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Obama's Choice: 100th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts, or Joy Behar?
Tonight, 45,000 Boy Scouts will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the organization's founding at the Boy Scout National Jamboree, a quadrennial event being held at Ft. A.P. Hill, Virginia -- just a short car ride outside of Washington, D.C.
President Obama was invited to attend this celebration of one of America's most important institutions. But rather incredibly, he declined and appeared on an episode of The View with Joy Behar instead. If the president's advisors had any sense at all, they would squeeze in a trip to the jamboree this coming weekend. He would find thousands of our nation's future leaders exhibiting character, honor, and love of country, while having a whole lot of fun.
For more than seventy years, Boy Scouts have assembled every four years a jamboree. In 1937, President Roosevelt started the tradition by inviting all the nation's scouts to participate on the National Mall. Never since has so much character and integrity been found in Washington, D.C., as when these 25,000 Boy Scouts were encamped around the Tidal Basin and Washington Monument.
The jamboree has become the grandest event in a grand organization. I had the joy of attending the 1981 event. Scouts participate in a marvelous week of character and confidence building, adventure, fun, and interaction with fellow Scouts from around the country and the world. The public can visit and see the jamboree fun firsthand at Fort A.P. Hill through next Tuesday.
As I noted, this year marks the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America, and our nation owes them a salute. In our age of fractured culture and frayed character, the Boy Scouts have endured. Some of our nation's greatest leaders, innovators, and heroes are Eagle Scouts: Neil Armstrong, Steve Fossett, Bill Bradley, Stephen Breyer, Ross Perot, Gerald Ford, Clive Cussler, Ellison Onizuka, Louis Freeh, Steven Spielberg, and Elmo Zumwalt, Eagles all.
Central to Scouting are the ideals of honor, integrity, and character. The Scout Oath starts: "On my honor, I will do my best, to do my duty to God and country." What simple but profound American ideals -- doing your best, duty to God, honor, country. Perhaps Scouting is the prescription for what ails so much of modern America, whether it be shrill political discourse, cultural sloth, or outright lawlessness, whether inside government or on tough city streets.


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This lecture introduces the mass as the most important compositional genre of the Renaissance. The mass itself is defined and the ceremony is discussed in detail, in particular the nature and content of the Proper and Ordinary. We then examine the Renaissance musical setting of the Ordinary of the mass and the three types of Renaissance masses: the Cantus Firmus or Tenor mass, the Paraphrase mass, and the Imitation mass. We then discuss the Protestant Reformation and the subsequent impact of the Counter-Reformation and the Council of Trent on the nature of Catholic liturgical music in general and the mass specifically.
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Chennai: Microsoft today launched LUMIA 640 LTE 4G device priced at Rs 17,399 with an aim to widen its portfolio in the mobile devices space under the LUMIA series.
The LUMIA smartphone with 4G capability, which comes with 13MP camera, 5.7 inch HD screen and Windows 8.1 operating system, would be available across India, Microsoft Mobile Devices, Director (Sales), South, T S Sridhar said.
The dual sim smartphone is equipped with 13MP rear camera, full HD display, Corning Gorilla Glass 3, sunlight readability, 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor.
"We understand the needs of the Indian consumers and with the LUMIA range we have always focused on complementing the needs of the customers across segments by delivering new experiences and features. LUMIA 640XL LTE is powerpacked offering great productivity at power of 4G", he added.Microsoft would retail the smartphone with bundled offer from telecom operator Bharti Airtel till December 31, 2015.


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text: Yeekrfan2 11,062 Posted October 26, 2013 I would like to share some POV from Softy of Cadence about Tan & Won relationship which was so spot-on:"He who wears the crown must endure its weight" in Tan case means that if he wants to go home, he has to deal with the repercussions such as alienating his older brother even more and taking up the burden of his legacy down the line. Even though he keeps insisting to Won that nothing Won fears will ever happen, Tan is saying that from a mindset of a teenager. Won knows better cuz he doesn't see Tan as just a kid – the threat Tan poses to his current position is inevitable so that's why it's hard for Won to take Tan's reassurances to heart. Tan has years before he can even be considered a rival for Won, but Tan's mere presence in the household again will threaten to topple everything Won has worked so hard to build up. In Won's defense, it really does seem like their dad is rooting for Tan to succeed and even Secretary Yoon seems to be on Tan's side. It must feel so lonely for Won not to have a single person on his side. Tan may have felt alone in California, but it's worse for Won since he felt the same way surrounded by his father and two stepmothers. I love those scenes when Tan imagined what he wanted to say to his parents and his brother. The words were simple and honest: "I want to come home father" "I miss you mom" "after sending me off that rudely, I trust that you hurt just once," but it carried the weight of all his repressed emotions over the years. Little does he know that Won actually felt that. I was so relieved to see Won have a flicker of remorse when he glanced down at the photo of himself in LA just like the one of Tan - hopefully the look on his face was a bit of regret about how he mistreated his younger brother when they met. There just has to be some residual brotherly affection towards Tan. I still don't get why Won feels so much resentment towards Tan over something he has no control over. I bet when they were younger, Won wasn't this cold to him since Tan posed no threat as a little kid. It's just now as Tan gets older that Won is feeling more territorial. He lives in a home with parents he doesn't even seem that close to so you would think he would welcome an ally like Tan, but I guess greed and ambition is dictating all his actions and emotions. It's too bad cuz you can tell that Won could've been a great older brother to Tan. If any sibling could look more eager to try and make their relationship work, Tan would be at the head of the line. You just know that one kind word from Won would make him break down in tears out of gratitude.Thanks to Softy for her wonderful insight! :-bd Personally, I believe their parallel love lives will be the catalyst to unite them against their manipulative and deceptive father...that is something I want to see happen, let them triumph just like in Secret Garden...may the bromance begin! BTW, Hyun Joo is not yet a teacher at Jeguk High now only a private tutor, right? Since there is no mention of her working there yet. I guess Daddy Kim gonna up his game of sponsorship by hiring her to increase the debt and thus keeping Won & Joo further apart? