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I was absolutely thrilled to be asked to be a part of the MJ Trimmings challenge. When my package arrived I was so thrilled opening it. (So thrilled, that I didn't even stop to take a picture of the gorgeous package!) After looking through it all, I knew I didn't want to make a bunch of little things. I wanted to work off a theme. So I chose a beach afternoon with all my essentials.
Project 1:
The first thing you need- a beach bag. Often times I'll find adorable bags but the handles are so cheap! They're either fake leather or something that makes the whole bag seem low end. A great way to spruce it up is to add your own straps. I actually made this bag ( which I'll do a tutorial on soon). But the frist thing you'll want to do to change the straps is get to strips of leather and some trim pieces.
Fold the leather pieces in half and stitch them along the sides.
Next, get your trim pieces and place them in the center of the strap.
Set your sewing machine to a long and wide zig zag stitch. Here were my machine's settings.
The stitch was just wide enough to enclose the blue trim. If your machine doesn't go this wide, you can always just use one piece of trim. You can reattach them to your bag where you replaced your other ones. Such an easy change!
How great does that make the bag look?
OK! Moving on to bag update number two! I thought it would be fun to use this bright orange trim to write, "la mer" on the outside of the bag. All I did was write in invisible marker how I wanted it to look.
Then with fabric glue glued it right on! I love the bright pop of it on the muted grey.
Project 2:
Beach essential number two- a beverage bottle. Why use a plain ol' cup when you can make it so much more glamourous? I think this would also make a GREAT gift! I got a piece of leather that measure the circumference of my water bottle.
I sewed it then slipped it on my bottle. Then I used the rhinestone kit that MJ Trimming sent me. I started glueing the rhinestones down the center in straight lines. I was going for high impact glam.
I just kept on gluing them until I got one solid, sparkly strip!
Project 3:
Next beach essential- a towel. I fell in love with this beautiful ribbon that MJ Trimmings sent. It reminded me of beach coral.
I was inspired by barcodes for this towel. I got a plain white towel and cut up different length strips and began pinning them on.
I pinned them all in place then stitched it right on.
I love the way this pop of color modernizes a plain towel. And how great is the water bottle cover?!
Project 4:
I didn't do a picture for this tutorial, but another one of my beach essentials is a sun hat. To make it more coordinated with my entire look I added this gorgeous gradient dyed silk ribbon from Mj Trimmings. I wrapped it around a few times then tied it in the back. I thought it was a great way to add a color combination that you can easily switch out to different ones.
Project 5:
My next beach essential is a light, summer scarf. I live in a cool, coastal town so it doesn't get too hot here. I always take a wrap with my in case I get chilly. I used this RIT dye to create an extra long and skinny scarf.
I wanted to get a gradient effect on my scarf so this is how I do mine. Get two buckets next to one another. Put about 70% of one dye in one side and 30% in the other. (Follow the other instructions on the box in terms of water temperature, etc…) I dipped each end of my scarf in one side then teeter totter it back and forth. That way each end will come out a different color and the middle will be blended.
After drying I took each end and cut little strips to add fringes.
Then I tied them in little knots.
It's a great way to stay warm against any cool breezes.
Project 6:
Now for my final beach essential- a breezy kaftan. This is EASY! It's just a giant, loose robe so follow along! MJ Trimming sent me another great dye in golden yellow.
I knew I wanted something transparent for my kaftan, so against advice I used a polyester sheer material. I knew in my dying experience that it would still dye, just very light which was fine by me. So for the record, if you use a polyester it will barely pick up the dye. I got a large pieces and folded in it half over at the head. Here it is pinned on my mannequin so you can see what I did. (notice there's no head hole yet)
I cut a slight shape out of the sides. After unfolding it, sew the sides together.
Next, fold it in half again and at the top folded corner, cut a little hole out for the head.
Now slip it over your mannequin or lay it on the floor.
Now I cut a diagonal slit across the front. I wanted the opening to be across and open at the leg.
Then I took some pins and opened it up the way I wanted it to lye on the front. Notice how it's taking shape?
Repeat that on the other side.
Then from there you can cut off the excess and sew the openings, along with the hem and it's complete! I love the way it covers and flows in the beachy wind!
For an optional belt I got two extra strips of the fabric along with some teal grosgrain from MJ Trimmings that matched my scarf perfectly. I braided them all together.
For the ends I got a small piece of grosgrain and glued them closed.
Here's the belted kaftan.
I hope you enjoyed my beach tutorials! Now you can have all these great updates to your normal summer outings gear!
I'm so grateful to MJ Trimmings for asking me to be a part of this challenge. It was such a fun, creative experience! I hope you all enjoyed it!


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Moderator: Captain Ned
MethylONE wrote:ummm, the McLaren isn't ugly!
Flying Fox wrote:Are we doing it again at f1frl.com this year? I have to admit I spent very little time last year for various reasons, and I find that I am caring less over time now.
Is it good that we should do it just to see which ugly nose car can win?
wingless wrote:I'm going to Circuit of the Americas here in Texas when F1 comes here in November. I CAN'T WAIT! I have F1 just 2 hours away from me !!!!!!
Flying Fox wrote:Same team name, same password?
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thill9 wrote:Anyone here at the USGP? It's like heaven for the motorsports enthusiast.
Captain Ned wrote:Thank you, thank you, thank you. I'm quite happy with my season, ending up 37th overall (32nd without bonuses) and the winner in our league by almost 300 points with bonuses and almost 400 points without.
We'll do this again next year.
Jigar wrote:Now kindly let us know how you did it...

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Q. Oh, Mighty Oracle :)
I was wondering if Chris has been noticed when recording videos like Fix You when he was in the back alleys and The Scientist when he was walking down the high street. I'm sure there must be people who are Coldplay fans and would want to meet him if they saw him in the street. Thanks. PS Hey from UK.
I'm intrigued by your "hey from the UK" - I'm in the UK too...
Anyway, to business.
Video shoots are normally a closed set so there's not generally people there who aren't meant to be if you know what I mean. People in videos are usually extras rather than random folk in the background too.
There are some occasions where that's not possible like the London Underground scenes in Paradise. Also Fix You as you mentioned, but that was shot at night and nobody was around.
The public are very respectful when filming is taking place and tend not to approach. Maybe they just feel it wouldn't be appropriate timing but who knows?
I do know that many people were so surprised to see Chris in an elephant suit that they didn't quite believe it was him!


