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Brennan: Wilby holds off St. Paul in shootout
In a game that saw a combined 14 touchdowns, 102 points and 950 yards of offense, it was a play that simply moved the chains that turned out to be more important than any trip to the end zone.
With Wilby clinging to a barely standing, two-point lead over St. Paul with 2 ½ minutes to play, the Wildcats faced a third-and-5 at their own 25. Under pressure, quarterback Brandon Sierra lofted a ball down the middle of the field to Will Rosado.
Just as Rosado's hands met leather, Falcons safety Jordan Rowley blasted the receiver with enough force to make Rosado's facemask and cleats meet. But somehow, amazingly, the ball never came out.
The catch gave Wilby a vital first down and helped the 'Cats run out the clock to seal a 52-50 victory on an utterly wild Friday night at Municipal Stadium.
"All I was thinking about was catching the ball," Rosado said. "When he hit me, I didn't know what happened. I blanked out
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but I held onto the ball with my eyes fixed on it. It looked like I was curled up into a ball."
Rosado said he never saw the hit coming. Sierra did, but he knew Rosado was the only shot Wilby (3-3) had.
"I saw the safety coming up but I knew I had to get it to him," Sierra said. "He took a huge hit. I was so happy he caught it."
The reception, which was Rosado's only catch of the night, validated months of hard work in the eyes of Wilby interim coach Gino Capuano.
"He's undersized and doesn't have great speed, but he's at practice every day and he tries so hard," Capuano said. "A few weeks ago he was having some hiccups catching the ball but I stuck with him. He came through tonight. That was an amazing catch. I'm so proud of him."
Rosado's grab may have prevented St. Paul (0-6) from completing a 26-point comeback. The Falcons trailed 46-20 with 10:25 to play after Wilby had outscored them 46-6 in the previous 26 minutes of action.
St. Paul quarterback Logan Marchi, who earned each one of his 360 passing yards and four touchdowns, hit Brendan Carroll for a 19-yard score to take the first bite out of the deficit. Reid Morin recovered Stuart Langer-Marshall's ensuing onside kick, which the Falcons converted into a touchdown on a 15-yard hookup between Marchi and Daija Fitzpatrick.
"(Marchi) is a great quarterback," Capuano said. "With a spread offense like that, you go up and think you have it almost in hand but they come right back on you. A game like this definitely takes a few years off your life, and (gives you) some gray hairs for sure."
Wilby gained a little breathing room when fullback David Hills, who assumed a leading role after Jacob Thomas went down to an injury early in the game, scored his third touchdown of the night on a 39-yard run—with a stiff arm to top it off—to make it a 52-36 Wildcats lead with 7:46 to play.
"I just hit the hole," Hills said of the scoring run. "My line did a great job. My lead blocker laid a huge block for me and I just took advantage. I knew I had to step it up since Jacob went out early. It felt great to step up."
But St. Paul rallied again. On its next drive, Marchi hit Fitzpatrick with a pretty, 48-yard pass that set up Rowley's 2-yard touchdown.
Morin recovered another onside kick that eventually led to a 9-yard touchdown run by Rowley but the two-point conversion pass fell incomplete.
All in all, St. Paul scored 30 points in 5:58, but the inability to nail down one more conversion allowed the Wilby's offensive performances to stand out in the end.
Hills finished with a game-high 135 rushing yards while Sierra added 123 rushing yards and two touchdowns to his 111 passing yards and a score. Jacob Gonzalez also ran for 76 yards.
Most of Sierra's rushing yards came on well executed option reads that set up Wilby's first four touchdowns.
"I've been working on it a lot," Sierra said. "I've had some trouble with it. I knew we had to step it up. Our offensive line did a great job."
The Wildcats' quarterback also had a pretty simple yet effective way of summing up what became one of the top 20 highest-scoring games in state history.
"It was fun."
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1932 Ford Supermodified - Those Were The DaysWritten by on November 17, 2011 Contributors: Phil Kunz A Classic '32 Ford Supermodified
Mention the word Supermodified today and visions of low-slung open wheel machines with off-set big-blocks and huge Sprint Car-like wings come to mind. But one look at this vintage machine doesn't conjure up images of such a macho-sounding name. But back in the late '60s and even on into the early '80s, this was a Supermodified. Unlike their modern day cousins which are found throughout Ohio and upstate New York, these roadster-looking race cars were more commonly found in Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas.
And Texas is exactly where Chuck Falkner found this example back in 1995 forlornly resting behind a body shop. Believe it or not, the car had been converted to carry a Sprint Car tail with a wooden overhead wing. Yes, we said wooden. The previous owner explained that the car had last run in the early '70s in the Lone Star State, reporting the odd-looking racer enjoy its share of success. For the $1,500 that Chuck paid, he received not only the car but a collection of parts as well. It turned out to be a monumental effort to return the car to its original glory, but as you'll see Falkner did a spectacular job.
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The model started out using a '32 Model B Ford body which was narrowed for this application. The wheelbase is about 100 inches which was required by NCRA (National Championship Racing Association) where the car originally raced. The inside frame width is only 20 inches wide between the two 4130 steel framerails, but those rails are a hefty 2 inches in diameter.Excellent protection is certainly in place at the front of the car. To damage that large radiator, it would be necessary to cave in that front bumper and that imposing multi-leaf cross spring setup. Weight bias is achieved by adjusting the two bolts sitting atop the cross leaf spring.This rear view shows just how narrow the body really is, barely wide enough for the driver. Note that there is only a slight right-side off-set with the right side tire slightly larger than the left rear. Also, it was possible to raise or lower the body depending on track surface, an early design popularized by car builder Laverne Nance. Check out the solid protection from a rear hit thanks to that triple-bar rear bumper and the excellent visibility from the cockpit.The rollcage is carefully hidden. In certain parts of the country, these 1,800-pound cars ran against caged Sprint Cars. They, however, were not effective against the lighter Sprints. Note the triangulation in the frame for strength purposes.There is an interesting mounting technique for the front bumper and shocks. First, two bars are joined to the frame and angled outward. The top grille bars attach to the bar about a third of the way up. Then, on top of the bars are the upper shock mounts.The classic looks of the body were maintained with the nifty header installation with a clean-cut opening in the body on both sides.A unique roller attachment to the front axle allows the leaf spring flexibility and permits weight jacking into the right front. These cars' suspension designs were extremely easy to work on with the changes normally being made only to the torsion bars, rearend gears, and tire stagger.
