver's license, transporting open alcoholic beverages, or Driving Under the Influence (DUI).
Alcohol and drug impairment is a significant factor in nearly 40 percent of all fatal motor vehicle crashes in Illinois. RSCs are designed to keep our roads safe by taking dangerous DUI offenders off the road. This project is funded through the Illinois Department of Transportation, Division of Traffic Safety.


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• morganatic •
Pronunciation: mor-gê-næ-tik
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Pertaining to kind of marriage between a member of the nobility and a commoner that blocks the transmission of noble rank to the commoner and precludes any claim by their offspring on the title or estate.
Notes: A morganatic marriage is sometimes called a "left-handed marriage" (from German "Ehe zur linken Hand") because in the German morganatic ceremony the bridegroom gives the bride his left, rather than his right hand. Be careful not to drop a syllable; we hear morganic far too frequently.
In Play: Today's good word is a follow-up to our recent word consort, in which we claimed that Camilla Parker Bowles would not become Queen Consort when Prince Charles ascends to the throne. That was before the Department for Constitutional Affairs spoke out on the issue, affirming that she would become Queen by current law, when Charles accedes to the throne. This means that their wedding will not be morganatic. However, in the latest breaking news, Ms. Bowles declares that she will decline the title "Queen" if offered it. Stay tuned.
Word History: Today's word is a reduction of a mildly Germanesque Latin phrase matrimonium ad morganaticam "marriage with a morning gift," morgan being a reduction of morgangeba an earlier form of German Morgengabe "morning gift." The point was that the commoner in such a bond is entitled to nothing beyond the gift they receive on the morning after the wedding. In fact, the adjective may have been nothing more than a Latinization of a variant of the German compound, morganegyba, but you get the point.
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I just get this feeling that there is something very sinister about a morganatic type of marriage!
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Apoclima wrote:I just get this feeling that there is something very sinister about a morganatic type of marriage!
1. Having the left hand or arm stronger and more dexterous than the right; using the left hand and arm with more dexterity than the right.
I love the juxtaposition of left and dexterous/dexterity!
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October 30, 2013
Dairies Seek Federal Marketing Order
Dairy farmers and their representatives say they are moving forward with other efforts to bring more equity to the state's milk pricing system, including joining the federal milk marketing order, after the California Department of Food and Agriculture denied another request to further raise the price of milk used to make cheese.
In a decision announced last week, CDFA extended an overall temporary price increase of 12.5 cents per hundredweight of milk that had been in place since July and was set to expire at the end of the year. The temporary price increase will now continue through June 2014 and apply to all classes of milk, including an increase of 15 cents per cwt. for Class 4b milk, which is used to manufacture cheese.
Producers have long contended that the state's milk pricing system underpays them compared to what dairy farmers in other states earn under the federal milk marketing order. They say the main problem is the undervaluation of whey in the state milk pricing formula. Dairy organizations petitioned the department this summer to raise the 4b price up to 46 cents per cwt. and to change the sliding scale used to determine the whey value.
The groups said they petitioned the hearing thinking the proposed increases were part of a deal negotiated with processors, who later said during the September hearing that there was no agreement.
In a recent letter to dairy stakeholders, CDFA Secretary Karen Ross acknowledged her decision would bring disappointment "in light of the publicity surrounding the perceived agreement between producers and processors during the legislative session." But she said the hearing testimony "failed to provide justification for the petitioners' position that price relief be based solely on the whey factor and the 4b formula," he said.
The CDFA hearing panel recommended keeping the current temporary price increase in place until the end of the year, but Ross said she decided to extend it despite "positive signs in the marketplace" because she felt the country's economic recovery remains fragile and because she wanted to "provide a consistent level of revenue to producers to ensure a stable milk supply."
Kings County dairy farmer Dino Giacomazzi said next year's outlook for producers appears better because feed costs have come down and are expected to drop further due to the anticipated large U.S. corn crop, but he also said he doesn't think corn prices should figure into a discussion about California milk pricing.
