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Only in tandem with words can images tell the truth
"THE IMAGE WAR" Continued...
A picture is worth a thousand swords.
If anyone doubts that, they should ask Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Richard Myers. All were summoned to the Pentagon on May 10 to review with President Bush a sampling of hundreds of amateur photos from Abu Ghraib prison-images, the president admitted later to the cameras, with "harm that goes beyond the walls of a prison."
At least that is true in contemporary warfare, when pictures can inspire or disillusion the people back home, either rallying them behind a cause or convincing them that the cause is not worth it. The public's support is essential when modern democracies go to war, and without that, it doesn't matter how dominant their military is on the battlefield. A picture can unify a nation, or it can turn victory into defeat.
Mr. Rumsfeld admitted the power of the Abu Ghraib images in May 7 Senate testimony: "Words don't do it. The words that there were abuses, that it was cruel, that it was inhumane, all of which is true, that it was blatant, you read that and it's one thing. You see the photographs, and you get a sense of it, and you cannot help but be outraged."
The War against Terrorism and its theaters in Afghanistan and Iraq have been seared into our imaginations with a series of unforgettable visual images: Those planes crashing into the World Trade Center. The firefighters raising the Stars and Stripes over the rubble. Shots of precision-guided weaponry finding their targets in Afghanistan. Women in their burqas rejoicing at the fall of the Taliban. Footage from embedded reporters putting us with the troops in Iraq. Iraqis celebrating in the streets. Iraqis looting in the streets. A dirty, bedraggled Saddam just pulled out of his hole. Burned bodies of Americans dragged in the streets and hung on a bridge.
And now, naked Iraqis with hoods on their heads being tormented and abused by American guards.
Visual images have an emotional impact that goes beyond mere words, but words are necessary to think about what the images mean. This is especially true when war is photographed. A photograph gives us truth, but it is not always the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Visual images have an emotional impact that goes beyond mere words, but words are necessary to think about what the images mean. This is especially true when war is photographed.
Losing Vietnam
The Vietnam War was started as an idealistic venture, saving a defenseless land from invasion by the communists. It was a Democratic war, the brainchild of John F. Kennedy, with his James Bond novels and his Green Berets. It was a liberal war, waged by Lyndon Johnson, architect of the Great Society.
But it was the first televised war, and pictures from the war wore the country down: That photograph of the little girl, napalmed, naked, and running in panic. What ideals were worth that? The photograph of the South Vietnam officer executing a Viet Cong captive, shooting him in the head as the young guerrilla grimaced at the moment of his death. Why were we defending people like this?
And then there was the relentless TV coverage, night after night of enemy body counts and American casualties, all brought into our living rooms. Then the Vietnam Veterans Against the War came out with stories of atrocities. The story of the My Lai massacre broke. Our young people didn't want to go. Many protested, some dodged the draft. We felt ashamed. Even our troops' victories seemed futile, in light of the pictures from the front. The "silent majority" turned against a war that the politicians refused to win. Republicans Nixon and Ford promised to end it. The final picture was of helicopters flying off the embassy roof, as crowds of panicked Americans struggled to climb aboard, as the North Vietnamese overran Saigon.
Then we felt better. No pictures came through of what the North Vietnamese did to the people we left to their mercy. The television networks stopped covering the dominos as they fell: the communists' killing fields in Cambodia, the Laotian refugee camps, the boat people desperately trying to escape. We knew about these things, in general, but what we didn't see couldn't hurt us.
The Abu Ghraib photos
At first the pictures from Iraq helped the war effort. TV worked in favor of the troops, unlike in Vietnam, as the embedded reporters showed the point of view of those who fought and performed magnificently. Not only did they defeat the enemy; they were seen as benevolent in victory-helping the enemy wounded, playing with Iraqi children, fixing up schools and hospitals. What fine young people. They volunteered for this-they weren't draftees-and they behaved with professionalism, patriotism, and honor.
Then these pictures came out from a prison camp. If TV cameras thwarted the war in Vietnam, this war might be lost because of the digital camera. Naked men, hooded and bound, piled on top of each other and posed in sexual ways, as women guards smirked and vogued. Yes, it's likely these were terrorists. And yes, we had to "break them" for interrogation. But these pictures-illustrating other accounts of prisoners sodomized and even killed-were shameful.