A variety of engines were used in these cars including GMC six-cylinders along with Buick, Olds, and Caddy V-8s. Not surprisingly, the most popualr was the small-block Chevy which you see here in Falkner's car.Falkner highjacked the transmission from Chevy pick-up truck. The left rod with the yellow handle was the hand clutch as there wasn't room for it on the floor. The car also also carries a period Schroeder power steering unit. The fuel shut-off valve is on the lower right side.The original quick-change rearend is still in place. Note the added rear protection from two bars coming from the back of the rollcage. For safety purposes, Chuck added a modern fuel cell. Back in the day, they were hand-fabricated.Bodies for these cars were originally steel, but over the years the harsh realities of racing took a toll on their supply. Enter car builder Laverne Nance, who crafted a mold and began producing fiberglass versions of the body. Falkner's car has one of the original 'glass bodies. It can easily be lifted by one person and probably weighs less than 40 pounds.This photo of Chuck and legendary motorsports journalist Chris Economaki was taken some years back at Pikes Peak International Speedway, where it was the pace car for both the USAC Midgets and Silver Crown Cars. Part of that event included a car show of some 80 vintage race cars. Falkner's car was voted the Best of Show by Economaki.

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The purchase marks PolyOne's entry into advanced composite technology, an adjacency consistent with the company's strategy of providing specialty solutions that deliver customer value. With a purchase price of $34 million, PolyOne said it expects the deal to be accretive to earnings in 2013.
US-based polymers group PolyOne on Thursday announced the
acquisition of Glasforms, a leading manufacturer of glass and
carbon fiber reinforced polymers and
advanced composite products.
The purchase marks PolyOne's entry into advanced composite technology, an adjacency consistent
with the company's strategy of providing specialty solutions
that deliver value to customers.
With a purchase price of $34 million, PolyOne said it
expects the acquisition to be accretive to earnings in
Glasforms has grown sales at a 36% compound annual growth rate
since 2010 and in fiscal year 2012 achieved revenues in excess
of $50 million.
Glasforms manufactures advanced composite products for use
in demanding applications across the electrical and telecom,
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and railcar doors for light-weighting, composite utility poles
to replace wood and metal, earthquake-proof bridge decks, and
specialized rods used in the production of oil and gas.
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the consistent and strong track record of innovation,
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remarkable history."
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ample capacity for future expansion. The company employs
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Peter Pfaff, will continue in his leadership role along with
other members of the Glasforms management team.
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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- The U.S. government is halting flights home for Mexicans caught entering the country illegally in the deadly summer heat of Arizona's deserts.
It's a money-saving move, ending a seven-year experiment that cost American taxpayers nearly $100 million.
More than 125,000 people had been flown deep into Mexico for free since 2004.
The flights became a key piece of Border Patrol enforcement in Arizona as the agency moved to end its revolving-door policy of taking migrants to the nearest border crossing.
The Border Patrol hailed the flights as a way to discourage people from trying their luck again. But with arrests at 40-year lows and fresh evidence suggesting more people may be heading south of the border than north, officials have struggled to fill the planes.
They've also found the costs increasingly difficult to justify. Flights carrying up to 146 people were cut to once from twice daily last year. And this summer, there haven't been any.


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How will I be able to do this question?
Find a vector C $\in\mathbb{C}^3$ which is orthogonal to both A and B. Where $A = [2,0,i]^T$ and $B = [i,-1,2]^T$.
The answer is $C =c[i/2, 5/2, 1]^T$ , but how did they get that? And does $\mathbb{C}^3$ mean a continuous function and doesn't '$i$' = square root of $-1$ ?


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5 Ways Video Games Are About to Get Way More F#@kable
#2. Taste and Smell
Ladies, we know how much you love a good cologne like Brut or Old Spice. And sex just isn't sex for guys unless we're tasting a full workday worth of dance-induced sweat and smoke on our chick from a night of bar-hopping. And while Biopac claims they designed their smell-dispensing system for use in military training, we're thinking there's a more lucrative market out there.
Namely, perverts.
It's a device that contains some basic pre-packaged smells that can be thought of like primary colors. When those are mixed a certain way (regular PC software tells it how to mix them), they produce more complex aromas -- over one hundred of them, just to start. And to avoid making the joke about it possibly being used to produce the smell of sex just to fit in with the theme of this article ... they already beat us to it by actually doing it. It comes standard with the machine.
Without Biopac, virtual sex would just smell like your dog, who is sadly watching you air-fuck a virtual girl from your living room floor.
But it could also give you everything from her perfume, to the smoke at the nightclub, to the scented candles on her nightstand. The whole experience.
And now, it's time to get the tongue involved.
The University of Tsukuba (yes, Japan) has invented a machine that not only produces flavors, but also simulates texture and the feeling of chewing. It turns out that the chewing sensation isn't so much associated with the teeth and tongue as it is with the vibrations sent through the jawbone. That means it can simulate every squishy part of a body that you wish to have in your mouth.
Once again, Japan does us a solid.
And as disturbing as it is to type, it even ejaculates flavors onto your tongue.
#1. Boning Your Virtual Partner
"So all that together gets me pretty damn close to actual sex, but doesn't that still just boil down to a means of enhancing my masturbation? Where's the sex in that?" Right here.
That's the RealTouch, a robotic vagina designed by a former NASA engineer. It's already designed to sync up with porn videos, linking the sensation to what's happening onscreen. Though frankly there are tons of these devices, full of electric motors and massagers meant to simulate everything from oral to donkey.
Though we would like to know whatever happened to the Sex Suit. It was a prototype neoprene suit with sensors spread out across the parts that matter, creating heat, cold, vibrations, whatever.
Here's the scary part (besides the suit making you look like Freddie Mercury): Vivid Entertainment had to shelf the project ten years ago because the FCC was afraid it would give people heart attacks or crash their pacemakers. Now, we don't know about you, but the thought of a sex suit that is so powerful, it could fucking kill you ... we have to try that. Even if we were totally against the idea of boning our computers (we're not), we have to admit that there's one hell of a set of bragging rights to be had in riding the Vivid orgasm train and walking away unscathed.
And with that ... we've arrived. We've done it. We have the technology right now to convincingly simulate the one-night-stand experience, from the moment of eye contact across a crowded room through orgasm, relayed via sight, sound, smell, taste and touch.
Yes, I realize all of these technologies are made by different companies and that nobody has written software to make them work in conjunction. But if mankind can't cooperate to make this happen, then why do we have technology at all?
Hurry, ladies! We have much Mocap work to do!
Somebody out there, reading this, has the know-how to make it happen. I'll make you a deal: Build my sex simulator and in exchange, I won't stand in the way of you becoming the richest man on planet Earth.
There's plenty more sex in our new book. And check out more from John, in 5 Ways Television Went Crazy Since I Quit Watching in 2003.


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Notes from previous Frontend Web Development classes.
Class for 2013-04-22: CSS selectors and the box model
CSS selectors are probably the most complex part of the CSS language, so we looked at them further in-depth. We also talked about the box model, the display concept that makes words and containers on the web look like they do.
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Class for 2013-04-15: the basics
We covered the very basics:
- Explaining "frontend" vs. "backend"
- Discussing tools of the trade
- Explaining the separation between structure, presentation, and behavior
- Writing a basic HTML page
- Styling the page with basic CSS
- Explaining the role of frontend web development as a job and career
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Java is consistently listed as using 700MB of real memory. That is a nice chunk of change on my 4GB iMac. I don't even know that I am running a Java Application, ever.
