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Dave Gustafson
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Dave grew up in the Pacific Northwest, but moved to St. Louis in 1985 when he joined Monsanto as an environmental scientist. His academic training was at Stanford University and the University of Washington in Seattle, where he earned his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees, both in chemical engineering. He retired from Monsanto in July 2014, but he is still very active in the global scientific community, where he leads efforts to enhance the productivity, resilience, sustainability of domestic fruit & vegetable supply chains. Dave has served as a Deacon at Central Presbyterian Church in Clayton, and on the core team for Central West End Church, a multi-ethnic church being launched in that rapidly developing part of St. Louis. Dave formed the St. Louis Reconciliation Network in September 2012, prompted by a heart heavy with dismay at the racism – both personal and institutional – that plagues the region. Dave is a single Dad, raising his high school daughter here in St. Louis. He also has two older children, a daughter who is a CPA and a son who is a lawyer. Dave's hobbies include early morning runs, guitar, piano, song-writing and preparing home-made dinners for his weekly Bible Study Group.
Peggy Swing
Vice President
Peggy is a proud product of the South, having been born and raised in North Carolina. After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Education from Duke University, she married her high school sweetheart, Paul. They moved to St. Louis in 1971. Peggy was a stay-at-home mom while she and Paul raised a daughter and a son in Ballwin, Missouri. She eventually continued her education in Art and Interior Design at Maryville University in St. Louis, and Parsons NYC School of Design in Italy.
Peggy enjoys reinventing herself from time to time, and her work history includes being an elementary school teacher in North Carolina, Interior Designer and Proprietor of P.S.Interiors in St. Louis and Travel Director for Maritz Travel Co. in St. Louis. She is presently a Certified Professional Tour Guide in St. Louis.
She stays busy volunteering as a member / officer for many charitable organizations. Peggy is a life-long Presbyterian and currently serves as the Moderator of the Dismantling Racism and Privilege Ministry Team of the Giddings-Lovejoy Presbytery USA. She has served as a Presbyterian Elder, and is presently a Deacon at Woodlawn Presbyterian Church in Wildwood, Missouri. Peggy's passions are her two grandchildren, travel, art, reading, religion and seeking ways to heal the broken race relations in today's world.
Brandon R. Wilkes
Brandon has been married to his high school sweetheart, Dorothy, for 18 years and is the proud father of 3 outstanding children. He received a BS in Environmental Science from The Ohio State University and his MA in Biblical Studies from Trinity International University.
After graduating from OSU in 1997 he worked 8 years at Procter & Gamble in R&D before being called into ministry. He gave his life to Christ in 2000 and left P&G in 2004 to work at First Christian Assembly of God in Cincinnati, Ohio under pastor Chris Beard. The vision of building a racially reconciled church in a city with a history of racial issues inspired him to leave the corporate world for full-time ministry. He served as the Executive Pastor at FCA (now named Peoples Church) for 10 years before the Lord moved him and his family to St. Louis, Missouri to help start One Church, a church plant from Peoples Church.
While serving in ministry, Brandon also owned and operated a successful photography/videography business and is currently the CEO of a non-profit tech start-up called Give Up, Inc. which will help people make generosity a part of their everyday life. In addition to being a die-hard Buckeyes football fan, Brandon is passionate about discipling young married couples, equipping entrepreneurs, and helping believers to use their everyday work environments as their place of ministry.
Bernard (Bernie) Sammons
Board Member
Bernie grew up as a "Military Brat" and was one of nine children. He was born on an Air Force base in Valdosta, GA, and lived in many places as a child primarily on the East Coast along with several years abroad that included England and Greece.
He joined Monsanto Company in 1985, and first moved to St. Louis in 1986. This was followed by 2 ½ years in Syracuse, NY with a permanent move back to St. Louis in 1989. His academic training included three universities: BS from University of Delaware, MS from University of Maryland, and Ph.D. from Clemson University. All degrees are in plant pathology. He retired from Monsanto in November 2015, and is still active in advocating the safety of Biotechnology products to the general public.
Bernie and his wife Kathy presently lead the Peace and Justice Team for St. Clare of Assisi located in Ellisville, and they are actively working with the Archdiocese and seven West County parishes to expand the awareness and need for peace and justice work in West County. Bernie became a board member of STLRN in 2015 after taking the Jn17 class (twice) and has a high passion and desire to heal the broken race relations in St. Louis. Bernie is happily married to Kathy and is the proud father of two daughters; one is a working as a nurse, and the second daughter is a senior engineering student at the University of Kansas majoring in computer science.
Bernie's hobbies include being an avid Philadelphia Eagles fan; he loves watching film on the big screen; listening to music, and reading. He has a keen passion for reading material that pushes people to grow in spirituality and faith, and is a strong advocate for the teachings of Father Richard Rohr.


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Economists expect that a possible tapering would only start in January after the end of the on-going round of asset purchases. It now purchases assets worth EUR60 billion ($71 billion) each month and is due to continue at that pace until at least the end of 2017.
Mary had lost her ring 13 years ago while she was working on the farm. "I'm going to wear it because it still fits", she told CBC News . And she never told her husband, "because I thought for sure he'd give me heck or something". "I guess we just kind of forgot about it and all of a sudden yesterday there was a ring around a carrot", he said. Her husband Norm proposed with the ring in 1951, a year before the pair tied the knot.
Analysts say that the buyback provides a good exit opportunity for the retail investors. Infosys Limited is engaged in consulting, technology, outsourcing, and next-generation services. Seshasayee had said. Infosys has a massive $5.25 billion (nearly Rs 34,000 crore) stash of cash, and it is looking for ways to return a part of it to the shareholders, in absence of other productive uses for it.
As per Friday, May 13, the company rating was maintained by Barclays Capital. Telsey Advisory has "Market Perform" rating and $42.0 target. The stock has "Mixed" rating by OTR Global on Thursday, August 11. and American Home Title and Escrow Company. It has a 23.38 P/E ratio. The Company's operations are vertically integrated from iron ore mining through to iron ore concentrate, and pellet production and subsequent logistics.
However, Screwfix performed well, like for like sales jumped 11 per cent, and overall sales grew 17.2 per cent to £365m which the group said was driven by " its leading digital capability, new and extended specialist ranges and new outlets".
EIA also said refinery crude runs fell by 9,000 barrels per day. Refinery inputs averaged 17.6 million barrels per day (MMBPD) for the week ended August 11, down 9,000 BPD from the previous week's average. Gasoline stocks were unchanged, compared with analysts' expectations for a 1.1-million-barrel drop. The jump in the spread could have resulted from the reduced global crude oil supply.
Finally, Cowen and Company set a $86.00 price target on Wal-Mart Stores and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Monday, August 7th. A number of other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company.
Many analysts have provided their estimated foresights on Cypress Semiconductor Corporation Earnings, with 14 analysts believing the company would generate an Average Estimate of $0.23. Perkins Mgmt Inc invested in 27,875 shares or 0.35% of the stock. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, September 27th. In light of the many issues surrounding this company, we thought it was a good time to take a close look at the numbers in order to form a realistic perspective on the ...
The automaker and partner Kia Motors Corp, which together rank fifth in worldwide vehicle deals, additionally said they are arranging 31 eco-accommodating models by 2020, up from a formerly hailed 28. The firm plans to expand beyond the all-electric version of the Ioniq to create a broad line-up comprised of small EVs, to more luxury offerings with longer ranges, and Hyundai has announced three new all-electric cars are on the horizon.
