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Henry Jeffreys visits a country rediscovering its viticultural riches.
Every 100 metres or so on the main road to Iran that runs through the Vayots Dzor province of Armenia there is a stall selling tomatoes, watermelons and Coca-Cola. I was with an Italian-Armenian businessman Zorik Gharibian and his wife Yeraz, and they suggested we stop at one. On closer inspection those bottles didn't contain Coke, it was red wine cunningly packaged to smuggle into the Islamic Republic of Iran. We went into the nearby house and there was the winemaker, Haykaz Karapetyan, cigarette in mouth making that year's wine in plastic bins. 'No chemicals,' he said. This was proper natural wine. It smelt good, like a young Beaujolais with the same floral quality. We then went into his cellar to try some older vintages. The 2015 had a distinct tang of vinegar. The 2012 tasted of old socks.
The Gharibians make wine too and from the same grape, Areni Noir, but it is rather different. Their nearby winery is called Zorah and their red, Karasi, costs about £25 in London shops. They are both diaspora Armenians, Zorik brought up in Italy and Yeraz in London and New York. They wanted to buy a vineyard in Tuscany but following a visit to the mother country in 1998 decided to make wine in Armenia. 'It was like I'd come home,' Zorik tells me. In 2000 they came across the region around the town of Areni (after which the variety is named) which turned out to be a viticultural paradise. It's phylloxera (a pest of commercial grapevines) free – though other parts of Armenia are not; there's plenty of sunshine but the grapes preserve their acidity. 'Freshness comes naturally because of altitude,' Zorik explains.
The landscape with its precipitous cliffs, caves and ancient monasteries would be the perfect setting for a new Indiana Jones film. The arid mountains are peppered with bright spots of cultivation, including Zorah's main vineyard thanks to a recently constructed irrigation pipe built with money from the World Bank. After they bought the land, experts in Armenia and back in Italy advised them to plant Cabernet Sauvignon. 'When we said we wanted to do something with local varieties people were laughing at us,' Zorik says. Italian oenologist Alberto Antonini, though, saw the potential in Areni Noir. After years of experimentation with different Areni clones, they planted the vineyard in 2006.
The first vintage was 2010. Straight away they knew that they had made something exceptional, but it hasn't been easy. In the early years they made wine in a garage. It took an age to build their new winery because in Zorik's words 'the locals still have a Soviet mentality'. Apparently in their province there is only one cement mixer. In order to make wines to their exacting standards, they import almost everything from Italy; the presses, the fermentation tanks, the barrels, even the bottles, labels and the boxes. The Gharibians had no idea how much they have spent on the project. 'In winemaking you don't do the maths,' as Zorik put it.
As well as local varieties, they wanted to use traditional Armenian winemaking techniques including ageing in amphora clay pots (karasi in Armenian). Initially they aged some of the wine in barriques, which impart flavours from the wood, but now they just use amphora and Italian botti (giant wooden barrels that don't add any flavour). You can taste the results. The recent vintages have a whole new vivacity. Zorah make a special cuvee, called Yeraz (after his wife, the word means dream in Armenian), from an unirrigated abandoned vineyard 1600 metres above sea level and around a 100 years old. It's a good 45 minute drive up the mountain in a 4×4. Actually vineyard isn't quite the right world as the Areni vines are basically growing wild amongst boulders and walnut trees. 'So exciting when we discovered the vineyard. Zorik and Alberto were like kids in a sweet shop,' Yeraz says. The yet to be released 2014 is undoubtedly one of the finest wines I have tried this year.
From the Zorah winery you can see a gaping cave in the cliffside. Here archaeologist Boris Gasparyan has found evidence of winemaking from about 4,000 BC. He showed me around the partially excavated site, it is not open to the public, and pointed out the jars that looked uncannily like Zorik's amphora. He then pointed to other jars which contained traces of bones and blood probably from human sacrifice. Or a party that got out of hand. Evidence of Armenia's ancient wine culture is everywhere. There are grape motifs on monasteries, churches and even on Soviet era buildings. I saw wild vines, vitis sylvestris, growing by a river and dotted around the country, by the side of the road, in restaurants and family houses, are amphora like the ones at Zorah winery.
Nobody uses them for making wine anymore. Nobody even knows how to make them so the Gharibians dig them out of people's basements. Armenia has lost touch with its vinous roots. Following World War One and the massacres by the Turks, Armenians scattered around the world or were reduced to this mountainous country which was then invaded by the Bolsheviks. Armenia 'caught between the hammer and the anvil', as the saying goes. It gives you some idea of how the Armenians suffered under the Ottomans that they aren't particular bitter about Russian rule. But it was disastrous for wine. 'Soviets broke the link completely,' says Zorik. Central planning designated Georgia for wine and Armenia for brandy. Zorah have an amphora made in 1957 but shortly afterwards people stopped making them and then their own wine.
There was more misery to come (something of a theme in Armenian history) in the shape of the 1988 earthquake, and, following the collapse of the Soviet Union, war with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh. It still feels like a precarious country. People half expect Turks, Mongols or Persians to come charging through at any moment. Nevertheless, Yerevan does have much of the trapping of a modern city with free wi-fi, craft beer and wine bars. At one, Wine Republic, I tried a selection of good simple wines from small producers including Van Ardi and Sarduri. Quality wine of this sort has only been made in Armenia recently. 'You couldn't drink this stuff five years ago,' Zorik says, pointing to a bottle. Wine bars, though, are only for the well off. Bottled wine is too expensive for most people.
The Gharibians aren't the only diaspora Armenians involved with the wine business. Vahe Keushguerian, originally from Lebanon with spells making wine in Italy, runs a wine consulting company based in Yerevan called Semina Consulting. They have recently set up a nursery to supply Armenian winemakers with native varieties. But his biggest project, Karas, is based largely on international grapes and despite the name does not use amphora. It was set up by Eduardo Eurnekian, an Argentine-Armenian who made his fortune in airports including Yerevan's. Superstar French oenologist Michel Rolland is also involved. The 2013 Reserve, made from Petit Verdot, Montepulciano and Tannat, I tried was not one of his finer efforts being grotesquely overripe and over-oaked.
Zorik is fiercely opposed to non-native varieties. On my last night in Armenia I had dinner with the Gharibians, Boris the archaeologist and Marina Dallakyan and Iskuhi Manukyan from Yerevan University who are cataloguing indigenous grapes. They were appalled that someone is planning on planting Chardonnay to make wine for the Russian market. Their hope is that the international success of Zorah will inspire others to capitalise on Armenia's viticultural riches. It's a rich country in other ways with ancient monasteries (that anywhere else would be thronged with visitors), great food and fiercely proud friendly people.
After dinner Boris stood up and, glass in hand, made a toast that ended, much to my surprise, with a Robert Burns recitation: 'My heart's in the Highlands wherever I go.' It reminded me of a line from a short story by William Saroyan about how Armenians carry their country within them and 'when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.' Zorik and Yeraz have done just this with Zorah. It could be the start of viticultural revival or, as Zorik says cheerfully, 'it could all disappear tomorrow.' It is Armenia after all.
Some Armenia wines to try…
Zorah Voski 2014
A white made from bought in grapes, Voskehat and Garandmak. It's aged entirely in concrete to preserve the lemony freshness. It's just starting to take on a little nuttiness with age.
Zorah Karasi 2013
Almost entirely amphora-aged and it really shows, floral and herby with tangy fruit. So vivid! A wine to fall in love with.
