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The Zagato-designed Alfa Romeo TZ3 Corsa has been officially unveiled at the Villa D'Este concours last weekend and it's pretty damn spectacular. Driven by the same V8 used in the Alfa 8C Competizion, the TZ3 is very much in keeping with its 60s-era predecessors, the TZ1 and TZ2, making use of many similar design details and the same distinctive profile. Also like the sixties vehicles, the Z3 is a full racing car, ready for the track. However, unlike its ancestors, the new machine wears aluminum bodywork stretched over a tube frame and carbon-fibre chassis. Power output hasn't been announced, but it should be healthy and a massive increase on the cars of the Zagato cars of the 1960's.
Zagato says the TZ3 was commissioned by a German collector named Martin Kapp as a special celebration of 100 years of racing from Scuderia Ferrari, Alfa Corse, Autodelta, and Scuderia Zagato. There's no doubt this objective has been achieved and the TZ3 Corsa is a very special vehicle,
Check out the full press release below and images in the gallery.
Milano, April 2010: Zagato Atelier announces the introduction of the Alfa Romeo TZ3 Corsa at the XII Villa D'Este Concours d'Elegance.
The TZ3 Corsa is not a design exercise.
It does not take inspiration only from the 90 year collaboration between the two brands, neither only from the Milanese conjunction between Alfa Romeo and Zagato. The TZ3 Corsa is a race car, honouring 100 years of races and victories across the whole 20th century.
It celebrates men and machines of the Alfa Romeo Zagato common tradition:
Scuderia Ferrari of the 20's and 30's, Alfa Corse of the 40's and 50's, Autodelta of the 60's and 70's up to the latest Scuderia Zagato of the 80's and 90's. Recalling these racing emotions, the TZ3 Corsa is based on a mono shell carbon fibre tubular chassis, coupled with a tubular frame and a lightweight aluminium body. It boasts Technical Partners such as OMP and Pirelli.
Following Zagato's gentlemen-driver heritage, the car has been commissioned by the Alfa Romeo Zagato collector Martin Kapp, during the Zandvoort Tribute to Zagato event, where more than
130 Alfa Romeo Zagatos were celebrating the 90th Anniversary of the brand. Martin Kapp owns, among his Alfa Romeo Collection: SZ coda tonda and SZ coda tronca, TZ
and TZ2, Junior Z and S.Z..
Tribute to the 100th anniversary of Alfa Romeo's Racing Heritage:
Alfa Romeo and Zagato achieved the best results since the beginnings thanks to the Mille Miglia victories of the 1500 6C, the 1750 GS and the 8C 2300 Zagato of the Scuderia Ferrari. Already
in 1933 an official advert of the Alfa Romeo 8C proclaimed: "The Spider that, with the trio Alfa Romeo – Scuderia Ferrari – Carrozzeria Zagato, brought countless victories in the homeland and abroad for the honour of Italy."
Even the grandiose Quadrifoglio Verde was placed on the bodies of Zagatos of the Alfa Corse team numerous times. Among the most glorious moments is the victory of the Formula 1 championship of Juan Manuel Fangio, aboard his Alfa Romeo 159 bodied by Zagato, as well as the victorious Alfa Romeo 3000 CM bodied in 3 samples by Zagato.
During the 60's, the list of absolute victories of the Giulia TZ and TZ2 by Zagato for the Autodelta of Ing. Carlo Chiti, was never-ending. Some of the most memorable victories included the 1964 12 hours of Sebring, the Targa Florio, the Nurburgring, and the 24 hours of Le Mans. The single-brand Alfa Romeo S.Z. championship emphasized the Alfa Romeo ES30's (Experimental SportsCar 3000) technical and dynamic abilities. The S.Z. delivered, and continues to so today, constant performance and driving pleasure to the Gentlemen drivers of the Alfa Zagato team, across the most important racetracks in Europe.


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Integrity Offers LLC needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 48 designs submitted by 21 freelance designers.
JV Eruption
Hi Designers,
We have a logo that we were in the final stages of tweaking and our web and logo designer has suddenly gone MIA on us...with our file.
The logo in question can be seen at jveruption.com.
We need the following changes made to our logo fast:
1- Give the logo the feel of tenbytwenty.com logo
2- Make our orange oval jve logo smaller and space it further from JV
3- Make typeface similar to 10 x 20 and make JV orange
4- Keep Eruption white, make it less bold, add space between JV and
Eruption and remove the .com from logo
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Disability Digest needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 93 designs submitted by 14 freelance designers.
The Disability Digest
I built the The Disability Digest for number of my friends that went through unexpected downturns in their life and required disability assistance.
The Disability Digest is an online portal where people with disabilities learn absolutely everything they must know about disability for free including.
· Qualifying for disability,
· Getting through the disability approval process,
· Making sure their receiving all the benefits their entitled to,
· Getting all their long term disability benefits,
· How to find a job,
· How to start a business,
· Reliable work at home options,
· How to find affordable housing in safe laces even with bad credit,
· All natural medicine and alternative treatment options,
· Connect with others people with disabilities,
learn more here http://www.thedisabilitydigest.com/Members.htm
Target audience is disabled Americans that are getting ready to apply for disability benefits or are receiving them.
Please be creative with the design. The goal is a fresh approach of communicating that a membership to the disability digest is something they must have to weave through the maze of disability issues because
it's a trusted place where people that are sick can find reliable answers.
Seeking a home page design that is informative about all the areas of we cover on this page http://thedisabilitydigest.com/Members.htm
Also would entice visitor to click on a action button like get started now, click here to get your free membership and lead to a registration page that would register for a free membership.
The registration page would have fields that are in the registration box on our home page now at http://www.thedisabilitydigest.com
Looking for a design that will keep the visitor glued to the page so I can improve my Google quality score. The design should be a bit more more hip and trendy. With a professional look but not to fancy or slick and fast loading because the audience is 40 plus year old often sick, tired and just want answers. will need larger fonts.
* looking for creative simple design that communicates that I'm a researcher and disability advocate that offers the single most important and valuable FREE membership site.
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RetraxPRO MX Tonneau Cover
- Constructed from industrial double wall aluminum
- Supports 500 lbs evenly distributed on top
- Allows to be used with 5th wheel hitches
- Easy no drill installation
- Limited lifetime warranty
- Made in the USA
The RetraxPRO MX cover is constructed of heavy duty aluminum slats that can support over 500 lbs evenly distributed. The aluminum is protected with a matte black powder-coat that is extremely UV resistant. While no cover is 100% watertight, the RetraxPRO MX does a great job by utilizing neoprene compression seals that provide great protection against snow and rain.
The RetraxPRO MX installs easily with no drilling thanks to the clamp-on design. You simply need basic tools like a Phillips head screwdriver, Allen wrench, and a socket wrench. The cover slides back and forth by hand on sealed ball bearings so the cover wont bind up while trying to open or close it. RetraxPRO MX can also be key locked in any position along the bed. This allows for 5th wheel usage, unlimited hauling flexibility, and countless other uses.
ReTrax warrants this cover against any manufacturing defects for the lifetime of the product. The cover is also made in the USA so you can rest easy knowing the quality is second to none.
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Limited Lifetime Warranty
The RetraxPRO MX tonneau cover has a limited lifetime warranty for the failure of materials and workmanship. Warranty replacement costs will be prorated after three (3) years.
Items not covered under the warranty:
- Normal wear over the life of the RetraxPRO
- Water intrusion at any location or any damage caused as a result
- Other dealer and/or purchaser installed parts & accessories
Conditions which will void all warranty:
- Lubrication of the rails or sealed ball bearings
- Altering the RetraxPRO in any manner without written approval from the manufacturer
- Use for any purpose other than the normal intended use
- Misuse, negligence or accident
- Installation of any other part or accessory which comes in contact with or may interfere with the RetraxPRO without written approval of the manufacturer
- Failure to register this warranty with the manufacturer within thirty (30) days from the date of delivery
- Failure to adequately secure cargo to prevent damage to the RetraxPRO
- Acts of God or other external causes
Conditions and Limitations
This warranty is subject to certain conditions and limitations including, but not limited to, the following:
- Any part of a RetraxPRO retractable pickup bed cover that is found to be defective under the terms of this warranty will be repaired or replaced using either new or reconditioned parts at the discretion of the manufacturer.
