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Wednesday's Meritage – #MWWC16, Grape and Wine Holidays, Spirits Talk on the Radio, M. Chapoutier Tasting, LBW Marathon
Meritage Time!
Today's news are a very eclectic mix – from big international grape celebrations to the interesting, but very local updates. Nevertheless – let's get to it!
First – this is the last reminder for Monthly Wine Writing Challenge #MWWC16, "Finish" – the deadline to submit your entry is Monday, April 20th. I don't think I saw a single entry so far, which is sad, as I think the theme is great. Come on – I know you can do it (addressing myself as well as part of the group) – so let's just do it!
Grape and wine holidays, anyone? I don't know who, where and how comes up with all of those holidays, but still, as oenophiles, we must support them, aren't we? First of all, April is the Michigan Wine Month. Well, this might be a tough celebration for those who don't live in Michigan – don't know about your state, but Michigan wines are nowhere to be found in the state of Connecticut. If you don't have an access to the Michigan wine, at least you can read about it – here is the link to the Michigan Wine web site.
Up and coming in the glass next to you is… Malbec! Friday, April 17th is a Malbec World Day. Unquestionably associated with Argentina today, but really one of the core Bordeaux varietals, Malbec often creates soft, luscious and approachable wines well appreciated by the wine lovers everywhere. Your celebration instructions are simple – open a bottle of Malbec, pour, smell, sip and savor. Don't forget to say "ahhh" if you really enjoy it, and tell the world about it #MalbecWorldDay.
Next holiday is a Sauvignon Blanc Day (#SauvBlancDay), which will be celebrated on April 24th, less than 10 days from now. Actually, when it comes to this holiday, we know where and when – it was created by the folks at the St. Supéry winery in California 6 years ago, to celebrate one of the most popular white grapes in the world, Sauvignon Blanc. If should be easy for you to join the festivities by opening the bottle of Sauvignon Blanc, and then sharing your impressions in the social media.
The last wine holiday for today is a 2nd annual Rioja Week, which will start on May 2nd with the Wine and Tapas Festival taking place in Chicago. Again, easy to celebrate – get a bottle of Rioja and drink it with friends!
How familiar are you with the wines of Michel Chapoutier, one of the oldest producers in France (established in 1808), best known for his Rhône wines? Whether you are well familiar or not, you are not going to miss out on a tasting of a few of Chapoutier's Hermitage wines, wouldn't you? On April 19th, Total Wines & More, one of the largest wine retailers in US, will be conducting a virtual tasting event, where you will have an opportunity to taste (for real) some of the great wines made by Michel Chapoutier. The tasting will take place at the Total Wines stores near you – for more information and to get tickets (priced at $25) please use this link.
Be forewarned – the madness is coming! Nope, not the apocalypse type. Just a simple wine madness. Last Bottle Wines, purveyor of great wines at value prices, will conduct their Madness Marathon tomorrow (04/16), starting at 12 PM Eastern/9 AM Pacific time, and continuing for the next 48 hours, or until the Last Bottle cellar will be empty.
During the Madness Marathon, all the wines will be offered in the rapid succession, without any notifications – no twitter, no e-mails, no text messages. The only way to follow the madness is by constantly refreshing your browser window. There are no minimum purchases to get a free shipping – you can buy 1 bottle at a time, it is fine. All the wines you will buy will ship together after April 27th.
You will need to have an account with Last Bottle Wines, and all account information should be pre-filled – speaking from the experience, the wine you want might be well gone by the time you will finish putting in an expiration date for your credit card. In case you don't have a Last Bottle account already, I will be glad to be your reference – not that you need a reference, but if you will sign up using this link, you will get $5 credit on your first order – and yes, I will get $20 credit after your first purchase – but once you are in, you will be the one who will tell your friends about it. In case the link doesn't work, feel free to send me an e-mail to talkavino-info (at) yahoo (dot) com.
Lastly, two updates more of a local nature. First, last Friday I had an opportunity once again to talk (yep, that is something I like to do) about my favorite subject. Well, with a slight twist – the conversation was about liquid pleasures outside of wine – Vodka, Scotch, Bourbon and the others. Once again, I was a guest at the Off the Vine Radio Show with Benita Johnson – and you can listen to that show here. Next time, you should call in and ask questions – will make it more fun!
Before we part, I want to mention that I finally produced a post #4 in a series of the Spanish Wine Recommendations – this post is focused on the places where you can buy Spanish wines around the world. The reason I'm mentioning it here is because after I published the post, I got very useful comments extending the coverage of the good places to get Spanish wines around the world. I updated the post with those comments, so if you read the post already, you might want to check it out again. Here is the link for you to make it easier. If you also got any suggestions or comments, please make sure to share them.
And we are done here. The glass is empty, but the refill is on the way. Cheers!
Wednesday's Meritage – Wine Quiz Answer, Wine and Biodynamics, Rioja Week in New York, Water Witching and #winechat tonight
Let's start with the answer to the wine quiz #99, Grape Trivia – Blends, Part 3.
For the long time, the grape trivia series was focused on the single grapes. But now we are stirring things up, so all the questions in the quiz are about blends (well, even if it is a blend of one), as most of the wines in the world are actually blends. As usual, there were 5 questions in the quiz.
Here are the questions, now with the answers:
Q1: Sangiovese is the main grape used in production of Chianti. By itself, sometimes it might lack the intensity of the color. For a while, another grape was added to Sangiovese wines specifically to enhance their color. Can you name that grape?
A1: Colorino. It was popular addition for a short while, but now only very few producers still add it.
Q2: I'm blending together Xarel-lo, Macabeo and Parellada. Which wine I'm most likely making?
A2: Cava – the Spanish sparkling wine. These three grapes are generally a classic blend for a Spanish Cava.
Q3: In the past, this white grape used to be blended into the Chianti wines, and now its use is simply prohibited in some of those Chianti wines. Can you name that grape?
A3: Trebbiano, a.k.a. Ugni Blanc, a.k.a. Malvasia Fina (be careful – just using the name Malvasia is incorrect). It used to be a required grape in the Chianti blend, which was leading to diluted, dull wines. Since 2006, Trebbiano use is banned in Chianti Classico wines.
Q4: You can say whatever you want, but Bordeaux and Burgundy are the hallmarks of wine world, and everybody try to measure up to them. Name two regions in Italy, one sometimes compared to Bordeaux, and another one to Burgundy.
A4: Tuscany is often compared to Bordeaux, and Piedmont, or to be more specific, Barolo wines, are often compared to the Burgundy. While Tuscany/Bordeaux parallel is more of the terroir/climate based, the reason for Barolo/Burgundy comparison lies in complicated Vineyard/Sub-zone/Cru/Parcel system of wine identification in Barolo.
Q5: Name the missing grape: Crljenak Kaštelanski, Primitivo, ?, Zinfandel
A5: Tribidrag. All the listed grapes are close relatives of Zinfandel, with Tribidrag being recently discovered as direct predecessor of Zinfandel.
When it comes to the results, we had a great participation in the quiz, and we have a winner – Julian of VinoinLove, who correctly answered all 5 questions! Julian get the coveted prize of unlimited bragging rights. Also (no web site), Jeff a.k.a.the drunken cyclist and Mario Plazio (no web site) are all answered correctly 4 questions out of 5, and they get the honorable mention. Well done, everyone – and we are going to continue blending things up for a while.