"We're here trying to find the fair and correct way to determine milk price to producers in California. Just because our costs are coming down doesn't mean that the CDFA should sit on their hands and do nothing to solve the problem," he said.
Rob Vandenheuvel, general manager of the Milk Producers Council, said the message he got from the secretary's decision is that there's still a need for additional producer revenue, even though the department chose not to apply it "in a way that we felt was appropriate."
"They wanted to apply it across the board for all classes (of milk) and we thought that the problem was isolated to the 4b price," he said.
Ross said she simply couldn't do what some producers have asked, "because there's not the economic data for the formulas, or there are legislative and administrative hurdles to doing what some people want us to do."
Vandenheuvel said producers have been "exploring alternatives," noting that the state's three dairy cooperatives plan to petition the U.S. Department of Agriculture to replace the current state milk marketing order with a federal order.
Lynne McBride, executive director of California Dairy Campaign, said joining the federal order is now "the only viable way to bring our state dairy producer prices in line with prices paid across the country."
But not all producers believe joining the federal order is the panacea for their current problems.
Michael Marsh, CEO of Western United Dairymen, said one concern about going this route is the risk of losing the state quota system, which he described as a billion-dollar asset for California dairy farmers. The latest CDFA decision, he said, will "continue to foster momentum towards just finding something other than CDFA."
Marsh said his organization will now go back to the state Legislature to ask for guidance, because some of its members have been sympathetic to dairy farmers' plight and had testified at the last CDFA hearing about the need for milk pricing reform.
Bill Schiek, an economist for the Dairy Institute of California, which represents the state's processors, said his group respects the secretary's decision and her desire to balance the needs of producers and processors.
"I think she understood that conditions are improving for dairymen. The secretary has been responsive, and processors and cheese makers have been responsive," he said, noting that CDFA had already granted emergency price relief twice this year and has now extended it again.
He also said the institute is "committed to the work" of the California Dairy Future Task Force, a group of producers and processors that Ross formed last year to work on reforming the state milk pricing system.
Ross said work of the task force had been pushed aside earlier this year as dairy groups introduced legislation to try to change how the state determines the whey value.
She said a group of "industry technical experts" is now working on "potential alternative pricing scenarios" that could replace the current formulas, and that the department has contracted economist Dan Sumner, Director, UC Agricultural Issues Center based at the University of California, Davis, to analyze those scenarios. She said CDFA staff is also drafting pricing proposals needed to make the changes, and she expects those proposals by Dec. 15.
Source: California Farm Bureau Federation


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LA CANADA >> Tenth-place finishes in the Olympic Games typically are buried in media reports and quickly forgotten.
A brief mention on the day the event is completed and the sport and athlete can be overlooked for the next four years. But since the completion of the 2014 Sochi, Russia Winter Games one 10th-place finisher still is gathering attention.
La Canada resident Kate Hansen, who finished 10th in the luge, somehow has managed to stay in the public eye.
"Going into the Games I was so grateful," she said Monday, less than a dozen hours after arriving at home. "I did not go to the Games to dance my way into the media. I'm there to compete and do what I know what to do. Dancing I've done my whole life and I really enjoy it.
"Everybody has a way to do their thing and that's how I do my own thing."
Hansen, 21, would dance to Beyonce before each of her four runs. She would smile and laugh after each run, no matter the time or speed.
But little did she and her family know the effect it was having on this country.
"We had no idea," said her mother, Kathie, who was in Sochi with her husband, John, and two of her three other children watching the competition. Friends and residents packed the family restaurant, Los Gringos Locos, to watch each day's competition at 8 a.m.
"It's very overwhelming," Kathie said. "They watched the Olympics because she made it so fun, because she's such a breath of fresh air. It was just Kate being Kate and that's who we all know. They portrayed the Kate we all love and know."
Related: Hansen ready to pursue gold in Sochi
Hansen said she turned off her phone and computer right before the Games began. When she turned it back on, her Twitter account had ballooned from a few thousand to more than 24,000 followers. She had more than 1,000 friend requests on Facebook.
