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Following the poorest start to a Premier League season in his 16 years as Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger finds the wisdom behind his methods being questioned as never before.
Saturday's 2-0 loss at home to Swansea City was Arsenal's fourth defeat of the season, their third game without a win, and left them 10th in the table.
An afternoon that began with a fan protest against the Arsenal board ended with a chorus of boos, as Wenger stalked down the Emirates Stadium tunnel bracing himself for fresh questions about his capacity to lead the club.
Many supporters are aggrieved that Arsenal's reluctance to invest money in new signings means the players that swept the club to glory in the first half of Wenger's reign have not been adequately replaced.
"It is more down to shareholders and that is not my job," Wenger said when asked about the resources at his disposal on Saturday.
"It's difficult to answer that straight away after a game like that, but I believe the support from the board is there to spend the money if we find the players."
Despite the supporters' concerns, chief executive Ivan Gazidis says Arsenal's financial stability and projected revenue growth will soon put them "in the top five clubs in the world".
Last week, Arsenal announced a £150 million ($239 million, 185 million euros) extension of their shirt sponsorship agreement with Emirates Airlines.
The sales of star players Cesc Fabregas, Samir Nasri, Robin van Persie and Alex Song, meanwhile, have raised in the region of £90 million, but the players signed to take their places have enjoyed only qualified success.
Of the glut of players who arrived in the 2011 close-season transfer window, only Mikel Arteta and Per Mertesacker have managed to nail down first-team places, and this season's new signings have also enjoyed mixed fortunes.
While Spanish midfielder Santi Cazorla has been a revelation, it has taken French striker Olivier Giroud time to find his feet and Lukas Podolski has shone only in fits and starts.
For all of Cazorla's evident class, and the vast potential of youth-team graduate Jack Wilshere, there are fears that Wenger's famed ability to spot a player may be deserting him.
Arsenal have gone seven and a half years without winning a trophy, but while they used to be able to take solace in the quality of their football, Wenger's side are no longer the swashbuckling team of old.
They continue to enjoy more possession of the ball, on average, than any of their rivals (59.9 percent, according to the website www.whoscored.com), but after 15 games of the current campaign, their attack is only the seventh most potent in the division.
At the Emirates on Saturday, it was Swansea, not Arsenal, whose passing football drew gasps of admiration from British media pundits.
As Swansea coach Michael Laudrup noted: "Arsenal are still moving the ball around well, but we play that way as well."
Wenger has at least guided Arsenal into the last 16 of the Champions League for the 13th successive season, but they have gone beyond the quarter-finals only once since losing to Barcelona in the 2006 final.
Deepening the gloom around the Emirates on Sunday morning was the news that long-serving chairman Peter Hill-Wood had been admitted to hospital after suffering a heart attack.
The 76-year-old was one of the men responsible for bringing Wenger to Arsenal in 1996, in a move that was to change the face of English football.
Sixteen years on, Wenger has established a legacy that cannot be tainted, but with the club's rivals streaking into the distance, he is under more pressure to react than ever.


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Energy Sector Juices Stocks
Energy shares powered stocks as better-than-expected earnings from Valero Energy VLO -0.22% outweighed sluggish consumer-confidence data.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 72.49 points, or 0.5%, to 13954.42, its highest close since October 2007. The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index rose 7.66 points, or 0.5%, to 1507.84. The Nasdaq Composite Index edged down 0.64 point, or less than 0.1%, to 3153.66.
Energy shares led eight of 10 S&P 500 sectors higher as Valero, the world's largest independent refiner by processing capacity, jumped $4.96, or 13%, to $43.77, after reporting robust fourth-quarter earnings amid lower crude-oil costs.
Hess HES -2.04% rallied 5.63, or 9%, to 68.11, after investment firm Elliott Management confirmed it is seeking five seats on the energy company's board to push it to spin off assets.
Ford Motor F 0.24% slid 64 cents, or 4.6%, to 13.14, after the auto maker gave a downbeat view for its European operations, given a deteriorating outlook for industry volume.
"The market is starting to buy the dips rather than sell the rallies," said Dan Veru, chief investment officer at Palisade Capital Management, which manages $3.8 billion. "Big allocators of capital seem to be modestly rethinking their equity allocation. It will make pullbacks in the market somewhat shallow and will position us to go higher later this year."
On the economic front, the Conference Board's consumer-confidence index for January fell more than expected. The S&P/Case-Shiller 20-city home-price index for November rose from a year earlier, matching the median estimate of economists surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires.
European markets rose, with the Stoxx Europe 600 rising 0.3% to its highest level since February 2011 amid better-than-expected German confidence data. The U.K.'s FTSE 100 gained 0.7% and closed above 6300 for the first time since May 2008. It was also its fifth consecutive finish in positive territory. Germany's DAX added 0.2%, and France's CAC-40 edged up 0.1%.
Asian markets were mostly higher, boosted by strength in Japanese banking stocks. Japan's Nikkei Stock Average tacked on 0.4%. Australia's S&P/ASX 200, which was closed Monday, climbed 1.1%, its ninth consecutive advance and it highest level since April 2011.
Gold gained 0.5%, to settle at $1,660.70 a troy ounce. The dollar edged higher against the yen but eased versus the euro. The 10-year Treasury note fell in price to yield 1.988%.
Pfizer PFE -1.73% jumped 86 cents, or 3.2%, to 27.70, leading the Dow, after the drug maker's fourth-quarter results beat analysts' expectations.
Eli Lilly LLY -2.55% rose 1.68, or 3.2%, to 54.32, after the pharmaceutical company topped analysts' earnings and revenue estimates, raised its 2013 profit outlook and unveiled a $1.5 billion share-repurchase program.
"By and large, most companies that have reported have beaten their forecasted results," said Nathan Rowader, who helps oversee $5.8 billion as director of investments at Forward Management.
D.R. Horton DHI -1.61% jumped 2.51, or 12%, to 23.82, after the home builder reported fourth-quarter earnings and revenue that topped forecasts, helped by a surge in net sales orders.
VMware VMW -1.75% plunged 21.18, or 22%, to 77.14, after the software maker gave first-quarter and 2013 revenue outlooks that were below analysts' projections.
Harley-Davidson HOG -0.60% advanced 1.32, or 2.5%, to 54.52, after the motorcycle maker's quarterly sales fell less than analysts had anticipated.
—Kaitlyn Kiernan contributed to this article.
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Dr. Parekh stressed three key points regarding Physical Activity
HHS currently has many major prevention oriented initiatives
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have influence on these initiatives. The process is being followed by the
highest levels of the federal government.
