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What is it?
The 2014 Infiniti QX60 is a seven-passenger crossover slotted between the FX (which will become the QX70) and the QX56 (soon to be the QX80) in Infiniti's lineup. Formerly called the JX35, gas versions of the QX60 are unchanged for 2014 aside from the new name. But there's also an all-new hybrid motor available. Like the mechanically similar Nissan Pathfinder hybrid, it uses a 2.5-liter supercharged 4-cylinder gas engine and an electric motor. Combined city and highway fuel economy should be around 26 mpg, which is well above the JX35's 20 mpg combined.
How much?
The QX60 hybrid will carry a $3,000 price premium over the gas-powered QX60. That suggests it will start around $45,000.
When can you get it?
The QX60 goes on sale in late summer 2013.
Add it to your shopping list because...
The QX60 -- currently known as the JX35 -- is already a well-regarded full-size crossover. The 2014 Infiniti QX60 adds a highly-efficient hybrid powertrain to the mix. That's good news for fuel economy-conscious SUV shoppers, since its 26 miles per gallon puts it near the top of its class. It also offers three-rows of seats, and the $3,000 price premium over the standard model is fairly reasonable for a hybrid. Best of all, the QX60's new hybrid motor doesn't compromise cargo space or passenger volume.
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Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid: The Tahoe hybrid also offers three-row seating and a hybrid engine. It's bigger than the QX60, which is a plus for some shoppers. And while its 21 mpg combined isn't as good as the QX60 hybrid's 26 mpg, it's still an economical SUV for its size.
Lexus RX 450h: The RX 450h is the gold standard in the high-end hybrid SUV world. The only problem: it doesn't offer third-row seating. This gives the QX60 hybrid an edge for many shoppers.
Mercedes ML350 BlueTEC: The diesel-powered ML350 BlueTEC starts around $52,000, which is more expensive than the QX60 Hybrid. But its 240-hp diesel V6 returns 20 mpg city and 28 mpg highway, making it nearly as efficient. And unlike the Lexus, the ML350 is offered with a third row.
Used Mercedes GL350 BlueTEC: The GL350 is larger than the ML350, though it uses the same 240-hp engine. That means interior room is ample, though power is a little short. But used examples offer great gas mileage and a much more reasonable entry price than a new GL350's $62,000 MSRP.
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Biological safety guidelines for laboratory work are provided in the text, Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and the National Institutes of Health. The guidelines may be obtained by contacting the Environmental Health and Safety office or contacting the U.S. Government Printing office (HHS Publication 88-8395).
Biosafety Level 2 Containment Practices, Facilities, And Equipment
Biosafety Level 2 (BL2) is suitable for laboratory work involving biological agents of moderate potential hazard to personnel and the environment. Access to the laboratory shall be limited when work is being conducted and certain procedures in which infectious aerosols are created are conducted in biological safety cabinets or other physical containment equipment.
Standard Microbiological Practices - BL2
- Access to the laboratory shall be limited or restricted by the principal investigator when work with infectious agents is in progress.
- Work surfaces shall be decontaminated once a day and after any spill of viable material.
- All contaminated liquid or solid wastes shall be decontaminated before disposal.
- Mechanical pipetting devices shall be used; mouth pipetting is prohibited.
- Eating, drinking, smoking, and applying cosmetics shall not be permitted in the work area. Food may be stored in cabinets or refrigerators designated and used for this purpose only. Food cabinets or refrigerators shall be located outside the work area.
- Persons shall wash their hands after they handle viable materials and animals and before leaving the laboratory.
- All procedures shall be performed carefully to minimize the creation of aerosols.
Special Practices - BL2
- Contaminated materials that are to be decontaminated at a site away from the laboratory shall be placed in a durable, leakproof, closed container before being removed from the laboratory.
- The principal investigator shall limit access to the laboratory. In general, persons who are at increased risk of acquiring infection or for whom infection may be unusually hazardous shall not be allowed in the laboratory or animal rooms. The principal investigator has the final responsibility for assessing each circumstance and determining who may enter or work in the laboratory.
- The principal investigator shall establish policies and procedures whereby only persons who have been advised of the potential hazard and meet any specific entry requirements, such as immunization, enter the laboratory or animal rooms. In instances where biological agents may produce infection in humans, the Chemical and Biological Safety Committee advises the principal investigator of the immunization requirements and entry policies. Principal investigators may petition the Committee regarding their specific research proposals.
- When an infectious agent in use in the laboratory requires special provisions for entry, such as vaccination, a hazard warning sign, incorporating the universal biohazard symbol, shall be posted on the access door to the laboratory work area. The hazard warning sign shall include the following:
- Identification of the infectious agent,
- Name and telephone number of the principal investigator or other responsible person(s),
- The special requirement(s) for entering the laboratory.
- An insect and rodent control program is in effect.
- Laboratory coats, gowns, smocks, or uniforms shall be worn while in the laboratory. Before leaving the laboratory for non-laboratory areas, such as the cafeteria, library, or offices, this protective clothing shall be removed and left in the laboratory, or it is covered with a clean coat not used in the laboratory.
- Animals not involved in the work being performed are not permitted in the laboratory.
- Special care shall be taken to avoid skin contamination with infectious materials; gloves shall be worn when handling infected animals and when skin contact with infectious materials is unavoidable.
- All wastes from laboratories and animal rooms shall be appropriately decontaminated before disposal. Orange or orange-red bags shall be used to contain solid waste prior to decontamination. Following the decontamination procedure, waste shall be overpacked into a bag of another color for disposal as non-hazardous.
- Hypodermic needles and syringes shall be used only for parenteral injection and aspiration of fluids from laboratory animals and diaphragm bottles. Only needle-locking syringes or disposable syringe-needle units (i.e., the needle is integral to the syringe) shall be used for injection or aspiration of infectious fluids.
Extreme caution shall be used when handling needles and syringes to avoid autoinoculation and the generation of aerosols during use and disposal. Needles shall not be bent, sheared, replaced in the sheath or guard, or removed from the syringe following use. The needle and syringe shall be promptly placed in a puncture-resistant container and decontaminated, preferably by autoclaving, before discard or reuse.
- Spills and accidents which result in overt exposures to infectious materials shall be immediately reported to the principal investigator. Medical evaluation, surveillance, and treatment shall be provided as appropriate, and written records shall be maintained by the department head.
- When appropriate, considering the agent(s) handled, baseline serum samples for laboratory and other at-risk personnel shall be collected and stored. Additional serum specimens may be collected periodically, depending on the agents handled.
- Personnel shall be advised of special hazards and required to read appropriate sections of this document on practices and procedures and to follow them.
- The principal investigator shall ensure that laboratory cleaning of work surfaces is performed in a manner appropriate to the agents being used and stored in the laboratory.
Containment Equipment - BL2
Biological safety cabinets Class I or II or other appropriate personal protective or physical containment devices shall be used whenever:
- Procedures with a high potential for creating infectious aerosols are conducted. These may include centrifuging, grinding, blending, vigorous shaking or mixing, sonic disruption, opening containers of infectious materials whose internal pressures may be different from ambient pressures, inoculating animals intranasally, and harvesting infected tissues from animals or eggs.
- High concentrations or large volumes of infectious agents are used. Such materials may be centrifuged in the open laboratory if sealed heads or centrifuge safety cups are used and if they are opened only in a biological safety cabinet.
Laboratory Facilities - BL2
- The laboratory shall be designed so that it can be easily cleaned.
- Bench tops shall be impervious to water and resistant to acids, alkalies, organic solvents, and moderate heat.
- Laboratory furniture shall be sturdy. Spaces between benches, cabinets, and equipment shall be accessible for cleaning.
- Each laboratory shall contain a sink for handwashing.
- If the laboratory has windows that open, they shall be fitted with fly screens.
- An autoclave for decontaminating infectious laboratory wastes shall be available.

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Asia's resurgence is a turning point in world history. In the decades ahead, many of our country's greatest interests overseas—opportunities as well as challenges—will be in Asia. Accordingly, America must be better prepared to understand the implications of developments in Asia for our nation's economic vitality, diplomacy, natural environment, and security concerns.
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Two Former Roughriders Score Goals In The Same MLS Game
Former Roughrider standout and Columbus Crew forward Justin Meram (Yavapai College 2007 & 2008, University of Michigan 2009 & 2010) scored the first goal of match with a right footed bender from the left side of the box to the top right corner in the 45th minute Saturday night (May 19) in San Jose. However, former Roughrider great and Earthquakes forward Alan Gordon (Yavapai 2000 & 2001, Oregon State University 2002 & 2003) finished with an acrobatic goal in the 90th minute. The Major League Soccer match ended in a 1-1 tie.
The two former Rougrhiders combined for 90 goals in their Yavapai College careers.
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Editor's Note: Both Meram and Gordon scored goals in their May 23rd matches as well–
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Meram's goal in the 15th minute turned out to be the winner for Columbus against the Seattle Sounders, 2-0.


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Friday, August 26, 2011
Regional Artist Showcase Exhibition
7 comments:
- art is jok(k)e(n) said...
Unfortunately I have to be with my sheep, otherwise I would be there !!
Good luck!!
