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CAP statement
Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment Richard Lochhead
Scottish Parliament
Wednesday June 11, 2014
Today I'm announcing decisions on how we will implement the new Common Agricultural Policy from 2015.
I will outline the key decisions on how we will implement Pillar 1 of the policy that is set to deliver £2.8 billion in direct support to our farmers and crofters between 2015 and 2020.
We are also publishing today details of the Rural Development Programme worth £1.3 billion over the same period, that's being submitted to Europe.
My objective is to ensure that these investments support food production, our rural economy and spectacular environment.
And that the men and women who deliver these benefits are supported and rewarded for doing so in all parts of Scotland: island, mainland, lowland or upland.
We know this support is vital.
Total Income from Farming in Scotland last year was £829 million – including £583 million in farm payments.
So it's vital that we get these decisions right - within the rules.
We now face difficult decisions on how to implement a policy that we want to underpin productive farming, but where support can't be linked to production.
And a policy largely decided on a European basis, that needs to be moulded as far as possible to Scotland's diverse circumstances.
It's been a long rocky road getting to today.
But it's now decision time. Time for clarity.
The new CAP is far from perfect and hasn't delivered the simplification we were promised. But at least it's far better than was originally feared.
At the start of negotiations, people thought the CAP budget could be cut by as much as 30%.
That didn't materialise.
Thankfully, the UK government failed to abolish or phase out direct payments, on which our industry relies.
But Scotland has been left bottom of the table, in payments per hectare, in both Pillars.
To add insult to injury, when Europe gave the UK over €200 million in 'convergence' money, because of Scotland's low payments, the Westminster government spread it across the whole UK.
Other governments got uplifts in both Pillars and are deciding how to invest them.
Today, I'm having to deal with budget cuts and mandatory deductions.
And this coincides with the biggest-ever redistribution of CAP support.
Because, 10 years ago, Europe committed to replacing virtually all activity-based support with area payments.
The Scottish administration at the time decided to put off the difficult choices, by adopting the historic-based approach.
Today, further delay is not an option.
Europe moved away from activity-based support because of overproduction.
But in Scotland, with 85% Less Favoured Area, the risk is the opposite - land abandonment, and loss of activity.
The government has worked tirelessly with stakeholders and left no stone unturned to find the right solutions for Scotland.
I'm under no illusions - the package I'm announcing today will not please everyone.
Some farmers, who were disadvantaged under the old CAP, will finally move towards a level playing field.
Others will see their payments go down.
But I have looked at every opportunity to mitigate the impact on genuine farmers.
Overall this is the best possible package for the CAP in Scotland, 2015 to 2020.
Given the major redistribution of support, the speed of transition is vitally important.
New entrants have lobbied for the Pillar 1 changes to be implemented in one step.
Farmers whose payments will go down have argued for time to adapt.
I must look at the impact on Scottish agriculture as a whole. I believe that an overnight transition would pose a real risk to not just primary production but thousands of downstream jobs, in the livestock sector in particular.
Given the level of reduction that many intensive farmers face, convergence will therefore be achieved over the 2015 to 2019 scheme years.
But we negotiated the ability to put those disadvantaged under the old CAP straight onto the regional average, through the national reserve.
I accept that the National Reserve therefore needs to be substantially bigger than the standard 3% as a quid pro quo. Stakeholders support this.
Encouraging the next generation is very important to me.
That's why Pillar 2 support will be expanded into a new entrant package.
Start-up grants will be the most generous allowed, at €70,000 - plus capital grants.
And the Pillar 2 advisory service will include specific provision for new entrants.
Importantly, in Pillar 1, we secured the ability to repeat the National Reserve in future years, so future new entrants are not excluded.
And a big priority is to ensure support targets active farmers, be they new entrants or long-established businesses.
We will make every effort to target every public pound at genuine activity - to target those who wear dirty wellies not comfy slippers.
This package tackles slipper farming.
Under the Scottish Clause, land with no farming activity on it will get no Pillar 1 payments.
I have also instructed my officials to add sporting estates, whose principal activities are not farming, to the 'negative list' - whereby claimants are excluded unless they can prove they're a genuine farm business.
These measures will ensure no payment on land with no farming activity – currently estimated at 600,000 hectares.
I will also limit entitlements to the area claimed in 2013 – to prevent tenancies being manipulated for unfair gain. At the other end of the spectrum, the challenge is how to reward the most active farms.
Especially in the livestock sector, where production per hectare can vary so much.
Moving away from the historic-based system helps.
Historic payments, by definition, don't represent today's activity.
There's broad consensus on splitting Scotland into payment regions based on land quality - and on targeting coupled support at 8% on the beef sector.
And there remains broad consensus to treat better land as a single region, at around €200 to €220 per hectare including greening - depending on the number of hectares declared.
But there have been calls to improve the way rough grazing is dealt with, to avoid overcompensation for the least active.
And we have a new weapon in our armoury – extra coupled support.
Month after month, I battled a UK Government that originally wanted zero coupled support before moving to 5%.
Europe finally agreed 13% for some countries, 8% for the UK.
Following discussions with Owen Paterson and Commissioner Ciolos, we finally secured clearance in principle to go up to 13% - putting Scotland on a level playing field.
We also had a second breakthrough - on regionalisation.
We've identified a way to split the rough grazing which is deliverable, because it uses existing land classifications fixed at the outset.
With these new flexibilities, we will address the rough justice in the rough grazing.
Rough grazing in the non-LFA, and in LFASS grazing categories B, C and D, will be one payment region with a rate of around €35/ha including greening.
The poorest rough grazing, in LFASS category A, will be a separate region at around €10/ha including greening.
But in this third region, I propose to introduce coupled support for sheep at the equivalent of around €25/ewe.