When examining the science and evidence surrounding physical
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Margarita Ross, 86, of Big Spring, died Friday Dec. 13, 2013, at her residence. Vigil services will be Sunday 7 p.m. at Myers & Smith Chapel. Funeral mass will be Monday 11 a.m. at Holy Trinity Catholic Parish with Monsignor Bernard Gully officiating. Burial will be at Mount Olive Memorial Park. She was born to Polycarpia and Concepcion Carrillo Jan. 1, 1927, in Coahoma, Texas, and was a lifetime resident of Howard County. She married Robert Ross Sept. 9, 1947, in Big Spring. She was a homemaker and member of Holy Trinity Catholic ParishShe is survived by her husband Robert Ross Sr. of Big Spring; one son Robert Ross Jr., and wife Patti of Grand Prairie, Texas; two daughters Irma Ross Chavez and husband Orlando Sr. of Big Spring and Yolanda Ross Murray and husband Les of The Colony, Texas; two brothers Liberato Carrillo of Big Spring and Florencio Carrillo of Portland, Ore.; ten grandchildren; three great-grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by one sister Socarro Mendoza; four brothers Epifanio, Concepcion, Leo and Dolores Carrillo.Arrangements are by Myers & Smith Funeral Home and Chapel. Please pay your respects online at www.myersandsmith.com


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USMNT- Roster for upcoming WCQ games
The roster has been announced for the final 2 games of this round of WC Qualifying.
GOALKEEPERS (3) : Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Tim Howard (Everton), Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake)
DEFENDERS (8) : Carlos Bocanegra (Racing Santander), Geoff Cameron (Stoke City), Edgar Castillo (Club Tijuana), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover), Maurice Edu (Stoke City), Clarence Goodson (Brondby), Fabian Johnson (Hoffenheim), Michael Parkhurst (Nordsjaelland)
MIDFIELDERS (8) : Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake), Michael Bradley (Roma), Joe Corona (Club Tijuana), Jermaine Jones (Schalke 04), Sacha Kljestan (Anderlecht), Brek Shea (FC Dallas), Danny Williams (Hoffenheim), Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City)
FORWARDS (5): Clint Dempsey (Tottenham Hotspur), Landon Donovan (LA Galaxy), Herculez Gomez (Santos), Alan Gordon (San Jose Earthquakes), Eddie Johnson (Seattle Sounders)
We will likely see a few scratches and maybe an addition before the October 12th game against Antigua and Barbuda, and the October 16th game against Guatamala.
My take:
1) Alan Gordon over Jozy Altidore. wtf is going on? Altidore leads all the Eredivise in scoring, and while he has not found his nitch on the USMNT, surely he MUST be a better option than Alan Gordon. I just... and... okay fine. I understand (but disagree with) the opinion that Altidore should not factor into the national team... but Alan Gordon? Why not at least call on Terrence Boyd, who has shown an eagerness and an athleticisim that could be very valuable for us.
2) With Bocanegra, Dolo, Cameron, and Fabian Johnson, our defense seems to be the most solid it has been in 3 years. Throw in Michael Bradley at holding mid and I like our chances to give up no more than 1 goal in the next 2 games.
3) Love the fact that Joe Corona has been on the roster for the past few training camps and I conitnue to be very excited for his future. Even if he doesn't get a single minute of playing time, being at the training camp is invaluable for his development within this team. Hopefully we can get a multi-goal cushion against Antigua so we can see how he meshes with 1st team guys.


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Loyola University New Orleans welcomes new academic leadership this fall with the appointment of a new provost and two new deans.
Marc Manganaro, Ph.D., has been selected as provost and vice president for academic affairs. Manganaro, who began work with Loyola on July 1, was formerly the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Gonzaga University and a professor of English. He replaces Loyola's previous provost Edward J. Kvet, D.M.E., who retired in July.
Prior to his work at Gonzaga, Manganaro taught English for 18 years at Rutgers University, where he also served as an administrator toward the end of his tenure there. He was the dean of academic affairs at Douglass College, the women's college of Rutgers, where he received the Douglass Medal for Outstanding Service in 2006. From 2002-04, he served as associate dean of academic affairs at University College, Rutgers. Prior to his work as the associate dean, he took on leadership roles in departmental administration and in faculty governance, and for one year was chair of the Rutgers Faculty Council.
A native of Omaha, Neb., Manganaro earned a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, his master's from San Francisco State University, and a doctorate from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Michael P. Olson, M.L.S., Ph.D., is the new dean of libraries for the nationally-recognized J. Edgar and Louise S. Monroe Library. Olson was formerly a professor and associate university librarian for information commons at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He succeeds former library dean Mary Lee Sweat, M.S.L.S., M.B.A., who retired in 2010.
Olson worked at UNC Charlotte beginning in 2008 and led a team of 45 people in research and instructional services. From 2005-08, he served as head of collections management at Clark University's Goddard Library in Worcester, Mass. From 1994-04, he was librarian for Germanic collections at Widener Library at Harvard University, and between 1990-93, he worked as a Germanic studies bibliographer at University of California Los Angeles' Young Research Library.
Olson earned three degrees from UCLA, including a master's degree and doctorate in Germanic languages and a master's in library science. He received his bachelor's degree in Germanic languages from the University of Washington.
Maria Calzada, Ph.D., professor of mathematics and long-time Loyola faculty member, has been tapped to serve as interim dean of the College of Humanities and Natural Sciences. Former dean Jo Ann Cruz, Ph.D., has returned to serve on the faculty at Georgetown University, where she worked prior to her service at Loyola, which began in 2008. Calzada will serve as interim dean during the course of a national search for the deanship.
Calzada joined Loyola's faculty in 1991. Her research interests include mathematical computations with an emphasis on applications in statistical quality control. She also enjoys working on teaching projects in collaboration with faculty in the Department of Mathematical Sciences and the natural sciences. Her teaching interests include all levels of undergraduate mathematics, but she has a special affinity for freshman level calculus. Recently she received a National Science Foundation grant to pursue interdisciplinary studies in the Loyola Chemistry Department. As a result of that grant, Calzada continues to pursue interdisciplinary research on spectroscopy topics together with chemistry faculty and undergraduate student researchers.
Calzada received both doctorate and master's degrees in mathematics from Tulane University, and a bachelor's degree in economics and mathematics from Boston College.
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WASHINGTON – To some conservatives, it's amnesty.
To some immigration advocates, it's unnecessarily punitive.
The Senate's new bipartisan immigration bill drew criticism from the right and from the left Tuesday – convincing members of the bipartisan "Gang of Eight" that wrote it that they're on the right track.
"This has something for everybody to hate," said Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz.
Said Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.: "No one gets everything they want."
Schumer and another leader of the effort, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., met with President Barack Obama on Tuesday to brief him on the bill, a top second-term priority for the president. Obama issued a statement after the meeting supporting the Senate effort and urging action.
"This bill is clearly a compromise, and no one will get everything they wanted, including me. But it is largely consistent with the principles that I have repeatedly laid out for comprehensive reform," Obama said.
The legislation would dramatically remake the U.S. immigration system, ushering in new visa programs for low- and high-skilled workers, requiring a tough focus on border security, instituting a requirement for all employers to check the legal status of workers and installing a path to citizenship for 11 million immigrants in the country illegally.
