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SPOKANE, Wash.--Business owners in North Spokane said they were seeing a growing crime trend of gas theft in March. Crooks struck Tuesday night at one small business on Market Street in Hillyard.
The owner of C&W Mattress in Hillyard was surprised and angry when he arrived at work Wednesday to learn the U-Haul truck he had rented had been hit by gas thieves overnight.
"They left me with a latex glove, a bunch of fuel all over the ground," said owner Westley Miller.
Miller said he knew even before he got out of his car Wednesday morning that he had been the victim of a crime. He said thieves had popped a hole in the gas tank of his mattress delivery truck, stealing more than 20 gallons of gas. Miller said they also siphoned another ten to 15 gallons out of the U-Haul.
Miller was not only out of gas money, but out of the repair and replacement costs as well.
"About a thousand dollars out of our pocket," said Miller.
Westley asked around and said he was shocked to learn he was just the latest victim.
"When I called A-Z Rental to let them know their truck wasn't going to be back. I couldn't believe when he told me, it's a nightly thing." said Miller.
Another business told KREM 2 News gas siphoning happens to them at least once a week. It is a crime costing small businesses in a big way.
"I should be handling customer orders, getting more products in, getting stuff scheduled, and getting the truck loaded for the afternoon deliveries. But instead, I'm underneath here wasting time," said Miller.
Miller said he did call police and they took a report on the theft but did not come out to his business to investigate. He said he was worried about the message that sends to those responsible.


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October 17, 2013
Peter Amby Gallery
David Horvitz
, solo exhibition at
Peter Amby Gallery
Hot, muggy, then cold and windy. We swam in the sea, it got misty and we couldn't tell what time it was anymore.
Open: 12.10.13 — 16.11.13
June 11, 2013
David Horvitz — Art Basel, Statements
David Horvitz
The distance of a day
, 2013
Two videos shown on two iphones at
Art Basel, Statements
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In early February I asked my mom to go and watch the sunset and make a video. She did this from the Palos Verdes Peninsula, where I used to watch the sunset when I lived in California. She made the video with her iPhone taped to a metal barrier that protects people from falling over the cliffs. In synchronicity with her, I too was looking at the sun and making a video. From my perspective the sun was rising. I had calculated where the the sun would be seen as rising at the exact same moment it was seen as setting in Los Angeles. In early February this was the Maldives, a location which may not exist in the near future due to the rising of the seas. As my mom watched the sun set into the Pacific Ocean, I was watching it rise over the Laccadive Sea. Synoptic is a useful term here. It comes from the Greek syn, meaning "together", and optic, meaning "seen". Though separated by thousands of miles, we were watching the sun together. The title, The Distance of a Day, is a reference to the idea of the journey. Originally, journey meant the distance one traveled in a day. Here, the spatial distance that separated my mother and myself was not defined by the distance one could travel in a day, but by the day itself. By the delimitations of a day - where the sun rises and where the sun sets. Phones were chosen to make (and display) the video because they are devices that orient us spatially and temporally. They are like contemporary pocket-watches and compasses that we carry with us. They coordinate and synchronize us. They broadcast moments instantaneously across distances. Or, what seems to be instantaneously. There is always some delay. The same two phones that were used to shoot the videos, that were once on opposite sides of the world, are now used to display the videos. They are now only inches away. Right now somewhere the sun is simultaneously setting and rising. Someone or something is probably bearing witness to this.
May 10, 2013
Blouin Artinfo: David Horvitz's Multiversed, Multimedia and Oft-Absurdist Art
David Horvitz
's unusually multiversed artistic practice ranges across everything from publishing books and taking photographs, to performance and painting, moving fluidly between analog and digital realms and sometimes not even resulting in physical art objects. His eclectic oeuvre includes a project for which he convinced hundreds of strangers to publish pictures of themselves with their heads in freezers and a recently completed piece that involved intentionally losing things while walking through airport security. [continue reading on
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March 8, 2013
Porcino II
The second exhibition of PORCINO, the gallery I opened inside a hole in
Chert Gallery
in Berlin, will have it's second exhibition, Versteck, a slide and sound installation by German artist Susanne Bürner. This will open on Saturday at 8pm. Motto Books will be hosting an event by Susanne at the same time. More info:
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Installation view of Ed Steck's
I Am Down Here With the Boogens After All
December 7, 2012
Sad Depressed people
Sad Depressed people.
A new publication by David Horvtiz. More info and order
The End(S) Of The Library
The End(S) Of The Library
at the
Goethe-Institut New York Library
. With Julieta Aranda, Fia Backström & R. Lyon,
David Horvitz
, Christian Philipp Müller, and The Serving Library. Design by common room. Curated by Jenny Jaskey. Open: October 30, 2012 — June 21, 2013.
October 2, 2012
David Horvitz in the 50th anniversary issue of Artforum
...Wikipedia editors noticed my contribution and debated wether it was a prank or an honest attempt to standardise images. Someone eventually cropped me out of most photos, in order to turn them into impersonal illustrations. Making something common means removing authorship. Here, a stranger authored the removal of me.
August 3, 2012
An Impossible Distance
A multi-artist project by
David Horvitz
featuring 24 artists: Barbara Ess, Nishiko, Duane Linklater, Sena Basoz, Sean Dockray, Daniel Gustav Cramer, Marley Freeman, Ian Cheng, Jeanne Liotta, John Sisley, Michaela Gleave, Ed Steck/ Natalie Häusler, Toril Johannessen, Antoni Wojtyra, Lisa Rave, Claudia Sola, Giuseppe Licari, Oraib Toukan, Penelope Umbrico, Alice Ladenburg, Cameron MacLeod, Frank Heath, Natalie Häusler/ Ed Steck, Zach Houston. More info
July 11, 2012
Meeting Point
Meeting Point
— a group shop curated by Boru O'Brien O'Connell for
Mount Tremper Arts
. Featuring works by Charles Atlas, Nicholas Buffon, Xavier Cha,
David Horvitz
, David Levine, Sharon Lockhart, Jen Rosenblit and C. Spencer Yeh, Sergei Tcherepnin and Ei Arakawa, Triple Canopy, Jacques Louis Vidal, and Bryan Zanisnik. Open: 9.06.2012 — 12.09.2012
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The exhibition takes Mount Tremper Arts as both a point of convergence and departure for artists engaging with creative disciplines outside their own. Within MTA's studio and surrounds, different types of performances inform each other, and conversations about their contingencies and commonalities emerge. In these works, the idea of "performance" is itself a site of mutual investigation: photographers reveal everyday choreography; sound artists explore listening as performance; writers stage events to complicate their texts; and visual artists parse the somatic languages of dance and sleep. Through collaborations and curious analysis, Meeting Point makes explicit the arcs and instances of contact constellating artistic disciplines together.
