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Bardessono Knight's Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
Let's spend a minute on Bardessono, if you haven't been a wine club member for a year or so, this is certainly a new name. The pedigree is pretty clear, Bardessono is one of the larger vineyards in Yountville, which if you aren't familiar, is the home to more Michelin starred restaurants per capita than any other city in the world. It's a walkable destination in Napa Valley, where one can have breakfast at Bouchon bakery, lunch at Ad Hoc and dinner, if one is lucky enough to fall into a reservation at Thomas Keller's French Laundry. Bardessono sells grapes to a few folks interested in what is a relatively unheard of Napa AVA designation: Yountville and they make about 200 cases of their own.
This wine is the result of a 3rd generation farmer, thinking that maybe, instead of focusing on the property itself, he's try his hand as more of a winemaker. Then he decided to fully devote himself to the high end eco friendly 55 room inn on the property-so it ends up in your shipment instead of a wine list around the country.
About 2 barrels, 55 cases of this wine were made.
Tom Bardessono won't tell us where in the Knight's Valley this wine came from.
Let's go back to Tom. 3rd generation farmer. Trained winemaker. Assistant winemaker at Miner Family Wines by day-home winemaker (if you can call an estate I'm estimate at being worth 30M+ just that) by night. If you Google Bardessono, you'll find that the first result is the luxury inn and spa, about 55 guest rooms and running close to $1k per night. It's an exclusive place and one of the best locations in Napa Valley from which to be based.
Suggested retail price for the wine that Tom makes from his estate vineyard is $75. Knight's Valley is a better known AVA within Napa, so you're likely looking at something similiar. Ok, probably more.
To give you some idea on the Knight's Valley AVA. It sits to the west of Chalk Hill in Napa and to the east of Alexander Valley. It's technically Sonoma and according to many, home to the Sonoma Cabernet industry. Although if you consider fruit only as good as its neighbors, then having Chalk Hill and Alexander for neighbors isn't so bad right?
There's about 30 growers in the region. It's an interesting spot to visit and it reminds me so much more of the Willamette Valley of Oregon rather than Napa Valley simply because as you drive through the region, you're as likely to run into an apple orchard (after all this is Sonoma, home to the Gravenstein apple) as you are grape vine after grape vine. Usually when we see growers come into some grapes from a different region, they've done something along the lines of either a trade (grapes for grapes) which is my best guess here, or they're bartering grapes for something else, perhaps consulting winemaking.
In any case, we have a classically trained winemaker-something that you're going to find is common in this shipment…..as well as an absolute top rate growing region.
You might be wondering where the name comes from and unlike the Medieval military connotation that you might be considering, it's named after Thomas Knight who bought much of the original Spanish land grant back in the 1800's after making a name for himself at the Bear Flag Revolt in Sonoma Square. Sonoma still has the original barracks and some interesting historical facts about the state's time as a Republic (one story that gets so much less attention than the time Texas spent, which is interesting I think). That's been one of the surprising things to me after living almost my entire life in Southern California, spending 5 years on the Central Coast (let's be clear, from Santa Cruz south to Ventura is the central coast...give or take, yes it's different) and now living in the Bay Area….people take this whole California Republic thing seriously. Not Texas seriously, but t-shirts and stuff.
There's some real history here for both the state, as well as grape vines, which Knight planted shortly after purchasing the land, along with peaches, apples and wheat. He really did bring grapes to what is Sonoma's most easternmost point and the warmest growing climate in one of America's fastest growing wine regions.
Sonoma's made a name for itself with Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, but much like Santa Barbara, the region is capable of growing Bordeaux varietals in its warmer regions even if most of the general wine drinking public, doesn't appreciate that fact. There's plenty of wineries bucking the trend of course and although I've talked about Knight's Valley and other regions as warmer regions, they aren't as warm as Napa Valley, there's a greater amount of acidity inherent in these wines. I think part of the issue is a marketing one, more so than anything else. Who is the quality leader in deep and dark red wine from Sonoma? If I asked about Pinot Noir, we'd all have our individual favorites, be it Anthill Farms, Littorai, Williams Selyem, Kosta Browne or any number of newer producers like Cartograph & Thralls….but for Bordeaux blends, or straight Cabernet? Verite gets HUGE scores in most vintages, but the average buyer at a wine shop hasn't ever seen a bottle. Rodney Strong and some of the single vineyard Kendall Jackson stuff get great scores, but the huge production levels and wide availability on the lower end cloud a ton of people's perception of the high end (Mondavi suffers from the same bias, their To Kalon single vineyard Cabernet is still among the best wines produced in any single vintage).
Part of the issue is also that Knight's Valley is among the 5 original Sonoma sub AVA's and most of the growers in the region (during my conversations at least) are fiercely loyal to the wider Sonoma designation. They don't as of yet have a single trade group for their wines, which are really quite different than many of their neighbors.
I'm going to bet that we see some of this change over the coming years. Knight's Valley deserves more attention and while the Napa folks move even more increasingly toward straight Cabernet Sauvignon, there's an opportunity for others to fill in a hole with blends and yes, even some higher acidity Cabernet.
Klinec Rebula Review
The world of wine continues to expand. Growing regions go well beyond what we cover, let's have a look at a Solvenian winery.
Hi, guys! Mark Aselstine with Uncorked Ventures. It's been a while since I've done one of these. This is going to be a little bit different because this is a wine that we don't actively sell, but I thought it was kind of interesting. As we get ready for a trip to Walla Walla, Washington next week, and getting some wine club shipments for the month of July out over the next few days, I thought I'd take a minute and talk about what might be the most interesting wine I've had in a really long time. The winery's called Klinec. It is Slovenian. Slovenia, the European country since 2004, used to be part of Yugoslavia, and they've gone ahead and started importing small amounts of some of their higher-priced wines. This retails for about $30 and I believe it's the most expensive wine made in the country.
Long story short, country is only a stones throw from Italy, if you're not familiar. I know most Americans get a little discredit for their view of geography. I'm certainly included in that. Although, I can tell you where fifty states are that I don't think that most Europeans can do. The [inaudible 00:01:03] glass, it's from a wine region where they have a lot of native grapes but they don't have a large history of wine cultivation, at least not in an international sense. You're going to notice this, so, yes, that's orange. Ribolla is the grape. Ribolla is kind of an interesting one. It is one of their native grapes in the country. It's one of the ones that, as they do tastings and bring wines into new markets, and in this case, San Francisco, they tend to make it Ribolla. The story is, it's pretty acidic, but it's orange because, not because it's a different type of skin. It's a white wine grape. They make most of the wines by macerating the skins and allowing a longer kind of contact between grape, and juice, and skin than you would with most white wines, that's where the color comes from.
In essence, they're making a white wine in a style that's more typically made for red. We've seen that a few other places. There's definitely some up and coming wine regions that are attempting to do the kind of stuff like that, but Slovenians are the first ones to do it on this scale. They have a whole vibrant local food and wine industry and I just wanted to take a few minutes and talk about that. Klinec is not something that will show up in a wine club shipment anytime soon. We have shipped this to a few customer just to see what they think and we've gotten kind of ... Half the feedback has been, "We weren't quite sure what to do with that." The other half would be, "Hey, you suggested to put this with goat cheese and a prosciutto." Which is kind of relevant to the region of the world that they're in. If they were ten miles further to the east they'd be in Italy, so that makes a little more sense when you think of it that way. It held up pretty well.