The U.S. immigration system would shift from emphasizing family ties to U.S. citizens or permanent residents in determining who can come to this country, to putting a much bigger focus on their skills or employment opportunities. People who've been deported would have the opportunity to come back to the U.S. if their spouses or children are in the country.
Senators were aiming to file the legislation Tuesday night, and were prepared to keep the Senate floor open late to reach that goal. But a press event to roll the bill out was delayed until later in the week after the bombings at the Boston marathon.
The path to citizenship also is contingent on various border security "triggers" first being met, an approach Obama administration officials and others have criticized.
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., defended the approach, which was sought by Republicans.
"Let me just tell you something. This was the price that Democrats had to pay to make this a bipartisan bill. And it's not too high a price," Durbin said.
On the other side, some Republicans were claiming that the bill amounted to a grant of amnesty for people in the country illegally, while opening a floodgate to immigration that could drive down wages for U.S. workers.
"The amount of immigration is going to be far more than most Americans think," said Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. He predicted that once the facts on the bill are known, the Senate might reject it. "Matter of fact, I don't think it's going to become law as written. It's far more monumental than people realize," Sessions said.
At the same time, the bill was getting plenty of support from business, labor, immigration rights groups and others. Many were eager to rally behind legislation that they see as representing the best chance in more than a quarter-century for Congress to enact meaningful immigration reforms even if imperfect.
"I don't think there's anybody out there that can say this is my dream legislation," said Clarissa Martinez, director of immigration at National Council of La Raza. "But I think that it's important to keep the whole in perspective, and where we're trying to go."
Members of the Gang of Eight were working to sell the bill to various constituents. At one meeting Tuesday with representatives from about a dozen outside groups, Republicans in the group ticked off the bill's benefits: it doesn't cost the federal government money, won't undermine American workers, and "the pall of illegality will be removed and we can get on with the business of improving the economy. And we agree with all that," said one attendee, Daniel Garza, executive director of the LIBRE Initiative, a center-right organization that advocates for Hispanics.
The bill is expected to contain expenditures of around $17 billion, mostly for border security measures including hiring 3,500 new Customs agents, but should bring in more than that in fines and other revenue, according to a Senate aide Tuesday who spoke on condition of anonymity because the bill had not been released.
The Congressional Budget Office will have to analyze the legislation and confirm those figures, but lawmakers and aides have pledged that the bill won't cost taxpayers and they'll increase fees or fines in the legislation if it looks like it might.
The last serious effort to remake the immigration system, pushed by President George W. Bush, failed on the Senate floor in 2007. The biggest difference this time around is changed public sentiment in favor of reform, McCain said.
A new Associated Press-GfK poll shows 63 percent, including majorities across party lines, support providing a way for immigrants in the U.S. to become U.S. citizens. The poll was conducted by telephone April 11-15 among 1,004 adults and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.9 points.
Associated Press writer Josh Lederman contributed to this report.
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A man and woman were found dead Friday in the driveway of a home in Fort Bend County.
The bodies were discovered shortly before 4 p.m. at a home in the Weston Lakes gated community along Highway 1093 near Fulshear, authorities said.
A neighbor called 911 to report hearing a woman screaming just before the bodies were discovered.
Investigators said they believe the man and woman lived at the home but haven't confirmed their identities.
Sheriff's officials said a man was taken to an area hospital for an evaluation.
He was found at the scene and is considered a person of interest.
The motive remains under investigation, officials said.


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Berkeley Murder Charge Dismissed after Witness Fingers Another Suspect
A murder charge against an 18-year-old Berkeley man for the fatal shooting of 24-year-old Devin Lee Whitmire in Berkeley in late March was dismissed this week after a dramatic courtroom moment in which the prosecution's key witness said the man wasn't involved in the shooting.
Randall Oscar Alston was the first person to be arrested and charged with murder in connection with the death of Whitmire, who was a Berkeley resident, from a shooting outside Bob's Liquors and Deli in the 2800 block of Sacramento Street at about 7:35 p.m. on March 29.
Authorities later arrested a second suspect, 19-year-old Berkeley resident Calvester Stewart. Stewart was also charged with murder and is accused of being the shooter.
A preliminary hearing at which a judge was to decide if there was enough evidence to have Alston and Stewart ordered to stand trial was scheduled to start Tuesday morning.
But when Whitmire's brother, 22-year-old Darnell Robinson, who was with Whitmire when he was shot, came into the courtroom shortly before the hearing was to begin, he said Alston wasn't involved in the shooting and then pointed at a man in the audience and said, "That's the guy who did it," according to Alston's lawyer, James Giller.
Authorities subpoenaed the man and took a statement from him, Giller said, but Berkeley police said that he hasn't been arrested.
Charges against Alston, who had been in custody since the night of the shooting and was accused of being an aider and abettor to Stewart, were dismissed later on Tuesday and he is now free and at home, Giller said.
Giller, who's been practicing criminal law in Oakland for more than 50 years, said he's never heard of another case in which a murder defendant was freed after a prosecution witness came to court and said the wrong man was in custody.
"It's a unique situation and lawyers around the courthouse are talking about it," Giller said.
Prosecutor Joseph Goethals and Alameda County District Attorney spokeswoman Teresa Drenick declined to comment on the case today.
A preliminary hearing that only involves Stewart began Thursday and is expected to continue for most of next week.
In addition to being charged with murder in connection with Whitmire's death, Stewart is charged with several counts of attempted murder of a peace officer for a separate incident in which he allegedly engaged in a shootout with Berkeley police officers April 13.
Berkeley police said they attempted to make a traffic stop on him near Eighth and Delaware streets at about 10:40 p.m. that night but he ran away and went into a nearby apartment building.
Police said that after they surrounded the building Stewart came out and shot at officers but they returned fire and an officer struck him.
Stewart, who has a prior conviction for possession of a firearm, is still recovering from his injuries and came to court in a wheelchair this week.
When Goethals asked Robinson today if he saw the man who shot his brother in court, Robinson hesitated for a long time before finally saying, "I think so" and pointed at Stewart.
Stewart yelled at Robinson, "I've never seen you before in my life!" Under cross-examination from Stewart's lawyer, Joann Kingston, on Thursday, Robinson said he doesn't think the fatal shooting of Whitmire was related to an ongoing feud between two Berkeley gangs, the Waterfront Gang and the South Berkeley Gang.
Robinson said, "I don't know why they shot my brother. They probably thought he was someone else."
In testimony today, Berkeley police Officer Kyle White said Stewart fired several shots at him and another officer who was next to him at an apartment complex at 929 Delaware St. the night of April 13.
White said, "I could tell he was definitely shooting toward me and I was worried that I had been hit" but neither he nor the other officer was hit.
White said he recognized Stewart because he'd had prior contact with him and although it was nighttime he could see him well because he was standing under a porch light.


