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Old World wine
Old World wine refers primarily to wine made in Europe but can also include other regions of the Mediterranean basin with long histories of winemaking such as North Africa and the Near East. The phrase is often used in contrast to "New World wine" which refers primarily to wines from New World wine regions such as the United States, Australia, South America and South Africa. The term "Old World wine" does not refer to a homogeneous style with "Old World wine regions" like Austria, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Romania and Spain each making vastly different styles of wine even within their own borders. Rather, the term is used to describe general differences in viticulture and winemaking philosophies between the Old World regions where tradition and the role of terroir lead versus the New World where science and the role of the winemaker are more often emphasized. In recent times, the globalization of wine and advent of flying winemakers have lessened the distinction between the two terms with winemakers in one region being able to produce wines that can display the traits of the other region—i.e. an "Old World style" wine being produced in a New World wine region like California or Chile and vice versa.[1]
The two most guiding influences of Old World style winemaking are that of tradition and terroir. The former refers to the long history of a wine region, while the latter refers to geography and the unique characteristics of a place. The centuries-old histories of many Old World wine regions have given the regions time to develop and adapt techniques that presumably best suit a particular vine growing area. These can include which grape varieties to plant, trellising methods, maximum permitted yields, as well as winemaking techniques. Over time, these traditional practices became enshrined in local regulations such as the French Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC), Italian Denominazione di origine controllata (DOC), Spanish Denominación de Origen (DO) and Portuguese Denominação de Origem Controlada (DOC) laws.[2]
Terroir is often used to describe the aspects of a wine region such as soil, climate and topography that are often out of the winemaker's control.[3] They are the unique attributes that, theoretically, make a Sangiovese based wine from Chianti taste different from a Sangiovese-based wine made anywhere else in the world even if exactly the same winemaking techniques are used. While wine in the New World are often labeled based on the varietal (such as Chardonnay or Tempranillo), wines in the Old World are generally labeled based on the region or place that they come from (such as Montrachet or Ribera del Duero). This is because Old World winemakers believe that the unique terroir-driven characteristics of where a wine comes from plays a more distinct role in shaping the resulting wine than the grape variety itself.[2]
Viticulture in most of the Old World wine regions dates back to several hundred or even thousands of years with the Phoenicians, Greeks, Thracians and Romans establishing some of the earliest vineyards. Over centuries, these Old World wine regions have developed viticultural techniques and practices adapted around their unique climates and landscapes. Many of these practices are enshrined in local wine laws and regulations such as the French Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) regulations. One distinction between an Old World vineyard and a New World vineyard is generally the high vine density and close proximity of plantings in the Old World, which were often planted years before the use of mechanical agriculture became popular. In regions such as Bordeaux, vines were often planted 1 metre (3 ft) apart in rows that were also separated by 1 metre (3 ft) with spacing that was sufficient for pruning and harvesting being done manually. In New World wine regions like Australia, which was quick to adopt mechanical techniques, vines were often planted apart 3.7 metres (12 ft) by 2.5 metres (8 ft). While spacing between vine rows has shrunk in many Old World wine regions began adopting mechanical techniques in the late 20th century, some regions are still characterized by the high density of vines in their vineyards.[4]
Old World winemaking is often terroir driven with emphasis being placed on how well the wine communicates the sense of place where it originated. For example, a winemaker making a Riesling from the Mosel will often try to highlight the unique traits of the Mosel wine region (such as its slate soils) with the wine expressing those traits in the form of minerality. In the New World, emphasis is often placed on the winemaker and the techniques used to bring out the fruit flavors of a wine (a style known as "fruit driven"). New World winemakers tend to be more open to experimenting with new scientific advances (such as the use of enzymes as an additive) while the terroir influence of Old World winemakers will often attempt to downplay the role of the winemaker and avoid techniques that may mask or distort the expression of terroir. Old World winemakers tend to be more open to use of wild, ambient yeast during the fermentation process as a part of the terroir while New World winemakers tend to favor cultured yeast strains.[4]
Other techniques associated with Old World winemakers include higher fermentation temperatures and a period of extended maceration following fermentation where the wine can leech more phenolic compounds from the grape skins. This can create more tannic and austere wines with more layers of complexity that require longer periods of bottle aging in order to mature. In contrast, the technique of transferring the must into oak barrels during fermentation and inducing malolactic fermentation early is more commonly associated with New World wine regions and wines that are softer and mature earlier.[4]
European wine regions with a long history of viticulture are typically classified as "Old World".[5] These include:
See also[edit]
- ^ J. Robinson (ed) "The Oxford Companion to Wine" Third Edition pg 493 Oxford University Press 2006 ISBN 0-19-860990-6
- ^ a b J. Robinson (ed) "The Oxford Companion to Wine" Third Edition pg 693-695 & 706 Oxford University Press 2006 ISBN 0-19-860990-6
- ^ Fraga, Helder; Malheiro, Aureliano C.; Moutinho-Pereira, José; Cardoso, Rita M.; Soares, Pedro M. M.; Cancela, Javier J.; Pinto, Joaquim G.; Santos, João A.; et al. (24 September 2014). "Integrated Analysis of Climate, Soil, Topography and Vegetative Growth in Iberian Viticultural Regions". PLoS ONE. 9 (9): e108078. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0108078.
- ^ a b c J. Robinson (ed) "The Oxford Companion to Wine" Third Edition pg 476-477 Oxford University Press 2006 ISBN 0-19-860990-6
- ^ Sip Sherwin Lao "Old World vs. New World wines", Manila Standard Today, October 9th 2007


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Lala's Wine Bar + Pizzeria
A truly well-rounded by-the-glass list (try the Elk Cove Pinot Noir from Oregon) brings us to Lala's. Pair it with any of the pizzas.
A truly well-rounded by-the-glass list (try the Elk Cove Pinot Noir from Oregon) brings us to Lala's. Pair it with any of the pizzas.
If you've dined at Frasca, you know the pleasures of leafing through the tome that is the wine list. It's big. It can be intimidating. But nothing compares—not only in our estimation, but also according to New York's prestigious culinary authority, the James Beard Foundation, which awarded Frasca top honors for wine service this spring. Even the most dedicated oenophile won't know everything on this list; that's where Frasca's staff comes in. Ask your server or the sommelier for a recommendation to bring out the subtlest flavors in your meal.
If you haven't checked out the corner of 16th and Wazee in LoDo in the past few months, you're missing out on a mini renaissance—one that includes the newest location of the Kitchen. Denver winos should be thrilled they no longer have to trek to Boulder to savor grapes selected by sommelier Tim Wanner, who has a knack for choosing lesser-known vintners from California to Austria and pairing them perfectly with the eatery's small-plate menu.
450 E. 17th Ave., 303-861-3747, caveauwinebar.com
1442 Larimer St., 303-893-9463; 8433 Park Meadows Center Drive, Ste. D-155, Lone Tree; www.cruawinebar.com/cru-denver.htm
3030 E. Sixth Ave., 303-393-1040, www.barologrilldenver.com
Our readers dig the user-friendly "More Than a Glass" menu—categorized into tastes such as "luscious," "soft," and "fresh" for whites and "juicy," "smooth," and "rich," for reds—as much as we do. 410 E. Seventh Ave., 303-861-9463, www.lalaswinebar.com
When we sit down and scope out a wine list, there are a couple of things in particular we're looking for. The first is to be surprised. The second is a price range that won't force us to take out a second mortgage for a bottle of grape juice. Row 14 in downtown's Spire hits the sweet spot with its constantly changing list. When we visited not long ago, we found a fantastic bottle of Pinot Noir from Germany (Germany!) and had a killer Grüner Veltliner from Austria. Both bottles were under $50.


