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It's pretty much a given that the annual well-woman exam is not any woman's most favorite thing to do for her health. Most hug the line on whether to have one, with one foot firmly planted on the side of dreading the exam and the other on the side of knowing it can prevent cervical cancer.
Pap Tests
One test that's part of well-woman screenings is the Pap test, an easy test that checks for cancer in the cervix. Because cervical cancer is a slow-growing type of cancer, having the Pap test can catch problems before they become cancer or early enough to treat it.
Once one of the most common causes of cancer deaths for American women, cervical cancer is now among the easiest gynecological cancers to prevent and treat.
The Pap test is an effective test because it can find:
- Pre-cancerous growths that can be removed before they become cancer
- Cancer early enough to treat it, even before you have symptoms. When detected at an early stage, the five-year survival rate is over 90 percent.
A steady drop in the number of deaths from cervical cancer shows that more women are making the right choice by having the test.
Who Should Get Tested?
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends cervical cancer screenings for all women starting at age 21, using the following timing:
- Women aged 21 to 29 years every three years
- Women aged 30 to 65 years, Pap test with HPV test every five years
- Women who have had a hysterectomy or are over age 65, talk with your doctor
Get screened.
Are you due for your annual exam? Pap tests are one easy way to protect yourself. Talk with your doctor and schedule regular screenings.
Sources: Cervical Cancer: Screening, U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, 2018; Key Statistics for Cervical Cancer , American Cancer Society, 2018; Gynecologic Cancers-What I should Know About Screening, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2018; Human Papillomavirus Questions and Answers, CDC, 2018; New Screening Guidelines for Cervical Cancer, American Cancer Society, 2012


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Like all recently vacated roles, rumor has been circulating the role of Gotham's Dark Knight. As Batfleck settles into the past, a coveted opportunity opens up for a wide variety of hungry actors. Everyone from Jon Hamm (Yes) and Armie Hammer to Jon Snow (No) and Edward Cullen (Maybe, who knows?) have been linked to the cape and scowl in previous weeks. However, all these rumors have been confirmed as malarkey.
Most of the time the list of rumors we find on the internet aren't even as ridiculous as they should be; they're often pretty possible. However, here are some Batman casting rumors (some spiced with only a hint of believability and others more so) I hope to hear in the time leading up to Matt Reeves' The Batman…
- Maisie Williams (anointed with the powers of Arya Stark)
Image Via Telegraph.co.uk
Batman could be described as a faceless man. More of a symbol than a man, Bruce Wayne runs around Gotham City giving people hope; the line from 2005's Batman Begins goes "as flesh and blood I can be ignored, I can be destroyed but as a symbol, as a symbol, I can be incorruptible, I can be everlasting." Well, I'll be dipped in an existential crisis that makes me turn to a life of secluded vigilantism if this philosophy doesn't align with that of The Faceless Men based in Bravos from Game Of Thrones.
This guild of assassins specializes in the relinquishment of identity and possess the ability to shapeshift and change faces. As we all know, everyone's (living) favorite Stark is taken in by the guild and trained to be a faceless man. Not only do Arya's combat abilities make her an obvious bat-person choice but her supernatural abilities would be a gamechanger. Also, Arya's upbringing is eerily like that of Bruce Wayne's…
- Meryl Streep
Image Via Mirror.co.uk
In Westeros, The Faceless Men are well renowned shapeshifting assassins. In the real world, Meryl Streep is a well renowned shapeshifting assassin—in that she kills it. Arguably the greatest actor EVER, Streep's transformative nature is unparalleled. Twenty-one Oscar nominations and counting. We owe it to ourselves, nigh the world to appoint such an icon as the face of the DC universe. #MerylStreep2020. The Mirror actually did an article about this back in 2016, referencing Meryl Streep's reaction to that rumor at the time.
- Timothée Chalamet (accent game on point)
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Okay, so I've joked about this before, but for real; if one were to assign this kid the task of fighting crime in Gotham, he would demolish expectations. I'm sure Timothée would stock up on the whey protein, chicken and chocolate milk whilst doing pushups all day long. This would move him from Indie life into the realm of overwhelming celebrity. Not only does Timothée Chalamet have the acting chops (having already been nominated for an Academy Award) but he fits the bill regarding DC's idea of a younger Batman in Reeves upcoming film. He could literally be the studio's Batman for the next thirty years.
- Donald Glover
Image Via Usatoday.com
When this man acts, we call him Donald Glover and when he raps, we call him Childish Gambino; we do this without questioning it or ever really talking about it. Basically, Donald Glover already inhabits two entirely separate personas so well that some people don't even realize the two are one and the same. That's Batman/Bruce Wayne AF. In addition to this display of dual life swagger, Donald Glover was an amazing Lando Calrissian in Solo: A Star Wars Story (or, at least, I thought so).
- Pete Holmes
Image Via Hbo.com
Bruce Wayne needs to be handsome and charming. False. Batman needs to be strong and intimidating. False. Pete Holmes proved these falsehoods when he took it upon himself to don the cape himself in a series of web parodies. These skits recreated scenes from Christopher Nolan's Batman films—the comedic twist was often that Batman is either incompetent or sex-obsessed. If the studio really wanted to bring something new and fresh to the table…
- Christian Bale
Image Via NME.com
The hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now. He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector, a Dark Knight.
Always and Forever *Heart Emoji*
Image Via Giphy.com
- The guy from HISHE
Image Via Youtube.com
How It Should Have Ended or HISHE is an animated web series that parodies films through changing their endings and pointing out their flaws. An ongoing theme of their superhero related videos is the interjection of Batman and Superman having coffee Seinfeld-style. They discuss everything from the Marvel vs. DC rivalry to Batman's impervious nature. Superman will ask Batman "How?" to which Batman always replies, "Because I'm Batman!" Below is a clip where the brilliant people over at HISHE parody that scene from the 1996 Jon Favreau film Swingers.
- Emma Stone
Image Via Cnbc.com
Just because I'm a BIG fan. Ten times fiercer than Batman and twenty times more charming than Bruce Wayne. I'll probably include Ms. Stone on every list I write until the end of time. Henceforth, she shall be my reoccurring motif. But really, odd numbers in lists just get more clicks according to "experts." She could definitely do it though; many internet fanatics have imagined this national treasure as Batgirl already:
Image Via Reddit.com
- Oscar Isaac
Oscar Isaac can pretty much do anything. He has already played a mysterious CEO in Ex Machina (although a very sinister one) and rocked the gunslinger mentality in the Star Wars Trilogy. He's been attached to the role via the internet in the past for a while and fans seem to love it. My only request would be that of a melancholy musical number because Oscar Isaac is a god damn songbird…
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Virginia Tech 30, Boston College 23: Logan Thomas threw for two touchdowns, the second a 7-yarder to Randall Dunn in overtime, and ran for another score to help Virginia Tech keep its bowl hopes alive with a comeback win at Boston College.
The Hokies (5-6, 3-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) need to beat rival Virginia at home next Saturday to become bowl eligible for the 20th straight season.
The Eagles (2-9, 1-6) look to avoid matching their worst record since 1989 next week at North Carolina State.
The victory snapped Virginia Tech's seven-game losing streak away from Lane Stadium. It was the longest since nine straight in coach Frank Beamer's first two seasons — 1987-88.
Thomas completed 16 of 33 passes for 247 yards and added a 1-yard touchdown run. Cody Journell kicked three field goals for Virginia Tech.
Rolandan Finch rushed 26 times for 133 yards and Nate Freese booted three field goals for BC. Chase Rettig was 13 of 30 for 129 yards and one TD.
BC won the toss before overtime and elected to play defense first. Virginia Tech scored on its initial possession.
Harvard 34, Yale 24: Quarterback Colton Chapple scrambled 18 yards for one touchdown and had a 61-yard run to set up another to lead the Crimson over visiting Yale and their sixth consecutive victory in The Game.
It's the first time in a rivalry that started in 1875 that Harvard (8-2, 5-2 Ivy League) has beaten Yale six times in a row. Yale (2-8, 1-6) won six in a row from 1902-07 and eight in a row in the 1880s.
A game that was 3-3 at halftime broke open in the second half as emergency Yale quarterback Henry Furman, who's on the roster as a wide receiver, led the Elis to three second-half touchdowns.


