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Serious collectors — for example, those in a position to buy one of two $36,000 airbrush acrylics by featured artist Don Coen or "Hunter's Moon," a $22,000 oil by Denver artist Eldridge Hardie — were out in force.
So, too, were those content to browse a gallery filled with works by Duke Beardsley, Joellyn Duesberry, Quang Ho and 70-some other painters and sculptors from as far away as Canada and Germany.
But what united the capacity crowd at Tuesday's Red Carpet Reception for the 2016 Coors Western Art Exhibit & Sale was a fellowship shared by those who appreciate the Western way of life. Even if they are city slickers.
"I'm all hat and no cattle," explained retired Denver dentist Julika Ambrose as she enjoyed dinner in the company of friends Carolyn Schaefer Wollard; former Red Carpet Reception chair Ann Daley; Carole and Leo Hayward; and glass artist Ann Wolff. "But I do enjoy the Western lifestyle, so once a year I drag all of this out."
The "this" included a black cowboy hat and an embellished suede blazer accessorized with a vintage squash blossom necklace.
Bolo ties were popular with the men. The advisory committee chair, Dr. Steven Kick, wore a Navajo pawn cast silver tie while Dr. William Hiatt's featured turquoise and jet inlay.
The 1,000 guests at the event chaired by Kathy Coors helped raise $1 million for the National Western Scholarship Trust, which provides financial aid to college students preparing to become the next generation of agribusiness leaders and rural medicine practitioners. The figure is expected to increase because the art not sold that night will remain on sale from Jan. 9-24 on the third floor of the Expo Hall on the National Western Stock Show grounds, 4655 Humboldt St.
Coors and her husband, Brad, were Gold Patrons of the reception and also had the honor of presenting the Best of Show Award, a $2,500 grant to Teresa Elliott of Alpine, Texas, for her oil titled "Brahman Cow." Elliott had five oil paintings in the 2016 show and says her goal as an artist is to "Reveal a powerful visual statement through attention paid to color relationships, design and paint handling."
Other Gold Patrons were Carol Burt and Ray Hilliard. MillerCoors was the Title Sponsor; Official Sponsors were Henry and Lorie Gordon, Anadarko Petroleum and the Dea Family Foundation.
Denver artist Ron Hicks, there with his wife, Sharon, said he was elated to have been chosen to participate in the exhibit and sale curated by Rose Fredrick.
"It's my first time here," Hicks said, adding that he hoped that all three of his oil paintings would sell: "Mystere," "Out on the Town" and "Out to Pasture." He said his work depicts "slices of life — often with a touch of mystery. Well, maybe not 'Out to Pasture.' That cow is realism."
Hicks also spent time that night admiring the work of other participants. He particularly liked the paintings by David Grossmann of Pueblo. "I like the way he chooses colors," Hicks said. In particular, the shades of orange in "Descending Moon and Reaching Trees."
Denver Botanic Gardens trustee Nancy Schotters and her husband, Barney, paused to share some highlights from what Nancy described as a year filled with much personal change: moving to a new home in Observatory Park, helping to plan their daughter's wedding and welcoming a new grandchild.
In addition to browsing and buying, guests at the Red Carpet Reception enjoyed a buffet supper catered by K-M Concessions. The choices included wedge salad, mac 'n' cheese, roast pork and beef tenderloin.
Ron Williams, chairman of the National Western Stock Show board of directors, was there with his wife, Cille, and said that the Red Carpet Reception marked the start of a busy several days. He participated in Thursday's Stock Show Kickoff Parade, Friday's Boots & Business Luncheon and attended all three rodeos that on Saturday.
Others there to support the cause were Pete and Marilyn Coors; Stock Show president Paul Andrews and his predecessor, Pat Grant; Friends of The Haven president Bill Winn; Denver Zoo trustees Louis Clinton and Katie Schoelzel with their spouses, Sue Clinton and Scott Schoelzel; Kathy Coors' parents, Boots and Dr. Bob Safford; Bruce and Jill Dines; Buck and Janelle Blessing; Rockmount Ranch Wear's Steve and Wendy Weil; Nancy Petry; and Amanda Boswell, co-chair of the show and sale's Young Guns committee.
University of Colorado president Bruce Benson and his wife, Marcy, were there, too, along with attorney Richard Russo and his wife, Sally; Peter Dea and his wife, Cathy Carpenter Dea; patron committee chair Heather Kemper Miller; Bill and Joanne Sinclaire; UMB Bank's Mariner Kemper and his wife, Megan; Lanny and Sharon Martin (he heads the Denver Art Museum board of trustees); artist William Matthews and wife Laura Barton; Ces Grant and Kurt Smitz; John and Satya Pritzlaff; Jane Petrie; Occasions Catering chief Jeremy Bronson and his wife, Kristin Merritt Bronson, a partner at Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie, one of the Red Carpet Reception's Bronze Patron sponsors; rancher Tim Ryan and his wife, Katherine; and Ken and Julie Mirr of the Mirr Ranch Group.
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Letter to the Editor: Stand and Fight
To the Editor:
I have missed two hunting seasons since 1968.
However, In response to the stupidity of the liberal Colorado Legislature, and the absolutely unconstitutional signing of these "gun control " laws by Gov. Hickenlooper, this year my brothers and I have decided that we will no longer buy hunting or fishing licenses in Colorado, until one way or another these laws are turned over.
We are doing this in protest of the ongoing FEAR, HATE, and PERSONAL DESTRUCTION campaign being waged against law abiding, gun owning citizens of this state and nation. This malicious slandering of gun owners has been continuous since 1968.
Have no doubts, this campaign of hate has nothing to do with reducing violence, and everything to do with control of YOU, (and ME) by tyrannical liberal elitists. They control the schools, the government bureaucracy, the dominant liberal establishment mass media, the courts, Hollywood, and the labor unions.
We did not make these decisions lightly, and I know that this fall I will want to go "huntin" very badly. I am hoping that we may be able go to South Dakota, Kansas, or Iowa for pheasants.
