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Huntsman Graduate, Jordan Phillips, Gets Education at USU and Iraq
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Before attending Utah State University, recent Huntsman graduate Jordan Phillips gained a less formal education — one that involved Howitzer guns, a journey to Iraq, and proved to be every bit as valuable as his business administration degree.
For the last 10 years, Jordan has served in the Army National Guard. His decision to enlist in the military was one that was made at a young age, shortly after high school graduation.
Jordan Phillips wanted to "give back" by joining the military.
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"It was a good way to pay for college," Jordan said, "but more importantly, I felt that I had been blessed with a lot and wanted to give back."
Not long after he enlisted, during his time in basic training, Jordan was notified that his unit would shortly be mobilized to Iraq. Five months later, after the completion of his training, Jordan found himself in a different country during the height of the Iraq war.
Jordan said that his mission in Iraq involved many convoys and route clearances because one of the biggest problems at that time was roadside bombs.
"It was unconventional warfare," he said. "There was a lot going on and I was just a young kid, but it helped me grow up a lot and it was eye opening."
Jordan said his experience taught him how to adapt and overcome obstacles.
"At a young age, learning that (lesson) kind of helped me in the future with school too," he said. "When you feel like you're overwhelmed with assignments, ultimately if you just push through it, you're ok, but if you think about giving up it's just going to get you in trouble."
Jordan Phillips poses with a young Iraqi girl during his first deployment to Iraq.
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Jordan's deployment lasted a year and a half after which time he worked at a car dealership for two years and then decided to attend Utah State in fall 2008.
Two years after that, in August 2010, Jordan postponed his schooling as he was sent to Iraq a second time.
During his second deployment, Jordan served as a leader within his unit over a team of seven other men. His mission this time was
to work alongside Special Forces in helping with things like training Iraqi Security Forces, and targeting and pursuing high value insurgents. His service lasted one year, after which he returned and finished school. Though it took him a little longer than usual to earn his degree, Jordan said that the experiences he had in Iraq are invaluable to him.
"My experiences in the military helped me be a better student and my education at USU helped me become a better soldier," he said.
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Posted 05 February 2012 - 12:41 PM
I've had this nagging idea in my head for the past few months that won't go away...so I finally thought I would share it and see if folks out there think it would be something of value to us as a commercial mapping community.
One of my favorite things about the NACIS conferences is learning new things from others "in the business," as well as hearing what other folks are up to, what challenges they are currently facing, what cool OS/online tools or ??? they are using to make their jobs easier, etc.
We don't get nearly enough "commercial cartography" content at those conferences IMHO (even with PCD) ...particularly content that isn't dominated by GIS (not sure how/when commercial cartography meant starting from GIS data sets 98% of the time, but I'll leave that for other discussions). At any rate, with that in mind, I was wondering if we might occasionally schedule discussions on GoToMeeting on different topics, with different presenters (or ideally even guest presenters who aren't commercial cartographers).
Nothing crazy! Maybe once a quarter to start...with us maybe bumping that up to around once every 4-6 weeks if it seems to be valuable/popular. But a chance for those of us in the business to get together virtually as a group, share ideas and information, etc.
I have a GoToMeeting account that I use for our business, which I would be happy to "donate" to the cause. Only one major problem: I have the basic version of the tool, which only allows up to 16 participants. There are versions of the tool that would allow up to 99 participants, but that's been $500 more than I've wanted/needed to commit from our budget. But if anyone else out there has the "bigger" version of GTM (GoToWebinar), or if we started out with no more than 15-16 participants, it might be kind of interesting.
What say ye?
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Posted 05 February 2012 - 06:28 PM
So basically you're looking to set up a virtual, mini-conference? Hmmmm . . . sounds like an interesting idea.
Hi Rudy!
Not a "mini-conference," per se. More of a chance for several of us who live hundreds/thousands of miles apart to periodically talk-shop as a group, have a little "show and tell" if people are new and/or folks aren't as familiar with them or the services they provide, update us on new things they might be up to, offer tips and a few tricks, etc. Maybe more of a mini, virtual "Practical Cartography Day?" They could even be recorded for people who couldn't participate to watch them later too.
