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Sometimes in the evenings, they would go to these strange places with soft lighting, tables and chairs and a bar, where people interacted verbally - pubs they were called. What a quaint world it was, the Robinson family laughs, patronisingly guffawing like those robotic aliens in that old advert for Smash powdered mash. But we're still eating real potatoes.
In 1978, the prime minister, Jim Callaghan, made his cabinet watch an edition of the science programme Horizon called ''The Chips Are Down''. It boldly predicted that we would soon live in ''electronic cottages'' from where we would shop, bank, communicate with others and work - the few of us that had work to do, that is. But changes have been gradual at best. Out-of-town shopping centres have mushroomed, most banks remain firmly planted in the high street, commuters clog our transport system. What price the information super-highway revolution?
If you are not yet familiar with the term, you have probably been exploring Patagonia without a mobile phone for the past year. There have been 1,379 items about the information super-highway, the Internet, in national broadsheet newspapers in the past 12 months, compared to just 92 in the year before that. It has become a buzzword, along with the Net, the infobahn, cyberspace and cyberpunks, who may well be nothing more than people with a pair of DMs and a laptop.
Yet ask most people what it means and the best you will get is a tentative stumble through various new gizmos - or more probably a complete blank. This is just part of the reason why it is tempting to call it the information super-hypeway.
The prophets of the new information age, such as Bill Gates, head of Microsoft, the world's biggest software company, and Barry Diller, chief executive of QVC, the US home shopping channel, would have us all as the family Robinson in the near future. The post office, shopping centre, library, JobCentre, video store and newspapers will disappear as their services and the information they offer become accessible by computer. One day soon we will have a magic box in our front room which will replace the computer, telephone, TV, VCR and stereo. We will be logged on, tuned in and staying at home. Life, they say, will never be the same again.
BUT WHAT are they talking about? What does the information super-highway really mean? First you have to understand that words, pictures (still and moving) and sound can now be electronically blipped down telephone wire or fibre-optic cable, and that the device which does this is called a modem. Essentially the highway has three aspects:
1) The Internet. A worldwide network of people communicating electronically. It is cheap and gives access to all sorts of information, from Nasa minutes to fellow newt enthusiasts in Venezuela. Equal potential for democracy and dullness.
2) On-line services. A vast range that includes: home shopping, banking and accounting; video-on-demand (ordering on-line from a vast catalogue of films), ditto music-on-demand; libraries, weather reports, and share prices. Specific industries or businesses may have their own services, such as legal information for lawyers.
3) Interactive services. Includes interactive TV - playing Blockbusters with a handset as it is transmitted - games, films and educational tools, either received on-line, on normal computer disks or on CD-ROM (a new CD format with high audio, visual and data-storage capacity). Also referred to as multi-media.
From the hubbub drummed up by marketing men, media analysts and journalists, you could be forgiven for thinking that the world is about to turn on its head. But the sensible message has to be: relax, pull into the highway's hard shoulder or even stay on the technological A-Road if you choose, where the view might in any case be better.
THERE IS evidence of something like a backlash even within the market. Nick Alexander is chief executive of Pearson New Entertainment Europe, and was hired to rush headlong into the future. He is, however, cautious.
''I'm a little cynical about how fast this is all going to happen. The hype is tremendous. We don't look back 20 years, before computers, and think: 'My god, life has completely changed.' We just integrate certain things. I am not sure this will cause huge upheavals.''
Frank Barlow, the chief executive of Pearsons, which is best known for owning the Financial Times and Penguin books, has pronounced that the printed word is dying. ''I'm not sure about that,'' says Mr Alexander. ''When TV came, everyone thought radio would die; when video came everyone said cinema would die. These things reinvent themselves and concentrate on their uniqueness. Reading a book on a beach is something people are going to want to do. They are not going to want to take their computer down there, and you can't swat a fly with a laptop.''
Robert Jolliffe, a media analyst at the stockbrokers Hoare Govett, agrees. ''I don't think there will be an explosion. The media is obsessed with this and somehow has allowed this thing to run away with itself. The media likes new technology, likes writing about itself and about things that threaten radical change. It's sexy.''
It may be a turn-on but can we turn on to it? Video on demand won't arrive until 1997 at the earliest with music on demand even later, and on-line shopping and banking are also a long way off. Interactive television is due for launch in April. One day CDs will probably replace video tape, but not until they can simultaneously record television programmes. And Radio Rentals has only just introduced an Olivetti multi-media package on PC, although the Internet is available to anyone with a PC and a modem.
Advocates of the Internet claim there are up to 40 million users worldwide, and that if the present growth rate continues, everyone in the world will be on-line by 2003. But telephones have been around for over a century and not everyone has one. Perhaps it has been forgotten that many of those counted have on-line access at work and never use it.
The Wall Street Journal recently reported that a lot of apparently very encouraging research on the demand for new technology is ''for Wall Street - to show companies are out front and to drive up their stock price''.
And one consumer reseacher said: ''Standard market research techniques are extremely weak at predicting how people might behave with a product they barely understand.'' It is like asking 19th century consumers what they think of air travel.
Recent precedents also suggest this will be evolutionary not revolutionary. Wild claims based on research predicted a huge immediate demand for cellular phones which did not then make an appearance for 15 years. It has taken almost 20 years for VCRs to reach 74 per cent of British households.
''It's not clear whether people want to organise their lives on-line, or whether the cost is ever going to be low enough,'' said Mr Jolliffe. ''In 15 years' maybe, but this year or next year - no. And it is in no way clear what the demand is for these services.''
Demand is not apparently great among his peers. At a recent conference attended by 45 media analysts and fund managers, not one had a CD-ROM drive. Similarly, of 90 BBC staff at an internal conference last week, no one was on the Internet.
In a study released on Friday, the research company Inteco concluded that the ''much-touted information super-highway is not about to happen in Europe, not until the next millennium''. This was based on 11,500 interviews conducted in France, Germany, Italy and the UK. Inteco also predicted that many computer companies were going to get their fingers burnt early on by pushing products before demand existed. Remember Betamax video, eight-track cassettes, or the BBC computer?
If you are in a hurry to get hitched up, the important thing is to ignore the hype and concentrate on what will be specifically useful to you, your family or your company. Clearly a firm of solicitors which can tap into a legal library for a few thousand pounds a year will do so, likewise the financial services industry which has already been receiving information and trading on-line for years.
