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Staff Favorites - Joe Manekin
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Joe arrived at our doors in February 2007 from far away, Washington, DC to be exact. Just so no one gets the wrong idea, though, he was merely earning a living in DC; Joe's cultural identity, as well as his professional sports allegiances and, when he has a few drinks in him, his accent, are all Baltimore through and through. After working on the wholesale side of the business for nearly 4 years, Joe decided that he wanted to work wine retail with the best, so he emailed Cindy Westby at K&L and the rest is history. While Joe is well versed in a number of wine regions, he most enjoys the wines of Europe, though he is growing increasingly interested in the great wines of the Santa Cruz mountains. When he is not at K&L, Joe enjoys cooking, traveling, catching up on The Wire, doing occasional PR, booking and recording work for reggae band JohnStone (www.johnstonemusic.com), and writing for his wine, food and music blog, Old world Old School (www.oldworldoldschool.blogspot.com)
2013 Vincent Paris "Granit 30" Cornas
Review Date: 07-07-2015
Vincent Paris Granit 30 Cornas for under $30?? Buy, buy buy! In all seriousness, this is one of the top tier producers in Cornas, someone with family ties to the great names (and vineyards) of the past, but with the intellect and interest in making great Syrah for the modern era as well. Which is not to say these wines are oaky or simple (far from it, in fact) but that the wines are great examples of a grape grown in its ideal locale. For my money there is no better Syrah in the store.
Price: $29.99
2012 Villa Symposia "Equilibre" Languedoc Rouge
Review Date: 07-07-2015
This Syrah heavy blend is a big, brawny, savory, beast of a wine. Dark fruited and meaty, it somehow maintains its balance with all the heft. Perhaps it's because the weight does not come in the form of heavy tannins, glycerine or extraction. In other words, this Languedoc red is full- bodied, but honest as well. A lot of wine for the money.
Price: $15.99
2013 Clos de l'Anhel "Lolo de l'Anhel" Corbieres
Review Date: 07-07-2015
Juicy raspberry and black raspberry fruit flavors are sturdy yet fresh, with lovely minerality and length as well. What an honest, interesting, expressive Corbieres, the likes of which are not too easy to find these days. Lolo! Check it out.
Price: $12.99
2013 Ermitage "Victor" Costieres de Nimes Rouge
Review Date: 07-07-2015
This is tasty, open-knitted red, with dark cherry and plum flavors, though it also has a serious side. The wine's tannic structure, weight and overall balance make it very food friendly and not merely a simple quaffer for the masses. Sneaky complexity, here!
Price: $9.99
2014 Mas de Cadenet Côtes de Provence Sainte Victoire Rosé
Review Date: 07-07-2015
If you're looking for Provençal rosé style, but with the extra minerality and presence of fancier rosé, this will not disappoint! Red fruits, minerals and very good acidity keep this both serious and refreshing.
Price: $19.99
1981 Viña Real "4 Año" Rioja
Review Date: 07-04-2015
While '82 gets all the glory, what a fantastic vintage 1981 is in Rioja! Just as in Bordeaux, the acidity is the star in this cooler, more Atlantic vintage. "4 año" is a now seldom used term to refer to the fact that a wine is released in its'4th year after the vintage. Sort of a crianza, though with the extra ageability and depth of a reserva wine. Older Viña Real, particularly from vintages like, '87, '85, '81, are legendary. Earthy, brightly fruited, occasionally often showing a stylistic nod towards Burgundy. This is a wine that is not to be missed.
Price: $89.99
1976 Bodegas Muga Crianza Rioja
Review Date: 07-04-2015
In comparison to the 1971, the 1976 Muga is relatively youthful! A beautiful red brick color, this wine shows lots of fruit on the nose, think blackberry and black raspberry compote, and also shows cocoa powder, spice and hints of barnyard. Broad on the palate, with lovely, tangy, fruit, amplitude, and weight. Another perfectly aged gem, stored in impeccable conditions from our cellar connection on the Basque coast.
Price: $79.99
1971 Bodegas Muga Crianza
Review Date: 07-04-2015
Even though it's considered a good vintage, 1971 is not an easy Rioja vintage to source. We lucked out and received this "Crianza," which by today's Rioja consejo regulated standards would likely be a Reserva or even Gran Reserva, from Bodegas Muga. The wine shows great development, with aromatic notes of older spices, celery leaf, moist tobacco, hints of white asparagus and cocoa powder. Great bass tones on this nose! Tangy fruits on the palate still show surprising structure, particularly as it opens up and gains volume. Texturally, the wine is pure silk at this point. A lovely example of a fully mature Rioja, from a well regarded bodega, for under $100.
Price: $99.99
2012 Chaman Malbec Reserva Mendoza
Review Date: 07-03-2015
This is a beautiful Malbec from a great vintage! Luis Reginato is one of the increasing number of very talented, engaged winemakers in Argentina, someone who understands wine from both the viticultural and oenological standpoint. Chaman has beautiful dark cherry and plum fruit flavors, with solid structure from both tannins and acidity. Excellent value!
Price: $11.99
2014 Touças Vinho Verde
Review Date: 06-28-2015
Yet another new Vinho Verde (yes, we cannot get enough of this stuff in the summertime!), the Touças is a very tasty, classic, dry style of Vinho Verde. It's crisp and tangy, with the requisite fizz we have come to expect from Viho Verde, but a subtle creaminess on the mid-palate that suggests this wine was not rushed to be bottled the minute after it finished fermenting. This tasty Vinho Verde is great on its own, but is also a terrific brunch white, a sitting on the patio munching on chips or corn nuts white, or a solid choice for grilled, cured, or raw seafood.
Price: $12.99
1982 Bodegas Olarra "Cerro Añón" Reserva Rioja
Review Date: 06-24-2015
Quite simply, this is the most satisfying bottle of fully mature wine I have enjoyed this year (I should note for the record, that it has been a particularly good year for enjoying older wines, so this wine had quite a bit of competition!) Aromas of darker berry fruits and a slightly wild, gamey side distinguish this bottling from my past experience with Bodegas Olarra's Cerro Añon. The darker berried fruit continues to the palate, which shows quite a bit of intensity and depth, lifted by brightly balanced acidity and the chalky minerality I expect in great, aged Rioja. My initial impressions were of a very good Nuits St George 1er, maybe with a suggestion of Hermitage, something familiar yet transposed to a sunnier, more Spanish place… For fans of perfectly aged, old school reds, I cannot recommend this wine highly enough.
Price: $99.99
1982 Bodegas Olarra Añares Reserva Rioja
Review Date: 06-24-2015
This is spectacular, fully mature Rioja. Produced from a very famous year in 1982 (same of course as in Bordeaux), it is definitely not a particularly well known name to many people, except the few Rioja insiders who have been in the business for over three decades and know who has made wine, when, and where. In this case none other than the legendary Ezequiel "El Brujo" García made the wine. This is as elegant as they come, with dark cherry fruit offset by umami rich sweet soy sauce, spices, pipe tobacco. Great intensity, presence and structure, yet with the elegance you'd expect north of 30 years old. A great wine.
Price: $99.99
2014 Quinta da Aveleda Loureiro Alvarinho Vinho Verde Regional Minho
Review Date: 06-23-2015
One of the larger producers in Portugal, and certainly in the Vinho Verde region, Quinta da Aveleda is also among the most consistent. This slightly fizzy white shows bright, lively flavors of ripe citrus and hints of stone fruit. It is fruity, yet dry, incredibly easy to drink, and basically spring/summertime in a bottle. If you are one of the few people not yet familiar with this value white, I suggest you take home a bottle, crack it open, enjoy in good company and perhaps observe how quickly the wine disappears!
Price: $8.99
2005 Heras Cordon Reserva Rioja
Review Date: 06-23-2015
When our supplier mentioned that they recently received the winery's remaining stock, I decided to bring this one-time customer favorite back in. It's from a spectacular Rioja vintage in 2005, and at 10 years of age is truly hitting its stride. Showing a combination of sweetly earthy, savory flavor development with the slightly richer fruit of a modern Rioja, this wine should please fans of both styles.
Price: $19.99
2014 Mayu Pedro Ximenez Elqui Valley
Review Date: 06-18-2015
Produced from vineyards at 6,000 ft above sea level, just across the Andes from Argentina's famously high Salta region, this dry, racy PX is fresh and lively, with tangy citric and green fruit flavors, think slightly underripe kiwi. Racy and refreshing, this is something new for summer sipping, not to mention your year-round crispy white aperitive needs.
Price: $12.99
2013 Luna Beberide Mencía Bierzo
Review Date: 06-16-2015
This wine is so delicious, so full of bright, expressive, mineral driven, and yet intensely fruited, spicy, Mencía fruit, that if it happened to say "Syrah" on the label and come from California, I know this would have multiple high scores and sell for nearly twice the price. Fortunately for the value seekers out there, a lesser known grape variety means a great wine for a very friendly price. Load up!