- In determining what constitutes a failure under the terms of this warranty the decision of the manufacturer will be final.
- This warranty is applicable to the original purchaser only and is not transferable to subsequent purchasers.
- The manufacturer does not accept any responsibility in connection with the installation of any of its products by its dealers or agents.
- The manufacturer does not undertake responsibility to any purchaser for warranty express or implied by any of its dealers, distributors or agents beyond which is contained herein.
- Without regard to an alleged defect of its products the manufacturer under any circumstances does not assume responsibility for loss of time, inconvenience, revenue, or other consequential damage including, but not limited to, expenses for telephone, food, lodging, travel, loss or damage to the vehicle the products are installed on or loss or damage to personal property of the purchaser or user of the products.
- The manufacturer reserves the right to make changes in the design of, improvements to, or warranty of its products without imposing any obligation upon itself to provide the same for any products theretofore manufactured.
- Under no circumstances shall Retrax be liable for special, indirect, incidental or consequential damages sustained in connection with the RetraxPRO cover
Some states do not allow limitations on how long the implied warranty lasts, so the aforementioned limitations may not apply to you.
The RetraxPRO MX tonneau cover is an easy at home no-drill installation, all you have to do is clamp it on. For additional information call us at 877-216-5446 or 701-253-5906.


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Our research shows that punctuality is a top concern among field service customers. In fact, 64 percent of consumers we surveyed won't do business with an HVAC company again if technicians are up to an hour late for an appointment. Since HVAC is a competitive segment, businesses can't afford this type of customer attrition.
With HVAC GPS tracking software, you won't have to worry about losing customers because of tardy technicians. This software gives operators the ability to accurately track, route and even dispatch specific employees and/or vehicles.
There are many considerations when purchasing GPS tracking software for your HVAC company. For example, do you simply need a fleet management system, or will you need a whole field service software suite? Let us help you answer these questions and find the best HVAC GPS software for your business.
Get pricing information, or read on to learn about:
What Is HVAC GPS Tracking Software?
Common Functionality of HVAC GPS Tracking Software
Benefits of HVAC GPS Tracking Software
HVAC GPS tracking software is designed to help you keep track of your employees and equipment in the field. This technology can come packaged in a full-fledged field service management system that helps you manage every aspect of your business. Or it may simply be part of a fleet management-oriented system that helps you track your vehicles, employees and inventory.
To manage employee locations, GPS-enabled tracking devices are typically installed into vehicles. Some offerings also monitor employees and assets via mobile devices. No matter the medium, GPS tracking systems provide you with detailed reporting on data such as location and travel histories. They also monitor driving metrics, such as average speed, acceleration and braking.
What's more, tracking software can work in tandem with real-time inventory management technology, allowing you to see the parts and tools each truck in the field is carrying. This ensures that you're dispatching properly equipped technicians to complete the jobs you're assigning them.
The robust service dispatching capabilities these systems offer have hugely positive impacts on field service employees' punctuality. Real-time traffic monitoring enables workers to take the fastest route between job sites.
Finally, GPS tracking systems enable you to monitor the driving habits and performance of employees in the field. Management can use this data to incentivize workers to employ safe driving habits and take better care of company vehicles.
Both fleet management and applicable field service management systems offer similar GPS-enabled functionality. These tools include:
|Scheduling and dispatching
|Field managers and dispatchers can use real-time location data to schedule and dispatch the closest technician to any given work order.
|Route planning and optimization
|Dispatchers and drivers alike can determine the best routes to take based on real-time traffic data.
|Equipment tracking
|Dispatchers can monitor the parts and tools in each truck, so they aren't sending an ill-equipped technician to a job site.
|Driver performance reporting
|Operators and managers can collect and analyze data on various driving metrics to monitor and incentivize safe, efficient driving.
To describe the benefits of HVAC GPS tracking software, it's important to distinguish between the two distinct software offerings. The benefits vary greatly between these types of systems:
Fleet management software that caters to HVAC companies. These systems are specifically designed to manage and track vehicles and technicians in the field. They aren't typically as robust as traditional field service management software, but may still be a great fit if you're only concerned about keeping tabs on remote assets.
The benefits of fleet management systems include:
Field service management software that includes GPS tracking capabilities. These systems may come with GPS tracking out of the box, or offer it as an add-on. Either way, they can help you more effectively route and dispatch service workers.
This is probably the better option for most HVAC companies because of the industry-specific tools these systems provide, including:
Our service is simple and 100% free to customers like you because software vendors pay us when we connect them with quality leads. You save time and get great advice. Vendors get great referrals. It's a win for everyone!


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Jim Morris sees the months building up to Wrestlemania as his time to shine. Each year, he helps organize the WrestleMania Fan Axxess Tour, a mall tour leading up to Wrestlemania.
The tour gives fans the chance to get autographs from WWE superstars, call matches, see WWE memorabilia and more. The tour culminates around Wrestlemaina each year; in this year's case, there are many appearances in and around Detroit building up to the event.
"And the best part is it's all free," Morris recently told SLAM! Wrestling.
But before Morris was coordinating events for fans, he was Harley Davidson, gaining little fame in Memphis with a giant beard and a Hell's Angels type biker gimmick.
Then came WWE's national expansion and Vince McMahon calling. Morris was given the name Hillbilly Jim, who claimed to have found him in the hills of Kentucky -- which is partially true.
According to Morris, he still has a home in Kentucky. So the guy who sang his own entrance song, Don't Go Messin' With a Country Boy, actually was a country boy from Kentucky.
Hillbilly Jim was introduced to the fans as a fan, a big country-looking man who attended televised events and sat in the front row. It was later that Hulk Hogan, in storyline, gave Hillbilly his first boots and taught him to wrestle.
Hillbilly Jim was in the WWE at the right time. He was big, in the time of big men, and would team with Hulk Hogan to take on heel monsters like Big John Studd and King Kong Bundy. He was child friendly, just in time for WWE's toy figures and cartoon show.
Although never known for his ring skills, he did not need it.
With this year marking the 20th anniversary of Wrestlemania III in Detroit, Morris had some great memories of his involvement in that event. He teamed with midget wrestlers Haiti Kid and Little Beaver against King Kong Bundy and his midget partners Lord Littlebrook and Tokyo Kid.
The end of the match saw Bundy bodyslam and elbow Little Beaver, allowing commentators Jesse Ventura and Bob Uecker to spurt out a bunch of one liners.
"It was the culmination of my career and what a place to have it, in front of a record-sized crowd," he said.
Injuries took their toll on Morris, and he retired full-time from the ring in 1990. He continued to work with the WWE in their commercial video department. He promoted, helped with distribution and toured for the department throughout the 1990s.
Morris did make a few occasional ring appearances, with his last being at Wrestlemania XVII for the gimmick battle royal.
Today, besides organizing the Fan Axxxess Tour, Morris does special appearances for the WWE and hosts a radio show on Sirius Radio. The show, Hilllbilly Jim's Moonshine Matinee, airs on channel 63 and combines country with southern rock.
"The show is going on its third year, and I am having a blast," he said. Morris hosts the show from his home.
He is still a fan, but loved the time he was with the WWE. "When I think about who should be in the Hall of Fame, I think of guys who I wrestled with," he said, mentioning the Honkytonk Man and Jake "The Snake" Roberts as two names he'd like to see inducted.
"When I do these Axxxess events, it is great to see the fans not only appreciate today's stars but also recognize old me."


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They had only one day to prepare for Mercer, the final opponent of the season. Game time Saturday is 2 p.m. at Allen Arena. The Lady Bisons beat Kennesaw State 64-56 Thursday night. Mercer dropped a 53-40 game at Belmont.