The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 12.10 points, or 0.19 percent, to 6,345.11. Gross domestic product grew 0.6 percent quarter-on-quarter, slightly faster than the 0.5 percent increase seen in the first three months of the year, the latest flash estimate from Eurostat showed Wednesday.
That news helped ease investor worries about the risk of a conflict between the United States and North Korea, improving sentiment toward riskier assets. US DATA: The other potential driver in markets will be upcoming USA economic data, including monthly inflation figures, which could go a long way to determining expectations for the pace at which the Federal Reserve raises interest rates.
Finally, Lazard Asset Management LLC raised its position in BHP Billiton Limited by 1.8% in the first quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC acquired a new position in BHP Billiton PLC during the fourth quarter worth $720,000. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $34.08 and a 200-day moving average price of $32.39. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. now owns 40,843 shares of the mining company's stock valued at $1,454,000 after buying an additional 3,351 shares in the ...
Frazier, who is African-American, said he was acting as both the CEO of Merck and "as a matter of personal conscience". Merck & Co.'s Kenneth Frazier , one of the country's most prominent black CEOs, was the first to quit the manufacturing council, followed by bosses from companies such as Under Armour Inc.
According to Instagram , this feature is set to roll out globally on Android and iOS "in the coming weeks". The new option allows users to keep track of their conversations within the Instagram posts. The move comes as Facebook and other internet companies work to curb trolls, hate speech and the spread of violent ideology on their platforms. Social entertainment and messaging application Instagram has updated its stage and has added comment thread choice to its application.
Cibc Ww Markets owns 0.31% invested in Cisco Systems, Inc . $10.07M worth of Cisco Systems, Inc . Ltd. increased its stake in shares of Cisco Systems by 15.0% in the first quarter. (NASDAQ: CSCO ) were released by: Fool.com and their article: "The case for Microsoft" published on August 09, 2017 as well as Seekingalpha.com's news article titled: "Cisco Can Double Its Current Dividend" with publication date: August 07, 2017.
Rovio, the Finnish firm that makes the popular Angry Birds games, is reportedly planning to go public soon. Bloomberg reminds that despite the positive trajectory of the entertainment company, the initial public offering would "test investors' appetite" for entertainment software developers that, according to data compiled by the news agency, have seen their shares slide by an average of 18 per cent following initial public offerings this year.
In January, Merck reported that its average net prices - the amount the company receives after discounts and other rebates - increased in the years since 2010 in a range between 3.4% and 6.2%. Among those who've left are the chief executives for Merck, Under Armour and Intel and the president of the Alliance for American Manufacturing. Walt Disney Co.
The American Manufacturing Council, which Trump established in January with about two dozen members, is supposed to meet occasionally to offer the President advice on job growth. Trump initially did not name white supremacists in his condemnation of the weekend's events in Charlottesville, which saw violence erupt between alt-right protesters and counter-protesters.
And then, the CEO of computer chip maker Intel announced he would also leave the group. Eight CEOs - including Merck's Kenneth Frazier , Intel's Brian Krzanich , Kevin Plank of Under Armour, and Richard Trumka, president of American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organisations (AFL-CIO) - have quit from Trump's two advisory councils.
Once a keen gardener, Mary assumed that she lost it pulling weeds in the garden of their home in the western province of Alberta . "I asked my husband if he recognized the ring ". Amazingly, the carrot grew straight through the ring . Instead, it resurfaced 13 years later under very unusual circumstances. The farm has been in the family for 105 years.
The stock's market capitalization is GBX 56.42 billion. Nordea downgraded the shares of AZN in report on Monday, November 2 to "Hold" rating. However it has a net margin of 17.80%. Barclays PLC restated an "overweight" rating on shares of Astrazeneca PLC in a research report on Monday, July 3rd. Finally, HSBC Holdings plc reaffirmed a reduce rating and set a GBX 4,200 ($54.52) target price on shares of AstraZeneca plc in a research note on Friday, May 5th.
Robert W. Baird reissued an "outperform" rating and issued a $25.00 target price (down from $28.00) on shares of Urban Outfitters in a report on Wednesday, May 17th. Urban Outfitters has reported a 2% drop in Q2 revenues, which it described as "disappointing", but said it there were encouraging signs of top level growth in future quarters.
This price movement gives investors an idea of how much the stock price has moved in the a year ago and whether it is trading near the top, middle or bottom of the range. This is a increase from recipient Corporation's prior periodic dividend of $0.60. recipient Corporation's yield ratio (DPR) is presently 48.98%. The transaction related to this sale was declared in a document with the securities and exchange commission, which is available at this link .
The ACLU argues authorities should get a warrant before being allowed to collect cell phone location data. In that case, Timothy Caprpenter, having been convicted of a series of armed robberies of Radio Shack and T-Mobile stores in OH and MI, appealed the decision on the grounds that the way the police obtained his location data breaches the Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution.
The newspaper owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has been accused by Trump of covering his presidency unfairly and protecting the retailer's interests from an increased tax liability. Trump also criticized the link between Bezos, Amazon and The Washington Post while on the campaign trail. The tweets don't seem to materially affect Amazon , as the company is up about 46% since Trump's first negative tweet.
Adelaide was the only other Australian city on the list. The index assesses stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education and infrastructure of 140 different cities. "However it is worth remembering that, although ten ranking places now separate Hong Kong and Singapore, the difference between them is marginal at just 1.6 per cent and both comfortably sit in the top tier of liveability where there are few, if any, challenges to lifestyle".
A majority of them left after criticism mounted over the USA president's less-than-encouraging response to the weekend violence in Charlottesville, where a auto rammed into a crowd peacefully protesting against the rally by white supremacists, killing a 32-year-old woman.
Frazier, who is African-American, made it clear he was leaving the council because Trump was slow to condemn the white supremacists who marched in Charlottesville. The resignation came after Trump was criticized for his response to the violence at white supremacist events in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend.
However, annual growth in producers' input prices slowed to 6.5% in July, from 10.0% the previous month, the largest monthly drop in over five years, suggesting the impact of sterling's post-Brexit vote depreciation is starting to dissipate.
Philippine authorities announced on Monday that they would suspend Uber for one month for failing to have the proper permits to licence its drivers. In the same meeting, Uber Technologies Southeast Asia manager Michael Brown apologized to LTFRB Chairman Martin Delgra for accepting applications for accreditations despite the board's orders.
According to Office for National Statistics figures there were 32.07 million people in work, 338,000 more than the same period a year ago. But the figure was still well below the rate of inflation, which has been running as high as 2.9 per cent on the CPI measure over the period.
They took me as a 19-year-old boy from Shrewsbury Town, took a punt on me, and I've had some fantastic times there, built some great relationships. Following the game, Neville has now indicated that the fitness of the Argentinian epitomized the nature of the defeat for the Hammers, saying, "Zabaleta epitomised it for West Ham at the end".
The fund owned 4,251 shares of the apparel and home fashions retailer's stock after buying an additional 343 shares during the period. The biggest institutional shareholders in TJX Companies, Inc . ( TJX ) has an annual dividend of $1.25, while its annual dividend yield is 1.8%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, August 8th. The stock of TJX Companies Inc (NYSE: TJX ) has "Positive" rating given on Friday, February 10 by Susquehanna.
Star India had confirmed the leak and initiated an investigation. Game of Thrones only has two more episodes left before leaving screens for another year and, according to one of the HBO show's stars, it's going to leave fans feeling very satisfied.