It's highly acidic and it's also kind of an interesting ... I do think that there's an area of opportunity for a lot of wine makers if you're going to make whites that don't necessarily sell as well as reds. Especially for folks that are looking to gain market share in Asian markets, where 90% of sales are red wine, doing something like this where it's macerated skins and it gives it a little more of a fleshy texture that we don't get with a lot of white wines, while keeping the acidity that's native in these grapes, I think there's a chance for some people to do some pretty special things.
Klinec, it's worth a shot. If I went out to a wine bar tonight, would I suggest that my wife, who will have a glass or two a week, to order it, no. If you're somebody who really, really enjoys wine, likes both history and kind of supporting up-and-coming wine regions, it's something to look for. I don't know what the distribution model is at this point in the United States. I don't believe that they have any. They went through a larger distributor who had some issues moving the wine, but those are large accounts. For a smaller, local vendor, they might not have something like this but they might have something that is interesting from a different region of the world that you can check out. I encourage you to do so.
We've talked about the future of the wine a lot on this plate, on this blog, and kind of in the video segments. In large part, as land in established growing regions gets more and more expensive and the wine then being produced in those growing regions becomes more and more expensive, you're going to have an increasing number of competitors who are coming from regions that you wouldn't necessarily know had grapes. This is a good examples. Those regions won't necessarily make wine the exact way that you thought they might. This is a good example of that. After all, it's orange, and we're not quite sure what to do with that. It's an interesting take and I hope you've enjoyed this small talk and small macerated skins, in any case, Mark Aselstine with Uncorked Ventures. Of course, we hope you'll consider a wine of the month club today as well. Have a good one.
Kiona Vineyards 2013 Chenin Blanc
Kiona Vineyards is a trailblazer in Washington wine, having planted what I believe to be the first grapes in what has become the Red Mountain AVA. It started with 12 acres and according to anyone that you ask, many times that number of people telling founder John Williams that he had completely lost his mind. Why would he think that planting grapes on 12 acres of sagebrush was a good idea? Well, Kiona is now on their 3rd generation and have about 250 acres under vine…..so it's gone better than anyone, perhaps outside of John and his Ann, thought possible.
A short word on the name since, having grown up in Southern California, that sounds like a Hawaiian island to me-Kiona is the original Yakama Nation Native American name for the Red Mountain area that is literally translated to "Brown Hills". The Red Mountain AVA designation is actually more important here than another AVA might be elsewhere, there's only about 1400 acres under vine in the AVA. We can talk all we want about soil compositions (those are certainly important to be sure) as well as elevation and steepness of hillsides, but one thing that I think separates the Red Mountain AVA from others is that the average rainfall is only 7 inches. As happens here locally in the Bay Area near Half Moon Bay, the mountains in essence trap the clouds which would otherwise deliver rain. Seattle gets a lot of it and those folks on the other side of the mountains, don't get much. They get even less during summer and fall, giving winemakers the ability to allow grapes to sit on the vine for as long as possible, without any real concern about rain coming along and ruining a large portion of the crop at the last minute.
So Kiona has been there quite a while, but the future is still coming for Washington wine, so they aren't the household name that they would be, if say, those 12 acres were purchased in Napa. Of course, the wine is no worse, but the region will get there.
Kiona boasts a nice family story that almost everyone in the wine business aspires to: three generations working together, hopefully without killing each other, while living what many would call a dream life.
We wanted to feature a Chenin Blanc here for a few different reasons. First, the grape is native to the Loire Valley of France, one of the coldest growing climates in all of France. Washington isn't cold though and the state's success with this continues to show that there's something a bit different about growing conditions in Washington that simply isn't getting articulated by simple soil composition studies, or rainfall totals.
California vintners have always planted the grape, in large amounts, in the most generic vineyards around the state. A single vineyard Chenin Blanc like this? It doesn't exist.
It's often referred to as a workhouse variety, which really means that in the hot climate of the inland valley's that cut down the state like a scar, the grape grows well, given enough water to produce those $5 wines that we all started drinking. The French, of course, are slightly aghast at the treatment of what they consider something of a noble variety.
A lot of the Washington folks that I've talked with have said that they think Chenin Blanc might end up being the white wine grape that the state is known for. Part of that is a certain mindset that comes from having to compete with so many regions in regard to Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet based blends on the red wine side, wouldn't it be nice to have something a bit less complicated on the white wine side….at least from a marketing perspective?
Many wine regions have struggled with the transition from unknown and underappreciated to established and few have found a single red and a single white wine grape that they can be known for, without question. After all, travel to the Rhone Valley of France and tell me, what the white wine grape of choice? They're 300+ years in and haven't figured it out yet.
Washington though is onto something here and prices could easily jump for these low production versions of Chenin Blanc, if they can figure out the marketing. All the classic appeal is here, there's plenty of acidity, but there is also a ton of fruit aroma that isn't necessarily apparent in other white wine grapes around the state.
Members of our Explorations Wine Club are enjoying this Chenin Blanc as part of their regular wine club shipments, at least some of them are!
Corvidae The Keeper 2012 Cabernet Franc Columbia Valley
Ok, so let's start with the big "secret" Corvidae is a side project, or affectionately called a 2nd label within the wine industry for the folks behind Owen Roe wines.
A second label comes into being for a variety of reasons, but here's the usual suspects:
Winemaker wants to work with a varietal that doesn't make sense under his own label. As an example, if a cult Cabernet in Napa, say Vineyard 29 as an example wanted to make a Sonoma Pinot Noir, they might do it under a 2nd label to not confuse people.
A winery is 100% estate….but a neighbor has some fruit that they really, really like.
A winery produces mostly $40+ wine and wants an entry level addition, without driving all their current customers into that entry level addition.
The Corvidae wines (the name comes from the latin word for the type of bird, which include crows) don't fit into one of those categories completely, but in this case, I am guessing the issue is more to do with the grape varietal than anything else.
Let's start with an admission: Cabernet Franc just might be my favorite varietal. Well, it's right there with Pinot Noir, or maybe Grenache, but I'm comfortable saying that I like it much, much more than most. Evidently, I'm also not someone willing to drink a single type of wine for the rest of my life...so there's that. That affection for Cabernet Franc is why it's painful to read the Wikipedia page (that gets posted everywhere around the web) which basically says it's only grown so that it can be blended with Cabernet Sauvignon (ok, ok, I get it) or Merlot (what?)!
At it's core Cabernet Franc is a dark skinned grape that will remind you of Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot, to me the fruit and density falls somewhere in between those two grapes-but it carries higher acidity than either. Slate ran an article a number of years ago about the sad state of Cabernet Franc and again sadly, things haven't changed in the decade since it's release. Other than Pinot becoming even more important and everyone in the new world completely forgetting that Merlot exists of course. Heck in the last decade imports of the wine have tripled, yet no one has seemed to notice, or care.
Largely known from the cool climate Loire Valley, Cabernet Franc has been called everything as a good pairing for fish, to a variety that can't ripen well. Sounds a lot like Pinot Noir right? Of course, those imperfections have little to do with the grape itself and have much more to do with the Loire Valley, itself one of the coolest growing climates in France. Having tasted a Cab Fran from the Russian River Valley and a few from Napa in addition to the Washington wine in your glass, ripeness isn't an issue.
Then again, if the grape is always going to 3rd, 4th or 5th in line for vineyard space, how good can the wines ever get? What's needed is a region to focus on it and I don't mean Long Island (Long Island actually make some good wine, but it's already been developed so there isn't a lot of production) but instead a part of a new world wine region that can make enough for people to actually get some of the wine at the entry level, but also care about it enough to make great wine with it by giving it some of the best vineyard space they have.