Price: $13.99
2014 Anselmo Mendes "Contacto" Alvarinho Minho
Review Date: 06-16-2015
This is an impressive and serious style of 100% Alvarinho wine. Compared to the very good 2012, this one is a little bit showier, with spicy yellow fruits, apricots and apples on the nose leading to a juicy, ripe, persistent palate of stone fruits. There is an unmistakable granite-driven intensity to this wine's flavors and aromatics. Portuguese Alvarinho and Spanish Albariño do not get much better than this.
Price: $19.99
2011 Bodegas Hinojosa "H" Malbec Mendoza
Review Date: 06-12-2015
This is a terrific everyday red, offering plenty to like for both those experienced and new to Argentinean Malbec. Bright purple-fleshed fruit flavors are generous and wondefully fresh, a hallmark of the 2011 vintage. Soft, supple, vibrant fruit, hints of baking spices, perhaps a touch of candied violet. For $15, there is indeed a lot to like in this bottle of wine.
Price: $14.99
2006 Bodegas Muga "Prado Enea" Gran Reserva Rioja
Review Date: 06-12-2015
A classic bottling from Muga, the Prado Enea in 2006 shows its usual complement of mixed berry fruits and black cherry, so rich and intense that it is nearly as though they were simmered down, though with the minerality, acidity and delineation of flavor that remind you this is a great wine from a great vineyard. The nice thing about 2006 is that it is very approachable, so you do not have to feel guilty about checking in on a bottle every now and then - assuming of course that you have bought at least 6 bottles!
Price: $54.99
Caves Messias Santola "Crab Wine" Vinho Verde
Review Date: 06-12-2015
Beware the crab! This inexpensive summer sipper is a delicious, sweet-tart apple, slightly fizzy vinho verde and amongst our most popular wummer whites. Refreshing and so easy to drink!
Price: $8.99
2012 P+S Prats and Symington "Chryseia" Douro
Review Date: 06-12-2015
A perennial critic's darling, this is a Douro collaboration between Bruno Prats (formerly of Cos d'Estournel) and Rupert Symington (scion of the Symington family owned Graham's and Dow's, amongst other houses). Dark fruited, structured and yet very polished, this is one for fans of rich, full bodied, impeccably made red wine.
Price: $69.99
2006 Lopez de Heredia "Viña Cubillo" Crianza Rioja
Review Date: 06-12-2015
Cubillo is a great introduction to the beauty of Rioja and the magic that happens in the cellars of Lopez de Heredia! Though it is always the most recent vintage of all their wines, it sees two years in used American oak barrels and another two in bottle prior to release, making it nearly old enough to be classified as a Gran Reserva. And while I would rather drink this bright, juicy, traditional Crianza than many Gran Reserva wines, it still retains a relatively youthful personality compared to Lopez de Heredia's more cerebral whites and longer aged red Reservas and Gran Reservas, which gives it a personality all its own. As per the house style, Viña Cubillo always has particularly bright fruit and more pronounced acidity than other Crianzas.
Price: $25.99
2013 Bodega DiamAndes "Perlita" Malbec-Syrah Mendoza
Review Date: 06-08-2015
Supple, round, juicy, and spicy, this is a very tasty blend of Malbec and Syrah. Clyde Beffa-approved and party-ready, the Perlita will not disappoint!
Price: $12.99
2013 Algueira Joven Mencia Ribeira Sacra
Review Date: 06-08-2015
Algueira proves with this wine that they not only excel at making first-rate, oak-aged wine from their Ribeira Sacra holdings, but a delicious unoaked example as well. Spicy dark cherry fruit aromas are also quite peppery, leading to a fresh palate of crisp fruits, with nice initial attack, lovely minerality and admirable persistence. The New York Times has cited this as a top value from the region, a statement with which we tend to agree. Very highly recommended!
Price: $16.99
2009 Marques de Murrieta Capellanía Blanco
Review Date: 06-08-2015
Composed of 100% old vine viura grown in very stony soil on the Ygay estate, this wine is a delicious example of traditional, barrel aged white Rioja. Golden fruited, spicy, aromas, with dried coconut accents as well, lead to a generous, rich, bright and toasty palate. The contrast between stony minerality, lively acidity, and barrel notes is what makes this wine so intriguing. For fans of Lopez de Heredia, Graves, even white Burgundy, this is a true original, a great value for drinking and cellaring!
Price: $24.99
2012 Suertes del Marques "El Ciruelo" Valle de la Orotava
Review Date: 06-04-2015
This is produced from a single parcel, at the property's highest elevations (around 500 meters), and features only the oldest vines of Listan. Compared to the "7 Fuentes" bottling, this wine has richer, darker-berried fruits, with more intensity if less of the spicy/floral intrigue. Either way, it's delicious and one of the single tastiest, most purely fruited Spanish reds I've tried recently, Canaries or otherwise!
Price: $49.99
2013 La Zorra Rufete Vinos de Salamanca
Review Date: 06-03-2015
Grown in slate soils not too far from the university town of Salamanca, Rufete is a little known grape that is capable of producing some very good wines - mineral, with tasty fruit, relatively low pH and high acidity levels, and the ability to complement food very well. While we do not have too much experience with it, we like what we see with this example: pretty dark and red berry fruits, underlying toast and spice accents from a brief stint in barrel, and a nicely lingering finish. We have found this to be a lovely red for sausages and for recipes featuring red pepper and tomatoes. Delicious and worth a try!
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2013 Ametza Txakolina de Alava
Review Date: 06-03-2015
A blend of Petite Manseng and Izarato (Petite Courbu), this is a delicious txakoli! In the typical Alava (also known as Arabako Txakolina) style, the wine is less fizzy and a wee bit higher in alcohol than the stuff from the vineyards closer to San Sebastian, in Getariako Txakolina. Tangy and appley, with just a hint of creaminess and very subtle oxidative notes, this is a great apertive for fans of high acid whites, or a terrific white to pair with Basque style fish dishes - grilled sole, the famous rodaballo (turbot), merluza (hake), all with some olive oil, garlic and parsley, of course!
Price: $18.99
2013 Doural Vinho Regional Duriense
Review Date: 06-03-2015
A balanced, discreet nose of red plums and cherries leads to a lovely, juicy palate of bright cherries. This is so easy to drink and a wonderful introduction not only to the Douro, but to the inherent value in a well made Portuguese red. Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca. 12.5% ABV.
Price: $8.99
2014 Xavier Clua "El Sola d'en Pol" Rosado Terra Alta
Review Date: 05-21-2015
This is another great bottling of Xavier Clua's rosado, a blend of Garnacha and Syrah. Given the beautiful, relatively paler pink color and fresh flavor profile, it would seem that the maceration is on the shorter side for this rosé, emphasizing juicy red fruit flavors and hints of watermelon. Though the fruit is tasty and up front, this wine finishes nicely dry and would give most any French rosé from similar grapes a real run for its money!
Price: $10.99
2012 Terra Rosa Malbec Mendoza
Review Date: 05-21-2015
If you are a fan of Patrick Campbell's legendary Laurel Glen wines, then you probably know that he sold the winery. What you may not know, however, is that Patrick continues to source terrific fruit in Mendoza to make some of the best Malbecs around! Terra Rosa has fruit from five vineyards in Lujan de Cuyo and the Uco Valley. This wine boasts expressive flavors of dark fruits with an honest, balanced tannin structure.
Price: $11.99
2007 Vina Santurnia Reserva Rioja
Review Date: 05-21-2015
Based in the Rioja Alta village of Briñas, on the north bank of the Río Ebro opposite Haro and Lopez de Heredia's Viña Tondonia, Viña Santurnia has quietly been producing reliably delicious, authentic, traditionally inspired Riojas. In the cooler, more "Atlantic" vintage of 2007, Viña Santurnia's wine shows crisp bright mixed berry fruit flavors, high toned but not lacking generosity, depth or the subtly sweet baking spice and earthy notes we love in Rioja. (Joe Manekin, K&L Spanish & Portuguese wine buyer)
Price: $17.99
2010 Vale La Pena Malbec Uco Valley
Review Date: 05-21-2015
If you are a fan of Patrick Campbell's legendary Laurel Glen wines, then you probably know that he sold his iconic winery. What you may not know, however, is that Patrick continues to source terrific fruit in Mendoza to make some of the best Malbecs around! For his Vale la Pena bottling, expressive dark berry fruits abound on the nose and palate. The wine manages to be generous while still showing great structure. Fruit comes from a formerly abandoned, low yielding vineyard in the Uco Valley.
Price: $24.99
2014 Ameztoi "Rubentis" Rosé Getariako Txakolina
Review Date: 05-20-2015
While Rubentis will get a run for its money this year from the excellent Txmomin Etxaniz rosé, we must give credit where it is due. Ameztoi virtually created the rosé txakoli category, at least from our vantage point here in the US market. Showing a bit more of a green snap to the fruit this year, the Rubentis also has its usual display of tangy red berry fruits, fizz and bright acidity. This is a wine for charcuterie and cheeses, particularly the best jamón you can find and Pais Vasco's famous idiázabal cheese.
Price: $19.99
2013 Carballal "Sete Cepas" Albariño Rias Baixas
Review Date: 05-20-2015
Carballal returns to our shelves after a brief absence, and this time we have the pleasure of enjoying the wine after a year in bottle. While freshly bottled Carballal shows a hint of fizz, ripe yellow fruits, sometimes just a hint of banana, this is a wine that gains volume, becomes drier and more balanced if allowed the time to do so. I like both versions, but must admit a preference for this more mature, rounder, less fruit forward and more elegant 7 cepas.