The current prices for today had dip entering this Monday, the Western Digital Intermediate oil for September delivery was down by a whopping 2.5% or a total decrease of $1.23 before settling to the $47.59 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Bains also says minimum wage provisions like the daily rate for live-in home support workers, camp leaders and monthly rates for resident care takers and peace rates for farm workers will increase on a proportional percentage basis. When asked why the commission was needed at all, Mr. Bains said it "will give us a road map". The Ontario government said it plans to raise its minimum wage to $14 this January and $15 in January, 2019.
Manfalouti's coworker, Cara Phelan, said that as soon as Manfalouti threw the sandwich onto the table, "I realized it was a small rodent of some sort". In the suit, Bucks County Court cited negligence in that restaurant officials 'failed to supervise employees who intentionally and/or knowingly served a sandwich to a customer with a dead rodent baked into the bun'.
Some of the white supremacists in Charlottesville were photographed in Under Armour apparel, a fact noted in posts on the company's Twitter page Monday, which was crowded with calls for a product boycott if Plank didn't resign from the council.
They were at 2.201 per cent early this morning. Trump's threat earlier this week, to unleash "fire and fury" on Pyongyang if it attacked, was ultimately dismissed as bluster by many investors. The dollar has traded roughly between 108 yen and 115 yen in the past several months, and has support on technical charts at 108.13 yen, the low struck on April 17.
Director David Sidebottom said: " Commuters only give value for money on their railways a 50% satisfaction score - just a half, according to our latest survey . "We are investing in the biggest rail modernisation programme for over a century to improve services for passengers - providing faster and better trains with more seats".
Smith Jeffrey C bought $47.00 million worth of Advance Auto Parts, Inc . Renaissance Technologies LLC boosted its position in shares of SORL Auto Parts by 234.0% in the fourth quarter. During the latest trading session Advance Auto Parts, Inc . If you are reading this story on another publication, it was illegally stolen and reposted in violation of US and worldwide trademark & copyright law.
The company was maintained on Thursday, July 6 by Cantor Fitzgerald. (NYSE: DKS ) observed rebound of 4.77% since bottoming out at $33.32 on August 11, 2017. Its up 0.05, from 1.05 in 2016Q3. It increased, as 45 investors sold Aetna Inc shares while 289 reduced holdings. 121 funds opened positions while 478 raised stakes.
MoviePass recently lowered its subscription cost to $9.99 a month from $14.95 a month. On Tuesday, the monthly price for unlimited movies dropped to $9.95, roughly the same price as a Netflix subscription and less than the price of one movie ticket at most major theaters.
Prosecutors asked for a prison sentence of between five and seven years. The woman woke up while Le was on top of her, and lodged a police report later. They originally faced rape charges. The trio had travelled to Singapore to attend a stag do and music festival Ultra Singapore a year ago. He did not use a condom when he was sexually assaulting the woman, exposing her to "the risks of an unwanted pregnancy and contracting sexually transmitted disease (s)".
Moving averages can be used to help smooth information in order to provide a clearer picture of what is going on with the stock. The company has a market capitalization of $4.73 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.64 and a beta of 1.17. Summit Midstream Partners, LP had its "neutral" rating reiterated by analysts at Citigroup. Yorkville Cap Management Ltd Liability Corp reported 1.29% of its portfolio in DCP Midstream LP (NYSE:DCP).
Berkshire Hathaway revealed those moves and several other changes to its USA stock portfolio in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday. Buffett made bigger news in prior quarters when he built huge positions in Apple and a number of airlines, including American, Delta and Southwest.
Nevertheless, the jury concluded the retailer had unlawfully taken advantage of the Tiffany brand to generate $3.7 million in profits over several years. Costco added that Tiffany & Co. did not claim through its lawsuit that it had lost any sales to Costco due to any sign. In addition to paying the damages, the wholesale club will be prohibited from labeling their products as "Tiffany" without using a modifier like "setting", "style" or "set".
The FTC alleges that Uber did not take reasonable, low-priced measures that could have helped the company prevent the breach . The FTC's complaint highlighted these risks, and now this settlement is supposed to make sure Uber better protects its users' data.
The euro was at $1.1745-1749, down from $1.1807-1808, and at ¥129.59-60, compared with ¥129.57-64. Kim Jong Un, the leader of North Korea, said he would wait to see what the U.S. The UK's leading index was at a three-month low point, following fears about tensions between North Korea and the USA. However, the weak Chinese data hit oil prices, with Brent crude futures LCOc1 down 42 cents at $51.68 a barrel.
At 10:16 a.m. ET (1416 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index was down 26.79 points, or 0.18 percent, at 15,093.12. In his latest warning to North Korea, U.S. In Europe, Britain's FTSE 100 was down 1.1 percent to 7,306, while France's CAC 40 fell 1.1 percent to 5,058. Though North Korea's Liberation Day celebration on Tuesday could raise the temperature again, markets were relieved that the weekend passed without more inflammatory rhetoric.


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Don't Sweat the Small Stuff: How to Make Minor Mold & Die Repairs In-House
Imagine you're running an expensive mold and a tool gets dropped on it. You're now left with a scratch and a small nick on the mold to go along with a big headache. What should you do?
You could send it out for repair, but that's expensive and then you're left without the use of your mold for days or even weeks at a time. You could try to repair it with a TIG, but you're concerned about precision on such a small repair area, and the heat could cause shrinking next to the weld or splatter on adjacent areas. Another option is to just buy a new mold with the tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars you had sitting around for this exact rainy day.
Assuming those options don't sound appealing, a better solution is having your own micro welder in-house for mold and die repair. We'll discuss two options: a non-arcing, spot welding process via the MoldMender Micro Welder and a plasma-pulled arc welding process by the Lase One Micro Welder.
Rocklin MoldMender Microwelder
For the first example, the MoldMender, you take the same material as the base, such as S-7, H-13, A-2, or 420 stainless, and bond either ribbon, wire, paste or powder onto the repair area. You can build up multiple layers as needed, and no finishing is required until the desired amount is achieved. Then you can finish with grinding, machining, EDM'ing, etc.
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Lase One Microwelder
The MoldMender welds on all ferrous metals, but what if you have an aluminum or a beryllium copper mold that needs repair? The answer is still a micro welder, but we recommend the Lase One, which welds both ferrous and non-ferrous metals. Like the MoldMender, the Lase One also results in no heating or deformation and offers the ability to weld on small and large pieces. Applications include: aluminum, steel, copper, jewelry, aeronautics, batteries, and accumulators, among many others.
At just a fraction of the setup time, the maintenance, and especially the cost of a laser welder, the end result is a similar quality weld to a laser plus much greater reliability and money left over in your company's pockets.
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Final Day of Classes
Final day of classes for dancers performing in our Petites Recital at Char Valley Intermediate SchoolRead more
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Final day of classes for students performing in the West Allegheny Recital.Read more
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Join us for the BEST weekend of the year! You will be amazed at your dancer's progress and confidence on stage! What's the best thing about the Recital? The energy of a the dancer's practicing in the dressing room, the exciting Opening Number, the moment right before your dancer takes the stage, the pride and excitement the dancers feel...Read more
Petite Performers Recital
Petite Performers Recital held at Chartiers Valley Intermediate School! Exact information was distributed to students in October.Read more
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Recital 2016
Our recitals are an exciting event featuring the students in a professional atmosphere. This performance opportunity is an important part of the training process as students experience the theater through rehearsals and performances. Although the recitals are not mandatory, they are a wonderful way for students to showcase the results of their hard work and for family and friends...Read more
Recital Papers coming home!
