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A Pair of Shoes, perhaps painted soon after Van Gogh's move to Paris, still shows the dark colors of his Dutch works. The frontal, close-up view of the worn-out shoes -- often interpreted as a symbolic self-portrait -- also recalls the studies of peasant heads from the previous year.
In January 1894, Paul Gauguin described just such a still life with shoes, which he associated with the artist's departure from Nuenen: "In my small yellow room, a still life, this time violet. Two enormous shoes, worn out, misshapen. Vincent's shoes. The pair he put on one morning when they were still new in order to hike from Holland to Belgium."
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Syracuse, N.Y. – Junior attackman Chris Button (Fairport, N.Y./Fairport) tallied a career-high seven points to lead the third-ranked Le Moyne College men's lacrosse team to a 16-3 win over ninth-ranked Chestnut Hill College on Saturday afternoon at Ted Grant Field.
Chestnut Hill opened the game's scoring 1:49 into the contest as Michael Melnychenko recorded an unassisted goal.
After nine and one-half minutes of scoreless action, the Dolphins got on the scoreboard as sophomore midfielder Joe Corapi (Liverpool, N.Y./Liverpool) found the back of the net from the left side.
The Dolphins blew the game open with seven goals in the second quarter. Junior face-off specialist Kam Bumpus (Marshfield, Mass./Needham/Bridgton Academy) gave Le Moyne the lead with a goal at the 14:00 mark. Senior attackman Nate Frechette (Manlius, N.Y./Christian Brothers Academy) pushed the lead to two after coming around the left side of the goal from behind with 12:21 left in the quarter. Two and one-half minutes later, Button picked up his first goal of the afternoon from in front of the cage after picking up a loose ball off a saved shot. Off the ensuing face-off, Bumpus had his initial shot saved by Chestnut Hill goalkeeper Dakota Maurer, but picked up the rebound and tossed it into the back of the net.
Button followed with three straight goals over the final 7:56 of the second quarter. His first came after taking a pass from senior attackman Tyler Prevost (Watertown, N.Y./Immaculate Heart/Onondaga C.C.). Three and one-half minutes later, Button completed his hat trick after taking a feed on the left side of the crease from Frechette. Button then capped the scoring in the first half by finishing off another feed from Prevost with five seconds remaining.
Following 11 minutes and 20 seconds of scoreless action to start the third quarter, Corapi tallied his second goal of the day. The Griffins got the goal back with 54 seconds remaining in the quarter as Shane Morlock scored after taking a pass from Nathaniel Tharp.
Chestnut Hill started the scoring in the fourth quarter as Morlock found the back of the net off a feed from Melnychenko at the 13:30 mark.
The Dolphins followed with the final seven goals of the game over the last 10:20. Corapi registered his third goal after picking up a ground ball off a Chestnut Hill turnover. Following a Chestnut Hill penalty, Button registered his career-best fifth goal of the day with a behind-the-back shot off a pass from behind the goal by Prevost. Just seven seconds later, the duo reversed roles as Prevost scored from the right edge of the crease off a cross-crease pass from Button with 8:42 to play. Button completed his scoring at the 8:02 mark with an unassisted goal. Following another Chestnut Hill penalty, Corapi recorded his fourth goal as Prevost earned his fourth assist of the game. Senior midfielder Doug Bailey (Syracuse, N.Y./Christian Brothers Academy) found the back of the net with 5:22 to play, while sophomore attackman Kevin Kelly (Basking Ridge, N.J./Ridge) completed the game's scoring with an unassisted goal from the right side with 37 seconds left.
Senior goalkeeper Jeff White (Buffalo, N.Y./Canisius HS) recorded six saves in 53:11 between the pipes to earn his 41st career victory. Maurer took the loss after yielding 15 goals in 54:51, while making 15 saves.
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"I think it is about time that we had playoffs in college football," Obama said Monday on ESPN. "I'm fed up with these computer rankings and this and that and the other. Get eight teams – the top eight teams right at the end. You got a playoff. Decide on a national champion."
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Stepfamilies are becoming increasingly common in Utah and throughout the United States. There are, however, few educational programs that help couples prepare for remarriage and/or enhance their relationships in the context of stepfamily-living. In an effort to assist these families, Dr. Brian Higginbotham, an Extension Specialist at Utah State University, wrote a proposal to fund remarriage and stepfamily education classes throughout Utah. He was assisted by Dr. Scot Allgood and Dr. Linda Skogrand. In October 2006, the U.S. Office of Family Assistance funded the 5-year proposal (Grant #: 90FE0129). In 2007 the Office of Head Start funded another 5-year proposal (Grant #: 90YD0227) offering additional classes on an annual basis. In 2012, the Office of Family Assistance awarded another 3-year grant to continue Stepfamily Education (Grant # 90FM0001). Each year, in collaboration with established community agencies around the state, approximately 30 classes are offered at no cost to married and non-married couples with stepchildren.
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My oh Miocene!
The leaf wax hydrogen isotope evidence was interpreted in comparison to model experiments. Jung-Eun Lee (JPL) conducted experiments, after adding water isotopes into a model dubbed GRAM (Frierson et al, 2006) because it requires a gram of computational effort rather than a ton in a full general circulation model. With the aid of the isotope-enabled model version, iGRAM, we can simulate the movement of water around the planet and track the water isotopic signatures. The goal was to see if modern relationships between different points in space that have different isotopes in precipitation and temperature are valid when we instead consider changes at the same point over time. Model experiments suggested a small upwards tweak in the temperature reconstructions for the Miocene from 2ºC to 7ºC. These experiments also reveal the dynamics behind the isotopic values: more evaporation from the warmer high latitude oceans and increased rainfall at high latitudes. (Ed. In similar experiments for Greenland (Werner et al, 2000), the changes in the seasonal cycle were important in understanding the isotope paleo-thermometer).
The iGRAM model is however an idealised aquaplanet, (i.e. no continents at all) so it isn't useful for the interior of Antarctica, but deep sea records suggest that glacial ice volume was about 50% of modern volume at that time. It is however difficult to do full general circulation model experiments for this period because of the difficulty of constraining boundary conditions in the Miocene – what the land surface looked like, what greenhouse gas levels were, etc. An aquaplanet is perhaps good enough for these tests as conditions at the coast are really set by the oceans.
