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A miasma is a poisonous atmosphere formerly thought to rise from swamps and putrid matter and cause disease. [1] Miasmas were for a long time equaled to stench. Thus sewers, but also peasants and common workers, who could not afford to bathe regularly were associated with diseases. Miasma was thought to be the cause of diseases like pest, cholera and typhus. The idea of the miasma was disproved by the emergence of the bacteriologists like Robert Koch and Louis Pasteur.
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This informative Academy offers citizens the opportunity to experience various types of training Sheriff's Deputies receive and observe the vast array of situations which officers encounter daily. Citizens learn about patrol operations, arrest procedures, defensive tactics, units that specialize in everything from abatement of illegal drugs to reducing graffiti, to the all important role that Community Policing plays in Carson City. Last, but not least, this is your chance to try real jail cuisine.
The Academy is open to everyone 18 years of age or older who can meet the eligibility criteria. Preference will be given to Carson City residents, merchants, local businesses and thier employees. There is no charge for the Academy, however, due to a limited number of openings, not all applicants will be able to attend.
Classes are held Wednesday evenings from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Carson City Sheriff's Office. A few classes will be held at off-site locations.
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Stainthorpe is a name whose history is connected to the ancient Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. The name is derived from when the Stainthorpe family once lived in the village of Stanford that was found in at least ten parishes in England.
The surname Stainthorpe was first found in Staffordshire but was found in various counties including: Stanford, Kent; Stanford Bishop, Herefordshire; Stanford Dingley, Berkshire; Stanford in the Vale; and Stanford le Hope in Essex. The name literally means "stone ford" or "stony ford" [1] and was listed in the Domesday Book in numerous places too. The Stainforth variant called Darnall in Yorkshire their ancient family seat. "The Hall [of Darnall], built by the Staniforths, was the residence of that family for several generations, and afterwards a seat of the late Duke of Norfolk's." [2]
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Stainthorpe research. Another 96 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1175 and 1461 are included under the topic Early Stainthorpe History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Stainthorpe family name include Stamford, Stanford, Staniford, Staniforth, Stainforth, Stannford, Stanforth and many more.
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For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Stainthorpe surname or a spelling variation of the name include: John Stamford who settled in Virginia in 1624; Francis Stanford, his wife Grace, and six children arrived in Philadelphia in 1683; Robert Stanford and his wife Mary and son Robert arrived in Barbados in 1678.


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Houston Dynamo at LA Galaxy
Sunday, May 5, 10 p.m. CT
The Home Depot Center
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It's a rematch of the last two MLS Cup Finals as the LA Galaxy and Houston Dynamo once again meet at The Home Depot Center on Sunday evening in front of an ESPN2 audience. The Galaxy won both of those finals, both in Carson, including a 3-1 victory last December. The Galaxy come into the match off back-to-back shutout victories, last a 2-0 win at Real Salt Lake. The Dynamo continued their long home undefeated streak last weekend, reaching a 1-1 draw with the Colorado Rapids.
Allen Chapman. AR1 (bench): Corey Rockwell; AR2 (opposite): Jeff Hosking; 4th: Ricardo Salazar MLS Career: 15 games; FC/gm: 21.3; Y/gm: 3.3; R: 2; pens: 3
HOUSTON DYNAMO -- OUT: Calen Carr – Left knee; Omar Cummings – Right knee; Tyler Deric – Left ankle; Warren Creavalle – Right hamstring; Cam Weaver – lower back
LA GALAXY -- OUT: DF Jack McBean (Fractured Left Clavicle – Underwent surgery on April 30); QUESTIONABLE: Carlo Cudicini (Right Leg Strain), Landon Donovan (Right Leg Strain), Todd Dunivant (Left Leg Strain), Robbie Keane (Left Ankle)
- ALL-TIME (16 meetings): Galaxy 6 wins, 18 goals ... Dynamo 6 wins, 19 goals ... Ties 4
- AT LA (7 meetings): Galaxy 3 wins, 10 goals ... Dynamo 2 wins, 8 goals ... Ties 2
- LAST YEAR (MLS): 5/26: HOU 2, LA 1 (own goal 38; Hainault 57 – Buddle 10)
- This is the only league meeting of the season between the two clubs.
- It's a rematch of the last two MLS Cups, the Galaxy winning 1-0 in MLS Cup 2011, and 3-1 in MLS Cup 2012, both played at The Home Depot Center.
- Houston has won the last two league meetings between the teams, both coming in Houston, including a 2-1 win last year at BBVA Compass Stadium.
- The Galaxy have defeated the Dynamo in their last six meetings at The Home Depot Center in all competitions, including the last two MLS Cups and the 2009 Western Conference Championship. Houston's last win against the Galaxy in Carson came in 2007, a 3-1 triumph.
- Coaches record: Bruce Arena vs. HOU: P10 W5 L4 D1 ... Dominic Kinnear vs. LA: P24 W10 L9 D5
The Houston Dynamo extended their long undefeated streak, reaching a second consecutive draw with a 1-1 result against the Colorado Rapids on Sunday afternoon at BBVA Compass Stadium. The Dynamo are in a tie for second place in the Eastern Conference with 14 points from 8 matches.
- The Rapids took a well-deserved lead just before halftime. Center back Drew Moor smartly lost Rico Clark on a corner kick and, free at the back post, headed home a Dillon Powers service for the opener.
- But the Dynamo hit for the leveler in in the 66th minute. Corralling a loose clearance from a long goal kick, Giles Barnes took two touches and hit a rocket of a shot on a thin angle from just inside the area, beating Colorado goalkeeper Clint Irwin just under the bar to his left.
- The Dynamo finished the game with 10 men after Brad Davis was shown a straight red card in stoppage time by referee Juan Guzman for a tackle on Nathan Sturgis.
- Dynamo head coach Dominic Kinnear made two changes to the team that got a stoppage-time equalizer for a 1-1 draw with Toronto FC at BMO Field. Eric Brunner came into central defense for the suspended Jermaine Taylor, and Boniek Garcia started in midfield in place of Adam Moffat.
- HOUSTON DYNAMO (4-1-3-2): Tally Hall - Kofi Sarkodie, Eric Brunner, Bobby Boswell, Corey Ashe - Ricardo Clark (Luiz Camargo 86) - Andrew Driver (Warren Creavalle 67), Boniek Garcia, Brad Davis (sent off 95) - Giles Barnes (Brian Ching 78), Will Bruin.
- The Dynamo set an MLS record with their 30th consecutive league match without a loss in the draw with the Rapids. They have now gone 36 games without a home loss in all competitions dating back to 2011.
- "They took it to us and we woke up in the second half," Brian Ching said. "For us it feels like a loss because we expect to win at home. It's a lesson learned and we need to pick it up." Said defender Bobby Boswell: "The biggest thing to take away from it is we weren't happy with it. Even if we had gotten a win there at the end we wouldn't have been happy with how we played that game for 90 minutes. That's something we have to work on."
- The Dynamo will be without playmaker Brad Davis for the MLS Cup Final rematch, after he was sent off late in the draw with Colorado.
- "After I just got that yellow card, I just lost my head a little bit," Davis said. "I don't think it was a straight red, but I think he was looking after our little scuffle we had. I actually talked to the ref at halftime and asked him to be more consistent. There was a lot of inconsistency, so finally I kind of lost it."
- Boniek García was able to make his first appearance in the starting lineup since March 30, stepping into a central midfield role with Andrew Driver remaining in a wide spot.
- Adam Moffat was unable to figure in the Colorado match after leaving the Toronto FC game in the first half with a hamstring injury.
- "There's lots of decisions to be made based on guy's health," Kinnear said. "We want to make sure that guys are healthy when they step on the field. The good thing is those guys are practicing so it makes it easier to make a decision."
- Giles Barnes took over the Dynamo team lead with his third goal, his first since scoring in back-to-back games March 23 and 30 vs. Vancouver and San Jose.