Any ideas?
Java is consistently listed as using 700MB of real memory. That is a nice chunk of change on my 4GB iMac. I don't even know that I am running a Java Application, ever.
Any ideas?
This is due to the nature of garbage collection technology used in Java. Freeing memory in such systems is delayed until some threshold reached, or out of memory happens, or some time passes. It is probably not using all those 700MB all the time (may as well be just 50 MB), but Activity Monitor has no way to look inside Java virtual machine and tell how much is actually used.
Normally, if there are no bugs or leaks (yes GC systems may leak too), Java should give up unused memory whenever your system runs out of it, so there is no need to worry right now. Said that, if you don't need the program, it won't hurt uninstalling whatever is starting it up.
The archaic explanation:
Java applications require a virtual machine to run because
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However, many do argue that the problem is usually more so because of the Java program's data structures and architecture, rather than the bytecode. And I tend to agree with that.
There are a number of other reasons why Java apps are using so much system resources (like RAM). For example, most modern applications use the UTF-8 charset, which requires more memory per character, for strings (usually text) as it can support so many other languages' symbols. And since so many applications target a huge international market, they're sorta obligated to use it.
That said, Java arguably remains the most popular programming language at the moment. Many applications that your computer runs are written in Java. That is why.
Open up activity monitor, click on the Java process and press Command-I.
From there you might be able to figure out where the process comes from 2 ways
1) Look at open files and ports The open files should give a clue where the process is from or at least what it's reading + writing to.
2) Parent Process You can click on this to open info about the parent process and trace up the parent chain to see what launched the process. If it's launchd, you might be able to look at your launchd config to see where there's a java call in there.


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Smoke detectors, sprinklers, and alarms are designed to provide the highest level of safety for our residents. Tampering with safety equipment or ignoring an evacuation order is prohibited and is subject to fines as outlined on the Student Conduct website. Residential facilities are important buildings to keep safe, and Housing and Residence Life works together with other departments and local authorities to determine if any alarm or known facilities problem has been sufficiently resolved to allow for reentry.
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SER partnered with IUCN and WRI in in the organization of the Brazil-China Learning Exchange on Forest Landscape Restoration. Last month, experts and leaders from two of the world's biggest countries and emerging economies met in China to share knowledge on how restoration of degraded lands can be accomplished at large scale.
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Global Biodiversity Outlook (GBO) is the flagship publication of the Convention on Biological Diversity. It is a periodic report that summarizes the latest data on the status and trends of biodiversity and draws conclusions relevant to the further implementation of the Convention. The fourth edition launched October 6, 2014.
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A new peer-reviewed analysis finds that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife habitat restoration programs are extraordinary engines for the U.S. economy. The report, Restoration Returns: The Contribution of Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program and Coastal Program Projects to Local U.S. Economies, finds that, in working directly with partners to implement vital on- the- ground habitat restoration, these... read more
To assist countries in achieving the globally-agreed Aichi Biodiversity Targets, the Korea Forest Service launched the Forest Ecosystem Restoration Initiative (FERI) on 14 October 2014, in the margins of the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 12) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), being held in Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea, from 6 to 17 October ... read more
Hebei, north China's worst-polluted province, has set a string of ecological restoration goals for rivers, lakes, mines, forests and underground water. The province, which surrounds Beijing and Tianjin, will plant 530,000 hectares of forest by 2017 and raise forest coverage from 28 percent last year to 32 percent, according to a recently unveiled official plan.
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Native groups from the United States and Canada signed a treaty to establish intertribal alliances to restore the American buffalo on Tribal and First Nations Reserves or co-managed lands in both countries.
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GENESEO, N.Y. - U.S. News & World Report has placed SUNY Geneseo first among universities in the country's north region for providing a high quality education while spending relatively less than its peers to achieve it.
This is the first year U.S. News has published rankings based on operating efficiency, generated by dividing a school's 2011 fiscal year financial resources per student by its overall score in the 2013 best colleges rankings. Geneseo ranked 10th in the north region in the latest general rankings and had a 2011 financial resources per student figure of $15,383. U.S. News factors in spending per student on instruction, research, student services and related educational expenditures to determine financial resources.
"Schools featured on this list are doing a good job in managing their financial resources relative to other schools that may have larger state funding, higher tuition or larger endowments," writes Robert Morse, director of data research for U.S. News & World Report. "The less a school is spending relative to its ranking, the more efficient it is in producing a quality education among its peers."
The only schools included in producing the new efficiency list were those in the top half of their ranking category in the 2013 best colleges rankings. The U.S. News best colleges rankings are among the most closely followed in the world.
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Daytrip: Middletown
Mansion is Wadsworth jewel
|A restoration success story, the Wadsworth Mansion is at 421 Wadsworth St., Middletown. Credit: contributed
He was a man made for gasping, and lived in an age designed to encourage it (discretely, of course.) It is difficult not to be a little awestruck by the Wadsworth Mansion at Long Hill, hidden in the back of a suburban neighborhood in Middletown.
The Wadsworth Mansion, all 14-plus acres of it, is a striking public-private partnership restoration of one of Connecticut's oldest town's jewels. It is also a marvelous place for picnicking, strolling, dog walking and, oh yes, holding a rather extravagant function. And before you get confused, although they were distant cousins, the Wadsworth who built this mansion was not the same one responsible for the Wadswoth Atheneum (that was Daniel).
In the beginning, though, it was just a series of rolling, fertile hills and pasture land that Julius Wadsworth, son of a Hartford hotel owner, began buying up in the mid-to-late 1800s.
Julius was an ambitious jack-of-all trades who amassed a fortune from a dry-goods establishment, a packing house, an insurance business and from investments in real estate and railroads. He and his wife also had homes in Palm Beach, Bar Harbor, Chicago and Bermuda in addition to their main residence in New York City.
After their first two sons died tragically one by falling head-first down a sluice and breaking his neck it fell to Wadsworth's son Clarence Seymour Wadsworth (1871-1941) to manage the family's then considerable wealth. After marrying Katharine Fearing Hubbard, a descendent of the Hubbard family of Meriden, Clarence set to work acquiring the rolling hills and pasture land around the "Long Hill" section of his hometown. When he was finished, he had accumulated more than 700 acres, a land mass that once included what is now Wadsworth Falls State Park.
The Wadsworth Estate, developed during the "Country Place Era" in the U.S., (1890-1930) when denizens of the Gilded Age sought to model estates on "country seats" in Europe.
Most, like Wadsworth, hired architects who were schooled in the Beaux-Arts position. Wadsworth called on the celebrated Olmsted firm, particularly celebrated for their tendency to create formal homes surrounded by less controlled nature. The Wadsworth Mansion still boasts those Olmsted features, with alleyways created through conifers and managed forests spreading outward from the house.
Constructed around 1908 by the New York architecture firm of Hoppin and Koen, the Wadsworth Mansion is a stunning example of Classical Revival architecture, a style that had flourished in the mid18th century and early 19th century. That it was nearly 100 years out of date didn't seem to bother Wadsworth, a fluent speaker of Greek and Latin and a bibliophile who donated his book collection to Wesleyan University.
