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Things can get a little blue for a left-leaning Brit in an American red state. But Tim Gane, the musical mastermind behind Stereolab, sounds bemused as he wanders a hunting-supply emporium in small-town Nebraska.
"It's a big store that sells many things," Gane says over a scratchy cell phone connection. "Nebraskan food things. Hunting stuff, you know for people who like to catch big fish and shoot big game. I don't know what everything is, though, as I'm not much of a hunter myself."
Why he's there isn't clear, but he laughs heartily when asked if it's the kind of place where Sarah Palin might like to shop. A chat about politics naturally follows. Though Gane doesn't presume to speak for all of England, he suggests there's a general consensus building there.
"I think everyone was very happy when Barack won his nomination," he says. "Then they got a bit scared when the Palin lady entered into it. Everyone's very scared of the Republicans winning. I think that's everyone in Europe, really."
Gane's opinions are hardly surprising. Stereolab, which got its start in London in 1990, has long held a reputation as a leftist—even Marxist—musical act. In part, that's due to French bandmate (and former romantic partner) Lætitia Sadier's ambiguously socialist lyrics (mostly sung en français). Granted, Gane's behind the music and not the words, but then again, his first band, an '80s indie-pop outfit, was called McCarthy, an ironic nod to right-wing McCarthyism."I suppose I got into music at the very end of punk and the beginning of what's called post-punk," Gane explains. "I was very much into the vaguely anarchistic music scene that was sometimes kind of punk and sometimes kind of electronic. This has been my general demeanor ever since."
Despite his strong political convictions, Gane says he's not the least bit politically active.
"I've never voted. I suppose I still sway slightly toward the anarchist bent. For me, being creative with music is kind of—I wouldn't say political, but it's a way of expressing something that had to come out."
He does, however, find the game of organized politics fascinating, especially the one that goes down stateside.
"I've always been particularly interested in the American elections. They're such entertainment! Everything has to be bigger than life. And, you can't ever say what you really want to say. [Both candidates] say such similar things, you know? I think it would be difficult for an atheist to run for government in America. It's not the same in England or France."
And what about that Palin lady—she who supports shooting wolves from airplanes and speaks in colloquial one-liners? Does the rest of the world now think the average U.S. citizen is Palin's Joe Sixpack?
"If that's the message Americans want to give, they're doing a very good job of it," Gane says. "Of course, when you come here and get to know Americans individually, you realize it's not such a cliché."
Though Gane agrees that the world is in a crazy way right now, he claims he remains hopeful for the future, especially when it comes to his 10-year-old son.
"He's a very bright and optimistic child," Gane says. "It would be wrong of me to counter that with the fears of an adult. When I was brought up, I don't remember anything like that, but if you look back, the years before I was born [in 1964] were the closest we'd ever come to nuclear war [with the Cuban Missile Crisis]. There have always been times when there were very, very bad situations happening. But in the long term, there's always hope."
The years following Gane's birth—a tumultuous period with many modern-day parallels—happened to yield some of the most interesting music in history. Over the course of nine albums, Stereolab has culled from major reference points like '60s lounge-pop and '70s krautrock. For Chemical Chords, the band's latest album and first proper full-length since 2004, Gane turned to Detroit.
"To a certain degree," he clarifies, "I was interested in the world of music that would include Motown and also Phil Spector and the girl groups of the '60s, especially in America. I think it was some of the most complex and resonant music ever made."
But, Gane says, what he's done with Chemical Chords is not an obvious replication—not even close—though it's possibly the band's poppiest, most ebullient album to date.
"The rhythms which emanate from the original music are still complexifying [sic] today," he explains. "I think it's partially a cultural thing and partially the sound and the instruments. I was interested in the infrastructure, the architecture, but the content of [Chemical Chords] isn't at all related. As always, we start with an idea, and then it's off and running."
As a loudspeaker blares muffled blue-light specials in the background, Gane suggests another idea that might be worth getting up and running.
"I think the rest of the world should be allowed to vote in your upcoming election," he says. "That's the sensible thing to do."
Stereolab plays with Richard Swift and Monade on Friday, Oct. 24, at Belly Up Tavern. 858-481-8140. www.stereolab.co.uk.


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#SRShow Rundown 8/21/15
-Today Sam Roberts' Show is a live show from Caroline's on Broadway in New York.
-Mike Cannon joins Sam on stage to talk about Josh Duggar, Deez Nuts, and Jon Stewart.
-Katie Linendoll joins Sam on stage as they interview WWE's Corey Graves.
-Paul Heyman joins Katie and Sam on stage.
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Give Us This Day, Our Daily Elvis
Daily Elvis: September 11
Click the above for the complete Daily Elvis posting
The Updated for 2018 are:
- Added the Elvis Era Headers to the original post,
- Our Daily Elvis, along with:
- the following updates to the original Daily Elvis Post:
Tupelo, Mississippi
Memphis, Tennessee
1949 – 1977
The Sun Records Rockabilly Era
September 11, 1954
Elvis performed at the Eagle's Nest, Memphis. (not listed on Scotty Moore's site)
September 11, 1955
Elvis joined the Hank Snow Jamboree for 2 days, and performed at the Municipal Auditorium, Norfolk, Virginia at 3.00 and 8.00 p.m. The other acts were Hank Snow, His Rainbow Ranch Boys and The Louvin Brothers along with Cowboy Copas.
The RCA Victor Atomic Powered Singer
September 11, 1956
Police are called to break up a crowd of rowdy teenagers following the showing of the film Rock Around The Clock at the Trocadero Cinema in London, England. The following day, The Times prints a reader's letter that says in part: "The hypnotic rhythm and the wild gestures have a maddening effect on a rhythm loving age group and the result of its impact is the relaxing of all self control." The film is quickly banned in several English cities.
September 11, 1957
Jerry Lee Lewis hits the number three position on the US record charts with "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On". The song had already been released by a handful of artists and Jerry Lee had been using it in his live act for several months.
In Cincinnati, Alan Freed's "The Biggest Show of Stars For 1957" concert tour played the Cincinnati Gardens. Performers included Fats Domino, Buddy Holly and the Crickets, Chuck Berry, Paul Anka, Frankie Lymon, Clyde McPhatter, the Everly Brothers, LaVern Baker, the Drifters, Eddie Cochran, the Bobettes, Buddy Knox, Johnnie & Joe, the Spaniels, and Jimmy Bowen.
