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Emergent Biosolutions
As a global specialty pharmaceutical company, Emergent offers specialized products to healthcare providers and governments to address medical needs and emerging health threats.
As a global specialty pharmaceutical company, Emergent offers specialized products to healthcare providers and governments to address medical needs and emerging health threats.
A multinational chemical company with a global presence. Our operations are guided by our concern for people and the environment, in addition to an ongoing desire to innovate and to make people's lives easier, helping create a world that is a better place to live. We believe in the evolution of the world through chemistry.
A leader in surfactants and specialty chemicals in Latin America, Oxiteno offers solutions for the Agrochemicals, Home Care and I&I, Oil & Gas, Paints & Coatings, Performance Product and Personal Care markets.
Our specialty is creating, combining and integrating numerous technologies to impart multi-functional properties to cosmetics and textiles. The goal is to protect war fighters, workers and recreationists from the environmental elements.
Under development is a flame retardant, heat reflective and insect repellant, camouflage face paint to protect soldiers, woodland firefighters and all first responders. Translations of these technologies are being harnessed to create cost-effective flame retardant fabrics and a long-acting insect repellant.
Located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, SciGenesis is dedicated to expanding science and technology infrastructure in the South. Through strong collaborations with government, academic and local business partners, SciGenesis continues to bolster scientific development opportunities.
Reactive Surfaces adds functionality to paints and coatings, "bringing them to life."
Initially, our bioengineered additives were designed for decontamination and remediation of chemical and biological threat agents. Today, RSL is developing enzyme- and peptide-based additives for self-cleaning surfaces, biocidal surfaces, mold-inhibiting surfaces, deodorizing surfaces, textiles with reactive coatings, self-healing coatings and catalytic column coatings for liquid and gaseous waste-stream decontamination.
Bac Yeast is here to aid in the many local and regional breweries that are getting underway. It is our goal to help every brewer - home or professional in their efforts in fermentation science. Our mission is to be there for the breweries on all your science needs so that you can focus on brewing and purchasing more fermenters.
We are dedicated to sustainable practices. We are passionate about taking biomass residue and manufacturing a wood alternative that can be used in thousands of applications. Our processes and systems are designed with the goal of minimizing the utilization of petroleum based fuels and resins. We actively seek to create and establish innovative and industry-defining practices to reduce the consumption of our natural resources.
With headquarters in Houston, Texas, Texon does business across the continental U.S. and has begun introducing butane blending expertise into the international marketplace. Texon was founded in 1989 with a mission to be the best service provider in our industry.
MPI is a non-profit industrial outreach arm that serves to foster business growth. It was born out of the School of Polymers & High Performance Materials and is sponsored by The University of Southern Mississippi.
MPI strives to put the customer first and provide an environment that provides assistance to the entire advanced-material ecosystem. This starts at student outreach activities to increase interest and participation, then more advanced contributions to support product conceptualization-to-commercialization to grow businesses. At later stages this involves troubleshooting manufacturing issues and providing workforce training that enables companies to achieve new sustainable goals.
MPI's capabilities include but are not limited to several aspects of material science: polymer synthesis, composite manufacturing, testing, compounding, extruding, molding, design, CAD modeling, 3D printing, workforce training, and educational outreach.
In addition to serving industry with dedicated staff, laboratories, and equipment, MPI leverages resources with the School of Polymers and High-Performance Materials when highly specialized knowledge or equipment benefits customers.
Our mission is to drive economic development through technology innovation and commercialization. We serve business as an innovation center for accelerated technologies development, scale-up, market validation, manufacturing and commercialization--all under the same roof. We foster entrepreneurship and job creation through the acceleration of new business formation, growth and viability.
We want our clients to invest in their intellectual capital and their people. Our innovative approach involves a unique combination of a full-service 60,000-square-foot facility, including private offices and laboratories, a high throughput formulation science lab and a pilot plant, along with world-class expertise in complete product development and commercialization. Clients have access to state-of-the-art equipment and amenities without the tremendous overhead.
Kopis Mobile has been designing and manufacturing apps and app-enabled equipment for the DoD, law enforcement and private security markets since 2013. We are experts in most types of software development including mobile, embedded, desktop and server software. Our team also has decades of experience in hardware development, particularly PCB and electrical design, mechanical design and rapid prototype development.


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This California continuing education activity has been planned and implemented through joint efforts between American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry and California Society of Pediatric Dentistry. California CE credits are provided under the Registered CE provider permit of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD).
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Note: For nearly eight years I have served as the editor of the Journal of Public Affairs Education.For each issue, I write an introduction. For the latest issue, I did an intro called "Alternative Facts and Public Affairs," speaking to the latest battles in politics over science, truth, knowledge, and public policy. Here is a portion of that intro.
What is a fact and how do we know when something is true? These are not just philosophical questions. In this era of intense partisan polarization, especially in the United States, the very notion that objective facts and truth exist is contested, and it seems acceptable for elected officials, policy makers, and the media to eschew real facts and opt instead for alternative facts. Contrary to the assertion of former US senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, who once declared that everyone is entitled to his own opinion but not to his own facts, it now seems that everyone and each political party do have their own facts and truth. Why? Simply put, scientific facts and truth are not the same as political facts and truth; democracy and science are often in conflict, and the differing groups that support the Democratic and Republican Parties have vested interests in endorsing rival conceptions of truth. This is a dangerous proposition for governance and public affairs, where belief in knowledge, facts, and the pursuit of best practices premised on these is the mainstay of what we teach and encourage in our students as we prepare them for careers in public service.
For 30 years, I have taught American politics, law, and public policy. As someone with graduate degrees in astronomy, philosophy, law, and political science, my research and teaching centers on how policy making can be more evidence-based. In most aspects of our lives and in business, we are taught to draw on the best available evidence before making decisions. The same should be true for politicians and government. Decisions crafted out of political myths and faulty or no evidence yield bad public policy, wasting taxpayer dollars and leading to failed or ineffective programs. Yet too much policy is created without real evidence.
There are many reasons for this. One can clearly point to intense interest group politics and the corrosive impact of money on politics as possibilities. But there is also a profound difference in how scientists and politicians gather facts and think about the world.
Scientists (and most social scientists) subscribe to the scientific method. This is a rigorous approach, ideally using controlled experiments and the inductive process of gathering discrete data, which are then aggregated to test hypotheses. Scholars also often use statistical sampling to estimate how representative their samples are in terms of the phenomena being studied. One cannot examine every molecule in the universe, and good samples allow for generalizations. But there is always a slight probability of error.
For scientists, facts are rigorously tested but cannot be proved with 100% certainty. Science is about falsifying claims. Scientific knowledge is also incremental, built on what is previously known, as bricks laid one upon another to construct a wall. Scientists have built a wall of knowledge, facts, and truth. The laws of gravity, Einstein's famous E = mc2, and 1+1 = 2 are examples. Scientific facts and truth have made possible telephones, television, the Internet, and the cure for polio. If one denies scientific truth, one might as well deny civilization. While we may not have a social science or public affairs equivalent of E = mc2, we do have an impressive trove of data and knowledge about the world of public policy and administration. We may not know truths that are etched in stone, but we do know what has failed and often what should not be done. In many cases, we have the lessons of history to guide us, or we simply do the best we can in a world of bounded rationality—we act based on the best knowledge we have and perhaps, in Charles Lindblom fashion, muddle though.
But (social) scientific knowledge is different from political knowledge. What is political truth, especially in a democracy? It is what 50% plus one of the population says: majority rule. For elected officials, what counts as facts and truth is what they learn from their constituents. A politician's world is not one of controlled experiments, hypotheses, and statistically valid samples; what counts as valid evidence in making policies are the stories and interests of voters. This can be powerful evidence to someone who may need support in the next election. What is true in this sense has less to do with rigorous methods of investigation than with how well an assertion plays with the media or voters.
On occasion, scientific and political truth converge, resulting in good public policy. But historically they do not. The tension between scientific or expert knowledge culled from rigorous testing versus political knowledge based on majority rule is deep and has existed since Plato discussed it nearly 2,500 years ago. This is the technocracy/democracy gap. Some have more or specialized knowledge compared to others. Should the people defer to the experts or choose for themselves what they consider to be true? This is where political leadership comes in—to guide the public and make decisions based on the best knowledge at hand.
While science and democracy are in tension, how do we explain the partisan war on science between Democrats and Republicans in the United States? Battles over global warming and alternative facts are sourced in competing economic interests that support or sustain specific biases or factual worldviews. The two parties represent divergent interests that in turn have financial interests in rival conceptions of truth. Right now, Republicans are representing interests generally hostile to science, including energy companies that wish to deny climate change or workers who fear that automation will un-employ them. But this could change.
The gap between scientific and political knowledge might be bridged with more scientific education in schools. It might also be good if we elected more scientists to office. Together, this might create conditions that would make the political process more hospitable to science, yet there is no guarantee. Differing economic interests drive scientific skepticism, as do fear and prejudice, and something needs to be done to address both tendencies. The challenge for scientists and their allies is to convince the public and politicians that science is not a threat but rather enables and enriches our society.
As editor of JPAE and as a professor, I remain committed to the old-school idea that facts matter and truth exists and that both should guide the teaching and practice of public affairs. My goal has been to make sure that each issue of this journal contains articles that enhance our teaching and knowledge, helping us in the quest of producing the next generation of scholars and administrators who have the skills and knowledge to do their best to serve their constituents.


