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Historic Theatres in Modern Times
No matter what city I'm in, I enjoy seeking out historic theatres for viewing feature films. In Chicago, I love the Music Box; in Omaha, I frequent The Dundee; here in San Francisco, I really enjoy the Castro.
A lot of care goes into their programming schedules: they offer classic films, Midnight Movies, film festivals, new independent films, and, sometimes, the new Hollywood blockbuster (with 3-D). The theatres are usually beautiful and elegant, and a nice change from the hustle and bustle of multiplexes. Even the popcorn just somehow tastes better.
Theatres of the Past
A new book, Theatres of the San Francisco Peninsula, explores the history of movie houses in this region. Jack Tillmany (author of Theatres of San Francisco) and Gary Lee Parks (board member of Theatre Historical Society of America) have thoroughly researched the topic, amassing a collection of vintage photographs and histories of theaters--many which are long gone. From the small town of Brisbane with its 330 seat Brisbane Theatre to the Redwood Drive-in, with a 1,300 car capacity, the fascinating book covers a wide variety of cities and theatres.
Still Standing
Of the theatres covered in the book, two are still in operation: the Stanford in Palo Alto and the Fox Theatre (site of this year's Packing for Mars - One Book, One Community Event) in Redwood City.
Photo credit: BWChicago
Author Bio:
Karen Choy is the temporary branch manager of the Brisbane and Atherton Libraries.
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Central Gangnam nice entire flat103
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Hi, my name is WonYoung Kim, the host of MeeWooVille. I am an architect and run my own architectural office in Yeoksam-dong, Kangnam. Also I rent out 12 studio units of MeeWooVille. I am pretty fluent in English. I hope I can meet many people who want to make lots of memories in Korea.
2. Direction from the Incheon Airport
Airport Limousine
- If you take either #609 or #6020, get off at Yeoksam Station
- If you take #600, get off at SamJung Hotel
- If you take KAL Limousine 3A, get off at Novotel
Please give me a call 5 minutes before you arrive, then I will pick you up soon since MeeWooVille is only 3 minutes away from those bus stops.
3. Attractions
(1) Kangnam Station, Yeoksam Station, SinNonhyeon Station: 8-10 minutes of walk.
- Business district surrounded by many corporate headquarters such as Samsung, GS, LIG, GFC, etc.
- A major cultural center of Kangnam and a commercial and entertainment district with many shops and stores, shopping malls, restaurants (from Korean to other ethnic cuisines), cafes and coffee shops, bars, pubs, clubs, movie theaters (CGV, Lotte Cinema, Cinus G), and a book store (Kyobo)
- Education center - a lot of English institutes teaching TOEIC, TOEFL, GRE, and SAT
(2) Samsung Station: take subway line 2
City Airport Terminals, COEX, Korea World Trade Center, Intercontinental Hotel, Hyundai Department Stores
COEX mall is the largest underground shopping mall in Asia that attracts hundreds of people every day. Along with various shops and stores, there also are an aquarium, a book store (Bandi and Luni's), and a movie theater (MegaBox).
(3) Amenities: within 5 minutes of walk
CHA hospital, convenient stores, cafes, restaurants, fast food stores, hotels, motels,
4. How to get an access card key
Once you make a reservation, on the day of check-in when you come to the area possible to be picked up, then I will give you the card key. Please let me know the arrival times, dates and bus numbers in advance via email or message.
5. Family Info
I live in Bangbae-dong with my family. My wife is an amateur Korean painter, my son is a college student, and my daughter is an architectural designer who works in the U.S.
Since each unit of MeeWooVille is a separate studio, there will not be many chances to see my family around, but if needed, we will be there to help you. Also since my son can speak Chinese, if needed, just ask to communicate with him for your convenience.
6. Amenities
(1) Common area
Parking lot (up to 2 in Guest Parking spot), Hallways, Stairs
(2) Private area
(Fully funished unit - Bedroom, Kitchen, Dining and Bathroom) - 30M2 (325FT2)
- Wireless or Wired Internet Access
- LED TV with Cable
- Queen size bed with bed linens, pillows, and comforters
- Dining table with chairs for 2 people
- Desk and chair
- Closet, Built-in Closet/Cabinet, Drawers
- Enclosed Veranda (can be used as storage)
- Convenient Ceiling Storage
- 1 Induction Cooktop, 1 Microwave, Refrigerator, Toaster, Electronic Water Kettle, Sink, Kitchen appliances, Plates, Silverwares
- Washer in each Unit
- Hair Dryer and Bidet in Bathroom
- Air Conditioning
- Gas Heating
- Card Key Access
7. Home stay Service
(1) Pick-up Service: 120,000 KRW for one way
(Service is not via Wimdu. The host will pick you up.)
(2) Cleaning Service: 20,000 KRW
(3) If you have a large group of people, there are additional 4 units at MeeWooVille. Please contact me if you have any questions about this.
8. Subway/Bus stations
(1) Line 2: Yeoksam Station and Kangnam Station
(2) Line 9: SinNonhyeon Station
(3) Various Bus lines - Blue, Yellow, Red and Green
9. Preferred Guests
English or Chinese speakers are preferred. Age and gender do not matter.
10. Terms of Stay
Please keep in mind the check-in/check-out times.
No indoor smoking, please. Smoking is permitted on the outside only.
The additional person charge will be 20,000 KRW per person.
There is no additional person charge for children under 10.
Please check availability via Wimdu calendar.
Please check the reservation via Wimdu messages.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact me.
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David was a generous and wonderful host! The apartment was comfortable and perfect distance to the fun in Gangnam. The heated floors were amazing and kept my feet perfectly happy in the cold Seoul winter! David was kind enough to pick me up upon arrival and even allowed me to extend my stay when my travel plans changed--he definitely makes his guests feel welcome in Korea! I would recommend his apartment to anyone visiting the Gangnam area, and am already looking forward to booking this place again for my next visit!!
This apartment was awesome! Clean, friendly, absolutly wonderful!
My friend and I were there for 16 days and we want to come back! :D
David is a very kind man and always ready to help you with everything :) We appreciate that a lot.
We had a very good experience with this booking @ Windu. Besides David being an excellent host (very helpfull and acessible), the apartment in Seoul was very clean and cozy. Great option for those who prefer staying like a local.
The greatest place to be in Seoul !
Clean, cozy, spacious and located in a great area : Gangnam.
Everything was there to make our trip perfect : TV, microwave, iron, wi-fi, fridge, shampoo, .....
I would like to thank David for his kindness. He speaks english fluently and he helped us a lot. He also picked us up at the bus station.
I found my new house in Korea :)
This is a fantastic apartment. Great location within walking distance of two train stations, near to plenty of bars and restaurants. It's in perfect condition, and extremely well equipped. And the shower is just amazing!
David, the host, couldn't have done more to help me. Even when my flight plans changed due to plane cancellations and schedules, nothing was a problem.
Now I'm back home, I really miss it!
My Husband and I stayed in one of David's apartments for 1 week and loved it. They are so well set up with all the ammenities one would need for their stay. David was a great host, picking us up from our bus stop in Gangnam and dropping us off to the Bus terminal. Not only would we reccommend David's apartment to anyone planning on visiting Korea, we will like to stay here when we return on holidays again in the future.
David's place is excellent! He is a gracious and welcoming host and the apartment is nice and clean. The building is centrally located with easy access to Gangnam area. I will be staying here again!
My wife and I spent 7 weeks from mid April to early June. Our entire stay was very satisfactory and comfortable in most respects. The unit is very secure, clean and quiet. The space is more than what we expected and relatively new appliances are pleasure to use. We explored and enjoyed many nearby restaurants in the neighborhood. We walked to and from subway stations most of the time, even braved in the rain. Our host,"gim sajang nim" seems to know what he is doing. I will certainly going back to his rental unit next time I visit Seoul. I consider it as a rare find and jewel in Korea.
we had a fantastic first time experience of Seoul and Korea! flat 303 was exactly as described but exceeded our expectations: it was bright, very clean, convenient and the conforters super confortable! the location of the flat is very convenient. about 10 min walk from Yeoksam metro station from which one can go all over Seoul and beyond. There are plenty of restaurants in the little streets around the flat and plenty of nice cafes on the large avenue just 5 min away. There are also 2 Family Markets around the corner which are open late in the evening. So it is convenient to get a bottle of water on the way back home.The neighbourghood is very quiet and we could sleep with the windows open. Our host, David, was just great! he took really good care of us and was always available for any questions or needs we might have and that throughout our 7 days stay! if you want to, David can also arrange a trip to the DM|Z zone. So a perfect place to stay at and a really nice host!
The apartment was very convenient, everything was very new and clean, washing machine, parking in front of the house. Everything was perfect. Top location, good restaurants, 7/11 nearby. Very friendly and caring host. Top recommendation!
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DAVENPORT, Iowa- The Cyclone Tailgate Tour made its second stop of the day in Davenport Wednesday evening. Several hundred Cyclone fans made their way to the Modern Woodmen Park in Davenport.
Click the links tab above for a photo gallery of the Ottumwa and Quad Cities Tailgate Tour stops. Video coverage of Wednesday's events is also available in the video slideout tab or in the photo above.
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Software for reading/writing and sharing multidimensional arrays of data
Scientific DataSet (SDS) is a managed library for reading, writing and sharing array-oriented scientific data, such as time series, matrices, satellite or medical imagery, and multidimensional numerical grids.
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- Rich metadata to create self-descriptive data packages.
- Support for several common data formats, such as comma-separated values (CSV), network common data form (NetCDF), and hierarchical data format (HDF5).
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- Concurrent access to the data from multiple computing agents in multicore and distributed settings.
- Consistency checks and transactional updates.
