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PULASKI, WI (WTAQ) - Some Wisconsin schools will be open next Monday -- even though it's a government holiday, and many businesses will be closed.
It's also when the major New Year's Day bowl events will take place. And the Pulaski High School marching band will be in the Tournament of Roses Parade next Monday morning in Pasadena, while their classmates are in school.
Superintendent Mel Lightner said the calendar was set a number of years ago. And while it's a great honor for the Pulaski band to be in the Rose Parade, he said they won't call off school because of it.
He says many parents will most likely work -- and they could have problems getting child care if school's called off. Lightner says teachers might show the parade to their classes on TV, but it will be up to them.
Green Bay schools are also open next Monday. But at least they should be done by the time the Wisconsin football team plays in the Rose Bowl, around 4 p.m.


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|By Lawrence Wilkes
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|February 27, 2013 11:00 AM EST
Or how to connect the architecture dots to support a smart connected planet.
The notion of a connected planet is far from new. However, the number of connections as illustrated in figure 1 is growing at an exponential rate, and it is fast becoming a reality in which many organizations must operate.
However, I doubt many organizations are preparing for this in a systematic way. More likely, experience suggests that dozens of connected 'solutions' will permeate the organization via myriad routes and just add to the complexity of the business and IT landscape, becoming yet more spaghetti that someone is left to untangle.
Architecture is key to dealing with this. However, architectural practices must evolve to themselves become more connected, and not a set of isolated disciplines as they are often practiced today. Hence, in this note as well as considering the challenges and opportunities provided by the connected planet, I outline the role of connected architecture.
The Connected Planet
The looming challenge, or for some the opportunity, facing organizations is how they cope with the scenario shown in figure 1.
Figure 1 - The Connected Planet
Namely, that there will be
- Trillionsof connected things, sometimes dumb but increasingly smart
- Used by billionsof people, socializing and interacting to evaluate and rate you, your products, prices, and competitors.
- Generating quadrillionsof messages representing quadrillions of events, some significant but many insignificant
- Connected to millions of APIs and services, hosted in the cloud
- Accessing and creating petabytes of information, both current and historical
This is a scenario I first documented back in a blog in2009 [1]. IDC talk about this as the "3rd platform, built on mobile devices and apps, cloud services, mobile broadband networks, big data analytics and social technologies" [2], and paint a scenario in their research that reads remarkably similar to the above.
Winners and Losers on the Connected Planet
The key issue for organizations will be
- How does the business cope with information overload, or derive value from it?
- How does IT deliver business solutions that manage the resulting transaction and information explosion, in a cost-effective manner?
The winners in this scenario will be those that exhibit the characteristics outlined in Table 1.
|Winners are:
|Constantly Connected
|With their Customers. Anywhere, Anytime, Anyhow
|Constantly Engaged
|To help customers (and themselves) make informed decisions
|Responsive to change Creating new opportunities
|Provider from Consumer Solution from Technology Application from Process from Capability
|Sensing and predicting events Correlating events Autonomic response
|Six-Sigma products and processes
|Automated and Autonomic Low operational cost per event response (e.g. business transaction) Optimized processes
|Driving multi-party ecosystems (internal and external)
|On core capabilities Best sourcing and collaborative sourcing of non-core capabilities
Table 1 - Winners and Losers on the Connected Planet By implication, the losers will be those organizations that fail to exhibit these characteristics!
The Connected Architecture Solution
So, how does an organization make sense of trillions of connected things and billions of people accessing petabytes of information via millions of APIs and services? Firstly, organizations and their IT solutions need to become increasingly,
- Autonomic, in the way they,
- respond to events, and how they correlate events and information
- discover new service providers and their APIs
- manage resources, adopting the principle of 'management of services, by services'
- freeing up human resources to deal with exceptions and 'special cases'
- Analytical, in the way they,
- make sense of events and information
- Decoupled, in the way they,
- participate in federated ecosystems, not tightly bound partnerships
- separate service provider from service consumer
- assemble solutions from services not implementations
Figure 2 - Connected Architecture
As stated earlier, architecture is key to dealing with this. However, there is no one architectural 'style' that encompasses everything that is required to solve the problem. It would be tempting to say the answer is SOA, or the answer is WOA, or any other acronym that is or was flavor of the month, or for architects to believe that it all revolves around whatever is their 'pet' approach. While SOA principles of encapsulation and separation will inevitably be at the heart of the connected architecture, the practical reality of a collaboration between disparate organizations and capabilities will mean a federated architecture involving different technical solutions.
As illustrated in figure 2 what is required is an agile federated approach to architecture that assembles a Connected Architecture consisting of the following,
- Web 2.0 Architecture - enabling people to rapidly mash up user and community driven solutions, in turn assembled from millions of APIs and services, and generating quadrillions of events,
- leveraging Enterprise Mobility to connect employees, partners and customers, and their devices, anytime, anywhere,
- requiring Event Driven Architecture (EDA) to determine the autonomic response required to sensors and changes in state, and correlate events,
- that are also placed into context by agile Business Process Architecture (BPA/BPM) and Information Architecture (IA), with Real-time Business Analytics (BA) to make sense of what is happening,
- using capabilities provisioned through APIs and services in a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) that provides a formal basis for the decoupling of Provider and Consumers resources,
- combined with a Web Oriented, or Resource Oriented Architecture (WOA/ROA) exchanging information between those trillions of devices in an efficient manner that will likely be done in a more lightweight manner than full blown Web Service-based SOA, with their implementations defined in a Component Based Software Architecture (CBSA) - with the focus on right-grained software units enabling agile, federated software delivery, that is hosted anywhere, anytime on a Cloud Based Architecture (CBA) that describes the virtualized, federated infrastructure providing scalability, reliability.
No one of these styles covers the problem space by itself. Rather, the problem space needs to be decomposed and the appropriate architecture approach applied to each domain.
Connected Platform
Another key enabler will be the increasing use of 'Connected Platforms'. Cloud 'platforms' such as Salesforce, Facebook or Amazon are in wide use and are already dominant in their respective domains because their platforms provide a considerable benefit by way of platform capabilities in comparison to building their own, and more importantly to business perhaps, provide a gateway to a ready-made ecosystem that use the platform.