Enter the state of Washington.
If you haven't been in one of our monthly wine clubs for long, you might not have had a Washington wine before, so here's some quick background. Walla Walla is probably the most important region for wine in Washington and the climate couldn't be any different from what most picture in their heads (Seattle and it's rain, right?). It's damn hot during the summers and Cabernet, Merlot and Syrah do well there. Pinot does not. Smart vintners won't even plant the stuff to the east of the mountain ranges any longer-it's just too warm during the summer growing months.
Anyway, Cabernet Franc has an uphill fight to gain acceptance and market share everywhere, including Washington, but there's one major, major difference. Most people when they judge where the wine industry is going, tend to look only at plantings. In that case Cabernet Franc is the 4th most planted red wine grape in the state of Washington and 9th overall when you add the white's.
What makes Washington the new world's best hope for the grape though is that while plantings aren't much different than elsewhere, pricing is. Instead of also being at the back of pricing (the prices that winemakers pay to growers I'm talking about here) Cabernet Franc is either first, or second depending on the vintage (of course, Cabernet Sauvignon continues to be king of grapes). That tells me that local winemakers LOVE the stuff. When winemakers like something, they tend to find ways to market it. They'll pour it and encourage people to try it in person, basically marketing the grape by itself for the first time in America.
I liked this version of Cabernet Franc because it comes with all the tell tale markers of the varietal. Think like Cabernet Sauvignon. Higher acidity though. Flavor notes that include herbs and a certain tobacco element when you first open the bottle.
Lastly, a minute on the Columbia Valley. One of the very few vineyards that span state lines, the Columbia Valley is Washington's most important (and first) AVA, with 99% of the wines being produced in the state grown within the AVA (others are grown on the fringes of Seattle) but the AVA also has a few miles of Oregon within its boundaries. As often happens, state's are drawn with different natural dividers than are viticultural areas. The Columbia River makes a nice boundary between Oregon and Washington, but the mountains that form the valley itself are what matters for the wine industry. Thus the dichotomy. Additionally, good luck making any generalizations about an area this big (think about a fifth of the entire state, give or take) because there are plenty of microclimates around the river itself, in the foothills and at significant elevation.
Give it a shot, let me know what you think!
R Stuart & Co 2008 Autograph Pinot Noir Willamette Valley (375ml-half bottle)
I'm still a bit surprised more wine critics and consumers aren't all over the 2008 Pinot Noir's out of Oregon. That's the vintage that really should have put everyone into a tizzy, like 1994 or 2005 in Napa Valley, South Africa's 2003 (that led to their first world wide distribution networks) or even the 2012 Pinot's from California's Anderson Valley that literally put the region on the map.
Maybe it's because, well it's Oregon, so things may move a bit more slowly and while Portland is a cosmopolitan city and certainly one of the great food and wine capitals of the world, it just doesn't capture the attention of small town and big city America in the same way that does, say San Francisco or New York.
Ok, so I've expressed my general displeasure with vintage hype especially given the size of the wineries that we work with consistently (is one suppose to just forget every Napa Valley 2011 because the critics weren't happy with the vintage, or can we taste and judge for ourselves?) but this is one vintage, the 2008 Willamette Valley Pinot's where I think the hype is justified and perhaps even undersold.
Critics and consumers alike enjoy debating how long wine can last. I've had two greatly memorable wine experiences, the first occurred at the Wine Bloggers Conference in 2014 where a 45+ year old Burgundy Pinot Noir was opened. It was reportedly from a great vintage, but the bottle would have cost, according to the winery owner who had it, about $4 today. Secondly was a Qupe Marsanne (that's a white wine grape, mainly used for blending if you aren't familiar) at a Rhone Rangers seminar this year, from the 80's. Both helped to cement my thought process that perhaps, as a nation we're simply drinking wines too soon. Perhaps it's worth it to miss the optimum drinking window in some cases, only to see massive regards from others.
I bring all that up because I've seen it written of late that the 2008 Oregon Pinot's need to be consumed now, that they're starting to go flat. Frankly, I flat out disagree and so will you after opening this bottle. This is a fine time to open one of these, but I'll take advantage of some of the prevailing wisdom here (and the smaller format bottle) to get my wine club members, something that would go into the mid $40 range based on quality.
My first experience with R Stuart & Co was last summer when I spent a week in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. I stayed in the small picturesque town of McMinnville and low and behold, a few feet outside of my front door was R Stuart's wine bar. They originally weren't on my list of wineries to visit, but with some small bites and a local wine scene that largely closes down at 5pm, I was excited to sneak in an extra stop since they're open until 8pm. Winemaker and owner Rob Stuart probably should have been on my short list to visit with though based on his resume alone-biochem degree and then a full career in Napa led to winemaker gigs in Washington and then finally at the much acclaimed Erath in Oregon. Eventually, he started his own label. As I've been told by quite a few different winemakers, better to learn your trade on someone else's dime and then start your own once you're overqualified. Stuart is definitely overqualified to produce these small batch wines, but it's the type of juice that gets people excited. His background does come through in my opinion in the wine that's in your glass, these are more dense and darker than many other Willamette Valley Pinot's I've had-still balanced of course, but you lose a bit of the earthyness and add in my cherry cola flavors. I was literally shocked to read that there's 95% new French oak on these, you don't notice it, like at all, but that helps to explain some of the depth here. Wine, no matter what anyone tells you, still likes oak barrels best. It has for millenia and that isn't changing any time soon.
Another interesting aspect to R Stuart and the winery's story is that Maria Stuart (Rob's wife, but to be clear, she's had her own career in wine before meeting him and taking on the thankless tasks that come with a winemaker husband...marketing, PR and compliance aren't as interesting as winemaking I'm afraid) writes simply put, one of the most interesting and insightful blogs of any winery owner that I've come across. Far from only about wine and definitely not one of those overly salesy corporate blogs that we all hate, Pinotmom.com is filled with recipe's, stories about the family and generally will encourage you more than anything else that R Stuart does a company to support them. Writing our newsletters and again for our company blog, PinotMom gives me a few ideas of things I could be doing different, & better.
I hope you enjoy another look into the Oregon 2008 vintage. It was truly one for the record books and it's one that we can all enjoy to this day.
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16 U.S. Code § 4409 - Report to Congress
The Secretary shall report to the appropriate Committees on the implementation of this chapter. The report shall include—
(1) a biennial assessment of—
(A) the estimated number of acres of wetlands and habitat for waterfowl and other migratory birds that were restored, protected, or enhanced during such two-year period by Federal, State, and local agencies and other entities in the United States, Canada, and Mexico;
(C) the status of efforts to establish agreements with nations in the Western Hemisphere pursuant to section 4413 of this title; and
Source(Pub. L. 101–233, § 10,Dec. 13, 1989, 103 Stat. 1976; Pub. L. 103–375, § 2(b),Oct. 19, 1994, 108 Stat. 3494; Pub. L. 107–308, § 8(a)(12), (13),Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2448.)
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Section 4413 of this title, referred to in par. (1)(C), was in the original a reference to section 16 ofPub. L. 101–233which enacted section 4413 of this title and amended section 2912 of this title.
2002—Par. (1)(C). Pub. L. 107–308, § 8(a)(12), substituted "Western Hemisphere" for "western hemisphere" and made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as reference to section 4413 of this title.
