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Petition to allow Tesla to sell in all states-tracking progress
Petition to allow Tesla to sell in all states-tracking progress
10176 at 12:28 PST June 25th
10504 at 9:00am EST
11,000 at 9:45 a.m. PST
11,050 at 10:05 am PST
11,139 at 10:43 am PST
11,212 at 11:25 am PST
Running about 2/minute at the moment.
We have some help from Linux too! http://beginlinux.com/blog/2013/06/why-every-gnulinux-user-should-suppor...
11600... 2:33pm pst
If half of Elon's twitter followers sign it, we'll be golden. Come on elon, tie a surprise announcement to getting 100k on the petition!
awesome. i signed this early june
11,645 @ 3:10 pm PST
Tom Leykis has been at these forums and he has a Tesla.
I don't know if he is on the air anymore or if he just does podcasts. He might do a plug for the petition if he were aware of it.
Here's a letter I'm sending to my friends. If you find it useful, please feel free to use it, modify it, and send out to your own networks as well!
Dear Tesla-supporting Friends,
I've never been politically active, but this issue has me fired up enough to try to do something about it! Tesla has been selling cars directly to consumers because the internet makes it so easy, and dealers have no incentive to spend the time and money required to educate consumers about the benefits of electric cars when they could much more easily sell an existing car on their lot. This is great for consumers (in my opinion) because you don't have to haggle with dealers, and you don't have a middle-man to mark up the price. Now the dealers are worried that they're going to be run out of business, so they're organizing in certain states (New York, Texas, North Carolina) to pass laws that forbid Tesla from selling in their states (and some even trying to forbid their citizens from "importing" a Tesla from another state). This is an egregious violation of free market capitalism, but still Tesla has to spend a lot of time and money to fight these battles in every state as the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) tries to push this legislation through. Tesla has been winning most of the battles, but NADA is well funded and are fighting like their future depends on it!
There's a petition on WhiteHouse.gov to allow Tesla Motors to sell directly to consumers in all 50 states (https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/allow-tesla-motors-sell-direct...). It needs 100,000 signatures by next week and still has a long ways to go, but is picking up momentum (it can be signed by any person age 13 or older). Passing this petition won't have any direct effect on laws, but it will help bring the issue to national awareness, and hopefully show the legislators that people do not support NADAs activities.
It requires a small effort to sign on to the website and give your name and e-mail address, but otherwise it's pretty quick and easy. If you feel like taking the time to sign it, please do - and pass along to your friends and family!
Some of you may know who Leo Laporte is. He has among many shows one called The Tech Guy. This is broadcast every Saturday and Sunday across the country. I tried with no luck to get thru last Sunday. I think Leo would back the petition. Lots of times when he suggests something he gets a big following. I spoke with the same guy at Tesla in Palo Alto about this and suggested that he pass that along there at Tesla. I was thinking they would have more pull to get heard.
Feel free if anyone else listens to the Tech Guy to try to get on this weekend to explain the petition. I will also try again.
Fingers crossed that a Tesla official gets in contact.
11,729 @ 4 pm PST
Looks like we're the 48th most popular petition right now...
12815 at 9:26 PM EST
Almost 13k...
Same for me with the letter, Jamon!
13,275 @ 7:50 pm PST.
Up to about 5/minute now!
13,500... 8:15pm pst
Tesla stores nation wide should be making this petition available for shoppers/visitors to sign. Employees should explain the fight for direct sales. If they can't talk about prices or give test drives they should damn well be able to express why and make aware the petition to help make things right!
Elon/George, get store employees on this right now... Expect a lot of people to be visiting the store over the holiday weekend. Will easily get the sigs if everyone talks about it and sets up a computer for people to sign!!!
13650... 9:03pm pst
I am a green card holder, can I sign this?
If you are 13 or older... Sign away!
13725... 9:26pm pst
@skkhow....of course you can sign...the only thing u can do is vote...otherwise you have exactly the same rights of every Americano...
...only thing u "can't" do is vote.....
13850... 10:00pm pst
13900... 10:29pm pst
Tesla petition is the 5th most popular active white house petition in the USA now!
... Just 600 sigs behind #4 most popular... Keep signing!
...620 sigs behind #3!
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13990... 11:00pm pst
Approx 4,000 sigs over past 24 hr... Not bad!
Need tesla stores to get awareness to visitors and we'll get the goal for sure!
...gained 50 sigs on #4... 550 behind now!
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14650... 11:31pm pst
Gained another 60 Sigs on #4... 490 behind...
Correction, 14065 @11:32pm
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14121@11:51pm pst... Gained another 60 on #4... 440 behind and moving up fast
14,270 @ 1 am PST
everyone who signed (here) need to find/persuade at least another 5 or so to sign as well else we do not stand a chance...
14708 @6:44am pst...
Moved up to #4 most popular active WH petition the nation!
... 700 behind #3... Keep it up!
7:29pm pst... Starting to outpace #3. 690 behind now! Keep it up! Thx to Phil Lebeau for petition tweet this morning!
15,000 @7:53am pst... Gained another 100 on #3... Only 590 behind now! Cool stuff!
+1 +5 +
personally goal reached of 5 more to sign
now aiming for 5 more!
I've recruited at least 5 so far. And several of them are working on recruiting their own 5.
15,380 @ 10:10 am PST
Correction, PDT. ;)
15,888 @ 1:16pm pdt
Closing in on #3 most popular active petition... With 240 signatures of passing it for the spot! Keep it up!


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Paul Verhoeven's Baby Thriller 'Surrogate' is Still in the Works
by Alex Billington
April 16, 2010
Source: MTV
Earlier this week we wrote about a new project that director Paul Verhoeven (seen above) is working on (an adaptation of the video game The Last Express), but we weren't sure if that meant he was ditching his other project The Surrogate. Announced last year, The Surrogate is a thriller about a couple desperate to have a child who find themselves in an unbearable position when they find out the surrogate they hired to carry their baby is insane. Not the most interesting concept, but in the hands of Verhoeven, you never know. MTV ran new quotes from their recent chat with Verhoeven and word is The Surrogate is still in the works.
"That's still in the works," Verhoeven told MTV. "Halle Berry is attached to the project and we discussed it all. The question is where do we get the $30 million to do a project that includes a lot of things that have to do with abortion and… surrogate mothers." Good question, but maybe it's an early sign that no one wants to invest in this. We don't want another Showgirls, now do we? While Berry is attached (as of June '09) to play the mother/wife, they still haven't found someone for the husband or the surrogate yet. Verhoeven does also promise this will be "provocative and sexual," which reminds me of Showgirls again. Speaking of which:
"There are nearly no movies anymore with sex clearly in it," Verhoeven told MTV. "If you look at what's there, it's all PG-13. There is really no R anymore." The plan is for The Surrogate to change all that.
