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"All-new, now with a V8, faster and better than ever."
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Editor: Sam Moses
$113,100 Base Price MSRP
$113,995 As Tested MSRP
Model Lineup: "BMW M6 Convertible ($113,100); M6 Coupe ($116,100)"
Standard Engine: 4.4-liter V8
Engine Options: 4.4-liter twin turbo V8
Standard Transmission: 7-speed twin clutch
Transmission Options: 7-speed twin clutch
Basic Warranty: "4 years/50,000 miles"
Assembled In: "Dingolfing, Germany"
Model Tested MSRP: "BMW M6 Convertible ($113,100)"
Standard Equipment: "leather upholstery, carbon-fiber trim, black soft top, navigation system, rearview camera, park distance control, Xenon headlamps, dynamic damper control, adaptive light control, dynamic cruise control, LED foglamps, Bluetooth, HD radio, 19-inch alloy wheels"
Options As Tested: none
Standard Safety Equipment: "front airbags, head-thorax side airbags integrated into the seat frame, Dynamic Stability Control, ABS, Dynamic Traction Control, Cornering Brake Control, Dynamic Brake Control, Start-off Assistant, automatic Brake Drying, tire pressure monitor, rearview camera"
Optional Safety Equipment: "Night Vision with pedestrian recognition, Lane Departure Warning System, Active Blind Spot Detection"Destination Charge: $895
The 2013 BMW M6 breaks new ground, with acceleration from 0 to 60 in four seconds, delivered by the 560-horsepower twin-turbo V8 engine, which features high-pressure direct injection and variable valve timing and control. The car can be programmed to more than 200 combinations of suspension, throttle, transmission, steering and traction settings. In other words, the M6 delivers racecar performance on the track, or can be driven casually to the grocery store. However its nature can't be totally disguised, so if all you need or want is a big, beautiful, and smooth BMW, the 640i looks the same and is simpler and easier to drive.
The 2013 M6 has an athletic aura, with powerfully taut surfaces, elegant lines, and precise contours. Its long hood and smooth bulging fender flares are impressive. From the rear, it suggests it's about to leave you in its dust, with a wide track, fat tires and four exhaust tips coming out of the diffuser that's integrated into the lower rear fascia. The sweeping silhouette looks best in black. The heated glass rear window of the 2013 M6 convertible opens with the top up. The top can be lowered in 19 seconds or raised in 24 seconds, at 25 mph, or with the key fob.
The leather seats adjust every way imaginable, including lumbar, thigh and headrest. They have more bolstering than those in other BMW 6 Series models, but still not enough for the hard cornering that the M6 can do on the track, where BMW rightly says the M6 comes into its own.
The instrumentation is clean and beautiful, with silver-rimmed analog gauges befitting of such a high-performance car. The Head-up Display is optional, and it's so good that it should be a must with the fast M6 that needs your eyes on the road. BMW's display brilliantly uses color, and it's excellent for the navigation directions that can be displayed.
The center stack is relatively tidy angled toward the driver. The navigation is displayed on a beautifully wide 10.2-inch screen with a big eave and special treatment so it can be read in the sunlight. We drove with the top down in sunny California, and it works, a great relief because many information screens can't be seen.
There's not much rear legroom, but who among M6 owners cares.
The new V8 engine is more compact than the V10 it replaces, and makes a bit more horsepower and torque. All 500 foot-pounds of torque is available from 1500 to 5700 rpm, and on the highway, that incredibly broad range almost takes the fun out of the 7-speed transmission with paddle shifters, because you don't have to use it much. The engine redlines at a sweet and heart-pounding 7200 rpm, and its exhaust note is distinctive, yet not as deep or satisfying as the big V8 Mustang or Camaro. Top speed is electronically limited to 155 mph, achievable by the M6 on a number of tracks around the country such is its amazing acceleration performance.
The all-new 2013 M6 is loaded with sophisticated electronic driving features. Unlike other 6 Series BMWs, which use a button to select up to five driving modes, the M6 has three settings each for the shock absorber stiffness and damping, transmission shifting, throttle response, steering quickness and weight, and stability control. So there's little we can say about dynamics, because if the ride is too firm, you can make it softer. If the steering is too slow, make it quicker. And so on.
There's the Auto Stop/Start feature, which saves some small amount of gas by turning the engine off every time the car stops moving, and turning it back on when you take your foot off the brake pedal. It's unpopular among BMW owners because it's annoying. With the M6, it doesn't avoid the gas-guzzler tax.
BMW estimates the fuel mileage at 14 miles per gallon in the city, 20 mpg on the highway, or 16 mpg combined. We got 13.6 mpg. We hammered it a lot."
"The 2013 BMW M6 comes in a convertible ($113,100) and coupe ($106,100). Both use a 4.4-liter V8 and 7-speed twin clutch transmission. Standard equipment is complete with Merino leather upholstery, carbon-fiber trim, leather-wrapped steering wheel, auto start-stop function, rearview camera, xenon headlamps with adaptive light control, 19-inch alloy wheels, dynamic damper control, dynamic cruise control, LED foglamps, navigation system, Bluetooth, HD radio, full power, and more.
Safety equipment includes front and side airbags, with airbag curtains in the coupe, and rollbars in the convertible that extend when sensors detect a possible rollover. The electronic stability, traction and brake controls are sophisticated and complete."
Walk Around
"The 2013 BMW M6 convertible is totally eye-catching, with big sumptuous lines, whether conspicuously topless or covered by its top, especially in black which makes the soft-top roofline stand out. Our test car was white, the pristine color adding to the allure and statement of the convertible, the feeling of freedom.
From the backside, the car makes the statement of power, with its wide track, fat rear tires and four exhaust tips coming out of the diffuser integrated into the lower rear fascia.
The M6 has an athletic aura, with powerfully taut surfaces, elegant lines, and precise contours. The front wheels fill wide flared arches, while the fascia is filled by big black eggcrate intakes, rimmed by fins and flaps to flow the air into them. Smooth slanted trapezoidal headlamps glare down upon the BMW kidney grille with black ribs, too bad about the chrome rim around it. An LED accent light cuts across the tops of the standard adaptive Xenon headlamps like a glittery eyebrow. LED headlamps are available, so even in the dark, they'll know your car is something special.
On the sides, functional gills that could look distinctive are instead heavily chrome-plated, a design touch worthy of a Buick. A sharp crease drops down and back from the gill, matched by another at the line of the door handle, while a steep edge streaks straight back above each M6-badged sill. High-gloss Shadow Line trim surrounds the coupe's side windows or underlines the convertible's waistline. We're not crazy about either the 19-inch or 20-inch alloy wheels, touched in black with wide spaces to expose the 15.6-inch rotors and six-piston calipers painted blue metallic standard. Black is available.
BMW calls the shape of the soft top, flying buttress architecture,"" which makes the M6 convertible sound like a cargo plane, which it's definitely not. ""Projecting into the rear section, the buttresses accentuate the car's dynamically sweeping silhouette,"" which they definitely do. The heated, vertical glass rear window retracts with the top up. The top can be lowered or raised at 25 mph, good for sudden summer rainstorms, 19 seconds to open and 24 seconds to close. You can do it with the key fob, before or after you get in or out. It comes in black, beige, or optional Anthracite Silver. We only saw black, as it should be.