TSPA Nation! It may be hard to believe that Recital papers are coming home already but, at TSPA, we know that advanced preparation and communication is necessary for a wonderful Recital experience for our dancers and their families! Recital papers will be coming home the week of October 12th. In this first Recital newsletter you will find basic information about...Read more


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Our backstory and why we're passionate about mental health awareness
"Back in my last year of university, two months before I was due to graduate, I found out my brother was terminally ill with cancer. I found out in a phone call from my dad whilst I was 300 miles away and the pain from that conversation still reverberates around my mind, hanging over me never really disappearing.
I suppose as a child I was always a worrier, in fact as I grew older I became bitterly self-conscious with my mind almost constantly telling me what other people thought of me – mostly negative. However, the death of someone so close, someone I just naturally presumed would always be there, almost made my subconscious aware of mortality and the painful reality of death. Something deep inside changed. I became swamped by the very real thought that something awful was going to happen – pretty much constantly.
The diagnosis by my doctor and subsequent therapy sessions then seemed to help me realise just how far it had got. Left for a few years, I had started to see the change in personality, the dark moods and the constant fear of something awful happening as normal. Something had to change.
I had CBT (Cognitive Behaviour Therapy) sessions with an organisation called Talking Change who were fantastic. Even so, my ego always seemed to get in the way of real progress and I just couldn't concentrate on the sessions, or if I did, I left with more questions than when I arrived. I would often leave feeling better informed but with the whirring sensation of thoughts and anxieties filling my mind once again.
For the past few of years things have gradually improved to a point where I now feel as anxiety free as I have done for many years. However, I know that the battle to keep depression and anxiety in check takes careful planning and consideration which is why charities such as Mind are so unbelievably crucial to help people understand exactly what it is they are going through."
"It's hard to say when my depression actually started. The obvious cause to point at would be the death of my mother from a brain haemorrhage in December 2002. I was 18 at the time, recently finished school and was planning the rest of my gap year before I started at University the following year. While I continued with this plan, my life was changed. When you're raised by an essentially single mother (my father was living in Australia for the most part of my early life and while my stepdad was an important presence in my life, he'd spent a long time away with work and their relationship was often turbulent), you do become (from my experience anyway) somewhat of a mummy's boy. To have the person who has been the biggest influence on your life cruelly taken away from you just as the next stage of your journey into adulthood is beginning is extremely damaging. At this time I'd recently come out of the British public school system, an institution that is known for embracing a stiff upper lip attitude to life's troubles, and as a result I was unsure how to react to this life changing event.
In the end, I decided to go away for 6 months and act like any other backpacker, leaving the issue behind as I attempted to push down any feelings of grief and loss that were inevitably trying to make themselves heard. I then returned home and almost immediately started University (where I would meet Tom), again distancing myself (literally and figuratively) from my home life. This is not to say I didn't have an amazing support network. My father was now back in London and my stepdad (by this point, his relationship with my mother had been long finished) had moved in with me so that I didn't have to suffer too much upheaval. This was a great help but I still could't fathom the level of grief that I knew was bubbling within.
Once I had finished my three years of studying, I made the decision that I needed a location change once again, so I embarked on what I thought would be a year away in Australia. As my therapist(s) would later go on to ask, 'was I running away from facing up to what had happened?', and the probably answer was yes, but at the time I saw this as ideal. That year, as often does with ex-pats in Australia, turned into far more and in the six years that I eventually spent there, further events eventually resulted in my depression coming out in full force, leaving me on the precipice that at one time I did not think I would be escaping from.
On December 27, 2010, my godson was born but had tragically suffered complications during birth and was born heavily brain damaged. I made the trip to Brisbane to be with my best friend and his girlfriend and was with them as their week old son breathed his final breath in what has to be the most emotional experience that I had ever encountered. There was nothing that could prepare me for that and differed from the passing of my mother as I wasn't at the hospital at that exact point. I was thankful that I could be with my friends during this awful experience but it also contributed heavily to what would ensue. And perhaps this was the trigger that was needed for me to realise that I needed to seek help.
My relationship crumbled and soon, so did I. On December 7, 2011, I had my first real suicidal thoughts. I was standing at the window of the office I was working out of, looking out onto the ground below, my mind clouded by awful thoughts and not being able to talk. I was alone in there and it was only the fact that the windows happened to be sealed that stopped me from ending it all. I could see no other option, my head was a mess and I just slumped on the floor, an emotional wreck. I tried thinking about all the things that I had to look forward to in my future, but nothing could stop me thinking this horrific thought. These thoughts would then return in at the beginning of 2013 but I managed to pull myself away from these by telling myself about the people I'd be affecting by committing such an act – sadly not all people are able to come out of this mindset in that way. These people are, for the most point, not running away from something, this is one of the most crippling thoughts that you can ever have. Your body goes numb and you are in box that you feel you'll never escape from. It truly is one of the scariest situations one can find themselves in.
After both these occurrences I sought help. Thankfully in both Australia and the UK, there were avenues to go down that allowed me free help and to have a number of sessions with a psychologist. In these sessions, we looked at my whole life, and you realise that the unconscious is a VERY powerful part of yourself. I had a turbulent (yet loving) childhood, which very much plays a role in your adult life, so even talking about this helped. Having that opportunity to talk to someone who held no judgement and was just there to listen to your life story and try and help piece it together was invaluable. They're not there to tell you what to do or question your motives, they will offer you a certain amount of advice in how to deal with issues as and when they arise, but essentially they are there to help you figure out why you are suffering from mental health issues. After some of these sessions, I came out with a massive weight off my shoulders, something that was truly liberating.
Today, I generally feel great (unfortunately depression is something that can raise its ugly head at random times) but I know there are so many (too many) people out there who are suffering and need to be helped. They need to be given confidence to come out and say how they feel, and there needs to be the avenues to make sure that this is freely available to anyone who needs them. Raising money for Mind is just the first step on how I want to help people who suffer from various mental health issues. Every person is different in what makes them feel good. Personally, I've found that exercise has been a great way of keeping my mind in order, and setting myself the goal of this challenge is pushing me on to achieve much more in this area. I hope this will be the first of many and I hope that in the future I will be working directly with sufferers in order to give them the opportunity to take on similar challenges in order to give them the drive they need to take the next step in their lives!"


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Two free ebooks!
In A Labor of Love and Inside Scoop, I describe the catastrophic delivery of my son.
What almost killed me is called HELLP Syndrome.
HELLP stands for:
- Hemolysis (blood)
- Elevated Liver enzymes, and
- Low Platelet count.
Not much is known about HELLP, including its exact cause and diagnosis – and yet, every single year, approximately 50,000 women develop HELLP during their pregnancies in America alone.
No doctor predicted that I would be fully functional again – without any lingering sign of trauma or impediment. As my neurologist says, my "recovery was miraculous."
To help save lives of other women and to help neurologists understand what it's like for a patient to recover from traumatic brain injury, my neurologist suggested I write a book about my experience.
I began that book in 2006, almost six years after my son was born – which is about 3 years into my full recovery. It turns out, I wasn't ready yet to talk about what happened and I distanced myself from the experience in almost every way a writer can:
- I turned a true story into a fictional account.
- I wrote it in third person ("she" rather than "I").
- And I wrote it from a man's point of view – the husband in the story is watching his wife battle HELLP.
The chapters are fascinating to read because they reveal the truth about my experience in battling HELLP – but from an outside perspective. In that way, they do help spread knowledge about this largely unknown and untalked-of syndrome.