But what about individuals? I gathered six ''dream consumers'' together, all mid-20s to early-30s, all computer-literate, working in the media, publishing, design and business.
We all liked the idea of having pictures of the Sainsbury's aisles on our console and clicking on what we wanted. ''But you'd still have to be in when they delivered it,'' said Steve. ''I wouldn't buy meat like that,'' chipped in Simon.
''People will always shop. Maybe they will buy the odd thing on-line, but they do like to get out and about. It's assumed we are after this home-based, cellular existence, but we're not,'' complained Val. Everyone agreed, but thought the next generation, weaned and educated on computers, might be happier to spend more time at a screen.
''But even they, after 10-12 hours a day in front of a screen at work, wouldn't want to spend all evening in front of a one,'' said Matt. ''Books are interactive. You have to turn pages, pick them, put them down.''
We liked the idea of video on demand and ordering pizzas on-line for those slobby nights in, but home banking sounded too demanding. ''I like to be told to my face why I've been charged pounds 50 on my overdraft,'' said Paul.
Karen thought it would be great to play Scrabble on-line. ''Yeah, but it would be more fun if you came round like you do now,'' replied Steve.
THE POINT really is that once we broke the information super-highway down to its components, none of us felt it to be a revolution-in-waiting. Each of us did, however, identify a service station we would probably stop at and felt it would be a loss to completely miss the ride.
Similarly, in the early days of home computing, the first consumers were convinced that here was something vital to own and which promised to transform their lives. David Skinner, a sociology lecturer at the Anglia Polytechnic University, has studied home computing in depth and found that those early consumers eventually settled on a specific use for their PC, such as work or games.
''What we now consider standard technologies once promoted new fantasies, and fears that they would transform our lives,'' he says. ''There is often a Utopian slant on new technologies. There's always this sense that in a couple of years, the real transition will happen, but somehow it never arrives. There is a millennialism with what is going on now, a self-fulfilling prophecy: if it's important, we'll invest in it and make it more important.''
The prophecy boasts that the information super-highway will alter our lives as significantly as the telephone or television did. But it is simply too early to tell if video will die, and book and record shops will close. What seems more certain is that some of the drudge will be removed from our lives, international communication will be cheaper, and that we and our children will have some fun with games that also educate us. Perhaps we will go out a bit less, but we'll still go down the pub, and the Robinson family will probably be there too.
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And in between practices and guzzling beers, the Melvins' core members, Dale Crover and Buzz Osborne, will answer fan questions during a live video chat May 24. Because it's two weeks away, you better make sure you bookmark their Yowie page and take note that they will begin their chat at 9 p.m. EST, 6 p.m. PST. Otherwise you will be kicking yourself for missing out on this.
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Where did you get the idea that B2W2 takes place seven years after HGSS? And I wonder how Giovanni is able to compete in the tournament without being tackled by police officers. Does the general population not know of his affiliations with Team Rocket? And after 3+ years of absence, they just gave him back his position as a Gym Leader and simply boot Blue out?
I too am pretty sure the PWT will be featured in B2W2. However, I still don't like the idea of a reunion. The past reunions actually made sense because either the Dexholders all appeared in the respective games of the chapter (GSC) or all the characters tied in with the plot at the time (Emerald and possibly HGSS). B2W2's plot will probably be about neo-Team Plasma which doesn't concern any Dexholders preceding Gen V. Maybe at the end, there will be one big celebration tournament that could feature previous Dexholders as a cameo. I can only see that scenario as an opportunity for a reunion. Just a cameo, not them being involved in the plot.


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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- A surprise rate cut by China's central bank and a successful bond auction by Spain cheered investors around the globe Thursday and had U.S. stocks poised to build on the previous day's rally.
Investors are also looking ahead to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's congressional testimony, and showed little reaction to a jobless claims report that was close to expectations.
Dow Jones industrial average (INDU), S&P 500 (SPX) and Nasdaq (COMP) futures were moved sharply higher following the 7 a.m. ET announcement from the People's Bank of China. Stock futures indicate the possible direction of the markets when they open at 9:30 a.m. ET.
China's central bank cut its range of lending and deposit rates by a quarter percentage point in an effort to address the slowdown in the nation's manufacturing sector. Its key 1-year lending rate fell to 6.31%.
While there had been growing hopes for action by the Chinese government to stimulate the economy, the timing of Thursday's announcement was a surprise.
Meanwhile, the Spanish government held a bond auction that was an important test of its ability to raise money from investors, two days after its treasury minister warned the country was at risk of being shut out of financial markets.
Demand was more than three times the €611 million worth of 10-year bonds that Spain offered, up from a bid-to-offer ratio of 2.42 in April. But the interest rate Spain had to pay to sell the debt rose to 6.044% from 5.743% in April.
The yield for Spain's 10-year debt edged slightly lower to 6.16% in trading following the auction.
Spanish bond yields have been rising recently as investors demand an increasingly high risk premium to lend money to the government. Fears are growing that the country will need to be bailed out if it can't come up with a way to re capitalize its banking sector, which some estimates put at a cost of up to €100 billion.
Back in the United States., Bernanke will testify on the economy before the Joint Economic Committee of Congress at 10 a.m. ET. Observers will look for clues as to whether the Fed might extend its Operation Twist program or, in a move that would be even more drastic, launch a third round of asset purchases known as quantitative easing.
Economy: First-time claims for unemployment insurance totaled 377,000 in the week ended June 2, the Labor Department said. That's 2,000 more than the consensus forecast, but was down 12,000 from the prior week.
A new report on consumer credit will be released at 3 p.m. ET. Consumer credit for April is expected to have increased by $12.7 billion.
U.S. stocks rallied Wednesday, with the Dow and S&P 500 logging their best gains of the year, as investors grew hopeful that more stimulus for the global economy is around the corner.
Companies: Yoga clothing retailer Lululemon Athletic (LULU) plunged 10% in premarket trading, after releasing a weak outlook along with its first quarter results.
Food producer J.P. Smucker (SJM, Fortune 500) reported that operating earnings per share rose 10 cents to $1.10, better than the drop of 1 cent per share forecast by analysts.
Shares of Nasdaq OX Group (NDAQ) fell in 1.2% in after-hours trading on Wednesday. The exchange operator announced its plans to spend $40 million to compensate trading firms for losses caused by glitches that delayed Face book's (FB) debut. Later in the day, Nasdaq CEO Bob Reified apologized for the problems but said affected investors should talk to their brokers.
