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- Reply by vino in love, Feb 26, 2013.
To my understanding Snooth is very different compared WS, WA and WE. Snooth is a community of wine enthusiasts. The ratings from WA and WE are from "professional" sommeliers whereas the rating on Snooth are community-based and yes you are right anyone can rate a wine.
Honestly, I don't care about WS, WA and WE ratings. All they do is cause higher prices.
- Reply by Richard Foxall, Feb 26, 2013.
Right, Vino in Love, the forums are not professionals, just people sharing what they know. That said, a number of people on here do have glittering credentials. GregT is ITB (In the Business) part time as an importer; he knows more about the history of wine than 90% of the people who write for the magazines and has an outstanding nose, at least for BS. EricGuido is a chef who is highly in demand by folks who can afford to eat anywhere, but want to entertain at home: He cooks meals in professional grade kitchens in homes around NYC, and provides wines to go with them. If you are lucky enough to go out to a meal with him, you'll be suitably impressed at the road he took to get here, and the depth of knowledge he has about food, wine, and the senses. MReff, when he hangs out, is a longtime food and wine professional. Mike Madaio had a successful wine blog and a long track record in Pennsylvania. Other forum writers have masters of wine, or sommelier credentials or work in the business as well. Oh, the Ed in Chief, Gregory Dal Piaz, was the Wine Director at Astor Place Wine and Spirits. If you haven't been there, go, and you will realize that is a monumental task. I'm leaving a lot of folks out, but that's just a few.
Other folks have years working with winemakers in other aspects and have won the respect of those guys, even if they aren't professionals. There's hardly anyone in the business that I have met in Sonoma County who doesn't know Outthere (by his true name) and his access to, say, Mike Smith or the folks at Lagier Meredith tells you the respect they have for his palate. (I've mentioned him to places whose stuff he doesn't even have in his cellar, and they are respectful, so it isn't because he's their biggest customer--far from it.)
Me, I'm just a big drinker and have been since my family moved to Northern California in 1967.
- Reply by JonDerry, Feb 26, 2013.
Well said, Fox. I wasn't really sure what to say to this but there it is in a nutshell.
- Reply by Richard Foxall, Feb 26, 2013.
Oh, and I forgot to mention the most valuable asset that people here, esp. JD, have: An insatiable curiosity about wine harnessed to an open mind.
- Reply by GregT, Feb 26, 2013.
Fox - nicely said except the part about me.
But this is the question I have for the OP - what do you mean by this:
"What gives you legitimacy compared to Wine Spectator, Wine Enthusiast, Wine and Spirits, Zagat, etc?"
First of all, Zagat is pretty much EXACTLY like Snooth - the ratings are from a collection of random people who offer their opinions on whatever moves them. I'm not aware of any credentials or "legitimacy" associated with them.
The others are magazines who employ writers with varying amounts of experience and knowledge. I just got done with a tasting where the publisher of Wine and Spirits was tasting the same wines I was. I know many people who have been on his panel reviewing wines - in fact we drink together often. Are they more legit when reviewing for W & S than when they're sitting next to me? Would that make them more legit than I and their opinions more legit than mine?
Ditto with the people who review for WS and WE. I know a few and dine with some from time to time. That's not to disparage any of their palates in any way, but why is my judgment less legitimate than theirs, particularly if I'm tasting wine from a region that I might know better than they?
What confers legitimacy anyway?
What do you want from a wine rater? Do you want someone familiar with the region, with the wine, or who has a "good" palate, depending on how you define that? Would you be OK with someone who grew up in a region, who makes wine there, whose father and grandfather made wine there, or would you prefer someone who took some classes and had a credential from some organization?
Or do you trust the palate of someone who has no particular skill, no particular knowledge, and no particular biases, but just likes wine? In fact, maybe that person is the best guide for others.
On this site there are a few people who have earned the designation MW. If that's legit, there you are. OTOH I don't feel less qualified than they are to offer an opinion on a wine that I know and might know much better than they do.
You have to decide what it means to be legitimate and then decide whether you think various people are. As for me, if someone offers an opinion on a wine, it's just that - an opinion. Doesn't mean it's gospel truth. And because ALL wine raters are simply offering an opinion, I don't know how you decide that a score or rating from one person is better or more legit than that of another.
- Reply by Richard Foxall, Feb 26, 2013.
One other thing that some of us here like about the opinions discussed are that we have actually had a drink or ten with the posters. Unlike GregT, I don't think I have ever had a glass with anyone employed by WS or WA. I think the closest I have come is that Tina Caputo of Wines and Vines, the industry publication, came to our wedding. (So did her former boss, the then-PR manager for Roederer's American properties and importing business, Maison, Marques and Domaines.)
- Reply by JonDerry, Feb 26, 2013.
Just guessing here but I believe the OP is alluding to a "too big to fail" sort of phenomenon for wine ratings. WS, WA, WE, since they're known entities they must have perfect qualifications (or good enough) while anything less is suspect. In this case, the qualifications don't matter, hence what seems like what will be a complete dismissal of whatever legit qualifications that Snooth actually has.
What really matters is that he can tell his friend/s, "hey WS gave this 95 points" and then they can ooh and ah over it.
- Reply by VegasOenophile, Feb 27, 2013.
