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BUFFALO, NY -- A parking meter mechanic here was sentenced on Aug. 16 for stealing $210,000 in quarters. James Bagarozzo, 57, will serve two and a half years in prison for the curbside thefts, with which he got away for more than eight years between 2003 and 2011.
Bagarozzo essentially rigged 70 city parking meters to direct inserted coins into a different compartment than the "official" one, which he didn't have access to. He then took the coins, stuffed them in his pants and jingled his way to the bank, according to reports. Bararozzo became friendly with bank tellers, explaining to them that he had a friend in the vending machine business, and they suspected no wrongdoing. He reportedly went to the bank several times a week to exchange quarters for cash.
Buffalo's new parking commissioner, who spotted a discrepancy between new digital meters and old mechanical ones, ultimately caught the meter bandit. After being recorded in the act on video and questioned by the FBI, Bagarozzo admitted to the thefts, which constitute a federal crime. He was arrested in December 2011.
A coworker collaborated with Bagarozzo and stole $15,000 in quarters over a five-year period. Lawrence Charles is set to be sentenced on Aug. 29.
Local sources say that since the arrests of Bagarozzo and Charles, annual parking meter revenue in the city has increased by $500,000. New meters in Buffalo are computerized and take credit cards, in addition to quarters, making them more difficult to rob. (In vending, replacing coin and bill acceptance with cashless payment systems has proven to greatly mitigate machine thefts and vandalism.)
The amounts in the Buffalo coin caper pale in comparison to those resulting from parking meter misconduct in Hoboken, NJ, at around the same time. A contractor whose company was hired by Hoboken to collect coins from city parking meters pleaded guilty in September 2009 to stealing about $1.2 million in coins from those meters between June 2005 and April 2008.


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To meet our current energy needs, Saint John's has invested and continues to look towards creating renewable energy on campus. These projects not only provide our campus with clean energy, but also offer the chance for students, faculty, and staff to learn about and research these new technologies.
When completed in December 2009, the first portion of the Saint John's Abbey Energy Farm was the largest ground-mounted photovoltaic array in Minnesota. The solar panels were installed on 3.9 acres of the Abbey's land. To maximize efficiency, the array is made ofsingle-axis tracking panels which use GPS to follow the sun as it moves across the sky. The original panels provided 4% of our annual energy needs and could offset up to 20% of peak power requirements. The solar farm was made possible by a two million-dollar grant from Xcel Energy's Renewable Development Fund, Saint John's Abbey, and Westwood Renewables.
In November 2014, the initial solar field was expanded. A row of fixed panels was installed on both the north and south sides of the existing solar field. The additional panels provided an additional 181 kilowatts of capacity. With the addition, the solar field now provides about 6 percent of our energy annually, and up to 30% in peak conditions! Approximately 600 tons of CO2 emissions are avoided each year as a result of this investment in renewable energy.
The possibility of research is another great benefit of having a solar field on campus. Having both fixed and tracking panels in the same field is a unique occurrence, and it offers the the chance for students, faculty, and other interested individuals to view a direct comparison between the efficiencies of the two technologies.
One of our alumni, Steve Fait '94, was a writer and producer of The Man with the Golden Sun, which was created for the "Putting the Sun to Work for Minnesota" film contest, presented by Solar Works for Minnesota and Environment Minnesota.
Although Saint John's doesn't currently have a wind turbine, we have been researching the viability of wind energy on campus. With advances in technology and viable sites marked out, wind energy looks to be a very realistic option and would be a major step as Saint John's continues to move towards carbon neutrality.
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As the on-campus Power Plant heats and cools our buildings, it also creates approximately one-fourth (25%) of the electricity consumed on campus. Co-generation means there are two uses for the steam. The primary role of steam production is to heat and cool our buildings; the electricity is a side benefit. Our boilers produce high pressure steam, which spins turbines to generate electricity. The turbines drop the steam from high pressure steam down to the low pressure steam that is used by campus buildings.

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Redskins QB Kirk Cousins , who is starting in place of the rehabbing Robert Griffin III , left Monday night's game against the Steelers in the first half with his own injury. The former Michigan State star did not return after being taken down from behind while scrambling toward the sideline. He got up and walked toward the huddle before going back down to the ground. Initial X-rays were negative, but he will undergo an MRI. Redskins nation breathlessly awaits the results.
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Rex Grossman replaced Cousins. He would be the starter if Cousins missed the Redskins third preseason game or any significant amount of time. That should explain the reason for stress, though Grossman's aggressive style always gives his team a puncher's chance offensively. As for the much-discussed RGIII situation, it remains uncertain. Much of the speculation centers on the dynamic QB being ready for the regular season opener, but Dr. James Andrews has final say when it comes to that famous knee. If it were Cousins facing the Eagles in Week 1, he would be worth a fantasy start in leagues that use two-quarterbacks and possibly worth rostering for RGIII owners. The bigger issue is what happens to the Redskins offense if neither RGIII nor Cousins can go. That's a situation nobody in D.C. wants to ponder.


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I personally believe the bigger the bike the safer especially on the highway, particularly on the highway.
I loved the caption "monkey butt".
on long rides My rear end fells like a tooth ak, here is the secret for long rides and no sore butt, seen a guy at a gas station and he had these and said it cures sore butt's on long rides and they work ;) ...my longest trip was going Back home to see family, rode 720 mile in 11 hours (Baton Rouge Louisiana) , butt sore, sometimes I would put cruz controll on and sit in the passenger seat but that wasn't the worst, sun burn from heck, found out only tanning lotion is sold by interstate store's, now have some sun block on bike all the time ;)


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'"It is going to be very tough," Ruff said of the eventual roster adjustments. "You can't say that after a month where you look at the schedule and had seven on the road and four at home, and you come out of that 6-5, that those guys didn't put the work in and weren't a big part of the reason why we won."'
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As we know,the Miltary and Law Enforcement have the guns they do for a reason,handguns and small caliber rifle rounds are not the most effective man stopper,hence they rely on large capacity mags,semi auto and full autos.We are allowed to own the same by the 2nd Amendment,no questions there.
The proposed ban is going to be high cap mags and possibly "assault weapons".If they are banned,and we give in on that,it's a 2 way street and it's all encompassing-military and LE are bound to it also.After all,LEO are civilians too,and with today's technology why does the military need them?We are the "militia" the 2nd A refers to,and it was us that fought back the Brits to start this Country.If we give,everybody does because it is not the military's or LE's job to protect us and our loved ones,their job is a collective security.Since the Gov't says this is not about gaining power for a socialist takeover,it would appear the playing field is balanced to prove it.
How well will this go over?It won't,but I think this is the message the NRA and we need to instill in the powers to be-you want from us,reciprocate on our end,no freebies at all.Talk of states succeeding and another revolution could be avoided,and in a few years when the statistics once again prove things are worse,the laws are removed and the bullshit excuses are now over.
