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References to this work on external resources. Wikipedia in English (4)Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0307338789, Paperback)"Part detective story, part wine history, this is one juicy tale, even for those with no interest in the fruit of the vine. . . . As delicious as a true vintage Lafite." —BusinessWeekThe Billionaire's Vinegar tells the true story of a 1787 Château Lafite Bordeaux—supposedly owned by Thomas Jefferson—that sold for $156,000 at auction and of the eccentrics whose lives intersected with it. Was it truly entombed in a Paris cellar for two hundred years? Or did it come from a secret Nazi bunker? Or from the moldy basement of a devilishly brilliant con artist? As Benjamin Wallace unravels the mystery, we meet a gallery of intriguing players—from the bicycle-riding British auctioneer who speaks of wines as if they are women to the obsessive wine collector who discovered the bottle. Suspenseful and thrillingly strange, this is the vintage tale of what could be the most elaborate con since the Hitler diaries. Updated for paperback with a new epilogue. (retrieved from Amazon Mon, 30 Sep 2013 13:23:04 -0400) It was the most expensive bottle of wine ever sold. In 1985, a 1787 bottle of Cha^teau Lafite Bordeaux--one of a cache unearthed in a bricked-up Paris cellar and supposedly owned by Thomas Jefferson--sold at auction for $156,000. The discoverer of the bottle was pop-band manager turned wine collector Hardy Rodenstock, who had a knack for finding extremely old and exquisite wines. But rumors soon arose. Why wouldn't Rodenstock reveal the exact location where it had been found? Was it part of a smuggled Nazi hoard? Or did his reticence conceal an even darker secret? Author Wallace also offers a history of wine, complete with vivid accounts of subterranean European laboratories where old vintages are dated and of Jefferson's colorful, wine-soaked days in France. This tale of what could be the most elaborate con since the Hitler diaries is also the debut of a new voice in narrative non-fiction.--From publisher description.… (more) |
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Massmart shareholders approve Wal-Mart deal
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-- Home Textiles Today,Johannesburg, South Africa - Massmart shareholders voted yesterday in favor of Wal-Mart's offer to acquire a 51% stake of the retailer at a cash price of about $2.4 billion.
Massmart group operates nine wholesale and retail chains as well as one buying group. The company's four operating divisions follow a model similar to Wal-Mart's - high volumes and low-cost distribution - with 288 stores and 470 buying group members in 14 countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

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NORWOOD, Mass., March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Spiral Biotech, an Advanced Instruments company, will introduce its new Autoplate(R) Spiral Plating System -- which delivers faster cycle times, a touch screen display, and self-cleaning features that boost processing speed and efficiency in microbiology laboratories -- at The American Society for Microbiology's (ASM) General Meeting in May, 2009.
"The introduction of the new Autoplate represents a major advancement in spiral plating technology," said Anthony Pappas, National Sales Manager, Advanced Instruments (www.aicompanies.com).
"The new Autoplate features 50 percent faster cycle times -- 30 seconds as opposed to one minute -- a new Windows(R) CE-based touch screen display, and an expanded range of analysis that includes two new spiral plating modes. The new system also introduces a revolutionary self-cleaning feature that is very fast, very thorough, and ensures no sample-to-sample contamination.
"Altogether, the new Autoplate drives spiral plating technology a generational leap forward," Pappas said.
The new Autoplate deposits microbial suspensions without the need for most serial dilutions, thus increasing efficiency in the microbiology laboratory. Labor and material costs associated with sample preparation and manual dilution are reduced by 75%. Moreover, by eliminating the variability inherent in manual procedures, Autoplate delivers both a higher degree of accuracy, and repeatability.
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'Hawaii Five-0' has another 'Lost' reunion: Jorge Garcia guesting in Season 4
Dude! Another "Lost" alumnus is heading back to the island (of Oahu) to guest-star on "Hawaii Five-0."
Jorge Garcia, the erstwhile Hugo "Hurley" Reyes, will appear on an episode of the CBS crime drama in the fall, EW reports. He'll play a "brilliant conspiracy theorist" and likely share some screen time with his former "Lost" co-star Daniel Dae Kim.


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By request! We went through some of our more regularly downloaded Urban Taggers images and turned them into widescreen desktop wallpapers. They..actually don't look that great blown up.. but if you put them on your desktop.. and then step back about 20 metres, it'll look awesome:)
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The Model Systems program, sponsored by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), provides assistance through federal funding to establish innovative projects for the delivery, demonstration and evaluation of comprehensive medical, vocational and other rehabilitation services to meet the needs of individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). NIDRR awards SCI Model System grants to institutions that are national leaders in medical research and patient care and provide the highest level of comprehensive specialty services. The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago/Northwestern Memorial Hospital (also known as the Midwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury Care System) has been chosen by NIDRR as one of 14 SCI Model System Centers that will work with other Model System Centers across the United States to demonstrate improved care, maintain a national database, participate in independent and collaborative research, and provide continuing education relating to spinal cord injury.
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Gao, X. and Li, Xuelong and Feng, J. and Tao, D. (2009) Shot-based video retrieval with optical flow tensor and HMMs. Pattern Recognition Letters 30 (2), pp. 140-147. ISSN 0167-8655.
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Video retrieval and indexing research aims to efficiently and effectively manage very large video databases, e.g., CCTV records, which is a key component in video-based object and event analysis. In this paper, for the purpose of video retrieval, we propose a novel method to represent video data by developing an optical flow tensor (OFT) and incorporating hidden Markov models (HMMs). As video is content-sensitive and normally carries rich motion information of objects, optical flow field is first employed to estimate such motion. Then, a shot HMMs tree is built to model video clips in different levels in a database. Experimental results demonstrate that the newly developed method inherits advantages of both optical flow and HMMs in video representation. With the newly developed video representation, in video retrieval and indexing tasks, no need to exhaustively compare a query video shot with all video shot records in the database. Moreover, the novel representation method works well when linear discriminant analysis (LDA) is utilized to reduce the feature dimensionality and further speed up the retrieval procedure.
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Russia offers to help Europe fight forest fires
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MOSCOW, July 22 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian Airborne Forest Protection Service offered European countries help in preventing and extinguishing forest fires.
According to the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources, the service "is expressing serious concern about forest fires raging on the territory of European countries and is ready to offer assistance to those countries where this natural disaster is continuing."
Service Director Nikolai Kovalev said his experts could also help European firefighters to coordinate their efforts in extinguishing fires.
