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Blogs : Harvey Steiman At Large
Cluster M45 is looking a lot like a classic
Posted: April 2, 2014 By Harvey Steiman
On my first day in Victoria, the cool-climate capital of Australia, I went up to Heathcote to see what Michel Chapoutier has been up to. Unfortunately, the Rhône-based vintner arrives to check on the 2014 harvest after I must move on to appointments in South Australia. With limited time, I figured to taste a few fermenting 2014s and perhaps a few older bottles, meet the rest of the crew and get back to Melbourne to check in at my hotel before it got to be too late.
To my pleasant surprise, Ron Laughton was there waiting with a nifty vertical of La Pleiade, produced in partnership with Chapoutier. Because the original name is a bit too close to a preexisting California wine, the U.S. label is Cluster M45, the scientific name for Pleiades, the constellation visible to both of the partners from their homes a hemisphere away from each other.
WineSpectator.com members can read my non-blind scores and tasting notes.
Blogs : Stirring the Lees with James Molesworth
Back to Pauillac, where Latour, Mouton-Rothschild and Pontet-Canet set the quality bar
Posted: April 2, 2014 By James Molesworth
I spent my fifth day of 2013 Bordeaux barrel tasting visits at Château Latour, Mouton-Rothschild and Pontet-Canet. Here are my notes.
Blogs : Mixed Case: Opinion and Advice
Posted: April 1, 2014 By Dana Nigro
Sustainability never looked so good as in Down to Earth, an informative new coffee-table book for wine lovers that's packed with enticing photography of vineyards full of flowering plants, beautiful birds, lush grapes, adorable weed-grazing sheep and goats, and the people who farm these plots.
Created to showcase the work of the California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance, the book highlights the stories of 15 of the state's winegrowers—representing small and large businesses, families and corporations, green pioneers like Bonterra and newer converts.
Blogs : Stirring the Lees with James Molesworth
Posted: April 1, 2014 By James Molesworth
I finished my fourth day of 2013 Bordeaux barrel tasting visits with Château Lafite Rothschild, Rieussec, L'Evangile, Vieux Château Certan, Le Pin, Figeac and more. Here are my notes.
Blogs : James Laube's Wine Flights
Posted: March 31, 2014 By James Laube
Lee Hudson can grow pretty much anything he wants in his highly regarded Carneros vineyard, and he does. Albariño, Arneis, Greco, Ribolla Gialla, Riesling and Vermentino are all getting a chance there. But it's slow and go with those newbies, as they and other grapes are largely untested as marketable wines, at least on the scale many Napa wineries are accustomed to. Hudson expects they'll catch on. But for now, those plantings are more experimental than essential, underscoring the economics of terroir.
Blogs : Stirring the Lees with James Molesworth
Château Cheval-Blanc, La Fleur-Pétrus and Trotanoy express the Right Bank's diverse terroirs
Posted: March 31, 2014 By James Molesworth
I began my fourth day of 2013 Bordeaux barrel tasting visits at Château Cheval-Blanc, La Fleur-Pétrus, Trotanoy and more. Here are my notes.
Blogs : Stirring the Lees with James Molesworth
Posted: March 28, 2014 By James Molesworth
I began my third day of 2013 Bordeaux barrel tasting visits at Châteaus Lynch Bages and Ducru-Beaucaillou. Here are my notes.
Blogs : Stirring the Lees with James Molesworth
Posted: March 27, 2014 By James Molesworth
I began my third day of 2013 Bordeaux barrel tasting visits at Châteaus Montrose and Léoville Las Cases. Here are my notes.
Blogs : Stirring the Lees with James Molesworth
Thomas Duroux puts quality ahead of his romantic vision for Château Palmer
Posted: March 26, 2014 By James Molesworth
I finished my second day of 2013 Bordeaux barrel tasting visits at Châteaus Palmer and Beau-Séjour-Bécot. Here are my notes.
Blogs : Stirring the Lees with James Molesworth
Posted: March 25, 2014 By James Molesworth
I started my day at Domaine Clarence Dillon to taste the 2013s from first-growth Château Haut-Brion and its sister, La Mission Haut-Brion, as well as from Quintus. Haut-Brion may have made one of the best red wines of the vintage, but the real star in 2013 is the white.
Blogs : Harvey Steiman At Large
And a classy tour of Australian wine's past, present and future
Posted: March 25, 2014 By Harvey Steiman
Several Sydney insiders told me Sepia was the place to go for a great wine-pairing menu, so it was my first stop after arriving in Australia last week. Chef Martin Benn, once a protégé of Marco Pierre White in London, indulges a modernist bent since he left his post as chef de cuisine at Tetsuya's in 1999. His wife, Vicki Wild, once Tetsuya's personal assistant, brings warmth to the sharp-edged dining room on the ground floor of a Darling Harbour high-rise, and sommelier Rodney Setter has built up a broad and knowledgeably chosen international wine list of more than 1,100 selections, mostly current vintages although older wines, especially Bordeaux, Rhône and Australian Shiraz bottlings, scatter throughout.
Blogs : Bruce Sanderson Decanted
Beaune négociant Alex Gambal has a potentially outstanding lineup of 2012 red and white Burgundies
Posted: March 25, 2014 By Bruce Sanderson
Wine Spectator senior editor Bruce Sanderson has just returned from Burgundy, where he tasted the 2012 vintage. Here are his tasting notes and non-blind scores from his visit to Maison Alex Gambal.
