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A batch is simply a portion of a collection that goes through the upload process bundled together. This page contains or links to information related to the batching process and what differentiates it from a whole-collection upload.
When to make a batch
A new batch is created when you decide to upload content from an ongoing collection. This almost always happens when you've broken off and numbered a new Scans folder, but it is possible to upload several Scans folders at once. Whatever the case, the content from a particular collection which is uploaded together is a batch, and this content should be no more than 300 items or 4000 captures.
Documentation for a batch
Dual role of the metadata spreadsheet
As of January 2013, tracking data is incorporated into the metadata spreadsheet during the capture process. For the purposes of this explanation, metadata refers to the data which goes online, while tracking data is the internal, administrative data we capture for our unit. Those columns are found at the end of the spreadsheet (after the Staff Notes and Batch columns).
Isolating the batch within the metadata spreadsheet
- As you tracking your captures in the metadata spreadsheet, make sure to note in the Batch column that the item is part of the current batch.
- Note which items have been skipped by labeling them 'skipped' in the Batch column
- When you are ready to upload a batch, sort the spreadsheet by the Batch column; this will bring all of the lines of metadata for that batch together
Creating batch documentation
- Batch metadata spreadsheet
- Copy the batch metadata to another sheet, and also the spreadsheet headers
- Do not copy the tracking data
- Save that sheet as a new, separate file, so that you don't alter the original collection metadata
- Naming format: collectionnumber.batchnumber.m0number.xlsx
- Example: u0003_0000193.2.m01.xlsx
- Copy the batch metadata to another sheet, and also the spreadsheet headers
- Batch text export for MODS creation
- Export as a tab delimited file all the columns of metadata, but NOT the tracking data
- Save to the collection's Metadata folder
- Naming format: collectionnumber.batchnumber.m0number.txt
- Example: u0003_0000193.2.m01.txt
- Batch log file
- Export as a tab delimited file all the columns of tracking data (but NOT the metadata), plus the Item Identifier column
- Save to the collection's Admin folder
- Naming format: collectionnumber.batchnumber.m0number.log.txt
- Example: u0003_0000193.2.m01.log.txt
Older spreadsheet?
- For older spreadsheets that don't have m0numbers (m01, m02, m03, etc) simply leave that out
- Examples
- u0003_0001577.30.xlsx
- u0001_2007010.4.log.txt
Checklist: What's different about workflow for a batch
- Preparation for Upload
- Separate batch spreadsheet in Administrative\Pipeline\collectionInfo\forMDlib\needsRemediation
- Text file metadata in S:\Digital Projects\Digital_Coll_Complete\[collectionnumber]\Metadata, with MODS created from that
- Text file log in S:\Digital Projects\Digital_Coll_Complete\[collectionnumber]\Admin
- Upload
- The script-running process should be identical
- With a batch (unless it's the first), the collection info xml is already online, so you don't have to wait 24 hours for Acumen to index the items before you can run moveContent
- Storage
- You will not need the collection info xml file when you move the collection from the share drive to storage. In fact, the moveContent script will tell you to delete it...unless it is a new, improved version
- Documentation
- Unless you're working on the last batch of a collection, do not move the collection from in progress to completed on the Selection spreadsheet


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So What Happens If You EAT the Frog?
A loooong time ago I mentioned my Princess & the Frog Wreck collection. I know the suspense has just been killing y'all since. Well, the wait is now officially over!
First, here's what the design is supposed to look like. (Sort of.)
Kinda cute, huh? Oh, and if that "frog" is looking more like a coiled snake to you, just take comfort in the fact that it's all downhill from here. Aw yeah.
First we have "Princess Pumps Iron":
Hear me now and believe me later: she is here to PUMP [clap] you up! Yaw.
I'm not sure what to make of the pile o' frog there. For the life of me I can't figure out what those little black dots are supposed to be - freckles? Warts?
The misspelled inscription on this one is intentional. The mannish princess and bizarrely splayed frog, however, are not.
And you know I always save the best for last:
Now I know it's hard, but try to look past the evil-villain eyebrows for a moment. I mean, there's so much more Wreckiness here to behold! There's the noodle fingers, the complete lack of legs and feet, the chipmunk nose! And let's not forget the "frog", who has devolved into a levitating stack of green bowling balls. Thank goodness he's got his black dots, though; it's nice to know the decorator has his/her priorities straight.
Thanks to Lauren A., Abby B., & Natalie R.!