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I was going to post this under the "Sick Political News", but this deserves its own discussion.
Naturally, Palin's camp is scrambling for some possible defense they would like to hurl back at the Democrats to see if they can create a distraction from the fact that this woman was on her political "hit list." Do I think Sarah Palin wanted Giffords to die? No, I don't. I think she was trying to play up her gun toting, Alaska maverick, pro-revolution shtick. The people who actually listen to the right though, do not understand nuance, and this psychotic saw Giffords as an enemy of the people. Did she want her to die? No, but she is ethically responsible.
There are a few other "differences" between what Palin did and the DNC's chart. The Democrats identified ENTIRE STATES that Bush won back in 2004 by a slim margin of percentage. Their bulls eyes indicate places where they want to campaign heavily for Obama in 2008. Palin identifies specific districts and a specific CAUSE with "districts we carried that voted for the healthcare bill." Most importantly, Sarah Palin identifies names. She puts out a list of names using rhetoric like "Time to Take a Stand", and gun sights. This the lamest attempt at false equivalency that I have seen yet.
EDIT: I also want to add that the link above is dishonest for the reason that it does not contain the full add. It "intelligently (?)" photoshops it to just include the map. The full hit list can be seen by searching in google or here: http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2010-03-25-24972_382925783587_2471...
FOLLOW UP: I left a comment on above linked blog, but was told it would appear after approval. Since there are 0 comments so far on the article, I imagine that the response to his "defense" would be overwhelmingly negative and ridiculing.
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Here's some more quotes that will need to be walked back under CYA:
"American people need to be ARMED and DANGEROUS" - Republican Congresswoman Michelle Bachman
"Take them out, either by the ballot or BULLET" - Tea Party
"I hope that's not where we're going, but you know if this Congress keeps going the way it is, people are really looking toward those Second Amendment remedies and saying my goodness what can we do to turn this country around?"- Sharron Angle
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Well, from what I've been seeing on the news, it was pre-planned. He even called it "an assassination." I think his condition may have made him more susceptible to influence, but that's pure speculation on my part.
At the very least, I think the outrage over violent rhetoric (whether it can be applied to the shooter or not) has come to a head and needs to be dealt with. It seems like a lot of people have had enough.
Well, let's face it, that bitch needs defenders, to protect her from the consequences of all the stupid things she does and says.
Does anybody think the right wing will attempt to trump this up as atheist terrorism?
One of Jared Lee Loughner's videos quoted on the Fox News web site contains this:
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One thing I wanted to ask was in regards to switching to MailScanner from Amavisd. Personally, I can't stand Amavisd for several reasons. The issue I'm having though is getting Postfix to do what I need it to do. After completing the steps here: http://www.mailscanner.info/postfix.html any new incoming mail doesn't get put in the HOLD queue, it just gets pushed right to dovecot. What I've done is just commented out the "content_filter =" in the postfix/main.cf and uncommented the "header_checks =" per the installation guide.
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Sara Bareilles hit the stage with fellow singer Jason Mraz for a duet on Thursday night (August 28) at the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles.
The 34-year-old "Brave" singer and the 37-year-old "I'm Yours" singer did a duet of the Carole King song "Beautiful."
If you remember, Sara and Carole actually sang the song together back at the 2014 Grammy Awards in January. We're glad to hear her sing it again!
"Thank you @SaraBareilles for being so generous with your time & heart. Twas a PLEASURE singing with you last night," Jason tweeted along with the video.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – On Saturday, Sept. 10, the men's cross country team will compete in its first meet of the season. Fordham University will host the Fordham Fiasco and Follies Invitational at the storied Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, N.Y. This year, the team welcomes eight new members, including a new head coach; Paul Harkins enters his first year with the Bulldogs, along with seven members of the class of 2015.
Senior captain Nathan Richards said the team is in the process of welcoming Harkins, and is "excited about having a fresh start with him."
Richards heads a group of four other seniors as the veterans of the team. Seniors Conor Dooney, Sam Lynch, Jake McKenzie and Julian Sheinbaum are all entering their last cross country seasons.
Juniors on the team will step into new roles as upperclassmen. Demetri Goutos, Sam Kirtner, Kevin Lunn, Michael Pierce and Matthew Thwaites will look to build on their experience to succeed.
The Bulldogs hope to get contributions from the five sophomores: Julian Caballero, Michael Cunetta, Blake Hofmeister, Ryan Laemel and Miles Richardson.
Seven freshmen join the squad. Alec Borsook, Daniel Caballero, Tom Harrison, John McGowan, Matthew Nussbaum, Isa Qasim and Jacob Sandry represent the largest incoming class dating back to 2008.
Despite the loss of six seniors, including the top runner from last year, Jeff Perrella '11, and captain Max Walden '11, the team returns the rest of its top squad. Cunetta, Dooney, Goutos, Kirtner, Lynch, Lunn, Sheinbaum and Richards all consistently placed among the first seven runners for the team over the course of the season, and all return.
Buoyed by Perrella's impressive individual finish at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship last season, the Bulldogs placed 11th overall at the meet. Perrella finished eighth overall, which allowed him to advance to the NCAA National Championship.
This season, the Bulldogs will travel to Harvard on Sept. 17 for the annual show-down, claimed last year by Yale. The New England Championships will take place in Boston on Oct. 8, and the Ivy League Heptagonal Championship (Heps) will be hosted by Princeton on Oct. 29. Finally, the team will journey to Buffalo, N.Y., on Nov. 12 for the NCAA Regional Championship.
"The team is coming off a strong base of summer training," said Richards. "We have a solid group of fit runners this year that should be able to push each other to faster times. We are looking to do better not only in the Ivy League, but also further into the season with championship races."
The first meet of the season will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 10. It is intended to recognize the tenth anniversary of the September 11th, 2001, tragedy. A ceremony to observe the day will take place prior to the meet at 10:00 a.m. More information can be found at the meet website. Results will be available at www.YaleBulldogs.com.
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Thursdays from 10 am, we have our usual Crafty Coffee Morning! Whether you're working on a project of your own or whether you'd like to come and see what we're all about, you are most welcome to take a seat, a hot beverage (just throw a coin in the tea jar!) and make yourself at home. You don't have to leave when it ends at 12 noon– your drop-in fee of £3.00 will cover you for the entire day!
(and while we're on the subject, you don't have to be on time to arrive either– this is your day! No one will waggle their finger at you.)
We have a collection of art and craft books that you can browse whilst you're here, and of course, if you wish to have a play with any of our studio materials, you can do so for an additional donation of whatever you can manage, and we also have materials for sale that you can take home with you.


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For more than a decade, Forrest Fenn says, he packed and repacked a treasure chest, sprinkling in gold dust and adding hundreds of rare gold coins and nuggets.