Par. (1)(D). Pub. L. 107–308, § 8(a)(13), substituted "; and" for period at end.
1994—Par. (1)(D). Pub. L. 103–375added subpar. (D).
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Acura brought three cars to the 2012 Detroit Auto Show, but there's only one that's going to send your blood pressure rising: the new NSX Concept. Let us rejoice, friends—the NSX has indeed returned. It doesn't pack a V10 and doesn't seem to have anything to do with the HSV-010 SuperGT racer, but we'll take it.
Sticking closely to the basic plan of the original NSX, the new NSX Concept packs the latest technology and a mid-mounted V6 engine into a lightweight body—a body that happens to be within a couple inches of the OG NSX in every dimension. Unlike the first Honda super sports car, though, the new NSX forgoes rear-wheel-drive for Honda's new Sport Hybrid Super Handling All-Wheel-Drive system. Yes, folks, the NSX Concept has SH SH-AWD.
SH SH-AWD should give the new NSX super handling, but power will be created by a direct-injection V6 teamed with a dual-clutch transmission that comes with its own built-in electric motor. We're expecting a peak power output somewhere around 400 horsepower, unless Honda discovers some magical horsepower-generating device to attach to the V6. Like, say, a turbocharger.
Whatever output it makes, the new NSX will hit production sometime between now and 2015 at a yet-to-be-disclosed Ohio factory. We fully expect it to be awesome, which means Honda has a lot of work to do. Guys, we haven't seen a new NSX since 1990, and we haven't seen any at all since 2005. We know you're big into the electronics, so add as many as you have to—as long as they don't suck the fun out of it.
Oh, and those other two new Acuras debuting at the Detroit Auto Show? The Civic-based ILX compact sedan (complete with Civi SI-based model), and the second-generation RDX compact crossover.
Update: Acura released some footage of a faithfully rendered CGI version of the new NSX cruising the world of Gran Turismo 5, so we've added it below.
[via Acura]
Press Release:
Acura Debuts Three New Vehicles at the 2012 North American International Auto Show
New ILX compact sports sedan to feature Acura's first hybrid powertrain;All-new RDX sport utility vehicle features new engine and all-wheel-drive system; NSX Concept to be developed and built in America with new performance hybrid system
Representing the leading edge of a wave of new products and technologies, Acura today unveiled three new vehicles at the North American International Auto Show, including a concept version of the all-new gateway to the Acura brand, the ILX luxury compact sedan; a prototype of the 2013 RDX crossover sport utility vehicle; and the NSX Concept, which presages the direction for Acura's next-generation supercar.
Acura also announced that the next-generation NSX will feature Acura's innovative new Sport Hybrid SH-AWD® technology and that the vehicle will be developed by Honda R&D Americas and manufactured in Ohio.
"Over the next 24 months the Acura brand will unleash a series of new models that will remake our product lineup and shake up the luxury market," said Jeff Conrad, vice president and general manager of Acura. "Acura will once again defy conventional wisdom to become one of the top luxury brands by creating luxury vehicles based on our own unique values."
Debuting three new models in Detroit heralds the beginning of Acura's second 25 years as a premium luxury-performance automobile brand.
Acura ILX Concept
The Acura ILX Concept is the precursor to an all-new Acura luxury compact sedan scheduled for launch in Spring 2012. To be positioned as the gateway to the Acura brand, the ILX will feature three different powertrains, including Acura's first-ever gas-electric hybrid.
"First time luxury buyers place the highest value on exterior styling, affordability and environmental issues and that's a virtual definition of what we have created with the new Acura ILX," said Jon Ikeda, head of the Acura Design Studio. "The strategy behind this new model is to position ILX as the first opportunity for many young buyers to enter the luxury market."
Sleek, sporty and aerodynamically efficient, the exterior of the all-new Acura ILX combines luxury, performance and efficiency. A beautifully styled luxury sedan, the ILX Concept has a compact, yet formal proportion, targeting a very professional image. The Acura ILX delivers both, with a greenhouse that provides excellent visibility, an aerodynamic low and wide stance, the ILX is immediately recognizable as an Acura
The lineup of ILX models will include an entry-level model powered by a 2.0-liter inline 4-cylinder engine; a high-performance model with a 2.4-liter inline 4-cylinder engine paired with a six-speed manual transmission; and a 1.5-liter gasoline-electric hybrid powertrain, Acura's first-ever hybrid offering.
The ILX will feature a high–quality, well-appointed interior that is smart, spacious and sporty. It will offer a number of new, high-value features, including a smart entry keyless access system and pushbutton start, along with Pandora internet radio interface and SMS text message function for smart connectivity with the world.
As with all Acura models, the ILX will have a long list of standard features, different trim levels (that will include a Technology Package), multiple transmission choices, and excellent standard safety features— including Acura's acclaimed Advanced Compatibility Engineering™ body structure, front, side and side-curtain airbags, 4-channel anti-lock brakes and Vehicle Stability Assist™ (VSA™). Acura anticipates that the ILX will achieve top ratings in both NHTSA and IIHS crash safety testing.
The new ILX will be manufactured exclusively by Honda Manufacturing of Indiana, LLC, in its Greensburg, Ind. plant— one of only three plants in the world to receive J.D. Power and Associates' 2011 Platinum Award for outstanding quality.
Acura RDX
Shown as a prototype version of the 2013 RDX, the second generation of Acura's five-passenger crossover SUV will up the ante with a new approach to achieving both advanced performance and fuel efficiency via a new engine, transmission and all-wheel drive system.
The 2013 RDX, scheduled to launch in Spring 2012, will have as standard equipment a 3.5-liter V-6 engine that produces 273 horsepower— 33 more than the outgoing model. For even higher performance and improved fuel economy, the RDX makes use of a 6-speed automatic transmission with a new lock-up torque converter. The RDX also gets a new, lighter all-wheel-drive system that provides the required performance and safety with increased efficiency.
With anticipated EPA fuel economy ratings of 20 mpg in the city and 28 mpg on the highway, front-wheel-drive models of the 2013 RDX are expected to offer the best fuel economy of any gasoline-powered luxury SUV in its class.
The RDX exterior incorporates a sleek, more aerodynamically efficient body, evolving RDX from a sporty, compact SUV to a more formal look with a longer, sculpted hood and styling that is more elegant and sophisticated to match the Acura philosophy of timeless, beautiful design. Chassis updates include a longer wheelbase and wider track, all-new Amplitude Reactive Dampers, and a new motion adaptive electronic power steering system.
Inside the 2013 RDX, new sweeping shapes, matte surface trim, and generous use of leather combine to give the RDX interior an upscale look and luxury feel that Acura customers have come to expect. Abundant use of sound deadening materials and Active Sound Control team to provide an exceptionally quiet cabin. Additional interior features, such as larger door openings, more passenger room, increased cargo volume and a power rear tailgate make the RDX interior even more accommodating and flexible.
As with the ILX, the 2013 RDX will receive a host of new technologies including Pandora internet radio interface, SMS text message feature, a smart entry keyless access system, pushbutton start, and a three view rear camera. An available Technology Package will provide a full complement of relevant technologies, including AcuraLink® Satellite Communication System, Acura Navigation System with Voice Recognition™, AcuraLink Real-Time Traffic with Traffic Rerouting™, and AcuraLink Real-Time Weather™ with radar image maps. New for 2013, the even more advanced navigation system utilizes a hard disk drive (HDD) with 60 gigabytes of storage capacity – including 15 gigabytes that can be allocated for music storage.