Price: $14.99
2014 Ameztoi Getariako Txakolina
Review Date: 05-20-2015
Ameztoi once again produces their trademark, fizzy, refreshing, pack leading Getariako Txakolina in 2014. Given the particularly cool conditions in 2014, this wine is suprisingly delicious and gulpable.
Price: $19.99
2013 Do Ferreiro Albariño Rias Baixas
Review Date: 05-20-2015
2013 was a cooler, damper vintage, one that presented lots of difficulty on the Iberian peninsula, particularly up north. For Do Ferreiro, though, this may be their best Albariño since 2010. It is classically steely and racy, with a palate staining yellow skinned fruit and citric mid palate, leading to an appealingly subtle bitter lime and mineral laden finish. One for shellfish, of course, as well as a wine that can dress up for a nice meal, but also a great white wine to enjoy with snacks among friends.
Price: $24.99
Mas Codina Cava Brut Reserva Penedès
Review Date: 05-20-2015
Mas Codina is a humble family operation, and man do they make delicious sparkling wine! They have been slowly ramping up the amount of Pinot Noir in their otherwise traditional cava blend, in order to gain a bit more in color and mid-palate presence. These are very drinkable cavas, wines that strike a great balance between ripe, bright, snappy fruit, weight, and texture. For under $14, the detail and value of this wine is undeniable.
Price: $13.99
2004 Vega Sicilia "Unico" Ribera del Duero
Review Date: 05-20-2015
This is a great vintage of Vega Sicilia, really a classic. Though it has been called 'the Latour of Spain,' 'Spain's first collectible wine,' and many other superlatives, the fact remains that this is, historically and presently, Spain's greatest wine. While not inexpensive, it is rare in that it is one of the world's finest red wines, with a long track record, whose price has been relatively stable. Compared with the world's other greatest and most often collected wines, Vega Sicilia is one of the most consistent names out there.
Price: $349.99
2014 Txomin Etaniz Rosé Getariako Txakolina
Review Date: 05-20-2015
Pink, fizzy, bone dry, low in alcohol...sign me up! This rosé from outside of San Sebastián is, believe it or not, one of three we will be featuring this summer. If you prefer a zippy, very acid driven rosé, with just enough tangy red fruit to have you reaching for a re-fill, then this is a rosé to put in the rotation this summer.
Price: $19.99
2012 Carmelo Patti Malbec Lujan de Cuyo
Review Date: 05-20-2015
If you're curious about how to make a delicious, textbook Malbec, with all of the bursting purple fruit, a minimal amount of oak and no overextraction to distract from the wine's expression, here's how it's done. Start with terrific fruit (in this case from Pedriel in Lujan de Cuyo). Ferment with only native yeasts and age one year in concrete. Then age for another year in good quality, primarily used French oak barrels. Finally, another year of ageing in the bottle. It's that simple, though when you taste the wine your thoughts will likely not be about winemaking, but wine drinking
Price: $29.99
2012 Sequillo (Eben Sadie) Red Blend Swartland
Review Date: 05-20-2015
This is a delicious red, full of very dark fruit flavors and a salty, mineral driven quality that seems to be amplified by the serious tannin structure. With some air, the wine freshens up, retaining its dark fruits and licorice notes while picking up red fruits and energy on the mid palate. A serious wine that easily stands toe to toe with some of the best of Chateauneuf du Pape - for less than half the price.
Price: $19.99
2009 Bodegas Casa Juan Señor de Lesmos Crianza Rioja
Review Date: 05-20-2015
We love this Rioja. As one of our favorite direct imports, it pulls off the mean feat of delivering great typicity for it's region, as well as presenting something unique, a different angle on a landscape of wines we thought we had known fairly well prior to finding these folks. Perhaps its the 15% Mazuelo, the particular organic sites in Laguardia and Villabuena de Alava (we are talking about vineyards in great equilibrium, with no need to even add any organic compost), or Angel's exacting winemaking. It all adds up to delicious wine that drinks beautifully now, as it will continue to for years to come.
Price: $12.99
2013 Pascual Toso Malbec Maipú
Review Date: 05-20-2015
Pascual Toso is based in Maipú, an historic, sun-drenched winegrowing region just southeast of the city of Mendoza. Their Malbec is a standby of the section for its supple, juicy red and dark fruits - solid Malbec for a very solid price!
Price: $11.99
2007 Contino "Viña del Olivo" Reserva Rioja
Review Date: 05-20-2015
This is a modern Rioja in terms of fruit intensity and texture, yet even those who tend to favor the more old school Riojas can rally behind Viña del Olivo, a wine that is big and intensely flavored, oaky yet with so much obvious material that you cannot deny its greatness and ageability. Think of this as somewhere between a delicious southern Rhone wine and Rioja, with purple, blue and red fruit, sweet baking spices and minerality.
Price: $139.99
2009 Vega Sicilia "Valbuena" Ribera del Duero
Review Date: 05-20-2015
Valbuena is not a second wine. It is in fact a vineyard selection from Vega Sicilia's property, one that features some of the best Tempranillo in all the world, farmed meticulously on their estate vineyards, first planned and planted in the latter half of the 19th century. Like Vega Secilia, this wine manages to blend powerful dark fruits with fresh acidity and surprising finesse. It is also able to be cellared for a long time; a few years ago we tasted the 1987 and it was fantastic.
Price: $139.99
2005 La Rioja Alta "Viña Ardanza" Reserva Rioja
Review Date: 05-20-2015
What is the bottle I most often recommend to those looking for a classic Rioja? The wine I am most likely to order at a restaurant upon touching down in Madrid, heading in the rental car and hitting the wine road? The wine that should you see older vintages is most likely to impress you with it's gorgeous aromatics and fruit? Yes, Viña Ardanza. Very tough to go wrong with this one! This is another strong vintage of Ardanza to follow their very good 2004 and classic 2001 bottlings. The 05 has more dark fruit than usual for this bottling, with a savory/sweet umami quality; cured meat and sweetened soy sauce also come to mind. While this is a fairly large production, and as critic Luis Gutierrez notes there is some variation, I think that the best bottles are transformative and the overall quality still makes this one of the best values in the store.
Price: $29.99
El Xamfra Mercat Brut Cava Penedes
Review Date: 05-19-2015
We cannot wait to introduce you to our own direct import Cavas, but until then, let this delicious blend of traditional Cava varietals - Macabeo, Xarel-lo, and Parellada - tide you over ...
Price: $12.99
1985 Caves Sao Joao "Porta dos Cavaleiros" Dao
Review Date: 05-14-2015
What a fantastic wine! The wines from the Dao, along with those of Bairrada (both red and white, by the way), have long had a reputation for ageability amongst Portuguese wine cognoscenti. As it relates to the Dao, here is further proof that their wines improve for a long time. This wine has developed to show that magical counterpoint of plump, bright mixed berry fruits and savory sweet earth. It is a complete wine, and quite satisfying indeed. For the price, this ought to be in the shopping basket of anyone who loves mature Bordeaux, Rioja and Cabernet.
Price: $49.99
2012 Trapiche "Broquel" Malbec Mendoza
Review Date: 05-13-2015
This is another juicy, richly fruited bottling of Broquel. 2012 was a very good vintage in all of Mendoza, a year that brought Malbec's crowd pleasing, sumptuous mixed berry and plummy fruit as well as good tannic structure and backbone. Of the 2012's we have featured over the past months, this is perhaps one of the rounder, softer, juicier Malbecs. It is nicely balanced and should work perfectly with a grilled burger or chicken thighs, perhaps with a nice, piquant, herby Chimichurri accompaniment.
Price: $11.99


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Self Help Guide
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Initially adjust the chair with your feet on the floor. Take this step even if you need or want to use a footrest.
Adjust the chair so that your feet are firmly planted on the floor; no dangling toes or feet on the casters of the chair. Your hips should be just higher than your knees. If you can adjust the seat pan depth, it should be about one to three inches from the back of your legs when you are pushed against the backrest deep in the seat. Try to keep the seat pan adjusted as flat as possible. A forward tilt is only necessary when doing extensive fine manipulations on a flat surface.
Next, find the most pronounced part of back cushion which should be in bottom third of chair. Adjust the height so the most raised portion of the cushion meets your back approximately at your pant line.
Finally adjust the armrest. If possible, adjust the armrests in close to the sides of your body. Then adjust the height so your arms just float over the armrests when typing.
2. Adjusting The Keyboard
Just remember, keep your upper arms always at your sides and your wrists flat.
The keyboard and mouse or other input device should be at the same height and close enough to your body that your upper arms are able to remain hanging straight down by your sides. If you have to look at the keys when typing the keyboard should be at elbow height. If you are a touch typist it is usually most comfortable if the keyboard is lower, often almost sitting on your lap.
It is very important to keep your wrists as neutral as possible. Do not bend them backward or forward and try to minimize side bends like when you move your pinky fingers away from center. Therefore if your keyboard is lower than your elbows then the keyboard should have a negative tilt. This will put the function key row (F1 through F12) of the keyboard lower than the space bar.