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BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil (AP) — Tight and tense as it was, it was enough to keep Brazil's national obsession of winning the World Cup on home soil from taking a desperately disappointing turn.
And it wasn't Neymar, the country's poster boy for this year's World Cup, that played the key role this time. It was goalkeeper Julio Cesar, the country's scapegoat from the last World Cup, who made several crucial saves and even got some help from the woodwork in a 3-2 penalty shootout win over Chile.
With the score level at 1-1 on Saturday, Brazil was inches away from an early exit when Chile forward Mauricio Pinilla hit the crossbar in the final moments of extra time.
Then, on the final kick of the match and after a pair of saves from Cesar in the shootout, Gonzalo Jara hit the post.
"I believe the Brazilian people just needed this," said Cesar, who made a mistake four years ago in South Africa that led to a quarterfinal loss. "The players, everybody else, we needed this."
The fans still have to wait to celebrate the title, however. There are three more matches to win before the home team can lay claim to a sixth World Cup title.
"Let's see if we can make fewer mistakes in the next matches," Brazil coach Felipe Scolari said. "Perhaps next time we won't be as lucky."
To be fair, it wasn't just luck that saw Brazil through to the quarterfinals at Mineirao Stadium, which was a sea of Brazilian yellow with islands of Chilean red.
Neymar, David Luiz and Marcelo scored in the shootout, and Cesar saved penalties from Pinilla and Alexis Sanchez before watching Jara's final attempt hit the post.
The game over, some Brazilian players fell to the ground, exhausted and emotionally drained. Willian, who missed a penalty for Brazil, sobbed uncontrollably, as Fred helped him to his feet.
The Chileans stood still, staring into the ground, wiping the sweat off their faces.
"Do you think I can be satisfied with the result?" Chile coach Jorge Sampaoli said. "We've played a hard 120 minutes even if everybody was against us in the stadium."
Brazil, which extended its 39-year unbeaten streak in home competitive matches to 61, will next face either Colombia or Uruguay in the quarterfinals.
Brazil dominated the first half against Chile and took the lead when Luiz scored following a corner kick. After Sanchez equalized for Chile, Brazil had several chances to regain the lead.
Neymar's header deflected wide, Fred lifted the ball over the bar from close range and Dani Alves forced a backpedaling Claudio Bravo to make a one-hand save.
But after referee Howard Webb disallowed Hulk's second-half goal, ruling he had used his arm to control a long pass, Brazil lost the initiative to a Chile team that can leave the World Cup with pride after eliminating defending champion Spain in the group stage.
Pressing deep inside Brazil's half, Chile pressured the home side into making mistakes or resorting to long passes to Hulk and Neymar.
And, again, it was Cesar that often came up big, making a spectacular save on Charles Aranguiz's shot to keep Chile from taking the lead in the second half.
"We tried to give everything, we tried to fight for a dream, and we didn't achieve it," Chile midfielder Arturo Vidal said. "But we gave all our effort on the pitch."
Chile has never defeated Brazil in Brazil and hasn't reached the World Cup quarterfinals since 1962, when it hosted the tournament.
Brazil, meanwhile, has reached the quarterfinals of each World Cup since Argentina eliminated it in the second round in 1990.
Brazil went ahead in the 18th minute after Thiago Silva deflected Neymar's corner kick toward the far post. Luiz was given the goal but replays showed Jara may have touched the ball before it went in.
Brazil lost the lead when it failed to cope with Chile's aggressive pressure in a throw-in situation deep inside its half of the field. Eduardo Vargas intercepted Hulk's pass and found Sanchez on the right side of the area. The Barcelona striker scored easily with a shot toward the far post.
In the end, however, it was Brazil moving on to the quarterfinals, with the hopes of a nation planted on the backs of every player.
"I hope these are lessons being given to the whole population," Scolari said. "If you make a promise, you must deliver. This is what the players are doing."
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Ceylon. WWII. British army officers are held as prisoners of War by the Japanese in POW camps. But what is to happen to them? They are to build a bridge across the river Kwai, quickly and efficiently. The highest-ranking official of all the British POW's (in this camp) is Colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness). Nicholson, mad at the fact that the Japanese are making officers work (Nicholson states that the Geneva convention is being broken as officers in POW camps are not allowed to do manual labor), is defiant to his captors. His tortured to some degree, but he never waivers.
Forced to build the bridge for his captors, Nicholson makes a deal with the head Japanese captor Col. Saito (Sessue Hayakawa) so that the officers don't have to do any labour but are held responsible for the ones who do.
The Bridge on the River Kwai strays off course with the sub-plot about Major Shears (William Holden). It explains how he escapes the prison camp, and how he is blackmailed into going back to destroy the bridge. The sub-plot didn't need to be included at all. Although it does lead to the final blowing up of the bridge, it could have done been better or altogether differently. It does add confusion to the film, but does not take away from the final film.
In the end, Nicholson goes crazy, but with hilarious consequences, 'Colonel Boogie March,' destroyed bridge and all.
The Bridge on the River Kwai is very straightforward. It is often funny (like the marching scene), but does include the sub-plot about Shears, which may confuse you. Still, this sub-plot won't wreck the atmosphere of the film at all.
Visual Effects:
The bridge blowing up is the best effect in the film, but other than that, the cinematography was also well done.
The "Colonel Boogey March" is the best song (the only song) in this film, and it adds a lot to the soundtrack. The song does have lyrics, just not sung here in this film (they are a bit too vulgar).
Character Development:
Nicholson (Guinness) goes from normal to insane over a short period of time, and shows the most depth of all the characters.
Yes, it is another war movie. But, unlike war movies, there is not a lot of killing and death in this picture. You can really get into this movie and you often feel for the POW's, and in the end you just have to wonder why they really blew up the bridge. In this one, you get right into the story and somehow, you just don't want to leave.
Although these events really didn't happen, the war sure did. There were many prisoner camps all over Asia, and Europe, and many were Just like this one. (The sad thing to note is that in half the camps prisoners were exterminated by the dozen; in some they weren't released until a few years AFTER the war.)
Warren's Rating:
Movies it beat out for Best Picture:
12 Angry Men; Peyton Place; Sayonara; Witness for the Prosecution
Is the movie worth your time to watch?
Age at win: 43
Nominated for: Best Actor in a Leading Role, Col. Nicholson, The Bridge on the River Kwai
Nomination: 2/4 (acting), 2/5 (total); Win: Only (presented with Honorary Oscar, 1980)
Alec Guinness, one of a select list of great actors, gave an outstanding performance in The Bridge on the River Kwai as the demented Colonel Nicholson. The British officer, forced to build a bridge with his men, claims that is against the Geneva convention to make officers in POW camps work.
Although his protests fall on deaf ears, he makes a deal with the devil himself: his Japanese captors. The deal: officers don't have to work, but the other men do. Nicholson even goes as far as to have his men stand at formation in the blazing sun until their demands are met, or until they all pass out from heat stroke. Nicholson doesn't win.
The irony in the film is the fact that Nicholson stands up to Col. Saito (Sessue Hayakawa), but then takes on the building of the bridge as his own baby! Saito and Nicholson both go mad, and the tension builds almost to the bitter end of the film, when the bridge is finally destroyed.
If there is one thing from this film that really shows the brilliance of Guinness' performance, something that tells you just how mad Nicholson was, and one thing you can't afford to miss, it is the "Colonel Boogie march." An hilarious scene where Nicholson's men march into camp to a whistlin' tune that will have rolling in the isles with laughter. No kidding!
Guiness and Hayakawa both give great performances but it's Guinness that makes the film. You can enjoy this film for its great story, or for the performances of Alec Guinness and Sessue Hayakawa.