- August 26, 2011 at 11:49 AM
- art is jok(k)e(n) said...
poor Victor, is he dead?
- August 26, 2011 at 11:51 AM
- Curious Art said...
Of course you are excused, Art.
La preuve que le petit prince a existé c'est qu'il était ravissant, qu'il riait, et qu'il voulait un mouton.
As for Victor, that is the (brand) name of the trap-- I still cherish the hope his victim will someday wriggle free.
- August 26, 2011 at 12:04 PM
- art is jok(k)e(n) said...
Thank you.
Greetings from the little prince
- August 26, 2011 at 4:55 PM
- Penelope said...
So wish I could go! Both pieces are amazing! Hope it all goes well.
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We're still hearing a lot of response to our biggest article this week, "Terry Gilliam: The heir of Fellini and the enemy of God?," but the story isn't quite done yet.
Gilliam, the director of "Brazil" and "Twelve Monkeys," is a man of fiery opinions and during our two interviews (covering three hours and spread over two days) he lobbed a few Molotov cocktails in different directions. So, with quotes that didn't make it into that first article, we bring you the World According to Gilliam:
* On "Transformers: Dark of the Moon": "The latest 'Transformers' movie was on the plane coming over to Los Angeles. It's horrible and there's all these phallic things going on. I just couldn't even deal with it. C'mon, leave some room for me, as the audience. The audience is totally excluded, you just sit there and watch the explosions. I couldn't tell you what the movie was about. A lot of the audience is happy not to get involved. They've been working some [awful] job all day long and you just want to go out to a movie. That's fine, that's great. But I prefer something that catches you off guard and makes you think and feel and walk out different from when you came in…with 'Transformers,' with the building falling down and everything, there are great images but how can people slide down a crashing building without consequence, without physics? It's just numbing. The movie hammers the audience into submission. They are influenced by video games but in video games at least you are immersed, in these movies you're left out. And in the movies, humans are only there to fall and run around and, somehow, go through windows without getting cut to shreds."
* On Hollywood scores: "John Williams is a great musician but, wow, enough John. It isn't his choice, of course, it's the directors who allow him to take over a film and tell you exactly what you should be feeling every second of every minute of the film. I want people to come out with very different ideas of what the film is so they are real participants in the film as opposed to just paying observers. Most films now won't let you in."
* On "The Adventures of Tintin": "I don't want to pick on certain films but it's opened in Europe and I've seen it and it's also relentless. Unrelenting. Can you just slow down for a moment? There is no arc of the character for once, at least, it's just, 'Let's go, let's go, let's go, and now get ready for the sequel.' Technically, it's phenomenal. The chase scene is extraordinary but it's strange that everyone is excited that it's a single camera move but, um, it's an animated film! Big deal. I read one article that said that they had to put several Tintin stories in there to pack it out. But actually you didn't. Just tell one and slow down a bit and let people breathe. I think there's an insecurity because it's not even a roller coaster anymore; because at least a roller coaster slows down at some point and has dips and tension."
* On Steven Spielberg and James Cameron: "I always wanted to do more with the camera when I was younger. When I first started seeing stuff that Spielberg was doing I remember thinking, 'God, how does he move the camera like that?' That's brilliant.' And even Jim Cameron, too, I was so envious of that stuff. I know I can't do it. I don't have the money to do it. And I don't actually quite have the skills. The closest I ever got was stealing the tracking shots from 'Paths of Glory' for 'Brazil.' All those tracking shots of Kirk Douglas in the trenches, that's where I got it from. Those were the most elaborate shots I ever did. My stuff is really old, classical [stuff]. There's a wide shot, a mid-shot and a close. [Instead] it's about using juxtaposition or you counter something and let the ironies float through. To me it's always been about the ideas. It's not the technical skill because I've been limited in that."
* On digital effects: "They are a Damocles sword. Any of this stuff you use is just a tool but there's this rush now for photorealism and it bothers me. There's so much overt fantasy now that I don't watch a lot of the films because everything is possible now. There's no tension there. Where's the tension? Is it possible? Will you succeed? Will gravity take over? None of those things are part of the equation anymore. The denial of reality and consequence was fun when these movies began but now it's been 20 years of this stuff. I keep waiting for the public to get fed up with it but then I worry that now it's been here so long the audience is trained that this is what movies are meant to be."
* On Christopher Nolan and "The Dark Knight": "The car chase stuff in 'Dark Knight' is a video game; it is shot-for-shot, as you would get it in a video game like Grand Theft Auto. He's got a weird balance; he understands all of that — the energy of it — so he chooses to put it in there yet he's also a very intelligent filmmaker who can do all sorts of things. He's incredibly good. With 'Inception,' I wondered why all of the dreams were action movies. Don't people have other dreams? And what's interesting about the films are they are asexual. Maybe that's the problem. Women can represent danger in them but no one seems to be having sex in these movies. In society overall, we have all this porn, 24 hours a day, so everyone can [masturbate] but I wonder is anyone having real sex anymore? I ask myself these questions."
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England captain Alastair Cook had high praise for Joe Root after his unbeaten hundred helped the tourists win the 5th ODI against Sri Lanka.
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Globe staff photos of the week, Oct. 14, 2011
Globe staff photos of the week, Oct. 14, 2011
Antonio Matos was arraigned in his hospital bed at Lahey Clinic in Burlington on charges of shooting Woburn Police Officer Robert DeNapoli after a jewelry store robbery in Woburn. Judge James Barretto is at left, assistant district attorney Marian Ryan at front, and defense attorney Julie Buszuwski is at right.
Andrew Daubar, Kelley Tialiou, and Mark Beeman moved Auguste Rodin's "Walking Man" to prepare for a new exhibit at Wellesley College's Davis Museum.
Alicia Maehara, 3, watched as Shabnam Hosseini , a grad student at Boston University, participated in Sidewalk Sam's chalk on the sidewalk art project during "Opening Our Doors 2011," a free day of art, cultural, and educational events sponsored by 21 institutions in the Fenway.
Liam Walsh, 8, cast his line while fishing with his family after a visit to the Boston Children's Museum in Boston.
A swimmer made a ripple on Walden Pond on a mild October morning.
Tufts University junior Anne Wolfe , left, awoke from her tent as part of Occupy Boston on the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway.
Occupy Boston members who had been arrested early Tuesday morning posed for a photo outside the rear entrance to the Edward W. Brooke Courthouse after paying a $50 court assessed fee and being released.
An Occupy Boston protester was dragged away and arrested by the Boston police in the park adjacent to Dewey Square at Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Parkway.
A woman rode her bike through the Southwest Corridor park. The Dartmouth Street entrance to the park is slated for renovation.
Cherobon-Bawcom, of Rome, Ga., crossed the Massachusetts Avenue bridge after opening up a huge lead from the rest of the pack in the Tufts Health Plan 10K for Women.
Clarissa Buck , 15, manned the potato sorter inside the storage facility at Buck Farms in Mapleton, Maine.
Anthony Bocchino, a past commander of North End Post 144 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, saluted as the Columbus Day Parade was held in the North End.
Stephen Pezzone from West Roxbury enjoyed the sunshine on the Rose Kennedy Greenway in the North End.
The traffic island containing the circle of cobblestones marking the approximate site of the Boston Massacre underwent renovations, as seen from the balcony of the Old State House. The circle, whose location is not historically accurate, was moved a bit during renovations.
Boston Bruins center Patrice Bergeron hoisted the Stanley Cup in front of the hometown fans at the TD Garden before the team's season opener.
New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez got hit by the Jets' David Harris and lost his helmet.


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Kenneth Allen Jernstedt, who lived his adult life in Hood River, Ore., died Feb. 5, 2013, of age-related causes at 95.
Ken was born July 20, 1917, to Fred and Mae Jernstedt in Carlton, Ore., where he spent his childhood years on a farm on the Yamhill River, graduating from Yamhill High School in 1935. He fondly recounted throughout his life the happy youthful years of family and farm life, shared among his siblings Don, Ruth and Rex.
After graduating from Linfield College in 1939, where during his senior year he met his future wife, Laura Elliott, of Boring, he enlisted with the Marine Air Corps where he gained his aviator's wings in 1941.
He subsequently volunteered with two other Marine buddies from flight school for the American Volunteer Group, personally authorized by President Roosevelt and led by retired Air Force General Claire Chennault, where he was a squadron leader with the original Flying Tigers, fighting primarily over the Burma Road to assist China in resisting the Japanese invasion. He was Oregon's first ace in World War II.
After the AVG disbanded in the summer of 1942, he served as an experimental test pilot for Republic Aviation in Long Island, N.Y., when he married his college sweetheart, Laura Elliott. In 1946, the young family returned to Oregon with their son to settle in Hood River, where they added three daughters to their household, and Ken entered the soft drink business, operating Mid-Columbia Coca-Cola until 1968.
After Larry's death in 1960, Ken married Genevieve Weder Carl in 1962 and became the father also of her three young children. Ken first served as mayor of Hood River in 1959, followed by service in the Oregon House and the Oregon Senate from 1966 to his retirement in 1989. He was again elected mayor of Hood River in 1989. He was active as a lay leader in the Hood River Valley Christian Church, serving as an elder, deacon and chairman of the board until later years when health intervened.