"I couldn't tell you why," Hansen said. "People wanted someone to follow or to have a happy attitude. My outlook on racing and everything was to try to have fun. I was not going to hang myself up over racing at the Olympics. If I had taken myself too seriously then I would just be mad at myself.
"I tried to be myself and enjoy the Games and be happy for what I could do. Maybe put a smile on somebody's face. I didn't expect all that to happen. I think it is hilarious."
She ended up NBC's Today Show doing interviews for 10th place while teammate and close friend Erin Hamlin was taking home a bronze medal, the first medal for an American in the sport.
"That wasn't my goal," she said of the attention. "Everyone who knows me knows I have just done that the whole season, my whole life. Just because a camera was there, it blows up. Everyone who knows me shakes their head and says, 'She's just crazy. That's what she does.' It's all good.
"I got some backlash, too. I was called showboating. They can honestly think what they want. I've been that way since I was five."
La Canada basketball coach Tamar Hill can relate. She had Hansen on her team. After a playoff loss, she recalled Hansen getting out a boom box and had players dancing in the gymnasium.
"Kate is a very fun person," Hill said. "She is extremely focused and dedicated. That is the way she releases.
"I would laugh when people say she was just out for attention. People do not know Kate."
See Hansen bless the bronze medal in her own fashion
Hansen remained in Sochi for the entire Games and then spent a week in Spain on vacation. When she arrived in Southern California late Sunday, it was her first trip home since Christmas. She has been home for less than 10 days in the past year.
"It's so nice to be back in my own bed, to eat food that is normal and not worry I'm going to get sick," she said. "It's nice to come back to warm weather, to not worry about training, to not answer to anybody.
"I do not have to show up somewhere at a certain time and I can sleep in."
She plans on going surfing as soon as she can and then has to get to Lake Placid, N.Y., to pick up her car and training material from the USA luge training center. She then will head back to Provo, Utah in April, where she is a sophomore at Brigham Young University.
Receiving a medal was not the biggest priority, she admitted.
"I was really just enjoying the experience and just like taking in everything that was happening," she said. "My runs at that point were pushed to the side because I was trying to enjoy everything that was going on. When my attention is put elsewhere I sled my best. My runs could have been a lot worse. I was pretty grateful to finish in the top 10. I'm not like most athletes. I'm grateful that I could do well.
"There are many variables in the sport, so I was not going to knock myself down."
She participated in a prank for Jimmy Kimmel and allowed his crew to film a wolf going through the athletic dorms and posting it on her account. She said she probably wasn't the first athlete they approached, but she said she would have done it even if Kimmel was not a part of the skit.
"Nothing has changed in my life," she said. "The only change is the Olympics have been a highlight to what I have been doing and people could appreciate what was going on. When I saw a picture of all those people at the restaurant, it still dumbfounds me. It is humbling that so many people were interested."
She said she cried during the opening ceremonies and it was inspiring to meet fellow athletes, some of whom she said she's always looked up to.
She will decide this summer if she will resume training and competition for next season.
"I'm going to take it season by season and leave my options open," she said. "I need to evaluate what I want to do and how it might fit into my life in the next four years. This definitely is the most fun month I have ever had. But I do not want to base my life off of one month every four years. That is not realistic.
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Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 5:28 pm
Post subject: English Toffee
The problem with melting the sugar in this recipe may have to do with how old your sugar is. I made my first batch of toffee with sugar that had been in my kitchen for at least 6 months. It was grainy. When I made the second batch, I used newly purchased sugar. It melted right away and the toffee was smooth.
Also, I think that the success in making English Toffee is related to how big the bottom of the pan is. If you use a narrower pan, there is less surface heat exposed to the mixture. It takes longer to cook, and that affects the result. If the pan is wider, the mixture is exposed to more surface heat and cooks faster. I am not an engineer, but this makes a difference. This is also a factor in making jams and jellies.