Ralph, what makes any wine critic's impression of a wine "legitimate?" They only have the respect people give them because of their voice in a broad reaching forum. Sure they have well trained palates, sharp sense and such, but so do many consumers who are the everyday purchasers of wines. Critics only taste what's submitted to them and like all humans, each have their own biases and subjective tastes.
One thing I do appreciate about the critics is I have come to learn their taste in many cases and can judge how I might like a wine based on their scores and reviews. For me, anything Robert Parker likes over a 93 I may not like since those tend to be powerhouse, hot, high alcohol kicks in the teeth. But everyone has his/her own taste.
I appreciate that this site can appeal to anyone as the "glass count" is purely on a liking or disliking, vs. a "score". The so-called pros aren't the only ones with opinions, nor voices. :)
- Reply by zufrieden, Feb 28, 2013.
The reason I keep coming back to this site is the measured approach to things hedonic one sees in the pages of these conversational forums (strange: this means markets in Latin,,,).
The enterprise of wine tasting and appreciation is necessarily amateur, though even the amateur is of lesser or greater experience - an empirical fixture in any aesthetic sense. But this is altogether good, encouraging as it does, a conviality of both intellectual and affective dimensions.
I would never denegrate the MW or the the sommelier (certified, bien sûr), but that kind of passion for wine is certainly not normal; it recalls the calling of the literary critic - a loving consumer of things loved. One does not need to create a product to love it, nor does one need credentials to love since most of us love - at least once upon a lifetime.
The MW and the educated palate assist me often, but then I have an educated palate as well. It was a rough education, I grant you, but then most of us do not begin life expecting to judge, purchase or otherwise promote wine.
Personally, I find most wine tasting more than a bit tedious (though not wine drinking - a distinction made by more than one person contributing to this thread).
So, my dear Ralph, use the WS WA and other magazines as indicators of the direction coommercially motivated tasters are moving. This is information, if not information free of bias. Choose a reviewer - if you must - who seems to conform to your own palate and the scores will likely reflect your own hedonic impulses...
I would stack my own intuitions against anybody. Once you wade through the wines scored by the media-appointed experts, you should stick to your intuitions as well. The passage of time will make this clear to you.
Happy drinking.
- Reply by Richard Foxall, Mar 1, 2013.
I was all agog at the use of "fora"--how "milleniums" galls--and the ironic/not ironic "bien sur" that really defies translation if you aren't a French speaker from early in life. And then finally someone understands that an "amateur" is, like a "philosophe," one who loves something for its own sake. But that misses the larger point:
Zuf, that was perfect.
- Reply by GregT, Mar 1, 2013.
Way over the head of proles like me but:
"but then most of us do not begin life expecting to judge, purchase or otherwise promote wine."
that was kind of fun.
I wonder if that changes in years to come? Most people didn't begin life wanting to be a cook / chef at one point, but these days that's an option being offered in elementary schools. I wonder if wine will become like that?
- Reply by JonDerry, Mar 1, 2013.
Yeah, this was very much in Zuf's wheel house.
After some doldrums, there are signs of life again around here. Still a few regulars MIA though.
- Reply by Tom Wandeloski, Mar 1, 2013.
I found Snooth only about a year ago and despite being inspired by wine and gourmet food during my first of many overseas tours with the US military in Europe during the mid 80's, I find Snooth to be a refreshing place to exchange ideas, knowledge, tasting experiences, etc. I like the sharing model that Snooth provides between wine "newbies" all the way up to credential and professionals in the industry. For me, its a forum to share my knowledge and experiences with wine and food acquired over the past three decades during my extensive travels with the wine community as well as expand my tastes of wines shared/recommend by new members and mentors alike. :-)
- Reply by amour, Mar 1, 2013.
Thanks for supporting SNOOTH, TOM!
I honestly did not think that we needed to get into credentials!!
I hold the LLB Hons. degree from London, England, among other degrees.
I started out as a wine lover before my palate was even highly developed...under 21 years of age.
My father was at the time sailing his boat as a hobby to the French Island of Martinique and returning with wines from France given to him by wealthy friends as gifts; I was collecting the labels and writing them down...I was far too young to taste!!!
Eventually I started tasting and trying to write down what I tasted.....then I went to university a few years after, I was only 17 years of age...I came upon my friend, now Lady Eugenie Nuttall, and presently the girlfriend of Lord Brabourne, whom she knew then. We embarked on a Champagne craze. We are still carrying on today....as I said before, in various previous posts. I recently introduced them to Cakebread Cellars and her ex (Sir Nicolas Nuttall), introduced me to Morey St Denis, which I still so adore!
By the way, I am going to post a photo of me having my first great champagne at 18 years of age!!!!!
I won a full academic scholarship to university, my parents had put aside money for me, so I got that also, an maternal aunt and a paternal uncle also funded me because they loved me so very much, and saw me always studying really hard! All of my money went into wine, books, music...LP's at the time.....HA!!! Then at 18, I met the love of my life, a well established wealthy cardiologist who not only wined me and dined me respectfully, but married me when I turned 23 years of age!!! All that time I tasted and owned the most awesome wines, particularly French Wines. I also indulged in French Gastronomy as well as Gourmet sessions ad infinitum.....Then we came into ownership of a private Island Resort with a modest cellar....so many great chefs visited us and cooked for us and paired with wines....( we recently hosted Anthony Bourdain)....my husband then started a lovely wine shop called Grapevine, as an extension of his wine hobby!!!....starting to sound decadent...well do not worry ....He is supporting several charities, actually, we both do....Throughout all that time, I attended numerous events, tastings, mingled with Broadbent, Hugh Johnson, and this and that. Then a relative of mine married into a Family close to the Rothchild Family and so invitations showered!!!