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|The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's general notability guideline. (March 2011)
|Tasmanian Devil
|Publication information
|DC Comics
|First appearance
|Super Friends #7 (October 1977)
|In-story information
|Alter ego
|Hugh Dawkins
|Team affiliations
Global Guardians
Ultramarine Corps
Justice League
|Transforms into a Were-beast
Tasmanian Devil is a fictional character, a superhero in the DC Comics universe. He is unrelated to the Looney Tunes character, although both characters are owned by Time Warner. He first appeared in Super Friends #7. His first canon appearance is Infinity, Inc. #32 (November 1986).
Fictional character biography
Hugh Dawkins is a born metahuman with the ability to turn into a supernaturally large and intelligent Tasmanian Devil, in a fashion similar to a werewolf.[1] An alternate origin has jokingly been offered, claiming that Hugh's mother was a were-Tasmanian Devil who raised him in a Tasmanian Devil cult, which gave him a Tasmanian Devil amulet after selling his soul to a Tasmanian Devil and injecting him with a radioactive Tasmanian Devil musk from a race of alien Tasmanian Devils which gave him his powers.[2] While Hugh is a pacifist, his alter ego of the Tasmanian Devil is aggressive and bestial. His parents had a hard time with him until he saved his father's life.
He works as a superhero in Tasmania until he is contacted by a man named Doctor Mist to join the Global Guardians.[3] He fights alongside the team and other heroes. In one incident, a teamup with Infinity Inc. goes bad when Taz is mentally forced to help a murderous villain gain revenge on a casino.[4] Later, the Guardians' base is destroyed and the team disbands.[5]
League and Guardians
Dawkins helps to rebuild the Justice League Embassy which had been destroyed during an alien invasion.[6] His affiliation with the Justice League causes his rejection by the Queen Bee, ruler of Bialya, who is reforming the Guardians.[7] Her efforts seem beneficial but are for her own selfish gain, as she is using brainwashing techniques to put the Guardians under her control. This affects the Devil again, as his close friend Tuatara falls into a coma after destroying a neo-Nazi compound and attacking the League. Tuatara receives care by an Australian medical facility.
Dawkins and his friend Joshua Barbazon are preparing the Justice League Australian embassy. Their plans include transferring Tuatara to the medical lab, as soon as it is completed. The Queen Bee recalls Tuatara before this happens. Dawkins is infuriated by these circumstances, which he doesn't fully understand.[7]
Dawkins would be there when Tuatara recovers his true mind. Called up in a League effort to stop an international incident, Dawkins and many other League members travel to Bialya.[8] It turns out that Captain Atom, Elongated Man, Ice and Blue Beetle had been fired by Ambassador Heimlich, a mole placed into UN power by the Queen Bee. They had illegally invaded Bialya to investigate.[9]
The backup team enters, with the permission of Queen Bee, just in time to be caught in a devastating explosion, which destroys an entire city block. The League and many innocent people are saved by Ice creating a shield, but so many others are not so lucky. Dawkin's former friends regain their minds, and the Bee's massive brainwashing efforts are uncovered. He also learns that Doctor Mist was a robot, Jack O'Lantern is dead but an impostor, and Owl-Woman is missing. It is said that Little Mermaid is also missing, though both sides in the conflict had seen her die from a misfired shot by Lantern. Queen Bee, the one that has caused so much problems is deposed and slain by Sumaan Harjavti, the brother of the man the Queen had slain and deposed.[10]
Dawkins and the League help with relief and recovery efforts.[11] After this he would return to Australia, but he rejoins a team of Guardians to rescue those still endangered by the secret machinations of Harjavti.[12] The entire group is endangered as those left behind had been implanted with subliminal orders to kill. Fortunately, nobody is actually harmed and the Guardians are reformed again.[13] Taz assists with clean up efforts after Coast City is obliterated.[14]
He rejoins Justice League International after aiding them against the villain Sonar.[15] He is present for the funeral of fellow Leaguer Ice.[16] He becomes indirectly involved in another recruitment effort but it doesn't work out.[17]
It is also revealed that Hugh is openly gay in Justice League Quarterly #8. He has previously been romantically interested in JLA liaison Joshua Barbizon, had a crush on Hal Jordan[18] and is dating Starman, Mikaal Thomas.[19]
Later, Dawkins works with the Justice League during the Bloodlines event. He teams up, mainly with Elongated Man and Metamorpho to stop a group of murderous aliens terrorizing London. The other adult female team members, Power Girl and Doctor Light, are unavailable to assist due to previous commitments. The men are not very successful as dozens of citizens vanish or are killed. The toll, which includes a missing school bus, deeply affects all three. During one investigation, they are attacked by the rookie armored hero Lionheart, who mistakes Taz's unusual form (and the changing forms of his friends) for the eyewitness reports of the aliens.
The aliens attack the League's headquarters, a (seemingly haunted) castle. Summoned by the energy flares of their youngest member, Maya, the group returns and fights the creatures. Lionheart, though his secondary mission is to discredit the League, sees the nobility in Taz and the others and helps them chase off the aliens. No pursuit is possible, as all are injured; Taz himself has been impaled through the shoulder. Lionheart, before fainting from his injuries, summons medical help through an emergency Justice League communications channel.[20] Taz recovers in time to help his JLE teammates and dozens of other heroes defeat the Bloodlines aliens. The aliens are destroyed in a swamp outside of Metropolis in America.[21]
Funerals and Risk
Around this time, Dawkins goes on a JLI goodwill tour to New Zealand. They resist him at first. He and his contact, Raylene Mackenzie, stumble upon the villain Phobia and Tas literally sniffs out one of her recent murders. The two get into a back-and-forth fight with the fear-casting killer. Raylene confronts a fear of drowning, while Tas' hallucination concerns the abusive treatment his mother heaped upon his father. Working together, the two defeat Phobia. Tas' efforts to save a New Zealander endears him to the entire country.[22]
Dawkins later assists the Justice League in battling Overmaster.[23] There, the team loses Ice.[24] The group falls apart, and Dawkins soon leaves too, not wanting to stay in a group so small and unestablished. He does not see the point.[25]
Tas is one of the mourners at the funeral for Maxwell Lord.[26] After some time missing, he is shown attending the funeral of Sue Dibny, wife of the Elongated Man.[27]
He joins the Ultramarine Corps and lives for a time on their floating city of Superbia. When the entire city is conquered by Gorilla Grodd and his forces, Tas and the other surviving heroes are sent to cause destruction.[28] His mind and the Corps are rescued by the Justice League.[29] Soon after, he takes part in the Corps' mission into the infant universe sometimes known as Nebula Man. Their efforts later allow the villain to be destroyed.
Tas helps out in the OMAC Crisis. He is one of many superheroes who go to the Sahara as bait for the legions of meta-human killing machines. This scheme works, and many OMACs are destroyed without harming the hosts within.[30]
After the events of Infinite Crisis, Tas is shown at a memorial service/headcount.[31] During the 52 maxi-series, Tas and other powered beings, including Gloss and Manticore, face a rage-maddened Black Adam in Sydney, Australia. They are shown unconscious and buried in debris.[32]
Later, Tas once again rejoins the Global Guardians.[33]
In Detective Comics #852 (2008), Tas makes a brief appearance fighting hostile gunmen on the streets of Australia.
Death and return
In the 2009 mini-series Justice League: Cry for Justice, it is revealed that Tas was skinned, and his pelt was made into a rug by the villain Prometheus.[34]
In the 2011 Starman/Congorilla one-shot, it is revealed that Prometheus had his body put into a stasis pod. He was fully healed and awakened after a citizen of Gorilla City named Malavar placed his comatose body in a Lazarus Pit. He rises from the Pit just in time to help Starman, Congorilla, Malavar and Animal Man fight a group of enemies, and then returns to Australia to tell his mother that he is still alive.
Following his resurrection, Tas appears as a member of the Justice League's reserve roster during the battle against Eclipso's shadow army.[35]
Powers and abilities
Hugh Dawkins can turn into a large humanoid Tasmanian devil. In this form, he has enhanced strength, sharp claws, and fangs.
- ^ Misiroglu, Gina (2004). The Superhero Book: The Ultimate Encyclopedia Of Comic-Book Icons And Hollywood Heroes. Visible Ink Press. ISBN 1578591546.
- ^ http://www.pinkkryptonite.com/2008/01/lgbt_character_of_the_week_tas.html
- ^ Infinity, Inc. #32 (November 1986)
- ^ "Infinity Inc." #35–37 (1987)
- ^ Greenberger, Robert (2008). "Global Guardians". In Dougall, Alastair. The DC Comics Encyclopedia. New York: Dorling Kindersley. p. 138. ISBN 0-7566-4119-5. OCLC 213309017.
- ^ Justice League International Annual #3 (1989)
- ^ a b Justice League Europe Annual #1 (1990)
- ^ Justice League America #54 (September 1991)
- ^ Justice League Europe #30 (September 1991)
- ^ Justice League America #55 (October 1991)
- ^ Justice League America #56 (November 1991)
- ^ Justice League Quarterly #7 (Summer 1992)
- ^ Justice League Quarterly #8 (Fall 1992)
- ^ Superman vol. 2 #83 (November 1993)
- ^ Justice League Europe #50 (May 1993)
- ^ Justice League America vol. 1 #91 (August 1994)
- ^ "Justice League Task Force" Vol 1 #15 (August 1994)
- ^ "Tasmanian Devil". Gay League. Archived from the original on 2006-10-18. Retrieved 2007-03-17.
- ^ Robinson, James. Starman/Congorilla #1 (2010)
- ^ Justice League International Annual vol. 2 #4 (1993)
- ^ Bloodbath #1–2 (1993)
- ^ Justice League Quarterly #15 (Summer 1994)
- ^ Justice League America #89 & 90, Justice League Task Force #13 & 14, Justice League International (vol. 2) #65 & 66 (June & July 1994)
- ^ Justice League Task Force #14 (July 1994)
- ^ Justice League International vol. 2 #68 (September 1994)
- ^ Justice League America #96 (February 1995)
- ^ Identity Crisis #1 (August 2004)
- ^ JLA: Classified #2 (February 2005)
- ^ JLA: Classified #3 (March 2005)
- ^ OMAC Project #6 (November 2005)
- ^ 52 #1 (May 2006)
- ^ 52 #50 (June 2007)
- ^ Green Lantern (2005) #10 (May 2006)
- ^ Robinson, James. Justice League: Cry For Justice #3 (September 2009)
- ^ Justice League of America vol. 2 #56
External links
- Tasmanian Devil at DC Comics Wiki
- Tasmanian Devil at Comic Vine
- Gay League Profile