Now, to the interesting stuff around the vine and the web!
Last week's #winechat was all about Biodynamics – we were talking about the wines of Youngberg Hill, the winery in Oregon, were the wines are made using biodynamics. I understand that there is a lot of controversy surrounding the concept of Biodynamics, with all the cow horns, bladders and water manipulations – but a lot of it makes sense if you think about the whole approach holistically. I want to share with you a great article from The Oregonian, which explains in detail how biodynamics works in the vineyard.
Rioja is coming to New York City! Starting Saturday, April 26, there will be a whole slew of events taking place all over the city – seminars, tastings, grand tasting, wine and tapas event and more. Don't miss the opportunity to experience the vibrancy of the magical Rioja – here is your link for all the information regarding the Rioja festivities. I will be attending the trade tasting and seminar on Thursday – drop me a note if you plan to be there as well.
Heard of water witching? It appears that Marc Mondavi, a son of the legendary winemaker Peter Mondavi, not only makes wine in California – he also possesses special abilities to find water under ground, using set of two special rods. Whether you believe in the water witchery or not, this video and the blog post are quite interesting.
Last but least for today – don't miss the #winechat tonight! Last from the Oregon Pinot Noir series, tonight we will be talking about the wines of J Wrigley Vineyard – #winechat is easy to join on twitter, just follow the #winechat hashtag, and they are always fun! 9 PM Easter/ 6 PM Pacific – don't miss it!
And we are done here. The glass is empty – but the refill is on its way! Cheers!


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WILKES-BARRE PA - The sizzling pacer Terror Time A won his sixth straight race Saturday night at the Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono, taking the biggest purse race of the evening, the harness racing card's $18,000 opener, in 1:51.1 - but for the fourth time after his last seven races, he'll start his next day in a different barn. The $25,000 claimer, an altered son of Western Terror, didn't let a little thing like being parked out for 11/16 of a mile on a 45o night ruin his evening, as he ran away and hid from his opposition, scoring by eight lengths for driver George Napolitano Jr., trainer Chris Oakes, and owner Hunter Oakes. But the connections of trainer Rene Allard haltered the horse for the $25G tag, although Team Oakes has certainly done well by the horse; for them in two different stints in this recent run, he's 5-4-0-1-$33,920, and they've gained $2000 in purchase price along the way. In fact, for the year Terror Time A is now 29-11-3-6-$109,005, despite never racing for a purse higher than tonight's $18,000. The "Terror Time A claiming duel" just might continue, too - at the top of the Pocono trainers' standings, it was Allard 95, Oakes 93 going into tonight's card, and a horse like this could be pivotal. As hard as it may be to believe, Terror Time A actually saw more of the inner pylons than did Oakes' winner in the night's $15,500 trotting feature, the Kadabra gelding Caulfield, who won in 1:55 for Synerco Ventures Inc. Although stuck with the outermost post eight, driver Sean Bier had this horse in play throughout despite traveling the overland route for just over ¾ of the mile, and he went on well to the wire to score by 1½ lengths over 56-1 shot Brookroad Knight. The $15,500 pacing feature saw Somewhere in L A, best remembered for his $500G+ sophomore season of 2014 where he was 2-3 in the Jug and second in the Adios Final, matched his trotting cohort Caulfield in overcoming the outside post eight and winning in 1:52.2. The Sombeachsomewhere gelding, trained by Ron Burke for Our Horse Cents Stables, J&T Silva Stables LLC along with Deo Volente Farms LLC and T L P Stable (you need to be an accountant/lawyer to get stable names right these days), only had to travel most of the 26.2 first quarter outside to get the lead for driver Pat Berry; they then put up middle fractions of 54.4 and 1:22.3, then fought a stiff stretch headwind and a railshooting Kid PK to prevail by a half-length to make his record 2-for-2 since invading Pocono. PHHA / Pocono
Batavia, NY---The temperature was cool for the final matinee card of harness racing at Batavia Downs for 2016 but Drew Monti was red hot, winning five races on Monday afternoon (Oct. 10) including the special Columbus Day featured $5,000 "Run for the Cannolis" Italian driver's race. The Run for the Cannolis is an annual tradition at the Downs to honor the large Italian population in the city of Batavia. It was started decades ago and has continued each year on Columbus Day. In this year's edition, Monti drove Beechwood Wayne to a three-length win in 1:58.1. After getting away second, Beechwood Wayne followed closely as Goddess's Justin (at the pylons) and First Of Fun (outside) battled side-by-side for the lead for over a quarter mile. When First Of Fun finally failed, Beechwood Wayne popped the pocket at three-quarters and blew right by Goddess's Justin. But the race wasn't over. Rock C. Vinci, who has won this race for the last two years, had tracked Monti's move around the far turn and was now breathing down Beechwood Wayne back at the head of the lane. As both drivers went to the stick in the dash to the wire, "Drivin' Drew" had the jump and got Beechwood Wayne there first to claim the cannolis for 2016. It was the ninth win of the year for Beechwood Wayne ($3.60) and third in a row during his current streak. The 9-year-old gelded son of Western Terror is owned by Tessa Roland and trained by JD Perrin. Monti also won with Big unit ($7.50, 1:58), Quick Silver ($9.40, 1:58.4), Mystical Valentine ($4.00, 1:56.4) and Girls Luv Diamonds ($4.10, 1:57) to complete the five-bagger. His wins combined with a second and two thirds saw Monti's UDR soar to .519 for the day. Ray Fisher Jr. had a driving triple on Monday and Kevin Cummings scored a double. And the wins recorded by all three drivers have made the dash competition at the meet extremely close. After Monday's races, Cummings sits on top with 62 wins, Monti is second with 60 and Fisher is third with 56. With 28 racing days left, the driving crown is definitely up for grabs. Live racing resumes at Batavia Downs on Wednesday evening (Oct. 12) with post time set for 6:15 p.m. By Tim Bojarski, for Batavia Downs
Bazooka Terror (Western Terror) has been a solid threat in the Fillies and Mares Open throughout the harness racing season at Saratoga Casino Hotel. The Heidi Rohr-trained mare had often finished second in the local feature but had not prevailed in it before her most recent start at the Spa on August 25th. In that race, Bazooka Terror pulled off a mild upset, recording her first victory in the local Open and doing so at odds of 6-1. On Friday night, the seven year old mare was dismissed at odds of 12-1 and got away last in the six-horse Open. The backfield got in motion late and Bazooka Terror swooped the group to record the win in 1:54.2, going last to first in the $16,000 feature for distaffers. Bazooka Terror, who returned $27.60 to win, was piloted to the win by Billy Dobson. So Nice (Mark Beckwith) came on late to win a photo for second with Bye Bye Michelle (Stephane Bouchard) who earned the show spot. The exacta returned $73 while the triple paid $258 in a race in which the 3-5 betting favorite was never a factor. Live racing continues on Saturday night with a first post time of 6:45pm. Mike Sardella