Korean electronics maker Samsung named a new chairman Thursday. The Wall Street Journal reported that the company also intends to launch its new smart phone as planned, despite Apple (AAPL, Fortune 500) seeking an injunction against its sales as part of its patent infringement lawsuit.
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World markets: European stocks rallied in afternoon trading. France's CA 40 (CAC40) surged 3.6% following the China rate cut, the DAX (DAX) in Germany rallied 3.7% and Britain's FT SE 100 (UKX) added 1.5%.
Asian markets ended mixed. The Shanghai Composite (SHCOMP) eased 0.7%, but the Hang Eng (HSI) in Hong Kong gained 0.7% and Japan's Nikkei (N225) finished 1.2% higher.
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Oil for July delivery, which had been lower ahead of the China rate cut, was up $1.20 to $86.22 a barrel following the cut.
Gold futures for August delivery fell $12.30 to $1,621.90 an ounce.
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Zinfandel - A California Favorite updated: Feb 09, 2013, 3:00 PM
By Marc Liberts
January 27, 2013
On Sunday January 27, 2013 I attended the BYOB Wine & Dine event held at Max's Restaurant & Cucina in Santa Barbara. The theme of event was California Zinfandel, and the featured speaker was Donald Thiessen from Stacked Stone Cellars.
As always, the event started out with assorted paired cheeses from C'est Cheese which were enjoyed with the wine that everyone brought to share. There were approximately 40 bottles of California Zinfandel brought by the guests which provided a good example of the regional variations in the Zinfandel wines.
The meal started with Kalamata Olive & Sweet Onion Flatbread with Sundried Tomato-Roasted Garlic- Pine Nut Pesto. The main course was a Hearty Lamb Moussaka with Potato-Cauliflower Mash & Peas in a Shallot-Balsamic Reduction. The dessert featured a Dark Chocolate Cherry Mousse with Florentine Cookie. All paired very nicely with the Zinfandel wines from Stacked Stone Cellars that Donald Thiessen shared with us.
Mr. Thiessen gave two talks during the meal to introduce himself and to talk about his wines. He has been in Paso Robles for 37 years, and has used all his expendable capital and converted it to liquid assets. In his words "converting his green into red". He states that his style is different than most because he is a 'small fish in a big pond'.
In discussing the Paso Robles region, Thiessen stated that Italian immigrants came to the region by boat and landed in Morrow Bay, bringing Zinfandel cuttings with them. The origin of Zinfandel is not very clear, but is believed to come from the Island of Havar in the country of Croatia. It was taken to Italy and is called Primitivo there. When it arrived in Paso Robles, it was renamed Zinfandel. He stated that 60% of all the fruit grown in Paso Robles is shipped to Napa. And he further stated that 50% of all the wines made in Napa are from Paso Robles fruit, because quality wine comes from the vineyard, not necessarily the winery. Paso Robles is the largest AVA in the world. Not only is it the largest area, it also has more Rhone varietals planted then the Rhone Valley itself. Small guys like him are being creative in blending and producing very high quality wines.
His claimed that his farm is organic, bio-dynamic, and sustainable, but he also admitted that he does not pay the fess to the proper authorities who do the certifications. He hand pricks his fruit from his estate vineyard which is head pruned and a dry farmed vineyard. He does a whole-berry fermentation process and all his wines are cold soaked with extended maceration and blended with a little petite syrah.
He is proud to make handcrafted wines in the 'Old World' style. His Zinfandel wines are barrel aged for 2 years and spend another 6 months in the bottle before he releases them for sale. He states his wines are best after 10 years of age in the bottle, and his wines are designed to be aged for very long periods of time. He talked about the fact that most people don't age wine at all, but he advises consumers to buy a case of wine they like and try one bottle every year until it gets perfect.
I had a chance to interview Tom Rustin, the Ranch Manager of Stacked Stone Cellars before the event.
QUESTION: Please help us get to know you better. What is your history in wine making? What inspires your wine making? Who are your wine mentors?
ANSWER: Every weekend owner and winemaker Donald Thiessen personally welcomes you to the winery as he pours for you his award wining wine. He is known as the "character" around town and will surely have you in stitches with his cowboy style and humor. He enjoys making new friends, listening to live music, trips to the lake, and sharing his fine wine. Donald grew up on an avocado ranch in Ventura and moved to the Paso Robles area 35 years ago with his family. His dream was to find a place to raise his children and become an active part of a small, growing community. Paso was the perfect place! Over the years he raised two children, developed Peachy Canyon Woodworks and Thiessen Construction, and became a well-known cowboy in town. Stacked Stone Cellars began in 1998 when owner, Donald Thiessen, united his love of fine craftsmanship with a love of wine. Stacked Stone Cellars produces small quantities of hand crafted wine. Donald named his "liquid assets" after the elaborate stacked stone landscaping adorning the winery grounds and estate vineyard.
QUESTION: Why do you think Zinfandel is so popular? What characteristics does it have that people like so much? Why do you like it?
ANSWER: Zinfandel is the state grape, proclaimed by our Governor. It was the first grape to be grown in California some 140 years ago. The first bonded winery in California was right on the Central Coast. Zinfandel appeals to a wide range of consumers because of its many facets. They can have a wonderful bouquet, bright fruit up front, big jammy body's, with lush finishes. We like producing the Zinfandel grape because of its heritage her on the Central Coast. Our estate vineyard produces low yields of highly concentrated, jammy, and intense Zinfandel fruit. The vines are sustainably dry farmed and head pruned on the west side Paso Robles, where the soils are rich in minerals and nutrients. The soil is calcareous and siliceous composed of shale, mudstone, siltstone and limestone providing the optimum terroir for Zinfandel. The estate fruit is gently harvested to produce our flagship and award wining wine the "Zin Stone".
QUESTION: What do you think about screw-cap enclosures for wine? Some California wineries have embraced them, some have started using them, and some refuse to use them. What do you think?
ANSWER: Screw-caps are fine for some wines and for some winery's. We believe that they work best for large production facilities. The cost for screw cap machinery or to out source the bottling to another facility take's away from our hand crafted style of making wine.
QUESTION: Who are your favorite Zinfandel producers other than Stacked Stone?