Elvis went home by train, but in Houston he got out and drove the rest to Memphis. He arrived home at 10.00 p.m.
The Military Service Disruption
September 11, 1958
At Atlantic Records studios in New York City, LaVern Baker recorded "I Cried A Tear," featuring saxophonist King Curtis.
At Bell Sound Studio in New York City, Lloyd Price, backed by the Ray Charles Singers, recorded "Stagger Lee."
At the Capitol Tower Studios in Los Angeles, Frank Sinatra recorded "Mr. Success," "Sleep Warm" and "Where Or When."
Poet Robert Service, "Bard of the Klondike," (The Shooting of Dan McGrew) died at 84.
Military service at Fort Hood in Texas., for Advanced Tank Training as part of the Second Armored Division. He was stationed there for six months.
The Presleys live in a rented house off base.
September 11, 1959
The U.S. Congress passed legislation authorizing the creation of food stamps.
Military Service in Germany.
Feb 3 1959 – March 1960: Goethestr.14 in Bad Nauheim, Germany
The Hollywood Decade/The Elvis Establishment
September 11, 1960
Nancy Sinatra married American teen idol Tommy Sands in Las Vegas. The pair would split in 1965.
September 11, 1961
At the Cosimo Recording Studio in New Orleans, Fats Domino recorded "What A Party."
September 11, 1962
The Beatles return to Abbey Road Studios where they record "P.S., I Love You". Producer George Martin is concerned with Ringo Starr's ability and hires session drummer Andy White to re-record "Love Me Do", on which Ringo played maracas and tambourine. The single that was released on October 5th featured a version of 'Love Me Do' with Ringo on drums, but the album 'Please Please Me' included a version with Andy White on drums. It remained a sore spot with Ringo for many years.
It Happened at the World's Fair Production: September 4-13 in Seattle
September 11, 1963
An unauthorized two-disc set of Bob Dylan songs, called "The Great White Wonder" first appears in a Los Angeles record store. It's believed to be the first commercial release of a bootleg album.
Elvis completed his part for Viva Las Vegas and returned to Memphis.
Romances: Ann-Margaret
September 11, 1964
The London Evening News reported that a 16 year-old Eltham Collage boy, introduced as Laurie Yarham, was everyone's idea of a winner in a Mick Jagger look-a-like competition. Laurie looked like Mick Jagger and seemed to know his every action and the audience at Greenwich Town Hall were delighted, until the winner turned out to be Mick's younger brother Chris Jagger.
September 11, 1965
The Beatles started a nine-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Help!', the group's sixth US chart topper.
September 11, 1966
The Beatles receive a Gold record for the single, "Yellow Submarine".
September 11, 1967
The Beatles' "All You Need Is Love" is certified as a million-seller. The boys also begin filming the movie, Magical Mystery Tour. The idea was to cruise the English countryside in a bus "just to see what would happen." Unfortunately, nothing did and the film was a disaster, receiving scathing reviews and condemned as The Beatles' first failure. The Evening News TV critic may have summed it up best when he wrote "There was precious little magic and the only mystery was how the BBC came to buy it."
At the recording session Elvis took over the piano part in You'll Never Walk Alone. They worked from 6.00 p.m. till 3.30 a.m.
September 11, 1968
"Variety" announced that the bordello scene from the 1968 TV Special "Elvis" had been cut. It was cited that the scene had passed NBC censors but the sponsor singer had requested that it be removed.
Elvis spent most of September in Palm Springs.
The Vegas Artist in Residence and Tour Decade
September 11, 1970
Donny Osmond's version of "Go Away Little Girl" hits number one in the US. The song was also a chart topper for Steve Lawrence in 1963 and reached #12 for The Happenings in 1966.
The Jackson 5 Saturday morning cartoon show debuts on ABC-TV. The show features the voices of the five brothers.
Jimi Hendrix gives his final interview in his suite at the Cumberland Hotel in London, where he talked with Keith Altham, a journalist for the British weekly music newspaper Record Mirror. During their dialogue the guitarist confirmed that his bassist, Billy Cox, was leaving the band due to exhaustion, a condition that Hendrix himself was suffering.
Elvis performed at the Olympia Arena, Detroit, Michigan.
Elvis Presley | Olympia Arena, Detroit, Michigan | September 11, 1970
The whole gang had their own things to attend:
Charlie Hodge remained stage manager and general assistant to Elvis, providing him with water and scarves.
Lamar Fike was taking care of the lighting. Sonny West responsible for the security and Richard Davis controlled the wardrobe. Dr. Nichopoulos was tour doctor and Joe Esposito remained in overall command. The Colonel always arrived before Elvis in each city.
Signing autographs in Detroit on September 11, 1970
September 11, 1971
The animated Jackson Five series premiered on ABC-TV in the US.
Donny Osmond started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Go Away Little Girl'. The singers only US solo chart topper. The song had also been a No.1 for Steve Lawrence in 1963.
The Elvis Presley boxed compilation "World Wide Gold Award Hits, Vol. 2" hit #120 in the U.S.
a 4 LP set, which included a poster of elvis and a swatch of cloth from his personal clothing and movie costumes he'd kept.
September 11, 1972
September 11, 1973
Elvis stayed in Las Vegas. While working out karate with Kang Rhee, Elvis ruined some hotel furniture and even broke his finger on his left hand. During this stay there, Elvis held rehearsals with Voice, a group he'd put together to give to Tom Jones and ended up using himself.
September 11, 1974
Elvis and Sheila Ryan spent 5 days (Sept 9 – 13) in Palm Springs together before Elvis had to leave for Memphis.
September 11, 1975
Janis Ian is awarded her first Gold record for the album "Between The Lines". The LP contains her biographical single "At Seventeen", which was still climbing the charts and will peak in the US at number three.
September 11, 1976
Back in Memphis after his tour, Elvis was seen riding his motorcycle. By now there were rumors that Red and Sonny West and Dave Hebler were writing a book about their lives with Elvis.
The Wake and Aftermath
David Bowie and Bing Crosby filmed a duet version of "Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy" for what turned out to be Crosby's last television Christmas special. The recording of the song first appeared on Crosby's "Merrie Olde Christmas" album. Released as a single, it has become a perennial holiday favorite.