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In America, if you're going to die, especially before your time, it better be by natural causes and not require a whole lot of investigation to support that finding. Because, if your death is the result of foul play but there's no glaring evidence of blunt force trauma, it'll probably be through either good luck or powerful connections that it's ever ruled a homicide.
Why is that? Well, for starters, there are tons of dead bodies piling up out there and a dearth of medical examiners to perform thorough autopsies on them.
It's also about money.
Expediency in making death determinations is one of the major reasons that the relationship between a local police department and the coroner's office is so "tight." Cops are often the first to be called to the scene whenever a corpse is found, and their opinions greatly influence how closely forensic pathologists in turn look at that body once it's been transported to the morgue and placed on a slab.
If, for instance, a deceased young male is fished out of the river after he vanished from a nearby pub or party, then, unless the lad's also missing his head or bullet-ridden, his death is almost instantly ruled an "accidental drowning." This will be true, regardless of how suspicious his initial disappearance might have been, or whether the non-recreational water fatality occurred during a cold-weather month.
Open, shut and certified: "The guy was drunk, went to the water for some fresh air, slipped on a rock, fell in, and died."
At its best, law enforcement working side by side like this with a medical examiner so to expedite a cause of death is arguably an economical and efficient arrangement which can quickly dispose of those cases where there clearly is "no sign of foul play" involved.
But, at its worst, this coziness presents a situation that's just rife for corruption and cover ups...
Corruption and cover ups
Without a doubt, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department's history of scandal is legendary, and, like many major cities in the USA, cops being demoted, resigning in disgrace, or even doing the perp walk, has become an annual event. Every year, every decade, every century, has seen some degree of wrongdoing by Indy's finest publicly exposed and criticized.
This year it went straight to the top, as the chief of police himself was forced out of the job for tampering with the blood sample of one of his officers who'd been drinking on duty and killed someone as a result of driving while intoxicated.
The drunken IMPD officer, who also severely injured two other pedestrians in the incident, had a blood alcohol reading of 0.19, twice the legal limit for operating a motor vehicle in Indiana.
In addition to IMPD's top cop, three more high ranking Marion County police brass who took part in the attempted criminal cover-up were demoted, and, last heard, the FBI was still investigating the matter.
Crooked cops and killer cops and cops concocting conspiracies behind closed doors doesn't do much to bolster public confidence. Yet this may all pale in comparison to the notorious Marion County Coroner's Office, located cross-town from the police station, where evidence tampering is said to be only the tip of the malfeasance iceberg.
"Deplorable conditions"
The coroner of Marion County claims to "speak for the dead" and that's a noble ambition because otherwise it's true that dead men tell no tales, particularly those found in water. Unfortunately though, the coroner's office has a long established record of achieving just the opposite.
In fact, some citizens of Indianapolis and the surrounding regions that rely on Marion County's forensic services declare it to be quite possibly the worst run facility in the country. They blame decades of mismanagement and cronyism as the main cause for this, and cite some astonishing violations of decency and code.
Filth, stench, neglect…whether there was a singular moment in time when things at the morgue took a precipitous decline, or whether everything just slowly spiraled out of control, no one really knows anymore. But conditions definitely didn't improve in the early 1990's when the now-infamous Dr. Thomas Gill had been employed.
"I had no formal training in forensic pathology and therefore made mistakes," he admitted, years after the fact while under investigation for medical incompetence in Oregon, Missouri and California.
Fired time and time again in nearly every state he worked for inaccurate findings, alcohol abuse, and poor performance, Gill also confessed that he was especially deficient in analyzing the type of autopsies "where findings tend to be more subtle and complex."
He is long gone from Marion County Indiana now, and good riddance, but Gill's habitual bungling and subpar methodology seems to have been upheld there like a cherished tradition, nevertheless.
Chilling revelations
Fast forward to the year 2006 when, over public objections, Dr. Joye Carter joined the team as Marion County's chief pathologist and brought along her ghoulish brand of morgue management.
Under her watch the coroner's digs got so rancid it could gag a maggot, employees complained. Indeed, a few of them became so disgusted with their workplace environs they secretly video-taped areas of the building, anonymously providing local news networks with film footage that looked like it came straight from a horror flick.
Blood spatter and spills, fluid seepage, bodies being crowded and stacked—it's lucky for Carter her disgruntled workers didn't include scratch-and-sniff cards with their exposé.
"I am a stickler for cleanliness," she shamelessly responded to the onslaught of media inquiries. "And we do have personal protection gear."
A stickler for cleanliness is a rather bold claim for Carter to make in any era because her résumé reveals she is anything but, and the unsanitary conditions at Marion County's house of horrors was no different than those she'd supervised in Washington D.C. back in 1996.
That was the year the Washington Post caught wind of her activities and described the situation at that city's morgue as a "grisly backlog." Carter had shut the crematorium down and Post reporters noted in their article that bodies were being piled up like "cordwood" and the "filth" on the floors and walls was unimaginable.
As could only be expected, the atmosphere there was growing positively putrid, and not just from rot.
Adding to this macabre mayhem, the ventilation system and other vital equipment including coolers and drainpipes had not been properly maintained, and so, with hundreds of autopsies and toxicology tests languishing as a result of all this chaos, the problems were hindering police investigations.
Carter's solution when the U.S. Public Health Department swooped in to check it out? She resigned and fled to Texas where the unsuspecting citizens of Harris County welcomed her as their chief medical examiner.
But strife and stench followed Dr. Doom all the way to Houston.
There, Carter's sloppy disregard and disrespect for the dead nearly cost her a medical license when she justifiably came under fire for allowing unlicensed personnel to perform autopsies. She then dug herself and Harris County into deeper conflict by firing the whistleblower who'd reported the illegal goings on at the coroner's office.
For that succession of scandals, the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners handed Dr. Carter a stiff fine, and a federal jury went on to grant her former assistant a $250,000 judgment for wrongful discharge.
But reprimands and financial penalties would not suffice to bring about any real redemption, unfortunately. Carter's office was also accused of tampering with evidence at the behest of the Texas police in connection with the murder of a 12-year-old girl, and, once more, was found guilty of stacking corpses on top of each other, in violation of health standards and morgue policy.
And that's not all
If, for some odd reason, Dr. Joye Carter's name rings a distant bell, then it's probably because she was the one who did the autopsy on the high profile "suicide" of Clifford Baxter, of Enron Inc. notoriety, who was "discovered" dead in his automobile by the Sugar Land Texas Police in 2002.
At that time the congressional investigation into the Enron debacle was going full steam, and Clifford was rumored to be a critical witness in the upcoming hearings, one able to furnish damning evidence regarding then-president George W. Bush's involvement with the faux and failed billion-dollar corporation.
So his sudden death was more than a little convenient, to say the least.
Texan police investigators, evidently eager to close the case as quickly as possible, were already insisting on day one that Baxter had offed himself because of his heavy financial losses and highly publicized fall from grace. That's why they permitted his corpse to be sent straight to a funeral home without an examination and had a Sugarland justice of the peace certify that his death was self inflicted.
No dusting for fingerprints, no evidence collected, a body quietly whisked away within only hours of finding it without an autopsy ordered or the hands bagged, a crime scene stomped on and contaminated…all this raised eyebrows and outrage.
Even crime experts like famed forensic pathologist Cyril Wecht and former homicide detective Bill Wagner went on the record to express serious doubts as to the plausibility of Baxter's suicide. They pointed the media's attention to prominent clues that could have at a glance indicated murder. Chief among these were:
1. The use of "bird shot" which is a virtually untraceable choice of ammunition not normally used for shooting anything but small animals;
2. Injuries on one of the victim's hands and shards of glass inside his shirt;
3. Blood smears on the outside of the automobile;
4. An unsigned suicide note placed in his wife's car at the family residence.
"Murder can be made to look like a suicide," Wecht and Wagner had both warned. "Someone who is knowledgeable about forensics can very well have the ability to stage a murder, commit a murder and make it look as if it was a suicide, understanding what the police are going to be looking for."
Yes, they sure can, but still, amid the growing public outcry which was to force Texas officials to finally relent and allow an autopsy to be performed in Houston, Dr. Joye Carter nevertheless hastened to affirm the police ruling of suicide, even before the complete results of her medical examination had come in.
Time is of the essence when processing certain dead bodies, obviously—nearly 10 years later, in Marion County Indiana, Dr. Carter's office would be heaped with praise and a plaque from the mayor of Indianapolis for reducing the cycling time of autopsies to 50 percent.
Of course, that's an award for beating the clock, not necessarily for excellence.
Murder by accident
Today, no one really knows yet how Walton Matthew Ward, 23, and Joshua Swalls, 22, each happened to "accidentally" enter a nearby body of water and drown this autumn in the heart of Indianapolis. Their deaths, separated by only a matter of weeks and a few city blocks, are still awaiting a final determination from Marion County's esteemed medical examiners.
Matt Ward was visiting Indianapolis and was last observed on October 13, 2012 in the parking lot of a downtown bar called Landsharks where he was being physically removed by the bouncer. During the event he dialed 911 from his cell phone but the call was intercepted after just one second. He then vanished into thin air and was never seen alive again—Ward's body was found 10 days later bobbing in the swift currents of the White River.
As everyone knows, it's common practice for off-duty officers to moonlight as security for nightclubs or other businesses requiring their expert talents at protection. However, it's not known if this was the case for Landsharks' bar-and-grill because management hasn't volunteered any information about the bouncer, and he reportedly was never questioned by detectives.
Josh Swalls too had been visiting an Indianapolis neighborhood in 2012, and, in the early morning hours of November 4th, had briefly stepped outside his friend's apartment complex, leaving behind a coat, car keys, wallet and cell phone. He was never seen alive again either—his body showed up three weeks later in the nearby retention pond which had already been thoroughly searched by IMPD's tactical divers at the time he first went missing.
In what can only be described then as classic fumbling form, the Marion County Coroner's Office assured the Swalls that the drown victim delivered to the morgue was not their son, having yet to complete a full autopsy on it. They had to do an about-face the next day and request a dental match up as an afterthought.
It's unfortunate enough that these two young men met such an untimely and watery demise, and both disappearing under such sinister circumstances serves to further deepen their tragedies. But, that the truth about what really happened to them may teeter now between questionable police procedures and a halfhearted medical inquiry, isn't very consoling to those left behind hoping for closure or justice.
Sadly, the chances of that truth coming to light, in a place where Truth itself is too often viewed as the enemy and subject to the whim and skill of whoever's in charge of finding it, seems unlikely.
Or at least not without a great deal of persistence.
Visit Killing Killers to read Eponymous Rox's exclusive interview with the family of Matthew Ward in VOICES FOR THE DEAD
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There are important updates regarding the 'Smiley Face' drowning death of Matthew Ward in the newest editorial piece titled BLOOD ALCOHOL: Smiley Strikes Again [ http://www.crimemagazine.com/blood-alcohol-smiley-strikes-again ].
Unfortunately, when attempting to directly link these two articles, it appears the 308+ shares/likes associated with Drowning In Neglect were eradicated by mistake, and with them quite possibly any external links that readers had created. APOLOGIES---great pains will be taken in the future not to repeat the glitch. In the meantime, however, if you are revisiting this article today, please re-share and re-like it. (This is probably the only available remedy for any broken links to the content!)