Atta Boy Dan and harness racing driver Mike Wilder used a first over trip and edged Night Pro (Peter Wrenn) by three quarters of a length to win the $35,000 Gene Riegle Memorial at the Darke County Fair in Greenville, Ohio. Defending champion Mykindachip (Dan Noble) overcame post #8 and took control of the field of seven in the opening quarter of :27 2/5. Wilder sent the eventual winner off the rail and pressured Mykindachip past the half in :55 4/5 and the three-quarters in 1:24. Atta Boy Dan took the lead in the stretch and held off a closing Night Pro in 1:52 to establish a new track and stakes record. Pacesetting Mykindachip faded to third. The seven-year-old gelded son of Western Terror is conditioned by Ron Burke for the Burke Racing Stable and Weaver Bruscemi. A new trotting track record was established in the $15,000 Arnie Almahurst Trot when Allgrooveallthetime (Peter Wrenn) cruised to a 7¼ length victory over Barn Girl (Mike Wilder) in 1:55 2/5. The four-year-old Swan For All gelding is owned by Alvin Miller. Jay Wolf
Bazooka Terror (Western Terror) had been the runner up six times in the harness racing feature for fillies and mares at Saratoga Casino Hotel this year and on Thursday night, the Heidi Rohr trainee shook her bridesmaid status and became the bride. Bazooka Terror moved first over on the race's favorite Godiva Seelster (Wally Hennessey) in the $15,000 Fillies and Mares Open and after fast early fractions helped to set the table went right by her rivals in the stretch en route to victory in 1:52.1. The win time served as a new lifetime mark for the seven year old mare. Longshot Narcian Jewel (Bruce Aldrich Jr) closed up the inside and bested Godiva Seelster in the photo for place. The favorite had to settle for third. Bazooka Terror, who was piloted to the win by Billy Dobson, returned $15.80 to win and led an exacta and triple that paid $145.50 and $310.50, respectively. While it was the first win in the local Open for Bazooka Terror, it was the mare's sixth victory in the 2016 season. Live racing continues on Friday night at Saratoga with a 7:05pm first post. Mike Sardella
Vernon, N.Y. -- Fresh off a track-record performance at Tioga Downs in last week's Geers Stakes, Cougar Bait ($5.00, part of entry) proved dominant in Friday (August 19) evening's lone $10,000 Kindergarten Classic preliminary for harness racing 2-year-old pacing colts and geldings, carded as race two at Vernon Downs Marcus Miller brushed the Western Terror-No One Is Alone gelding to the fore after a :27.2 first quarter before rating a :57.3 middle half. Upon turning for home, Cougar Bait felt mild pressure from 3-5 favorite Lindythefourteenth (Scott Zeron), edging clear easily off the corner--Lindythefourteenth broke stride only after he began to regress. Meanwhile, Cougar Bait drew off by 4-3/4 lengths over his stablemate Harry Terror (Andy McCarthy), who rallied belatedly to take second from Manattack (Chris Lems). The 1:51.4 mile time gave Cougar Bait a new lifetime mark in his third consecutive win. John Butenschoen trains Cougar Bait for the Harmony Oaks Racing Stable, Inc., Jeremey Day, Tangie Massey, and the VIP Internet Stable, LLC. Miller scored a stakes double at the Miracle Mile, making gradual gains with Ameraway ($3.90, part of entry) through the stretch en route to a 1:53 win over Well What's New (Zeron) and V String (McCarthy) in the tenth event, a Kindergarten preliminary for pacing fillies. Trainer Erv Miller co-owns the daughter of American Ideal and Shyaway with Paymaq Racing, the aforementioned Tangie Massey, and Neil Cumsky. The earlier Kindergarten split for fillies, carded as race six, saw Caviart Ally ($3.80, part of entry) make all the pace and accelerate through the far turn for a 1:53.2 score over pocket rival Someonesomewhere (Miller) and the belatedly-gaining Jenny's Terror (Fern Paquet, Jr.). Andy McCarthy drove the daughter of Bettor's Delight and Allamerican Cool for trainer Noel Daley and owner Caviart Farms. Live racing returns to Vernon Downs on Saturday (August 20) evening; post time is set for 6:45 p.m. Eastern. by James Witherite, Vernon Downs
WILKES-BARRE PA - Terror At Night emerged as the only three-time winner from the preliminary rounds of the Pennsylvania Stallion Series for harness racing three-year-old pacing fillies, which held its fourth and final preliminary Sunday night over "good" going at the mountain oval. Terror At Night and Yannick Gingras had the top in their division in 26.3, and the favorite then yielded to second choice Square Dancer, who go the field by the half in 55.1. Terror At Night moved back to command before the 1:23.1 3/4s and drew off late, winning by four lengths in 1:51.4, equaling her lifetime mark. The daughter of Western Terror, whose only loss in the competition was a second, a half-length back, to $229.20 bomber Shortstory Hanover at Philly in July 13, is trained by Les Givens for owners Nanticoke Racing Inc, Edward Mass III, and Arlene Paisley. The filly many were touting as the best in the Stallion Series was Kryptos, who had been third behind Pure County despite a rough trip in a Sire Stake, and then was a safe winner in her only StS action. But the 2 to 5 favorite was caught by a nose by 9-1 shot Hug A Dragoness, who had the early lead, yielded and was shuffled back, then was moved back outside by driver Matt Kakaley, just catching the chalk in the shadow of the wire. Trainer Ron Burke is the co-owner of the winner with Sylvia Burke. Though Kryptos may have been edged out for trainer Nikolas Drennan, the conditioner bounced right back with the Somebeachsomewhere filly Keystone Riptide, who did not seem to mind first-over duty as she drew off to win by 3½ lengths in 1:52.3 for driver George Napolitano Jr.. The winner had two wins and a second in her four preliminaries for owners Joseph Davino, Patrick O'Brien, and Brad Shackman. As far as the fastest (1:51.3) of Sunday's four stakes visitors to Victory Lane, the Yankee Cruiser filly Graceful Vision, she may well find herself on the outside looking in come the $40,000 PA Stallion Series Championship on Sunday, September 11 at Pocono. Despite successful pocket rocket tactics to tally by 1½ lengths here for driver Marcus Miller and trainer Erv Miller, the latter co-owner with John Kolipoulos, the 9-2 shot had only had one start, a fifth, in the Series before this one, and may have found her form too late to qualify for the final. Terror At Night, as could be expected, was the leading pointwinner with 130 points; the unofficial list of those behind her gaining automatic qualification to the Championship if declaring in are Keystone Riptide (105), Corona Again (89), Nap's Beach Girl (80), Dismissal (72, the only other two-time prelim winner), Hug A Dragoness (64), and Kryptos (60). If these pointtotals are verified by the PA Harness Commission and everybody declares in, there will need to be a shake of the pills to select two fillies to field the final field of nine - the three tied for the next spot, at 54 points, are Addy Girl, Hooves On First, and Shortstory Hanover. Sunday's two featured trots at Pocono warrant attention. In the $27,500 winners over handicap trot, 2015 Trotter of the Year Pinkman left strongly for the lead but had a horrible trip, three-wide most of a 27.1 quarter, not clearing until midway from there to the 56.4 half, and then again under attack from pocketpulling Armor Hanover, who broke late on the backstretch, and then Rose Run Parker, who was following "Armor"'s cover and then found himself raw before the 1:25.1 3/4s. The 6 to 5 chalk Pinkman submitted after the heavy pressure as 9 to 5 Rose Run Parker went by early stretch, then held off the late inside charge of Homicide Hunter by a half-length, with Fashion Creditor and Tweet Me also closing to be within a length of the wire, in that order and ahead of Pinkman. The Jailhouse Jesse gelding Rose Run Parker saw his earnings climb to $741,990 for trainer Ron Burke and the partnership of Burke Racing Stable LLC and Weaver Bruscemi LLC. In a $20,000 conditioned trot, the "Obrigado Man," trainer Paul Kelley, has another nice one in Crazy About Pat, a Crazed gelding who quarter-moved to command for driver Jim Marohn Jr. and took his second race in his three Pocono starts, tonight just a tick off his 1:53.1 mark et here on July 24. The Patricia Stable owns the career winner of $675,499, a 31% career winner (28 for 91). PHHA / Pocono
