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"Aubs Eat Boogers"
What would college football be without the trash talk, the drunken battle cries, the simmering, adolescent feuds? A lot less fun, that's what. Still, the whole football-as-warfare thing can sometimes get out of hand, as one rogue soldier learned last winter in the bitter archrivalry between Alabama and Auburn. Ben Austen heads south to investigate one of the nuttiest episodes in the annals of fandom
Last January, two weeks after the Auburn Tigers vanquished the Oregon Ducks for the national collegiate football championship, Paul Finebaum, the host of a radio sports show in Birmingham, took a call from a listener in Dadeville who went by the name "Al." Al's real name, police would later learn, was Harvey Updyke. A 62-year-old retired Texas highway patrolman, Updyke had moved to Alabama only two years before to be close to his favorite football team, the Crimson Tide. His first year in his new home, he'd attained something akin to sports-fan nirvana. The Tide had won the 2009 national title and Updyke had been in the stands to see it. His second year in Alabama was more like sports-fan hell.
In November he'd pilgrimaged to Tuscaloosa for the Iron Bowl, the regular-season Auburn-Alabama showdown. Alabama had jumped out to a 24-point lead, but in the second half, inconceivably, the Tigers came back to humiliate the Tide on their home field, 28-27. For the followers of Auburn, a land-grant forever in the shadow of the flagship state university, nothing was sweeter than this come-from-behind triumph over their condescending northern Alabama brethren. For Bama partisans like Updyke, the loss wasn't a loss at all but a travesty. On Finebaum's show, callers harped on the illegitimacy of Auburn's star quarterback, Cam Newton, who was nearly banned from the game after it was discovered his father had shopped him around as part of a pay-for-play scheme. To them, the Iron Bowl proved that Auburn could win only by cheating, that the "West Georgia" team was devoid of all honor, that, fuck it, look at our thirteen championships to your two. Roll Tide!
Updyke told Finebaum he'd seen Auburn fans outside the Iron Bowl dressing the statue of the late, great Paul "Bear" Bryant in a "Scam" Newton jersey. He claimed to possess a newspaper clipping that showed how years back Auburn followers celebrated Coach Bryant's death by "rolling" the live oaks at Toomer's Corner, the gateway to the Auburn campus where students marked wins by streaming the trees with toilet paper. So here's what Updyke said he did: He drove down to Toomer's Corner and doused the venerated trees with Spike 80DF, a lethal herbicide.
"Did they die?" an incredulous Finebaum asked.
"They definitely will die," said Updyke.
"Is that against the law—to poison a tree?"
"Do you think I care?" Updyke said. "I really don't. Roll damn Tide!"
Arborists later confirmed that the trees had been poisoned. Police traced the call and charged Updyke with several felony counts, including two for vandalism of property on a crop facility. His disheveled, puffy-faced mug shot made the national news. Many Tide devotees were eager to write him off as a lunatic, a pathological fan. "We might talk trash among our own, but that one misguided person went beyond the pale," said Gina Smith, a 2003 Alabama grad and the spokesperson of Tide for Toomer's, a charity hastily founded by University of Alabama alumni to raise money for the poisoned trees. "The entire state is not like him," Smith told me. "He doesn't represent us or this rivalry." But on Crimson Tide fan sites, Updyke was not without his defenders. Some even called on the school to build a statue of Updyke next to the ones of Bryant and other Bama heroes.
Paul Finebaum likes to compare Tide and Tigers fans to the Hatfields and McCoys, and if you listen to his four-hour daily show or spend some time in Alabama, as I did last spring, the analogy won't seem all that far-fetched. The first two questions you're likely to hear there are "What's your church?" and "Auburn or Alabama?" and not necessarily in that order. Unlike the storied enmity between Michigan and Ohio St., opposing Tide and Tigers fans live on the same block, work in adjoining cubicles. There are other notable intra-state rivalries—Florida vs. Florida St. or Texas vs. Texas A&M—but these play out in places with professional sports teams, as well as booming industries and politics that matter to the rest of the country. For Alabama, a state that has long been among the nation's poorest, worst educated, sickest, and highest divorced, college football is the thing it does better than just about anywhere else. Of the state's 4,800,000 citizens, a 2007 _Mobile Press-Register/_University of South Alabama poll estimated that around three-quarters of them pulled for either the Tide or the Tigers.
The vast majority of those fans are known as "sidewalk alums" or "dirt-road alums"—people with no official connection to either school but who nevertheless root for their chosen team with a tribal fidelity that can be, for an outsider at least, hard to fathom. On the day I visited Finebaum's studio last April, he led his broadcast with a clip of an Auburn fan admitting he'd referred to the autocratic Tide head coach Nick Saban as "Little Hitler." The actual talking points hardly seemed to matter, though, as computer screens lit up with Alabama and Auburn partisans itching to blast buckshot across the airwaves. A World War II veteran named Bill offered the opinion that Auburn people "are full of jealousy and hate." A Finebaum regular, a Tigers buff who used the handle I-Man, pronounced that he possessed the key to the Bammer mind and could unloose all the ravings there within. A Tide fan calling from the road said the Auburn-decorated car beside him was being driven by an older white guy, a beefy black kid riding shotgun, no doubt a booster in the process of some illegal recruiting, since "you know how Auburn rolls." A painting I viewed at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute just before heading over to the radio studio seemed to capture well this state of affairs. Above a quote from Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, Auburn and Alabama players were depicted standing together at midfield, arm in arm, as if college football were the enduring civil strife that one day, maybe, shall be overcome.
Or maybe not. I contacted one of Finebaum's frequent callers, a woman named Tammy Hethcox, a forklift operator from Rockford, Alabama, whose on-air taunts had helped push Harvey Updyke over the edge. She became an Auburn fan in 1973, when an uncle took her to the campus and an art teacher there showed her how to do some cross-stitching. Everyone else in her family, including her father, supported Bama, but none of them were right, and she hated her daddy then and hates him now. "Mister Ben, if Nick Saban is on the cover of your magazine in a suit," Tammy told me, "I'ma find you and lay on you a bad country asswhooping." Then she unleashed Auburn's battle cry: "Waaar Eagle!"
In April the famous trees at Toomer's Corner didn't look like the victim of a felonious poisoning. Gracing the entrance to Auburn's redbrick campus, the live oaks were abundantly in leaf. Banners declaring Auburn the national champs fluttered from every light pole, and posted signs announced a special trees and traditions fund, "to do whatever it takes to save, replace, or find an alternative for the Toomer's oaks."
Across the street, in the University Barber Shop, Darsie Rogers was sitting in one of four barber chairs, awaiting customers. Built like a defensive end, with a shiny hairless pate and trim silver goatee, Rogers grew up a Tide fan in Liberty City, over in Tallapoosa County, because he didn't know no better. "It didn't take nothing to like Alabama," he told me. "Like pulling for the Yankees." But the day he opened up shop, in 1960, he became "a full Auburn man, pure Auburn, and never sorry of it." He had cut the hair of most coaches and players, at least back when the team was by and large white. The current coach, Gene Chizik, was in there just the other day. The shop had a radio and a large television, both off, and I asked whether he listened to Finebaum. "When he's getting paid by Alabama?" he spat. I ventured that Alabama fans think he's partial to Auburn, and Rogers rose violently from his seat and flopped back down, throwing me a wild look.
A guy in a leather vest entered the shop, grabbed a pair of scissors, and started trimming his own graying hair. He was greeted as Ray, and Ray announced that you could pick out the Bama fan in any crowd. The stereotypes held that the University of Alabama, the preeminent state school in the more industrialized north, was full of doctors and lawyers and undeserving legacies; Auburn, formerly the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama, was in the state's agrarian south and supposedly produced only veterinarians, soil specialists, and pulpwood merchants. It was culture versus agriculture, seersuckered snobs and cow-fucking rubes. But Ray insisted that he wasn't talking about students or graduates of either school. What Ray was talking about were fans, by which he meant the "dirt-road alums," of which Alabama had many more. Auburn partisans liked to say that Bammers couldn't find their beloved Tuscaloosa campus with a GPS. Auburn folk spoke of themselves, by contrast, as a family, a persecuted sect, what Tiders dismissed as a cult. Ray explained that Alabama people were "all redneck, with greasy hats, camouflage overalls, big ol' trucks, talking like dat right dare. "To my untrained ear, his mock-Bama voice sounded little changed from his own. "To them we just nothing," Darsie Rogers cut in. "Ol' Bear calling us a cow college. Everything we do is wrong. Everything they do is right. They say that was Cam cheating at the Iron Bowl last year. But they waking up now. Got to. We're just as good—or better."
