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There were 15 names on the list.
That`s virtually an entire roster. It would be akin to Dan Hawkins signing 70 players for CU`s football team, or Tad Boyle signing a dozen new basketball players.
The message was clear: When Kritza talks about rebuilding, she means it.
This is no touch-up job, no cosmetic facelift. This is rebuilding from the bottom up, a complete makeover of a once-proud program that has hit rough times in recent years.
When Kritza took the reins at CU a little more than a year ago, the spring signing period had already passed. But instead of rushing to fill roster spots simply for the sake of filling spots, she began working on her 2010 class.
She knew the lumps would come in the 2009 season -- but she wasn`t going to mortgage the long term for a slightly easier path in the beginning.
"The normal reaction would have been to shore up the roster, scramble for players and try to hit the ground running, but without a real plan in place," she said. "That`s not what we wanted to do. It`s a matter of risk and reward. We decided to go in a different direction.
"We knew it would be a tough year, but we also believed it would be prudent in the long run to be patient. So we started bringing in players for the 2010 class. This year`s group is really a 1½-year recruiting class.
Kritza was right about the tough year. The Buffs finished 10th in the 11-team Big 12, finishing with a 2-18 conference record and 7-22 mark overall. Thanks to injuries and other issues, she played with about 10 healthy players, or what amounts to roughly half of a full roster.
But her new recruiting class -- virtually her new team --should be a good start toward turning those numbers around.
So far, it includes nine freshmen and six transfers. There are seven players from Colorado, at least four players 6-foot or taller, and a solid core of players who have a year or two of college experience under their belts.
The latter group includes a solid setter, Alyssa Valentine, who was the Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year two seasons ago.
Even better, the class is likely not finished. Kritza is in the process of adding one or two more players, including a 6-6 European player who would give the Buffs terrific presence at the net in a big hurry.
But the big emphasis has been protecting the border and ensuring that Colorado`s best prep and club players stay home.
"The first year here was dedicated to really trying to understand what direction the program needed to go," Kritza said. "When I came here, one of the first things I had to do was figure out how we position ourselves to be successful.
"That meant cultivating some relationships in the state. One thing we know for certain: You can field a high-caliber program with Colorado kids. If you keep three or four of the top players from Colorado every year, you can have a championship program."
As a Colorado native and former prep standout at St. Mary`s, Kritza is familiar with the level of talent the state produces. Every year, some of the nation`s top players come from Colorado -- and recently, too many of those players have been going elsewhere.
Kritza, who went on to play college ball and coach at Tulane, knew that had to change.
Thus, the birth of "Project Colorado." It`s an all-out effort to make sure every club and every high school in the state is aware and educated about CU`s volleyball program.
"There are blue-chip players here every year," Kritza said. "We want to be at the table with them. I have the greatest respect for the coaches and players in Colorado, and I want CU to be a viable option for them."
It`s not just recruiting. It`s running camps and clinics from one end of the state to the other. It`s being visible wherever and whenever possible.
And it`s keeping your door open at all times.
"Any kid who wants to know what our program is about, they`re welcome to come see us -- regardless of their ability," Kritza said. "Our door is open."
In turn, she wants the Buffs to become a volleyball power again instead of a Big 12 afterthought.
There was a time when CU was a regular among the nation`s top 25. From 1991 through 2001, the Buffs went to the NCAA Tournament every year. In 1993, `94 and `97, they advanced to the Sweet 16.
But since 2002, they`ve made it past the NCAA first round only once -- and they haven`t been to the tournament at all in the last three seasons.
Now, despite last year`s rough road, Kritza believes the Buffs are headed in the right direction. Her latest -- in reality, her first -- recruiting class should make a major difference.
"I`m more encouraged than ever before," she said. "This was a program that was perennially in the top 25 and perennially in the NCAA Tournament. We want to get back there.
"There is an opportunity here to build a national powerhouse."


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The Southeastern Conference is so strong that now even Vanderbilt, yes Vandy, is winning like the Commodores haven't in nearly a century.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Southeastern Conference is so strong that now even Vanderbilt, yes Vandy, is winning like the Commodores haven't in nearly a century.
Jordan Rodgers threw two touchdown passes and ran for another score as the Vanderbilt Commodores capped their best season since 1915 Monday by beating North Carolina State 38-24 in the Music City Bowl.
The Commodores finished 9-4 for their best record since going 9-1 in 1915, and it's only the third time the smallest and only private university in the Southeastern Conference has won as many as nine games in a season. They also finished with seven straight wins, their longest streak since winning eight in 1948.
Vanderbilt forced a season-high five turnovers, including four in the first half, and turned those into 17 points.
N.C. State (7-6) wrapped up the season under interim coach Dana Bible snapping a two-game bowl winning streak. The Wolfpack had their fifth game this season with at least four turnovers, and that helped wipe out a 424-225 advantage in total offense.
This was the 27th bowl all-time for N.C. State, and the Wolfpack had every coach working this game except Tom O'Brien, who was fired at the end of the regular season. But a team that ranked second in the Atlantic Coast Conference in turnovers couldn't overcome its own mistakes, which also included a bad shotgun snap that cost the Wolfpack 21 yards on the opening drive.
Vandy coach James Franklin got a contract extension a month ago for guiding the Dores to a second straight bowl game for the first time in school history. Franklin didn't change anything that got his Commodores here as he went for it on fourth down, used the wildcat repeatedly and even had senior running back Zac Stacy attempt a halfback pass to Rodgers.
The Commodores took control from the opening drive, moving 65 yards for a touchdown that put them ahead to stay. Officials initially called Chris Boyd out of bounds, but review showed the sophomore got the toes of his right foot down for a 5-yard TD pass from Rodgers.
Commodores safety Kenny Ladler picked off a Glennon pass at the North Carolina State 45 for Vanderbilt's fifth interception in three games.
It was just a sign of what was to come in the first half. Johnell Thomas stripped Wolfpack freshman Shadrach Thornton of the ball late in the first quarter, and Derreon Herring stripped N.C. State tight end Asa Watson of the ball after a nice catch. Ladler recovered that ball.
And safety Eric Samuels intercepted Glennon with 54 seconds left in the first half.
Vanderbilt finally converted the third turnover as Stacy, Vanderbilt's all-time leading rusher, carried four straight times with the last three off the wildcat. Stacy scored on a 6-yard run with 10:08 left in the second quarter for a 14-0 lead.
Tony Creecy scored on a 1-yard TD run for the Wolfpack. But Vanderbilt stuck with the wildcat, and Wesley Tate scored on a 7-yard TD run for a 21-7 lead with 3:47 left in the second quarter.
Tobias Palmer, who struggled catching the ball on his first two kickoff returns, caught the next cleanly and ran untouched 94 yards for a TD to keep the Wolfpack within 21-14.
But Vanderbilt led 28-14 at halftime when Rodgers tossed his second TD pass, a screen that Jordan Matthews took 18 yards to the end zone. That matched the most points the Commodores had scored in any of their five previous bowl games. Rodgers ran for a 15-yard TD with 5:11 left that sealed the victory.
Trey Wilson picked off a Glennon pass intended for tight end Charlie Hegedus in the end zone on the opening drive of the third quarter only to be stopped by his own teammate, tackle Jared Morse, at the N.C. State 35. It was the kind of mistake that cost Vandy in years past.
Franklin immediately ran up to Morse yelling at the junior, making it clear that's not allowed at Vandy these days.

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Lindsay Lohan has been granted permission to appeal her case against the bosses of video game Grand Theft Auto V.
The Mean Girls star sued bosses at Take-Two Games in 2014, claiming they based a character in Grand Theft Auto V on her without permission. She insisted that the Lacey Jonas character not only bore a resemblance to her but her story line linked to moments from her own life, film roles and even the Hollywood hotel where she once lived.
In March, 2016, a judge in New York initially ruled the lawsuit could proceed, because the video game bosses had not provided documentation to prove Jonas wasn't based on Lohan. However, in September (16), officials at a New York state appeals court dismissed the suit.
Now Lohan has scored a legal break after a judge at the New York Court of Appeals, the state's highest court, overruled the decision to toss the case, and granted the actress an opportunity to challenge the decision, according to the New York Post's Page Six. Arguments for the case have yet to be scheduled.