Russian experts developed a system of emergency response that allows concentrating additional efforts in the most dangerous areas. According to Kovalev, most of the service's aircraft are certified to work abroad and firefighters from Germany, China, the United States and Canada often visit Russia to share experience with their Russian colleagues.
Valery Roshchupkin, the head of the Federal Forestry Agency (Rosleskhos), said the current situation in the forests in France, Italy and Portugal is similar to that in Russia and that Rosleskhos has valuable experience in containing and extinguishing forest fires.
Since the start of the 2005 fire season, the number of forest fires and the total size of the areas affected by them decreased by half compared with the same period last year, due to the agency's increased preventive measures, he said.
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After day of campaign criticism, Obama gets serious while taping comedic 'Daily Show'
NEW YORK — President Barack Obama on Thursday rejected criticism that his administration has offered a confused response to the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya, an accusation made repeatedly by Republican challenger Mitt Romney in their campaign for the White House. Of any breakdown that might have led to the killing of four Americans, Obama declared: "We're going to fix it."
On a campaign day where the politics of comedy were to flavor the presidential race, Comedy Central host Jon Stewart got serious in pressing Obama over the government's changing explanation about the Sept. 11 attacks in Benghazi. When Stewart suggested that even Obama would concede his administration's coordination and communication had not been "optimal," Obama said: "If four Americans get killed, it's not optimal. We're going to fix it. All of it."
Romney has pointedly questioned Obama's handling of the matter and his honesty about it to voters. Those accusations led to the fiercest conflict of the presidential debate on Tuesday and will surely come to the fore again on Monday in the campaign's final debate.
Appearing in a taping of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show," Obama insisted information was shared with the American people as it came in. The attack is under investigation, Obama said, and "the picture eventually gets filled in."
The exchange came on a day when Vice President Joe Biden compared the policies of Romney's running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, to a gun pointed at Americans, and after Romney's son said he was tempted to "take a swing" at Obama when the Democrat questions the GOP candidate's honesty.
Ryan, speaking at a campaign stop in Ocala, Fla., before Biden delivered his comments, accused Obama of sending a divisive message.
"He's basically trying to disqualify his opponent with a sea of negativity," Ryan said. "He's trying to divide this country, pitting people against each other. He's trying to win this election by default. You know what? We're not going to let him get away with that."
The sharpness of the barbs is a reflection of just how tight the race is 19 days out. Hard campaign decisions are being made, state by state.
Romney aides said Thursday that no staff had been dispatched to Michigan or Pennsylvania, where they once suggested he would compete aggressively but has not.
The bickering between campaigns was supposed to take a break Thursday night as both candidates address the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, a white-tie gala at New York City's Waldorf Astoria Hotel that has been a required stop for politicians since the end of World War II.
The evening's political dinner is named for the four-term Democratic governor of New York who lost the 1928 presidential race to Republican Herbert Hoover. Smith was the first Catholic to run for president and the dinner named for him is organized by the Catholic Archdiocese of New York for the benefit of needy children.
In keeping with tradition, both candidates prepared lighthearted remarks for the event. That was also the case four years ago when Obama and GOP nominee John McCain poked fun at themselves and each other just a day after an intense presidential debate at Hofstra University on Long Island.
As in 2008, this year's dinner follows a confrontational debate, also at Hofstra, lending an air of drama to the pivot from acrimony to humor.
Democrats are pushing the accusation that Romney is being dishonest, taking up Obama's refrain since Tuesday's debate that the GOP nominee is offering "a sketchy deal."
"I don't think they were just sketchy," Biden said at a rally in Las Vegas. "I think they were Etch-a-Sketchy."
Obama and Biden are to campaign together next Tuesday in Ohio after Monday night's final debate.
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HPSBOV02278 SSRT071479 rev.1 - HP OpenVMS SSH Using TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS, Remote Unauthorized Access
NOTICE: The information in this Security Bulletin should be acted upon as soon as possible.
Release Date: 2008-03-27
Last Updated: 2008-03-27
Potential Security Impact: Remote unauthorized access
Source: Hewlett-Packard Company, HP Software Security Response Team
A potential vulnerability has been identified with the SSH server in HP OpenVMS TCP/IP Services running on HP Integrity and HP Alpha. The vulnerability could be exploited to allow remote unauthorized access.
References: CVE-2008-0704
SUPPORTED SOFTWARE VERSIONS*: ONLY impacted versions are listed.
HP OpenVMS on HP Alpha running TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS v5.4 prior to ECO 7
HP OpenVMS on HP Integrity and HP Alpha running TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS v5.5 prior to ECO 3
HP OpenVMS on HP Integrity and HP Alpha running TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS v5.6 prior to ECO 2
CVSS 2.0 Base Metrics
Reference Base Vector Base Score
CVE-2008-0704 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N) 6.4
Information on CVSS is documented in HP Customer Notice: HPSN-2008-002.
Note: The potential vulnerability applies only to the SSH server in HP OpenVMS TCP/IP Services.
HP has provided the following TCP/IP Services ECO kits for OpenVMS Update kits to resolve these vulnerabilities.
TCPIP v5.4 ECO 7 (Alpha only)
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Version: 1 (rev.1) - 27 March 2008 Initial release
Support: For further information, contact normal HP Services support channel.
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We only remember the best 'old school fighters'.
This is a long period of time, so obviously there are going to be a larger quantity of great fighters over a span of say, 90 years, than there are going to be fighting in the present. Therefore it's fully possible, maybe likely, that the best talents are going to be one of these men that we still remember, not one fighting today. Not because of a bias towards old-school fighters. It's just simple math. Again, we don't remember the no-hopers. They have always existed and always will. And very seldom will one of them be remembered. In fact, I can only think of one. Joe Grim. That's solely because of all the dudes he fought and didn't get KO'd. Quote:
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This course examines the development and social construction of black America during the Interwar Period with emphasis on black cultural production, social thought, political protest, and community development. Attention is given to the ways black Americans have been active historical agents in their creation and United States History. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for HIS383.


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PowerBook G4 HDD has finally gone out
well i was waiting for this day to come and it arrived quicker than i thought but i should of known, the poor powerbooks hdd had a bad sector and would no longer boot into os x. so i bought a new (re-furbished) pata drive at micro center thinking that it would be just a fast as the old drive since it was 5400 rpm as well, but alas i was wrong and i get beach balls pretty often when switching tabs or opening new windows.
so......... what i am wondering is if i should take back the pata drive i bought and buy a sata ssd and a ide to sata adapter, or just put the money down on a pata ssd. mind the fact that i do not want to put to much into the g4 i just would like to work properly again the powerbook is a a1139 which is the high-res 17", 1.67ghz so it was quite usable before the drive went out. i would just like some feedback from those of you that have already done these mods/upgrades |
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Boot from an osx install dvd and go to disk utility. Select the drive and erase it with the security option of zero out data. |
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Jan 21, 2013, 11:56 AM | #3 |
I highly recommend Spinrite. If you have access to an IBM PC, take the HDD out of your Mac and put it in the PC and run the DOS-based program Spinrite. It's a great HDD recovery and maintenance tool. It will detect and repair or mark bad sectors on any HDD.
