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Commodores march back to defeat Arkansas
The Vanderbilt Commodores scored 15 points in the final quarter to come back and defeat the Arkansas Razorbacks 28-24 on Saturday night.
The Commodores won this game as 10.5-point underdogs on the road. The final score of 52 points just found its way OVER the posted over/under (51).
Jay Cutler threw for 279 yards and two touchdowns while running in for another in the win for Vanderbilt.
Marlon White caught both touchdown passes for Vanderbilt.
De'Arrius Howard ran for 125 yards and a touchdown on 19 carries for Arkansas.
Robert Johnson completed 17 of 28 passes for 186 yards and two touchdowns in the loss for the Razorbacks.


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Edwards Gears Up For Split-Duty Stretch With Kentucky Speedway Test
NASCAR Busch Series leader and ninth-place NEXTEL Cup Series driver Carl Edwards drove test laps at Kentucky Speedway today to gear up for a three-week stretch during which he will split time between six racetracks.
The Roush Racing driver from Columbia, Mo., is ready to face the logistical challenges planned for his tour of split duty.
"What's going to happen in the next three weeks is that the Busch Series will be somewhere on Saturday and the Cup Series will be somewhere else on Sunday. The races aren't the tough part, it's getting all the practice and qualifying in. If there's any inclement weather, it's going to make it tough. I get to ride in some neat helicopters and jets, so it'll be a fun thing, it just takes a lot of logistical planning."
One stop on Edwards' tour is Kentucky Speedway's NASCAR Busch Series "Meijer 300 Presented by Oreo" event where he will battle NEXTEL Cup regulars Rusty Wallace, Greg Biffle and Michael Waltrip on June 18.
Edwards said he relishes the chance to return to the track where he won his first NASCAR-sanctioned race in 2003.
"Coming here to Kentucky is always awesome," he said. "We roll in the gate and I think about how the first win I got in my NASCAR career was right here in the Craftsman Truck Series. It was such a special night for me. It validated all the work and effort that everyone put in over many years."
The 25-year-old begins the week with a 74-point Busch Series lead over fellow rookie Reed Sorenson and plans to take the first steps in overcoming his recent 35th- and 31st-place series performances with a strong run at Nashville Superspeedway on June 11.
"Brad Parrott and this whole Charter team are awesome," Edwards said. "We're leading the points, but man, they're catching us right now. Two weeks in a row we've lost about 80 points or 100 points due to misfortune. That makes me nervous and it's hard to sleep at night, but we're here to win this thing, we're going to go to the end and give it all we've got." Tickets for "The Meijer 300 Presented by Oreo" and all Kentucky Speedway events including the one-night-only "Jammin' in the Bluegrass Presented by Meijer" concert with Tim McGraw, Trick Pony and Billy Dean are on sale now. Fans can reserve tickets by phone at 888-652-RACE (7223), online at http://www.kentuckyspeedway.com and http://www.tickets.com, through Tickets.com outlets including Meijer stores and at Kentucky Speedway ticket offices at 2216 Dixie Hwy., Ste. 200, in Ft. Mitchell, Ky., and the speedway Fan Center outside the track in Sparta, Ky. Visit the track Web site for the complete schedule.
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Son of Shakira: First Quasi Look!by Hilton Hater at . Comments
One day after giving birth to her first child, Shakira has given fans their first look at baby Milan. Sort of.
In a WhoSay photo posted by Gerard Pique, we see the little one's feet and his Nikes, adorned with the child's name and the simple, appropriate caption: "Milan's feet!"
Upon close examination, you can even spot the tyke's medical ID bracelet...
Milan was born on January 22 in Barcelona, Spain. His name means "dear, loving and gracious" in Slavic and both mother and child are reported to be in excellent condition.
Fans will be able to see for themselves when Shakira joins the panel for The Voice Season 4.


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Tito Ortiz says he is close to signing a four-fight deal with Strikeforce, with the first bout possibly coming against Renato 'Babalu' Sobral in October. (Five Ounces of Pain)
KJ Noons has split with his former manager Mark Dion and is in talks with Strikeforce to fight a highly anticipated rematch with Nick Diaz. (MMA Weekly)
Undefeated heavyweight prospect and multiple-time Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion Roger Gracie will make his Strikeforce debut at Strikeforce's "Carano vs. Cyborg" event on Aug. 15. (Gracie Mag)
MMA is finally legal in Hawaii. The sport will be a sanctioned, licensed event with rules and regulations that mirror Nevada's. (Honolulu Advertiser)
The UFC has reached a deal with Chinese TV network NMTV to broadcast the promotion's content "up to 16 hours a month." (Press Release)