Just a thought. If people think it's not a good idea, that's cool too! Just wanted to throw it out there and see if it sticks to any walls.
Posted 06 February 2012 - 02:37 AM
Time zones might cause some trouble though...
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Posted 06 February 2012 - 02:55 AM
A "user group meeting/pub night" is closer to what I had in mind too. As much friends, colleagues and associates shooting the bull about the mapping business while out at a restaurant or enjoying a tasty rum or two as it would be professionals trying to impress one another. I would hope to keep it on-task and focused on mapping-related topics! But it's just an idea. We'd all have a hand in figuring out how to make it happen.
It would be like Google Hangouts too. The only thought I had is that not a lot of people seem to be using that resource as of yet. That, and the fact that it might be nice to record sessions once in a while too (though Google Hangouts looks like it will do that in future releases/iterations). Google Hangouts only seems to allow for 10 participants in a Hangout at the moment too. Less than the 16 I have with my basic GTM account and FAR less than the 99 participants allowed in GoToWebinar.
GoToMeeting would also let us change Presenters (who can share their screens with the group) in a matter of seconds. One minute, Nat is showing us a project he's currently working on. The next minute, Dennis is running a 2012 NACIS workshop idea past us. A few minutes later, Hans is sharing some cool news about Avenza. Etc.
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Posted 06 February 2012 - 02:42 PM
I certainly like the idea. I'm a little vague on GoToMeeting, though. Would we be typing, or talking via webcam?
It's usually done as a computer based phone conference thing. You call in to a central number and enter a log-in code for that meeting which launches a desktop meeting app. You can also view other members desktops or share directly from yours (controlled by the mod). Not sure if it can be set up to use the computer mic & speakers, I always had to use my phone. With a lot of people on the line it can be hard to tell who is talking (even with the speakers name highlighted in the app). It works pretty well. I'll be interested to see how this goes, could be pretty cool.
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Posted 06 February 2012 - 06:22 PM
I think it's a very interesting idea, might be worth pitching to NACIS. Timezones could be a hassle for us Europeans (then again, when it's evening over here, it's morning in the US), but if you record the meetings they can always be viewed later.
Hey Hans! If I'm participating, it could actually be EASIER for me to talk with people in Europe, the Middle East, and/or Asia than talking with people here in North America...since I'm essentially on "Honolulu time" most of the time anyway (up at the crack of 10am GMT -6, working until ~2am GMT -6 most nights). I'm a night-owl by nature, and I try and work at times where I can catch the largest number of current/prospective clients in their "9 to 5" as I possibly can. 9 to 5 here in Minnesota doesn't work, at all...when we need to do sales presentations or conference calls over in Dubai, Saudi Arabia, etc.
With that in mind, what's to stop us from doing smaller meetings/chats at multiple times...making them be time zone friendly to individuals around the planet? Folks in the EU or ??? could do something in their 9-5 that a few of us Americans could join if we're in the office, and vice versa. No need to make this Continent-centric...(U-S-A #1! Okay, okay...Canada too...hehe)
Posted 06 February 2012 - 06:29 PM
I certainly like the idea. I'm a little vague on GoToMeeting, though. Would we be typing, or talking via webcam?
It's usually done as a computer based phone conference thing. You call in to a central number and enter a log-in code for that meeting which launches a desktop meeting app. You can also view other members desktops or share directly from yours (controlled by the mod). Not sure if it can be set up to use the computer mic & speakers, I always had to use my phone. With a lot of people on the line it can be hard to tell who is talking (even with the speakers name highlighted in the app). It works pretty well. I'll be interested to see how this goes, could be pretty cool.
Yep...it's the sharing of desktops (seeing whatever the presenter/moderator want us to see on their own computers, and the ability for us to re-assign presenter status to any/all attendees throughout the duration of the meeting) that makes it such a powerful resource. In my opinion. Or, if individuals are feeling brave, it's even a chance to remotely offer a little tech support as well...as you can give others access to your mouse/keyboard if you want to.
