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Brown Excited To Don Cyclone Uniform
AMES, Iowa – The gun will fire at 1:10 p.m. CT on Saturday to start the Jack Johnson women's race at the Roy Griak Invitational, marking the first collegiate race for Iowa State freshman Bethanie Brown.
Brown was a highly decorated high school track and cross country star in Maine, accumulating 17 state titles in cross country and indoor and outdoor track and field, so she is no stranger to the big stage. Even with her resume, it's impossible to ignore the emotion of her first race in a Cyclone uniform.
"I'm definitely nervous because it's my first college race," Brown said. "I know it's going to be packed with people and will be a lot larger than any other race I've been in. Also, in Maine you don't have a pack of girls running together for even the first mile, so this will be very interesting. I'm very excited. It's going to be a lot of fun."
Adjusting to the college workload on the course has been a welcomed challenge for the Waterford, Maine, native.
"It's been great," Brown said. "It's been pretty intense with the workouts being a lot larger in volume than what I'm used to with mileage, but I think I've adjusted pretty well. I just have to tell myself to keep in there and stay up with the other girls. I really like the team and Coach [Grove-McDonough], and the facilities here are great."
Iowa State women's head cross country coach Andrea Grove-McDonough has been very pleased with Brown's attitude and performance in practice this season.
"She's been really solid," Grove-McDonough said. "She's been steadily improving week to week. Right away, she stuck her nose in with the upperclassmen."
One of Brown's attributes that really impressed assistant coach Will Palmer has been her maturity.
"She's shown a lot of maturity on and off the course, which is something you hope to see from someone straight out of high school," Palmer said. "She's shown a very mature attitude and felt like she belonged with our top group the whole time."
The Cyclone women have competed in two meets this season, running some of the younger and developing members at the Bulldog 4K Classic and the Iowa Black and Gold Invitational. Cheering from the sidelines hasn't been easy for Brown.
"I went to Iowa City and watched," she said. "Even though I had already put in a workout that day, I was really anxious to run. I just wanted to get out and go. I feel good right now. I feel strong and I've had some good workouts. I'm ready."
Grove-McDonough understands the emotion going into the first race.
"All I really expect from Bethanie is for her to race tough and keep her composure," Grove-McDonough said. "That will be big for her, being her first college race and first time in a Cyclone uniform. That being said, I expect her to do that because that's who she is. She's a tough, tenacious kid. I think she's excited about it, which is what I want from her. I don't want her to feel too much pressure going in."
Superstitions are things that can help runners keep their emotions in check. Often times, establishing a routine aids in managing nerves. Brown has developed only one superstition over the years.
"Pretty much the only thing for me is I like to eat eggs the morning of every race," Brown said with a smile. "So, hopefully the place we stay at has eggs."


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U.S. Department of State Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2004 - Saint Lucia
|United States Department of State
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|28 February 2005
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|United States Department of State, U.S. Department of State Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2004 - Saint Lucia , 28 February 2005, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/4226d99620.html [accessed 27 May 2016]
|This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States.
Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
February 28, 2005
Saint Lucia is a multiparty, parliamentary democracy governed by a prime minister and a cabinet, which represent the majority party in the lower house of the bicameral Parliament. Queen Elizabeth II appoints a governor general who has some residual powers under the Constitution. In generally free and fair elections in 2001, Prime Minister Kenny Anthony's Saint Lucia Labour Party (SLP) retained power, winning 14 seats in the 17-member House of Assembly. The judiciary is independent.
The Royal Saint Lucia Police numbers 704 officers and includes a 35-officer Special Services Unit, which had some paramilitary training, and a coast guard unit. The civilian authorities maintained effective control of the security forces. There were occasional allegations that members of the security forces committed human rights abuses.
The country has a market-based economy dominated by tourism, trade, communications, and transport. The population was approximately 160,000. Economic growth was 3.4 percent during the year, and inflation was estimated at approximately 2 percent. Unemployment at the end of 2003 was 19.7 percent.
The Government generally respected the human rights of its citizens; however, there were problems in a few areas. There were some allegations of physical abuse of suspects and prisoners by the police; long delays in trials and sentencing, domestic violence against women, and child abuse also were problems.
1. Respect for the Integrity of the Person, Including Freedom From:
a. Arbitrary or Unlawful Deprivation of Life
There were no politically motivated killings by the Government or its agents; however, security forces killed three suspects while attempting to apprehend them.
b. Disappearance
There were no reports of politically motivated disappearances.
c. Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
The Constitution prohibits such practices, and there were no reports that government officials employed torture. Prisoners and suspects regularly complained of physical abuse by police and prison officers. Through October, the Police Complaints Commission investigated more than 100 complaints of police beatings. There were three disciplinary recommendations against police officers and three criminal convictions.
Prison conditions generally met international standards at the Bordelais prison, which had a capacity of 500 prisoners. In December, it held 485 prisoners, and 184 staff positions were filled. The prison had separate facilities for females, young offenders, and those awaiting trial. It also has a magistrate's courtroom. The prison administered rehabilitation, education, and recreations programs in farming, carpentry, literacy, and Bible study.
A boys' training school, which operated separately from the prison, held 14 juveniles between 12 and 18 years of age.
The Government permitted prison visits by human rights observers, although no such visits took place during the year.
d. Arbitrary Arrest or Detention
The Constitution prohibits arbitrary arrest or imprisonment and the Government generally adhered to these provisions in practice.
The Royal Saint Lucia Police numbered 704 officers and included a Special Services Unit and a coast guard unit. The Police Commissioner continued implementation of the 2003 5-year community policing initiative to increase professionalism, prevent crime, and address customer service issues.
The Constitution requires a court hearing within 72 hours of detention. There was no constitutional requirement for a speedy trial, but every Wednesday, the Government used the magistrate's court located in the prison to reduce processing time for court hearings after detention. Those charged with serious crimes spent an estimated 6 months to a year in pretrial detention; however, those charged with petty offenses often received speedy trials, particularly if victims or witnesses were likely to leave the island. Detainees are allowed prompt access to counsel and family. There is a functioning bail system.
e. Denial of Fair Public Trial
The Constitution provides for an independent judiciary, and the Government generally respected this provision in practice.
The two-level court system includes the Courts of Summary Jurisdiction (Magistrate's Courts) and the High Court, both of which have civil and criminal authority. The lower courts accept civil claims up to approximately $1,850 (EC$5,000) and criminal cases generally classified as "petty." The High Court has unlimited authority in both civil and criminal cases. All cases may be appealed to the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal. Cases also may be appealed to the Privy Council in London as the final court of appeal. A family court handles child custody, maintenance, support, domestic violence, juvenile affairs, and related matters.
The Constitution requires public trials before an independent and impartial court and, in cases involving capital punishment, provision of legal counsel for those who cannot afford a defense attorney. In criminal cases not involving capital punishment, defendants must obtain their own legal counsel. Defendants are entitled to select their own legal counsel, are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court, and have the right of appeal. Authorities observed both constitutional and statutory requirements for fair public trials.
The court system continued to face a serious backlog of cases. The Government hired three new magistrates during the year for a total of nine. The average time for a trial was 3 to 6 months in the magistrate's courts and 6 to 12 months for non-petty criminal cases.