A grand tour of Europe gave Wadsworth an affinity for the metric system, which is why this gloriously dignified, elegantly simple structure was constructed completely in metrics. (But if you're counting, the house is 30,000 square feet). It was also constructed with the finest material then available reinforced concrete, which had just been used to create the Panama Canal.
The material gives the house a soft symmetry and the choice would prove particularly providential in years to come.
What the house actually looked like inside in those days remains something of a mystery. Only one photograph of the interior exists, a cozy spot near a fire in Katharine Wadsworth's sitting room. Later, Wads-worth's heir, a son, Julius, who lived into his mid 90s, bequeathed some of his mother's original furniture to the mansion, which the staff now has on view in a "history room."
What happened to the mansion after the Colonel's death in 1941 appeared to be the fate of many elegant, but expensive estates that few could afford and fewer still could find a use for. Wadsworth willed a portion of the land, now Wadsworth Falls State Park, nearby, to the state of Connecticut.
In 1947, the estate was sold to the Religious of Our Lady of the Cenacle, who turned it in to a retreat for shelter, meditation and religious instruction. What happened next has been the fate of many large, stunning old convents: the building was sold to one developer and then another, the developers went into bankruptcy, the property was foreclosed on, fell into dereliction and was used for all manner of illicit activity, including, rumor has it, satanic rituals.
But in the early 1990s, a dogged group of preservationists sought to have the city of Middletown buy the property and restore it, which it did, acquiring the "Long Hill Estate" with a DEEP grant of $1 million. Successive city referenda allocated $5.8 million in bonds to restore the mansion, which is now used to host functions, much like the Crane Estate in Ipswich, Mass.,or the Waveny House in New Canaan.
"This is probably the nation's most successful restoration story," says head docent Joyce Kilpatrick, noting that the mansion has not asked a dime from the city since it opened to the public in 2000.
In addition to tours of the house offered on Wednesday afternoons, the public is invited to stroll the grounds and the nearly two miles of walking trails that traverse the landscape. Nearby is Wadsworth Falls State Park, which consists of a series of marked trails covering 285 acres, intersected by the Coginchaug River, a tributary of the Connecticut River. A small bridge through the trails leads to the falls, which are 30 feet high and include 53 feet of water trickling over sandstone adjacent to the trail.
The Wadsworth Mansion is at 421 Wadsworth St., Middletown. For information, call 860-347-1064, or visit wadsworthmansion.com.
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|2014-12-08 13:42:14 962
Yay for new hardware! I got a Lenovo ThinkServer TS140 on Black Friday. It is a slight upgrade to go to an i3 from a Pentium 4.
|2014-01-12 20:06:11 961
This has been the best Thanks-Chrisma-NewYear ever. The Egg Bowl on Thanksgiving was awesome. I smoked a turkey and ham and also made turkey-au-vin. Nearly froze to death during the game but I stuck it out to the very end to see Bo Wallace do his trademark move, #wallacing.
December started with my birthday and the San Antonio trip. Then my Christmas vacation time started after work on Friday the 20th. I managed to use one of my vacation days to get all of my tools in the utility room straightened up. Emily was off for Christmas Eve and Day. We let Eliza Jo open one present on Christmas Eve and then the rest on Christmas morning. She is pretty good at opening presents but sometimes gets bored if she cannot get them open fast enough. I cooked Christmas lunch for us and Emily's parents on Christmas afternoon after Emily's mom got off from the hospital. Eliza Jo had a great time opening more presents from them. We spent a few days in Natchez that weekend and Eliza Jo got to open even more presents. Drove back to Starkville on Sunday and packed again for the Liberty Bowl. I spent Monday with Eliza Jo and took her out to Maben in the afternoon. After Emily got off work we headed up to Memphis, had a wonderful Wendys meal in Grenada, and finally met up at the Sheraton with Brandi and Ben pretty late. We got up late on New Year's Eve morning, caught the trolley, and ate way too much food at Blues City Cafe on Beale. Afterward, we walked back to the hotel and caught the shuttle to the game. That was the best $16 I have ever spent; $8 each, round trip. We got by all of the beer vendors and made it to our seats. We were looking right down at the 32 yard line from row 29. The entertainment was weird. Lots of girls in pageant dresses and guys in military dress uniforms parading about. Rice's band was tiny, horrible, and sad. The FMB was the best part of the pregame. Then the Sestis made it in right before kickoff. The game ended up being a scorefest for MSU so it was wonderful. We were all freezing before the end of the game but Emily and I stuck it out because we knew we would have to wait on the shuttle. As soon as the clock got to 0:00, we headed to the bus. Back at the hotel we met up with Wilson, Daniel, and some of the Garretts' friends and caught the trolley back down toward Beale to eat at the Flying Saucer where we rang in the New Year. On New Year's Day, Emily and I headed south; stopping for a luxurious Waffle House breakfast in Horn Lake and to pick up her grandmother in Independance. We finally got to pick up Eliza Jo in Maben. Then on the 2nd, Eliza Jo and I headed back out to Maben and I did some clearing on the land. I had a very quiet day back at the office on the 3rd, and then spent another day out at the land on the 4th.
Last week was my first whole week back at work and I still took two days off. On Thursday, Bobby and I headed down to the COG campgrounds in Jackson to work the Focus Conference. Jeremy thought we were going to show up late that night so we gave him a good surprise. It was a busy afternoon. I helped a little with the sound and light setups but my main project was computer/projection. I managed to balance two projectors on pieces of foam board on top of vertical trusses using wedges cut from the foam board to rear-project correctly onto two side screens. Late that night, we met the wives and Eliza Jo at Cheddar's. It was ok. There was a lot more setup to do on Friday. Service started Friday night and the rest of the weekend went by in a blur. I spent my time running the projectors and music while Emily and Eliza Jo sold tshirts. Eddie James' performances were ok. Joel Talley was a great speaker and gave two awesome sermons. He is such a dynamic speaker that it made it impossible to keep up with on the few slides I made for him. One of my favorite parts was Todd Tilghman's music performance with the good ole native Mississippi performers. Jeremy smoked the place out with a fog machine and Bradley's light show was amazing. It was a late night last night after everything was done. We got some supper and then took down most of the borrowed equipment. I got in bed right before 1AM and was back there turning things on a little after 7 this morning. This morning's service was great even as low key as it was. After it wrapped up, we cleaned up some more and then headed out. We met up with the Palmertrees at 5 Guys so that Emily could get her burger fix. Drove on home and have spent the rest of the day unpacking with a short break for a 2 mile run with the new running stroller. Life is so good.
|2013-12-25 22:34:27 960
The second week of December was wonderful. I turned the big 32 on Tuesday. To celebrate, we had the Garraways over for fondue. I tried a new to me cheese combo of real Gruyere and Kroger Swiss and it turned out pretty good. We had pork tenderloin, loads of vegetables, and toasted bread to dip. Finished things up with a chocolate fondue for dessert.