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Architect: Safdie Architects
Products: GXi sliding balcony doors
Marina Bay Sands is a US$5.7bn waterfront development in Singapore – the most expensive stand-alone integrated resort ever built, and one of the world's most challenging construction projects.
A Magnificent Feat of Engineering
The scheme is a magnificent feat of engineering, which has created an impressive icon on the Singapore skyline.
Three 55-storey hotel towers are crowned with a 1.2 hectare SkyPark – a tropical oasis that floats 200m high on top of the soaring towers and cantilevering 65m beyond. The SkyPark accommodates a public observation deck with spectacular 360° panoramic views, lavishly landscaped gardens, roof-top restaurants and a 150m long infinity swimming pool – the world's longest elevated pool.
An Opulent Specification
Two thousand GXi sliding balcony doors have been installed for the luxury hotel rooms, totalling 25,000sqm of glazing. The system was specially adapted to accommodate glass that exceeded 31mm, to provide a higher level of acoustic performance in line with the hotel's opulent specification. The glazing also helps to maximise natural light.
Technal also supplied its MX Visible Grid curtain walling which was used to areas of the hotel's ground floor on each of the three towers.
Marina Bay Sands has created a completely new high density urban district for Singapore's waterfront and a new gateway to this densely populated island.
Central to the development is the world's most expensive casino – located on four levels, this atrium-style space sits under a spectacular 7-tonne Swarovski chandelier.
Facilities at Marina Bay Sands also include:
GXi – A Stylish and Robust Glazing Solution
The GXi sliding window and door system, which is used at Marina Bay Sands, is a stylish, robust and high specification glazing solution. It features clean, narrow 41mm sight lines to maximise natural light, profiles can be flat-faced or curved, and there is a choice of window or door sizes to suit individual project requirements.
The system has been rigorously tested to 20,000 open/close cycles; fixings and mountings are concealed for an improved appearance, and it benefits from a 9mm flush polyamide thermal break for thermal efficiency.
Other features include:
The Architect's Perspective
Moshe Safdie, Safdie Architects:
"Marina Bay Sands is really more than a building project, it is a microcosm of a city rooted in Singapore's culture, climate and contemporary life. Our challenge was to create a vital public place at the district-urban scale – in other words, to address the issue of mega-scale and invent an urban landscape that would work at the human scale."
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Well-Groomed and Powerful, "Groundswell" is Headed Your Way
Groundswell – a new film by Chris Malloy of Patagonia, Farm League Productions, and Woodshed Films in conjunction with the Raincoast Conservation Foundation – is setting out out on tour. It's a small film about making a big stand.
Groundswell features world-class surfing of Patagonia's Trevor Gordon, Dan Malloy and Chris Malloy. Canadian phenomenon Peter Devries also joins Raincoast aboard their 70-foot sailboat to discover what the remote coast of British Columbia, Canada, has to offer – and why it must be protected. Together with local indigenous leaders, this group gives voice to a coast in peril from a proposed Tar Sands pipeline and associated oil tanker traffic.
Update 2: The full-length version of Groundswell is now available at The Surf Network. Profits from the sale of this film are being donated to Raincoast Conservation Foundation.
Update: The tour is almost over (photos after the jump) but you can still be a part of this amazing project. Take Action through the Raincoast website and add your voice to the Groundswell of opposition against oil tanker traffic on the Great Bear Sea. We hope to have news on a digital viewing option from The Surf Network soon.
Dan Malloy gets ready to jump ship. Photo: Jeremy Koreski
Should one of the proposed oil tankers run aground along this pristine coastline, it would be a disaster for the environment. Photo: Dean Azim
On October 28, the Groundswell world premiere will take place in Bella Bella, BC, to pay our respects to the Heitsuk Nation who hosted the filming. Between 01 and 17 November we'll tour the film from Canada's Tofino to California's Cardiff-by-the-Sea. The film is also headlining at the Save the Waves Film Festival in Santa Barbara on November 02, and again in Santa Cruz (Nov. 9) and San Francisco (Nov. 16). Each event features the film, a short presentation and Q & A by film participants, beer and live music.
To learn more about the tour, film and adventure behind it, see the Groundswell homepage and recent feature articles in SURFER and SBC Surf. Also learn how Canadians and Americans can Take Action.
If you cannot make it to these events, do not fret. Additional screenings will take place at film festivals and community-organized events across North America and beyond. And the full-length film is now available via download from The Surf Network.
Groundswell Tour Dates 2012 – Presented by Patagonia and Raincoast Conservation Foundation
Bella Bella – Advance Community Screening
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Start time: TBA
Elders Building
Monday, October 29, 2012
Start time: TBA
Bella Bella Community School
Shelter Restaurant Tofino
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Start time: 7pm
601 Campbell St. Tofino, BC V0R 2Z0
University of Victoria David Lam Auditorium (3 showings)
Friday, November 2, 2012
Student show: 3:30 pm (For Students and University Staff, no advance booking, come early)
Afternoon show: 5:15 pm Advance booking required at EventBrite (here)
Evening show: 7 pm SOLD OUT
3800 Finnerty Road
Victoria, BC V8P 5C
Science World Vancouver
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Start time: 7pm
1455 Quebec Street
Vancouver, BC V6A 3Z7
Reserve your tickets in advance here
Patagonia Seattle
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Start time: 7pm
2100 1st Avenue
Seattle, WA 98121
Patagonia Portland
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Start time: 7pm
907 Northwest Irving Street
Portland, OR 97209
Mill Valley – @ Proof Lab
Saturday, November 10, 2012
254 Shoreline Hwy
Mill Valley, CA 94941
Start time: 4pm
Patagonia Outlet Santa Cruz
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Start time: 7pm
415 River Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Patagonia Ventura – Tin Shed Courtyard (next to GPIW)
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Start time: Music @ 6pm – Film @ 7pm
235 W. Santa Clara St.
Ventura, CA 93001
Patagonia Cardiff
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Start time: 7pm
2185 San Elijo Ave
Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California 92007
Pender Island, BC
Saturday Dec 1, 2012
Start time: 7:00 pm
Pender Island Community Hall
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Check out our calendar of events below!
Young Life Capernaum Club
Tuesday, February 26, 2019 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Location: Central United Methodist Church, 6 W. Dickson St, Fayetteville, AR 72701
Description: Capernaum Club will meet several Tuesday's per month through November 27th, 2018. Please follow the link to the Young Life calendar below as some select Tuesday's will not have a club meeting and there may be a meeting scheduled occasionally on a day other than Tuesday. Students ages 14-22 are encouraged to attend, but also college students, high schools students, and adult leaders who would like to serve as buddies and group leaders. Stay tuned as additional information becomes available for 2019!
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Macquarie Capital, Advanced Microgrid Solutions and CIT Close Industry-First Battery Storage Project Financing
New York, 27 Mar 2017
- Portfolio will deploy Tesla Energy's Powerpack 2 lithium-ion battery system
- Bellwether deal marks an important project financing milestone for the emerging battery-based energy storage sector
Macquarie Capital, the corporate advisory, capital markets and principal investing arm of Macquarie Group ("Macquarie") (ASX: MQG; ADR: MQBKY), today announced the closing of the first non-recourse project financing of battery-based energy storage systems with CIT Bank.
The financing, led by CIT, backs a 50MW fleet of behind-the-meter, battery storage systems located in certain grid-constrained pockets of the West Los Angeles Basin service territory of Southern California Edison ("SCE") that Macquarie Capital acquired from Advanced Microgrid Solutions ("AMS") in August 2016.
Since the acquisition, Macquarie and AMS have been jointly developing and constructing the portfolio, which is expected to come online in phases over the next 12-24 months.
"Macquarie Capital is proud to have closed this first-of-its-kind financing for these critical battery storage infrastructure assets in Southern California," said Michael Silverton, Head of Macquarie Capital for the US and Latin America.
"As an active developer in infrastructure assets globally, Macquarie believes there is tremendous opportunity for this asset class, and looks forward to continuing to grow its presence with leading innovators in the space including AMS, CIT and Tesla," said Nick Butcher, Global Head of Infrastructure for Macquarie Capital.
"CIT is pleased to achieve this landmark project finance transaction, further demonstrating our commitment to supporting innovation and sustainable solutions in the energy sector," said Mike Lorusso, group head and managing director of CIT's Energy Finance business. "Our deep expertise and track record of execution in financing distributed power assets allowed CIT to design a market-leading solution in support of Macquarie Capital, AMS and Tesla. We look forward to further building on our relationship with these pioneers," said Rhys Marsh, director in CIT's Energy Finance business.
The fleet of energy storage systems, which will be located at various large-load commercial,industrial and government host sites in Los Angeles and Orange counties, will be used for utility grid services including flexible and reserve capacity, solar integration and voltage management in addition to retail energy services such as demand management, back up generation and enhanced power quality.
AMS, which led the development of the portfolio, will serve as the asset manager of the projects.
"Macquarie is financing a revolution in the energy industry," said Susan Kennedy, CEO of AMS.
"The era of energy storage has begun." SCE, which is California's second largest utility, will purchase capacity from the Macquarie-owned fleet of behind-the-meter, battery-based energy storage systems under 10-year capacity contracts to provide load reduction services as part of SCE's plan to modernize the grid by 2022.
Rishi Sharma
Tel: (212) 231-0494
About Macquarie and Macquarie Capital
Macquarie Group (Macquarie) is a global provider of banking, financial, advisory, investment and funds management services. Macquarie's main business focus is making returns by providing a diversified range of services to clients. Macquarie acts on behalf of institutional, corporate and retail clients and counterparties around the world. Founded in 1969, Macquarie operates in more than 70 office locations in 28 countries. Macquarie employs approximately 13,800 people and has assets under management of over $377 billion (as of September 30, 2016).
Macquarie Capital comprises Macquarie Group's corporate advisory, capital markets and principal investing capabilities. Macquarie Capital's expertise spans a variety of industry sectors including telecommunications, media, entertainment, gaming, financial institutions, consumer, leisure, energy, resources, real estate, infrastructure, utilities and renewables.
Macquarie Capital's Power, Utilities and Renewables team combines corporate advisory expertise and principal investing experience with a dedicated focus on companies operating in the generation, transmission, distribution, retail energy marketing, midstream, water, solar, wind, storage, biomass, and waste industries. With dedicated power, utilities and renewables professionals in New York, Toronto and Austin, Macquarie Capital is a substantial and active player in the North American market.
About Advanced Microgrid Solutions
Advanced Microgrid Solutions (AMS) is pioneering the use of advanced energy storage systems for electric utility grid support. The company designs, finances, installs and manages advanced energy storage solutions for commercial, industrial and government building owners. AMS's unique fleet management software provides optimized resource management, cost reduction and revenue generation for large scale energy users. AMS is developing the first fleet of Hybrid Electric Buildings® in the world for The Irvine Company in Irvine, California.
About CIT
Founded in 1908, CIT (NYSE: CIT) is a financial holding company with more than $64.2 billion in assets. Its principal bank subsidiary, CIT Bank, N.A., (Member FDIC, Equal Housing Lender) has more than $30 billion of deposits and more than $40 billion of assets. It provides financing, leasing and advisory services principally to middle market companies across more than 30 industries primarily in North America, and equipment financing and leasing solutions to the transportation sector. It also offers products and services to consumers through its Internet bank franchise and a network of retail branches in Southern California, operating as OneWest Bank, a division of CIT Bank, N.A. cit.com