Highland Cellars Koor red 2014
Just one of the many wineries that Vahe Keushguerian works with. This blend of Areni and Sereni grown in Vayat Dzor shows what can be done at a more affordable level with native grapes. It's juicy, fresh and delicious, like a Cru Beaujolais, and not a trace of old socks.


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I'm fresh out of a theater in Santa Monica, California where I've watched 12 Years A Slave for the second time, having seen it several days ago on a laptop screen through a dedicated download. I'll be honest. I wanted to write something after absorbing the narrative and the imagery the first time, but I was so wrought that I didn't trust myself.
Had a film with American participation actually addressed the original sin of our nationhood so bluntly, so honestly? Was the film really as careful and delicate and dispassionate with the historical reality? Was the restraint that i felt in the telling really there, or had the punches been carefully loaded as Hollywood is so apt to do?
On first viewing, I was simply startled by how genuinely fair the storytelling had been with the subject matter. Sadism and soullessness was balanced by moments of regret and conscience on the part of white characters. Accomodation and supplication on the part of Southern slaves was punctuated by moments of desperate courage and dignity.
On second viewing — with me in a darkened theater with a big screen, looking for the rough seams and filmic dishonesties — I emerged thinking precisely the same about this remarkable work. This film didn't cheat our national history. It didn't allude to horror, nor did it revel in it. It marks the first time in history that our entertainment industry, albeit with international creative input, has managed to stare directly at slavery and maintain that gaze.
Everyone who had anything to do with this film getting made — from the producers, to director Steve McQueen, and the committed, talented cast — should sleep tonight and every night knowing that for once, the escapism, bluster and simple provocation that marks a good 95 percent of our film output has been somehow flanked, and subversively so. These people have told a hideous and essential story about our nation's great and longstanding sin with such calm and clarity that if we accept the film on its actual terms, rather than through the cluttered prism of our own racial and political sensibilities, only two kinds of folk will emerge from theaters.
The first will be at last awakened to the actual and grevious horror in which the black experience in America begins. Efforts to achieve this in the past — The "Roots" miniseries on television, or a few halting and veiled attempts in feature films to imply the desperation of terrorized human chattel — came down the road a piece, but none dared the entire emotional journey. For ordinary Americans willing to confront our history without equivocation and vague allusion, this film will prove a humanizing and liberating journey. This much truth can grow an honest soul.
And for those still desperate to mitigate our national reality at every possible cost, this film will be an affront. It is not intelligently assailable by anyone, though the racial divide and resentment that still occupies our national character a century and a half after abolition will prompt certain creatures to pull at threads, hoping against hope. Mostly, those who want to pretend to another American history will just avoid the film or the discussion that ensues.
The second screening did leave me with one additional thought, something distinctly political that could not fight its way through the more fundamental human reckoning produced by the first viewing. It's this:
Anyone who acquires the narrative of 12 Years A Slave and finds it within his shrunken heart to continue any argument for the sanctity and perfection of our Founding Fathers, for the moral wisdom of their compromised document of national ideal that begins the American experience, or for their anachronistic or historically understandable tolerance of slavery — they are arguing from a desolate, amoral corner.
If original intent included the sadism and degradation of human slavery, then original intent is a legal and moral standard that can be consigned to the ash heap of human history. Hardcore conservatives and libertarians who continue to parse the origins of the Constitutions under the guise of returning to a more perfect American union are on a fool's journey to decay and dishonor.
There is some considerable wisdom in the American Constitution, and more found within many of the 27 sanctioned efforts to amend and improve the weaknesses and moral lapses that were allowed to co-exist with the adoption of the original template. There is, at some key points in our history, even more wisdom in some of the liberalizing and rationalizing assessments of the U.S. Supreme Court in adapting the improved morality of a later age to constitutional language and code. We have journeyed far, and by many metrics, we have acquired a greater claim to our own humanity.
But for anyone to stand in sight of this film and pretend to the infallibility or perfect intellectual or moral grandeur of a Washington, a Jefferson, or a Madison is to invite ignominy from anyone else sensate. Slavery was abomination, and we, in our birth of liberty, codified it and nurtured it.
It took Lincoln, and a great war, to hijack the American experiment from its original, cold intentions by falsely claiming, a century and a half ago, that the nation was founded on the proposition that all men are created equal. It was founded on no such thing. It required blood, a new birth of honor and a continuing battle for civil rights that is still being fought for this nation to be so founded.
In the echo of this film, the continuing call for a strict construction of our national codes and a devotion to the precise, original ideas of the long-dead men who crafted those codes in another human age, rings hollow and sick and shameful.
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Libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint Georges and Joseph Mazilier as revised by Yuri Slonimsky and Pyotr Gusev
Choreography by Jules Perrot, Pyotr Gusev, Marius Petipa as revised by Farukh Ruzimatov
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Conductor: Karen Durgarian
Dances with original choreography: Georgi Kovtun
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Breathtaking plot, adventures of sea pirates and sweet bliss of eastern harems has made Le Corsaire one of the most precious ballets of the romantic age. In Farukh Ruzimatov's two-act version based on Marius Petipa's classic choreography a lot of attention is paid to dramatic elements which makes the production attractive for audience of all ages.
A ship of corsairs has sunk in a severe storm.
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Scene 1. Ashore.
Only three corsairs survived: Conrad, the leader of the corsairs, and his faithful friends Ali and Birbanto.
Young Greek girls are dancing and amusing themselves on the shore. Among them are two friends —Medora and a Turkish girl Gulnara. The girls see the corsairs thrown out by the sea and hide them from ferocious Turkish soldiers who are entitled to execute corsairs immediately on site. But capturing the girls is more to liking of cunning Isaac Lankedem, who has brought the soldiers. The maidens are merchandise to him and the slave trader with a view to making a good haul sends them to the city market along with languishing Palestinian beauties and wild Algerian lads.
Conrad, however, hoping to save Medora, who charmed him at first sight, disguises himself as a merchant and rushes to her rescue.
Scene 2. Market.
Hustle and bustle of the oriental market. Gulnara is among Lankedem's slaves and Seid Pasha, the ruler of the island, is purchasing her for his harem. Medora is doomed to share Gulnara's destiny. Some strangers appear in the midst of the bargain willing to take part in it. No one, however, can come near Seid Pasha in wealth. Suddenly the strangers throw off their burnouses — turns out they are the corsairs.
Conrad leads Medora away. Ali captures Lankedem. Birbanto and others escape having taken along the gold, the draperies, the arms, and the slaves. Seid Pasha is at a loss.
Scene 3. Grotto.
Amorous Conrad shows Medora his possessions. The corsairs are by his side with their loot and emancipated slave girls. Wild Algerian lads are welcomed to the fellowship of buccaneers. Conrad's loyal friend Ali keeps an eye on captive Lankedem.
On Medora's request Conrad sets the captive girls free. Birbanto, however, objects: the jewels and women rightfully belong to him as well. Conrad is surprised with his friend's defiance. Though the leader of the corsairs' authority gains the upper hand, Birbanto nurses a grudge.
Cunning Lankedem, using the opportunity, instigates Birbanto to take vengeance on Conrad. He suggests putting the leader of corsairs to sleep and bringing Medora back to Seid Pasha. In the meanwhile Conrad is bound up with beautiful Medora. Lankedem, unnoticed by the lovers, pours sleeping potion into their wine. Unsuspecting Medora offers a drink to Conrad. He drops on the spot. Medora cries for help but instead falls into hands of insidious Birbanto, who orders to send the beauty back to the harem.
Conrad heavily awakes from sleep. Having realized that Medora was taken he asks Birbanto to explain what happened. Birbanto dodges persuading the friend of his loyalty. Conrad once again rushes to save his beloved.
