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Springbok captain Jean de Villiers has retaken the WP reins as coach Allister Coetzee has recalled all of his available Springboks for the final league clash against the Cheetahs.
De Villiers, who led the Cape side for almost the entire Super Rugby campaign due to season-ending injury to Schalk Burger, relieves Deon Fourie of the leadership responsibilities.
The return of De Villiers and Bok team-mate Juan de Jongh also means that WP will start a new centre pairing this week, with vice-captain Marcel Brache dropped to the bench and JP du Plessis forced out of the 22.
Seven Boks in all have returned to bolster the WP side at a crucial stage of the season. Province need to beat the Cheetahs this Saturday to keep their play-off chances alive.
Bryan Habana replaces Damian de Allende on the left wing, while Duane Vermeulen will start at No 8 in place of Jebb Sinclair.
The Bok second row combination that started against the All Blacks, Eben Etzebeth and Andries Bekker, will also be employed for this provincial battle. Tiaan Liebenberg, who was on the Bok bench at Soccer City, is in WP's starting front row this week.
Meanwhile, Gio Aplon has recovered sufficiently from an ankle injury to find a place on the bench.
WP – 15 Joe Pietersen, 14 Gerhard van den Heever, 13 Juan de Jongh, 12 Jean de Villiers (c), 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Demetri Catrakilis, 9 Nic Groom, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Don Armand, 6 Deon Fourie, 5 Andries Bekker, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Tiaan Liebenberg, 1 Steven Kitshoff.
Subs: 16 Scara Ntubeni, 17 Brok Harris, 18 De Kock Steenkamp, 19 Jebb Sinclair, 20 Louis Scrueuder, 21 Marcel Brache, 22 Gio Aplon.
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Welcome to the VIADER Blog
Please join us weekly and subscribe via the RSS feed below to keep up on the wine happenings of Delia Viader and the Viader family. We'll update you on wine releases, progress in the vineyard and fun events we're hosting or attending. Please also join our email list here so we can stay in better touch. Cheers!
In recent weeks, our mother-son winemaking team has been busy blending, blending, and blending. Delia and Alan recently conducted preliminary trials for the 2013 VIADER and "V" blends, and also finalized the base blends for the 2012 vintage. The 2012 will be bottled at the end of the summer, while the 2013 wines still have over a year of barrel aging and will continue to evolve over the next several months. We cannot be more excited to have produced two fantastic vintages back to back. Please enjoy the highlights of our "State of the Vintage Address."
2012 Highlights
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2012 Growing season
Starting off with a long wet winter and early spring, the 2012 growing season saw a later budbreak in mid-April when the weather took a dramatic turn and got rather warm for most of the spring. Long periods of warm, dry weather allowed vines to grow and fill the canopy at a steady pace. This excellent weather pattern gave the vines an opportunity to produce a much larger crop than 2011 while maintaining a balanced maturation cycle throughout the season. Warmer weather leading up to harvest led to rapid phenolic and sugar accumulation. The benefits of a larger canopy (due to the heavy rains early season) were really apparent late in the summer as temperatures reached triple-digits. The canopy protected the grapes from direct exposure while allowing us to wait until they reached optimal maturity. Night-harvesting started at the beginning of October with Cabernet Franc and we picked the last block of Petit Verdot on October 20th. In general, wines of the 2012 vintage are exploding with rich ripe fruit, balanced with firm structure, and overall elegance.
2012 VIADER Tasting Notes
66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Cabernet Franc
Explosive aromatics of ripe red fruits, cherry, raspberry, and rose petals with caramel notes. The mouthfeel is bold and balanced with incredibly smooth supple tannins. This vintage especially lives up to its popular nickname for the Viader blend, "Liquid Cashmere."
2012 "V" Tasting Notes
65% Petit Verdot, 35% Cabernet Sauvignon
Complex layers of red and black fruits. Rich bouquet of black cherry, wild strawberries, black tea, chamomile, pencil shavings, cigar box, molasses, cocoa. Gripping tannins with mouthwatering acidity. Long finish with lingering baking spices on the palate.
2013 Highlights
Official Release: August 2016
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2013 Growing season
We are really excited about the 2013's. The wines show overwhelmingly rich, concentrated red fruits and impressive structure that is still incredibly approachable due to smooth and supple tannins. Similar to the 2012 but the main difference is a certain viscosity that persists in the mouthfeel for the 2013 wines. The wines are more filling on the palate and have more "weight" than the 2012. The year saw medium rainfall levels and a warm spring, with a heat wave towards the end of June. All grape varieties showed beautiful phenolic development at harvest time, and quickly came to be rich, sleek, accessible, and elegantwines. Harvest took place about 10 to 14 days earlier than in 2012.
2013 VIADER Tasting Notes
Preliminary Blend: 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 50% Cabernet Franc
Aromas of sweet oak, burnt caramel, coffee, savory notes, herbs, and rose petals. The fruit on the nose is also invitingly sweet with bright red cherry and raspberry, hints of anise and other complex dark fruits. Great structure, full-bodied, and amazing mouthfeelon the palate.
