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Cruise Monkey Want Mobile
It's almost time for the 4th annual JoCo Cruise Crazy cruise, and once again, I've foolishly decided to spend WAY too much of my free time on putting out an app to be used on the ship.
What's Different This Year?
Almost everything. I started out refactoring last year's CruiseMonkey codebase, but it was a bit creaky. It's definitely interesting to see how far HTML5 "native" app development and PhoneGap/Cordova development have come in just a year.
After playing a little bit with AngularJS for a work project I was really impressed and wanted to refactor to Angular for this year's CruiseMonkey. In the process of doing so, I ran into Ionic, an HTML5 framework built specifically for making mobile UIs, and reworked the frontend using that.
While there was a direct line from there to here, in the end the codebase looks nothing like CruiseMonkey 3.
Reimagining the Backend
That means that I can just treat PouchDB as a local database as if my app was a standalone mobile app, and all I need to synchronize events with other CruiseMonkey users is to replicate back to the database whenever the network is working. The proof will be in whether it works once we're on the ship (natch) but hopefully it will be stable.
Twit-Arr Integration
Of course, I had a grand vision of writing a complete twit-arr client this year as a part of CruiseMonkey, but time got the best of me. Kvort the Duck already undertook writing an entirely new twit-arr server and web client and it's turned out awesome in just a short time. Hopefully this means next year we have a good base to build on and integrate more closely. This year I was able to at least integrate giving you a notice if you have new Seamail (private messages on the Twit-Arr server), as well as a fun browser for viewing all of the pictures people post to twit-arr. Next year I want to be able to read and post messages, pictures, and Seamail right from the app.
One Last Look
Anyways, I've submitted version 4.0.0 of CruiseMonkey to the iTunes App Store. Hopefully things go smoothly. Currently looks like the average review time is about 6 days at the moment, which hopefully gives a chance for one more update before the cruise for any bugs people might find. I'll keep doing beta testing all the way up to the cruise, most likely, but I'm looking forward to a couple weeks of not coding for 4 hours every evening after coming home from my day job coding. 😀


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Monday, January 11, 2010
World of Tea 10
An underdog going up against giants? Now there's a notion that's sure to grab your attention. Take, for example, A Sri Lankan Underdog Battles Global Tea Giants, a recent article from the New York Times that looks at Sri Lanka's Dilmah Tea.
In contrast to Sri Lanka, which has long been a thriving center for tea production, Russia has, for many centuries, been a hotbed of tea consumption. Here's an interesting post from Gongfu Girl about Russian tea.
If we hear any news about Iran these days it tends not to be very good. But they do drink tea there, and, if this article is any indication, you'd better not try serving tea to an Iranian without a respectable selection of sugar on hand.
Indonesia is probably better known for coffee than tea. Here's a report on a initiative there to attempt to reverse that trend.
Last up, if you'd like to check out the tea scene in a place where it's almost as critical to daily life as breathing, check out a Tea in London tour. The next one is scheduled for September 13-18, 2010 and includes an optional full-day Tea Masterclass with tea expert Jane Pettigrew.
Stay tuned for more World of Tea, an occasional feature that gathers tea-related dispatches from around the globe.
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- Lisa said...
Awesome! I love it too "ETHICAL TRADE"
- Margaret said...
I've actually been working on a long term journalistic project about Dilmah Tea on Tea Examiner. So far I've only posted two reviews of their high-grown Ceylon teas, but I have four more coming up and an article about the school of tea they've opened.
I've been quite impressed with the flavors of the teas. Their Lover's Leap has the delicate color and fruitiness of a Darjeeling while retaining the fuller bodied flavor of a Ceylon as a sort of background note. I found it such an intriguing experience that I drank about a fourth of the tea the sent me before I was able to write about it. I hadn't tasted anything else I could compare with it.
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Building Emotionally Healthy Social Relationships
Having better interpersonal skills can provide you with many benefits. You can increase your circle of friends, become closer with the friends you have, meet new people more easily, and have more enjoyable relationships. Being in tune with others, both emotionally and interpersonally (through good social skills), can enhance your relationships and your life experiences. Read on to find out more about enhancing emotional intelligence in your social life.
Social skills and the importance of emotions
Emotional intelligence helps you become more satisfied not only in your intimate relationships, but with your social relationships, as well. Sometimes, you can more easily practice emotional intelligence skills with your friends than with your significant other. Friendships don't tend to be as intense as more intimate relationships.
People generally like to be around others who have good emotional intelligence. Think of the people that you consider friends. How many of them tend to be moody, unhappy, poor communicators, pessimistic, or uncaring? These kinds of people just don't seem to attract many others
Using your emotional skills in social relationships
The emotional skills that you develop can help you enhance many of your interpersonal relationships. For example, friends look for empathy in their relationships.
Your skill in developing and building better interpersonal relationships also helps define your friendships. Developing your interpersonal skills allows you to
Initiate relationships.
Know what topics to talk about.
Have interesting conversations.
Draw people into the conversation.
Share mutual interests.
Laugh together.
Give and get advice.
Share stories.
Enjoy sports and hobbies together.
Celebrate events.
Provide help and support in times of need (such as the loss of a loved one).
Find out interesting things.
Exercise together.
Be politically involved.
Participate in religious practices and ceremonies.
Finding the right balance of emotional and social skills
With some people, you want to have an emotional (intimate) relationship, but with others, you want to have a social (interpersonal) relationship. The closer you are with someone, the more emotional the attachment. With strangers, you're likely to have an interpersonal interaction.
