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Raymond P. Lacourse - Cumberland
Raymond P. Lacourse, 72, of Cumberland, passed away Sunday, April 20, 2014. He was the husband of Kathleen (Drape) Lacourse.
Born in Pawtucket, he was the son of the late Joseph and Eva (Bouffard) Lacourse. Ray owned and operated J.D. Lacourse & Son of Pawtucket since 1960.
Besides his wife, he is survived by his children, Michell Simmons, Raymond Lacourse, Kathleen Fyfe, Daniel Lacourse, Susanne Perry, Joseph and Christine Lacourse; two sisters, Claire Labonte and Jeannette Flanagan; and 20 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He was the brother of the late Cecile Masse, Irene Lacourse, and Ernest Lacourse.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Friday, April 25 at 11 a.m. in Saint Joseph Church, 1303 Mendon Road, Cumberland. Relatives and friends are invited. Visiting hours Thursday 4-8 p.m. in the Costigan-O'Neill Funeral Home Funeral Home, 220 Cottage Street, Pawtucket. Burial will be private.www.oneillfuneralhomes.com


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RE/MAX Southern Shores sells property in Sunset Harbor, North Carolina
Are you thinking of living in coastal North Carolina? Well, look no further than Sunset Harbor and the Lockwoods Folly River. Minutes south of Wilmington, NC and 50 minutes north of Myrtle Beach, SC you'll find Sunset Harbor along the Intracoastal Waterway with direct Atlantic Ocean access. You will see birds diving for fish and shrimp boats moored at the dock, plus the beautiful Lockwoods Folly River. Buyers have housing choices at River Run Plantation, Winding River Plantation, and Rourk Landing Estates, all spectacular riverfront communities that are also close to the Intracoastal Waterway.
The Lockwoods Folly River drains a 150-square mile watershed in southeast Brunswick County. The River winds through pinelands, hardwoods, wetlands, blackwater creeks and tributaries, deepwater runs, marsh, mudflats, estuary and shallows. Each unique habitat sustains countless bird species, game and non-game wildlife, rare plants and fish.
There are condominiums and detached homes in the midst of this spectacular setting. The Lockwoods Folly River offers genteel coastal living in an unspoiled natural setting. Lockwood Folly County Club is situated on the banks of the Lockwood Folly River. The following video provides an excellent view of the estuary, the golf course, the woodland setting for homes and condominiums, and the ever-changing grandeur of the river.
River Run is a gated waterfront community located on the River with views of the Intracoastal Waterway and Oak Island. It has a clubhouse, pool, tennis court, boat ramp and boat storage, picnic areas, and fishing pier. The streets are tree-lined and it offers a quiet respite to the busy world. Choose a lot, waterfront and marsh front homes, as well as homes on a pond or in the wooded section. Call RE/MAX Southern Shores at 843-249-5555 to see what is available in this lovely community.
You could also make Winding River Plantation your home. On the banks of the Lockswoods Folly River and nestled in the pines and oaks of Brunswick County you'll find Winding River Plantation. There are curving streets and bike paths that complement the River for which the community is named. Residents enjoy the Club House on the 27-hole Carolina National Golf Course as well as the River House for property owners. Both are excellent places to rest, relax, dine and meet with friends.
Rivers Edge is another secluded, gated community tucked away on the marsh savannahs along the river. It is also home to Rivers Edge Golf Club, a signature Arnold Palmer course. The community has protected the marsh and pond areas to maintain a pristine environment for coastal birds. Homes are both low and raised low country styles with town homes resembling carriage homes. RE/MAX Southern Shores agents can make your coastal Carolina housing dreams come true with so many options to choose from!
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Hot and Cold Stove
As much as I would like to be posting this evening with stellar Angels signing/trade news, there is still no real news to report. Granted, the reports of all the guys we're supposedly in talks with are coming faster and faster on each others' heels – Carl Crawford, Adrian Beltre, even Rafael Soriano. Yes please. Yes please. And, hey, if we can afford him too and he doesn't succumb to the usual Angels closer curse – well, he had career seasons for the two years before Tony signed him, I just don't know what happened – yes please to him too. Why not. If you're going to dream, dream big. And those are just the reports we have a reason to take seriously. Depending on who you're reading, supposedly, we're also talking to Jayson Werth, A.J. Pierzynski (because we really need another catcher), and Cliff Lee, among others. Heck, if you looked hard enough, someone probably has a "hot tip from an MLB insider" that Tony Reagins is in talks with Big Foot as a potential 3rd base option… Although…he probably swings a pretty big bat wouldn't you think? Anyone know what his stats are against lefties?
None of this is to say that Hot Stove hasn't been interesting so far…for a variety of definitions of interesting. I am very happy for the Dodgers. The Dodgers are kind of like an amiable ex-boyfriend for me. We weren't right for one another but we parted ways on good terms and I always wish them well…except during the Freeway Series, of course. I was worried that in the middle of the ongoing divorce proceedings between Mommy Dearest and the king of all deadbeat baseball dads, the Dodgers would be left out of the trading season all together. Quite the contrary, they have been very busy so far. I think Uribe will be a great addition to the team, at 2nd for now with today's trading of Theriot and with great options down the road for short and/or 3rd if Furcael spends another season on and off the DL and/or when Casey Blake's contract is up. He wasn't cheap, but it's not like there are any great bargains out there this year.
I was surprised the Tigers were able to pounce so quickly on Victor Martinez, I expected that one to be more drawn out. They wanted another big bat and they certainly got one. I am interested to see what if any moves they make later in the off season.
I am perplexed at the way the Yankees are dealing with Derek Jeter. Of course they were going to negotiate. Players always want more than teams want to pay – this is true of employers and employees everywhere. But does anyone honestly believe that the Yankees want to let Derek Jeter go any more than he wants to leave? So what happened here and who thought the front office arguing this out in the media would be a good idea? The front office comments sound childish and pouty. Yankee fans don't like it. Non Yankees baseball fans don't seem to like it much either and it can't be good for team morale. They will probably settle for the same amount they would have settled for without all of this upheaval so what was the upside here? Obviously bad PR decisions catch my attention.
The courting of Cliff Lee, on the other hand, amuses me to no end, partially because of how coy many of the suitors are trying to be and partially the degree to which the media are being anything but. Cliff Lee watch day 27! Breaking news: Cliff Lee signs…up for DirecTv. It's definitely my own imp of the perverse, but if I were Cliff Lee I wouldn't be able to resist messing with folks at this point. You know, show up at the grocery store in a D-backs ball cap or something. I predict the Rangers will make a strong offer but that Lee will be in Yankee's pinstripes next year.