Our little protest is not aimed at the Colorado Parks and Wildlife directly. However, they are part of the Colorado state government, and therefore they are guilty by association. The small amount that we spend on licenses and hunting will not even be noticed by the CPW, but if enough hunters, fishermen, and vacationers of all types spend their money elsewhere, maybe there will be enough economic impact to cause voters to clean out the state (and federal) lawmakers and get rid of Hickenlooper in upcoming elections. Theoretically, Obama can't run again. I do believe he will try.
To all gun owners: Do not think that these laws will work. In all of these senseless shootings like Aurora, Sandyhook, and Columbine, all of the alleged perpetrators, either passed the background checks, or obtained the weapons illegally. The Aurora gunman could pass any background check out there, and he did. The (STATE PAID) shrink dropped the ball on that one, thanks to doctor/patient privacy privileges. I believe that he at least tried to get help. The shrink just told him, "It's all in your head."
Do not allow liberal politicians to tyrannize you. Vote them OUT.
JOIN the National Rifle Association. "STAND and FIGHT."
Norm Benson
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EVERETT — Shutters clicked as the gangly white airplane buzzed over Paine Field.
A few wows and goshes could be heard from the roughly 100 people gathered to see a piece of aviation history arrive at the Flying Heritage Collection.
After a couple flybys, the plane, the White Knight, gently touched down and taxied to just outside the museum's main hangar. The collection's newest addition helped open the era of private and commercial space flight in 2004, when it launched the first manned privately owned space craft, SpaceShipOne.
Both planes were built and developed by Mojave Aerospace Ventures, a collaboration between aerospace company Scaled Composites and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, who also owns the Flying Heritage Collection.
SpaceShipOne claimed the $10 million Ansari X Prize for making two manned flights in as many weeks reaching at least 62 miles above sea level, where outer space begins. Competing teams were not allowed to accept any government money.
The White Knight carried SpaceShipOne under its belly to about 50,000 feet, where it launched the smaller, rocket-powered craft. By hitching a ride, the spacecraft needed to carry less fuel, making it easier for it to reach sub-orbital flight.
Early aviation pioneers used a similar method for launching the Bell X-1, the first aircraft to break the sound barrier.
Aviation aficionados at Monday's event marveled at the White Knight's innovative design that enables it to carry a much heavier load than its thin, twin-boom frame suggests.
They pointed out the plane's stranger features — and there are plenty of them. It's cockpit sits several feet off the ground, high enough to fit SpaceShipOne beneath its belly.
"It's a unique design," said Valerie Neal, curator for space flight at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. "The purpose of the White Knight is to do the heavy lifting, to get SpaceShipOne to a high enough altitude that it doesn't have to carry as much fuel."
See video of the White Knight as it flew to Everett.
SpaceShipOne is in the museum's Milestones of Flight Hall alongside the Spirit of St. Louis, in which Charles Lindbergh made the first non-stop trans-Atlantic flight in 1927.
The collection holds some of "the crown jewels" of aviation history, and including the spacecraft provoked much debate among staff, Neal said. "It was brand new. It had just landed a few weeks before."
But the craft opened the door to private space flight, she said. "It really was poking the first hole into space and paving the way for private passengers to become a reality."
About half a dozen firms are pursuing commercial space travel, and some are getting close, she said.
Scaled Composites is currently developing SpaceShipTwo for Virgin Galactic, which plans to operate a space tourism service.
The craft is in testing, but has not traveled into space yet, said Peter Siebold, a test pilot and aerospace engineer for Scaled Composites.
He and another pilot flew the White Knight for its final flight to Paine Field.
"It flies very much like a regular airplane," Siebold, 43, said.
The Tacoma native learned to fly as a kid from his father, Klaus Siebold.
When Peter was a toddler, the elder Siebold built a booster seat from two-by-fours, wrapped with foam, for his son to sit on when they went flying in his single-engine plane.
"That's all we did. That's all he wanted to do. I knew he would be a pilot," Klaus Siebold, 79, said.
Peter Siebold never imagined that he would play such a role in aerospace history, though. He joined Scaled Composites in 1996, and eight years later, the company claimed the Ansari X Prize.
It's been 10 years, and several companies are closing in on offering commercial space travel, but it has not happened yet.
"When we won the X Prize, we thought it was just around the corner," Siebold said.
Of course, "Trans-Atlantic air service didn't start the day after Lindbergh first crossed the Atlantic," he said.
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Christmas Eve worshipers at Columbia's Village of Oakland Mills on Tuesday will do the interfaith shuffle: Catholics departing the sanctuary with their hymnals, white altar cloth, candles and crucifix; Protestants entering with their own hymnals, white cloth, candles and cross. Then Protestants out, Catholics back in.
So the ritual dance swings on, decades after people of many faiths first gathered to worship under one roof at the Oakland Mills Interfaith Center and similar spots in other Columbia villages. Not always convenient, often inspiring, the centers have been a key part of Columbia's progressive spirit.
"That's the agony and the ecstasy of interfaith, that switching around" of worship space, often with little time between one congregation's service and the next, said Monsignor Richard H. Tillman. He retired in 2010 after 33 years as pastor of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, but still presides at services at interfaith centers at Oakland Mills and Wilde Lake.
He celebrated Mass at Oakland Mills on Sunday, as members of his congregation shared the sanctuary with the Columbia Baptist Federation. Meanwhile, the Columbia United Christian Church held services in the smaller of two sanctuaries, having hoisted aloft their nearly 8-foot-tall wooden cross on ropes in front of the closed wooden ark containing Torah scrolls used by two Jewish congregations.
In the larger room, with just 30 minutes between the end of the Baptist service and the next Catholic Mass, congregation members and the center staff swooped in to strike the Protestant set and dress the room for Catholics.
Out with the plain wooden cross standing on the altar table, the white candle, the vase of flowers, the white altar cloth stitched in gold: "In Remembrance of Me." Up with the altar table onto the raised platform where the Baptist choir had stood. In with the altar cloth — purple for Advent — two white candles and a framed painting of the Virgin Mary holding baby Jesus.