Blogs : Stirring the Lees with James Molesworth
Posted: March 24, 2014 By James Molesworth
Plane, train, automobile. Got to Bordeaux on time, dropped my bags at the hotel and drove up to Château Margaux for the first of my 2013 Bordeaux barrel visits, followed by a stop at Château Haut-Bailly. Time is the world's most precious commodity, and I hate to waste it.
Blogs : Robert Camuto: Letter from Europe
How Italy's new cru labeling rules stifle Barolo traditionalists
Posted: March 24, 2014 By Robert Camuto
Giuseppe Rinaldi has always danced to his own tune. A producer of great old-school, cask-fermented Barolos, Rinaldi has been guided by his own gut and local tradition—not others' rules or expectations.
Now, Italy's wine authorities have hemmed in the maestro and provocateur at the age of 65 with a new law dictating how producers blend and label designated crus. Since the death of his father 22 years ago, Rinaldi has bucked the modern, French-influenced trend of single-cru Barolos in favor of a traditional approach of blending from different vineyards.
Blogs : Mixed Case: Opinion and Advice
Some wines can't be easily explained; just taste them and embrace their complexity
Posted: March 20, 2014 By Mitch Frank
If you're looking to simplify Riesling, to make it easy to understand, don't look to me. I visited Germany for the first time last month, and I hoped that a week in the Mosel, the Rheingau and the Rheinhessen—time spent strolling some of Riesling's most storied vineyards—would finally bring me clarity. Afterward, if someone asked me, "I want to try a great Riesling. Where should I start?" I could confidently reply with a list of wines that would teach them why Riesling is so special.
After a week in Germany, what I can say is that Riesling is a delicious and bewilderingly complex variety. And that's OK. That's what makes it an iconic grape.
Blogs : Exploring Wine with Tim Fish
It's déjà vu all over again as the wines of the Golden State are once again the whipping boy
Posted: March 19, 2014 By Tim Fish
Here we go again. Every 10 or 20 years, the "Old World Wine Intelligentsia" tries to convince us that California wines are lousy.
Surely we're not falling for this again, right? We're bigger people after all these years, more secure about the quality of the wines. There's no need for California to justify its place in the wine world.
Blogs : James Laube's Wine Flights
A quiet dinner with friends ends with a trip to the garage to bottle some homemade wine
Posted: March 19, 2014 By James Laube
Garage wine. I can't think of many vintners that haven't made it.
I thought of this Friday night after dining with some young friends and their 3-month-old daughter.The proud new parents did it all: They shopped, cooked, popped, poured, served and cleaned, making it both a fun and breezy evening, where we covered a variety of topics. And afterward, there was homemade wine to be bottled.
Blogs : Harvey Steiman At Large
It's not defined as, um, crisply as you might think
Posted: March 17, 2014 By Harvey Steiman
Ripeness (and its kissing cousin, alcohol) seems to be the wine issue of the year. So I made it a point to attend winery group In Pursuit of Balance's panel discussion on the subject last week at its San Francisco confab and tasting.
The panel, led by London-based wine writer Jamie Goode, included Justin Willett of Tyler in Santa Barbara, Josh Jensen of Calera in Mt. Harlan, Wells Guthrie of Copaín in Anderson Valley and Katy Wilson of LaRue in Sonoma Coast. Each presented two wines, exploring just how much ripeness matters in determining a Pinot Noir's quality.
Blogs : Mixed Case: Opinion and Advice
Region's new program gets green thumbs-up from outside expert
Posted: March 17, 2014 By Dana Nigro
When a group of winegrowers develops an eco-friendly certification program for their own region, one question you have to ask is: How serious are they? If the very people who have to live up to the goals are setting the goals, isn't there a possibility that they won't set the bar higher than they and their neighbors can easily reach? Does the certification hold everyone's feet to the fire or is it just a way to look good for the public?
That was a potential concern when four leading Long Island producers—Bedell Cellars, Shinn Estate, Channing Daughters and Martha Clara Vineyards—developed the first sustainability code and certification for vineyards on the East Coast in 2012 and launched the nonprofit Long Island Sustainable Winegrowing organization to oversee it. But if you didn't personally know the sincerity and commitment of people like Bedell winemaker Rich Olsen-Harbich and Barbara Shinn, if you hadn't walked their vineyards with them, as I have, how sure could you be of what they were trying to do?
Blogs : Exploring Wine with Tim Fish
The low profile of Miraflores belies the high quality of its wines
Posted: March 12, 2014 By Tim Fish
Secluded high in the mountains of the Sierra Foothills, Miraflores Winery has gone quietly about the business of making great Zinfandel for a decade now.
Foothills wineries often have trouble getting the attention they deserve in the California wine industry, and none are more deserving of a higher profile than Miraflores. Of the nine Zinfandels I've reviewed, seven received outstanding ratings.
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Oct 13, 2010 in Food Network Community Toolbox on Food Network
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Qdoba's burrito baristas handcraft a catering menu of Mexican-inspired cuisine, customizable with a panoply of fresh ingredients for a taco, nacho, or burrito bar. Qdoba's culinary crafters craft succulent fillings for burritos, tacos, nachos, and quesadillas, including protein-packing choices, such as slow-roasted pulled pork, adobo-marinated grilled steak or chicken, and spiced shredded or ground beef, with vegetarian options also available. Taste the gooey flavor accents of the signature queso sauce, a three-cheese blend with roasted poblanos, tomatoes, and jalapeños, the pinto or black beans simmered in cumin and onion, or the creamy, hand-smashed guacamole that's ideal for filling up Queen Elizabeth's diamond-studded guacamole chalice. Tortilla chips with salsa bar and desserts complete each catered event, and customers can opt for burrito-boxed lunches and any add-ons.