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What makes your business so special?
If someone asks "Why should I do business with you?" Immediately you would answer by stating what sets your business apart from others. You realize if more people give the same answer, your business will grow. We at idDuluth will help you maintain and grow customer loyalty, encouraging them to share your identity with their network of friends and family.
The most effective advertising has always been word of mouth. Today, social media is the fastest, most effective way for your business to "go viral." Never since the invention of the telephone has there been a more revolutionary communication tool to share messages with friends and family. Done correctly, social media has the potential to rapidly expand your business and create a customer base you never imagined possible.
At idDuluth our primary focus is to study your identity, to thoroughly know your business allowing us to manage your social media message in a creative, effective and efficient way. Traditional graphic design services are also provided by idDuluth. Everything from sales fliers, business cards, brochures, post card mailers, print advertising and billboards, we can design and print effective advertising that will produce results. In addition to Social Media and print design, idDuluth provides marketing services including web content design and corporate media communications. Our sales and marketing manager is an experienced writer and copy editor who will communicate your identity in a unique style that fits your id. I look forward to showing your id to the world!
Jerry Thoreson
President, CEO,
Image Design Duluth
Go from 0 to 25,000 Likes in 250 Days.
by Jerry Thoreson – Facebook administrator, Destination Duluth
In May of 2013, idDuluth was brought on board for a project for Duluth, Minnesota called Destination Duluth. I started and continue to be the sole administrator of their facebook page, www.facebook.com/DestinationDuluth.
Destination Duluth is a minimally funded non-profit organization dedicated to promoting Duluth as a Destination for Life. A few days after our launch on May 23, 2013, we knew we had the potential for explosive organic growth.
People are asking, how have we done it? Here are
10 Keys to Destination Duluth's Facebook growing from 0 to 25,000 in 250 days.
I will blog about these 10 in bite size blogs (1 or 2 at a time).
In preface, all involved in the project will attest to the fact that we have been blessed by being in the right place at the right time with the right message and the right people.
The coolest thing about Destination Duluth is we are helping bring people to move to Duluth, Minnesota! We are re planting seeds showing that Duluth MN is an awesome place to live. We have already helped several families in their process of making Duluth their Destination for Life.
The story is remarkable. I'm going to share how Facebook has been Mainstreet in our efforts. In doing so, I would like to share how we got started and our philosophy and approach. Destination Duluth started their Facebook page first. No website, no other social media. No other marketing. Nothing but Facebook.
How Destination Duluth went from 0 to 25,000 Facebook Likes in 250 days
1. Be remarkable – This is an absolute necessity for any facebook page. Ask yourself, is the post something that would grab your attention? Would you like it? Would you comment on it? Would you want to share it?
For Destination Duluth we want to showcase Duluth in the best possible light. Our goal for nearly every post is our desire to evoke an emotional response. And that emotional response is "That's why I love Duluth!" Someone stated that the only way we will stand out is by being outstanding. It's an overused catch phrase, but the more crowded FB becomes, the more that "Content is King"
2 . Remarkable content comes from research. I cringe when people dismiss Facebook as just being about pretty pictures, cats, dogs and bacon.
Destination Duluth's Facebook launch was 2 years in the making. Branden Robinson, manager of South Pier Inn registered the domain destinationduluth.com back in 2011. And in reality, it started being his dream when he was in college at Cornell University studying hospitality management, with a particular interest in destination marketing. He joined forces with Tom Livingston and Christopher Swanson, and it was 2 years in the making before they brought me on board to be the Facebook administrator.
to be continued…
Congratulations, Cape Superior Inn
idDuluth has just finished successfully launching the new website for Cape Superior Inn. Our goals were to provide a platform where Cape Superior Inn could easily manage their appearance and special promotions, and give potential customers a sense of what they can expect when the endeavor on their next North Shore adventure.
A fresh look on the website came with a nice boost to SEO as well. A common problem people face when building a website, is that search engines do not have the ability to recognize text if it is an image. This can make it difficult to create a nicely presented website and still benefit from organize search results (you know, the free stuff!). This is one of the reasons WordPress has become such a popular platform over the years: It allows you to deploy a good looking website, and encourages you to post updates to your website about your business, which in the long haul, will greatly improve your search engine optimization. The more the search engines know about your business, the better it can match potential clients. Cape Superior Inn will be posting about upcoming events, room promotions, and their Cape Superior Bottle Shop specials, such as their current discounts when buying multiple bottles of wine.
Congratulations again to Cape Superior Inn on your new look!
Social Media Contests create BUZZ!
As you may have seen, we recently helped wrap up a Fall Photo contest. The concept came about when planning a discussion on using images to enhance your social media presence. The turn of the Fall colors provided an excellent opportunity to create a contest based on the idea that most of us have our mobile devices with us each day, and it's very easy to create eye catching images to drive your social media campaign.
Patrick Garmoe wrote up an excellent post detailing everything that made the contest wildly successful — you can check it out here.
Fall Mobile Photo Contest
As part of the upcoming Social Media Breakfast event, idDuluth and Verizon Wireless are sponsoring a photo contest on Facebook, using photos taken from your mobile device!
You can find out information and submit an entry here, on Facebook!
Submit your entry through October 7, 2012!
The winner will receive a 7″ Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 from Verizon!
Social Media Breakfast: How To Use Photography To Enhance Your Social Media Marketing Efforts
Photography can make or break your social media marketing effort. What's the most recent thing you remember on Facebook — Did it have an image? I'm guessing yes. This month, Social Media Breakfast Twin Ports presents a panel of experts ready to help provide you with a better understanding of how to take great pictures on phones and tablets, and then strategies around what pictures work best in marketing.
idDuluth is proud to support a quick morning conference that will help you do this too.
Go here for more information, and to register!


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Fan Photo: Meeting "The Franchise"By Tanya / March 10, 2012 / Past, Present and Future
CitiField of Dreams readers are sending photos to help CFoD celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the New York Mets. Jose sent in this photo of him and friends, Joe L. and Rich C., meeting Mets legend, Tom Seaver. They met him at the 1988 New York Auto Show. Just a group of Mets fans wanting… [read more]
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Mets and CFoD: FANtastic at 50 Celebration Starring YOUBy Tanya / January 15, 2012 / Media, Past, Present and Future
I have often wondered what makes sports so intriguing. Why do people watch them? Why subject themselves to the torment their teams put them through? What is it that makes people come back year after year after year no matter how awful the previous one was? As I was watching the New York Giants and… [read more]
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50th Anniversary Mets Press ConferenceBy Tanya / November 16, 2011 / Media, Past, Present and Future, Press Conferences
Today was the unveiling of the new uniforms and patch for the Mets 50th anniversary season. It was emphasized by Howie Rose that the anniversary is all about celebrating the fans. It really is true that Mets fans are the greatest fans because they are so loyal to their team. Here is all of the important things… [read more]
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TOWNSEND, Tenn. (WVLT) -- A Virginia man was injured in a single-vehicle accident on Saturday afternoon, according to Great Smoky Mountains National Park spokeswoman Dana Soehn.
The 19-year-old was airlifted by Lifestar to UT Medical Center after the accident, which occurred around 2:30 p.m. on Little River Road between the Sinks and Meigs Falls, about one-half mile west of the Sinks.
Soehn said the man was a passenger in a pickup truck with two other male occupants and was sitting on the far right passenger side of the bench seat.
The vehicle was traveling eastbound on Little River Road and hit a tree on the passenger's side, running off the roadway.
The driver and other passenger in the car were not injured in the wreck.
Soehn said the 19-year-old was listed in very serious condition as of about 12:30 p.m. Sunday.


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California DFG Adds New "Map It" Feature To Scheduled Fish Stocking Web Pages
10/28/2009 – The Department of Fish and Game (DFG) has unveiled a new feature on its Web site that allows anglers to better scout out prime trout fishing spots. The new "Map It" feature at www.dfg.ca.gov/fish/Hatcheries/FishPlanting links the weekly trout stocking schedule for bodies of water throughout the state to Google Maps, providing directions and other pertinent info to anglers who are planning fishing trips.
"The scheduled fish plant pages are now receiving more hits than any other section of our Web site," said Walt Beer, DFG's Statewide Hatchery Coordinator. "This is proving to be a wonderful one-stop planning tool for anglers who want to maximize their chances for a good day of fishing."
Beer added that numerous anglers have emailed DFG to praise the addition of the "Map It" feature, such as one Visalia resident who wrote, "What a great idea!"
The new Fish Stocking "Map It" page complements DFG's "Online Fishing Guide," another popular map-based Web page that provides a broad range of information about California fishing opportunities. This page, found at www.dfg.ca.gov/fishingpassport/guide.asp, lists the services and facilities available at various fishing locations, as well as a general description of the terrain and species available.
Anglers can also call the Fish Stocking hotline in each region to hear recorded information about stocking schedules:
Region 1: (530) 225-2146
Region 2: (916) 351-0832
Region 3: (707) 944-5581
Region 4: (559) 243-4005 x 183
Regions 5 and 6: (562) 594-7268
Fish stocking information is updated regularly, both online and on the hotlines, and is accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week.


