text: Feed Demand for Wheat to Soar October 16, 2012 09:31 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Fran Howard AgWeb Contributing Writer Email The U.S. wheat supply will dwindle as poultry and livestock producers continue to turn to wheat as an economical feed source. According to USDA's World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates for October, the 2012-13 carryout for all U.S. wheat is 654 million bushels, down just over 6 percent from September's estimate of 698 million bushels and substantially lower, off 12 percent, than last year's 743 million bushels. USDA estimates that this year's production of all wheat in the United States will reach 2.269 billion bushels, basically flat from last month's projection but significantly larger than last year's 1.999 billion bushels. "USDA focused the October report on the demand side," says Randy Martinson, executive vice president with Progressive Ag Marketing, in Fargo, North Dakota. "We are not going to export the wheat; we are going to feed it due to the high price of corn." USDA narrowed its projected price range for the 2012-13 wheat crop from its estimated range released in September but left the seasonal average farm price unchanged at $8.10 per bushel. Increased demand for U.S. wheat in the current crop year is expected to more than offset the growing wheat supply. Wheat export, wheat for domestic food use, and wheat used for seed are expected to remain relatively flat from last year, but feed use will soar, according to USDA. The department estimates that 315 million bushels of wheat will make its way into the feed sector in 2012-13. That is nearly twice the amount of wheat fed last year when feed use was 164 million bushels. USDA's feed use estimate is also significantly higher—a 43 percent increase—than September's projected 220 million bushels. World Wheat Supply Falling In the same report, USDA projected a reduction in the global wheat supply. Total world wheat production is now estimated at 653.05 million metric tons, down slightly from last month's estimate of 658.73 million metric tons and more than 7 percent smaller than 2011-12 world production of 695.69 million metric tons. USDA lowered wheat production in Australia by 3 million metric tons due to continued dryness there during the critical grain filling and flowering stages. The department also cut Russian wheat production by 1 million metric tons as yield estimates for spring wheat in Russia decline. Production in the European Union was dropped 0.8 million tons on excessive rain in the United Kingdom. Smaller reductions were made in wheat production in Canada, Algeria, Uruguay, and Kyrgyzstan. "In the last half of the year, the world will have to come to the United States for wheat," says Jerry Gidel, chief feed grain analyst for Rice Dairy, Chicago. "The Black Sea supply is exhausted, and Europe is now filling world demand." ............................. Coverage, Analysis of the Oct. 11 USDA Reports See all of the data, coverage and analysis of today's World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates and Crop Production reports. Back to news


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Havana Silk Dog Breeders
Mary and Lyle Cisney
Richmond, VA
Puppies Available Occasionally
Phone: 804-965-9757
Dave and Debbie Ezzell
Marge Feiner
The Havana Silk Dog Association of America ("HSDAA") provides a Breeder Directory for the convenience of potential Havana Silk Dog buyers and Havana Silk Dog Breeders. However, the HSDAA takes no responsibility for the promises or guarantees that a buyer and seller may agree upon at the time of a sale of a Havana Silk Dog, either as a companion dog or a possible breeding dog. The Breeder Directory is comprised of HSDAA member breeders in good standing who have provided the required information to be listed. The inclusion of a breeder does not constitute endorsement or recommendation by the HSDAA. It is the responsibility of potential buyers to ask questions and decide for themselves if they wish to do business with any particular breeder, as the HSDAA has no liability whatsoever in the decision a buyer may make with a potential HSDAA seller/breeder.

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US Trying To Extradite UK TVShack Admin Over Questionable Copyright Charges?
from the copyright-gone-mad dept
Where this becomes really troubling is that other, very similar sites have been found legal in the UK multiple times. Running a site that users use to put up links and which doesn't host any actual content, is not seen as illegal in the UK. So it seems particularly ridiculous that there's some sort of attempt to extradite the guy to the US to face charges here. As some have pointed out it appears to be "an attempt to make US federal laws applicable in the UK."
Unfortunately, the details of the extradition request are a bit muddled in all of the UK papers reporting on it. Lots of them are comparing the situation to the famous Gary McKinnon situation, but I think this is clearly different. This just seems blatantly vindictive for no good reason.


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DailyDirt: DIY Fast Food
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- A McDonald's chef shows everyone how to make a Big Mac at home and points out that the secret sauce is actually published on the company's website. Here's the big secret for the sauce: Soybean oil, pickle relish [diced pickles, high fructose corn syrup, sugar, vinegar, corn syrup, salt, calcium chloride, xanthan gum, potassium sorbate (preservative), spice extractives, polysorbate 80], distilled vinegar, water, egg yolks, high fructose corn syrup, onion powder, mustard seed, salt, spices, propylene glycol alginate, sodium benzoate (preservative), mustard bran, sugar, garlic powder, vegetable protein (hydrolyzed corn, soy and wheat), caramel color, extractives of paprika, soy lecithin, turmeric (color), calcium disodium EDTA (protect flavor). [url]
- Making a a Taco Bell Chalupa doesn't look so difficult, but it takes a bit more effort than sitting in your car and shouting your order at a big menu sign. Now if someone wants to figure out a home-made Dorito big enough to be a taco shell... [url]
- Some customers don't like Chick-Fil-A's political leanings when it comes to gay marriage, but they still want some tasty sandwiches. The Chick-Fil-Gay is just one solution to that problem. [url]