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One of Kihachi Okamoto's lesser-known jidaigeki comedies,
Battle Cry
In its original title, Tokkan, it was made under the ATG umbrella as it was petering out of productions in the late 70s. A brilliant piece of work, imho, this film is largely unknown in the West outside the festival circuit. To the best of my knowledge it has never seen a home video release, so Criterion would be wise to snap up this sucker. Featuring Okamoto's golden boy Nakadai Tatsuya, who I'm sure could be coerced into giving an interview or two about working with the director in exchange for a few minutes in Criterion's closet.


text: In news that is bound to leave Ben Affleck seething with jealousy, Focus Features and Participant Productions have won a bidding war for Promised Land, a script co- written by Matt Damon and John Krasinski. The toothy twosome will also star in the film, which is described by Deadline as a "Capraesque tale" about rival corporate executives. And to really twist the knife in Affleck, Good Will Hunting director and frequent Damon collaborator Gus Van Sant is attached, as is Project Greenlight producer Chris Moore. Krasinski began with an "idea for a film that had resonance in the current climate of economic hardship caused by corporate greed," and, in a sign of his own magnanimity, paid his own pal, novelist Dave Eggers, to write the first draft of the script. He then brought the project to his new bestie Damon while the actor was filming The Adjustment Bureau (which co-starred Krasinki's wife, Emily Blunt). Damon and Krasinski later took over the writing when Eggers became unavailable—so at least Affleck can take cold comfort in knowing he's not the only one left out of this bro-fest.


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Arnold Meri, who is now 88, was a highly-decorated soldier in the Soviet Red Army, and is a cousin of the Baltic state's late President, Lennart Meri.
He is said to have organised the 1949 deportation of 251 civilians from Hiiumaa Island, off the west coast.
Mr Meri has admitted participating, but says he played only a minor role.
Estonia's security police say more than 40 of those deported either died on the way to, or in, the Siberian camps.
Mr Meri said that at the time, he was just a lowly civil servant on the island.
He was quoted in the Eesti Paevaleht newspaper as saying: "It's true that I took part in the deportation action at Hiiumaa, but I am being wrongly accused."
Estonia has been gradually attempting to prosecute those who helped in the deportation of more than 20,000 Estonians to Siberian camps after World War II.
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Pledge to go Veg (for a week…) #VegWeek
After watching Forks Over Knives and Vegucated yesterday, the twinge in the back of my brain about eating less meat really kicked in to overdrive. I'd been considering it off and on for a while or at least a more concerted move towards the ethical consumption of meat and dairy.
I'm already on board with less cow milk. I mean, cow milk is for baby cows. Human milk for baby humans.
In any event, I'm not morally opposed to eating animals or their products, but trying to square how I feel about ethically raised food with what I currently eat is a problem.
For a while, we were buying a lot from the East Atlanta Farmer's Market and getting locally raised meat and some dairy. We got off of doing that…and after watching some of the facts about factory farming (facts I already knew in my head, but hadn't been confronted with visually yet) I don't think I can continue.
I don't know that I'll ever go veggie or vegan, but I'm going to pledge to go veg for one week.
The farming manufacturing industry has some of the poorest safety conditions in the U.S. and even if you don't care at all about the animals…I know you care about people. Sick and injured workers are bad for everyone and I don't want to support that. I want workers to be healthy and happy and cared about by their employers.
I appreciate the gift of food provided to me by the animals I eat. I don't want them to be miserable. So, I'm going veg for a week and thereafter, will be trying to cut out a substantial amount of meat products and pledge that the meats and dairy I do purchase be from farmers who treat their animals with dignity.
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Girls like to borrow things. We've all experienced once, the fun of trading clothes between friends. Sometimes, for the non-lucky of us, it occurred that we've never seen them back. Still, this concept seemed to have interested some designers. Particularly after seeing some couples on the street, observing girls wearing their boyfriend's clothes. It seems that girls don't just borrow clothes from their friends, they also do it to their beloved. Anyhow, designers decided to rethink their approach and incorporate masculine touch in their collection.
Especially this fall, on the runway, there are clearly pieces that are borrowed from men. We think of Jil Sander, Alexander Wang who decide to add some masculinity into woman wardrobe. This trend is by far the most easy to incorporate in our everyday life. We talk here of little touches here and there to still look attractive and not too androgyne. If you think you can master a whole look from head to toe and still looking fierce, then go for it. Embrace it.
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Wellbeing means health, happiness and peace, harmony of mind, body and soul. Don't let yourself carried away by the stress and bustle of modern life, but give yourself some quality time in a SPA centre in Romania. It will strengthen your body and revigorate your spirit.
The most well-known SPA centers in Romania can be found in: Ocna Sibiului, Baile Felix, Eforie, Neptun, Covasna and Mangalia. The therapies available in these centers fight stress and help maintaining a physical and psychological state of wellbeing. They also delay the aging process and slow down or stop the evolution of inflammatory diseases of the locomotor system, such as arthritis. They are also recommended against several dermatological, respiratory and endocrinal illnesses.
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The Saskatchewan Roughriders announced today they have signed import quarterbacks Ryan Dinwiddie and Todd Reesing to contracts. Financial details of the contracts were not released.
Dinwiddie (6'1 – 195 lbs) played three seasons with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers after signing as a free agent with the team in 2006. During that time, the 29-year old completed 207 of 417 pass attempts for 1,581 yards and six touchdowns. At Boise State, Dinwiddie was a three-year starter and a two time first team All-Western Athletic Conference all-star. He set school career records for passing yards, completions, and attempts. Dinwiddie finished his time at Boise State with an impressive 168.89 passer rating after completing 662 of 992 pass attempts for 9,819 yards and 82 touchdowns.
Reesing (5'11 – 200 lbs) spent four seasons playing at Kansas University where he completed 313 of 496 pass attempts for 3,616 yards and 22 touchdowns in his senior year. He finished his collegiate career completing 932 of 1,461 pass attempts for 11,194 yards and 90 touchdowns. The 22-year-old led his team to a 2008 FedEx Orange Bowl victory over Virginia and also led his team to victory in the 2008 Insight Bowl. Reesing was named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.
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How Should I Invest?June 23rd, 2013 at 10:19 pm
Today I just remembered something that I've literally forgotten. I have approximately $2,000 coming to me.
While I was overseas I had the option of putting my money into an Savings Deposit Plan (SDP). So for nine months I put in $250/month into this account which stops when you come back from overseas.
As of my last paycheck I have $2,345.34 in this account. So it's earned at approximately $95 in interest at this time.
So at this point I'm not exactly sure what to do with the money. I could put it in a Roth IRA, CDs or just deposit it into my savings account to help boost my emergency fund.
I'm just upset with myself that I actually forgot about that much money. It was coming out of my account automatically so I didn't have to think about it but that's the flip side. You may truly forget about it and not even realize you have it especially if you have beneficiaries.