Also,if the law says assault weapon,the real definition is used,not a made up one as it has been.Assault weapons have been regulated since the 30s.Anything that is declared contraband to be turned in MUST be bought back for fair market value,otherwise it's exactly like the Clinton ban.
If they want to close the gunshow loophole,hmm,there isn't one.If they want all firearm transactions to go through a background check,then NICS Must be available to anyone free of charge,so if I want to give my Son a gun I can just call up and be done with it,end of story.Won't happen.
Anyway,our leaders need a wakeup call.You work for us so if you want something,it's a 2 way street for now.We need a line drawn and power restored before the problems of succession or war happen,and it needs to made clear to them they're pushing things that way mighty quick.
OK,someone pinch me and wake me up.
I just called senator portman from ohio's with the same point.


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'"As of late I've been really happy with the ice time," Boulton said. "I've got no complaints. It's fun to be in the lineup every night. Everyone wants to play, and I'm getting a chance right now so I'm happy."'
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Gomes, Indians shock Mariners with walk off win
CLEVELAND -- Yan Gomes hit a three-run homer in the 10th inning and the Cleveland Indians, twice revived by Seattle's fielding errors, beat the Mariners 10-8 on Monday to complete a four-game sweep.
Gomes, who also homered in the second, drove a 3-2 pitch from Charlie Furbush(0-3) over the wall in left, giving the Indians their fifth straight win, third walk-off over the Mariners in four days and most improbable victory of what is becoming a special season.
As Gomes reached the plate, he was mobbed by teammates following the comeback that became necessary after Cleveland's bullpen gave up homers in the eighth, ninth and 10th innings.
It was the Indians' first four-game sweep of Seattle since 1981, and the rally gave Cleveland its 18th win in 22 games.
Joe Smith (2-0) won despite giving up a go-ahead homer to Justin Smoak in the 10th.
Ryan Raburn hit a three-run homer for Cleveland, which opened a 2 1-2 game lead over Detroit in the AL Central.
The Mariners got a tying homer by Kyle Seager in the eighth and a go-ahead shot by pinch-hitter Endy Chavez in the ninth but couldn't close it out because of their own miscues.
The Indians were an out away from losing in the ninth when Seattle closer Tom Wilhelmsen dropped an underhanded toss while covering first, allowing the Indians to tie it 7-7.
After Smoak homered in the 10th, the Indians were three outs away from losing when the Mariners helped them again.
Michael Brantley singled and Drew Stubbs followed with a bunt that Furbush, seeking his first career save, fielded but bobbled. The left-hander rushed his throw to first and would have had Stubbs -- umpire Tim Timmons called him out -- but Smoak dropped the ball.
Gomes then delivered his game-winning homer as the Indians improved to 21-7 since April 20.
The final three innings bordered on the absurd as the Mariners took the lead only to give it away with their bone-headed plays.
Wilhelmsen's error in the ninth not only cost the Mariners a certain win, but it allowed Cleveland closer Chris Perez to escape a loss after he gave up the homer to Chavez in the ninth. It was another bad outing for Perez, who gave up back-to-back homers in the ninth on Saturday but wound up getting a win.
With Seattle trailing 6-5 in the eighth, Seager homered off Vinnie Pestano, who recently came off the disabled list, into the Mariners' bullpen for his fifth homer.
The Indians took a 6-5 lead in the seventh off Yoervis Medina without hitting the ball beyond the infield grass.
Seattle starter Hisashi Iwakuma was tagged by the Indians for five runs in four innings, but the right-hander settled in and retired the final seven hitters he faced and got a no-decision. He gave up seven hits and struck out six in six innings.
Iwakuma won his previous three starts and came in with the AL's second-lowest ERA.
Indians starter Scott Kazmir didn't get out of the fourth as the teams combined for 10 runs and 14 hits through four innings before the game slowed to a crawl.
Raburn and Gomes hit back-to-back, two-out homers in the second, when the Indians caught a break to take a 4-2 lead.
With Carlos Santana on with a one-out double, Mark Reynolds just missed a homer, flying out to the track in left. Brantley walked and Raburn fell into an 0-2 hole and appeared to take strike three, but plate umpire Laz Diaz called Iwakuma's pitch a ball to give Raburn new life.
He made the most of it, connecting for his fifth homer to make it 3-2. Gomes followed with a shot onto the pedestrian porch in left.
The Mariners scored two in the third to tie it, with Morales hitting an RBI single and Kyle Seager scoring Michael Morse grounded into a double play.
Seattle, which entered the game just 1 of 23 with runners in scoring position in the series, made the most of their first two chances and took a 2-0 lead in the first -- their first one of the four-game series -- on an RBI double by Kendrys Morales and Morse's run-scoring single.
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- Monsters remain human beings. In fact, to reduce them to a subhuman level is to exonerate them of their acts of terrorism and mass murder — just as animals are not deemed morally responsible for killing. Insisting on the humanity of terrorists is, in fact, critical to maintaining their profound responsibility for the evil they commit.
And, if they are human, then they must necessarily not be treated in an inhuman fashion. You cannot lower the moral baseline of a terrorist to the subhuman without betraying a fundamental value. That is why the Geneva Conventions have a very basic ban on "cruel treatment and torture," and "outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment" — even when dealing with illegal combatants like terrorists. That is why the Declaration of Independence did not restrict its endorsement of freedom merely to those lucky enough to find themselves on U.S. soil — but extended it to all human beings, wherever they are in the world, simply because they are human.
- "The Abolition of Torture", The New Republic (19 December 2005)
- Today's age of politicized and intolerant Christianism seems to me to be one of those moments when Christianity has estranged itself most thoroughly from the priorities and spirit of its founder. But this will pass. Christianity will survive Christianism. Some true followers of Jesus will recover their faith from Caesar's grip at some point.
- "Christians and Torture", The Daily Dish (23 March 2006)
- First silence. Then denial. Then support of the insupportable. Then vilification of the dissenters. The pattern is as old as time.
- "Torture and Conservatism", The Daily Dish (11 July 2006)
- Torture was necessary to maintain slavery. It was integral to slavery. You cannot have slavery without some torture or the threat of torture; and you cannot have torture without slavery. You cannot imprison a free man for ever unless you have broken him; and you can only forcibly break a man's soul by torturing it out of him. Slavery dehumanizes; torture dehumanizes in exactly the same way. The torture of human beings who have no freedom and no recourse to the courts is slavery.