Source code of the core library and more information about SDS library and tools can be found on CodePlex project site here: http://sds.codeplex.com.
A lighter package that treats NetCDF library as an external dependency is at http://github.com/predictionmachines/SDSlite. This package is also available via NuGet.
This is a collaboration between MSR Computational Science lab in Cambridge, UK and the MST lab, Computer Science department, Moscow State University (in Russian).
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Video: Police Investigate Barricade, Shooting Situation
WEST LAUREL, Md. (WUSA9) -- Prince George's County police have a man in custody after a barricade in the 16100 block of Malcolm Drive in West Laurel on Monday morning.
Police reported that 59-year-old Ronnie Lee Rainey called them from inside the house, threatening to harm himself and stated that he had harmed some family members.
At 10:53 a.m., police reported that the man had surrendered and was taken into police custody.
Police later confirmed that Rainey had fatally shot his wife, 50-year-old Lisa Renee Rainey, and stepdaughter, 27-year-old Ariale Chantre Shelton.
"Two surviving victims, the suspect's teenage son and another man, are cooperating with the police investigation. The teenager was shot at, though neither male was injured," police said in a release.
Rainey is charged with two counts of first degree murder and one count of attempted murder.


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Lesley University has a number of fixed seating venues to accommodate groups up to 189 people.
Lesley's two theaters in Cambridge can be reserved by submitting a Facility Rental Form. Please click on a photograph below to view a larger image:
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people. The room is hearing loop equipped through a t-coil hearing
Located in Porter Square with access to ample parking and an adjoining atrium space for receptions, the amphitheater is an ideal gathering space for medium to large discussions. It seats 175 people in a semi-circular configuration and has the technological capabilities for a number of activities, including video-conferencing with off-site participants.
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Healthy ecosystems produce goods and services that provide livelihoods for people and the potential for economic development. These include fresh water, agricultural productivity, fisheries, forest products, energy and protection from natural hazards. But when human activity degrades the environment, these goods and services decline, hampering economic and social development and leaving rural, marginalized communities more vulnerable.
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The future we want - preparing for Rio+20
Preparations are gearing up for the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development that takes place in June, with the release of the so-called 'zero draft' of the conference's outcome document. … | Spanish
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Striking a balance
There's a growing realisation that successful conservation comes from strengthening governance processes and involving the people who live with and depend on nature. In northern Kenya, IUCN and partners, with support from UKaid and other donors, are helping to secure a future for endangered Grevy's zebra and the people who share a land with this iconic species. …
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Easing the pressure
The Dadaab refugee camp in north-eastern Kenya, the biggest in the world, is vastly overstretched due to an influx of people fleeing conflict in the wider Eastern Africa region. The local environment is equally feeling the strain. …
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In Bangladesh, IUCN and partners are transforming the lives of women and poor fishermen by giving them better access to natural resources and a louder voice in decisions on how these resources are managed. …
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The old ways are the best—reviving traditional knowledge in West Asia
An ancient conservation practice born in the Arabian desert more than 1,500 years ago is now being revived in the battle-scarred greenery of Lebanon to help meet the complex challenges of a modern economy. …
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Poverty and environmental degradation go hand-in-hand throughout the world; each can cause the other. With the global population likely to reach nine billion by 2050 there is an urgent need to address both in tandem when devising new economic development models. …
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A short film produced by participants at the CEESP Conference in Whakatane, New Zealand (January 2011) …
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The importance of involving women in preventing and managing disasters is widely recognized but doing so in an effective and holistic way is more challenging. …
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Community-based adaptation is about helping people cope with the impacts of climate change. At the recent 5th annual conference on "Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change" in Dhaka, Bangladesh, researchers, practitioners and policymakers gathered to share knowledge and experience in planning and practicing adaptation at different levels. …
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Climate change resilience and good water governance in Mesoamerica
A recent workshop in the Sixaola River watershed, located on the Caribbean side of the Costa Rica-Panama border, highlighted the vulnerability of communities to increasing climate change impacts. … | Spanish
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Moxie Fab Alert: I love the burst of colors on this white card base--an unusual take on the typical color schemes of Halloween. I also love how my eye is drawn into the bat first, then carried along by the stars along the bottom to the right, then to the web which draws me in and upward to the smaller bats with the dots behind, and finally up to the ribbon. It's a sweet trip to the top and it's simply moxie fab!
Halloween Labels by Celeste Rockwood-Jones
Moxie Fab Alert: Once you've taken your toiling boiling brews out of the cauldron, dress them up with these terrifyingly terrific labels that would make any good witch proud. Concerned about time and all the haunting you have left to do? They're available as a free download! So click on over, it's as easy as casting a spell!
Little Monsters Card by Kazan Clark
Moxie Fab Alert: Again, monsters rule the day and these colorful, goofy, toothy guys would make any little spook giddy with Halloween joy!
Moxie Fab Alert: I love the cute little ghost hovering in the bottom left-hand corner, and the fact that he's with his little pumpkin friend makes it that much sweeter. And speaking of sweets, I'm thinking this little treat bag would make any treat look extra yummy!
Little Monster Card by Megan Hoeppner
Moxie Fab Alert: I love the innovation in this card. Megan's used an envelope template for Frankie's head here and added some fun embellishments to "seal" the deal.
Spooky Lantern by Megan Hoeppner
Moxie Fab Alert: In this graphically great project, Megan has applied a vinyl transfer to this swanky lantern from Ikea. Great gift/decor idea, great result, all around great!
Moxie Fab Alert: What's not to love about this card? I love the color scheme, the way she's contrasted damask and polka patterns, glittered and naked chipboard, and pretty ribbon with the rustically treated chipboard. The cous de grace? The spiders upping the freak factor, giving this card a spooky spark that rattles my bones.
If you're inspired like I am, I'm pretty sure you can't help but want to start creating immediately. Once you've whipped up something wicked, why not enter it in the Paper Crafts October Gallery Challenge which is about all things hauntingly Halloween? Click here to enter AND to see over 300 additional inpsiring projects that will stimulate your sinister spirit!
If you'd like to leave some love for these ladies, I've got some "Halloween" to share with you from American Crafts. You've got until Sunday, October 25 at midnight MDT!
Happy haunting,
PS Have you linked up your project inspired by Kim Kesti's Tuesday Trigger yet? We'd love to see your "take" on her inspiration!
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Sprout Plantable Thank You Card
These Sprout seed baby shower thank you cards perfectly coordinate with the Sprout plantable birth announcements. It is printed on plantable seed paper, made with post-consumer waste collected from local schools and businesses and embedded with wildflower seeds. Read about how plantable paper works. Designed by Kal Barteski
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Vacqueyras 2006
Vacqueyras, one of the Southern Rhone's baby Chateauneuf du Pape wines is starting to compete with Gigondas as the second wine of the area. Now starting to move away from it's rough and rustic image, Vacqueyras is taken more and more seriously by producer and critic alike. Not quite yet on par with Gigondas, the difference in price between the two is stark with top end Vacqueyras wines (like the two reviewed below) available for around £15, you can pay double this figure for a similar high quality Gigondas.
2006 is an interesting vintage for the Southern Rhone, and suffers (or benefits from, depending on whether you sell, grow or drink the wine) from being in between two top class vintages. If you're in the wine industry or a big wine geek you will know about the hype surrounding the Chateauneuf du Pape '07's. No bad thing for CnDP, Gigondas and Vacqueyras wines from 2006 as they now offer exceptional value (something like the '04 Bordeaux principle but really only among the wines from the best producers).
Vacqueyras is usually a wine fairly easy to distinguish with most producers in the area, even those that have moved into heavy bio-dynamie, eager to keep the wine true to its historical roots. Vacqueyras wines have always been dusty, tannic and rugged but as that style falls further out of fashion and with two very prestigious and fashionable neighbours in Cheateauneuf du Pape and Gigondas, Vacqueyras has had to pave a new road for itself and the two producers reviewed here today, Montirius and Perrin & Fils are both attempting to do just that but in rather different ways. Although both biodynamic producers, the two wines have been styled to appeal to two very different types of Vacqueyras drinker.
This isn't the first time I've tried the Montirius Vacqueyras 2006 Garrigues this year. The wine appeared in a Berry Bros and Rudd sponsored Twitter Taste Live event and went down a real storm, the wine was fruity, full of cherries and Walls vanilla but here I was three months later and this delightfully complex and expressive Vacqueyras had turned green in a matter of three months. Perhaps a case of bottle evolution, some kind of bottle fault or, if you believe in such things, perhaps it was a "veggie day"*
I gave the Montirius Vacqueyras Garrigues 2006, 91 Points on its last outing in August. Now in late November it appears to have completely changed and my score for it at this drinking window descends also. Remember as you read this review that this wine may just be entering a non drinking phase, the Montirius is a prestigious and fine Vacqueyras wine, in fact consistently one of the best of it's type produced annually.
Montirius Vacqueyras 2006 Garrigues - BUY (but don't drink today!) - £13.50
Deep ruby red in the glass. 70% Grenache and 30% Syrah the fruit today was hard to tease from the nose however the wine does stay true to the region with dusty earthy notes and a hint of blackberry and over-ripe raspberry. Mid bodied, the wine is green, tannic and austere on the palate with a mid length finish. A good structure but the under ripe taste is baffling. 84 Points
Perrin & Fils Vacqueyras Les Christins 2006 - BUY - £12.65
Ruby red in colour. The wine quickly offers a heady bouquet with knockout Blackberry jelly, vanilla and an interesting sweet note on the nose. On the palate the wine is smooth with fine ingrained tannins and is a very pleasant and well rounded Rhone wine though, if blind, would not have picked this wine as a Vacqueyras. 89 Points
There is a theory that slowly, year on year, wines are becoming more and more alike not simply because the technology of modern wine making is available to everyone and techniques/information is more easily shared but because wine producers are playing for points (critic's) and trying to appeal to an "international" palate (whatever that is). This presents a danger for an AOC like Vacqueyras if you are a purist and want your wines to reflect the nuances of the soil/climate and taste the way they have done for generations. However, if you are a producer in an area as prestigious as the Rhone but as unknown (to the general public) as Vacqueyras, you may be persuaded commercially to produce an every-Rhone wine and appeal to a mass market.