3. Adjust Your Monitor
Determine where you position your body in front of the keyboard. Most touch typists align themselves in front of the "G" and the "H" keys. Once you determine where you sit in front of the monitor, from that location when you look straight ahead you should be perfectly aligned in the vertical center of the monitor. Slightly off to one side or the other can create tremendous neck strain over a short time.
The monitor should be far enough away so that you can comfortably pan around the whole screen with just your eyes while holding your head still. This is usually 18 to 24 inches, but should be farther with some of the bigger monitors.
The monitor height is also very important to reduce neck strain. When you look straight out at the horizon you should be looking at the top menu bar on your computer. This means that the rest of the monitor is lower than your eyes. Have faith, once you adjust to this change it will be much more comfortable.
4. Other Essentials
Never cradle the telephone between your chin and your shoulder. If you need your hands free while on the phone then you need a headset. The receiver supports are not a solution; you must avoid any type of grip or hold using your neck and shoulder.
Keep reading and data transfer paper in a neutral position. When working on the computer and referencing other documents, those documents should be at the same orientation and distance as the monitor. One easy solution is propping the document up against the front of you monitor. Use a rigid folder behind the paper and a stapler to hold the document in place. Use a thick empty binder to keep reading material up off a flat work surface. These little things will keep your neck from being constantly over stretched and overused.
Make sure you have enough legroom. You need enough room to be comfortable and allow you to shift positions throughout the day.
Keep frequently used or referenced items close to you. If you need to get to something in your office more than three or four times per day it should be within arms reach and down on the work surface, not in overhead compartments. This means you can reach it without moving your torso. If this is not the case you need to figure out how to move it closer.
Craig Dawson in the EH&S Department completes one-on-one ergonomic evaluations at the work site upon request from the user, their supervisor or physician. To receive an evaluation notify your supervisor then contact Craig. He will evaluate all aspects of your body position, mechanics, workflow and equipment. He will make the modifications possible on the spot and provide written recommendations for other items. Once you receive an evaluation you will be asked to commit to attending the Office ergonomic Training. It is offered once every three months.
Ergonomic Training
Environmental Health & Safety offers training once per quarter that is packed with information on avoiding injuries, stretching exercises and proper office setup. Many handouts are provided to give you the tools to properly setup that home computer station too.
Ergonomic Reminders
Sonoma State University has a site license for a software program called " Painless Gains". This software is available through Media services for installation on any PC computer. Sorry, it's not Apple compatible. If you have a Geo Team, please contact them to have the program installed. This program will remind you to take breaks regularly and can also provide information on specific stretches for tight and strained body parts, plus what to look at in your workstation to help alleviate the discomfort.

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I think we can all agree that The Lord of The Rings trilogy probably has some of the best pieces, if not, the best pieces composed for film in the last decade. According to /film via The Province, Howard Shore has stated that he will be returning to score Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit".
"It looks like finally it's going to be happening. I'll be working on it for the next three years — it's going to consume a lot of my time and work now."


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Continuing Dental Education
UNC School of Dentistry
Campus Box 7450
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7450
Telephone: (919) 537-3400
Fax: (919) 537-3098
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
|Straumann Lecture 2014 with Dr. Carlo Ercoli
|Course Has Already Been Held
|Friday, May 30, 2014
|9:00am - 4:30pm
|6 hours
|UNC School of Dentistry
$280.00 Dentist
$175.00 Team Member
Course Description
The UNC Department of Periodontology is very excited to welcome Dr. Carlo Ercoli as the guest speaker for the 18th Annual Straumann Lecture. This lecture series has been a tradition for North Carolinas periodontists, general practitioners, specialists, and team members for many years. A clinical in-depth overview of contemporary implant surgical and restorative techniques for single crowns, fixed partial dentures, and full arch rehabilitations will be provided. The incorporation of dental implants in the treatment options mentioned above will be discussed with the idea that appropriate treatment planning in dentistry has been substantially modified by the predictability of modern dental implantology. These topics will be addressed from the perspective of a dual perio/prostho specialists point of view, with concepts, techniques, and clinical tips shared that are highly applicable to any dental practice.
1. Develop treatments plan single and multiple unit fixed prostheses from surgical and restorative standpoints for partially and fully edentulous patients.
2. Use anatomic landmarks for planning and executing full arch rehabilitation, including number of implants, locations, and inclinations.
3. Review the rationale for and learn clinical step-by-step surgical and prosthetic techniques (including troubleshooting) for immediate loading of dental implants in complex restorations.
4. Manage surgical and restorative complications in complex implant cases.
8:30am-9:00am Registration, Breakfast
9:00am-10:30am Single and Multiple Unit Implant Placement and Prostheses
10:30am-10:45am Break
10:45am-12:15pm Full Arch and Complex Rehabilitations: Team Work is Key!
12:15pm-1:15pm Lunch
1:15pm-2:45pm Immediate Loading of Implant Full Arch Prostheses and Technical Complications
2:45pm-3:00pm Break
3:00pm-4:30pm Occlusion in Implant Dentistry: From Biology to Clinic
Dr. Carlo Ercoli graduated from the "Enrico Berlinguer" Dental Technology Institute in Rome in 1987 and obtained his dental degree from the University of Siena, Italy in 1993. He received specialty certification in Prosthodontics in 1996 and in Periodontology in 2012, both at the Eastman Institute for Oral Health in Rochester, New York.
Today, Dr. Ercoli is the Chairman and Program Director of the Prosthodontic Postgraduate Training Program at the Eastman Institute for Oral Health, while also maintaining a faculty member position in the Department of Periodontology. Dr. Ercoli is a diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics, an ITI Fellow, and holds memberships in multiple national and international dental organizations. He is also a Past President of the American Prosthodontic Society. Dr. Ercoli currently maintains a faculty practice limited to Prosthodontics an Periodontics.
Registration and Fees
The registration fee includes course materials, CE credit and all meals listed in the agenda. All registrations must be received by Friday, May 23, 2014.
UNC CDE recommends that you do not make air travel arrangements prior to receiving a receipt of payment or confirmation. UNC CDE is not responsible for any travel-related costs.
Cancellations and Refunds
Since considerable advance planning is necessary for this continuing education program, a registration refund, less a $50 fee, will be issued for cancellations received by Friday, May 23, 2014.
The University reserves the right to cancel or postpone any course due to unforeseen circumstances. In the event of cancellation or postponement, the University will fully refund registration fees but is not responsible for any related costs or expenses to participants, including cancellation fees assessed by hotels, airlines, rental car or travel agencies.
Dental education institutions have an obligation to disseminate new knowledge related to dental practice. In so doing, some presentations may include controversial materials or commercial references. Sponsorship of a continuing education course by the University of North Carolina does not necessarily imply endorsement of a particular philosophy, procedure, or product by this institution.
ADA CERP Recognized Provider
This continuing education program is presented by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Dentistry and the Continuing Dental Education program. The UNC Continuing Dental Education program is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider. UNC CDEs term of recognition is May 2012 through June 2015. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to ADA CERP at www.ada.org/cerp.


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Yes. If you decide to convert projects using the Telerik Extensions for ASP.NET MVC to use the Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC wrappers, Telerik will provide detailed guidance and professional support.
Comprehensive migration path from Telerik Extensions for ASP.NET MVC to Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC is outlined as part of the Kendo UI docs, and in blog posts elaborating on this subject (posted both on kendoui.com and telerik.com). The documentation resource above was further updated down the road with more information facilitating the migration.
Moreover, with the official release, Kendo UI widgets provide a complete set of themes that identically match the Telerik Extensions for ASP.NET MVC. Using these themes, developers will be able to use Kendo UI widgets and Telerik Extensions side-by-side without any visual differences. This will help ease the transition process without disrupting users.
Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC is the next generation ASP.NET MVC product from Telerik, designed to ultimately replace the Telerik Extensions for ASP.NET MVC. While both products have shared objectives, Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC has two main advantages over the classic Telerik Extensions for ASP.NET MVC:
Kendo UI is a framework with everything you need to build sites and mobile apps with HTML and JavaScript. It has no dependencies on a specific server-side technology, making it universally usable by any web developer. In fact, Kendo UI widgets can be used in apps with no server-side components, making it ideal for offline and mobile HTML5 apps.
Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC builds on the underlying Kendo UI client-side framework to provide server-side helpers for ASP.NET MVC developers. Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC cannot be used without the Kendo UI client-side libraries, and as such it is a super-set of the core Kendo UI features.
Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC includes Kendo UI Complete (Web + DataViz + Mobile JavaScript libraries) plus .NET wrappers, specifically designed to be used with the ASP.NET MVC framework from Microsoft.
In its current version Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC contains server wrappers for the Kendo UI Web, DataViz and Mobile widgets.
Yes, you can use Kendo UI (Web, DataViz, and Mobile) widgets in ASP.NET MVC applications without the MVC server wrappers. This can be done by simply adding references to the Kendo UI JavaScript and CSS resources and working with the Kendo UI JavaScript API directly.