He's right - the way we treat sexuality and nudity in movies in the US is shameful. But that doesn't mean he needs to overdo it to prove a point. Verhoeven's always been an edgier filmmaker who sometimes takes that sexuality a bit too far (I heard more complaints about that "scene" in Black Book than I did compliments) and, well, I don't think I need to mention Showgirls again, but I will anyway. Then again, I am usually a fan of Verhoeven's crazier work, which it sounds like this could be, especially with an "insane" baby mama that Halle Berry has to fight. The Surrogate is in development at Fox through GG Filmz and Winter Road. It's based on a book of the same name by Kathryn Mackel. We'll keep you updated on its progress. Thoughts?
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I recently had a terrible head cold, which caused symptoms that were probably similar to yours. I discovered that using a sinus rinse like Simply Saline did wonders. It seemed like it would be disgusting before I tried it but it turned out to not be unpleasant at all and it really did work wonders for clearing mucus that made me feel like I was choking.
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I'm happy that the Swifties have come out to expose Ketchup for what he is. I only wish they had done so thirty years ago.
Three Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star and a Silver Star in less than four months in combat is ridiculous!
Semper Fi,
It`s also impossible from how many times he saw "combat". I mean, from what I can find (I could be wrong) he was involved in 2 drive by shootouts from the boat to shore, and chased an injured Viet cong and shot him. How does one get 3 purple hearts if you saw "combat" twice? Does one get a purple heart for each injury? I mean if you are involved in one shootout, and you get scratched twice, do you get two purple hearts? Why aren`t the Repubs all over this?


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Unanswered: MS SQL to PostgreSQL Conversion
I am in the process of converting a database from MS SQL Server to PostgreSQL and I am having a few problems getting the data in to postgreSQL.
Basically i've read up on it and got a few examples of using the COPY command, but I'm sure I'm missing something because no matter what syntax I use I am still unable to insert the data from a CSV file from SQL Server into PostgreSQL.
What I would really appreciate is if someone has a decent link to one, with example or if someone can give me a quick example here of how to do it. For example, if I want to get the data from a file called data.csv into a table called table1 then I've been trying :
COPY table1 FROM 'c:/data.csv'
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Did you review Ethan Townsend's document Conversion of Microsoft SQL/ASP applications to PostgreSQL at PostgreSQL.Org ?
He suggests using SQL Server's "Export Data" uility from Enterprise Manager.
In another conversion article, Ryan Bonham recommends using DTS.
Now, in the oldest of the three conversion articles from SQL Server to PostgreSQL, Ian Harding discusses using COPY to import the data. He DOES mention that SQL Server uses lf and cr as the end of line (newline) terminator, whereas postgreSQL uses lf character only.
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Thanks for your reply and the links - I'll have a look at those and I'm sure one of them is bound to work - Plenty of reading anyway.
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An increasingly popular Camino de Santiago, the Portuguese Way is an enchanting route that winds northwards from the heart of Portugal, heading towards Santiago de Compostela. We focus on the path out of O Porto along the Atlantic coast before cutting inland through a landscape of small vineyards and traditionally cultivated fields.
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The Apostle James, The Greater, is thought to have landed in NW Spain and preached the message of modern christianity in what is today Galicia and Northern Portugal. Shortly after in 40 A.D. he returned to Jerusalem and was soon martyred. His loyal followers returned his body to the Iberian Peninsula for burial in Libredon. Nearly 800 years passed before the rediscovery of the tomb of Saint James. Pilgrims soon started beating a trail to Santiago de Compostela, and in time the Way from the south became known as the Camino Portugues.
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Day 2 - Vila do Conde - Pereira, 23.3kms
Turning away from the coast the route soon rejoins the main Camino Portugues at Arcos by the small medieval bridge. A mix of quiet country lanes, lead you from village to village through a mix of shaded woodland and cultivated small holdings.
Day 3 - Pereira - Balugaes, 24kms
The Portuguese Way of St james - Traditional Barcelos cockerelToday's route takes you through the pretty town of Barcelos, famed throughout Portugal for its weekly Thursday market. The brightly coloured Barcelos cockerel often portrayed in ceramic form represents a famous Camino miracle tale! The Pilgrim's route follows a valley landscape patterned by cultivated plots, much of whose produce goes to the local market. Small stream crossings with deliciously cool tree lined arcades, help keep the walker cool.
Day 4 - Balugaes - Ponte de Lima, 17.8kms
Quiet country lanes and dusty tracks climb through a shaded native woodland to a pass which also serves as a watershed between the Cavado and Lima river valleys. The latter gives its name to the stunning town of Ponte de Lima, with its impressive Roman bridge. Your gradual quiet descent into the pretty Lima valley gives you ample time to take in the fertile grounds that produce some of the tastiest fruit as well the famed grapes for making Vinho Verde.
Day 5 - Ponte de Lima - Sao Bento da Porta Aberta, 22.6kms
A day of mixed offerings; on the one hand this is probably the day with most off road walking and plenty of shade, however that joy is tempered by the fact that you have to climb nearly 500m through the pass of Portela Grande.
Day 6 - Sao Bento - Tui, 14.3 kms
Another delightful day of quiet lanes and earthen tracks that wind gently downhill into the River Minho valley. The historic border town of Valença is well a worth a visit before crossing the mighty Miño (in Spanish) into the pretty Spanish hilltop town of Tui. Don't forget to adjust your watches by an hour!
Day 7 - Tui - Porriño, 16.2kms
The popular starting point of the Portuguese Way in Galicia, the Camino from Tui and follows woodland paths before entering the mining region of O Porriño, where colossal granite quarries are to be seen in the distance.
Day 8 - Porriño - Redondela, 14.9kms
Walking on paths which are more than two millennia old, today's Camino follows parts of the old Roman road. A day of gentle climbs and descents ends at the small town of Redondela, famous for one of Galicia's most colourful Corpus Christi festivals.
Day 9 - Redondela - Pontevedra, 18.2kms
Today's highlights include the medieval bridge of Ponte Sampaio, where Napoleon's army was ultimately defeated in Galicia, and the city of Pontevedra, home to the famous Pilgrim Virgin's church, whose floor forms the shape of a scallop shell!
Day 10 - Pontevedra - Caldas de Reis, 23.1kms
A pleasant walk through woodland and farmland finishing at the popular spa town of Caldas de Reis, where you will find the only church in Galicia consecrated to Saint Thomas of Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury and Chancellor of England in the 12th century.