Act II
Scene 4. Palace.
Seid Pasha is delighted with Gulnara's naughtiness. Flirting with Pasha the Turkish girl, however, is not going to caress the old man.
Lankedem arrives with captive Medora. Gulnara leads the girls away to her chamber. Eunuchs announce the arrival of pilgrims. After a prayer the pilgrims accept Seid Pasha's invitation to feast their eyes on dances of the girls of his harem where Medora and Gulnara are the true jewels — they are like two roses in in a splendid garden.
In the meantime Birbanto and Lankedem expose the pilgrims. Those are corsairs in disguise!
Conrad and Ali jump on traitor Birbanto and Lankedem. A fight is starting and Seid Pasha escapes disgracefully. Guileful Birbanto and Lankedem are defeated.
Gulnara thanks Ali for saving her and puts herself in his safe hands. Reunited Conrad and Medora are now ready to start a new happy life.


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The stock market crash of 1929 plunged the country into a depression, shattering the economy. President Hoover considered relief a local responsibility and rejected a federal public-works program in 1931, focusing instead on banks and industry. In 1932, he agreed to authorize a small amount for local self-liquidating public works projects and to lend money to supplement local relief funds. President Hoover's efforts, however, did not earn him the confidence of the public. With growing unemployment and a spreading depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected in 1933 with over 57 percent of the popular vote and carried the Electoral College 472 to 59.
One of Roosevelt's campaign promises was to address economic hardships of the American people, promising a "new deal for the American people." In his first 100 days, he introduced and Congress approved 15 major pieces of legislation establishing New Deal agencies and programs. President Roosevelt initially focused on recovery programs for agricultural and industry. Unemployment relief programs were introduced early in Roosevelt's administration. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) combined conservation with unemployment, using young men in rural areas to work on projects protecting and developing reservoirs, watersheds, forests, and parks. In the Pacific Northwest, thousands of jobs were created through the CCC building Bonneville and Grand Coulee dams on the Columbia River.
In 1931, in Seattle, there were thousands of unemployed workers. Many unemployed lost their housing and built shacks for shelter, forming "Hooverville" along the waterfront and clusters of shacktowns elsewhere in the City. Groups of makeshift housing were called "Hoovervilles," ridiculing President's Hoover's unsuccessful attempts to alleviate unemployment. The unemployed organized to seek relief, forming the Unemployed Citizens' League in 1931, stating the objectives of employment, self-help, unemployment insurance and direct relief in their constitution. Mayor Harlin appointed a Mayor's Commission for Improved Employment in 1931 to coordinate and supplement public and private relief resources. The City contributed work relief funds for park improvements and other public works.
The Unemployed Citizens' League and the Commission for Improved Employment, joined together as the Local District Relief Organization which began working with King County in 1932. The County and the City provided direct relief by paying for various kinds of work, including: sewing, shoe repair, wood cutting, the gardening and canning of berries, and clerical work. The name was changed from the Local District Relief Organization to King County Emergency Relief and offices moved to the City-County Building in late 1932; the League became less involved in this relief effort. The County continued to provide relief until 1933, when the State created a State Emergency Relief Administration with federal funding. Additional relief was provided by the Civil Works Administration (CWA). The Washington Emergency Relief Administration (WERA) provided relief in Seattle through work on parks and public works projects. The WERA was discontinued in 1935 with the introduction of the Works Progress Administration.
The largest work relief program President Roosevelt introduced was the Works Progress Administration (WPA), later renamed the Works Projects Administration. Its goal was to take over the burden of providing work for the able-bodied unemployed. By the fall of 1935, the WPA, nationally, employed over 2.5 million workers, spending over $2 billion. This work relief program paid a salary of approximately $40 per month and had employed over 8 million workers by the time it was dissolved in 1943. The "Federal One" Project, consisting of the Federal Art Project, Federal Writers' Project, Federal Theatre Project, Federal Music Project, and Historical Records Survey, provided work opportunities to professionals in the arts and culture. The WPA worked closely with local public agencies, including municipal governments.
In Seattle, work included sewer construction, parks improvement, various engineering projects, and recreation programs, among others. The WPA also employed women, but mostly for sewing, recreational, and clerical work. Many of Seattle's parks were improved by WPA workers, who participated in remodeling, painting, gardening, and construction projects. WPA engineers also surveyed and drafted plans for parks improvements. The WPA Division of Recreation and Education worked with the Parks Department on the staffing and supervision of several recreation centers throughout the city; the programs and classes were well-attended and included music, drama, dance, and sports. WPA funds were used at the county level to do topographical and property surveys, among other projects. WPA funds were phased out by 1943.
- Excerpts from Mayor's Message to City Council (May 25, 1931)
- Petition of Mayor relating to appropriation of aid for unemployed (October 17, 1931)
- Report of Mayor's Commission for Improved Employment (October 13, 1931)
- Protest of Central Unemployed Citizens League against system of hiring labor (May 27, 1932)
- Protest of Downtown Local Unemployed Council against forced labor (January 14, 1935)
- Letter from State of Washington Department of Public Welfare to Seattle Park Board (July 16, 1935)
- Letter from Mayor to City Council relating to WPA projects (August 7, 1935)
- Petition of unemployed workers for relief by employment (May 29, 1936)
- Report of WPA on rates of pay, hours and conditions of employment (June 22, 1936)
- Resolution of Workers' Alliance and Project Workers' Union regarding WPA pay increase (October 24, 1936)
- Letter and report on Community Progress by Don F. Abel, State Administrator for WPA (January 9, 1937)
- Seattle Park Department progress report on WPA projects (June 30, 1938)
- Letter from W.C. Hall, Junior Park Engineer, to Don Abel, WPA Administrator (March 18, 1938)
- Report of WPA park projects in Southern Division (April 25, 1939)
Berner, Richard C. Seattle 1921-1940: From Boom to Bust. Seattle: Charles Press, 1992.
Hillman, Arthur. The Unemployed Citizens' League of Seattle. University of Washington Publications in the Social Sciences, Vol. 5, No. 3, p. 181-270, February 1934. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1934.
Schwantes, Carlos Arnaldo. The Pacific Northwest: An Interpretive History. Chapter 18, "Depression Decade." Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 1996.
The National Experience, Fifth Edition. Chapter 27, "The New Deal." New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, Inc., 1981.
White, Richard. "It's your Misfortune and None of My Own": A New History of the American West. Chapter 17, "The Depression." Norman: University of Oklahoma, c. 1993.
Public Works Committee Records (Record Series 9560-01), Seattle Municipal Archives.
Photographs relating to WPA projects can be found in the Seattle Municipal Archives Digital Collections by using the search term "WPA."


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The Computer Vision and Multimedia Laboratory (CVML) was founded in 1989 by Prof. Thierry Pun. It is headed by Profs. Thierry Pun, Sviatoslav Voloshynovskiy and Stéphane Marchand-Maillet. The laboratory currently comprises about 20 researchers at various academic levels (research assistant, post-doc, assistant-, associate- and full- professor). The laboratory carries out research in computer vision, multimedia processing, management and security, as well as human-machine interaction. Research applies to visual media such as images and videos, to sounds, and to physiological signals. Research results are described in about 300 refereed scientific publications and in 8 patents. The laboratory is divided into three research groups:
Stochastic information processing (SIP): information forensics and security, statistical signal processing, digital fingerprinting, physical object security, object recognition on mobile devices;
Data Mining and Machine Learning (VIPER): multimedia data analysis, indexing, retrieval, exploration;
Affective Computing and Multimodal Interaction (MMI): emotions analysis, brain-computer interaction, multimodal human-computer interaction.


