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TORONTO — Some minor movement today after last night's 14-inning marathon. Right-hander Brian Wolfe was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a right triceps strain and lefty David Purcey was recalled from Triple-A Syracuse.
Unless he needs to pitch tonight for some reason, Purcey is scheduled to start and make his big-league debut on Friday against the Tigers. A.J. Burnett, who pitched in relief in the 14th inning on Wednesday, is now slated to start Sunday and Shaun Marcum and Jesse Litsch are moved back to Monday and Tuesday, respectively.
Toronto manager John Gibbons made it clear that, regardless of how he pitches, Purcey is only with the Jays for one start. So don't expect him to replace Litsch as Toronto's fifth or anything. After he makes his appearance, the Jays will need to add another right-handed reliever to replace Wolfe — perhaps Brandon League will be back.
Today's lineups:
TEXAS (6-9) at TORONTO (8-7)
at 7:07 p.m. ET at the Rogers Centre
Ian Kinsler, 2B
Frank Catalanotto, LF
Josh Hamilton, CF
Milton Bradley, DH
Jason Botts, 1B
David Murphy, RF
Gerald Laird, C
Ramon Vazquez, SS
German Duran, 3B
PITCHING: RHP Vicente Padilla
David Eckstein, SS
Aaron Hills, 2B
Alex Rios, RF
Vernon Wells, CF
Frank Thomas, DH
Matt Stairs, LF
Lyle Overbay, 1B
Gregg Zaun, C
Joe Inglett, 3B
PITCHING: RHP Roy Halladay
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how about that. purcey making his big league debut tommorow.
great idea by the jays, even if it is just one start. he can get his feet wet, give him a feel, and being at home with the home croud behind him should help his confidence. should be a great game. even if he struggles, at least he will have the first game under his belt, he can go back down, and in case of an injury, he'll alrighty have made that first start.
I agree, its going to be great to see Purcey here. The extra couple of days of rest should help Burnett as well.
Halladay is something else. Even though he knows he probably will not get the win, he goes out and pitches a complete game without and sign of complaining and saves our bulpen from last night.
Halladay looked especially pissed about tonight. That shot they had of him at the end of the game said it all. It looked like no one wanted to go near him.
Anyway, another frustrating loss to say the least. Frank Thomas should be dropped in the order untill he can get into his groove again. They can slide Overbay/Stairs in that spot against righties.
David Eckstein in the last hand full of games has looked good.
I am going to tomorrows game and am really excited about seeing Purcey make his mlb debut.
Halliday might have been upset with giving up 11 hits and 4 runs. I think his problem may have been the fact Texas saw him 5 days ago. Tough scheduling.
The concern is this team has good and bad nights hitting. Tonight they left 9 on. Thomas has gone 6 for 36 over the last 9 games. The thing that concerns me, is Texas threw him mostly fastballs, thinking I guess, that he couldn't get around on it. (tonight, it looked like they're right) Remember as well, we're hung paying this guy 10 mill for next season. That was not the best contract JP ever signed.
Frankly, if we can find any other team willing to take Thomas, even if we pay 1/2 of his salary, I'd dump him and call up Lind who's hitting at a .360 clip , with 3 hr's and 13 rbi's in 14 games. Lind's numbers against RH's are .424 ba, 3 hr's, 10 rbi's in 33 at bats.
Tommorrow night we go against Rogers, and a real scary lineup. It'd be interesting to see Stewart slotted in the 2nd hole and move Hill to 5th. Frank should be 7th or 8th until he gets it going.
Detroit love LH pitching, and appear to be getting on a roll after a real bad start. Purcey really has his work cut out for him, in his major league role, and frankly I feel sorry for him having to go against this Detroit lineup. We'd better put some numbers on the board soon and often.
Leaving Thomas in the 5th hole is just another example of Gibbons sleeping at the switch. Considering the fact, we're probably facing Detroit at the worst time possible and we play them 4 times, I wonder if JP pulls the trigger on Gibbons, if Detroit nail us and we're looking at a 6 and 0 or 5 and 1 home stand loosing record and 5 games out by Tuesday morning?
Nobody is going to fire Gibbons just because he loses a series this early in the year. And Thomas had a decent season last year and the year before, despite his slow start. Having a future Hall of Famer on your roster is definitely worth the money in terms of spin offs and marketing, and 30 home runs doesn't hurt either.
When you take a look at our April schedule, I am surprised that we are even close to .500, considering that we are missing Rolen and Ryan. With a healthy Ryan, we would likely be at 10-6 instead of 8-8.
Moving Thomas down sounds good, but there is also something to be said for keeping a stable lineup. The problem right now is not "is Thomas hitting?", but who is going to protect Wells. Aside from Rios, there is not a bat in the lineup that would force me to pitch to Wells, so you might as well leave Thomas there and hope he rounds into form sooner than later.
Always nice
Should of and could of doesn't count when a team is trying to make the playoffs. Every team has injuries as well and tough schedules. Excuses don't count.
If this team wants to make the playoffs, then we can't wait for Thomas to take it up a notch in May or June. Drop him to 7th or 8th and let's try to win.
You're right about protecting Wells. The problem is Frank isn't protecting him when he's hitting .160. Maybe we drop Rios to 5th and put Hill 3rd-I don't know.
All I know is the status quo isn't working and we have a damn tough series starting tonight, so we need to try something.
I agree that Thomas should be dropped a few spots down the lineup. In the last couple games, the rangers were pitching around to Wells and went after Thomas..No protection at all for Wells.. Thomas just doesn't look comfortable at the plate, and his timing is seriously messed up. I'm thinking Gibbons should leave him in the 5 spot for tonight because he has had great numbers against Rogers. But if he still struggles, he should be dropped in the lineup. I remember last season he was dropped to the 6 spot and climbed back up when he got his groove back. Man, do I miss Rolen right now.
I have been trying to post since JB changed things no luck mabey this time.
Wow happy meeeeeeeee.
Welcome back big G.
hey the wily roughrider is back. How are you garry?