Below is my MBP HDD in an old Dell PC with Spinrite running on it.
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Yep, sure does. Spinrite doesn't care what's on the hard drive or if its blank. It works on all of them. I use it all the time at work and home and to help repair other folks computers. The only catch is that it doesn't run natively on a Mac; you have to run it in an IBM PC because it needs a BIOS to run.
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heres the thing though i ran fsck in single user mode and it returned that it had been modified so i ran it once more just to be sure and after that i went to re-install and it will install ok but then when it reboots it goes past the apple screen and the short blue screen but afterwards it goes to a gray screen with the cursor and it will sit like that for as long as i leave it.
i did try boot it froma live linux disc and ran some disc checks and it came back with a few lines that said the superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2 filesystem. along with some other sutff about a bad sector. i did try quite a few times to re-install along with erasing the hdd within the disk utility on the install disc. i tried googling the issue and found no answers specific to a mac or the hdd itself. Thanks, Boneskid1 |
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You have to take on some repairs. At the minimum I would try booting from the OSX install disk and running Disk Utility to repair the disk. If that works you are probably ok, but I'd go one step farther. Repair permissions. Corruption also damages permissions and when that gets out of whack the system can refuse to boot. If you have it, or can get a hold of it, I highly recommend a copy of DiskWarrior. Boot from the DW disk and use it to repair the disk. DW can fix just about anything and if it can't it can give you access to your files to copy them off. I would OPTN+Click on the repair disk button because that will change the repair operation to "Scavenge Disk." Doing that causes DW to do some additional repairs and deep scavenging for all available data. When DW is done, write the new directory and you should be good. If for some reason DW can't do the job, call Allsoft. There support is awesome. I had my old TiBook HD die suddenly on me. Because my boss had a license with Alsoft they took my laptop drive, paid the shipping to and from their facility and put all my data back on to an external drive that I had sent them. I didn't lose a dang thing. They'll also work with you via IM. They have codes that they can feed to DW (they tell you what to do) that supercharges the recover process beyond the scavenge level. Hope that helps.
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I didn't have anything important I have backup files of everything important on an external HDD I just need to get it back into proper (not slow) working order.
And when I did erase the drive with disk utility off of the disk it never gave me another option to zero out data, also the new drive has a fresh install of leopard and I just upgraded my other stick of ram to 1gb so now I have 2gb. OS X sees them just fine though so no issues there EDIT: well I took the time to swap drives again and I tired zeroing it out and it didn't help any and now I notice a louder click coming from the drive so it definitely Is bad so what would your recommendations on a new setup be? Sata ssd-5 for the adapter and like 50 for a drive/ no noise, less power, Pata ssd- 60 to 80 for a drive same pros as above--- not a lot of storage Pata hdd- 35 own it right now but it is so damn loud compared to my macbook Last edited by boneskid1; Jan 21, 2013 at 10:16 PM. |
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Demand curves faced by monopolists and competitive firms
3. How does the demand curve faced by a purely monopolistic seller differ from that confronting a purely competitive firm? Why does it differ? Of what significance is the difference? Why is the pure monopolistâ??s demand curve typically not perfectly elastic?
5. Suppose a pure monopolist is faced with the demand schedule that follows and the same cost data as the competitive producer discussed in question #3 (above).
Calculate the missing total-revenue and marginal-revenue amounts, and determine the profit-maximizing price and profit-earning output for his monopolist. What is the monopolistâ??s profit?
Price ($) Quantity demanded Total Revenue ($) Marginal Revenue ($)
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9. U.S. Pharmaceutical companies charge different prices for prescription drugs to buyers in different nations, depending of the elasticity of demand and government-imposed price ceilings. Explain why these companies, for profit reason, oppose laws allowing reimportation of their drugs back into the United States.
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Demand curves faced by monopolists and competitive firms; pharmaceuticals and price discrimination


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I don't think they let you into VT unless you lose random matches like this a few times a year. VT kids are just a bit flakey it seems.
Not trying to take anything away from Mock, but Jesse should beat him.(this year)
I don't think they let you into VT unless you lose random matches like this a few times a year. VT kids are just a bit flakey it seems.
Not trying to take anything away from Mock, but Jesse should beat him.(this year)
To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.
I remember seeing C.D Mock wrestle in the Dapper Dan many years ago, so Mock definitely has a good bloodline.
Corey is the son of the UNC Coach C.D. Mock who was a well known PA HS wrestler from Council Rock South. C.D. was one of a string of PA kids who left for the South in the 80s, (specifically UNC) like State College's Rob Koll. So it actually comes as no surprise to PA wrestling fans that Corey is a chip of the old block.
UNC's definitely had their share of glory days. They were ranked as high as top 5 in the nation in the late 80's I think, back when Rob Koll was there. Apparently they've already got seven of the top 100 recruits in the nation coming to their school next year...maybe they're building up for another run.
Am I cool now?
Yea that is when Rob was there & won his title. Btw Kolat is there now too as a coach.
CD is a GREAT guy and deserves a great program-he has so many freshman wrestling it is almost comical-Stabile-after a year and 1/2 absence-hurt his arm against Dake and the UN surgeons are clueless as towhat it is-supposedly Stabile's arm is swollen to the ''size of 3 baseball bats''-Mock is hoping he can recover this season as surgery will end this season for Nick. For havig a busted arm he wrestled Dake tough 5-7 L-then lost to Sakaguchi in SV 2-4. Bennet at 97 will be a good one -he already is.
UNC will be a lot better next year. Mock is so desperate he wrestled Rappo at 149 yesterday. IF UNC can turn around they have the right guy at the helm .
Actually 1982 is the year Carolina finished 5th at NCAAs. That was CD's senior year when he became Carolina's first national champion.
Rob Koll was there after that, from 84-88, when he became the 2nd NCAA champ.