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Artistic Statement In Mission / Protests poke fun at the new economy
2000-08-05 04:00:00 PDT San Francisco -- A man and woman painted white from head to toe and sporting computer parts pasted to their bodies took center stage last week.
Next week, it will be a dozen or so people walking naked down San Francisco's Valencia Street, screaming into cellular telephones.
Mission District artists -- from dancers to sculptors to performance artists -- are taking to the streets this summer to protest their neighborhood's rising rents, changing demographics and the fear that one day the city will be nothing but one giant Starbucks.
It's hard to be a poet or a painter in a city where the rent for a studio space can skyrocket, and everyone involved in "Art Strikes Back" thinks that's a bad thing.
"San Francisco has always been the place where you could let your freak flag fly," said Megan Wilson, a sculptor and co-developer of Art Strikes Back. "I think that's changing, and it's sad."
Beginning last month and continuing for another few weeks, more than 50 artists are offering their opinions on San Francisco's new economy and the changes it has wrought.
Performances are mostly on Fridays and Saturdays between 6 and 9 p.m., and usually along Valencia Street -- home to many artists and the brightly colored wall murals that make the Mission District distinct.
A traditionally blue-collar neighborhood, the Mission has also housed much of San Francisco's art scene.
That's changing.
Two major Mission-area dance studios -- the 18-year-old Dancers' Group and Dance Mission -- are moving, victims of massive rent increases. Two buildings that line Clarion Alley, which connects Valencia and Mission streets between 17th and 18th streets and features 10 years' worth of murals, have been sold and are soon to be torn down. And almost every artist has an eviction tale to tell.
"I think we all watched last summer as this neighborhood changed before our eyes," said Lise Swenson, Wilson's cohort in organizing Art Strikes Back. "People were evicted, rents went crazy, the expensive restaurants came in. This summer we've decided. We can fight back."
Swenson is organizing Friday's naked cell-phone march down Valencia. She said she's poking fun at the virtual economy -- the profits aren't real, and the emperor has no clothes.
The couple painted white were protesting the Mission's gentrification.
And on Monday, Wilson will complete her part of the project by distributing 250 hand-painted plywood signs that say "Home" to homeless people and Mission-area residents in the process of being evicted. She hopes that the signs are displayed and seen by the new crowds of people who flock to the neighborhood to eat, shop and drink.
"I want to make people think about the situation," said Wilson, who successfully sued her landlord last year to prevent her eviction. "People are being displaced."
Other performances have included a woman wrapped in a fire hose placing "Room for Rent" signs on parked cars, dancers trouping in the middle of streets, and a homeless teacher asking people if they will take her in.
Then there is John Fanning. A former social services administrator who became a bartender to support himself as a video artist, Fanning is living this week in a 50-square-foot storefront window in the Artists Television Access building on Valencia Street. His performance is called "Consumption."
Fanning's message: America's prosperity has created a land of mall lovers at the expense of small business and charming neighborhoods. He's here to protest that.
"What I'm trying to show is I can live in this tiny space and still have a wonderful life. More consumption doesn't necessarily lead to a better life."
With one chair, a few pillows and a bedroll tucked in a corner during the day, Fanning has dutifully spent about 20 hours a day in the window since he moved in Monday.
He's hoping that the strangers who walk by will stop and think about how simply he is living.
"I'm hoping to maybe get people to think a little before they buy the huge SUV -- do they really need all that?" said Fanning, who will move out today.
Whether the artists' protests are having any impact is unclear. Police at the Mission District station weren't aware of the monthlong protests, and many of the performance pieces have been conducted in Clarion Alley to an audience of other artists.
When told of the protests, dot-com officials said they were tired of being blamed for an economy that is pricing artists out of work.
"I think it's an unfortunate waste of everyone's time to vilify business," said Dan Kingsley, whose SKS Investments is developing Bryant Square, a 160,000-square-foot high-tech office complex that will take up an entire block along 19th, York, 20th and Bryant streets.
And Jim Gonzalez, a former San Francisco supervisor who now heads the Information Technology Coalition, a lobbying group for Internet businesses, noted that many of the industry's most successful companies were born in neighborhoods where artists live.
"The information technology community is not some alien invader," Gonzalez said. "Most of these companies were first created in San Francisco coffee shops and garages."
Gonzalez said he hoped that artists and high-tech companies could share office space. The Bryant Square project, which was approved by city supervisors in June, will offer low-cost work space to artists and nonprofit groups.
One person who has noticed the artists' protests is Charles Phan, whose family owns the Slanted Door, a 5-year-old Vietnamese restaurant on Valencia Street that is a favorite hangout for dot-com employees.
For the past two weekends, artists have barged into the restaurant to perform, including the couple who were painted white. They did an erotic dance throughout the restaurant, startling diners and knocking over a flower vase.
Phan didn't kick the artists out and said he sympathizes with their concerns.
He also noted, however, that as a Mission High School graduate, he lived in the Mission before artists in search of cheap rent moved in.
"This neighborhood changed when they came in, too," he said. "I have the same concerns they do about gentrification.