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It's that time again. Lincoln Center is buzzing with hoardes of retail buyers, socialites, celebrities and journalists, watching designers at Fashion Week unveil collections for spring/summer 2012.
But for other folks, the job is to think beyond next season.
Fashion trend forecaster David Wolfe has been picking through the latest designs coming down the runway in order to summon up the trends he expects to dominate in fall/winter 2012.
But beyond what colors and styles Wolfe, the creative director at Doneger Group, expects to see next year, there is a more important message: youth is no longer driving fashion, and younger lines are wisely "aging."
And that is having an impact on the designs of the clothes that we will see next year.
Why is this happening? Baby Boomers are regaining economic control of fashion. They have no desire to step back from fashion and sit at home in a housecoat.
Wolfe cited examples such as Meryl Streep, Martha Stewart, and Vogue's long-time creative director Grace Coddington, who in their sixties and seventies are still forces to be reckoned with when it comes to style and fashion.
That, and the fact that the Boomers, as well as their elders, have more money to spend than younger generations gives them the right to wield their influence.
Wolfe expects that we are gradually heading into a new era for fashion, which will produce more lady-like fashion that incorporates bright colors, warm spicy colors such as cinnamon, paprika, and cayenne, as well as notes of blue.
This doesn't mean that black and neutrals, which have dominated many recent designer collections will disappear, but they will evolve.
Wolfe also expects to see modernism revisited with clothing that incorporates abstract color blocking or has an almost architectural heft.
But more than anything, these designs will be ageless. Think sheaths, shifts, suits, and pant suits paired with lady-like accessories.
Already, there are expectations that the spring/summer fashion lines that will be show this week at New York Fashion Week will feature bright colors, including neon pinks, greens and yellows. Styles are expected to remain causal, but will become more polished.
"Dressing up is the new cool, dressing down is old school," Neiman Marcus Fashion Director Ken Downing told Reuters.
Color is a great way to encourage consumers to restock their closets. In recent years, designers have favored black and neutrals because they would blend with the other items a woman might have in her closet.
Bringing in color, as is happening with the spring/summer collections, is a call to shop and restock. As designers transition to the fall and winter, this may get kicked up another notch.
If Wolfe is correct, designers will be looking to convince women to pull items together, with matching colors and ensembles that pair suits with coats. Accessories also will become more important.
According to Wolfe, fashion has been taking a back seat to technology.
"Apple stores are busy, specialty stores are not," Wolfe said.
There are ways for fashion designers to incorporate technology to make their designs more compelling, according to Wolfe. He expects over time, the industry will find ways experiment with new materials and methods such as motion-sensors, 3-D printing and mood sensitivity.
But that may be even farther into the future.
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Services for Migrant and Seasonal Farm Workers
The Bureau of Job Service (BJS) staff provide the same range of services to Migrant and Seasonal Farm Workers (MSFWs) as are provided to non-MSFW job seekers. The US Department of Labor Federal Regulations (20 C.F.R. 651-658) require that States ensure that the services provided to Migrant and Seasonal Farm Workers (MSFWs) are qualitatively equivalent and quantitatively proportionate to the services provided to non-MSFWs. States are required to deliver all workforce development related services, benefits and protections, career guidance/counseling, testing, job development, job training and job referral services to MSFWs on an equitable and non-discriminatory basis.
Federal regulations require that States conduct outreach to MSFWs who are not being reached by normal intake activities conducted by local job center offices. Outreach staff contact MSFWs in their living, working or gathering areas to inform MSFWs about services available from the local job center offices, including the availability of referrals to agricultural and non-agricultural employment and training, referral to support services, testing, counseling, and other job development services, etc. Outreach staff also provide information about the Job Service Complaint System, farm worker rights and services provided by community based organizations.
MSFWs Specialists (bilingual in English/Spanish) provide these services and are available to assist the farm worker in job centers throughout our State.
According to federal regulations, Job Service operates the Job Service Complaint System for filing and processing customer complaints related to alleged violations of State and/or Federal employment related laws. Job Service Complaint Specialists can be contacted at job centers throughout the State. Complaints must be submitted in writing and must contain the complaint's signature. One Stop Career Center (OSCC) Complaint/Referral Record.
Monitor Advocates
Monitor Advocate Services were established at the National, Regional and State levels to monitor services to Migrant and Seasonal Farm Workers and ensure compliance with DOL regulations.
Some of the responsibilities of the State Monitor Advocate (SMA) are to monitor Wisconsin Job Centers to ensure equity of services to MSFWs, ensure needs or complaints submitted through the Job Service Complaint System are addressed or referred to partners (i.e. Wage and Hour, OSHA, others) and to follow up on referred complaints. The SMA submits quarterly activity reports to the federal Department of Labor regarding the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development's services to MSFWs.
For more information on MSFWs, please see the US Department of Labor MSFWs website. A MSFW Desk Aid is also available to assist in clarifying how MSFWs are defined.


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Hagel unhappy with House panel's defense budget
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is not pleased with a budget bill in the House.
The House Armed Services Committee wrote a bill that rejects many cost-savings proposals from the department, including closing excess military bases and retiring aging aircraft.
A Pentagon spokesman says it is still early in the budget process, and Hagel hopes that lawmakers will eventually approve the cuts. The cuts would also slow the growth of some military wages and benefits. The moves are intended to free up money to preserve readiness for combat
Kirby says Hagel plans to talk to lawmakers more about the need for another round of base closings, though Congress rejects the idea.
The House panel approved a $600 billion defense bill on Thursday.
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Louisiana's vast coastal marsh provides wintering and migration habitat for two-thirds of the Mississippi Flyway waterfowl population and leads the country in the number of wintering ducks. The 4 million acres of coastal marshes is declining in both quantity (approximate loss of 25,000 acres/year) and quality (conversion to more saline marshes) and this may be causing waterfowl distribution changes within the coastal zone. Inland waterfowl wintering areas have also been altered in the recent past through extensive land use changes. Major concentrations areas now occur in the central and northeast portion of the state. Documentation of the relative population of ducks and geese and their habitat use by region is needed to monitor status and assess current management programs.