In terms of figuring out how the climate system operates, temperature is one of the simpler variables to reconstruct (not that any of this is really simple). Figuring out how precipitation changes is harder, largely because models can't capture the scale of clouds let alone raindrops. What the leaf waxes provide is an archive of the isotopic composition of precipitation – much as the ice cores do for the past million years. Of course an ice core is not as simple as a rain gauge, and a plant has biology that an ice core doesn't, but crucially if plants are growing, leaf waxes are probably preserved in sediments allowing us to push these isotopic records back beyond the ice core records to address questions about what climate was like further back in time.
How robust are these results?
What is reassuring here is that all the lines of evidence presented, from various microfossils, molecular fossils, isotopes and model experiments, all point to temperatures at the coast of Antarctica reaching above freezing point in summer months, probably around 7ºC (45ºF).
Downcore results through the Miocene section show at least two periods of exceptional warmth.
It is in those warm, periods further back in time, that might help us understand a little more about how warmer climate systems operate, and that information might just be important as we contemplate our future.
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- M. Werner, U. Mikolajewicz, M. Heimann, and G. Hoffmann, "Borehole versus isotope temperatures on Greenland: Seasonality does matter", Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 27, pp. 723-726, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/1999GL006075


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Yes much. My goal in making was to get cheap drunk. 8-)I made home wine 10 years but then I got food allergy from that, and I stopped. I have distilled votka too, That is most awfull hangover what I hev met. I stopped it very soon.
as soon as you get the mead made, you should refine it, run it through one of these and "hold on to them horses :D " .
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Our platform now supports Amazon EC2 in Europe! Several of our customers have already noticed it and are running servers there using RightScale. This brings the cloud offering in Europe practically up to par with what's available in the US. After operating production servers in the EU for about a month now, I must say that it's been pleasantly uneventful! It actually took me a few server launches for all this to sink in: In a previous life, I had to send employees on overseas trips to scout out hosting facilities before we could ship servers there. And then it cost a ton of "remote hands" to have them racked and wired to spec. Now it's all just a drop-down menu!
The big benefit of Amazon EC2 in Europe is the reduced latency to European users. It should help companies adhere to EU regulatory requirements for data storage and processing. For companies operating globally it also supports an additional level of redundancy and disaster recovery. The main differences between EC2 US and EU are the absence of SQS and SDB in the EU. I hope SQS in particular will be available soon since our many RightGrid users need it to operate their deployments. While the latency to the US isn't a huge deal for SQS, it sure would be nice to have all pieces of the puzzle within the same region.
The way this looks in the RightScale platform is deceptively simple. You can now place servers in different regions within the same RightScale deployment, and you can manage them as a unit. This means that configuration inputs can apply across regions, and that monitoring and alerting are in one place. Below is a screen shot of one of our own deployments where an EU server sits side by side with peer servers in several US availability zones.
The big surprise when Amazon announced the EU region was that they decided to offer what I would describe as a separate cloud, disconnected from EC2 US. As I mentioned in my previous blog post, this was the right decision because it isolates the regions from one another from a failure perspective. Before this, I always kept wondering how AWS would convince us that EC2 couldn't go down worldwide at the same time due to a software bug in the front-end API servers. Now the answer is pretty clear. That's a really good thing.
To help our users to operate across these two clouds we added some features to replicate images and server templates from one EC2 region to the other. If you have an AMI in the US and want to launch it in the EU, you can simply press the Replicate button and we'll make a copy of it in the EU:
The same applies to ServerTemplates, which you can replicate to the other region. This automatically attaches the right image, kernel, and ramdisk underneath. Having to replicate the images is something required by the EC2 architecture, and we've already replicated all our RightImages, so the majority of our customers don't need to deal with this at all. Replicating the ServerTemplates creates an additional level of duplication which we'll eliminate in the next release, making it even easier to operate in both regions.
Getting the EU support into all parts of our system took a little longer than we had hoped. The primary difficulty was that we hadn't upgraded our EC2 code base to our new multi-cloud structure. And to be frank, the way Amazon decided to separate the US and EU clouds didn't help. It's one thing to require the use of a different API front-end to access each region, it's another not to keep a global object name space, for example, instance ID i-123456 can exist in both the US and EU! But now all this code is refactored and we're off to the next set of features.
Since we're talking about name spaces, I might as well comment on an oddity that has crept into the AWS services. There are two different strategies within AWS for handling regions: S3 is handled globally while EC2 is split per region. If you look at S3, there is a global namespace for buckets (the top-level containers in S3). If I point you to the rightscale-test bucket, you can't tell from the name where it's located until you access it. And there's a somewhat elaborate DNS and redirect scheme to ensure that your access "bounces" to the correct region. As a result, our UI has a single "S3 browser." It wouldn't make sense to have an "S3 US browser" and an "S3 EU browser." For EC2 resources, however, everything is duplicated; there a list of EC2 EU instances and a separate list of EC2 US instances, same for EBS volumes, etc. We stitch this back together when you look at a deployment that can span clouds. The big question now is what we'll see for SQS and SDB. Which of these two schemes will they follow? Only time will tell.


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separated my shoulder at Windham last season in the lower terrain park. just fell off a rail and bang, popped my collar bone. i walked down the mountain and found a ski patrol dude. they offered to lay me out and roll me into the first aid unit (just like you described), but once i saw those rollers, i was like "nah, i'll walk."
don't know about you, but i got some pretty good treatment at windham. i'll always have the dreaded "hump" on my shoulder, but it's recovered pretty nicely since then.
know what you mean about that ride home, though. that sucked. big time.
I hurt myself the way most do...one of those last runs of the day when the only thing left is ice. I can't remember which diamond run but it was icy and there was a freaking divet in the ice. My nose stuck in and I launched forward putting my arm out. Worst part I didn't even realize it was dislocated at first. I was on my knees holding my upper arm. My friend asked if I was alright and when I got up I realized I couldn't bend my left arm. I sat back down and said something was wrong...lol
Ski Patrol came, I couldn't lie down in the sled because it was hurting way way too bad. So I sat back to back with a buddy going down a bumpy icy hill while the snowblowers were blowing snow in my face. Got to the bottom, they rolled me onto some rollers like they have at the deli for boxes and slid me right into first aid. After the painful xrays they told me it was dislocated.