1982 Elvis Presley Enterprises/Graceland Tourism
John "Cougar" Mellencamp became the only male artist to have two singles in the US Top Ten as well as the No.1 album. 'Jack and Diane' was No.4, while 'Hurts So Good' was at No.8. His album 'American Fool' was at No.1 for the first of nine weeks.
"Valley Girl" by Frank Zappa and his 14-year old daughter Moon Unit, peaks at #32 on the US singles chart. Moon Unit supplied much of the content, speaking typical "Valley Girl" phrases.
1984 Actor ExWife: Priscilla Presley
Canadian born actor Lorne Green, whose spoken word recording of "Ringo" went to #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 in 1964, passed away at the age of 72.
Level 42's 'It's Over', became the first CD video single to go on sale in the UK. It contained twenty minutes of music and five minutes of video (which remained unseen until CDV players went on sale).
Elton John's "Greatest Hits Volume 3" was released.
Michael Jackson appeared at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, England on his Bad World Tour. Over 3,000 fans were treated by the St. John Ambulance service for passing out, hysteria and being crushed amongst the crowd of 125,000 fans, the largest concert of the 123-date world tour.
Mariah Carey started a eight week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Dreamlover'. Also on the same day her fourth album 'Music Box' went to No.1 in the UK.
David Bowie's single "Telling Lies" was released exclusively on the Internet, the first time a new single by a major artist was released exclusively online.
The Elvis Presley movie "Viva Las Vegas" was released on DVD.
Walking to work in New York (as an comic book illustrator) Gerard Way witnessed the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre. The day's events inspired him to start a band, which became My Chemical Romance with Way becoming their lead singer.
Olivia Newton-John released the compilation album "Magic: The Very Best Of Olivia Newton-John."
The Elvis Presley CD compilation album "The 50 Greatest Love Songs" was released.
2003 Recording Artist: Daughter Lisa Marie Presley
2011 Actor: Granddaughter Riley Keough
The Beatles album "1" re-appeared in the UK Top Ten chart when it rose to #6 on the strength of sales of over 23,000 copies. Overall, "1" has sold 30 million physical copies since its 2000 release, according to EMI, and is the bestselling album in the world over the past decade.
87-year-old Doris Day became the oldest female artist ever to hit the U.K. Top Ten with an album of newly-released material when "My Heart" debuted at #9.
Highlight for 2018
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The Elvis Presley Record Research Database
Elvis Presley | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company
Timeline – Elvis Presley Official Web Site
This Day in Music.com


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Santa Rita do Sapucai is a town of 35,000 inhabitants in the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil, two hours from Sao Paulo. It is called the "Brazilian Silicon Valley" for its electronics industry, but the truth is that very little ever happens here.
Few attractions exist in Santa Rita. There is the river Sapucai. There is the February carnival, which attracts a few hundred samba dancers once per year. Until a few months ago, Santa Rita was lost and forgotten in the lush Brazilian vegetation. And then something happened. News media across the world turned their attention to the most disreputable place in this tiny town.
In Santa Rita jail, inmates earn their liberty through exercise. Eight prisoners take turns on four stationary bicycles, each pounding out a hard trail to freedom.
After reading an article about American prisoners creating electricity through stationary bikes, Santa Rita's local judge, Jose Henrique Mallmann, decided to apply the concept on his home turf. Four street bikes were donated by the police, and converted into stationary exercise bikes. Local businesses donated old batteries, and others volunteered to install a system that would transform mechanical energy into electrical energy, producing enough energy to light up 10 of the 34 lamps that glow over the banks of the river Sapucai.
Inside the jail, prisoners pedal from 9am to 5pm. They get breaks for meals, and each three-day stint of cycling (24 hours total) reduces the prisoners' sentences by one day. "Everybody wins," argues the prison warden, and he may be right.
Inmates lose weight, improve their health, work productively, benefit the town and feel useful. Moreover, they finally wield some influence over the duration of their prison time. In return, the local community gets light, and with it, a drop in crime. The areas of town that once stood dark and neglected have been taken back by the citizens of Santa Rita, who now walk and play sports under the 10 pedal-powered street lamps.
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TSB mortgage customer ratings
The table below shows how TSB performed in our latest mortgage satisfaction survey, from application process to value for money.
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|Query and complaint handling
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Star ratings based on a June 2018 Which? survey of 3,560 members of the general public, in which 94 people told us they had their mortgage with TSB.
What kinds of mortgages does TSB offer?
When we checked in July 2018, there were 140 mortgages available from TSB. All of these were fixed-rate deals lasting two, five or 10 years. Some offered up to £500 cashback.
Does TSB offer interest-only mortgages?
Yes, the most you could borrow is 75% of the property's value with an interest-only mortgage.
If the property is your main residence, you won't be able sell it as a way to repay the capital at the end of the interest-only mortgage.
Does TSB offer the best mortgage deals?
Which? analysis has found that TSB offers far fewer cheap mortgages than the average lender.
In order to work this out, our experts analysed thousands of mortgages over a four-week period in June and July 2018. They compiled a total of 108 'top-10 cheapest deal' tables based on a variety of borrowing scenarios, and counted how many times each lender featured in a table.
The average number of times a lender made it into a table was 14, but TSB didn't feature at all. (Data source: Moneyfacts.)
Interest rates on TSB mortgages
When we checked in July 2018, all of the mortgages from TSB were fixed-rate deals, meaning your interest rate is guaranteed to stay the same for a set number of years. These fixed-rate deals were available for two, five or 10 years.
The average interest rate of a two-year fixed-rate deal from TSB was 2.06% in July, compared to the industry average of 2.81%.
TSB also offers 'Fix and Flex' mortgages, where you can fix your interest rate for 10 years, but have the option to leave this fixed-rate deal after five years, without having to pay an early repayment charge.
How much could I borrow from TSB?
Below we've outlined how much you could borrow from TSB, in relation to the percentage of the property's value. It will also depend on the mortgages available when you apply.
|Maximum loan size
|Maximum loan-to-value
For new-build properties, the most that you could borrow is 85% of the property's value for a house, and 80% for a flat.
Can I make overpayments?
If your TSB mortgage has early repayment charges (ERCs), you can currently make extra payments of up to 10% each year of the mortgage balance that's outstanding on 1 January, without paying an ERC.
But if you repaid up to 10% and then paid off the rest of your mortgage in full within six months, you'd have to pay an ERC on that initial 10% repayment.
How can I contact TSB?