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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THE LOWER OF COST OR MARKET PRINCIPLE IN THE TALMUD by Gordon Cohn, Touro College Harry Davis, Baruch College of the City University of New York This paper gives a historical perspective on the lower of cost or market (LCM) pricing system. It shows that a similar system is used in Talmudic literature. The Talmud is the compilation of Jewish oral law. It explains the meanings behind the Torah's verses. The Talmud consists of the Mishna and Gemara. The Mishna was compiled and edited approximately 1,800 years ago. The Gemara was written a few hundred years later. It focuses on presenting commentaries on the Mishna. Accountants can have flexibility regarding what price to use for valuing an asset. The decision regarding which price to choose is based on two factors. First, the price should have a source of legitimacy. Second, the price should maximize a social objective. LCM is an example where accountants have flexibility regarding which value to use. Accountants use LCM to value inventory. Inventory is usually valued at historical cost. However, a departure from the historical cost principle is made when inventory's value drops below its original cost. Under this circumstance the inventory must be written down to reflect the new value. The social objective for using LCM is the conservative principle. Furthermore, the two possible values for inventory, cost and market, are both legitimate measures. The LCM pricing mechanism appears in several places in the Talmud. In all cases where LCM is used, its choice is made based on the criterion of maximizing a social value and choosing between legitimate measures. Four examples from the Talmud are the following'. First, in Tractate Manochos (90a), it is discussed how one should price merchandise which is sold to the Temple. The Temple is the sanctuary where in ancient days many of the Jewish rituals were performed. According to Talmudic principles, goods are normally priced depending upon their value at the time of delivery. Thus, if the price goes down between purchase and delivery, the buyer gains. Similarly, if the price increases, the buyer loses. However, with regards to the Temple, a different pricing system is used. Technically goods which are bought by the temple are supposed to be priced according to the value at time of purchase. However, the Rabbis did not want the Temple to ever be inferior to the layman. Therefore, if there was a price decrease at the time of delivery, the Rabbis allowed the Temple to purchase the goods at the lower price. Alternatively, if the price increased, the Temple was given the option of remaining with the lower original price. Thus, in terms of pricing for the Temple, a LCM system is used. The Temple pays whatever is less, the price at the time of sale or the market price at delivery. Either price is legitimate. Based on maximizing a social value, if the price drops, the lower one is chosen. The social value is that the Temple should not have to pay more for goods than a layman in a similar situation. However, the Temple should still be allowed to remain with its privilege to pay the original price from time of purchase. Second, in Tractate Kiddushin (20a) it is discussed how a person that was sold into slavery redeems himself. In order for a person to be redeemed, three pieces of information are needed - how long was he sold, how many years he has worked and what is his value. For example, if he was sold for five years, he has worked for two years and his value is five dollars, he is considered to have been sold for 18 The Accounting Historians Notebook, October, 1998


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BRUSSELS, Dec 12 (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund is against further austerity in Greece and instead is calling for the creation of a modern welfare system financed with cash from a rebalancing of the Greek tax system and far too generous pensions.
The head of the European Department Poul Thomsen and chief economist Maury Obstfeld wrote in an article the Fund believed that euro zone insistence on a Greek primary surplus of 3.5 percent in 2018 was wrong and 1.5 percent would be enough.
"We warned that this would generate a degree of austerity that could prevent the nascent recovery from taking hold," the two senior IMF officials wrote of the higher euro zone target.
The article appears as the IMF and the euro zone struggle to find common ground on the way forward for Greece that would allow the Fund to take part in the latest bailout for Athens, the third one since 2010, now fully financed by the euro zone.
Some euro zone countries like Germany believe that not only should Greece reach a primary surplus of 3.5 percent of GDP in 2018 but it should keep it at that level for the next 10 years.
The IMF believes this would be counterproductive.
"Perhaps through a Herculean effort Greece could manage the spending cuts needed to achieve the 3.5 percent...in the short run. But experience has shown that it cannot be sustained and is inconsistent with Greece's ambitious long-term growth target."
Germany insists on the higher primary surplus target because it means lower, or even no need for debt relief for Athens — an important factor in an election year in Germany where public opinion is suffering from bailout fatigue.
Berlin believes that if Greece carries out all the agreed structural reforms there would be no need to grant it any relief on its debt mountain of almost 180 percent of GDP, now mainly owned by euro zone governments.
But the IMF, which Berlin very much wants on board for credibility reasons, has a different view.
"Greece's debt is highly unsustainable and no amount of structural reforms will make it sustainable again without significant debt relief," the IMF said.
The Fund believes that instead of further cuts in government investment and discretionary spending on public services or healthcare, Greece should tackle its income tax system, under which more than half of households don't have to pay any tax.
In the other 18 countries sharing the euro, the average number of households exempt from income tax is 8 percent.
Also Greece's pension system is extremely generous according to the IMF. Greece spends 11 percent of its GDP on pensions a year, providing a nominal pension similar to Germany's, while in other euro zone countries the average is 2.25 percent.
Greece has tried to reform pensions but the attempts were stopped in courts, or were inadequate, the IMF said.
At the same time Greece does not have unemployment benefits and other welfare payments that are commonplace elsewhere in Europe, the IMF said, adding they were critical for broad social support in a modern market-oriented economy.
The lack of such an unemployment benefit scheme made the Greek government reluctant to liberalise labour laws to allow for mass lay-offs, the IMF said.
"Rather than provide support to dismissed workers, the government instead restricts the ability of firms to dismiss them," it said.
"Pensions are no substitute for an adequate safety net, as this ad hoc arrangement has not been able to address the rise in poverty of the most vulnerable groups," it said.
Broadening the base for income tax and changing the pension system to a sustainable one should provide money to increase spending or cut taxes to support growth, the IMF said.
"The authorities should further reduce current pensions while increasing spending on a modern and well-targeted welfare system to protect those that are most in need," the IMF said.
"More should be spent on other essential public services and key public investments too. Rationalizing current pension benefits would also ensure a fairer inter-generational burden-sharing of the reform costs," it said. (Reporting By Jan Strupczewski)


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Symbolism is one of the many literary techniques employed on Lost. Items or pieces of dialogue can obviously echo a character's state of mind, and even prolonged glances on the show can suggest thought processes and motivations. Undoubtedly, there are many more examples, but the following are simply to show some particularly notable and deliberate ones (rather than generic examples like a pause in conversation for dramatic effect, signifying tension).
Note that symbolism is always subjective, and is naturally not the "right" interpretation. Nevertheless, clear symbolism should be seen as distinct from theories.
In "Pilot, Part 2", Sun observes Kate stripping off and bathing herself in the water. Her prolonged glance seems to be symbolic of her jealousy, having previously been reprimanded by Jin for simply undoing the top button on her blouse.
It could also be symbolic of Kate washing away her criminal past and trying to become a new person on the Island, as echoed by the name of the next episode, "Tabula Rasa".