I think there are certain parallels between making toffee and jams. In both processes, the goal is to melt the sugar and evaporate off the water, allowing the liquified sugar to replace the water for texture. So, it is important to find that 'swwet spot' in which both the sugar is melted and the water is gone, with the other ingredients cooked 'just right'. With jam, the water should be evaporated and the sugar just melted, with minimal cooking to the fruit, otherwise it carmelizes and tastes bad. With toffee, the water should be evaporated and sugar melted, with the sugar carmelized to the point it is pleasing, not burned.
You have a great site. Keep up the good work!
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Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 1:37 pm
Post subject: English Toffee
A truly cosmopolitan experience. I shearched for toffee recipe's. I found a recipe for 'English Toffee". I am English, I have never made (or eaten) toffee like this. The recipe is written by someone with an oriental sounding name. Posted on a site that sounds and looks American. Oh by the way, I live in France. Truly cosmopolitan.
Les enfants enjoyed it very much. Thanks for a happy (global) experience. Our French neighbours have asked for the recipe. I gave them the site. Thanks again from Janis
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Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 11:16 pm
Post subject: DONT COOK IT TO FAST
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Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 5:35 am
Post subject: Great site
I read and re-read the recipe (and many of great comments) about 15 times before I finally decided to dive in and try it myself. Got the butter at room temperature then melted it, the sugar and the water on the lowest of low flames. After that, proceeded as directed, stirring away. Eventually brought the temp up to 300 and it looked like it was starting to separate - so I lowered the temp, added a tablespoon of water and started stirring again. Got it back up without separating, poured it out onto an aluminum foil covered pan (oops! forgot the vanilla!) and believe it or not, it turned out perfectly. Perfect texture, perfect taste - I didn't miss the vanilla one bit and after cooling and refrigerating, it cracked beautifully into bite size chunks. All in all, I was amazed it worked. Now I just have to try and see if I can do it again!
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Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 2:50 pm
Post subject: Virginia vs Denver Please Help
I made this recipe in Virginia this past weekend for my Mom and it was wonderful. Now Im home in Denver and am having problems. I'm using the same type tools and a gas stove in both locations. The first two times I made it in Denver the separation occurred just after the water evaporated. The third time I made it I cooked it on extra low heat for about 15 minutes to mix the butter water and sugar very well then raised the temperature just a bit (still a med-low heat range) to reach 300 degrees and did brush the sides of the pan once with water after liquid started to form because I suspected it was beginning to separate. This time I had less liquid when done and the toffee did harden but was a grainy texture. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
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Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 3:02 pm
Post subject: Toffee Recipe
As an engineer with an analytical mind, I found your detailed, illustrated instructions to be very complete and satisfying. So many cooking/recipe websites contain incomplete directions that I find them frustrating to use.
I made graham cracker toffee bars last night from a recipe from such a website. The toffee instructions were: bring to a boil over medium heat 3/4 cup each butter and brown sugar; boil for 2 minutes; remove from heat and stir in 1 tsp. vanilla and 1/2 cup chopped pecans. Spread mixture evenly over a jellyroll panful of graham crackers then bake for 10 minutes at 350 degrees. My toffee ended up a bit soft and separated, although it tasted fine. I suspect that the 2 minutes of boiling did not allow the mixture to reach the 300 degree hard crack stage. I will use a candy thermometer next time!
Thanks again for the thorough instructions! I will visit this website often.
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Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 5:32 pm
Post subject: Flat Top Stove
Has anyone successfully made toffee on a flat top stove? I have a similar recipe that I never had any problems with while cooking on an electric stovetop in California. I have since moved to Texas where I have a flat top stove. Every time I have attempted to make toffee since moving, the butter separates out of the sugar. I also tried making the toffee on my Mom's flat top stove in Montana and the butter also separated. I am at close to the same altitude in Texas that I was at in California. I also have only tried making toffee in the winter in Texas when the humidity is low so I do not think humidity is the issue. I use the same brands of ingredients and the same pans that I used in California. The only thing I can come up with is that the burner on the flat top stove is always kicking on and off and doesn't hold a steady temperature.
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Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 4:04 am
Post subject: Waiting for Success or Fail!!
Waiting waiting waiting!