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SUNNYVALE, Calif., SANTA CLARA, Calif. AND CAMBRIDGE, UK - Nov. 12, 2003 - Artisan Components, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARTI), National Semiconductor Corporation (NYSE: NSM), and ARM [(LSE: ARM); (Nasdaq: ARMHY)], today announced that Artisan, a leading provider of physical intellectual property (IP), will participate in the PowerWise™ initiative to increase the energy efficiency of mobile devices. Artisan libraries will be used as a reference platform for National's PowerWise technology and the ARM® Intelligent Energy Manager technology.
As part of the collaboration on the PowerWise technology, Artisan plans to make voltage level shifters available for selected standard cell libraries in order to support designs with multiple voltage domains. Artisan also plans to provide Scalable Polynomial Delay Modeling (SPDM) that offers accurate timing representation with variable supply voltage.
"Working with National and ARM allows our libraries to enable a unified power management approach for SoC low-power design," said Neal Carney, vice-president of marketing at Artisan. "We are pleased to collaborate with such industry leaders to provide an innovative solution to increase the energy efficiency of mobile devices."
"PowerWise technology is enabling SoC designers to greatly extend the battery life of portable devices," said Peter Henry, vice president of portable power systems, National Semiconductor. "The availability of Artisan's libraries enables seamless implementation of PowerWise technology in mainstream product designs."
"National Semiconductor, Artisan and ARM are working on several joint projects to facilitate widespread adoption of advanced energy management technologies throughout the ARM Partnership," said Mike Muller, ARM CTO. "ARM aims to achieve widespread adoption of Intelligent Energy Manager technology as part of a continuing commitment to low power in the ARM product roadmap. Artisan plays an important role in enabling the implementation of the technology in silicon."
Reducing the power consumption of digital processors is critical to the success of next-generation mobile phones. Recognizing this, National Semiconductor and ARM announced a strategic business relationship to jointly develop and market energy-efficient technologies to increase battery life of portable electronic devices (see press release…National Semiconductor and ARM Jointly Develop Power Efficient Systems for Handheld Devices…Nov. 11, 2002). The companies are also working with EDA tool companies such as Synopsys on the reference design flow and design tool support for implementing the PowerWise technology as part of a complete solution controlled by the ARM Intelligent Energy Manager technology.
About PowerWise Technology
PowerWise technology offers a new a solution for increasing energy efficiency of handheld portable devices. The heart of the PowerWise technology for embedded system-on-chip (SoC) designs is an integrated adaptive power controller (APC), which communicates with an external energy management unit (EMU) using the recently released PowerWise Interface (PWI) open-standard. PowerWise technology reduces the system power supply voltage to the absolute minimum necessary to meet the required level of performance.
National Semiconductor's PowerWise closed-loop adaptive voltage scaling (AVS) technology increases energy efficiency significantly over existing open-loop voltage scaling schemes, achieving the lowest possible voltage at which an application can still meet its performance requirements.
About Intelligent Energy Manager technology
The ARM Intelligent Energy Manager solution implements advanced algorithms to optimally balance processor workload and energy consumption, while maximizing system responsiveness to meet end-user performance expectations. The Intelligent Energy Manager technology works with the operating system dynamically predict the required future CPU performance level for the applications running on the mobile phone. This prediction is the passed through a standard programmer's model to National's PowerWise on-chip APC block which adaptively sets the minimum required power supply delivered by the external compliant power management chip to achieve the required performance point.
About Artisan Components
Artisan Components, Inc. is a leading provider of physical intellectual property (IP) components for the design and manufacture of complex system-on-a-chip integrated circuits. Artisan's products include embedded memory, standard cell, input/output, analog and mixed-signal components, which are designed to achieve the best combination of performance, density, power and yield for a given manufacturing process. Artisan has licensed its IP components to over 1,200 companies involved in integrated circuit design. Artisan is headquartered in
ARM is the industry's leading provider of 16/32-bit embedded RISC microprocessor solutions. The company licenses its high-performance, low-cost, power-efficient RISC processors, peripherals, and system-on-chip (SoC) designs to leading international electronics companies. ARM also provides comprehensive support required in developing a complete system. ARM's microprocessor cores are rapidly becoming a volume RISC standard in such markets as portable communications, hand-held computing, multimedia digital consumer and embedded solutions. More information on ARM is available at http://www.arm.com.
About National Semiconductor
National Semiconductor is the premier analog company. Combining real-world analog and state-of-the-art digital technology, the company is focused on analog-based semiconductor products, which include stand-alone devices and subsystems in the areas of power management, display drivers, audio, amplifiers, imaging and data conversion. The company targets key markets such as wireless, displays, PCs, networks and a broad range of portable applications. With headquarters in
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, Artisan's plans to add support in its libraries for designs with multiple voltage domains and scalable polynomial delay modeling, the use of Artisan's libraries in National's PowerWise Initiative and ARM's Intelligent Energy Manager technology, and the expected benefits of such collaboration. These statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, whether there will be technical or other difficulties that delay or prevent Artisan from developing intellectual property components that support the PowerWise Initiative and ARM's Intelligent Energy Manager technology; market acceptance of these enhanced library products and uncertainties attendant to any new product offering. We refer you also to the documents that Artisan files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, in particular the section entitled "Factors Affecting Future Operating Results" in Artisan's annual report on Form 10-K and its quarterly reports on Forms 10-Q. On National's behalf, we refer you to the risk factors identified in National's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended August 24, 2003, National's Form 10-K for the year ended May 25, 2003 (see Outlook and Risk Factors sections of Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation) and National's Annual Report for the fiscal year ended May 25, 2003. Artisan, National and ARM disclaim any obligation to update or correct the information contained in this press release as a result of financial, business or any other developments occurring after the date of the release.
Artisan Components and Artisan are registered trademarks of Artisan Components, Inc.
National Semiconductor is a registered trademark and PowerWise is a trademark of National Semiconductor Corporation.
ARM is a registered trademark of ARM Limited. "ARM" is used to represent ARM Holdings plc (LSE: ARM and Nasdaq: ARMHY); its operating company ARM Limited; and the regional subsidiaries ARM INC; ARM KK; ARM Korea Ltd; ARM Taiwan; ARM France SAS; ARM Consulting (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.; and ARM Belgium N.V.
Media Contacts:
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Take a big juicy bite of one of the best burgers at sea, brought to you by none other than celebrity chef Guy Fieri.
You never need a special reason to enjoy brunch, but Carnival has the perfect one: sea days!
Cha cha cha on over to our Mexican cantina, where the food is fresh and the atmosphere is fresher.
It's like visiting a beloved Italian restaurant in the middle of the countryside, except you're in the middle of a cruise ship.
Bonsai Sushi brings more to the table than just sushi, and brings it well. Enjoy good times and great eats in a unique atmosphere.
This atmospheric dining space brings not just food, but Asian traditions, to the table.
If you've got all-American backyard barbecue on the mind, get Fat Jimmy's on the plate — you're in for a real treat.
After a full day of fun, get ready for a delicious dinner, including lobster and an extensive wine list.
Unlike land resorts, our kitchens never close. From pizza to ice cream, there's always something tasty to eat.
Small treats make great eats. Sample some of the best Carnival has to offer.
Hope you packed a big appetite. Dig into a juicy steak in our most sophisticated setting.
Pizzeria del Capitano is the good kind of cheesy, the best reason to stop in for a taste of our hand-tossed specialties.
Add some Asian flavors to your vacation at our design-your-own stir-fry bar. (Chopsticks totally optional.)
Get a backstage pass to what's cooking in our kitchen with this private tour and meal featuring our chefs' best dishes.
From the simply caffeinated to the simply sublime, nothing satisfies your coffee craving like JavaBlue Café.
Grab something downright refreshing at Shake Spot, where we offer more than just your average shake.
Take a break and revive in style at our coffee bar, stocked with premium coffees and delicious pastries.
SeaDogs is more than just hot dogs — it's a tasty SportSquare snack, topped with a delicious sea view.
Hungry, but don't feel like leaving your stateroom? Relax. Our complimentary room service is available 24 hours a day.
Whether your kid loves to try new things or stick to a few faves, we've got something on their menu guaranteed to be a big hit.
Hope you packed your funny bone, because renowned comedian George Lopez is helping us make our comedy club funnier than ever.
How about a show, to go? Our theater full of amazing musicals cruises along with you.
Grab a seat in our main stage area for a performance that may literally knock your socks (or flip-flops) off.
At Camp Ocean, 2–11 year-olds stay busy, keep active and have fun as they enjoy all new ocean-themed activities in supervised, age-based groups.
Your favorite board games come to life in this fun-for-all-ages game show extravaganza.
Concerts and cruises — both absolutely rock. See a great band while you cruise with fellow fans.
The fantastical world of Dr. Seuss is coming to a Carnival cruise near you with Seuss At Sea!
Your neighborhood water park can't take you to the Caribbean. But this one can.
Action lovers, get excited. SportSquare is packed with fitness fun from table games to a ropes course.
Maybe you've seen a 3D film before, but you've never felt them like this.
We've teamed up with the offical DJ of the Miami Heat to keep our DJs' spinning skills hot – and our parties hotter.
A cruise is the perfect time to treat yourself to something sweet.
Music lovers, listen up. Because our ships are rocking and rolling with some of the best bands at sea.
Channel your inner chanteuse, rock god or pop diva and wow the world (well, fellow guests at least) at karaoke.
Take a break, grab a snack or catch a performance.
The atrium is not only where you'll find the grand staircase and wonder at the scenic high ceiling — it's also the heart of any Carnival ship.
Once your kids discover Camp Carnival, they'll never want to leave. (Seriously.)
Made for kids, great for adults! (We watch 'em until the wee hours of the morning — you have worry-free fun.)
Welcome to the ultimate hot spot for guests ages 12 to 14. And with all this fun happening, they'll be LOLing in no time.
You can't live with them. We can't live without them. This is Club O2, the just-for-teens hangout on board Carnival.
What's up, playa? Our video arcade is equipped with the latest and greatest high-tech video and arcade games.
See the stars, under the stars. For real. Carnival's Seaside Theatre screens big movie favorites all day and night.
Settle in to a poolside lounge chair — or even the pool itself — as you take in a big-name movie under the stars.
Play some mini golf on your way to the Caribbean. (Bet you're wondering what crazy onboard fun we'll think up next.)
Get your heart rate up over the great blue sea! Pick up a paddle or putt the day away.
Soak up some sun and some Carnival fun! Float the day away in one of our resort-style pools on deck.
Whether it's celebrating sail-away, marking midnight or… well, just because it's vacation time, there's always a reason to party on a Carnival cruise!
Attention all shoppers! Get a great deal on everything from vacation keepsakes to fine jewelry at our onboard shops.
Let your friends and family back home know about all the fun you're having at sea. (They're going to be so jealous.)
Browse the stunning array of paintings and prints at the art gallery, then visit the exciting auction.
If you fancy a little downtime, recharge at the library, stocked with books and games for some peaceful rest and relaxation.
Get into the island vibe at this tropical hangout, serving your fave rum drinks and our own private-label draft beer.
Feel like a frozen tequila drink? How about an ice-cold Mexican beer? Grab a stool, amigo. This is where you wanna be.
Good beer, good tunes, good times. Welcome to the island-inspired ambiance of the Caribbean's chillest hangout.
For the perfect antidote to all that pre-vacation stress, try a unique cocktail concocted by our resident mixologists.
Step into the Havana Bar and taste something authentically Cuban as you cruise.
Just like your favorite neighborhood sports bar, except you can play the latest video games from EA SPORTSTM there, too.
Pretty much just like your favorite neighborhood sports bar, except this bar travels at 18 knots.
Finally. A bar where singing along isn't just tolerated, it's strongly encouraged.
Better pack your best moves 'cuz our dance floor is waiting for them. You ready to get this party started?
You can't drink great wine at your neighborhood library. Then again, this sure isn't your neighborhood library.
Ante up, player. Better brush up on your bluffing skills now, 'cuz you're in for some fun.
Whether your game of choice is blackjack or slots, pack your competitive streak because your chance to win big sails along with you.
Double down on fun. Get into the action of this casino classic that's as easy to learn as it is to enjoy.
B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O ... this BINGO is a game-o.
If you're looking for action, have we got the spot. Roll the dice and with a little luck, you could be a big winner.
Fancy a thrill? Join the fun at the roulette table.
Slot machine lovers, get excited. From penny slots to big payouts, you'll find plenty of action wall-to-wall in our casino.
Welcome to a worry-free zone. Also kid-free, in case you were wondering.
This is where you're going to want to be for the ultimate in relaxing onboard. Hot stone massage, facial and a mani & pedi — you deserve it.
Leave your worries back on land, where they belong. Visit our spa, the ultimate escape from the outside world.
Walk, jog or skip around the ship. Our special jogging track has some of the best views, and a great workout to boot.
Get centered — and toned — on your cruise. Take a yoga or Pilates class and maximize that mind-body connection.
Welcome to a fitness center where working out is fun. (The awesome ocean views don't hurt either.)
Get ready to make heads turn. Our experienced staff is here to make you look your most beautiful.
Hey, dudes have to look good, too. That's why we offer plenty of grooming services for all the men on board.