This is subject to agreement by the rest of the UK, but we will work with stakeholders on how to implement it, to minimise the burden of inspections.
On land with the greatest risk of inactivity, payments and stocking levels will be closely linked.
One further related issue is the issue of huge individual payments.
The top 5 recipients in Scotland in the current CAP receive between them over £7½ million.
The changes set out will, in any case, reduce that by nearly two-thirds – or more if they don't meet the activity tests.
But most farmers I speak to, and the general public, think there should be an upper limit.
So part-way through the transition we will introduce a cap on Basic Payments at around £400,000/year, after labour costs.
For the vast majority, this will have no impact. But it's a safeguard, and fixes the principle that unlimited individual payments cannot be tolerated.
This is a "five-pronged assault" on inactivity: the Scottish clause, the negative list, a third region, more coupled support, and capping.
Beef sector
The link to activity is especially important for the beef sector.
Productive beef farms were high recipients under the old system. Their long production cycle means it's hard to change quickly – with implications for upstream and downstream businesses
But beef is the engine room of Scottish farming, worth over £2bn to the economy.
A gradual transition will help.
And having fought hard for coupled support, I propose to retain 8% coupling for beef across Scotland, with 75% beef genetics.
But I am changing the payment profile, with double rate on the first 10 calves then a flat rate.
And subject to the necessary approvals I propose to introduce a coupled payment top-up on the islands at around €65/calf.
Compared with today, a 100 cow beef herd will get over 50% more coupled support.
There are, however, limits to what we can do in Pillar 1. So we must look to Pillar 2.
I have decided to introduce in the SRDP an ambitious Beef 2020 package.
My aim is to help the sector through the transition ahead but also encourage transformation.
Before deciding on the detailed shape of the package I shall want to digest next week's recommendations from Jim McLaren's Beef 2020 group.
However, I can confirm today that we will be making available £45 million of new money over 3 years for what will be a crucial and unprecedented investment in the beef sector.
Producers will be financially supported on issues such as genetics, performance and reducing their carbon footprint.
The beef package will be a good example of win-win outcomes between economics and the environment.
The CAP must support productive farming. But it must also protect biodiversity, reduce agriculture's carbon footprint, and conserve landscapes.
In Pillar 2, despite the budget situation, I've already increased the agri-environment budget by over £10 million per year.
But the new CAP also has greening in Pillar 1.
The challenge here was how to deliver environmental benefit, without a disproportionate hit on farming operations.
For the 3 crop rule, we negotiated substantial improvements.
But there's still an issue for specialist barley producers.
With stakeholders, we've identified an alternative approach based on winter cover that gives equally good environmental outcomes without affecting production.
This will have to be approved by the European Commission, and the approval procedure is not yet known.
But our intention is to implement this as soon as we can, in 2015 if possible.
I always said there should be more on climate change in the CAP package, and I am using Pillar 2 to fund carbon audits for farms.
We've also looked at options under the permanent grassland measure in Pillar 1.
Subject to Commission approval, farmers covered by the permanent grassland measure will need to have a fertiliser plan. In later years, we may ask for this to be backed by soil analysis.
This is a modest light touch requirement which many farmers do anyway to deliver the win-win of reduced carbon footprint and improved profitability.
The final greening measure concerns Ecological Focus Areas. We have to decide what features to count against the 5% EFA requirement.
I want to give farmers credit for the features they already have. But there's a balance to be struck.
Counting every tree would create a mapping nightmare for farmers – and run the risk of EU penalties.
So after detailed work with stakeholders, I have decided to go as far as I can, and to include as EFA:
• buffer strips
• fallow
• field margins – including hedges and ditches
• Catch and cover crops
• And Nitrogen-fixing crops – subject to management conditions that help biodiversity while allowing for crop production.
We will continue to work with stakeholders on the details, including the use of optional weighting factors and coefficients.
I have also decided to strengthen the rules on buffer strips under the 'Good Condition' element of cross compliance rules.
Scotland has a great story to tell. Our food production has a fantastic international reputation as clean and green.
But we must stay ahead of our competitors.
Farming is on a journey towards ever more sustainable systems. Today's announcements are part of that, and I will convene a major conference early next year, to bring together these commercial and environmental agendas.
Impact of the new CAP
I've explained how this new CAP package will impact on some particular sectors within Scottish agriculture.
But in designing the package I have balanced the impacts across farming as a whole.
For example, these latest changes to improve targeting for beef and sheep have no real impact on the dairy or arable sectors who will also benefit from the five year transition.
Sectors that have been frozen out – such as deer farmers, will be eligible for the first time.
And the move to area-based payments is positive for crofters and for the Highlands and Islands.
In response to the consultation exercise I am decided reinstating a separate capital grant scheme for crofters with its own budget.
The wider Rural Development Programme supports rural communities, forestry, the environment, food and drink, small business and of course the £459m LFASS budget is maintained to underpin our more fragile communities.
But, however well we have put this package together, there's always the risk of unforeseen consequences.
Despite the EU's rhetoric about simplification, this is the most complex CAP ever.
Under EU rules, some of the decisions I'm announcing today can be revisited each year – such as on coupled support.
But others can only be reviewed once, or not at all.
That doesn't seem sensible.
Not when we're working hard to underpin food production, but we're not allowed to link payments to activity!
We've addressed the rough justice in the rough grazing. But no change till 2021 seems too harsh.
So I am calling on the EU to permit a full Health Check of the new CAP at the midpoint of the programme.
It would be naïve to pretend the new CAP, as decided by Europe, is perfect for Scotland.
Also there are important details still to be worked up, with stakeholders.
And that the package requires clearances and approval with the UK and Brussels.
Look at the new policy with a magnifying glass, and I'm sure we'll find anomalies and rough justice.