Just outside the sanctuary, a library cart holding hundreds of Catholic hymnals had been rolled where the Baptist cart stood minutes before, and a dish of holy water placed on a table. With some 200 congregants seated, a girl completed the scene by marching in with a processional crucifix.
The same Advent candle on a stand stood next to the podium for both the Baptist and the Catholic services, the result of an interfaith agreement reached this year. The Catholics provide the stand and wreath; the Baptists provide candles.
Baptist Pastor David C. Stancil said after years of moving their own heavy Advent candle stands back and forth, members came to a practical question: " 'Why are we doing this, moving all this stuff around?' "
Pastor Craig S. Sparks of the United Christian Church explained the compromise using a Yiddish word in his Tennessee accent: both groups were tired of "schlepping."
There's still enough of that and learning how to amicably share space and time, probably more of a challenge at Oakland Mills than the other centers. Oakland Mills, known also as the Meeting House, has more congregations with representation on its board of directors than any other center. The board consists of members of three Christian congregations — Catholic, Baptist and the United Christian Church — plus reform and reconstructionist Jewish congregations. No other center has more than two governing or "owning" congregations.
Columbia's six centers operate independently and not all in the same way. The three oldest, Wilde Lake, Oakland Mills and Owen Brown — built between 1970 and the early 1980s — and the newest, River Hill, all have more than one congregation sharing space under one roof. The Long Reach Interfaith Center for years has been interfaith in name only, as one congregation left, leaving only Celebration Church. In Kings Contrivance, the Orthodox Church of St. Matthew and the Cornerstone Christian Church share a campus with two separate buildings.
In all, the centers are home to 17 congregations, including a Muslim Friday prayer group and a group that follows the teachings of Sri Sathya Sai Baba, an Indian guru.
The number is down from nearly 30 congregations years ago, said Betty Martin, whose late husband, George Martin, for decades led the now-defunct Columbia Cooperative Ministry, established to organize interfaith activities. She's writing a book about the centers expected to be published next year.
Over the years, some congregations moved out to quarters of their own, others disbanded or merged with another congregation. Temple Isaiah, for instance, moved from Oakland Mills to its own building in Fulton in 2004.
"We always had a good relationship with the center," but the congregation outgrew the space, said Diane Neuwelt, assistant to Rabbi Craig Axler, who presides at the reform congregation of 425 families.In particular, she said, the congregation needed more room for a school and to hold events on Sundays, when the largest spaces would be booked for church services.
Originally, interfaith centers were envisioned for eight of Columbia's 10 villages, Martin said, but finances did not work out for the last two, Harper's Choice and Hickory Ridge. She and Carolyn Arena, who volunteered for a corporation established to manage construction of the buildings, said interfaith centers were never planned for Town Center or Dorsey's Search.
The idea of shared worship space was proposed in Columbia's early days in a report completed under the auspices of the National Council of Churches, which entered the discussion after Columbia founder James Rouse called on Protestant denominations to plan for the new city's religious life.
Clergy and congregants have learned a lot about other faiths, but not without a few bumps along the way.
Tillman recalled that a fundamentalist Protestant pastor caused a stir at Oakland Mills in the late 1970s or early 1980s by publishing a letter in the church bulletin saying Jews could not achieve salvation. The church's contract with the center was not renewed.
In 2003, two Howard County rabbis objected to the Emmanuel Messianic Jewish Congregation as a partner in the River Hill center. Both were quoted in a Sun story criticizing Messianic Judaism for conducting a Christian conversion campaign behind a Jewish facade.
Rabbi Barry Rubin, who still leads the Emmanuel congregation, dismissed the criticisms at the time as antiquated. His congregation now shares the River Hill center with the Oak Ridge Community Church, an evangelical congregation affiliated with the Great Commission movement.
Some Jewish congregation members at Oakland Mills raised red flags a few years ago around Christmastime about poinsettias being moved from a sanctuary into the lobby, where sectarian symbols are not permitted.
"That's part of those learning moments," said Rabbi Sonya Starr of the Columbia Jewish Congregation. "For Christians, they're flowers. For Jews, they symbolize Christianity, especially that time of year."
She recalled that the Christian congregations agreed to not display poinsettias in the common areas.
"It wasn't a horrible problem," said Starr, who has been leading the reconstructionist congregation since 2000. She calls the center a "gift and a blessing ... an incredible atmosphere of sharing and experiencing each other's world view."
Clergy members at the centers meet regularly for both business meetings and theological study.
Stancil, who came to Oakland Mills in 2011 after stints in southwestern Virginia, Louisville and Indiana, said the center has allowed him to have his first theological discussions with Jews, particularly Rabbi Seth L. Bernstein, who leads the Bet Aviv reform congregation.
Bernstein said the center allows him to continue interfaith discussions he's been engaging in for decades. At last Friday's service, he said, he spoke on the parallels between the birth stories of Moses and Jesus.
"I believe Jewish and Christian beliefs and practices are not formed in isolation," he said in an email. "I find interfaith dialogue helpful in understanding the other person and in clarifying my own faith and theology."
Mike Splaine, a member of St. John's Catholic Church, said he feels his three daughters benefited from being raised in the interfaith setting.
"They've had many experiences of seeing their friends from other traditions having the experience of church," he said, and they grew up without an attitude of "bias, triumphalism. 'My God's better than your God.'"
Rose Waters, who attended the early Catholic Mass on Sunday, acknowledged she sometimes misses the imagery and the atmosphere of an exclusively Catholic church, but she's found Oakland Mills welcoming.
"I love it. I love the community," she said, adding she'd be back on Christmas Eve.
Catholics will celebrate Mass in both sanctuaries simultaneously at 4 p.m., switch with the United Christian Church in the smaller room and the Baptists in the larger, then return to the larger sanctuary for the night's final service.
Sparks of the United Christian Church will be there as the wooden cross is raised and lowered once more. He calls himself an "evangelical" on the interfaith concept.