Acura anticipates that the RDX will achieve top ratings in both NHTSA and IIHS crash safety testing.
Production of the new RDX will move to the East Liberty, Ohio plant of Honda of America Mfg., Inc.— home to one of the four top assembly lines in North America in the J.D. Power and Associates' 2011 Initial Quality Study (IQS). The first generation RDX has been built at the Marysville, Ohio auto plant, an IQS award winner for both of its assembly lines.
Acura NSX Concept
The dynamically-styled NSX Concept gives an indication of the next great performance vehicle from the Acura brand. Making use of lightweight materials and a mid-mounted V-6 engine, the NSX Concept employs several new technologies for Acura, including application of Acura's innovative new Sport Hybrid SH-AWD® (Super Handling All Wheel Drive™) hybrid system.
Utilizing an unique 2 Electric Motor Drive Unit with a bilateral torque adjustable control system, the all-new hybrid all-wheel-drive system can instantly generate negative or positive torque to the front wheels during cornering. Acura anticipates the new Sport Hybrid SH-AWD® will deliver handling performance unmatched by previous AWD systems. In addition to the handling benefits of the Sport Hybrid SH-AWD® system, a powerful next-generation VTEC® V-6 engine with direct-injection works in concert with a dual clutch transmission with built-in electric motor to create supercar acceleration while offering outstanding efficiency.
"This Sport Hybrid SH-AWD system will make NSX the ultimate expression of Acura's idea to create synergy between man and machine," said Takanobu Ito, president and CEO of Honda Motor Co., Ltd. "The NSX will make the driver one with the car to enhance dynamic driving abilities without getting in the way."
While most supercars opt for brute force delivered from a large engine, the NSX Concept champions the true racing philosophy of an extremely favorable power-to-weight ratio.
"Like the first NSX, we will again express high performance through engineering efficiency," added Ito, who led the development of Acura's first NSX supercar. "In this new era, even as we focus on the fun to drive spirit of the NSX, I think a supercar must respond positively to environmental responsibilities."
The new Acura supercar, expected to debut in the next three years, will be developed by an engineering team led by Honda R&D Americas, Inc., and manufactured in Ohio, at a yet to be named facility.
Wow, guys or gals whomever left us with this opened ended article of the Acura, I'd like to think that when I came here to the "0-60" site, I'd actually find out what the Acura does when raced from "0-60" !!! But alas, I guess it's the same thing that happens when I ask my wife where is it that we're going and she answers it's about ten miles from somewhere else.


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Russo reveals that the attack is similar to the ones launched back in the day via MSN messenger. A large number of packets are sent to the target, causing his application to crash.
"The chat module, which at this moment I can't use since it looks like I have been blocked after testing it using burp suit, doesn't have any kind of limit in the amount of characters that can be sent," he explained.
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House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio), for instance, has called for a two-year freeze in tax rates and a reduction in spending to 2008 levels. President Obama and Democratic leaders want to extend most tax cuts, but would raise taxes on families with incomes above $250,000 annually and individuals who earn more than $200,000 a year.
Also in the contract could be a push for repeal of the president's health care reform law and a drawback of Wall Street reform rules.
Democrats welcomed the plan, mocking Republicans for announcing it with less than two months to go before the election.
"Washington Republicans are finally getting around to releasing an agenda for this Congress. What's shocking is that it took them more than 20 months to repackage a plan that's no different from the one that caused the Great Bush Recession," Doug Thornell, a spokesman for Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, told The Hill.
The original contract, unveiled by Republicans in 1994, is said to have helped the party gain control of Congress for the first time in 40 years.
Well let me see! The Republicans already broke one contract. As soon as they got the White House and control of Congress they forgot the other contract. Now they want us to sign up for another without telling us what is in it. As President Bush once said "you fool me once, uh shame,uh you just can't fool me again" It's really easy to say "cut spending", but try telling us what it is you want to cut. Defense? Medicare? Social Security? Those are the big number budget items. The Republicans wont raise taxes they say. Something has to give if you are to reduce the deficit. Back to 2008 spending? That was the largest deficit in our history. And, it got us into the Bush recession. What about some answers to how the Republicans plan to create jobs? I have not heard of any plans other than cut taxes. Repeal health care? They cannot do that even if they win in November. They will not have a super majority in the Senate and they cannot overcome a veto. And what if they did? What is their solution to the problem? Let the free market take care of it? Or pass a law to make the states allow insurance to be puchased across statelines? Oh wait-aren't they the ones who are saying the Commerce clause overeaches and that they champion the Tenth Amendment(Sates Rights)?September 21 2010 at 11:48 AM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down Reply
They release their plan when there is no chance the Congressional Budget Office can evaluate the economic affect it will have. They can make wild claims about what it will do and Fox News and Rush Limbaugh will claim it will solve all our problems. Proof of what the Republicans will do is in the results the country got from Reagannomics and Bush's tax breaks for the rich. Bush increased the National Debt $4.9 trillion and no complaints from the Republicans. He borrowed the money to pay for two wars and the tax breaks from China. Wall Street is now giving 70% of their money to Republicans. They used to give it to the Democrats but didn't get what they wanted. They know the Republicans will help the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. That is what they did under both Reagan and Bush. One in seven Americans are now below the poverty line and the middle-class has lost 5% of their net worth in the last ten years. If the Republicans get control of the House they will block funding for any of the Obama breaks for the middle-class.September 21 2010 at 11:11 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Less tax for the wealthy, less regulation of wall street, cutting spending to 2008 levels (does that include our armed forces in Afghanistan, I bet not). Its pretty clear what segment of the population Republicans represent, and it sure isn't the guys on main street. You tea partiers looking to the republican party for help in a recession aren't going to find it there.September 21 2010 at 10:45 AM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down Reply
This is the mistake most in the media make, That the RINOs in the senate are the GOP. THEY ARE NOT. The vast majority of Republicans and Americans are common sense Conservatives. The GOP has been infiltrated by progressives that are little more than Democrate Lite. But NO MORE. Not all Democrates are liberal progressive but many are. The Democratic party is now HOME to the liberal poision that infects OUR country. Common sense has left the Democratic Party long ago and was leaving the Republican as well till the losses of the last elections and the pull of the Tea Parties snapped the GOP back to it's roots. We are the last best hope for this country. We believe in the power and wisdom of the founding fathers and the Reagan dream of the shining city on the hill. We tea party people want to rebuild that gleaming city on the hilltop. The liberals want to drag us all down into the depths & darkness of the valley. After all to them fairness is a common shared misery. Why should anyone person be allowed to prosper by his own hand and talents and hard work while the slakers suffer. To the Dems Fainess dictates that the fruits of our hard work should be all given to the government so Obama and his croonies can lift the slackers slightly out of the muck while they themselves live in the palaces of state. What Obama and his like don't yet understand is the huge differance between a ruler and a leader. What I can't wait for is the day he learns the meaning of UNEMPLOYED personally. He had his shot. Now lets get him and his buddies the hell out of there!!September 21 2010 at 7:49 AM Report abuse Permalink +3 rate up rate down Reply