It wasn't just that we pitied these abused prisoners. These pictures showed a dark side of our own culture. We had convinced ourselves that we were the good guys, and yet look how some of us acted. Here was the pornographic imagination, the sexual perversion that our culture has come to tolerate and even approve. One of the women in the photos reportedly was sent home because she got pregnant and a captain was reprimanded for sneaking pictures of the female troops taking showers. Some who apparently know about such things are saying that the very poses the prisoners were forced into were modeled after pornographic films, the ones featuring sado-masochism and homosexual fantasies.
And what are these women doing there? Even our military is kowtowing to the feminists, assigning men and women equally as prison guards over men? Women were not supposed to be assigned to combat, but in a guerrilla war, everyone is in a combat zone. Women have been dying, no less than men, and while we honor their sacrifice, it seems wrong. Now in these pictures we see women as equal-opportunity sadists.
Is this the culture, the liberation, we want to give the Iraqis? The radical Muslims, of course, see us as godless. We have no morals. Could they be right?
The limits of pictures
Of course, those pictures prove no such thing. They show some men and women doing shameful things. But they show nothing about the hundreds of thousands of other troops in Iraq who have behaved honorably. They show nothing about context or purpose or meaning.
Although these pictures are being used to demonize our military and its chain of command up to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, they don't show that it was the military itself that uncovered this wrongdoing. It was the military that first learned about some guards abusing prisoners. It was the military that investigated the abuses and initiated action against the perpetrators. This was not uncovered by investigative reporters or dissidents smuggling photos to al-Jazeera, but by the very military now being criticized.
The late media scholar Neil Postman has said that visual images are irrefutable. They are not something that you can prove wrong or even argue with. You can only do that with ideas, and ideas can only be conveyed by language. Visual images, he says, appeal not to the mind (the realm of ideas and language) but to the emotions. They create an immediate visceral, nonreflective response.
And, although they are irrefutable, seemingly showing something tangible and real, this is not always the case. Images can be selected, posed, even-especially with today's technology-faked. In fact, there is good unbiased evidence that the corresponding pictures of British troops abusing their prisoners were faked (the uniforms, weapons, and vehicles shown are not the ones used in Iraq). And yet, visual images are powerful manipulators, especially of people who have conditioned themselves with a nonstop diet of visual images and in a culture that has come to minimize language and, thus, thinking.
There is no reason to doubt what these pictures show. Christians, in particular, should never be surprised to see examples of human depravity. They are just more evidence to prove that what the Bible says about sin is true. And Christians are well aware of the dark side of American culture-sexual permissiveness and perversion, cruelty as entertainment-having denounced for years the very trends that the rest of the culture now sees as so horrible in these photos.
But they are not the whole story. In that very prison camp, Saddam Hussein tortured prisoners to death. When he and his sons had their critics tossed into plastic shredders, though, there were no pictures.
Now, many Americans are so shocked at these photographs -taken by the very people doing the abusing-that they think we should leave Iraq. And what do they think will happen then? Whatever Saddam sympathizers do to his people, whatever the Sunnis and Shiites will do to each other, will it bother us if at least we don't have to see it?
These pictures
All of this is by way of introduction to some more pictures.* What follows, though, are not only pictures. This is the fruit of genuine photojournalism. It is a photo-essay, with images and words working together.
They were taken by a Christian freelance journalist and photographer, Sherrlyn Borkgren. She is embedded with the 91st Engineers, stationed just northeast of Baghdad.
Here are some powerful photographs-of soldiers going into the homes of insurgents and interrogating their families; of troops in battle; of soldiers caring for their wounded; of troops interacting with ordinary Iraqis-but along with them is language: not only the captions, but Ms. Borkgren's own words from the front. Some of these photos in isolation-for example, the woman with her hands up-could be used to show American brutality and more reason to pull out of Iraq. But the words tell a different story. And the photos taken together as a whole illustrate that story, told most vividly in Ms. Borkgren's dispatches.
