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I've linked to The Big Ideas podcast before (see this post on Marshall McLuhan and this post on Hannah Arendt) and this time the podcast is discussing the remarkable work of German media philosopher Friedrich Kittler.
This is a really awesome series that condenses complex ideas into digestible chunks. I'd recommend taking 13 minutes out of your day to listen to this discussion about the man sometimes called the 'Derrida of the digital age'.
I've linked to The Big Ideas podcast before (see this post on Marshall McLuhan), and this time Hannah Arendt and her famous concept the banality of evil prompted me to think about the London Riots.
You lead, I'll folow: mob mentality
It's fascinating to hear about the links between Arendt's and Stanley Milgram's thinking, and about how different some of the conclusions drawn from their respective work were. Essentially, they are both asking the question:
What is it that motivates followers to identify with a particular leadership and then display forms of followership?
What becomes clear is that evil or deviant acts can have multiple motivations, and that while some may be banal or thoughtless, many are also highly engaged acts.
What motivated the London Rioters?
This podcast is especially interesting in light of the fact that The Guardian is currently running a number of stories built around interviews with participants in the London Riots (Rioters in their own words - interactive).
Post the riots I had countless conversations with people about their views on what motivated the rioters, and I heard lots of different accounts:
- the rioters were opportunistic thugs;
- the rioters were disenfranchised by a lack of social mobility;
- the rioters were conditioned to loot by a society that venerates consumerism but reinforces poverty;
- the rioters were driven by BlackBerry-fueled misinformation.
Depending on my level of knowledge and the argumentative vigour and skills of the person I was talking to, I found some of these arguments more or less compelling.
Ideology and the construction of intention
What's clear is that when you listen to people's explanations of the rioters' motivation, they are elaborating their ideological view of the world as much as anything. This blog post by Bill Tupman on the University of Exeter blog makes this point really well.
Liberals see riots as an indicator of malfunctioning institutions, so the solution is always to be found in tinkering with the system. […] Conservatives are living in the best of all possible worlds, so rioting has to be explained in a different way: it's a conspiracy! They're doing it for gain. They're irrational. They're doing it for fun. Or they're copycats.
The reason intention was so important for Arendt and for Milgram is that if we can uncover insights as to why people perform certain actions, we can develop effective tactics to influence behaviour.
So what can we conclude?
The riots emerge as a complex happening made up of multiple interwoven and changing discourses of intent, in turn supported by multiple different ideological viewpoints.
One conclusion I draw from this relates to my work in community management. It reinforces for me that we need to approach the nurturing of social interactions with appropriately refined tools and a nuanced appreciation for the complexity of community dynamics.
The Big Ideas Podcast: The Medium is the Message is the first in a podcast series by the Guardian.
Each installment looks at one "big idea" and ask what it originally meant, how it has been used, abused and misappropriated, and whether it can still help us to understand the world today.
I spent some time studying McLuhan and I still found this a helpful and short re-introduction to his most famous aphorism and what it meant.

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Sister Wives from TLC launches its third season tonight and already the previews point to multi relationships in discord. A new interview reveals more compelling events possibly surfacing in the future for this family, with Kody Brown depending on a "higher calling" to help with future planning.
In a recent interview the family talked about their functional working relationships. While the interview sounded better than the previews for this season looked, this family is struggling with different factors brought on by the polygamist lifestyle they lead.
This season Kody sets out with his four wives to find a spot to build homes side by side, much like in the HBO series Big Love. Having the family in different homes miles away from each other is rendering Kody exhausted from playing musical houses in different locations.
The Sister Wives season previews suggest two of Kody's long-time wives are having some type of crisis, with one talking about not feeling wanted by Kody anymore. Ever since the new cute and young wife, Robyn, joined the Brown family, the three older wives have felt a twinge of jealousy although they won't admit to it, it shows.
Now that his new wife has given birth to a baby, which is an honor this group of polygamist sister wives hold like little credits racking up on their behalf, the jealousy seems even more prevalent. although jealousy appears when they're around Kody, the sister wives seem to genuinely care for one another and get along well, especially when their husband is not around.
According to Hollywood Gossip, in a recent interview with Anderson Cooper, Kody's asked about the chances of adding wife number five to the matrimony pool. Kody Brown is now the father of 17 children and he doesn't seem to fancy taking on another sister wife unless it falls under a "requirement" from a higher calling.
Last season viewers watched as the family moved out of Utah fearing prosecution for polygamy, brought on by Kody and his brood being so open about their lifestyle on national TV. This season the clan will do their best to settle in to their new surroundings.
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During the extreme winter we experienced in the Northeast this year, we all had a bit of cabin fever. Many of us looked forward to the warmer weather and possibly to a summer vacation or two. But is this just a pipe dream for a home vineyard grower? In a number of the books I read about viticulture, they spoke of the importance of walking the vineyard daily and taking note of changes that may require your immediate attention. Well if you were to follow this instruction, your life during the summer months would revolve around your vineyard. Don't get me wrong, my vineyard is my way to decompress and change gears from life's daily stresses; but it does not dictate my daily activities. Obviously, if you are a vineyard manager for a major winery, it probably does dictate your life; as it should. It is your job. But home vineyard management is not your job. It is your hobby. For me, once something becomes too much like work it is no longer enjoyable. Don't let your hobby become something you have to do versus something you love to do.