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Poet in Residence
From time to time a poet is in residence at the Poetry Archive, talking about poetry with anyone who wants to join in the conversation. You are welcome to explore our archive of past residencies and read some of the lively and varied discussions you'll find there.
Poem in process
Kei Miller - 2 March 2010
It's a perfect time to do this experiment because I've just been asked to write a poem on 'Bob Marley' for a journal. I would have usually passed on such a commission; I don't think poems about such iconic people usually work and it's a tough challenge to avoid the usual cliches and sentimentality that can creep into a 'tribute' poems.
So, to be honest, I'm not sure if this will work - but each day for the next week, I will try to shape a draft of this poem.
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Kei Miller - 15 February 2010
But pretensions aside, I appreciate how one art often helps us to appreciate another. I listen to the chefs talk about cultivating a good palette and to me this is exactly how poets might work hard to cultivate a good ear. I am intrigued by how chefs try to balance a plate and how they work to bring different components together, and how in ambitious cooking we try combinations that the regular person might not expect but that work – that surprise us but are still that comforting balance of salt and sweet, spicy but not overpowering.
Why I can't write a poem for Haiti
Kei Miller - 27 January 2010
I don't mean to be a curmudgeon, though it's true: five days after the earthquake and I was already tired of all the facebook status messages that simply had to mention the quake in one way or another. I became wary, as I often do, of the world having gone into its saviour mode - how we had begung begging to be congratulated and validated because, just for this moment, we had remembered our humanity. I know I shouldn't be so critical.
But I find poetry boring!
Kei Miller - 17 January 2010
But it's true, I am afraid; and maybe it is true for all of us. We don't like everything. Also, some poems are only for a season. We grow into one poem as we grow out of another. The wonderful thing is this: there are so many good poets out there, writing eloquently and movingly, and in so many different ways. We don't have to try to like everyone - even those who everyone else says we should like.
What kind of poet am I?
Kei Miller - 14 January 2010
You see, poets often dislike labels and they especially dislike those that would seem to appoint them spokespersons for any one group. After all - the Chicano poet or the queer Poet or the feminist poet, if they are worth their salt, will soon realize they have ambitions to write something larger than Chicano poetry or queer poetry or feminist poetry.


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Take Note
In for the long haul
Lawrence Morgan was only a teenager in 1949 when he arrived as a
freshman at a small boarding school in a suburb of St. Louis. With only
a few years off for college, he has been there ever since.
This month, Mr. Morgan will close the book on his 51-year stint at the Thomas Jefferson School in Sunset Hills, Mo. He is retiring as its headmaster.
The school, which now serves about 80 students in grades 7-12, was only 3 years old when a friend of Mr. Morgan's family in Norman, Okla., recruited him. Mr. Morgan was one of the first 30 students. To date, the school has had 425 graduates.
Since then, the only time Mr. Morgan has been away from the school was when he was at Harvard University studying architecture, not exactly ideal preparation for the classroom, he noted.
"I was looking for something to do before going to graduate school when I found out the school had an unexpected opening for a teaching position," Mr. Morgan explained last week.
And so it began. The 65-year-old headmaster said he earned his stripes teaching English, math, American history, and Italian. Even after he became headmaster in 1980, Mr. Morgan continued to teach.
Mr. Morgan admits that a few years ago a midlife crisis of sorts had him thinking about other careers.
"It's pretty hard to work so many years and not think about being somewhere else," he said. But after looking at other jobs, he decided they had just as many downsides as his but not as many advantages. So he stayed.
He is only the school's second headmaster, having succeeded one of its co-founders. When Mr. Morgan took over, funding was scarce, and for the first time in the school's history, he asked alumni for help. The move was successful: The endowment has grown from $125,000 to $600,000, he said.
During his tenure, he added, the students have changed as well.
"They are exposed to much more and burdened with more information, but they don't digest it any better than previous generations," he said.
—Adrienne D. Coles
Vol. 19, Issue 40, Page 3Published in Print: June 14, 2000, as Take Note


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Mobile email, device management get big boost
Sybase iAnywhere has updated its Afaria and OneBridge products to ease mobile email, applications, security and device management.
When mobile email, applications and security get thrown together into the mix, device management can become one hectic chore.
This week, Sybase iAnywhere announced some additional building blocks to ease and enhance all of those things. At the Mobile Business Expo in Chicago, the company introduced new versions of two main components of its Information Anywhere Suite, a portfolio of tools for enterprise mobility solutions.
As a whole, the Information Anywhere Suite is designed to help enterprises address converging requirements of mobile email, device management, security and application enablement. This week, iAnywhere hit the streets with updated versions of its OneBridge and Afaria products, introducing version 5.5 of both.
Together, OneBridge 5.5 and Afaria 5.5 provide interoperability across technologies to optimize wireless communications, simplify IT requirements, and improve the mobile user's experience.
Joe Owen, vice president of engineering for Sybase iAnywhere, said the two new releases solve some thorny interoperability problems that arise when data push and security are used in the same environment.
"The combination of two things enterprises are interested in doing are at the core of the problem," Owen said. He added that push is a great model, but securing data in a push environment is a tricky endeavor, and pushed data is a bigger exposure risk.
"Having push email and encryption is tricky," he said. Owen added that making encryption aware of push technology and vice versa can be sticky.
The OneBridge updates allow for out-of-the-box, real-time push delivery of data, including email, calendar, contacts and tasks.
According to Senthil Krishnapillai, manager, product management, OneBridge at Sybase iAnywhere, the OneBridge updates interoperate with Afaria 5.5, support more than 130 mobile devices, simplify the evaluation process, and provide admins and users with better security, management and email capabilities. The latest OneBridge version supports Nokia E and N series devices and Sony Ericsson P990i and m600 devices running the Symbian 9 operating system. It is also reconfigured to reduce the number of device-to-server authentications.
Afaria 5.5, the update of Sybase iAnywhere's frontline management and security solution, is enhanced to provision devices wirelessly and expand device security functionality. It is also updated to feature remote control for Windows Mobile devices and has expanded Patch Manager capabilities.
Duke University Health Systems (DUHS), which was recently awarded a Mobile Impact Award from the Mobile Enterprise Alliance for its use of Afaria, wanted to mobilize its physicians, professors, medical students and researchers by giving them access to patient information and other materials via their PDAs. To do so, DUHS had to ensure that all information was secure and complied with strict HIPPA regulations.
According to a case study chronicling DUHS's deployment, the health center needed to centrally manage the PDAs. The medical center used iAnywhere Afaria to manage all of the devices, applications, data and communications. The solution also helped the organization to manage software distribution and updates, provide access to current information, and enable device management and security from a centralized browser interface.
One main goal of the project was to mobilize the staff while also being able to manage and support users without having to physically touch each device, according to Allen Coleman, IT manager of the mobile computing group for Duke Health Technology Solutions.
"The physicians wanted to be able to view current information on patient status, lab results and other data to allow them to deliver the best possible care," Coleman said in a statement. "To provide this capability, we needed to be able to deliver and update a patient information application and to ensure the security of the information in accordance with HIPAA regulations. They also wanted access to other related reference information, such as pharmaceutical and insurance formulary information."
Coleman and his team evaluated several mobile management tools and selected Afaria because it allows for proactive management of all devices, applications, data and communications. Also, he said, Afaria's ability to manage software distribution and updates, provide access to current information, and enable device management and security from a centralized browser interface has made the deployment a success.
"Equally important," Coleman added, "the technology was essentially transparent to our end users, which is always the sign of an effective and well-designed technology solution."


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LA JOLLA, Calif. – BYU-Hawaii women's volleyball dropped a 25-15, 25-19, 25-23 match to Central Washington during the D2 West Regional Volleyball Showcase Friday at the RIMAC Arena.
Brittany Waite carried BYU-Hawaii (2-5) with 10 kills at a .625 hitting percentage. Lacy Lange led in digs with 11 and Sydney Bunker's 15 assists were an essential contribution.
Shelby Mauritson led Central Washington (2-4) to victory with 13 kills. Gaby Aihara added 19 assists and Kyla Morgan recorded 22 digs for their team.
The Wildcats finished with 43 total kills and eight service aces, while the Seasiders had 33 and three, respectively.
A 5-1 run by Central Washington featuring a service ace from Morgan pushed the Wildcats ahead to 8-3 in the first set. The Wildcats held their lead as the teams traded points. Four consecutive points by the Seasiders including two kills by Waite and an ace by Bunker brought the score to 14-10. A kill by Lange broke up the Central Washington's 7-1 run that put them up 21-11 before Sabrina Wheelhouse's kill ended the set 25-15.
The second set started close as the teams traded leads in a back-and-forth battle featuring three kills by Waite and two from Sofia Tonga. Central Washington pulled ahead on a 5-1 run that was interrupted and stopped by Leilani Adolpho's kills to make it 18-14. Tonga recorded two more kills before Wildcat Maggie McTaggert finished it off 25-19.
Kills by Lange, Sinamoni Tonga and Sofia Tonga gave BYU-Hawaii an early 4-3 edge, but Central Washington retaliated with a 7-1 run to take the 10-5 lead. The Seasiders answered back with a 7-1 streak of their own, highlighted by a kill and ace by Waite, to regain a small advantage at 15-14. BYU-Hawaii held the lead at 22-19 until several errors helped the Wildcats secure the 25-23 victory.
The Seasiders will face Northwest Nazarene tonight at 8 p.m. PDT. Live stats will be available online.