There were no reports of political prisoners.
f. Arbitrary Interference with Privacy, Family, Home, or Correspondence
The Constitution prohibits such actions, and the Government generally respected these prohibitions in practice.
2. Respect for Civil Liberties, Including:
a. Freedom of Speech and the Press
The Constitution provides for freedom of speech and of the press, and the Government generally respected these rights in practice and did not restrict academic freedom.
The independent media were active and expressed a wide variety of views without restriction. There were five major privately owned newspapers, two privately owned radio stations, one partially government-funded radio station, one government-operated television station, and two private television stations.
Local media outlets and the opposition party continued to voice concerns with the "spreading false news" clause, enacted in 2003 as part of the new Criminal Code.
The Government did not restrict access to the Internet.
b. Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association
The Constitution provides for freedom of assembly and association, and the Government generally respected these rights in practice.
The law requires permits for public meetings and demonstrations if they are to be held in public places, such as on streets or sidewalks or in parks. The police routinely granted such permits; the rare refusal generally stemmed from the failure of organizers to request the permit in a timely manner, normally 72 hours before the event.
c. Freedom of Religion
The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, and the Government generally respected this right in practice.
Two Rastafarians, convicted of murder and arson and sentenced to hang in 2003 for attacking parishioners at a Catholic Mass in 2000, remained on death row.
For a more detailed discussion, see the 2004 International Religious Freedom Report.
d. Freedom of Movement Within the Country, Foreign Travel, Emigration, and Repatriation
The Constitution provides for these rights, and the Government generally respected them in practice.
The Constitution prohibits forced exile, and it was not used.
No formal government policy toward refugee or asylum requests existed. In practice, the Government provided protection against refoulement, the return of persons to a country where they feared persecution, but did not routinely grant refugee status or asylum. During the year, the Cabinet of Ministers gave temporary residence status with permission to work to nine Haitians and referred them to the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees.
3. Respect for Political Rights: The Right of Citizens to Change Their Government
The Constitution provides citizens with the right to change their government peacefully, and citizens exercised this right in practice through periodic, free, and fair elections held on the basis of universal suffrage. Under the Constitution, general elections must be held at least every 5 years by secret ballot, but may be held earlier at the discretion of the Government in power. The Governor General appoints the 11-member Senate, which includes 2 independents. In 2001, in elections that generally were considered free and fair, Prime Minister Anthony's SLP defeated the United Workers Party, led by Morella Joseph. The SLP won 14 of 17 seats and 55 percent of the popular vote.
The law provides for public access to information, and parliamentary debates are open to the public. The Government Information Service disseminates public information on a daily basis, operates an extensive website, and publishes a number of official periodicals.
There were no legal impediments to participation by women and minorities in government and politics, and 8 women competed in the 2001 elections in a field of 45 candidates for 17 positions. Voters elected two women to the House of Assembly, and there were four appointed female senators. One of the 14 members of the cabinet was a woman, as was the Governor General.
4. Governmental Attitude Regarding International and Nongovernmental Investigation of Alleged Violations of Human Rights
A few domestic human rights groups generally operated without government restriction, investigating and publishing their findings on human rights cases. Although the Government officially cooperated with such investigations, observers noted occasional reluctance by lower officials to cooperate.
5. Discrimination, Societal Abuses, and Trafficking in Persons
Neither the Constitution nor the law address discrimination specifically; however, government policy was nondiscriminatory in the areas of housing, jobs, education, and opportunity for advancement.
Violence against women was recognized as a serious problem. The Government prosecuted crimes of violence against women only when the victim pressed charges. Most charges involving domestic violence must be brought under the ordinary Civil Code, but rape and other crimes were subject to the Criminal Code. The family court heard cases of domestic violence and crimes against women and children. The police force conducted some training for police officers responsible for investigating rape and other crimes against women. A special police unit handled domestic violence, and its officers, which include women, worked closely with the Ministry of Home Affairs and Gender Relations. There were 31 reported cases of domestic violence in 2003. Most of the cases were referred to a counselor, and the police facilitated the issuance of court protection orders in some. Police and courts enforced laws to protect women against abuse, although police were hesitant to intervene in domestic disputes, and many victims were reluctant to report cases of domestic violence and rape or to press charges.
The Domestic Violence Act allows a judge to issue a protection order prohibiting an abuser from entering or remaining in the place where the victim is living. It also allows the judge to order that an abuser's name be removed from housing leases or rental agreements, revoking the right of the abuser to live in the same residence as the victim.
The Saint Lucia Crisis Center for Women, a nongovernmental organization located in Castries, monitored cases of physical and emotional abuse and helped clients to deal with such problems as incest, nonpayment of child support, alcohol and drug abuse, homelessness, custody, and visitation rights. The Ministry of Health, Human Services and Family Affairs reported 34 cases of domestic violence, including physical, emotional, and sexual abuse. During 2003, the Women's Support Center, a government shelter for abused persons, received 105 crisis calls and offered residential services to 24 clients and 27 dependent children. The center also engaged in an active community outreach program that included visits to schools, health centers, and community centers.
Prostitution is illegal; however, it was a growing problem. The police did not take serious action against the clubs despite some reports of child abuse and trafficking.
The law does not prohibit sexual harassment; however, it remained a problem.
Women's affairs were under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Home Affairs and Gender Relations. The Ministry was responsible for protecting women's rights in domestic violence cases and preventing discrimination against women, including ensuring equal treatment in employment.
The Government gave high priority to improving educational opportunities and health care for children. Education was compulsory from age 5 through 15; registration fees were required. Approximately one-third of primary school children continued on to secondary schools, and the dropout rate from primary to secondary school was higher for boys than for girls.
Government clinics provided prenatal care, immunization, child health care, and health education services. Boys and girls had equal access to medical care.
During the year, the Ministry of Health, Human Services, and Family Affairs reported 41 cases of child sexual abuse, 34 cases of physical abuse, 13 cases of psychological abuse, and 59 cases of neglect and abandonment. In 2003, the Saint Lucia Save the Children Fund (LUSAVE) reported receiving an average of three calls per day from abused children and documented numerous incidences of children as young as 10 years of age giving birth as a result of sexual abuse. LUSAVE also claimed to have evidence of child pornography, including the rape of minors recorded on video for sale. As there was no welfare system in place, parents of sexually abused children sometimes declined to press sexual assault charges against the abuser in exchange for financial contributions toward the welfare of children born of such abuse.
Trafficking in Persons
No laws specifically address trafficking in persons; however, there were reports that internal trafficking, particularly of minors, began to be a problem. There was a credible report of trafficking for sexual exploitation of a woman from the Dominican Republic whose passport was seized by a nightclub owner and who claimed she was coerced into prostitution. Police intervened and returned the woman's passport. The country had a reputation as a regional hub for nightclubs and weekend trysts. While recognizing the increase in prostitution and nightclub activity, the Government did not acknowledge that trafficking was a problem and had no programs to protect victims or prevent trafficking.