For more than 65 years Ken was a proud resident of the Hood River Valley. He fondly recalled joining other locals in 1948 in shoveling snow from the football field the morning of an important late-season football game. He recounted how some folks took advantage of the monster winter of 1950 to drive their cars across the ice on the Columbia to White Salmon.
For many seasons he was part of the chain gang on the sidelines of high school football games, and he was an enthusiastic chauffer of daughters and friends to cheer and participate at away games, track meets and swim events. He often participated in local service projects of the Hood River Lions Club. He was always eager to take a small bet with local graduates of Willamette University in football and basketball contests with his Mighty Wildcats of Linfield.
In retirement, Ken enjoyed starting each weekday downtown in the company of a regular group of both new and seasoned "locals" for 90 minutes of coffee talk to solve the world's problems. For 10 of his retirement years, his walking companion was his faithful guide dog, Driscoll. He also served as a member of the Oregon Commission for the Blind, although he was able to read the news and favored magazines daily until very recent years.
Ken was predeceased by his siblings, his daughter Kristin (Steve of Cashmere, Wash.) Crossland, son-in-law Bruce Mason, daughter-in-law Sandra Reece Jernstedt, and grandson Brandon Frigaard.
He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Gen; sons Ken (Jill) Jernstedt, of Lake Oswego and Jeff (Ann) Jernstedt, of Bend; daughters Sybil (Bob) Ford, of Springfield, Greta (Keith) Sheppard, of West Linn, Meredith (Kent) Frigaard, of Wilsonville, and Laurie Mason, of Vancouver, Wash.
He was proud of 22 grandchildren: Ian (Wendy), Ben, Nicole (fiancé Cam Clennon) and Spencer Crossland, Erik, Matthew and Kaitlin Jernstedt, Seth, Joel (Shannon) and Paige Ford; Audrey (Jeremy) Forrest and Mark Sheppard (fiancée Amy Keyser); Alec (fiancée Kelly Cianciotta) and Gretchen Jernstedt; Martin, Kegan and Griffin Frigaard; Michelle Jernstedt, Courtney and Cody Mason; and eight great-grandchildren.
The family extends special recognition and appreciation for the wonderful care Dad was provided over the last five years at Parkhurst House of Hood River and The Springs at Wilsonville senior living community, supported lovingly in recent months by the angels of Serenity Hospice, Portland.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, at the Hood River Valley Christian Church with a church reception to follow. The family suggests that in lieu of flowers, a memorial contribution be considered to Hood River Valley Christian Church, WAAAM in Hood River (www.waaamuseum.org), or a charity of choice.
The family also appreciates the thoughtful assistance in memorial arrangements of the generous people at Anderson's Tribute Center and pastors Dave and Linda Presley at Hood River Valley Christian Church.
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About Karel Martens
Graphic designer Karel Martens is recognized for his experimental Dutch modernist style, which is marked by clean Swiss typography, repetitive geometric shapes, and static forms. He started working in graphic design before it was considered an independent field, and got his start as a designer of book covers for the socialist publishing house Socialistiese Uitgeverij Nijmegen (SUN). Martens is best known for his series of Dutch PTT phone cards, which feature a rainbow of faded, overlapping numbers that represent a coded version of the Dutch national anthem. Fascinated by optical illusions, Martens produced a series of monoprints by deliberately misusing a letterpress to create experimental, one-of-a-kind images. The monoprints are inspired by the aesthetics of the artists' group ZERO, and display a more innovative side of Martens's signature minimal designs.
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There is something about shifting a three-speed column shifter and hearing the rap of pipes that attracts many to the classic Chevrolets from the 1930's to the 1950's. For those enthusiasts, there is simply no substitute for "three on the tree" and a split manifold. One of those enthusiasts is Susan Placencia, a Bomb rider who was just 22 years old when she first learned how to drive a Chevy Bomb. The car that became her classroom was a four-door 1954 Chevy 210, equipped with a manual transmission leaving Susan no choice but to take command of the "three on the tree." Since the car was her daily driver, she got used to the format fairly quickly making it only a matter of time before Susan and her friends were cruising Whittier Boulevard in the '54. While she loved the Bomb, Susan eventually moved on from the '54 and bought a 1969 Chevy Impala that she decided to keep completely original. She drove the '69 for a while but eventually it was wrecked by her sister and replaced with a 1977 Cutlass. Like a true Lowrider, Susan kept upgrading her cars over the years until she came upon her 1953 Chevy two door Bel Air which she calls, "Blue Diamond," featured here.
A few years ago, Susan and her husband, Rocky, took a ride in his '53 Chevy four-door to visit their friend Joe Epstein at his shop in Montebello, California. While they were at his shop, Susan looked around and saw the '54 tucked away in a back room. Curious, she asked her husband to ask Joe what he was going to do with the Chevy. Joe offered to sell them the car and they agreed to buy on one condition – they wanted Joe to be the man to perform the restoration as at the time of purchase, the car was nothing more than a shell.
Joe agreed, and he started the restoration by making sure the mechanicals were sound and the wiring in the car was updated. The Blue Flame 235 was rebuilt, detailed, and mated to one of Joe's signature split manifold dual exhaust systems. The three speed transmission was refurbished by Joe and he made sure the "three on the tree" was ready for Susan. She decided to stick with the stock suspension, so Joe again made sure everything was in working order. A set of 15″ powder coated Chevy NOS rims and original 1953 Chevy hubcaps with hand painted Bow Ties by Leonzo mounted on 15″ Firestones 3″ white wall tires finished off the rolling stock.
Joe had Ochoa's Body and Paint in East Los Angeles make sure the body was prepped for paint. The body was kept original and it was sprayed with a two-tone, 2 stage Ivory and Teal paint job by Ochoa's. Once the paint work was done, the car was returned back to Joe Epstein's shop for reassembly when tragedy struck. Joe's shop was damaged by a natural gas explosion, so he had to move the cars and his shop to another location. It was a setback for Joe and his customers including Susan, but thankfully, no one was hurt and Joe eventually found a new location for his shop.
Another tragedy struck during the restoration of Susan's '53. She was diagnosed with Cancer. As the car was being reassembled, Susan became resilient, and kept fighting the Cancer. Thankfully her doctors, the support of her family and her determination to get behind the wheel of her Chevy helped Susan pull through and win her fight against Cancer.
After the two setbacks, Susan and her husband, Rocky, were even more determined to get the Chevy assembled. Rocky and his friend, Pelon picked up all of the chrome pieces from Sergio and Metal Finishers in East Los Angeles and put them all back on the car, piece by piece. Martinez's Upholstery in El Monte, California covered the interior in Ivory White leather and a multi-patterned Teal. Hector, out of West Covina, California installed the Pioneer sound system in the interior to provide Susan with the proper music while she is cruising.
To complete "Blue Diamond," Susan added some rare accessories like the Driver Spotlight with Mirror and the Fog Lights that were installed by her and her husband, Rocky's good friend, Tutu. Susan also installed a visor that was found by Danny Boy of Groupe Car Club. A set of original and very rare 1953 Chevy Window Rain Deflectors were found and also installed on the car while Susan finished off the accessories with a set of 1953 Cadillac headlight bezels. Susan's plan to restore the '53 while keeping it as original as possible was finally accomplished!
With Susan Cancer-free and the '53 roadworthy, it was time to celebrate and drive the car as much as possible. During its outings, the car has taken its fair share of awards at shows like Best Bomb, Best Interior and Best Original at numerous car shows in the Southern California region. Susan and "Blue Diamond" are fixture at her club's functions as well, like their annual New Year's Day and Cinco de Mayo picnics.
As with all of the rides featured in the pages of Lowrider, Susan has list of people to thank for the outcome of her project. First and foremost, Susan sends her love and thanks to her husband, Rocky, who stood by her side during her battle with Cancer and put the rest of his time into the car. She also wants to thank Joe Epstein for all of his top notch and detail oriented work, as well as Danny Boy, Tutu, Leonzo and Pelon for their contributions to the restoration. Susan would also like to thank her children and grandchildren for their help and support. Now that Susan has her '53 completed, she is enjoying it as much as possible and has no plans on selling it. This one is staying in her possession and she plans on driving it as long as she can. Despite a couple of setbacks, Susan turned this Chevy from a "diamond in the rough" to a "Blue Diamond."
Owner: Susan Placencia
Nick Name: Blue Diamond
Vehicle: 1953 Chevrolet Bel Air 2 Door Hardtop
Club: Bomb Club Originals
City/State: West Covina, CA
Paint: Ivory Top with a Teal Body 2 Stage two tone Paint Job by Ochoa's Body & Paint in East Los Angeles, CA
Interior: The Martinez brothers of Martinez's Upholstery in El Monte, California covered the interior in Ivory White and Teal Leather throughout the interior.
Suspension: Suspension is stock Chevrolet.
Wheels: NOS Chevrolet 15″ powder coated wheels.
Tires: 15″ Firestone tires with 3″ wide white walls with original 1953 Chevy hubcaps.


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Gardner Museum design blends new and old
Gardner Museum design blends new and old
Old and new coexist as the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum expands.
The original carriage house was torn down to make room for the new addition.