Pre-Columbian animal figures reportedly went in, along with prehistoric "mirrors" of gold, ancient faces carved from jade and antique jewelry with rubies and emeralds. The art and antiquities dealer says his goal was to make sure it was "valuable enough to entice searchers."
Occasionally, he would test that premise, pulling out the chest and asking his friends to open the lid.
"Mostly, when they took the first look," he says, "they started laughing," hardly able the grasp his amazing plan.
Was Fenn really going to give this glistening treasure trove away? Three years ago, he reportedly lay two of his most beloved pieces of jewelry in the chest: a turquoise bracelet and a Tairona and Sinu Indian necklace adorned with exotic jewels. At the bottom of the chest, in an olive jar, he says, he placed a detailed autobiography, printed so small a reader will need a magnifying glass. After that, he says, he carted the chest of loot, weighing more than 40 pounds, into the mountains somewhere north of Santa Fe and left it there.
Next, Fenn self-published a memoir, "The Thrill of the Chase," distilling the autobiography and, intriguingly, including a poem that he says offers clues to lead some clever -- or lucky -- treasure hunter to the bounty.
Is it really there?
It was not long before word of the hidden trove got out, and the publicity has caused a mini-gold rush in northern New Mexico.
But it has also set off a debate: Has Fenn truly hidden the treasure chest or was this, for the idiosyncratic, publicity-loving 82-year-old who loves to tell tales, just another way to have fun, a great caper to bolster his legacy?
There certainly seems to be no shortage of believers, including Doug Preston, whose novel "The Codex" about a notorious treasure hunter and tomb robber who buries himself and his treasure as a final challenge to his three sons, is loosely based on Fenn's story.
"I've seen the treasure. I've handled it. He has had it for almost as long as I've known him. It's real. And I can tell you that it is no longer in his vault," says Preston.
"I am 100 percent sure that he really did go out and hide this thing. I am actually surprised that anyone who knows him would think he was blowing hot air. It is just not his personality."
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Fenn says his main goal is to get people, particularly children, away from texting devices and looking for adventure outdoors. But probably few are having more fun with the whole adventure than Fenn himself, who is reveling in what he says are 13,000 emails from treasure hunters -- not to mention 18 marriage proposals.
In "The Thrill of the Chase," Fenn lays out his rags-to-riches story. From the outset, the book tells readers the recollections "are as true to history as one man can average out that truth, considering the fact that one of my natural instincts is to embellish."
Fenn was raised in Temple, Texas, where his father was a school principal, according to the book. The family was poor, he says. But, Fenn writes, they spent every summer in Yellowstone National Park, where Forrest and his brother, Skippy, launched many an adventure.
He married his high school sweetheart, Peggy Jean Proctor, and spent nearly two decades in the Air Force, including much-decorated service as a fighter pilot in Vietnam. After returning, he moved to Santa Fe, where, over time, he became one of this artistic enclave's best known and most successful gallery owners. Military records confirm that as a fighter pilot, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal, silver and bronze stars, a purple heart and other medals.
Based on the more than 9,000 emails Fenn says he has received just in the past few months, he estimates thousands of treasure hunters will descend on northern New Mexico this spring.
Dana Ortega, director of sales and marketing at Santa Fe's Inn and Spa at Loretto, said the hotel, which offers a special package starting at $300 that includes a copy of Fenn's now hard-to-find book, has seen a huge spike in interest.
Fenn says many people reaching out to him are just trying to convince or trick him into giving more clues. He emphasizes two things: He never said the treasure was buried, and he never said it was in Santa Fe, or even New Mexico for that matter.
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Returns 10 p.m., Wednesday Jan. 2 After ignoring his injury all season long, Severide (Taylor Kinney) is forced to face the consequences and tell Chief Boden about how dire his situation has become. Given the title of the episode -- "Under the Knife" -- we're guessing that it's time Severide gets his surgery, which will take him out of commission for an extended period of time. Meanwhile, Casey (Jesse Spencer) deals with some problems at home and Dawson (Monica Raymund) makes a tough choice when she finds a young girl, who is the sole survivor of a terrible accident.
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Suad Daboub has lived in the same place for 82 of her 83 years — in the basement of a building in the old city of Bethlehem, its entrance located off of the city's main market street.
In addition to herself, this one-room home once housed her parents, both sets of grandparents and her five siblings. Never having married, Daboub now lives there alone.
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Despite being alone and impoverished, Daboub finds support and community from other local Christians. On the floor above her live Rose Hazbun and her daughter Samia, also Christians. The Hazbuns often invite Daboub to sit with them, eat a meal and share in holidays with their family. Samia regularly checks Daboub's blood sugar level to keep her recently diagnosed diabetes in check.
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According to Bethlehem municipal statistics, nearly 55 percent of the local Christians today reside abroad in the diaspora within prosperous communities, mainly in Latin America and North America. While Christians in Bethlehem make up only about 18 percent of its 22,000 inhabitants, in the whole district — which includes the traditionally Christian towns of Beit Jala and Beit Sahour — Christians constitute 28 percent of the population.
Gabriel Gedeon, a Christian who makes a living tutoring a majority of Christian students, bemoaned the lack of assistance for the local Christian community from Christian families who have moved abroad.
"They have emigrated and have forgotten this Christian land and the Christian families who remain," he said.
Not so for Hanan Mora, 34, however, who helps out the local Christian population by taking her 14-year-old daughter to be tutored in math by Gedeon. Gedeon, 54, is partially paralyzed on his right side due to a bout with polio as a child. In a traditional society where physical disabilities are not usually well-accepted, Gedeon, who graduated from Bethlehem University with exceptionally high marks, was unable to find a teaching job at the start of his career. Now he works as a private math tutor to support his family of three teenage daughters. Well-known among Bethlehem's Christians, who know that by employing him they are helping him feed his family with dignity, Gedeon is the tutor of choice for many families, Mora said.
"It is important to help the Christian families to stay here," she said. "We need to help each other live this hard life. With my faith, I know I am helping a family here, but on the other hand I am also helping my daughter get better grades so she can graduate and go on to the university."
Though Gedeon, too, is helped by the parish, and the tuition costs for his daughters at private Catholic schools and at the university are waived, he said would not be able to provide for his family without the support of the Christian families who specifically seek him out to tutor their children. Almost 95 percent of his students are Christian, he said, and he receives no support from the Palestinian Authority.
"I depend on these Christian families," he said. "I am proud that I support myself and my family in this way. It was a connection from one Christian family to another. They told each other by word of mouth."
"I think Christian families are doing their best to survive," he said. "The existence of one family supports the existence of another family. It is like a domino effect."
The domino effect continues in the Aida refugee camp, on the border between Bethlehem and Beit Jala, where Frieda Dababneh, 49, helps 84-year-old Mary Nasser with her medicines and includes her in family meals. One of the few Christian families in the camp, Dababneh, her husband and their her four children have adopted Nasser, whom they have known for 15 years.