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Roswell Park Alliance Foundation awards grants to scientists and clinicians searching for ways to understand, prevent and cure cancer
BUFFALO — The Roswell Park Alliance Foundation, a not-for-profit that manages all donations made to Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center (Roswell Park), recently awarded scientific research grants totaling nearly $800,000 to Roswell Park scientists and clinicians. The grants range from $10,000 to $100,000 and provide seed funding for 20 projects showing the greatest potential to save lives. Throughout the course of a year, the Alliance Foundation awards nearly $1.5 million towards cancer research projects carried out by Roswell Park researchers. Roswell Park has more than 200 researchers on staff and grants are funded by donors to the Alliance Foundation and the revenue generated by fundraising special events such as The Ride for Roswell and Goin' Bald for Bucks.
"Every day, our researchers and physicians are discovering innovative ways of understanding and treating cancer," said Candace Johnson, PhD, Deputy Director. "More than half of the donations we receive turn into grants for Roswell Park's scientists to fund the early stages of research that eventually may lead to new clinical trials, drugs and improved therapies."
The Alliance Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) of the Roswell Park Alliance Foundation reviews internal grant applications for pilot projects, with an emphasis on promoting programs, collaborations and translational research. Led by Dr. Johnson, the committee includes Roswell Park basic scientists, physicians, Alliance Foundation representatives and donor representatives. The review process follows guidelines similar to those established by the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Donald Trump, Roswell Park's President and CEO, makes funding recommendations to the Alliance Foundation Board based on the committee's scores and reviews. Grants are awarded twice a year.
"Donations from our community fund these grants, which often are the difference needed to keep a lab's research effort going for an entire year. These efforts can lead to national grants of millions of dollars," said Dr. Johnson. "That's how we move lab ideas to the clinical trial stage, directly benefiting patients with all types of cancers."
Roswell Park researcher and past grant recipient Ben Seon, PhD, went on to secure a national grant for $3.1 million to continue his research related to monoclonal antibodies that starve cancer tumors and eradicate cancer cells. Today, he can take credit for the invention and patent of two cancer therapy approaches that are currently in clinical trials, a significant achievement in the cancer-drug development process.
"Roswell Park is one of the several clinical trial sites of these novel anticancer antibodies and cancer patients here in Western New York can benefit from these breakthrough discoveries," said Seon, a longtime resident of Williamsville and a researcher at Roswell Park since 1967. "Additionally, the results of trials like these may eventually have an impact on how we treat cancer worldwide."
For this most recent cycle, the Alliance Foundation Board approved funding of 20 applications for a total of $767,410. Each of Roswell Park's six major research programs received grants to support their important work. Two grants fell into the pediatric research category while one grant supports the next phase of a clinical trial related to head and neck cancers.
"The studies that have received funding represent the best and most promising efforts of Roswell Park's scientists as they search for new ways of fighting many kinds of cancer," said the Alliance Foundation's Executive Director, Cindy Eller. "The selection process is a fierce competition and one that is taken very seriously by our Scientific Advisory Committee and the scientists vying for grants."
Grouped by research program, the grants awarded include:
Cancer Control, Prevention and Disparities
- Andrew Hyland, PhD, Department of Health Behavior, received a grant for his project, "Exploring the Link Between Tobacco Use and the Effectiveness of Cancer Treatment."
- Li Tang, PhD, Department of Cancer Prevention and Control, received a grant for her project, "Targeting Androgen Regulators to Fight Therapy Resistant Prostate Cancer."
- Song Yao, PhD, Department of Cancer Prevention and Control, received a grant for his project, "Unlocking the Cause of Cancer Treatment Related Leukemia Through the Next-Generation Sequencing Technology."
Cell Stress and Biophysical Therapies
- Marina Antoch, PhD, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, received a grant for her research project, "Exploring Genetic Pathways to Slow Down Aging and Reduce the Risk of Age-Related Cancers."
- David Bellnier, PhD, and Sandra Gollnick, PhD, Department of Cell Stress Biology, received a grant for their research, "Using Photodynamic Therapy with Surgery to More Effectively Destroy Cancer Cells."
- Gal Shafirstein, PhD, Department of Cell Stress Biology, and Nestor Rigual MD, Department of Head and Neck Surgery, received a grant for their research, "Photodynamic Therapy for Patients with Recurred Head and Neck Cancer."
Experimental Therapeutics
- Gokul Das, PhD, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, received a grant for his project, "Exploring Drug Resistance in Estrogen Receptor-positive Breast Cancer."
- Pam Hershberger, PhD, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, received a grant for her project, "The Anti-Cancer Effects of Vitamin D on Certain Types of Lung Cancer."
- Fengzhi Li, PhD, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, for his project, "Exploring How an Antitumor Drug Selectively Kills Invasive Colorectal Cancer Cells."
- Peter Demant, MD, PhD, Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology, received a grant for his research "Genetics of Adverse Drug Reactions in Patients with Advanced Cancer of the Colon and Other Organs."
- Dominic Smiraglia, PhD, Department of Cancer Genetics, received a grant for his research on "Determining the Genetic Mutations that Contribute to the Development of Pancreatic Cancer and Those that Cause It to Spread."
- Eugene Yu, PhD, Department of Cancer Genetics, received a grant for his project, "Exploring the Down Syndrome Gene or Genes that Suppress the Growth of Solid Tumors."
Genitourinary Cancers
- John Ebos, PhD, Department of Medicine, received a grant for his project, "Exploring Kidney Cancer's Resistance to Certain Cancer Therapies."
- Barbara Foster, PhD, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, was awarded a grant for her project, "Exploring the Potential of a New Biomarker to Predict Aggressiveness of Prostate Cancer."
Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy
- Aimin Jiang, PhD, Department of Immunology, received a grant for his project, "Uncovering New Ways to Harness the Power of the Body's Immune System to Fight Cancer."
- Danuta Kozbor, PhD, Department of Immunology, received a grant for her research project, "Exploring the Use of Virally-delivered Therapeutic Genes to Inhibit Breast Cancer Tumor Growth and Unleash Immune Responses."
- Brahm Segal, MD, Department of Medicine, received a grant for his project, "Examining New Ways to Delay Tumor Progression and Enhance Vaccine Efficiency in the Treatment of Ovarian Cancer."
Pediatric Research
- Scott Abrams, PhD, Department of Immunology, received a grant for his research "Defining a Unique Role of a Tumor Suppressing Gene in Childhood Leukemia."
- Barbara Foster, PhD, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, received a grant for her research project "Exploring the Role Genes Play in the Development of Tumors of the Central Nervous System in Children."
Clinical Trial
- Nestor Rigual, MD, Department of Head and Neck Surgery and Barbara Henderson, PhD, Department of Cell Stress Biology, received a grant to move into phase II of a study that is testing a new drug in the photodynamic therapy center clinical trial for use in treating head and neck cancers.
"The support of our community is critical to funding these important projects," said Andrew Hyland, PhD, Chair of the Department of Health Behavior. "I know I speak for all researchers when I say we are extremely grateful to event participants and donors for making it possible for us to continue discovering new ways of battling cancer."
The Roswell Park Alliance Foundation is a not-for-profit organization that supports scientific and clinical research, state-of-the-art medical care and activities that address the psychosocial needs of patients and families touched by cancer at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. Located in Buffalo, New York, Roswell Park is one of the nation's leading research and clinical institutions specializing in cancer care. Descriptions of the research projects listed above can be found in the giving section of the Roswell Park website at https://www.roswellpark.org/giving/impact/research.
A source of scientific innovation and achievement, groundbreaking research by Roswell Park scientists has led to greater understanding of the nature of cancer and to major advances in cancer diagnosis and treatment that are in use worldwide. Roswell Park instituted the nation's first chemotherapy program, pioneered studies on the relationship between smoking and lung cancer and developed photodynamic therapy (PDT) and the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test, the centerpiece in the early warning system for prostate cancer.
Leslie Garrity, Director, Strategic Marketing & Communications
716-845-1038; firstname.lastname@example.com


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Ross Avens
Geum rossii
Tushar Mountains, Delano Peak, Beaver County, Utah.
Elevation: 11,500 feet
Collected by: A. Taye
July 3, 1984
Geum rossii
Tushar Mountains, Delano Peak, Beaver County, Utah.
Elevation: 11,500 feet
Collected by: A. Taye
July 3, 1984
Monardella glauca
Wasatch Mountains, a few hundred feet from Catherine Pass trail above Albion Basin at the top of Little Cottonwood Canyon, Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, Salt Lake County, Utah.
Elevation: 9,460 feet
Collected by: W.R. Gray
August 5, 2010
Sphaeromeria diversifolia
Willard Peak, Box Elder County, Utah.
Elevation: 9,700 feet
Collected by: W.P. Cottam, John Allan, and F.C. Rowland
August 15, 1958
Juncus drummondii
Southeast of Salt Lake City, Little Cottonwood Canyon, above Albion Basin along trail to Catherine Pass, Salt Lake County, Utah.
Elevation: 10,025 feet
Collected by: L. Arnow
October 1, 1967
Abies lasiocarpa
Marysvale, Piute County, Utah.
Elevation: 6,500 feet
Collected by: Cottam
May 15, 1936
Pinus longaeva
House Mountains, Swasey Peak west of Delta, Millard County, Utah.
Elevation: 8,000 feet
Collected by: Beverley Albee
September 11, 1971
Cystopteris fragilis
South of Brighton near the head of Big Cottonwood Canyon in the Wasatch Mountains, 1.27 miles west of the summit of Clayton Peak, Salt Lake County, Utah.
Elevation: 9,250 feet
Collected by: M.D. Windham
September 8, 1992
Osmorhiza occidentalis
South Willow Canyon on the east slope of the Stansbury Mountains, 2.34 miles northwest of Box Elder Pass, Tooele County, Utah.
Elevation: 7,450 feet
Collected by: M.D. Windham
June 28, 1998
Carex deweyana
Wasatch Range, Little Cottonwood Canyon, White Pine Fork Trail, 0.25 miles above beginning of trail to White Pine Lake, Salt Lake County, Utah.
Elevation: 7,700 feet
Collected by: L. Arnow
August 13, 1983
Picea englemannii
Stansbury Mountains, Dry Lake Fork of southwest canyon, Tooele County, Utah.
Elevation: 9,200 feet
Collected by: Alan Taye
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Date: February 2nd, 2014
Done with my Philippines series, I had no other trip report to write about after that. Being in Kannur, I had always wanted to go to Bekal Fort in Kasarkode district, north of Kannur. Bekal Fort is the largest fort in Kerala. I had vague memories of visiting the fort when I was very young… but my mom insists I had never been there. She say it must have been St. Angelo's Fort I got confused with and said she herself has never been to Bekal Fort!
So on a fine Sunday morning, we went to Kannur's 'private bus stand'. We chose to go by bus thinking it would be easy to get one as Bekal was only 90kms away. The route on Google Maps showed one long road up north and it would take no less than 2 hours. Trouble is, there was some railway crossing repair work going on along the way and because of that, the route buses would be taking today would be longer. But we were only told of this while we waited for the bus to arrive. We (myself, my mother and my cousin brother) contemplated going by train but because we wasted more than half-an-hour waiting for the bus, we missed the trains going north. Finally we boarded a bus going to Kanhangad as we were told we could catch another bus going to Bekal Fort, or Pallikere (the place), from there. So at 9:45 am, the bus finally left Kannur 'private bus stand' and we began our long journey to Bekal.
A bus ticket to Kanhangad costs Rs. 50 ($0.80/€0.60) per person.
The bus filled up with passengers after picking up more people from the municipal bus stations along the way. It was a good thing we got seats.
As I looked at the time, I realized we would only arrive at Bekal Fort past noon. I was disappointed knowing I would miss the morning blue skies and would instead be shooting during the dreaded 11am-1pm time slot — the period during which the sun is at its brightest and washes out all the blues in the sky in photographs.
Past noon, we had reached Kanhagad. From there, we saw a bus with Bekal Fort written on it (in English) and so we knew that was our next bus. We boarded it (Rs. 10 for ticket) and it was another 30 minutes until we reached the road leading to Bekal Fort.
Unlike St. Angelo's Fort in Kannur, which was built by the Dutch, Bekal Fort was built in 1650AD by Shivappa Nayaka, an Indian ruler. You may read about the fort's history on Wikipedia.
… and we were out. It was 2pm and we were hungry. There weren't any restaurants to be found outside Bekal Fort, so we had to eat from the closest resort.
When we reached Bekal Beach Park, a security guard ran towards us and told even if we walk across on the beach without even entering the park, we still need to pay Rs. 10 per person.
There's a "zoo" but that costs extra and it was largely domestic animals, so we just walked away. Instead my mom bought us "kids" some cone ice cream.
When I went to use the park's toilet, even there they were charging Rs. 5 for using it! So Rs. 10 is for you to walk in the vicinity. Rubbish! And so was the condition the toilets were in going by how much they were charging.
Anyway, we asked the security guard how to get to Kanhangad railway station and he gave us the directions to the main road from where we could board the bus.
When we arrived at the town bus stand, we crossed over to the other side to get to the railway station. The next train to Kannur was only at 5:20pm, but we had no choice. We bought three tickets (Rs. 50 per person for General class) and went out to drink some chai.
It was crowded inside the general compartment, as expected, but I had no issues standing because I wanted to take photos.
The train reached Kannur station a few minutes before 7pm. After helping a French tourist who was in the same train with some travel advice, we all left the station.
Overall, the trip was good and I'm quite pleased with the photos I got using only my Sony Xperia Z1 phone camera. This is the first trip taking photos only using my phone and I am now confident that even if I don't have my DSLR, the photos I get from my phone would still serve me fine.
But a bit of advice, if you wish to visit Bekal Fort from either Kannur or any other cities south of Kerala, just take the train. The buses aren't as frequent as I thought they would be and it takes longer depending on the time of the day. The ticket rates are the same anyway and although you may not get a seat in some of the general class trains, you get to Kasragod district a lot quicker. Also, try and get to the fort by 9am or post lunch so you can watch the sun set from Bekal Fort itself.
Kannur may have St. Angelo's Fort but trust me, Bekal Fort is a lot bigger and well worth the views.


