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Team 2012, an initiative supporting British Olympians, had signed up News International as its official partner to help raise funds for athletes.
But the British branch of Murdoch's media empire can no longer meet its Team 2012 contractual obligations after the 168-year-old Sunday tabloid News of the World was closed in an attempt to defuse the uproar over illegal journalism practices.
With Team 2012 now looking for new media partnerships, News International's remaining publications, The Sun, The Times and The Sunday Times, are unlikely to be able to retain the "Official Newspaper of Team 2012" slogan.
"The Team 2012 joint venture, including Visa as its presenting partner, has had a contract with the News International Group as its official media partner," Team 2012 said in a statement. "As a result of the closure of News of the World the contract can no longer be fulfilled as originally envisaged ... to help drive national support for Team 2012 we are now exploring media partnerships across a range of channels."
Team 2012 has so far raised almost two thirds of its 25-million pound (USD 40.4 million) fundraising target, providing funds for the British Olympic Association and UK Sport to invest.
"(We) are working to make sure that we continue to give the 1,200-plus athletes from Team 2012 Visa the best chance of achieving success by competing for Team GB and Paralympics GB at London 2012," the Team 2012 statement said.
The long-simmering phone hacking scandal exploded earlier this month when it emerged that News of the World had intercepted, and deleted, the voicemail messages of Milly Dowler, a 13-year-old who was kidnapped in 2002 and later found murdered.
Murdoch papers set to lose 2012 Olympics deal
Team 2012, an initiative supporting British Olympians, had signed up News International as its official partner to help raise funds for athletes.


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"Like having sensory deprivation" is how Bryan Sellers, one of the first drivers to have signed up for Jaguar's forthcoming I-Pace eTrophy race series, describes driving an I-Pace electric race car.
The new one-make electric car championship will be the support race for next season's Formula E electric race series, which starts in Saudi Arabia in December and visits at least 10 countries (two more to be confirmed) before finishing in New York in July.
Some 20 I-Pace race cars will provide the warm-up entertainment on the converted street circuits that comprise the Formula E championship. And, probably, they won't prove all that much slower than the main event. Simulations estimate they'll be a little over two seconds a lap slower than last season's Formula E single-seaters on some circuits (although this season, new-look main event cars will be quicker).
Mechanically, then, how do you turn an I-Pace road car into a race car? Not dissimilarly to how you'd do an internal-combustion vehicle. The interior has been thrown out, with door cards and dashboard replaced by carbonfibre alternatives. A roll cage comes in, bolted to the very extremes of the car and thereby keeping the batteries (around 600kg of them), which lie beneath the cabin floor and take up most of the space between the wheels, within its confines.


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Crosses like these dot South Africa's roads with reminders of death, marking the spots where people perished in car accidents. You always see more of them just after Christmas/New year and Easter holidays – the big traveling (and drinking) holidays around here.
Always wanted to make a series of short documentaries about the people who died, told by their relatives – not the story of how they died; the story of the things they did when they lived. Somehow I think that would be sadder.
I'd like to show them as interstitial TV shorts over holiday periods, and on weekends, to encourage South Africans to lose some of their worst road safety habits.
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3. Stopping their cars and jumping out to attack each other with sports equipment.
At this time of writing, the death toll is well over 800, which makes it infinitely safer to swim with sharks than to dice with BMWs.


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New Infrastructure for Astroparticle Physics Research in South America
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It follows an article published today (01/07) in the english website of the Agência FAPESP noting the new infrastructure for Astroparticle physics research in South America.
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New Infrastructure for Astroparticle
Physics Research in South America
By Elton Alisson
January 07, 2015
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In addition to benefiting from an upgrade to the
Pierre Auger Observatory, the continent may host
the world's largest gamma-ray observatory.
Agência FAPESP – In the next few years, South America's astroparticle physics research community expects to receive substantial reinforcements to the infrastructure available for experiments in this interdisciplinary area, which studies ultrahigh energy cosmic rays – the most energetic subatomic particles known today and of as yet uncertain origin.
The world's largest facility for observing cosmic rays, the Pierre Auger Observatory, installed in Mendoza Province, Argentina, and with Brazil's participation supported by FAPESP and other funding agencies, is being upgraded, with a completion date of 2018.
Meanwhile, the host country for the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) in the Southern Hemisphere will be chosen in 2015. The CTA will be the world's largest observatory dedicated to the study of celestial bodies that emit gamma rays, the highest-energy form of radiation known in the universe.
In addition, discussions are under way to prepare for construction of the Agua Negra Deep Experiment Site (ANDES), Latin America's first underground laboratory. The lab will be located off a tunnel to be built under the Andes Mountains between Argentina and Chile and will be used for experiments in several fields, including astroparticle physics (also called particle astrophysics).