Expect Connected Platforms to emerge that act as a 'hub' or focal point around which industry ecosystems evolve, and it is likely that every industry will come to be dominated by a few key platform providers.
Many organizations will therefore have little choice of which Connected Platform they use as they will be forced upon them by participants in their industry - either by the 400lb gorillas who already dominate their industry, or by the platforms to which their ecosystem and end customers have gravitated, forcing them to adopt.
As illustrated by figure 3, the challenge for each enterprise will be to determine,
- what their role is in the ecosystem, as provider and /or consumer, or possibly platform operator
- hence, which services they should be expected to provide, and which they should consume
- what services the Connected Platform is or should be providing, and who should providing them
- their willingness to depend on the Connected Platform and the extent to which they allow the platform to dominate
- the extent to which architects design their service architecture around the Connected Platform, or to what extent they should design their own platform independent architecture, especially for large organizations who may participate in multiple overlapping ecosystems, with multiple Connected Platforms.
Figure 3 - The Connected Platform
The Architect's Challenge
The key challenge for architects is that they cannot treat the various elements of the Connected Architecture as they often do today - as architectural silos [3] in ivory towers. Instead, as discussed earlier the elements must work seamlessly together. But this isn't solved by Enterprise Architecture - which may contain elements of all these - at least not alone, as this is about working at the detailed level to deliver solutions, not just a high-level view of the enterprise.
Hence it is important that architects develop a consistent framework for collaboration within the Connected Architecture. This is an area in which Everware-CBDI is well placed to assist.
IASA UK Architecture Summit
My colleague David Sprott and I will be running a one day workshop on these and other related ideas at the IASA UK Architecture Summit.
[1] Architecture for the Smarter Planet. http://lwsoa.blogspot.co.uk/2009/10/architecture-for-smarter-planet.html [2] IDC Predictions 2013. November 2012, IDC #238044, Volume: 1 http://www.idc.com/research/Predictions13/index.jsp#.UR4HSmf-unI [3] Beware the new silos! http://everware-cbdi.com/index.php?cID=118&cType=document
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she will tell you what to do to save our country. Meet with ralph nader too, he has ideas. None of the people you surround yourself with have any ideas about anything but how to worship money.
Obama, have a meeting with Cynthia Mckinney
I am with ya Roseanne. i voted for obama but my first inpulse said mckinney and so did you and i did not listin. Please forgive me as i say you was right the whole time.
Ralph Nader has WONDERFUL ideas. I wish he would just run for the Senate or the House because I think he has NO SHOT at EVER getting President and I think he would be much more effective in the legislative branch of the government than in exectutive.
Ralph Nader!! Yee Haw!! I work in a bookstore and he came in to speak about a year ago. What a man!! I had the pleasure of shaking his hand. Yes, he has ideas indeed!!!
Aloha Roseanne,
Yes, I am so pleased you have noted the wisdom of Cynthia McKinney and her committment to truth and justice.
She is one of (few) American politicians who has taken on The Palestinian issue, and fought bravely.
There are two people from Hawaii, Ken O'Keefe and Anne Wright who are well known and outspoken.
I would like too share an excellent commentary by Gordon Duff from Veteran Today, he is amazingly prolific and 100% right on:
I hope you can copy and paste it..you WILL NOT be disappointed.
Unfortunately I agree. Obama is suppost to clear up the mess that Bush made, not add to it. :/
Cynthia would have to shove her way past Rahm , Tim, and the rest of the hordes of Rabid Huns surrounding Obama. His beltway bubble is so tight he is losing vital oxygen and is incapable, at this point , of doing anything more than making speeches. Perhaps only 2 neurotransmitters are still functioning, but it looks grim.
The patient needs a good jolt from a massive revolt.
I hope it's soon, things are pretty shabby out here amongst the peasantry.


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I'm not sure if it says something about the game or about me that I had less trouble with my RL Christmas lights than I did with these. :-P (I redeemed them to my account, no problem, but then I couldn't find a place in my house that I could put them up, and when I finally did, none of the colors showed up against the wall.)
The Professor and his Telegraph Box as seen in Wizard101 earlier this evening.
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Queer, kinky, poly.
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"Wanna play?"
"What's the point, you never win."
"I beat you once."
"That time I had Mono doesn't count."
"C'mon, what's the harm?" he said as he laced his hands behind his head. "Its only one game."
"Its still amazing to me that after all these years, you still can't beat me at Monopoly."
"Well, I have taken the years to develop other talents." you took a moment to steal another glance at your best friend.
Wearing his favorite Misfits t shirt and ripped jeans, this was the most relaxed and unguarded you'd seen him in awhile. With his head tilted toward the ceiling, you took a moment to study his profile. Jacob had that exotic look that most boys would die for, and you had no doubt he would only look betterwith age. He had all the girls at school wrapped around his finger.His brown eyes always flickered with a hint of mischief, and they never offered a promise they couldn't keep.
Your eyes trailed down the side of his neck and down the rest of his body. You couldn't help biting your lip, even though he was your friend, that fact didn't make him any less attractive.
"Yea, well, I've heard about your talents," you said tossing your hair over your shoulder. You didn't want to tell him exactly how much you heard, but you'd heard enough.
"I hear I'm actually quite good. Well," he added with a shrug. "At least that's what's written on the bathroom stalls in the girls room, anyway."
"Cocky is bad for your complexion." you said as you stood and walked toward his closet to get the Monopoly board. It was in the same place it'd always been. You raised your eyebrow"And since when do you take trips into the bathroom?" you asked tossing a look over your shoulder.
You watched as his smirk widened, and he shrugged. "Sometimes my talents lead me there. Sometimes the backseat of my car, sometimes their mommy and daddy's bed. I'm not picky; I go where the work is. Its part of thejob description," he chuckled.
"You are so disgusting." As if it were possible, his smile got even wider. You couldn't tell him what you were really thinking.
"You're just jealous," he said as he slid down onto the floor across from where you opened the Monopoly board.
You scoffed, and it sounded pretty convincing. "Jealous? Of what? Your tiny dick? I don't think so, love."