If you know you like Rhone wines and you're not fussy about every bottle being a clean and obvious example of its exact AOC then the Perrin & Fils will suit you better, easy to drink, obvious Rhone though not obvious Vacqueyras with a nice price tag too.
If you want an a true example of Vacqueyras or something to hold onto for a while and see the true potential of Vacqueyras then go for the Montirius.
Where can I buy these wines?
Both these wines are available at Berry Bros and Rudd.
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Do you have any examples of bad bottles or dumb periods? I don't know, aside from cork taint, a more disappointing end for a bottle of wine. I was so excited about the Montirius too *sigh*
*There are those that believe the waxing and waining of the moon effects water in the bottle as it effects the tides of the sea and that wines go through periods of fruit/veggie etc depending on the day you open it in a lunar cycle. That's lunar cycle, not loony cycle.
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Sottimano Barbaresco Pajore 2004
Sottimano Barbaresco Pajore 2004 is one of the wave of fantastic 2004 Barbaresco wines. Sottimano Barbaresco is rightly lauded in Barberesco circles but still remains under the radar here in the UK mostly because of a very poor distribution. However, in Italy and in the USA Sottimano enjoys a growing reputation with the 2006 range taking that next step up and three of their Barbaresco's holding their heads up with the very best producers and scooping huge scores with Antonio Galloni at the Wine Advocate.
Sottimano produce an array of Barbaresco wines and some of the others, Curra and Fausoni namely, do enjoy some distribution here but it's the Pajore I got to taste last night and I thought would be of most interest to Wine90 readers looking for fine wines at bargain prices.
A small producer on the borders of Nieve and Barbaresco, Sottimano is one of the fastest improving producer in the Piedmont and as such you can still purchase their top cuvee Barbarescos for sub £40 prices and even sub £30 here and there. Father and son team, Andrea and Rino Sottimano create hedonistic, long lived Barbaresco wines that will surprise you with their quality even among the entry level bottles. Perfectionists, Andrea and Rino produce four very distinct Barbaresco wines that will appeal to old school and new school Nebbiolo fans.
The Pajore is a the most elegant and traditional of the four and pleases traditionalists among the Gambero Rosso judges as in excellent vintages the Pajore can scoop the odd Tre Bicchiere award now and then. Those preferring a less aggressive, floral Barbaresco will prefer the Fausoni and it's these two wines that really divide Sottimano fans. If you like big, extracted Nebbiolo then the Curra would be the choice of the typical American palate (how dare I say such a thing!) and lastly the Cotta is a more spicy affair and a great foodies wine.
Sottimano Barbaresco Pajore 2004 - BUY - €39
A dark ruby red verging on purple, no hint of age here. The Pajore explodes on the nose after a good few hours in the decanter the wine was bursting with currant, chocolate, dark cherries, cloves and a real floral note on the end. The Pajore palate is luscious, still exceptionally concentrated and powerful, red fruits dance on your tastebuds for close to a minute on the finish. Far too young but at €39 you don't feel like you shot Bambi, a 6 pack contender; the evolution here will be fascinating. 94 Points
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La Brancaia Il Blu 2006
La Brancaia Il Blu 2006 is one of the best Super Tuscan wines around and with a growing reputation it won't stay on my QPR doozy list for long. The 2006 vintage is sumptuous. A fantastic year for Merlot in Italy, that supple little grape has provided the knock out punch to the other great red of La Brancaia's, Ilatraia. Usually, vintage after vintage these two wines can barely be separated both excellent though with very different flavour profiles. However, this year Il Blu is a baby giraffes neck ahead and with 96 points from Galloni and a Tre Bicchiere award, I had to get hold of this years vintage and see if the wine justified this stonking rating.
Swiss owned La Brancaia are foremostly fine exponents of Chianti Classico, and, like many other Tuscan estates with Chianti holdings, soon turned their attention to the cheaper and Bordeaux-esque Maremma to begin producing Super Tuscan wines. Still today these wines are wowing the critics. A little out of fashion in the noughties those in the know still swear by the Super Tuscan often rivalling, sometimes surpassing, the quality of Bordeaux and often for a fraction of the price. The interesting thing about Il Blu, a 50% Sangiovese, 45% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon wine is that it's not actually from Maremma but grown within the Chianti jurisdiction.
The excellent thing about it, is that this wine can still be found for under £40. 96 Point wines at £40 are very few and far between especially from such a famous region. Although I wasn't quite as impressed, to me 96 represents a unique barrier to push through, I happily award this wine 95 Points and a rubber stamped BUY.
As frequent readers of this blog will know, I spent 3 of the last 4 years living in Italy and one of the most beautiful things about it, excluding the people, countryside, food and wine, was the way these 4 qualities were often married. We spent many Friday evenings drinking and eating at the local Agriturismo's, where you ate the produce from the working farms, many of these were not just farms and restaurants but also hotels too. At La Brancaia you can also take a vacation with a stunning location, great food and wine of course, and set yourself right in the heart of a gorgeous Italian wine holiday. Check it out here.
Back to the wine. I popped and poured the La Brancaia Il Blu 2006 on Sunday which, to be honest, was a good 5 years too early. The wines of La Brancaia, apart from the Chianti Classico which is surprisingly accessible young, should all be given at least 5 years in the cellar. Despite this it was very clear to see that this was a very special wine and after some time to breath I can say that, for 2009 so far, this is the best QPR wine of the year. If you love Italian wines you have to seek this out, if you are into Bordeaux you have to seek this out, if you collect wine to sell for profit... you have to seek this out. If an alien were to come down from Mars, point a gun to my head and forced me to choose just one wine to attempt to please his palate...I'd choose this wine.
Food Match: Duck, Pigeon or Venison.
Alois Lageder Cabernet Sauvignon Cor Romigberg
Alois Lageder is one of the major players on the South Tyrol wine map producing a large and varied quantity of quality and affordable wines. In it's fifth generation, the latest Lageder is one of the pioneers in bio dynamic wine making in the region. Lageder, like many producers in the area, buy in grapes from local growers for many of their cheaper, single varietal wines. Most of these wines are fair priced and jolly good examples of the vast variety of grapes able to reach full ripeness in the cool but endlessly sunny Southern Tyrol.
The single vineyard-Lageder produced wines are grown along bio dynamic lines and the entire estate is environmentally adapted to the nth degree with solar panelling propelling the operation.
Alois Lageders Cabernet Sauvignon Cor Romigberg is practically unrivalled in the Southern Tyrol. Although the area is blessed with a ridiculous amount of sunshine hours, Cabernet Sauvignon is perhaps not one of the varieties that springs to mind when we envisage the Southern Tyrol because Cabernet Sauvignon likes to bask in the heat to fully ripen. However, it is the exceptional management of the vines here, as well as exhaustive analysis of the grapes that has produced a cool climate Cabernet without the "green".
The Romigberg vineyards are one of the most southerly of the Lageder parcels, several miles south of Bolzano and just north of the town of Termeno. Nestled between lake and mountain, it is little surprise then that this Cabernet Sauvignon has a very real and pronounced vein of minerality. What is a surprise is the luscious fruit, spice and floral notes that the wine offers. Containing just 3% Petit Verdot as an accompanying grape it seems improbable that the PV is driving the fruit.
The Cor Romigberg is the pride of the Lageder brand and spends 20 months in two thirds new french oak followed by a further 8 in bottle before release. The vines are at high density using the Guyot trellising system. In Italy these wines come onto the market around the €30 mark which, comparing to Tuscan Cabernet Sauvignons of this standard is a remarkable bargain. This is a classic cool climate Cabernet so don't imagine that the flavour profile will be anything like a Tuscan or southern Italian Cab.
Recently I had the opportunity to try the '03, a blazing hot vintage throughout Italy that played a part in reducing the usual minerality of the wine and gave further notice to the fruit. The Cor Romigberg is a wine that can benefit from cellaring in more typical vintages, however with the '03 I'm happy to say the wine is drinking beautifully at the end of 2009.
Alois Lageder Cabernet Sauvignon Cor Romigberg 2003 - BUY - £32
The darkest brooding ruby red. The nose is at once cherries, oak inspired spice, cassis and tobacco, a real aroma fans wine. On the palate the wine has strong but not aggressive tannins, it is powerful and the fruit is complimented by a straight minerality that gives this wine it's cool climate Cabernet feel. The finish is long and fruit driven the same as the attack. 90 Points.
Without tasting previous vintages it is hard to know if the Cor Romigberg is never green due to the grape selection process or if this particular vintage was so warm in the Southern Tyrol that this vintage is an anomaly putting it somewhere between a hot and cold climate Cabernet, it is at the very least a delicious wine.
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Le Due Terre Pinot Nero
I get into everything late. My timepiece is a calculator Casio, I have to personally inject ink into my printer cartridges, I pay for things with cash! This very morning facebook apps told me I am not suited to life in the norties and should travel back in time to the 1920's. Whilst I would love to be a jazz loving, flappy gangster (or gangster's moll i suppose :( ) there is that small problem of prohibition. Faced with such an ugly concept I'd be forced to make my own wine, naturally, (actually naturally, natural wines) and that is what Le Due Terre do. Ok they are not forced into this by stringent alcohol laws but I just wanted to talk about my Facebook quiz result. Everybody say SEGWAY.