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Sprint will no longer bid to acquire T-Mobile after finding it too difficult to get regulatory approval, according to reports.
Sprint abandoned the deal and will replace its outgoing chief executive officer Dan Hesse with Marcelo Claure, the Wall Street Journal reported. Apparently the negotiations included a "drop dead" clause where both parties could walk away if the deal wasn't complete, Reuters reported.
Sprint decided to kill the acquisition on Tuesday after deciding that it would take too much to gain acceptance from regulators, the WSJ reported. Buying T-Mobile would combined the country's third- and fourth-largest carriers which would give consumers fewer options for wireless service. A visit with U.S. Justice Department and the Federal Communications Commission officials illustrated to Sprint that it would face difficulty in the deal along with opposition i it decided to bid together for more spectrum.
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Univ. of Akron proposes to end 55 academic programs
- Proposed suspensions include four doctoral and 27 master%27s programs
- Review looked at criteria such as demand%2C placement rates%2C level of research
- School president will present proposal to university Senate on Thursday
The University of Akron is exploring whether to do away with 55 academic programs as a way of better meeting demand and keeping up in hard times, according to the school's website and published reports.
The proposed suspensions presented by school Provost Michael Sherman to the Board of Trustees Wednesday include bachelor's level theater arts, geography and music: history and literature, as well as master's level theater arts, geography, secondary education, physics and urban studies, according to documents made available on the school's website. The recommended suspensions also include doctoral programs in elementary and secondary education.
The proposed suspensions include 11 associate, 13 bachelor's, 27 master's and four doctoral degree programs.
"These are hard times and everything cannot be sustained," the Akron Beacon Journal quotes Chand Midha, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, as saying.
Midha headed the academic program review that resulted in the recommendations. The review included criteria such as completion rates, demand, placement rates and level of research.
According to a summary of actions taken Wednesday by the school's Board of Trustees, the Faculty Senate has been asked to provide input on the proposal. The board also asked that students applying for admission to the programs in question be told about the possibility that their area of study might be suspended.
The update says university president Luis Proenza will present the proposal before the university Senate on Thursday, and he will ask members of the Senate to offer feedback at its April 3 meeting.
The administration will make a recommendation to the board at its April 23 meeting.
In a letter dated Tuesday, chief operating officer Michael Sherman writes Proenza that the school's academic program review process typically looks at academic programs and how they are organized to maximize effectiveness and best meet students' needs. " The faculty has worked continuously to modify academic programs to better serve our students and to the benefit of the institution," Sherman wrote.
Theater faculty, among others on campus, have opposed the changes.
In December, Mark Shanda, a consultant and dean from Ohio State University, said the program should be included in the proposed suspensions because of its lack of accreditation, drop in faculty and other issue, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported. Shanda told the news organization that there were 18 undergraduate theater majors at the school, and three in the school's master's program in theater.
Theater professor Jim Slowiak told the Plain Dealer that a report leading up to the recommendations was "highly irresponsible." He added, "There is a lack of leadership and lack of communication and lack of understanding about the arts."
About 600 current students would be affected as well as about 115 students interested in the programs recommended for suspension, the Beacon Journal reports.


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Leon McAffrey telling Toni Cipriani that the Uptown Yardies are struggling to hold on to their newly acquired neighbourhood, Newport.
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Night of the Livid Dreads is a mission in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories given to protagonist Toni Cipriani by corrupt LCPD police officer Leon McAffrey from Aspatria, Staunton Island, Liberty City.
Toni meets Leon in Aspatria where he is informed that the Uptown Yardies are struggling to hold on to Newport and are under attack from the Sindacco Family. Toni goes to the alleyway behind Ammu-Nation, where the shoot out is taking place. One of the Yardies leaves to get an Ambulance for Rudyard, who had been shot, whilst Toni kills the Sindacco Family gang members. Toni and the Yardies escape the alley, whilst Rudyard is taken to Carson General Hospital in Rockford.
Leon McAffrey: Cipriani, we must stop meeting like this.
Toni Cipriani: Fine by me.
Leon McAffrey: C'mon, lighten up a little.
Toni Cipriani: What you got for me, McAffrey?
Leon McAffrey: Those Yardie boys are having a little trouble holding their newly acquired turf in Newport. Seems now the Sindaccos want it back.
(Toni drives to Newport and meets up with the Yardies)
Yardie #1: Me boy Rudyard got himsel' capped! I'll get the ambulance, you go help my boys!
(Toni kills some Sindacco Family gang members)
Yardie #2: Let's get out of here!
(Toni kills all the Sindacco Family gang members, allowing him and the Yardies to escape)
Yardie #3: Here comes the ambulance! Thanks, Mr. Cipriani, we owe you one!
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Note: If the player has not yet completed Shoot the Messenger, then this phone call will be triggered after that mission instead.
Toni Cipriani: Yeah?
Leon McAffrey: Cipriani? It's me, McAffrey. I've got some news that Salvatore might appreciate. Come see me up at the usual place.
The reward for completing the mission is $2,000 and the Munitions Dump mission, if the player has also completed Shoot the Messenger.
- The name of the mission is a parody of the George A. Romero film Night Of The Living Dead.
Toni Cipriani driving to Newport to assist the Uptown Yardies repel a Sindacco attack.
A Yardie telling that Toni Cipriani that Rudyard was shot during the shooting.
Toni Cipriani killing Sindacco Family mobsters to protect the Uptown Yardies.
Toni Cipriani about to meet the ambulance to take Rudyard to Carson General Hospital.
A Yardie thanking Toni Cipriani for his help in repelling the Sindacco Family.
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- CAPACITIES - Cabin capacity limits are strictly enforced. Bring tents if you exceed the cabin limits.
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- ICE - Check with the campmaster/ranger on ice conditions - all ice is off limits unless notified by the campmaster/ranger.
- FISHING - permitted from the shore of our camp lakes. Complete rules are available at check-in. No fishing allowed in the swimming areas. State law requires a fishing license.
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Once upon a time, it seems Peanuts creator Charles Schulz (edit: maybe) and Marvel cartoonist John Romita, Sr. drew a pair of
collaborative comic strips featuring the Peanuts cast and Spider-Man. In one, Spidey faces off against Snoopy's WWI ace; in the other, he helps Charlie Brown finally kick that football.
This epic crossover appears in the book The Romita Legacy, but no one seems to know anything more about the story behind it. Now all we need is a Peanuts/DC crossover where Lucy offers her psychiatric services at Arkham Asylum.
Edit: Several commenters are noting that the line work doesn't quite look like Schulz's, and that this was probably the work of Romita alone. Even it's not actually a collaboration, it's a fun pair of pieces.
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Sony's PlayStation 3 has received approval from Chinese regulators, a sign the country may soon lift a ban on gaming consoles, industry watchers say.
Gaming consoles have been banned in China since 2000 by the Ministry of Culture, which has said they harm the well-being of young people. The certification of Sony's console by the country's safety standards body could may signal a relaxation of the rules in the future, CNET reported.
The China Quality Certification Center website has listed two models of the Playstation, labeled "computer entertainment system," as having received approval in July, CNET said.
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For anyone still itching to see an Entourage movie, the film just became a bit more of a reality. Series creator Doug Ellin recently revealed that he's on page 110 of the screenplay and he's nearly finished. The movie will pick up six months after the show's series finale left off, with Ari (Jeremy Piven) now a fully-fledge studio head and Vince (Adrien Grenier) hours away from some impending nuputuals. Ellin notes that Ari's studio head status was "page one" for him, but the film also focuses on Vince and his crew "still hanging out and going to fun parties." Who needs character development anyway, eh? Hit the jump for more.
The film is still far from a foregone conclusion, as HBO has yet to look at the script. Deadline cautions that the network also has to strike deals with the ensemble cast, so there are quite a few moving pieces that have to come together in order for the film to move forward. The quality of Entourage tapered off greatly after the first couple of seasons and I find it hard to see how a feature film is necessary/enticing.
Ellin's assurance that the movie will still see the characters "hanging out and going to fun parties" is a bit depressing, since that's exactly what they did for the duration of the series. That said, the show does seem to have its fans and I'm sure they're eager to spend a couple more hours with Vince and the gang.