The coupe's top is cool carbon fiber, its light weight lowering the center of gravity. The trunk lid for both the coupe and convertible are also a composite material."""
"The standard Merino leather upholstery is the same leather that's an expensive option for the other BMW 6 Series models. The seats, specific to the M6, adjust every way imaginable, including lumbar and thigh support and adjustable headrest. They have added bolstering, but still not enough for the hard cornering that the M6 is capable of. BMW boasts that the M6 is ready and popular for track days, but seat-sliding happens. It's nice that the dead pedal the driver needs for support has an M badge on it.
The instrumentation is clean and beautiful, with silver-rimmed analog gauges befitting of such a high-performance car. The 200-mph speedometer is optimistic only in the sense that top speed is electronically limited to 155. Coincidentally or not, 100 mph is located on top, so your eye can watch the red needle at high noon. The red needle on the M-badged 8000-rpm tach climbs so fast it's a blur. The M6 accelerates so quickly your eyes need to be on the road, so to keep up with the 7-speed gearbox without watching the tach there should be a shift light, like the Mercedes SLS AMG has.
Actually, there is a shift light, but only with the optional Head-up Display, which displays the rpms among other programmable things. This HUD is so good, and so important, that it's really must-have equipment with the M6 if not every car. BMW's display brilliantly uses color, and it's excellent for the navigation directions that can be displayed.
There's a small horizontal window under the speedo and tach, that's easy to read and scroll through. It provides great information, including feedback from all the drive and chassis settings that the driver can select.
The center stack is relatively tidy and angled toward the driver. The navigation is displayed on a beautifully wide 10.2-inch screen with a big eave and special treatment so it can be read in the sunlight. We drove with the top down in sunny California, and it works, a great relief because many information screens can't be seen, Jaguar at the top of the list. And with that width, you can get radio information and navigation on the screen at the same time.
Since most of the functions are controlled by the iDrive dial on the console and the display screen, the function needs to be effortless; and with the simplified and improved iDrive, it's easy now. Especially tuning the satellite radio, without struggling or dangerous distraction. The BMW now is one of the easiest, better than most Chrysler cars! In the audio mode, it gives you all the XM information you need, including artist and song title.
The trunk is small for the size of the car, at 11 cubic feet. And as for the rear seat, forget it. If you want room for your backseat passengers' legs, buy a Fiat 500. We're only half-joking. The Fiat has 32.2 inches, the M6 30.5 inches, which gives you some idea. At least with the M6 convertible, you can put the top down to make it easier for your passengers to squeeze in. Not the case with the coupe."
Driving Impressions
"There are so many sophisticated driving features that we could use five times our space for Driving Impressions merely describing them. What we want to say is that we had one of the most fantastic road-testing afternoons of our life, behind the wheel of our M6 convertible on a forgotten central California two-lane, particularly over one winding mountainous 51.3-mile leg during which we drove the topless M6 like we stole it, from a waystop with great food called Sagebrush Annie's to the Full of Beans coffee stop east of Ojai. It was such a desolate day that even at rocket speeds, we passed only one car, and only saw a couple coming the other direction. Rare air, where an M6 convertible works.
So there's your bottom line: if you want to fully enjoy the M6, you have to break the law. Uber-performance is not simply what it does best, it's the only thing it does better than, say, a plain BMW 640i. BMW press materials speak the precise truth when they say that its exceptional dynamic potential is geared squarely towards the demands of track use."" But even for track days, the M6 is so staggeringly fast that only the very best drivers can reach its exceptional dynamic potential.
Depending on who's doing the testing, the M6 will accelerate from 0 to 60 in 3.9 to 4.2 seconds, using the launch control that electronically prevents burnouts. Top speed is electronically limited to 155 mph, achievable by the M6 on a number of tracks around the country.
The new 4.4-liter twin turbo V8 engine is more compact than the V10 it replaces, and makes a bit more horsepower (560 hp) and torque (500 foot-pounds), while getting better fuel mileage. The engine, which redlines at 7200 rpm, is based on the V8 used in the X5 M and X6 M. There have been many changes to this V8, including increasing turbo boost pressure from 17.4 psi to 21.7 psi.
Some technical details. The two twin-scroll turbochargers are mounted in the V-space between the cylinder banks (along with catalytic converters). It's called a ""reverse flow"" engine because the intake ports face outward and exhaust ports inward, allowing shorter (and wider) intake runners and exhaust tracts, for less pressure loss and better heat management. There's a special 8-into-4 exhaust manifold feeding the four scrolls in the two turbochargers, a system that sharpens throttle response and reduces turbo lag to virtually zero.
Two exhaust pipes feed into one muffler that sprouts four tailpipes out through the rear diffuser. The resulting exhaust note via this unique path from the engine block is distinctive, although we must say not classically satisfying, like, say, a good old Mustang or a primitive pushrod 6.2-liter V8 Cadillac CTS-V. In fact, when we were treated to another M6 passing us at full throttle, we must say it sounded a bit junkyard dog-like. How dare us.
BMW calls its direct fuel injection High Precision, with capital letters, achtung. It's also high pressure, spraying fuel into the combustion chambers at nearly 3000 psi. The new engine also uses BMW's VALVETRONIC variable valve control, which controls power by varying the lift of the intake valves. The valve timing is also infinitely variable, with BMW's VANOS system controlling the camshafts, key to the remarkable broad torque, with all 500 foot-pounds available from 1500 to 5700 rpm. On the highway, the torque range is staggering.
Then there's the Auto Stop/Start feature, which saves some small amount of gas by turning the engine off every time the car stops moving, and turning it back on when you take your foot off the brake pedal. We'll limit our own comments to calling it annoying, being jerky and audible; and we'll add that it doesn't avoid the $1300 gas-guzzler tax. We're skeptical about how much fuel it saves and are inclined to switch it off. Auto Stop/Start can be de-activated, though the 300-page owner's manual is totally unclear about this. Our thinking is that you have to press the Auto Off button every time you start the car to keep the engine from shutting off at intersections. It's the same story in the new 3 Series.
Unlike other 6 Series BMWs, which use a button to select up to five driving modes, the M6 has three settings each for the shock absorber stiffness and damping, transmission shifting, throttle response, steering quickness and weight, and stability control (that's 243 options, if our math is correct). And then, on the steering wheel, there are M1 and M2 buttons, which basically mean Memory, for two of those programs.
Given this, there's nothing we can say, because whenever we comment on how something feels, there are 242 chances for us to be wrong. If the ride is too firm for you, find a softer setting. If the steering is too slow, make it quicker. And so on.
You can't change the brakes, which are quite sensitive, nicely so; and humongously potent, as they should be, for this 155-mph car that weighs 4500 pounds (convertible). You can, however, spend a lot of money and get ceramic brake rotors, for the track. On the road they might look cool, especially through the thin spokes of the optional 20-inch wheels, but they're not practical because they need to be hot to work their best.
BMW estimates the fuel mileage at 14 mpg in the city, 20 mpg on the highway, or 16 mpg combined. We got 13.6 mpg. We hammered it a lot.
