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Christianity from its earliest times taught the existence of heaven and hell as places where good and evil deeds in this life were judged, rewarded and punished. In the course of time ideas both of promised bliss and threatened woe went beyond anything than can have a purchase on human experience. Nevertheless, in their most developed form, doctrines of heaven and hell were explorations of moral psychology, as seen in their greatest imaginative expression, Dante's Divine Comedy. The present book explores and comments on ideas about post-mortem existence from ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Israel, ... More
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Do these studies suggest that parents of ADD children should encourage their kids to spend more time outdoors?
What are the risks? We don't know of any — beyond splinters, bug bites, and the like. So giving them more outside time seems worth trying. The consistency of the reports from parents in our surveys gives me faith in parents' ability to see what's going on with their kids, so why not encourage greener activities and watch what happens? My guess is that, if there's an effect, it will be pretty obvious.
Any specific suggestions?
If there's a choice of routes to and from school, try walking or driving the greener one. Before starting on homework, it might be nice for your child to have a snack and play outside for 20 minutes. Lots of parents have the opposite inclination: Do homework first, then go out and play.
I think parents could try to give their children a little green time before any activity that requires attention. For example, if your child has trouble sitting still in church, send him to play ball on the lawn for 20 minutes before you go. If you have a garden, enlist your child's help with gardening. Pay a family visit to the park or a nature preserve on the weekend.
It might be interesting to see if parking your child in front of a window with a nice view to do homework makes a difference versus doing homework in a room without a view. For most kids, natural views aren't too distracting. But reactions differ, so I would say try it for a few days to find out.
How about vacations?
This isn't something we looked at scientifically, but the parents we spoke with seemed pretty positive about "natural" vacations. My favorite comment was: "We went to Disney, and it was a disaster. But when we go camping, my child doesn't have any symptoms!"
If you hate the woods, of course, it makes no sense to take your child camping. But if the choice were "we could go to Los Angeles or go camping," I'd be inclined to try the camping.
What about city dwellers? Should they move to the country for the sake of the kids?
As a scientist, I have to say that there's far too little data to recommend that. But as a parent who knows the research, I would say that if I had a kid with ADD, green would be a significant factor in my decision about where to live. My research has made me more aware of how much time my own seven-year-old son spends indoors, and more persistent in encouraging him to play outside.
Is green time also good for ADD adults?
This is something else we haven't looked at. But I'd be pretty surprised if it weren't. After all, we see the positive effect of green time in adults and children who don't have ADD, as well as in kids who do have ADD. Why should non-ADD adults be any different?
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Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson has issued a damning indictment of Britain's court system, branding her recent involvement in a fraud trial "deeply disturbing", "malicious", and "a ridiculous sideshow".
The Tv cook was forced to admit previously using cocaine and marijuana when she was questioned under oath as a witness in the trial of two of her former aides, sisters Francesca and Elisabetta Grillo, earlier this month (Dec13).
The siblings were cleared on Friday (20Dec13) of spending $1.02 million (£685,000) on credit cards owned by Lawson and her former husband Charles Saatchi without permission, and following the verdict, Lawson has launched a furious broadside against the justice system.
She slammed defence teams for concentrating on unproven claims she is an habitual drug user, blasted officials for not being given the right to respond to the allegations, and called for major reforms of the British court system.
In a statement, Lawson writes, "I am disappointed but unsurprised by this verdict. Over the three-week trial the jury was faced with a ridiculous sideshow of false allegations about drug use which made focus on the actual criminal trial impossible.
"My experience as a witness was deeply disturbing. When false claims about habitual drug use were introduced I did everything possible to ensure the Cps (Crown Prosecution Service) was aware of the sustained background campaign deliberately designed to destroy my reputation...
"I did my civic duty, only to be maliciously vilified without the right to respond. I can only hope that my experience will highlight the need for a reform that will give witnesses some rights to rebut false claims made against them.
"Even more harrowing was seeing my children subjected to extreme allegations in court without any real protection or representation. For this I cannot forgive the court process...
"While this has been a difficult and upsetting time for both me and my family I would like to thank my friends, family and all those who have expressed support throughout this ordeal."
Following the trial, London's Metropolitan Police confirmed they will not be investigating Lawson's admission she has previously taken drugs.


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I am a huge frozen yogurt freak (have you ever had the Taro froyo from Tutti Frutti? Life changing!) but the weigh-and-pay system does make it kind of pricey. Also many choices from the topping bar can easily turn a healthy treat into something just as bad as an ice cream sundae!
Fortunately these frozen yogurt pops are just as satisfying, and with no sugar added they are guilt-free :)
I treated myself to this ice pop mold from Amazon. It came with the sticks too!
Full recipe under the cut!
2 ripe peaches
2 bananas
1 peach yogurt (I used Stonyfield Blends organic, very creamy)
1 vanilla yogurt
fat-free milk
You'll need an ice pop mold & a blender too.
1. Chop up one peach and a banana. Blend the pieces along with your yogurt, and a few splashes of milk (I use a magic bullet and add the milk last, up to the fill line)
2. On the side, finely chop your other peach and banana and spoon the pieces onto the bottom of the molds.
3. Fill the rest with the blended yogurt mixture, add popsicle sticks and freeze!
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The scales on a monstera are, on average, hexagonal, with a few irregular ones thrown in. They tesselate in a cool pattern - think unopened pine cone for the swirls - and usually have a little brown dot in the middle. They are green only when unripe. But a ripened one would be unsaleable, and this is why.
To ripen a monstera, hang it upside down in a bag until the scales turn blackish, get smaller (disrupting the pattern) and start falling off. Think vegetable leprosy. The monstera will start to be more pungent-smelling, but don't devour it until it's ripe, because it'll be dry and tasteless, and you might get little dry prickly tastes in your tongue (it's a hard sensation to describe).
Once it's ripe, get some friends so you can show off your weird fruit. But not too many friends, because you'll like this, i almost guarantee. Flake off the scales, and dive in. It's like banana-peach-pineapple-orange-cherimoya-goodness on a stick. (Except without the stick.)
Actually, no matter how exotic it looks, the monstera is the fruit of a relatively common houseplant - the swiss cheese plant (i can't remember the scientific name, i once knew it). Also, it should be known that according to some sources, monstera can cause allergic reactions including prickling in the mouth and throat and swelling of the throat. Not pleasant, but in an unscientific survey of the 20-odd people i've eaten it with, there have been no such reactions. So take your chances. Live on the edge. Woo-hoo!
Monstera is kind of hard to find around New England. It is also the namesake of a club i founded at Bard with a friend, subtitled the Exotic Fruits and Vegetables Club, whose sole purpose was to go down to NY (where they can be found, if you look) and buy fruits such as the monstera and bring them back up to lonely little Annandale-on-Hudson. Strangely, i once saw a monstera in my local Stop & Shop, but only once. It was like a mirage or something, nestled among the waxed unlabeled root vegetables that have come halfway around the world for people to puzzle over. And then it was gone.
Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida SubClass: Arecidae Order: Arales SubOrder: Family: Araceae Botanical Name: Monstera deliciosa Common Name: Delicious Monster Also known as: Swiss Cheese Plant, Ceriman, Mexican Breadfruit
The term 'Delicious Monster' encompasses a genus of 22 species of tropical, climber plants. Their origin is Mexico and Central America and in their region (the Neotropics) they are among the dominant epiphytes and hemi-epiphytes in the forests.
They are popular as a house plants because of their adaptability (being able to survive in anything from mild and temperate to sub-tropical climates) and large perforated leaves from which the common name is derived. They are also easily propagated by rooting tip or leaf cuttings in moist, nutrient rich soil in Summer.
Delicious Monsters are known for their strange growing habits and even stranger fruit (from which the official name is borne).