ANSWER: There are many excellent wine makers that make Zinfandel. We feel like the best area to grow and produce the Zinfandel grape is on the west side Paso. We don't get enough of a chance to taste them all so it's not fair to pick out one or another.
QUESTION: What wines will you be bringing to the event? Please provide a brief commentary on each wine that you are bringing to the event.
ANSWER: Here are the wines: 2011 Rosetta: 100% Zinfandel Rose` to be poured at the reception. The Rosetta is rich, ripe and full of tropical fruits. Aromatics of melon and citrus, with flavors of fresh strawberries, balanced acidity and a lingering finish. 2009 Zin Stone: 80% Estate Zinfandel and 20% Petit Syrah - to be poured with the appetizer. 2010 Zin Stone: 80% Estate Zinfandel and 20% Petit Syrah - to be poured with the entree. Our head pruned, dry farmed Zinfandels offers small clusters of grapes packed with intense flavor and color from the minerals and nutrients of our estate soil. Rich & voluptuous. The bold red cherry and jammy raspberry fruit is accented with generous white pepper, cocoa, and caramel notes that roll through the lush finish.
Overall, I am not a lover of Zinfandel wines. I think I purchased one bottle of Zinfandel to eat with a steak dinner a few years ago and regretted it. I usually only purchase Zinfandel if I have to, and I don't really collect it. I have a hard time differentiating Zinfandel wines. To me, they all taste very similar. I can taste the differences between cool weather Zinfandels from Sonoma and Dry Creek versus Paso Robles, and I usually prefer the bigger and more fruity wines from Paso Robles. I enjoyed both the 2009 and 2010 Zin Stone wines from Stacked Stone Cellars. I didn't care for the Rose at all. Mr. Thiessen is the kind of guy you hope you get to sit next to if you are stuck on an airplane or seated with at your dinner table on a long cruise vacation.
Finally, I did a mini blind California Zinfandel tasting during the initial portion of the event where everyone gets to try everyone else's wines. I had 6 California Zinfandel wines I had obtained over the years pitted against each other. The Kirkland wine from Costco took a respectable 2nd place! Special thanks to BevMo! for giving me the bags for my blind tasting and being very cool and nice about it.
WINE #1 - BOGLE VINEYARDS, 2010 Zinfandel, California (2 VOTES)
WINE #2 - KIRKLAND, 2010 Zinfandel, Sonoma County (4 VOTES)
WINE #3 - SEGHESIO, 2011 Zinfandel, Sonoma County (1 VOTE)
WINE #4 - EPOCH ESTATE WINES, 2009 Zinfandel, Paderewski Vineyard, Paso Robles (8 VOTES)
WINE #5 - TACKITT FAMILY VINEYARDS, 2009 Zinfandel, Paso Robles, Swiss Collina (2 VOTES)
WINE #6 - FOUR VINES, 2009 Zinfandel, Biker, Paso Robles (2 VOTES)
MINI BLIND WINNER: WINE #4 - EPOCH ESTATE WINES, 2009 Zinfandel, Paso Robles
MINI BLIND 2ND PLACE: WINE #2 - KIRKLAND, 2010 Zinfandel, Sonoma County (well done Costco!)
1. STACKED STONE CELLARS, Rosetta, 2011 Rose, Paso Robles - anxious and astringent. Not a favorite - 81 points.
2. BOGLE VINEYARDS, 2010 Zinfandel, California - light and pruny. Nothing special - 83 points.
3. KIRKLAND, 2010 Zinfandel, Sonoma County - plush with good density and grip. Pleasant - 87 points.
4. SEGHESIO, 2011 Zinfandel, Sonoma County - nice fullness and richness with interesting cool weather notes of herbs and spices - 89 points.
5. EPOCH ESTATE WINES, 2009 Zinfandel, Paderewski Vineyard, Paso Robles - Good richness and depth with big well defined fruit and character - 91 points.
6. PADEREWSKI, 1993 Zinfandel, 3rd Annual Winemaker's Collaborative Blend, Paso Robles - old and delicious with life still left in it - 90 points.
7. J DUSI, 2009 Zinfandel, Dante Dusi Vineyard, Paso Robles - tangy and ripe with strong dark fruit - 88 points.
8. HECKLER PASS WINERY, 2005 Zinfandel, Santa Clara Valley - Band-aid smell and taste, probably contaminated with Brettanomyces. Unacceptable - 71 points.
9. TACKITT FAMILY VINEYARDS, 2009 Zinfandel, Paso Robles, Swiss Collina - nice ripe fruit with good balance. Enjoyable - 89 points.
10. FOUR VINES, 2009 Zinfandel, Biker, Paso Robles - Plump and round with big ripe fruit. Strong and enjoyable - 89 points.
11. DANIEL GEHRS, 2009 Zinfandel, Russian River Valley - woody and nearly nutty featuring almond notes. Too strange to recommend - 81 points.
12. WILD HORSE, 2009 Zinfandel, Unbridled, Paso Robles - Rich and robust with very ripe fruit notes and decent balance. 90 points.
13. SIN ZIN, 2009 Zinfandel, Alexander Valley - Smelled and tasted like burned matches. Flinty and unpleasant - 72 points.
14. RENWOOD, 2010 Zinfandel, Amador County, Premier Old Vine Zinfandel - Zingy and overt with fun fruit but lacking definition - 85 points.
15. DANCING LADY, 2009 Zinfandel, Della Costa Family Vineyard, Alexander Valley - nice and balanced with well-behaved fruit - 89 points.
16. RED SOLES WINERY, 2010 Zinfandel, Lover Boy Ranch Vineyard, Paso Robles - Balanced and nice with big fruit and good acid. Good and fun and nice - 90 points.
17. RAVENSWOOD, 2010 Zinfandel, California - Husky and big with unruly and inattentive behavior but fun - 85 points.
18. DRY CREEK VINEYARD, 2009 Zinfandel, Old Vine, Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma County - Cottony and seedy on the palate with good everything else behind those defects - 86 points.
19. EASTON, 2010 Zinfandel, Amador County - Pruny and lush but too much of a slut - 83 points.
20. OPOLO VINEYARDS, 2011 Zinfandel, Summit Creek, Paso Robles - Super ripe almost to the point of absurdity but still fun - 85 points.
21. ORIN SWIFT, Saldo, 2010 Zinfandel, California - Plump & spicy and layered. Combines the ripeness of Paso and the earthiness of Sonoma - a winner - 91 points.