- "Slavery and Torture", The Daily Dish (23 February 2007)
- In thinking about the costs of this war, and thinking about renewing it, we have to reconsider what it has done to America. It has turned the U.S. military into a force at ease with abuse of captives and civilians, occupying a Muslim nation. Some of this is surely due to the sheer hell of fighting an enemy you cannot see, surrounded by people you do not understand or trust, and being killed randomly in urban or desert insurgency conditions where friend and foe are close to indistinguishable, and where your buddies are killed on a regular basis by faceless cowards. You can certainly understand how soldiers grow completely numb in the face of abuse in those circumstances. Every "hajji" can seem like the enemy after a while. It requires men and women of almost saintly capabilities to keep their moral bearings among terrorists who massacre scores of innocents as a religious duty, among people whose differences are impossible for young troops to figure out in split-seconds. In such conditions, and as a consequences of grotesque under-manning, the breakdown in ethical discipline is no big surprise. But that doesn't make it any the less of a big deal.
- "Re-Thinking The War II", The Daily Dish (8 May 2007)
- At home, the public has come to accept torture as a legitimate instrument of government, something that the Founding Fathers would have been aghast at. We have come to accept that the president is not bound by habeas corpus, if he decides he isn't. He can sign laws and say they don't apply to him. We know that an American citizen can be detained for years without charges and tortured and abused — and then critical evidence of his torture will be "lost." We have come to accept our phones being tapped without a warrant and without our even knowing about it. These huge surrenders of liberty have occurred without much public outcry. When the next major terrorist attack comes, the question will simply be how much liberty Americans have left. That is a victory al Qaeda could not have achieved by force of arms. It is something they have achieved with our witting and conscious help.
- "Re-Thinking The War II," The Daily Dish (8 May 2007)
- There is no state more abject than the man broken on the waterboarding rack, or frozen to near death, or forced to stand for days on end, or hooded and strapped to shackles in a ceiling, or having his legs pulpified by repeated beating, or forced to eat pork and drink alcohol against religious strictures. Everything I have just described has been done by US forces under the command and direction of George W. Bush. They are all acts of absolute tyranny, conducted by people who at that moment are absolute tyrants.
- "Torture, Moral Vanity and Freedom", The Daily Dish (17 May 2007)
- A constitutional republic dedicated before everything to the protection of liberty cannot legalize torture and remain a constitutional republic. It imports into itself a tumor of pure tyranny. That tumor, we know from history, always always spreads, as it has spread in the US military these past shameful years. The fact that hefty proportions of US soldiers now support its use as a routine matter reveals how deep the rot has already gone. The fact that now a majority of Republican candidates proudly support such torture has rendered the GOP the party most inimical to liberty in America. When you combine torture's evil with the claims of the hard right that a president can ignore all laws and all treaties in wartime, and that "wartime" is now permanent, you have laid the ground for the abolition of the American experiment in self-government.
- "Torture, Moral Vanity and Freedom", The Daily Dish (17 May 2007)
- It is not an opinion that "enhanced interrogation techniques" are torture. It is a legal fact. And it is also a legal fact that the president is a war criminal.
- "What 'Torture' Is", The Daily Dish (18 May 2007)
- What al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein did was an extreme form of sadistic torture, the kind that psychopaths enjoy and inflict. But that does not make, say, freezing someone to near-death, reviving him, re-freezing him again any less torture. Yes, we did that, carefully monitored by Rumsfeld. It does not make the Khmer Rouge waterboarding technique any less torture. It does not make contorting a prisoner into an excruciating stress position and then smashing his head against the wall any less torture. We should not forget that there have been more than a hundred deaths in U.S.-run torture chambers under George W. Bush either.
So I really don't get the point. Unless it is the following: If we are not as evil as al Qaeda, we are not torturing. This is logically and legally and morally a complete non-sequitur. And it is truly mind-boggling to believe that the arbiters of our moral compass are now the men who murdered 3000 innocents on 9/11. I don't know about you, but that's not the standard against which I believe America should judge herself. Or ever, ever has.
- "Al Qaeda and Torture", The Daily Dish (26 May 2007)
- Critics will no doubt say I am accusing the Bush administration of being Hitler. I'm not. There is no comparison between the political system in Germany in 1937 and the U.S. in 2007. What I am reporting is a simple empirical fact: the interrogation methods approved and defended by this president are not new. Many have been used in the past. The very phrase used by the president to describe torture-that-isn't-somehow-torture — "enhanced interrogation techniques" — is a term originally coined enhanced interrogation techniques by the Nazis. The techniques are indistinguishable. The methods were clearly understood in 1948 as war-crimes. The punishment for them was death.
- " 'Verschärfte Vernehmung' " The Daily Dish (29 May 2007)
- The decent people in this administration — mainly career military brass and Condi's circle — are finally pushing back against the war crimes of Cheney and Rumsfeld. But the Bush mojo is the same. They don't actually care about the effectiveness of their policies, just how they can be used as wedge issues. Last summer, Karl Rove was determined to use torture and Gitmo as his electoral path to retaining the Congress. He thought he could portray the Democrats as weak on terror. Of course, only cowards and failures use torture. And how many Democrats or Republicans could have made us more vulnerable to more terror than Bush has these past five years?
- "The Alternative to Torture" The Daily Dish (30 May 2007)
- The occupation of Iraq is completely self-perpetuating: The worse things get the more we are obliged to stay. And the longer we stay the worse things get. Wonderful, no? Being trapped in Iraq, moreover, has clearly prevented us from tackling Iran with any traction. One argument commonly made for staying in Iraq makes no sense to me at all. It's McCain's "if we leave, they will follow us home." But if we stay, they can follow us home as well. And by staying, we have clearly created more of them to follow us. The second argument that fails to convince is that by leaving, we give al Qaeda a propaganda coup. Yes, we would, and it would be intellectually dishonest to deny that. Any argument for withdrawal needs to take that into account. But by staying and losing, we also give al Qaeda a propaganda coup. And by constantly giving al Qaeda an anti-imperial narrative, we also prevent Muslims and Arabs from recognizing them for what they are: not anti-imperial liberators but theo-fascists.
It's becoming clearer and clearer to me that if we want to win this long war, we have to leave Iraq. Sooner rather than later.
- "Iraq and Gaza, Ctd", The Daily Dish (14 June 2007)
- We can and must deter terror; we can and must conduct surveillance; we can and must find terror cells and plotters; and we need to fight them aggressively in the battlefield abroad and prosecute them carefully under the law if they are citizens at home. But the zeal and arrogance of Bush and Cheney have done this at the expense of the heart and soul of Western jurisprudence and constitutional liberty. They must not get away with it. Our inheritance is too precious to squander in a fit of panic, sadism and hubris.
- "Horton on Padilla", The Daily Dish (20 August 2007)
- Previous war-presidents have gathered opponents into their cabinets, reached out to estranged former allies, engaged in aggressive diplomacy to maximize effectiveness and rallied the whole country for the fight. What does this one do? Gets a bunch of right-wing "journalists" into the White House to spread some partisan talking points. What a fucking disgrace this man and his journalistic lackeys are.
