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Bills notebook: Johnson calls his Foxborough bombing tweet 'ironic'
Stevie Johnson tried to make a joke on Twitter a couple of weeks ago, when he asked North Korea to bomb Foxborough, Mass., home of the New England Patriots.
Johnson encountered immediate backlash for the tweet. On Monday, also known as Patriots Day, his tweet became even more controversial. Two explosions at the Boston Marathon killed three bystanders and wounded around 180 people.
Johnson was no-nonsense when asked for his reaction to the Boston Marathon explosions.
"It's ironic, nothing to be played with at all," Johnson said Wednesday at One Bills Drive. "I mean, that's pretty much it. There's really nothing to be played with, at the end of the day, with seeing what happened. I feel like how everybody else in America feels.
"No Twitter, no games, no jokes, none of that. But at the end of the day, I feel just how everybody else felt when they see those bombs go off."
As of Wednesday evening, Johnson's notorious Foxborough remark had been retweeted nearly 4,500 times and favorited nearly 1,800 times.
Johnson defended his tweet as a joke, and it remains on his Twitter feed.
Johnson hasn't tweeted for two days. His most recent message is a retweet from his agent, CJ LaBoy, on Monday.
"The only gut reaction was hearing people was injured and people died," Johnson said. "The only thing about Twitter was how ironic it is. That's a tough one. That's a tough one to deal with."
Johnson has been controversial on Twitter before. After an overtime loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2010, Johnson seemed to blame God for his dropping what should have been the winning touchdown.
Johnson sat out the second day of voluntary workouts after straining his back before Tuesday's opening session under new coach Doug Marrone.
"It's kind of wild," Johnson said. "It came out of a cut during warm-ups, just a little tweak."
Johnson called the injury "nothing too serious, just day-to-day." He will have treatment this morning and then determine if he'll participate in the final voluntary workout until organized team activities begin May 13.
"It's very disappointing to the point where I'm out here, watching the guys have fun running around like this," Johnson said. "But not too much because [the injury] is not too serious like my groin was" last season.
Johnson also said he's unconcerned about picking up offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett's system because "this is probably my fifth offense I've had to learn. It's nothing too tough for me. I've done it before. I'm not really worried about that part. We'll get it all down."
He remarked that he's excited about the tempo of practices, calling them "intense" already.
Byron Mulkey is keeping his eggs in a couple of different baskets, as he says.
The 24-year-old former Niagara-Wheatfield and University at Buffalo basketball star has not stopped chasing his dream of playing cornerback in the NFL, but has also kept his sights set on what he'll do if that doesn't come to fruition.
Mulkey, who is participating on a tryout basis this week at the Bills' voluntary minicamp, relocated last summer to Atlanta.
There, he's on the job hunt, looking for something in the field of athletic administration. He's also working out on his own, and working as an academic mentor at Georgia State. Mulkey earned a master's degree from UB in higher education.
"It's been a lot," he said Wednesday after practice. "The area's great, though, and having family down there [a brother], it's a lot of help with the transition. Whatever comes my way, I'm just trying to stay ready for whatever happens."
Mulkey, who's listed at 5-foot-11, 186 pounds, participated last year in the Bills' rookie minicamp on a tryout basis. While he got positive feedback, he wasn't offered a contract.
"They liked the effort. They saw some things that they could develop, and they relayed that to me," he said. "But it's a business, and it's a numbers game. They told me to stay in shape and if something happens we'll give you a call. That's what I did. They called me probably about a month back and invited me for another tryout here at this camp. ...
"I'm extremely fortunate to get another chance to get back out here. We'll see what happens."
At 24, Mulkey knows he won't have too many more of these opportunities.
"The window continues to get smaller and smaller as time goes on, so while I still can do it, I'm trying to give it a shot," he said. "I'm doing all I can as far as giving the effort, so I can hopefully have a full-time job by the time I leave here in the next couple weeks."
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Imagine this: you hand a poor-quality steak to Wolfgang Puck and say,
How do you think he would respond? My guess is that you might even learn a few new words in German!
But suppose he doesn't laugh and tell you to get lost, and instead decides to humor you. What would you find on your plate from this great chef? A perfectly prepared, beautifully presented, lousy steak!
A winemaker, likewise, can never be better than his grapes. Great wines can only be made from great fruit. So the first concern of a winemaker who aspires to make great wines is to understand how to produce great grapes. And who better to undertake growing the best fruit than the winemaker himself!
Of course it's not quite that simple to turn visions into reality. How does one know what grapes to plant and where to plant them? It seems self-evident that one must grow only the varieties of grapes which are responsible for the world's greatest wines. Then it's necessary to understand what soils and climates are best for those grapes to reach full potential. And, finally, one must learn how to farm them properly.
"We'll get lower yields than California or even France, but that translates into richer flavors and higher quality – which can command a price."
When I arrived in southwest Michigan from Washington State in 1976, I saw fruit farms everywhere. Since I grew up on Yakima apples, peaches, and apricots, I noticed that the Michigan fruit were much smaller than my home state's – but, oh, what intense ripe flavors! I was tasting great fruit!
A few years later, when I became interested in fine wine, my experience with other Michigan fruits suggested that intensely flavored wine grapes could grow here. Using France as a model, I compared weather data and soil from southwest Michigan with Bordeaux and Burgundy, home of my favorite wines.
Here are my conclusions. On the plus side:
Yet we also face some serious challenges that France doesn't have:
But necessity is our mother of invention. We can accept that we'll get lower yields than California or even France, but that translates into richer flavors and higher quality – which can command a price.
"Think of Michigan's Southwest as Bordeaux and Burgundy, while the Traverse City area is the Loire, Champagne and the Rhineland.
While many microclimates and soils along the lakeshore still wait to be explored, we have enough experience now in Traverse City, Fennville and Southwest Berrien County to draw conclusions about wine styles and grape varieties. The Southwest has the warmest summers, allowing us to fully ripen late varieties like Cabernet Sauvignon. Looking to Europe as an analogy, think of Michigan's Southwest as Bordeaus and Burgundy, while the Traverse City area is the Loire, Champagne and the Rhineland.
It's only relatively recently that Michigan winemakers took aim at producing world-class wines. Previously, hybrid grapes making inferior wines were the standard. Most of the new generation of wineries, like Chateau Grand Traverse and Wyncroft, have committed to focus entirely on Europeean grape varieties.
We believe that the future of our industry is to aim high, for top quality that can command a good bottle price. Our intention is to produce compellingly rich, complex, age-worthy wines which can be directly compared to their classical French counterparts. We believe Southwest Michigan has the soil and climate to produce world-class quality.
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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Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Orton vs. Punk: Why Pay For It?
Apparently, Orton has been taking his vitamins or saying his prayers or at least eating his spinach. How else are we to believe that after being laid out by five Nexus members backstage and then dragged to the ring, Orton could mount a comeback for the ages, throw uncountered RKOs all the way around, and live to fight another several weeks while systematically dismantling the entire New Nexus unit, no matter what it does to defeat him? I get it. The suspension of disbelief is as basic to pro wrestling as ring ropes. But accepting the cloak of invincibility WWE has wrapped around Orton is asking too much.
For me, the real shame of it is that this feud had such promise when it kicked off with Punk revisiting the 2008 Legacy beating that cost him his first World title. I thought it was a clever and different way to start a feud. But the angle has since developed into nothing more than Orton crawling on his fists with that goofy look on his face after kicking yet another Nexus member in the head. Been there, done that ... last week, and the week before that, and the week before that, and the week before that. Like most one-sided fights, this one has become stale, boring, and predictable. The feud is no longer hot; in fact it's become a farce, which can't be what WWE wants heading into WrestleMania.