Because the football rivalry in Alabama is like a blood feud by other means, just about everybody picks a side. A kid who moves into the state is bullied into making a choice and then later bullies others to do the same. For most, the allegiance is part of a long family tradition, a history. Others independently find their following. David Housel, a former Auburn athletic director who showed me around the campus, went to his first football game at the age of ten, the 1956 Alabama-Auburn match-up. Back home, he wrote the two schools asking for information about their programs. Auburn sent him a media guide with a handwritten note thanking him for his interest. Alabama sent a media guide and a bill for $2. "Alabama got my $2," Housel said. "Auburn my heart." Engraved into his wedding ring are expressions of love for his wife and also the initials BB, for Beat Bama.
Because of a diabetic wound to his foot, Housel conducted my tour of the school from his Chevy Traverse, the radio tuned to a SiriusXM oldies station. Housel was a preeminent scholar of all things Auburn, the author of (by his count) five or six books on the school. He drove me past the train tracks students in 1898 had pig-greased to send a visiting Georgia Tech team skidding two miles beyond the Auburn stop. He pulled over at one point to introduce me to Johnny Valentine, a guard on teams in the late Sixties, who was in town from Florida for Saturday's "A-Day Game," the annual intra-squad scrimmage that caps the spring practice season. Valentine, Housel said by way of introduction, played on the 1969 team that scored the most points ever against Bryant. Indeed, Bear Bryant so dominated Auburn, winning nineteen times in 25 years, that the Tiger faithful often resort to chalking up isolated achievements and moral victories. "If you take out the Bryant years—and I know you can't—we actually lead the series," Housel reflected.
Housel felt last year's Iron Bowl was magical, as was the annual face-off in 1982 when Bo Jackson leapt into the end zone on fourth down with just minutes to go. But for him the single greatest moment in Auburn history occurred in 1989, when the team played its first home game against the Tide. Up to that point, Alabama would not deign to compete in Auburn, and the Iron Bowl was held in Birmingham, supposedly a neutral site. But with Bama hosting some of its other games there and a bust of Bryant outside the stadium, Housel said, it was "about as neutral as the beaches of Normandy on D-Day." Housel chewed over with disgust what it meant for another school to dictate where you play, to treat you second-class, the inequality in it. Auburn won the big game 30-20, but even more importantly, Housel asserted, "We insisted on our rights."
As we made our way to Toomer's Corner, Housel said there was just something more spiritual about Auburn. "The Auburn spirit is the human spirit, the American spirit. It's deeper than football." Alabama, on the other hand, was consumed with the end of the journey, with winning, so much so that they counted among their thirteen national titles those years before the advent, in 1998, of the bowl championship game when even a single piddly poll named them the top school. If Auburn used the same math, Housel figured, they could claim like eight or nine titles themselves. Other broad-stroke differences between the schools had disappeared over time. Auburn had caught up athletically and academically. Housel said the schools were now like two old Greek city-states that are pretty much alike but swear their way of life is better. Still, Housel reckoned he'd "rather be an ag school than a law school. When you eat your supper tonight," he told me, "you can bet Auburn had something to do with it. A country that can't feed its people can't be free."
On my way from Auburn to Tuscaloosa, I drove into the eye of a tornado. Not the figurative one of the rivalry but an actual one that tore through the town just as I arrived on campus. This wasn't the mile-wide behemoth that ravaged a sixth of the city two weeks later, killing thirty-six. In the wake of that disaster, Auburn fans created a nonprofit called Toomer's for Tuscaloosa, which sent hundreds of people and tens of thousands of dollars to aid what previously had been thought of as enemy territory. Gina Smith, of Tide for Toomer's, said of this further sign of goodwill, "I believe Alabama football will serve as a stronger rallying point than ever this season. Much like the Saints after Katrina, the Crimson Tide has the potential to help heal the wounds of the city and the state."
As sirens blared and warning lights blinkered, I took refuge inside the Bear Bryant Museum, where staff quickly shuttled me into a windowless research room. While waiting out the storm, I spoke with Ken Gaddy, the museum's director. Gaddy had previously helped run the Natural History Museum on campus, but in 1991 he ascended to school football history. He talked about the winning tradition at Alabama and its larger cultural significance. The region had languished long after Reconstruction, with night riders wreaking havoc, people dying from an array of treatable illnesses. So when a group of fresh-faced Tuscaloosa boys traveled to California in 1926 and beat the University of Washington in the Rose Bowl, the victory was shared across the South. On the train ride home through Dixie, crowds and brass bands greeted the team at every depot. A thousand people thronged the station in New Orleans. A generation later, in a decade when Alabama was internationally maligned for its segregationist policies and brutal attacks on protesters, the school won three national championships. Not all causes in the South were lost.
The following afternoon, the skies were clear for the Crimson Tide's own spring intra-squad scrimmage. On the "Walk of Champions" outside Bryant-Denny Stadium, a Nick Saban statue was unveiled, everyone struggling to take a snapshot smiling beside the bronze folds of the giant sculpture's crotch. "Sweet Home Alabama" burst from loudspeakers too many times to count. The real Nick Saban—no Bryant second-coming but nevertheless the apotheosis of today's CEO-salaried, NFL-style collegiate coach—stood on the field ten yards behind his offenses. Quarterbacks were touched to end plays, and after every first down the announcer's call was met with a thunderous Roooll Tide! Returning players interviewed throughout the stadium Roll Tided their interlocutors as greeting and farewell, people in the stands shouted it loud and long as existential exultation, and it was yowled as a call to battle, a solemn acknowledgement, and a playful rebuke.
Little more than a glorified practice, the day's contest attracted 92,000 spectators and was broadcast by ESPN. (Downstate, Auburn's scrimmage drew only 53,000.) Because it was free, an unusually large percentage of the fans in attendance were sidewalk alums, those who didn't necessarily have the connections or resources to secure regular-season tickets. There were still the towheaded boys in white suits and bowties, the girls looking like wine candy in sleeveless pink dresses, and the mothers and daughters wearing matching sorority pins. But this was a day for the T-shirt-and-ballcap set. High walls of black plastic sheeting surrounded the perimeters of the fraternity houses, apparently to control entry into daylong luaus. Not far from the statues of Bryant, Saban and the other Bama luminaries, a compact twenty-year-old stumbled past a booth selling semi-abstract paintings of the Tide's elephant mascot. The young man accidentally or on purpose dumped his beer on an original print, and University and Tuscaloosa police were instantly around him, bumping him chest to face, their hands quivering above batons. The art dealer said the print cost $175 but he'd rather the guy be locked up. The beer-spiller lolled about as if balancing atop a football. "I don't got it," he said. His father was there, a bearded man of fifty. "Pay him the money, A. J.," he wailed. "You want to buy the picture or go to jail? I'll lend you the money." A. J.'s dad turned his pleadings to the authorities. "How much did you say it was? $175? Oh God!" He then wheedled and begged for a different outcome. But the proprietor reluctantly sold, and A. J. and his crew walked off, the unhappy owners of a $175 print of a speckled, football-carrying elephant.
Under ordinary circumstances, Harvey Updyke wouldn't have missed the game. But he had been living in an Auburn stronghold, and in the weeks after he made bail his tires were slashed, his home bricked, his face bashed. He moved out his wife and a grandson staying with them before retreating alone to a secluded spot in the woods, just sitting there atop an ice chest for eight straight days. Later, he'd fled across state lines, to an undisclosed address in Louisiana.
I spent most of the game-day away from the stadium, with tailgaters who had set up shop on a grassy patch of quad outside the kinesiology department, their turf for the past ten seasons. Chris Rogers, a regular caller to the Finebaum show, had told me by phone that he would likely arrive for the 2 p.m. game at around 5 a.m. and that he'd be delighted if I joined him. A fifty-four-year-old technician for ADT Security Services, Chris lived not far from the beaches of Gulf Shores. For the tailgate, he wore a white fishing shirt with Bama's curlicue "A" stitched above its breast pocket and a straw Crimson Tide hat above a sunburned face. We drank beers, and he recounted how he had arrived forty-five minutes late for his first wedding, in 1978, because he was at the Alabama-LSU game. Once while in the physical act of cheating on his first wife—he did that a lot back then, was a real slug—he tried to tune in Finebaum's show without exactly stopping what he was doing. That night ended badly, he said, but it damn well proved he was an avid Finebaum fan. He met his current fiancé, a Thai woman, while she was waitressing at a Bangkok go-go bar. "Damn, I'm ugly," he shouted, bending at the knees, throwing his head back, and thrusting up an arm attached to a Budweiser encased in a Bama sleeve. He looked like a man caught in the throes of the Holy Spirit. "But I'm about to have me a thirty-one-year-old wife!"