The scene on the golf course in "Solitary" was arguably symbolic of Michael's poor parenting skills. When he heard about the tournament, Michael left Walt on his own at the beach. He also later asked his son if he wanted a try, but Walt felt guilty that others were waiting to have a turn. When Hurley then told Michael it was his turn, instead of then offering his try to Walt (which would be more expected), he accepted it himself leaving Walt to walk back to the beach alone again.
Also in "Solitary" was Rousseau's music box, an item that seemed to symbolise Danielle's isolation. The box was initially broken, but having human contact (with Sayid) allowed Rousseau and the box to be repaired. This comparison is supported by the fact that the box stops playing immediately after Sayid asks if he can go (i.e. ending the human contact).
In "Whatever the Case May Be", Kate's obsession with getting the Halliburton case seemed to reflect her closed personality. Living with the secret of being a fugitive, Kate was initially reluctant to share any truths about herself, hence couldn't get to the case and open it. Later, when she did get inside, she revealed one of her biggest secrets to Jack, that she had killed the man she loved. This is compounded by Jack's numerous requests during the episode for Kate to tell him the truth.
Another interesting idea here is that without a key it seems nearly impossible to get into the Halliburton case. Sawyer does everything he can, dropping it, hitting it, banging it repeatedly against rocks but he can't get inside. This can be seen as a metaphor for Kate's spiritual and mental state, she's has such a hard shell she won't let anyone in. Finally, after promising Jack they will open it together, and failing at her "the key isn't there" trick she confesses to Jack and their relationship is pained, and different. Her defense failed, she went to help, went out of her shell, and with opening the case she opened herself up, if only a little bit.
In "The Other 48 Days", Eko found a Bible inside the Arrow station. Signifying his personal faith, Eko found an answer inside the Holy Book, a film clipping for part of the Swan Orientation film.
The piano from "Fire + Water" can be seen as a dramatic device to reflect Charlie's family. It was bought so that Charlie could become rich and thereby improve his family's standard of living. This is why the piano houses Aaron in a dream, as Charlie believes Aaron needs saving, and so this belief manifests itself inside an object that, to Charlie, symobolizes the concept of saving.
Liam leaving a smoking cigarette on top of the piano with no regard may also symbolize Liam's attitude of not valuing Charlie in his idea of "family". This is reinforced by him selling the piano to help his wife, child (what he sees as his family) and himself. Abandoning Charlie at the same time, the piano's departure demonstrates Charlie's loss of family.
The breaking of the glass ballerina in "The Glass Ballerina" may represent Sun's willingness to harm others in favor of protecting herself at all costs. It could also signify Sun's broken youth or the irrevocable loss of purity and innocence, qualities symbolized by a ballerina.
The doll that housed the diamonds in "Exposé" seemed to signify the multiple depths of the episode, where there were both on and off-Island flashbacks which together explained how Nikki and Paulo met their end in a detective-genre inspired episode.
In "The Man Behind the Curtain", Ben receives two wooden carved dolls, one of a boy and one of a girl smiling. The items could signify the nuclear family and caring parental figures that in life Ben lacked. Ben keeps the female doll, which could represent the complete lack of a maternal figure, as his mother died at his birth.
Along with the figure-8 knot, Juliet ties a double knot at the very end of "One of Us". The double knot is possibly symbolic of her (temporary) double-crossing of the survivors, since the knot will not necessarily hold.
In "The Beginning of the End", Hurley cannonballs into the water and comes out of the water to see that everything has changed. This symbolizes baptism; going down his old self "dies" and he rises out of the water being changed or "reborn" and he is completely different.
In "Ji Yeon", Jin buys a stuffed panda to give to the Chinese ambassador, with the panda being representative of China.
Hurley comments during the Risk game in the episode "The Shape of Things to Come"that "Australia is the key to the whole game". The Losties connections to Australia are key to the whole show, as it's where Flight 815 originated from. This reference could also symbolize the Island, regarding its key positioning in use as a strategic stronghold.
The scene in "There's No Place Like Home, Parts 2 & 3" where Locke meets the Others as "his people" is filmed from downside up. Locke is seen at the top of a cliff looking down, as a mythical figure, by people who are sitting, kneeling or just getting up slowly. This is intended to picture Locke as a savior, the chosen one, a divine entity that deserves to be adored by those people.
In "LA X, Parts 1 & 2", Sayid is brought into a pool of water while seriously wounded and dies while being immersed only to come back to life a short time later. There are obvious parallels to baptism, which, according to some types of Christianity, the person is completely immersed in water to be cleansed of sin and gives up his/her life and is reborn into a new life. The fact that the water isn't clear might suggest that Sayid hasn't been completed stripped of his demons, or it might suggest that this "baptism" isn't fully valid in some way.


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Do you know why a spammy site design will lower conversions? Many people do not realize they could make some easy changes to their website to simply drive more traffic. There could be many reasons why your website is not getting the conversions it needs, but addressing some of these following issues below could help you get started.
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When someone visits your website, they must know what they are getting or they will leave quickly. It is kinda like going to a store and not being able to find what you went for in the first place. What happens is you leave right? It is the same for a website. Your website layout should guide your visitors where you want them to go. Direct them from each page. Have a link or two at the bottom of each reading as suggestions as well.
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How to Age Homemade Wine
Maturing Wine - pros & cons
We often hear that wine has to be aged to achieve its full potential. This is true up to a point, but it's not the whole story. Most wine will improve if kept (in the right conditions) for two or three months, but beyond that, unless the wine has been designed for aging, it is more likely to deteriorate than improve.
Here are two good reasons for attempting to mature your own wine:
- You've mastered vin ordinaire production and are looking to expand your hobby with a new challenge.
- You've acquired a taste for well-aged commercial wines and it's costing you an arm and a leg.
And two good reasons not to get into the aging game:
- You've made a foul brew and you hope stashing it away might salvage it.
- You're impatient and/or careless by nature - this is not for you!
In other words, maturing wine is for mature winemakers! Those who understand the principles and practice and can reliably turn out a steady supply of good sound table wine. So, if you're still with me, let's look first at the theory of wine-aging, before getting into techniques.
How do Wines Age?
When fermentation is complete, the young wine is not bottled immediately but is transferred to the aging vessel (leaving the yeast sediment behind) for the aging process to begin. Throughout the aging period, several slow processes continue in parallel. Among these are:
Though a young wine can fall acceptably clear within a few weeks, it takes time to obtain the true 'polished' clarity of a well aged wine. Over time, aided by stillness and constant temperature, tiny haze particles gradually coagulate and sink to the bottom, usually without recourse to finings or filtration.
