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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
The last time The Manager saw the end of the road
Ideally, this year will mark the end of The Manager's second tenure in Toronto. (Or at the very least, the end of his tenure in a uniform and in the dugout. He'll never really leave the Jays.) With that in mind, we started to cast our thoughts back to The Manager's final season of his initial managerial stint.
With so much time having passed since that 1997 season, it's almost hard to recall just what a mess that season was. So we took a stroll through Baseball-Reference's archives for the team, and found some fuel to our irrational distaste for the man we once championed as an under-appreciated genius.
A team that was built to win. Sort of.
For anyone who wants to be the contrarian, and posit that the 1997 squad was a bad team that no manager could fix, think again. That year, the team underwent significant change, bringing in big time free agents Roger Clemens and Benito Santiago (fresh off a 30 homer season).
The team jettisoned John Olerud - never one of The Manager's favorites - in that offseason, sending he and his team-leading .854 OPS to the Mets for starter-closer-starter-closer-starter Robert Person. (And before you make the claim that this was to clear room for Carlos Delgado, you should know that Joe Carter was first baseman to start the season. Because The Manager loved Joe, even after he fell off the cliff. So there.)
Moreover, they also sent a number of prospects (who turned out to be nothing much) to Pittsburgh for Orlando Merced, Carlos Garcia and Dan Pleasac (who, aside from Pleasac, turned out to be nothing much). With the acquisition of the 30 year-old veteran Merced, The Manager could push the young Shawn Green back to the bench, in spite of his two respectable seasons as a 22 and 23 year-old (.835 OPS in '05, .790 OPS in '06).
This was truly a team built for The Manager. He could rely on a group of aging, rickety old sods whose reputations far outshone their performance. He could field a lineup with a 38 year-old Otis Nixon and his rapidly declining defense. He could continue to pencil the 37 year-old-and-declining Carter into the cleanup spot for most of the season (and the three-spot when he really struggled). He could push Delgado and Green into the sixth and eight spots in the lineup, or park them on the bench in favour of Juan Samuel or Rueben Sierra.
(And let's not forget what a massive clusterfuck that whole incident was. The Manager felt that two years worth of decent production wasn't enough proof of Green's worth, and he felt that Green still had to play his way into the lineup, even as veterans scuffled their way into playing time. Somehow, the rotted-out hull of Rivera, who had just been tossed to the scrap heap by the Reds, merited at bats while the future of the franchise languished...Nobody recount this story to Travis Snider, okay?)
As the year went on, and the Sierra experiment blew up, the Jays slipped to the back of the AL East. It took until June 23rd, when the team was already 14 1/2 games out of first, before The Manager would slide Delgado, by far the team's best hitter, into the cleanup role. King Carlos would eventually hit fourth in 40 games, which is exactly one more than the number of games that busted-out mediocrity Mariano Duncan (and his sub-McDonaldian .531 OPS) hit second.
Duncan had taken over the two-hole and second base duties from Carlos Garcia, who spent most of the season revealing himself to be Carlos Garcia: A below-average slap hitter with terrible plate discipline (.253 OBP, .309 SLG).
That 1997 season was a long arduous slog, made all the more so by the high expectations coming into the year. The light at the end of the tunnel came only after it was clear that the season was finished, and the team began moving towards its next generation. Shannon Stewart would step in for Nixon, Green would get a regular turn, and newly-acquired José Cruz Jr. would take Merced's spot in the lineup. The team that would go on to win 88 games the next season under Tim Johnson was beginning to finally take shape, while The Manager was setting the scene for an acrimonious and unapologetic exit.
In the midst of a late season slide that saw them lose 11 of 13 games, the team finally gave The Manager his walking papers on September 23rd. Joe Carter would switch his jersey number to 43 in memoriam. Pitching coach Mel Queen took over for the final five games of the season, and promptly moved Green into the two-hole, while relegating Duncan and Garcia to the bench.
The team went 4-1.
(And in case you are wondering: Yeah, there is totally a way that we could look at this and point the finger of blame at Gord Ash. Except that The Manager had a lot of sway in those days over the young GM through his close relationship with team President Paul Beeston. Umm...oh. Ruh roh.)
39 comments:
- bkblades said...
Well, I'm glad you brought this happy post on a day of official drinking.
And I still vaguely remember Orlando Merced's career day against some National League team, possibly the Pirates, where Cito's mastery came to fruition for one day through sheer luck. This is going to be one long season.
- March 17, 2010 at 12:13 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
The funny thing is that I really liked Merced. But I think I just liked his goggles, and all of his wristbands and shit.
That's the sort of thing that gets you geeked when your team is in the tank.
- March 17, 2010 at 12:18 PM
- mike in boston said...
i've said this before: the only way to get Cito to leave early is to pester him everyday with questions about the obvious parallel between now and then, making liberal use of words like OPS and UZR and WHIP. All his BS about confidence is easily refuted statistically.
The only people who can do this are the media, and quite frankly none of them do it. The Manager gets a free pass from the beat reporters and columnists and it needs to stop. The only people who follow this team right now are stats and prospect porn people. The media needs to adjust their coverage accordingly. This means questioning each Managerial decision accordingly.
- March 17, 2010 at 12:25 PM
- mike in boston said...
i missed the realignment talk the other day. here is my proposal and i'd be interested to hear why it couldn't work.
balanced schedule + floating payroll-based realignment every year.
the basic idea is that you have a cut off date in january after which divisions are set for the upcoming season based on payroll. this would create an A division with the Yanks, Sox, Angels, etc, a B division with the $80 million payroll teams, and a C division with the rest. Each division winner makes the post-season and a wiildcard is awarded to the next best record.
rich teams play rich teams, cheap teams play cheap teams. no salary cap needed, and the rich teams still have a better chance of making the post-season via the WC
- March 17, 2010 at 12:31 PM
Reading this makes me very glad I paid zero attention to baseball from the beginning of the strike until the 2001 NYY vs. ARI World Series.
- March 17, 2010 at 12:39 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
I've got a humdinger of a realignment post coming. But it's going to take a while to write it.
Stay tuned.
In the meantime, I'd just like to point out the similarities between Otis Nixon and Joey Gathright.
That is all.
- March 17, 2010 at 12:39 PM
Tao -- thanks for reminding me about this nightmare. I remember this season very well and it really made me dislike Cito even more.
I just hope the media is a little more educated now and actually fires the questions that need to be asked of Cito-logic. I really hope he just quits because although Beeston may be a good business man, his baseball acumen can't be that great because of the way he protects Cito.
- March 17, 2010 at 12:51 PM
- sarah said...
I might be able to forgive The Manager if he started wearing That Manager's tie.
- March 17, 2010 at 1:01 PM
- The Southpaw said...
Thanks for digging out all those repressed memories of abuse! Now I'm afraid to leavew the house!
- March 17, 2010 at 1:03 PM
Is there any point in this season where if the Jays are just so shitty that they would pull the trigger on firing The Manager or are we stuck with him all season long no matter what?
At least Gathright doesn't look like he's 76 years old. So he's got that going for him. Which is nice.
- March 17, 2010 at 1:04 PM
- Darren Priest said...
Great stuff. So many memories. That really takes me back, but it also makes me hate Cito more than I want to.
Is he Joe Torre? He's clearly not Terry Francona.
One thing seems irrefutable: in 2010, the Jays would be better off without Beeston's influence.
- March 17, 2010 at 1:07 PM
Tao - if you're going to shorten St. Patrick's Day, please use St. Paddy's. Patty is female.
Just sayin.
- March 17, 2010 at 1:08 PM
Thanks Tao, now where is the fucking Jameson's.
- March 17, 2010 at 1:09 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
So many nights have gone awry after a first taste of the Jameson's led to a few more.
(Although if we're talking Irish whiskey, we'd prefer a bottle of Bushmills' 10 Year. Tasty.)
- March 17, 2010 at 1:56 PM
- eyebleaf said...
Oh, Tao.
- March 17, 2010 at 2:32 PM
Joey Gathright and Otis Nixon? You're really going to try to compare the starting centre fielder of 1997 to a guy who might crack the club as a fifth outfielder and pinch runner? Not to mention Otis Nixon's .370 OBP in '96 to Gathright's .313 last year? Basically they're both black guys with speed?