Day 11 - Caldas de Reis - Padrón, 18.1 kms
Today's walk is considered by many as one of the most beautiful on the whole route. After walking the green Bermaña and Valga valleys we reach the town of Padrón, where according to tradition the Apostle St James first landed on Galician soil. The parish church has the legendary Pedrón, the stone where St James' boat was moored.
Day 12 - Padrón - Santiago, 24.9kms
The final stage of the Camino Portugues, walking through woodland before climbing to reach your destination: Santiago de Compostela, a UNESCO World Heritage city.
Millions of people of all ages and walks of life have been walking the Camino Portugues for over 1000 years
The main highlights of our independent walk of the Camino Portugues are:
- Walking one of Europe's oldest cultural routes
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- Santiago de Compostela, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
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Santiago de Compostela, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Galicia's capital city and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1985, Santiago de Compostela is the destination of the Way of St James pilgrimage, one of the major themes of medieval history in Europe.
From Scandinavia to the Mediterranean, millions have walked to Santiago along many Caminos. Around the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, a masterpiece of Romanesque art, the city boasts a magnificent old town worthy of one of Christianity's greatest holy cities.
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As an add on to the tour, we can take you to Cape Finisterre in the Atlantic Coast, the final destination for many pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago. We also organise four day walks on the Camino de Finisterre. A walk on the beach, searching for your own scallop shell makes for a superb ending to the whole experience.
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Hangin' At The Usual Suspects #2
All of which is completely beside the point. We like the food at the Usual, but that's not why we go there. We go there to drink wine!
Elaine saw the Nikolaihof Hefeabzug Gruner Veltliner '06 on the list last week, and was obviously pining for it, so we had some. The nose was typical, in that it had some citrus notes, and a touch of ginger, and a hint of smoke (Elaine complained that she had a hard time detecting smokey notes when cigarettes were in the vicinity. I reminded her than on January 2nd that problem would go away.) and quite untypical because there was this fugitive aroma of what I thought of as red fruit and Elaine specifically identified as lychee fruit. "Not the stuff in syrup, but the fresh fruit," she said. We got earthy pear fruit on the palate, kind of Bosc pear, the kind with the brown skin. And after the wine had been open about 20 minutes, this Concord grape aroma came up at us. Bizarre.
Then we went to the Domaine du Clos du Fief 2007, made by Michel Tête, who has a 17-acre-plus vineyard in the Juliénas cru of Beaujolais. On the first encounter, it had that big bubblegum aroma that causes the word "amylic" to form on my lips. I mean not just a note, but a big ol' snootful of Bazooka Joe. Fortunately this subsided, to be followed by a pleasing note of bing cherry. "Bing cherry but more acidic," said Elaine. There were some mineral notes, too. (In light of the Big Controversy over "minerality" in wine, I ask you to resist the urge to make snarky comments about what kind of aroma rocks have, and how they get into wine. Let's just say that it's wicked complicated, and nobody can explain it exactly, but, you know, if you can't smell rocks in a great Chablis, then you shouldn't be drinking it. Actually, step right up and make snarky comments. They're better than no comments.)
Have we actually tasted the wine yet? Yes, we have! Gorgeous red fruit: strawberry, raspberry, cherry, fresh and ripe--all the stuff that makes Beaujolais so appealing to everyone except a bunch of stuffed shirts who don't think wine is Serious unless it contains bludgeoning tannins and etc. And those of you who, through no fault of your own, know only Beaujolais Nouveau, which used to be a charming harvest wine, and now is just a way for Georges Duboeuf to sell his inventory lickety-split.
Then there was an interval during which we paid attention to the food, and Karl was able to get a few words in edgewise.
"The fruit is falling off. There's less focus. Maybe it will come back."
"Red Currant!"
Then we passed around a wee dram of Balvenie DoubleWood, and it was 10 o'clock, and we adjourned.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Parker's Blind Tasting
"Two thoughts: First, anyone, even Big Bob, can have a bad day. It's worse for him, because he has hyped himself so shamelessly for the past decade, but otherwise it could happen to anybody. I taste blind about once a week; once in a while I nail something (Donnafugata Ben Rye! On the first sip!), and once in a while I am so incredibly far off I tell myself I should just give it up (Tasting a '94 Nuit St. Georges and deciding it was Cannonau from Sardinia).
"Second, the Parker episode has re-ignited a long-standing argument about the 100-point system. Its defenders say it isn't meant to be precise, but that, to me, is exactly the problem: People who don't know any better assume there's some real quantitative difference between an 89 and a 90; and people who do know better exploit this ignorance to their profit."
Of course, in my work, I play Parker like a violin. If he gives something I like a big score, I tell the customer "Look! Parker gave it a 93!" And if he gives something I like an 82, I tell the customer "Parker's just a fat old lawyer from Maryland! Who cares what he thinks!"
Friday, October 23, 2009
Hangin' At The Usual Suspects
No time like the present, so out comes a bottle of Occipinti SP68, an all-organic blend of Nero d'Avola and Frappato, IGT Sicilia 2008. It's made by Arianna Occipinti, who pulls no punches with her wines. The nose was funky, with tar, potpourri, and red berries. In the mouth, the wine was surprisingly light, with more red berries and pomegranate, and this heavy earthy note that Elaine first called volcanic ash, and later amended to "basalt." She also pointed out that the two grapes don't blend so much as they lay on top of each other. I agreed that there was a definite upstairs/downstairs feel. Karl thought it was pretty good, but I suspect he was also trying to decide whether the two of us were going to be entertainingly lunatic or pedantically boring.
Well, the wine was very good, and as so often happens, the bottle became empty, and it was time to open another one, and next in Les's line-up was a Touraine Le Tesnière Pineau d'Aunis 2007 from Thierry Puzelat. Like Ms. Occipinti, Puzelat is another wild-eyed biodynamic minimal-interventionist, who resists herbicides, pesticides, chemical fertilizers, sulfites, and probably reads by candlelight.
As the incredibly exclusive club of readers of this blog (all three of you! Don't worry, I'm not gonna name names!) know, I tend to be utilitarian in my note-taking. I have read one too many reviews by Parker that include the phrase "scorched earth," and I always want to ask him how he knows what that is. But by now I already have a couple glasses in me, and Elaine clearly has no such compunctions, so I start writing it all down:
"Beet greens!"
"Weird acidity!"
"Roses and white peppercorns!"
and finally:
"It smells like rolling down a grassy hill in late September when some of the grass is still green and some of it has turned brown!"
There was probably more, but I didn't get it all. Oh, yeah: The tannins in this baby never backed off. If anything, they became more assertive as the evening progressed.