22. PEACHY CANYON, Incredible Red, 2010 Zinfandel, Paso Robles - A touch of Brettanomyces ruined this party - 85 points.
23. RIDGE, 2002 Zinfandel, Lytton Springs Vineyard - Nice balance and good age make this a treat - 90 points.
24. HARASZTHY, 2009 Zinfandel, Lodi, Old Vine - Interesting eucalyptus note around ripe fruit - lacking otherwise - 84 points.
25. QUIVIRA, 2010 Zinfandel, Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma County - good balance, pretty fruit, decent oregano notes - 89 points.
26. CRANE LAKE, 2008 Zinfandel, California - metallic and thin - cheap tasting - 77 points.
27. STACKED STONE CELLARS, 2009 Zinfandel, Paso Robles, Zin Stone - Big and bold and ripe with good balance, nice minerality, big oomph - 91 points.
28. RIDGE, 2010 Zinfandel, Benito Dusi Ranch, Paso Robles - Good ripeness, nice balance, decent herbal notes, interesting - 90 points.
29. DRY CREEK VINEYARD, 2009 Estate Zinfandel, Spencer's Hill Vineyard, Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma County - Light and bright with great balance and verve - 91 points.
30. STACKED STONE CELLARS, 2010 Zinfandel, Paso Robles, Zin Stone - bigger and more ripe and tart than the 2009 - fun to drink right now. Strong and bold and powerful - 92 points.
WINNER OF THE NIGHT: STACKED STONE CELLARS, 2010 Zinfandel, Paso Robles, Zin Stone - 92 Points.
SECOND PLACE OF THE NIGHT: EPOCH ESTATE WINES, 2009 Zinfandel, Paderewski Vineyard, Paso Robles - 91 points.
THIRD PLACE OF THE NIGHT: DRY CREEK VINEYARD, 2009 Estate Zinfandel, Spencer's Hill Vineyard, Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma County - 91 points.
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Mr. John Barnes; Mr. Hugh Greene; Ms. Wanyonyi Kendrick; Ms. Joannie Newton, Dr. Bruce Taylor, Mr. Kevin Twomey
Dr. Kathy Robinson
Chair Kendrick recognized a quorum and called the meeting to order.
Chair Kendrick asked for approval of minutes from June 15, 2009 and August 25, 2009. Both sets of minutes were approved as presented.
There were no comments from the public.
Chair Kendrick asked Vice President Shuman to speak about this item.
Vice President Shuman stated that there was a new Board of Governors regulation that required the Board of Trustees to approve the master plan evaluation and appraisal report. She clarified that this report represented the previous 5 years and indicated how successful the university was in meeting the goals, objectives and policies, as stated in the master plan.
Vice President Shuman narrated the report, noting that everything set in the master plan was accomplished with the exception of two parking garages and Greek housing. She clarified that the parking garages were not needed after the university's purchase of UNF Hall and Alumni Hall, and the university's decision regarding enrollment growth. Greek housing had leasing agreements out with starting dates dependent on the execution of these agreements.
Chair Kendrick asked for a MOTION to approve the master plan evaluation and appraisal report. The MOTION was offered by Trustee Twomey and seconded by Trustee Robinson. The MOTION was approved as presented.
Chair Kendrick asked Vice President Shuman to speak about these audits.
Vice President Shuman stated that all three audits were clean with no management comments. She noted that these audits were approved by their respective boads.
Vice President Shuman provided highlights for each DSO audit beginning with the UNF Training and Service Institute, Inc. (TSI). She stated that after paying out funds pledged to the programs for Brooks College of Health and the Student Union, balance sheets would stabilize.
Highlights were provided for the UNF Foundation, Inc., noting that all bonding had been transferred and investments went from $95 million to $64 million. She clarified that the $64 million included new contributions.
The next DSO discussed was the UNF Financing Corporation. Vice President Shuman stated that the year was spent monitoring the construction funds for the Student Union and student housing projects which included payment of bond obligations and debt service. She clarified that in fiscal year 2009, all debt service payments were made and the debt service was current.
This item was provided for oversight and required no additional action.
Vice President Shuman made trustees aware that MOCA Jacksonville's fiscal year was now changed to June 30. She presented the worst case budget scenario, indicating that there was reason for optimism. Vice President Shuman announced that more information would be shared at the next committee meeting.
This item was presented for oversight and required no additional action.
Chair Kendrick asked Mr. Berry, Director of the Office of Internal Auditing, to speak about this item.
Mr. Berry provided highlights for the OIA, mentioning that the office was exceeding historical numbers. He talked about staff size, noting that the statistics in this report did not include the office's recent hire.
Mr. Berry discussed client satisfaction, reporting that a client satisfaction survey showed that the on-campus perception of the OIA was good.
The discussion addressed actual audits and engagements clarifying that no complaints proposed risk, and 76 percent of all audits were closed, resolved or mediated by management. Trustees asked for clarification on who decided what issues to address. Mr. Berry stated that management from each department made this decision. He clarified that, in his opinion, no management decisions were questionable.
This report was presented for oversight and required no additional action.
Chair Kendrick asked Mr. Berry to present the audit plan.
Mr. Berry stated that the 2009-2010 audit plan objective was to address relevant university risks that would provide adequate audit coverage over time. He clarified that the plan currently included between 11 and 12 audits.
Chair Kendrick asked for a MOTION to approve the 2009-2010 audit plan for the Office of Internal Auditing. A MOTION was offered by Trustee Barnes and seconded by Trustee Newton. The MOTION was carried as presented.
Chair Kendrick asked Mr. Berry to address this item.
Mr. Berry reported on audit projects and advisory services, stating that all undertakings were progressing as scheduled. He discussed investigations clarifying that there were four complaints received which were all transferred to appropriate units. Mr. Berry noted that none of the complaints posed a risk to operations.
Trustees asked for clarification on the low number of complaints. The administration responded that many complaints were initiated within departments, which were directed appropriately. Trustees discussed creating a central location for complaints, thinking that this would judge the campus community's awareness of protocol.
President Delaney clarified that the university's culture was to try and resolve issues at the lowest level possible.
This item was provided for oversight only. No further action was required.
Chair Kendrick asked Mr. Berry to address these two items.
Mr. Berry stated that the next two items were for housekeeping. He noted that the OIA charter had small revisions, of which none were sustentative. He clarified that the Finance and Audit Charter remained unchanged. Mr. Berry did clarify that each of these audit charters needed Board of Trustees approval.