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Can you imagine Google at $1000 a share? What analyst would make such a Henry Blodgett-esque prediction? I don't know, but I am making that prediction myself.
Simply put, Google has more room to run. Here are the advantages:
Google already is the Microsoft of today. Any tech company has to think to themselves: "What could Google do to us?"
What are the threats to Google's ascendancy? Basically it's: managing the scaling, hiring, size, growth. Will they get too big, and not be able to move fast enough? Will the key people (most of whom are worth over $50M) stay interested?
My gut feel is that the founders will stay just crazy enough to keep throwing all of the balls in the air. Keeping Google ahead of the legacy monster that eats tech companies.
Don't let the high per-share price fool you. All it takes for Google to get to $1000sh is a valuation a bit south of Microsoft's today. It'll happen before 2006 is over.
And yes, I do own some shares in GOOG


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I started a blog about customer service because I simply can not stand it anymore. I believe that the epidemic of bad service is one of the main factors crippling the American economy (after the weak dollar and the price/de of oil) as well as ****ing us all of with insulting behavior.
The blog tells stories (both good and bad) about how customer service should be.
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Post comments here on what you think and or email me with story ideas from your world. I am working on one now about the WORLD'S worst AV installer (he's based in Paradise Valley, Arizona) and you won't believe his tactics. He went so far as to insult me, my father, AVRev.com and the installers in LA while asking for an 85% down payment and $1000 for future service because he doesn't warrnaty his own work. Note - this guy is a trunk slammer with two trucks and no showroom.
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L E J Brouwer (1881-1966) who propounded the doctrine mathematical intuitionism.
From http://www.story-lovers.com/listssufistories.html
The Sufis have been using carefully constructed stories for teaching purposes for thousands of years. Though on the surface these often appear to be little more than entertaining fairytales or folktales, they enshrine — in their characters, plots, and imagery — patterns and relationships that nurture a part of the mind not reachable in more conventional ways, thus increasing our understanding, flexibility, and breadth of vision.
In the spirit of the great sufiana parables, here is one my favorite stories from the heart of computer science and logic. This is the story of the "devil of the excluded middle" as told by Phil Wadler [1]. Underlying this story is the deep reason for one of the great disagreements about the nature of mathematical proof leading to classical and intuitionistic mathematics.
Once upon a time, the devil approached a man and made an offer: "Either (a) I will give you one billion dollars, or (b) I will grant you any wish if you pay me one billion dollars. Of course, I get to choose whether I offer (a) or (b)."
The man was wary. Did he need to sign over his soul? No, said the devil, all the man need do is accept the offer.
The man pondered. If he was offered (b) it was unlikely that he would ever be able to buy the wish, but what was the harm in having the opportunity available?
"I accept," said the man at last. "Do I get (a) or (b)?"
The devil paused. "I choose (b)."
The man was disappointed but not surprised. That was that, he thought. But the offer gnawed at him. Imagine what he could do with his wish! Many years passed, and the man began to accumulate money. To get the money he sometimes did bad things, and dimly he realized that this must be what the devil had in mind. Eventually he had his billion dollars, and the devil appeared again.
"Here is a billion dollars," said the man, handing over a valise containing the money. "Grant me my wish!"
The devil took possession of the valise. Then he said,"Oh, did I say (b) before? I'm so sorry. I meant (a). It is my great pleasure to give you one billion dollars."
And the devil handed back to the man the same valise that the man had just handed to him.
Wadler also mentions a version of this story told by Peter Selinger, which I have not been able to track down.
author = {Wadler, Philip},
title = {Call-by-value is dual to call-by-name},
journal = {SIGPLAN Not.},
issue_date = {September 2003},
volume = {38},
number = {9},
month = aug,
year = {2003},
issn = {0362-1340},
pages = {189--201},
numpages = {13},
url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/944746.944723},
doi = {10.1145/944746.944723},
acmid = {944723},
publisher = {ACM},
address = {New York, NY, USA},
keywords = {Curry-Howard correspondence, De Morgan dual, lambda calculus, lambda mu calculus, logic, natural deduction, sequent calculus},