Oh Brother! There must be somethin in that tea. Tell me Marmach---How are you going to cut spending?September 21 2010 at 11:52 AM Report abuse Permalink -1 rate up rate down Reply
So which is the party of Wall Street? Simply read the platform: a drawback of Wall Street reform rules. Aren't the reform rules what the American people wanted? Reform Wall Street? So the republicans would get rid of that. Any third grader can figure out what they want is to go back to what got us in this mess in the first place. People who support this must have a very short memory span.September 21 2010 at 7:33 AM Report abuse Permalink +3 rate up rate down Reply
Again the regulation was there but no enforcement. That was the resposibility of the Democratic controlled Congress , since 2006. They controlled what was investigated, not the Republicans or Bush. The Democrats said everything was fine in Freddie and Fannie, when in reality the backing of bad loans by these 2 giants , controlled by the Democrats Frank and Dodd was the epicenter of the failure of our economy. When warned they did nothing, they let this happen to the citizens.September 21 2010 at 8:47 AM Report abuse Permalink +3 rate up rate down Reply
Democrats took over Congress in 2006, up till then there was no recession. But month after month, since President Bush was elected, democrats in congress and those appointees by clinton/gore, aided by left wing media, kept pushing for liberal policies, deriding EVERY single Bush policy. Every attempt by Bush to be reach across the aisle was rebuffed. Policies that democrats allowed to pass came to fuitition. Recession came a year AFTER democrats took over Congress. They refused to make housing reform, but allowed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to fail--simply to get elected. As the recession deepened, more liberal policies, guaranteed to keep those hurting dependent on govt handouts. Then of course, lets not forget jumping on a disaster (Gulf oil spill), making it worse (moratorium) destroying the economy of a Republican stronghold....hmmmmmm anyone wonder why Mr Inept (President Obie)'s approval ratings are so low?September 21 2010 at 7:33 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
People this Country is in deep trouble. The blame is Congress both parties. Bush policies and spending were bad, Obama's are twice as bad. Obama has taken Bush policy and put them on steroids. Our Government is out of control. They no longer listen to or work for the people. They work for special interest and anyone who can get them re-elected. They have put us in such debt that even if they raised taxes to 85% at the top, 65% middle income and 25% on the poor we could not sustain the spending much less pay down the debt. The Bigger Government gets the less the people have. The more regulations the less freedom you have. As far as wall street and banking regulations they were in place but congress did not do their job of policing them and actually pushed them to give out loans to people who were not qualified. You all blame wall street I blame both Dems and Repubs for not following the laws. It is time to fire every last one of them who has frivolously spent our money and cheated the American people.September 21 2010 at 7:25 AM Report abuse Permalink +3 rate up rate down Reply
Democrats mocking the GOP. What's new about that? With the help of the very biased media, they smeared President Bush and every thing he tried to do for our great country. If the Demos would get their information from something other than MSNBC and/or Bill Maher, they might even leave tehir ignorance and understand that congress was controlled by the Demos in 2006, and that is when the trouble really started. President Bush's attempt to get hold of Fannie and Freddie was stampeded by the Demos,with Chris Dodd and Charlie Rangel making big bucks from those two giants. It is no wonder the Demos are aptly called the Donkey party.September 21 2010 at 7:16 AM Report abuse Permalink +8 rate up rate down Reply
It is about time the NEW GOP laid out their playbook. The OLD GOP has been run out of town by the Tea Party. If Boehner and the rest of the GOP, if they assume control of Congress, think they can keep playing the DC games they and the Dems play, well they will be gone too. The reason it has taken this long to roll out their plan is becasue they have been taking input from We the People. Imagine that, politicians not being tone deaf to what We the People want. It is so predictable that the Democrats are now going to be the Party of No. As in No Spending Cuts, No Tax Reduction, No New Ideas, No Morality, No Liberty and No Freedom. Their Knee Jerk Reaction to the GOP "Contract" has them shaking in their high heels. The original Contract with America was very successful. Of the 10 items on that agenda, 9 of them passed within the first 100 days of the GOP lead Congress in 1995. Too bad the Democrats will be steamrolled by the Conservative wave that the Tea Party represents. As far as the concern about "going back to the ways of the Bush administration, well the Tea Party is making sure that doesn't reoccur. Bush is a RINO just like his potential successor, John McCain, is. It is amazing that Dems hate W so much as he is so much like a Democrat. He didn't veto anything and because of that the Federal Government grew and grew and grew. Come on Nov 2nd!!!September 21 2010 at 7:07 AM Report abuse Permalink +2 rate up rate down Reply
here we go again.republicans are at it again,same old bull and crap.sorry as lisers.time for term limits.senate and representaves were not suppose to be life time jobs.if the republican s are serious,vote for term limits.2 terms for president and vice pres,why ont everyone else.to many old men like mcconnell and kyle and mccain.time for younger ideas.vote to change the staff.September 21 2010 at 7:06 AM Report abuse Permalink -1 rate up rate down Reply
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Excitement is hotting up for this years Cheltenham Science Festival from Tuesday 3rd to Sunday 8th June 2014. BBC Radio 5 Live presenter Richard Bacon and wildlife expert and CBBC Deadly Pole to Pole presenter Steve Backshall have been named […]
The newly extended Wilson Art Gallery and Museum in Cheltenham was opened six months ago. The extra space has enable visitors to explore highlights from the museums collections that were previously locked away in vaults. The most exciting exhibition so […]
Hilden House is the perfect base for discovering Cheltenham and the surrounding Cotwolds.
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Pittville Pump Room
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The largest and last surviving Spa is also one of Cheltenham's finest Regency buildings.
Montpellier Gardens
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Everyman Theatre 7 - 10 Regent Street, Cheltenham, GL50 1HQ – Tel: 01242 572 573
Holst Birthplace Museum
4 Clarence Road, Pittville, Cheltenham, GL52 2AY – Tel: 01242 524846
The birthplace of Gustav Holst, composer of The Planets Suite.
Chapel Spa
North Place, Cheltenham, GL50 4DW – Tel: 01242 518075
Award-winning Day Spa within a 2 minutes walk from Hilden House.
Playhouse Theatre
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A great day out in the heart of Cheltenham. It is a children's paradise with slides, a children's pool and a paddling pool and is within 5 minutes walk from Hilden House.
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Clarence St, Cheltenham, GL50 3JT – Tel: 01242 237431
This museum has a world-renowned Arts & Crafts Movement collection
Hangar SE34, Gloucestershire Airport, Staverton, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL51 6SR
Charter a helicopter for a scenic tour around Cheltenham and the surrounding areas. or take the controls yourself and book a lesson.
Shopping in Cheltenham:
The Promenade
Dating from the 1790's, The Promenade is one of the finest shopping thoroughfares in the country and was recently voted one of the top five best shopping streets in Britain in a poll for Google Street View. Shops here include LK Bennett, Space NK, Jigsaw and Hobbs.
The Brewery
Henrietta St, Cheltenham, GL50 4FA
A shopping and leisure centre with all the High Street names, restaurants, gym, cinema and children's play centre.
Head to Montpellier for the best of Cheltenham's independent shops – including stylish boutiques, original gift shops and charming cafes.
The Suffolks
Traditionally known for its fine selection of antiques shops, this 'village' area also boasts a growing collection of jewellery and interior shops too. We recommend Milly B's on Great Norwood Street.
Cheltenham's Farmers Market
Held on the second and last Friday of every month near The Promenade, this is your one-stop destination for organic and free-range meat from traditional breeds, fresh and smoked fish, wines, ciders, apple juice, chutneys, vinegars, fruit syrups and an abundance of fresh produce.