G i'm fine check out reed with the cubs and he had 2 more hits today.
Ya, I see Reed's BA is up to .375; looks like he's recovered. I wish we didn't trade him.
So Garry what do you think of he 2008 Jays?


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Some coaches have the ability to figure out and make half-time adjustments each game that give the team a better chance to win. Of the Saints 7 losses last year, 6 were by a TD or less and we were leading in the 4th quarter. We also opened the season with a 6-2 mark and had a 3-5 record the 2nd half of the schedule. Did we get out coached in some of these losses because of adjustments made by the opposition and a we have the lead don't fix it if it aint broke mentality? Maybe. Much has been said about the defensive unit being worn down and the offense not getting it done in the 4th quarter of games lost and the 4th quarter of the season.
The upside is that we were in all of these losses except for one right down to the end. I like our coaching staff but this makes one wonder if we are not prepared to make the 2nd half adjustments needed to counter the adjustments made by the other team even when we are ahead. Or did we lack the killer instinct to put the other teams away? It seemed in some of those losses had we made a play here or there on either side of the ball in the 4th quarter the other team would have folded up but we just couldn't put them away. Let's hope we are in a position this year as last year to win 15 of the 16 games but make the minor adjustments down the stretch to win a few more. Block, Tackle, Catch, Punt, Pass & Kick. Also X & Os!
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We were in every game last year until the end. It does seem though that we played a first half and then a second half for most every game. We did lack the \"killer\" instinct. We also seem to play the second half with less \"go for it\" attitude than we usually started the game with. Is this because we were worn out? I don\'t think so I feel that the play calling changes and it seems as though we are just playing to not loose which usually causes us to loose. You are right in saying most teams make adjustments during half time to correct for what the other team is having success at doing. Are we doing this? Doesn\'t seem so or at least not with the same results that other teams do.
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Today I read that over 36% of Belfast Bikes are stolen or vandalised on an ongoing basis and to be honest I am not at all surprised. [Note: This photograph as well as the others in the series dates back to May 2015]
When I first saw the bike hire scheme in Belfast I noted that the docking stations appeared to be of lower quality than other schemes that I had seen and it was obvious that it was badly managed. At the time my comments were not well received by a number of officials in Belfast. It was claimed that the scheme had only started and that I had been very selective in that I had only photographed the few stations that had problems.
Some 210 of the 576 bikes in the fleet have either been stolen or have had to be taken out of service due to vandalism, it has been reported Belfast Lord Mayor Brian Kingston. This is in sharp contrast to Dublin where the scheme does not suffer from the same levels of theft and vandalism. In fact theft and vandalism is not an issue for the DublinBikes network of 101 docking stations hosting 1,500 bicycles. When the scheme was established in Dublin almost everyone, including myself expected it to fail because of vandalism or other reasons so we were all surprised by its success and the lack of problems.
When I first photographed the Bike Rental scheme in Belfast in May 2015 I commented as follows:
Belfast City Council launched a new public bike share scheme on Monday 27 April 2015 as part of their Investment Programme. Coca-Cola Zero Belfast Bikes provides 300 public bikes at 30 bike docking stations in the city centre.
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When I examined the bike-stations I could see how they did it. Comparing the docking-stations in Belfast with those in Dublin or Brussels it is obvious that the quality of the stations in Belfast is not nearly as high. The Belfast network does not appear to be as well managed as they have not allowed for the arrival of surplus bikes at stations and during my visit I noticed bikes locked to street-furniture and trees because the users could not return the bikes on completion of their journeys.
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Born in Britain and trained as surveyor Kennedy arrived in Sydney at the age of twenty one and was soon appointed an assistant surveyor in the Surveyor-General Department, then run by Thomas Livingstone Mitchell. He briefly worked on surveying projects. His duties were light and he become popular in social circles, helped by his pleasant singing voice, humour and skills in drawing and watercolours.
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A few months later Kennedy was back in central Queensland to verify if Victoria River was flowing north-west to the gulf, as Mitchell suspected and hoped. Kennedy followed the river south-west, correctly deducing that it is a tributary of Cooper Creek. He renamed Victoria River which is now known as Barcoo River. Kennedy encountered Thomson and Warrego rivers, before returning to Sydney after 11 months travel. One of Kennedy's companions was Thomas Wall, often working for the Australian Museum as a casual collector. On this expedition Wall made an impressive collection of over 300 specimens, mostly birds and insects, as well as 13 artefacts used by the aboriginal inhabitants of the Barcoo River region.
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More experienced Lucarelli ready for 2014 World League
Lucarelli has already faced three opponents that Brazil will meet in the first phase of this year's World League and this knowledge will put him in a strong position as Brazil meets Italy (May 23 and 24), Poland (May 29 and 30) and Iran (June 6 and 7).
Lucarelli shared his thoughts ahead of next week's opening matches.
Q. Who are the toughest opponents?
Lucarelli: In my opinion, everyone. Poland has a team with power, which Brazil knows about very well. They are strong and skillful. It is very difficult to move the ball against Poland. Italy is a traditional team with a very strong serve, while Iran may have slightly less power in attack compared to the other two but pass and defend very well. These three teams are certainly very strong.
After playing in the 2013 World League, do you feel better prepared for this year?
The World League last year was my first championship with the senior team and the first game was pretty complicated. In addition, the game was in Poland, where the crowd is completely in love with volleyball and is very supportive to the home team. I was very anxious, not knowing what would happen on court. Having played a number of games at this level now, I'm less anxious and just trying to find ways to help the team in the best way possible.
Is this the main feature that you feel has changed in your game?
Now I know what I can do as games develop at this high level. One thing I learned is that, under such conditions, we have to have the brains to manage the game. Striking the ball is not always the most important part of the game. There are many details that we learn just by playing and these are essential for the athlete to mature and learn to cope better in games.
How do you feel about the Brazil team heading into the World League?