One of the most important tools the Department uses to monitor populations and distributions of waterfowl is an aerial survey conducted from September through January. The survey consists of 27 north-south transect lines from the Gulf northward to U.S. Highway 90 that are one-quarter mile in width and vary in length from 8 to 48 miles. Survey lines are spaced at 7.5 mile intervals in the southwest and at 15 miles in the southeast resulting in 3% and 1.5% sampling rates in the 2 areas, respectively. A fixed wing aircraft is used for this inventory from an altitude of 125 feet at approximately 100 mph. The number of ducks and type of waterfowl species are recorded by habitat type on each survey line. Total counts of waterfowl are used on Catahoula Lake and in central and northeast Louisiana and on Lakes Pontchartrain and Borgne. Inventories are used to develop an index of waterfowl populations for measuring relative changes in abundance and distribution. Information on current habitat conditions for waterfowl, weather patterns and migrations are also recorded during surveys. Results are compiled and mailed to cooperating agencies and interested individuals. Program personnel also participate in the coordinated Mississippi Flyway mid-December goose count and the mid-winter waterfowl survey in early January. Survey data aid in predicting and evaluating waterfowl hunter success and are most helpful when discussing waterfowl issues with concerned citizens, outdoor writers and wetland specialists from around the country.


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The California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has jurisdiction for household goods carriers (movers) and passenger carrier services operating within the state of California. Trucking companies that transport freight are under the jurisdiction of the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). Trucking companies whose vehicles cross state lines are under the jurisdiction of the Federal Highway Administration.
California Public Utilites Commission
Household Goods Complaints and Moving Company Complaints
(800) 366-4782
Trucking companies that provide household moving services and bus, shuttle or limousine companies that provide passenger carrier services operating within California (intrastate) are assigned an "authority number" to operate. Consumer complaints may be filed with this office.
San Francisco Office (Headquarters)
505 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 703-2782
800-848-5580 Toll-Free
415-703-1758 Fax
Los Angeles Office
320 West 4th Street, Ste. 500
Los Angeles, CA 90013
(213) 576-7000
(213) 576-7007 Fax
(800) 365-0550 (Toll Free)
San Diego Office
1350 Front Street
State Building, Room 4000
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 525-4217
Trucking companies that transport freight only are under the jurisdiction of DMV. Consumer complaints may be filed with this office:
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Registration Operations Division
PO Box 932370-MS.G875
Sacramento, CA 94232-3700
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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has jurisdiction for licensing and safety issues for trucking companies operating throughout the 48 states. Trucks must first be assigned an "authority number" by the Federal Highway Administration, and if permanently based in California, must be assigned another "authority number" by the California Public Utilities Commission. Consumer complaints may be registered with this office.
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Länder nach Einwohnerzahl: Tuvalu (Tuvalu)
Tuvalu, formerly known as the Ellice Islands, is a Polynesian island nation located in the Pacific Ocean, midway between Hawaii and Australia. It comprises four reef islands and five true atolls spread out from 6° to 10° south. Its nearest neighbours are Kiribati, Nauru, Samoa and Fiji.
The first inhabitants of Tuvalu were Polynesian people. In 1568 Spanish navigator Álvaro de Mendaña sailed through the islands and is understood to have sighted Nui during his expedition in search of Terra Australis. In 1819 the island of Funafuti was named Ellice's Island; the name Ellice was applied to all nine islands after the work of English hydrographer Alexander George Findlay (1812–1876).
The islands came under Britain's sphere of influence in the late 19th century, when the Ellice Islands were declared a British protectorate by Captain Gibson, R. N. of HMS Curaçao between 9th and 16 October 1892. The Ellice Islands were administered as British protectorate by a Resident Commissioner from 1892 to 1916 as part of the British Western Pacific Territories (BWPT), and later as part of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands colony from 1916 to 1974.
In 1974, the Ellice Islanders voted for separate British dependency status. As a consequence Tuvalu separated from the Gilbert Islands which became Kiribati. Tuvalu became fully independent within the Commonwealth on 1 October 1978. On 5 September 2000, Tuvalu became the 189th member of the United Nations.


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We all have an image of the other woman in our heads: the calculating predator who moves in on happily coupled men. The cloistered, diamond-draped mistress. The office sexpot who's always just a little too close to your guy at his holiday party. She's a staple of novels, movies, tabloids, even history books--from the restless Emma in Madame Bovary to Fatal Attraction's bunny boiler to, most recently, Eliot Spitzer's hotel call girl. And if you've never seen it, go YouTube the legendary clip of Marilyn Monroe purring "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" to her rumored lover, J.F.K. That's the other woman as we usually imagine her.
Inside the Guilty Mind of the Other Woman
For most, the idea of borrowing or stealing another woman's man is unthinkable. And that's exactly why the Other Woman is such an object of fascination.
For most, the idea of borrowing or stealing another woman's man is unthinkable. And that's exactly why the OW is such an object of fascination: Why does she do it? Does she want to get caught? How does it feel to be her? Full confession: I was an OW years ago, and I can tell you it felt destructive, decadent, impossible, inevitable. And it was also lonely. Every day I vowed to end the damage I was inflicting on my life, his life, her life.... But then he'd pull me into bed and my good intentions would fall away as quickly as our clothes. The highs of loving someone you can never see enough of (and thus never get tired of) are downright addictive.
Why am I admitting to being a former man stealer, home wrecker, [insert unflattering noun here]? It's not something I normally broadcast. But somehow, after interviewing the women you're about to meet, my past doesn't seem so shameful. We all can learn from our mistakes. So here you go: seven true stories of heartbreak, hijinks and huge life lessons told by OWs (whose names and identifying details have been changed--you'll see why!) and the women whose relationships OWs have rattled. Decide for yourself, but I'll bet you'll find these other women aren't so "other" after all.
At 25, after divorcing my husband of only a year, I met a man who made me feel alive again. Unfortunately he was married. I fought off sleeping with him for months, but eventually I did. At the time I was very thin and not having regular periods, so I was shocked to find out three months into the affair that I was pregnant--with twins, no less! What had I done?
I gave birth with a friend by my side instead of the father, who by that time wasn't part of my life. I felt greatly remorseful and believed I'd been given my due: The children were a blessing, of course, but raising them by myself sometimes felt like a punishment. I'd grown up in a Christian family, and I felt like I had a scarlet A on my chest. Maybe that's why, years later, when he called to say he'd gotten divorced, I let him back into our lives.
It was hard, but we were trying--until I found out that he was seeing someone on the side. I'd gone from being the other woman to being cheated on, just as my friends had predicted. These days, he visits our daughters, but we're over. I learned that two clichés are true: What comes around goes around, and a leopard never changes its spots. --Terri, 35
The entire time I dated a guy I'll call Hef--yes, after that Hef--he insisted on keeping me a secret. He said his "crazy" ex would hunt me down if she knew anything about me. At first, I had no reason not to trust him. But before long he told me about other girls he was seeing. Why did I put up with it? I guess because it was a hard time in my life and I was down in the dumps. Besides, he assured me that I was his "alpha dog" (I know--ick). Eventually, though, I felt strong enough to tell him our relationship was over, and I moved on.