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Sweden's Health Care System Margit Gennser Swedish attitudes about health care TO UNDERSTAND THE SWEDISH SOCIAL security and health care system, the historical perspective is important. A traditional strong state bureaucracy and citizens' natural acceptance of state planning in their lives explain a lot about the structure of the Swedish health care system. Between 1958 and 1963, a government commission investigated health care in Sweden's county regions. [SOU 1963:21, Sjukhus och �ppenv�rd: Swedish government report on "Hospitals and Open Care."] In its report, the commission held that expenditures on education and health care would greatly increase, as would expenditures in other areas of the economy, and that these increases could produce problems in the manufacturing sector. Total health care costs were 1.8 percent of GDP in 1946: by 1960 the figure had increased to 3.5 percent of GDP, and the commission expected it to grow to 4 percent or 5 percent by 1970. This growth in health care expenditures had to be accepted, according to the commission. It pointed out one major benefit of increased expenditures-less loss of production due to illness. The commission estimated the benefits of providing health care at about 5 billion crowns a year, somewhat less than US$1 billion. However, it also pointed out that the expansion of the health sector would create financial problems. In times of low economic activity, incomes would shrink and the costs of health care would remain high. In the commission's opinion, though, investments in the health sector should be used to create work: "If rising total costs for the health care sector were to be accepted, it was necessary . . . to maintain economic efficiency." Planning and rationalization were looked on as important factors, along with medical innovation and research. It was recommended that economic expertise be secured for the health care sector: the commission also wanted resources put into the collection and analysis of health care statistics. Increased educational requirements for nurses, doctors, and health economists formed a major element of the commission's report: so did different models of organization. For example, which level of the public sector should be responsible for the health care system: the central state, county regions, or local councils? What is more, should the responsibility for health care be the same for every kind of health care? The answer to the last of these questions was "Yes," even if standardization could not be implemented at once. The consumers, the patients, and their wishes were not really a major focus of the commission's discussions. The patient was looked on as an object of the state health care system. In the whole of the commission's report, there are only two places where the patient is even discussed. First, a member of the Social Democratic Party stressed that patient fees ought to be low and the same for both in- and out-patients. The Conservative commission member remarked that it was necessary that all patients receive the same care regardless of age. Sweden's health care sector before the reforms that began in the 1960s The Swedish health care sector was small compared with countries like Great Britain. The costs of health services were borne partly by the state (district doctors and mental hospitals), partly by the social insurance system, partly by taxes (county and/or local council income taxes), and partly by patient fees. The organization of the health care system was not integrated. In many ways, it reflected the special circumstances of a geographically large country with a small population. Hospitals were managed by the bigger towns and county regions. Private hospitals were rare: in 1950, they provided only 2,600 of a total 58,000 beds for somatic care. [Ibid.] Heads of clinics in hospitals were allowed to treat private patients, and hospitals had private wards. By the end of the 1950s, the hospitals started to phase out both private wards and the senior physicians' privilege of serving private patients. During this time, the majority of doctors were employed in the public sector: 20 percent were state-employed district doctors (general practitioners), 7 percent were district doctors employed by local councils, and about 47 percent were employed by hospitals managed by local councils (towns) or county regions. Doctors in private practice constituted about 25 percent of the total. [Ibid.] In the 1950s and even more during the 1960s, physicians were well paid compared with other professionals. From the late 1940s on, the blue collar unions and Social Democrats pursued a wage policy of solidarity with low-paid workers. The ideological goal was to gradually decrease the wage disparities between higher-paid groups like physicians and the blue collar workers. Now this goal could be reached in different ways-raising the educational requirement for physicians, abolishing the fee-for-service system in the public sector, trimming rewards to doctors in private practice by limiting the fees they could charge, and so forth. The commission proposed all of these measures. The county regions and the Swedish health care model The purpose of many of the political decisions made in Sweden during the 1960s was to create larger government administrative units. The local councils were examples of this. In the 1950s, Sweden had 2,500 local councils: twenty years later they had been merged, leaving only a couple of hundred. Whereas the old local councils were managed by laymen and administrative staffs were small, the reform created a new type of bureaucracy and also a new type of career politician. The new local councils were to implement a new building and housing policy and also create a new comprehensive school system. In order not to overload the local councils, it was thought necessary to have the county regions manage the integrated health care system. Changes in various laws and regulations created a health care model which was founded on the following principles: [SOU 1993:38, Halsov�rden i framtiden-Tre modeller: Swedish government report on "Health Care for the Future-Three Models."]
1.The ultimate goal of public health laws is "that the population should be in good health." Preventive care is therefore included in the Swedish health care system. 2.Important to the health care system are the principles of "justice" and equal "availability." All patients should have the same access to care and no patient should be discriminated against on the basis of age. Patient fees should be the same across the whole country. 3.The county regions have responsibility for health care planning. Democratically elected politicians decide the scope and direction of health care services. 4.The county councils can impose income taxes. 5.People living in a county must receive their health care in that county. 6.The county is responsible for both the financing of health care services and the production of health services.
The integrated county model ("landstingsmodell") health system was shaped by the following changes in different laws and regulations: [Ibid.]
1960 - Private beds in hospitals were abolished. Counties were made responsible for open care. 1970 - A single fee was decided on for public care. (Today there are different fees in the range of 80-150 kroner.) Publicly employed doctors were salaried. All pharmacies were bought by the state and a state monopoly of pharmacies was founded. 1975 - Private doctors were permitted to work for the social insurance system. The fees they could charge and the number of patients they could see were regulated. 1983 - County councils were requested,, by law,, to take responsibility for all kinds of health care (Health and Medical Services Act). 1985 - County councils were given the right to control the establishment of private practices.