When it comes to Le Due Terre's Pinot Nero I am late on two counts. Firstly, I tried this particular wine once already two years ago and secondly because everybody is talking about natural wines these days and so I have strapped myself to the bandwagon. They say; because there are no pesticides or added artificial wotnots (yeasts, sulphites etc) these wines are better for your health. I say; the real reason us wino's love natural wines is because we can drink them all night and wake up hangover free. Maybe some people are drinking these wines for health reasons but I am pretty sure they are liars. So, onto the wine.
When we talk about "natural" wines we are dealing with a very tricky concept. Since there are no universal laws about the processes that make a "natural" wine you need to know, more than ever, a little bit about the producer before making your natural wine purchase. In theory these wines will have been virtually untouched from grape to bottle and will be like wines from "the days of olde". Wines falling under this category should not have added sugars or unnatural yeasts, no sulphites, no filtration and the grapes should be picked by hand. Each vineyard has its own processes and at Le Due Terre, a tiny little producer of just 20,000 bottles per year in the town of Prepotto in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy, just 3 miles from the Slovenian border, Flavio & Silvana Basilicata are passionate about their winemaking approach being "hands off".
Le Due Terre are 100% committed to showing the expression of the two soils (le due terre). The winemaking process here involves selecting only the very best grapes that are crushed and the must racked into small wood. Fermentation comes from native yeasts and eventually the wine settles and there is no need for filtration. Taking extra time in the vineyards tending to the vines and carefully selecting the grapes means less work in the cellar! All this labour and low yields come at an expense to the consumer and the wines of Le Due Terre are not cheap instead they are plain excellent and for those who like to whip out something a bit special at dinner parties the wines of Le Due Terre are sure to please even the most fussy palate. For such a small outfit they have a nice varied selection of wines too including the Pinot Nero, a Merlot, a Rosso Sacrisassi ( a blend of Schioppettino and Refosco which I haven't tried but sounds very interesting) and a Bianco Sacrisassi.
I've tasted their Pinot Nero on two occasions and both times have been blown away by the sheer drinkability of this wine even when young. I've been lucky enough to have tried the 2001 and 2005 vintages, both have been excellent.
Le Due Terre Pinot Nero 2005 - BUY - €30
Garnet red with floral notes on the nose, lots of strawberry present and a slight butter biscuit whiff on the end. Smooth, mid bodied with a gentle mouth feel and well balanced tannins. Good effort. 90 Points
Le Due Terre Pinot Nero 2001 - BUY - £105 (in magnum)
Garnet red with orange hues, the nose is a spicy display with some earth and gamey notes. The wine is perfect for drinking today with silky tannins and a lush mouthfeel that connotes a wine in its prime. The long, soft finish is as good as any Italian Pinot I've tasted. Unabashedly - 94 Points
Where can I buy this wine? - The 2005 Pinot Nero - (the 2001 is available at Decorum Vintners)
Europeans - Peck - €30
Americans - Morrell - $63
Brits - Everywine - £26
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Giovanni Rosso Dolcetto d'Alba 2007
Rightio, back to work then. No video today as some cheeky beggar has nicked off with my camera for the weekend. Giovanni Rosso Dolcetto d'Alba 2007 was flown directly to WINE90 Towers by the folks at Berry Bros & Rudd along with a few other choice Italians wines. I suppose they hoped I would review them and publish my musings here.
As I'd rather not fall foul of the queens own wine merchant I suppose it's only cricket* to uphold my part of this bargain, especially as I'm crossing my fingers they will foot the wine bill for my 30th Birthday party this coming January.
Where the heck have you been!? Why aren't you publishing my comments!? Why don't you reply to me on twitter? You don't bring me flowers or sing me love songs anymore!
The rumours that I've been perfecting my golf swing, playing Wrath of the Lich King or sunning myself on the Isle of Elba are only true in part. If you had a window into WINE90 Towers you would see my GV stylee noticeboard over my left shoulder stating clearly "90 days to go" and with no explanation of what this deadline may be for. You're just going to have to trust me! ;)
Now, onto the wine! Poor Giovanni Rosso Dolcetto d'Alba 2007 deserves our full attention so let us be serious.
Frequent readers of the blog will know my love for all things Piedmont from the mighty Nebbiolo to the hardy ruddy cheeked Barbera to the lively, bright, future-futures starlette, my beloved little Dolcetto. There are many Dolcetto reviews here from "bigger" name Piedmont producers, Roberto Voerzio (you're still my favourite), Bruno Giacosa, Enrico e Marziano Abbona, Cavallotto and more yet I had never tried a Giovanni Rosso Dolcetto d'Alba so I was buzzing with excitement when the BBR man arrived, doffing his cap then skipping back to his van. This did make a pleasant change from the finger from Fed Ex and the Up-yers of UPS but while service is important, I digress.
Now, before the review, I have to say that this, more than any of the producers above or any Dolcetto wines I've tasted needs a good hour or two to breathe. I pop and pour as much as the next wino but I was fearing to award my BBR freebie Dolcetto a heartbreaking 70+ and risk my party being completely cancelled but thankfully, all this wine needs to turn from "um" to "oooooh" is about 60 minutes. So, when you do rush out and buy this wine online on my say-so give it a quick taste, decant it and marvel at what a difference an hour makes to this little number.
This is what our man Giovanni Rosso looks like. Cool as a cucumber.
Giovanni Rosso Dolcetto d'Alba 2007 - BUY - £11.85
Sits a deep ruby red while offering typically perfumed Dolcetto aromas and heavy on the dark cherries and blackberries. Fine, silky tannins complete a balanced, structured wine of full body with a strong finish that holds the dark fruit note to the last but sadly a touch green and bitter at the end too which lost the wine a couple of points for my palate. Still a very good Dolcetto. To be tried. 87 Points
There are better producers of Dolcetto out there, at least, more suited to my palate. If you've never tried Dolcetto before this isn't the world's finest example of the varietal but none the less it's very good, it's typical of the grape and it's on sale right now :D
A good Dolcetto with which to get into Dolcetto wines from a rapidly improving producer.
Where can I buy this wine?
Europeans - Berry Bros and Rudd - €13.50
Americans - Zachys - $19.99
Brits - Berry Bros and Rudd - £11.85
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Lets catch up! What have you been drinking this summer? So much has happened! Did you see the Cricket? Did you see Susan Boyle? Did you get Swine Flu? Poor Michael Jackson passed away! Worse news of all this Summer: Peter and Jordan :(
Cloudy Bay Wines
Cloudy Bay wines are a fine way to go for Foreign Fridays and do I have the FOUR wines for you! Cloudy Bay is the most famous producer from New Zealand who set the bar for other NZ Sauvignon Blanc producers and made the varietal famous in this part of the world. Much celebrated and lauded Cloudy Bay are much more than SB these days with a range of wines including a Gewurztraminer, late harvest Riesling, Pinot Noir, the sparkling "Pelorus" and "Te Koko" an alternative SB. I spent Wednesday night at the Cloudy Bay tasting at Chelsea's Bluebird with the WineSleuth, see how we got on with our four favourites from the event.
Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc 2008 - BORDERLINE- £13.50
Straw yellow in colour. A rich bouquet, fresh and tropical and quick to give it up too. Good acidity and freshness and continuing with a pineapple/zesty theme. Very flavourful on the palate but a touch clipped on the end. 88 Points
Cloudy Bay Gewurztraminer 2006 - BUY - £16.95
Deep straw yellow in colour. A hugely fragrant wine with classic Gewurzt notes of rosewater, lychee, honeysuckle combining to create a Turkish Delight-esque nose. On the palate the wine is fat and full with a hint of residual sugar, the wine has good acidity but isn't cutting. An interesting example of NZ Gewurtz 90 Points
Cloudy Bay Te Koko Sauvignon Blanc 2006 - BUY - £21.69
A clear but intense straw yellow. One of the best noses I've experienced all year. Delicious notes of ginger, jasmine, herbs, butter and mandarin, smoky oak, all aligning to create, for my nose, an extracted fortune cookie nose. On the palate the wine is full bodied, luscious and creamy with citrus and orange peel notes. A long finish completes a stunning, well rounded wine of top quality. Can't recommend this highly enough and much better than the standard Sauvignon Blanc. 92 Points
Cloudy Bay Pinot Noir 2006 - PASS - £17.35
I'm passing the Pinot Noir simply because I think there are better priced New Zealand Pinot Noirs in this price range, on this occasion myself and the WineSleuth did not agree. In the £15-£20 NZ Pinot Range I much prefer Craggy Range and Peregrine though both of these are Central Otago and not Marlborough. I have yet to be impressed by both Cloudy Bay or Wither Hills in the Pinot stakes. A matter of taste of course.Where can I buy these wines?
Diego Curtaz
The vineyards of Diego Curtaz lie in the north west corner of Italy in the Valle d'Aosta, a region growing in stature thanks to small producers like Diego Curtaz and the award winning style of the Valle d'Aosta's standard bearer at "Les Crêtes". 2007 was a decent vintage in this tiny parcel of Italy, in the Italian Alps and due north of the mighty Piedmont, the Valle d'Aosta shares little with its formidable neighbour, not even the grapes make it up the steep slopes to Europe's highest growing region aside from the sturdy Dolcetto. Here you will find Petit Rouge and Gamay rule supreme in the land of VdA reds.
An industrious lot, the winemakers of the Valle d'Aosta are not shy in trying their luck with a multitude of grapes and they even plant Syrah in them there hills. Today I tried three wines from Diego Curtaz, a sumptious Gamay, a complex and terroir typical Torrette and a Petit Rouge that hit me upside the head with age-old Asparagus notes that I can't forget even though I'm really trying.