My parents came up Wednesday evening so that they could baby and house sit for us. Emily and I got partially packed before we went to bed. Eliza Jo decided to wake up at 1AM and not go down again until 3:30 so it was a fun night. We got up Thursday morning, finished packing, and made it to GTR to catch a 10:40 flight out. This is the latest we have ever flown out of GTR. We are usually catching the first flight out. Our Atlanta layover was so short that we did not have time to get anything to eat after I had us walk to the wrong gate. Made it to SAT and Cory was right on schedule to meet us at the door as we came out. Cory gave us the grand driving tour of Stone Oak. We stopped by CVS to see Sarah at work but had to leave when she got a patient. So we headed to the Waldroup mansion to wait on Sarah to get done with work. After a bit she showed up and we headed to the Knife and Fork Gastropub. Apparently you can fry any meat and put it on a waffle; we had their fried oysters on a waffle as an appetizer. I had the brisket rice which was huge and Emily had the tomato bisque and fancy grilled cheese. We finished the meal off with a round of skeeball and I beat Cory 200-100.
On Friday we got a late start and watched Out of the Furnace at the Alamo Drafthouse. Being able to order real food while watching a movie is amazing. Later that afternoon we headed downtown to the Alamo. The Alamo closed right when we got inside so we headed toward the Riverwalk. It rained a little bit and was really misty on the Riverwalk. The walk was worth it to see all of the Christmas lights. From there we went to Propaganda Palace. That place has every conceivable type of used media from original NES cartridges, to classic records, to laser disks, to freaking Star Wars radio specials on cassette tape. Then we headed to Bliss for supper. It made a great birthday meal for Cory and I. Started with a cheese and cured meat plate. I got the red snapper which was topped with fried oysters and came with seafood risotto. Emily got the scallops, Cory got the rabbit, and Sarah had the duck with foie gras. Everything was super excellent. We had a piece of pecan pie for dessert and got to have a candle for our birthdays!
On Saturday we got up and headed to Gruene to eat at the Gristmill. There was entirely too much food. Being a "German" part of Texas, I got the sausage plate. It was wonderful. After we ate, we checked out the dance hall and bought some stuff in the general store. Then we headed farther up the road to the outlets for the girls to shop. After too much shopping we headed back downtown to La Gloria for some awesome tacos. Walked across the way to Arcade Midtown Kitchen for supper. What was on the menu did not matter once I learned one of the specials was a ribeye steak oscar. It was so good. First time I have ever had it served with loose crab meat instead of a fried crab cake.
Sunday was a sad day because Emily and I had to head home. We were certainly ready to get back to Eliza Jo though. After getting everything packed up we said goodbye to the Waldroup Mansion. We then headed to Dough Pizzeria. We were there at 20 til opening time at noon. We were not the first people there. It was a strange location. This is the only San Antonio meal that we had in a strip mall. We were in the first 10 or so people to make it in at noon and Cory got us seated at the pizza bar. I have never been so close to a wood fired oven so it was really neat to watch. Everything was amazing. The motz on the appetizer was great. The salad full of olives was great and I do not even like olives usually. Then the four of us split two pizzas. It was excellent for that style of pizza. I am still a fan of a full of meat, Chicago deep dish as the winning "pizza" style. From Dough, we headed to the airport right up the road. It was an ok airport experience; I got body scanned. The upgraded, with displays, 757 felt smaller than the one we were on from ATL to SAT. My knees were firmly in the seat in front of me. At least I got to watch Elf for free. At ATL, we landed at A and caught the train to D. We had a nice meal at BWW while lots of football was on. After supper we headed to our gate in D to see that it had changed to the C 50's. We walked to C on the moving sidewalk and our gate had changed to the C 30's. It was freezing cold at GTR when we landed. The poor RAV4 was sluggish on starting, but I got it running before our luggage came in. We made it home and Eliza Jo was very happy to see us. It was a great trip. Would do again.
|2013-12-09 21:46:24 959
After labor day, we had our second beach trip with Eliza Jo. Emily, Eliza Jo, and I left on Thursday night and drove to the Hampton Inn in Saraland, just north of Mobile. We all got some rest and had a wonderful free breakfast. From there, we headed to good ole Foley so Emily could go spend some money. It was really hot at the outlet mall and Eliza Jo was not having all that much fun after a few hours. We left from the outlet and tried out the Foley Beach Express. It was a winner and got us to Perdido Key quickly. We picked up the keys to our condo right down the road from the condo tower. Like 100 feet down the road. I headed across the big bridge to the Publix to get some groceries. I love nice grocery stores with lots of stuff. The really fun part is locating things. I managed to find everything that I needed. I checked out and swiped my Delta HHonors card. Then the checker asked me to swipe it again. It was denied. So I tried my Citi. Denied again. The checker started giving me a spiel about Florida fraud and banks and tourists and stuff. So I ran my bank card with PIN and it ran through just like it should. By the time I got to the car, I had a text from Citi that I could reply to that would confirm the activity. By the time I made it back to the condo, Amex had sent an email with a number to an automated system to verify my last purchases. I am still shocked that this happened after all of the states, including Florida, and countries I have used my cards in. Also by the time I made it back, Emily's parents had made it in. We went to the Oyster Bar to eat. It was wonderful. I had the best shrimp and grits ever. Afterward we went back to the condo to get plenty of sleep.
5:30am came quickly Saturday morning. Emily, her dad, and I headed to the Southwind Marina to go fishing on the Emerald Coast. After loading up on the boat, the three of us had a great trip out riding on the bow. At the first fishing spot stop, I realized that the pole assigned to me, the first on the starboard side, had no hooks. As Emily and Mr Joe cast away, I just got to watch at I tried to flag down the first mate. He set me up with a pole and had Emily and Mr Joe shift toward the bow. I loaded up both hooks with a couple squid rings and dropped it to the bottom. After it hit, I cranked a few times to get the bait off the bottom and I got a bite. Suddenly it was much more than a bite as more line got pulled off of my reel. The first mate realized I had a pretty good bite and had everyone on the starbord side pull up. Whatever it was was trying to pull my arm off. The mate assumed it was a shark because we were baiting with squid parts. After fifteen or so minutes, I finally saw a silvery thing swimming back and forth. I got the fish up to the surface and the mate gaffed it to get it aboard. It was huge. I held it up for some pictures and the mate told me that it was an amberjack. He estimated its size at 25-30 pounds. He put it on ice and we all went about fishing. We ended up catching a ton of snapper.
It is now December and I have yet to post this. I still have a freezer full of fish!
|2013-09-16 19:27:35 958
I wrote this about a month ago and forgot to put it into the database:
Eliza Jo is one year old as of Friday!