Existing mortgage customers can contact 0345 835 3380, while new customers can call 0800 056 1088.
Its website is tsb.co.uk.
TSB mortgage eligibility
First-time buyers
You'll qualify as a first-time buyer with TSB if you've never bought or owned a property.
If you're applying for a mortgage specifically for first-time buyers with another person, only one of you needs to be a first-time buyer in order to be eligible.
You'll still qualify as a first-time buyer with TSB if you've inherited a property.
Leasehold properties
If you're applying for a mortgage for a leasehold property, there must be at least 70 years left on the lease at the time of completion.
TSB only accepts leaseholds of less than 70 years in certain areas of central London.
Property types
TSB doesn't offer mortgages for high-rise flats if the block has more than eight storeys.
TSB also doesn't lend on properties that are next or close to a pub, nightclub, petrol station or pet shop.
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ASFF BAFTA Nominations 2019
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has released its 2019 nominations and ASFF is thrilled to see that three of our official selection have been shortlisted for the prestigious awards.
Dir. Barnaby Blackburn | UK / USA, 2018
2019 is shaping up to be a great year for Wale director Barnaby Blackburn. Already shortlisted for the 91st Academy Awards, this BAFTA nomination follows a year of festival successes including winning Best Thriller at the 2018 Aesthetica Short Film Festival.
Wale is the titular character in this spiralling modern classic; a former young offender looking for a new life, he starts up his own enterprise as a mechanic, a trade which he learnt in an offender's institute. Predictably, as a young black man with a criminal past, he finds little luck in his entrepreneurship until he is given a chance to prove himself by a stranger.
But as his new opportunity unfolds, it quickly transpires that the stranger's intentions are not quite as they seemed, and Wale is plunged in to a sinister plot, framed for a unimaginable crime, painting a vivid, unfortunately realistic and all too common portrait of modern day racism and racial profiling. Wale bluntly tackles the subject of discrimination and scapegoating that still persists in modern societies.
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The Blue Door
Dir. Paul Taylor | UK, 2018
The Blue Door is a quietly disturbing and terrifying thriller wracked with lingering suspense. The film stars Gemma Whelan (Game of Thrones, End of the F***ing World) as a district nurse visiting a new patient at her dilapidated home. Lying motionless in bed, the elderly woman's shell-shocked gaze fixates on the door in the corner of the room. As the nurse's attentions are drawn to rumblings beyond the door, it soon becomes apparent that the house and its occupant harbour a sinister secret and the nurse has fallen prey to an unimaginable and inescapable evil entity.
Taylor's chilling vision screened in competition for Best Thriller at ASFF in 2018. Featuring no dialogue, an artistic choice by the films crew, The Blue Door relies solely on intensely eerie sound design to capture and distort audience imaginations, immersing them in a horrifying nightmare.
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Dir. The Brother's McLeod | UK, 2018
The Brothers McCleod are no strangers to the BAFTAs having received a nomination for their film Codswallop at the 62nd awards as well as receiving three further nominations for the Children's Bafta's, one of which they went on to win in 2011 for Quiff and Boot. The pair also have a long-standing relationship with the Aesthetica Short Film Festival, both as exhibitors and as guest speakers.
The Brothers' newly shortlisted work, Marfa, is a documentary animation made using ink and watercolour techniques. The film paints a portrait of the small city of Marfa, Texas; a place out of time, famed for those who have passed through it, including James Dean, as well as a mecca for minimalist art. The film is a result of a visit to the city made by Greg McLeod; a scrapbook of audio clips, photographs and footage presented in the pairs unique animated style.


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Suzan-Lori Parks shot up in bed at 3 a.m., her playwriting imagination on fire.
She suddenly saw a different ending for her new stage epic, "Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3)," which was then a few weeks into rehearsals at the Public Theater. The change would be radical — instead of one slave murdering another during the Civil War, both would go free — and reshape the remaining Parts 4 to 9. It was the sort of epiphany, coming after seven years of writing the play cycle, that could be chalked up to impulsive thinking or jitters or both, as one confidant initially thought.
But here's the thing about Ms. Parks: When she thinks she's right, she's certain of it. No doubts, no fretting about self-sabotage. While some have knocked her work as self-indulgent or annoying at times, she has an exceptionally vivid sense of herself as a writer who exists on another plane from dramaturgical nit-pickers.
"With this play, I was like Ben Franklin running around in the storm with my kite, jar and key, waiting for the lightning to strike and course through me," said Ms. Parks, who has three Sanskrit tattoos on her left forearm that translate roughly as "go with the flow."
In the end, her certitude paid off with critical acclaim for "Father Comes Home," which Charles Isherwood of The New York Times called "the finest work yet" by Ms. Parks, who won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 2002 for "Topdog/Underdog." After the notices, the Public Theater extended performances through next Sunday, and the high praise virtually guarantees that the remaining Parts 4 to 9 will be produced.
Not that Ms. Parks is pushing herself to finish them quickly. While she has written rough drafts of Parts 4 to 9, which follow descendants of the Civil War characters as the plot unfolds through the 20th century to present day with a nod to the Iraq war, Ms. Parks said she expects those scripts to change considerably. She also described herself as a "meanderer," noting that she finished other work, like adapting the book for the Broadway musical "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess," while writing "Father Comes Home."
But most of all, she doesn't put pressure on herself to follow one hit with a rushed attempt at another, saying she has developed a healthy relationship with success. In her sliver of an office at the Public, she pointed above her desk to a framed evaluation of her by James Baldwin, her creative writing professor at Mount Holyoke College in 1983, when Ms. Parks was 20. "An utterly astounding and beautiful creature who may become one of the most valuable artists of our time," he wrote. Eighteen years after that, with two Obie playwriting awards to her credit, Ms. Parks won a MacArthur fellowship, and the next year the Pulitzer.
"When Mr. Baldwin wrote that letter, I could've said, 'Oh, Lordy, look at me!' And 'Topdog/Underdog' — 'oh, Lordy!' And being the first black woman of African descent to win the Pulitzer in drama, — 'oh, Lordy!' " said Ms. Parks, whose voice turned into a melodramatic squeal each time she exclaimed. (With her dramatic brown eyes that widen when excited and her thick dreadlocks, her personal style tends toward the epic as well.)
"I've never let any of it go to my head," said Ms. Parks, who is now 51. "I'm not a pat-myself-on-the-back kind of person. I look at this play and see a miracle. And then I just keep on keepin' on."