At this point I had options. Wait 2 hours for an ambulance and then another two to get to the hospital or they can try to put it back in there. So I said fuck it, you guys can try to put it back in since I didn't wanna wait. After 3 tries they got that sucker back in the joint with no pain medicine. They put me in a splint, gave me a script for percocet. So after a stop at the pharmacy, 3 percocets and two joints for the ride, I got home 3 hours later.
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|and howd u dislocate it? i usually hold off on the crazy stuff until spring time. Since the east coast practically gets no snow, i wait til late march/early April to attempt stunts, that way if i fall, ill land on something soft as opposed to the hardpack we get throughout the winter months
|East Coast stoke! Keep bringing it!
Nice...I dislocated my elbow at windham...
I need to get out soon. I gotta put my snowboard rack on my car.
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Windham TR - Vid & Pics
First trip of the season was a pretty spectacular one. After a long summer wait, both my board and snow got to reunite finally, along with me testing out my GoPro Camera which came in the mail the day before
After reading the snow report and looking at the conditions, I decided to take out my CUSTOM X for this trip, since I really needed that extra edge control.
Me personally, i dont like to start off the season with a really hard board, I was hoping on taking out my softer board for forgiveness and just to get my feet and lower body back into the swing of things. I guess thats why i was extra jittery about my first run,
Once i strapped in and approached the lift, i felt pleasure, anxiety and even more so nervousness pass thru my body. I guess i mustve been really amped for this upcoming season.
at the summit i strap in, and begin my journey down. To my surprise, i start of doing some cross over turns, and steadily increasing my speed thru the hard pack and getting used to again the beast that is the CUSTOM X. Half way down the trail, the conditions become more soft with very lovely humps down the middle, at this point im tempted to launch off, but being my first run of the season, i held back and continue my cruise. I reach the bottom in no time, and all feelings of anxiety disappear and i feel in sync with my board once again.
Here are some screenshots that my friend took of me throughout the day. Also at the end....i did a little experimental video that i did with the go pro cam. Its my first time editing on a Macbook's iMovie, so pretty much i was still getting to know the program and learning how the cameras dif settings work.
and here is that video i did...once again, its nothing special yet
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Here's how my stew looked after it had cooked for about 5 hours. It tasted great and the kitchen smelled good too!
Crockpot Recipe for Pork and Green Chile Stew (Nefi's Green Chile Stew)
(Makes about 8 servings, recipe inspired by Nefi Garcia's Pork and Green Chile Stew shared at the family Superbowl party.)
2 lbs. trimmed pork cubes (I started with about 2 1/2 pounds pork sirloin chops and trimmed off all the fat to make 2 pounds of pork cubes, you could also use pork loin chops.)
1 T + 1 T olive oil
salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste
1/2 cup water
1 large onion, chopped (about 1 1/2 cups chopped onion)
2 T minced garlic
1 T ground cumin
1 T dried oregano (I used Mexican oregano, but regular oregano will probably work too.)
2 cans Ro-Tel Tomatoes with Mild Green Chiles (be sure to get mild, unless you really like hot food!)
1 can diced green Anaheim chiles (I used a 7 oz. can, but next time I'd use a 4 oz. can, so decide how spicy you want it. Be sure to get Anaheim chiles and not Jalapenos, which are much hotter.)
2 T fresh lime juice
Optional: sour cream for serving
I used a 3.5 quart slow cooker for this recipe, but a 3 quart size would also work.
Put browned meat into crockpot and add 1/2 cup water to the pan, scraping off browned bits from the bottom, then pour the liquid over the meat in crockpot.
Wipe out the frying pan with a paper towel, then heat 1 T olive oil, add chopped onions and saute until they start to brown, about 5 minutes. Add minced garlic and saute 1-2 minutes more, then add the ground cumin and oregano and saute 1 minute more. Add 2 cans Ro-tel Tomatoes with Mild Green Chiles and the can of diced green Anaheim chiles and simmer 5-10 minutes until most of the liquid has evaporated.
Add the onion-tomato mixture to the crockpot. Stir in 2 T fresh-squeezed lime juice and let cook on low for 4-6 hours, or until pork is tender and flavors are well blended. Serve hot, with sour cream to top it if desired.
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More Slow Cooker Ideas You May Like:
(Recipes from other blogs may not always be South Beach Diet friendly; check ingredients.)
Slow Cooker Pulled Pork with Low-Sugar Barbecue Sauce from Kalyn's Kitchen
Crockpot Recipe for Southwestern Pot Roast from Kalyn's Kitchen
Balsamic and Onion Pot Roast from Kalyn's Kitchen
Slow Cooker Pork Tenderloin from Andrea Meyers
Slow Cooker Italian Style Pork Roast from Champaign Taste
Crockpot Pork Tenderloin with Sage, Rosemary, and Cannellini Beans from Jersey Girl
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A jousting tournament was held in Poppleton, England in 1484. Hosted by the corrupt Earl of Paunchley, the intended tournament soon turned into a punishment for local boy Edmund Gaddlegate, which was only averted by the timely actions of Hannah Cockleford.
In 1484, the Earl of Paunchley decided to host this jousting tournament in his home village of Poppleton. He invited many knights and nobles from the surrounding areas to attend and compete. In addition, all the residents of Poppleton were ordered to attend and cheer for him, with punishment threatened if they refused.
A local boy, Edmund Gaddlegate, had been given the job of hanging banners and other decorations to liven up the village for the tournament. However, during this task, he fell and broke his arm an hour before the match. His mother sent word that there was no way he could attend the match in this state, but the Earl refused to accept this and had four of his henchmen forcibly drag Edmund and his mother to the match.
As punishment for these actions, the Earl decreed that Edmund would be forced to participate in the tournament as well and had his henchmen tie him to a horse. Upon revelation that the Earl expected them to fight an unarmed, injured boy, however, the other knights who had shown up left in disgust, essentially ending the tournament. Humiliated, the Earl announced that he still intended to joust against Edmund, regardless of the fact that the others had left.