However, if you rely on core functionality exposed in the ASP.NET MVC framework (action methods, server and client validation, server data connectivity and handling, view engines, etc.) and you want to simplify your adoption of Kendo UI in this environment, we recommend using Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC.
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Exploring the TiddlyWiki personal wiki
TiddlyWiki brings the spirit of the new Internet to a tiny scale. We'll show you how to get organized with this wiki for one.
Sometimes you come across a piece of software that is so simple and useful that you can't understand how you managed without it. TiddlyWiki is one such application. On the face of it, TiddlyWiki looks and behaves like a conventional wiki, but if you dig deeper, you will discover that it is a rather ingenious application. One of the most powerful things about wikis is that they let you create and edit web pages on the fly. Most Wikis start with a single page; you can add new pages using what are called wiki words (often wiki words are written in camel case like this: WikiWord). When you add a wiki word to the text, the wiki turns it into a link, and once you click the link, the system creates a new page. The beauty of a wiki is that it frees you from the most tedious task: managing your website's structure. Moreover, since most wikis use a simple markup language, they are perfectly suited for casual users with no knowledge of HTML.
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BOZEMAN, Montana ---
Despite 25 point from Ashlee Guay, the Cal State Northridge women's basketball team (0-2) lost 85-69 to Montana State Sunday afternoon in a non-conference contest at Worthington Arena. Mikayla Thielges finished with six points and a game-high 13 rebounds while Bernadette Fong added nine points and a career-high 11 rebounds for CSUN in defeat.
In their season opener, the Bobcats started out sharply. Montana State scored the first eight points of the contest and built a lead as big as 18 in the first half. The Bobcats took full advantage of CSUN fouls, connecting on 16 free throws in the opening 20 minutes.
However, CSUN fought back and closed the half on a 14-1 run. Senior Mikayla Thielges had a strong first half for the Matadors, posting six points and eight rebounds. Fellow frontcourt mate Bernadette Fong had seven points and five rebounds. Junior Ashlee Guay added eight points and defensively, CSUN held Montana State without a field goal for the final 4:48 of the first half.
The second half started a lot like the first as MSU scored the first seven points after the break. CSUN did its best to keep things tight, but the Bobcats shot 47.1 percent in the second half. A questionable flagrant foul against Fong midway through the half sealed the deal for Montana State.
Guay finished the contest 11-of-19 from the field and 2-of-4 from 3-point range. She added two assists, two steals and four rebounds in 30 minutes of action. Thielgles was a strong interior presence all day and finished 2-of-3 from the field with two assists and a steal in 33 minutes. Aside from the egregious flagrant, Fong also provided solid minutes inside and was 4-of-9 from the field.
Kalli Durham led Montana State with 21 points. The Matadors out-rebounded the Bobcats 49-36 for the contest, but were just 6-of-23 (26.1 percent) from 3-point range. CSUN also committed 18 turnovers that resulted in 29 Bobcat points.
The Matadors will hit the road again for its next two contests, traveling for games at Clemson (11/17) and Georgia State (11/19). CSUN's home opener is on Nov. 23 against BYU at 4 p.m.


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Perl if Menu:
1. if used as a modifier
2. General if statement 2.1. A simple if statement
2.2. if-else 2.3. if-elsif-else
2.4. How to use if with the pattern binding operator
In this short free tutorial, I'll show you how you can use the Perl if statement in your Perl scripts. The if statement let you execute a block of statements between two curly braces if a boolean condition is evaluated true, otherwise the execution continues with the following block, either an elsif/else block or after the end of the if statement.
You may scope some of your variables with my keyword in the control condition and in this case the scope of the variables extends from its declaration through the rest of the Perl if statement, including any elsif or else clause.
We have two syntax forms for this conditional statement.
STATEMENT if (EXPR)
In this first form we used Perl if as a modifier of a statement. EXPR is a condition which must be evaluate in order to execute the Perl if statement.
By writing code like this, you can put the important part of the statement at the beginning, in order to monitor it. The next code sample shows you how to use it when you need to print the values of certain variables in order to debug your Perl script:
$debug = 1;
$a = 1; $b = 2;
# … some statements here
print "a = $a\n" if $debug; # check the $a value
# … other statements
print "b = $b\n" if $debug; # check the $b value
# the rest of script statements
The next example will show you how to use the regular expressions in the Perl if condition (the =~ operator):
$v = "An example with the if modifier";
print "\$v contains the word \'example\'\n" if ($v =~ /example/);
# it prints: $v contains the word 'example'
$v = "";
The second syntax form is more general:
if (EXPR) BLOCK elsif (EXPR) BLOCK ... else BLOCK
if (EXPR) BLOCK
$a = -1;
if($a < 0) {
$a += 2;
print "a = $a\n"; # it outputs a = 1
It is possible that EXPR doesn't represent a condition, like in the following example:
if(1) {
$a = 1;
if (EXPR) BLOCK else BLOCK
Let's look at a simple example where we need to find the maximum of two numbers:
$a = 15;
$b = 27;
if($a > $b) {
print "max($a, $b) = $a\n";
} else {
print "max($a, $b) = $b\n";
# it prints: max(15, 27) = 27
Well, there is a shorter way to do this by using the ? logical ternary operator - also called the conditional operator. I remind you briefly that the ternary operator (named ternary because it uses three operands) is like an if-else compound statement both included into an expression. Please note that this operator is an expression that returns a value based on the conditional sentence it evaluates. It can be used by following the syntax:
EXPR ? true-value : false-value
With the ternary operator, we can rewrite the above code like so:
$a = 15; $b = 27;
print "max($a, $b) = ", $a > $b ? $a : $b,"\n";
Now I'll discuss a bit about the case when in a Perl if statement we have an empty block after the expression, like in the following snippet code example:
$a = 12; $b = -25;
if($a*$b >= 0 && $a + $b >= 0) {
# do nothing
} else {
print "at least $a or $b is negative\n";
$a = 12; $b = -25;
unless($a*$b >= 0 && $a + $b >= 0) {
print "at least $a or $b is negative\n";
Another way is to rewrite the conditional expression enclosed between the parentheses that follow the if keyword: ($a*$b >= 0 && $a + $b >= 0). This is a boolean expression and as you expect Perl provides you with the logical AND operator (&&) and the logical OR operator (||) in order to manipulate the boolean expressions. When you use the && and || operators be careful not to include any spaces between the symbols ("& &" or "| |" is wrong) because you'll get something you couldn't expect.
So than we can rewrite the above condition in order to get rid of the empty block:
$a = 12; $b = -25;
if($a*$b < 0) {
print "at least $a or $b is negative\n";
The next snippet code shows you an example about how to use if in connection with the elsif and else clauses:
chomp ($line = );
$line = lc($line);
if($line eq "index"){
print "index function\n";
} elsif ($line eq "chomp") {
print "chomp function\n";
} elsif ($line eq "hex") {
print "hex function\n";
} elsif ($line eq "substr") {
print "substr function\n";
} else {
print "$line: unknown function\n";
Please note that the Perl interpreter must evaluate all the elsif alternatives you provide in an if statement. If there are too many, you need to reconsider a more efficient way to write the code, like emulate a case or switch statement (in Perl 5.10 you can use the given function).
Table of Contents:
A Perl Script
Install Perl
Running Perl
Perl Data Types
Perl Variables
Perl Operators
Perl Lists
Perl Arrays
Array Size
Array Length
Perl Hashes
Perl Statements
Perl unless
Perl switch
Perl while
Perl do-while
Perl until
Perl do-until
Perl for
Perl foreach
Built-in Perl Functions
Functions by Category
String Functions
Regular Expressions and Pattern Matching
List Functions
Array Functions
Hash Functions
Miscellaneous Functions
Functions in alphabetical order
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Gluten-Egg-Cheese free Pizza?
I have a niece that has never had pizza because has a Gluten, Egg and Cheese allergy which makes her break out in hives pretty quick.
Never tasting pizza is like never breathing so I would dearly love to make her something as close as I can to give her the experience of a food I dearly love.
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|'Magnificent Moments' Campaign has Limited Ticket Packages Available for Sold-Out 2012 Ryder Cup at Medinah Country Club
|Magnificent Moments, an officially-sanctioned charitable fundraising campaign of the 39th Ryder Cup, is raising money for The Illinois PGA Foundation and Ronald McDonald House Charities® of Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana by hosting a series of "Magnificent Moments" in Chicago leading up to the Ryder Cup.
CHICAGO – With the sold-out 2012 Ryder Cup less than three months away, excitement surrounding Magnificent Moments, an officially-sanctioned charitable fundraising campaign of the 39th Ryder Cup, continues to grow. Magnificent Moments currently provides the best way to secure a spot on the grounds of Medinah Country Club during the Ryder Cup, which will take place Sept. 25-30.
The PGA of America is supporting two Chicago charities – the Illinois PGA Foundation and Ronald McDonald House Charities® of Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana – by offering a limited number of weekly grounds passes to the Ryder Cup. These passes are only available to charitable supporters.
"The Ryder Cup has long been one of the toughest tickets in all of sports, and this year's event has once again sold out thanks to the great enthusiasm of passionate golf fans," said Eric Schmidt, Executive Director of the fundraising campaign. "This makes the Magnificent Moments campaign the best way to still purchase weekly passes for the Ryder Cup. In addition to watching some of the best golfers in the world, supporters will help children and families in Chicagoland, leaving a legacy long after the 2012 Ryder Cup is over."