Persons with Disabilities
No specific legislation protects the rights of persons with disabilities or mandates provision of access to buildings or government services for them. The Government is obliged to provide disabled access to all public buildings, and several government buildings added ramps to provide access. There was no rehabilitation facility for persons with physical disabilities, although the Health Ministry operated a community-based rehabilitation program in residents' homes. There were schools for the deaf and for the blind until the secondary level. There also was a school for persons with mental disabilities.
Other Societal Abuses and Discrimination
There was widespread stigma and discrimination against persons infected with HIV/AIDS, although the Government initiated several programs to address this issue. In May, the Government committed $2.6 million (EC$7 million) for a 5-year program to combat AIDS. The U.N. Population Fund also provided support for youth-oriented AIDS prevention programs.
6. Worker Rights
a. The Right of Association
The Constitution specifies the right of workers to form or belong to trade unions under the broader rubric of the right of association. Most public sector employees and about 36 percent of the total work force was unionized.
b. The Right to Organize and Bargain Collectively
Unions have the legal right to engage in collective bargaining, and they exercised this right in practice. The Registration of Trade Unions and Employer Organizations Act regulates internal union governance. It also provides that an employer must recognize a union if the union obtains the support of 50 percent plus one of the employees at a particular business.
Strikes in both the public and private sectors were legal, but there were many avenues such as collective bargaining agreements and government procedures that often precluded a strike. The law prohibits members of the police and fire departments from striking on the grounds that these professions were "essential services." Workers in other "essential services" – water and sewer authority workers, electric utility workers, nurses, and doctors – must give 30 days' notice before striking.
Labor law is applicable in the export processing zones, and there were no administrative or legal impediments to union organizing or collective bargaining in those zones; however, there were no unions registered in these zones.
c. Prohibition of Forced or Compulsory Labor
The Government prohibits forced or compulsory labor, and there were no reports that such practices occurred. While there is no specific prohibition of forced or compulsory labor by children, there were no reports of such practices.
d. Prohibition of Child Labor and Minimum Age for Employment
The law provides for a minimum legal working age of 16 years. The minimum legal working age for industrial work is 18 years. Child labor existed to some degree in the rural areas, primarily where larger, stronger, school-age children helped harvest bananas from family trees. Children also typically worked in urban food stalls or sold confectionery on sidewalks. However, these activities occurred on nonschool days and during festivals. The Department of Labor of the Ministry of Labor Relations, Public Service, and Cooperatives was responsible for enforcing statutes regulating child labor. Employer penalties for violating the child labor laws were $3.55 (EC$9.60) for a first offense and $8.88 (EC$24) for a second offense. There were no formal reports of violations of child labor laws.
e. Acceptable Conditions of Work
Minimum wage regulations in effect since 1985 set wages for a limited number of occupations. The minimum monthly wage for office clerks was $111 (EC$300), for shop assistants $74 (EC$200), and for messengers $59 (EC$160). The minimum wage was not sufficient to provide a decent standard of living for a worker and family, but most categories of workers received much higher wages based on prevailing market conditions. The 1999 Minimum Wage Act established a commission responsible for setting a minimum wage level; it met during 2003, but it had not finished its work by year's end.
There is no legislated workweek, although the common practice was to work 40 hours in 5 days. Special legislation covers work hours for shop assistants, agricultural workers, domestics, and persons in industrial establishments.
Occupational health and safety regulations were relatively well developed; however, there was only one qualified inspector for the entire country. The Ministry enforced the act through threat of closure of the business if it discovered violations and the violator did not correct them. However, actual closures rarely occurred because of lack of staff and resources. Workers had the legal right to leave a dangerous workplace situation without jeopardy to continued employment.

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There was a dinner I enjoyed not long ago with a few of the guys from my Burgundy Wine Club. One of our group, a brain surgeon who lives in Rhode Island, came to NYC specifically to enjoy this dinner with us and he brought a slew of absolute gems from his cellar to share. I'm talking about well preserved white Burgundy from the late 1980's. And not just any old Burgundy, great terroirs were represented. Drinking them together was really a breathtaking experience and offered several profound lessons.
When I think of terroir, I invariably think within the Burgundian model where each vineyard produces wines that are different from those of its neighboring vineyards. I'm willing to bet that most of us think of terroir in approximately those terms. There are several places in the wine world that do not adhere to this model, though, and the Sherry Triangle is one of them.
When I think of terroir in Sherry I think of the white chalky soils called albariza, I think of the peculiar and wonderful smell and taste of flor, I think of the salty air in Sanlucar's Manzanillas and of the yeasty tang of Jerez's Finos. I think of intense heat and winds. Especially now that I have visited the region, I think of the beautiful old buildings, or bodegas, where barrels of wine age in elaborate soleras. Each bodega is unique in terms of airflow, temperature, humidity, and many other variables, and I've heard people say that the Bodega itself is a unique terroir. I do not for a moment doubt the truth in this idea.
Where is the vineyard in all of this? There is little or no emphasis placed on the vineyard in Sherry. This was not always the case, and Peter Liem, America's foremost Sherry expert, has often spoken about how the best vineyards in the area have long been recognized as such, and how they once played a prominent role in the understanding of Sherry wines. As I am sure he will discuss in his forthcoming book called Sherry, Manzanilla and Montilla, a collective decision was made a long time ago in the region to focus on producing high quantities of decent wine for the mass market, as opposed to making wines of the highest quality. Even today, although we are in the middle of a huge resurgence of interest in Sherry wines, much of what is available is mass market wine that is decent but not special. The market still has a long and winding road to recovery.
Is there a terroir stamp of the vineyard in the Sherry region? As Peter would say, there is little empirical evidence for this. Almost no one in the region is making single vineyard wines, and comparing vineyards is therefore almost impossible. "Since no one has cared for 60 years, Miraflores for example has not been vinified and aged in solera in the same place as Macharnudo Alto," Peter said. "It would take quite a while to do this, even if the investment were made."
Although there is no way to compare vineyard terroirs right now, it is possible to very deeply explore at least one vineyard, the site called Macharnudo Alto. Macharnudo Alto is a parcel within Marcharnudo, one of the four great pagos of the region. A pago is something like a vineyard district - an area containing several named parcels. I recently had the great pleasure to attend a dinner featuring a slew of wines made from Macharnudo Alto. Peter Liem conceived of this dinner and put it on with the support of Rosemary Gray of RS Productions NYC.
The Macharnudo pago is perhaps 800 hectares, the Marcharnudo Alto parcel much smaller than that, and of that Valdespino owns 56 hectares. From these vines come excellent wines that you really should get to know if you are interested in Sherry (if you haven't tried them already). I'm talking about Inocente, the very fine Fino, Tio Diego, the unique and wonderful Amontillado, Viejo CP, the great Palo Cortado, and finally Cardenal, the rare and regal very old Palo Cortado that is surely one of the finest wines in all of the region. On a recent hot and muggy night a group of Sherry lovers congregated at Terroir TriBeCa to drink these and other wines from Macharnudo Alto, and although I cannot say that I came from this with a clear understanding of the terroir of Macharnudo Alto as it relates to other parcels in Jerez, I can tell you that the wines are reliably excellent. Here are some notes and thoughts:I have been wanting to do a specific sherry tasting for over a year now, involving an in-depth examination of the vineyard of Macharnudo Alto. Macharnudo is one of the four great pagos, or vineyard districts, that lie to the north and west of Jerez, and while it is composed of many individual vineyard sites, the most celebrated is that of Macharnudo Alto, which is the highest in altitude and the one considered to have the purest albariza soils.