Say that I'm having trouble with a particular feature of Avenza. I could schedule a GoToMeeting with Hans, then let him drive *MY* computer...with us talking and me watching him work through the problem on my behalf. The possibilities extend far beyond any general sales work, and I'm having fun trying to get myself up to speed as quickly as I can.
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CANTON The town Planning Board will have public hearings at 7 p.m. Tuesday on an expansion for Parkway Properties on County Route 25 and on a special permit for a slaughterhouse on Howardville Road.
The work at Parkway will be for construction of a $500,000, 7,500-square-foot automotive sales and service center at 1655 County Route 25, the Hollis Brown property. Mr. Brown was the original owner of the auto dealership.
The building will essentially go where the house is, Code Enforcement Officer Russell B. Rusty Lawrence IV said.
The building on the 14-acre site will allow Parkway to separate its GM and Dodge dealerships to better meet a corporate model for separate identities.
A Parkway spokesman did not return a call for comment.
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The Hollis Brown lot is in a rural zone that could not be attached to the commercial business without a variance. The dealership was able to prove to the ZBA that the hardship necessitating the variance was not of its own making, town Planning Board Chairman Michael K. Morgan said.
The Planning Board will look at the siting of the building, lights, snow removal and other aspects of the plan, he said.
The Planning Board also will consider a special permit for Joseph Briggs to operate a slaughterhouse at 251 Howardville Road.
A special permit would bring Mr. Briggs, who already is operating a business, into compliance with the towns regulations.
Mr. Briggs could not be reached for comment, but Mr. Morgan said the animals are dispatched elsewhere such as the farm where they were raised and the carcasses then are brought to Howardville Road for butchering.
He says he wants to stay a one-person shop, Mr. Morgan said.
The town recently changed its regulations on slaughterhouses, allowing them in rural zones in addition to commercial zones.
There have been recent inquiries by several people about starting other slaughterhouses because of the interest in locally raised produce.
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PAWTUCKET — Though hailed as a centerpiece of the future Slater Mill National Park that local and state tourism officials are hoping becomes a reality, the Blackstone Valley Visitors Center at 175 Main St. has been struggling to pay its bills and its quasi-public owners are planning to put it up for sale.
City Planning Director Barney Heath confirmed that the Pawtucket Redevelopment Agency (PRA), which owns the three-story brick building located across from historic Slater Mill, recently voted to list the building for sale. He said the PRA recently sent letters notifying Mayor Donald Grebien and the City Council of its intent, and the next step would be to contact a real estate agent.
City records show that the PRA purchased the 55,863-square foot building in 1992 for $625,000 from Rhode Island Broadway Properties, Inc. Built in 1969, it housed the former Peerless department store for many years. According to the Tax Assessor's Office, the building is valued at $4.8 million, according to the 2012 revaluation.
Heath said that the PRA has the ability to buy and sell property under state statute. Any money from the sale of the building would be returned to the PRA's budget. He said he was not sure of the amount of money that the PRA still owes on the building.
Currently, the first floor of the building contains an art gallery and store operated by the Slater Mill Museum, a small theater, the office of the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council, the BVTC's information desk, the law office of Jack Garan, and the Peace Love Studios. The second floor is currently empty and the third floor serves as headquarters for the city's Planning Department.
Over the past year or so, the building lost two key tenants, a NetWORKri and an extension of Salve Regina University. Since last September, PRA officials have been trying to find new tenants for some of the remaining 24,000 square feet of available space. The building was granted a temporary tax break last year from the city.
In his letter to the mayor, PRA Chairman Roger A. Lemoie wrote that while there has been occasional interest in the space from potential tenants, the agency has received no offers of any substance. He stated that while the PRA "remains confident that tenants can be found," it has an existing financial repayment obligation that must be met. He added that the PRA's available cash resources "will only carry us through the first part of 2014."
Accordingly, Lemoie told the mayor, the PRA voted at its last meeting "to expand its current real estate offering for the property to include sale offers in addition to the lease possibilities." He assured the mayor that the agency would "continue to move forward in a deliberate and transparent manner and to act in the most fiscally responsible way for the city's financial future."