In London, by then divorced, my boyfriend owned a fantastic cellar and we both cellared at Berry Brothers & Rudd, and drank and ate the best of the best, mainly French Food and Wine.....Then I was travelling a lot again...north Africa, the far East.....everywhere in America, and visiting wineries, of course. I still do not think that I am any good at a real wine tasting note...but I do try to spell out what I think I honestly taste....truth too tell...sometimes words escape me...like with Sauternes...all I really want to write down is ..HEAVEN IN A GLASS!!!!...over and over again....Not to mention that my ex-husband and my daughter both know some of the greatest collectors of Fine Wine and Rare Wine...I hope to cash in on some new spectacular tastings all over the world, through them!!!
I forgot to add, that as a Law Student in England, I met so many wine lovers and at my Inn, tasted some really good wine, later many lawyers were collectors and were inviting me to taste because they loved my passion for wine! Presently, I have many friends who are wine enthusiasts and collectors and what rapport we sustain...like my friend Erroll Layne, a lawyer no less!!! who gave me so many Burgundies of class, the best of Bordeaux including St.Estephe, and the offerings of the queen of Burgundy, Madame Leroy.....He introduced me to keeping wine in the La Cave chambers.....many years ago. And former Judge Sir Maurice Drake (London) with whom I had great Port and great Merlot...he got me into Merlot actually....gosh...I need to write a book...! I also traded in wine books for many years...supplied the Getty family through Mags, the famous booksellers...
Today, I am still tasting and loving it all! My palate is definitely finely tuned and I really do have a fantastic memory for everything. I read recently that your wine tasting abilities/skills are directly related to what you started out with...I feel that it is so in my case...I started with great stuff and perhaps this is why I am sometimes so frustrated with some so-called wines in real wine bottles!!! I could go on and on about D'Yquem and so many Burgundies!!! .........Meanwhile, I am hoping to drink a great Argentine Malbec tonight!
We are all from different levels and backgrounds...
...sharing our collective wisdom...........Only Snooth provides this type of FREEDOM of INTERACTION which is always welcome....no age/income/class/ethnic barriers at all, on lovely Snooth!
- Reply by Richard Foxall, Mar 1, 2013.
Amour, when I was a kid, there was no such thing as too young to taste, only too young to drink!
Certainly by the time I was 10 I was developing some memory for wine, and when I was less than 15, I had my first "epiphany" wine. Pretty much just California, but a good bottle of Napa Cab, Petite Sirah, occasionally Zin, and chenins and sauv blancs for whites were standard fare on Sunday, in very small doses. I was equivocal on wine before I was 14 or so, but really liked beer--my mother would tell you she cannot remember an age at which I did not like beer. We had it with burgers and pizza on Friday or Saturday night, in tiny mugs. My parents felt that introducing very small amounts of drink into our lives early would take away the "forbidden fruit" attraction of it as teens. I would routinely go to parties where my friends got smashed when I was in HS, and drink moderately--usually three beers over a similar number of hours. I was much more interested in the forbidden fruits hidden by female clothing and saw excess consumption as an impediment in that respect. Well, my excess consumption. Truthfully, I wasn't all that interested in girls who drank too much, either--neither a challenge nor particularly enjoyable, IMO, to make out with someone who is out of control.
Sommelier training in grade school? Not as long as drinking age is 21. Heck you can't even properly major in oenology as an undergrad in that case. But developing your palate is really just learning to observe, as well as having sensitive apparatus. And that can start with cooking, gardening, hiking, or living.
- Reply by Michael C Butler, Mar 1, 2013.
There are many ways to use Snooth. You can view professional critic scores (if we have them) which are aggregated on the wine's page, and soon, in the search results. You can read articles by our writers including our editor-in-chief Gregory Dal Piaz with a lifetime of wine knowledge under his belt. You can follow your favorite (or most hated) wine mentors and enthusiasts and then see what they are tasting & rating.
- Reply by amour, Mar 1, 2013.
I must say that I have benefitted from Snooth; perhaps many of us have.
After a while, you come to trust the Snooth Posters whom you interact with and you actually listen to them.
I read WA, WS, Wine & Spirits, and read on the internet and so on....but when DMCKER, Greg, GregT speak ...I listen!!!!
- Reply by Michael Bennett, Mar 2, 2013.
As a newcomer to this site, I have been intrigued by this conversation. All but the opening post are completely in agreement with the attitude I have had to wine in the 35 years I have been involved in it. The "experts" are merely another assessment of an olfactory and sensory experience. Their skill is in comparing and identifying faults in a wine and in this capacity thier judgement can be very useful. Beyond that opinion we must assess for ourselves. Give a bottle of Chateau Lafite to someone who does not like red wine and it is a 'bad wine! Beauty is in the mouth of the beholder, only faults can be identified by all educated noses. Of course, those noses will have their favourites, like the rest of us, but they need to be objective , which is always a hard call.
- Reply by JonDerry, Mar 2, 2013.
Well said Mochael.
- Reply by fibo86, Mar 4, 2013.
I have noticed RALPH KAWUZI that you have only popped this post up for the sake of it. You have posted no more about your view. I'm wondering if someone may have posted something you didn't like about a wine you prefer?
This is a wine community for like minded people and the fact that you have posted this on the day you signed up again makes me wonder why?


