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Before arriving in Mobile, Ala. for a weekend trip to see that the city's not actually a miserable place, I received dozens of emails from Mobilians telling me I had to try the seafood while I was in town.
Mobilians take pride in their seafood, and with good reason: Crabs, oysters, shrimp, and fish arrive fresh from the Gulf of Mexico, a short trip down the Mobile River. There are dozens of restaurants in and around the city that serve seafood from the Gulf, and many have become famous for their preparations of dishes like gumbo, fried shrimp, and oysters Rockefeller.
Click here to see all the seafood I ate in Mobile >
The commercial seafood industry is major local employer, providing 11,000 jobs in Alabama in 2011, according to the Alabama Seafood Marketing and Testing Program. And fishing is also a popular hobby for people who live around Mobile Bay.
I love seafood, and was blown away by some of the local delicacies (how come they don't serve West Indies Salad up north?). But I also recalled reading some scary stories about Gulf seafood after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and wondered about the safety of the local seafood three years later.
Alabama started testing seafood from the Gulf shortly after the spill, and continues to conduct monthly tests of oysters, crabs, shrimp, and fish from local waters. So far, none of those samples have shown oil or dispersants above a government-mandated "level of concern," said Chris Blankenship, the program administrator for the ASMTP ( created through a grant from BP) and the director of marine resources for Alabama.
Despite stories about mutated shrimp — including a disturbing report from Al Jazeera— Blankenship said he hadn't seen any deformed specimens, or heard complaints from local fishermen.
"Early on, testing was a major part of our marketing campaign," he said. "But after a year, few people even asked about test results. Especially along the [Gulf] coast, people don't have as much of a concern and continue to enjoy their seafood."
But it may still be too early to see the long-term effects of the spill on sea life, because the biggest impact is often not on stronger adults, but on juvenile populations and eggs, said John Hocevar, a marine biologist and the Oceans director at Greenpeace.
"One of the difficult things is that it can take a really long time to fully assess the impact of something like this," Hocevar said. "We still don't know what we're dealing with, and we won't know for several more years."
But he did reassure me that I had no reason to worry after eating three straight days of seafood. Click through to check out some of the fantastic seafood I ate on my trip to Mobile, including some local specialties.
Click here to see all the seafood I ate in Mobile >
Disclosure: A couple of months ago, I included Mobile, Alabama on a list of the "most miserable cities in America," based on Gallup data. Sandy Stimpson, a mayoral candidate in Mobile (#3 on the list) objected to my characterization, and offered to fly me down and show me how great the city really is. After a little prodding, I agreed to a visit. Stimpson paid my travel expenses and arranged my travel in the city. I'm not covering the mayoral race, but will be writing about my trip here.


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Comedian John Heffron pointed me in the direction of a clip of one of his Comedy Central specials-- because he majored in split-second Where's Waldo pinpointing, and saw that Luke and I attended the taping. The camera caught me mid-guffaw.
Click here to watch the full clip.
Sunday, August 28, 2011
My Early Comedy Central Appearance
Written by Abbi Crutchfield
Labels: Comedy Legends, Television
5 comments:
- Chris said...
I love the caption for this:
"John advises young guys to go after older women."
So, Abbi is a cougar.
- Mon Aug 29, 04:53:00 AM
- Abbi Crutchfield said...
My favorite part is the lady with the necklace behind us. She's upstaging everyone.
- Sun Sep 04, 03:04:00 PM
wow, i'd want that pic buried deep, deep in the internets world.
- Tue Sep 13, 09:52:00 PM
- Abbi Crutchfield said...
- Sat Sep 24, 07:41:00 AM
That's my girl!
- Thu Jan 19, 03:22:00 PM
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Sitting at his mother's bedside as the clock struck midnight, 70-year-old David Norris smiled and began singing "Happy Birthday" to his 96-year-old mother, Jean Dyon Norris.
It had been touch and go the last six months for the now frail woman, who had been a light for the blind in the San Fernando Valley for more than half a century. A series of small strokes had robbed her of strength and mobility — but not determination. Nothing could ever take that from her.
"Your birthday is coming up soon, Mom," David whispered in her ear to keep her going. "What do you want?"
"I want to make it to 96," Jean whispered back. "That's all, son. One more birthday."
"I'll get you there, Mom, I promise," David said.
And at a few minutes past midnight on April 30, her son showed his joy at his mother making it to 96 by singing "Happy Birthday" to her over and over again.
"You made it, Mom," he said, kissing her on the forehead before turning off the light in her room. "I'll see you in the morning."
But by morning, she was gone. Jean had made it to 96 with only a few hours to spare, dying on the same date she was born.
Crestfallen, David walked into the living room and began reading some of the 150 framed newspaper articles on his mother's accomplishments. They hung on almost every wall in her modest Reseda home — right from day one, when she picked up the old Valley News and Green Sheet one morning in 1958 and saw an ad for a rummage sale being held to benefit a group of blind mothers called the Valley Trail Blazers.
A recently divorced mother with three boys, Jean looked around the house and gathered some toys her sons weren't playing with anymore. She threw in some clothes they had outgrown and some of her own stuff and drove over to the rummage sale.
That's where she met one of those blind mothers, Audrey Hebner, who was stacking donated books she'd never be able to read. The two women started talking.
"The thing I miss most is not being able to read children's books and bedtime stories to my kids," Audrey told her.
That night, Jean looked across the dining room table at her own boys and tried to imagine not being able to read to them at night before tucking them in. The next morning she started learning the Braille alphabet from an encyclopedia.
A few days later, she bought a Braille stylus and began experimenting with transferring the Braille words into children's books using some of her own boys' favorite books.
She cut up the books, rearranging the pages so that a Braille page faced the same printed page. This way, blind mothers could read as their children followed along on the printed page or blind children could read along as their sighted mothers or fathers recited the words.
Finally, after the fifth try, she finished her first book — Christopher John's "Fuzzy Blanket" — and brought it to Audrey at the group's next meeting. All the mothers took a turn running their fingers over the Braille pages — reading the words out loud. It was life changing.
Within weeks, a dozen volunteers were meeting in Jean's kitchen to learn how to make children's books for blind mothers. By 1962, Jean had opened Twin Vision books for the blind with six Braille duplicating and binding machines in a small office.
Today, in collaboration with the American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults, there are some 34,000 children's books for the blind in its free lending library, all thanks to Jean.
More than 30,000 Braille calendars are printed every year, and there is a monthly hotline on deaf and blind events happening around the world. For more information, visit actionfund.org, or call 818-343-3219.
"Mom was still going into work to help two or three times a week up until about three years ago," David said. "She was a light to the blind in the Valley for over half a century.
"The morning she died, she gave me the greatest gift I've ever received. I looked at her face, and there were no wrinkles or signs of pain anymore.
"She was smiling. She knew she had made it."
With a few hours to spare.
Dennis McCarthy's column appears on Friday. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. - The Georgia College & State University men's basketball program and head coach Terry Sellers announced the signing of Joey Bell today (May 6).
Bell comes to Milledgeville from First Presbyterian Christian Academy in Hinesville, Ga., where he played for head coach Darrell West.
"Joey is a 6-foot-2 athletic guard who can play on both ends of the floor," said Sellers. "He had a very good high school career at FPCA and we believe he has a chance to be a special player here at GCSU. Joey is a hard worker with high character and will fit in well with our returning players. We are thrilled that he has decided to continue his career as a Bobcat."
Bell averaged 20.6 points, 4.6 assists, 3.1 rebounds, and 3.1 steals per game where he was a four-year starter and the school's all time leading scorer (over 1,500 points). He was named to the GISA All-State Team as well as Team MVP three consecutive years. Bell helped his team win back-to-back GISA A State Championships (2008 & 2009) which are held at Georgia College's Centennial Center.
The Bobcats are fresh off a 22-7 season in 2008-2009. GCSU made a trip back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2006 and had its third 20-win season in the past four years. The Bobcats lose a trio of seniors including Shaun Keaton (2006-09) who was named All-Peach Belt Conference First Team and NABC/NCAA All-Southeast Region First Team.
Visit www.GCSUBobcats.com to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GCSU Athletics Hall of Fame. The GCSU Department of Athletics sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, GCSU prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the Bobcats' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at Twitter.com username GCSUSID for up-to-the-minute reports.