They tend to start life rooted in the ground but soon search out tree trunks to which they attach pencil-thick roots. Once attached to trees they grow toward the light, becoming hemi-ephites. Seedlings, upon germination, will grow in the direction of the darkest surrounding area until they come to the base of a tree or similar supporting structure to grow on. They will then begin to climb toward the light and will continue like this on into adulthood. In many cases an adult Delicious Monster can live in an entirely airborne position.
Delicious Monsters begin bearing fruit after about three years. The cone-shaped, fleshy fruits (which can grow to 9" in length) is actually the flower spike that remains once the flower has been pollinated and has died. The fruit is covered with hexagonal scales that dry out and separate to reveal a white pulp as it ripens. It can take more than a year for a fruit to ripen so as to be edible. Unripe fruit may have toxic levels of oxalic acid which causes irritation to the mouth and throat and can cause swelling of the mucous membranes. The ripe fruit has a pineapple-like flavor (though some characterize it as being closer to banana) and and tends to have a slightly squishy texture which makes eating one quite an endeavor.
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On Fox News' Dayside with Linda Vester, Fox News "Supreme Court Analyst" C. Boyden Gray said that it is "our job" to make sure that whomever President Bush chooses to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the U.S Supreme Court is not "vilified by the left." Though Vester did not mention it, Gray is the chairman of the Committee for Justice, a group he founded in consultation with White House senior adviser Karl Rove to build public support for the confirmation of Bush's judicial nominations. In addition to Dayside, Gray appeared on Fox News numerous times on July 1, including during the 11 a.m., 12 p.m., and 2 p.m. ET hours of Fox News Live, to discuss O'Connor's retirement.
From the July 1 edition of Fox News' Dayside with Linda Vester:
VESTER: I was just polling people in the audience about who they think the president is likely to pick and who they'd like to see, what characteristics they would like to see. So let's just let you hear from some members of the audience. What do you think, sir?
AUDIENCE MEMBER: I think the president will pick a pretty strong conservative, which will tend to have a polarizing effect on the whole process.
VESTER: What do you think?
AUDIENCE MEMBER: I think he should pick a centrist, because the centrist would be less predictable and less polarizing. But I don't think that's what's going to happen.
VESTER: Boyden, your assessment?
GRAY: Well, I think the president will pick someone who, as he put it in his press conference this morning, someone will interpret and not make up the law. Now if that, in this gentleman's view, is someone who is a conservative so be it. But I think that's what the president is going to do. And I don't think that the individual who just spoke is going to find the nominee to be someone offensive. I think it will be a person of the highest caliber who will command respect across the board unless vilified by the left, and our job is to try to help to make sure that doesn't happen.
VESTER: Thank you, C. Boyden Gray, former White House counsel.
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February 23, 2010
"The Democrats are giving birth to every movie monster you have ever seen, from Freddy Krueger to... Hell, I can't remember them all."
Rush Limbaugh gets a rant started and runs it to a "Screw you!" crescendo.
The jumble of images is truly weird: every movie monster ever; Democrats fucking each other and then getting into fights like a married couple and throwing not everything but the kitchen sink, but actually the kitchen sink; the offspring of this awful relationship, an abandoned baby who's unloved and a deadbeat; the unviable tissue mass that needs to be aborted; the Rush Limbaugh who has "always been pro-choice"; the unhappy, "Screw you!"-shouting parents who should abort their unborn child.
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- lyssalovelyredhead said...
In my experience, there is a strong element of self-loathing in almost all artistic-sorts, and that element also seems to align itself with liberalism. I would say that a lot of it has to do with embarrassment over being such a great country and a belief that people are not able to live in real freedom (which is mostly projection of their own fears that they themselves cannot live in freedom).
Not the sorts of people who I want running things.
- Lyssa - 2/23/10, 8:00 AM
- rhhardin said...
There's more consistency if you consider how it started
Now, I want to look at the Democrats here as a couple of parents, in a way. You people know that having children will not save dysfunctional marriages. It just doesn't work. And to the Democrats, passing Obamacare will not save you. It is going to destroy you! It is a suicide pact.
Troubled marriages become more troubles when new responsibilities are added to couples who are already prone to anger and disagreement -- and, frankly, hate each other.
And the monster is a monster baby owing to hatred at his conception. That's nn acceptable story line.
wv podmix - 2/23/10, 8:05 AM
- rhhardin said...
OT where on Rush's site do you find transcripts?
I've been unable to stumble into the click that gets to them. - 2/23/10, 8:12 AM
- Hoosier Daddy said...
In my experience, there is a strong element of self-loathing in almost all artistic-sorts, and that element also seems to align itself with liberalism.
That's because liberals tend to think our wealth and prosperity is due to luck and not because of our comittment to liberty, free markets and rule of law. Because if they recognized that, they would be forced to acknowledge that our system is superior to others and liberals find that distasteful.
wv: crocke - what modern liberalism is - 2/23/10, 8:22 AM
- Ann Althouse said...
"OT where on Rush's site do you find transcripts?"
Does my link not take you to the transcript?
I see the stories teased on the front page, and I can click through to the transcripts, even when I'm not signed in as a member.
As a member, I can get to a search box, which works very well to find what I'm looking for. If I hear something on the podcast (another benefit of membership) I can search for a key word or 2 and find the transcript. - 2/23/10, 8:24 AM
- AllenS said...
As long as Godzilla doesn't come back to life, I'm not worried. Godzilla is dead, right? Right?
- Hoosier Daddy said...
It doesn't help that John Kerry looks so much like Hermann Munster.
- JAL said...
So you remember Godzilla arising out of the bay in poverbially grainy scarey black and white?
Yikes! - 2/23/10, 8:46 AM
- AllenS said...
Godzilla was pure hell for the Japanese.
- JAL said...
Godzill from the bay, the alien things tearing out of people's chests and breasts (there's your breast tag!)
Rosemary's Baby meets the Bad Seed.
Maybe Mr.and/or Mrs. Smith will go to Washington and save us? - 2/23/10, 8:50 AM
- rhhardin said...
Does my link not take you to the transcript?
Yes, which proves it's on the site.
How to get to them in general was my question.
I see the stories teased on the front page, and I can click through to the transcripts, even when I'm not signed in as a member.
There's the clue. I was looking for a "transcripts" link.
The required click was lost in the busy crap clutter.
Very bad site design style, inherited from radio station site design ethic.
If some stuff is good, more stuff is better. - 2/23/10, 8:52 AM
- garage mahal said...
Could be a metaphor for Limbaugh's life. Scary monsters under his bed, fear of not being loved and being abandoned, and fear of being rejected and divorced again. Would explain much of his truly miserable existence.
- Hoosier Daddy said...
Would explain much of his truly miserable existence.
Yeah garage. He looks absolutely downtrodden. - 2/23/10, 9:08 AM
- Fred4Pres said...
Well as a conservative, I do see every movie monster as some metaphor for liberals and progressives.
And in related cultural misogyny... Glad to see liberals are so...hypocritical. - 2/23/10, 9:17 AM
- Jim said...
Before the 2008 election, I told my wife that I think the real reason that the media completely was tossing aside even the pretense of objectivity with regard to Obama in what was - to m - obviously an "extinction burst."
Consider the following:
1) The continuing daisy chain of newspaper/newsmagazine failures
2) The utter failure of liberal talk radio
3) The declining ratings of the alphabet networks, CNN and MSNBC
4) The ascendancy of Fox News
5) The enduring popularity of conservative talk radio
6) The rise of the dextrosphere and the already peaked popularity of the sinestrophere.
7) The repeated best-selling success of conservative books - not just on current topics, but re-examining political history as well (e.g., Liberal Fascism).