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George Perkins Marsh Online Research Center
Collection Overview
The George Perkins Marsh Research Center provides access to transcriptions and images of selected letters in Marsh's correspondence. With a generous grant from the Woodstock Foundation we have transcribed over 650 letters from the University manuscript collection and from Marsh's letters located at other institutions.
Major topics in the correspondence selected for electronic publication are:
The American Civil War. The letters present the war from two perspectives: as it was experienced by those in Europe and by those in New England, particularly in Vermont. Marsh, an ardent Unionist, wrote from Italy, where there were many active Confederate sympathizers in the American expatriate community and among English residents. The view from Vermont is represented by Albert G. Peirce, a Burlington grocer, who sent Marsh detailed accounts of the war as it affected the city. Other Vermonters and Charles Eliot Norton, the Harvard luminary and an active abolitionist, also wrote of their hopes and opinions as the war progressed.
Vermont geography. Creating an accurate geographical description of the complex Vermont landscape remained a problem throughout the nineteenth century. Marsh and his brother Charles, a Woodstock, Vermont, farmer, made several attempts to measure the elevation of Vermont mountains, and Marsh kept in contact with leading geographers of the day to find more accurate instruments to measure temperature and ascertain the exact landmass of the state.
Nineteenth century sculpture. Marsh's friendship with Hiram Powers, begun when both were children on neighboring Woodstock farms, led to a correspondence in which Powers not only described the trials and tribulations of a working sculptor, but discussed his ideas about classical and contemporary works in some detail. Powers's aesthetics are most clearly expressed in his letters to Caroline Crane Marsh regarding the bust he made of her, now in the Fleming Museum at the University of Vermont. In addition, Marsh corresponded with Larkin G. Mead, then a young sculptor from Barre, who designed the statue of "Agriculture" atop the State House, and with John Norton Pomeroy of Burlington about the statue of Ethan Allen, carved in Italy under Marsh's supervision, that now stands above Allen's grave in Burlington's Green Mount Cemetery.
Nineteenth century public architecture. The rebuilding of the Vermont State House in 1857 provides a detailed picture of how American connoisseurs and architects designed public buildings. The collection contains over ninety letters by Thomas W. Silloway, the architect, to Marsh, one of the building commissioners, discussing appropriate forms for each element, as well as the politics involved in construction. These are enhanced by letters from the building superintendent, Thomas E. Powers of Woodstock, from another commissioner, Norman Williams of Woodstock, and from state legislators and private citizens caught up in what was a highly controversial undertaking.
Creation of the Smithsonian Institution. The evolution of the museum and its support for scientific expeditions and collection development are documented in the correspondence between Marsh and Spencer Fullerton Baird which began in 1847 and ended with Marsh's death in 1882. Marsh was instrumental in securing a post at the Smithsonian for Baird, who eventually became its second director and founded the Oceanographic Institute at Woods Hole, Massachusetts. The two men also worked together to increase the Smithsonian's collections and facilitate the exchange of scientific information with Italy.
In addition the letters provide information on nineteenth century domestic life, the politics surrounding Vermont's railroads, local and national social and political developments, the tangled relationships between the European powers, and other subjects of interest to educated and engaged individuals of the time.
The Center also includes the full text of contemporary publications that are related to the major topics of the letters.
Biography: When Man and Nature was published in 1864 it was immediately hailed as a major contribution to the field of physical geography. Now a classic of environmental literature, its author, George Perkins Marsh, was one of the first to recognize and described in detail the significance of human action in transforming the natural world.
Lawyer, diplomat, and scholar, Marsh, was born on March 15, 1801 at Woodstock, Vermont. In 1820 he graduated with highest honors from Dartmouth. He immediately tried teaching, but finding it distasteful, studied law with his father, Charles Marsh. Admitted to the bar in 1825, he practiced in Burlington, Vermont, where he became prominent in his profession. On April 10, 1828, he married Harriet Buell of Burlington. They had two sons; the eldest died a few days before his mother in 1833. Marsh immersed himself in the study of Icelandic and other Scandinavian languages, beginning a life long career as a philologist and linguist. Six years after his first wife's death, he married Caroline Crane of Berkley, Massachusetts. Already well known as a lawyer, business man and scholar, in 1835 he was elected to the Governor's Council. In 1843 he ran for Congress as a Whig, and during three successive terms proved himself a cogent speaker in support of a high tariff and in opposition to slavery and the Mexican War. He served on the committee that established and guided the future of the Smithsonian Institution.
In 1849 President Taylor appointed Marsh U.S. Minister to Turkey. He aided refugees from central European revolutions of 1848, and in the summer of 1852 he was sent to Athens on a special mission. He collected specimens for the Smithsonian during an intensive tour of Egypt and Palestine.
Recalled by a new administration in 1854, Marsh labored to mend his bankrupt fortunes, to act as Vermont railroad commissioner, fish commissioner, and to lead a commission formed to rebuild the Vermont State House. He lectured throughout the northeast and mid-West and taught courses on the English language at Columbia College and the Lowell Institute. Having joined and campaigned for the Republican party in 1856, he was sent by President Lincoln as the first United States minister to the new kingdom of Italy in 1861, a post he held for the remaining twenty-one years of his life. He won admirers in the Italian government and a greater reputation as a scholar by his mastery of Italian affairs and his writings on language and environmental matters. He died on July 23, 1882 at Vallombrosa, near Florence, and was buried in the Protestant cemetery in Rome.
David Lowenthal's George Perkins Marsh: Prophet of Conservation. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2000. Caroline Crane Marsh's Life and Letters of George Perkins Marsh. Vol. I. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1888. Biographical sketches can also be found in national biographical dictionaries.
Technical Information The text files were created using WordPerfect 7.0 as an SGML editor and the DTD for historical documents developed by Dr. David R. Chesnutt of the University of South Carolina and the Model Editions Partnership (MEP). The SGML publication used DynaText, a software package developed by EBT Corporation of Providence Rhode Island and granted to the University of Vermont under their educational grant program. WordPerfect 9.0 was used as the final editor and parser.The actual coding depended largely on programs James P. Tranowski wrote to process the letters. Ellen Mazur Thomson did the bulk of it, although Cheryl Morrison and several graduate students connected with the MEP project at the University of South Carolina also worked on the letters. William Hicks of Tyrone, Pennsylvania, provided additional coding of the Correspondence Lists. Aaron Shamp coded the footnotes, entered copy editing corrections, parsed and cleaned all the SGML files and entities.Paul Philbin and Marcie A. Crocker, at the Bailey/Howe Library and Hope A. Greenberg, at the Academic Computing Service served as technical advisers for the hardware and software.Original web publication came through DynaWeb, also an EBT grant program.
On November 26, 2008 The George Perkin Marsh Online Research Center was migrated from its original location http://bailey2.uvm.edu/specialcollections/gpmorc.html to its new home at the CDI. Documents were migrated from SGML to XML using openSP and XSL.
Contributors David A. Donath, the Advisory Board of Directors, and the Board of Trustees of the Woodstock Foundation provided the financial support that made this project possible. Bruce Kirby, archivist at the Smithsonian Institution Archives, and archivists at t h e Houghton Library, Harvard University, the New York Historical Society, and the Archives of American Art provided copies of Marsh correspondence in their collections for us to transcribe and publish. The Vermont Historical Society allowed us to reproduce photographs in their collection.Connell Gallagher, head of the Special Collections Department, and Dr. Elizabeth H. Dow, created the project; Dr. Dow acted as Project Director. Ellen Mazur Thomson was Project Manager.Faculty and staff members of the Special Collections Department gave us specialized and expert reference: David Blow, Ingrid Bower, Sylvia Bugbee, Karen Campbell, Sylvia Knight and Jeffrey Marshall.Dr. Robert H. Rogers of the Classics Department, transcribed and annotated many of the Greek and Latin phrases used in the letters. Dr. Ralph H. Orth translated German materials, Ellen Mazur Thomson translated those in French.Dr. Ralph H. Orth, Professor Emeritus of the University of Vermont, created the transcription protocols for the letters. He transcribed most of the Powers and Norton letters and provided notes for their correspondence with Marsh. John Thomas transcri b ed Marsh's letters to Baird and Jacob Colie transcribed the Peirce letters. Eileen N. Brown contributed notes.Ellen Mazur Thomson selected the letters, designed the [original] web pages and wrote the introductory text.
Time Period Covered: 1812-1929
Selected Published Works
Rebuilding the Vermont State House (1857-1859)
G. P. Marsh - Thomas W. Silloway Correspondence
G. P. Marsh - S. F. Baird Correspondence
State House Statues by L. G. Mead, Jr.
G. P. Marsh - C. E. Norton Correspondence
G. P. Marsh - Alfred G. Peirce Correspondence
G. P. Marsh - Hiram Powers Correspondence
Related Archival Collection(s)
George Perkins Marsh Collection
The initial collection of George Perkins Marsh Papers came to the University of Vermont through donations made by Caroline Crane Marsh in the late 1880's and has had material material added from many sources since. It now consists of eighteen cartons, with material dating from 1812 to 1929. The largest part of the collection, Marsh's own papers, have been arranged in the following order: correspondence; diaries, notebooks; printed material; and notes, lists, and miscellaneous manuscripts and memorabilia. The correspondence consists primarily of incoming letters, with some copies of outgoing correspondence. Prominent persons represented in this section include: Spencer Baird; George Bancroft; Frederick Billings; Rufus Choate; Henry Clay; Giuseppe Garibaldi; Ulysses S. Grant; Asa Gray; Arnold Guyot; Joseph Henry; Andrew Johnson; Charles C. Jewett; Justin S. Morrill; Carl Christian Rafn; and Frederick Wislizenus. Diaries date from the period 1864-82, while the notebooks range over such topics as English and foreign languages, scrapbooks, visiting lists and address books and natural history. The printed items are largely copies of Marsh's own writings, from The Camel (1856) to Man and Nature (1864). The last section consists of loose notes taken by Marsh for his writings, notecards and bibliographical lists of books in the Marsh library that Frederick Billings purchased for the University of Vermont after Marsh's death, miscellaneous manuscripts and various memorabilia such as medals, diplomatic pouches and certificates of award.
The Caroline Crane Marsh section of the collection, a gift from David Lowenthal in 1958-59, has been arranged separately at the end of the Papers, in the following order: correspondence; printed material; manuscripts of Mrs. Marsh's poetry; translations and other writings (including the unpublished Volume Two of her Life and Letters of George Perkins Marsh; and diaries from the years 1851 to 1880. See also David Lowenthal's George Perkins Marsh for a list of other manuscript collections containing Marsh material.
Published: November 26, 2008, University of Vermont, Bailey/Howe Library, Special Collections
Rights: Requests to reproduce this item should be sent to the UVM Libraries' Center for Digital Initiatives at email@example.com. For more information, see http://cdi.uvm.edu/about/rights. More information.
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Title: A machine readable version of an undated letter from GEORGE PERKINS MARSH to JOHN NORTON POMEROY.
Creator: Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882
Date: Undated
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Title: Address to the Agricultural Society of Rutland County
Creator: Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882
Date: 1847-09-30
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Title: An Act to Provide for Rebuilding the State House
Date: 1857-02-27
Resource type: government publication
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Title: Ethan Allen Monument: Committee Report, 1858
Creator: Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882; Pomeroy, John Norton
Date: 1858-09
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Title: G. P. Marsh - Alfred G. Peirce Correspondence
Resource type: letter
A Burlington businessman, Albert G. Peirce ran J. S. Peirce and Sons, a grocery and agricultural supplies store on Church Street. When the Marshes left for Italy, the family looked after their house and forwarded their mail.
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Title: G. P. Marsh - C. E. Norton Correspondence
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The friendship between Charles Eliot Norton (1827-1908), the American scholar and professor of art history at Harvard, and George Perkins Marsh began in the winter of 1860-61, while Marsh was lecturing at the Lowell Institute in Boston. When Marsh was appointed Minister to Italy, he wanted Norton, who had spent some time in Italy, appointed secretary of Legation, but the choice was not Marsh's to make. During the early period of the correspondence, Norton co-edited the North American Review(1864-1868) and helped E.L. Godkin to found the Nation (1865). Norton was also a committed abolitionist and the conduct of the Civil War figures prominently in many of the letters. In the summer of 1868 Norton returned to Europe with his family and visited the Marshes. Marsh helped Norton obtain material for Norton's prose translation of Dante's Divine Comedy (1891-92). The correspondence continued intermittedly until Marsh's death in 1882. At that time Caroline Crane Marsh asked Norton to return her husband's letters for a projected biography. In consequence, most of the correspondence is now in the Marsh Collection at the University of Vermont; the remainder is part of the Norton Papers at the Houghton Library at Harvard University.
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Title: G. P. Marsh - Hiram Powers Correspondence
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George Perkins Marsh and Hiram Powers (1805-1873), the most famous American sculptor of the nineteenth century, had been boyhood friends in Woodstock, Vermont. They lost touch when the Powers family moved to Cincinnati but resumed contact in 1847 when Marsh and a former governor of Vermont, Charles Paine, wrote to Powers about commissions for the Vermont State House. By this time Powers was an established sculptor in Florence, where he had emigrated in 1837. The two men renewed their relationship after Marsh visited Italy in 1849 en route to his diplomatic post in Constantinople, and maintained close personal ties until Powers' death in 1873.Powers began his artistic career in Cincinnati, excelling in portrait busts. A wealthy benefactor financed several trips to Washington, where he made portraits of President Andrew Jackson, Chief Justice John Marshall, and other statesmen that were highly praised. When he moved to Italy with his family, he continued with portraiture as well as full length figures taken from history and myth. His "Greek Slave" (1841) was undoubtedly his most famous work. A standing figure of a nude woman in shackles, done in the Neo-classical tradition of the day, it inspired both praise and condemnation and established his international reputation.Powers had a long and bitter relationship with members of Congressional committees who selected work for the new U.S. Capitol. This and other commissions are fully discussed in his correspondence with Marsh. The two men also shared an interest in Classical sculpture. Powers' letters describe in some detail the thinking that underlay his approach to art.In addition to artistic matters, Powers and Marsh wrote frequently about the Civil War, its personalities, conduct, and significance. The letters also contain descriptions of the Powers family and of their circle of friends, including Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Also figuring in the correspondence are Caroline Crane Marsh, Marsh's wife, and George Ozias Marsh, his son, as well as Longworth Powers, Powers' son.The letters in this collection date from 1847 to 1871. They are housed in the Marsh Collection at the Special Collections Department, Bailey-Howe Library, University of Vermont; the Powers Papers at the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, and the New-York Historical Society.
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A leading 19th century authority on North American wildlife, Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823-1887) is now remembered as a science administrator. He was the first director of the United States National Museum, second secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and founder of the U.S. Fish Commission, the forerunner of the Oceanographic Institute at Woods Hole, Massachusetts. He placed naturalists on all major government-sponsored expeditions, and created an international network of scientific exchange for the United States.Baird met Marsh through his wife, Mary Churchill Baird, who had known the Marshes when she was a schoolgirl in Burlington. Baird and Marsh shared many professional interests, worked hard to further each other's careers, and corresponded regularly from 1847 until Marsh's death 35 years later. As a member of the governing Board of Regents, Marsh recommended Baird for the position of assistant secretary at the Smithsonian, collected specimens for him during his term as U.S. Minister to Turkey, and furthered connections between the Smithsonian and learned societies in Italy and elsewhere. Most of Marsh's letters are housed at the Archives of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC while Baird's letters are part of the Marsh Collection in the Special Collections Department, at the University of Vermont. Biographical information can be found in William H. Dall, Spencer Fullerton Baird. A Biography. (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1915) and E. F. Rivinus and E. M. Youssef, Spencer Baird of the Smithsonian. (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1992).
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Taming the fire uplifts the spirit
22 Feb 2013 00:00 | Tim James
But I was reminded recently that fine brandy at its smoothly elegant best, it's fierceness transmuted into delicately flickering fire, is approachable even by lesser beings.
A heroic income is needed, however, for one that I was privileged to sample recently. What's more, seeing that the mere 107 bottles made of Au.Ra have gone, you would need to put up a Herculean fight for it too. Forgive the R15 000 price and the pretentiousness of the name (and enjoy the beauty of the hand-blown decanter Au.Ra was sold in) because this is the oldest South African brandy ever marketed. Its five components have been smouldering away in darkness since being put in cask 30 to 40 years ago.
I had my tot of this splendid spirit (undeservedly, being neither heroic nor rich) at Distell's venerable Van Ryn distillery at Vlottenburg on the outskirts of Stellenbosch.
It's a fascinating, atmospheric place to visit, by the way, with its burnished copper distilling kettles, dials and meandering pipes and the headily scented stores of innumerable barrels of maturing brandy.
Master distiller Brink Liebenberg had undertaken to show me in the pleasantest possible way some of the differences between French cognac and South African brandy.
National traditions of distilling and blending can be significant, as much as differences in climates and soils, so that an expert can often tell whether a brandy is Portuguese, Spanish, French or whatever.
South African brandy-making techniques are close in many ways to the French (and highly regulated), one of the more obvious differences being the timing of the crucial art of blending — harmonising different barrels, often different types of brandy, from different vineyards and grape varieties.
The French do this, it seems, all the way along the maturation process, whereas South African brandies rest unmolested for at least three years — much longer for the most vaunted ones.
The international reputation of South African brandy is very high, with both KWV and Distell (with its brands such as Oude Meester and Van Ryn) performing remarkably well in competitions. Both are accustomed to achieving the Worldwide Best Brandy title at the International Wine and Spirit Competition, for example.
My favourite brandy of that little tasting won the only double gold medal awarded at the 2011 New York International Spirits Competition. Called Souverein, it's a beautifully packaged, elegantly refined 18-year-old brandy that was only fairly recently developed (it can take years to get the components just right, apparently) to head the Oude Meester range.
It's hardly cheap at more than R700 a bottle but, in fact, the value is remarkable. A wino like myself can note local wines costing that much these days and with sometimes less claim to excellence — not to mention not allowing for lingering pleasure over months (if Souverein could be resisted that long once opened). Tasting it alongside Hennessey XO cognac, at R1 650 a bottle, only reinforces the sense of a bargain.
So I left that experience somewhat thoughtfully. Even the car park at Vlottenburg has its charm, with seductive aromatic wafts from the cooperage alongside, where they toast and shape into barrels the oak brought from French forests to cosset South African brandy to such happy effect.
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Myanmar's Central Bank Heads for the Cloud
Myanmar's central bank is headed for the cloud.
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After decades of performing the bulk of the Central Bank of Myanmar's work longhand, a trio of Japanese companies are pushing the institution to the technological cutting edge. The three companies — Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd Fujitsu Limited and KDDI — collaborated to build the Southeast Asian country its first Internet-linked computing platform in an attempt to help the central bank's antiquated systems keep pace with Myanmar's rapid change.
Myanmar has ushered in a raft of reforms over the last 18 months in a move to breathe new economic life into the country left impoverished and stuck in time after decades of military rule ended two years ago. One of the key challenges is to modernize Myanmar's aging systems. The wide-ranging and extensive menu includes its power grid and sewage system as well as a need to bolster its financial institutions.
The central bank's painstaking method of performing most of its complex operations by hand was a headache in the making. In stepped Japan Inc.
"This new computing environment paves the way to build an ICT (information and communication technology) infrastructure that is indispensable for the modernization of Myanmar's financial system and represents an important milestone toward the establishment of a stock exchange," said Takashi Fukai, President of Daiwa Institute of Research, in a statement released Tuesday. The Tokyo Stock Exchange and the research arm of Daiwa Securities Group signed an agreement with Myanmar in May to help it establish a securities exchange.
Eager to grab a slice of what could be Asia's last frontier, Japanese companies have charged into Myanmar, pushing its technological expertise to edge out a growing field of global competitors. Japanese technology firms see the country as a clean slate, offering tremendous potential for the type of growth missing in the domestic market.
The central bank's new private cloud computing system, essentially computers running applications such as word processing and spreadsheets over the Internet, will raise the institution's efficiency and strengthen its information security. Each of the companies provided a different part of the system. Daiwa designed and built the platform, Fujitsu provided the servers and personal computers, and KDDI crafted and constructed the bank's communications infrastructure, the companies said in a joint statement. The bank is currently outfitted with 150 terminals. The system also includes capabilities to deal with the country's patchy power problems.