Tortilla Cantina is a taco bistro and beer bar - With over 18 different tacos ranging from Tri-Tip tacos to Cajun Mahi to Honey Chipotle Carnitas all served on hand made flour tortillas. With over 11 specialty beers on tap like Negra Modelo, ShockTop Rasbery to Racer 5 IPA - good food, good beer, good times!
Cozymels' lengthy menu beaches mouths on the coast of Old Mexico with authentic flavors from the non-central locales of America's savory southern neighbor. Get acclimated to the restaurant's food-ocean by starting with a traditional sampler—chicken nachos, spinach-mushroom quesadillas, and crispy chicken flautas with guacamole, jalepeños, pico de gallo, and sour cream ($12). An entree of enchiladas los cabos prolongs your taste buds' beach party with two enchiladas stuffed with sautéed shrimp, lump crab, and cheese, then topped with poblano cream ($14). Otherwise, keep it peninsular with the Yucatán especial (shrimp and scallops sautéed with spinach, red onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, and poblano chilis, topped with creamy Cancun sauce and served over Yucatán rice; $16) or venture into the spicy heart of flavor country with home-style carne asada, a 10-ounce grilled skirt steak topped with spicy rajas mix, cheese, spicy gaujillo chili sauce, and served with Yucatán rice, refritos, and Mexican potatoes ($17). If your appetite is still struggling against the waves of savory flavors at the end of your meal, finish it off by running it over with a Cozy Cadillac margarita (Cazadores Silver, Cointreau, sweet and sour, and fresh lime; $11).
Tacos, chorizo con huevos, and chicken fajitas?these are just a few of the Mexican specialities cooked up by the chefs at Lucky Star Cafe Mexican Grill. But these guys don't limit themselves to Mexican cuisine; their menu occasionally veers north of the border, as fans of the loaded pastrami sandwich or juicy cheeseburger will readily attest. Lucky Star is open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, giving diners plenty of time to squeeze in a snack between waking up and going back to bed.


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At 5:36 pm on March 27, 1964, the largest earthquake ever recorded in North America, and the second largest in history, rattled coastal Alaska for close to 4 minutes. Though the epicenter of the Great Alaskan Earthquake was deep beneath Prince William Sound -- 75 miles east of Anchorage and 56 miles west of Valdez -- the magnitude 9.2 temblor rippled water as far away as Louisiana and even made parts of Florida and Texas jump a couple of inches.
Every year the Pacific tectonic plate barges roughly 2 in. into, and under, the North American plate near southern Alaska. Under intense pressure from the friction, the crust bends and strains until it eventually snaps back into place, as it did that March evening. In downtown Anchorage, the quake caused the streets to become asphalt waves, bouncing cars into the air. Parts of the city dropped as much as 30 ft., bringing the Denali Theater marquee on Fourth Avenue to sidewalk level. One block over, the concrete facade of the new J.C. Penney crashed into the sidewalk, killing a crouching pedestrian and a passing driver. At the airport, the control tower toppled over and killed an air traffic controller.
The ground in the Turnagain Heights subdivision simultaneously sank and surged up. "Our whole lawn broke up into chunks of dirt, rock, snow and ice," Turnagain resident Tay Pryor Thomas wrote in National Geographic shortly after the quake. "We were left on a wildly bucking slab; suddenly it tilted sharply, and we had to hang on to keep from slipping into a yawning chasm."
But what claimed 115 of the 131 lives that day wasn't the earthquake itself. It was the tsunami waves that screamed across Prince William Sound and down the Pacific Ocean. The quake had caused several underwater landslides that, in turn, displaced vast amounts of water. The great volume of water that was forced out to sea returned just as quickly, in the form of giant waves that geologists call local tsunamis.
"I was in my house in Cordova eating dinner when the quake struck," recalls Pete Corson, then a U.S. Coast Guard lieutenant assigned to the cutter Sedge. "Our house came almost completely off the foundation. I ran down to the dock and it had split in half and was heaving back and forth. We had to wait until the gap closed before jumping across it to get to the Sedge." Corson brought his wife and three young sons with him as he boarded the cutter. Soon, reports began to crackle over the ship's radio: "The village of Chenega is completely wiped out by a tidal wave. There are many injuries ... only one house left standing." The Sedge was in "Charlie status," with its engines disassembled, and the crew scrambled to get her underway.
Forty-five miles north of Cordova, in Valdez, the 400-ft. freighter SS Chena was in port when the quake hit. Twenty seconds after the initial tremors, 98 million cubic yards of the silty delta slumped away. The massive amount of water displaced came rushing back as a 40-ft. local tsunami, killing more than 30 people as they tried to flee.
"I saw people running -- it was just ghastly," wrote Merrill Stewart, captain of the Chena, which keeled over as the water ran out of the inlet. "They were just engulfed by buildings, water, mud and everything." The Chena, remarkably, was able to right itself and radio this message: "The town of Valdez, Alaska, just burst into flames. The whole dock is afire ..."
In nearby Shoup Bay, the local tsunami reached 200 ft. in height and destroyed a remote cabin. Thirteen people were killed in Whittier as three local tsunamis, the last one 42 ft. high, crashed into town. And in Chenega, an 89-ft. wave killed 23 of the town's 75 residents.
Similar stories unfolded along Prince William Sound. In Seward, the fuel tanker Alaska Standard was in port loading gasoline and diesel when the quake hit. The dock caught on fire as the harbor shore area slumped into the bay. When the water returned, a 30-ft. tsunami destroyed a fuel tank farm, where oil is stored before being offloaded, setting it ablaze. As the fire spread, more than three dozen fuel-loaded tanks exploded.