This is not a single process but a combination of many beneficial trends. Dissolved fermentation gases (mainly carbon dioxide) are slowly released, so that the wine will not produce bubbles when poured, or 'prickle' on the tongue. Generally, the imbalance between quickly produced fermentation products evens out with time, through slow equilibium reactions.
Some oxidation is inevitable and even desirable, but it must not be allowed to proceed too quickly. Fermenting wines are protected by dissolved and expelled carbon dioxide, but a maturing wine is not. Oxidation causes loss of colour and a flatness of taste and aroma. Judicious use of Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) as an anti-oxidant keeps oxidation down to a controlled level. SO2 correctly used is perfectly safe.
A young wine will often smell and taste fruity and alcoholic. This can be very pleasant in itself, but lacks 'refinement'. In other words, it smells simple because it is simple. However, with time, the 'in your face' fruitiness fades, to be replaced by a far more complex and subtle combination of smells and tastes, due to the production of even trace quantities of different organic acids, esters, aldehydes etc. In fact, over-production of any single organic compound usually constitutes spoilage, but, ideally balanced, they contribute to that much mocked term, bouquet.
Softening (tannins)
A pulp fermented red wine will often have a high tannin content. Tannins are extracted (by alcohol) from the pips and skins during the pulp stage. Their effect is to make a wine astringent, harsh and even undrinkable. But they are useful during aging because they act as retardants on oxidation and various other reactions, Thus they make the aging proceed more slowly, resulting in greater subtlety. Gradually the tannin content reduces and the wine 'softens'. In Bordeaux, for example, residual tannin is one of the biggest factors in releasing a wine to market.
What Wines Age Well?
With a few exceptions, the modern tendency is to drink white wines young and mainly age the reds. In part, this is market driven. Commercial aging is expensive as it ties up storage space for no revenue. But fashion and the market go hand in hand, and most people's expectation is very much for light fresh whites and heavier reds.
I would advise against aging whites (beyond about three months) for two main reasons:
- In the relatively small quantities produced by amateurs, it is much harder to control oxidation, and whites are less forgiving than reds in this respect.
- Most of the white wine we produce is not of a type that has much to gain from long aging and in fact is likely to suffer from the process.
Better to practice the techniques with reds, at least for the first few batches.
So, what red wines age well? Here are a few pointers:
- The wine should have been fermented on the pulp for 2 to 4 days
- It should then have been allowed to ferment to dryness
- It should be strongly coloured and may be strongly flavoured
- The alcoholic strength should be between 12 and 14 percent ABV (and within this range it's better to err on the high side)
- The total acidity will typically be 3.5 to 4 ppt
- It should have medium to high tannin (and may be quite harsh)
- It should be sound with no off smells or flavours
- The minimum quantity worth aging is 5 litres or 1 gallon. But you can get better results with larger quantities.
Wood, Glass or Plastic?
Traditionally, commercial wine is aged in oak casks and for the ultimate quality this is still the best way. But it may not be best for the amateur. Here's why:
- Quality oak casks are expensive and difficult to get hold of
- They need special maintenance and sterilisation techniques
- In small casks, too much of the wine (proportionally) is in contact with the wood. This will result in too much oak tannin extraction, giving a bitterness and over-oaked flavour (a little is good but not too much)
- In small casks, oxidation usually progresses too quickly.
- Five gallons should be considered the absolute minimum cask size
Glass has always been the amateur's preferred material. It has many advantages over oak: it is easy to sterilise and completely airtight, making it a much safer bet against spoilage and oxidation. The main drawbacks are its weight and breakability. For small quantities (below 5 gallons, glass is the obvious choice.
Food Quality Plastics are appealing for lightness, screwtop closures (no need for corks) and being unbreakable. But some plastics will impart a smell to the wine. I have had some success with drinking water containers. I use nothing else for fermenting, and have recently successfully matured wine in some. But alcohol and water have very different solvent properties, and some plastics that are perfect for water might partially break down and impart chemicals into an alcoholic solution over an extended period. As there are so many different plastics, it's impossible to make a firm recommendation.
The Cellar or Wine Store
The ideal environment for maturing wine is still the underground cellar. Here is what a maturing wine requires:
- Strictly no sunlight
- Moderate humidity
- An even, steady temperature ideally around 13oC or 55oF
- No vibration
- Good ventilation
- No strong or musty smells
In other words, an underground cellar! If you're not so lucky, try to provide as much of the list as possible. In typical modern accommodation, the hardest condition to provide is the steady cool temperature. I suggest preparing your space for maturing wine and placing a maximum/minimum thermometer in it for a few weeks to see what's really going on. Over temperature accelerates all processes, especially oxidation.
Finally - the Techniques!
I did begin by saying wine-aging isn't for the impatient - thank you for reading this far! Here's what to do. I'm going to assume that you have a wine that fits the bill and has reached the end of its fermentation.
- Add sulphite to the finished wine at the rate of one Campden Tablet per gallon and place it in the fridge (if possible).
- After two days, sterilise the maturing container with a strong sulphite solution, then rinse it out with boiled water
- Transfer the wine into the sterilised vessel. Either pour carefully using a large funnel, or syphon it, leaving behind the fermentation sediment.
- It doesn't matter if a little sediment does come across.
- The bubbling is dissolved CO2 coming out of solution. It is normal and doesn't mean the wine is still fermenting.
- Make sure the vessel is full to the neck or just below. If you have to top it up, use a little cool boiled water - not fruit juice or sugar syrup!
- Seal the vessel (exactly how depends if its glass or plastic, of course!)
- Place it where it is to remain for the next several months,
- For the first week or two, you should check regularly for residual fermentation - simply open and close the cap to release gas.
- After that, do nothing much for a long time. You can gauge clarity by shining a torch through the sealed vessel, but don't keep opening it up to smell it. Have faith!
- After about 6 months, it's decision time, and here are the options:
- Mature it for another 3 to 6 months. If you plan to do this, sulphite it again, at the same rate, and syphon it carefully to a new sterilised vessel. This helps the stabilisation process.
- Bottle it 'casually' for immediate drinking. If you want to use it within weeks, simply transfer it into empty drinking water bottles and use as required.
- Bottle it 'seriously' for laying down. Only consider this if it seems really promising but still a little immature. Serious bottling means glass wine bottles, real corks, labels, racking, etc. and will be the subject of another hub!
Great article. Bookmarked this one.