A few months later I heard that Hef had actually proposed to one of his supposed on-the-side girls. I was hurt, so I decided to reach out to his "crazy" ex to get her perspective on the situation. Turned out they'd been together the whole time we were, and he'd told her that I was the crazy one. We'd both been played. After that first meeting she and I stayed in touch, and now we're good friends. And we eagerly await the day he sees the two of us together. Hopefully at his wedding reception, which we fully intend to crash. --Esther, 23
My boyfriend and I had been together seven years when I unlocked the door to his apartment with the key he had given me and saw him, a tangle of limbs with another woman! He didn't even get up; he just froze, staring at me. I stared back in shock, then left--but not before opening a drawer and taking a pair of socks and a bottle of perfume. I have no idea why!
I never spoke to my boyfriend again. I was heartbroken then, but today I can tell you that while the experience was horrible, it was also one of the best things that has ever happened to me. That *&%#! was no good, and everyone had seen it but me. Every day I thank God--and weirdly, that naked woman, whoever she was--for that moment! --Jennifer, 29
From ages 23 to 25, I attracted nothing but married men. I didn't seek them out, but I realize now that I gave off a "come hither and I won't ask for much" vibe because I didn't feel worthy of real love.
It started with The Lawyer. I didn't know he was married, but I wasn't looking for clues that he was, so I guess I was in denial. After a few months, I got an angry e-mail from a woman who said she was his wife. He claimed it was just a prank, but I did a little sleuthing. Turned out she was his other mistress, who was pregnant and trying to get The Lawyer's wife to divorce him! I told him it was over.
But two years later, during a low point in my life, I reconnected with him. Only this time, I was seeing other people as well--two hunky, unreliable workaholics who were good distractions. And guess what? Both of them turned out to be married too. I was miserable. Finally a girlfriend told me something that turned my life around. She said, "Every woman deserves to be loved exclusively." Simple words, but I took them to heart. I had to let go of these married guys and get emotionally healthy. So I got counseling, stopped partying so much and started dating nicer men. One of them became my husband two years ago. After years of compromising, I'm in a relationship that's sure and steady. And that's how I feel about myself now, too. --Natasha, 35
Todd and I started out as work friends--he had a serious girlfriend--but it quickly turned into a major flirtation: e-mails, meetings after work, lunches together. I still remember the day we were driving back from one, and he put his hand on my knee. It sounds corny, but I swear it was electrifying. Nothing else happened until a few weeks later, when I couldn't help myself: I gave him a hug, which led to a kiss, which led to a full-on make-out session. Before long, we were sneaking off together whenever we could possibly get away. We were both racked with guilt. I never thought I'd be "that" kind of girl, and he was really a good guy--really! And he still cared deeply for his girlfriend. We just couldn't stop. Not for anything. I pushed my guilt aside with that classic justification: If he were happy with her, he wouldn't be playing with me, now would he?
We carried on this way--secretive looks across the office, racing to meet at "our spot," laughing off colleagues' comments--for a year. Then one weekend, I went on a trip with another guy, and all I could think about was how much I wished he were Todd. As soon as I got home, I told Todd I loved him and wanted to be with only him. The way he looked at me, I could tell he felt the same. The following week he broke up with his girlfriend; she never knew about us, and I'm happy about that. I don't think anything good could have come from her knowing.
Four years later, we got engaged. We've now been married for more than two years, and have worked through our guilt over how we started. And despite what people may think, I don't consider for even a nanosecond that Todd would cheat on me. There's just too much history, love and potential for it to be worth it. And those are his words. --Lisa, 36
Three years ago, I became the other woman. The twist in my case is that my lover was married to a man. I'm a lesbian; she's bisexual, and her husband said he understood her need to sometimes be with women. His one caveat: He didn't want her to fall in love with one. But she did, with me. From the beginning of the affair, she told me she would never leave him, and while I'd been fine with that at first, a year in I realized I loved her too much to share her. It's too hard to be the "other"--too draining, too negative.
One night, after she left my bed at 3 A.M., I realized I had to let her go. Otherwise, it would drag on, in all of its wrenching ambivalence, for years. My lover had needed me, a woman, to make her feel whole. But I didn't feel whole without having her completely. And so I let her go. My affair was the most selfish thing I've ever done. Giving it up might have been the bravest. --Sandra, 38


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Tyler Sparks, MA, LPC, NCC, CCSAS
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In 63122 - Nearby to Washington Park.
Tyler Sparks provides encouraging, yet challenging psychotherapy in a comfortable setting. He listens well and his care for his clients is evident in both challenge and understanding. Sessions begin with an initial assessment that gives Tyler a good feel for not only the concern you're bringing to therapy but also a broad background of information. Sessions are usually weekly at this point and Tyler collaborates with his clients to work on their personal goals.
Judy Koehler, M.A., LPC, NCC
Licensed Professional Counselor
In 63131 - Nearby to Washington Park.
Sometimes life is just plain difficult. A relationship with a counselor can often help individuals discover a new perspective or learn ways of interacting better with others. Often referred to as "talk therapy", psychotherapy can help people gain a new sense of self for effectual change. If you're experiencing difficulty with your feelings or are in the midst of hard circumstances, please call. I have improved the quality of life for many clients and would love to work with you, as well. You may also find some helpful articles at: www.judykoehlertherapist.com.
Angela McDowell, MS, LCPC, NCC, CADC
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In 62002 - Nearby to Washington Park.
Making the decision to begin counseling (therapy) is monumental and can be a little scary. It will be the catalyst for change and growth in your future. It's important to develop a professional relationship of trust and safety with your counselor/therapist. Services provided are confidential. Treatment is individualized and based on your needs.To ask questions or schedule an appointment, contact Angela McDowell.
Amy Goldstein, MA,CIT,CHT
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In 63132 - Nearby to Washington Park.
Individuals enter into psychotherapy to enhance their well being and reduce suffering. Psychotherapy theories provide a structure for counselors to decipher a client's thoughts, behavior, and feelings and aid in navigating a client's journey from diagnosis to post-treatment. My approach to psychotherapy is more eclectic which means I use various techniques based on the client's needs. My frame renders the lens by which I attend and organize the exhibiting problems of my clients and narratives. It further orients me to define distinct issues and themes, which in turn direct me to hypothesize and lead me to consider integrated treatment goals and desired results.
Richard Boswell, LCSW, L.L.C.
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
In 63105 - Nearby to Washington Park.
The impact of psychotherapy is well studied and known to be helpful about 80% of the time. In my practice, I use evidence based therapies to assist my clients. I am certified in the Gottman Method, Emotionally Focused Therapy and Discernment Counseling to help couples. To help individuals, I have a certificate in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, and have studied Cognitive Behavioral Therapy extensively. I have also studied and been trained in Family Systems therapy. As I work with clients I draw on all of these theories and methods to address each persons specific needs. Clients develop a greater understanding of themselves and know the actions they can take to continue their growth.