This year our situation is a little more complicated because we have had little training time together. Players with Sada Cruzeiro played in the Club World Championship and others were in the European Championship. Last year we had a short time to prepare, but with everyone. This year, the players only joined the group a week before the championship. I believe we will have some difficulty because of this but the Brazilian team always has the guts, willpower and determination to overcome any obstacles that appear.
Four of your World League games will take place in two cities where the men's team hasn't played before. What do you expect from the crowd?
We've never played in Jaragua do Sul and do not have much information on the home crowd, but of course we hope to have strong support. As for Maringa, we have a reference as the fans packed the arena in the Superliga. I played there in the Copa Brazil with Sesi-SP and saw first-hand how the crowd gets involved in matches. And in Sao Paulo people are already accustomed to always cheer for Brazilian volleyball. In fact, wherever the games are, our fans always help us a lot.


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I have a few bits from the core and holiday collections to show you, I'm going to start with the core items (the 'Essentials') and dedicate a whole separate post to the holiday palette – it deserves it. But let's take a look at two items from the Essentials below – a 'Pretty Bronze Illuminating Powder' and Multi Colour for lips and cheeks.
The Illuminating Bronzing Powder is one of the prettiest I've ever seen – so finely milled, the colour is soft and flattering and the shimmer is so fine that it really delivers a glow rather than sparkle. The colour is lovely, and perfect for paler skins. It really delivers the sort of healthy looking radiant glow that's perfect even in colder months when skin is paler as it looks healthy rather than bronzed.
I also can't believe I've gotten this far without mention of the packaging – isn't it stunning?! All the luxury and golden look of the Estee Lauder brand, but toned down to a softer gold with the textured finished on the top of the palettes to make it feel really high end. Plus the pale pink boxes and soft velvet pouches – makes each item feel very special.
Next up is the Multi Colour for Lips and Cheeks…
Again, the packaging is stunning. The colour is the ideal neutral – at first I felt it might be a little too on the brown side for me to use on my cheeks but I can see how a few gentle dabs of this would look lovely. Overall, I do prefer as a lip colour for myself but it definitely can work both ways. It leaves a very pretty sheen on the lips or cheeks, and feels moisturising on lips – not at all drying.
In addition to these two beauties – the Essentials range also includes a compact 'Fresh Skin' foundation that I have heard is amazing, a Rose Lip Conditioner, plus a pretty make-up bag, brushes set and hand cream.
The Holiday collection, that you can see a post on very soon is where you find more colour – with 'the mini' lipsticks, compact lip gloss and the beautiful palette.
What do you think of the Aerin brand from this look? Personally, I love the whole feel of the brand – the ideal of gorgeously glowing healthy skin being at the core of the overall look. And did I mention the packaging?! I know.. I'm repeating myself – but look at it! So pretty!
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The Czech international was forced off at half-time with an adductor problem and his replacement Ross Turnbull will deputise at Stamford Bridge.
Midfielder John Obi Mikel missed the Goodison Park victory with a knee injury but it is not deemed serious by manager Rafael Benitez.
Gary Cahill has urged Chelsea to embrace the challenge of chasing down Manchester United and Manchester City in the race for the Barclays Premier League title.
The Blues go into 2013 four points behind champions City and a further seven adrift of leaders United with a game in hand after a rollercoaster start to the season.
Chelsea threw away a four-point lead at the end of October in an alarming slump that cost Roberto Di Matteo hisjob as manager.
But they are arguably in their best form of the campaign under interim boss Rafael Benitez, winning seven oftheir last eight games in all competitions and raising hopes of a dramatic fightback in the title stakes.
Defender Cahill said: ``We need to keep looking forward and have that challenge in the back of our head.
``We would rather have the points inthe bag, but that's another challenge we have got to face. There are plenty of games coming up.''
He added: ``I think we have good momentum.
``We have changed the team around slightly, the lads are playing well.
``We just need to keep winning games. That's the way we look at it.''
Wednesday's west London derby with QPR could see Chelsea make it 12 points from 12 over the festive period.
They also thrashed Aston Villa 8-0 in their last Stamford Bridge outing.
Cahill added: ``There is a different atmosphere in derby matches. A lot ofform goes out the window in them.
``But we are at home and I don't think many teams like to come to Stamford Bridge.
``Hopefully, we will make it very difficult for them to play on our patch.''
QPR have no fresh injury doubts.
The Rs did not pick up any new knocks in the 3-0 home defeat to Liverpool, although Park Ji-sung remains a doubt.
Strikers Andrew Johnson (knee) and Bobby Zamora (hip) are sidelined withlong-term injuries.
QPR will be able to call upon DJ Campbell again from Thursday onwards.
The 31-year-old has impressed duringa loan spell at Ipswich, netting 10 goals in 16 appearances.
The Rs have struggled for attacking options in his absence due to injuries to both Zamora and Johnson.
Campbell's earlier-than-scheduled return will boost the Hoops, who could include the striker in their FA Cup clash with West Brom on January5.


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A stone's throw away from the Grand Curtius Museum, the hotel is rooted in the centre of the Cité Ardente (150 metres away from the Place du Marché, 800 metres from the famous Carré, the mythical setting for Liège's nightlife, 500 metres away from the Opéra, 100 metres from the Museum of Walloon Life and Folklore, 200 metres from the Méga Museum, 700 metres from the Cathédrale, 400 metres from the famous Baptismal Fonts in the Church of St. Bartholomew).


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I have been seeing these Food Should Taste Good chips all over blog land and after seeing the sweet potato and chocolate flavors, I knew I had to try them. I had been on the look out for the chips and finally found them at Whole Foods right before Spring Break. They were on sale, 2 bags for $4.00. I bought 2 Sweet Potato & 2 Chocolate and brought them along on Spring Break with me.
Sweet Potato. These chips ROCK! OMG! Seriously, heaven in a chip. They are crisp and have an amazing sweet potato flavor. I could eat a whole bag, I am not kidding. I like to eat them with sandwiches, but really, I could eat them with anything. LOL!