Magnificent Moments Events: "Bagpipes & Blues" and "Tartan Art on the Avenue"
In addition to Ryder Cup weekly grounds passes, Magnificent Moments ticket packages include invitations to "Bagpipes & Blues." This official, PGA-sanctioned Pep Rally on Sept. 27 at Chicago's iconic Field Museum will allow both European and American guests to celebrate the 2012 Ryder Cup with premium food, bar and Chicago Blues music and Scottish bagpipes. Ticket holders will also receive recognition as a "Bagpipes & Blues" supporter. Event dress is casual.
With the recent passing of official Ryder Cup artist and School of the Art Institute of Chicago alum LeRoy Neiman, "Tartan Art on the Avenue," a unique, outdoor public art exhibit celebrating the 2012 Ryder Cup, now becomes more iconic. Before his passing, Neiman painted the first golf ball for "Tartan Art on the Avenue," which will feature super-sized golf balls adorning Chicago streets and shops, all distinctly decorated by local and national artists to create another one-of-a-kind fundraiser for Magnificent Moments. This golf ball was the last piece of art completed by Neiman.
"He used his drip paint style as homage to Jackson Pollock," said Neiman spokesman Ben Isaacs of Cobalt Artworks recently, "and painting the Tartan Art ball was great fun for LeRoy as his trademark bold colorful style shines through in the finished artwork."
Neiman had never done a public art exhibit such as Tartan Art, but as honorary chairperson of the fundraising event, he was pleased to again be able to give back to Chicago, a city with so many fond memories and so much history for him and his wife Janet.
For more information about the Magnificent Moments ticket packages and events, please visit magnificentmoments.org or contact Eric Schmidt at 630-623-8366 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
About Magnificent Moments
The campaign launched with the Ryder Cup Captains' Charity Golf Shot on September 26, 2011, and will continue with a "Tartan Art on The Avenue" public art exhibit and a "Bagpipes & Blues" event at the iconic Field Museum. "Tartan Art on The Avenue" will be on display during the month of September 2012 along Michigan Avenue and at other iconic Chicago locations. Large golf balls will be decorated by local, international and celebrity artists. Internationally acclaimed artist LeRoy Neiman, who is an alumnus of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, also painted the first golf ball that will tour Chicago for special occasions. The "Bagpipes & Blues" event will be held on September 27, 2012, the eve of the opening day of the Ryder Cup. In a blend of Ryder Cup and Chicago indulgences, the event will showcase culinary favorites from both Europe and the United States, and include a world-class auction featuring Ryder Cup experiences and merchandise. Music will include the distinctive sounds of Scottish bagpipes and the iconic Chicago blues. The event will be open to the public, with tickets available for purchase.
For more information about Magnificent Moments, visit magnificentmoments.org.
About the 2012 Ryder Cup
The Ryder Cup, recognized as the pre-eminent international team event in golf, has since expanded to involve the finest players of Europe. The United States has posted 25 victories, Great Britain/Europe has won 11 times, and there have been two ties. Europe currently has possession of the Ryder Cup trophy, thanks to a thrilling 14 1/2-13 1/2 victory over the United States in October 2010 in Wales.
The 39th Ryder Cup will be held September 25-30 at Medinah (Ill.) Country Club.
Media Site: rydercup.com
About the PGA of America
About the Illinois PGA Foundation
About Ronald McDonald House Charities® of Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana
About LeRoy and Janet Neiman
His signature artistic style was familiar to a remarkably broad spectrum of Americans. He was the official artist at five Olympiads, and millions of people have watched him at work: on ABC TV coverage of the Olympics, as CBS Super Bowl computer artist, and at other major competitions, televised on location with his sketchbook and drawing materials, producing split-second records and highly developed images of what he is witnessing. He also has provided illustrations for Playboy magazine since the 1950s including the popular "Femlin" character that appears on the party jokes page.
Neiman met his wife, Janet, when both were students at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and he went on to teach at the School for 10 years early in his career. Many of his images of what he calls "the good life," appeared in the form of etchings, lithographs, silkscreen prints, and sculptures as well as paintings, in the permanent collections of public and private museums and other institutions worldwide. These institutional acquisitions, along with sales of approximately 150,000 of his silkscreen prints to individuals, attest to the enormous appeal of his work.
LeRoy and Janet Neiman's gifts to SAIC and the affiliated Michigan-based school Ox-Bow collectively total $9 million. A member of the New York City Advisory Commission for Cultural Affairs since 1995, Neiman received four honorary degrees and, among other honors, an Award of Merit from the American Athletic Union (1976), a Gold Plate Award from the American Academy of Achievement (1977), and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Muscular Dystrophy Association (1986). Through the years he has donated scores of his artworks to charitable organizations.
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Top Banks Protest U.S. Resolution against Sri Lanka
| Pyongyang, March 5 (KCNA) -- Top commercial banks in Sri Lanka have joined protests against a U.S.-backed resolution to investigate alleged war crimes in a unique move, an industry body said in a statement Thursday.
Leading commercial and specialized banks via the industry body Sri Lanka Banks' Association has joined the majority Sri Lankans who are opposing moves by UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to pass a resolution against the country.
In a statement, the bank association said its members were highly disturbed by the attempts made by some countries to pass a resolution against Sri Lanka and interfere with the progress that has been and is being made by the government of Sri Lanka in achieving ethnic harmony and reconciliation among all communities.
"We believe that such interference would bring in new tensions and disrupt the process which has already begun," the association said, adding that reconciliation should be achieved by home grown policies.
Sri Lanka is campaigning heavily to defeat a move by the U.S. to initiate an international investigation into alleged war crimes, which is to be presented to the UNHRC on Thursday.
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Richard le Scrope, Archbishop of York, had participated in the overthrow of Richard II in favour of Henry IV in 1399. Like the Earl of Worcester and his nephew Henry Percy, however, he soon became disillusioned at Henry's style of rule, and joined with the Percy family in their rebellion in 1403. Although he survived the Battle of Shrewsbury (where Henry Hotspur was killed), his continued vocal resentment against the King led to his arrest in 1405, and he was beheaded for treason outside the city walls of his cathedral city, York, on 8th June 1405.
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Investment Manager Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud
The investment manager of Century Maxim Fund, Inc. and AJR Capital, Inc., pleaded guilty today to wire fraud arising from his fraudulent investment scheme involving over $5 million of investors' funds. Aleksander Efrosman entered his plea before the Hon. Nicholas G. Garaufis, United States District Judge, at the United States Courthouse in Brooklyn.
The guilty plea was announced by Loretta E. Lynch, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York , Mary Galligan, Acting Assistant Director-in-Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, New York Field Office, and Ronald J. Verrochio, U.S. Postal Inspector-in-Charge, New York Division.
From January 2004 through June 2005, Efrosman defrauded investors by soliciting investments purportedly for the purpose of trading in the stock market and the foreign currency exchange market. Efrosman falsely told investors that he had a history of profitable trading and that the investments would be protected by a "stop-loss" mechanism which ensured that no trade lost more than 3%. Based on these misrepresentations, Efrosman received over $5 million from more than 100 investors. Efrosman did not invest the funds as promised, but instead used the funds for his personal benefit, including gambling over $3 million at the Foxwoods casino.
Efrosman fled the United States in 2005 with millions of dollars of investors' funds. He first traveled to Cozumel, Mexico, then to Panama, and ultimately to Poland, where he assumed the identity of "Mikhail Grosman" and used a high-quality fraudulent Russian passport. In the meantime, federal agents in the United States developed leads as to Efrosman's whereabouts. In a coordinated multinational effort, law enforcement authorities in Austria, the Czech Republic, and Poland tracked and ultimately arrested Efrosman in Krakow, Poland, on May 28, 2010.
"Through a pattern of lies and deception, the defendant lined his own pockets at the expense of his investors, and fled overseas when his scheme collapsed. But his false identity and fraudulent documents could not insulate him from the concerted efforts of the federal agents and their overseas counterparts who ultimately tracked him down. This office will continue to relentlessly pursue and prosecute the perpetrators of investment fraud schemes," stated United States Attorney Lynch. Ms. Lynch extended her grateful appreciation to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Postal Inspection Service for their assistance in this case.
The government's case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Daniel Spector.
The Defendant:
Age: 50
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Meadham Kirchhoff Spring 2014
Meadham Kirchhoff continues to be at the top of my list of favorite designers. Their new collection was every bit as gothic and romantic as I wanted it to be. What a cohesive and enjoyable display of dark yet delicate romantic doll clothes for adults. The clothes are dollike but not too lolita as they still remain womanly and sophisticated. Italian renaissance inspired ringlets in platinum and in bright henna orange, baroque inspired colorful knee socks, renaissance bodices, and baroque inspired halo straw hats make the models look like some kind of doll-like Madonnas.
Now trending: snakeskin, metallic, lace, halo straw hats, ringlets, renaissance hair, platinum hair, red hair, bows, gothic, knee socks, & gothic fashion
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3rd June 2014
US: Play cancelled after lead actor sacked for challenging anti-gay heckler 28
12:39 PM — An actor in a production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof has been sacked after physically removing a homophobic audience member.