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Saturday, June 5, 2010
This Free at Noon features British rocker Graham Parker, headlining with The National.
Parker is perhaps best known for his days on top the UK charts while heading the New Wave
outfit Graham Parker & the Rumour in the '70s.
Parker started off like many eventual chart-toppers: working a string of dead-end jobs while singing in local gigs. He recorded a few great demos, those demos fell into the right hands, and soon Parker had label and a backing band. From then on, it was nothing but up.
The band released a total of seven albums, and all were highly acclaimed. Parker's early-life influences (Motown, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison) played a part in the creation of his New Wave style, but there's no question that Parker's style was one-of-a-kind. Much of Parker's discography at this time has made numerous best-of lists, but "Squeezing Out Sparks" was perhaps the most welcomed. Some fans believe it is the best album of his career, and was recently named by Rolling Stone on their 500 greatest albums of all time list.
After Parker left the Rumours in the early '80s, he continued on solo. He's also published a substantial amount of literature. Lately, instead of slowing down, it seems like the author-musician has only been fueling his creative processes. His latest album, 'Imaginary Television', is something of a concept album, written around TV storylines, and full of reminiscing and introspection. It's mellow, but it's got a lot of great hooks throughout--one of Parker's specialities.
Website: http://www.grahamparker.net
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/gramparker
Recent Release: Imaginary Television
Release Date: March 16, 2010
Label: Bloodshot Records
Origin: Los Angeles, CA
Free At Noon Setlist
1. Ambiguous
2. Not Where You Think You Are
3. It's My Party (But I Won't Cry)
4. Heat Treatment
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Featuring intricate wordplay, catchy choruses, and complimentary instrumental arrangements,
it's no wonder The National have been compared to everyone from Tindersticks to The Pixes.
Formed in 1999 by five friends from Cincinnati, Ohio, the Brooklyn-based indie rock band is comprised of vocalist Matt Berninger and two sets of brothers: Aaron & Rice Dessner, and Scott & Bryan Devendorf.
Released in 2001, their self-titled debut album received a considerable amount of attention for combining country folk with traditional rock. Following a string of live shows, a second album, and a growing fan base, the band released their third album 'Alligator' in 2005, a work described by vocalist Matt Berninger as a "euphoric disconnection". The album received widespread acclaim, appearing on many end-of-year best album lists and included well-known songs "Mr. November" and "Abel". Their second album was just as much a hit. 'Boxer' had contributions from Sufjan Stevens on the piano and Padma Newsome (The Clogs), and critics and fans again welcomed it with open arms--it was named best album of the year by Paste Magazine, sold 180,000 copies in the US alone, and brought the band even further into the spotlight.
Since the release of 'Boxer', the five-some has played with the likes of Modest Mouse, REM, and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, to name a few. They released 'The Virginia EP', made their first tour documentary, and hit up numerous festivals. In 2008, The National announced that work had commenced on their fifth studio album. 'High Violet' debuted this May, to the now customary critical acclaim. It's been called the third masterpiece in a row for The National, perhaps the best offering of the Brooklyn-based outfit to date. Incredible lyrics, Matt Berninger's distinctive, emotive baritone, and the instrumental capabilities of each member are maximally utilized. It might be too early to tell, but if reactions stay the same, this could be the album of the year.
Currently The National is touring in support of 'High Violet', with stops throughout the US and then Europe. Don't miss them this Free at Noon as they perform with British rocker Graham Parker.
Website: http://www.americanmary.com
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/thenational
Recent Release: High Violet
Release Date: May 10, 2010
Label: 4AD
Band Origin: Cincinnati, Ohio
Free At Noon Setlist
1. Bloodbuzz Ohio
2. Afraid of Everyone
3. Runaway
4. Terrible Love
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LORAIN — A pit bull attacked a 6-year-old boy just before 4 p.m. Monday outside a home at 675 W. 13th St.
Lorain Police Sgt. Marty Carreon said the pit bull came out of a house at 688 W. 13th St. and attacked the boy — whom the Morning Journal is not naming at this time — who was playing across the street with a group of children.
The boy's family members ran out of the house to pull the pit bull off of the boy when the family's black Labrador retriever began fighting with the pit bull, Carreon said.
"Once the black dog was tazed, it started to walk back up the porch to the house when the other followed," Carreon recalled.
As the family tried to save the boy, neighbors also ran into the street to assist, he said.
"It was chaotic for a while," Carreon said.
When police arrived on scene, they used a Taser on both dogs before an officer shot the pit bull to death. Carreon said police used the Taser on the pit bull four times before they had to shoot it.
The boy's aunt, Kristen Tucker, 27, said her nephew suffered a gash on his leg. She said the pit bull had her nephew by the leg when she and other relatives ran to pull the dog off.
"We thought he was going to go for his throat," the boy's grandmother, Liz Ellis, said. "I started hollering we needed help because they weren't getting their dog off the kid."
Two neighbor girls also ran to the porch to help the boy, Ellis said. One girl took a chair and hit the pit bull, she said.
Ellis said she's seen the pit bull tied up in the neighbor's yard at 688 W. 13th St., but the neighbor is denying ownership of the dog.
"If you've got a dog and you know it bites, you've got to keep it locked down," Ellis said.
When the alleged owner of the pit bull attempted to intervene, the man suffered a hand injury. Lorain Police Capt. Roger Watkins said the man "may or may not lose his finger."
LifeCare put the boy on a stretcher before transporting him to the hospital.
"He's gashed up," Ellis said. "His leg is wide open."
The Labrador retriever retreated into the house with the family, who has lived on West 13th Street for less than four months.
Tucker said she was relieved the Labrador retriever wasn't shot, too.
"My dog's like my kid," she said. "He's got a Taser stuck in his back and a tear on his head. If my dog wouldn't have came out, my nephew would be dead right now."