But I believe the government has exploited the positive aspects, and minimised the anomalies.
Giving us the best possible package in the circumstances.
Despite the constraints in the EU rules, the outrageous budget position, and often turbulent market conditions, we are confident that this package reflects Scotland's priorities and lays the foundations for a successful Scottish agricultural industry for years to come.


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On 29 January 2016, the OT at Donetsk BCP observed a police escort, a bus, and a military truck (URAL) arriving at the Ukrainian officials' camp from direction of the Russian Federation. The OT counted around 12 Ukrainian officials (Border Guards) getting out of the bus. Later, some Ukrainian officials got into the bus and all three vehicles left the camp in the direction of the RF. One can conclude that it was the Ukrainian officials' rotation.
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In the tradition of Motts' Movers, 'Movers & Shakers' looks at those players making a big impact (or no impact) over a short amount of time. Now is definitely not the time for any long-winded analysis so I'll give a quick run-down of the Movers & Shakers in each position. This weeks Movers & Shakers are (Player, Club, Current Price, Average, 3-Round Average):
Taylor Adams (GEE) $587k, 108, 124
Zach Tuohy (GEE) $459k, 89, 106
Dylan Roberton (STK) $440k, 95, 88
Tom McDonald (MEL) $417k, 87, 74
Jarrod Harbrow (GCS) $315k, 79, 48
Tom Mitchell (HAW) $608k, 119, 132
Josh Kelly (GWS) $594k, 115, 134
Nat Fyfe (FRE) $603k, 108, 132
David Zaharakis (ESS) $528k, 91, 123
Zach Merrett (ESS) $489k, 108, 85
Brad Ebert (PTA) $459k, 101, 83
Matthew Kreuzer (CAR) $570k, 110, 117
Sam Jacobs (ADE) $492k, 95, 100
Callum Sinclair (SYD) $412k, 78, 69
Jack Macrae (WBD) $568k, 106, 123
Patrick Ryder (PTA) $543k, 102, 108
Jack Billings (STK) $501k, 92, 112
Luke Dahlhaus (WBD) $412k, 92, 78
Joe Daniher (ESS) $431k, 86, 74
Have you got these big Movers for the Finals Series? Or are there too many Shakers hurting your Premiership chances? Tell the SCT Coaches all about it…………
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After many years working in retail sales on Michigan Avenue, Randy has been a licensed real estate broker for the last five years. As a born and raised New Yorker (who loves bagels), Randy has called Chicago home for over a decade, and announces himself as a proud Chicagoan. "It just feels like home," he says.
Randy's laid-back demeanor puts his clients at ease and allows him to better understand their real estate goals. Whether working with buyers, sellers, investors, or landlords, Randy is able to help his clients navigate Chicagoland's competitive housing market.
Randy is proud of his industry success and notes that his greatest accomplishment as a licensed broker was listing and selling a 47-unit commercial building in Oak Park—a multi-million dollar transaction he achieved with no previous commercial experience. Randy also specializes in neighborhoods along the lakefront from Evanston to South Loop, with special attention to high rise properties.
Outside of real estate, Randy loves sports. From hockey to Formula One racing to the NFL, Randy's even in the Dream Town fantasy football league (and as of writing this, is upset that he is second in points and unlikely to make the playoffs). Randy enjoys buying books from Lakeview's Unabridged Bookstore or grabbing a bite at his favorite eateries—Calo in Andersonville or Himmel's in Lincoln Square.


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The next club social will be on Sunday 2nd April in the Frog and Fiddle on the Lower High Street. We've hired the green room and there will be chips and mayonnaise, in true Belgian fashion. Hope to see lots of you there.
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- Pyruvate oxidation by the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex is a required step before the Kreb's cycle can begin.
- Two molecules of pyruvate generate two molecules of acetyl coA to enter the Kreb's cycle
- A series of enzyme controlled reactions occur in a cycle, forming (=2 ATP, 6 NADH, 2 FADH2, 4 CO2, and 6 H+ from each starting glucose molecule
- The high energy electron carriers NADH and FADH2 then proceed to the electron transport chain to facilitate the production of ATP.
In living organisms, glucose is the molecule that is processed to derive energy, in the form of ATP. When a molecule of glucose is taken up by a cell, it is broken down in the cytoplasm into pyruvate during the process of glycolysis. What happens next depends on whether the pyruvate enters the aerobic respiration path or the anaerobic respiration path, before it ultimately allows for ATP production and the release of carbon dioxide (CO2) and water (H2O) as by-products.
At the end of glycolysis, two pyruvate molecules are produced that still contain lots of energy that the cell can utilise. The steps that follow glycolysis are pyruvate oxidation and the Kreb's cycle, which ultimately feed in to the electron transport chain.
Pyruvate oxidation
Pyruvate oxidation is much shorter than the other steps of cellular respiration, it is key in linking glycolysis and the Kreb's cycle.
Pyruvate (a 3 carbon molecule) is converted to acetyl CoA, a two-carbon molecule attached to coenzyme A. This reaction releases a molecule of carbon dioxide and reduces a NAD+ to NADH. In eukaryotes, pyruvate oxidation takes place in the matrix, the central compartment of mitochondria. Acetyl-CoA, acts as fuel for the Kreb's cycle (also called the citric acid cycle). Before the reactions in this process can begin, pyruvate must enter the mitochondrion, passing through its inner membrane and to the matrix. In the matrix, pyruvate is modified in a series of steps:
Firstly, a carboxyl group is removed from pyruvate and released as carbon dioxide. The resulting two carbon molecule is oxidized, and NAD+ acts as the electron acceptor for the lost electrons, forming NADH. The oxidized two-carbon molecule is attached to Coenzyme A to form acetyl CoA. Acetyl CoA carries the acetyl group to the Kreb's cycle.