Problems in the Swedish health care system The cost of the Swedish health care system is comparable to that of countries with similar standards of living. From 1980 to 1990, health care costs increased by 145 percent and the productivity of the sector fell. [Ibid.] GDP was nearly constant during the 1980s, but the numbers of people employed in the Swedish health care sector rose from about 300,000 in 1980 to 370,000 in 1990: the number of assistant nurses increased by 600 percent, doctors and nurses by 200 percent, and secretaries by 300 percent between 1975 and 1990. [Ibid.] A reasonable conclusion would be that the health care sector did not use its capacity optimally. There are figures that show large differences in health care costs per capita and discrepancies in the costs of the same operation in different clinics. [Ibid.] Some 75 percent of health care is financed by county income tax and 25 percent is financed by the state through a per-capita state contribution that is calculated from the regional tax base and demographics (age groups, for example). County regions were not allowed to raise taxes between 1991 and 1994. From 1991 to 1993, the growth of the economy was negative and county tax bases diminished: the financial situation has thus been insecure in the counties for the last four to five years. To try to fend off these financial problems, the government and the counties have made some administrative changes. For example, long- term care is now a responsibility of the local councils and not county regions. When the acute care of a patient is complete, it is the local council which has to pay if the patient still occupies a hospital bed. As hospital beds are expensive, local councils are eager to move patients out of hospitals to nursing homes or home care. The Department of Social Affairs is now aware that elderly patients are often moved too fast from hospitals and that the standard of care for these patients is not satisfactory. [Socialstyrelsen, �delreformen, �rsrapport 1995: Swedish Department of Social Affairs 1995 Annual Report on local councils and their responsibility for elderly long-term care.] Another of the problems with reorganizing long-term care is financial. Local councils define "living in a nursing home" as "living in one's own home." The result of this definition is that the local council can charge US$300 to US$400 and sometimes more for "rent"-very high rent indeed for a small room or in some cases only a bed in a nursing home. Financial problems can result if, for example, in a married couple, the husband has to be transferred to a long-term care facility and he has high pension benefits while his wife has low pension benefits. The "rent" is calculated on his income with very little regard for her situation. Cases have been reported in which patients have had to pay US$1,100 a month for inferior facilities. The county councils have both benefited and suffered from the reorganization of long-term care. Productivity in hospitals has increased, yet at the same time the fixed costs invested in hospitals and personnel for long-term care remain to be paid. The shift of long-term care responsibility from counties to local councils has not been the only big change over the last few years. The government has also implemented changes in the state contributions system. These changes benefited the northern part of Sweden but have created problems for the large specialized hospitals in Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malm�. During the last three years, these hospitals have run up very large deficits. To cope, politicians have introduced new administrative systems that looked promising at first but which have failed to solve the administrative problems. In Malm�'s hospital, for example, the financial situation has deteriorated and the hospital administration can only be described as unacceptable. There are considerable discrepancies between budgeted and real costs and nobody can explain why they exist. The politicians, pressured by the need to cut costs, are asking for more savings: the staff cannot cope as they have no acceptable analysis of the hospital's real financial situation and they have no guidance concerning what types of care, or what quality of care, to provide under cost restraints. [Audit of local government in Malm�: interviews, 1995.] The Swedish health care system is a planned system, and problems arising in it are all too often met by new organizational or administrative changes. Workers in the health care sector have been living with turbulent working conditions for a long time. The motivation and morale of health care personnel is falling. Over the last year, more than ten of the top managers of the larger hospitals have resigned from their positions, as have many heads of clinical departments, due to conflicts between financial demands and the ethics of the medical profession. The centre/right position on the Swedish health care system The scope for choice in the Swedish health care system has always been small. The Conservative Party wanted to introduce more choice into the system but they had no support from the coalition government. This centre/right government (1991-1994) appointed a commission [SOU 1993:38, Halsov�rden i framtiden-Tre modeller: Swedish government report on "Health Care for the Future-Three Models."] to look into three health care models: an insurance model (planned national model), a reformed county-regional model, and a model akin to the British General Practitioner Fundholding model. The commission did not complete its investigations. The only report published was one written by experts who were not allowed to make any recommendations. Discussions about choice were limited to the possibility of consumers (patients) choosing their doctors and hospitals. The possibility of consumers choosing among different insurance companies or insurers was thought to be irrelevant and therefore not aired. The new Social Democratic government is only interested in a reformed county model. A new commission to examine the system is working very slowly, and it appears that no reforms will happen before 1998, with the exception of changes in the regulations pertaining to pharmaceuticals. [SOU 1995:122, Reform p� recept: Swedish government report on "Prescription Reform."] How much choice is there in the Swedish health care system today? In some county regions, mostly ones with earlier Conservative majorities, there are opportunities for patients to choose between different hospitals in the county and sometimes between different hospitals in neighbouring counties. Patient choice of this kind is promoting competition. However, the private wing of the health care system is in bad shape. Physicians can establish new practices only with permission from the county, and no doctors over age 65 are allowed to have reimbursed private practices. The result is that they cannot sell their practices. Of course, doctors can work outside the public health care system entirely. Patients have to pay the full costs, and for some specialties this is still possible. Pharmaceuticals are now paid for by the social insurance system plus a patient fee. A government commission has proposed that, in future, counties be made responsible for reimbursing the entire cost of prescription medicine. It is highly unlikely, however, that counties will agree to pay for medicine prescribed by doctors who are not in the public system. This will make the cost burden too heavy for most patients of private practitioners. Private sector involvement in health care delivery will certainly decrease in the coming years, as will patient choice. What can other countries learn from the Swedish health care system?
1.Choices for the middle class in the towns have diminished since the 1950s. One cannot get into a private clinic except in Stockholm and Gothenburg, and it is only the very well-to-do patients who can afford private hospital care. Patients have little consumer choice. 2.Productivity in hospitals has fallen sharply since the 1970s, when doctors began receiving fixed salaries and not a fee per patient. 3.Productivity in hospitals has increased recently only as a result of diminishing financial resources. The productivity of district doctors can be extremely low-it is not unusual for a doctor to treat an average of only six to 12 patients a day. 4.Long-term care reform has increased the number of available beds, but the quality of care for elderly patients is not satisfactory. 5.A worker with a wage of US$20,000 pays about US$3,000 a year in taxes for health care. A scientist at Astra with a salary of US$50,000 has to pay more than US$7,000 in taxes for health care, plus a fee of at least US$22 for prescription medicine or consultation with a doctor. 6.When Sweden was a rich country in the 1970s, there were few restrictions on the introduction of new medical methods, new pharmaceuticals, etc. Now the environment is different, and there is a tendency to block or restrict the availability of specialized care in order to save money. Some new medical procedures are introduced as standard later than they are in other countries. For example, while bypass operations were standard (with overcapacity) in Switzerland in 1983, patients in Sweden had to wait more than a year for bypass operations. 7.Waiting lists have become a big problem. "Care guarantees" have reduced the waiting list problem temporarily in the past, but these problems began reappearing during the last few months of 1995.
Conclusion Problems arising in Sweden's planned health care system have usually been met by new organizational or administrative changes. Changes of this kind have tended to make things worse. The changes are expensive and time-consuming; any improvements in cost-effectiveness are hard to measure when big changes are made; and the motivation and morale of the medical profession are adversely affected when these people are not included in the decision-making process. Sweden has yet to recognize that organizational change alone is not enough and that a planned health care system will always be very vulnerable to variations in the government's financial circumstances.