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Former Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald just left his seat and leadership position in the state Legislature.
But he won't be leaving the Capitol.
Fitzgerald is the latest in a long line of state lawmakers — Democrats and Republicans — who swap public service for more lucrative careers as private lobbyists.
It's a revolving door that Wisconsin allows to spin far too fast.
Fitzgerald's successor in the Legislature had just been sworn into office on Monday when, a day later, Fitzgerald registered to lobby for American Traffic Solutions. By Thursday, Fitzgerald had added another client: School Choice Wisconsin.
Most states have laws controlling this troubling practice.
Wisconsin should, too.
The quick transition from public servant to hired gun threatens the integrity of state government in two ways.
First, the revolving door mixes public and private interests in a potentially corrupting relationship. A lawmaker might well be influenced in public duties by the promise of a lucrative lobbying job. The result could be policies that serve a private interest rather than the common good.
Second, a former lawmaker has connections especially valuable to a lobbying firm. Not only do those connections allow the former lawmaker to cash in for personal gain on experience as a public servant, but they also create opportunities to abuse the public process for the private benefit of clients.
Iowa bans lawmakers from lobbying for at least two years after they leave office. Even Congress has adopted this rule. The two-year delay diminishes a public official's immediate influence, power and knowledge.
"So it doesn't appear there's some untoward or inappropriate ability to influence public decisions," said Jay Heck, executive director of Common Cause in Wisconsin. "It's just incredibly unseemly for someone to occupy a position of influence and power in the Legislature and then trade on that almost immediately afterward in a lobbying position."
Heck's good government group long has pushed for legislation to guard the revolving door. The new Legislature should finally get this done.