Emotionally intelligent behavior involves knowing how to strike the right balance between social and emotional relationships. You can err in two ways:
You can be too aloof and not let people get close to you. This situation sometimes happens in couples in which the male is more traditional or macho. This aloofness or traditional behavior is often seen among men in certain professional groups, including engineers, math professors, surgeons, anesthetists, geologists, actuaries, and coal miners. It also occurs in certain cultures, especially where there are large disparities between the genders.
You can find extreme examples of this emotional detachment or poor social skills in people who have Asperger's syndrome. This disorder is partly defined by a person's aloofness to other people — rarely making eye contact, lacking humor, rarely expressing emotions, and having almost robot-like interactions.
You can get too emotional — letting it all hang out — with someone you've just met. You might disclose your entire life history to perfect strangers. Trying to get too close to someone you hardly know sends out mixed messages. For many people, it acts as a sort of danger sign — putting you on their people-to-avoid list.
Knowing how much to disclose to whom is a skill. For many people, it comes naturally. Others have to figure it out by watching how other people behave. You can identify some of these cues by watching the media. Movies and TV shows present the good and the bad of initiating and maintaining relationships. Generally, the more likeable characters are the ones who can share the right amount with the right person.
For many people, their life experiences help them figure out the rules of good relationships. For others, life seems to involve a pattern of initiating, then breaking off, relationships. Emotionally intelligent people can understand the rules of social relationships and apply those rules. Like most aspects of emotional intelligence, interpersonal skills have two parts:
Theoretical: Knowing the rules and how they work. Being able to correctly predict how examples of human relationships will turn out. People with good theoretic knowledge of social relationships can look at samples of behaviors between two people and get a good idea on how that relationship is doing and whether it is likely to be a good or bad relationship.
Practical: The ability to go out and successfully initiate, nurture, and maintain healthy relationships. The hands-on, day-to-day skill of communicating with and relating to people.
Some people may be good at the theoretical part of understanding relationships, but not so good at the practical side. Others may be good at both. Although you probably didn't get training in these skills in school, they can help you go a long way in the real world.


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Wild Hope To Redirect Momentum
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon and his equally skilled Colorado linemates Gabe Landeskog and Paul Stastny were too fast for Minnesota in the first two games.
In losing twice to the Avalanche, the Wild found themselves flat-footed at the wrong times and letting their young, potent opponent dictate the pace and flow.
So how to change the direction of the series? Going home is a good place to start.
After MacKinnon, Landeskog and Stastny combined for four goals and six assists Saturday in Game 2, the Wild will now have the benefit of the last change in Game 3.
That means coach Mike Yeo can match Matt Cooke, Erik Haula and Nino Niederreiter with the MacKinnon express, a mix of grit and speed that could help the Wild stem the tide a bit.


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Ad litem fees and attorneys' fees in guardianships: who pays?
Who should pay attorney ad litem fees, guardian ad litem fees, the applicant's attorneys' fees and other costs when someone applies for the creation of a guardianship? Three bills now pending in the Texas Legislature take different approaches.
Under Section 665A of the Texas Probate Code, the proposed ward's estate is charged with attorney ad litem fees, guardian ad litem fees and other costs -- whether or not the application for appointment of a guardian is successful -- unless his or her estate is insufficient to pay those fees and costs, in which case the county bears the expense.
Under Section 665B, if a guardianship or management trust is created, the court may order that any applicant's attorneys' fees be paid from the ward's estate, or from the county treasury, if the court finds that the applicant acting in good faith and for just cause.
Is it fair that the ward's or the proposed ward's estate is required to pay the costs of the attorney ad litem or guardian ad litem? Are there times when another party should have to bear those expenses? Should the county treasury be stuck with ad litem fees and costs and the applicant's attorneys' fees if the proposed ward's estate is insufficient to pay them?
SB 286 would add this sentence to Section 665A: "The court may allocate attorney's fees taxed as costs under this section among the parties as the court finds is fair and just." This bill, authored by Sen. Chris Harris (R-Arlington), would allow the judge to make another party pay the costs of attorneys ad litem, guardians ad litem, interpreters, etc., if it is "fair and just" to do so. Section 665B is amended to permit the applicant's attorneys' fees to be allocated among the parties to the guardianship proceeding "as the court finds is fair and just," so long as a guardianship or management trust is created. SB 286 also requires ad litem fees under Section 665A and the applicant's attorneys' fees under Section 665B to be set in an amount which is "fair and just."
SB 220 takes a similar approach. This bill, authored by Sen. Jane Nelson (R-Flower Mound), amends Section 665A to permit the court to "allocate amounts taxed as costs under this section among the parties as the court finds is just and equitable." It provides that, if the proposed ward's estate is unable to pay "the costs allocated to the proposed ward," the county is responsible for those costs. SB 220 also amends Section 665B to permit the applicant's attorneys' fees to be "allocated as the court finds is just and equitable," so long as the court creates a guardianship or management trust.
Surely if it is "fair and just" to allocate costs and fees to a party under SB 286, it also will be "just and equitable" to do so under SB 220. Perhaps the bills could be reconciled so that costs and fees are allocated if it is "fair, just and equitable" to do so.