Karl was still there when I finally got up and called it a night.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
"Deleted" follow-up
In September of 2007 an article called "The Jefferson Bottles" appeared in The New Yorker. Written by Patrick Keefe, it includes this fascinating passage:
"In his book 'Vintage Wine: Fifty Years of Tasting Three Centuries of Wines,' Broadbent acknowledges that it was through Rodenstock's 'immense generosity' that he was able to taste many of the rarest entries. Much of his section on eighteenth-century wines consists of notes from Rodenstock tastings."
If it were ever demonstrated in a court of law (and for the record, it has not) that Rodenstock was a purveyor of counterfeit wines, then where would that leave Broadbent, as a recipient of Rodenstock's "immense generosity"?
Keefe's article is still on line. You can read it here.
Update: It seems Rodenstock was once found guilty of fraud, although he appealed and the matter was settled out of court:
"A German collector, Hans-Peter Frericks, accused Mr. Rodenstock in a Munich state court, which found in favor of Mr. Frericks on Dec. 14, 1992, saying "the defendant adulterated the wine or knowingly offered adulterated wine." Mr. Rodenstock appealed, and the men also filed criminal complaints against each other for defamation. The charges were dropped and the cases eventually were settled in 1995. The details of the settlement are confidential." (Link to original story in The Wall Street Journal, and h/t to Ted Simon on the Dr. Vino blog for the reference.)
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Fortunately, the long arm of strict United Kingdom libel laws, and the threats by Bartholomew Broadbent to employ them to defend his father's honor, don't reach to North Carolina. I don't remember exactly what I posted, but it went something like this:
"Broadbent may celebrate his victory against Random House, but this isn't over. Jim Koch is still out there, and he's an angry guy with a lot of money to spend on lawyers. If he can prove that Hardy Rodenstock defrauded him in a U.S. Court, that will not do anything to help Michael Broadbent's reputation. I have only the highest respect for Michael Broadbent, and it is my opinion that he simply had a moment of acting foolishly (which could happen to any of us) with regard to Rodenstock and his wines."
It's not exact, but that's pretty much all I said.
I think this whole episode is sad, for everyone, especially Michael Broadbent himself; there are probably people who never knew his name until today, who don't know about his lifetime of achievement in the wine business, who are now going to associate his name with this nasty bit of business.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
In Cahors: Château de Haute-Serre
Then, in the mid-19th Century, disease (oidium) struck Bordeaux but spared Cahors, and the region came back to life—but only for about 30 years, when phylloxera arrived and very nearly destroyed the wine business. The vines recovered, but there was little cause for celebration, because by the 1930s Cahors was suffering another onslaught, this time from cheap imports from Algeria. The region survived even this, and not long after the end of World War II was gaining strength—until the crippling frosts of the mid-1950s. But Cahors came back yet again. In 1971, Cahors achieved AOC status, and the canny Georges Vigoroux celebrated by replanting his 165 acres with new vines.
Vigouroux, depending upon who you talk to, is either the savior of Cahors or Satan incarnate. For centuries, the red grape of Cahors was identified either as "Cot" or as "Auxerrois." The name "Malbec" wasn't used. No one seems to know for sure, but I'd put my money on Georges Vigouroux as the first vigneron in Cahors to put "Malbec" on his label. I first saw "Rosé of Malbec" on a wine from his Pigmentum line in 2004. The following year, "Malbec" appeared on his "Château de Haute-Serre" label. Today, of course, the vignerons of Cahors and those of Mendoza actually have a joint-marketing agreement to promote Malbec, and Vigouroux looks just as prophetic as he did in 1971. He has quite an empire these days, including a chain of retail stores under the "Atrium" name. Château de Haute-Serre is his flagship property, now under the direction of his son, Bertrand-Gabriel Vigouroux.
We arrived there on Wednesday the 7th. The vendage had been underway since Sept. 29, but there didn't seem to be any great sense of urgency to bring the fruit in; the weather was cooperating—warm but overcast, and no threat of rain. The big blue mechanical picker was chugging across the vineyards just to the north of the handsome winery, known as "Atrium," which was opened in 1987. (See photo)
Walking through the vineyard, our guide, Camille, remarked on the soil, which is basically chalk with quartz pebbles and a little alluvial soil. Asked what else would grow here besides grapevines, she paused for a moment and replied, "Trees." Most of the vineyard is planted with Malbec, along with small amounts of Merlot and Tannat. There is also a small area—less than four acres—set aside for the production of chardonnay.
Back at the chais, we watched as a tractor-load of grapes were dumped into a feed hopper. An augur fed the grapes into a crusher-destemmer. The resulting juice was pumped via an overhead line into an assigned fermentation tank. The tanks had concrete bases, but the upper two-thirds were steel—a design I hadn't seen before. Each tank holds juice from a particular part of the vineyard, and fermentation is controlled accordingly. The whole setup—no sorting tables, no bladder presses—seemed almost casual compared to the relentless modernity of the wineries I saw earlier this year in Mendoza.
Fermentation takes about seven days; maceration about 20 days, with regular pumping-over. The regular Haute-Serre wine is then aged for about a year in neutral-oak tuns of 70 hectoliters (about 1,850 gallons). The estate's first wine, the Château le Fleur, is bottled from these tuns without further aging. The Haute-Serre and the Cuvée Géron Dadine de Haute-Serre (the estate's new prestige cuvee, created by Bertrand-Gabriel Vigouroux) receive additional aging in a combination of French and American oak, of which one-third is new each year.
We tasted the 2005 Haute-Serre, which had a lovely nose of licorice and cedar, and a sturdy palate (I think it is law that every Cahors tasting note include the word "sturdy.") of plum and red berries, with a distinct tangy note of cranberry, and a finish emphasizing forthright tannins and earth. The 2005 "Prestige" had a similar aroma and flavor profile, but was softer and more polished. Harry bought a sixpack of the Chardonnay, called Albesco ("I Become White" in Latin). We drank some that evening and found it innocuous. I have heard that many French winemakers who specialize in reds feel obliged to produce at least a little white to be used as a starter wine for formal tasting. When I mentioned this to Eb, he told me it could also be that the Chardonnay might have a more practical purpose: adding a little bit to kick-start fermentation of the reds.
As we prepared to depart for downtown Cahors for lunch (at the excellent Restaurant du Marché—thanks for the steer, Camille!) we were advised that the 2009 vintage was expected to be an exceptional one. Can't wait to find out...
(Check out the wineglass with the round fingerhold in the stem. This is, I'm told, the "classic Cahors wineglass.")