2013 "V" Tasting Notes
Preliminary Blend: 59% Petit Verdot, 41% Cabernet Sauvignon
Very rich aromatics dominated by dark fruits, cherry plums, dried cherries, black licorice, cherry liqueur, moving into notes of coffee, bittersweet cocoa, baking spices, fresh herbs, rosemary, and rose petals. Lingering finish with supple tannins and integrated oak barrel notes.
The past few weeks were full of excitement and plenty of French and Napa wine! Please read on about our recent family outing in San Francisco, Alan's trip to Bordeaux, and budbreak occurring out in the vineyard.
This weekend, the family traveled to San Francisco for the famous Burgundy tasting called, La Paulee. Amidst top Bay Area restaurant chefs, local industry, and wine enthusiasts, we got a sneak preview of the upcoming 2011 vintage releases from several top Burgundy producers. With a background chorus of the "Singers of Burgundy" shouting, "Je suis fiere d'etre Bourgignon!" Alan, Mariela, Delia, and I compared our notes on the standout Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs, all while sneaking in delicious bites from local restaurants.
La Paulee is only held every other year in San Francisco, alternating with Manhattan. While undeniably fun, these tastings are also very educational — even though at VIADER we do not make Pinot or Chardonnay. As wine producers, it is important to consistently try all the benchmark wines from around the world. We look for the same balance in our own wines and strive to produce wines that capture the best possible expression of our unique vineyard site. This notion is paramount in Burgundy, a region that is extremely connected to the soil and vineyards through biodynamic farming.
Just two weeks ago, under the recommendation of our forever-Francophile mother Delia, my brother Alan took an amazing opportunity to travel to Bordeaux for two weeks to study with Delia's old friend, Kees Van Leeuwen, professor of viticulture at the University of Bordeaux and consultant to St. Emilion's famous First Growth winery, Chateau Cheval Blanc. Kees warned all the students that "We take lunch seriously," and subsequently Alan "endured" 2.5 hours of lunch each day in between 8 total hours of lecture in the morning and afternoon. Oh la la!
After a week of informative vineyard seminars and wine tastings demonstrating Bordeaux's terroir, Alan jumped in his diesel-engine Renault and ventured out on his own to many of the world famous Bordeaux chateaux and barrel-tasted numerous 2012 wines from some of the area's best properties.
While Alan was away, our vines started to wake up from their winter slumber; indicating that the 2014 growing season has officially started! Budbreak is right on time, and we are looking forward to the new vintage. The tiny leaves are just beginning to push their way out into the world. Following a week of heavy rains this month, the ground is exploding with clovers and other nutritious cover-crops which help augment our mineral-rich and rocky soils.
We look forward to sharing more with you as the vintage progresses. Please visit our website to view current releases and special features. Thank you for your continued support of VIADER wines.
Warm regards,
Janet Viader
Yesterday, I was pulled away from my computer to join Delia and Alan for a quick barrel tasting of our blends from the 2012 vintage. We tasted through four different barrels of VIADER, two tastes each of "V" and Syrah, and finally we tried both the 2012 and 2013 vintages of our special single barrel blend of "Tribute" which is dedicated to my grandfather and Delia's father, Walter Viader.
Wow. The wines from this vintage are so impressive. Rich fruit of the 2012 VIADER fills the mouth; the texture has an elegant roundness and fullness, with tasty caramel notes on the finish. Our 2012 "V" has the delicious bittersweet chocolate notes and brightness that we were hoping to extract from the grapes – and we did thankfully! The Syrah was fermented in the concrete egg "tank" and may be one of the best we've ever made. Coming around to the "Tribute," we all took smaller samples because we only made one barrel (~25 cases), and this wine, painstakingly blended by Alan and Delia, embodies all that is Howell Mountain – red and black fruits supported by supple tannins and serious structure.
We're looking forward to sharing these wines with you in a couple years! If you are interested in joining Alan for a barrel tasting, please view our 2014 Events Calendar. Alan will be giving a guided barrel tasting and cave tour on Friday, November 14th from 2-4pm. Space is extremely limited and an RSVP required. Cheers!
Gruezie! Hello from Switzerland!
At 6am the day after Turkey Day, the mother-son winemaking duo Delia and Alan Viader were en route to Zurich, Switzerland, to be guests of honor for a fantastic Vertical Tasting put together by family friend and wine collector, Eugen Haefliger. The setting on November 30th, was the infamous Restaurant Braui, headed by talented Chef Werner Tobler and featuring delicious Thanksgiving-inspired dishes such as Gefullter Schenkel auf Wirsing Blanquette mit Truffel (turkey liver with truffles)!
Starting with an Imperial 6L of the 2004 VIADER for the reception, the 20-year VIADER Vertical almost exclusively featured large format 1.5L magnum bottles, starting with our inaugural 1989 vintage, and finishing with the classic 2009 VIADER.
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We would like to share with you the tasting notes taken by Alan:
Flight #1
1989 VIADER: Impressive. Showing great today. Nice earthy tones with elegant fruit qualities. Very "Bordeaux-like." Nice finish… still pretty lengthy. Has more life in it!
1990 VIADER: Little tight at first. Dark, forest floor, fresh mushroom, bit leaner but still very good. It is the most "Bordeaux-like" in the flight.
