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UTSA hosts Feb. 21 tribute to renowned Mexican architect who died at 80
(Feb. 20, 2012) -- The UTSA College of Architecture, UTSA Mexico Center and the Instituto Cultural de México will host "Ricardo Legorreta Remembered," an evening of discussion and personal memories highlighting the career of the internationally renowned Mexican architect, who died in December at age 80. The event is free and open to the public.
>> Presented in conjunction with the City of San Antonio Office of Cultural Affairs and the San Antonio Public Library, the tribute will be from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 21 in the Durango Building Southwest Room (1.124) at the UTSA Downtown Campus. A reception will follow the event. Free parking will be available in UTSA lot D-3 under Interstate 35.
For more than five decades, Legorreta conceived and built works of architecture that became known around the world including the Camino Real Hotel in Mexico City, the MARCO Museum (El Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey) and the San Antonio Central Library.
UTSA Department of Architecture faculty members Edward Burian and John Hertz will open the evening discussing the origins of Legorreta's work, the trajectory of his career and the significance of his designs. Davis Sprinkle of Sprinkle and Co. Architects, will offer his personal memories of the noted architect -- the result of a relationship that began more than 20 years ago when Legorreta collaborated with the San Antonio firms Sprinkle Robey Architects and Johnson-Dempsey & Associates to design the San Antonio Central Library. Harriett Romo, director of the UTSA Mexico Center; Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff and Ramiro Salazar of the San Antonio Public Library also will share remembrances. The evening will close with tributes and recollections from the audience.
Legorreta was a regionalist at his core, although he completed projects around the world in the late 20th century. His work was a fusion of both globalized principles of modern architecture and reinterpretations of local spatial types, such as the courtyard and arcade, local materials such as masonry and plaster, and his vibrant use of color from vernacular Mexican architecture. He was concerned with choreographing the spatial experience for the everyday users of his buildings. His outstanding professional career made him the recipient of several national and international awards including the 2000 American Institute of Architects Gold Medal and Japan's prestigious Praemium Imperiale arts prize.
In 1991, during Nelson Wolff's term as mayor, the City of San Antonio announced a juried competition for the design of a new downtown library. Davis Sprinkle, then a promising young architect, seized the opportunity and called Legorreta to see if he would consider teaming up for the competition. Sprinkle had never met Legorreta -- who was then Mexico's most prominent architect -- and was pleasantly surprised that Legorreta even took his call, much less the fact that Legorreta accepted his offer to collaborate.
Their team's design won the city council's unanimous vote of approval, resulting in the 240,000-square-foot, six-story library, which opened in 1995 and is organized around a multi-story atrium. Cherished by locals and visitors alike, the brightly colored Central Library remains a striking element of San Antonio's downtown skyline -- a fitting tribute to this legendary architectural designer.
For more information, contact Nicole Chavez, UTSA College of Architecture, 210-458-3121; Oliva Lopez, UTSA Mexico Center, 210-458-2923; or Instituto Cultural de México, 210-227-0123.


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Renteria 6
Votto 3
Bruce 9
Heisey 7
Hernandez 2
Frazier 5
Valaika 4
Volquez 1
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"Since I've been with the Reds in 1989, we've never had a farm system this loaded," Bowden said. "If we were the New York Yankees and had unlimited dollars, we could have traded for Colon, (Jeff) Weaver, Rolen, (Cliff) Floyd, (Kenny) Rogers and Finley and gotten them all -- and still held onto our top five prospects. That's an amazing statement."
After two innings, Reds 0, Rockies 0.
Volquez at 31 pitches, 18 strikes.
Pomeranz 28 pitches, 18 strikes.
A healthy Reds team is a strong Reds team"
Renteria hits into a 6-3 doubleplay to end the 3rd.
Drew Stubbs, who had just walked, made absolutely no attempt to try to break up the doubleplay, he just jogged out of the baseline to avoid the throw. Saw a similar play by the Reds yesterday, I think it was Votto. When did it become OK to stop playing baseball hard? Why is Dusty allowing this, and why does the team culture allow this? Would this happen if there was a stat for breaking up doubleplays?
A healthy Reds team is a strong Reds team"
After three innings, Reds 0, Rockies 0.
Volquez at 51 pitches, 29 strikes, with 0 hits, 3 Ks and 3 BBs.
Pomeranz 42 pitches, 23 strikes, with 1 hit, 1 K, and 2 BBs.
A healthy Reds team is a strong Reds team"
After four innings, Reds 0, Rockies 1.
Volquez at 70 pitches, 41 strikes, with 2 hits, 3 Ks and 3 BBs. (Wigginton HR).
Pomeranz 51 pitches, 29 strikes, with 1 hit, 2 K, and 2 BBs.
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A healthy Reds team is a strong Reds team"
After five innings, Rockies 2, Reds 0.
Volquez at 99 pitches, 56 strikes, with 4 hits, 3 Ks and 4 BBs.
Pomeranz 63 pitches, 36 strikes, with 2 hits (both Valaika), 2 K, and 2 BBs.
Drew Pomeranz's MLB debut is done. He was replaced with a pinch hitter in the bottom of the 5th. He had his appendix out in August, and only had one outing, for three innings in AA, since then. The Reds made him look very good.
Volquez has been his usual self. Decent stuff, but not good control. Very pitch ineffcient. It just shouldn't take 100 pitches to get through 5 innings.
A healthy Reds team is a strong Reds team"
After six innings, Rockies 2, Reds 0.
Ondrusek at 7 pitches, 6 strikes.
Hamel in for the Rockies, 11 pitches, 8 strikes.
Ondrusek in for Volquez. Volquez threw 99 pitches, gave up 4 hits, 3 Ks and 4 BBs, and 2 earned runs.
A healthy Reds team is a strong Reds team"
Hernandez hitting just over .200 since the All-Star break.
That hit Hernandez right in the catchers mitt. Passed Ball.
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Date posted: March 11, 2013
SHERIDAN — The Sheridan Police Department arrested a 19-year-old Banner man early Saturday morning after a high-speed pursuit through the county.
Taran Schlegel faces charges of eluding, driving while under the influence, larceny and reckless driving.
Police received reports of a reckless driver shortly before 5:30 a.m. and located Schlegel driving a pick-up truck at the intersection of Coffeen Avenue and Brundage Lane.
When officers attempted to initiate a traffic stop, the driver took off northbound on Coffeen. Eventually, the driver headed eastbound onto Highway 14E, reaching speeds of close to 100 miles per hour.
Wyoming Highway Patrol and the Johnson County Sheriff's Office were contacted for assistance.
After reaching Belus Road, the vehicle slid off the road and turned onto its side. The driver of the vehicle took off on foot, but was apprehended by law enforcement.
Also on Saturday, The Sheridan Police Department responded to six reports involving stolen vehicles, five reports of burglarized vehicles and three reports of vehicles which were severely vandalized. The incidents are believed to have taken place Friday night and early Saturday morning.
Of those reports, two of the vehicles were vandalized with a utility knife while another appears to have been damaged by fire.
According to a media release from the Sheridan Police Department, it is unknown if Schlegel was involved in the incidents.
All of the affected vehicles were unlocked prior to being vandalized or burglarized, and all the stolen vehicles had keys left in their ignition.
The stolen cars were all later recovered in the immediate Sheridan area.
The investigation into the incidents is ongoing.
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Lesson Learned Real Snares
On small animal like rabbits, muskrats, and squirrels without a doubt the #110 Conibear is the best trap to own. When you get into larger animals snares can be just as effective and sometimes better then traps.
Over the winter I was making a new Snaring DVD (Buckshot's Advanced Snaring DVD), the wind chill at times was -50 below and the snares kept working, taking beautiful thick prime January coyotes. With the snow and wind it would have been very hard to keep traps working. This example shows snares are more effective. Snares are the way to go in the winter.