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Nancy's Kitchen
Nancy McWhorter – For The Record
This week's KEEPER recipe was taken from an outstanding cookbook titled "Best from the Deep South." I purchased it at Minden's Super Walmart. It is collection of selected recipes taken from favorite cookbooks of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama edited by Gwen McKee and Barbara Moseley. These ladies, Gwen and Barbara, travel the United States, finding choice cookbooks within each state that contain family recipe gems. They then compile those favorite recipes into a single book.
Aliant Cooks for Education (Alabama) submitted the egg recipe I am sharing with you this week. When I prepared it, I served it with bacon, toast and fruit. If one does not like cottage cheese, it is not detectible in the finished dish. I halved the recipe and it was still enough for two extra servings. It would be an excellent choice for a brunch or visiting guests.
10 eggs
½ cup flour
½ tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. baking powder
½ cup melted butter
1 (16 oz.) carton small curd cottage cheese
½ lb. Monterey Jack cheese, shredded
½ lb. Cheddar cheese, shredded
8 oz. diced green bell pepper
Salsa (optional)
In large mixing bowl, beat eggs. Add remaining ingredients except salsa. Pour onto a 9 X 13 inch baking dish. Bake @ 350○ for 35 minutes. Let rest 5 – 10 minutes before cutting. Serve with a dollop of salsa if desired.
If interested in acquiring this cookbook and it is not available at your Walmart, you can contact Quail Ridge Press. The address is P.O. Box 123, Brandon, MS 39043. The email address is email@example.com or internet www.quailridge.com. Phone number is 1-(601) 825-2063. I highly recommend any of their cookbooks.


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Understanding Anxiety
Worry and fear are a normal human response to the everyday stressors and unsettling situations we all experience in life. It is when the fear response to a perceived danger or stressful event becomes all consuming and is clearly out of proportion to the actual event that an anxiety disorder may be at work. When excessive worrying interferes with normal daily activities it can manifest itself in one or more types of anxiety disorder.
Symptoms of Anxiety Disorders
Each of the several anxiety disorders within the anxiety spectrum has unique symptoms, diagnostic criteria, and treatment protocol. According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, 40 million Americans struggle with an anxiety disorder each year. The most common are generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) with 6.8 million adults affected, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), with 7.7 million adults affected. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition (DSM-5) categorizes anxiety disorders into three categories:
Anxiety disorders
- Generalized anxiety disorder
- Social anxiety
- Phobia
- Panic disorder
- Separation anxiety disorder
- Substance-medication induced anxiety disorder
Obsessive-compulsive and related disorders
Trauma related disorders
Diagnostic Criteria for Anxiety Disorders
The diagnostic criteria for all anxiety disorders are available in the DSM-5. Here are the criteria for GAD, provided by the American Academy of Family Physicians:
Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Excessive and uncontrollable worry over events and perceived negative outcomes. DSM-5 diagnostic criteria:
- Excessive anxiety and worry (apprehensive expectation), occurring more days than not for at least 6 months, about a number of events or activities (such as work or school performance).
- The individual finds it difficult to control the worry.
- The anxiety and worry are associated with three* (or more) of the following six symptoms, with at least some symptoms having been present for the majority of days for the past six months:
*only one required in children
- Restlessness or feeling keyed up or on edge
- Easily fatigued
- Concentration problems
- Irritability
- Muscle tension
- Sleep disturbance
- The anxiety, worry, or physical symptoms cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.
- The disturbance is not attributable to the physiological effects of a substance (i.e., drug of abuse or a medication) or another medical condition.
- The disturbance is not better explained by another mental disorder.
How TMS Treats Anxiety Disorders
According to an article in the Psychiatric Times, between 30-50% of patients do not respond to the standard treatments for anxiety, indicating a need for alternative or complimentary therapies in seeking relief from anxiety symptoms. For treatment-resistant anxiety, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is providing hope to those whose lives are negatively impacted by an anxiety disorder.
TMS is a neurostimulation therapy that uses magnetic fields applied through a coil placed over the scalp. By targeting the specific brain regions that regulate threat appraisal, conflict monitoring, risk aversion, and emotion regulation, TMS is providing promising results in tackling anxiety disorders. Clinical findings indicate that by targeting the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), TMS therapy can alter cortisol secretions and modify emotion regulation of anxiety, leading to sustained symptom relief and improved quality of life. TMS is safe, noninvasive, requires no sedation, and is very well tolerated by patients.


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My blog uses a couple of plug-ins and one of them is Popularity Contest by Alex King. This allows me to display which are my more popular posts (it's in the sidebar to the right). However, I recently upgraded my WordPress installation, and when I tried to re-activate the Popularity Contest plugin, I was faced with an error message that shows: "Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error."
Turns out that there's a problem (even with the updated version of the plugin). You'll need to go to your plugins folder, and look for the Popularity Contest plugin folder. Once inside you should see 3 files. Open popularity-contest.php and scroll down to line 59. Replace require('../../wp-blog-header.php'); with require('../wp-blog-header.php'); and reactivate your plugin. All should work fine 🙂
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Victory Gardens Come to San Francisco Again
Victory gardens originated during World Wars 1 and 2, when citizens were urged to grow their own food, in fact 40% of America's food was produced in them. San Francisco's victory programme was one of the best; there were over 250 garden plots in Golden Gate Park. In recognition of this history, and the need to become more ecologically self-sufficient, the front lawn of San Francisco City Hall has been dug up and over the summer will be turned into a mass of vegetables. Calling it "a living quilt of plants and people, a garden of communities", it will feature a wide range of heritage organic vegetables native to the Bay Area climate. A host of serious food celebrities will be in attendance such as Alice Waters of Chez Panisse restaurant, Treehugger's favourite author Michael Pollan, and Slow Food genius Carlo Petrini.
It will be a huge educational undertaking. Starter kits are being made available for people wanting to start gardening. They will be delivered by a gardener riding a tricycle, and will include a lesson on how to build a raised bed, planting and a follow up harvest and seed saving lesson. Volunteers will be welcomed on several projects around town. In addition, 15 pilot urban organic food gardens will be started for 15 families of varied ethnic background. The event culminates on Labour Day when there will be a huge feast and harvest day. The idea is spreading--there is a demonstration project in London's St. James Park, and now London's Royal Parks are considering growing formal cabbage gardens instead of flowers next year. :: flavorpill
More on Victory Gardens
:: Victory Gardens: War on Waste
:: Alice Waters' schoolyard food programme
:: Carlo Petrini, Slow Food
:: Michael Pollan on Food