The Kreb's Cycle
The Kreb's cycle is a series of reactions that take place in the mitochondria of eukaryotic cells. The Kreb's cycle consists of 8 enzyme-controlled steps. The function of the Kreb's Cycle is to collect high-energy electrons from the reactions that are carried out during it. These electrons are transported by carriers NADH and FADH2 to future steps in the process of respiration.
Firstly, acetyl CoA adds its two carbon group to the first molecule in the Kreb's cycle, oxaloacetate. This produces citrate. Citrate is then converted to its isomer, isocitrate, by removing one water molecule and replacing it with another.
Next, isocitrate is oxidised, reducing NAD+ to NADH, and a molecule of CO2 is lost. This produces the compound α-ketoglutarate. Another CO2 is lost from α-ketoglutarate, and the resulting compound is oxidised, reducing NAD+ to NADH. This intermediate molecule is then attached to coenzyme A, forming succinyl CoA.
The CoA enzyme is displaced by the addition of a phosphate group, which is transferred to GDP, a molecule similar to ADP. This forms GTP, and this can be used to generate ATP in some cases. The resulting molecule is Succinate, which is then oxidised, forming fumarate. FAD accepts the electrons from succinate, and is reduced to FADH2. A water molecule is added to fumarate, which rearranges the bonds in the substrate, forming the compound malate. Malate is then oxidised, reducing NAD+ to NADH and regenerating ocalocetate to begin the cycle again. The fact that the same compound both completes and begins the process is why the reactions are referred to as a cycle. The reactions in the cycle are most easily viewed in a diagram, allowing better visualisation of the changes to the molecules throughout the process.
Throughout this process, one molecule of acetyl CoA generates 1 ATP, 3 NADH, 1 FADH2, 2 CO2, and 3 H+. Two acetyl CoA molecules are generated from the two pyruvic acid molecules produced in glycolysis, the number of these molecules produced by the Kreb's cycle is doubled (2 ATP, 6 NADH, 2 FADH2, 4 CO2, and 6 H+). Pyruvate oxidation also generates two additional NADH molecules.
NADH and FADH2 move on to the final phase of cellular respiration, where they undergo oxidative phosphorylation to generate more ATP.
References and further reading
http://course1.winona.edu (Image pyruvate oxidation)
https://www.slideshare.net/veneethmathew/09-lecture-cellrespiration (Image cycle – from Campbell & Reeves Biology)
Campbell, Neil A., and Jane B. Reece. Biology (8th Edition). San Francisco: Benjamin Cummings, 2007.


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A man wanted to buy his son a parrot as a birthday present.
The next day he went to the pet shop and saw three identical parrots in
a cage.
He asked the clerk, 'how much for the parrot on the right?
The owner said it was Rs. 2500.
'Rs. 2500.', the man said. 'Well what does he do?
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Office 2000, responds the clerk.
He can do all of your spreadsheets and type all of your
The man then asked what the second parrot cost.
The clerk replied, Rs. 5000, but he not only knows Office 2000,
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Finally, the man inquired about the cost of the last
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Guests attending the Radford Dale tasting at I ♥ my Laundry last night were astounded at the difference in the taste of a wine when it is evaluated in a standard restaurant glass, compared to a varietal specific glass made by Riedel.
Led by passionate wine-lover Tarryn Thomas, new Cape representative of Reciprocal Wines, owned by wine guru Michael Fridjhon and importers of wines and agents for Riedel glassware, she did tastings of the Radford Dale wines, first in what she called a 'Joker' glass one would typically find in a restaurant, one design for all white wines, and another for all red wines. Then we tasted the same wine in a Riedel varietal-specific wine glass, and the difference was unbelievable. Even if the same wine is tasted in two different Riedel glass types, the aroma and taste of the wine differs, the varietal-specific glass bringing out the best in each of the wines we tasted, each introduced by charming and eloquent winemaker Jacques de Klerk:
* The Chardonnay 2010 had a different texture in the Riedel glass, being a surprise even to Jacques, and he was instantly hooked, as the Riedel Chardonnay Montrachet glass brought out the best in his wooded wine, giving brioche and fruit at the back of the palate. In the Riedel Chardonnay glass the taste was much softer and more velvety.
* The Chenin Blanc 2012 was tasted in an unwooded white blend glass, and once again tasted far better in the Riedel-varietal glass, even compared to tasting it in a Riedel Chardonnay glass, the citrus and intense fruit notes coming to the fore best. This is their flagship wine, being 100% barrel fermented and matured.
* The Pinot Noir 2012 was said to be 'Wimbledon', all strawberries and cream, as well as blackberries. When tasted in the 'Joker' glass, the wine had almost no aroma and the tannins were upfront, and could even make a wine taste corked, compared to drinking it in a Riedel Pinot Noir glass. The Radford Dale Pinot Noir grapes come from Elgin, which Jacques said is the leading terroir for Pinot Noir, with amazing soil types, high altitude, and true winter dormancy. He described this grape variety as being 'heart breaking', difficult to make, but getting better in South Africa. The grapes are harvested early, and he does not go 'for a raspberry Kool- Aid style', he explained descriptively, it having 'powdery type tannins', creating a 'satin feel, almost lace like'.
* Black Rock 2009 is a Rhone blend of 71% Shiraz, 13% Carignan, 12% Grenache, 3% Mourvedre, and 1% Viognier, and was described as having a new car smell and spice aroma. It is 'big, bold, and mouthwateringly good" in the Riedel Shiraz glass, said Jacques. The Syrah grapes come from the Perdeberg in the Swartland, a region with ancient granite soils, the vines never being irrigated.