The Lady Bisons enter the game with a 5-24 record, 3-16 in the A-Sun. Mercer is 13-15 overall, 10-9 in the conference. The Lady Bisons have an 8-6 advantage in the series all-time.
"It's not ideal," Bennett said of the short preparation time. "We went over what Mercer does offensively and defensively and how we will attack their defense and how we will execute our offense and what we will try to do against their zone attack.
"There are so many games close together in January and February. We don't get quality practice time. We cut back time-wise because of fatigue. It's all focused on the next game. You don't have time to work on weaknesses and develop skills."
Bennett is hopeful that the win over Kennesaw State will give his team the extra confidence it needs on Homecoming Day.
"The win against Kennesaw gave us a big boost and took a weight off of our backs," Bennett said. "Mercer will be a tough challenge. They play a very strong and physical game. It would be great to win this one to finish the season."
The Lady Bisons will also be saying good-bye to their lone senior, Toia McGowan. She will be honored as part of Senior Day.
"She has come to practice every day and given a good effort. She has kept the team loose. She has been a good leader this year. She has kind of been the one to encourage the team and helped them to get focused."
Mercer is led by a pair of senior guards, Courtney Ford and LaToya Jackson. Ford leads the team in both points (16.8) and rebounds (7.9) per game. Jackson averages 12.8.
"They have very strong guards," Bennett said. Ford has 11 double-doubles and a couple of triple doubles. She is very active and smart. She can score in a variety of ways.
"Latoya Jackson is a very good 3-point shooter. She is the one that hurt us late in the game down there when the game was tight. She is also a very good free throw shooter."
The Lady Bisons are led by junior guard Jenna Bartsokas with 12.7 points per game. Sophomore center Brittany Duerk is the rebound leader with 5.5.
Bennett has been pleased with the Lady Bisons defensive efforts, but he would like to see them end the season with a strong offensive showing.
The Lady Bisons would also like to avoid a sweep. They lost 69-59 at Mercer Dec. 3 to open the A-Sun portion of the season.
Defensively Mercer plays a little bit of an unusual type zone," Bennett said. "It is the same type that we run. They gave us some problems down there with their zone. We have to attack their zone and shoot the ball with confidence."
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NESTA Field Trip 2011 - A Tour of Subsidence, Jurassic Cherts, Active Faults, and an Antiform!
2011 NESTA Field Trip - A Tour of Subsidence, Jurassic Cherts, Active Faults, and an Antiform!
Field Trip Leader - Dr. David Schwartz, USGS, Menlo Park
The 2011 NESTA Field Trip, which will take place on March 9, will begin at 8 am from the front of the Marriott Marquis San Francisco, and conclude about 5 pm back at the hotel. The field trip will begin with a walking tour, and then continue by bus for the rest of the day. We will stop for lunch in the East Bay area. Participants should be comfortable on a walking tour for about an hour in a generally flat area. Price includes lunch and a printed field guide. The field trip will include:
- Walking tour of subsidence area in San Francisco (artificial fill in Old Mission Bay Marsh area, liquefaction damage in 1906, 1989, and continuing subsidence)
- Drive to Randall Museum, where we will have a great and unique view of the City, as well as have the chance to see an outcrop of folded and faulted bedded Jurassic cherts
- Lunch in the East Bay
- Cross Bay Bridge and visit the Hayward Fault in Hayward, the most urbanized active fault in the US -- stand on both sides of the fault, see surface rupture, offset curbs, deformed buildings
- Drive to and up Mount Diablo, and go back in time from the present to the Jurassic as we climb this antiform
- Depart Mount Diablo about 3:30 to get back to the hotel near 5 pm
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$65 in advance on NESTA website before March 8; otherwise $70 at the meeting point between 7:30 and 8 am
San Francisco
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Gifts Affecting the Curriculum
|Gifts Affecting the Curriculum
|Fund Raising and Donor Relations
|Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
First Issued: April, 2010
Associate Provost, Academic Affairs (328-0607)
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The purpose of this regulation is to establish clear and consistent guidelines for the acceptance of gifts that may have a material effect on the curriculum.
2.1 A gift affects the curriculum if it has a material effect on faculty positions, faculty workload assignments, the creation of content, class size or learning resources.
2.2 No gift affecting the curriculum may be accepted on behalf of East Carolina University without the written consent of either: (a) both the vice chancellor for the division within which the subject curriculum is offered and the Vice Chancellor for Advancement, or each of their respective designees, or (b) the Chancellor.
2.3 The following factors shall be considered in determining whether a gift affecting the curriculum should be accepted:
2.3.1 Whether any curricular changes to be brought about by the proposed gift are consistent with institutional goals, mission and values.
2.3.2 The effects of any curricular changes that may occur within the unit.
2.3.3 Whether the gift contains explicit conditions and the nature of the conditions.
2.3.4 Whether acceptance of the gift reflects poorly on the institution's reputation.
2.4 When a potential gift is determined to likely have a material effect on the curriculum, as per the factors stated in section 2.3, the appropriate dean or director and the chair of the faculty shall be notified, regardless of how the potential gift is initiated.
2.5 The dean or director shall consult with the appropriate curriculum committee, other appropriate unit committees and individual faculty members, as deemed appropriate by the dean or director, in order to ensure that the proposed gift is consistent with unit priorities. One purpose of these consultations is to ensure that faculty have an opportunity to evaluate the academic validity of proposals affecting the curriculum.
2.6 If an individual faculty member or a unit has concerns about the decision to accept or reject a gift, they shall notify the dean or director and the appropriate gifts officer. The gifts officer will then notify the Vice Chancellor for University Advancement. If the concerns persist, the faculty or dean/director will notify the appropriate vice chancellor.
2.7 In the event the concerns persist, the Chancellor will make the final decision and may use any advisory process deemed helpful, including but not limited to, consulting with the Provost, Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Studies, Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences, Vice Chancellor for University Advancement, and concerned faculty.
2.8 Regardless of how the potential gift is initiated, the procedures set forth in this regulation shall be followed when a potential gift is determined to likely have a material effect on the curriculum, as per the factors stated in section 2.3.


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Focusing on what anxious parents can do to help maximize their baby's potential in a relaxed, fun way, Baby Development: Everything You Need to Know provides easy-to-follow steps to encourage baby's progression from newborn to toddler.
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Thomas Anzelmo (McCranie, Sistrunk, Anzelmo, Hardy, McDaniel & Welch LLC) discussed Lessons in Using and Defending Against Emergency Preparedness Immunity during a one-hour CLE hosted by the New Orleans Bar Association on Thursday, October 10th. The presentation was the latest installment in the CLE series Litigation Lessons for Lawyers.
Mr. Anzelmo explained significant case developments impacting the "Louisiana Homeland Security and Emergency Assistance and Disaster Act" (La R.S. 29:721 et seq.) and regaled the group with stories his experience in the field has provided. He also highlighted statutory changes made to the act and stressed the importance of certain key definitions that have broadened protection for government and private actors working in preparation for, during, and after a state of emergency.
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IsraeliAbroad (formerly SidepieceDiplomat) was started as a passion project by amateur photographer Phillip Harbor as he travels from Tel Aviv, Israel, to Yangon, Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) and throughout the world. Named for the adventure, the photoblog seeks to give followers a unique insight into life from a nation that was until recently closed off from the rest of the world for more than half a century. This blog is half photo-half information-half experience-driven. Yes that's more than a whole… and yes that makes about as much sense as anything else you can find on this half of the globe! Feel free to follow us on social media and right here on the blog as we explore the incredible wonders of Myanmar. Updates will come as regularly as possible and don't forget to share with your friends!