Speaking of hammering it, if you don't have the Head-up Display with a shift light, just short-shift when you're accelerating hard, because it's so fast you don't want to take your eyes off the road to read the tach. And because there's so much torque over such a broad range, it almost doesn't matter which gear you're in.
The transmission is a high-tech high-torque 7-speed double clutch, with paddle shifters. With all the different modes, it will do anything you want it to do, including behave like a sophisticated racecar transmission, or like a docile street automatic. It's linked to a new active differential that optimizes power transfer between the rear wheels."""
"The third-gen 2013 BMW M6 is a seriously fast machine, with a new V8 engine making 560 horsepower and 500 pounds of torque over a broad range, with a 7-speed twin-clutch paddle-shifting transmission, and more than 200 programmable settings for suspension, steering, shifting, throttle response, and stability. It's also drop-dead gorgeous.
Sam Moses filed this report to NewCarTestDrive.com after his test drive of the BMW M6 Convertible in California."
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May 2015 Recap!
Hey everyone! I hope you enjoyed my April recap entry, now it is time to move on to May! May was an interesting month. I snagged 4 baseballs in 2 Minor League Games and 14 balls in 10 Major League Games, with 4 of those game being shutouts. Like last time I'm going to recap the games in chronological order, beginning with my two Stockton Ports games. Some of my games don't have pictures, some will have a lot of pictures. For a few games, there isn't much I have to say, while for others I have a ton to talk about! If you want to see my MyGameBalls.com entry from the game, just can click any of my ball totals that are in parentheses after the game date and location! Hope you guys enjoy!
5/1/15 at Banner Island Ballpark (1 ball)
This game was a spur-of-the-moment decision for me. After my High School's game finished up, my buddies Dalton and Sean mentioned wanting to go to the Stockton Ports game that evening and I decided to tag along. We didn't get to Banner Island until the 4th inning, but we still had the chance to watch plenty of baseball.
Upon our arrival at the stadium, we purchased tickets in my normal section, Section 107, where we met up with Will. The game was a lot of fun, I decided not to go for foul balls in the parking lot, I stayed inside and chatted with Will, Dalton and Sean.
The Ports ended up winning 6-1 and after the game, I headed over to the San Jose Giants dugout, where Giants outfielder Hunter Cole tossed me a ball, which I gave away. I was also able to acquire the Giants lineup card, my 2nd one of the season. I didn't mention it in my last entry, I completely forgot until just now, but I was able to get the Ports lineup card on my birthday, April 17th, which was really neat for me!
While this game was a really good time, the game that was in store for the following day would be incredible!
5/2/15 at Banner Island Ballpark (3 balls)
If you can think all the way back to my last entry, you may remember the bleacher swarm that the Right and Left Field bleacher crews performed in Stockton. We all got together and filled up a section of Banner Island Ballpark for a Ports game and it was pretty epic.
On our drive to Stockton, we kind of encountered this.
I guess the hillside along the highway had caught on fire! There was a huge backup in traffic, but we were through it soon enough and back on our way to the ballpark!
As always, the first thing I checked for upon arrival was whether or not there was BP and of course, there was!
I quickly made my way out to the dirt area behind the left field fence, in hopes of snagging a few home runs!
Batting practice in Stockton is fantastic, it's a great opportunity to watch young talent take some hacks in a very relaxed environment!
While in the left field area behind the ballpark, I was able to snag two home runs. Unfortunately, I don't know who hit them, as I was so far away from home plate and unfamiliar with the roster. After a bit of BP, I decide to hop in line, which ended up being a good idea because the line got long quickly!
When gates opened at 5:45, the San Jose Giants were nearing the end of BP.
At the end of San Jose's batting practice, I was able to snag one more home run, bringing my total ball count on the day to three!
After BP, I stood near the bridge over the player entrance to the field and watched as Ports players like Nick Rickles and BJ Boyd signed autographs for the little leaguers waiting to take the field for the little league parade.
Here are those little leaguers parading the field with the Ports mascot, Splash.
Notice the green jersey Splash is wearing? It was A's night in Stockton and all the players would be wearing them during the game. Throughout the game, the jerseys were auctioned off. Keep that in mind for later!
Not only was it A's night, but the Ports were retiring Dallas Braden's number. Dallas grew up in Stockton and spend time with the Ports while making his way up the ranks to eventually reach the Major League Level. Of course, Dallas was at the game and loved the bleacher folks being in attendance!
Here is the logo that was added to the outfield padding in honor of Dallas!
And here is the banner that was hung up below the press box. Cool stuff!
During the pre-game ceremony, he spoke to the crowd about his time playing in Stockton, which was very cool to watch and listen to.
He was joined on the field by the Oakland Coliseum PA Announcer, Dick Callahan!
Dick recalled being on the mic for Dallas Braden's perfect game back in 2009 and shared some stories. Afterwards, he threw out the ceremonial first pitch.
And since his number was being retired, Dallas through out a ceremonial first pitch as well!
Here is Ports manager Rick Magnante in his green "A's Day" jersey!
Of course, Will was at this game and he wore his green Ports hat with an older Ports Oakland-Style jersey.
It was very cool to see the Ports wearing green since the team usually dons red and blue.
I will say though, it was a bit awkward when it came to the batting helmets. Since the Ports only have blue and navy helmets, they had to do the best they could and wore the navy helmets with the green jerseys.
At one point in the game, Dick Callahan stopped by and visited with the bleacher folks that were at the game!
Throughout the night, my dad wandered around Banner Island Ballpark with his camera, which led to some really cool pictures!
Stockton has such a beautiful stadium, the Ports are very lucky to have Banner Island!
Remember how I mentioned that the green jerseys the Ports wore in this game were auctioned off? Well, with some help from my good buddy Ralliney, I ended up winning the auction for the jersey of the Ports manager, Rick Magnante!
The final score of the game was 8-7, a nail-biting win for the Ports!
At the top of the 9th inning, all of the jersey auction winners gathered in the concourse together so that after the game, we could go down onto the field to get our jerseys. While we were up there, in the concourse behind the third base dugout, a foul ball flew my way! Except I didn't have my glove… So I missed it…
Well once the game was over, I made my way down onto the field with the rest of auction winners and met up with Ports manager Rick Magnante, who was an incredibly nice guy!
He noticed my right field bleacher shirt, so we talked about the bleachers for a bit, then he asked me how long I've been going to Ports games, if I have any other Ports jerseys, and just got to know me better. Rick Magnante is one of the nicest coaches I have ever met! Here we are with his jersey!
Several other bleacher folks won jerseys, including Will!
Afterwards, a bunch of us gathered down on the field for a selfie with Ports catcher Nick Rickles, who we came to know through social media and going to games, he is a wonderful guy!
Here is the selfie that Bryanne took!
After we got back up to the concourse, the group of us who had won jerseys, 9 of us in total, gathered for a photo.
Between BP, the game itself with the bleacher friends and the jersey auction, this game was a lot of fun!
5/11/15 at the Oakland Coliseum (0 balls)
The Red Sox were in town and I was pretty stoked for batting practice! However, their BP ended up being awful. I decided to skip batting practice for this game and just enjoy myself. And that I did, it was a fun day! On to the next game!