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A Safe Haven Foundation is hosting the Nation's largest 4th Annual 5k RUN! To End Homelessness in Chicago's historic Douglas Park, starting at 8:00AM sharp on Sunday, July 13, 2014.
Registration Fee: $40
Includes: Run/Walk Finisher Medal & Swag Bag: Event T-Shirt, Sunglasses & Drawstring Bag
Sponsorship Contact: Devin Rowland, RUN! Coordinator/Co-Chair, at email@example.com or 773-435-8453
Compete for Top Awards & Recognition for:
1. Fastest Top 3 Individual Runners, per Age Category
2. Top Individual Fundraiser
3. Top Team Fundraiser
4. Largest Team
All proceeds will go to A Safe Haven Foundation, one of the nation's leading non-profit organizations dedicated to transforming lives from homelessness to self-sufficiency with pride and purpose. Music and a FREE Kids Fun Run (registration required) will also be included.
Not a runner or a walker? You can still show your support by donating or sponsoring a runner or walker to support the cause. Donations over $50 qualify for an Event Swag Bag, while supplies last!
Packet Pick-up
RUN! Swag bags and material for pre-registered runners will be available for pick up at A Safe Haven in advance of the event on July 13th on:
Thursday, July 10th
618 S Wabash, Chicago, IL 60605
Friday, July 11th
A Safe Haven at 2750 W. Roosevelt Rd. Chicago. IL 60608
Saturday, July 12th
A Safe Haven at 2750 W. Roosevelt Rd. Chicago. IL 60608.
A Safe Haven helps people aspire, transform and sustain their lives from homelessness to self-sufficiency with pride and purpose. A Safe Haven provides the tools for each individual to overcome the root causes of homelessness through a holistic, scalable model. A Safe Haven's visible social and economic impact unites families, stabilizes neighborhoods, and creates vibrant, viable communities.
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Weather a worry for GamesBy BOB MACKIN, QMI AGENCY |
There may be a cool change on the horizon, according to Environment Canada meteorologist David Jones.
"There's a hint that as we get towards next week we'll start to see cooler air," Jones said. "That warm, milder air that's out in the Pacific to the west of us is going to be replaced by colder air."
That could be relief for Olympics organizers worried by warm and wet January weather that is threatening outdoor venues. VANOC may still decide Wednesday to shut Cypress Mountain's alpine runs two weeks early as a precaution.
The West Vancouver venue of snowboarding and freestyle skiing is the most susceptible to weather because of its proximity to the ocean. VANOC already turned 95.3 million litres of water into snow, which will augment what already fell on competition courses.
Elsewhere, the record November snowfall in Whistler allowed crews to begin building the Creekside alpine skiing course.
VANOC said Monday the Callaghan Valley cross-country ski trails are a metre deep. The ski jump runs are refrigerated, as is the Whistler Sliding Centre's bobsleigh, skeleton and luge track.
Jones said El Nino "loads the dice towards more frequent, more mild weather systems on the coast during the winter," but it is far too early to predict the weather for February's Games.
"All it takes is a week of the skier's pattern - cold air offshore, storms coming at us from the north, northwest - and the snow piles up again," he said.
- Jan. 12: Main press centre opens
- Jan. 15: Quebec Street from Terminal to 2nd closes.
- Jan. 24: Renfrew St. from McGill to Dundas closes.
- Jan. 29: Pacific and Expo Boulevards close.
- Jan. 29: Olympic Villages open, airspace security restrictions begin.
- Feb. 4: Olympic lane traffic restrictions begin.
- Feb. 5: Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts close.
- Feb. 11: Olympic torch relay in Vancouver.
- Feb. 12: Opening ceremony, B.C. Place.
- Feb. 28: Closing ceremony, B.C. Place.
- March 1: Olympic lane traffic restrictions end.
- March 12: Paralympic opening ceremony, B.C. Place.
- March 21: Paralympic closing ceremony, Whistler.
- March 24: Paralympic Villages close, airspace security restrictions end.
United States | 9 | 15 | 13 | 37 |
Germany | 10 | 13 | 7 | 30 |
Canada | 14 | 7 | 5 | 26 |
Norway | 9 | 8 | 6 | 23 |
Austria | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 |
Let the Secrecy Games continue
More Village idiocy
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Latitude : 42,9858941 – Longitude : 2,7575133
Map of the region (100 Ko)
1. Direction from Montpellier :
The A9 motorway (Autoroute), and after Narbonne continue towards Perpignan/Barcelone but leave the motorway at exit 39 – SIGEAN. Take the direction Portel-des Corbières and then Durban after leaving Portel. Go through Durban and continue on the road for 4 kms. At Villeneuve-des-Corbières, turn right. Cascastel is 2 kms further. (the village is 27kms from the motorway exit at Sigean).
2. Direction from Toulouse :
The A61 motorway (Autoroute), after Carcassonne leave the motorway at Exit 25 LEZIGNAN. Take the direction towards Ferrals, Thézan, and Durban. Go through Durban and 4 kms further at Villeneuve-des-Corbières turn right for Cascastel which is 2kms further. (35kms from the motorway exit at Lezignan).
3. Direction from Barcelone :
The A9 motorway (Autoroute), after Perpignan, leave the motorway at exit 40 LEUCATE. take the direction for Caves, Treilles, St. Jean de Barrou. At St. Jean de barrou take the direction Durban, go through Durban and ' kms further at Villeneuve-des-Corbières turn right for Cascastel which 2 kms further. (26kms from the motorway exit at Leucate).
* Aéroport at Perpignan-Rivesaltes :
(45kms from Cascastel). 04 68 52 60 70 Paris Orly – Air Liberté ; 0 825 805 805 Brest, Caen, Ibiza, Malaga – Westair ; London Stanstead – Ryanair; Saint Etienne – Proteus Airlines.
Car rental : Ada, Avis, Citer, Europcar, Hertz.
Exit the Airport and take the direction Foix. pass through Cases de Pene, Estagel, after Estagel take the D611 direction Paziols, Tuchan, at Villeneuve-des-Corbières turn left for Cascastel which is 2kms further.
* Airport at Carcassonne :
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Follow route 2 – the motorway entrance is 5 minutes from the airport.
* Aéroport de Béziers
Airport at Béziers. (60kms from Cascastel) 04 67 80 99 09 Paris Orly West Air Linair 0 820 820 820
Car rental (book in advance) Avis, Citer, Europcar, Hertz.
Follow route 1.
* Narbonne Station :
(30kms from Cascastel) 04 68 65 41 31- SNCF – 0 892 35 35 35 or 36 35 from France
Car rental: Avis, Budget, Europcar, Spanghero.