Every so often Chris's buddies sidled over, reminding him to talk to me about football. Chris's friends called him "Radio," for his volubility, and he called them "Coach." Scott Wadsworth, a retired Special Forces, had a bushy white mustache and a cap autographed by former Alabama QB Kenny Stabler. When Denny Chimes, the campus bells, chimed the hour, Scott told me the sound sent chills down his spine. He loved everything about the campus. C. D. Lackey, who was wearing an Alabama apron and manning the grill, brought me a bourbon and Coke with about seventeen shots of Maker's Mark in it. He was an engineering analyst and worked alongside many Auburn grads. Last year was tough, C. D. said, with his colleagues teasing him about the Iron Bowl: We spotted you twenty-four. You were never really in it.
"It all came together for Auburn last year," Scott conceded. But the Tigers had lost thirty-one players, and he thought it unlikely they'd win eight games this season. Alabama, by contrast, seemed as mighty as in the days of Bear Bryant.
"It's good right now, Coach!" Chris howled.
Scott and C. D. returned to the grill, and Chris began telling me that his father was the twenty-third of twenty-five children. The family named kids Huey, Dewey and Lewie Rogers, ran through many of the presidents, and by the end were just rearranging cousins' names to come up with new ones. Chris's father was a church elder, and Chris remembered him putting a fist through a door when Stabler threw an interception, breaking the television when the Tide lost. "He wasn't the exception, he was the rule," Chris said. "Until someone shoots someone else, nothing's out of hand."
My own sports allegiances were formed in what seemed like another world—the South Side of Chicago, where the local college, the University of Chicago, was a football powerhouse way back in the first decades of the last century, and most people rooted peaceably for Notre Dame, over in neighboring Indiana. I've attended hundreds of White Sox games in my time, but on many days during the off-season I think of my team not at all, and never do my passions run to hate for the crosstown Cubs. Yet Chris and his tailgating squad didn't treat me like an outsider. Cheering for their team together, they experienced such joy, their lives were enriched, and they thought generously how much better my life would be if I, too, could partake. They described for me the grandeur of C. D.'s Bama Room, its sixty-one-inch digital TV and walls all painted crimson. They told Auburn jokes of the dumb-blonde variety. They recited, as a litany, the names Joe Namath ("Our Michael Jordan") and Shaun Alexander and "the Deuce," David Palmer. Here was a system of belief, a communal faith, and it filled them with ecstasy, purpose and at times rage. Scott placed in my palm a pair of buttons he had bought for me: auburn ain't shit and aubs eat boogers. They insisted that I come visit them at their homes and "tablegate" there during away games. Before I left, each one hugged me, offering me a heartfelt "Roll Tide," and I can't deny that I was filled with the desire to "Roll Tide" them back.
Exactly a month later, I ate lunch with Harvey Updyke at a seafood shack about forty miles north of New Orleans, on the west bank of Lake Pontchartrain. We both ordered fried-alligator plates, and for nearly four hours Updyke confessed to the incontrovertible fact of his loving Crimson Tide football. It had started in Milton, Florida, twenty-eight miles from the Alabama border, where as a boy he watched The "Bear" Bryant Show on Sundays. "He always seemed like to me he was trying to teach the young men right from wrong," Updyke recollected. "And I just said, 'Man, if I ever have a son, I'm going to name him Bear Bryant.'" His first child was a girl, Crimson Tyde, and later came Bear Bryant, who was now thirty and a die-hard Texas Longhorns fan. Harvey's third wife rejected his bid to christen another daughter Ally Bama. He still thought the name pretty. "I would call her Bama," he mused. A yellow Lab got that name, and another dog Nicky, after Saban. Updyke now wanted to go unnoticed, so he wore the beginnings of a pointy beard and a rather subdued checked crimson shirt. He figured the last time he hadn't dressed in crimson, houndstooth (Coach Bryant's signature) or some Bama gear was way back in the early 1980s. Yet there were some lines that even he wouldn't cross. "Jerseys are for kids and women," he told me. "A grown man wearing one is cheesy."
Updyke retired from the Texas Highway Patrol in 1988, not long after he broke his neck in a high-speed chase. When he moved from Austin to a friend's lake house in southern Alabama, Updyke had actually given Auburn no more thought than he had the University of Tennessee, LSU, or other longtime Tide adversaries. Now he despised Auburn. He tried to explain this loathing as the natural—even the noble—response to unendurable wrongs. There was Auburn head coach Tommy Tuberville holding up five fingers in 2006 after Auburn beat Alabama for the fifth straight year, while all along Tuberville knew Bama was on probation and the field wasn't level. And out of 120 Division 1 bowl-system football teams, Harvey railed, only Southern Methodist University had been on probation more than Auburn. He read about these and so many other slights and offenses on the website Tider Insider. He never missed Finebaum and all the trash-talking Auburn fools. Once at a Walmart in Alexander City, not far from the lake house, a guy said Harvey would soon be swapping out the Tide cap for orange and blue. "I stopped dead still," Updyke recalled. "I said, 'Buddy, I'll never have Auburn colors on!'" I offered that the Walmart man's comments seemed like little more than playful banter. "The reason that guy enraged me," Updyke said, "is because I think Alabama is doing it the right way, and I know Auburn is cheating. And Auburn they don't care. Seriously, they don't care, as long as they win." At that moment a feral kitten hovering at our feet sprang and pinned a green anole against a wall, gobbling it up. I noticed Harvey hadn't touched his alligator.
The "tree poisoner," as he was now widely known, wanted me to understand that he didn't do it. About herbicides he knew absolutely nothing, and he had never even laid eyes on Toomer's Corner until he left the jail and cruised by it as some sort of prayer vigil for the oaks was taking place. He did call Finebaum's show and say he spiked the trees, but that was just a verbal hoax to piss off the Auburn family. "Even if I did do it," he said, "they're comparing me to ax murderers and church burners." The four Auburn players arrested for armed robbery last spring would no doubt get probation, Updyke said, while he'd inevitably go to prison. And he a guy who had a defibrillator, pacemaker, diabetes, clinical depression, and not too infrequently passed out. "They will not be satisfied until they get a pound of my flesh."
Most of all he hated that this stupid prank would be his legacy, would sum up his life. Updyke said he had been a pretty good highway patrolman. In one month in 1983, he said he caught forty DWIs, a Texas state record, and once stopped a U-Haul truck filled with 7,000 pounds of marijuana. At his Florida high school, he was awarded one of twelve senior superlatives. Now he was a pariah. Jay Barker, the quarterback on Alabama's 1992 national championship team, said on his radio show that Harvey was a nut who had nothing to do with the school. But not all Alabama fans condemned him, Harvey related with a chuckle. When he left the jailhouse, twenty of the men in lockup ran over to the bars as he passed. "Roll Tide!" they all yelled.
A week after our meeting, Harvey's lawyer entered a plea of both "not guilty" and "not guilty for reasons of mental disease or defect." But Harvey didn't seem deranged to me, or maybe what has become the norm is now just a hairbreadth from insanity. Chris Rogers had told me, "If I had a chainsaw, I'd want to cut down the Toomer's trees. I wouldn't do it, but I'd think about it." Even Gina Smith, of the Tide for Toomer's clique, said a switch flipped when it came to football. "We can't lose to Auburn. It's bigger than a sibling rivalry," she said. "Some things just can't be squared." In many ways, Harvey Updyke's mug shot had become the appropriate face not only of Alabama's intra-state rivalry but also of the zealotry infecting all of college football today. Across the country, professional-grade football programs are now grafted onto institutions of higher learning. Nearly every school has its own rivals website, its endless torrent of blogs and message boards. What teams aren't pushing their fans to ever greater extremes? What colleges aren't willing to break rules to keep pace with Alabama and Auburn and the rest of the Southeastern Conference, whose teams have won the last five national championships? Crazed, high-stakes college football isn't just a case of Southern exceptionalism but of the Alabama way becoming the American way.
Before we parted, Updyke asked if I knew the story of the 1954 Cotton Bowl. With Alabama already trailing by a point, a Rice University running back broke through the line at his own five and sprinted freely downfield. A Tide player named Tommy Lewis, who was sitting on the bench as the play unfolded, leapt helmetless onto the field and into the path of the unsuspecting Rice back, who crumpled to the turf. The stadium went silent. Rice was eventually awarded the 95-yard touchdown.
"What Lewis did was cheating. It was totally wrong," I nearly shouted, believing I might somehow help Harvey by showing the flaws in whatever allegory he was drawing. He merely waved me off, smiling slightly. Updyke said Lewis was one of the nicest gentlemen anyone had ever met. When asked why, then, he did it, Lewis could say only that he was too full of Bama. "That's what my problem is," Updyke pleaded, not unhappily. "I'm just too full of Bama."