"I would not be able to survive without her," said Nasser, who receives monthly aid from the local parish, of Dababneh. "She loves me, and I love her, and I love God."
"Nobody takes care of her, everybody just looks out for themselves," said Dababneh, who is herself struggling financially. "I am doing this for God's sake; I am serving God as I do this. As Christians we must help each other. Jesus said: When you find a man who is thirsty, give him water. If anybody is hungry, give him food. We are here by the grace of God."
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|2007-05-23, 02:11
|Link #21
sensei no pet
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Virginia, USA
No translation? Well, here it is from Doremi. I made a few edits because they have different lyrics for the prologue and episode 1. Some of the lines were awkward in english, so I cleaned them up. And I changed a line to "light pours down" because of episode 5. (My dictionary says this is acceptable for "射す".)
binkan na fuukei
Sensitive Scenery
awai nami ni sarawarenagara
淡い波に さらわれながら
Enveloped in these glowing waves
sotto sotto
そっと そっと
Gently, gently
kietemo kamawanaikedo
I want to disappear among them
mada nokoru, kimochi wa dokoka he
まだ残る 気持ちはどこかへ
My remaining feelings go off somewhere
a... iro wo otosu deshou
Ah... they lose their colors
ake no hoshi ga, hikari wo miseta
明けの星が 光を見せた
The dawn stars showed me the light
yowai, yowai
よわい よわい
My weak, weak heart
kokoro ni furisosogu
They rain down upon
demo toki wa, onaji omoi dake wo
でも時は おなじ想いだけを
But time just paints the same feelings
a... egaki tsuzukereba
Ah... over and over again
daremo shirazu, hi ga sasu made ni
誰も知らず 日が射すまでに
But until this unknown light pours down
sotto, sotto
Gently, gently
yokan wo kanjiteta
I felt a premonition
kokoro ga kanjiteta
I felt your heart
|2007-06-02, 21:17
|Link #23
I recommend Souske!!!
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Australia, Sydney
Although i have a sneaking suspicion that i may be writing in the wrong thread but:
Does anyone have or is currently transcribing the sheet music to 'Mellow Melody"?
Or does that mean that i have to transcribe it myself???.....
|2007-06-03, 01:12
|Link #24
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Non-management 97th world
anyone have the full english translation of the "Binkan no Fuukei"?..
This song is awesome so wanna to know the meaning...
ops...already have here....
thx for the translation...
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|2007-06-05, 01:16
|Link #25
Rain lover
Join Date: Apr 2006
Age: 34
For people wanting the translated lyrics of sola's OP and ED:
Animelyrics page for sola songs
|2007-06-22, 15:54
|Link #28
sensei no pet
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Virginia, USA
OST Track List
I see the track list for the OST has been released. I've attempted to translate a few of the titles. Elements Garden seems to have some kind of anti-kanji agenda going on.
1. 敏感な風景 〜Short size〜/ Ceui
2. ソウゲンノカゼ [sougen no kaze] (Windy Plain) or (Wind of Creation)
3. ワラベウタ [warabe uta] (Teasing Song)
4. キボウノカゼ [kibou no kaze] (Wind of Desire)
5. アタタカナオモイ [atataka na omoi] (Gentle Memories)
6. ヨゾラミアゲテ [yozora miagete] (Night Sky View)
7. エガオアフレテ [egao afurete] (Overwhelming Smile)
8. ナギ [nagi] (Calm)
9. スイテキ [suiteki] (Drops of Water)
10. ハイヨルコントン [haiyoru konton] (Ashen Night Chaos)
11. ソクバク [sokubaka] (Restraint)
12. フレルユビサキ [fureru yubisaki] (Trembling Fingertips)
13. ハズムキモチ [hazumu kimochi] (Feeling Better)
14. コドクノソコデ [kodoku no sokode] (Solitary Now)
15. アザヤカナヒカリ [azayaka na hikari] (Brilliant Light)
16. ヨルトアメト [yoru to ame to] (Night and Rain)
17. コンメイノミチ [konmei no michi] (Wayward Path)
18. フタリノヨルベ [futari no yorube]
19. ミダレルココロ [midarere kokoro] (Troubled Heart)
20. ツメタイヤミ [tsumetai yami] (Icy Darkness)
21. ニビイロ [nibi iro]
22. ウズマクカゼ [uzumaku kaze] (Maelstrom)
23. カコトミライト [kako to mirai to] (Past and Future)
24. コクウノモン [kokuu no mon] (The Heaven's Gate)
25. ナミダツウミ [namida tsuumi] (Parting Tears)
26. イツカミタアオゾラ [itsuka mita aozora] (Looking Into A Clear Blue Sky)
27. ユウキュウヲオモウ [yuukyuu wo omou] (Cost of Knowing)
28. カスカナヒカリ [kasuka na hikari] (Dwindling Light)
29. チカヅクキョリ [chikazuku kyori] (Drawing Near)
30. キミノソバニ [kimi no soba ni] (Close to You)
31. カイランノヨル [kairan no yoru] (Night of Revelations)
32. キシムクウキ [kishimu kuuki]
33. トキノハザマニ [toki no hazamani] (A Moment in Time)
34. ミエザルアシオト [miezaru ashioto]
35. シチニノゾム [shichi ni nozomu] (Struggle to Escape)
36. クルウハグルマ [kuruu wa guruma] (Descent to Madness)
37. カナシミノハテニ [kanashimi no hate ni] (Ending of Sorrow)
38. ミチルナゾ [michiru nazo] (The Puzzle Falls Into Place)
39. セマルゼツボウ [semaru zetsubou] (The Urge to Despair)
40. ココロカサネテ [kokoro kasanete] (Heart's Content)
41. テヲトリアッテ [te wo toriatte] (Hand In Hand)
42. colorless wind 〜Short size〜/ 結城アイラ
43. mellow melody 〜Short size〜/ Ceui
Care to guess what each song is?
I wonder if some of those songs are the variations of the OPs and ED. They were played as BGM during some episodes In ep.11, Mellow Melody can be heard the first time Mana talks with Yorito on the roof, and Colorless Wind the second time.
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|2007-06-26, 06:55
|Link #36
Beautiful fighter.
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: England, UK
Age: 32
Listening to the soundtrack now, and i'm recognizing each track as i go by. They've done a good job with starting the soundtrack of with the Spanish guitar tracks, then going into piano/battle music.
This is a very good musical score. I love Fujima Hitoshi's music. I'll be looking out for that name in the future, though for now i'm happy with sola's score, which i know i'll be listening to for sometime to come.
|2007-06-29, 07:01
|Link #37
Anime Snark
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Singapore
Age: 35
Does it amuse anybody else that about 25% of the sola OST are battle BGMs? I mean, if you play the entire list on random, you will get soothing soul-healing music, then switch to intensive techno-beat fighting music.
Kinda like watching ARIA and then all of a sudden the Undines are wielding halberd-oars of doom.