Take the N9, direction Perpignan. 10kms further take the right turn for Portel-des-Corbières, the follow the signs for Durban (the route for the 'Châteaux Cathares), Go through Durban, 4kms further at Villeneuve-des-Corbières turn right for Cascastel, 2kms further.
On arrival in Cascastel, go through the village, at the forked exit of the village take the left fork, direction Quintillan. The Domaine Grand Guilhem is the large stone building with green shutters immediately on your left after taking the left fork. Do not leave the village.
]]>Neither sun or wind can destroy the type of wine that has been developed in this part of Southern France.
An unpopulated landscape maybe beautiful but it is never really the land. Thanks to our predecessors the true potential of the earth has been harnessed to produce this unique product. It results from the work of generations of vignerons whose history culminated in the birth 50 years ago of 'Cru Fitou, the first red wine of the Languedoc to obtain the prestigious « Appellation d'Origine Controlée » (AOC).
This wine is cultivated in two areas. To the west it comes from an area in the Corbières Mountain region where the fortress of Aguilar overlooks the plain of Tuchan and Paziols. The other part is nearer the sea where all that remains of the citadal of Leucate are enormous blocks of stone, and at the Château of Fitou itself where there is the remains of a great wall. This was controversial territory claimed by both France and Spain and this land was fought over for many years.
In the mountains the vines climb the steep slopes of narrow and enclosed tributaries of the River Berre which irrigates the land of Cascastel and Villeneuve-les-Corbières. The vegetation is that of the garrigue* and maquis**. The slopes of shale are coloured with a range of reds and greys and can be seen everywhere in this arid land where the rocks and stones shine brilliantly in the strong sun and wind. These are the climatic conditions which give Fitou wine its unity.
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La Gondola, le Fitou Grand Guilhem sur une table suisse
and delivered to one adress.
Photo : Olivier Rychner
Payment with the order on a French Bank payable to » Domaine Grand Guilhem « .
Any wine not available will be replaced by one available but will be an equivalent quality.
Consult us for delivery outside France.
Our packaging is authorised with the transport company. In cas of damage, there is a place to make the comment on hte delivery note of the transporter.
We would be happy to send a gift directly to your friends or clients, who will be forwarned of the delivery.
Muscat de Rivesaltes or a 5 year old Rancio drunk chilled as an aperitif stimulates your taste buds. To accompany the Muscat de Rivesaltes some thinly sliced, dried 'saussison', « Tapas », a slice of melon or even Chinese Spring rolls. With foie gras you might try a Rivesaltes Grenache but if you prefer POELE the 5 year old Rancio would be perfect.
For a first course of dips and 'crudités' or with a salad, or for a barbecue, the aromatic Corbières Rosé served chilled would be ideal.
Sea food needs something more delicate and a Corbières Blanc (white wine), whose particular character is derived from the schist on which the grapes grow, would be a good complement to the fish course.
For the main course of perhaps poultry or meat cooked in a sauce or even game like wild boar a very good accompaniment would be a Fitou . This is a wine which has a nose of ripe fruit, is well balanced and with/has soft melting tannins. Fitou has an explosive and complex nose, and would be ideal to drink with special and festive dishes.
With a cheese like Roquefort or indeed any blue veined cheese, the Rivesaltes Grenache would be good. Fitou Grand Guilhem and goats cheese go well together and with powerful cheeses like langres, époisses, munster, gapperon then a Corbières Blanc is perfect. The wine to drink with any cheese selected from the cheese board would have to be Fitou Grand Guilhem.
To accompany the dessert the sweet wines are excellent. For example to go with a chocolate dessert then a 5 year old Rancio served at a temperature of between 7°C and 8°C would be perfect. This wine has an aroma of plums, dried figs, its tannins are supple and it. The Rivesaltes Grenache goes with a dessert which has red fruits. With ice cream and sorbets, be again tempted with an elegant Muscat de Rivesaltes!.
Bon appétit…et bonne dégustation
]]>Photo Pascal Huit
Average annual production: 1200 bottles
Vallée du Paradis 2013 : 8.67 € & Corbières Rosé 2012 : 8.25 € per bottle, excluding tax, at the property
Les citations
** Guide Carité, * Guide Solar, Guide Ellébore, Le Nouvel Observateur, Vinum, Cuisine Créative, …
Harvest :
Manual and selective
Soil and Environment (« Terroir ») :
Soil : Clay/shale
Steep slopes (Mountain Fitou)
Mediterranean Climate : very dry air, medium annual temperature : 15°C, 339 days of sunshine each year
Grape varieties (« Cépages ») :
30% Syrah (spirit and elegance, persists in the mouth)
70% Grenache Noir (smooth, mellow, delicate, creamy, velvety)
Yield :
35 hl/hectare
Wine production (« Vinification ») :
Maceration 1 hour then « saignée » – the juice is drawn of the graped.
Fermentation from indigeneous yeasts at a controlled temperature of 13°C maximum
Maturation (« Elevage ») :
Stainless steel vats
Taste (« Dégustation ») :
Colour : Clear rose
Nose : Flowery, violets
Palate : Very aromatic, red fruits, « gras », persistant
A wine to drink young during the two years following the harvest.
Serving Temperature :
Between 7 and 10°C
To accompany the following :
Hors d'oeuvres, mixed saled, couscous, paella, pizzas, fresh raw food, steak tartare
Alcohol abuse is dangerous for your health, consume with moderation.
]]>Photo Pascal Huit
Average annual production: 1400 bottles
Corbières Blanc 2011 : 9.59 € per bottle, Corbières Blanc 2012 & Vallée du Paradis 2013 : 10.42 € per bottle, excluding tax, at the property
Les citations
*** Guide Carité, 87/100 Gilbert & Gaillard, ** Guide Solar, Régal, ** 1001 Dégustations, *** Quelle Santé.
Harvest :
Manual and selective
Soil and environment (« Terroir ») :
Clay / shale
Steep slopes (mountain Fitou )
Mediterranean climate : very dry air , medium annual temperature of 15°C, 339 days of sunshine each year.
Grape varieties (« Cépages ») :
70% Maccabeu (fruity, fresh, floral perfume, lively)
30% White Grenache (smooth, delicate)
Average yield :
19 hl/hectare
Method of wine production (« Vinification ») :
Indigeneous yeasts
Pressed under pneumatic press.