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Developed for avalanche rescue, the RECCO® Rescue System is used by more than 800 rescue organizations worldwide to find buried avalanche victims. Rescue teams embrace the RECCO® System because the technology makes searching significantly faster, which saves time, and time is the enemy of the buried victim.
The two-part system consists of a RECCO® detector used by organized rescue groups and RECCO® reflectors that are integrated into outerwear, helmets, protection gear and boots from hundreds of top outdoor brands. The reflector is permanently attached, requires no training and no batteries to function. It is always "on" and ready.
RECCO® reflectors do not prevent avalanches nor do they guarantee location or survival in the event of a burial, but they enable organized rescue teams to pinpoint the person's precise location.
The RECCO® history started on December 30, 1973 with a tragic avalanche accident in Åre, Sweden. Magnus Granhed, founder of RECCO® was riding the ski lift to the Mörvikshummeln when he heard a tremendous roar. An avalanche had ripped down the very steep slopes of Svartberget.
The result was chaos. Nobody knew how many people, or who, had been swept away in its path. "We started to search with our ski poles," recalls Magnus. Later, probes and avalanche rescue dogs arrived, but in those days that was the only help available. Magnus remembers feeling "utterly helpless poking a ski pole into the snow" in an area the size of two soccer fields.
By the time they found the two buried skiers the search had gone on for hours and both skiers had died. Right then he decided there had to be a better way to find people.
The accident in Åre set him thinking about the possibility of an electronic locating device to locate buried people. Granhed had just graduated with a Master of Science degree, and turned to Professor Bengt Enander, Department of Electromagnetic Theory at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.
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MARTINEZ, Ga. – Sophomore Patrick Garrett (Kennesaw, Ga.) of the No. 6 Georgia College golf team was named the most recent Peach Belt Conference (PBC) Golfer of the Week. This marks the first such honor for Garrett and the third for the Bobcat golf squad this season.
Garrett won his first collegiate tournament as he fired a two-under par 70 in the final round of the First Federal Southeastern Collegiate. The sophomore finished with a three-round total of 212, four under par, and held off Armstrong Atlantic's Aaron Elrod and Columbus State University's Rourke Van der Spuy to claim the title as Georgia College as a team won their first event of the spring.
Garrett was a stroke behind the lead following his first-round 70 but then carded an even-par 72 in the second round, both played on Monday, to hold the lead on the first day. He maintained that lead with his final round 70, tied for the lowest round of the day. With his scores, Garrett moves into fifth in the PBC in stroke average at 72.9 per round.
He is the 11th Georgia College golfer all-time to take home the honor in just the fourth season of the weekly award.
The Bobcats are in action today and tomorrow, March 21-22 at the Bobcat Invitational played at the Golf Club at Cuscowilla.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, back-to-back winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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Rapid Adoption of Company's Flash-Optimized Storage Arrays Proves Market Demand for Its Hybrid Approach
SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwire - Jan 30, 2013) - Today Nimble Storage, the leading provider of flash-optimized hybrid storage solutions, announced it has surpassed the 1,000-customer mark. The company has reached this milestone in less than two-and-a-half years of selling its products, due to the tremendous demand for its flash-optimized storage arrays. Nimble Storage products integrate the high performance of flash with the economics of high-capacity hard disk drives -- making them ideal for storing and protecting data for critical applications such as Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL Server, server virtualization and VDI. Nimble Storage's scale-to fit technology provides complete flexibility for independently scaling capacity and performance at the lowest possible cost. Customers consistently see performance enhanced by up to a factor of ten, while Nimble Storage's Proactive Wellness support capabilities provide increased storage uptime and keep arrays running at peak performance and efficiency.
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Nimble Storage's technology is best known for its performance enhancements, overall efficiency gains and Proactive Wellness management tools. The company's success has been fueled by interest from companies in all industries that have realized the opportunity for significant savings driven by reductions in total cost of ownership from deploying Nimble Storage solutions. Customer growth is consistent across all major vertical industries, including government, education, financial services, legal and healthcare.
"Eighty-plus percent of our competition consists of legacy vendors, and even against their most modern architectures, we are winning deals at an amazing clip," said Suresh Vasudevan, CEO of Nimble Storage. "Our customers are adopting our solution because we can leverage the best of flash performance and the price/capacity of high-capacity hard disk drives, while at the same time provide unmatched data management functionality. This latest customer milestone proves it's a winning combination."
Nimble Storage's expansion into international markets has also contributed to this strong customer momentum. Citipointe Christian College, located in Brisbane, Australia, became Nimble Storage's 1,000th customer as a direct result of this global expansion.
"We believe that Nimble Storage has done for us what no other storage vendor could achieve -- higher performance at a reasonable price coupled with ease-of-use that is second to none," said Ben Davis, director of ICT, Citipointe Christian College Brisbane.
A strong contributor to the company's success in acquiring new customers is its loyalty to the channel. Nimble Storage has driven more than 95 percent of its revenue through the channel and finds that once partners sell their first system they quickly introduce Nimble to their other customers. Due to the attractiveness of the Nimble Storage Partner Program and the ease of selling its solutions, Nimble Storage has increased its partner base to more than 350 partners worldwide.
"Nimble's CS-Series arrays are unique in combining high-performance flash and high-capacity hard disk drives, creating an extremely cost-effective solution that meets the requirements for a customer base with a vast range of workloads and networking environments. The Nimble Partner Program affords customers this solution with industry-leading reliability and a highly competitive storage platform for resellers -- all in all an unbeatable combination," said Dave Kluger, principal technology architect, Storcom.