5/12/15 at the Oakland Coliseum (0 balls)
Again, I was excited for Red Sox BP, but quickly let down. It was the fleece blanket giveaway day, which meant lines were massive. The crowd during BP was awful, so it was tough to snag anything. I had an AP test the next morning too, so I ended up leaving partway through the game. Not very exciting, I'm sorry.
5/15/15 at the Oakland Coliseum (1 ball)
This Friday night game against the White Sox was a lot of fun. Pascale and I actually went to this game by ourselves, so it was really fun just to have some time as siblings. I snagged one ball during batting practice, an Adam Eaton home run in right field. Here's a picture of me and Pascale after the game!
5/16/15 at the Oakland Coliseum (2 balls)
On this Saturday evening, I was lucky enough to snag two balls during batting practice. The first ball was thrown to me in right field by A's lefty Drew Pomeranz. The second ball was a White Sox home run that I snagged in right field as well. Unfortunately, since it was a White Sox player, I'm not sure who hit it.
Here I am waving my flag as lineups were announced prior to first pitch.
On the mound for the A's was the Mexican Mamba, Jesse Chavez!
It was nice to see my favorite player, Brett Lawrie, in the lineup!
Also- It was superhero fireworks night! After the game, there were fireworks with different superhero songs playing in the background. Of course, A's Mascot Stomper had to look the part!
In case you're wondering why there is a kid with a base in his hand, the A's do this game on the field every Saturday were a kid is given 30 second to run to 3rd base from the left field flag pole, grab the base and bring it back to the left field corner. This kid was fast!
Here's a cool picture my dad got from the second deck of us in Section 149.
And here's an even cooler picture he got of the Coliseum while roaming the 200 level!
The fireworks after the game were pretty spectacular, we went down on the field for them. All around, it was a very fun day!
5/17/15 at the Oakland Coliseum (0 balls)
Little League Day means no batting practice, which means sad Nick.
While I could have gone for tossups from the pitchers that were playing catch, I knew they would likely give most of their balls to the little leaguers during the pre-game parade. Instead, I just sat back in my seat and relaxed. It was kinda nice. My dad did get a few cool photos during the parade. Some kid ran across the outfield grass instead of staying n the warning track like he was supposed to, so a security guard had to chase after him.
That was probably the highlight of the day for me in non-game action. Let's move on to the next game!
5/25/15 at the Oakland Coliseum (1 ball)
Memorial Day! This was a day I was excited about for a really long time. Back in March, Kimberlee and I started brainstorming banner ideas for our favorite player, Brett Lawrie. After over 2 months of brainstorming and photoshopping and with the help of our good friend Ross, we had our final banner design, which we sent off to have made in time for this game!
Let's break down the elements of our banner:
- Made in Canada: Brett was born in Canada
- Producing for Oakland: Well he plays for the Oakland Athletics
- Lawrie's Inked Energy: Brett Lawrie has lots of tattoos (he is very inked) and is a player with a lot of energy
- Only 15 calories: He wore #15 for the A's.
- The Stars on each side of the can: That star is one of the many tattoos Brett Lawrie has
So we essentially created a fake energy drink called "Lawrie's Inked Energy" and turned it into a banner. It was an awesome process!
Right when gates opened, I ran down to the left field corner where A's pitchers were playing catch, in hopes of snagging a ball. Unfortunately, I had no luck.
Soon after I went down there, the Tigers started taking batting practice, so I decided to move to left field.
While I was in left, Tigers reliever Joakim Soria tossed me my first and only ball of the day.
After BP concluded, I headed back to right field, where Kimberlee and I hung up our new banner, which was a very exciting moment!
Since it was Memorial Day, the A's and Tigers were both wearing camo hats and jerseys and personally, I really liked the ones the A's wore. Here is Josh Reddick saluting the fans in RF before the game got underway!
The A's starter for this game was Jesse Hahn and he looked sharp all day long!
Remember how I mentioned we hung up our banner for the first time? Well my dad was kind enough to walk to the other side of the stadium to get a picture of it hanging up alongside the rest of the banners in right field. This was such a cool moment for us!
While my dad was walking around the stadium, he was able to get cool pictures of guys like Mark Canha
And Jesse Hahn, who looks very sharp in the camo and high socks!
Well Jesse pitched a really good game. A really good game. He threw a complete-game shutout for the A's, allowing only 4 hits and striking out five.
While that was a fun game, the next few games after this were just as, if not more fun!
5/28/15 at the Oakland Coliseum (1 ball)
This was another giveaway game in Oakland and it was a pretty awesome giveaway at that! It was the Stephen Vogt referee bobblehead giveaway. Long story short, when Jonny Gomes was doing an interview on MLB Network's Intentional Talk in 2014, he brought out Vogt, who did a fantastic and hilarious referee gimmick. Check that out HERE.
Well that interview blew up and led to the creation of this bobblehead:
Yes, the bobblehead did have sound. As you can see in the picture above, it had 3 separate sound bytes. The first two were from his appearance on MLB Network, the 3rd one was an audio clip of the right field bleachers doing the "I Believe in Stephen Vogt" chant. So cool!!
Given that it was a Yankees game and the crowd was so big because of the giveaway, batting practice was tough. I was able to snag one ball though, a Yankees home run that I gave away to a nearby kid.
After BP, I just sat back and relaxed, enjoying the game. I spent some time visiting with my friend Taylor, who was sitting with her family in the left field corner of the 200 level.
After two games that were rough ballhawking-wise, I was looking forward to the next two in store!
5/29/15 at the Oakland Coliseum (4 balls)
Before gates opened, I was very excited about this game. The line was short and the gates opened 2 hours early. I was ready for a good day!
Things got off to a solid start during A's BP, as I snagged two quick balls.
The first was a home run hit by Ike Davis, the second was a tossup from A's bullpen coach Scott Emerson.
One of the cool connections I have with Emerson is that we use the same brand of glove, 44 Pro Gloves! It's not a well-known brand, so when I flashed my glove his way, he hooked me up immediately, we had a good conversation about our gloves as well!
After A's BP, I had two balls and for the short amount of time that BP lasted, I was very pleased!
After A's BP, Kimberlee's sister Amanda noticed this…
Here's a close-up my dad got!
Yup! It was stuck in the gutter! Keep this in mind for my next game…
Well during Yankees BP, I snagged one more ball, a tossup from catcher John Ryan Murphy. After BP ended, I noticed this ball sitting on the out-of town scoreboard…
See the pen and glove? Someone apparently tried to use Zack Hample's glove trick and kind of failed. Well after putting some duct tape on the end of my flag and taping it to another flag, I was able to lower my device down to grab the ball.
Boom! My 4th ball on the day. Here is a picture of me (and my 4 balls (one of them is cut out of the picture, but I promise it's there) and Pascale with our friend Satoshi, who snagged 3 balls of his own during BP!
Sometime during batting practice, Will took this photo that I absolutely love!
Carlos, Ross and my parents are some of the older members of the bleacher fanily and they were all wearing grey jerseys, so it made for an awesome picture!