"'The rabbi, the priest and the minister walk into a building' — it's not a joke, it's every day," he said. "It's neat, it's just neat."


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By Merope Pavlides [1] Mar 30, 2012 1 [2]
Framing the Autism Numbers
Yesterday, the Centers for Disease Control [3] released new figures [4] regarding the incidence of autism among children in the United States. That figure—repeatedly referred to as "staggering"—is 1 in 88. One child out of every 88 in this country has an ASD diagnosis. There will be a lot of discussion regarding what this means in terms of increased incidence versus increased diagnosis, with the CDC noting that it's likely a combination of the two.
In addition, on Wednesday Autism Speaks [5] released findings of a study conducted by researchers from the London School of Economics and the University of Pennsylvania that examined the cost of autism to society. These investigators put the cost of autism at $126 billion per year in the US and £34 billion per year in the UK. The study estimates that an autistic person in the US who has an intellectual disability will need care over lifespan adding up to $2.3 million; caring for someone with autism but without an intellectual disability totals about $1.4 million over lifespan. (It's worth noting that these calculations were based on the prior CDC report that 1 in 110 children are diagnosed with autism in the US.)
I'm going to leave the discussion of incidence versus increased diagnosis—as well as what causes autism—to others. Rather, I want to focus on what this news means for families already living with autism whose children, like all children, grow up in the blink of an eye. Those same families already seeing available resources dwindle—both fiscally and in terms of service availability.
There is a tendency to think that an increase in prevalence means that an increase in government spending must necessarily follow. That if we push hard enough at the government, someone will provide, because there must be the money somewhere.
And while we will hopefully see increases in government spending as a response to the CDC announcement and effective advocacy, we as families need to understand, really understand, that there is simply not enough money to go around. Not at the level that many families need.
At Autism After 16 [6], we hear from families on a daily basis who are stunned at the lack of resources available for their adult children. We cannot say this loudly enough or strongly enough: You must be diligent in pursuing existing public resources, especially while your child is still entitled to special education services. You must carefully plan how to combine public supports with personal resources. It is crucial to budget for lifespan. You must think carefully and clearly about how much you will need to help support your autistic child throughout adulthood. While many people are trying to develop adult service models that work, and even more people are diligently trying to convince policymakers to prioritize support for autism research and services, you cannot assume that your child with autism will be employed at a level that will allow him to support himself or that publicly funded supports will be sufficient.
We are not trying to be the voice of doom and gloom at AA16. We are trying to be the voice of reason. We firmly believe that working together, families, communities, advocacy organizations and policymakers can improve the quality of life for people with autism. In fact, we spend much of our time and energy trying to locate and analyze successful and sustainable models of service delivery that can be replicated across communities. But making these models a reality will take a concerted effort. An effort based on how to do more with less. And it will take time.
Autism carries with it the need for tremendous support, from early detection and intervention, to individualized public education measures, to supported employment and adult residential options. Until we discover how to actually change the prevalence numbers, we must be wise about working with the dollars. We cannot afford to be wasteful, publicly or privately. Because it takes more than a village to raise children with autism. It takes a village with money.


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Diablo III
I had to wait a very long time to get my hands on Diablo III, which released over a decade after Lord of Destruction came and took over my life. As a longtime fan of the series — up until the latest game released I would still return to Diablo II every so often — I didn't leave disappointed.
Apparently, I was in the minority.
Diablo III is an odd game. If you look at its sales, which tally over 12 million for the PC version, and the reviews it garnered (near unanimous critical acclaim), you would think it would've had a lasting impression on the industry. Instead, it was largely forgotten, a glaring omission from many Game of the Year lists. Unfortunately, its memory had been tarnished by a couple awful ideas on Blizzard's part — the auction house and required Internet connection.
If either of those bothered you, the console version of Diablo III is the one to get, because it comes with neither.
Before we get into that, for the uninitiated, Diablo III is set in the world of Sanctuary, where angels and demons wage war with humanity caught in the middle. After being defeated in the last game, the world felt at peace, knowing Diablo was no more. That peace doesn't last, naturally, as demons once again spill forth from the bowels of hell, forcing a handful of heroes with unique talents to mow them down.
There are five playable classes: the Wizard, Witch Doctor, Barbarian, Demon Hunter and Monk.
The Wizard and Barbarian are returning classes, with the other three being totally new to the series. The Wizard is the resident "glass cannon," ideal for dealing lots of damage without being able to take much herself. The Barbarian is the opposite, a tank that can dual wield powerful weapons and unleash even stronger attacks thanks to an arsenal of skills that are focused on crowd control.
The Witch Doctor replaces the Necromancer from Diablo II. He can summon a modest sized army of zombies, zombie dogs, voodoo creatures and pigmies to do the fighting for him as he stays in relative safety sending out attacks that tend to have fantastic area of effect.
The Demon Hunter is a clever fusion of the Amazon and Assassin classes from the previous game. She comes armed with dual crossbows and an arsenal brimming with traps and neat tricks to keep the enemies busy while you pelt them with bolts from afar.
The final class, the Monk, is a close-range focused Paladin — sort of. She has a myriad buffs to help her and her allies in battle, as well as a bevy of moves that can be tailored to maim a single bad guy or a group of enemies. If you like getting up close and personal, this class is for you.
In Diablo III, with the exception of the Witch Doctor, Mana is no more. It's been replaced by a resource that's unique to the class being played. The Barbarian uses Fury, the Demon Hunter uses Hatred and Discipline, the Monk uses Spirit and the Wizard uses Arcane Power. They also replenish differently, with some refilling as enemies are slain and others replenishing over time.
The biggest, and most ambitious, change Blizzard introduced in Diablo III is the new and improved Runes system. Now, runes can be unlocked and equipped to completely change a skill. For example, the Wizard has a skill that sends out three currents of electricity in random patterns in front of her. This skill comes with a handful of runes that drastically change the way this skill works and looks, turning the electricity into fire, adding more currents, increased damage, etc.