"Pshh, you've seen my dick before and it ain't shit to be snickering at," he said as he raised his smirked, "more like gasp at." The thought of the time you caught him changing out of his bathing suit brought heat to your face.
"If you were three feet tall, you'd be perfectly proportional."
You giggled loudly as he pulled a pillow off his bed and hurled it at your face. "Don't make me tickle you."
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You backed up quickly trying to move your legs out of his reach. You were nearly around the other side of his bed when he latched onto your ankle and turned you around. Before he even started his assault, you were laughing.
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He slid down and sat on your thighs. "What do you say?" he said in his singsong triumphant voice.
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"You're not finished," he said with a grin.
You rolled your eyes before continuing. "You are smarter, faster, and better looking than me, although I think you look like a mexican bug." His fingers hovered above you threatening another attack, and you rushed on. "You win."
"Good," he said with a nod of his head. "You may always win at Monopoly, but I always win a tickle match."
"That's because you cheat."
"I do not," he said as he brushed his hand over his curly fro trying to look mildly hurt. It didn't work.
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"Oh, but I am," he said into your ear as he leaned down over you. "You just haven't found the spot yet." You felt your panties moisten, and hated yourself for it.
Staring down at you, he opened his mouth to say something when the loud ring of "KHOTL" cut him off.
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He shrugged and moved off of you."Doesn't matter. Its probably just Ashley (Random Name) trying to convince me to take her to prom again."
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I'll look into it Meshon, thank you what do you think about it as a program?
I've only barely played with Inkscape. I've been using Illustrator for a long time so it's what I have and what I'm used to, but Inkscape does wonderful things. It's a vector program, so its uses are a bit different than Photoshop or GIMP. I use it a lot for layout and to create complicated outlines for walls or stairs or streets. Then I import those illustrations into another program to add depth and texture. Of course you can use a vector illustration program as your only tool as well. Just as examples, here are a couple of old maps that I used for a D&D campaign awhile back, both done just with vectors.
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Pediatric Dentistry@VCU, located on the MCV Campus of Virginia Commonwealth University, will offer free services to children in need of dental care that do not have dental insurance on Give Kids a Smile Day. The event will take place Friday, Feb. 3 from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Wood Memorial Building, 521 N. 11th St., Suite 315. Pediatric Dentistry@VCU and its Pediatric Dental Specialist will provide exams, cleanings, X-rays, fillings, extractions and minor restorations for children ages 0-18 years old. Give Kids a Smile Day, created by the American Dental Association, is an annual focus of National Children's Dental Health Month and is observed every year during the month of February. The program was designed to provide education, preventative and restorative oral healthcare for children. For more information, or to schedule an appointment, call 828-9095. Walk-ins are welcome but are not guaranteed to be seen. Appointments are strongly encouraged.
Lakshmi Challa, of Challa Law Offices, PLC, recently was awarded the 2011-12 John C. Kenny Pro Bono Award. The award is presented annually to an individual or law firm that demonstrates a dedication to furthering the delivery of pro bono legal services to the poor and underserved in the metro Richmond area. Challa was recognized for her work with the Virginia Poverty Law Center where in 2009 she established the immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence Project. The project provides pro bono legal assistance to undocumented immigrants who are victims of domestic or sexual violence in obtaining legal status in the U.S. without reliance on their abusers. Challa has also assisted Commonwealth Catholic Charities and the Red Cross and is a board member for the Virginia Poverty Law Center. Challa Law Offices, PLC is located in Innsbrook.
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) recently awarded a $50,400 fellowship to A. Linwood "Woody" Holton, professor of history and American studies at the University of Richmond. Holton is among 215 grant recipients, or 8 percent of applicants, for 2011-12. The grant will support Holton's research and writing for the book, "Liberty is Sweet: An Integrated History of the American Revolution." Building on his last three books, which dealt with the revolutionary era's race, class and gender issues, Holton will incorporate new knowledge of social history into the familiar narrative of the American Revolution. Holton has taught at UR since 2000 and holds a Ph.D. in early American history from Duke University and a B.A. in English literature from the University of Virginia.
Local business owner Vicki Daniel recently won national recognition at the College Nannies and Tutors Annual National Conference. The Glen Allen Placement and Learning Center received the "Rock Star" designation for being one of the top performers in a system that serves families in 79 territories across 25 states. The location received additional recognition by being named to the CNT Top Ten List, appearing seventh out of all territories. To qualify for this award, the franchise must meet or exceed business objectives in three primary areas: financial growth and profitability, operational expertise and team building. The center is located at 10825 W. Broad St. in Parkside Marketplace across from Innsbrook.
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Glen Allen student to perform at Carnegie Hall
Thanks to a first-place win in The American Protege International Vocal Competition 2014, Glen Allen High School student Matija Tomas will travel to New York City to perform at Carnegie Hall in December.
At the first-place winners recital in Weill Hall, Matija will perform Giacomo Puccini's opera aria, "Chi il bel sogna di doretta." She will perform with other vocalists from around the world and have the opportunity to win other awards and scholarships.
Locally, Thomas has performed with Richmond's renowned Glorious Christmas Nights, Christian Youth Theatre, and WEAG's Urban Gospel Youth Choir. > Read more.
Gayton Baptist Church dedicates new outreach center
The John Rolfe YMCA and Gayton Baptist Church have partnered in an effort to bring greater health and wellness opportunities to the community.
Through this partnership, the John Rolfe Y will run Youth Winter Sports programs, including basketball and indoor soccer, in Gayton's newly renovated $5.5 million outreach center that features a new gymnasium, youth and teen space, social space with café, meeting space and full service commercial kitchen. > Read more.
Henricus Historical Park to host Publick Day Sept. 20
Citizen Staff Reports 09/15/2014
Henricus Historical Park will commemorate its anniversary during Publick Day, a signature annual event that celebrates the establishment of the second successful English settlement in the New World. In September 1611, Sir Thomas Dale, along with soldiers, tradesmen and farmers, ventured from Jamestown to create the Citie of Henricus. Leaders of Henricus developed the first English hospital, chartered the first college in North America, established tobacco as the first cash crop in Virginia, and created a place where Pocahontas lived and met John Rolfe.