At this point, Hannah Cockleford, a local witch that had been watching the proceedings, decided to intervene. As the Earl charged towards Edmund, she cast a powerful Shield Charm between the two. The charm was so powerful that it knocked the Earl and his horse back with such force that the impact gave the Earl a permanent case of amnesia, causing him to live out the rest of his life believing he was a donkey named Hairy Cyril.


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Discussion in 'Fantasy Sports Central' started by webz, Oct 2, 2009.
Like the Pistons, Six Hard Fouls finds a way to win WITH Daye.
I might be willing to take over one of these franchises for the remainder of the season and possibly move the Squirrels to keeper league next season. I don't have a ton of time on my hands to focus on setting my lineup on a daily basis (our IT dept. blocks Yahoo fantasy sites) but I could probably put a little more into it than what's currently being done. At least it would be a little more fun for the 8 teams that are actually competing. Another option for me might be to take one of the 2 expansion team slots that Webz talked about in the event that the league is expanded to 12 teams. The PFNFBL has really been cracking down on the Squirrels for our "code of conduct" this season so we might be forced to move the franchise to another league next season anyway. Keeper league would make sense to myself, Rufus and our ownership group. (Something that we also have to consider internally is the fact that we are absolutely sure that we will be winning Novice league this year. I think that there's a rule in place that if you win, you have to move to one of the more advanced leagues.)
Yell if you need a buyer.
Keeper is a weekly league, so there isn't a whole lot of time involved (unless you're Rascoe and you believe in your mind you actually have a chance to compete with the Linwood's and Laimbeer's of the Association).
If it's weekly, the Squirrels will make the move fosho! I can't wait to make Ricky Davis my first keeper.
"Six Hard Fouls off 2 a great start this week. Keeping the faith and looking for the winz."-Charlie Villanueva, Head of New Media and Public Relations, via Twitter
We have some interested new GMs. What do you think, Webz?
Also, we play at ESPN if anyone is wondering. It is a slightly different layout and process than Yahoo, but not anything radical, and IMO its better. This is the link to the league if you want to snoop around (not sure how much of team data is public) http://games.espn.go.com/fba/leagueoffice?leagueId=12076
U got Daye on ur team bruh! have him make a movie that no one wants to participate in. http://www.nba.com/pistons/video/2012/02/20/WIWYTaymov-2009888/index.html check out Daye job.
I'd welcome new owners.
It's run on ESPN as well, so you might be able to access it from your work pc.
Wow man, Dayes camera hand is as shaky as his dribble!
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BallDon'tLie has been handed ownership of the Malcontents. Big round of applause. One of his first order's of business was to drop Al Horford before realising he had an IR spot. I've chatted to BDL and under the circumstances I believe it is fair and prudent to re-add Horford back to his squad so he can be placed in the IR. If you have put in a waiver claim for Horford it will be nullified sorry (please retract it if you have made a claim to make things easier). Thanks
"My heart goes out 2 Kobe. When tha shotz dont fall, u gotta stay strong and keep shootin"-Charlie Villaneuva, Head of New Media and Public Relations, via Twitter
You are doing great with those. hilarious
Taking over the Detroit Malcontents has given me an appreciation for any GM who is given the task of turning a franchise around. My first instinct was to release almost everybody and start from scratch (kinda like Joe Dumars should do). I'm afraid that Al Horford was an innocent victim in this and I'd like to appologize to him and his family.
Welcome BDL.
If you want to trade Al Horford, I'm sure you'll be able to get Stephen Curry from him.
You're a good man and a most honorable Commissioner, Webzie.
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Kind of funny, you can hear bees but I could not see any, not even on the top of the hive he put the cover back on. Dont really understand why people would want to do that or even try that. I guess Im to modest.
You won't believe how much I'd pay $$$ to watch these guys get stung where it counts :evil:Yep, Stupid in my book :roll:
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I can't upload an avatar. Every photo seems too be too large in file size. Any ideas how I crop the file size?
Clare, me too. I have been wanting to change my picture for months. I have taken each picture down to what the old picture is and it still won't take. Sorry.
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Thank you, thank you, Eli and Randi....it worked! Even though we look like teeny tiny people I was getting bored with the same picture. I will certainly keep Eli's instructions.
Mwah! Thank you. When I'm not on the apple pad I'll give it a try.
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What are you planning to grow in it this winter?
I have a 12X30 hoop greenhouse. I found that cooling it was more of a concern than heating it. They get really hot if you get much sun.You only really need to worry about heating it to keep it above freezing. (Or to get seeds to germinate, but you can germinate them in your house and move them to the hoop house after they are seedlings if necessary.) As long as your temps are above freezing, I wouldn't worry about heating it.The Amish greenhouses have already started plants in their greenhouses. Most of them have large woodburning stoves to heat their greenhouses, but they will be starting stuff while there is snow on the ground.BlueBee is correct - plastic sheeting doesn't offer much insulation value. It stops the wind and rain. As soon as the sun goes behind clouds, you can feel the temperature drop inside a hoop greenhouse. You need some kind of thermal mass to hold the heat ideally.Grandma used to start her plants in a 'hot box'. It was a 3 foot deep pit, with a plastic sheeting lid over it. Grandma would put fresh raw horse manure on the bottom of the pit about a foot deep. As the manure composted, it would put off heat.Being in Georgia, you might be able to get away with putting several 55 gallon drums of water in the greenhouse. They would collect heat during the day, and the thermal mass of the water would help moderate the temperature at night.
I find that early morning sun is fine. It's that direct sun during the main part of the day that is the scorcher.Rolling up the sides and opening up the ends will do wonders for helping you cool it down. This will remove the bulk of the heat in the greenhouse.If it was only 20 feet, I'd run the extension cord over the ground until you were certain the exhaust fan would work. I'd also recommend running the cord through a piece of garden hose to protect the cord underground.You may also want to look at a shade canopy to block some of the sunlight coming into the greenhouse.