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Up to [mozdev] / chimera
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A bunch of tweaks here... no changes in functionality. Updated trilicense header on all files that were missing it. Fixed initialization code syntax errors all over the place. Put back fade code, and switched fading off for now...
Teaching the personal toolbar how to wrap to multiple lines.
Fix a lot of warnings and some bad method calls. Also change use of keyWindow to mainWindow so commands still work when the find panel is the key window.
Hooking up new folder.
New bookmark icon. WOrking on the personal toolbar.
implemented text zoom.
MOre stuff.
So many changes I can't even go into it. :)
Open link in new window/tab now works from the context menu.
make "find again" work, as well as across multiple windows. uses a new "Find" protocol and puts all the logic in the find controller.
Check the front window supports saving its position before calling that method. allows "new window" to work when find window is frontmost.
Sorta right. Needs work.
Make find window global to app, remove its cancel button, hookup find functionality.
Splash fade in effect
Fix Chimera build bustage.
Adding the 'Open Recent' menu item, which remembers and redisplays files opened with the 'Open File...' menu item. Especially handy for developers using the browser to display local documentation.
Full implementation of window autosaving (including correct ignoring of windows opened as popups by web pages.
Moving close method
*** empty log message ***
Fix build bustage by removing splash/about.tif which don't exist and removing compile error in MainController.mm
Removing old RDF support.
Add the tri-license to all files.
Last checkin for the night. This makes tabs fully usable. What's left: Menu item validation code. This will cover all menu items, but most importantly, it will switch the key shortcut for Close Window between cmd+w and shift+cmd+w and Close Tab between blank and cmd+w.
Checking in the underlying prefs structure, and a prefPane, also fir structural integrity. Also including a couple categories to extend a couple Cocoa objects, and some project changes to support building with the bundled prefPanes. Also, added a contrib directory to house user contributed artifacts. To come soon: more prefPanes, and the colorized icon store, with pref-generated notifications to be picked up by toolbars.
Adding new build.
Tabbed browsing lives.
Stubbing out New Tab
The status bar is hooked up now. Also adding debugging printfs.
Bookmarks in the menu bar work!
Rearranging the menus and making bookmarks show up in the menu.
Deleting of bookmarks works. You must update your mozilla tree again. mozilla/extensions/xmlextras and then make in that dir.
Find dialog UI is wired up. not implemented yet, but wired up.
Print preview works.
Oops. Cut/copy/paste much easier than I thought.
Impl cut copy paste etc. Some focus issues plague this feature still.
Stubbing out edit menu connections.
Cache and history LIVE!
Offline mode is implemented.
Offline mode is implemented.
Printing works! You'll need to update your mozilla tree to get a bug fix though. mozilla/content/base/nsDocumentViewer.cpp to be more specific.
A huge amount of code for File/Save As...
Stubbing out save page and toggle offline modes.
Chimera: Tons of updates. Have fun merging this.
Open file now works!
The open location command is now hooked up in the menu! New windows properly focus their url bar now.
Chimera: Header comments modified for consistency
Hooked up the back/forward/reload/stop/home menu items, although they do not yet enable/disable properly.
Initial commit of Chimera, a Gecko-based browser with a native Cocoa front end.


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I wondered to a colleague if there is a way to get GDB to print the value of a variable when it changes or when a certain program location is reached without breaking; in effect, placing printfs in my program automatically.
His Google-foo was better than mine he and found a stackoverflow solution. For example, something like
set pagination off break foo.c:42 commands silent print x cont end
prints the value of x whenever line 42 in file foo.c is reached, but just keeps running the program. You can stick a little script like this in your .gdbinit file, which you can reload with
source .gdbinit
This is particularly useful if you're debugging a remote target that doesn't support print statements. It's a cool trick for embedded systems debugging.