PS: In the event, we were unable to make it to Château de Chambert. I hope to be able to take advantage of Phillipe Lejeune's offer to visit in the not-too-distant future.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Sparkling wine from New Mexico
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Nosing Around Brive
Over coffee, we decided that Susan and Lucy would head back to Souillac, and Harry and The Mule would take in the sights of the wine shops in Brive. We had a very good time; Harry took me to DeNoix, a tiny distillery right downtown. We tasted liqueuers made in the traditional method, using only real herbs and fruits, and best quality cane sugars. Here's a virtual tour of the place. They also sold wine at the front of the store; I left with a bottle of "Eclipse" because I saw Eric LaGuerre's name on it. I also took a bottle of something called "Triple Zero" made by Jacky Blot of Domaine de La Taille Aux Loups. This is a sparkling Chenin Blanc from the Montlouis Sur Loire AOC, with no chaptalization, no liqueuer du tirage, and no liqueuer du expedition. I got aromas and flavors of green apple, toast, and a kind of very, very dry chocolate note. Needless to say, the wine was bone dry.
We also visited La Maison Du Vin, where Jean Dubech-Janoueix presides over an impressive collection of bottles, including many that had a good amount of bottle age. This interested Harry, who has grown weary of waiting for his collection of Bordeaux to achieve maturity. What interested me was a bin filled with bottles of Domaine Gauby "Le Calcinaire" 2006, one of which I greedily grabbed. M. Dubech-Janoueix, as a good wine saleman should, pointed out that he also had bottles of Gauby's fabled "La Muntada" 2002. In a moment of uncharacteristic restraint, I refrained from laying out 70 euros for a bottle, fabled or no.
I did, however, pick up a bottle that was next to it. It was from Domaine d'Aupilhac, which I'd never heard of; it was "Vin de Pays de Mont Baudile" which I'd also never heard of. What made me buy it was the words "Le Carignan" on the label. I reasoned that anyone who was bottling that grape on its own back in 2000 must have known what he was about. The "non-Filtre" part was reassuring, too. Had I made a find? Hah! That is what Google is for, to clue you in on what the rest of the world already knows. (Nothing like finding out that your Mystery Bottle is considered "a Languedoc reference" by Andrew Jefford.) In the event, it was delicious, with a nose of black fruit, tar, and herbs, and a rich palate of sweet red and black fruit and earth, and just enough structure provided by ripe tannins and acidity.
A Brief Rumination on Château Mourgues du Grès
I spent a little time with Emeric Garcia, "maître de chai" at the winery. When we arrived he was busy with the new vendage; it was a hot, dry summer right up to a week or so before harvest, when it rained. They waited while the Mistral came through and dried everything up—which turned out to be the right decision. We tasted a tank sample of the syrah; it's just a few days old, but on the tongue you can already taste the abundance of fruit. The winery uses concrete tanks to ferment the reds in the traditional style of the region. Garcia says he gets plenty of extraction with minimal pump-over. He ferments a small amount in barrels; he jokes that these are the only places he does any punching-down. White wines and rosés are fermented in new stainless tanks (there is also just a bit of barrel fermentation). He is a careful winemaker, but not "organic." Hoping a wild yeast will initiate a healthy fermentation is too much of a risk for a winery like this.
While Château Mourgues du Grès is neither organic nor "biodynamic," this is clearly a property run with great sensitivity to the interaction of man and nature. So to me, it is no surprise that the wines are excellent and very much of their place.
Thanks again to Anne and François for their hospitality (We agree that "eggplant" is a very strange name for aubergine.)Thanks to Sophie Laurent for the vineyard tour and the tasting. I'm sorry we didn't get a photo of Sophie as good as the one you'll find here.
The Mule with the Collards (and dogs). Behind us, on the wall, Anne's design for the winery: "Sine Sole Nihil" "Without the Sun, Nothing."
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Tasting At Château Mourgues du Grès
Here's what we tasted:
Les Galets Dorés 2008: Grenache blanc and vermentino (80% combined) plus Rousanne, Marsanne, and Bourbolenc, all from young, north-facing vines. On the nose, herbs, light floral character, citrus and a note of honey. On the palate, bright citrus, very refreshing, with a bit of grapefruit pith at the back; then a last note of dried honey on the finish. This would be very good with the local brandade de morue or with a strong cheese.
Terre D' Argence Vin du Pays du Gard 2007: Among the last bottles of the vintage. 40% Viognier, with roussane and marsanne. 5% of the viognier was barrel aged; the rest was aged seven months in stainless tanks. On the nose, lemon verbena and sweet mint; on the palate peach and apricot, maybe the barest hint of orange. Good acidity cuts the richness. Very appealing. The '08, unsurprisingly, shows more fresh acidity.
Capitelles Rosé 2008: Barrel-aged for 3-4 months. Mostly mourvdre, with a bit of carignan. Vivid salmon color. Aromas and flavors of red cherry and other red fruits, oak spice, and red licorice.
Galets Rouge Rosé 2008: A little more carignan and more red fruit—bitter cherry, exotic spice, juicy, but with solid structure lent by minerality.
Terre d'Argence 2007: 85% Syrah, 15% Grenache, 5% oak-aged. Oriental spice, black olive, hint of meatiness on the nose. Follows through with deep plum, black fruits, minerals, and a long mineral-driven finish. A big wine, made from vines 40 years old and older. These are the vines below the top of the bluff; they face directly south. The deep color is the result of month-long maceration. The wine is aged up to a year in concrete.
Terre de Feu 2007: This is one that is not exported to the US. Peter Weygandt passed on it, and while I can understand why, it still seems a pity, because this is a unique wine. The "feu" refers to a fire that started near the top of the slope of the lower part of the vineyard in the famously hot, dry summer of 2003. There's an SNCF track that runs along the crest of the hill, and a spark from a train ignited a fire that burned and slightly damaged some of the oldest Grenache vines. As she opens the bottle, Sophie says, "If you have difficulty breathing, open this wine." It is spectacularly aromatic, releasing all the fragance of the vineyard—the wild fennel, the sweet mint, the garrigue. In the mouth, sweet tobacco vies with powerful unto jammy red raspberry and earth. The very dry finish is carried by tobacco, earth, and spice. This is an extreme wine, made only in the hottest vintages. The alcohol is labeled at 14.5%, but is almost certainly more like 15.5%. It is a bit hot at the end, just like the summers during which it is made.