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Not sure where in NJ you are, but I shoot about 2-3 times a week at Bob's Little Sports Shop. He has a 9 lane 25 yard indoor range. Everyone there is very friendly and helpful. He's located in Glassboro.
Where do you Jerseyites shoot. Give us your favorite places for the rest of the Jersey people. Thanks.
Not sure where in NJ you are, but I shoot about 2-3 times a week at Bob's Little Sports Shop. He has a 9 lane 25 yard indoor range. Everyone there is very friendly and helpful. He's located in Glassboro.
I took my first shooting lesson there at Bob's
I would like to find some good quality outdoor ranges though. Any sugestions??
I am going to be taking a course from someone who is in East windsor/ Hightstown NJ and i wonder if anyone knows him, He is a FFL Dealer and instrutor. i will be going for my NJ firearm purchase card and Pistol permit, that is what this guy told me to do I was told by my friends son that you only have so many months to purchase once you get your purchase card and not sure how long as i want to time it and also do not want to be in any rush to purchase.
I have been doing alot of research and talking to diffrent people belong to a number of forums to learn about the handguns, been told what would not be good for a first time shooter, i also know where to go for a range but from what i am told i need to be invited by a memeber, I have bensalm Pa and bristol PA for the 2 ranges that i could go to which are not far from where i live, which is in Hamilton NJ been told that any NJ ranges are private.
so if anyone on this part of the forum goes to any range near Hamilton NJ that would be willing to help me out that would be great please let me know.
I have one guy who has been great in helping me along the process of learning about the diffrent handguns and what i have in mind are the following and in no order is the Ruger P95 the stoeger cougar 9mm,beretta px4 9mm, glock 17 and Smith and Wesson M&P or SDModel
my friend is going to be taking the course together and her husband got her a Kel-tec because she wanted a small gun and i even told her from whatn i have been told and read the small guns would be harder with speaking about the recoil and if she goes shooting at the range with her husband and trys to shoot it that it will turn her off
now my friends husband let me hold his smith and wesson and for some reason it seemed big in my hands so i am wondering if maybe i might have to go one size smaller. besides looking for someone that might happen to live in my area and could help me out.
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|Make sure your legs are ready. Especially if you are doing a 3 day trip. That first day can be killer.
^Sounds like a great deal especially if you're relatively new.
If it's just you or just another person I would stay local and use the money saved towards gear if you really get into it. Now if there's a bunch of you making a VT trip then I say go for it. Are you the only one trying to learn? For me, there was a like 4 of us trying to learn to ride back in the day which made it more fun for me. Although the time it finally 'clicked' I was alone on a green making turns by myself.
I also would try doing weekdays since it wouldn't be as crowded. No added pressure, maybe a smaller group in the lesson so you can get more hands on teachinig.
You really don't need VT to learn though. Even the tiniest hills would be fine just to learn once you get some lessons under your belt. Going several days in a row would be the best bet. It's all about practice and finding the groove in the beginning.
Have fun!
Can you make weekday trips? Mountain Creek in NJ is ~45 minutes from the GWB. If you can get there on a weekday it's usually pretty empty. I haven't been there on a weekend but I'm assuming its a shit show. It doesn't compare with Vermont but you don't need it to when you're learning. I'd recommend private lessons but if you can't afford that, this is a pretty good deal.
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Sup Guys,
Over the past few years I've been trying to get into snowboarding but never really had enough time to go for long enough. It always turned into 1 day trips and at the end of the day I'd start getting comfortable but then I wouldn't go snowboarding again until next season, and it would be the same thing all over again. I've done this like 4 years in a row I think and I'm sick of it.
Anyway, I want to start this season off with a 3 day weekend devoted only to snowboarding. I want to take a bunch of lessons and whatever else I will need to do to really get the hang of it. Then I'd like to get my own board/gear and turn this into a serious hobby this winter.
So what mountain would you guys recommend I go to do this? I was thinking Killington but maybe there is a better place to go for what I am looking for. My main goal is to find a good snowboarding teacher I guess.
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Just got it last saturday... shoots like a dream so far.
pictured w/ my Remington SPR-453 and my SOG Flash II:
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Just got it last saturday... shoots like a dream so far.
pictured w/ my Remington SPR-453 and my SOG Flash II:
Kewl. Is it one of those SA trigger models, that goes to DA if it gets a misfire?
Congrats! You'll love it.
gud day!
i have my .45 PT24/7 PRO and have fired only 250rounds as of to date. my problem is to remove a bullet in the barrel everytime i pulled the slide. is this what they call failure to eject. what advise could you give me about this? wili somebody give me some info on this? thanks
What type of ammo are you using, might be to light, try federal hydroshocks and anything 180-240+ grain. Could also be that you are not stiffening your elbows, main reason IMO that cause limp wristing, When I fire a .45 I lock my elbows with my arms fully extended and lean forward a bit too.
If you still have an issue make sure you slide and mags are well oiled. Mags get a little gummy with power and the rounds don't inject properly into the chamber, causing the empty to flush.


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They're comfy, colorful, cool and crazy. They're Fuzzy Duds - and they're spreading like wildfire in California. Fuzzy Duds are the creation of a Danville "cowboy," aka Steven Johnson, and kids at Stone Valley Middle School are crazy about them. How about you?
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Original post made on Jun 12, 2007
Like this commentPosted by Gloria Stitz
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on Jun 12, 2007 at 4:00 pm
You almost got Steve "Cowboy"'s charm....but the writer forgot to mention the sweet Southern accent thats makes his enthusiastic commentary so endearing and memorable, plus the fact of Steve's size--he probably created his clothes out of the lack of choice for such a tall, broad bod.
May I also add that he has very generously sponsored dozens of Bay Area Bike events with his signature Duds, adding a serious fuzz factor to the fun.
Thank you for publishing the piece. He will be hitting the big time shortly, we hope.
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Publishing one zine a year could work for me. In fact, I only published one zine last year. But the lack of audience problem remains. I mean, what's the point of printing a zine if you don'ty have an audience for it?
Don't people scam copies from work anymore? One of the benefits of working for the Man...