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Amazon has another chest-thumping, but detail free, proclamation about Kindle sales.
It tells All Things D, "Wednesday was the $199 Kindle Fire HD's biggest day of sales since launch and up 3x week over week."
Apple announced the iPad mini on Tuesday, so the clear suggestion is that people waited to see what Apple was releasing. Once they saw it, they opted for Amazon's less expensive option.
With Amazon, though, we really have no idea what that statement means. It doesn't provide any details on Kindle unit sales. For all we know, the company sold 200 Kindle Fire HDs on Wednesday.
Disclosure: Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, is an investor in Business Insider.


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EvaAraujo wrote:AdaL wrote:
Ah, right.
No worries. Maybe best just to leave them both open in that case, then? For anyone who wants to catch up on everything, there may be important info that gets lost if one's closed and falls off the radar.
Closing just means no one can post anything in it but whatever was already done is still there for anyone to see.
Oh yeah, sure, I was just thinking that other threads would eventually bury it.


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Local mirror
If you want to create an official mirror see this page.
NOTE: 95% of users will NEVER need this. Rsyncing every package from core and extra will give you a lot of stuff you will never need or use. Only follow these instructions if you are running a very large site of Arch machines. Perhaps using a Network Shared Pacman Cache would serve you better. You could also use pkgd to effectively create a shared cache across your LAN without the need to manage a central cache.
NOTE: Due to traffic issues rsyncing from rsync.archlinux.org is allowed only for official mirrors. If you want to create an official mirror - write to the mailing list about this and entries in /etc/pacman.d/* will be added and your IP address will be allowed.
If you want to get a full mirror for personal use only, you may rsync from rsync://distro.ibiblio.org/distros/archlinux/
This document describes how to create a mirror on your local machine of all the packages and iso files on the Arch mirrors, how to update it using cron, how to serve the mirror with vsftpd, and how to set up pacman to use the local mirror.
- 1 Initial Setup
- 2 Creating the local mirror directory
- 3 The synchronization script
- 4 Running a cron job
- 5 Setting up pacman to use the local mirror
- 6 Synchronizing for the first time
- 7 Notes
Initial Setup
First, let's update and install the necessary tools:
pacman -Syu pacman -S rsync vsftpd
Now, we are going to create a new user (with no login privileges) that will be used for sync operations, and as the user to serve the files with FTP. The name of our user is "mirror" in this example, but you can use any name you want. Do not use root, or any account that has login access. In order to make this secure, we want to use a user with as few privileges as possible.
useradd -m -s /bin/false mirror
Now, let's get on with setting up the mirror.
Creating the local mirror directory
We will be using /home/mirror, the home directory of our unprivileged user, for storage of the scripts, logs, and packages.
The first thing we need to do is create several directories in /home/mirror:
cd /home/mirror sudo -u mirror mkdir {scripts,files,logs}
The synchronization script
Now lets create the actual rsync script, scripts/mirrorsync.sh, using your favorite editor.
#!/bin/bash # # The script to sync a local mirror of the Arch Linux repositories and ISOs # # Copyright (C) 2007 Woody Gilk <firstname.lastname@example.com> # Modifications by Dale Blount <firstname.lastname@example.com> # and Roman Kyrylych <firstname.lastname@example.com> # Licensed under the GNU GPL (version 2) # Filesystem locations for the sync operations SYNC_HOME="/home/mirror" SYNC_LOGS="$SYNC_HOME/logs" SYNC_FILES="$SYNC_HOME/files" SYNC_LOCK="$SYNC_HOME/mirrorsync.lck" # Select which repositories to sync # Valid options are: core, extra, testing, community, iso # Leave empty to sync a complete mirror # SYNC_REPO=(core extra testing community iso) SYNC_REPO=() # Set the rsync server to use # Only official public mirrors are allowed to use rsync.archlinux.org # SYNC_SERVER=rsync.archlinux.org::ftp SYNC_SERVER=distro.ibiblio.org::distros/archlinux # Set the format of the log file name # This example will output something like this: sync_20070201-8.log LOG_FILE="pkgsync_$(date +%Y%m%d-%H).log" # Do not edit the following lines, they protect the sync from running more than # one instance at a time if [ ! -d $SYNC_HOME ]; then echo "$SYNC_HOME does not exist, please create it, then run this script again." exit 1 fi [ -f $SYNC_LOCK ] && exit 1 touch "$SYNC_LOCK" # End of non-editable lines # Create the log file and insert a timestamp touch "$SYNC_LOGS/$LOG_FILE" echo "=============================================" >> "$SYNC_LOGS/$LOG_FILE" echo ">> Starting sync on $(date --rfc-3339=seconds)" >> "$SYNC_LOGS/$LOG_FILE" echo ">> ---" >> "$SYNC_LOGS/$LOG_FILE" if [ -z $SYNC_REPO ]; then # Sync a complete mirror rsync -rptlv --delete-after --delay-updates $SYNC_SERVER "$SYNC_FILES" >> "$SYNC_LOGS/$LOG_FILE" else # Sync each of the repositories set in $SYNC_REPO for repo in ${SYNC_REPO[@]}; do repo=$(echo $repo | tr [:upper:] [:lower:]) echo ">> Syncing $repo to $SYNC_FILES/$repo" >> "$SYNC_LOGS/$LOG_FILE" # If you only want to mirror i686 packages, you can add # " --exclude=os/x86_64" after "--delete-after" # # If you only want to mirror x86_64 packages, use "--exclude=os/i686" # If you want both i686 and x86_64, leave the following line as it is # rsync -rptlv --delete-after --delay-updates $SYNC_SERVER/$repo "$SYNC_FILES" >> "$SYNC_LOGS/$LOG_FILE" # Create $repo.lastsync file with timestamp like "2007-05-02 03:41:08+03:00" # which may be useful for users to know when the repository was last updated # date --rfc-3339=seconds > "$SYNC_FILES/$repo.lastsync" # Sleep 5 seconds after each repository to avoid too many concurrent connections # to rsync server if the TCP connection does not close in a timely manner sleep 5 done fi # Insert another timestamp and close the log file echo ">> ---" >> "$SYNC_LOGS/$LOG_FILE" echo ">> Finished sync on $(date --rfc-3339=seconds)" >> "$SYNC_LOGS/$LOG_FILE" echo "=============================================" >> "$SYNC_LOGS/$LOG_FILE" echo "" >> "$SYNC_LOGS/$LOG_FILE" # Remove the lock file and exit rm -f "$SYNC_LOCK" exit 0
Nothing terribly fancy here, just a slightly advanced bash script to do what we need. Let's make it executable.
chmod +x scripts/mirrorsync.sh
That's it, you now have an easily modifiable script. You probably don't want to have to run this manually though, so let's set up a cron job to run this for us.
One note before we move on to the next step: your logs directory is going to keep growing in size. Make sure that you check it regularly so that it doesn't start overtaking the server with garbage. It is highly recommended that you set up LogRotate to manage this, or write some kind of cleanup script.
Running a cron job
Let's make sure we have the necessary cron tools (most Arch installations will):
pacman -S dcron
We will be running our cron job with crontab. For more infomation, see man crontab. The benefit of running the sync with a crontab is a higher level of security, and not cluttering up /etc/cron.* with files. It also allows for a higher level of control for when the script is run.
Create scripts/mirror.cron with the following contents:
0 3 * * * /home/mirror/scripts/mirrorsync.sh
Now we need to activate our crontab:
sudo -u mirror crontab scripts/mirror.cron
Let's make sure that crontab picked up our job:
sudo -u mirror crontab -l
You should see the contents of scripts/mirror.cron printed out. If not, rerun the previous command and check again.
This cron setup will run our sync.sh script every night at 3AM. You can adjust this however you want, see http://www.adminschoice.com/docs/crontab.htm for more information on crontab syntax.
Editing the cron job
If you ever need to edit mirror.cron, use the following command:
sudo -u mirror crontab -e
If you edit the file by hand, use the following command to update crontab:
sudo -u mirror crontab scripts/mirror.cron
Now let's set up pacman to use our local mirror.
Setting up pacman to use the local mirror
If you only want to access your mirror on one computer, you can use the following steps.
Single machine
NOTE: If you are following the above for a single machine, you are using a lot of bandwidth for no reason at all. Save it for the people that need it. This section only applies for those that will follow through with the below section as well.
You will not need vsftpd for this type of setup, because we are accessing the files via a file:// url, as opposed to a ftp:// url.
Add the following line to the top of /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist, at the top of the Servers list:
Server = file:///home/mirror/files/$repo/os/i686
Also be sure to change i686 to x86_64 if you are using a 64bit version of Arch.
Multiple machines
Syncing this way will allow you to use FTP to access your local mirror from other machines. You can also use this method to sync to your local machine (more details on this later).
FTP server configuration
The first thing we need to do is configure vsftpd. Edit /etc/vsftpd.conf to look like this:
# vsftpd config file /etc/vsftpd.conf # # Setup for a secure anonymous FTP server # # Listen (non-xinetd) mode listen=YES # Use tcp_wrappers to control connections tcp_wrappers=YES # Use localtimes instead of GMT for files use_localtime=YES # Hide the true user/group ID of files hide_ids=YES # # Enable anonymous access (pacman requires this) anonymous_enable=YES # Use this user for anonymous logins ftp_username=mirror # Chroot directory for anonymous user anon_root=/home/mirror/files/archlinux # Don't require a password for anonymous access (pacman requires this) no_anon_password=YES # # User to run vsftpd as (same as ftp_username) nopriv_user=mirror # Enable recursive "ls" listing ls_recurse_enable=YES # # Forcefully destroy sessions after X seconds of inactivity # (It is highly recommended to not set this above 300) idle_session_timeout=120 # Forcefully stop sending data after X seconds of inactivity during a transfer # (It is highly recommended to not set this higher than idle_session_timeout) data_connection_timeout=30
This setup will offer a very secure FTP server, tailored specifically for our needs. Note that this setup does not require a password, and should not be used in a publicly accessible network (unless that's what you want). Password protecting the FTP and still allowing it to work with pacman is beyond the scope of this document.
If you are going to connect to this machine from the outside, you will need to add the following line to /etc/hosts.allow:
vsftpd : ALL : ALL
Note that this will allow anyone to download from the mirror. If you want to control downloads more tightly, and don't know how to do so, see linux.about.com on the subject.
Let's make sure vsftpd starts:
sudo /etc/rc.d/vsftpd start
If vsftpd does not start, check that the options are set correctly in your /etc/vsftpd.conf file.
Enabling the mirror for pacman
Now let's edit /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist files to use our shiny new mirror. Add the following line to the top of /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist, at the top of the Servers list:
Server = ftp://192.168.1.21/$repo/os/i686
Note that 192.168.1.21 is the IP address of my test machine. Your address will most likely be different. (Remember that you can get the current IP of an Arch box with ifconfig -a or ifconfig eth0.)
If you want to use this same mirror on the local machine, use the following Server line:
Server = ftp://localhost/$repo/os/i686
Non-local machines will need to use an IP address to access the repository. Also make sure that the machine serving the mirror has a static IP address.
Synchronizing for the first time
Here comes the pain! Run the following command to start the sync:
sudo -u mirror ./scripts/mirrorsync.sh
This won't give you any kind of output, but you probably want some. You can use something like this (correct for the name of log file) to monitor the sync progress:
tail -f logs/pkgsync_20070203-9.log
This process will usually take a few hours, depending on the speed of your internet connection and how many repositories you are mirroring. After the first sync, only new packages will be sync'ed, so it will be much faster.
Wait for the first sync to finish, then run pacman -Syy to make sure that your new mirrors are syncing properly.
That's it! You now run a local mirror which will offer you massively improved speeds when updating your packages.
First version of this guide was written by busfahrer. He can be reached at #archlinux on irc.freenode.net.
Second version of this guide was written by Shadowhand. He can be reached at #archlinux on irc.freenode.net.
Comments and suggestions are always appreciated.