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Is Your Company Ready For Winter?
Winter is right around the corner. Are you ready for Jack Frost? The Farmers Almanac is predicting a colder than normal winter with above average snowfall amounts.
During these cold and wintery months, we routinely send notices out to our members, warning them of impending bad weather such as blizzards. By taking this pro-active approach, our business insurance program safety group members have just received a 5% cash dividend on their property insurance coverage. The program has been averaging 5.8% cash dividend since its inception. Our goal is to show business owners that safety does pay.
We want to help you and our members understand the importance of preparing your facility for winter. This is important because so often a company will add things to a facility such as insulation, sprinkler systems, or a new dust control system. These new items can often added enough weight and stress on the load bearing capacity of a roof that in the event of a heavy snowstorm can cause a roof collapse.
With weather patterns changing, we are often experiencing longer winter weather patterns. Not only is a roof collapse dangerous for the workers in the facility, but it can often disrupt business operations more than expected. Prior to winter, a good walk through the facility by the safety committee can often flag areas that need immediate attention such as cracked beams or supports or a roof that has stopped draining properly. These are much easier to correct without a heavy snow load.
Once the snow has fallen it is imperative that companies remove the snow before it accumulates. If it does use temporary supports on the inside. Always remove snow from double sided roofs on both sides at the same time to lessen the possibility of a problem. Not only will this help keep your business running properly but in the long run it will help you to reduce property insurance rates.
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Our Cultural Heritage
In this course students are provided the opportunity to explore their own identities as Cree/Indigenous people through the investigation of personal family history, traditional lifestyle and values. This course is conducted in a lecture/workshop format under the guidance of an elder.
Prerequisites: Cree 75 3 Credit Hours


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As railroads go, so goes the economy, and CSX's results show the U.S. economy may be improving, Chief Executive Michael Ward told CNBC Wednesday.
"We are a good barometer of the economy and we did see some uptick in September," he said.
For instance, his railroad is seeing some growth in shipments to the nation's retailers for the Christmas shopping season.
"It's a normal fall peak where retailers are stocking the stores for the Christmas time," he said. "We do expect continued growth, not robust but modest, in the coming quarters."


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The figure of Takuma Hisa, whose senior students demonstrate, was one of the most significant persons in Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu history, having learned directly from Morihei Ueshiba and Sokaku Takeda in Osaka. He is also one of only two persons to have received the Menkyo Kaiden from Sokaku. Hisa Sensei was very active is the postwar period promoting Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu from his base in Osaka, and later in Tokyo. Also, during that period he was promoted to 8th dan by Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba.
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Now he's mine. I've long admired plainspoken and progressive U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano. As a result of redistricting, as of January, he gets my part of Boston as well as other neighborhoods and other towns.
He's constantly going and was tough to get on Left Ahead. He did join us eventually a few years ago. We'll get him on again.
Two nights ago, he was up on my hill holding forth and shaking hands with about 40 of us. He is introducing himself to his new constituents. As always, his candid talk and answers went over well. I don't think he's capable of lying or even dissembling. While he's proudly lifelong Somerville, his plain talk could fit just as easily in New Jersey or West Virginia, two areas I grew up in where they admire and respect it.
An earlier post contains clips of his predictions for November wins by Barack Obama and Elizabeth Warren.
Forever Mayor
He poked fun at himself for retaining his quality-of-life focus from his days as Somerville aldeman and then Mayor. He says he still does non-Congressional things, even ones some people consider stupid, like noting where there are potholes that need fixing. He says, "I think these are the things that really matter to people. I care way too much."
In some way, Capuano is a character in his own long-running play. He clearly enjoys letting voters see his foibles and learn about what makes him angry or pleased. That goes a long way toward humanizing him, so that when he casts a vote in the House you don't necessarily like, you have a sense of why...and if you don't, he'd be willing to explain it.
In fact, his candor and conviction remind me of another beloved member of Congress. In a post here six years ago, I recalled something "...U.S. Senator Wayne Morse (D-Oregon) told me many years ago [in the 1960s]. He was staunchly anti-Vietnam War in a state whose voters had the opposite view. When I asked him about compromises and importance of being counted, he said, 'Don't believe a thing a politician tells you if it doesn't square with his voting record.'"
Monday evening, Cappy spoke as though the crowd didn't know his voting record or politics. Surprising to this wonk, he was right.
Up top, he explained why he voted against invading Iraq, which he saw as not involved in 9/11. In contrast, he voted for involvement in Afghanistan, where al-Quaeda had was being shielded. He approved of the anti-terrorism military activities, but not nation building. However, he thinks we are being far too slow in leaving, as the terrorists have long left. He still would support sending troops wherever al-Quaeda or their ilk move.
He went to controversial issues to explain how he legislates and deals. For a big example, he supported the Affordable Care Act for healthcare overhaul, even though he found it only a good beginning and far from perfect.
He enjoys the process, which he describes as politics are "the most difficult thing you can do without hitting each other." He hasn't appreciated the obstructionism by the GOP for the past several years. In fact, he longs for a return to when "...we got to fight with people we disagree with. Then we have to fight among ourselves about the details. Those family fights are the ones I miss."
Stand Up, Speak Up
He said that unfortunately, "my side is full of complainers." He wants both the President and those in Congress to speak up about key issues. "I really want more people on my side to show up and not be afraid to talk about civil liberties."
As much he is willing to mix it up, he says there's an important role for bipartisanship. On the other hand, he said, "There's a big difference between getting along with someone and just selling out." He wants Democrats from the President down to be more aggressive on key issues.
For the long-lasting impasses in Congress, he isn't surprised. He sees it not as a symptom of the Congress members, rather of the national division. "Congress is severely divided" he said because the nation is. The folk voters send to D.C. accurately represent their constituents, hence the conflicts.
For pending issues, he continues to define himself as proud liberal who is a fiscal conservative in the old sense. "I'm not afraid of taxes," he said, "I pay 'em and I have no problems asking you to pay them, but I want them to be used properly." He tells constituents who complain about taxes that if they don't pay them, they don't get the services they want. "You don't get anything for free."
By the way of conclusion, he said plainly that he had no idea of how Congress would act during its lame-duck period looming or even the first six months of the new term. "I'm not optimistic for the next six months or so, but I'm incredibly optimistic for the long term."


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We all know that Apple somehow ended-up winning the whole patent case against Samsung. The interesting part though, is that the only device we actually did agree "looked exactly like an iOS device", didn't infringe any copyrights according to the jury. That's right, believe it or not, it seems like the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 does not look like the iPad 2.
The biggest problem Samsung now faces is that Apple paid a $2.6 million bond in order to secure the injunction over the Galaxy Tab 10.1 until a damages hearing happens. Since the device is no longer guilty, it's only fair that the court let's it continue what's left of it's shelf-life until extinction. The catch here is that there's another injunction hearing next month, and it could just be that Sammy will just have to hold.
We'll see how this whole drama ends-up soon hopefully, even though the road is now paved for the new Galaxy Note 10.1 anyways.
Via: The Verge