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Echogenic (hyperechogenic) bowel
Intestine that reflects more sound on an ultrasound examination than usual
making it appear very white. The finding of echogenic bowel is usually a normal
variant in the majority of cases. However, the finding of echogenic bowel has
been associated with an increased risk for chromosomal abnormality, cystic
fibrosis, viral infection (CMV and parvovirus) , unexplained fetal death, growth
restriction, and premature birth.
Echogenic focus
A distinct area that reflects more sound on an ultrasound examination than
usual making it appear very white. The term commonly refers to bright spots seen
in the ventricles of the heart. Very bright small spots may represent dense papillary muscles
or tendons within the heart. Cardiac tumors may also appear as spots within the
heart . However, tumors tend to be larger, multiple, and are not as bright as an echogenic focus.
New-onset convulsions (grand mal seizure) in a woman with preeclampsia.
Preeclampsia is a condition characterized by high blood
pressure and protein in the urine that develops after the 20th week of
pregnancy. The cause of preeclampsia is unknown.
Ectopic pregnancy
A pregnancy growing outside of the uterus.
Swelling caused by the accumulation of fluid.
Edwards' syndrome (Trisomy 18)
A disorder characterized by severe mental retardation and multiple
abnormalities, such as cleft lip and palate, small jaw (micrognathia), low set
ears, club feet,
clenched fists, intrauterine growth restriction, single umbilical artery, elevated amniotic fluid ( polyhydramnios),
and kidney abnormalities. More than 90% of fetuses have a heart defect.
Only 5% to 10 % of infants
survive the first year
after delivery. Death is usually caused by
inability to maintain normal breathing or cardiorespiratory complications.
Edwards' syndrome occurs in about one out of 6000 live births and is caused
by extra material from chromosome 18. In most cases (80%) there are three
copies of chromosome 18 instead of two. In some cases extra material from a
piece of chromosome 18 becomes attached to another chromosome (translocation). Mosaicism (where some of the child's
cells have three copies of chromosome 18 and some cells have the normal two
copies of chromosome 18)
is a less common cause. Recurrence risk is 1% or less for
cases caused by three copies of chromosome 18. The risk of having a child with
trisomy 18 also increases as a woman gets older. If a parent is a balanced carrier
of a translocation, the risk for recurrence is much higher.
Reference: Cereda A, Carey JC.The trisomy 18
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Thinning or shortening of the cervix.
A machine used to make a graphical representation of the
fetal heart rate. Most monitors display
the fetal heart rate and uterine contractions simultaneous
A fertilized egg from initial cell division until the eighth week of
A defect affecting the skull resulting in the herniation of the meninges and
portions of the brain through a bony midline defect in the skull
Passage of the widest diameter of the presenting
of the part of the fetus (usually the head) to a level below
the first sacral vertebra and the symphysis
pubis (the joint between the pubic bones at the front of the
A method of pain relief in which anesthesia is injected into
the space around the spinal cord (epidural space) to numb the lower body.
An incision made between the vagina and rectum to widen the vaginal opening for delivery.
Erythema infectiosum (Fifth disease)
Erythema infectiosum also known as Fifth disease is a common childhood
illness caused by a virus called parvovirus B19. The virus appears to be
transmitted by person-to-person contact through saliva, sputum, or nasal mucus. About
50% of all adults have been infected sometime during childhood or adolescence.
The incubation period for the infection is 4 to 14 days. Persons infected
with the virus may experience fever, malaise, joint pain (particularly of the
peripheral joints), and profuse nasal discharge. There may be a lacelike rash on
face, trunk , and extremities (See
.The infection is
sometimes mistaken for rubella. Persons are no longer infectious after the appearance of the rash.
Women who become infected with parvovirus for the first time during their
pregnancy may pass the virus to their unborn child. Parvovirus can cause severe anemia in the fetus which
may lead to congestive heart failure. The heart itself may become enlarged. In
addition parvovirus infection has uncommonly been associated with enlarged
ventricles in the fetal brain and calcium deposits in the spleen. The overall fetal loss rate
related to
maternal infection ranges from 2% to 10%.
Women suspected of having a new parvovirus infection during pregnancy are
usually followed with serial ultrasounds for 8 to 12 weeks after infection to
detect the development of anemia or fetal hydrops.
Leave from the workplace
is controversial and is not routinely recommended
A group of steroid compounds that includes estradiol, estriol, and estrone. Estrogens are produced by the
granulosa cells of developing egg follicles in the ovary, the corpus luteum, and
the placenta. They are also produced in small amounts by peripheral tissues, the adrenal
glands, and in men by the testes.
Estrogens promote the development of secondary female sexual characteristics,
and influence the metabolism of bone and the production of many substances produced by
the liver.
Estradiol (E2) is the primary hormone produced during a woman's reproductive
years. It reaches high levels just before ovulation occurs during the menstrual
cycle, and is produced in large quantities by the placenta from fetal and
maternal adrenal steroids.
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The sluggish economy and unusually cool weather this season have dramatically tightened the supply of wine grapes, a situation that will likely continue for several years, reports Robert Smiley, dean and professor emeritus at the University of California, Davis, Graduate School of Management.
Smiley will present findings from two recent surveys of wine industry professionals and executives at 8:40 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, during the 20th annual Wine Industry Financial Symposium at the Napa Valley Marriott Hotel in Napa, Calif.
Even though we have technically been out of the recession for two years, growers have been reluctant to expand their plantings or replace older vineyards that are moving into declining production, Smiley said.
Cooler weather including a very damaging freeze in the Central Coast have compounded the problem by significantly reducing this years wine grape yield in California, he added.
Smiley noted that, while growers and producers struggle with the shortage, consumers are likely to find that discounted prices on high-quality wines will continue to be available.
Survey of Wine Executives
Smileys 10th annual wine executives survey gathers opinions and projections from the heads of 29 leading wine operations. Most of the respondents represent wine companies, while others are from operations that range from grape growing to wine-distribution firms.
In addition to predicting that wine grape demand will continue to outrun supply for the foreseeable future, most of the responding executives reported that discounts on wine will likely continue because consumers have grown accustomed to finding good buys on quality wines, and retailers are finding the discounted prices to be an effective tool for drawing consumers into their stores.
Most of the executives seem to feel that discounting is here to stay, Smiley said.
Many of the respondents also reported that they work with third-party wine clubs, which sell wine directly to consumers, usually via the Internet. These wine clubs often sell consumers a series of wines on a monthly or quarterly basis, helping producers reach a broader audience and introducing consumers to new and different wines. The wine producers hope that the consumers will eventually return to their wines as direct-sales customers.
Most of the wine executives reported that they have good relationships with their lenders, but some noted that banks these days are more cautious about lending and require firms to earn their loans.
The survey respondents predicted that the hottest issues for the wine industry during the next five to 10 years will include consolidation in the wine industrys distribution sector; increased government regulations affecting everything from land use to taxation; and environmental issues, especially climate change.
In addition, these executives foresee an insatiable thirst for wine at home and abroad, Smiley said. They are quite optimistic about the growing demand for wine in the United States, particularly among consumers in their mid-20s, as well as internationally, especially in China.
Survey of Wine Professionals
Smileys survey of California wine professionals, now in its 20th year, included responses from 130 wine producers.
Seventy-one percent of the respondents predicted that the health of the wine industry would improve, reflecting a confidence not seen among survey respondents since 2007.
Im pleased to report that Californias wine professionals are increasingly bullish about their industry, Smiley said. He noted that 53 percent of respondents expect 2011 will prove to be more profitable than 2010. And 74 percent anticipate that 2012 profits will outpace 2010.
The responding professionals projected that the slow economic recovery would be the major constraint for the industry, followed by pricing pressures, government regulations and taxes, and consolidation among retailers and distributors. For the first time, they also included grape shortages, unusual weather and oil prices as likely constraints for the industry.
They predicted that among red wines, demand would be strongest for Cabernet Sauvignon, red blends and Pinot Noir. And among white wines, demand will be strongest for Chardonnay, followed by Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Grigio and Riesling.
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My favourite is the Epilady - a hand-held device that rips out hair, follicle by follicle. If you haven't tried it, it's similar to poking yourself in the eye with a toothpick. Then there's electrolysis. This uses a current to electrocute the buggers, eliciting packets of vicious pain.
Even the mild depilatory options are obnoxious: what woman doesn't abhor the eggy smell of depilatory cream, the searing of a blunt razor dragged up her shin bone, the embarrassment of opening the door to the postman with creme bleach still clinging to her upper lip?
Perversely, the most up-to-date methods of depilation are the most torturous, involving the kind of pain once lavished on the village witch.
Chief among these is the Brazilian bikini wax, which was surely developed in Hades, but (get this) has actually received good press from the world's ditzy beauty editors. Not only is it a humbling and hideous experience, during which you proffer your undercarriage to an unknown shop girl, it also hurts like bejaysus.
Its sole benefit is that it allows you to look nice in a thong, especially when bending over to lace up your espadrilles. To all Brazilian devotees, three questions: how much time do you spend gazing at your own perineum? Does it need to be bald? Are you mad as a frog?
So why do we do it? Men wouldn't. Men generally don't. And that, in part, is the answer. In her study on the relationship between a woman's politics and sexual orientation and the shaving of her legs and underarms, Dr Susan Basow, professor of psychology at Pennsylvania's Lafayette College, found thatmost women who did not shave their legs were identified as "very strong feminists and/or as not exclusively heterosexual", and the major reason they did not shave was for political reasons.