"The astroparticle physics community in South America is currently enjoying a very important and exciting phase thanks to the expected materialization of these projects," said Luiz Vitor de Souza Filho, professor at the University of São Paulo's São Carlos Institute of Physics (IFSC-USP), in an interview with Agência FAPESP.
To discuss the prospects for the community offered by these infrastructure projects in South America, Souza Filho and a group of 100 researchers from several other countries met in November at the University of São Paulo's Institute of Physics (IF-USP) for the 3rd Astroparticle Physics Workshop: The future in South America. "The purpose of the event was to bring together the international community of researchers in astroparticle physics in order to begin planning the future of experiments in the area in a more organized manner," said Souza Filho, one of the organizers of the meeting.
"This is the right time for us to try to create a research and investment plan, taking into account important scientific questions that we can answer through the development of these projects," he added.
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Among these questions, according to Souza Filho, is the origin of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays and the type of subatomic particles that reach Earth with macroscopic energies in the range of 10 to the power of 18 electron-volts, i.e., a billion billion eV.
In the past ten years, the Pierre Auger Observatory has enabled cosmic rays above 10 to the power of 20 eV to be observed. The researchers at the meeting concluded that the facility has been highly successful in this regard.
The results obtained by the Auger Collaboration, however, do not yet allow the sources of these ultrahigh energy cosmic rays to be totally identified.
"We've measured several properties of cosmic rays, but we haven't yet managed to locate their source or sources. And we don't know exactly whether the particles that come to Earth are pure protons, heavier atomic particles or even a mixture of both," said Souza Filho.
According to researchers in the field, one of the challenges to identifying the source and composition of these particles from space is that they can only be measured indirectly.
When an ultrahigh-energy cosmic particle enters Earth's atmosphere, it collides with the nucleus of an atom of atmospheric material, producing new particles that in turn collide and interact. The resulting particle cascade, called an extensive air shower, contains a billion particles or more.
The Auger Observatory studies the ultraenergetic cosmic rays that reach Earth by measuring the extensive air showers they produce in the atmosphere.
The upgrade program being implemented at the Auger Observatory is expected to help researchers answer these questions by considerably enhancing the resolution of its particle detectors.
"The upgrade will allow us to measure different types of particles and do so more precisely," said Souza Filho.
Several proposals to upgrade the Auger Observatory are currently being evaluated internally by a committee of physicists. They all focus on enhancing the resolution of cosmic ray composition measurements.
Each of the various proposals involves a different technique for the identification of muons – ultraenergetic subatomic particles present in air showers – and requires different combinations of new electronic devices, new detectors and internal modifications to the observatory's 1,600 existing detectors.
Spread over an area of 3,000 km2 on a vast plain overlooked by the Andes, the detectors are polyethylene tanks filled with 12,000 liters of purified water and instrumented with photomultiplier tubes.
When the particles in an air shower pass through the water in the tank, they emit light that can be measured by the photomultipliers.
Antennas mounted on top of each tank transmit the data by radio to the main campus of the observatory in Malargüe, in western Argentina. From there, the data are sent for analysis to some 450 researchers in other parts of the world.
The proposals to upgrade the observatory call for the addition of new devices to detect muons in the showers that are identified. This will require modification of all the existing detectors and will cost an estimated US$15 million.
Prototypes of the proposed muon detection systems are being tested to make sure they really work.
"One of the proposals will be chosen in early 2015. We hope the new detectors can be installed soon and commissioned, at the latest, by 2023," said Carola Dobrigkeit Chinellato in an interview with Agência FAPESP. Chinellato is a professor at the State University of Campinas's Gleb Wataghin Institute of Physics (IFGW-Unicamp) and chairs the Auger Publications Committee.
Chinellato also represented FAPESP at a meeting of the Auger Finance Board, where funding agencies from the Collaboration's 18 member countries reviewed the project's finances and approved its annual operating budget. The meeting took place on November 15 at FAPESP's headquarters in São Paulo.
Also in early 2015, the Southern Hemisphere host country will be chosen for CTA, an international consortium of 28 countries, including Brazil, that plans to build by 2020 the world's largest astronomical observatory dedicated to the study of astrophysical objects that emit gamma rays.
The observatory will have approximately 100 telescopes that will be installed at two different sites, one in the Southern and the other in the Northern Hemisphere. In the Southern Hemisphere, the candidate countries are Chile and Argentina in South America and Namibia in southern Africa, according to Souza Filho, one of the Brazilian researchers who are participating in the project (for more information, see http://agencia.fapesp.br/16755).
The initial idea, he explained, is to build an array of seven telescopes, which will form an embryo of the observatory called the CTA Mini-Array, and build the rest around it at a later stage.
Three of the first seven telescopes will be built by Brazil as part of a Thematic Project supported by FAPESP.