The addition is clad in glass and patinated copper.
Work was done on the fireplace mantel in the Tapestry Room of the Gardner Museum on May 12, 2011.
The windows were covered during rehab of the Tapestry Room in May 2011.
Cleaning up the Tapestry Room after the tile was laid in November 2011.
Furniture moved to the perimeter of the Tapestry Room in the early 1970s to accommodate concerts will now be reinstalled at the gallery's center.
The Tapestry Room has been restored to something much closer to its original state.
Holly Salmon, associate objects conservator, used a laser to clean sculptures in the courtyard, including this first-century Goddess (Peplophorus).
A construction worker on the roof.
The new greenhouse and artist quarters.


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I have always had a soft spot for the BMW S62 motor, whether M5 or Z8. Over the last 5 or 6 years I have kept an occasional eye out for a really nice e39 M5 to keep my Z happy!
Yesterday, I found a peach. Just over 30k, 2003 m.y. (which is the best) and unbelievably clean. I have looked at quite a few cars over the years and even driven a few that had promise but none had the super tight new car feel. Not only is the a really nice drive, it is pristine inside and out. It has no rock chips, no dings, no issues in the interior or wear areas, even the drivers bolster is nice.
Car fax was clean but having a ppi done next week anyway.
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Money management
There are many money management techniques, but for our purposes we'll employ a simple fixed-fraction scheme. This method involves using a constant fraction of the account balance (usually expressed as a risk percent) to calculate the size of the trade. Because our model system trades the forex market, trades are sized in terms of lots (in the stock market, trades would be sized in terms of shares of stock, and in the futures market, in terms of contracts). The formula for calculating the trade size is:
Lots = (Account Balance x Risk Percent) / Initial Stop Loss
For example, assume a starting account balance of $10,000, a risk percent of 2% and an initial stop loss of 40 pips (because we are trading with mini-lots at $1/pip, this is equal to $40):
Lots = ($10,000 x 2%) / $40
Lots = $200 / $40
Lots = 5
The trade would be entered with a trade size of five lots.
As noted previously, the general advice to traders is to restrict per-trade risk within a range of 1% to 3% of the account balance. Thus, we will run our optimization using this range, and will use increments of 0.25% to fine-tune our trade size. This results in nine possible values of our risk percent.
Our optimization runs will follow the pattern set down in the second part of our series: A six-month in-sample optimization followed by a two-month walk-forward test, using the data from January 2010 through December 2011 as before. This time, we will optimize on two variables simultaneously: The initial stop loss and the risk percent. For the initial stop loss, we will use the same range as before (40-88 pips in increments of two). This results in 25 possible values of our initial stop loss. The total number of combinations that must be tested is equal to the product of both sets of values (9 x 25 = 225 combinations). Fortunately, because of the speed of modern computers, this will take two minutes or less.
In our previous optimizations, we held the lot size constant at one lot. As such, the drawdowns experienced during the optimization runs were not excessive, and we focused on net profit as the criterion by which to choose the best parameter from that optimization set. However, when using lot sizes greater than one, drawdowns can, and do, become excessive. Therefore, we will attempt to find the sweet spot in our optimization set: The best compromise between net profit and a drawdown that does not exceed 10% of our account. (We can stretch that up to about 12% if the net profit warrants doing so.)
The results of the full optimization are far better than were expected: Net profit increased from $775.92 to $4,431.48. Expectancy was slightly less than before at 1.164 vs. the previous 1.19, but that was more than compensated for by proper trade sizing and money management. Also, despite a winning percentage of only 45%, the system still turned a profit. The full results are shown in "Strategy tester report" (below).


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GOP's Rauner says he has 'scared the political establishment'
He says that members of the Republican establishment view him as a threat, has no concern about ramifications of being married to an active Democrat, and describes rumors that he may have clouted his daughter into a prestigious magnet school as "political attack baloney."
Enter Bruce Rauner, the Winnetka venture capitalist who promises to shake up the 2014 Republican primary for governor should he make a bid. Several weeks into his "listening tours" around Illinois, Rauner spoke with the Daily Herald about the timing of a future announcement and the perspective he brings to a beleaguered state party.
Q. What does the exit of Peoria Congressman Aaron Schock do to your perspective in the governor's race?
A. I don't spend too much time thinking on any of that. I haven't focused on who my potential opponents might be. The (Republican primary) field has been in flux and not really set at all. I'm not running with a focus on a political career for myself. If I do run, it will be about transforming the government in Springfield. ... Who I might run against doesn't change my thinking at all.
Q. But some have connected your supporters to attack ads against Schock.
A. There were some rumors about that. I have had no involvement in those issues.
I know Aaron. I've supported him. I like him. I've donated to him. Because we've come early and I think we've scared the political establishment, I think we've been subject to a number of false rumors. I think it's mostly political baloney.
Q. So, why do you think you've scared the political establishment?
A. Because I'm independent, I've been successful in business and self made. I can come at this independently and with a fresh perspective. The core issue I want to deal with is the conflict of interest, the corruption and the self dealing in Springfield. Not only is it endemic in the Democratic Party, but it's eating into the Republican establishment politicians as well. I want to take that on, very aggressively and very openly, and I think that concerns some people.
Q. You have vaguely outlined a leadership plan. Do you see that as something you'll get into more?
A. I'm not a candidate yet. As the campaign unfolds. I am putting some pieces of the plan together as part of the listening tour. The governorship in Illinois is a very powerful office. It can do a lot through its powers. If you're willing to use that power for good, you can get a lot done.
Q. When do you plan to make an announcement about a bid?
A. I'm getting excited. The answer is soon. I don't have a specific date. The reception to my message and the challenges I've heard around the state has been terrific. I've gone from testing to very excited.
Q. Your exploratory committee includes members from across the conservative spectrum, including influential Barrington Republican Jack Roeser and Citadel CEO Ken Griffin of Chicago. Are they all fully invested?
A. Everyone on my committee is very involved and very strongly with us. My goal is to unify our party and unify around messages that appeal to all voters.
You know the Republican Party has been splintered and fractured and almost destroyed. If Illinois stays a one-party state, we can't thrive as a community.
We need to rebuild the Republican Party. Nobody agrees on 100 percent of issues. But as Republicans, we share common beliefs. To rebuild the party, we need to unify around those principles.
Q. Your wife has been involved with some Democratic fundraising. How does that affect your image as a Republican?
A. I don't know. It's not me. I love her dearly. She's a Democrat; nobody's perfect. She's entitled to her views, her donations, her advocacy. God bless her. She's great.
Q. There has been some suggestion that you relied on clout to get your daughter into Walter Payton College Prep. You've responded, so far, by saying your family's off the table. Are you going to continue that or explain this more?
A. That's just basic political attack baloney. I don't put any credence to it. My wife and I did nothing wrong. We advocated for our children. Every parent should advocate for their children. That's not a crime. There's nothing bad about that. I'm not embarrassed in the least.
Every parent should be able to choose from some good quality school options for their kid. I will shout that from the rooftops. I will never back down and apologize for that.


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Fernando Ruiz (Archie Comics), Fabio Redivo (Hell Yeah!), and Anthony Marques (The Gutters), from the new indie anthology EPICS, hit the stage, and one of them may have a terrifying secret! Actually, one of them was the original Booth-Man.
The Stack: Fables #121, All-Star Western #0, Snarked #12, Wolverine and the X-Men #1
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– Will Frank Miller direct the Justice League movie?
– Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 hits on DVD, is not directed by Frank Miller.
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Herbert Hoover Letter Mystery
This above letter addressed to Christian Wismer Ruth (husband's grandfather) was from President Herbert Hoover. Ever since finding the letter I have diligently searched for clues to the family Mr. Hoover is referring.
Recently I did a Google search with Dr. Ruth and Mr Hoover together discovering "Seth Cook Rees : the warrior saint" by Paul S. Rees. Paul S. Rees was a pastor with the Church of the Nazarene.
Several clues discovered:
* C. W. Ruth was Assistant General Superintendent Church of the Nazarene. From family records we know that Nettie Springer (Christian's sister-in-law) was a prominent Quaker evangelist.
* Mathilda Atkinson Minthorn was a pastor with the Friends Church in Augusta, Maine.
* Mathilda's husband Dr. Henry John Minthorn was uncle to and charged with the raising of Herbert Hoover.
From the National Parks website states we learn that Herbert Hoover's family belonged to the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
Are the Minthorns the family President Hoover references?
With the above facts discovered I have emailed the Herbert Hoover Library & Archives. Hopefully they will have documentation to solve this Presidential mystery!
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This is a valuable artifact and a wonderful family keepsake. What a great piece of history. Thank you for sharing.ReplyDelete
What a treasure! Looking forward to hearing "The Rest of the Story" when you receive your answer.ReplyDelete
- kathrynsmithlockhard.blogspot.comSeptember 15, 2011 at 5:05 PM
This is absolutely amazing. What an interesting mystery to solve. Can't wait to read Herbert Hoover Mystery solved.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the comments. I will keep you updated! Nothing like a good genealogy mystery.ReplyDelete
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Thanks for your response to the Reel Tributes blog concerning the letters my step dad wrote to me from the White House.