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Julia Crowley was the first wine blogger that I met in NYC, after I sent out a tweet asking if anyone wanted to share a cab to our first tasting of Scarpa Wines. Julia immediately accepted and met me in the lobby. However, fellow Snooth PVA bloggers (and former NYC residents) Megan and R.J. soon joined us, and we all took the subway uptown. It was an early precursor to the camaraderie that would follow online for weeks and months after the event. I met so many fascinating writers on that trip, and the purpose of this interview series is to introduce them to my readers.
Important note to avoid confusion: my girlfriend Julia, mentioned many times on this blog, and Julia Crowley are two different people. Additionally, neither were the inspiration for The Beatles, Robert Herrick, or the 1960s TV show starring Diahann Carroll. Hopefully that's clear for everyone.
Julia's site was named the Best New Wine Blog of 2012 by the Wine Blog Awards, and I wanted to get to know some more about her own history and philosophy surrounding the world of wine.
BWR: Did Oregon make you fall in love with wine or did wine influence your current state of residence?
Julia: Oregon made me fall in love with Pinot Noir, but years earlier, a visit to the Loire Valley of France made me fall in love with wine. My sister and I stayed one night in an absolutely amazing castle in Brissac, France, named Château de Brissac. We were the only two people staying in the stunning (and huge) castle, aside from the owners: the Duke and Duchess of Brissac. After an amazing dinner in the main dining room of the castle with the Duke and Duchess, the Duke handed us a bottle of 1998 Château de Brissac Cabernet Franc Anjou-Villages-Brissac along with two wine glasses. He then said, "explore, discover...the castle is yours tonight." We explored for hours - discovering unique rooms, several small theaters, secret tunnels with doorways hidden behind large hanging tapestries, fascinating art work and statues, fireplaces so big we could walk into them...all while enjoying every single sip of the first Cabernet Franc I had ever had. It was an unforgettable evening, and I fell head over heels in love with wine.
Years later, when my husband and I along with our two young boys moved from Florida to Oregon, I was completely unaware of the high-caliber Pinot Noirs in Oregon - until we attended a neighborhood association party at a nearby winery located in the South Willamette Valley named Iris Vineyards. During that party, I tried my first Oregon Pinot Noir: Iris Vineyards 2005 Reserve Pinot. Ultimately, I was blown away by the sheer elegance it displayed, the bright red fruits and distinctive earthy notes flowed onto my palate in seamless, silky waves. Soft acidity added depth of character without overpowering the alluring fruit and earth components. This was the very moment that Oregon Pinot Noir captured my heart.
Although Oregon wine didn't influence my current state of residence, it certainly influences my decision to stay-put and enjoy life in wine country to the fullest.
BWR: What's your favorite Oregon wine + local food pairing? Bonus points if the dish features fiddlehead ferns or wild mushrooms.
Julia: I like bonus points, and I love wild mushrooms. The best pairing I've ever had was a match made in heaven between Youngberg Hill's 2009 Natasha Block Pinot Noir and Beef Tenderloin Stroganoff prepared by Chef Chris Czarnecki of the famed Joel Palmer House. Definitely not your typical Beef Stroganoff, this one was made with wild Oregon Porcini and Trumpet mushrooms and served over rice. The earthiness of the mushrooms and savoriness of the creamy sauce paired flawlessly with the earthy finish on the Pinot. It was stellar.
BWR: My first introduction to wine came in high school through some great tastings and a lot of Napa wine that I could experiment with in the kitchen while I was teaching myself to cook. How do you intend to introduce your own children to wine as they grow up?
Julia: They've actually already been introduced to wine - not necessarily to the taste of wine, but to the culture of wine. My boys are just eight and nine years old, but they've always taken an interest in what I do. Not only do they sometimes read what I've written, but when they've come out to the vineyards with my husband and I (whether it's during a family picnic in wine country or to join me while I interview winemakers or vineyard owners), they are keen to what is going on and sponges to their environment. A couple years ago, when my youngest son was six years old, he correctly identified a cluster of Pinot Noir.
BWR: I also see posts on your blog from Sarah Tunnell. Is she an employee, a friend, a co-collaborator, or what? And do you set deadlines or is it more on a contribution basis?
Julia: That's a tougher question than one may think. I met Sarah through a friend, Heidi Tunnell, who owns a local bakery/restaurant/catering business in a very small town just south of Eugene, Oregon, named Creswell. Heidi, who earned her culinary degree at the prestigious Culinary Institute of America in New York City, focuses on local, sustainable products for both the menus at the restaurant and her famed summer Barn Dinners, which take place on her family's farm in a turn-of-the-century big red barn. During her barn dinners, where each course is paired with a wine from a local winemaker, the farmers, fisherman, winemakers and all those involved in each dinner are present to talk about their farms, food, vineyards and wine. At her restaurant, Heidi has the absolute best wine list in all of the Southern Willamette Valley. Twenty-something Sarah Tunnell, who recently became Heidi's sister-in-law, is the front of house manager at Heidi Tunnell Catering Company and also helps with building the notable wine list. Sarah is not much older than the current drinking age, so although she has an amazing palate for someone her age, she has a tight budget, and she's great at seeking out local, stellar wines that are under $20 dollars. With a desire to write about her Pacific Northwest budget-oriented discoveries, The Frugal Wino on WineJulia was created. Much like me, she loves wine and loves to write about it, so she writes the Frugal Wino piece once a week - just for fun.
BWR: How did you like running your own wine bar?
Julia: It was the hardest job I've ever had. From tasting each and every wine that went on the shelves to shopping for and cooking all the food, I did everything myself. Bookeeping, paying the bills, restocking the shelves, mopping the floors and cleaning the bathrooms were just a few of the many jobs it takes to run a business. It was as difficult, however, as it was rewarding. I was very proud of what I had built and accomplished. Within just nine months of opening my doors, my wine bar was voted one of the top five wine bars in Lane County, Oregon, and I believe that had a lot to do with my decision to focus solely on Oregon products. Everything in my shop, from the wine and beer to the artwork and furniture, was produced by local winemakers, farmers and artisans. I'm sure that my focus on local products is what got me through the recession. When word got out that I was supporting locally, locals in return, supported me. Julia's, was one of very few that had major success in such financially rough times - I believe wholeheartedly that my success was due to the passionate dedciation I had for Oregon's products. Aside from easing my way through the financially rough economy, I made some fantastic relationships with my regular customers, two of which actually purchased Julia's as soon as I put it up for sale.
Although I was teary eyed when I handed over the keys to what I had worked so hard for, there has been nothing more rewarding than spending time with my boys. My writing is done at home, on my own schedule, and I never miss a baseball game or a camping trip to the Coast. I couldn't be happer.
BWR: How did your experience with wine blogging change after winning the award for 2012's Best New Wine Blog?
Julia: After receiving the Best New Wine Blog Award, my experience with wine blogging went from an unsustainable passion to an affordable and exciting dream come true. Prior to the award, I was limited to writing only about what I could afford to buy and how far I could travel with the funds I had available. The award has brought on numerous wine samples (from around the world) and multiple media invitations from around the globe, providing me with content that is fresh and intriguing. Just last month, I was invited by the owners of Oregon's Duck Pond Cellars to celebrate their twentieth anniversary - we toured their vineyards, ate an ambrosial lunch in their greenhouse, sampled twenty year Pinot Noirs alongside barrel samples, had an amazing dinner prepared by a famed chef and ended our day with a stay at the beautiful Allison Inn and Spa in Newberg, Oregon. A few days ago, I received an invitation to Murcia, Spain, to explore the Jumilla, Yecla and Bullas wine regions, an area of Spain I've never been to. Words cannot describe the excitement I have about this opportunity to learn about and explore a wine region that I'm totally unfamiliar with.
I am so thankful for being recognized, it is truly an honor to be surrounded by so many great and talented writers. I've learned so much, yet I still have so much to learn. The path ahead is an exciting one, for sure. There is one thing that hasn't changed, however, I'm doing what I love, and I love what I'm doing.
Many thanks to Julia for participating in this interview, and be sure to follow her at Wine Julia and @WineJulia.


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Settling in to watch "Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole," there are already some pretty glaring clues that this isn't going to be your typical animated children's movie jaunt.
First of all, there's the title, which can be a tongue-twisting challenge for adults, let alone folks who spend their days writing the ABCs in crayon, and then there's the film's director, Zack Snyder, a visionary whose previous work includes the blood bath epic "300" and graphic novel opus "Watchmen." Any man who's willing to include a central character with a bright blue glowing schlong isn't the type of guy who's going to turn in your usual Saturday matinee kiddie fare.
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Based on Kathryn Lasky's series of young adult fantasy books, Guardians of Ga'Hoole, Snyder's 3D animated spectacular is about Soren (voiced by Jim Sturgess), a young Barn Owl who lives in the peaceful forest of Tyto. Kidnapped by the evil Pure Ones, lead by Metalbeak (Joel Edgerton) and Nyra (Helen Mirren), Soren escapes and finds himself confronted by an onslaught of Harry Potter-esque challenges, like taking his first flight, as he sets off on a dangerous adventure that leads to the mythical Great Ga'Hoole Tree.
Darker and more challenging than most recent offerings by other animation studios, "Legend of the Guardians" has no qualms putting animal kingdom norms unflinchingly front and center. For example, one of the film's first frames is of an owl stealthily swooping in and snatching an unsuspecting mouse in its talons before flying into a hollow and announcing, "Dinner!" Hey kids, who wants to learn about a li'l thing called The Circle of Life? But this ain't "The Lion King."
Mouse meals are nothing compared to the fierce mid-air battles. Snyder, who admits he took a page from his "300" days, strapping his fight choreography team into homemade cardboard owl wings in order to work out a samurai-like battle style he felt was befitting an ancient nation of sky predators, never shies away from the fragility of life in nature. Thoughtful and mature, the director instead created a fantasy realm firmly rooted in reality, even if it does feature talking animals.
From the rich, lush texture of each owl's brilliant and beautiful feathers, a jaw dropping digital process that took two of the film's three years of production to perfect and should surely win them acknowledgement come award season, to the Magic Hour hues which watercolor each Maxfield Parrish backdrop, "Legend of the Guardians" is astonishingly tangible and stunning to behold, though not without some considerable plot holes. Luckily, Snyder has created a visual tapestry so lush, structural hiccups are quickly forgotten in favor of savoring animation that belongs in the Louvre.