Chair Kendrick asked for a MOTION for approval for the audit charter for the Office of Internal Auditing. The MOTION was offered by Trustee Twomey and seconded by Trustee Barnes. The item was passed as presented.
Chair Kendrick asked for a MOTION for approval for the audit charter for the Finance and Audit Committee. The MOTION was offered by Trustee Twomey and seconded by Trustee Barnes. This item was approved as presented.
Chair Kendrick recognized Mr. Wrenn, Associate General Counsel, and asked him to present this item.
Mr. Wrenn reported on the pending settlement for the science and engineering building, noting that the money was forthcoming, probably before October 7, 2009.
Mr. Wrenn stated that there was no other signification litigation at this time.
This item was provided for oversight and required no further action.
Chair Kendrick asked Vice President Shuman to report on this item.
Vice President Shuman stated that the Board had delegated the authority for accounts receivable write-offs under $10,000 to the President. She noted that this report would account for these write-offs, as of June 30, 2009.
Vice President Shuman reported that all write-offs were within the restrictions set forth in the delegation signed by the Board. She mentioned that two write-offs were noteworthy and listed these as parking fines and financial aid. Vice President Shuman clarified that the parking fines were a result of a system change and would not be repeated. The financial aid was a result of overpayments and collection efforts were underway.
This item was for information only. No further action was required.
Vice President Shuman mentioned that this report was as of June 30, 2009. She stated that 95 percent of the total budget was expended and the divisions had expended between 92 and 97 percent of their budgets. She listed E&G accounts with remaining dollars, noting that these funds would be returned to central reserves.
Vice President Shuman talked about the Auxiliary Status Report, noting that the available fund balance was down. She mentioned that fund transfers were going toward building projects. She discussed balances for the Child Development Research Center and Continuing Education, noting that these units did have reserves in place to protect operations.
President Delaney touched on student housing, mentioning that last year's intentional reduction in enrollment affected target occupancy but efforts were being made to resolve this issue.
This report was provided for information only. No further action was required.
Vice President Shuman stated that the average interest rate was 5.6 percent which was higher than the benchmark (SPIA). She stated that the SBA account was continuing to pay out.
Chair Kendrick adjourned the meeting.


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The Binomial Coefficient model displays the number of ways k objects can be chosen from among n objects when order is irrelevant. This number is known as a binomial coefficient and can be used to predict the the flipping of n coins with equal probability of heads and tails.
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Lorenzo Carcaterra is the New York Times bestselling author of A Safe Place, Sleepers, Apaches, Gangster, Street Boys, Paradise City, Chasers, and Midnight Angels. He has worked as a New York Daily News reporter, managing editor for the CBS series Top Cops, and a writer/producer for Law & Order. He writes about Italy for the National Geographic Traveler Magazine. He lives in New York and is married, has two children, and owns the coolest Olde English Bulldog in town, Gus.


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Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in Neonatal Intensive Care Units Throughout Turkey: Prospective Multicenter Study (TurkNICU-RSV Trial) (TurkNICU-RSV)
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Ankara University
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The principle purpose of this multicenter trial is to determine the definition, timing and the percentage of nosocomial RSV epidemics throughout Turkey. In addition, secondary purpose of the trial is to determine the prevention strategies of further spread of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
Condition |
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections Infections, Epidemics |
Study Type: | Observational |
Study Design: | Observational Model: Cohort Time Perspective: Prospective |
Official Title: | Management of Hospitalized Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infected Patients in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and Control of Epidemics; TurkNICU-RSV Study: A Multicentric, Prospective Trial |
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Hospitalized Respiratory Syncytial Virus infected Newborn in the Neonatal Intensive Care Units, and its relation with possible epidemics. [ Time Frame: Patients will be followed during hospitalization, with expected average of 3 weeks ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Mortality [ Time Frame: Patients will be followed during hospitalization, with expected average of 3 weeks ]mortality related to RSV infection and epidemics
Enrollment: | 250 |
Study Start Date: | September 2013 |
Study Completion Date: | June 2014 |
Primary Completion Date: | May 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Groups/Cohorts |
Hospitalized Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infected Newborns
All admitted newborns to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) will be enrolled in the study
Ages Eligible for Study: | up to 90 Days (Child) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Sampling Method: | Non-Probability Sample |
Study Population
Hospitalized RSV infected newborn infants in the NICU.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Confirmed RSV infection with either RSV-strip test or polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
- Admission to the NICU or hospitalized in the NICU between 1 October 2013 and 01 April 2014.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Refused informed consent
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01915394
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01915394
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Ankara University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology | |
Ankara, Turkey, 06100 |
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Ankara University
Study Director: | Omer Erdeve, MD | Ankara University School of Medicine |
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on March 27, 2017
Responsible Party: | Serdar Alan, MD, Ankara University |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01915394 History of Changes |
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TurkNICU-RSV |
Study First Received: | July 26, 2013 |
Last Updated: | January 13, 2015 |
Keywords provided by Ankara University:
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections Epidemics Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Newborn infants |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Infection Communicable Diseases Virus Diseases Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections |
Pneumovirus Infections Paramyxoviridae Infections Mononegavirales Infections RNA Virus Infections |
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All you need to do is to install the Bigloo-scheme package and then you'll be able to access libcurl from within your Bigloo programs!
Visit the Bigloo homepage.
How to Install Install curl and libcurl first.
(module test (use (curl "curl-bigloo.scm"))) (print "CURL version: " (curl-version)) ;; Initialization (define curl-ptr (curl-easy-init)) (print "URL: " (curl-easy-setopt curl-ptr (CURLOPT-URL) "http://localhost/index.html")) (print "FILE: " (curl-easy-setopt curl-ptr (CURLOPT-FILE) (fopen "index.html" "w"))) (print "WRITE-HEADER: " (curl-easy-setopt curl-ptr (CURLOPT-WRITEHEADER) (fopen "header" "w"))) (print "Perform: " (curl-easy-perform curl-ptr)) ;; Clean up (curl-easy-cleanup curl-ptr) (exit)
Binding documentation Use the C API manual and lookup a corresponding Scheme binding in curl-bigloo.scm.