June 25, 2012
Kitchen Publication
David Horvitz
I made a publication as one of my pieces in Matter Out of Place, curated by Lumi Tan, opening Wednesday at the Kitchen. It was designed by Natalie Häusler in Berlin. The printed edition was done by The Future in Vancouver. The print edition is a two color risograph, with a first edition printing of 300. It will be available for free at The Kitchen. This is modeled off a publication I made a few years ago with Helga Just Christoffersen and Eric Nylund. Web version PDF:
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Are the good times about to give way? Most likely, according to Farm Journal Economist Bob Utterback.
Markets are cyclical, and at 2013 Corn College, Utterback warned that the bull-market years that agriculture has been experiencing may soon give way to a bear market—if it hasn't already.
"We've had some fantastic profits in agriculture by record levels," Utterback said. "I make the analogy of, we just had a great party, we got up on the table and danced, we had a great time. But so did everyone else in the world. And now we're moving into the hangover year, and unfortunately the bills are coming due for all the fun, and nobody wants to pay the bill. And that's the problem is, how long is that bill going to be due?"
In order to manage their risk, Utterback said farmers should be looking ahead to the 2014-2015 marketing year and planning accordingly.
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Lena Dunham is an American filmmaker and actress. She wrote and directed the independent film "Tiny Furniture," and is the creator and star of the HBO series "Girls." In 2012, she was nominated for 4 Emmy Awards for "Girls."
Never a fan of the status quo, Lena Dunham lets her freak flag fly in her new interview for O The Oprah Magazine's October 2014 issue.
Looking to plug her new book "Not That Kind of Girl," the "Girls" gal confesses her favorite guilty pleasure- "Celebrity gossip sites. I know that by reading them I'm supporting an industry that hurts people who are making art and putting themselves on the line. Still, all I want to know is who is breaking up with whom and who might be pregnant."
She always loves getting gussied up for big events and Lena Dunham looked adorable at the 2014 Primetime Emmy Awards earlier tonight (August 25).
The "Girls" star showed off her red carpet prowess in designer duds as she strolled inside Los Angeles' Nokia Theatre to catch all the action.
It is a big day for the television industry, as the nominations for the 2014 Emmy Awards were announced earlier this morning (July 10) by Mindy Kaling and Carson Daly.
Though some nominees are still likely in bed, the ones wide awake with excitement were quick to take to Twitter and share their thoughts.
It was a weekend filled with famous friends and plenty of cell phone photos as Taylor Swift made the most of the Fourth of July holiday.
The "Should've Said No" singer called up pals like Jaime King, Amanda Griffith, Jessica Szohr, Jessica Stam, Emma Stone and Lena Dunham for a few days of getting crazy.
Following his drunken behavior at a performance of "Cabaret" on Broadway last night (June 26), Shia LaBeouf has been on the receiving end of some pretty nasty remarks in the Twitterverse.
"Girls" starlet Lena Dunham tweeted, "I feel you Shia: In 1993 I was carried out of Les Mis screaming because I couldn't handle the intimations of death… Seriously feel awful for the performers and am sorry to contribute to celebrity takedown culture but this is the best current event we have!"
Given their celebrity status, Lena Dunham and Jack Antonoff are way more low key when it comes to their down time than onlookers may think.
The guitarist for Fun. stated, "One time we were at a dinner party where everyone was over 60 and, before we knew it, we realized that everyone at the table had gone outside to smoke pot and they didn't invite us. That basically says it all."
Mysterious singer Sia had Lena Dunham interpret her hit single on "Late Night with Seth Meyers" last night (June 9), and it was amazing.
The "Chandelier" singer is definitely a little camera shy, previously refusing to have her photograph taken for a New York Times profile. She also cast 11-year-old Maddie Ziegler from "Dance Moms" to star in her music video.
With so many celebrity friends between the two of them, there was no way Kim Kardashian and Kanye West would have been able to invite them all to their weekend wedding festivities.
And rather than get cranky about being left off the guest list, Lena Dunham made a funny joke via Twitter.
Once again flaunting her fabulous acting chops, Anna Kendrick stars in the forthcoming flick "Happy Christmas," and now there's a brand new teaser trailer.
The "Twilight Saga: New Moon" hottie is joined by Lena Dunham, Joe Swanberg and Melanie Lynskey and this looks to be quite the charming dramedy.
Dishing on her girl crush Lena Dunham, Melissa McCarthy opens up to The Advocate in its June/July 2014 issue.
The "Bridesmaids" funny girl stated, "The more I watch Girls, the more I realize I'm crazy about Lena Dunham. She's my girl crush. She's smart, funny, confident, and she isn't afraid to look awkward. She's exactly who she is, take it or leave it. Nothing's more charming than someone who doesn't take herself too seriously."


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BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's main Western-backed opposition group is considering an invitation for informal meetings involving Syrian government representatives in Moscow that would focus on establishing humanitarian corridors, opposition figures confirmed Thursday.
It was not immediately clear when the talks might take place, or whether they would include direct contact between representatives of President Bashar Assad's government and the Syrian National Coalition. But if the two sides were to sit down together for discussions on humanitarian issues, it could boost the prospects for a proposed peace conference the U.S. and Russia have been trying to convene in Geneva.
The coalition has demanded that Assad step down in any transitional Syrian government as a condition for its going to Geneva. Syrian officials say Assad will stay in his post at least until his terms ends in 2014 and that he may run for re-election.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said Thursday that representatives of the opposition, who met with Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov in Geneva, "responded positively" to a Kremlin offer to host "informal contacts in Moscow for the entire spectrum of Syria's social and political forces."
Bogdanov said the talks could focus on humanitarian problems as well as some political issues.
Kamal Labwani, a coalition member, said the opposition was considering whether to accept the Russian offer. But he said talks would be confined to experts from the coalition's humanitarian arm and government humanitarian organizations.