You know what would make the Punk-Orton match at WM27 at least quasi-interesting? Maybe some adversity for Randy The Sailor Man, some momentum going Punk's/Nexus' way. In the time that's left before WrestleMania, Orton needs to be made vulnerable in some way. Otherwise, it's a foregone conclusion that his match with Punk will end exactly the same way his last five matches on Raw have ended: with Orton snatching yet another impossible-to-imagine victory from the jaws of defeat. If the past five episodes of Raw have shown us anything, it's that Randy Orton can swat down Nexus members as if they're gnats. After all, Punk, even with the help of his friends can't get to Orton, so what chance does he have against Orton at WM 27 on his own? None.
Since we already know this, why would we shell out $55+ to see it again? Will their WM match have a major surprise or swerve? Will Punk carry Orton to a five-star Match of the Year candidate?
I wouldn't bet on it ... not even $54.95 plus tax and fees.
Frank Krewda
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Ah, Frank, but that's the beauty of a pro wrestling PPV, versus, say, a pro boxing PPV. Even if Punk vs. Orton is not for you, there'll be bunch of other great matches at WM 27 to make the $55 a worthy expenditure.
Stu Saks
- March 16, 2011 at 10:58 AM
in all honesty, wwe has gotten so predictable its pathetic, whomever in the fued is getting the beating leading to the ppv, is the one that wins at the ppv......simple!! and i think they (wwe) are wise to the lack of interest considering they are stacking hhh and taker, bringing in the rock, stone cold etc...attempting to tease the sory of cena v the rock....blah blah blah, in reality, they just need to focus on Good wrestling and less soap opera, and their ratings would soar, until then, unless they stack the deck as they are with 27, their ratings are sure to plummet!!
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A Greenwich man involved in an extreme hoarding situation in an Old Greenwich home that was damaged by a fire Tuesday morning died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, according to a state medical examiner.
No other information about the death of Dean Verboven, 42, of Havemeyer Lane, was available from the state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner Thursday.
An intentionally set fire ripped through 46 Havemeyer Lane Tuesday morning, severely injuring Verboven's 69-year-old mother, Barbara Verboven, and prompting a large-scale response from emergency personnel. Verboven remained in critical condition in Bridgeport Hospital as of Thursday evening. Her son was found dead inside the badly damaged home Tuesday morning.
Police and fire officials have not released the cause of the fire, which tore through a home so cluttered that the inside was nearly impassable and hindered fire-response efforts.
A town social services worker was scheduled to visit the house Tuesday, according to the town's Department of Social Services.
Dean Verboven told the department he was going to clean up the property himself, but a visit by a social worker Friday revealed little progress had been made. The Tuesday visit was scheduled to determine if further action, such as bringing in other agencies was needed.
Caroline Calderone Baisley, the town's health department director, on Thursday said her department had recently received a referral about the house from Social Services.
Health department officials were scheduled to visit the house, but that visit never happened because of the fire, she said.
The department has "very little jurisdiction" on the inside of homes, she added.
"It's very difficult to tell someone how to live their life on the inside of their own home," she said.
Kim Eves, spokeswoman for Greenwich Public Schools, said Barbara Verboven, a human resources employee, worked for the board from July 1988 until March 2006.
Eves said she knew Verboven was ill, but didn't know what she was suffering from.
Former Selectman Penny Monahan also said she knew the Verbovens, but hadn't seen them in a long time.
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For many women, losing their hair during cancer therapy is difficult enough. But the situation can be even harder for children who are shocked to see their mothers — or female relatives — lose their hair.
Now, a new doll tries to help kids understand the changes in appearance that come with chemotherapy.
The doll, called Kimmie Cares, was created by Kim Goebel while she was undergoing chemotherapy therapy for breast cancer. Goebel passed away in 2004, and her sister, Kris, now serves as the president of the Partners for a Cure Foundation, Inc.
Proceeds from the sale of the doll go to the foundation, which helps women undergoing cancer treatments with immediate financial assistance for child-care services or transportation during medical appointments.
The Kimmie Cares doll comes in five different ethnicities and includes a book, titled "Mommy and Me … Taking Care of Each Other." The book tells children that their mommies may become sick and look different, but that they still love them no matter what.
The book is published in English and Spanish versions, and additional languages are being printed, according to the company.
Cancer experts agree that a mother's physical changes can be difficult for little ones to understand.
"The most noticeable change in a woman's appearance is hair loss," said Lillie Shockney, a registered nurse and administrative director of the Breast Center at the Johns Hopkins Avon Foundation Breast Center. "In our society, hair loss often symbolizes having cancer."
And that symbol can scare children, who tend to focus on routine and may become anxious when a stable routine changes, as it would when a parent becomes seriously ill.
Losing Hair, Winning a New Look
In addition to the new dolls, there are other ways women can help young ones cope with the changes that come with treatment.
Shockney suggests that women with breast cancer have a "coming out" party for their hair.
"Youngsters can engage with it, and make a funny hat for their mom," she said. "It's something to help them understand what is going on."
Michael Zevon, chairman of the psychosocial oncology department at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, N.Y., agrees that the focus should be on the process of adjusting to the physical changes of a family member.
"The doll is great. It's a sort of concrete aid in the process for younger kids who are keyed into doll play," he said.
Dolls have traditionally been a part of pediatric oncology care, as well as in other clinical settings, so it naturally follows that they can be helpful in smoothing kids' adjustment to a change in their mom's hair.
"This is a good tool, but it's only one part of the process of educating a child," Zevon said. "Parents have to seek an integrated way of adjusting, and not just focus on one discussion or event to help a child. It's all a work in progress."
A Temporary Phase, Remind the Kids
Some children may be afraid that the changes they see in their moms will be transmitted to them.
"It's really important that kids understand that it's not going to happen to them; they can't catch cancer or hair loss," Shockney said. "It's also important for kids to know that the hair loss is temporary. The hair does grow back four to six weeks after chemotherapy ends."
She says that parents can embrace this time as a passing, not permanent, situation. "When we know that there's a beginning and an end to something, it makes it easier to deal with. It also helps kids to know that."
Zevon says that children, even young children, are incredibly perceptive and can sense when a family situation is changing.
"Parents may want to shelter them, but that's not the way to proceed," he said. "Children have an intuitive, natural wisdom and they will know when something is happening."
According to Shockney, families have to work together and use tools like the doll to make sure that the family can adjust to the new look.
"The situation is an opportunity to teach kids how to handle a crisis," she said. "Having a doll is a good idea because it's a safety zone for kids."
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As part of a series called "My Big Break," All Things Considered is collecting stories of triumph, big and small. These are the moments when everything seems to click, and people leap forward into their careers. The following is what you might call an "almost big break."
Kurt Braunohler is now a successful working comedian. He has his own podcast, a well-reviewed comedy album and a weekly variety show in Los Angeles. But for years, he struggled to find work in comedy.
Several years ago, Braunohler got close to what could have been his big break, when he got a call from his manager about a major movie audition.
There was just one catch: The part required an actor who could speak German.
That condition presented a problem.
"My joke on stage is that I realize I look like the IT guy from the Nazis," Braunohler says, "but, weirdly, I don't speak German."
But Braunohler's manager was not deterred.
"[My manager] calls back and he's like, 'Can you speak with a German accent?' And I was like, 'Well, a comically bad one,' " says Braunohler.
When his manager called back one more time, he told Braunohler he had an audition.
"This is going to be a disaster," Braunohler remembers thinking.
As it turned out, the audition wasn't just for any movie. Braunohler would be auditioning for a significant supporting role in Sacha Baron Cohen's 2009 film Brüno.
Not only was the mockumentary poised to be a huge blockbuster, but Braunohler calls Baron Cohen his "comedy idol." Braunohler was up for the role of Lutz, Brüno's assistant in the film.
"I was like, 'This is it!' " Braunohler says. " 'You come out to L.A. for two weeks and then you get your big break! And then you're a movie star!' "
When Braunohler arrived for the audition, the stakes were high.
"I show up, and there are like 35 people in there," he says. "Behind a big wooden desk is Sacha Baron Cohen. And the very first thing that the director says to me is, 'So, we understand you can speak fluent German.' "
Braunohler did not say that there had been some kind of misunderstanding, or explain that his manager had oversold his German language skills.
