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A Second Round: Craft brewers keep it local with Michigan ingredients
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Those acquainted with the Southwest Michigan Beer scene know that despite being part of a multi-million dollar industry, a sense of community prevails among owners, brewers and patrons that is rare in high-profile business ventures.
The idea that everyone involved from final consumer to the grower of hops is interconnected creates a bond that only becomes stronger when the ingredients used to make the beer are every bit as local as the people who brew and consume it.
"We strive to support other small business whether that be farms or gardens or organic growers," says Mike Barnaart, owner of Hasting's Waldorff Brewpub. "We try to reciprocate. A lot of folks like our local flavor and we like their local flavor too."
Barnaart was talking specifically about his brewery, but his statement accurately sums up the Southwest Michigan beer world as a whole.
From the heavyweights like Bell's in Comstock, which last year pumped out more than 180,000 barrels and still found time to brew yearly small batches like Harvest Ale, all the way down to newcomers on the scene like Greenbush in Sawyer, whose brewers handpick ingredients at the local farmers market -- many brewers are choosing to source their ingredients from area farms or in some cases even ingredients they grow themselves.
Bell's Brewing Inc.,
which first opened its doors to the public in 1985, anchors the Southwest Michigan Beer industry by sending its brands such as Two Hearted Ale, Lager of the Lakes, and seasonal favorite Oberon to 18 states in the Midwest, Southeast and West plus Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico.
The company will be able to brew even more now that it has a 200-barrel brewhouse, which opened for production this spring. Despite being the seventh largest craft brewer in the nation, the brewers at Bell's take perhaps just as much pride in their small batch and other community sourced beers.
"Harvest Ale is all locally grown hops," says John Mallett, Bell's director of operations. "Some of it is grown in people's backyards, like friends of the brewery who have a couple vines up. Everybody comes together, we hand pick them all and dry them."
The crisp, hoppy amber-style ale available in the autumn often uses Bell's own barley, which the company grows on a farm near Shepherd. The farm also supplies barley for Christmas Ale.
"We love that element of being close to the land, fundamentally understanding that really critical raw material. It's very important," Mallett says. "The real advantage for us is that we just have a much more deep understanding of what's important there, what to look for, what the pros and cons of farming are. Knowing what can go wrong makes it easier to troubleshoot when something does go wrong."
As anyone close to the land knows, every crop is just one hot summer, or pest invasion, away from things going very wrong indeed.
Bonnie Steinman co-owns Hickory Corners based
Hop Head Farms
with her husband Jeff. The couple officially opened the Southwest Michigan hop farm last season and are now beginning to take orders from several local breweries.
The only problem is that the record hot summer the area saw stunted the crop, and the farm is scrambling to make up for lost growing time now that the rain has returned.
"This year has been a little rough because of the heat. It stopped a lot of the vertical growth for a while," Steinman says.
The 15-acre farm, which currently tends 15,000 plants, supplies hops to Waldorff and
Paw Paw Brewing Company
and Steinmann is confident that orders for the locally grown and processed material will increase now that the company has a fully functional pelletizer.
Steinman believes the machine, which turns fresh cut hops into smaller, easy to use pellets, will show area brewers that the company, and by default the entire Michigan hops farming industry, is a serious and viable alternative to purchasing hops from out-of-state.
"Most breweries are really excited, but are hesitant to buy any large quantities. There's a lot of proving to be done," Steinmann says.
Some of that proof will have to come not just from the growers, but from the crop itself. Questions remain whether Michigan grown hops, and other brewing ingredients can reach the quality that is consistently offered by its West Coast counterparts.
Bill White of
White Flame Brewery
in Hudsonville worries that the current price of locally grown ingredients could force cost conscious brewers to look elsewhere for raw materials.
"Cost can be twice as much for (locally grown) hops," White says. "I think they're going to have to drop (their prices) or they won't remain competitive."
Though price is a concern, White, nonetheless, uses locally sourced ingredients whenever he gets the chance.
For his Hooterville Wheat beer -- which donates one-fifth of its profits to breast cancer research in West Michigan -- White sources the grain from Midland, a distance of less than 125 miles. One local brewery would prefer to make an even shorter trip.
"There is a big garden center behind us so we just walk around and go 'Oh, those look good'; 'Oh, let's make a blueberry wheat'; 'Let's make a blackberry pale,'" says Jill Sites co-owner of
Greenbush Brewing
Greenbush's hyper-local attitude towards brewing has allowed the year-old brewery in Sawyer to make a series of single-batch experiments using whatever ingredients are in season. When local hop farmers, even from small farms with a couple of pounds of hops to offer come to Greenbush they try to use them.
"We like to use as many local products as possible," Sites says. "We're working as best as we can with what is available. We also give our spent grain from brewing to a local cow farmer who we then buy brisket from for our barbecue weekends."
Sites sees Greenbush and other local breweries as part of a larger agricultural network in Southwest Michigan, part of a growing trend in people seeking out locally grown and produced goods to eat and drink, a trend Sites sees as more of a way life than a fad.
"I think that many of the people that are using the local ingredients are just finding different ways to use them," Sites says. "We're the same people that would buy blueberries in the summer to freeze and put into jams or pies and this is just sort of an extension of that."
The belief in locally grown brewing ingredients that Sites and others convey feeds into the idea that everyone involved in the area's brewing industry is part of a community of individuals, all of whom are seeking a high-quality product that they can be proud to both make and to drink.
"There is so much demand that what we need to focus on is quality," Steinman says. "It's just a nice thing to be a part of."