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Police wrestle bear cub into custody
A baby bear went on a romp through downtown Waynesville last week before finally being cornered and captured by police officers on a preschool playground on Main Street.
The bear was first spotted on the playground of the First United Methodist Church preschool. Preschool staff called the police department then tracked the bear cub as it moved through downtown, keeping tabs on its whereabouts until police arrived.
Two blocks later, it jumped the fence of another preschool playground, First Baptist Church.
It was a stroke of luck for those trying to catch the bear. The sunken playground is surrounded by a brick wall or fence on all sides. A growing field of spectators pitched in, surrounding the playground and running interference to keep the bear confined while waiting for an animal control officer.
By now, three Waynesville police officers had arrived and orchestrated the efforts to keep the bear inside the playground, shooing and clapping at it each time it attempted to scale the wall or climb the fence. But the cub was growing increasingly agitated, fueled partly by the mounting number of onlookers with cell phone cameras encircling the playground. One spectator fetched a rope from his truck, tied a loop in it and began trying to lasso the bear cub.
With still no sign of animal control officers and no indication of how soon they would arrive, Waynesville Police Officer Kenny Aldridge decided the officers needed to act.
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He jumped the fence into the playground and began working the bear cub into a corner.
"I was somewhat concerned about all the people. A small bear can still do major damage," Aldridge said. "I was also afraid it would get spooked and get out in traffic."
Meanwhile, Deputy Micah Phillips donned his leather gloves and began moving in on the bear. Aldridge chased the cub toward a brick wall, and as it began to scramble up, Phillips seized the moment. He dashed up behind the bear and quick as a flash grabbed it by the scruff of its neck.
The bear cub turned into a writhing, flailing ball of fur and claws, which were easily two inches long despite his stature of only 20 pounds or so. Letting go wasn't an option at this point, so Phillips held tight, even as the bear cub extended both his paws, and reached behind his head groping for his captor. The bear's claws closed in on Phillips' wrist, but luckily his gloves proved just long enough — the bear's groping claws came within half an inch of the top of Phillips' gloves. Phillips strolled out of the playground, opened the back door of his patrol car and flung the bear inside before slamming the car door.
"I've never grabbed a bear before," Phillips said. When asked how he knew his gloves were just long enough to spare his wrist from being torn to shreds, "That was just a gamble," he said.
The baby bear's mother was nowhere to be seen — perhaps killed, but most likely out of the picture due to the food shortage facing black bears throughout the mountains this fall. Mothers unable to provide for all their young will abandon some of their cubs. A cub going into the winter without its mother is certain death, however. The cubs don't yet know how to find food on their own, nor do they understand how to den up and hibernate for the long winter.
Making matters worse, the bear cub had not faired well on its own and was clearly malnourished and underweight for its age, hardly equipped to survive the cold season ahead.
The bear cub was taken to a bear rehabilitation and rescue center where it will spend the winter and then be released into the wild next summer.


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Export Time to Italy
Export time from UK to Italy is around 1 – 2 days for goods shipped by road in a dedicated road freight vehicle. For goods sent by part load the shipping time to Italy is around 1 week. Part load times are not guaranteed in advance, so we always recommend that you check in advance with our team for our latest shipping schedule to Italy before planning delivery to Italy.
Air freight time to Italy is around 1 – 2 days. We offer daily departures from major UK airports so delivery time from UK to Italy is normally no longer than 3 days.
Italy is an EU member country so customs clearance is not necessary.
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The cost of exporting to Italy will depend upon the type and size of your shipment, and whether it is shipped by road or air. For shipments sent by road the export cost will also depend on whether your goods are shipped as a part load or a full load shipment.
Air shipping costs to Italy are based on a combination of the dimensions and weight of your consignment. It is important that this information is accurate in order for us to prepare an exact quotation for your air shipping costs.
Road exports to Italy can be on either a full load or part load basis. For goods sent as a full load, costs are based on a lump sum for an entire road freight vehicle, and will not vary, no matter how full or empty the truck is. For goods sent as a part load, the cost will depend upon the amount of space your goods take up in the vehicle. It is therefore important that you have accurate sizes of your goods for export so we can prepare an accurate quotation for your exporting costs.
To get exact export costs to Italy, please contact our team on 01604 926201 or complete the shipping quote request form on the right hand side of this page.
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For commercial exporters shipping goods to Italy we provide a full range of export facilities. Daily collections throughout the UK with air shipping and road shipping options.
We have a regular part load export schedule to Italy with weekly departures to minimise Italy shipping times.
For larger consignments of export goods to Italy we will deliver a truck directly to your premises for you to load. If you prefer we can send our one of our specialist loading crews to pack your shipping goods into the truck.
Italy is an EU member state, so there will be no customs clearance when your goods reach the border. Instead, the road shipping vehicle will deliver to site in Italy directly.
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Need to export boxes from the UK to Italy? We supply free export boxes and bubble wrap, daily collections throughout the UK, and 'per box' shipping costs to Italy.
Chose from either air or road exporting to Italy with daily departures by air and a regular road shipping schedule.
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We offer free UK storage to all our customers shipping boxes, so we can ship your boxes to coincide with your arrival in Italy.
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From a few selected pieces of furniture to a full household removal with cars – we handle furniture exports to Italy for thousands of satisfied customers every year. Our expert packing teams will carefully wrap your furniture items in your home and create a full customs inventory. A complete door to door service means we will deliver your furniture and household goods directly to your new home in Italy, unpack and remove the debris. We provide comprehensive transit insurance for your peace of mind and protection.
- Choose full export packing service or pack your own boxes
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Wondering how to export your car to Italy? We offer a choice of container shipping or roll-on roll-off car shipping to Italy. Our regular car export schedule means weekly departures for Italy and we can arrange comprehensive transit insurance for your peace of mind. For high value or non-running cars we can collect directly from your home or office and deliver directly to the port for shipping.
When you import your car into Italy we provide a choice of delivery to your new home or a door-to-port service where you can collect your car directly.
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For cheapest car export costs and up to date export schedules to Italy, please call our car shipping team on 01604 926201 or complete the quote request form and we will contact you directly.
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We always offer free quotations and our staff are always happy to give export advice to anyone! If you need a specific export time to Italy, or want specific costs for your individual project or relocation, just give one of our team a call on 01604 926201. It's helpful if you know specific details of what you are sending – but don't worry if you don't have all the information as we will always help as much as possible and the gaps can be filled in later.


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I wrote the first version of Gmail in one day. It was not very impressive. All I did was stuff my own email into the Google Groups (Usenet) indexing engine. I sent it out to a few people for feedback, and they said that it was somewhat useful, but it would be better if it searched over their email instead of mine. That was version two. After I released that people started wanting the ability to respond to email as well. That was version three. That process went on for a couple of years inside of Google before we released to the world.
And even when it was released, Gmail stayed in a closed beta for more than a year. After almost four years since the release, Gmail constantly adds new features and it's still in beta ("There's no good reason in the world for Gmail to still have the beta tag. It was supposed to have gone away a long time ago," says Paul).
Paul Buchheit, who left Google and currently works for a startup with other ex-Googlers, thinks it's important to release applications in an incipient phase to get feedback from users.
So what's the right attitude? Humility. It doesn't matter how smart and successful and qualified you are, you simply don't know what you're doing. (...) What is the humble approach to product design? Pay attention. Notice which things are working and which aren't. Experiment and iterate. Question your assumptions. Remember that you are wrong about a lot of things. Watch for the signals. Lose your technical and design snobbery.