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This National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) image taken by GOES East Satellite on June 6, 2013 shows Tropical Andrea. Tropical Storm Andrea, the first of the Atlantic storm season, formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday and was expected to become a hurricane within 48 hours, the US National Hurricane Center said. "This system has a high chance -- near 100 percent -- of becoming a tropical cyclone during the next 48 hours," the Miami-based NHC warned, with the storm forecast to hit the US state of Florida. The storm earlier produced driving rains in Cuba's westernmost Pinar del Rio province and led authorities to evacuate more than 1,000 people from low-lying areas.The Atlantic hurricane season started June 1 and runs through November 30. AFP PHOTO / NOAA == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / MANDATORY CREDIT: "AFP PHOTO / NOAA / NO MARKETING / NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS / DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ==HO/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT:
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Gary Johnson, 76
Gary Lee Johnson, 76 of Holdrege, formerly of Kearney, passed away Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Gary was born to Claude and Marjorie (Crosley) Johnson Aug. 14, 1936, in Mason City. He attended school in Kearney graduating from Kearney High School with the class of 1954. He pursued his B.A. at Montana State University and graduated with majors in art history, anthropology and Native American Indian studies and went on to obtain a masters degree in human resources at Colorado Technical University. Gary was inducted into the U.S. Marine Corps and was honorably discharged April 29, 1955. In 1960, he was united in marriage to Jo Ann K. Sparks and two daughters were born: Heidi and Kara. The family made their home in Montana. Gary enjoyed LIFE - his daughters' company, the companionship of his family and friends, spending time at KC Arabians in Holdrege, barn cats, playing pool at the Senior Center, working out at the Health Center at Good Samaritan Hospital, appointments with his cardiologist, Dr. Kirbakuran, his career with the US Army, genealogy, foreign language, traveling abroad, art, movies, music, theater, homemade ice cream, family reunions, and an occasional rum and coke. He was preceded in death by his parents and his sister, Marjorie "Arlene" Russell. Gary is survived by his two daughters, Heidi Smith and her husband Vince of Santa Fe, N.M., Kara Crowell and her husband Scott of Holdrege; grandchildren, Eva and Hans Knipprath; nephew, Steve Russell and his wife Stacey; brother-in-law, Ron Russell and his wife Gerry; other friends and family. There will be no visitation as the family is honoring her wish for cremation. Private family services for Gary will be conducted at a later date. A memorial has been established in Gary's honor and kindly suggested to the Nebraska Organ Donor Foundation or The Cancer Center at Good Samaritan Hospital. Expressions of caring, kindness, and prayers can be sent to the family at www.nelsonbauerfh.com. The Nelson-Bauer Funeral Home in Holdrege is in charge of the arrangements.Published in Custer County Chief March 14, 2013


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Ben Horan Interview
by David Hanson
Wakeskating tricks are all built off of certain fundamentals, but because of how young it is, many things skateboarders have been doing for years haven't even been explored yet. Slowly but surely, that stuff in coming into wakeskating, and the truth is, Ben Horan is the one bringing it.
Ben has way more "skate-like" fundamentals under his belt than the majority of wakeskaters and he is bringing a whole different style to the sport. He defines "skateboard on the water," whether it's flicking kickflips off rails, nollieing off of noseslides, and doing legit bluntslides and other lock-in tricks. The kid literally does not understand how people can not flick their flip tricks. For that reason he is redefining what good wakeskating should look like.
AW: First and foremost, why is winching better than riding behind a boat?
BH: Winching is better than riding behind the boat because– well there's so many reasons. I'm gonna go ahead and go with the cash for the number one reason. I just don't have that much money, or any money at all. Number two reason is winching is just all in all better and number three, it's more of the equivalent of going to a street spot with your buddies. We go out and search for spots. You actually do something to ride, you don't just go get gas in a boat and ride a wake. That gets boring. You do so much winching, and you get so much more out of it.
AW: What's the winching scene like your hometown?
BH: Winching in my hometown isn't that great except for I am getting one of the greatest pool gaps ever at my house, which is going to be ready May 24. We're having a winch jam at my place, the Nike Raging Pull.
AW: Where do you normally winch?
BH: Well, around where I live I can't really winch because I don't have anyone to winch with, but the scene in Jacksonville is really good. My friend Tyler Mangus lives there and he's a super cool kid. There are a lot of good spots and it's a lot better than the Georgia ones.
AW: Who else do you usually ride with?
BH: I've been riding with Andrew Pastura a lot lately. Dave Hanson and the Scene One guys for their little video coming up called Fun Boots, that's been fun. Ha. I also do a lot of riding with Brandon Rau– he's the man. I ride with Nick and Matt a lot, and Reed Hansen. I don't really wanna sound like I'm name dropping though.
AW: It's cool. You're kinda big time. It also seems like you can make anything out of anything. Anyone ever call you McGuyver?
BH: Never gotten a McGuvver comment, but I did get, "well Ben, you're a crafty little engineer, aren't you?" I don't remember who said that though…
AW: What's the most useful random creation you've come up with?
BH: I just put an engine on this three-wheeled tricycle I have, that's pretty much the most useful invention I've made lately.
AW: What about the least useful?
BH: A hydrofoil for my wakeskate. It's like an air-chair thingy on the bottom. Me and my friend welded one. It works fine, but it's not as cool as we thought it was going to be. You can ride, but that's about it.
AW: What is your favorite thing about wakeskating?
BH: My favorite thing about wakeskating is just being able to skateboard on the water and not sweat my balls off.
AW: Be honest, do you like skateboarding or wakeskating better? Why?
BH: Skateboarding. Cause it's my whole entire life. I based my life on skateboarding.
AW: If someone came up to you tomorrow and offered you a skateboarding contract, but you were never allowed to wakeskate again, would you take it?
BH: No comment.
AW: How did you get into wakeskating initially?
BH: This is a good story! I bought an Aqua East wakeskate. I rode it like twice, didn't know how to do it or what it was. I didn't know it was like skateboarding and I didn't really like it. So I just kept wakeboarding on this Walmart wakeboard I had. It was made like a knee board—really thick with foam. It never worked, I couldn't do any tricks behind it– just rode it and skied. Then the shop in Jacksonville called All Wet Sports, we went to it one day and there happened to be a clinic the following weekend. It was Joshua Steele, Thomas Horrell, George Daniels and Clint Tomkins running the clinic. I didn't know who any of those people were and I was just like, oh cool, a clinic. Professionals are going to be in town? I didn't even really know that they were wakeskaters until I got there.
I brought my piece of shit wakeboard and I'd never even ridden behind a wakeboard boat. Joshua Steele rode first and I was like, oh cool. It's wakeboarding without straps, cool. Then Thomas rode and he did like 3 shuv and all the tricks that Thomas has got that are like flawless and pretty much like skateboarding and I was blown away. It was like skateboarding on water. It was awesome. Then George rode and killed it and then Clint rode and killed it too and I was just like "holy shit!" I didn't know that's what wakeskating was, and pretty much ever since then I haven't really wakeboarded at all.
Actually, at that clinic I was like, "hey Thomas, you think I could try this wakeboard behind the boat later?" I had never ridden behind a boat so I just wanted to try it. He looked at me and he said, "Ben, we came here to wakeskate." That is still in my head, it's so crazy that he said that to me and ever since then I've pretty much wakeskated.
AW: How has your skateboarding helped your ability to wakeskate?
BH: I don't know how to do the tricks any other way. When I do my flip tricks, it's just what I did on my skateboard. I've seen people do kickflips how they do them, and it's just not how I do a trick. I spent almost the whole summer learning how to kickflip like I did on a skateboard and I now I am really glad that I wasn't lazy and just kind of did it the lazy way.
AW: How long have you lived in Georgia? Where did you live before that?
BH: I've lived in Georgia for 11 or 12 years now and before that I lived in Bakersfield, CA, which was pretty cool. The first time I ever wakeboarded was in Bakersfield. I don't even know how old I was but the wakeboard was some pink surfboard-looking one. It was pretty funny.
AW: Do you have good stories about growing up skateboarding in Nahunta? I heard it involved hopping trains like a hobo?
BH: That was actually in Waycross, which is like 15 minutes away. There's this place in a train yard, it was like a mile long of concrete. It was this old thing that burnt down and me and my friend Jared build ledges and other stuff to skate on. We would always drive to the train yard and skate there to warm up. Then to go to other skatespots we would just hop on the train and ride the train into town. The train would only go like 20 miles an hour cause it was in the train yard. We would ride the train to like, Wendy's, to go get something to eat and then ride it back.