Excuse my language. But I can't take this any longer. We're at war; and he's still playing Rove's game.
- "War Council", The Daily Dish (19 September 2007)
- Any president can start a war, and use the chaos of disorder that such a war creates as an indefinite argument for prolonging it. It's a war that keeps on giving. Failure means it's even more necessary to keep failing.
- "Of Their Choosing", The Daily Dish (20 September 2007)
- The one thing we know about torture is that it was never designed in the first place to get at the actual truth of anything; it was designed in the darkest days of human history to produce false confessions in order to annihilate political and religious dissidents. And that is how it always works: it gets confessions regardless of their accuracy.
- "Imaginationland", The Daily Dish (25 October 2007)
- Torture gives false information. And the worst scenarios that tortured detainees coughed up — many of them completely innocent, remember — may well have come to fuel US national security policy. And of course they also fueled more torture. Because once you hear of the existential plots confessed by one tortured prisoner, you need to torture more prisoners to get at the real truth. We do not know what actual intelligence they were getting, and Cheney has ensured that we will never know. But it is perfectly conceivable that the torture regime — combined with panic and paranoia — created an imaginationland of untruth and half-truth that has guided US policy for this entire war. It may well have led to the president being informed of any number of plots that never existed, and any number of threats that are pure imagination. And once torture has entered the system, you can never find out the real truth. You are lost in a vortex of lies and fears. In this vortex, the actual threats that we face may well be overlooked or ignored, as we chase false leads and pursue non-existent WMDs.
- "Imaginationland," The Daily Dish (25 October 2007)
- That's what torture does: it creates a miasma of unknowing, about as dangerous a situation in wartime as one can imagine. This hideous fate was made possible by an inexperienced president with a fundamentalist psyche and a paranoid and power-hungry vice-president who decided to embrace "the dark side" almost as soon as the second tower fell, and who is still trying to avenge Nixon. Until they are both gone from office, we are in grave danger — the kind of danger that only torturers and fantasists and a security strategy based on coerced evidence can conjure up.
- "Imaginationland," The Daily Dish (25 October 2007)
- When you fuse Christianity with power, it isn't long before Christians start imposing the cross on others rather than taking it up for themselves.
- "Robertson and Giuliani: The Torture Link", The Daily Dish (7 November 2007)
- In the Cold War, I was pro-American. The world needed a counter-weight to the evils of expansionist, imperial communism. (But I was never an American utopian. There's nothing new in humanity in this country — just a better system and more freedom, which tends to be the best corrective against sustained error.) After the Cold War, I saw no reason to oppose a prudent American policy of selective interventionism to deter evil and advance good a little, but even in the Balkans, such a policy did not require large numbers of ground troops and was enabled by strong alliances. After 9/11, I was clearly blinded by fear of al Qaeda and deluded by the overwhelming military superiority of the US and the ease of democratic transitions in Eastern Europe into thinking we could simply fight our way to victory against Islamist terror. I wasn't alone. But I was surely wrong. Haven't the last few years been a sobering learning experience? Haven't we discovered that allies actually are important, that fear is no substitute for cold assessment of self-interest, that saying something will happen is not that same thing as it actually happening?
That someone could come out of the last few years believing that Teddy Roosevelt's American imperialism is a model for the future is a little hard for me to understand.
- The United States has managed to go to war for two centuries without the president authorizing and monitoring the torture of prisoners. The Bush administration's legalization of torture and withdrawal from Geneva is unique in American history. Yes, wars will lead to individuals committing war crimes in the heat of battle. Yes, it carries a horrifying logic. But an advance, pre-meditated decision by the president to engage in war crimes is new and unprecedented. Bush really is uniquely awful as a president in this respect: an indefensible war criminal, who has permanently stained the country he represents and betrayed the soldiers who expect decency and lawfulness in their commander-in-chief.
- "War Crimes", The Daily Dish (23 March 2008)
- When Bush says that Abu Ghraib was the work of a few, he forgot to mention that he was one of them.
- "'We Do Not Torture,'" The Daily Dish (18 June 2008)
- If you suspend the Geneva Conventions, give the green light to anything that will get intelligence, round up thousands all over the globe with reckless disregard for guilt or innocence, you are effectively and knowingly issuing orders to seize innocent people and torture them. Any president who decides to do that and then says it was not his intention to do that is a fraud or a fool.
- "'Disgrace,' Ctd.," The Daily Dish (19 June 2008)
- Is it not a rather fantastic historical irony that the torture techniques that the North Vietnamese used against McCain that forced him to offer a videotaped false confession... are now the techniques the Bush administration is using to gain "intelligence" about terror networks.
How is it possible to know that everything John McCain once said on videotape for the enemy was false, because it was coerced, and yet assert that everything we torture out of terror suspects using exactly the same techniques, is true?
- "Bush, McCain, Torture," The Daily Dish (2 July 2008)
- If the enemy tortures, it defines their moral evil and all intelligence gleaned from such coercion is self-evidently false propaganda. If we do it, it isn't wrong, and it leads to good intelligence.
Got that? And these people have the gall to describe their ideological opponents as moral relativists.
- "Bush, McCain, Torture," The Daily Dish (2 July 2008)
- In the last few years, we have seen the executive branch declare itself outside the law — in prosecuting a war on terror. The law against torture has been suspended. The balance between the executive and legislative branch has been dismissed by signing statements and the theory of the unitary executive. The executive has declared its right to suspend habeas corpus indefinitely, to tap anyone's phones without court warrants and to detain and torture anyone it decides is an "enemy combatant." In that sense, we have already left the realm of constitutional government in favor of a protectorate outside the law promising to keep us safe (but never from itself).
But this new move to create a de facto dictator for the financial markets, to invest a Treasury secretary with unprecedented powers to buy and sell at close to a trillion dollar level — with no oversight or accountability: this is a new collapse in democratic life and constitutional norms.
- "How Democracies Become Dictatorships," The Daily Dish (29 September 2008)
- If religion is about truth, why is it so afraid of error?
- "Banned Books Week," The Daily Dish (30 September 2008)
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- "Of Modern Faith," The Daily Dish (14 December 2008)
- I like the pluralism of modernity; it doesn't threaten me or my faith. And if one's faith is dependent on being reinforced in every aspect of other people's lives, then it is a rather insecure faith, don't you think?
- "Of Modern Faith," The Daily Dish (14 December 2008)
- I have long been baffled as to why people said my preference over Obama was some kind of shift to the ideological left. Nope. Against a radical right, reckless, populist insurgency, Obama is the conservative option, dealing with emergent problems with pragmatic calm and modest innovation. He seeks as a good Oakeshottian would to reform the country's policies in order to regain the country's past virtues. What could possibly be more conservative than that?
- A true conservative — who is, above all, an anti-ideologue — will often be attacked for alleged inconsistency, for changing positions, for promising change but not a radical break with the past, for pursuing two objectives — like liberty and authority, or change and continuity — that seem to all ideologues as completely contradictory.