- March 17, 2010 at 2:46 PM
- March 17, 2010 at 2:53 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Touché. I didn't realize Nixon's OBP was that high, although I did know that he was good for some walks.
I guess I figured them to be slap hitting speedsters. Who happen to be black.
Um. I'm kinda uncomfortable with my latent racism.
- March 17, 2010 at 2:55 PM
- sarah said...
Bushmills is awful, you racist.
- March 17, 2010 at 3:00 PM
- Mike O'Hanlon said...
you want to drink Irish ... try to find a bottle of Paddy. Next to Midleton, it's the one I turn to every March 17th.
- March 17, 2010 at 3:07 PM
Who wants to be Irish? That's like wanting to be black.
Umm, sorry. Yeah I gotta go anon on this. I have a semi-public job and Chris Rock humor is not gonna fly.
- March 17, 2010 at 3:10 PM
- eyebleaf said...
- March 17, 2010 at 3:20 PM
Here I just wanted to draw a contrast between Nixon and Gathright and apparently I've called you racist. T'was not my intention.
- March 17, 2010 at 3:28 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Well, you kinda pointed it out. Now I feel sad. Will find it that much harder to walk past the Amnesty International kids on the sidewalk today.
- March 17, 2010 at 3:39 PM
Look on the bright side. Now the chance that you and Jeff Kent become besties has skyrocketed.
- March 17, 2010 at 3:58 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
How dare you diss Bushmills? On this, it's biggest day of the year?
Did Bushmills show up at your prom and question your choice of dress? I don't think so!
- March 17, 2010 at 4:06 PM
Bushmills? That's Protestant swill!
- March 17, 2010 at 5:14 PM
Can we get Ron Washington next year?
- March 17, 2010 at 6:38 PM
- SP said...
How can you talk about the 97 season without bringing up Jacob Brumfield?! Anyway, thanks for the trip down memory lane. Man that was a shitty time. I never want to think about the Olerud-Person trade again. If it weren't for drafting Doc, that trade alone would wipe out all of Ash's accomplishments.
I'll always remember 1997 as the season I started to appreciate on-baseness without even knowing about the OBP stat (TSN didn't show it and I didn't read baseball books). Such was the rankness of Cito's beloved vets. I think calling Garcia simply below average is pushing it. We went from Robbie Alomar to Carlos Garcia within 2 years.
- March 17, 2010 at 7:00 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
It says something about how bad Garcia was that Craig Grebeck seemed like a huge improvement.
- March 17, 2010 at 7:08 PM
That's probably the first time Craig Grebeck and huge have been used in the same sentence.
- March 17, 2010 at 8:15 PM
huge wonder following this post! i've placed the information you have blogged about in the garden and sprinkled it with water. hopefully it will grow? :) do you have varicose veins, high-blood pressure in need of equine-temper provider then you should
- March 17, 2010 at 9:14 PM
Somehow these bot comments are still less annoying than Fake JB
- March 17, 2010 at 9:31 PM
- Bitey said...
I remember when Merced threw someone out at 1st from right field. That was cool.
- March 17, 2010 at 11:33 PM
Sarah's cooch is legendarily hairy.
- March 18, 2010 at 2:22 AM
- brainiac said...
"Jimmy said:
Bushmills? That's Protestant swill!"
- excellent quote McNutty
- March 18, 2010 at 4:40 PM
I agree that I'm annoying.
- March 18, 2010 at 5:04 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Was that a quote from The Wire? Musta missed that one somewhere along the way.
But I'll say this: If Bushmills is Protestant, than those Orange bastards can make a fine liquor.
Thank god I'm an atheist.
- March 18, 2010 at 5:47 PM
- Bwilly said...
In 97 Cito was trying to save his job, now not so much so. I think/pray that things will turn out differantly in 2010
- March 19, 2010 at 12:33 PM


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UC Davis will be in action on Saturday at the Port of Sacramento.
April 16, 2010
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The UC Davis women's team, coming off races with rival Sacramento State last weekend, will return to action on Saturday when the Aggies host the NorCal/SoCal Challenge at the Port of Sacramento.
Racing begins at 8:45 a.m. and will continue with matchups every 15 minutes until 9:45, and then resume with nearly two hours of races beginning at 3 p.m. Sunday's competition starts at 8 a.m. and will run until the final dual at 9:45 a.m.
UC Davis will be joined by San Diego State, LMU and Saint Mary's. The Aggies' varsity eight, which won a thrilling race against Sacramento State to claim the Jean Runyon Cup last Saturday, will be in action at 9:15 a.m.
Aggie crews will also race at 9:45 (novice eight), 3 p.m. (varsity four), 3:30 p.m. (second varsity eight) and 4:15 p.m. (varsity eight).
On Sunday morning, UC Davis will go head-to-head with San Diego State in varsity four (8:00), second varsity eight (8:30), varsity eight (9:00) and novice eight (9:30) races. The Aggies will also face LMU in a novice four matchup at 9:45 a.m.
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Ricketts was named the Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I National Player of the Week by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association, the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Week by USA Softball and the Big 12 Pitcher of the Week, while Chamberlain was crowned as the Big 12 Player of the Week.
It marks the third time Ricketts has been recognized as the NFCA Player of the Week after earning recognition in both 2011 and 2012. She was also named the USA Softball Player of the Week on Feb. 23, 2010 and becomes the first Sooner to win the award more than once.
She has been named the Big 12 Pitcher of the Week 12 times throughout her career.
Chamberlain has now been named the Big 12 Player of the Week four times in her career, more than any other player in the league dating back to last season.
As the leadoff hitter in five games last weekend, Chamberlain hit .636 (7-11) with four home runs, 12 runs scored and 12 runs batted in. In addition, she walked six times and was hit by three pitches, giving her a .800 on-base percentage.
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If you're looking for something to do this weekend, you don't have to look far. Dover has plenty to do this weekend. Whether you want to keep the Valentine's Day love alive, experience live theater or hear some live music, you'll find it in Dover.
WHAT USAF Heritage of America Band concert
WHEN 1 p.m., Friday
WHERE Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover Air Force Base, 1301 Heritage Road, Dover
COST Free
INFO amcmuseum.org
Activated in 1941, the United States Air Force Heritage of America Band has a rich history of inspiring public patriotism and enhancing the esprit de corps among all the U.S. military branches.
The band features the diverse talents of five professional musicians. They travel more than 30,000 miles each year, performing concerts for the public and providing music for military protocol events throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. Under the leadership of Maj. Jeffrey B. Warner, the USAF Heritage of America Band remains at the forefront of preserving and enriching America's military and musical heritage into the 21st century.
WHAT Dover Symphony Orchestra concert
WHEN 7 p.m., Saturday
WHERE Calvary Assembly of God, 1141 E. Lebanon Road, Dover
COST Up to $20
INFO www.doversymphony.org
Did you and your beloved miss Valentine's Day this week? Romance is still available, thanks to the Dover Symphony Orchestra.
The orchestra will perform some light classical selections, most of them familiar movie themes. There will be music by Morricone, the Italian composer known for his film scores; Piazzolla, an Argentine tango composer; Mascagni, whose Intermezzo from Cavalieria Rusticana was used in Raging Bull and Godfather III; and several other selections popularized by film.
Of course, romance lives in the waltz and DSO will be including both the Blue Danube Waltz and the Emperor Waltz. Finally, the night will end with a flourish with "Bolero," Ravel's most famous composition that was specially adapted for the famous British ice-dancing pair, Torvill and Dean.
The Dover Art League will also have four artists exhibiting their lovely work as well. For tickets or more information, visit www.doversymphony.org.
WHAT "Echoes of a Prophet"
WHEN 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday
WHERE The Schwartz Center for the Arts, 226 S. State St., Dover
COST $12 to $25
INFO www.schwartzcenter.com
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. To honor such a big moment in history, the Schwartz Center is hosting two days of programming that explore and celebrate important moments in black history.