Instead, he says, "I just look at [the director] like, 'Yeah, I do [speak German].' "
So, Braunohler says, the director told him to begin improvising — in German — with Baron Cohen.
"So then Sacha Baron Cohen, my comedy idol, just speaks to me in German," says Braunohler, "which, to me, sounds like a series of whistles and clicks. And so I just look [Baron Cohen] dead in the eye with a big smile."
Braunohler said a string of what might be charitably called German-sounding gibberish.
"Sacha looks at me like a dog who just heard a whistle," Braunohler remembers.
Baron Cohen looked confused, Braunohler says, "as he should be, because I have just walked in to essentially the biggest job interview of my life, and when asked a simple question like, 'So tell me about your resume,' I've looked him dead in the eye and just gone, 'Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah,' and then smiled at everyone in the room like an insane person."
Before being outright kicked out of the room, Braunohler says, the casting director, who had brought in Braunohler for the audition, insisted that he get a chance to improvise, this time in English.
Baron Cohen and the film's director acquiesced.
"Then I just get up and Sacha just begins to denigrate me and do humiliating things," says Braunohler, "which is his character and how he treats his assistant in the movie. And at one point he — Sacha — takes his glasses off, and he says, 'Clean my glasses.' "
Braunohler's first impulse was to reach for them with his mouth.
"And then I licked his glasses all the way around," he says, "and [Baron Cohen] totally broke [character], and was just like, 'Clean those off.' "
At that point, Braunohler was kicked out.
"But to my memory, there was a moment where he no longer was Brüno, but that was Sacha telling me to clean off those glasses," Braunohler says. "So no matter how awful that was, there was a moment I do believe Sacha Baron Cohen broke [character], because he hated me just that much.
"So at least I can put that on my belt: hatred of my idol," he adds.
It's time now for our series My Big Break, about triumphs big and small. This next story comes from comedian Kurt Braunohler and it's about a big break that might have been. Let's just leave it at that for now. The story starts a few years back when Kurt was in L.A. and struggling to get work in comedy. That's when he got a call from his manager.
KURT BRAUNOHLER: First he said, do you speak German? And like my joke on stage is that I realize I look like the IT guy from the Nazis. But weirdly, I don't speak German. He's like, OK and he hangs up. And he calls back and he's, like, can you speak with a German accent? And I was like, well, like a comedically bad one. And he hangs up again. And he calls back and he's, like, OK, I've got an audition for you. And I'm like, this is going to be a disaster.
BRAUNOHLER: I show up at the audition and the first audition is just with the casting director who's a very awesome lady. I improvise in this terrible German accent with her. Vell, Vat we going to do tonight? Ve're going to have some fun? You know, like, it's terrible. Like, German people are, like, what is that?
BRAUNOHLER: And that goes well and then at the end of that, the casting director says to me, do you speak any German? I'm, like, oh, you know, a little bit. I speak a little bit of German. And then she says, well, OK, would you speak some German to me? And so I know she doesn't speak German. So then I just make up some German-sounding words to her and put them together. (Foreign language spoken).
BRAUNOHLER: She's like, great, you know, we're going to bring you back tomorrow. And then at that point she's, like, do you know what this is for? And I was like, no. And she said, this is for you to play the assistant to Sacha Baron Cohen in the new "Bruno" film. For those of you who don't know who Sacha Baron Cohen is, he's like Ali G, he was Borat. And I was like, this is it. You come out to L.A. for two weeks and then you get your big break and then you're a movie star, like - and I really did not anticipate what would happen.
BRAUNOHLER: So the very next day I show up and there are like 35 people in there. Behind a big wooden desk is Sacha Baron Cohen. And the very first thing that the director says to me is, so we understand you can speak fluent German. And I just look at him and I'm, like, yeah, I do. And he's like, great, well, we're just going to have you start off by speaking some German with Sacha.
And so then Sacha Baron Cohen, my comedy idol looks at me and just speaks to me in German, which to me sounds like a series of whistles and clicks. And I just look him dead in the eye with a big smile and I just say (Foreign language spoken). And then with a big smile, just look around at all the producers like, huh?
BRAUNOHLER: Sacha looks at me like a dog who just heard like a whistle, like he's confused, as he should be because I have just walked in to essentially the biggest job interview of my life. And when asked a simple question like, so tell me about your resume? I looked him dead in the eye and just gone, blah-blah-blah-blah, blah-blah-blah. And then smiled at everyone in the room like an insane person. So he is confused as he should be.
BRAUNOHLER: And then he kicks it over to a producer who is straight up German. I remember him saying (Foreign language spoken) I think and I just remember looking at him and just saying, naim. He probably said, what's the name of your mother and father and I just went, no.
BRAUNOHLER: And the director's like, well, thank you, we have you on tape, which means get out. And the casting director, bless her heart, she speaks up, you know, like, he's really great at improvising. And Sacha and the director was, like, OK. Well, I guess we'll have you get up and improvise with Sacha. And I was like, in English? She's like, in English. It's like, OK.
BRAUNOHLER: And then I just get up and Sacha just begins to denigrate me and have me do humiliating things, which is his character and how he treats, you know, his assistant in a movie. And at one point he - Sacha takes his glasses off and he says, clean my glasses. I just instinctually first impulse reach for them with my mouth, like to grab them in my mouth. And then I licked his glasses all the way around and he totally broke loose just, like, clean those off, like this was the end of the audition for him.
BRAUNOHLER: And that was it. Like, I was kicked out at that point. That was definitely the end of the audition. But to my memory there was a moment where he no longer was Bruno but that was Sacha telling me to clean off those glasses. So no matter how awful that was, there was a moment I do believe Sacha Baron Cohen broke because he hated me just that much. So at least I can put that on my belt, hatred of my idol.
RATH: Kurt Braunohler may not have gotten that part, but you can find his podcast on iTunes. It's called "The K Ohle." And his latest comedy album is called "How Do I Land?" We want to hear about your big break. Send us an email at email@example.com.
RATH: And for Sunday that's ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR West. I'm Arun Rath. Check out our weekly podcast. Look for Weekends on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED on iTunes or on the NPR app. You can follow us on Twitter @nprwatc and I'm on Twitter @arunrath. We're back next weekend. (Foreign language spoken). Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Have seen this place for a while and just never went in. Did some work outside and was starving so wanted something with some substance close and quick.
When we entered the place looked fancier than we were dressed for. We actually talked about leaving. We were quickly seated by a young fellow who tried to balance the menus and a pitcher of water at the same time. I order the $19 medallion steak which came with soup/salad and baked potato/rice. I picked the soup with the limited choice of French onion or clam chowder. I don't enjoy seafood so French onion soup linked with the baked potato. I asked for the steak to be medium well and to get the soup right away as I was hungry.
As we were waiting I started noticing the little things. The glasses on our table were not cleaned and the same with the cutlery. Actual pieces of food on two forks and slime on a glass at our table. No paper towel in the women's bathroom and non working dispenser in the men's. I think the restaurant is kept intentionally dark to hide the age of the place.
The soup that was supposed to be quick took close to 20 minutes. Apparently it was in the oven. When it arrived it was a pretty much a gooey mess. The steak took another 20 plus minutes to arrive. It was barely cooked medium. The bacon bits were artificial and the pre-cut green onions were kept in the freezer.
I get that a restaurant is trying to reduce waste. But what is the food cost on 2 green onions? A $19.95 dish and you send out old frozen onions that you can't see well because the place is so dark. The service person was friendly yet slow which followed the trend of the food.
When we got our bill we noticed an extra charge for something. We asked what this was for and our waiter had to check. Apparently according to the billing person, I had requested the French onion soup to be baked in the oven with cheese and that is what the $3.95 was for. Hmm...you offer a soup option of French onion or chowder, there is no discussion of how it comes or that there is an extra charge for this. Pretty poor. Now the entree is basically $24. My girlfriend is starting to get frisky and I just waive it away. You can tell from the billing person's attitude that she doesn't care and this is just going to turn into an argument.