Testing of the first of these telescopes began in Catania, Italy, at the end of September. "The goal is to start by testing this mini-array, obtain the first scientific data, and move on from there until we have approximately 100 telescopes," said Souza Filho.
During the workshop at USP, Werner Hofmann, CTA spokesman and a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Germany, said the CTA is unlikely not to come to South America.
ANDES Project
Another astroparticle physics research initiative in South America that is under discussion concerns the construction of the ANDES deep underground lab. The idea being developed by the research community is to build the lab adjoining a 14 km tunnel that Argentina and Chile plan to excavate under the Andes Mountains to facilitate access by the countries of South America to the Pacific Ocean so that exports can be shipped more easily to Asia.
The underground lab project involves the installation of several types of equipment for research in different fields, including a large detector capable of identifying low-energy neutrinos and geoneutrinos. Geoneutrinos are produced by the decay of radioactive elements in Earth's crust and mantle, such as potassium, uranium and thorium, and are believed to play a very important role in the planet's heat balance.
The tunnel would be a suitable place to measure these particles, according to researchers in the field.
"The ANDES facility would enable us to perform experiments in different areas that require low levels of radiation, such as measuring dark matter and neutrinos," said Souza Filho.
So far, only Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Chile have invested in the project, which is seeking participation by other countries.
Source: English WebSite of the Agência FAPESP


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When it comes to dishing out intoxicating jams with fiery flavor and feel, the musicians in New Orleans funk 'n' soul ensemble Galactic are well-seasoned experts. In support of an ambitious studio album that finds the band at its grooving peak, the quintet returns to Pittsburgh this week with special guest Corey Glover (of Living Colour) and trombonist Corey Henry (of New Orleans' Rebirth Brass Band). Fans can expect a wild mix of vital tracks, obscure funk classics and a few surprises.
Glover, a New York native still based in Brooklyn, is best known for his work with funk-metal band Living Colour in the late '80s and early '90s. Living Colour regrouped in 2008 and issued a new record titled The Chair in the Doorway; Glover, the singer, recently released a solo album titled Hymns.
Galactic first encountered Glover five years ago, during one of their New York gigs.
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Although Galactic has expanded its sound in different directions over the last two years, the band is still rooted in New Orleans funk and brass-band music.
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Mercurio, a Washington, D.C. native, has been living and performing in New Orleans for decades. Initially influenced by James Brown's funk hits and the heavier side of rock and punk, over the years he branched out to more exotic hip hop, jazz fusion and Eastern European styles.
As part of the rhythm section alongside acclaimed drummer Stanton Moore, Mercurio appreciates the role of keeping the grooves solid and the rhythmic patterns fluid. Moore is known for his flawless execution and tasteful use of syncopation. Mercurio's technique locks in easily with it.
"What happens on top, melody-wise, can get pretty out there," says Mercurio. "It might be a brass-band melody or an Eastern melody, but the root stays true. I give Stanton credit for keeping us geared in that direction."
Like hometown heroes The Meters, Galactic developed its own recognizable sound. Formed as an octet in 1994, the band gradually trimmed things down into an instrumental six-piece composed of Mercurio, Moore, guitarist Jeff Raines, organist Rich Vogel, and saxophonists Ben Ellman and Jason Mingledorff. Singer Theryl deClouet (a.k.a. "The Houseman"), a New Orleans veteran, came aboard as the band started touring heavily across North America.
Currently, Galactic works as a five-man group composed of Mercurio, Moore, Ellman, Vogel and Raines.
By the time of the 1996 debut album, Coolin' Off, Galactic had already built a strong audience on the circuit, with a growing reputation for locking in on sophisticated grooves and offering energetic renditions of authentic Crescent City tunes.
"In the '90s, we were doing about twice as many gigs, but we've been maintaining a strong touring schedule," says Mercurio.
After parting ways with deClouet in 2004, the band sought some new blood and started collaborating with new guests with more frequency. They took a decidedly different approach in 2010 with Ya-Ka-May, a fusion of funk, bouncy hip hop and electronica. Galactic even jumped from the regular club work to the small screen, guest starring on HBO's Treme last spring. The band has an appearance forthcoming during season two as well.
"When we were with Theryl, he was basically a full-time special guest," says Mercurio. "As an instrumental band, things opened up.
"Over the last six years, I think we've encouraged our fans to expect some of the same and a lot of the new," he adds. "I think they're into it and willing to give things like this new collaboration a try."
A version of this story was previously published in Charleston City Paper.
