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2020 election campaigns already stirring in WNC
Posted on June 14, 2019 June 6, 2019 by Daniel Walton
ALL HANDS ON DECK: Members attend the Buncombe County Democratic Party convention at Asheville High School on March 23. Photo by Brenden Almand, courtesy of the BCDP
With his May 17 visit to the Salvage Station in Asheville, Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders brought the national race to Western North Carolina more than 17 months before Election Day 2020 — and nearly 28 months after the contest formally kicked off with the Jan. 20, 2017, filing of incumbent Donald Trump. The current field of presidential contenders is exceptional both for the sheer number of announced candidates — at press time, there were 24 major Democrats in the mix, plus former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld challenging Trump in the Republican primary — and for how early they've launched their campaigns.
Meanwhile, state and local candidates in WNC have also been busy getting their 2020 campaigns underway. State Sen. Terry Van Duyn, a Buncombe County Democrat, announced a run for lieutenant governor on Dec. 10; the last local candidate for that office, Holly Jones, didn't throw her hat in the ring for the 2016 race until August 2015, eight months later in the election cycle. At the time, Jones was serving on the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners.
Since Van Duyn's formal statement, a bevy of local contenders have declared their intentions to run for positions ranging from Asheville City Council to the U.S. House of Representatives. It's an unusually early start to election season, confirms Chris Cooper, head of Western Carolina University's Political Science and Public Affairs Department — but that shouldn't come as a surprise.
"I think it's the continuation of a trend that we've seen," he notes. "We used to talk about presidents and members of Congress having permanent campaigns, meaning they never really stop campaigning, and I think the same thing has now trickled down to the state level."
The drive toward early declarations, says Cooper, is powered largely by the ever increasing cost of mounting a competitive campaign. Even on lower rungs of the political ladder, he suggests, candidates need more money to pay for advertising and voter outreach, and extending the race gives them additional time to raise those funds.
"We've seen kind of a professionalization of politics — and I don't mean that people wear better suits," Cooper clarifies. "It starts to look more like other industries: You really need to be a professional at a much lower level than you used to. You don't see as many people running for office on just a flyer as you did before."
Longer campaigns also give candidates more opportunities to capitalize on opponents' missteps. Cooper points to the nationally publicized dispute in February between U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows, whose 11th Congressional District covers much of WNC and part of Asheville, and Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan over Meadows' use of a black Trump administration staffer to counter accusations that the president was racist. Those angered by the move, says Cooper, subsequently donated to Democrat Steve Woodsmall, the only candidate so far who has confirmed his intention to run against Meadows.
An often unmentioned wrinkle in the political landscape, adds Cooper, is candidates' need to recruit staff from a limited pool of talented, experienced and ideologically aligned workers. Especially during a presidential election cycle, competition for those essential personnel is fierce, and bagging the right managers can make a big difference in a campaign's prospects for success.
"If you're Julie Mayfield, and you get your name out there early and decide to run early, you gobble up a lot of the goods," notes Cooper, referencing the Asheville City Council member's March 23 announcement that she'll seek the state Senate District 49 seat that Van Duyn is vacating. "You make it harder for other people to run against you."
Mayfield doesn't explicitly mention staffing concerns in explaining her early push for the Senate, but she does say that the timing will enable her "to meet with people, to raise money — all of the things that candidates have to do — before people get really focused, almost exclusively focused, on the national level."
Domino effect
Both Mayfield and fellow Democrat Ben Scales, a lawyer and recent candidate for Buncombe County district attorney, declared for state Senate District 49 in March. In 2018, Van Duyn's opponent for the same seat, Republican Mark Crawford, simply made a formal filing in February of that year.
That eagerness, Cooper conjectures, could reflect the recent scarcity in WNC of state-level races that lacked an incumbent. "Frankly, we haven't had a lot of upward mobility from the western delegation of the N.C. General Assembly," he points out.
Van Duyn was first elected to the legislature in 2014, after having been appointed earlier that year to serve out the term of the deceased Martin Nesbitt. Fellow Buncombe County Democrats John Ager and Brian Turner (both of whom serve in the N.C. House) also first claimed their seats that year; Rep. Susan Fisher won her place in the General Assembly in 2003.
In contrast, the retirement of Rep. Chuck McGrady at the end of his current term, announced on May 13, has yet to create the same eagerness in Henderson County. No candidate has declared plans to run for the influential Republican's seat, which he's held since 2010; McGrady chairs both the Appropriations and Alcoholic Beverage Control committees in the N.C. House.
RACING AHEAD: With her May 30 announcement, Kristen Goldsmith became the first candidate to declare for the 2020 Asheville City Council contest. Photo courtesy of Goldsmith
Meanwhile, Mayfield's choice to run for state Senate creates an opening on Asheville City Council. Despite the uncertainty surrounding that race due to the General Assembly's imposition of districts in city elections last June — a change that Mayfield says the city "has not made a final decision on whether to challenge" — Kristen Goldsmith announced her candidacy on May 30 for the District 1 Council seat, which covers most of West Asheville. By setting her sights on higher office, Mayfield, who also lives in West Asheville, has ensured that Goldsmith won't be running against an incumbent.
"As a first-time candidate, I don't have the name recognition that maybe an incumbent does, so I knew I'd have to get out early in order to introduce myself to voters," says Goldsmith, a grocery store assistant manager who was trained as an architect and has worked as a local Democratic organizer since 2016. Her declaration comes nearly eight months earlier in the election cycle than the earliest announcement in the last Council race, Kim Roney's on Jan. 26, 2017.
Goldsmith says the three most important issues facing Asheville are affordable housing, low wages and public transit, for which she believes Council should increase support by reallocating existing resources. "There is money that can be moved around in there," she maintains. Asked what current programs would be reduced to pay for transit, she responded, "I don't want to specifically highlight anything that I want to take money away from, but I want to think more holistically."