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La Pléiade (French pronunciation: [la plejad]) is the name given to a group of 16th-century French Renaissance poets whose principal members were Pierre de Ronsard, Joachim du Bellay and Jean-Antoine de Baïf. The name was a reference to another literary group, the original Alexandrian Pleiad of seven Alexandrian poets and tragedians (3rd century B.C.), corresponding to the seven stars of the Pleiades star cluster. The name "Pléiade" was also adopted in 1323 by a group of fourteen poets (seven men and seven women) in Toulouse.
The French Renaissance Pléiade[edit]
Major figures[edit]
Notable members of "La Pléiade" consisted of the following people:
The core group of the French Renaissance "Pléiade"—Pierre de Ronsard, Joachim du Bellay and Jean-Antoine de Baïf—were young French poets who met at the Collège de Coqueret, where they studied under the famous Hellenist and Latinist scholar Jean Dorat; they were generally called the "Brigade" at the time. Ronsard was regarded as the leader of the "Brigade", and remained the most popular and well-known poet of the group. The Pléiade's "manifesto" was penned by Joachim du Bellay (La Défense et illustration de la langue française 1549). In it, Du Bellay detailed a literary program of renewal and revolution. The group aimed to break with earlier traditions of French poetry (especially Marot and the grands rhétoriqueurs), and, maintaining that French (like the Tuscan of Petrarch and Dante) was a worthy language for literary expression, to attempt to ennoble the French language by imitating the Ancients.
To this end du Bellay recommended vernacular innovation of Greek and Roman poetic forms, emulation of specific models, and the creation of neologisms based on Greek and Latin. Among the models favoured by the Pléiade were Pindar, Anacreon, Alcaeus and other poets of the Greek Anthology, as well as Virgil, Horace and Ovid. The ideal was not one of slavish imitation, but of a poet so well-versed in the entire corpus of Ancient literature (du Bellay uses the metaphor of "digestion") that he would be able to convert it into an entirely new and rich poetic language in the vernacular. For some of the members of the Pléiade, the act of the poetry itself was seen as a form of divine inspiration (see Pontus de Tyard for example), a possession by the muses akin to romantic passion, prophetic fervor or alcoholic delirium.
The forms that dominate the poetic production of these poets are the Petrarchan sonnet cycle (developed around an amorous encounter or an idealized woman) and the Horatian/Anacreontic ode (of the "wine, women and song" variety, often making use of the Horatian carpe diem topos - life is short, seize the day). Ronsard also tried early on to adapt the Pindaric ode into French and, later, to write a nationalist verse epic modelled on Homer and Virgil (entitled the Franciade), which he never completed. Throughout the period, the use of mythology is frequent, but so too is a depiction of the natural world (woods, rivers).
Minor figures[edit]
Minor figures also associated with this term include the following:
- Pontus de Tyard
- Étienne Jodelle
- Rémy Belleau
- Jacques Pelletier du Mans
- Jean de la Péruse
- Guillaume des Autels
Use of the term[edit]
The use of the term "Pléiade" to refer to the group the French poets around Ronsard and Du Bellay is much criticized. In his poems, Ronsard frequently made lists of those he considered the best poets of his generation, but these lists changed several times. These lists always included Ronsard, du Bellay, de Baïf, Pontus de Tyard and Étienne Jodelle; the last two positions were taken by Rémy Belleau, Jacques Pelletier du Mans, Jean de la Péruse, or Guillaume des Autels. In a poem in 1556 Ronsard announced that the "Brigade" had become the "Pléiade", but apparently no one in Ronsard's literary circle used the expression to refer to himself, and use of the term stems principally from Huguenot poets critical of Ronsard's pretensions (Ronsard was a polemicist for the royal Catholic policy). This use was finally consecrated by Ronsard's biographer Claude Binet, shortly after the poet's death. Some modern literary historians reject the use of the term, as it gives precedence to Ronsard's poetic ideas and minimizes the diversity of poetic production in the French Renaissance.
The 14th century Toulouse Pléiade[edit]
Male poets:
- Bernart de Panassac
- Guillaume de Lobra
- Béringuier de Saint-Plancart
- Pierre de Mejanaserra
- Guillaume de Gontaut
- Pierre Camo
- Bernard Oth
Female poets:
- Catherine Fontaine
- Bernarde Deupie
- Claude Ligonne
- Audiette Peschaira
- Esclarmonde Spinète
- Johanne Perle
- Françoise Marie (later replaced by Paul de Viguier)
See also[edit]
- French poetry
- Castalian Band
- "La Pléiade", or more correctly "La Bibliothèque de la Pléiade", is also the name of a prestigious leather-bound Bible-paper collection of works in French (literature, history, etc.) published by the Éditions Gallimard publishing house.
- (French) Simonin, Michel, ed. Dictionnaire des lettres françaises - Le XVIe siècle. Paris: Fayard, 2001. ISBN 2-253-05663-4