Publick Day will take place Saturday, Sept. 20, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free and parking is $5 per vehicle. > Read more.
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Extras sought for AMC's 'TURN'
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The Air Jordan 9 made quite a buzz these last few months with the upcoming "Kilroy Pack". After all the different images of this pack, in the end six colorways have made the cut. The pack includes characters such as "Johnny Kilroy", "Fontay Montana", "Calvin Bailey", "Bentley Ellis", "Motorboat Jenkins", and the latest Slim Jenkins.
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My favorite is by far the "Bentley Ellis" pair. That redskins colorway is a combination that you dont see much on sneakers but it goes so well. Defin pickin those up!!!
9 pack is weak. Pass on all
Not gonna front those Johnny kilroys grew on me, I'll try and get the all red joints too.
I haven't seen this many 9′s since the last time I was looking for something in the trunk of the car!
I don't buy Jordan's anymore. No retros at all. Only modern jays cuz the price may be high on the moderns but the quality is worth it. Retros are priced high and the quality is bad. I only buy from the Kobe, lebron, and KD line.
I don't even LIKE Jordan retros anymore… Quality is horrible and way overpriced for the quality. I honestly like modern jordans better now. I hate retros now. I've never even really liked retros. I couldn't care less.
pass on all, doing to much with all these weak CW's and bad quality.
Someone please help me!! Which should I cop! I can only get one! The KD IV gold medals or the Kobe 7 gray cheetah
Most deff getn em "Johnny Killroys" me n ma twin rockn the shit outta thosee <33
im feeling those motorboat jones
fontays forsure!
I like 3 of 4 of them but I'm gonna scoop them all up. I'm gonna pass on all the other holiday Retro Jordan releases to do so. These will only release once unlike the bred 4′s and 11′s. From a collector's standpoint this makes more sense. Those 4′s and 11′s get churned out every few years anyways. I had given this a lot of thought and in the long run I would be happier knowing I own this whole set/pack or as many as I am able to cop instead of something that will give me satisfaction for a few weeks.
Def cop for the slim jenkins Go Nuggets
I want the fontays bad but I live in new zealand and nike town don't ship internationally.
Any one know how I can buy online??
what are the all red ones called? im liking those
Just got my Bently Ellis, I love these joints. I think they have a cool color scheme. Its more of a garnett and gold scheme. Yea Im a Seminole fan!!


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The New York Times | May 24,2013Whenever the world of Washington seems hopeless, someone will point out that the Senate Judiciary Committee did a good job on immigration reform.
Thats it? Yeah, pretty much.
Immigration reform has been the 2013 bipartisan bright spot in the Senate, unless you were really moved by the day they voted to debate gun control before killing all the gun control plans. The committee members cheerfully plowed through 300-odd proposed amendments, while taking turns telling which country their great-grandfather came from. There was, of course, a lot of disagreement, although almost everybody seemed to enjoy slapping down ideas offered by Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama.
Mainstream Republicans have been super-energized to do immigration reform ever since the Hispanic vote went against them in the last election. Democracy does work. If somebody came up with a dramatic poll showing that all the people with diabetes, asthma and chronic back problems had voted against Mitt Romney, there would no longer be a problem getting funding for health care reform.
High points in the committees long slog toward passage included a proposal from tea party icon Mike Lee of Utah to exempt employers of cooks, waiters, butlers, housekeepers, governesses, maids, valets, baby sitters, janitors, laundresses, furnacemen, caretakers, handymen, gardeners, footmen, grooms and chauffeurs of automobiles for family use from checking to make sure their help had the proper legal status. It didnt go anywhere, but if you happen to run into Lee, feel free to say: The butler did it.
The most painful low point in the committees deliberations came at the end, when the Democrats gave up on an amendment allowing same-sex spouses the same right as heterosexuals to apply for permanent resident status for their partners. Its not every day when you hear a senator announce that he had decided to support a move that involved rank discrimination. But the Republicans who were needed to get an immigration bill through the Senate had made it supremely clear that if any hint of gay marriage entered the legislation, they were going to take their toys and go home.
Decide for yourself how you feel about this one, people. Stand up for equality or finally get a major bill through the Senate? Defend equality or cave in and hope that the Supreme Court bails you out when it rules on the Defense of Marriage Act next month?
It is, at minimum, a useful reminder of what lawmaking looked like back in the days when the two parties made deals and we complained that nobody was sticking to their principles. Back to the can-do days when senators routinely said things like Sen. Orrin Hatchs explanation of his thinking on immigration: Im going to vote this bill out of committee because Ive committed to do that.
The bill, which would give millions of undocumented residents a path toward eventual citizenship, goes to the full Senate, where it actually looks as though its going to pass. Any further progress would require cooperation from the House of Representatives, the circle of hell where the damned are condemned to spend eternity voting to repeal the health care reform law.
Perhaps you missed the one last week. Let me summarize:
The Obamacare law must be ripped out by its roots!
The 37th time! The 37th time!
A malignant tumor thats metastasizing on Americas liberty!
We have spent over 56 hours on the floor debating repeal of the law of the land!
The House Republican leadership would probably rather have been working on something else. But the newer members whined that theyd hardly had any opportunities to vote to repeal Obamacare at all.
It sends a great statement back to our district, said Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., whom many people enjoy quoting because they like saying Ted Yoho.
Also, its hard for the Republicans to agree among themselves about anything else. One influential conservative organization recently urged Speaker John Boehner to drop the whole legislation idea completely and just hold committee hearings about the IRS scandal and Benghazi forever.
Recent events have rightly focused the nations attention squarely on the actions of the Obama administration, argued Heritage Action for America. It is incumbent upon the House of Representatives to conduct oversight hearings on those actions, but it would be imprudent to do anything that shifts the focus from the Obama administration to the ideological differences within the House Republican conference.
We really hate it when they get imprudent.
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TORONTO -- The Toronto Blue Jays stuffed another potential closer into what is quickly becoming a very crowded bullpen with Tuesday's acquisition of veteran Frank Francisco.
The right-hander comes over from the Texas Rangers along with cash for Mike Napoli, who was with the team for about four days after being picked up from the Los Angeles Angels in the Vernon Wells deal Friday night.