So how do you take a vacation and still ensure a healthy crop that will produce a quality wine? It comes down to proper planning. Just like I've mentioned in another blog about creating a spray schedule and sticking to it, you need to do proper vineyard preparation prior to your scheduled vacation. I walk my vineyard and do an assessment prior to going away on vacation. Do I need to do some more tying, hedging, cultivation, shoring up the deer screens, or spraying? I create a list and divvy up the work between the vineyard manager and his staff. This equates to me and my two boys. Dad, however, always seems to do the bulk of the grunt work. Go figure. It is interesting times we live in. I remember when my father told me to do something ... OK, that's a discussion on a totally different topic.
We just recently went on a week long vacation to Hamburg and Copenhagen. Both cities are quite beautiful and offer a lot of history and site seeing opportunities. The food's not bad either! I was looking forward to tasting the local Riesling in Germany. Did I mention it is one of my favorite white wines? Riesling is the major grape grown there and Germany is highly regarded for its Riesling wines. I tried a number of different ones while we were there. I found them all very similar in being not highly aromatic and having a flinty finish. The flinty finish is indicative of the slate based strata that is common in the area. Was I blown away by the German Rieslings I tasted? Unfortunately, I was not. I have to say that I find that the New York Riesling wines are more highly aromatic; typically with aromas of peach and/or tropical fruits. They also typically have a crisp and clean finish that I truly enjoy. I turned my attention to the local wheat beers. Score! By the way, we were there during the World Cup when Germany won. Very cool.
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Lesson Six - Genesis 1:2 (Part One)
Continuing our lessons in Genesis, today we will look at the next verse. By way of review, up to this point we have seen in Genesis that we read the Hebrew Bible right to left, the words are divided into sylables (closed or open), and we have learned a little about verbs and prepositions. Remember, part of the key to learning is to read the Hebrew Scriptures out loud and often. Try to memorize part of them. Make vocabulary cards and work through them. It is important to immerse yourself as much as possible in the language itself. With that said, let's move on to Genesis 1:2.
Try to read the Hebrew, carefully pronouncing each word. It can be helpful to transliterate the verse, especially when beginning to learn the language. Also, recognize and say each Hebrew letter so that you can continue to become familiar with them. I'll transliterate Genesis 1:2 here for you, but be sure to practice transliterating on your own as well.
vehā'ārets hāyetāh tohu vāvohu vehosekh 'al-penê tehom veruha 'ĕlohîm merahēfet 'al-penê hammayim.
Let's take a look at the first several word briefly for now, the next post will finish up the remaining words, and a third post will go into some more grammatical issues.
We've seen this word before. Do you recognize it? It has a conjunction as a prefix in this instance, but the base noun (and definite article) is in Genesis 1:1. The first letter followed by the shewa is the conjunction "and" or "but," determined mainly by context. In this instance it is most likely translated as "and". The next letter (hey) and vowel (qamets) is the definite article (just like in verse 1). Together they form a prefix attached to the noun 'erets that we saw in the previous verse which is the noun for "earth" or "land". The prefix causes the first vowel of the noun change from an "e" to an "a", but don't worry too much about that at this point. This word is translated into English as "And the earth."
This second word is one of two verbs in the sentence. It is the qal perfect 3rd person feminine form of the verb "to be." The reason it is feminine is because of the shewa beneath the second letter and ah ending. It is thus translated as "was."
Here is a noun that generally translated means "formless."
If you've been following along so far, you should quickly notice the first letter of this word is a waw followed by a pathak. This denotes the conjunction "and." This conjuction is attached to a noun that means "void." So the translation is "and void."
Once more we see the waw, this time followed by a shewa. What does this indicate? A conjunction, "and." Following the conjunction is the noun for "darkness." The translation is thus, "and darkness."
Here is a preposition. Basically it means "on" or "upon." When used directly following a noun, such as in this case, typically the "to be" verb is implied. Thus it would be translated "was upon."
This is another noun. Interestingly, this noun is in construct (meaning that it is standing directly next to another noun), with the normal ending being ayim, a dual ending, yet it is translated singular. It means "face." Often body parts are referred to in the dual form, this is no exception.
In the next post we will examine the remaining words, including the noun with which penê is in construct.
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Press release: Further abnormal analysis result for Alexander Serebryakov
At the UCI's request, the WADA-accredited Cologne Laboratory has re-analysed a urine sample provided by Mr Alexander Serebryakov during an out-of-competition control on 21 February 2012.
This reanalysis, carried out in accordance with new WADA technical documents concerning the identification of EPO, revealed the presence of EPO in the rider's sample.
The UCI has thus informed the Russian athlete Alexander Serebryakov of a further abnormal analysis result (presence of EPO).
The UCI had previously notified Mr Serebryakov of an abnormal analysis result (presence of EPO) on 5 April pertaining to one of the samples provided during an out-of-competition control on 18 March 2013. Mr Serebryakov was provisionally suspended.
The provisional suspension of Mr Alexander Serebryakov will remain in effect until a hearing by the Russian Cycling Federation determines whether the rider has breached the UCI Anti-Doping Rules as defined by Article 21 of these Rules.
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DOES Iraq have nuclear weapons?
Change one consonant: Q => N
From Iraq to Iran.
Ironically it is the same question 10 years later.
Today the question is fresh, pertinent, and threatens world peace.