Mister Skitter (Western Terror) brought a three race win streak into Saturday night's Open Pace at Saratoga Casino Hotel. The Don Sherman trainee had a start or two in the Open under his belt before returning to the $16,050 feature on Saturday. Jimmy Devaux piloted Mister Skitter to three consecutive wins heading into the Open try and for the fourth consecutive week moved the young pacer out to the early lead. Mister Skitter put up all the fractions and kicked away from his rivals late in the mile before stopping the timer in 1:52.1, matching his lifetime mark. Spinarama (Austin Siegelman) sat the pocket to the feature winner and won the photo for place while Panocchio (Gerry Mattison) earned the show spot. Mister Skitter returned $10.00 to win and led an exacta and triple that paid $47.60 and $315, respectively. The win also put the four year old pacer over the $100,000 mark in career earnings in just his 52nd lifetime start, fifteen of which have been wins. Live racing continues on Sunday afternoon at Saratoga with a matinee beginning at 12:15pm. by Mike Sardella, for Saratoga Raceway
GRATZ PA - The Pennsylvania harness fair season traveled eastward for the first time in 2016, making its third stop of the season at this central Pennsylvania community for a Fair Sire Stakes 2-day event. Over the last few years, Gratz and Bloomsburg have by general consensus consistently rated as among the fastest tracks on the Keystone State twicearound circuit, and the oval kept its reputation intact during racing on Saturday (2YOs) and Sunday (3YOs). Star Of Terror, fresh off tying Audie K's 24-year-old all-age track record at Butler (2:00.2), posted the fastest time of the young season with a 1:57.1 win in a division of the three-year-old colt pace. The Western Terror gelding moved to the lead off the first turn for driver Chris Shaw and rang up splits of 29.1, 58.2, and 1:28.1 en route to the drawing clear victory. This was only the eighth lifetime start for Star Of Terror, trained by Jason Shaw for owners Fortunate One LLC, and the clocking was the fastest on the state fair circuit in almost two years, with Gordo pacing in 1:57 at Bedford on July 21, 2014. The colts' distaff counterparts had clocked the first 2:00 mile of the season a few races early when the Demarvalous filly Marvalous Jet overcame a tough first-over journey against pacesetter Gymnast Hanover, finally wearing down that game rival late by a neck in 1:59.3. Shawn Johnston, capturing his second of the three divisions for 3PFs, sulkysat for trainer Kevin Johnson and owners Winbak Farm and Rocknridge Racing Inc. Perhaps the most impressive mile on the Sunday card for sophomores was one that did not break 2:00, but darned near did - and it was posted by a trotting filly. The SJ's Caviar filly Real Caviar put the nonbreakers in a roe row behind her and then rattled off splits of 30, 1:00.2, and 1:30.1 en route to a clocking of 2:00.1, which missed by only a tick the Gratz divisional track record of 2:00 co-held by Heirodynamic (2007) and Petiti (2008). Todd Schadel, who handled Petiti in her record mile, was also up behind Real Caviar, a filly he trains and co-owners with Dr. John Egloff. Todd Schadel, who was the leading driver (5 wins) and trainer (4) of the two-day weekend at Gratz, swept the two-year-old colt pace on the Saturday card, with two sons of Yankee Cruiser, the colt Teen Cruiser and the gelding Cruiserwillwin, both stopping the timer in 2:02.1 after effective rallies. Mike Gillock trains Teen Cruiser for owner Bob Key, while Schadel is the conditioner of Cruiserwillwin and also the co-winner with his wife Christine. Team Shaw - owner and four-year-old Mason Shaw, father/trainer Jason, and driver/brother Chris -- continued their mastery of the specific discipline of two-year-old pacing fillies, taking both cuts. The Ponder filly Keystone Nikki rated a moderate pace, then sprinted at the end of a 30.3 last quarter to finish out her mile in 2:06.1, while Gemalous, a daughter of Delmarvalous, rallied in the lane to catch frontstepper Keystone Zeta by ¾ of a length in 2:03.2. After three stops, Chris Shaw heads the drivers colony with 13 victories; Shawn Johnston is having a breakthrough year and is second with 8, with perennial kingpin Roger Hammer next at 6. Jason Shaw also has 13 trips to the winners circle to lead the trainers, with Hammer and Bob Rougeaux III tied for second at 6. FINISHING LINES - Apologies to Ron Harvey for not identifying him as the driver behind Gee Wizz George, a winner on June 30 at Butler. Harvey, driving infrequently in recent years, posted his first sulky victory since March 18, 2008 at The Meadows with Smiling Ruthie (for the same trainer, Jean Rastetter) ... Next stops for the fairs is at Dayton PA, with racing action this Saturday and Sunday. by Jerry Connors for the PA Fair Circuit
CAMPBELLVILLE, July 9 - Sintra and Lindys Nightmare turned in outstanding harness racing performances to win their respective series finals Saturday night at Mohawk Racetrack. The $47,000 Summertime Series and $48,800 Town Pro Series finals helped make up a solid 11-race card Saturday evening at the Campbellville oval. A field of eight sophomore pacing colts and geldings clashed in the Summertime final, but all eyes were focused squarely on Dave Menary trainee Sintra. The gelded son of Mach Three entered the Summertime final with just a single loss on his card this season and he kept it that way with an easy 1:50 victory. Driven by Jody Jamieson, Sintra got away third and made a second-quarter brush to the front to reach the half in :55.2. The Menary trainee ramped up the tempo in the third-quarter to reach that marker in 1:23 and finished off the mile with comfortable :27 kicker to win by four-lengths. Major Hill finished second, while Blayde Hanover grabbed third. After going winless in an injury-shortened rookie season, Sintra now has seven wins in eight starts this season. "He's just been a great horse all year," said Jamieson following the race. "They were high on him last year and when the horse moved over from Dan Lagace's barn, who did a great job prepping him last year, he just took a bad step at Grand River and got hurt, but Dave (Menary) has given him lots of time and brought him back the right way." Sintra's only loss this season was a runner-up finish to Pepsi North America Cup champion Betting Line in an OSS Gold event last week. "You can't really call it a blemish when Betting Line beats you in the stretch," noted Jamieson. "But that's his only blemish so far this year and he's just been a monster and tonight was no different." Owned by Brad Gray, Michael Guerriero and Menary Racing Inc, Sintra now has $136,250 earned this season to bring his career earnings to $145,400. The clocking of 1:50 shaved three-fifths of a second off his previous career-best. A $2 win ticket on Sintra returned $2.20. Sintra The Town Pro Series final for three-year-old pacing fillies saw another impressive victory by a heavy-favourite. Lindys Nightmare followed up her 1:50.4 victory in the opening leg with an open lengths score in 1:51.2 Saturday night. Driven by Rick Zeron, the 1/5 favourite moved from fourth to the front in the second-quarter, ultimately clearing to command at the half in :54.4. After reaching the three-quarter pole in 1:23.2, Lindys Nightmare waved goodbye to her rivals and pulled away for a seven-length victory. Queen Ideal edged out Southwind Tango for second, while Shes Lights Out was fourth. "I was pretty confident with her," said Zeron post-race. "She did get used a bit going to the half, but she kicked into gear in the lane and was all by herself." A daughter of Western Terror, Lindys Nightmare didn't race at age two and now has four wins in five starts this season. Her career earnings sit at $46,400 for Lindy Farms of Connecticut following Saturday's victory. Lindys Nightmare paid $2.50 to win. Lindys Nightmare For both the Summertime and Town Pro Series, three-year-olds that were non-winners of $30,000 lifetime as of March 31, 2016 were eligible. Mark McKelvie