- Trump is not just a wacky politician of the far right, or a riveting television spectacle, or a Twitter phenom and bizarre working-class hero. He is not just another candidate to be parsed and analyzed by TV pundits in the same breath as all the others. In terms of our liberal democracy and constitutional order, Trump is an extinction-level event. It's long past time we started treating him as such.
- The forces going on in the society are not things the media can prevent or change. But we can and should help understand this crisis and warn against false solutions. If feelings are trumping arguments — the pun is fully intended — it doesn't mean that arguments don't still have to be made. It may not win the news cycle. It may not even win this election cycle. But it's a critical task.
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Yes Brian, it's gratifying to know that your respected well after your gone. I still keep in touch with many of my past customers right across Canada...A major part of sales is relationship building, if you can build a sincere relationship with an employer and customers and gain their respect it snowballs.
I remember when I first became a rep for Dupont. I had a new territory, no accounts at all. On the first day my new Boss asked me how long it would take me to get an account...I asked him if he wanted me to build the business or get an account, because if he wanted an account I could have three by noon. If he wanted me to build a stable business it might take me several months to get an account...He asked me to explain...I told him that I needed to target the most respected and trusted body shop in my territory...when I felt that they had faith in me (I would know if they did because if they asked me to do something, they wouldn't ask me if they didn't have the faith that I would do it) when I do it, they begin to respect me....when I do it often enough, they trust me. When a customer trust you for your actions and ability, sales are much easier. When you target the most respected and trusted place of business as your your cornerstone, many other shops want to have what that one shop has...you.
As far as having respect for Henry's ability, not a problem, he does great work, I've read his posts and he is an intelligent, knowledgeable man. I do respect his ability.
As I mentioned in a previous post about the line "and I've never had a problem", when a potential problem exists. A technician may have never had a problem doing something a certain way...maybe because he knows how to get around it. What about the new guy who is reading through posts and picks up just enough information to cause a major problem....all because somebody with 20 years experience said "I've never had a problem". I also take offence to being compared to a Wyo Tech Kidd running around saying my teacher told me Blah, Blah, Blah. In my opinion his choice of words was poor at best and perhaps he needs to rethink them.
I'm not always right...far from it. If I'm wrong, I'll say I'm wrong, I will apologize...on the same token when I know I'm right, I try and weigh out the consequences and decide if I need to take a stand. In this case I chose to take a stand for what I feel is right.
I haven't lost any respect for Henry's ability, that is a constant, he is an excellent Technician and does have valuable information. If I wasn't in the trade I wouldn't have any problem bringing Henry a vehicle for him to restore, I know it would be in good hands.
That guy who taught you likely understands this, he likely doesn't prime a car soon after he does it (being he does restorations this is common).
There are somethings that are simply "different" and who cares which way it's done one may be better than another, but they all get it done. Then there are the things that have the potential of causing serious problems. I am going to warn the novice of those every time. And every time I get someone beating me up for warning some poor guy so at the very least he understands the ramifications of doing it wrong. This is one of those subjects, that bondo being soaked with wax and grease remover can cause catastrophic problems that would destroy all the guys hard work and cost a ton of money to repair. I am going to warn them, I think it's our responsibility to do this.
I have never made the mistake because I have never done it on a regular basis knowing it's ramifications. Just because some guy who has been doing show cars and restorations for years doesn't mean a thing. I have known a number of HUGE names in the business (not personally) by visiting their shops as a rep. Look at what big names there are around the Contra Costa county and SF bay area and you will see some HUGE names that I don't need to mention. I saw a lot of less than proper work at these shops. So just because someone has a big name and a bunch of cars out there doesn't mean they are doing things right. I remember when I worshiped guys, then I started seeing that we all are pretty much alike. We make mistakes and we need to keep our eyes open to learn so we don't make them as much.
On another forum I have a guy who has told me in confidence about a very large well known restoration shop that has a big web site who is highly spoke of on the site we meet at. He is re-doing a car that was done there with new quarters and rockers and what not installed on the car. He has described some horrendous work to me, like welding a quarter over the top of the rusted old one!
I respect the hell of the big names but also question a little bit and want to understand what they do. It isn't going to be taken as gospel just because it comes from them. This is why we want to explain things, if it makes sense then do it, if it doesn't then don't.
I see there's been a lot of post after my last one. Only use wax and grease after you have primed to check for your waves. I missed that there was no primer.
The shop had been past down from Grandfather, to Father, to Son and the son was living off of the reputation that his forefathers earned. He never changed with the times.
we need to make you guys hotrodders forum police badges. Geez, get back to work already. You don't get prizes for grandstanding on the internet, do you?
The better you get the more you realize ANY shop other than Boyd's will take shortcuts. If I wanted to do the work I really wanted I'd be in my garage. No shop is above this but a handful.
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Henry, most of the time you are right, you are an excellent Tech. Although I have never taught apprentices at Wyo Tech I have taught at several Colleges through out Canada. When you teach prospective body men and painters you do your best to teach them the correct way and a way that will minimize problems that they may encounter in their careers. Have I taken short cuts...without a doubt I have, anybody who says that they never have and has been in the trade for any length of time has, if they say they haven't they're lying. Has it ever bit me in the butt when I've taken these short cuts, you bet it has. I remember one time I was doing a paint job and ran out of reducer...another well respected painter told me to use another brand, he had "done it many times and never had a problem". The paint looked great, until the detail guy went to wash the car before delivery and washed the paint off. Why did this happen to me when the other painter "never had a problem" (sound familiar). It happened because I took a short cut and was to lazy to wait for the correct product to finish the job. Who took the brunt of criticism from the shop owner, I did, and rightfully so, I should have known better. Did I go run to my employer and say but "this other painter told me so", no, that's not professional...I should have known better. I fully understand that when your in the shop environment short cuts are sometimes taken, it's a fact of being in that environment. The people that are posting and asking for advice aren't in that environment, they're asking for advice, why, because they don't know and they're asking you because you have the experience and you my friend are being asked because they respect you and you're judgement. Then if this is the case, why would you give them advice that could cause problems for them? You know better, your good at what you do.
I'm not posting on here to get points for being correct...that's ludicrous. My phone rings daily, Emails by the hundreds over the past few months, all from members on this site. Do I get paid, no, am I looking for brownie points, no. Why do I do it, because when I was new to the trade many people took me under their wing and guided me, all I'm trying to do is pay back by helping the people that are interested enough to know the proper way. You mentioned in your last post that "If I wanted to do the work I really wanted I'd be in my garage. No shop is above this but a handful". You are correct in saying that No shop is above this but a handful...as I mentioned, I have taken shortcuts...it doesn't make it right and by your admission that "If I wanted to do the work I really wanted I'd be in my garage" your saying you have done things wrong as well, that's understandable, but please, don't try and get harsh with people that are pointing out errors that are made in posts...if your feelings got hurt, I'm sorry, if your ego got bruised, again I'm sorry but, I'm not going to allow what I feel to be incorrect information to be sent out their to protect anybody's ego or feelings. If your wrong, your wrong, just admit it and move on, People will think more highly of you if you admit your mistakes than if you continue to try and defend them. I know I would.