While general manager Alex Anthopoulos knew of the other teams interested in Napoli, he insisted that the catcher wasn't acquired to be flipped. Napoli was a fit in Toronto as catching insurance behind rookie J.P. Arencibia, first base depth behind Adam Lind and an option at DH, but Anthopoulos preferred another relief option for manager John Farrell.
Francisco, who saved 25 games for Texas in 2009, joins fellow newcomers Jon Rauch and Octavio Dotel in a three-way fight for the closer's job, with the trio crowding out some of the incumbents from last year's pen.
Anthopoulos said the team will go with either seven or eight relievers out of camp, meaning there are four or five spots left for Jason Frasor, Shawn Camp, David Purcey, Casey Janssen, Jesse Carlson, Jo-Jo Reyes and others to fight over.
"We love the fact that we have depth in the bullpen, one through seven," said Anthopoulos. "It's especially critical and important considering how young the rotation is. I've seen a lot of seasons spiral out of control because of a weak bullpen and having depth in that bullpen is going to be vital for us.
"Knowing that we're going to be seven-deep, and there will be a good competition, should be very reassuring to our starters, and ultimately should allow us to win the games we're supposed to win."
The Blue Jays have been after Francisco for much of the off-season, talking to him when he was a free agent and then repeatedly pitching the Rangers once the 31-year-old accepted arbitration.
He filed at US$4.875 million while the Rangers countered at $3.5 million, and the Blue Jays will pick up the negotiations from there. He made $3.265 million last year.
That he qualified this off-season as a Type A free agent -- meaning he would return two compensatory draft picks should he sign elsewhere -- helps make up for the extra year of player control the Blue Jays gave up in Napoli, who can't become a free agent until after 2012.
"It's not lost on us," said Anthopoulos. "There's added value to us in either we offer him arbitration and get to control his rights for one more year on a non-guaranteed contract, so there is a possibility of two years of control. And if it wasn't to work out that way, there's certainly the possibility of being able to net draft picks."
Francisco was 6-4 with two saves and a 3.76 earned-run average in 56 relief appearances for the AL West champs last season, but especially attractive to the Blue Jays is that lefties hit just .205 against him.
With left-hander Scott Downs' departure to the Angels as a free agent, the bullpen lacks a dominant shut-down southpaw. Purcey is the front-runner for the role, with Carlson and Reyes also in play, but having some right-handed support gives Farrell more options.
Losing Napoli may open up another spot up the bench, depending on how the Blue Jays split the roster between pitchers and position players.
Anthopoulos said right now the bench includes infielder John McDonald and Jose Molina -- a sort of first public declaration that Arencibia is the starter -- and that he has time to fill out the rest later.
The Napoli deal is one he wanted to do now, Anthopoulos said, because he didn't want to treat him, "like a hot potato."
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omg what? she's clearly got a stronger bond with tara
I was scrolling deep in to the willow tag and someone literally wrote an essay about how she's better with oz and she never really could love tara and they "dont even show tara and her in love" and I want to go to her inbox to ask her not to tag her tara hate but she then doesnt have an askbox.
like she can have her opnion i guess
… i just believe with every fiber of my being she is wrong. and if you want more proof then me, Joss Whedon has said that Willow/Tara is the purest, strongest, most true love on the show, and that willow/tara sexual "magic" scenes were the "most sexual, intense" sex scenes he's ever written and directed.
also the reason they dont show willow and tara like making out all the time is because of the network! being gay was not okay on tv
also, this person was like "I imagine she ends up with oz"
but but but BUT she's gay. she tells kennedy she is gay
willow is gay. GAY. can we respect that??
And in the comics, Oz is married, it's really cute, he is married to a werewolf and they have babies and it's great and they help slayers control their anger.


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"When I Found You" (Demo Version) - The demo has different vocals from Britney, also has an acustic instrumental. A snnipet was floating around but in 2009 we got the full version.
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"When I found you
I found the closest thing to heaven
Yes in you
I found the deepest love I knew"


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President Barack Obama will meet with approximately 250 young people for A Conversation With President Obama, a town hall meeting airing live Thursday (Oct. 14) at 4 p.m. ET on Viacom's CMT, BET.com and MTV. The event, tape delayed to air at 4 p.m. PT, will take place at BET's studios in Washington, D.C.
Those in attendance will represent a broad cross section of backgrounds, interests and political views. The president will answer questions from the studio audience as well as from users submitting questions online and through their mobile devices. A Conversation With President Obama will stream live and on-demand on CMT.com, BET.com, MTV.com and Tr3s.com where users will be able to submit their questions for the president via the Twitter Tracker, a web-based tool that will be featured during the live event as the primary way for viewers at home to submit questions and track comments related to the Town Hall.
While the Twitter Tracker goes live on Wednesday (Oct. 13), users can submit questions now via Twitter using the hashtag "ask" plus any specific issue of interest to them. For example, if it's about jobs, users can tweet "#askjobs" and then their question. If it's about education, they can tweet "#askeducation." The same can be done for comments using the tag "comment," followed by their thoughts.
A Conversation With President Obama will be hosted by CMT's Katie Cook, MTV's Sway Calloway and BET's April Woodard. It will also be telecast live on Centric, mtvU and Tr3s.


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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - South Dakota State University officials say a new hard red winter wheat variety has the potential to be a top performer in drier areas of the state.
The variety "Ideal" will be released for large-scale planting next year. Breeder Bill Berzonsky says it might also be an option for some farmers in North Dakota, Nebraska and Minnesota.
Berzonsky says Ideal is not tolerant to drought but does seem to produce more grain in drier areas. He says it might even outperform the Wesley variety, which is grown on one-third of South Dakota's winter wheat acres.
Ideal is the first new variety released by the SDSU Agriculture Experiment Station since 2008. It's named for a farming town in central South Dakota.
(Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)


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REHASHED (click for chictopia)
When: March 31, 2012 and April 6, 2012
Blouse; vintageSkirt; Forever 21Jacket; Forever 21Wedges; TargetBag; vintageAll jewelry; vintage
I'm really not afraid to throw together the same outfit a second time if I love it enough! And this combination fits the bill. I usually don't mix patterns, but on a whim I paired a new vintage blouse with this lovely, swingy skirt and was surprised by how much I liked it.