Diego Curtaz Valle d'Aosta Torrette DOC 2007 - BUY - €6.50
Mid ruby red, aromatically explosive with huge chunks of cherry, a black pepper note as well as a strong showing of strawberry. The wine is light bodied, low tannins and high acidity, the wine blend is complimentary and interesting leaving the impression on the finish of a well mixed cherry cordial (!!!), alcohol well ingrained. Above average and interesting. 86 Points
Diego Curtaz Gamay 2007 - BUY - €6.50
Mid ruby red with candied cherry notes, hints of violet and banana, looking like Beaujolais Nouveau until the palate which is of a high quality. Great acidity, fruity and vibrant on the palate with a shockingly decent finish. Are we in Morgon? 88 Points
Diego Curtaz Petit Rouge 2007 - PASS - €6.50
Mid ruby red with a similar profile on the nose to the Torrette with cherry, pepper and strawberries but the wine falls apart on the palate turning vegetal and plain strange, poorly balanced, uninteresting flavours and a finish that's going nowhere. 72 Points
Where can I buy this wine?
All wines available at The Cellar Door
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Balfour Brut Rose 2005
Balfour Brut Rose is being hailed as the greatest pink fizz to ever come out of England scooping the coveted gold medal and trophy at the International Wine Challenge in 2008. It seems, within just two vintages, Richard Balfour-Lyn, the producer, has succeeded in his ambition to create the "finest Rose Sparkling Wine" in England but "comparable with the great Rose Champagnes"?
I went along to the oh so chic Bluebird club on Chelsea's Kings Road to taste the Balfour Brut Rose and speak to their wine consultant, Stephen Skelton MW about the wine, the estate and the demand for this very special English Rose.
Balfour Brut Rose is made at the Hush Heath Estate in Kent, England, a tiny vineyard currently set in just 4 hectares this is the only UK vineyard to focus 100% on sparkling Rose and is aiming to become a sparkling rose spoken in the same breath as the best from Champagne. A high aim indeed, but with men like Stephen Skelton MW working alongside chief winemaker Owen Elias and already a bagful of trophies in just two short vintages there may only be one thing to put pay to Richard Balfour-Lyn's dream of creating world class pink fizz; the good old English weather.
However, with climate change working in the favour of the estate it is now possible to grow grapes in England that were once thought impossible. Traditionally English wines have come from Germanic grapes but with summers like '04, '05 and '06 it has been possible to tease a fine expression from Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Meuiner (traditional grapes of Champagne) in Cranbrook, just 10 miles south of Maidstone.
The wine is obviously limited production and goes some way to explaining the price, however, comparing the £28.50 you'd pay for this sparkling rose at Bibendum to the equivalent French product; the difference in quality is immense.
Balfour Brut Rose 2005 - BUY - £28.50
A very delicate salmon pink. On the nose the wine has hints of red current and strawberries. On the palate the wine has very good crisp acidity and carries hints of red apple and raspberry. A refreshing, complex and well made sparkling rose perfect as an aperitif. 92 Points
Where can I buy this wine?
No Dice. Tiny production, but as of today the estate are signing for another 7 hectares so you may be able to get this wine in the USA in the next couple of years. In the UK you can buy this wine at the Bluebird club in Chelsea or online at Bibendum
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Barone Ricasoli Chianti Classico
Barone Ricasoli Chianti Classico 2006 "Brolio" was the winner of my Saturday night Chianti Death match face off, roundly knocking out the same vintage bio dynamic effort from Badia a Coltibuono. This week I've received a few emails from folk watching the vlogs asking for a clear up on the rules in Chianti Classico and also requesting a Chianti Classico episode, as a natural people pleaser what else could I do? See Barone Ricasoli Chianti Classico score a QPR busting 89 Points and impress my palate despite cutting myself somewhat ferociously with a butter knife just before the tasting.
This is on YOUTUBE today instead of Viddler. Press on the "HQ" on the player, its far better sound quality.
Very disappointing that the biodynamic wine did not fair better to my palate. This wine is lauded by the producer as a "true representative of Chianti Classico" well, perhaps I just like my sulphites but I found the Barone Ricasoli to represent my ideal of Chianti far more closely and at £7 less, please my pocket too.
Barone Ricasoli have a great website showcasing all their wines and a really interesting film intro that you can check out here - Barone Ricasoli.
Where can I buy this wine?
Americans - Laurenti Wines - $18
Europeans - Superiore - €12.40
Brits - AG Wines - £12.50
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KLEM Local Schedule (week of July 15)
MONDAY RESULTS - July 15
(high school softball)
(HINTON) -- Top-rated Akron-Westfield returns to the 1A State softball tournament after a one-year absence, punching their ticket with an 11-3 win over Charter Oak-Ute Monday night in Hinton to win the region one title. After spotting the Bobcats a 3-2 lead in the first inning, the Westerners erupted for six runs in the third inning to take an 8-3 lead and were never headed after that. Jordan Hansen had a two-run triple and Jaclyn Smith added a two-run single to key the inning. Kayla Tindall threw a four-hitter with one walk and six strike outs. She also had three hits offensively, including a RBI-double in the fourth inning. Akron-Westfield takes a 34-and-2 record to Fort Dodge Monday against 16-and-7 Janesville at 11 a.m. on diamond 1.
(STORM LAKE) -- Number-eight Remsen St. Mary's took advantage of four errors to score six unearned runs and the Lady Hawks beat Bishop Garrigan 9-3 in the 1A region-two title game at Storm Lake Monday night to qualify for their first State softball tournament since 1999. It will be their third trip overall. Two Garrigan errors extended the second inning for Remsen St. Mary's and Makenzie Ricke made the Golden Bears pay, slugging her first home run of the season, a two-run shot over the left field fence for a 4-1 lead. Bishop Garrigan drew to within 4-3 with single runs in the third and fourth innings before the Hawks batted around in the fifth and scored three runs. Again it was a Garrigan error that fueled the inning. Back-to-back two-out RBI-doubles by Alexis Bunkers and Lyndsie Schorg added two more runs in the sixth to complete the scoring. The two teams combined for 25 hits. Bunkers led a 13-hit St. Mary's attack with two singles and a double. Remsen St. Mary's takes a 28-and-6 record and nine-game winning streak to Fort Dodge Monday to play 35-and-6 Newell-Fonda at 1 p.m. on diamond 1.
(region 1) #1-Akron-Westfield (34-2) 11, Charter Oak-Ute 3
(region 2) #8-Remsen St. Mary's (28-6) 9, Bishop Garrigan 3
(region 1) Lawton-Bronson 2, Western Christian 1
(region 2) Ridge View 2, #1-North Union 1
(region 1) Estherville/Lincoln Central 6, #6-Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 5
(region 2) #1-Sergeant Bluff-Luton 5, OA-BCIG 2
(high school baseball)
(#5-3A) Le Mars 15, Denison-Schleswig 1 (RECORD: 25-and-5)
(DENISON) -- Hunter Rowe threw a complete-game, two-hitter with no walks and five strike outs and the Bulldogs backed him up with a 15-hit attack as Le Mars beat Denison-Schleswig 15-1 Monday night in a non-conference baseball match-up in Denison. The game was a make-up game from a rain out back in May. Jacob Lamoreux led the way offensively with four hits and two RBI's. Dayton Rand drove in three runs although he went hitless on the night. Kendall Candor had two RBI's on two hits and Colan Borchers and Matt Ellefson added two hits each for Le Mars. The Bulldogs turned the game into a rout with eight runs over the final two innings. Le Mars take a 25-and-5 record into their regular season finale Tuesday afternoon when they host Sioux City East in a varsity doubleheader, starting at 1 o'clock. The Bulldogs open tournament play Friday against M-O-C/Floyd Valley at the Bulldog Sports Complex.
(American Association baseball)
Wichita Wingnuts 2, Sioux City Explorers 0
TUESDAY RESULTS - July 16
(high school baseball)
(game 1) Sioux City East 11, (#5-3A) Le Mars 1
(game 2) Sioux City East 4, (#5-3A) Le Mars 2 (RECORD: 25-and-7)
(LE MARS) -- Sioux City East unleashed a 17-hit attack Tuesday afternoon and beat Le Mars 11-1 in the first game of a varsity doubleheader at the Bulldog Sports Complex. The Black Raiders scored four times in the second and four more times in the fourth to take an 8-0 lead and coasted in from there. Jacob Lamoreux had two of the Bulldogs' seven hits. Colan Borchers drove in the lone Le Mars run with a fourth inning sacrifice fly. Tyler DeVos worked the first four innings on the mound and took the loss with Caleb Cline working the final three innings. East also won game two 4-2, breaking a 2-all tie with a run in the sixth and added an insurance run in the seventh. Colan Borchers, the third of four Bulldog pitchers took the loss. Dayton Rand's two-run double in the fourth tied the game for Le Mars. The Bulldogs end the regular season with a record of 25-and-7.
(LE MARS) -- Number-five Hinton and Gehlen Catholic were quarterfinal winners in Class 1A District tournament baseball action at the Riverview Complex Tuesday night. Hinton won 15-1 over West Sioux in six innings to advance to Thursday night's semifinals in Le Mars. Joel Kirwan's grand slam and Logan Jurgensmeier's three-run homer helped power the Blackhawks to a ten-run rule victory. Hinton improves to 23-and-3. Gehlen won the second game 3-2 over Harris-Lake Park. Ty Kurth scored the go-ahead run for the Jays in the top of the seventh inning on a wild pitch to complete a come-from-behind victory. The Wolves collected five of their seven hits off Mitchell Flack to take a 2-0 lead after two innings Flack settled down after that and allowed only two more base runners while striking out eleven. He struck the side out in the bottom of the seventh to make the one-run lead hold up as he improved his record to 7-and-0. Flack also scored Gehlen's first run, dashing home on a throw to first base following a dropped third strike in the fourth inning. Solomon Freking scored the tying run an inning later for the Jays on Michael Whitehead's sacrifice fly. Gehlen takes a 12-and-12 record into a semifinal match-up with Hinton on Thursday night at 7 o'clock.