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Brits abroad - Alan McInally
Continuing our new Brits abroad series in which we speak to players and coaches to get the lowdown on their time overseas, Adam Bate talks to former Bayern Munich forward Alan McInally about his time in Germany.
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The Scottish forward spent three years with Bavarian giants Bayern Munich, winning the Bundesliga title and falling just short in Europe. Adam Bate caught up with the Sky Sports pundit to find out more about his time in Germany.
How did the move to Bayern Munich come about?
I was obviously at Villa and there was still a year of my contract to go. At the time, I was playing for Scotland. The first time I knew of it was when we beat Chile 2-0 at Hampden. I had an agent at the time but not in the way people are involved now and this guy said to me, 'Bayern Munich are interested in you'. I was genuinely flying at the time with Villa and although the team wasn't brilliant I knew they were going to spend some money the next year under Graham Taylor. And I just kind of left it at that.
I remember the last game of the season I knew they were coming over and we drew 0-0 with Coventry and I thought that's that done - they won't be wanting me after a 0-0 with Coventry! But it was a typical end of season game. I was playing against big Brian Kilcline, whose nickname was Killer at the time, and we'd both said to each other that this is the last game of the season so don't be doing anything silly. And I said, 'Well don't be kicking me because I've got somebody watching me'. And I couldn't even score!
But it was two weeks after that I got contacted and they said they wanted to meet me. So I met them with my father in Glasgow and it wasn't so much, 'We want to sign you' as 'would you be interested?' It was Uli Hoeness, Jupp Heynckes and the president. Although I was obviously still under contract, I said I'd be very interested but it was a big move.
Going abroad wasn't really the thing at the time. When it did happen there were only two moves that year - Chris Waddle went to Marseille and I went to Bayern. It was kind of unheard of back then, even though it had been done before it hadn't been done massively successfully.
By the time Graham Taylor heard about it he threw a massive hissy fit and wasn't speaking to me for two weeks. But eventually the deal hit £1.5million, which was obviously a few quid back then. They flew me to Munich right away and I had a medical.
First impressions?
It was one of those things where they fly you over to see the Olympic Stadium and show you the training facilities. It was mind-bogglingly good and I mean mind-bogglingly good. It was an amazing place. The next thing I knew I was getting a medical which is as full a medical as I've had for anything ever in my life. And I knew right away that if I'm going to take the plunge this is one of the best places in Europe to be going so I decided and that was it.
So you felt it was clearly a step up from Celtic and Aston Villa?
It was a massive step up with the greatest respect to Aston Villa who I love dearly and always will. I kind of wish I'd stayed another year as I think we'd have won the title that year if I'd stayed because they finished second.
But I always remember Gordon Strachan when he took the Celtic job and me being surprised as he had no real affiliation to the club and was always a player the Celtic fans didn't really like that much. But I'll never forget Gordon Strachan saying to me, 'It's a job where if you get asked to do it you can't turn down - it's not even an option to turn it down'.
And I think at the time it wasn't really an option for me with Bayern Munich to think it was a move to turn down. And I'm so glad I didn't. I did the right thing. But it was taking a big step, there's no question of that.
I was going into training and Sepp Maier was doing the goalies and I was working with Gerd Muller! Muller who individually probably put Bayern Munich in the 1970s on the map for ever. Now you've got Franz Beckenbauer, who is the president. You have Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Uli Hoeness there - if you're not going to listen to them then you're wasting your time as a football player.
I was going to training with players who I was on first-name terms with, laughing and joking. If I look back now, I took it all for granted. I had immersed myself in the situation and I knew everybody - Muller and Maier - it's just crazy when you think about it. I'm trying not to exaggerate but it's hard not to - the place was that good.
There were 200-300 players watching training every day. We had an open day and I thought what's an open day? They said, 'Well, we have a training session'. There was this massive beer tent and 30,000 people turned up! That's when I realised - Oh my god, this is an unbelievable football club.
Playing for Celtic and Villa helped me because they are both big football clubs and when you're at a big club there's no real Saturday when you can take your foot off the gas a little. You might be able to do that at a lesser club. There you need to be at your best in every training session, which builds up to your Saturday. That really helped me because you realise if you take your foot off the pedal then you'll be sitting in Row A in the stand watching the game.
Given that, was it daunting going into that dressing room?
Oh man, with Klaus Augenthaler, Hans Pflugler, Olaf Thon and Stefan Reuter?! They bought Jurgen Kohler too. You've got to remember I was there in 1990 in Italy when Germany won the World Cup. There were six players in our first team who came back with winners' medals! They were that good.
Uli Hoeness said to me, 'We expect to win the title every year' which obviously we did, except for when I got injured. He also said, 'We want to win the European Cup' and unfortunately I got to two semi-finals. AC Milan beat us in the semi-final and we actually beat them in Munich but got beat in the San Siro and they won it that year and we'd have won it easy. And then the following year we got beat by Red Star Belgrade in the semi-final again and they went on to win it.
Everyone talks about that Milan side but you very nearly knocked them out didn't you?
Listen, we should have had a draw in Italy but Marco van Basten scored a penalty. We beat them 2-1 in Munich (McInally scored) and their goal was about 20 feet offside. It was unbelievable. I've got a couple of disappointments in my career but that's the biggest. We should have beaten them - we had a great team.
What about the training. Was that different to life back in Britain?
Compared to what teams do now in terms of medical science, it was just a completely different scenario. Every day we went into training we got weighed. We had two masseuses that went everywhere with us - we had our own chef who used to travel around with us! The stuff that players in this country are doing now I was doing in 1989.
I never had a Sunday off ever. Even when we'd played away on the Saturday night and we didn't get back until the Sunday morning, it wasn't your family that picked you up from the airport it was straight to the training ground so it was really about babysitting everybody constantly.
We had Dr Muller-Wohlfahrt who is probably the foremost sports doctor that you could have. All the players from England eventually went to see him if they had a problem. I was that lucky. Injections, tablets, vitamins - every single thing was done to precision because you are cog in the wheel and the wheel had to be right.
Another massive thing - the players do it now and I never did it at Celtic or Aston Villa - was that when we were given boots all the players took the insoles out immediately. And after two weeks they said you've got to go and see a doctor. I didn't even know why I was going! And they put my feet in plaster casts and made me eight insoles so when I got new boots I used to take out what they sent me and put my own insoles in so that every step I took was my own.
It sounds nothing but if you're a professional athlete that's what you need. That was way ahead of anything we were thinking of doing. Right down to the little things it was massively different and much more professional.
I grew up at a time when you could go to the bookies or go to the races or the snooker hall and have a couple of pints. None of the players did that. They'd all go out together and have an organised thing. They'd still have a few beers and get merry but in general terms nobody was out in the afternoon unless it was a walk around the city.
How about the style of play on the field - was that different too?
I found it different because playing for Bayern Munich everyone is scared of Bayern. So right away there wasn't a lot of space. What a lot of teams used to when they came to Munich was concede possession to you, retreat to the halfway line and try to compress the game as much as they could. I found a lot of the time I was playing on my own up front and it was really difficult.
It was massively frustrating. I used to come off in games absolutely knackered. I might have notched a goal but I'd be thinking that I'd touched the ball 10 times because the amount of times I was trying to make space for others was difficult.
Football is pretty universal but it was different in terms of when they wanted you to be explosive and when they wanted you to conserve energy. That was a big learning curve for me. It was a really good thing knowing when to be clever and when to be aggressive.
Do you think that made you a better player?
Yeah it made me a better player. It made me more aware and it made me more aware of other people's jobs in the team rather than just looking after myself. It might be that the ball is going into you as a forward player and all you're doing is using the midfielders, giving the ball to someone else going beyond - midfield runners.
More like the common formation now with one up front?
Absolutely. That's exactly what it is. If the ball goes long then you're chasing it into the corner and holding it up waiting for support. I suppose it gave me an appreciation of a different attitude towards the game. We had massive confidence in our own ability. If we went a goal down we wouldn't change our formation.
I remember a European Cup game against Rangers and we were 1-0 at Ibrox and the ground was bursting. Nobody panicked and eventually we won the game 3-1 and Augenthaler scored a goal from about 30 yards. They were like, 'What's the problem?'
Jupp Heynckes was your coach then. He's still in charge now too (third spell). How did you get on with him?
Really good. Quite stern and quite by the book. You'd come in and have to do a 2000 metre run and 4000 metre run and a 6000 metre run. You'd be graded and the times would be on the wall. He'd be on his bicycle making sure everyone was doing it so it was quite regimented. But he was really good to me.
The first thing that Heynckes, and Hoeness, said to me was that you've got to learn the language. It's imperative you learn the language. He expected me to immerse myself in the culture and that's exactly what I did. I'm so glad I did that and because I did I think I got more rein from the coach and the club itself.
Even to this day I'm pretty well thought of - I think anyway - to the point where I've still got good contacts there. I'm lucky doing all the Champions League stuff for Sky Sports. I get to do the odd Bayern game and obviously I still go over and do some stuff for the Sky Sports News channel over there in German.
And you're still in touch with people from your time there?
I still speak to Augenthaler quite a lot. I still speak to Thomas Berthold. The guy who is the assistant manager with Joachim Low with the German national team, Hans-Dieter Flick - we played together for two years so yeah I've still got good contacts. And I've still genuinely got affection for a club that's a massive global machine. I've always thought myself fortunate to be involved with it. It was definitely the right thing I did at the right time in my career.
Long-term injury ended your time there. That must have been tough to deal with - especially in a foreign country?
When I got injured at the end, when I hurt my knee and had to stop, that was really tough. But all the time I was playing it was the best football club. If you do well for them they'll look after you every inch of the way. It was a fantastic football club to play for. And as you can see in the 20 years since I've been there, that big machine keeps rolling all the way.
So no regrets whatsoever about making the move?
The only regret I have is about my knee and it wasn't even in a game. It was a silly situation in training with a young boy Allan Neilsen who eventually played at Spurs. Allan was a kid at the time who came over from Denmark and it was a complete accident on his part that could have happened at any time. A silly accident in training but I had to have a few operations and eventually give up. But my only regret is that I couldn't do 10 years in Munich rather than just three.
Do you have any advice for players going abroad?
You need to be able to communicate. That's a massive thing. We're lazy in this country generally. I think our school curriculum should put greater emphasis on languages, I really do. I know at the time you might be thinking that not everybody is going to go work abroad, that's for sure, but the world is smaller now than it was 20 years ago and if you've got a grip of some kind of language then you never know.
I think you've just got to immerse yourself in pretzels and wursts if you're going to do it right! And don't ever think you know everything because I was one of the top players at Aston Villa at the time and as soon as I went to Bayern I was back to learning again. My only regret is that I didn't have the opportunity to keep going because of my injury. But then again I had the opportunity to go out there in the first place...


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Step back in time and take a twirl under the stars at Jazz and Chocolate at the historic Bonnet House in Fort Lauderdale.
The sixth-annual fundraiser for the nonprofit will begin at 7 p.m. Friday, and features dancing on the veranda to jazz and blues standards by Liz Sharp and Company as the swans glide by in the lily pond.
Guests can sip wine and nibble hors d'oeuvres by chef Jorge Luis Fernandez of the Spaniard Tapas Bar and Cafe in Boca Raton. Later, they can indulge in chocolate confections by Jan's Chocolates in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Publix and Miami-Dade-based Celebrity Cruises.
"It's a wonderful evening," says David Hagerman, chairman of the event, which is sponsored by the Bonnet House Alliance.
"The courtyard is open to the stars, and the veranda overlooks the freshwater slough. There really is no other place like it in Fort Lauderdale."
Proceeds support repairs on the grand estate, Hagerman says, which sits on 35 acres of lush, tropical gardens off A1A south of Sunrise Boulevard. Built in 1920, the site was donated by Evelyn Fortune Bartlett to the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation in 1983.
"It's right on the ocean, and the weather is gorgeous," Hagerman says. "It will be a great night to be outside in South Florida."
Jazz and Chocolate is 7 p.m. Friday at 900 N. Birch Road, in Fort Lauderdale. Tickets cost $50. Call 954-261-2559 or go to BonnetHouse.org.
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Mr Jonathan Zhu, Managing Director for MSC China and Mr Yock Juee Tan, Managing Director for MSC Asia are pleased to welcome AFL 2016 Guest of Honor and the organizers of the fair on MSC's stand.
The event, in Hong Kong, is expected to attract upwards of 9000 decision makers, from around 70 countries.
This is the first time MSC has exhibited at the Asian event, and senior management staff including Mr Yock Juee Tan, Managing Director for MSC Asia, and Mr Jonathan Zhu, Managing Director for MSC China, have been greeting VIPs at our stand.
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Sophia Perdikaris is an archaeologist, specializing in the analysis of animal remains from archaeological sites in the North Atlantic and the Caribbean. She has extensive field experience and has participated and directed excavations in many parts of the world. She has been excavating in Norway for the last 10 years and in Iceland for five years. Recently she started a Brooklyn College archaeological field school in Barbuda, which takes place every January. Perdikaris is also a coordinator of the NORSEC (Northern Science and Education Center), now based at Brooklyn College, director of the Human Ecodynamics Research Center at GSUC (www.herc.ws.gc.cuny.edu) and the Barbuda Research Complex. Students interested in Caribbean research or in archaeological field experiences in Barbuda are encouraged to contact her directly at firstname.lastname@example.com and can see more details of her work and the zooarchaeology lab at http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/anthro/perdikaris/
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MenuDirections 2012: Day 3 Photos
Day three offered attendees tips on cooking healthy and awarded the "gold standard" with the annual Goldies awards.
The presenters shared the benefits of using more herbs in cooking such as cutting fat calories, slicing empty carb calories, lowering sodium, adding flavor, aiding digestion and the immune system, plus providing antioxidants and anti-inflammatory benefits.
"It's not just the culinary benefits [of herbs]," Mills said. "It's the health benefits. [Using herbs] is stealth health, for sure."