We are fortunate in that not only is Macharnudo Alto one of the great historical sites of the sherry region, it also belongs, in part, to one of the greatest sherry bodegas currently in existence, Valdespino, who has been making single-vineyard sherries from Macharnudo Alto since at least the middle of the nineteenth century. The result is an array of wines that offer a multi-faceted expression of a legendary terroir...
Whoa! Levi Dalton's podcast series continues and today's installment features our conversation. We talk about blogging and what motivates me, and all sorts of things. If nothing else, this offers proof that I am in fact a person who is capable of speaking.
Thank you Levi for including me in this ambitious and interesting project.
Here's how you can listen to the interview:
The I'll Drink to That website (for a few days).
The ITunes site, along with Levi's whole podcast series.
Here are the sources of the tasting notes I reproduced on Friday:
1) Richard Jennings describing 1996 Chapoutier St Joseph Blanc Les Granits. All of Jennings' notes are in a style that is not my personal favorite, but this one with its meniscus measurement strikes me as particularly strange. By the way, I say "personal favorite" for a reason. Richard Jennings is by far the favorite author of the CellarTracker community, where as of today 1,407 members have tagged him as a favorite author. Second favorite is Eric LeVine, the founder of the site, with 1,142. Third is Keith Levenberg with 603. CellarTracker is the most widely used cellar management and tasting note board on the internet (all statistics made up, yet true). Clearly Jennings' notes speak to many people.
2) Alder Yarrow of Vinography describing 2010 Fred Loimer "Seeberg Erste Lage Reserve" Riesling, Langenlois, Kamptal. The "electric cool aid explosion" and the "jet boat ride" got me. Nothing wrong with that though, as it comes across as genuine to me, and you could argue, quite descriptive.
3) This is me getting all exuberant and emotive after drinking Selosse Substance for the first time. An over-the-top tasting note for an over-the-top wine. I liked the note at the time but I think it's clear now that it has not aged well. Reading it out of context it can come off as downright strange.
4) Frederic Koeppel of Bigger Than Your Head describing 2009 Michel Lafarge Volnay Vendanges Sélectionées. I quite like this note, as for me it captures the feeling of drinking good red Burgundy. What I found odd is how the soulful character of the note juxtaposes with the scientific-sounding (and in my opinion, more misleading than helpful) recommendation on a drinking window: "now through 2018 to '20."
5) Robert Parker describing 2006 Ausone ($1,495!), via Sherry-Lehmann's website. I am not a subscriber to the Wine Advocate so I had to get this note from a retailer's reprint. Okay, this is a Parker note and it's bombastic, as I'm sure the wine is. But I was struck by this part: "...but what makes it so special is its precision, focus, and almost ethereal lightness despite substantial flavor intensity and depth. It is a ballerina with density and power." Sounds like something that Asimov or any of the "Post-Parker generation" of influential wine writers would say about a red wine they appreciate. Is this Parker imitating that new type of compliment for red wine, or has he always said such things about the big reds that he loves?
Anyway, thanks for indulging me in this exercise. As is evidenced in the comments to the previous post, tasting notes for some reason provoke a lot of outrage in people. I think that there's no point in hating the note, it's a part of selling wine and that's that. Everyone who writes about wine is responsible for some strange notes. But tasting notes should be useful other than as shelf talkers with point scores attached. I think the trick is to not expect too much. After all, how can a few sentences describe a full sensory experience? Keep it simple - find a voice(s) that you relate to most of the time, and trust yourself as much as you trust that voice.
It's hard to write a valuable tasting note. By valuable I mean a note that might help a reader actually understand something about the wine. I certainly haven't figured out how to do it. I used to try to include descriptors, and sometimes they still make it into my notes. But now instead I try to describe the style of the wine and offer something of an evaluation of its parts: is it light, medium, or full bodied? Is it balanced or not? Is there depth on the midpalate? But I read back over my notes sometimes and I feel embarrassed. "This isn't going to help anyone," I'll think to myself, "and I sound like an idiot."
So the other day I looked around the interweb to see what other folks are doing with their tasting notes. You know what - everyone has some doozies. Sure, some writers create notes that speak to me more often than others, but everyone has some that make me raise an eyebrow. I don't mean that as a criticism, but as a recognition of how hard it is to write a valuable tasting note.
Here are some tasting notes from my recent browsing. But in what I hope will be a fun twist, I am going to reproduce the note, and you can try to guess the wine and the writer of the note. I included notes written only by writers who have a visible presence on the internet (so none of these are written by my cousin Biff, they are all written by professional writers or mopes like me who crowd the web with our drivel for reasons that have nothing to do with earning money).
A few years ago on my buddy Peter's recommendation I bought one of Bernhard Ott's wines, a Grüner Veltliner called Am Berg. I thought the wine was great, and at under $15, a great value too. But when I went to buy more it was gone. Years went by and I continued not to see this wine in stores until a few months ago when all of the sudden some of the 2010's started showing up on the shelves. Finally - the wines are excellent and well priced. Why are they showing up now? There has been a change of importers - Winebow used to handle Ott's wine, but now it will be Terry Theise/Michael Skurnik. Word is the wines will be easier to find going forward and we should be glad for this.
Bernhard Ott's vineyards are almost all located in the towns of Feuersbrunn and Engabrunn in the northwest corner of the Wagram, the region to the east of the more renowned Wachau, Kamptal, and Kremstal regions. I think of the Wagram as the Wachau's less talented sibling. There certainly are some good wines, but the overall potential is less than that of the Wachau and the Kamptal That said, Bernhard took over farming and wine making duties in 1995 and now is to be considered one of the finest, if not the finest producer in the Wagram.
There are baby artichokes at the farmer's market right now (at Bill Maxwell's stand, anyway). There are never all that many so you have to get there pretty early if you want them. And you do, you want baby artichokes. They will be here for maybe another few weeks.
Because much of what actually happens in the world is random and unpredictable, after years of drinking essentially no mature German Riesling, in the past few weeks I've had maybe 20 mature wines. This is due to the generosity of friends - dinners and things like that. What I'm about to tell you might be old news to you, but WHOA, these wines can be great.
When the wines are great, what really gets me is the seamless combination of impossibly wispy delicacy and focused pungency. How can a wine be so incredibly delicate and wispy, and yet so powerful? Well, some wines can do both. The power and lightness idea is not new to me, but it feels like it might reach its apex with some of these old wines. Here are a couple from the past few weeks that really blew me away:
It's taken me a long time to write this post. On the occasions when I get to do something spectacular in the wine world, I usually write something rather quickly. Not this time, and it's because I don't have the typical unabashed praise for the wines and for the dinner. This was indeed a spectacular event, and still, I have some criticisms. It's been hard to figure out how to write about them without making blanket judgements that I do not actually have the depth of knowledge to support.
So I will say this: I want to tell you about the amazing Jacky Truchot dinner I attended recently - the good parts and the bad parts. And please remember while reading this that my criticisms (and my praises) are just my own opinions, nothing more.