(district 1 / sub-state 1)
(at Gehlen)
#5-Hinton (23-3) 15 West Sioux 1 -- 6 innings
Gehlen Catholic (12-12) 3, Harris-Lake Park 2
(at Inwood)
Central Lyon 15, George-Little Rock 5 -- 6 innings
#9-West Lyon 17, Trinity Christian 0 -- 4 innings
(district 2 / sub-state 1)
(at Remsen)
Marcus/Meriden-Cleghorn (18-7) 6, Remsen-Union (13-11) 0
Remsen St. Mary's (22-8) 11, Laurens-Marathon 1 -- 6 innings
(at Alta-Aurelia)
Storm Lake St. Mary's 11, Spalding Catholic 5
Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire 2, Alta-Aurelia 1
(district 15 / sub-state 8)
(at Avoca)
Logan-Magnolia 7, CAM, Anita 2
A-H-S-T, Avoca 3, Elk Horn-Kimballton 2
(at Coon Rapids-Bayard)
Ar-We-Va, Westside 13, Glidden-Ralston 3 -- 6 innings
Coon Rapids-Bayard 11, Audubon 2
(district 16 / sub-state 8)
(at Lawton-Bronson)
Westwood 4, West Monona 3 -- 8 innings
Lawton-Bronson 18, Whiting 0 -- 4 innings
(at Moville)
Akron-Westfield (13-13) 9, Kingsley-Pierson (6-20) 3
Woodbury Central 15, River Valley 4 -- 5 innings
(district 1 / sub-state 1)
(at Sioux Center)
Western Christian 18, Unity Christian 6
Sioux Center 5, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 4
(district 2 / sub-state 1)
(at Spirit Lake)
North Union 10, Sioux Central 0 -- 6 innings
Spirit Lake 17, Emmetsburg 6 -- 5 innings
(district 3 / sub-state 2)
(at Mapleton)
South Central Calhoun 7, East Sac County 0
Maple Valley/Anthon-Oto 17, OA-BCIG 5 -- 5 innings
(district 4 / sub-state 2)
(at Story City)
Fort Dodge St. Edmond 4, Ogden 2 -- 8 innings
Roland-Story 8 Clarion-Goldfield 1
(high school softball)
(region 1) Denison-Schleswig 11, Humboldt 10
(region 1) #2-Ankeny 6, Fort Dodge 0
(American Association baseball)
Wichita Wingnuts 12, Sioux City Explorers 5
WEDNESDAY RESULTS - July 17
no games scheduled
THURSDAY RESULTS - July 18
(high school baseball)
(LE MARS) -- Gehlen's sophomore first baseman Noah Livermore started the night hitting just .184, hardly the resume' of hero. Right? Yet it was a bases-loaded, line-drive double into the gap in left-center by Livermore that chased home a pair of runs and brought an end to the District tournament semifinal game at the Riverview Complex, giving Gehlen Catholic a thrilling 4-3, eight-inning victory over number-five Hinton. The victory moves the Jays into the District title game Saturday night against West Lyon at Gehlen's Riverview Complex at 7 p.m. Solomon Freking started the scoring with a third inning homer and Gehlen moved in front 2-0 an inning later on Angel Chagolla's RBI-single. The Blackhawks tied the game in the sixth with a pair of runs, scoring on a wild pitch and a ground out. Hinton took a 3-2 lead in the top of the eighth on Skyler Beller's double and with 10-and-0 pitcher Logan Jurgensmeier on the mound to close it out in the last of the eighth it appeared the Blackhawks were going to pull out a win and keep their season alive. Blake Wiltgen and Austin Herbst got Gehlen's winning rally started with singles and after Jurgensmeier hit Angel Chagolla to load the bases with one out, Livermore came to the plate. Mitchell Flack earned the win in relief to improve to 8-and-0 for the season. Hinton closes out a 23-and-4 season while the Cinderella Jays take a 13-and-12 record into Saturday's 1A District finals. The game will be carried on KLEM, starting at 6:50.
(district 1 / sub-state 1)
Gehlen Catholic (13-12) 4, #5-Hinton (23-4) 3 -- 8 innings
#9-West Lyon 6, Central Lyon 1
(district 2 / sub-state 1)
Remsen St. Mary's (23-8) 2, Marcus/Meriden-Cleghorn 0
Storm Lake St. Mary's 3, Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire 2
(district 15 / sub-state 8)
A-H-S-T, Avoca 3, Logan-Magnolia 1
Coon Rapids-Bayard 9, Ar-We-Va, Westside 7
(district 16 / sub-state 8)
Lawton-Bronson 12, Westwood 2 -- 5 innings
Woodbury Central 4, Akron-Westfield (13-14) 0
(American Association baseball)
Sioux City Explorers 3, Fargo-Moorhead Red Hawks 2
FRIDAY RESULTS - July 19
(high school baseball)
(LE MARS) -- Number five Le Mars and Sergeant Bluff-Luton punched their tickets into the 3A District 1 title game Monday night at the Bulldog Sports Complex with semifinal victories Friday night. Sergeant Bluff-Luton pounded out 13 hits and beat Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 12-3. Jon Moeller had three hits and two RBI's to lead the Warriors and Spencer Wyant keyed a five-run second inning with a two-run hit. Le Mars also had 13 hits, seven for extra bases, and the Bulldogs eliminated M-O-C/Floyd Valley 11-1 in six innings. Hunter Rowe and Jacob Lamoreux hit their first home runs of the season to help stake the Bulldogs to a 5-1 lead after three innings. Lamoreux erased a 1-0 deficit with a RBI single in the first and Rowe followed with a two-run homer to give the Bulldogs the lead for good. Lamoreux opened the third with a solo shot to right-center. Colan Borchers started a five-run fifth inning with a two-run double followed by Dayton Rand's RBI double and Matt Ellefson's RBI single. Le Mars earned a ten-run rule verdict in the sixth inning with a walk-off bases-loaded hit-batter as Dayton Rand picked up his second RBI of the night. Lamoreux had three hits for the Bulldogs, falling a triple shy of the cycle. Colan Borchers improved to 4-and-5, turning in what may have been his best outing of the year -- a four-hitter with two walks and eight strike outs. The Bulldogs are 26-and-7 heading into Monday's title game while S-B-L improved to 21-and-15. The Warriors beat Le Mars July 6th, 12-4, taking advantage of nine Bulldog errors that night at the Bulldog Sports Complex.
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Sergeant Bluff-Luton 12, Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 3
#5-Le Mars (26-7) 11, M-O-C/Floyd Valley 1 -- 6 innings
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#1-Bishop Heelan 9, Algona 5
Spencer 3, #9-Storm Lake 0
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Sioux City East 9, Sioux City West 1
Sioux City North 6, Council Bluffs T-J 3
Council Bluffs A-L 5, Lewis Central 1
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Fargo-Moorhead Redhawks 2, Sioux City Explorers 1
SATURDAY RESULTS - July 20
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(LE MARS) -- Senior Jonathan Van Beek threw his second complete game in three nights for number-nine West Lyon and pitched the Wildcats to a 7-3 victory over Gehlen Catholic Saturday night in the 1A District 1 championship game. Van Beek gave up seven hits, six walks and seven strike outs to improve to 11-and-1 for the season. He had given up just two earned runs all season but Gehlen reached him for three runs in the fifth inning to narrow a 5-0 deficit to 5-3. Van Beek plated a pair of runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to pad the lead to a four-run advantage going into the seventh. Van Beek also had a RBI double in the first inning to start the scoring and added a RBI single in the fourth. Kacey Myrlie followed Van Beek's first inning double with a two-run single to give West Lyon a 3-0 lead to end Mitchell Flack's pitching night after just six batters. Blake Wiltgen took over with one out in the first inning and threw five effective innings to keep the Jays in the hunt. Wiltgen allowed just one hit and two earned runs. Michael Whitehead got the final two outs in the sixth inning for Gehlen. Flack suffered his first loss after starting 8-and-0. Austin Herbst led Gehlen's hitting attack with three hits and a RBI. The Jays finish the season at 13-and-13 while West Lyon takes a 23-and-6 record to Remsen Tuesday night to meet the 24-and-8 St. Mary's Hawks for the Sub-State title.
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#9-West Lyon 7, Gehlen Catholic (13-13) 3
(district 2 / sub-state 1)
Remsen St. Mary's (24-8) 3, Storm Lake St. Mary's 2
(district 16 / sub-state 8)
Woodbury Central 4, Lawton-Bronson 1
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Western Christian 9, Sioux Center 2
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Spirit Lake 13, North Union 3 -- 5 innings
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South Central Calhoun 4, Maple Valley/Anthon-Oto 2
(district 4 / sub-state 2)
Roland-Story 3, Fort Dodge St. Edmond 2
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Fargo-Moorhead Redhawks 5, Sioux City Explorers 4
SUNDAY RESULTS - July 21
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Fargo-Moorhead Redhawks 13, Sioux City Explorers 10
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A Look Inside Our Brand New Airbus A330
After an incredible amount of preparation, testing and hard work behind the scenes, our brand new A330 Beauty Queen made her inaugural flight from Manchester to Orlando on Saturday 2nd April.