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The EU Plays Into Putin's Hands -- Again
There are few things in the world less threatening than a meeting of European diplomats. This was demonstrated yet again today when European Union officials met to discuss how to respond to Russian President Vladimir Putin's aggression toward Ukraine.
They had set an ultimatum for Putin on Friday: Rein in Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine and agree to seal the border by Monday or face "significant restrictive measures." The deadline arrived, Putin ignored it and ... EU leaders agreed today to think about it.
Some European countries, apparently, thought the situation in eastern Ukraine remained too uncertain to make a decision. If so, they're playing right into Putin's hands. Creating uncertainty is at the core of his strategy. His goal is to destabilize Ukraine while avoiding economic sanctions by the EU, which is Russia's biggest trading partner. Of course things are unclear. They are designed to be unclear.
Last week, the EU made four demands: that Putin agree to a verification mechanism for a cease-fire and effective control of the border; that separatists return three captured border posts, between rebel-held areas and Russia, to Ukrainian government control; that all hostages held by Russian-backed separatists be released; and that negotiations begin on a peace plan proposed by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.
Late on Monday, Putin accepted part of one of these requirements, agreeing to let personnel from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe monitor the Russian side of the border. Meanwhile, Poroshenko was forced to end the cease-fire -- which at any rate had never been reciprocated -- in the face of continuing attacks on Ukrainian forces. (Putin's response: The Ukrainian president bears full "political" responsibility for all that follows.) Putin can afford to wait for Ukraine's less-than-formidable troops to get bogged down in a war with Russian-led and -supplied rebels, and for Poroshenko's political support to ebb and Ukraine's central authority to disintegrate.
The question for EU leaders is whether they are willing to let this happen. So far, the answer seems to be yes.
None of this should come as a surprise. On Monday -- the same day French President Francois Hollande joined a phone call with Poroshenko, Putin and Germany's Angela Merkel in a failed attempt to secure an agreement -- 400 Russian sailors arrived in France to start training on one of two helicopter carriers that France still plans to deliver to the Russian navy. Also on Monday, Italy declared its continued support for building a natural gas pipeline designed to circumvent Ukraine's gas transit system for delivering Russian gas to the EU.
With taskmasters such as these, Putin knows the likelihood of the EU imposing meaningful economic sanctions is low -- so long as he doesn't launch an outright invasion of Ukraine. To show Putin he's wrong, the EU needs to follow through on its ultimatum by sanctioning Russian corporations and other well-defined economic targets, thus demonstrating its willingness to go further. So far, the EU has yet to give Putin a reason to take its threats seriously.
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Captain Ricky Ponting has one eye on the crucial match against the world number one Proteas on March 24 which will decide who tops Group A.
"We are ready for our next two matches and have planned well for South Africa which I expect to be a real good contest," said Ponting after his team saw South Africa crush the Netherlands by 221 runs at Warner Park on Friday.
South African batsman Herschelle Gibbs became the first man in one-day cricket history to hit six sixes in an over when he smashed five straight ones and one towards mid-wicket off hapless leg-break bowler Daan van Bunge.
Gibbs finished with a 40-ball 72, Jacques Kallis hit an unbeaten 128, while Mark Boucher hit the fastest World Cup fifty off just 21 deliveries during his quickfire 75 not out as South Africa mustered 353-3 in a shortened 40-over match.
But Ponting, who himself smashed five sixes in his 113 in Australia's 334-6 in a 203-run win over Scotland on Wednesday, was not surprised at the run riot.
"It doesn't actually surprise me that much. Gibbs's was a fairly rare feat but having played out there the other day it's a pretty small ground and it could have happened, not easily, but the way some of the players are hitting the ball these days it doesn't surprise me at all."
Ponting predicted a high-scoring match against South Africa.
"I think 350 is very much a par score out there, it's just so small a ground. The straight boundaries are really small. I mis-hit a few the other day to the top of the grandstand.
"If we bat first (against South Africa) then we are going to have to make a really good score to be competitive," said Ponting whose side has failed to defend big totals, including a world record score of 434 against South Africa last year.
"That last match was a fitting end to a great series. I expect the game to be a really good contest and we have special plans for all of their guys."
"They are number-one ranked one-day team in the world now, so they are doing lots of things right. We've got a good rivalry with South Africa in Test and one-day cricket," said Ponting whose team lost their world number one spot to Greame Smith's side last month.
Australia are expected to be unchanged on Sunday after all-rounder Andrew Symonds, recovering from arm surgery, was ruled out.
The Netherlands, playing their third World Cup since 1996, will be hard pressed to pick up pieces after their South African rout.
"It will be tough but we must cheer up and face Australia in the next game," said Dutch skipper Luke van Troost.
"We were doing well until the tenth over of the South African match but from their we lost our way. I would be happy if we could repeat our first ten over performance and bat better."
Australia beat the Netherlands in their only previous World Cup meeting by 75 runs in South Africa in 2003.
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NETHERLANDS (from): Luuk van Troost (capt), Peter Borren, Daan van Bunge, Ryan ten Doeschate, Mark Jonkman, Muhammad Kashif, Alexei Kervezee, Tim de Leede, Adeel Raja, Darron Reekers, Edgar Schiferli, Jeroen Smits, Billy Stelling, Eric Szwarczynski, Bas Zuiderent.
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Navy boats and helicopters scoured seas off Sri Lanka for dozens of missing fishermen, as the death toll from strong monsoon rains and winds rose to 31, an official said.
The dead fishermen were listed as missing since the monsoon hit the island early on Saturday, destroying more than 100 houses, according to the Disaster Management Centre (DMC).
"We continue to look for missing people," DMC spokesman Sarath Lal Kumara told AFP. "The navy and the airforce are leading the search and rescue operations."
The death toll rose from 27 to 31, with all of those, except one, fishermen caught in rough seas, DMC figures show. Another 35 people have been injured, according to the DMC.
More than 100 houses have been destroyed and another 2,185 partially damaged due to strong winds, the figures show.
The weather has improved since Sunday, the department of meteorology said. The monsoon hits the country twice a year bringing much-needed rain, but also frequently causes loss of life and damage to property.
Seven people were killed in the country last month when a tropical cyclone brushed the eastern coast.
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The Komedy for Kidneys All Star show is in memory of comedian, Rodney Pentland, who grew up in Niagara Falls and performed on the first Komedy for Kidneys Benefit Show. Unfortunately Rodney passed away in 2009 from complications related to kidney disease but throughout his long battle with the disease, Rodney continued to perform and make people laugh. That was important to him and it's important to the organizers of the new event to continue that legacy.