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Health and Safety Tips From Westchester Medical Center Each year when we change our clocks to Daylight Savings Time, New Yorkers are encouraged to also take the time to change the batteries in their smoke detectors. In addition to your clocks and smoke detectors, you should also check and change the batteries in your CO detector. This year Daylight Savings Time begins at 2:00 AM on March 8th. Like a smoke detector, a CO detector can save your life, but only if it's working .
According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, each year in the United States hundreds of people are killed as a result of non-fire related Carbon Monoxide (CO) poisoning associated with consumer products. It is the most common type of fatal poisoning in the United States. In addition, tens of thousands more will be treated in emergency departments as a result of accidental CO poisoning.
CO is a commercially important chemical that is formed in many chemical reactions. However it is also deadly and is often referred to as the "silent killer." It is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, highly toxic gas produced by the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels - gas, oil, coal, wood and other petroleum products used in boilers, engines, oil burners, gas fires, water heaters, solid fuel appliances and open fires. CO is also formed as a result of the decomposition of many organic materials.
Dangerous levels of CO can accumulate when, as a result of poor installation, poor maintenance, failure or damage to an appliance in service, the fuel is not burned properly or when rooms are poorly ventilated and the Carbon Monoxide is unable to escape.
Carbon Monoxide can produce a wide range of physiological effects on people exposed to concentrations as low as 50 parts per million," said Dr. Kausik Kar, M.D., Medical Director of The Hyperbaric Unit at Westchester Medical Center. "Symptoms may range from mild headaches and dizziness to more serious symptoms including nausea, lethargy and even convulsions." Unfortunately many times the more mild symptoms are often attributed to illnesses such as the flu and left untreated, resulting in the more serious complications and even death. "If you believe you have a CO leak in your home or that you are suffering from the effects of CO poisoning, leave your home immediately and call 911," adds Dr. Kar.
In addition people with heart or respiratory problems as well as infants, small children, unborn children and their expectant mothers are at an increased risk for suffering from the affects of CO poisoning at a much quicker rate than others in the household and they may be the first to show symptoms.
Carbon Monoxide enters the lungs via the normal breathing mechanism and displaces oxygen from the bloodstream, interrupting the normal supply of oxygen in the blood which puts the functions of the heart, brain and other vital organs of the body at risk.
While a CO detector may help to alert you to the presence of elevated CO levels in your home it is just as important to make sure that plumbing, heating and other gas powered equipment in your home is properly maintained and serviced regularly by a licensed professional. CO detectors are available locally in many different stores and can be installed in just a few minutes using only small hand tools.
Change your clocks, change your batteries, save your life.


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Check out reviews left by other students or leave your own review. You could win a free scholarship.Add your Review
Anna from Calais, ME
Reviewer is A current student here.
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Categories Comments Campus Safety
Awesome! They are a call away and are willing to help with any questions or situations.
Greek Life
We don't have sororities or fraternities here.
Clubs and Activities
Not a lot of clubs or activities. You can become a class officer and help plan fundraisers or things for the program.
Great for these types of students
This school only accepts the students they think are willing to put in the effort and succeed in the future, they don't want anyone who isn't academically prepared or interested in the profession for the money.
Share any unusual traditions or locations on campus
The teachers are very down to earth who encourage bonding as a class and fundraisers for events such as the MSRT meetings in the spring.
Bang for the buck
It's very well priced for being a private program but if you're not receiving financial aid it's expensive. You have to pay for books, scrubs, shoes, a lab coat, and gas for clinicals.
What to do for fun
There are movie theaters, strip malls and plenty of places to eat around here but the school does not typically have activities for students to participate in unless you're fundraising.
Food and Dining
This school doesn't have a meal plan.
Dorm Life
The dorms are located up the hill and they're typical college dorms.
Academic Rigor
This program is very difficult and you have to be academically disciplined to make it. If you don't put in the effort, you're not going to do as well as you want to.
Tips for prospective students
You really need to have compassion in this profession and care about what you're doing. Every day is a challenge and no day is ever the same, every patient is different and the exams can be difficult but the sense of accomplishment is worth it.
In three sentences
This is a fantastic school to learn Radiology at. The teachers are fantastic and funny! They care about your progress and want you to strive to be the best and do your best.
TOM from LISBON, ME
Reviewer is A current student here.
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Categories Comments Food and Dining
The hospital has a good menu, as well as a small coffee shop with pasteries. On campus, there are just vending machines available, but there are many options within walking distance
Dorm Life
I live off campus
Academic Rigor
The Radiologic Technology program is a full time program, 5 days a week, including 3 or 4 8-hour days of clinical experience. Time management and focus are required to keep up.
Tips for prospective students
It's a great environment at CMMC CONHP, but bring your A-game. Organization and dedication are a must to advance
In three sentences
CMMC CONHP is a wonderful school with caring and supportive faculty, and has an excellent learning environment. The combination of didactic and practical experience allows students to excel academically and professionally. I have been very happy with my experience at CMMC College of Nursing and Health Professions
Kaylee from Lisbon, ME
Reviewer is A current student here.
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Categories Comments Campus Safety
I feel safe attending CMMC School of Nursing as security is always nearby and escorts are always available.
Greek Life
Students with high grade averages can get involved in high academic standing clubs.
Clubs and Activities
As stated, there are lots of ways to get involved at CMMC School of Nursing. Aside from those things, I just inquired about being involved as part of the graduation committee!
Great for these types of students
People who have a drive to help others, not just receive a big paycheck..
Share any unusual traditions or locations on campus
The school encourages students to get involved in fundraising for cancer or heart walks, etc. Every year there is the Dempsey Challenge hosted by Patrick Dempsey. There are many ways to get involved and feel good about helping others-- not just by going to school to become an RN! It is great because you can also get your friends and family involved!
Bang for the buck
Being a 2-year college, the college is much more affordable than most places to get your RN degree. I chose CMMC School of Nursing because they offer excellent financial aid and has worked with me to get me in a comfortable spot should I need more help buying books, etc. The tuition is affordable and there is plenty of opportunity for financial help.
What to do for fun
CMMC School of Nursing encourages students to get involved in the school's clubs and upcoming events through the school and hospital.
Food and Dining
CMMC School of Nursing has a small and quaint kitchen area with snacks and drinks. However, because the school is in the heart of Lewiston, other places to get affordable meals are just footsteps away. As always, the hospital on campus has a cafeteria available.
Dorm Life
Although CMMC School of Nursing does not have any dorms, they do provide on campus housing and the right person to help us should we want to live nearby.
Academic Rigor
The faculty at CMMC School of Nursing make sure the students understand what they are doing and ask us questions to make sure we learn things the right way. We also have open class discussions about case studies and what we would do in certain situations to prepare us for whatever could happen in a real-life situation. We have been taught to think of patient safety first and foremost and satisfaction. We are taught how to effectively communicate, not only with our patients, but amongst ourselves. I am confident that CMMC School of Nursing will lead me to a bright and successful future.
Tips for prospective students
My tip for prospective students would be to make friends and study buddies. These students will become some of your best friends and nursing family. Learning from each other and different ways of doing things will broaden your horizon and make you a better nurse.
In three sentences
I just finished my first week here as a student and am very excited to see what the future holds for myself and my classmates. The faculty makes it fun and easy to learn in a safe environment and encourage students to learn from each other and through experience. I have no doubt that CMMC School of Nursing will lead me in the right direction to become the best nurse I can possibly be.


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A teenage boy described as a dedicated student with a penchant for math has died of the injuries he suffered after being struck by a vehicle in a Eureka intersection over the weekend, less than two weeks after a Eureka High School girl was hit and injured in a crosswalk a few blocks away.
EPD Senior Traffic Officer Gary Whitmer said the investigating officers are still in the early stages of talking to witnesses. He said there are no indications of gross negligence or reports of speeding on the driver's part.
"There are still plenty of witnesses that still have to be talked to, and evidence still has to be collected," Whitmer said. "By no means are we assigning fault or anything at this point. We still have a lot of work to do."
A Eureka Police Department release states witnesses reported seeing the teenager standing stationary in the southbound lane of J Street -- at the Carson Street intersection, but outside of the crosswalk -- and looking down at his cellphone when he was hit.
Responding officers found the boy just after 10 p.m. suffering from life-threatening injuries. Crews with Humboldt Bay Fire and City Ambulance were called to assist. The boy was immediately transported to St. Joseph Hospital for treatment, and later flown out of the area for a higher level of care due to the extent of his injuries.
Officers were notified Sunday that the boy had died.
Arcata resident Anthony Kahn, whose son was close friends with the boy and was with him on the night of his death, said he is skeptical of the initial witness reports. Kahn said his son told him that a group of teens was walking from a birthday party to a nearby park when the boy was struck.
"He was one of the best and smartest kids I have ever known," Kahn said, adding that the boy was set to travel to Stanford in two weeks as the Humboldt County representative for a nationwide middle school mathematics competition.
Kahn said he wants to make sure the boy is not painted as reckless.
"As far as irresponsible teens go, he was the furthest thing from it," he said.
A rash of pedestrian accidents in Eureka has prompted a community push for greater pedestrian and traffic safety awareness.
Following the accident involving the Eureka High girl -- who was not seriously injured after being hit in a crosswalk by a suspected DUI driver at the intersection of Del Norte and I streets -- former student Alexandra Silva started an online petition "Pedestrian Safety on H and I Streets in Eureka California Awareness" calling for traffic calming measures near the campus.
So far, 161 residents have signed the petition, exceeding Silva's goal of 150 signatures.
Eureka has one of the highest traffic collision rankings in the state, according to 2010 statistics from the California Office of Traffic Safety's website, the most recent available.
According to the state website, Eureka was ranked No. 2 out of 93 similarly-sized California cities for total fatal and injury collisions, No. 3 for pedestrian collisions and No. 9 for bicycle collisions.
Less than 1,000 feet from where the boy was hit, a driver crashed into a street light, fence and tree at I and Buhne streets on Saturday night before driving away.
In a previous interview with the Times-Standard, city engineer Charles Rocklein said that city staff are aware of ongoing safety concerns along H and I streets.
Rocklein said the city is considering reducing the lanes on H and I from three to two. The city has been examining the feasibility, advantages and disadvantages of the change, and will present its findings during today's Transportation Safety Commission meeting at 2 p.m. in the council chambers.
Silva said she hopes community members make an effort to attend the meeting. The 19-year-old said she was saddened to hear about the boy who was killed over the weekend.
"I am very concerned about what is going on," Silva said. "I think more people need to be involved in this issue. I think the city needs to be more involved. What we need is more education, more awareness and more common sense."
The EPD is asking anyone with information about this case to call Traffic Officer Greg Hill at 441-4342 or Traffic Officer Tim Jones at 441-4109.
What: Transportation Safety Commission meeting
Where: City Council chambers, 531 K St.
When: Meeting begins at 2 p.m. today
1. Make eye contact with drivers before crossing.
2. Cross in the crosswalk.
3. Follow the pedestrian signal, not the overhead traffic signal.
4. Do not begin to cross the street once the red hand flashes on the pedestrian signal.
5. Wear visible clothing.
1. Yield to pedestrians in crosswalks and at intersections.
2. Be cautious in areas that draw children, such as around parks and schools.
3. Don't speed or run red lights.
Source: City of Eureka
Lorna Rodriguez contributed to this article.
Kaci Poor can be reached at 441-0504 or firstname.lastname@example.com