Nimble Storage has changed the game in the data storage industry by developing an integrated flash-optimized storage architecture designed to expressly leverage the best of flash performance and the price/capacity of high-capacity hard disk drives. Today's storage architectures limit scalability to either performance or capacity; Nimble's scale-to-fit technology, built on the groundbreaking Cache Accelerated Sequential Layout (CASL) architecture, addresses these limitations by allowing customers to purchase exactly what they need up front and by providing the industry's most flexible scaling options. Customers can protect their existing investments while growing their storage at the lowest incremental cost, without downtime, as their needs evolve.
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Nimble Storage believes enterprises should not have to compromise on performance, capacity, ease of use, or price. Nimble has developed the first hybrid storage architecture engineered from the ground up to seamlessly integrate flash and high-capacity drives. Our customers enjoy as much as 10x faster application performance, enhanced backup and disaster recovery, and stress-free operations -- all while lowering their TCO. Nimble Storage solutions are available through a global network of world-class channel partners. For more information, visit www.nimblestorage.com and follow us on Twitter: @nimblestorage.
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Mother's day Sunday, May 12th, 2019
Soon, it is the second Sunday of May and that means Mother's Day. At least, in a lot of Western countries.
Many (Western) countries have mother's day on data in March, April or May. In the Netherlands, Belgium and several other countries Mother's Day is on the second Sunday in May. In France, it is Mother's Day on the last Sunday of May. In Spain is El día de la Madre celebrated the first Sunday in May. In the UK Mother's Day falls on the fourth Sunday of Lent period, so three weeks before Easter.
To celebrate Mother's Day
In families that celebrate Mother's Day, the mother gets to relax the whole day. Most mom's get their breakfast in bed and they get gifts. Household tasks should be carried out by the father and the children. Often the younger children at school or at the nursery make handmade gifts. Also on this day is often visited. Flower shops are experiencing an absolute highlight in the week before Mother's Day.
The history of Mother's Day
The worship of mothers is a very old tradition and goes back on the mother cult in ancient Greece. The formal mother cult with ceremonies for Cybele or Rhea, the great mother of the gods, was practised on the ides (15th day) of March. Only in the middle of the 19th century, mother's day in America. The feast day has been in its current form from the United States over the rest of the Western world. In the Netherlands began the tradition around 1925.
Mother's Day gift idea: a vase of flowers, a stylish necklace, a beautiful scarf
Of beautiful, smart folding vases to design ceramics.
A unique Mother's Day gift: scarf in Rembrandt style
Very topical: a silk Rijksmuseum scarf with fragments of Marten and Oopjen, painted by Rembrandt. In three different designs. Something really special for mother's day!
Mother's day gift ideas: a Metalbird or a Happy Bird necklace
Always a bird in the tree with a special profile Metalbird, a well-known bird in metal that you are so in the trunk of the tree. Interesting are the 3D printed Happy Bird chains: a little bird in a cage in bright colours. Also fun and especially the Lucis wireless LED lamp for indoor and outdoor use. A real atmosphere bringer.
An original mother's day gift: a copper cheese fondue
Cosy fondue with the all-new stylish copper fondue pan of Boska. Also original and a very affordable gift is the Amsterdam Piepei – a fun egg timer that with Dutch tunes indicates when your egg is perfect – there is also a Beep Egg in Delft blue.
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The Hunt for Amazing Treasures
Dell Pub., 1999 - Antiques & Collectibles - 228 pages
From rare books and manuscripts to priceless coins, artifacts, and works of art... Discover the unparalleled treasure found by men and women just like you!
Real people... Extraordinary treasure!
* A librarian in Los Angeles opened a box in her attic--and discovered the first half of Mark Twain's original handwritten manuscript for The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn . . . a literary masterpiece valued at more than $6 million!
* At a North Carolina attraction where fortune-hunting visitors search for gems, a man unearthed such a large jewel, he actually traded it for an entire island off the Florida coast.
* A California man with a metal detector discovered an enormous gold nugget in the desert weighing 156 troy ounces. The rock is valued at $500,000!
Treasure-hunters take note: Buried bounty, invaluable artifacts, and astounding caches of coins, jewels, and treasure are being located every day--by people just like you! The Hunt for Amazing Treasures reveals the fantastic stories behind dozens of these lucky, lucrative finds, from the identification of a rare copy of the Declaration of Independence (a $4 flea market buy!) to the discovery of a 34-carat diamond by a West Virginia boy while pitching horseshoes in his backyard. Most of all, this invaluable guide to the world's hidden wonders functions as your own treasure map, revealing how you can find, appraise, and claim your own precious plunder--and turn your personal possessions and heirlooms into gold!
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ISBN 0965004302 - If you're looking for a book that parallels the TV series, this is - and isn't - it. The stories inside are probably much more watchable than they are readable, and the feeling the back cover gives (that "this could happen to you!") is mostly inane.
Several short stories about found treasures that range from an old manuscript to treasures on long-ago sunken ships. The unique-ness factor wears very thin when the reader sees how many of these "treasure-hunters" ARE treasure hunters: salvage is their job, their source of income, so it is no surprise that they find such things. Many even have ties to one another, removing the randomness by another step.
There are a couple of "regular folk" stories and they're good, they're just not good enough to make the book anything more than average. More info on most of the stories within the book can be found online - free.
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Following the enormous success of Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of China's first Emperor in 2009, the warriors are back for a new exhibit spanning three dynasties in Warriors, Tombs and Temples: China's Enduring Legacy – opening Friday.
Where Terra Cotta Warriors focused on artifacts from the tomb of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, Warriors, Tombs and Temples will encompass a greater span of history throughout three dynasties: The Qin, Han and Tang.
In addition, the warriors to be unveiled Friday have benefited from more advanced conservation techniques, and some figures even have their original paint in tact. Among these is a Terra Cotta Warrior whose face is painted green – known as the kneeling archer – which is being revealed for the first time.
Also featured in the new exhibition are 200 ancient works of art, many never before seen outside of Chin. Some of our unbiased favorites? A gold-coated iron dragon who expertly balances on his two front feet (pictured above); intricate, miniature reliquaries crafted to house the finger bones of Buddha; and a magnificent life-size figure of a chariot horse, typical of the horses discovered in the tomb compound of Emperor Qin Shihuangdi.
Want to do your own digging through the warrior remains? Warriors, Temples and Tombs is on view until Sept. 3.