CAMPBELLVILLE, June 24 - Lindys Nightmare and Collective Wisdom captured first round divisions of the harness racing Town Pro Series Friday night at Mohawk Racetrack. The Town Pro Series has been used as a launching pad by lightly raced three-year-old pacing fillies over the years and after Friday's first leg it appears the 2016 edition will continue that tradition. Lindys Nightmare turned in a sizzling 1:50.4 performance to capture the first division. The Frank Antonacci trainee took over the lead in the second-quarter for driver Rick Zeron and reached the half in :56.1. Lindys Nightmare paced her third-quarter in :27.4 and still had plenty of energy left for the stretch drive. The 3/2 favourite rocketed home in :26.4 to draw away from her five rivals to score a 4¾ lengths victory in a career-best 1:50.4. Twenty Three Red came from fifth at the three-quarter pole to grab second, while Southwind Tango, who followed Lindys Nightmare into the stretch, finished third. A daughter of Western Terror, Lindys Nightmare was making just her fourth career start Friday. The Antonacci trainee was unraced at two, made a break in her career debut on May 1st, but now has three consecutive victories. Owned by Lindy Farms of Connecticut, Lindys Nightmare has now earned $22,000 for her connections. She paid $5.10 to win. Lindys Nightmare Collective Wisdom enjoyed a pocket trip and pounced in the lane to score a 1:52 victory in the second division. Rocknroll Vision, the 4/5 favourite, went to the front and led the field of the five by the opening-quarter in :27. The public's choice went unchallenged through fractions of :56 and 1:24. In the stretch, Collective Wisdom was angled off the back of Rocknroll Vision by driver Jonathan Drury and the 7/2 second choice powered by to win by three-quarters of a length in 1:52. Queen Ideal finished third. A daughter of American Ideal, Collective Wisdom now has two wins in five starts this season after going winless in four outings at two. The Richard Moreau trainee has now banked $22,900 this season for her 1187422 Ontario Inc. ownership group. Collective Wisdom paid $9.60 to win. Collective Wisdom In order to be eligible to the Town Pro Series, the three-year-old pacing fillies had to be non-winners of $30,000 lifetime as of March 31, 2016. The second round of the Town Pro will take place next Friday (July 1). The first leg of the Summertime Series highlights live racing Saturday night at Mohawk. Post time is 7:30 p.m. Mark McKelvie
TROIS-RIVIERES, Quebec – Harness racing driver Sylvain Lacaille had the hot hands at the Hippodrome 3R Tuesday evening, scoring a hat trick, three winners on the race program. And he did it by the fourth race on the program. The biggest of his three triumphs came in the third race pace where he led from start to finish with Heroes Sena in 1:59.1. It was the maiden victory for the three-year-old filly by Western Terror who is trained and owned by Serge Nadeau of Scott, QC. She also went off at odds of 8-1 and paid a generous $18.20 to win. Heroes Sena is eligible to the upcoming $450,000 Breeders Cup Series for three-year-old trotters and pacers that gets underway at the Hippodrome 3R on Sunday, July 3. Another impressive winner Tuesday who is eligible for the Breeders Cup Series is Sports Authority for driver Mario Charron. This three-year-old pacing colt by Sportswriter is trained by Maxime Velaye for the Determination Stable of Montreal, QC and paid just $2.40 to win as the 1/5 wagering favorite. Charron sent Sports Authority to the front over Chummy Park (Louis-Philippe Roy) and the duo never had to look back again. While Chummy Park and Roy tried to come after the leader at the top of the stretch, Charron just lifted the line on his colt and he scooted away to win by two open lengths in 2:00.3. His last quarter mile was an impressive :28.4. Sports Authority is now on a three-race winning streak and it will be interesting to see how fast the colt can go when Charron asks him for some real speed. TRACK NOTES: The post position draws takes place Wednesday afternoon for the $140,000 finals of the Quebec-Bred Series for four and five-year-old trotters and pacers this Sunday at 3R. There are four divisions, each racing for a purse of $35,000. From the Quebec Jockey Club
Knocking Around has been 'knocking' on the door the past three weeks in the $10,000 Open Pace at Buffalo Raceway. On Saturday night (May 21), Knocking Around finally busted right through that door to the harness racing winner's circle. After a brief three-way battle to the lead, Knocking Around took command at the quarter pole and never looked back in posting a 4-1/4 length win over Fridaynightflight in 1:54.4 over the fast track. Since arriving from Yonkers in late April, Knocking Around has had a pair of second place finishes and a fourth. The losses were by a combined total of just two lengths. Starting from the rail, Knocking Around had to battle with Mr Perserverance and Western Alumni to gain control. Setting respectable splits of 27.3, 57.4 and 1:27.1, Knocking Around was in total command at the top of the lane and driver David McNeight III had nothing to do but sit back and enjoy the ride. The main race was for minor spoils with Fridaynightflight (Kevin Cummings) taking second while China Dream (Drew Monti) finished third. Owned by Courtney McNeight and trained by David McNeight Jr., it was the fifth victories in 14 starts for Knocking Around (Western Terror-So Completely). The win moved his seasonal bankroll to $37,420 and $202,453 lifetime. Shawn McDonough had four wins in the sulky and Kevin Cummings added two. Racing will resume on Wednesday night at 5 p.m. with 12 races scheduled. For more information including the latest news, race replays, results and upcoming promotions, go to www.buffaloraceway.com by Brian J. Mazurek, for Buffalo Raceway
The Catamount Kid and Another Daily Copy tied for speed honors in capturing their respective $30,000 divisions of a Pennsylvania All-Stars event for state-sired harness racing three-year-old pacing colts Sunday night at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono, with both tripping the timer in 1:51.2, while in the third division Voltaire scored a 14-1 upset and like the other two victors took a personal mark with his 1:52.2 clocking. The Catamount Kid was second in his elimination for the Pennsylvania Classic and then fourth in the Classic Final the last two weeks at Pocono, finishing behind only Ron Burke trainees, but Sunday nothing got in the way of the Well Said colt en route to the winners circle. The Catamount Kid sat a pocket trip until the ¾, moved out to challenge and grab the lead into the stretch, then held off Bully Pulpit from off his back for a neck decision. Simon Allard handled sulky duties for the winner, whom trainer Carl Jamieson co-owns with Thomas Kyron, George Harrison, and Brian Paquet. Driver Jim Morrill Jr., who held the hot hand at Pocono on Sunday, posted his fourth victory of the night when he guided Another Daily Copy home first. Morrill rated a 29.2 second quarter, getting to the half in 56, then sprinted off to a big lead on the far turn, with the final 1¼ length margin of victory over pocketsitting Fernando Hanover a bit deceptive. Nicholas Devita trains the son of Somebeachsomewhere, who doubled his lifetime victory total with the All-Stars triumph, for owner Carl Sackheim. It's usually not a benefit to gap two-wide cover, but driver Tim Tetrick made it work for him and Voltaire in the other division. The Western Terror gelding was originally second-over but couldn't stay with his cover, letting More Dragon out - whom Voltaire and Tetrick prompted followed three-wide on the far turn, then swung wider in the stretch. Settlemoir was closing in the Pocono Pike, pacesetter JJ Flynn was trying to maintain his advantage, and More Dragon continued his wide gain - but in the last 50 yards Voltaire found his best strides and was along to win by a head over Settlemoir, who was a neck ahead of More Dragon, with JJ Flynn settling for fourth. Brian Malone conditions the winner for owners Peter Paul Venturini and Peter Venturini III. Pennsylvania All-Stars action continues in the second half of the Pocono race week, Monday and Tuesday, with three $30,000 divisions for distaffs each night: the pacers in the spotlight Monday, and then the trotters headlining on Tuesday. PHHA / Pocono