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Barbara Rose Martin
Barbara Rose Martin of Benton died June 17, 2011, at St. Vincent Hospital in Little Rock. Barbara was born April 30, 1942, in Shreveport, La., the daughter of Robert Chester Rose and Gladys Blackmon Rose. She was preceded in death by her parents and her brother, Robert Chester Rose, Jr.
Barbara spent her childhood in northeast Louisiana where she met her husband (Jim) James B. Martin. They were married March 3, 1962, at New Prospect Baptist Church in Darnell, La. Jim and Barbara moved to Benton in 1973.
She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Benton.
As a business professional she owned and operated BRM Association Management and Services, Inc. in which she managed three Statewide Associations. Prior to her forming BRM Association, she served on the Arkansas Optometric Association as executive director and previously held the position of Pulaski County election coordinator. Barbara was well-known in the hospitality industry and held positions at the Statehouse Convention Center, Excelsior Hotel, Hot Springs Convention Center, and the Little Rock Convention Center.
Barbara is survived by her husband Jim; her daughters, Cindy Stracener (Doug) of Benton, Sheri Kelley (Jeff) of Mt. Juliet, Tenn., and her son, James B. Martin, Jr. (Karen) of Lebanon, Tenn.; her sister-in-law, Norma Rose of Many, La.; her brother, Charles D Rose (Mary Ann) of Dallas, Texas; and her sister, Martha Rose Lower (Jack) of New Smyrna Beach, Fla. She is also survived by five grandchildren, Katy Stracener, Conor Martin, Bret Stracener, Blake Kelley and Loryn Kelley and many nieces and nephews.
Family will receive friends Sunday from 3 to 5 p.m. at Roller-Ballard Funeral Home in Benton, 501-315-4047. A funeral service will be held at Roller-Ballard in Benton, Monday at 12 p.m. with Frank Thurman officiating. Burial will be at Pinecrest Memorial Park following the service.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Arkansas Baptist Children's Home in memory of Barbara.
Online guest book: www.rollerfuneralhomes.com/ballard.


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Welcome to the Kurobox Wiki
Ku-ro-box(koo' ro boks), n. 1. a highly hackable headless PowerPC computer. It has Ethernet, USB, and an optional serial port. 2. Expert box.
wi-ki (wee' kee), n. a type of website that allows anyone visiting the site to add, remove, or otherwise edit all content, quickly and easily, often without the need for registration. This ease of interaction and operation makes a wiki an effective tool for collaborative writing.
News Flashes
Check out the News page for a list of all news.
Pricing Information Released
Revolution has confirmed pricing for the KuroBox Pro at $169.00 USD. Not a bad price whatsoever.
Sorry to all of you Europeans, but at the moment I do not have a pricing or release date for the Kurobox Pro. I will try to get one for you as soon as I can.
Hot off the presses
I Just received this email from Revolution
As I'm sure you know, Buffalo US is launching the Kurobox/Pro here in the US. Well, after a spat with customs over our shipment, we finally got the first batch in from our factories in Japan. KuroPro's will be available for purchase this week.
KuroBox Pro documents pre-releaseed
Kurobox Pro US release delayed until July. But in the meantime......
Revolution has provided some documentation on the Kurobox Pro. This is preliminary documentation so translation errors may be fixed but the detail is good.
- KuroboxPro User's Guide in English
- Kurobox Pro specification document
- Kurobox Pro microprocessor interface specifications
Getting Started
There are several applications and distros that can be used on the Kurobox. Check out the getting started page for a quick introduction on what can you do with your Kurobox.
Other areas of interest
Todo - Things that need to be done on this Wiki
Please see documentation on customizing the interface and the User's Guide for usage and configuration help. <sp_ch>friend</sp_ch>


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Aaron Johnson & Sam Taylor-Wood Welcome Baby Girl
Aaron Johnson and his fiancee, Sam Taylor-Wood, are the proud parents of a newborn baby girl!
"Sam Taylor-Wood and Aaron Johnson are the proud parents of Romy Hero Johnson, who was born at home in London on January 18. Both mother and daughter are well," a rep for the actor told JustJared.com.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of celebrity babies
The 44-year-old actress has two older daughters from a previous marriage; she and Aaron, 21, also have a 1-year-old daughter named Wylda Rae.
Congratulations to the happy family!!


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Tomorrow marks the first Saturday in three months without college football, whatever will we do? Actually, the annual Army/Navy football game it tomorrow for those who are really desperate. It also means that college basketball is front and center for the first Saturday since early last spring.
Tomorrow marks the first Saturday in three months without college football, whatever will we do? Actually, the annual Army/Navy football game it tomorrow for those who are really desperate. It also means that college basketball is front and center for the first Saturday since early last spring.
The Truman State men's and women's basketball teams have a home double header against Missouri Southern on Saturday at Pershing Arena. The women lost a tough one on Wednesday night to MO Western while the men were able to pick up their first conference win of the season and continue on the winning track. MO Southern always has good teams so it will be an excellent opportunity to see some outstanding college basketball.
The Missouri Tigers men's basketball team plays Tennessee State on Saturday in one of their last easy games before the schedule gets much tougher. As I mentioned in Wednesday's blog the Tigers didn't play especially well on Tuesday night so I think it is important to look impressive on Saturday. Things get much tougher from here on out.
The Tiger Classic high school wrestling tournament takes place in Kirksville on Friday and Saturday. This is one of the better tournaments in the state in my opinion and will be an excellent opportunity to see our Tigers against some of the top teams in the state. Get out and see some excellent wrestling action this weekend.
College football may be over but the NFL isn't and both the Kansas City Chiefs and St. Louis Rams are on the road this weekend. The Chiefs are in Cleveland to take on the Browns while the Rams travel to Buffalo to take on the Bills. The Browns have been playing pretty well recently and are coming off a big victory last Sunday. The Chiefs are still a huge mystery and it will be interesting to see how they play this week after putting everything together last Sunday in the face of incredibly odds to beat the Bengals. Brady Quinn played with a confidence he hasn't had for the past several years so it is possible that last week's game was a watershed moment for the Chiefs and they have turned the corner. It is also possible they will return to the Chiefs of old which doesn't bode well for them against any NFL team.
The Rams play a team in the Bills who have been up and down this season. The Bills have the ability to score a lot of points but they also have the ability to give up a lot of points as well. The Rams considence level should be pretty high after defeating the 49ers last week so hopefully the Rams can come away with a victory. They still have an outside shot of making the playoffs but cannot lose any more games.
The St. Louis Cardinals came away from baseball's winter meetings earlier this week with precisely what they needed to improve the left side of the bullpen adding lefthanded specialist Rant Choate who is one of the best specialists in the game and is coming off a very good year with the Marlins and Dodgers. I'm very surprised the Dodgers didn't make more of an effort to resign him but their loss is the Cardinals gain.
We'll be back on Monday with a review of all this weekend's sports action and a look ahead to what is coming up next week. Please make an effort to get out and support our local athletes over the weekend. Thanks as always for your continued support of this and all the other blogs on this site.
Have a terrific weekend!


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Recently there have been calls for papers for 2011 events and awards below is a summary.
Call for Nominations for 2011 IFLA Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe Award
This award is the highest honour that the International Federation of Landscape Architects can bestow upon a landscape architect. The Award recognises a living landscape architect whose lifetime achievements and contributions have had a unique and lasting impact on the welfare of society and the environment and on the promotion of the profession of landscape architecture. The award is bestowed annually on an academic, public or private practitioner whose work and achievements are respected internationally.
Winners include Peter Walker and Prof. Bernard Lassus.
Nominations should be submitted by 10 November 2010.
For further details on how to nominate go to IFLA Online
Calls for Papers for IFLA 2011 World Congress
Scales of Nature – Zurich, Switzerland 27-29 June 2011
A call for paper abstracts has been issued for papers that address the congress theme and topics. More information can be found at IFLA 2011 Registration for the Congress has also opened with limited number of attendees – they currently have an early bird offer of 488 Swiss Francs (CHF) ($485USD) – you can register at IFLA 2011.
Call for Papers for AILA 2011 National Conference
Transform – Brisbane Australia 11-13 August 2011
Australian Institute of Landscape Architects National Conference which is held every two years is being held in Brisbane in August 2011 with the conference theme of Tranform and is currently calling for papers that relate to the conference theme and session topics. Abstracts are due on 1 November 2010. For further details to the AILA 2011 National Conference Call for Papers