Before the game got underway, I met up with Taylor, who you may remember me mentioning in the last game summary. She had just graduated from college, so I had to get a picture with her!
On the mound for Oakland was ace Sonny Gray!
Here's a picture of my mom waving my flag while I was out getting food. I love my mom, she is so incredibly supportive of me, it's awesome!
My dad, as always, got a ton of fantastic pictures over the course of the evening. First, here is a picture of Josh Reddick running.
And here is a 3-photo sequence showing first baseman Stephen Vogt picking a throw to first as Alex Rodriguez runs down the line. So cool!
My dad walked around the Coliseum like he normally does and as always, he got some incredible pictures from angles I don't normally get to see during a game!
Isn't the Coliseum beautiful?
Seriously? Unbelievable! If you haven't noticed yet, my dad is a very good photographer.
Here's a neat shot he got of me waving my flag, right above the new Brett Lawrie banner!
The last cool picture I will share from this game is this one of Mark Canha. Nothing special, but I just really like it!
Despite the Yankees tacking on a run in the 9th, the A's held the lead and ended up winning 5-4!
After several rough games from a ballhawking standpoint, this was exactly what I needed to get my mojo going. On to Saturday!
5/30/15 at the Oakland Coliseum (5 balls)
Coming off a 4-ball day, I was excited for another day of BP!
The night before, I talked with a friend of mine named Ric who works for the A's productions team and often runs the out-of-town scoreboard in right field. I told him about the ball in the gutter that Amanda had spotted and he told me to check back in with him the next day.
Right when I ran in, Ric called up to me and told me to look in the row behind me. And sure enough, there it was, laying in the second row! The ball that had been stuck in the gutter the day before! Thanks Ric!
Minutes later, Amanda came down to the bleachers and I showed her the ball, which I gave to her since she was the one that originally spotted it. I didn't realize it at the time, but that was actually the 300th professional baseball I had snagged (adding my totals for the Majors and Minors). I was sad to not have it anymore, but the way that I acquired it was still very cool!
I didn't snag anything during A's BP, but while the Yankees were hitting, John Ryan Murphy hooked me up again with a tossup, my second ball on the day.
Eventually, I headed over to left field, where reliever David Carpenter hooked me up with a ball, my 3rd of the day.
After BP ended, I went back to right field, where I found not one, but TWO balls sitting on the out-of-town scoreboard. Of course, I got both of them with ease.
How did I get them so easily? Notice that attachment on the end of my flagpole in the two pictures above? Well that's the head of a lightbulb changer. I taped it onto the end of my flag.
And that made it A LOT easier to grab balls off the scoreboard. They fit perfectly inside the attachment and made retrieving the two balls a very simple process.
So in total, I snagged FIVE balls at this game. I know that may not be a lot for most ballhawks, but for me, that was a pretty significant accomplishment, so Iw as pleased with myself.
As far as the game goes, the A's lost 5-3. Thankfully though, I had one more game left in me for the month of May!
5/31/15 at the Oakland Coliseum (0 balls)
There isn't a whole lot to say about this game. It was a Sunday afternoon game with no BP. As you can see above, I didn't snag any balls. I also don't have any pictures from this game. All in all, it was a good game. The A's won 3-0 and it was my last game for over a month. At the start of June, I was headed off to work at a Boy Scout summer camp, which means my next entry will jump straight into July.
May was an incredibly fun month for me. This entry was nearly 4,000 words, so thank you all for sticking around for all of this. I apologize for this being shorter than my April entry, but there was just less for me to talk about in some aspects. My next post will be about the games I attended in June and July. I didn't go to any baseball game sin June, but in July, I went to 4 A's games and no minor league games, so my next entry will be much shorter than normal.
As always, thanks again for reading and stay awesome!
- 2 Minor League Games (4 total in April and May)
- 10 Major League Games (18 total in April and May)
- 4 Minor League Balls in 2 May Games = 2 Balls per game
- 14 Major League Balls in 10 May Games = 1.4 Balls per game
- 13 Balls in 4 Minor League Games in 2015 = 3.25 Balls per game
- 30 Balls in 18 Major League Games in 2015 = 1.67 Balls per game
- 43 Total Baseballs in April and May
Nick Badders is a blogger for MLB.com. He writes the blog, 7000 Coliseum Way, and you can follow him on Twitter or Instagram at @RFNick149. This blog entry was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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Trader Joe's Dog Food receives the Advisor's mid-tier rating of 3.5 stars.
The Trader Joe's Dog Food product line includes 2 dry dog foods.
Each recipe below includes its related AAFCO nutrient profile when available on the product's official webpage: Growth, Maintenance, All Life Stages, Supplemental or Unspecified.
- Trader Joe's Premium Lamb Meal and Rice [A]
- Trader Joe's Premium Chicken Meal and Rice [A]
Trader Joe's Premium Lamb Meal and Rice was selected to represent both products in the line for this review.
Trader Joe's Premium Lamb Meal and Rice
Dry Dog Food
Estimated Dry Matter Nutrient Content
Ingredients: Lamb meal, ground brown rice, ground whole wheat, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols), dried tomato pomace, natural flavor, herring meal (source of omega 3), flaxseed (source of omega 3), salt, potassium chloride, vitamins (choline chloride, a-tocopherol acetate (source of vitamin E), niacin, calcium pantothenate, vitamin A supplement, l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), pyridoxine hydrochloride (source of vitamin B6), thiamine mononitrate (source of vitamin B1), riboflavin supplement, vitamin B12 supplement, vitamin D3 supplement, biotin, folic acid), minerals (zinc sulphate, zinc amino acid chelate, ferrous sulfate, manganese sulfate, manganese amino acid chelate, copper sulfate, copper amino acid chelate, sodium selenite, calcium iodate), kelp meal, rosemary extract, sage extract, pineapple stem (source of bromelain), papain, dried Bacillus subtilis fermentation product, dried Aspergillus oryzae fermentation product
Fiber (estimated dry matter content) = 3.9%
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The first ingredient in this dog food is lamb meal. Lamb meal is considered a meat concentrate and contains nearly 300% more protein than fresh lamb.
The second ingredient is ground brown rice, another name for rice flour. Ground rice is made from either white or brown rice and is considered a gluten-free substitute for wheat flour.
The third ingredient is wheat. Like corn, wheat is an inexpensive and controversial cereal grain. And aside from its energy content, this grain is of only modest nutritional value to a dog.
For this reason, we do not consider wheat a preferred component in any dog food.
The fourth ingredient is chicken fat. Chicken fat is obtained from rendering chicken, a process similar to making soup in which the fat itself is skimmed from the surface of the liquid.
Chicken fat is high in linoleic acid, an omega-6 fatty acid essential for life. Although it doesn't sound very appetizing, chicken fat is actually a quality ingredient.
The fifth ingredient is tomato pomace. Tomato pomace is a controversial ingredient, a by-product remaining after processing tomatoes into juice, soup and ketchup.
Many praise tomato pomace for its high fiber and nutrient content, while others scorn it as an inexpensive pet food filler.
Just the same, there's probably not enough tomato pomace here to make much of a difference.
After the natural flavor, we find herring meal, another protein-rich meat concentrate.