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"Not just for me, but for everyone."
Haralson's father and coach, Jeff Haralson looked on with pride.
"It's beyond belief for us, as both a father and a coach," Jeff said. "As a coach, I've had two guys go on to play college ball. We were able to get them tryouts and they were able to play. But Crowder actually pursued Bryant, and the fact that he's mine just adds to that."
Bryant has signed primarily as a pitcher, where he hopes to hone his skills throughout Crowder's two-year program — which finished the 2012 season with a 44-17 record, advanced to the Regional 16 championship game and also earned a berth in the 2010 NJCAA World Series. Bryant is young for his age, having started school a year early.
"I'm excited Crowder has given me the opportunity to play ball for them," he said. "I'll hopeful get to work on improving my pitching. After two years at Crowder, I want to go on to a four-year college and hopefully play for the Hogs.
"Mentally, I want to get more developed — knowing how to play to the game, when to throw what kind of ball. After four years, if God is willing, I'll be able to play in the big leagues."
Those are big dreams from such a small town, but Bryant can back it up. With 166 strikeouts last year, he ranked second in the nation from the mound. He throws an 89 mph fastball, but Jeff said it's his slider that intrigued the colleges.
"It's his breaking ball," Jeff explained. "He can throw a 12-6 slider. That's the the thing that's going to help him in his career — the fact that he spins it so well."
It's also what many coaches refer to as "intangibles" that garnered Bryant collegiate attention.
"He does a lot by the way he plays. He talks to the younger guys and helps them with certain things they are doing," Jeff said.
Bryant said his family played a key role both in him being able to play college baseball and the decision where to attend college and play baseball.
Crowder University is located in Neosho, Mo. — far enough from his family to spread his wings, but not far enough to inconvenience them when they come to watch him play.
"Crowder was a good fit for me. It's three hours away, and I didn't want the drive for my parents to be horrible," he said.
And according to Bryant, everything he learned about baseball he learned from his father.
"When I do something wrong, people always assume that I get it so much worse than the other kids," Bryant said. "Well, I do. I get it there and then I get it at home, but he does that to everyone because he wants them to succeed.
"I like my dad being my coach. He cares about every single person on the team, and I wouldn't be where I am today without him."
After signing his letter of intent in front of his school and family, Bryant stood before the crowd with a smile on his face.
"I'm thankful," he said. "That's all I am. I'm thankful to everyone."