Writing doesn't get much better than this. She describes what it feels like to be in combat-what she felt as she was being shot at-depicting the war in Iraq from the inside. She also describes the bravery and nobility of the soldiers she is with, who are nothing like those prison guards. Her pictures are powerful, but her dispatches show what it took to get those pictures, as well as a sense of the bigger reality, of which these are only snapshots.
*View these photographs in the print edition of WORLD.


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Nate Adams, from Greenway High School in Phoenix, Ariz., conducts an interview during practice for the 2014 Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl, Jan. 3. Like the Marine Corps, the Semper Fidelis Football Program demands quality of character, excellence in education, and proven physical fitness. The bowl game will take place at The StubHub Center and will be aired live on the FOX Sports 1 Network Jan. 5, 2014, 6-8 p.m. PST/9:30-11 p.m. EST.
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Now that we're into autumn, you may think the future looks decidedly less Rosé.
Those of us who drink Rosé wines--those pale to dark pink bottles of wine made from everything from Cabernet Sauvignon to Zinfandel--tend to think of them as summery offerings, suitable for picnics and barbeques but not for serious food.
Actually, Rosé wines are versatile and food friendly. They pair with almost everything. Served with a bit of a chill, they offer refreshment when your table contains spicy dishes. And they are usually very affordable.
Here are two of my favorite Rosés, which I tasted over the summer and early fall and which I have no problem recommending to those of you who are ready to take out your stew pot and turn on your oven. And both of them are dry wines--which means that they will pair with almost everything.
2010 San Giovanni Garda Classico Il Chiaretto ($15.00, domaineLA; available in market for $13-$15) This delicious Rosé is made from an Italian blend of Barbera, Groppello, Marzemino, and Sangiovese. You will smell the strawberries, and the aromas carry over into the flavors. There is a pleasant stony edge to the strawberry tones, and a lovely, savory note in the aftertaste. Well-balanced, medium-bodied, and excellent QPR. We had it with a Jamie Oliver dish of grilled tuna with oregano and lemon, grilled zucchini, and some garlicky cannellini beans, and the wine had the right amount of fruit, acidity, and minerality to pair with the dish. It would also be great with creamy pasta dishes, sausage, or roast pork. Note: It comes in a cute, chubby bottle but it does contain the full 750ml that you're used to.
2010 Château d'Esclans Côtes de Provence Whispering Angel ($20.99 from my local independent grocery store; available in market for $13-$27)
This wine is very, very pale pink in color--think ballet-tights pink. The aromas are even drier than those of the Il Chiaretto, with under-ripe strawberries, chalk, and melon rising up from the glass. The flavors echo the aromas, but the chalk becomes more intense. Very dry, very savory, and very good QPR (though if you can get it for under $15, you will find it's excellent QPR) This wine is made mainly from Grenache, with some Rolle, Cinsault, and Syrah blended in to it. A nice pairing for shrimp or other shellfish, salmon, tuna, or roast chicken.
It's that time of year. If you have kids they're back in school with their pencils sharpened and their notebooks already full of doodles. You might be feeling a bit nostalgic about your own schooldays-gone-by, when you were taking courses and learning new subjects.
The best thing about loving wine (ok, one of the best things...) is that there is always more to learn. This fall, why not try some interesting whites that are beyond your normal Chardonnay-Sauvignon Blanc-Riesling comfort zone? You just may find a new favorite.
2009 M. Chapoutier Côtes du Rhône Blanc Belleruche (suggested retail $12.99; available in market for $8-$15) Red wine fans may be familiar with the rich, affordable red blends from the Southern Rhône, but have you ever tasted their whites? This blend contains Grenache Blanc, Clairette and Bourboulenc. It is more "old world" in style, with a fresh, neutral taste dominated by mineral and lemon peel notes. It tastes robust, and stands up well to richer fish (tuna, halibut), vegetable dishes, and chicken pot pie. If you like Sauvignon Blanc, I think you'll enjoy this wine. Very good QPR.
2010 Viña Robles White4 (suggested retail $16; available in market for $13-$16) ) This white blend is from Paso Robles, and gets its name from the four white grape varieties that go into every bottle: Viognier, Verdelho, Sauvignon Blanc, and Vermentino. This year's bottling is a very good QPR, versatile white wine with honeysuckle and citrus aromas and flavors. If you like dry Rieslings but are looking for a wine with more body, give this a try.