And demands an answer in a critical countdown.
The Riddle of WMD in unstable Mideast power is now back on the table in Iran.
The data is incomplete.
The motives are suspicious.
Cooperation is not forthcoming.
The IAEA gets the shell game.
Negotiations are stalled.
Promises reneged.
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What is the World Response?
Should force even be considered?
Or should the UN be cowed by an Angry Ayatollah?
=> The Iraq Conflict shapes our response.
It limits our options by tying our hands.
Refocuses our attention into real existential conflicts.
Makes us keenly aware of nuclear annihilation.
And may prevent us from making the wise decisions and doing necessary actions.
Iran IS making a NUCLEAR BOMB. Even their Arab neighbors acknowledge this.
The UN has sat on its hands for 20 years on this issue.
The progress has been backwards.
-What are the lessons learned from Iraq that can be applied to Iran?
-What is the best way forward?
-Iraq is either past or prologue:
Iran and Iraq are mischievous psychopathic 6th grade twins inflicted on the UNSC school marm. But their slingshot is an atom bomb. God has a sense of humor.
But we must answer the question:
What is the World Response if Iran gets a Nuclear Bomb?
Iraq War: 150,00 Casualties.
Iranian Nuclear War limited exchange: 1 million casualties immediately. 3 million die of radiation sickness. 30 million will deal with nuclear fallout poisonining.
Iran is Iraq 2.0
The Challenge is to do better.
There is no time to gloat over Iraq mistakes.
Even if the Iraq bomb was phony, the Iran Bomb is real.
And a Shia Bomb will unleash multiple countering Sunni Bombs.
Mideast Nuclear Proliferation risks Annihilation of the Caliphate.
And World Armageddon.
We need to learn our lessons.
Add constructive criticism.
And make a pragmatic and peaceful way forward.
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Jaro Gutknecht has received The Director of Residences of The Year Award for 2011 from The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co. Gutknecht, director for The Tower Residences at The Ritz Carlton, was recognized during the annual Residential Leadership Conference that took place in Dallas in May. The award honors the best performing director across all disciplines including owner satisfaction, employee satisfaction, property management, financial performance and asset protection.
The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee recently welcomed five new staff members to its ranks. They include Sarah Wertheimer, director of development; Amber Ikeman, in charge of Communiteen, the federation's Jewish education program for high school students; Jessi Sheslow, head of the Young Adult Division; Susan Scott, the new finance manager; and Jeremy Lisitza, office manager.
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Bret Duval has accepted the position of property and casualty agency manager at MGA Insurance Group. He has more than 28 years experience in the property and casualty insurance industry.
Bobby Guiendon has joined the Bradenton Country Club as its new head golf pro. Guiendon comes from Atlanta Country Club, where he has been the assistant golf professional since 2005.
Ben Bakker has been named vice president of operations at HJB Properties, a professional and commercial property leasing company.
John C. Laurie has been named chairman of the board of the Florida Association of Insurance Agents. He took over the position at the organization's 108th anniversary convention and symposium in June in Orlando. Laurie is vice president and agency manager of BB&T Insur
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Jeffrey Woodin, vice president and business development officer with Fifth Third bank, has been elected board chair at Community Haven for Adults and Children with Disabilities Inc. New board members include First Chair Ted Bogusz, Treasurer Raymond Reher, Secretary Sharon Chiodi and Past Chair Christopher Whaley.
Alisia Mary Adamson, partner at Hylton, Adamson, Watson & Moore, was named "The Nation's Best Advocate of the Year" by the National Bar Association and IMPACT at the Nation's Best Advocates: Top 40 Lawyers Under 40 Gala recently during the NBA's 87th annual convention in Las Vegas.
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David M. Silberstein of the Silberstein Law Firm, PLLC has been selected as a Florida Super Lawyer in estate planning and probate for the 2012 Florida Super Lawyers Magazine. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.
Barbara R. Bingham, entrepreneur and author, has been elected by the members of Toastmasters International to lead the Tidewell Toastmasters of Sarasota Club as its 2012-13 president. Bingham was elected for a one-year volunteer term at the organization's second annual election meeting in Sarasota.


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The Alpharetta Department of Public Safety is offering a $1,000 reward for information that leads to the capture and arrest of suspect Shawn Demetrice Woods.
He is a second suspect in the shooting death
See his sibling's comment below
Shawn Demetrice Woods, 22, a black male, is considered armed and dangerous. Also known as Yung Slim ABG, "Shane Woods is believed to be on the run and possibly heading out of state," said George Gordon, spokesman for the Alpharetta Department of Public Safety.
The public is asked to call 911 immediately if they know of Woods' location. "If located, do not approach and immediately call 911," George said.
Formal charges of homicide have been filed against Woods.
Sandy Springs police helped capture Jerad Terel Ownes, 22, Wednesday afternoon. He was charged with felony murder, armed robbery, burglary, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.
In a previous story a commenter who said she is related to Zachary Rose, the victim, wrote the following:
This is my little brother who lost his life far too young. He just turned 22 on January 22nd. Our family and close friends has been struggling with this news. We all pray for justice for my little brother and this second suspect is caught and given what he deserves. Our family has opened a memorial account to help raise money for his funeral. Zach did not have insurance. If anyone wants to donate you can go to any Wells Fargo Bank and donate to the "Zachary Rose Memorial fund" Anything donated is greatly appreciative. Thank you and God Bless.