In fact, you'll find details in here that you'll recognize from A Labor of Love, which will make you feel like you already got the Inside Scoop!
But much more: you'll read exactly what happened during those days I spent in the neuro-ICU — information I haven't written about anywhere else!
So while I write the memoir with the guidance of doctors and experts, go ahead and dive into this!
Go to the link at the top of the page & download 6 entire chapters now!
Fiction Fans
I haven't forgotten my roots!
I also have a novel-in-progress – and this time, I'm not writing it through brain damage!
Unlike Madras, which was inspired by my life, this is a truly fictional story.
Broken: Diary of a Muslim Woman is about a young woman named Nadia. She was born and raised in California into a Muslim family. By any account, she has a privileged life. Yet a tragic event unravels her.
Find out how this fully assimilated American girl turns to extremism.
Dive in & download the first 3 chapters now.
A Behind-the-Scenes Look
If you've ever wondered how novels are written, reading these two ebooks is an insightful glimpse into the process.
You'll notice the names of the characters are the same in both ebooks – as are some of the details:
Nadia's mother has passed away in a car accident. Nadia has cheated on her husband. Aydin is trying to forgive her.
Here's how my current novel evolved:
- I had a traumatic delivery experience.
- I thought it was a good idea to write about it & took a stab.
- I ended up writing a novel – and I mean an entire novel. 344 pages.
- Then I shelved the book. Why? Because the story doesn't work as a novel. It needs to be told as a real account.
- Years later, I finally have the distance I need from the traumatic delivery experience to write about it as my experience.
- I basically divide the one book into two: I take out everything that has to do with my delivery experience and set it aside. Although I won't use the material in its current fictional form, I will certainly use the details (which are true) to help inform my memoir about HELLP.
- The rest of the book, such as the characters and some of the plot, I salvage for a separate novel.
- These characters, free from the story I imposed on them – my HELLP story – now reveal their own.
Broken: Diary of a Muslim Woman is born.


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At long last, here is the final word on the very best wines available in California in 2010. Why are they the best? Well, let's just say that as an arbiter of taste, no one comes even close to me around these parts. Others try, but due to the unique concentration of super taster quantities of taste buds, as well as my $1M insured nose, I know which wines are the best.
OK, all kidding aside, a few things which you will likely intimate from this list, but it doesn't hurt to spell them out:
The list is highly subjective. Wine is subjective, so why water down this fact?
As someone responsible for buying Spanish wines where I work, there is a strong Spanish representation.
As a lover of sherry, two of these underappreciated wines are represented.
As someone whose allocation of Equipo Navazos/La Bota sherries is inexplicably delayed, none of these critic's/wine geeks' darlings are on the list (ok, that is not why they are not on here; see the listed sherries below for more).
How is such a list compiled? In this case, and contrary to many other year end lists, it's about as unscientific as you can get. However, there is still a loosely knit, though carefully considered, thought process involved. There is the pleasure principle, of course, i.e. how much of this wine could I gulp down in one sitting, or have I gulped down year to date? Often times, such a wine is a great value as well. Perhaps a wine really caught me off guard, surprised me in an unexpected, delightful way. On occasion, a wine is more important than what is inside the bottle. It transcends, challenges, or perhaps points the way ahead for others to follow? Any and all of these considerations come in to play for the Top 11 list below. Enjoy.
And since this is likely the last substantive post for the year (maybe a quick 1-2 paragraph post or youtube ahead, but not likely anything beyond that), I'd like to thank everyone for continuing to read, comment, question, correct, and show some involvement on this blog. All of you keep it interesting and keep me engaged.
Thank you.
2009 Domaine de la Pepiere "Clos de Briords" Vieilles Vignes Muscadet Severe et Maine Sur Lie
So pure, refreshing, balanced, and delicious, it is hard to stash any of this away without drinking all of it. Somehow the precociousness of Marc Olivier's Briords has made me completely forget about buying any of the basic classique bottling. A wrong to be righted when I buy a case of it this January.
2009 Natural Process Alliance Sauvignon Blanc O'Neel Family
A most unique and unusual white wine. If you are drinking this with unexperienced and/or unexpecting wine drinkers, it is likely to offend, or at the least perplex, someone in your drinking party. Intense SB herbaceousness coupled with an equally intense extended skin maceration pungency, make this a controversial but in my judgement unusually delicious wine. Over 8g/l tartaric acid, just 6ppm total sulhpur, so yeah: this is not for everyone. If you are one of the few people to not hear about NPA, the wine is only sold to restaurants within a 150 mile radius of the production facility, packed in klean kanteens which are poured, swapped out for newly filled ones, cleaned and filled again at the winery. Innovative, environmentally responsible, and most importantly, delicious wine.
2005 Els Jelipins
This blend of garnacha and sumoll from the Penedes is precious, both in terms of limited production as well as price (you will likely pay upwards of $80 for it, if you can find any). The narrative here is compelling: husband/wife team Glòria Garriga and Oriol Illa make some of the most highly sought after wines for the top name in Priorat, do not enjoy drinking their extracted, "enriched" vinous product, and decide to strike out on their own to make more honest wines that are more to their liking. I'm glad they did; this might be the most promising, delicious and polished of Spain's burgeoning natural wines.
Valdespino "Inocente" Fino Jerez
While the oldest continously running bodega in Jerez may be more famous in some circles for supplying Equipo Navazos with some excellent botas of fino, I would argue that theirs is the superior bottling: every bit as rich and mineral, but with more vivid fruit and purity. Also, it is packaged in 375 ml's for those who enjoy taking a half bottle of delicious fino straight to the cabeza.
Argueso Amontillado Sanlucar de Barrameda
If you are looking for a classic, bone dry, tangy amontillado, with all of the dried citrus, slightly candied and nutty aromas but absolutely zero perceptible sweetness on the palate, might I suggest this manzanilla amontillado?
2005 GD Vajra Barolo Albe
Earlier this year, I bought some bottles of this delicious young Barolo, and though I really enjoyed it (especially for the modest $30 tariff) I wanted to be sure that the spot was well deserved. After drinking half a bottle (and exercising some restraint to stop at 2.5 glasses) earlier tonight, I can absolutely say that this wine has earned its place here. Open and fruity for a young Barolo, but with crisp, pure red fruits, classic nebbiolo tannin (not as noticeable as usual to the generosity of fruit), and a lightness in touch that tells all of the extracted, oaky Piemontese big guns to go back to the drawing board (or, more appropriately, the dining room table) to figure out what people want to drink.
2000 Houillon/Overnoy Savagnin Arbois Pupillin (sous voile)
Just a mind boggling, bright as the day is long, classic expression of savagnin grapes undereath a thin veil of flor. Thanks to Guilhaume Gerard, one of the more passionate advocates of Jura wines, for sharing this bottle.
Jose Michel Brut Reserve
While his son Bruno Michel makes mouthwateringly juicy and delicious pinot meunier based champagnes at his own domaine (the eponymous Bruno Michel), this pinot meunier based champagne was more dark fruited and seriously structured. Drier as well. At $58 on the list it was also easily the best deal on a wine list I came across this year.
08 Mendall Finca L'abeurador Macabeu
Owner/vigneron/PVN organizer Laureano Serres' enthusiasm is contagious. His un-sulphured wines are works in progress, with what many would view as flaws presenting themselves in most of the range. Some slightly longer than usual skin maceration qualities reveal themselves, but are not defining features of the wine. I look forward to seeing how Laureano's wines evolve from year to year.