Almost all of the candidates who have declared their intentions in WNC races so far have been Democrats. Besides those previously mentioned, former state Rep. Patsy Keever and Mills River Town Council member Brian Caskey are challenging Republican Chuck Edwards in state Senate District 48, which covers parts of Buncombe, Henderson and Transylvania counties, while Gina Collias and David Wilson Brown are taking on Republican U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry in North Carolina's 10th Congressional District, which includes most of Asheville.
Buncombe County Democratic Party Chair Jeff Rose says this blue wave hasn't been coordinated by party leaders. Instead, he maintains, candidates are assessing the current political climate and deciding on their own to make early runs.
"Especially when you talk about energy on the Democratic side, there's a lot of presidential campaigns that are running right now, so there's a lot to compete with for people's attention," Rose points out. "These candidates are looking at it and saying, 'I really am going to need more time to get my message out to voters, to break through everybody's individual media bubbles and really make my case.'"
In response to the raft of early announcements, however, the local Democratic organization is making some changes. Rose says party leaders are stepping up volunteer recruitment and fundraising to accumulate resources before the national campaign swings into full force, and the party's headquarters is preparing office and meeting space for candidates sooner than usual.
Members of Buncombe's Republican Party have been slower to enter local races. "We realize we're at a bit of a disadvantage in the city of Asheville, so it takes a little longer for folks to decide if they're really going to commit," says Jerry Green, who took over as party chair from Carl Mumpower in March. Green predicts that GOP candidates may start declaring their runs after July or August.
The local party leader says he plans to focus on maintaining the organization's cohesion through 2020 and an election that he expects to be "a little more aggressive" than the 2018 campaign. Green's approach, he explains, will be "to educate each other and the general public about what's going on without being harsh or hateful or ugly to people, but just inform them of what we believe to be the best path to take."
Notably, one Republican candidate is already looking even further ahead. On March 17, Adrian "AJ" Fox of the Haywood County Sheriff's Office announced that he will challenge incumbent Democrat Quentin Miller in 2022 to become Buncombe County's next sheriff. Fox is a former N.C. State Highway Patrol officer and school resource officer for the Buncombe County Sheriff's Office.
"I announced this early so I could get my name out to the public and get a head start on the election process," he explains. "I'm going to every public function I can and know about to get my name out there and let voters get to know me, so at election time they will know who they are voting for and will have a face to go with their choice." On his Facebook campaign page, Fox describes himself as "a proud pro-life, Bible-owning, gun-wielding, Trump-voting, conservative Republican Christian."
With nearly nine months to go before North Carolina's primary on Super Tuesday (March 3, 2020), state residents face a lengthy season of politics before they can cast their first ballots. Nonetheless, Mayfield says she isn't worried about voter burnout in her state Senate campaign.
"My sense right now is that people are not fatigued," she says. "Particularly about local politics, they're still very much open to meeting and learning and talking and wanting to share their concerns and issues."
Rose, meanwhile, says that recent abortion restrictions approved by Republican-dominated legislatures in states such as Alabama and Georgia have sparked renewed focus on the importance of both state and local offices. Activism around those races, he says, gives people an outlet for making a real difference.
Cooper, however, is less sanguine about the early announcements' likely impact on voter engagement. "I think people will grouse about politics more; I think people will be sick of it sooner," the WCU professor predicts. But on Election Day, he suggests, there probably won't be any penalty at the ballot box.
Giving campaigns such an early start, says Cooper, "may be bad for democracy, but I don't think it's bad for the candidates. I don't think that it affects [voters'] political behavior and the likelihood that they'll turn out and vote for you — which is, of course, what candidates care about."
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2 thoughts on "2020 election campaigns already stirring in WNC"
I believe Patrick McHenry is having a town hall meeting on July 31st at 10 am at the Riceville Community Center and Volunteer Fire Department. I can't seem to confirm this info, would love to see Xpress confirm, advertise and cover the town hall events for these representatives. If they are having these meetings, they are trying to keep them on the down low and they need to hear from their constituents and be reported on by our local journalists.
Virginia Daffron
Thanks for the tip, Jolene! We have made inquiries to Rep. McHenry's Washington office and the Buncombe County GOP. We'll let folks know if we are able to confirm the meeting.
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Buick Avenir is the creation of a global team of Buick designers and sculptors who were inspired by historic Buick concepts, which shaped future Buick models and influenced the entire auto industry.
And with that, two design teams spanning the 10,000 miles between Australia and the U.S. were off.
Australian designer Warrack Leach and his vision for the Avenir's exterior.
For General Motors, concept design starts with a "sketch blitz." That's where interior and exterior designers from all corners of GM's empire create their visions of what the concept could be.
Leach joined GM Holden in 1999 working as lead creative designer with an emphasis on exteriors.
Concept sketches are always simplified versions of the real thing but include all the important content. With the Avenir, he wanted to create a sporting flagship with a clean fuselage and a post-modern twist.
Leach always loved long shooting brakes and always wanted to pen a boat-tail rear end. Hence the Avenir's long roof, nearly extending to the tapered rear end.
Blake Allen's theme sketch for the Avenir interior.
Interior sketching happens simultaneously with the exterior design. The two teams meet (virtually) once or twice a week. Inspiration came from architecture, furniture, ocean waves, aircraft and other objects.
Thankfully, for a concept like this, teams don't have to take the same precautions to include all production-style features. In front, the Avenir gets a central touchscreen and a configurable dash screen in the instrument panel.
Other highlights include the floating center console with pass-through and the 3-D pattern on the dash. Rear passengers get giant rear-seat screens; the floating console continues as an armrest and storage space.
Michael Simcoe, left, vice president of design for GM International, with Leach as the Avenir is sculpted.