Our Competition Winner
You may remember that we recently ran a competition for a lucky planespotter to win an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of the new A330 as she underwent her final tests and checks in the hangar at London's Gatwick Airport.
Last week, we were delighted to welcome our winner Robert Thomson down from Northampton for his VIP access-all-areas onboard tour. Robert and his family are frequent flyers who've travelled to Orlando with us on a number of occasions, so he was very keen to experience how his next flight might be.
After the tour, Robert had this to say about Beauty Queen: "What a plane! The level of comfort and spec are fantastic and as for the inflight entertainment, who needs an iPad...".
Today we're we're thrilled to share some photos of the day, inside and out...
Beauty Queen
Our maiden aircraft Beauty Queenis our first long range twin engined aircraft and signals the arrival of our new $2.2 bn fleet of 10 planes, which will be delivered over the next two years.
Premium Economy cabin
There are 59 Premium Economy seats onboard, all featuring our brand new and revolutionary touch screen inflight entertainment system. Premium Economy customers also benefit from a unique touch screen remote control handset, and the ability to plug in a variety of their own mobile devices.
Economy cabin
In both Premium Economy and in our 255-seat Economy cabin, passengers are able to plug in a USB to view their own content on screen.
The Airbus A330 is the most fuel efficient aircraft in its class today and this investment underlines our commitment to flying a lower carbon fleet. Our inaugural flight was piloted by Captain Chris Hall who said "This is an exciting day for me personally and for all our pilots. Our first twin engined aircraft is a delight to fly."
For more information on our A330, lookout for our 'Countdown to Takeoff' post, coming later this week.
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Also what are your thoughts on the problems Quantas keep having with their A330's? Several cockpit fires in recent months..
"Hi there, we have 10 new planes arriving over the next two years; the first 2 will operate on leisure routes and have a Premium Economy and Economy cabin, and the remaining aircraft will be configured with Upper, Premium and Economy."
Im french cabin crew flying a330 as well.
I dont see any lower deck mobile crew rest area as many long haul airbus 330/340s are equipped with.
Will these flights MAN MCO be operated without any crew rest ?
Thanks for replying.
Best regards.
I believe economy is 31/32inches(747/A340) whereas PE is 38inches.
Having flown VS both leisure and business (in PE & UC) the fares from MAN-MCO are certainly in the premium end of the market and looking at the photos - it appears though the rows are closer together...
I echo Jackie's comments - UC has always been full both ways when I've travelled MAN-MCO.
Look's pretty sleek as you would expect from VS, but the Premium section looks a poor second to BA's new WTP
I am just wondering about the seat sizes too : ) We have travelled to/from Orlando 11 times in the past 5 years and the rows do look closer together, looks a bit small to me.
My son is disabled and needs assistance getting on the plane with an aisle chair, these rows do not look big enough getting a bit worried as we are flying on 4th May.
About the author: MaxineMaxine Sheppard
Maxine is the editor of the Virgin Atlantic blog. Travel and music are her joint first loves, and despite having written for Virgin for more years than she cares to remember she still loves nothing more than jumping on a plane in search of new sights and new sounds.


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After 32 years, Garrison Keillor's radio variety show is coming to an end. Set on a rainy Saturday night in St. Paul, Minnesota, fans file into the Fitzgerald Theater to see "A Prairie Home Companion," a staple of radio station WLT, not knowing that WLT has been sold to a Texas conglomerate and that tonight's show will be the last. Backstage cast and crew assemble for one last hurrah. They include: The Johnson Sisters, Yolanda and Rhonda, a country duet act that has survived the county-fair circuit; Lola, who gets her big chance to sing on the show and then forgets the words; Guy Noir, a private eye down on his luck who works as a backstage doorkeeper; and Dusty and Lefty, the Old Trailhands, a singing cowboy act.


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Ned Yost media session: August 18
It's Miller time
With the placement of Brian Bannister on the 15-day D.L. retroactive to August 8 with right rotator cuff tendinitis, outfielder Jai Miller was recalled from Triple-A Omaha. Yost said he plans to use Miller on a day-to-day basis, but will most likely use him in the outfield against left-handed pitchers. Miller provides just what Yost was looking for–a right-handed bat in the outfield.
Who's on first?
Yost also discussed his plans to use Kila Ka'aihue and Billy Butler at first base, saying the decision on who starts will be day-to-day in order to give both players a fair chance. According to Yost, Butler has been working early and diligently every single day in order to get better, which the manager believes is starting to pay off. Additionally, Butler has been working on not allowing his offense to carry over to his defense.
The skipper also said that Ka'aihue came in with a reputation as a solid first baseman and has been working on his hitting in the cage with Kevin Seitzer. Yost believes Ka'aihue is starting to get his feet under him, and it will only be a matter of time before he takes off.
On the mend
Gil Meche and Luke Hochevar are consistently getting better as they work their way back from injuries. Yost said Meche threw very well during his simulated game, and Hochevar looked really good after his bullpen session. Yost expects Meche to make a rehab start in Omaha soon.
It's a girl!
Hochevar and wife, Ashley, welcomed a new baby girl into the world this morning. Laney Hochevar was born at 5:40 a.m., weighing 6 pounds, 12 ounces. The pitcher is the sixth Royals player this season to have a child (DeJesus, Podsednik, Maier, Blanco, Betancourt). Be on the lookout as both Alex Gordon's wife, Jamie, and Dusty Hughes' wife, Jennifer, are both due in the next few months as well!


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Gold Traders More Bullish as ETP Hoard Sets Record: Commodities
Gold traders are the most bullish in three weeks as investors' bullion holdings rose to a record on mounting speculation that central banks will add stimulus to bolster economic growth.
Fourteen of 26 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg expect prices to rise next week, nine were bearish and three were neutral. Investors boosted holdings in exchange-traded products to an all-time high of 2,585.1 metric tons yesterday, valued at $142.4 billion, data compiled by Bloomberg show. Hedge funds' bets on a rally are near the biggest in more than a year, according to U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission data.
Central banks from Europe to China to the U.S. have pledged to do more to boost economies. The yen reached a four-month low versus the dollar this week on speculation the Bank of Japan will further expand stimulus and the Federal Reserve said it plans to continue buying bonds. Gold rose 70 percent as the Fed bought $2.3 trillion of debt in two rounds of quantitative easing from December 2008 through June 2011.
"The whole economic situation is going to get worse rather than better," said Thorsten Polleit, chief economist at Degussa Goldhandel GmbH, a precious metal trading and investment company in Frankfurt. "Paper currencies have already lost their function as a store of value and it's getting worse. People are increasingly putting their savings into precious metals."
Gold Prices
Gold rose 9.4 percent to $1,711.30 an ounce in London this year, heading for a 12th straight annual gain, the longest winning streak in at least nine decades. October's average of $1,749 is set to be the third-highest month ever. The Standard & Poor's GSCI gauge of 24 commodities lost 0.9 percent since the start of January, and the MSCI All-Country World Index of equities climbed 9.7 percent. Treasuries returned 1.7 percent, a Bank of America Corp. index shows.
The BOJ, which holds a policy meeting Oct. 30, will consider raising its asset-purchase program by 10 trillion yen ($125 billion) to 90 trillion yen, the Nikkei newspaper reported yesterday. The Fed said Oct. 24 it will maintain $40 billion in monthly purchases of mortgage debt and probably hold interest rates near zero until mid-2015. The European Central Bank has said it is ready to buy bonds of indebted nations and China approved a $158 billion subways-to-roads construction plan.
Some investors buy bullion as a hedge against inflation and a weaker dollar, and the metal generally earns returns only through price gains, increasing its allure as interest rates decline. Inflation expectations measured by the break-even rate for five-year Treasury Inflation Protected Securities jumped 33 percent this year and reached a 16-month high in September.
Investors Buy
Gold ETP holdings gained 7.9 percent since the end of July and now account for almost a year of mine production, according to data compiled by Bloomberg and Barclays Plc. Speculators' wagers on a rally were the highest since August 2011 in the week to Oct. 9, CFTC data show. They cut their net-long position by 12 percent to 161,987 futures and options by Oct. 23, the second straight reduction, data show.
Gold dropped below $1,700 this week as "fatigue set in" among fund managers after they boosted bets and as prices failed to reach $1,800, said Edel Tully, an analyst at UBS AG in London. Higher prices also curbed physical demand, said Walter de Wet, an analyst at Standard Bank Plc in Johannesburg.
The U.S. Mint sold 48,500 ounces of American Eagle gold coins so far this month, 29 percent fewer than throughout September, data on its website show. This year's sales of 530,000 ounces are down 41 percent from the same period in 2011.
Indian Demand
Gold imports by India, last year's biggest buyer, slid to as low as 170 tons in the third quarter from 205 tons a year earlier, according to Bachhraj Bamalwa, chairman of the All India Gems & Jewellery Trade Federation. Local prices fell 5.7 percent since setting a record Sept. 13. Gold's drop this month may spur more physical demand in Asia, Standard Bank said in an Oct. 24 report. Indian consumers usually boost purchases before the wedding season and religious festivals later this year.
Central banks have been expanding bullion reserves to diversify from currencies. Nations may add almost 500 tons this year, the London-based World Gold Council said in August. Brazil raised its gold reserves last month for the first time since December 2008 and countries from South Korea to Russia increased holdings this year, International Monetary Fund data show.
In other commodities, 15 of 30 traders and analysts surveyed expect copper to gain next week and 10 were bearish. The metal for delivery in three months, the London Metal Exchange's benchmark contract, climbed 2.8 percent to $7,812.25 a ton this year.