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Fifa's new secretary-general is an African, and just as extraordinary, a woman. Senegal's Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura's appointment is being greeted with optimism in the football world with Fifa's president Gianni Infantino believing she is the best person to help him rebuild the organisation.
With canoe-cracking rocks, steaming rapids, broiling heat and arduous terrain, the Dusi Canoe Marathon makes for a race that truly tests mental and physical strength. The 62-year-old competition still attracts serious endurance athletes and old warriors.
While most people are tucked up warmly indoors during winter, a group of dedicated extreme athletes is out riding the Freedom Challenge. The mountain bike race takes riders more than 2 000 kilometres across some of South Africa's harshest but most beautiful scenery.
Some of the world's most extreme races are held in South Africa, where elite athletes – and ordinary people – pit themselves against the unforgiving elements and huge distances. Perhaps the most well-known is the Comrades Marathon, a gruelling 90km run between Durban and Pietermaritzburg.
The 2010 football World Cup in South Africa may be a distant memory, but its legacy lives on through the Fifa World Cup Legacy Trust. In the first allocation of funds, 14 organisations got some financial assistance. This has had a huge impact on the lives of some of the country's poorest children.
Breathe in, breathe out: practising yoga is improving the lives of many impoverished and sick people in the townships around Durban. They are feeling more peaceful, more hopeful and healthier, they say. And now the Township Yogi Project plans to expand its work to Joburg and Cape Town.
It was another wild ride down The Dusi this year, with winners Andy Birkett and Sbonelo Zondi delighted with their performance. It was Birkett's 10th marathon, earning him his green number. The rapids, the heat, the uphill portages and the unpredictable water levels combine to make the Dusi Canoe Marathon one of the toughest endurance races in the country.


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SCSU Hockey Routs Denver Friday At NHEC
The #19-ranked St. Cloud State Huskies routed #7-ranked Denver 5-2 at the National Hockey and Event Center in St. Cloud on Friday night.
Neither team scored in the first period despite a very aggressive Husky offense that peppered DU goalie Juho Olkinuora with seven shots in the game's first seven minutes. The Huskies outshot the Pioneers 13-7 in the opening period.
Denver got on the board first at 6:58 of the second period when junior defenseman David Makowski flicked a wrist shot from the right-wing circle that Zac Lazzara tipped in for the goal. The second assist was credited to Shaun Ostrow.
SCSU responded with a goal from junior forward Cory Thorson at 10:27 of period number two, his eighth of the season. Assists on the play went to Brooks Bertsch and Sauk Rapids native Ethan Prow.
The Huskies took a 2-1 lead late in the second period on a fantastic breakaway goal from junior Nic Dowd. Dowd stole the puck in the neutral zone and skated in on Olkinuora straight up the middle of the ice, faked forehand and scored on the backhand through the five-hole. Dowd's tenth goal of the season was assisted by Prow and goaltender Ryan Faragher.
Denver knotted the game at two at the 2:47 mark of the third period. Nick Shore stuffed in a rebound after a shot from Ty Loney trickled off Faragher's pads.
Junior forward Nick Jensen gave the Huskies a 3-2 lead with just under ten minutes left in the third period on a wrister from the high slot. Jensen's second goal of the season was assisted by Kalle Kossila and Andrew Prochno.
Jensen added his second of the night and third of the season at 16:55 of the third period, assisted by Drew LeBlanc and Kossila.
Nick Oliver added an empty net goal to finish the scoring for SCSU with just under two minutes left in the third period.


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As a finale to my first season, I am proud to present
a mini video series of one of my heroes –
This is the length of an actual t.v. show!
Hard to edit such an outstanding individual.
So indulge when you have the time.
Especially if you are a fan of
And If you don't know who he is…
You should! Now's your chance!
If you are a Geek of Science!
Or a fan of Old Sci-Fi Television Shows!
Don't miss an episode!
It's taken me a month to put together!
Neil For President!
~Dream 1~
This blog Series is sponsored by: Babes In Space!
(I threw in Barbara Eden, because Neil qualifies her as being married to an Astronaut…it counts…if Neil says so!)
You guys might recognize Neil DeGrasse Tyson as a guest on The Daily Show.
(Hip Hip Hooray! Jon just won Emmy Awards 9 years in a row tonight!)
Or The Colbert Report, or
Real Time with Bill Maher.
(Below is a great quote from Maher, taken from clip of my "Tea Bag Party" video…(But enough about me!) (And Bill just trumped that quote with his hilarious response to Bachmann and Palin when referred to as "MILFS" – "Morons I'd Like to Forget.") (But enough about him.)
You may also recognize Dr. Tyson from the Post Office's "Most Wanted" poster for killing Pluto!
(Watch this clip! It's awesome!)
Regardless of murdering Pluto, Neil's popularity has grown so much that he has his own hip radio show, too. Star Talk Radio!
Neil puts the "Rock" in Rocket! The astrophysicist gives "star" a literal meaning in his Rock Star status!
And who would have imagined talk shows featuring guests that actually make you think? That you can learn from! And be entertained at the same time!
I want to personally thank my favorite, brilliant, hysterical hosts for having these shows to preserve what sanity I have left, while exposing these amazing minds to mainstream television.
Featuring intellects and politicians (not always synonymous, in fact, frequently oxymoronic), have become massively popular!
If you don't know this favorite guest of many, you are missing out!
But whether you know him or not, here, in this blog, you can see another dimension of the Sex Symbol of Science!
Damn! If he had been my professor in school, I would have rushed to class. (Then maybe I wouldn't have dropped out!)
I predict that Neil will be added to the next updated school History and Science books! (In the States that actually print fact. I guess Texas is out.)
Mighty Tyson's personality is as bright as his brain! His enthusiasm, and conviction are heart-felt and inspiring.
I found that out the first time I met Dr. Tyson, several years ago, before he became a 21st Century Rock Star.
He kind of reminds me of my Dad, who has his Ph.D. from M.I.T. in E.E. (That sure is a mouth full of letters!) (None of which I posses…Mailman?)
Despite the genius stats, they are both very charming and funny!
Neil's latest television appearance was on "Real Time", August 5th, 2011.
(If you have HBO, check it out!…it's too bad we all have to pay to see programs that drop "F" bombs….but my blog is free!)
After watching Neil DeGrasse Tyson on Bill Maher, I realized that he's not only a Rockin' Scientist! He could run our friggin' country; fix our economy, and bring up the GPA of the next, "Next Generation".
Neil for President, 2012!!!
Of course, running the country with logic seems to be a stretch even more so these days.
And the audience of Stewart, Colbert, Maher, and me, are usually all on the same team. It's not as if we are enlightening anyone from La La Land with an associate's degree from FOX Community College. They don't watch these "Liberal, Elitist, Commi-Socialist" programs.
The panel consisted of a Tea Bagger, A smart woman, some wicked funny guy, and The Tysmeyster.
The audience ate Neil up! He was the DH of the panel.
In short, every time Neil came to the plate…BAMM!
I was cheering as if it was the World Series of '75, Game 6, when Carlton Fisk hit that historical homer!
I felt every word! I wanted to join in! If I could only get a chance to speak with him again!! But he's too famous now.
I couldn't stop thinking about The Mighty Tyson!
Tossing and turning…"Oh, if I only had my own show! And I could have Neil on as a guest! He says what I sing! I could ask him riveting questions!"
I finally fell asleep and had this wild dream……
This portion of my dream is sponsored by Uranus!
The next portion of my dream will be sponsored by Urethra!
…meanwhile, after sleepwalking to the bathroom, the dream continues tomorrow!!
Do you ever have one of those dreams that just goes on and on? The one's that you WANT to go on? This is one of them!!!
Next, Neil will talk about Star Trek and his radio program "Star Talk Radio" !
You don't have to have a Ph.d to listen! You don't even have to be smart. It's like running for President of the United States…and sometimes even winning! You don't need to be qualified!
Hmmm. Maybe it's not just a dream! If I throw on a pair of glasses, I could look Presidential!
I've seen who's running for the next election. With Neil's looks and my brains! If they can do it, I don't see why an accomplished Astrophysicist and a University of Miami drop-out Musician can't!!! (Better have our birth certificates handy!)