1991 VIADER: Second favorite of the Flight. Hints of dried dark fruits, prunes without negative over-ripeness qualities. Very nice characters. Dark. Spicy. Marmalade. Beautiful wine!
1992 VIADER: Tasting nice today. Waking up. Good earth, spice, with delicate fruit tones. Dark red fruits, dried flowers. Very nice in fact.
1993 VIADER: Impressive. Tight, starting to show a bit of age. After some time really opened up. Some hints of the fruit but turned into more tobacco, cigar box, dried floral notes and earthy notes as well.
1994 VIADER: Star of the flight! Rich and fruity, nice silky textures, creamy, caramel. Hard caramel candy.
Flight #2
1995 VIADER: Star of the flight! Big, bold right off the bat. Nice fruit concentration in balance. Rich fruit, slightly overripe fruit but goes great in this. Reminds me of raspberry liqueur.
1996 VIADER: Interesting hints of tropical fruit. More earthy than 1995. Seems leaner or slightly muted.
1997 VIADER: Big body but tight on the nose. Tons of tannins. Has nice fruit on the finish but chunky right now throughout the palate. Needs time to open up!
1998 VIADER: Second favorite of the flight! Good aromatics, beautiful fruit, dried flowers, layers of silky caramel, earthy depth. Very good wine.
1999 VIADER: Showing a bit of raisin at first. Tons of red fruit, seems sweet and shorter on the finish. Good flavors but bit too rich. Has a bit of root beer or prune soda sweetness on the nose (molasses, prunes, etc.)
Flight #3
2000 VIADER: Very nice wine. Bright red hard cherry candy up front with a solid herbal frame. Hints of green, freshness on the palate. Very nice balance.
2001 VIADER: Bit tired this evening. Nice palate, good sweetness but I remember the aromas being better.
2002 VIADER: Nice, round, rich fruit profile. Solid oak, power wine. Big and chunky right now. Good follow through and nice body. Lengthy but big dark rich fruit and plums.
2003 VIADER: Blueberries! Very good aromatically but dusty and tight on the palate. Less silky than others. Much better from the 750′s but aging nicely. Good for another 10+ years easily, maybe more! Improved dramatically with more time to open up in the glass.
2004 VIADER (1.5L and 6L): Beautiful fruit, ripe, round. Nice as well from 1.5L, but the 6L is more "friendly" right now.
Flight #4
2005 VIADER: Big impression. Good fruit, not super "bright" red but more dark cherry as some of the others are more raspberry. Black tea. Good flavors, long-rich palate. Lost the green notes it had several years ago.
2006 VIADER: Very good right now! Big, chunky and bold fruit. Very dense and solid wine. Woke up very well compared to the last time I tasted it. Nice!
2007 VIADER: Less up font frui but tons of spice, oak spice, nice red raspberry fruit. Leaner but not "weak." Still a big wine. More linear and focused. Good right now. Nice fruit finish.
2008 VIADER: Very big and vibrant. Nice chocolate character, layered with dark red cherry, currant. Great fruit today. Showing great!
2009 VIADER: More vanilla, caramel up front. Nice, sweet, juicy wine. Young wine has some "baby fat."
For fun, they also presented a selection of magnums of our estate "V" Petit Verdot Blend.
Flight #5
2003 "V": Rose petal aromas, very soft silky textures. Best wine of the flight. Good now through next 5+ years.
2005 "V": Very open and expressive tonight. Very nice. Big finish. Has nice lift of fruit with decent grip. Going to be good in 5+ years.
2010 "V": Bigger, riper style of wine. More rich, raspberry, flowers. Big powerful style. Too young right now, but going to be an amazing wine. 5-10+ years.
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This is an important and extremely aromatic time for us in caves. The wines have long since finished primary fermentation and we then keep several lots in tank for an extended maceration period. We then move the wine from tank to barrel and use a basket press at the very end to extract all the wine from the grape must. The grape must (pomace) that is leftover in the basket press is then take to be composted and later reapplied on the soils of our vineyard. It's full circle and it's part of what makes our wines excel year after year.
This is just a quick update on the progress in the cellar as our winemaker Alan keeps busy after the harvest. We hope you had a chance to see our recent blog posts this season on how the 2013 harvest went and also on a few fabulous recipes and wine pairings. We look forward to seeing you soon and hope you're stocking up on Viader wines for the upcoming holiday season.
Pomegranate-Glazed Roast Duck with Heirloom Beet & Arugula Salad
1 (2 1/2-pound) whole duck neck removed
3/4 cup pomegranate juice
1 TBS soy sauce
4 garlic cloves, smashed
1 cup water
1 TBS Flour
1 Bay leaf
Special equipment: kitchen string; an instant-read thermometer
Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 475°F. Wash and dry duck, then "groom" it by removing any remaining feathers and quills with tweezers or needle nose pliers. Tie legs together using string, then tuck wings under body to secure. Combine the pomegranate juice and soy sauce in a large sealable plastic bag and add duck. Marinate, chilled, 1 hour.