Things to do in the Cotswolds:
The Cotswolds is designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It stretches from Chipping Campden in the North to Bath in the South and from Painswick to Burford. The Cotswold Way runs along escarpment on the Northern edge of the Cotswolds for 102 miles.
Cotswold Tours
The Original Cotswold Travel Company - 07580 595 202
Nick Long, can provide a tour of the well known and lesser known villages of the Cotswold. Having spent his whole life in the Cotswold he knows the lesser travelled routes to show his passengers the stunning scenery, quaint villages and country pubs in this area. He is reliable and personable.
Cotswold Towns and Villages
Within a 30 minute drive of Hilden House are some of the prettiest towns and villages in the country! The honey-coloured stone buildings, old-world charm and tranquility sum up the Cotswold magic. They are also great for shopping with some wonderful independent shops and boutiques. Our personal favourites are Bourton-on-the-Water, Burford, The Slaughters and Stow on the Wold.
Sudeley Castle & Gardens (15 mins by car)
Winchcombe, Cheltenham, GL54 5JD – Tel: 01242 604357
Spectacular castle with award-winning gardens. Open from 1st April 2012 – 28th October 2012.
Cotswold Wildlife Park (40 mins by car)
Burford, OX18 4JP – Tel: 01993823006
160 acres of beautiful parkland and gardens with home to a wide arrange of wildlife including rhinos, zebras and penguins. A great day out for children and adults alike.
Cotswold Farm Park (30 mins by car)
Guiting Power, Cheltenham, GL54 5UG – Tel: 01451 850307 Rare breeds conservation park.
Things to Do in nearby Gloucester:
Gloucester Ski and Snowboard Centre (30 mins by car)
Matson Lane, Robinswood Hill, Gloucester, GL4 6EA – Tel: 01452 501438
Great fun for experts and beginners alike.
Gloucester Cathedral (30 mins by car)
12 College Green, Gloucester, GL1 2LX – Tel: 01452 528095
A truly stunning English cathedral with comprehensive programme of tours and exhibits.
Gloucester Quays designer shopping outlet (30 mins by car)
St Ann Way, Gloucester, GL1 5SH – Tel: 01452 338933
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Saturday, November 15th, 2014
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Saturday, June 7th, 2014
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Saturday, June 7, from 7 to 10 p.m.
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1047 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10025
Featuring Krishna Das, GuruGanesha Singh, Kirtan Rabbi, Mandala, the PS41 Songbirds Choir, Tibetan Gongs with Grand Gong Master Don Conreaux, and the Islamic Call to Prayer, plus the New York premiere of The Interfaith Vision of Swami Satchidananda, a short film.
The Interfaith Kirtan for World Peace is a historic blending of devotional chanting and sacred music from a variety of global faiths. In the sacred space of the world's largest Gothic cathedral, we will unite our voices through chants and music, using classic Kirtan call and response.
As what may be the very first event of its kind, The Interfaith Kirtan for World Peace is part of the 2014 "Global Garland"—a yearlong celebration to commemorate the centennial of the birth of Sri Swami Satchidananda, founder of Integral Yoga® and interfaith pioneer.
Join us for this celebration of our unity in diversity and our common goal of world peace.
Presented by the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Integral Yoga Institute of New York, the Temple of Understanding, gratefulness.org, and the Lotus Center for World Faiths.
Sunday, April 27th, 2014
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A group of 77 women who attended a high school run by the Legions of Christ is calling on the Vatican to shut down the program. In a letter to the Pope's envoy, the women described the psychological abuse that they suffered while "trying to live like teenage nuns," including anorexia, stress-induced migraines, depression and suicidal thoughts.
The women who signed the letter suffered a wide variety of traumatic experiences. They were forced to follow strict rules, detailing how they should walk, sit, pray and eat. They never had more than five minutes between activities so that there was no time for self-reflection. They were prevented from making friends, had to obey strict silence for much of the day, and had very limited contact with their families.When the girls developed health problems, including anorexia, migraines, sight problems, they were forbidden from telling their parents and were prevented from seeing a doctor or going to a hospital. In the end, the abuse suffered by these women cost them many years of psychological treatment costing tens of thousands of dollars.
On the blog 49 weeks a year, some of the women have been sharing their stories:
Some of the women told of broken confidences, where the priest was given a record of their behaviour prior to them attending confession so that he could reinforce messages about "God's Will" for that child. The practices described by these women are reminiscent of the tactics used by cults to brainwash members, render them helpless and prevent them from seeking outside help or leaving.
The school's director, Margarita Martinez, claims that they have made significant changes and apologized for the past suffering of the women. She told the Associated Press: "For any errors made by our order in the past, we do apologize. We're sorry these young women have suffered and been harmed in any way."
In addition to asking the Vatican to shut down the program, the women say that they are now telling their stories to warn parents not to send their children to these programs.
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Really folks you are talking about an organization that refused to do anything back in the 50s when the founder sodomized young seminarians, so the Vatican doing anything about young girls being abused is not happening
Hello, Sandra S from Sandra F: There is NO proof of any kind that Joshuah ben Joseph ever existed. And if he did, his true name would have been Hebrew, not the Greek name Jesus Christ, which the nascent Christian religion gave him. Had anyone addressed him by that name he would not have known whom they were talking to. If he existed, according to the New Testament, he was a Jewish rabbi, and rabbis in those days, did not convert to other religions nor invent them. In that era, however there were many soapbox preachers who prolaimed themselves the Messiah, an apocalyptic Jewish figure, not a founder of a new religion. It was really
Constantine who used the new Christianreligion to bind together all the various peoples he had conquered, into a new empire. He, himself never converted to it. He was a brilliant man, but a congenital liar who murdered his sons and wives. Nice person to follow as a spiritual model!
There ia no document anywhere that speaks of Christ´s existence except a letter supposedly written by the Judaeo/Roman general Josephus, which has been proven to be a forgery written 200 or so years after Christ´s era. Believing in a loving omnipotent Creator is one thing, believing in human stories is another.
Sorry, in my comment I mistakenly typed 1818 for the year the Suffragettes attained the vote and right to study in university. The correct year was 1918. One hundred years would have made a tiny, and always grateful difference, but considering women have bee enslaved for approximately 10,000 of humanity´s 3 million years on the planet, it would still have been only a blip in our long period of enslavement.
In response to LeAnne´s comment about the church being ¨the old boys´ network¨...what on earth isn´t? Over the past 10,000 years
after men destroyed the matiarchies, they´ve spent most of their time waging war all war al over the planet, enslaving,
prostituting and murdering women at wiil. Until 1818, when Brisith and Amrican suffragettes fought for and attained, the right to vote and go to university for the first time in history, women were treated either as children, slaves or prostitutes...
subject to the whims and wills of the men who ¨owned¨ them. So, the church, like all social organizations, is really no better nor worse than any other male-created organiation. What angers us is that is purports to be God´s representative on earth. Well thank goodness, people are begining to wake up and realize that religions do not really represent the Divine Intelligence any more than banks do. If the organization was created and is run by fallble, testosterone,violence-motivated, men. Good men do exist, but judging from the state of the world, in general, they constitute a very minor percentage of humanity.
Old boys corrupt network is what that church is. Always trying to keep women down and wounding children around the world. I left the church behind many years back now. And have never been happier!
The church should be shut down, it's assets used to pay damages to victims of christianity (islam should suffer the same consequences), and the pope and other top leaders brought before the world court on crimes against humanity. Religion must be stamped out.