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"We know that a lot of people have put a lot of time and resources into the Visitors' Center," said Heath. He added that if there is an opportunity to keep the Visitors Center in the building as a tenant and find other tenants, the preference would be to lease rather than sell the building outright.
In his response to Lemoie, Mayor Donald Grebien said he appreciated the "responsible and pro-active approach the PRA is taking toward its fiduciary responsibility for this important city property and its current fiscal challenges." However, he said that beyond the "bottom line" considerations, he wished to emphasize the importance of the building as a visitor center, particularly with the prospect of Slater Mill becoming part of the National Park system. He also noted the related community activities that are held in the building's theater.
As such, the mayor urged that the PRA, in the event of a property transfer, "strongly consider all viable options which would preserve and retain the Visitor Center functions."
The building, dedicated in 1999 to Pawtucket attorney Benjamin C. Chester, occupies a prime downtown location at the busy corner of Main Street and Roosevelt Avenue. It will join several other large buildings advertising space for lease in the same area, including 200 Main Street and the Blais Cunningham and Crowe Chester building at 150 Main St.


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2012 Domaine Faiveley Mazis-Chambertin Grand Cru
Review Date: 03-11-2015
A bit of a wild beast, with exuberant and ripe fruit, and an explosive presence on the palate. An infant, certain to resist being stuffed in a bottle, but what a ride this will be ...
Price: $289.95
2012 Olivier Leflaive St-Aubin 1er Cru "Charmois"
Review Date: 03-03-2015
In Burgundy, it is all about terroir, a sense of place. What this means is that it is location, location, location. And here we have it. Charmois sits right on the border with Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Chaumees. But wine from the other side of the invisible dotted line will cost you about 50% more money. So if you are looking for a bargain, you will see why we got the U.S. exclusive for this wine from Olivier Leflaive. Bright and crisp, with focused minerality and length, this is a terrific accompaniment for some grilled shrimp. The 15% of new oak gives a gentle toastiness to this wine, without dominating the flavors.
Price: $39.99
2012 Joseph Faiveley Bouzeron Aligoté
Review Date: 02-24-2015
Bouzeron is a special place. Thanks to Aubert de Villaine, proprietor of the world famous Domaine de la Romanee Conti, it is an all-Aligote appellation. These vines are leased by Faiveley from de Villaine, and produce a wine that is bright and crisp, with a fascinating nuttiness. Delightful!
Price: $19.99
2012 Domaine Faiveley Mercurey "Villeranges"
Review Date: 02-24-2015
On the border between Rully and Mercurey in the Cote Chalonnaise, Domaine Faiveley sources their "Les Villeranges" from an east-facing vineyard planted in clay-limestone soils. The vines were planted between 1965 and 1982 and Faiveley only produces 200 cases of this cuvee annually. This has darker and denser fruit than the 2011, but retains the supple entry and lovely red and black fruit notes on the palate
Top Value!
Price: $24.99
2012 Domaine Faiveley Corton-Clos des Cortons Faiveley Grand Cru (Monopole)
Review Date: 02-24-2015
This wine has become one of the flagships of the Faiveley portfolio the last few years. Singing with dark red fruit and boasting a truly impressive concentration, this is a wine to cellar, and to give time to mature. If you do, you will have an impressively balanced, truly Grand Cru experience. If you cannot wait, decant it for an hour or more to enjoy the opulent focused character of this wine.
Price: $229.95
The Durand Corkscrew for Removal of Old Corks with Confidence
Review Date: 02-16-2015
I thought I did not need a single additional wine gadget, but this one took me by surprise. It is the single best invention I have ever seen for opening old bottles of wine with long and fragile corks! It is a combination of an Ah-So style opener and a worm. Between them they reliably work together to grab the cork, and remove it intact. It is handmade in the U.S., from a design by Mark Taylor, and named to honor sommelier Yves Durand. It is not cheap. But if you are opening a priceless old bottle, it is well worth it to have an intact cork come out of that cherished wine bottle. I have one personally, and swear by it for old Bordeaux, Burgundy or California wines! Nothing is perfect, and no one bats 1000, but this device comes as close as I have encountered. There is a reason we have sold 100s of these, even at this price. If you open priceless old bottles, you can hardly afford to be without it.