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Fashion Business Inc. and presenting sponsor Moss Adams LLP, are thrilled to announce the host of this year's "All Aboard…L.A.'s Fashion Platform" runway show: EXTRA! weekend co-host Renee Bargh. With extensive hosting and fashion reporting experience to her credit, this Australian fashionista has a love of fashion and California's creative and diverse aesthetic.
"All Aboard" benefits non-profit Fashion Business Inc. (FBI), which helps emerging designers through educational resources and provides job retraining for both incumbent and displaced workers. The runway show will take place on October 15th at the historic Union Station (800 North Alameda St, Los Angeles, CA 90012). Bargh will join co-host comedian Brett Walkow.
"All Aboard" will feature collections from California's top, established and emerging designers such as Shay Todd, Liberty Sage, Johnny Was, Maison Castel, Jet Age, Rosario, Continuous, Nameless USA, Quynh Paris, and Ximena Valero. The evening will also include the presentation of the Moss Adams Fashion Innovator Award (MAFI), one of Los Angeles fashion's most prestigious awards, which is given to a California-based designer who has shown exemplary innovation and creativity.
Cocktail reception and red carpet begins at 6:00pm; runway show begins at 7:30pm. Tickets are $50 for public, $25 for FBI members. To purchase tickets, visit Fashion Business Inc. online.
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Pointo8 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 97 designs submitted by 27 freelance designers.
Blue Ink Films Blue Ink Writing
Blue Ink Films produces customized corporate videos, motivational videos and alternative documentary style videos. Blue Ink Writing offers corporate storytelling services.
We're seeking a dual-aspect logo for a dual brand. This is one company with two main divisions—Blue Ink Films and Blue Ink Writing. (We're looking for a logo that brands the divisions side-by-side...so the logo would include the text of each division "Blue Ink Films" and "Blue Ink Writing" but without the word "and" included between the divisions.)
The two aspects (divisions) of the logo will be featured in close proximity on web pages and business cards/letterhead etc. As a result, they should be similar in design, they could even be identical with the exception of the actual wording. The two divisions are extremely synergistic, so the two aspects of the logo should be as well. The two divisions don't have to be branded side-by-side...they can be...but each can also be stand alone. What we don't want is one long, run-on 6 word logo. The two divisions should appear as two unique divisions.
We would also like a logo mark that can be featured on it's own, with both of the font based logos and/or as a single mark between the two logos. We're also open to the possibility of no mark...as long as the design of the font based logo are strong enough to stand alone. If your creativity leads you to design a logo mark, please avoid any "on the nose" images (pen, film strip etc.) The mark we're seeking would be custom, creative and unique.
Concept Words: Cool...creative...classy.
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Well, we at Infinite Loop can't say that we saw this coming. Today, we earned that everyone's favorite CD authoring solution, Disco, is entering the brick and mortar retail world. With the help of Nova Development, a company that handles distribution for a number of software products for both Windows and Macintosh platforms, Disco will begin appearing in retail outlets at an unspecified date in the future.
The boxed version of Disco Deluxe Edition will be available for $39.99 from retail outlets or can be purchased immediately from the Nova Developments web site. The application currently costs $29.95 in the non-retail boxed, non-deluxe edition. The more expensive, deluxe version will include "bonus" disc labeling software and printed documentation.
Austin Sarner's Disco might be the smallest Mac application I've seen to venture into the retail world, but it isn't alone. We have seen a number of the Omni Group's products go brick and mortar, as well as many of ASPYR's products. The question remains: will the small percentage of computer users that use OS X—and the even smaller percentage that buy "shareware" applications in retail stores—embrace Disco over the reigning champion, Toast?