Sugar Survey
Fourteen of 20 people surveyed said raw sugar will rise next week and three expected a decline. The commodity slid 17 percent to 19.35 cents a pound since the start of January on the ICE Futures U.S. exchange in New York.
Fifteen of 28 people surveyed anticipate higher corn prices next week and five were bearish, while 17 of 29 said soybeans will climb and five predicted a drop. Corn rallied 14 percent to $7.3775 a bushel in Chicago trading this year as soybeans rose 29 percent to $15.6375 a bushel. Both crops reached records since August as the worst U.S. drought in a half century hurt crops.
The GSCI gauge of raw materials erased this year's gain three days ago after entering a bull market in the third quarter. The last annual decline was in 2008 and the index made annual advances in 11 of the past 13 years.
The commodity supercycle has further to go because of increasing demand from China and emerging markets, Chris Watling, chief executive officer of Longview Economics Ltd., and Dambisa Moyo, a former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. economist, said at a conference in London on Oct. 24.
"The inflation story in commodities is warranted," said Colin O'Shea, the head of commodities at Hermes Investment Management Ltd. in London, which manages about $2.3 billion of raw-material assets. "Inflation could really happen, and happen in a big way over the course of the next few years. Historically, the primary reason for investing in commodities is diversification."
Gold survey results: Bullish: 14 Bearish: 9 Hold: 3 Copper survey results: Bullish: 15 Bearish: 10 Hold: 5 Corn survey results: Bullish: 15 Bearish: 5 Hold: 8 Soybean survey results: Bullish: 17 Bearish: 5 Hold: 7 Raw sugar survey results: Bullish: 14 Bearish: 3 Hold: 3 White sugar survey results: Bullish: 13 Bearish: 3 Hold: 4 White sugar premium results: Widen: 5 Narrow: 6 Neutral: 9


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I often run into something similar but the guy is my hunting partner of 15 years, LOL he has never elk hunted with anyone else so he
often wants to be where I am even if we go in different directions, all of a sudden I will get to an area and sob if he hasn't diverted his direction seemingly to get in front of me, it really bothers me! so lately I have adjusted to where it can't happen.
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I'm lucky that my job as Vice President of New Media for Business Wire has allowed me to apply the useful skills learned in my professional life to a passion for butterflies. For the past several years I've blogged about butterflies at www.texasbutterflyranch.com, provided updates on the Monarch butterfly migration as
@butterflybeat on Twitter, and used my Powerpoint prowess to share the daily miracle of metamorphosis with children, gardeners, seniors and others. I've also raised caterpillars (butterflies-to-be) in my kitchen and brought them to work when they're about to "go chrysalis" on me, much to my colleagues' amusement.
Recently I had another amazing opportunity to spread the butterfly gospel, thanks to Business Wire's generous BW Gives Back program. Organizers of the Amazing Butterflies Exhibit at the San Antonio Botanical Garden (SABOT) invited me to lead a butterfly hunt, demonstrate how to tag a Monarch butterfly, and share the beloved insects' remarkable migration story.
SABOT's educational exhibit, which runs through January 8, leads participants through a garden maze in which they can simulate life as a caterpillar, then a butterfly, gaining insight about the life cycle along the way.
About 30 nature lovers attended the talk, admiring Monarch eggs and caterpillars collected along the Llano River in the Texas Hill Country. Prior, we netted a Monarch butterfly in SABOT's lovely butterfly garden and finished up the presentation with a tagging demonstration.
For those unaware, Monarch butterflies make an amazing migratory journey from Michoacan, Mexico each year, starting in April and flying north to Canada. Over the course of multiple generations, the resilient creatures traverse the eastern United States to Canada in the Spring, their great great grandchildren returning in the Fall to their ancestral winter roosts in Mexico. April and October are primetime for Monarch butterfly fans in Texas, which is the "funnel" for all Monarch traffic, north and southbound.
Metamorphosis, mediamorphisis–when you think about it, the two have much in common: constant change, endless fascination, reflections of ourselves. Thanks to Business Wire for allowing me the opportunity to marry the two passions that most consume my time at work and after hours.


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PHOTOS: Florida's rejected license plates aren't always offensive
Manatee County, Florida - Deputies are looking for the man who robbed a Manatee County 7-Eleven early Monday morning.
Early this morning, the Manatee County Sheriff's deputies responded to a robbery at the 7-Eleven located at 4451 Tallevast Rd.
The robber reportedly entered the 7-Eleven located at 4451 Tallevast Road and asked for a box of Newport cigarettes. Once the clerk put the cigarettes on the counter, the suspect then stated, "This is a robbery. I don't want to hurt anyone. I'm already wanted. I know I'm on video. I don't care."
No weapon was shown or implied, but the clerk handed over approximately $75 for fear of one.
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(Sports Network) - A pair of Central Division rivals will try to avoid their
third straight losses when the St. Louis Blues host the Detroit Red Wings in
Thursday's clash at Scottrade Center.
The Red Wings have been up and down all season and their recent regulation
setbacks against Columbus and Calgary dropped the club's record to 4-4-1. St.
Louis, meanwhile, jumped out to a 5-1-0 start to the season before losing its
last two games -- one of which was against Detroit -- by a combined score of
Detroit hopes to fare better against the Blues than it did when the clubs met
in St. Louis on Jan. 19. The Red Wings suffered a season-opening 6-0 loss in
that contest and had their four-game winning streak in this series snapped.
Detroit bounced back from that rout with a 5-3 home win over the Blues on Feb.
Detroit has won seven of the last 11 encounters, but St. Louis has won three
of the last four meetings on home ice.
After losing last Friday's game in Detroit, the Blues were slammed on Tuesday
by the visiting Nashville Predators. Martin Erat had a goal and two assists
and Colin Wilson added three helpers to lead the Predators to a 6-1 rout.
Nashville jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first period en route to scoring the
game's first five goals.
It was the first home loss of the season for St. Louis after three straight
wins at Scottrade Center. Thursday's test is the second portion of a four-game
homestand for the Blues.
Alex Pietrangelo notched the lone goal of the game for the Blues, who have
dropped two straight for the first time this season.
"They checked and were a step and a half ahead of us that whole period," said
St. Louis head coach Ken Hitchcock. "They were really solid in that period and
we weren't ready for that level of play."
Brian Elliott was pulled near the midpoint of the second period after giving
up four goals on 11 shots. Jake Allen stopped 6-of-8 shots in relief.
With Jaroslav Halak expected to miss a second straight game with a groin
injury, Elliott is expected to get the start again on Thursday. Elliott is
2-5-1 with a 2.48 goals against average in eight career games against Detroit.
The Red Wings have lost two straight since last week's win over the Blues and
the most recent setback came Tuesday evening against a visiting Calgary club.
Dennis Wideman had a goal and an assist to lead the Flames to the 4-1 victory
at Joe Louis Arena.
Johan Franzen scored the lone goal for the Red Wings, giving him a point in
six straight games. Jimmy Howard turned aside 19-of-23 shots for Detroit,
which has lost two in a row for the first time this season.
"I thought we did some good things tonight, but we made some mistakes and they
shot in our net without any question about it, so we're chasing the game," Red
Wings coach Mike Babcock said.
Detroit is 1-2-1 on the road this season and will return home for a four-game
stretch beginning with Saturday's meeting against Edmonton.
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For those who feel a pang of envy while gazing up at the blimps hovering over major sporting events, Worldwide Aeros may have the cure. Harkening back to a form of passenger travel last seen in the 1930s, the California manufacturer best known for its airships and tethered balloons has released plans for a luxury "air yacht" to be called the Aeroscraft ML866.
This heavier-than-air vehicle, based on technology developed for a now-canceled Department of Defense program, will have an expected range of 3,100 miles, enough to fly across the transcontinental U.S. east or west, as long as the wind is favorable. It will command a hefty price tag-"about as much as a Gulfstream V," according to Edward Pevzner at Worldwide Aeros. [Used GVs are currently selling in the $30 million to $40 million range. Used G550s are selling for up to $55 million, which is higher than the list price for a new G550.-Ed.]
For that money, you'll get much more living space than the average business jet offers, including staterooms, a dining room, even an office or library, said Pevzner. The aircraft's overall length of 210 feet means you'll need a fairly large open area for ground operations. But thanks to the Aeroscraft's near vertical takeoff-and-landing ability, it won't be tied to existing airports, allowing greater flexibility.
The vehicle won't outshine business jets in at least one crucial way, however: it will have a cruising speed of only about 120 miles per hour. Worldwide Aeros must hope its customers embrace that old clichй about how getting there is half the fun. And who knows? There just might be an untapped market for leisurely cross-country flights in a luxury air yacht. The company expects to have a prototype ready for certification testing in 2010.
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Sunland purchased this Simpsonsville building to serve as the operating base for its Scotts Miracle-Gro account and home for its new corporate headquarters. (Photo/Provided)
Staff Report
Published Feb. 27, 2013
Sunland Distribution has purchased a 722,000-square-foot warehouse near the interchange of interstates 85 and 385 in Simpsonville.
The sales price was not announced.
The facility at 1312 Old Stage Road will serve as the operating base for Sunland's Scotts Miracle-Gro account and home for its new corporate headquarters.
The building includes 607,400 square feet of warehouse space on the ground floor, and another 120,000 square feet on the second floor. It once served as the distribution center for former Upstate textile manufacturer Pillotex Corp.
"We see a real opportunity in the Upstate to grow our business," said Arch Thomason, CEO of the third-party logistics firm, in a news release. "We're committed to making strategic investments here that will allow us to further develop and enhance Sunland's ability to provide valuable logistics to our customers in the automotive, retail and chemical markets."
Sunland provides logistics services to the automotive, chemical, retail and paper industries. It operates more than 1.5 million square feet of warehousing.