As far as Brian slandering, hardly. Slander is a dangerous word...please explain to me how he slandered and how he hurt the reputation of any shop...the definition of slander is to say something that is incorrect about a person or a business and the ramifications negatively affect them. So if Brian slandered anyone or any shop, please name them...Brian didn't.
Henry, you are an excellent Tech, you do great work...you do however have a chip on your shoulder...look in the mirror, find out which shoulder holds that chip and take it off, your life will get a lot easier. I've read many of your posts, I don't care if you are Mexican...I had respect for your ability from the first time I read your posts and thought to myself, here is a guy that knows...I didn't know your ethnic background and when I found out I didn't care...your still a great technician and even through out this discussion we are having I'm not changing my mind about your ability, as I mentioned, that's a constant...just try and take an edge off your attitude and you'll garner even more respect.
Sorry for being brutally honest...but sometimes that's what it takes. If this post offends you, well you have another shoulder to put a chip on...just don't keep adding to many chips, they get heavy after a while and can weigh you down...please take it from a guy that's been there, done that and didn't gain anything from it.
Still respect your workmanship and your ability.
Your friend...Ray
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Our team has a love hate relationship for road trips. We love them because we finally get to get away from reality, but we hate them for the seven-hour treks that we have to make across the state of New York numerous times in one season. When our team is on the bus for too long we can't help but lose our sanity, sometimes we refer to this as BUS FEVER.
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Just a short note to thank you for the picture purchased today at the Honiton Show. Having unwrapped it and hung it on the wall, it looks even better still. It was really good meeting you and chatting about the common interest of steam.
Thanks again, really appreciate it.
Picture received in the mail this morning. Many thanks for the very prompt delivery.
Regards, Geoff.
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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by blueadams, Jun 23, 2009.
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This is an excellent point. Hammond will deal straight with JD and let him know the match points for Villanueva. The sooner the better. Locking up Villanueva quickly opens up new out-West territory.
I think that article is drivel. I do think Hammond would do Joe a solid by taking Amir. Illwaukee is the last stop in the NBA unless they put a team in Siberia. They'll play whoever shows up.
This would be great. We need another jump-shooting big man and on the plus side he can't play defense!
Hammond the shill?
I hope not.
what's villanueva's deal anyways!? he never averages that many points, but he goes off for 40+ probably 2 or 3 times a season!? Sort of like Jamal Crawford. Is that a sign that he's got a high ceiling still? He's pretty young. I remember that he was a stud coming out of high school. Almost went straight to the pros. Anyone?
Villanueva has upside. He can be a 20+8 forward on a good team. He's got range, and he's at least average on the boards. He's weak in his core, not really a post player (but has a soft touch at the rim) and isn't a hard nosed defender. He's pretty soft on D. To be honest, he's got a lot more upside than Boozer, a lot less risk, and has more range.
Boozer vs. Villanueva last season Player Comparison Finder - Basketball-Reference.com Note the 36 minute stats.
If he's our big man acquisition of the summer then I officially give up on Dumars. Who the hell is going to play some defense in this new front court? Kwame can guard the post up, but CV is atrocious and Jason Maxiell doesn't do defense, only blocks shots.
Do you like Boozer? Villanueva gets to the line just as much, is a decent 3 point shooter, has an a face up game, and shoots over 80% from the line. Not to mention, he is 3 years younger than Boozer, and doesn't have the questions about his heart. He's played hurt before. I'll admit he's soft, but Joe is not going to go out in one offseason, and acquire championship caliber player after championship caliber player. When Joe signed Billups and traded for Hamilton, there weren't many people who thought that would be an All-Star backcourt. Now I'm not saying Charlie V or Ben Gordon will be All-Stars one day, but it's hard to see the future 2 or 3 years down the road.
.450 fg% is the Mendoza line for big men (and Sheed was part of that too). I understand that he's a face-up shooter. And there are successful chuckers at the 4 around the league, but if we're entertaining the thought of Ben Gordon (and IMO we should) there are only gonna be so many shots to go around. And that's not including Stuckey's increased role in the offense. Villanueva won't command any double teams in the post, and we saw how that worked last year. We're not a team with great shooters from a distance, and if we're gonna be successful (even if BG is part of our plans) we're gonna need the open shots, not the threes that Sheed, and likely CV, are going to jack up. We haven't had a reliable post game since who? And call this selective reasoning, but I don't think Boozer was right at all last year. PPG down 5 and FG% down at least 50 points from the year before (and even THAT will be 50 points more than CV, and perhaps 60 from Sheed). Offensively the man was just out of sync.
As injury prone as he is, he's never played not hurt
Villanueva and the Cavs Excerpts from todays Cleveland Plain Dealer Reporter "Over the past six months, the Cavaliers' front office has been in the business of creating and then evaluating options to alter the team's roster. At the trade deadline in February they decided to hold off; now the team might be getting ready to pounce. Multiple league sources indicated Tuesday that the Cavs are now mulling some offers to move up significantly from the 30th pick in the draft. Most involve largely economic deals that would require the Cavs to take on salary. The Cavs' array of options could have changed somewhat Tuesday as the Milwaukee Bucks and Washington Wizards agreed to major trades expected to be completed today. The Cavs were believed to have been in talks with both. The San Antonio Spurs acquired small forward Richard Jefferson from the Bucks for veterans Kurt Thomas, Fabricio Oberto and Bruce Bowen. It is a salary-dump deal for Milwaukee, not unlike the trade it made with the Cavs last season for Mo Williams. The Bucks then flipped Oberto to the Detroit Pistons for young forward Amir Johnson. The Cavs had some discussions with the Bucks involving Jefferson in February but were not believed to be seriously looking at him this time around. However, the Bucks' moves could change some of the Cavs' strategy. All three players the Bucks picked up in the trades have expiring contracts and it saves the team the $15 million Jefferson was owed for next season. Bowen's contract is partially guaranteed so the moves could save the Bucks around $5 million this season if they cut him. The trades, it seems, were aimed to free up money to re-sign restricted free agents Ramon Sessions and Charlie Villanueva. The Cavs are said to be targeting Villanueva, a young and talented power forward, as an option to get younger on their front line depth. It was believed that the Bucks might be willing to let Villaneuva go because of their deep salary commitments. Now those have been eased. "
So V still rebounds a little less than Boozer, shoots better from the free throw line, and averages about the same or a few more points than Boozer. He's younger, and neither of them have a very good defensive game? I'd go with Villanueva for sure over Boozer's reputation. No one in the NBA is "atrocious". It gets a little old when every player who is brought up as a potential acquisition is horrible. A lot of fans (including our fans) could have labeled every one of our 2004 championship team as "horrible/atrocious".