The events kick off Friday night with the film and speaker series. Explore issues of modern slavery and human trafficking with the documentary, "Not My Life." Afterwards, University of Delaware Assistant Professor of Black Studies Dr. Arica Coleman will lead a discussion on the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment. There's no cost to see the film or participate in the discussion.
Tomorrow night, the celebration gets a bit louder when music gets introduced into the story. "Echoes of a Prophet," the brainchild of Rev. John G. Moore, Sr. is an arrangement of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s most significant speeches woven together with the music of the DSU and Wesley Jazz Band. As an added bonus, Dr. Stanley Cowell, a Rutgers University and Steinway pianist will also perform. Be sure to get a seat early for the pre-concert discussion.
WHAT Third Annual Capital Region Bridal Showcase
WHEN 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday
WHERE Hilton Garden Inn, 1706 N. Dupont Highway, Dover,
COST $0 to $10
INFO www.delawarecapitalregionbridalshowcase.com
Valentine's Day traditionally sees a lot of couples announcing their engagements. This year, they can get a jump start on all those wedding plans with the 3rd Annual Capital Region Bridal Showcase.
Think of this as a one-stop shop for planning a local wedding. More than 30 exhibitors will be on hand at the event, which aims to help brides plan every aspect of their Kent County wedding. Find a caterer, sample bakers, peruse party favors or shop for venues and fashion.
The event isn't only for brides, though. Grooms get a say in things, too.
Grooms who attend with their brides-to-be can enjoy the new Groom's Lounge, which will serve drinks at the cash bar and televise the NHL match-up between the Buffalo Sabres and the Pittsburgh Penguins. Registered grooms and groomsmen will also be entered into a drawing for a free Dover Days Car Show Registration.
The event's host, the Hilton Garden Inn, will provide hors d'oeuvres and the event's grand prize: a free rehearsal dinner for up to 25 guests with five overnights at the hotel. The prize package is worth $1,600.
Gray said special attention was paid to including every bride's budget.
"Today's weddings can be just as beautiful on a small budget or a limitless one," said Gray. "But, with so much attention on the bride, the gown can be overshadowed by not-so-well designed groom's wear. Representatives from the Men's Wearhouse will be on hand to assist, and a select amount of men's fashions will be featured during the roaming fashion show."
The showcase will also include the first Designer Cake Competition judged by brides and guests at the event.
Brides who register by Feb. 15 will receive free admission. Guests of the bride, including grooms, can enter at the door for $10, or save $5 by registering online before Feb. 15. Brides and her guests can register online at www.delawarecaptialregionbridalshowcasecom, where a list of the exhibitors is available with links to their websites.
For more information, call Kent County Tourism at (302) 734-8309.
WHAT "Becky's New Car"
WHERE Patchwork Playhouse, 140 E. Roosevelt Avenue, Dover
WHEN 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday
COST $16 to $18
INFO kctg.org
The Kent County Theatere Guild's season continues with its latest comedy, "Becky's New Car," a thoroughly original and funny story that doesn't shy away from the serious moments, too.
Travel down the road not taken with Becky Foster, who is caught in middle age with no prospects of change anywhere on the horizon. Then, one night, a socially inept millionaire stumbles into her job and Becky is offered nothing short of a new life and the audience is offered a chance to ride shotgun in a way that most plays wouldn't dare.
Under the direction of Denis Stanton, "Becky's New Car" stars Carol Torrey, Larry Mola, Bruce Klinger, David Bralley, Rebekah Kovitz, Jeff Mask and Patti Gatto. The play was written by award-winning playwright Steven Dietz. It premiered in Seattle in 2008. By 2009, it was one of six finalists for the prestigious Steinberg New Play Award given by the American Theatre Critics Association.
"A Mid-Summer Night's Dream" reading will be start at 1:30 p.m. at Kent County Public Library, 497 S. Red Haven Lane, Dover. Continuing an eight-year tradition, Shakespeare lovers will celebrate Valentine's Day with dinner and a show. Participants are encouraged to take on a part and read "A Mid-Summer Night's Dream." Come read or enjoy the show. Gift certificates to a local restaurant will be provided after the show. Open to adults and students. Space is limited. Call 698-6440 to register.
Valentine Dance, hosted by ABATE of Kent County at the Marydel Fire Hall, 110 Firehouse Lane, Marydel, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. The doors will open at 8 p.m. and XXPosure will perform. Open to the public. Must be 18 years old or older to attend. For more information, call (302) 632-0873.
Friday, Feb. 15
33 West Ale House & Grill: Tad Jones Trio
Bonz**: DJ Bob-E, 9 p.m.
Cowboy Up: Texas Heat
Fire & Ice*: Crocodile What?, 9:30 p.m.
Gold Room**: The Flamingos, 6 p.m. & 8 p.m.
Green Stinger: Skinny Leg Pete
Irish Mike's: Stacks Entertainment, 10 p.m.
The Touchdown: Nothing But Trouble
Valerie's Bar & Grill: Karaoke, 10 p.m.
Walter L. Fox American Legion***: Karaoke, 8 p.m.
ZBar: Be a Star Karaoke, 9 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 16
Bonz**: Glass Onion, 9 p.m.
Cowboy Up: Texas Heat
Fire & Ice*: Eleven Eleven, 9:30 p.m.
Golden Fleece: DJ Sticks
Gold Room**: Barry Manilow Tribute
Green Stinger: Joey Fulkerson
Irish Mike's: Stacks Entertainment, 10 p.m.
Valerie's Bar & Grill: Karaoke, 10 p.m.
Walter L. Fox American Legion: Running Blind, 8 p.m.
ZBar: Be a Star Karaoke, 9 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 17
Fire & Ice*: Full Tilt, 9:30 p.m.


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The film explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave dramatically through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the...
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The film explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave dramatically through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Each member of the ensemble appears in multiple roles as the stories move through time.
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David Mitchell's novel Cloud Atlas consists of six stories set in various periods between 1850 and a time far into Earth's post-apocalyptic future. Each segment lives on its own the previous first person account picked up and read by a character in its successor creating connective tissue between each moment in time. The various stories remain intact for Tom Tykwer's (Run Lola Run) Lana Wachowski's and Andy Wachowski's (The Matrix) film adaptation which debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival. The massive change comes from the interweaving of the book's parts into one three-hour saga - a move that elevates the material and transforms Cloud Atlas in to a work of epic proportions.
Don't be turned off by the runtime - Cloud Atlas moves at lightning pace as it cuts back and forth between its various threads: an American notary sailing the Pacific; a budding musician tasked with transcribing the hummings of an accomplished 1930's composer; a '70s-era investigatory journalist who uncovers a nefarious plot tied to the local nuclear power plant; a book publisher in 2012 who goes on the run from gangsters only to be incarcerated in a nursing home;
Sonmi~451 a clone in Neo Seoul who takes on the oppressive government that enslaves her; and a primitive human from the future who teams with one of the few remaining technologically-advanced Earthlings in order to survive. Dense but so was the unfamiliar world of The Matrix. Cloud Atlas has more moving parts than the Wachowskis' seminal sci-fi flick but with additional ambition to boot. Every second is a sight to behold.
The members of the directing trio are known for their visual prowess but Cloud Atlas is a movie about juxtaposition. The art of editing is normally a seamless one - unless someone is really into the craft the cutting of a film is rarely a post-viewing talking point - but Cloud Atlas turns the editor into one of the cast members an obvious player who ties the film together with brilliant cross-cutting and overlapping dialogue. Timothy Cavendish the elderly publisher could be musing on his need to escape and the film will wander to the events of Sonmi~451 or the tortured music apprentice Robert Frobisher also feeling the impulse to run. The details of each world seep into one another but the real joy comes from watching each carefully selected scene fall into place. You never feel lost in Cloud Atlas even when Tykwer and the Wachowskis have infused three action sequences - a gritty car chase in the '70s a kinetic chase through Neo Seoul and a foot race through the forests of future millennia - into one extended set piece. This is a unified film with distinct parts echoing the themes of human interconnectivity.