Not long ago I was at one of those dinners with maybe 10 people at the table and everyone brings at least two very good bottles of wine, and when it was all said and done I felt like I didn't really get to spend enough time with any of the wines. One of the wines was a real surprise, the 1991 St. Innocent Pinot Noir Seven Springs Vineyard. It's not the quality of the wine that surprised me - I honestly cannot comment on the quality because I spent maybe 5 minutes with it while consuming a soup dumpling and chatting with my neighbor. And then I moved onto my two ounces of whatever the next amazing wine was. Not being critical - this is the way it goes sometimes. These dinners happen and it's great fun to be there. I'm just recognizing the fact that wines can get lost in these settings.
And I was surprised to see St. Innocent, that's all. It was like running into an old friend, some one who I hadn't seen in a long time and had no expectation of ever seeing again.
About 50 or 60 wine lovers came together to celebrate Austrian wine the other night at Seasonal Restaurant in midtown Manhattan. Stephen Bitterolf, the Wine Director at Crush, conceived of this event with an eye towards the famous La Paulée Burgundy dinners where everyone competes to bring the finest bottles and people walk from table to table tasting each others' wines. That's right - Austrian wine, La Paulée style.
You know how when you're drinking a good Sherry, how one of the things that's so good about it is that strong streak of acidity that runs right down the spine of the wine? I've always appreciated that about Sherry, particularly Finos and Manzanillas, the bright acidity that enlivens the oxidized wine.
Everything in the above paragraph is factually incorrect, and I refuse to believe that I am the only one who thought those things about Sherry. Doesn't it seem like an acidic wine? And obviously it's an oxidized wine, right?
No! And no!
I remember the time I was drinking some or other Sherry with Peter Liem (whose much-anticipated book on Sherry will be out soon), and I told him how great I thought the acidity was, and how fresh the wine felt even though it was oxidized. He smiled at me the way one might smile at a 3-year old who is learning to put her pants on by herself, and told me that actually, Sherry is a very low acid wine. And that biologically aged Sherries (Fino style wines) are actually reductive wines that are protected from oxygen by a layer of flor.
Palomino is the dominant grape grown in Jerez, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, and El Puerto de Santa Maria. It is a low acid grape, and the very hot climate probably doesn't do anything to help preserve whatever natural acidity is in the grape. I recently learned that Sherry wines, by law, must achieve a certain pH level and therefore have to have acidity added in most cases!
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WASHINGTON (WUSA) -- These Monday columns from me are starting to become shorter. There isn't a whole lot to elaborate on about the Redskins besides the fact that they are a lousy football team without a first round pick. Washington's only saving grace up to this point? They aren't as bad as the 0-6 New York Giants. Well, at least not yet.
We're heading into week seven of the NFL season and the Washington Redskins have only one victory -- a win over the Oakland Raiders with their backup quarterback Matt Flynn. That game was close in the fourth quarter, by the way.
Sunday's 31-16 loss to the Dallas Cowboys wasn't of the pathetic variety, but Washington fundamentally lost the game themselves. Defensively, the Redskins completely eliminated the threat of Tony Romo, Dez Bryant and Jason Witten -- not a small task. But because of some play calling miscues in the red zone and one of the worst special teams showings in franchise history, the Redskins hopped on a red-eye jet to a despondent city, ready to give up on their cherished sports team.
What is now crystal clear: it's time to stop harking back on the seven game winning streak from the 2012 Redskins season, because the further away we are from it, the more freakish and lucky it appears.
Even though Robert Griffin III looked the best he has since week 13 of last season against the Giants, around NFL circles, new labels are going to start to be tacked on to his once untouchable name. Griffin deserves every last bit of it too.
He'll be called a sophomore slumper. 'Where has his pinpoint accuracy gone'? They'll say he can only succeed in gimmicky offenses. 'Can RGIII ever be a successful pocket quarterback'? Then comes the obvious knock on his mental toughness, that he's more concerned with his public image than doing what's necessary to be a leader of a football team. 'He's a nicer version of Cam Newton'.
Griffin's Redskins have come crashing back down to earth. And in a quarterback league, it is his fault. He will admit that. If he was playing at the level he did last season, the Redskins wouldn't be sitting at 1-4. At this very moment it's painful and embarrassing for Redskins fans to see the rest of the NFL laugh at Griffin. I ultimately think this could be the best thing possible for his long term success. I predict, if the Redskins do finish 6-10 or worse, Griffin will hibernate this offseason away from the spotlight, in order to come back to the machine he was his rookie year. Endorsements do pay his bills, but winning will satisfy his elephant sized heart. Like I penned after the Detroit loss, Griffin thrives on being counted out. The insurmountable odds likely will carryover to next season, but I believe he can embrace the underdog role in 2014.
The dejecting part for the Redskins is that they should've been able to survive a sophomore slump from Griffin, to at least post a competitive record. But the regression is all across the board, which falls on Mike Shanahan's shoulders. At the forefront is Kyle Shanahan's play calling.
Last season the Redskins ran 190 plays on third down -- the fewest in the NFL. The prodigal son gave defensive coordinators hemorrhoids in film sessions last season with his inventive ways. Now? This new sloppy version of the read option is at times unbearable to watch and has a trickle down effect on the passing game. Receivers can no longer prance wide open in the middle of the field. Outside of Pierre Garcon and maybe Jordan Reed, nobody can be counted on to find separation. And the lack of deep passing plays called down the field to at least attempt to open things up has been mystifying. Griffin's deep ball is a major strength. It seems as if Shanahan didn't come up with 'plan B' in case defenses caught on.
But you can't single out Kyle Shanahan now without mentioning the offensive line, a problematic staple in D.C. since Joe Gibbs originally retired. Besides special teams against Dallas, the offensive line is second to blame. Griffin rushed for a season-high 77-yards because he had too -- the pocket collapsed on majority of his drop backs. What's sad is that the Redskins front office was so convinced this offensive line was a legitimate unit, they didn't even select one lineman in seven draft picks.
There is one bright spot in this horror story. Owner Dan Snyder did not extend Mike Shanahan's contract following the NFC East crown. The Snyder of old would have laid paperwork for lucrative deal on Shanahan's desk that very Monday after the playoff berth. With age, Snyder has become wise. The Redskins are not married to the Mike Shanahan, whose contract expires after next season.
Unlike the Jim Zorn and Marty Schottenheimer eras, Snyder wants Shanahan to succeed. But if 2013 and 2014 come and go without playoff wins, it'll be hard to make a case to bring back the elder Shanahan, who will be 62-years-old.
There's a chance to correct this horror story by then. But if not, I have a perfect candidate to replace Shanahan. Art Briles, the current mastermind head coach at Baylor. He comes RGIII approved and will bring a prolific passing attack, instead of a run-first approach.


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X Factor Thanksgiving Results: Arin Ray Eliminated on November 22, 2012
Thanksgiving is an emotional time for everyone, but especially for Arin Ray, who was just eliminated during The X Factor Season 2 results show on November 22, 2012.
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Thats an awesome mount! I love the character that buck has.
looks good, by any chance did anyone one score that buck?