8) Outside of the government, union membership is experiencing calamitous decline.
Put them all together and what do you have? The end of the ability of the Left to completely control the narrative, to hide inconvenient truths and to pretend that opposing views are without merit or that they even exist.
I believe that the media understood very well that 2008 would be the last presidential election in which they had as much influence as they did. So they had no incentive to pretend they were objective any longer, after all most of them wouldn't even have jobs by the time the next election rolls around anyway.
By 2012, it is very likely that neither Time nor Newsweek will even exist as print magazines. The NY Times may or may not be putting ink to paper, but even if it is there will be far fewer copies to circulate. Air America has already gone silent. Etc., Etc.
The Leftists in this country have controlled political conversation in this country for generations now. That monopoly has effectively ended, and now their agenda is being shredded daily by Glenn Reynolds' "Army of Davids" who are pointing out that the emperor has no clothes, and in fact, never really did.
So the Democratic Party had no choice but to go "all in" after the last election. From ObamaCare to Cap-N-Tax to Card Check, every liberal wet dream is on the table.
They thought "we've only got one more shot to get this through, so we've got to jam as much through as possible RIGHT NOW." Because they know they're not likely to get another bite at this apple for a very long time to come.
Because not only have they lost control of the message, they've run out of money. Federal and state budgets are exploding across the country with decades of liberal mismanagement and the extraordinarily high cost of government union workers (see GM and Chrysler for examples of where this is heading).
The appetite, and the ability to fund, the expansion of government is over for the foreseeable future.
We just can't afford it. Democrats knew the debt bomb was ticking, but this recession and their own irresponsibility in passing the stimulus plan, sped up the countdown timer to it going off.
Time has run out. The steady money and muscle of their labor union allies are quickly drying up, and that will affect the Democratic Party's ability to remain competitive.
The Leftist agenda will always find a way to come back eventually. That totalitarian impulse isn't going to go away. It never really does. But if gets defeated now, it's going to have to go underground for a long time. And the actions of the Leftists for the last few years proves that they know it too. - 2/23/10, 9:26 AM
- Pogo said...
Excellent, Jim.
- chuck b. said...
Movie monsters symbolize our anxieties about other things. This metaphor makes a lot of sense for Rush; the man has a lot of anxiety.
WV: squidess! Evil squid monster representing our fears about an intrusive federal government. - 2/23/10, 9:51 AM
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- peter hoh said...
Yes, if you want to see how to push a monster of a bill through Congress, take a look at how they managed to pass Medicare, Part D.
- rhhardin said...
Limbaugh stood in his living room with a fake microphone as a kid and did broadcasts, when other kids were running their bicycles as trains.
It looks like he's doing what he always wanted to do, far from beset by monsters.
His childhood fear was boredom. - 2/23/10, 9:58 AM
- dannyboy said...
I'm convinced that Harry Reid is a zombie. Nancy Pelosi is Elvira and Rham Emmanuel reminds me a lot of Dr. Moreau.
- Joe said...
...Nancy Pelosi is Elvira... Hey now I thought Elvira was teh hawt...sure not Rhonda Shear hawt, but hawt nonetheless.
And before Jeremy gets here: "Pus Limpballs, fat, drug addict, likes under-age sex partners" it saves wading thru a longer screed. - 2/23/10, 10:55 AM
- Hoosier Daddy said...
Actually now that I look at him Rahm Emmanual looks more like Gomez.
- Hoosier Daddy said...
We didn't have Elvira in Indianapolis but rather Sammy Terry.
Get it? - 2/23/10, 11:22 AM
- edutcher said...
The monster is the Hydra; cut of one head, seven more appear.
Hoosier Daddy said...
It doesn't help that John Kerry looks so much like Hermann Munster.
More like Lurch.
dannyboy said...
I'm convinced that Harry Reid is a zombie. Nancy Pelosi is Elvira and Rham Emmanuel reminds me a lot of Dr. Moreau.
No, no; Dingy Harry is the Wolfman, Pelosi Galore is the Bride of Franken, and Tippytoes is Igor.
WV "geexiess" Computer groupie. - 2/23/10, 11:23 AM
- Alex said...
garage, Rush has $500 million. How much do you have? Scoreboard, fool.
- The Crack Emcee said...
Why do you listen to that man? He's crazy. Much better find someone with a more even temperament, who doesn't fly off the handle so often, y'know? That's the true sign of male intelligence, ethics, etc. Obama's election proves it.
Not The Macho Response.
That shit's for losers. - 2/23/10, 12:31 PM
- kentuckyliz said...
The Blob or the Fog seem to be the best metaphor, for an amorphous and threatening giant gelatinous destructive eat-everything-in-sight including the humans federal government.
It's a hungry and threatening beast and the hero doesn't even know where to stab his spear. - 2/23/10, 12:41 PM
- peter hoh said...
KentuckyLiz, as Seymour discovered in "Little Shop of Horrors," it's a lot easier to feed the beast than it is to tame the beast, which is why the beast grows bigger, whether the GOP or the Dems are in power.
- Iapetus said...
OBAMA: -- and I know you share my feelings that we've also got ... to tackle some problems and barriers that have held us back and to secure our rightful place as the preempt economy in the Twenty-First Century. "
Is this a typo in the transcript or yet another Bushism by that oh so eloquent President of ours? What the hell does he mean by a "preempt economy"? Could he mean PREEMINENT? Nah, he just talkin' ebonics to build his street cred. - 2/23/10, 7:33 PM
- Matt said...
That's because liberals tend to think our wealth and prosperity is due to luck and not because of our comittment to liberty (except for slave labor, propping up third world dictators, sweatshops, etc)
free markets (except for corporate welfare, funding for R&D in semi-conductors, computers, aviation, bio-tech through the Pentagon and NIH, protectionism, etc)and rule of law (except for the UN Charter, Nuremberg, Geneva Convention, CoIntelPro, etc) - 2/24/10, 11:44 AM


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Jim Murray's "World Whisky Awards for 2010"
October 5th, 2009Okay, here's the list (from a press release I received this morning). Let the discussions begin. What do you agree with? Disagree with? I'll give you my thoughts too.
Jim Murray's World Whisky Awards 2010
Straight Rye Whiskey, the spirit of choice in pre-prohibition America and immortalized in Humphrey Bogart films, has been given top billing in the coveted Jim Murray's Whisky Bible World Whisky Awards for 2010.
International whisky authority Jim Murray has named Sazerac Rye 18 year old as the finest whisky in the world after tasting almost 1000 new whiskies since April. It scooped the World Whisky of the Year title by gaining 97.5 points, only the second time such a score has been achieved.
Announced to coincide with the publication of the 2010 edition of 'Jim Murray's Whisky Bible', which contains tasting notes on over 3,850 of the world's whiskies, Sazerac's success marks the return of a whiskey style that all but disappeared from the marketplace. Following the repeal of Prohibition, American drinkers had developed a taste for lighter spirits, resulting in a boom for bourbon and Canadian whiskies, while straight rye fell by the wayside.
Jim Murray comments, "A decade ago I wrote that it was likely that there would be a renaissance in rye whiskey. I recognised that the combination of big, bold flavours and subtle, delicate fruity notes would be appreciated by connoisseurs, especially those who prefer smoky Islay single malts. Now American distillers can't make enough of it. And in this particular bottling of Sazerac 18, we have a rye that is not just at the top of its game, but reaching previously unknown heights. In beating all other world whisky types, Sazerac 18, has set the bar for rye whiskey and it will be fascinating in forthcoming years to see what is bottled to try to at least match it."
Distilled at Buffalo Trace distillery Kentucky, Sazerac 18 pipped into second place one of the smokiest whiskies ever produced, from the Ardbeg distillery on Islay.
