| Wines becoming liquid asset
Not long ago, Stephen Bachmann, a private-equity investor turned online wine store owner, posted a chart on his widely read blog about wine collecting. The dots on the graphic charted an investment starting at around $1,000 in 2003. They continued on a sustained northerly path -- up 100 percent, up 200 percent -- peaking above $4,000 in 2007.
If the average investor's E-Trade account looked like that chart, he would be popping bottles of Champagne. But the chart's subject did not concern the latest hot tech stock. It certainly was not charting the performance of a 401(k) retirement fund. The liquid asset in question was literally liquid: a single bottle of 1990 Petrus, a Bordeaux blend.
"If you didn't know what that was, most people would look at that chart and say that looks like a pretty good investment," said Bachmann, the founder of Vinfolio, based in San Francisco.
Walker Valley b-ball sweeps Cleveland
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The Finish Line Appoints Lou Spagna President, Man Alive
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Nov. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Finish Line, Inc. (NASDAQ: FINL) today announced that Lou Spagna has been appointed President of Man Alive, one of the nation's leading street fashion retailers. Mr. Spagna will report to Glenn Lyon, President of The Finish Line. Mr. Spagna brings over thirty years of experience in the apparel retail industry and a proven track record of leading retail divisions to success. Most recently, Mr. Spagna served as President of the retail division of Haggar Clothing Company in Dallas, TX. Under his leadership, this division experienced seven consecutive years of same store sales growth, making it a leader in the outlet retail segment. "Lou has demonstrated his ability to improve profitability, develop high performance teams and lead retail businesses to success.
Jeff Thelen's Blog
Thought you'd like this one. At church a few weeks back, a couple renewed their wedding vows to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. The preacher asked them where they were married. The groom replied "Saint So-and-sos. And a short time after our wedding the church burned down and the priest died." Without missing a beat my preacher said "Would you mind if we did this outside?" I had the luck of being at the Packer game last Sunday. What a game and what a day! After spotting the Seahawks 14-points, the Packers looked like an absolutely unstoppable team. And when that snow fell down, it was like being inside a snow globe, you couldn't see the people who were sitting in the stands on the other side of the stadium. But it wasn't cold! In fact, I kept my gloves off for most of the game.
Campaign Trail: McCain, Clinton Win In New Hampshire
On the Republican side, the comeback was just as dramatic, but not so sudden. A month ago, some polls had McCain down by 20 points. Her surged back to the lead, largely on the populist streak of independence that endeared him to this state, and a GOP primary he won in 2000. "I am passed the age where I can claim the name kid, but tonight we sure showed them what a comeback is, McCain said. He beat former Gov. Mitt Romney, (R-MA), 37% to 32%. The next big test for Republicans is next Tuesday January 15, in Michigan. While McCain won there eight years ago, Romney's father George was a popular three-term Governor there in the 1960's. We celebrate one victory tonight and we leave for Michigan tomorrow for another, " said McCain. Romney vowed to fight on.
Five ways to enjoy winter
Not long afterward, images remembering lost relatives became just as fashionable, resulting in a social and visual tidal wave of works incorporating often intimate expressions of bereavement. This show features 60 examples of this powerful 19th-century trend, including numerous pieces of schoolgirl needlework, as well as professionally produced ceramics, textiles and other objects. It also explores the symbols of mourning, many of which were based on the late 18th-century taste for urns, temples and other neoclassical forms.
Bare Witness: Photographs of Gordon Parks
Friday-March 30. Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk. Few photographers created such an indelible and varied record of late 20th-century America as the late Gordon Parks. Born in Kansas in 1912, Life magazine's first African-American photographer captured crime, poverty and the civil rights struggle as well as Hollywood celebrities and fashion trends — all with a straightforward yet sympathetic eye capable of creating genuinely revealing pictures.
Literary criticism
Earnestine Lawson of Vallejo holds some of her favorite books bought at Wal-Mart. Lawson complained and launched a campaign when the new American Canyon Supercenter opened with a very small selection of books by or for African-Americans. (Stacey J. Miller/Times-Herald) .
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