All Blizzard had to do to appease a majority of their disgruntled fan base was remedy those two problems – the auction house and required Internet connection. They did, and on top of that they overhauled the loot system — with something they call Loot 2.0 — which tweaks how often rare loot drops. My first time through the PC version I didn't come across a single unique or set item, but on the 360, I had amassed a fairly impressive collection of unique equipment by the time I went face-to-face with the Big D.
Blizzard implemented a couple other useful features, including a dodge move that's mapped to the right thumbstick for easy use. It might not sound like a big change, but it definitely saved my butt more than a few times. Overall, the controller works fantastic, possibly better — at least in most situations — than a mouse and keyboard. This shouldn't come as a big surprise to anyone who's played Torchlight, but some fans were worried that the game wouldn't play as well without the classic controls.
With the "point-and-click" element removed, you now attack by aiming with the left thumbstick and pressing one of the four face buttons, or the right trigger and bumper — the game will automatically target the closest enemy in whatever direction you're aiming. Each of these buttons has a skill mapped to it, so you can switch between the ones you have equipped on the fly. It's intuitive, and while I do miss being able to aim attacks like the Wizard's magic missiles using the mouse, for the most part, it's a graceful transition.
There are also Nephalem Globes that look like yellow health globes. When they're picked up, they apply a temporary buff that has three tiers. As you slay more monsters, the buff becomes more powerful, adding increased XP per kill, boosted movement and attack speed and even an increased chance of finding magic items.
The console version is without a doubt the Diablo III you should get, even if you already have it for PC. The controls work brilliantly on the controller and its painterly style still looks as vibrant and gorgeous as ever. Thanks to a few smart changes, Blizzard has managed to remedy essentially every problem I initially had with the game, leaving me to enjoy Diablo III the way it was meant to be played.
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Feb 03, 2004 | ISBN 9780891418351
Feb 03, 2004 | 120 Minutes
"REMARKABLE . . . This story, made even more poignant by today's headlines, can stand shoulder to shoulder with the handful of classic accounts of Marines under fire."
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"In this short, readable account, Corbett describes his days at Khe Sanh in almost dispassionate prose and in great detail. . . . effectively convey[ing] the siege from a Marine grunt's point of view."
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The union bosses don't get it.
Game over.
The Longboat Key firefighters union and the Sarasota Orchestra musicians union are doing what all unions do — refusing to face the world's economic-and business-realities.
It's a losing strategy for everyone, especially, in the end, for the firefighters and musicians.
The firefighters
What were they thinking?
At last week's meeting between the town of Longboat Key's labor lawyer and the firefighters' union, discussions began amicably, with the town's attorney agreeing to present to the Town Commission a new work schedule for the firefighters.
The union representatives liked it.
But, then, they added an addendum to the proposal, asking for 48 more hours of vacation time, a clothing allowance increase, specialty-pay increase, a health-trust savings plan, an amended pension plan and wage- and cost-of-living increases for years two and three of the next contract.
The town's labor attorney pulled the new work schedule proposal off the table and ended the meeting. Which is exactly what he should have done.
In what world have these union chiefs been living?
National unemployment is more than 10% and growing. Annual federal spending continues to outpace income by nearly $2 trillion and shows no sign of slowing. The value of the dollar is shrinking, reducing everyone's purchasing power. And many of Longboat Key residents' retirement portfolios are still half of what they were three years ago.
Let's not forget, either, the town's unfunded pension liabilities — more than $20 million — which is another burden on Longboat Key taxpayers.
And yet, the firefighters union appears oblivious to this reality.
We've always contended the public unions — police and firefighters — have a monopoly cartel in this region, and they use it to hold taxpayers hostage.
If Longboat Key commissioners had the nerve, they would break the cartel. Let the negotiations go to impasse, let a judge impose non-binding terms and then take the courageous step: Put out request for proposal for fire-and-rescue services and let the union compete in the marketplace for the town's business.
The orchestra
The dispute between the orchestra board and the musicians union, the American Federation of Musicians, has a different, albeit familiar, tone. The union is working hard to make management look like the bad guys to gain public sympathy, all the while ignoring their own economic-and-business realities.
The dispute centers around the orchestra board and management wanting to cut musicians salaries by 8% and reduce the season from 37 to 34 weeks. The musicians' union offered a 5.4% pay cut in return for a three-year contract that would restore wages and benefits by the end of the contract.
No corporate management in its right mind would agree — especially in this economic climate — to restore wages and benefits by the end of the contract. So many businesses, and that especially includes not-for-profit arts organizations, are struggling now just to make it through the next day, the next month and, with luck, the next year. They can't even begin to contemplate or make guarantees on where they will be three years from now.
But the musicians, who don't know what it takes to meet a payroll or raise contributions in a recession, think the orchestra's management and board are trying to shaft them and aren't managing the business properly. This is what labor always thinks — that it can do a better job than the bosses.
On one point, the union is right. The orchestra's administrative staff appears out of scale — a staff of 37 (not all full time, mind you) versus 41 musicians. For comparison, the Florida Orchestra in Tampa Bay shows an administrative staff of 23 compared to 78 musicians. To be sure, there are reasons and circumstances for the disparities. But when it comes to a not-for-profit, quasi-public arts institution in conflict with a union, the union bosses will always win the public's sympathy by portraying its members as the underpaid, starving artists.
Let's put that in some context, however. Sarasota Orchestra musicians earn $27,600 to $64,000 in a 34-week season. They also receive health insurance benefits, short- and long-term disability and a retirement plan with employer match for a 12-month period. At Sarasota Ballet, the season this year was cut to 32 weeks; every dancer earns less than $26,000; and there are no disability insurance and pension benefits. Like most artists, the dancers dance because they love the art. They also know that what they do is their choice. There are always hundreds of dancers who could and would take their place.
Yes, it's a pity what musicians and dancers earn in the United States. But it is what it is. And union bosses carrying on public campaigns against management isn't going to change anything for the better.