"The Russians called on the opposition to meet with the regime there, but then scaled it back to solving the humanitarian crisis," Labwani said. "They want to open a line of communication between the regime and the opposition through Russia."
Another Syrian opposition official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the proposed talks, said the opposition coalition has decided to send experts to Moscow for discussions limited to humanitarian corridors.
The coalition has long called on the international community to help secure aid to civilians, particularly in rebel-held areas that have been blockaded by government forces.
The civil war in Syria has touched off a humanitarian catastrophe across the region. More than 2 million Syrians have sought refuge abroad, while the U.N. said this week that more than 9 million Syrians — out of the country's pre-war population of 23 million — are in need of humanitarian assistance.
Also Thursday, international inspectors said they have verified 22 of 23 declared chemical weapons sites after receiving video and photographic evidence showing that a facility near the contested northern city of Aleppo has been dismantled and abandoned.
The joint mission by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the United Nations, which is overseeing the destruction of Syria's chemical arsenal, inspected 21 of the sites last month but had been unable to visit the remaining two because of fighting in the area.
The OPCW-U.N. statement said the Syrian government provided the joint mission with photographs and footage of the facility near Aleppo that confirmed the site has been dismantled and abandoned. It added that the building bore signs of "extensive battle damage." It was not clear when the damage occurred.
The images were shot with a tamperproof camera that inspectors had fitted with a GPS system so that the location of the camera could be tracked, the statement said. International inspectors have authenticated the photos and video.
The OPCW-U.N. mission has not disclosed the location of the last remaining site the inspectors need to verify.
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A white chocolate cake with raspberry filling and white chocolate frosting is perfect for entertaining.
Calories: 480
Fat: 20g
Cholesterol: 105mg
Sodium: 340mg
Carbohydrates: 71g
Dietary Fiber: 1g
Protein: 6g
Made this for Easter Dinner..........Excellent! ED
This is the first 'homemade' cake (not from box) I've made that isn't too dry. Great flavor and looks amazing when completed! There are lots of steps but take your time and it's well worth the effort. As mentioned below by Elizabeth, I added more confectioners sugar to the frosting to make it thicker and easier to spread. Icing quite sweet and wouldn't recommend doubling the icing recipe. Icing is always my favorite part of the cake but this one was just the right amount.
FYI, to torte the layers quicker and effortlessly, use dental floss, button thread or carpet thread to cut the layers. Just wrap the thread or floss around the layer one time and tie it and pull tight. Works like a charm!!!!
The recipe is good but my cake was not the most moist cake I had. Maybe if I had assembled it a few days earlier and let it sit together it would be good. The frosting was really good and it was a very pretty cake.
I have made this umpteen times all the gals we get together with for birthdays request this cake!!
the only problem i found with this recipe was the amount of frosting,i will double the recipe next time to make it easier to cover the entire torte...
Absolutely delicious! I served it yesterday and friends and family loved it. I did add a bit more confectioners sugar to the frosting as it seemed a bit thin. I will make it again - definitely worth the extra effort.
I made this cake for a family birthday and everyone thought it was delicious. It looks very elegant and special. It does have alot of steps but it's worth it. I used fresh raspberries on top as a garnish which looked and tasted great. It also stored well in the refrigerator - I made it a day ahead of serving and even 2 days later it was still wonderful.
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Hey guys! What were your thoughts about Breaking Dawn?
1.What was your favorite scene and WHY!
2. What scene did you think could be better and WHY!
3. Since we are all Team Edward, what scene made you swoon and WHY!
4. Are you excited for Part two?!
Honestly, I don't think I can wait for Part Two! I'm so excited! <3
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Oh yeah that was amazing as well! You really saw the connection between them. His laughter, his battle, her will. It was incredible!
Yes, it was just so amazing. I loved the whole imprinting scene, it seemed like a fantasy book story telling. <3
Yes, when he heard the baby talk! (: It was pretty funny when Bella was modeling for him! Oh, when he smiles it makes my insides melt! <3
Oh! I didn't notice the tie part!lol
1. I've got so many favorite scenes I don"t know how to begin! The wedding where they showed her hair piece,her gown, her ring...The part where Bella was trying to get Edward to sleep with her again, THAT IS JUST TOO CUTE!
2. Honestly, Bella was a lot prettier on the dream wedding scene than the actual wedding, but I get why they had to choose that look on her.
3. Again, the part where Bella was trying to get Edward to sleep with her again.
Haha... I know, her modeling for him in her black lingerie, and then laying down with her butt in the air. I loved Edward's smile, it made me melt, especially when he smiled at her and covered her butt. haha... (:
haha! I looved that part! and when bella first came out in the black and he rolled over so he coudn't see her anymore.lol
Yeah... Doesn't he look so cute when he smiles?! *melts into the floor*
i loved breaking dawn.i cant wait tell part two:)
I agree! (:
My favorite scene was when Bella and Edward were in their room on Isle Esme and just stood there awkwardly xD The scene I think could have been better was the ending!!!!!!! I think they should have added something more. I was really angry when Bella opened her eyes and then the movie was over -.- The scene that made me swoon was when Edward gave Bella a few "human minutes" xD And YES. I'm excited for PART TWOOOOO!!! I'm excited to see Renesmee and how she'll look. Although I thought she would look prettier. (Not as a baby, because she was SO cute like that, but when they showed her a few years older. Like for reals? I thought she was supposed to have bronze ringlets and all that, but who cares..)
I think it was a good ending for the movie and the story as it was told in Part 1. In Part 2 we can then see how she awakens to her new life. Did you see the extra scene with the Volturi during the end credits? All in all it leaves us full of anticipation for the next movie.
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Several lanes of Interstate 85 were closed on Thursday after a huge slab of concrete fell off a tractor-trailer truck. The incident caused delays for drivers as work crews rushed to repair the road. The truck was carrying a prefabricated concrete wall, weighing around 48,000 pounds, when it fell off the truck near Highway 316. The truck then crashed, and the driver sustained minor injuries. No one else was injured."We are very thankful that nobody was hurt, that just the asphalt was hurt. We can fix that very easily. That is the best case scenario in a situation like this," said Teri Pope of the GDOT. The concrete damaged 160 feet of asphalt in one lane, and 12 feet of asphalt in another. Four northbound lanes were closed for several hours as crews worked to repair the road. GDOT says they reopened three northbound lanes at around 11:30 a.m., leaving the outside lane closed for repairs until around 4 p.m. to replace the damaged asphalt.All lanes were re-opened by 4:30 p.m., according to GDOT.Crews were cutting up the concrete slab in hopes of completely removing it by Thursday night.