HB 1325 gives the court less authority to charge others with ad litem fees. This bill, authored by Rep. Will Hartnett (R-Dallas), would add subsection (b) to Section 665A: "If the proposed ward's assets are insufficient to pay for the cost of an attorney ad litem appointed under this chapter, the court may order the applicant in the guardianship proceeding to pay that cost." A similar change to Section 669 would provide the same treatment for guardian ad litem fees.
HB 1325 would allow the court to relieve the county treasury of the obligation to pay an attorney ad litem or guardian ad litem if the proposed ward's estate was unable to bear that cost. It would not permit assessing these costs against the applicant or other parties if the proposed ward's estate is able to bear them. The authority of the court to assess costs and the applicant's attorney's fees in SB 220 and SB 286 does not depend on whether or not the proposed ward is unable to pay those costs and fees.
Some judges have wanted the power to assess costs and fees in guardianships against litigants whose conduct demonstrates that they should bear them. SB 220 and SB 286 give them that authority. HB 1325 does not.


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Obama: My ideas work, Romney's won't
DUBUQUE, Iowa -- Faced with storm duty as well as last-minute politicking, President Obama crossed the Midwest on Saturday, telling crowds that his economic ideas are working, while Mitt Romney would return the nation to recession.
From northern Ohio to Wisconsin to Iowa, Obama said his health care plan, stimulus policies and financial regulations echo those of Democratic predecessor Bill Clinton and led to the boom economy of 1990s.
Romney's proposals, including new tax cuts benefiting the wealthy, are a return to those that wrecked the economy during the George W. Bush years, leading to the 2008 economic collapse, Obama said.
TIMELINE:Candidates sprint to the finish
"We know our ideas work," Obama told a crowd of some 20,000 at a convention center in Milwaukee. "And we know that their ideas don't work."
At an open air park in Dubuque, as temperatures fell along with the setting sun, a hoarse-sounding Obama told about 5,000 backers: "We've come too far to turn back now."
Obama began his campaign day at Mentor High School near Cleveland in the key state of Ohio. After the stops in Milwaukee and Dubuque, the president wrapped up with a late night event in Virginia that included an appearance by Clinton, who agreed that Obama's economic policies mirror his.
Also sounding raspy, Clinton joked: "I have given my voice in the service of my president."
ROMNEY:GOP nominee kicks off final push where campaign began
Polls give Obama slight leads over Romney in Ohio, Wisconsin and Iowa, though Romney aides say they are closing the gaps. The Virginia race is considered quite close.
Election Day is Tuesday.
Romney and aides say Obama's "big government" policies are creating the slowest recovery in decades, including an unemployment rate near 8%. Romney spokesman Ryan Williams also cited a comment Obama made Friday in Ohio, telling backers that "voting is the best revenge."
Williams said: "With no record to run on and no vision for the future, President Obama is resorting to false, discredited attacks and a cynical closing message urging voters to choose 'revenge.' Mitt Romney wants to bring people together and he wants Americans to vote for love of country."
Acknowledging that many people are still hurting, Obama told supporters in Mentor: "We've got more work to do -- our fight goes on."
He also said Romney is having a "hard time" in Ohio because of his opposition to the Obama administration's auto bailout. As he did Friday, Obama criticized Romney for an ad suggesting that Chrysler plans to move Jeep jobs out of Toledo, calling it false and desperate.
Before starting his campaign day, the president conducted a Hurricane Sandy meeting of aides at the Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters in Washington, D.C.
The visit included a conference call with officials in northeast states hard hit by the storm, including Govs. Chris Christie, R-N.J.; Andrew Cuomo, D-N.Y.; and Daniel Malloy, D-Conn.
"We still have a long way to go," Obama said after the FEMA briefing, though he added that everyone is making a "120 percent" effort.
"We don't have patience for bureaucracy," Obama told reporters. "We don't have patience for red tape."
The president said officials are working on the five most pressing tasks: Getting assets in to restore power; pumping out water from flooding, making sure people's needs are being taken care of; removing debris; and getting the National Guard in place.
On the flight between Milwaukee and Dubuque, Obama called Christie as well as New York's two senators, Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, about continuing power shortages in their states.
"In each call, the President expressed his concern about ongoing power restoration efforts as well as the fuel challenges facing many impacted areas throughout the region," said a White House statement. "The President made clear that his team remained focused on continuing to mobilize all available resources to support state and local partners, and that he had directed them to continue to identify and remove any barriers that could slow the deployment of important assets."
Obama also gave five radio interviews, four with stations based in Ohio: two in Columbus and one each in Cleveland and Cincinnati. The other interview was a syndicated radio show.


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Merry Christmas to all...
I'm going to get the dough started for another batch of cookies I'll bake tomorrow
I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas
At the Christmas Craft Show this weekend there was a lady who make super-miniature food sculptures, and my roommate bought a dish of Mince Pies...
I've placed them on the windowsill of the 'Restaurant' building in my Christmas Village -
Scale (Canadian Quarter - same size as USA Quarter, which I think is the same size as a Two Pence in the UK)
"Christmas: it's not the giving, it's not the getting, it's the loving." - Garfield
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Those little Mince Pies are soooo cute.
Merry Christmas to all...
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Merry Christmas to all...
Baking a cookie today called "Pealing Bells"
I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas
the lil pies look so cute tinkerbell
And this shall be a sign unto you: Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, Lying in a manger.
- St. Luke ii.
Tomorrow I think I'll bake some Christmas Chocolate chip cookies - the kind with red and green M&Ms
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Bansley and Pavan earn Canadian bragging rights and eye season's best
August 21, 2014 – Heather Bansley and Sarah Pavan recovered from losing both their matches on the opening day of the Stare Jablonki Grand Slam to win twice and progress to the second knockout round on Thursday.