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Shakira's faith in God was restored when she met her soccer star boyfriend Gerard Pique, because her prayers for a perfect partner had finally been answered.
The singer split from Antonio de la Rua after 11 years of dating in 2011 and their amicable relationship turned sour when the lawyer sued Shakira for $250 million over allegations he was not properly compensated for his work as her business manager.
The drama prompted the Colombian superstar to question her beliefs, but she quickly became convinced a higher power was looking out for her when she met Pique, the future father of her baby son, Milan.
She tells Elle magazine, "I think, if you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love. I even had lost my faith for a while. I was becoming an agnostic. And it was really hard, because I was always very religious, and for a few years, maybe because – it sounds so corny – I was not feeling the love like it was supposed to be, I started to think that there was no God. And suddenly I meet Gerard and the sun comes out."
The couple is not yet engaged, but Shakira insists the new parents are stronger than ever: "He has his own world and that's actually one of the healthiest things about the relationship. I know that he's the one person who is with me not because of any interest other than the love that unites us. There's nothing I can offer him beyond my womanhood."


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Montreal is very much the Boston of Canada, if you replace "wants to be Irish" with "wants to be French." So the Canadiens and Bruins rivalry, which has gotten extra-chippy recently, is an opportunity for the rest of the NHL to stand back and say "let's hope there are no survivors."
Last night's iteration was a remarkably scuffle-free game, a 1-0 Bruins win on a first period Andrew Ference goal that stood up. The only drawback to a close, clean game is that it gave visiting Boston fans two whole periods with a lead to talk shit. So with about a minute left in the game, the Bell Centre finally came to blows: a group of Bruins fans and a group of Habs fans launched into in a brief but intense team battle. During a stoppage in play, Tim Thomas and the refs couldn't help but be morbid spectators.
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What's more dangerous to NZ society? Gay marriage or Garth McVicar and the Sensible Sentencing Trust?
There is glitter all over my house, the place has been tidied and redecorated and my wine selection mocked, thanks to Garth McVicar, I now know that I've been robbed by the gays!
Who woulda thunk that Queer Eye for the Straight Guy was really a crime ring for gay burglars? Where will the gay crime wave strike next?
If gay marriage increases child abuse, domestic violence & the prison population in the manner in which McVicar insinuates, what the hell has straight marriage been doing for the last 20 centuries?
In the tiny little world according to Garth McVicar, if those gays get the right to marry, they'll be leaving burning rainbows on people's front lawns. I'm waiting for Garth to call for a war on rainbows to tackle the deadly pink crime wave.
Gay marriage is not dangerous to NZ society. Garth McVicars and the Sensible sentencing Trust is. It should be a national source of cringe worthy shame that McVicars has the sort of political and media clout that he does. No other group has done more to degrade the dialogue about crime and punishment than McVicar and his Sensible Sentencing Trust.
They have injected anger, fear and hysteria into the debate so that our social policy has been warped by hate. Our staggeringly high incarceration rates have McVicar and his ability to manipulate victim grief to thank for, that and a political spectrum who seem hell bent on rewarding private prison profit margins rather than the responsible guardianship of justice.
By 2014, NZ will have the largest percentage of prisoners in private prisons than anywhere else on the planet. This has happened under the roar of McVicar's lynch mob and its constant scream for more punishment.
For a man who has such a malignant impact on society to claim gay marriage of all things will lead to more prisoners is simply so disconnected from reality it's difficult to respond with anything less than contempt.
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Facts & Figures
President: Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (2006)
Land area: 37,189 sq mi (96,320 sq km); total area: 43,000 sq mi (111,370 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 4,092,310 (growth rate: 2.52%); birth rate: 35.07/1000; infant mortality rate: 69.19/1000; life expectancy: 58.21
Capital and largest city (2011 est.): Monrovia, 750,000
Monetary unit: Liberian dollar
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- A Military Coup Leads to the Disastrous Rule of Charles Taylor
- Liberia Elects Africa's First Female President
- Taylor Convicted of War Crimes
- Ebola Outbreak Kills Hundreds
Lying on the Atlantic in the southern part of West Africa, Liberia is bordered by Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Côte d'Ivoire. It is comparable in size to Tennessee. Most of the country is a plateau covered by dense tropical forests, which thrive under an annual rainfall of about 160 in. a year.
Africa's first republic, Liberia was founded in 1822 as a result of the efforts of the American Colonization Society to settle freed American slaves in West Africa. The society contended that the emigration of blacks to Africa was an answer to the problem of slavery and the incompatibility of the races. Over the course of forty years, about 12,000 slaves were voluntarily relocated. Originally called Monrovia, the colony became the Free and Independent Republic of Liberia in 1847.
The English-speaking Americo-Liberians, descendants of former American slaves, make up only 5% of the population, but have historically dominated the intellectual and ruling class. Liberia's indigenous population is composed of 16 different ethnic groups.
The government of Africa's first republic was modeled after that of the United States, and Joseph Jenkins Roberts of Virginia was elected the first president. Ironically, Liberia's constitution denied indigenous Liberians equal to the lighter-skinned American immigrants and their descendants.
After 1920, considerable progress was made toward opening up the interior of the country, a process that facilitated by the 1951 establishment of a 43-mile (69-km) railroad to the Bomi Hills from Monrovia. In July 1971, while serving his sixth term as president, William V. S. Tubman died following surgery and was succeeded by his longtime associate, Vice President William R. Tolbert, Jr.
A Military Coup Leads to the Disastrous Rule of Charles Taylor
Tolbert was ousted in a military coup on April 12, 1980, by Master Sgt. Samuel K. Doe, backed by the U.S. government. Doe's rule was characterized by corruption and brutality. A rebellion led by Charles Taylor, a former Doe aide, and the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL), started in Dec. 1989; the following year, Doe was assassinated. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) negotiated with the government and the rebel factions and attempted to restore order, but the civil war raged on. By April 1996, factional fighting by the country's warlords had destroyed any last vestige of normalcy and civil society. The civil war finally ended in 1997.
In what was considered by international observers to be a free election, Charles Taylor won 75% of the presidential vote in July 1997. The country had next to no health care system, and the capital was without electricity and running water. Taylor supported Sierra Leone's brutal Revolutionary United Front (RUF) in the hopes of toppling his neighbor's government and in exchange for diamonds, which enriched his personal coffers. As a consequence, the UN issued sanctions against Liberia.
In 2002, rebels—Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD)—intensified their attacks on Taylor's government. By June 2003, LURD and other rebel groups controlled two-thirds of the country. Finally, on Aug. 11, Taylor stepped down and went into exile in Nigeria. By the time he was exiled, Taylor had bankrupted his own country, siphoning off $100 million and leaving Liberia the world's poorest nation. Gyude Bryant, a businessman seen as a coalition builder, was selected by the various factions as the new president.
Liberia Elects Africa's First Female President
In a Nov. 2005 presidential runoff election, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, a Harvard-educated economist who had worked at the World Bank, defeated George Weah, a former world-class soccer star. In Jan. 2006 she became Africa's first female president.
Taylor Convicted of War Crimes
In 2006, former president Taylor, in exile in Nigeria, was turned over to an international court in The Hague to face trial on charges of crimes against humanity for supporting rebel troops in Sierra Leone's brutal civil war that claimed the lives of about 300,000 people in the 1990s. The rebels were seeking control of Sierra Leone's rich diamond fields to finance their acquisition of arms. His trial opened in June 2007. In April 2012, after deliberating for more than a year, the court, made up of three judges from Ireland, Samoa, and Uganda, convicted Taylor of aiding and abetting war crimes and crimes against humanity, including murder, rape, sexual slavery, and the conscription of child soldiers. His conviction is the first by an international court since the Nuremberg trials. He was sentenced to 50 years in prison.
Gyude Bryant, who was president of Liberia from 2003 to 2005 during the transition period after the 14-year civil war, was cleared of embezzlement charges in May 2009. He was accused of stealing about $1 million while in office.
Johnson-Sirleaf, along with Leymah Gbowee, also of Liberia, and Tawakkul Karman, of Yemen, won the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize in October "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work." She won the prize during her bid for reelection. In the first round of voting, she took 44% of the vote. Her opponent in the second round, Winston Tubman, a former UN official, withdrew from the race, claiming the first round was rigged. Election authorities did not find evidence of fraud. Johnson-Sirleaf sailed to victory in the second round, winning 90% of the vote. Turnout was quite low—33%.
Ebola Outbreak Kills Hundreds
An outbreak of Ebola hit Liberia in May 2014. By the end of August the disease is estimated to have killed nearly 700 people in Liberia, and there were nearly 1,400 suspected and confirmed cases of it in the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control. The outbreak was particularly bad in parts of Monrovia, and the government quarantined the crowded, poor West Point neighborhood, which was hard hit. Residents protested the quarantine and clashed with police. In late August, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak an international emergency. It is the worst outbreak since the virus was first identified almost 40 years ago.
See also Encyclopedia: Liberia .
U.S. State Dept. Country Notes: Liberia