I am living in Pakistan where I get Whiskeys but not wine so I made it my self with Red Grape, Sugar and Baking Yeast, actual after it fermentaion process (3 days) I checked its taste it was sour but after keeping it for two days it turned to sweet and I drunk it, actually I don't know how much minimum time for maturation is required can some one tell?
Greetings, I like a particular wine called Amarone which is a type of Italian Valpolicella. It is expensive in Canada and the grapes are hard to come by as it is composed of three varieties of grapes in specific proporions. There is a local company which can supply me with the correctly blended juice and I was wondering how long to age it in a 225 L. / 60 U.S. gallon (50 imperial gallon) Bordeaux Style Barrel. The wines I buy are frequently 2007 or 2008. I have a basement that remains at a constant temperature and I can control the humidity to a certain extent. What do you think? Thank you
I finally snipped my yeastpack cherrypick yesterday evening. Huzzah! I've become ensconced with home brewing advice and crockpottery for most of my waking hours since. After all the dracmas and dreck I have now hipwadered through during this slippery blossom of dim discrimination, I prize the firm footing at this scruffily polished joint: the companionable brace of a salty dog gelded with sober potential; glorious respite from the vested vat-vets who besiege your auricle with fizzy birdbroth until the dun walls and refractive mirage of the discount atrium glide dreamily past and you vestibulate into the vestment-soaked loggia of an expensive hobby--pontifical eyebrows arched harshly upon the down escalator if it exists at all. So nice to encounter a resource with level parking and powerchair corridors for the common purple.
I didn't commence here to ask a question, but I will mention my struggle: the industry-standard 23 litre batch size seems incompatible with my many-branching diverparticulitis. It took me perhaps thirty to fifty iterations to perfect my waffles: of the 18 or so ingredients my recipe now involves (counting all flours and sugars), a small pinch of cardamom and a tablespoon of Drambuie push it over the top. My Caesar salad dressing is presently following the same arc: in my last version I tossed in a toasted mixture of pine nuts and crushed hazel nuts as I was short of croutons. Not a Caesar, yet tasty and refining my lexicon of Caesarness nevertheless. I've barely scratched the yeasty precincts and I feel dwarfed already by the vintner's lore and ponder that fifty iterations at six gallons a throw would dent my liver before popping my whitebelt.
My crazy amateur idea of the moment is to retain the common 23 litre primary, and partition the secondary ferment into three 2 gallon jugs, each dolloped a little bit differently for purposes of a competory cork-off. I fantasize that this wouldn't add a lot of work if: A) well organized and supplied, and B) the secondaries rack synchronous without recourse to prayer or divine intervention.
Are the differences one can achieve with tweaks to the secondary ferment intriguing enough to make this worth contending with triple tipple? How do elves less green get enough iterations under their friar tuck working with these large batch sizes while still being able to spy the hairy knuckles of their sandaled toes after many hearty post-bacchanalian breakfasts?
Excellent news! Thanks for the swift response.
I have been offered some five gallon plastic containers that were used to deliver a consignment of ultra-pure deionized water, which in theory could make the containers very good for maturing wine, as in theory the plastic shouldn't leech anything at all into the contents of the container.
I have some wines that I need to mature for a couple of years (albeit in one and two gallon quantities) and I've run out of demijons, so if I could use these containers to mature wine that would be great!
Can you forsee any problems? Are there any issues with the airspace that will be left by only putting one gallon of wine in a five gallon container?
Well I guess I'll have to tell you in a couple years. I have a Cranberry Cider (around 13.5%) That took a year not to taste like a cocktail, and now it tastes like a very acceptable wine (1 year, 3 months old). But I only have a couple bottles left. Was going to keep these for a long time and try them in another year. I had thought tannins were most crutial in aging, but it does seem alcohol content plays a strong role too.
Have you ever tried aging cider's or cider wine? I'm curious how it holds up to age. In New England where I'm from there is a lot of home made cider and many say age is important to cider. I know for sure the apple wine I make tastes very immature and acidic in the first year but by the time it's a year old it's mellowed out and a lot of the fruit flavor returns. But I haven't been doing it long enough to know if it will hold up to many years aging. Do you think cider wine would be more like white or a whole diferent animal?
Hi there, firstly great article, very interesting.
You mentioned you live or lived in an Islamic country, well I live in Dubai and have no idea where to find wine maker's yeast.
If I order some online do you think customs would make any problems? I saw some on Amazon (strange place to find it I know, but the product has good reviews).
Many thanks
Great hub.Love wines.The more it aged, the tastier it is.
I have made some pinot noir from a kit. I have used these same kits before with success (mostly with whites), but I have tried the pinot (six months in bottle) and there is no nose at all! What happened? Help please.
Thanks for an excellent hubs.....
Really enjoyed reading your comprehensive article about wine making.. Im a Brit living in the Philippines and nearly went off the idea of wine making because of not being able to find campden tablets and wine yeast..
I decided to have a go at fermenting 5 gallons of pappaya,ripe bannana and mango and another batch of apple juice and pappaya..
Grapes are expensive here so Im using what grows in our garden to start with..
I managed to find some one gallon glass carboys and some ballons as no air locks available locally and the wine is fermenting away in a dark coolish bedroom..
As I have no access to any chemicals etc and the fact I need to use bread yeast ect is there any advice you can give me in regards to possible alternatives to Campden tablets etc?
The wine Ive got on the go now is definitely white.. Just wondering how long after fermentation stops is the best time to drink it under the circumstances??
Thanks again for your excellent article!!
Thanks. I'll bear that in mind!
Having seen myparent make some simply undrinkable wines as a child I decided to have a go at some elderberry/blackberry wine. Having done several bits of research I settled on a recipe using a Burgundy yeast, yeast nutrient and citric acid to aid the fermentation.
After 3 months in a cupboard the fermentation appears to have stopped so i have decanted it into another demijohn with another airlock. I tasted the wine and it is very dry but drinkable. I have added some fermentation stopper (but no campden tablet-should I have done this?) but my main question is as follows...
In your opinion how should I proceed? Should i mature the wine? and is it best to do this in bottles or a demijohn?
I do not have a cellar although my garage stays fairly cool!!
Great post that I can really put to use.
I feel I am at the stage where I need to start thinking about aging some of the wine I make.
I expect to mess up a few times to start but thats how we learn :)
Been to Californication and gone wine tasting, now I know the process needed to do for a god taste,,,hard work and not for beginners, prefer red wine after dinner....hmmmm, you do a good job describing the process,,,,
Wd have fermentation process in the Philippines and they are very strong, from coconut juice (lambanog). We make rice wines too..(tapuy)....