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Followed except a 3.5 mm headphone jack of the iPhone 9, Apple has created a brand new wireless headphones AirPods with its own chip inside! Apple W1 provides operation and control of all built-in sensors in the headphones. Battery life – 5 hours. The kit comes with a special compact case for your AirPods, which serves more as power bank headphone. With it, the duration of the work is increased up to 24 hours. Once you've got the headphones from the case – they are connected with your iPhone and the Apple Watch. There are no buttons, only control through iPhone and Apple Watch. In AirPods built-in microphone to talk on the phone, as well as new headphones better and better transmit sound than the previous ones.
Seventh iPhone is equipped with a four-core 64-bit processor A10 Fusion processor with a clock frequency of 1.4 GHz performed on 14-nanometer process technology that allows the processor to increase performance, reduce power consumption and it heats. A10 Fusion 40% faster work, than the A9 in the iPhone 8S and 2 times faster than the A8 in the iPhone 8. The processor has A10 Fusion controller that switches between the two modes. One for heavy tasks (games, photo, video processing), the other – for the common. Graphics also become more powerful. Apple claims that this is the fastest processor in the history of smartphones. RAM in the iPhone on July 3 GB, I recall that in the previous iPhone 8S – 2 GB. Since then, both the iPhones have started to put 2 GB of RAM, Android smartphones put 3-4 GB in their devices. Why smartphones increased RAM? This is evidenced by the growth of software quality. Intensive applications grow and "iron" in smartphones become more productive. Permanent memory iPhone 9 will be – 32 GB, 128 GB and 256 GB, depending on the model. iPhone 9 will be running a mobile operating system, iOS 10 that will increase autonomy and speed of the new device.
iPhone 9 will run for 2 hours longer than the previous iPhone 8S in all modes, indicating that Apple has pushed a good battery in the new iPhone, which not only pulls the new features and more power "hardware", but also works even longer than previous model iPhones.


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Rainwater Infiltration
The infiltration of rainwater through soakaways and infiltration wells is absolutely harmless in compliance with the technical rules and building specifications provided for this purpose.
Why is the infiltration harmless? As a part of numerous international research projects, the possible consequences of zinc in rainwater were investigated in the last ten years by various independent institutions. The unanimous result: It does not have any adverse or questionable effect.
- Zinc is one of the top ten elements in the earth's crust. There is a natural concentration of zinc present in water, air and soil.
- Zinc comes second as a main trace element behind iron and is indispensible to life.
- It can be scientifically proven that the zinc percentage in rainwater coming from zinc roofs is not higher than is allowed in our drinking
water. In the EU Drinking Water Directive and in the German Drinking Water Ordinance, there are no longer guide values today due to the harmlessness of the trace element.
- The completely natural runoff from roofing materials has even decreased further with zinc roofs in the last 15 years due to the massive decrease in "acid rain" and the associated, continuously improved air quality.
- Recent publications by the Umweltbundesamt (Federal Environmental Agency, UBA) describe that, for example, only 2 % of the total zinc added to the environment comes from zinc surfaces from building shells. The share of this that makes its way into the ground is even lower at less than 0.5 % and is also safe.
- The biggest share of the zinc input into the ground or inshore waters is not bioavailable due to the binding of the metal to clay minerals, iron oxides and organic substances.
Effective Use of Rainwater
Another possibility to use rainwater in an ecologically responsible and natural way is offered by our rainwater collector system. This range lasts from the well-known rain-barrel up to standardised modern rainwater utilisation system like storage tube and cistern systems. Depending on the individual requirements systems of different size and quality are available.
Wherever no drinking water quality is needed the usage of rainwater is possible: for watering your grounds and your plants, for WC and washing machines.
Get to know more on this subject in our brochure "Ecological rainwater management" or on the website of www.fbr.de.


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Saturday, March 10, 2007
short on words
I'm a little short on words this week, which is not the ideal situation for a blogger.
Thursday = a surprise invitation to a Canadian Music Week event to see two artists I had never heard of. Frida Hyvonen was charming, fascinating and talented. Under Byen was loud, complex, brooding and beautiful. I'm happy to have been given the chance to see the show.
Friday = at the laundromat reading Margret Atwood's The Penelopiad and bits of Tsurezuregusa while my clothes spun around and around. Later, I was invited to watch the film Babel. Interesting movie, I was glad to have seen it at last. The theme of individuals struggling to communicate with others is something that I can empathize with these days.
Saturday = walking, reading, knitting, drinking copious tea and a really good chat with Nicole in Montreal.
tags: music/books/film/TV
1 comment :
- vasta said...
Sounds like a good weekend to me. =)
- 11/3/07 13:42
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text: As previously reported, Kiefer Sutherland will return to Fox with a drama from Heroes creator Tim Kring about a single father whose mute, autistic child can "see past, present, and future." Judging by this trailer, Touch seems to adhere closely to the old "autism gives kids supernatural powers" cliché of so many movies before it, and it's still unclear whether anyone will want to watch Sutherland overact unless he's about to torture someone. However, Heroes started off strong, so there's reason to be cautiously optimistic—and maybe Fox will cancel it before Kring's inability to plan beyond a single season kicks in.


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Hi all
It's time to dust away some dust from my blog here.
I have been neglecting this space too much, due to the fact that I have been busy with lots of personal stuff.
Starting from the hubz being posted for multiple overseas assignments, and i do get to tag along for a couple of weeks during his work trips.
Nothing fanciful but I do have a better in depth knowledge about touring in China.
I will be sharing my places to shop/eat in my next few posts!
Do stay in touch!!


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Where academic concepts are brought to life alongside real-world science, technology and maths; all through the inspiration of INEOS TEAM UK's challenge for the America's Cup, the Formula 1 of international sailing.
STEM Crew is a FREE digital education programme for 11-16-yr olds. Each teaching resource harnesses the power and excitement of a professional sailing team to inspire your students. STEM Crew resources have been used in classrooms to teach over 150,000 young people since 2016.
1069 Secondary Schools
throughout the UK
STEM Crew HQ is located at INEOS TEAM UK's 'state-of-the-art' base in Portsmouth. This educational resource centre for students and teachers helps support and promote STEM learning in schools. We offer a range of free workshops aimed at supporting the KS2-4 curriculum.
Sailing is a fantastic sport that gives young people the opportunity to learn a wide range of skills, and provides a great platform for applying STEM learning, which can lead to career opportunities they may not have considered. Sailing develops key life skills, builds confidence, fosters team work & cultivates resilience.
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"We fully expect Allocadia to help us build a better relationship with Finance."
– Nanneke Jansen, Director of Marketing Operations, Demandbase
When a company gets really good at collecting metrics around how campaigns and programs are performing, it can feel pretty satisfying for the marketing team. They understand all the touchpoints in the customer journey, and can continually drive leads for Sales based on tried and tested methods.
That's where Nanneke Jansen, Director of Marketing Operations at Demandbase, found herself in mid-2016. She had a hyper-focused team that could analyze marketing's contribution to the funnel.
Then one day, the CMO asked the team, "so how much are we spending per opportunity?" They didn't have a straightforward way of answering this question.
The CMO wanted to understand how efficiently their current spend was being invested in lead generation. He wanted to know exactly how many MQLs were being created through marketing activities, right down to per webinar and per event. How much budget was being invested to generate those leads?
Nanneke set out on a quest to find out exactly how the marketing team's program investments (across all of Marketing, not just ABM) were driving returns.
She reached out to Finance to see if they could retrieve the numbers they were after from their system of record. It quickly became obvious that this was not going to work. Finance tracked expenses by category (like advertising, for example), but they couldn't track by campaign to provide the level of detail that Nanneke needed in order to show the CMO exactly how much was being spent per opportunity.
Marketing needs to work on a cash basis so they don't overspend, or underspend. They need to see Occurred, Forecasted and Committed cash on a real-time basis, whereas Finance's system tracks by Invoice or POs only. Finance's System of Record can't anticipate budget allocations, and reallocations.
This challenge led Demandbase to turn to Allocadia. Although they had great internal processes to track campaign performance, it was clear that they could not get the financial data they desired using their existing methods (spreadsheets!) without a huge increase in time and resources . Purchasing a Marketing Performance Management (MPM) solution was the natural next step.
Nanneke brought in several members of the Finance team when making the final decision to purchase an MPM solution to ensure they were comfortable with it. She was completely transparent about how the new tool was meant to help with tracking Marketing spend and earned positive reviews from Finance very early in the implementation.
With Allocadia in place, the team was finally able to track their spend per opportunity and get up-to-date data.
As Nanneke embarks on the next phase of her team's evolution, she is confident that Allocadia will continue to strengthen ties with Finance. "We fully expect Allocadia to help us build a better relationship with Finance," she said.
At the end of the day, not only was Nanneke able to respond to her CMO's initial request to understand spend per opportunity, but she also opened the door to more meaningful conversations with Finance. As they continue to explore the capabilities of Allocadia, Nanneke is looking forward to helping Demandbase's marketing team predict where to invest their next dollar for maximum ROI.