* The Shiraz 2009 had been decanted in the unusually shaped Escargot decanter, as 'wine and air are best friends', especially for younger wines, 'bringing the flavours and textures out of them', Jacques said. The grapes come from17 year old trellised vines in the Helderberg, which has 'koffieklip', pebbles in the shape of coffee beans. The grapes are unirrigated, the clay soil giving the wines a water reserve. The wine has paprika, clove, and violet aromas. It is low in sulphur.
* The Pinotage 2012 is named after Dr Frrankenstein, a humorous ode to the founder of the grape variety, being Dr Abraham Perold, and because Pinotage has been seen to be a monster by some who do not like the varietal. Jacques did say that if you treat it well as a winemaker, it gets better. Riedel does not have a Pinotage tasting glass, and encouraged the producers to club together for Riedel to make a Pinotage tasting glass mould.
* A vine-dried unfiltered dessert wine, fermented in old barrels for one year, and not made from bortrytised grapes, was a sweet end to an interesting tasting. This wine is mainly produced for own use.
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Riedel would like top restaurants and wine estates to stock their glasses, to bring out the best in their wines. Riedel is used at Creation and Hamilton Russell in Hermanus, Delaire Graff, La Motte, Rust en Vrede, Waterkloof, Reuben's Franschhoek, and the Kove restaurant group, including Pepenero, Paranga, Zenzero and Bungalow. Tarryn is willing to do tastings of South African wine varietals in Cape Town, and is a passionate champion for our local wines, having worked with Fridjhon for the past eight years.
Sales and Marketing Manager Angela Jordaan explained that The Winery of Good Hope was established by Alex Dale, British born but who grew up in Burgundy, and winemaker Ben Radford, in conjunction with Edouard Labeye, who lives in the Rhone valley, and is the master blender, coming to the wine estate four times a year. Chenin Blanc, Pinot Noir, and Shiraz are the three lead varietals of the company, which has four brands: Radford Dale, The Winery of Good Hope (Bush Vine Pinotage, Oceanside Cabernet Sauvignon-Merlot, Mountainside Shiraz, Reserve Pinot Noir, Bush Vine Chenin Blanc, and Unoaked Chardonnay), Land of Hope (an empowerment project which receives 50% of the proceeds in the Land of Hope Trust, to fund the education of the children and relatives of their farm workers, with a Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon and Reserve Chenin Blanc), and Vinum Africa (Cabernet Sauvignon and Chenin Blanc). All the wines of the company have screw caps, making them age better, giving the wines a better colour, and holding their structure better, Angela said. About three quarters of the wine is exported to eleven countries. The local market is important, but tough to crack, given the oversupply of wines in general. She emphasised that the passion of the company is to make quality wines.
The difference in taste of the Radford Dale wines in different glasses, and the enhanced taste of each wine in the appropriate Riedel varietal glass was an eye-opener to each of the guests at the tasting!
Riedel: The Wine Glass Company, The Reciprocal Wine Trading Company. Tel 073 304 7201. www.reciprocal.co.za Twitter: @ReciprocalWine
Radford Dale, The Winery of Good Hope, Stellenbosch. Tel (021) 855-5528. www.thewineryofgoodhope.co.za Twitter: @AngJordie Tasting by appointment only.
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Your IBM only goes up to 4MB? and what is the FSB of the system? If 20MHz or more, you could get 40ns DRAM to read/write within 1 clock cycle... using 60ns would take 2 clock cycles.
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Windows Server 2003 EOL End of support means there will be no updates or patches to combat security issues. All critical data and applications on Windows Server 2003 [Windows Small Business Server 2003] are at risk. The Department of Homeland Security has issued an alert asking all businesses to move off of Windows Server 2003 due to security and compliance risks. Why hurry? End…Read More
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Millwall to wear camouflage kit in aid of injured troops
MILLWALL will wear a camouflage kit in their home game against Brentford next month to raise money for injured troops.
The Lions have been given permission by the Football League to wear the specially-designed strip, which will benefit an army rehabilitation centre in Surrey.
The logo of Headley Court, Leatherhead, is emblazoned on the shirt and £10 from every sale will go to the facility.
Millwall hope to raise at least £20,000 for wounded soldiers and have released a YouTube video, featuring manager Ian Holloway, to promote the strip.
In the advert, Holloway can be heard reading war poem In Flanders Fields over footage of Lions players and soldiers wearing the kit at Headley Court.
Holloway told The Sun: "It's fair to say I had a lump in my throat and my eyes may have been watering.
"But this again shows what Millwall is all about and, until I came here, I didn't realise quite how much this club reaches out to the real things in life.
"I am bursting with pride that we're supporting Headley Court, where people who have fought for our country with such loyalty, honesty and bravery are being cared for.
"All of us at Millwall are proud to stand with them."
1,500 of the shirts will be going on sale next Monday, priced at £50, ahead of their official viewing against the Bees on the eve of Remembrance Sunday (November 8).
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Information on the Future Workshops, Labs and Studios
In addition to their allocated studio space, students can make use of the numerous workshops, labs and studios.
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New workshops under one roof will become available to students in summer 2019, upon completion of the Lucerne School of Art and Design's new building in Emmenbrücke. This will fuse, structurally and operationally, with the present building, 745 Viscosistadt (Viscosi City). The facilities then clustered at this single site will be available to all students. For details of the new building, see here.
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Twitter didn't act to remove President Donald Trump's tweet threatening North Korea in part because it is newsworthy, the company said today. Twitter says it will update its public guidance on what factors may lead to a tweet being pulled from the platform — or allowed to stay on it — to include a consideration of newsworthiness, as part of an effort to make the rules clearer to users.