Fish meal is typically obtained from the "clean, dried, ground tissue of undecomposed whole fish and fish cuttings" of commercial fish operations.2
The eighth ingredient is flaxseed, one of the best plant sources of healthy omega-3 fatty acids. Provided they've first been ground into a meal, flax seeds are also rich in soluble fiber.
However, flaxseed contains about 19% protein, a factor that must be considered when judging the actual meat content of this dog food.
From here, the list goes on to include a number of other items.
But to be realistic, ingredients located this far down the list (other than nutritional supplements) are not likely to affect the overall rating of this product.
With two notable exceptions…
First, we note the inclusion of dried fermentation products in this recipe. Fermentation products are typically added to provide enzymes to aid the animal with digestion.
And lastly, this food contains chelated minerals, minerals that have been chemically attached to protein. This makes them easier to absorb. Chelated minerals are usually found in better dog foods.
Trader Joe's Dog Food Review
Judging by its ingredients alone, Trader Joe's Dog Food looks like an above-average dry product.
But ingredient quality by itself cannot tell the whole story. We still need to estimate the product's meat content before determining a final rating.
The dashboard displays a dry matter protein reading of 26%, a fat level of 13% and estimated carbohydrates of about 53%.
As a group, the brand features an average protein content of 26% and a mean fat level of 13%. Together, these figures suggest a carbohydrate content of 53% for the overall product line.
And a fat-to-protein ratio of about 49%.
Near-average protein. Below-average fat. And above-average carbs when compared to a typical dry dog food.
Even when you consider the protein-boosting effect of the flaxseed, this looks like the profile of a kibble containing a moderate amount of meat.
Bottom line?
Trader Joe's is a plant-based dry dog food using a moderate amount of lamb or chicken meals as its main sources of animal protein, thus earning the brand 3.5 stars.
Please note certain recipes are sometimes given a higher or lower rating based upon our estimate of their total meat content and (when appropriate) their fat-to-protein ratios.
Trader Joe's Dog Food
Recall History
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Mariners edge Royals 2-1 on ninth inning run
Dustin Ackley drove in go-ahead run in ninth inning
Dustin Ackley drove in the go-ahead run with a two-out ninth inning single as the Seattle Mariners beat the Kansas City Royals 2-1 on Saturday.
Ackley's single to right on a 2-2 count scored Kyle Seager, who doubled with two outs to start the game-winning rally. Seager moved to third on Stefen Romero's infield single before Ackley's hit. Ackley is 5-for-10 off Jason Vargas (7-3), who took the loss.
After retiring the first dozen Royals, Chris Young yielded a home run to Alex Gordon to leadoff the fifth to tie the score at 1. Young gave up back-to-back singles to Salvador Perez and Justin Maxwell after Gordon's team-leading ninth home run. Perez, however, was out trying to stretch his into a double.
The Mariners bunched three hits leading off the third with Cole Gillespie's single to center scoring Brad Miller, who began the inning with a bunt single and stopped at second on James Jones' single.
Young, a 35-year-old right-hander who has had three shoulder surgeries including one last June, did not did not sign with the Mariners until March 27 after the Washington Nationals released him in spring training. He was pulled after seven innings, allowing only the run on Gordon's blast and three hits.
Yoervis Medina (4-1) replaced Young and worked a flawless eighth, striking out two to pick up the victory. He has not allowed a run and only three hits in his past 10 outings, covering 10 1-3 innings.
Fernando Rodney worked the ninth for his 20th save in 22 opportunities, getting Eric Hosmer to ground into a game ending double play.
Vargas gave up 10 hits and two runs in 8 2-3 innings, losing for the first time since May 19.
Robinson Cano went 0-for-4 to snap his 21-game road hitting streak, the longest in the majors this season.
NOTES: The Royals purchased the contract of OF Justin Maxwell from Triple-A Omaha and placed OF Nori Aoki on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left groin. The Royals transferred LHP Bruce Chen, who has a bulging disc, from the 15-day disabled list to the 60-day DL. ... Fred VanVleet, Ron Baker and Tekele Cotton, who helped Wichita State reach the NCAA Final Four in 2013 and to an undefeated regular season in 2013-14, took part of the ceremonial first pitch. ... The Mariners have won nine of their past 10 day games.


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TORONTO — Linsane!
Jeremy Lin made a tiebreaking 3-pointer with less than a second to play to cap his finishing flurry of six straight points, and the New York Knicks rallied to beat the Toronto Raptors 90-87 Tuesday night, extending their winning streak to six games.
The NBA's first American-Taiwanese player, Lin had 27 points and a career-high 11 assists in his first game since being named Eastern Conference player of the week.
The season-high crowd of 20,092 roared as Lin drained a pull-up jumper from the top with half a second to play, giving the Knicks their first lead since the opening quarter.
Toronto's Rasual Butler airballed his attempt at the buzzer as the Knicks swarmed their newest hero at center court.
Amare Stoudemire returned from a four-game absence with 21 points and Tyson Chandler had 13 for New York.
Jose Calderon scored 25 points, Linas Kleiza had 15 points and 11 rebounds, and DeMar DeRozan scored 14 for the Raptors.
Up 75-66 to start the fourth, Toronto widened its lead with a three-point play by Barbosa before the Knicks stormed back with a 10-0 run, cutting it to 78-76 and forcing the Raptors to call timeout with 6:22 remaining.
Kleiza stopped the run with a driving layup, Amir Johnson added a hook shot and, after Lin made one of two from the line, Barbosa's layup made it 84-77 with 4:49 to go.
Toronto led 87-82 with less than two minutes to go when Iman Shumpert stole the ball from Calderon and drove in for an uncontested dunk. After a missed shot, Lin completed a three-point play, tying it at 87 with 1:05 left.
Barbosa missed a 3 for Toronto and, at the other end, Shumpert missed a jumper but Chandler grabbed the rebound. Lin took the ball near midcourt and let the clock run down to 5 seconds before driving and pulling up against Calderon to launch the decisive shot, touching off the latest instance of Linsanity.
The Raptors had a photo of Lin on their team website in the hours before the game, and his visit generated major interest among Toronto's Asian community, estimated at over 280,000 people, or more than 11 percent of the local population. The Chinese Canadian Youth Athletics Association and the Taiwanese Canadian Association of Toronto both sent groups of almost 300 fans as Toronto sold out for the second time in 13 home games. One group of fans in the upper deck wore white T-shirts spelling out his name.
Not all the fans were so positive: Lin was booed several times throughout the game.
Local media also took note; some 75 reporters and 16 cameras packed a Tuesday morning press conference to hear Lin speak, with dozens more turned away to prevent overcrowding. More than 25 Chinese Canadian journalists were due to cover the game, including one who presented Lin with a book of "Year of the Dragon" stamps from Canada Post and asked him to record a message in Mandarin, which he did.
Even Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni was shocked by the size of the throng upon walking in for his turn at the microphone.
"Are we in the playoffs now?" D'Antoni joked as he made his way to the front of the room.