60% steel vat, 40% barrel
Fermentation at a controlled temperature of 16°C maximum
Maturation (« Elevage ») :
Stainless steel vats
Taste (« Dégustation ») :
Color : Yellow-green, a little straw coloured
Nose : Floral aroma
Palate : Dry. Finally very aromatic
A wine to drink when young – in the two years following the harvest
Temperature to serve :
Between 7 and 8°C
A wine to go with the following food :
Shell fish, fish and strong cheeses (« langres, époisses, munster, gapperon »)
Alcohol abuse is dangerous for your health, consume with moderation.
Photo Pascal Huit
15.80 € per bottle, excluding tax, at the property
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Historic Rivesaltes :
First produced in 1295 (Arnau de Vilanova)
Given the title of « Plus grand vin du Royaume » (the most important wine in the kingdom) in 1816
Soil and environment (« Terroir ») :
Soil clay, shale
Steep slopes
Very dry air
339 days of sun per annum (*)
Grape Variety (« Cépage ») :
Grenache Noir, Gris et Blanc (mixed in the more than 80 years vines)
Harvest :
Manual and selective
Yield :
17 hectolitres per hectare (half a bottle per plant)
Wine production (« Vinification ») :
Pressed under pneumatic press.
Fermentation at a controlled temperature of 16°C.
Fermentation stopped (« mutage ») at around 1045 Specific Gravity (SG) ie approximately 9% of alcohol plus any residual sugars.
Maturation (« Elevage ») :
Maturation in barrels for a minumum of 5 years; 1/5th of the total volume added each year.
Taste (« Dégustation ») :
Color : Amber aspect
Nose : Intense, over ripe fruits
Palate : Unctious (« Très gras »), the aroma of plums and dried figs; soft tanins, persists well on the palate.
A wine to drink. To age, as you wish, for many years.
Temperature to serve :
Between 10°C and 10°C
Food to accompany the wine :
Ideal with fried « foie gras », as an aperitif wine and perfect with chocolated desserts.
Alcohol abuse is dangerous for your health, consume with moderation.
(*) : the average nimber of days annualy with sun (source C.D. Météo France aéroport de Perpignan-Rivesaltes)


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Pear Crisps with Vanilla Brown Butter
For topping- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup whole almonds with skin
- 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 stick unsalted butter, melted and cooled
For filling
- 1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
- 1/2 stick unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 3 lb firm-ripe Anjou or Bartlett pears (about 6), peeled and coarsely chopped
- 2 tablespoons pear brandy or eau-de-vie
- Equipment: 6 (8-ounce) gratin dishes or shallow ramekins
Make topping:Pulse together flour, almonds, brown sugar, and salt in a food processor until nuts are finely chopped. Add butter and pulse just until blended. Coarsely crumble in a shallow baking pan and chill at least 1 hour.
Make filling and bake crisps:
Preheat oven to 425°F with rack in middle.
Scrape seeds from vanilla bean into a small heavy saucepan, then add pod and butter and cook over medium-low heat, swirling pan occasionally, until butter is browned and fragrant, about 4 minutes.
While butter browns, stir together sugars, flour, and a pinch of salt in a large bowl. Add pears and brandy and toss to combine.
Discard vanilla pod, then toss butter with pear mixture. Spoon filling into gratin dishes and sprinkle with topping, mounding it slightly in centers. Put in a shallow baking pan and bake 30 minutes, then rotate baking sheet and bake until topping is golden brown and filling is bubbling, 10 to 15 minutes more. Cool to warm or room temperature on a rack.
Cooks' notes:
·Topping can be chilled, covered, up to 2 days.
·Crisps can be assembled (but not baked) 1 day ahead and chilled, covered. Bring to room temperature before baking.
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Penneys Dublin
Penneys Department Store offers Dublin Shoppers "Uptown Clothes at Downright Prices".
Opening Hours Pennys Mary Street Dublin
- Monday 9.00-8.00
- Tuesday 9.00-8.00
- Wednesday 9.00-8.00
- Thursday 9.00-9.00
- Friday 9.00-8.00
- Saturday 9.00-7.00
- Sunday 11.00-7.00
Parking Pennys Mary Street Dublin
Parking is available close by at the Jervis St Car park which is open from:7.00 Am until 19.30 PM monday to wednesday and 7.00 am till 21.30PM thursday and friday. Saturday it is open from 7.30Am until 19.30PM and Sunday from 10.30Am till 7.30PM
Pennys offers great value in both womens wear and mens wear. To quote pennys Our goal is to ensure you get the right "look" within our stores, so if you're looking for the latest fashion in clothing, accessories, footwear or lingerie, look no further than your nearest Penneys storeAccessories
Get all the best accessories at the best prices to complete your new look at pennysFootwear
Shoes are just as important as any other part of your outfit. With a wide range of fashionable but affordable shoes, Pennys Dublin has got your covered.
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"Uptown Clothes at Downright Prices" is the motto of Penneys Ireland, a subsisdary of the UK company Primark.Website Primark Website
Primark is a massive chain offering over 115 stores in the UK and Ireland. Both Penneys and Primark target the under 35 age-group, reproducing many styles directly from the catwalk at a fraction of the price.
Penneys on O'Connell Street offers excellent casual and formal ranges for men, women and kids. The lower floor has a extensive array of footwear and accessories aswell as an affordable and fashionable Homeware department.
The Women's department offers a Secret Possessions Lingerie Store that provides new and sexy stock on a regular basis. There are often excellent sales aswell.
Penneys Department Store is an ideal Dublin location to purchase affordable but fashionable clothes for all the family. The kids section offers clothes for newborns up to teenagers. Formal and casual Men's and Ladies Departments aswell as a stylish teenagers section complete this Dublin Department Store.
Penneys Collection will allow all the family in Dublin to look good all season round.
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Alessandra Ambrosio in Victoria's Secret Fantasy Bra 2012
Alessandra Ambrosio to Don $2.5M Bra For Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
Victoria's Secret has already given Alessandra Ambrosio her angel's wings, but this year it's also giving her another precious gift to wear: diamonds.
Ambrosio will wear this year's $2.5 million Floral Fantasy Bra. The pricey piece of lingerie comes with a matching belt created by London Jewelers and features over 5,000 amethysts, sapphires, rubies, and diamonds arranged in a floral pattern. The bra features a removable 20-carat diamond hanging at its center.
"I felt they made it for me. It's very romantic," said Ambrosio, who's appeared in every Victoria's Secret Fashion Show since 2000. "I've been waiting for this moment for a long time."
The 2012 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show will air on Dec. 4 on CBS. Until then, a look back at the Fantasy Bras of seasons' past here in the gallery.
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