However, 81 per cent of the women surveyed shaved their legs and/or underarms on a regular basis. They identified strongly with their own heterosexuality, suggesting that the hairless norm serves to exaggerate the differences between men and women. "The implication of the hairless norm," she writes, "is that women's bodies are not attractive when natural and must be modified."
Great. If you don't depilate, you're either a man or a dyke. It's yet another branch of beauty's pernicious directive to conform. And at its heart is fear - fear of looking too masculine, of deviating from the established aesthetic that dictates women be hipless, breastless and, above all, hairless.
Instead of letting it all hang out, we're trapped in an endless, Sisyphean cycle of tweezing, waxing and plucking in some vain attempt to quell the beast within. But perhaps it's time to break the stranglehold that hair has on our lives.
Cardinal rules - such as the classic "once shaven, always stubbly" - could be taught in school, alongside how to fit a condom on a banana and how to make pastry using the rubbing-in method. Or perhaps coming out would work. They could do a Sex and the City special and make body hair hot.
In time, it might even be perceived as a thing of beauty. Some years ago, I glimpsed a woman on the banks of a river in British Columbia, Canada. She was beautiful, with a heavy rope of plaited hair down her back - the kind of woman who carries a dagger and makes her own bolero jackets from the skins of small mammals. Sandwiched between knee and sock, she had the legs of a yeti. The hair was so abundant that I could see it from the opposite bank. I was filled with awe and admiration. Here was a wilderness woman who owned little more than a tepee, but she had greater authority over her body than I did over mine, perched in a kayak with a lipgloss in my pocket and a Philips Ladyshave in my rucksack.
If we were all to let it grow rife, like the shrubs in the Lost Gardens of Heligan, I'm convinced we would soon find that hair in all the usual places isn't quite a turnoff after all. Give us more Julia Roberts' armpit fur, more European tennis champs. Put it on the cover of Vogue.
After all, it is incredible that the subject is still taboo. We freely discuss anal sex, female sexual dysfunction, paedophilia and boob jobs. But still body hair in the wrong place is off limits. Isn't it time to ditch the depilation, storm the shelves of chemists, burn the bleach and spike the tweezers? Of course it is. But, hey sister, you first.
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Gillean, 55, was charged with three felony counts of commercial burglary, one felony count of fraudulent insurance acts and one misdemeanor count of issuing a false statement following an investigation into allegations that he provided a master key to a student to use for stealing tests from professor's offices. Gillean reported his key "lost" around November of last year.
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MIAMI – Regis Philbin and Dick Vitale, two old friends and Notre Dame fans, embraced backstage as a pep rally rolled on at Bayfront Park before tonight's BCS National Championship.
Even over the raucous crowd, Philbin's ever-bombastic flair rose above the noise as he and Vitale discussed the Irish's chances in a national title game vs. Alabama.
"Can you believe we're getting ready for this? 25 years we've waited," Philbin said. "And Regis left the show last year, for God's sakes. We gave up waiting."
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Philbin, 81, would have loved the platform of Live! with Regis and Kelly to tout his Fighting Irish. A lifelong fan and alumnus of the university, Philbin instead used a stage beside Biscayne Bay to celebrate Notre Dame's return to this game.
The school's vaunted tradition is nearly incomparable, but it last claimed a national championship in 1988. The intervening years have made this time around more enjoyable for one of the school's most famous alumni.
"We never had to wait 25 years for the next final, so it's big," he said. "It's just built up over the years, and now we are ready to do it."
Vitale kicked off the pep rally, assuring the crowd that a victory was imminent. The ESPN college basketball analyst built ties to the school when his daughters, Sherri and Terri, got their undergraduate and master's degrees there. Both of their husbands were Notre Dame athletes as well.
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Vitale established the Dick Vitale Family Scholarship, which goes each year to a student who participates in sports or activities but does not receive financial aid, so his ties to the school are deep.
"It's in my heart. Playing a great team like Alabama is phenomenal," he said. "It would be a magical moment to beat them, but you gotta believe. It's gonna be tough. It's gonna be very tough to beat them."
Actor Martin Short and NBC football analyst Cris Collinsworth took turns on stage. Short's sons went to Notre Dame, and Collinsworth's son, Austin, is a junior safety on the team who is taking a medical redshirt this year.
Refuting USA TODAY Sports' prediction of an Alabama win made for good fodder as he waved the newspaper on stage, but Collinsworth believes the Irish can win
"If Alabama can overwhelm Notre Dame the way they do most people running the football, they're gonna win the game. I don't think they can. I just don't think they can," he said. "The strength of what Notre Dame is, stopping the run against a great run team, and playing a wide open, spread-them-out offense against a team that I think prefers not to play that style."
Philbin wasn't sure of a Notre Dame win, but he pointed out that former coach Lou Holtz assured him as much. Holtz, now and ESPN college football analyst, is one of three former Irish coaches to win a national title in his third season. Ara Parseghian and Dan Devine did as well.
Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly is in his third year.
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Pink is moving on fast after her split from husband Carey Hart - she has reportedly moved in with new beau Todd Morse.
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1. Trading back from No. 2 will be tough… This is becoming more and more evident. The 2013 NFL Draft class is considered relatively weak at the top, but deep later in the first round and beyond. That creates a scenario in which teams are unlikely to trade up with the Jaguars for the No. 2 overall selection on April 25 – theory being, why burn later-round selections to trade up when you can get a similar player staying where you are? Nothing that happened at the combine changed the outlook.
2. …but still possible. Never say never, right? Jaguars General Manager David Caldwell has said he is open to all possibilities, including a trade. He's focused on building through the draft, and because the Jaguars have to get better in a lot of areas, trading back and accumulating selections would be the ideal scenario. If that looks unlikely coming out of the combine, it's not out of the question. It only takes one team coveting a player to want to move up, and with two months remaining in the draft, there's time for some franchise to fall in love.
3. Trading No. 33 makes sense. The Jaguars hold the first selection of the second round. Trading that is a lot more likely than trading No. 2. The quarterback class is deep, and the top of the second round is where many after Geno Smith are projected. That pick could glean Caldwell an extra pick later in the draft without having to drop much.
4. Change should be coming soon. This will be a year of transition in Jacksonville. What does that mean for veterans? Well, reading between the lines, there's a good chance a lot familiar names won't be back. Fullback Greg Jones, center
5. The Jaguars won't use the franchise tag. Caldwell said so this week, and considering the Jaguars' approach of wanting to build through the draft and get younger, the decision makes sense. The Jaguars are building for the long term. Paying, say, Cox, $10 million for one season doesn't fit that approach.
6. Bob Babich will be calling the defense. This wasn't a given, not with Head Coach Gus Bradley having served as defensive coordinator in Seattle the past four seasons. But Bradley said this week the plan is for Babich – who has three years coordinator experience with Chicago – to call the defensive plays.
7. The zone-blocking system will be the core of the offensive line approach. It won't be everything, but it's more apparent that the zone-blocking approach will be crucial to the offense under coordinator Jedd Fisch and line coach George Yarno. The Jaguars' offensive linemen are athletic, and the decision-makers don't think it will be a difficult transition.
8. Left tackle will be a very real possibility …in the draft. Luke Joeckel of Texas A&M is the best left tackle in the draft, and one of the few consensus elite players. That doesn't make him a no-brainer choice for the Jaguars, who have many holes. Caldwell also hasn't tipped his hand and won't for a while. But if he's a can't-miss, long-term Pro Bowl type tackle he'll be tough to pass if available at No. 2.
9. …but so will pass rusher. If the Jaguars stay at No. 2, this is the logical position of choice along with left tackle. There are multiple available players at the position, and no consensus about who's best, but a pass rusher from the group of Barkevious Mingo, Damontre Moore and Ezekial Ansah are early players to watch.
10. Pete Carroll Is a Gus Bradley guy. OK, we've known for a while that Carroll – head coach of the Seahawks – has long believed in Bradley, who served three years under Carroll as defensive coordinator. But Carroll made it clear again at the combine, saying that it took about 10 days to two weeks in 2009 to realize he wanted to retain Bradley from former Head Coach Jim Mora's staff. "I fell in love with the guy," Carroll said. "He's just a fantastic individual. Just an extraordinary competitive guy. He's got a great message. He's got great leadership skills. People love to be around him. Players like being around the guy. He's very much an upbeat, high enthusiasm guy that will not allow his dauber to get down at any time. I think his football principles are excellent, and I think he brings a package that's unusual, and I'm sure that when he went in in his interviews, he wowed those guys. They were surprised at who he was, what he was all about and where he was coming from."
11. Bradley's giving Gabbert a fair chance. This isn't saying
12. Alex Smith won't be coming to the Jaguars. Speaking of Smith, David Caldwell confirmed Sunday that the Jaguars aren't making a deal to trade for the 49ers quarterback. Though there are reports circulating at the combine that some team already has done so, it makes sense that that team's not the Jaguars. Making the deal would fly in the face of what Caldwell and Bradley are saying about building through the draft.
15. The Jaguars may have to wait a while to be on the clock. There are years the team with the No. 2 overall selection becomes the story early. Those are the years when the team holding the No. 1 selection makes its decision known well before the draft. This happened with the Colts and Andrew Luck last season. Don't expect a repeat. With no clear-cut quarterback available and no real clear choice for the No. 1 spot, it will be a while before we know the Kansas City Chiefs' choice with the first overall selection.