Another Award winner likely to cause a surprise was an Indian Single Malt, which was awarded the title of World's Third Best Whisky. Distilled in Bangalore, Amrut Fusion scored an outstanding 97 points. "It makes no matter where in the world a whisky is made. If it is magnificent, then it stands a chance of being recognized in the Whisky Bible Awards. Amrut have been bottling astonishing whisky for a few years now. But this particular bottling just made my hairs stand on end. It is hard to find a whisky with better balance. India has unquestionably arrived as a whisky nation" added Murray.
Category winners:Scotch Whisky of the Year – Ardbeg Supernova
Single Malt of the Year (Multiple cask) – Ardbeg Supernova
Single Malt of the Year (Single cask) – Glenfarclas 1962 (3rd release)
Best Scotch New Brand – Glenmorangie Sonnalta PX
Scotch Blend of the Year – Ballentine's 17 Years Old
Scotch Grain of the Year – Duncan Taylor North British 1978Single Malt Scotch
No Age Statement (Multiple cask) – Ardbeg Supernova*
No Age Statement (runner up) – Glenmorangie Sonnalta PX
10 Years and Under (Multiple cask) – Octomore 5 Years Old*
10 Years and Under (Single cask) – SMWS 77.17 (Glen Ord)
11-15 Years Old (Multiple cask) – Tomintoul 14 Years Old
11-15 Years Old (Single cask) – Isle of Arran Sherry 353*
16-21 Years Old (Multiple cask) – Glen Grant 1992*
16-21 Years Old (Single cask) – Glendronach 1992 Cask 401
22-27 Years Old (Multiple cask) – Brora 25 Years Old 7th Release*
22-27 Years Old (Single cask) – Cadenhead's Benriach 23YO
28-34 Years Old (Multiple cask) – Highland Park 30 Years Old*
28-34 Years Old (Single cask) – Douglas Laing Glencadem 32YO
35-40 Years Old (Multiple cask) – Glenglassaugh 40 Years Old*
35-40 Years Old (Single cask) – Whisky Fair Glen Grant 36 YO
41 Years and Over (Multiple cask) – Glenfiddich 50 Years Old*
41 Years and Over (Single cask) – Glenfarclas 1962 Release IIIBlended Scotch
No Age Statement (Standard) – Ballentine's Finest*
No Age Statement (Premium) – The Last Drop*
5-12 Years – Johnnie Walker Black Label*
13-18 Years – Ballentine's 17 Year Old*
18 & Over – Chivas Regal 25 Years Old*Irish Whiskey of the Year – Redbreast Aged 12 Years*
American Whiskey
Bourbon of the Year – George T Stagg (144.8)*
Rye of the Year – Sazerac 18 Years Old (Fall 2008)*
No Age Statement (Multiple barrel) – Parker's Golden Anniversary*
No Age Statement (Single barrel) – Blanton's Single Barrel 316
9 Years & Under – Jim Beam Black Aged 8 Years*
10-12 Years – Wild Turkey Russell's Reserve*
13-17 Years Old (multiple Barrels) – George T Stagg (144.8)*
13-17 Years Old (Single Barrel) – Buffalo Trace Experimental Course Grain
18 Years & Over – Evan Williams 23 Years Old*Rye
10 Years & Younger – Jim Beam Rye*
11 Years & Older – Sazerac 18 Years Old (Fall 2008)*Canadian Whisky of the Year – Wiser's Red Letter*
Japanese Whisky of the Year – SMWS 116.4 (Yoichi)*European Whisky
European Whisky of the Year – Santis Malt Highlander Dreifaltaigkeit*
European Single Cask Whisky of the Year – Penderyn Port Wood Single Cask*World Whiskies
Indian Whisky of the Year – Amrut Fusion*(* denotes category winner)
To mark the sheer quality and standard of whisky making around the world Jim Murray has created a new Liquid Gold Award for all whiskies scoring 94 points and above. Representing 10% of all the whiskies featured in the '2010 Whisky Bible' they are, says Murray "the elite; the very finest you can find on whisky shelves around the world. Rare and precious they are liquid gold".A full account of the 2010 World Whisky Awards can be found in Jim Murray's Whisky Bible 2010 published today (5th October 2009). And with nearly 4000 tasting notes, including 946 of the very latest releases, the 'Whisky Bible' remains the definitive and most up to date guide available.
Published by Dram Good Books priced at £10.99, the '2010 Whisky Bible' is available through online retailer Amazon and other good book stores. Signed copies by the author can be obtained from www from www.whiskybible.com.
54 Responses to "Jim Murray's "World Whisky Awards for 2010""
Personally, I'm finding it increasingly difficult to take Jim's conclusions so seriously. It is without question that Ardbeg is a world class whisky, but Jim's continued favouritism is becoming rather tired – and obvious.
exactly what I was thinking
What a surprise, another Ardbeg tops the bill….
Interesting choice. Will definetly have to try it. Jim seems to have a taste for Glenmorangie plc products (Ardbeg & Glenmorangie). As both distilleries have made some stellar expressions the last few years I can't really disagree with that. I'm glad I have a bottle of the Supernova. Good to see that the Arran Distillery is getting some recognition!
I meant the 18 year old rye whisky, not the supernova..
While I haven't tasted nearly as many whiskeys as Mr. Murry, from some of these selections I think it is safe to say we have very different preferences.
This makes me wonder what is the point of awards? A tasting note gives context but an award is just a preference. -
Very interesting that the 13-17 Years Old (Single Barrel) winner was the – Buffalo Trace Experimental Course Grain, but
John rated it as an 80 and the fine grain getting the 94 (http://blog.maltadvocate.com/2009/06/11/review-two-new-buffalo-trace-experimental-whiskeys/). Very interesting.
I wish for the single malts he'd have a peated and non-peated category. -
I tried to like the Sazerac 18yo as well as a couple other rye(the younger Saz and a Van Winkle), but they seem one dimensional compared to Bourbon. I can see it as the essential component in rye based whiskey or in a cocktail, just not a profile I like on its own.
I have the Sazerac 18 and it's very good, no question. I also have a lovely single-grain Rye (NAS) from Tuthilltown that is wonderful. I agree with Glen that ranking whisk(e)y, or movies, or anything, is very subjective and it's normal to have biases and a reviewer should expect disagreement. Jim does a very good job of justifying his reviews, and I buy a copy of his book every year since I find his reviews to be valuable in honing my tasting abilities (I also find John's blog, here, useful for the same reason). Tasting things yourself is the only way to establish your personal preferences. That's obvious, right? To me, the value in reviews is helping me decide how to spend my precious whisk(e) budget on likely good products.
In the Irish, American and Rye I think he made great choices, are they the absolute best? Hard to say, but they all are fine whiskeys and make great choices as representing each category.
I agree with Ballantines 17yr as Best Blended Scotch. It would be a toss up between that and Royal Salute for me.
However, I cannot understand how he judged Ballantines Finest (NAS) as the best of the NAS blends. I just shake my head at that one. Maybe he still had the 17yr old in his glass when he thought he was sampling the the Finest.
The intention behind awards is the promotion of the people giving the awards and the things receiving them. Strictly something to chat about with friends and acquaintences. The only thing wrong with hype is that so many people get taken in by it.
Honestly, Murrays awards are only marginally more interesting than how hard he's straining, in the picture, to look authoritative and serious.
I don't have problems with reviewers who have their favourite distilleries, but Murray has done consultancy for Ardbeg for so many years and helped to define the current profile. And now Sonnalta PX from the same company as a runner up… I guess he should know better and be more neutral if he wants to be acknowledged as a reference.