AW: Wendy's, huh? What's up with you and fast food?
BH: Fast food is really bad, really bad for you. I eat it all the time. I don't even know how many times I eat Burger King a week. It really sucks. It can ruin your life.
AW: With all the traveling you've been doing lately, are you starting to develop a taste for the finer things?
BH: A little bit. My favorite place to eat when I am traveling is this place in Portland, OR called Montage. It's like a macaroni house situation. It's pretty much my favorite place in America to eat. Do you think you could ship me some Old Mac?
AW: Ha, ok. So from food to fashion, you are pretty much a wakeskate fashion icon. Any tips for someone trying to make a perfect tie-dye shirt?
BH: Don't try to hard. That always ruins it. If you try to hard and try to make the best tie-dye shirt is just doesn't work. It's tie-dye, you just gotta start throwing shit at the shirt. Just throw random ass colors at there, don't try and get all creative. The less you try the better it will come out.
AW: In your experience, which colors work best?
BH: I would say purple and black, those two colors go together really well. Also, turquoise and green are really good too.
AW: What trick needs to be done on a wakeskate that hasn't yet?
BH: There are tricks that are going to be done really soon, and if not, there's no reason they shouldn't be. Kickflip back lip on a pool gap handrail. There's no reason that's not gonna be done by the end of the year. Kickflip noseslides, And a trick that I want to get that I've been thinking about a lot lately is backside tailslide, back big spin out on a flat bar.
AW: Any tricks do people do that should never be done again?
BH: There are no tricks that shouldn't be done because wakeskating is so immature now that there are so many tricks that I consider dork tricks that I do all the time for fun. Same with skateboarding, there are so many dork tricks that I do for fun because I am out dorking around.
AW: What is your position on the proper way to do a backside big spin?
BH: I personally like the full 360 shuv, 180 all one motion. Nothing against the shuv catch backside 180. That trick looks really sick; Kyle Hyams kills it. I don't really care to see anyone else besides Kyle Hyams do it because he does it so good. But I personally like to do the full 360 shuv and the 180 in one motion.
AW: What do you think makes a solid video part?
BH: Personally I think I solid video part pretty much is grounded on doing good technical flip tricks, but I don't know. I personally don't want to have another video part this isn't all winch. I think an all winch part is better than having a montage section of you riding boat, jetski and all the different things. But I guess a solid video part would be just good rail section and some good lines behind the Seadoo.
AW: What do you think it's going to take for wakeskating to grow? Do you think it's going in the right direction?
BH: Wakeskating is going in the right direction. I think wakeskating is doing awesome right not. It's not blowing up super fast, it's getting there at a nice steady pace. I think every thing seems to be going the right way.
AW: Oh yeah, hype up your upcoming event some more…What is it and why should we care?
BH: The Nike 6.0 Raging Pull at my house. I think it is going to be the best pool gap situation in wakeskating. It's going to be a super mellow drop, maybe four to five feet, really good long pool, with good hubba ledges on each side and a solid hand rail in the middle with a good 20 feet between that and the ledges to do tricks into the pool. That's all it really takes, is for it to be simple, instead of building some gigantic roller coaster wakeboard pool gap that's retarded and you can't even do a trick out of it. The date is May 24, 2008. It's from 12-5, but who cares. Just come whenever you want in the morning and leave whenever you want at night. You can even camp and leave on Sunday, but we have stuff to do on Sunday night so we'll be kicking everyone out!
AW: Ok now give thanks.
BH: I want to thank Mikey T, my TM Silas, jj, mm, br, rh, dh, ar, ap, dh, bg, jk, mh, dn, tm, kh, wh, rh, kh, dh, oh yeah and Nike 6.0, Oak, Helium, VonZipper, Active Water Sports, Aacadia.com, and people who help me out all the time!


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A friend of mine was in Morocco a few years ago. If I want to ask her how big was the period she spent there, which question from the following two should I use?
How long have you been studying in Morocco?
I'd choose this one, because this is the question I was taught we use when we generally asking how long sth lasted.
How long were you studying in Morocco?
The reason for choosing this one is simple: she was there, and is no longer there - past; therefore - past tense.
Do we still use present perfect progressive for asking how long was the period of the action even when the action is finished?
Thank you
I would use "How long did you study for in Morocco?" but "How long were you studying in Morocco?" is OK.
Remember - if you don't use correct capitalisation, punctuation and spacing, anything you write will be incorrect.
Why do we use the word 'for'? Wouldn't the sentence be correct even without it?How long did you study for in Morocco?
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Friday, August 7, 2009
Two Buck Chucky: The Movie
With the success of "Sideways," piece of crap that it was (Does anyone actually buy that those two guys are friends, or that those two women would have anything to do with them? Probably the same people who think young actresses want to sleep with Woody Allen, or be adopted by him, which amounts to the same thing), and the other recent independent films that prominently featured wine, Hollywood has quite a few new wine films on tap for the coming year. Here's a preview of some of them.
A nightmarish film about Fred Franzia (a stirring performance from Tom Arnold) terrorizing, torturing and terminating Napa Valley vintners. In the film's most frightening scene, a desperate Robert Mondavi (Wilfred Brimley) is forced to sell off his best vineyards for cash to satisfy his back-from-the-grave Zombie shareholders in the wake of Two Buck Chuckie's disemboweling of Woodside wines. Forced to eat his own young, the tortured Mondavi is also cruelly forced to tour Copia. Other scenes that depict Two Buck Chuckie's relentless and pitiless torture of his hired immigrant laborers may be too much for a sensitive person to watch. Rated PG-13.
The charming story of a lonely and crazy Austrian philosopher named Rudolf Steiner (Arnold Schwarzenegger in a thrilling return to the screen after his Oscar-nominated performance as an addlepated Governor) who convinces the wine world that Biodynamics is essential for great vineyards. Something of a cross between "A Simple Mind" and "The Sound of Music," director and screenwriter Oliver Stone shows us the inspiration for Biodynamics, Steiner's love of bullshit, and then takes us up to the present day and Nicolas Joly's (an impeccably accented Carrot Top) infatuation for the great man. Oscar buzz already for Jennifer Lopez's portrayal of Steiner's true love, Bessie the Guernsey.
Lucas and Spielberg set their latest Indiana Jones flick four thousand years in the future. Indy (Larry the Cable Guy) and his gorgeous sidekick Mary Tage (RuPaul) have unearthed the Lost Caves of Mammon, the recently rediscovered wineries of Napa Valley. Much like the Pharaohs, Indy discovers, early 21st Century Napa Valley Vintners spent fortunes building shrines to themselves, ludicrously expensive monuments where ignorant people came to worship them and drink of their mystical beverages. In cave after elaborate cave, Indiana and Mary uncover the horrors of the era and battle the ghosts who had long lain dormant under the rubble. They barely manage to escape all the devious and evil booby traps left behind by the wineries--wine clubs and allocation lists and nightmarish hidden filter pads. And they try to understand what killed this lost civilization, try to understand the culture's obsession with Mammon. In a pivotal scene, after being forced to eat Mammon tartare, Indy flashes back to the 20th Century and hallucinates that he is Bill Jarvis and he nearly dies of terminal cave envy. Mary saves him by showing him her cave doesn't really exist (a brave RuPaul).
A fictionalized version of the life of Marvin Shanken (Divine, in his final role) and the rise of his publishing empire. Marvin takes a failed newspaper, Wine Spectator, and with the clever theft of elements of Gourmet magazine, Robert Parker's (a nice set piece by John Candy, also in his final role) Wine Advocate, and the vocabulary of Dr. Seuss, creates a wine reviewing dynasty. But his ultimate downfall at the hands of bloggers (great to see so many Little People in a film) leaves him gasping this final mysterious word on his deathbed, "Payola."
Divine, as a not yet housebroken Shanken on original Wine Spectators
6 comments:
- vickibarkley said...
I'm so excited to know that there are such worthy films coming to my local multiplex! Thank you HMW, for the fabulous reviews.