Price: $124.99
Louis Bouillot Cremant de Bourgogne "Perle d'Aurore" Brut Rosé
Review Date: 02-16-2015
This delightful sparkling rosé wine comes from Burgundy. It is made of 80% Pinot Noir and 20% Gamay Noir. The charming eye of the swan color comes from the addition of Pinot Noir to the wine when the lees are disgorged, following the traditional fermentation in the individual bottle, in the Champagne method. On the palate it is very rich and fruity but just off-dry on the finish. The mousse is explosive, with a very creamy palate impression. It shows just a hint of the earthiness of a Pinot Noir from Burgundy. This charming rosé, has been a perennial best-seller for K&L, and if you taste it, you will see why.
Price: $14.99
2008 Louise Brison Vintage Brut Champagne
Review Date: 02-06-2015
A fantastic reflection of this, one of my favorite vintages in Champagne. It is 50% barrel fermented Chardonnay and 50% Pinot Noir fermented in tank. When combined with the long, cool growing season in 2008, the result is a Champagne that initially impresses you as a Blanc de Blancs due to its laser-like precision and high acidity. But then, on the mid-to-back palate it subtly reveals the richness and red fruit notes of the Pinot Noir. Delicious for drinking now, with all the material you could ask for long-term aging.
Price: $29.99
Louise Brison "L'Impertinente" Brut Rosé Champagne
Review Date: 02-06-2015
This has a beautiful light hue. It was done by the maceration of the Pinot Noir grapes, which is always tricky. The color is a beautiful light-pink hue, clear and sparkling in hue. It presents the same way on the palate, with a lifted character and a lovely strawberry note. I would have to say that seems highly pertinent for spring and summer drinking, but the winery charmingly calls it "L'Impertinente". Try a bottle and perhaps you, too will be feeling a touch impertinent.
Top Value!
Price: $39.99
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2010 Pyramid Valley Vineyards "Calvert" Pinot Noir Central Otago
Review Date: 02-04-2015
Lovely, concentrated, most elegant in character. This was a vintage where there were a lot of shot bunches (the Burgundians call it millerandage, the Americans Hen and Chicks). the result is a concentrated, focused and most delightful Pinot that could hold its head high in any quarters.
Price: $39.99
2012 Yangarra Estate "Old Vine" Grenache McLaren Vale
Review Date: 02-04-2015
Planted in 1946, so the vigor is low. Soils are a mixture of sandstone and decomposed sandstone (sand). Big, spicy and expressive on the palate, this nonetheless retains delicacy and focus, once you get past the rather steely structure. Decant this to drink now or wait some years.
Price: $22.99
2012 Domaine Cyrot-Buthiau Santenay 1er Cru "Clos Rousseau "
Review Date: 02-03-2015
A lovely ripe nose is followed by dark red fruits and a bit of earthiness. This lovely Santenay comes form the border with Maranges and shares that regions rich fruit character. The wine has very gentle tannins and a darker color due to the fermentation technique called delestage. A ripe, concentrated and lovely wine at a most reasonable tariff. Try a Premier Cru Burgundy from the original home of Pinot, for less than many Oregon Pinot Noirs, thanks to K&L's Direct Import program. 2/2015
Top Value!
Price: $32.99
2012 Domaine Delarche Aloxe-Corton
Review Date: 01-29-2015
As is often the case, there is a bright core of acidity here in the Aloxe, and more prominent red fruit notes. The tannin structure is very fine, and the finish persistent. Thi sis an elegant wine which will benefit from some time in the cellar. The color is deep and limpid, and athe lovely cherry fruit is most charming. (03/2014)
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2005 Valandraud, St-Emilion
Review Date: 11-09-2014
If you like your Bordeaux old-fashioned, earthy and not too powerful, this is NOT for you. But, if you love modern, rich, full-throttle Bordeaux, where they manage to find the balance of new oak, fruit and density, this IS for you. A dark and inky hue shows just a touch of ruby around the edge as the wine reaches almost ten years of age. This big, ripe, fleshy, almost burly wine shows toasty oak in the back palate and the material needed for hedonism today or a long nap in your cellar. A cult wine like this at 1/2 price, with bottle age already on it--what's not to like?