I love Jim Murray's individualism and writing style, but I'm beginning to get tired of seeing Ardbeg win every year. Being a peat freak, I really enjoy the Supernova, but it is more of a novelty than anything else. To call it the best Single Malt in the world is a stretch. I also, don't agree with some of Jim's assessments in the blended category. Ballentine's Finest??? Really? Famous Grouse whomps Ballentines in that category – at least in my opinion. But, I guess that's really what it's all about – opinion. Jim's entitled to his…
Jim makes a monumental effort! Jim gets around! The challenge is that WB relies upon one authority, not the avg of 10. If there truly is a conflict of interest, then an objective reviewer should defer to others to review. That said, ten reviewers can't cover all the ground Jim walks on. Those who are purests will need to appreciate that pressure can exerted upon those who may or may not receive samples. Some of us have tried quite a few bottlings that Murray and others have yet to rank. Some of my favorite Lowlands still remain unranked and overlooked.
Personally I don't even look at his reviews.
A hint of bias towards Glenmorangie Plc.
No, I much more favor the reviews of Serge (whiskyfun.com) or the Caskstrength boys. -
I seldom agree with Jim's ratings, but he's an entertaining writer and a good promoter of whiskey (though he clearly does have favorite distilleries including both Ardbeg and Buffalo Trace).
I havent' had the Saz 18 for a couple of years, though I loved the older ones. Still, I'm thrilled to see a rye whiskey picked as number one. I love rye and would love to see even more distilleries doing good work with their ryes.
I really love Sazerac Rye so I'm not surprised it has gained recognition. Not sure about the Ardbeg – it's good but in my opinion not the best.
Going back to your earlier entry about tasting vs nosing, have you and him really _tasted_ that many?
May be I'm reading that wrong, but based on "including 946 of the very latest releases" that sounds like a lot of whisky to drink. That's close to 3 dram a day for a year, and then you would only actually taste each of them once…
Armin, herein lies the problem – how many times has your first opinion of a whisky been wrong? For me, my first opinion is almost always wrong. Some whiskies don't just grow on you, they explode on you.
I fully admit own to owning three of Jim's "bibles" already – and to having just ordered my fourth one. And I also admit to having bought the Ardbeg Supernova as a committee bottling when it came out, as well as the regular release.
OK! So Jim loves peated whiskies. I suppose we all got that. Point well taken, there are too many peated whiskies out there, according to Mr. Murray. But please, do it Jim's style (no "caramel"), otherwise see the Ardmore Traditional's rating.
I really love Jim's 1997's book a lot, but why, Jim, did you have to make Supernova your new No.1? I bought too many Supernovas to be disappointed by this obvious choice, but still… it will be one surprise less when I get to read 2010's Bible. -
there are too many peated whiskies out there
meant to write "too few", sorry for the mistype!! -
You still taste it once before hand, huh? Good, that makes me a little more comfortable with those. First impressions really are uniquely revealing, but I've always felt that a definitive review or even a good opinion should embody more familiarity than that.
As expected, plenty of the Glenmorangie Group's whiskies. As others have suggested, I tend to use Murray's ratings merely as a suggestion. In fact, I think any rating is highly personal and hence only of marginal interest to others. I'd much prefer simple tasting notes.
Hey John, great to have you! For all the implicit reasons you stated yourself and the ones beyond them (like the fact that you are maintaining this excellent blog in the first place!). Thanks for the terrific reviews, they are very helpful.
Your comment about tasting is a key distinction. Jim Murray advocates in his Whisky Bible spitting out the whisky and not swallowing, even for amateur tasters, but that misses an important element of drinking (not just nosing or judging) whiskies). The full experience of whisky involves all the senses, and the experience long after the liquid has passed to your stomach. Of course, swallowing even small amounts would be dangerous for someone who samples as many whiskies as Jim does.
a silent protest against Diageo? And a lot of GM/Ardbegs… Well done!
Hi Quentin,
Hear, Hear & Hear! I don't buy this non-swallowing nonsense. I am completely with Serge Valentin that if you are at a tasting or a festival where you plan to taste many whiskies then, yes, spitting is very important. But to be considered a professional taster and score and award etc, then spitting is akin to judging a car on looks, gadgets, comfort of seats but not on actual drive. And, if the argument is 'there are too many whiskies for me to swallow them all' then cherry-pick. It is not humanly possible to taste every whisky bottled (and even JM's book does not do more than break the ice) therefore, ask for the very best that bottlers, companies have to offer – let them put their best foot forward (as the Malt Maniacs do) rather than attempt every thing and not give them the time they deserve. This is what I think John tries to do and I enjoy the Twitters where you get lots of comments and a real feel (in real time) of what the senses are taking in.
I was fotunate enough to write a book on whisky and there were times when I spent several hours with whiskies because I kept getting something different. It took me three months to write a few hundred tasting notes (time well spent you might say).
Just my tuppence with really – but so far I have not been convinced that a proper tasting can be conducted when the whisy has been spat out rather than swallowed.
Hello John,
I have been following your blog for some months here. The discussion on this topic is quite complex here for many reasons. When it comes to whisky it is even more complicated.
Firstly, what you and Jim doing is tasting and judging whiskies. The scale of your tasting and Jim's may vary in terms of the nmber of samples tasted per year. Although I am not sure if it is your full time profession, Jim's whisky bible is what he does for living and he is a whisky writer. It will be impossible for him and even for you to drink these many whiskies in a year.
But the fundamental difference between you (John and Jim) and the consumers is that your experience in tasting and analysing different samples and the knowledge you gain over a period of time.Nosing and tasting in particular to the sensory skills depends on
a. Your exposure and ability to pick up the aromas. The way how your brain analyze and absorb the aromas. A classic example can be identifying sulphur in a sherry finish. Research suggests that over 60% of the population do not have the ability to pick up sulphur.
b.Similary, I may not agree with you or Jim's tasting notes as an end consumer. If I smell Mango in a whisky I do and that his how my brain picks it up.c. What is important though is what you are paying for a whisky and what you are getting out of it?
The reviews and critics are a guide as you rightly said. There is a chance to differ from it. But it can points us in the right direction. I am not a great peat fan. But Amrut Fusion for example is some thing new for me to explore and that is where the reviews help.
I think it's really cool that Jim and John have a fair bit different opinions on a few of these whiskies (particularly the Buffalo Trace Experimental- coarse vs. fine grain wood). I'm quite glad that they have somewhat different tastes, because it means when they agree that something is really good, then you best get it while you can (if you can afford it). And if they agree that something sucks, you'd probably be better off getting something else. Where they differ, those are key whiskies for you to try and thereby develop your own taste profile preferences. Exciting times in whisky!
An earlier poster noted that averaging scores from around 10 independent tasters would be the overall best approach. I whole-heartedly agree! The avg. score and standard deviation (measure of how much variability among tasters) would provide a simple, quick, and likely accurate measure of your own likelihood of enjoying the product. Who might do such a thing? I think it would have a different purpose than the Whisky Bible- maybe picking 25-50 distinct whiskies that represent the range of taste profiles in each of the different major styles (single malt scotch, bourbon, rye, Irish, Canadian, and "other"). While the Whisky Bible is a great reference, it can be a bit daunting to read through several whiskies at one sitting. A nice touch with this new idea would be if each major whisky had an introductory section listing some of the typical components of the taste/nose profile that generally lead to good or bad ratings.
Suggest you look at Scottish Field Challenge because that is exactly what they do and I often use their analysis to pick a few whiskies for my collection.
Mike, did you know that someone has actually done some linguistic analysis of John's ratings to figure out what notes correlate with higher and lower ratings? I wasn't blown away by the research proposal or the methodology, though, and right now I can't remember anything about the findings except that Bourbons usually rated higher than scotch.