Emiy did a great job planning the birthday party. She had been trying out different baked goods for a month. We both took Friday off and I took Eliza Jo to Rachel's so that Emily could start baking. My parents got up here by early afternoon so I went and picked EJ back up. After a bit we headed out to Mathiston to get her first birthday photoshoot done. Got back home and EJ played with my parents for a while Emily baked some more. I smoked a pork loin, mixed up some baked beans, and made lemonade for the first time. Late that afternoon, we set up at the Patriot's Park pavillion. Emily did a great job with the decorations. Everything tied in with the baked goods. Everyone showed up around five and we had a great time with way, way too much food. Eliza Jo put on a great show when she opened her presents. After a while we headed back to the house and cleaned things up. Eliza Jo spent the evening playing with her new toys. She was so wired, we could not get her to go to sleep until after ten. We did make up a new sport, chasing EJ across the bed is loads of fun. When she makes it to the footboard, she picks herself up and lungest backwards. She is going to be walking any day now.
|2013-08-05 22:26:32 957
Vegas was loads of fun. Emily's AANP conference was there in late June. We dropped off Eliza Jo in Maben with the grandparents on a Sunday afternoon and headed toward Memphis. We stayed at the Hilton Garden Inn in Southaven. We flew out of Memphis because it was a direct flight. Landed in Vegas at 10AM and got to our rental car, a brand new convertible Mustang. Headed to the Hoover dam and stopped at In-N-Out on the way. I loved it. Emily still votes for Five Guys. Dropped the top after we ate. Ten miles down the interstate we put it back up. It was way way too hot in Nevada for a convertible in June. What were we thinking? Driving up to the Hoover dam was a lot of fun because the desert and hills make it very interesting. The Hoover dam area was an oven. We did not get to do the dam tour because the elevators were broken. I really wanted to see the powerhouse. Maybe next time. From there we headed up to the train tunnel trailhead a few miles from the dam. We made the best decision ever not to try to walk to the first tunnel because of the heat. From there we drove up the western edge of lake Mead and got plenty of good landscape pictures. Then we headed back into town. I took us toward downtown on the interstate so that we could experience a lot of Las Vegas Boulevard. It was bumper to bumper traffic all of the way down to the Palazzo. Our original plan was to have the top down all of the way down LV Blvd but we decided we would rather not cook. Because we had an Avis rental, when we got to the hotel, we were able to return the car by leaving it with the valet. Emily played the 'tip the clerk' game at check in and we ended up with a corner suite a few floors short of the top of the Palazzo. The suite was literally almost half the square footage of our house. From there we went exploring to get Emily checked into the conference. We were exhausted so we ate at Sushi Samba which was very close to the elevators to the room. It was ok.
We woke up at 3:30AM Tuesday morning. Our Grand Canyon pickup with Papillon tours was to be at 4:20AM. The short bus got to us a right around 4:40. It took us to a full size bus at another hotel and then we headed to Boulder City. The airport there was really neat because it is so small. Everyone was assigned a color code to be called to get on their airplane. When we were called to board, we realized that we were the only Americans on our flight. The rest of the plane was filled with a group from India that was on a two month tour of the US. We were assigned the back two seats. In a DHC-3 Otter, the back two seats are awesome because they are just a pair of jump seats on the back wall. The rest of the plane is in a 1-2 seat configuration. The inflight entertainment via headphones telling us about what we were flying over was wonderful. We got great views of the Hoover dam on the flight. We landed and had to wait for a while in the little terminal. They assigned us to a helicopter group that consisted of us, one of the guys from India, and an employee who was getting a ride to the bottom. The helicopter trip down was amazing. I was worried about feeling queasy in the copter, but it was way more stable feeling that I could have imagined. It was absolutely gorgeous and I managed to video the entire ride down. At the bottom, we walked down a surprisingly rugged trail to get to the boat ramp. There, a Native American took us for a ride on the Colorado. Once again we were the only American passengers along with members of the huge Indian tour. Emily and I were rather entertained by the direct questions the Indians asked the Native American skipper. From the boat, we climbed back up the trail to the staging area for the helicopters. We saw several groups come in and had a good laugh at one poor girl who had showed up in stripper heels to try to make it down to the boats. Eventually it was our turn to head back up and we had another amazing helicopter ride. We headed back to the terminal and caught the big bus to Guano Point. We skipped Eagle Point entirely because we had no interest in the skywalk. Guano Point was awesome! It really sticks out into the canyon. There were no safety fences anywhere so we got some great pictures. We walked out to the abandoned cable house and then came back toward the bus stop to have lunch. It wasn't gourmet, but we were starving so the BBQ beef meal was great. Plus there were pretty decent views for our meal. You know, since we were sitting right on the edge of the freaking Grand Canyon. We caught the bus back to the terminal and after a little wait we were back on the plane. The return trip was a whole lot more turbulent and it made me feel bad but I survived. There was a short wait in Boulder City and then a shuttle took us back to the hotel. We were back in the room right at 1PM!!! I am so glad that we sprung for the flight version of the trip rather than the bus version. It saved us at least eight hours of travel time. After some recovery time in the room, we headed out to Gordon Ramsay's Pub and Grill, where the food was great and the service was horrible, and finished the night at Terry Fator's show.
After those epic few days, the rest of the trip is a blur of things that we did around Emily's class schedule. For most of the time she was in class, I was exploring. On Wednesday we ate the Bacchanal Buffet for lunch and we hurt ourselves. Bad. That night we went to Fremont to see the old casinos and lights.
On Thursday we ate lunch at Solaro, Wolfgang Puck's place at our hotel pool complex. We started the evening at the Goretorium because I had a Groupon. The actors picked on Emily so I had a wonderful time. After the experience as a whole, it is not surprising that they filed for chapter 11 in early July. We at at Ramsay's burger place, BurGR afterward. It was a thirty minute wait in line that was worth it for the parmesan fries. My blue burger was awesome and Emily got plenty of cheese on her cheeseburger. Then we headed to the Bellagio to check out the gardens and the chocolate fountain before seeing Cirque du Soleil O.
On Friday we ate lunch at Morel's Steakhouse in the front of our hotel complex. I had a croque monsieur for the first time and it was wonderful. Emily had a steak and fries that was not as good as my sandwich but she still loved it. I headed to the Atomic Testing museum while she was in class. It was just ok. Would not do again. We spent the evening checking out things on the southern end of the strip. We both ordered half salads at the PBR Bar and Grill and still had too much food.
On Saturday we ate MGM's brunch buffet. It was wonderful, though it paled in comparison to Bacchanal. At least it was cheaper. We did the Titanic experience at the Luxor. At this point I have done two Titanic experiences within pyramid structures; one at the Memphis Pyramid, and one at the Luxor pyramid. For supper we decided to keep it close to the hotel and decided on Zeffirino in the canal shops. Best decision ever. Emily ordered the prix fixe and I ordered a grotesque amount of seafood with a side of fresh alfredo pasta. It was so good.
On Sunday we had lunch at the Top of the World, near the top of the Stratosphere tower. It was our second best meal in Vegas other than Zeffirino's. The prixe fixe was wonderful; lobster bisque, filet and crab cake entree, and a fancy dessert while sitting in a spinning resturant way way over the Vegas Strip. From there we headed up to the Mob Museum and had a great time. Checked out Fremont again and then headed back to our hotel. We had supper at I Love Burgers which was right around the corner to the elevator to our room. I loved the garbage fries. The burgers were great too.