Washington Park is located in St. Clair County, Illinois. It has a land area of 2.52 square miles and a water area of 0.00 square miles.  The population of Washington Park is 3,990 people with 1,316 households and a median annual income of $26,136. .
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Google Charging for Extra Shared Storage
Fresh on the heels of Microsoft's Windows Live SkyDrive online shared storage announcement, Google has come out with an online storage announcement of its own: You can now pay for more space for your Picasa Web Albums and Gmail accounts.
The free storage limit for Gmail is currently 2.8GB, while with Picasa Web Albums you get a whole gigabyte free. Both of these are pretty generous, unless you're uploading hundreds of 10-megapixel snapshots. But Google must have determined a need for the increased premium offerings.
The new storage plans will be shared among Gmail and Picasa Web Albums at first, with other Google apps such as Doc & Spreadsheets to join the party at a later date. Plans are priced at 6GB ($20.00 per year), 25GB ($75.00 per year), 100GB ($250.00 per year), and 250GB ($500.00 per year) .
One drawback is that you can't set allocation limits for how much storage you want for each service. As the new Help page states, "You can't set aside shared storage space for one service--it will be used by any service that's over its free storage quota on a first-come, first-served basis." So I guess you have to just go and buy more space when that one service you wanted to limit tops you off.
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Summer comedies break the tension
Sharing screens this summer with super heroes and comic book characters are a lot of promising comedies. So along with the bam, crash, bang, you can enjoy a few laughs, too.
"Bridesmaids" opens May 13 and is being heralded as "Hangover" for chicks. Despite protestations to the contrary from producer Judd Apatow, the trailer looks like exactly that as group of gal pals head to Las Vegas before a big wedding. Starring Rose Byrne and "SNL's" Kristen Wiig in her first lead role, this looks like a lot of fun. Hopes are riding high on these ladies.
On a trip to NYC last summer, I watched as crews turned Park Avenue into a winter wonderland to film outdoor scenes for the Jim Carrey feature about a man so obsessed with penguins he's gifted with six of the little creatures. The only problem is he lives in an apartment in the city. Angela Lansbury also appears, but don't be fooled. The little furry guys in the tuxedos are the real stars of "Mr. Popper's Penguins." And only penguins stand a chance of upstaging Carrey's antics. Opens June 17.
The buzz on "Bad Teacher" is Cameron Diaz is really bad — in a good way — in this comedy about a burned-out teacher out to land a rich husband, who happens to be real-life former flame Justin Timberlake playing the substitute teacher she sets her sights on. Look for Lucy Punch as a rival teacher to steal some scenes from Diaz. Jason Segel also stars in the raunchy R-rated comedy opening June 24.
On location earlier this year, Tom Hanks tweeted daily about how much fun he was having filming "Larry Crowne." We'll see if it translates to the screen. The titular character played by Hanks, who also directs, is a laid-off box factory worker who tries to re-invent himself by taking classes at a local community college. He gets the hots for teacher played by Julia Roberts. Opens July 1.
"Horrible Bosses" hopefully won't give anyone ideas about offing their employers, but Justin Bateman and Jason Sudeikis try just that to alleviate their miserable working conditions in this wacky comedy. Jennifer Aniston, Jamie Foxx and Colin Ferrell also play along. Opens July 8.
If "Friends with Benefits" sounds familiar, it is. Earlier this year, "No Strings Attached," almost the same movie only with Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman, was released, so this was held until summer. The story is the same but the players have changed to Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis as a guy and a girl who try to avoid the messy entrapments of relationships by agreeing to limit it buddy sex — and we know how that always turns out. Opens July 22.
"Crazy, Stupid, Love" is the Steve Carrell entry for the summer season. He plays a recently divorced man looking for his mojo with Ryan Gosling as the ladies' man who helps him find it. Julianne Moore and Emma Stone play the love interests. Opens July 29.
"The Change-Up" is a new twist on the old Disney movie "Freaky Friday" with estranged best friends Jason Bateman and Ryan Reynolds somehow switching bodies and having to deal with each other's lives until they can undo what's happened. Co-starring are Leslie Mann and Olivia Wilde. Opens Aug. 5.
"Our Idiot Brother" was a hit at Sundance a few months ago with Paul Rudd leading a great cast as the dullard of a brother to three much smarter sisters played by Emily Mortimer, Elizabeth Banks and Zooey Deschanel. When he gets busted selling pot to a cop, the whole family gets involved. Opens Aug. 26.


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The following is a translation of the complete text of Lamaat Al Husayn, the Radiance of Husayn, quotes and sayings of the Eminent Lord of the Martyrs, Husayn ibn 'Ali, peace be upon them.
Please note that this is not referred to as a complete translation, for no translation may ever be able to completely convey an original text, with its nuances, metaphors, and special concepts and meanings. This is especially the case when the words are the words of an immaculate being, created by Allah the Almighty, to guide and conduct the human being along the path of righteousness, growth, and perfection. So that when the human being returns to the Creator, as we all will, that return has taken a Straight Path, not a deviant one, allowing the greatest opportunity for returning in a state that is pleasing to the Lord.
This translation would never have been assumed or undertaken were it not for the direct instructions of that blessed soul, the one who is dissolved in the Essence of Truth, Allameh Hajj Sayyid Muhammad-Husain Husain-Tehrani. Never would such a lowly person have attempted to scale such heights or to be so presumptuous as to present such words to others without such a directive.
That warrant guaranties not the flawlessness of the translation, but, if Allah so wills, the power of the blessed words contained in the original, and the strength of the pure intention of those who have followed and lived by these words, to transcend the language of the mind and tongue and to penetrate the heart of each and every human being.
Certain terms used in this text, such as waliy and Imam, have not been translated, as no one word can do them justice. The reader is referred to the series Imam Shinasi, also written by Allameh Husaini-Tehrani to ponder the meanings of those terms. We pray that Allah will grant the acceptance for those volumes to undergo translation and be put in the hands and hearts of English speaking readers.
The term Eminent has been used for the honorific Hazrat used as a term of respect by Farsi speakers. Further, the Farsi poems in the original text, most notably the glorious verses composed by Allah Husaini-Tehrani himself which appear at the end of the text, were far beyond the ability of this translator to approach.
There is no Power and no Strength except in Allah, the Exalted the Mighty. We rely upon Him, and to Him is the return. We beg his forgiveness for the faults and shortcoming in this, and all our endeavors and ask that he deal with us through his Mercy and Beneficence.