Komedy for Kidneys Memorial Benefit
Some of the top comics from around Canada will take the stage at the Greg Frewin Theatre on Thursday, March 3rd, 2016 to raise funds to benefit the new Dialysis Centre in Niagara Falls.
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HBO has confirmed the February debut date for Big Little Lies, a star studded seven-episode limited drama series based on Liane Moriarty's bestselling book of the same name.
According to HBO, this subversive, darkly comedic drama tells the tale of three mothers of first-graders whose seemingly perfect lives unravel to the point of murder.
Starring Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley, Alexander Skarsgard, Laura Dern, Adam Scott, Zoe Kravitz, James Tupper and Jeffrey Nordling, Big Little Lies is directed by Jean-Marc Vallée from scripts by David E. Kelley.
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Lady Dogs' losing streak continues
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AMARILLO - A three-match losing skid is hard to stomach for any team, but it can be especially tough when that losing streak comes on the heels of a four-match winning streak that propelled a team to historic heights.
Unfortunately, that is what the Plainview Lady Bulldog volleyball team is enduring right now after dropped its third consecutive District 3-4A match Tuesday night to the No. 5-ranked Canyon Lady Raiders in three games, 25-12, 25-13, 25-17. It was the 22-consecutive district win for Randall (28-8, 8-0 in 3-4A).
In the midst of their dry spell, the No. 20 Lady Dogs (22-12, 4-4) are remaining positive as past results have proven a return to their winning ways could be right around the corner.
"We're not down, we just know we can do better," Plainview senior defensive specialist Amanda Hinojosa said. "We know we can come out with a better performance than we have in the past three games we've lost."
Plainview's losing streak began a week ago with its trip to Frenship. After easily winning the first game of that match, the Lady Dogs broke down and lost three straight, including 25-8 in the second game. That was followed by a loss to Dumas in the DogHouse, and now Plainview is tied with Canyon for fourth place and the final playoff spot.
However, the Lady Dogs now are back to the point in their schedule that lent itself to the four-match win streak, starting with Caprock Saturday in Amarillo. To get repeat results in this four-game stretch, Plainview must ramp up its intensity.
"We're going to have be consistent and be ready to come out and play every game, not just the first," Plainview head coach Torri Hatch said. "If we'll come out and play every game in each match, we'll be fine. It's always tough to start off (the first or second round of district) with Randall."
Plainview swept Caprock, which lost to Canyon on Tuesday in three games, in the first round to jump-start its success. Plus, the Lady Dogs have three of their tougher opponents - Hereford, Canyon and Frenship - at home this time around.
"Their confidence is still up," Hatch said of her team. "They're pretty secure players. They know that they still have games left to get up for, and they know you have to play tough at home and try to sneak up on them when you're away. We did that a couple of times, and now we really have to play at home when they come to visit us."
On Tuesday, the Lady Raiders came out in the first game on a mission and built a 7-3 lead on the strength of five big kills, but Plainview bounced back to draw within two by winning four of the next six points. However, Randall put together an 8-1 run to take a 20-11 advantage then finished out the game by winning five of the last eight points.
The Lady Raiders had 17 kills in the first game, which Hinojosa attributed to the Lady Raiders' collective speed.
"We need to work more on watching (our opponents') hitters because we're getting lost watching the setter because they've been so fast," said Hinojosa, who led the Lady Dogs' back line with 13 digs. "We have to work on our speed."
The Lady Dogs played neck-and-neck with the Lady Raiders in the second game until a scoring discrepancy halted action for about five minutes. After the dispute was settled, the Lady Raiders scored points in bunches, going to junior outside hitter Libby Strickland, who finished the game with five kills. Strickland had a match-high 17 kills.
Kacy Richburg led the Lady Dogs with seven kills, and senior setter Emily Welch dished out nine assists.
In the third game, Randall built an 8-3 behind three kills by Strickland, but Plainview rallied to pull within three after Marisa Gamboa executed two consecutive stuff blocks. Gamboa finished the match with six blocks.
But that was as close as Plainview got as the Lady Raiders finished out the match by scoring 11 of the final 18 points.
While it was the Lady Dogs' second consecutive three-game loss, Hatch thought this match was the best her team has played since they won the first game in their match against Frenship a week ago.
"I thought this was a much more solid game than the last three," Hatch said. "They came out and in all three games played pretty solidly. . . . As a whole, I thought we played a much more even-keeled game."
The PHS freshman team fell to Randall in two games, 25-18, 25-12, to slip to 17-12 on the year and 5-3 in district. The Lady Dog junior varsity also lost, 25-12, 25-21, to drop to 17-10 and 2-6 in district.
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If you went along on your bike, have a look at our photos and see if you can spot your bike - let us know if you do!
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BSA resting with some friends
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There were loads of bands playing free as well all along Madeira Drive - this car was parked by the Rock & Roll stage and these dancers were having a brilliant time in front of the stage - check it out...
There was a custom bike competition here are few of the entries
Lots of women riders were there too enjoying the sunshine and the atmosphere
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Nice colour in the sunshine!
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Four days before she died, on September 30, 1970, Janis Joplin was interviewed about rejection by Howard Smith. Blank on Blank remixed and animated the interview. In context, it is both sad and enlightening about Joplin's life and views. Her unapologetic attitude toward critics is both admirable and unsettling. Unsettling because of the amount of criticism she faced and that, like anyone who faces rejection, "in my insides, it really hurts if someone doesn't like me."
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This picture is one of those among the eight miles of irreplaceable historical documents at the Lancashire Archives in Preston.
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post5882506448907791307..comments2016-03-09T11:32:05.283-05:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: Retrospective: Deities & DemigodsJames Maliszewskihttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-35090063501467099302012-08-24T21:33:13.625-04:002012-08-24T21:33:13.625-04:00I never found a use for the dieties & demogods...I never found a use for the dieties & demogods. The whole thing was poorly presented. Why do Gods need stats? The book should have focused around the cults and religions and temples and not so much on the Gods themselves. Then it would have been useful, instead it was like a giant research paper with stats suggesting that if you played long enough you could fight email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-24546104818118601112010-03-02T16:21:45.515-05:002010-03-02T16:21:45.515-05:00I derived immense enjoyment from DDG back in the d...I derived immense enjoyment from DDG back in the day. I had the original version, with all the naughty bits (HPL, Leiber, etc.).