I agree with Dan 10Things. The art of the copy scam is a glorious thing. Now, I don't want to name names, but I used to know a guy who'd simply dress blandly yet professionally, walk into a Kinko's (located in a business park) during busy periods, rattle off a few hundred copies and meander off amidst the workaday hubbub. "Stealing from corporations is a victimless crime," he'd say. "Shareholders are lazy pricks who don't have the guts to invest in themselves. In fact, you may call me a modern day freedom fighter..."
Beyond that, it's true that everyone hoping to spread their work has to sell themselves to some degree. Unpleasant as it may sound in theory, publicity and connections are vital to gaining a wider audience. I've seen some amazing zines just fade off into the night because the publishers expected extraordinary quality to lead to success. Nope, civilization is a toilet and the turds always seem to bob to the surface while sensitive genius is flushed away. Sad, but true.
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Re: Wrath of the Monkey God
I *really* like the idea of this shirt, but the fact that it's a primate with Maori style tattoos is a bit disconcerting. I probably wouldn't be able to buy it because of the imitation style of Maori tattoos and having them be on a monkey. (For those who don't know, the Maori are very, very territorial over their tattoos and view it as offensive for others to copy them.)
Re: Hula Pig
He was invited to the luau. Nobody told him to dress for dinner.
Re: Hibiscus Dreams
There have been a couple designs that have caught my eye and this was definitely one of them. GREAT work, I absolutely love your colors and line work! gmv ;)
Re: Midnight Luau
I like this Makes me think of Capri Sun...or air fresheners... either way, GMV!
Re: Luau: 10% Metal
I especially dig his shorts and the flowers. GMV!
Re: Fire Dancer
GMV too!
Nice, fresh approach. Great work!
cenerslaveshop wrote:[quote postid="2547538" user="anneandkita"]This is totally minor, but it makes me uncomfortable anyway. The reflections in the water would both travel the length of the water reflection and they tend to taper off at the end, not just stop abruptly. The length of the line is based on the brightness of the source, so the moon reflection would be longer than the fire reflection if anything.
I absolutely love the design, but that inaccuracy would probably keep me from buying it. (I know, I know, that's so sad! I can't help it. )
This kind of shows what I'm talking about with the brightness vs. length of reflection. More examples could be found by googling I'm sure.
Cripes, it's a shirt! It's not like it's going to be hanging in the Louvre! If all the shirts submitted were held to such high expectations, we'd have no zombies, smiling animals, talking monsters and the like. Life is full of inaccuracies, I dig the individuality and it's a cool take on it; reflections "perfect" or not.
I know...and she knows...she even felt bad for admitting that it bugged her but its just an opinion, just like its just a shirt...
eHalcyon wrote:I think this is my favourite in the derby so far. That fire looks amazing. AnnaJo's flames were pretty spiffy too and she posted some tips in her shirt's thread. Would either of you two care to offer some more insight?
WOW I too, LOVE LOVE this design! GMV!
blammoed wrote:ahahahaha! hilarious, extra funny with the title. That poor little piggy.
thanks.. but think of all the hungry party people. :P
Re: Fine Young Cannibals
Creepy for sure! GMV!
Well, the MINUTE this came on, my boyf and I decided it would be a winner. Seriously, your color usage and the subtle use of halftones is AMAZING. Collaboration...please? ;)
Re: Dancing in the dark
Thanks BV and AnnaJo. Congratulations on breaking the fog AJ. Maybe our fire dancers can join you...3 dancing men with your lady.
Re: maiself-tai
hi-LARIOUS! gmv!
Re: Limbo!
i like the idea, but the guy would definitely fall over, hes not balanced
Re: Good Vibrations
unfortunately, there are halftones that can't be printed.
Re: Black Flowers
This is pretty awesome, GMV for sure!
Re: Tiki God Awakens
Dekon, I love the clean lines, the design and the way it pops on the blue. Nice work and gmv.
JadenKale wrote:unfortunately, there are halftones that can't be printed.
there are only six colors from the pantone solid coated color swatches. halftones is the coloring technique you see in newspaper comics with the tiny colored dots.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halftone
Re: Tiki Van Hula
Meow. *thumbs up*
Not too shabby at all :-)
No halftones in this that I can see... maybe you were thinking of partial transparency? It does look like the designer might have used a transparent dark colour over the lighter ones, but upon closer inspection it's clear that just six colours were used, very carefully chosen.
great design~ eye-catching but not gaudy. you've got my vote ^^
Re: Liquid Hibiscus
wow. i havent been around all day so i was checking the thumbnails.
i clicked to see this shirt to see how many people had said how wretched it is to make a shirt like those you can buy in a store.
now after reading oh lets say half way down the page maybe, give or take a few spins of the wheel, i want a turn!
ok hey, i see you took the time to draw it yourself. total props.
half of the crowd that is freaking out complains just as loudly about clip art and vectors. they whine incessantly (as do i) about the lack of give-a-stool around here.
yep, as a person that lives in vegas... where hawaiian people move to when they get sick of water... agreed. it LOOKS to be generic and just like alot of stuff you can buy at the flea market or where ever.
my personal verdict (as a person that has made exactly one design by the grace and help of far too many people) is this:
you took the time to draw it.
you have elements, as do i. bravo for putting out something people easily mistake for a run of the mill shirt. that means you made something 80 billion people would buy at walmart on a wing and a prayer.
now ill have you know that alot of my friends are gonna hate and berate me for this opinion, but for what you had to work with all the way around... hey you made something so palatable they all berate you for being too ordinary.
win or lose you have nothing to be ashamed of. if YOU drew it and YOU thought it looked nice repeated in a pattern rather than create a collage of different flowers, then there is nothing left to say.
if its all some ruse and you took some schmucks flower and repeatedly slapped it on a shirt without care... well then you should rot in hell.
if woot doesnt print it, go to a company called ocean pacific. i hear they LOVE this kind of work....
i am by no means an expert on design, and i know plenty of people have already said it in technical terms i don't quite understand, but .. that fire looks freakin awesome. great work =)
I love this one and I'd definitely buy. Best of luck
Love the design. The shirt is so dark though most of it seems lost. Have you considered a slightly softer color for the background?