We pay the bill and leave the very rare $0 tip. If we have to pay for soup because the waiter didn't give us an option...bye bye tip. If you hold yourself out as a restaurant that serves $20 entrees you need to deliver. Don't provide substandard cleanliness, substandard ingredients, slow service and learn how to cook a steak.. I think you could get a better pub steak up the street that would cost you less.
I don't like to complain when I eat. I share my experience and just don't go back . If you want to have a better meal for about the same go across the street to the Old Surrey House. I could see there set special sign from my seat and for a few more dollars I would have been happier and had dessert.
Anastasia's has been around for years I remember when it was called Dennio's sp?
I also remember the food being better,I mean the pasta was all right, not super but alright. service wasn't very good but why should it be.looking at the menu I noticed gratuities included in the price,don't any of these Manager/Owner types know that TIPS means (To Insure Prompt Service) it's way of expressing gratitude for service and should dealt out accordingly if you get bad service the tip should reflect that.It's not a way for cheap people making you pay their staff higher wages. I could understand it for large groups. but not for two people.I won't go back.
We've been to this place many times with large parties, usually for birthdays. I think we usually end up coming here because it is cheaper than the Keg, and they can usually accomodate all of us.
But every time I remember being here, the service has always never been that great. The food is usually so-so, depending on what you order. If you're going for the prime rib, it's usually pretty good. But other items can be hit and miss.
Price wise it's average, maybe a little bit over priced for the quality and service, and also the tables always seem to be very crowded together, making it a little bit uncomfortable.
It is dark inside and I think that could be hiding some uncleanliness. It just feels a little divey inside.
Overall, an average steak/pasta joint, nothing fancy, a little over-priced, but ok if you want a mediocre night out. Don't expect great service though.
We went on the weekend after quite a while to be honest, we live far from Surrey but since the road took us there it was no question where we would eat. Anastasia's!
I ordered my favorite seafood linguine and hubby had his usual Prime Rib! The pasta was amazing (got some for the next day also since it was so much!) and hubbies prime rib was excellent! He got soup with his meal so we had a french onion and a clam chowder to start, the french onion was a m a z i n g! Bold, with lots of cheese exactly how a french onion should be, and all that for 4.50$, it was cheap and great! The Clam Chowder was creamy with lots of clams in it, it was rich!
Hubbies prime rib was excellent, he asked for a bone and he got it, it was huge, and it was melting in the mouth! I had prime Rib in the KEG before and it was disappointment! This was unbelievable! I loved it! (Hubby wasn't very happy since i ate half of it ;) )
Over all I would say "Keep it up Anastasia's! "
Sometimes I read reviews for this restaurant and I thought that we would be disappointed, I'm glad that we went anyway!
Also they did some renos there, it looks not bad without the plants and pretty good now days :)
Great food, Great service!
Our company, staff, friends, and others have enjoyed the food and services with Anastassia's for over two years now. The staff are always welcoming, polite, and have provided excellent service. The food is one of the best in the city, as well as they have provided and accommodated us with birthday parties, private functions, and company outings.
Just recently we had our company Christmas party and everyone enjoyed the staff, the food, and everyone had alot of fun.
Thumbs up to Mama, Papa, the girls, and the kitchen staff!
Great time had by all.
We had a very poor experience at Anastasia. To start, there is insufficient parking in the tiny lot outside the restaurant which is shared with a number of other businesses in the area. Our experience with service was poor as we were part of a group of nearly thirty people celebrating a friends birthday in the restaurant. Unfortunately her choice of restaurant had been based on experience in better times. The table was split into two halves, and the server for each half would not serve the other side, even when it was apparent after forty minutes after being seated that they had still not even had a drinks order taken. One of the table waited over two hours after arrival for a pizza order that never appeared, and of the items that did appear (after a ninety minute wait) a number of orders were incorrect, or had ingredients substituted without approval. Greek food was not good and bread was stale and apparently heated in the oven and drenched with butter to make it more appealing. Restaurant had been given two months notice on the booking but the night was handled as though we had dropped in unexpectedly. Unpleasant dining experience, will not be back.
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Big East picks CBS Vice President Aresco as commissioner
NEW YORK -- The Big East on Tuesday hired CBS executive vice president Mike Aresco to be commissioner of a conference now in rebuilding mode.
Aresco has been a vice president in charge of programming for CBS since 1996. He's handled the network's contract negotiations with the NCAA for the rights to the men's basketball tournament. He also negotiated CBS's 15-year deal with the Southeastern Conference.
Aresco, a Connecticut native who resides in Southport, Conn., has never worked for a conference or university, but his experience lies in the field where the Big East needs the most help.
''He has all of the characteristics that we need in a Commissioner,'' University of South Florida President Judy Genshaft said in a statement released by the conference. ''His career has been filled with achievement and success in intercollegiate sports. Mike Aresco knows the Big East and he has a great vision for our future.''
The conference is in the middle of a massive membership overhaul and will begin crucial negotiations on a new television contract in September. The defections of longtime members West Virginia, Pittsburgh and Syracuse cost former Commissioner John Marinatto his job earlier this year.
Joe Bailey has been interim commissioner since May.
Before Marinatto was forced out, he helped the conference add eight schools, six that are slated to join next year, but the long-term viability of the far-flung league is still in doubt.
The next commissioner will need to create stability to encourage current and future members to stick with the conference if and when leagues such as the Big 12 and Atlantic Coast Conference look to expand again.
The best way for the 62-year-old Aresco to do that is to help the Big East land a billion television contract that is at least in the ballpark of the ACC's recently re-worked deal with ESPN, which will pay its members about $17 million per year starting next season and through the 2026-27 sports season.
''There are very few television executives as highly regarded and respected in our industry and the college athletic community as Mike,'' CBS Sports Chairman Sean McManus said in a statement. ''Mike's relationships and reputation were instrumental in securing our long-term deals with the SEC, the NCAA and Turner and the Big Ten, anchoring CBS Sports' college programming for the next decade. We wish Mike continued success as he takes on his new role.''
The Big East lost West Virginia, along with member-to-be TCU, to the Big 12 this year. Syracuse and Pittsburgh depart for the Atlantic Coast Conference next year.
Temple rejoined the Big East on short notice this year to replace West Virginia.
Six new members are scheduled to join the Big East next year, including Boise State and San Diego State for football only, to create a coast-to-coast, 12-team football conference.
Also set to join the Big East in 2013 are Memphis, Central Florida, Houston and SMU.
Navy has committed to join the conference in 2015, and the Big East will eventually be in the market for another school to give it 14 football members when the Midshipmen join.
But up first is securing a TV contract. On Sept. 1, ESPN and the Big East begin a 60-day exclusive negotiating period. If they don't work out a deal, the Big East's media rights go on the open market.
Temple Athletic Director Bill Bradshaw said Aresco is ''invaluable'' to the Big East right now.
''If you look at the Big East, although it's changed, it's added markets,'' he said. ''It's added televisions; it's added eyeballs. Look at Orlando, Dallas, Houston, San Diego. Then you add a competitive icon like Boise, you can see where the media rights and how that's negotiated are going to be critical. I see the media rights becoming increased exponentially. Mike Aresco certainly is more than valuable in that kind of negotiation.''
A year ago, the Big East turned down an offer to extend its contract with ESPN, reportedly for about $1.4 billion over nine years. Within months, Syracuse and Pitt announced they were leaving. West Virginia bolted soon after.
Meanwhile, the Pac-12, Big 12 and ACC have all locked up long-term multibillion deals. The Pac-12's landmark deal was worth $3 billion over 12 years.
The Big East pitched the promise of a big pay day from its next TV contract to its future members, and is hoping that being the last conference on the market with some new buyers, such as NBC, will work in its favor.
On Monday, the Big East hired the sports media firm Bevilacqua Helfant Ventures, led by Chris Bevilacqua, who helped negotiate the Pac-12's deal.