Gun mare Gumdrops remains undefeated since joining the Emma Stewart harness racing stable with victory last night in the Harness Breeders Victoria Make Mine Cullen at Tabcorp Park Melton. The 2014 Queen of the Pacific champion, who also won aged mare of the year in 2014 at the Victorian industry awards, picked up her 18th career victory in the 1720-metre Make Mine Cullen in a mile rate of 1:53.1. She did it in true Gumdrops fashion, coming from near last at the home bend before an electric final 200-metre dash wide in the Tabcorp Park straight. The eight-year-old by Western Terror out of Awesome Powers hit top gear and chewed up the ground, motoring by the tiring My Willow and grabbing Milly Perez and Quick Draft on the line for a short half-head win. Gumdrops has only been at the Smythes Creek stable for two runs and has won them both, tonight's win following a Decron Westburn Grant Free-for-All win in April when she went 1:55.2 over 2240m. It is just the third time in her career that Gumdrops has been able to register successive wins. WATCH GUMDROPS POWER HOME IN THE MAKE MINE CULLEN Given the final half-mile last night was covered in 56.1 – and Gumdrops came from last – her sectionals would have been supersonic. "She was really great tonight. I thought she might not be able to pick them up but she proved that she could," winning reinsman Mark Pitt said. Pitt has piloted Gumdrops to both her wins this time in. "It's a good feeling," he said when asked how it felt to zoom over the top of a quality field of mares to win. "I thought being back there it was going to be pretty hard because I thought they were going to run a bit of time up front, but she proved she is getting back to her best." Larry Eastman's talented five-year-old Milly Perez was game in defeat running second, while Quick Draft covered plenty of ground but still got past early pacesetter My Willow in the run to the line to finish third. My Willow's early splits of 29.2, 28.2 and 28.4 appeared to bring her undone, the $1.50 favourite wilting at the finish to run fourth. But she was only beaten 2m. Once mighty mare Steam Washed finished well back in ninth place of the 10, and the Shinn camp will be hoping the longer mares' races will see her recapture form. The mares' circuit continues next Friday night at Melton with the running of the Group 3 Angelique Club Cup, followed a week later by the $100,000 Benstud Queen of the Pacific over 2760m. Cody Winnell
You didn't have to go beyond the pointstandings of the preliminary legs of the two $30,000 Bobby Weiss Series Championships at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono Sunday night to get to success - in the distaff pacing section, Southwind Tango, the leading pointwinner entered in her Championship, was home first, and the pacing males saw the two horses tied at the top of the harness racing standings, Sentencing Memo and Iwillmakeyousaywow, finish 1-2 in their Championship. The females took to the track first, and it should be clarified up front that Southwind Tango was only tied for second in points after the four Weiss prelim legs. But #1 Candy Corn Hanover and #T-2 Some Fancy Filly opted to try their luck in the Miss Pennsylvania preliminaries (as it turned out, neither made that final), and Southwind Tango, driver David Miller, and owner/trainer Chris Ryder didn't mind their defection a bit, as Southwind Tango took a new mark of 1:53.4 over a sloppy track for her second lifetime victory. Miller sent the Bettor's Delight filly first-over approaching the half to challenge leading Black Widow Baby, and those two battled from late backstretch onward, with 5-2 second choice Southwind Tango finally claiming a neck victory. 3-5 favorite Heavenly Bet, a strong closer in winning last week, had a little too far to come this week and had to settle for third. (But since Black Widow Baby and Heavenly Bet were the two who made the Weiss Championship only because of the other two trying the Miss Pennsylvania, certainly minor spoils are better than being on the outside looking in.) The Western Terror sophomore gelding Sentencing Memo, coming off a 4-2-2-0 record in the Weiss prelims including a strong-closing victory last week, used similar tactics Sunday, exploding in the stretch from second-over to win going away for driver Corey Callahan and trainer Eric Foster in 1:52 over the off going. Sentencing Memo was the 7-5 favorite in the Championship for males, but his fellow #1 pointearner Iwillmakeyousaywow, with the same 4-2-2-0 record, was dismissed at 26-1, mostly because of post nine (and perhaps partially because he was second to Sentencing Memo last week). But Iwillmakeyousaywow hustled out for the lead, yielded to early mover Bettor Memories, and then beat him up the Pocono Pike for a good check and a healthy return to underside backers ($60.40 Exacta). Sentencing Memo's owner, 86-years-young Arty Foster, is the living embodiment of the expression "The harder I work the luckier I get." Foster got in the business wanting to halter a mid-level claimer at Liberty Bell in the early 80s, and was undecided between two until near time for the claiming box to close. The one he didn't pick unfortunately ruptured a blood vessel and died during the race - while the one he did take was Arion Lobell, who under Arty's care went on to win over $400,000, set a world record at Brandywine, and was still racing at age 14 for Foster when he was winning training titles at Rosecroft in the early 90s. And Arty's still sharp. Western Terror is doing very good things as a sire, and Sentencing Memo's dam, Lady Annie, won a Pennsylvania Sire Stakes Championship in 2007 - and yet Foster still could buy this horse as a yearling for $2200. Turning $2200 yearling purchases into winners of $30,000 Championships will keep you as spry-looking as Arty did in the Pocono winners circle. PHHA / Pocono


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Senior Product Manager, Wallet
The role: Senior Product Manager, Wallet
We are looking for a Senior Product Manager to join our busy and dynamic Payments Product Management team in our Toronto, Richmond Hill office.
Why we need you:-
Reporting to the Head of Payment Product Management, you will lead delivery of the Wallet vision and roadmap, coordinating with other teams and working with internal stakeholders, including senior management across technology, and gaming verticals.
You will work closely with development teams, stakeholders and designers to define and deliver the multi-currency E-Wallet offerings and related features embed into the Stars payments platform. The E-wallet is responsible to hold customers financial assets and make the funds available instantly for game play. You'll also have a strong focus on and understanding of customer needs and behaviours and steer the E-Wallet experience to address these. You will also create product functional specifications in accordance with business objectives and own the project through software development and testing.