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When we enroll the most talented students, the undergraduate experience is strengthened for all students. Gifted students serve as role models and academic leaders — they raise the bar for other students in terms of what they aspire to achieve and improve the overall intellectual climate of the Marquette community.
The university already commits significant resources to meeting the financial needs of students, and it's not enough—Marquette has tried to make a college education accessible to students without financial means in two ways:
Marquette currently awards $50 million each year in financial aid in the form of scholarships and need-based grants. Greater than one out of every five dollars that the university spends already goes directly to financial aid. But even with that level of commitment from the university, Marquette cannot fully meet the financial need of the 67 percent of freshmen who demonstrate that they do not have the means to afford Marquette's tuition.
The resources that Marquette can commit to scholarships are far less than those of our competitors—the university's financial resources per student rank 164th among national, doctoral universities.
Colleges with whom Marquette routinely competes for students are able to offer greater merit and need-based scholarships than Marquette does currently. Among Catholic institutions, Georgetown University, the University of Notre Dame, St. Louis University, Boston College, Catholic University of America and Loyola University Chicago all rank in the top 100 in financial resources. The University of Dayton, Fordham University and the University of San Francisco also rank higher than Marquette in financial resources.


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A High Point man is facing charges in connection to a pair of convenience store robberies after an investigation by the Thomasville Police Department.
A High Point man is facing charges in connection to a pair of convenience store robberies after an investigation by the Thomasville Police Department.
Bryant Keith McCall, 40, of 843 Willow Place, has been charged with two counts of felony robbery with a dangerous weapon. He was placed in the Davidson County Detention Center under a $500,000 secured bond and has a Jan. 30 court date in Thomasville District Court.
McCall's arrest stems from armed robberies at King's Food Mart at 805 Martin Luther King Drive on Oct. 23 and Fairway One Stop at 600 National Highway on Sept. 9, said Capt. Mark Kattner of the TPD. Information from the High Point Police Department, the captain said, assisted Thomasville officers in making the arrest.
The robbery occurred at Fairway One stop at 2 a.m. Sept. 9 when an unmasked man entered the store to purchase a drink, Kattner said. When the clerk opened the register, the man pulled out a semi-automatic pistol and demanded money, according to the Thomasville Police Department.
The suspect fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash. No shots were fired, and no one was injured.
Officers were dispatched to an armed robbery at King's Food Mart at 7:20 p.m. Oct. 23 after an unmasked entered the store, brought some items to the counter for purchase and asked for additional items, Kattner said. When the store clerk looked way and then looked back at the man, a gun was being pointed at him, the captain said.
The suspect demanded the clerk open the register, take all the money out and put the cash in a grocery bag, Kattner said. The clerk was ordered to lie down on the ground before the suspect left the store with an undisclosed amount of cash, the captain said.
Kattner said McCall was the lone person in committing the robberies. The captain was pleased with making the arrest.
"Anytime you can make an arrest with robberies, that's a good thing," Kattner said. "Once they get started, you don't know how many they will continue to do before you get them into custody."
Darrick Ignasiak can be reached at 249-3981, ext. 217, or at email@example.com.


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Sunday, 19 December 2010
Lately I've been thinking about positivity and my own attitude towards life. I am not a positive person and never have been. I seem to always worry about things and assume the worst will happen, even though most of the time things tend to work out ok and my life is pretty amazing apart from the RA.
So I guess it's a mystery why I am so fortunate in many ways, yet I remain a pessimist. I try hard to overcome this as I feel it's causing me endless hours of misery which are self inflicted and unnecessary. I also project a very strong, happy image of myself and unless you know me well you would think I was a very outgoing, cheerful person. In reality I spend a lot of my 'alone' time stewing over things and generally being a grumpy git.
To be fair, in the last year I know I've changed in the way that I dont tend to worry or stew over the 'little' things as much. That is one positive change. But instead I spend my days worrying about my disease. I feel this is especially true in the winter where I have less motivation to go out and do things to distract myself. The last couple of months I've really felt myself sinking back into a bit of a depression although not nearly as bad as when I was diagnosed.
I think with RA in my life, I really need to work on this and find a way to change. So much easier said than done. I need to stop seeing things in black and white. I also need to stop throwing myself pity parties and think less about myself. When I start thinking these types of 'negative' thoughts I need to somehow be able to cut myself off and do something else.
Has anyone else struggled with this? I know everyone with RA struggles with worries about the future, how could we not? But some are just positive people naturaly and perhaps others have life experience which has taught them how to be positive. I hope I can become the latter. Any ideas how??
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I try to be really positive, but you're right, it gets really tough. I try to think about the fact that people have it worse, but then that leads to other people with RA having it worse and possibilities for me...ReplyDelete
I tend to think like a little kid, so maybe that helps? I think you need to play more games :)
Haha perhaps.. you're right I need a shorter attention span. When I start thinking about something I think about it for ages and can't stop.ReplyDelete
It's not easy, positive thinking is a practice and it requires that you have a certain mental attitude. It has taken me a long time, but I no longer let things stress me out like they would have 10 years ago. RA creates a lot of stressful situations in our life. And since stress causes increased sensitivity to pain, it is just one big circle that seems like it will never end. I don't think about where I'm going to be in 5 or 10 years any longer, I just live life one day at a time now.ReplyDelete
For a naturally grumpy person, I am fairly positive about my RA. I must admit I don't think about the future of my RA body a whole lot. I guess I was in a flare the other day when I thought (maybe for the first time) what my body would be like when I am an elderly woman and kind of freaked out about all the potential damage and extra pain. Then I totally calmed myself down when I thought of all the rockin' surgeries I would have had by then, and all the new advances they'll make in the next few years.ReplyDelete
I don't know what it is. I think I have accepted that it is a part of my life and I just need to deal with it. I'm also really good at distracting myself: t.v., movies, and good fiction all whisk me away out of my body for a little while :)


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Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Living the dream ?
December was not a particularly great month for me. For one, I had a demolition project next door to my shop going on that made it impossible to work for most of two weeks. The noise and dust caused by the remodel of the bathrooms next door got to be so oppressive that there was no way I could attempt to weld while the floor was shaking with the sawing and hammering.
The next thing to come down the pike was a kidney stone that got stuck and landed me on my back for nearly a week and a half-this infirmity made it so I missed the three biggest races of the cyclocross season and my team had no manager for the Nationals . If you are self employed like me , you know well that there is no unemployment, no state diasbility and no crew to carry on the work while you are incapacitated. So, what are my plans for the new year ? That's pretty easy to figure out.....work my ass off to try to catch up and pay the bills.
This brings me to the point I wanted to make : The phrase " Living the dream" has been bandied about in reference to folks like myself who are supported by building bicycle frames. The person or persons who use this phrase in regards to what I do obviously have no idea what full-time framebuilding is about. If losing money for years , having days of wrench-throwing frustration , working until 10:00 at night to catch up on a build that took way longer than anticipated , not getting any kind of vacation for years-opting instead to go to trade shows where most folks don't even look at the stuff you brought is living the dream , I think most folks would rather take the nightmare option instead.
From the outside looking in , some folks must see the daily jaunt to the workshop and subsequent idyllic time of self-employed crafting as the dream that got away-the escape from the mundane work-a-day life that most people endure to scratch out a living in this crippled economy. From the inside looking out , my view is that all the years that led up to this point were so difficult and debilitating that I find it difficult to rejoice in celebration of my so-called dream.
This is how I got to the life of full-time framebuilding. It wasn't as if I had a calling I could not refuse-it was not that I felt as if I was put on this earth to do just this , build bicycle frames with every micron of my being-and it was certainly not because I thought I would be living the dream. This is what happened. I worked really hard, stupidly hard much of the time. I didn't always believe that I would succeed-I just kept at it , almost like some sort of beat-down. One of us was going to give in-Me or the F$%^ dream. For years I stuck with this craft as if it were my only choice in life..........it wasn't , but I worked at it, fought it, made many blunders , learned and re-learned the same stuff over and over again because of my impatient and slipshod nature- What I did was beat my head against the frigging wall until I made a hole in it and climbed through. What was on the other side of that wall ? A dream ? No. An awakening and some spiritual enlightement ? Not really. What was on the other side was folks that saw what I did and placed a value on it. It was these folks that saw all my blunders, all of the dents in my floor and workbench where tools had been thrown - these amazing people who awarded me for my seemingly hopeless and psychotic devotion to a craft that initially I had little talent for........these folks welcomed me to be someone who was valid as a bike builder.
I have read where a person said that folks like me who were " Living the dream" owed my livelyhood to a builder who came before me who the great majority of my customers have never heard of. Maybe I owe my job to the folks that put on the trade shows. Maybe I owe my success to the internet. These reasons all sound great except for the fact that they ignore two things: # 1, I started this job before the handbuilt shows, before anyone building bikes even knew what a web page was and also ,with just a few exceptions a lot of builders back in the day were not willing to give out any information or support to anyone like me. My position is that I owe my success to the folks that come to my shop and see a reason to have me build something. My customers are my saviors and I always want to be worthy of their trust. That means that I have to fix my fuckups in a timely fashion , I have to on any given day be ready to bear down and focus on a bike that must be depended on to be safe, fun and not hold the rider back in any way. It isn't and easy thing to do and it is no dream......it is reality. I'm living the reality , and the torch, the welder and the materials will never let me forget that. Happy new year !
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- AnonymousJanuary 7, 2011 at 8:35 AM
Word up. Don't forget the burns and metal splinters.ReplyDelete
Vacations are like little quitter sessions. You don't want to be a quitter now, right?ReplyDelete
I could use a little quit next month. I'll take that instead of going to Austin where i would run the risk of being blinded by stainless glare....ReplyDelete
>>> blinded by stainless glare....ReplyDelete
new lyrics for a manfred mann classic atmo.
....wrapped up like a douche...it was actually Bruce Springsteen.Manfred Mann covered it , kind of like the Masi Grand criterium made in So. Cal. -very Good but not the original item.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 17, 2011 at 5:25 PM
don't get co-opted by the man atmo.ReplyDelete
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Or my favorite: If prayer works, why is it taking so long?'
That Person May Have Die Waiting For Prayer Works
Sadly knowledge might not be had before we face that last curtain.
Knowledge Is Free Now A Days But Still People Get Failed To Know Them Because Of Religion And God Things! People Are Insane
Oh My Science The link!
I grew up Christian Scientist. According to the church precepts, in most cases you should be able to heal yourself by prayer and getting closer to your heavenly version of yourself. It does kind of work as a reverse hypochondria, but in practice every member of my church ended up in a doctors hands. My brother and 5 sisters were born at home rather than in a hospital, but these days I just consider us lucky nothing bad happened.
According To Science Prayers And Belief Are Dangerous To Our Brain, It Makes Mental Reaction And Loses It's Potential Of Thinking Power. People Depends On This Hoping That It Works But Actually It Makes Your Brain Psych And They Get Seeing An Illusion. It Feels Like It's Kind Of A Addiction Like Drugs. After Several Research This Mostly Seen This Cases In India. Even Some People Died With This Beliefs.