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North American Club Nintendo members are in for a treat, as long as they have the 80 coins needed to purchase themselves a copy of Grill-Off with Ultra Hand! - emphasis Nintendo's - the latest Nintendo fan reward for WiiWare.
The game, released via Japan's version of Club Nintendo as Wii de Ultrahand at the end of 2009, is based on the old Ultra Hand toy designed by Gunpei Yokoi. He's the late great creator of the Game Boy, Kid Icarus and Metroid, who unfortunately didn't live long enough to see his successful Ultra Hand used in the virtual grilling of turkeys.
Nintendo of America plans to release Grill-Off with Ultra Hand! to Club Nintendo members for the low price of 80 Club Nintendo Coins, which also features the grilling of burgers and a two-player versus mode. This is what it will look like in motion.


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E.O. Graham, nurseryman, planting guide leaflets collection, ca. 1900. (2012-02-08)Consists of three planting guide leaflets, ca. 1900, by E.O. Graham, nurseryman, of Rochester, N.Y. and Toronto, Ont. One leaflet is titled "Advantages of obtaining stock in the Fall and how to take care of it", another ...
Eastham-Leinour Indenture, 1830 (2010-09-20)1 indenture dated 6 August 1830 between Thomas Eastham of the Village of Queenston and James Leinour of Niagara Township, a black man, for Pt. Lot No. 94, Township of Niagara.
Edward E. Mitchelson fonds (2016-07-27)The fonds consists of records accumulated by Edward E. Mitchelson during his time as secretary/treasurer at Brock University and later as a member of the Commission on Property Tax Reform in Ontario. Fonds consists mainly ...
Edward Mirynech fonds, 1913-1914, 1946, 1952-1957, 1959-1960, 1965-1982, n.d. (2010-09-20)The fonds consists of clippings, correspondence, photographs and reports created by and/or for Dr. Edward Mirynech, a professor of geology, Brock University. The fonds were donated to Brock University Archives in 2005.
Eleanor Ostrander Land Grant, 1801 (2010-09-20)1 land grant
Electrical Development Company of Ontario certificate of stock ownership, ca. 1910. (2012-02-08)A blank certificate of stock ownerhsip in the Electrical Development Company of Ontario, ca. 1910.
Elisha B. Sherwood letter, February 26, 1845 (2015-07-15)A letter written by Elisha B. Sherwood, dated at Middleport, February 26, 1845. The letter is addressed to Doct. Willis M. Sherwood, Stricklands Depot, Duplin Co., North Carolina. The letter is signed Elisha B. S. Elisha ...
Elliott Wynn fonds, 1893, 1928, 1944-1945 (2012-02-02)The fonds consists of correspondence, legal documents, a land survey, and newspaper clipping. All items are related to a land dispute concerning lots 15 and 16 in the Township of Niagara, in the County of Lincoln, fronting ...
Erie & Niagara Railway Collection, 1864-1884 (2013-11-08)The collection includes 2 letters written by William A. Thomson, a letter addressed to William Thomson by Macalester, a letter written by Lavinia Thomson, and a sheet of 40 Erie & Niagara Railway Company bonds.
Estee Klar fonds, 2005-2014 (2014-04-01)Fonds consists of printed entries of Estee Klar's blog about her experiences in parenting an autistic child. Two DVDs of video clips contained in the blog is also included. The original blog was known as the Joy of ...
Estelle Cuffe Hawley fonds, 1852-1999, n.d. (2014-06-05)Fonds contains material relating to the careers and activities of Estelle Cuffe Hawley. Most of the materials are Estelle's writing, including short stories, poetry, memoir and speeches. Other materials include correspondence, ...
Esther Summers Newspaper Collection, 1816-2003, n.d. (non-inclusive) (2017-05-24)The collection primarily includes newspapers from various communities in the Niagara Region, although other newspapers are included. Not all newspapers are complete.
Esther Summers Niagara militia collection, (2011-12-23)Collection of militia lists, company rolls, lists of officers, pay lists, orders, account/letter book, etc., of militia in the Niagara Region ca. 1790-1859. Bulk of materials are from 1837-1838. Includes a list of customers, ...
Eye Witness Account of the Death of Tecumseh by Captain Andrew Johnson, 1842 (2018-02-06)One 6 page letter signed by Captain Andrew Johnson in which he presents an eye witness account of the death of Tecumseh at the hands of Colonel Richard Johnson at the Battle of the Thames on October 5, 1813.
F. R. Lalor and Wm. Jaques Papers, 1910 (2011-02-16)The bulk of the materials is correspondence relating to a dispute over the quality of ashes delivered to various clients in the United States.
Fairview School class photograph, ca. 1930 (2011-02-18)1 class photograph, with names of students written on matte frame surrounding photograph.
Fairview school photograph, ca. 1940 (2012-02-02)One black and white photograph of Fairview Public School, 9th Street, Louth Township, Lincoln Co., Ontario. In the foreground is the new brick, 2 story school, built in 1919. In the lower right the old one room school ...
Fay Fairbairn Collection, 1860-1861, 1868, 1874-1875, 1890 (2009-08-14)
Fenian Raid Broadside collection, [1866] (2015-07-13)The collection consists of 6 broadsides reporting the events of the Fenian invasion of Canada on June 2 and 3, 1866. Three of the broadsides are titled Leader Extra, two are titled Globe Extra, and the last is titled News ...
Fenian Raid Medal, 1866 [issued in 1899] (2017-05-11)One silver Fenian Raid medal attached to a ribbon and silver bar


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Great art may be eternal. But great art prices are the product of their times. And right now, the business of selling multi-million-dollar paintings is being tested.
In the wake of Superstorm Sandy, Tuesday's election and the subsequent stock-market fall, Christie's kicked off the fall auction season with a sale that could generously be described as "subdued."
Fully 21 of the 69 lots failed to sell during Christie's Impressionist and modern art sale this week. The sale totaled $204.8 million, just shy of its estimate of $209 million. Among the works that didn't sell was a major Picasso bronze, which had been expected to top $10 million.


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Wind power industry claims Canada needs more wind power–with a hefty price tag for electricity customers
Wind industry trade association study says Canada needs more wind power. Well, they would, wouldn't they? Problem is, it doesn't help anything, least of all the environment, says Parker Gallant. But it does plenty to hurt your pocketbook.
The Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) press release of July 6, 2016 was headlined "Canada can integrate large amounts of wind energy reliably, cost-effectively, says report" followed by the industry trade association's assertion that "Canada can get more than one-third of its electricity from wind energy without compromising grid reliability – and at the same time realize economic and environmental benefits".
The claims were based on a study they undertook (using a chunk of taxpayer dollars to co-fund the study) which GE (General Electric), a major manufacturer of industrial wind turbines, executed.
I recall the story that a wise engineer recounts. A senior research engineer gave him this advice when he joined a large electricity generating company's "research studies" sector: "Remember to always ask your client what answer they expect to get before you start the experiment. You will need to know that information so you can carefully design the experiment to ensure it will not produce results that prove the opposite."
One should expect with the objectives of CanWEA and GE so closely aligned the conclusions reached in this study did not produce results that prove the opposite.
Interestingly, only days before, the IESO (Independent Electricity System Operator) posted their 2016-2020 nine-page Strategic Plan which said the opposite of the CanWEA/GE study and its claim about not "compromising grid reliability." Specifically, "Increasing variable generation, integration of distributed energy resources, and changing demand and supply patterns are creating operability challenges with respect to regulation, voltage control and flexibility."
So, variable generation (wind and solar) are creating challenges and what CanWEA/GE propose in this study is to add more wind capacity and to urge Ontario to increase its industrial wind to 16,124 MW … and then back that capacity up with 2,500 MW of combined cycle and 600 MW of single cycle gas.
Based on the study's suggestions we would expect the HOEP (hourly Ontario energy price) market to show further deterioration and the GA (Global Adjustment) to jump higher with exports increasing and ratepayers picking up those GA costs.
The experience of two recent July days makes this very point. Canada Day, July 1st was a moderate demand day for Ontario, but a relatively high generation day for Ontario's 3,900 MW capacity of industrial wind turbines (IWT), operating at about 38.5% of their capacity. As a result, the combined cost of IWT (output and curtailed) generated payments to the IWT operators was almost $4.7 million. The HOEP averaged a miserly $4.21 per megawatt hour (MWh), meaning the 53,500 MWh exported, generated revenue of only $225,000. Meanwhile ratepayers were required to pay the GA ($113.03/MWh average as at May 31, 2016) which created a subsidy for New York, Michigan, and others of $5.8 million.
In short, the 4.8 million Ontario electricity ratepayers got dinged for about $1.20 each for those exports for that one day.
One week later, July 7th was a relatively high demand day and a typical summer generation day for those 3,900 MW of IWT operating at only 7.5% of their capacity. The cost of the MWh generated by the IWT dropped to about $650,000 for the day, and the HOEP averaged $35.95/MWh, meaning the cost of exports for Ontario ratepayers for that day was $1.5 million or only 30 cents each.
What this means is, simply, power from wind is intermittent and unreliable. It is also not needed and has a bad habit of driving down the value of the HOEP. The effect of the latter simply increases the subsidy Ontario's ratepayers pay to cover the GA costs of our surplus exports.
Here's the bottom line: More industrial wind turbines will compromise grid stability and will not result in economic and environmental benefits, contrary to the claims in the partially taxpayer-funded study.
Here's what Ontario's new Energy Minister, Glen Thibeault, needs to understand: Ontario doesn't need to acquire another 600 plus MW of new wind power generation, and he should cancel the recent Chiarelli procurement directive, to save ratepayers the associated expense of over $200 million every year.
© Parker Gallant,
July 15, 2016
The opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily represent Wind Concerns Ontario Policy.