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A running discussion on the Cincinnati Reds and everything else in the baseball universe.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
2009 Draft: "With the 8th Pick the Reds (*should*) Select...
It's just about time for the Nationals to kick off the draft by selecting Stephen Strasburg, so I thought I'd write about the prospect the Reds SHOULD pick in the 1st round.
Shelby Miller is a 6-4 and weighs 207 pounds, which gives him room to improve as he continues to mature and develop. To me, he is the best prospect in the draft behind Strasburg and Dustin Ackley. Miller's upside gives him the nod over the other pitchers in the draft, including lhp Tyler Matzek who is close on Miller's heels.
Miller features a big time fastball that sits in the 92-93 range, but he can crank it up and has touched 98 mph on the gun. His fastball isn't just high velocity, but it is also a heavy ball with good movement. He uses his height to work on a downward plane and uses such a free and easy motion that the ball is on the hitter before he knows it.
To go along with his plus fastball, Miller uses a hammer curveball that sits in the 75-78 mph range. It isn't always consistent, but it has definite plus potential when he throws it well. Occasionally, the pitch will roll on him and not get the sharp bite that he wants, but it is a very tough pitch when he throws it well. As is often the case with high school pitchers, Miller's top two pitches are so dominating that he rarely has use for a third pitch. Miller has a show-me changeup that he throws from time to time, but it's only average at best right now. He'll need to refine it when he joins the professional ranks, but there is no reason why he can't develop an effective third pitch to round out his repertoire.
Perhaps the most impressive thing about Miller is just how easily he generates plus velocity. His pitching motion is smooth and fluid. His mechanics are very sound and his body control is good, which helps him maintain tempo and balance throughout the delivery. He has good overall athleticism as evidenced by his standout work as a wide receiver on the football team. Despite the radar gun readings, Miller doesn't seem to be a "max-effort" pitcher, which should help reduce his injury risk. His motion is so fluid and easy that it should reduce his injury risk, which is always important when looking at pitching prospects.
Another plus on Miller is that he has a strong work ethic and desire to improve. He spent the offseason in the weightroom improving his overall strength. He also is always trying to get better and isn't afraid of the hardwork that it takes to get there.
Of course, Miller isn't without issues, as he does lack a third pitch and his control hasn't been great. That said, when you have two potentially dominant pitches to go along with very strong mechanics, I think that's a great place to start.
Given the injury to Kyle Lotzar and the ineffectiveness of Josh Ravin and Homer Bailey, the Reds are in need of an infusion of quality pitching prospects, which is somewhat fortunate given that that is the strength of this draft. After taking a look at the top arms in the draft, Miller strikes me as being the ideal option. His combination of two potential plus pitches, scary good upside, and smooth mechanics that should reduce his injury risk vault him near the top of my draft board. Strasburg and Ackley will be gone, so I'd pull the trigger on Shelby Miller without thinking twice. He is currently projected to last until the Texas Rangers pick at #14, so he should be available to the Reds. He's impressive now, but he has the projection to be even better, which is a scary thought...unless he is in the Reds organization.
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- AnonymousJune 11, 2009 at 11:21 AM
When are you going to do an artical about mike leak?ReplyDelete
Hey Anon,ReplyDelete
I've already started writing something up, so it'll be posted soon. It'll be up either Friday or this weekend. Arizona State kicks off their College World Series on Sunday and Leake is 99.9% certain to be the starter in that game. So, I may wait until I watch that game to take another look at him in action.
- AnonymousJune 12, 2009 at 9:30 PM
hey what happened to juan duran i tried to look him up on minorleaguebaseball.com and his profile thing says he is a free agent what happened. and it also says that yorman rodriguez is in AA carolina what is going on with the hyped international prospects. please try and find out what happenedReplyDelete
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There's nothing to worry about with either Duran or Yorman. Each are still in the organization and under contract. However, they are SO young that the Reds haven't assigned them to a minor league affiliate.
I haven't seen it reported exactly where they are right now, but the two logical options are 1) keeping them in extended spring training or 2) letting them continue to work out at the baseball academy in their respective home countries.
At this point, Yorman and Juan are just too young to be thrown in against even low-A ball competition. Yorman strikes me as being more advanced than Duran, so I wouldn't be surprised to see him (or Duran for that matter) appear in the short-season Pioneer League or the Gulf Coast League later this year.
Given their youth, the Reds have no choice but to be patient with the development of Duran and Yorman. When they mature a bit more, they will be ready to face the older, more advanced competition in the lower levels of the minor leagues.
I'd keep an eye out for them later this year, as they'll likely make an appearance, but if not they'll show up on the radar next year. They still have huge upside, but it'll take a while to get there.


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Elizabeth Treadway, a vice president with the international project management and services company AMEC, has been appointed to the American Public Works Association (APWA) Board of Directors.
While continuing her service with AMEC's Greensboro, N.C. office, Treadway will be the representative for APWA's Region III, which includes Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C.
APWA represents the interests of more than 29,000 members in the fields of engineering, solid waste, water resources, fleet management, urban forestry, emergency management, transportation, and facilities and grounds management. Treadway will serve a one year term, with the option to serve two additional two-year terms, which started at the APWA Congress meeting in San Antonio, Texas on Sept. 9th.
With AMEC, Treadway leads the company's Water Resources Client Sector in the U.S. She has more than 25 years of management experience, with technical expertise that includes projects involving stormwater quality, control and funding; environmental management; hydro-electric generation; and solid and hazardous wastes.


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CCU Presents Mother-Daughter Leadership Workshopsby GDN Shared Post October 8, 2012
"Lead Her: Consciously. Courageously. Uniquely," a day of workshops for girls and women, will be presented by Coastal Carolina University's Women in Philanthropy and Leadership on Saturday, Nov. 3, at Wheelwright Auditorium from 8:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Workshops and presentations will encourage meaningful conversations designed to build strong and resilient girls. Topics include improving positive body image, health and wellness, building healthy relationships and enhancing parent-daughter relationships.
Featured speakers include Kristin Bohan, Ph.D., clinical psychologist and executive director of myTERMS, and Julie Marie Carrier, award-winning national speaker, author and success coach for MTV's hit show "MADE, a self-improvement reality television series that follows teens who are seeking life-changing opportunities.
The program includes a continental breakfast and box lunch.
MyTERMS is a nonprofit organization that stands for "my Time, my Energy, my Rights, my Mission, my Self." Its intent is to raise community awareness and offer direct services to pre-adolescent and adolescent girls. The workshop is presented in partnership with myTERMS.
An encore event continues into the evening from 4:45 until 6:30 p.m. with pizza and the showing of a featured movie.
Register at www.coastal.edu/women or call 843-349-5033. The main program is $10 for girls and $15 for adults. The encore event (movie and pizza) is $3 for girls and $5 for adults. Seating is limited so early registration is advised.
To register groups of five or more, or for additional information, call 843-349-5033. Please note that girls under age 17 must be accompanied by an adult.
Funding in part is provided by a grant from the Walmart Foundation.