As a DM, it was a useful tool for the clerics and for plot hinges.

As a resource for the world's religions, it was terrific, too. Seeing as I jumped into D&D in the 3rd grade in the early 1980s, I found DDG and EGG not talking down to me and assuming I was not a fool to be refreshing. Also, I had few other resources for old religions. I read every book on Norse & Greek myths in the school library, but they had nothing on all these other religions found in DDG.

Oh, EGG was likely a bit over the top in writing that DDG was essential to DM, but it surely did add flavor & depth.

Another thing: I just don't get is the cleric angst. If one is suspending belief for hermetic magic, one more step to divine magic ought not be that difficult. Every human culture I can recall has had a divine order of some sort. To leave such out of a world is to design a crippled world.jfruserhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-30837941936260184902010-01-30T13:34:45.968-05:002010-01-30T13:34:45.968-05:00I've always enjoyed D&DG for the backgroun...I've always enjoyed D&DG for the background on various interesting mythologies and the sometimes utterly fantastic art, rather than the game stats therein.

I mean, Erol Otus' art for some of the cthulhu mythos was inspired!John Fialahttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-1329607078182813662010-01-29T17:31:43.112-05:002010-01-29T17:31:43.112-05:00@Referee Wow. Great post. I think I buy that. Wha...@Referee

Wow. Great post. I think I buy that. What did I know about Lovecraft, Leiber, Moorcock, and pulp fiction beyond, of Howard, and the swamp of related books before I saw D&D? Zilch, I'd say. Afterward they were so canonical to my reading that I took it for granted that they'd always been in my awareness. Then, on Sundays, when the flea market came to Trafalgar Village in Oakville, I could identify City Of The Beast by Moorcock as something I'd probably like at the second hand book stall.

"You know what, you've convinced me. Give me my dollar back."brasspenhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-61252585780716567862010-01-29T09:22:18.167-05:002010-01-29T09:22:18.167-05:00[i]These days I'm seeing a lot of parallels in...[i]These days I'm seeing a lot of parallels in the career arcs of Gygax and, say, George Lucas. Although to me Gygax rehabilitated a lot in the late era and there's precious little sign of that from Lucas.

I hesitate to say it, but I suspect that Gary's having lost control of his own creation probably had a lot to do with this, whereas Lucas has, if anything, only become even more iron fisted in his control.
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Once again another set of interesting reflections by all. But, it was this last comment that made me think.

The more control one exerts over the product the less power/authority one actually has to change perceptions of the product. Hence, Lucas even though is more in control is reviled more. Also, because D&D is an exercise in collective storytelling it cannot be devolved to a single author - even if that author is a corporation (I use corporation in a much older meaning) - LucasFilm Inc.

Back to the post, I remember having mixed feelings about Deities & Demigods. I remember thinking: "So that is going to happen to Magic User when he passes Lv 25..." Also, the Gods represented the ultimate Boss, as you noted, when you said it was simply another (rend)ition of the Monster Manual. However, I don't think many of us playing D&D would have accepted the statless gods, like we would today. It was important for the Gods of the gaming milieu to appear all powerful but flawed, so that players are merely not reduced to pawns in their affairs but feel that they can make a difference in the world.

Deities & Demigods also I think was an attempt to break out the Christian mould that Dungeons & Dragons was rapidly beginning to fall into. If you look at some of the art of the period, shields bear crosses and clerics (even the evil ones) wear vestments akin the Catholic (or similar High Church) Church. Yes, Gary probably had his own mythology but many gamers of the 1970s were readily co-opting the religion around them and incorporating that into their games and at that time the dominate religion was Christianity (remember how many fanboy and official articles there were for stat'ing Satan there were). So, I could see Gary foreseeing the problems with that and forcibly introducing polytheism into the D&D mix.

It is not that Pulp Fantasy had not been polytheistic but that literature was largely inaccessible to the average young gamer. I don't know how it was in Baltimore but here in Toronto there were only a few places where you could obtain fantasy/pulp literature...the mainstream stores a la WH Smith had very small fantasy/science fiction sections...used bookstores were not much better...save those on the Strip (the seedy areas of Yonge St.); the World's Biggest Bookstore wasn't built yet and Barraka was inaccessible. So, what Gary was probably doing was carving out a path, where those evil gods could be defined and therefore ultimately defeated. For once our heroes have dealt with ever growing powerful minions it would be time sooner or later to take on the Big Boss.

Also, Gary probably wanted to introduce some elements of his own Greyhawk game which was quite diverse like the old Star Trek series...whereby adventures could meet Apollo, fight along side with Hercules/Grey Mouser to defeat Ra. Such fantastical adventures were the bread and butter of many an early D&D game before they got codified into a mythology of their own.Refereehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-82149848071260764222010-01-28T10:10:45.413-05:002010-01-28T10:10:45.413-05:00These days I'm seeing a lot of parallels in th...These days I'm seeing a lot of parallels in the career arcs of Gygax and, say, George Lucas. Although to me Gygax rehabilitated a lot in the late era and there's precious little sign of that from Lucas.

I hesitate to say it, but I suspect that Gary's having lost control of his own creation probably had a lot to do with this, whereas Lucas has, if anything, only become even more iron fisted in his control.James Maliszewskihttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-68195259294296309972010-01-28T10:09:01.024-05:002010-01-28T10:09:01.024-05:00I'm not one who believe UA = "Bad Gygax&q...I'm not one who believe UA = "Bad Gygax" or "The End of the Golden Age", as I tend to like the writer better than a fixed point in time.

Nothing wrong with that. It's a minority opinion in old school circles these days, but it's not an indefensible one, even if I don't share it myself.James Maliszewskihttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-66523260039151000862010-01-28T10:07:57.526-05:002010-01-28T10:07:57.526-05:00I know Gygax did not want to explore real world re...I know Gygax did not want to explore real world religions outside of inspiration of historical clergy. He had demons but not angels.

That's a point he frequently made, as I recall. He felt it inappropriate to draw too heavily on (most) real world religions, which is why, for example, the archdevils and demon princes largely use obscure Goetic names rather than ones more strongly associated with actual religions.James Maliszewskihttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-43760273077523044362010-01-28T10:05:50.062-05:002010-01-28T10:05:50.062-05:00Gary would also occasionally discuss this. He said...Gary would also occasionally discuss this. He said one of JRRT's weaknesses with LoTR was the complete absence of anything spiritual in the work. It was an interesting discussion.