The second time around, which I didn't photograph, I added vintage-styled seamed stockings from the brilliant What Katie Did, as well as more comfortable flats for walking around the hills of UC Berkeley.
MARCH IS FOR MARY MARGARET (click for chictopia)
When: March 30, 2012
Blouse; TargetSweater; Banana RepublicTrousers; H&MFlats; Urban Outfitters (gift from my roommate)
Blouse; TargetSweater; Banana RepublicTrousers; H&MFlats; Urban Outfitters (gift from my roommate)
As I watch more and more of Once Upon A Time (that glorious show!), I find myself drooling incessantly over Mary Margaret's outfits in Storybrooke. She always looks so chic, elegant, and pulled together! Her style is the perfect combination: ladylike yet relaxed. She looks appropriately dressed for every occasion, and I've been inspired. March has been the month to emulate Mary Margaret! And here's one of my attempts.
(Also, please ignore my derpy face!)
A GRAY MONDAY (click for chictopia)
When: February 6, 2012
Sweater and undershirt; Old NavyPants; H&MFlats; Urban Outfitters
Sometimes you just feel like a little (or a lot) gray! The color is one of my favorites to work into a winter wardrobe, especially when the weather in NorCal decides to be pretty kind, meaning I can wear my gray pedal pushers! To break up the monotony, I threw in some fun Urban Outfitters ballet flats – a gift from my roommate! I think they're especially lovely because of the subtle pointed toe. How chic!
HOUSE BRAWL (click for chictopia)
When: January 03, 2012
T-shirt; Threadless (gift from Finn)Skirt; Forever 21Sweater; Victoria's SecretTights; Calvin KleinBoots; Dolce Vita for Target
I wore this out and about getting supplies for my return to Berkeley for the spring semester. Even though it's nothing glamorous, I just had to post because of this shirt - it's one of my absolute favourites! Win win, Slytherin!I'm also wearing a vintage coral ring passed down to me from my mother, and a vintage type-writer letter necklace with my initials from my grandmother. It's all about the legacies!
NO MORE HIGH SCHOOL (click for chictopia)
When: June 03, 2011
Dress; Forever 21Jacket; vintageHat; vintageHeels; Steve MaddenBag; Coach
I wore this for my OFFICIAL last day of high school.. It was the best! I call these shoes "ankle breakers" because they're so high and open – you really have to use your muscles to stay steady. Nevertheless, they're gorgeous and the workout of balancing is good for my legs for ballet, I'm sure! I know I've used this purse in an outfit before, but it's a favourite of mine. Who would have thought that a cream and beige purse would match with LITERALLY everything? The jacket was mine when I was a kid – it used to be full-sized and hit my hip – and the hat is one that my grandmother gave me (from the '50s). Now that high school is finally over, I'll be off to Berkeley (shh, don't tell them I'm wearing Stanford red)!
Just between us, I'll probably be wearing this dress and jacket for the Fourth of July, too ;) I'm not afraid to repeat!
Sunny Days (click for chictopia)
When: June 02, 2011
Shirt; H&MSkirt; TargetWedges; Franco SartoPurse; LineaR
In celebration of my last full day of high school, I donned my springiest outfit and blew dust off of the wedges that I haven't worn since last summer. My days are looking pretty bright!
Cal Pride! (click for chictopia)
When: May 28, 2011
Blouse; Anne Taylor LoftSkirt; Forever 21Jacket; Forever 21Heels; Forever 21Bag; CoachSapphire ring; vintage (thanks, Mum!)
Yesterday I had an important interview for a scholarship award at my new school – University of California, Berkeley! I'm extremely proud to be accepted and extremely fortunate to be chosen for the finalist round of the award. I decided to display my pride and happiness with the Cal colors. I hope it payed off because I felt like my interview went well!
LACMA, Part Deux (click for chictopia)
When: January 29, 2011
Sweater; ZaraShorts; Morphine GenerationShoes; H&MBelt; vintage Anne KleinJewellery; (cuff and earrings) Tiffany & Co., (necklace) handmade
I wore this on my second trip to the LACMA museum. Unfortunately, I don't have a photo of the back – the sweater has a sweet V-neck with a big bow on it! But to make up for that, you can see some of the art behind me :) It was absolutely lovely, and upon walking out of the Fashioning Fashion exhibit, an elderly woman stopped my friend and I, saying, "You two look better than those, would you mind if I took your photo?" and gushed about our style. It made my day!
Seventeen Again
When: January 9, 2011
Shirt; H&MShorts; Morphine GenerationTights; Betsey JohnsonCoat; Forever 21Boots; Dolce Vita by TargetRings, belt, bag; Vintage (thanks, Mum!)
I wore this to a private movie screening of the upcoming film, Beastly. In order to qualify, I had to be seventeen, so I had some fun pretending to be a year younger the entire day! I don't look that old as it is, and I don't think anyone suspected anything, so I got to see a great film, look cute, and be comfortable doing it!
Skirting Around
For my second chictopia entry, and my first in my fashion blog, have a little vintage flair! A perfect match for my beloved LACMA museum.
For my second chictopia entry, and my first in my fashion blog, have a little vintage flair! A perfect match for my beloved LACMA museum.