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Traveling with Kids and Diabetes
Preparation is key before traveling, whether by car, boat or airplane. You need to expect the unexpected and try to stay as close to your child's regular routine as possible. If you plan ahead, there's no reason not to have a wonderful family vacation.
Tips for Travel
- Keep a travel bag with your child's diabetes supplies: more than enough insulin or oral medications to cover the days of your trip, a glucose meter (and extra batteries), capped lancets, and plenty of carbohydrate snacks and glucagon to prevent low blood glucose
- Bring contact information for emergencies and prescriptions for medications in case they are lost.
- Try to make reservations for meals to avoid long waits and always carry snacks for unanticipated delays.
- Remember that heat and excitement can cause low blood glucose levels. Carry plenty of water and snacks.
Amusement Parks
It's a good idea to call ahead to an amusement park you're planning to visit and find out what their policies are for visitors with diabetes. Some have rules about not bringing in backpacks or your own food and drink. Other parks allow a few emergency supplies if you bring documentation of the need, such as a letter from your child's healthcare provider.
At many amusement parks, people with diabetes can get some sort of "special assistance pass" for themselves and family members. This allows you to bypass the long lines for the attractions.
Flying With Diabetes
These days there are very strict security regulations for how to carry diabetes supplies onto airplanes. You need to prove that syringes and lancing devices are for diabetes care, not weapons. Regulations require that you bring all diabetes medicines and supplies in original pharmacy packages with prescription labels. Lancets must be capped and you must prove that your child uses them for glucose monitoring by showing the meter with its brand name printed on it. You must also show that the brand name matches the brand name on your test strips.
Not all domestic flights offer meals anymore. Call ahead and order a diabetic meal if they have one, or if not, bring your own meal on board.
If you are flying outside of the United States, it is recommended that you contact the foreign embassy of any country you are visiting to see if they have requirements for how to travel with diabetes supplies. It would also be helpful to know how to say such phrases as "I have diabetes" or "sugar or orange juice, please" in languages of the countries you'll be visiting.
Please note that X-ray equipment won't hurt diabetes devices or medicines. If your child has an insulin pump, you should let the screener know before your child walks through the X-ray.
Related Links
- Parent Resources : How to make an appointment, how to get a second opinion, how to get a referral to Joslin, and a consent form for communication via e-mail or fax with healthcare providers.
- Parent Discussion Boards : An online place to get information about diabetes and support from other parents.
- New to Type 1 : Introductory information for the newly diagnosed.
- New to Type 2 : Introductory information for those who are newly diagnosed or at-risk.
- Preventing Type 2 Diabetes in Children : What to do if you suspect or have been told your child is at risk.
- Diabetes at School: Parents of children with diabetes need to make sure their children get the care they need in school and day care.
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The Lincoln Police Department's Northwest Team will be conducting an Alcohol Saturation Detail over the course of two nights in an effort to remove impaired drivers from the roadway. The detail will run Friday, September 11th and Saturday, September 12th. With college students back in school and a home football game scheduled, many people throughout Lincoln may be participating in late night weekend parties. This atmosphere often leads to increased alcohol consumption. Officers want to ensure that the roadways are safe.
DUI saturation patrols are a vital component in the fight against drunk drivers. These patrols allow law enforcement to have coverage in a large area and target locations that typically have higher numbers of DUI arrests. Officers will be focusing primarily on drivers who are impaired, but will also be looking for other traffic and safety violations. Funding for this increased enforcement is provided by a grant from the Nebraska Office of Highway Safety (NOHS).
The project is part of Lincoln Police Department's continuing effort to combat and deter impaired driving. Last year alone, Lincoln police officers investigated 8,909 traffic accidents, 1,793 which resulted in injury and 6 accidents which resulted in death. Officers also arrested a record 2,215 drivers in 2008 for driving under the influence.


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"Taking Flight" is a temporary art exhibition in our butterfly center, displaying the artwork of 6th – 12th grade students from three of the seven YES Prep Public School campuses. Inspired by science, or simply a love of nature, they are all wonderful depictions of different butterflies and insects – and a beautiful illustration of the intersection of science and art.
Today we highlight the work of Bianca Olvera. She gave us a little insight into her work and the butterfly art in the q&a below. Check out our first artist profile here.
Break Free
Bianca Olvera, 12th grade
Artist Statement: "It's hard to go through life without making mistakes. However, even when you make them, no matter how bad they may seem, you always have the chance at redemption and forgiveness. This is something my sister taught me."
1. What was your inspiration for creating this piece?
What inspired me to create this piece was my sister. I love her with all my heart. I look up to her a lot. She's always trying to do what's best for me by teaching me about life, love and being myself.
2. Why did you choose butterflies as your theme? What can you tell us about them?
I wanted to dedicate this piece for my sister, she loves butterflies. I asked her what they meant to her and she told me that butterflies represent new life – that they are not just these insects that pollinate our flowers…To her, butterflies symbolize a new start with God. I'm really proud of her for knowing who she is and what she's all about. She makes me want to be head strong just like her.
3. Your piece has a unique three-dimensional element. Can you tell us how you created that, and why?
Mrs. Higuera, the AP Art teacher, was showing me this new technique cutting paper with X-Acto knives. I fell in love with it and I decided it would be a good idea to cut the butterflies out of paper. I wanted something different compared to what everyone else was doing. I cut each and every butterfly individually. It took a long time, but it was worth it. I liked the way they came out.
4. What role should art play in science? Is there a role for science in art? Please explain.
I think art should always play a role in science. It's there to show you what's going on through photographs, drawings, sketches, and gives you a better understanding and view of what you're looking at. Plus, I think it's pretty to look at.
5. Do you think you'll use scientific concepts for your art in the future?
I'm not really sure, I'm just going to have to wait and see what the future has in stored for me and my love for art. It would be nice to use scientific concepts, it sounds very interesting.
Don't miss Bianca's "Break Free" – or any of the other beautiful works of art now on display in "Taking Flight," on the lower level of the Cockrell Butterfly Center. The exhibition will be available through March 31.


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This is the week of the year when California lawmakers really earn their pay (if they really earn their pay). The Senate and Assembly must work through hundreds of bills before the legislative deadline Friday.
These will include some familiar proposals — and probably a few surprises, given state politicians' shameless practice of "gut-and-amends," trying to sneak through new laws without sufficient debate.
Here is legislation they should focus on:
• They should pass a bill to allow undocumented immigrants to obtain driver's licenses if they can prove their identities and places of residence.
Assembly Bill 60, by Assemblyman Luis Alejo, D-Salinas, offends some who say driving is a privilege that shouldn't be extended to people here illegally. But the issue isn't immigration. It's the safety of our roads.
Driver's licenses aren't "given" — they're earned by people who learn to operate a vehicle safely and learn the rules of the road, and are insured. Californians should want everybody who gets behind the wheel to have passed those tests.
• They should kill a bill that would take tax-exempt status away from the Boy Scouts of America and any other nonprofit youth organization with discriminatory policies.
Senate Bill 323, by Sen. Ricardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens, is a reaction to BSA's plan to exclude gay and lesbian leaders even as it welcomes openly gay members beginning next year.
BSA's exclusion of openly gay leaders is offensive, based on a stereotype that homosexual adults are threats to children. But SB 323 overreaches; the tax code shouldn't be used to bully out-of-favor private groups.
The debate over BSA's membership policies should continue in the public square.
• They should pass Sen. Fran Pavley's SB 4, which includes provisions to deal with acidizing and fracking. The oil and gas industry is trying to kill the bill that faces an Assembly vote as soon as today.
Pavley has the right idea to ensure public safety without closing the door on the huge economic opportunity oil and gas exploration provides; the Central Valley formation known as the Monterey Shale is believed to be the richest oil deposit in the United States, with about 15 billion barrels of recoverable oil. The bill would bring transparency and accountability to the drilling process, which will keep the safety of California's water supply paramount.
Some environmentalists believe a total ban on fracking and acidizing is in order, but further study is clearly needed.
• And they should follow our earlier advice on two additional pieces of legislation: Reject Sen. Darrell Steinberg's bill seeking an exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act for a proposed new arena for basketball's Sacramento Kings and instead concentrate on real CEQA reform that helps the whole state. Pass the bill by Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Van Nuys, to expand an earthquake warning system for the state.
On another issue addressed here recently — prisons — capitol leaders reached what sounds like a helpful compromise on Monday, shifting some spending to rehabilitation if federal judges extend a deadline to release thousands of inmates. They did the right thing for prisons, and let's hope they do the same for the rest of the bills before them.