- August 7, 2009 at 9:07 AM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
Vicki!!! You're back! I missed you, Beautiful! Give My Gorgeous Sam a big hug for me when you see her next. Come by more often. I don't bite, unless you sit on the glass next to my bed where my teeth are.
Yup, Hollywood knows how to make a buck. Oh, I forgot my Disclaimer!--
I was not charged admission to any of these films.
Whew, almost forgot to be honest with my readers so you'll know I can't be bought. We bloggers pride ourselves on integrity.
- August 7, 2009 at 9:46 AM
- Samantha Dugan said...
He does bite....but in a good way and in all the right places
- August 7, 2009 at 10:04 AM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
My Gorgeous Sam,
Ah, you make me swell with pride. In all the right places.
And, that reminds me, I have to blog about all the new wine porn films. First guy to make a bunghole joke is outtahere.
Sam, I love you so.
- August 7, 2009 at 10:10 AM
- vickibarkley said...
The subject of wine porn reminds me of a distantly related topic. I toured the Jack Daniel's distillery last week, and was amazed at the slo mo pornographic whiskey videos that were artfully interspersed with all the authentic homespun distillery schlock. I halfway expected someone to get pregnant watching that stuff!
- August 7, 2009 at 9:27 PM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
I know plenty of women who were actually married to Jack Daniels, and several who got pregnant because of him. So it happens.
- August 8, 2009 at 10:01 AM


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We now have the culmination of last week's tease-of-a-teaser. Here is the Gamescom 2011 trailer for Might and Magic Heroes VI, establishing the game's appropriately epic struggle. We've got brother against sister, glowing undead and giant insectoid witches, even the Wilhelm scream.
Can you tell I'm the sports guy? I have no idea what the hell is going on in this trailer, other than, yes, the kingdom faces an existential crisis, and it's all up to one guy in a very conspicuous hat.
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Thick Mushroom and Herb Soup
I think I would have a lot of trouble cooking without herbs. Some things can be altered or replaced, but there is nothing like the nutty, fresh, at time lemony and peppery flavor of herbs. They can turn any meal into something special and I find it bland to cook without them.
Funny enough, I used to absolutely hate them as a child. Like most children, I had a few strong dislikes for certain foods, but none greater than the fear of herbs, or 'bouts verts', as I used to call them in French. I would drive my mom crazy and pick them out one by one in tomato sauces, salads or any other sauce where I knew my mom had probably tried to conceal them. I also used to be difficult with soup.. and would only accept to eat it if I was promised it was 'potage', and not soup. This makes me seem like quite the difficult child but those were the two things I really took issue with. This herbed-filled mushroom soup is thus a little wink to my childhood years and to how things can change for the better.
Recipe (for 4), adapted from the Soup Bible
2 ounces of smoked bacon
1 onion, finely chopped
12 ounces of combined portobello and cremini mushrooms, coarsely chopped
2 1/2 cups of good meat stock
1 small wine glass of dry sherry wine
2 tablespoons of combined rosemary, thyme and marjoram - stems removed
1 teaspoon of dried italian seasoning
Salt and freshly ground pepper
A couple spoonfulls of thick yogurt or sour cream
Roughly chop the bacon and place in a large saucepan. Cook slowly until the fat renders from the bacon. Add the onions and saute gently until the onions become translucent and soft. Add the mushrooms to the pan. Cover and sweat until their liquid has run out and they have reduced in size. Add the sherry, stock, as well as the fresh and dry herbs. Lightly season with salt and pepper.
Bring the mixture to a boil and reduce to a low simmer. Cover and cook for 10 to 12 minutes. Process the soup in a food processor or blender until smooth but still a little chunky. Adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper and transfer to the saucepan to heat through. Serve with a dollop of sour cream or yogurt and garnish with a parsley leaf. Enjoy!
13 comments:
- sarah j. gim said...
i don't have problems with any herbs EXCEPT cilantro, which is a slight problem since i LOVE mexican food and cilantro is definitely not an herb you can hide
- October 15, 2008 at 11:18 PM
- Andrea said...
I love that story. I can just imagine a little girl picking through her tomato sauce to find the offending bits of green. I love herbs as well, but you know what I really love? Mushrooms. This looks sooooo good!
- October 15, 2008 at 11:29 PM
- Erik said...
It's amazing how different our tastes can become between childhood and adulthood. I always hated mushrooms, and picked them out of anything I would eat.
Even as an adult I try to at least be open minded about foods I normally don't eat, to see if I can prepare them differently and possibly enjoy them in a new way. Recipes like this help with that. Nice post!
- October 15, 2008 at 11:40 PM
- Núria said...
Mmmmm a delicious soup! And very original too!
When I was a kid, my mom and grandmom mainly used herbs when we were sick... just for infusions. They would cure it all :D
- October 16, 2008 at 9:55 AM
- Maria said...
I love herbs, they make everything taste better. The soup looks excellent!
- October 16, 2008 at 9:55 AM
- Alejandra said...
This soup sounds really wonderful! I just saw it on tastespotting and clicked right away. Will definitely be trying out. I love a good mushroom soup.
- October 16, 2008 at 10:24 AM
- Lo said...
Thank goodness you outgrew that phase! This looks fabulous -- and I'd agree that herbs add an awful lot to any sort of cooking!
- October 16, 2008 at 3:09 PM
- Darius T. Williams said...
Can I tell you just how much I'm loving this? This looks really good!
- October 16, 2008 at 9:56 PM
- Caviar and Codfish said...
Oh wonderful, now I know what to do with all the mushrooms in my fridge. I can't remember if I liked herbs or not as a kid... I was actually one of those rare kids who liked practically everything. I used to get upset when all the kids were talking about the foods they hated in class and I couldn't think of anything!!
- October 17, 2008 at 12:48 PM
- Kevin said...
I really enjoy using herbs as well. This herbed mushroom soup sounds good!
- October 17, 2008 at 8:18 PM
- Dee said...
My husband's like that with coriander. He's now learned to tolerate them cooked. The soup looks and sounds great. Love the sherry in it.
- October 17, 2008 at 9:28 PM
- Manggy said...
Filipino cooking is not particularly known for its use of herbs-- so we're very well-adapted :) Also rare here is mushroom soup without the usual overload of cream. I love what you've done here, and the shot is beautiful!
- October 18, 2008 at 8:48 AM
- Chocolate Shavings said...
Manggy: My thoughts exactly! This recipe caught my eye because it concentrated on true mushroom flavor, and not on overload of cream!
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A heron looks upstream along the Blackstone River on the border between Lincoln and Cumberland, RI
Nikon D70. f/4.5, 1/60s, ISO 720. 18-70mm Nikkor lens. Raw format
heron future bird looking towards future early autumn blackstone river lincoln ri cumberland ri
Again…viewing larger makes all the difference to how you see this image. It's anotehr fine example of your photography. I like it because it's as you see it and not been tweaked with all sorts of filters etc. Some images look wonderful tweaked, but this one has been done justice by just leaving as is. We always say the heron when it crouches looks like the old man of the rivers!
Thanks for appreciating the naturalness of it. I think it is the bigger challenge to be able to pull it off. Can't tell you how much I appreciate hearing that.
When I came back from my hike that day, I learned that an old friend was on her death bed. I do think the heron had a message for me, one I will never forget. Never saw him again.
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Moorhead's Alex Mehnert skates with the puck ahead of Minnetonka's Charlie Huminski. Photo by Katherine Matthews
Over the years Moorhead has produced a pantheon of players blessed with offensive wizardry.
Exhibit A was hanging out in the Spuds' locker room Saturday, Dec. 23, after a 3-3 tie with host Minnetonka at the Pagel Activity Center.
Yep, that was Minnesota Wild forward Matt Cullen checking in with his old team.
More recently though, well, let's just say Moorhead doesn't win a lot of run-and-gun shootouts.
It's been years since the Spuds have had a goal scorer close to Cullen's caliber.
Moorhead teams of the last decade or so have been built to play more of a rope-a-dope style, meaning they are content to focus on airtight defense and rely on scintillating goaltending as they lull their opponent into a false sense of superiority.