What else can you expect from a church which defends child sex abusers with legions of lawyers? As one who was abused as an altar boy, nothing surprises me when it comes to the actions of the Catholic Church. The priest who abused me was sent to a seminary in Manitoba and then expelled when he abused young men there. There is no record of him ever having been in the city where I was abused, and all evidence was buried when they kicked him out of the priesthood. But it gets better...he eventually got a job as a parole officer for young offenders! After all, there was no record of what he had done, so it was like a smorgasbord for an abuser! He and several others from the sex ring committed suicide just before they were to go on trial back in 1999. Check out the Cornwall Inquiry on line. By hiring a whole raft of high powered lawyers, the Church managed to bury the whole issue. So nothing surprises me, when it comes to the Catholic Church. Disgusting!
It saddens me greatly to hear of activities as these for innocent young girls, who simply want to be nuns..not treated this way and be manipulated by a certain sect. So, I have to agree to shut it down, if this is how they are treated. Is this just in Mexico?
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More of our best of the decade coverage, which started on Tuesday. You can read the other posts at the link above. Here, we talk about a major category that came of age in the aughts: Reality shows.
While I would never call myself a reality TV junkie, it really bugs me when people make blanket statements like, "I hate reality TV," or, "Reality TV is the bane of my existence." The genre has grown so much in the past decade that it has become just like scripted television, in that there's good and there's bad. Even though we're splitting this up into two lists, "Reality," and "Trashy Reality," you won't see a single show that starts with, "Who Wants to Marry" on either list.
This list is dedicated not to the guilty pleasures, but to the shows that you wouldn't be embarrassed for your neighbors to know you watch: the classy reality, if you will. So without further ado, here is TV Squad's list of the best reality shows of the decade.
Best TV of the '00s: Reality Participant / Contestant
Whether we like it or not, the '00s introduced us to a new form of celebrity: the reality star. In previous decades, the closest we got to this were especially entrancing personalities from MTV's Real World. These people gained fame for acting like well-crafted exaggerations of their real selves.
Faster than you can say, "I didn't come here to make friends," networks picked up on the public's fascination with reality TV like Survivor and they pushed it to the popularity that it has reached today. Now, reality shows barely reflect what happens in normal people's lives but are generally more like high-concept game shows or extremely scripted improvs. But people keep watching, because the personalities are big and captivating.
Yup. Strategic footage editing does wonders. Here are some of our personal favorites from the genre, but feel free to comment with your own worthy additions!
The Mole's last hurrah?
The show's intro was probably the best new reality opening theme of the past year. The only other reality theme I could remember was Stylista's and only because it was a pastiche of girly shopping.
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The summer of 2000 started out to be a typical one for television: repeats, theatrical movies edited for television, repeats, shows that needed to be burned off because they were so bad, and repeats. It was a formula that hadn't really changed for the Big Three networks in several years. And, it was one that viewers had gotten used to as they mourned the last episode of their favorite series and waited with eagerness for the new season to begin in September.
Then, something happened. CBS decided to air a 'game show' about a group of strangers stranded on a tropical island. Survivor began at the end of May and continued into the end of August. Along the way it gained more and more fans and produced more and more publicity for both the show and the network. By the last episode, on August 23rd, Survivor had become a huge success as well as one of the highest rated original shows ever to air in the summer.
Little did CBS know that this summer replacement show would begin the Reality Revolution and change the landscape of network television forever more.
ABC announces last four cast members of The Mole
ABC announced the final four cast members on Friday:
Liz: Age 60, Retired, from Whitefish, MT
Marcie: Age 31, Stay-at-home mom, from Corona, CA (pictured to the left)
Alex: Age 31, Musician, from Haverford, PA
Craig: Age 30, Graphic Designer, San Diego, CA
Click here for a full list of The Mole's cast.
Ask TV Squad: Is The Mole coming back to TV?
When we opened TV Squad's mail bag today, we found this question from Robyn S.: "Am I losing it or am I seeing subliminal messages on ABC like "The Mole is watching you" and "The Mole is coming"? Quick, 2-3 second flashes after commercials. Is The Mole coming back this summer?"
Robyn, you'll be happy to know that you are not losing it, ABC's The Mole is indeed coming back to TV this summer.
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I wasn't really going to review this movie for the blog, but then I had to. It's strange...
I came in today to work, and being the resident movie buff at the office was immediately asked what I watched in the weekend and if it was any good. I was about to tell them, when suddenly I drew (no pun intended) a blank. I could not for the life of me remember what I watched.
I came in today to work, and being the resident movie buff at the office was immediately asked what I watched in the weekend and if it was any good. I was about to tell them, when suddenly I drew (no pun intended) a blank. I could not for the life of me remember what I watched.
The movie was so bland, I forgot it almost as soon as it ended. But why, why was it so bland? So unmemorable? So utterly average that it left no impression on me whatsoever. Well lets try to find out as we dig into Big Miracle
The movie features many good actors, an interesting story based on real events, and a coming together of the most unlikely allies to get through, but yet the movie just never gets past a low murmur in terms of pacing and storytelling
The story is based around the endeavor to save 3 stranded whales in Northern Alaska. you would think this would make for a compelling heart wrenching story, and that the main focus would be the whales, but no. They are relegated to circumstantial participants, and the movie focuses on everything but them.
We start off as an on site reporter played by John Krasinski has broadcast his final story to his CBS network news show in Alaska, and is getting ready to leave the tiny town in search of more stories to cover throughout Alaska. Suddenly he finds 3 whales trapped under the ice, with only a small hole that lets them come up for air. The next available surfacing area is to far away for them.
So he transmits his story, and lo and behold his crazy environmentalist ex-girlfriend played by Drew Barrymore sees it, and angrily calls him up demanding to know why he did not call her up there. Once there she manages to get the owner of a big Oil company, played by Ted Danson, that's getting ready to dig for oil there to help her out.
Peter Jennings (actual footage of him) turns the situation into a Nationwide event when he airs the story, prompting tons of reporters to flood the tiny town. Eventually the media coverage forces president Raegan to call up then USSR president Gorbachev too loan them an ice breaker to cut through the massive ice wall blocking the whales' path.
Meanwhile with the help of the local Iniut tribe they cut breathing holes for the whales out to the massive Ice wall, and get them to swim there while the ice breaker arrives to smash the wall.
That's the basic premise. There are more small arcs, and plots that get brought up, and then immediately resolved or forgotten, but nothing of consequence ever happens. The story is very linear, there is no feeling of urgency or the possibility of failure. The movie simply tells the facts straight, but makes no effort to make them interesting or engaging. The characters don't evolve, most of them are quite unlikable and at the same time forgettable. Its just bland.
At the end the movie is o.k. but there's just nothing there to make it memorable. The cast had little to work with, and even though Drew Barrymore gets to be slightly annoying, as the environmentalist, she quickly drops that aspect, and is just bland. All in all whatever minor character traits and build up there was, seems to be ignored for the final act. At the end the real reason its forgettable, is because nothing ever happens that invests you in the movie, and the characters are so 2 dimensional there's nothing there to relate 2.2.5 out 5 but note the blandness of it.


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KCTS 9 and PCC Healthy Kids are celebrating the joy of good food through free educational activities for parents and kids. Come explore fresh new ideas on how to make healthy eating fit into your busy life.
PCC Nutrition Educator, Leika Suzumura, will be in the classroom to guide you through hands-on kid-friendly cooking activities, help trouble shoot your picky eater, and provide tips for making wholesome foods an easy choice for your family!
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