2010 Freie Weingärtner Wachau / Domäne Wachau Grüner Veltliner Federspiel Terrassen (suggested retail $15; available in market for $11-$17) The grapes are grown in Austria's Wachau region, and the wine that results is crisp with pear, stony mineral, and citrus elements. The wine tastes full and delicious, while retaining its bright and lively profile. Excellent QPR. I love Gruner Veltliner with fish, roasted chicken, anything made with lentils, and even Indian food.
2009 Leo Steen Chenin Blanc Saini Farms (purchased in my local grocery store for $19.99; available in market for around $17) Made from grapes grown in Sonoma County's Dry Creek Valley, this lovely Chenin Blanc is a lovely, dry example. There are apple and honeycomb aromas and flavors, which bring back the tastes of summer. If you like the apple notes in Chardonnay, but are not always fond of the oak that many winemakers use, try this wine and you won't be disappointed. And if you're looking for wines to set aside for Thanksgiving, this would be a great choice. Excellent QPR.
Full Disclosure: With the exception of the Chenin Blanc, I received samples of these wines for possible review.
The temperature is up.
The temperature is down.
You want to use your grill once last time before you put it away.
You want to break out your crock pot.
If this sounds like you, then you need to have some Malbec on hand. Many people associate Malbecs with summer barbeques, but this versatile red is just as good with soups or stews as it is with grilled chicken or steak. In other words, it's the perfect transitional red!
A few reminders about Malbec: though today the grape is most associated with Argentina , it was once quite popular in Bordeaux and produces wines that remind me of French Cabernets and Merlots. Expect a rich, full-bodied wine that can hold center stage. And keep in mind that while some Malbecs can be big, fun fruit-bombs, others are far more restrained and can exhibit mineral and herbal characteristics.
Here are three Argentinian Malbecs I'm recommending this autumn:
2010 Colores Del Sol Malbec (suggested retail $12; available in market for $6-$12) This excellent QPR option has lovely, lush blackberry and boysenberry aromas. That fruity aroma profile is found in the flavors, as well, and there are additional notes of leather and spice which linger on after the fruit flavors fade. This Malbec will go well with grilled sausages, meats, chilis, and stews.
2008 Gauchezco Malbec (suggested retail $14.99; available in market for $8-$11) A more restrained example, with typical varietal characteristics, this wine has earthier, raisin, and black cherry aromas and flavors. With air there was a nice spicebox quality to the aftertaste, as well as some tobacco notes. Very good QPR at around $15, if you can find it for around $10 I think it would be excellent QPR for those looking for a more traditional taste.
2009 Argento Malbec Reserva (suggested retail $16; available in market for $14-$16). Don't be worried if the plum aromas are faint when you first open this wine. They develop nicely with some exposure to the air, as do the plum, blackberry, and tobacco leaf flavors. The tannins are drying, and will probably soften a bit with storage time. Also traditional in style, this would be particularly good with grilled or braised meat. Very good QPR.
Full Disclosure: I received samples of these wines for possible review.
In your wanderings down supermarket aisles and through wine stores, you may have come across wines labeled "Reserve" or bearing the name of a vineyard and wondered what the designations were all about. What does it mean to be a "reserve" wine? A vineyard wine? And what difference--if any--does it make to the taste? Or the price tag?
If you are confused about what "Reserve" means there is a good reason for it: there is no standard or regulated use of the term. In its purest sense, it was once used by winemakers to specially mark wines they felt were superior. Today, it can be used to indicate the wines have been reserved in the winery for an extra year or two, that they received special oak treatment, that the grapes used in the wine were from a select portion of those harvested, or some combination. It can also be used purely as a marketing term, because who wouldn't want a special wine?
Wines with vineyard designations are regulated, however, and if you see the name of a vineyard on a bottle it means that 95% of the grapes used in the wine must come from that vineyard. Vineyards vary tremendously in terms of soil, climate, and exposure and all of these variables can alter the taste of your wine. Sometimes, a winemaker feels that the grapes grown in a particular patch exhibit special characteristics, and they decide to keep that fruit separate to accentuate the unique qualities of the grapes.