Jeremy Martin is a freelance writer. A graduate of Western Michigan University, he lives in Portage with his wife. Follow him
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A major benefit of shooting uncompressed RAW is taking advantage of a wide gamut of color depth, allowing for subtle or drastic changes in post without the addition of artifacts or degrading the image. There are, however, differences between grading 12-bit RAW and other video files that you should know in order to make your footage appear its best.
Color Space
Grading 12-bit RAW footage from your D16 is a slightly different process than grading regular video files, because the CinemaDNG files must be displayed in the correct color space in order for the image to look normal. A "color space" is essentially a mathematical algorithm that determines how colors in a digital image should be captured and displayed.
The most common "color spaces" we encounter on a day-to-day basis are RGB, the color space used to intake and display graphics on monitors like a television or computer monitor, and CMYK, the color space used for print graphics like magazines and catalogs.
Those familiar with graphic design will have encountered the way a CMYK image looks slightly "washed out" when an image intended for print is displayed on a computer monitor—because the image is not being displayed in the monitor's native (RGB) color space.
Many color grading systems default to Rec709 color space, which is an 8-bit RGB color space meant for television broadcast. Rec709 squeezes the colors of an image into 8 bits between the white point (brightest color) and black point (darkest color), making images appear brighter and more saturated, with crushed blacks and bright highlights. Banding in subtle gradients such as a sky also occur, because the 8-bits do not contain enough color information to display the gradient smoothly.
When you open a 12-bit CinemaDNG file in an 8-bit Rec709 color space, the image appears "wrong", just like CMYK images appear "wrong" on an RGB monitor; the color algorithm for displaying Rec709 does not match the color algorithm captured in your CinemaDNG image. The most noticeable problem with CinemaDNG footage displayed in a Rec709 color space is that it appears to have a magenta tint, which is most noticeable in bright white areas. The image is also slightly "washed out", displaying lower contrast and less vibrancy than the recorded footage.
Compare the white sails and their reflections on the water and the overall contrast between the images below:
It is important to make sure your D16 footage is in the correct color space before you begin grading, or your images will suffer from "magenta highlights" or poor contrast.
Note: LightPost currently displays images in a Rec709 color space. If you have used LightPost to create proxy files to edit in Premiere CS6, Final Cut Pro, or Avid instead of editing natively in CinemaDNG in Premiere Pro CC, make sure to save your CinemaDNG files for color grading—software like Da Vinci Resolve and Adobe Speedgrade are able to swap your .mov proxies for CinemaDNG sequences in your coloring timeline, allowing you to utilize the correct color space, ensuring that your images will be displayed and colored properly. The correct color space in Da Vinci Resolve is called "BMD Film"; there are a number of LUTs available for download that will give you the correct look in SpeedGrade.
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The computerization of the telescope, combined with detailed accurate software, has eliminated much sky hopping, and sky chart navigating. A celestial object can be accurately located within seconds.
When it comes to light gathering abilities, the CCD camera makes up in sensitivity and time, what much larger telescopes had in size. Of course now, these observatories are using CCD cameras as well. To our benefit--the power of the internet, has been unleashed. We can link up to these sites. We too can see what has never been seen before. Image processing software can unblur an image, bring out the faintest details, and even eliminate most light pollution. It is even possible to image deep sky objects on full moon nights!
The introduction of RealSky CDROM , (a set of 9 CD ROMS of complete images of the sky in the Northern Hemisphere down to -15 degrees), has made it available to bring actual images of the sky onto a computer screen. These images can be compared with the image just taken by the CCD camera. Asteroids can be hunted down, supernova found, and comets discovered.
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The Meade 12" LX 200 F/10 is the workhorse of our observatory. I use it with an Optec .33 Focal Reducer, which maximizes the telescope's CCD capabilities at F/3.3. It has always been reliable, and with it's GOTO capabilities, it always put the image on our CCD chip. The telescope is remotely controlled and permanently polar mounted. Which makes it a great small observatory scope. The only limiting factor is that with accesories attached, I keep away from the polar area, as the camera will not swing thru the fork mount and will hit the telescope. This can damage the Dec drive & or the camera. If used in Alt/Az mode you would have the same problem, near the sky zenith. Overall, it's a great telescope.
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Here is what I posted on my myspace blog. it's not profound, but i am curious about peoples' reactions.
I am having trouble seeing the christian God as anything other than totally narcissistic and self-centered. Here is a quick outline of why.
FREE WILL is the cause of all suffering(bad people do bad things to other people because they have free will to do what they want). God gave us free will. God created the idea of free will--therefore God created (or more lightly, "allows") suffering.
God knew about free will before it existed. God knew about suffering before it existed. (Because he is omniscient)
God knew free will would cause suffering. God still CHOSE free will.
God values free will over the alleviation of suffering.
The purpose of free will is to allow us to more purely seek God, and not be robots in our worship of Him. Ultimately it is so God gets the most honest glory and honor.
God chose free will to get the most glory and honor for himself.
God values his own glory and honor over the well-being of humans (because if there was no free will to worship him, there would be no suffering).
God chooses himself over people for his own benefit. God is selfish.
Why do we have to be forgiven to be saved and break the original sin of Adam and Eve? God made up everything, therefore he made up the fact that Jesus had to die and we have to ask forgiveness for sins. If God is all-powerful, he is not bound by the Devil's power, and he can choose to save everyone on earth from eternity in Hell. Yet christians believe that unbelievers go to hell. This says that God can save everyone, yet he chooses not to.
The church tells people that unbelievers dont believe the Truth, because they have a lust for sin. This is not true. A lot of us don't believe, because it just doesnt make sense.
People have believed in gods and afterlives long before christianity existed. I need help seeing why Christianity is the Truth, and not just some other comfy blanket for humans to keep warm with in this terrible world.