Even if this idea isn't original, i still think it's an awesome shirt. i love the colors chosen for this shirt. most of the shirts i've seen with this design/print are bright, flashy, and sometimes tacky-looking. this one has my vote, because it has a calm, but dark, color scheme, and because i'd wear it.
great design =) and i give props for the color scheme.
Re: Surfer
i like your design, but not a big fan of the shade of blue. i prefer .. subtler colored shirts to wear~ but that's just me. awesome though =) i'd still get this shirt just for the design ^^
red and black is one of my fave color schemes. i love pictures where something is silhouetted because it's covering the light source (e.g. the sun).
incorporation of both~ awesome shirt. =)
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-Well the Boss says we need diversity, but this is a little much.
-It's nothing to lose your head over.
Oh, wait....
Sorry about the blurry image. The original design is HUUUUGE!
Got my thumbs up
Re: Luau Fire
sokowa=my favorite designer
This and Edgar's are the only shirts I would be willing to spend money on this derby. Fantastic job geek.
Re: Disco Tiki v2.0
I think I like it better without the dance floor
Re: Let's All Go To The Luau!!!
Ovaltina, my goat, this one is awesome ! I hope you win!
wow nice! i agree with everyone else on here! the fire looks awesome! and good job making it exactly 6 colors! i voted for this!
DavidShenoda wrote:Sorry about the blurry image. The original design is HUUUUGE!
I almost made this exact (or near exact) design. My version was just the bunny heads though. Glad I didn't as yours came out really well. Best of luck.
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Re: O'Day DS or Flying Scot?
I don't think many pirates sail either, really.
Re: O'Day DS or Flying Scot?
Nor can a Catalina 22' get up on a plane.
Much more exciting in a Flying Scot.
O'Day DS or Flying Scot?
I don't think the cockpit area of a 22' keelboat is any larger than a Scot. In fact, smaller in my experience. I've been on 25' keelboats that 4 adults were cramped on. Have fun with the IFJ
Re: O'Day DS or Flying Scot?
If you really want to have room to take the family out, why not just get a Catalina 22? They have a 500# swing keel, and plenty of form stability. Can still be trailer launched. Probably same price as a Flying Scot. (BTW, I'm going to look at an International FJ this weekend... full circle)
O'Day DS or Flying Scot?
5 people sitting on one side of the Scot, that's about all I need to know, thanks! Roomy, stable , fast , that equals fun for me
Re: O'Day DS or Flying Scot?
I have owned and raced a Flying Scot for over 7 years. And since I bought a fixer-upper (I'm #1 on Google "Balsa Repair"), I know quite a bit about factory support and construction.
Over the last 7 years, the scot fleet at GRSA.org (Richmond, VA) has doubled to approximately 35 boats, while the DS fleet has vanished (they don't even have a start anymore).
I spent a very long day sailing a DS in our club point to point race and quickly realized that the scot is far more comfortable. I'm pretty sure just as many DS have been capsized at our club (though in truth we avg less than 1/yr). T
The cockpit design of the DS puts a lot of weight in the stern so if you sail with more than two people, it is pretty slow in a DS. Last weekend we had our family of 5 sitting comfortably on the windward bench in our scot and hit 8.5 mph. The scot is the perfect family boat!
I've trailered my scot a few times and do not really enjoy the 20 minute setup, but I can't think of a comparable boat that is much easier. I trailer it with a minivan or station wagon and it pulls easily.
If you enjoy racing, the scot fleet is VERY competitive (several sailmakers race in NAs) but without the "arms race" that DS fleet has. The scot one-design is very restrictive and I appreciate it. One several occasions I have matched boat speed with district champs in my 50 year old #338 and the builder still races and wins with hull #1.
I could recommend a scot more strongly. If you can, try to sail both boats and see what you like better.
O'Day DS or Flying Scot?
Thanks everyone again for ALL input up to now, I really appreciate. Keep it coming! It's hard to argue someone's personal experience, so I value it all.
Being kinda lazy, I've gotten pretty good at not flipping even Butterfly's and Sunfishes, being quick to dump main or head up or both, so unless a larger dink is REALLY unstable, I think I can keep her on her bottom. Don't want to flip when we're out for a leisurely sail with kids or non-sailors. I typically also won't go out if winds are more than 12-15 knots. The DS has my eye, and the Rhodes 19 looks interesting but doesn't appear much larger than these others in the cockpit. Budget would be <$3000. I've found FS and DS at or under this, looks like Rhodes run a bit more.
Gonna go out in a Sonar soon, which sounds awesome, but I think they're $5-10k used.
Stumble seems to have no idea about flying Scots. I guess he sailed one once. I couldn't disagree with him any more. The only fleet I generally find active in most areas are the flying Scots. Good luck finding a viper 640 out there. Since the original builder abandoned them they have been straight downhill.
The Scots are an old design but are raced heavily up and down the east coast and the gulf. It was the only active travelling fleet with real numbers in the Carolinas. I never once saw more than one viper at a big multi class regatta except in south Florida and the maybe five they get for Charleston race week. If you are looking for racing, skip the viper.
I also have sailed in many different classes and the Scots are the only one where I can go to a big event and find multiple sailmakers such as North, Ullman, Madd, Schurr and Dieball all having their pros racing at the same time with the rest of us.
I will say the boat is heavy but my boat from 1973 still races even with the brand new boats. That's another problem the viper has. After three years of racing they are too soft to compete with the new boat. It's actually hilarious catching up to vipers at the windward mark when they were the fleet starting ahead of us on rolling starts.
I know the GYA is ditching the Scot but the GYA is pretty much gone anyway so who cares what they do. Read the report from the clubs on what they want and tell me if you can find a boat that fits their wants that actually has more than five built and is under their limit of $25k. Good luck.
Re: O'Day DS or Flying Scot?
We went from our first boat, a Sunfish, to the Day Sailer II, and would highly recommend it to you.
The DSII has a self-bailer (only works whilst the boat is underway), whereas the original DS had no bailer.
Ours also had the optional mast tabernacle, which made trailering and set-up much easier. In fact, easily done singlehanded.
Good luck,
Re: O'Day DS or Flying Scot?