The league followed that up by hiring Aresco, who has made a long successful career of negotiating some of the biggest television deals in college sports.


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What to CookWeeknight Cooking
Leek, Bacon and Goat Cheese Pizza
- Jenny
For my birthday, I asked my family for a pizza stone, because I felt certain that every ache and disappointment of my life would be quelled by the ability to make pizza in my own home. You may be surprised to learn that the truth was a bit more complicated.
As it turns out, pizza is not something you just dive into. There is research to be done, opinions to be solicited, and quite sadly, mistakes to be made.
Unlike, say, a bad lamb outcome, which you can often blame on the recipe, or a fallen cake, which can be usually corrected with adjustments to leavening, pizza dough will trick and vex you. You will try and try to get its consistency just right and you will feel confused; it will frustrate you as you attempt to stretch it out. Some dough may never rise, making you question how you ever succeeded at anything in culinary life; other batches will taste and feel like rain boots, causing you to throw away an entire day of anticipated glory. Pizza: it can bring you low.
I began as I always do, perusing the offerings of the great cooks on food52. The array of options -– and opinions -– was vast. There was the question of olive oil or no olive oil in the dough, and debates about how long the dough should sit, and where. The spectre of semolina was raised. My friend and colleague fisheri, who has mastered much of Italian cooking, said only, "You must fridge the dough overnight. It makes a huge difference," then fled for Belize.
A baker colleague on the Hill, whom I refer to simply as bread boy, said that a rolling pin was the key to glory. Then, my friend Steve, who has also recently procured a stone and has made many successful pizzas with his wife, Margaret, suggested perhaps I was over thinking it. "It is pizza, so maybe it's not that complicated," he offered. This gave me a great deal of pause. Steve has often been a purveyor of fine life advice – "Buy your shoes at a proper running store!" "Stop referring to the boss's Monday morning meetings as 'The Bore-a-Thon when he is in earshot!" Could he also be correct about pizza?
Sadly, this seemed unlikely. Why else would there be websites devoted to debating the best place to eat pizza in nearly every major city in the world? Why else would the good people of food52 spend great lengths of time crossing swords over whether or not Neapolitans would or would not moisten their dough. Pizza has caused more than one street fight, and almost certainly ended some romantic relationships. Pizza, I believe, is something one does not enter into lightly in the home.
Finally, I stopped chattering, and started cooking. First, I tried a quick-version crust, and my dough never even rose. Moving on to another recipe, my second attempt produced a crust so thick around the edges, my pizza resembled a mozzarella quiche. I fobbed it off on the Incipient Pescatarian and her friends and moved on.
Finally, I attempted Savour's Leek, Bacon and Goat Cheese Pizza. I followed the instructions perfectly, down to forming five balls. I left the dough in the fridge overnight.
Yet again, for the life of me, neither pulling, nor rolling nor coaxing could make that dough stretch out. The dough just sat there, a sad tan blob, the life of good yeast wasted on a peel. I turned to foodpickle, where users helpfully suggested other types of flour, rolling methods and, in one case, draping the dough over the counter.
So, my dough for two pizzas hung, like Salvador Dali clocks, for 30 more minutes as I prayed. This technique actually helped a bit, and so I added my toppings, which on one pizza was the sauce from pierino's Una Pizza Rustica e Autentica for Sophia Loren and the other, Savour's recipe, only I simplified it by softening the leeks in the rendered bacon fat and leaving it at that, without the involvement of cream.
It was good. But it did not rise to great.
The next time I was in the office, I recounted my lack of pizza success mournfully to a colleague, concluding that my failure with the dough had made me so distraught that I was considering giving up cooking all together. The boss walked by and suggested that in fact I should consider this, but I am pretty sure what he meant was, "Could you spend a little less time talking about pizza dough and maybe a bit more figuring out whether or not the government is going to shut down?"
That night, arriving home late and with no family around, I tossed around the final ball of dough, now full of pleasant bubbles from resting four days in the fridge, and patiently prodded and pulled at it. I rubbed the pizza with a bit of olive oil, then tossed on whatever was in the fridge -- a bit of mozzarella, some nice parmesan, an anchovy or two and some nice cured meat of some sort.
Somehow, ten minutes later, I had something rather fine, if lacking in the bubbly cheese, charred crust deliciousness I sought. The crust was a tad thinner; perhaps I just had practiced a bit, gotten to know it and make it come to me, not unlike communication with a pre-verbal child. I ate it quietly with a glass of Montepulciano, and pondered the notion of the good enough pizza.
Then a friend emailed to point out this fact: "An outdoor grill is really the only way you can come near the heat required to make beautiful black blisters on your pizza dough." Or, of course, an outdoor pizza oven.
Hmm. Next birthday.
Pizza Crust:
- 5 1/3 cups AP flour
- 1 tablespoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon instant yeast
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 cups room temperature water
- 2 tablespoons olive oil, plus more to work with
- Combine all ingredients in the bowl of your stand mixer. Mix with the paddle attachment at low speed for about a minute. Let the dough rest for 5 minutes.
- Switch to the dough hook on your stand mixer. Mix at medium speed for about 5 minutes. The dough should be wet but not too tacky.
- Transfer the dough to an oiled board, and knead by hand for a few minutes. Divide into 5 equal portions, form each portion into a ball, and store each portion in a lightly oiled ziplock bag. (At this point, you should be able to freeze the bags you don't plan to use immediately).
- Let the dough sit in the refrigerator at least overnight, or up to 4 days.
- About 90 minutes before you plan to bake the pizzas, take the dough out of the refrigerator, form into a neat ball, and let rest at room temperature on a floured or parchment lined baking sheet.
- Preheat oven to 500 degrees (or higher). Form the pizza dough into a flat dish on a floured sheet. It is now ready for toppings.
For the toppings:
- 4 leeks, white and light green parts only
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1/4 cup white wine
- 4 pieces bacon
- 1/4 cup cream
- 4 ounces fresh goat cheese
- olive oil
- salt to taste
- Clean the leeks by slicing them lengthwise and running them under water until all the layers are clean. Roughly chop into 1 inch pieces.
- In a large skillet, melt the butter. Add the leeks, and cook over medium heat until they start to soften.
- Add the wine, and cook until absorbed. Add the cream, and cook until absorbed. Salt to taste and remove from heat.
- Meanwhile, chop the bacon into bite sized pieces and fry until cooked but not too crisp (it cooks further in the oven).
- Brush each pizza crust with olive oil. Arrange the leeks, the cooked bacon, and crumbled goat cheese over the top of each pizza.
- Bake at 500 degrees 15 minutes.
By day, Jennifer Steinhauer, aka Jenny, covers Congress for The New York Times. By night, she is an obsessive cook.


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American Forces Press Service
KABUL, May 29, 2009 – Afghan soldiers, advised by coalition forces, killed 35 militants and wounded 13 others in the Deh Chopan district of Afghanistan's Zabul province yesterday, military officials reported.
The Afghan-led force was conducting an early morning combat reconnaissance patrol when the convoy came under heavy fire from militants using small arms and mortars. The combined forces returned fire and requested air support, killing 35 and wounding 13. The remaining militants retreated, and medical personnel treated the wounded enemy fighters, who were taken into Afghan National Army custody.
No Afghan security forces, coalition forces or civilian casualties were reported.
(From a U.S. Forces Afghanistan news release.)


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There's no such thing as a simple real estate transaction. Real estate is a complicated business, with lots of moving parts. One way you can measure the quality of a real estate company is by how well those parts mesh together. At Long Realty, we've worked hard to build all those moving parts into one smooth-running machine.
As a company, our goal is to have a positive impact on peoples' lives. We do that by working collaboratively, at every level of the company. Our model of teamwork means our agents work together whenever they can, to provide the smoothest, most trouble-free real estate experience possible.
But true teamwork flows in all directions. We believe Long Realty's job is to support our agents every step of the way, helping them provide a seamless experience to every client, with every transaction. Our agents know they can rely on our culture of mutual support, and on the cutting-edge systems, tools, information technology, training, marketing, and leadership we provide.