After years talking with several people about homemade wire snares I decided to try 22 gauge galvanized wire and 24 gauge copper wire. Again, people have told me that the 22 gauge galvanized wire was the wire to have for snares. So maybe I am wrong I thought and really gave them an honest try. I placed 4 snares out. 2 steel and 2 copper. Using my 4 snares per 1 animal average.
Finding good trails for the little cottontail rabbits I was confident these homemade snares would work. The next morning I was out checking them and 2 of the 4 snares had made catches but no rabbits. Did coyotes steal them? Nope, no tracks in the snow! What did I find when I checked them? Both snares failed! I found a torn up area with broken wire and no rabbit. Every time I try the single strand wire I find it broken or limited success (on squirrels).
So why would anyone bet their life on these snares? I have asked this question many times. If homemade wire snares work so good why do trappers use real self locking snares? Really, why pay for snares if you can make up tons using single strand wire snares? Because they are not reliable. When you are trapping for food you want every single advantage you can get. Trapping and snaring is a percentage game. You place snares or traps out in numbers planning on making catches. When you first start until you learn to read the trails and animal sign you will have limited success. The better you get, the more you catch. But what is the most important thing to remember? Your scent? Nope. Your location? Good choice but nope. How you place your snare? Another good choice but nope? Ok, here it is? Good equipment equals success? Granted good equipment is the first step then you still have a learning curve but as you become successful you will bring more food home because you have good equipment that will hold the intended animal and not break.
I then used Real 1/16 Small Game Snares made out of galvanized aircraft cable, that is self locking.
I know big surprise, but guess what? No more broken wire and every single rabbit that was caught in the snares, was waiting for me when I came back.
The first night with real snares I had another first. I caught a skunk going into a rabbit den. I knew skunks were eggs eaters. There has been many a duck study done proving skunks kill or run off the hen duck and eat the eggs. So, was the skunk going in to try and kill the rabbits or looking for a den already build? Next day skunk number 2 was waiting. It appears the skunk killed all the rabbits or scared them out of the area. Glad to be rid of them. Nothing worse on the homestead then skunks spraying the dog and eating all the eggs from the chickens.
Lesson learned. Why play at it? Use Real Snares for real results. The other problem was after using the single strand 22 gauge snare there were 2 rabbits that would not enter a good snare. Even rabbits can learn to shy away from snares. Why were they shying away? Well, the big obvious answer is they were caught in the single strand 22 gauge galvanized wire and broke free. Now they knew to stay away from them. I have said this before, there are not smart animals out there. They are educated because of mistakes. Those 2 rabbits had escaped the wire snares and now would stop dead in the trail on any snare they saw and detour around it.
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On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 07:46:18AM -0700, Bob Scofield wrote:
> I have two questions about WiFi security in laptops. (I don't have a laptop
> that allows me to do much WiFi, but I'm interested in these issues anyway.)
> If a person uses a WiFi connection at an airport, hotel, coffee house, etc.
> clearly the connection is not encrypted. I have been told that if you use an
> open connection, someone can get into your hard drive. That is, a hacker
> could read your files. This leads me to ask two questions.
> 1) One computer professional told me that the solution to the problem is to
> have firewall software on your laptop. He recommends Zone Alarm for Windows,
> but my interest is Linux. I know that SuSE comes with a firewall. My first
> question is: Is there a firewall package for Debian?
Just because you have no firewall, doesn't mean that they can get into
your system (this has generally been a /lot/ more true for Linux than
for Windows). A firewall /is/ a good idea, and I recommend you put one
in place--but as a solution to the problem that connections are not
encrypted, it's bullshit. A firewall will not encrypt your connections.
The problem isn't so much that attackers could get into your system (you
should be protecting against this regardless. Not running telnet or
insecure rsh, using ssh for all remote access, not using important ssh
passwords on public machines, are all important parts of protecting your
The problem is that attackers can see everything that goes to and from
your computer. If it's financial information, or passwords, etc., that's
not a good thing.
WEP helps a little, but it only slows an attacker down (and that only a
little). It is unknown to me (not a regular 802.11 user) whether a
better mechanism has become mainstream; in any event, the best solution
is to be acutely aware that the connection between you and your WiFi
provider is totally public; and act accordingly (i.e., ensure that
anything important is heavily encrypted).
> 2) The second question is whether there is *any* merit in the following idea
> I thought of. Suppose you had a laptop that had a major Windows partition,
> and a major Linux partition on it. Suppose you also put a second very small
> Linux partition on it. The small Linux partition would be used exclusively
> for e-mail and web surfing at open WiFi connections.
> Fstab would be configured on the small partition so that the major Linux
> partition could *not* be mounted. But the fstab on the major partition could
> be configured so that the small Linux partition could be mounted. So any
> e-mail or stuff downloaded through an open WiFi connection could be copied
> over to the main Linux partition when the latter was booted.
> Would such a set up protect the files in the main Linux partition when the
> small partition was booted and being used with an open WiFi connection? I
> suppose one problem with such a Baroque set up would be that the password you
> use for e-mail on the small Linux partition would still be subject to theft
> by a hacker.
A hacker won't be able to "view" your password on any Linux partition,
provided you don't send it over the wire in the clear.
Speaking of which: many (most?) ISPs still let you send cleartext
passwords. If you're using IMAP or POP3, and you're not using them over
SSL, and you don't have some box that looks something like "use secure
authentication" checked, you're sending your password in the clear. You
don't need to be on WiFi for that to be insecure.
Using WiFi isn't really that much different from using a regular network
connection. An attacker near you can sniff packets. So can anyone on the
same physical network as you, or anyone on the same network as any
machine between your machine and the one you're talking to. The basic
issues governing communication on both mediums are pretty much the same
(and yes, using Windows (or an insecure Linux) without a firewall can be
very insecure on your cable or DSL modem, too: that's where botnets come
from). The main differences are that there are some authentication
mechanisms for WiFi that you should always try to use if you have
control over the WAP (not for communication security, but to keep people
from sharing your link without your permission); and that it's somewhat
easier to be "on the same network" as you in the case of WiFi.
> So is there any value in this type of set up?
Perhaps a little, but IMO not nearly enough to justify doing this. The
truth is, if an attacker does gain any access whatever to any partition,
you're doing something wrong. Were an attacker to actually gain enough
access to view arbitraru files on a partition, it's extremely likely
that same attacker can see your other partitions as well. So no, I
wouldn't bother.
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I found [Something About a Soldier] an enjoyable performance, full of humor, sympathy and a relish of language. Mr. Harris has resisted the temptation to use his hero simply as a means of flaying the corrupt world. There is no bitterness in his high-spirited book. His attitude of affectionate irony towards Jacob is just right, and an appealing figure emerges.
Some Harris fans may be disappointed to learn that Something About a Soldier is not in the manner of Henry Wiggen, the southpaw narrator of the three previous novels. But if they read with their ears open they will discover that the Wiggen style was only the Harris style in vernacular dress. It may be that Mr. Harris intends to return to Henry, and if he does I am sure that Henry will amuse me. Nevertheless, I feel...
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When painting with a broad brush, you could call Paso Robles a warm winegrowing region. And it's true that Burgundian varietals such as Chardonnay and Pinot Noir—which are known to excel in cool regions—aren't typically associated with Paso Robles. Here, it's Bordeaux and Rhône varietals that make the most noise.
But the broad brush often misses the nuances, and that's why we are confidently producing Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from our estate Margarita Vineyard in the Paso Robles AVA.
Margarita Vineyard is the southernmost vineyard in the region, with a pronounced marine influence. It's often cool and sometimes cold here during the growing season. That's our baseline.
From there, we've planted our Chardonnay and Pinot Noir in the vineyard's coolest spots. One such spot is at the mouth of Trout Creek, where marine air spills through a notch in the coastal mountains.
In these spots, the notion of growing a premium Paso Robles Pinot Noir or Chardonnay isn't wild and crazy. It's simply a logical fit for the growing conditions.