"This has long been internal policy, and we'll soon update our public-facing rules to reflect it," the company's public policy account wrote this afternoon. "We need to do better on this, and will."
There's been controversy since the 2016 primaries over whether Twitter should ban Trump's account or hide some of his tweets, which often insult other individuals. Twitter hasn't done anything, but the issue roiled up again today after North Korea said it saw the US President's tweet as a "clear declaration of war." For a platform that has long claimed its rules apply to all users, no matter who they are, a perceived declaration of war seemed like it might just cross the line.
Just heard Foreign Minister of North Korea speak at U.N. If he echoes thoughts of Little Rocket Man, they won't be around much longer!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 24, 2017
Twitter's answer, however, basically implies that Trump's account will never be censored. Anything the President tweets is newsworthy, which means that none of his tweets can be pulled from the platform.
This kind of problem — minus the war threats — isn't entirely unique to Twitter. Facebook has run into this issue from the other side: it was criticized last year for banning an iconic war photo because it otherwise violated the site's terms of service. Facebook ultimately backtracked and decided to consider the "history and global importance" of the photo and suggested, to some extent, that consideration would extend to other posts.
Twitter's newsworthiness standard makes plenty of sense, but it could present the platform with some issues. It'll have to start deciding who else's tweets qualify as newsworthy. It'll also have to take this into consideration when a private individual's tweet blows up — is that tweet suddenly newsworthy too? Twitter implies that it's been factoring this in all along, but now that it's planning to lay this out in a public-facing document, it'll be easier for visitors to tell how consistently it's being applied.
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I have read your blog for a while but never commented. You have a beautiful family.
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Thank you very much! I am very excited, although I have to admit that the homemade card with the 5 month old's attempt at finger painting is absolutely my new prized possesion.Delete
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For the second-straight game, the Spokane Chiefs saw the Portland Winterhawks use a big second period to come away with a win over Spokane. After watching the Winterhawks score three goals in the second in Friday night's 6-1 victory, Portland would put four in the net Sunday as the Hawks skated to a 7-2 victory over the Chiefs Sunday night at the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon. The win was Portland's third straight as they passed the Chiefs into first place in the U.S. Division.
Portland scored two goals in the first 6:04 of the first period on Chiefs goalie Donovan Buskey, who was making his first start of the season. The Chiefs would counter midway through the period as Riley Woods scored his team high fourth goal of the year on a Jaret Anderson-Dolan feed to cut the margin to 2-1 Portland after one. Spokane would get 4 power play chances in the second period, including a 5 minute man advantage opportunity midway through the stanza, but would fail to score. Portland would score three goals in a 4:36 span in the second to take control of the game at 5-1 and would cap a four-goal period with a shorthanded goal during Spokane's five-minute power play to lead 6-1 after two.
Portland would out shoot Spokane 18-6 in the third on their way to a 43-24 advantage in the game. The Winterhawks scored their final goal midway through the final period to go up 7-1 before Eli Zummack would cap the scoring with a rebound of a Jake McGrew shot at 13:09. The assist was McGrew's first as a Chief, coming off his first goal in Friday night's game with Portland. The Chiefs were 0-for-6 on the power play and 3-for-4 on the penalty kill as Spokane lost back-to-back games for the first time this season.
Spokane and Portland will play the last of 3 straight between the two Tuesday night at the Memorial Coliseum at 7:05 p.m. Mike Boyle will have the call on 1510 KGA NW Sports Talk starting with the pre-game show at 6:30 p.m.
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Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes is the sequel to the popular game Lego Batman that came out back in 2008. This game combines super heroes and Lego which, this game has proven is an awesome combination.
The story is all told through cutscenes which have which have full voice acting, this is a first in the Lego games instead of just grunts and screams. Basically in the first 2 levels you are catching most of batman's main foes then in the 3rd level Joker escapes from Arkham Asylum and joins with Lex Luthor to take over Gotham. It is up to you to play as the various DC super heroes, mainly Batman, Robin, and Superman, and defeat them.
Unlike the console and PC versions this version removed the free roaming around gotham city which was very disappointing since it was a first for Lego games as well. Like most Lego games you will go through levels destroying stuff, beating up enemies, and solving easy puzzles to collect studs.
The graphics of this game aren't much to look at, the characters are Lego and most of the environments are also Lego, so they do what they are trying to do very well. But the cutscenes have a huge graphical drop, you can see the pixels very clearly and the 3D is usually disabled during them as well. The 3d in the rest of the game is not very good either, the characters don't pop out much from the environments and it makes the pixels more visible as well.
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With the upcoming release of Assassin's Creed: Odyssey, players would find themselves hard pressed to say that the Assassin's Creed franchise is anything like it used to be.
Since 2007, Assassin's Creed has taken us to many different historical mediums, including Middle East Crusades, Renaissance Italy, the Golden Age of Piracy, and the most recent in Assassins Creed: Odyssey: A war ridden Ancient Greece during the Peloponnesian War. And with a new time period comes new challenges and an updated play style.
Now don't get me wrong, Assassin's Creed is one of the greatest franchises to date, but as a die hard fan of the series since the beginning, a question keeps trying to surface itself: Does Assassin's Creed still feel like Assassin's Creed?
And I think the answer is quite simply, no.
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Assassin's Creed: Odyssey's most prominent changes to the original mix of the series is its now fully committed RPG system of which choice is the center piece of the game. with added elements like picking a side between Sparta or Athens, choosing who to be in relationship with, and most exciting: being able to choose which main character to play as, the ability to choose the Assassin YOU want to be.
A naval based open world game as seen before in Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag provides familiar ground, but in a new setting with updated combat and traversal mechanics, the new atmosphere looks to cater to old fans of the series while setting up something fresh and exciting at the same time.