Working with Long Realty has other plusses as well. Instant name recognition, for one. Our dominant market share and 90-year record of excellence mean that when an agent says, "I'm with Long Realty," it opens a lot of doors. (It helps with closings, too.) Yet another facet of our teamwork: our fully integrated suite of service companies, providing mortgage, title, and insurance support.
Long Realty knows it's the agents who are out front, dealing face-to-face with their clients. They are representing the company as well as properties. And the agents know Long Realty has their back. That's teamwork in action, and everyone wins.


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By Kevin Drawbaugh and Patrick Temple-West
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The federal government shutdown has interrupted U.S. efforts to negotiate agreements with other countries on implementing an anti-tax evasion law that is to take effect next year, tax lawyers said on Friday.
The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), enacted in 2010, is to take effect next July. It will require foreign financial institutions to tell the U.S. Internal Revenue Service about Americans' offshore accounts worth more than $50,000.
To implement FATCA worldwide, the U.S. Treasury Department is negotiating "intergovernmental agreements" (IGAs) with more than 50 countries. Each pact would give financial institutions in those foreign countries much more certainty about what they must do to comply with FATCA.
IGA talks have stalled for now, said Michael Hirschfeld, chairman of the American Bar Association tax section, blaming the federal government shutdown now in its fourth day.
"Negotiations on the IGAs have taken a little bit of a hiatus," he said during a panel discussion at a conference.
A Treasury Department spokeswoman could not immediately confirm that FATCA negotiations were on hold, but said 80 percent of Treasury's workforce had been furloughed.
Treasury's shutdown contingency plan did not mention foreign tax negotiations.
The start of FATCA has already been delayed twice, most recently in July when Treasury officials said they wanted an additional six months to finish hammering out IGAs.
"The shutdown obviously throws a monkey-wrench into all the planning that takes place" on IGA negotiations, said John Harrington, a former Treasury tax official who is now a partner at law firm SNR Denton.
The shutdown's disruption "will inevitably slow things down," he said.
At this stage in many of the IGA negotiations, the foreign governments are deciding what work they need to do to finish a deal with the United States.
In some cases, this may mean the shutdown would not have much impact because Treasury officials are not involved, said one lawyer familiar with the negotiations, who spoke anonymously because the talks are ongoing.
From the U.S. perspective, "it's 'take it or leave it' for foreign governments," he said of the IGA negotiations.
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It's right after lunch in Greene County, Georgia, about an hour east of Atlanta, and the old courtroom, with its still ceiling fans and creaky floors, is full to bursting. More than 100 people, mostly African-Americans, have packed the dark wooden benches, and the corridor outside is overflowing with those who didn't land a seat. Judge Hulane George calls for a woman who has been knocking at her chambers to complain about her lawyer.
Tasha McDonald, 30, freely admits her crime–a credit-card fraud of $1,895.35–but refuses to plead, she says, until she gets a lawyer she can talk to for more than two minutes. But even two minutes is hard to get from Robert Surrency, the attorney who has been handed her case. Surrency meets his clients, almost always for the first time, on the courthouse stairs or in the hallway with a dozen others surrounding him like frustrated fans outside a stage door. "Everybody back up. Back up," he says. "I'll talk to you all individually before you go to the judge." Representation means checking a list of plea offers from the district attorney and appearing before the judge, who clinches the deal by ticking off some rights.
"You have a right to a lawyer–not the lawyer of your choice," the judge says primly to Tasha McDonald, ordering the case revisited in another three months. Outside the courtroom, McDonald, in a neat white blouse and a black leather blazer, puts her face in her hands and begins to sob inconsolably. "They don't even know me," she says.
Tasha McDonald's problem is a common one. It's no secret that public defender services are desperately underfunded, especially in poor Southern states. But thanks to a growing breed of "contract attorneys" who win the right to represent all of a county's defendants by offering the least costly bid, the minimum standard for legal assistance has sunk to new lows. As if on a conveyor belt, defendants are uniformly processed to plead guilty. The lawyers representing them often don't know their names, let alone any facts that would affect the outcome of their cases. Frequently, Surrency is not even in court when his clients plead. Another lawyer who knows even less stands in. In a country where little is expected of attorneys for the poor–where it is a matter of debate as to whether a lawyer who falls asleep during his client's death-penalty trial provides effective assistance–contract lawyers are a cheap way for counties to acknowledge their obligation under the Constitution. In reality, their work renders the equal protection clause and the Sixth Amendment right to counsel virtually meaningless.
Contract defenders were born more than a decade after the Supreme Court's landmark 1963 ruling in Gideon v. Wainwright, which declared that poor defendants are entitled to lawyers but left it up to the states to decide how they would be provided. At first, states used one of two systems. Some places, like Washington, DC, and Kentucky, established highly esteemed public defender systems staffed by investigators, social workers, secretaries and veteran lawyers capable of training new ones. But many states, like Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas and New York, never developed statewide indigent defense systems with the structure, resources and independence to do the job. Most used court-appointed counsel, a system with its own set of problems. At best, judges are able to choose from a list of lawyers with expertise in criminal defense. But often, inexperienced lawyers sign up. Since rates are low, they tend to accept more cases than they can handle.


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The Pentagon says it has spent $2.5 million to help in the search for the missing Malaysian Airlines jet.
The Defense Department has been flying high-tech surveillance planes to assist in the effort. The spending also includes operating costs for ships that have assisted in the search, which has stretched across the South China Sea and into the Indian Ocean.
A Navy P-8 Poseidon plane has been searching the Indian Ocean region where satellite imagery showed objects that may be from the plane. A P-3 Orion didn't fly Friday but is expected to rejoin the search Saturday.
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Harwood, is a district on Portland, Liberty City, in Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto Advance and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories. It is a northernmost district in the island, bordering Saint Mark's and Hepburn Heights to the south.
Harwood is a northernmost district in Portland characterized by its largely undeveloped landscape, with only a few low-density businesses being based in the area, while other portions of the district are unoccupied.
The few buildings, businesses and landmarks that are within the district vary, from small scale commercial interests (a gas station, a car dealership, a taxi company, etc) to low grade industrial sites (a junkyard) and civic service (a fire station). Another interesting landmark in Harwood is a disused train yard containing abandoned flatcars; the yard is connected to a tunnel that cuts underneath Saint Mark's, originally intending to connect to Portland View and Portland Harbor, lending to the idea that the Harwood trainyard was for industrial use.
Harwood is also a major location in Liberty City's transportation system in both GTA III and GTA Liberty City Stories, housing the Portland entrance into the Porter Tunnel and the Portland end of the Portland-Staunton Ferry link, respectively.
Due to its proximity to Saint Mark's, Harwood is mainly controlled by the Leone Family.
Harwood may be based on the districts of Brooklyn´s Williamsburg and East Williamsburg.
The only real major event that took place in Harwood was the Harwood Slaughter of 1971. Here, notable Forelli Family hitman, Tommy Vercetti, was sent to assassinate a rival gang member. However, Tommy was set up by his boss, Sonny Forelli, and a group of hitmen arrived to kill him. Tommy, however, shot his way out of the ambush, killing all 11 enemies. After being arrested during his getaway drive, he was sentenced to 15 years in Liberty City Prison for 11 counts of homicide, and received "The Harwood Butcher" moniker as a result.
In 1998, during the events of GTA Liberty City Stories , Joseph Daniel O'Toole, after changing sides from the Sindacco Family to the Leone Family, is lured to be "made" shortly after the slaughter of the Sindaccos out of Portland, in a ceremony at Harwood. However, it turned out to be a trap and Leone made man, Mickey Hamfists, killed O'Toole.