If she hasn't enjoyed an equivalent success to "Topdog," she also professes not to care whether the latest reviews lead to a new one. "Father Comes Home" is too personal for her simply to be about ego, she said. The play draws in part on memories of her own father, who was a career Army officer, often going off to war (including two tours in Vietnam) and training exercises before returning home to Suzan-Lori (who changed her name from Susan-Lori after it was misspelled on a flier early in her career). And she is also drawing on new experiences as a mother to her toddler, Durham. (She is recently divorced, from the blues musician Paul Oscher.)
"When I was a child, what I watched over and over was my dad coming back, and seeing what he was like and what we were like together," Ms. Parks said. "And now that I'm a parent, I see how I've become much more resilient, and my grit level — whoosh! That's all coming into these plays now."
Jo Bonney, the director of "Father Comes Home," said that she found it "incredibly exciting" that Ms. Parks was working on such an ambitious scale, especially at a time when many playwrights and theaters are concentrating on more affordable small-cast, 90-minute plays. (The first three parts of "Father Comes Home" are each about an hour long and feature multiple characters.)
Yet Ms. Parks has also been "ruthless" with cutting and reshaping her own work, Ms. Bonney said. She noted a major change that Ms. Parks made to Part 2: It was originally set in a camp of Confederate soldiers, but she cut them in favor of focusing on another white character, the Colonel. Now, the Colonel emerges as a complex, memorable figure, with a powerful speech about his affection for his slave, Hero, the play's main character. Hero himself delivers a provocative monologue about whether he is worth more as the slave of a prosperous white man than he would be as a freed black man on the road facing off with "patrollers."
Ms. Bonney said she saw her role as "getting on board with Suzan-Lori's storytelling rhythms," even in Part 1, which some critics have described as plodding in its exposition.
"I usually want material to be pedal-to-the-floor right away, but I understood that Suzan-Lori wanted to use Part 1 to let audiences get accustomed to the language, the rhythms and the characters," Ms. Bonney said. "I don't know if the production would have really benefited if I had been less patient with Part 1."
As it happens, Parts 1 and 2 originally didn't exist. Drawing on the long journey and violent homecoming of "The Odyssey" as inspiration, Ms. Parks initially began the nine-part cycle with Hero returning from the Civil War to find his wife, Penny, in love with a new suitor, Homer. There is also a character called Odyssey Dog, played by an actor dressed in a dog costume, who is a messenger of sorts. Ms. Parks said she related to him most, because of his excitement in telling a story and her own love for dogs.
A 2009 developmental production at the Public drew praise — Ms. Parks also had rough versions of Parts 8 and 9 then as well — but she felt unsettled.
"This is true for young and old writers alike: You have to listen in, listen in, listen in to your gut," she said, pointing to her midsection. "The spirit is speaking through you. You have to say, 'Talk to me.' "
At which point Ms. Parks dropped her volume to a whisper, as if speaking in another voice, as she described details that became key plot points.
"Find out where Hero got those coats he wears," she said, barely audible. "And what was it like on the day he went off to war. Who is he really? He's not just some guy who comes home and spoils the romance between Penny and Homer. Dare to see him as a human being." Parts 1 and 2, set in the years before Hero's return home in Part 3, then came into being.
The original ending of these first three parts, as they were being rehearsed this fall, was driven by trauma and retribution: Hero, back from brutal battle alongside the Colonel, kills Homer. But this was no longer right, Ms. Parks felt after waking from that restless sleep. Hero, Homer, and Penny had sacrificed so much, and Hero himself had been given freedom, so Part 3 was crying out (in Ms. Parks's subconscious, she said) to be about freedom for all three main characters.
That day she hurried into rehearsal at the Public and whispered the idea to her director. "Try it," Ms. Bonney said. Ms. Parks then banged out the rewrites and sent a text to the person she has trusted the most with her writing in recent years, the Public's artistic director, Oskar Eustis. She raced to Mr. Eustis's office, catching her breath as he read the new pages.
Mr. Eustis, recalling the moment, said he kept his initial reaction to himself: He was worried that Ms. Parks was undercutting the power of Parts 1 to 3 by backing away from the original tragic ending and opting for optimism instead.
"Then she read it all aloud, and I felt, in a very visceral way, that this wasn't backing away from anything, but rather leaning into the future," Mr. Eustis said. "In the time since she wrote it, Suzan-Lori has become a mother, and now I see she is leaning into hope. I felt this was a deep artistic impulse."
Ms. Parks did much of the writing during Watch Me Work, her weekly performance piece cum writing class in the Public's lobby. (Ms. Parks is also the master writer in residence at the Public, earning about $115,000 a year.) She tried never to talk about her own writing during Watch Me Work, rather focusing any conversation on the pieces by the other writers in the audience. Even now, she is loath to say much about Parts 4 to 9, other than they will follow the descendants of Hero, of Homer and Penny, and of Captain Smith, a Union soldier held prisoner in Part 2.
Questions about the future plays were batted away with a laugh, an offer of cookies, and a classic Parks metaphor: blunt and unexpected, but one that made its point.
"When you're pregnant with a baby, when it's 5 months old, are you going to pull it out and take a look at it?" she asked. "No. It will come in time."


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FAO Schwarz was founded in 1852 by Frederick August Otto Schwarz and is the oldest toy store in the United States. The company has changed hands multiple times in the past half century.
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Koreans Lose Hope of a Better Future
A sad but true story about the future of Korea:
The so-called "lost decade" of economic stagnation in Japan has been blamed on widespread lack of motivation throughout Japanese society. The trend sees a growing number of young people left behind in a highly-competitive society, giving up on plans for successful careers and choosing to juggle part-time jobs for low wages. This slacker mentality is being cited as triggering the vicious cycle of prolonged economic stagnation.
Now the phenomenon seems to be spreading to Korea as more young people here become convinced that it is impossible to improve their social and income levels through hard work.
Slacker mentality: From what I see, there are a lot of people who don't work simply because they don't have to work. They have mommy and daddy providing the roof, car, food, and spending money so that they don't need to if they really don't want to.
However, there is definitely a big gap between the rick and the poor here but not trying because of that predicament won't get you anywhere.