The biggest treat is watching Cloud Atlas' ensemble tackle the diverse array of characters sprinkled into the stories. No film in recent memory has afforded a cast this type of opportunity yet another form of juxtaposition that wows. Within a few seconds Tom Hanks will go from near-neanderthal to British gangster to wily 19th century doctor. Halle Berry Hugh Grant Jim Sturgess Jim Broadbent Ben Whishaw Hugo Weaving and Susan Sarandon play the same game taking on roles of different sexes races and the like. (Weaving as an evil nurse returning to his Priscilla Queen of the Desert cross-dressing roots is mind-blowing.) The cast's dedication to inhabiting their roles on every level helps us quickly understand the worlds. We know it's Halle Berry behind the fair skinned wife of the lunatic composer but she's never playing Halle Berry. Even when the actors are playing variations on themselves they're glowing with the film's overall epic feel. Jim Broadbent's wickedly funny modern segment a Tykwer creation that packs a particularly German sense of humor is on a smaller scale than the rest of the film but the actor never dials it down. Every story character and scene in Cloud Atlas commits to a
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Luther came from behind to defeated Simpson 3-2 tonight in the Regents Center. Trailing 2-0, the Norse won three straight sets to secure their first conference win of the season. The Storm won sets one and two by scores of 25-21, 26-24. Luther responded with set victories of 25-17, 25-12 and 15-10.
Three Norse were credited with double digit kill totals. Leah Broderick led this trio with 13, followed by Natalee Johnson with 12 and Hannah Wilson with 11. Broderick also was solid at the net credited with six block assists. Lindsey Ryan dished out 40 assists and was also credited with three of Luther's 10 ace serves. McKinzy Lohberger led the team in this category with four, while Carly Rusek was also credited with three.
The win gives Luther a league record of 1-1, 8-7 overall. Simpson's four-match win streak came to an end and it is now 1-1 in the IIAC, 8-2 overall.
Luther's next action will be this Friday and Saturday, Sept. 27-28, when it will be at the NACC-IIAC Border Battle. This two-day get together between the Northern Athletic Collegiate Conference and the Iowa Conference will take place at Just A Game Fieldhouse, Wisconsin Dells, Wis.
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CARY, N.C. – The Duke men's tennis team combined for seven victories – four in doubles and three in singles play – Friday, Oct. 18 on the second day of competition at the 2013 Intercollegiate Tennis Association Carolina Regional, held at the Cary Tennis Park.
The morning started off with two of the Blue Devils' three doubles teams advancing to Saturday's round of 16.
Redshirt junior Cale Hammond and sophomore Daniel McCall were impressive their debut as a doubles team, winning a pair of tiebreakers in their matches Friday morning. The duo edged South Carolina's Andrew Schafer and Ben Barnette, 8-7 (5) and outlasted 14th-seeded Robert Dudley and Luke Johnson of Clemson, 8-7 (4), to set up a meeting with UNC Wilmington's second-seeded and 14th-ranked team of Rafael Aita and Sam Williams in Saturday's third round.
After receiving a first-round bye as the draw's top seed, the 11th-ranked tandem of sophomore Michael Redlicki and junior Jason Tahir cruised to an 8-3 victory over Winthrop's Chase Altieri and Michael Chen to also earn a spot in the round of 16. The Duke pair will face ninth-seeded Brian Kowalski and Cameron Silverman of Elon Saturday.
The 15th-seeded duo of freshman TJ Pura and sophomore Bruno Semenzato, which entered the tournament with a 3-0 fall ledger, posted an 8-1 first-round victory over NC Central's Stephan Charles-Donatien and Tamina Kienka before narrowly falling to Parker McGuiness and Simon Norenius of NC State in an 8-7 (2) decision.
Four Blue Devils were also in action in the third round of the singles Friday afternoon, led by 22nd-ranked and third-seeded Redlicki, who dispatched Wake Forest's Max Kan, 6-4, 6-4, to continue his run in the tournament. Twelfth-seeded and 111th-ranked Tahir joined Redlicki in moving on to the round of 16 with a solid 6-4, 6-4 decision against South Carolina's Kyle Koch.
Semenzato, the 13th-ranked player in the draw, also advanced to the round of 16 after defeating Christian Van Der Burgh of UNC Wilmington, 6-4, 6-0. The Sao Paulo, Brazil native improved to 9-2 on the fall with the win.
After collecting wins in the first two rounds Thursday, Pura suffered a 6-4, 6-1 setback to 14th-ranked Brett Clark of North Carolina Friday afternoon.
The ITA Carolina Regional continues Saturday with two rounds of singles play, beginning at 9 a.m. in Cary. The doubles round of 16 will be contested later in the day.
2013 ITA Carolina Regional – Friday Results:
Doubles Round of 64:
TJ Pura/Bruno Semenzato (15) (Duke) def. Stephan Charles-Donatien/Tamina Kienka, NC Central 8-1
Cale Hammond/Daniel McCall (Duke) def. Andrew Schafer/Ben Barnette (South Carolina) 8-7 (5)
Doubles Round of 32:
No. 11 Michael Redlicki/Jason Tahir (1) (Duke) def. Chase Altieri/Michael Chen (Winthrop) 8-3
Parker McGuiness/Simon Norenius (NC State) def. TJ Pura/Bruno Semenzato (15) (Duke) 8-7 (2)
Cale Hammond/Daniel McCall (Duke) def. Robert Dudley/Luke Johnson (14) (Clemson) 8-7 (4)
Singles Round of 32:
No. 22 Michael Redlicki (3) (Duke) def. Max Kan (17-24) (Wake Forest) 6-4, 6-4
No. 111 Jason Tahir (12) (Duke) def. Kyle Koch (17-24) (South Carolina) 6-4, 6-4
Bruno Semenzato (13) (Duke) def. Christian Van Der Burgh (UNCW) 6-4, 6-0
Brett Clark (14) (North Carolina) def. TJ Pura (Duke) 6-4, 6-1


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Intel Turbo Boost Technology Monitor: A Windows Gadget to Understand Dynamic Frequencies
Intel Turbo Boost Technology Monitor is a simple sidebar gadget for Windows Vista and Windows 7. It lets developers and users check the microprocessor's application of Turbo Boost. It is a simple gadget that lets you answer the question: What is Intel Turbo Boost Doing?The idea of overclocking a microprocessor to higher frequencies when it is under a heavy workload isn't a new one. There is a whole industry providing sophisticated hardware capable of pushing each new microprocessor model to its overclocking limits. However, there is a great difference between dynamic overclocking at a microprocessor level and Intel Turbo Boost Technology. The latter works at a physical core level, by overclocking one or more physical cores, specifically the active cores.
In my previous post "Measuring Speedup is Challenging with Intel Turbo Boost Technology", I showed an example of the important changes in the multicore microprocessors' behavior introduced by this new technology. If you want to check the status of Turbo Boost in real-time in Windows, you can install the Intel Turbo Boost Technology Monitor and add the gadget to your desktop. Its installation is very easy; you just have to download TurboBoostSetup.exe, run the installer and add the gadget to your desktop.
When one of the active cores runs faster, taking advantage of the Turbo mode, a blue bar appears in the gadget and displays the current frequency for the active core(s). If the blue bar doesn't appear, it means that the Turbo mode isn't working, as in Figure 1. However, the frequency for some of the cores could be less than the nominal frequency shown in the gadget.
When the Turbo mode is activated and one or more cores increase their frequency, the blue bar will appear in the gadget and it will display the new frequency, as in Figure 2.
Watching the gadget you will understand the way the Turbo mode increases and decreases the frequency as more cores get active or the conditions change. By default, the gadget animates the blue bar and will display the new frequencies, as Figure 3:
Figure 3: Intel Turbo Boost Technology Monitor displaying the blue bar and a new higher frequency for the active cores, 2.93 GHz instead of the base frequency, 1.73 GHz.
The gadget is really helpful to understand the behavior of this dynamic overclocking feature. The frequency displayed corresponds to the more active cores. Nonetheless, as more cores require processing power, the effect of the Turbo mode could be dissipated. Figure 4 displays the results of running an application that uses the processing power available in all the cores, monitored using All CPU Meter. As you can see, the Turbo mode disappears because all the cores are under heavy load at the same time.