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I'll ask the taxi. I didn't, I think he's in the low 170" with the trash.
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Very nice!
Taxi said 168" with trash
I don't Break the rules, I Modify them.
Not a great scoring buck, but cool looking just the same! Your taxi did a great job, I may need to contact you to get his name and number if I kill something worthy for a mount.


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Application ID: 10440
Concrete structures almost always contain reinforcements in the shape of steel bars ("rebars"). In COMSOL, individual rebars can be modeled by adding a Truss interface to the Solid interface used for the concrete. The solid mesh for the concrete and the rebar mesh can be independent, since the displacements are mapped from within the solids onto the rebar at a certain position.


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8 a.m.- noon. The Davidson Farmer's Market is open every Saturday. Find the Market in Downtown Davidson, next to Town Hall, between Main and Jackson Streets. Our local producers will have handpicked harvests and homemade goods. You may expect to find homegrown veggies, humanely raised meats, poultry, seafood, mushrooms, eggs, cheeses, butter, honey, granola, empanadas, prepared foods, gourmet pastries, artisanal breads, baked goods, doughnuts, canned goods, flowers, herbs, plants, soaps and more!


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CLAYTON, Mo. (KSDK) - St. Louis County Bar and Restaurant owners sounded off today on a plan to close the loopholes in the smoking ban ordinance.
Right now, smoking is allowed in 135 bars, restaurants, and casinos across the county.
Councilman Mike O'Mara says it's time to level the playing field for all businesses and he wants to end all exemptions.
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T.J. and I were up and at 'em with the good ol' smell of coffee brewing Christmas Day. I walked into the kitchen to read the temperature gauge that said -5 degrees. But with goose hunting on the brain, I really wasn't worried about the chill.
Katie (our dog) was up at this point, tail a wagging, knowing we were about to be on our way for some shotgun action. I opened the door to let her out and wow, was it ever so cold. Brrrr....
Living on the river is always an advantage for us, because once we are ready, we just head out the door, walk a few hundred yards and goosing, here we come. We hiked down to the river, glassing to see if there were any deer or elk grazing late morning. Just enjoying the moment of being in the outdoors.
Once we got into our blinds, the cold started to set in. It was cold enough that I immediately started to wiggle my toes and my fingers to ensure blood circulation would move through my feet so they wouldn't freeze. The snow had been so deep that when I had set my gun down, snow had covered my chamber. So I quickly rubbed the snow off my gun so my old trusty Mossberg wouldn't jam.
The morning started off slow, with only a few birds flying high. It was foggy on the river, so the visibility made it a little harder than usual. The sun started to perk up over the mountains, and I could see something big flying over the river.
"What is that?" I asked T.J. As it came closer, we saw it was a bald eagle. The eagle was soaring over the river, and as soon as it flew by us, we could see duck action but no geese. We waited and waited, which felt like forever.
I was really starting to get cold. My eyelashes had ice on them from the steam off of my breath and they were literally freezing. At this point, we could hear the honkers and the sound kept getting closer and closer. My heart started to beat faster. I'm wide-eyed, looking to see where they were. At this moment, the feeling of cold had disappeared.
They were flying down the river, right towards us. Katie started to get anxious, as she could feel my nervousness. I'm telling her, "wait, wait, wait." Then, in a split second, they are right in front of us. I shot off two rounds and watched a big Canadian tumble into the river. Katie took off. The flock was flying in the middle of the river, so Katie was out swimming in the worse of it.
I bailed out of my blind, running downriver to keep up with my dog and the goose. With my being a worrier, I always meet Katie downriver so she won't try to swim up river to me, especially in these types of weather conditions. I am trotting as fast as I can to keep up with them. Wow, does the river run fast, or am I just out of shape? LOL.
When Katie catches up to the goose, she starts nudging it to me. I yell, "Fetch it up!" She is doing what she is best at, retrieving. As she had that big ol' jolly goose in her jaws, I can see that it is as big as she is.
Finally, she was in safe waters and drops the goose onto the ice shelf. She climbs up, shaking and wagging her tail. I continue to tell her, "Good girl, come with it." I was so proud of my dog. Katie and I walk back up river to show T.J. our prize. He was hugging me, all smiles. We got our first goose of the season! We were so happy.
Even though I was all warmed up at this point from running downriver and walking back, I had to call the day with one goose. We had enough for dinner, and I was ready to eat some breakfast.
The most important thing was being able to experience these adventures with not only my best friend, but my future husband, T.J. Guccini. As always, smiling big!


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Memphis, TN (Sports Network) - Wayne Ellington connected on seven 3-pointers
en route to a game-high 25 points as the Memphis Grizzlies rolled past the
Miami Heat, 104-86, at FedEx Forum.
Zach Randolph added 18 points and 12 rebounds, while Mike Conley also dropped
in 18 points with nine assists for the Grizzlies, who have won five straight
are now off to the best start to a season in franchise history at 5-1.
Chris Bosh scored 22 points to pace Miami, which had its four-game win streak
LeBron James contributed a double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds, and
was the only other member of the Heat to score in double digits.
After an 8-0 spurt by Miami knotted the game at 12-12 near the midpoint of the
first quarter, the Grizzlies reeled off an 8-2 push to take a 20-14 advantage.
The Heat, though, answered with a 7-2 run to get within 22-21 at the end of
the first quarter.
Memphis opened the second quarter with a 10-4 swing to regain a 32-25 cushion
on a Jerryd Bayless 3-pointer, but the Heat fought back again by scoring nine
of the next 14 points to close the gap back to 37-34.
Miami would get no closer than that, and Conley later netted seven straight
points as part of a 10-0 run, giving Memphis a 56-41 lead at the break.
The Heat raced out of the gate in the second half, opening the third quarter
with a 17-6 push to close the gap to 63-58.
But Conley put a halt to the run with a driving layup that was followed by a
Ellington trey to spark a streak off 11 straight points by the Grizzlies, who
carried a 76-66 advantage into the fourth quarter.
The Heat got as close as 82-75 less than four minutes into the fourth until
Ellington hit a pair of 3-pointers, while Pondexter and Conley each added a
triple as part of a 22-2 run that helped give Memphis a comfortable 104-77
lead with 3:30 left in the game.
Each team emptied their bench from there to run out the remainder of the
Miami's Dwyane Wade was held to just eight points on 3-of-15 shooting ...
James has now scored in double digits in 148 straight games, tying Wade's team
record ... The Grizzlies have won 14 consecutive home games dating back to
last season ... Memphis shot 14-for-24 from three-point range in the game,
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Defining a Mapped Dielectric Distribution of a Metamaterial Lens
Application ID: 13873
This example demonstrates how to set up a spatially varying dielectric distribution, such as might be engineered with a metamaterial. Here, a convex lens shape is defined via a known deformation of a rectangular domain. The dielectric distribution is defined on the undeformed, original rectangular domain and is mapped onto the deformed shape of the lens. Although the lens shape defined here is convex, the dielectric distribution causes the incident beam to diverge.


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Media Advisory 13-017 2013-2014 NSF Distinguished Lectures in Mathematical and Physical Sciences
December 4, 2013
The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences invites media and members of the public to a series of lectures that will help promote a national discussion of issues that scientists expect to shape their research in the coming years.