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other blog post9:43 AM Posted by: M., 3 comments
Here is what I posted on my myspace blog. it's not profound, but i am curious about peoples' reactions.
3 comments:
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- October 5, 2007 at 10:40 PM
- exapologist said...
"FREE WILL is the cause of all suffering(bad people do bad things to other people because they have free will to do what they want). God gave us free will. God created the idea of free will--therefore God created (or more lightly, "allows") suffering."
This seems right to me. "The Free Will Defense" doesn't get a pass in the affairs of human life. So, for example, if a man rapes your daughter, and you could have stepped in to stop it (say you just stood around and watched -- or even stood while there shouting "stop! Don't do this evil thing!"), then you're morally blameworthy. Pleading that you're not responsible, since it was the perpetrator's free will that caused the rape and not yours, cuts no ice: the fact that he's *guilty* for the actual rape doesn't entail that you're *innocent* for not protecting your daughter.
- October 5, 2007 at 10:43 PM
- ric booth said...
Marie, I blog over at wordpress and someone links to you from there... I was reading some of your stuff and find it refreshing. You ask the tough questions. I applaud your exit from organized-mass-mainstream-religion. The God-Bless-the-USA gospel has infected many. Check out www.thesimpleway.org and Shane Claibourne. He has a book titled The Irresistible Revolution. He's been arrested for feeding the homeless. He's one of my favorite rebels.
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I am Associate Professor of Sociology at Kansas State University and Visiting Research Fellow at the Hugo Centre for Migration and Population Research, University of Adelaide, Australia.
My main interest is global social change, especially in the substantive areas of development, environment, and population.
I am interested in the social processes (commonly referred to as "globalization") that are integrating the world's economies, polities, and cultures into an increasingly shared, but contested, space.
Within this context, I am particularly interested in exploring means of developing more sustainable, socially and ecologically resilient communities. Most of my work is comparative and historical, investigating the intersections of globalization and development processes across places and over time.
I am working on several related projects that explore relationships between populations and their natural environments. This work focuses more specifically on the multiple intersections between water, agriculture, and local social structures in a broader context of long-term, global change.
Much of my other research focuses on international migration. This work investigates migration as both a cause and consequence of global political-economic dynamics.
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Appendix 1: The six scientific research divisions in CRIS
The Cocoa Research Institute of Savana (CRIS) was originally called the Central Cocoa Research Station of the Department of Agriculture, and was established in 1937. There had been a marked decline in cocoa yield in the Eastern Province and production had dropped by as much as two-thirds. At the same time, a substantial decline in cocoa production was reported in the neighbouring countries. This led to establishment of an inter-territorial Cocoa Institute of the Coastal States (CICS) in 1944. When Savana became independent, CICS was dissolved and CRIS established, taking over the former CICS facilities at Tofa. Since then, the administration of the institute has passed through a succession of national bodies, including the National Research Council in 1962, the Savana Academy of Sciences in 1963, and the National Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in 1969. Currently the institute is under the Savana Cocoa Marketing Board (SCOCOBOD). From the outset, research work at the institute was commodity based. Cocoa was the sole focus until 1979, when cola, coffee and shea nut were added. It was argued that since the production and processing of these crops was quite similar to cocoa, CRIS was an institute well suited to work on these crops too. However, the functions of CRIS remained unchanged and the primary focus remains on cocoa.
Over time, CRIS has become a mature research institution, with a long tradition of thorough scientific study. It has well qualified research staff and has most of the facilities and equipment required for effective work. Organizational arrangements are generally sound (Figure 1).
The institute is headed by a director, who is responsible for day-to-day management on behalf of the Management Committee. The director is assisted by two deputy directors, responsible for coordinating research work and administration respectively.
The organization is pyramidal with a large proportion of employees in the lower strata, and a director at the top who is required to be actively engaged in research as well.
Figure 1 Organizational structure of the Cocoa Research Institute of Savana (CRIS)
It has been argued that the pyramidal type of organization has not encouraged people to use their abilities to the full. It has stifled initiative, and has led to frustration and palpable apathy and indifference. The result has been that employees have performed their duties half-heartedly. In the wake of much talk about evolving 'collegial authority,' institute management has argued that the employees at lower levels have to be directed and trained for their jobs, while young research scientists required some initiation into the work programme. Besides, if a pyramidal organization had created frustrations, there would have been an elevated staff turnover level. However, that has not been the case, but primarily because of lack of opportunity.
Research work at the institute is organized in six divisions (see Appendix 1 to this case study for their activities). The organization of research in divisions is for administrative convenience, as there has always been an interdisciplinary approach, with close cooperation between staff of different disciplines. Each research division is headed by a senior scientist, with a team of scientists assisted by a number of laboratory assistants and field staff. The institute has 1 600 employees in various categories. The programme of work is drawn up collectively by the team of research workers. A researcher, upon joining the institute, is expected to participate in ongoing projects, but can later conduct independent research.
There are three stages in any particular line of work:
· First, laboratory investigations, for which skilled technical staff and specialized equipment are needed.
· Second, strictly controlled field experiments, putting into test the observations and deductions made in the laboratory.
· Third, field trials on farmers' land in different localities and maintained by farmers, or at agricultural stations, under the supervision of agricultural field staff. These are to test the validity of the results from the first two stages, and to observe economic effects and farmers' reactions.