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Yemen: conference discusses improved protection for health workers and facilities
16-12-2012 News Release 12/245
Sana'a/Geneva (ICRC) – An ICRC-organized conference on the dangers facing health personnel and facilities has brought together Yemeni government representatives from the health, security and justice sectors, plus representatives of civil society and international organizations. The meeting in the Yemeni capital Sana'a on 16 December also addressed the factors that prevent the sick and wounded from obtaining health care during conflicts and other emergencies.
"Violence that prevents the delivery of health care is currently one of the most urgent yet overlooked humanitarian problems. This violence must end everywhere in the world, including Yemen," said Eric Marclay, head of ICRC operations in the country. "The health-care community cannot solve the problem alone. The Yemeni government, the armed and security forces, all armed groups and all authorities concerned must engage in dialogue on this issue. They must all do everything necessary to ensure effective and impartial health care."
Prior to the conference, the Yemeni authorities signed a declaration summarizing the rules and principles that are intended to protect health services, the sick and the wounded. These rules and principles form part of international humanitarian law and international human rights law, which apply in Yemen as they do throughout the world. "I am very pleased that the authorities agreed to support both our initiative and the setting up of a working group convened by the ICRC," said Mr Marclay. "The group will meet regularly after this conference, to agree concrete measures that will ensure compliance with these rules and principles during future crises."
International law clearly states that the sick, the wounded and health personnel must not be attacked or ill-treated, and that people must be able to obtain health care. Indeed, all possible measures must be taken to ensure that health care is provided to everyone who needs it, combatant and civilian alike, without discrimination.
For further information, please contact:
Dibeh Fakhr, ICRC Sana'a, tel: +967 73 607 19 67 or +967 711 94 43 43
Anastasia Isyuk, ICRC Geneva, tel: +41 22 730 30 23 or +41 79 251 93 02


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I have to go back a bit to really explain this one. I am from a very creative, artistic family. Everyone had their own talents. My mom is an amazing decorator and quilter and can create just about anything with her hands that you can think of. My dad has picked up photography and even guest lectures at BYU on different developmental processes, he's really talented with stained glass, and he can figure out how to build anything only he always does the highest quality work with his own finishing touches like he decides to build a pond in the backyard, but of course it has to have a waterfall made from sandstone that he quarried himself or he decides to build a shed but of course it needs stained glass windows and a copula and it ends up being so beautiful my mom won't use it to stash dirty yard tools in it. Then there's my older sister Candice, genius photographer, famous scrapbooker, and did you know that she used to be very into acting? She was in several plays in high school and college and she did a theater study abroad in London. Oh, and did I mention that she has an amazing singing voice? She was on one of Janice Kapp Perry's CD's when she was little and she was always chosen as the soloist in just about everything that you can think of, weddings, choir concerts, plays, you name it. My little brother Eli is the athlete of the family, but don't think the creative gene skipped him. He's a drummer and he had his own band through junior high and high school. And let's not forget my little sister, Marissa. I would say that her creativity lies in her day to day activities. You are NEVER bored around Marissa and she easily talks the people around her into doing the craziest things and they never regret it because they have a blast. Like when Marissa convinced her roommate to dress up for their picture in the ward directory to make it look like a mug shot, huge ratted hair, fake black-eye, and cardboard sign with their number that they each held in front of them and all. Or when they got tickets to the monster truck rally and all dressed up like white trash and spent the evening hooting and hollering. Or a two night before she left on her mission when her girlfriends were spending the night and they had nothing to do so they decided around 1 a.m. to throw an unbirthday party and they went to Walmart to buy cupcake supplies and they each had two dollars to by a birthday gift for someone else in the group, then they went home and made crazy paper hats and partied. You never ever quite know what you'll be doing when you hang out with Riss. Knowing that she's so spunky, it's probably not a surprise that she's never been shy and when she was younger she really wanted to be an actress. She was in a lot of children's plays and after a lot of begging and pleading, she convinced my mom to take her to an open call for a very reputable modeling agency (her best friend was represented by them and make a killing just by riding a bike in an Evian water commercial). At the time we lived in Hawaii so the open call meant a trip to the other side of the island and I went along with my mom and sister because I wanted to go to Costco afterwards with my mom. We waited in a big room with all the other kids and one by one they were called out to another room where they were turned down and sent home. We were the last ones left and figured Marissa would meet the same fate (although she was adorable) but instead the agent walked in with contracts in hand for both of us. I was totally surprised. Candice and Marissa were the actresses in the family; I almost had a heart attack mumbling the one line I had in my seventh grade play.
At any rate, we were both signed on and when the photographer came to our house to shoot our new headshots my mom asked him to do headshots for Candice and Eli too. As soon as the agency saw those, they were signed on too. Yep, a whole family of models, which lasted about a month before we found out we were moving back to Utah, and thus ended our modeling careers as we all lost interest and moved on to other things (but not before Candice was an extra in a Jackie Chan movie).


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'Celeb Apprentice' Star Aubrey O'Day Sued -- Please, Stop Singing.
'Celeb Apprentice' Star Sued Please, Stop Singing.
Aubrey O'Day's big mouth has landed her in hot water again ... only this time it's not because of what she said ... it's what she sang.
The "Celebrity Apprentice" contestant is being sued over a segment in the finale of her Oxygen reality show, "All About Aubrey" ... in which she sings on top of a track produced by her friend Adonis Shropshire.
Here's the rub -- according to the suit, Adonis created that particular beat for ANOTHER artist and didn't have the right to pass it on to Aubrey.
Now, the company that claims it owns the beat is suing Aubrey, Oxygen and Adonis ... alleging they all contributed to the alleged beat jackery.
The company is suing for unspecified damages -- and an order preventing Aubrey from performing the song ever again.
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Scientists studying a powdery sample from a rock into which rover Curiosity drilled one month ago announced Tuesday that the analysis revealed conditions once suited for ancient life on Mars.
The team analyzed crushed rock bored from flat bedrock near the site at which Curiosity landed about seven months ago. The rover is equipped with an on-board laboratory to analyze the powder, which contained key chemical ingredients needed for life, scientists said Tuesday.
"A fundamental question for this mission is whether Mars could have supported a habitable environment," said Michael Meyer, lead scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program. "From what we know now, the answer is yes."
Curiosity crossed an ancient streambed to get to the flat bedrock in the so-called Yellowknife Bay area, which hinted that water was present at one point in that area. More clues pointing to the possibility that Mars could have supported microbes were discovered in the fine-grain mudstone and clay material of the rock.
The analysis suggested an ancient wet environment instead of harsh oxidizing and acidic environments elsewhere on the planet.
"This is probably the only definitively habitable environment on Mars that we've recorded," said David Blake, principal investigator for Curiosity's Chemistry and Mineralogy investigation.
Scientists have already used the on-board laboratory's equipment to test Martian soil samples, which revealed a "complex chemistry" on the planet's surface, but no major surprises. An analysis detected water, sulfur, chlorine substances and other chemicals, but no definitive signs of life.
More samples from Gale Crater (powder sample pictured, right) will be analyzed during the next two years as the rover rolls toward Mount Sharp. Curiosity is likely to remain in Yellowknife Bay for a few more weeks before continuing its journey.
"We have characterized a very ancient, but strangely new 'gray Mars' where conditions once were favorable for life," said John Grotzinger, Mars Science Laboratory project scientist at the California Institute of Technology. "Curiosity is on a mission of discovery and exploration, and as a team we feel there are many more exciting discoveries ahead of us in the months and years to come."
The first few months on Mars have primarily been used to test the rover's complex equipment. The rover has sent back stunning images of the Martian surface, checked in on Foursquare and left wheel tracks on Mars during its test drive.