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My Pretty in Purple Sweets Display was created for A Princess For A Day fundraiser highlighted in the previous post. When you think of princess, what comes to mind? Girly.. right? I wanted this design to interpret girly, but still exude sophistication. As I promised.. Pretty in Purple Sweets displayed with precious details that has a special place in my heart. Lots of mirrored details and delicate hobnail glassware! I totally Love!!
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Pretty in Purple Sweets Display
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Labels: Candy Buffets, Desert Tables, Fêtes, Fundraisers
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- Brittany @ GreyGreyDesigns said...
Oh, purple is my favorite!! LOVE those mirrored trays!!!
- November 9, 2010 at 10:19 PM
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- November 9, 2010 at 10:58 PM
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- November 10, 2010 at 9:44 AM
- Save the Date for Cupcakes said...
Such a pretty display! I loved the mirrored platters!
- November 10, 2010 at 4:06 PM
- Chris @ Celebrations At Home said...
I always love your creativity and unique touches! So pretty!
- November 10, 2010 at 8:53 PM
- Christi Bennett @ pisforparty said...
Natasha! Everything looks so pretty! I really love the purple. Such a pretty pop of color!
- November 10, 2010 at 11:40 PM
- Sandi said...
gorgeous! love how you used mirrors!
- November 11, 2010 at 2:18 AM
- Natasha @ Fête Fanatic said...
Thank you ladies! Im seeing purple lately!
Tanya..those mirrored platters are actually pic frames ;-) And the mini mirrors are tealight holders! They worked perferctly! - November 11, 2010 at 10:14 AM
- Simply Creative Insanity said...
Love those mirrored tray!
Nice job! - November 11, 2010 at 5:14 PM
- Love From Eden said...
I really love this! What great ideas x
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Oh My..What a gorgeous girl party. I love it
- November 14, 2010 at 9:14 AM
- Rebecca said...
Simply amazing! I love purple!
And these whole things... Just wonderful!
http://r.evie.ws/view-review/how-to-plan-the-perfect-party - November 15, 2010 at 5:44 AM
- Sugar & Spice Event Design said...
Perfection in Purples! Love it!
- November 21, 2010 at 12:19 AM
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Beautiful table, I really like what you've created with it!
- November 21, 2010 at 2:43 AM
- Latisha Horton said...
What an awesome way to make a lucky girl feel like a "Princess for the day"... I love the color scheme and all of the neat ideas that went into designing this lovely tablescape.
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For the first time since 2009, the Newman baseball team is bringing some first-place hardware back to Mason City. The Knights defeated Van Buren 6-2 in the Class 1A state finals.
Sophomore Kaden Wadle got the job done on the mound: pitching six innings, striking out three batters and improving his season record to 8-0.
Junior Pete Lapointe led the offensive charge for the Knights, knocking in 4 RBI.
This is the fourth state title in school history for Newman.
*We will try to post video after the 6 p.m. show, but we've been having technical difficulties as of late and may not be able to.*


text: 1000 HP Hennessey Venom GT Concept Gets Simulated, More Build PicsBen Wojdyla12/16/09 5:45pmFiled to: Tuner CarsVenom GThennesseyHennessey Venom GTVenom GT ConceptLs9LotusEliseLotus EliseHennessey Venom GT ConceptVGT57EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink The tremendously badass 1000HP Hennessey Venom GT Concept is taking shape and we've got new images of the build and digital renders of the car as well as shots of the Rainbow-Brite computational fluid dynamics simulations. This thing is sick. [Hennessey]Reply57 repliesLeave a reply


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Clive Hedge Fund Pays Partner $34 Million After Losing Year
Matthew Brown and Jesse WestbrookClive Capital LLP paid its top-earning partner $33.5 million in the 12 months through February as the commodity hedge-fund firm managed by Chris Levett posted losses for clients for a second straight year.
The company's three partners Levett, 43, Richard Boland and Elizabeth Holstein, received a total $39.2 million, Clive said in a filing to the U.K.'s Companies House. The fund, which awarded its highest-paid member $60.8 million in the previous year, didn't identify details of the compensations.
Commodity funds have struggled to make consistent returns as economic and political concerns roiled markets. Clive declined 8.8 percent last year and 10 percent in 2011, according to two people with knowledge of the matter who asked not to be named because the information is private.
That compares with an average loss for hedge funds tracked by the Newedge Commodity Trading Index of 1.9 percent in 2012 and 3.8 percent in 2011. The index, which follows 56 funds, lost 0.5 percent in the four months through April.
Clive's hedge fund posted investment gains of 1.8 percent in the year's first four months, one of the people said. The firm's assets under management have fallen by $600 million this year to $1.35 billion at the end of March, the person said.
Clive, which managed $3.6 billion at the end of 2011, awarded its highest-paid member $135 million in the 12 months through February 2011, according to company filings.
'Paid Handsomely'
Hedge funds typically charge clients fees for managing money and on any investment gains, allowing managers to profit even in years when they post losses. Most hedge fund managers also invest in their own funds and make gains or suffer losses along with clients.
Clive in February announced the firm would cut the charges on its Class B shares to a 2 percent management fee and a 20 percent performance fee, down from 2.5 percent and 25 percent respectively, as a result of "two challenging years."
"The fact that a manager can lose money and get paid so handsomely illustrates the 'heads I win, tails you lose' structure of hedge-fund fees," Simon Lack, founder of SL Advisors and author of 'The Hedge Fund Mirage: The Illusion of Big Money', said in a telephone interview from Westfield, New Jersey, today. "It doesn't cost 2 percent of $3 billion to run an asset-management firm."
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Levett started Clive in 2008 after four years at Louis Bacon's Moore Capital Management LP. He stopped taking money from investors in 2009 after assets climbed to almost $4 billion. He didn't respond today to a phone call and an e-mail seeking comment on remuneration and performance at the fund. Holstein, who oversees investor relations at Clive, declined to comment.
The fund paid its 11 staff $3.5 million and gave $553,000 to charity last year.
The fund's Class A shares surged 44 percent in 2008, 17 percent in 2009 and 20 percent in 2010, according to investors. Class B shares, which started later, rose 16 percent in 2008, 16 percent in 2009 and 18 percent in 2010.
Prior to joining New York-based Moore, Levett worked at trading firm Commodity Corp. He started out in commodities in 1992 at American International Group Inc., where he traded oil.
Levett's wealth is 250 million pounds ($382 million), unchanged from a year earlier, the Sunday Times reported last month. The U.K.'s wealthiest fund manager is Alan Howard, co-founder of Brevan Howard Asset Management LLP, whose personal fortune climbed to 1.5 billion pounds, according to the Sunday Times "Rich List."


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Native Wounaan communities in forested areas of Eastern Panama live traditional lives of hunting, fishing and small scale farming. However they face increasing challenges from outside violence, drug smuggling, illegal logging and cattle ranching. Hundreds of families are forced to drink polluted water causing dangerous illnesses, especially in children. The Panamanian government offers little help.
Agua Pura Para El Pueblo was invited to meet with Wounaan leaders to discuss their water problems. An agreement was reached so that Agua Pura will train local health workers to accurately test water for bacterial contamination. These health workers and others will monitor local water sources and help families learn ways to purify their water. Agua Pura will provide supplies for testing and for purification such as Water Purification Indicators.
The Wounaan tribes of Panama are trying to become more self sufficient and independent. They want to clean up their water supplies and keep their families healthy. Local health workers and others will gain knowledge about water and contamination that will help hundreds of families in the region. Agua Pura will work to transfer responsibility for the training programs to the Wounaan tribes.