16th January 2014
BBC host Jeremy Clarkson tweets picture of himself with sign saying 'gay c*nt' 34
8:18 PM — Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson has tweeted a picture of himself with a sign next to his head which reads "gay c*nt."
3rd June 2013
NBA's Roy Hibbert fined $75,000 for homophobic slur and swearing
2:26 PM — Professional basketball player Roy Hibberts has been fined $75,000 (£49,173) by the National Basketball Association for swearing and using homophobic language in a press conference.
Rapper Azealia Banks attacks GLAAD: 'You don't stand for anything and have no integrity' 30
1:37 PM — US rapper Azealia Banks, has attacked GLAAD, the LGBT media advocacy organisation, on Twitter, accusing it of 'picking and choosing when to be offended', since she was criticised earlier this year for using the word 'faggot' towards Perez Hilton, and UK journalists.
4th May 2013
Italy: New equalities minister removed from post after saying that gays 'ghettoise' themselves 19
6:51 PM — Less than 24 hours after being sworn in as a member of Italy's new coalition government, a junior equalities minister has been removed from her post for saying that gay people invite discrimination by "ghettoising" themselves.
23rd March 2013
Sony Pictures co-chairman: Hollywood has to 'do better' than allowing anti-gay slurs in films 20
1:55 AM — The co-chairman of Sony Pictures has spoken out about the damaging effect anti-gay slurs and offensive stereotypes can have, emphasising the importance of Hollywood's influence on changing public perception.
8th February 2013
Lance Bass: Chris Brown should go to jail for calling Frank Ocean a 'faggot' 7
1:48 PM — Former 'Nsync star, Lance Bass, has spoken out about a recent alleged incident during which Chris Brown called Frank Ocean a "faggot", and said the R&B star should face jail as the "only way to" be rehabilitated.
19th December 2012
US: Baseball player apologises for tweeting homophobic slur 1
1:55 AM — A New York Mets baseball player has apologised after he used a homophobic slur in a twitter conversation with a friend earlier this month.
27th November 2012
Lithuanian pensioner: Changing my number plate would make people think I'm gay 22
5:05 PM — A 67-year-old man in Lithuania has come up with a homophobic excuse for not wanting to change his car number plate.
5th November 2012
New Zealand PM defends 'gay' jumper remarks 19
7:11 PM — New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has been criticised for mocking a radio host's red jacket, suggesting he's a weak golfer because the jacket's colour is "gay".
27th February 2012
Facebook to fix system which tried to suggest ads for 'faggots' 9
3:49 PM — Facebook has confirmed to PinkNews.co.uk today it will be introducing a fix on an automated system which suggests advertisers try to use racial and gay slurs, including 'faggot' and 'sissy', to target customers.
23rd February 2012
Video: Ex-Chelsea coach Mourinho under fire for gay slur 21
11:02 AM — Football coach José Mourinho has prompted outrage after being filmed using a Spanish gay slur ahead of a game at a Russian stadium.
16th December 2011
Twitter reacts angrily to Will Young receiving gay slur tweet 109
2:10 PM — User who insulted singer's sexuality later complained that it was impossible to "say anything to famous people these days, it's only twitter [...] All their fans on you like a ton of bricks."
10th August 2011
Men seek damages for 'gay slur' on California theme park photo 43
11:11 AM — Two men are suing a California theme park for damages after a photo of them on a ride was allegedly doctored and displayed with a gay slur.
23rd May 2011
Chicago Bulls star Joakim Noah apologises for gay slur 10
5:07 PM — Chicago Bulls star Joakim Noah has apologised for calling a fan a "faggot" at last night's game. The player, whose team lost to Miami Heat in the NBA play-offs, was caught on camera saying "f**k you faggot" to a fan. Today, the 26-year-old said: "I apologise. "The fan said something to me that I thought […]


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Abyei — Sheikhs and sultans (local leaders) of the Dinka Nok tribe from Abyei returned to the city for the first time on Thursday after the war that broke out in the region in May.
The sheikhs returned with the help of Ethiopian peacekeeping forces and demanded a withdrawal of the Sudanese armed forces from the region in order to allow the return of the tribes people.
Abyei, an oil-rich region in the state of South Kordofan, came under severe attack from the Sudanese armed forces in May this year forcing out the Dinka Nok tribes from their homes.
Kod Manjed, president-designate of Abyei administration and the minister of Infrastructure, said in an interview with Radio Dabanga that the Dinka Nok had also called for the deployment of the Ethiopian mission for the security and protection of the citizens, especially in the northern regions.
They also demanded that roads leading up to Abyei, such as the ones going to Nama and Al Muglad, be protected so that citizens are able to return to their villages.
"There also needs to be a stop to the influx of Misseriya nomads into Abyei. We need to pin down other arrangements which will allow them to return during grazing periods," he added.
150,000 fled Abyei
Kod Manjed added that over 150,000 people had fled the city in the aftermath of the events in May.
"The humanitarian situation in Abyei is very bad - without adequate food supplies. The World Food Program (WFP) provided humanitarian aid to about 90,000 people until the month of August and then stopped," he said.
Manjed pleaded with the international community and the WFP to provide immediate relief to the suffering people.
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Dea is one of our amazing Customer Service experts. She answers emails and phones, solving shipping and credit card issues with calmness and kindness. In fact, we can't think of a time when we have ever seen Dea lose her temper!
Dea's current favorite product is Keiko Satin Finishing Powder. Keiko is the perfect complement to her Neutral 3 Satin Matte Foundation, and she loves the way it smooths over everything, giving her skin a more refined look, and keeps her matte all day long. But we should let Dea tell you!
"Keiko sets my makeup for the entire day, it's the last thing I apply after putting on my other makeup. All I need is a light application with the #23 Kitten Brush to give me a 'finished' look."
If you want to try a Satin Finishing Powder, but your skin isn't similar to Dea's in color, we can help.
- Try Yuki if you wear Cool 0, Cool 1, Neutral 0, Neutral 1, Beige 0, Beige 1, Warm 0, Warm 1 or Golden 0.
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You may find your foundation shade listed under more than one Satin Finishing Powder shade. If that is the case, you could wear either one, and it will be a matter of preference which you like best. Try a sample size of each to see which seems to work best for you.
Welcome to our new "Alima Pure Staff Favorite" series, where staffers pick their one, current favorite product. It is your chance to see what everyone "behind the scenes" chooses to wear, when they have the full line available to them. We started out with Robin, whose current favorite product is our Luminous Shimmer Blush in Garnet.
Robin is pregnant, and maybe partly because of that, or maybe because we haven't had much sun here in Portland up until the last couple of weeks, she loves the brightness of Garnet, and the way it wakes up her complexion. She said, "I like Garnet because it's a bright, refreshing pop of color for paler skin, perfect for when you want a rosy cheek versus a bronzed look." Because she is expecting, Robin especially appreciates that she doesn't need to worry about applying Garnet to her skin. "It seems like pregnant women have to be careful about everything, but I know this doesn't have any dyes or harmful chemicals in it."
We have to admit, we were a little surprised that Robin chose Garnet. After all, it is a bright, vivid shade (one of our top recommendations for deep skin tones), and Robin has relatively fair skin. But once she showed us how great it looks on her, we were sold! Her application tip is to use a fluffy brush, like our #23 Kitten Brush. Several of us immediately added Garnet to our personal wish-lists. To her credit, Robin was surprised at our surprise. She told us, "You shouldn't be afraid of color--try something new!" She's right of course, and embracing a bright shade that we might otherwise overlook is a great way to break free from a color rut!
In observance of Earth Day, Alima Pure is offering one of our favorite products as a gift with purchase this week! At our office, we try to be as environmentally thoughtful as possible. We recycle; we have office flatware, cups and plates; we tote reusable water bottles; and we try to eliminate as much waste as possible.
One of the easiest changes for some of us has been switching to reusable shopping bags. For the "big" grocery trip, this is usually a no-brainer; you just have to remember to take your bags into the store from the car. Once you are in the habit, having reusable bags on hand is pretty easy. The impromptu trips, however, were finding us in need of a bag! You know the situations: you need a head of lettuce and a dozen eggs on the way home from work, or you slip into the drugstore to stock up on a few essentials. We usually don't even think about needing a bag until the store associate begins bagging our products into a wasteful plastic bag. (Or a paper bag if you are inside the city limits of Portland or a growing number of other cities!)
Our solution to this little issue is having a handy tote that fits inside a small pouch right inside our handbags. This way, as soon as the clerk begins to put our items into plastic, we can say, "Oh wait! I have my own bag!" Having a bag as bright and adorable as the one pictured here is an added bonus, and it just so happens to be our Earth Day gift with purchase, offered this week only.
Baggu makes some of our favorite bags; we love them because they are roomy and strong, and come in a wide variety of fun colors and prints. We enjoy them so much, we had some made just for our customers! With any order totaling $75 or more (placed now until Monday, April 23 at 2 pm PST) you will receive a bright green Alima Pure Baggu bag, while supplies last. And, if you're curious about just how much a Baggu bag can hold, follow us on Facebook and/or Twitter this week!