Transfer duck to a 13- by 9- by 3-inch roasting pan and reserve marinade. Stuff the garlic cloves in the cavity and season the cavity with salt. Roast 15 minutes. Meanwhile, pour marinade into a 1-quart saucepan and boil 1 minute and baste duck with marinade. Continue to roast duck until thermometer registers 155°F when inserted in meaty part of a thigh or 160°F in breast (do not touch bone), 15 to 20 minutes more.
While duck continues to roast, add 1 cup water to marinade in saucepan and bring to a boil. Put flour in a heatproof bowl and whisk in 1/4 cup marinade until smooth. Whisk flour mixture into remaining marinade in saucepan until combined well. Simmer over low heat, stirring occasionally, until thick enough to coat back of a spoon, about 3 minutes. Keep warm over low heat, stirring occasionally.
Remove duck from oven and let rest for 10 minutes before carving. (Duck will continue to cook, reaching 160°F at leg and 165°F at breast.) Serve duck with sauce.
Ingredients for Roasted Beets
2 bunches heirloom red beets
½ cup sherry vinegar
½ cup orange juice
Salt and pepper to taste
1 TBS extra virgin olive oil
½ cup crumbled goat cheese
While you have the duck marinating, cut the ends of the beets, rinse them and arrange them in a roasting dish so they are in a single layer. Add the sherry vinegar and orange juice, salt and pepper and cover with foil. Roast at a 350°F oven for 25-30min.
Remove from oven and let cool. Once they are cool to the touch, peel with your fingers. The skin should come off easily.
Cut them in half, then in wedges. Transfer to a bowl and add the arugula, and toss with the olive oil and salt and pepper. Arrange in a platter and sprinkle the crumbled goat cheese.
Wild Mushroom Soup with Crème Fraîche
6 tablespoons butter
2 shallots thinly sliced
2 cloves garlic peeled and crushed
1 lbs assorted wild mushrooms sliced
5 sprigs thyme
2 cups whole milk
2 cups mushroom stock
Salt and pepper to taste
1/4 cup gently whipped crème fraîche (optional)
In a medium pot over medium heat, melt 2 tablespoon of the butter and sauté the shallots and garlic for about 3 minutes. Add mushrooms and thyme and sauté until mushrooms are tender. Add milk and stock and simmer for about 20 minutes. Add the remaining 4 tablespoons of butter. Remove from heat and discard thyme. With a hand-held immersion blender, blend until smooth. Or using a stationary blender, blend in batches until smooth. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve, season with salt and pepper and pour in desired shot glasses or a small espresso cup. Spoon a little crème fraîche on top if desired.
Yield; Makes 12 shot glasses as an appetizer
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Previously analog-to-digital converters (ADC) at high input frequencies were limited in usefulness due to distortion and noise performance. Today, however, ADCs can provide nearly 9.5 bits of effective number of bits (ENOB) at radio frequencies (RF) of 1 GHz with signal bandwidths greater than 200MHz. Such performance at high frequencies eliminates a mixer stage, simplifying receiver design to improve overall system performance.
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Many designs require a small amount of high-speed, instant-on programmable logic. These designs drive the thriving market for Complex Programmable Logic Devices (CPLDs). This article examines the definition of CPLDs, their applications, design methodologies and which factors to consider when selecting a CPLD.
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Traditionally, precision full wave rectifiers1 used in a range of instrumentation applications have employed between 7 and 9 discrete circuit components. These are typically 2 op-amps, 2 diodes and 3 to 5 resistors. This article will show that an alternative approach, using a standard current monitor IC, reduces the component count to just five and greatly simplifies circuit configuration and produces a more elegant overall solution.
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Many different standards for wireless communications equipment are in use today. Narrowband communication standards use stronger transmission in a small slice of bandwidth. Wideband standards use lower transmission power across a larger bandwidth. Each standard defines minimum performance characteristics for receivers, and includes specifications such as bandwidth, maximum signal level, and sensitivity. GSM is one narrowband example; the channel bandwidth is 200 kHz. A GSM receiver must have a minimum sensitivity of –104 dBm and be able to tolerate a –13 dBm signal at the antenna. In contrast, CDMA2000 is a wideband standard that uses a 1.25 MHz bandwidth. CDMA2000 receivers need to have a minimum sensitivity of –117 dBm/1.25 MHz and tolerate a maximum signal of –30 dBm at 900 kHz offset.1
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Lower output voltages, higher current densities, increasing switching frequencies and smaller real estate are well-known trends in applications such as desktop PCs, servers, telecom point of load (POL) as well as other, similar DC/DC converter systems. Simultaneously, designers have strived to increase system efficiency, reduce total solution cost and simplify their designs. To this end, several design approaches implementing discrete components have been tried and tested. This article follows the evolution of this approach and describes the latest adoption of multi-chip modules for solving these design challenges.
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Maintained by the Aspen Institute Center for Business Education, CasePlace.org is an excellent source for teaching materials and case studies in business ethics.
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Globethics.net is a global network of persons and institutions interested in different fields of applied ethics. It offers access to resources through its global digital library on ethics, while facilitating collaborative web-based research and other activities. Its content focuses especially on perspectives from Africa, Latin America and Asia.