Currently obsessed by Track 35, "Shichini no Zomu". It is really a kickass piece of music.
|2007-06-29, 07:15
|Link #38
mind the gap
Yeah, most of the soundtrack reminds me of the first half of the series, which could be counted as iyashi-kei. Thus the music is very easy listening, too.
Personally, I'm loving at least 90% of the tracks, which rarely is the case. Currently have Kasuka na Hikari on loop (after hours and hours of listening to "Engeki no Theme ~Hitohira~ from Hitohira ).
|2007-06-29, 19:34
|Link #39
Jigoku Sensei
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Mexico
|2007-06-29, 21:37
|Link #40
Join Date: Dec 2003
Age: 36
Image Album being released on August 8th. Probably not, but hey, you never know...
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We met a group of young, promising winemakers over dinner. Mélina of Inter Beaujolais suggested we meet these people because she noted our interest in "natural" wine and several of these make bio or natural wine. All of these producers are much appreciated locally and some of these have already started exporting wine.
Domaine Claire & Fabien Chasselay
Fabien Chasselay
Beaujolais Blanc 2012 – nice acid for a wine that starts out gentle and ripe and fruit-forward. There's a touch of oak here, too, which I'd prefer not to be there.
Beaujolais Rosé 2012 – light salmon pink, quite neutral aromas, ever so slightly earthy; nicely piercing acidity. Nice!
Beaujolais Quatre Saisons 2012 – this is their entry level Gamay: it smells a bit lactic on opening but turns into a peppery, "syrah"-styled Gamay with a bit of air. Very light and juicy and easy drinking. Not bad, but nothing to write home about.
Beaujolais Les Grands Eparcieux 2012 – was also a juicy, lighter styled wine with a spicy aroma. Again, not bad, but nothing special.
Fleurie La Chapelle des Bois 2011 – to put it mildly, this was a huge step up. It smells very seductive and peachy; it's vinified in the Burgundian manner (i.e. not carbonic) and it even sees some new oak. Yet somehow the new oak aromas don't emerge from behind the sexy Fleurie aromas. I'd like to try this in a non-tasting situation because often when enjoying wine at home I'll find oak in a wine that I thought wasn't tainted by it in a tasting situation. And I think Gamay is one of those grapes like Nebbiolo that simply can't handle any new oak aromas at all.
Chénas La Carrière 2011 – this is fermented in new oak barriques but aged in big old wood barrels. But still this smells more of oak than the Fleurie which is also aged in a small percentage of new barrique. The palate is better: the ripe vintage fruit is held in check by the racy acidity.
Côte de Brouilly L'Héronde 2010 – This is aged 15 months in old wooden tanks. Mr. Chasselay thinks L'Héronde is the best plot in Côte de Brouilly. It's easy to understand his enthusiasm because this is wonderfully perfumed just like the Fleury; nice and crunchy style as expected from the year. Very attractive.
Bourgogne Pinot Noir 2010 – 18 months in new Vosges barriques. At first it smells more of Pinot than oak, but sadly quickly it turns the other way around.
Romain Jambon
Jambon in front of Les Eronnes, Brouilly
Brouilly Les Eronnes 2012 – this is a non-carbonic, aged in tank instead of wood; from 30-50 yo vines. It is tight and tannic and is quite lean. I like the pieces but it is in pieces. Hold.
Brouilly Les Eronnes 2011 – wow! This is gorgeous! Very peachy; very fresh; quite high in tannins, too. Very attractive.
Brouilly Les Vieux Ceps 2011 – from 50-80 yo vines; aged 12 months in five times used barriques. The nose is almost smoky; it isn't a very aromatic wine. But the palate is nice if you enjoy the Brun-style of slightly austere wine: tight, dense, tannic and with high acidity so the year's strong fruit is not so forward as in most other 2011s we tried. I think this will turn out nice, but for now: hold!
Brouilly La Pointe des Einards 2011 – deep and dark aromas but it does have a welcome peachy perfume, too; great structure, fresh and crunchy acidity: it's almost like biting into a ripe red apple. Very nice!
All in all, a very impressive range!
Domaine des Marrans
Mathieu Mélinand of Domaine des Marrans
Chiroubles Vieilles Vignes 2011 – semi-carbonic; it starts out smelling a bit reductive and plasticy but turns out ok after some vigorous swirling: peachy and juicy. Nice enough but IMO not quite on the level of some others this dinner.
Fleurie 2011 – a simple, juicy style with an attractive peach aroma; nothing wrong with this except that it just wasn't terribly exciting.
Fleurie Terroir du Pavillion 2009 and 2011 – both were of a ripe style; but lacked some intensity. Ok, but outclassed.
Though to be frank, we did have an embarrassing amount of great wine open so I might have misjudged these Marrans. I need to try these again - they certainly were attractive enough that I am very willing to do so!
Domaine David-Beaupère
Louis-Clément David-Beaupère
Juliénas La Bottière 2012 – a deep, dense, masculine wine; powerful, tannic and very young wine made in a non-carbonic Burgundian style. Very promising but a bit brutish now. Hold.
Juliénas Claire David 2008 – this was L-C's first vintage and made in a semi-carbonic style and aged in stainless steel. Very floral and aromatic; pleasantly light and mature. Attractive.
Julien Sunier
Julien Sunier
Régnié 2011 – Sunier's plots are right next to Morgon Côte du Py. It is made with carbonic maceration and grillage (if I understood correctly, it's a gentler form of pigeage since pigeage can be too tough for Gamay). A weird wine and I really need to try this again if I can find some because this is full of paradoxes: it is weightless in the mouth yet full of flavour; it is soft and textured more like cotton candy than wine; yet it is extremely lengthy and though I don't want to use a word like intense for such an ethereal wine, I don't know what else I could use! It tastes like there is nothing in your mouth when you drink it, yet it is at the same time the most flavourful drink imaginable. Certainly one of the most intriguing wines of the trip and I think it's pretty damn good. Maybe even outstanding.
Morgon 2011 – this also has the Sunier paradox of weightlessness and full flavour. But it is a bit more tannic than the Régnié and with darker fruit aromas so it isn't quite as ethereal. Great wine anyway.
Fleurie 2011 – I think Sunier might be a genius. Once again this has the lovely paradoxes I outlined above which make it hugely intriguing to drink. This Fleury also has nice gentle, floral, peachy aromas and is pretty soft yet with a persistent and refreshing finish (this comes from some of Fleuries higher plots at 470m altitude).
Paul-Henri Thillardon
P-H Thillardon
Chénas Les Carrières 2011 – a really fresh, aromatic Chénas; lively and moreish. Very nice.
Chénas Les Vibrations 2011 – a bizarre experiment with an 8 month maceration (yes, you read that right: eight months) – all the other winemakers joked that it's good that Paul-Henri does such experiments so they won't have to. It is deep and tannic but not too harsh. It's interesting for sure, and it's perfectly drinkable and actually really good. But I do have to wonder what the benefits of such a long maceration might be?