And another thing Mike– you're assuming that the notes that reviewers take exhibit a high degree of precision– That a given reviewer consistently reports on the same phenomena with the same phrases or words. There are two problems with this assumption:
1. This problem is just practical. Aside from a few words, "sulfur" comes to mind, whisky reviewers often do not use the same words to report the same flavors. In trying to capture their whisky experience as a totality they often parse things one way or another. Two whiskies may have some very similar flavors, but one will end up with "…croissant, brown gravy…" and another will end up with"…butter in a frying pan, honey bun…" So even though some aspects of the experiences of the two whiskies may coincide, the notes, on a word for word basis, don't at all.
2. This problem is conceptual, but still important: To know that an instrument is precise, one has to know what both what the instrument is analyzing and what the object its analysis is. Whisky reviewers analyze their sensory experiences and report their analyses in notes. We have their notes, but we don't have their sensory experiences. We have the analysis, but not the object of analysis so we can't know whether or not the analysis is precise. We can't know whether a given whisky reviewer regularly uses the same words to report on the same experiences.
Mike, at the very least, reviewers need to radically standardize their styles and approaches before your frequency analysis method will produce anything of value. Just look at John Hansell, Jim Murray, and Serge Valentin (sp?). They all have different methods and tend to use pretty different vocabularies as well. You're going to end up looking only at the language they use in common and that's going to leave out a lot of their best insights and in the end, I don't think that it would produce something more reliable than any of their accounts individually.
how much did the Uigedail scored this year?
Well, as mentioned several times, whisky is a matter of personal choice. What I found impressive is the number of whiskies tasted over 1 year: about 3 a days. Quite Impressive. -
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Since I picked up the no age runner up (Sonnalta PX) and the Redbreast 12yr (thanks to some of the people on this blog), and I absolutely adore both of them, I think I'm going to follow Jim Murray a bit closer. Although you can't argue about taste, if Jim & I share a similar tastes than I'd love to hear more form him.
Do we really care what a panal of ONE thinks? I don't. I respect proper pools of thought on whisky such as the Scottish Field Challenge the WB really is a silly form of opinion, proven more so this year.
Or for that matter the general public!
I find it very hard to take the WB seriously. In fact is it meant to be considered so.
Also I thought that some of these were meant to be widely available, Blended Scotch, "The Last Drop" where do you get it, Glendiddich 50 yo, have not tried it, who has, who can disagree.
Sorry Jim, I won't bother with this years bible.
Well this is a huge list of whiskies available
By reading thru the bible you'll soon find out if you can relate to his marks or not. If you can I am sure you'll get some inspiration
Personally I can't relate (at all) but I still get inspired. I won't buy the bible each year, but every 2nd or 3rd it's well worth it.
My favourite whisky in 2007 was a 29year Bannf from Cadenhead which received 78points in the bible iirc and I find Cardhu standard at 90points utterly boring nor can I understand how Jameson can recive 95p (or was it 96). Just too many ratings leaves me like a big questionmarkmacdeffe
Hey John, just noticed your post so went back to the email where a friend of mine told me about that study amongst other things. It was, in fact, the Bufallo Trace study and my friend's synopsis implied that your rating bourbons more highly was a finding of that study. I myself have never read the study and if you say that that's not in it, I'm sure you're right.
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Just a note to say I really like the way this comment thread played out. I've never been that into Murray's reviews, don't know why, but perhaps his favorites list indicates that we like different things.
Not again, I tend to agree with Del. I love Ardbeg and have most of the recent bottings open and drinking but Jim Murray must have shares in the distillery. Supernova is a great whisky but Uigeadail for me is still the best. I know that it is only one persons opinion, but so many people take the Whisky Bible as the last word. Never mind I can guess it will be Corryvreckan next year.
Andy, interesting that you should mention Uigeadail v. Supernova. Murray actually rates the Uigeadail a half-point higher than the Supernova in the 2010 Whisky Bible…. but the Supernova still gets a "World Whisky of the Year" and the Uigeadail doesn't.
Personally I find that I agree with Jim on most of the whiskies that I've tasted — _most_, not all. I think the Uigeadail is fantastic. Jim rates the Arrigh Nam Beist highly too, though, and I don't like it nearly as much as he does — I find something bitter on the after-taste. I also don't rate the Caol Ila 12 very highly. I do appreciate when he marks a whisky down, though — I've noticed myself that Bunnahabhain 12 is not what it was a while ago, and it is interesting to see him confirm my opinion.
But it does bring up a technical problem: are we really tasting the same whisky? Distilleries strive to produce consistency but if he and I are not tasting a bottle from the same cask, or from the same vatting of casks, then it is hard to know if what we are tasting is truly the same. Not to mention the effects of aging _after_ bottling.
I definitely agree with the Glenglassaugh 40 Years Old, I was lucky enough to try that recently at the Whisky Show in London.
One of the finest whiskies I've had & I got through a few rarities that night!
At £1400 at bottle, it's a bit out of most of our price ranges but I seriously recommend you check out the 30yr old which is much more reasonably priced (I think I paid about £80 recently) and is still an outstanding bottle.
IMHO 15 year old redbrest beats the 12 year old every time!


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If you manually pull the slide back on an empty magazine, will it lock back? If so, how far are the spent cases going when you shoot it?
Yes, it locks back fine with and empty mag, both mags. Spent cases go anywhere from about 6 feet to can't find them depending on the load.
The distance pretty much rules out a too heavy recoil spring. I've had a couple of CZ's that came with recoil springs that were far too light, but I wouldn't think that would cause your problem. Still, you never know. Have you tried some factory FMJ ammo? If so, how does it do?
Unfortunately, I'm out of simple ideas. Perhaps someone else can come up with something. At this point, I'd send it back to CZ. Over the years I've learned a few things about sending guns in for repair. Write a letter and provide as much detail as possible. Some repair shops like to do pretty much anything they can to blame the shooter (I have not heard this about CZ), so you'll want to eliminate this possibility. I explain that the problem happens with both magazines, with different shooters (good idea to give someone else a chance just in case it's your hold), several different kinds of factory ammo (list the brands and type), and any other details that may be important. Since your problem happens pretty much every time, I would highly recommend that you shoot a video if possible. I've included a digital video on CD the last couple of times I sent a gun in for repair. If you can't do the video, it's OK. The other information should cover you. It's just a good addition if you can. Also, ask them for details of what was repaired. Some repair shops will tell you while others won't. Definitely keep us posted. I'm very interested in finding out what the cause of this problem is.
Thanks Bret, I'll give CZ a call and go from there. Damn I hate sending **** back to the manufacturer, cost $$ and takes forever. Maybe I'll just shoot it like it is.
Let us know what they say. Definitely get it fixed. If you don't, it will bother you every time you shoot it.
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eKit - comes with travel doc??
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3 Jun 2008 Julia said
thanks matti…i've rechecked everything in my travel kit…i didn't get it…what should i do? do you think i can get another one for free at the basement during the departure meeting?
i'll also contact my local travel agency and see what's going on…but i doubt they hv an idea…
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3 Jun 2008 Julia said
oh really? hahah…thanks for the clarification then =)
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3 Jun 2008 Jess-ade said
quote:Originally posted by benji:
I just got my package today! (YAY!)
I laugh at the "Ekit"…I was expecting an actual "kit" of somesort…it's just one little piece of paper that you can fold up and stick in your wallet.
Hi benji
Just to clarify this further – how is the ekit used? I had assumed it would be like a phone card that you put in phone boxes (we do in Aus anyway) and it would have credit on it…
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4 Jun 2008 Jess-ade said
Cool, thanks heaps for explaining that! I've looked on teh website heaps but nothing was a clear as your explanation.
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4 Jun 2008 Julia said
thanks everyone for the clarification.
benji mentioned about the "unique" number printed on my card…but i didn't get my card at all…is that alrite? will i be able to get that "unique" number later when i meet with the contiki crew? thanks!!!