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In both life and death, far to many people walked past Hugo Alfredo Tale-Yax.
But he'll be remembered for heroically giving his life in an attempt to protect a woman from an attack in the Jamaica section of Queens.
The New York Times and other local news organizations reported how, as a police surveillance video shows, Tale-Yax was stabbed while apparently attempting to help a woman who was being attacked by an unidentified man who later fled the scene. Even the New York Post, which posted the video on its website here, described him as "a heroic homeless man" -- and this from a newspaper that, in both its news and opinion pages, routinely and willfully uses the slurs "bums" and "vagrants" to refer to homeless people (for instance, here and here and here and here and...well, you get the idea).
Tale-Yax, who was born in Guatemala, was one of New York City's growing number of homeless day laborers (we've written about their plight here and here), largely Central American and Mexican immigrants who've been hit hard by the sharp downturn in the local construction industry.
To add to the tragic circumstances of Tale-Yax's death, the surveillance video shows that after he was stabbed, he lay on a sidewalk for more than an hour before anyone called the police -- and more than 20 people walked past him without stopping to offer help.
In the three decades since modern homelessness began, New Yorkers have grown far too accustomed to walking past men and women prone on the streets. Last week one of those people was Hugo Alfredo Tale-Yax, who died heroically.
And like all of the other homeless people on our streets, he should be remembered.
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In the scope of history, Retsina is a recent arrival in the Mediterranean. Resinated wine was first mentioned in Greece in 2300 BC. It was also made elsewhere, where vines and pine trees were to be found. That covers a large part of the northern Mediterra...
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In the scope of history, Retsina is a recent arrival in the Mediterranean. Resinated wine was first mentioned in Greece in 2300 BC. It was also made elsewhere, where vines and pine trees were to be found. That covers a large part of the northern Mediterranean coastline – amongst other places, Narbonne, in today's France, and the Greek-founded port town of Eborio, in today's Spanish Catalunia. Other, older cultures made it long before. Looking eastwards: coastal China, 6000 BC. Shiraz, in today's Iran, where grape pips and crystallised resin were found in jars dated 5000 BC. With bacteria lurking in water, wine was an accessible and safer base for medicinal potions. Honey, herbs, roots, various tinctures, bitters were also used. Fresh seawater was added as a mild laxative. The antiseptic properties of resin were also known. How did the R word enter Greek culture? In a not entirely unexpected moment of serendipity, it was the sealing properties of resin that are thought to have accidentally given birth to resinated wine. Wooden casks were first used by Romans. The Greeks also widely used jars to ferment, store and transport. Plaster, leather, or wood were used as closures. At some point, a resourceful potter, or perhaps a merchant ship captain, added a swipe of resin on the circular jar top. While at sea, the protector resin, acting as sealant, came into contact with wine. This newly born, pine infused wine actually reached beyond the flavour sensation and sense-awakening burst of menthol. Let me put it this way: If a soldier were struck by diarrhoea, it was not the best of conditions to go fight. It was comforting and reassuring to stay healthy by dropping by your local wine merchant's shed with amphorae stuck into the ground and take in a dose of homeopathy while enjoying a drink. Hop into our time capsule and fast forward a couple of millennia to Thessaloniki, where Stelios Kechris reinvented retsina by repositioning it for the 21st century. To put things into perspective: In this bustling maritime city, there are several large retsina-only houses with most envied profitability for the Greek wine world. Their cash flow reflects the thousands of bottles opened daily. It is a different business model to capital-intensive wineries in need of time, expensive oak, additional bottle ageing, where retsina is not in sight and in some addresses, indeed, looked upon as anachronistic anathema. When the Greek wine sector was investing in modern farming techniques of indigenous grapes, underground cellars, modern wine making kit, and replacing modern graphics for kitsch labels, Kechris bet the shop by focusing on a niche, quality retsina. He had to fight the price issue and a clientele initially indifferent to this revisited retsina. Ultimately, he won the wager. He underestimated by how much, though. After 15 years of uphill struggle, he now sells 900,000 500 ml Kechribari bottles annually. Even more remarkably, this achievement took place in a highly competitive large-volume environment, where the dominant negociants count their quarterly production in millions of bottles. Chapeau bas, Monsieur Kechris & Filles!
Kechribari, a clever play on the words of the producer's surname and the amber colour of the pine tear. Cork closure. Star-bright. Green tints. Deftly blended Goumenissa Roditis (85%) and Attica Savatiano (15%). Citrus on the clean, dry, modern, fruity aftertaste. Understated menthol lift. Harmonious. Balanced. Imaginative and well done. A lot of character packed in the light-bodied 11.5% ABV. Aleppo pine (pinus halepensis) resin, sourced mainly from Chalkidiki and Attica, added while the grape must ferments. Not just for Modern-Greek fare. Try with spicy aromatic Indian dishes.
28 Jun 2014 © Nico Manessis | Score: 17/20
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Under your nose. While shooting videos on eastern Crete, a discovery unfolded. It came from that deep, dark ocean of life's fountain: the great unexpected. Santorini lies about 100 nautical miles north of the Ziros Plateau. This 500-m. valley bolted out ...