In reading these posts, I was trying to keep positive vibes in my head while I made this. It's cooling in the fridge.
I trusted my nose as I smelled some burning.
Keeping my fingers crossed!
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Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 6:13 am
Post subject: Can rainy days affect this recipe?
Yesterday-on a nice sunny day at 5500 feet above sea level, I made this toffee for a friend after I bragged about the recipe-it came out perfect and she loved it. This is the best recipe I have ever found for great toffee. I made another batch tonight that separated but after reading the posts, I think it is because I melted the butter and THEN added the sugar-oops! I'll mix it all together next time prior to melting. I am wondering though, if the rain we had today could have lent to the problem with the separation? Any thoughts on that?
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Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 5:33 pm
Post subject: recipe for "English" Toffee
Been doing this for many (MANY) years for the folks for Christmas. I don't understand the function of H2O here. I use: 1 lb. butter (salted), 2 cups plain white sugar, good handful of blanched almonds, all in the pan at once. Stir over moderate/highish heat for about 25 min. Color will be peanut butterish. Pour out into old pie tins. Makes about 2 lbs per batch with almonds toasted within the recipe. I make about 12 - 16 lbs each season. And one batch will take two pie tins. Nothing could be easier or more delicious. Don't worry about separation - __it happens, and it will go back together - usually. YOU GOT IT!!
Heyjude in California
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Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 5:45 pm
Post subject: 14 for 14
I've made this toffee 2 different holiday seasons, and every batch has worked perfectly. I think the secret is to do everything slowly, and stir the hell out of the syrup as it gets to 300 degrees. I let the butter and sugar melt over almost the lowest heat my stove has and it takes some time, but the recipe always works. When I raise the heat, I keep it pretty low, just high enough so the syrup bubbles. It probably helps that I'm at sea level, too.
Anyway, the toffee is delicious, the texture good, and I plan to make it many more times.
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Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2010 2:13 am
Post subject: Bitter Toffee
My mom and I made this recipe of toffee with almonds and walnuts. We followed the directions and made sure the candy thermometer worked. It looks delicious, however the toffee is bitter. What would cause that?
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Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 7:44 pm
Post subject: Success!
I've made toffee over the holidays for the past few years...but always with a bit of fear and trepidation...sometimes comes out great, sometimes not...problems with separation which doesn't happen if I add corn syrup but then too sticky...soooo this year I decided to sit down and actually figure out why...and I read this recipe and comments carefully and tried again...with success! I'm busy and impatient so this is what I did:
Heavy pan
Mixed the sugar with about 1/4 cup of water before adding to the 1/2 way melted butter...over LOW heat, which is the key everyone is emphasizing and so very true...remember I'm impatient so my heat was too high previously
I didn't stir often (thanks to new ipad distraction!) except at the very end when the temp rises quickly
My thermometer was MIA, so used my previous experience and when it got to that deep peanut butter color, pulled off stove
No separation, delicious! I store in a airtight container, room temp but doesn't last very long in this house.
Heavy pan
Melt butter part way and add dissolved sugar
Low heat for several minutes (follow recipe!)
Infrequent stirring, until the end
Thanks to all for the useful comments!
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Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 12:57 am
Post subject: Toffee Seperation
I use room temperature butter, place one teaspoon vanilla and one teaspoon of water, 1/4 cup brown sugar, 3/4 cup white sugar......mix well and then turn the heat on. I use medium heat, a tested thermometer, and stir slowly most of the cooking process. I cook until 310 degrees and pour onto parchment paper in a baking sheet pan. I have not had any separation, and sold 200 batches this year. Including coffee flavored, and German chocolate with toasted coconut, toasted pecans and German sweet chocolate. I make single batches only. No large amounts, I think you lose quality to make quantity.
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Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 12:13 am
Post subject: toffee cooking at 6,000 ft. (high altitudes)
Having successfully made toffee in Los Angeles, CA for three decades, it has been a source of frustration to not achieve acceptable results in my new home located in the intermountain region of Utah. I understand that boiling temperatures are lower at this altitude, but I have experienced "separation" over and over again. I know to add a little water and stir to bring the mass back together, but as the temperature rises once more - separation sets in. Any suggestions?