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5 Jun 2008 Ang said
yeah, the card will have a unique number on it – it's not something that's already been designated to you, it's just for the card. does that make sense? it's like an account number. if you sign up to pay for more minutes, you can change it to be something you'll remember – usually they'll suggest something similar to your mobile number so you can remember it. the only thing that pissed me off using it in europe was i only seemed to be able to add money in US dollars. it didn't make much sense to me, but the aussie dollar was strong enuf against the greenback i didn't care too much…except when i got home and realised i'd been hit with extra fees on my credit card. oh well.
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19 May 2009 Mel said
so it comes in your travel docs with money already on it and once you use that you can buy more?? is that right
i thought you got it and if you wanted to use it at all you had to put money on it!
how many free minutes do you get
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Quinton "Rampage" Jackson had another run in with the cops, although this incident had nothing to do with him breaking the law. From TMZ:
"We're told Irvine cops saw Rampage, deemed him a danger to himself and others, and took him to a hospital for observation. Rampage was very coopertive with police."
Hopefully my favorite UFC fighter gets the help he needs and his life in order. I would love to see him win the light heavyweight championship again. Good luck Rampage


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A full set of dice made from Synthetic Opal. This set come complete with 7 synthetic opal dice in total and a black dice bag for easy access. Cut from translucent gems, these fantastic dice shimmer and sparkle in your hand or on the gaming table.
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Each word of this production builds a picture of richness and complexity of Shakespeare's characters. The clarity of radio gives added poignancy to the young Prince's struggles and greater depth to Falstaff's exuberance.
Revitalised, original, and comprehensive, this is Shakespeare for the new millennium.
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"Heavily abridged..."
Invariably, and inexcusably, BBC shortens Shakespeare, and they apply an ax rather than a scalpel. This is a particularly egregious example. As one would expect, the introducer emphasizes the genius that Falstaff represents as a comic creation, and he tells us: "It is said, that Elizabethan audiences used to stop cracking their nuts when Falstaff came on stage, so as not to miss a syllable. They had the right idea." To give you just an example: In Act I, scene two, 55 lines of a total of 215 are omitted, 30 of which are Falstaff's.
This is not slightly abridging; it is butchery.
"Enjoyed it. But slightly abridged"
I enjoyed this radio production. The only weak points for me concern abridgment. The performance is slightly abridged which isn't generally a problem, although surprisingly the performance omits Hotspur's famous boast in Act one, scene three (By heaven methinks...). Also the Audible website does not appear to have the full list of actors.
"Seems of the screen rather than the stage"
I enjoyed this audio play, but I still prefer the Arkangel version. Both have the Glovers as the two kings. The biggest difference is the Falstaff. Both are good, but the Falstaff of Richard Griffiths seems much more vibrant and alive. Overall, this recording seems more contrived and remote, like the difference between a movie and a live play.
"Henry IV part I"
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Elite offensive tackle talks "crazy cool" Clemson visit |
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Jake Fruhmorgen wanted to get a feel for the life of a college student at Clemson and got more than he bargained for. The 4-star offensive tackle out of Tampa (FL) Plant visited Clemson earlier this month for one of the early junior days, and came away with a good feeling about the school. "It went well. Clemson has a really cool campus, and the atmosphere there is different than most schools," Fruhmorgen told TigerNet. "It is a cool school to see, and I liked it a lot. It exceeded my expectations, and it seemed like a place I would like to live. It seemed like a place where I would have good teammates and good coaches and that it would be a good place to be." Fruhmorgen boasts 30-plus offers – from big programs all over the country – and said that at this point he doesn't have any favorites but that Clemson definitely stood out. "I am not big on favorites and how nice each school is," he said. "I went to Clemson and I liked how their players were working out and getting stronger. I liked the campus because it's not too big and not too small. It is a good college atmosphere. It was a crazy cool place. It is special. Coach Swinney is always saying the hard part is not getting to Clemson, it's getting there and not liking it. They are up there with Georgia, Alabama, Florida and Michigan." He then said that offensive line coach Robbie CaldwellRobbie Caldwell "They preached a lot about how they are re-grouping on the offensive line, and that guys coming in will have a chance to play earlier," he said. "They told me it would be a good place for a kid like me, and that a spot at Clemson wouldn't be open forever." Fruhmorgen said he will take other visits this spring, including a return trip to Clemson for spring practice – and will also go to the school where his dad played. John Fruhmorgen played at Alabama before a trip to the NFL. "My dad has been a lot of help on and off the field, and he is always telling me he was recruited more than I have been," he said. "I always listen to him, and he has a lot of connections, and he really helped me develop at a young age. I have to give him a lot of credit for my success." Despite the Alabama connection, Fruhmorgen said that every other school has the same chance as the Crimson Tide. "I wouldn't say that they have the edge. It's wide open," he said. "I've actually never been to an Alabama game, and I wasn't raised on 'Roll Tide Roll.' I didn't grow up in it as much as people think I did. I like it a lot, and not just because of my dad. But Clemson seems like a good place for me, and I was pleasantly surprised."
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text: Crackdown 2 Has "Entirely New Map"Luke Plunkett6/25/09 9:00amFiled to: CrackdownCrackdown 2ruffianXbox 360News30EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink I'll tell you a funny story. For all the pomp, all the circumstance, all the celebrities present during Microsoft's E3 keynote address, one game was more exciting to me than all others. And that was Crackdown 2. Advertisement Not on the strength of the short teaser trailer, which really showed nothing. Not on the strength of details, because, well, we didn't get any. Just because it was Crackdown. Only more of it.That lack of details was only going to last so long, though, and having spoken with developers Ruffian, Edge have given us our first info on the sequel to one of the 360's most beloved original titles. Advertisement For starters, while the game will still be set in iconic Pacific City, it's set farther in the future than the first game, resulting in an environment Ruffian say "you probably would look at it as being an entirely new map".Also revealed is that while the game is being worked on by a new studio, it's not necessarily being worked on by new people, as "close to half of [the] team worked on the original game", and have been hired "from every discipline who worked on it". Artists, designers, programmers, the works.For a few more tidbits, like the team's thoughts on the game's technology and how the genre shapes up these days, hit the link below. Interview: Ruffian Games [Edge]Reply30 repliesLeave a reply


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text: Celtics Fans Are No Longer Hitler SympathizersMatt Sussman6/15/08 1:30pmFiled to: Espn meets godwin's lawNBA FinalsJemele Hill65EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkThe first line of Jemele HIll's ESPN.com article showed promise: "I thought it wouldn't bother me. I thought I would be OK. Turns out, I was as wrong as Skip Bayless." But somewhere down the line, she lost her way. A reader tipped us off that in Hill's anti-Celtics screed, she used a line that likened rooting for the Celtics to both the Holocaust and the Cold War.AdvertisementAnd at least for a while, the ESPN editors allowed it on the website.Rooting for the Celtics is like saying Hitler was a victim. It's like hoping Gorbachev would get to the blinking red button before Reagan.Oh, don't bother Command+F looking for it in her article, the editors have, you could say, taken it out of commission like Archduke Ferdinand. Even the Google cache of Hill's article has already been Norby'd, so there's no chance of seeing where in the story it was mentioned, or what other dark moments in history are like cheering for the Celtics.Now I just recently laughed pretty hard at the Paul Pierce stabbing joke a couple posts ago and yet I think comparisons to Hitler are virtually off limits. Then again, ESPN editors also left the comparison to Skip Bayless in there, and that might be an even worse Godwin.