They began the day by wrapping up pool play with a 2-0 (21-11, 21-15) victory over Sweden's Camilla Nilsson and Tadva Yoken and then beat compatriots Jamie-Lyn Broder and Kristina Valjas 2-1 (21-12, 17-21-17, 15-12) in the first knockout round.
"After yesterday we knew it was do or die in the pool and moving on," Bansley said. "It was a new day and the start of a new tournament.
"I think there is always extra tension when you're playing your compatriots and it was very competitive. There was a lot of energy on the court and a lot of celebrations from both sides."
Bansley and Pavan have only been together for just over a year, since Pavan switched from volleyball. Another win would equal their best result for the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour season, which is a quarterfinal finish at the Gstaad Grand Slam.
To do that they will need to beat Swiss pair Tanja Goricanec and Tanja Huberli, who went through pool play unbeaten.
"This year has definitely felt much more natural than last year, just having the first season under my belt has really helped things," Pavan said.
"We played them once, really early last year and haven't played them since. They're having a really good year with their finishes. I think tomorrow will be a really tough match and we will prepare well to beat them."
Swiss duo keeps up form
Goricanec and Huberli maintained their form from the opening day to wrap up pool play with three wins from three.
After they defeated first seeds Juliana Felisberta and Maria Antonelli and Italy's Marta Menegatti and Viktoria Orsi Toth on the first day, they ensured they topped their pool with a 2-0 (21-15, 21-10) win over Poland's Dorota Strag and Katarzyna Kociolek.
"For us, it is really good," Goricanec said. "We started the season in qualification and this tournament was the first tournament that we didn't have to go into qualification.
"We are really happy that we are so happy that we are playing so well and were able to beat Juliana and Maria, the number one seeds. It is good for us."
The pair enjoyed their first medal place at a major tournament when they won silver at the CEV European Championships earlier in the season.
It has given them renewed belief in their abilities, something which shone through when they beat two higher-ranked teams on Wednesday.
"The silver medal at the European Championships gave us more confidence," Goricanec added.
"We saw that we really can play at a high level and I think we have played at that level in the last few tournaments as well."
The double-gender US$800,000 FIVB Stare Jablonki Grand Slam runs from Tuesday August 19 until Sunday August 24 when the men's medal matches take place. It is the 13th event and the ninth Grand Slam on the 2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour calendar that features 10 Grand Slams and nine Open tournaments.
The 2014 World Tour began at the Fuzhou Open in China in April and concludes at the Durban Open in South Africa in December. Next up on the World Tour calendar is the Sao Paolo Grand Slam which runs from September 23-28.


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BOSTON, Mass.—Tayla Andrews' (Plymouth, Mass.) 90th minute tally gave UMass Boston women's soccer (7-4) their first lead of the night, as UMass Boston slipped by host Wentworth Institute of Technology (4-6-2) 3-2 Tuesday evening at Sweeney Field.
The Beacons senior forward collected a rebound in the box and calmly snapped a shot into the twine to send UMass Boston to their fifth win in six games and third straight win over the Leopards.
Junior Krista Ledin (Bridgewater, Mass.) added a goal and an assist and Brittany Castillo (Yarmouth, Mass.) tacked on her second career goal to give UMB their third straight non-conference victory.
Freshman KK DaCosta (Brockton, Mass.) registered her first career assist in the win, while Amanda Pugliese (Pembroke, Mass.) added her second helper of the season.
Redshirt sophomore Kristen Spain (Quincy, Mass.) blanked the Leopards in the second half to earn her sixth win of the year. The Beacons goaltender recorded four saves on six shots for the game.
Nicole Leahey fell to 2-2 on the year, despite making six saves for Wentworth.
Wentworth entered the contest looking for its third straight win and second upset in as many weeks over one of the Little East's elite teams. A week after knocking off Western Connecticut State University 5-4, the Leopards got off to a 1-0 lead at the 6:01 mark, when Mary Anon blasted a free-kick into the back of the net from 20 yards out.
UMass Boston responded at 18:36 when Castillo sent a low header into the left-side netting off of a Pugliese corner kick.
Amanda Weinberger gave the hosts a 2-1 lead 15 minutes later, when she took a pass from Jenelle Wolff and knocked it home for a 2-1 lead at 33:18.
The Beacons found the equalizer just over two minutes later, as DaCosta sent a pass in front to Ledin, and Ledin's shot took a high-bounce off the turf field and found the back of the net.
UMass Boston took their first and only lead of the game with 50 seconds to go, thanks to their two All Conference forwards.
Ledin picked up a little bit of space on the left side of the box and sent a hard liner at Leahey who managed to make the initial save. With the rebound bouncing loose in the box and Leahey still down, Andrews won a foot-race with a defender and knocked it home for her 13th career game-winning goal.
The Beacons held an 18-13 edge in shots and 9-6 advantage on shots on goal. UMass Boston also earned all four corner kicks on the night.