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Following on from The Rhythm of London 'busk-off', Gigs - Big Busk saw last year's winners, the Robbie Boyd Band and Ze Trio, indulge in a spot of guerrilla busking in London and Paris yesterday. They busked everywhere. From the early hours at the departure lounge, to a lunchtime treat on the Eurostar, and on the other side of the channel at landmark locations such as the Eiffel tower and the Pompidou Centre. Music was played, crowds were formed and even a little money was made.
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Literary Lampoons Part II: Golf and Politics – Not Quite Death and Taxes, but Close
Special note: This blog post was written by Edward Reges, M.A. '16, East Carolina University Department of English, as part of a special series highlighting the Stuart Wright Collection.
Sometimes, the lives of authors can seem as distant to us as the hole on a long, hazardous par 5. One need only peer into a literary anthology to find oneself immersed in a strange world of antiquated terms, ideas, and even settings. Take John Updike's renowned short story "A&P," for example. In the story, a young man makes a rash decision to leave his job after his manager forces three young women, clad in only two-piece bathing suits, to leave the store. "What's an A&P?" I recall a classmate of mine inquiring in a class discussion of our assigned readings. The question was not a literal one; we had all read the story and could draw from context what the A&P was. Rather, it was a commentary on how rapidly change occurs and how quickly our memories can glaze over what was once a staple of our predecessor's culture. The short story, written just over 50 years ago, takes place in what was at the time one of the largest supermarket chains in the United States. Now the mere existence of a supermarket other than Wal-Mart, Target, or even K-Mart (which may be antiquated as you are reading this article) is the stock of a joke playing on our short-term view of existence. (For those seeking more information about A&P supermarkets, the company's website has an interesting history section.)
Likewise, authors and poets of yesteryear seem accordingly distant from us. Creators of fiction such as John Updike seem to be of a different breed. A breed that survived and even thrived without all of the technology we now take for granted. These authors have an air of mythos: an air that a bit of digging in a literary archive, however, proves unwarranted.
Nestled away in the Stuart Wright Collection at Joyner Library are windows into the lives of these very human authors of yesteryear. While Updike is known for his writing prowess, he was not born a writer or a historical character; he was born a man. A man who, incidentally, once aspired to doodle for a living. Several original pen-and-ink drawings as well as Updike's newspaper copies of published cartoons found their home in the collection of Stuart Wright, Updike's friend and golfing companion. They are now available for view in the North Carolina Collections area on the third floor of Joyner Library.
Looking through these inked drawings, the difference between our predecessors and us seems to shrink. One of Updike's cartoons references a troubling time in U.S. History. Following WWII, Germany was divided amongst the allies into East and West Germany. The nation's capital, Berlin, located in Soviet occupied East Germany, was likewise divided. The situation grew tense when East Germany denied land access between West Germany and West Berlin. A decade later, President Eisenhower found himself in a rough situation when the Soviets demanded that western allied forces leave Berlin:
Compare this to a modern political cartoon depicting President Obama sinking into the sand trap of world crisis:
As you can see, the pastime of golf serves as a bridge between the distant past and present, if not in reality then at least in political cartoons. As Updike used humor and a pastime to voice his concern about political affairs, so do those of us in modern society.
Updike's love for golf proves to be an unexpectedly relevant part of ECU's collection of his materials. This is evidenced in Stuart Wright's personal copy of "Golf Dreams," complete with a dedication to Wright from the author himself. Tucked away in the pages one finds a number of letters expressing Updike's delight in playing the game and his companionship with Wright. Several scorecards record the friendship match by match.
As you can see, John Updike was not just some far away author creating literature to enjoy from a detached modern viewpoint. He was a man who could revel in a game of golf to the point of solidifying his appreciation of the contest on the scorecard: "what a match!" More cartoons, bridges to the present and past, and glimpses into Updike's life can be located and requested by using the Special Collections Finding Aid to his papers.