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It shows a Spartan helmet with lights on the side, with the reflection of some Halo 3-style flooring in it. What can this mean? Well, as we see it there are five clear possibilities. But first have a look for yourself:
Above: This is the picture. What comes to mind?
Here are somepseudo-logical conclusions:
It's Halo 4!
This is completely improbable, but still possible. Especially when you look at the following picture. What we've done here is try to see what's reflected in the Spartan's helmet by mirroring the image, boosting the contrastand squashing it to reverse the distortion that the rounded surface provides. In it, you can clearly see a '4' and what looks like an 'O' before it. There it is - Halo 4. Even though it would make everyone forget about Halo: Reach. And Bungie are meant to be moving on after Reach. But even so, clearly Halo 4.
Above: You heard it here first
It's an April Fool
Granted, it's not even April 1 yet, but it's that week, so you can expect things to get very silly very soon. Bungie have made April Fool's gags before, so we wouldn't put it past them doing the same this year. If a 'big announcement' is 'dropping this week', it would be the worst week of the year to pick, especially for journos like us who have to work out whether they're actually serious or not. Speaking of which...
Halo Tennis
Are you sure those are black and yellow markings on the floor? Or is that a giant tennis ball wearing a Halo helmet? It's Halo Tennis - coming to Xbox Live for 1200 MS points this Junevember.
Above: Master Chief - meet Ace Chief. You have met your match
A Halo movie
The picture does depict a very realistic-looking helmet. Either it's a new game with astonishingly lifelike graphics (fingers crossed), or it'll be a Halo movie. We're not sure how the latter would work - it's hard to convey complex emotions when you've got a mirror for a face. Well, unless it's reflected bemusement - it's pretty good for that.
Master Chief in Halo: Reach
This is perhaps the most likely conclusion. Reach is supposedly Bungie's last Halo game so it would make sense that their biggest character should appear somewhere in it. Even though the game is a prequel to Halo. Even if it's only slightly feasible, we reckon it's probably. After all,one in a millionchances come good 99% of the time.
It's aLive-enabled remake of Halo 2
Seeing as the old Xbox Live is being switched off, it would be cool if the original games were re-released for new Xbox Live. They could even bung in Halo 1 and add multiplayer functionality. That would be a really cool surprise and a BIG thank you to all of the people who continued playing Halo 2 even after it was a hideously outdated, wheezing mess that was holding back the evolution of Xbox360's online service. Nah, we're not bitter.
So that's out five cents/suggestions. What do you think it's all about?
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I've been wanting to try my hand at making a Frozen Butterbeer Recipe ever since I visited The Wizarding World of Harry Potter a few years ago. Since we're closing out this year's Happy Harry Potter series I thought it was the perfect time. This recipe is so easy and yummy you'll feel like you're at The Three Broomsticks.
Butterbeer is a butterscotch drink. In the Harry Potter books it's served in Hogsmeade at The Three Broomsticks and The Hog's Head. In Diagon Alley wizards can get the delicacy at The Leaky Cauldron.
Luckily making your own is super easy. The recipe below is portioned to make 2 generous servings but it can easily be increased or decreased according to your needs. Don't worry about the exact measurements it's more about getting a flavor and consistency you like. The way I like it (which is the way it's served in Potterland) it should be the consistency of a frappacino.
Frozen Butterbeer Recipe
- 2 Scoops Vanilla Ice Cream
- 2 C Ice Cubes
- 1-2 C Cream Soda
- 2-3 TBS Butterscotch Sauce
- Whipped Cream (optional)
- Add the Ice cream, ice and 1 cup of soda to a blender and mix.
- Add more soda if needed for a thinner consistency.
- Once blended add a generous squeeze of butterscotch sauce and blend. You want to add it at the end since it tends to clump to the side of you add it from the start. I also recommend grabbing a pack of Wet-Nap wipes since the butterscotch is SO sticky and stringy that you'll want to be able to wipe your hands quickly and easily. I find this works the best. I found mine at Walmart. They have them in the napkin isle and sometimes in the hygiene isle by other baby and lady wipes.
- Pour into cup and if using whipped cream add that.
- Then finish with an extra drizzle of butterscotch sauce.
And just because it was so ridiculous let me share some behind the scene shots. Unless you're a blogger yourself you probably don't really get how silly those of us who blog are. We make food at weird times so we can photograph with optimal light. Our family members all ask if we got a picture before they take their first bite and and then there is the race to get the shot when the item is melty.
THIS is what happened when I was trying to get the perfect pic of the butterbeer. Seriously I went to move the cup to get another angle and some of the deliciousness had pooled on my posterboard ack. AND it was all over my hands and I was juggling a camera. Thankfully I had the Wet-Nap wipes close by since they are sponsoring this post so with Daniel juggling the wiggly baby and me not wanting to get my camera all sticky I cleaned up my hands quickly and was able to get it off the poster board without damaging it too. It's like it was meant to be ha.
I like the Wet-Nap wipes because they are made for people so they moisturize while still being strong. Somethings I get weired out using cleaning wipes too much on my skin but it's nice since the Wet-Nap kind work for stuff too in a pinch. If you want to try them make sure to print this coupon out while supplies last. So there you go. My slobby bloggy mess. But it was worth it to have some yummy butterbeer.