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In Bible Study Fellowship this year, we are studying the book of John. In John there are wonderful stories of Jesus performing amazing miracles! From healing people (blind, sick, lame…), to feeding 5,000 people with just 5 loaves and 2 small fish, to walking on water, even raising people from the dead, and many more! Sometimes in my life (especially if I'm struggling with something), I tend to ask, "Jesus, where's MY miracle?" "It's wonderful that you did all those things back then, but what are you doing for ME today"???
Then I was reminded of the verse later in John 20:30-31 "Jesus did many other miraculous signs….. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name." Luke 19:10 tells us that, "Jesus came to seek and to save the lost". His purpose on earth (then and now), is not to give us miracles and make everything better (although sometimes He does), but it's to show us who He is, so that we may believe, and have ever lasting life with him. What better miracle/gift could there be!!!
A friend of mine posted on FB this week, "God is not after my comfort, but He's after my heart!"


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Novel by Sabina Berman
Occasionally, I am very surprised by a book.
Mexican playwright Sabina Berman's first novel The Woman Who Dived into the Heart of the World looks like the sort of novel I usually hate, largely due to its blurb, which does everything in its power to make the book sound awful. Every cliché imaginable is represented: "and then begins the greatest journey of all, as Karen learns how to become 'Me'…", "It is a voyage of discovery that will take her to the bottom of the ocean, and into the heart of the world".
So my expectations upon picking up the novel were not high. And I was therefore very surprised when I was unable to put it down.
The story is told in the first person from the perspective of an autistic girl named Karen, and stylistically it's brilliant; written in the simplistic and literal-minded manner a little reminiscent of a grown-up version of the protagonist from The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. The book distances you from its action—numbers are always written out as symbols rather than words, for example, and paragraphs and sentences often begin with a numerical value: "1 day". Smiley faces, accompanied by a description of the person's expression ("…but then he put on a Friendly Face ☺") are inserted to represent the effort it takes Karen to understand the expressions of those around her. Little touches like these make the reader feel like we are seeing the world as Karen does.
Rather than focusing solely on the relationship between Karen and her aunt Isabelle (which is what the blurb implies), Berman expands her narrative over the entirety of Karen's life, so that we see her life and struggles to fit into the world played out in more spheres than merely the domestic. Throughout the course of the story Karen becomes involved in bringing her aunt's tuna company into the Japanese market, which is the section of the book I enjoyed most, adding a cultural barrier to the communicative difficulties Karen must already deal with.
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Elliotte Friedman, the nation's biggest newsbreaker, has become as important to a Saturday night as a full liquor cabinet. He told us the news about the Oilers and their pursuit of Todd McLellan on Saturday, and added to the prose during his 30 thoughts yesterday.
- Friedman: The Oilers aren't commenting about their situation, but several sources both in North America and attending the World Championships say Edmonton is concerned about waiting for Babcock and not getting him. As a result, they are working on closing a deal with Todd McLellan. At this point, it's as much up to the coach as it is to the Oilers, but at least one other team pursuing McLellan was hearing Saturday that a deal was close, if not done. Whatever the case, Edmonton is making it known they will close on him rather than wait to talk to Babcock. Source
Terry Jones quoted Hall and Ebs the other day, and they seem impressed with McLellan's style:
- Hall: "That's definitely a possibility. You don't know what he's thinking but I saw Peter Chiarelli. I don't know if they interviewed but he's a great coach. I have a ton of respect for what he teaches and I've learned a lot so far."
- Eberle: "In a short term event like this, sometimes the coaches can be a little light hearted, but so far McLellan has been on track and on the ball every step of the way. He showed us what he's all about when we went down by three to Sweden and he kind of rallied us. I have nothing but positive things to say so far. Hopefully he's one of the candidates. I look forward to see what's going to happen there."
My read on all of this? You don't need a telegram, Sam. Let's get McLellan and Jay Woodcroft in here right away, so Peter Chiarelli can move on to addressing the defense and goaltending. Besides, it's been several days since this:
Does Connor McDavid need a two-way veteran mentor? Someone like Justin Williams? I'm not sure he will need that player if the Oilers can get the phenom into good offensive situations—plenty of O-zone starts and Taylor Hall on the port side. Tyler Seguin had Michael Ryder with him as a rookie along with men like Blake Wheeler, Mark Recchi and Chris Kelly. A combination of size, skill and experience.
Taylor Hall played more (Hall played 954 EV minutes as a rookie in 2010, Seguin 792) and had less experienced help (Eberle & Gagner, although Horcoff did play with him about 30% of the time at 5×5). Would Hall and Justin Williams be a better plan? Or is Hall—Yakupov the way to go?
I have seen the future of the Edmonton Oilers, and it's name is Connor McDavid. Music!
- C Connor McDavid, Erie Otters (OHL) Fantastic talent.
- C Jack Eichel, Boston U (NCAA) Franchise player.
- R Mitch Marner, London Knights (OHL) Brilliant offensive player.
- D Noah Hanifin, Boston College (NCAA) Complete skill set, money passer. Best D available.
- C Dylan Strome, Erie Otters (OHL) Big C with skill, tremendous value.
- D Ivan Provorov, Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) Extraordinary ability to move the puck out.
- C Mathew Barzal, Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) Quick, skilled, dangerous. Smart.
- R Mikko Rantanen, TPS Turku (SML) Creative, responsible, great passer.
- D Zach Werenski, Michigan (NCAA) Terrific offensive defender.
- R Timo Meier, Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL) Tremendous talent, NHL-ready?
- R Nick Merkley, Kelowna Rockets (WHL) Strong two-way skills.
- R Evgeni Svechnikov, Cape Breton (QMJHL) Big, strong and skilled.
- C Anthony Beauvillier, Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL) Small, elite skills.