Galactic with guests Corey Glover, Corey Henry and The Bridge 8 p.m. Sun., Feb. 20. Mr. Small's Theatre, 400 Lincoln Ave., Millvale. $20. All ages. 412-821-4447 or www.mrsmalls.com


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NOT Elementals Edit
WTF? Treants, bog beasts, and golems are NOT elementals. Why are they on this page? I'll wait maybe a day for someone to give a source/reason for their existance on this page before deleting them... --Kakwakas 01:13, 5 September 2006 (EDT)
Elementals are more than basic representatives of the four basic elements: They are semi-intelligent beings created by some sort of magical power that is not what we would call a "soul". They are not considered beasts because they are not exactly alive... they simply ARE. The golems might seem to be mechanical but they do not work on any form of mechanism. I hope that clarifies it --Angellic 06:59, 24 September 2006 (EDT)
P.S. I'm pretty sure this wiki will delete your registration if you delete such a big part just like that. That's just plain rude.
- Kakwakas is a known member of the WoWwiki community, and although I disapprove what he's done in the past there's no reason he should have his account deleted.
First of all, are the Bog beasts+treants+ancients+golems classified as elementals ingame ? You WoWwikians just spend hours on the wiki without playing WoW : the best proof would be an ingame screenshot for every race.--Kirochi (talk) 07:14, 24 September 2006 (EDT)
Golems: They're constructs. This means they were created (usually by Titans or goblins). How can that make them elementals? If they are, why aren't earthen or bone, steel, and harvest golems?
Bogbeasts: Too little is known about them to classify them as elementals. If there's some info in the RPG books that I don't know about, let me know. Until then, they don't fit here. I understand how someone could see them as elementals, though.
Treants: These I can somewhat understand as elementals. In the shamanistic faiths of Azeroth, the 5th element is The Wilds and embodies all life; Nature. If there were nature elementals, treants would be them (much like arcane elementals with magic). They're the spirits of the forest in a physical, wooden form. In WC3 to create treants, Keepers of the Grove (may have been a different unit, I'm not sure) by casting a spell on trees. The trees would come to life as treants. Now do you see where I'm coming from? --Kakwakas 23:22, 28 September 2006 (EDT)
According to the wiki's Bog Beast section: "Unlike animals, they reproduce by seeds. They are elementals of nature. In some ways they reflect the natural order of plants and animals." Ever heard of the Greenwarder in Wetlands? He's as much an elemental as the peace loving treats of Darnassus. --Angellic 10:44, 10 October 2006 (EDT)
- I'm sorry, but you can't really cite an uncited WoWWiki article to prove another right. If you can find another source for that, then I'll admit I'm wrong about bog beasts. The element of Nature is a tricky one, and bog beasts being half-plant, half-beast may represent Nature in itself. --Kakwakas 23:43, 10 October 2006 (EDT)
Elemental slaying works against them...-Angellic
- Hm. I'll give you bog beasts and treants, but I still say golems are CONSTRUCTS and not elementals. --Kakwakas 18:03, 12 October 2006 (EDT)
Actually that too... Golems are indeed constructs but they were given life by Elemental Magic; the same force that gave life to every other elemental you see before you. This magic might not have been a direct gift of the old gods or Cenarius (treats) but you can find elemental essence anywhere.--Angellic 02:02, 19 October 2006 (EDT)
- It seems, that in WoW, if you aren't a mechanical or undead construct, you immediately get classified as elemental (magic/mana is a minor element of sorts, like nature). --Adonzo 13:05, 3 January 2007 (EST)
[TBC]Elementals in outlandsEdit
How do these fit into our knownledge of elementals (i.e. they are the armies of the old gods on Azeroth). It explains orc/dreanei/ogre shamanism, but also makes our description of them as minions of the old gods insufficient. --Gromagrim 29 October 2006
- The elementals weren't CREATED by the Old Gods. They were ENSLAVED. --Kakwakas 17:25, 30 October 2006 (EST)
- With Cyrukh the Firelord's existance, if following the theory that the Old Gods ruled everything, not just Azoroth, and just used Azoroth as their throneworld, maybe there are four lords for each planet?--SWM2448 00:49, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
- Well there are lesser firelords under Ragnaros hisself as well.Baggins 00:59, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
Page Needs to be cleaned upEdit
It's bloated, and when I follow a link to Water Elemental or w/e, it's kind of annoying. The basic elementals (Water/Air/Fire/Earth) need their own pages as well. Instead of going into detail on all of the different elementals in game, this should consist of a nice list, like the other mob class pages. --Adonzo 13:05, 3 January 2007 (EST)
I have a question... Edit
What happen to the lementals when they are killed? When they got killed, they usually disapear leaving nothing but some object like bracer, armor, weapon or helm. By example : Ragnors got defeated in MC but he was defeated by the Titan once. Well, I'd like you to answer plz.---Firelord- 11:14, 12 January 2007 (EST)
- IMO the only way to kill an elemental would be to slay them on the Elemental Plane. Their bracers are what bind them to this plane of existance, and to kill them here really only banishes them back to the elemental plane. As such, Ragnaros, Thunderaan and other elementals aren't really dead IMO. --Adonzo 21:23, 13 January 2007 (EST)