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(NNPA)—"I am not anxious to be the loudest voice or the most popular. But I would like to think that at a crucial moment, I was an effective voice of the voiceless, an effective hope of the hopeless." —Whitney M. Young Jr.
Most students of civil rights history know that 2013 marks the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation and the 50th anniversary of the historic 1963 March on Washington. But this year also marks the 50th anniversary of the signature newspaper column of the National Urban League. This very column, "To Be Equal," was started in 1963 as "the Voice of Black America" by one of the civil rights movement's most effective, if lesser known champions, former National Urban League President, Whitney M. Young Jr.
At the height of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, Whitney Young took the fight for equal opportunity from the pulpits and street corners to the boardrooms and corner offices of corporate America. Forging allies from Wall Street to the Oval Office, Whitney Young's battle for economic justice and inclusion laid the foundation for an upwardly mobile Black middle class that is still rising today.
While those of us in the Urban League family have always celebrated the unique role Whitney Young played in the movement, his story has rarely been told to a national audience—until now. On Feb. 18, America got a rare in-depth look at the extraordinary life of Whitney Young through an hour-long documentary, "The Powerbroker: Whitney Young's Fight for Civil Rights" premiers on PBS (check your local listing for repeat showings). Years in the making, the film, made possible by Emmy Award executive producer, and Whitney Young's niece, Bonnie Boswell Hamilton, traces Young's journey from his segregated childhood in 1920's rural Kentucky to his national prominence as president of the National Urban League from 1961-71. The film features rare archival footage and interviews with such luminaries as Vernon Jordan, Henry Louis Gates, Dorothy Height, John Hope Franklin and Ossie Davis.


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Right-hander Correia traded to Dodgers
Twins will receive player to be named or cash; Milone being called up
By Rhett Bollinger / MLB.com
OAKLAND -- The Twins traded right-hander Kevin Correia to the Dodgers for a player to be named or cash considerations, the club announced after Saturday's 9-4 loss to the A's.
Additionally, the Twins announced left-hander Tommy Milone will be recalled from Triple-A Rochester to take Correia's spot in the rotation to start against the Astros on Monday.
Correia, 33, went 5-13 with a 4.94 ERA in 23 starts with the Twins this season. The right-hander struck out 61, walked 32 and allowed 13 homers in 129 1/3 innings, while registering 13 quality starts. It marked the first time in Correia's 12-year career that he was traded.
"It's always tough leaving guys who you played with for a while because they become friends of yours but it's nice to go somewhere and play some important baseball games at the end of the year," Correia said. "It's exciting."
Correia, a San Diego native, will get the chance to play near his hometown for a club leading the National League West. He's expected to give the Dodgers rotation depth and could also be used in long relief.
Correia joined the Twins on a two-year, $10 million deal before last season. He was the club's most consistent starter last year, posting a 4.18 ERA in 31 starts.
"He was nothing but a pleasure," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "Last year, he was our best and most consistent pitcher. This year, I know he had some ups and downs but he always seemed to give us a chance. He was a great guy in the clubhouse and always a pleasure to be around."
Correia said he had no hard feelings about the trade and said he enjoyed his time with the Twins despite their struggles during his tenure in Minnesota.
"I enjoyed every minute of it," Correia said. "The guys on the team and the coaching staff, everyone was great. I wish we would've won more games, obviously. But besides that, I couldn't have enjoyed my time in Minnesota any more."
Milone, meanwhile, was acquired by the Twins from the A's for outfielder Sam Fuld on July 31. The left-hander had a 3.55 ERA in 16 starts with the A's this season and has a career 3.84 ERA in parts of four seasons in the Majors.
The 27-year-old was assigned to Triple-A Rochester after the trade, and made one start there on Tuesday, giving up just one run over seven innings.
"He's a guy who knows how to pitch in the big leagues and has a good track record," Gardenhire said. "We're excited to have him up here. He pitched well in his start at Triple-A."
Rhett Bollinger is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Bollinger Beat, and follow him on Twitter @RhettBollinger. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke is featured on the cover of the latest issue of Japanese magazine HUGE. For their 'Walkin' in Hyde Park' spread, the singer and songwriter was wearing the latest Undercover collection by Jun Takahashi. We like the mood of the spread and the very natural and unpretentious nature.
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I'm not sure. I don't know that the robot has all the, er, peripherals that the human males have. Although, the robot does engage in insipid small talk long enough to ask for for beer money. Still there are certain upsides, like the bot apparently stores the beer it "consumes," which could be consumed again by a human (as nasty as that sounds).