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While the evolution of Fleetwood Enterprises can be traced back to the '50s and a small company in Paramount, Calif., by the name of Coach Specialties Mfg. Co. — the Fleetwood name began as one of the firm's travel trailer models — it wasn't until 1968, when company founder John Crean bought Pace Arrow, that the manufacturer known for its motorhomes finally went motorized.
The Pace Arrow acquisition proved to be an able launchpad for new projects. The company designed a small unit on a chopped-van chassis and christened it the Tioga, then designed a motorhome using a steel frame rather than wood, and named it Southwind. There were others, as well, "But I had a zillion ideas for a motorhome," Crean admitted, "so I decided to make a brand-new model." Crean elected to design and build the motorhome on his own, and bought a building near his home in Newport Beach, Calif. What he created there would prove to be much more than just another motorhome.
What he created was the Bounder.
"On most motorhomes, the storage was on top, which was particularly inconvenient — and downright dangerous — for our older, retired customers," Crean pointed out. "The major design innovation I came up with was to raise the height of the floor in the unit. Along with enclosing the water system, the higher floor provided lots of new storage space." The raised floor also eliminated the step up to the forward part of the coach, creating a flat floor inside. The comfortable floorplan was copied directly from Fleetwood's 28-foot Terry travel trailer.
Visually, this brand-new coach wasn't exactly cutting-edge. In fact, recalling the reaction from dealers when he took a prototype on the road, Crean said, "The dealers agreed that it was the ugliest thing they'd ever seen in their life — but they were really impressed with its features." Within a few years, the Bounder was the best-selling motorhome in the country.


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My great grandfather, Carl Zachariah Pierce was born into a family of social and financial status on the 7th of January 1872 in Middleboro, Massachusetts. He worked as a clerk in the Pierce Hardware store owned and operated by his father, Thomas Warren Pierce. Out of six children, Carl was the only son. I can only surmise that the business would have be left to him one day. His sisters all became well-known multi-talented musicians, singers and actors. (See story: A Star Is Born )
|Carl is in the top row, 2nd from left
On December 29, 1897, at the age of 27, he married Mary Catherine Wilber, age 16. Six weeks later, their first child, a daughter was born.
Carl went out drinking socially with his best friend, his wife's uncle. But it went terribly wrong. About a year and a half into his marriage he had become a full-fledged alcoholic. Carl's life spiraled out of control as the disease consumed him.
Twelve years and four children later, his marriage ended in divorce and he was disowned by his parents. He was in and out of trouble with the law due to assaulting his wife's step-father and uncle. The legal system forced his hospitilzation numerous times in state institutions without any permanent success.
Carl Z. Pierce, died on July 29, 1927 at the age of 55 of a root canal pharysurgical abscess, at the Bridgewater State Hospital. Myocarditis is an inflammatory disease of the heart muscle, (myocardium) caused by an infection, namely his abcessed tooth.
His two daughters gave him a proper burial and laid him to rest at Hillside Cemetery in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. They had no money to give him marker.
I have located the spot where he rests, next to his daughters and beside his twin grandchildren. Alcoholism is such a tragic disease, not only for the inflicted, but also for the family members who love them. And even though I never knew him, I can forgive him. I hope to give him a gravestone one day to say yes, he did exist, and contributed to life. After all, I wouldn't be here today if not for him. So this black cloud and weeds gave me rainbows and flowers.


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Star-Studded 'Sin City: A Dame to Kill For' Trailer Released - Watch Now!
The official trailer for Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame To Kill For is finally here!
The sequel to the surprise hit Sin City movie from nine years ago is set to be released on August 22.
Josh Brolin, Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson, Jaime King, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jamie Chung, Bruce Willis, Eva Green, Ray Liotta, Juno Temple, Jeremy Piven and Stacey Keach star in the new movie.
WHAT DO YOU THINK of the trailer for Sin City: A Dame To Kill For???
Also pictured inside: star Jessica leaving New York City and arriving at LAX Airport on Wednesday (March 5) in Los Angeles.