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Let's do the math. Two weeks from today puts us a week before spring training. Then Reyes has to start over, because they aren't going to push him and certainly don't want to rush him considering his hamstring. That puts us at the middle of April. And, since nothing with the Mets ever goes as planned, and there is no such thing as a best-case scenario, we're not going to see Reyes before May.
Is anybody to blame for this or is it simply just another case of bad luck for the Mets?
Just because Reyes can't eat seafood doesn't automatically mean his overactive thyroid resulted by diet. Is it diet, heredity or some other external factor that caused the spike in Reyes' thyroid levels?
The elephant in the room is HGH.
Reyes was treated Dr. Anthony Galea, who is under investigation after being charged with attempting to HGH into the United States. Reyes denies taking the stuff, that he only had the blood-spinning treatment. Who knows? Maybe it was the blood-spinning treatment that's the cause.
Even so, MLB doesn't test for HGH and since there is a correlation between HGH and thyroid levels (an excellent article this week in the Daily News), we can't dismiss it out of hand. Would you really be surprised?
Maybe we'll never know the cause. Hopefully, his levels will stabilize and this won't be an issue again. But, for now there is speculation.
What is known is that the Mets are again a team with its core on the sideline. Don't count on seeing Reyes or Beltran in April, and if the pitching doesn't come around they could be in serious trouble before either returns.
The Mets spent the offseason counting on their injured returning and their pitching would improve. Well, half of that wish hasn't been answered. It remains to be seen about the other half.


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Hilary Till provides advice on risk-management and derivatives trading issues through Premia Risk Consultancy, Inc. In addition, she is a co-founder and principal of Premia Capital Management, LLC. She is also the co-editor of Intelligent Commodity Investing, a bestseller for Risk Books.
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Maybe one day, the current WWE will be referred to as the "good ol' days."
For now, I tend to see anything pre-2002 as the "good ol' days." I guess I'm stuck in the past when it comes to the WWE and what is enjoyable and what isn't.
That said, when the WWE released The Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden three-disc set recently, I had to get it and because WWE DVDs are generally hit or miss with fans, I hoped this one would be a hit.
And it was.
With more than 20 matches to watch from "The Garden," this DVD set is a definite keeper. Watching any event at MSG always seems to have a certain feel or aura and, as the viewer, you expect big moments, big matches and above all else, excitement.
Granted, the vast majority of the matches here are available on numerous other WWE releases, but to have them all in one set is very convenient. Sure, you've got the Hulk Hogan versus Iron Sheik WWE title bout from Jan. 23, 1984 when Hogan won his first title and The Ultimate Warrior destroying The Honky Tonk Man for the Intercontinental belt at SummerSlam '88, but there is also the much-talked about match WWE-NWA title unification match from 1980 between Bob Backlund and Harley Race.
This set is a trip down memory lane and to get to watch Bret Hart and Mr. Perfect from SummerSlam '91 and Shawn Michaels versus Razor Ramon from WrestleMania X never gets old. Never. I mean, NEVER.
Throughout the DVD, current and past WWE stars talk about wrestling at MSG and these segments add a decent amount of flavor to the disc, even if The Miz is part of it. The part with Howard Finkel is a good bit and to watch old WWE matches, knowing he was the announcer made the event one to watch.
Now, the drawbacks.
Just one Bruno Sammartino match? ONE?!? It's a good one against Superstar Billy Graham, but come on. You induct the dude into the WWE Hall of Fame and the one wrestler that owned MSG back in the day gets ONE match on a DVD set? Seriously?
And you get five matches with Triple H? The dude's good and all, but to give him more matches than Sammartino is simply a travesty. People that buy this DVD should buy it for the nostalgia, not for wrestlers still in their 40s.
Of course, John Cena's surprise entry at the 2008 Royal Rumble is on here and I agree, this was a pretty big moment. The roar of the crowd when his music hit was a true MSG pop and it legitimately shocked everyone.