On that note, we are excited to release our 2012 Chardonnay from our White Label (reserve) series. We think that this wine shows just how good a Paso Robles Chardonnay can be. This follows our 2011 Pinot Noir, which was also varietally true and equally delicious. Right now, these wines are very limited in production (in the range of 100 to 150 cases), with our wine club members getting first dibs.
Our Chardonnay and Pinot Noir will never supplant our Bordeaux varietals in acreage or production. But we are excited about where these wines are headed. They speak not only to the diversity of our vineyard, but of the Paso Robles region as a whole.
When it comes to Paso Robles, you've probably heard about the eastside and the westside, but here at Ancient Peaks, we're on the southside—and still in the thick of the 2013 harvest at our estate Margarita Vineyard. View and read our report below:
On the whole, we are just past the halfway mark in our picking. As of October 13, only about 20 percent of our Cabernet Sauvignon is in the house. About 60 percent of our Syrah has been picked, and all of our Merlot, Pinot Noir and Sauvignon Blanc fruit is off the vine. Zinfandel is mostly done. But we just began harvesting our Malbec, and haven't even started on the Petit Verdot.
At this rate, we should be fully done with the grape harvest by the end of October or first week of November. This is rather typical—and even a bit early—for Margarita Vineyard, which is the southernmost vineyard in the Paso Robles AVA. It's cooler here, and so the growing season is long.
Yields are a bit larger than normal, which is somewhat surprising in the wake of such a dry year. We're not alone, as larger yields are one of the stories of the 2013 vintage in California.
The sailing has been smooth this harvest, especially compared to recent years. In 2008, we experienced eight inches of rain in one harvest day. In 2010, an unusually cool summer forced us to drop an inordinate amount of crop just to make sure we got things ripe. The 2011 growing season was fairly cool, too. Last year was nice, but a bit more erratic with regard to hot weather events.
But this year has been rock steady—warm but rarely hot, with consistent temperatures heading into fall, and just a few drops of rain one day in early October.
Even with the healthy yields, we're getting a nice intensity of color and flavor out of the fruit. Yesterday morning, during our first Malbec pick, the picking bins were stained a dark purple—an unscientific yet clear indication of what we're getting in terms of concentration. By mid morning, the air was still chilly and thick with fog, demonstrating why we still have a few weeks to go.
With later-ripening varietals like Cabernet Sauvignon, we sometimes find ourselves on what we call "the edge of ripeness"—that long wait for the grapes to fully mature. And we're fine with that, because it's a great way for the fruit to maintain its balance and varietal character.
This year, however, full maturity is coming more easily. We're not looking over our shoulder at a coming storm or at our watches waiting for the fruit to get in gear. Mother Nature has smiled upon us, and it should result in a banner vintage.
The latest edition of Sunset's Savor The Central Coast was a big success over the past weekend, and we were pleased to be right in the thick of it.
We kicked things off on a beautiful Friday morning by hosting one of Savor's signature "Adventure Tours" at our estate Margarita Vineyard. The tour was titled "Winemaking on The Wild Side," celebrating the unconventional blends for which Paso Robles is renowned.
Neil Roberts from Clavo, Christian Tietje of Cypher, Steve Lohr of J. Lohr and our own Mike Sinor, along with moderator and sommelier extraordinaire Christopher Sawyer and Sunset wine editor Sara Schneider, were on hand to help guests create their own daring blends from selected lots of Zinfandel, Syrah, Malbec, Petit Verdot and Cabernet Sauvignon. Each guest's blend was then bottled, corked, wax dipped, and labeled on site. The festivities concluded with a vineyard lunch catered by The Range.
Then, throughout the weekend, our Santa Margarita Ranch headquarters played host to Savor's Main Event, which included an extensive Marketplace featuring local food artisans, growers, wineries, craft breweries, celebrity chefs and more, as well as cooking demonstrations and wine seminars. As always, this event was a remarkable showcase for the distinctive farm-to-fork culture of San Luis Obispo County and the Central Coast.
It's not too early to mark your calendar for next year's Savor The Central Coast, and keep an eye out for announcements about next fall's adventure tours—they often sell out fast!
Spontaneity is the spice of life, so we recently invited our A-List Wine Club members out for an impromptu vineyard walk with a just a few days' notice—and were delighted when nearly 50 members took us up on it!
On a bright, warm morning, winery co-proprietor Karl Wittstrom led the group on an informative two-mile walk that circled Block 49 at our estate Margarita Vineyard. Along the way, guests got to sample Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel and Syrah grapes on the precipice of harvest.
Halfway through the walk, Vineyard Manager Jaime Muniz (pictured below) joined the group to share insights into vine canopy management and other viticultural techniques. The walk concluded with morning snacks (including grapes, of course!) in the shade of a large legacy oak.
This is the latest example of how we like to go the extra mile—or two, in this instance—for our wine club members. For those of you who are thinking of joining, check out this chat with our own Nina Leschinsky, who shares the many unique benefits of being an A-List Wine Club member.
Making wine isn't for the faint of heart. It can be tough and physical—especially during harvest, when the to-do list is long and the hours even longer.
When it comes to making small-lot red wines, one inescapable duty during harvest is the punchdown.
When new red wine is fermenting, the skins float to the top of the fermentation bin, forming a cap that can easily dry out. With a punchdown, you perch yourself on the edge of the bin and use a specially designed paddle to mix the skins back into the juice. This keeps the cap from drying out, and it ensures steady, optimal extraction of color, flavor and tannin from the grape skins. At Ancient Peaks Winery, we perform punchdowns on each small lot three times per day.
In the accompanying video, harvest intern Chris Thompson demonstrates the art of punching down on a lot of Pinot Noir recently harvested from our estate Margarita Vineyard.
Plunging and pulling the paddle through the heavy skins requires exertion, and doing it on multiple bins three times per day requires endurance. Hence the third and final rule of the punchdown: Don't wimp out!
Our new release 2011 Renegade is already rounding up high praise in the wine media.
On Sunday, the San Francisco Chronicle published a piece on the state of Syrah, and included the 2011 Renegade as one of just six recommended Central Coast Syrahs and Syrah-based blends, noting, "When the grape succeeds, it does so wonderfully, as you'll witness in the bottles here."
Here's how Wine Editor Jon Bonné describes the 2011 Renegade: "A curious mix of Syrah, Petit Verdot and Malbec that pushes the edge on tannin - 28 percent Petit Verdot is a bold move - but also reveals the beauty of Margarita Vineyard's high-elevation limestone soils. Slightly funky, with racy fruit and tobacco and white-flower aspects. Think Cahors on the Central Coast."
It's exciting to have Mr. Bonné and the Chronicle's tasting panel discern the unique sense of place behind the 2011 Renegade, as that's something we really strive to capture in our wines.
Our estate Margarita Vineyard spans a rare diversity of five soil types in one of the Paso Robles region's coolest growing environments. It's important for us to honor these special growing conditions and to make sure they are expressed in the bottle.
For more on the 2011 Renegade, here's a short video featuring Director of Winemaking Mike Sinor:
They say that the best things in life are free—but they also say that nothing's free anymore.
Well, they've got it half right, because we recently hosted our fall A-List Wine Club pickup party, complimentary to all members, and it was an evening to remember!
The event was held in our enchanting Estrada Gardens on the historic Santa Margarita Ranch. The festivities included wine tasting, live music and wood-fired pizza from Cahoot's Catering. Mother Nature blessed us with warm air and beautiful blue skies, and we were delighted to welcome a crowd of club members to the party.
We take pride in offering a wine club experience like no other. If you aren't a member yet, we invite you to check out our Member Lounge and signup page—and hope to see you at our next club event!
We were honored to receive the following feedback from some of the attendees at our recent party:
Brenda: Another truly amazing event with Ancient Peaks! The Ancient Peaks family and staff always makes us feel a part of their family. Thank you for everything you do for your wine club members!