Fungal Giants are not elementalsEdit
Every single fungal giant I've found in game has the "giant" classification under their name, not elemental. I'm not sure why people keep on trying to say they are all "elementals".Baggins 12:13, 26 January 2007 (EST)
One of the fungal giant bosses in the steambog errr whatever the naga controlled instance collection in Zmarsh was (I am bad at names)quagmirian or the other 1 was classed elemental (at least in the article i am assuming ingame info is the bassis) does this need correction or is it true ingame and an exeption.Scorpx3 21:57, 4 July 2007 (UTC)scorpx3
What about PhoenixesEdit
On Al'ar's article and the phoenix article it says phoenixes are elementals and Al'ar is catagorized as an elemental. Shouldnt they be added on this page then? Mr.X8 19:26, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
Mana ElementalsEdit
Should be listed under 'false elementals' as well, because they aren't REALLY elementals (they don't have their own area on the elemental plane). Saimdusan 01:14, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
- They are a type of air elemental, as noted in the article under 'mana surge'. --User:Varghedin/Sig 12:02, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
Additonally we learn of another conglomerate elemental in game, called an arcane elemental, that is made up of all four elements.Baggins 22:49, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
Shadow elemental? Edit
The article has no mentions of shadow elementals, and I've never seen one in the official lore either. However, a recent heroic run reminded me that Darkweaver Syth invokes a mob that looks like standard elementals (with bracers), is flagged as elemental type and is immune to all shadow techniques (including fear and banish). Any clue about shadow elementals? Or should we assume this is an error, or it is not a true elemental but was flagged as such for gameplay purpose? Spectras 11:12, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
Friendly Elementals Edit
There is no mention in this article of the various friendly elementals that exist. Some of which are 'tamed' by the Earthen Ring such as Gordawg, Incineratus, Kalandrios and Aborius in Throne of the Elements in Nagrand. Also there is Temper in Emberglade on Azuremyst Isle. And likely a few others that I forgot about. Omikayaan 20:04, 04 November 2008 (UTC)
Yes, this is what stuck out to me, how all elementals are described as being violent and irrational. What is shamanism all about?? Bringing peace to the elements! How does this fit at all with this description of constantly warring elementals. They mention the water elemental mages can summon, well, what about the fire and earth ones a shaman's totems can call? Most of the lore I've seen describes warring elementals as "corrupted" mobs in Shadowmoon are even blamed for this, along with certain factions in nagrand. A lot has been overlooked here I think. Lunula (talk) 07:18, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
Poison Elemental Edit
Where does the poison elemental Noxxion fit in? TheSatyr (talk) 20:54, June 20, 2010 (UTC)
- I would say Noxxion is still a water elemental, although a corrupted one. See also Poisoned Water. User:Coobra/Sig4 21:12, June 20, 2010 (UTC)


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I have already wasted my reasonable allotment of cash on self-help manuals about how to change my life. For me, it boiled down to my hunger for enduring transformation and existing in such a way that I hoped for my kids to pattern after.
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Dearest reader,
Today is my last day at Shatil. I'm not sure I can describe what this internship has done to me, and for me.
I was a sensitive kid. I was the teenager who wore a black armband to school the day my country started bombing Afghanistan even though I couldn't have exactly told you why; I was the petulant hoodlum who almost failed high school and scraped Shakespeare quotes onto bathroom stall doors; I was already jaded about how social services failed to protect my friends from homelessness and abusive parents. In the insular communities of my first two decades, I never met a single activist but I was allowed to read the news, and the news was bad.
Time passed and the news continued to be bad, but I grew into certain understandings—rules for my life. Try to be outside during sunset, treasure kindness, learn to care for yourself; go in hungry and un-jaded if you can. I've learned that the best response to the news is to do the work as best you can, forgive yourself, leave your eyes open and let the rest go.
"Do the work" is something of a mantra, a place to center myself in a tornado of bad news. When I see someone—parent, activist, grantwriter—doing what a person can against the unstoppable tide that is human suffering, I watch with reverence; they are doing the work.
It's been a hard, confusing summer—full of adventure and sadness and growing pain. But Reader, for the first time in my life, my day-to-day world has been entirely about doing the work.
I've done a variety of things this summer, but I'd like to focus on this: now I know how to write project reports and grant proposals. It sounds so boring, right? But in a world with extreme wealth inequality that almost no one approves of, people who are trying to direct their resources where they'll do the most good actually have an incredibly difficult job. How does a giver tell if this project is doing what they're told it's doing? How do they measure impact when a great number of these benefits are intangible? Skilled, ethical, and trustworthy grant-writers are an integral part of making change happen.