Samford University is an institutional member of the International Center for Academic Integrity (ICAI), housed at the Rutland Institute for Ethics at Clemson University. Azalea Hulbert is regional director of the ICAI Southeast consortium, a coalition of schools committed to promoting a positive culture of academic integrity.
The Markkula Center at Santa Clara University offers a range of resources, including a diverse collection of free, ethics-related podcasts on iTunes U (iTunes software is required to listen or download).
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When BRITNEY SPEARS released her new video "Work [B-Word]", there was some talk that she looked a lot thinner than usual . . . and that maybe she'd gone on a DIGITAL DIET, so to speak. Well, a few raw images of the video have surfaced, and they APPEAR to show that Britney was a little bit thicker before some computer trickery was employed to slim her down.
JENNIFER LOPEZ may be getting tired of her latest plaything. She's reportedly getting ready to break up with CASPER SMART. A source says, quote, "She's been hinting that the spark is gone. "They're obviously in very different places in their lives . . . She enjoyed the relationship for what it is, but now that giddiness has turned to sadness." One thing making it tough for her to let go is Casper's relationship with her twins, Max and Emme. The source says, quote, "They love Casper. Jennifer's probably going to at least stay friends with him [for their sake]."
Just so you know, SYLVESTER STALLONE was charging $445 for photo ops at New York Comic Con this past weekend, and $395 for autographs. SIGOURNEY WEAVER charged $200 for photos and $185 for her autograph. And WILLIAM SHATNER and PATRICK STEWART were "only" charging $75 for autographs.
Kris Jenner's sister claims she cheated on husband Bruce Jenner. Karen Houghton said Kris admitted to cheating but she wouldn't say when it took place. Houghton says Bruce is the nicest guy and would have never cheated on her sister and that Kris will find a new man in two days.
10/14/13 Mechael Douglas Lied
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SHIA LABEOUF was reportedly punched in the face and kicked in the groin because he was filming two women puking on a sidewalk in London. They asked him to stop, but he refused . . . so a random stranger who happened by attacked him.
A 2-year-old son that Minnesota Vikings star ADRIAN PETERSON didn't even know he had until recently was beaten to death by his mother's boyfriend. The attack occurred Wednesday, and the boy died Friday. Peterson played Sunday in the Vikings' loss to the Carolina Panthers.
JUSTIN BIEBER has been accused of sucker-punching a club DJ's manager at a bar in South Korea because the DJ wouldn't play hip hop for him. The incident even prompted a Tweet from DEADMAU5, who said, quote, "Dear Justin Bieber, would you please grow the [eff] up already? In the meantime, put a shirt on, and stay away from nightclubs."
MICHAEL DOUGLAS LIED about having throat cancer. He actually had TONGUE cancer. So why did he lie? Because he was about to do press for the "Wall Street" sequel, and tongue cancer is a lot more serious. He says, quote, "The surgeon said, 'Let's just say it's throat cancer.'" The doctor also told Michael that if they had to do surgery for tongue cancer, he could potentially lose part of his jaw and tongue.
KIM KARDASHIAN was driving around L.A. the other day, being hounded by the paparazzi, as usual. But her solution was to shield her face with her purse. WHILE DRIVING. Oh, and her daughter North was in the car with her.
10/11/13 Miley Offered to Direct Porn
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Friday, October 11, 2013
A smut company called GameLink has offered MILEY CYRUS $1 million to DIRECT an X-rated movie. That's right, DIRECT. She doesn't have to have sex, take her clothes off or even appear onscreen. And they'll give her full creative control.
We keep hearing that KRIS and BRUCE JENNER are still, like, SUPER HAPPY AWESOME FRIENDS, and still TOTALLY LOVE EACH OTHER AND STUFF. But listen to what Kris told some magazine called "New You" . . . quote, "The one regret, if I had to do it over, would be divorcing Robert Kardashian. But then there wouldn't have been Kendall and Kylie, so that's the way I look at it." She added, quote, "Everything happens for a reason, and we learn from our mistakes. I thought I was so smart when I was young; I was fearless."
A new book coming out claims that SHERYL CROW personally witnessed then-boyfriend LANCE ARMSTRONG doping back in 2004, in the form of an illegal blood transfusion. The book says, quote, "Rather than try to hide the transfusion from her, Armstrong was completely open about it. He trusted that Crow would have no desire to tell the press or anyone else about the team's doping program. He explained that it was simply part of the sport . . . that all cyclists were doing the same thing." Sheryl and Lance broke up in 2006 . . . but in 2011, Sheryl was contacted by grand jury investigators who were considering a federal indictment against him. Under a deal that protected HER from prosecution, Sheryl told the investigators what she saw. But a few weeks later, the grand jury dropped the case.
Before AMANDA BYNES got locked up, she commissioned a $10,000 grill from celebrity jeweler Ben Baller. Unfortunately, he's been unable to get it to her, so now it's just collecting dust. He posted a picture of it on Instagram and asked his followers what he should do with it.
10/10/13 Kris Jenner Cougaring
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OWEN WILSON is reportedly expecting a child in January with his personal trainer. She's married, but has been separated since before she and Owen started fooling around. Owen also has a son who was born in January of 2011. He and the mother broke up a few months after the birth.