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Paul expresses his intention ( Romans 15:24 Romans 15:28 ) to visit Spain. There is, however, no evidence that he ever carried it into effect, although some think that he probably did so between his first and second imprisonment. (See TARSHISH .)
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1 Macc. 8:3; ( Romans 15:24 Romans 15:28 ) The local designation, Tarshish, representing the Tartessus of the Greeks, probably prevailed until the fame of the Roman wars in that country reached the East, when it was superseded by its classical name. The mere intention of St. Paul to visit Spain (whether he really did visit it is a disputed question. --ED.) implies two interesting facts, viz., the establishment of a Christian community in that country, and that this was done by Hellenistic Jews resident there. The early introduction of Christianity into that country is attested by Irenaeus and Tertullian.
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The country in the Southwest of Europe which still bears this name. It was Paul's purpose, as stated in Romans 15:24,28, to visit Spain. If, as is probable, he ultimately carried out this intention, it must have been after a release from his first imprisonment. Clement of Rome speaks of the apostle as having reached "the extreme limit of the West" (Epistle of Clement, v).
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Explain that your purpose in this activity is to unpack SRI so that participants can explore if and how it might be part of personal and/or congregational financial practices. This workshop is not the place to debate SRI in congregational investment policies. Suggest appropriate congregational leaders with whom interested participants might study and discuss the issues in more depth after the workshop.
Distribute Handout 2, Ten Things All UUs Should Know About Socially Responsible Investing. Explain that the handout is an abbreviated version of a page on the UUA website. Invite volunteers to read each of the ten items. Ask if participants have any knowledge or experience with SRI. Invite them to briefly share their experiences.
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Daniel_Stuckey writes "Over the weekend, a 28-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of using a small quadcopter drone to smuggle an unknown quantity of illegal drugs into a prison in Melbourne, Australia. While it's certainly not the first time small-fry UAV technology has been used by a mid-level mule to airmail drugs into the clink, it does suggest a growing trend in the highest-tech of prison highs. Here, then, is a brief history of drone-assisted prison drug smuggling In November 2013, guards at Hull jail in Gatineau, Canada, spotted a small drone flying over the prison's walls [beware the autoplaying videos]. An exhaustive search of both Hull's grounds and the immediate vicinity turned up nothing by way of whatever contraband the drone might have been toting around.
Nevertheless, it didn't appear to be one-off incident 'This sort of thing happens often in prisons all across Quebec,' Stephane Lemaire, president of Quebec's correctional officers' union, told the Ottawa Sun. 'Usually the drones are carrying small packages of drugs or other illicit substances.' The problem, Lemaire added, is that 'the drone can be controlled from more than a kilometer away, and the [Hull] prison is surrounded by forest.'"


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Alright, full disclosure: Lady A's Shaun Silva-directed "Just A Kiss" video got us choked up after one viewing. Clearly we need to get out more.
The song is the first single off the Grammy-winning country-pop band's forthcoming third album Own The Night, which is due out September 13. Let's just hope the couple in this vid is still going strong by then.
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easy, to import it into other DAW systems. - eg. have a friend work with
the same material.
possible issue: stereo-tracks. usually I use all mono-tracks in ardour.
(sometimes I'm annoyed that I can't pre-insert stereo-effects, but it
retains flexibility to export/reimport the timeline - bounce all tracks
sometimes with sometimes w/o automation & effects.
i rarely have more that 16 tracks, so I do it by hand,
sed(1) does re-import - but thats a whole other story :)
This scheme is waste of hard-disk /tmp space, though. who cares?
>>> - Do you work with stereo and/or multi-channel?
no not with ardour, its either one or the other.
multi-tracks masters: I usually prepare the session, bounce all tracks
and do panning + automation somewhere else where I pay for the
Dolby-Logo and surround-studio-monitor :)
there is software to make stereo from 5.1, - it just eludes me.
> How do you go about creating 6 mono output tracks?
- mmh no not really. I can give each mono file an appropriate name that
any technician will understand.
I dunno about standards that media-players support. - but it comes down
to naming or arranging jack/alsa ports (-> what does mplayer do if it
detects N audio channels? )
actually I'm no longer sure it this should be a feature of the export
dialog, anyway..
my first idea was indeed a popup-timeline, with whole ardour-sessions
(songs) as blocks in a timeline to:
- nudge whole session(s)
- concatenate session(s)
then one can use the merged session for all kinds of flexible x-fades
and put location markers in the timeline for CD-creation.
Most of the time it comes down to the following transitions:
* one of the song fades in/out -> I usually don't fade all the tracks,
but keep a few of them and to fade later..
* both songs have an abrupt end or beginning, there's usually one or two
extra tracks added to the session staring a few seconds before the end.
> Don't you need a timeline and all the options given by Ardour's editor?
to gain full edit power, yes. for the common cases sth. like the x-fade
dialog might suffice!
a CD-build dialog might be nice, that let's one re-arrange the
track-order on the CD..
the only time I did this before, I exported 3 tracks to stereo wav,
launched rezound to concatenate the files and make the fade-overs.
CD.toc was generated with vi :)
rezound offers great loop-playing features that come in handy when
positioning the sessions!
>> Also it would be great if the A/V offset could be (optionally) written
it actually supports cue's, chuncks and even playlists:
eg. http://www.sonicspot.com/guide/wavefiles.html
- but not that many players know about that.
> What would be needed on the GUI side, format, number of digits ...?
dunno, maybe only a radiobutton:
* no wav chucks //< current default
* one wav chuck with global-session offset //< what I'd like sometimes
* make a new wav chuck on every location/marker //< ???