And the community of people I've been learning from is amazing.
So goodbye, Shatil; thank you for being a place to do the work.
All the best-


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I have not the slightest doubt that I could, with a bit of time and formal research, justify the generalisation that all wine competition results (the ones that involve large-scale blind tastings) are a mixture of the sublime and the ridiculous. Further, that I could generally construct out of the also-rans a more plausible list of winners than the actual list.
But I would concede that the better the judging process (doomed by the scale of the enterprise more than anything else – no-one can properly judge 150 wines in one go), and the better the quality of judge, the greater the proportion of sublimity in the results and the fewer absurdities. That's why the results of, say, the Trophy Wine Show are likely to interest me a little more than those of some other local competitions. It is of course also the reason why, for example, the Michelangelo Awards version is going to attract more entries – in the expensive game of lottery that a competition is, any wine, however mediocre, stands a better chance of doing well in a competition like that, as the results amply testify each year.
Last week I was grateful as ever for the long-suffering Michael Fridjhon, owner of the TWS, inviting me to the "masterclass" where he, in undoubted masterly fashion, presents a tasting of the show's latest trophy winners to an appreciative large roomful of "high net worth individuals" and other guests of his sponsor, Old Mutual. (Michael generously invites me, that is, knowing that I'm unlikely to not offer a touch or two of ridicule.)
It would be worth going just for the spectacular views across Cape Town from the 28th floor of the FNB building. But this last presentation had a very respectable number of sublimities, and not too many ridiculousnesses.
The whites were – inevitably? – superior to the reds and interestingly, all quite high-priced; I'm not sure that there's anything under R100 here, and some a great deal more. The two best were the most expensive, and an interesting pair. Let's give them both 18/20. With both Tokara Director's Reserve White 2015 and DeMorgenzon Reserve Chardonnay 2016 my initial reaction was nothing to do with terroir or soul, but just an awareness of how beautifully crafted they are – in rather different ways. The Tokara has the serene aloofness, touched with elegance on the edge of austerity, that Miles Mossop does so well and characteristically. An aristocrat of a wine, if I may descend to class analysis, while the DeMorgenzon is more touched by nouveau riche overt charm, the oak a little showy in youth, but the generosity well controlled. A very fine wine that needs time more than the Tokara does to achieve perfect harmony.
At 17/20 I'll put Stark-Condé Round Mountain Sauvignon Blanc 2016, an impressive example of its type, though I personally don't much enjoy its gently sweaty pungency. Neither tropical nor green, quite intense, rounded and not harsh, with a notably long finish. Credo Limited Release Verdelho 2015 (from Stellenbosch Vineyards) same sort of quality level. I noted: "Some spice, precise and clean, elegant. Very fresh, lively. Fine. Good fruit. Good length." And Constantia Uitsig Méthode Cap Classique Brut 2013 is a good example of warmer-country (in international terms) bubbly; fresh enough, but lightly fruity and ripely sumptuous, with fruit-sweetness.
Three whites at a notch down for me: Deetlefs Familie White Semillon 2014 has good varietal character and decent balance, but unexciting. Some oak on the nose but my problem with it was that I thought it basically a bit flabby, with acid piling in on the finish, achieving some sort of balance but not harmony.
Cavalli Cremello 2015 (from chenin, verdelho and chardonnay) I found rather odd, but my note is inadequate and I can't remember why. Creamy, custardy aromas rather too overt. Quite rich, but also some nice tang. Darling Cellars Old Bush Vines Chenin Blanc 2016 is very pleasant, but is trying a bit too hard, especially with the oak. A bit rough on the finish I thought.
The reds
There were no real duds with the whites, but I thought the reds came closer. One wine at 18-point level: the Leeuwenkuil Heritage Syrah 2014. I wonder if this is the first time that a small volume, top end syrah from the modern Swartland has ever been entered into this or any other competition? This one, from a Riebeekberg vineyard, made for Leeuwenkuil at Reyneke by Rudiger Gretschel (probably the Cape's least-known top-class winemaker). It's a great wine: dry and spicy; restrained, even austere, light but intense savoury palate – and the only genuinely dry finish amongst the whole red line-up.
I also much liked the De Krans Tritonia 2015, a Portuguese-variety blend: Lovely forward fruit. Clean dry fruitiness, well managed. Savoury. Weighty but not heavy, firm, balanced tannins. Very good, convincing. Tannins great. Still young.
And the Paul Wallace Brave Heart Pinot Noir 2015 (an Elgin wine completely new to me): Typical pinot nose, red black cherry fruit, a touch burnt. A little fragrant. Fairly obvious oak. Good. Structured by acid more than the actually respectable, well managed tannins.