To the contrary. As they continue their whining, yes, they'll garner public support from those who always subscribe to management being evil, overpaid and incompetent. And, every day, this public confrontation persists, it will damage the orchestra. Givers will give less, and public support will wane.
Before the union bosses know it, they will have nothing —no paycheck, no pension, no orchestra.
Boards of directors have a fiduciary duty to manage an organization's resources to the best of the directors' ability. It's in their best interest, of course, to keep an organization financially sound, short-and-long term. Unfortunately, doing that often requires difficult decisions.
Cut to the quick. In tough times, businesses face a harsh economic reality: Do nothing and go out of business. Or make tough, painful choices and stay in business for the long term.
The musicians union must recognize: This is what every business in America has been doing for the past three years.
+ Medicaid burden to grow
The more you read H.R. 3962, the more lethal grenades you'll find in the proposed legislation.
All the more reason to urge your senators to kill it.
One of the biggest bombs in the Pelosi health-care bill is how it will affect Medicaid, the federal program that pays the health-care bills for the uninsured and poor.
Taxpayers get zinged twice for Medicaid. In Florida, federal taxes (which you pay) cover 45% of the cost and 55% of the cost comes from state taxes (which you also pay).
For the fiscal year that began in October, that means Florida's taxpayers will contribute $18 billion this year to cover health-care costs for the uninsured and poor. That's 26% of the state's $69 billion budget, the largest cost.
If Obama-Pelosi-ReidCare is approved as it is written, Florida Senate President Jeff Atwater says the state's taxpayers will have to pay another $1 billion toward the state's Medicaid expenses.
Says Atwater: "Their plan will swell Medicaid enrollment and mandate state taxpayers pick up the excess tab, adding a greater tax burden to working families and businesses that will surely stifle economic recovery and job growth."
+ Seniors would lose
Here's yet another reason to call Florida Sen. Bill Nelson and demand that he oppose Obama-PelosiCare:
In Sunday's Washington Post, Staff Writer Lori Montgomery wrote:
"A plan to slash more than $500 billion from future Medicare spending — one of the biggest sources of funding for President Obama's proposed overhaul of the nation's health-care system — would sharply reduce benefits for some senior citizens and could jeopardize access to care for millions of others, according to a government evaluation released Saturday.
"The report, requested by House Republicans, found that Medicare cuts contained in the health package approved by the House on Nov. 7 are likely to prove so costly to hospitals and nursing homes that they could stop taking Medicare altogether.
"Congress could intervene to avoid such an outcome, but 'so doing would likely result in significantly smaller actual savings' than is currently projected, according to the analysis by the chief actuary for the agency that administers Medicare and Medicaid. That would wipe out a big chunk of the financing for the health-care reform package, which is projected to cost $1.05 trillion over the next decade.
"More generally, the report questions whether the country's network of doctors and hospitals would be able to cope with the effects of a reform package expected to add more than 30 million people to the ranks of the insured, many of them through Medicaid, the public-health program for the poor.
"In the face of greatly increased demand for services, providers are likely to charge higher fees or take patients with better-paying private insurance over Medicaid recipients, 'exacerbating existing access problems' in Medicaid, according to Richard S. Foster of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
"Though the report does not attempt to quantify that impact, Foster writes: 'It is reasonable to expect that a significant portion of the increased demand for Medicaid would not be realized."
"The report offers the clearest and most authoritative assessment to date of the effect that Democratic health reform proposals would have on Medicare and Medicaid, the nation's largest public health programs."
"'This report confirms what virtually every independent expert has been saying: Speaker Pelosi's health-care bill will increase costs, not decrease them," said Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich., the senior Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee.
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The settlement resolves claims that GSK delayed generic competition by fraudulently listing and pursuing litigation concerning paroxetine hydrochloride, which GSK sells as Paxil. The drug is used to treat depression, anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorders.
"This drug company pursued frivolous lawsuits to maintain its patent protection and its monopoly for this popular drug," Goddard said. "As a result, consumers and states were charged inflated prices."
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Arizona joined the settlement to help recover monies paid for the drug to GSK from the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, the Arizona Department of Health Services, Arizona State Hospital, Arizona Department of Corrections, Arizona State University, University of Arizona and Northern Arizona University. The settlement money will be distributed to the state general fund.
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If Adam Shoaf could be any cartoon character, he would be Tarzan "because he lives in a tree, and he's jacked."
The Carson High School student body learned that about their classmate as he was officially introduced as one of the candidates for 2013 Homecoming king during an assembly Tuesday afternoon.
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Ivan Gates shared his favorite pun: "Have you seen the new corduroy pillow? I hear they're making headlines."
The six king and six queen candidates were nominated by their peers and will be selected through a student vote. Winners will be announced at halftime of Friday's football game.
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Despite a resumé with more macarons than a Ladurée boutique (Chiang counts as mentors the Pourcel Brothers, Joël Robuchon, Pierre Gagnaire and Michel Troisgros), André Chiang arrived in Singapore in 2008 without too much fanfare, and his anonymity was initially shielded under the banner of Jaan restaurant, the fine dining room at the Swissôtel the Stamford. But cream rises, and as rave reviews piled up, his masters relented in re-naming the restaurant "Jaan par André", an unprecedented move as the Jaan name was used at various of the Raffles Group's hotel restaurants across the world.
|A Blast from the Past: Foie Gras a la Forestière, by André Chiang (c.2009)
I loved the food from the early Chiang period, amongst which I recall a divine foie gras jelly with black truffle coulis, a grilled maguro o-toro with charcoal powder, and of course, his "Snickers" dessert, which reinvented itself about as often as Madonna did, and with just about as much success. But at the same time, some of his food was a conundrum to me, including a preserved lemon in wrap which was meant to symbolise something that escapes me even today. But back then, he was already chafing, and I recall a post-meal conversation during which he mentioned that working in a chain hotel didn't allow him the freedom that he craved.