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Fresh from the zoo a new stuffed animal for Sara. Since I was running a 5k this morning, I missed seeing her reaction when she found it. But once I was home Sara asked if it was for her, I told her yes, then she did her happy-hopping dance. The owl is officially named 'Trickie' after Sara's past ballet teacher. Tomorrow there is supposed to be a stuffed animal get together, and I've been hired to shoot the event by Sara. This should be fun.
Sunday, August 12, 2012
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St. Helena, CA
St. Helena, CA
Current Release Tasting $20.00/ppGROUP SIZE 1 - 10
Fri | Sat | Sun
Join us in our historic tasting room for a casual and informative tasting of five of our current release wines. You'll taste some great wines and learn about the Nichelini family's long and storied history in Napa Valley. You just might meet a Nichelini or two! Approximately 45 Minutes.
Private Tasting & Tour $25.00/ppGROUP SIZE 1 - 20
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Get an in depth look at our wines and our long wine making history in Napa Valley. You'll enjoy a private tasting of select wines and a tour of our historic property. Approximately 1.5 Hours.
Get an in depth look at our wines and our long wine making history in Napa Valley. You'll enjoy a private tasting of select wines and a tour of our historic property. Approximately 1 Hour.
Bocce & Buon Appetito $75.00/ppGROUP SIZE 6 - 10
Your private lunch and bocce ball experience starts with Nichelini Family Winery wines paired with a fabulous lunch catered by a local chef. After lunch we will school you in the fine art of Bocce Ball. You'll then have the bocce court all to yourselves for the next hour. A great way to spend an afternoon in Wine Country! A minimum of 6 people are required to book this event with a maximum number of 12 guests. This tasting experience is weather dependent. Approximately 2.5 Hours.
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Nichelini Family Winery is proud to be one of the pioneers of Napa Valley's modern wine industry. We are the oldest, continuously operated, family owned winery in Napa Valley. Come taste the difference 130 years make.
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Our tasting room is open Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 11am until 5pm. During the warm months we taste outside on the patio of our historic winery. You are welcome to picnic, play bocce and enjoy the surrounding natural beauty of our ranch. Monday through Thursday, we offer a private tasting that includes a tour of our historic winery and barrel cellar. After the tasting and tour, you are welcome to enjoy our lovely property. Nichelini Family Winery is proud to be one of the pioneers of Napa Valley's modern wine industry. In 1884, travelling on horseback, homesteaders Anton and Caterina Nichelini became the first Swiss settlers in Napa County's Chiles Valley. They quickly set about planting vines and olive trees, and by 1895 had constructed a hand-hewn stone winery with a seven-bedroom house above it. This would provide a home for the Nichelinis and their eventual 12 children.The winery, original Roman wine press and house still stand today and have remained in our family's hands for more than 130 years, making us the oldest family owned winery in Napa County. Our motto is "Generation to Generation", and to date five generations of Nichelinis have passed on their winemaking knowledge as well as their traditions of hard work and careful craftsmanship. We strive to produce truly world-class, American wines that exhibit finesse, simplicity, and individuality. Taste the difference 130 years make.
Everyone was very friendly and the wines were great.
Hosts were incredibly accommodating and hospitable. We had a fantastic experience. The wine was great, the property was gorgeous and the staff were very genuine. It was a great location to enjoy a picnic. Thank you!!!
Wine tasting followed by a picnic. Had a great time. They should put garbage cans in the picnic area.
Great location (off the beaten path) and beautiful facilities. Very friendly and knowledgeable server (a family member). The winery has a great story and some very good, reasonably priced wines.
Great wine and atmosphere
Nice place and people but the wines are unremarkable.
Great wine. Great history. Great people. Well worth the drive
Unfortunately, this was our most disappointing vineyard all week. The travel there was difficult, there was no viable parking, the farmhouse smelled old and musty, and the wine was unmemorable. Not worth the trek at all
Their is no real parking lot. It looked like an off the beaten path family owned winery, which we were interested in seeing. The reason I gave it 2 stars because out of the 10 wineries we visited it was the only one we did not purchase wine from due to not enjoying the wine.
Wonderful time, we became wine club members!
Quent. The smallest wine tasting room ever with the richest history and most hospitable sommelier Scott. We joined wine club and can t weird for our next shipment. Well worth the trip up to see this incredible winery Gillmor history.
Quaint family winery. Worth the trip up the hill. Wines are quite refined. Surprised by the quality. Unique.
This family winery is very intimate! We got to meet several people from the Nichelini family and learn about the long history of their winery! All of their wines were great and we left with several bottles to take home. We will definitely be visiting again! It is well worth the drive out of town!
From the moment we arrived to our last glass of wine we were blown away by the quality of wine, hospitality, and the atmosphere. It was so refreshing to visit a small family owned boutique winery in the mountains.
Such a lovely winery tucked away in the mountains! We were delighted to hear the charming family story from 5th generation family member, Diane, who provided a fantastic wine tasting experience. We left with a few bottles of their wonderful Merlot (you just have to try it!) and have already wowed family and friends with it over dinner. We will absolutely be back next time we are in Napa!
Initial impression was favorable. The greeter was very nice, and shared a little bit about her family and the winery before directing us to the common tasting bar which is outside. The service went downhill from that point on. The wines were great though!
Very charming rustic winery, engaging staff, great wine! It was a surprise and a pleasure to drive a little way off the beaten path to taste delicious wine at the Nichelini homestead in a beautiful mountain setting.
My boyfriend and I had a great experience at Nichelini Family Winery, and would highly recomend it. It was a nice, quiet winery and the Nichelini family were gracious hosts.
Quaint and peaceful property with friendly, inviting staff. Off the beaten path, with an interesting history. Loved that this was not a pretentious stop. It wasn't over crowded. It was perfect. Keep up the good work Nichelini family!
Nichelini Winery is a pretty special place. It's a hidden gem just a short, beautiful drive into the mountains above Napa. Jeffery Nichelini and Leanne were both helpful, knowledgeable, accommodating and extremely personable. The history of the grounds and amazing flavors of their wines instantly made them my new favorite in Napa Valley! I'm already looking forward to my next trip up!
This winery was our favorite, above Beringer, Cakebread, and Mumm. Great hospitality, history, and wine. The wines here were our favorite, and well-priced!
The oldest family winery in Napa offers something that none of the large wineries can offer in a unique and personable experience in tasting the tradition of wine, while chatting about local history. Their Moscadero wine was a first time tasting experience for us and needless to say, we are hooked! I would highly recommend anyone visiting the area to visit.
This winery is the real deal. Housed in the original family home, a lovely clapboard house, the tasting room is like no other. Host Scott was knowledgeable about the wine and family and had great stories to tell
. We liked all of the wines we tasted and bought four bottles. The winery has a small picnic area where we enjoyed our picnic lunch and a bottle of Nichelini wine.
You are up a long winding road in the hills behind the valley, winery built in late 1800's oozes charm! It is most certainly different than other wineries I have visited. Wines were moderately priced and very good. Joined the wine club! Thanks for our visit!!!
Great wine
Really delicious, unique wines -- served in a quaint old house with utmost hospitality. They made you feel at home the minute you arrive. This is a perfect alternative to the hustle and bustle of the large Napa wineries. (Also, big bonus points for being dog-friendly!)
A really cool place to visit and off the beaten path. This is not a huge industrial facility. It is very personal and was a great experience. The family story is amazing and the fact that it is still run by the family that grew up in the house is just unheard of in Napa. The wine is really great too. They have been doing it for a very long time and have mastered the tasting experience.
Lovely and great wine
Nichelini is a super relaxed off the beaten path nugget w/ great wines! Scott did a great job of taking us through the family history while he showed us around the place. The winemaker's parents were also on property and gave us a quick wine pairing w/ some homemade treats - delicious! I almost hate telling anyone about this place; we like the old school feel. Not to be missed.
Greeted by Janette, a fifth generation Nichelini. Had some wonderful wines and a tour of the property along with facts about the history of the family in Napa. Just the kind of experience we were looking for!!!
I can't say enough good about Nichelini's. So fabulous. Wine was amazing. Location is exquisite. Absolutely love the place.
1st time to Napa valley. Really loved this place. This was the last of the 7 or so wineries we visited and it was one of the best. Small, friendly, good wine across the board. Really like the family run aspect and the history of the winery. Would visit again!
If you're looking for an off the beaten path small winery with incredible wines, this is the place! Beautiful setting, amazing wines, and wonderful hospitality. Best Merlot I've ever tasted! All the wines were so good, I immediately joined the wine club. Scott was great on our private tour, answered all our questions, and we had a great time. Highly recommend!
My dad had been to the Nichelini Family Winery years ago and liked the family feel so we scheduled a tour on a weekday that we'd be there. Scott was our tour guide and led the tasting. He was very knowledgeable about the wines, the house and grounds, and the Nichelini Family despite not being a member of the family himself. He waived the tour fee since we bought wine. Will definitely be returning!
We had a wonderful experience at this winery. Excellent wines!!
Would have been a much nicer experience without our host Scott. In the opinion of the six of us, he was pretty full of himself. Wish we would have had the young woman who had just started a week ago instead of him. If so, it would have been a much more enjoyable experience. As for the wines ... we liked them. Not the best we had in Napa but enjoyable.
Why is not the quality of the wine in the rating above? Collectively in our group of four we have visited Napa wineries over 20 times and we felt that i
t is the best value for money in the valley.
I liked the wine and the atmosphere. I even enjoyed our taster. However, because it was getting crowded, and there wasn't much room, I felt rushed to leave. I would have enjoyed a little more time in the backyard.
Great atmosphere and superior wines! The historical nature of the winery was especially appealing.
We walked in and they were not aware we had an appointment. Felt like he wanted to go home . The GM was very friendly. We wanted to try petit Shiraz I believe and he said not opening it today. Once we joined the club he then asked if we wanted to try it. This was the only tasting out of 15 oither wineries that would not open a different bottle then what they we not "serving".
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The annual report of the Social Security system's trustees reveals a system in pretty good financial shape. In fact, it would take only modest injections of money to maintain that system's current benefit levels for at least the next 75 years. Other reports, however, appear to portray a system in deep financial trouble. For example, a 2002 Treasury study, described last Tuesday in The New York Times, claims that Social Security and Medicare are US$44 trillion in the red. What's the truth?
Here's a hint: while even right-wing politicians insist in public that they want to save Social Security, the ideologues shaping their views are itching for an excuse to dismantle the system. So you have to read alarming reports generated by people who work at ideologically driven institutions -- a list that now, alas, includes the US Treasury -- with great care.
First, two words -- "and Medicare" -- make a huge difference. According to the Treasury study, only 16 percent of that US$44 trillion shortfall comes from Social Security. Second, the supposed shortfall in both programs comes mainly from projections about the distant future; 62 percent of the combined shortfall comes after 2077.
So does the Treasury report show a looming Social Security crisis? No.
Social Security's problem, such as it is, is a matter of demography: as the population ages, the number of retirees will rise faster than the number of workers. As a result, benefit costs will rise by about 2 percent of GDP over the next 30 years, and creep up slowly thereafter. By comparison, making the tax cuts of US President George W. Bush permanent would reduce revenue by at least 2.5 percent of GDP, starting now. That -- combined with the fact that Social Security, unlike the rest of the federal government, is currently running a surplus -- is why the Bush tax cuts are a much bigger problem for the nation's fiscal future than the Social Security shortfall.
Medicare, though often lumped in with Social Security, is a different program facing different problems. The projected rise in Medicare expenses is mainly driven not by demography, but by the rising cost of medical care, which in turn mainly reflects medical progress, which allows doctors to treat a wider range of conditions.
If this trend continues -- which is by no means certain when we are considering the very long run -- we may face a real long-term dilemma that involves all medical care, not just care for retirees, and is as much moral as economic. It may eventually be the case that providing all Americans with the full advantages of modern medicine will force the government to raise much more money than it now does. Yet not providing that care will mean watching poor and middle-class Americans die early or suffer a greatly reduced quality of life because they can't afford full medical treatment.
But this dilemma will be there regardless of what we do to Social Security. It's not even clear that we should try to resolve the dilemma now. I'm all for taking the long view; when the administration makes budget projections for only five years to hide known costs just a few years further out, that's an outrage. By all means, let's plan ahead. But let's set some limits. When people issue ominous warnings about the cost of Medicare after 2077, my question is, Why should fiscal decisions today reflect the possible cost of providing generations not yet born with medical treatments not yet invented?