Kara has worked for Alima Pure for three years and is a photography student at a local school. She has been doing the photography of our products, as well as employees for the blog. Of course, for this particular post, Sara had to step in to photograph Kara and she did an amazing job!
Kara has beautiful olive skin that tans if she even looks at the sun. At the point in the summer that we took this photo, Kara was wearing Satin Matte Foundation in Olive 1.5. On her cheeks, we added Satin Matte Blush in Bisque.
On Kara's eyes, we used Luminous Shimmer Eyeshadows in Venus from crease to brows and Truffle from lashes to crease. Tigereye went into the crease and concentrated at the outer corner of the eye. Paparazzi Luminous Shimmer Eyeliner was applied wet to the lash-line with our #33 Angle Liner Brush.
To finish, we applied our Holly Berry Organic Nourishing Lip Balm. We think Kara looks stunning!
Tracey is the Alima Pure Lab Manager, so she knows our colors as well as anyone! She likes to wear colors that enhance her features without looking like she's wearing much, so her favorites include mostly matte colors.
Tracey wears Satin Matte Foundation in Beige 3 and then we added a light dusting of Satin Finishing Powder in Keiko. We brushed Satin Matte Blush in Honey Rose to the apples of her cheeks.
For eyes, we used Satin Matte Eyeshadow in Vanilla as a base, from lashes to brows. Then we used Satin Matte Mohair on the lid. The lone bit of shimmer, Pearluster Eyeshadow in Mocha, went into the crease. Before lining, we used the #33 brush with Satin Matte Eyeshadow in Raven to fill in Tracey's brows, then we wiped the brush off, dampened it and used it to line her upper lash line with Satin Matte Eyeliner in Espresso.
The finishing touch is our Organic Nourishing Lip Balm in Mango. As you can see, these shades give Tracey a polished, professional look without looking overdone!
Kat is one of Alima Pure's newest employees and, with her gorgeous blue eyes, the makeup artist couldn't wait to get her hands on her! We used Kat's favorite shades to create this simple, polished look.
Fair even by Oregon standards, Kat wears Satin Matte Foundation in Cool 1. It isn't our lightest foundation, but it's close! We applied it with our #25 Foundatin brush. We added a little extra with the #31 Fine Liner/Concealer brush to cover any spots.
A bit of Apple Blossom Satin Matte Blush gives Kat's cheeks a nice, soft glow without overpowering her complexion.
On her eyes, we used Luminous Shimmer Shadow in Glow from the lashes to the brows. Next, Lilac Satin Matte Eyeshadow was blended into her lids. We lined with Luminous Shimmer Eyeliner in Black Cherry, using a damp brush.
To finish off the look, we slicked a bit of our Organic Nourishing Lip Balm in Fig on her lips.
Amira has worked at Alima Pure since she was in high school, when she came after class to make samples. Now she's full-time and one of the people who you can ask just about any Alima question, and she'll know the answer!
In this photo Amira is wearing her foundation, Beige 3. Her favorite blush is Satin Matte Blushes in Pink.
On her lids, we used her (current) favorite shadows, Luminous Shimmer Shadows in Mink as a base, from lashes to brows, Black Orchid on the lid and Ombra as a liner. We added a touch of Raven to her brows.
Several years ago, we did a special gift of a limited edition lip color, Sweet Pea. Amira loved it so much, she made a case for us to make the shade permanent when we launched our new Organic Nourshing Lip Balms. So naturally, she's wearing Sweet Pea in the photo!


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Editorial: What colors, appearance will fill this canvas?
December 3, 2010 at 4:37 am in River Falls Journal
Most of us are aware that a community education program now exists in River Falls. In fact, we have a letter to the editor on this page that criticizes our school district for adding such a program. Continue Reading


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Pretty Little Liars Star Keegan Allen Is Semi-Shirtless in Big City Webseries (VIDEO)
Wondering what Keegan Allen (Toby) has been doing with his time outside of Rosewood? The Pretty Little Liars heartthrob pops up in the latest episode of the YouTube webseries comedy Big City. And just like in our favorite PLL scenes, he's shirtless!
OK, so he's also wearing a blazer and scarf, but beggars can't be choosers. Keegan plays an eccentric party-thrower and birthday boy in the episode "Surprise Party." That's right: he's throwing a surprise party...for himself. And it's hilarious.
We don't often get the chance to see Keegan stretch his comedic muscles (and we'll never tire of watching him stress his actual muscles), so we were psyched to see him in something different. We don't want to give too much of the four-minute episode away, but we will tell you it is well worth the watch...if only for the fake surprise reaction Keegan gives when answering his character's penthouse door or for his delivery of the line: "You know, of every sight I've ever seen, you are by far the loveliest."
Did you have the same sort of out-of-body television-watching experience as we did watching Toby host a party in NYC penthouse apartment? Let us know in the comments below!
Catch the next episode of Pretty Little Liars on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC Family.


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Defendant Indicted in $20 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme
An indictment was unsealed this afternoon in Brooklyn federal court charging OSMOND DECOTEAU with wire fraud for masterminding a scheme to defraud mortgage lenders and banks of more than $20 million in connection with the sale of several properties located in Brooklyn and Florida.1 The defendant's arraignment is scheduled later today before United States Magistrate Judge Roanne L. Mann at the U.S. Courthouse, 225 Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn, New York.
The charges were announced by Benton J. Campbell, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Mark J. Mershon, Assistant Director-in-Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, New York Field Division, and Jon T. Rymer, Inspector General, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
Mortgage lenders often employ loan servicers to collect monthly mortgage loan payments from homeowners and remit the payments to the lender in exchange for a monthly fee. When a property is sold or a mortgage is refinanced, the lender issuing a new loan typically wires the proceeds to the closing attorney, who in turn sends a portion of the proceeds to a loan servicer to pay off any pre-existing mortgage liens.
As alleged in the indictment and an underlying complaint, DECOTEAU recruited straw purchasers for properties located in Brooklyn and Florida, and ensured that their mortgage applications would be approved by lenders by fraudulently misrepresenting the purchasers' financial condition. Subsequently, at the closings on these properties, DECOTEAU presented phony payoff letters which indicated that three companies he controlled were the loan servicers for the properties. The closing attorneys then issued payoff checks to the DECOTEAU-controlled entities, instead of the actual loan servicers for the holders of the pre-existing mortgages. To conceal the fraud, DECOTEAU caused monthly payments to be made on the underlying mortgages so that those mortgages would not be declared delinquent. As a result of the defendant's scheme, between April 2005 and January 2007, multiple fraudulent closings occurred resulting in a fraud exceeding $20 million, and each of the properties is now encumbered by two first-lien mortgages.
"In May of this year we announced the formation of a task force comprised of federal, state, and local law-enforcement agents and investigators to address the burgeoning problem of mortgage fraud," stated United States Attorney Campbell. "This prosecution is one example of the results of that cooperative initiative, which includes the investigation and prosecution of mortgage fraud that has harmed investors, lenders, and homeowners across the country."
FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge Mershon stated, "Combating mortgage fraud is a priority because mortgage lending and the housing market have a significant overall effect on the nation's economy. The FBI is committed to investigating and prosecuting criminals who exploit vulnerabilities and devise new methods or schemes to defraud."
FDIC Inspector General Rymer stated, "The FDIC OIG is committed to its partnerships with others in the law enforcement community as we address mortgage fraud cases throughout the country. Now, more than ever, the American people need to be assured that their government is working to ensure integrity in the financial services and housing industries and that those involved in criminal activities that undermine that integrity will be held accountable."
If convicted, DECOTEAU faces a maximum sentence of 20 years of imprisonment.
The government's case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Jonathan E. Green and Daniel Spector.
The Defendant:
Age: 48
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presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
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As the internet continues to grow and more businesses make themselves available online the importance to stay ahead of competitors increases. Search Engine Marketing or SEM is an effective strategy that can considerably improve page ranks, website traffic and even sales. With so many search engine marketing techniques available which is better Organic or Paid marketing?
There are two main search engine marketing techniques. You can either get your site listed on the internet through organic optimization, or you can pay for your traffic and your ranking. A combination of the two techniques is really the best option, if you have the money in your budget for the task.
Organic Optimization
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Big Horn celebrates 131 years
Date posted: August 29, 2013
BIG HORN — Big Horn is celebrating its 131st anniversary Saturday with Big Horn Heritage Days.
Events start at 9 a.m. with a chuck wagon cook-off that lasts until 3 p.m.
There will be a farmers market from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Food specials will be offered at the Big Horn Mercantile and drink specials at the Last Chance Bar. The Black Tooth Brewing Company will be on hand with beer specials.
Live music will be performed all day and festivities will end with a party at the Big Horn Smokehouse. The Teka Brock Band will play at 8 p.m.
While you're in the area, visit the Big Horn City Historical Museum and The Brinton Museum.
Proceeds from Coca-Cola and Black Tooth beer sales will go to support the Big Horn Volunteer Fire Department, Big Horn Lions Club and Big Horn City Historical Society.
For more information call Doug Meier at 655-5622.
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