It was Calderon, coming off a career-high 30 points in Sunday's loss to the Lakers, who was hot early, scoring 12 points in the first as the Raptors led 28-21 after one. Lin missed his first shot and didn't score until a driving layup with 3:46 left in the first. He had four points and four assists in the opening quarter.
Lin turned the ball over on three straight possessions early in the second and Toronto took advantage with a 6-0 run, widening its lead to 13 points. He also missed a running bank shot as the half ended as the Raptors took a 47-36 lead into the break.
Stoudemire scored seven points and Lin had six points and four assists as the Knicks scored 30 points in the third, but still trailed 75-66 heading into the fourth.


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Santa Susana Field Laboratory Interim Measures
Site Activity Overview | Facility Investigation | Interim Measures
Several interim measures have been conducted at the SSFL site. For detailed information on each Interim Measure, see below.
Former Sodium Disposal Facility
In 1999, DTSC directed Boeing to remove soils contaminated with dioxin, PCBs, solvents and other waste at the Former Sodium Disposal Facility (FSDF) also known as the Former Sodium Burn Pit. The contamination in soil remained a source for potential movement to surrounding areas and to groundwater in the bedrock. In 2000, over 14,000 cubic yards of contaminated soils were to bedrock from this area.
Following removal of the soils, the exposed bedrock surfaces were swept and vacuumed clean and mapped for fractures and chemical residues. A DTSC geologist collected samples to confirm that soil and bedrock were remediated to the required health-based cleanup levels prior to installation of a clay backfill cap.
DTSC will continue to monitor the cap's effectiveness and will share any results from the monitoring as they are available.
2003 – Happy Valley Perchlorate Excavation and Biodegredation at Building 359
This Interim Measure included two major activities: 1) removal and restoration of soils, sediment and bedrock containing perchlorate, and in some cases, metals; and 2) biotreatment of the excavated soils containing perchlorate at the Building 359 Area. Happy Valley and Building 359 are located in the east-central portion of Area I.
Excavation of soils that contained metals and perchlorate were completed in October 2003, re-contouring of soils, implementation of erosion control measures and restoration of vegetation in the Happy Valley Drainage were completed in January 2004. The biotreatment of perchlorate in soils began in Fall 2004.
The Happy Valley site was used for solid propellant research, testing and gun propellant testing between the 1950s and 1993. The primary use of perchlorate at the Happy Valley site occurred in the 1960s in support of flare research, development and production for the military, as well as for rocket propellant research and testing activities during the 1970s through 1993. Additional perchlorate use occurred in the northern portion of Happy Valley, where turbine spinners were tested in the 1950s.
1999 – Interim Measures at Happy Valley and Building 359
The primary purpose of the 1999 interim measures at Happy Valley was to identify and remove suspect explosives and/or ordnance items from soil and sediment in the Building 359 and Happy Valley Areas. The Interim Measures were conducted in accordance with DTSC-approved work plans. The scope included screening the subsurface for metallic objects, and then removing and sifting soil where metallic debris was present. The primary soil/debris removal area was south of Building 372, within the upper reach of the Happy Valley Drainage. Approximately 1,800 cubic yards of soil/debris were removed during the 1999 Interim Measures.
To learn more, please visit the Interim Measures Documents or Photos page under the Document Library on this Web site.
Radiological and Chemical Background Study
In November 2009, DTSC released a Draft Consent Order for Response Action. The draft order was developed following extensive public comment and included a requirement that DOE, NASA and Boeing conduct a chemical background study that will include a study of radiation on the site using data from the U.S. EPA radiological background study. The comprehensive radiological study will include a historical site assessment and address not only the 290 acres of Area IV (the property used by DOE), but the 182 acres of undeveloped land and drainage areas that originate from Area IV, and any other downstream areas potentially impacted by DOE activities in Area IV.
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Today is Presidents Day in the United States. It falls between the birthdays of two of our greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln (February 12) and George Washington (February 22). Many years ago, there was a movement in the Congress to consolidate the two observances into one holiday that would honor all US presidents. The effort never resulted in an official national holiday, but department stores and automobile dealerships liked the idea so much that they declared it a holiday and celebrate it by having huge sales to increase their profits and buy advertising that results in Sunday newspapers weighing five pounds. To read the confused history of Presidents Day, go here.
Among jazz blogs and websites, it has become a cliché to take advantage of Presidents Day as a reason to mention Lester Young. Clichés get to be clichés because they strike a chord and are repeated so often that they become a part of the collective consciousness. When Billie Holiday declared that Lester Young was the president of the tenor saxophonists, she planted the seed of a cliché that I am happy to perpetuate. Ladies and gentlemenon Presidents Day we present Lester Young in one of his greatest recordings. This was 1943. Prez with Johnny Guarnieri, Slam Stewart and Sid Catlett.
Oscar Peterson liked Young's final eight bars so much that he incorporated it whenever he played "Sometimes I'm Happy," as in this long version.
Jack Brownlow, who played piano with Lester in the 1940s, wrote a lyric for that ending.
I can find a ray
On the rainiest day.
If I am with you,
The cloudy skies all turn to blue.
My disposition really changes when you're near.
Every day's a happy day with you, my dear.
(©Jack Brownlow)
Happy Presidents Day.


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Video: Texas man arrested for 'rudely displaying' gun
The man was charged with interfering with a police officer and charged a fine, which he plans to appeal
By PoliceOne Staff
TEMPLE, Texas — The Temple Police Department in Texas released its dash cam video of the arrest of an Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran who was stopped while hiking with his teenage son and disarmed — a controversial arrest that led to two high-profile trials.
C.J. Grisham and his 15-year-old son were on a 10-mile wilderness hike for the Boy Scouts when officer Steve Ermis stopped them, according to KXXV.com.
A tense altercation began when both the officer and Grisham grabbed the citizen's firearm, which was strapped across his chest.
"Hey, don't disarm me, man," Grisham can be heard saying in dash cam footage.
"Once I find out there are no issues then you can be on your way," the officer said as he placed Grisham's hands behind his back.
Grisham asks the officer, "You can just stop anyone in the world?" to which Ermis replies, "For rudely displaying, yes."
Grisham told the officer he also had a handgun in his waistband and a permit in his wallet. Equipped with his own body camera, Grisham began filming the incident, then handed the camera over to his son.
Grisham was charged with resisting arrest for the March incident, which ended with a hung jury, according to the report. Tuesday he was convicted of the misdemeanor of interfering with a police officer and was fined $2,000.


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QuarkXPress 2017 is the new version that raises the bar for design and productivity. With non-destructive graphics and image editing directly within your layout, you no longer have to choose between efficiency and output quality. Create responsive HTML5 Publications as well as "unlimited"* single iOS apps and more. QuarkXPress 2017 is driven by five initiatives:
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|Belicoso, Churchill, Corona, Robusto, Toro
Montecristo goes Platinum!
The biggest name in cigars has now dressed itself in a new, flashy (bling bling) band. The Platinum La Habana Series cigar provides Montecristo lovers with a bolder, richer blend. Wrapped in a dark, Mexican Cubano leaf, the well balanced blend of Dominican, Nicaraguan, and Peruvian long-leaf fillers will give you that fuller bodied cigar that the traditional Montecristo may be lacking.