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In Upjohn Co. v. United States, 449 U.S. 383 (1981), the U.S. Supreme Court held that statements of a company's employees to the company's counsel in the course of an internal investigation are protected by the attorney-client privilege. Recently, the D.C. Circuit reversed a lower court order compelling the disclosure of employee statements made to non-attorneys conducting an internal investigation and held that such communications are privileged as long as "one of the significant purposes" of the investigation is to obtain or provide legal advice. In re Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc., No. 14-5055, 2014 WL 2895939 (D.C. Cir. Jun. 27, 2014). The lower court's order, issued earlier this year, had caused considerable uncertainty over the scope of the attorney-client privilege in the context of an internal investigation, and the D.C. Circuit's decision in KBR provides welcome clarity in this area. We caution, however, that statements made by employees during internal investigations may not receive the same protections outside of the United States unless investigations are structured and carried out in a certain way and with a privileged purpose which is clearly documented.
In re Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc. (D.C. Cir. 2014)
The controversy that led to the D.C. Circuit's ruling arose after an employee of defense contractor Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc. ("KBR") filed a False Claims Act complaint alleging that the company and its subsidiaries had defrauded the U.S. Government. During discovery, the plaintiff sought documents related to KBR's internal investigation of the alleged fraud, which KBR asserted were privileged. After reviewing the disputed documents in camera, the district court found that the statements of company employees during the internal investigation were not privileged because the investigation was conducted by non-lawyers in order to comply with government regulations and KBR's code of business ethics, and "not to secure legal advice." In the lower court's view, such communications could not be privileged because seeking legal advice was not the "but for" cause of the communications.
The D.C. Circuit found that the district court "applied the wrong legal test and clearly erred." According to the appellate court, as long as "one of the significant purposes of the internal investigation was to obtain or provide legal advice, the privilege will apply." "That is true," the court continued, "regardless of whether an internal investigation was conducted pursuant to a company compliance program required by statute or regulation, or was otherwise conducted pursuant to company policy." With respect to KBR's internal investigation of the plaintiff's allegations of fraud, the court concluded, "there can be no serious dispute that one of the significant purposes of [the] investigation was to obtain or provide legal advice."
The KBR court's expansive interpretation of the attorney-client privilege was promptly hailed as a significant victory for corporate entities that utilize internal investigations by non-lawyers directed by in-house or outside counsel. Indeed, the D.C. Circuit's resounding affirmation of the Upjohn principle in this closely-followed litigation will give comfort to counsel going forward.
But, for corporate entities conducting investigations internationally, that comfort may be misplaced. To compare, documents protected by the attorney-client privilege in the U.S. may not be afforded the same status under the UK's equivalent category of privilege, known as the legal advice privilege. Furthermore, the UK's Serious Fraud Office ("SFO") appears to expect corporate entities to waive privilege over their own investigations into corporate wrongdoing if they wish to receive the benefits of self-reporting and/or qualify for a Deferred Prosecution Agreement ("DPA").
UK Law on Legal Professional Privilege
The documents at issue in the KBR case might not be considered privileged in the UK (although they could have been had the investigation been structured differently and the purpose behind creating the documents made clear). In the UK, communications and/or documents can be protected by Legal Professional Privilege, which consists of two categories: Litigation Privilege and Legal Advice Privilege.
To maximize the chances that employee statements such as the ones at issue in KBR would be protected by the privilege in the UK, it would have been preferable for KBR's lawyers to conduct the interviews and to document (if it were the case) that the statements were being taken for the purpose of anticipated litigation.
Other Impediments to Privilege for Investigations
Apart from the differences in the scope of the privilege in the U.S. and the UK, the impact of the KBR decision is limited on both sides of the Atlantic by the pressure that both the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") and the UK's Serious Fraud Office ("SFO") may bring to bear on corporate defendants to disclose the source materials of internal investigations in order to gain the benefits of cooperation. Again, however, disclosure of employee communications may be more likely in the UK.
In the United States, following the "Filip Memorandum" of August 2008, DOJ policy states that corporations are expected to disclose facts but has specifically directed prosecutors not to request waivers of the attorney-client privilege, which are strictly voluntary.4
By contrast, the SFO has suggested that it may require corporate entities to waive privilege over their own investigations into wrongdoing if they want to be seen as truly self-reporting wrongdoing. Guidance on self-reporting on the SFO website states that "in considering whether a self-reporting corporate body has been genuinely proactive, prosecutors will consider whether it has provided sufficient information, including making witnesses available and disclosing the details of any internal investigation, about the operation of the corporate body in its entirety" [emphasis added]. The disclosure of witness accounts and reports of any internal investigation would also be given "considerable weight" in assessing whether a corporate entity has provided co-operation that would make it suitable to enter into the recently created Deferred Prosecution Agreements ("DPA"s).5 For example, one of the factors tending against prosecution of a corporate entity, and therefore tending in favor of an invitation to enter into a DPA is the co-operation of the corporate entity, to include disclosing witness accounts and providing a report in respect of any internal investigation including source documents.
In a recent speech to the Annual Employed Bar Conference Alun Milford, General Counsel of the SFO, was highly critical of attempts by corporations to assert privilege over witness accounts taken during the course of an internal investigation. He made clear that the SFO regards the assertion of privilege over witness accounts as "unhelpful" and "frankly, impossible to reconcile with an assertion of a willingness to cooperate." However, some comfort can be taken from Mr. Milford's insistence that only a limited waiver of privilege is required over witness accounts and that the SFO "are not interested in seeing the advice clients received from their lawyers." Mr. Milford is equally clear however that the SFO "do not understand why a truly cooperative company would deny us them" [witness accounts].
The differences between the U.S. and the UK approaches to privilege mean that corporate entities need to think carefully about how to structure cross-border investigations, to ensure that documents produced have the benefit of privilege in both jurisdictions. It is important to seek specialist advice. Dechert's white collar team has deep knowledge and experience of directing complex and challenging internal investigations to successful conclusion, and in doing so helping clients to resolve critical concerns such as whether to waive privilege.