I'm sure everyone is relieved that there are only two more posts on this Beaujolais trip!


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It's not music to the ears of Blake Bortles, Teddy Bridgewater and Johnny Manziel, but it's looking more and more like quarterback-needy teams drafting early in the first round this year are open to bypassing the position with their top pick.
In a media teleconference Thursday, NFL Media analyst Daniel Jeremiah said he could see a "very real possibility" that teams like the Texans (No. 1 pick), Jaguars (No. 3) and Raiders (No. 5) pass on drafting a quarterback with their first pick.
"I think teams are trying to talk themselves into that second group (of quarterback prospects) so they can take a big-time positional player early in the draft," Jeremiah said.
This draft is deep in positional players, particularly at offensive tackle, wide receiver and cornerback -- it's not a stretch to think that five players at each position could go in the first round -- but it's also deep at quarterback, which could lead those teams in need of a quarterback to bypass the position in the first round and circle back around in later rounds to grab a solid prospect. That also means that some quarterbacks who were considered first-round locks two or three months ago might not necessarily be that anymore.
Only one quarterback went in the first round last year, EJ Manuel to Buffalo with the 16th pick. That came on the heels of the 2012 draft, which saw four quarterbacks in the first round, including three in the top eight, and of the 2011 draft, when four quarterbacks went in the top 12.
But Jeremiah said the 2011 draft, in particular, has "scared some teams" because three of the first-round quarterbacks that year -- Blaine Gabbert, Jake Locker and Christian Ponder -- have not panned out. And one first-round quarterback in 2012, Brandon Weeden, already is on his second team.
In addition, Jeremiah cited the "Seattle effect" as a reason teams might be willing to bypass a quarterback in the first round, noting that the Seahawks won the most recent Super Bowl with quarterback Russell Wilson, a third-round pick in 2012. Jeremiah said teams are also looking at the model in San Francisco, which he called "the second-best team" in the league and one that is led by second-round quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
"I think there's a theory going around -- 'let's build up our roster with as many talented players as we can (and) then we can insert the quarterback at that point in time,'" Jeremiah said.
Fellow analyst Charles Davis said Seattle, San Francisco and Cincinnati have developed a blueprint lessening the need for a bona-fide star at the position. Davis said teams are saying "we want to win with a quarterback" and not because of a quarterback.
Jeremiah said most of the teams in the top 10 that would seem to need a quarterback have "signed a veteran that is functional." Houston has signed Ryan Fitzpatrick. Jacksonville re-signed Chad Henne. Oakland acquired Matt Schaub. Tampa Bay (No. 7 pick) signed Josh McCown. Minnesota (No. 8) re-signed Matt Cassel. Cleveland, which picks fourth, is the only outlier of that group; the Browns didn't sign a veteran but do have Brian Hoyer, who played well as a starter after taking over for Weeden last season before being injured.
Davis also said the deep quarterback class has led to a lot of varying opinions on the ranking at the position. "There are so many, you have a hard time separating them," he said.
Davis and Jeremiah both said they have heard that teams are willing to bypass quarterbacks early. But they also wondered if that truly will happen.
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MISENHEIMER, N.C. - Sophomore guard Maria Young (Asheville, N.C.) tossed in a game-high 20 points and Limestone College (7-4, 3-2) used a 17-2 run midway through the game to collect a hard fought 61-56 win against Pfeiffer University (3-8, 1-3) on Saturday night inside the Merner Gym. Trailing 26-22 at the 4:39 mark in the first half, the Saints used a long 17-2 run that spanned both halves to grab a 39-28 lead with 18:13 remaining in the game. Limestone then held on as the Falcons countered with a 22-10 stretch to close the gap to 52-50 with 4:32 left in regulation. The Blue and Gold iced the game with six clutch free throws in the final 30 seconds to preserve their second road win of the season.
In a game filled with runs by both squads, it was the 17-2 stretch by the Saints that proved to be the difference. Young dialed long distance to start the stretch before sophomore guard Lauren Pace (Suwanee, Ga.) put LC on top for good at 29-28 with 2:18 remaining in the first half. A pair of midrange jumpers by senior forward Nastashia Mitchell (Wildood, Fla.) and another score by Young gave Limestone a seven point advantage going into the locker room.
Coming out of the break, Limestone ran off five consecutive points to open up a 39-28 margin almost two minutes into the second frame. Young connected on a score and sophomore forward Ashley Robinson (Whittier, N.C.) contributed a layup to give the visitors their largest lead of the game.
Refusing to go down without a fight on their home floor, Pfeiffer scratched out a 22-10 counterattack over the next 14 minutes to climb back to within 52-50 with 4:32 remaining in the game. Christina Harvey (Locust Grove, Va.) started the long stretch at the charity strip and was followed with a jumper by Brittany Cox (Winston-Salem, N.C.) and a fast break layup by Devona Knight (Woodbridge, Va.) to close the gap to four points.
A layup by Robinson and another three-point bomb by Young fueled a mini 8-2 run for the Saints to reopen a double digit lead at 47-37. Pfeiffer was unfazed, however, as Cox drilled five consecutive points before Harvey nailed a short jumper to pull the home team to within 52-50.
Young and Robinson gave Limestone some breathing room as they helped push the lead out to 56-50 with 1:03 remaining. Although Cox added a pair of three-pointers, Limestone would convert all six of their free throw attempts in the closing seconds to hold onto the 61-56 final.
Similarly, several runs by both squads highlighted the first half. After Pfeiffer's Celeste Caudill (Sparta, N.C.) opened the scoring with a shot from downtown, Limestone used an 8-2 stretch over the next three minutes to grab an 8-5 lead with 13:23 remaining.
The Falcons responded as Caudill tossed in five points, including another long distance shot, to mount a 7-0 run to place the home team out in front by four points.
As became the theme, West and sophomore forward Bridget Ansbro (Huntersville, N.C.) connected on consecutive inside scores before Young found the stroke from long range to cap a 9-2 stretch to put the Saints back on top 17-14. It was short-lived, however, as Harvey and Cox dialed long distance to spark a 12-5 jaunt that gave the home team a 26-22 advantage and sitting up Limestone's decisive run.
Cox paced the Falcons with 18 points on 4-of-9 (44.4%) shooting from behind the arc to go along with three assists and three steals. Harvey chipped in 16 points, a team-high eight boards and three steals. Caudill rounded out the double digit scorers for Pfeiffer as she finished the evening with 12 points.
Young finished with 20 points on 6-of-14 (42.9%) shooting in addition to three rebounds, two steals and two blocked shots. West and Mitchell finished with a game-high nine rebounds to go along with seven points and six points, respectively. Pace contributed five assists while Robinson chipped in nine points, six boards and two blocked shots.
Pfeiffer returns to the hardwood on Thursday night traveling to Converse for a 6:00 p.m. tip.