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Hundreds of bird species migrate through eastern Colorado each year, but the migration of snow geese is by far the most dramatic. Flocks numbering in the tens of thousands make for a spectacular sight.
LAMAR, Colo. – Hundreds of bird species migrate through eastern Colorado each year, but the migration of snow geese is by far the most dramatic. Flocks numbering in the tens of thousands make for a spectacular sight.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the Lamar Chamber of Commerce have joined forces to celebrate the majestic snow goose migration with the 11th annual High Plains Snow Goose Festival. The four-day festival kicks off on Thursday evening, Feb. 21 and continues until Sunday, Feb. 24.
"The snow goose festival is a celebration of an incredible array of wildlife viewing with music, field trips, educational booths, lectures, historical tours, arts and crafts, and a variety of family friendly activities," said John Koshak, a watchable wildlife coordinator with Colorado Parks and Wildlife.
"We have an outstanding schedule of events that includes an incredible selection of special programs and presentations," said Koshak. There is a $15 registration fee for the weekend. Field trips are priced between $10 - 25 depending on the length of the program and if meals are provided.
"The main stars of the festival," said Koshak, "are the snow geese." An early Sunday morning bus tour will take festivalgoers to watch approximately 25,000 honking geese lift-off from local reservoirs and fly to their daytime feeding grounds.
"Along the way, we might see other birds including bald eagles, hawks, and other wildlife. In past years, people have been lucky enough to see porcupines, owls, coyotes, foxes and many other critters," said Koshak. "After a morning of wildlife watching, we will stop at the Community Center in Eads for a hot breakfast."
Thursday Feb. 21, 2013
4 - 8 p.m. Registration, Hospitality Gathering -
Pick up a registration packet for the weekend's activities at the "Shore Arts Center" in downtown Lamar. Official kick off for the festival. Meet folks, ask questions, sample hors d'oeuvres, enjoy a special surprise musical performance and the "Birds of a Feather Art Show." Shore Arts Center, 115 S. Main St. FREE.
Friday Feb. 22, 2013
8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Bent's Forts – Old and New Tour
Take a step back in time on this tour to visit sites of historical significance! Cost $25 per person. Meet At Lamar High School, 1900 S. 11th Street, Lamar.
8 a.m. – 5 p.m. South Canyon Tour
Enjoy a day full of history, scenery and birding in the grasslands and canyon country in the southeast corner of Colorado. Cost $25 per person. Meet At Lamar High School.
4 - 8 p.m. Hospitality Gathering - FREE
Enjoy hors d'oeuvres and listen to the "Take Five" Jazz Quintet and meet renowned author and photographer Richard Crossley, and author and musician Mark Gardner. Both authors will have books for sale and sign yours! See the art show Friday and Saturday. Shore Arts Center, 115 S. Main St.
5:30 - 8 p.m. "Share the Spirit" Photography Contest -
First annual local photography contest in conjunction with the Snow Goose Festival. Friday evening winners will be announced at a reception with refreshments. Location is the Amache Studio, Rd 34.5 and Rd HH, 8 miles west of Lamar. FREE
8 - 9 p.m. Music of the Santa Fe Trail
Mark Gardner - Historian/Musician/Author will present "Music of the Santa Fe Trail" featuring the historical songs and music that the pioneers would have sung by the nightly campfire while crossing the country by horse and wagon. Lamar High School Auditorium, 1900 S. 11th Street, Lamar. FREE.
Saturday Feb. 23, 2013
8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Nature Arts and Crafts Fair
Come see artisans displaying their creations, including artworks, and crafts. Check out the Silent Auction – place your bids before the banquet! All day Saturday in the Lamar High School Gym. FREE.
All Day - Ongoing Silent Auctions
Located in the Lamar High School Gym on Saturday.
Mid-day Birds of Prey – Up Close
Visit the Pueblo Raptor Center booth to see some of their live hawks, eagles or owls up close - Saturday in the Lamar High School Gym. FREE.
All Day - Kids' Zone
Visit the Kids' Zone for hands-on fun activities for kids of all ages. All day Saturday in the Lamar High School Gym. FREE.
7:30 a.m. – Noon. Blue Rose Ranch Birding Tour
Blue Rose Ranch is a working horse ranch and non-profit Horse Rescue operation located 40 miles south of Lamar. The ranch is also a spot on the Colorado Birding Trail. Join us for a hearty breakfast and a day in the Old West you will never forget! A hayride will escort you through horse country to the Bear Creek Tour starting area. Dress for the elements and for walking through open country and creek beds. Travel by bus, cost $15. Meet At Lamar High School.
8 - 9 a.m. Morning Bird Walk with Ted Floyd
Enjoy a morning walk through Lamar Community College Woods, one of the sites on the Colorado Birding Trail. Ted Floyd will present "Bare Naked Birding" – there's so much to see and learn about birds without using fancy optics! Meet at north Trailhead, outdoors behind Lamar Community College, 2401 S. Main St, Lamar.
9 a.m. The Art of Feeding Wild Birds - NEW
Frank Dodge, owner of the Wild Bird Center in Colorado Springs, will present tips and techniques for attracting wild birds into your yard. Did you know birds have definite preferences for what they eat? Learn do's and don'ts, seed selection, proper feeders and much more! Indoors at Lamar High School Auditorium.
10 a.m. Bird Beaks and Feet - NEW
Bird beaks and feet tell us where birds live and what they eat. Indoors at Lamar High School classroom.
11 a.m. Birds of Prey – LIVE!
Hawks, eagles and owls are birds of prey – big predators in the bird world! See live birds from the Pueblo Raptor Center.
11 a.m. Learning to Look! "Tour limited, must pre-register."
Richard Crossley says birding, as with most things in life, is about the basics. In this case, it's learning to look. Must pre-register, cost $10. Meet at north Trailhead, behind Lamar Community College, 2401 S. Main St, Lamar.
11 a.m. – 2 p.m. WAGON RIDES!
Enjoy a short wagon ride with your family and friends! Bring the kids! FREE, weather permitting. Leaving every 20 or 30 minutes from in front of Lamar High School.
Noon - 2 p.m. Dutch Oven Cooking and Big Timbers Museum Tour
Have a scrumptious lunch all prepared in Dutch ovens, just like in the old days! Must pre-register, cost $12 per person over 12, includes food and museum fee. Meet at Big Timbers Museum, 7515 U.S. Hwy. 50, Lamar.
1 - 5 p.m. Two Buttes Birding Tour
What a gem, a hidden canyon in the rolling plains of SE Colorado! Travel by bus, cost $15. Meet At Lamar High School.
1 - 4 p.m. Waterfowl Hunting Seminar
Colorado Parks and Wildlife District Wildlife Manager Rick Gardner will present information about hunting waterfowl on the eastern plains of Colorado. 2500 S. Main St., Lamar. FREE.
2 p.m. Wildlife Wonders, Big and Small, of Southeastern Colorado
Join Dave Leatherman, well known Colorado birder, entomologist and photographer. You'll be delighted to see Dave's photos of living things big and small. Indoors at Lamar High School Auditorium. FREE with registration.
3 p.m. The Mystery of the Black Swifts
Of all the bird species that breed in the western U.S., the black swift is the least understood. Presenter: Jason Beason. Indoors at Lamar High School Auditorium. FREE with registration.
7 p.m. Evening Banquet - Social hour begins at 6:30 p.m.
Join us for a delicious banquet. Must pre-register. Festival Grand Prizes will be awarded here, must be present to win! Pre-register! Adults $20, Children 6-12 yrs $ 10. At the Cow Palace/Rodeway Inn, 1301 N Main St.
8 p.m. Past, Present and Future - NEW
Tales of lessons learned while growing up in the wild British birding scene – from travels around the world to living in Cape May. At the Cow Palace/Rodeway Inn, 1301 N Main St.
Sunday Feb. 24, 2013
5:15 - 10:30 a.m. Sunrise Tour
Watch the snow geese wake up and fly off to their feeding grounds. Cost: $15 per person over six. Includes breakfast. Outdoor tour by bus, meet at the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Office, 2500 S. Main St, Lamar.
7 a.m. Wildlands of Otero County
Join Ted Floyd on an adventure to discover the canyons and reservoirs in Otero and Crowley Counties. Meet for Breakfast at the Hickory House at 7 a.m., or meet in the parking lot there at 7:45 a.m. ready to go!
Contact the Lamar Chamber of Commerce for information and reservations at 719-336-4379 or visit the website at www.highplainssnowgoose.com for pricing and reservation information.


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Spring CreekSpring Creek recon run. Tj and Bob
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Shop Closed - Fun Day WednesdayShop closed on Wednesdays through Winter 2018
It's that time of year that we close on Wednesdays. We will, however, respond to emails, texts and messages just like any other day. This day off gives our staff at least one day off each week as we are generally working (yes diving) on weekends. We call it Fun Day Wednesday. Keep an eye on our calendar as we often schedule dives and adventures these Wednesdays!
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Duke City Derby's home teams got their season off to a proper start on Saturday, June 19, holding the first official bouts of the season after last month's scrimmages. In the first bout, the DoomsDames held off the Derby Intelligence Agency (DIA) for a 115 –85 win. Later the Ho-Bots pummeled the brand-new Taos Whiplashes, smacking them around for nearly the entire match on their way to a 195-74 victory.
The DoomsDames started to pull away early in their bout, taking the lead by outscoring DIA 22-0 in the third jam for the first points of the match. After that, the teams were only able to grab a few points per jam, and the Dames maintained about a 20-point gap. Then DIA scored 15 points with eight minutes left in the first half to reduce the DoomsDames' lead to 13. DIA continued to fight back, making the score 58-50 before the Dames scored the next seven points to take a 15-point lead at halftime.
Injured Whiplashes player Conan the Librarian, who watched the game from the scorer's table, said DoomsDames blockers did an exceptional job of stopping the DIA jammers. "[DIA] had good jammers, but they were consistently stuck behind a wall of DoomsDames," she said.
"Our jammers are pretty new to roller derby, so it is understandable that they might have trouble negotiating the DoomsDames' pack," DIA skater Carson B. Demented said.
In the second half, the chasm narrowed once again, as DIA outscored the Dames eight to one over the first six jams, shrinking their deficit to just eight points again. However, they went on to score the next 23 points, making the score 89-58. "The DoomsDames came back strong in the second half," Carson B. Demented said. While DIA was able to halve the lead with 15 unanswered points, the DoomsDames quickly regained control and spend the last 12 minutes of the bout tending to a 30-point advantage.
"[The bout] was still close until they had a power jam," Carson B. Demented said. "We only lost by 30 points, which is not a huge margin in roller derby." Despite the loss, Carson B. Demented and Conan both said they saw improvement in DIA's new players. Conan singled out jammer Justin Beaver for praise.
In the second bout, the Whiplashes actually managed to hold a slim lead after seven minutes, scoring 12 points to the Ho-Bots' 11. In the eighth jam, however, immediately after the Whiplashes took the lead, the Ho-Bots snatched it right back, scoring 19 points to lead 30–12. The lead expanded to 26, to 30, to 44 and then to 56 points by halftime. While the Whiplashes had managed 55 points in the first half, they scored only 19 over the last half hour of the bout, while the Bots continued their prolific scoring to win the bout with a 121-point margin of victory.
Conan cited the Whiplashes' youth in explaining the loss and noted her team's lack of injuries as one of the bout's positive results. She added that the Ho-Bots were stiff competition for a brand-new team. "The Ho-Bots are probably the best home team in the league right now, and that's the best team we played," she said. "DIA is probably one of the weaker teams in our league, and I'm hoping that will play in our favor."
In previous derby action, the Duke City Derby's traveling Muñecas Muertas team lost to the Arch Rival Roller Girls All-Stars 127-75 in a June 5 bout in St. Louis. Next up for the league is a road trip to meet the Whiplashes in Taos on Saturday, July 10, where the Muñceas Muertas will play the 20th-ranked Women's Flat Track Derby Association team, the Assassination City All-Star Travel Team.


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New Mexico Wine Takes Silver in San Francisco—This February, judges at the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition were asked to "snift" through more than 3,300 wine selections from around the country in what has become the largest and most distinguished American wine competition in the world. California was heavily represented—and an easy favorite. Still, a little winery based out of Southern New Mexico managed to walk away with one of the competition's top honors. Willmon Vineyards garnered a silver medal in the "Bordeaux Blend—$30 and Over" class for their 2002 Willmon Vineyards Quatro. What's Quatro, you ask? Basically, it's a tasty red blend of Bordeaux and Cabernet Sauvignon that's aged in French oak for about two years. This is the second internationally recognized award for the Willmon's Quatro. You can sample some for yourself at the vineyard's two retail tasting rooms in Ruidoso, the End of the Vine (www.endofthevine.com) and Viva New Mexico (www.viva-nm.com). Cheers!
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Athena's Market Café
Have a big, fat Greek dinner
Remember the restaurant family dinners of your childhood? You wanted soda, you got milk, your brother made weird noises, you got blamed. You got your choice of the kids' meal trifecta: pizza, chicken fingers, or macaroni and cheese. Auntie had a few glasses of wine, uncle smoked those fat, smelly cigars, and mom and dad were so busy talking that you could get away with kicking your brother under the table—the first two times, at least.
Chewing the Fat
The New Spanish Table
Author's spattering of neo-Mediterranean food proves Spain is at the tapa its game
During a 2002 trip to the Mediterranean town of Granada, a Spanish history professor told me the fork wasn't widely used in Spain until the 18th century. This meant when Columbus was contracted to "discover" America, Ferdinand and Isabella were using little more than their manos to stuff their royal faces.