There are several institutional arrangements for programme coordination so as to ensure that research projects are not merely academic exercises executed by individual researchers and departments, but are properly integrated and mission oriented, and that the results are disseminated effectively. These include an internal research committee made up of the heads of each of the research divisions, under the chairmanship of one of the deputy directors. The committee determines the general direction of research. It studies projects, assesses their importance to the industry, and considers the possible participation of scientists of different departments within CRIS, or even from other institutions. Since it is necessary to fit all activities into the approved budget allocation, the committee also examines the human and equipment resources requirements for the project. This is the stage when the project could be accepted or rejected. Ongoing projects are similarly examined critically from time to time. The heads of departments benefit from ideas put forward by different members and carry them to their colleagues. In addition, the interdisciplinary nature of the committee is of immense advantage, especially with the increasing specialization of research staff.
Bearing in mind that there are a large number of research scientists, it would appear that only a small number (i.e., the heads of department) have the opportunity to obtain an overall view of the work of the institute. However, organized seminars provide a forum at which the work of research scientists can be openly discussed by the entire staff.
At these seminars, the researcher chooses the topic for presentation. This is followed by a frank discussion on all aspects of the work. Occasionally, non-staff members from related institutions working on other, related aspects of the commodity are invited to present their work to the staff body.
The seminars serve as a means of informing staff about research work in progress at the institute and related organizations, correcting errors, suggesting possible coordination and ensuring relevance to the needs of the industry, and introducing new research staff members and technicians to the scientific background of the work carried out at the institute.
While the research programme is adhered to fairly closely, latitude is permitted in its execution. Occasionally, work on projects may have to be suspended because of absence of staff, non-availability of equipment or lack of funds.
The Management Committee reports to the Commodity Board (SCOCOBOD). Its chairman is the deputy chief executive of the board responsible for pre-harvest operations. The membership of the committee is made up of representatives of farmers, related institutions, as well as middle- and lower-level staff of the institute. This committee also examines all aspects of the institute's operations that require attention.
The Research Policy Committee advises the Management Committee regarding research policies and priorities. The Research Policy Committee comprises the director and deputy directors of CRIS, the director of the extension service unit, with one of his or her deputies and two regional officers, and one farmer.
The Research Extension Committee comprises leaders or heads of the research divisions of CRIS and representatives of the Extension Service Unit for the commodity. The director of the latter chairs its meetings. Topics discussed include joint programmes of the two organizations (i.e., research and extension) such as multi-location trials, on-farm trials, farmers' reactions to innovation (e.g., use of new insecticides, herbicides or new planting material), and any subject requiring further investigation.
While the research departments bring together officers of the same discipline, the research-related committees are commodity-centred and interdisciplinary.
In addition to the six research departments there are four service or support departments. The administration department is responsible for general administration and personnel matters. It arranges recruitment, maintains personnel records, collates information for staff promotions, interprets conditions of service and, in short, helps promote an understanding and good relationship among the different categories of staff. An accountant heads the department responsible for budgeting and day-to-day financial matters, and those activities are scrutinized by an independent internal audit unit.
New construction and repair work of buildings and vehicles are undertaken by the maintenance department, which also has the task of ensuring that essential services - including water supply, electricity and access roads - are adequate and in good working order. Since some of the research trials involve extensive land preparation and upkeep, the farm management department has been assigned the task of land preparation and upkeep for field trials, and keeps the entire estate in a good sanitary and aesthetic condition.
Unlike the research departments, the leaders or heads of these service departments are selected and directly appointed to their posts on the basis of their qualifications and previous experience.
An estates committee meets periodically to monitor work progress and priority areas, particularly in the context of overlapping requests for land areas for experimental work.
As the institute generates no revenue, it has to be fully supported by the government or the commodity board. Currently the cost of operating CRIS is borne fully by SCOCOBOD. The CRIS recurrent budget (D 281 million or $US 3.1 million in 1985/86) represents only 2% of SCOCOBOD's total budget, and only 0.6% of the current value of the Savana cocoa crop. However, it implies a significant commitment to research: equivalent in gross terms to almost D 10 million per research worker or D 15 million per hectare of field trials.
CRIS's main research station is at Tofa, with substations at Suafa, Nobsu and Belo. Tofa (267 ha) is some 120 km north of Savanawan in an area well suited for cocoa production. Suafa (230 ha) was acquired in 1973 to carry out trials which could not be accommodated at Tofa. By 1983, about 65 ha had been developed for experimental purposes. The Suafa substation is located 106 km away from Tofa, and it is difficult to provide intensive technical supervision there as most research staff are located at Tofa. The Nobsu substation (18 km from Tofa) is mainly devoted to trials involving cocoa, coffee and cola. The substation at Belo (480 km north of Tofa) has been developed for research on shea nut, which grows wild in that area. The CSD cocoa station at Wadepa in the Eastern Region is also used as an overflow site, mainly for progeny trials which cannot be accommodated at Tofa.
In 1984, the institute was preparing a five-year plan of activities to be included in the third phase of the World Bank-assisted Savana Cocoa Project. The project aimed at enhancing CRIS's capacity to carry out research on which to base expanded production of cocoa and coffee. The sub-components of the project were:
· upgrading the Tofa station and central services, and improving basic services at the substations,
· establishing a CRIS off-station trials unit, and
· staff development.
Some investments to start new trials were also contemplated. The total cost estimate was a modest $US 6.5 million. It was in this context that an evaluation of CRIS became necessary.
Agronomy research is aimed at improvement of field techniques in establishment and maintenance of cocoa, coffee, cola and shea nut. Field work is done in close association with the Soil Science Division. It includes studies on optimum plant densities; evaluation and quantification of shade; and pruning in relation to yield. There are economic studies on intercropping cocoa with food crops during establishment, and with coconuts later. The division also studies seed viability, microclimates under shade, and use of herbicides for weed control.