- D Jeremy Roy, Sherbrooke Phoenix (QMJHL) Offensive D, has ability as a defender
- D Mitchell Vande Sompel, Oshawa (OHL) Undersized two-way defender. Substantial skills.
- C Jansen Harkins, Prince George Cougars (WHL) Two-way center, skilled.
- C Kyle Connor, Youngstown (USHL) Smart two-way forward.
- C Travis Konecny, Ottawa 67's (OHL) Impressive player with range of skills.
- R Daniel Sprong, Charlottetown Islanders (QMJHL) Quick, skilled first-shot scorer
- D Oliver Kylington, Farjestad (SHL) Great wheels, solid defender.
- L Jake Debrusk, Swift Current (WHL) Goal-scoring winger with speed.
- R Blake Speers, SSM Greyhounds (OHL) Two-way W, good speed. Terrific player.
- C Pavel Zacha, Sarnia Sting (OHL). Big, physical center with average offense. Solid U18's.
- G Daniel Vladar, Kladno (Czech 2) 8GP, 1.97 .933
- D Ryan Pilon, Brandon (WHL) Two-way defender with size and speed.
- C Joel Eriksson Ek, Farjestad (SEL) Skill C with size, speed.
- C Andrew Mangiapane, Barrie (OHL) Brilliant offensive player.
- L Lawson Crouse, Kingston Frontenacs (OHL) Power forward with vague offensive skills
- C Filip Chlapik, Charlotteteown Islanders (QMJHL) Two-way C, range of skills
- R Jeremy Bracco, USNTDP (USHL) Small forward with fast hands, great skill.
Oilers could walk away with McDavid, Roy and Speers. I suspect we'll see an early day two selection sent away for a goalie or a defenseman, but dare to dream. I hope the analytics people are hammering Chiarelli and staff with slide rules and Bunsen burners. We'll be able to tell you know. If the Oilers are drafting Blake Speers or Zach Senyshyn, if they call out Tyler Soy or Jesse Gabrielle, then we'll know the math people have found their way into the decision room.
Game three of the Barons-Comets series goes tonight, the next three will be home games for Oklahoma City. I won't have a GDT up (the RE series moves to afternoons most of this week) but will post updates in the comments section of the 5 o'clock item. One of the things I wonder about Peter Chiarelli so far? No confirmation (that I've seen) on his seeing a Barons game. There's plenty of talent playing (or possibly playing) on that roster, one would think that a chance to see Martin Marincin and others is worth a plane ticket and a day.
As for Darnell Nurse, he may get the call tonight or later this week:
- Chris Westcott: But as the black aces took to the ice on Sunday at the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City, Nurse was not among them. With three games at home over the next four days, Nurse could see his first American Hockey League post-season action of the year as early as game three on Monday.
- Barons' coach Gerry Fleming: "We'll talk about it tomorrow. He's looked good, he's performed well. So we'll evaluate it tomorrow."
Westcott's excellent article is here. So far this playoff season, the Barons have been running the following blue:
- Brad Hunt: 5GP, 0-3-3 with 15 SOG
- Jordan Oesterle: 5GP, 1-1-2 with a PP goal
- Martin Marincin: 5GP, 0-2-2
- Brandon Davidson: 5GP, 0-0-0 with 17 SOG
- Dillon Simpson: 5GP, 0-0-0
- David Musil: 3GP, 0-0-0
- Joey Laleggia: 2GP, 0-0-0
Musil missed some time attending his Grandfather's funeral but is back and has played both games against the Comets. Who would draw out of the lineup? My guess is they dress seven D unless someone is suffering from an injury. The Barons blue has been productive this spring, Marincin's presence is clearly a big help. Who should Nurse be paired with? I'll go Musil, although Davidson might be a good choice as well.
We're back! 10 this morning, TSN 1260. Scheduled to appear:
- Scott Burnside, ESPN. Ducks—Flames went to OT, McLellan as an Oilers coach.
- Scott Mitchell, Calgary Sun. We'll talk CFL draft, Scott will have a mock draft up later today.
- Dennis King, Oilogosphere Icon. Flames season ends, Oilers offseason rocks on with McLellan possibly close.
- Bob Weeks, Score Golf. A fabulous playoff at the Players.
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Biden begins retelling his story with the setting details: "It was my fourth trip to Iraq; we were leaving Baghdad. It was pitch black," Biden says before segueing into a description of a flag-draped coffin strapped in the middle of his C-130 cargo plane. "They turned that cargo plane into a cathedral," he says. "And all I could think of was the parents waiting at the other end. We must end this war in a way that won't send their grandchildren back." Knowing that Biden may be one of these parents on the receiving end of the C-130 cargo plane, it's these lines that strike an emotional chord with television viewers.
Biden's son, Beau, is the attorney general of Delaware and a captain in the U.S. National Guard. Beau Biden told a room full of veterans at the Presidential Extravaganza that his father is not happy about the possibility of his deployment, quoting his father, "I don't want him going. But I tell you what, I don't want my grandson or my granddaughters going back in 15 years, and so how we leave makes a big difference."
Unlike his poll numbers in Iowa, where he's been consistently polling at about 2 percent, Biden's "Plan for Iraq" has been gaining traction with his congressional colleagues and foreign policy experts on both sides of the political aisle. Biden's campaign crew hopes the ads will help him garner name recognition and traction in the polls.
Larry Rasky, communications director for the Biden campaign, said this to the Des Moines Register: "There's no question that Iraq is the major issue on the minds of the voters, and there's also no question that Joe Biden has been the leader in trying to push George Bush to get out of Iraq. It will certainly raise the senator's favorable name recognition, but as for the horse race question, I think it remains to be seen as to when people really begin focusing on making that choice, but it will happen over time."