I'm so glad that I had the good sense to actually keep those letters.
I loved your story about the letter from President Hoover. I hope you get to the end of this intriguing story. Let us know when you do!
Very best wishes,
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György Kurtág
b.19 February 1926, Lugoj, Romania
Kurtág was born at Lugos (Lugoj in Romania) on 19 February 1926. From 1940 he took piano lessons from Magda Kardos and studied composition with Max Eisikovits in Timisoara. Moving to Budapest, he enrolled at the Academy of Music in 1946 where his teachers included Sándor Veress and Ferenc Farkas (composition), Pál Kadosa (piano) and Leó Weiner (chamber music).
In 1957-58 Kurtág studied in Paris with Marianne Stein and attended the courses of Messiaen and Milhaud. As a result, he rethought his ideas on composition and marked the first work he wrote after his return to Budapest, a string quartet, as his opus 1.
In 1958-63 Kurtág worked as a répétiteur with the Béla Bartók Music Secondary School in Budapest. In 1960-80 he was répétiteur with soloists of the National Philhamonia. From 1967 he was assistant to Pál Kadosa at the Academy of Music, and the following year he was appointed professor of chamber music. He held this post until his retirement in 1986 and subsequently continued to teach at the Academy until 1993.
With increased freedom of movement in the 1990s he has worked increasingly outside Hungary, as composer in residence with the Berlin Philharmonic (1993-1994), with the Vienna Konzerthaus (1995), in the Netherlands (1996-98), in Berlin again (1998-99), and a Paris residency at the invitation of the Ensemble Intercontemporain, Cité de la Musique and the Festival d'Automne.
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PREDICTION PAGE: Golovkin or Macklin?
Paul Malignaggi's advisor Anthony Catanzaro drew some behind-the-back scorn from folks who thought he and his team were crazy for accepting a fight with young gun Adrien Broner.
'Paulie will get steamrolled,' was a widely help perception of many experts. He did not, in fact, get steamrolled on June 24 at Barclays Center.
Catanzaro has humbly not gone on an "I told ya so" campaign but perhaps a takeaway should be this: maybe we should listen to and respect his take that much more when we solicit his prediction on a forthcoming bout. Such as, this Saturday's middleweight clash, between titlist Gennady Golovkin, the heavy-handed native of Kahzkstan, and Anglo-Irishman Matthew Macklin (pictured above, right, with Golovkin, left, and Lady Liberty, in K2/Will Hart photo) who wants to succeed in his third try at a crown, after being rebuffed by Felix Sturm and then Sergio Martinez.
I asked Catanzaro his take on the middleweight tussle, promoted by Lou DiBell and K2, which unfolds at Foxwoods in Connecticut, and on HBO.
"This is Golovkin's biggest test," he said. "He's fighting an extremely hungry underdog, with big fight experience. Macklin has the better resume. Macklin is also a big puncher. It's an extremely competitive fight. Macklin was robbed versus Felix Sturm and he likes playing the underdog role. It's a tossup. I'm leaning towards Macklin."
Readers, what say you? Weigh in, in our Forum! Leave your prediction, including how you think the fight will progress!
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AJ Needs to Look Good Against Povetkin, but the Russian Won't be a Free Ride
During the Canelo-Golovkin broadcast last weekend, it was mentioned that the two biggest star fighters in boxing were Canelo Alvarez and WBA/IBF/WBO heavyweight titlist Anthony Joshua. Canelo, the newly crowned middleweight champion, was in need of a signature win over a marque opponent to strengthen his claim and Joshua is in the same position heading into his title defense against former WBA title holder Alexander Povetkin at Wembley Stadium Saturday night.
This time last year, being roughly two months out from his title defense against Carlos Takam, Joshua, 28, was the perceived alpha fighter in the heavyweight division. AJ had won all his fights by knockout and, other than a Wladimir Klitschko right hand that dropped him in the sixth round, looked as if he were a sure thing to be the future of the division. But then he looked average stopping Takam, a late replacement for Kubrat Pulev. Joshua cut Takam, dropped him in the fourth round and stopped him in the 10th, but the stoppage was a little bit of a quick hook in the eyes of most observers and it dulled the win.
Five months later Joshua fought undefeated WBO titlist Joseph Parker. Three weeks prior to this fight, Joshua rival and WBC title-holder Deontay Wilder, after nearly being stopped in the seventh round, knocked out the most avoided fighter in the division in Luis Ortiz to score the signature win of his career. So the pressure was on Joshua to win impressively.
Unknown to anyone, Parker showed up only interested in becoming the first fighter Joshua couldn't stop. And AJ didn't endear himself to any newly conformed fans when he fought with little urgency, content to win a lopsided decision. Relying almost exclusively on his jab, he made no real attempt to get Parker out of there. Compounding the shrinking perception of AJ, Takam, in his next bout, was beaten more definitively by Dereck Chisora than he was by Joshua.
When you take into account that Wilder scored an impressive KO in his last fight over the most formidable opponent he's fought and Joshua only scored one knockdown in his last two fights combined, it's easy to glean why Wilder has narrowed the gap regarding the public perception of them. What's been missed about Joshua's last two bouts, however, is that he was utterly dominant. It's hard to find three rounds he lost of the 22 he was in the ring. But yet, the thing that is most remembered is that AJ didn't look like the doctor of destruction that his physicality and ring record projected him as being.
When an elite fighter like Anthony Joshua is seen as being a knockout artist and then goes a few fights in a row without delivering a memorable KO, critics and fans begin to find things about their game that are suddenly alarming. And that's why it's imperative for Joshua not just to beat Povetkin; he must become the first fighter to stop him. That will get the attention of the right people and at the same time gain back some of the cachet he ceded to Wilder since March of this year.
According to The Ring magazine's latest ratings…the top six heavyweights, in order, are Joshua, Wilder, Povetkin, Ortiz, Whyte and Parker. So of those ranked 3-6, Povetkin is the only one who hasn't yet faced Joshua or Wilder. Many well-known observers who cover boxing also see Povetkin 34-1 (24) as the third best fighter in the division. In fact, the new narrative regarding this fight is that Povetkin is really dangerous. With his power, extensive experience and toughness, he's not an automatic win or free ride for AJ this weekend.
Yes, that's what they're saying before they get into the ring – so let's remember that after the bout, because if Joshua 21-0 (20) looks impressive and stops Povetkin, we'll more than likely hear how Povetkin was washed up, having turned 39 earlier this month and having lost to the best fighter he ever touched gloves with in Wladimir Klitschko. In one night, Povetkin will go from being a real test for Joshua to an old man who couldn't beat anybody in the top 10. Conversely, if Povetkin goes the distance and is competitive with Joshua, then, in a knee-jerk reaction and overstatement, many will label AJ a fraud and a sure loser when he faces Wilder.
The reality is a stoppage win by Joshua will be impressive because Povetkin has never been close to being stopped. Even after going down four times against Klitschko he never looked as if he wanted out and Wladimir was a single shot bigger banger than Joshua is with either hand (with the difference being Joshua gets off more freely and puts his punches together in combination, opposed to Klitschko who force-fed his opponents one-twos. Also, Joshua is quicker handed than Klitschko and that should enable him to land some big shots in succession on the presumably attacking Povetkin).
Povetkin most likely needs to be inside against Joshua. There's only two ways to do it, either by pressing AJ or moving away and timing him, and the method he chooses will illustrate just how much AJ's power is or isn't too much for him to chance moving in on. If Povetkin pulls a Parker and the fight goes the distance, Joshua shouldn't be excoriated because it's hard to stop a fighter who is only looking to survive. At the same time Joshua will have to let his hands go and fight with more urgency and passion than he showed against Parker, because if he doesn't that will raise my red flag.
When Joshua crashed the top-10 heavyweight rankings I thought, having watched him closely, that he had the potential of former champ Lennox Lewis. That hasn't changed, but I'm beginning to see Lewis as being more of a natural fighter and AJ as the better athlete. On paper it's close when comparing them, but Lewis, especially under the late Emanuel Steward, kept improving whereas Joshua, after looking so good and well-rounded stopping Klitschko, seems to have plateaued.
Alexander Povetkin is AJ's twenty-second bout. In Lennox Lewis's twenty-second bout, he fought Donovan "Razor" Ruddock.
Ruddock (27-3-1) was a 6'3", 231-pound, well-built fighter with power in his left hand but limited skills. Povetkin is 6'2" and weighed in at 229 for his last bout. Ruddock's left-hook/uppercut was probably a bigger single shot than anything in Povetkin's arsenal but that's about the only check Razor gets in his column over Povetkin. The Russian fighter has a much higher boxing IQ than Ruddock and is the more technically sound fighter with better structure and form.
Lewis destroyed Ruddock in two rounds in what was the signature performance of his career at the time. Joshua has already delivered a signature performance, his stoppage of Klitschko after knocking him down three times, but critics and fans have short memories so Joshua needs to deliver another eye opening performance. As was the case for Ruddock when he fought Lewis, Povetkin looks made to order for AJ to look good against. However, Povetkin, unlike Ruddock before he confronted Lewis, has never been stopped and is known for his durability and ruggedness.