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Some roads may not be plowed till Sunday, state calls for volunteers
Finch: Bridgeport streets may not be cleared of snow until Sunday
By Monday the streets of Bridgeport resembled the site of the world's largest snowball fight.
Fog filled the sky over monstrous snow banks. Cars lurched and fishtailed through trench-like streets. Residents trudged up and down the middle of roads, looking like refugees.
"This," declared Mayor Bill Finch at a midday news conference, "is what a disaster area looks like."
While the workweek sputtered to life Monday, Connecticut residents confronted the full brunt of the biggest snowstorm in decades: Most schools and many businesses were closed, tempers were flaring, and simply getting from point A to point B had become a game of chicken.
By nightfall, questions were raised about whether the treacherous conditions were wholly the result of the storm or if decisions to pull snowplows early Saturday had anything to do with it.
"The last time we had this much snow was never," said Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, explaining in Bridgeport why thousands of residents had yet to even see a snowplow from their living room windows. "We haven't thought of ourselves as Minnesota in the past."
But hours later, back in Hartford, he hinted at perhaps another reason.
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The state on Monday began to release private contractors who had been working on state highways and other roads so they could help remove snow in struggling cities, such as Bridgeport, according to Department of Transportation officials.
The DOT is deploying 200 private plow truck drivers to augment its 1,179 full-time drivers.
The state owns 632 plow trucks and plows 5,700 miles of roadways.
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Updates on the region's recovery efforts at www.ctpost.com
"I gave advice to plow through the storm," he said. "Some cities didn't keep plowing. They sent people home."
City troubles
Regardless, Malloy announced Monday he is recruiting manpower and machines from as far away as Illinois and Canada. He said the state Department of Transportation has released contract plow drivers to help communities. And he urged residents with snow-moving equipment -- especially front-loaders, pay loaders and tri-axle trucks -- to offer their services.
The number to call in Bridgeport is (203) 576-1311.
Cities like Bridgeport and Hartford are the hardest, he said, because they have so many people and cars in such small areas. Local officials are scrambling to carry about basic functions.
Over the weekend, for example, Bridgeport first responders carried sickly people at times through several blocks of snow, officials said. Workers transported food to hungry babies and connected other residents with dialysis.
Meanwhile, the cities' plows struggled to clear roads often lined with buried cars.
"We have 2,964,000 vehicles in the state," Malloy said. "And there was no place for them to go, in many cases, except where they got parked."
In Bridgeport, Finch said the city might operate twice as fast if there were no abandoned cars to deal with. But he said recent years of municipal belt-tightening haven't hurt the city's ability to handle a blizzard.
Though the city budget document suggests a cut in road maintenance workers, officials said Bridgeport never reduced its snow-removal staff by a single person. In fact, officials and crews have streamlined their plowing protocols compared with two years ago, Finch said.
Responding to accusations that Bridgeport -- and Hartford -- had sent crews home at the height of the storm, city officials were blunt: Fire and public facilities crews were taken off the street for three hours during the height of the whiteout, but no one was sent home. Payloaders remained active throughout the storm to assist ambulance calls.
Even so, only about 100 city streets by Monday were "passable," Finch said, loosely using the term to describe the condition of the city's main thoroughfares -- a portion of Bridgeport's 831 miles of road. That included stretches like downtown's Main Street, which amounted to a rollicking, white-knuckle ride in the early afternoon.
"I don't think we'll get to every road until Sunday," Finch said.
Asked whether he had instituted Bridgeport's snow emergency regulations too late -- special parking and driving rules went into effect at 5 p.m. Friday, a full 24 hours after the city of Stamford's -- Finch said no.
"Most of these people (whose cars got stuck) were yahoos who went out after we told them not to," he said.
Snowballing costs
Across the state, the toll of the biggest snowstorm to hit parts of Connecticut in 125 years continued to mount.
In Meriden, officials announced that two residents -- ages 18 and 20, but as yet unnamed -- were found dead Sunday inside a car, apparently the result of carbon monoxide poisoning. Police told the Record-Journal of Meriden that paths had been shoveled in the driveway alongside the vehicle, but that the rest of it was covered with snow and the windows were rolled up.
They were Connecticut's sixth and seventh casualties of the storm.
In Shelton, police identified the 49-year-old man who died while shoveling snow Saturday as Raymond McPadden, of Darrin Drive.
While Rhode Island and Massachusetts encountered heavier winds and more power outages, Connecticut received the highest snowfalls, Malloy said repeatedly.
Hamden had the highest snowfall of all, with 40 inches. Milford got the second-highest, with 38. Oxford registered the fourth-highest, with 36.2 inches, according to AccuWeather.com.
"It was just as we expected," Bill Jacquemin, chief meteorologist with the Connecticut Weather Center in Danbury, said Monday.
Jacquemin said the blizzard had a bubble in the state where the snowfall was off the charts. The Danbury area, which got about 20 inches, was just to the west of that area.
Looking ahead, Malloy feared that Monday morning's rain and melting snow would cause roofs to start buckling under the heavy weight. Nearly every school in Connecticut built after the 1950s, he said, has a flat roof. He urged property owners to take that into consideration at their own homes and businesses.
By Monday evening, there were 16 reported roof collapses across the state.
Roads and rails
Meanwhile, Metro-North Railroad tightened its "limited service" zone for Tuesday morning to between South Norwalk and New Haven. About 75 percent of the morning peak-travel trains between those cities will operate.
Everything south of South Norwalk -- including the New Canaan and Danbury branch lines -- will run on a normal peak-morning schedule, as will all off-peak trains up through New Haven. All Waterbury service will remain suspended, meaning there are no trains or buses.
"Please expect possible train cancellations and combinations," a release warned. "Trains may be crowded."
More information is available at MTA.info.
Kevin Nursick, spokesman for the state Department of Transportation, said Monday that "miraculously,'' state highway crews kept all the major highways and roads passable throughout the storm.
"That meant first responders were able to go where they needed to go,'' Nursick said.
By Monday, he said, all travel lanes were open on all the state's highways and routes. But the break-down lanes in many places were still filled with snow. Nursick said the DOT hopes to finish cleaning those lanes by week's end.
However, he said, a lot of sight lines are now impeded by huge piles of snow. Those piles aren't going anywhere, he said, until warmer weather comes to melt them.
"We're asking people to slow it down, drive cautiously and show some courtesy to other drivers,'' he said.
Jacquemin, of the Connecticut Weather Center, said it now looks like a storm building in the Midwest will stay south of Connecticut, just giving it a light dusting midweek.
But, he said, there may be a larger coastal storm developing that could hit the state Saturday or Sunday. After that, he said, much colder air will flow down into the state next week, bringing the chance for more snow.
"I don't think winter is done with us yet," he said.
Staff writers Bill Cummings, Daniel Tepfer, Robert Miller and The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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QS 101: Make it Social
Ernesto Ramirez
February 9, 2012
You've all heard the buzzwords being thrown around these days, "social media", "social networking" etc. With the explosion of Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare and other social services it seems like you can't go anywhere online these days without being bombarded with buttons yelling at us to "Share this!", "Like This" or "Send this to a friend". Why the proliferation of social sites and services? All of this shouldn't be a surprise, after all we humans are social creatures. Rarely do we exist in complete isolation. Cliches like "No man(woman) is an island" are so popular because, well, they're just true. So how does this relate to your Quantified Self practice?
You are a product of your social environment. We've known in the behavior sciences for a long time that the actions of one person can impact the actions of another. One of the most common concepts we've used to explain this is social support. To put it simply the social support represents the idea that we our behaviors are influenced and supported by our social structure (friends, family, colleagues, etc.). There are four fundamental types of social support that have been identified as being beneficial for starting and/or maintaining a behavior (follow the previous link for more detailed descriptions):
Emotional support – empathy, understanding, and caring from others.
Tangible support – material assistance (money, goods, tools, etc).
Informational support – guidance, both subjective and objective knowledge.
Companionship support – inclusion in a social group.
One of the great things about Quantified Self is that we attempt to provide these four types of support at our meetups around the world and at our annual conferences. I've personally been able to find all four over the course of the last year and a half and consider myself immensely lucky to have found caring and smart people willing to support my self tracking journey. But, maybe you don't have a meetup in your area or you're not comfortable asking for support from a fellow group member, then what now? Well, one of the ways to enlist social support is to just ask someone who you trust and feel comfortable with to help you. This can be a major step for most people, but in most cases it is a step worth taking.
Briefly, the take away here is that when you are starting or looking to continue in your self tracking practice it is worthwhile to consider eliciting social support from others. Although we call ourselves the Quantified Self the notion of "self" does not mean our practices must be done in solitude. In fact, we celebrate and encourage informational support through our Guide and the Quantified Self Forums. We work hard to create collaborative learning and knowledge exchange and we're always working on fostering the other aspects of social support, but I encourage you to look outside your local QS community to others in your social circles that may be able to provide you the support you need.
For a more specific example of the power of social support I highly encourage you to take the time to read the Transformative Power of Sharing Mood post by the wonderful Alexandra Carmichael.


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It is hard to believe that this is only the 11th vintage of Hosanna; such is this estate's reputation. The 2009 has notes of over-ripe plums, liquorice, minerals, flowers, truffle and earth. The palate is sweeter than Providence with liqueur fruits flavours, it is very fresh and energetic and balanced with great acidity. This combines power and lightness of touch. A very good Hosanna.
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Hosanna is usually the most exuberant and debauched of the J P Moueix wines. There is a hedonistic array of aromas with blackcurrant jam, notes of cherry liqueur chocolates, kirsch, eucalyptus and flowers. The fruit profile is intensely blue and black, with notes of huckleberry and black plum, sweet earth and exotic spice. It is lavish, sumptuous wine, which although impressive and rich has a lightness of touch and freshness to the fruit. It is framed by an impressive tannic structure and finishes with notes of Valrhona chocolate and pure loganberry fruit. 82% Merlot and 18% Cabernet Franc.
Pomerol's Merlot-dominated wines at their best are rich, seductive and silky. For hundreds of years Pomerol was considered as nothing but a satellite district of neighbouring St-Émilion to the east, and it was not really until not until the 1950s that Pomerol started its meteoric rise led by Château Petrus. By far the most dominant merchants in the region are Jean-Pierre Moueix who own or distribute the majority of the finest properties in Pomerol, the most renowned being Petrus.Pomerol's finest wines originate from the highest parts of the plateau, which is predominantly gravel and clay, with an iron rich subsoil called crasse de fer.Apparently as important in fashioning wines that are plump, voluptuous, and richly Merlot dominates plantings dramatically, though the notable exception is Vieux Château Certan, nearly half of their estate is devoted Cabernet Franc. Pomerol has no no official classification, but its small scale wines fetch some of the greatest prices for wine in the world. The regions greatest names are Pétrus, Lafleur, Certan de May, Hosanna, La Fleur de Gay, L'Église-Clinet, Le Pin, La Conseillante, Trotanoy, , L'Évangile, Latour-à-Pomerol, and Vieux-Ch-Certan
Cabernet Franc with its unique herb infused red berry fragrance, adds backbone and acidity to the sensual, round favours of Merlot. This is as tried and tested combination used in the vast majority of serious St Emilion and Pomerol blends.
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