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Event | Ten years since the Iraq War: living with the reality of 'war without end'
Editor's Desk, Events - Posted on Monday, February 4, 2013 0:00 - 1 Comment
To mark the anniversary of the huge protests against the invasion of Iraq, Ceasefire Magazine and Anticapitalist Initiative present an evening of discussion on how imperialist wars in the Middle East and North Africa continue to shape our lives, heighten insecurity, extinguish precious civil liberties and further the reach of US Empire.
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Kate Hudson is a longstanding peace and anti-war activist, the chair of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and a founder of the Stop the War Coalition.
Cilius Victor is an activist with Newham Monitoring Project, a grassroots, community based anti-racist organisation that supported the families of Jean Charles de Menezes and the near-fatal Forest Gate raid.
Victoria Brittain lived and worked as a journalist in Washington, Nairobi, Saigon, Algiers and London, and wrote for the Guardian for 20 years. Her new book, Shadow Lives: The Forgotten Women of the War on Terror is to be published by Pluto Press in February 2013. Some copies will be available for sale at the event.
Stuart King came into politics during the protests against the Vietnam War in 1968. He is a socialist and anti-cuts activist with Lambeth SOS and supporter of the Anticapitalist Initiative.
Hicham Yezza, writer and activist, is editor-in-chief of Ceasefire Magazine. He experienced first-hand how public universities are becoming subject to thought police when he was wrongly arrested on terrorism charges after a copy of the "Al Qaeda Training Manual", an open source reference document he was using for research, was discovered on his University of Nottingham office computer.
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7pm Tuesday 5th February, Room 3C, University of London Union, Malet Street, nearest tube Goodge Street.
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Thanks a lot President Bush for freeing Iraq. Too bad they didnt free Iran or Syria when they should. Next time?
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The kids took "Streak" and the bunnies to the local city pet show. They had a great time and won a certificate and some treats.
The kids with "Streak" the Green Tree Frog
Cate and Isaac with Mopsy and Flopsy
Here are the kids telling the crowd about their pets. The funniest was when Isaac was listing things about Mopsy and said "She's a boy" (you can read the history of the bunny saga here)
After the pet show we headed for our friend's "We're Dyeing to go Back to School!" tye dye party. It was a blast - such a cute idea! Here we are with our finished shirts.
After the party, Wes had the kids out in the front yard with their fishing poles - teaching them how to cast. He was getting them ready for their upcoming backpacking trip this week. The kids (and Wes) got so excited they decided to dig up some worms and head for the reservior up the canyon. It was threatening rain but we all piled up in the car anyway. The canyon was lovely as always but when we turned up for Tibblefork, we noticed the river was very, very muddy. Seemed a little strange for the light amount of rain we were receiving at the time. Well we didn't get much further when we discovered what was causing the muddy river. There was a huge mudslide that was blocking the road - with lines of cars on either side. We stood out in the rain for a while watching people drive their 4-wheel drive vehicles over the slide. The kids thought it was awesome but were disppointed to miss out on the fishing. Sorry - no pictures!
Made roasted almonds and truffles to sell at the charity bake sale on Saturday. Hosted a family party for the Olympics Opening Ceremonies. It was too late to prepare Chinese food so we just had a BBQ. But it was fun anyway and the ceremonies were spectacular! Stayed up late packing the car for the big yard sale the next morning.
We parted ways and I went to the yard sale while Wes took the kids to the city parade. Addie was in the parade with her gymnastics team but there aren't any pictures. There was plenty of candy though!
They had jumphouses and slides for the kids and who can pass up the cotton candy?
As for the sale, you can see in my previous post that it was a huge success. We raised more than $1000!
Saturday night, we braved the rain again and took the kids to the rodeo. The bull riding ended right when the rain started so it worked out just right.
Sunday we relaxed! One more week until school starts!


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Focus online - Pierre-Emmanuel Moyse speaks about creativity and intellectual property
In an interview with Focus online, Professor Pierre-Emmanuel Moyse explains how the Law of the of intellectual property influences areas that were formerly classified as strictly commercial and as having no artistic value, and how to artisanal skills could be leveraged to stimulate creativity and innovation.
Focus online - Court Orders: McGill's Supreme Court Clerks for 2013-2014
What does it take to clerk at Canada's top court? Focus online talks with Malcolm Lavoie, Ilana Ludwin, Laura Scheim, Katie Webber (all LLB/BCL candidates) and Guillaume Laganière (LLM), the five McGill law students who have secured Supreme Court clerkships for 2013.
Focus online: From the back room to the front lines
The year 2012 marks the 60th anniversary of the McGill Law Journal as well as the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Canadian Constitution. To reflect on these milestones, the Journal's annual lecture in early March featured one of the final drafters of the Constitution Act, Mary Dawson, BCL'66.
Dear Lord Denning...
McGill law students have a history of paying tribute to Lord Denning, one of the best-known and oft-quoted common law judges in recent memory. In the lead-up to the Faculty's annual Skit Nite on March 20, Focus online looks at a few student encounters with the beloved British jurist.
Focus online, March 2012 edition
This month, Focus online takes a behind-the-scenes look at the Course aux stages with new CDO director, Maryse Chouinard. We also examine the long-standing fascination with British judge Lord Denning and speak to Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson about her role in shaping Constitutional history.
Call for papers: The Politics of International Law
The Dean Maxwell and Isle Cohen Doctoral Seminar in International Law offers approximately twelve doctoral and post-doctoral researchers with a keen interest in international law the opportunity to present and discuss their research ideas with fellow researchers and professors from the Faculty.
Call for papers - Stateless Law? The Future of the Discipline
This event will aim to foster critical assessment the latest developments in legal thought and innovative approaches to law, in the light of globalization and the move away from a national paradigm for law. It will ask how to integrate the insights so gained into the teaching of law.
Allison Christians to take up Stikeman Chair in Tax Law
The Faculty of Law at McGill University is delighted to announce that Professor Allison Christians from the University of Wisconsin has been appointed to the H. Heward Stikeman Chair in Taxation Law. Professor Christians will be joining us in May 2012.
Professor Dempsey's book on air law to be translated into Spanish
On January 25, 2012, the government of the Dominican Republic announced that it will undertake to translate and publish Paul Stephen Dempsey's book Public International Air Law into Spanish.
Rod Macdonald honoured by the Canadian Bar Association
Professor Roderick Macdonald was awarded the Paul-André Crépeau Medal by the Canadian Bar Association, Quebec Division, at a reception held on January 12, 2012.
Call for volunteer judges for the Canadian qualifying rounds for the Jessup Moot
Next March, McGill's Faculty of Law will be hosting the White & Case Canadian National Division Qualifying Tournament. Approximately 120 lawyers, legal academics and judges will be needed to act as competition judges.
Video interview with Professor François Crépeau on the rights of migrants
Following his appointment as UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Migrants and in the run-up to International Migrants Day on December 18, Professor Crépeau speaks about public perceptions of immigrants and how migrants are treated by states and tribunals.
Focus online: New research Chairs at the Faculty of Law
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce the creation of two new research: the Peter MacKell Chair in Federalism, made possible by a $3 million bequest from Law graduate and former member of the Faculty Advisory Board, Peter MacKell; and the Katharine A. Pearson Chair in Civil Society and Public Policy, made possible by a generous $3 million gift from the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation.
First X Prize Design Course (INTD 597) in Canada offered during 2012 Winter term
The Institute for the Study of International Development is pleased to announce a new partnership with the X Prize Foundation, leading to the offering of the first X Prize Design Course (INTD597) offered in Canada.
Ram Jakhu honoured for his work by International Academy of Astronautics
The International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) awarded Professor Ram Jakhu the 2011 Social Sciences Book Award for his book National Regulation of Space Activities (Springer, 2010) during a gala dinner in Cape Town, South Africa, on Sunday, October 2nd, 2011.