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South Dakota State In Search of Sixth Straight, Plays at Western Illinois
All season long, South Dakota State coach Scott Nagy has been telling everyone that once his team plays better on the defensive end of the floor, they would be very tough to beat. Over the last five games, that's exactly what's happened.
The Jackrabbits have won their last five still playing the same solid game on offense, but it's on defense where things have really come together.
SDSU is holding down opponent shooting percentages, point totals, and outrebounding them at every turn during this run, most recently Thursday night, when they avenged an earlier loss to Omaha, holding the Mavs to under 32 percent shooting, and to 20 points less on the scoreboard than their first meeting.
Against Western Illinois Saturday, points will be a premium, as the Leathernecks play a very deliberate style of basketball.
The SDSU defense did its part in the Jacks nine point win over Western at home last month: plus-six on the boards, plus-eight in the paint, while limiting WIU to only five second chance points, but coach Scott Nagy says it was the offensive numbers, like 35 percent shooting in the second half, that have him concerned:
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Thomas Pyle, President of the Institute for Energy Research, made this interesting observation today:
Members of Congress have been questioning witnesses and pounding podiums for the news cameras, but they have done nothing to increase American oil production by even one single barrel. Families are paying the price of Washington's willful refusal to do what we all know must be done.
American taxpayers own the federal lands, and they own the vast energy resources that lie beneath them too. If the federal government continues to withhold these supplies, how is it any different from OPEC?
Good point. OPEC is a cartel whose members agree to limit production to keep gas prices artificially high. They think this is in their economic interest. I understand their motives, but why would Democrats in the U.S. government want to enable OPEC's fleecing of the American consumer by joining in the effort to limit production?
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Editor-In-Chief Rick Péwé: Custom Jeep CJ-7 (CJ-17)Posted in Ultimate Adventure: 2010 on November 1, 2010
Custom Jeep CJ-7 (CJ-17)
Driver: Editor-in-Chief Rick Péwé
Co-driver: Tech Editor Fred Williams
As with all works of art, the building of the custom CJ-7 was long, arduous, and painstakingly detailed. The Boeing B-17 bomber-themed Jeep may have as many hours of skilled craftsmanship and knuckle-busting work into it as the original WWII Flying Fortresses. Péwé's CJ-7 has around 500 rivets and more custom parts than we can shake a stick at!
Technical Editor Fred Williams spent many sleepless nights making sure our editor-in-chief's Jeep was fit for duty. With a handful of people helping and wrenches all the way to New Hampshire, the venerable CJ-17 saw action on the very first trail day, with only a few minor electrical issues. Keep an eye out for tech articles on the CJ's buildup.
- Engine: GM LS3 Erod Engine
- Transmission: Bowtie Overdrives 4L80E
- Transfer Case: Atlas
- Front Axle: Dynatrac ProRock 44, 5.13 gears, ARB Air Locker, CTM U-joints
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- Front: Fox coilovers, Eibach coils, Poly Performance 3-link with track bar kit
- Rear: Fox bypass shocks, BDS/Atlas Spring leaf springs (spring-under), Western Fabricators shackles, Dynatrac spring-under U-bolt kit
- Tires & Wheels: 37x12.50R17 Goodyear Wrangler M/TRs on 17x81/2 Walker Evans beadlocks
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If you've never been to a Holiday Bowl, well, you must. Ross was kind enough to send us a link to images of his excursion to America's Finest City and he came away impressed, calling the experience "a blast."
"I met up with Rob and Katy who run Hornfans.com and also Peter Bean of Burnt Orange Nation. Rob and Katy put on a tailgate at every Texas game (home and away and bowls) and I helped them put it together. We met up at about 9 a.m., bought food and beer for the group and got to the stadium and set up our tailgate area at 10 a.m. (for a 5 p.m. game).
"The crowd started showing up in droves at about 2 p.m. and we grilled sausage wraps and went through about a dozen 36 packs of beer. Good tailgate that came together with the help of a lot of sources bringing the awning and chairs, grill, etc.
"The game was great from the Texas point of view. We came out aggressive and played hard. We were badly outnumbered in the stands (80/20). But a lot of the local ticket holders without a stake in the game left at half and ASU fans began leaving in the third quarter."
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The Carson Cottages are an ever-evolving work-in-progress for developer Thomas Viljac, who will modify a utility area to improve pedestrian access.
Viljac also will build a privacy fence between his Calhoun Street development and an adjacent property.
The Bluffton Historic Preservation Commission approved his plans Wednesday evening.
A service door, an 80-square-foot deck and the 6-foot-high fence will be installed on the back side of the Cottage Bakery at 38 Calhoun St.
The utility area will be "less obtrusive" to pedestrians entering the Carson Cottages courtyard from Calhoun Street, Viljac said.
The area where cleaning supplies and trash often collect is on the south side of the Cottage Bakery.
"This area ruins the visual impact and user-friendliness of the small courtyard with fountain from what it was originally designed for," Viljac said in a memo to the town Growth Management Department.
Viljac proposed moving the area "to the more sensible location on the other side of the building" where an ice machine, freezer, air-conditioning unit and propane tanks are housed.
Landscaping will provide a visual buffer from the courtyard area, he said.
The Carson Cottages urban infill development was approved by the town in June 2008. Viljac plans to build a total of 11 structures on the 1.13-acre site.
Also on Wednesday, the commission approved plans for a 2,174-square-foot home and detached garage at 5461 Mistletoe Loop in the Stock Farm development.
The house would be the third in Stock Farm, which received a development permit from the town in August 2007.
One home is occupied, another is completed and the others are prepared to move in, according to developer and former Bluffton Mayor Emmett McCracken. There also is one completed commercial structure in Stock Farm.
The subdivision contains a mix of 51 residential and commercial lots.
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A Mecklenburg judge has issued an order for arrest for former professional wrestling champion Ric Flair, who was held in contempt earlier this month for not paying his estranged wife more than $32,000 in spousal support.
Flair, one of Charlotte�s best known celebrities whose given name is Richard Fliehr, was ordered to pay $4,000 a month to Jacqueline Beems, who filed for a legal separation last summer. The money was intended to go for her car payment, health insurance and legal fees.
But following at least two court orders, Flair didn�t pay $32,352.51, according to court documents obtained by the Observer and Brad Smith, Beems� attorney.
The order for arrest was issued on July 3, but the wrestler can avoid jail time if he pays what he owes, according to court documents.
Flair told the Observer Tuesday night that he planned to pay Beems on Wednesday.
�The reason I didn�t pay my ex-wife the 32 grand is because my son died and I was in the hospital for a month,� Flair said. �I was in the hospital for a month with a blood clot. I didn�t go to work for three months.�
Reid Fliehr was found dead by his father on March 29 in a SouthPark hotel room, part of a suite where Ric Flair was temporarily living. Fliehr, 25, died from a toxic combination of heroin and prescription drugs, according to the autopsy.
Smith said his client doesn�t know where her estranged husband is. He also said recent accusations that Beems made harassing phone calls to Flair�s new girlfriend are �unfounded and outlandish.�
On Tuesday, Beems turned herself in to authorities and was charged with making a harassing phone call, a misdemeanor. She�s accused of making a series of phone calls to Wendy Barlow Kidder, Flair�s girlfriend, according to Smith. Beems was released on a $500 unsecured bond.
�Miss Fliehr is eager to have her day in court on this as well,� Smith said.
But Flair told the Observer that his estranged wife has threatened his girlfriend.
�My girlfriend Wendy Kidder is the mother of four and she has 50 texts and five phone (voice-)mails from my ex-wife,� he said. �They didn�t give Wendy a warrant for arrest without looking at all of that stuff.�
Flair and Beems were married in November 2009 and separated in June 2012, when Beems accused her husband of committing �acts of marital misconduct.�
�Husband has had numerous intimate relationships with other women during the parties� marriage to the embarrassment and humiliation of wife,� the complaint alleged.
Flair has denied the allegations.
The couple�s nearly three-year relationship has made news before.
In February 2010, a few months after they were married, police were called to their south Charlotte home because of an altercation. Beems was charged with misdemeanor assault after the two got into a fight. The charges later were dropped by police for lack of evidence.