Yes, I recall Gary's having said similar things in various forums and it was such statements that, combined with others he'd made about LotR, that clinched for me the sense that he never really understood Tolkien or Middle-earth.James Maliszewskihttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-60177104510923195832010-01-28T09:58:01.473-05:002010-01-28T09:58:01.473-05:00Speaking of wargaming: If you think the DDG is bad...Speaking of wargaming: If you think the DDG is bad with its stats for the gods, check out Bruce Galloway's Fantasy Wargaming. ^_^

Also, although my AD&D group never did any deity hunting, I've got an idea for a campaign playing on that cliché that I've been hoping to run someday. The great thing about this hobby is that you can take almost anything, turn it on its head, and use it. Even a "bad" RPG book can be a gold mine of inspiration.Robert Fisherhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-29320541274155347972010-01-28T09:50:27.037-05:002010-01-28T09:50:27.037-05:00I also dislike giving the gods statistics, it'...I also dislike giving the gods statistics, it's just asking for trouble.

In my own campaign, the gods are at war and constantly meddling with the affairs of men. My players have even met one and one of them converted to worship her. Woe betide any of my heroes from challenging one of the gods in Summit, though. That is when Hitpoints, Armour Class, Magic resistance and Saving throws cease to function. The gods of Summit will rip the soul from its fleshy container and imprison it forever as they see fit, or enact a punishment similar to what happened to Prometheus... for they are *not bound by the rules* as *mortals are*.

I suspect that giving attributes to the gods comes from too much wargaming.The Recursion Kinghttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-52630654269265854442010-01-28T08:22:37.545-05:002010-01-28T08:22:37.545-05:00I remember my first brush with this very book, and...I remember my first brush with this very book, and although I was still naive enough to believe that I needed every single product to be a true DM, I was never a fan of Deities and Demigods.

Maybe it's because my rival for DMing dominance was obsessed with it, or maybe it was just because I didn't like that Gods were being reduced to a level on par with the players.

I'm not even sure I'm a fan of the likes of the Lords of the Nine Hells being given stats. It makes them into something less than Gods, and something players can just aspire to kill.

An informative, entertaining book - but one I'd never use in one of my games.C.W. Bushhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-38650205075443357492010-01-28T00:13:33.032-05:002010-01-28T00:13:33.032-05:00It opened my mind to the plethora of pantheons and...It opened my mind to the plethora of pantheons and gods that pre-internet adolescent otherwise was unlikely to encounter. It actually started an interest in foreign cultures and religions that I've pursued ever since.

I never took the stats to mean you were suppose to fight the gods. (they were so overwelmhing high and powerful) But rather as the common shorthand description, A shorthand known to all gamers.Norman Harmanhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-52351552898013442742010-01-27T20:47:08.162-05:002010-01-27T20:47:08.162-05:00Also try looking at Wikipedia and at Theosophy.org...Also try looking at Wikipedia and at Theosophy.org.Johnhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-34903615379088739262010-01-27T20:45:59.775-05:002010-01-27T20:45:59.775-05:00Well, most of the Theosophical works I have not re...Well, most of the Theosophical works I have not read myself, but Gary read a lot of work by H. P. Blavatsky.

Probably the best quick on-line source regarding the Devas would be a more recent work which explains the concept of Devas in Theosophy. Just reading the few pages--it explains the Deva hierarchy--Solar, the Planetary, then "Nature" which also pretty much explains why Gary created three classes of Devas tied to specific planes. Since the author of that book read all the Theosophy works, this is a good synopsis of the concepts.

http://books.google.com/books?id=aTrF1e9V20sC

Google won't let you read the whole thing, so just be sure to read the first chapter.Johnhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-60566766635356678042010-01-27T20:45:18.635-05:002010-01-27T20:45:18.635-05:00I love DDG. I like it more than any other AD&D...I love DDG. I like it more than any other AD&D books outside of the PHB and the DMG.

To me, DDG possesses a sense of wonder. Page after page of mythological beings (including the Cthulhu Mythos, and the Melnibonean, and Nehwon's, plus some monster deities) is even more interesting to me than the MM or the FF.

I especially love the fact that the gods are given AD&D stats. If you can't kill a god, what's he for? ;)Geoffreyhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-15513675051251710412010-01-27T20:16:14.500-05:002010-01-27T20:16:14.500-05:00Another point: Amongst myself and my AD&D comp...Another point: Amongst myself and my AD&D compatriots, the standard divine abilities on p. 8 were considered enough for any deity to survive nigh any encounter with PCs.Robert Fisherhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-84877110773558246242010-01-27T19:55:19.397-05:002010-01-27T19:55:19.397-05:00He was a salesman, whether or not he was cut out f...He was a salesman, whether or not he was cut out for that job (it involves a great deal of precise lying, and I'd count 'logorrhea' high above dishonesty in a list of Gygax's flaws! Indeed, possibly first among them...).

Well, he was a salesman before he quit his day job, wasn't he?metamorphosissigmahttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-14436794035228914412010-01-27T19:48:46.468-05:002010-01-27T19:48:46.468-05:00"I thought D&D clerics were steeped in Ch..."I thought D&D clerics were steeped in Christian influences (e.g., use of holy water and holy symbols vs. undead and specifically vampires, etc.)."

And actually, if you're talking LBBs, then it's "cross", not "holy symbol" (see Vol-1 Equipment, Vol-2 Vampires, etc.).Deltahttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-1448971511253313142010-01-27T18:42:45.691-05:002010-01-27T18:42:45.691-05:00A "true AD&D campaign?" What do thos...A "true AD&D campaign?" What do those words even mean? That it's impossible to play the game without the information contained in Deities & Demigods? Or is it that Gygax believes the notion of gods to be a foundational principle of the game?