Drink from 2014 to 2014
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Fleury Blanc de Noirs Brut Champagne
Review Date: 08-06-2014
Very rich, very concentrated in style. Lovely champagne from a biodynamic grower. Just flat-out excellent and an amazing value.
Top Value!
Price: $39.99
Bruno Michel Premier Cru Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
Review Date: 08-06-2014
From a single vineyard, with old selectoin massale vines (not commercial clones), planted a half-century ago. 1/2 has been through ML, half has not. It comes from a vineyard high on the hill, almost on the border with Epernay, so it is a cooler, more mineral rich enviforment. The vineayrd is a 1er Cru one, called Les Brousses. This has a modest 8g/liter of dosage, but such great drive and minerality it shows as a most amazing champagne. This is a Don't Miss! for me.
Price: $44.99
2011 Tamarack Columbia Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
Review Date: 07-31-2014
This may be the least expensive Cab in our stock that will age beautifully for a decade or more, It's solid, well-made, masculine and has a nice acidity to keep it fresh on the palate. Decant and drink now or age for 5-15 years. Just do not miss it entirely and regret it later.
Top Value!
Price: $29.99
2013 TWR (Te Whare Ra) Pinot Noir Marlborough
Review Date: 07-11-2014
This organically and biodynamically-grown Pinot Noir shows a bit more flesh than past vintages, as it comes from two vineyards. One has gravelly soil, the other is a steep slope with more clay. The result is a Pinot of both finesse and power, at a very reasonable price for the quality. Bravo!
Price: $26.99
2004 Pierre Paillard Grand Cru Brut Vintage Champagne
Review Date: 03-21-2014
This is champagne that should sell for $100+. It is made entirely from Grand Cru fruit, averaging more than 45 years of vine age. It is all from Bouzy, a village known for its Pinot Noir, with south-facing vineyards (which is important in this high latitude). The nose promises red fruit and hints of brioche. It is rich and complex on the palate. But what really excites me is the acidity--2004 is a cooler vintage, with great promise for aging. If you are in Bouzy, this means that you have the ripeness and richness, but also have the focus, drive and energy that makes this truly exciting.
Top Value!
Price: $75.99
2000 Krug Brut Champagne
Review Date: 02-07-2014
This has a most attractive bouquet, with notes of pear, rose hips and seashells. On the palate it walks a beautiful line between richness and tension. Plenty of focus and acidity, but also lots of mid-palate weight. this is subtle champagne and beautifully balanced. And the finish, well that is truly something. It fans out on your palate and lingers for a long time. Bravo!
Price: $229.00
Lot 40 Single Pot Still Canadian Rye Whisky 750ml
Review Date: 01-15-2014
This is one of the best Ryes I have tasted in years. It starts with a slightly fruity nose, then moves to a note like a sourdough rye bread I used to bake. On the palate it is subtle and balanced, with a note of candied Kumquats on the finish. The only experience like it I have had was when tasting a bottle of Prohibition Canadian Rye Whisky I found in a secret cupboard at my Grandfather's house in San Francisco in the mid 1970's, with the notation on the bottle that it could be dispensed only for medicinal purposes. The combination of malted rye and rye yields a focused, delicious dram. Miss this and you will be sorry.
Price: $54.99
1999 Thienot "Cuvée Alain Thiénot" Brut Champagne
Review Date: 11-06-2013
This is a study in long aging on the lees, and the complexity that results. It as that calssic, yeasty nose, but on the palate it is complex and balnced, showing the ripenss of the vintage, but avoiding that clumsiness I sometimes found in 2005s (back when others were still bottling them). It is a real choice for me whether to go with age and power here, or elegance and delicacy with the 2006 Garance. Perhaps both, just with different courses?