The entomology division does large-scale trials with insecticide and fungicide mixtures for the control of cocoa pests. It is also making population assessments of the major pests, mealy bugs and capsids, and of minor pests of cocoa in relation to farm practices and control measures. The effects of the minor pests on the plant are being monitored in case they become a major problem. The division also has projects to study the long-term effects of insecticides on the soil fauna. Very intensive investigations are being made into the biology and ecology of natural pollinators of cocoa, and the effects of insecticides on them.
The main objective of this division is to breed better planting material for farmers. The cocoa research programme includes breeding for resistance to swollen shoot virus, black pod disease and drought. The division maintains a large collection of cocoa clones to provide a broad genetic base for the breeding programme. Promising and improved progenies with good characteristics - such as high yield and disease resistance - are introduced to farmers by siting observation plots on working farms.
For coffee, the division selects breeding material from introduced Coffea robusta trees. It is also breeding hybrids of C. arabica and C. robusta, making selections from the progeny.
In association with the FAO/International Atomic Energy Agency Joint Division, induced mutation studies are being conducted for resistance to cocoa swollen shoot virus, black pod and drought in cocoa.
A germplasm collection of shea nut types is maintained and the botany of the plant is being studied. In the case of cola, work is confined to field population investigations in relation to fertility and yield.
The main objectives of the physiology division are to study the physiology of cocoa, coffee, cola, shea nut and Pentadesma butyracea (an oilseed crop), and to carry out research into growth hormones and propagation of these crops by rooted cuttings.
In the biochemistry section, the biochemistry of cocoa fermentation and effects upon flavour and quality are under study. The Phytopathology Division is collaborating in the development of cocoa swollen shoot virus purification techniques and ELISA techniques for virus identification. Utilization of cocoa by-products and analyses for pesticide residues, fats and oils, carbohydrates and phenolics are also being studied.
At present, work is under way on the growing of cocoa in marginal areas. Research is proceeding into the fatty acid composition of shea nut, and further development of ELISA techniques for the early identification of cocoa swollen shoot virus in the field.
The division is studying diseases affecting cocoa, coffee, cola and shea nut, and seeking the most economically effective control measures. The division is organized into three sections:
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· The Virology sections deals with swollen shoot disease.
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I'll be in Brussels in March, and Chris can sing what he wants. To see him on stage is my best reward. For the rest, I listen to his records.
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Hi Chris,
Nice to see you're still posting
Now you understand why I don't much anymore....
Cheers to you
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I totally agree W/Kevin,Lilly,Blueshood 71,Chris,etc. ENOUGH ALREADY !
C.R. is going to play what he's going to play and I for one am tired of the constant whinning/bitching/negative attitude and bullying by Mr. Blues.I've also stayed out of these postings as i just don't have the energy to come here to fight & argue.People have tried to be nice & express thier opinions and explain why you are wrong but you just don't want to hear it (or you're intent is to be a shit disturber -I don't know which).FRom what I can tell you know nothing of how the music business works in the real world and the day you hire C.R. to do a show you can pick the setlist.It's fine to be critical but it should not be in every post all the time!
It would be a real shame for us Rea-l fans to be driven away by this stream of negative crap and that's where we are going !
Nothings Happening By The Sea
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Finally!!! Someone with the guts to stop all the Bull%$#@ Mr. Blues is posting here!
Thanks Jim
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Perhaps Bart should explain this better, but, as I understand it, there is a way to avoid offensive users by adding them to your "Foes" list, under "Forum", then User Control Panel (on right), - Friends & Foes Tab - then "manage foes" link. By adding a user's name to the Foes list, it says: "Foes are users which will be ignored by default. Posts by these users will not be fully visible. Personal messages from foes are still permitted. Please note that you cannot ignore moderators or administrators."
If enough of us ignore an offensive user, his posts won't show and he will be talking to himself....
Try it people, you have the option.
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Well, I don´t think that the whole Europe is full of bad concert organizers, I mean if they could pick the setlist like you suggest, there would have been changes already I´m giving the hard time because most of here don´t get this, why on earth The Man with the hundreds of songs is settling to play only same handful of them when he could do so much better by doing some changes every now and then. It just don´t make sense.
And I´m - sure that making few changes here and there doesn´t affect on the music business side of things (if you mean money which many of here seems to worry so much).
Have you even thought of this on the side of musicians in the band?
Driving the same road each time makes you want to take alternative route sometimes....
Now what´s so wrong about that?
By the way, been fan of Chris half of my life, literally speaking just a bit longer, so not just some shit disturber...
Too many good words to add here.
I better just sit back and drink beer.
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Mr Blues
Now that's better we can discuss this normaly ! It's difficult to get people to understand your point when you're attacking them !
What I'm saying is that when the setlist is made I can just see the meetings on meetings with record labels /mgrs./promoters etc. to establish where they want to go with a tour.C.R. tried to step out of his older stuff but as we've seen in interviews it did not work (Hofner Blue Notes/Delmonts).I'm sure the BRANDING of Chris REA is a very delicate ballance between what he wants as an artist and what he can get away with as far as the label & money people go.THe casual fan does not want to hear the more rare stuff -they want hits (as C.R. has said) and over the years his live versions of these hits have been reworked to change it up a little.Unfortunatly as far as the musicians go repeating songs is thier lot in life -I can just imagine how tired some artists are of thier own songs! I think most of us here understand why he plays the songs he does and the reality of the music business.WE all know with Stoney road he tried to take a different direction (how long did we wait for the Fireflies) but again the reality is -you gotta sell CD's.