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Womens basketball adds point guard to recruiting class
March 22, 2006
Olympia, WA - Head women's basketball coach Monica Heuer announced the signing of point guard Joy White to the Geoduck's 2006-07 recruiting class. White joins newcomers Nikki Jordan of Bothell , Washington and Kristi Auckland of Everett , Washington who signed letters of intent with the Geoducks earlier this month.
"We are excited about Joy," said Heuer. "She has great court vision. She will be able to push the ball up the court which will enable us to run. She has the ability to score as well."
White played four years at powerhouse Berkeley High School in Berkeley , CA before playing one season at Ohlone Community College . She was a first team all-conference pick and averaged 15 points and four assists her last two seasons at Berkeley High.
Joy sat out last year but in 2004-2005 was named team MVP and received All-Conference honors her season at Ohlone CC where she averaged 13 points and five assists per game.
White also played for AAU teams North Coast Express, East Bay Hoops, East Bay Explosions.
White coached during her year off of playing college basketball and was named the junior WNBA/NBA Coach of the Year for a middle school age team she coached.


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By Pat Nolan, Senior Vice-President, DVL Public Relations & Advertising
January 28, 2011
It must a somewhat confusing and unsettling time for teachers in Tennessee.
On the one hand, they hear President Barack Obama saying in his State of The Union address how important teachers are to the future of our nation and how Congress ought to "invest" (spend) the money to train 100,000 new science, technology, and math teachers across the country. The President seems to believe this is so important he even made a direct, personal appeal during his remarks urging talented young people to strongly consider entering the education field.
Meanwhile here in Tennessee, some teachers may not be feeling that same kind of love from our new Republican Governor and General Assembly. Governor Bill Haslam says he and GOP lawmakers are not "anti-teacher" (as some charge) because they want to change the rules and make it harder for educators to gain the job security of tenure and to allow more charter schools. On tenure, the Governor reasons other professionals such as doctors and lawyers don't have tenure, so why should teachers? And as for charter schools, he believes choice and competition are good things to improve educational achievement in the state.
Educators have long felt that tenure is a good way to attract and keep good teachers and keep them out of politics and political pressures. They are also not sure that charter schools can maintain the standards needed to provide a good education. They also have concerns about proposals in the General Assembly that would prohibit local governments from going through collective bargaining with teacher associations (unions) to set salaries, benefits, working conditions and job discipline.
Supporters of that change don't believe government employees ought to have collective bargaining rights and they think local school boards are best equipped to make decisions about pay and benefits. On the other side, teacher association (union) leaders argue that teacher pay and benefits will drop if collective bargaining is removed, and that will hurt education in the state.
The disagreement you see and hear about collective bargaining and government workers goes beyond the field of education. There is also new legislation being introduced (by GOP Representative Glen Casada and Republican Senator Bill Ketron)that would make it a Class C misdemeanor for any labor organization in Tennessee to contribute to political candidates.
Now I can understand legislation which has been talked about for some years to ban union dues from being used for political contribution, but a criminalizing any candidate contributions? Can this be constitutional, especially in the wake of the recent Supreme Court ruling that seems to allow unlimited political contributions by both labor and business groups.
Now I have no idea how seriously this proposal will be considered this term. But with two prominent GOP sponsors and Republicans completely controlling the State House, the State Senate and the Governor's office, all these proposals about tenure, more charter schools, collective bargaining and no political contributions have to be considered very seriously given the strong one-party control we now have in Tennessee. That's what elections mean and Tennessee is a very strong Republican state these days and whatever that party decides to do politically, can, and likely will be done.
Teachers' union representatives had their moments of disagreement with Governor Phil Bredesen and Democratically-controlled legislatures in the past. But those will seem like picnics in the park compared to the issues coming to the fore for them now.
Lobbyists have quickly figured out how things have changed. That is why you see new public affairs and government affairs groups being formed and existing ones merging together to better represent clients. That is why you will see more lobbyists on the Hill with strong GOP connections. Their political ship has come in, big time!
Box office helps too, especially when you can combine GOP credentials to go with that. But usually lobbyists prefer to be somewhat low profile. They want their work to be to help their clients, not have it get in the way. And that could be an issue perhaps for former U.S. Senator, actor and TV and movie star Fred Thompson who is now going to work to represent the Tennessee Association for Justice.
It is not likely that the former Senator will be able to ease around the Capitol without being seen or attracting attention because nobody knows who he is or what he looks like. But it also likely he won't have trouble getting in to see anyone on Capitol Hill to help make his case for his client. Besides, from his time in Washington, Thompson knows his way around politics more than a little bit. And as good as he has been with a TV or movie script, delivering and selling talking points for a client should be a natural thing for him to do.
You may have found it a bit strange that with lawmakers returning to the Capitol facing a $1 billion dollar-plus budget deficit that leaders, in both parties, would be talking about cutting and perhaps even eliminating a tax.
It's the Hall Income Tax levied on dividends from stocks and bonds. Of course no elected official in Tennessee is supposed to like any kind of income tax, so why not be for getting rid of it, right? And besides they argue, the Hall Tax is a burden on seniors who often live off the money from stocks and bonds and other investments. And that is also a discouragement for people to come to Tennessee to retire.
All good reasons I suppose to discuss the idea of increasing how much income to the exempt from the tax or to get rid of it all together over time. But here is another reason to think about why state lawmakers don't seem all that much concerned about reducing or eliminating a tax during a budget crisis.
According to a recent Associated Press article by Erik Schelzig the Hall Income Tax generated $172 million last year. But the largest share of it went not to the state, but to local governments ($62 million), particularly those in well-off communities such as Belle Meade here in Nashville and Lookout Mountain in Hamilton County. In his article, Schelzig talked with local officials there who indicated the reduction or elimination of the Hall Tax would be devastating for them and would likely force higher property taxes to compensate for the loss.
I am sure these local officials will make their concerns known to their representatives and then we will see how truly committed they are to making this change to Tennessee's one and only tax on income.
To provide some analysis of the President's State of the Union address and other hot political topics both in Washington and Tennessee, we've asked the two state party chairs to join us on INSIDE POLITICS. That would be Chip Forrester the head of the Tennessee Democratic Party and Chris Delany the head of the Republican Party in the state. Both have been recently re-elected to their posts, although it was a much tougher job for Forrester given the major Democratic losses in both the Legislature and the Tennessee congressional delegation.