Chocolate. These chips don't rock so much. I don't know what I thought that the combo of chocolate & corn (tortilla chips) would be good, but I am a chocolate nut, so I thought I would like it. They aren't the worst in the world, but they were unappealing enough for me to take the 2nd bag back to Whole Foods to exchange for another bag of the Sweet Potato chips. It is rare that I give a poor review, but I felt the need to here. Maybe others will feel differently.
Olive. I have yet to try these, but just received a whole case (24, 1 oz bags) from Amazon.com. I got a coupon emailed to me and got free shipping, so I think I got the whole case for under $15…$13.28 to be exact. 😉 I will make sure to let you know how they taste! 🙂 Lunch time tomorrow, perhaps!
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I am still on my sweatshirt kick, and this Wildfox number looks awfully cozy. I am a huge fan of their tops, nothing in this world is softer or more relaxing to throw on (trust me, don't try one on unless you fully intend to buy it because you will have no choice once it is on). I can picture myself curled up by the fire in this number on the many MANY cold nights to come.
I think I should maybe finally jump on the decorator bandwagon and indulge in a Diptyque candle. Maybe. I do have a birthday coming up in the next 3 months and all...
Finally, if you are a fashionista then you already know about Current/Elliot jeans. But you may or may not know that Emily Current and Marritt Elliot are also savvy designers and have a new line at PB Teen (I was in the did not know camp until a lovely buddy clued me in). This tree trunk side table has stolen my heart. Literally. The carving proves it.
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This is the Island Oasis Palette – very very nice, the blue and blackened purple are my favourite shades:
The bronzing blush is also very pretty with a pale soft pink and a brighter warm pink star on the front. Swatched on my medium skintone it looks like a peachy-gold-coral blush:
There are also two dual ended pencils, one with blue and pink, the other with brown and gold. The pencils are very nice – extremely creamy to use. It's been a 13 hour day and they are still on my hand, because once it dries, it seems to set and stay put.
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The February Virtual Tasting wine is tonight! The wine is the Dusted Valley Vintners 2010 Boomtown Chardonnay. This wine retails for $15 and is reasonably widely available. The tasting will take place from 7-8pm Pacific.
What you need to do to participate is:
1. Buy this month's wine from a local retailer or from the winery.
2. Tweet your comments about the wine on Twitter between 7 and 8pm Pacific using the hashtag #dustedvalley. For those on Twitter, follow me @wawinereport.
Tonight! February Virtual Tasting - Dusted Valley Boomtown Chardonnay 2010
Boom times for Dusted Valley
In this month's Five Wines Under $15, we take a look at Dusted Valley Vintners' Boomtown wines.
"A throwback to the energetic Roaring 20s, Boomtown embodies the essence of celebration and our booming Washington wine industry." So reads the side of the Boomtown labels.
And make no mistake, Washington is indeed a boomtown. The state is approaching 800 wineries – up nearly threefold over the last decade. Washington produced a record crop of 188,000 tons of wine grapes in 2012. Grape acreage is also expected to nearly double by the end of the decade.
Fresh Sheet February 26th 2013
Today's Fresh Sheet – new and recent releases – includes wines from Betz Family Winery, Long Shadows, :Nota Bene Cellars, Buried Cane Wines, Columbia Winery, and Auclair Winery.
Washington Wine Round-up February 15th to 21st 2013
A round-up of stories on Washington wine from February 15th to 21st. Read previous round-ups here.
From around the country…
No love this week.
From the blogosphere…
Jameson Fink writes about Whidbey Island Winery.
When Wine Writers Are Wrong
As wine reviewers, there is an understanding (hopefully) that we are reviewing each wine at a particular moment in time. It is a snapshot. There is an expectation, though, that we can project that snapshot forward or that the qualitative evaluation is relatively stable. And often that expectation is correct. But sometimes it is wrong. Dreadfully wrong. This is one wine's story.
I tasted the 2010 Eight Bells Clonal Selection Syrah - a blend of eight different varietal clones from Red Willow - in early September of last year. I enjoyed the wine and gave it a three and a half star rating (Good/Excellent). I have noted previously that many of the 2010 vintage reds from Washington require some time to fully come out of their shells. And of course, due to the nature of the wine business, sometimes wines are released and/or tasted earlier than they would ideally be.
Contact your Senator in support of Senate Bill 5731
As many of you know, Initiative 1183, which privatized spirits sales in Washington among a number of other changes, prohibited stores under 10,000 square feet from selling spirits. This was ostensibly done to keep spirits out of convenience stores and gas stations. But it also kept them out of small retail wine and beer stores.
There is currently a bill, Washington Senate Bill 5731, for "Allowing beer and/or wine specialty shop licensees to sell craft distillery products." Craft distilleries are defined by those producing less than 60,000 gallons per year. This bill is currently scheduled to come before the Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor this Friday.
February Virtual Tasting - Dusted Valley Boomtown Chardonnay 2010
The February Virtual Tasting wine is the Dusted Valley Vintners 2010 Boomtown Chardonnay. This wine retails for $15 and is reasonably widely available. The tasting will take place on Thursday February 28th from 7-8pm Pacific.
What you need to do to participate is:
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Proposed 'The Rocks of Milton-Freewater' AVA focuses on terroir
What follows is a Focus Report on The Rocks of Milton-Freewater. Download a .pdf copy here. Read previous Focus Reports here.
For years, winemakers and wine lovers alike have discussed the distinctiveness of the wines coming from the section of the Walla Walla Valley commonly referred to as 'The Rocks.' If Walla Wallans Steve Robertson and Kevin Pogue have their say, the area will soon become its own appellation – one that is almost entirely based on soil type.
"I would be very surprised if there was a more terroir-driven AVA in the country," says geologist Kevin Pogue, who recently submitted an appellation application to the TTB.
If approved, the area – which would be a sub-appellation of the Walla Walla Valley and wholly located on the Oregon side of the border - will be called 'The Rocks of Milton-Freewater' after the small town located in the area. Made famous by vigneron Christophe Baron of Cayuse Vineyards who first planted in the area in the late 1990s, 'The Rocks' is currently a hotbed of activity with 250 acres under vine and more plantings going in each year.