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Swap event seeks donations: Women's Center collecting items for parents in need
Life is expensive and attending college is costly, something just about every college student could tell you.
Additionally, raising children seems to be growing more expensive every year. Countless American families struggle to make ends meet, however, there are people on campus who are doing both on a daily basis and the Women's Center has decided to give them some help.
"Give It Now, Swap It Later" is a new event this year. It is designed to support students on campus who are juggling school and raising children.
Starting Monday, Nov. 5, collection bins will be set up throughout the campus to gather gently used books, toys and children's clothes sizes newborn to 16. Collections will continue through Dec. 20.
On Jan. 23, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. the collected items will be set up in the Hatch Ballroom, located in the Student Union Building, as a free store where parents can come to select items they may need for their children.
This could be a chance to connect with other non-traditional students as well as a possible opportunity to find items for children.
Students are invited to stop by anytime throughout the day and browse, get something to eat and socialize.
"I think it's important for people to know that there are people on campus who care about non-traditional students and we want to help them feel included in their campus experience," said Tasha Lundquist, peer educator and programmer for the event.
Students are encouraged to give generously as many fellow students have children who are in need.
"One of the challenges that nontraditional students sometimes face is financial and children just grow so fast that sometimes it's hard to keep up," Lundquist said.
Donation Collection Sites:
- Children's Center, 1830 Beacon Street
- Education Building, Room 203
- General Studies Department, Yanke Park
- Sociology Department, Library 171
- University Apartments, Village Community Center
- Women's Center, Second floor SUB


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text: Cable Industry Starting To Realize That They Need To Let Go Of the BoxSean Fallon5/12/09 7:40pmFiled to: CableThird party set-topsSet-top BoxHome EntertainmentHome TheaterCable industryISPs71EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkAn interesting article published on the CableFax industry webpage argues that vendors and suppliers need to loosen their grip on the set-top box in order to keep up with our increasingly open source culture.AdvertisementBut perhaps it's time to examine the cable industry's lease model. Is having all of those logo-branded boxes on the balance sheet worth the pittance consumers pay to rent them? Is it worth dooming customers to a clunky experience when a third-party box could do the job better? Heck, gaming consoles, DVD players and other CE devices could simply double as cable set-tops if the cable industry could just finally… let go. All of this was supposed to happen years ago, by the way, with set-tops proliferating at retail. But it never came to pass for a variety of reasons. And now competition is fierce, online video is the boogeyman and gee… wouldn't it be nice if all those advanced boxes were out there right now?Using Apple and AT&T as an example, the author notes that both companies are notoriously closed minded, but third party development has made the App Store wildly successful—and AT&T has benefited by letting Apple control all of the hardware and software issues. He even questions whether or not an Apple "iSetTop" for the cable industry would be a "competitive superweapon."I doubt that the cable industry is ready for Apple to step in, but it appears that cable providers are starting to realize that change is necessary. Spending big bucks for subscriptions each month is increasingly unnecessary, and its only a matter of time before our televisions are all connected to the internet in some form or another. It's nice to know that that there are at least a few forward thinkers in the industry, but everyone is going to have to get on board with this in order to survive. That having been said, the article kind of glosses over the problem of pricing and customer service—an issue which really needs to be addressed first and foremost. Obviously, this would go a long way in retaining customers who might think about jumping ship before cable can catch up with the technology. Hit up CableFax for the full argument. [CableFax]


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From Our 2014 Archives U.S. Home Births Continued Steady Increase in 2012: CDCHealthDay Reporter Latest Pregnancy NewsTUESDAY, March 4, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- The percentage of U.S. women choosing to give birth at home or in a birthing center rather than a hospital has grown by 56 percent in less than a decade, according to a new government report. Although hardly the norm, out-of-hospital births accounted for 1.36 percent of U.S. births in 2012, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A year earlier, 1.26 percent of births occurred away from a hospital, while just 0.87 percent of such deliveries took place in 2004. "That's a pretty good jump in a single year, and it's been a continuing trend since 2004," said T.J. Mathews, a demographer with the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics. The new numbers reflect the ever-growing popularity of home births aided by midwives, said Lynn Johnson, midwife and administrator of Women's and Children's Services at Huntington Hospital in New York. "More people are talking about midwifery birth and having their experience as they would like to have it," Johnson said, adding that some women worry about losing their autonomy and having a doctor call the shots during delivery. Two-thirds of the out-of-hospital births occurred at home, the CDC found, while another 29 percent occurred in a birthing center. Another 5 percent occurred in a clinic, doctor's office or other location. The CDC also reports births outside the hospital carried a lower "risk profile" in 2012, with a smaller proportion of preterm and low birth weight babies than in hospital delivery rooms. This would appear to run counter to a recent Cornell study that found the risk of a baby dying is nearly four times higher when delivered by a midwife at home than by a midwife at a hospital. Mathews said the reduced risk of home childbirth compared to hospital birth likely stems from good screening by obstetricians, who advise women facing a dicey delivery to give birth in a medical setting. "If you're planning a home birth, then you're hopefully having a conversation with your physician or your midwife about whether it's a good idea," he said. "If there is risk, women seem to be going to the hospital, or giving birth near a hospital." Dr. James Byrne, chair of Ob/Gyn for Santa Clara Valley Medical Center and a clinical professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, agreed with that assessment. "The women with risk factors are less likely to be delivering at home, which is wise and safe for the public," Byrne said. For example, fewer births to teen mothers and fewer multiple births -- both tied to greater health risks -- occurred outside the hospital. Byrne added that a new emphasis on physiologic labor, in which the labor process is allowed to unfold at a slower, more natural pace, has improved the safety of birth both at home and in the hospital. In addition, many midwives now work with a woman's full medical team, which improves the safety of home delivery. "That can greatly facilitate prompt and effective consultations if problems arise," Byrne said. "It eliminates a lot of barriers." Byrne said some women should rule out home delivery out-of-hand -- those with prior C-sections, women who are morbidly obese and women at risk for breach birth. Other highlights of the report follow:
The findings are published in the March issue of the CDC's NCHS Data Brief.
SOURCES: T.J. Mathews, demographer, CDC, National Center for Health Statistics; Lynn E. Johnson, midwife, administrator, Women's and Children's Services, Huntington Hospital, Huntington, N.Y.; James Byrne, M.D., chair, OB/GYN, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, and clinical professor, Stanford University School of Medicine; March 4, 2014, report, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Trends in Out-of-Hospital Births in the United States, 1990-2012 |


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Location: Genetics, Breeding, and Animal Health Research
Title: Meta-Analysis of High-Density SNP Associations for Beef Cattle Production Traits from Three Countries) AuthorBennett, Gary | |
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Submitted to: Proceedings of the Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Livestock Genomics Technology
Publication Type: Other Publication Acceptance Date: 5/12/2010 Publication Date: N/A Citation: N/A Interpretive Summary: Technical Abstract: About 50,000 SNP were evaluated for associations with growth, carcass, and meat quality traits in three populations of cattle in the United States, Canada, and Australia. Regression coefficients for each SNP were independently estimated within each country. Coefficients for similar traits were standardized and pooled accounting for their standard errors. The proportion of SNP associations from the meta-analyses with nominal P-values < 0.01, < 0.001, and < 0.0001 were compared with the proportions averaged from the three countries. For the 14 feed intake, carcass, and meat tenderness traits, average proportions were 0.0134, 0.00176, and 0.00029 compared with meta-analysis proportions of 0.0158, 0.00249, and 0.00053. The meta-analysis proportions exceeded the average proportions for every trait and in many cases exceeded the highest individual country proportion. These results demonstrate that combining sets of results can increase power to identify SNP with significant associations. |