Capitelles Rouge 2007: 85% syrah, 15% Grenache. The nose on this is almost like American petite sirah: Strong, rich aromas of blueberry, boysenberry, pepper and chocolate. There is also a distinctly local aroma of rich herbs. The biggest difference between this wine and a big California Petite Sirah is focus: The aromas and flavors do not disperse, but follow straight through to the finish. It's dense, rich stuff, and it is no surprise to learn that Mr. Parker thinks highly of it.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Château Mourgues du Grès
The soil (shown at left) is unmistakably Rhone-like: a sea of large pebbles and marl that goes down as much as 7 meters. Small oak trees—bushes, really—grow beneath a line of cypress trees. François Collard says the reason he loves the '07 vintage so much is because he can taste the sap of the garrigue in it. Anne and François Collard were exceptionally generous hosts, and I'll have more on the visit, including tasting notes, when I'm a little less jet-lagged.


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Emily Jo Gibbs
With some of her pieces being held in the permanent collection of the V&A, the Craft Council and The Museum of Fine Art, Houston, Emily Jo Gibbs is known for her exquisite handbags. Emily who is based at Craft Central, finds inspiration in nature and experiments with different materials to create beautiful objects.
Victoria von Stein
Setting Out course participant Victoria von Stein is a jewellery designer-maker that primarily uses silver and gold in combination with gemstones. Victoria designs for the modern woman and her pieces are inspired by her travels, nature and decorative objects. Her pieces are uniquely created with emphasis on originality and high quality.
Elizabeth Smallman
Elizabeth Smallman is a designer that turned her love for all things vintage into unique handmade creations including prints and lampshades. Ever since she started, she has launched different collections such as the Pin Up Girl range Crumpet & Skirt and her products have been featured in many publications. Her studio is located at Craft Central.
Karyn Johnstone
Karyn Johnstone specialises in bespoke lampshades for residential and commercial use and she is a resident at Craft Central. Using both traditional and contemporary product techniques, Karyn designs and prints her own fabrics which makes her work unique. Her collections are inspired by nature, trips and other geometrical patterns.
Charis Tsang
Based at Craft Central designer Charis Tsang explores London's history through linocutting. With a background in architecture, Charis is fascinated by the stories that are hidden in every corner of the city and is inspired by everything that deserves to be remembered or documented.
Alexandra Tosto
Alexandra Tosto completed the Setting Out course in 2014 and is a resident jewellery designer-maker at the Goldsmiths' Centre. Influenced by Quantum Theory and inspired by the universal and detailed magnificence of nature, Alex Tosto uses visual geometric rhythm or physical movement to establish a strong interaction between the piece and its wearer.
Jo Angell
Jo Angell's textile designs and products are characterised by rhythmic patterns in vibrant colours printed in luxurious natural tactile fabrics. Jo finds inspiration in patterns and shapes found in our environment and her designs are a combination of handmade sketches and computer manipulated designs, all created in her Craft Central studio.
Rosie Sharp Jones
Being a designer- maker working with knitted, crocheted & printed textiles, Rose Sharp Jones finds inspiration in traditional textiles and is influenced by their aesthetic appearance. Combining old with modern techniques she creates a range of different products from wearable to household accessories in her studio at Craft Central.
Miriam Griffith
Using high quality locally sourced and mostly natural materials, Miriam Griffith located at Craft Central, specialises in knitwear with a focus on surface textile. Colour is an important part of her creative process and her goal is to create pieces that are easily wearable and can be incorporated into our everyday style.
Abigale Booth
Abi Booth is a quilter and the co-founder of Forest-and-Found. Focusing on traditional craftsmanship, Abi creates products that combine old techniques and contemporary design to develop a relationship with the natural environment. Her goal is to make products that will be passed down from generation to generation.
Marby and Elm
Eleanor Tattersfield is the founder of Marby & Elm, a letterpress design studio based in Clerkenwell. Their collections include a range of stationery, produced using contemporary design and colour with traditional methods from the use of vintage type and hand drawn lettering to their distinctive fluoro inks.
Yuta Segawa
Yuta Segawa is a Japanese ceramic artist specialising in producing miniature pottery. He learned high ceramic skills in Japan and China and developed it into techniques of miniature pots in London. All miniature pots are thrown individually by hand and he use more than five hundred original glazes he made. Miniature pottery relates to the issue of the relationship between artists' bodies and their works.
Suki Cheema
Suki Cheema specialises in rugs, pillows and scarves. Suki's collections are inspired by different places where his team and Suki travel every year. Trying to capture the culture from their trips, they use old techniques to create modern textiles with three dimensional elements and added texture.
Sue Lewis
Based at Craft Central, Sue Lewis is interested in and inspired by the plethora of behaviours and colours of the materials available to the jeweller. Sue works with gold and silver, often combined with diamonds or semi-precious gemstones. Her pieces are unique and handmade, created to be often worn and enjoyed.
Nina Gale
Based in Craft Central, Nina Gale is a jewellery designer-maker, inspired by geometry and rhythms in nature as well as man-made objects and she experiments with different forms. Nina usually works with silver and non-precious metals and she combines digital designs with traditional metalworking techniques.
Chloe Herrero
Getting Started course alumni Chloe Herrero's latest collection explores issues around perfection and imperfection and the paradoxical relation between the concept of jewellery and our need to pursue perfection. By using distorted or distressed elements, Chloe emphasises on our tendency to wear imperfect jewellery to create the perfect image for ourselves.
Max Cairns
Max Cairns's source of inspiration is the British Flora & Fauna, the bold colours and natural beauty found throughout the British Isles. The dominant characteristic in his work is geometrical shapes which are combined with organic forms and intricate details. Designed and produced in his studio at Craft Central, Max's creations incorporate handmade processes to showcase the native wildlife found naturally.
Maiko Dawson
Specialising in shoes and handbags, Maiko Dawson is a designer-maker that primarily works with leather. Her inspiration comes from colours and shapes that she finds in everyday life from streets to markets and nature. Combining traditional designs with modern elements, Maiko uses high quality materials to create durable and functional products.
Mireia Rosell
Mireia Rossell is a jewellery designer from Spain. Mireia focuses on simplicity and flexibility that would allow the wearer to interact creatively with the piece and define its form. With her work, she explores the essence of each material and invites the wearer to use their curiosity to do the same. Her studio is located at Craft Central.
Sally Evans
Sally Evans creates knitted cushions and poufs. She uses 100% cotton or 100% wool and her pieces are constructed in a way as to include three dimensional elements that make them feel sculptural. The colours used are inspired by Brighton and the surrounding area.
Clara Castner
Clara Castner is interested in the touch and feel of the ceramic surface and her creations are inspired by a range of found and made textures and patterns to create a unique experience for the person interacting with them. Part of her design process is utilising her own photographic knowledge and work. Her studio is located at Craft Central.