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Miss Eydie in The Midwest – A Zingerman's Rye In The Suitcase Is Worth Two In The BushPosted in Food & Recipes on 07/16/2012 11:35 pm by Janis
"The sins of the Midwest: flatness, emptiness, a necessary acceptance of the familiar."
"But the Midwest: It is quietly lovely, not preening with the need to have its attributes remarked on. "
Miss Eydie has been touring and singing in America's heartland since the early days of The Manhattan Transfer and have been able to observe a gradual renaissance of midwestern cuisine from the familiar meat and potatoes and regional specialities to a healthier, farm to table mentality, but still embracing the heartiness and comfort of the foods of the region.
My girl group, JaLala, (myself, Laurel Massé and Lauren Kinhan) was booked on a whirlwind spring tour starting in Boston and NY, but then heading off to the heartland of America.Well, not exactly the corn fields of Iowa or Kansas, but a lovely itinerary of Chicago, Minneapolis, Kalamazoo and Ann Arbor, Michigan.
After a jam packed,tiring yet satisfying day of traveling, working with the Chicago Children's Choir and then finally our evening concert, we were all ready for a feed of legendary proportions, and nothing could have been better than our late evening visit to SABLE KITCHEN & BAR. Chicago has got some incredible eating and drinking establishments, like Tru, Alinea, and the legendary Charlie Trotters. But Sable, run by chef Heather Terhune, it was the perfect choice for a large group of ravenous culinary hoolighans,since everyone could order a small plate of exactly what they wanted ,but also share in the wide range choices of other diners. Believe me…this food was exactly what musicians wanted after a long day of work….duck fat steak fries, short rib sliders with root beer glaze, shrimp and grits, bacon wrapped dates, lobster roll, buttermilk fried chicken and waffles with bourbon maple syrup, ( drooling yet? I am. ) mini lamb burgers, tuna tartare tostadas with Meyer lemon crema, roasted brussell sprouts, deviled eggs, fried cheese curds, (you heard me) and the hit of the evening , a sweet corn creme brulee, whose silky texture and cornessence (made that word up) had us swooning. There were also plenty of vegetarian and gluten free options, masterful cocktails, a great wine list. Fun for the whole family!! What impressed me was not only the nearly flawless execution of the food, but the playful thought behind the creation of the menu and the communal spirit which is encouraged-I also loved the fact that much of the menu was organic and used local farmers and providers for the fruits, vegetables, meats and fish. This is the work of a great chef/owner- Kudos and a tip of the Miss Eydie toque to Heather Terhune. And big thanks to our hosts Judy Hanson and Bryan Farina.
The Zoo- home of WMU, Gold Company , my dear friend Dr. Steve Zegree, and a wonderful small European styled bistro called RUSTICA. After our fantastic afternoon of working with Gold Company , we head there in high spirits… and we are not disappointed-The atmosphere is warm and convivial and there is Maple leaf Farms duck breast , and a local take on bouillabaisse with Great Lake whitefish,shellfish and a tomato/fennel broth. I am a sucker for the mushroom farrotto, which I often make at home-this version had 3 kinds of mushrooms, garlic , herbs and a splash of Marsala….The 30 wines by the glass was also a much appreciated feature.
And so we head off to Ann Arbor, for a special gig at the Kerrytown Concert House, a lovely post concert gimlet at THE GRANGE and a much needed day off . My friend and fellow music aficionado Jessica Sendra has promised me a whirlwind culinary tour of Ann Arbor, and as per my request, a visit to a restaurant she had not yet frequented in her job as community content co-ordinator and food columnist for AnnArbor.com. After a short visit to the hotel gym to make sure my chewing muscles are toned and at the ready we head off, cappuccinos in hand , to Zingerman's South Campus. O dear God how I love Zingerman's -and now to discover this "campus" which houses all the ancillary buisnesses of Zingerman's is just the kind of thing Miss Eydie loves. Another thing Miss Eydie would love is another great cappuccino, so our first stop is the "cupping lab" where you can get for instance, a great "pour over" of custom beans, an espresso, a mocha, or a bottle of cold pressed coffee…a slamming strong iced bottled coffee that doesn't quit and will grow hair on your chest. I breathe deeply,take it all in , especially the "laboratory " section where some heavy research on coffee drinks seem to be underway .
There is a pile of books being sold in the middle of all the coffee and coffee paraphernalia…and I take a gander. What an intriguing title -" A Lapsed Anarchist's Approach to Building A Great Business." Jessica then points out that the author himself, Zingerman's co-founder Ari Weinzweig is sitting sipping an espresso spitting distance from where we are standing. As I get closer, I see that he definitely has that sexy lapsed anarchist look…and has made the leap to responsible capitalism quite gracefully. How great is this? A food nerd like myself being able to clink coffee cups and chat. I talk about the legendary Brooklyn Ebingers Bakery, and Leon's Bakery on Knapp St.,where we would get a freshly sliced Jewish rye every weekend for our salami sandwiches and our morning toast.
He looks at his watch and realizes the rye breads are just coming out of the oven next door ….and offers me one as a gift,claiming that is it as great as the idealized rye breads of my youth. I like his chutzpah and I admire his claims. We shall see Mr. Weinzweig,we shall see.
On to the Creamery ,where we ogle Detroit Street Brick, The Little Ypsi, Headwaters Tomme and are able to taste some of the delectable Bridgewater, which clever Lauren had bought the day before at Zingerman's Deli before our JaLala concert . MMmmm….looks like a giant Italian wedding cookie with its mold-ripened outer rind, but inside, creamy cow deliciousness studded with peppercorns. I gasp as I turn around and see the gelato tubs – local honey, ginger, John Do Ya?, ( gianduja) maple pecan, and all made with the same local milk that is used for the cheese.
I need to pick up my rye bread offering….so we follow the smell next door and walk into the Wonderful World of Carbohydrates. There they are….all the warm, caraway studded Jewish rye breads looking like slightly flattened footballs. There are trays of them and I try to pick out my special bread…try to hear the grains calling out to me…"Take me with you Miss Eydie…smother me with cream cheese and lox, with herring, make me into a Reuben, toast me for croutons, slice me, slather me with peanut butter, with Nutella, with key lime jelly." I finally pick one out of the litter and wrap it tenderly under my arm like a football.
Next stop….lunch. There are so many choices in Ann Arbor – we take a walk around town to eyeball the lunch menus.One top contender is the Cuban street food-inspired, Fritos Batidos,
opened by Top Chef contestant Eve Aronoff. Batidos , tropical milkshakes, are fresh fruit, crushed ice, and sweetened milk and come with or without rum! The flavors are mouthwatering: coconut cream, cajeta, passion fruit, mocha or lime. Then there are the fritas….traditionally made with chorizo served with shoestring fries and an egg on top. At Frita Batidos , there is this traditional one, but also there are scrumptious choices like fish, black bean, chicken and beef. Don't forget the plantains and garlic cilantro fries!
We walk by Mark's Carts, a courtyard lot devoted to different food trucks…the smells are intoxicating and it's hard to pass up the artisinal grilled cheese , the head cheese hoagies, the Asian street food and the vegan delights….but we do. …and its because we have decided on a lunch at MANI OSTERIA & BAR. We start with the house pickled tomatoes, a fantastic choice,the pickling liquid lending a sweetness to the local tomatoes – these red beauties were complemented by some whipped ricotta and tapenade. I then had the zuppa di primivera, incredible chicken stock, little strands of prosciutto, bitter greens, cannellini beans and a poached egg….very reminiscent of a stracciatella,the famous Italian egg-drop soup. There is a wood fired oven, so of course we must try the classic Margherita pizza, which we ask for with burrata instead of mozzarella….MMMmmm …a chewy crust with a nice wood burn on the bottom . San Marzano tomatoes, fresh basil and the creamy burrata make this a transcendent experience. We may or may not have shared a cannoli plate…three little beauties : chocolate lemon/ricotta and pistachio. Double espresso please!!
Lest you think after this morning and afternoon of tasting that I timidly crawled back to my hotel and didn't eat again till breakfast, let me assure you that was not the case. I stayed in Ann Arbor an extra day just to sample the delights of the region with Jessica as my guide and so, a slap – up dinner was planned. Our thinking led us to somewhere Jessica and her partner Karen had never been..I thought it might be more fun to travel a bit outside Ann Arbor's environs and so we headed to THE ROOT in White Lake, Michigan. The menu is designed around local and seasonal cuisine and showcases the many wonderful foods available in Michigan. Again there were loads of vegan choices, but also tasty items like milk- braised Michigan pork belly, foie gras with onion jam, smoked meatloaf made with Michigan beef, and a Michigan honey and ancho chili barbecued wild lake trout. There were also tasting menus, one vegan and one house, very reasonably priced and 4 courses long with an option for a beer or wine pairing.
Getting ready to leave for Albuquerque and my Manhattan Transfer touring the following day, I reflected on all the satisfying music making with my JaLaLa ladies and our band, the fine company, the talented young people we hopefully inspired and learned from, and all of the wonderful culinary experiences that were enjoyed…and I stopped and realized the most fulfilling moments of the trip were spent in an Ann Arbor hospital singing acapella to musician/bassist Andrew Kratzat,who suffered a terrible trauma after he and his fiancé were hit from behind by a semi truck last July. He has had to relearn all basic functions and was not expected to live…his family contacted us through a mutual friend and asked if we would possible stop by and see if the live vocal music would have any positive effect . We watched ,with hope and tears, as Andrew's hand started to twitch as he heard us sing, and he as he tried to mimic the playing of the string bass. I am happy to report that as of now, Andrew has made tremendous strides towards recovery, somewhat due to an experimental trial with the drug Ambien. Miracles do happen…and it was yet another reminder to live every moment fully.
What possibility does THIS moment hold for you?
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