_Ben Austen is a contributing editor at Harper's Magazine. His article about the decline of Nascar, "Southern Culture on the Skids," is included in The Best American Travel Writing 2011. _
A version of this story appeared in the September 2011 issue of GQ magazine.


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Lost Droid Takes Stealth Seriously to Secure Your Phone
Sep 6, 2013 5:00 AM PT
Lost Droid (Find my Phone) is available for US$1.09 in the Google Play Store. Having recently had my bicycle stolen -- after having a set of wheels pilfered in a previous year -- I was getting mad and, to quote the 1976 movie Network, I was not going to be taking it anymore.
I decided to beef up my security both in general and on the replacement bike in particular. I was going to invest in some security tech.
Unfortunately, bikes are pretty inanimate hunks of alloy, and I found that there isn't much you can do in the geek department to bolster security, with the exception of better locks -- which in turn have problems because the locks can end up costing more than the bike is worth.
I ended up investing in a special, hardened, rectangular-link security chain, which I've seen used in the Netherlands. The Dutch know a bit about bikes: The country being completely flat, bikes are common. Consequently they know about security too. So far, so good.
Phones are another matter. Bikes aren't swarming with communications chips, radios, battery power and interfaces, but phones are. That circuitry can be used to secure the device.
About the App
Incorporate Apps' Lost Droid (Find my Phone) grabbed my attention because it takes stealth seriously, not just tracking.
As any police officer will tell me, the after-the-fact bike-theft victim, and I'll now tell you, one of the steps you can take to stop a bike being stolen is to not leave the locks easily accessible. Better yet is to not have the bike accessible and to have it hidden, preferably inside your place.
Lost Droid not only lets you track a stolen phone, but it hides traces of the tracking app, too. This seems to me to be a good thing. If the baddie doesn't know the phone is protected, he can't remove the protection. Then conceivably you, or probably more sensibly, the police, could go and get it back -- like they do with cars fitted with stealthy satellite tracking.
Plus, there's no configuration website to be hacked by a savvy thief -- the app is all controlled using old-fashioned yet secure SMS text message.
Testing It Out
Testing was not all that realistic. As much as I love you all, my dear readers, I wasn't about to leave my $600-to-replace smartphone on a sidewalk fast-food-joint table in the middle of bustling Los Angeles during a Friday lunchtime while I went for ketchup, in the hope it got swiped. So, I had to replicate the testing -- I'm sure you understand.
First up, in exploring the device, it's clear the developer has gone all out to hide the app from the perp. This is apparent right down to the ability to hide the launch icon in the app drawer. You have to dial a secret PIN code in the phone's dialer to launch the app.
My test was to see if the app was capable of accurately telling me where the phone was. You'd use this first probably, as soon as you found that the phone was missing. It accurately, and secretly, texted me the Google Maps coordinates, which were out by a few feet. Not bad.
The location reporting functionality, and the other functions too, are controlled using SMS commands. The owner texts the phone with secret code plus command, for example, the syntax "1234 SEND LOCATION," and the phone sends back the location.
Other commands work the same way and include "call me," "block outgoing calls," "forward call log" and so on. More extreme commands include wiping the phone. Numerous other features are included as well, such as the ability to survive a wipe on rooted phones and SIM card white list.
The Conclusion
Overall, Lost Droid is a fine offering with enough deep-down settings and commands to keep a smartphone tinkerer happy for a good while.
Want to Suggest an Android App for Review?Is there an Android app you'd like to suggest for review? Something you think other Android users would love to know about? Something you find intriguing but aren't sure it's worth your time or money?
Please send your ideas to me, and I'll consider them for a future Android app review.

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Tri City Elks
The Tri City Elks, 1515 West Shore Rd., will have the James Montgomery Band with Corey Belucci music on June 23 from 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Tickets are $20 at the door.
Garden Club
The Chatham Village Garden Club will meet on June 5 at 7 p.m. at the EBC Center. The program will be Keeping Our Waters Clean, presented by Jamie with the Narragansett Bay Commission, followed be a regular meeting.
American Legion Post #15
The American Legion Post #15, 1016 Post Rd., East Greenwich, will have music by Bobby Justin on June 8 from 7-11 p.m. $7 admission.
Orchid Society
The Ocean State Orchid Society will meet June 9 at 1 p.m. at Spring Hill Suites By Marriott, 14 James P. Murphy Industrial Highway (behind Cardi's). The program will be Lessons From Nature, Lessons From Professionals-Tips and tricks to grow better orchids. The speaker will be Tim Culbertson, an accredited American Orchid Society judge and orchid hybridizer. The meeting is free and open to the public.
Almost Summer Bake Sale
The East Greenwich Animal Protection League will be at the Warwick Mall Community Booth for an Almost Summer Bake Sale June 9 from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Baked goods, homemade dog and cat items and many more wonderful items will be for sale. They will also have pictures of cats and dogs that are available for adoption as well as information about the league. Dropoff of baked goods will be June 8 from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. at 60 Middle Rd., East Greenwich, or June 9 at the Warwick Mall Community Booth after 10 a.m. All proceeds will be used for animals in their care.
Pancake Breakfast
Trinity Church, 139 Ocean Ave., Cranston, will have a pancake breakfast June 9, Gaspee Day, from 7-10 a.m. Full breakfast, all you can eat. $5 for adults, $3 for children and $1 off for anyone in uniform.
Fun Day/Yard Sale
The RI Family Shelter is having a community Family Fun Day/Yard Sale June 9 from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. behind the shelter, 165 Beach Ave., next door to St. Benedict's Church. Contact Selena at 739-8584 by June 6 if you would like to donate miscellaneous household items, toys, etc. You may also register before June 6 for your own table with a minimum donation of $10.
Steak Fry Fundraiser
The Greenwood Volunteer Fire Company & Museum Annual Steak Fry Fundraiser will be held June 10 starting at noon. Advanced ticket sales are $20 each and includes all your food and entertainment. Kids under 16 free with adult ticket, and receive hamburger or hotdog. Come see "Jackie" the pink fire truck. For tickets see and GFD member or stop by the station at 45 Kernick St. No tickets will be sold at the door. For information call 732-6976 or 497-6365 or follow them on Facebook or Twitter. Proceeds will benefit the RI Pink Heals and Greenwood Volunteer Fire Museum.
Cause for Paws Classic Car Show
The 5th Annual Cause for Paws Classic Car Show will be held June 10 at 171 Service Rd. (off Jefferson Blvd.). Rain date is July 15. Featured will be antique cars, classic cars to 1980, rods, muscle cars and all-year Corvettes are invited to exhibit. Vehicle registration is from 9 a.m.-12 noon with free goody bags and dash plaques to the first 100 entries. The entry free is $15 per car. Spectators are free to roam the show. Enjoy oldies music by Cruisin' Bruce Palmer. Trophies will be awarded at 2 p.m. in 26 classes, including Best of Show, Peoples Choice and Best Club Participation. Bring a can of wet dog or cat food for the shelter animals and receive an additional door prize ticket. Food and refreshments will be available. Call Ruth Napolitano at 480-9769 or e-mail email@example.com for more information.
Vacation Bible Time
Cornerstone Church, 1990 Elmwood Ave., will have Vacation Bible Time July 16-20 from 9 a.m.-12 noon for ages 4 to sixth grade. Call 781-6121 to register.
Adventure Camp
The City of Warwick Youth Advisory and Prevention Task Force, Warwick Police Department and the Rhode Island National Guard are now accepting applications for the summer Adventure Camp. The Warwick Police Department and Rhode Island National Guard are looking for students 11-14 years old to participate. Applications can be found on the City of Warwick Police Department web site www.warwickri.gov. Dates for camp are July 10-13, July 17-20 and August 14-17. Cost is $30. For more information contact Patti St.Amant at 468-4108
Cornerstone Church
Cornerstone Church, 1990 Elmwood Ave., Warwick, is now a member of the RI Community Food Bank. Hours of operation are the first and third Saturday from 9-11 a.m. and the second and fourth Monday from 6-8 p.m. For more information call 781-6121.
Mentor a Child
Do you have an hour a week to spare? That's all it takes to make a difference in the life of a child. Today's children need positive, caring adult role models to help them develop confidence, self-esteem and a desire to stay in school. For more information on the Warwick Mentor Program, please contact Pamela Leonhardt at 732-7700 x117 or visit the Rhode Island Mentoring Partnership web site at www.mentorRI.org.