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Awesome Apple Pie-lets
- Level: Easy
- Yield: 6 servings
- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Calories
- 110
- Total Fat
- 0.5 grams
- Sodium
- 156 milligrams
- Carbohydrates
- 25 grams
- Dietary Fiber
- 1.25 grams
- Protein
- 2 grams
- Sugar
- 10.5 grams
- Total: 1 hr 5 min
- Active: 25 min
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, plus more for topping, optional
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon salt
3 cups peeled and chopped apples (preferably Fuji)
6 large square egg roll wrappers
18 sprays no-calorie butter spray
Fat-free whipped topping, for topping, optional
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a medium nonstick pot on the stove, combine sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, vanilla extract, and salt with 1/2 cup cold water. Mix until the ingredients dissolve. Add apples and stir. Bring to medium-high heat and, stirring frequently, cook until apples have softened, about 7 to 10 minutes.
- Reduce heat to low and, stirring often, cook until thick and gooey, 1 to 2 additional minutes. Transfer to a bowl and set aside to cool. This is your pie filling.
- Prepare a large baking sheet by lining it with foil and/or spraying it with nonstick spray. Set aside.
- Place egg roll wrappers flat on a dry surface. Set out a small dish of water. Dip your finger into the water, and run it along all of the wrapper edges. Repeat as needed while preparing your pockets, as it will help seal them. Starting 1/2 inch from the bottom, place about 1/3 cup pie filling along the bottom half of each wrapper, leaving a 1/2-inch border on the sides.
- Fold the top 1/2 of each wrapper over the filling, so that the top edge meets the bottom and the filling is encased with a border on 3 sides. Dab each border with water, and fold each inward about 1/4 inch to lightly seal. Press firmly along the borders with the prongs of a fork to seal completely.
- Carefully transfer to the baking sheet. Repeat this process with remaining wrappers and filling, leaving you with 6 pie-lets.
- Spray the top of each pocket with 3 sprays butter. Bake in the oven until the edges begin to brown, 15 to 18 minutes.
- Allow to cool for 5 minutes. Top with additional cinnamon and whipped topping, if using. Dig in!


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When Michael Waltrip (R) decided to step things up, one of the first men he hired last season was Scott Miller, the veteran engineer, as his team's competition director (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
By Mike Mulhern
Critical mass, maybe, finally.
Certainly chemistry.
And the physics worked pretty darned well too.
To say his guys 'over-achieved' in 2012 would be understatement for Michael Waltrip.
The season, not to put too fine a point on it, was the climax to the long-running Michael Waltrip saga that started in his first, oh so trying, season as owner-driver in 2007.
Encore! Encore?
Clint Bowyer, one of Waltrip's newest drivers, wound up challenging for the Sprint Cup championship, finishing second to Brad Keselowski.
Ageless Mark Martin, also a relative newcomer here, thrived on his part-time schedule, proving to be a force to contend with nearly every week he showed up at the track.
Martin Truex Jr. had a career-best season, making the playoffs and earning a new three-year contract and sponsorship.
And Brian Vickers, likewise a new player in this game, played remarkably well in his role as spot performer.
So what the heck just happened here?
Well, Scott Miller as new competition director, for one. A new man, though with considerable race engineering background, in both Indy-cars and NASCAR, coming over to Toyota after several years with Chevrolet's Richard Childress.
Crew chief Brian Pattie, for another. A new man too, taking the helm of Bowyer's team, after working with Juan Pablo Montoya and Chevy's Chip Ganassi.
And Miller will point to Waltrip's huge staff on hand when the newcomers all walked in the door.
Brian Vickers (L) and Michael Waltrip (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
"There was a great nucleus here when I walked in the door, when Clint walked in the door, when Mark Martin walked in the door, and when Brian Pattie walked in the door," Miller says.
"Everyone had some influence in what we did last year. But the core group that made it happen was already here. And this sport really is about cooperation, between the race teams and between the departments in the shop.
"When you get an organization as big as these teams have become, it's really all about cooperation and pulling for a common goal."
However perhaps a real key to the sudden charge of the Waltrip brigade was that so many key figures -- Bowyer, Martin, Truex, Vickers, Pattie, and Miller -- all had something to prove.
That may have been the real edge.
The question now is how to keep these guys from getting too complacent and lackadaisical, after such a great deal.
What to do for an encore?
Miller says this new 2013 project may be the key. It came along at just the right time for his guys.
"The timing of this new car couldn't be better for us -- it's new, and it will keep everyone excited and motivated. We certainly don't want to come out of the box and perform poorly. The new car is impetus for us to keep the ball rolling."
One of Scott Miller's stops along the way: crew chief for Jeff Burton (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
There may not be much time to sit around the shop and enjoy complacency.
"We feel we're well prepared to take all the data from the new car and process it, and hopefully come out the other end competitive," Miller says.
"The rollout of the COT (car of tomorrow) was a phase-in (through 2007). This 2013 is pretty much 'out with the old, in with the new.'
"It was late. There were some problems with getting some things executed in a timely manner. And it has added extra challenge to the whole program.
"But you could ask my counterpart at any team, or ask any crew chief, and they'd all say 'We're way behind, where we would (normally) be at this date this close to the start of the season.'
"The saving grace for all of us is that because of the lateness of everything, nobody can be that far ahead.
"We're all behind...but not behind the others, because we're all facing the same things."
This most recent Charlotte test, last week, didn't really provide teams with much information, Miller says. "That won't be representative of how we race.
"But if someone had a distinct advantage over someone else, I think it would have shown up in that test."
Michael and Company: Mark Martin (C) and Clint Bowyer (R) (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
Just what is Miller's car count for Bowyer, Truex, Martin and Vickers right now?
Miller laughs: "It depends on what you call a car.
"And I'm not trying to be funny.
"If you mean cars with engines and tires that you could start up and go, well, we had three for the Daytona test. And then there were three for the Charlotte test...but the three Daytona cars had stuff come off them to go on the Charlotte cars, so you can't count that as six."
Only three Daytona cars for his three Daytona 500 drivers? Other teams have three Daytona cars for each of their drivers.
"We have many other cars in the works, in various stages. Some are still just chassis, some have sheet metal on them, some have been through the first stage of the body shop. They're coming; the process is underway."
When SpeedWeeks opens, Miller says he will have three cars for each of his three drivers, "plus another two at least, maybe three, at the shop, in case we get into some disaster situations."
At one time, Miller says, it was good for a team to stockpile cars; now, though, he says "you have to have 'good' cars.
"We are, even though we have 200 people working here, a small team really. So we can't afford to build an inventory of cars that obsolete quickly. Some other teams are able to stack up a bunch of cars, and if they decide one day 'we don't like those cars, go crush them,' they can do that. We can't."
The team that can, obviously, is Rick Hendrick's. "They have sheer numbers of people on everybody else," Miller concedes.
Martin Truex Jr. (R) and Mark Martin (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
Racing is nothing if not an endless search for more grip. And the 2013s are just the latest chapter.
"Grip, grip, grip...whether it's mechanical or aero-generated, and the balance of the car, are the two key things in the overall speed of the car," Miller says. "Whether it's Indy-car, NASCAR or Formula 1.
"The downforce level with this new car is up. The balance has shifted considerably. And that poses a set of challenges."
Grip, eh?
Well, what kind of grip will Goodyear provide?
"The speeds are up, and I think Goodyear will be pretty diligent about making sure that we have a reliable tire first...and once we establish that, their R&D process will kick back in," Miller says.
"There will be a lot of tire testing this year, though I don't know if it's firmly scheduled yet.
"I expect Goodyear to step up to the plate.
Winning races these days depends a lot on gas mileage and other 'gambles.' Martin says he wants his team to gamble more for wins, by being more 'aggressive.' Bowyer and Pattie gambled and won at times.
But gambling on fuel mileage can bite back, as Brad Keselowski knows so well, and others.
"That's a hard thing to quantify, being aggressive," Miller says. "Sometimes 'aggressive' wins races, sometimes it doesn't.
"Usually the race isn't won by the last pit call, but by things that lead up to that. You put yourself in position to have options that last stop.
"Race calling is not an exact science. Some days I've looked like a hero, some days like a goat. And anyone who's been up on the box will say that.
"It's about being able to quickly, and on the fly, assess the odds of what you need to do."
Another question: how much will NASCAR have to tweak the rules as 2013 rolls along?
"That's a tough question...because I believe everyone's intention is to have the car remain a stable platform, where we've landed right now. But we still have to go race and see how these cars react around each other," Miller says.
"...And what kind of races the new cars produce.
"If they (NASCAR) think they can do things to make that better, whatever that means, then I could see the package changing some."
Miller says he doesn't anticipate any Chevy versus Ford versus Toyota bickering over the rules.
"I don't expect the manufacturer thing to come into play for quite a while. The truth of the matter is we have all become a lot more sophisticated, as an industry, in looking at wind tunnel data, and making more valid comparisons.
"I do believe that, as always happens in this sport, the cream will rise to the top," Miller adds.
And now it's looking like Waltrip and Miller and these guys are part of that, at long last.
Scott Miller: he had a great 2012, his first season with Toyota and Michael Waltrip. Now he's hoping to avoid that 'sophomore slump.' (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
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A new image from Terrence Malick's upcoming romantic drama To the Wonder has surfaced. The film was shot back in 2010, but Malick recently unveiled his latest work at the Venice Film Festival to an unsurprisingly mixed response. Ben Affleck stars as a man who returns to his small hometown in Oklahoma with his new love at his side (Olga Kurylenko). Problems soon arise as Kurylenko meets a priest who is struggling with his vocation (Javier Bardem) and Affleck renews his ties with a childhood friend (Rachel McAdams). After years of being in the dark, we recently learned quite a bit about the film via a detailed synopsis and comments from Affleck describing its loose narrative as "the memory of a life."
Hit the jump to check out the new image featuring Affleck and Kurylenko in France. The film is set to screen this week at the Toronto Film Festival, so look for Matt's full review here on Collider soon. To the Wonder is currently awaiting a release date.
Here's the short synopsis for To the Wonder:
After visiting Mont Saint-Michel — once known in France as the Wonder — at the height of their love, Marina (Olga Kurylenko) and Neil (Ben Affleck) come to Oklahoma, where problems soon arise. Marina makes the acquaintance of a priest and fellow exile (Javier Bardem), who is struggling with his vocation, while Neil renews his ties with a childhood friend, Jane (Rachel McAdams). Written and directed by Terrence Malick, TO THE WONDER is an exploration of love in its many forms.