Where: National Science Foundation, Room 110, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22230 (Ballston Metro stop)Enter at "North Entrance," at the corner of 9th & Stuart Streets. For directions, see the Visit NSF webpage.
When: 2 to 3 p.m.
Who: Speakers include:
Monday, Dec. 16--Science at the Timescale of the Electron: Ultrafast Lasers and Applications to Nano- and Materials Research, Margaret Murnane, University of Colorado
Monday, Jan. 13--Theoretical Physics and the Phenomena of Life: How Much Can We Calculate? William Bialek, Princeton University
Monday, Feb. 24--Supernovae Reveal an Accelerating Universe, Nobel Laureate Adam Riess, Johns Hopkins University
Monday, March 24--Are We Failing to Serve Students with Disabilities in STEM? Karl Booksh, University of Delaware
Monday, April 14--Leveraging Machine Learning and Stream Processors for Computational Chemistry, Todd Martinez, Stanford University
Monday, May 19--The Mathematics of Moving Interfaces: From Industrial Printers to Semiconductors to Medical Imaging to Soap Bubbles, James Sethian, University of California, Berkeley
Wednesday, June 23--Extreme Biomimetics, Joanna Aizenberg, Harvard University
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency that supports fundamental research and education across all fields of science and engineering. In fiscal year (FY) 2016, its budget is $7.5 billion. NSF funds reach all 50 states through grants to nearly 2,000 colleges, universities and other institutions. Each year, NSF receives more than 48,000 competitive proposals for funding and makes about 12,000 new funding awards. NSF also awards about $626 million in professional and service contracts yearly.
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Argon Boltzmann Analysis
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The electron energy distribution function (EEDF) plays an important role in the overall behavior of discharges. Analytic forms of the EEDF exist such as Maxwellian or Druyvesteyn, but in some cases they fail to fit the discharge physics.
This tutorial model investigates the effects of various parameters on the electron energy distribution function and rate coefficients for an argon discharge.


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New Seed Library is Putting Down Roots
The Brisbane Library will have a new seed library available to the public by the end of June. How a seed library basically works is that you can take different kinds of seeds available from the library and put each kind of seed in a labeled packet. Plant the seeds in your garden at home and grow your food. When the vegetables or plants have been harvested, bring back seeds from the strongest and best-looking parts of your crops to replenish the seed library.
Benefits of using a seed library to grow your own food include saving money on gardening and groceries and having healthy, delicious food available in your own backyard—or wherever your gardening space may be.
Available Seeds at the Library
- Alaska Russian
- Amish Snap Pea
- Beet
- Black Cherry Tomato
- Bloody Butcher Corn
- Brandywine Tomato
- Bush Champion Cucumber
- Cauliflower
- Cherry Belle Radish
- Chioggia Beet
- Cilantro
- Climbing French Beans
- Corn (Zea mays)
- Dill
- Dragon Carrot
- Dwarf Pea (Sugar Bon)
- French Thyme
- Garden Huckleberry
- Golden Bantam Improved Corn
- Gourmet Duo Beet
- Green Zebra Tomato
- Heirloom Beans
- Heirloom Bush Beans
- Italian Parsley
- Japanese Black Trifele
- Lacinato Kale
- Milan Purple Collar Turnip
- Pea Vine
- Purple King (Dwarf French Bean)
- Raisin
- Salad Fresh Mesclun
- Stevia
- Sweet Basil
- Sweet Pea
- Sweetie Tomato
- Wild Arugula
Gardening Resources
The San Mateo County Library catalog also has many books on gardening and growing your own food.
- Any Size, Anywhere Edible Gardening: The No Yard, No Time, No Problem Way to Grow Your Own Food
- Fruit & Vegetable Gardening
- Grow Cook Eat: A Food Lover's Guide to Kitchen Gardening, Including 50 Recipes, Plus Harvesting and Storage Tips
- Small Plot Big Harvest
- The Beginner's Guide to Growing Heirloom Vegetables: The 100 Easiest, Most Flavorful Vegetables for Your Garden
- The Heirloom Life Gardener: The Baker Creek Way of Growing Your Own Food Easily and Naturally
- The Ultimate Guide to Growing Your Own Food: Save Money, Live Better, and Enjoy Life with Food from Your Own Garden
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Jessica Chung is a MLIS student and an intern for the San Mateo County Library.
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Exciting! where will the seed library be located?
Hi, Nicole. The seed library
Hi, Nicole. The seed library will be in the Brisbane Library. Thank you for your comment!


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Associated Press Release
ATLANTA (AP) -- An 8-year-old Georgia girl says it "really, really hurt" when a dolphin snatched her hand in its mouth while she fed the animal as part of an attraction at SeaWorld in Orlando, Fla.
But Jillian Thomas of Alpharetta says she was concerned that the dolphin didn't get sick from eating the paper carton she held. In an interview on ABC's Good Morning America Monday, Jillian said she prayed for the dolphin after the attack.
Jillian suffered three puncture wounds to her hand. Her father Jamie, who was with her at the theme park when the dolphin lunged from its pool Nov. 21, described his reaction this way: "Instant fear."
SeaWorld officials said in a statement that the safety of their guests is paramount, and that they are taking the situation seriously.
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Hi, I'm seeing an odd thing when using the REST API to import contacts.
The attached contacts.csv.txt (.txt suffix so that it be attached to this forum thread) contains 20 rows plus a header row.
When I import it via:
curl -u userassword --data-binary @/tmp/contacts.csv.txt \
I only see the first 16 contacts inside zimbra. That's the case whether I log i via the web-based UI, or suck them out again using http GET. I can only see 16 "blah ... mailbox - UserServlet (POST) ... blah" lines in /opt/zimbra/log/zimbra.log Stopping and starting zimbra doesn't help.
But, if I split this one file into 20 files, each with one line of header and one line of contact, and import each file separately:
for i in contact-part-*; do
curl -u userassword --data-binary @/tmp/$i \
it works as expected. 20 contacts in zimbra.
I originally began working with 500 contact lines in a .csv, where zimbra took the first 16, skipped some, took a few more and so on. Out of 500-odd contacts it imported maybe 30-odd.
I'm happy with the workaround, just thought I'd post for interest.


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So- what should he (and I) do with the remaining wire? Just tape the end and let it be?
That's a good idea- how did you work the wiring? Add wire to come from down "there"? Split the arness and bring it from under the fender?
I need help. I am trying to mount my indicators at the bottom of the fender support tube in the rear on my classic bullet. I have an L bracket and need some sort of anchor bolt to go into the tube. Much like the bar end mirrors use to keep them in place. I cannot find anything that will work. Could you JB Weld a nut inside the tube?
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If you get into basketball stats, you've probably heard of Ken Pomeroy who is a great tempo based stats guy. Basically, he's teamed up with the basketball prospectus and they have released some Big 12 previews. One is an overview right now, and there is a "part one" of a larger preview, and part two has yet to be released.
Basically, I love Pomeroy and I really like the new basketball prospectus site. Interesting stuff anyway.