Old Warwick Grange #41
The Grange is a fraternal community service, non-profit organization with a special interest in rural life and the traditions of faith, patriotism, leadership and family values. Grange-where the whole family can go and grow. Help them to help others. The meetings are held on the third Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m. No meetings in July or August. The Grange hall is located at 1175 West Shore Rd.
Developmental Screening
The Child Outreach Department of the Warwick Public Schools, in cooperation with the Volunteers of Warwick schools (VOWS), conducts regular preschool screening clinics. All Warwick preschool children between the ages of 3 and 5 are offered the Early Screening Inventory-Revised (ESI-R). This is a free service provided by the Warwick Public Schools. Participation in a Developmental Screening is a long established program of the Warwick School Department that provides families with information about their child's development and offers information about community resources. For more information, or to arrange a clinic appointment for your preschool aged child, call the VOWS office at 734-3230.
Free Sunday Lunch
St. Paul Lutheran Church, 389 Greenwich Ave., is offering a free lunch for anyone in need of a meal or companionship. All are welcome every Sunday from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. For more information call 737-6758.
Rhode Island Pet Bird Club
The R.I. Pet Bird Club welcomes anyone who owns birds or has an interest in exotic birds. Meet other people who have birds, listen to guest lecturers and more. The meetings are held on the first Monday of each month. For more information call Michele at 739-7290 or visit www.orgsites.com/ri/ripbc.
All are welcome to try your luck every Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the Warwick Terrace Hall, 2215 Elmwood Ave., behind the Family Dollar Store on Post Rd. Refreshments and coffee. For more info call Bonnie at 215-4125.
Photographic Society of RI
The Photographic Society of Rhode Island welcomes camera enthusiasts of all abilities. Meetings are held on the second, third and fourth Tuesday of each month, September through May at Lakewood Baptist Church, 255 Atlantic Ave. For more information visit www.psri.us.
There will be bingo every Friday at 6:45 p.m. at Meadowbrook Terrace on Warwick Ave. in the Community Hall.
Donate Shop
The Donate Shop is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit thrift store that provides free clothing to families in crisis. They are an all-volunteer organization that relies solely on the support of the community to continue this endeavor. The shop has a new location at 400 Warwick Ave., Unit #14, between Dunkin Donuts and Shaw's. They are open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The phone number is 533-9944, the website is www.thedonateshop.org and "Like" them on Facebook for special updates.
Gambling Counseling Offered
Bridgemark now offers individual, group and family counseling for problem gambling. If you or a loved one is experiencing difficulties as a result of gambling, call for discreet and confidential assistance, 781-2700. Deaf services are also available; call their videophone number 1-866-730-9573.
Domestic Violence Volunteers
The Elizabeth Buffum Chace Center (EBCC) is currently seeking volunteers for their Speakers Bureau. All volunteers will be trained to provide outreach, as a representative of EBCC, to communities in their service area through attendance at health and community fairs and by fulfilling requests for informational speaking engagements. Volunteers will receive thorough and specialized training under the supervision of the agency services coordinator before beginning this work. For more information, or to get involved, contact Deb Ferrante at 738-9700.
Fife and Drum Corps
The Kentish Guards Fife and Drum Corps rehearses on Wednesday evenings from 7-9 p.m. at the Kentish Guards Armory on Pierce St. in East Greenwich. Free lessons on playing the fife are provided to men and young men interested in joining the corps.
Fife & Drum Corps
Join the Pawtuxet Rangers Fife & Drum Corps of Warwick and continue the great tradition of Colonial/Revolutionary history through music. The Fife & Drum Corps meets every Wednesday night at Wyman Elementary School from 6:30-8 p.m. The corps is open to anyone over the age of 12. Drum and fife instruction is available to beginners.


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Management of Lymphedema and Venous Insufficiency
Lymphedema is the swelling of a body part, most often a leg or an arm, due to the disruption of fluid flow in the lymph system. It may occur spontaneously without known injury. It can develop following cancer care with or without lymph node removal or following trauma.
Venous insufficiency refers to insufficient blood flow in the legs due to weakened valves in the veins. Those at the greatest risk are individuals with diabetes, cardiac conditions, and obesity. This condition may lead to lymphedema.
When lymphedema is present, there is a greater risk of infection and the development of wounds. Early treatment can prevent serious complications. Traditional treatments may include elevation or compression pumps.
Decongestion therapy has been shown to be a very effective treatment to improve the condition. Witham has specially trained, certified staff to provide care. Treatment may include:
For additional information call 765-485-8999 and ask to speak to one of our specialists involved in lymphedema management.


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PARIS (Nov. 11, 2011) – The U.S. Men's National Team fell to France 1-0 in front of a near-capacity crowd of 70,018 fans at Stade de France, site of the host country's triumph in the 1998 FIFA World Cup Final.
The lone goal of the match came in the 72nd minute from substitute Loïc Rémy, who came on in the 64th minute. Eight minutes later, Rémy would find some space behind the U.S. defense to finish smartly for the game-winner.
"From a technical perspective, the shape, working, and really finding a rhythm was good,†said U.S. head coach Jurgen Klinsmann. "The real piece that was missing was scoring a goal. I told them at halftime 'guys, you can absolutely compete here. You can go for a win.' Obviously it was difficult after their goal. In these types of games, if you make one or two mistakes you get punished. It was still impressive how they came back. They pushed forward and were getting close. We made life very, very difficult for France, and they realized after 30 minutes there is a team that has a go at them. Obviously you want to score a couple of goals sooner or later, so I wish there was one or two.â€
An organized and spirited U.S. defense kept the speedy French bottled up for most of the game, so much so that the French fans voiced their disapproval as the halftime whistle blew.
U.S. captain Carlos Bocanegra, who earned his 99th career cap, had several timely tackles and clearances, while in the seventh minute his center-back partner Clarence Goodson did well to run down Jérémy Ménez after he had burst into the penalty area.
The Americans looked a bit disjointed in the attack and what danger the USA did produce came mostly through Jozy Altidore in the first half. In the 20th minute, the powerful U.S. striker pulled off a nice turn toward goal in the penalty area and was seemingly tugged down by French defender Laurent Koscielny.
In the 34th minute, Altidore shook free from two French defenders in left side of penalty area but fired his shot well left of the goal.
Still, while the French looked a bit more ominous when going at goal, Les Bleus also struggled to create danger before the break. They didn't severely threaten Tim Howard's net until the 27th minute, when a right wing cross from Matthieu Debuchy was met at the near post by Franck Ribéry, whose back-heel was a bit ambitious and rolled tamely outside the post.
France's best chance of the first half came in the 37th minute after a nice piece of dribbling by Ribéry down the left side and into the penalty area. The Bayern Munich midfielder then found the blond-mohawked Ménez, who was able to collect and turn before sizzling a shot over the crossbar.
In the final seconds of the first half, Karim Benzema snuck behind the U.S. defense into the right side of the penalty area, but Bocanegra did well to herd the French striker into a poor angle for his shot and then Howard saved his poke at goal.
France turned up the heat about 10 minutes into the second half, and the Americans were fortunate to keep the game level for a time. In the 55th minute, a corner kick from the right side was headed down inside the penalty box by Adil Rami, and the ball bounced to Benzema, whose header off the bounce from just two yards out struck the crossbar.
One minute later, Howard came up with a brilliant save off a Benzema free kick, awarded after Maurice Edu had nudged down Ribéry at the top of the penalty area about 25 yards out. Howard dove full out to his left, and with his body over the goal line turned away the blistering shot before it could break the plane.
France had a few looks at goal off the ensuing corner kick, but they were all blocked, including two by Bocanegra as he lay on the turf.
In the 69th minute, Kevin Gameiro ran onto a ball over the back line that foreshadowed the goal to come and struck a hard volley that Howard was in excellent position to knock down, but he didn't hold it. Howard then made a brave challenge, throwing himself at Olivier Giroud and plowing into the French striker, which forced him to sky the rebound over the net.
The U.S. defense finally broke in the 72nd minute on a perfectly-weighted ball played over the top of the back line by Marvin Martin. Rémy did well to hold off Goodson who then went to ground, giving the French attacker room to strike a hard shot just past Howard and into the left side of the net from 12 yards out.
The U.S. ramped up the pressure in search of an equalizer, and Clint Dempsey surged forward in the 77th minute and earned a free kick as Koscielny bundled him down with an arm to the face, a foul for which he received a yellow card. Dempsey took the free kick himself, blasting the ball just high and wide.
Klinsmann made four changes during the match, sending on Jermaine Jones for Kyle Beckerman in the 65th minute and DaMarcus Beasley for Brek Shea and Fabian Johnson for Danny Williams in the 71st. It was the first cap for Johnson, who recently received approval from FIFA for a change of association to play for the United States. Edson Buddle also came on for Edu in the 76th minute.