Gmail got a delete button after many months of requests from users, even if Gmail's philosophy was "archive, don't delete". Gmail will also add some functionality from folders to its labels, most likely drag and drop.
The key step is to build a product that's interesting enough to a attract an audience and learn from people who use the product. "The sooner you can start testing your ideas, the sooner you can start fixing them," explains Paul.


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Water Damaged Carpet Restoration in Prahran East – Carpet Drying & Repair Services
The presence of carpets can elate a specific space of your property. This does not end there. Many people spend a significant amount of money buying these pristine articles.
And, to do what – to add a valuable asset to their homes, offices, and many more facilities. Moreover, with its beauty comes some integral responsibilities.
These responsibilities account in terms of repairing, restoring and cleaning your carpets. Yes, you read it right. Emergency situations like water damaged carpets and mould stimulations can make matters worse for you and your articles.
How Do We Perform Flood Damage Restoration In Prahran East
Carpet Flood Damage and Water repairing and restoration services are two of the essential ones. Complete Carpet restoration comprises a professional team of cleaning and restorers who can quickly assess the flooding activity and restore the carpet. Furthermore, water damage is one such situation that can be resulted from washing machine leakage, unexpected flood damage scenario, a tap overflow, or even roof leakage. So, whatever the situation is, don't fret or hesitate to call us in time of an emergency.
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Water damage is one of the worst things that can happen to your carpets. Even worse if you have crawling babies at home who have their toys stationed on and around the rugs or carpets. And, do not forget that kids do like to put toys in their mouths.
So, wet carpets need to adhere to cleaning and restoration services. To whom do you contact? What do you do? When you witness more water contact the carpet, do not perform drying activities by yourself.
A professional cleaner like us will have industrial drying equipment to make things easier in Prahran East.
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If you're from a commercial facility and see water leakages hindering the quality of your carpet, curtail further destruction by calling Complete Carpet Restoration. And, guess what?
We have several years of experience under the belt and comprise certified technicians. So, hire us at this hour for a free quote and commercial flooding removal services.
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After all these years of experience and work, we have a comprehensive inventory consisting of drying and water extraction tools and equipment to handle both large and small jobs.
Moreover, we have water-removal cleaners who can eliminate moisture and stains from the carpet in no time.
Besides, our certified cleaners will first pump out the freestanding moisture or water in Melbourne and then use a strong machine to extract mould and water from the upholstery and carpet.
Post that, we also perform steam cleaning to eliminate any secondary damage.
Procedure For Flood Damage Restoration Prahran East
Nothing can cause more destruction than water. Fixing a wet carpet is one of the integral practices in carpet cleaning and carpet drying businesses. We follow a set procedure for such a service. We begin by extracting excess water, remove moisture from the wet carpet, and dry the floor and carpet. Procedure for carpet cleaning and restoration
- To begin with, our cleaners will remove the water through a vacuum and suck as much water.
- We utilise specific tools to quicken wet carpet drying and water damage. Even a carpet owner can do this by using the circulation of air through ceiling fans.
- Post that, our certified cleaners will utilise dehumidifiers to eliminate unnecessary moisture caught on the carpet and further prevent mould and mildew growth.
- Moving on, our cleaners will treat your carpet and all the affected flooring adequately. Moreover, we adhere to carpet cleaning and sanitise it thoroughly. However, in some cases, for flood water damage, our cleaners may suggest carpet padding replacements if required.
- The walls and baseboards are next that need to be sanitised further in such a process. We ensure to sanitise anything that has been damaged and affected by water and moulds properly. Consequently, we have essential and effective sanitisers to ensure the safety and security of all your family members. And, through these processes, we won't be harming the environment as well.
- The last step that we utilise is checking all the furniture available near the carpet and figure if anything went under the knife of flood water damage.
- And, after the inspection is complete, we will move all your furniture to the dry following. Besides, once the wet carpet and its surrounding areas are dried, we will move the furniture back to their parent positions.
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We have several cleaning services at Complete Carpet Restoration to help you identify and complete carpet drying and carpet cleaning solutions.
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All of these listed services are present at an affordable cost and package. If there's sudden flooding and you require emergency services, we'll be present at your property at no additional price. We know water damage is devastating, and its after-effects can be controlled. Besides, we will ensure that carpet drying Prahran East and carpet drying are minimised. However, all one has to do is call us to receive a free quote. And, we're available all days a week!


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The word chakra is derived from Sanskrit, meaning "wheel", or "circle of life". They consist of seven main energy centers found in the body and is associated with a variety of colors, symbols and Hindu gods. In Hinduism, the continuous flow of energy throughout the chakras is referred to as "Shakti". The concept of chakra was first mentioned in the ancient sacred Hindu text, The Vedas, but also plays an important role in Tibetan Buddhism.
Chakras are located along the spine and influence different nerve systems, organs and glands with their energy. These vortexes of energy are originated from Brahman, according to Hindu beliefs. It is presumed that as Shakti flows from one chakra point to another it exhausts the body and soul. The energy that becomes coiled in the base of the spine (root chakra) is called Kundalini. The spiritual goal is to awaken and release the Kundalini in order to attain a greater consciousness and merge it with the Infinite consciousness of Brahman. Through meditation and Kundalini yoga, the energy can pass back up the spine until it reaches the top of the head (crown chakra), producing a mystical experience.
"Kundalini yoga consists of active and passive asana-based kriyas, pranayama, and meditations which target the whole body system (nervous system, glands, mental faculties, and chakras) to develop awareness, consciousness and spiritual strength." –Yogi Bhajan
Chakras & Colors:
1. Muladhara: The Root Chakra – located at base of the spine. Associated with red. It affects your confidence, trust in life and self-esteem. It is from here that our base instincts arise; the need to survive or the fight or flight reflex. Hindu God –Lord Ganesh and Brahman.
2. Swadhisthana: The Sacral Chakra – located below the navel. Associated with orange. It affects sexual desires, attractions and the need to procreate. Other emotions, such as, anger, fear and hatred stem from this chakra. Hindu God –Lord Vishnu
3. Manipura: The Solar Plexus Chakra – located at the bottom of the breast bone. Associated with bright yellow. It affects the lower back, digestive system, liver and gall bladder. Feelings that are associated with this chakra, include, determination, self-acceptance and will power. It is here that instinctual emotion translates to more complex emotions. Hindu God –Maharudra Shiva
4. Anahata: The Heart Chakra – located at the center of the chest. Associated with green. Feelings associated with this location are love, compassion, emotional security, forgiveness and loving kindness. Hindu God –Ishvara
5. Vishuddha: The Throat Chakra – located at the throat, over the larynx. Associated with blue. It is the source of our ability to communicate, and express creativity and individuality. Hindu God – Sadashiva
6. Ajna: The Third Eye Chakra – located at front of the head in between eye brows. Associated with indigo. The mind, as the sense organ and action organ are associated with this chakra. Feelings associated with this chakra are spirituality, awareness, and sense of time. Hindu God -Ardhanarishvara –an androgynous form of Hindu god Lord Shiva and Parvati, also known as Devi and Shakti
7. Sahasrara: The Crown Chakra – located at the top of the head. Associated with purple, or gold. It is from this chakra that all others emanate. It relates to pure consciousness. In Hindu literature, it is known as "the supreme center of contact with God." Here liberated ones abide in communion with the Self. Hindu God – Lord Shiva
"Good for the body is the work of the body, good for the soul the work of the soul, and good for either the work of the other". –Henry David Thoreau


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Why does the Netherlands have such a strong biking culture? Most of the country is flat, the cities are compact (at least by Chicago standards) and the weather never gets too hot or too cold to bike. One can reliably commute by bike nearly every day of the year. The country has many dedicated bike paths and marked bike lanes on many major roads. Traffic laws greatly favor bikes over cars. This all gives positive reinforcement to bicycling in this country.