2001 Bodegas Casa Juan Señor de Lesmos Reserva Rioja
From the intrepid members of my more French wine inclined tasting group, to one of my favorite Spanish wine importers, to customers where I work, many have been taken with the unique expressions of Rioja from this Laguardia based family bodega. Heck, even the renowned Fat Boy has purchased quantites of this spicy, purely fruited not uber traditional yet uber expressive take on Rioja. It will likely be at its best five years from now.
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
OWOS Top 10 Wines of 2010
Posted by Joe Manekin at 12/28/2010 07:00:00 AM 1 comment:
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Vinum Optimum Rare Signatum
Recently I tasted through a trio of VORS sherries:
Gonzales Byass "del Duque" Amontillado VORS
While delicious, I seem to have had two very different experiences with this amontillado. At Terroir in New York, I recall it being spicier, just a tad bit sweet, and more unctuous than my more recent experience. Probably a matter of wines preceeding this terrific older sherry: in New York it was fino and here in SF, in the comfort of my own apartment, I have tasted the wine prior to other older sherries. So let's go with the more recent impression. Initially dried fruit aromas give way to spicier, old barrel room smells. The palate is intense, slightly spicy, very nutty, decidedly salty and tangy, as great amontillado ought to be. Though this is not the way to enjoy your everyday amontillados, try a taste of this and then a bit of something less old, maybe Lustau Obregon Amontillado, for example. What is normally a terrific amontillado will seem rather insipid and watery by comparison.
Gonzales Byass "Apostoles" Palo Cortado VORS
This is one sweet apostle. Caramel and dried date aromas lead to intense dried fruit flavors with a healthy dollop of sweetness, though still balanced it is definitely a style of palo cortado that is not bone dry. Not Equipo Navazos La Bota Punta sweet and intense, but approaching that level. For a decidedly different, dry expression of VORS palo cortado, Hidalgo's Wellington is a great one to try.
El Maestro Sierra Oloroso 1/14 Oloroso VORS
Awesome old wine. Its aromas are deep, with dark cocoa, a rancio quality and a degree of intrigue that is enough to make me reach for the bottle and pour just a little bit more right now, 20 minutes or so after having concluded this tasting. Ah, there it is. Still a salty quality, and one of very dark caramel. Flavors are rich and generous, while maintaining a real dry quality. A true rancio, walnut like finish on this, right up to the shell and skin between the meat and the outer layer. This is a classic, and though I'm not yet thoroughly versed on the subject, it is what I imagine an old school, classic oloroso from Jerez to taste like. Terrific, and an unforgettable taste.
Gonzales Byass "del Duque" Amontillado VORS
While delicious, I seem to have had two very different experiences with this amontillado. At Terroir in New York, I recall it being spicier, just a tad bit sweet, and more unctuous than my more recent experience. Probably a matter of wines preceeding this terrific older sherry: in New York it was fino and here in SF, in the comfort of my own apartment, I have tasted the wine prior to other older sherries. So let's go with the more recent impression. Initially dried fruit aromas give way to spicier, old barrel room smells. The palate is intense, slightly spicy, very nutty, decidedly salty and tangy, as great amontillado ought to be. Though this is not the way to enjoy your everyday amontillados, try a taste of this and then a bit of something less old, maybe Lustau Obregon Amontillado, for example. What is normally a terrific amontillado will seem rather insipid and watery by comparison.
Gonzales Byass "Apostoles" Palo Cortado VORS
This is one sweet apostle. Caramel and dried date aromas lead to intense dried fruit flavors with a healthy dollop of sweetness, though still balanced it is definitely a style of palo cortado that is not bone dry. Not Equipo Navazos La Bota Punta sweet and intense, but approaching that level. For a decidedly different, dry expression of VORS palo cortado, Hidalgo's Wellington is a great one to try.
El Maestro Sierra Oloroso 1/14 Oloroso VORS
Awesome old wine. Its aromas are deep, with dark cocoa, a rancio quality and a degree of intrigue that is enough to make me reach for the bottle and pour just a little bit more right now, 20 minutes or so after having concluded this tasting. Ah, there it is. Still a salty quality, and one of very dark caramel. Flavors are rich and generous, while maintaining a real dry quality. A true rancio, walnut like finish on this, right up to the shell and skin between the meat and the outer layer. This is a classic, and though I'm not yet thoroughly versed on the subject, it is what I imagine an old school, classic oloroso from Jerez to taste like. Terrific, and an unforgettable taste.
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Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Chorizo 101, in photographs
Straining a blend of mixed reconstitued peppers
dried espelettes
various types of paprika, salt, pepper, garlic; chopped pork (and wine glass) in the background
Mound of pork
Back fat
The all important patty fry to check for flavor, night one
Ground chorizo after a day
The porkert, used earlier for grinding and with this particular attachment, for stuffing
The location
The chorizo
Posted by Joe Manekin at 12/21/2010 07:00:00 AM 3 comments:
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Monday, December 20, 2010
In pursuit of The Chosen Protein
There's something irresistible about good pork. Braised butt, hickory smoked bacon, pimenton seasoned chorizo, salt cured, dry aged ham. These are obvious truths to many, though to me these culinary delights have only made themselves known to me in my adult years. I'm a Jew, raised in a conservative Jewish (in political terms, think 'moderate') home steeped in ritual as well as cultural traditions. As a conservative Jew, pork was taboo, though bacon, as we came to understand it, didn't count. Not porky enough, and besides, too delicious. It was not yet the age of curing your own meat, paying several hundred dollars for butchering classes, and purchasing responsibly raised kurobota pork. In fact, it may still not be that age where I was raised, in Baltimore. So perhaps I was not missing much.
As a Jew though, a Jew currently with a stronger cultural bond than a spiritual one, I am occasionally conflicted about writing up any delicious experience with pork. How many fellow members of the tribe (MOTT) am I offending on Facebook? What about my family, what are they to think? (my parents, by the way, have ramped up the in-home kashrut: no meat and dairy, two sets of silverware/knives/serving utensils/plates...shit is crazy.)
As a Jew, I also have a theory:
Over the past decade or so, I have noticed that some of those most devoted to all things pork are Jewish (and for that matter, Muslim as well). Peter Pastan, chef and owner of Obelisk and Two Amy's in Washington, DC, offers a wide range of cured pork products which he himself produces. Cookbook author and NYT food writer Mark Bittman (a Jew, I think) has many different recipes for pork in his cookbooks. Then there is me, of course. Yesterday I was joking with a co-worker who was having a terrible day at work. He was convinced God was angry at him and I told him that maybe if he were to be Jewish for the day, his luck would improve. Over a smoked pork chop lunch at Gourmet Haus Stadt, I reminded him that given his Jewish for a day status he would need to consume the pork even more voraciously than usual.
So, going forward I have resolved to report candidly on any home cookery or meals out involving ham, sausage, bacon, pork, and the like. I apologize to anyone who is offended; feel free to quickly scan future post's titles and not read any further if you do not like what you see.
Tomorrow, I will discuss a first-time effort producing house made, semi-cured chorizo.