Among those surveyed, 49.1 percent felt they cannot become wealthy even if they try, while 48.2 percent felt they can. When asked what Korean society will look like 10 years from now, 63.5 percent said the rich will get richer and the poor poorer, and 10.3 percent that living conditions will become more difficult for everyone. Only 19.2 percent believed living conditions will either improve or remain the same.
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I agree the slacker mentality is a disease. And its true up to a certain point. The few truly gifted, win the free rides. While the rest have to contend with the glass ceiling. Like when a poor kid gets into med school that he can't pay for.
Combining the slacker mentality with the declining birthrate leaves one to wonder what S. Korea will look like in the near future?


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Get moving and feel young again
29 January 2008
By Michael Kahn
The findings are the first to show in humans how keeping fit affects the ageing process.
The study of 2 401 twins found that a sedentary lifestyle raises the risk of a range of problems from heart disease to cancer and appears to play a key role in the ageing process.
It all appears to boil down to the length of structures called telomeres – which protect the DNA on the chromosomes, the researchers from King's College London wrote in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
Many studies have shown telomeres get shorter over time, suggesting the cells are ageing or dying. The study, which extracted a DNA sample from their volunteers, found people who exercised more each week had longer telomeres.
Exercise lowers the risk of a range of problems such as heart disease, diabetes and cancer, the researchers said.
"It is not just walking around the block. It is really working up a sweat," said Tim Spector, a genetic epidemiologist who led the study, in a telephone interview.
The study found people who exercised vigorously three hours each week had longer telomeres and were biologically nine years younger than people who did under 15 minutes.
Spector's team, who also adjusted for body weight, smoking, economic status and physical activity at work, also said moderate exercise for 1-1/2 hours each week provided a four-year advantage.
"We are making a logical next step to say people who have shorter telomeres are more prone to age-related diseases," he said. "We think it is because these cells are auto-destructing and the ageing process is speeded up."
Studying twins also provided a unique opportunity to gauge the effects of exercise on people with the same or similar genetic make-up and backgrounds, the researchers said.
The reason why exercise has this effect is not clear but the researchers said they believe physical activity somehow defends against the natural process called oxidative stress, which damages and kills cells.


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The heartbreaking image of an apparently abandoned dog hugging a discarded toy was shared all over social media, and news outlets worldwide reposted the photo. Many were of course concerned about the dog, and some readers were angry that the photographer evidently did nothing to help the helpless animal. To find out more, Opportunity Lives reached out to the group behind the photo, Forgotten Dogs of the 5th Ward Project, in Houston. Project volunteer Yvette Holzbach responded after "a crazy few days."
Holzbach took the photograph of that sad dog clutching the dirty stuffed toy. "When we saw the dog with the teddy it was a very sad sight to see," she said. "I felt the need to take the picture, as it was a scene that clearly told the story of what we face week after week."
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"Generally, Southern states have an overpopulation of dogs, due to the fact that dogs have two or three heat cycles a year, compared to the dogs up north, because of the warmer weather."
The stray dog problem is especially acute in Houston's 5th Ward, a low-income area about two miles northeast of downtown. Caring for pets is not high on the list of residents' priorities, as most of them are struggling to make ends meet to support their families. Holzbach says it is not uncommon to see chained dogs who are not part of the family circle, but are there as a means of protection. "There are other rescue groups in Houston doing similar work in other parts of Houston, and we recognized that there was a need for someone to rescue animals in that particular area," she said.
Just 12 volunteers run forgotten Dogs of the 5th Ward Project. "We are spread very thin and volunteers are very much needed particularly in the areas of doing adoption events and fundraising," Holzbach said.
"Every time we go out into the 5th Ward, we are faced with the dilemma of which dogs to post to put out a plea for a foster or adopter," Holzbach explained. "Over the years, we have figured out that a purebred dog or a small fluffy dog has a way better chance of being adopted than a black male pit bull, and a healthy-looking one at that."
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Holzbach says that the reaction to the photo has been unbelievable. Because of the media firestorm, Forgotten Dogs of the 5th Ward Project decided to try to find out more about the dog in the photo. With some other volunteers, Holzbach went back to the Houston spot where she photographed the dog and were met by an elderly gentleman slowly raking the leaves off his sidewalk.
This was Calvin, an 89-year-old-man. "I showed him the picture I had taken, and asked him if he knew the dog, if he had seen him before. He quietly told us that yes that was in fact his dog, along with many others that he had rescued off the streets of the 5th Ward over the years."
At one time Calvin had as many as 20 dogs in his backyard. He told Holzbach that the dog in the picture did not want to be contained. He was constantly jumping the fence, and Calvin could do nothing to keep him in.
"We could tell it was painful for him," Holzbach said. "There was no doubt at all that he loved his dog."
Holzbach is hopeful that this update will reach all that have followed the story and the viral photograph. She says, "We at Forgotten Dogs of the 5th Ward Project work tirelessly here in Houston to save as many animals as we can off the streets. We have to make decisions that are not always easy ones to make but we do the best we can."
Since the picture went viral, Forgotten Dogs of the 5th Ward Project has received a number of donations, and offers from people to foster or volunteer. They hope this will lead to a turning point, where they can continue to rescue dogs, but also increase the numbers that they can pick up.
When asked how people can help Forgotten Dogs of the 5th Ward Project, Holzbach says wistfully: "Perhaps one day we will have a van ourselves where we can load a number of dogs up in the morning, and return them at the end of the day. We can only dream."
"Our dream is to one day own a residence in the 5th Ward where we can store our food [and] medical supplies, and to have a place to take a critical dog to if we have no immediate offer of help," she said. "Sometime we pick up dogs late in the day when veterinary clinics are closed. But once again, we can only dream."


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Fuller will replace Del Yocam, who resigned from Inprise two weeks ago. Fuller is the former vice president and general manager of the PowerBook business unit for Apple and the former president and chief executive of WhoWhere, before the online directory was sold to Lycos.
Fuller will take over a company that has struggled in recent times. In the fourth quarter, the middleware and software tools maker laid off 190 employees after reporting a net income of $3.5 million on $48.2 million in revenue. Sales were $1 million below Wall Street estimates.
Inprise executives declined to comment.
Yocam, hired two years ago, and chief financial officer Kathleen Fisher resigned abruptly on March 31, the same day Inprise's quarter closed. An Inprise spokeswoman said at the time their were not tied to quarterly results, which will be released in mid to late April. But analysts have speculated that the first quarter results will be dismal.