After several years together and two kids, JESSICA SIMPSON still doesn't trust fiancé ERIC JOHNSON. At least that's what the "Star" tabloid claims. Sources tell the magazine that Jessica is so worried about Eric cheating that she's been firing female staff members so he won't be tempted. One source says, quote, "Jessica is away a lot for work, so that leaves Eric at home with the kids and staff. She doesn't want him to have any pretty girls around. She even let go of a longtime employee and family friend because she feared Eric was flirting too much."
Sources say KRIS JENNER left BRUCE so she could start COUGARING. One source says, quote, "The separation was Kris' idea. She's tired of being held down. She wants to date, and she wants to date younger men." She's already been linked to "Bachelor" BEN FLAJNIK and BRITNEY SPEARS' ex, JASON TRAWICK.
KHLOE KARDASHIAN and LAMAR ODOM were spotted together Tuesday, in an SUV headed for KRIS JENNER'S house. This was after Kris and her husband BRUCE announced their separation. Meanwhile . . . TMZ says Lamar is flying to New York for meetings with several NBA teams. And he's bringing proof that he's CLEAN.
10/9/13 Kris & Bruce Jenner Seperated
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A thief made anything but a graceful exit after robbing a Burlington jewelry store Wednesday afternoon.
The robbery happened shortly before 3 p.m. at Lane Jewelers at 2553 S. Church St. next to the Graham Sporting Goods Center. According to witnesses, the man never presented a weapon, but grabbed several pieces of jewelry from a Lane Jewelers employee and ran toward the door.
Unbeknownst to the robber, the employee engaged a locking system on the door to prevent the thief from leaving. When the thief encountered the locked door, he busted through it — leaving glass shattered across the sidewalk outside.
He then ran to the nearby Walgreens parking lot at the corner of Shadowbrook Drive, where he escaped in what witnesses said was a blue Honda van. Police said no employees were injured.
"He just bolted," said Chelsea Henry, an employee of the nearby Papa John's Pizza who was standing outside on a smoke break when the robbery occurred.
Henry and Jill Lewis, her co-worker, watched the thief race past. Police described him as a black man between the ages of 30 and 40. He stands about 5 feet 8 and weighs approximately 170 pounds.
"I was like, 'What's going on?'" Henry said.
She and Lewis had the presence of mind to follow the man to the parking lot. Not only did they give police a description of the man and his getaway vehicle, they even got the Honda's license plate number.
"Because of the line of work we're in, we're kind of trained to be observant," Henry said of the pizza delivery business.
She said she thought that because of the speed with which the van exited the parking lot, there was a driver waiting for the man with the vehicle's motor running.
Numerous police officers responded.
Jean Smith was exiting $1.75 Cleaners next door to Lane Jewelers when she heard the crash of the smashing glass. She said she turned and saw the thief on the sidewalk.
"When he jumped up and ran, I knew exactly what he'd done," Smith said. "He fell in all that glass and took off running."
She said she works at Kay Jewelers on Boston Drive, but was off Wednesday. Smith said she immediately called the business to warn her co-workers.
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Anyone with information is asked to call the Burlington Police Department at 336-229-3500 or Crimestoppers at 336-229-7100.


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U suck bigtime girl! ur vidoes did nothing useful except it helped some perv guyz !@#$ ! dump face.
(very stupid) we hate you girl
stupid mozah
this is very supid girl really !!
this girl is stupid, and "fanatic"
she is beauty in the face, black in her heart
and she is hat the Muslims
I'm coptic from egypt and completely agree with her. Salafis are like cancer. They turned afghanestan into a terrorist country. and killing tens if not hundreds of Iraqis every day. If not stopped they may turn Egypt into a terrorist country someday. They'll start with coptics and will turn to Muslims their selfs who don't agree with them. For all you guys please read what taliban did in afganestan they started with killing afganestani shia leaders and figures before they turn to other countries. Wake up muslims.
wenaby 7'aliky fy 7alik ya moza enty enty a7'rik telbsy el mesha7'la3 w el daya2 w te23ody ter2osy 3ashan e7na zah2na minik
ya gama3a el bent 3ayza tetgawez :))))
jace thank you for your efforts but i want to tell you that all things you did are useless .
you can stop recording these vedios and make something useful for us , for egypt.
i know you can do something for egypt
thank you
u r nothing. u can hardly speak Arabic. u donnu how to speak. u r shame to Coptics. u'd better keep silent. go find urself a school and learn how to ***** speak and what to say. this is the worst example of Egyptian Americans. We Egyptians know how to RESPECT Christians. I guess we dont need a ****** pampered ***** like u to teach us. gatik el2araf. u made me throw up.
this Girl is living in US & dont represent The Egyptian Coptics


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On LGBT support (or not) in the middle east
Curiosity got the best of me the other day as I was thinking about all the sectors flourishing and booming in Jordan, Amman specifically. I was considering all the opportunities Amman is providing lately, but being one who sees the glass half empty I could not ignore the opportunities it did not provide.