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I think it's obvious that Haley was running 4 straight times to test Bell and Bell failed the test. I don't think thats going to be an indication of the playcalling in the regular reason. At least, I hope not. I still question doing that even in preseason because it puts Ben in a bad position.
I agree to a certain degree, but don't make the opposing defense easy at least keep then guessing and that will stop some pressure.
Excuses? I am not defending our PLAY.
Please take note of what I have said.
Originally Posted by MEOriginally Posted by MEI am defending the PLAY-CALLING. .....BECAUSE the tackles are playing horrible.Originally Posted by ME
Worry all you want about the lack of blocking for Ben....I AGREE WITH YOU.
Just dont do that while complaining that we are not throwing deep, as others are doing.
We are not calling plays strategically. We are evaluating and doing so in a way that puts Ben at the least risk.
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Because the Patriots have never handcuffed Brady or asked him to wait until the fourth quarter to bail the team out. Meanwhile, Ben is asked to play game manager and not throw the ball more than 10 yards until the Steelers. Of course when they do let him loose, it's usually too late and he's easy to blame for fans like yourself.
Excuses....I don't think the 1st team playcalling tonight meant much. At least, I hope not. I give credit where credit is do. Sometimes Ben deserves the credit and sometimes he deserves the blame. There are other fans that can't put any blame on certain players or coaches. I'm not one of them.
And there are some fans that only look at stat sheets or just blame the most visible player. The simple truth of the matter is the Patriots use their best player the entire game, while the Steelers wait until the fourth quarter to use their best player in hopes he can bail them out. One team values points, the other values time of possession.