A few steps down in quality terms was the Secret Cellar Merlot Malbec Cabernet Sauvignon No. 702 2015. Certainly an attractive wine, at a very good price (best value gold medallist ) and with a lot of upfront malbec character – loganberry aromas and flavour. It has a decent tannic structure – but I wonder if there's enough genuine intensity to see out the integration of the structure. Not a serious contender, I'd have thought.
The "best cab" award went to Landzicht Winemaker's Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 another first, surely: Free State fruit vinified in the Northern Cape. Not bad, and pleasingly classic in style, but a touch too simple and obvious; again, these rather tough tannins won't be matched by surviving fruit when they're properly tamed by time.
The Bordeaux red trophies were all disappointing (but languishing among the bronze medallists were the likes of Delaire Graff Botmaskop 2015, Buitenverwachting Christine 2012, Kleine Zalze Family Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2013, Morgenster Reserve 2013, Rustenberg Peter Barlow Cabernet Sauvignon 2013, Tokara Director's Reserve Red 2013… see what I meant earlier about constructing a more plausinble list of winners out of the also-rans?) But the more complex and interesting Buitenverwachting Meifort 2014 was the least disappointing – though those who dislike the herbal character often found in cabernet will disagree and go for fruitier options. And a genuinely good value wine – the only one apart from the Secret Cellars blend at under R100.
One pinotage, Bosman Family Vineyards 2014. Plenty of fruit sweetness and a sweet finish that put me off, despite the presence of some good acidity. Plush, but also some delicate charm, and not oaky.
The dessert wines
Buitenverwachting "1769" 2014 I found too overtly muscatty for my tastes. But well made, pure and with a clean, dryish finish. Boplaas Cape Vintage Reserve 2015 also had the dryness of finish which I find important in a fine sweet wine. Plenty of intensity and well balanced, but as so often with local vintage "ports" I really want more youthful tannic bite to feel assured that the wine has a long, complex future as well as being undeniably lovely in youth.


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text: There were a couple of things that stood out during Sunday's New York City Marathon. Let's start with Lance Armstrong first. I was struck at the production surrounding Armstrong's marathon debut that was magnified when the cameras panned back on the web cast and showed the famous cyclist and philanthropist running in a phalanx of security pals, famous Nike runners, a pace car and the "Lance Cam." In interviews Armstrong talked about how he was excited to be a mid-packer – which he kind of is with his 2:59:36 finishing time. But when was the last time a mid-packer had Alberto Salazar, German Silva, Joan Samuelson and Hicham El Guerrouj say anything other than, "you're welcome for the autograph…" Forget about acting as a rabbit or handing over drinks or gels. The absolute genius of Armstrong's run in New York didn't dawn on me until I was about 2 miles into today's run (a 14-miler in 1:35:26). Asics, the sponsor of runners Deena Kastor and Stefano Baldini, was the "official" sponsor of the race. The shirts, jackets, caps, etc. that runners bought or were given at the expo were branded with the Asics logo. So too was the finish line area and mile markers. Asics clearly spent a lot of money to be the "official" sporting goods sponsor of the ING New York City Marathon. But all anyone will talk about is the Nike guy and his Nike pals breaking 3-hours. Nike knows marketing. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if Nike suggested to Armstrong that he run the New York City Marathon. Why not? Nike already had all of the top runners, how about the 3-hour guys, too. Shrewd. Very shrewd. Ready, set... uh... go? The other thing that struck me was how passive and tentative the top runners were. Chalk this up to the deep field where every runner knew each other's credentials and chose to err on the side of caution. When eventual winner Marilson Gomes dos Santos made his move on First Avenue before crossing in to the South Bronx just shy of the 20th mile, the ever-dwindling main pack of runners just allowed him to waltz ahead. It seemed as if everyone in the pack was watching Paul Tergat. When Tergat didn't break after the Brazilian, no else did either. That is until it was too late. Afterwards, according to the Chasing KIMBIA site, Tergat told second-place finisher Stephen Kiogora that "we let him get to far away." Well, yeah. The same thing happened in the women's race, too, only the star-studded women's field allowed the defending NYC champ build a 20-second lead after one mile that quickly turned to a minute for most of the race. By the time Jelena Prokopcuka was blowing kisses to the crowd in Central Park while jogging in the final mile, her name had already been engraved on her trophy. Like Tergat, women's favorite Kastor said the women's race was too tactical. "I think we were being a little tentative, and by the time it was ready to roll it was too late," she told reporters. "I think out of respect to the other women. I think we were all tentative in seeing what the others wanted to do." Those tactics by some of the best runners in the world are baffling. After months of training, planning and hype, when it came time to get dirty and be aggressive, only two runners went after it. "To win a marathon you have to have courage," dos Santos said. Americans? The 2006 New York City Marathon turned out to be just a typical outing for American runners. On the women's side, Kastor finished sixth in 2:27. She chalked her disappointing finish up to just one of those days. Meanwhile, stomach trouble ruined Alan Culpepper and Meb Keflezighi's day. Culpepper dropped out in the Bronx after 20 miles, while Meb, who finished in second and third in the past two years, limped home in 2:22:02. According to The New York Times, Keflezighi got food poisoning in New York on Thursday and drank Pepto-Bismal before the race on Sunday morning. It didn't help. Californian Peter Gilmore, who is not sponsored by Nike, adidas or Asics, was the top American in 2:13:13. That's Gilmore's second-best time ever, and a good encore for his seventh-place finish in 2:12:45 in Boston last April. Wonder boy Dathan Ritzenhein ran 2:14:01 in his highly anticipated marathon debut. Ritzenhein ran a 61-minute half marathon in his tune up before New York, which made him a pre-race top 10 pick, but as veteran marathoners know, the race is fickle and tricky. If you have a weakness, the marathon will expose it. That fact is the only guarantee about marathon running.