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text: content LE Magazine February 2004 Testosterone Attacked by the MediaLife Extension Reveals the Facts... Testosterone is vitally important for both its anabolic properties, including effects on maintaining healthy cholesterol levels, protein synthesis, muscle mass, and bone density, and its androgenic effects, including the development and maintenance of male secondary sex characteristics (deep voice, increase in facial and body hair, muscle development) and sexual functions such as libido and erectile capability. As men age and testosterone levels decrease, classic signs of testosterone deficiency—andro-pause—frequently appear. These signs include thinning hair, decreasing libido, increasing fat mass and declining muscle mass, and even depression. It is no wonder that in the Institute of Medicine's Testosterone and Aging,5 the authors state: "more than 1.75 million prescriptions for testosterone products were written in 2002, an estimated increase of 30 percent over the approximately 1.35 million prescriptions in 2001, and an increase of 170 percent from the 648,000 prescriptions in 1999." Institute of Medicine Report: A Fair Examination?Because of both the large increase in testosterone use among men and the aging of the estimated 50-70 million members of the baby-boom generation, in 2002 the National Institute on Aging and the National Cancer Institute directed the Institute of Medicine to assess the benefits and risks of testosterone supplementation among older men. The result was a 217-page book released in November 2003. The group of physicians and scientists that authored the book reviewed a significant portion of already published material on testosterone replacement therapy, and offered its own conclusions on whether and how to conduct future studies of testosterone supplementation. The Institute of Medicine book begins with an introduction that reviews testosterone synthesis and its action on the human body, as well as a short section on testosterone replacement therapy. This introductory section is generally factual and devoid of any overt bias, but also contains some incorrect statements. On p. 23, the authors state: "Although some older men who have tried testosterone therapy report feeling 'more energetic' or 'younger,' testosterone supplementation remains a scientifically unproven method for preventing or relieving any physical or psychological change that men may experience as they get older." The following 92 pages of the book, however, detail study after study showing the efficacy of testosterone supplementation therapy in alleviating the multiple symptoms of andropause. Because of this and similar inconsistencies throughout the book, the Institute of Medicine's findings almost certainly will be suspect in the eyes of many anti-aging researchers. This is one of the problems inherent in the authoring of books by "committees of experts." Photomicrograph of human testosterone hormone magnified 130x. Testosterone Alleviates Andropause DisordersThe next section of the book, "Testosterone and Health Outcomes," cites various studies showing that testosterone supplementation can play a significant role in alleviating many symptoms of andropause, including the loss of bone and muscle mass, depression, loss of sexual functioning, and heart disease. This section begins by acknowledging that multiple studies have conclusively proven that testosterone levels significantly decline at a steady rate of 1-2% each year in aging men. Some of the studies cited, such as the Massachusetts Male Aging Study that examined testosterone levels in 1,709 men aged 39 to 70, showed that good health among aging men correlates with higher levels of testosterone. Following this admission, the authors then spend the next 72 pages on an extensive review of the literature detailing how testosterone supplementation can affect many common symptoms of andropause. In the section on testosterone levels and bone mass, the authors state on p. 45: "Several studies with large sample sizes that controlled for age and other potential confounding factors found that lower levels of bioavailable testosterone were associated with lower bone density…" and "low levels of testosterone have been identified as a risk factor for hip fractures." This section continues by citing literature detailing testosterone's effect on muscle mass, body composition, and physical function. The Institute of Medicine authors correctly state that the loss of muscle mass (sarcopenia) is a significant cause of disability in the elderly, thus making the study of supplements such as testosterone all the more important. Although multiple studies show that testosterone supplementation does help aging men regain muscle mass, the Institute of Medicine still hedges on this issue, stating on p. 51 that "research findings regarding testosterone and various body composition measures have been inconsistent, although many studies find an increase in total or abdominal fat mass with decreased testosterone levels." One such study, which, surprisingly, is not cited by the Institute of Medicine, shows conclusively that testosterone levels are vitally important for overall physical function in aging men. Published in the Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, this study of 403 healthy men, aged 73 to 94 years, examined decreases in muscle strength, bone mass, and body composition seen in aging males and their relationship to falling testosterone levels.6 The researchers measured the men's hormonal levels and ran multiple tests to gauge their body composition, muscle strength, and bone mass. Their findings were not surprising, at least to physicians well versed in anti-aging medicine—muscle strength and bone mass were at optimal levels in men with the highest levels of free testosterone. According to the authors of this independent study, "a number of clinical problems present in older men may be related to androgen [testosterone] deficiency, including reduced muscle mass, changes in body composition, and loss of BMD [bone mass density]." Low Testosterone Tied to Health DisordersWhile optimal testosterone levels are needed to maintain muscle mass and bone strength, testosterone also is needed for cognition, sexual functioning, and even heart health. Multiple studies have confirmed that men who maintain optimal testosterone levels as they age have significantly fewer symptoms of mental senility when compared to men with low levels of testosterone. The Institute of Medicine book confirms this and cites three widely publicized, randomized, placebo-controlled studies showing that testosterone supplementation improves verbal memory, working memory, and visuospatial performance in elderly men.7-9 Unfortunately, the Institute of Medicine omits a landmark study published in 2002 in which 407 men, aged 50 to 91, were followed for 10 years and had multiple tests to determine their testosterone levels and cognitive functioning.10 The authors of this independent study concluded: "Higher FTI [free testosterone levels] was associated with better scores on visual and verbal memory, visuospatial functioning, and visuomotor scanning and a reduced rate of longitudinal decline in visual memory." An even more recent study also overlooked by the Institute of Medicine shows that elderly men who suffered from Alzheimer's disease had lower-than-expected levels of testosterone, which the authors hypothesize may be due to brain degeneration seen in Alzheimer's sufferers.11 The study authors are now investigating whether low testosterone levels precede cognitive dysfunction in men at risk for Alzheimer's. If they do, then testosterone replacement therapy could be warranted for men with lower-than-normal testosterone levels to potentially ward off Alz-heimer's disease. Testosterone supplementation has been shown in multiple studies to improve libido12,13 and erectile capability14 when administered to aging men. Given basic scientific knowledge of how testosterone plays a key role in men's sexual development during puberty and functioning during adulthood, results such as this should come as no surprise. The Institute of Medicine, however, only grudgingly acknowledges the role that testosterone supplementation can play in improving sexual performance in men, stating on p. 70 that "overall, there is some suggestion that testosterone therapy may be beneficial [in terms of sexual functioning] to men with low baseline testosterone levels." The Institute of Medicine book includes a brief, three-page section (pp. 77-80) on the possible effects of testosterone and heart health in aging men. With cardiovascular disease being the number-one killer of men in the US and most Western industrialized nations, it is surprising that the Institute of Medicine does not give this very important topic more consideration. As in other sections of the book, the authors overlook studies showing the beneficial effects of testosterone on heart disease, such as the Rotterdam Study, in which researchers examined testosterone levels and cardiac health among 504 men aged 67 to 75. The researchers conclusively showed that men with higher levels of testosterone had lower levels of coronary artery disease.15 The Rotterdam researchers concluded: "We found an independent, inverse association between levels of endogenous testosterone and severe aortic atherosclerosis and progression of aortic atherosclerosis in men." It is a mystery why the Institute of Medicine would exclude such a well-designed study and state on p. 77 that "heart and vascular diseases have a complex multifactorial etiology, and the role of testosterone in this mix has yet to be determined." Continued on Page 3 of 4


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Zombies will once again be groaning and dragging their way through downtown Hastings.