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Hi, I have a technical question. I mentioned a few tiimes already, that I have a slight problem with my CZ75 pre "B". It shoots to low. Here fresh up on the issue: My CZ75 is a 1986 Pre "B" sold to a security company here in germany. I bought it for 80,- Euros from my gun.. The psitol was hardly shot and only lied in the vault for several years. What I have noticed is, that the front sight has been changed by somebody. This is visible, because a) the angle of the front sight is different to the usual and b) the paint job around the font sight has been renewed after it was changed. The rear sight was the original fixed sight. Now at the range I noticed, that the rounds hit the target much to low. This means, I need to ain approx 30cm above the target center, to hit the center of the target halfway. We first expected the problem to be myself, but a friend of mine, a gunsmith, tried shooting the pistol, with the same result. The distance we shot at was 25 meters. We then noticed, that the front sight wasn`t at the original hight. It was filed down below the normal hight of 3.2mm. Now this is really confusing, because when the fron sight is lowered and you use the original rear sight, the rounds should be coming in to high, but not to low, since the muzzle needs to be raised. So we filed the fron sight down a bit more, to approx. 2.89mm. But that still is not enough. So I made my ouwn new rear sight out an old adjustable LPA sight. (In oroginal the LPA was far to hight, even in the lowest setting). Now the rounds are o.k. in hight. But, this issue is worrying me a bit. Is there any known technical issue, or would anybody have an idea, what the technical cause can be, that the rounds come in so low? regards Ken
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I don't have a pre model, but have or have had two 75B's and a 75B compact. I can't imagine any kind of issue with the weapon other than the relationship of the front sight to rear sight that would make it shoot low, aside from your sight picture. If your friend had the same problem shooting low then I could discount the sight picture problem. Anything bored or assembled at the wrong angle causing rounds to impact low would most likely cause function issues to the extent that you'd never get the chance to notice the rounds on the target.
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Mae Sai
Mae Sai, or locally more often, Maesai, (แม่สาย) is the northernmost city of Thailand. It is mainly a stepping stone for visits to Myanmar and has few attractions of its own. Understand[edit]Rain and Flooding[edit]Maesai has a pronounced wet season during which it is likely to experience flooding 2 or 3 times. The Ruak River rises quickly and falls almost as quickly. It is not uncommon for there to be some flooding in the centre of town, but not the border crossing itself. On 5th September 2014 there was a heavy overnight storm which caused an exceptionally high river flow and flooding and the river flowed over the border bridge (in the picture). Some of the market areas are especially low lying and suffered worst. Many of the accommodation places described in 'sleep' also suffered though few appeared to suffer damage to their guest rooms - some exceptions are noted below.
Get in[edit]By bus[edit]By bus from Chiang Rai or Chiang Mai. Buses from Chiang Rai are very frequent (every 15-30 min), cost 40 Baht (one way) and take about 1.5 hours, while Green Bus line has minibuses departing approx when full for 46 baht. (Sep 2014) Buses from Chiang Mai take about 4 hours (210 baht one way). All public buses terminate at a bus station well south of Mae Sai (Maesai), so you have to continue onward to the city proper with red songthaews waiting at the bus station (15 baht per passenger fixed fare). The blue songthaews to/from the Golden Triangle and Chiang Saen (50 baht, 45-60 minutes), on the other hand, leave from a stand in the city centre a few hundred metres down the street from the border in front of the pharmacy on the corner of Thessaban Road Soi 8. The last blue songthaew that departs for Chiang Saen leaves at 2PM. There are also day-tours taking visitors from Chiang Rai to Mae Sai, the Golden Triangle, and a couple of other places to see on the way as well. Tourist minibuses are more expensive (around 800 baht for a day tour from Chiang Mai including lunch) and, if fully loaded (but this is not always the case), are much less comfortable. However, this is still an option worth considering, if you want to combine your visa run with a sightseeing tour through Chiang Rai province. By car[edit]By car which can be rented in Chiang Mai (4 hours away) and other cities. Mae Sai is 61 km from Chiang Rai on Highway No. 1. By minibus[edit]There are several minibus services which run between Chiang Mai and Mae Sai, tickets for which can be purchased at most tourist and travel agencies in Chiang Mai. Prices are approximately 700 THB for the round trip which takes 5 hours each way, with a 1-2 hour stopover mid day as people cross the border for shopping and re-entry stamps. Get around[edit]Mae Sai is quite small and can easily be covered on on foot unless you stay in accommodation well out on the road from the south, or you want to travel to the Tesco supermarket almost at the bus station. See[edit][add listing]Mae Sai is quite an underestimated town as many visitors just breeze past it on their way to the Myanmar border on a visa run. But if you would like to visit an authentic Thai border town there is much to see here for you.
Do[edit][add listing]
Buy[edit][add listing]There are plenty of small shops lining both sides of the street leading to the border crossing that sell:
Eat[edit][add listing]Kik Kok restaurant is about 1Km up from the border on the right as you walk in that direction and there are a few Thai restaurants about this distance along the main road away from the tourist shops near the border. It closes about 8pm. The one immediately next door, run by Chinese descent people will give you a good feed quite cheaply even later, with alcohol if you want it, and the menus are easy to work on. They are either in English or with pictures of what you get. A few hundred metres further on the same side of the main road, opposite Chour Palace Hotel, is Jee Jee restaurant with good and reasonably priced food specialising in fish dishes. They have an English menu, but there's no English sign except the unmissable ones pointing to the toilets. Those wanting a fix of comfort food can visit the new Hongfah Plaza, a small shopping mall off the main street, about 500m on the right as you walk from the border. There's an ice-cream parlour, Black Canyon Coffee and some bakeries selling cakes and sandwiches.