The only drawback I found for this gadget is that it doesn't offer detailed information for each core. However, if you want to see what's happening on each core, you can check the Turbo effects on each individual core with the help of TMonitor, as shown in Figure 5.


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CHELMSFORD -- An audit of town finances has found records to be well-kept and reconciled on a regular basis, and the auditor made no major recommendations, the Board of Selectmen was told Monday.
"The audit went very well," said Scott McIntire of the auditing firm Melanson Heath & Company. "We didn't propose any major adjustments as a result."
One area of concern McIntire cited is retirement and other postemployment benefits for town workers, something town officials have already called a major issue in coming years. Liabilities have piled up as health-care costs rise, employees live longer and fewer active employees pay into the system.
The town's liability for these costs rose by $7.6 million in the last year, according to the audit, bringing the total to $33.6 million in net obligations. That is almost four times the total only three years before.
Town Meeting last month approved adding $1 million into a fund for postemployment benefits. Only $280,000 had been in the fund.
The auditors made two specific recommendations: Develop a more formal risk-assessment process, and match capital-asset additions with expenditures.
Chelmsford informally performs its own risk assessment for possible fraud through various policies and procedures, but the auditors said officials could implement specific monitoring activities as well. The auditors also suggested developing procedures for matching new capital assets with current-year expenditures to ensure consistent accounting.
The audit also checked on how the town did on recommendations it made a year ago.
In sewer-account receivables, the auditors had recommended formal reconciliation procedures between the town accountant and Sewer Department. Informal monthly reconciliations were made but they were not formally documented, the auditors said.
The town also did not implement a recommendation to audit student-activity funds. But town officials said the School Committee is working on policies for those funds and that the school business manager plans to conduct internal audits.
Town Finance Director John Sousa, Superintendent of Schools Frank Tiano and Business Manager Kathy McWilliams attended the presentation but none spoke. Selectman Matt Hanson called the positive review a testament to hard work by employees in Town Hall.
In June, the credit-rating agency Standard & Poor's improved the town's rating to AA from AA-, citing "sustained improvement in the town's financial position and performance."
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Change in the air
The next weeks at Volante's will offer plenty to marvel at. We are ramping up to our first ever Thanksgiving week and the place is buzzing.
Chef Todd has some great dishes to fill out your holiday table available in our refrigerator case right now and through next week. He is taking orders for many of these dishes in advance if you want to be sure to have them on your table next Thursday. Be in touch with him as soon as possible to claim your side dishes. For more info talk with him and get a preview here: Holiday Menu
We are still picking some tasty veggies for your holiday table as well. A recent crop of Homegrown Carrots has finally come on. We are going to have homegrown cauliflower, broccoli, collard greens, cabbage, lettuce, radishes, brussels sprouts, parsnips, beets, kale, swiss chard, parsley, and maybe a few other special items from our fields as well through the next week and beyond. Of course whatever we can't come up with on our own we will bring in from our closest partnering farms and other distributors to make sure you can complete most of your holiday shopping here.
The Farm will be closed on Thanksgiving Day.
Christmas Trees will begin their arrival this weekend and you will get to witness the annual scurry to get them priced and stacked and ready for sale. The trim a tree shop is already running, Poinsettias are in, and greens are expected to arrive very soon as well. We will begin our extended Christmas Season hours on Friday Nov 23. The Farmstand will close at its normal 7 pm, 6 on weekends but tree, wreath, flower and trim a tree will be available until 9 pm on weekdays and 7 pm on weekends.
Other Events to be aware of:
This Saturday afternoon, Nov 17, Patti Small of On The Edge Knife Sharpening will be set up for a special pre-Holiday session in the parking lot around 3:30 until 5 or so. She has been available the second Monday of most months, but if you havent seen her yet this is a great opportunity to tune up your blades professionally just in time for the biggest food holidays of the year. Look for her white van full of dangerous looking tools parked near the deli and hand over your blades for her to hone. Check her website for details and pricing, but the average carving/ chefs knife will be $10.
We have also set our annual Christmas Open House for November 25 from 5-7 in the trim a tree shop. Stop by and visit with Santa and take some pictures with your own cameras, try some of the cheeses and deli patters we now offer for your holiday catering needs, meet some of the artists we have been exhibiting in the Farmstand this season as well and see what they might have to offer for your gifting needs.
Lastly, this is likely to be the final post on this blog. After a busy season we are nearly ready to launch the all new volantefarms.com !
The new site will give you direct access to the department you are looking for as well as online options for purchasing gift cards, an events calendar, easy access to hours, and a new home for our blog which will still have the most up to date information about the goings on here at Volante Farms. This site will stay active for some time while we transfer the archives over, but eventually all our information will be at our new home volantefarms.com, thanks for being loyal readers so far and we look forward to seeing you this season in our real and virtual realms.
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Deer Creek's retribution for an earlier loss couldn't have come at a worse time for Shawnee.
Deer Creek's retribution for an earlier loss couldn't have come at a worse time for Shawnee.
The Lady Antlers went on a 21-10 tear in the third quarter to put some distance on the defending state champion Lady Wolves, and Saturday's Class 5A state title matchup of Suburban Conference rivals went to Deer Creek 59-44 at Oral Roberts University's Mabee Center.
Shawnee defeated the Lady Antlers 65-51 during the regular season.
"As well as they've played this year, we've still got a lot of young kids," said Shawnee head coach Wendi Wells. "We played with a lot of intensity and a lot of heart, but we're not always under a lot of control.
"And give (Deer Creek) credit… they knocked down a lot of big jump shots."
Shawnee kept it neck-in-neck throughout the first half, trailing just 14-12 after one quarter and 23-22 at the break. It was Deer Creek's big third quarter that shook things up.
Shawnee went cold after Bailey Taylor connected on a driving layup to make it 30-27 DC at the 4:55 mark. The Lady Antlers stretched their lead to as much as 14 before the Lady Wolves put together an admirable rally that almost paid off.
Down 44-32 to start the fourth, the Lady Wolves made good use of the free throw line to slice Deer Creek's lead to three. In a span of just over 2 minutes, Lady Wolves Micaela Yu, Shaiann Tramble, Monique Tramble and Taylor combined for an 8-0 run that had Shawnee down just 46-43 with 1:59 to play.
Deer Creek took a turn, however, and closed the game out on a 12-1 spurt — going 12-for-12 at the stripe.
Charities were a big factor in the outcome as the Lady Antlers were 23-for-26 (88.5 percent), and Shawnee was 18-for-25 (72 percent).
Taylor — wearing No. 20 instead of her usual No. 24 in honor of injured teammate McKenzie Cooper — ended the night as Shawnee's leading scorer with 19 points.
Taylor, a sophomore, was 5-for-11 from the field, including 4-for-7 from 3-point range. At the end of the first, second and third quarters, she had potential buzzer-beating treys come up just inches short.
Taylor was 5-for-6 on free throws.
Cooper, Shawnee's leading scorer on the season, went down with a knee injury in the Lady Wolves' quarterfinals win Thursday over Tulsa Memorial.
Shawnee's almost all-Suburban Conference state tournament included a 50-46 overtime win over Carl Albert in Friday's semifinals.
"I feel bad for McKenzie and I feel bad for the team," Wells said. "They played hard for her and she wanted so bad to be out there. You feel bad for them… they deserve so much."
Yu, Shawnee's only senior this season, ended her career in a Lady Wolf uniform with 12 points, three rebounds and two steals Saturday. She fouled out of the game with 1:22 to play.
Yu will go on to play for Northwestern Oklahoma State this fall.
"I'm really proud of her," Wells said of Yu. "She's grown up so much in the last four years. She gives so much energy and has been a great senior leader for these kids."
Tyann Maytubby and Monique Tramble led Shawnee in rebounds Saturday with four each. Shaiann Tramble led in steals with five.
The Lady Wolves were 11-for-41 from the field for 26.8 percent.
"I'm really proud of this group," Wells said. "I hope people don't judge their accomplishments this season on the last game. To be state runners-up with this many underclassmen — they've accomplished a lot this season."