Deborah: We had a great time! The AP staff are so friendly and accommodating! Good food and of course the best wine. Thanks for another great event!
Linda: This was so fun! Loved the wine and the food was great! Good friends and music, too...whooo hoo!
The advent of autumn is always exciting here on the historic Santa Margarita Ranch, and not only because of the bustling grape harvest at our estate Margarita Vineyard...
Indeed, each fall, our ranch is also proud to host the main event at the annual Savor The Central Coast celebration presented by Sunset magazine.
Savor is the ultimate showcase for the distinctive flavors and farm-to-fork culture of our region. The main event—which spans the weekend of September 28-29 this year—includes an extensive Marketplace featuring local food artisans, growers, wineries, craft breweries, celebrity chefs and more. In-depth wine and cooking seminars are offered throughout the weekend, along with culinary adventure tours (including one hosted by Ancient Peaks—sorry, ours is sold out!).
Celebrity Chef Michael Voltaggio and musician Colbie Caillat are among the top draws for this year's festivities. For foodies and wine lovers alike, this is a can't-miss Central Coast event.
It's also a fitting time to recall that Santa Margarita Ranch has been a hub of local hospitality since the 1800s, when then-owner Joaquin Estrada was known for hosting lavish fiestas and rodeos.
Today, we endeavor to extend this legacy of what we call "early California rancho hospitality" with our ecotourism offerings—including vineyard and zipline canopy tours—and ongoing special events.
Along the way, we are proud that Savor The Central Coast has chosen the ranch as its main event venue, and encourage you to come out for a tasty good time.
We are excited to share that we have promoted Stewart Cameron from assistant winemaker to the position of winemaker. Mike Sinor will remain our director of winemaking.
It seems like just yesterday we were launching our winery, with Stewart as part of our cellar crew. That was in 2006…Now, here we are seven years later, and we are proud to have him as our winemaker.
"Stewart has been an instrumental part of our winemaking team since day one," Mike says. "He has a great feel for the style and vision of Ancient Peaks wines, and the time has come to recognize his talents and responsibilities with the title of winemaker."
Stewart will continue to oversee the daily winery operations and remain involved in all facets of winemaking in tandem with Mike.
"Stewart has a knack for making wines that really capture Margarita Vineyard's sense of place," says co-owner Doug Filipponi. "He has helped our wines earn widespread industry praise, and we are excited to have him as our winemaker."
Over the past year, Stewart has traveled to France and Italy to broaden his winemaking inspirations, and has developed a particular affinity for the small-block winegrowing practices in the northern Rhône Valley and Barolo.
"They're both relatively small regions, and they have a real fix on the nuance and complexity at the micro level of each little block, or even a few rows," Stewart says. "It doesn't always translate out here, but we try to do our own version of it, micromanaging specific spots—such as the top of Block 7 or the hillside on Block 49 at Margarita Vineyard—to get the most out of our White Label reserve wines."
He adds, "It's a great honor and privilege for me to work here with such a wonderful vineyard and group of people. I will continue in the effort to bring joy and blessings through our wines here at Ancient Peaks."
In the winemaking notes for our new release 2012 Sauvignon Blanc, you will find this little tidbit: "Ten percent of the wine underwent 24-hour skin contact prior to pressing and fermentation, further adding an exotic touch to the wine."
This is just one of many examples of how our winemaking team employs judicious experiments and extremes for the betterment of our wines.
In traditional winemaking, white wines are made by immediately pressing the juice off of the skins prior to fermentation. But in this case, Winemaker Mike Sinor and Assistant Winemaker Stewart Cameron took a walk on the wild side and let a small portion of the juice soak on the skins for a full day.
Taken on its own, this is somewhat of an extreme measure. When you allow that kind of skin contact, you get Sauvignon Blanc wine with intensified varietal attributes.
"You get much more of that herbal character that's inherent to Sauvignon Blanc," Stewart says.
Therefore, if we handled all of our Sauvignon Blanc lots in this manner, we would end up with a wine that most folks would consider too edgy and atypical.
Yet by thinking outside the box and going the extra mile with select skin contact, Mike and Stewart developed a crucial 10-percent component that elevates the final blend.
"It helps us produce a more interesting an intriguing wine," Stewart says. "We're just intensifying the natural qualities of the grape to accent and enhance our Sauvignon Blanc blend. Little things like this can go a long way toward making a more complete wine."


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June 23, 2004 12:27 PM PDT
Senate bill would ban P2P networks
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Their legislation says "whoever intentionally induces any violation" of copyright law would be legally liable for those violations, a prohibition that would effectively ban file-swapping networks and could also imperil some consumer electronics devices.
Proponents argue that the bill focuses on curbing illegal activity on the Internet. "In the film 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,' the leering 'Child Catcher' lured children into danger with false promises of 'free lollipops,'" said Senate Judiciary Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah. "Tragically, some corporations now seem to think that they can legally profit by inducing children to steal; that they can legally lure children and others with false promises of 'free music.'"
The Inducing Infringement of Copyrights Act, which was made public Wednesday, represents the latest legislative attempt by large copyright holders to address what they see as the growing threat of peer-to-peer networks rife with pirated music, movies and software. Violations of the IICA would be punished with civil fines and, in some circumstances, lengthy prison terms.
Foes of the IICA, including civil liberties groups and file-swapping network operators, are alarmed that the measure enjoys strong support from prominent politicians of both major parties. Its supporters include Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.; Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn.; Minority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D.; Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; and Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.
Mitch Bainwol, chairman of the Recording Industry Association of America, praised the IICA as a "narrowly focused but meaningful" proposal that "places the spotlight squarely on the bad actors who have hijacked a promising technology for illicit means and ignoble profits." The Entertainment Software Association, which represents video game makers, called the IICA an "important and valuable tool to fight piracy." The Business Software Alliance also announced its support.
Targeting a court decision
The IICA is designed to overturn an April 2003 ruling from a federal judge in Los Angeles that said file-swapping services StreamCast Networks and Grokster were legal to operate.
In that decision, which the entertainment industry has appealed to the 9th Circuit, U.S. District Judge Stephen Wilson wrote that "Grokster and (Morpheus operator) StreamCast are not significantly different from companies that sell home video recorders or copy machines, both of which can be and are used to infringe copyrights." Wilson said those networks were not as centralized as Napster, which the 9th Circuit declared to be illegal in 2001, and could continue to exist.
"This carefully drafted, bipartisan bill would respond to this erroneous decision by confirming that existing law should allow artists to bring civil actions against parties who intend to induce others to infringe copyrights," Hatch said.
An early version of the IICA seen by CNET News.com was called the Inducement Devolves into Unlawful Child Exploitation Act, or Induce Act. The final version appears to be identical.
Critics were assailing the measure even before it was introduced, saying that in addition to outlawing peer-to-peer networks, it could imperil products like ReplayTV and even the VCR. Jessica Litman, a professor at Wayne State University who specializes in copyright law, said the language was "worded so broadly" that it would put Web sites such as Tucows, which hosts peer-to-peer clients like the Morpheus software, at risk for "inducing" infringement.
Under existing law, companies are not liable for "vicarious copyright infringement" performed by their users, said Mike Godwin, a lawyer at the advocacy group
If the IICA were to become law, "let's say that you're selling an MP3 player and it turns out that the MP3 player can be used to move copyrighted material around really easily," Godwin said. "People start buying your MP3 player. Do you want a world where courts can say, 'Hey buddy, you're liable for copyright infringement?'"
Critics of the IICA have suggested that it also might have the effect of overturning the Supreme Court's 1984 decision in the Sony v. Universal City Studios case, often referred to as the "Betamax" lawsuit. In that 5-4 opinion, the majority said VCRs were legal to sell, because they were "capable of substantial noninfringing uses." But the majority stressed that Congress had the power to enact a law that would lead to a different outcome.