Drink[edit][add listing]There are several comfortable coffee shops on the main road leading to the immigration checkpoint. There's little in the way of bars are some nice bars and nightclubs in town (which seems to be suffering from a slackening of business) but the Maesai Complex Hotel (see its entry in 'sleep') runs an outside bar in the evenings. Sleep[edit][add listing]There are few budget places in the usual booking sites so the following is offered (September 2014). In general, the price/standard is not as good as many other Thai towns. Prices are for rooms with a fan but no aircon quoted in September 2014 which is off season. Way out of town on the way in from the bus station is a brand new hostel: no details. About 200m to the east of the border crossing is what is currently known as the Maesai Complex Hotel. Somewhat basic but clean and adequate and with an outside bar across the street (there are few places open during the wet off season (about April through September). From 300THB. The English speaking son of the proprietors says they are planning to turn this into a backpacker hostel with beds from 200 THB with no seasonal variation. It also has an open air bar in the evenings. Address 284 Moo 7. Phone: 053-731871, 087-3013936 There is another establishment about 100m further on, on the left, 250THB but it is poor value and noisy as the main activity is hourly bookings !!!) and one or two more in the various side streets but not that easy to find. To the west of the border crossing along Thetsaban 21 which passes along the edge of the market, is the greatest concentration of budget accommodation. Off season prices are mostly 250 to 350THB. First is an unnamed (in English) guest house on the left still within the market. Next on the left and still in the market is S House Hotel, no details except that it is in the budget range. Also on the left is Bamboo House, just before the first trees and the OK Restaurant . It has been recently been partially renovated. It's basic and has the cheapest rooms, from 200 THB though they are a touch gloomy, but there's nothing cheaper and they have nothing actually wrong with them though short on the nice to have features (wardrobe, outside tables) and little English is spoken by the rather unenthusiastic staff. On the right after the long closed Monkey Island Bar is the YeeSun Hotel with prices from 400THB, a barnlike lobby with just a couple of chairs and rather unenthusiastic staff. From here you come to a fork in the road.... In the centre is a coffee shop behind what appears to be a shrine which is an office for the turquoise coloured Mom Home, a modern guest house on the hill to the left. The CCTV in the office suggested this to be a quality place. Prices from 300THB. Phone: 089-9549017, but no English Email: email@example.com On the right is AQ House. Prices from 300 THB and reasonable quality. 089-4322220. You will come to a 'Police Checkpoint' but it seems to be simply a small 'cop shop' though in several days when we were there the only observed activity was to receive a corpse floated across the river from Myanmar! Straight ahead by the river is the Maesai Riverside Resort though don't read too much into the word 'resort'! Family owned, this place has rooms and a bar/restaurant (prices fair and beer at little more than shop prices) overlooking the river. It's a bit run down and the standard of the rooms varies but it has great family staff (Jan, the manager speaks English) and an off season price from 250 THB (300 THB in season) you're unlikely to do much better for a place with river views. Accessible from by the river or from the road above - don't stop at the first cabin but go directly to the bar. Phone: 0892352044 (English spoken) Finally, there's the Maesai Guest House which is..or was... more of a resort with individual A-frame bungalows from 350 THB off season.. A pleasant owner, a bar and restaurant, and higher priced bungalows right on the river provide appeal to some travellers despite it being a very run down place. Excellent WiFi..... at least until the September 2014 when its low lying bungalows and reception/bar were very badly hit. Phone: 053-732021, 053-732481, a little English spoken. Taking the earlier left fork... Mom Home is up on the left (see above). On the right is a small guest house called Kitipong House. 300THB. Also the best place to sleep on the right is the SaiLomJoy, The Boutique Hostel which describes itself as a boutique hostel and spa, and is advertising at 1,500 THB included breakfast and free high speed WIFI. There is also an access from the right hand fork road, where coffee and beverage are also available. Phone 09-4165-1177, www.sailomjoy.com At the end and to the right is the previously mentioned Police Checkpoint.
Contact[edit]Get out[edit]From Tachileik (sometimes written as Tachilek), one can travel as far as Kengtung (Thai Chiang Tung) provided you hire a tour guide, 160km away, but to travel to the rest of Myanmar, a visa in advance is needed. Transit travelers can arrange for a visa and can have their passport sent to their port of exit. Some local NGOs [1] are worth visiting to see some of their humanitarian work.


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This sat and sun is GardenFest in Vero, on of the best plants sales I've ever been too.
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where is the plant sale in Vero?? |
This must be something new. I lived there 6 years ago. I really miss the area alot. Just not the traffic and the crowds in the stores. |
I have been twice and always had a fabulous time. A really beautiful show. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Gardenfest
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I can't go this weekend. Have to get over to Okeechobee this weekend. |
Next weekend is Port St Lucie's Botanical Garden's plant sale, if anyone is interested. :O) |
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The recent spread of Artemia parthenogenetica in Western Australia
- Kellie McMaster,
- Alan Savage,
- Terrie Finston,
- Michael S. Johnson,
- Brenton Knott
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In Western Australia, populations of Artemia parthenogenetica in coastal salt lakes at Rottnest Island and Lake Hayward, and in salterns at Port Hedland and Shark Bay, are widely accepted to have been introduced by humans. Further, within the past 10 years, populations of A. parthenogenetica have been found in inland playa salt lakes in the wheatbelt of south-west Western Australia, where none had been recorded in previous salt lake studies. Here we hypothesise that birds act as transport vectors for Artemia cysts both within Australia and between the Asian and Australian continents. Allozyme analysis was used to identify clonal types (multi-locus genotypes), clonal frequencies, genotypic diversities and genotypic identity of six populations (three coastal, three inland).