Sculpting a sketched form from clay is no small task, though the design team does use a scale model first to get the look right.
Patterson has worked with Leach before and knows what he's getting when a project comes in. "When I saw it I thought, 'another great sketch from Warrack,'" said Patterson.
The team of five sculptors spent about four weeks on the scale model and four weeks on the real thing, though changes continue until the last conceivable moment, in every step. When the sculptors are done with the scale model, they scan it in three dimensions, and a computerized mill cuts a full-size version. Then they go back to tinkering with the design.
Patterson says the key is to keep the essence of the sketch. Luckily, Patterson and Leach have a good relationship. Both know what the other likes and can sense the direction the concept should go. Welburn dropped in during the sculpting process and predictably liked what he saw.
"Nothing is easy with a concept car," said Paul Clarke, creative hard modeling manager for GM Australia.
The Avenir needed to be sturdier than most concepts because a.) it actually drives and b.) people would get in and out of it for two weeks during the Detroit auto show. That meant a roll cage to hold up the body, a minimalist engine to putter it through the show floor, and cool, pop-out billet door handles that really worked. Those intricate handles needed to be designed, engineered, powered and programmed, not to mention polished.
The Avenir concept features a ton of billet aluminum, all polished to some degree. That necessitated everybody, from sketchers to management, take a turn with a rag and some compound. Similarly, the 13-piece wheels needed to be constructed, painted, polished and anodized perfectly to show off their glossy coat. The North American team picked the car's color -- crystalline -- but it was refined, reformulated and applied in Australia. Considering the hue and metal flake finish, getting the right thickness and the right look took time.
The Avenir was the centerpiece of Buick's Detroit show display, by design. With a full year invested in working on it, there was no way Buick would stuff its concept flagship back in a far-off corner.
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After deviating from his typically introspective style, rapper Joey Bada$$ takes a strong turn toward politicswith the calculated Inauguration release Land of the Free.
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Like military generals deciphering their opponent and plotting their next move, hockey managers have been busy over the summer planning manoeuvres and strategies as part of their conquest.
With hockey gladiators soon to hit the ice to begin another season of battle, the Mississauga Steelheads and Brampton Beast have been hard at work preparing for the respective start of their 2017-2018 campaign.
Based at the Hershey Centre, the Steelheads of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) are eager for their home opener on September 22 against the Ottawa 67's. In his second season as Steelheads coach, James Richmond is extremely motivated, following the 2016-2017 year when the team ended as conference champions before losing to the Erie Otters in the OHL finals.
The Brampton Beast, who perform their home games at the Powerade Centre, head into their fourth season as the only Canadian team in the demanding East Coast Hockey League (ECHL). The league primarily has teams in eastern and central North America, but as far west as Idaho and Colorado – home to last year's league champions. An affiliate of the Montreal Canadians, interest in the Beast is growing steadily and last year the team averaged over 3,000 fans per game, the highest in the team's history.
The Beast are especially excited that captain Brandon Marino, now the franchise's all-time point leader, is returning for another season.
"Brandon is simply the most consistent player that has ever played for the Beast," said team president Cary Kaplan. "He is an elite ECHL player and as we retool for the upcoming season, our goal remains for Brandon to captain the Beast to a Kelly Cup Championship."
Also to watch will be new team member Kevin Dufour, who recently graduated from Bowling Green University where he achieved 30 points in a mere 41 games in his final year. "He possesses NHL speed and has a knack for scoring," noted Beast head coach Colin Chaulk.
The caliber of hockey agility from both teams is always high. The Steelheads have seen numerous players head to the NHL. This includes Alexander Nylander who is now with the Buffalo Sabres. When his team faces the NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs, youth friends of the Nylander household will have to decide whether to cheer for him or his brother William, who is a top performer for Toronto.
The Beast enthusiastically await their season home opener, taking place on Sunday, October 15 in the afternoon.
They'll be challenged by the Manchester Monarchs from New Hampshire and an affiliate of the NHL's Los Angeles Kings. Player development by the opposing Monarchs shined proudly in 2014 when the Kings won the Stanley Cup and thirteen former Monarchs were part of that championship squad, indicating what fans can expect from OHL games.
Both the Steelheads and Beast are excited to offer an affordable venue for families to see high quality hockey. In addition to the always appreciated free parking, tickets for the Beast start at $15. A great value to witness future warriors of the NHL battle it out.
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As well as an in-boundary powder area, Tomamu provides a stunning weekend-only CAT Ski Tour and backcountry Tour during the weekdays. With additional costs it is possible to hire an English guide to accompany you. Children and families are not forgotten, with activities and facilities specifically catered for kids, including Adventure Mountain which is filled with ski and snow based fun.
If you're a foodie, or just looking for some amazing food alongside your holiday, then the vast range of restaurants, serving delicious, top quality food from around the world, then Tomamu will surely cater for your needs without disappointment.
Summer brings about its own charm and beauty to Tomamu, with many opting to visit the Todai Deck and its stunning 'Unkai' (Sea of Clouds) view, and a number of other sights and activities only available during the warmer months.
The Experts Only Powder Area is a powder located within ski boundaries and can easily be accessed by a chairlift.
Guests who want to ride the Experts-only powder-area need to register.
Official Tomamu site now offers online registration.
Once you register online, you do not have to register again within the season.
Please show the received e-mail at the registration desk.
Using the online system in advance, will save you time when you arrive.
*In house guests must report to and return the bib to the Registration Desk every day. If in any case the bib is not confirmed as returned by 3:30PM, our Ski Patrol, and possibly the local police will be dispatched for search and rescue. Any and all excess costs required for the search and rescue will be held responsible by the rescuee.
For the young ones, Tomamu's "Adventure Mountain" and kid's snow park "Nipo Town" offer fun slopes and activities as well as beginner ski and snow board courses for the whole family to enjoy.