Saturday's runner-up finish concluded Shawnee's third consecutive appearance in a state tournament. While posting their first-ever run of 20 or more regular-season wins in 2010-11, the Lady Wolves reached the state tourney for the first time, and left with an overtime loss to eventual champion Bishop McGuinness in the semifinals.
The Lady Wolves then constructed an undefeated (29-0) season in 2011-12, taking out Tulsa East Central for the gold ball.
Shawnee wraps up this campaign at 26-3, marking the third time in history that a Lady Wolves crew has posted more than 20 wins.
Another impressive number is that Shawnee — dating back to last season — has won 11 of its last 12 postseason games. The Lady Wolves are 9-1 on neutral courts for the year.
Deer Creek picked up a game-high 21 points Saturday from senior Ashley Gibson. Bayli Blanchard added 16, and Dakota Vann finished with 14. Vann led the Lady Antlers in rebounds with nine, and Blanchard hauled in eight.
Vann and Gibson each notched three steals.
Deer Creek was 17-for-31 (54.8 percent) from the field, including 2-for-5 from long range.


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First degree murder charges have been filed in the death of a 13-year-old girl in Miller County. Steven Neal Henderson, 30, of Iberia was charged with first degree murder and armed criminal action in the death of Macala Shelton.
First degree murder charges have been filed in the death of a 13-year-old Iberia girl. Steven Neal Henderson, 30, of Iberia was charged with first degree murder and armed criminal action by the Miller County Prosecuting Attorney in the death of Macala Shelton. He is being held on $500,000 in the Miller County jail.
Officers found Shelton's body Sunday morning in a wooded area outside of Iberia in southeastern Miller County.
Shelton was the subject of a Missouri State Highway Patrol endangered person advisory over the weekend. The Highway Patrol issued the advisory for Shelton Saturday afternoon.
According to the advisory, a security camera on the home was discovered disconnected from within the home at the scene. Authorities declined to discuss the surveillance camera.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol retracted the endangered person advisory early Sunday morning. The advisory retraction stated the "Missing juvenile has been located." Late Sunday afternoon, authorities confirmed the child's death.
Shelton was last seen wearing a baseball shirt with a neon yellow '8' on it, black shorts and black glasses.
A probable cause statement filed in the case states that when officers took Henderson in for questioning, "a statement was made where he detailed how he stabbed [Shelton] with a large survival knife." Henderson then allegedly detailed where he disposed of the murder weapon.
Officers obtained a search warrant for 102 St. Louis Street and located the weapon at the residence. He appeared in person at an arraignment Monday morning, where he requested representation by a public defender. Henderson is being held at the Miller County Jail on a $500,000 bond.
Officers also arrested Henderson's brother and Shelton's stepfather, 33-year-old Jerry Henderson II, also of 102 St. Louis Street. Henderson II was charged with felony unlawful possession of a firearm. A separate probable cause statement indicated that during the death investigation at 102 St. Louis Street, officers located "multiple firearms including a large cache of ammunition in the bedroom belonging to Jerry Henderson II." The statement described Henderson II possessing "several hundred pounds" of ammunition and hundreds of assault rifle magazines.
Henderson II has a past conviction for second degree arson out of Miller County. He is also being held at the Miller County Jail on $50,000 bond.
According to a press release from Miller County Sheriff Bill Abbott, an autopsy has been scheduled and the investigation is ongoing.
The Miller County Sheriff's Department and the Missouri State Highway Patrol are the leading the investigation into Shelton's death. During a press conference Monday afternoon, Abbott said the investigation is far from over.
People in the small town of Iberia are shocked. The murder of the 13-year-old has shaken many residents who have known of the Henderson family for years. Many of the residents had joined law enforcement in their efforts on Saturday to locate the missing 13-year-old. In the end, the child's body was found about six miles from her home.
Macala Shelton was living with her grandmother and stepfather while her mother was deployed with the U.S. Army in Afghanistan.The child's parents were divorced. Authorities did not say how long the child's mother, Melissa, had been married to Jerry Henderson II.
Late Saturday afternoon, she was reported missing by family members. Her body was later discovered at an abandoned farm that was used for hunting. The man charged with her murder, Steven Henderson, is believed to have been a caretaker of the property, mowing the grass and handling of other odd jobs for the people who owned the property. The property owners were described as friends of the family by Miller County authorities.
The 13-year-old had just finished the seventh grade at the Iberia School at the time of her death. It was unclear how long Shelton had lived with her grandmother.
According to neighbors, it wasn't uncommon to see people coming and going from the residence. Four other children who lived in the home were removed from the residence. As many as six adults, including Steven Henderson, Jerry Henderson II and Jerry Henderson Senior shared the residence.
Abbott said there had been a number of calls involving social services, juvenile authorities and law enforcement. To his knowledge, he said none of those calls were drug related or involved Macala, Steven Henderson or Jerry Henderson II. He did say some were related to domestic incidents and hotline calls to social services.


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Are you guilty, like me, of eating puff pastry plain? Taking strips of puff pastry rolling them in sugar and cinnamon or making them savory by sprinkling them with cheese baking till a perfect crisp and then devouring? I have all intentions of making something grand with my puff pastry (and it's not cheap to buy either), but then there are some days where I just want to make it simply for the sake of eating it for that "buttery crunch".
This time I made something fun out of the puff pastry.
Taking a perfect chocolate mousse, adding it to a baked crispy puff pastry, then drizzling it with some chocolate ganache and fresh raspberries.
Heavenly. Puff pastry and chocolate will always be a match made in heaven.
This is fairly easy to make too, the only downside is that it does not keep. Pretty much has to be eaten right away--no problem right? We all know puff pastry does not keep it's crunch after about four or so hours, maybe longer. But can I just say the crispy puff pastry teamed up with the chocolate mousse, the fresh raspberries and a int of chocolate ganache is just heavenly. I mean I know I always say this, but really all those flavors in one bite...oh baby! So good. See the photo below, two bites.
And should you not want to make chocolate mousse from scratch?
Use pudding! So easy.
chocolate mousse on puff pastry w/ ganache & raspberries
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Chocolate mousse (from epicurious.com):
2 cups chilled heavy cream
4 large egg yolks
3 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
7 oz fine-quality bittersweet chocolate (not unsweetened), chopped
Cook Notes:
you might want to do the ganache first as it needs a bit of time to cool.
Don't have time to make the mousse? Use instant pudding in a pinch.
for the custard: Heat 3/4 cup cream in a 1-quart heavy saucepan until hot. Whisk together yolks, sugar, and a pinch of salt in a metal bowl until combined well, then add hot cream in a slow stream, whisking until combined. Transfer mixture to saucepan and cook over moderately low heat, stirring constantly, until it registers 160°F on thermometer. Pour custard through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl and stir in vanilla.
Melt chocolate in a double boiler or a metal bowl set over a pan of simmering water (or in a glass bowl in a microwave at 50 percent power 3 to 5 minutes), stirring frequently.
Whisk custard into chocolate until smooth, then cool.
Beat remaining 1 1/4 cups cream in a bowl with an electric mixer until it just holds stiff peaks.
Whisk one fourth of cream into chocolate custard to lighten, then fold in remaining cream gently but thoroughly.
I then chilled my mousse in a glass bowl, covering the mousse with plastic wrap until ready to use.
puff pastry: Unroll the puff pastry and shape into whatever size you like. I did a long rectangle.
Bake according to package directions. Let cool a bit, and then fill with ready chocolate mousse.
chocolate ganache strips:
If you want to decorate the pastry with chocolate ganache strips then:
6 ounces 70% cacao bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
¼ cup heavy cream
2 TB unsalted butter, room temp
Melt the chopped chocolate with the heavy cream in a double-boiler. Make sure to stir occasionally until fully melted. Once melted, take off the heat and add in the butter bits. Make sure to whisk this up good. The better you whisk the glossier and smoother the ganache. I waited about an hour and a half for it to cool then poured it into a plastic bag to pipe onto chocolate pastry.
Just before the Ganache strips set up, decorate with raspberries.
Let set up about 15 minutes and sprinkle with confectioner's sugar, optional.


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Take an opponent lightly at your own risk.