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Several small wildfires broke out this weekend across the San Juan National Forest aided by high winds and dry conditions, according to the U.S. Forest Service. However, Southwest Colorado is not currently under a red-flag alert.
The Goblin Fire in the Animas Canyon in the San Juan National Forest north of Durango was estimated Sunday afternoon to have reached 40 acres. It is burning on the east side of the canyon near Needles Creek, forest spokeswoman Ann Bond said in a news release.
An ember from the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad was suspected as starting the Goblin Fire. It was being fought by U.S. Forest Service and railroad firefighters, aided by a Type 3 helicopter.
Forest Service firefighters are also working farther to the west on two wildfires reported Saturday on the shores of McPhee Reservoir, Bond said. The 8-acre Big Bend Fire, which has been contained, is under investigation; another fire caused by an escaped campfire is now controlled, Bond said.
Of greater concern is the Cinnamon Bear Fire, southwest of Pagosa Springs, which was reported at 20 acres Saturday morning, but grew to an estimated 110 acres by Saturday evening, Bond said. The fire is in a remote area of Bear Basin two miles south of Blue Mountain.
By Saturday evening, there were 25 firefighters from the U.S. Forest Service, Mesa Verde National Park, Pagosa Fire and Upper Pine Fire District working the Cinnamon Bear Fire. The Forest Service already has ordered additional resources, including Type 1 and Type 3 helicopters, two single-engine air tankers, the Sierra Hotshot crew from Rifle and a Type 2 (initial attack) firefighting crew, Bond said.
Type 1 helicopters are the heaviest of the fleet, carrying the largest payload of water or fire retardant. Type 3 helicopters do bucket drops on fires.
The Type 3 helicopter is also making drops on the nearby Wedding Fire, estimated at 1.2 acres in size about two miles southwest of Blue Mountain. The Cinnamon Bear and Wedding fires are believed to have been started by lightning, Bond said.
With the first rifle season under way this weekend, the Durango Interagency Fire Dispatch Center warns anyone heading into the backcountry to be extremely careful with fire under the current dry and windy conditions, Bond said.
This story has been corrected since it was originally published.


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1. Hatchet piece by Buzzfeed about the latest Techcrunch Disrupt conference. Sample:
I got dozens of e-mails from PR people before and during Disrupt, but I didn't respond to any of these e-mails except for the one with the subject line "Crack a Cold One with Adrian Grenier." It was about a press event inconveniently far from Disrupt at a bar that looked like it had been removed from Brooklyn piece by piece and bizarrely rebuilt in the middle of a Chinatown alley. But I was totally going.Read on. There's much more about the beer.
Grenier's Churchkey Can Co. manufactures beer in flat-top cans like ones used by breweries for about three decades in the last century until the invention of the pull-tab (the thing you use to open an aluminum beverage can today) in 1962. Flat-top cans are much more difficult to open than pull-tab cans. Flat-top cans require a tool called a churchkey to puncture holes in the top for drinking and aeration. Thus, they quickly disappeared from the market.
The idea behind Churchkey Can Co. is that you should somehow want to go through the hassle of poking holes in one of these flat-top cans to get to the beer inside. There's a lot of bullshit sloganeering about beer being "worth the effort" and drinking a beer like your grandfather did to justify gimmick.
In other words, Churchkey is a brewing company that has no interest in beer. It exists because Grenier and ex-Nike designer Justin Hawkins decided they wanted to make some old steel cans. The actual beer is an afterthought.
2. Stephenie Meyer on E. L. James's Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy (which began as Twilight fan fiction):
"I haven't read it. I mean, that's really not my genre, not my thing," she said with a laugh. "I've heard about it; I haven't really gotten into it that much. Good on her — she's doing well. That's great! It might not exist in the exact form that it's in," Meyer said. "Obviously, [James] had a story in her, and so it would've come out in some other way."3. So sleazy.


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Billy Joel has given actor Chris Noth's relaunched music club his seal of approval after hosting a private show at the New York venue days before its official opening.
Sex and the City star Noth is expected to throw open the doors of the relocated Cutting Room to the public next week (begs29Oct12), but he made a special exception for the Piano Man and agreed to let him use the bar for an intimate showcase on Monday (22Oct12).
Joel performed hits including She's Always a Woman to Me and Just the Way You Are for guests such as rocker pal Sting and his singer daughter Alexa Ray Joel, before taking part in a question and answer session.
The event was held to celebrate the veteran singer's recent signing to Universal and Rondor Music Publishing, according to the New York Daily News.
Noth was forced to close the original Cutting Room venue in 2009 due to spiralling costs.


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A pc term for we fucked up our schools, and want to come out and fuck up yours. It lowers the quality of the good and average schools while not improving the quality of the horrible schools.
Now that we have a learning community, the resources that went to the good schools, are now wasted on the horrible schools.
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Political shenanigans are legend in the North Carolina General Assembly, where late-night maneuvering, questionable holiday scheduling or hastily called special sessions when some lawmakers are on vacation have been a plague embraced by whatever party was in charge of things.
Political shenanigans are legend in the North Carolina General Assembly, where late-night maneuvering, questionable holiday scheduling or hastily called special sessions when some lawmakers are on vacation have been a plague embraced by whatever party was in charge of things.
That's how we wound up with the North Carolina Education Lottery, remember?
Indeed, in what might be categorized as an oldie written by the Democrats who were then running the show in Raleigh, state lawmakers were hastily called back for a special session to vote on the proposed lottery while a couple of members who were vocal opponents were far out of town. One was even on his honeymoon. Presto! For good, bad or indifferent, North Carolina got itself a lottery.
The Republicans, who are now leading both the state House and Senate, haven't been immune from attraction to such nefarious political activities. House Speaker Thom Tillis famously had a "veto garage" where he parked items opposed by then-Gov. Bev Perdue until such a time when enough Democrats might be out of town for a quick override vote.
So what happened July 2 in Raleigh should've been no real shock to anyone who closely follows politics in this state. That doesn't make it any less frustrating. It also doesn't make it right. In fact, it's why people have so little faith in politics or those who practice it.
After 5:30 p.m., state Senate Republicans — without notice to anyone but their most ardent supporters — tacked a measure concerning the contentious issue of abortion onto a bill concerning Sharia law. According to the News and Observer of Raleigh, a committee meeting turned into a vote to waive Senate rules allowing an immediate floor vote on the new abortion restrictions. Lobbyists supporting the measure were in attendance. Lobbyists opposed were never told it would be discussed. It was then quickly approved by a preliminary 27-14 vote.
The merits of the bill, which would force new licensing requirements on abortion clinics and make it more difficult for doctors to perform the procedures, are truly a matter for real debate among pro-life and pro-choice forces. It's a historically contentious issue that has divided the nation for decades. Women have a stake in the discussion, as does the religious community. For his part, Republican Gov. Pat McCrory said during his campaign that he would not sign laws that further restrict abortions in this state.
That's an indicator of how split even Republicans are about it.
Our concern is over how a bill this important would suddenly be posed before the Senate on a week when many are on July 4 holiday and without public notice of any kind. The people of North Carolina deserve true give and take over matters of such significance — not treachery and the kind of political steamrolling common in Third World countries.
Wednesday, in a gallery packed with those on both sides of the issue, the Senate, which has 50 members, gave final approval in a 29-12 vote. The bill will now go before the state House, which has already OK'd some of the measures earlier in the session. After that, it will go to McCrory. He could opt not to sign it, and let the bill become law and still meet his campaign obligation.
But not really.
McCrory, who criticized how this bill came about Wednesday, should send it back to the General Assembly for more open discussion.