Located in central Hokkaido, 150km east of Sapporo, a bus trip to Tomamu takes about 2 hours from New Chitose Airport.
We provide transfer options to and from New Chitose airport and Tomamu. We will organise buses according to where you are staying and will organise door-to-door services if necessary, as well as a meet and greet at the airport.
If you wish to travel to Tomamu via private transfer, we provide a number of options to cater for your transport needs, regardless of group size.
Tomamu is surrounded by a number of other ski resorts. Organised buses to travel to other resorts are available at your convenience, so please contact us with your plans or queries.
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The mystic Ice Village bustling with things to do! The area offers a Snow Park and Ice Skate Rink, while those looking a bite to eat and drink can check out the Ice Café and bars. There are also Ice schools and shops to make sure you don't get bored.
A variety of more than 20 activities to fully enjoy the vast snow covered field of Tomamu. Visit the Polar Village to discover the new and exciting ways on offer to have fun in the snow.
The word "Mina" is a local Ainu word meaning "smile." One of Japan's largest indoor wave pools (30m wide x 80m long), set with a hot bath and water-based activities and lessons. The name resembles it all; Big smiles on everybody's faces.
Numerous ski and snowboard schools are available for both group and private lessons. There is a variety of different children's schools as well as for adults. English instructor availability depends on the season.
Three rental stations are found at the resort, providing top quality gear and equipment. Returns can be done at any of the three stations regardless of which station it was borrowed from.
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The Cartier Moose Loop travels through the rugged and rounded rocks of the Laurentian Highlands and travels trough Boreal Forest.
While traveling on the Cartier Moose Loop explore the remnants of the Village of Sellwood. In 1900, the village of Sellwood, located 14 miles north of Capreol, was a sawmill town of about 100 people that included prospectors and Aboriginals. In 1907 it was better known as the northern terminal of the Canadian Northern Railroad and by 1910, the discovery of iron deposits led to the beginning of mining operations.
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While traveling on the northern section of the Cartier Moose Loop, It's common to view a family of Northern Lynx living in the Boral Forest. Lynx usually have litters of two or three and the young stay with their mother for a year. The Northern lynx is highly adapted for life in the northern forests. The wide furry paws distribute its weight over the snow and its long legs help the lynx to move quickly through even deep powder. The tail is short so that it does not drag in the snow, and the black tips of the ears and tail keep them from freezing. The adult body lengths are between 950mm and 825mm, with females being smaller than males. The lynx needs a large home range to find enough food for itself and can travel large distances in search of prey. When observing these majestic cats along the Cartier Moose Loop, please remember to give these fierce wild cats lots of space and use caution around the Northern Lynx, they have been know to fall deer for food.
The Cartier Moose Loop winds it's way to the Town of Cartier. In 1885 the community was known as Archer. In 1888 it was officially named Cartier after the township, which was named to honour Sir George-Étienne Cartier (1814–1873), joint premier of the province of Canada with Sir John A. Macdonald from 1857 to 1862.
The Cartier Moraine Conservation Reserve captures a unique part of Ontario's geologic history. This 43-hectare conservation reserve is directly north of the town of Cartier and is located in the Territorial District of Sudbury, in Northeastern Ontario.
Well over 23,000 year ago glaciers deposited a cover of till. The till deposits that form the Cartier Moraine consist of sandy gravel, boulder sand, and lesser silty-clay till. Boulders up to 10m in diameter can be seen in this area.
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The past few years have been a tumultuous ride for Florida punk band Against Me. The departure of two band members and difficulties finding a label would be enough of a challenge for most groups, but the biggest newsmaker has been frontwoman Laura Jane Grace's decision to publicly come out as transgender — launching herself and her band into territories uncharted by any high-profile band, punk or otherwise.
The result is Transgender Dysphoria Blues, Against Me's sixth studio album. The title is a dead giveaway — Grace tackles her personal issues in a cathartic and groundbreaking fashion. Originally conceived as a concept album telling the story of a transgender prostitute while Grace was still known as rocker Tom Gabel, the album's lyrics take listeners on a brutally honest trip through Grace's deepest internal struggles.
The band sticks to their trusted pop-punk with a folk twist formula that has been cultivated over their previous two albums. Transgender Dysphoria Blues's title track starts with a familiar military drumbeat followed by a catchy guitar riff and walking bassline, but once Grace's jagged voice strikes the lyrical tone of the album is clearly set — "You want them to see you like they see any other girl. They just see a faggot. They hold their breath not to catch the sick."
While sonically the album is no better or worse than 2007's New Wave or 2010's White Crosses, the window into Grace's mind that it provides is simply fascinating. Longtime Against Me fans will find themselves picking through the band's back catalogue, as Grace's past lyrics of anger and self-doubt are recontextualized by the revelations in the new album's lyrics. Transgender Dysphoria Blues is a groundbreaking effort that will have mosh pits full of straight males singing along to songs about gender dysphoria for years to come.
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MUSKEGON, Mich. (AP) — A Lake Michigan community has voted to spend $20,000 to kill as many as 30 deer at two parks in western Michigan. The unanimous vote by the Muskegon City Commission is an effort to control growing herds, although there are different opinions among residents. The Muskegon Chronicle...
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BELLAIRE, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan hunter convicted of killing another hunter on the first day of the 2018 deer season was sentenced Monday to at least five years in prison. David Barber of Gaylord was sentenced for involuntary manslaughter and a gun offense, about a month after a jury convicted him in...
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Vermont deer hunters had another good year in 2019
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Wine lovers heeding the call to "drink pink" may immediately turn their thoughts to the pale bottles on shelves and lists that hail from Provence. No disrespect to this region or its wines, which quench thirsts and often lead to daydreams of sun-drenched afternoons spent picnicking next to lavender fields, but rosé production doesn't stop at the French border.