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When congress passed the Federal Reserve Act in 1913, they established our nation's independent central bank, and outlined the purpose of the bank. Section 2A of the act sets this purpose:
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Open Market Committee shall maintain long run growth of the monetary and credit aggregates commensurate with the economy's long run potential to increase production, so as to promote effectively the goals of maximum employment, stable prices, and moderate long-term interest rates.
This section outlines what economists call the "dual mandate" of the Fed: a balance between price stability (i.e., inflationary control) and full employment. When one is out of balance, the Fed will act to adjust monetary policy in order to restore the balance. For example, in 2009, when the U.S. was experiencing the worst economic cycle in nearly a decade, unemployment hit nearly 10%. The Federal Reserve used the policy tool known as Quantitative Easing to increase the money supply and lower interest rates, with the goal being for businesses to invest money in production and hire more workers.
The risk to this strategy is that the Fed may actually take a step too large for the economy to handle. The U.S. economy has been compared to a large ship, and monetary policy is the steering wheel. The ship turns very slowly and has a lot of momentum; by the time you know you've turned the wheel too far, it can be too late to do anything about it. There are many opinions as to how well the Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is steering the ship. I would be curious to hear yours.
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Salman Khan confirms break-up with Katrina Kaif
What was becoming apparent now has a seal of confirmation. It's official, Salman Khan and the beautiful Katrina Kaif are no longer lovebirds. In a recent TV interview, Salman confirmed that he had broken up with Katrina but they are still friends.
After Katrina started keeping a distance with Salman Khan and got immersed with work and a new friendship with heartthrob Ranbir Kapoor, Salman Khan had no choice but to drift away from Kat.
If Katrina has work and Ranbir to keep her busy, Salman has the task of promoting his new film 'Dabangg'. Now that Salman is single, he has taken the onus of promoting his new co-star Sonakshi Sinha.
If the buzz is to be believed, Sonakshi and Salman are doing another film together to be produced by Arbaaz Khan. She might also be the leading lady in Sajid Nadiadwala's 'Kick', a remake of South film, starring Salman.
Salman Khan and the 20-something Sonakshi have been bonding over colours and brushes as well. The girl proclaims that Salman has instilled the passion for painting in her and confesses that her style is very similar to Salman's.
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Attracting a crowd for a concert of new classical music can be a tricky proposition. Performers often use more familiar pieces as bait, a spoonful of Bach, Schoenberg or Cage to help the medicine go down.
But on Friday and Saturday night at the City Theatre, the audience was cut loose from its moorings: the oldest piece on the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble's program was composed in 2006.
Even if all three pieces were written in the past 10 years, they could not have been more different in texture.
In "First Lines" by Pittsburgh composer Amy Williams, flute and piano flutter around each other, their lines jaggedly interrupted. Ms. Williams was interested in the way that the openings of poems can grab a reader, immersing you instantly in an atmosphere of the poet's creation, and she wanted to mimic that with each movement.
The most powerful moment in the piece was the sixth movement, inspired by Marilyn Chin's line, "Shh, my grandmother is sleeping..." Flutist Lindsey Goodman inhaled and exhaled through her flute, creating a haunting arc over the piano line. Listening to it, you became aware of your own breathing, the way your body records the passage of time.
In "Album for Guitar," Ryan Anthony Francis wanted to create a more blurred sound than the traditional back-and-forth between instruments that was heard in "First Lines." The piece was commissioned by soloist Mattias Jacobsson and the PNME. Friday night's performance was the world premiere.
Not only did Mr. Francis let go of the usual relationship between soloist and ensemble; he also eschewed the traditional narrative structure of most classical pieces. Rather than writing movements that propelled listeners through a musical story, Mr. Francis wanted each section to be a tableau with its own color and mood.
A piece without a narrative arc runs the risk of being boring, but the textures and strange rhythms in "Album for Guitar" keep it compelling throughout. Some sections sounded like the intricate pattern of rainfall in a forest. In others, the instruments came together to create a kind of planetary hum.
The last part of the concert was Christopher Cerrone's "I will learn to love a person." It is an uncomfortable piece. The music is ghostly and beautiful, but the text, taken from the poetry of Tao Lin, is so baldly emotional that you wonder whether you are supposed to laugh or cry. "I have channeled most of my anger into creating and sustaining an 'angry face,'" sang soprano Lindsay Kesselman.
Even if some audience members may have wished they didn't understand English, the musicians' performance was flawless. At times, the vibraphone was played with a bow, creating eerie whistles and creaks that clashed with the clarinet and the piano. Ms. Kesselman's voice floated effortlessly above it all.
In the end, it was PNME's fine musicianship that made all three of these pieces come to life.
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WASHINGTON – Following her two-win, nine-save performance
in a pair of contests for CUA last week, junior goalkeeper
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Brandon Darnell scored 15 points leading the Pioneer Ridge Middle School eighth grade JV boys basketball squad to a 31-26 home win against Paola, Jan. 30.
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The recent focus on geopolitical risk reminds us that monetary policy is not the only potential disrupter of the financial peace. But it seems likely that the normalization of monetary policy in the US (and, eventually, other advanced economies) will be the most significant driver of global asset markets in the coming 2-5 years.
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Monday, May 11, 2009
Memory Monday: Fads and My Mom
My mother was not a person who followed every fad that came along, but neither was she a person who avoided fads. I guess you would say that she had particular types of fads to which she was susceptible. They all come under the category of home décor, moreover home décor which has come to be regarded as … how to put this … not surviving the (good) taste test after their 15 minutes of popularity passed. This is not to say that my mother had bad taste, because I don't believe that was the case. She was a beautiful woman and I think she knew how to choose clothes to highlight that beauty; most of our home furnishings were tasteful or at least inoffensively nondescript (though I suppose there could be some debate on the "earth tones" home decoration era).
It was just that there were certain things that caught my mother's eye and either tickled her whimsy or hit the "pretty – must have" button. I can only remember three sets of items that fall into this category. The first was our set of kitchen appliances, pots, and pans from the late 1960s: they represented the "autumn colors" fad of that time; our things were avocado (not sure why avocado was considered an "autumn color"). It wasn't that bad, though when I recently pulled out Mom's old hand mixer (pictured above; it only has one beater, but our Kitchen Aid is on the fritz, and I was desperate) and observed that moldy green, I had to wonder, "When was this ever considered a pretty color?" The answer is: probably never, because that which is "pretty" is not necessarily considered to be "tasteful." Maybe that is why tastes change so rapidly; one era's tasteful is the next era's tacky.
Which brings us to the next item: a lava lamp. I think lava lamps should get a pass from the taste police, simply because they're fun. And they're so relaxing … who hasn't felt calm and peaceful who has watched those milky globs drift slowly up and down?
The final set of fad items were three of Mom's clocks: her cuckoo clock and her two cat clocks (one black and one white, the Felix clocks with moving tails and eyes). I do not recall the cuckoo clock, which dated to my grade school years in California, ever being in the house at the same time as the cat clocks, which dated to my high school years in Texas. The cuckoo clock must have been a casualty of one of our many moves during my junior high school years, when many of our family possessions were lost. The cat clocks made a peaceful "click-click" sound as the cats' tails and eyes moved back and forth, but they were never synchronized with one another. One was in the kitchen and the other was in the living room, but in our little public housing apartment, that was only about 14 feet apart, and you could hear them anywhere in the apartment until you moved into the bedrooms down the hall. So between the "cl-click-cl-click" of the clocks and the soothing dance of the lava lamp globs, I guess you could say our home had a pretty peaceful atmosphere.
All in all, despite the jokes my family and I have made over the years, I do not think my mother's clocks, lamps, pots, and pans amounted to a terribly egregious violation of the dictates of good taste. However, I'm definitely not going to buy any avocado-colored appliances for our house. Though I do love the color green. And Kitchen Aids come in a beautiful dark forest green. And I do need a new Kitchen Aid….
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May 7, 2009 Prospectus TodayManny's Return
I very rarely leave a baseball game before it ends, but last night at Camden Yards was an exception. My friend and I bailed during the third rain delay at around 10 p.m., and as it turns out, we missed two very wet innings of baseball played over the subsequent three hours. I really like the ballpark, which must have seemed so incredibly different when it opened in 2002. So many parks are clones of Camden Yards that it isn't unique any longer, but the impact of this place on folks who were used to attending Memorial Stadium had to be something else. We'll try again tonight, and I'll write about it, as well as the Orioles and Twins, in Friday's column. As it turns out, I have something else to write about today. Manny Ramirez has been suspended for 50 games by Major League Baseball for violating the Joint Drug Agreement. Note that the wording is specific. He wasn't suspended for cheating, for setting a bad example for kids, for violating the sanctity of statistics. He was suspended for testing positive for a substance banned under the agreement. Ramirez released a statement in which he took responsibility, sort of, passing some of the blame to the doctor that prescribed the drug. This afternoon, ESPN.com is reporting that Ramirez tested positive for HCG, a substance that is used to promote testosterone production in men. A dip in the natural production of testosterone is a side effect of steroid use, which is why HCG finds itself on the banned list-it can be used to counter the negative effects of steroid use. Players who have a medical need for this, a natural one, can apply for waivers; Ramirez did not have a waiver. I'm not an expert-that's Will's area-but this doesn't appear to be an Olympian getting flagged because he used Claritin or something. HCG's purpose is to aid in the production of testosterone, and the reasons for a testosterone deficit in a 36-year-old man can be narrowed to a fairly small range. That Ramirez is not being suspended specifically for the use of a steroid, but rather for a drug that is associated with steroid use, is a detail, and a seemingly small one. This suspension will have a negative effect on the Dodgers, who now end up where they were 10 weeks ago, with Juan Pierre playing left field most of the time. As Jay Jaffe notes, there are other, potentially more palatable options available to Joe Torre should he choose to get creative. Jay's analysis indicates that in spite of the suspension, the Dodgers are still the favorites in the division, thanks to a lineup that runs seven deep for the next 50 games, and a good back of the bullpen and front of the rotation. The depth issues that are their main problem remain so, but we'll see the return of Ramirez before we see any attempts to shore up the back of the roster. Fortunately for the Dodgers, the NL West lacks a team that is likely to push past 90 wins, or perhaps even 85. Losing a few wins to Ramirez's suspension may keep them from home-field advantage, but it shouldn't kill their playoff hopes. For me, well, this time it counts. I'm talking about the All-Star Game voting. Manny Ramirez has been elected to start the All-Star Game in nine of the past 10 seasons, every year except 2006. He has been qualified by ability and by stardom, and his popularity in his home cities has been very strong. Now, Ramirez will serve a suspension for almost the entirety of the voting period, and will begin playing again on July 3, just 11 days before the All-Star Game in St. Louis, and two days before the All-Star teams are announced. We are about to find out how much the fans truly care about this issue. Remember, fans have voted players onto the All-Star team who were having lousy seasons, who were injured and missing large parts of the current season, or who had been in decline for years. During the period of time in which Barry Bonds, villain, was accused of steroid use, he was voted onto the All-Star team in every season. It wasn't until he missed most of 2005 with a knee injury that he missed the All-Star Game, and when he was once again healthy enough to play, he made the team-he was elected to the team by the fans-in 2007. For me, this was strong evidence that the fans didn't care about purported steroid use. Well, this year is a better test of that idea. Baseball fans around the world are going to get to vote, up or down, on whether Manny Ramirez should be an All-Star. In doing so they get to vote, up or down, on how they feel about a player suspended for using a substance he shouldn't have been using. No one boos Ryan Franklin, no one throws syringes at Juan Rincon, and no one argues that the home runs hit by Alex Sanchez should be stricken from the record book. Fine. Now, though, there's a ballot with a name next to a chad, and there's a website with a list of options, and a player who is clearly an All-Star based on every other criterion up for election. What are baseball fans going to do? The 2009 National League All-Star voting is going to be the best information we yet have about how fans really feel about players suspected of using steroids. The potential for Ramirez to be voted onto the All-Star team while serving a PED suspension is easily the most interesting thing about his suspension today.
Joe Sheehan is an author of Baseball Prospectus. 66 comments have been left for this article.