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As of March 2014 Cooper Union has 24 indoor bicycle parking spaces (for non-folding bicycles) for faculty, staff and students of the Cooper Union only. The parking facility is located in the lower level of the Foundation building. Access to the parking facility is as follows:
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Visiting St. Augustine, Florida is always a treat and especially if you love learning while you travel. This historic city has lots of offer and one of my favorite places to see is St. Augustine's Fountain of Youth which is an Archaeological Park and the original site of St. Augustine. Visitors can learn about Spanish explorers who risked everything to journey to the New World and how the Spanish arrived in 1565 and established the first and oldest settlement. Learn the history of Ponce de Leon's search and his Spanish claim for Florida in 1513. Drink from the legendary Fountain of Youth spring that has flowed under this site for as long as anyone can remember. Explore the Timucuan native Indian village that natives inhabited for almost 3000 years. Gather in the Village of Seloy to experience how Timucuas lived, hunted, ate and thrived. Hear the stories of long ago and connect past to present. See the stars at the planetarium where stars appear as they did in 1513 and journey under the historic night sky. Imagine a two story high glowing globe that traces the routes of Spanish exploration in the New World. How did Explorers find their way across the ocean so long ago? Imagine a time long ago when Pedro Menendez built his first fort right here. Think about Native Timucua Indians shaping pottery on this very same spot. Archaeology helps us to rebuild the past. Visit the first Christian Indian burials in North America with Mission Period interments or see the Timucua Indian hut foundations and relics. There is archaeological evidence that Pedro Menendez's colony occupied the site after landing in 1565.
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Serie A: Verona 2 Juventus 2
Serie A leaders Juventus threw away a two-goal lead as Verona secured a 2-2 draw with a 94th-minute equaliser from Juan Ignacio Gomez.
Carlos Tevez struck twice in the first half to put the visitors to Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi in complete control, the 30-year-old taking his tally for the season to 13 with two close-range finishes.
Former Juventus forward Luca Toni pulled a goal back seven minutes after the break, and with time running out Argentine substitute Gomez rose to meet a Romulo cross and head past Gianluigi Buffon.
Despite the disappointment, Juve are now unbeaten in 15 league games, although they missed a chance to extend their advantage at the top of Serie A after Roma were held by Lazio in the Rome derby.
The visitors, who welcomed Buffon back after suspension, started at a high tempo and were rewarded with the opening goal in the fourth minute.
Kwadwo Asamoah raced past Fabrizio Cacciatore on the left and saw his low shot parried by Rafael, before Tevez latched onto the rebound to find the net from six yards.
Verona put together some neat passing moves as they looked to respond, but more slack defending in the 21st minute allowed Tevez to double his tally.
The Argentina international sprung the offside trap to receive a perfectly weighted throughball from Paul Pogba, and fired through Rafael's legs from close range.
Juventus were in complete control for the remainder of the first half, denying their hosts a shot on target.
Verona finally got themselves into the game after the interval and halved their deficit in the 52nd minute through Toni's sixth goal in his last six league appearances.
Romulo delivered a free-kick to the near post for the striker, who got ahead of Leonardo Bonucci and headed low past Buffon.
Pablo Daniel Osvaldo was handed his debut midway through the second half and the Southampton loanee had an immediate impact.
He saw a low shot clip the post on its way wide, and had a goal disallowed soon after as Asamoah was adjudged offside before squaring to the striker.
Buffon made a late save to deny Toni a second goal, before Juve central defender Giorgio Cheillini limped out of the match with 15 minutes remaining due to an apparent calf injury.
Verona subsequently saw a penalty shout turned away as Stephan Lichtsteiner appeared to handle the ball inside his own penalty area when challenging Toni.
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Of the four Historic Vineyards on Monte Bello, the Rousten Ranch is probably the least-known experientially, and the most mercurial reputationally. Nestled between Jimsomare (well-known amongst Ridge aficionados for producing legendary Cabernet and very-limited-production pre-Prohibition Zinfandel) and the old Torre property (currently the home of the Monte Bello Tasting Room), its origins go all the way back to turn-of-the-century, but as it was only replanted by Ridge in 2008, it has yet to fully start making its impact felt on the release portfolio from our Monte Bello Estate.
That said, I can happily report, with delight and pleasant surprise, that Cabernet Franc from the Rousten vineyards is lined up for the final 2011 Monte Bello Assemblage, so the future is most certainly very bright for this young but historically significant planting.
To get a sense of Rousten as a property, we can take a look at it utilizing images from our Aerial Vineyard Tour. Here is Rousten in the context of the four Historic Vineyards that comprise the Monte Bello Estate:
As can be seen above, the entire altitudinal span of our estate runs from about 1200 ft up to nearly 2700 feet. Rousten itself runs from about 1800 feet to 2100 feet:
As noted above, it's a young planting (2008 and 2010), dominated by Cabernet Sauvingon, and also features Chardonnay, Cabernet Franc, and Petit Verdot.
Due to the lunatic heat we've been experiencing this past week (check out the Special Weather Statement — "Sizzling Early October Temps" — below!), the harvest teams have been picking all over Monte Bello just as fast as is humanly possible …
… and they've been very busy yesterday and today on the Rousten property; Petit Verdot, in particular, with the goal being to get from this:
to this!
Thanks so very much to our VP of Vineyard Operations David Gates for the wonderful photos, and deep bows of respect to David and the entire team for the extraordinary work they're doing!
Feel it.
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Thursday, November 11, 2010
Taste the Day
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As happy as this post is, it makes me weepy for those who don't have this in their lives! Aren't we the lucky ones? Yes!!ReplyDelete
And I'll say that if only one of those women reads this they'll head to the market for fresh berries for a pie tomorrow. Life IS sweet. The older I get the more appreciative of life's sweetness I become. I want to savour the moments of life like this, to remember them, to have them nourish me so that when I'm old and infirm I will have them to cushion me and my old bones.
xoxoxo Love you! your words are my balm!!!!! sigh.