Monday morning was early. Dragging our luggage through the casino floor at 5:30AM was weird. The Palazzo desk seemed to take forever because of the slow people in front of us, but we needed the receipt to expense the lodging. We got long hauled by the taxi. I should have cared but I just wanted to get home. Had a layover on the way back in Minneapolis. Of course the plane had a maintenance issue that made us almost two hours late getting into Memphis. From there, it was a race to get back to the girl. I swear she grew a a whole head of hair while we were gone.
My tips for Vegas:
|2013-06-15 21:39:50 956
Today is ten years since Emily and I watched Bruce Almighty together.
On June 15, 2003, Emily came over from Hannah's and I cooked her waffles for breakfast. Then she took me to church at Starkville Church of God, and I met her parents for the first time. Afterwards we ate at Oby's with her parents for lunch. Emily and I headed to the movies and we consider that our first date. Then that evening we went back to church and then had Bulldog Deli afterward. It ends up being a wonderful day even though it was a bit stressful as I was experiencing it.
|2013-06-15 21:33:36 955
March travel season was epic this year!
Weekend of the 1st was at the Sestis'. Then we headed off the next week on Tuesday night to the Alabama coast. Drove down to Daphney where I had booked us a room on points. Eliza Jo travelled like a champ. We got up, had a good free breakfast at the hotel, and then proceeded to the outlets at Foley. Once we had another new wardrobe for EJ, we headed south, and had some great burgers at City Grill in Gulf Shores. We hit the worst grocery store in the world, Bruno's in Gulf Shores, and then drove out to Fort Morgan. My Garmin was bad and did not direct me to the correct road but we eventually found Garraway. We had a great time on the beach with loads of awesome food to eat. EJ had a wonderful time and was a very good model for all of the pictures she posed for. This was our first seriously laid back beach trip and we loved it. Especially since we were dragging a 7 month old along and everything went to plan, this trip was full of win. On the way back we stopped at the huge craft fair at Fair Hope. It was so big. We ate fair food while sitting in the grass. We managed to buy EJ a wood puzzle so it worked out well. The drive home was wonderfully uneventful.
The weekend of the 22nd was Jeremy Gray's bachelor party trip to Houston. We all flew out of JAN. I had Hotwired a minivan but National did not have one. So they put us in a Tahoe. I loved it because I love driving huge vehicles. Seriously though, I hate it. We started out perfectly with breakfast at the Breakfast Klub. In the end it felt like a thrown together trip but we still had a lot of fun and ate a bunch of awesome food. Other than my first trip to Dave and Busters, my favorite part was the food truck festival. I have never had such an epic grilled cheese. Of course I added it with a bacon addon and it was wonderful.
|2013-03-07 22:24:20 954
This has been a crazy week. Started out on Saturday morning: kenneled the puupies and dropped EJ off at the Pierces'. Then we headed to wonderful Madison via the brand new Canton Parkway. Fastest route to the Sestis' yet, cuts off several minutes and many redlights. The girls went shopping and Andrew and I went to the Turcotte shooting range. I managed to shoot my revolver twice. This is what happens when I take things apart and put the hammer strut in backwards. We still had a lot of fun shooting Andrew's .22 and 9mm. Then we headed to Fresh Market and picked up some ginormous steaks and organic broccoli. Got back to the house and had a wholesome meal. I ate my entire ribeye. It was wonderful. Later on the girls got back from their lingerie shower for the eventual Christy Gray. Got up on Sunday and had brunch at PF Changs. Emily spent a good while shopping while I warmed up a bench. Had a great conversation with a 71yo man with 6 children and 21 grandchildren. We finished up at the mall with another trip to Fresh Market.
For supper Monday night, I cooked the salmon patties and deviled crabs that we had picked up at Fresh Market. They were very delicious. Tuesday morning I woke up and felt like I had lice. I had scratch marks all over my face and neck. I am not sure if I did this to myself or if it was all rash. I took some benadryl and went to work. By 5 I was in bad shape. I got up Tuesday and took this awesome picture of myself. I did not go to work, instead I headed to Emily's clinic in Maben. Got a shot of dexamethasone and a prescription for more. Makes my first $4 Kroger prescription ever. Yay for 50 fuel points! The meds did not do much for me on Wednesday. By Thursday morning I was in a lot better shape. Now, late on Thursday night, my face is kinda cleared up, but I still have a lot of rash on my torso and legs. I am planning on heading back to work in the morning. The big question is, where did I get this crap from? Emily blames the crab I had even though I have never had an issue with shellfish. I blame the Lone Star Tick I found on my leg 14 days before the rash showed up. Lone Star's do no carry Lyme disease at least. It seems like I suffered from STARI, except that the rash I had was not correct either. Anyway I did not end up with a bacterial infection, just a lot of crazy itchy rash. Emily's diagnosis of a crab shell allergy may be the correct one after all. Who knows.
|2012-11-18 22:45:26 953
Last tailgate of 2012 is in the books. Had a super busy week so finally got to make my Kroger trip on Friday night. Emily got busy with a sweet potato casserole and cornbread dressing. I got the truck loaded and started building a meat tree. Then I met Jeremy out at the tailgate spot and unloaded the truck. Jeremy and Jennifer dropped me off at home and I put chicken and waffle kabobs together and also contructed a bacon explosion. At this point it was around 10:30PM so I decided to give up on finishing the meat tree. The turkey breast was finally thawed out so I stuffed a good bit of minced garlic under the skin, put it in a ziplock, and doused it with pineapple juice and a bit of Tony's. I fixed the ham up by rubbing it with mustard and brown sugar. By this point it was pretty late so we finally called it a night.
Got up at 6:30. I dressed Eliza Jo in her maroon romper. The three of us made it to campus right at 8:00. Ben had beat us there from Madison by leaving at 5:45. I warmed up the grill and started cooking the bacon explosion. The heat was low so we had to start more charcoal to finish it. Also toasted the chicken and waffles on the grill. I learned an important lesson about the Kroger chicken. Kroger was out of the precooked strips that I usually get so I went with the "restaurant patties." The problem is that those patties have a slight pickle flavor to them. Not the best thing to accompany waffles and syrup. Other than that snafu, breakfast was great. I had the smoker lit by then and put the turkey on the bottom grate and the ham on the top grate. Shortly after getting the smoker going, we headed into the game. We ran into John Kennedy and then Jeremy Brown as soon as we got into the stadium. The game was rough starting out. Eliza Jo was a doll. Emily held her the first quarter and I took over in the second. Nearing halftime she was waking up and antsy so we got out as soon as the quarter was over. Of course we had to stop to get Emily two bags of boiled peanuts. We headed back to the tailgate where my smoker's charcoal was pretty much cold. I started new charcoal and pretty quickly had the smoker heated back up in the 250 range. Emily and I had Jeremy's TV so we did not miss any of the game. By tailgating north of Scott Field, we were able to hear good things happen about five seconds before we saw them on TV. Poor directv folks would have been another 10-20 seconds behind us. Right as the game finished, my turkey breast clocked in at 160. I took the turkey and ham off, wrapped them in foil, and put them in a dry cooler. Around the same time I got the pans of dressing and sweet potato casserole on the grill to warm up. Everthing turned out so awesome. Emily did a wonderful job with dressing and sweet potatoes. I was really happy with the turkey. It had a really strong garlic flavor on the skin side. The ham was a typical ham and everyone loved it. We finished the day off with pie that Jimmy brought. I was so full. So full.