Washington Wine Round-up February 8th to 14th 2013
A round-up of stories on Washington wine from February 8th to 14th 2013. Read previous round-ups here.
From around the country…
Shanken Daily News writes about controversy with privatization.
The LA Times writes about a bill in Washington that would allow under-21 students to sip wine.
From the blogosphere…
Northwest Wine Anthem writes about Seattle Urban Wineries. They also write about Lake Chelan's Karma.
A Walk Down Yakima's North Front Street
The following article was written by Ryan Messer. Messer lives in the Yakima Valley and writes about travel and wine tourism in the valley and throughout the state. Read additional background here.
I am a Yakimanian. And beyond that, I'm a Washingtonian. I escaped for a few years, but realized first that my home state, and eventually my hometown were, in fact, home. Like me, many young adults are ready to turn their back on the city they were raised in. Eventually, that new beginning we all search out might be right back where we started. It was for me, anyway.
Over the years, I've learned more about my surroundings but found things I'm more passionate about than others. I appreciate knowing that we grow more apples in Washington than the other 49 states combined. It's fascinating that the Yakima Valley is the number two hop growing community in the world. But the grapevine is where my heart grows fondest. And I now live at the front door to thousands of acres of vineyards that provide the key ingredient to the nectar of the gods.
The Dreaded Valentine's Day Wine & Chocolate Pairing
Watch my segment on wine and chocolate pairing on Seattle's Q13 News here.
We love to talk about pairing wine and chocolate, but most wine lovers and chocoholics would agree that the pairing is often very difficult to successfully pull off.
Much like wine, chocolate is simultaneously sweet and bitter, fruity and acidic. Trying to line up each of these qualities to a specific wine and have them complement, rather than clash, can be monumentally difficult. Additionally, the pairing can be quite subjective with one person's divine pairing another's dreadful flop. Given this, the best thing to do is experiment with a variety of different chocolates and a variety of different wines. And who can complain about that?
Legends - Erath's Gary Horner
This is the first in a series of posts on some of the founding wineries and individuals in the Oregon wine industry.
Going on 30 years of winemaking – nearly ten at one of Oregon's founding wineries - it seems hard to believe that Erath winemaker Gary Horner's entry into the world of wine was far from preordained. Growing up, Horner's family rarely had wine around the table. In fact, it wasn't until he was in college that he found a friend - who was, of course, part French - who took it upon himself to introduce Horner to wine. "I knew nothing. I was a blank slate," Horner recalls.
How Two Wines Changed The Way I Think About Cork Taint
I have written in the past (at length) about corked wines, specifically, those wines affected by TCA. TCA causes off aromas and flavors that are variously described as damp basement, wet newspaper, or wet dog among a number of other not so flattering descriptors. Two recent wines, however, crystallized for me the problem presented by corked taint.
Washington Wine Round-up February 1st to 7th 2013
A round-up of stories on Washington wine from February 1st to 7th. Read previous round-ups here.
From around the country…
Wines & Vines writes about the Washington Wine Commission implementing its new strategy.
Good Fruit Grower writes about Washington's record crop.
Pic of the Vine - February 2013
Pic of the Vine is a monthly image taken by contributor Richard Duval. See previous Pic of the Vine images here.
Now that the infamous Washington winter-without-color phase is here, many of us turn to hunting for flashes of color to help us while away the grey. Contributing photographer Richard Duval is luckier than most – he just dives into his photo library for his daily dose of wine color. We asked him for a particularly colorful grape image and thus arrived Shine on the Vine #6, February's Pic of the Vine (click on the picture for a larger image).
2013 Washington State Wine Tour Guide released
The 2013 Washington State Wine Tour Guide has been released!
As in previous years, the guide is divided into eight wine touring regions: Seattle & Puget Sound, Woodinville, Yakima Valley, Tri-Cities, Walla Walla Valley, Spokane & Pullman, Vancouver & Columbia Gorge, and Cascade Valley & North Central. Each touring region has an introductory article with information about the area as well as suggestions on when to go and things to do written by yours truly.
Look for hard copies of the guide at wineries and retailers throughout the state. Read an on-line copy here. Enjoy!
Fresh Sheet February 5th 2013
Today's Fresh Sheet – new and recent releases – includes wines from Avennia, Kerloo Cellars, Kaella Winery, Cadaretta, Sweet Valley Wines, and Pamplin Family Winery.
Washington Wine Round-up January 22nd to 31st 2013
A round-up of stories on Washington wine from January 22nd to 31st. Read previous round-ups here.
From around the country…
Wine Business Monthly names Milbrandt Vineyards one of its hot brands of 2012.
The San Francisco Examiner writes that big bargains can be found in Washington.
Good Fruit Grower writes about the vibrant Washington wine industry.
Washington Produces Record Grape Crop in 2012
Washington produced a record crop of 188,000 tons of wine grapes in 2012 according to numbers released today by the USDA. This represents a 32% increase from the previous year. The prior record was 160,000 tons in 2010.
Red grape production – specifically Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon - accounted for much of the increase from 2011. However, the overall increase in production compared to the 2010 vintage for these grapes was relatively modest at 4,000 tons for Cabernet Sauvignon and 6,000 tons for Merlot.
Grape production in 2011 was significantly decreased by a freeze that occurred in late 2010 that adversely affected a number of growing areas in the state, most significantly parts of the Horse Heaven Hills. As a result, red grape production decreased dramatically in 2011.


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I might as well share one last photo of Proposal Rock, where I often found myself pointing my lens during a recent trip to Neskowin. Proposal Rock is a sea stack just at the edge of the ocean, named for the turn of the century marriage proposal of Charles Gage to Della Page. I wandered back up the beach along Slab Creek and snapped this photo, with the sun barely shining through the thick storm clouds collecting above. I love me a good coastal storm!
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Last Sunday we hosted Mike's parents for a casual Sunday Supper. I love cooking on Sundays - it is the only day that I get to spend some alone time in the kitchen while Mike and Emma play outside. It is so nice to be able to leisurely prepare dinner without keeping little hands entertained (which usually means she's putting them in the flour canister, then the sugar, and back again...).