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Glenfarclas 12-Year-Old Speyside Single Malt Whisky
Fresh & light sherried fruit with spicy sweetness
A fresh and light whisky with sherried fruit aromas combined with a spicy sweetness and a hint of sappy oak. Full bodied with a hint of peat and sweetness. The finish is long and flavoursome with a lingering spiceness.


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Inglewood Manor Country House Hotel4
Inglewood,Badgers Rake Lane, Ledsham, Ellesmere Port, CH66 8PF
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- 320 guest reviews
"Amazing hotel. The staff couldn't do enough for us from beginning to end. The rooms were very clean and equipped and the views were idyllic...."
"A truly hidden gem. Grounds are amazing. Staff so helpful, you must stay here...."
"It was our 10th wedding anniverasry we were married at this hotel the service was excellent...."
"A wonderful place to stay. The history is very interesting.. the staff were brilliant. The food was exceptional. It is coming up to our 50th..."
"Great looking hotel with fantastic grounds. Really made to feel welcome on arrival, and nothing was too much trouble. Ordered room service,..."
About the hotel
Inglewood Manor Country House Hotel is a beautiful Edwardian manor in 38 acres of grounds, 15 minutes from Chester, with a fantastic restaurant, free WiFi throughout the hotel, and a log fire in winter. Inglewood Manor is a delightful Edwardian country house nestling in the heart of 38 acres of exquisite grounds offering free on-site parking available. Built in 1915, the Grade 2 listed hotel retains all the charm and warmth of a lavish family home, with elegant oak-panelled rooms, spacious ballustraded terraces and acres of manicured lawns.
The twenty nine luxuriously refurbished en-suite bedrooms (a mixture of Executive, Classic and Cosy rooms) all have individual charm and offer glorious views. A team of award winning chefs display flair and creativity, ensuring every meal is a memorable dining experience, and friendly, responsive staff guarantee the warmest of welcomes. The hotel is superbly located for both business and leisure visitors, and is surrounded by a fabulous range of attractions from Chester Zoo and historic Chester, to Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet Village (the biggest in Europe), and the vibrant city of Liverpool. With fishing, walking and tennis in the grounds, Inglewood Manor provides an idyllic retreat that is conveniently located for access to both Liverpool and Manchester. Please Note: The hotel is a popular wedding venue and you may find that access to the bar, lounge and terrace may be affected at certain times. Please check how this may affect your booking when you make your reservation.
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Country star Mindy McCready wept as she sat down to answer questions about her lover's apparent suicide for a TV interview and denied having anything to do with his death.
Music producer David Wilson, the father of McCready's nine-month-old son Zayne, died on January 13 from a gunshot wound at their home in Arkansas.
McCready has opened up about the tragedy in an emotional interview for "Dateline," and broke down in tears as she recalled how she held Wilson in her arms as he died on the front porch of their house.
She tells host Andrea Canning, "I just started screaming and ringing 911. I laid down next to him and pleaded with him not to die… He was responding… with sounds."
An investigation into his death is still ongoing, but McCready vehemently denied rumors suggesting she was somehow responsible when Canning broached the subject, responding, "Oh my God, no. Oh my God, no. He was my life. We were each other's life."
When pushed to answer if she believed Wilson was murdered, she insisted, "I don't know."
McCready added, "I have never gone through anything this painful. He didn't just touch my heart, he touched my soul. He was my soulmate."
The interview follows reports suggesting the singer did not attend a memorial for her late lover last week. The full interview will air on Tuesday night.


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by Greg Wright
Earlier this summer, Monte Powell's garden in Federal Way played host to a new regional storytelling festival… the PowellsWood Storytelling Festival. Curated by Des Moines resident Margaret Read MacDonald, a Huntington Park retiree from the King County Library System, the festival drew hundreds of visitors in its first year.It also drew the attention of CBS producers, who came to Federal Way to observe and speak with featured "teller" Donald Davis, an artist of international reputation–like MacDonald herself. The segment aired last week on CBS (see below) and is described as follows [2]:
Whether it's Mother Goose, the tales of the Brothers Grimm, even the parables of Christ, you might say the human mind is hard-wired to respond to stories. In fact storytelling may be the oldest art form.
Correspondent Serena Altschul explores our oral tradition at those Woodstocks of words, storytelling festivals – there are dozens of such fests to be found around the country. We visited one of the newest, the PowellsWood Storytelling Festival, just outside of Seattle.
Plans are naturally already in the works for the 2013 edition of the Festival, though dates and schedules have not officially been announced yet. We'll naturally bring you news as it breaks. This is one of those events to plan your entire summer around!
Learn more about the Festival at PowellsWoodFestival.com [3].