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This mineral-driven stunner from Virginia might just be the best example coming out of the state. It's made from a blend of varietals that are specifically grown for this rosé, including Merlot, Syrah (which lends most of the color and flavor), Malbec for fruity freshness and Cabernet Franc for an herbal character. Its pale salmon color may actually have you mistaking it for a Provençal bottle, and hints at the aromas of white peaches, flowers and strawberries you'll find in the glass. A great acid backbone makes it super food friendly, and the finish shows wet stone and pleasingly bitter citrus. This wine works best with delicate foods that will complement rather than overshadow it, like roasted cod with herbs, pasta with white sauce or oysters on the half shell.
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Sure, the Kiwis are known for their Sauvignon Blanc, but they also make some pretty zesty and refreshing rosé, too. This pink pick from the lauded New Zealand producer is produced with Merlot grapes from Hawke's Bay on the North Island, the country's oldest wine region, which dates to 1851 and offers a variety of soil types and terroirs suitable to lots of varietals. The juice macerates on the skin for three hours, lending a pretty pink hue in the glass. Berries and tropical fruit on the nose are joined by soft and luscious flavors of strawberry and watermelon, and crisp acidity. Serve it as an aperitif or with grilled shrimp salad or roasted chicken.
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"Are you high, stupid or both?" Wallace asked the man across from him through the steam rising from the coffee cup perched just at the edge of his mouth. "You want to rob The Un-Secret Lair or the Caped Cuisiner? Places that transhuman heroes go to eat."
"Why not?" Billy shot back. "The prices there are outrageous. Anyone in there has to have a bunch of money on them."
"I think most of the customers pay with plastic, Billy."
"Whatever. Point is, the place is busy, I bet lots of people at least are carrying cash for tips, and this is about volume. Plus, no one ever robs cafés and coffee shops and restaurants. They'll never expect it."
Wallace stared hard for a moment at his friend, and wondered once again—as he did about twice every month—why he was friends with him. "Billy, please tell me you are not getting your ideas about the best crimes to commit from Pulp Fiction."
"What? I don't get it," Billy said, pursing his lips and shrugging.
"Pulp Fiction. The movie. That's how it starts. A boyfriend and girlfriend having a talk just like this in a breakfast joint. And they try to rob the place. And then at the end of the movie we see how it turned out, and what happened is the dude and his lady almost get themselves killed by two mobsters in the place, including the illustrious Jules Winfield with his 'Bad Mother Fucker' wallet."
"Billy, we saw that movie when it first came out," Wallace said. "Kind of a hard movie to forget, even if we were both 12 at the time."
"I was baked. I don't remember shit about that movie."
"Well, apparently the coffee shop caper bit stuck in your head," Wallace retorted. "Except for the part where it went bad. Shit, I don't know what's worse: That you can't remember a classic scene like that in a classic motherfucking movie or the fact you've never watched it since then."
"Well, life ain't a movie, bro," Billy said. "This will work."
"I've got 100 billion reasons to not want to do something like this."
Billy slapped the table hard. "Jesus! Man, do you have to exaggerate like that? You gotta feel all special. You couldn't list 100 reasons, much less 100 billion."
"I don't need to list 'em or name 'em, Billy-boy. That's the number of neurons in the human brain, and every single one of them tells me this is a bad idea," Wallace said. "That's the kind of knowledge reading grants you, my man. I know how many cells are in the brain. And the fact that none of them in your head are raising red flags about this idea of yours scares me."
"Give me one good reason other than an apparently very forgettable scene in a movie," Billy challenged him.
"Just one? Easy. The place would be filled with transhumans."
"Maybe. Maybe not. Those places are mostly filled with a lot of fanboys, fangirls, wannabes and doubles—plus plain ole normally dressed folks," Billy said. "And any real transhumans probably won't raise a stink trying to foil the robbery, because they're in a place like that so that they blend in and people don't know who they really are. If Greenguard suddenly steps up, and the real Freak-Easy is sitting right next to him, he risks getting hit from behind…"
"Freak-Easy works New York City; he hardly comes over to this side of the Long Island Sound," Wallace pointed out.
"And a trans crook isn't gonna worry about giving up a wallet because it's chump change and he won't want to risk outing himself as the real deal in front of a hero that might be there," Billy said, ignoring him. "It's like the Cold War—mutually assured destruction. See that there? You aren't the only one who's done some reading, Wallace."
"Sketchy reasoning, man."
"Wallace, we knock over a liquor store or bank…"
"I'm not all that keen on knocking over anything these days…" Wallace began.
"You owe me…"
"I don't see how you see that…"
"Anyway, Wallace, when a person robs a liquor store, they gotta worry that the till won't have much money and it's a big, fat wasted effort and maybe the guy behind the counter is the owner instead of some low-wage fuckface, and then maybe you get a shotgun blast. Or you rob a bank and get a little wad of cash with a dye-bomb in it plus you end up on the FBI's shit list because it's a federal crime. A restaurant means a lot of people with wallets and jewelry and shit. Plus whatever's in the cash register."
"See? Again. You're using the same reasoning as in Pulp Fiction." Wallace noted.
"I'm telling you I don't remember shit about that shit movie. This is all my own brain working."
"Or not working," Wallace groused, sipping at his coffee and glad that the coffee shop they were in right now had almost no other customers to tempt his friend, given how excited Billy was about his "epiphany."
Query walked into the Caped Cuisiner, almost immediately picking out three people conveniently clustered at or near the counter whom he was pretty certain were the real thing as far as being transhuman heroes or vigilantes. He knew their habits, patterns and mannerisms well enough, and had spent enough time in here in his Milo Phillips identity or some disguise, to pick them out. Once he got closer, his enhanced senses were able to confirm them by scent.