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The Pestana São Paulo is located just steps from Avenida Paulista and very close to the famous Ibirapuera Park. Surrounded by beautiful tree-lined streets, with excellent options for gastronomy, leisure and business, the Pestana São Paulo is perfect for those seeking comfort and practicality.
To relax further, guests can enjoy the swimming pool and sauna in the leisure area, and the cozy and relaxed Brahma Chopp Kiosk. The Cais da Ribeira Restaurant features modern cuisine with a wide variety of dishes.
In addition to spacious apartments, contemporary decor, double-glazed windows, and a bath in all the rooms, Pestana São Paulo also offers free Wi-Fi.
The receptionists are bilingual and are available 24 hours a day, with both room service and a messenger service available. The staff is trained to provide guests with personalised service.


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Some very disturbing observations
Tuesday, Apr 24, 2012 06:00 am
Re: Property rights
In the March 20 edition of area newspapers, the Government of Alberta placed a three-quarter page advertisement which stated they�re taking action on property rights. Their advertisement says they�ve made positive steps by creating a Property Rights Advocate and are ensuring consultation, compensation, and access to courts.
A March 27 quarter page advertisement in the Mountain View Gazette by the P.C. provincial election candidate Mr. Darcy Davis said the same thing.
I attended the Property Rights Task Force �gong show� at the Olds Cow Palace on June 11. The overwhelming majority of participants told the facilitators that the contentious land bills 19, 24, and 36 should be repealed.
A couple of times I�ve heard Keith Wilson from the Alberta Landowners Council speak on these bills, especially Bill 36.
Bill 36, or ALSA, overshadows other legislation, gives cabinet unprecedented and supreme power, and now even more power over municipalities.
The Wildrose Party says that one of their first orders of business will be to repeal these bills.
Re: electricity
A quarter page advertisement, placed by the Government of Alberta in the March 20 edition of area newspapers, states they�re stabilizing power costs and keeping power affordable for all.
My last three monthly power bills have each increased by $100 per month. In this province that�s ridiculous and projected to get even worse!
When Bill 50 was passed in November 2009, cabinet now approves the components of the electricity system.
The two north-south DC lines are projected to cost $16 billion and ATCO and AltaLink will benefit financially as a result.
The lines were approved without a needs assessment or a cost benefit analysis being done.
This will triple the cost of industrial power. Major industries are expected to pay 61 per cent of the projected costs and commercial users are expected to pay 27 per cent of the projected costs.
The cost of power for each and every county, town arena and small business is expected to triple and the end users - the taxpayers - will be paying dearly.
This is a massive and unnecessary overbuild. Every consumer will be paying to export our cheap power to the U.S.
Wasn�t the half page advertisement in the April 3 edition of the Mountain View Gazette disturbing, where multinationals are buying Rural Electrification Associations (REAs) with customer money as investments?
Again, only the profits of big business are being heard and not the voices of the consumers.
Re: Alberta Urban Municipalities Association (AUMA)
I trust everyone took note of the quarter page advertisement in the March 20 edition of area newspapers which states �it�s time for a new relationship between municipalities and the province.�
The AUMA represents 85 per cent of Albertans, which includes the towns in Mountain View County.
Our councillors inform us about various programs and revenue streams being cut or reduced which affects all of us.
By centralizing power with cabinet, the government has undermined local decision-making and taken control away from municipal governments.
This has to be reversed!
Re: Fracking
Since November I�ve been attending meetings, including Sundre Petroleum Operator�s Group (SPOG) meetings, to garner information about hydraulic fracking.
It has certainly negatively impacted a number of landowners. You should hear their impassioned pleas for help, but they are falling on deaf ears.
It�s awful when landowners become so desperate that threats are made and charges are laid.
This has happened because there�s very little recourse for us.
The Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB) has lost credibility in the eyes of the landowners. It�s now regarded as a promoter and facilitator of the oil and gas industry from whom they receive the majority of their funding.
At the March 12 SPOG meeting at Harmattan Hall, the ERCB told us there are at least seven different government departments that regulate the industry.
This bureaucracy and red tape has been put in place so we�re powerless to fight it.
I, along with many others, feel that only with a new Wildrose government, will action be taken on our concerns.
Ron Vogel
Harmattan area of Mountain View County


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Parks Council
The Parks Council was created by Livable Buckhead in March 2012 to facilitate relationships between existing park operators and supporters to harness our collective experience and expertise while exploring opportunities for synergies and opportunities to leverage resources.
- Quarterly Meetings Schedule
- March 2012
- June 2012
- September 2012
All meetings held in Tower Place 3340 Peachtree Road, NE Building 100, Suite 1515 from 6:30 to 8:30pm
Sign up your park here.
• Little Nancy Creek Park
• Blue Heron Nature Preserve
• The Duck Pond
• Mountain Way Park
• Garden Hills Park
• Chastain Park Conservancy
• Tower Place Park
• Peachtree Park
• Frankie Allen Park
• Peachtree Hills Park
• Shady Valley Park
• Buckhead Triangle Park


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Posted by Lotg on October 26, 2003
In Reply to: It was Kalmbach posted by Bob on October 19, 2003
: : : : : What is the origin of this phrase, please?
: : : : It comes from the Mexican dish 'enchilada' and means 'all of it'.
: : : : Troll?
: : : I don't think so. I would agree that it is obvious that the saying came from the Mexican dish. However, I thought that the poster was questioning why the phrase uses that particular dish as opposed to others. Anyone?
: : Someone in the Nixon administration used this phrase on one of the notorious tapes, and it became popular. I forget who exactly.
: It was Herb Kalmbach, talking on the phone to Nixon's assistant John Erlichmann. 3 criminals, among the many in the most corrupt administration in U.S. history. Up until now.
Hmmm, well I don't know about corrupt, but I can't begin to tell you how impressed we apparently simple-Aussies were with the brilliant witticisms offered by the US president on his flying visit.
We learnt that he 'loves democracy', that our prime minister, Arnie and he 'married well', that our prime minister is a 'man of steel', and that he thought Australia would be 'just like Texas'. Oh dear!!!
I hope he wasn't too disappointed. Hell knows we weren't... he was everything we expected him to be (I'm afraid). Is it just me, or is it just that he behaves like this when he's visiting other countries and he's a tad nervous, or is he always this dopey?
And that security!!! What a treat that was. Do these guys get confused between reality and the movies?
Sorry folks if he's your favourite president, but I have to say, he doesn't present well when visiting other countries, well our country anyway. And I'd say by the responses I've heard to date here, that I am by no means in the minority.