Posted by Joe Manekin at 12/20/2010 06:00:00 AM 3 comments:
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Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Stamina/Old Wine
For so many folks the holidays are a wonderful and joyful, albeit stressful time of year. Not to belittle the work of anyone working in other sectors, but for those in the retail and service industries you especially can relate to the 'stressful' descriptor. Extra long lines to manage, harried customers to appease, additional hours to work in addition to the seasonal assortment of holiday preparation and partying. All of this would explain the paucity of material on this site of late. I'm in the midst of working 11 of 12 days, so maintaining stamina is key. Unfortunately, blogging has not been part of the regimen of late. Setting aside time for chorizo making, however, has been - look for a post on that soon. For now, though, how about some notes for older wines drunk recently? The Bordeaux and Silver Oak were all large format, I think 6L but cannot remember for certain.
1981 Cos d'Estournel St Estephe
Mature traditional Bordeaux nose, nothing too exciting. Rustic dark cherry fruits were shy and restrained initially, gaining more depth, floral qualities, and intrigue as it opened up in the glass. No revelation, but no slouch either, especially, I imagine, if you spend a bit more time with it than I did.
1986 Chateau Bellegrave Pauillac
Somewhat smoky nose. Red fruited palate that initially impressed for its brightness and proceeded to disappoint with a hollow feel on the mid-palate and a short finish.
1988 Chasse-Spleen Moulis en Medoc
Unyielding, or perhaps drying out? This was a quick 1 oz taste, not too carefully considered. And I must admit some prejudice as I have found this particular wine to be unexciting when tasted several times over the past few years. 1989, much better.
1983 Silver Oak Bonny's Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley
Classic, spicy, dill inflected American oak driven nose. Fruit tastes clipped and has no purity, intensity or length. Not much to like on the palate, unfortunately. Didn't do it for me.
1955 Sandeman Port
Very herbal, sort of eucalypt/medicinal like aromas and flavors. Sweet red fruit. Yep, still quite sweet. While I may change my tune after tasting more older Taylor, as of yet the vintage port rarely makes me notice or care to drink it, let alone purchase it and drink it.
1973 D'Oliveira Verdelho
Yes! Deep chestnut honey colored, the wine has a terrific interplay of acid, dark brown sugar sweetness, and subtle spice notes. Hints of vanilla creme brulee. A winner.
1988 Barbeito Sercial Frasqueira
Holy shit! This golden-amber colored madeira has just a hint of residual sugar and a whole lot of acid. Be sure to decant it after opening to get this one going. And go it will. For the money, this is my favorite Madeira of the year. Granted, I've only had a half dozen or so madeiras this year, but given their performance this will definitely have to change in 2011.
1864 Averys Solera Madeira
Yes, you are reading this correctly. Some Civil War era madeira, or at least that's when the solera was formed. It was likely bottled in the 1960's, I believe, by the long established Bristol based wine merchant. This had a nice balance of sweet, dried fruits and spicy intrigue, though it definitely showed a bit of fatigue in the way that an older bottling of solera fortified wine can show. Sort of an element of grandma's old spice rack combined with her old brown liquor in the bar.
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Labels: barbeito, older vintages
Sunday, December 5, 2010
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Proto yacht rock by the Beach Boys. Perhaps that's not really a fair description. This jam is delicious. Especially the B section. Live from 1973.
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Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Fallen Glass Soldiers
Happy December.
Some very quick notes on what has been in the glass over the past week, primarily during the Thanksgiving break.
2009 Trabanco Sidra
Delicious as always
2009 Domaine de la Pepieres Clos de Briords (1.5L)
Ripe but mineral, forward, juicy and still complex. Awesome.
2009 Vinya San Felieu Rosat
Sans soufre trepat grape tastiness. Cornelissen Contadino with more upfront fruit. No more available in CA until 2010 - damn!
2007 Pedralonga Vendetta
Fancy albariño with a fancy price. Better than I remember it. Great texture, richness and minerality.
2000 Peciña Crianza Rioja (1.5L)
Beautifully mature Rioja. Soft, delicious fruit with some earthy/meaty savory development. Texture and balance define this wine. I'm glad we purchased 120 for the store.
2000 Monje "Monje de Autor" Tacaronte Acentejo
Intriguing, smoky/ashy dark fruit from Tenerife in Canary Islands.
2009 Michel Delhommeau Clos Armand Muscadet Sevre et Maine (1.5L)
A very decent drink, but when the bar was recently set by Briords this definitely falls short.
2009 Pierre Chermette Beaujolais Village
Supremely disappointing, this tasted too much like a good grower nouveau shipped to the States - not my cup. I've never had Nouveau in its natural habitat, so I can't make a blanket judgement about all nouveau, but the better ones I've had here don't do it for me. Based on my recent experience with this Beaujolais Village, 09 Chermette doesn't cut it either. I had one delicious bottle 2 months ago purchased from Chambers St. Maybe I just wanted to like the wine that night and my palate enabled me to do so?
2001 Luis Rodriguez Vazquez Viña Martin "Escolma" Ribeiro
Lots of words in that wine's name...anyway my mixed emotions about godello continue, even with this - one of the best growers. Initially, it is very ripe tasting, with lots of starfruit and an appley quality as well. Almost a sweet, orangey caramel candy quality. Think bulk caramel, not that butttery toffee-ish Werther's stuff. With a few days of fridge time, though, the intensity of flavors and minerality reveal themselves. Ruby red grapefruit and a cutting acidity that takes a while to reveal itself on the mid palate. Though I'm still on the fence with godello, the potential for greatness is clearly there. Would be curious to see the result of less stainless steel, less "sobre lias" (extended time on lees) and maybe some more experimentation in the realm of fermentation and aging vessels and possible extended skin contact (even if just a few days) to name a few possibilities.
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SPOILER ALERT: Despite being one of the only fighters to actually make weight yesterday, it's safe to say that Phil Baroni's bout with Nobutatsu Suzuki didn't go quite as planned at ONE FC 'Rise to Power' earlier today.
After getting backed into the cage by a series of knees around the four minute mark of the first round, Baroni was dropped by a Suzuki right hand that appeared to put him down for the count. A few follow up punches wrote this notion home and the referee was forced to step in. Unfortunately, said ref didn't appear to notice that Baroni's foot was trying to break free from the rest of his leg and provided little comfort for "The New York Bad Ass," who now falls to 15-17 in his professional MMA career. At this point in his career, Baroni should consider challenging James "Why Me?" Irvin for the right to be called the most cursed man in MMA.
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Veronica sent in some picture that she speculated were green shield bugs. She's right, but they are the juvenile "nymphs" which lack wings, hence the slightly different rear ends to the adults that most people would recognise.
Who needs a guard dog, or guard goose, when you can have a guard spider? I have two good examples above my front door: a large false widow, and a house spider living just a couple of inches from it.
The false widow (Steatoda nobilis) got a lot of bad press over the last couple of years, as a relative of the infamous Black widow, and being an 'immigrant' the papers love to demonise them. An immigrant from over 100 years ago mind you. Still, if that keeps tabloid-rading miscreants from my door, then all the better! Still, I doubt those miscreants are well informed in spider identification.
It does surprise me that two large spiders can live so very close to one another without any aggro. Their webs literally intermingle, and I've seen them sitting within an inch of each other.
This bee paused for a breather on my brick path, and was good enough to stick around for a few photos. I assume it's a mining bee of some sort, though I'm not going to try to identify exactly which one. This is about the extent of what a plain iPhone 6 can manage for close-up work.
Time to emerge from winter hibernation, somewhat belatedly, as it's already been a warm, dry spring in the UK, hitting 25c at one point and doing a passable impression of summer.
This is the most exciting time of the year for nature lovers, at least in my opinion, as new life bursts all around. Also, I find myself spending a lot of time in the garden, and so I'm well placed to notice what's going on outside.