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While shooting videos on eastern Crete, a discovery unfolded. It came from that deep, dark ocean of life's fountain: the great unexpected. Santorini lies about 100 nautical miles north of the Ziros Plateau. This 500-m. valley bolted out of anonymity in the 1990s thanks to Domaine Economou. Yiannis Economou was making 'natural' wines before it became a movement from the likes of Josko Gravner et al. Ever since my first trip to Crete, a question haunted me. Simply put: Why wasn't there any Assyrtiko on this island? Although there are now recent plantings, there was none back in 1993. Or was there? Bearded and professor-like, the patriarch of modern Cretan wine Sotiris Lyrarakis is a pleasure to catch up with. He has 50 years of experience on the Liatikos of Ziros, which Yiannis Economou has turned into a cult winery now listed for over 100 USD in New York's finest restaurants. When I picked his brains, he was adamant that it was Liatiko and nothing else: 'The smaller berries are due to the centenarian vines and cooler microclimate. When I founded Lyrarakis with my brothers, in 1966, we brought grapes from this plateau. My nephew Giorgos and son Bart have reconnected.' During the shoot, I followed the Lyrarakis crew in sourcing grapes from this no-man's plateau on the south-eastern tip above the port town of Sitia. Olive-oil aficionados are familiar with the produce of these hillsides and canyons. Wine-lovers, less so. We met two enlightened farmers who grow grapes and other crops. This was one of my many unforgettable travel experiences. Their succinct factual details of climate change were a tour de force. I broke out in cold sweat. It had me thinking long into my next port of call. A small patch of vineyards with a different shade of green foliage came suddenly into focus. It had been harvested. Instinct told me it was not Greek. What is this? 'Chardonnay,' came the improbable answer. 'The [Sitia] Co-operative suggested to plant this in the 1990s. To move forward.' Yet, I was surrounded by rare ungrafted Thrapsathiri, Liatiko, Vilana, and a few other, completely unknown to me, heritage vines. It was suggested to visit a vineyard where Assyrtiko was about to be harvested. I could not believe my ears. As we scrambled around, my enlightened new friends informed me that the A cuttings had arrived in 1981 from Santorini Co-op as a gift to the Sitia Co-op. It smells of politics, but who cares? To my understanding, this is the oldest, possibly the first, Assyrtiko vineyard on Crete. This chance encounter happened in 2012. It was a difficult vintage on the big island. Nikos Somarakis, the Lyrarakis vineyard technician, had not yet offered his input to reduce vine stress. Patience is rewarded. Ample rainfall, no heat spikes, Somarakis' coaching, all had a positive effect in the exceptional 2013 vintage. This discovery left me grinning, saying: under your nose.
Bold, yet delicate. Botanical. Gravel notes. Pear drop, crystalline fruit. Refined, expanding, textured saline finish. Minerality well done. Classy structure. Stylistically, this Cretan Assyrtiko is the 'link' between the take-no-prisoners Santorinis and the discreet mainland styles. Beyond rarity, two points: Altitude giving it freshness, and the relatively and usefully lower ABV13%. Unlike any other on the scene. A find. Best 2014-2019.
06 Jun 2014 © Nico Manessis | Score: 18/20
|Lyrarakis Assyrtiko
|Area: Crete
Visit: http://www.lyrarakis.gr
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|Variety: Assyrtiko
On Santorini, the three As mature in the following order: Athiri, Assyrtiko, Aidani. Visually the vigour of Aidani is the more impressive. Yet, appearances can be deceiving. If there is a problem, it lies in its small acreage, as well as market forces...
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On Santorini, the three As mature in the following order: Athiri, Assyrtiko, Aidani. Visually the vigour of Aidani is the more impressive. Yet, appearances can be deceiving. If there is a problem, it lies in its small acreage, as well as market forces. It is mostly found in the field mix and in few more-recently planted vines notably by the beautifully restored Argyros's Episkopi vineyards, or Hatzidakis's Pyrgos organic plots. Aidani is gifted with a more aromatic, though lower in acid, profile than king Assyrtiko. The revisited, much in demand Aidani is needed on two fronts, resulting in some serious price hikes. Sun-dried Vinsanto's backbone tannic bite and acidity remains Assyrtiko. It is the smokey, floral aromatic qualities needed for Vinsanto that set the wineries reaching deep into their pockets. During harvest the Aidani word has become almost a battle cry. With chilling chambers now being the norm, this once overlooked grape has become something of a prima donna. Price continues to rise as demand far outstrips supply – especially as the dry varietal emerged over the last decade. This softer introduction to the bone-dry Assyrtiko has become the new darling of the fooderati. Nature's wisdom is such that in a given year not all three As mature in the same time window. Athiri likes cooler climatic conditions, such as the 2009 and 2011. Aidani ripens slowly and in some areas it struggles to reach the full aroma spectrum and expressive flavour levels. The outstanding 2013 seems to be kind to most Aidanis. Consulting oenologist Athina Tsoli has left few stones unturned in improving quality and individuality at Karamolengos. Fully aware of the value of terroir-driven place names, she has grouped them in styles to structure their shape for each label from the vineyard up. This may be a logistical nightmare but much needed discipline. Fact remains: one has to go with these building blocks or happy-go-lucky end up in messy mediocrity. Even for the softer, aromatic Aidani, this terroir has such a strong imprint that it needs a proactive stance after the harvest futile attempts in blending. The acidity in this, much improved, varietal is impressive. It is sourced at the highest and cooler Pyrgos sites, arguably the highest and slower-ripening vineyards on this one-of-a-kind island vineyard. Interestingly, as Pyrgos village reaches 340m and the vineyards 300m, the locals refer to the microclimate as 'Siberia'. According to Artemis Karamolengos, he sourced from the east-facing Exo Gonia and the south-western upper-Megalochori slopes. The look on his face after asking him how many hours of extra labour to harvest Aidani involves, was, well, priceless.