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1986 Fort Hancock -- The beginning of a legend
Fort Hancock was not on the six-man radar as the 1986 began, however, after the season they would not leave the six-man title conversation until 1993.
Fort Hancock had recent success in 11-man, winning district titles in 1982 and 1983, so there were high expectations as the Mustangs moved into six-man.
Placed in a UIL district in 1984, Fort Hancock did not have enough players to field a team that season, so the Mustangs didn't actually restart their six-man football program until 1985, going 5-.5 Fort Hancock was not a complete stranger to six-man, having played back in the late '30s and early '40s.
Between 1984-86, many of the far west Texas schools we are now familiar with, made the move into the streamlined version of the game. Fort Hancock, Balmorhea, Sierra Blanca and Buena Vista all joined the six-man ranks (as did Tornillo). This finally gave Marathon, a six-man staple, who in 1983 was in a district with Blackwell, Paint Rock, Christoval, Talpa-Centennial, Divide and Novice, a much closer district to join.
These teams 6 teams all made up District 3 and for district competition they would play each other twice, meaning every game in the regular season was a district battle. The Mustangs started the season off losing to Tornillo, the preseason favorite to win the district title, 27-6. They rebounded to win their next two games, but then suffered a second defeat, when Buena Vista beat them 20-18 giving The Fort, as they would come to be called, a 2-2 record and a tough shot at the playoffs. However, the Mustangs reeled off six-straight district wins, including avenging their prior defeats in the process, and claimed the district title with an 8-2 record heading into the playoffs.
For Bi-district, Fort Hancock defeated Trent 60-25, and then faced off with Three Way in the quarterfinal round. Three Way and The Fort battled all night, both teams featuring passing attack style offenses. The final scored ended in a tie, 46-all. The rules at the time had the first tie-breaker as penetrations, where Fort Hancock held a narrow 8-7 advantage and the Mustangs advanced to the semifinals.
They would face-off with defending state champion Jayton in the semis, but the Jaybird defense had trouble containing spreadback Armando Aguilar, nicknamed Mando. The Mustangs won 51-22 and moved to their first state title appearance where they would face the Christoval Cougars.
The State Championship Game – December 13, 7:00pm kickoff in Fort Stockton
Christoval marched their way back to the state championship (after a crushing defeat by Jayton in 1985), determined to win the title and the favorite to win it all. Additionally, both head coach Buddy Luce and assistant coach Billy Barnett both claimed Fort Stockton as their hometown, having graduated from there in 1963 and 1977, respectfully.
This title match was one of the sloppiest, with a total of seven turnovers, four by Christoval and three by Fort Hancock, but it was the incredible play of Fort Hancock's junior spreadback Mando Aguilar that people would be talking about for years to come.
Mando kicked off the scoring by throwing for the first two scores in the game, both to Harvey Vargas. The first for six yards and the second for 33 yards, giving The Fort a 14-0 lead, early in the first quarter.
Christoval answered with back-to-back scores of their own. First was a 39-yard pass from Homer Galindo to Jason Ussery, with 1:11 left in the first quarter, followed by a 16-yard pass from Galindo to Philip Montalvo just 32 seconds into the second quarter. Montalvo handled the kicking duties for the Cougars and hammered both home, and Christoval had a 16-14 lead early in the second quarter.
On their next possession, Aguilar connected with Breck Bean on a 17-yard strike as they took the lead back 22-16. With just over two minutes left in the first half, Christoval tied the game when Montalvo rushed for an 8-yard touchdown. The Mustangs failed to score before the half and the game was all tied at 22 at the intermission.
The 3rd quarter proved costly to Christoval. The Cougars received the kickoff, but were quickly forced to go four-and-out by the Mustang defense. Their next two possessions didn't fare any better, as they turned the ball over on downs and threw an interception. Those three possessions were all the Cougars had in the third quarter and resulted in zero points.
The Mustangs, however, managed to find the end zone twice in the quarter, once on four-yard run by Breck Bean and the other, as time expired in the quarter, on a 10-yard pass and catch from Aguilar to Shawn Henderson, giving The Fort a 36-22 lead heading into the final quarter.
Both squads scored twice in the 4th quarter. Christoval struck first and breathed new life into their offense, scoring on a long 67-yard pass from Homer Galindo to Paul Martinez. The PAT was good and the lead was cut to six, 36-30. The Fort answered on their next possession, when Aguilar found Kelly Legarretta in the end zone for a 6-yard score, the PAT was blocked and the lead was extended to 42-30, with 7:37 left in the game.
The Cougars continued to claw their way back into the game, responding just 84 seconds later, thanks to two long passes before Philip Montalvo scored on an 8-yard run. The PAT was blocked and the lead was once again cut to six 42-36, now with 6:13 left in the game. But Fort Hancock answered with a 32-yard strike from Aguilar to Gus Soto. The PAT was good and the Mustangs had extended their lead to 50-36, with 3:49 left to play.
Down the stretch, Christoval's defense forced The Fort to turn the ball over on downs on their final two possessions, but the Cougars' offense just could not capitalize, and ended their season as runner-up for a second-straight time.
Fort Hancock finished the season 11-2-1. They were the first six-man team to win a title with at least two loses on their record and one of two to have a tie.
Running mainly a spread formation for most of the game Mando Aguilar, controlling the Mustang offense, racked up 310 yards passing, 45 yards on the ground and caught a 6-yard pass for good measure, accounting for 361 yards of total offense. He threw for six of his team's seven total touchdowns, converted 4-of-7 PAT kicks, and recorded three interceptions, that proved to be just as important as his offensive stats.
In regard to Aguilar's performance, San Angelo Standard-Times reporter Joe Don McGaughey wrote, "He (Aguilar) did everything but drive the team bus to Fort Stockton, although it was rumored the 132-pound junior was handing out coffee in the concession stand at halftime."
In a prelude of things to come, after the game Mustang head coach Fred Carter gave full credit for the Mustangs potent passing offense to then assistant coach Danny Medina saying, "He does an outstanding job, I've been going with what he says all year…I can't commend him enough." Danny Medina would take over the head coaching duties in 1987 and lead Fort Hancock to four straight titles from 1988-91 and a state-record 70 straight wins (1988-92) and created a Texas high school football dynasty in the process.
-In 1986 there were 80 teams playing UIL 6-man football placed within 8 districts.
-Buena Vista would be the district 3 runner-up
-I do not have a box score of the Three Way game, but would love to see one if someone out there has it, or any other Fort Hancock box scores from 1986.
-The only teams to have a tied game on their record and won a state title was this 1986 Fort Hancock team and the 1994 Amherst Bulldogs. Both were in the second round of the playoffs and advanced on penetrations.
-Many sources wrongly list Danny Medina as the head coach of the 1986 team, he was in fact an assistant, mainly in charge of the offense. Fred Carter was the head coach in 1986. Coach Carter thus was the first African-American head coach of a six-man state champion team, leading the way for Coach Coylin Grimes, who led Calvert in 2002.
-For my state game summary, I used the San Angelo Standard-Times game article in conjunction with watching the game film, courtesy of Christoval's former coach Buddy Luce.


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Gloria Foster
The MatrixHD
IMDb: 8.7
2h 16min
Thomas A. Anderson is a man living two lives. By day he is an average computer programmer and by night a hacker known as Neo. ...
Actors: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Gloria Foster, Joe Pantoliano, Marcus Chong, Julian Arahanga, Matt Doran, Belinda McClory, Anthony Ray Parker, Paul Goddard, Robert Taylor, David Aston, Marc Aden Gray


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007 Legends - Skyfall DLC Trailer
Skyfall, 007 Legends's final mission, is now available as a free DLC pack.
Skyfall, 007 Legends's final mission, is now available as a free DLC pack.
Here is an inside look behind the scenes with Bond Girl Naomie Harris as she talks about her role as Eve.
007 Legends is now available!
This week we check out The Lord of the Rings Online: Riders of Rohan, 007 Legends, Doom 3 BFG Edition, Ravaged, Mugen Souls and Serious Sam 3: BFE.
Here's the opening credit cinematic video in celebration of Global James Bond Day.
Goldfinger has been revealed as the fifth James Bond movie in 007 Legends.
007 Legends packs six different classic James Bond episodes into one single game.
Check out the latest 007 Legends trailer revealing Die Another Day & Licence to Kill ,
Here's a trailer for On Her Majesty's Secret Service, the second mission in 007 Legends.
Check out a 007 Legends trailer featuring the Moonraker mission.
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