As C.R. himself has said the entire music business seems to be going down the toilet and I think he's made his brave attempts to hang in thier but let's face facts -he's a 58 year old musician who's fans are more or less the same age and he's not the hot new shinny toy.It must be very difficult for him going from 13,000 fans to 3,000-4000 so I'm sure he's trying to develop the correct formula.I think all of us here would love to give him our set list (when i win the lotto that's my plan) and I'm sure they'd all be different.On a negative note to C.R. he really needs to do something about his web site.
Let's all try to be cival to each other and discuss our favourite singer/song writer/Slide Guitar Player/Actor/Writer/Race Car Driver/Artist
BY the way I've also been a fan over 1/2 my life started in 1978 so 32 years and i'm 56 -and I still like to hear Fool !
Nothings Happening By The Sea
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I agree that Mr. Blues is somewhat negative, but his idea is very clear and I agree with him. The majority of the fans only cares about 6-8 songs (Road to Hell, Josephine etc.) while they (and the managers!) shouldn't care about the rest. They shouldn't care about whether he plays "Easy Rider" or "It's All Gone", for example. This part of a gig is up to him, no-one will say anything if he changes 5 songs. It won't change the income because the hits will remain. So why not change a bit more between two tours - it's a clear question and I agree that it's strange that nothing is done here. And neither did I hear any clear answers why this can't be done.
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The worst is gone....
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I think the best thing here is that we all try to be respecful of each others opinions as much as possible.
We all need to remember we are speaking w/people of all cultures who look at things alot differently than ourselves and English may not be thier 1st language.So somtimes what makes perfect sense to us is totally misunderstood by someone else.Name calling and swearing at each other (even thogh I'm guilty myself) just isn't where we should go.I'm aware of several people who avoid posting now due to offensive behaviour and that's a shame.WE all came here out of interest,respect and admiration of a GREAT artist so let's discuss.Sometimes we will disagree but that's OK to as long as we keep it cival.
I can't believe that I would quote Rodney King (remember L.A. cops beat him up)
Nothings Happening By The Sea
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Hey you're preaching to the choir here.I think we'd all like to hear some different songs but if you recall when C.R. formed the Delmonts/Hofner Blue Notes he was not going to do ANY hits.He said it was because people would demand thier money back if he didn't play the hits and after 30 years of hits it took up the whole concert.
So on that tour they did a few hits and unfortunately he was not commercily succesful with the Ear book.
I really think he tried to break away but was pulled back to reality.I would love him to do nothing but blues but the casual fan wants to hear the hits and where do you draw the line ?
I think we should all chip in and arrange a private concert but how on earth would we ever come up with a play list we could agree on.
I once went to see Bob Dylan and he did nothing but new stuff (during his mumbling period) and everyone was screaming for the old stuff. I'll never pay to see him again.
Nothings Happening By The Sea
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Casual fans want to hear the hits? I'm not a casual fan but one of the MANY long-time followers who prefers the Pre-Blues Chris (and probably post-Blues now). I was one of the lucky ones who got to see him at Bush Hall last September and when he played all the "hits" I heard them live for the first time and they were all new to me.
That said, I think Blue Guitars is his best work as far as Blues goes, although it does have a few "fillers" in there that Chris himself admitted to. Now it looks like he's mixing rock and blues again and we get (ZZTopish) So Far To Go, and I like it!
Those of us that have listened to Chris from the beginning know that he can reinvent himself over and over, and we know that he plays his songs in 20 different versions, and he uses the same riffs in many different songs. Chris' music is his playground, he created it, he owns it, and he can play it any which way he likes because he enjoys doing it. We all have different taste and opinions about Chris music so we shouldn't obsess about a play list, like Jim said, we'll never find one to please everybody.
Right now he's doing a commercial tour, and yes, that means his greatest hits. Who knows, maybe he'll do a different mini tour to promote his upcoming albums and Biography?
The bottom line is we all like his music, so we agree on something here.
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This subject is sensitive one and we all know why, it´s because of we want just the best for Chris and his music. Yeah, I do act harsh time to time, but that´s just my style when I´m in a mission (ask from anyone who lives right next to me, hah hah) I´m turning to 30 this year and I´ve been listening The Man since I was 14. Imagine the mission what it was back then when being teenager and listening completely different music than the others in the same age??? Others couldn´t understand it one bit. I´ve organised small blues festival since 2005, in this small town where no one knew d. a. m. n thing about blues, or at least majority did not know. I´ve done this festival with the same kind of devotion what I have with Chris Rea´s music, no compromises which can hurt the mission. Compromises with the evil, or should I say commercial wheels of music business, that I don´t like since Chris started to move on to good way with the blues. I mean, Chris started to fight back against the money made hell and now he seems to give it up. It´s a shame, as it was his dream and now people have taken it away by not following him enough with that. Other thing, I really do believe that Chris is not having the best people around him in his staff, they keep Chris too distant with the fans in online world.
Yeah, winning in lottery, that would be nice in a musical way
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Too many good words to add here.
I better just sit back and drink beer.
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Humble thanks
Too many good words to add here.
I better just sit back and drink beer.
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Now there´s a man who has BALLS !
He does whatever he wants and he still sells out the arenas where he has concerts.
This is a man who does the albums and tours like he wants and record company
shuts their mouths. Chris could do things a bit more like him....
Too many good words to add here.
I better just sit back and drink beer.
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Hi all,
A live concert nearly always means "best of" because people pay a lot of money to see their heroes and I many of them are frustrated if they don't get what they know. Nobody can expect all concert goers to have Chris entire record collection. They like RTH, Josephine, OTB... and they get it. I think Chris always played a kind of best of with some surprises thrown in between (e.g. "Midnight Blue" and "Texas" 1998). I only wish the setlist 2010 would be a bit more different than the one in 2008 - and for my part he should have played even more hits like "Ace Of Heart", "Auberge", "Working On It" and so on.