Platinum. Pale yellow tints. Lime scented, wet pebbles. Fat, vibrant freshness. Sweet blossom, smokey, mineral, long aftertaste. Food was made for such wines. My Portobello-mushroom risotto, spiked with six-month-old Cretan umami-rich graviera cheese, was quite a match. I urge you to stock up of this, yet another surprise from this world-class improbable vineyard. Palate-cleansing hedonism at its best.
19 May 2014 © Nico Manessis | Score: 17.5/20
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|Variety: Aidani
One of the advantages in clocking the mileage I manage through the vineyards is meeting people who make wine to share with friends. Most of this wine gets bottled. No label, apart from chalk or felt-pen codes. It does not enter the marketplace. There is p...
One of the advantages in clocking the mileage I manage through the vineyards is meeting people who make wine to share with friends. Most of this wine gets bottled. No label, apart from chalk or felt-pen codes. It does not enter the marketplace. There is plenty of hit and miss, yet some, benefiting from professional guidance, are lovely. They are also invaluable leads in spotting trends and finding out which grapes work outside their inherited historic regions, i.e. Agiorgitiko in Nemea. As king Assyrtiko marches on from Santorini into many other soils and mesoclimates, savvy wineries are preparing the next big thing. The very large white grape jigsaw puzzle has quietly come into focus. That mostly limestone rock in the Ionian Islands, Cephalonia, is Robola's power-house address today. The on-form Gentilini 2013 Robolas are possibly the finest they have made. Now is a time to re-discover the seductive Robola charms. In the 1990s it was planted on the mainland, notably in Fthiotida. The R word then went quiet. Recently the radar became active again. The fact that established names, such as Ktima Pavlidis and Biblia Chora, have it on their Research & Development programs has not escaped attention. Nikos Karatzas at Pavlidis went far into uncharted territory by producing an orange wine. It is more than promising, too. Biblia Chora is more conventional, with that always gentle signature touch for which Vassilis Tsaktsarlis is noted. Profile differences between Robola and Assyrtiko? Robola is less tannic, overall more digest. Also not a fruit bomb. Similarities? Both varieties possess discreet aroma, but crunchy acidity and mineral finish make them stand out. And that's where their similarities end. Robola leans towards flint. Assyrtiko is savoury. On volcanic Santorini soil, derived sulfur and in-your-face minerals are as strong as the Meltemi wind. Bottle variation on bone-dry Santorini is noticeable, less so with Robola. There is a small minority of wine drinkers who actually find it difficult to enjoy a second glass of Assyrtiko. Not so with more polished, urbane Robola. No one really knows where the next great Robola terroir may emerge. There is a clue, however: The glass of the 2013 vintage in front of me, from a three-year old vineyard, is nothing short of astonishing. Bergamot, vibrant broad-grape freshness, with flinty minerals. What harmony! Such a clear picture! Its proud owner is a retired banker, whose new lease of life farming a limestone patch near Lake Kopaida shines like a bright beacon in the darkest night. Robola is the next Assyrtiko.
"Without travel, you can't really know the place you are from" -David Mansaray In late November 2008, I was graduating with a degree in Enology in Athens, while at the same time I was practising my second vintage harvest on the island of Santorin...
"Without travel, you can't really know the place you are from"
-David Mansaray
In late November 2008, I was graduating with a degree in Enology in Athens, while at the same time I was practising my second vintage harvest on the island of Santorini. It was a period in my life when I was becoming ever more curious and excited in discovering with my own eyes and soul the art of winemaking, worldwide.
Early enough in my career, I realized that no matter how many wine books I read, or how many wines I tasted I would never become accomplished before I finally handcrafted my own wine!
My journey across the wine world started in early 2009 with a trip to Mendoza, Argentina. If I were ever asked to express my overall experience in one word that word would be "teamwork", a principle I intend to treasure throughout my career.
Cahors, France, was the second destination of my journey. This south-western region in France, famed for the Malbec grape variety, taught me how the integration of everyday life with the skills of winemaking can generate a new synthesis, called "knowledge".
After France, it was now time for Australia to be my new home. Winemaking in Australia and quality control go hand in hand. I have experienced all levels of winemaking, with their impeccable focus on the preservation of flavours and aromas, both signature characteristics of Australian wines. I have re-visited Australia on numerous occasions and was always faced with the same question: "Are you a white or red winemaker?" In a country where specialization is very important, I was lucky enough to become involved with both types of wines and at the same time deal with all kinds of grape varieties.
Last but not least in my journey across the wine world was California. A land so generously gifted by nature. Napa and numerous other valleys of California are decorated every year with new state-of-the-art boutique style wineries, thus giving the opportunity for new people to develop their winemaking skills and produce new, modern wines.
One of the lessons I derived from my practical work across the world was to appreciate the knowledge that I acquired as a student of Enology in Greece and from my interaction with the local growers. Winemaking in Greece is deeply routed into our culture and has also technologically evolved throughout the years as Greek winemakers nowadays meticulously analyse, assess, and craft all types of wines.