I for one find Amman to be a well rounded 'teenage' city, one that wants to try everything before it judges it to be good or bad, one so eager and thirsty to learn and produce. I feel that Amman is a little like me - or maybe I am like Amman - and that is why I love it.
So Amman is providing art exhibitions, a good wide range of restaurants and cafes, movie screenings and a huge Internet oriented scene. You can attend concerts almost weekly, there are a couple of interesting events almost daily and the community based projects seem to spring out of nowhere. But as I mentioned, I was interested in what my teenage city did not provide.
Over the last few days I've been researching LGBT based organizations/communities/support groups in the Middle East. It is quite easy to find them as most are listed in each country's Wikipedia page in the culture section.
For example, in Culture of Lebanon Wikipedia page you find: "..While gay sex is technically illegal, Beirut has a number of gay bars and nightclubs, in addition to the Arab world's only LGBT rights organizations, namely Helem, Meem, and Hurriyet Khasa.. "
First there was Helem. Helem presented its notification of association to the Lebanese Ministry of Interior in September 2004. Meaning it is a 6+ year old non-governmental non-profit organization focused on sexual orientation and gender identity issues. The word Helem is the Arabic acronym of "Lebanese Protection for Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transgenders".
Helem has many online publications and regular posts on the website. It also launches many health, awareness and advocacy initiatives and campaigns. Things don't stop there: Helem have a community center opening 6 days a week and a 24 hour help line making it a well rounded organization.
Meem is another support community but focuses only on lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer (LBTQ) Lebanese women. They picked the name Meem because it represents both the word lesbian in Arabic (Mithliya) and is derived from 'Support group for lesbian women' in Arabic (Majmo'at mou'azara lil mar'a al mithliya). The group has a blog which is also consistently updated and is also behind the weekly published queer Arab magazine Bekhsoos. Meem and Bekhsoos are 3 and 2 years old respectively.
Hurriyet Khasa, the third organization mentioned on the Wikipedia page was nowhere to be found online. But all the other communities were more than enough to represent and exhibit the richness that Lebanon has with its LGBT support communities.
I then found myself surfing through Palestinian and Palestine based support communities. Alqaws -for Sexual and Gender Diversity in Palestinian Society- captured my attention first because of their understanding of the changes happening in their community and the fact that they should attend to these changes even if they were still in their early stages.
Alqaws work 'with' the Palestinian LGBTQ community, promotingdialogue by providing a forum for its members as well as working on many social and cultural events and activities. They take into consideration the differences in background, religion as well as legal systems and rights and responsibilities that differ greatly within the community, especially between people in the West Bank or Gaza and those in the Occupied Territories.
Alqaws was formed in 2003 after existing in Yahoo virtual format for a year, making them the oldest organization in the region to speak with and in the name of the gay minority.
As for Syria, while it does have a network for gays, it fails to deliver when it comes to an online presence - the design of a website is still under construction, but well, it's better than nothing.
As for Jordan I assumed there would be nothing until I stumbled upon Gay Middle East. Gay Middle East is a website that seems to cover gay news with links to different blogs and websites; it has sections for different countries, some seem active, even Saudi Arabia's, while others –like the Jordan section- are completely inactive.
So why is it then that you can find all these support groups, communities and organizations yet none of them originate in, or target, the Jordanian population?
Is our tolerance for such minorities that low? Is it that we don't have the numbers of gays that our neighboring countries do? Or is it simply that no one bothers to initiate a movement in support of his or her own community? I suspect the Jordanian gay community is around the same size as the Syrian or Palestinian – the difference being we like to pretend that they don't exist. I asked around a bit, and only found a couple of blogs by individuals, and one magazine, but in general there is no space for the community here; to speak out or raise awareness on many issues that might make the existence of such groups accepted or even tolerated.
By ignoring gay people, by putting them on the sidelines and pretending they don't exist we are only communicating a message of fear to people who need understanding the most.
While gay sex is illegal in the entire region, we still find such groups rising to the surface and being heard. But in Jordan, to this day they remain invisible. So when will Amman walk in the steps of its sister cities, and when will it provide this support?
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There is another LGBT support groups in the Arabic world, such as ( Kif Kif ) and ( Basma ) in Morocco, Abu NAWAS in Algeria, Bedaya in Egypt and Sudan, shaku Shbeena , Iraq LGBT and Mousl LGBT groups in Iraq, and ( Khamsa ) group which cover the five Arabic countries in North of Africa
The Arabic LGBT community do care but they cant be active in public as long as the LGBT issue is not legal in most of the Arabic countries, but they are active in health care foundations such as the AIDS and SIDA foundations in Jordan, Algeria and Morocco
The local LGBT community in Jordan do care, and they did applied to establish a local LGBT group in Jordan under the name of ( Qaws) but the government didn't accept their request then, Jordan is the only Arabic country that doesn't consider homosexuality a crime and the sexual relationship between two adults from the same gender consider legal as long as both of them are 16 years old and above
Establishing a Jordanian LGBT support group will not add value to the local community at the moment as long as the LGBT is legal by law, and the local LGBT community is not facing a real hate or violent campaigns
You say the entire region, however, Isreal has and has had for decades gay rights and freedoms surpassing those of its nieghbours, forming part of its ethos as a liberal Western democracy! You might want to forget it exists, but there is a whole space on the map filled by a country with full rights and freedoms!