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I love movies. So do a lot of other people. Without rambling in detail about my experience with the world of cinema, I just want to say I feel enlightened to have seen so many great works from around the world so far- they have shaped my way of thinking. About 15 months ago I began working on a film book project, which was to look at my experience with film in terms of what got me interested, what I want to do, my thoughts on particular areas film and a few other ramblings. I don't expect it to be a paid book by any means- it'd be a pdf online of some sort.
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Film is my passion. I am obsessed; to invent a word I am cine-slave. It is cocaine and I am Tony Montana. There are many other terms and phrases that I could use, expressing my relation to film, as it is truly integral to my life. Without film, I would be lost in this world, and it goes beyond being just escape. Cinema lies in my dreams, my ambitions and as a source of information, cultural enlightenment, entertainment and new experiences. The diversity of film will always astound me. How films like Epic Movie and Casablanca can exist in the same universe as one another- there is good and there is bad, depending on taste and preference. Most people in life (at least I think they do) have some sort of drive for life, or activity they are passionate about. For some this could be a dancing career, becoming an athlete, being an entrepreneur of their own computer business, being an artist or even a love for the caring of animals. My drive is cinema as it is both my hobby and career aspiration.
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Genres, sub-genres, cult followings, intellectual films, world cinema, trashy movies, blockbusters, exploitation cinema, stop-motion, slasher flicks, rom-coms, documentaries; it is exhausting to think of how much cinema lies out there in such a diverse range of styles. With the new technology access (Internet, streaming services) movie buffs have evolved, and while I have always wanted to live in a decade like the 20s or 80s I am grateful to live in this era. The Internet is where my film exploration began, and continues. The internet is where I was able to access old films like The Fly, Frankenstein, The Invisible Man, King Kong and anything by Charlie Chaplin- and thus sprouted my love for cinema.
Watching the movies themselves of course made me love cinema. However it was through the Internet that I learn about the history of cinema, the impact a film had during its release and other facts on the productions of movies. It is a great time to be alive as a film buff because of how easy it is to access the history of cinema. There are tons of ways to access movies online: streaming, downloads (whether legal or illegal), DVD rental services and purchases through Amazon or other online retailers. All of this has opened up doors for more than just cinema; it has opened up information for all. I don't think films can be considered unimportant or a waste of time. "If you've seen one you've seen them all." Says Kathy in Singin in the Rain, but it simply isn't true. Cinema is fantasy and escapism. However, it is also something that reflects culture, society and life itself. Whether by capturing realism like in documentaries or exaggerating life, films can tell us something about society and culture of their times.
Perhaps it is because I have spent so much of my life already watching movies and reading, writing about them I will find any justification to try and make my interest substantial and not a waste of time, but hopefully you can agree that film holds a certain place in this world. In this book, I will attempt to organise my thoughts on movies as to how they have personally affected me. Using several of my most beloved movies, I will go in-depth about how I feel about them as well as give historical and biographical information. This will be a combination or reviews; analyses and a variety of other topics. Cinema has shapes me and how I go about my life and I would like to talk about how it affects me, what it is like where I come from and what it is like being a film buff in 'the digital age'. So, join me now as I begin to ramble about the movies and attempt to organise my feelings/thoughts into a way that is understandable. Here is to the magic of cinema.


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Privileged in being totally secluded, quiet and spacious with far reaching countryside views yet only minutes away from the centre of Moncarapacho. This 3 bedroom villa is ideal for perfecting the holiday of your choice!
Set within private grounds of 4000 m2 of mature fruit trees and planted beds with plenty of terrace space for soaking sun and relaxing in the shade all around the villa and beautiful pool. A cobbled drive leads through the front gates into a parking area and lead up to a unique pagoda with spectacular views over the orchards and fruit groves with the hilltops in the far distance. An outdoor barbeque and seating area allows for dining outside and uninterrupted days spent around the poolside. There is also a small roof terrace accessed by external stairs.
There are Roman ruins in nearby Estoi and boat trips alongside dolphins, beach hopping, day trips to Seville, reached in less than 2 hours drive...
Golf: There are excellent golf courses within 15 to 20 minutes drive from the accommodation, namely Benamor, Quinta da Ria and Quinta da Cima, Monte Rei.
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Transport is advisable for this location and we can organise car hire and bicycle hire with a local reputable company. We also can arrange for taxi transfers.
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Occoquan Bridge Built with Defective Grout
OCCOQUAN, Va. — A bridge that carries commuters over the Occoquan River is one of two in the area constructed with defective grout.
The Occoquan River Bridge and Woodrow Wilson Bridge, which carries east coast traffic on I-95 over the Potomac River, were identified as two of at least 34 bridges constructed with grout contaminated with chloride making it prone to rust. The grout was manufactured in Ohio between 2002 and 2010, according to the Baltimore Sun which first broke the story.
Virginia Department of Transportation spokeswoman Joan Morris said the grout does not pose and immediate safety threat, and said VDOT will continue to monitor and check the bridges for signs of rust or cracking — neither of which has been found on the Occoquan or Wilson bridges.
The Occoquan River Bridge, often referred to as the Route 123 Bridge, was completed in 2007. The new bridge was built to accommodate six lanes of traffic, and was constructed 44 feet higher to allow for taller sailboats to pass underneath.
The new Wilson Bridge over the Potomac River in Alexandria opened the following year.