Guess I should have read this thread first before suggesting Charlie in the Amir thread. CV has a Sprocket Points justified salary of $8.3mm and made $3.4. CV - 0.85 Sprocket Points per minute Boozer - 0.95 Sprocket Points per minute But CV probably has some headroom and we've probably seen Boozer as good as it will get.
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Oh Yeah, YES, Yes Sirrrrrrrrrr. You Go Coyne.
I wouldn't say the LAST stop but one of the bottom 5 for sure.......you're forgetting the Celtics, Bulls, Spurs, Lakers and Cavs.
Oh yeah, the Pacers too.
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Gstadd, Switzerland • Roger Federer lost to a low-ranked opponent for the third straight tournament, his new and larger racket failing him Thursday in a 6-3, 6-4 defeat to Germany's Daniel Brands in the second round of the Swiss Open.
Playing on clay and before home fans, Federer was troubled by the serve and big forehand of his 55th-ranked opponent. Federer's other losses in the past month were to players ranked No. 116 (Sergiy Stakhovsky, at Wimbledon) and No. 114 (Federico Delbonis, at Hamburg, Germany).
The 31-year-old Swiss star is now ranked No. 5, his lowest in a decade since he started his run of 17 Grand Slam singles titles at Wimbledon in 2003.
Federer, seeded first, saved a first match point by serving an ace when trailing 5-3, and a second in the next game with a forehand winner. Brands, who took a set off Federer in a second-round loss at Hamburg, then ended the 65-minute match with a service winner.
Federer was returning to Gstaad for the first time since he won the title in 2004 and where he debuted on the ATP Tour in 1998 as a 17-year-old ranked No. 702.
Federer rarely loses an opening match. This defeat ranks alongside that of his round-of-64 exit in straight sets at Indian Wells, Calif., in March 2007 to Guillermo Canas of Argentina, then ranked No. 60.
Federer was hoping to tune his game in Gstaad and Hamburg after his second-round exit at Wimbledon. After a three-week break, he returned in Hamburg, testing his new racket yet citing back pains that limited his movement. He lost there in the semifinals.
Brands broke Federer to lead 4-2 in the opening set when he put away an overhead at the net. But the 26-year-old German closed the first set with two aces, among his 11 for the match. Federer immediately lost serve in the second set by netting a backhand volley and saved three break-point chances to avoid trailing 3-0.
Federer is to return next month at the Montreal Masters and then defend his Cincinnati Masters title before the U.S. Open begins Aug. 26.
Two other seeded players were ousted in the second round: Third-seeded Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia lost to Robin Haase of the Netherlands 6-2, 6-2; and eighth-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain retired against Victor Hanescu of Romania while trailing 7-6 (2), 3-2.
Also, Marcel Granollers of Spain defeated Federico Delbonis of Argentina 6-2, 7-5.


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If you're talking about buying a gun directly from an individual, then there is nothing you are "required to do or tolerate". The seller sets the conditions (including the price), and the buyer either follows them, or doesn't get to buy that gun. If there is something that you don't like about the terms or the price, you can tactfully ask them about it, and based on the answer, maybe negotiate a bit, but if you want the gun badly enough, you follow the set terms and pay the price, or go and buy somewhere else.
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Was hoping I could pick a few people's brains here.
I've read over the past year that the colour that most people use on their chest armor and codpiece is Rustoleum Spruce Green. Okay, maybe I shouldn't say most people use it, but, most of the posts seem to point to that (for out of the can anyway).
Well, being up in Canada, I couldn't get that colour . . . until I went on my road trip last week. Picked up three cans in Boston.
Was all psyched up to finally be able to paint my chest armor . . sprayed some on the inside to see how it looks . . . . I don't think it looks right! hahaha
It doesn't look "green" enough to me.
So . . . I'm just wondering . . . are most people still kind of sticking with the spruce green? If so, are you misting it with anything? Or, am I just colour blind and that really is a lot closer to the real colour than I think?
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Students work to reopen playground for children
BLACK FOREST, Colo. - Students exchanged their books for shovels and wheelbarrows Wednesday as part of a service day aimed at reopening a playground in Black Forest.
The playground in Black Forest Regional Park survived the fire, but it didn't make it through the flood. Mud and debris coated the ground around the playground. It mixed with fibar -- an engineered mulch designed to absorb the impact when children fall on a playground -- making the ground too hard for children to play on safely.
"Ever since about a month after the fire we have had this playground shut down," said Jeremy Symes. He is a maintenance supervisor for El Paso County's north district.
Symes was overseeing the playground project underway Wednesday morning. The 150 seniors from Pine Creek High School spent the morning removing the contaminated fibar.
The playground would stay closed a lot long without the help of the volunteers.
"With the staff and the resources we have at county parks, there is no way we could have tackled a project like this," said Symes.
Miranda Martinez and her friends enjoyed the work, despite the cold.
"It's not healthy for kids to be playing out in ash so we just want to help them," said Martinez.
For Nolan Schultz, the project hit close to home. His family lost their home in the Black Forest Fire. The fire destroyed almost every home on his street. Schultz has spent his senior year in a rental home while their home is rebuilt.
"It's just devastating. All the stuff that you think you didn't need and that it comes back to it and then it's just all gone. It's just hard," said Schultz.
Schultz has visited the park for years. He doesn't want to see fires or floods keep people away any longer.
"We lost all of our material things, we didn't lose the memories that we had and this way since we are helping fixing this park, we can help make those memories still happen," said Schultz.
Pikes Peak Community Foundation donated $10,000 to the playground's restoration project. The money will be used to purchase new fibar. Symes says the county will address drainage issues in the playground and then lay down the new fibar. After that, the park will be reopened to the public.


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About Other GermanOther regions of Germany that are producing and exporting wine to the US are the Pfaltz and Nahe. The Pfaltz region, south of the Rheingau, is making both Riesling and Gewurztraminer. These white wines are generally of excellent value. The fruit character is a bit more zingy and the acidity less sharp than the Mosel & Rheingau wines. So while often not as complex, still very refreshing and usually affordable. The Nahe region is closer to the Mosel and, like the others, produces the best wines from the Riesling grape. Diverse soils here give the wines mineral flavors, but with a broader appeal.
More landwein and tafelwein producers are creating Riesling in the dry, crisp style and exporting it to the US. These are often great values and deilcious for everyday drinking.