You can see INSIDE POLITICS several times each weekend on the NEWSCHANNEL5 NETWORK. That includes airing at 5:00 a.m. Sunday morning (January 30) on the main channel, WTVF-TV, Channel 5.
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During his State of the Union speech, President Obama used a little humor to make a point about how the federal government needs to re-organized. He pointed out how many different federal agencies have jurisdiction over salmon. "The Interior Department is in charge of salmon while they are in fresh water, but the Commerce Department handles them when they're in salt water," said the President. "I hear it gets even more complicated once they're smoked," a remark which brought big laughs from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle (and no matter where they sat).
And it wasn't just lawmakers it made an impression on. National Public Radio asked their listeners to describe his speech in three words. More than 4,000 folks responded. After the words were run through a cloud generator, the largest-size word that emerged: Salmon!
It shows how the carefully-controlled and thought-out use of a story or humor in a speech or presentation can make a lasting impact on everyone who hears it. Even if it is something of a fish story.
After months of public scrutiny and nationwide controversy over the departure of its women's soccer coach, Belmont University officials have announced its Board of Trust has added sexual orientation to the school's nondiscrimination policy.
They say the Christian school is merely putting into writing what Belmont has always practiced. Others have not been so sure about that. And the way the school tried to explain the new policy change is likely add some further doubts for some.
When asked if this means Belmont would employ or hire an openly gay person, a Belmont official said they wouldn't answer "hypothetical questions." Well, if you've changed your policy to add sexual orientation to your school's nondiscrimination policy, I am not so sure the question is hypothetical.
I believe the better answer might be to say: "Sexual orientation is part of our school's nondiscrimination policy. We follow our policies." After saying that perhaps then you can decline to get into all the different scenarios that might happen. But if you won't say clearly that this is your policy and you follow your policies, you look like you're hedging, which is not a good thing when you have already been in the pr hot seat.
As for the coach involved, who left after telling school officials that she and her same sex partner were having a baby, in the light of Belmont's announcement, she says that despite all the hurt and sacrifice required to reach this point, she sees this as "significant change" and that in her opinion, "everyone is a winner today."
With its future abilities in question to attract another presidential debate or future grant funding from some sources, Belmont can only hope that their former coach is right and that this announcement is the beginning of the end of this controversy.
But, of course, for Metro Government, it is not over. In the wake of the Belmont situation, legislation has been filed (and is up for debate at its next meeting in February) to expand the city's nondiscrimination policy to require anyone doing business with the city to adopt a similar stance. It passed on a rare and relatively close on first-reading and more political sparks are likely to fly when it comes up again for debate in a few days.
As I write these words, Tennessee Titan fans all over Nashville and the entire state of Tennessee are in a state of shock that long-time coach Jeff Fisher won't be returning next season. It was just a few weeks ago, after a disappointing season, that it was announced that Fisher, the dean of National Football League coaches, would be returning for the final season of his current contract.
In doing so, the team also announced that quarterback Vince Young, who has been feuding with Fisher, would not be returning.
So what happened? And what happens now? Everyone is still waiting for some explanations, and to find out if a new league-wide labor agreement will be approved so there will even be a season next fall.
For now all the former Coach will say is that he is "tired and… needs to take a rest." Perhaps he got tired because as possible lame duck with just one season left, he realized he was losing his good assistant coaches to other teams and would struggle to get quality replacements.
This is the first time since major league pro sports came to Nashville in the late 1990s that one of our head coaches has departed. Both Fisher and Barry Trotz of the Nashville Predators NHL hockey team have been remarkable in their abilities to be successful enough to stay in positions where you are always hired to be fired, and many times sooner rather than later.
No doubt as the back story on how all this comes out and the rumor mill goes into overdrive, it will create lots of news and probably more controversy. It is an unfortunate, but inevitable part of Nashville's coming-of-age as a professional sports city.
I mentioned earlier in the column that the President wants the Congress to approve the funds to train thousands of new teachers. "Investments" he called them, and used that phrase in describing several other proposals he recommended during his State of the Union remarks.
Given the big new Republican majorities in the House of Representatives, very little if any of what the President asked for is likely to happen. In fact with the national deficit now predicted to reach a record $1.5 trillion dollars and Social Security going broke even sooner than expected, it appears everyone in Washington may need to pick up their efforts to right our financial ship.
The President has recommended a 5 year freeze on discretionary federal spending, but that seems too little too late to the Republicans. They are pushing a resolution that would cut federal spending back to 2008 levels. But their plan is non-binding and non-specific, meaning exactly what would be cut is not clear and not decided.
Symbolism is the order of the day in Washington, from health care repeal to how representatives of both parties sat together during the State of the Union. But very soon now it is time to move beyond symbols to the real, very hard work of deciding what we are going to cut from the budget both now and in the future, and what we are going to continue to do and at what levels.
It is going to be a very political bloody and messy fight, but it has to be done, and the latest numbers on the deficit and Social Security indicate it must be done now.
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3. Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez may be on his deathbed
The big wild card in all this is Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, who may be rapidly losing his fight against cancer. Here's why his demise could lead to an end to the embargo.
Chávez has an unusually close personal and ideological relationship with Fidel Castro that goes back many years. This explains why Venezuela subsidizes the Cuban economy to the tune of about $8 billion worth of oil a year. It's not clear that whoever succeeds Chávez would continue the oil subsidy. Without it, says Roett, the Cuban economy would tank and a social crisis would ensue.
That might either force out the Castro brothers or pressure them to pass the torch and make the political and economic reforms needed for the U.S. to lift its embargo and possibly lend the economic aid that would avert chaos.
"Change will only come when the octogenarians who are running Cuba today have no choice but to open up in a meaningful way," says Roger Noriega, a former assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs who now directs Latin American studies at the American Enterprise Institute. "They've only adopted reform when they were under pressure." An end to the Venezuelan oil subsidy and ensuing economic problems might create that kind of pressure.
Helms-Burton calls for the U.S. to support any transitional reform government. Thus, Cuban domestic reform might attract U.S. aid that could be needed to avoid economic and social chaos if Venezuela pulls away after Chávez.
If the embargo goes away and Cuba transitions toward a market economy, these companies could benefit, maintains Herzfeld.