Nonetheless, all individuals must be dedicated to becoming the best version of themselves. Opting for work placement abroad and then implementing the positive experiences from our host countries to our own ethics gives us the foundation for a promising career.
The road to self-accomplishment is long but the path is charted. Most of us will one day inevitably return to our homelands, where our childhood memories still linger on.
The setting, the spacious canava of Pelekanos Hotel Wine Bar. Haridimos Hatzidakis had invited the farmers from whom he sources some of his grapes, alongside with a clutch of wine lovers, to explore a decade of his Nichteri. If you are unfamiliar with thi...
The setting, the spacious canava of Pelekanos Hotel Wine Bar. Haridimos Hatzidakis had invited the farmers from whom he sources some of his grapes, alongside with a clutch of wine lovers, to explore a decade of his Nichteri. If you are unfamiliar with this term, some insight: In the past, after harvesting all day long, this was the first wine made, after dusk. Nichta is Greek for night. In essence, it was the free-run juice of the then age-old foot presses. It was a canava's finest and most expensive wine. In today's terms, it translates into grapes picked later, of ABV14.5% – ABV16%. To put this in context, the bone-dry PDO Santorini are on average ABV%13.5. These wines need strongly flavoured dishes. Their intensity compares to Sherry, Fino en rama. Surprisingly, another wine region also gives a nod to the unique wines of the crescent-shaped volcanic island. More on that in a moment.
On a large communal table, the mingling of land-owning farmers like the genial Christoforos Chryssou and chef Vassilis Zacharakis, who went as far as to name his restaurant, what else, Nichteri, boded for a great evening. The guest list rounded up most of the island's wine community. Sharing was genuine. Their stories behind these wines, encompassing a very diverse and far-reaching spectrum of experiences and opinions, made this simply the most instructive and enjoyable clan gathering on my wine-route travels in years. Leading the tasting was Paris-based Hatzidakis importer, Yorgos Ioannidis. All bottles came from the producer's cellar and were decanted between 2-4 hours. To put us in the mood with a "reference", a teaser. 2012 cask sample. Reminiscent of a Vin Jaune from the Jura. It felt like it was harvested a few months ago. Not rated.
2010: Did not reach standards and was declassified
2009: Grapey. Quince. Textured. Elegance. Structured for ageing. 18.5/20
2008: Fino-like. Heat. Tannic bite. Bone dry. Approachable. 17.5/20
2007: Petrol. Heat imprint. Honeyed. Stoney backbone. 17/ 20
2006: Focused. Complexity. Freshness. Classy. Complete. 19.5/20
2005: Petrol. Maritime salinity. Extract. Intensity. 17.5/ 20
2004: A large harvest. Fleshy. Marred by hollow finish. 14/20
2003: Floral. Spice. Cherubic. Playful. 16.5/20
2002: The smallest harvest in recent memory. Lactic. Mushroom. 15.5/20
2001: Lively fresh flavours. Energy. Some staying power! 18.5/20
2000: Back to the Nichteri style. Smokey pyritic aftertaste. Holding up. 17/20
1999: Reductive. Signs of oxidation. Sherry-like flor. Dried out. 14/20
Haridimos explained that these wines were not always from the same sites. Rather, it was all about a quest to locate the most suitable place name to deliver the best Nichteri possible. With hindsight, it is a pity that a team of young technicians with their tablets were not involved to help compile a database to build on from this pioneering quest. Interestingly, Hatzidakis also stated that the average ABV% on all these wines was 14.7. The 2006, the night's star, was perfection. This breathtaking bottle has joined my pantheon of the greatest wines I have been lucky enough to enjoy over the years. Let me put it this way: There was no spitting out. As I stepped out on the cobblestone street of Fira, cold winter air bracing my face, something quite unexpected happened. I jumped up, clicking my heels. Now, I may be a poor dancer but, with the elating rush throughout my body and soul, it felt, for that fleeting instant, like the gravity-defying, mid-air hovering leap Mikhail Baryshnikov performed in his day.


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San Francisco female priest and gay Catholics react to selection of Pope Francis
Victoria Rue, a female Roman Catholic Priest, leads a small community of renegade Catholic worshipers in San Francisco. Ordained by a trio of female Bishops on a boat on the St. Lawrence Seaway in 2005, she's part of a growing international movement to dismantle the longstanding ban on female clergy and push the Catholic Church in a more liberal direction. Although Rue was excommunicated shortly after her ordination, she continues to consider herself a Catholic.
Contacted by the Guardian shortly after Pope Benedict stepped down last month, Rue said, "It's just as much my church as [former Pope Benedict] Cardinal Ratzinger's church." She regarded his resignation as a welcome, if limited, opportunity to push the church in the direction of inclusivity.
But that's a tall order to say the least; the Pope selection process is fundamentally flawed, Rue says, since "women are left out completely from the process."
And while Rue said the selection of Pope Francis showed some sensitivity to the church's changing constituency -- "The fact that he is Argentinian is definitely a positive sign" -- the newly chosen pope also pushed for legislation to ban gay marriage and gay adoption in Argentina. The church's conservative values are entrenched: When it comes to LGBT rights, female priests, and contraception, the incoming Pope isn't likely to budge.