I've used this marinade several times before -it is one of Mike's Mom's signatures. It works great with beef, pork, chicken, shrimp, vegetables... anything. Especially on the grill. Unfortunately, we don't have a grill right now... it had to stay in Concord, Ma. when we moved because it was the last thing packed and it wouldn't fit in the Pod! So... I just roasted it in the oven and it worked great, too.
We're working on our outdoor grilling area + new grill this week (Mother's Day & Father's Day joint gift), so you can look forward to lots of grilling recipes soon!
I love using these French Tumblers as vases for small arrangements. I found these hyacinth at the grocery store and make the perfect little bunch in these short glasses.
While I finished dinner Mike and his parents entertained (or were entertained by...?) Emma outside and sipped on this sparkling lemonade from Trader Joes. What is it about playing outside and sipping on lemonade?!
Along with the Brown Sugar & Sesame Pork Tenderloin, I served Ina's Orange Braised Carrots and Parsnips and Green Been Gremolata.
Brown Sugar & Sesame
Pork Tenderloin
2 pork tenderloins (about 1 pound each)
1 cup soy sauce
1/3 cup of brown sugar
2 tablespoons toasted (dark) sesame oil
1 teaspoons chili paste
1/2 cup sliced green onions
2 tablespoons minced garlic
2 tablespoons minced fresh ginger
1 teaspoon of sesame seeds
2 tablespoons minced fresh ginger
1 teaspoon of sesame seeds
Stir together soy sauce, brown sugar, sesame oil, chili paste, green onions, garlic, ginger and sesame seeds. Put the tenderloins in a ziplock and pour in the marinade. Marinade for 1 hour and up to over night.
If baking/roasting, remove from marinade and place on a baking sheet. Roast at 450 degrees for 18-25 minutes until a meat thermometer reads 155 degrees. Remove and cover with foil. Reserve the juices in the pan from resting. Let rest for 10 minutes before serving. Slice, then pour juices over sliced pork.
If grilling, grill for 5-7 minutes on each side (totaling about 18-22 minutes depending on the temp of the grill) until a meat thermometer reads 155 degrees. Remove and cover with foil. Reserve the juices in the pan from resting. Let rest for 10 minutes before serving. Slice, then pour juices over sliced pork.
A big bountiful platter for a Sunday Supper.
This classic lemon pie with graham cracker crust topped with whipped cream is the perfect dessert, here is the recipe link.


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Charlie Spencer-White of Bluffton captured the boys 15-19 division last weekend in an International Junior Golf Tour event at Hampton Hall.
Hank Haney International Junior Golf Academy student Matt Cheng (Taipei, Taiwan) finished second by one stroke.
In the girls under 19 division, Olivia Landino (Hermitage, Pa.), also a full-time Hank Haney IJGA student, fired 72 and 65 to defeat classmate Clementina Rodriguez (Caracas, Venezuela) by four strokes.
Bluffton's Stokes, Clemson win shooting tournament
Collin Stokes of Bluffton is a member of the Clemson University Shotgun Club, which won its third straight Southeastern Invitational Collegiate Championship at the Jacksonville Skeet and Trap Gun Club in Jacksonville, Fla.
The 15 Clemson shooters overcame 30-mph winds and beat out eight other universities to take the title, outshooting second-place finisher University of Florida 679 targets to 668.
Stokes, a sophomore wildlife and fisheries biology major, was among 105 shooters competing at the event.
Palmetto Animal League
charity golf tournament
Palmetto Animal League's Putt for PAL charity golf tournament will be held at noon Dec. 3 at Belfair's Fazio West Course.
The $150 fee includes a buffet lunch, golf, prizes and appetizers/wine/beer after play. The format will be a four-person shamble.
All proceeds will be used to fund programs at PAL's adoption center in the Riverwalk Business Park.
Register online to play or to purchase a hole sponsorship "in memory of" a beloved pet at www.palgolf.golfreg.com, email firstname.lastname@example.com, or call Wendy Schlegel at 843-815-3011 or Bob Elliott at 843-706-9015.
For more information on Palmetto Animal League, go to its website at
www.palmettoanimalleague.org or go to its Facebook page.
Tennis symposium
scheduled for May
Professional Tennis Registry will hold its annual International Tennis Symposium at the Sonesta Resort Hilton Head Island from May 2-5.
The symposium attracts tennis teachers and coaches from more than 50 countries. Subject matter ranges from 10-and-under tennis to tennis business and teaching tactics and techniques.
Teaching pros will show off their playing skills at the PTR International Championships, held in conjunction with the Symposium. The tournament starts April 30.


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Summer Camps For Kids
McKeever is offering a series of summer camps for children ages 5-14. If you're looking for a fun yet meaningful summer experience for your children, consider one of the McKeever camps. Each camp is designed to connect children with the natural world through play, adventure and fun. You can find detailed information and registration forms on McKeever's website at www.mckeever.org. From the home page, click on the summer camps tab at the top of the page.
Nature Day Camps
June 11-15, 2012 (Ages 5-7)
July 16-20, 2012 (Ages 8-9)
Our Nature Day Camps are designed to connect children with the natural world through play, adventure and fun – all of which takes place in the natural world at McKeever, it's trails, forests, streams and the many plants and animals that live there. Throughout the camp, we instill a sense of wonder while children explore the natural world around them. The weeklong camp runs 9AM – 3PM each day. Cost: $95/camper
Earthkeepers Level II
June 20-22, 2012
Earthkeepers Level II is for those students who have earned all four keys and one bead. During this experience, you will gain knowledge about how the earth works by crawling inside the world's largest leaf, traveling to the "City of the Future" and becoming a part of the Sun's Bucket Brigade. Other adventures include finding a new magic spot and learning the secrets of becoming a "Nightwatcher." Cost: $139/camper, includes two nights lodging, seven meals, instruction and materials.