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>But you will miss that binder of negatives that you can review at a single glance sitting by the fireside. We must have completely different experiences viewing binders full of negatives. For me it's a huge hassle of, try and hold page to light, hold book sideways, open binder, remove page, squint, try and imagine negatives as positives. Write down again on "todo" list "find some jerk photo student to make 800 contact prints for me, cheap", finally pull strip of negatives out and lay on table. Swear I will print negative. Two weeks later, it's still there. Don't feel like getting out chemicals for only one print. Finally, take negative to photomat on way to work. Pick up print at end of day. Discover not only is image out of focus, but there is big scratch in it. Try and remember which binder negative belonged in.... Kc - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html


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I contacted Freida through her website two years ago as I was trying to find a meaningful, heartwarming gift for my bride to be. I sent Freida a picture of my soon to be wife and I when we first met. She had it back to me in no time at all, and it looked exactly like the photo I gave her!!! I couldn't believe my eye's when I got it and neither could my new wife when I gave it to her on our wedding day! My wife couldn't hold back the tears, she was so happy. Since then, Freida has done several different pieces for us including a whole wall piece in our bedroom of wild horses on a beach, and also a recent picture of our new family! Freida's work is incredible and she stands by it. Her ability as an artist to throw herself into her work and make it come out so personal to the owner. This is why we choose Freida to do the woodwork that we need. Her attention to detail and her tie to the customer are incredible, and you can tell that each piece of art she produces is near and dear to her heart, which is what makes it so special. She hasn't just become an artist that we deal with from time to time, but she has really made a place in our hearts and is just like one of the family now. When you buy from this artist you will NEVER be disappointed, she truly is a master of her craft! Thanks for all that you do Freida, we cannot wait for the new Christmas ornament this year!!!See MoreRead Less


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We have gone way over the amount of signatures . The goal was 2,050 and we reached 10,350. I am mailing to day to face book and hopefully they will listen. As of today the group has cleaned up their page and is not showing the pictures of dead wolves.
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Of, or pertaining to, the Magnolicaceae order of plants, which includes the magnolia.
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Day 110: Kindergarten and a whole lot of running around with a dash of tinkering thrown in
I think I need to re-categorise my Mondays as not just a day for Debian, but also a day for doing general tinkering.
I got up this morning and managed to knock out a 10km run. I was very happy to be back under an hour again. Fingers crossed my performance continues to improve. I've entered Zoe and I in the Rotary Club of Brisbane Centenary Fun Run on Sunday, so I'll take it easy for the rest of the week between now and then I think.
There's a 1km before the 10km, so Zoe can have a go at running that, and then I'll throw her in the jogging stroller and push her for the 10km. It'll be good practice for the City2South (not that I'll be pushing her for that one).
After I got home from the run and had some breakfast, and popped out to collect a package from the post office. It was the case for my BeagleBone Black that I'd ordered.
I then ducked over to Jaycar to get another bit that I needed to convert Smudge's cat feeder over from running off batteries to using a DC power supply.
Then I popped into the Valley to try and get a pair of Doc Martens, but they were out of my size, so I had to drive over to West End to try another store.
Once I finally got home again, I decided to assemble the BoneBox. It proved mighty annoying removing the backing paper from the acrylic. Thank goodness I had a razor blade.
The crowning accomplishment for the day was definitely converting Smudge's cat feeder over to using a DC plug pack. The thing's been chewing through D-cell batteries at an alarming rate. I'm very happy with the result and that I didn't manage to let the magic blue smoke out of the cat feeder.
It was looking a little bit like it might rain, and I wanted to grab a microSD card from OfficeWorks, so after lunch I drove to OfficeWorks, grabbed the microSD card and drove to Kindergarten to pick up Zoe.
Zoe wanted to play at Megan's house after Kindergarten, so we went back there for a little bit, and then we headed home so I could start dinner.
I managed to overcook the stir fry veggies in the Thermomix because I was pretty much making it up as I went along, and they all reduced down to mush, but Zoe didn't mind as long as there were hokkien noodles involved, so I didn't make a big deal about it and neither did she.
She wanted to sleep in the top bunk, but chickened out again when it came to lights out. Maybe tomorrow night.
I'm now trying to convince Debian to install on my BeagleBone Black.


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This year we invited four filmers to join the quest of the Nine Queens. Each filmer was teamed up with three of the riders and had all week to submit an edit by Saturday evening. The filmers were assigned with the task to capture a "typical week" in the lives of our Queens and the judges around Nine Knights MTB host Andi Wittmann looked for creativity, editing, choice of music, and action. The submission will be released one after another for the next week, so check out our first one, stay tuned and enjoy the show!
Team Schilcher release: March 27th
Nine Queens Video Contest 2013 | Team Schilcher, Herman, Caradeux, Assaly
Team Fulton release: March 31st
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As the Night Goes By Lyrics
Artist: Patti Smith
Album: Dream Of Life
by Patti Smith
Darlin' come under cover
Another night to discover
Let's slip where senses gather
Let's drift between the sea and sky
As the night goes by
Sands shift
Orchids so strange
In the moonlight
Brushing our faces
Places where love blooms
And dies
While the night goes by
Oh, and the spirits call
Sun upon your shadows fall
Tracing every breath we draw
Come into my dreams
Come into my dreams
Darlin' let's go where the night goes
Let's drift where senses gather
Let's make this night last forever
Into my dreams
Into my dreams
Darlin' let's go
Where the night goes
Time slips
Oh darlin' how it flies
When the night goes by
All through the night
Sirens call
Come to me
I'll come to you
As the night softly
goes by bye
Moon on our shoulder
Another one older
Darlin' heavenly blue
Glories fade into view
Let's go
Under the stars
That are beating
Under the moonlight
Stars shoot
Dusk just a whisper
Make this night
Last forever
Oh how I wonder
Where the night goes
Oh Let's wonder
Where the night goes
As the night goes
By bye
By Bye
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