Foundation Programme students
Every year up to 10 talented young people join the Goldsmiths' Centre's Foundation Programme, receiving the training and hand skills to become a goldsmith. These pieces were created by students completing their training in 2014; and demonstrate their skills level at the end of their course.
Abigail Buckingham
Abigail Buckingham completed the Foundation Programme course for 16 to 19 year old trainees in 2013 and is now a Goldsmiths' Company Apprentice with A R Buckingham. The Goldsmiths' Company Apprenticeship Scheme is delivered by the Goldsmiths' Centre, funded by the Goldsmiths' Company and supports young talented people, like Abigail, to enter successful careers as a goldsmith.


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How to Uninstall/Remove ZFilter Completely Off Your PC
Do you got to uninstall ZFilter or just a feature of their program? If so, then I will tell you how to do this by only performing some easy to do steps. This way, you will be able to successfully remove and to uninstall ZFilter.
Tips to Uninstall ZFilter Manually
Method one:
1. Click on the Start icon in the left hand corner of your desktop to bring out the Start menu.
2. Select All Programs to see a list of programs installed on your computer.
3. Click on the ZFilter you want to uninstall, and then select the option that enables you to uninstall the program.
4. Follow the on screen instructions.
5. Restart your computer.
Method two:
1. If the program is running, you should end it in Windows Task Manager before the uninstallation. Find out ZFilter in the list, and choose end process. Follow the on screen instruction to finish the process.
2. Click on Start¬> navigate to Settings¬> Control Panel.
3. In the Control Panel, scroll down and locate Add or Remove Programs.
4. In the Add or Remove Programs window, highlight it, then click on Change/Remove button to uninstall this program.
5. Then you would be informed by uninstall confirmation message, saying "Are you sure you want to (completely) remove ZFilter and all of its components from your computer?"
6. Click Yes button to proceed the removal. Follow the uninstall wizards to remove it.
7. Save your files and restart your computer if necessary.
To delete the software registry entries:
1. Click Start, click All Programs, and then open the Accessories folder.
2. Click Run, and then click in the Open box.
3. Type regedit, and then click OK.
4. Click the following registry subkey:
Video Show: How to Uninstall the software from windows registry?
Manual option to remove the program will leave something behind on the hard disk, such as broken registry keys, unnecessary files, which will hinder the proper performance of your system. You have to search this leftover stuff in your computer and eliminate them.
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it's highly recommended to get an uninstaller that has a good reputation. A great ZFilter uninstaller is called the HelpUninstaller. The Perfect Uninstaller will help you to fully remove ZFilter by doing 3 things.
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Why don't you take a look at this uninstaller? (Download HelpUninstaller). So, in order to uninstall ZFilter from your computer you can either do it manually, or you use an uninstaller software to do it automatically. It's highly recommended to use an uninstaller so you can avoid wasting time and getting a broken computer. So, do you want to remove ZFilter from your computer? Today? Right now?
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Enter your address to view the collection schedule for all your Solid Waste services and/or sign up for service reminders.
Denver Solid Waste Management collects extra trash bags and large items every four (4) weeks from your neighborhood. Please use the directions below and the calendar to ensure proper use of the program and to help keep your neighborhood clean.
Up to ten (10) bags of trash per collection, including:
Up to five (5) large items per collection, such as:
Construction materials:
Automotive materials:
Yard debris:
Hazardous materials:
Visit the Recycling Directory to find collection or drop-off alternatives for these materials.
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Picture: Ronan Keating leaving Nobu restaurant with his bodyguard after meeting friends for dinner London, England - 15.06.10
Ronan Keating has made a public apology to his estranged wife YVONNE "for the mistakes" he has made, crediting her with bringing him back from a "dark place".
The Boyzone singer separated from his spouse of 12 years in May (10) and was subsequently hit by claims he had enjoyed a fling with a dancer on his tour last year (09).
The pair recently sparked rumours of a reconciliation after they were pictured cuddling affectionately during a day out in Sydney, where the Irish singer has been working as a judge on Australia's The X Factor TV show.
Keating has now publicly declared his love for Yvonne in an emotional message printed in the sleeve notes of his new album, Duet.
The star mentions his "mistakes" and praises Yvonne for helping him through a troubled time.
He writes, "You are the most incredible, inspirational woman I have ever met. For the mistakes I have made in my life, I am sorry. Guess you have to go there to come back. It was a dark place and you were the light to bring me back. I love you."
Simplistic and sometimes painfully goofy, this Australian musical comedy only holds the attention by occasionally...
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Moments ago, a graduate of the University of Benin, Edo State, shared an incredible photos of all the pens he used while in School. The total number of pens during the six years spent in School used was 73!
A graduate of the University of Benin, Edo State, shares a picture of the pens he used as an undergraduate
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NORMAN, Okla. -- Thanks to graduations and early entries into the NFL, the Sooners have several positions to fill on a defense that was already shaky in 2012. SoonerNation breaks that down and projects the rest of the 2013 defensive depth chart:
Defensive tackle: Jordan Phillips, sophomore; Quincy Russell, junior
The Texas A&M debacle showed how average the Sooners were along the defensive line. And now they have to replace their top three players at the position (four if you include David King, who started in the Cotton Bowl). Phillips has promise. He's super athletic for a defensive tackle. But is he ready to be the guy in the middle? The Sooners picked up a much-needed junior college defensive tackle in Russell, who chose OU over Nebraska. Because of OU's problems at tackle, Russell has a good chance to start the moment he steps on campus.


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Michael Vick will be the healthy backup to Nick Foles today, as expected, when the Eagles take the field against the Arizona Cardinals.
Rookie QB Matt Barkley is inactive, with Vick returning from a hamstring strain. Also inactive: LB Emmanuel Acho (with Mychal Kendricks and Jake Knott back), safety Earl Wolff (knee), corner Curtis Marsh (with Bradley Fletcher back), running back Matthew Tucker, and offensive linemen Matt Tobin and Dennis Kelly.
Cardinals running back Andre Ellington is inactive with a knee injury. His status had been up in the air going into gameday.


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Thousands of vehicles – in one spot.
It's a car-shopping experience unlike any other out there, powered by the unbiased insight, opinion and expertise of the Autoweek editors. The shopautoweek.com app guides shoppers with a trusted voice and the latest data available, giving you objective points of view and reliable recommendations.
The Challenge: Create an intuitive and easy-to-use application for the iPad that leveraged our client's massive catalog of thousands of new and used vehicles, spanning back over a decade. A place where users could browse or shop whether they were online or offline.
The Result: A smart and clean design that offered online and offline accessibility as well as helpful expert ratings and reviews users could trust.
The iPad app was so successful that our client requested us to redesign their website.