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LIU Atlas - Piscatus . There are billions of stars, millions of planets, but there is only one man, Terrance McDoogal. Welcome to LIU Atlas. . LIU Atlas - Piscatus The Ludgonian Industrial Union's galaxy contains billions of stars and billions of planets. Unfortunately, most residents of the LIU could only name a handful of these worlds. In order to improve astronomy grades across the LIU, TV2 has started a new program called LIU Atlas. Follow our host, Terrance McDoogal, as he takes you on a tour across the LIU and some of its more obscure worlds. Note: This episode is presented in full screen. The corresponding dialogue is underneath each photo. Doog: �Welcome to another episode of LIU Atlas. I�m your host, Terrance �Doog� McDoogal. Today, we are visiting a small planet in the Mid-Rim known as Piscatus. Piscatus, which sits at the edge of its star�s habitable zone, is a cold, wet planet. Its mountainous southern hemisphere is covered in ice and snow, while its northern hemisphere is home to a large salt water sea. Piscatus has a varied economic system, but its two most important industries are ice mining and aquaculture. Since we�ve already focused on ice mining when we visited Fuscus, we�re going to focus on Piscatus�s aquaculture industry.� Doog: �Piscatus only has about one hundred thousand residents. These residents live in small coastal cities along the southern continent�s northern coast. This city here, known as Piscator, is one of the planet�s largest. That�s where we are headed.� Doog: �Alright folks, I�ve been dropped off on one of the city�s docks where I await my guide. As you can see, I�ve had to forgo my usual sleeveless style in order to stay warm. Although the city is located on Piscatus�s equator, the temperatures here rarely rise above freezing. Ah, I think I see my guide coming now.� Pierre: �Welcome to Piscatus, Doog. I�m Pierre Piscatorious, the local fishing foreman. This sure is a beautiful planet, eh?� Doog: �Well, I�ve been to plenty of planets, and I can confidently say that this is not a beautiful place. It�s a bit too cold and snowy for my tastes. So, I hear you guys are involved in aquaculture. That�s not some fancy way of saying �agriculture� is it? You know how I feel about agriculture.� Pierre: �Well, I�d be lying if I said no. Aquaculture is identical to agriculture except that we farm the sea instead of land. But don�t fret, it�s much more interesting.� Doog: �So you farm fish?� Pierre: �Not fish. The Piscatus Ocean was only stocked with a select group of mollusks and crustaceans. That�s what we farm.� Doog: �Stocked?� Pierre: �Yes. You see, when Piscatus was first discovered, its oceans only contained primitive algae and sea plants, which were of little economic use. In order to increase the oceans economic output, it was stocked with various edible organisms that were in high demand. The introduced species were able to feed of the local fauna, and their numbers exploded. After a few years, Piscatus�s ocean was ready for sustainable fishing. The rest is history.� Doog: �Sure. So, what�s next?� Pierre: �Well, we can hop in this little boat over here and take a tour of are various operations.� Doog: �Alright, we�re now west of the city near a large ice cliff. What�s going on here, Pierre?� Pierre: �This is part of our largest industry, crab fishing. Using LIU Hover Crab Boats, we pull millions of tons of crabs out of the ocean every year. The process is pretty simple. Electronic traps are lowered to the sea floor. Bait is released, which attracts the crabs. The traps have electric force field bars that allow the crabs to enter the trap, but not exit. The traps are then pulled back onto the boat.� Doog: �I�ve seen crab fishing on TV before, but they generally use much larger ships. Why are the Hover crab Boats so small?� Pierre: �Well, the small hover boats are much faster than larger ships, and they are able to cover much more ground. Besides, unlike other crabbing operations, we don�t stack the traps on our deck. Once the traps are emptied, they get dropped right back into the ocean.� Pierre: �The hover boat has a dual-sided deck that allows two crab traps to be sorted at the same time.� Doog: �Sorted?� Pierre: �Yes. To maintain a sustainable crop, we only harvest mature crabs of a certain size.� Pierre: �Crabs that meet the criteria are loaded into the boat�s detachable storage tank. Whenever it gets full, the tank is transferred to another ship to be transported back to the city.� Doog: �This sure seems like a lot of work. When I want to catch crabs, all I have to do is call one of my ex-girlfriends. 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Besides, once you get inside, there is no better meat out there.� Doog: �Yeah, but when you�re done, they always want to snuggle.� Pierre: �Wait, are we talking about the same thing?� Doog: �Uh, what are you talking about?� Pierre: �I�m talking about the clams down there on the ocean floor.� Doog: �Oh! I mean, of course�that�s what I was talking about too. I�uh�always snuggle with my seafood when I�m done eating it�or something.� Pierre: �Anyway�the Stink Clams are farmed in natural crevices in the sea floor. When they reach the appropriate size, they are loaded into a container and transported back to the city.� Doog: �Anything else?� Pierre: �One more thing.� Pierre: �Our last fishing industry revolves around octopuses. Because Octopuses are so fast and agile, we had to invent an even faster and more agile fishing boat to catch them. This here is the LIU Octo-Net. It�s extremely quick and able to run down the fastest octopuses�will you stop giggling every time I say octopuses?� Doog: �Hehe. Sorry.� Pierre: �Anyway, the ship has two electric rods on its wingtips to stun the octopuses.� Pierre: �The stunned octopuses are then scooped up in the Octo-Net�s net and transported to the surface.� Doog: �Man, this would be pretty boring if there wasn�t so many opportunities for innuendo. Are we done yet?� Pierre: �Before you leave, I thought it would be nice to taste some of our catch, so I�ve brought you here to the local seafood restaurant. We export 99.99% of our catch, but the rest stays here to feed the residents. There�s nothing better than fresh seafood.� Doog: �Free food? I�d never turn that down. My crew and I are always running short on food by the end of the season.� Pierre: �Uh, I didn�t say free. The local economy could use a boost. We don�t get many off-world visitors here, and, well, we could use some�� Doog: �Hey, what�s this?� Pierre: �Oh, don�t mind that.� Doog: �No, seriously, what�s the Cove? And why is it restricted?� Pierre: �It�s nothing. You shouldn�t concern yourself with it. Now, where was I? Oh, the local economy could use a�� Pierre: �Doog! Get back here! That area is restricted!� Doog: �Holy crap! You guys are murdering dolphins!� Pierre: �Doog! You shouldn�t be down here. The cove is off limits to the media.� Doog: �Why? You don�t want anyone seeing you guys slaughter dolphins?� Pierre: �No, because, well�I mean, yes. We don�t want anyone to see. All the environmental groups will be up in arms. I could slaughter crabs all day and no one would care, but you kill a few dolphins and the whole universe will be after us.� Doog: �I see your point, but I have to ask, why dolphins?� Pierre: �Well, there�s a small niche market that considers dolphin meat a delicacy. 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