Like I said before, this DVD is all about nostalgia and I admit, that's why I picked it up. I love all the old school wrestling when it was just that -- wrestling. I don't need backstage skits or any of that garbage. Just give me straight wrestling and I'm good to go. And for the most part, that's what this DVD delivers.
I still can't get over the obvious absence of Bruno matches, but hey, it is what it is, I suppose. When I think of MSG, I think of Bruno. The WWE apparently didn't think the same -- and that's a crying shame. He's front and center on the DVD cover, for Pete's sake!
Overall, The Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden is worth whatever you pay for it. The matches that are included are top-notch and all have some sort of meaning or place in WWE history. However, the lack of Bruno drags down my rating, but only to a 7.5/10. More Bruno and less HHH would have bumped it to a 9.75/10.
In any event, just get this DVD set, OK? You won't regret it.


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Morneau's pinch-hit highlighted a four-run rally for the Rockies, who scored in the ninth in each of the first two games of the series for the win.
Troy Tulowitzki had three hits, including a home run, and drove in two runs for the Rockies, who won extended their season-high winning streak to five games.
Madison Bumgarner pitched seven innings and homered in the fifth inning for the Giants, who have lost six of seven and were swept at home for the first time.
Matt Belisle (2-2) pitched an inning for Colorado. Juan Gutierrez (1-2) allowed four runs on three hits for the Giants.
LaTroy Hawkins pitched the ninth for his 14th save in 15 chances.
Tulowitzki singled to open the eighth and scored on Drew Stubbs' one-out triple. Michael McKenry beat out an infield single to score Stubbs and Charlie Culberson walked.
D.J. LeMahieu then hit a sharp grounder to shortstop Brandon Crawford, who bobbled the ball before getting the force at second. Ehire Adrianza also had trouble controlling the ball and his relay throw to first was late, setting up Morneau's hit.
The no-decision denied Bumgarner a chance to move into a tie for the NL wins lead with nine. He allowed four runs on six hits, walking four and striking out nine. Bumgarner had allowed a combined four runs in his previous 29 innings.
Rockies starter Juan Nicasio gave up three runs on four hits over two-plus innings. He walked four and struck out two.
Nicasio could not finish four innings in his second straight start, facing two hitters in the third before giving way to Franklin Morales. He's allowed 25 runs on 35 hits over his last 15 2-3 innings, a 14.36 ERA.
Nicasio walked Tyler Colvin and Crawford to open the second inning and Adrianza singled to put the Giants ahead. Bumgarner bunted and was safe when Nicasio threw the ball wide. Crawford scored on the play. Hunter Pence also drove in a run.
Tulowitzki's 18th home run of the season, a two-shot into the left field bleachers in the third, cut into the lead but the Giants answered when Hector Sanchez and Pablo Sandoval hit back-to-back home runs in the fourth.
Sanchez hit for Buster Posey, who left the game as a precautionary measure after taking a foul ball off his mask. Sanchez's previous 23 RBIs all came in Giants' victories.
Tulowitzki, the NL batting average leader, is hitting left-handers at a .441 clip (26 for 59) this season.
Brandon Barnes' RBI groundout in the fifth was matched by Colvin's RBI single in the sixth to make it 7-3 for the Giants.
Pinch-hitter Josh Rutledge added an RBI double against Bumgarner in the seventh to cut it to 7-4.
NOTES: Giants OF Angel Pagan was scratched from the starting lineup with lower back tightness. . The Giants will start RHP Matt Cain (1-4, 3.84) against the White Sox in Chicago on Tuesday. He is 8-10 with a 2.71 ERA in 22 career interleague games. . The Rockies will start LHP Tyler Matzek (1-0, 2.57) in their series opener against the Dodgers in Los Angeles on Monday. He'll be making his second career start. . Rockies' Wilin Rosario made his first start at first base. . Nicasio threw a season-high 38 pitches in the second inning . RHP Santiago Casilla is expected to be activated by the Giants in time for their series in Chicago. . Giants RHP Tim Lincecum turned 30. ... Giants manager Bruce Bochy was ejected from the game with two outs in the ninth for arguing balls and strikes.


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