France is preparing for the 2012 European Championships after having qualified on the final day of group play by virtue of a 1-1 tie with Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The U.S. will play its final match of 2011 next Tuesday, Nov. 15, when the Americans come up against Slovenia for the first time since the 2-2 draw in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Bocanegra could hit the century mark in that match.
This will be only the second meeting between the nations in international play and the USA's first visit to Slovenia. Coverage from Stozice Stadium in Ljubljana begins at 12 p.m. ET (6 p.m. local) on ESPN2, ESPN3 and Galavision. Fans can follow both matches live on ussoccer.com's MatchTracker and Twitter @ussoccer.
In honor of the U.S. Men's National Team playing France on Veterans Day, the players will autograph and donate their game-worn jerseys for an online auction to benefit the Disabled American Veterans organization. The U.S. team wore yellow ribbons on their jackets during the national anthems, and a moment of silence was observed before the match in honor of Armistice Day in Europe.
-- U.S. Men's National Team Game Report --
Date: Nov. 11, 2011
Competition: International Friendly
Venue: Stade de France;Â Saint-Denis, FranceÂ
Kickoff:Â 3 p.m. ET
Attendance: 70,018
Weather: Cloudy, 50 degrees
Scoring Summary: 1 2 F
France                     0 1 1
FRA - Loïc Rémy (Marvin Martin) 72nd minute
USA: 1-Tim Howard; 2-Steve Cherundolo, 4-Clarence Goodson, 5-Carlos Bocanegra (capt.), 3-Timmy Chandler; 8-Maurice Edu (18-Edson Buddle, 77), 6-Kyle Beckerman (16-Jermaine Jones, 66), 10-Clint Dempsey; 11-Brek Shea (17- DaMarcus Beasley, 71), 7-Danny Williams (15-Fabian Johnson, 71), 9-Jozy Altidore
Subs not used: 12-Bill Hamid, 13-Michael Orozco Fiscal, 14-Michael Bradley
Head Coach: Jurgen Klinsmann
FRA: 1-Hugo Lloris; 2-Matthieu Debuchy, 4-Adil Rami, 5-Laurent Koscielny, 3-Jérémy Mathieu; 14-Jérémy Ménez, 18- Alou Diarra, 17- Yann M'Vila (11-Maxime Gonalons, 60), 7- Franck Ribéry (21-Loïc Rémy, 64); 10- Karim Benzema (8-Marvin Martin, 65), 20- Kevin Gameiro (9-Olivier Giroud, 60)
Subs not used: 6-Yohan Cabaye, 12-Mamadou Sakho, 13-Anthony Réveillère, 15-Florent Malouda, 16-Cédric Carrasso, 22-Eric Abidal, 23-Steve Mandanda
Head coach: Laurent Blanc
Stats Summary: USA / FRA
Shots: 5 / 14
Shots on Goal: 2 / 6
Saves: 5 / 2
Corner Kicks: 3 / 4
Fouls: 8 / 10
Offside: 1 / 3
Misconduct Summary:
FRA – Laurent Koscielny (caution)   78th minute
FRA – Matthieu Debuchy (caution)  80
Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (GRE)
Assistant Referee 1: Dimitrios Saraidaris (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: Dimitrios Bozatzidis (GRE)
Fourth Official: Huseyin Ocak (GRE)
Budweiser Man of the Match:
Tim Howard


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Inside the box that arrived several days later were nine compact discs containing an electronic treasure trove of naval aviation photographs and papers. They documented the 1917—22 Navy career of Chief Machinist's Mate/Air Irving E. Sheely, Lawrence's uncle and one of the subjects of Mr. Rickard's article. The chief was quite a shutterbug, and many of his photos show the various aircraft he flew in as an observer in France during World War I.
Our predicament was that we only had space to run a limited number of images in the magazine but we'd received an embarrassment of photographic riches. The solution, reached after discussing the problem with the Naval Institute's Web-site director, Mary Ripley, is to feature more of the amazing photographs in a slideshow on our site . The move is part of the continuing evolution of the Institute's internet presence. Our site now also includes blogs, soon to be joined by more Web-exclusive content. To view the Sheely photographs, go to www.usni.org and follow the Naval History magazine links.
When you visit, you'll find another bonus: a second slideshow , this one profiling the 3d Marine Division's grinding, bloody fight on Iwo Jima. That's the subject of Alan Rems' article, "Letters to Iwo Jima." Instead of just presenting a battle history, Mr. Rems also focuses on the battle's terrible human cost as revealed in letters 3d Division family members exchanged with the unit's commander, Major General Graves Erskine.
In searching for photos to accompany the article, Naval History staffers Jim Caiella, Amy Voight, Jen Mabe, and I found more than 50 images of 3d Division Marines on Iwo at the National Archives. I also met up with Alan Rems at the Library of the Marine Corps at Quantico and made copies of some of the moving letters he'd discovered there in General Erskine's papers. Many of the photographs and letters are featured in the article and slideshow.
The Iwo Jima missives convey a profound sense of the agony families back home suffered knowing their loved ones were engaged in a great struggle but not having heard from them for weeks. I'm also struck by General Graves' compassionate responses, specifically how he was able to provide thorough yet comforting accounts of how his Marines fell in battle. They gave me an appreciation of what must be one of the heaviest responsibilities of high command.
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Though their first application in clinical practice occurred in the 1940s, vitamin K antagonists (such as warfarin) were the only form of oral anticoagulant medication approved for long-term use for more than 60 years. Warfarin has remained the "gold standard" for decades with no other therapy matching its efficacy rates without serious side effect issues. Although warfarin is highly effective for the prevention and/or treatment of most thrombotic disease, the significant interpatient and intrapatient variability in dose-response, the narrow therapeutic index, and the numerous drug and dietary interactions associated with warfarin has led clinicians, patients, and investigators to search for alternative agents.
Three new orally administered anticoagulants (dabigatran, rivaroxaban and apixaban) have been approved by the FDA. Several others are just entering (or moving through) earlier phases of investigation. These novel anticoagulant medications are being studied for the prevention and treatment of venous thromboembolism, the treatment of acute coronary syndromes and the prevention of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation.


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CHICAGO—Chris Volstad had to wait through a couple of rain delays while he worked on his first victory in more than a year, and it seemed like an eternity to the tall right-hander as he moved closer to the end of a 24-start winless streak.
"It's only fitting that the day took pretty long," a relieved Volstad said Sunday after pitching the Chicago Cubs to a 5-0 win over the Colorado Rockies.
The start of the game was delayed 2 hours, 23 minutes by rain, and there was another weather interruption of 30 minutes after the eighth inning before the game was called. Then the 6-foot-8 Volstad really did get a shower—a celebratory one from his teammates with a clubhouse beverage.
"The tarp being pulled in the ninth inning, I was, 'Come on, just get this over with,'" Volstad said. "I got a pretty big welcome, reception whatever you want to call it when they called the game. Everyone was pretty happy. I was pretty happy, as well. … There is a little sense of relief to get it over with."
Volstad allowed just three hits over 6 2-3 innings in his first win since he helped the Marlins to a 5-4 victory over Houston on July 10, 2011. He was traded to the Cubs over the winter for Carlos Zambrano.
He said he hadn't been dwelling on the streak.
"Maybe a little bit of bad luck for me over the last year and a month or whatever it was. That's baseball. You got to keep going," Volstad said.
"Sometimes you throw well and don't get that win or you get that loss and sometimes you don't and do get a win. Just the way it goes. I think that's why the streak, whatever you want to call it, to me wasn't a huge issue."
The major league record for consecutive winless starts is 28, shared by Jo-Jo Reyes, Matt Keough and Cliff Curtis.
Volstad (1-9) was taken out to an ovation in the seventh after former Cub Tyler Colvin doubled with two outs and Chris Nelson walked. Manny Corpas then retired Jonathan Herrera on a fielder's choice grounder to end the threat.
Volstad, who made 12 starts in the minors this season and was recalled Aug. 1, struck out three and walked three in a 101-pitch effort. Shawn Camp pitched the eighth for his second save in five chances, completing a four-hitter.
"Since he's been back, he hasn't been that bad. He's had some good outings," Chicago manager Dave Sveum said of Volstad. "He's pitched much better with a lot more conviction."
Starlin Castro scored three times and Darwin Barney had two RBIs as the Cubs took two of three from the Rockies.
Colorado right-hander Jhoulys Chacin (1-4), making just his second start since returning from the disabled list, gave up a run and five hits in five innings.