Joshua says he is motivated for Povetkin and isn't looking past him. He says he fears losing, and I don't need him to confirm he has a gigantic ego and cannot be happy about some of the pageantry and attention that Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury have stolen from him. As for Povetkin, this is no doubt his last title shot and he certainly knows this is the fight he needs to put everything together…which should translate into him coming to win which means he's going to fight instead of hoping for pats on the back for showing up. And if Povetkin comes to fight, Joshua should get some great opportunities to shine and post another signature win.
This is the ideal fight and opponent for AJ to show just what he has and to stay on the same trajectory that Lennox Lewis did after stopping Razor Ruddock.
Between 1977 and 1982, Frank Lotierzo had over 50 fights in the middleweight division. He trained at Joe Frazier's gym in Philadelphia under the tutelage of the legendary George Benton. Before joining The Sweet Science his work appeared in several prominent newsstand and digital boxing magazines and he hosted "Toe-to-Toe" on ESPN Radio. Lotierzo can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com
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Avila Perspective, Chapter 15: Las Vegas Boxing Journal
Usually the world of boxing has two massive fight weekends, but this year it was down to one. All of that pent-up energy had to be released
Usually the world of boxing has two massive fight weekends, but this year it was down to one. All of that pent-up energy had to be released and this past weekend, for Mexican Independence Day, it all came pouring out.
Las Vegas was my destination once again.
In the last four years the Nevada gambling capital has seen fewer and fewer boxing cards as other destinations like New York, Texas and California have gobbled up fight dates. What used to be almost a monthly journey has been whittled down to twice a year.
When it comes to staging a mega event, you just can't beat Las Vegas. Saul "Canelo" Alvarez meeting Gennady "GGG" Golovkin for the second time definitely qualifies.
I was supposed to drive up Thursday morning with photographer Al Applerose but we could not coordinate our schedules. It was important to leave early to reach the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino where the Golden Boy Promotions card featuring Maricela Cornejo versus Franchon Crews for a world title was being held. Starting time for the fight card was 2 p.m. because of ESPN.
By the time I checked into my hotel and drove over to the Hard Rock, it was already 3 p.m. Surprisingly, a decent crowd was there mostly to see Cornejo vs. Crews. ESPN televised the event and despite the early start time fans and celebrities were in the house.
It had been 14 years since that network had televised a female world championship bout. I remember because I saw that fight in 2004 and it was a doozy.
Finally, another female world title fight and it was great to see two female warriors finally get their day under the spotlight. After 10 rounds Crews won by majority decision and the green WBC belt was wrapped around her waist. Watching the joy on her face was priceless.
If you have followed me as a reader then you know female boxing has been a favorite passion. I truly believe it will rival male prizefighting one day, maybe soon. The world of MMA has proven it can be done as Ronda Rousey so emphatically showed.
Women prizefighters will get their day.
After the fight we headed to the Pink Taco mainly because they serve decent margaritas. I'm kind of a connoisseur of the drink. The first one I received was passable, but that second one was pretty good. Our group consisted of two reporters from Japan and Applerose, the photographer. Tacos and margaritas for everyone.
No fights were scheduled for Friday but the weigh-ins and press conferences were stacked together. I moved from my hotel and drove to Summerlin where a friend of mine has a place. He had invited me to stay and was insistent.
My friend is known as "Mr. Las Vegas." It's a name given to him the great Fernando "El Feroz" Vargas who now lives in Vegas. He gave him this nickname because no one knows Las Vegas like this guy (that I won't name unless he gives approval). This 40-something year old gentleman was born and raised in the casino city and has been involved in boxing, MMA and personally knows the high rollers and political powers of the city and state.
Mr. Las Vegas invited me months ago but he's always on the go and sometimes it slips his mind so I booked a room just in case. But, he was adamant about me staying with him and we go back a ways.
He's also a big proponent of women's boxing.
I headed back to the Strip to the MGM media center where a press conference for Tito Ortiz and Chuck Liddell was taking place. The media was in force. Easily 200 were already in the David Copperfield Theater at 10 a.m.
Maybe it was the free breakfast that enticed reporters and photographers to get up early. It was amazing to see so many media members on a Friday morning. It was a mad scramble.
The theater is fairly large and from a distance I could spot many friends and colleagues. During the face-off Liddell and Ortiz squared off and Oscar De La Hoya looked like a midget between the two. They will be fighting at the Inglewood Forum on Nov. 24. Golden Boy Promotions is the promoter for the pay-per-view event. It will be the third time the MMA stars clash.
So while Dana White delves into boxing, De La Hoya delves into MMA. Strange happenings.
Later that Friday a press conference for Yuri Gamboa was staged by the Cuban fighter himself at Gonzalez Gonzalez restaurant in the New York, New York Hotel and Casino.
Gamboa briefly had a contract with Golden Boy, and had been connected to Top Rank and Fifty Cent. The slick southpaw (is there any other kind of lefty?) seeks another chance to hit a jackpot in the boxing ring.
About two dozen reporters met at the Mexican restaurant eatery. Gamboa was busy speaking to each reporter one-by-one and helped by a small group of publicists including New York sharp Ed Keenan. Food and drinks were great.
Last year Gamboa was quite busy and had four prizefights. His lone loss was against Mexico's extremely dangerous Robinson Castellanos who stopped the Cuban at the end of the seventh round in Las Vegas.
So far this year, no fights. It's a primary reason he's doing it himself on a risky pay-per-view show.
"I can't depend on anyone else," said Gamboa. "If I want to advance. I feel I should do it myself. I have experience and knowledge in professional boxing."
Gamboa, 36, will fight Mexico's Miguel Beltran on Nov. 20, in Miami, Florida. He will be the main event. The co-main event will be Puerto Rico's Juan Manuel Lopez meeting Jesse Rodriguez. If all goes well, the two former world champions will meet each other sometime next year.
"I still have goals to accomplish," said Gamboa.
Super Lightweight Title Clash
While sitting around eating and drinking at the Mexican restaurant, the ESPN fight card featured Jose Carlos Ramirez and Antonio Orozco fighting for the WBC super lightweight world title. It was body puncher versus body puncher and that means fireworks.
Ramirez had not faced anyone who could match punch output with him until that Friday night. I expected Orozco to fire all his guns and that's exactly what he did.
For 12 volatile rounds the two 140-pounders fought at 100 miles an hour and though Ramirez won the majority of the rounds according to the judges, each round in itself was a battle.
Orozco, 30, is a very mild-mannered gentleman outside the ropes, but inside he's one of the most fierce body punchers in the business. He has fought for Golden Boy Promotions for a number of years and may have passed his peak two years ago.
Ramirez, 26, was making his second defense of the world title he won almost a year ago and fights under the Top Rank banner. Whenever these two promotion companies go against each other it's like the Dodgers and the Giants. No mercy.
The titleholder Ramirez was fighting in front of the adopted hometown of Fresno and floored Orozco twice with body shots and head shots. You would have expected Orozco to wilt but every time he was dropped he came back with a ferocious attack.
It was a gripping fight to watch.
As I sat at the bar in the Mexican restaurant with photographer Applerose, we couldn't help but admire the spirit that both fighters showed for 12 rounds. Crowds gathered around the bar to watch the final three or four rounds. A few had noticed us watching and stopped to see what had us glued to the television screen perched above the various liquors.
We had a few beers after that incredible title fight.
Ramirez won the fight and retained the world title but Orozco had won the hearts of everyone watching with his tremendous heart. Both fighters congratulated each other and showed sincere respect. If you haven't seen it, watch the replay. You won't be sorry.
The schedule for Saturday started early with two press conferences staged in the morning.
WBC super featherweight titlist Miguel Berchelt and challenger Mickey Roman met with media at Wolfgang Puck at 12 noon to talk about their pending clash on HBO. It's another meeting between a Top Rank affiliated fighter and Golden Boy affiliated fighter.
Can it match Ramirez-Orozco?
Berchelt is a heavy-hitting but skilled fighter from the Yucatan area. Roman is a hard-nosed heavy hitter from Juarez, Mexico. Its North versus South in this Mexican battle that takes place on Nov. 3 in El Paso, Texas.
This could be extremely explosive.
Immediately after the Top Rank press conference, and a few feet away, another media luncheon took place for interim WBC super lightweight titlist Regis Prograis.
Prograis, 29, is an interesting cat.
Raised in New Orleans and Houston, the extremely strong Prograis will participate in the World Boxing Super Series that begins in late October. He faces former lightweight world champion Terry Flanagan of England.
"I chose to fight Terry Flanagan because he's a former world champion," said Prograis whose last fight was a knockout win over Argentina's Juan Jose Velasco in New Orleans. "I'm trying to prove I'm the best. I don't want an easy fight. It's a waste of time."
Of course he would love a match with current WBC titlist Jose Carlos Ramirez but he can wait.
"We'll meet one day in the ring," Prograis said.
The Rematch
After the pair of press luncheons we headed to the T-Mobile Arena for the Alvarez-Golovkin mega fight. It was an early 2 p.m. start so we missed a couple of early fights. I always try to watch every bout. It's my duty as a reporter to cover all the fights that take place. Not just the headliners, but the afternoon press conferences held me up.