So it was no surprise to me when Chiang left Jaan and opened Restaurant André in a heritage shophouse next door to the Majestic Hotel. Within six months of opening, the restaurant scraped in at No. 100 on the 2011/12 World's Best 50 list, and clambered to No.68 a year later.
When you have too much to say, I find it helps to reduce the report to basics, so here we are:
|The Wine Journal (this ain't no list)
Wine: The wine list is presented in a little bound tome, with the first 20-odd pages being devoted to the restaurant's wine offering, composed entirely of organic and biodynamic wines. The prices are not cheap, with only two wines below $100 a bottle and three wines between $101 and $150.
Service: Service here is professional and knowledgeable, and given the complexity of the food, that is saying something. Maître d' Stepan Marhoul, sommelier Ken Hasegawa and co-owner Pam, a.k.a. Mrs André, are running the floor tonight. There is not a trace of snootiness, instead I find a genuine warmth and eagerness to please. OK, there was one chap who was rather aloof and gave the impression that he would rather not be serving us that night, but I am not going to fault the evening's service, which was otherwise superb, on one man's failings.
Food: André's cooking is an expression of his skills and his training. His much-vaunted Octaphilosophy is not so much a statement of intent as a statement of who he is as a person and a chef, and there rests the fine distinction between hubris and sincerity (I hurry to add that Chiang falls on the right side of that line). The eight spokes of Octaphilosophy each represent a savoury course, but with the addition of Japanese chef pâtissier Makito Hiratsuka, whose CV is almost as star-studded as his boss' (El Bulli, El Celler de Can Roca, Paco Torreblanca), desserts are now given an avant-garde twist.
Please note some of these photos (the good ones) are courtesy of my friend and passionate amateur photographer Ian Lee. I will put up the photos from his staged shooting once I get a moment.
Snackings 1 – Porcini Mushroom Crackers, Fish & Chips, Patatas Bravas, Chocolate & Garlic Soil
The soil thing is really on the verge of being overdone, but instead of trying to be cute and doing the hackneyed faux-cute baby vegetable thing, André disguises a little fish in potato strands to resemble a turnip, infuses punchy spice into a patatas bravas, and works mushroomy earthiness into a mushroom-shaped cracker. Delightful.
Snackings 2 – Chicken Masala Skin, Caramelised Olives
The skin was delightfully thin and crisp, to the extent that you couldn't really believe that you were eating chicken skin. It was quite indifferent flavour-wise, however. The olives were beautifully fruity and briny, with a sweet crunchy caramel crust you normally see on peanuts. Incidentally, the little olive sprig on the dish comes from the olive tree growing on the restaurant's forecourt.
Snackings 3 – Hamachi Sashimi Wrapped in Crispy Bread, Vanilla Popcorn
Playful, fresh, tasty, with a nice crunch from the bread and the popcorn. The vanilla is subtle, as it should be at this very early stage of the meal. My only gripe is that "snacking", that term popularised by those wonderfully wacky folk at El Bulli, is really a verb and not a noun, certainly not a plural noun. Yes, the grammar police is out in force today.
Pure – Seafood
The point of this course is to emphasise the purity of the seafood, without the use of any seasoning. Bouchot mussels, abalone, sweet prawn featured prominently. Excellent.
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Salt – Gillardeau Oyster Tartare, Apple Foam
The brief description above does no justice to the dish. The apple foam is a semi-solid disc sheltering the tartare, and is studded with Granny Smith apple matchsticks, olive oil spherifications and oscietra caviar. Surrounding the dish are seaweed and an emulsion of oyster juices. Despite its name, this dish again contains no seasoning, and it relies on the salty flavour of its components (caviar, seaweed, oysters) to create the sensation of salt. Another homerun, and the joint Dish of the Month for October.
Artisan – Grilled Taiwanese Baby Sweet Corn, Roasted Salsify, Crème Anglaise with Smoked Eggplant
Before the corn is served, Pam walks up to our table with two pieces of corn husk on a platter. Yes, husk. We nibble at it, and the sweetness is simply extraordinary. Apparently, Chiang gets some artisan corn farmers in Taiwan to harvest their crop slightly later so they develop more ripeness and sugar, much as you would for a sweet wine, and brings them into Singapore in his suitcase. The corn itself is gorgeous, with crunch and sweetness (reminiscent of a Buddha's Fruit sweet soup with hints of tea and tannin) are wonderful, the grill adding notes of smoky complexity. You really don't need the black sesame salt on the side, such is the awesomeness (excuse the technical expression) of the corn.
South – Raw Fish, White Peach and Seaweed; Uni Risotto with Sea Bass and Tataki of Hamachi
This is Chiang's personal tribute to the South of France, where his formative years were spent under the tutelage of Jacques and Laurent Pourcel. To Chiang, South represents freshness (especially of the seafood from the Mediterranean, lightness and acidity). These two dishes are all of that and more. On the left, tomato sorbet, raw fish, hijiki seaweed and salty coral. On the right, risotto is al dente and rich with the creaminess of uni, and the fish are fresh and perfectly cooked.
Texture – Lobster, Airy Potato Gnocchi, Oscietra Caviar, Scallop (I think) Emulsion
Dish of the Month, No. 2. Feathery-light is an adjective often used to laud gnocchi, which in the wrong hands can be a stodgy, chewy pillows tasting of not much in particular. I use it here in an almost literal sense, petite nuggets which dissolve in your mouth with little coaxing, leaving but the memory of pure potato and truffle flavour. It goes without saying that the lobster is handled immaculately; based on this meal, Chiang has got to be the best seafood cook outside of any Japanese restaurant, and I reckon he would give quite a few senseis a genuine run for their money also.
Interestingly, Pam came over and asked us to guess what the emulsion was, as a little game during the meal. I asked what the prize was, and she said she would give me a smile and a round of applause. Over the truffle-y hints of the gnocchi, I'm guessing it was probably scallop, but she never came back to tell us what the answer was.