"It was bad weather, rainy and very humid. When I was pitching all the sweat came to my hand and it was really tough to grab the ball, but I still didn't make the pitch when I needed," Chacin said. "I couldn't get a grip on my sinker. I was just really using my fastball and my slider because I couldn't throw my changeup for a strike."
But the Rockies just couldn't muster anything offensively.
"We didn't hit today," manager Jim Tracy said. "You certainly would have liked to have those baserunners and force Chris to pitch out of the stretch a little more often than he did."
Volstad, who was 0-14 during the winless streak, has received little run support this season. During his previous 13 starts, the Cubs had scored one or fewer runs eight times and he hadn't received more than three runs in any of those outings.
This time they gave him an early lead and he went from there.
"The biggest thing was me giving up zeroes. That's always nice," Volstad said. "The defense backed me today and they did a great job at the plate."
Castro doubled in the second, went to third on a fly ball and scored when Barney beat out a potential double-play grounder.
Castro walked in the sixth, moved up on two grounders and scored on Barney's flare single to right-center.
The Cubs then tacked on three more runs in the eighth. Pinch-hitter Joe Mather had a bases-loaded sacrifice fly, Brett Jackson raced home on Will Harris' wild pitch and David DeJesus tacked on an RBI single.
NOTES: Sveum said it was the right decision to call the game after eight because the field had become unplayable. "The dirt was beyond kitty litter repair as I call it," he said. … Barney entered in a 3-for-31 slump over his previous 10 games. … Announced attendance was 32,346, many of whom had departed by the time the game had started. … Colorado heads home to play the new-look Dodgers with Josh Beckett making his first start for L. A. since the trade from Boston and Jeff Francis pitching for the Rockies on Monday night. The Cubs stay at Wrigley to face Milwaukee with Chicago's Justin Germano going against Marco Estrada.


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In a large pot, bring 6 quarts of salted water to a boil.
In a large saute pan over high heat, add 2 tablespoons olive oil. Season turkey with salt and pepper. Add turkey and saute breaking any large lumps until golden brown. Remove meat from pan and set aside. Add 2 tablespoons olive oil to pan and heat. Add chopped mushrooms and season with salt and pepper. Saute until all the liquid from the mushrooms has evaporated, about 5 minutes. Add the peas and saute for 4 minutes. Return the meat to the pan and cook for another 3 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.
When the pot of water has come to a boil, add pasta and cook until al dente, about 8 minutes. Drain in a colander. Return pasta to the pot and add the meat mixture. Combine thoroughly and gently cook over medium heat for 5 minutes. Drizzle in remaining olive oil. If the mixture is dry, do not hesitate to use more olive oil if necessary. Check the seasoning. Turn off the heat and add the grated cheese. Stir well and serve in large bowl.
Grana Padano is a hard, grainy cow's milk cheese similar in flavor to Parmigiano-Reggiano.


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What? A Democrat speaking plainly and courageously from a point of personal conviction? Are we in Bizarro World?
From Saturday's debate between Republican Senator Burns and his Democratic challenger, Tester, in Montana:
When it came to the USA Patriot Act, Burns called it a useful tool, saying it lets law enforcement fight terrorism with the same tactics used against organized crime. He said that people "need to be able to go to the movies or football games without worrying about being blown up. I don't think Mr. Tester understands the enemy," he said.Nice.
Burns said he also supported programs monitoring international telephone calls against those suspected of terrorism.
"He wants to weaken the Patriot Act," he said of Tester.
Tester sought to clarify:
"I don't want to weaken the Patriot Act, I want to repeal it. What it does, it takes away your freedom ... and when you take away our freedoms, the terrorists have won," Tester said.
He came back to the subject near the end of the debate, when Burns tried to link him to New York Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer, who is, Burns said, pro-gun-control.
"With things like the Patriot Act," Tester said, "We'd damn well better keep our guns."


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Fredericksburg Texas Hill Country Maps
Below you will find some interactive maps of Fredericksburg Texas and the surrounding Texas Hill Country. We will be adding more maps in the near future with some scenic drive recommendations. Check back soon.
Fredericksburg Area Map
Texas Hill Country Regional Map
Texas Map
Bringing Art and Art Lovers together!
Enjoy fine wine from local wineries and the Fredericksburg ART scene!
Texas Hill Country #1
on The New York Times
31 Places to Go This Summer
"Who needs Europe? The Texas Hill Country, west of Austin and north of San Antonio, might be the next best thing to crossing the Atlantic. The region is lush, colorful and, unlike much of the pancake-flat state, dotted with beautiful green hills that are evocative of Tuscany or the south of France. Moreover, the region is speckled with 22 wineries that buzz with food and music festivals year round. And towns like Fredericksburg offer a taste of the Old World, with German-style biergartens and schnitzelhauser. "
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Wine Regions in the United States Hill Country, TX: Texas Hill Country, north of San Antonio and west of Austin, is one of the nation's fastest growing wine destinations. Boasting 24 wineries along the Texas Wine Trail, this area is a must-see for its unparalleled wine diversity. Away.com's Top 10 Hidden-Gem Wine Regions In Your Backyard Sep 23, 2010
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Is the economy making you fat?
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have a co-conspirator in the war on your well-being: Duncan Hines. During stressful times, overeating is practically our national therapy. In fact, nearly 50 percent of people say they soothe frayed nerves with unhealthy meals, according to a survey by the American Psychological Association in Washington, D.C. Ultimately, calorie overload—and the weight that results—only adds to our feelings of helplessness.The solution: Take control of your diet. "You don't have power over the financial markets, but you have complete autonomy when it comes to your eating," says Heather Bauer, R.D., of New York City. Curbing your binges will also give you a sense of confidence—which may carry over to how you handle your finances. We found four women in dire need of diet makeovers and helped them learn to manage financial stress without Mallomar meltdowns. Read on for their winning strategies.
The stress gobbler
Emily Stern, 28, editor in New York City
Pounds gained since the market tanked: 15
Carb-heavy suppers calmed Stern while her company downsized but costher a jeans size. And although she kept her job, she inherited the workof her laid-off colleagues. "After a long day, I'll watch TV whilenoshing on cheese and have a big spaghetti dinner."
Plan for pasta. Stern craves carbs at night because they liftserotonin levels—which makes her feel relaxed, Bauer says. Ratherthan ditch carbs altogether, Stern should seek balance, Bauer suggests,by choosing protein-and-produce-based breakfasts and lunches and savinghealthy carbs such as brown rice or whole-wheat bread for dinner. "It'seasier to resist temptation in the morning, and you'll want the comfortat night," Bauer says. Plus, including lean protein such as dairy, fish,beans or tofu at every meal will fill her up, so she'll eat smallerportions of starch.
Limit your triggers. Finding a relaxing, unplugged postdinneractivity such as reading, journaling or taking a walk may help Stern saygood-bye to her late-night snack habit, which is tied to televisionwatching, says Jennifer Louden, a personal coach on Bainbridge Island,Washington. Stern can also fill her fridge with portion-controlledversions of her favorite snacks. A Laughing Cow Mini Babybel Light (50calories, 3 grams fat) will satisfy her hankering for cheese withoutcompletely blowing her calorie budget.
The cheap eater
Paige Donner, 41, writer in Los Angeles
Pounds gainedsince the market tanked: 15 Unsteady pay and fewerassignments have turned this freelance journalist into a bona fide foodbargain hunter. "I'm buying whatever organic food is on sale, whetherit's healthy or not," she says. "Last night I was making macaroni andcheese, thinking, Am I so broke that I'm really eating this?" Donneralso often goes nearly all day without eating. "I won't plan ahead andthen realize it's been eight hours since my last meal, but stopping fora green salad seems too expensive."
Redefine cheap eats. Donner equates healthful foodwith high-end salads and smoothies, and nothing else, says JackieNewgent, R.D., of New York City. "Don't shy away from inexpensive cannedand frozen produce and protein. It's packed at its peak and can last upto a year," she says. Try canned beans, peas, salmon and tomatoes, andstock up during sales. Create your meals around these nutritious foods,rather than indiscriminately buying whatever is marked down.
Stash snacks. "It's best to have smaller, morefrequent meals throughout the day, rather than one big meal at night,"Newgent says. Using this strategy can help Donner avoid starving allday, which sets her up to overdo it come dinnertime. Donner should eat ahealthful breakfast such as oatmeal and then pack a few protein-richmini-meals such as whole-wheat crackers with hummus or a homemade trailmix containing dried fruit and nuts and munch every three hours to staysated and energized.
The burned-out binger
Natasha Fenster, 33, realestate agent in Stamford, Connecticut
Pounds gained since the markettanked: 45 This overworked mom juggles two jobs whileraising her sons, ages 3 years and 10 months. "I'm so exhausted anddepressed that I eat and eat and eat," Fenster says. "I was stunned torealize I've regained all the weight I lost after my two pregnancies."