"Ladies and gentlemen," Query said generally, so as not to focus his attention only on the real transhumans in costume, in case they wanted to stay anonymous. "I thought I'd stop by and share some information that just came my way: Amateur Knight is out and about tonight."
"Shiiiiiiit," groaned Brickhouse quietly. "I am not in a mood to bail that geek out. I heard Hardcase almost got killed rescuing that loser a few weeks ago."
"He did not almost get killed. He did not even almost get injured," Query corrected him.
"Still, I am not feeling the idea of playing nursemaid to a guy who gets himself into trouble just so he can meet folks like us," Brickhouse retorted. There were grunts of assent from the two other real transhuman white hats nearby.
"In all fairness…" Query began, then noticed a man at the end of the counter pull the bottom of his red demonic skull mask over his mouth and chin, hastily toss down a fifty for what was clearly a tab of a lot less than that—the food and drink unfinished at that—and hurriedly stand up. Query knew the secret identity of the real Speed Demon but had never had a chance to scent-mark him, so he couldn't be sure this was the real guy. Still, no paid body-double would be this eager to move along with Query in the room. He had no interest in busting a colorful criminal whose most notorious crimes were grand theft auto, but…
Query stepped over and stopped the costumed man with a firm grip on one bicep. "The dark green Mercedes—it's mine. It had better goddamn well still be there when I leave," Query hissed, and then released the man.
"As I was saying," Query said, returning to where Brickhouse was, "Amateur Knight is a nuisance, but as idiotic and reckless as he is, he means well and thinks he's helping. Yes, he's trying to get to meet a lot of us, but he really thinks he's a sidekick to every hero."
Nearby, Wreck Lass cleared her throat. "Well-meaning or not, he puts himself in danger and then one of us has to bail him out or feel guilty that he goes to an ER for some stitches—or worse—if we don't. And he could get one of us hurt. Least he could do is get some real armor instead of a Spandex silver suit that looks vaguely like a suit of armor."
"You're not going to get any argument out of me," Query said. "I'm just giving y'all a heads-up in case you care. Like it or not, when you decided you wanted to patrol the mean streets in tights, you kinda signed on to deal with annoying shit, too. But it's your choices," he said, signaling a waitress so he could order a sandwich and fries to go.
"See?" Billy said. "There is no way that's the real Query over there."
"There are four people no one in this town is ballsy enough to dress up as," Wallace said. "Janus, Tooth Fairy and Odium on the black hat side, and Query on the white hat side. Look, I hoped you'd get this crazy idea out of your head after a few days. Only reason I'm here while you case the joint is to remind you why you don't want to plan—much less pull—a job like this."
"C'mon! Look, it's all roleplay over there. That Speed Demon who just left isn't real and the fake Query knows it. They're acting out a scene. A fake Query wouldn't put his hand on someone who might be the real thing and the real Query wouldn't let a crook just walk. And look at how this 'Query' is chatting up with those other fakers. Query's a damned loner. He wouldn't be having some stupid convo with a bunch of transhumans."
"Billy, I don't think you've worked out all the possible angles and scenarios," Wallace countered. "I'm just saying you came here to case…"
"We came…"
"You came here to case the joint and I came to provide input, and on the first visit here, we have more than one probable real honest-to-God transhuman white hat in the place."
"Let's say you're right, which you aren't. Even so, look, there's a Dog Pound or Hellhound over there, so again, no white hat is just going to jump up and make themselves a target to deal with a small-time heist…"
"See? You can't even figure out if that guy is Dog Pound or Hellhound. Even I can tell he's neither because it's just a cheesy furry dog mask and both the villains wear leather masks. He ain't no one, but that Query is real. Don't think about coming back here to…:"
"I won't," Billy said, sliding a gun across the table to Wallace and standing up to pull his own from out the waistband beneath his sweatshirt. "No need to come back since the job's going down now when it's perfect timing…"
Then Billy was standing, gun upraised as he shouted, "This is a robbery! Be calm and cooperate and don't none of you motherfuckers move or pull any shit or we'll execute every last motherfucking one of you!"
Nobody moved, but four people in costume were tensed and poised. One of them though, clad all in black with only a red question mark to adorn his mask, signaled to them with one hand to stand down.
Firmly and calmly, so that everyone could hear, Query said, "I've got this."
Billy looked over at him with an expression of murder in his eyes that Wallace had seen him adopt all too often, even though he'd never actually killed anyone. He didn't think Query—and he was certain it was the real man behind that mask—was fazed at all.
"You've got this, 'Query'," Billy taunted. "Do you, now?"
"No, he doesn't," came a voice with an angry growl and a little waver. "I've goddamn well got this."
Bill turned his head slightly to see a gun pointed at him. Query stopped his slow approach. Wallace cleared his throat.
"Put your gun down and give yourself up to the nice Query," Wallace said. "Or I will put a hole in your shoulder. Remember, though, I'm a lousy shot and your chest is really close to your shoulder."
"Wallace? Man, what are you doing? We're a team!"
"We ain't no team here," Wallace said. "I told you time and again I'm not going to jail and I'm not pushing my luck anymore. I told you I was only coming here with you to show you why this was a bad idea. I didn't want you to toss me a gun when you lost your mind and started badly misquoting a scene from a great movie you claim you don't remember. Now, though, I have a gun, you have the attention of at least one very real transhuman, and this shit is all about to end right now."
"You won't shoot me," Billy said. "Just point your gun at the fake Query and let's get on with…"
"I will sooner shoot you than let that very real Query fuck me up," Wallace said. "And this job is over. It never shoulda started."
Billy's lip quivered. "Wallace? Man…"
"Don't make me revoke your New Judah privileges permanently, Billy," Wallace said. "I ain't never hurt anyone before, and I don't wanna start with you to make sure no one else gets hurt. Also I don't think it's worth it being your friend anymore."