The Hastings Downtown Center Association organized Return of the Hastings Zombie Walk for this Saturday after more than 300 people participated in the city's inaugural zombie walk in 2012.
"I was just so impressed with the makeup and costuming last year," HDCA Director Jessi Hoeft said. "I couldn't believe it. It was like Hollywood-quality makeup. It was just really impressive."
She said recent movies and TV shows such as "The Walking Dead" add to zombies' popularity.
"I think people just gather for the love of the zombies and all that brings," she said.
Zombies are to gather at 6 p.m. Saturday at the old middle school parking lot at Seventh Street and Hastings Avenue. Members of the resistance, those fighting zombies, are to gather at that same time at Second Street and St. Joseph Avenue with the walk to kickoff around 6:15 p.m.
An addition of the resistance is new this year.
"I don't know how many people will step up to defend against the zombie hoard," Hoeft said.
As a fundraiser for its Renew Campaign, the Hastings Public Library is offering zombie makeup stations for a free-will donation from 3-5:30 p.m. at the library, 517 W. Fourth St.
The library will play host to a free movie for sixth- through 12th-graders at 8 p.m.
The walk, anticipated to last about two hours, goes south along Hastings Avenue to Second Street, east to St. Joseph Avenue, west along First Street to Lincoln Avenue and back north to Seventh Street.
The route will be clearly marked and participants are asked to stay on sidewalks.
"It's not a race to see who can get to the end first," Hoeft said. "It's just kind of this slow, meandering zombie walk that happens."
It is definitely a photo opportunity, she said.
"For people who don't feel like they want to dress up and be part of the walk, it's still something to see," she said. "You're welcome to sit in downtown Hastings in your cars or along the sidewalk in the Blue Moon or one of the other cafes and watch it happen.
"For the businesses that are open later it blends into their regular Saturday night activities."
The event includes a handful of guidelines, all of which are listed in the event posting on the HDCA Facebook page, but basically boil down to be courteous and don't leave any blood or other zombie bodily fluids behind.
"We didn't have any problems there last year," Hoeft said. "They're just there as a reminder that these zombies are only visiting for the weekend and aren't actually sticking around, so we don't want to see any remnants of them afterward."
To read more, see Thursday's Hastings Tribune or the Tribune e-edition.>>>


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Maybe it's the word that strikes an uneasiness in the minds of those sitting around the table. Sommelier. It's a mouthful. Saw-muh-LYAY. I occasionally mangle it and I am one. Ooo-la-la, perhaps it's the Frenchiness of the word. Heck, there's even a movie about the lives of sommeliers and the producers saw fit to only use the first four letters—Somm.
Whatever the reason, wine lovers of all stripes tense up when I arrive at the table and utter the fateful words: "Will you be enjoying wine with your meal tonight?"
The situation has not reached crisis level. In fact, the majority of my wine patrons spell relief: s-o-m-m-e-l-i-e-r. They are either content for me to make their selections for the evening or they look forward to engaging in a friendly discussion of likes, dislikes, winemakers, vintages or regions before we land on a choice.
But there is a silent minority that blurts out upon my arrival, "Oh, I'll just have the white wine." (Translation: I'll have the house chardonnay.) Others make a random selection using an unreliable algorithm based on price, thickness of the list and limited word familiarity.
"There are some guests that just don't want your help," says Jacob Gragg, sommelier at Sea Island, Ga., Resort. "You can't force yourself on the guest. Sometimes they do need the help, but don't want it. In those situations, even if you're trying to being helpful, you are just a nuisance." (Gragg won the prestigious TopNewSomm regional competition held in Miami earlier this month. He heads to San Francisco in May for the national finals, where he will face the three other regional champions.)
There is no reason to fear me or my fellow somms. Yes, we are there to sell wine, but our number one desire is not to up-sell or embarrass you. We want you to have a wonderful time in our dining rooms. If we have a nefarious plan at all, it is that you enjoy your food and wine experience so much that you'll return…and perhaps even bring a friend.
The most public aspect of what a sommelier does is help guests with their wine selections and pour the wines. This comprises a fraction of a typical sommelier's responsibilities. Perhaps if you had a better insight into what we do when we're not in the dining room, it might alleviate the trepidation.
First of all, we are not all from the country of Somalia. We are, however, charged with maintaining a collection of wines. This can be for a restaurant, hotel, resort or even a private collector. Wines have a life span; some measured in months others in decades (even centuries). Under the wrong conditions, the life of any wine can be reduced to a couple of days. One of our biggest jobs is to not let that happen by keeping a tight rein on storage conditions.
A moderate-sized restaurant's wine collection can run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. A large or high-end restaurant or hotel can easily have a collection worth millions, representing one of the organization's largest and most fragile investments.
We also research and buy the wines, monitor the inventory, put the list together, keep the collection organized, ensure wines are served properly, maintain the glassware and organize the occasional wine-themed dinner. Increasingly, we also act as the beer and mixed drink authority.
Ultimately, though, we are there for our guests, to make them feel comfortable and get the right wine, beer or drink on their table. But how to ease the pressure of making a selection?
"A little bit of carefully placed humor seems to go a long way," says Brian White, sommelier of the Ritz-Carlton downtown. "I do not try to sell every person the most expensive bottle on the list. I give them three choices at three different price points."
And when you have 700 selections of wine, like White does, a little help with the list can't hurt, right? And who knows? You might just be talking to a friend who is going to introduce you to your favorite new wine, perhaps from region you never knew existed. That can only make your night a little more exciting and memorable.
Gil Kulers is a sommelier and maitre d' for an Atlanta country club. You can reach him at firstname.lastname@example.com.
— Gil Kulers, AJC Drink blog