Unique – Seared Rolls of Baby Kisu Fish (Japanese whiting) stuffed with chopped kisu, Artichoke Barigoule
This is the one preparation that didn't send me over the moon . I cannot fault the quality or execution of this dish; the barigoule had a nice richness and acidity but didn't really do much for the fish. The fish on the other hand, is an absolute stand-out, with brilliant flavour from the sear and the rare stuffing, basically a tartare, adding that very rare crunch you get from only the freshest fish.
Memory – Foie Gras Gelée, Black Truffle Coulis
Chiang invented this dish back in the 1990s with the Pourcels, and it has been on his menus ever since in some shape or form (see the foie gras photo above). I had it many times at Jaan and loved it always. The gelée seems warmer than from what I recall of the Jaan version, and the coulis seemed more runny and there's more of it; presumably the old thicker version was meant to envelope the morels. This version is lighter and more pared back and, I think, works better as part of a multi-course tasting as a result. Truffles are from Perigord, Marhoul tells me, and is a very rare (perhaps the only?) exception to Chiang's obsession with seasonality. As a signature dish, it needs to be on the menu all year, so during the off-season (like now), they are made from frozen specimens.
Terroir – Roasted Saddle and Loin of Wild Rabbit, Wild Asparagus, Wild Leek, Braised Mustard Seeds
A tribute to the French terroir. The greens are full of flavour and the rabbit is expertly handled. The table next door were served wild canard colvert, which I think I would have preferred, if only for variation as this menu did not make the final savoury progression to the stronger flavours of red meat (foie gras doesn't count, of course).
Optional Cheese Course – Three Cheeses from Bernard Antony, et ses accompagnements
One cow, one sheep, one goat (respectively Camembert, Perail, Selles sur Cher), no choice. Quality is good, as it always is from Bernard Antony, and they are presented at the correct temperature. It is not the brightest moment during the meal, though, and I suspect that Chiang, despite his obvious Francophilia, is not particularly enamoured of cheese and does not want it to play a major role in proceedings. Indeed, the portions of cheese served here are very modest, as is the scope of the offer, particularly when compared to restaurants of similar calibre. Cushions of puff pastry and buckwheat crackers stand proudly on a bed of crushed unsalted peanuts.
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Pre-Dessert No. 1 – Nitro-Frozen Pineapple with Citrus
Served on an artificial hedge (at least I think it was artificial), this was a frozen slug of fruity acidity, presumably meant to re-orient your palate after all those savoury courses. Pleasant enough.
Pre-Dessert No. 2 – Brioche, Miso Ice Cream, Edamame, Toasted Wheat
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According to Marhoul, Hiratsuka likes to build a "bridge" between the savoury and the sweet, and he does this with uniquely Japanese ingredients such as Miyagi-mi miso in the ice-cream, and edamame for a little bittersweetness. The brioche is an amazing conveyance system for the umami knockout punch that is the miso ice-cream, and the savour and sweetness unfurl for long moments on your palate, much like a fine wine. The dessert of the night.
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Pre-Dessert No. 3 – Tonka Bean, Fennel something...
I didn't quite get Hasegawa's description of this dish, and my photographer friend Ian, who is a couple of inches shorter than me and a couple of feet broader than me around the shoulders, was starting to feel rather sated. In that very Japanese mode, this was another preparation designed to refresh your eyes and your palate. Very mild and pleasant.
Pre-Dessert No. 4 – Nitro Frozen Shaved Berries, Berry Ice Cream
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Not my favourite, I must admit. Nitro-freezing is one of the culinary techniques du jour, but I think it interferes with our perception of the fruit's natural flavour, which it must at the ridiculously low temperature freeze that it induces, although a wince-inducing acidity is left intact! Colour and visual effect are striking, it must be said.
Dessert – Crystal Snickers 2012
This is clearly the work of a pastry master with some serious technique. The elements of the Snickers bar are all there, and the crystal has an intriguing saline hint. Full marks plus a bonus prize for presentation, but it didn't have the wholesome, gutsy all-American flavours of the Snickers desserts that Chiang used to present.
Petits Fours – Pâtes de Fruits, Popcorn, Lemon Madeleine, Oreo Macarons, Strawberry and Vanilla Marshmallow,
Good finish. Coffee here is very good, served in a unique cone-shaped cup designed (although not made) by Chiang. The vessel's handle is clearly pinched by hand to create its very bespoke design, but carrying it with the palms of your hand (unlike other ceramics, this material is insulated enough for you to do this) somehow reminds me of a late night bowl of hot chocolate, comforting and homely.
A very, very strong meal, in summary, undoubtedly one of (if not) the best I've had all year. That said, there is still room for improvement. I think dessert may need a slight adjustment; Hiratsuka appears to be enamoured of the avant-garde techniques espoused by his erstwhile employers at El Bulli and El Celler, but the way the dishes are currently served, I do not think that the flavours of the ingredients (however good they may inherently be) translate particularly well. There is also a little too much nitro-action going on for my liking, and the sweetness dial appears to have been turned down quite substantially. This last may well be deliberate, and while I'm not a sugar-hunter, I'm also not sure it is particularly apposite for a dessert that purports to be an elevated version of a Snickers bar. That said, Hiratsuka has a clear technical gift and I can't wait to see what he achieves when he finds his own voice; certainly, the miso ice-cream was one of the best desserts I've had all year.
Compared to my meals at Jaan, I think André has reached a new level of confidence and expression. Dishes that seemed pretentious have now been ditched, and his Octaphilosophy allows him to focus on the things that he really does well. While some online opinions decry the Octaphilosophy as unnecessary fluff, what is clear is that Chiang has no inflated ego, no overestimate of his worth, except an earnest desire to share his experiences and his cooking with you. He has a true connection with what he is putting on the plate, yet (or perhaps as a result?) he is still the same humble, happy guy that I first met back in 2009.
I think he well and truly deserves to return to the Best 50 list proper; I have had far worse (but still excellent, mind you) meals at restaurants far higher-ranked than this. Of course, taste is subjective, but when you are cooking at Chiang's level, sheer quality can, and often does, transcend personal taste.
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