"There is extremely limited hope for a new direction in the Church," said Tom Piazza, a member of Sophia in Trinity, a San Francisco Roman Catholic church.
Piazza, who is in his 70s, says he grew up Catholic but felt alienated by the Church's conservative tone -- and local Catholics like him are increasingly at odds with the Roman Catholic Church. While it continues to champion conservative social mores, the majority of local Catholics now support gay marriage, according to a recent Field Poll.
The San Francisco Archdiocese is currently headed by Salvatore Cordileone, a major proponent of Prop 8. Cordileone served as the chairman of The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' subcommittee for the defense of marriage, and his appointment to the San Francisco Archdiocese was widely understood as an effort to rein in the city's diverse Catholic community.
The ideological rift between parishioners and the hierarchy is most apparent at Most Holy Redeemer Church, in the Castro -- home to San Francisco's active gay-Catholic community. The parishioners at Most Holy Redeemer routinely clash with conservative church leadership. Bishop Cordileone has even suggested that the Church's gay couples refrain from taking communion.
Father Brian Costello, the priest at Most Holy Redeemer, recently removed a picture of former Pope Benedict XVI from the Church after parishioners raised concerns about the Pope's homophobic leanings. In a letter to the community, Costello expressed hope that with the selection of a new Pope, gay Catholics could work to "embrace the Pope and the Church, even when they don't accept us."
Jesuit Priest Donal Godfrey, author of Gays and Grays, a history of the gay Catholic community at Most Holy Redeemer, sees the ascension of Francis as a welcome opportunity to change the relationship between San Francisco's Catholics and the church leadership.
"I want to get away from the dynamic of always getting put in our place. Instead of being smacked on the head and being told we are not good Catholics, we should create a space where we aren't frightened to share our truths," he told the Guardian.
At Sophia in Trinity, Rue echoes Godfrey's concerns and hopes that the new Pope Francis will allow local Catholics to collaborate more closely in her community. "In the future, if a parish wants to work with a woman priest, maybe they won't get their hand slapped by the Church hierarchy."
These articles on people who desire to be accepted by people who believe in ghosts are so odd.
Some catholics want to be accepted by upper level ghost believers, while these upper management ghost believers say they have the true ghost methodology down.
The Guardian is so comical. They complain that a ghost religion isn't reflexive to the whims of some of the ghost believers.
I believe you should pick up a good Bible and The Catechism of the Catholic Church to see what God taught in the Old Testament about marriage and what
Jesus Christ reiterrated in the New Testament.
There is a serious problem with this country with Authority of any kind, people seem to think they can do anything they want and that's not what your Lord and mine preached, or taught.
As far as women priest's he had a perfect candidate in Mary His own Mother, but did not, nor did he make Mary Magdalene a priest. He chose 12 men for priesthood and made Cephas (Peter) as head of the church.
My Lord and I love all of you..
I should read an unsourced book about the factuality of unsourced information.
Your argument is like Tim Redmond linking to his own opinion pieces as factual proof of his latest opinion piece.
Iwould suggest you pick up a Bible to see what My Lord and Yours said about Gay marriage. While you;re at it pick up a copy of The Catechism of the Catholic Church..I and my Lord love you.
John Flynn, I suggest you pick up a bible to see how LITTLE the bible has to say about being gay. As for gay marriage, not a dicky bird.
in fact the bible says very little about Mary mother of Jesus. Amazing what a mountain has been made of that molehill.
Even if the bible did say anything relevant about gay orientation, why should people take any notice of it. People like you John are simply using the bible as proof of the bible. In actual fact, it is full of hearsay, with the virgin birth being nothing more than that.
All power to Victoria Rue _ I saluter her
If she was excommunicated, then she's not in fact a Roman Catholic priest. I might "consider myself" to be Emperor of the Universe, but that doesn't make it so.
of people who leave the cave.
These exposes are so odd when contrasted with the true believer syndrome of progressives.
Saul Alinski
RULE 4: "Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules." If the rule is that every letter gets a reply, send 30,000 letters. You can kill them with this because no one can possibly obey all of their own rules.
RULE 5: "Ridicule is man's most potent weapon." There is no defense. It's irrational. It's infuriating. It also works as a key pressure point to force the enemy into concessions.
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Apple has added a new Catalogs category to the App Store. The news comes via the CEO of Catalog Spree (free), Joaquin Ruiz.
The category was showing no entries as of Tuesday night (see screenshot above), so I'd expect to see all of the catalog apps that are sprinkled throughout the App Store moved into this new category on Wednesday. Ruiz had a few comments to make about the appearance of the new category:
The impact of the iPad in the shopping and publication industries has been massive. Many thousands of apps have been added over the last 2 years to address the consumers need to interact with their favorite books, magazines and brands within an iPad optimized experience. Catalog Spree has been the leader in the catalog shopping app space since first launched in late April 2011.
Until today (the day before the "iPad 3″ launch), Catalog Spree and dozens of other shopping entertainment apps have been categorized in the "Lifestyle" category in the Apple App Store. Today, Apple has added a new top level category called "Catalogs" to the App Store. As of yet, there are no listed apps in that category but we expect that to change tomorrow after Apple's "iPad 3″ announcement. Adding an app category is not something that Apple does lightly and we believe Apple's decision reflects the importance of this use case in the Apple App Store ecosystem.
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