Bicycles here for the most part do not have hand brakes or multiple gears but are otherwise rather sturdy. Bicycle lights are required at night; a visiting complexity theorist got a ticket for not using his. Virtually no one wears a helmet. When we lived here on sabbatical we would put our one-year old daughter on a bike seat on the handlebars without a helmet—the norm for Holland but might have gotten us arrested back in the states.
Bicycle theft is a big problem especially in the cities. The general rule is to spend as much on the lock as you did on the bike. Locking up your bike requires knowing your topology; Get it wrong and you might lose a wheel or worse yet keep your wheel and lose the rest of the bike.
Most people in Holland don't bike for health or environmental reasons. Bicycling is often simply the easiest way to get from point A to point B.


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Dratzo! We come excited about what is happening on your world. Our liaisons report that great progress is being made on setting up a secure and reliable system for the global transfers of your many different types of humanitarian and prosperity funds. These funds are currently concluding what has been a long and circuitous process to ensure their safe delivery to you. This month is beginning to shape up as the time when these funds can be safely given to you. This operation is to ready a number of other groups that are designated to change some governments and declare NESARA to be in effect.
These circumstances are to be the much-needed preliminaries for disclosure and for the Ascended Masters to announce their schedule for a series of very important teachings. These various lessons are to be the foundation for what we intend to tell you. Our team has literally spent years honing the best way to tell you of our existence and what your ascension is to entail. We are as well to begin to explain how our many mentors are to operate among you. It is vital that you have an excellent understanding of how your ascension is to happen and how you are to learn the necessary galactic etiquette.
Thus, this coming time is quickly to create a great deal of concept-altering events. It is to seem much like when the American nation was first born in 1781. It is difficult for you in this day and age to envision such a great turn-around. Your former beliefs are mostly to be altered by events that are to appear in an ever-dizzying sequence. We know just how strange this is to appear to you. In a very brief period, you are to be thrown into what can seem like a new world. We ask that you be prepared by assuming in your mind just how odd things are to get.
Imagine, government that you have long taken for granted gone in the twinkling of an eye. Imagine, we suddenly change from a seeming apparition to a grand reality. Imagine, the open worldwide appearance of the Ascended Masters! All of this is just the beginning. There is to be proof given of a hollow Earth and you are to see the Agarthans make their public appearances among you. You are suddenly to be thrust from starting to be Planetary Humans to swiftly ascending to Galactic Humanhood!
As you can see, your immediate future is to change drastically the reality you now reside in. To us, it is a fact that you are to re-acquaint yourselves with those who regularly come to assist you from Heaven and with us. We are your spiritual and space families. We temporarily lost you when the Atlantean scientists dropped you into limited consciousness. Now, we await your prophesied return to full consciousness. In the interim you have been ruled over by the Anunnaki, and recently only by the dark minions appointed long ago by these same Anunnaki.
These dark cabals are reaching the very end of their power over you. When Heaven reconnected with you nearly 13 millennia ago, Heaven selected special Souls to begin to supervise and guide the time and method of your re-connection. At present, these are primarily your many Ascended Masters. These holy ones have graciously assisted us ever since we first came here. You are presently in the final stages before you fully return to us. The beginning of all this is, of course, the spreading of a worldwide prosperity.
The present time is thus a series of rapid advances followed by a slight slowdown. This stop and start reality is presently ending. The coming time is to be highlighted by the rise of NESARA and the end of a long era when most governments were run by an oligarchy-dominant environment. This is to be replaced by a reality in which truth and transparency are the rule. In this environment, you are to be able to ensure that government primarily represents you.
We are to come and permit you to employ your currently sequestered technologies and those that we intend to provide. Using these, you can cure disease and stabilize your environment. That is, you can rid your water, land and air of all the pollution, which you have plastered her with for the past two millennia. Gaia is to be most pleased with these actions. We ask that you as well take the time to repair all the damage caused by your constant mining, farming and fishing that your global societies did to survive. The new technologies permit you to do so. The remaining structures are to be destroyed by the coming Earth changes!
Namaste! We are your Ascended Masters! We come to clarify further what our blessed brothers in space have told you. At present, we are readying the final points of the operation that is to bring you our sacred blessings. Decades ago, we started to recruit those to enlist many of you in a prosperity program. At first this program was muddled in the struggle set up between the Light and the dark on this world.
Decade after decade failed to bring a successful resolution to this dilemma. Then in the past few months our associates and our Agarthan friends proposed a possible solution. After much deliberation, a way to deliver was set up and briefly acted upon. This possibility failed to permit a full delivery. More discussions with our many allies have now reached the means to bring you your blessings. Hence, during this month, the Light is prepared to force the dark to allow mass deliveries to occur. We wish to thank our spiritual and space families for their most gracious assistance!
When these various deliveries are finally completed, the reality that you live in is to be completely changed. New governance added to a new transparent financial system is to open opportunities for you to restyle your perceptions about how these human societies work. It is our blessed intent to give a series of special lessons on the truths behind the formation of your so-called religious philosophies.
Many changes were caused by those who shaped and created what you now deeply believe. To be truly free, you need to open your minds to what actually happened centuries and millennia ago. When we first achieved immortality, we went to a special place to train for our respective missions. Here, we learned what really happened long ago. We now wish to pass on what we jointly learned. These series of truths can help you to prepare for what is to happen shortly.
At present, you are moving through times when one health crisis is followed by yet another. All of this is how Heaven is blessedly moving you toward full consciousness. Most of the sacred reasons for this are usually explained to you. You need to have one who you trust to explain this in detail. What first the Atlanteans and then the Anunnaki did was part of a vast conspiracy to leave you in a smoky amnesia about your origins.
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Today, we continued our weekly messages. Take the time after reading this to thank Heaven for its gracious dispensations. Realize how much energy has already been put into moving this reality from the dark into the Light. Be ready to join others in supporting the Light and in bringing the grand prosperity to all! Know, dear Ones, that the countless Supply and never-ending Prosperity of Heaven are indeed yours! So Be It! Selamat Gajun! Selamat Ja! (Sirian for Be One! and Be in Joy!)
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The site was selected because of its rural location however it is not too far from Ketapang where most of the staff live. The goal of the centre was to provide as much of a natural experience for the orangutans as possible. The land that the centre was built on contained a large expanse of secondary forest and peat swamp forest, which would be suitable for forest school for the younger orangutans, and islands for the older orangutans in the pre-release stage of rehabilitation.
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A prominent anti-poverty activist, who authored several books on the Great Depression, the Second World War and postwar austerity, has died in an eastern Ontario hospital.
Harry Leslie Smith's son, who has been issuing regular medical updates to his father's 250,000 Twitter followers, said the 95-year-old died early this morning.
I'm spending the last years of my life touring the #refugee hot spots of the world to find a solution to this crisis https://t.co/hG7dqOR8AU
— Harry Leslie Smith (@Harryslaststand) October 7, 2017
Smith, who lived through the Great Depression and fought in the British air force during the Second World War, has been a lifelong advocate for the poor.
Online tributes have been pouring in for him as he received treatment in an intensive care unit in Belleville, Ont., after his family said he suffered a fall.