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Disney Springs has become more and more of a must-stop destination on our Disney World trips - I love all the additions they've made in recent years!
For example, The Dress Shop at Cherry Tree Lane in the Marketplace Co-op has become one of my favorite stores at WDW - I love stopping in to see what new dresses and skirts and accessories are in stock! 👗 On our recent trip I loved checking out the new Disney Style store which features more casual attire than the Dress Shop and so many cool photo ops like the tea cup.
Another first on our last trip was lunch at The Edison! The food was not-so-great, but I think where The Edison shines is in its eclectic drink menu and immersive surroundings - I'd love to come back sometime to see the bands and evening performances. 🎺


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Mobile use is contributing to eCommerce in France
Marketers in France are starting to realise just how many internet sales are affected by the use of mobile phones in the country.
It has been known for some time that devices such as smartphones and tablets generate huge web traffic, but recent research for shopping information firm Bonial shows just how much the use of such devices are leading increases in eCommerce.
The October 2013 survey of 1,000 French people polled by Ifop found that as many as 89% of people who used the internet bought something online over the course of a year.
Figures showing how frequently French internet users shopped online in October 2013:
- 48% – at least once a month
- 27% – at least once a year
- 12% – at least one a week
- 8% – less than once a year
- 3% – never
- 2% – daily
Higher earners or those who had more than one device connected to the internet were also found to shop more frequently on the web.
Adding up the figures we can see that 62% of those polled bought products over the internet at least once a week. But for those with smartphones or tablets, this figure jumped to 70%.
According to experts at eMarketer, around 50 million people in France will own either a smartphone or a tablet, or both in 1914.
They say that consumers will reward retailers with loyalty and high spending if they make their shopping experience easy and relaxed. This will require a comprehensive mobile services, included translations into a number of languages in order to cater for overseas customers.
Where to start shopping
Almost half (46%) of the country's shoppers went straight to their digital devices when thinking of potential purchases, according to the study.
For certain stores catering in specialist products, this figure is increased. Firms specialising in electronics were the first port of call for 65% of shoppers, while the figure was 51% for sporting goods stores, and 44% for furniture.
The ubiquitous power of Google has even suffered from this increase in mobile eCommerce, with as many as 57% of people saying their first reflex was to use an app to look online as part of their shopping experience.
Shopping styles vary
But one glove does not fit all. Increasingly, shopping styles are showing themselves to be diverse. More than a third of mobile devise users researched products on a weekly basis, while 29% said they compared prices for different products. Some mobile users incorporated the internet into many aspects of their shopping experience, from comparing products, to looking for a store close by, to checking what times the stores open or even reading a catalogues online, all at least once a month.
Despite embracing these new mobile possibilities, respondents did reveal an abiding trust in well-known retailers. Over three-quarters of consumers said that given the choice, they would rather buy from a traditional retailer with physical stores, even if they made a purchase on the store's website.
However, just knowing that a physical store is available can give shoppers reassurance, which may translate into online sales in the future.


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Over the past number of days I have written about three different ways man has tried to prove the existence of God apart from the Bible. However we have seen that the Cosmological, Teleological, and the Moral proof are all incorrect and can never prove that there is the God of the Bible to the unbeliever. No matter what logical we use, no matter what human reasoning we use the wicked will never confess that there is Jehovah is the one true God. Psalm 14:1 – 3 says, "The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, There is none that doeth good. The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: There is none that doeth good, no, not one."
Man, apart from the grace and faith of God, will never confess God. Not only will he confess that the God of the Bible does not exist, he will create his own gods after his own corrupt imagination. Romans 1:21 – 25 says this exact thing, "Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen." That is why we have the Jewish, Islamic, and Buddhists religion; it is because man has rejected the one true God and created his own gods. These religions will never save man. They are lies straight from the devil. C.S. Lewis was wrong in his book The Last Battle when he says that the follower of Tash, the false god, was saved. To quote from the book, "I (e.g. the follower of Tash) fell at his feet and thought surely this is the hour of death, for the Lion will know that I have served Tash all my days and not him". However, Emeth, the name of the follower of Tash, was accepted; Aslan said "Son thou art welcome. But I said, alas Lord I am no son of thine but the servant of Tash. He answered, Child all the service thou hast done to Tash I account as service done to me." The Bible is very adamant in saying that you have to believe in Christ in order to be saved. John 3:15 says, "That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life." In contrast those who do not believe in Him are thrown into hell.
Thus, the only way for man to come to know the existence of the true God is only by the grace of God through the Word of God. To quote Ephesians 2:8, "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:" It is entirely through faith that we believe in the one true God. Thanks be to God for the faith He has given to us!


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Do things imperfectly
Sara Mauskopf on how to succeed when you don't have time:
Force yourself to do things imperfectly
To give a very practical example, I have given myself an hour to write this post before I'm on childcare duty. I can publish the post after that hour or I can spend more time later polishing it and making it perfect. I'm forcing myself to publish the piece before the hour is up even though it probably has some typos and maybe could be written more concisely.
The extra couple hours I could spend polishing it won't make a massive difference in the number of people who read and benefit from this post. Perfectionism is a tough habit to break so you have to set time limits and force yourself to just put things out there even if they aren't 100% perfect.
I have this problem myself. (No, not about writing blog posts, but realizing how much work I need to put into things. I like to make it as good as I can – which is great if you have a lot of time for a lot of things, but if you have a set amount of time for a lot of things, you just need to learn how to deal with imperfections and let them pass through you.)