In a quiet booth, Query looked at Wallace in silence, then folded his gloved fingers together on the table in front of him.
"My fries will be ready soon, and I have things I ought to be doing," Query said softly and steadily. "The only thing left to figure out is whether I slap a zip tie around your wrists, too, and sit you next to your buddy to wait for the New Judah police to arrive."
"I was not down for this heist," Wallace said. "I didn't even know he was going to actually improv the whole thing and toss me a gun."
"Nonetheless, I'm willing to bet this isn't the first time you've held a gun and not the first time you and Billy there have been together when a robbery went down."
"Whatever might be in my past, I'd like to leave it there. You let Speed Demon walk just now."
Query glanced out the window and into the street. "Speed Demon left my car alone; you and your friend tried to relieve me and a lot of other people of their wallets."
"My friend. Former friend, I might add, after this stunt. Not me."
"I bet I could do a lot of digging and figure out what crimes you committed in the past," Query said. "I bet the statute of limitations has run out on hardly any of them."
"Why, man? Why would you do that?" Wallace asked, hating the whine he could hear in his undertone.
"Because I have an idea," Query said, looking for a moment at the guy in the cheap dog mask off in the distance and then toward the register. "Oh, look! My food is ready and bagged up. So, Wallace, are you coming with me, or would you rather go with Billy and the cops in another couple minutes?"
"Guess I'm riding with you."
"Great. We have to make a stop along the way."
"Along the way to where? What stop?" Wallace asked, a nervous flutter in his stomach.
"Wouldn't want to ruin the surprise," Query answered. "By the way, what's your inseam? And do you know your chest size by any chance?"
The woman ran her fingers through the black and green feathers of the mantle draped across her shoulder and over her chest and upper back, then regarded him through the holes of her domino mask.
"Seriously? This is the favor you're going to call in?" she sneered.
"Favor number one of two," Query corrected her. "C'mon—it might even be fun. I need you because your face and costume aren't plastered all over the media."
Coldraven looked over at the man Query had with him, wrinkled her nose and tried to suppress a laugh. "And who's this?"
"A guy earning a 'Get out of jail free' card," Query said. "I'll fill you in along the way."
"Psssst!"
Amateur Knight spun around at the sound, a heavy mace in one hand and a growl issuing from his throat. "Stand down, evild…"
"Relax," said Query. "Or, rather, refocus. I need your help. There's someone new and green on the scene about to get killed and you happen to be in the right place at the right time."
Amateur Knight pressed onward as Query fell back to cover him, whispering that there was an ambush team behind them.
It's up to me, Amateur Knight thought. I can handle this.
He rounded the corner and was met with the sight of the lithe, athletic female villain in mask and feathers Query had told him about and whom he'd never seen or heard of before. And hopelessly outclassed against her was…a…a…
Who the hell is this and what is wrong with him?
"Surrender, villainess!" cried a man with a buccaneer-style mustache and goatee, brandishing a rapier and wearing—Amateur Knight could hardly believe the ludicrous sight—a dog suit covering everything but his face. "Lay down your arms and surrender to Swashbuckler Hound!"
Amateur Knight rushed in, knowing that while he lacked finesse at times, he had Brute powers to help shield him from serious harm in a lot of fights—and the woman fighting this newbie, he realized, was fast and agile. "Get clear, uh, Hound!" he shouted. "This is no place for you. Let me handle…"
"Look out!" shouted the man in the dog suit, lunging toward Amateur Knight, "She's gonna…"
Swashbuckler Hound tripped and fell into Amateur Knight, stumbled past him and crashed into a wall. Before Amateur Knight could right himself, he saw the woman fling something and felt a soft, firm impact against his legs. Then dampness and stretching and gripping. He stumbled and fell himself as he realized a tangler had been thrown at him, completely tying up his legs.
Suddenly, the woman was over him, and a gun was trained right between his eyes. "Good night forever, Amateur Knight," she snarled, and pulled the trigger.
He wasn't sure if his ears registered the laugh first or his chest the sudden impact against his costume as the gun shifted position. But he knew both preceded him looking down to see a neon-green stain across the front of his torso.
"You're right, that was fun," she called out. "But I'm still mad at you."
Amateur Knight struggled to turn his body and see who was approaching from behind. Query, with the silly-looking dog-suited amateur right next to him.
Amateur… the prone young man thought.
"Amateur Knight, I'm going to need you to focus on your memory of that bumbling fool drawing you into a dangerous situation and then messing up your approach and almost getting you killed," Query said. "I need you to remember that forever . Do you know why?"
"Ummmm. Because…uhhh?"
"You're taking too long," Query said, cutting him off. "It's because that's how every other hero and vigilante in the city sees you, man. And this is the kind of thing we've been afraid of happening ever since you started making these forays out at night several months ago."
"Oh. Uh…."
"No need to thank me or apologize—after all, you gave yourself the name Amateur Knight, so you know you have rough edges, and you've clearly been hoping for a mentor. I've just mentored you. I've brought clarity and understanding to your world," Query said as he sliced at the tangler strands with a Bowie knife to release the young man. "We do understand each other, right?"
Query couldn't see the embarrassed flush beneath the mask, but the change in posture told him everything he needed to know, even if it took a bit of time for Amateur Knight to get the words out.
"You want me off the streets, don't you?" he finally said.
"Amateur Knight," Query said, "you have at least one thing going for you that my little creation Swashbuckler Hound doesn't, and that's actual transhuman powers. But yeah, I need you off the street."
"Shhhhh," Query said. "No more words. I want you off the street. I don't think even this lesson will be able to keep you off them, though, so I'm going to have to insist you be patient while I find someone with enough patience themselves to train you. I don't want a 'thank you' and I don't want you getting your hopes up. I just want you out of that costume and out of everyone's hair until you hear otherwise from me."