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The group develops research reported in advised DSc theses, MSc dissertations and published papers. The seminal conference organized by the group, SHE 2012 - Sustainability, Health and Education, delivered research results available in conference videos (English and Portuguese), presentation ppt and posters (see Library in this portal). Several applications have been carried out in the areas of health, education, sustainability, transport and energy.
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You thought you knew Woody Paige. You thought he was the guy who ate dog food on the air. You thought he was the guy who threw temper tantrums because nobody invites his girlfriends to ESPN going-away parties. You thought he was the dope who wore stupid hats and called himself, inventively, "Professor Screw Loose."
Nope. That man you see is a serious journalist who has been captured by an actor. So says Paige in The South Bend Tribune:
"I've covered civil rights in the South, the aftermath of Martin Luther King's assassination, and the World Trade Center attack," Paige said. "I was a serious political writer. This is entertainment. This character I play, it's not me."
For the sake of argument, we did a little Nexis search on Paige's "serious political writing" about the attack on the World Trade Center. The day after the attacks, he started his column with a poem and talked about trying to reach his friends in New York. (Perhaps they were there covering it for him?) He arrived in New York over the weekend and wrote about drinking with shellshocked New Yorkers who, we assure you, were just lusting to talk about it to people who came buzzing into town. He was in Arizona a week later, covering the Broncos' win over The Buzzsaw That Is The Arizona Cardinals.
But to give Paige the benefit of the doubt, we'll totally call out David Halberstam the next time he eats something disgusting on national television.
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My original post in late June was based on two weeks of using Ulitzer and Ning. I've added additional thoughts after two months of use.
The obvious point for me is that the sites have two different objectives for the writers. For Ning, the writer is trying to be involved in a niche social network from scratch. For example, I have built my own social network for marketers and salespeople called BuyerSteps. I created BuyerSteps as a way for other professionals to join in a conversation around the 21st century buyer. So, Ning represents a way to build a community.
In the case of Ulitzer, as a writer I am focused on getting readers from within an existing audience. There are already thousands of readers coming to the Ulitzer site, so if they are interested in my topics such as marketing, they will find my articles as well as others. Ulitzer allows the writer the ability to set up a feed coming from another site, so it can be a write once, publish twice strategy. You just have to give Ulitzer a few hours to upload a new article you wrote on a different site. You still have to go back into that article even after it has been posted and assign it to topics and tags. This is part of the administration of your stories which is under the manage stories menu.
Ning allows you to very easily construct the framework for a community for free with Lego-like ease of use. You can easily blog, post presentations, videos, photos, invite friends, contribute to forums and manage your experience. As the website's administrator, you can restrict certain people who don't fit your profile and set it up so that you must approve all blog posts. What amazes me the most is how easy it is to add videos and additional boxes for almost any kind of content. The site is very web-smart from an application standpoint.
What I have also done is added a widget from Twitter and LinkedIn's Question and Answer section. In a very short period of time, you can have a robust set of capabilities up and running for all of your members. You do have to be careful though as you can put too much on the front page which may slow down load time and discourage users.
Using premium services that are offered, Ning allows you to turn off Adwords for $24.95 a month as well as rename the site to whatever URL you want for $4.95 a month which I do. The website administrator can also remove the Ning promotion link for $24.95 a month. Until you have thousands of users, there is little financial reason to spend another $50 a month to turn off Adwords and the Ning promotion link.
Ning also makes it easy for you to have Google Analytics track your website. Ning has over 150 applications that the user can add to their experience with the largest group being games. Ning also makes it easy to get verification code from Google so you can verify your website. It's under the Manage/Special Options menu.
You can also define your user profile questions and modify the site's appearance. As a community tool, there's not much to complain about on Ning except that the administrator needs to work at building their own audience. Just like Twitter, unless the community builder already has a large following and presence from an outside source, it will take patience and discipline to get your thoughts in front of a lot of people. Ning also allows you to turn interested members away and set it up so that the administrator has to approve every blog and comment. I personally like this feature since BuyerSteps is focused on professionals, not raw traffic. Since we're not focused on high traffic, but quality, it's better that I can turn them away.
According to Quantcast, 7.3 million U.S. users a month go to Ning which certainly speaks to the needs of the long tail of community. Any small business or affinity group that wants to build a community site without spending a large amount of time or money can be using the Ning platform for free in less than an hour.
This is a terrific site for tapping into existing readers. Ulitzer doesn't force me to drive users to the site since the core value of the site is that many authors are contributing. The core value of the site is not to build a social network, but to provide pithy content to an information-hungry audience which at this point seems pretty technology-based. In just over ten days, I had thousands of readers of my articles mainly on marketing and sales. It would be nearly impossible to get that at Ning in ten days for a new community site. Ulitzer also tweets my stories to Twitter without my participation which has created hundreds of Retweets for me in the last two months.
The site's functionality is solid for a writer in regard to posting an article and then choosing which topics it should go under. It seems the biggest challenge for Ulitzer will be how they handle editorial control. If I am the editor of a topic, I can edit stories out of a topic but there are so many stories that are newsfeeds, it tends to clutter this area. I wish there were a better way to sort through these with more data like readership.
In the management panel of the experience for the writer, I can edit my story and view my story prior to it being posted. From a pure housekeeping standpoint, I hope they add the ability to delete my story from the management console at some point. Ulitzer doesn't publish the story unless I submit it, but I would still like to take it off of the console. Facts change and it would be great to kill a story if the writer could. For instance, I started one story and decided not to publish it because I changed my mind. That story is still sitting in the management console because I can't delete it.
What I really like about Ulitzer are the internal analytics. I can see which of my articles is getting the most views. Not only does it make me feel good when I see the number, it allows me to do research my own articles in regard to what the readers like. This helps guide the writer for future articles which is good insight.
I think the author description area is feature-rich. It makes it easy for the author to describe themselves, add a bio and choose tags for their stories. You can also pick your favorite topics and submit your stories to those topics to help readers find them. Finally, you can add your Google Adsense number if you want to make Adsense revenue, but I find this business proposition less than compelling.
If one of your goals is to get found through the search engines, it appears Ulitzer has a better case than Ning based on my limited analysis. When I searched for a few of my articles using a few words out of the title, it was Ulitzer and its group of publications that presented the same articles I had placed on Ning. So if exposure and the ability to be found is important to you, Ulitzer seems to be the superior site.