1) Having flipped a scot a number of times I question your statement that they don't flip. It's such a common problem on the Gulf coast, where they are used for club trainers, that we even have a nickname for it. And since they can't really self rescue (they don't sink but fill up past the gunnels) our club requires a standby person ready to tow them in in the event of a capsize.
2) The centerboard trunk (also called the knee breaker) takes up a large part of the cockpit. And is prone to, well cracking knees, and busting shins.
3) The specialty crank is easy to loose, and can only be replaced from the manufacturer.
4) They are overly heavy making trailering and set up difficult.
5) The boats don't hold their value very well, due to a known issue of the fiberglassing being too thin at the shrouds. Which causes the hull to micro fracture after a few years. This causes major oil canning.
6) The one design sails are poorly designed, which requires huge amounts of vang to be carried to get proper sail shape. This leads to regularly breaking booms (we carry three booms to every regatta).
7) For new boats... Despite a recent reduction in price, they are still seriously overpriced when comparing them to other boats on the market.
8) of the GYA there is minimal to no competitive racing.
These are the primary reason that the GYA is in the process of selecting a new trainer boat for all of our club boats.
Again it depends on what you are looking for, and what you are looking to spend. But for the price of a reasonable Scot you could also find a reasonable condition Viper 640, which is massively more stable, more comfortable to sail, and has a much better design. A little smaller is the VX One which is from the same designer, but about 15 years newer. But there are no used boats on the market yet.
The K6 has a pretty good following, but is a little more relaxed than either of those.
Club 420- is a pretty laid back boat. But with no ballast can flip pretty easily.
Lightning - not my favorite, but has a nice following.
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As I may have mentioned before, I am currently in business with a South African JV partner. Whilst I have no great love for Johannesburg, I love heading up to Stollenbosch if I am stuck in the country over a week. Fortunately my SA biz partner is also mad about wine and takes great pleasure in sharing some of the best the country has to offer. During one recent trip to Stollenbosh, one of the posters on the Australian wine forum put me on to the winemaker at a vineyard he said he had an interest in called Haskell. Upon visting the vineyard, it turned out he was the CEO. As for the vineyard Rianie, the winemaker is passionate about her wines and will happy spend an hour or so talking you through her superbly made wines. So first up if you get to Stollenbosh, head to Annadalee road with Haskell at the top of the road on the right hand fork. http://www.haskellvineyards.com/index.jsp
They make a superb Boulder Rd Shiraz. The 05 pick up double gold which I am told in SA is a very good thing with two golds being better than one. Very much in a cooler climate style, soft tannins and red cherry flavours supported by white pepper notes. Excellent drop and just sad I had to give my bottle to the lovely lady at Customs in SA because I forgot you can no longer take bottles on board planes.
Also tried two very different chardonnay. The 05 having gone through malo treatment whilst the 06 had none. Of the two, I preferred the 05 with its butterscotch palate and suspect in future they may do a 50/50 mix. The 06 being more in the linear citrus new world style.
Further down the mountain, we also stopped in Ernie Els winery. No sign of the Man but a very impressive set up with stunning views from the tables set out the front on the patio.
Tried all the wines but the one to go for is their flagship drop names after Ernie: Ernie Els. Excellent bordeaux style this wine is no shrinking violet. big French oak, long cassis palate, cigar box and even some pencil shaving for those that seek pencils. The one bottle I did get back through those diligent men and women at Australian Customs will go to the back of the cellar for the next 15 years. The other main wines being the Proprietors blend of cab/shiraz was ok but not up to similar Aus styles of this blend. Whilst sitting at one of the table, I enquired of the person serving the wine what the square piece of grass was for. With a smile they told me it is set up so that Ernie can tee off balls into the vineyard when he is bored. If you look carefully you can see the waiting golf ball.
Also next door so to speak was the wellknow and justly so Rust en Verde. Lovely cab sav style and worth a bottle or two with one of the BIG steak the boks spend all their time eating.
At the bottom of the hill was the historic Weberburg Wines with its white washed Cape Town buildings dating back to 1796. Fantastic lodging for those seeking some where to stay. The straight Cab Sav was a good wine without being exceptional. Slightly two dimensional and lacking in fruit and comlexity, it is still nevertheless worth a visit.
With a business partner who is passionate about his wines and a cellar to match, the 10 days produced a great intro into South African wines. Firstt up Chardonays. My pick of the tour was a superb drop by Ataraxia. Apparently the wine of the moment in SA and with good reason, it is in built in the Leewin Estate style, great length, with stunning citrus flavours and excellent length structure. I would happy put this up against any modern Aus style Chard.
Next and a completely different style was the Springfield Estate Methode Ancienne. As John Platter describes it, "extreme winemaking taken to the extreme limit... "inspired by ancient Burgundy" and a native yeast ferment. This wine caused huge debate at the table. The host hated, I loved it and the others were just confused. Any forumites out in SA have to give it a crack if only once.
Other excellent Chardonnays, the Jordan Nine Yards Reserve, one of the granddaddys of the SA wine biz. Big new world style, excellent grape selection with great comlexity and length and fuller overall style. Of worth tracking down Bouchard Finlayson Croc Liar Chard and Hamilton Russell Chardonnay. The latter having undergone malo but retained elegance.
In terms of riesling, these are very much out of fashion although I did try a very good 98 rielsing from Klein Constania with German like residual sweetness.
The other big grape category is the Pinotage. This was really interesting. Top of the list for me was the Diemersfontein with its amazing chocolate covered coffee bean style although one winemaker was kind enough to inform me this wine was developed for the masses and undermined the intregity of the grape ( sounded like sour grapes to me). Also tried some older Pinotage care of friends. The Kanonkop 92 Pinotage shows that this wine if well made can easily last 20 years. At this age, the tannins have softened and the wine takes on a subtle complexity built around its choc/coffee flavours.
The one observation from an evening at the WineX is that Brett remains a major problem for many wineries. A number of the wines at the show had that whiffy barnyard nose that is thankfully missing from Aus wines. I have never really understood this condition when raised by the Brettanazis on this site but I really understood it after an hour of random tasting in SA. I asked a couple of winemakers and most were prepared to admit in the older wineries this problem is more common than most would be prepared to admit.


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