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Outdoor Storage Bench
I built a storage bench for our patio, now that our concrete has been poured. I wanted a place to be able to hide our extra propane tanks, but still be able to use it as a table/bench seating. I found a plan for one HERE, but I knew that I had to make some modifications.
Change #1. I knew that I didn't want the primary support to be from the wood slats, so I lengthened all of the wooden vertical slats to a total of 20.75 inches. I also didn't want the wood resting on the ground, so I added casters to make the bench mobile.
Change #2. The plans instructions for the bottom of the bench state "Attach the bottom boards as shown above using 2″ screws. Use glue if you want a stronger more permanent joint, no glue if you wish to disassemble at some point." Unfortunately, the plan doesn't call for any additional support in the middle of the boards, which I felt was necessary to hold three-20 lbs propane tanks. I added the extra length on the vertical slats (mentioned in change #1) to accommodate additional boards for a sturdier bottom.
Change #3. I didn't need a bench that was quite as wide or long as the original plan (approx. 48 x 24), so I reduced the plan down to approx. 38 x 20; I simply altered the plan by planning to remove 2 slats from the horizontal length and 1 slat from the depth of the seat.
Change #4. I also wanted a sturdier top, so instead of running 3 boards along the length of the lid, I used pocket holes to create a stronger support structure for the boards that make up the lid. I duplicated this pattern to create the support for the bottom of the bench as well.
Change #5: I added gas springs to the lid, in order to ensure that the lid would only open so far. These particular gas springs will keep the lid open, and provide some measure to keep the lid closed; It is important to note, however, that these springs WILL NOT prevent fingers from getting smashed when the lid is closing – therefore, be careful if you use these not to slam your fingers.
Now all I have left to do is finish/seal the wood so that it might last a little while on our covered patio. Thanks for looking!


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We've known for a while now that Facebook is planning to bring its new Timeline profile to Pages. Now we're hearing it will happen as soon as this month in the U.S., starting with a beta for a handful of partners and a gradual release to more marketers, according to executives briefed on the company's plans cited by AdAge.
More specifically, the most likely date for Facebook to unveil Timeline for Pages would be the last day of the month. Since this year is a leap year, that means February 29, 2012. That's when the company's first Facebook Marketing Conference (fMC) is taking place. The day-long conference in New York is specifically for marketers.
"We believe that consistency in both functionality and appearance increase use of Facebook," a Facebook spokesperson said in a statement. "We hope to make Pages more consistent with the Timeline in the future, but we have nothing further to share at this time."
It's not clear what Timeline for Pages will look like. One can assume, however, that brands will be able to add information to any point in time, including historical events for a company, as well as feature apps they build. Some companies have already created Timelines for marketing purposes, but this upcoming update will give them specific tools to do so, meaning they won't have to create a new user account and a new profile; they'll just have to update their current Pages.
Last month, Facebook started rolling out Timeline to all its users. Pages will likely get the same treatment: a mandatory move to the Timeline look.
See also:
- Facebook launches Timeline Movie Maker
- Facebook starts rolling out Timeline to everyone
- Facebook Timeline gets new Open Graph apps
- How to get started with Facebook Timeline
- Facebook Timeline goes mobile, starting with Google Android
- A closer look at the Facebook Timeline and the Open Graph


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Imago Foundation for the Arts (IFA) invites emerging regional artists 30 and under to submit their work for a juried exhibition at IMAGO Gallery during the summer of 2018. This is an opportunity for young artists to gain visibility. The selected work will be displayed with Imago member artists' artwork in a group exhibit. All media will be accepted.
Selected work will be on view July 26 – September 2. An artist reception will be held July 27 from 6-8 p.m.
The deadline for online submissions is Sunday, May 27. For more information and to submit work, click here.