People in the Philippines...just love beer...wines has become status symbol also, some cant afford it....
Wine making is not for me. I dont have the patience...
Although I like to tend a bar, been thinking of enrolling, but I dont have time at the moment...
thanks for the information SIR DAVE!!
Enjoyed your hub, some very good content. From Scotland, I would have expected more about single malt, than wines, that said in humor, complements on your wine knowledge.
A question about aging wines, with some background first.
I use to have a wine cellar before moving back to the US and always aged a few bottles of red. The best were those beyond five years and some ten year olds were even better. Back in the good old USA, importation rules are strict, so I cannot find the good stuff from France, South Africa, Spain, Italy etc., and I have to settle for Californian wines. I found that aging most Californian red wines beyond two years, makes them almost undrinkable. I have since been educated that most Californian wines are ready to drink, and should not be aged.
Quite a culture shock for me, why have a wine cellar here then?
So here comes my question....
Has the true European wine culture simply not permeated the US, or am I missing something?
This is extremely interesting. I had never really thought of making your own until a few years ago when a relative did. I confess that my mind shot to some of my relatives who make moonshine and had to run from the law with it.
This is not for me that is sure, but I really enjoyed the read.
A friend of mine wants to age a small volume of scotch in 3 liter oak barrels. He would like me to first age some red wine in the barrels in order to "season" them. Do you think too much oxidation will occur in a 3 liter barrel and there will be too much tannin extraction? I was thinking of making a port (from a kit) and aging around 6 months......will it be a waste?
I am making wine in a plastic water cooler. We made it before and after drinking some we kept getting heartburn. What is wrong?
As the President of a children's soccer club, we needed new shirts for our young players to play in. One of our worthy committee members suggested we go into wine making and they knew how to do it. We would make lots of money selling wine.
There is a saying that Fools rush in where Angels fear to Tread.
We Did
Made about 33 bottles up and put them under the beds for about 2 months.
Having sold every bottle. That's when we found out we were fools. Every one took it as a learning circle,and we were able to buy the new shirts. Never made any more wine though.


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Check out I Love You, the latest from Young Sam. The track was released on Friday, January 28th, 2011. Young Sam's chances in this game are improving with each new release, and I Love You is no exception - quite the opposite, in fact. It's a nice addition to the impressive catalogue Young Sam has been building over the years. We're definitely anticipating the next move.
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The right business strategy for corporate social responsibility
Something happens when the word "sustainability" comes up. People become fixated on the environmental aspects of corporate social responsibility and forget about the economics.
The following is an excerpt from the book Strategy for Sustainability: A Business Manifesto, by Adam Werbach.
In some aspects, running a company is not all that different than sustaining a busy, three-child family. The parents are struggling to pay the mortgage while striving to put away money for a college education, all the while dealing with tantrums and illnesses and unforeseen events. Companies need to take care of their three constituencies, too -- customers, employees, and suppliers -- constantly innovating on the core product or service, investing in sales and marketing, and finding new ways to save costs in the supply chain. For most families, the North Star is clear -- provide the kids more opportunities than what they had. For companies, finding a North Star can be trickier.
Skiers report snow blindness when the sun reflects off the snow and obscures their vision. Is there also "green blindness" that affects companies trying to take a leadership stance? Something happens when the word sustainability comes up. People forget the business. They become fixated on the environmental aspects of sustainability and forget about the economics. Hoards of midlevel managers flock to corporate social responsibility [CSR] conferences to empathize with each other about how difficult it is to get staff, resources, and management attention. The most common question I hear in these meetings is, "How did you get management to listen?"
If the goal were to build an information technology system, senior people across the organization would certainly come together to get management attention, time, and resources. Similarly, small, rebel factions across the organization would never have to work across department lines to "build the business case." Quite the opposite; without the business case, there would be no discussion. Why, then, do people struggle with implementing sustainability efforts?
They get stuck trying to be good corporate citizens and currying favor with outsiders, never actually figuring out how to connect sustainability to their core business. Some people almost feel guilty talking about sustainability as a business driver. But that's exactly the approach that would allow them to make the biggest change in the world.
Their sustainability initiative must be core to the business -- bold, not bolted on, not "feel good once a year" for employees. Economist editor Daniel Franklin explains this point: "Many companies pretend that their sustainability strategy runs deeper than it really does. It has become almost obligatory for executives to claim that CSR is 'connected to the core' of corporate strategy, or that it has become 'part of the DNA.' In truth, even ardent advocates of sustainability struggle to identify more than a handful of examples. More often the activities that go under the sustainability banner are a hotchpotch of pet projects at best tenuously related to the core business." To be successful, you need to peel off the green blinders and start thinking of sustainability as a new tool set, like information technology or globalization, that can help you reinvigorate a business.
At this point, you should have a clearer view of the situation facing a business, relative to changes in society, technology, and resources, based on your STaR map for the organization. Now a company needs to develop North Star goals to guide the whole organization toward executing a strategy for sustainability. Remember, a North Star goal is an overarching business goal that has these characteristics:
- It is optimistic and aspirational.
- Your organization can achieve it in five to fifteen years.
- It applies across the enterprise.
- Every employee can personally act on it.
- It connects to the core of your business.
- It drives excitement and passion in your organization.
- It serves a higher purpose than business profitability.
- It solves a great human challenge.
- It leverages your organization's strengths.
Smaller companies founded more recently, like Stonyfield Farm and method, were founded with their North Star goals in mind. Their North Star goal connected solving a great human challenge with their organizational strengths. The founders knew the global human challenges that the companies hoped to solve. They built the core of their business around a higher purpose that inevitably drives excitement and passion in the organization. Many older companies, like Johnson & Johnson, have organizational beliefs that point them toward their North Star. Johnson & Johnson's credo begins, "We believe that our first responsibility is to the doctors, nurses and patients, to mothers and fathers and all others who use our products and services." JCPenney was founded on the Golden Rule as its operating belief. These strong, credo-based companies can move quite quickly into a strategy for sustainability, since tying the business functions even more closely to solving global human challenges is something the companies already desire. For other companies not built with sustainability in mind, there are a few types of North Star goals that they adopt:
- Internal organizing or operating goals
- Game-changing goals
- Product- or service-changing goals
[People] get stuck trying to be good corporate citizens and currying favor with outsiders, never actually figuring out how to connect sustainability to their core business.