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Civil Rights Game memorable for Banks
Hall of Famer threw out ceremonial first pitch in Cincinnati
By John Schlegel / MLB.com
But the delivery he made Saturday night in the moments before the start of the Gillette Civil Rights Game at Great American Ball Park stands out for one of the game's great ambassadors, thanks to the surroundings -- and the guests of honor.
Hall of Famer Willie Mays, tennis legend Billie Jean King and entertainer/activist Harry Belafonte were honored with MLB Beacon Awards in the pregame ceremony, and among the thousands of interested observers was a certain Hall of Fame shortstop wearing a Cubs jersey.
"It's just wonderful," Banks said. "To be at the Civil Rights Game and to meet Harry Belafonte and see Willie Mays, and be around him and Hank Aaron, all the great people I played with and against, it's just been wonderful just to hear them talk about their experiences in life and with civil rights."
The on-field ceremony that preceded Banks' first pitch mirrored for the fans gathered at the ballpark much of what was on display at the MLB Beacon Awards luncheon earlier in the day. There, Mays was presented the Beacon of Life Award, King the Beacon of Change Award and Belafonte the Beacon of Hope Award.
Reds broadcaster Marty Brennaman emceed the on-field ceremony, which began in earnest when each of the Beacon Award winners was driven in from center field to the home-plate area to the ceremony stage, and Brennaman spoke for many in Cincinnati when he mentioned how much the game has meant to the city and the ballclub.
"We could not be prouder than to take part in this major jewel event for Major League Baseball the last two years," Brennaman said.
As part of the introductions, four local men who played in the Negro Leagues were recognized -- Charles "Whip" Davis, Ron "Bunny" Warren, Don "Groundhog" Johnson and Tom "High Pockets" Turner. Chuck Harmon, the first African-American to play for the Reds, also was acknowledged -- and further honored as fans were given a commemorative Harmon road jersey coming through the gates.
Hall of Famers Frank Robinson -- who received a big ovation in his first Major League home -- Hank Aaron and Banks received recognition as well.
Following video tributes to Rachel Robinson, widow of pioneer Jackie Robinson, and the late Lena Horne was an acknowledgment of the four college students who staged a sit-in at a Greensboro, N.C., Woolworth lunch counter in 1960.
Roberta Flack did her own soulful rendition of John Lennon's "Imagine" before each of the Beacon Awards winners was introduced to the crowd. An honor guard that represented all five branches of the U.S. military took the field as Jeffrey Osborne sang the national anthem.
And it all culminated with Brandon Phillips receiving a softball first pitch from Banks, much to the delight of the crowd -- and Banks himself.
Aside from seeing Mays, Banks said he enjoyed spending time with Belafonte and talking about the entertainer's close association with Dr. Martin Luther King, and talking with Billie Jean King about her efforts for gender equality, including her role in helping Title IX come about.
"I've learned a lot being here at this event," Banks said. "I'm happy to have been a part of it and I'd like to come back to it."
John Schlegel is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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BOMA project recognized by UN
"These activities are beacons of hope," said Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. "They highlight some of the most practical, scalable and replicable examples of what people, businesses, governments and industries are doing to tackle climate change."
Climate change is creating longer droughts every year in Northern Kenya and is endangering a culture that has long depended on raising livestock for survival. BOMA's work, to develop alternative means of income for some of the poorest people in the world, is crucial.
"With income and savings from a BOMA business, women can feed their families, pay for school fees and doctors, cope with emergencies and survive drought," says BOMA founder Kathleen Colson. "We teach women new skills and help families to 'graduate' from extreme poverty, so they can adapt to a changing climate and pave the way for a generation of change."
BOMA was awarded under the "Women for Results" category, which honors activities that demonstrate the leadership and participation of women in addressing climate change. Women for Results is funded by the Rockefeller Foundation.
The 17 Lighthouse winners were selected by a UN advisory panel from 252 applicants in 2013, and include a women-led climate campaign in Australia, a project that builds bamboo bicycles in Ghana, and climate-smart housing in Mexico. BOMA is one of seven Africa-based projects and the only project implemented solely in East Africa.
BOMA's cornerstone program, the Rural Entrepreneur Access Project (REAP), targets women living in extreme poverty in rural villages and enrolls them in a two-year poverty graduation program that offers a cash grant (start-up capital), sustained training in business skills and savings, and hands-on mentoring by a trained, local BOMA Village Mentor.
To date, BOMA has launched 1,681 businesses and 208 savings associations across Northern Kenya, helping 5,571 adults who support more than 27,000 children.
For more information on The BOMA Project, go to: bomaproject.org
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Free acupuncture available to veterans
Durango Acupuncture Alliance will offer a donation-based veterans clinic from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Durango Veterans of Foreign Wars, 1550 Main Ave.
This free clinic will be open to veterans, active duty military and their families.
For more information, visit www.durangoacupuncturealliance.org.
Residents asked to take health surveys
Bighorn Leadership Fellows in Southwest Colorado are soliciting comments about school-based health centers and advance medical directives through online surveys.
For more information and to take two surveys, visit Durango School District 9-Rs page at www.facebook.com/Durango9R, and authorize the Bighorn App. The app will request age, gender and ZIP code. The surveys will take two minutes.
School-based health centers help about 60 students every day. Advance medical directives help families know what to do when a loved one has been injured by an accident or another tragedy.
For more information, visit www.engagedpublic.com. For more information about the app, email firstname.lastname@example.com or call 426-9115.
Allergy presentation Tuesday at library
Advanced Allergy Relief Center of the Southwest will present Resolving Airborne Allergies and Chronic Sinusitis at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in Program Room 2 of Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave.
Caleb Gates, licensed acupuncturist, will discuss how symptoms from chronic sinusitis and food allergies can be resolved.
For more information, call 259-9488 or visit www.allergyreliefbeyondbelief.com.
Thrive series lecture set for March 13
The Healthy Living to 100 lecture will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. March 13 at Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave., as part of the Thrive Lecture Series.
Dr. Trapper Niccum will teach weekend warriors how to apply the techniques he uses with pro athletes. He will talk about how people are living longer and with a better quality of life.
For more information, visit www.durangopubliclibrary.org.
Herald Staff