Overall, the inland populations displayed almost identical genotypic structure to the coastal population from Lake Hayward, indicating that Lake Hayward could be the major source for dispersal and colonisation of inland populations. Results support the hypothesis of dispersal inland by nomadic bird species. Furthermore, evidence suggests that the inland and Lake Hayward populations may be an example of a metapopulation.
The greater variety of genotypes present in the Rottnest population indicates that this population has received a large number of small immigrations, or that it received one large introduction. The former may indicate a long period of suitable salinities, providing a greater time-span over which migration and succession of clonal types could occur in comparison to other populations. While we cannot rule out the possibility of human introduction of A. parthenogenetica to Rottnest, the hypothesis of cyst dispersal along the Austral-Asian flyway remains possible.
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- Title
- The recent spread of Artemia parthenogenetica in Western Australia
- Journal
Volume 576, Issue 1 , pp 39-48
- Cover Date
- 2007-02-01
- 10.1007/s10750-006-0291-0
- Print ISSN
- 0018-8158
- Online ISSN
- 1573-5117
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers
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- Topics
- Keywords
- Clones
- Genotypes
- Immigration
- Secondary salinisation
- Industry Sectors
- Authors
- Kellie McMaster (1)
- Alan Savage (1) (2)
- Terrie Finston (1)
- Michael S. Johnson (1)
- Brenton Knott (1)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. School of Animal Biology, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, 6009, Crawley, Western Australia
- 2. P.O. Box 56, 6516, Jurien Bay, Western Australia


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The shift towards hedonism is definitely something I expected when we first touched on the idea of life being evanescent. In some ways it seems like a more natural reaction to just go for it if life is so fleeting, and I am actually a little surprised that this reaction didn't manifest until the Genroku period (Lecture 2/20). I think the shift in meaning of ukiyo from "the illusory world to avoid" to "the illusive world of fleeting pleasures that one ought to pursue with abandon" (Inouye 70) really encapsulates this major shift/inversion while the continued relevance of cherry blossoms shows that the prevailing cultural attitudes of the time still shared a common foundation with preceding Zen and Buddhist ideology. At the core, hedonistic pursuits were rooted in the same notion of life being brief and the symbiotic relationship between beauty and sorrow. On one hand, hedonism seems like an amazing way to maximize the happiness of everyone in the world, but these temporary reaches towards fulfillment seem to lead to even further sorrow in most cases. I can imagine that acting on whims alone could lead to a severe sense of detachment. It also seems to be a guaranteed way to slip downwards, such as the woman who loved love: "I let myself be swept away to ruin. There was no way for me to stem the current" (Saikaku 159). Perhaps accepting oneself as a floating part of the floating world could make this a beneficial life philosophy, but I have a hard time seeing how this form of detachment and pursuit of temporary pleasures could lead to any sense of peace or fulfillment. That said, I think the hedonistic attitude of making the pursuit of pleasure in general a common goal has a lot of value. It seems that the fact that mono no aware was the heart of Japanese culture led to the "dual structure of an inner and outer dimension, not a moral character which makes a direct connection between consciousness and action" (Takahito 13). This is a distinct contrast to the preoccupation that many have with morality and the inability of most to consistently uphold values. Though sad in a sense, I think it's somewhat of a relief not to hold ourselves to higher standards than we can meet and agree that "resigning oneself to the sadness of reality has its own rewards" ( Inouye 85).


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Spot, flounder, croaker and a few bluefish have started to show up in local waters.
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The team came from behind twice to defeat the Tappahannock Tides.
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Summer Folk: The Postcard View
Vacationers, "rusticators," or tourists began flooding into Maine in the last quarter of the 19th century. Many arrived by train or steamer. Eventually, automobiles expanded and changed the tourist trade, and some vacationers bought their own "cottages."
Poland Spring: Summering in Fashion
During the Gilded Age at the end of the nineteenth century, Americans sought to leave increasing urban, industrialized lives for the health and relaxation of the country. The Poland Spring resort, which offered a beautiful setting, healing waters, and many amenities, was one popular destination.
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A look back at island life in Maine as captured by a team consisting of Swan's Island Educational Society representatives, which encompasses the community's library and historical society, a class from the Swan's Island School, and an Island Fellow from the Island Institute. Exhibit topics examine islanders at work and play, Baird's Quarry, old buildings, and the changing role of women on the island.
Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay
A history of one of Maine's many populated islands. The site was created by a team consisting of representatives from Islesboro Historical Society, Islesboro Central School, and the Alice L. Pendleton Library. Early settlements, businesses and cottage industries, schools, water transportation, and summer resorts are the topics covered.
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Highlights from the history of what is perhaps the most popular tourist destination in Maine. The site was created by a partnership between MDI High School, Mount Desert Elementary School, and a number of supporting organizations: Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor Historical Society, the Jesup Memorial Library, Great Harbor Maritime Museum, and the Maine Granite Industry Historical Society. Exhibits cover Northeast Harbor, the Granite industry, Bar Harbor's Building of Arts, the Green Mountain Railway, the Bryants and the Rockefellers, and steamboats.


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Power Consumption Tests
Using our new PROVA Power Analyzer WM-01 or "Power Thingy" as it has become quickly known as to our readers, we are now able to find out what kind of power is being used by our test system and the associated graphics cards installed. Keep in mind; it tests the complete system (minus LCD monitor, which is plugged directly into AC wall socket).