Internal organizing North Star goals help provide a level of specificity and clarity to the organization. In 2008, for example, Hilton created four initiatives for its hotels around the world: (1) reduce the energy consumption of direct operations by 20 percent, (2) reduce CO2 emissions by 20 percent, (3) reduce waste output by 20 percent, and (4) reduce water consumption by 10 percent. These goals represent millions of dollars of cost savings for Hilton and require everyone, from the housekeepers to the operating engineers, to lend a hand. In 2007, Procter & Gamble set a five-year goal to "sell $20 billion worth of 'sustainable innovation products'; reduce carbon dioxide emissions, energy use, water use and waste by 10 percent and deliver 2 billion liters of clean water to children around the world." For P&G, leveraging its global reach to push $20 billion of new "sustainable innovation products" is a way to engage every person in the P&G organization. Sales is what they do.
If you set an internal transformation goal (like Hilton's), then first look at the major resources used in your business and then project the efficiencies you could achieve through different scales of effort. Most companies can exceed even their most ambitious efficiency and waste-reduction goals, because they have much waste in their systems. Without a major conservation effort, from 1975 to 2006, the United States made a dollar of real gross domestic product with 48 percent less total energy, 54 percent less oil, 64 percent less directly used natural gas, 17 percent less electricity, and two-thirds less water. Goals for reducing the absolute amount of CO2 are harder to hit, particularly if yours is a growing business. Do not let that dissuade you. Once you have measured your carbon footprint, your first step should be to increase efficiency, which will result in increasing the profit per unit of carbon consumed. Walter Stahel, who defined the cradle-to-cradle concept, recommends using the metric of dollars of profit per unit of material consumed. Either way, goals to reduce absolute resource consumption are critical across the economy.
Read more about Strategies for Sustainability. Reprinted by permission of Harvard Business Press. Excerpted from Strategy for Sustainability: A Business Manifesto (July 2009). Copyright © 2009 Adam Werbach; All Rights Reserved.


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If you don't remember, the momentum around FOSTA/SESTA was that it was going nowhere, until suddenly Facebook did an about face and abruptly (and strongly) supported the bill, leading Congress to incorrectly believe that the tech industry now supported the bill. Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg, who became the public face of supporting the bill, insisted that there were no problems with the bill, that it wouldn't create any real problems for internet companies, and that it would be useful in the fight against sex trafficking.
At the time, we pointed out that under the broad definitions in the law, it certainly appeared that Facebook was potentially violating the bill in multiple ways. Even if it turned out that courts rule that the vague language of FOSTA should be construed much more narrowly, the damage is already done, as some companies will have to battle the issue out in court.
And... perhaps not surprisingly... one of the first such cases has been brought against Facebook itself along with Backpage, Backpage's execs and some local motels (hat tip to Eric Goldman). As you can see, it's a "Jane Doe" lawsuit filed against Facebook in Harris County, Texas, and the core of the lawsuit is basically tying Facebook to Backpage:
Social Media companies, websites, and the hotel industry should never place their quest for profits above the public good. Human trafficking has hit epidemic proportions in our communities, and it has had a devastating effect on the victims and a crushing financial effect on our world. Driven by profit, social media giants like Facebook and sex brokers like Backpage have treated children as a commodity.
The participants in this venture of abuse share a value--profit. And the bottom line comes before all else--including the safety of children in our community. Facebook's profic (sic) metric is "connections." Backpage charged fees to broker sex. And hotels, like the one in this lawsuit, look the other way while children, like Jane Doe, are abused, exploited, and made available for sex acts to multiple perpetrators.
While pimps and sex buyers are sometimes criminally prosecuted, the social media companies, hotel industry, and Backpage have been able to escape taking responsibility for the harms and losses they cause these victims and our community. For years, businesses have been providing predators unrestricted means to prey on victims. Not anymore.
The specific issue relating to Facebook is that the plaintiff "Jane Doe" was recruited from Facebook, and that makes it vicariously liable under FOSTA.
The use of Facebook and the Backpage website for the advertising and recruitment of minors for sex was so pervasive and known to Facebook and the Backpage Defendants that it cannot be said such conduct was so unforeseen as to prevent Facebook and the Backpage Defendants from being liable for such conduct. Rather, Facebook and the Backpage Defendants knowingly aided and assisted sex traffickers, including the sex trafficker who recruited Jane Doe from Facebook and posted the advertisements of Jane Doe on the Backpage website. Facebook and the Backpage Defendants knowingly benefited from this illegal and immoral activity.
In a section about the "allegations regarding Facebook" the complaint makes Facebook out as if it were just as bad as Backpage. Here's just a snippet:
With each passing day, the gateway to our community's children is increasingly social media--and Facebook in particular.
People, including children, connecting with their friends, family, and communities are not the only ones passing through Facebook's gateway.
For years now, Facebook has permitted sex traffickers unfiltered access to the most vulnerable members of our society.
It has continually been used to facilitate human trafficking by allowing sex traffickers an unrestricted platform to stalk, exploit, recruit, groom, recruit, and extort children into the sex trade.
And, yes, it says "recruit" twice in there. This is, of course, hogwash. Facebook connects people, but it gives those users a tremendous amount of control over who is able to contact them -- meaning it is hardly "unrestricted." Either way, because of actions of someone else on Facebook, Facebook should be held liable according to this lawsuit:
The Facebook Friend said Jane Doe could make enough money to pay the rent on her own apartment. The Facebook fried offered to pick her up and console her about her disagreement with her mother.
Within hours of meeting the Facebook Friend, photos were taken of Jane Doe and were posted on Backpage, and then was raped, beaten, and forced into further sex trafficking.
Jane Doe had never been made aware of the dangers of sex traffickers on Facebook.
Jane Doe had never been made aware of the warning signs of sex traffickers on Facebook.
During the whole time that Jane Doe's Facebook Friend used Facebook, Facebook took no steps to verify his identity.
To date, Facebook has taken no reasonable steps to mitigate the use of Facebook by sex traffickers or exploiters using its platform.
Millions of minors like Jane Doe remain at risk every day when they simply log onto Facebook.
So... given those details, it certainly seems like there's an obvious criminal case to be brought against this "Facebook friend." Shouldn't that be the focus? Also, there are lots of places to learn how to be safe online. Why is it Facebook's fault that this individual didn't learn the basics of internet safety? The story is sad, obviously, but blaming Facebook for it is ridiculous. But thanks to Facebook's own support of FOSTA, it's at least now possible. In the causes of action, Doe claims that Facebook had a duty to "warn of the dangers of grooming" and failing to do that makes it liable. That seems like a stretch, but again, thanks to FOSTA it's not an open and shut case like it would have been earlier.