- 8-Ball's Bomb shop
- AmCo gas station
- Borgnine Taxis
- Capital Autos
- Harwood Autocrusher and Junkyard
- Harwood Train Yard
- Harwood Dirt Track (GTA Liberty City Stories)
- Harwood Ferry Terminal (GTA Liberty City Stories)
- Harwood Fire Station
- Head Radio Headquarters
- Porter Tunnel entrance (GTA III)
- At the AmCo Gas Station across the street from the Harwood Fire Station.
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- GTA Liberty City Stories
- On top of the elevated tracks above the southern part of the Harwood Dirt-Track.
- In the gated area on the west side of the main Harwood Ferry terminal building.
- On the roof of Head Radio building.
- Flamethrower - On top of the Head Radio building.
- Micro Uzi - At the corner of the concrete embankment just northeast of the car crusher at Harwood Junkyard.
- GTA Liberty City Stories
- Fire Axe - On the east side of the Harwood Fire Station.
- Mac-10 - Between a construction trailer and a red container crate on the concrete embankment just north of the Harwood Junkyard.
- Shotgun - At the end of the small pier just northeast of the entrance to the Harwood Ferry Terminal.
- Harwood may be a reference to "Hard-wood", which is a slang word for an erected penis. This is typical Rockstar humor.
Harwood "Eightballs Autoyard", GTA III.
Harwood Autocrusher and Junkyard, GTA III.
Borgnine Taxis depot, GTA III.
Head Radio headquarters, GTA III.
The Harwood entrance to the Porter Tunnel, GTA III.
(Capital) Auto's, GTA Liberty City Stories.
AmCo gas station, GTA Liberty City Stories.
Harwood Dirt Track, GTA Liberty City Stories.
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Fair treatment for all
People have asked me why I'm gathering signatures for the petition to put marriage equality on the 2014 Oregon ballot. They say: "You aren't gay!" That's true. But, like many of us, I have close family, friends and coworkers who are.
We live in a world that includes people with a different sexual orientation than ours. And, we live in a world with people who have different religious beliefs, and different cultural, racial, and ethnic backgrounds.
We are all different and yet so much alike. We all want to be loved, to have family, to be emotionally and financially secure, to be an integral part of our community, to be accepted, to be treated fairly and with respect and dignity. The Marriage Equality initiative promotes all of these.
Same-sex couples should have access to the same benefits and responsibilities enjoyed by heterosexual couples. Marriage is a secular/civil institution which should not be limited by religious objections to gay marriage. In fact, under the Marriage Equality initiative, the existing right of clergy and religious institutions to refuse to perform a marriage would continue to be protected.
To sign the petition, go to oregonunitedformarriage.org, click on "Take Action," and download an e-petition which you can print, sign and send in.
Colin Wood
Hood River
Liquor is value-added
So the Northwest Grocery association is planning to privatize the liquor business in Oregon with a proposed ballot measure.
I have a surprise for them. In Oregon there are now 249 small private business-owned liquor stores with over 1,000 employees and biannual sales around $350 million with almost all of its value-added going into the local economies.
If the grocery association wins this disingenuous ballot measure, a good share of the value-added dollars ends up outside the local economies in places like Texas corporate headquarters, where CEOs and stockholders pocket much of the otherwise local value-added growth.
Also Washington's newly privatized liquor business has been a bonanza for Hood River's privately owned liquor store with over a 30 percent increase in business in spite of a $2 round-trip bridge toll. There are two reasons; not only is there a significant increase in Washington's liquor prices, but also selections are limited.
Nancy Moller
Hood River
Privatizing liquor sales
Obviously this follows the successful campaign to privatize liquor sales in Washington.
The results of this passing in Washington: Prices actually increased for liquor. Sales increased in Oregon because many Washington residents started buying in Oregon.
Other problems abound.
We will lose our workers at the local liquor outlets.
Potential closures of many local distillers. After all, how can they compete with the large corporations?
For locals, this would include the potential loss of jobs at Hood River Distillers. If this closed, then we would lose many local jobs.
Gains would be primarily at larger outlets. In effect, we would be presenting out of state companies with a monopoly on liquor sales.
All you have to do is check who is sponsoring and paying for this campaign to see who the winners would be!
Leonard Hickman
Hood River
Touchdown dance
After years of relentless hollering conservative ideology, Democrats made concessions with Republicans and 47 million citizens celebrated Christmas by eating less.
The uber-wealthy Koch brothers are longtime libertarians and believe in minimal social services for the needy. No self-respecting demagogue would question them. Politicians pander and many citizens bobble their heads in a touchdown dance of glee to see someone else suffer — C-SPAN, the ultimate reality show.
We the citizens, not government, are responsible for this act of selfishness to others.
After the November election we will elect the same politicians. Show your patriotism, this time, and dance to "Born in the USA (Springsteen)" and wave a flag reading "Don't Tread on Me."
Try not to overexert yourself; your health care my not cover selfishness and a cold heart.
George Selleck
Accidents happen
Train collision in North Dakota sets oil rail cars ablaze — Reuters, Dec. 30, 2013
Fiery explosions as train carrying crude oil derails — San Francisco Chronicle, Dec. 31, 2013
Huge N.D. oil spill burns into second day; weather shift threatens Casselton —The Associated Press, Casselton, N.D., Dec 31, 2013
Accidents happen. If we stop the oil and coal trains, at least these catastrophes won't happen on our beautiful Columbia River.
Stop the oil and coal trains.
David Michalek
Hood River
Sense of community
I want to thank the Hood River News, and especially writer Trisha Walker, for their "A look back: Slice of Local Life," in the recent Kaleidoscope.
I enjoyed reading about the people, from all walks of life, who make our community what it is. It gives you a fine sense of solidarity, of community.
Lawrence Jones
Hood River Wrong then, wrong now
This letter is in response to a letter written by Gary Young in the Dec. 18 issue. (I know this is late in responding but living in Maui I don't get the paper in a timely manner.)
Being a resident of Hood River for almost 50 years before moving to Maui I must respond to the letter titled "Right a wrong," having to do with same-sex unions and marriage.
First of all, the writer stated that a "wrong" needed to be corrected on the issue of same-sex unions and marriage of same-gender couples. Over 6,000 years ago God told man through Moses in Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13 that the act by two same-sex couples coming together is wrong and it is a sin.
It was wrong then and it was still wrong when Jesus came into the world over 2,000 years ago and said He didn't come to abolish the law but to fulfill it. And it is still wrong today and it will continue to be wrong when Jesus returns and deals with those who call His Word "wrong."
The Apostle Paul also confirmed this as being a wrongful act in Romans 1:18-32, 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 and 1 Timothy 1:9-11.
God's Word can't be changed by any legislature, any supreme court or by any vote of the people. God's Word is unchangeable and no matter how much we want our loved ones to be happy, changing or compromising God's Word will only lead to destruction.
We as a society instead of signing a petition to place a referendum on the November 2014 ballot legalizing same gender marriage, should open up God's word to those and show them how God loves them and we need to pray for them.
Same-sex unions and same-sex marriages are and will always be a wrong choice and a sin in God's eyes.
Jim Johnson
Lahaina, Hawaii
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(Reuters) - A Utah police officer who had complained of marital problems shot and killed his wife, their two children and his mother-in-law before committing suicide, authorities said on Friday.
Police in Lindon, Utah, asked their colleagues in the neighboring town of Spanish Fork to check on patrol officer Joshua Boren, 34, late on Thursday because he had not shown up to work his night shift, authorities said.
Officers who looked through a window into the lighted front room of Boren's unlocked, two-story house saw blood and spent handgun cartridges on the carpet, said Spanish Fork Police Lieutenant Matt Johnson. The town is about 50 miles south of Salt Lake City.
Police searching the home also saw pools of blood on a stairway leading to an upper-level bedroom, where they found the bodies of Boren, his wife Kelly, 32; son Joshua, 7, and daughter Haley, 5. Boren's mother-in-law, Marie King, 55, had been killed in an adjacent bedroom.
Boren's co-workers on Friday told investigators he had complained of marital woes in recent months but had seemed "upbeat" at work earlier in the week, Johnson said.