Minnetonka's Jared Ridge, right, goes shoulder-to-shoulder against Moorhead's Austin Skjefte. Photo by Katherine Matthews
Just when the shots on goal become ridiculously lopsided, the opportunistic Spuds score a timely goal or two. It's a template that has allowed Moorhead to dominate Section 8AA – the Spuds have reached the state tournament eight times in the 2000s, including three of the last four seasons.
First-year Moorhead coach Pete Cullen, Matt's cousin, would love to see the Spuds' deviate from the script and manufacture more scoring chances. Certainly Moorhead (6-3-1) has skilled playmakers and scorers who rise above the mucker and grinder label in brothers Tony and Nicholas Uglem, Thomas Carey and Aaron Herdt.
Nick Uglem, Carey and Herdt all scored for the Spuds (against the Skippers.
"It has become a trend for us, getting few shots on net," Cullen said after Moorhead was outshot 40-22. "There's no reason we can't get more. I mean, just throwing the puck on net creates an opportunity; it doesn't matter where it comes from or if it is a bouncer or anything.
"It's definitely a concern of mine."
No. 2-ranked Minnetonka, a team known mostly for its ability to produce spectacular displays of offensive fireworks in recent years, has become more Moorhead-like this season. The Skippers (7-1-1) have been built from their goal out, relying heavily on senior defensemen and Division I recruits Tommy Vannelli (Minnesota) and Jimmy Schuldt (St. Cloud State) to get the play moving in the proper direction.
"It's a lot different than last year," Minnetonka senior Jared Ridge said. "We don't have a lot of the goal scoring that we did, but we have a lot of the grinding … I think we will be in a lot more closer games."
Ridge plays a defensive-first style similar to what has been drilled into Moorhead's forwards year after year.
"The last couple years it was, 'Don't let them score, don't let them score, ' " Ridge said. "But this year it's, 'Don't let them score, don't let them score, and see if you can generate some offense as well."
Ridge scored a first-period goal for the Skippers, his fourth of the season after scoring six in 28 games a year ago.
Who'd have thought outstate Moorhead and west-metro Minnetonka have more in common than the near identical block Ms stitched on the front of their uniforms? Minnetonka coach Brian Urick might as well have been describing the Spuds when he talked about the makeup of this year's Skippers.
"We don't have a team that is going to bury seven, eight goals a game," he said. "We are going to have to play well defensively, do well on the power play, do well on the penalty kill and bury some chances.
"Rebounds, you know, thrown the puck to the net. Our game is going to come down to how well we play on the back end."
Moorhead defenseman Eric Barker goes down to block a shot by Minnetonka's Jimmy Schuldt. Photo by Katherine Matthews
Connor Thie
Minnetonka senior Connor Thie scored the only goal of the third period as the No. 2-ranked Skippers rallied to force overtime in 3-3 tie with Moorhead on Saturday, Dec. 22, at the Pagel Activity Center in Minnetonka.
Moorhead (6-3-1) took a 3-2 lead heading into the third on second-period goals from Nicholas Uglem and Thomas Carey.
Carey's goal came on a Spuds' rush into the Minnetonka end, and he beat Minnetonka goaltender Paul Ciaccio with a gorgeous shot into the upper right corner.
Thie scored after working the puck from behind the Moorhead net and attempting a pass through the slot. His pass was blocked, but the puck bounced right back to his stick, and he buried it high over Moorhead sophomore goaltender Jacob Dittmer, who was still scrambling to get into position.
Moorhead's Aaron Herdt opened the scoring 23 seconds into the first period, but Minnetonka (7-1-1) responded with goals from seniors Jimmy Schuldt and Jared Ridge to take a 2-1 lead into the second.
The Spuds were unable to capitalize on a power-play opportunity late in the third period and another early in the overtime.
Minnetonka outshot Moorhead 40-22.
1. Jared Ridge, Minnetonka
The senior forward, a third-line grinder last year, has been bumped up on the depth chart this season. That means he's been asked to do more scoring, and he responded by slamming home a second-period goal. He hasn't sacrificed his defensive play, however, and he helped kill two Moorhead power plays – one late in the third period and another early in overtime.
2. Nicholas Uglem, Moorhead
The senior scored a goal and helped set another up another while playing his usual brand of hard-nosed hockey. The Spuds didn't produce a lot of great scoring chances, but when they did have opportunities Uglem was on the ice helping create most of them.
3. Tommy Vannelli, Minnetonka
So sick he couldn't play two nights prior in Stillwater, Vannelli fired at least five shots on Moorhead goaltender Jacob Dittmer and several of those looked to be headed to the back of the net if not for last-moment saves or deflections.
Moorhead's Nick Uglem. Photo by Katherine Matthews


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Because her mother, grandmother, aunt, uncle and great aunt had early-onset familial Alzheimer's disease, all in their 40s or early 50s, Ashlander Kate Preskenis has a 50-50 chance of getting it.
That "terrifying" fact prompted the 37-year-old to write a book called "The Gene Guillotine," the title of which describes what it feels like for Preskenis to have the spectre of such a cruel diagnosis hanging over her head.
She could get a gene test and find out whether she's free of the curse or condemned to a decade of dementia and certain early death, but she considers that a "lady or the tiger" choice, an allegory used to describe a problem that is unsolvable.
"I could get a genetic test, but if I have the gene from my mother," she says, "how do I go on with my life knowing I've plateaued and am about to start going downhill?
"Then again, I might not have it. The sliver of hope that I don't have the dreaded gene seems more important than finding out definitively, which grants hope or seals hope away."
This seemingly no-win bind has been the end of some of her relationships, and she has decided she won't marry or have children. She chose to be a waitress instead of pursuing careers with her degree in environmental studies, sociology and government from St. Lawrence University.
"In the past, I chose not to get married. My father died as my mother's caregiver, and I felt like his death was a direct result of caregiver stress due to Mom's illness.
"If I'm going to die, I don't want to bring someone else down with me. I've chosen not to have children or a serious career," says Preskenis, who has shown no clinical symptoms of Alzheimer's. "It's drastically affected my life already. It was very hard on me when mom got sick."
Early onset accounts for about 5 percent of Alzheimer's cases, and only 1 percent is inherited, says Preskenis, who is in a CNN documentary about the subject called "Filling the Blank." This population, being young, is intensely studied in drug and other tests, she says.
If one parent has the gene, you have a 50-50 chance of inheriting that gene, and if you do, she says, "it is deterministic — the research doctors say you will get it." All the attention on the disease — and her painful exposure to it over the generations — has led to a situation where she gets a bit "panicky" if she forgets a name or appointment.
In her 306-page memoir, (Present Essence Publishers, 2012) Preskenis recounts how her mother had to watch her own mother suffer in a fetal position, full of IVs and feeding tubes — which resulted in Kate's mother writing a living will and stating that she didn't want to be fed if she couldn't feed herself.
On the KickStarter "crowd-funding" website, Preskenis sought $7,800 to finish, edit, and do layout and marketing on her book. She received $9,800 in January 2011. The book is on Amazon.com and at Barnes & Noble for $14.95 and has gotten 12 five-star reviews so far.
One reviewer, Kenneth S. Kosik, co-director of the Neuroscience Research Institute at the University of California at Santa Barbara and author of "The Alzheimer's Solution," calls her book "without a doubt the most moving account of Alzheimer's disease yet written."
The book tells the grinding tale of her mother's first symptoms, when Kate was just out of high school, asking three times in an hour about the message on her T-shirt. "I saw the subtle changes in her," says Preskenis. "She stopped cooking and doing laundry around age 48 and started smoking. She got forgetful and moody. We were like siblings fighting. I was so confused. She didn't want to admit what was happening."
Even if Kate doesn't have it, it's still a "scary" future, she says, with the potential of watching family members get the disease.