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How Expunction Can Help You
You may believe that your criminal records are only available to those whom you permit to perform a criminal background check. However, most of these records are actually available to the general public through the Public Information Act. This can allow many different people to access your criminal background information.
Fortunately, Texas allows some people charged with crimes to clear their records through expunction. Expunging your records can give you the legal ability to deny that you have been charged with the crimes that were expunged. For help in applying for expunction, contact a knowledgeable Dallas expunction lawyer from the Law Offices of Mark T. Lassiter today at (214) 845-7007.
What is Expunction?
In Texas, expunction is one method that you can use to prevent people from accessing your criminal background. Unlike orders of nondisclosure, however, expunction calls for the complete erasure of your criminal records, including arrest and court records. The record is expunged from any agency with the information, from the Department of Public Safety to other governmental agencies such as the FBI.
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Not everyone can apply for expunction. However, you may be eligible for expunction if:
- You were tried for a crime and acquitted
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- You have not had a felony for five years following your original arrest
- You have been released from custody and had your charges dropped
Of course, it is important to discuss your case with a qualified lawyer to determine if you are eligible for criminal record expunction.
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Limited edition apron
Screenprint on 100% cotton
71 x 67cm
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About the product
Californian–based artist Ed Ruscha has designed an apron exclusively for House of Voltaire. The apron features the artist's original recipe for Cactus Omelette, the making of which has become something of a ritual for Ruscha when staying at his desert home close to the Joshua Tree National Monument.
About the artist
Ed Ruscha was born in 1937 in Omaha, Nebraska. He graduated from the Chouinard Art Institute (now CalArts), Los Angeles, in 1960. Recent solo museum exhibitions include "Cotton Puffs, Q-Tips®, Smoke and Mirrors: The Drawings of Ed Ruscha", Whitney Museum of American Art (2004, traveled to The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; and National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., through 2005); "Ed Ruscha," MAXXI, Rome (2004); "Ed Ruscha: Photographer," Jeu de Paume, Paris (2006/2006); "Ed Ruscha: Fifty Years of Painting," Hayward Gallery, London (2009/ 2010); "Ed Ruscha: Road Tested," The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas (2011); "On the Road," Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2011/2012); "Reading Ed Ruscha," Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria (2012); "Artist Rooms on Tour: Ed Ruscha," Tate Modern, London (2009, traveled to Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, United Kingdom; Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, United Kingdom; and The Hatton Gallery, Newcastle, United Kingdom, among other venues, through 2013); "Ed Ruscha: Standard," Los Angeles County Museum of Art (2012, traveled to The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Massachusetts, through 2013); "Ed Ruscha-Los Angeles Apartments," Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland (2013); "In Focus: Ed Ruscha," The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (2013); and "Ed Ruscha: Mixmaster," Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Torino (2015–16). In 2012, Ruscha curated "The Ancients Stole All Our Great Ideas," at Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien in Austria. Ruscha represented the United States in the 51st Biennale di Venezia in 2005.
Studio Voltaire has been supporting artists for over twenty years, through our renowned programme of exhibitions, performances, events and education projects as well as providing affordable studios.
We have gained a reputation for championing both emerging and underrepresented artistic practices, often at key stage in the artist's career. These have included Marvin Gaye Chetwynd, Phyllida Barlow, Ruth Ewan, Elizabeth Price, Jo Spence, Joanne Tatham & Tom O'Sullivan, Richard Slee and Cathy Wilkes.
The gallery also provides an important UK platform for international artists, often providing them their first-ever presentation in the UK. These have included Nairy Baghramian, Thea Djordjadze, Nicole Eisenman, Judith Hopf, Paulina Olowska and Henrik Olesen.