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Even though I'm skeptical of claims about the paranormal, Ged Carbone's "The Ghosts of South County" was a compelling read. It's a tale of pilots and other airplane passengers who died in crashes, whose spirits may still be roaming the woods of Charlestown. The issue is on newsstands now.
People in the story got some help from an organization called Greenville Paranormal Research. Scroll down the organization's web page and you'll find under "Private Property: South County Rhode Island" video of the lights that are attributed to the spirits in "Ghosts of South County" and a photo of one of the otherworldly beings mentioned in the story (I won't ruin it for you).
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• Crazy juxtaposition today of Frank's photo of the ice-measurers for the Chenango Lake Perch Derby and Brian's story of the ice-break rescue at Hunt's Pond Sunday night. There's a safe way to do it, and a not safe way to do it … ice fishing, that is. Me, I'd rather go to Red Lobster and save everyone the trouble.
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• As I mentioned in last Friday's blog, Chobani will be served during the presidential inauguration festivities in Washington, D.C. My favorite '30 Seconds' comment today asked why they call it Greek yogurt when it's made in the U.S. of A. – insinuating, of course, that it's un-American otherwise. Yeah, that's the spirit … not.


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BALTIMORE – Bobby Wilson could have slept in Saturday morning. He could have spent the day in air-conditioned comfort at the team hotel in downtown Baltimore.
Instead, he got up early and rode the 70 miles or so with Dave Warrenfeltz out to Williamsport (Md.) High School where they both honored their mutual friend by participating in the first annual Nick Adenhart Baseball Camp. The one-day camp was organized to keep Adenhart's memory alive with a new generation of youth baseball players. Proceeds from the camp will go to the Nick Adenhart Memorial Foundation which supports Little League baseball in the area around Adenhart's hometown as well as other community organizations.
"I went out to his old high school and talked to some kids there about his legacy and what he meant to lots of people and his town in opening up some opportunities for kids," said Wilson who became close friends with Adenhart during their time in the minor leagues together. "I told them my story. I'm not supposed to be in the major leagues. I was a 48th round draft pick."
Wilson said he spoke to the young players mainly about the strength of unexpected friendships – like the one between a catcher from Florida and a pitcher from Maryland – and how something like baseball can expand the "circle of friendships" in your life.
"It was a good day," Wilson said. "More gratifying for me to talk about it than it was for them to hear it, maybe."
Adenhart's grandfather was at the camp Saturday and Wilson said the two shared "Nick stories" as he did on the drive to and from the camp with Warrenfeltz. Wilson brought back a 'Nick Adenhart Baseball Camp' T-shirt for teammate Jered Weaver who donated items to the silent auction being held in conjunction with the camp. Weaver still writes Adenhart's initials in the dirt on the back of the pitcher's mound every time he pitches.
"That's a great way to remember Nick," Weaver said of the baseball camp. "I hope they can keep it going every year."
Wilson also visited Adenhart's grave site for the first time since attending the funeral after the 22-year-old pitcher was tragically killed (along with friends Courtney Stewart and Henry Pearson) by a drunk driver on April 9, 2009.
"Going to his grave – having been there for the funeral when they put him in the ground and now going back and he's still buried in the ground, it brings back all those feelings," Wilson said. "The first thing I did was call my wife and tell her I love her, called my Dad and told him I love him. It was a reminder of just how lucky we are to be here and live the lifestyle we live."
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Digital photography has opened the door to all kinds of creative possibilities, even for those who don't think they're particularly creative or all that tech savvy. One such possibility is your own personalized coloring book. That is – a coloring book that uses your own photos as the subject. Kids love coloring books (as the pile of half-used ones under my feet attest) and they love looking at photos of themselves or friends and family. You can combine these two passions quite simply. Here's how:
Via PhotoJojo, you can create your pages using a photo editing software like Photoshop or Photoshop Elements. Using the "photocopy" option in the "filters" menu will turn a normal photo into a pencil sketch. Simply save that filtered image, print it out, and there's your coloring book page.
If you want, you can go a step further and blur out offending pieces and distracting background with the paint brush tool. This will give the book a cleaner look, but it entails more effort. (Personally, I like a minimalist approach and I'm sure your kids won't mind a few extra lines to deal with.)
When you're ready to print, be sure that you use plain paper – not a glossy photo paper – and give the print a minute or two to dry completely before handing it over to eager children.
What If You Don't Own Photoshop?
Don't despair, there's still a coloring book in your future. You can download FotoSketcher, a free program that lets you convert your digital images into sketches. It can actually create a wide variety of cool sketch effects, but for our purposes, its black-and-white option makes for a good coloring book base. After you've converted your images, simply follow the steps above: save, and print on plain paper, giving the prints a few minutes to dry completely.
There's another very simple - and kid friendly – way to do it via Crayola's Lights, Camera, Color web application. The site allows you to upload an image and convert it into a sketch. You can save that sketch to your computer to print it out. The catch: to print, you'll need to enter in a code from Crayola (it's on select boxes of their crayons).
Another alternative, if you're artistically inclined, is to draw your own design and scan it into your computer. Better still: have your kids drawn their own sketches, scan those in, and print out as many copies as you like.
If you own an Epson printer, you can make a coloring book no matter what software you own with the printer's on-board templates. They function a bit like FotoSketcher, in that they can instantly convert regular color images into black-and-white sketches. This video shows you how it's done.
Alternatively, if you own an Olympus camera, check to see if it has an "art filter" option in the menu. Some higher-end Olympus digital cameras can instantly convert photos into sketches, so you don't have to do any of the converting yourself in software.
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August 18, 2008
House and Senate leaders should invite Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili to address a joint session of Congress, according to bipartisan members of the Congressional Georgia Caucus. The gesture of support would express "solidarity and commitment" to a U.S. ally under attack by Russia, according to a "Dear Colleague" letter sent to House and Senate Democratic and GOP leaders by Reps. Thaddeus McCotter (R-Mich.), Allyson Schwartz (D-Pa.) and Bill Shuster (R-Pa.).
"Importantly, Georgia has been a close ally of the United States and deployed its forces to assist our efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as cooperated with the United States in a number of other counter-terrorism measures," the members wrote. The members also noted that the Georgia-Russia conflict could have an impact on energy. "Furthermore, Georgia lies on a strategically important East-West axis over which the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline provides the world with another alternative to dependency on Russian energy." Schwartz and Shuster serve as co-chairmen of the Congressional Georgia Caucus, which includes 14 members. The letter was addressed to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). Russian troops remain in Georgia following a dispute between the countries over a region in Georgia that is held by separatists allied with Russia. Russian troops entered Georgia after pushing Georgian troops out of South Ossetia, the region held by separatists. They also bombed locations in Georgia as part of their advance. The severity of the Russian response and its decision to attack beyond the violated territory drew sharp criticism internationally. The Bush administration has called on Russia to honor a cease-fire agreement that requires it to remove its troops from Georgia. Georgia has also come under criticism for bombing civilian areas in South Ossetia. Schwartz and Schuster said last week they would file a resolution calling on the International Olympic Committee to find a new location for the 2014 Winter Olympics, which are currently scheduled to be held in Sochi, a Russian city not far from Georgia. "The Russian Federation's invasion of the Republic of Georgia and its actions against its democratically elected president violate international standards," Schwartz said. "Russia must realize that its actions in Georgia will not be ignored by the international community. We stand by Georgia, our friend and ally, and call on the IOC to designate a new venue for the Russian Olympics."
In an interview with Russian daily Kommersant, Russia Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov responded, "The location of the Olympics is not determined by American laws."
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