Eastland may have learned that the hard way Saturday, losing its first conference game against East Dubuque, 55-54.
It was perhaps a teachable moment for the Cougars as they enter a Pearl City Regional that's more difficult than it appears to be on paper.
"I hope this was a lesson to them that they can lose to anybody," Eastland coach Colleen Finn-Henze said. "It's a tough regional and it's going to take stringing together a couple of really good games to win for anybody.
"That's the thing about the regionals. Even if you didn't have a great season, you could string together a few victories and win a regional. If you've had a good season, you could go home early if you don't bring your 'A' game. It's a life lesson for these kids and I hope they're prepared for that."
No. 1-seeded Eastland (23-5) won't have to worry about seeing East Dubuque (16-6) in the Pearl City Regional, as the Warriors will travel to the Warren Regional. But the Cougars are still in a deceptively deep pool. No. 2 Aquin (20-9) has won 13 straight games en route to an NUIC East championship, No. 3 Pearl City (15-10) has a victory over Aquin this year, and fourth-seeded Lena-Winslow has won four of its five games, including an overtime win against River Ridge-Scales Mound (16-9) and a victory against East Dubuque.
"We're kind of sensing that we're playing well," Lena-Winslow coach Ryan Hahne said. "But we just haven't been able to put together a full, complete game.
"If we can put it all together against an elite team, this week in regionals would be a good time to do that."
Fifth seed Forreston (16-13) has eight wins in its past 11 contests as well. Le-Win and Forreston square off tonight at 6.
"They're a solid team and have two girls in Maggie Curry and Rachel Walton that can really shoot the ball from the outside," Hahne said of Forreston. "They also have some size.
"So we have to stop their effort on the board and their shooters from getting hot."
Eastland will take on the winner of today's quarterfinal between the Panthers and Cardinals.
Pearl City and Orangeville (5-18) also meet today at 8 p.m. and the winner will play Aquin. The Bulldogs are coming into the postseason a bit banged up.
Rachel Harn injured her knee Friday against Pecatonica. Katie Stykel was also out with an injury.
"It's too bad they've got those injuries right now," Dakota coach Kevin Cline said. "But you're looking at four or five teams that could possibly win a regional."
Dakota (23-6) will play in the Christian Life Regional with Durand (20-7), host Christian Life (10-11), Alden-Hebron, South Beloit (4-16) and Kirkland Hiawatha. Unlike the Pearl City and Warren Regional, most of the teams are unfamiliar with each other.
Two that are very familiar are the top two seeds: Dakota and Durand. The Indians have won 13 of their past 15 games including all three this season. But Dakota's Cline isn't taking anything for granted.
"We're doing anything but counting our chickens before they hatch," he said. "They're a better team than what they've shown in the three times we've played them. Christian Life is a solid team too.
"But it feels like more of a postseason run when you do see teams you're not used to and get out of the area."
That's exactly the opposite of the Warren Regional, which features East Dubuque, RR-SM, Galena (15-9), Stockton (12-14) and Warren (3-23). It's essentially an NUIC West tournament without conference champion Eastland.
"How in the world would you ever pick a favorite out there?" Cline said.
"They're all good and you can't sleep on Warren," Hahne said. "They just took River Ridge to overtime last weekend.
"They have a sophomore class and you have to worry about them in the next two years."
Ashton-Franklin Center (12-10), Milledgeville (7-17) and Polo (1-24) are third, fourth and fifth respectively in the Amboy Regional. Host Amboy and Erie are seeded No. 1 and No. 2.
Class 2A
Pecatonica (9-19) will have an uphill battle to climb as the fifth seed in the Stillman Valley Regional. Big Northern standouts Byron (25-3) and Rockford Christian (17-8) are the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds.
West Carroll (2-23) is the fifth seed in the Oregon Tournament, with host Oregon (16-11), Morrison, Sterling Newman and Fulton seeded higher.
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Tracking seafood from the boat to the plate
Tracking seafood from the boat to the plate
A pilot program called Trace and Trust is one of several that track fish from the boat to the customer's plate to address concerns over mislabeling of seafood.
Captain Steve Arnold displayed a card he uses to tag the fish his boat catches. Using the cards and QR codes, consumers are later able to trace their fish from his boat to them.
So far, seven fishermen in New England have used Trace and Trust, and more than 100 restaurants have received seafood through it.
Filo Falcon helps unload scup aboard Arnold's boat, the Elizabeth Helen, at Deep Sea Fish in Narragansett, R.I.
The bulk of Arnold's catch still goes to traditional auction houses, but as more chefs learn about Trace and Trust, they are starting to call him.
Arnold uses his Android smartphone to take pictures of fish he has caught and e-mails them to chefs in Boston and Providence. Orders roll in even before his boat gets back to shore.
Sam Brown (left) of Wild Rhody, which delivers fresh fish, makes a delivery to 606 Congress executive chef Rich Garcia in South Boston.
Garcia buys fish from the Trace and Trust program. He said the offerings are fairly priced because he is buying directly from fishermen.
Each fish comes with a tag that includes the name of the fishing boat, in this case, the Elizabeth Helen.
Diners who order fish at 606 Congress are given cards with an ID number and a QR code, which allows them to see where their dinner was caught -- and confirm the species of fish.
Executive chef Rich Garcia of 606 Congress fillets a fresh wild-caught summer flounder purchased through the Trace and Trust program.
After the fish are filleted, Garcia vacuum-seals the fillets and places them on ice in a refrigerator, ready to be cooked and served to diners.


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ROCKFORD — Business and civic leaders have been working for months to drum up support for a massive campaign to fix what ails Rockford.
The initiative, tentatively dubbed Rock River Regional Transformation, aims to generate broad input and buy-in for a social and economic transformation of the region.
The group has no fixed solutions in mind, but one goal is clear: Turn Rockford and the surrounding region into one of the top 25 most desirable places to live and work in the U.S. by 2025.
With high rates of crime, poverty and unemployment and a notorious property-tax burden, Rockford consistently ranks low in national lists of best places to live. Forbes said last year that Rockford was third on its list of America's Most Miserable Cities; Detroit and Flint, Mich., were No. 1 and 2, respectively.
The effort is led by Tom Gendron, chairman of Woodward Inc., who is among those to have pledged more than $3 million to develop a vision for the region — with input from hundreds of people — and to hire a staff to keep the project on track.
Other pledges of support have come from Rob Funderburg, chairman of Alpine Bank; Sunil Puri, president/CEO of development company First Rockford Group; David Rydell, chairman of Bergstrom, a climate controls manufacturer; Doug Perks, CEO of Eclipse Inc., a maker of industrial burners and combustion systems; and John Anderson, CEO of Anderson Enterprises and founder of Anderson Japanese Gardens.
Organizers have met with government, business and nonprofit leaders. One aim is to align their efforts. And they plan to knock on church doors to ask people from all walks of life how to lift Rockford's proverbial boat for everyone.
They have no preordained any solutions. The idea is to generate community-based solutions to community challenges.
Paul Logli, CEO of the United Way of the Rock River Valley, said the effort is a "chance to have a common agenda for our community." He has been asked to serve on the steering committee.
"It's a tremendous asset to the community that leading business people are investing substantial resources for the process for something we have never done before," Logli said after a recent meeting attended by 30 local leaders. "We need bold goals."
Specific goals will follow creation of a vision. Plans call for a summit in November with 100 to 150 community representatives. There, the case for change will be made and next steps outlined. Community work sessions could occur in January or February. The vision could be revealed in late March or early April.
"There is a lot of stuff going on" in the community, Gendron told the Register Star Editorial Board last month. "We need to pull alignment around strategies versus (pursuing) random acts."
The money that's been raised will be used to administer work associated with developing and implementing a plan, said Mike Schablaske, a former Woodward executive who has been involved in laying the groundwork for the project. Some plans could be put in place within months; others could take years.
Gendron's interest in helping Rockford become a markedly better place is driven by business and family concerns.
He leads Woodward, a manufacturer with 7,000 employees worldwide, including 1,400 in Loves Park and Rockton. Woodward is building a $300 million factory in Loves Park to manufacture aircraft fuel systems. The company plans to double its local workforce within 10 years.