Oh Gigi,ReplyDelete
Thank you for this.
With love,
I know a few women who buy candles smelling like Christmas. I've wondered why, when it is so much more pleasurable to create those smells through baking. They are super skinny, though. Perhaps the reason is they don't bake.ReplyDelete
Beautiful thoughts, Gigi. I love the way you express yourself. Particularly this line -...each day is the past in the making. So true. So true.
you know how it is, you follow links from other people's links...you 'graze' through blogs...enjoying bits of some but not stopping for long. but i read your words in this post, not once but twice...and i thought, wow. i loved the words. thank you :)ReplyDelete
This is really lovely writing, and you have wonderfully captured this moment in the year. Lately I've been having the sense of living the life I once dreamed about too, and I'm glad to read that I'm not alone in that, because it's such a good feeling. Cheers to that!ReplyDelete
This is the best. The truth. Bake your pies, eat a handful of blueberries, cut your own Christmas tree and smell like the woods (although I admit to a fir candle here and there, my lust for a fir tree not easily fulfilled in these east texas woods). the day is yours, or mine, and it is always a poem, a recipe. always. the ingredients vary, the stanzas change, but always. love this.ReplyDelete
I read you faithfully, but from a distance, don't comment often.ReplyDelete
this piece is incredibly written, evocative, soothing, poetry really...
I am in love with this piece Gigi!
Thank you for starting my day here on the west coast out so wonderfully, and I am going to print this post out to read and re-read later today, in between all of my mommy duties, etc.
I am inspired.
GiGi, you are such a wonderful writter. I loved this.ReplyDelete
you truly have one of the best blogs i have ever seen..ReplyDelete
sincerely, pam
found you through a friend on facebook, this was amazing, beautifully written, beautifully felt.ReplyDelete
brilliant. and delicious. :)ReplyDelete
It's the little things, isn't it Gigi?ReplyDelete
....although, those litle things are the major things that make our lives what they are. XXXX
Dear Gigi....I really can't express how much I love this post...it truely is a poem.ReplyDelete
I will always try to start the day thinking of your quote "...each day is the past in the making."
memories and sharing and beauty and soul.ReplyDelete
perfect Gigi.
(and I just adore that header)
these tender words
make me feel as if I'm resting back
under a starry sky,
just gazing,
as each shiny twinkle
massages fresh breath
into my soul
and I savor each
light as it shines.
Beautiful words from a lovely soul.
Thanks for this,
such beautiful shots and thoughtsReplyDelete
Beautiful, Gigi..!! It's the simple moments that are the most sacred! Happy Sunday, my friend! xxoo :)ReplyDelete
i don't know what to say...this was PERFECTLY WONDERFUL....oh..your words....ReplyDelete
what a talent you have, my friend
sending love,
Oh, Gigi--this brought me to tears. Your words paint such a picture, create such a longing, present so much grace and satisfaction. Thank you so much for sharing.ReplyDelete
I love this - the way you wrote it and the photos. Beautiful thoughts.ReplyDelete
You are a poet, even in your prose. I just love to come here and soak up your turn of phrase and rich descriptions. More than that, I love the woman behind the skill.ReplyDelete
This must be one of the most beautifully written posts I've ever read. The images are beautiful as well, but the words really touched a chord in me. Thank you, thank you, thank you!ReplyDelete
Gigi...just when I think I have found a favourite post of yours, you delight and wrap me up with wonder once again. I think this happens every single time I visit you. Your writing is absolutely exquisite. Absolutely.ReplyDelete


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Astronomers Without Borders Newsletter October 2010
29 October 2010
John Dobson Inaugurates Living Legend Series
John Dobson, popularizer of the widely-used Dobsonian telescope design that now bears his name, will be interviewed in the first episode of a new series of webcasts, Astronomers Without Borders' Living Legend Series on Saturday, November 13.
Perhaps no name is better known in the global community of astronomy enthusiasts than that of Dobson who at age 95 has had a lifetime of outreach and activism. His determination to bring astronomy to the people was a driving force behind the creation of the sidewalk astronomy movement. Pioneering new methods of making telescopes more accessible, Dobson paved the way for astronomy outreach regardless of access to professional facilities.
This first Living Legend Series webcast will stream live online to a limited online audience. Dobson will take questions from viewers during this portion of the webcast. The entire recorded program will be available for streaming by everyone a few hours after the initial live broadcast.
Access for viewing the live webcast is available by reservation only. Priority will be given to Affiliates of Astronomers Without Borders, the groups that are a part of the AWB global community. AWB Affiliates interested in taking part should write to us with the group's name and the representative's contact information. Events with groups viewing the webcast will also have the opportunity to appear by video in the webcast. A small number of groups will be chosen to ask live questions, with a chat box available for others to submit comments and questions. There are 500 places so it is expected that there will be plenty of space for others after the AWB Affiliate spaces are assigned, with priority given first to groups holding events to maximize the number of people taking part in the live webcast. Information and updates will be available at the webcast's web page .
This is the first of a continuing series of Living Legend Series webcasts presenting the people behind the names known throughout the worldwide community of astronomy enthusiasts.