You'll prepare and maintain product documentation, for distribution within the team and stakeholders and maintain regular communication with stakeholders, sharing new developments and obtaining feedback and/or signoff as required. You will have a strong focus on KPIs (key performance indicators) and will factor in, understand, monitor and initiate investigations/analysis when performance targets are not met.
You will have ownership of delivery of the E-wallet offerings and project manage any new release deployments. You'll initiate and project manage multi-variant testing and work closely with cashier platform and payments methods team on the offerings within the cashier. You will also work closely with operations and other internal teams to plan, deploy and manage related features within the Cashier.
Who are we looking for:-
A passionate driven individual with an appreciation for great products, you will have relevant experience working in product management in the financial services industry or similar and a degree in business or a technical discipline. You'll have the ability to take ownership of and prioritize high volumes of responsibilities autonomously without delays in deliverables.
You'll have knowledge of software development lifecycles, multiple development styles and methodologies with a strong interest and aptitude in defining both business and technical requirements working closely with payments architects and technical leads. You will be comfortable working with and analyzing data to create meaningful insights.
You will have excellent communication, relationship management and attention to detail skills with strong customer services skills. You'll have the ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines and have a can-do attitude.
As the ideal candidate, you will have:-
Experience working with regulatory frameworks and compliance, as well as experience/qualification in project management is desirable. Having experience working with Google Analytics, Microstrategy, Grafana, Jira and Confluence is also a plus.
What's in it for you?
The salary for this job is based on experience, so whilst we are not able to go into detail at this stage, we can say that we offer great salary packages and a discretionary annual performance bonus.
We offer health and dental insurance for you and your dependents plus you can join our company pension scheme.
Our in-house training and development team deliver fantastic support to develop your skills and support you in progressing your career.
We have on-site yoga a few times a week and lunch is on us. We also have fresh fruit, snacks and drinks in the office so you won't go hungry.
What happens next?
We will aim to get back to you as soon as possible. If you meet the criteria, then we'll invite you to a phone interview and if that goes well we'll meet you for a face-to-face interview.
The Company
The Stars Group is the ultimate owner of industry leading gaming brands such as PokerStars, PokerStars Casino, BetStars, Full Tilt, and the PokerStars Live brands, and through its ownership of Sky Betting & Gaming, a mobile-led leading online gaming operator, licenses the Sky Bet, Sky Vegas, Sky Casino, Sky Bingo and Sky Poker online gaming brands. Collectively, these and other brands of The Stars Group have millions of registered customers globally, forming one of the world's largest publicly listed online gaming companies. This role is in the Group's Richmond Hill, Toronto office in the Payment Product Management department.


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HERE'S WHY BITCOIN IS NOT A PYRAMID SCHEME Avatar
Story by: ALI
Lending Tree Chier Economist, Tendayi Kapfidze recently commented on Bitcoin, calling it a pyramid scheme, so here is why his view may be wrong.
Over the course of the last 11 years, Bitcoin has traveled a long way for an unknown new invention to the largest cryptocurrency in the world, with a market cap of $130 billion. However, despite all of its achievements, there are still many who think of it as a pyramid scheme and a scam.
One example is Lending Tree Chief Economist, Tendayi Kapfidze, who recently spoke against it for Yahoo Finance. Kapfidze claims that BTC is a pyramid scheme where people can only make money depending on how many people entered the market after them.
He also claims that Bitcoin "has no real utility in the world. They've been trying to create a utility for it for ten years now. It's a solution in search of a problem and it still hasn't found a problem to solve."
Over the years, Bitcoin kept attracting new users, traders, and investors. Most of them were attracted by the idea of a global, borderless, decentralized network that allows anyone to send money to anyone else at any time. Further, due to its decentralized nature, Bitcoin also increases security and speed of transaction, as no single centralized entity is responsible for making it work.
As Bitcoin's popularity grew, and the coin reached its all-time high of $20,000 in late 2017, institutions started paying attention to it, as well, fearing its potential to go mainstream and take away their clients and their money.
While Bitcoin is not perfect — it is still young and incapable of scaling, as well as highly volatile — it is certainly not a pyramid scheme.
According to the US SEC's definition, the pyramid scheme works by having its participants 'attempt to make money solely by recruiting new participants into the program. The hallmark of these schemes is the promise of sky-high returns in a short period of time for doing nothing other than handing over your money and getting others to do the same.'
It has connected the world with its blockchain network, and become one of the most effective global remittance services. As mentioned, it still has issues with scalability, where its blocks remain too small to handle all of the transactions that need to be processed. However, its developers have been working on solutions, such as the Lightning Network, which is currently operational, although it has yet to be perfected. It has its own underlying technology — the blockchain — as well as a cap at 21 million units, which can prevent problems such as inflation. This cap is what is responsible for the growth of its price, which is expected to surge due to demand.
Meanwhile, Bitcoin also sparked the creation of countless other cryptocurrencies (altcoins), which have since started developing solutions for a wide range of real world use cases. From improving supply chain management to developing entirely new solutions such as smart contracts, the crypto industry has already radically changed the world in the past decade.
It has also provided a solution for the unbanked and underbanked. It has brought transparency and immutability to transactions, and eliminated middlemen from transactional processes.
Simply put, Bitcoin promises financial safety and change, rather than large profits for small amounts of money, as a typical pyramid scheme would. And, it is solving a number of problems along the way, as mentioned above.
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Belfast Harbour has awarded the contract to build City Quays 3, which will be Northern Ireland's tallest office building, to Farrans Construction, supporting 500 construction jobs.
At £50m, City Quays 3, which will accommodate 1,800 people, represents Belfast Harbour's largest development project to date and is the latest component of its very successful City Quays waterfront scheme which is already home to 1,100 office workers. The City Quays 3 development will provide another significant opportunity to offer world-class office accommodation in support of Northern Ireland's foreign direct investment ambition.
Construction work on the 16-storey, 250,000 square feet Grade 'A' office, will begin immediately and is expected to be completed by the end of 2021. The office is being developed to comply with BREEAM Excellent ratings which will place it in the top 10% of sustainable new buildings in the UK.
Upon completion Belfast Harbour will have invested £125m in its 20-acre City Quays development, home to two Grade 'A' offices, a 900-space multi-storey carpark, the Marriott Hotel and blue-chip companies including Baker McKenzie, ITV and TPICAP.
Joe O'Neill, Belfast Harbour's CEO, said:"City Quays 3 is one of the largest strategic investments ever undertaken by Belfast Harbour and we're delighted to award the contract to a local construction company. In addition to supporting 500 local construction jobs, the office will build upon City Quays success by providing strategic accommodation to meet demand for Grade 'A', city-centre office space.
"In just five years City Quays has emerged as an iconic waterfront destination for sectors including legal, media, IT and financial services. Our experience of developing in advance of market demand, and the subsequent success in securing occupiers, has led us to progress City Quays 3. This investment will assist both indigenous and new market entrants and we have already had very positive early discussions with a number of potential occupiers."
Glenn Gilmore, Regional Director, Farrans Construction said:
"Farrans Construction is delighted at our contract award on City Quays 3. The award of this prestigious contract, within the heart of the City Quays waterfront scheme, re-establishes our relationship with Belfast Harbour Commissioners. Our team have been heavily involved behind the scenes and this announcement is a testament to the professionalism and expertise of all our team working on the project to date."