"We will bring people in, but I have a high level of concern that we will be able to run that facility long term," he said, alluding to the importance of retaining a high-quality workforce.
Gendron lives in Colorado — Woodward's headquarters moved to Fort Collins from Loves Park less than a decade ago — but 43 family members live in the Rockford area.
A spot in the top 25 of the best-places lists gives Rockford a target at which to aim.
"We can look at what a 'top 25' looks like," Gendron said. "This is what the economic to social to quality-of-life issues look like."
Regional Transformation organizers are acutely aware that success depends on engaging deeply with disadvantaged neighborhoods. That's one reason they consider outreach to faith communities so important.
Regional Transformation must empower the disadvantaged, said the Rev. Bob Hillenbrand, retired pastor of First Presbyterian Church, which federated last year with Second Congregational United Church of Christ.
"The very wealthy ignoring the working poor. That is a lot of what is going on in this city. And yet these voices are among those that need to be heard," he said. The aim should be for grassroots groups to "have enough clout to say, 'You really cannot ignore us now'."
Gendron said Regional Transformation must "get rid of east-west" divisions in the city. "We need to get a new regional look, a new way of looking at things. ... We need to break down barriers, break down distrust."
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quote:Originally posted by Guest8126Between last season and this season the Leafs have played 81 games. Virtually a full season. They are 42-29-10 over the last 81 games, a killer 3 games over .500 (don't argue with me, OTL is still and L). In that stretch they have 229 goals for and 222 goals against. Look at it that way and the Leafs are neither good nor bad. They are average. Consider they have 94 pts on the past 81 games that makes them scratching into the playoffs by the skin of their teeth. Finally, I don't think even the most optimistic Leaf fan would argue this team has won more than a handful of games based on their smoking hot goalie tandem. Their team defense, turn overs, shot against, and PK are not performing the way they should for a winning team. All things considered, I'd at the Leafs are at best an average NHL who have been lucky on the backs of their goalies. Not just this season, but over the past full season worth of game. And don't forget, if you look past over the last 100 games, these Maple Leafs are a we'll below .500 team. Improving, slightly below average, and super hot goaltending.
quote:Originally posted by Guest8468Thread title needs a third option: "Bad". Get outshot every game, your first line center is Tyler Bozak, dress goons regularly in a skill-league and if you don't get 10/10 goaltending night in/night out you lose. People put wayyyy too much weight into a shortened schedule and deluded themselves into thinking this team was world-beaters, when they are really just not horribly awful like they used to be. They have some talent on the wings, to be sure. But the contending teams build from down the middle and on the back end. Leafs suck in both areas. Now that their goalies aren't running absurdly hot, they are showing their true colours.
quote:Originally posted by OILINONTARIOFire the coach.The Oil WILL make the playoffs in 2014.
quote:Originally posted by slozoKeep it on topic, folks - Leafs lucky, or good.The Grabo thing has other threads for it . . ."Take off, eh?" - Bob and Doug
quote:Originally posted by The DukeGrabo was a buyout, wasn1t putting up 5 million numbers and the coach hated him ( not much can be done about that ).........Leo Komo bolted to the KHL ( not much they could do about that either )..........WHY they let M. Brown go, I will never understand, /...excellent 4th line player who has great speed.
quote:Originally posted by Alex116I think after the year Kadri had last season, unreasonable expectations got thrown his way this year. He was not far off a PPG pace last year and i think many figured he was a shoo-in for an 85pt year this time around. He's still young and learning the game. I'd be happy with his production to this point however, i don't watch him closely or often to see if the rest of his game is developing? As for a C, i guess it would depend on the asking price. It's nice to see Gardiner's name mentioned Duke, as this kid has been pretty much "untouchable" as far as a trade goes for 99% of Leaf fans since day 1!!! I don't think you're far off saying he or Rielly would need to be part of an offer if they really wanna shot at a bonafide #1 C. Here's the problem though. Did they not resign Bozak to keep Kessel happy? Is he gonna suddenly drop to the 3rd line (if they aquire a #1), cuz when Bolland returns, he'll be the #2 again. So, will Bozak be ok with that? Will his buddy Kessel? And what about Kadri? Is he a C or a winger these days? Where does he fit in?
quote:Originally posted by nuxfanquote:Originally posted by The DukeForgot to mention......its time for leaf management to realize that they don`t have anything close to a true # 1 center in their line-up.They don't, but they have been OK at centre so far this year. Between Bozak and Bolland, both legitimate #2 centres in their own right, they have been OK in the circle. But with them both out, it should be no surprise that they're losing a lot of faceoffs... especially to a team like DAL that has several very capable faceoff men. And as you pointed out, the shot count tells the possession story.Are there any legitimate first line centres actually available right now that would be of interest to TOR?
quote:Originally posted by The DukeForgot to mention......its time for leaf management to realize that they don`t have anything close to a true # 1 center in their line-up.
quote:Originally posted by Guest2186Goalies not playing crazy good!?! This guy must be on glue !! For the first time I guess I'm gonna stick up for a leaf lol ... But this tandems numbers speak for themselves, they give up 50+ shots a game and still have a chance to win most nights. Hell I'd actually have bernier on team canada ahead of luo and behind price based on this years play. Anyways that's my rant, to say toronto s goalies aren't playing good is ridiculous!
quote:Originally posted by slozoMy point is,You missed it.The point, that is.
quote:Originally posted by JOSHUACANADAWow. To be honest he hasn't been posting a lot lately, just like Beans. I was wondering if Leafs bias on this site was steering him away. Don't know where Beans has gone.
quote:Originally posted by Alex116quote:Originally posted by slozoAny fans of any other team in that situation would have booed their players, and ultimately, their goalie. Other than hhaving some surefire HOFer in your net who is having an off night . . . you have to expect that, so it's no surprise at all. But because it's the Leafs, yadda yadda yadda . . . it's the terrible Leaf fans. Ho hum, whatever.Oh, and about that surefire HOFer comment? I was wrong, I've seen Roy booed in Montreal in the same situation. Perhaps even Brodeur has gone through that in New Jersey, specifically a couple of years ago maybe?Slozo....ever stop and think that maybe it's YOU who makes all things Leafs??? Why is it that every comment that isn't fully positive towards the Leafs, becomes "it's because it's the Leafs...."? Also, you mention how any team's fans would have prob done the same? What exactly is your point. Is it ok then? Because i seem to recall a few years back, a thread regarding booing your home team, and if i'm not mistaken, you were on the side of "it's never right"? Either way, i'd have brought this up for any team's fan doing the same considering the way the Leafs goalies have played. Being outshot in almost every single game and still being in a playoff spot is pretty amazing. It says something about how well the goaltending has been for a team. Why jump on a guy who's been one of your MVP's for a bad game? To be honest, i wasn't there, and only heard of it on the radio, so i don't even know how true it is/was. Maybe it was the whole team's performance that was being booed? Regardless, time to ease up on your sensitivity towards anything with the letters L E A F S in it...
quote:Originally posted by slozoAny fans of any other team in that situation would have booed their players, and ultimately, their goalie. Other than hhaving some surefire HOFer in your net who is having an off night . . . you have to expect that, so it's no surprise at all. But because it's the Leafs, yadda yadda yadda . . . it's the terrible Leaf fans. Ho hum, whatever.Oh, and about that surefire HOFer comment? I was wrong, I've seen Roy booed in Montreal in the same situation. Perhaps even Brodeur has gone through that in New Jersey, specifically a couple of years ago maybe?
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Episode 1: The Norths spend a day at the racetrack but they didn't bet on finding the bludgeoned body of a jockey in the trunk of their car.
Episode 2: A pleasant trip to Aunt Clara's deserted country house turns into a nightmare of unexplained screams, a closet full of human skulls, and a mysterious old codger armed with a shotgun.
Episode 3: Jerry North becomes the target of an unknown assassin. Someone tries to push him off a train platform and he narrowly misses getting shot while relaxing on the beach with Pam. Just who is gunning for him�and why?
Episode 4: Pam and Jerry are treated to a private fashion show that turns deadly when a pretty runway model is stabbed with a pair of sewing scissors.