Leahy, the top Democrat on the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, downplayed those concerns in a statement. "The makers of electronic equipment, the software vendors who sell e-mail and other programs, the Internet service providers who facilitate access to the Web--all of these entities have nothing to fear from this bill," Leahy said. "So long as they do not conduct their businesses with the intention of inducing others to break the law--and I certainly have not heard from anyone who makes that claim--they should rest easy."
A Senate Judiciary aide who spoke at length on condition of anonymity said concerns about the bill are misguided. The aide argued that the bill essentially reiterates criminal sanctions that already exist and is far less intrusive than other proposals in the Senate--such as one introduced in March 2002 by Sen. Fritz Hollings, D-S.C.--that sought to regulate technology directly.
In the Grokster case decision, Judge Wilson noted that "additional legislative guidance may be well-counseled." The Senate aide said that "could be interpreted as a request for the status quo, if it is not answered" by Congress.
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- No big surprise...
- that this bill receives the support from the biggest content industry shills in congress. As for children who use P2P being exploited, where are the parents in all this?
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- chills innovation
- Great software for personal-use recording, like Replay Music or Replay Radio, could be in jeopardy if this bill ever sees the light of day.
See what may no longer be available:
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- promotes "better" piracy
- All this bill will do is cause people/companies to start creating "private" technologies that work to hide from snooping jerkoffs like the riaa or other anti freedom corporations.
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- That's True
- Let's see them try to prosecute an encrypted P2P client. Also Kazaa is based in Australia I thought, so last time I checked the US had no jurisdiction there.
I am sick of these idiot politicians making policies about technologies that they don't even fully comprehend. It just goes to show that policy makers of the future will have to be more than just elected in order to make unbiased decisions.
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- Your right..."Better" Piracy will emerge...
- As I stated in my other post...all this Bill will do is encourage people to start their own Intranets offline to file-share and download. being offline they can't be monitored.
What's more important is they can NEVER shut down all the P2P websites because so many are now GLOBAL and they have no aothority to do so outside our borders.
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- Much too broad and unenforcable
- With the current wording of this law everything from the copy machine to the ball point pen would be illegal.
ISPs wont be help liable? Up until someone sues them that is. Giving someone an internet connection that can be used for piracy is inducement according to this law.
Then theres the fact that short of calling your program "Piracy v3.0" and describing it as "A tool for pirating copyrighted material" there is no way to prove that pretty much any technology (including p2p networks) are designed to promote piracy, merely that they can be used for such.
But then again just about any technology can be used for piracy from a stick of chalk to every device, computer, server, router, etc currently attached to the internet.
This law will either have no effect or outlaw almost everything.
Considering that, is it really worth putting into effect?
Has anyone even bothered to think about how the public will react?
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- Bill will be smashed like a bug or water down
- There is no way this bill in current form will live to see approval. There is to many other corporations out there that will realize that this bill would make them outlaws, even the backers of this bill who make cd writers will eventually abandon this bill.
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- Its time to go on the attack
- OK, time to see what my idiot Senators here in Washington think of this ***CRAP***. Cantwell, Dunn, listen up morons, don't make me dedicate my free time to removing you from office. I can get much nastier than you will ever want to sink in public. This I promise.
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- Congress Should Take A Look At Their Own Dirty P2P's
- Before they start curbing more of our free expression, free use, and internet privacy, I think that Congress should look into their own dirty hamper! Check out your own "peers," Barbara Boxer, Bill Frist, et al! Make Bush hand over the rest of the 23 pages requested by Congress with regard to the "allowed torture-methods"! (of the fifty pages they put out, only 3 were part of the 23 requested)! And how about putting some curbs on Rumsfeld? Oh yes, and how about restoring the environmental restrictions on plant emissions? And don't forget to tell those zealots to keep their bloody hands off the Alaska Wildlife Prserves...that's part of their thievery!! And what have they allowed to be stolen from the American people in terms of our name and reputation in the world? Guys, you'd better tend to your own knitting before digging into more of our rights and freedoms.
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- Corporate America Rules the World
- Everyone should be very scared by these new laws preventing technology and tightening copyright laws. It won't be the same world if Corporate America gets everything they ask for. Anything that doesn't serve their best interest it will be illegal.
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- Typical Govt. Misuse of Power
- Why not make a law to protect us from Adware/Spyware and other software that in some cases destroys the computers they are loaded onto(usuallly with out the users knowledge or permission)!
How about making a real "Can Spam" law that can work!
We already have copyright laws on the books and the RIAA is utilizing them already to sue P2P users. All this law would accomplish is that it would now make ISP and Software/Hardware vendors responsable. Sort of like blaming the gun or the SUV and not just the person pulling the trigger or driving the SUV.
Maybe another good bill would be to allow us to make car makers responsible for accidents when people drive drunk.
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- Where you think the funding of the polictical parties come from?
- Go figure.
LMFAO on such lame reasons of "luring children".
**** you RIAA.
And **** all you corrupted retarded *politicans*.
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- This Bill Will Stop NOTHING...
- This is all well and good, except P2P Networks are GLOBAL and cannot be regulated outside of our borders. In addition, this will merely create more Intranets among user groups that will be kept off the Internet and hence, the industry won't be able to discover them.
This bill will do very little to stop what's been going on now for almost a decade. The music industry continues to fight this war with weapons that are outdated against today's technology.
If the industry REALLY cares about the music consumer it should: a) lower the price of CDs immediately. List prices between $15-$18.98 are completely unrealistic in time when best-selling DVDs are cheaper and kids (primary target audience for music) have more entertainment choices than ever where to spend their disposable income.
If the RIAA and major labels really believe that legislation like this is their salvation, then they REALLY have no clue what's going on out here in the real world outside their expensive offices where they lunch with their expense accounts.
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- Intellectual property avenue
- I think a good way to approach the situation is to treat the CD format in the way that the RIAA and legislators claim it to be: intellectual property. So that when you buy a CD, you're not buying the CD, you're buying intellectual property and, as such, if you get your CD's stolen and have receipts, then the record companies should have to send you replacements at only the cost of the actual CD (<$1) plus shipping. If they are worried about theft, then they need to address ALL theft. If you are going to have spend a great deal of money on a music collection, there should be some guarantee on our side as well.
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- CNET Censorship
- CNET reserves the right to censor any opinion that it doesn't like. My comment to this story went unposted even though it contained no offensive comments. Ironically, it proved the point I was trying to make -- that corporate media wants to control the flow of ideas. CNET is no different. Censorship is the enemy of democracy. CNET practices censorship of ideas, therefore CNET is opposed to democracy and freedom. Post that.
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- What about copiers and scanner?
- Wouldn't this bill also make copier and scanner and fax manufacturers liable?
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- Contact your Senators and Representatives!!!
- Senator ________,
I am a longstanding admirer of yours as well as a voting constituent. I appreciate and support all of the hard work that you do and know that you do your best job to make sound decisions and judgements.
With that said, I must ask that you fight against the Induce Act coming before the Senate. The Induce Act, like the DMCA Act of 2000 are a last-ditch effort by monopolistic media companies to empower themselves and their antiquated business models in an effort to avoid adapting to the Internet age. Their lobbying and congressional support is destructive to further development of the Internet, our society, and the freedoms enumerated in the Constitution.
Somehow in the past decade we have come to think that copyright law dictates the use of technology. On the contrary, copyright law has been molded time and again to fit with the technology of the day! The technologies of today are no more different than the invention of the printing press or other monumental inventions which we now regard with both respect and appreciation.
Passing the Induce Act will retard technology and development for the sake of a few (but powerful) luddites who lack the creativity to adapt to a new world. Furthermore, it shows a pitiful lack of long-term vision by the congressional members involved.
The Induce Act (and the former DMCA) are first and foremost unconstitutional, secondly unenforcable, and finally detrimental to the progress of the last decade.
Contrary to popular belief, the lack of Digital Rights Management and iron-fisted copyright control will not: cause artists to starve, exploit children, or destroy capitalism. Please take the time to read this article: http://craphound.com/msftdrm.txt, and rethink your position on DRM, the DMCA, and the Induce Act.