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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: our origins and future in a single glance
I am going to create a winery in Los Angeles, on the banks of the Los Angeles river, on the edge of what was once the greatest grape growing region in the whole country. I aim to have this winery up and running by harvest 2015. I have made great progress already and will devote much of the month of July to finishing the plans and assembling the necessary investment. I will tell you more about this in time (it will not simply be "Scholium South" but will be an independent entity) but this is the most amazing thing: the grapes are there. I have already set my heart on more than half a dozen vineyards from the mountains of San Diego County, to the vast concrete and asphalt suburbs east of Los Angeles, to the peaks of Olympian wealth in Malibu. We will not rely on the vineyards of Santa Barbara and north whose excellence is already well established. The south is full of amazing vineyards and I knew nothing about them.
The two most important stories that I need to tell you are about a young winemaker in San Diego County and an ancient vineyard in Rancho Cucamonga. Jon Bonné, devoted student of what is old and new in California, introduced me to both. Christopher Broomell is the descendant of six generations of farmers in Southern California. Alysha Stehley, his wife, is from farming roots as venerable and significant as Chris'. Together they have won the complete trust and support of their families and have created the most remarkable winemaking operation I have seen anywhere.[1]
They look like kids but have a sensitive and nearly encyclopedic knowledge of vineyards that stretch from the San Diego coastline to granite outcroppings at 2500 feet of altitude, 30 miles inland. They are uncompromising to such a degree that one could call them merciless. They have made allies and won the respect of colleagues with two generations' more experience than they have. And they seem to be unbounded in their ability to imagine new vineyards where others would never have dreamed of them, or to recreate ancient vineyards on plots that had been abandoned more than a hundred years ago. What I learned in San Diego County is all about this intimate yoking together of an ancient, original, California, and a future that 5 years ago was inconceivable. Chris and Alysha are by no means alone in San Diego: Los Pilares is making amazing wines by radically traditional methods, Milagro Farm has planted some of the most beautiful vineyards I have ever seen in a fierce rock garden. There are others still.[2]
You don't know about San Diego yet, but it is the future, and in the future, you will learn also about its past. This is part of the promise of the New California: our attention is no longer focused on what once was understood as the center; our vision now becomes panoptic, our eyes are open.
And so we look too to Rancho Cucamonga where is there is the single most remarkable vineyard in California, one that I had never heard of until I began researching fruit sources for this new winery. In the historic Lopez Vineyard, there are 300, three HUNDRED, not 30, acres of own-rooted Zinfandel, planted on beautiful, rocky, alluvial granitic soil, un-irrigated the whole of their nearly 100 year old lives, now farmed organically. How could we not know of this vineyard? I don't mean that until now, no one knew about it, or that Jon Bonné had discovered it-- the Galleano family have been its stewards for 3 generations. They have made serious wines from it for all of this time, and have sold grapes and wine to other California wineries that recognized its virtue-- from all over California.
And Lopez is not alone: there is also the Galleano Home Vineyard and the amazing Hofer vineyard. But how could the rest of us have been unaware of these treasures? I feel as though we have a nearly civic duty to celebrate them, as we do the Declaration of Independence; and to support and honor the families that have kept them intact and have preserved them in the face of what would seem to be the ineluctable devastatation of suburban sprawl. This knot of vineyards too represents the remarkable intersection of a deep but nearly forgotten past and an almost unimagined viticultural and winemaking future-- all within miles of Los Angeles.[3]
LONDON: the rediscovery of a California Classicism
Soon after I spent a week in the Southland, I flew to London to support my partners in sales there, and I saw the tribe of New California wines in a radically different landscape. In California and much of the rest of the United States, we are regarded as renegades, and our work is seen as part of overturning. It is not necessarily the case that we, the winemakers, are overturning any paradigms-- sometimes, it is the work of our supporters, the people who buy and sell our wines, who see their work as the overturning of an ossified, repetitive understanding of what is California wine. Sometimes the old paradigm is replaced by a a new one: over-oaked chard replaced by anything-but-chard; napa cab cast aside and trousseau gris sought out. To some degree, what is lost is any discussion of excellence. That old, aristocratic, virtue is replaced by the celebration of lightness, freshness-- younger, more democratic virtues. This is what was so interesting about being in London: there, wine culture is so rooted in age-old discussions of crus, grand crus, premier crus . . . . There is an eagerness to see the new California not in rebellious, youthful opposition to this but as an extension of it. It is as if this were the second discovery of the potential for classical wines in California-- a rediscovery of what Robert Mondavi had championed, now rooted in a new crop of wines from new places. What is wonderful for me is that this new crop is overwhelming London not with its mere difference, but with its excellence. There is a real celebration of California terroir and a willingness, maybe even an eagerness, to see the possibility that California has vineyards the equal of some of those in Burgundy, the Jura, Etna. . . . Let me put this another way: I had never expected to export wine to Europe. Why would they need our wines? This view is not limited to London, but I found a very focused attention to it there: "yes, we revere Clos St.Denis, but our pursuit of excellence is incomplete if we do not include Cabernets from the Santa Cruz Mountains, Chardonnay from Napa, even Verdelho from Lodi." They suspect, for the first time in a genearation, that there are vineyards in the US the equal of those ancient vineyards they already revere, and they want to come to know and celebrate them.
This is a wonderful, unexpected, thing to hear.
THE WACHAU: tremors in the pantheon
After London, I met Alex Pitts (now the assistant winemaker of the Scholium Project) in Vienna, to begin an extensive tasting of Austrian wines and three days of visits to vineyards and wineries. Austrian white wines have influenced, even guided, some of my winemaking since 2005, and I have craved the opportunity to visit the wineries and learn from the winemakers themselves. I learned two kinds of things on this trip, both of them very surprising to me.
The first thing is hard to put into words, but is tangentially related to my experiences in London, and tightly related to changes we are seeing in American wine scene. I had not expected that it would turn out that those changes are not the least parochial but are part of a single wave with similar crests in many capitals. We met with the young winemaker of one of the most established domains in the Wachau, a winery in the pantheon of wine estates around the world. The wines are treasured and have always been praised for purity, clarity, expression of terroir. But they have also sometimes been passed by because of their intensity and richness. By "passed by" I do not mean faulted, but I do mean that as friends and colleagues have made decisions about which wine to consume on a given occasion, I have seen my friends pass by the wines of this winery in favor of other bottles, lighter, more delicate.
A friend in Austria had expressed this too: he said that he thought that the wines of the past decade, while wonderful, still "stuck in the throat." It reminded me of judgments against the California wines of the 90s and 00s (and also against some of my own wines). And so it was so interesting to meet with the young, new, winemaker, who was guiding the wines in a new direction-- not radically new, not in a rejection of the past, but in a tempering: a move away from power and toward delicacy. I was so impressed by the courage of the winemaker, and the confidence of the family who had given him the reins: even if some people in the stratosphere of aficionados were losing appetite for such wines, the reputation-- and the fortunes-- of the winery were built on a certain style. And now the whole operation was willing to walk away from that-- not for commercial reasons, but to make what they all considered were going to be finer wines. They were doing it for the sake of excellence, and in the face of failure and rejection. I was filled with admiration. (We tasted the wines. The winery is succeeding brilliantly in its new aims.) The same impetus behind the New California evident in the heart and core of Austria.
Here is the second thing: We saw amazing vineyards-- a jaw-dropping hillsides facing the twists of the Danube; beautiful, fertile, farmland harnessed through wisdom and the utmost care into grape growing; ancient hills of vines rising gently out of the bucolic environs of a capital city . . . . The places were so distinct, so specific, that winemaking seemed inconsequential.
Yet we learned much about the practices of wineries we admired. We learned that in spite of the great stlystic similarity of many Austrian whites, there are (nearly) no rules. (Nearly everyone considers malo-lactic fermentation a kind of spoilage [in the way we first learned of from Stony Hill in Napa].) Some people favor whole cluster pressing, some destemming, some use a lot of SO2, some a little, some filter the shit out of the wines, a few would prefer to avoid filtration. But one winery, whose wines both Alex and I have deeply admired from the beginning of our educations, one winery both crushes and destems everything, and the results are brilliant, have been for decades, and persist in their ability to age and delight with age: the super traditional house of Knoll.[4]
We learned that until recently, from the era before the Second World War until the second decade of the 21st century, this winery, paradigmatic of purity and excellence, had used the same system for handling and pressing white grapes as our friends and colleagues at Wooden Valley Winery have done and still do: a large and brutally efficient crusher-destemmer that can handle 50 tons per hour, and a must pump that pumps the resulting slurry into a 20-ton hydraulic screw press. This press then presses the slurry against a fixed disk and squeezes the juice out of the sides of the cylinder. Knoll replaced this recently with a smaller, more gentle destemmer, and two smaller, more gentle presses-- but Emmerich assures us that they still proceed with ruthless efficiency, and without excessive concern for delicacy. Seventy years of Knoll were made with the same equipment used by the Wooden Valley Winery-- the same equipment that we used to produce our 2006 Naucratis, 2006 La Severità di Bruto, 2007 La Severità di Bruto and Dulcissima Camilla, and 2009 Naucratis. Brilliant, pure wines. The connections between methods and results are inevitably hard to discern, much less predict.
We find colleagues, mentors, models, support for what we do in many places, some distant and unforeseen : on the top of Atlas Peak, in San Diego County, in Durnstein on the Wachau . . . . This is an honor, and the enterprise feels beautifully unbounded.
- Jon has written about Chris and Alysha and the changes in San Diego County here. See also this profile here. Here is their website. They are bottling fantastic rosé today. I have tasted it.
- Los Pilares is the first winery that I learned about in San Diego County. They are making rigorously natural wines from remarkable old-vine vineyards, and convincing people in the most unlikely high-mountain places to plant for them. I have tasted excellent reds from them and a superb pet-nat. You can find their wines here. See this interesting profile by Alice Feiring. Milagro has amazing vineyards, but I have not tasted any bottled wines yet. Write me for more recommendations.
- The Historic Vineyard Society's registry is the first place that I had heard about Lopez, when I had first begun doing research on Southern California vineyards. Their website is a remarkable resource. Jon wrote about his discoveries around Cucamonga here. He also has a very good blog post here. The Galleano winery is very much worth visiting; call in advance to try to get a tour of the Home vineyard and the amazing redwood tanks still in use. See also my instagram feed.
- Emmerich Knoll (pictured at the top and at the right) was unbounded in his generosity and candor, and depthless in his wisdom. Write me if you would like more notes on our visit to Austria; we were hosted so well and learned so much that it is almost overwhelming. I would like to mention one producer whose wines were not exactly traditional, and whose quality was not exceeded by even the most noble houses: Arndorfer.
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- Reply by dmcker, Jun 28, 2014.
Calling GregT and JD and EMark--places here to check out in your stomping grounds...
- Reply by JonDerry, Jun 28, 2014.
Highly interesting...don't make it down to San Diego very often though GregT may have just struck gold.
I keep thinking there is untapped potential around the coastline of Orange County, but wonder why it hasn't been done. Would be some expensive land I suppose.
That vineyard in Rancho Cucamonga is really interesting.
- Reply by dmcker, Jun 28, 2014.
Not just SD, he mentions hilltops in Malibu and somewhere vaguely 'east' of LA...
Warrants investigation, I would think! ;-)
- Reply by outthere, Jun 28, 2014.
- Espinoza - SW of Escondido - Cab, Mourv, Syrah, Grenche
Above Malibu is the Saddlerock region
- Malibu Family - Zin, Chard, Pinot, Muscat, Port, Syrah, Pinot Gris, Petite Sirah
- Rosenthal Estate - Cab and Chard
- Reply by EMark, Jun 28, 2014.
By "East of Los Angeles," I gather he means Cucamonga Valley. We had a discussion of historic vineyards including Lopez and Galleano here on the Forum last winter.
The article mentions the town of Rancho Cucamonga, and I suppose that RC is the nearest upwardly mobile suburb to the Lopez Vineyard. I think, however, that the Lopez Vineyard, SE and adjacent to the intersection of the I-15 and the I-210 highways, is actually in the city of Fontana. I may be wrong there. The Galleano Vineyard and winery is about 7-8 miles south off I-15 in the community of Mira Loma (nee Wineville). Galleano Zinfandels, sourced from both the vineyards, both non-vintage and vintage dated, are quite good--especially for the price. I know that Carol Shelton also sources fruit from Lopez for a bottling called "Monga Zin."
In the afore-mentioned Forum discussion I posted some vineyard pictures. Yup, the Lopez vineyard is quite gravelly. The Galleano soil is sand. The pics that I posted showed completely bare vines--it was winter. I suppose I should drive out there and take some that, with leaves on the vines, might be a bit prettier.
My guess is that the vineyards are safe from encroaching civilization as long as Don Galleano is alive. However, he is not a young man. I met him, (super nice guy, but I suspect that something about winemaking turns you into a super nice guy or gal) about 25 years ago, at an dinner at Cal Poly, and I would have guessed that he was about 45-50 years old, then. I don't know if he has heirs who are interested in taking over the family business. If not, we may need some outside resources to prevent these two historic vineyards from becoming tract houses.
- Reply by dmcker, Jun 29, 2014.
Mark, if you haven't tried any yet, you should give Abe Schoener's Scholium wines a shot. It's interesting that someone of his age, energy, creativity wants to vest in the LA area wines. That is good news.
- Reply by GregT, Jun 29, 2014.
Well, he's also making wine in Brooklyn, which is where I am now. So if the plan is to buy grapes somewhere in California, ship them down, and turn them into wine, it's a shorter distance than sending them to the east coast! And there is indeed a tradition of doing that - it's what was done during Prohibition and I still know some Italians in Bensonhurst and Staten Island who do it. The classic "Dago Red" is alive and well out here.
Meantime, back at the other home, I had the misfortune of tasting some San Diego wines. Basically poison. I never knew there were such wines being made and I'm disappointed that there are.
Today in NY I tasted through a few from Austria and Italy. Out of a few dozen there was a really great Taurasi, I mean really good but they don't have an importer, a pretty good Brunello, and from Austria some nice blends of Zweigelt and St. Laurent. None imported.
Why do I bring that up? Because in Temecula, an hour north of San Diego, the best wines I was able to try were from Italian grapes - Aglianico was one of them. If that's what Abe is looking at doing in LA, I would fully support that. Or Nero d'Avola or something else from down south in Italy. Or maybe something from Greece. If it's more Cab, um, OK.
This, however, is one of those statements that people are wont to make offhand but that need more thought:
This is what was so interesting about being in London: there, wine culture is so rooted in age-old discussions of crus, grand crus, premier crus . . . . There is an eagerness to see the new California not in rebellious, youthful opposition to this but as an extension of it. It is as if this were the second discovery of the potential for classical wines in California-- a rediscovery of what Robert Mondavi had championed, now rooted in a new crop of wines from new places. What is wonderful for me is that this new crop is overwhelming London not with its mere difference, but with its excellence. There is a real celebration of California terroir and a willingness, maybe even an eagerness, to see the possibility that California has vineyards the equal of some of those in Burgundy, the Jura, Etna.
Well, maybe wine culture is rooted in those things, and certainly the Brits have been drinking wine for longer than the US existed. But in the 1950s and 60s, for most people in Britain, wine was viewed much as it was in the US - something for winos. There were a few people buying up the top end Bordeaux, but Joe Average was drinking crap like Blue Nun. His red could have been and probably was from Algeria, which was a huge exporter to France. And the Jura? When did that become a place noted for great vineyards and great wine? Like four or five years ago when a few Manhattan sommelliers started discovering it? It's trendy today in the way that Gruner Veltliner was trendy about 10 years ago and is now passe as a fashionable wine.
Just on a bit of a rant, nothing against Abe. But Jon Bonne has an agenda just like Eric Asimov in the NYT does and if in addition he's linking to stuff by Alice Feiring, that's a non-starter for me. There are few people less worth paying attention to. OTOH, I do like some of Shelton's wines so I'm going to trust Emark on that one.
- Reply by outthere, Jun 29, 2014.
Hey Greg, while you're there you should hit up your stash for the Syrah night. :)
- Reply by dmcker, Jun 30, 2014.
"This, however, is one of those statements that people are wont to make offhand but that need more thought:"
The guy is obviously enthusiastic and young and still relatively inexperienced. But that enthusiasm and passion is already paying off in certain of his wines, and will likely do so more as he extends his reach and gains more experience. I like his iconoclasm, even if he may swill it like some of that Blue Nun at a pub on a binge drinking night. I'd be surprised if he tries cabs down south.
Can you remember back to relative youth and the first or second time you were in England or the Continent and bought at face value what was told you by someone, who you thought was interesting though you had no real context to place his or her worldview within, and felt instinctively was so different from common wisdom back home it must have validity? Something new and cool and potentially revolutionary if channeled through your own vision and efforts? I can. Let him be a little drunk on things now, I say, if he keeps making ever-better wines.
If we culled out all the over-enthusiastic burblers we'd mostly be left with just the cynically manipulative marketers...
- Reply by outthere, Jun 30, 2014.
A 62 word sentence! You are on a roll tonight! (Er this afternoon)
- Reply by dmcker, Jun 30, 2014.
At least you can still count straight! Old buddy Ernest would be proud of my scribblings! ;-)
- Reply by outthere, Jun 30, 2014.
- Reply by GregT, Jun 30, 2014.
OK D - you're a far more tolerant, reasonable, and encouraging soul than I!!! Point, or points, taken.
OT - it's all in Temecula! But I have some in SD.