Notables, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, actress Mia Farrow and British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, are among the supporters who have extended their well wishes to the famed activist.
His son John has said on Twitter that his father expressed his appreciation for the support he's received.
"I told Harry before he fell into a deep sleep about the concern rippling across Twitter for him and he said to me, 'Tell them, I love each of them so much,'" John wrote on Twitter.
In response, Trudeau tweeted: "Harry's journey and courage have inspired so much love and kindness on this site, and in the real world too. Thank you for taking us along — we're pulling for you."
Smith, who splits his time living between England and Canada, rose to online prominence as a nonagenarian for his progressive polemics rooted in personal strife.
Born in Yorkshire, England, Smith's four-year-old sister died of tuberculosis in 1926, his family too poor to afford proper medical care before the formation of the National Health Service.
In several books and essays, Smith draws parallels between his own brushes with global crises of the past and current turmoil that affects the marginalized. He was particularly critical of the dismantling of social-welfare systems, the inequities of unchecked capitalism and the rising threat of nationalism.
"I am the world's oldest rebel," Smith told UNHCR Magazine in October. "I think there are many things we can do if we put our minds to it, and we shouldn't be leaving anyone out."
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Top 10 Charley Pride Songs
Charley Pride left behind a legacy as a groundbreaker within country music. The Mississippi native was also a baseball talent — he played with several Negro Leagues teams and tried out for some Major League Baseball squads, too — and was later signed to RCA Records by Chet Atkins himself.
That record deal accelerated Pride's career success, and he soon became a dominant force within the genre; in fact, between 1967 and 1984, only two of his singles missed the Top 10 of Billboard's country charts. Overall, he racked up 40 No. 1 hits, and won an impressive array of awards.
In 1971, Pride's album Did You Think to Pray won Best Sacred Performance (Musical) at the Grammy Awards, while his single "Let Me Live" nabbed the Grammy for Best Gospel Performance (Other Than Soul). Pride was named the CMA's Entertainer of the Year and Top Male Vocalist that year, and earned the latter honor in 1972 as well.
Pride is also one of only three Black performers to be inducted into the Grand Ole Opry, and he was ushered into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2000. In November, he earned the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award from the Country Music Association, shortly before his death from COVID-19 in December.
Pride never stopped recording, either: He was part of the 2016 all-star "Forever Country" single, and released an album, Music in My Heart, in 2017. Although it's tough to choose the best moments from his catalog, here are the Top 10 Charley Pride songs:
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"Mountain of Love"
From 1982's 'Everybody's Choice'A staple of Pride's setlists to this day, the Harold Dorman-penned "Mountain of Love" — which was also popularized by Johnny Rivers — shows off the icon's range. More specifically, Pride's chart-topping version of the song, which expresses regret that a former love is marrying someone else, hews toward easygoing country-soul with a hint of gospel, and is driven by his expressive, resonant voice. Although lyrically morose, his delivery is almost jaunty and optimistic — a signal that the protagonist will survive his loneliness.
- 9
"Someone Loves You Honey"
From 1978's 'Someone Loves You Honey'A two-week chart topper, "Someone Loves You Honey" is a swooning, romantic ballad that find Pride showing off his tender vocal side. "Remember, someone loves you honey," he croons. "No matter what, I just want you to be my girl."
- 8
"It's Gonna Take a Little Bit Longer"
From 1972's 'A Sunshine Day With Charley Pride'Pride recorded dozens of songs written by Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame member Ben Peters — including "It's Gonna Take a Little Bit Longer," which spent three weeks at No. 1 on the country charts. Highlighted by jaunty pedal steel and twangy guitars, the wise song features a narrator who realizes he's still hung up on an ex, but is being careful with his heart and not rushing getting over things.
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"(I'm So) Afraid of Losing You Again"
From 1970's 'Just Plain Charley'Pride's second No. 1 single, the vulnerable ballad "(I'm So) Afraid of Losing You Again," spent three weeks at No. 1 on the country charts. With its rich harmonies, keening pedal steel and slow-trot tempo, the song embodied the "countrypolitan" sound dominating the charts in the late '60s and early '70s.
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"Crystal Chandeliers"
From 1967's 'The Country Way'Pride has bigger hits, although one of his most beloved songs in Belfast, Ireland, is "Crystal Chandeliers." According to the Belfast Telegraph, that's because the country icon performed in the city in 1976, when Belfast was roiled by political unrest, and paved the way for other musicians to come to the city. "That was a significant release for me," Pride told the paper in 2015. "I knew in my heart "Chandeliers" would be a hit."
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"All I Have to Offer You (Is Me)"
From 1969's 'The Best of Charley Pride'Pride's first No. 1 single is self-deprecating and almost bashful. Before offering up a wedding ring, the song's protagonist warns a potential spouse, "There's something you should know / About the years ahead and how they'll be / You'll be living in a world / Where roses hardly ever grow / 'Cause all I have to offer you is me." "All I Have to Offer You (Is Me)" was also notable because it marked the first time a Black musician had topped the country charts since 1944, when Louis Jordan did so with "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby."
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"I'm Just Me"
From 1971's 'I'm Just Me'This upbeat, brisk ode to being true to yourself spent four weeks atop the country charts. "I was just born to be exactly what you see," he sings, as a chorus of background singers bolsters his expressions of individualism. "Nothing more or less; I'm not the worst or the best / I just try to be exactly what you see / Today and every day, I'm just me."
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"Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone"
From 1970's 'Charley Pride's 10th Album'Strings and pedal steel dip up and down throughout this deceptively upbeat No. 1 song, which details someone attempting to hit the open road and flee from an imploded relationship, ostensibly by hitchhiking. While the narrator isn't picky ("Is anybody goin' to San Antone / Or Phoenix, Arizona? / Anyplace is alright as long as I / Can forget I've ever known her"), he does realize, on some level, that running away won't solve his heartbreak. Doug Sahm and Nancy Sinatra have also cut versions of this song.
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"Just Between You and Me"
From 1967's 'The Pride of Country Music'Pride's first big hit was this Grammy-nominated song, a gentle waltz with soft-glow backing harmonies which reached No. 9 on the charts and established his country/pop bona fides. "Just between you and me," he sings in a warm, downtrodden tone that's brimming with sadness. "You're too much to forget."
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"Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'"
From 1971's 'Charley Pride Sings Heart Songs'Pride's highest-charting pop crossover song — it peaked at No. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 — the playful "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'" is his most recognizable tune. The secret is in its simplicity: The lyrics reveal the secret to a happy life — that would be treating a woman right, so you have a loving relationship — and music that combines instrumentation such as jaunty piano and perky fiddle. Pride ties it all together with an understated vocal that exudes hard-earned wisdom: It's the voice of a contented man who knows exactly of which he sings.


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Friday, May 1, 2009
A little Penne with some Zukes
All little zucchini didn't hurt any pasta. So they've become good friends. Simple, easy to make and delish for a last minute dinner idea.
This with a little homemade garlic bread. yum-o!
Penne Pasta with Zucchini
2 medium sized Zucchini (peeled and sliced into coins or half-moons)
3 roma tomatoes (diced)
2 garlic cloves (minced)
1 Tbps dry Thyme
1 Tbsp dry parsley
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
2/3 of a box of penne rigate
manchego cheese
salt and pepper to taste.
Making pasta: Bring a large pot filled with water to a boil on medium to high heat. When the water is nearly bubbling like crazy, sprinkle liberally with salt and add in pasta. It will cook in about 12 min then drain.