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What to CookCommunity
Editors' Picks -- Week 50
- Loves Food Loves to Eat's Thai Green Bean Salad (left, tested and photographed by WinnieAb) and Lizthechef's Pennsylvania Dutch Warm Potato Salad (tested and photographed by lastnightsdinner)
Once again, we want to give a big thanks to all of our volunteer recipe testers for your thoughtful comments and for helping us continue to strengthen our recipe recommendations. You can read each tester's comments by clicking through to the Editors' Picks recipes -- the comments are under "Amanda and Merrill's Notes" at the top. And even if the recipe you tested wasn't chosen as an EP, please feel free to leave your testing notes in the recipe's comments section. Constructive criticism is always encouraged!
Congratulations to another great batch of Editors' Picks!
- Editors' Picks for Week 50
- Pennsylvania Dutch Warm Potato Salad
- Indian-spiced Potato Salad
- Warm Potato Salad with Bacon and Fennel
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Why turtles cross suburban roads (and get hurt)
Why are all those turtles crossing the road?
No joke, it really is to get to the other side.
It's that time of year when pregnant turtles are leaving their watery homes to look for higher and drier spots to lay their eggs.
Unfortunately, their travels often take them across roads and highways, putting them -- and sometimes motorists trying to avoid them -- in danger.
"When the females go up to nest, they are on a mission," said Kevin Luby, a naturalist with the Willowbrook Wildlife Center in Glen Ellyn. "They're going up to lay their eggs. And nothing really is going to deter them."
So forest preserve districts throughout the region are cautioning residents to pay closer attention to the road when they're driving.
"June is go time for turtle nesting," said Gary Glowacki, a wildlife biologist with the Lake County Forest Preserve District. "Just be on alert. Hopefully, the turtles make it across the road."
So far this year, experts at Willowbrook Wildlife Center have treated 54 injured turtles. Most were hit by cars or trucks.
By getting the word out, DuPage forest preserve officials are hoping to help secure safe passage for other turtles before their nesting season ends in mid-July.
Luby said it's up to motorists to do what they can because turtles have a primitive sense of hearing and can't process sounds from oncoming traffic or honking horns.
"That is not something they comprehend," he said. "There's very little going on in the brain of a turtle other than, 'I've got to dump these eggs.' She's looking for someplace suitable, and roadways don't count as any kind of deterrent."
About five years ago, McHenry County officials placed signs reading "Turtle Crossing" along Algonquin Road at the border of Lake in the Hills and Algonquin.
Jeff Young, assistant county engineer with the McHenry County Division of Transportation, says the signs appear to be paying off.
"The fact that people are aware of it has helped a lot," he said.
While it seems counterintuitive to us to cross a busy highway, experts point out the slow-moving reptiles might have been making the same journey for decades.
"A lot of these turtles have really high nest-site fidelity," Glowacki said.
"They go back to the same area to nest year after year. It doesn't matter if a road got put in between them. They are going to do what they can to get back to that spot."
Stressing that the turtles know exactly where they're going, Luby said people often make the false assumption that an animal is lost if it's crossing a road. If you turn a turtle around, it's simply going to try to cross the road again.
"We always recommend you put them on the side of the road that they're heading," Glowacki said.
"Don't put them where they came from."
Luby also emphasizes that no one should ever put themselves or others in danger by stopping to carry a turtle across a busy road.
In those situations, he suggests slowing down and putting on your vehicle's flashers to alert other drivers.
To move a turtle, pick it up with both hands, one on either side of the animal's body. Officials say lifting a turtle by the tail can damage its spinal cord.
Luby said no one should ever pick up a snapping or spiny soft-shell turtle. Both are large species that can become aggressive and bite when handled.
"If they feel like they've gotten a piece of your hide, they don't want to let go because that's their only defense," Luby said.
"So it's a dangerous game trying to mess with them. Just leave them be and don't try to move them."
So what should motorists do if they spot a turtle on the road but are too late to slow down and go around it? Luby suggests trying to straddle the turtle to avoid hitting it with a vehicle's tires.
"If they can make it go underneath the very center of their car," he said, "it would be better than underneath one side or the other of the car."
DuPage officials are advising anyone who finds an injured turtle to consult Willowbrook Wildlife Center. The facility, at 525 S. Park Blvd. in Glen Ellyn, cares for injured native species and strives to release them into wild spaces.
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The TEE test takes a detailed picture of your heart and its major blood vessels. This test helps to detect heart valve disease, heart tumors, and blood clots inside the heart. It also helps detect an aneurysm (AN-your-izm), which is a swelling, like a balloon, in a blood vessel. TEE stands for trans-esophageal (trans-ee-SOFF-uh-jee-ul) echocardiogram (ek-oh-CAR-dee-oh-gram).
The TEE test combines several procedures. It makes a picture by using sound waves that pass through skin and tissue without being heard or felt. This is called ultrasound (UL-truh-sound). The special instrument that sends and receives the sound waves is called a transducer (trans-DOO-sir).
A tiny transducer is attached to the end of a flexible tube with a light. The tube is called an endoscope (EN-doh-skope). The scope is passed into your mouth, through your esophagus (food pipe), and down behind your heart. The word "trans-esophageal" means "through the esophagus."
The transducer sends sound waves into your heart and blood vessels and then receives the signals that bounce back, or "echo." The signals are converted into pictures that show on a screen. This part of the test is called an echocardiogram.
A doctor will perform your TEE test with the help of a nurse or technician. The technician will help you onto a bed and ask you to lie on your left side. You will be connected to machines that monitor your blood pressure, heart rate, and oxygen levels during the test. You will be given a mild sedative by an intravenous line (IV) to help you relax. You'll remain somewhat alert so you can cooperate with the doctor and staff.
The TEE test may cause some mild discomfort, but it should not be painful. The back of your throat will be numbed with an anesthetic spray. Your throat will feel cool, and you may get a bitter taste in your mouth. You will need to remove any full or partial dentures. To protect your teeth, a plastic mouth guard will be placed in your mouth. You'll need to press your lips around the guard.
The doctor then will insert the scope into the back of your mouth. You will be asked to swallow the scope, and you may gag for a few moments. The doctor will advance the scope into your esophagus about 12 to 14 inches. The transducer will take a picture of the top right chamber of your heart. This is called the right atrium (AY-tree-um).
Next, the doctor will advance the scope 4 to 6 inches farther. The transducer will now get a picture of the lower left chamber, which is called the left ventricle (VEN-trih-col).
The scope will be in place at each site for 5 to 10 minutes. If saliva collects in your mouth, a small plastic suction tube will remove it.
You cannot eat or drink for at least 1 hour after the test. The numbing effect of the anesthetic takes this long to wear off. Your nurse will check your gag reflex often by touching the back of your mouth with a tongue depressor. You must be able to gag to keep from choking on food or fluid.
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It's always around this time of year that I start pining for spring pretty badly. This whole tropical/ hawaiin print trend is only making it worse, but I'm def on board with it 100%. One of the finest examples I've seen is Mother Denim's "Another Day in Paradise" jeans. Words can't express how awesome these are! I've seen them mentioned on a few other blogs, but if you are at a loss at where to hunt them down for spring, allow me to recommend Goldyn. The online shop, which recently opened its first brick-and-mortar store in Denver, knows their stuff: they carry labels like Alexander Wang, Pamela Love, and Vena Cava. Check them out, and if you find something you like, use the code ISMENTAL20 and get 20% off your order this month.
Just another day in paradise
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8 comments:
- Semicosmic said...
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- February 8, 2012 at 7:07 PM
- Magnet said...
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- February 9, 2012 at 12:28 AM
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- February 11, 2012 at 7:37 PM
- Samira Phoenix said...
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I wanna wear these jeans before I die.
- February 13, 2012 at 2:19 PM
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- February 15, 2012 at 4:55 PM
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- February 20, 2012 at 12:03 PM
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Less than four months after he was released from a Nevada prison and deported to Mexico, Fermín Pérez Juárez is in trouble again. He is now behind bars in Tijuana, accused along with four others in the kidnapping and torture of a man who was hoping to be smuggled into the United States.
It wasn't just the brutality of the crime, committed last month in the city's Zona Norte, that commanded attention in Tijuana newspaper headlines and on TV broadcasts. It was the people allegedly behind the crime: Pérez and the other suspects are deportees with U.S. criminal records, Mexican authorities said.
Illegal immigration is a contentious topic in the United States, but it can be a touchy subject in Mexico too. This is especially true in northern border cities such as Tijuana, where hundreds of Mexicans are returned each day.
The city's officials say the presence of large numbers of deportees poses public safety problems and further strains social-service programs. Business owners near the border complain that they drive up crime and drive away customers. Deportees say they often are made to feel like convicts even when they are not — ostracized, unable to find work, lacking any family or friends in the area, targeted by police as well as criminals who shake them down and take their money and documents.
Though theses issues are not new, an unprecedented effort by the U.S. government to deport foreigners convicted of crimes is raising alarm in Tijuana.
"They arrive in border cities and they don't have work, they don't anywhere to live, they don't have documents," said Adán Velázquez, head of criminal investigations in Tijuana for the Baja California Attorney General's Office. "They become addicted to drugs, they wander the streets, they are bad for the city's image and have become a serious problem."
While the Mexican government offers deportees transportation back to their hometowns, many of them choose to remain near the U.S.-Mexico border in hopes of making another crossing. But increasingly tight U.S. security along the border makes such returns far more difficult, so deportees linger in limbo.
"Before, we didn't have so many people getting stuck in Tijuana," said the city's security chief, Alberto Capella.
Asking for advance notice
To find deportees, head to the Padre Chava soup kitchen in downtown Tijuana, which serves breakfast to more than 1,000 people several days each week. Co-founder Margarita Andoanegui said about one-quarter of those individuals are deportees, and more have been showing up.
"We see men who are destroyed emotionally," she said. "Their lives have been truncated. They have family in the United States, and down south they have no one."
The deportations issue has flared up in Tijuana and other Mexican border cities since late last year, when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced that it had deported a record 396,906 people during the fiscal year ending Sept. 30 — and that more than half of those people had criminal convictions. More than 70 percent of the deportees were from Mexico.
A study by Mexico's National Migration Institute showed that deportation patterns change from year to year, but that Baja California has traditionally received a large portion of deportees. In 2010, the figure was close to 40 percent of the total registered by Mexican immigration officials.
Statistics from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement show that deportees with criminal records are far more likely to have been convicted of a traffic offense, immigration violations or drug-related charges than of a violent crime. In Tijuana, thefts and low-scale robberies are the biggest sources of complaint among business owners in downtown areas near the U.S. border.
Mexican authorities want more notice when people with criminal records are deported — at least three days beforehand, so they can check for any criminal issues in Mexico.
"We are in a constant struggle to get information ahead of time," said Antonio Valladolid, who heads the National Immigration Institute in Tijuana.
ICE has no large holding facilities at the border and often gets little advance notice before receiving criminal deportees, said Lauren Mack, the agency's spokeswoman in San Diego.
"We don't hold them longer because we don't have a legal reason to, and because it drains our resources," she said.
Mexican authorities also are asking for more detailed information on who's being sent back. "We need pictures, fingerprints, tattoos, color of eyes, height, weight," said Alfredo Arenas, the international liaison for Baja California's Public Safety Secretariat. "Not just a list with names, because it's known that many of these people give false names. We need biometric information in advance so we can detect how many of those people have outstanding warrants in Mexico."
Seeking coordination
Despite the concerns, authorities in Baja California are hard-pressed to come up with hard data on crimes committed by deportees.
The state and municipal governments often categorize deportees as "migrants," a term that also includes new arrivals from other parts of Mexico. Daniel de la Rosa, Baja California's public safety secretary, said state figures show that migrants committed one in 10 crimes across the region last year. And data from Tijuana's public safety secretariat showed that less than 8 percent of the detainees turned over to its facility for minor infractions in 2011 were classified as migrants.
And for all the fears that large numbers of California inmates are being released early and sent to Baja California due to prison overcrowding, this has yet to happen. A California Supreme Court ruling last May required the state to reduce its inmate population, but Robin Baker, the director for enforcement and removal operations for ICE in San Diego, said he has not yet seen an increase in California prison deportees.
Still, the potential is there: As of Dec. 31, California's Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Services listed 14,886 prisoners who are Mexican citizens — about 10 percent of the total; of those, 11,606 had an ICE hold, meaning they will be sent back to Mexico once they're released.
Because of deportees' mobility and the different agencies involved in deportations, the numbers are difficult to track.
Mexico's National Immigration Institute reported a 20 percent drop in "repatriations" — Mexicans returned by the U.S. government and counted by the agency — between 2010 and 2011 along the country's northern border. In Tijuana, that number is down 40 percent — from 133,000 in 2010 to 81,000 last year, while they rose in Mexicali by 20 percent.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said its deportation numbers have been rising, with a record 33,006 on the Baja California border through Tijuana and Mexicali during the past year carried out by its San Diego Field Office — including 14,412 convicted criminals. Those numbers do not include those deported through Tijuana by the agency's Los Angeles Field Office.
In addition, the U.S. Border Patrol and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection also send back significant numbers of Mexicans to Tijuana, but they did not provide figures for this story.
Baker, the local enforcement and removal director for ICE, said his office is deporting an average of 1,425 people a week to Tijuana, with 60 percent of them criminal removals.
One solution for border communities has been to send deportees straight back to their hometowns. In Tijuana, a range of Mexican federal, state and local programs offer deportees bus rides, paying anywhere from 25 percent to 100 percent of the ticket. Close to 15,000 accepted the offer last year, said Valladolid, the Mexican immigration official.
Julio Figueroa, 28, was offered bus fare to his hometown of Cuernavaca. "I said, 'No, I don't have family there,'" said Figueroa, who had lived in San Diego County since he was 8.
He has found a construction job in Tijuana, but for now still sleeps on a mattress at a shelter. It's lonely and difficult he said, but he hopes to get back to San Diego somehow. "If I'm going to struggle, I'd rather struggle here."