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Photographer's Note
Note: This image was taken on a very rainy walk out of Grassmere. Wearing full rain gear the small Olympus was tucked just inside the zip of my raincoat. I would bring it out to take images, hand held, from time to time when the rain eased. I was constantly wiping rain drops off the UV filter with my handkerchief. Occasionally I managed to get an image with no drops.
"Easedale Tarn is a tarn in the centre of the English Lake District, about two miles west of the village of Grasmere. It lies in a hollow between Tarn Crag to the north and Blea Rigg to the south, about 910 feet or 280 metres above sea level. The hollow was formed by a small corrie glacier, and is believed to have filled with water around 11,000 years ago when the ice finished melting.
Easedale Tarn is one of the larger tarns in the district, about 480 metres long and 300 metres wide. Its outflow is Sourmilk Gill, named after the milky white colour of its waterfalls, which runs east towards Grasmere. The gill displays impressive water scenery when seen from Grasmere, and from the path to the tarn.
The tarn is a popular destination for walkers. Many people climb the path from Grasmere ..."http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easedale_Tarn
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krzychu30 (15512) 2013-11-09 5:42
Hello Trevor,
that´s really magnificent!
I mean both the landscape as well as your treatment.
The combination of grey and green shades is just superb!
I think it´s even better you had a rainy weather(even if it sounds mean from me:)
It creates the mood of the scene!
Have a nice weekend
snunney (115427) 2013-11-09 5:43
Hello Trevor,
This is the sort of image that shows that good photographers can take excellent pictures in the worst of weather. The muddy track makes a fine lead line, drawing the viewer into the scene. The threatening and evident rainy conditions create a dramatic atmosphere. The image image has good saturated colours and first class clarity.
dta (87629) 2013-11-09 5:48
Hello Trevor ,
What a gorgeous capture ! The composition is perfect , and the adramtic atmosphere so amazing by this cloudy rainy day .
We can see here that it is possibel to take a great picture in such bad conditions .
holmertz (66244) 2013-11-09 7:15
Hello Trevor,
Basically there are two colours here: grey and green. But there are so many shades of each colour, and the scenery is so varied, that it doesn't get boring even for a second watching this. This might be a great place for long walks even when it's not raining, although I believe that the rain had something to do with the superb green tones.
cargus (11179) 2013-11-09 7:23
Beautiful landscape, beautiful colors, well framed and rendered, image well done.!
SnapRJW (31629) 2013-11-10 1:03
Hi Trevor - Your wet walk and persistence with your camera resulted in a fine shot which should encourage us all to battle the elements in search of beauty! This is moody and evocative. I love the rich greens and the way the stone wall leads us through the scene. Nice work! Warm regards Rosemary
Hanssie (10886) 2013-11-10 2:57
WOW, like a painting.
Love the green, it's a very, very
inviting photo......
janneman (3321) 2013-11-10 4:39
A picturesque composition. The weather was perfect for this photo at this spot.
The greens are marvelous.
Regards, Jan
Romano46 (18472) 2013-11-11 3:37
Ciao Trevor
mi piace moltissimo la bella serie di verdi che dominano la scena con le loro numerose sfumature.
Lo stesso fondale grigio fa da ottimo complemento e si riflette anche nell'acqua presente sul terreno.
Il muro disegna una splendisa curva e rende la composizione perfetta.
Una eccellente ripresa ed una altrettanto squisita postproduzione.
Complimenti ancora una volta
Ciao e buon inizio di settimana
Royaldevon (49800) 2013-11-14 12:30
Hello Trevor,
I have always maintained that the Lake District is beautiful no matter what the weather!
I have walked to Easdale Tarn but have the feeling that we went in the opposite direction.
You have used the track very successfully to guide us to a strong vanishing point, ensuring that we have opportunity to enjoy the details of the stone walls and barn, and the wider expanse of the hills and crags.
The grey sky is not detrimental, it provides a mood and explains the condition of the path! The grass has an eye-catching lustre.
My warm regards,
Bev :-)
npecanhuk (79319) 2013-11-16 5:09
Hi Trevor!
Beautiful and peaceful-looking landscape!
Attractive and pleasant-looking picture here too!
Here, I also miss a bit more sharpness (I didn't mention this in my other comment), but I do enjoy the management of difficult light, colors, chosen pov, composition, horizontal format and black & white borders!
TFS - congrats,
Photo Information
- Copyright: Trevor Moffiet (trevormoffiet) (3112)
- Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2013-06-14
- Categories: Nature
- Camera: Olympus OMD EM5, Olympus M Zuiko 12-50mm 1:3.5-6.3
- Exposure: f/5.6, 1/160 seconds
- Photo Version: Original Version
- Travelogue: United Kingdom
- Date Submitted: 2013-11-09 5:16
- Favorites: 1 [view]
- To npecanhuk: Sharpness (1)
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I've refused requests from the FBI et. al for email pertaining to real crimes not just some ego wanking of some perl people....email shouldn't be treated so lightly and be posted so publicly without consent.
Besides, weren't you the guy who couldn't take a joke and whined on about how unappreciated you are recently? I'll bet there are a few similar emails from you floating around the net just waiting to surface with your name on them. Noone around here is innocent, which is why it's stupid, unentertaining


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music sounds fine. Side and rear cameras on my motorhome work only when they feel like it. GPS settings are impossible for an owner to figure out without an electronics PHD. Manual is worthless unless your a service tech. Your better off using your phone GPS, and mirrors or lookouts backing up. Unit was installed by professional audio shop for the dealership I purchased motorhome from. In GPS mode screen is to dark to see and no way Ive found to make it brighter. Nothing in the manual gave easy instructions. For something that simple, why not just an up/down button like the volume to adjust the briteness ?
Pros: nice size. sounds good
Cons: cameras using it are totally unreliable. May work one hour and not the next. No easy way to set GPS display settings like screen brightness. Mine is too dark to see and spent 3 hours trying to get it lighter.. Will never buy a non factory in dash GPS unit for a vehicle ever again, especially Alpine.


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Damon named AL Player of the Week
Week highlighted by sweep of ex-teammates at Fenway
By Dawn Klemish / MLB.com
"That's what we've seen him do on the other side of the field for so many years," Yankees manager Joe Torre said. "He just rises to the occasion."
In fact, the center fielder rose to more than one occasion this week, torching his former team for two home runs, three doubles, a triple and eight RBIs and hitting .435 (10-for-26) as New York swept Boston in five games to take a commanding 6 1/2-game division lead over its American League East foe.
Perhaps the storied rivalry inspired him, but the 32-year-old Damon was just as strong at the beginning of the week as he was at the end. During the week ending Aug. 20, he hit .390 (16-for-41) with four doubles, two triples, four home runs and 12 RBIs, collected 36 total bases and bragged a slugging percentage of .878. For his efforts, he received American League Player of the Week honors, as presented by Bank of America.
Through it all, Damon remained humble.
"The fans are letting us know what's going on," he said Tuesday, after going 2-for-3 with a triple and a home run in a 6-3 win over Baltimore. "Any time you hear them start applauding, you know something good just happened."
It's a noise that's been ringing in his ears all week.
On Thursday, Damon went 3-for-4 with a homer against the Orioles. On Friday, he one-upped himself, going 3-for-6 with a triple, a homer, four RBIs and three runs scored in a day-night doubleheader at Fenway Park that opened a five-game series against the team which he led to a World Series in 2004.
"It's always great when you can go back home where you've established yourself and play a great game," Yankees first baseman Jason Giambi said of Damon. "He had a lot of great memories, and he'd be the first one to tell you that. He's the one that broke us through."
But he harbored no soft spot in his heart for the Red Sox. Largely because of Damon's offense this week, New York became the first team in history to score 12 or more runs against the Red Sox at Fenway Park in three straight games. The Yankees defeated Boston 12-4, 14-11 and 13-5 during that time.
Although Boston slugger David Ortiz couldn't echo Damon's "this feels pretty good" sentiments, Ortiz said if anyone were to dominate an opposing team's pitchers, it'd be Damon.
"That's not a surprise. That's all he did when he was here," he said. "I'm not surprised."
Damon, who's hitting .296 (137-for-463) with 20 home runs, 67 RBIs and 22 stolen bases this year, is the second Yankee to win Player of the Week accolades this season. Giambi took them home April 16.
Also considered for the award this week were the Yankees' Bobby Abreu (.483 batting average, four doubles, thee RBIs, 10 walks) and Robinson Cano (.306, three doubles, two homers, 13 RBIs) and Angels outfielder Vladimir Guerrero (.407, three doubles, one home run, nine RBIs).
Twins pitcher Johan Santana (2-0, 0.60 ERA, 15 IP, 14K), Blue Jays pitcher Roy Halladay (2-0, 2.57 ERA, 14 IP, 5K) and White Sox pitcher Jon Garland (2-0, 0.61 ERA, 14 2/3 IP, 10K) were also in contention.
Dawn Klemish is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