Yocam, another former Apple executive, had attempted to steer the struggling company into the lucrative enterprise software business, which serves large corporations.
Last spring, the company bought middleware firm Visigenic Software and changed its name from Borland to Inprise to reflect the new strategy of providing enterprise and middleware software for businesses. At the heart of the company's new strategy was an application server, which combined technology from both Borland and Visigenic.
This spring, he restructured the company into two divisions: Borland.com, focusing on its development tools, and Inprise, specializing in enterprise and middleware products.
At the time of Yocam's departure, analysts believed Yocam had Inprise headed in the right direction, but couldn't get the company's enterprise software team to work with the development tools division.
"There was so much company history with the [development tools] part of the company that it was not in synch with the new strategy, the application server-centric view of the world," said analyst Mike Gilpin, of Giga Information Group, at the time of Yocam's departure. "It tore the company inside and reflected on Borland.com being separated."
Analyst Brian Goodstadt of Standard & Poor's Equity Group agreed. "It seemed like he had the company on the right path for a little while, but the past few quarters have been difficult," Goodstadt said recently. "They're facing some real tough competitors out there, like Microsoft, that have made it tough for them."
Analysts said it was probably a mistake to have changed the company name from Borland to Inprise. The analysts said the new leader would need to take better advantage of the Borland name, which resonates with software developers who recall the company's early years under founder Philippe Kahn.
Before finding Fuller, Inprise was run by an executive committee made up of James Weil, president of the Inprise division; John Floisand; president of the Borland.com division; Jay Leite, formerly vice president of business development and now acting as interim chief financial officer; and Hobart Birmingham, vice president and general counsel.


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High School Football
23 football teams scored at least 50 points this week. 22 of them won.
What happened this week in Kentucky high school football? Here are five observations from the week.
1.) Respect
Frederick Douglass' staff has treated Scott County's program with reverence in its inaugural season. "That Team Up North," as Coach Brian Landis has called them, is what the Broncos aspire to become some day.
Douglass got a first-hand look at this year's edition of the Cardinals in a 55-21 loss on Friday. For a while the Broncos traded blows, twice responding to Scott County scores in the first quarter, but couldn't bounce back after a fumble and a drive stunted at midfield gave the Cards a two-touchdown edge.
Scott County Coach Jim McKee was asked about Douglass' long-term aspirations after the game.
"I can't control what any other program wants to do or does, nor make any comments," McKee said. "I just think that our focus has never been anybody else as much as it's always just been us. How can we be absolutely as good as we can be at what we do?
"Those guys have some dynamic athletes. … I've learned a long time ago to never make any comments about the regular-season games, cause there's always a chance that there'll be a postseason game later with them or somebody else. We're gonna have to play somebody more than once this year."
2.) Offensive-minded
For a quarter it appeared as if the Douglass-Scott County bout was poised to create an eye-popping score. Across the state, points were plentiful on Friday night.
Twenty-three teams scored at least 50 points this week. Twenty-two of them won; Ballard Memorial defeated Crittenden County, 74-70, in a final more befitting of basketball than football. The Bombers won their second straight game after starting the season 0-5; they scored 66 points last week.
Lexington Catholic and Western Hills combined for more than 1,000 yards of offense in a 71-49 win for the Knights. More points were scored it that regulation affair than Mason County's 54-48 double overtime win at Harrison County. Ashland Blazer (71-0 at East Carter) and Casey County (70-30 at McCreary Central) also hit the 70-point mark this week.
3.) Nevermore
South Warren, ranked fourth in the latest Class 5A Cantrall Ratings, suffered its first loss of the season in a 31-17 decision at Ravenwood, Tenn., which is located south of Nashville and plays in Tennessee's Class 6A division.
The Spartans led briefly in the third quarter. Two blocked punts in the first half, a punt that went only six yards in the fourth quarter and a fourth-quarter fumble helped contribute to South Warren's demise.
A positive? The Spartans have two weeks to prepare for Bowling Green in what could be one of the most-watched high school games in the history of Warren County; it will be the first meeting between the prolific programs, which are now in the same district.
4.) NKY clash
Covington Catholic ended a 15-game losing streak to Highlands with a 63-26 romp last season. The Colonels will be favored to start a streak of their own next week at home.
They've been the clear No. 1 team in Class 5A for much of the season and are considered by some the second-best in the state behind Trinity. A.J. Mayer, a Miami of Ohio commit, threw for 316 yards and three TDs in a 30-7 victory over Bishop Chatard (Ind.) on Friday.
Highlands snapped a four-game losing streak with a 47-0 win over Dixie Heights.
5.) Thursday Night Lights
Eighteen games were played on Thursday night, including most notably a top-10 matchup in Class 6A between No. 6 Pleasure Ridge Park and No. 9 Butler. PRP bounced back from two straight losses to take a 24-21 decision on the road.
Tates Creek toppled No. 10 Madison Central, 17-10, on Thursday night, thanks to a fortunate tipped pass and a game-saving tackle in the waning minutes.
Logan County extended its school-record start to 7-0 with a 4-yard TD run by sophomore Tyler Ezell as time expired in a 13-12 victory over Hopkinsville.
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Turf Wars: Proposed Expansion of the Sta. Rita Hills AVA/
In "The Law of Location: Reign of Terroir," we explored the regulatory side of terroir. Now, a long-simmering battle in California wine country has started to boil, and terroir is at the heart of the dispute. This winter, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau ("TTB") will decide whether to expand the famed Sta. Rita Hills AVA, a 33,380-acre[1] appellation situated in picturesque Santa Barbara County, by about 2,300 acres. [Notice No. 145: Proposed Expansion of the Sta. Rita Hills Viticultural Area]. The agency is accepting public comments on the proposed expansion through Friday, December 5, 2014.[2] This is a good opportunity to explore the Sta. Rita Hills AVA and the process of establishing and modifying an AVA. The petition, filed by geographer Patrick L. Shabram on behalf of John Sebastiano Vineyards and Pence Ranch Vineyards, is available here.
About Sta. Rita Hills
Established on May 31, 2001, the Sta. Rita Hills AVA has developed a reputation for outstanding Pinot Noir and Chardonnay wines. The region's first vineyard was planted in 1974. Today, the appellation contains approximately 2,100 hundred acres of Pinot Noir, 500 acres of Chardonnay, and 140 acres of other cool climate grape varieties.