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Perhaps it's a political axiom that how a fence looks depends on which side you're standing on.
If some Americans see hundreds of miles of new fencing between the U.S. and Mexico as a symbol of American sovereignty and this country's commitment to border control, most Mexicans see it very differently.
"It's something that says you're in a relationship with an enemy," said Jorge Bustamante, a Mexican sociologist who teaches at the Colegio de la Frontera Norte in Tijuana and the University of Notre Dame in Indiana.
"It's a statement of the way Americans view Mexico," he said.
That same perception gap marks much of the immigration debate between the two countries, a breach that has only broadened in the past 10 years as millions more Mexicans migrated illegally to the U.S.
Just after former President Vicen te Fox was elected in 2000, he traveled to the border, shaking hands with returning migrants and hailing them as heroes for propping up the Mexican economy with the $20 billion they send back home to families each year.
Indeed, American desires for a crackdown by Mexican authorities on crossing routes and migrant smugglers strike official Mexico as unthinkable:
"It's complicated to stop 1 million people. What are we going to do? Put them in jail?" said Jorge Chabat, an expert in U.S.-Mexican relations at a think tank in Mexico City.
But even if big differences remain in political exigencies and public perception between the two countries, a broad array of analysts on both sides of the border say there are signs that Mexico's attitudes are shifting, led in part by the new Mexican president, Felipe Calderón.
Almost immediately after taking office in December, Calderón sent more police and soldiers to the country's southern border with Guatemala to help cut off the flow of Central American migrants headed to the U.S. through Mexico – a long-standing item on Washington's wish list.
And in his first visit to Washington as president-elect in November, Calderón said his country would do its part to halt the illegal flow of migrants heading north by trying to create more jobs for young Mexicans at home.
Mexico experts say the shift is being driven in part by a realization that Fox's aggressive campaign for a comprehensive immigration accord from the U.S. Congress was counterproductive, helping feed perceptions by U.S. conservatives that America's immigration policy was being planned in Mexico City.
More important, there's a growing realization in Mexico that the massive emigration of some of its hardest-working, most entrepreneurial citizens comes at a price.
"In Mexico, the immigration debate has forced Mexicans to be a lot more introspective. It's almost as if the light bulb finally came on," said Armand Peschard-Sverdrup, director of the Mexico Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.
"It made them realize that while there may be short-term gains" to mass emigration, "it has long-term implications that they have yet to fully comprehend."


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The Robert Cray Band will perform an intimate show on Feb. 14 in the Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, 1050 A1A North, in Ponte Vedra Beach.
Doors will open at 7 p.m., and the concert will begin at 8 p.m.
Robert Cray, a five-time Grammy Award winner, is an American blues guitarist, composer and singer.
His third album release in 1986, "Strong Persuader," received a Grammy Award, while the crossover single "Smokin' Gun" gave him wider audience appeal and increased name recognition.
In 2011, he was inducted to the Blues Hall of Fame.
Tickets are $55 and $65 each. Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 6.
Tickets will be available in the box offices of the Ponte Vedra Concert Hall and The St. Augustine Amphitheatre, at ticketmaster.com and all Ticketmaster locations.
For more information, go to pvconcerthall.com.


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RICHMOND — Clint Bowyer's spinout in the late stages of Saturday's NASCAR Sprint Cup regular season finale that significantly impacted qualifying for the Chase for the Cup is being investigated, according to a statement from the racing organization.
With 10 laps to go, Ryan Newman was reeling in one car after the other in his bid to earn a spot in the postseason. By Lap 391 of the Federated Auto Parts 400, the 2003 driver of the year moved ahead of Carl Edwards into first place and appeared firmly in control of the outcome.
Then Bowyer briefly lost control of his No. 15 Toyota on Lap 394, forcing a caution. Following an errant pit stop, Newman fell back to fifth place out of the restart. Edwards, meanwhile, was the first to add four fresh tires, and he rode those to Victory Lane ahead of Kurt Busch and Newman.
As a result, Newman failed to qualify for the Chase. On top of that disappointment, he had to field questions about suspected collusion between Bowyer and his Michael Waltrip Racing teammate Martin Truex Jr., who claimed the second of the Chase's two wild-card slots ahead of Newman and Jeff Gordon.
"They are teammates," Newman said. "I don't know if [Bowyer] looked at the scoring pylon, knew I was leading. It doesn't matter. If that was the case, I'll find out one way or the other. At the same time we still had the opportunity to make our own destiny and win it on pit road, and we didn't."
An ESPN replay that included radio conversation between Bowyer and his team moments before the spinout suggested it may have been intentional.
It was not immediately clear whether NASCAR intended to examine that particular conversation, but a release Sunday afternoon read: "NASCAR is reviewing Saturday night's race at Richmond International Raceway and has no plans for further statement until that process is complete."
Bowyer was ensured a spot in the Chase entering Saturday night and finished 25th in the race. After his spinout caused the restart that opened the door for Edwards's win, both Bowyer and teammate Brian Vickers took pit stops in the final three laps. Those moves changed finishing positions enough to knock Gordon out of an automatic spot in the Chase. That in turn gave Truex — who finished seventh Saturday, one spot ahead of Gordon — the final wild-card spot over Gordon by virtue of a total-wins tiebreaker.
Kasey Kahne had secured the other wild card by virtue of two victories this year.
"It's unfortunate," Bowyer said. "I know it's a lot of fun for you guys to write a lot of wacky things. Go ahead if you want to. Get creative, but don't look too much into it."
As for the circumstances deciding the winner, there was a bit of controversy there, too. At the restart in Lap 398, replays showed Edwards jumping the line to move in front of then-leader Paul Menard, but NASCAR officials didn't rule an infraction.
Restarts were a primary topic of conversation before the race in the drivers meeting, with NASCAR Vice President of Competition Robin Pemberton telling the group, "I just want to remind everybody: Do not put us in that position where we have to make the call."
Edwards wound up winning for the second time this season and for the first time in Richmond. The victory left Edwards in first place in the final regular season Sprint Cup standings and wielding much momentum going into next week's race at Chicagoland Speedway.
"We're going to win the championship," said Edwards, twice a runner-up in the 10-event Chase. "That's our mission. That seemed like a crazy idea a month and a half ago. Everyone's rallied together, and I can't say enough about all the guys at the shop. This championship would mean the world to me."
More on the Chase for the Sprint Cup:
Edwards wins at Richmond, but some are missing out