With all due respect,
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- Contact your Senators and Representatives!!!
- Senator ________,
I am a longstanding admirer of yours as well as a voting constituent. I appreciate and support all of the hard work that you do and know that you do your best job to make sound decisions and judgements.
With that said, I must ask that you fight against the Induce Act coming before the S&T subcommittee next week. The Induce Act, like the DMCA Act of 2000 are a last-ditch effort by monopolistic media companies to empower themselves and their antiquated business models in an effort to avoid adapting to the Internet age. Their lobbying and congressional support is destructive to further development of the Internet, our society, and the freedoms enumerated in the Constitution.
Somehow in the past decade we have come to think that copyright law dictates the use of technology. On the contrary, copyright law has been molded time and again to fit with the technology of the day! The technologies of today are no more different than the invention of the printing press or other monumental inventions which we now regard with both respect and appreciation.
Passing the Induce Act will retard technology and development for the sake of a few (but powerful) luddites who lack the creativity to adapt to a new world. Furthermore, it shows a pitiful lack of long-term vision by the congressional members involved.
The Induce Act (and the former DMCA) are first and foremost unconstitutional, secondly unenforcable, and finally detrimental to the progress of the last decade.
Contrary to popular belief, the lack of Digital Rights Management and iron-fisted copyright control will not: cause artists to starve, exploit children, or reinforce communist sentiments. Please take the time to read this article: http://craphound.com/msftdrm.txt, and rethink your position on DRM, the DMCA, and the Induce Act.
With all due respect,
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- Yes, but
- We can "argue" whether we are infavor or not of "reasonable" copyright protectiion. I can see the case for having a protected market for the creators and distributers to get profits from their product while still balencing that with the rights to build on top of the creation and to inovate ways to distribute content.
In that sense, I think that P2P networks should be leagal, as should guns, but that the operator should be lible if the MAIN use is for illegal copyright violation, as should gun dealers if they are primarly selling to stores that are not selling guns legally.
Thus I will suggest that the law be "re-written" to define "intentionally induces any violation" as providing a resource that is primarelly used for violation...
Does that make sense, assuming that we don't want to go off into Copyright is Good or Bad?
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- Additional Info
- 1) I am Mike Liveright (I did not mean to be unknown) My error.
2) See: The Obsessively Annotated Introduction to the INDUCE Act
http://www.corante.com/importance/archives/004563.html
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- Broad language and broader implications.
- "A Senate Judiciary aide who spoke at length on condition of anonymity said concerns about the bill are misguided. The aide argued that the bill essentially reiterates criminal sanctions that already exist and is far less intrusive than other proposals in the Senate--such as one introduced in March 2002 by Sen. Fritz Hollings, D-S.C.--that sought to regulate technology directly."
Concerns are MISGUIDED? I don't think so. The language of this bill says that if a product can be used to infringe on copyright, then said maker or purveyor of product is guilty of inducing copyright infringement and therefore liable.
No matter how you dress this up, it's still an infringement on trade and freedoms. This bill has too broad a scope and can be used to create a condition where nothing and no one is safe. Next thing you know, the legislators and some bright individual eager to make a quick buck at everyone else's expense will claim copyright infringement by taping or burning a copy of what they hear over the radio. Last time I heard, music played over the radio and available on the air waves was free to use or play or copy or do with what the listener will. Think that will last long? Not on your tintype. This needs to be stopped now.
As a writer, I am very aware of copyright infringement and would sue the first person who tried to make money from my hard work, but this is beyond the pale, folks. Wake up and smell the end of freedom as you know it because this bill is just the first step.
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- Frist, Hatch, RIAA
- Yep....bipartisan alright, Hatch and my fellow Tennesseean Frist, along with the infamous RIAA will certainly make things right. The ink won't be dry before RIAA will be abusing the new power.
If there isn't a big campaign contribution in this,I'll eat my hat. if it is no different than laws already on the books? Why the bother?? A government of the RIAA and Hollywood; by the R&H; and for the R&H. In case you are wondering: I have a music collection (a big music collection)and I sometimes add to it. 99% of it is LP's: vinyl and most of the artists have been dead for over 100 years. I don't download any of the garbage that needs so much "protection." I don't have MP3(and i'm not sure what that is.) I do know corruption when I see it. Maybe it would save us a lot of time and money in the courts by just making it illegal to produce the garbage to entice children to break the law. Then, again, from what I read, just maybe, the new law will do just that.
ed vinson
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- Yet Another Ridiculous Legislative Attempt
- Wow, at the rate we're going, pretty soon you won't be able to breathe or [use the bathroom] without violating some copyright, patent, or law related thereto. It doesn't have to be that way, however. Join the Electronic Frontier Foundation at www.eff.org and do your part to safeguard your digital rights.
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- Whats the point of anything that records then?
- Go figure. Sometimes the US can just go a little bit too far. Isn't everything that communicates to the internet a peer-to-peer in some respect? Web, Ftp, RTSP, VoIP?? Or what about the phone?
a number -to- another number... peer to peer? So, lets us all trash our technology and move back into caves. Oh i forgot, that would be trespassing probably.
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- Movie studios are guilty!!!
- Hey, with the enticing advertisements they create - movie studios are inducing people to violate copyright laws!
And, by transmitting them, television stations are also inducing people to violate copyright laws.
By telling your co-worker how much you loved the movie you just went to see, you're inducing that person to violate copyright laws.
We won't even BEGIN to discuss how Blockbuster not only induces people... they're PROFITTING multi-millions (if not billions) of dollars from it.
Oh yeah... we need this law like we need "Big Brother" in our living rooms and bedrooms.
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- Attack the users not the programs.
- People will always create copys of stuff and distribute it in some form. There will always be some way to do this. Even if its done at an off shore website. There will always be those.
The problem is that P2P is still extremely usefull for lots of legal reasons.
Saying that the fact that P2Ps Induce Infringement of Copyrights. Is like saying banks induce people to rob them. Lets close all the banks. The production of cars induces people to car jack. Owning a store causes a person to shoplift from it. Come on people, where do we draw the line people?
If they want to do everyone a service They need to police these services rather then shutting them down. ASCAP and who everelse that has a problem with the criminal acts needs to hire people to go on these services and nab the peope that are actually hosting copy writen material.
If I put a copy of WindowsXP on the net be it a P2P server, web page, ftp site or whatever then I deserve to be punished. Not the service I use and not the people I tell "uh, yeah this is legal".
Its time to start busting the real criminals out there.
~Jim Hines
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- What other laws could we be breaking?
- This just frustrates me to no end. First they wanted to ban MP3s because it was an easy format to steal music. Now they want to shut down all P2P services because its an easy way to distribute them.
Why stop with P2P lets just shut down the whole internet because it makes it easy to distribute illegal media. Not just music but movies and software as well.
Ive always had one valid question on this subject. If I record something off TV am I breaking the law? I assume I can record and watch something at least once. Isnt that what VCRs and Tivo are for so I can see something I missed while out of the house? If it has comercials I just fast forward through them. Isnt that how its suposed to be paid for. I see a comercial and then go buy the stuff? So if I dont watch the comercials or if dont buy the products advertised... Did I just steal something?
If I record a movie off HBO and watch it several times am I stealing it from a video store or even HBO every time I watch it? I mean I did pay a fee to watch the channel but if I see something repeatedly when its not being shown an I breaking the law? How about pay perview. If I record it and watch it again technically I didnt pay for the extra viewings. I guess really should have just bought it or even rented it every time. Then Id be sure I wasnt doing something wrong.
How about if I rent or buy a video and have a bunch of friends over to watch it... Is that illegal mass distrobution? If they bring snacks and share them with me did I just take payment for showing the movie?
Read the fine print in the disclaimers on a movie sometime.It is illegal to show the movie publicly. What is conciderd public? If I have 30 people over to watch a movie is that conciderd a public showing? All the geeks out there that are having Starwars or Lord of the Rings parties may be breaking the law.