Get Ready for Global Astronomy Month 2011
Global Astronomy Month 2011 is coming! After the success of GAM2010, April 2011 will see an expanded GAM2011. More programs and more participation will higlight the second edition of this new annual event of astronomy. The unprecedented and historic International Year of Astronomy in 2009 showed the way,. Now Astronomers Without Borders is working to keep the legacy and gains of IYA2009 alive with a place for programs of all kinds. Make plans for your club, program or outreach facility and watch for updates soon.
The preliminary schedule for GAM2011 is taking shape now and the first programs will be announced in an update soon. If you have a program you'd like to be a part of GAM please write to us .
Global Projects for IYA2009 and Beyond: Talk by Mike Simmons, Founder/President of AWB
Mike Simmons, founder and president of Astronomers Without Borders, delivered a presentation on "Global Projects for IYA2009 and Beyond" at the meeting of Orange County Astronomers in California, USA. Watch a video of the talk .
AWB Project News:
First International Observe the Moon Night a Great Success
Thousand of eyes around the world had the opportunity to see the moon close-up on September 18, 2010, during the world's first ever International Observe the Moon Night.
The event took place through over 500 activities hosted in 53 countries, where participants not only had the chance to observe the moon through telescopes but also to participate in star parties, planetarium shows, games, campfires, moon song fests, space origami projects and celebrations of Dobsonian telescope creator John Dobson's birthday.
International Observe the Moon Night had its roots in the renewed interest in lunar exploration energized by recent highly publicized missions such as LRO and LCROSS. That renewed interest led to 2009's National Observe the Moon Night in the USA during the International Year of Astronomy. That observance, in turn, was so successful that it was expanded into this year's worldwide event.
The date has already been set for next year's International Observe the Moon Night: October 8, 2011. See you then!
International Observe the Moon Night Event Reports Available
InOMN2010 concluded successfully with many AWB affiliate groups from around the globe taking part. The list of event reports is available on the AWB Members blog .
Video of InOMN from the Pacific Astronomy and Telescope Show, with AWB President Mike Simmons interviewing some "stars" of astronomy, is available on the AWB website .
Beauty without Borders (BwB): Lets Welcome the Giant Concluded Successfully
Observers these October nights enjoy a sky dominated by brilliant Jupiter. This October, Jupiter outshines every other night light except the moon and an occasional fireball. Aided a bit by its closest approach to Earth since the early 1960s, it's even a shade brighter than usual. AWB celebrated this with a new Beauty without Borders effort, "Let's Welcome the Giant ." Observers around the world were invited to give the king of the planets some extra attention on October 16.
News from The World at Night (TWAN)
TWAN Mystery October 2010: Dark Bands in the Sky. What are the dark vertical bands on the right side of this recent aurora image from northern Canada? Are they black aurora or an atmospheric phenomenon?
To solve the mystery go to http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/mystery.asp
Affiliate News:
AWB National Coordinator for UAE; Nazar Sallam's Project: "The Emirates Mobile Observatory - Green" Featured on Al Jazeera Channel
Watch the video here. It's in Arabic but with some great video of Nazar's very impressive mobile outreach observatory.
Follow AWB on Twitter and Join AWB on Facebook
You can follow AWB on Twitter @awb_org and use the #AWB hash tag to Tweet.
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Organisational Associates:33
National Websites: 111
Cornerstone Projects: 12
Special Task Groups: 11
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No Teen Romance For Biebs & Selena: Teen girls of the world, rejoice!… Selena Gomez said she's not dating Justin Bieber. MTV News caught up with the young star at the Jingle Ball 2010 in New York on Friday, where the teen star dished about the duo's recent pancake outing. "It was pancakes. Who doesn't like pancakes?" Selena told MTV News. "We were both performing in the same place so we went and had pancakes together. That's all it is. All innocent." Now, if it had been crepes of waffles, we might have trouble believing her!
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"La La La I Can't Hear You" Comes Home to Haunt GOP, in the Election, and on Climate
November 12, 2012
When Al Jazeera and The American Conservative are in agreement that you have a problem, you probably have a problem.
But the problem wasn't just that conservative media gave Romney supporters bad information. The people in conservative media also seem to have been fully taken in by the idea that Romney would win and would do so in decisive fashion, and the campaign came to believe its own propaganda, too. As York notes, Romney didn't have a prepared concession speech. It apparently never occurred to his campaign that he would lose. That's not so remarkable by itself, but it is just one part of the overall pattern of the Romney campaign and the conservative movement's reaction to Obama. Romney spent years running against a fantasy record and campaigning on a series of gross distortions and falsehoods, and so it shouldn't be too surprising that his campaign and his conservative media boosters didn't have the firmest grip on political reality.
After the election, a number of different people tweeted about a rather obvious connection – how the same people who didn't believe the polls don't believe global warming, either. There's a further correlation here: On the polling side, the supposedly most liberally-biased pollsters actually came closest to hitting the mark, both in the Fordham analysis of national polls and a more sophisticated analysis of state polls by Emory political scientist Drew Linzer at his Votamatic website.
On the global warming side, a new study comparing climate models finds that those predicting the largest climate impacts by 2100 are the most accurate in modelling climate change that's already occurred – specifically, humidity levels related to cloud formation. In short, the reality being denied in both cases is even worse than it first appears, so attempts to "compromise" or give conservatives "the benefit of the doubt" actually lead us further astray (since I first wrote this, David Roberts of Grist has written an excellent comparison of the twin delusions).