Ulitzer is early in its growing usage and doesn't see anywhere near the overall traffic that Ning does. But don't let that fool you. Ning is more fragmented in its audience, while Ulitzer is a site that is promoting your writings to its general audience. If you have just decided to start writing and are looking to grow as a writer while Ulitzer's audience grows, this is a good place to post your articles. It should be pointed out that writing on Ulitzer is free once you are approved. I think Ulitzer is on to something and as a contributing writer, I hope it can continue to grow. The one thing about Ulitzer which fascinates me is how easy it is to post content. After wrestling with Word documents in other content management systems, Ulitzer is a breath of fresh air in its ease of posting new content with links and charts.
My bottom line
Use both if you want to build your own community. However, Ulitzer is a must for a newer writer or analyst. If you write at all, take advantage of their audience. I plan on continuing to use both in my social media strategy. One is for community while the other is for broader audience. In my world, they happily coexist.
- Ulitzer Names the World's 30 Most Influential Cloud Computing Bloggers
- Merrill Lynch Estimates "Cloud Computing" To Be $100 Billion Market
- AJAXWorld Major Sponsorship Opportunities Sold-Out!
- Confessions of a Ulitzer Addict
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- "Cloud Computing Expo" Call for Papers Now Open
- Microsoft's Cloud Platform Vision is Coming Together
- Ulitzer Live! New Media Power Panel at Santa Clara Convention Center
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This Week in Trick Plays: Setting Up for an Easy Goal [VIDEO]
Two videos featuring unusual trick plays have been making the Internet rounds this week.
In the first, a high school soccer team in Arkansas fools their opponents by having two players feign a collision, then using that distraction to set up an easy goal.
In the second, two forwards on the University of Maryland lacrosse team pull off the the lax version of the hidden ball trick during their game against University of North Carolina, also setting up for an easy goal.
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This Historic Gasser Is Coming Back For Another Round
We recently were included on the CC list of an e-mail from hot rod and custom car builder Zane Cullen. Zane is the owner of Cotati Speed Shop in Santa Rosa, California, and, until recently, was the owner of the Mura Brothers 1941 Willys pickup. This cool old Gasser has a ton of history. The Mura brothers, Nick and George, took a year to build the Willys A/Gas supercharged pickup back in 1963. Legendary painter Joe Bailon created the distinctive paint scheme–pearl white fogged into orange pearl lacquer, and Gil Britto added the black naugahyde pleated upholstery. The truck also featured a hand-formed polished aluminum bed (waaay ahead of its time) with steel rear fenders and a tilt fiberglass front end.
Nick and George debuted the truck at the Oakland Roadster Show in January 1964, and went on to win 21 outstanding sweepstakes awards throughout the year. In January 1965, the Willys went back to the Oakland Roadster Show with some changes and won America's Most Beautiful Competition Vehicle. In addition to being a show winner during those years, it was a cover and feature vehicle in the September 1964 issue of Rod & Custom. The truck also appeared in Hot Rod Magazine's Oakland coverage (May 1964 issue) and as a feature in Popular Hot Rodding Magazine (May 1965 issue). On top of all that, the truck was actually drag raced! Zane doesn't know a lot of the race history, except that the Mura Brothers raced it as Fremont. The Bacciocco brothers bought it and continued to race it.
This legendary hot rod was built and has always resided in Northern California. It was also acknowledged in the book 50 Years of Rod & Custom by Thom Taylor.
Zane's intention when buying the truck was to restore it back to its September 1964 Rod & Custom Magazine condition. "This truck restored would be an excellent addition for a collector who appreciates Gassers, Willys, or Northern California hot rod history. There has been talk that in the near future, Gassers and/or Willys Gassers will make it onto the grass at Pebble Beach; this truck would be a prime candidate for such an event."
Unfortunately, he has the same problem as most hot rodders-too much stuff. It was time to "lighten the load" and sell some stuff. Fortunately, it didn't take long for him to fiind the right buyer. The Willys now belongs to Michael Lightbourn from El Paso, Texas. You may remember that Michael was the guy who saved the Ed Roth Orbitron from an ignoble death on the streets of Juarez, Mexico, in 2007. Michael told us that he will pick up the truck at the LA Roadster Show in Pomona later this month and transport it back to Texas, and that he has already started preparing for buildup. He has been working with David Shuten (who oversaw the Orbitron's amazing restoration) to help restore the Willys. Right now, they are just getting started collecting parts, a job made easier by the fact that the so much of the truck is intact. "In my opinion, the items that would be difficult to replicate are all there," Zane said.
The B&M Hydro transmission is still in place. So is the suspension and chromed Oldsmobile rearend. Britto's interior is still in place. The aluminum bed and the bed cover are still there. Zane told us that the fiberglass tilt front end is new, but was hand-laid by the same person who built the original front end. The '63 Plymouth 426 Max Wedge engine (bored to 467ci) that powered the truck in 1963 is gone, but is possible to replicate with speed equipment still available.
With so much of the Mura Brothers Willys intact, Michael is optimistic about having the Gasser pickup restored in time for another appearance at the Grand National Roadster Show in January 2010. After that, who knows. More shows? Some exhibition passes at the nostalgia drags. We'll find out.


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Thanks for the nice comment. These two images are renders using Terragen 2. Renders like this at 1024X1024 take me (on my old 2-core computer) about 2 hours. Converted to jpg for a skybox, they are the same as any jpg image regarding resources I imagine. You will have to ask the mapper experts about this to be sure.
BTW, I sent a full set of renders to JohnnyE this weekend for the skybox. If anyone else wants them, let me have an email and I will send them over.


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English Language Besieged by Immigrants
Last month Language Log, one of the giants of blogdom, offered host Mark Liberman's item about anti-immigrant worries in Pennsylvania on the eve of the Revolution. That eighteenth-century tempest has, as Liberman notes, a lot of resonance now as Congress prepares for show hearings on immigration in various legislative districts, not necessarily those most affected by the phenomenon.
Back in Benjamin Franklin's time, the immigrant group that supposedly wasn't blending in and learning the language was the Germans. Sociologists have long found that within two or three generations new immigrant families assimilate into the larger American culture. However, some of those eighteenth-century German immigrants are exceptions to that trend. Their descendants maintain their original language, send their children to separate schools, and otherwise resist the cultural influence of those they call the "English." Their birth rate is high, producing a squeeze on land in the regions where they settle in large numbers. They refuse to participate in the national armed services. But for some reason anti-immigrant groups never complain about the Old Order Amish. Why would that be?
When it came to immigration in the 1700s, Massachusetts was far more homogeneous than Pennsylvania—because it was less welcoming to anyone not English (including Scots and Irish). Pennsylvania offered religious freedom; Massachusetts law still favored Congregationalism. Still, there was enough of a German population in Boston that the first person killed in the Revolutionary political conflict was a child of immigrants from Langensteinbach: Christopher Seider. Of the next five men killed, in the Boston Massacre, Patrick Carr was from Ireland and Crispus Attucks was probably from the Natick Indian community—both ethnic minorities, and perhaps both linguistic ones as well.