"Do I really look as stupid as that guy did?" Amateur Knight whined, looking toward the dog-costumed man, who was pulling off the fake mustache and goatee now.
Query looked from one to the other and back again.
"No, 'Knight, you don't look that stupid," Query answered. "But in comparison, you look as stupid to us experienced folks in the field as he did to you."
"Yeah, I'll wait to hear back from you I think," Amateur Knight said.
"So, we cool?" Wallace asked Query as he struggled out of the stifling costume.
"We're a long way from cool," Query answered, "but I appreciate you cooperation and you have a clean slate with me now. Don't squander it."
"I get to keep my New Judah privileges?"
"Yes, Wallace, you get to stay in the city," Query said. "This isn't a movie, after all."


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The star revealed in earlier interviews that she had always been dubbed the "fat sister" by critics online, and even judged by her mom, Kris Jenner, for being "damaging to the brand". She has a naturally curvy body, but after years of getting hate, Khloe decided to do something about her figure and lose weight.
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Q: CakePHP 1.3 RSS Helper I went through the Book and I've copied code from the section http://book.cakephp.org/view/1460/RSS but can't get this to work: I end up with a zero byte file (index.rss) being offered for download by my broswer, instead of xml output.
I have narrowed the error down to this piece of code (in app/views/posts/rss/index.ctp):
$postLink = array(
        'controller' => 'entries',
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        'year' => date('Y', $postTime),
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... specifically 'controller'=>'entries' throws an error. But there is no mention of setting up a controller called entries in the tutorial, or indeed a view for such a controller. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

A: $postLink in the example is used to create a link to a post in the rss feed. Change the $postLink so that it will point to a single post, use your own controller. You may find it easier to pass a string, for example /posts/view/1.
The syntax is same as described here: http://book.cakephp.org/view/1448/url .

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Some members of Israel's right-wing Likud party are pushing a bill in the Knesset that would annex more than 60 percent of the occupied Palestinian territory in the West Bank.
The plan, introduced by former Yesha Council Director Naftali Bennett, would unilaterally end military occupation in the section of the West Bank designated by Israel as "Area C" and fully apply Israeli law there. Israel would then "naturalize" some 50,000 Palestinians from the seized territory.
Knesset member Danny Danon is at the forefront of the push to annex most of the West Bank into official Israeli territory, but more than half of the Likud party's 27 Knesset members have endorsed the idea. Danon's bill also calls for annulling all agreements with the Palestinians.
Some on the Israeli left are objecting to the proposal, but not necessarily because it would be a blatant theft of land and unilateral capture of its Palestinian residents. Rather, they argue it would then make Israel a binational state, in which they would have to share power with the Palestinian leadership. This is an affront to the "two-state solution," they claim.
But some of the language is more direct. "Bennett's initiative is immoral and undemocratic. It will only aggravate Israel's situation with regards to the Palestinian issue," said Peace Now Director Yariv Oppenheimer.
The plan is seen by some as controversial, but it would seem to be the logical end to what Israeli policy has aimed at and achieved for years. Israel has continued demolishing Palestinian homes throughout the West Bank, continued settlement construction at unprecedented rates, maintained control over every minutia of life of occupied Palestinians, who continue to be displaced, etc. There has been a clear course of expansion; this bill is simply more frank about that.
A recent report from the European Union warned that "if current trends are not stopped and reversed, the establishment of a viable Palestinian state within pre-1967 borders seem more remote than ever." And that, indeed, seems to be the intention.
:…Israel would then "naturalize" some 50,000 Palestinians…" I wonder if that was a typo and what was supposed to be there was neutralize. Because surely they have no intention of making the Palestinians an equal partner in the governing of Israel. They are stealing the land so I can't see the Palestinians stepping up and saying, "Well, that's ok…we understand."
I do hope that the Zionist entity really goes too far, and finds itself isolated, loathed, and desperate. How anyone can respect this pathetic criminal sect is beyond me. Go attack Iran, so we can watch the Knesset burn as well as Tel Aviv..
Why not annex the entire West Bank and make all the indigenous people "naturalized".? That would add 2.5 M new citizens and end the aparthied state once and for all. Gaza could go with Egypt as it was prior to June 1964.
I have a "Christian" friend who recently said she looks forward to Armageddon and hopes that "they" drop a nuke in the mid-east sooner than later. I am sure that she thinks this is what Jesus would do…I wonder how many American Christians are equally hypocritical – I guess the majority – who have seemingly never heard the words attributed to Jesus "love your neighbor as yourself" or "love your enemies and do good to those that hate you" or how about the simple commandment "you shall not kill"? In any case, the above comments remind me of biblical prophecy that seems to say that Israel, at the end, will find itself surrounded by its enemies. The Israelites now and way back then never seem to comprehend that God "chose" them because they were the most unlikely to succeed at being godly – to prove, according to scripture, that God can do amazing work with what is at hand, however poor it is. Israeli/American arrogance seem to have no limits, but history shows that the proud fall the hardest. I hope a speedy end to our evil empire – though I am not sure that what will replace it can be any better – human nature appears to have trumped human idealism…unless of course the bible stories are true and Jesus will ride through the mushroom cloud on his Harley and teach the usurpers a lesson.
It is now and has always been the intention of the Israelis to establish the "facts on the grounds" and reclaim all of the land as a Jewish state. Using biblical claims it plays well with their largest patron. With the majority of the US Christian and looking for the "second coming" , Israel will applauded and aided. That is also a fact that cannot be dismissed or considered a side issue.
Zionists are doing this since ever, old news…..
They may as well annex 100% that way, the Palestinians can set out to conquer "Isreal" back.