The best of the undercard saw Vergil Ortiz Jr. annihilate his former sparring partner Roberto Ortiz in two rounds.
Vergil Ortiz trains in Riverside, Calif. with Robert Garcia. He formerly was based in Indio, Calif. with Joel Diaz. Both trainers have excellent troops.
Ortiz, 20, has long limbs and fights long too. He's buzzed through 11 straight opponents and kind of resembles late actor Jack Palance in the movie Shane. Vergil is a likeable guy who seems nothing like a feared monster in a boxing ring.
Golden Boy keeps stepping up the competition a notch and he keeps rendering them unconscious. The promoter doesn't want to overstep the process with Ortiz so they are doing things de-li-cate-ly.
So far Ortiz has treated everyone who steps in the ring with him like fragile china. He touches them and they fall to pieces. Technically he is very sound. But the Golden Boy crew sees something very special in the kid from Dallas. He is one to watch.
After several fights including the main event that saw Alvarez win by majority decision, it's important to note that the entire "ringside" media group was placed more than 50 yards away from the boxing ring. No one from the media had a sufficient view to analyze the fight that has been very disputed by fans and others.
But my question is: why did the promoters place the media a ridiculous 50 yards away?
Sadly, it's a move that says to the media "we don't need you."
Maybe it's time to organize.
Regis Prograis photo by Al Applerose
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An Unofficial Judge Scored 9 Rounds for Canelo; Feel Free to Hoot and Holler
The auxiliary press section at the T-Mobile Arena is quite a distance from the boxing ring. I've been in auxiliary press sections before, but never one that was up so high. It was here that I found myself on Saturday night, peering down on the ring far below and like everyone else checking out the big screen between rounds for a closer look at key moments.
From this vantage point, the ring is both smaller and bigger. It's bigger in the sense that it opens things up a bit. Your eyes see more space between the fighters and you are better able to judge which fighter is controlling the distance. Think of the picture from the overhead cam in a football game. Looking straight down, the playing field doesn't look as congested. The holes that open for a North-South running back bursting into the secondary get wider and from this panorama you are better able to judge the work of the offensive line.
Having said that, this is really no place to adequately judge a boxing match, so I can be forgiven for scoring the fight 9-3 for Canelo. For what it's worth, however, the fellow on my right had it the same. The fellow on my left had it somewhat tighter, but also scored it for Canelo. And for the record, neither of these guys were Hispanic so they weren't blinded by tribal loyalty.
At the T-Mobile, when the main event ends, the scribes in the auxiliary press section are literally held hostage. They are prevented from going down to the post-fight press conference until the arena has thinned out.
This reporter couldn't get his laptop to function properly and had no patience. I'm not comfortable working on my cellphone, so it was imperative that I get home in a jiff and be there when David Avila's ringside report turned up in my e-mail. On a fight of this magnitude, the boss wants the bread-and-butter post-fight story up on the site in a hurry.
Aware of the hostage situation, and my own technological limitations, I had the foresight to scope out the arena for an escape route just in case I needed to get away fast. And so, before a hostage-taker could rope me in, I was off and running, scurrying down a little used staircase. I had my car parked in the right spot for a quick getaway, traffic was light, and I was home at my work desk in less than 30 minutes.
I didn't wait around to hear the scores. To me it was a foregone conclusion that Canelo would have his hand raised. Heading home, I had the car radio tuned to an all-sports station. And when the scores came across the radio, I thought to myself, well, I was wrong and I was right. I thought GGG would win and I was wrong about that, but I was right, I thought to myself, that the judges would be disposed to give GGG the close rounds. In my mind, the scores (114-114 and 115-113 twice) gave GGG the best of it. Granted, several rounds were tough to score, but yet the fight wasn't that close.
Au contraire !
To my amazement, the vast majority of those seated in the ringside press section scored the fight a draw or had it shaded toward Triple-G. In fact, according to one survey, which included those in the building and a select few watching at home or in a TV studio, only two of the 59 people that were polled had it for Canelo with 17 scoring it even. The most cantankerous of the GGG faction was ESPN analyst Teddy Atlas who apparently had it 117-112 and labeled the decision a robbery.
No I won't defend my scoring. Let me see the fight on TV (and with the sound off, natch), and I'll get back to you. But I'm still flabbergasted that my score was so out of whack with the consensus.
Odds and Ends
Although the fight was announced as a sellout, there were empty seats scattered around the arena. The announced attendance was 21,965, roughly 1,400 less than for the first encounter last September.
The first Canelo-GGG bout set the attendance record for an indoor fight in Nevada and came in third all-time in gate receipts, surpassed only by Mayweather-Pacquiao in 2015 and Mayweather-McGregor in August of last year. But that's a distant third to the leader. The gross gate for Canelo-GGG I ($27,059,850) was far below Mayweather-Pacquiao which raked in an astounding $72,198,500.
Although there's more money in circulation each year and more fat cats willing to pay an enormous sum to attend a mega-fight, I doubt the Mayweather-Pacquiao record for gate receipts will be broken any time soon.
The crowd, needless to say, was skewed heavily toward Mexicans and Mexican-Americans. And while it's often said that members of this ethnic group are true fight fans, the reality is that when they come to Las Vegas they act just like the Anglo high rollers, which is to say that they arrive at a big fight fashionably late.
When the first of the four PPV fights started, the arena was not more than 15 percent full. When the semi-main started, the arena was perhaps one-third full, notwithstanding the fact that it was a title fight featuring a boxer from Tijuana.
The old outdoor fights at Caesars Palace were thick with celebrities who were acknowledged by the ring announcer. Saturday's fight at the T-Mobile was something of a throwback. The roll call included movie stars Denzel Washington, Will Smith, and Mark Wahlberg, comedians Dave Chappelle and Cedric the Entertainer, and sports personalities Lebron James, Charles Barkley, Dale Earnhardt Jr., and Triple H – to name just a few.
Standing in the ring as GGG and Canelo made their way from their dressing rooms was a fashionably dressed woman wearing a dress that one would associate with a Latin country. I assumed she was there to sing the Mexican National Anthem. In my younger days, the Mexican National Anthem was sung so often at big fights in Las Vegas that I could eventually mouth the words.
But no, there was no National Anthem whatsoever, neither U.S., nor Mexican, nor Kazakhstani. I was told that they did do anthems before the first of the preliminary fights. This would have been about 3:00 in the afternoon when there were not more than a few hundred people in the joint.
Was this a reaction to the brouhaha set in motion by Colin Kaepernick? That's a fair assumption.
Not only were the anthems missing, but so also was Michael Buffer, a fixture at HBO shows for decades. I'm told that he now works exclusively for Eddie Hearn. He'll be back on the job this coming Saturday at Wembley Stadium in London.
Joe Martinez, Buffer's replacement, did a solid job, as did referee Benjy Estevez who was working his first big fight in Nevada. Of course, Canelo and GGG made it easy for him. No matter your opinion of the scoring, I think we can all agree that these two great warriors engaged in a very clean fight.
By all accounts, this was a very good fight for the bookies. The expectation that there would be late Canelo money in Las Vegas on Mexican Independence Day weekend wasn't born out. At one establishment, the odds favoring GGG rose from 7/5 to 9/5 (minus-180) in the last few hours of betting. I'm told that it nicked above 2/1 at a few places offshore.
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New Book to Honor CIU President Emeritus Robertson McQuilkin
A book in honor of the life and work of Columbia International University President Emeritus Robertson McQuilkin is being written. Organized and edited by CIU professor Dr. Christopher R. Little, the book will include chapters by such well-known figures as Ralph Enlow president of the Association for Biblical Higher Education (ABHE), long-time CIU professor William Larkin, apologist Paul Copan, and Hans Finzel the former president of the missions organization WorldVenture.
CIU dean of the College of Intercultural Studies Mike Barnett says the goal of the book is to use McQuilkin's legacy and writings as a foundation and springboard to carry forward discussions on various topics of fundamental importance for a new generation in the 21st century. These topics include hermeneutics, world missions, spiritual living, Christian ethics, and church leadership.
Robertson McQuilkin served as CIU's third president from 1968 to 1990. Prior to becoming president of CIU, McQuilkin served as headmaster of Ben Lippen School, then for 12 years as a missionary in Japan.
Today McQuilkin is a speaker and writer, engaging in an extensive conference ministry across America and overseas.
Publication of the book is expected by the end of 2014.


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SHERMAN, TX -- The man involved in driving his SUV through glass doors at Midway Mall last Friday has been taken into police custody.
Mall Manager Tabetha Snow says mall workers have been on edge the past week.
"Now I'm even looking at everybody and saying why do you have your hoodie and sunglasses on in here," Snow said. "We've got to be just as safety pre-cautious here as they are in New York city I guess."
On Wednesday Sherman Police arrested 53-year-old Edwin Scott Goodwater for criminal mischief.
They say he's the man who drove an S-U-V into a mall entrance last Friday.
Snow said run-ins with Goodwater didn't start Friday.
"We had been having issues with him all week long," she said.
Mall officials say Goodwater had been going into different department stores and asking them to buy various items. One of which was the camera - which he claimed mall security took from him.
And Friday morning Snow said Goodwater showed a clerk his fingernails.