Price: $99.00
Thienot Brut Rosé Champagne
Review Date: 11-06-2013
This champagne is that color that is often called "Oeil de Perdrix", or Eye of the Partridge. But Garance Thienot winced, and said "I prefer Salmon". By either name, it is a beautiful light color, not bright pink, but subtle and lovely, implying the champagne will be as soft and delicate as it actually is. Delightful cherry and strawberry notes, lovely chalky minerality and a long finish. What a find!
Price: $54.99
2002 Piper-Heidsieck "Cuvée Rare" Brut Champagne
Review Date: 09-25-2013
Classic Piper Heidsieck, with a pronounced yeasty quality, and rich mouthfeel. If you want to avoid the current fashion for ever so bone dry Brut champagne, and are looking for a rich, traditional champagne, this is a fabulous place to find it.
Price: $149.00
Franck Bonville "Belles Voyes" Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
Review Date: 08-02-2013
Based on the 2004 vintage, this is a terrifically rich and very lovely champagne, made from old vines, planted in the 1920s, long before commercial clones were available. The reulting concentration and depth is a reward that exceeds many champagnes costing well over $100.
Price: $69.99
Charles Heidsieck "Brut Reserve" Champagne
Review Date: 11-16-2012
This is one of those occasions when you have to raise a toast to the champagne house. While the old Charles Heidseck was a solid bubbly, this is a huge step up. And the price increase is justifed by the increase in aged stocks and the higher quality overall. Delicious, rich and concentrated, with a fine mousse. Here's a toast to Champagne Charlie!
Price: $49.99
Pierre Ferrand 1840 Formula 90 proof Cognac 750ml
Review Date: 09-19-2012
A favorite for mixing cocktails, made in a slightly old-fashoined style with a higher proof.
Price: $39.99
Quartz Reef "Methode Traditionelle" Sparkling Wine Brut Central Otago
Review Date: 02-26-2010
This terrific Methode Champenoise sparkling wine from Central Otago is made from 62% Pinot Noir and the rest Chardonnay. It has fine bubbles and is as close to Champagne as you will find, for about hlf the price. I drink it at home!
Top Value!
Price: $24.99
Bruno Michel "Blanche" Brut Champagne
Review Date: 02-26-2010
Balanced and elegant style. If you are looking for a delightful champagne that is so perfectly balanced that a bottle disappears in an instant, look no further.
Price: $34.99


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While information has been scarce so far, Fort Drum could learn late this month or next if it might expand or face cutbacks as a result of Army restructuring, the executive director of the Fort Drum Regional Liaison Organization said Monday.
Carl A. McLaughlin indicated that timetable based on discussions he has had with legislators and representatives of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomos office. Mr. McLaughlin spoke at a quarterly business breakfast hosted by the Northern New York-Fort Drum chapter of the Association of the United States Army at the Hilton Garden Inn, 1290 Arsenal St.
This economy is built on serving eighteen to ninteen thousand soldiers and could sustain more, he told the gathering.
He estimated the current number of soldiers now here at 17,700, with a couple of thousand deployed.
The Army, which has to cut about 80,000 soldiers by the end of fiscal year 2017, is considering reductions and increases in troop strength at installations nationwide. At Fort Drum, the Army studied the impact of one option that would cut 8,000 soldiers and another that would add 3,000.
Command Sgt. Maj. Mark H. Oldroyd, the posts garrison senior enlisted adviser, spoke about the Armys Ready and Resilient Campaign. The program aims to improve the physical and mental health of soldiers and their families through connecting existing resources.
Sgt. Maj. Oldroyd said the post has improved its sponsorship of soldiers when they arrive, increased the number of activities to boost morale and provided resources such as counseling and hiring events to help soldiers plan their transition from the Army.
What we try and do is encourage them to understand what their next pursuit in life might fall into, whether thats higher education, business ownership or getting a job, Sgt. Maj. Oldroyd said.
Sgt. Maj. Oldroyd filled in for 10th Mountain Division Command Sgt. Maj. Rick Merritt, who is in Afghanistan with post commander Maj. Gen. Stephen J. Townsend. Pictures on the divisions Facebook page posted Monday showed the two and other division leaders in country in advance of the deployment of its 4th Brigade Combat Team, from Fort Polk, La.
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