Today is Emily and my sixth anniversary. I bought us a cast iron fondue set. because the sixth anniversary calls for iron and sugar. I made an awesome cheese fondue for supper. We used toasted Kroger texas toast bread and leftover smoked ham. Then I cleaned up the pot and made a chocolate fondue to count for the sugar. It was great. Yay food!


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Liberal SuperPAC Under Fire For Tweets About McConnell's 'Chinese' Wife
"A Democratic group is under sharp criticism for controversial online messages about Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell's wife.
"For months, the liberal superPAC Progress Kentucky has attacked McConnell and held demonstrations at his offices and home.
"Recently, the group turned its attention to McConnell's wife, former Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao, with a focus on her race.
"In a Feb. 14 Twitter message, Progress says: 'This woman has the ear of (Sen. McConnell)—she's his wife. May explain why your job moved to China!'
"The Tweet links to a website run by conspiracy theorist and radio host Jeff Rense, alleging Chao, who was born in Taiwan, discriminated against American workers during her tenure."
Chao was secretary of labor in the George W. Bush administration.
Progress Kentucky spokesman Curtis Morrison tells WFPL that "it's not an official statement. It's a tweet. And we will remove it if it's wrong. ... We've got some tweets there that shouldn't be there and I'll make sure they come down." The tweet about who has McConnell's ear, though, is still online. And Progress Kentucky is still trying to make connections from China to Chao to McConnell. This post appeared Tuesday morning:
"China Premier grateful to McConnell father-in-law/@KYGOP contributor-4 his role in developing China industry http://ow.ly/i2Qjv #kyga13."
WFPL also points out that "other messages from Progress's social networking account about Chao have run for the past several days, saying her 'Chinese (money)' is buying state elections."
McConnell campaign spokesman Jesse Benton tells the station that the PAC's messages are "disgusting."
According to WFPL:
"McConnell and Chao married in 1993, and he has received hefty contributions from family, friends and business leaders in the Chinese-American community ever since. ... [But] McConnell has said those donations and connections have no effect on his foreign policy views or votes."
Federal Election Commission records show that Progress Kentucky filed a statement of organization on Dec. 13. Last week, the FEC notified Progress Kentucky that it needs to file records of its "receipts and disbursements" for the last half of December and that "failure to timely file a complete report may result in civil money penalties, an audit or legal enforcement action."
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Torrington girls take charge in Copper
TORRINGTON — When the Torrington girls basketball team played Kennedy in December, it fell behind early in the game and was never able to catch up before suffering its only Naugatuck Valley League Copper Division loss by five points.
Friday night, Kennedy immediately jumped on top, 6-1, but this time Torrington responded in a big way. The Raiders rallied thanks to a lethal combination of outside shooting and inside domination en route to a 61-49 victory over the Eagles at the Connie Donahue Gymansium.
The victory improved Torrington to 14-4 overall and 9-1 in the division. With a two-game lead on second-place Kennedy, the Raiders have all but been
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crowned Copper Queens. They need only to beat either Crosby or Sacred Heart, teams that they beat by a combined 41 points the first time around, in their final two games.
"We are in the driver's seat," noted Torrington coach Mike Fritch.
And they can see the checkered flag waving in the distance.
Nicole Kozlak led the way for Torrington with 16 points. She had 11 in the first half, including three of her four 3-pointers, as the Raiders ran past Kennedy. After the early deficit, Torrington owned a 13-10 lead at the end of one quarter and stretched it to 36-18 by halftime.
Raiders center Megan Calabrese had nine of her 13 points in the first half. She also grabbed 11 rebounds.
"We got outrebounded, especially in the first half. We were outplayed, outhustled in every facet in the first half. We made a nice run in the second half, but against a team like Torrington, you've got to put four quarters together," said Kennedy coach Jenn Deeley, whose Eagles were playing without junior forward Dominique Moss and junior guard Klarisa Pezo.
Kennedy cut the margin to 45-35, but Kozlak hit a trey at the third-period buzzer. The Eagles (11-5) got within 10 again at 55-45 with three minutes to go, but Caroline Teti (12 points) dished to Calabrese for a basket to stretch the gap back to 12 with 2:07 to go.
"We lose our focus sometimes," said Fritch. "We run our offense well, but then we'll get a little helter-skelter, but we'll take the win."
Shontia Punter scored 17 points for Kennedy, and Jennifer Marrone put in 14, including four 3-pointers.
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WACO (February 20, 2013)- Construction at Baylor's new football stadium has many people in Waco excited. But when it comes to economic impact, "The House that RG3 Built" has many people seeing dollar signs.
This includes Wannika Muhammad, who owns a vacant lot near the stadium.
"Let's say it's game day. If people want to park on my lot for a small fee, then I should be able to reap those benefits," Muhammad said in an interview last December.
In December of 2012, she coughed up $350 and applied with the City of Waco to make her residential lot a commercial lot.
Muhammad said she wants to be able to pave her lot, park her trucks on it, provide parking for future Baylor fans, and possibly open a restaurant in the future.
But towards the end of January 2013, Muhammad's request was denied by The City of Waco's Plan Commission.
"When we look at zoning changes from residential to commerical C-3, we have to consider all permitted uses in the C-3 district," Waco's Planning Services Director, Clint Peters said.
"That could range from a bar, to a restaurant, and to general retail. We have to look at that and ask if it's appropriate to be in the middle of a neighborhood."
Muhammad's case was reviewed by The Waco City Council Tuesday night.
They granted her wish, and approved her application. Her vacant lot, is now a commercial lot.
"I feel good about the City Council recognizing the fact that the area will be changing," Muhammad said.
"The citizens here have a right if they want to change with it too."
Real estate agent Bland Cromwell says Muhammad's zone change could increase her property's value, but that it was too early to tell.
"There's a lot of factors that get into value. How that property will access Baylor's new stadium, the size of the property, and what zoning she gets are just some," Cromwell said.
"You can't just throw a dart and say I'm guaranteed an increase in value because you have a commercial lot."
Either way Muhammad just wants to keep an eye out for opportunity.
"If the Waco economy is trying to grow and expand, then the citizens who pay taxes should have that same access," Muhammad said.
Residents near Floyd Casey Stadium, Baylor's current football stadium, can sometimes make $2500 a season just for providing parking on game days.