This is important information to know because as they crack down tighter on all of these laws... what once seemed legal may not be anymore.
~Jim Hines
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- Why not ban computers while you're at it?
- Right, so now, VCRs, DVDRs, CDRs and everything else that can be used to make backup copies is illegal? Why not ban computers too? Scanners make it possible to copy copyrighted pictures too. Let's ban them too. After all, if you can make a copy of something, you are inducing piracy. In fact, let's ban paper, too, because I can use it to copy literary works. Let's ban pencils, let's ban pens and paint brushes. Say, let's ban creativity as well. After all, if we create something, we are inducing others to copy it.
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As another week draws to a close, it's time for us to bring you our weekly round up of what's been going on across Pocketful of Dreams and the rest of the blogosphere.
We are full of inspiration at the moment and this has been another bumper week for Pocketful of Dreams, with the blog literally bursting at the seams as in addition to our normal posts, we brought you our Modernistic Event Styling Guide. We had an absolute ball preparing this and hope you like these new Styling Guides designed to help you take one of our inspiration boards and turn it into reality. As ever, all feedback welcome.
Here's a round up of this week on the blog…
- We kicked off the week with our Modernistic inspiration mood board – a bold look for a contemporary wedding
- Venue Guide - whether you live North, South or somewhere in between we brought you our suggestions for venues to complement this modernistic style
- Our first real wedding of the week was intimate and beautiful with a laidback holiday vibe
- Another week, another Chat Time and we had some fantastic discussion and suggestions coming through this week as we chatted about our favourite meals to cook a loved one
- Our Event Styling Guide continued with ideas for origami decor, modern stationery and structural blooms as well as a Shop the Style guide.
- Our bridal Look Book showed you how to dress for maximum impact at your modern wedding
- Having a civil ceremony but craving the formality of a church aisle? Then you need to read our wedding trend alert feature where we showed you how to use natural elements to style your aisle!
- This week's wedding planning advice stirred up a lot of discussion when we asked whether a bride should give a speech on her wedding day.
- A fabulous real wedding in the North Carolina mountains with some great advice about letting go
- We talked to Michelle Hailey, the hugely inspiring UK director at the fabulous twobirds Bridesmaid – you don't want to miss this interview!
- And last but not least, we finished up our Modernistic Styling Guide with a look at high impact food and drink.
As ever, we've been scouring the web for inspired and inspirational content. Here are our favourites from this week:
Image credits: 1. A Cup Of Jo 2. Inspired By This 3. The Glitter Guide 4.Oh Happy Day
- We adore this tour around the home of Angela Margolis, co-founder of LA wedding planners Sterling Social, via Inspired By This
- Simple but beautiful table settings on Design*Sponge
- Ever since our Autumnal Styling Guide, I've been slightly obsessed with brides rocking cardigans over their wedding dresses, so imagine my excitement when I saw this post from A Cup Of Jo
- This post from Oh Happy Day about balloons in a photo booth just can't help but make you smile!
- I love this post on I Spy DIY on how to create a a fabulous looking gem embellished sweatshirt
- Glitter animal masks? Yes please! Brought to you via The Glitter Guide
Have a fantastic weekend whatever you are up to; I am off to my parents for a well-earned rest and no doubt far too much home cooked food!
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Substitutes for bottled unagi sauce?
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Rwanda Governance Board will launch a fund to build the capacity of local government entities in a bid to build the decentralisation process on a solid foundation.
The board will also reinforce gender equality and women participation in decentralised entities after findings established indications of male predominance within local entities.
Its other focus will be on the fiscal decentralisation to delegate more powers from the district to the sector level that already delivers 96 percent of services to the population.
The Director General of the RGB Prof Anastase Shyaka made the remarks on Tuesday during a meeting with Andreas Proskch, the African division director of German Development Cooperation (GIZ).
Shyaka further commended the three-decade partnership between Rwanda and GIZ which has emerged as a key RGB partner in decentralisation and capacity building.
Proskch commended RGB for its achievements in decentralisation and good governance adding that the country had made key strides where other African countries had failed.
Shyaka provided an over view of his institution's agenda to the GIZ official in a bid to enable the German body to come up with plans for more support.
Proskch said he was impressed by RGB's plans to give more power to the sectors and the involvement of the civil society in the process.
"Many African countries try the decentralisation process without being conscious that it requires funds. At the end of the day, they get stuck and just abandon it. For Rwanda, it's a different story because you plan ahead," he said.
Proskch said GIZ will do all its best to continue supporting this process in the country.


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Breaking old rules on food plus wine
Posted: May 15, 2013 at 4:01 a.m.
One of my favorite wine and food pairing quotations is from a book titled London at Table: Or How, When, and Where to Dine and Order a Dinner, and Where to Avoid Dining, published in 1851 at the peak of the Industrial Revolution. This was a time when the word "Victorian" was being used as a self-expression with a new generation of wealthy businessmen and wives looking for status. An ideal strategy to get higher on this ladder was to host lavish, entertaining events at home or regal restaurants. Many families began hiring servants to assist in food preparation and service. And traditional buffet-style dining shifted to stately seated dinners with multiple-course processions. This opulent style of table dining allowed for, and arguably called for, each food course to be served with a different wine.
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Google prevails in long-running book digitization case (Update)
A US judge Thursday threw out a long-running challenge to Google's massive book-scanning project in a decision that could transform copyright law in the digital age.
A US judge Thursday threw out a long-running challenge to Google's massive book-scanning project in a decision that could transform copyright law in the digital age.
A startup whose business model is based on tiny antennas receiving over-the-air television for online viewing by subscribers has put the US broadcast industry on the defensive.
Indicted Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom launched a new file-sharing website that promises users greater privacy and defies the U.S. prosecutors who accuse him of facilitating massive online piracy.
Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc., two Internet companies that have long cultivated relationships in Hollywood, are nevertheless placing ads on sites that feature pirated movies, TV shows and music, a new report says.
A Chinese court has ordered Apple Inc. to pay 1.03 million yuan ($165,000) to eight Chinese writers and two companies who say unlicensed copies of their work were distributed through Apple's online store.
A US appeals court on Thursday revived a billion-dollar lawsuit filed by entertainment giant Viacom accusing Google-owned website YouTube of knowingly profiting from pirated video clips.
Caution is spreading among popular file-sharing services known for letting users circulate pirated Hollywood content.
One of the world's largest file-sharing sites was shut down Thursday, and its founder and several company executives were charged with violating piracy laws, federal prosecutors said.
Internet heavyweights Facebook, Google, Twitter and Yahoo! joined ranks on Tuesday to oppose legislation in the US Congress intended to crack down on online piracy.
A lawyer for Viacom Inc. warned an appeals court panel Tuesday that there will be greater exploitation of copyright material on the Internet if the court lets YouTube get away with a business built on "rampant copyright infringement."
The organization in charge of the Internet's address system is taking over a database widely used by computers and websites to keep track of time zones around the world.
Google and publishers told a US judge Thursday they are close to settling a lawsuit over the Internet giant's controversial book-scanning project.
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Day one: pope hops on a bus and stops to pay his hotel bill
The first few hours of the papacy began in a remarkably down-to-earth way.
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How being a rebel can help us reach the gates of heaven
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Police say they were armed with clubs, but a witness says they were old ladies who only came to pray.
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Jim Rome asks David Stern if draft lottery was fixed, Stern asks Rome if he has stopped beating his wife (Audio)
Most people feel as though asking NBA commissioner David Stern if the Draft Lottery was fixed is a fair question. The Hornets did not have the odds in their favor before their ping-pong ball was selected, and conspiracy theorists feel as though it is not coincidence that New Orleans won the top pick and happens to be the only team owned by the league. When Stern made an appearance on the Jim Rome Show on Wednesday, Rome had no choice but to ask him the obvious question on everyone's minds — including various league executives. Stern sounds like he is fed up with talking about it.