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Cruise line companies Carnival and Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL) would benefit from an end to the embargo, since they'd have a whole new market. Cruises to Cuba would be a popular way for turistas to see the country, out of necessity, since hotels are in a poor state in Cuba. "If the embargo were lifted, their Caribbean business would double," says Herzfeld.
Michael Scanlon, an analyst with the John Hancock Balanced (SVBAX) fund, likes Carnival in part because it looks cheap. A key valuation metric here is enterprise value (market cap plus net debt) per "available berth per day," or the number of available beds per day. It is currently at $535, compared with almost $1,000 in 2006. Scanlon believes ticket pricing should improve because cruise companies are limiting capacity expansion over the next few years. And a lot more boomers, a key cruise demographic, are moving into retirement.
Copa, a Panama-based regional airline serving Cuba, would benefit from an upturn in travel from the United States. The carrier already stands to gain from Cuba's recent loosening of travel restrictions on its citizens, says Herzfeld. "This is a very major change in policy," he says. This reform will help Copa even if the embargo is not lifted, because Cubans will be traveling more throughout the region.
Coca-Cola Femsa would see a lift in business in Cuba, as the distributor of Coca-Cola in Central and Latin America, though you can already buy Coca-Cola in Cuba.
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Seaboard is the largest container carrier in the Caribbean, so it would benefit from greater U.S. trade with Cuba and a revitalization of Cuba's economy, says Herzfeld. He also expects gains for the Norfolk Southern (NSC), railroad. "We believe a lot of freight for Cuba that comes down the East Coast to Florida will be shipped on their railroads."
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"If the embargo with Cuba is lifted, there will be boom in Cuban infrastructure development," says Herzfeld. This could help MasTec (MTZ), a Florida infrastructure construction and engineering company. It would also help Vulcan Materials (VMC) and Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), which sell granite, limestone, sand, gravel and cement used in construction, and Watsco, which sells air conditioners. Florida-based homebuilder Lennar (LEN), would also pick up business in Cuba, he predicts.
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Herzfeld's fund looks cheap, because it currently trades at about a 7% discount to its net asset value, or the value of the stocks it owns. The NAV is currently around $9 per share, says Herzfeld. But the fund shares sell for around $8.38. The fund has historically been sensitive to Cuba-related news, and at some point almost every year, it rises above its net asset value.
"The holdings will continue to do well, even if nothing changes in U.S.-Cuban relations," predicts Herzfeld. "If the embargo is lifted, they will get a significant amount of new business." Herzfeld and his family are the fund's biggest shareholders. This fund's stock is up by an annualized 16% a year over the past 10 years.
Of course, betting on an end of the embargo assumes that Cubans still have enough entrepreneurial spirit -- after 50-plus years of living in a government-run economy -- to create and run businesses vigorously enough to make an economy hum.
"It is going to be extremely hard for Cubans to leave that mentality of depending on the government and take chances," says Hidalgo. But he thinks it would happen. After all, he says, Cuba was one of the most developed Latin American countries when Castro took over, and the culture behind that achievement is not totally gone. "You still see a lot of underground economic activity, which means that the capitalist spirit is there," says Hidalgo. "The communist regime has not erased that capitalist spirit."
At the time of publication, Michael Brush did not own or control shares of any company or fund mentioned in this column.
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Cuba was supported by the US, it was only when the US demanded to dictate policy on the price of sugar, oil etc after the overthrow of the criminal Batista, that Cuba sought a better way to help the vast majority of its people! One of the smallest countries in the world has for over 60 years stood up against the failed embargo. Cuba is supported by every country in the world and especially for their humanitarian aid for such a small country. The facts are that we should never ever have to pay the corporate america greed, back, for what they stole from Cuba in the first place. That same american greed of the banks almost destroyed our country, only difference was we rewarded them instead of nantionalizing. So, it is important that we work to have meaningful normal relations with Cuba that both countries respect and get off the rehtoric. America is a great country but so are all the rest of the worlds countries. It is about RESPECT.
A VET OF THE REALISTIC: Obama is doing a great job.I`m much better of than I was 4 years ago..
My busines was started on a shoestring and it`s expandind on a good busines plan.Ive
expanded it with stock market gains.It`s all about using your head and not listening to the
negitive far right lying about Obama`s record.
I'm sorry most of these comments that are negative to such an idea are obviously written by fools!
It is yes a communist country. The people are not commies, just the government.
If you look at the direction of our current government, wealth redistribution, socialized medicine, what direction are we headed?
We need to concern ourselves with changing our government first and looking to expand our financial futures.
No one said to take on Cuba as another commonwealth like PR but to open their and our markets to profitable things like tourism for them which the would give them profits to buy from us.
I`ll stick with investing in America.After 4 years the market is up 85%, better thanthe
first 4 years of Clinton, G.H. Bush, Reagan andGW Bu**** about time people realized what
a great President we have.This is the President who went after and got Bin Laden and
several terrorist operatives after Bush said "I don`t know or care where Bin Laden is"It`s
great to have a strong President.Obama makes me proud to be an American.God bless
the U.S.
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Pumpkin Spice Beer Bread
Lately I've really been enjoying being a beer snob not only when it comes to drinking beer, but also for baking beer bread. Different beers make a surprisingly huge difference in the flavor of the bread! Last week I whipped up a loaf of apple beer bread with a New Holland Mad Hatter IPA, and the sweetness of the apples paired beautifully with the hoppy sharpness of the beer - almost like an apple and cheddar cheese pairing. (To recreate this loaf, simply use Farmgirl Susan's basic beer bread recipe and add 1 finely diced apple while using an IPA beer.)
While sorting through the pantry contents recently, I discovered I had half a cup of pumpkin puree and one lone raspberry wheat beer lurking in the fridge. This particular raspberry beer was especially fruity, so I decided raspberries weren't too far from cranberries and thus hoped the beer would go well with the pumpkin! The result was a revelation - intensely spicy, with a deep, mellow pumpkin flavor accentuated by the subtle notes of the fruit beer, and best of all, a slight sweetness not at all like intensely sweet classic pumpkin breads, but instead just perfect to accompany a hearty main course stew. The pumpkin also made the bread incredibly moist, and added a chewiness not usually found in beer breads... I can't wait to try more beer and bread pairings! Now if only Zach would spare an oatmeal stout for the baking cause...