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The competition at the backup B-back spot will be at least a three-way battle when Georgia Tech begins preseason training at the end of July.
Coach Paul Johnson said Tuesday that freshman C.J. Leggett will start out at B-back, where Matt Connors and Donovan Wilson will also vie to play behind Zach Laskey. The spot is open with Travis Custis being declared academically ineligible and transferring to Hutchinson (Kan.) Community College. Connors is a senior who has 24 career carries for 165 yards and has been a productive player on special teams. He is from Marist, the same school that produced guard Nick Brigham, former B-back Preston Lyons and a number of other former Jackets.
"He's a hard runner," said Johnson of Connors, speaking at the Pigskin Preview event at the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in Macon.. "I don't know that he'll be the No. 2., but if he is, I feel good about it."
Wilson, a freshman from Dublin, Ohio, moved to B-back for spring practice.
"He's a hard worker," Johnson said. "He's going to have every opportunity in fall camp to put himself up there at No. 2. So we'll see if he can get it done."
Leggett, who ran for 1,784 yards on 280 carries for North Gwinnett High, committed to Tech after helping his team reach the Class 6A championship game.
The position has grown in importance over the last three years. Where Jonathan Dwyer and Anthony Allen logged the heavy majority of playing time as starting B-backs 2008-2010, playing time and carries have been more divided between three-year starter David Sims and his backups, Lyons in 2011 and Laskey the past two seasons.
In 2011, Sims had 135 carries to Lyons' 57. It was 135/133 in 2012 (Sims missed two games with injury and was injured for much of the season) and 161/84 last season. It isn't a certainty that Laskey will split the load – Johnson said that he probably had the best spring practice of any player on the team – but it would hardly be a surprise. Johnson lamented the loss of Custis, saying "I thought Travis was a talented guy, but it happens," but also professed confidence in the running game.
Tech averaged 5.07 yards per carry last season against FBS competition, its lowest average in Johnson's six seasons. (Interestingly, the second-lowest average was 2009, when the Jackets won the ACC title.)
"I think that when you embrace it, it's a little easier to do it," he said. "We ran the ball OK last year. I just think we'll be a better running team this year."
I'll have a couple more posts from Johnson's comments in Macon in the next few days. Check back.


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This Watch is Absolutely Gorgeous!
I had the hardest time choosing between the Layton Chronograph Watch and the all gold Bradshaw Chronograph watch, but ultimately I ended up choosing this and I'm really glad I did! I went to the Michael Kors store and tried both of them on in person and the face of the Bradshaw is much bulkier in comparison to the Layton, whereas the Layton lays flatter on your wrist. Technically, they say both faces are gold, but the face of the Layton is lighter, which I liked because it stood out from afar. It was quite a debate since they were both gold, both had roman numerals, and both were big boyfriend style watches. But ultimately, the Layton sold me over because overall, it looked more feminine. I like the big style, but I don't want to look like I'm literally wearing my boyfriend's watch. I also liked the glow-in-the-dark hands (not that I really need it, but it looks nicer than the plain metal hands on the Bradshaw). Long story short, I'm more than happy I got this watch!!!
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We loved Slovenia, a little green gem on the edge of Western Europe that felt more civilised and developed than some of its larger neighbours; the people super friendly and the cycling is great, (aside from a few cycle path niggles). It's also worth noting that if you're not a heavy mileage cyclist the obvious stopping points all seem to be about 70/80km from each other, making for leisurely, (or frustrating if your Phil and want to go further) days on the bike. We met lots of other cycle tourists in Slovenia including Canadian's Iram and Maureen who we met up with at a few other campsites along the way to Budapest. We also met loads of cycle tourists in Ljubljana's campsite and a Frenchman cycling from Budapest.
Length of stay:
410km (daily av. 82km), 8 days (5 cycling, 3 rest), 8th – 16th August
Road 401 west of Zaga (entry point) → Bovec → Vrsic Pass (1611m) → Lake Bled → Ljubljana → Prebold → Ptuj → Lendava (exit point)
Ljubljana. What can we say, it just lures you in. The best thing to do in Ljub is nothing – just sit back and enjoy the food, (one of the best meals of the trip so far… a bloody great meat feast, including local horse… how you like me now horse!) and drinking with friends.
The shops are good, everyone speaks English and the town is pretty, with graffiti covered walls even looking like part of the artwork. There is a campsite, (the only campsite) within an easy bike ride or bus journey of the centre, (the campsite is not brilliant and can get a little crowded but it does have the advantage of attracting cycle tourists… we met a lot here).
Cycling the Julian Alps. The road follows the Soca River along the valley before climbing up to Vrsic Pass (1611m) reaching some gradients of 16%, pretty steep for a fully loaded cycle. After torrential rain, you can expect mudslides onto the road; they were still cleaning up on our way up. On the north side, a little warning about the cobbled hairpin bends, they definitely slow you down. The descent finishes in Kranjska Gora, a cute but strangely wanky ski town.
Ptuj Thermal Park. A giant water park with slides, saunas and thermal pools with a campsite next door. Good fun for a touristy change, but quite pricey at €17 each, (camping and entry to the park).
Everyone speaks English. Most young people and people in Ljubljana anyway – makes communication a little easier… but as with any country it's worth learning at least a little of the local.
Our first crash in Skofja Loka. This is the first example of a town forcing cyclists onto the footpaths with pedestrians. Until now we never go on cycle paths unless it's better than the road. However, the drivers don't like this in Slovenia and on this occasion a driver beeped loudly, startling me and causing me to brake and Phil to run into me. I came out with grazed knees and Phil with a slightly untrue wheel, (which was a simple fix).
Coffee. Probably doesn't help that it's next to Italy, (so the bar was quite high) but the coffee is pretty bad – although if you hunt in the bigger supermarkets you can find some stuff that's not horror.
Signposting. Not great, sometimes they only signpost the next town (that might not be on your map), sometimes they only signpost the ultimate destination and they often don't tell you distances.
Beer. Not great… not piss water but nothing to write home about.
Roads/ paths:
The roads are good in the west and we never had a problem with cars passing us. When you get further east, they become more obsessed with getting bikes off the road by posting "no cycling" signs everywhere, and getting you onto the footpaths with the pedestrians. The pedestrians don't seem to mind but the path conditions can become a bit dire i.e. up and down the dropped kerbs for driveways.
There is a great path running from Kranjska Gora to Mojstrana but it comes to an end and spits you out onto a mountain bike path to Jesenice, they do appear to be constructing the rest of it now.
Whatever you do don't even think about cycling on the roads in Ljub, there are cycle paths everywhere and they are very efficient, much like Amsterdam. Sometimes the footpath is rubbish but just deal with it like the locals do.
To get into Ljub from the west, there is a route that runs from near Medvode to the centre, it runs more or less parallel to the main road a few hundred meters to the right, you can pick it up to Medno.
If you're going up hills, although they might be short, they like to make them steep (up to 16%), so be prepared for some high gradients that might not be on your map!
Food & Drink:
Supermarkets are full of the usual things, but fruit and veg not as good as Italy and France. Bakeries are hard to find.
Lasko and union beers are not great, but we did have a great beer from a microbrewery at a restaurant in Ljubljana.