"I have two answers for that," Stern said. "I'll give you the easy one: No, and shame on you for asking."
Rome then said he understood why Stern would say that to him but that it is his job to ask because people are wondering. Whether you like Rome or not, he's right. Stern disagrees.
"Have you stopped beating you wife yet?" Stern then asked Rome, prompting Rome to tell him that's not fair to say because people truly do believe the Lottery was fixed. "They think it because people like you ask silly questions. I expect it to be written about."
Stern didn't actually mean Rome beats his wife, he was just trying to express that he felt it was a loaded question. He said the same issues would be discussed if the pick went to the Bobcats because he's friends with Michael Jordan or Brooklyn because they're the league's new team. However, cynics have argued that the NBA used the top pick as a selling point for the Hornets. As in, "This is a great investment because you now have a phenomenal young talent to start with."
Typically I don't care for Rome because he's willing to engage in nonsense like this, but he would not have been doing his job if he didn't ask about the Draft Lottery. The speculation is out there, and it's his job to ask his guests the questions listeners want to hear. Whether it was rigged or not, Stern's defensiveness makes him sound more guilty.
Thanks to Faux John Madden for sharing the audio with us.
I think Stern was out of line with his question.
David Stern is the definition of an A**hole! Not that Rome is the greatest but anyone that gives that A hole a bad time is allright in my book!
Rome was a complete gentleman with his questions and comments..on the other hamd Stern was a homo-boobin with his responds and comments. NBA needs to consider a new commisioner.
Understanding that NBA wishes for new "younger" teams to gain interest and $$ from a new crowd, but, please, when it is obivious with slam down of Chris Paul to be traded to the Lakers and the manipulation of calls from the ref's; hum is the Sterness a dictator???
I think Stern is a jerk. He represents the owners of NBA teams who have no respect for their customers. They are seen as sources of revenue only. Except when it is time to force a city into revenue enhancements by building new areana's, in which case they are seen as source of funding.... Oh yeah, so the owners don't cut into their profits....or have to use their money to make money
Rome is a certified idiot!
spoken like a master
great insight.....not!!
Not great insight, not!!!
Jim Rome sucks. Never saw anybody get so bent out of shape or so jazzed over statistics... abstract numbers that have no relevance to his life whatsoever.
Ohhh, it's his favorite player... LoLzZz and is he also emotionally involved in how much money his favorite movie makes...? Who cares?
Grow up
I used to like Rome. Then he never evolved in his radio show. It's clones, clones, clones. And when he hates your team, for geti it. Dropped him a listenere a long time ago. ZERO objectivity.
more of me and less of you
are you suggesting that you weigh more than a man...?
Why would anyone hate a sports team...? It makes no sense to attach negative emotions to groups of people who are complete strangers to you, and who, in reality don't represent anything but themselves as businessmen.
It's only entertainment.
ubermann POS..... is categorically pathetic.
What a disgrace to humanity, if he had a sports team, it would be called the Popinjays : P
The Stern remarks will do nothing to make this go away, in fact he's added fuel to the conspiracy theorist bonfire.
Don't get your emotions too attached to it jim, don't get all worked up now, count to 10, take a deep breath, control yourself, you're a grown man Jim, it's o.k. really .... it's not your business anyways.
i dont think the author understood that Stern was referencing the question that Rome brilliantly worded asking Jason Kidd if he had stopped beating his wife. He was pointing out that rome has a flair for the sensational.
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Chris Harrison's Bachelor Pad 3 Premiere Blog: Michael Stagliano is Completely Controlling the Game
Oh, to breathe the rarefied air of the Bachelor alumni!
Even Chris Harrison got a good chuckle out of the snobbish class warfare on the Bachelor Pad Season 3 premiere. The recycled contestants turned down their noses at the "Super Fans" who were just (cringe!) regular human beings without reality TV experience. (Except for the Jersey Shore twins, who were dismissed by alum as too "immature" even for Bachelor Pad — and that's really saying something.)
The Rosemaster says we should expect "a wild ride" this season — and let's hope he wasn't hinting to more binge-drinking by Drunkmaster Ed Swiderski. Here are more highlights from Chris H.'s blog on the BP3 premiere:
There were several interesting stories coming in, but one I particularly wondered about was why Michael decided to come back. Being the defending champ, he knew he had a target on his back, so I was looking forward to seeing how he would survive. So far, he's right back where he left off, completely controlling the game.
Herding drunk, half-naked children:
Trying to talk to everybody and explain the rules was like trying to keep the attention of a bunch of children. Actually, to be more specific, it was like trying to keep the attention of a bunch of loud, drunk, half-naked children. Ed was a complete and utter wreck by this point in the night. I didn't know whether to laugh or go drown him in the pool. Somehow Ed and the others survived the first night and made it to the first competition.
With everything so different this season, the competitions are going to be huge. The fact that Dave and the twins won completely changed the dynamic in the house. Well, that is, until Dave made the incredibly stupid mistake of opening his mouth and telling everyone his master plan. The fans could have easily and quietly taken control of the game if Dave hadn't declared war on the alumni.
Blakeley Jones goes Stage 5 Clinger on Chris Bukowski:
The dynamic between Chris and Blakeley is interesting, and by "interesting" I mean "a little scary." Blakeley got a little possessive over her partner, and I think that really drove him away. As you saw this won't be the end of Chris playing musical partners.
Erica Rose and some of the others really made me laugh when they would talk about the fans as if they were third-class citizens who barely deserved to live, much less breathe the same air as the alums. Erica asked a good question to Dave and the fans: 'Who are you?' Well, Erica, these are the wonderful people who have kept our show on the air for over a decade. These are the same people who have given you and everyone else in Bachelor Pad the gift of being there. So maybe instead of a pompous rant, a simple thank you and a hug would suffice.
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Here is your ACC Recap for May 2nd.
Florida State 10 Virginia Tech 4
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida State (32-12, 17-7 ACC) broke open a one-run ball game with four home runs in the fourth and fifth innings combined to take down Virginia Tech (27-19, 10-15 ACC) 10-4 Saturday evening on Mike Martin Field inside Dick Howser Stadium. Seven different Seminoles registered an RBI in game two as the Garnet and Gold extended their win streak to a season-best 11 games with the win over the Hokies. Continue reading ACC Recap for May 2nd


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TOTAL TIME: 25 minutes total time
1. Preheat a gas or charcoal grill to medium, or the oven to 450° F.
2. Toss together the grapes, rosemary, and 1 tablespoon of the olive oil; set aside.
3. Divide the dough into thirds and stretch each portion into a 10-inch circle.
4. Place the rounds on the grill or in the oven until cooked through, about 6 minutes, flipping each halfway through if using a grill.
5. Distribute the grapes, spoonfuls of the goat cheese, and the remaining olive oil on the pizzas.
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Nazareth teacher Shawn Salevsky pleads guilty to sex abuse charges
Published: Nov 01 2013 11:55:40 AM EDT Updated On: Nov 01 2013 07:21:53 PM EDT
A Northampton County teacher accused of sexually abusing a student at school has admitted to the crime.
Nazareth Middle School drama teacher Shawn Salevsky pleaded guilty Friday in Northampton County court to charges of statutory sexual assault, indecent assault and corruption of minors.
According to police, 39-year-old Salevsky of Macungie, Lehigh Co., inappropriately touched a student several times over more than two years.
Investigators said the incidents happened at the school between January of 2011 and March of 2013.
Salevsky will be evaluated to determine if he's a sexually violent predator prior to sentencing.
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Burton's Star Wars Snowboards Edition
Burton's Star Wars Snowboards Edition
Burton has teamed up with Star Wars to release a Star Wars line of snowboards with sweet character graphics and comps. Unfortunately, adults will have to wait for this line, but kids can shred with the aid of The Force on the Boys Chopper series boards.
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