Pumpkin Spice Beer Bread
3 cups whole wheat flour (or white whole wheat flour)
1/2 cup raw turbinado sugar
1 tsp salt
1 T baking powder
1 T cinnamon
1 (12oz) bottle fruit beer
1/3 cup pumpkin puree
~ Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Coat a 9X5" baking pan with cooking spray.
~ In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, and cinnamon.
~ Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients, and pour in the beer and pumpkin puree. Stir until you have a thick dough.
~ Scoop the dough into the baking pan, and bake for 45 min - until a toothpick stuck in the center comes out clean.
~ Allow to cool at least partially before slicing... If you can! :-)
4 comments:
- Rambling Tart said...
Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today. :-) I always love hearing from you! And I'm so glad you did so I could see these delicious loaf ideas!! :-) I'm a huge fan of moist loaves slathered in butter for breakfast. :-)
- November 2, 2011 at 11:59 PM
- Joanne said...
I really need to start baking with beer. There are just so many great ideas for it out there! This pumpkin spice bread has to be my favorite, though!
- November 3, 2011 at 7:38 AM
- Jacqueline said...
I've just spent the past good long while looking through your recipes. ... It takes a mighty fine food blog to keep me pushing past breakfast pangs, and yours had me hooked! You had me chuckling (instantly) at 'beer snob'. Years ago, the ex and I owned a microbrewery, with a Raspberry Wheat being our top-selling brew. I'm all pumped to try your boozy bread. Here's to great ingredients, great music and great beer in the kitchen!
PS I'm still wondering how on earth you find time to write a blog ... But thank you for doing so!
- November 3, 2011 at 8:54 AM
- Johanna GGG said...
sounds fantastic - I have seen pumpkin beer on blogs and wondered if you had some when I saw the post - but love the sound of raspberry beer too
- November 6, 2011 at 5:30 AM


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Plan: 5 miles [SloFasy] {moved Track workout to Wed}
Ran: 5.11 miles + 2.35 miles cool down
Path: Central Park Loop
With: Solo
M 4 - 11:10 [Harlem Hill]
+ 2.35 m walk / cool down
Intensity: It was dark, foggy and muggy. I ended the 5 miles on the west side, struggling, and had to walk down & around the reservoir to make it home. It was too foggy to cut across at that time. Went low (56) & downed chomps. Not my smartest run.
Injuries: nothing to note.
Plan: 5 miles [SloFasy] {picked up a mile}
Ran: 4.02
Path: Braintree, MA
With: Solo
Intensity: Rough from the start. No warm up. No coffee before. No one out on the street. Played the ABC game to get me through but at mile 2 decided to turn around to make it back in time.
Injuries: nothing to note
Plan: 10 miles
Ran: 10.31
Path: Riverside Park
With: TFK Team
Mile 1 - 12:14
Mile 2 - 12:04
Mile 3 - 11:49 (Gatorade stop)
Mile 4 - 11:08
Mile 5 - 11:24
Mile 6 - 11:58
Mile 7 - 12:24 (Gatorade stop)
Mile 8 - 11:57
Mile 9 - 12:02
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Mile .31 - 16:43
Sid was our coach again for 11+mm - he's awesome, he brings humor to the runs and reminds us to have fun with it. Plus he's super popular, always saying hi to other runners and was cheering on Fred's Team as they passed. Jackie spotted me before we started so we were already chatting during warm ups and quickly fell in step with Nikki. When we started out on the path it was tight which automatically kept us in pace. Seven weeks in, I may not have had conversations with every runner but there are tons of familiar faces. Today we had a solid pace group that kept conversations flowing and feet moving. It was the best weather yet and taken to a whole new area there were plenty of times I didn't feel like I was in NYC anymore. While I'm gaining pride of being a Central Park runner exploring during the 10 miles definitely was a good distraction. Team for Kids provides us Gatorade between mile 3 & 4 (thank you!!!) and I took a gamble in taking a cup which was a smart idea. We were so busy chatting that I didn't pay any attention to my Garmin even when it vibrated with mile markers. At the Gatorade break I was wondering where the turnaround was but still steady (am a little surprised that was our fastest mile). When we traced mile all I care about was water. I had already downed 1/2 my bottle before starting then run. It required going a few feet further but it was worth it and our little section regrouped with Sid, waiting until everyone grabbed a drink. This is when I should have done a blood test - while we were stopped and waiting. Instead it took me another mile-ish to get hit with that low feeling. 70. Ok, so low…with four miles to go. But I felt strong running still with a tinge of low-ness. So I downed all 8 chomps I had plus encouraged another Gatorade pick up when we passed by. I had two cups (so one full one) which was overkill but I had also finished off my water with the chomps. Psssh, people talking about difficult refueling while running. They've never had to suck down a juice box (you shotgun beers, I shotgun juicey juice - its cool) while their bloodsugar is 40 walking the streets of NYC. I know the chomps would kick in, that I had more then covered my based and that it was a moment of mind of matter. Mile 7-8 I felt my self slow down a bit but still in step with the girls (though our 11+ group spread out a little at this moment). Finally a water fountain at mile 9 (and seeing a biker with a gnarly head injury [no helmet in sight] … and some good citizens that packed up their chairs to take her & her friend to the hospital) we felt lighter of being in the home stretch and picked up the pace for the last .5 (I glanced down at my Garmin and saw a 9:15). Without the heat we completed the whole thing without any walking breaks - and there was no shuffling/are we there yet/ how many miles/ this sucks moments. It was time exploring new areas and chatting with new friends. Nikki mentioned how it's her second run without headphones (and first 10 miler!) and same, when I was strapping in my iPhone & drapping my headphones I had a moment of "why am I even bringing these?" I'll always have my phone on me but I stuck my headphones in a pocket and left them there. Also - bikers are scary in NYC. I mean I kind of always new that but they really don't like runners. I get it, runners dashing out in front of you isn't just annoying but dangerous but no need to be rude! The TFK'er coaches stressed about saying the running side, no more then double or even single file and respect the paths. The paths get seriously tight even just with our team alone but I was on the line (on my side!) and i still got a nasty yell from some biker who had plenty of space in her lane.
It was a solid run and I felt the team spirit. As we hit 9.5 miles the three of us picked it up to finish strong - not that the garmin shows that.