I should think the easy answer is that Gygax (1) was more a liability than an asset marketing-wise, and (2) had a famously screwy view of what he was doing in designing and approving these books, evident in the many contradictions and dead ends in his D&D-related talk; but despite (1) and (2) he very definitely (3) wanted you to buy everything his company sold, good or not, competently written/edited or not, fully-baked or not. He was a salesman, whether or not he was cut out for that job (it involves a great deal of precise lying, and I'd count 'logorrhea' high above dishonesty in a list of Gygax's flaws! Indeed, possibly first among them...).

Occam's Razor: Gygax wrote that foreword to get you to buy the book, and as he wrote it, he probably meant what he was writing. If a PR person said that stuff you'd have dismissed it 20 years ago, not unjustifiably.Wallyhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-50110305805237733522010-01-27T18:41:13.506-05:002010-01-27T18:41:13.506-05:00I thought and do think that this is one of the mos...I thought and do think that this is one of the most staggering of the AD&D books. Like somebody else mentioned it turned me on to reading Lovecraft, Leiber, and Moorcock. The business of there being two editions with the Lovecraft and Moorcock removed makes that book even more special and representative of an era I remember.

I must agree that there was not a lot of practical use in the book in terms of game play, and what EGG is quoted here as saying sounds to me just egomaniacal sales spiel.

But I'm in disagreement that it's an example of over quantification run rampant in AD&D. That this book dared to quantify the divine was to my junior high mind a staggering step. The idea that the divine could be quantified in any capacity, even in a fantasy game, I found to be a big idea, because if you can quantify something, then you make it real - even if it's pure invention. Half of the fun of D&D (and Arduin, which loves nothing more than a table or chart) is that it quantifies imagination. Quantifying mythic things is probably the secret process that mades D&D like a drug.

What can be measured can be known. And what can be imagined can be known more intimately by giving it measure.brasspenhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-47795304475488466352010-01-27T17:29:04.927-05:002010-01-27T17:29:04.927-05:00Funnily enough, I would have said that one of the ...Funnily enough, I would have said that one of the problems with LotR is that there is too much spirituality and not enough grit. The book is absolutely all about magic in the sense of "wonder at creation" and the transcendent value of the spirit/soul, and not enough about hitting things (to be very blunt).

Indeed, it seems to me that LotR is very much what a "deities are so far above mortals they're almost abstract" setting would be like. That there is little or no evidence of organised churches and clerics (although some is implied for the side of Evil) merely indicates that JRRT believed that religion did not need organising (an interesting idea for a Catholic).

Silmarillion of course dealt much more openly with these issues, but one can argue that it never quite informed the background of LotR in a definite and canonical fashion.Nagorahttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-54317820351025764932010-01-27T17:23:39.758-05:002010-01-27T17:23:39.758-05:00The problem is that many people become confused wh...The problem is that many people become confused when they hear the term god; they think in terms of the Abrahamic religions, where God is all-powerful. However, there are many examples in mythology of mortals and gods mixing it up. I watched Jason and the Argonauts the other day, and it reminded me of how influenced by mythology Dungeons & Dragons is: hydra, harpies, skeletons, iron golem, etc. In the context of the game's influences, Deities & Demigods makes perfect sense. In Greek mythology, the gods were very involved in the affairs of mortals. Even in a more strictly medieval milieu, there are still angels, devils, demons, and faeries to contend with.

More detail on the gods then is present in Deities & Demigods would actually make the book less usable. Basic stats and sketchy details make it easy to modify and expand the gods as needed for one's campaign; just pick some deities for your campaign when it starts, and then modify them as needed as the campaign develops.sjanhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-58572505681808358862010-01-27T17:18:05.267-05:002010-01-27T17:18:05.267-05:00Many gamers today lean a bit liberal and towards a...Many gamers today lean a bit liberal and towards atheism, or at the very least they don't mind breaking the taboo of Abrahamic religions being kept out of D&D and other FRPGs. I know Gygax did not want to explore real world religions outside of inspiration of historical clergy.

Really? I thought D&D clerics were steeped in Christian influences (e.g., use of holy water and holy symbols vs. undead and specifically vampires, etc.). What gave you the impression he shied away from it?Jayhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-15206870902055321392010-01-27T17:14:15.904-05:002010-01-27T17:14:15.904-05:00the distinction between magic and miracles is some...the distinction between magic and miracles is somewhat of a D&D invention
...well, there was also a lively debate at the turn of the 20th century among anthropologists regarding what was religion and what was magic (ie superstition): Fraser's Golden Bough is a contribution to it. And I don't think it's really true that JRRT presented an "unspiritual" fantasy: there's all sorts of discussion of creation and various kinds of ur-spirit-creatures in his notes, it's just all in a decidedly un-Judaeo-Christian register. ...in certain respects. Gandalf and the wizards, for instance, seem to have been left as some kind of stewards for the world by some entity from the early days of the world that smells an awful lot like providence.

I'm really interested in this business of the Devas coming to D&D via Theosophy, though: John, do you have any more information about that?

Finally, regarding Gary being "off the reservation" - part of me thinks that excluding his later work is a bit like claiming that Picasso should have stuck with the blue period stuff and ignoring all that cubist stuff, another part of me thinks that we shouldn't lose sight of the fact that D&D was always the work of many hands, and that every work leaves its author's control when it's sent out into the world. I wonder what Gary thought about this, in later years.richardhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com


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Here is the theorem i'm supposed to use to prove the continuity of the function f(x) = x^3.
Let f be a real-valued function whose domain is a subset of R. Then f is continuous at x0 element dom(f) iff for every epsilon > 0 there exists delta > 0 s. t. x element dom(f) and |x - x0| < delta => |f(x)-f(x0)| < epsilon.
So I don't know how to get delta. I'm pretty sure you are supposed to use the triangle inequality somewhere, and you need to work backwards but i'm just a bit confused.