Basketball Prospectus | Articles | Big 12 Preview
Basketball Prospectus | Articles | Big 12 Preview
(BTW, you'll like the overview preview, it has some very good things to say about ISU)
This made me laugh a lot:
What Kansas State did well: Hold press conferences at which new coaches are introduced.
Green hills for thy throne, and for crown a golden melody/Ringing in the hearts of all who bring thee love and loyalty/Dear Alma Mater, make our spirits great
True and valiant like the bells of I-O-WA STATE!
And thank you Stumpy for this:
Good read, thanks.
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CG. No one knows what you're talking about.
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Wow. Considering how bad we were at nearly every statistical category, Coach McDermott should have been inducted into the hall of fame for getting us 15 wins. I like that they think we'll go 8-8 in conference, because that should get us 18-20 wins overall.
Honestly, reading this preview gets me pretty fired up, because I have a lot of faith in Pomeroy and those guys. I still don't think we'll hit 8-8, but it gets me a little more excited about the season.
Also, I do think it's funny they are right on board with the people that think Taylor won't be a big loss, and they don't have any emotion wrapped up in it because they just look at it statistically.
Wow, this guy knows his stuff. I think he was right on the mark regarding the Taylor situation and that he won't be missed. He didn't mention the Lucca situation of the importance of Garratt to this years team but an excellent writeup none the less. Thanks for the link.
It's great to read an article that sounds like they had actually analyzed the team!
Basketball Prospectus | Articles | Big 12 Preview
Part two.
Wow, Sadler doesn't sound any more impressed with his team than I am.
Sadler sounded really subdued about this group in November. "For us to get started as late as we did," he said, "I am pleased with the quality of this recruiting class overall. Obviously we will continue with each class to try to make our team better every year. With the addition of these players next season, we will have made a dent in improving the Nebraska basketball program for the future." Whoa, curb your enthusiasm, coach.
Great find BryceC...I'm going to have to follow Pomeroy from here on out. The statistics he uses seem to be the ones actually important to the success of a basketball team...
Thats the best preseason review I've ever read....seriously, ever. That guy know's his stuff.
That was mostly Gasaway, and he's good too, but Pomeroy is the statistician. And yes, they rock. I've been waiting for them to release their preview for like two weeks, hitting Prospectus every day.
Both Ken and John are absolutely awesome. I've worked with both and both are great basketball minds.
Mike sure had the energy to play two positions. We always knew our other guards were not the go to guys, so Mike was on an island. I expect three point shooting to be much better with more players and fresher legs.
Mike had tto lead the nation in wild shot threes Made. He had a highlight reel.
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Let Prohm's Posse Ride: Hallice, Brady, Stu, Lard, Naz, Deonte, Monte, Matt, Simeon, Jordan, and Babb.
Again, Bryce, thanks for the links and these guys really seem to know their stuff. Yes, it is amazing to us that they have actually done their homework and know what is going on with the players and the teams.
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Ned Yost Media Session: July 18
Rust vs. Rest
Manager Yost doesn't think that rust is a factor in KC's slow start to the second half. He pointed out that every team has a layoff.
Not peeking at the standings
Yost is emphasizing a day-to-day approach and looking at what it takes to win each game. He doesn't study the record or the standings. The focus is to move toward .500.
Getz in the lineup
Chris Getz will make a start at second today. He has also taken some ground balls at third base.
Media members were asking about Kyle Davies, who will make the start on Monday. Davies has had an up and down season. Yost acknowledges that Davies has had command issues but knows that his stuff has always been there.


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I'm new round here.
I've noticed that when I sync my Nokia E51 with Zimbra using mail for Exchange, sent items from the server are not synced to the Nokia. This has been mentioned already here:
As a consequence of that thread a bug was raised:
Bug 36886 – Sync sent items with mobile device
The above bug is marked as resolved as a duplicate of this bug, which is marked as closed and "invalid":
Bug 15881 – Zimbra Email sent from phone not listed in SENT ITEMS folder
And the comments in that bug seem to suggest that I just need to switch on syncing for sent items. How do I do that please?


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Hello there, this month challenge has a theme that speaks to me. With that project i want to apply a fantasy style map on my territory, quite a classic subject and this isn't my first attempt to do that but let's take a fresh start for this contest
Here is my basis, some data about land use (corine land cover) open with a GIS and then exported to Photoshop:
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Hello there, i've been trying new techniques with hillshade for relief that i reworked a bit with wilbur. Wilbur is really an amazing tool for his incise flow purpose, not perfect, rivers had some artifacts when you zoom in but still a great tool! The project of the map is now to represent an hypothetic future of my region with a sea level 15m above present day.
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It's looking *really good*, and I love your work flow - the rivers look fabulous. My only comment is that the field texture does not quite work for me because they 'fade out' at the edges rather than have hard edges, often bordered by vegetation (hedeges, trees etc). I often have this problem and the only way I've found to solve it is to use a layer mask and hard edge brush to follow the edges of the fields. Again, it is one of these things which the eye forgives when you are zoomed out but which looks more obvious close up.
The colours you are using are really lovely.
Thanks ravells. For the fields, thats the problem of texturing, as you say, looking good zoomed out but not so much when zoomed in. Your mask solution seems a good idea for a high quality but also a high time consuming render. You mean manually paint on a mask every field border in contact with another surface like the grass around rivers right? That's already a mask i used but with somes progressive borders, i was too lazy to try your solution at first
I've tried to add somes details to fields with more layers based on my original texture, including wheat fields and a soft bewell effect to give a furrow feeling on fields. Also tried a bewell effect to represent cities, for that i'm still not sure if i'll use symbols or bewell effects, i thought bewell suits well with the aeriel imagery tone the map, but same problem if you zoom in you'll see troubles
You are absolutely right, it does take ages to use the mask technique - that's why I try to stay away from drawing fields . I have not found an easier way to do it though. Drawing good fields is really hard without drawing them individually rather than relying on a texture. I have the full version of Genetica and must try having a play around to see if I can find a way to do it, but these days I'm stuck for time on mapping.
I think the towns look great without the bevels and keeping the outline.
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I've tried to paint the mask on fields like you suggest ravells, but the task seems so huge that i rather focus on adding small islands around rivers and rework a bit the roads and textures. I've start labelling, not completly decided about the style but i think i'll take a sci-fi orientation, as the map is suposed to represent an hypothetic future after global sea level rise.
Wow, this looks awesome! I love the just-bold-enough colors and the overall style. I can't help with the technical side here (though I agree that it would be better if the fields didn't fade out), but I'll offer a couple of thoughts on the aesthetics. Your three main fonts don't match, in my eyes; one retro-modern sans-serif, one fantasy Roman style (Charlemagne, I think?), and one quite flashy sci-fi. I'd suggest changing the two latter for something cleaner, similar to the city font. I also think the title and border is a little over-worked – when the map is this packed with small detail, you don't want anything distracting from it
Thanks for the feedback Lingon! Fonts choice isn't my strong side and your feed back confirm i still have to work that point, I'm hesitating between sci-fi and fantasy fonts and end up with that bad mix Maybe the borders are a bit too much, i had quite fun doing it but i never know when to stop adding details
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