John Armstrong, Managing Director of the Construction Employers Federation, said:
"After the recent planning approval for City Quays 3, it is great to see a major local contractor in place so quickly to deliver the project. Farrans, its direct workforce and their supply chain will bring a wealth of experience to the project and, at a time of ongoing political and economic uncertainty, the project's commencement will come as a significant economic boost locally."


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Through their umbrella body, Uganda Local Government Workers Association, they warn to lay down their tools in 90 days' time.
They said government has not responded to their petition to the Public Service Negotiating Council, saying salary discrimination is unconstitutional and illegal.
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A few days ago I was directed to this essay, by Paul Graham. Here's how he defines "the top idea in your mind":
I realized recently that what one thinks about in the shower in the morning is more important than I'd thought. I knew it was a good time to have ideas. Now I'd go further: now I'd say it's hard to do a really good job on anything you don't think about in the shower. Everyone who's worked on difficult problems is probably familiar with the phenomenon of working hard to figure something out, failing, and then suddenly seeing the answer a bit later while doing something else. There's a kind of thinking you do without trying to. I'm increasingly convinced this type of thinking is not merely helpful in solving hard problems, but necessary. The tricky part is, you can only control it indirectly. I think most people have one top idea in their mind at any given time. That's the idea their thoughts will drift toward when they're allowed to drift freely. And this idea will thus tend to get all the benefit of that type of thinking, while others are starved of it. Which means it's a disaster to let the wrong idea become the top one in your mind.
He goes on to describe how arguments and thinking about money (for him, fundraising for startups), were two such wrong ideas.
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This concept, and his description of it, resonated with me, and it helped me cement, just a little bit, that slippery notion of deciding what I want to do with my life. I've done that kind of shower-thinking. It's the same sort of thinking that goes on as you're lying there in bed, trying to get to sleep but there's something turning over and over in your head. It's the thinking that makes you turn off the radio or audiobook during your commute, so that it's just you, the ideas, and the road. It's the thinking that turns you inward as you walk from point A to point B, making you oblivious to the people passing by and to the scene that's passing by you. Â To me, it seems that this sort of thinking can have an obsessive and creative qualities.
So what does this have to do with choosing a career? Or knowing what to study? Or knowing what to do with your life?
Now, I'm going to make a claim: if the work that you do also happens to be the top idea in your mind when you're in the shower, when you're on the road, when when you're lying in bed trying to get to sleep, then I think you're many steps closer to fulfillment and self-actualization. Obviously, and as Graham notes in his essay, you have to be able to distinguish between good and bad ideas, but once you get past that, the results are powerful. This notion gave me the clearest picture yet of why I don't want to practice law.
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Here's an example of one of the bad ideas I've obsessed over. Video games. Specifically, Eve Online. While it is a wonderfully, wonderfully complex game with a great community, it is the most incredible timesink (as many video games are) and I lost a lot of my life to it. There were stretches of my time (most of which, unfortunately, coincided with my 1L year) where I played so much and planned on what I'd do in-game that thoughts about it would dominate my shower-time, walk-time, bed-time thoughts. Humans are creatures that like to plan, and this game was often the liquid essence of that, with all the pesky real world benefits and effects stripped away.
So that's a bad idea, and I'm glad I'm done with it. But you know what has never filled my free time mind? My law studies. I never wanted to be a lawyer, never had big dreams about being a protector of the innocent, making impassioned court speeches, suing people and raking in the cash. Later, I never had ambitions of working through complex business deals and defending my clients like a legal samurai. And now, in my free time I never spend any more time thinking about legal issues than I absolutely have to. That is not a good sign, not if I want to be an impassioned attorney, or even just one with proper work ethic.
But what did I spend two sleepless hours doing in bed last night? I was thinking about writing. Writing this blog, two research and writing projects that I am planning on putting together, putting on-line, gathering a community, and then publishing. Future projects beyond that. Creative things I can try out in photoshop. These are the sorts of things I obsess about in my free time, and I've always obsessed about in my free time. I've just been spending my life living in limbo between doing what I want, even if I don't know where that will lead me, and stumbling half-heartedly along a more well-beaten path. No more!
In conclusion, I don't think merely identifying the top idea in your mind will lead you down the ideal path. Maybe some people's hobbies are what they obsess about, and there's little chance they could make a fully satisfying career out of it. Maybe making your best top ideas the focus of your life is a pipe dream for a lot of people. Nevertheless, Â I do think that if you absolutely never find yourself thinking about your current work with a your free time mind, you're at a dead end.


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Buckles on the Bosque – October 25, 2020 at the Clifton Fairgrounds (sheep, goat, cattle, swine)
29th Annual Holiday Classic will be held on October 31 – November 1, 2020 at the Bell County Expo Center in Belton. This FREE event is open to all FFA & 4-H Members with lambs, goats, cattle or swine projects. The Holiday Classic Clinics and Prospect Shows are intended to provide an educational opportunity for new families participating in the livestock project area. The main purpose is to teach the basic principles of livestock management as they relate to facility maintenance, selection, nutrition, animal health, handling, showmanship, and transportation.
Bosque Expo (held in Meridian)
January 18, 2020
2020 CENTRAL TEXAS YOUTH FAIR (held in Clifton)
CTYF sale information posted below:
2020 fair buyers addresses sale of champions
June 2 -6th, 2020
As is the tradition of the CTYF, this county show will include the annual cash sale of livestock and cakes.
This event is open to exhibitors attending Bosque County schools, Valley Mills ISD and Bosque County 4-H members.
Click the link below to view the Central Texas Youth Fair Catalog for 2020
2020 CTYF Catalog
2020 CTYF Record Book
CTYF Updated Fair Schedule 5-14-2020
There will only be a jackpot heifer show for Bosque County residents only.
All other jackpot shows have been cancelled.
Other Changes:
Concession Stand will be open with minimal offerings.
Sale is only for buyers to attend – no spectators.
There will be: No Pre-4-H Shows (swine/lamb/goat)
No Pet Show on Saturday morning
No Watermelon Social
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For any questions about livestock projects and/or contests contact Chelsea at 254-435-2331.
Deadlines listed are Bosque County 4-H.
Bosque 4-H deadlines may be different than those you see on stock show websites, 4-H Connect, rulebooks or by other counties.
IMPORTANT – If you plan to show at any of the major livestock shows, you must have a Quality Counts verification number BEFORE you turn your entries into the Extension Office. Bosque County AgriLife Extension recommends that all youth showing livestock, even at the county fair, take the test and become verified.
Texas has the largest number of 4-H and FFA livestock projects in the nation. With this opportunity comes a responsibility for each exhibitor to learn and demonstrate the highest standards, both in personal character and in the feeding and care of their animals. Quality Counts is designed to teach young people the importance of displaying good character in carrying out livestock projects, and in every aspect of their lives.
Quality Counts helps them learn the importance of using proper livestock management practices so that food quality and safety are preserved. Verification of Quality Counts is a natural extension of this effort to demonstrate that 4-H and FFA youth have a base knowledge of the principles of quality assurance and good moral character. Now and in the near future many local and major livestock shows will require that a youth exhibitor demonstrate this base knowledge by taking the online Quality Counts Verification test and obtaining a Verification Number. Your participation in Quality Counts helps ensure that Texas 4-H and FFA members can continue to be a part of the greatest youth livestock program in the nation.