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Duh... to make money idiot! Sure we all have dreams in the back of our minds about making it big, and making tons of cash like Brian Townsend. But realistically the majority of poker players will never acheive that level of success. So i've settled for something smaller and more attainable... if i happen to get lucky and take down a tournament for a huge prize than that would just be gravy.
GOAL: 10K in 1year. Should be easy, yes?
One of the major things i thought i'd have by now is my own home or rather apartments. I have property on the island of Eleuthera where i grew up and will eventually move back to build a traditional home. But i'm currently living in the city of Nassau.
Generally young people build duplex apartments here rather than houses. On average these cost anywhere from 150k to 200k depending on what you get. The beauty is instead of just paying rent to some landlord, which is money you can never recover, you pay a mortgage which consist of your rent and the rent for the other apartment. You're still paying rent, but at the end of the day you own the building out right.
So for the past few years i've been saying i will get my own place but haven't done anything. The down payment is usually 5% plus closing cost/fees. I work for a bank so i will be able to get a reduce interest rate and have some fees waived. I estimate that i will need minimum 10k to do this comfortable. Like i said in my last post i'm not depending on poker. If i can get this money from poker than great, but i also have a savings account, a savings plan and company shares from our employee benefits plan. If poker falls through i will still be able to accomplish my goal.
So i know exactly what i want from poker, how do i go about getting it. The sum i need is not much so i can definitely get it by playing micro stakes. I will have to stay focus and be consistant.
These past two months i haven't had the results that i had in January when i had my +1k month . So I went back to January to see exactly what i was doing differently. Half of my profit came from $3 45 man sngs & $4 180 man sngs and the other half came from a 3rd place finish in a $5 MTT. I havent played many $3 45 man sngs in the past two months but i've been getting deep rather easily in the $4 180 man sngs.
I will go back to playing the $3 45man sngs because they are great to play in 1.5hr sessions for good profit. I will also put aside time that i can dedicate to playing the 180 man sngs each week. And ofcourse play low buy-in mtts on weekends. I will also reduce my stars bankroll to $1200 which is more than enough for micro stakes sit n Gos and for the occassional shot at 20+ buy-in mtts.
To remain consistant i will review each week and also post a schedule for the upcoming week so that i can remain on target and focused.