text: blog posts"War on Terror" ends in England. Will U.S. stay the course?Dec 13, 2006 1:45 pm by email@example.com on FacebookTweetEmail The British government has decided to drop the phrase "war on terror" from its official vocabulary list. Prime Minister Tony Blair hasn't said "war on terror" since June, and the Foreign Office has told cabinet ministers to find a way to deal with terrorism both at home and in the Middle East without further alienating the growing body of disaffected British Muslims, not to mention the entire Islamic world (apparently the British war on terror never targeted the IRA). Responding to Britain's rhetorical draw down, a spokesman for the U.S. State Department insisted that the war on terror, a trademark of the George W. Bush presidency, remains alive and well: "It's the president's phrase, and that's good enough for us." But it's not good enough for Donald Rumsfeld. Before leaving office, the Secretary of Defense bluntly repudiated the phrase: "It is not a war on terror." On hearing this, the president stamped his feet and retorted, "It is too," a comment that White House Press Secretary Tony Snow later denied. As Secretary of Defense, Rumsfeld always maintained a tough and warlike image. He once said, "You get a lot more with a kind word and a gun than you do with a kind word alone," and he insisted on many occasions that "Iraq is really one of the battle grounds in the global war on terror." But on Pearl Harbor Day, the infamous Rumsfeld told interviewer Cal Thomas that that he had never supported the president's definition: "I don't think I would have called it the war on terror." Rumsfeld admitted that when he unexpectedly lost his job at the Pentagon, he discovered one of those "unknown unknowns," a truth that he didn't know and didn't know he didn't know. He suddenly realized that calling our efforts in Iraq a war on terror "creates a level of expectation of victory. . . . It isn't going to happen that way." Since the going was getting tough, Rumsfeld did what the tough do: he cut and ran. While it may seem odd that a Secretary of Defense initially misunderstood the connotations of a word like war – after all, the Secretary of Defense used to be called the Secretary of War – even Pres. Bush may be starting to see that catchy slogans can't always shape reality or hide it from others. In a tacit acknowledgment that the war's end, like the horizon, keeps receding, last November the president retired his signature foreign policy initiative, "stay the course," though the retraction came too late to influence the midterm elections. The once-popular Tony Blair is also on his way out, and that might have influenced his own attempt to redefine reality. But despite the Senate testimony of incoming Defense Secretary Bob Gates that the U.S. is not winning in Iraq, Pres. Bush continues to insist on defining the war on terror as well as fighting it. After all, winning isn't everything, and Gates did tell Congress that we weren't losing, either. stats1,077 Views 0 Comments additional actions Add CommentShare on FacebookTweetEmail


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Foods to Try in Hawaii
Top 10 Tastes to Tackle in Hawaii
It was the surf and sand that drew me to Hawaii, but one year and two trips later, I can say for sure that it's the food that's gotten me hooked. Sure, New York, San Francisco, New Orleans, and other metropolitan cities are notable dining destinations, but for an entirely enlightening cultural experience, take a trip outside the continental US to visit America's 50th state.
Abundant natural resources and a rich history of Polynesian, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese, and Korean settlers makes Hawaiian food one of the most intriguing cuisines in the world. It's an unlikely mishmash of Portuguese baked goods, Korean barbecued meats, and all-American picnic favorites, which guarantees dining in the islands will never be dull. Here are a few of the state's most iconic bites.


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Is your small business growing fast? Are your marketing efforts working well to attract new customers? Do you have operational challenges now that your business is bigger than it was before? All small business owners want to grow their business, but this comes with additional challenges, and if they are unanticipated it could lead to diminishing returns.
Managing the growth of your small business is equally important to actually achieving the increase in customers and sales. The operating model of your business before it grew may not be adequate now that it has grown bigger. More customers and more sales are a good thing, but only if you can manage it correctly. If you outgrow your capacity to serve your customers, keep up with new orders, and maintain your levels of service, operational changes need to be made. Anticipating this in advance is a key component to continued business growth.
Planning for growth is the first step in the process. Projecting your business growth in the future allows you to better plan what will be needed to accommodate a larger business. This could include things like adding human resources, the expansion of physical space, developing new processes and procedures, or upgrading your information technology.
Put your customers first. They are the ones who have allowed you to achieve your business growth. Look for ways to automate your operating procedures and continue to innovate. Growing your small business is great, but only if you can manage that growth.


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In the documentary "Particle Fever," Stanford's Savas Dimopoulos muses, "Why do humans do science? Why do they do art? The things that are least important for our survival are the very things that make us human." One of six particle physicists ready for their close up in "Particle Fever," Dimopoulos sums up the basic instincts behind this work of film art that records a pivotal moment in scientific advancement.
Physicist turned filmmaker Mark Levinson gets (and thrillingly shares) VIP access to that moment, as those physicists rev up CERN's Large Hadron Collider to reproduce the conditions just after the Big Bang. Or as David Kaplan of Johns Hopkins University (also a producer on the film) half-jokes, that's what they're telling people. The real reason for the experiments is "trying to understand the basic laws of nature," a goal with no military or commercial application but epochal implications for human knowledge.
Levinson has chosen articulate spokespeople in Dimopoulos, Kaplan, Harvard's Nima Arkani-Hamed, Italy's Fabiola Gianotti, CERN's Martin Aleksa, "Beam Operation Leader" Mike Lamont, and post-doc Monica Dunford. Covering the period between 2007 and 2012, Levinson's film pulls from over 500 hours of footage assembled by legendary editor Walter Murch ("The Conversation," "The English Patient"), a three-time Oscar winner, as it observes CERN's search for the Higgs particle, the center of the standard model of elementary particles.
The spectacularly epic machinery itself makes for a great visual -- especially true of the five-story open ATLAS Detector used to collect massive amounts of data (Joss Whedon seemed to be visually alluding to it in the opening scenes of "The Avengers") -- and the film occasionally spins off into animated montage to illustrate a point.
But the drama is on a human scale: The film efficiently reminds us of how CERN had to play politics, dispel hysterical fears, weather a media frenzy and present its results under intense public scrutiny. On the brighter side, this is a tremendous international success story, made possible by transcending borders and partisanship.
In a way, that's also true of the two types of particle physicists shown in the documentary -- experimentalists and theorists -- who are given thrilling reason to work side by side. As we learn about each school's competing theories -- super symmetry versus the multiverse -- tension mounts. Should a winner be declared, the "losing" theorists risk having "wasted" decades intellectually pursuing wild geese down blind alleys.
If the film disappoints, it only does so by not being yet more rigorous in its scientific detail. With six scientists to meet, so much territory to cover, and suspense to build on top of it all, "Particle Fever" inevitably feels as if it's just skimming the surface of a fascinating subject. Still, even a science dunce will walk away with a basic understanding of the project and a strong impression of the community around this important research. Better yet, here is a film about the idealistic pursuit of knowledge: something we should all be able to agree upon admiring.


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United Cerebral Palsy Association celebrates 50th telethon
PITTSFIELD -- Brenda Curry was once the tote board girl for United Cerebral Palsy Association of Berkshire County's annual telethon.
As a 10-year-old, Curry, formerly Brenda Fitzpatrick, flipped the number cards to indicate the latest amount that had been raised during the 1983 local telecast from the Berkshire Hilton, now The Crowne Plaza.
"I felt like a movie star," recalled the Pittsfield native, who's now married with two children.
In addition, Curry's parents, Arthur "Bud" and Karen Fitzpatrick, participated over the years in the UCP telethon because their son Brian, now 39, has cerebral palsy.
"My father would provide technical help, my mother would man the phone banks and my brother appeared many times [on camera]," said Curry, a current 12-year member of the UCP board of directors.
Curry and her father are also former board presidents.
The family involvement is typical of the Berkshire County's UCP telethon, which will mark its 50th anniversary on Sunday, according to UCP Executive Director Christine Singer.
The fundraiser from The Crowne Plaza ballroom is scheduled from 1-5 p.m and will be broadcast from North Adams to Sheffield.
Singer explained how her agency focuses on the entire family of individuals with all types of disabilities.
"In 2012, we helped 1,890 families," she said. "We've also been able to stay level-funded, which in this economy is pretty good."
UCP has an annual operating budget of $2.5 million.
This year's telethon goal of $35,000 is the same as in January 2012 when UCP's biggest fundraiser of the year grossed more than $36,000. After expenses, 100 percent of the money raised locally stays in Berkshire County to support UCP programs and services offered through the agency's Pittsfield and North Adams offices, according to Singer.
Founded in 1961, UCP of Berkshire County held its inaugural telethon in 1963 and has since evolved into a major local television event. The four-hour telecast hosted by area celebrities and featuring top local talent has become Pittsfield's most elaborate live community television production next to the city's Fourth of July Parade, according to Pittsfield Community Television officials.
PCTV staff and volunteers originate the broadcast that is linked to Northern Berkshire Community Television Corporation and Community Television of the Southern Berkshires over the Time Warner Cable television system.
Until 2011, NBCTC and CTSB had to rely on tape-delay broadcasts of the telethon, said David Cachat, a PCTV coordinator. That's no longer the case.
"The hookup to the rest of the county makes the event more timely and hopefully encourage more donations," Cachat said.
PCTV's Norman Schaffer will coordinate Sunday's broadcast which goes beyond soliciting donations, according to Singer.
"Not only is [the telethon] about raising money, but raising awareness of the programs we have," she said. "I get at least 10-12 phone calls right after each telethon from people seeking our help."
To reach Dick Lindsay:
or (413) 496-6233.
If you go or watch ...
What: 2013 UCP Telethon of Berkshire County.
When: Sunday, 1-5 p.m.
Where: Crowne Plaza, Pittsfield
Telecast: Broadcast live in Pittsfield/Dalton on PCTV, Channel 16; North County on NBCTC, Channel 15; South County on CTSB, Channel 16, all courtesy of Time Warner Cable television.
Pledges: To make donations during the telethon, call (413) 442-1562 or (413) 664-9345.
If you'd like to leave a comment (or a tip or a question) about this story with the editors, please email us. We also welcome letters to the editor for publication; you can do that by filling out our letters form and submitting it to the newsroom.