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Jacob calls time
One of the game's true greats, Ursula Jacob, has retired from inter-county camogie. The Oulart-The Ballagh star had taken time to consider her future at the end of her club's All-Ireland campaign and came to the conclusion that it was time to walk away.
'I was weighing up the pros and cons and going through everything,' she admitted. 'To be honest the answer is simple enough, I felt the time is right for me. I've been playing Senior inter-county since I was 14. People will say, "look at you, you're still young", I'm only 30. But I just felt the time was right.
'Going into the championship last year in 2015 I had felt in my head myself this is going to be my final year with Wexford. I suppose that's the way it turned out, it was my last year, but I didn't make any full decision until I was fully finished with the club.
'It was an extremely tough and hard decision to make but I'm kind of content with it too because no matter when I was going to make the decision to retire it was going to be a tough one.'
Jacob has had a remarkable career with Wexford, winning pretty much every medal and individual accolade that a camogie player can win, including four All-Irelands with her county and four individual All Star awards. While the highlights are plentiful, a couple stick out for the hotshot attacker.
'I suppose the obvious one initially would be winning the first All-Ireland in 2007, that really set off Wexford camogie for the few years following after that. It's something you never forget, the first time playing in an All-Ireland in Croke Park.
'I remember the final whistle, it was the only All-Ireland where the crowd were allowed to enter the pitch, little special things like that, meeting up with friends and family after.
'I don't think that we even realised how much of an impact it had on the people of Wexford until we retuned for the homecoming. We entered Gorey and Ferns, Enniscorthy and Wexford, the thousands that came out, I'll never forget that memory.
'Obviously, a personal highlight for me was when I was named as captain in 2011. The thing was, it didn't matter if I was captain or someone else, but it was nice to be able to lift the O'Duffy Cup in the Hogan Stand in front of everyone.
'It was something I took serious too, being captain, I didn't put any extra pressure on myself but it was a great honour to lift the cup. I was one of four Oulart-The Ballagh girls that got to do it so it was a special thing for my club as well.'
When something is such a huge part of your life for a long time, it's understandable that there will be an adjustment period. For Jacob there will be a few things she will miss that go along with being an inter-county player.
'The opportunity of getting to play with girls from other clubs, now that I'll be only be playing club I'll only be competing against them!
'Right up until the last game I played against Galway in the All-Ireland semi-final, I never took it for granted getting to wear the purple and gold. It might be clichéd saying it but it actually was such an honour, it was something I was always proud of, that I got to represent, at the highest level, my county.
'It probably won't fully hit me until I see them playing in championship and not being there but I'll miss the build up and atmosphere coming into big games, running out onto Wexford Park or Nowlan Park with the girls, but I'll be taking a different role now, cheering them on and supporting them.'
As well as the four All-Irelands and All Stars, Jacob has a room full of honours. Winning came early and often with two Féile na nGeal titles in the late nineties followed by significant success with Coláiste Bhríde, including the 2004 All-Ireland as captain.
As Jacob racked up county crowns with Oulart-The Ballagh, titles which would later turn to Leinster and All-Ireland success, she eventually took the coveted O'Duffy Cup with her county in 2007. College success with W.I.T. followed, before Wexford completed the first of three-in-a-row in 2010 with Jacob racking up 2-63 in eight championship appearances.
Captain Jacob turned the 2011 final on its head with a cracking goal in the final ten minutes as Wexford beat Galway before scoring 2-7 in a 'player of the game' performance in the 2012 final against Cork.
As well as winning All Stars in those successful years, Jacob picked up another individual gong in 2014 and it's something she takes a little extra pride in. 'That was obviously a great honour, where we didn't win an All-Ireland and the All Stars team was nearly dominated by Cork and Galway. It was nice to pick up the individual awards but it is always about the team as well,' she said.
Whether Wexford will be in line for more trophies in the coming years is yet to be determined, but Jacob believes that it's up to the girls that are involved to give it everything they've got to fulfil their potential.
'The most important thing for Wexford at the moment is to get a group of girls who are fully committed and dedicated. It doesn't all come down to natural skill and talent either, a lot of it does come down to hard work and training and realising yourself what is expected from you as a player at an inter-county Senior level.
'It's instilling confidence and belief in the set-up as well, because when the likes of Stellah Sinnott, J.J. Doyle or whoever was there, that was one of the major factors. They were instilling confidence and belief in us as players, winning league matches or Leinster championship matches or whatever builds confidence as well.
'But work still has to continue at the under-age level in bringing girls forward, bring two or three girls into the Senior set-up each year, give them that bit of experience. Naturally, if any team loses six or seven girls in a year or two-year period, it is going to have a knock-on effect on the panel.
'It's about maybe rebuilding things and pushing forward and keeping the standards, I think that's the most important thing, keeping the standards of the set-up and what's expected of players as well and hopefully then they can push forward.
'Wexford are going to be there or thereabout too. As you saw last year there was only a point between ourselves and Galway in the semi-final.
'If they can have a decent run in the group stages, anything can happen in an All-Ireland semi or final stage as well. There is very little between the top three or four teams in the championship.'
Whatever happens in the summer and beyond, there's no replacing someone with the talent of Ursula Jacob. Someone who could always be relied on for a score and had that incredible ability to hit the target without even having to look.
Wexford camogie's loss is potentially Oulart-The Ballagh's gain, and who would bet against Jacob adding further club All-Irelands in the coming years?
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Report – Tata Motors to launch Nano diesel 'this financial year'
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While many spy images of a supposed Tata Nano diesel have been emerging of late, the Indian auto giant is preparing to launch the car soon.
Karl Slym, Managing Director and CEO of Tata Motors, told Reuters in a recent interview that the Nano diesel would be launched in this financial year. He said –
The diesel Nano is still (going) ahead, but not launched yet… This financial year.
The Nano diesel is likely to source power from an 800cc two-cylinder engine producing about 40bhp at 4,000rpm. The turbocharger for the Nano diesel could be supplied by Garrett and you can expect the ARAI to peg the fuel efficiency at about 35-40km/l, making it the most fuel economical car in the country.
Based on spy images that show a boot release, we would speculate that the Nano diesel could incorporate a proper hatch door, thus providing easy access to the boot. Even the design of the rear windscreen seems to be altered. The front and rear bumpers are all new and the Nano based on Shoeb's rendering, has a 'smiling face' to it.
Given that Tata wants to launch the Nano diesel by the end of this financial year, we certainly expect the small wonder to make headlines at the 2014 Auto Expo which is scheduled in February. The diesel version should give the Nano the sales numbers it had always deserved.
[Source – Economic Times]