"There was nothing on the outside to show that anything was going on. Co-workers and acquaintances said he and his wife were having problems, but it didn't seem too severe, certainly nothing that would trigger this tragedy," he said.
No suicide note was found in the home, Johnson said. Neighbors told investigators they had not heard gunshots and were not aware of any unusual activity at the home.
Boren had been a deputy sheriff in Utah County for seven years before being hired by the Lindon Police Department last October, Johnson said.
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PITTSBURGH — There are two kinds of performers. Those whose act is drowned out by a big stage and those whose performance is amplified by it. David Krejci's act only becomes better on hockey's grandest stage — the Stanley Cup playoffs.
The Bruins forward is a Czech who can't be voided in the postseason. You can bank on Krejci elevating his game come playoff time. He did it in 2011, when the Bruins hoisted the Cup, leading the playoffs in goals (12) and points (23). He's doing it again.
After scoring two goals in Boston's 3-0 Eastern Conference finals-opening victory over the Penguins Saturday night, Krejci has 19 postseason points to lead all players. His seven goals are tied for second with Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby and Pascal Dupuis and only three fewer than Krejci scored in 47 games during an ad-hoc hockey regular season.
In a game that featured the NHL's box office idol, Crosby, its reigning MVP and scoring champion in Evgeni Malkin, and a future Hall of Famer in Jarome Iginla it was Krejci's performance that seized the spotlight and Game 1 for the Bruins.
Krejci has become the Boston hockey answer to Rajon Rondo, who is famous for rationing out his best basketball for national television and the playoffs. Rondo has 18 regular-season triple-doubles in 475 games. He has 10 in 92 playoff games.
They share not only a work address — TD Garden — but uncanny playmaking ability and a penchant for saving their best games for the most important ones on the schedule.
They also share the same question. If you're capable of being a leading man for the most important two-month stretch of the season then why does your brilliance only make guest appearances during the regular season?
Bruins coach Claude Julien said the culprit for Krejci might be ennui, the dull, rinse and repeat repetition of the regular season.
"I think it's he's one of those guys that really loves the playoffs and loves the intensity and excitement that comes with it and really gets up for those," said Julien.
"And we often say that when there are 82 games in the season, there are guys that get bored with it. And I know it's not what people want to hear, but when I say 'get bored,' it's like trying to get up for 82 games is maybe unrealistic."
Maybe Julien needs to make sure that Krejci has a schedule that only has three months — April, May, and June — on it. Or in these times of technological reliance, change the calendar function on his center's cellphone.
The 27-year-old Krejci is a wonderful talent. He has the hands of a heart surgeon, the spatial sense of an architect, and the guts of a burglar.
Yes, he is prone to fading into the background at times during the regular season, but he gets a pucks pardon because of his splendid playoff play.
Few remember that when the Bruins blew a 3-0 lead to the Flyers in the 2010 Eastern Conference semifinals they lost the final four games without David the Playoff Goliath.
He dislocated his wrist in the first period of Game 3 on a Mike Richards check. History may have looked more kindly upon those Black-and-Fold Bruins if Krejci, who had 8 points in nine playoff games that year, had been available.
Since the start of the 2010 playoffs, Krejci has been nearly a point-a-game player in hockey's second season — 53 points in 54 postseason games.
His line with wingers Milan Lucic and Nathan Horton has been the Bruins' triple threat in these playoffs.
Krejci, who was second on the Bruins in points during the regular season with 33, shouldn't be penalized for presenting a better version of himself in the postseason.
He should be lauded for it.
Otherwise we're creating an unfair double-standard of playoff performance.
Players who put up gaudy regular-season numbers and then go poof in the playoffs are excoriated for — sports cliché alert!— not being able to win the big ones.
They're subject to dissection, debate, and deprecation for shrinking like dried-up tulips when it matters most.
I didn't just imagine the chopping down of former Patriots receiver Wes Welker over two passes he couldn't corral the last two postseasons.
Failure to seize the stage is a criticism that players such as Peyton Manning, LeBron James, and Alex Rodriguez all had to deal with before they won their championships.
So, a guy who consistently delivers when it matters most shouldn't be criticized. He's doing it in the games we value the most. That counts more than stats.
"When you look at the way guys perform it's not what they change in their game; they're the same players," said Julien. "It's about the excitement and intensity and everything else and being even more prepared than they are during the regular season.
"Like I said, there's a lot of guys that you're going to see do extremely well during the season, get in the playoffs and they're nowhere to be seen . . . David Krejci to me has had a really good season this year.
"I think he's been as consistent as we've ever seen."
The Stanley Cup playoffs are among the most emotional, passionate, and grueling of the pro sports postseasons. So, Krejci's teammates certainly appreciate a player who packs his best performances in the playoffs.
"I think it just kind of shows the type of player that he can be," said forward Daniel Paille. "I think it's really hard to do that every night on an 82-game basis, but in the playoffs it really shows what he can bring. I think it's something special for us to have a player like that."
Yes, it is.
Game 2 is Monday night in Pittsburgh and Krejci's stage awaits.Christopher L. Gasper can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @cgasper.


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Fidel Ybarra Lopez, 83, former resident of Hood River, Ore., passed away April 18, 2011, in Hanford, Calif. Fidel was born April 24, 1928, in Najar, Jalisco, Mexico, to Jose Trinidad Ibarra and Isabel Lopez.
In 1944, Fidel traveled from his hometown, arriving on the U.S. Mexican border of California. He worked as a "bracero" in the fields of Southern California. He met and married Connie Valdivia in 1950 in Azusa, Calif. They lived and raised their five children in Northern California until their move to Hood River, Ore., in 1968.
Fidel loved the outdoors and was an avid gardener. He loved to have Connie prepare meals with fresh vegetables from his garden, and he prepared his special salsas with the fresh vegetables. Fidel was a fantastic cook and on lots of holiday occasions prepared dishes that have become family traditions.
Fidel enjoyed spending time with friends and family. He was proud of his children and loved his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Fidel worked for Wells & Sons Orchards for more than 30 years as a foreman until his retirement. He loved taking road trips; he and Connie traveled extensively. Some of this most meaningful and fun memories are of their trips to Mexico and Washington to visit family.
He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Hood River. Father Ron Maag celebrated a Mass for Fidel on Sunday, April 24. Fidel was also a member of Knights of Columbus.
Fidel is preceded in death by his daughter Eleanor, his beloved wife, Connie, and his brother Jose Lopez.
He is survived by his children, Doris Galvez, Ceci Velasquez, Daniel Ybarra and Ralph Ybarra; his sisters, Eva Covarrubias, Maria Trinidad Courtier and Angela Maldonado; 12 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
A Celebration of Life was held in Fidel's honor July 30 at Mt. Hood Meadows. It was only four years ago that he was there surrounded by his children and extended family, celebrating Connie's life.
Dad is in our hearts and is greatly missed; he will always be honored with our family traditions and celebrations.
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Catherine Hardwicke thought Twilight script was 'horrible'
'Twilight' director Catherine Hardwicke thought the original script for the film was ''horrible''.
The film maker helmed the first episode in the vampire movie franchise - starring Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart - but was initially put off by the script, and only agreed to make it after reading the original novel by Stephenie Meyer.
She told New York Magazine:I thought the script was horrible, but then I looked it up on the internet and I thought, 'OK, it's based on a book and people tend to like it. There's gotta be something there'.''So I read the book and I thought it captured that feeling of being madly in love. And I thought, 'That's kind of a good challenge, to see if, as a filmmaker, I could make you feel that giddy, crazy'.''
Catherine only agreed to direct the film if the studio, Summit, let her rewrite the script.
Robert - who plays vampire Edward Cullen in film series - has previously said his character was written so well he personally can relate to the feelings of love he has in the film.
He said: ''I guess I must be [like him] because everyone is always telling me that Edward is kind of old-fashioned, but I always see him as fairly normal. I mean, he just knows what he wants. He's in love with someone and he just likes the idea of getting married to them. I guess I kind of agree with that.''