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Garden Talk: March 24, 2011
From NGA Editors
Go Back to School and Grow Green
Youngsters may be looking ahead eagerly to the start of summer vacation, but perhaps gardeners should be thinking about going back to school -- to the Lawncare University, that is.
Lawncare University is a new DVD put together by the Turf Team at Michigan State University. Divided into spring, summer, fall, and turf grass pests segments, the DVD provides great information for home gardeners on mowing, fertilization, weed control, irrigation, dealing with weeds, insect pests, and moles, and much more. Most of the video segments have an accompanying written bulletin that can be downloaded for free. The price for the DVD is $19.95, which includes shipping within the U.S.
Also available at the MSU Turf Web site is a free lawn care tip sheet to download with advice on how to go green while you grow a green lawn. Recommendations include mowing grass at least 3 inches high to crowd out weeds and promote deeper, more drought-tolerant root systems. Leave clippings on the lawn to recycle nutrients, sweeping any that land on walks and driveways back onto the turf.
Lots more helpful lawn care information is available on-line, including information on identifying turf weeds, lawn care without pesticides, and fertilizing home lawns to protect water quality.
For more information on lawn care and information on ordering the Lawncare University DVD, go to: MSU Turfgrass Science Home Gardens.
Better Biocontrol in the Future
While none of us want to see our gardens decimated by insect pests, few of us want to control pests with toxic sprays that can harm us and the environment. So it's encouraging to learn of the progress researchers at the USDA's Agricultural Research Service are making in improving on the well-known microbial insecticide called B.t.
Short for Bacillus thuringiensis, this environmentally friendly bacterial pesticide is used to control caterpillars of all sorts both by home gardeners and commercial growers and farmers. But the most commonly used strain, B. t. kurstaki, only survives for one generation. After the initial pest infestation is killed, the bacteria die out, leaving no protection against future infestations.
Entomologist Michael Blackburn tested 50 strains of B.t. known to be toxic to the larvae of gypsy moths and found they could be divided into two groups based on their ability to produce an enzyme called urease. He fed all the strains to gypsy moth larvae; when the larvae died they were ground up and applied to food pellets that were then fed to a new generation of caterpillars. He discovered that the strains that produced the enzyme survived better over the course of repeated feedings than those without. Most of the urease-producing strains survived five successive passages through gypsy moth larvae.
It is hoped that this research will pave the way for the development of more effective B.t. strains, perhaps ones that will be able to grow on mulch, multiply on specific crops, and persist in gardens. The development of such long-lasting biocontrol would be a boon to gardeners and a big benefit to the environment.
For more information on this research, go to: ARS.
Vanishing Farmland
Our country is so vast that it's easy to think we don't have to worry as housing developments and highways spring up to cover the land. But figures released by the American Farmland Trust regarding the National Resources Inventory are sobering. The Inventory is a survey of the nation's non-federal lands conducted by the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service in cooperation with Iowa State University to document conditions and trends in natural resources, including loss of agricultural land to development.
It found that, in the period from 1982 to 2007, more than 23 million acres of agricultural land, an area equivalent in size to the state of Indiana, was lost to development. It also found that more than one out of every three acres of currently developed land was built on in that 25 year period. To make matters worse, prime agricultural land, those areas most suited to growing crops and the least vulnerable to erosion, were developed at a disproportionately higher rate -- 44% more -- than non-prime agricultural acreage. The states with the most total acreage lost were Texas, California, Florida, Arizona, and North Carolina. Those with the biggest losses as a percentage of their agricultural land were New Jersey, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Delaware, and New Hampshire.
On the bright side, the rate of loss of farmland slowed in the last five years of the survey period, compared to previous years, a drop that is attributed in part to the trend toward building single family homes on smaller lots.
The Farmland Information Center is a partnership between the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and American Farmland Trust that serves as a clearinghouse for information about farmland protection and stewardship. For information on ways to help protect farmland in your state and community, including a list of resources by state, visit its Web site at: Farmland Information Center .
Fothergilla Favorites
Ask a gardener to describe the ideal landscape plant and he or she is likely to list easy care, multi-season interest, and freedom from insect and disease problems. Well, that is also a good description of fothergilla, a deciduous shrub that makes an excellent addition to landscapes in many parts of the country.
Adapted to zones 4-8, fothergilla, also known as witch alder, is a native of the eastern U.S. There are two species, dwarf fothergilla (Fothergilla gardenii) and large fothergilla (Fothergilla major), as well as a number of hybrid cultivars (Fothergilla x intermedia) that have been developed. All have fragrant, white bottlebrush flowers in early spring that begin appearing before the shrub leafs out; dark green, leathery leaves with prominent veins on a rounded, multi-stemmed shrub in summer; and eye-catching fall color in shades of red, orange, yellow, and purple. Plants range in size from about two feet tall by four feet wide for the smallest cultivars to six to ten feet tall and wide for the large species. All do best in moist, acidic, well-drained soil.
To help gardeners select from among the many choices, Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania conducted an eight year evaluation of twelve species and cultivars and rated their performance when grown in their Zone 6 gardens. Plants were rated on the basis of spring flowering, summer appearance, and fall color. The ones that received the highest overall ratings were the dwarf fothergilla species (F. gardenii), the hybrid 'Mount Airy', and the hybrid 'Sea Spray'. The evaluators also noted that, while fothergilla in the wild is found mainly in shaded locations, it flowers much more abundantly when grown in full sun.
To read the entire fothergilla evauation report, go to Wild about Fothergilla.


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Words by Jamie Thomas (big)
Every other second my mind starts reeling through the possibilities for the video. Occasionally, I imagine a scenario to the point where my adrenaline starts to surge, which is followed by a brief moment of anxiety. To some people this sounds like mental torment, but it makes me feel alive and excited for the good and bad times to come.
Each video part has its own challenges that are nearly impossible to imagine until they're staring you in the face. Whether they're injuries or unfortunate circumstances, those challenges seem to take every ounce of heart that you have to overcome.
I'm writing this in the 11th hour of filming for Dying To Live, so my mind is overloaded with thoughts and the pressure that I've put upon myself. But I've come to the conclusion that my only goal is to go to the premiere in two weeks, thankfully knowing that I gave this part everything I had to give.


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Kissing Your Sister
You know the old adage, playing to a tie is like kissing your sister. That's exactly what happened yesterday in Tempe as the Sox kicked off their spring training schedule with a 4-4 tie with the Angels.
The Sox had a 4-2 lead heading into the eighth, but prospect Brian Omogrosso couldn't find the plate and the tying runs scored. The South Siders had a chance in the top of the ninth with Alejandro De Aza on third and two outs, but C.J. Retherford struck out.
While it certainly wasn't as satisfying as getting the win, we'll take the tie on the road. And here are a few positives to ponder.
* A.J. Pierzynski's two-run homer in the fifth to give the Sox a 4-2 lead.
* Starter John Danks' two shutouts innings.
* If yesterday was any indication, the Sox will indeed run in 2010. They stole four
bases in the opener–Juan Pierre, Andruw Jones, Mark Kotsay, De Aza.
* Converted infielder Sergio Santos was very impressive, striking out the side in
the sixth.
* Dayan Viciedo, trying to make the switch to first, played well in the field and singled
in a run.
* Newcomers Pierre and Mark Teahen each reached base on a hit and scored a run.
* Lefties Randy Williams and Erick Threets and righty Clevelan Santeliz each pitched
a scoreless inning. Santeliz shut the door in the ninth to preserve the tie.
Mark Buehrle makes his first spring start today against the Dodgers at Camelback
Ranch. J.J. Putz and Scott Linebrink are also scheduled to see action.
Mr. Perfect takes the hill today vs. the Dodgers in Glendale