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The winegrower, older & wiser
than you or I will ever be,
told me, he told us, he said this:
After many years of grinding rock
the ice slowly moved north, melting.
Lakes grew in the low places & plants
grew in the soil on the high places & man came
onto the land. And men found grapes
growing along the lakes & into the trees
at the edge of the forest. And men thought of the
fruit of the grape, and the wine that comes naturally
from the fruit of the grape, and were well pleased
with this place, & they stayed.
Soon they learned that the wine of these grapes
was not like the wine they knew from Burgundy & Champagne,
nor was it like the wine from Alsace or Germany
nor anywhere else they knew. They did not enjoy
this wine, & they were puzzled.
For this place, this Leelanau Peninsula, a high place
early surrounded by the Lake of Michigan,
was fine terroir. The ice-ground rock made good soil
for grapes, deep & well drained, lying in ridges,
exposing the vines properly to the sun.
And the Lake of Michigan tempered the climate
making a good growing season - ripening the grapes
not too much, not too little, but just right for fine wine.
And so one bosky man picked up the telephone
& called the nurseryman, & he ordered that grapevines be shipped
by FedEx Ground of the kind grown in Burgundy,
Champagne, Alsace, Germany. And these were planted:
they grew, thrived, produced fine grapes &
the wine of these grapes was excellent,
& all were well pleased.
And thus the winegrowers of the Leelanau Peninsula
know that they live in a fine place & grew fine
grapes & make excellent wine, and they are well pleased.
And so too the drinkers of the wine
of the Leelanau Peninsula are well pleased,
for they know this is a fine place & an excellent wine.
Then why, I asked the old winegrower, are the wines
from elsewhere, made with care, not so fine
as those of the Leelanau Peninsula?
The fault, he replied, lies not in the men,
nor the grapes, but in the place. There is no
place that is as fine for the growing of wine
as the Leelanau Peninsula.
So said the old winegrower,
older & wiser than you or I will ever be.
Early results from an experiment by Chateau Margaux's Paul Pontallier indicate that screwcaps may age red wine better than natural cork -- plus eliminate any risk of corked bottles, as reported in The Drinks Business.
The 2011-2 mild weather was healthy for Michigan's vineyards, but it's played havoc with state winemakers who leave grapes on the vine in hopes that they'll freeze for the production of icewine, reports AP writer John Flesher.
Recently-deceased Korean dictator Kim Jong Il was a wine geek (and reputed alcoholic) with a 10,000-bottle cellar, according to ex-Slate wine columnist Mike Steinberger. Kim earlier gave up Hennessy Cognac on doctor's orders.
Warming climate may help cooler grape-growing regions -- like England -- but could damage places like Napa, writes jounalist John McQuaid in Yale's environmental magazine.
Western Farm Press reports that Cornell Prof Miguel Gomez is studying how smaller wineries can jointly create a successful cool-climate wine region. He'll look at emerging areas in Michigan, New York and Missouri.
Here's one for some Michigan entrepreneur to try! A just-opened Long Island outlet mall store will sell nothing but New York State wines. Starting inventory at Empire State Cellars: 400 labels from 150 wineries.
Want a refresher about Michigan wine history and potential? Get a quick two page cheat-sheet by Layne Cameron in Western Farm Press, and make some allowances for the MSU-centricity (the author's employer).
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April 21st: Ritter Sport Milchcreme Mandel
Kcal 578 Fat 40.0 Carbs 47.0g (per 100.0g)
Coming straight off the back of my reviews of Ritter Sport's 2010 Spring range, I today have the pleasure of bringing you all my thoughts about their new 'variety of the year'. I understand that some of you may be starting to think that Ritter are making flavours for almost every day of the year, but if you think back to last years 'variety of the year', you may remember that the Ritter Sport Karamell Nuss proved to be a really fantastic limited edition that won several prizes in my 2009 awards. With that top of mind it wasn't like this Ritter Sport Milchcreme Mandel had a lot to live up to then did it ... no pressure :) ... at least the prospect of 'milk chocolate with a milk cream and almond nut filling' sounded like it had a chance of matching up.
Just like last years special edition this bar came in the usual 100.0g, sixteen chunk format that I devoured (with some help!!) over the course of two separate sittings. Looking at the wrapper it is was exactly what you would expect from Ritter Sport. It was clean cut in design, and simply presented with the inner milk cream and almond nut flavour well communicated through both branding and pictures. The chocolate itself was also pretty pleasing on the eye, with the light coloured cream centre visibly studded with small golden pieces of almond nut. Taking in the aromas on offer I detected the usual sweet chocolatey scents - as nice as these were I was a little disappointed that the nuts didn't have a presence at this point.
I always say that the smell of a chocolate is often indicative of the taste, and this particular bar would further strengthen my hypothesis. If you want to read about what I think about Ritter Sport milk chocolate in great detail I suggest you take a look at any of the 25+ Ritter Sport chocolates that I have reviewed which have included the stuff (to be more precise look - HERE). Long story cut short it was it's usual sweet, milky self - it wasn't really distinctive in any manner, but it did the job nicely of delivering a fair standard chocolate flavour hit with every chunk. Sandwiched in the centre of the outer milk chocolate the milk cream and almond centre did little but further compounded the creamy nature of the chocolate. At times the almond nuts did cut through adding a further buttery, nutty hints to the cream flavours, however these instances were few and far between and I would much rather the nuts of had a grander say in the taste. The work colleague I shared this bar with was not half as disappointed at the mildness of the almonds, but they did admit that they would have liked the nut pieces to have been larger in size.
Overall compared to other Ritter Sport flavours I would have to say this Milchcreme Mandel would be verging more towards being a 'miss' rather than a 'hit', but put in the perspective of the whole chocolate market it has to be considered a sound offering from our German friends. Fundamentally there was nothing wrong with this bar whatsoever - the chocolate was of a fair standard, the milk cream was ok and the nuts didn't detract from the experience in any manner. Unfortunately when I compare it to other bars in the Ritter range I wouldn't say it delivered the same impact with it's flavours that others have done in the past. I guess what I am trying to get at here is that if you want a pretty 'safe' tasting chocolate, that isn't overly elaborate in flavour then this would be a fairly decent option. However, if on the other hand you want a more exciting, hard hitting taste I think you are best off looking at other Ritter Sport alternatives.
7.0 out of 10
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Peter never gave up. Overcoming numerous obstacles and challenges, Peter Vosotas is an example of how taking control of your own destiny can lead you to the success you've always dreamed of. Twenty-five years after starting his company he got to check a big one off his professional Bucket List.
We got to accompany this Nicholas Financial Chairman and CEO to the NASDAQ Stock Exchange in NYC to ring the closing bell.


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Hayden Panettiere: White Hot Bikini!
Hayden Panettiere shows off her assets while wearing a white hot bikini while on vacation in Antibes, Frances on Friday (May 22).
Looks like Hayden is gettin' some lovin!
The 19-year-old Heroes actress then went for some fun while riding a jet ski with her friend. Hayden attended the amfAR Cinema Against Aids 2009 benefit last night at the Hotel duCap.
10+ pictures inside of Hayden Panettiere and her white hot bikini…