There are a few important notes to remember though; while our maximum power is taken in 3DMark06 at the same exact point, we have seen in particular tests the power being drawn as much as 10% more. We test at the exact same stage every time; therefore tests should be very consistent and accurate.
The other thing to remember is that our test system is bare minimum - only a 7,200RPM SATA-II single hard drive is used without CD ROM or many cooling fans.
So while the system might draw 400 watts in our test system, placing it into your own PC with a number of other items, the draw is going to be higher.
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Need these in my life!!Obsessed with these shoes!! I've only found them in the UK up to an 8 and I'm a 10...think that's a 13 or 14! Please get them in stock!!
Comfortable Platform, felt like sneakersShoes are not as polished as they look on the site.. originally got them to go with a dress.. ended up wearing tights and crop top because the black is dull.. overall very satisfied!Shopaholic would recommend this product to a friend.
Lita LOVEI LOVE these shoes and I'm so happy I was able to get another pair in my size!.... And with such a gorgeous finish, the oil slick material just gives them this amazing quality that looks different in every light. I found that they do run a little smaller than my Black Distressed Leather Litas but I found that this made them some how more comfortable than my other litas! Love LOVE love!Rhinestoned Dreams would recommend this product to a friend.
Wish they fit!I love!!!!!! these shoes! Unfortunately, I have a pretty wide foot, so I will have to size up from size 12 to get the comfort I need in this style of shoe. The leather is pretty firm, so it's not very forgiving. They're beautiful shoes, well-crafted, but a bit narrow if you have a wide foot. I will update this review once I have the size 13's.StayDreaming would recommend this product to a friend.
Iridescents fit a half size small :(I'm heart broken to find that the size 12 iridescent / oil slick litas fit half a size small. Their insoles measure just under 11.Now there aren't any 13s available for me to order in exchange :("LeahB would recommend this product to a friend.
This Bootie Hypnotized MeI check the BFT Web Site frequently.I was looking for a pair of lace up shoes or booties like my beloved Triumphs ( 3pair ).I came across the JC Litta and my first thought was,These are Ugly".On subsequent visits to the web,I became more and more entranced with the "Litta".I started looking at all the different views.Finally,I knew I had to have a pair.When they arrived on time as all my BFT orders do,I rushed to lace them on.With the high platform the heels aren't really that high.After modeling them for an hour,I ventured out to meet some friends.They found them as alluring as I had.They are fantastic with jeans from cut offs to rolled up at the ankles.They are also very fashionable with mid calf skirts.Don't hide them in anything too long as you want to show them to the world.These booties fashion the foot and do wonders for the legs.Another sure winner from BFT.Hopefully,BFT will come out with more of these great shoes for Spring."Angie the basketball forward would recommend this product to a friend.
JC Lita Glitter. GLamorous and Glitzy""These are my third pair of Litas.The black are for multi occasions.Silver for special occasions.The Glitter for super special occasions.The gold,copper,blue and pink glitter really stand out and come together with gold hosiery,iridescent blue and pink.Copper hard to find but I,m working on themOn my first venture out in the glitters I tried a gold mini skirt and iridescent blue top and jacket.Yes,I was Glitzy and very Avant Garde but received numerous compliments that were genuine from my party mates.Also,lots of questions about where do you find such FAB BootiesThanks again BFT.You never let me down.Angie the Basket Ball Player would recommend this product to a friend.
AmazingI'm absolutely in LOVE. I've wanted these shoes FOREVER but was too afraid to buy them because of my wide feet. I usually wear a 12W and if a style isn't available in wide widths I size up to 13 or 14. I bought the size 13 because the width is the same from size 11-14, so there was no point sizing up to 14. The size 13 is PERFECT. There's enough room for my toes, and since the shoes can be loosened, width isn't really a problem. It's only a problem when you look at the shoes when they're on in certain angles. You can see that my wide feet stretch the shoe slightly above the platform. Otherwise, they look REALLY fabulous on. They are RIDICULOUSLY TALL. Even taller than I thought but they are definitely not super hard to walk in. BFT, please carry more colors and styles in the Litas. I want at least 2 more pairs.Ra would recommend this product to a friend.
I would buy this product again and againVery stylish and beautiful shoes ..! I look forward to the fall when I can wear it ..))))Alyona would recommend this product to a friend.
Love my Lita'sLove them. I wear 11 I'm men's and the 13's for perfectly. Can't wait to really go out and make a day of it. Very nice leather and well constructed. Looking for more colors and for the J.C. Damsels in big sizes.John would recommend this product to a friend.
MY NEW FAVOURITE SHOESThese are the best, a little hard to walk in at first but you'll get used to them. Stylish and cute.Longtallsally would recommend this product to a friend.
Love this shoeThese shoes are wide and I'm happy b/c of my wide feet can fit into something stylish and not ugly and bulky.Finally i can have shoes just like my friends and show them off like they doCant wait to wear this to my friends party in a coupe of weeks. So happy that BFT got some stylish shoes on here to choose from.Please keep em comingAneisha would recommend this product to a friend.
Walking the high lifeThe only issue I have with the shoe is that it was a little snug on my pinky toe. But I'm sure the leather will give a little and they'll be the best shoes ever!Carlie would recommend this product to a friend.
What a great buy!!!I love these shoes . They are very comfortable ....... So many compliments ........ I wish I'd purchased both colors . You won't be disappointed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Keep them coming BFT!!!!!JROCK would recommend this product to a friend.
Not Good QualityI purchased this shoe for going out, they were a littler tighter than expected and they were way too wide. They did not look good at all, so I returned them.


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