"which had melted plastic added to them to make them pointy. And he demonstrated how sharp they were, and said he was going to gouge someone's eyes out with them," she said.
herman Police Sgt. D.M. Hampton credits the quick work of mall security for taking Goodwater down before the situation got worse.
"Given what's going on in America, that's one of the things people think about, is someone driving through here to kill people?"
His bond has been set at $200,000.
If convicted he faces up to two years in jail.


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Rated 4 out of 5 by TinyMK1 from Cute casual wear I ordered this top in an XS, but it runs a little big so I ordered the XXS instead. The fit is a little awkward at top (but I'm just hoping that's because it's too big#, instead of it laying flat like it does on the model, it sticks out. I have a small chest #small B) and since you can't wear a bra with it, it may just work for girls with average sized chests. Hoping the XXS fits differently though, because I ordered the same pants the model is wearing with it, only in the turquoise color, and it's a very cute casual outfit! :)
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It was an up and down day for Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency teams in United States Soccer Development Academy (USSDA) action against Pateadores academy on Saturday at Surrey's Newton Athletic Park, as the U-18 team took a 1-0 win, while the U-16 squad were defeated 1-0.
by Brandon Timko
The U-18 Residency team continued their winning ways with a 1-0 win against Pateadores U-17/18 on Saturday.
The 'Caps nearly went down a goal in the first half but were saved by a terrific stop from Callum Irving on 38 minutes, as the goalkeeper did well to get down quickly and stop a shot from 10 yards out. The home team were then given an opportunity to take the lead on 60 minutes when Wesley Cain was taken down in the box. Caleb Clarke stepped up to take the enduing penalty kick, but was stopped by the 'keeper to keep the match scoreless.
Later in the half Irving came up with another massive save, as Pateadores thought they had a goal when one of their players managed to flick a corner kick on target only to have Irving come up with an incredible diving stop to tip the ball over the net. That allowed the 'Caps to look for a winner, which they found on 73 minutes when Yassin Essa got on the end of a low cross into the box and, after an initial swing and a miss, blasted a second attempt into the bottom corner for the win.
"It was a tough match against a good team," said Richard Grootscholten, Whitecaps FC technical director and head coach. "We had three or four more really good chances that we couldn't capitalize on, but Callum Irving was outstanding for us and played a huge part in getting the win today."
Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-18
Callum Irving; Declan Rodriguez, Tim Hickson, Daniel Stanese, Adam Polakiewicz; Wesley Cain (Yassin Essa 62'), Alex Rowley, Ben McKendry, Spencer DeBoice (Carlos Patino 80') , Ben Fisk; Caleb Clarke (Carlos Marquez 69')
by Joshua Nanavaty
The U-16 Residency team had a tough afternoon as they fell 1-0 to Pateadores U-15/16 on a rainy Saturday afternoon.
The 'Caps got off to a shaky start but goalkeeper Marco Carducci kept them in it with a couple of key early saves. Carducci charged out and made a terrific stop on six minutes, and then made another diving stop on a Pateadores striker in the 18th minute. The teams went into half with both having limited scoring chances and a 0-0 score.
Pateadores came out charging after the break and took the lead on a close range strike roughly ten minutes into the second half. The Blue and White would have a few chances to try and equalize with the best coming off a Matthew Chow corner, which just sailed over the head of newcomer Sadi Jalali. Trailing late on in the match, 'Caps defender Sam Adekugbe got a straight red card from the referee, making a comeback more difficult. Though the home side pressured late, they could not find an equaliser as the match came to an end.
"We created enough chances to come away with points today, but that final touch just wasn't there for us today," said Craig Dalrymple, Whitecaps FC assistant technical director and assistant head coach. "There are a lot of positives to take away, even though we didn't get the result we wanted."
Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-16
Marco Carducci; Matthew van dey Eyden, Jackson Farmer, Sam Adekugbe, Jordan Haynes; Parker Ellis (Matthew Chow), Elijah Adekugbe (Liam Elbourne 40'), Mitch Piraux, Sebastien Cabrera, Marco Bustos; Sadi Jalali


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Hear a concert live Friday at 12noon ET from WXPN and NPR Music
Broadcast live Fridays from the stage at World Cafe Live
The Peace Creeps, featuring frontman Richard Bush formerly of The A's, plus a special set from newcomers from Texas, Beck & Cauthen. Listen to the Concert Live Friday on the Radio and Online at XPN.org/listen.
One of two great Live Friday artists gracing the World Cafe stage this week, The Peace Creeps are a Philly-based psychedelic rock outfit. Front man Richard Bush was originally the leader of local icons The A's, but after some label issues Bush brought together guitarist John Marchiano, drummer Jeff Pancoast and bass guitarist Roy Fisher. The Peace Creeps had gotten their start. Their debut, "Autumn of Love", brought together a number of local musiciams on a nostalgic and colorful journey through human experience.
Just about five years later, The Peace Creeps are back with their second offering. "Time Machine" is definitely an album for Bush to hold his '60s rock reverence high--one can easily here the Beatles, the Stones, and British Invasion as influences, along with more contemporary and closer inspirations such as Dr. Dog and Wilco. Yet "Time Machine" is aptly named--it's clear that this album was deeply inspired by the Era of Flower Children and their best rock. Any listener can tell that Bush means it when he sings,
"We can do anything we want to when I get my time machine together. I'll stop back and pick you up, we'll go and meet The Beatles."
And just about every listener feels the pull as keenly with the Peace Creeps on stage or through headphones. Don't miss them on the stage with Beck & Cauthen this Friday at noon.
Website: peacecreeps.com/
MySpace: www.myspace.com/thepeacecreeps
Recent Release: Time Machine
Release Date: July 30, 2011
Label: Origin: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
David Beck and Paul Cauthen have both been professional musicians, going solo, for some time. Both natives of Texas, they had childhoods full of music--Beck was the son of a successful touring artist, and Cauthen was singing in church at the age of seven, learning guitar from his grandfather. Both eventually made their way to Austin, where they formed a collaboration in 2009 after a series of chance musical encounters. Today, Beth & Cauthen have just cut their studio debut, "Sons of Fathers".
Beck & Cauthen could best be described as roots rock powerhouse--with influences such as Robert Earl Keen, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, and the Stones, the moving harmonies of this duo can be deeply country, folksy, experimental, or just plain rock-based. After secluding themselves in Doss, Texas, to perfect their finest work, Beck & Cauthen headed to the studio. Their debut was produced by Grammy winner Lloyd Maines, and it promises to be full of their signature melodies, fine instrumentation, and the feel of Texas on the road. Beck & Cauthen currently have a number of shows lined up in the Lone Star State, but they will be in Philly this weekend, so catch them at the Free at Noon! They're playing with Philly natives, The Peace Creeps. There's no better way to start the weekend--two great acts, a beer, and good company.
Website: beckandcauthen.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Beck-Cauthen/107791102636426
Recent Release: Sons of Fathers
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Celebrate Spring With A Hanami Picnic
In Japanese, the word "hanami" means "flower viewing," whether the flowers are cherry ("sakura,") plum ("ume,") or some other fruit tree in bloom. Probably the most popular hanami event centers around the blooming of the cherry trees between the end of March and the beginning of April. During hanami time in Japan, people attend and/or host outdoor picnics and parties under the blooms, either during the day or at night. Special paper lanterns hang underneath the trees at night.
The philosophy of a hanami is to savor the beauty of the delicate cherry blossoms during the short window of time that they are available, because their beauty is fleeting. Long walks among the cherry trees invite contemplation and renewal of the spirit. Spring is, after all, a time of rebirth and regeneration.
Hanami is a very important event in Japan; literally thousands of people flock to wherever the cherry trees are blooming, and parties go well into the evening. Visitors to Japan might find it hard to find available hotel rooms during this time if they haven't booked ahead.
In San Francisco, it is an annual tradition for me and my friends to head to Golden Gate Park and have a picnic under the blooming cherry trees. Everyone brings something; it doesn't necessarily have to be Japanese food. This year I packed my bento boxes with various delicacies such as takoyaki, maki sushi, fried squid, seasoned bamboo shoots, dango, and sakuramochi. Sakuramochi - literally, "cherry blossom mochi," is a traditional hanami sweet of red bean paste, mochi, and a salted cherry leaf. I also packed sake and Japanese beer. Other people brought Korean food and Chinese food, so it was a multicultural affair. There was even a bottle of prosecco!
It was a wonderful day; not too hot, not too cold. We all enjoyed one another's company and ate and drank, and laid on the blankets underneath the blossoms, watching them float in the wind like delicate pink flakes of snow. It is part of the experience for the blossoms to fall into your food and drink; they are edible. The Japanese preserve the blossoms in salt, press them into sweets, or just eat them raw.
Cherry blossoms are all over San Francisco right now, and probably just beginning to bud elsewhere. Why not gather together family and friends and have a picnic under the blossoms?
Good Question: Help Me Throw a Spring Birthday Picnic in Central Park
Picnic Fare: Pork Tenderloin and Onion Jam Sandwiches
Look! Funky Picnic Plates from the NY Botanical Garden
Classic British Picnic Baskets
What's Your Idea Of A Perfect Picnic?
(Images: Kathryn Hill)