Earthkeepers Summer Camp
July 11-13, 2012
This overnight experience involves students going through the Earthkeepers program, a three-day experience where children earn a set of keys and become an Earthkeeper. A mysterious, unseen character known as E.M. permeates the Earthkeepers program. As the keeper of the keys, E.M. is everyone's dream of the wizard of the woods. This summer camp is for children ages 10-11. Cost: $139/camper, includes two nights lodging, seven meals, instruction and materials.
Outdoor Adventure Camp
August 8-10, 2012
This three-day overnight camp is for children ages 12-14. Outdoor skills and adventures await, as participants will have an opportunity to hike, canoe and cycle. While honing these skills, we'll begin working on developing a personal relationship with the natural world. Mornings include sessions on wildlife, ecology, leave no trace and orienteering. Cost: $139/camper, includes two nights lodging, seven meals, instruction and materials.
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Unless otherwise noted, all the events shown will be held at Rosyth Methodist Church. You can get directions at this link.
This calendar is mostly for our regular worship and church-focused meetings, plus special meetings of other groups. However, as explained at this link, our building is in use throughout the week by other groups, and their regular meetings have not been listed here, to make the calendar less cluttered.
For Holy Week 2018, we've produced a downloadable poster listing what's on at our church and the Parish Church in addition to the normal services.
Triangle Coffee Shop
1 November 2019
Triangle Coffee Shop in Rosyth Methodist Church is a popular and successful community venture and is open on Friday mornings from 9.30am. A very warm welcome awaits everyone so why not join us for tea, coffee and home baking.


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Every Friday we offer two card classes. One at 11:00am and a second at 1:00pm. The cost for each class is $7.00. If you would like to take a class, please call the store by the Tuesday before, teachers need time to prep. If you are unable to attend you will receive a finished card, classes are non transferable. With various teachers.
On the third Thursday of the month we have Julie Nutting Doll Club. We choose a Doll to work on and Club members make a tag or layout with their doll. Cost for this is $5.00. Class is 10:00am. With Karen Osborne
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Earlier Event: April 28Morning Card Class
Later Event: April 29Dreamer Mixed Media Assemblage with Frank Garcia


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Breast cancer, hypnosis, supportive care, complementary and alternative medicine. (Definitions of many terms related to cancer can be found in the Cancer.gov Dictionary.)
Women undergoing surgery for breast cancer who received a brief hypnosis session before entering the operating room required less anesthesia and pain medication during surgery, and reported less pain, nausea, fatigue, and discomfort after surgery than women who did not receive hypnosis. The overall cost of surgery was also significantly less for women undergoing hypnosis.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Sept. 5, 2007 (see the journal abstract).
(J Natl Cancer Inst. 2007 Sep 5;99(17):1304-12. Epub 2007 Aug 28)
Surgery for breast cancer, either for diagnosis or treatment, can cause side effects, including pain, nausea, fatigue, and discomfort. While drugs including traditional pain medications can help provide relief, they can have side effects of their own and increase the overall cost of a surgical procedure.
Researchers have become interested in finding approaches other than drugs to help relieve the side effects of surgery. One technique under study is hypnosis, a type of guided relaxation in which participants become more open to suggestion.
The study described below tested whether a brief hypnosis session before breast cancer surgery could reduce the need for anesthesia and pain medication, reduce side effects experienced after surgery, or ease recovery.
Investigators from Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City recruited 200 women scheduled to undergo either surgical breast biopsy for diagnosis or lumpectomy for treatment of breast cancer. The investigators randomly assigned participants to either the hypnosis group or a control group. Women scheduled for biopsy were randomized separately from women scheduled for lumpectomy, to evenly distribute the two types of surgery between the groups.
Women in the hypnosis group received a 15-minute hypnosis session within one hour prior to surgery. Psychologists trained in the use of hypnosis in the medical setting used a script including suggestions for relaxation, pleasant thoughts, and reduced experience of pain, nausea, and fatigue, as well as instructions on self-hypnosis for use after surgery. Women in the control group spent an equal amount of time with the psychologists within an hour of surgery to talk and receive emotional support.
All women received the drugs propofol and midazolam (anesthetics), and fentanyl and lidocaine (pain medications) during surgery. They also had access to additional pain medications after surgery, as needed.
Before leaving the hospital, the women reported their experiences of pain intensity, pain unpleasantness, fatigue, nausea, physical discomfort, and emotional upset. The investigators also collected information on the amount of anesthesia and pain medication used during and after surgery, the time spent in surgery, and the cost of the procedures, medications, and staff time.
Because the women knew their group assignment, the investigators took several precautions to reduce potential bias in the results.
Women in the hypnosis group required significantly less propofol and lidocaine, the doses of which were adjusted for individual patients as needed during surgery, than women in the control group. Use of fentanyl and midazolam did not differ significantly. Although use of pain medication after surgery did not differ between groups, women in the hypnosis group reported significantly less pain intensity, pain unpleasantness, nausea, fatigue, discomfort, and emotional upset than women in the control group.
Women in the hypnosis group also spent an average of about ten and a half fewer minutes in surgery than women in the control group. The researchers weren't able to say why this was so, only that the finding was statistically significant and resulted in cost savings. On average, the surgical procedures cost about $770 less per patient in the hypnosis group.
One limitation of the study was that group assignment could not be hidden from participating women, since they actively participated in either the hypnosis or control sessions. When both participants and researchers in a study are unaware of the final group assignments, this is called a double-blind clinical trial, and is considered the best way to reduce potential bias in collecting results.
However, the researchers took precautions to make sure that the results were collected by staff that did not know which of the women had received hypnosis. The authors believed that their precautions "make it unlikely that either research or clinical staff were aware of study group assignment."
Also, in this study, the hypnosis was performed by specially trained psychologists, who may not be available at every hospital. More research is needed, explained the authors, to test whether other members of the clinical team could be taught to effectively give a similar hypnosis session.
The trial design did not allow for a definitive answer as to why the hypnosis group spent less time in surgery. "It is possible that the shorter procedure times in the hypnosis group were due to the patients being easier to prepare for surgery and to sedate or due to less time having been spent administering medications to patients," write the authors. "However, we did not investigate these mechanisms, and therefore, these possibilities are highly speculative."