Make breakfast in a flash. Fenster eats a bagel with peanut butteror Nutella nearly every morning. "They're cheap and convenient," shesays. But they're also weighing her down: A bagel with 2 tbsp Nutellaadds up to 540 calories! Newgent suggests starting the day with a150-calorie English muffin and a scrambled egg instead: "Once a week,while the kids sleep, Fenster can cook a skillet of eggs, put them intothe muffins and freeze them." She can nuke one low-cal combo each A.M.for a punch of filling (cheap!) protein.
Break the stress cycle. The more worried Fenster feels, the morecarelessly she eats. When she panics about her finances, she shouldwrite down her specific fears and research solutions, Louden says. (Findanswers to common money woes here.) Once she gathers information,life will feel more manageable. Fenster can also stop buying treats andinstead set out bowls of fresh fruit so she has lean bites on hand whenshe needs a nosh.
The social glutton
Rebecca Collins, 28, student in Newtown, Pennsylvania
Pounds gained since the market tanked: 5 Collins headedeast from Los Angeles to begin a career in green consulting, but herswitch was ill-timed. "No one is hiring," she says. She lives at herparents' home to cut costs and spends much of her downtime overeating."I can't resist my mom's home cooking," she says. After long days of jobhunting, Collins goes out to dinner and drinks with pals to lift herspirits, which hurts her wallet and her waist.
Put on your chef's hat. "One pitfall of moving home is we regress tochildhood behavior, which for Rebecca means letting her mom do thecooking," says Willow Jarosh, R.D., of New York City. Collins shouldshop with Mom to take ownership of her own eating and cookcalorie-conscious fare for the family, such as veggie and bean burritosor chicken stir-fry.
Host a healthy happy hour. "We tend to drink more when we'restressed because it relaxes us. But it loosens inhibitions andstimulates appetite," Louden says. Support is crucial, so Collins shouldthrow a healthy potluck or work out with pals and, when she goes out,pick lighter fare such as sushi and sip seltzer. Her bank account andher body will benefit.
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U.S. suspends diplomatic relations with Syria
WASHINGTON — A senior State Department official says the Syrian government has been told it must immediately suspend its diplomatic and consular missions in the United States.
The order Tuesday essentially shutters the Syrian embassy in Washington and its honorary consulates in Troy, Mich., and Houston, Texas, and forces all personnel who are not legal U.S. residents to leave the country.
It comes three years since the start of the bloody civil war in Syria that has killed more than 140,000 people.
U.S. special envoy to Syria Daniel Rubenstein said the order responds to a decision by the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad to suspend its own consular services.
However, Rubenstein said the U.S. wants to continue diplomatic relations with Syria and maintain a relationship if Assad steps down from power.


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Gaudin solid in emergency start vs. Indians
GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- Ubaldo Jimenez believes he is in a position to put his past two years of struggles behind him. In a 6-4 Cactus League victory over the Giants on Thursday afternoon, the Indians starter spun four solid innings in his continued comeback attempt.
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GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- Ubaldo Jimenez believes he is in a position to put his past two years of struggles behind him. In a 6-4 Cactus League victory over the Giants on Thursday afternoon, the Indians starter spun four solid innings in his continued comeback attempt.
Jimenez wants to show Cleveland that trading for him two seasons ago was not a mistake.View Full Game Coverage
"The last two years have been really hard," Jimenez said. "They brought me over here because they believed in me. I haven't been able to show it, but I'm looking forward to doing that this year."
Jimenez, who was acquired from the Rockies in July 2011, allowed one run on three hits with two strikeouts and no walks in his third outing of the spring. The right-hander felt strong enough after his start against San Francisco to head to the bullpen, where he threw for a few minutes to bring his total to more than 60 pitches logged.
San Francisco's lone run against Jimenez came in the fourth inning, when Brandon Crawford contributed a sun-assisted triple with one out. Crawford sent a pitch towering over center field, where Cleveland's Michael Bourn lost sight of the ball. It dropped to the grass and Crawford sprinted to third for an easy three-base hit. Hunter Pence brought Crawford home with a single.
Despite that one hiccup, Jimenez was happy with his performance.
"I felt good," Jimenez said. "I was able to attack the strike zone and I threw all my pitches for strikes. Everything went good. I was trying to command my fastball and, what I did today different than the other days, I threw more breaking balls then before."
Giants right-hander Chad Gaudin -- a non-roster invitee in the mix for a long-relief role -- turned in three shutout innings in an emergerncy start. San Francisco right-hander Tim Lincecum was scratched from his scheduled start due to a blister on his right middle finger. Lincecum is considered day to day with the minor issue.
Pitching in place of Lincecum, Gaudin allowed two hits and ended with two strikeouts.
"That's what I train in the offseason for, to come into spring ready to do whatever I need," Gaudin said. "I'm ready for anything. I come ready to pitch no matter what, whether that's in the first, second, fourth or 10th inning."
The Indians' offense got things rolling in the home half of the fourth, when left fielder Ryan Raburn -- competing for a bench job -- delivered a two-run double with the bases loaded against Giants lefty Josh Osich. Raburn ended the afternoon with a pair of two-base hits, upping his Cactus League batting average to .550 this spring.
In the fifth inning, facing San Francisco pitching prospect Heath Hembree, Nick Swisher and Jason Giambi launched back-to-back home runs to push the Indians to a 6-2 lead. Following Swisher's three-run shot to right field, Giambi sent a baseball bouncing off the tin rooftop above the right-field bleacher seats for his first homer of the spring.
San Francisco countered with three runs in the sixth inning against Tribe right-hander Cody Allen, who is in the mix for a bullpen job. Crawford singled and scored on a base hit from Pence, and Brandon Belt brought two runs across the plate with a double down the left-field line. Allen exited after just two-thirds of an inning for the Indians.
Up next: The Giants will host a Dodgers split squad Friday at Scottsdale Stadium with first pitch slated for 12:05 p.m. PT. The game will be carried on sfgiants.com as Barry Zito makes his third appearance of the spring. In his first 4 2/3 innings, Zito allowed a combined two earned runs on four hits while striking out three. The Giants tied Los Angeles, 8-8, in their last meeting on February 26.
Jordan Bastian is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Major League Bastian, and follow him on Twitter @MLBastian.


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2010-04-08 / Church News
Cards Of Thanks
I would like to take this
opportunity to thank all of
my friends and neighbors for
the cards, calls and visits during
my recovery from recent
surgery. Your well wishes and
prayers have been good medicine.
I have always known we
live in a close and caring
I would also like to publicly
thank my caring wife,
daughters and families for all
of their help.
May God bless you all.
Garey Sprowl
I would like to give a special
thanks to Needmore Volunteer
Fire Co. and ambulance
crew as well as the
Hancock Ambulance Co. for
their hard work and dedication
in responding to my recent
fall at my Needmore
area home. I truly appreciate
your efforts.
Robert and Leslie Johns
and sons
In this manner the family
of Cam H. Mellott would like
to thank each and everyone
for all the acts of kindness
shown us during the illness
and death of our dear Cam.
There are so many we can't
begin to name you all.
Especially thanks to Dr.
Lorentsen, all the nurses at
John L. Grove Cancer Center,
Drs. Bruno and Brady for
the wonderful care given to
Cam. Thanks to everyone for
the cards, flowers and food
that was either sent or
brought in during our bereavement.
Last, but not least, a very
special thank-you to Sipes
Funeral Home for the wonderful
work they do and the
loving care they showed. To
Elder Payne and Pastor Betty
Secrist for the visits and
especially for the beautiful
service they provided. Last,
but not forgotten, the wonderful
service the Needmore
Volunteer Fire Co. provided
at the service and also the
delicious food served to us
after the service.
May God bless each one
in His own special way.
Gone but not forgotten
Sadly missed,
Brother Wilmer and family
Sue Yeager and family
In appreciation we would
like to thank everyone for
their expressions of sympathy
in the loss of our family
member, Cathleen Strock.
Thanks to Rev. Willis
Swope and Pastor Duane
Jensen and everyone for the
flowers, food and all the
cards and prayers.
Mother, Mary "Betty"
and brothers and sister
The family of Virl Long
would like to extend our sincere
thanks to everyone who
supported us during the loss
of our loved one.
The prayers, flowers,
cards, food, donations and
expressions of sympathy are
greatly appreciated.
Thanks to Rev. Chris Elliott,
Foster and Minervia
Park, and many others for
their help and to Howard
Sipes Funeral Home.
He will be greatly missed
by family and friends.
Thank you so much for
Twila and Kevin Long


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