You can see pictures from the run here
Plan: 4 miles [SloFasy]
Ran: 4.03
Path: Reservoir / Central Park Loop
With: Solo
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I did! Ok, they didn't look exactly like that - a single hill between 2 NYC avenues.
I had seen some runners doing repeats on this hill before and it took me a while to catch on that this is what hill work was. But finally it was my turn to try it out.
I couldn't make it to team practice and it was too dark for central park, luckily this hill is right near by and one of my gym locations sits right at the top.
Goal : 1 mile warm up || hill sprints (200-250 meters) at level 7, jog back down || 1 mile cool down [ but some how the milage for the day was 5 … I can't get that to add up…]
Path: mile loop around the neighborhood, neighborhood hill, mile cool down on the treadmill
Garmin was being finicky, I turned off auto pause (any suggestions on preference?) but it never sorted itself out, then I ran the mile on the treadmill (12:56) and ended up hitting the start button on my way home - so really screwed that one up.
Legs felt heavy for the warm up. For the hill sprints I pushed it to a 7/8 but did the slowest jog possible on my way down.
Injuries: wore CS but felt no injuries - legs are sore (in the right kind of way) from the TIU workout last night. Shins are a little fire-y/ needing some ice now afterwards.
Goal : 4m [3-6-1]
Path: Reservoir / Road
Mile 1 - 11:36 [4]
Mile 2 - 10:25 [7]
Mile 3 - 10:26 [7/8]
Mile 4 - 12:18 [2/3]
I definitely pushed it past conversational pace but it felt good. My feet were moving and my mind just went along for the ride. It helped knowing I would scale it back for the last mile and now 4 miles is starting to seem short again.
To prevent myself from looking at my Garmin every two seconds out of boredom I played a game on the reservoir : picked a number (10, 15, 20, 25) of light posts and when I reached past that number I could check. I also mixed it up so it wasn't every 10 posts / didn't become a mile marker. While the reservoir was pretty busy last night it was a fun game to play by myself (#onlychildalert).
There were a group of girls when I first started out that were just walking the reservoir, hanging out. They mocked me/were playing around as I passed and took up a fake jog next to me - I wanted to tell them that we had 3.5 miles to go and that in a 1/2 mile we'd be picking up the pace….instead I just ignored them and smiled to myself.
Injuries : no pain! legs were a little sore from the bridges Saturday but all in the good way. Wore CS but no calf pain. A twinge of the hip but was over before I knew it. Hamstring is still a little iffy but went away during the run. I could get used to this!!


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Luigi's Ristorante in Fayetteville, NC has free wine tastings every Thursday. I went last night and stayed for dinner. There were about five wines for tasting but I tried only two of them. I liked both wines but found them somewhat atypical. One was the 2011 J. Lohr's Vineyard Series Fog Reach Pinot Noir with grapes from Arroyo Seco, Monterey County, CA. It has won some medals in California wine competitions. Pale ruby or garnet color with some transparency. Very fragrant. Cherries, cherry liqueur, cinnamon? It tasted of candied cherries and although this would usually be a turnoff for me, I still liked this wine quite a bit. It retails on wine-searcher.com for about $28-$33, up from low $20's for the 2010 vintage.
The second wine I tried was the 2012 Predator Old Vine Zinfandel from Lodi, CA from vines that are more than 50 years old.
This region is east of San Francisco at the edge of the Sacramento River Delta. My first impression of the wine was that this has something heavy, smoky and meaty in texture and scents. It was definitely very "bacony" in a way that I don't usually encounter in Zinfandel. Drinking it in a blind tasting I would have guessed Syrah. I like bacon so enjoyed this wine but didn't find it typical of Zin. The previous vintage of this retails for about $12-$14 on wine-searcher. I looked up the wine on CellarTracker and the 2011 vintage averaged almost 89 points by tasters. Previous vintages averaged closer to 85 or 86 points. Some of the CT notes on the 2009 vintage also mention smoky, meaty aromas. Unusual Zin I would say.


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Snow Summit is the mellower of the two mountain resorts. It's a great place for all types of boarders, offering learning courses from beginners to advance tricks. Snow Summit does have a park over on the west side of the mountain on the runs West Ridge and Ego Trip, but the majority of the resort is mountain terrain type runs. Snow Summit has an awesome food court and bar area, but the food and drink is a little pricey. I suggest bringing your own lunch from home and purchasing a locker. The locker is only a dollar every time it's opened. Last but not least NEVER leave your gear unattended there is a free board and basket check at both Snow Summit and Bear Mountain resorts.
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Wednesday afternoon, Phoenix firefighters and police were called out to BT's Sports Pub, near Thunderbird and Scottsdale Roads, for an unresponsive baby that had been left in a car.
The baby's 32-year-old father, a kitchen manager at the bar, had stopped by and forgotten 3-month-old Jamison Gray was in the vehicle.
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The temperature at Scottsdale Airpark, which is nearby, was 102 degrees midday Wednesday.
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Note: While consolidating blogs I'm transferring all previous Rad Recs to Tumblr in this post. Originally posted 4/11/12 and 5/15/12.
All right, so in a shameless steal from one of my fave ladies, Felicia Day, I wanted to start recommending stuff cool stuff I like à la her "Fave Five" segment on the new weekly show, The Flog. And probably provide some insight in to what I've been up to lately. Maybe. I don't know, committing to two premises might be asking too much but we'll see how this goes.
To start off I need an awesome title for my recommendation posts. With "Fave Five" already in use I'll just re-purpose the same idea and call these, "Rad Recs", which is short for rad recommendations. Awesome? Yes, great. I think it'd be even cooler if I called them "Rad Rex" but then I'd fear I'd mislead people looking for rad dinosaurs. But who knows, maybe a totally rad tyrannosaurus rex will appear in"Rad Recs." Only time will tell.


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One of the most simple and important steps in avoiding injury when running is hydration. According to a wellness article in The Washington Post if you spend an hour or less in physical activity, water is the best hydrator but if you have been participating in a high intensity workout for more than an hour then a sports drink is your best bet due to the electrolytes. For owner and personal trainer of PT Gym, Perry Buchanan, it's essential for your run especially when you're outside.
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Preparation is also key when it comes to your first run, making sure you're in proper condition, that means no issues with knees, joints or feet. Then allow yourself time to get used to training so your body can slowly adapt. It's important to know the difference between good pain and bad pain, Buchanan says pain is the body's natural way of telling us something is wrong and we need to stop.
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