"Overall, our results support the present hypnosis intervention as a brief, clinically effective means for controlling patients' pain, nausea, fatigue, discomfort, and emotional upset following breast cancer surgery beyond traditional pharmacotherapeutic approaches," stated the authors. "The present brief hypnosis intervention appears to be one of the rare clinical interventions that can simultaneously reduce both symptom burden and costs."
"If you can decrease the amount of pain using a technique such as hypnosis, and you can also at the same time reduce the cost involved in treating these patients, I think it's beneficial both ways," said Sonia Jakowlew, Ph.D., program director in the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Cancer Cell Biology Branch. "It helps the patients and it helps the physicians as well."
Further studies are needed, explained the authors, to measure which specific parts of the hypnosis intervention are most effective, to see whether hypnosis had a long-term effect on the control of pain and discomfort, and to test hypnosis in patients with different types of cancer and from different demographic backgrounds. "Investigators should attempt to replicate [this study] and see if these are consistent findings," agreed Jeffrey White, M.D. director of NCI's Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
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Earn a Lookout Challenge medal when you compete in both the Sunbelt Bakery IRONMAN 70.3 Chattanooga presented by McKee A Family Bakery and Little Debbie IRONMAN Chattanooga presented by McKee A Family Bakery this 2019 season.
These paired events are timed perfectly for you to use IRONMAN 70.3 Chattanooga as a training race in the spring or challenge yourself to go the distance at IRONMAN Chattanooga in the fall. Both events take place in Chattanooga, TN that includes a downstream swim in the Tennessee River, an athlete favorite bike course that winds around the base of lookout mountain in Northern Georgia, and a run course that takes athletes through downtown where spectators line the streets to cheer you on.
The outdoorsy city of Chattanooga awaits you, and so does a customized challenge medal, which you will receive at IRONMAN Chattanooga. Athletes who have already registered for both races this year will automatically be participating in the challenge.


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Event Design
Events are mechanisms that allow application-specific code to execute when an action occurs. Events happen either before the associated action occurs (pre-events) or after the action occurs (post-events). For example, when a user clicks a button in a window, a post-event is raised allowing application-specific methods to execute. An event-handler delegate is bound to the method to be executed when the system raises an event. The event handler is added to the event so that it is able to invoke its method when the event is raised. Events can have event-specific data (for example, a mouse down event can include data about the screen cursor's location).
The signature of the event-handling method is identical to the signature of the event-handler delegate. The event-handler signature observes the following conventions:
The return type is Void.
The first parameter is named sender and is of type Object. This is the object that raised the event.
The second parameter is named e and is of type EventArgs or a derived class of EventArgs.This is the event-specific data.
The method takes exactly two parameters.
For more information about events, see Handling and Raising Events.
Do use the raise terminology for events rather than fire or trigger.
Do use System.EventHandler<T> instead of manually creating new delegates to be used as event handlers.
This guideline mainly applies to new feature areas. If you are expanding the functionality in an area that already uses non-generic event handlers, you can continue to use non-generic event handlers to keep the design consistent.
You cannot comply with this guideline if your library targets versions of the .NET Framework that do not support generics.
Consider using a derived class of System.EventArgs as the event argument, unless you are absolutely sure the event will never need to carry any data to the event-handling method, in which case you can use the System.EventArgs type directly.
If you define an event that takes an EventArgs instance instead of a derived class that you define, you cannot add data to the event in later versions. For that reason, it is preferable to create an empty derived class of EventArgs. This allows you add data to the event in later versions without introducing breaking changes.
Do use a protected virtual method to raise each event. This is applicable only to non-static events on unsealed classes, not to structures, sealed classes, or static events.
Complying with this guideline allows derived classes to handle a base class event by overriding the protected method. The name of the protected virtual (Overridable in Visual Basic) method should be the same as the event name prefixed with On. For example, the protected virtual method for an event named "TimeChanged" is named "OnTimeChanged".
Derived classes that override the protected virtual method are not required to call the base class implementation. The base class must continue to work correctly even if its implementation is not called.
Do use a parameter that is typed as the event argument class to the protected method that raises an event. The parameter should be named e.
The FontDialog class provides the following method, which raises the Apply event:
Protected Overridable Sub OnApply( ByVal e As EventArgs )
protected virtual void OnApply(EventArgs e);
Do not pass null (Nothing in Visual Basic) as the sender parameter when raising a non-static event.
On static events, the sender parameter should be null (Nothing in Visual Basic).
Do not pass null (Nothing in Visual Basic) as the event data parameter when raising an event.
If there is no event data, pass Empty instead of null.
Do be prepared for arbitrary code executing in the event-handling method.
Consider placing the code where the event is raised in a try-catch block to prevent program termination due to unhandled exceptions thrown from the event handlers.
Consider raising events that the end user can cancel. This applies only to pre-events.
If you are designing a cancelable event, use CancelEventArgs instead of EventArgs as the base class for the event data object e.
Portions Copyright 2005 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Portions Copyright Addison-Wesley Corporation. All rights reserved.
For more information on design guidelines, see the "Framework Design Guidelines: Conventions, Idioms, and Patterns for Reusable .NET Libraries" book by Krzysztof Cwalina and Brad Abrams, published by Addison-Wesley, 2005.


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Sophos XG 115 & XG 115w desktop firewall appliances offer an excellent price-to-performance ratio making them ideal for small businesses or branch offices. They are available with or without integrated 802.11ac wireless LAN, so you can even have an all-inone network security and hotspot solution without the need for additional hardware. Of course, you can also add external access points.
With Intel multi-core technology designed for best performance and efficiency in a small form factor, these models come equipped with 4 GbE copper ports built-in and 1 shared SFP interface, e.g. for use with our optional DSL modem or an SFP Fiber transceiver to connect the device to a server or switch. An optional second power supply provides an unmatched redundancy option in this product segment.
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