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The Macadoodles Story
The Gild Corporation dba Macadoodles® was established in December of 1996, with our first store opening in August of 1997, just in time for a Grand Opening the week before Labor Day. That first weekend turned out to be a great success, and we've enjoyed everyone since.
When they were developing the Macadoodles® concept, out Founders had one paramount concern; The CUSTOMER. That concern was what prompted the Macadoodles® Promise: "If you're not 100% satisfied we will double your money back." We believe in that promise so much, it is written on the front of our building.
The public responded positively to Macadoodles® "World Class Customer Service" and our friendly, upbeat atmosphere, but soon our Customers started asking for more, and Macadoodles® responded. In July 1998 we opened our state of the art gas station, and in keeping with the Macadoodles® high standards for Customer Service we employee gas pump attendants to be on duty at all times. The attendants will wash your windows, pump your gas, or help you in any way.
With everything falling into place and our Customers still wanting more Macadoodles® opened our International Wine Cellar in October 1999. It is a 4,000 square foot addition devoted solely to fine domestic and international wines. The Wine Cellar has its own Tasting Bar, walk-in humidor for cigars, and an underground cellar that is stocked with some of the finest wines in the world.
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This is where the old-fashioned newspaper shows its power. Stand aside bloggers, sit down Spectator, park it Parker, don't fret Decanter. Folks are looking for what they want, now.
The local newspaper fills a real need. While the above mentioned publications (and yes, you too, bloggers) are good sources of information about wine, the pressing need for many folks is to get in, get the item and move on. They aren't so concerned if Galloni gives it an 89 while Suckling gives it a 92. They want to know where they can find it. Now. And while the top 100 Wine Spectator wines are fun to read about, no one's going to find that #1 Brunello today in their local wine shop.
This was an epiphany for me. Yes, some of us go to great lengths to read about and talk about wines at great length, debating their scores. Believe me, yesterday one of my work-related tasks was to pull up the inventory, for the company I work for, and isolate all the Brunellos. Then I was to cross-reference what we had with what possible review they received from the latest Wine Advocate. So maybe one of our too young and too busy salespeople might be able to send off a carton or two in these last days of the season. This, to generate sales and extra business while folks are in a good mood to buy something they probably won't be buying in a few weeks, when it slows down.
A man goes into a store that has upscale food and wine and says, "I want that wine in the newspaper." This really happened. That day the paper had featured a dozen selections, from sparkling to Champagne, Prosecco to still wines. Which one did he mean, the salesperson asked him. Fortunately, the wine in question was so unusual (a sparkling Shiraz from Australia) that the client could be accommodated.
What the daily newspaper does well (when it does it right): it targets, for the reader, in simple terms, what the wine tastes like, and often what food goes with it. Because this is being written in real time, the writers can pair up food that might have seasonal availability. The local newspaper can pinpoint a retail price that is more or less accurate in the area where the shopper lives and can point them to the places where these wines are available. Now. (The distributors have computer programs that show placement and availability. Wineries that want to sell their wines on the internet cannot provide this just-in-time service to the journalist and ultimately, the consumer).
This will make you a believer in the power of the press. I have tracked the sales after local newspaper write-ups in my work and have found the uptick to be 32-45%. That's taking a 30-day period from the previous year and comparing sales to the 30-day period following the article. It's a fact, Jack: The pen lends a mighty wind to the sales.
One more thing (note to wineries that think the wholesale-distribution system stinks). The person who is looking at the paper can go to the store and get the wine right away. And if they want a case of the wine and it is available in the local wholesaler's warehouse, a salesperson can call in the order, do what we call a "hot shot" delivery, and get the case there today. With all the wine that will be enjoyed this weekend, this is good news for local economies. It's also a shot across the bow to those in the wine world who think they can get the wine to their consumer all by themselves.
With all due respect to the trade channels, www.winecellar.com and www.goldenpinewinery.com cannot offer this kind of SERVICE. And with our instant-gratification society, this is something UPS and DHL will be hard-pressed to achieve while keeping wine pricing competitive.
And where do the other publications fit into this, the Decanters, the Wine Spectators, the Wine Advocates? They are the 5-star generals barking out orders, sometimes good, not always informed of the goings-on down in the foxholes. They're there for those who want to delve into it and read all about it in depth. Eye-candy for the wine lover. Wine-porn, reading about a $300 bottle of wine: like looking at the Porsche Cayman and just imagining what it would be like to drive into one's garage.
And wine blogs? Sorry to say too few mainstream consumers even get to reading their email in a timely manner. So we aren't much help to them and they aren't our audience. "Don't have time for it," I hear many of them saying. "That's not my world," and "Blog? What's a blog?" I am serious about this. They're not there, fellow blogoholics. And they're not here, either.
Sorry to burst our bubble, but the good old-fashioned local paper, newsprint on the fingertips, pages rustling and flapping about in the nervous hand of the anxious consumer, looking for that perfect bottle of wine TONIGHT, gets the nod.


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DL decision could come today on Rockies' Tulowitzki
Before walking through the clubhouse with a limp Wednesday night, Rockies' shortstop Troy Tulowitzki laid out a potential scenario for today that could land him on the disabled list.
When Tulo left Coors Field, he hinted that an MRI was likely if his strained left groin felt the same this morning. If it heads down that path, and signs were pointing in that direction, it will be difficult for Tulowitzki to avoid the DL. He's been dealing with this groin injury since he turned a double play during the second game of the season in Houston.
Tulowitzki made it clear Wednesday that he didn't want to go on the shelf, but admitted, "If I can't play, I can't play." Because the injury has lingered and the pain was worse than before, Tulo must balance the risk involved. He's played hurt all season, but he doesn't want to seriously hurt the leg and miss significant time.
If the pain is manageable, Tulo could also sit out two-to-five days, possibly, avoiding the disabled list. Tulowitzki is knee-deep in his best offensive stretch of the season, collecting 10 hits in his last 24 at-bats with two home runs. He's raised his average to .287 with a .360 on-base percentage, eight homers and 27 RBIs.
The Rockies have options if Tulowitzki is sidelined. Infielder Chris Nelson (left wrist), is eligible to come off the DL today. As for the lineup, Marco Scutaro is the backup shortstop and DJ LeMahieu and Nelson both can play second base.


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U.S Customs: Protecting, Delaying International Travelers
American Airlines has had to adjust its international schedule because passengers can't make connecting flights while stuck in the U.S. Customs & Border Protection line. Similar stories are playing out in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York. Scott McCartney has details. Photo: Getty Images.
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