What democracy are you referring to? Oppressing bodies, whether gay or straight, has been going on for a while in Israel. Democracy in Israel only applies to Jewish, Israeli citizens it does not apply to other people and therefore it is no longer democracy in my point of view. Oppression is oppression and discrimination is discrimination and for it to be directed away from gay and queer people does not make Israel democratic.
Well balanced article. As you said, Amman is a teenage city. I just hope that none of the BS around us will turn it into an orphaned teen.


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The Schipperke is a member of the Northern and Non-Sporting Groups.
Male: 12-16 lb; female: 10-14 lb.
Male: 11-13 inches; female 10-12 inches
The coat is black. A range of tan and fawn is accepted in other countries.
The Schipperke sports a double coat of several distinct lengths. The dense undercoat is short. The abundant outer coat has straight hair that is long on the stand-out ruff, cape, jabot and culottes. The hair is medium length on the rest of the body.
The confident Schipperke has an independent and protective nature. It wears an alert, mischievous and questioning expression.
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The Schipperke may be descended from the black Belgian Sheepdog. In the 1600s, these dogs may have accompanied boatmen and guarded their canal barges between Brussels and Antwerp. These dogs worked as watchdogs and ratters. They were also popular with tradesmen guilds, Brussels shoemakers, and middle class households. In the 19th-century the Schipperke was the National Dog of Belgium.
The name may have derived from the Flemish words "Schip" (boat) or "Scheper" (shepherd). The Dutch "Schipperke" means little skipper.
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Candy Apple Pie
From MiMi Hodge, winner of Good Morning America's "Pie of Emeril's Eye" Contest, 2000
1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
3 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/3 cup butter, melted
3/4 cup caramel ice cream topping
1 cup chopped pecans
Apple Filling:
5 Granny Smith apples (peeled, cored, sliced very thin)
5 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
Cream Cheese Topping:
8 oz. cream cheese
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup heavy cream, whipped
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 cup caramel ice cream topping
1/4 cup chopped pecans
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
2. In a medium bowl, combine the crumbs, sugar, cinnamon and melted butter. Mix well and press into a 10-inch pie plate and up the sides. Bake for 6 to 8 minutes until golden in color. Remove pie shell from oven and cool completely. Pour caramel into pie shell and sprinkle with 1 cup of chopped pecans. Refrigerate pie shell while making apple filling.
3. In a large (12-inch) skilet over medium heat, melt butter and add brown sugar, salt and cinnamon. Stir with a wooden spoon. Add apples and stir. Cook over medium to medium-high heat for 15 to 20 minutes until apples are softened and tender. Let cool for 10 minutes and pour into pie shell. Reduce oven to 350 degrees F.
4. In a medium bowl, using a hand-held mixer on low speed, combine cream cheese and sugar for about 1 minute until smooth. Add egg, lemon juice and vanilla and beat for 1 minute or until fully blended. Pour over apple filling in pie shell. Bake for 30 minutes until an inserted knife comes out clean. Remove pie from oven and let cool. Refrigerate for 4 hours. Let stand outside the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
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Logan, UT (Sports Network) - Chuckie Keeton threw for a career-high 402 yards and four touchdowns as the Utah State Aggies posted a 35-13 win over the UNLV Rebels in non-conference action at Romney Stadium.
Keeton, converted 20-of-33 passes, was picked off once and sacked two times on the night for the Aggies (4-1) as they picked up their second straight victory. Kerwynn Williams not only led the team in rushing with 113 yards on 20 rushing attempts, he also caught seven passes for 147 yards and a score in the triumph.
The Rebels (1-4), who surprised Air Force in their Mountain West Conference opener last week (38-35), were paced by Nick Sherry who connected on 18-of-39 passes for 188 yards and a score. Sherry was also picked off one time and sacked on three occasions.
Following a scoreless first quarter, USU produced the first points of the night with a 32-yard field goal by Josh Thompson, finishing off a 12-play, 52- yard drive.
Less than four minutes later the Rebels claimed their only advantage of the game when Sherry hit Max Johnson with a three-yard TD strike to give the visitors a brief 7-3 edge.
Utah State closed out the second quarter with 17 unanswered points, beginning with a one-yard TD pass from Keeton to D.J. Tialavea, followed by a 50-yard pass play to the end zone from Keeton to Chuck Jacobs. As time expired in the first half, Thompson knocked through a 31-yard field goal to make the score 20-7 at the break.
Third-quarter scoring amounted to a pair of UNLV field goals by Nolan Kohorst from 24 and 26 yards to cut the deficit to 20-13.
In the fourth frame the Aggies put plenty of distance between themselves and UNLV as Keeton tossed touchdown passes to Williams and Jacobs of 74 and 17 yards, respectively, followed by a late safety to provide for the 22-point margin of victory.
Ranked 11th in the nation in yards allowed (274.8 ypg) heading into the week, the Aggies permitted 305 yards to the visiting Rebels.


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