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When I was 19, I've never seen or heard anything about Santorini. But, after watching, 'The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants 2', everything changed. The stunning view of the Aegean Sea and purity of the whitewashed houses with colourful flowers mesmerized me. At that point, I've yet to meet the love of my life, but I knew, that Santorini was the ultimate destination for my honeymoon. Now, I am weeks away to touch, feel, taste, see and hear anything about Santorini, first-hand. During my research, the most intriguing moment was discovering about the ancient and modern history of Santorini.
1. Santorini was a volcano.
There have been many claims about the formation of the caldera (cauldron-like) land of Santorini. Some said that it was formed due to the violent Thera Volcano violent volcanic eruption millions of years ago that caused the exodus of one of the earliest civilisation, The Minoans. While others believed that it is a combination of earthquake and Tsunami that caused the structure of the separated islands. But what was coherent was the fact that this alluring island has gone through one of the most catastrophic natural disasters of al time. Throughout the years, Santorini has erupted several times of with varying degrees of explosivity. But the most famous eruption was the Minoan eruption, thousands of years ago. The effects were so great that it was compared to thousands of time the destruction of the Hiroshima bomb in Japan during World War 2 and also 5 times more than the Mount Krakatoa dated in 1800s. Understanding Santorini from this perspective makes me respect the tenacity, resilience and determination of this island. The spirit of people, island and environment managed to re-build the island again and again, eruption after eruption, should be admired and learned and respected and emulated within our lives.
Kalliste (The most beautiful)
According to tradition, the island was first called Kalliste, 'The most beautiful'. Indeed, this infinite beauty island is surrounded by beautiful nature 360 degrees of natural beauty. It is a perfect description of Santorini in the modern day and the past. It surpassed the disastrous calamity and preserves its beauty and defies time and endless beauty.
Stronghyle (The rounded one)
Before the enormous violent eruption, Santorini was a round shape group of islands. At that point, for easy identification, the inhibitants named the land the rounded shaped compared to the other Cyclades islands
Thira (or Thera)
In the past, the name Thera was named after one of the ruling party of the islands, Polyneikes. The ruler named the island after his son. It shows that the ruler showed massive love for son and also the island. No doubt it means harvester or reaper now, but it is one of the most fertile land in the world due to the volcanic soil.
The name Santorini, has a Latin root, which was given by the Venetians who was dominonion over the islands. It came from a Chapel (Santa Irini), situated at Therasia. This Chapel was situated on a small bay where the Venetians moored their boats. For the ruler to name the place after a Chapel showed great respect and a place of worship for the sailors and crusaders Santorini has to offer.
3. Santorini is rich in history
Santorini is a mysterious land, where there are many myths and legends. The entire truth of what exactly happened to this sacred island has yet to be uncovered. Some claim that Santorini was the City of the Lost Atlantis. This has put the world to the edge of their seats and kept the archaeologists and historians busy.
Somewhere in the 1862, a French geologist, Ferdinand Fouque found Fresco-covered walls of houses and painted pottery 8 metres deep in Akotoriri, Thera (Santorini) and also in Knossos (Crete). The excavation site discovered was extensive and majority of the Frescoes depicted a peaceful and good life the Minoan civilisation had. There was no hostility with enemies and it was shown mainly as a naval hub that has abundance of food.
Majority of the Frescoes were filled with vibrant colours portraying the celebration of life and gardening that the Minoan civilisation enjoyed.
The discoveries of the Frescoes and stunning views of Santorini has inspired tourists all over the world to learn about the island. This mythical island has history-rich stories and spectacular surprises at every corner. It is, without a doubt, the ultimate destination in everyone's bucket list.


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Fourth Generation Rancher Keeps Cattle Well Fed Thanks to PRF
Partner and Ranch Manager David Little keeps things running smoothly at the fourth generation family-owned Little Cattle Company Ranch in Emmett, Idaho. Once one of the largest sheep producers in the country, with a flock of more than 120,000, the ranch shifted its focus to cattle in 1962, and currently has 1,000 mother cows.
Little keeps the cattle in Emmett during the winter, then moves half the cattle to a ranch in Sweet Ola for the summer and the other half to Long Valley. The ranches are subject to drought and drought-related fires.
"Our winter feed is predicated on rainfall, so if we don't get a good late spring or fall rain we are short winter feed," said Little. "We grow some of our own hay so if we are short during critical times we need to purchase additional forage."
Little began researching available insurance options after several droughts and came across agent Aaron Tattersall and Silveus Insurance Group. Prior to that the ranch did not have Pasture, Rangeland, Forage Insurance (PRF).
"This is our third year of having coverage at the ranches," said Little. "Aaron comes to our office and walks us through the areas of our winter/spring range that make the most sense to cover. We change it a little bit every year."
A year ago, Idaho switched from the vegetative index to the rainfall index. Little's ranches fall into different grids in multiple counties. Aaron helps him navigate the changes in coverage over the years, coming up with solutions that prove to be a good fit. He is frequently in contact with Little regarding the policy and adjustments for the upcoming year.
"A lot of our ground is dry range and isn't irrigated so it takes quite a few acres of forage for a cow and a calf," said Little, adding that PRF coverage gives him peace of mind that he can rent additional pasture or purchase hay and alfalfa for the winter if needed.
Several years prior to purchasing PRF coverage, the ranches experienced a number of drought-related fires and had to sell down the herd. "We didn't keep heifers one year to get our numbers down to fit with our winter range and our feed supply," said Little. "Thanks to PRF coverage we've been able to boost our numbers and now we're close to what they've been historically."


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This is for the April 2-Page Sketch Challenge.
Last summer, a friend of ours gave us some tomato plants she didn't need, so we created a quick "container garden" in our backyard and planted them. Papers and elements are from the Amy Stoffel Designaversary kit created by her design team.


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Astronauts in space sure have an amazing view of the Earth; and lucky for us they have captured that view in numerous photographs. NSIDC holds a special collection of glacier photographs taken by astronauts on the International Space Station and the Space Shuttle Endeavor between 1994 and the beginning of 2010.
To see the photos, go to the Search & Order Interface of our Glacier Photograph Collection.
Under "Search Type" choose "Astronaut Glacier Photograph Collection."
These photos are useful for lessons in geomorphology or to examine large scale seasonal changes in glaciers over a short time period.
The photos were collected in collaboration with The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth project.