Montecristo Platinum received an astounding 94-rating, noting: "Every puff... imparts the dense, concentrated qualities of dried fruit, smacking of raisin, black cherry and baked plum around a core of earth and hickory."
These cigars are one of my all time favorites. I have had almost every size and I prefer the #3. It is a good value for the Montecristo line. I have smoked probably about 20 #3s over the past 3 years and the last one made me stumble around a bit. Awesome cigar...good value...good flavor!
I smoked the Platinum over the weekend and was thoroughly impressed. It is a very flavorful from start to finish. Excellent draw with amazing spicy notes. Definitely a must have for the humidor!
Friends- I have tried all the sizes of this great cigar and there is a difference. The Rothchilde Tubos (Robusto) is my personal favorite . It is a high quality smoke and the tube wrap makes a difference---more rounded and less of a hit. The Churchill will jazz you -- as noted above --give a nick-o - teen push at the half way point. I don't like that and the Roth mellows this out. A rich, nutty and leather style. No spice edges---so if you like a very rich, wood,mushroom smoke with coffee expresso overlay it is a 10. Very good burn, beautiful feel and wrapper. Flavors change after fist 5 minutes---and is just a pleasant high class smoke. Might have one touch up. Now one of my top 7 premium cigars. Go with the Roth unless you like a stong finish.
As you should expect from Montecristo, a very good, smooth, satisfying cigar. Consistently good to the end with an even burn. A solid "medium" flavor, as advertised.
Amazing! Nothing less than a 10/10! I've had them all.
Excellent smooth burning cigar. Highly recommend this aromatic and tasteful stogie.
Smoked one of these last night and all can say is wow. This was a very smooth cigar with no harshness at all to it. A med-full strength cigar. Hints of cedar and earthiness.
Picked one up at my local smoke shop last week. Wanted to mix it up try something that I normally don't keep in my humidor. I was not impressed, the cigar itself smoked and burned well but the flavor was very bland, almost non existent. it was a very light bodied cigar, very little after taste and left much to be desired. If you like a light bodied bland cigar you will probably enjoy but it seems to me to be very over priced!
althought a bit skeptical of the montecristo line, i tried this cigar (Montecristo Platinum - La Habana Series) and all i can say is bravo. a nice medium bodied cigar with a little bit of draw, this cigar cuts well, burns well, has a nice leathery aroma and wrapper (props on the eduadorian grown connecticut shade. very pretty) that will sit pretty in any humidor. it was a well balanced peppery-earthiness that gradually builds up until the end. i smoked it to the very end and i have no complaints except maybe the pricetag. a little much but a great every-once-in-a-while smokes. a definate 89.
I received the Montecristo Platinum (Montecristo Platinum - La Habana Series) in a weekly special assortment. I like the original Montecristo, and I was a bit skeptical of how it would smoke. Skepticisms aside, I decided to try it. It has this initial tough taste 1/2 way down the cigar, it was difficult to draw and didn't like the aftertaste it left in my mouth. The second half was a bit smoother, but nothing to hoot and hollar about. Honestly I have tried much better tasting and quality cigars for half the price of these (5 Vegas Series, all the Rocky Patel Line, the Perdomo Line...etc...). Really, don't waste your money - the inconsistancy of a single cigar was quite diappointing.
I tried the Montecristo Platinum (La Habana Series) after ordering one of the Friday Night Fights selection. I didn't know what I was getting but now can honestly say it's one of my favorite cigars. I'll be ordering a box next time. The blend is excellent & it smokes and draws beautifully. If your going to spend a few bucks on true premium cigar, spend it on this brand.
Out of all the various brands I've tried, the Monte Platinum is my favorite. It's a nice medium-bodied that is deceptively mile at the beginning but will leave you with a buzzing head by the tail. A real finger burner! The Platinum is such a great blend by the Montecristo folks, I heartily recommend it to anyone who likes the occasional cigar - It's too expensive to be a daily smoke, but for a special occasion it will be a real treat.
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by Walter Fox
Kate Shaffmaster, 92, a theater director who produced plays at the Allens Lane Art Center in Mt. Airy for 34 years, died Feb. 9 at her home in Mt. Airy.
Mrs. Shaffmaster started directing plays shortly after she, husband, the late Frederic Shaffmaster, and an interracial group of neighbors established the art center in 1953 as a way of reducing community tensions in an area that was undergoing integration.
Her productions of "Cry, the Beloved Country" and "A Raisin in the Sun" in the 1960s forced audiences to confront issues in the struggle for civil rights and offered local actors in a changing community an opportunity to perform.
In 1968, Mrs. Shaffmaster founded the Café Theater of Allens Lane where patrons sat at candlelit tables and were encouraged to bring their own food and wine. Each play was followed by an open discussion with the cast and director. She staged more than 100 plays at the Café Theater before it closed in 1987. (The arts center continues its theater tradition by producing five plays a year in a cabaret setting)
Mrs. Shaffmaster's whole family – her husband, two sons and two daughters – were involved with her in the theater as actors, ticket collectors and set builders.
In addition to her theater work at Allens Lane, Mrs. Shaffmaster taught acting classes at the art center, the Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Temple University, the Lighthouse Arts Camp in Philadelphia, and in the Philadelphia school system. When the Café Theater closed, she continued to teach and direct, and produced Theater in the Park productions at the former Spring Garden College.
She was born Catalina Morris in West Virginia and was adopted after her mother died in the flu epidemic of 1918. She received a bachelor's degree in theater from Fairmont State College in West Virginia. She and her future husband met at a radio station in Fairmont.
By the time the couple moved to Mt. Airy in 1951, both were experienced actors. They had performed in community theater and radio drama, and, while living in Cincinnati, had produced operas.
Mrs. Shaffmaster is survived by daughters Lisa and Kristina Meredith; sons Frederick Jr. and Eric; eight grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. Her husband died in 2002.
A memorial service will be held at a later date. Memorial donations may be made to the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, 612 Arbutus St., Philadelphia, PA 19119.


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Emails are sent to Honors students and faculty advisors for each application for an Honors project that is approved. An email is also sent if there are questions about the application. These emails are usually sent within two weeks of the application deadline (unless your application was received late). Please check your email to learn the status of your application.
Example Projects
Example: La Boda Mexicana
This Honors Project was done in Elementary Spanish. The objectives of the project were to learn about cultural differences and traditions when planning a Mexican Wedding compared to American weddings. The student researched customs, dress, vows, locations, and music and made traditional Mexican foods as well. The final product was a 20 minute presentation to the class, including food!
Example: Grapes and Lilacs
This Honors Project was done in Arts 1020 (Color). The student wanted to explore and contrast several painting styles when applied to still life in order to gain a more concise use of color and their relationships. The student produced four paintings of red grapes and lilacs with accompanying 2-page written assignments in four styles: impressionism, expressionism, cubism, and pop.
Example: Incidence and Causes of Ear Diseases in Canines
This Honors Project was completed for Introductory Microbiology. The student used cytological ear smears, which she then evaluated under a microscope to determine the cause of ear problems in dogs. She kept records and compiled her data, and wrote a 15 page research paper with at least 5 references summarizing her results and conclusions.