Having forgone a normal life, career and family, Preskenis says the presence of the gene guillotine "is terrifying. How do I set my life up? Do I start now to say goodbye to people? I think of people with cancer having nine months or so to live, but it's different losing your mind. At the end of the long disease, the brain has atrophied, and it is unlikely you will be able to tell people you love them."
So, in the world of early onset, what is Kate's life and focus?
She loves being a waitress, hiking in the hills, doing qigong and, a lifelong love, writing. She has her eye on writing more books, she says.
Until being sidelined by a back injury, Kate loved Ecstatic Dance on Sunday mornings in Ashland. "My life is about living in the present. When I danced, I was the one with my hair flying all over. People said I was the most energetic dancer they ever saw."
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Because her mother, grandmother, aunt, uncle and great aunt had early-onset familial Alzheimer's disease, all in their 40s or early 50s, Ashlander Kate Preskenis has a 50-50 chance of getting it.


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Graacher Himmelreich, Heaven will reign. A white goddess this Riesling is and all these years, though I love Italian wine with all of my being, there has to be room for Riesling. When I first started out in this business, I was so damn lucky to be exposed to wines from the Mittelmosel, they are my Burgundy. There, I've said it.
I've had more site traffic in the past two days than all of April, and traffic has been growing steadily, like the price of a barrel of oil. I was Uber-Googled this week.
Speaking of oil, this Graacher sure makes something conceptually repugnant, the smell of fusel oil, pretty wonderful. And how can something so sweet be so wonderfully wine? We are all taught to shun sweet wine, but I am over it many moons ago. I could drink this wine every night. A big thanks and shout out to Marco for the gift of Graacher.
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Scouting Report: Playa Koralia, Colombia
Eleven people lucky enough to travel for a living reveal their favorite recent discoveries—places they happened upon and still can't stop thinking about. Here are their stories.
THE TRAVELER Marcella Echavarría, founder of SURevolution. The New York–based company connects indigenous artisan communities to fashion houses such as Donna Karan, Tory Burch, and Ralph Lauren. In the past six months, Echavarría has traveled to Cambodia, China, Botswana, Peru, Ecuador, and her native Colombia.
THE PLACE Echavarría doesn't bother to make distinctions between work and pleasure, or business and personal—she weaves them all together. "It's like a tapestry," she explains—one that threads from one corner of the globe to the other and ties together people who knit while tending goat herds and fashion designers whose items retail at high-end department stores. The work keeps Echavarría on the road 60 percent of the time, visiting local communities and writing for South American travel and U.S. magazines. "An article can lead to a new product and the other way around," she says.
For at least 10 days every year, when she needs a break, Echavarría retreats to Playa Koralia, a laid-back resort named after the beach on which it's set on Colombia's Caribbean coast. There's nothing in the world she's seen like it. "Playa Koralia is the only place where you can walk on a tropical beach and see snow-peaked mountains so close," says Echavarría.
Scattered between palm trees, the 19 thatched bungalows encourage a no-Internet, no-newspapers, unplugged approach. You'll quickly come to appreciate other distractions—namely sea views from porch side hammocks, howler monkeys, iguanas, white eagles, natural whirlpools in the nearby rivers, and a full-service spa. (You might also spot a Colombian celebrity; singer Shakira has been known to check in from time to time.) The white-sand beaches and hiking trails of Tayrona National Park are only a 15-minute drive away.
But even here, Echavarría can't resist giving her travels a greater purpose. She uses the resort as a base for visiting with the Wayúu, a matriarchal, nomadic indigenous society of weavers who live a couple hours' drive away in the Guajira Peninsula, where desert sand dunes melt into turquoise waters. "You could stay overnight, but you'd have to have the soul of an anthropologist," says Echavarría. (Visitors sleep in hammocks in a Wayúu host's maloca, a palm-thatched one-room home without running water.) The intense contrasts of the Wayúu people's surroundings—blindingly white beaches against a shockingly blue ocean—influence the bright color schemes of their mochilas, woven circular bags. "I remember thinking to myself, How is it that people spend thousands and thousands of dollars on a Louis Vuitton bag but don't recognize the value and beauty of these woven textiles?" Thanks to Echavarría, now they do.
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Marilyn Jack-Ortique Named City's Teacher Of The Year
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June 01, 2011
One by one, Marilyn Jack-Ortique's geometry students stood at the front of the classroom Tuesday to solve a math problem on the board.
Some of the problems involved the Pythagorean theorem, and students were required to demonstrate how they arrived at their answers.
Occasionally, a few of the bright teenagers at the University High School of Science and Engineering would skip those steps, apparently having done all the work in their heads. Rather than praise, this brought a gentle admonishment from Jack-Ortique, the city's 2011 teacher of the year.
Some students don't grasp the answers as quickly, she told them. "You have to be mindful of others."
In Jack-Ortique's classroom at the magnet high school on Mark Twain Drive, the walls are covered with student projects and the dominant theme is empathy.
"I don't want anyone to feel that they're overlooked or that they're not good enough," said Jack-Ortique, 40, a Hartford-born mother of two who lives in the city's West End. "Even if they struggle, it's OK. We struggle together. But don't feel like you're less of a student to me."
That doesn't mean she lets anyone shrink from tough problems. All students go to the board, whether they have an answer in mind or not.
"Nobody gets to sit back and not do anything," Jack-Ortique said. "You can master your challenge."
She should know.
Raised in Hartford, then Baton Rouge, La., and later Windsor for her middle and high school years, Jack-Ortique said she did well in her classes - until eighth grade, when she flunked algebra.
Jack-Ortique couldn't understand why the subject stumped her like no other, but she worked on problems until "it finally clicked," and by the end of the year had raised her grade to a C. Still, math was the most challenging class.
Her senior year in high school, she audited a calculus course and felt uncomfortable because it was difficult, Jack-Ortique said, and the teacher did not seem interested in helping her.
"You have to care," she said.
Her mother, a homemaker who didn't finish high school, encouraged Jack-Ortique to stick with mathematics, and so she did, continuing to take courses at Saint Joseph College in West Hartford as an undergraduate. Jack-Ortique said Elizabeth Markham, a math professor there who since has retired, proved instrumental in making it the subject of her bachelor's degree and career.
"If you can get a degree in math, you can get a job anywhere," Jack-Ortique recalled Markham's telling her. "People will know you can think."
Jack-Ortique decided to teach after a substituting stint in Bloomfield. She also earned a master's degree in education from Saint Joseph College and a master's degree in mathematics from St. John's University in New York.
Over the past 14 years, Jack-Ortique has taught math at various levels - from adult education in the city's North End to freshman math at Hartford Public High School. Since 2009, she has been on the faculty at the 400-student science and engineering magnet school affiliated with the University of Hartford.
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Petco Park is celebrating its 10th anniversary this season.
The design of the ballpark, however, is 15 years old.
Petco Park is celebrating its 10th anniversary this season.
The design of the ballpark, however, is 15 years old.
Over the past winter, the Padres completed Phase II of a program to upgrade and invigorate the Padres' downtown home.
The program started over the offseason of 2012-13 with the projects to shorten the fences in right field and left-center, add the Jack Daniel's deck in right field, move the visiting bullpen from the field to a position above the Padres bullpen in left-center and begin addressing deferred maintenance issues.
When the 2014 season opens Sunday night, visitors to Petco Park will notice improvements to the audio and technology systems, expanded concession opportunities, a new video board for fans and a new finish for much of the exterior decking.
And the Padres are far from finished.
"We are still putting together a master plan for all the things we want and need to do," said Padres president and CEO Mike Dee.
Among the improvements planned for the near future is the replacement of the main video board in left.
"We are committed to building the overall experience of Petco Park," said Dee. "The owners have made enhancing Petco Park a priority since they took over. We are working in three areas: 1. Deferred maintenance, 2. Technology, 3. Customizing."
One of the problems facing the Padres is time. All annual changes to Petco Park must be completed in a six-month window between seasons. And the new owners inherited a number of delayed maintenance programs when they took over in 2012.
"We are aggressively addressing deferred maintenance while improving Petco Park for a better future," said Dee. "We are very excited for what Petco Park is today and what it will be in the future."
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