Remember, back when some of us pointed out that under FOSTA almost any website might face crushing liability? But supporters of the bill insisted that was a ridiculous read on the bill, because it would only apply to "bad actors" who "knowingly facilitated sex trafficking." We kept being told that this would never apply to sites like Facebook, and even had people tell us that Facebook's own support of the bill somehow "proved" that the law would never be used against Facebook.
And, yet, here we are with Facebook in court, with a victim of sex trafficking claiming that Facebook is liable.
Facebook may get the case tossed -- and hopefully that is the end result -- but it has already created a legal headache for the company, just as many of us predicted back when the bill was being debated. Also, I can't wait for all of those who insisted that FOSTA would never be used against sites like Facebook to either (a) refuse to comment on this or (b) now insist that Facebook was, indeed, a "bad actor" despite denying it during the debate over FOSTA and SESTA.


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Picking Up Broken Pieces
This is the newest YouTube video with music for my upcoming book, "Inside The Forbidden Outside. The poem runs across the bottom. You can also read it right here.
It is my plan to put out a new video every two weeks, hoping that by the end of the year all of the pieces to my project will be completed and ready for editing. It has taken me three years to get to this point, having no idea what I was doing when I started. What a learning process. It has taken more determination and dedication than I thought I had.
For example – this video took 63 video clips I had to upload to my computer, after I found the ones I wanted, and then upload them into the software program I am using to make the video. Each video took 7-20 minutes to upload to the program. The clips then have to be arranged in the order I wanted and tested and retested. I'm still learning the word editing that has to be inserted into the different frames. It took about 20 hours to make this video. During that time I can't work on the book or write blog posts. I can't work on my music websites or keep up social media, so everything moves slowly as I circle through as much as I can in one day.
I don't take any days off. There are no Monday through Friday workweeks. There is no paycheck for my efforts. When I wake, I get a cup of coffee that gets cold and I begin working. This project – for Jamie – and I don't kid myself, it is for me, to show what I can do after more than a few years of making music.
If you don't have deep determination to accomplish something, you may begin, but you won't finish. You'll put it aside after you convince yourself you can't do it. If you can't motivate yourself, or if you listen to people tell you that you can't do – you won't, and you will blame other reasons for why you failed. But blaming yourself probably won't be one of those reasons.
But to do this I need your help – your support. I have a mailing list for my newsletter ITFO News. But I also now have a mailing list for my music and videos. You can easily subscribe to at at my website: Sonni Quick. When I come out with something new I'll let you know. Listen and share if you like it. That is the best support you can give me. Subscribe to my YouTube channel. People look at that number when they go to YouTube and determine if someone is worth listening to. Growing those early numbers as quickly as possible is important.
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My Name is Jamie – wordpress blog on Jamie's life and info on prisons and the criminal injustice system
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My personal music website – sonniquick.net
Skunk Radio – Indie radio out of London. My personal page
Soundcloud – all of my music can be found here plus music I have personally liked from other musicians. You can also play my album "Stories without Words"
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Posted: May 01, 2018
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. – Junior pitcher Pat Clare did not allow any earned runs in 5 2/3 innings of relief for the Wesleyan University baseball team on Tuesday, but MIT scored in five different innings during a 5-2 non-conference win at Dresser Diamond in Middletown, Conn.
- The Engineers (18-12, 11-6 NEWMAC) tallied a run in each of the first four innings, setting the tone for the game, as senior Garrett Greenwood led off the top of the first with a single to right for MIT, and then advanced to second on a throwing error by Cardinals freshman pitcher David Redfield. Greenwood remained active on the base path, stealing third, and then crossed home on a sacrifice fly to left by senior Max Lancaster.
- The visitors extended their advantage to 2-0 in the second on a one-out, RBI double to right-center by freshman Ethan Rolland, as senior Kyler Kocher touched home with MIT's second run. With no outs in the third, Greenwood tallied an RBI ground out to second, which scored junior Jared Schwait from third, and gave the Engineers a three-run lead.
- In the fourth, sophomore Tony Rice recorded a clutch two-out RBI single up the middle, as the Engineers went in front by four.
- In the bottom of the fourth, the Cardinals (20-12, 8-4 NESCAC West Division) loaded the bases with no outs, as a result of a single by junior Danny Rose, and walks by seniors Matt Jeye and AJ Ferrara. Engineers junior relief pitcher Nick Charchut answered the bell with back-to-back strikeouts, but was unable to get out of the jam uschathed, as sophomore Kevin Walek earned an RBI when he was hit by a pitch, scoring Rose from 90 feet away.
- The Cardinals made things interesting in the bottom of the seventh, as the squad loaded the bases with two down on an infield single to third by Rose. Jeye then drew a walk, which cut the deficit to 4-2, while putting the tying run on second and the go-ahead tally on first. MIT decided to send freshman relief pitcher Adam Katz to the hill with the game on the line, and he rose to the occasion, forcing junior Ryan Earle to line out to second.
- MIT ended the scoring in the top half of the ninth, as Kocher led of the inning with a double to right, and then scored with two down on a pair of errors by the Cardinals' defense.
- Clare pitched exceptionally well in relief for Wesleyan, recording 1-2-3 efforts during the fifth and eighth innings. The Whitehouse Station, N.J. native additionally finished with six strikeouts and allowed four hits, while his pitch control was great – only walking one batter.
- Junior relief pitcher Zeke Long (1-0) was credited with the win for the Engineers, as he threw a pair of shutout innings in relief during the fifth and sixth, while striking out two batters, and giving up one hit and no walks. Redfield (0-1) was tagged with the loss for the hosts, surrendering three earned runs on three hits and a trio of walks in 3 1/3 innings.
- Jeye reached base four times for the Cardinals, going 2-for-3 with two singles, two walks and an RBI, while Rose recorded a 2-for-5 performance, to go along with a run. Greenwood led the charge in the leadoff role for MIT, going 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI.
- Wesleyan held an 8-7 advantage in hits, and the hosts made a trio of errors, while the Engineers were charged with one miscue.
- The Engineers are now 25-12 all time against Wesleyan, as the group is riding an eight-game winning streak in the rivalry dating back to the 2008 season.
- The Cardinals will travel to Danbury, Conn., for a 4 p.m. game against Western Connecticut State on Wednesday.


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