- A wasp started building a nest on the ceiling of my shed, which was fascinating to watch, but realistically couldn't be allowed to continue as I use the shed a lot. You can see it pictured above, with the beginnings of the central set of hexagonal cells handing from the centre of the outer shell.
- Plenty of butterflies are about, with the bright yellow/green Brimstones being particularly noticeable.
- Ants never seem to let up. How can there be about 3 nests (all different colours and sizes) per square metre in my garden! Do they all survive the winter or have they grown up from nothing in just a very short time? A little reading suggests they just go deeper underground below the frost line.
- Jays and Magpies are everywhere and very noticeable. Just that time of year.
A blast from the recent past here – September of last year. My own dear father sent this picture of fine, dense webs on gorse bushes. If you look closely you can see that there are multiple layers.
I had assumed that these must be the work of caterpillars, like the webs that sometimes enshroud whole trees and cars. But a little research suggests they might be the work of tiny red Gorse spider mites. Apparently it is damaging to the plant and is even used as a biological control in some parts of the worlds, to keep Gorse down.
Thanks to Peter Hunt for sending in these marvellous images of a beetle I didn't know about before now. In his own words:
"It may be of interest to your readers to see The Cliff Tiger Beetle, Cylindera germanica, that is found along the south west coast of the Isle of Wight, on our crumbling cliffs.
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Peter Hunt sent in this cracking shot of an Elephant hawk moth larva. Apparently marooned a couple of inches above the waterline on a pond plant, he moved it to a Fuschia. Caterpillars generally only eat a few specific plants and that's on the list, so Peter probably gave it a good chance.
Thanks for sending it in!
I saw this very large Garden spider (Araneus diadematus) crawling slowly up my porch – and latterly on the hessian bag where I tempted it for a better photograph in the light. It was a very large example and strikingly coloured a deep red with dark brown legs and ruby red abdomen. I've never seen a red variation before and marvelled at it for some time. I had to check online to reassure myself it really was just a standard Garden spider and I hadn't discovered a new species. What a magnificent brute!
It's been a little while, so time for an update! Summer lingered late into September, and I even found myself eating lunch al fresco in October last weekend. Autumn has finally landed however, with plenty of wet and wild weather to knock the leaves off the trees.
- Garden spiders are everywhere, stringing their massive webs across paths, waiting to trap unsuspecting arachnophobes. The one pictured above was on the front my recycling bin and was about the largest I've ever seen. Absolutely massive!
- One evening I watched a smaller male Garden spider tentatively approaching a female in order to mate. She wasn't keen and batted him away a few times before he managed to get in there. I might post the video sometime soon.
- I've run into a few foxes recently, in my own garden and whilst out running. I'm always a little nervous when only a couple of yards from a fox – you don't know what they might do, especially if they're desperately hungry, ill (usually mange) or feel threatened. Usually it's "skulk away".
- Such a long hot dry period, and yet when the rains come, the slugs and snails are there right away in incredible numbers. I could imagine people of days gone by imagining that they actually come down in the rain itself overnight.


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Shooting of Unnodu Ka to commence on 20th
After a long hiatus, the famous theatre owner Abhirami Ramanathan is producing a film. The film has been titled Unnodu Ka. Prabhu, Aari, Maya, Misha Ghoshal, Urvasi, Balasaravanan, Mansoor Ali Khan, Manobala, Chaams, Sriranjani and Subbu Panchu are starring in the film.
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Gallery – Press Note of Unnodu Ka
Sakthi Saravanan is handling the camera while Sathya is composing the music. Debutant Director R K will direct the film. The film shooting will be launched on 20th at Abhirami Mall. Abhirami Ramanathan and Nallammai Ramanathan will welcome the gathering.
Producer's Council members, director's association members and theatre owners will attend this event. It has been decided to complete the whole film in a single schedule and release the film for summer holidays. Aari for the first time is acting in this comedy film. Abhirami Ramanathan had earlier produced a comedy film titled Panchamirtham. This is his second film.


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In BriefPareidolia is responsible for the Man in the Moon and any other peculiar faces you may see in random clusters of objects. The human brain may have evolved to look for these patterns in order to spot hidden threats.
A cloud resembling an angel reassures some – and terrifies others. Traffic jams stretch for blocks as people flock to see the Virgin Mary on a bathroom window. Photos of Martian rocks resembling people, rats, and crabs go viral in an instant.
That's the power of pareidolia, a peculiar, but entirely natural, function of the human brain that causes us to impose patterns on random collections of images and sounds.
From the Greek para-, "alongside of, instead of" and eidolon, "image, shape," it's an ancient ability that may have benefited survival in the far distant past when it was essential to pick out hidden dangers in the landscape. Notably, Carl Sagan made this claim in his 1995 book The Demon-Haunted World – Science as a Candle in the Dark, asserting that it is a phenomenon that results from how our brains interpret light and shadows (sometimes making meaning from these features when there is none).
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Pareidolia accounts for ancient tales of tree-dwelling dryads, trolls who guard gardens and bridges, and stone giants. It's what lets us see shapes in the contours of clouds, find a face on the surface of the moon, and trace the constellations in the night sky.
And while that's been in existence for all of our history, pareidolia has gone from psychology textbooks to the popular imagination in recent years, thanks to media attention. We have countless reports of religious figures seen in peculiar places and a constant stream of photographs sent by the Curiosity Rover from the surface of Mars to inspire our imaginations.
Pareidolia explains the famous Virgin Mary on a cheese sandwich, which sold on eBay for $28,000, the cornflake shaped like the state of Illinois auctioned off for $1350, and even the much-revered Shroud of Turin, which to many observers reflects the figure of a crucified Christ
Now You See It—Now I Don't
Interestingly, not everyone experiences pareidolia in the same way—or at all—and it seems that it is influenced by culture. Psychologists note that seeing meaning in random data is more likely among people with strong beliefs in religion or the paranormal. That accounts for the large number of instances of pareidolia involving religious symbols or figures ranging from the aforementioned Shroud, to sightings of the Hindu monkey god in a Singapore tree, and the name of Allah in photographs of the 2004 tsunami in Asia.
Even if many people see the same image, they may interpret it differently. The Man in the Moon that every Western child knows is the Moon Rabbit in Asia. It is known as the Moon Buffalo, Dragon, or Frog in various other cultures. That's also the reason you may argue with a friend about what shape you see in the fluffy cloud scudding overhead.
Auditory Pareidolia
Pareidolia isn't limited to seeing. Auditory pareidolia refers to the phenomenon of finding meaning in random sounds, such as the electronic voice phenomena that ghost hunters claim is evidence of spirits speaking from beyond the grave. It also accounts for the rumored hidden messages in rock and pop music albums, like the belief among Beatles fans that certain tracks played backwards revealed the words "Paul is dead."
Pareidolia In Art and Science
It may seem that pareidolia leads only to silly and sometimes creepy outcomes. But psychologists exploit it through tests like the Rorschach inkblots, where the shapes seen in random ink spatters are thought to reveal insights into a subject's subconscious. Artists also play with pareidolia, creating images that can be seen in various ways. Georgia O'Keefe's flower paintings, for example, outrage some viewers—and delight others—who see suggestions of female genitalia in them.
The human brain's tendency toward pareidolia hasn't changed in thousands of years. It's even migrated to the digital world in the form of facial recognition and mapping software. And even computer brains can be fooled by what they see, finding human faces on everything from keys to garage doors to rock formations, just as the ancients did. Ultimately, this once again shows why you need to question absolutely everything.


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