But there is more than just a correlation here. There is a common causal factor involved: Conservatives, trusting their guts, have created their own separate reality, with their own authorities, and their reasoning dominated by ideology, where certain sorts of facts simply cannot intrude. Election day was one of those rare moments in which the bubble they live inside collapsed.
In the face of model projections like Silver's, Jonah Goldberg said that "the soul … is not so easily number-crunched." David Brooks warnedthat "experts with fancy computer models are terrible at predicting human behavior." Joe Scarborough said "anybody that thinks that this race is anything but a tossup right now is such an ideologue." Peggy Noonan said that "the vibrations are right" for a Romney win. All sorts of conservative pundits were convinced the Romney campaign just felt like a winner.
Empiricism won. It didn't win because it's a truer faith or a superior ideology. It won because it works. It is the best way humans have figured out to set aside their perceptual limitations and cognitive shortcomings, to get a clear view of what's happening and what's to come.
As it happens, there's another issue in American politics where empiricists are forecasting the future and being ignored. Here's what the Nate Silvers of climate science are up to:
Looking back at 10 years of atmospheric humidity data from NASA satellites, [John Fasullo and Kevin Trenberth of the National Center for Atmospheric Research] examined two dozen of the world's most sophisticated climate simulations. They found the simulations that most closely matched actual humidity measurements were also the ones that predicted the most extreme global warming.
In other words, by using real data, the scientists picked simulation winners and losers.
"The models at the higher end of temperature predictions uniformly did a better job," Fasullo said. The simulations that fared worse — the ones predicting smaller temperature rises — "should be outright discounted," he added.
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That means the world could be in for a devastating increase of about eight degrees Fahrenheit by 2100, resulting in drastically higher seas, disappearing coastlines and more severe droughts, floods and other destructive weather.
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November 12, 2012 at 11:20 pm
If it is 8 degrees by 2100, it's game over, so there's a strong motivation for us all to go into la-la-land.
Andrewfez – disinformation about energy these days is the norm. It's not what is said – it's how it's said and what is left out. The U.S. actually imports 2/3 of its oil. The 80% figure is total energy production (coal and natural gas included). Oil by itself is a completely different story. Even if we managed to hit 11 mbpd in U.S. oil production (highly unlikely given depletion rates in conventional and the economics of fracked oil), we'd still need to import about 50% of it. As oil is depleting worldwide, it will become more and more expensive, and frankly – any country surpassing production in Saudi Arabia SHOULD send out major warning bells on that front, because it means that the country with the highest reserves in conventional (much easier to produce and much more profitable) oil can't keep up with countries specializing in unconventional (the dirtiest and most expensive) oil.
The L.A. Times article you mention is pro-FF spin meant to lull the country back to sleep. It's downright treasonous in this stage in history. Rapid implementation of efficiency standards and reduced usage (via means like public transport) coupled with extremely heavy renewables replacement are the one and only hope at avoiding major economic and environmental chaos. But we're too effing deceived as country to see this.
November 13, 2012 at 6:00 am
Hi Ray,
Up to 2011, anyway, the U.S. imports just above 4 billion barrels a year and produces just above 2 billion barrels a year.
U.S. oil imports by year:
U.S. oil production by year:
I've seen the 45% figure before (CIA stats), but I've never seen a breakdown of how it is figured. I'm curious how much it accounts for NGLs, for instance – which really isn't the same thing (most is used for areas outside the transport sector, and it's being incorporated into a lot of the data lately to artificially boost the numbers). Regardless, we're still talking about the difference between 2/3 import and 1/2 import. It's a difference, yes, but it's not a game changer.
Total Bakken production is currently just above 650,000 bpd:
Current U.S. oil production is just above 6,000,000 bpd:
Current U.S. oil consumption is just above 19,000,000 bpd:
By more guarded estimates, all U.S. tight oil (like the Bakken) will reach a high of 1,333,000 bpd by 2035:
That's good, but it's still a minority percentage.
What's going on with energy stats these days are two things. One, over-hyping finds and new tech to make something seem very impressive. Yes, the Bakken is big. Yes, it helps towards current U.S. demand. But it's still a small percentage of the total. There is a complete disregard for the big picture, and the end effect is to bring complacence about the issue to the public and the government. Two, there is little to no accounting for depletion rates. It's largely ignored:
Nevertheless, I'm planning to go to ASPO USA in a month, and I'll be a bit more up to date by then:
November 13, 2012 at 3:56 pm
Ray, I have a response about U.S. oil production, but it's in moderation (as it has a ton of links).
Andrewfez, right – the data is highly flexible when it comes to individual wells/companies/countries. The OPEC countries are the most notorious – one can hear they are nowhere near peak and then one can hear they are a few months away. I don't think they've peaked yet, though. They're in a plateau phase rate now, and it's unclear as to whether it will go up, down, or remain for the time being.
The real story in Saudi Arabia, though, is internal consumption, which is rising – exports will naturally drop as a result.
Mexico definitely did peak (graph towards the end of the page here):
Again, the only way out of this particular trap (and maintain a semblance of our current economy) is rapid efficiency standards and reduced usage coupled with aggressive replacement. As the economy is completely tied to energy (and especially oil), as there is no immediate technological or economically equal replacement to oil, and as the oil infrastructure will take decades to to a half century to replace, this is not an issue that will be handled smoothly by the free market. But as this isn't even being discussed in any serious way, it's not likely to happen before the problems start to pile up.
We'll see that in the rear-view mirror even if it's completely ignored/denied/refuted by free market economists today.
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