The Sta. Rita Hills AVA is a coastal region approximately 150 miles northwest of Los Angeles. The appellation's most prominent topographic feature is the Santa Rita Hills, an east-to-west ridge located between the Santa Rita Valley and the Santa Ynez River. The AVA's climate is influenced by the west-to-east movement of cool air over the Pacific Ocean across the hills and further inland. This marine influence results in a cool, damp climate characterized by nighttime and morning fog—a climate conducive to Pinot Noir and Chardonnay cultivation.
About the Proposed Expansion Area
The proposed expansion area is adjacent to the original AVA, situated east of the AVA and west of Highway 101. It is home to three commercial vineyards, two of which (the Rio Vista Vineyard and the John Sebastiano Vineyard) are partially within the existing Sta. Rita Hills AVA. Both the Sta. Rita Hills AVA and the proposed expansion area are located within the Santa Ynez Valley AVA. The expansion area is slightly further inland than the existing AVA, extending to the south-facing slopes of the Purisima Hills. According to data cited by Shabram, it has a soil composition consistent with that of the Sta. Rita Hills AVA. A point of contention in this case is the extent to which it is influenced by the cool air mass that moves east from the Pacific.
Requirements for Expansion
AVA boundaries were never intended to be set in stone. TTB regulations allow modification of existing AVAs at any time as long as the person or entity seeking modification (the "petitioner") provides legally sufficient justification for the change. The regulations provide: "If a petition seeks to change the boundary of an existing AVA, the petitioner must include with the petition all relevant evidence and other information specified for a new AVA petition." [7 C.F.R. § 9.12(c)(1).] The information and documentation required for the establishment of a new AVA are:
- Evidence regarding the name of the region
- Evidence of the proposed boundary, including the basis for delimitation and identification of commonalities within the boundary
- Evidence of distinguishing features (as we discussed in "The Law of Location: Reign of Terroir," those features include climate, geology, soil, physical features, and elevation. [7 C.F.R. § 9.12(a)(3).]
- Maps and a description of the proposed boundary
In addition, a petition for modification "must show how the name of the existing AVA also applies to the expansion area" [7 C.F.R. § 9.12(c)(1)(i)] and "must demonstrate that the area covered by the expansion has the same distinguishing features as those of the existing AVA and has different features from those of the area outside the proposed, new boundary" [7 C.F.R. § 9.12(c)(1)(ii)]. In short, it's not easy to change an AVA, but it can be done when several measurable criteria are met.
Shabram's Arguments in Favor of Expansion
Shabram characterizes expansion of the existing Sta. Rita Hills AVA as a "correction" of its boundaries. His main arguments are that 1) according to new climatic data, cooler temperatures exist further inland than originally believed, and 2) "renowned" Pinot Noir has been produced at the two vineyards that straddle the current AVA boundary. Shabram also cites common soil types as evidence that the expansion area rightly belongs in the Sta. Rita Hills AVA (see page 2 of the petition). He argues that if expanded, the AVA would "more accurately reflect the name 'Sta. Rita Hills' and the geographic feature from which this name is taken."
Shabram spared very few details in his petition. He included years of temperature data from seven weather stations within the proposed expansion area, along with temperature data from the Sta. Rita Hills AVA. He also included detailed soil analyses and examined the original delimitation process. I highly recommend reading the petition and accompanying exhibits in their entirety (if you have the time) in order to understand Shabram's arguments.
Arguments Against Expansion
As of today, the vast majority of public comments are in opposition to expansion. The principal argument advanced in the comments is that there is a significant difference between the climate of the original AVA and that of the proposed expansion area. Specifically, several commenters contend that there is a noticeable increase in temperature east of Highway 101, which is located two to four miles east of the AVA's eastern boundary. According to opponents of expansion, the microclimate of the existing AVA is unique, and is expressed in the flavor profile of the wines produced there. If there is, in fact, a clear difference in microclimates, it could be fatal to Shabram's petition. Several commenters also dispute the name of the proposed expansion area, stating that it is not referred to as "Santa Rita Hills," but rather, "Buellton Flats." This, if true, is another potentially fatal flaw for Shabram, John Sebastiano Vineyards, and Pence Ranch Vineyards.
Another argument submitted by opponents is dilution of the identity of the original AVA. They assert that the region and its wines are unique and should not bear the same label as the noticeably different terroir and wines of the proposed expansion area. This is an argument with economic implications. The name "Sta. Rita Hills" has cachet because of its reputation for excellent wines. On the one hand, vineyards within the original AVA could suffer financial harm if the expansion is perceived to lower the standard for Sta. Rita Hills wines (notwithstanding the fact that portions of these vineyards are already within the original AVA). On the other, vineyards in the expansion area could benefit from the prestige of the Sta. Rita Hills name. Economic considerations are not included in the list of requirements for establishment or modification of an AVA.
Finally, some opponents have invoked a "slippery slope" scenario, arguing that if Shabram's petition is granted, expansion will open the spigot for a steady stream of expansion petitions. They fear that AVA will eventually become so big as to become meaningless. This is another factor that is left out of the Section 9.12 analysis. Furthermore, in a comment posted on October 10, Shabram attached an analysis of AVA expansions showing that only 8 percent of AVAs have been expanded.
What does all of this mean?
The key takeaway from this case is probably that AVAs are "living" entities subject to change based on regulatory criteria. Unlike some countries, where appellation boundaries are de facto permanent and/or highly politicized, the U.S. (in writing, at least) allows greater flexibility coupled with some semblance of objectivity. People sometimes make mistakes or have limited data when they do things the first time. Climatic, topographic, and soil conditions can change. I have no idea whether this was the case here or whether the Sta. Rita Hills AVA should be expanded—that's for TTB to determine—but it's important for individuals who benefit from or otherwise deal with AVAs to understand that they are not inherently constant.
Further reading
- Click here to see the full docket for the proposed Sta. Rita Hills expansion. You will see the petition and all exhibits.
- To read the fascinating comments, click here.
- Last week TTB announced the publication of the hearings that led to the AVA regulations at www.archive.org. Simply search for "viticultural hearings" to find the full text of the hearings and the exhibits that informed the development of the AVA regulations.
[1] According to the Sta. Rita Hills Winegrowers Alliance, the area is 30,720 acres. See http://www.staritahills.com/appellation/.
[2] The original deadline for comments was October 6, 2014. TTB has expanded the comment period through December 5.