About Germany
White Wine GuruWith some of the steepest and northernmost vineyards in the world, as well as the coolest climate, Germany produces some of the best white wines in the world, mainly Riesling. Delicate, age-worthy, intense and elegant are the typical descriptions for these wines. Note that "sweet" is not a common descriptor because the idea that most German wines are sweet is just not so. In fact, the majority of wines made in Germany are dry and more recently, the country is exporting value wines that are easy to drink, extremely food friendly and, luckily for some, containing labels that are easier to read!
The classification system of Germany is somewhat confusing. Like the rest of the old world, there's some hierarchy to it all. The categories are: Tafelwien (table wine), Landwein (land wine, similar to France's Vin de Pays) and the first "Q" level, QbA. QbA wines are easy-drinking and inexpensive – the only requirement being that the wine must come from one of Germany's thirteen official wine growing regions. The final level is QmP, which is the strictest level of German wines. The qualification consists of 6 levels, based on ripeness level at harvest, though that does not always translate into sweetness level.
Here are a few definitions to help in picking out a German QmP wine:
(cab-ee-NET)The driest level, Kabinett is usually light-bodied, low to medium in alcohol, and fairly dry. Great everyday wine and food-friendly.
(shpate-LAY-zuh)Grapes are picked a bit later than Kabinett (Spatlese means late harvest) and have a fuller, more intense body. Most wines of this level are dry although some are off-dry.
(OWSE-lay-zuh)Wines of this level are made from select grapes harvested even later than Spatlese. The grapes are selected in bunches to make sure they are of the perfect ripeness level. One step up in both body and sweetness, Auslese wines are balanced but with a bit more sweetness – perfect with spicy Indian food.
(bare-ehn-owse-lay-zuh)The longer the words get, the higher up in sweetness level you rise. Like Auslese, the grapes are selected individually, but while Auslese is selected bunches, Beerenauslese are selected berries, and usually berries affected by botrytis, or noble rot, so you have an even more specific wine, which, in turn, increases both its sweetness level and its price.
(trok-ehn-bare-ehn-owse-lay-zuh)Okay, so Trocken means dry in German and yet this wine is the sweetest of the German levels. The "trocken" comes into play as the berries picked for this wine are dried, intensifying the sugars. So the wine is made from late-harvest dried berries affected with botrytis - a combination that makes a decadent (and expensive!) bottle of wine. A treat if you are able to ever try one.


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February 13, 2014
"Developing Behavioral and Cognitive Models of Physicians', Nurses', and Consumers' interactions with health information technology"
February 13, 2014
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Fine Arts Center Bezanson Recital Hall
An installation made possible by the UMass Arts Council.
November 25—April 2, 2014
Studio Arts Building
Renowned Canadian artist Lynne Cohen has been photographing interior spaces ― laboratories, offices, health spas, classrooms, shooting ranges ― often wryly humorous, sometimes bleak, with an element of suspense and of uneasiness.
December 5—March 7, 2014, Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri 11:00 am-4:30 pm
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University Museum of Contemporary Art
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Contemporary abstract paintings by: Cathy Choi, Tomory Dodge, Jonathan Feldschuh, Matthew Kolodziej, Jacqueline Humphries, Richard Allen Morris, Jill Moser, David Reed, Robert Sagerman, Bret Slater, Josh Smith, Leslie Wayne, and Summer Wheat.
February 6—March 6, 2014, Sun/Mon/Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri
Herter Art Gallery
Form and content are considered distinct aspects of a work of art. Form refers to the work's style, techniques and media, and how design elements are used.
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Goodell Hall, 613
Please join us for the UMass 9/11 Intervention 27 January - 27 February in the lower level of the Campus Center. This work, designed and built by UMass Students and Staffs, is a tribute to the victims of 2001 terrorist attacks.
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Campus Center, Lower Level
The exhibition traces the development of American landscape design by analyzing a group of landscapes that were chosen for their significance, state of preservation, and chronological and geographical distribution.
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The Marriott Meals is a core course within the HTM program in which students have the opportunity to manage the restaurant with a team of student employees. Students deliver first-class dining experiences to guests for lunches and dinners. All of the menu items are made fresh-to-order.


text: Hey guys, well I know its still abit aways but theres a reason why I'm asking way ahead of time. Most of you have seen my latest verison of the belts where they have the folded edges. I use a extremely lightwieght leather that allows the leather to fold nicely. This leather came into Tandy as an odd lot in big scrap pieces and was sold by the pound. Every store got one box only and I bought up the box but its now all gone. I called Tandy corp to find out how I can get some more. I found out I can get it again but only if I order a min of 500 lbs. I don't mind buying up that much at $3 a pound. But I just wanted to see if there was going to be any interest at all next year by Feb. That way I can go ahead and place an order and get some before then to have it ready. I've had some guys pm me over the last few weeks about belts but I have no belt leather left. Just wanted to ask. Thanks guys.


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St. Martin's, Mar 2004, 6.99, 352 pp. ISBN: 0312994842 Because Bradley wanted to say hello to his mom while touring with his rock and roll star girlfriend, she dumps country singer Bradley Nelson on the streets of Reno in front of a gorilla. A few seconds later, all hell breaks loose with casino boss Dickie Swanson chasing after Bradley's mom Harriet with a gun. She grabs her son and the gorilla. The trio flees the scene. The gorilla is Delp...
Record Time
St. Martin's, Oct 2002, 6.50, 320 pp. ISBN: 0312981848 At a party hosted by Gamble Records CEO David Gamble, guest Kylie Rogers uses the first opportunity to escape the boredom of the lout with her by climbing out a window. However, Kylie will never make it as a cat burglar as she lands in a hedge. David watching her performance frees her from her predicament. She tells David that she is Kylie McGillicuddy before kissing him and escaping in a ...
Room Service
St. Martin's, May 2003, 6.50, 336 pp. ISBN: 0312984227 Party animal Katya Morgan is shocked to learn that her dad died, but is even more stunned when she learns he cut her out of his will. She concludes his second wife Jillian did her in and plans to take her stepmother to court, but has no money for a lawyer. Jillian calls hotel manager Alex Sheridan to ask him if he will hire Katya when she goes to stay at there. Alex offers Katya a housek...
True North
St. Martin's, Jan 2002, 6.50, 352 pp. ISBN: 0312979851 Insurance workaholic Claire Brown hopes the vacation with her fianc� Bryan Edwards in Aspen helps bring them together and end their drifting apart. That is why she spent the money on first class tickets from Seattle for his birthday, but at the gate Claire learns her travel agency canceled her ticket. After obtaining a last second economy ticket, Claire suffers through a horrendous flig...


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The Canadiens got a power-play goal.
They got a shorthanded goal.
And the W lifted them into 14th place.
Lemme hear you say Wooooooo!
Carey Price was very sharp to earn the shutout.
A goal by Scott Gomez would have been the icing on the gateau.
But it was not to be.
Biggest news of the day: Huffington Post reports René Angelil has bought Schwartz's.
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