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Weekend Herb Blogging #35 Recap and
The Green Blog Project
Thanks again to Ilva from Lucullian Delights for being such a great host last week, and check out her new blog design! Next weekend our guest host will be Cate from Sweetnicks. Send your links to Sweetnicksplace AT aol DOT com by midafternoon on Sunday.
Kronshagen, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
The curry plant is the herb that Ulrike from Kuchenlatein is writing about this week, something that is used as a flavoring during cooking and then removed before eating. She shows photos of this attractive plant in her lovely garden, and shares a recipe for Fruity Fragrant Rice, using dried fruit and the curry plant for special flavor.
Toronto, Canada
At Once Upon a Feast Ruth has been reviewing a book about the Sonoma Diet and shares some information about what this diet calls Power Foods. But Ruth is not abandoning the South Beach Diet and shares her South Beach friendly recipe for Roasted Salmon with Asian Herb Marinade.
Sandy Hook, Connecticut, U.S.A.
AT Cucina Bella Sarah is writing about her favorite herb again, basil, and she has a healthy looking plant. Sarah features this herb in a Stuffed Basil Omelet that sounds just delicious.
Melbourne, Australia
New Jersey, U.S.A.
Southern California, U.S.A.
Davis, California, U.S.A.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
At Blog From Our Kitchen, EJM and her husband are making pesto, using cubes of a puree of basil, garlic and olive oil that they have in the freezer. Apparently it was the husband who came up with the idea of leaving the pine nuts whole to create Basil Pesto with Whole Pine Nuts, a twist that I think would make this pesto a cut above the regular version.
Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
The interesting ingredient used by Christa from Calendula and Concrete is Chive Flowers, another new plant ingredient for a WHB submission if I'm not mistaken. Christa uses her chive flowers to make Chive Blossom Vinegar, which not only sounds delicious, but is also a lovely color.
New Jersey, U.S.A.
The next post from Gattina, who writes a blog by the same name, features a recipe for a very interesting sounding Chrysanthemum, Mint, and Tea Ice Bowl. The photos that accompany this post are really quite outstanding, especially the lovely photo of the fresh mint that Gattina uses.
Iowa City, Iowa, U.S.A.
The mother of Genie, The Inadvertent Gardener, used to serve hummus to her family when they lived in Spain. Genie recently asked and received her mother's handwritten recipe, but being a woman after my own heart she modified it a bit when she made Hummus with Fresh Mint. In another post of interest to herb bloggers, Genie writes about growing basil, parsley and lavender in containers, and shows a photo of her lovely lavender.
Milan, Italy
Mint is also on the mind of Piperita from The Kitchen Pantry, a blog where I love trying to recapture the tiny bit of Italian that I once knew. Piperita shows us how to make Baba Ghanoush with Mint, and it looks delicious with the pine nuts as a garnish.
Melbourne, Australia
In Australia they are heading into winter and Ed from Tomato is lamenting the demise of his herb garden and the slim pickings at the farmer's market. However, Ed manages to score some delicious rhubarb and shares how he prepared it.
The Beach, California, U.S.A.
Gabriella from My Life as a Reluctant Housewife always cooks something that looks good, and this week she has Rosemary Garlic Shrimp to tempt your taste buds. Gabriella is also going to be showcasing her darling twins in her new blog event, Weekend Baby Blogging, the modern equivalent of carrying those baby photos around in your wallet!
Mumbai, India
Another new plant and a great post from Tony of Anthony's Kitchen who writes about Sougri or Bimlipatam Jute. Who knew that the plant which has stems used to make rope also has edible leaves which are considered a delicacy in India? Tony shares a recipe for Fried Fish and Sougri to show us how the leaves are prepared.
Nantes, France
Fabulously inventive vegan cook Virginie from Absolute Green has another fascinating post, featuring sage flowers, which I think is also new for WHB! Virginie shares her recipe for Pancakes with Sage Flowers and Calendula in French, but click on the translation link to read it in English.
From Morsels and Musings comes Anna, who is coming back to blog about cabbage this week. She shares two cabbage recipes that both sound fabulous, Garlic Cabbage (why didn't I think of that?) and a delicious sounding cabbage soup called Seupa Vapellenentse which Anna says was unphotogenic but delicious.
New York City, New York, U.S.A.
This week The Chocolate Lady from In Mol Araan grabs Mr. Chocolate Lady and heads out into the fields to pick some very fresh asparagus, good enough to nibble on raw, and amazingly delicious cooked. TCL uses every bit of the asparagus, making Dill and Asparagus Soup from the ends and scraps.
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A musician and activist whose songs about using latrines and washing hands are positively influencing the hygiene practices of communities in Mozambique; a widow who has risen through her caste status to lead a campaign against open defecation in her village in Ethiopia; and a toilet entrepreneur whose innovative partnership with local authorities is changing the way public toilets in Kenyan towns are managed, are the top winners of this year's AMCOW AfricaSan Awards.
Musician Feliciano dos Santos was announced winner of the Grassroots Champion Award for dedicating his life and his music to campaigning for better public health through clean water and adequate sanitation. Santos and his Massukos Band have been using music to inspire thousands of villagers in rural Mozambique to curb the spread of disease by adopting good hygiene practices, such as washing hands, boiling drinking water and building latrines.
Takiso Achame, a widowed member of a traditionally discriminated community in the remote village of Shashera in Southern Ethiopia, was picked for the Distinguished Woman Leader in Sanitation for her exemplary local leadership over a communal cause. Even though her community often attracts the least attention from health promoters and local leaders in terms of accessing water supply, sanitation and hygiene services including awareness, Achame has become the self-appointed champion to eliminate open defecation in her village.
David Kuria won the Public Service Award for implementing a partnership model that is delivering safe, clean and affordable sanitation to the urban poor in Kenya. His company, Ecotact, is pioneering a private-public partnership approach with local authorities, and water and sewerage utilities to build public toilet malls in urban centres and informal settlements. By demonstrating the viability of sanitation as a business, David has been able to attract more than US$1.2 Million for the construction of 40 public toilet facilities in 12 municipalities in Kenya.
The top winners were announced by the African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW) Task Force on Sanitation during the Africa Water Week being held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (November 22-26, 2010).


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Checking In On… the WCCPosted by rtmsf on January 5th, 2012
Michael Vernetti is the West Coast Conference correspondent for RTC.
Reader's Take
Looking Back
- Along with greater strength at the top through the addition of Brigham Young, the WCC was supposed to exhibit league-wide improvement in 2011-12. At least in the early stages of conference play, that hasn't happened. In fact, the gap between the haves and the have-nots appears to be widening.
- Opening games in WCC play found Gonzaga throttling Portland at home by a score of 90-51, Saint Mary's skunking Pepperdine in Malibu by 74-45 and BYU beating San Diego at home by 88-52. That's an average beat-down of 35 points, not indicative of a conference trending toward parity. In games not involving the league's Big Three of Gonzaga, Saint Mary's and BYU, Pepperdine beat San Francisco at home by a score of 77-61 and Loyola Marymount also topped San Francisco in overtime by 77-76. Completing a week of total futility, San Francisco's loss to Loyola came on its home court.
- Santa Clara spent last week splitting games in its own Cable Car Classic, topping Eastern Michigan by 77-55 and losing to Wagner 64-62 in a game so surreal it deserves a paragraph of its own (see below). Santa Clara is one of the WCC teams thought to be gaining in stature, but will have to wait until tonight to taste its first league action against Portland in Portland. The Broncos have given fans equal reason to have hopes for resurgence or despair in non-conference play, balancing wins over New Mexico and Villanova with losses to Washington State (93-55 – it was the margin of defeat not the opponent that made this one sting) and Houston Baptist (72-71). The Broncos do not have a road win this year, giving Portland hopes for a chance to stop its own bleeding in tonight's game.
Power Rankings
- Saint Mary's (13-2 overall, 2-0 in WCC play): Continued its post-Baylor rise with an eye-opening throbbing of BYU in Moraga by the unlikely score of 98-82, then followed up with a thorough dispatch of Pepperdine, which may have harbored hopes of an upset after beating San Francisco by 16 in its league opener. Close observers of the Gaels concede strong games every outing from senior forward Rob Jones (14.1 PPG, 10.5 RPG) and junior point guard Matthew Dellavedova (14.3 PPG, 6.5 APG), but say lesser-known players Clint Steindl, Stephen Holt and Jorden Page must step up if the Gaels are to be an NCAA team. They're stepping, as Holt has had games of 16, 21 and 14 points since a relatively quiet performance against Baylor, and Page has had three double-digit outings of his own (10, 13 and 14 points) over the same span. Steindl hasn't been stepping anywhere since turning an ankle against Missouri State. Read the rest of this entry »