Heat a large sauce pan and coat the bottom with olive oil. When the oil is hot, saute the garlic for 30 sec then add the roma tomatoes, zucchini, thyme and parsley. Season with some salt and pepper. Cooking until the zucchini is tender. Stir occasionally. Drizzle in more olive oil and add in the pasta and combine well.
Put a nice helping in a plate and top with some freshly shredded manchego cheese.
32 comments:
- Christo Gonzales said...
oh no - you said yum- o
- May 1, 2009 at 8:16 AM
- chow and chatter said...
lovely and simple love the word for zucchini - zukes in the UK we actually call it courgette, its amazing how everyone calls things around the globe love it
lol - May 1, 2009 at 8:25 AM
- Jen @ MyKitchenAddiction.com said...
Looks delicious. I just picked up some zucchini at the farmers market today and didn't have any plans for it. Now I do!
- May 1, 2009 at 8:49 AM
- Sweta (My Indian Dietitian) said...
Wow-zucchini and pasta!!Lovely.
Just the other day I read a recipe for raw pad thai,where the noodles were made of zucchini :) - May 1, 2009 at 9:02 AM
- Kelly said...
The manchego cheese caught my attention! What a lovely change from parm. It looks crazy tasty!
- May 1, 2009 at 10:55 AM
Manchego Cheese Alert:
That stuff is awesome!
Thanks for sharing,
Eric - May 1, 2009 at 11:00 AM
- The Duo Dishes said...
Yes to the manchego! It's one of the fave cheeses.
- May 1, 2009 at 11:01 AM
- Diana said...
I love the addition of manchego cheese here -- it's one of my favorites!
- May 1, 2009 at 11:28 AM
- Jenn said...
doggy: Don't worry you won't benhearing that form he again.
chow and chatter: courgette...that's funny. Ya, so many different words for one item.
Jen: Pasta to the rescue
Sweta: Noodles made of Zucchini? I love to try that.
Kelly: i love manchego!
Eric: yes, it is!
Duo dishes, Diana: Manchego def one of my favs. - May 1, 2009 at 11:47 AM
- Heather S-G said...
Oh yeah! Sounds delicious...mmmmmm, manchego!
- May 1, 2009 at 12:00 PM
Yummy pasta with manchego and zucchini!
- May 1, 2009 at 12:01 PM
- Reeni said...
This looks awesome delicious! I wish it was my dinner!
- May 1, 2009 at 1:41 PM
- Jenn said...
girlichef: it is!
5 star foodie: I haven't really eaten manchego with pasta until this.
Reeni: Why notmake it for dinner? =) - May 1, 2009 at 2:18 PM
- Joie de vivre said...
I'm always looking for zucchini ideas to help with the summer glut. Thanks for the idea!
- May 1, 2009 at 7:53 PM
- Jenn said...
Joie: Zucchinis are perfect for summer.
- May 1, 2009 at 8:27 PM
- Dewi said...
Oh I love Manchego, though I never really add this to my pasta, BUT I will try, I am sure it tastes delicious.
elra - May 1, 2009 at 9:33 PM
- Jenn said...
Elra: It's a nice change from the usual parmesan.
- May 1, 2009 at 11:24 PM
- alice said...
Never heard of manchego cheese.. I feel so out of place here. I love this recipe though ( I love all your recipes) because its so simple. Just back to basics.
- May 1, 2009 at 11:47 PM
- Jenn said...
Alice: No need to feel out of place. I was completely oblivious to Manchego cheese was until fairly recent. I was in the same boat as you. The wonderful thing about food is that you can learn so many new things. It's a never ending buffet as I like to call it. :-)
- May 2, 2009 at 12:51 AM
Dear jenn!
Great idea. Vegetarians will be happy.
But do you really need to peel the zucchinis?
Looking forward to reading your answer!
All the best!
Robert-Gilles - May 2, 2009 at 1:06 AM
- Jenn said...
Robert-Gilles: It was just my preference at the time not to have the skins on them. But you don't have to peel them.
- May 2, 2009 at 1:32 AM
Dear Jenn!
I'm trying to solve the Blogspot comment Box trouble.
What is the name of the Comment Box you use?
Looking forward to reading your reply (on my blog would be fine)!
Robert-Gilles - May 2, 2009 at 3:46 AM
- Ozge said...
Jenn! This is easy to make, but more delicious than that. Garlic is a great addition... Oh so good. You feature the kind of food that'd make me drool! How do you do that ;)
- May 2, 2009 at 4:11 AM
I really do enjoy your recipes. I love how sweet and simple it is, yet so fresh and full of flavor! Your blog is definitely a great source of inspiration.
- May 2, 2009 at 7:47 AM
- lisaiscooking said...
Great twist with the manchego! Sounds delicious.
- May 2, 2009 at 7:55 AM
- Fearless Kitchen said...
This looks really tasty! It's a great way to add more vegetables.
- May 2, 2009 at 10:00 AM
- Jenn said...
R-G: Wrote my reply on you blog =) I use the "full page" option for comments.
Ozge: Thanks. The type of food. I post here are the one I like to eat or try out. Don't want to make things to complicated. I'm all about simple.
burpandslurp: Thank you very much. I'm flattered. =)
lisaiscooking: Since discovering manchego, I can't get enough of it.
Fearless Kitchen: Yes, it is. - May 2, 2009 at 12:19 PM
I always love quick and easy - delicious goes without saying ideas for dinner. Looks fantastic
- May 2, 2009 at 4:18 PM
- Tangled Noodle said...
This is a great pasta dish - fresh and flavorful! Last year, I was up to my neck in zucchini from the garden so I have plenty still frozen and ready to use.
- May 2, 2009 at 4:31 PM
- Jenn said...
Oyster Culture: Quick and easy is sometimes the best way to go especially in today's society.
Tangled Noodle: There you go. You get to use them now. =) - May 2, 2009 at 4:50 PM
- Daily Spud said...
+1 vote for the manchego cheese - I absolutely love that stuff!
- May 3, 2009 at 4:01 PM
- Jenn said...
Daily Spud: I gotta use Manchego more often.
- May 3, 2009 at 6:44 PM


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Update: as per the comments below, it looks like the published schedule may not be correct and these games are only available on International Eurosport, not Eurosport UK. Hopefully we'll get clarification soon
Baseball fans in the U.K. will have two TV channels on which to watch games from the forthcoming World Baseball Classic (WBC), with Eurosport joining ESPN America in offering live baseball from the premier international tournament.
ESPN America, as the home of MLB in the UK and throughout Europe, was the natural host for the WBC and they've already confirmed that they will be showing games from the event.
However, the news that Eurosport are also broadcasting some games as well is a real bonus.
The channel has shown baseball games in the past, from European Baseball Championship games to the World Cup, so there was always a hope that they might get involved.
Their online UK TV guide shows that they are broadcasting games on Friday 8, Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 March and a quick check of the WBC schedule reveals that Eurosport will be following the fortunes of Spain in these contests.
The Spanish national team will compete at the WBC for the first time in the third staging of the event after coming through a qualifying competition in September. Spain will join the traditional powerhouses of Italy and the Netherlands in representing European baseball at the tournament.
They face a very difficult task in emerging from their First Round group as they are up against Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Venezuela, all of whom have several MLB All-Stars on their rosters. However, it will be a great challenge to compete against the likes of Yadier Molina, Carlos Beltran, Robinson Cano, Jose Reyes, Hanley Ramirez, Pablo Sandoval and Miguel Cabrera.
Details on MLB.com's online coverage of the WBC are still to be announced. It is expected that a subscription package for the event, separate from the main 2013 MLB.TV Premium subscription, will be available to sign up to in the next couple of days.