Recently I had a chance to taste three wines made from the same maker, from the same grape, and all from grapes grown in the same county (although different parts of that county). One was the standard bottling, one was a vineyard designate, and one was a reserve bottling. All three were excellent--but had distinctively different taste. Here's my take on them.
2009 Rodney Strong Chardonnay Sonoma County (suggested retail $13.50; available in the market for $8-$15). A clean and crisp Chardonnay, with apple and lemon aromas and flavors accented by richer pineapple and creamy vanilla notes. A portion of the juice was fermented in barrels, the rest in a tank, which helps to explain both the vanilla notes (the oak) and the crispness (from the stainless steel tanks). Flavorful, well-balanced and food friendly. Very good QPR.
2009 Rodney Strong Chardonnay Chalk Hill (suggested retail ; available in the market for $13-$21) This wine was made from grapes grown in an estate vineyard in the Russian River Valley. A distinctive, classy Chardonnay with apple and toasted oak aromas followed by apple flavors. Layers of cinnamon, clove, and nutmeg make the wine spicy, but the apple flavors remain strong and keep the wine fresh as do the underlying mineral notes. The aftertaste is nicely spicy, too, in part from the time the juice spent in both new and seasoned French oak barrels. Very good QPR.
2008 Rodney Strong Chardonnay Reserve Russian River Valley (suggested retail $35; available in the market for $24-$35). This wine was one year older than the others I tasted (even though it is a recent release) and tasted and smelled far richer with its apple and toasted coconut aromas. Full, creamy baked apple and sour cream flavors were followed up with a rich, spicy aftertaste. The Rodney Strong website explains that the wine was made in their "small lot winemaking facility," and that the juice was fermented in French oak barrels. Though this wine cost significantly more, it was an excellent value of the rich, oaky style of California Chardonnay. Very good QPR.
When faced with a decision of whether to choose a standard, vineyard designate, or reserve bottling, remember this: it's all about the taste and what you find affordable. In this case, the higher priced wines were richer-tasting, in large part because of their contact time with expensive oak barrels. However, sometimes what you want is a crisp Chardonnay. In that case, you'd be far happier with the Sonoma County bottling! As for me, my palate was most pleased with the Chalk Hill example.
As for food pairings, any of these wines would provide you with a pleasant Chardonnay to pair with your late summer/early fall dinners of grilled or roasted chicken, butternut squash ravioli, or grilled halibut.
Full Disclosure: I received samples of these wines for possible review.
I don't know why, but recently my largely-chicken diet has turned in the direction of fish. This means my white wine preferences are shifting subtly, too. It's harder and harder for me to find a Chardonnay that doesn't overwhelm fish's delicate flavors. Sauvignon Blancs can be too assertive. Riesling doesn't work for my tastebuds for some reason, unless the fish preparation is quite spicy or I'm having shrimp.
So I kept searching for whites that would pair well with my fish tacos, linguine alle vongole, grilled tuna, halibut, scallops, and shrimp. And I found Falanghina. This wonderful grape is native to the southern Italian region of Campania, and is especially well-known in the vineyards around Naples on the Amalfi Coast.
The wine that knocked my socks off and won a permanent spot on my table is the 2009 VIVI Falanghina Campania IGT. And the suggested retail price? $9.99 (available in the market for $8-$13). You will find that the wine smells fresh and floral, like sitting in a garden by the seaside on a summer's day. As you swirl it in your glass, you may notice some citrus notes, too. Flavors of lemon and honeycomb round out the wine. And while there is plenty of zip and acidity in the juicy aftertaste, it will not overwhelm the delicacy of the seafood or fish you might be serving. Excellent QPR.
Full Disclosure: I received a sample of this wine for possible review.
It was 90 degrees in Los Angeles. I know it's snowing in Buffalo, but here it is spring (or maybe even summer). So last night I fired up the grill for the first time, marinaded a skirt steak, threw some sweet potatoes in the oven (note to self: roasting potatoes in oven for an hour heats up the house), and tossed some cherry tomatoes with mozzarella, fresh basil, olive oil, salt, and pepper.
Then I hit the Cabernets.
I love grilled steak with Cabernet Sauvignon, and I have three recommendations for you: one under $10, one under $15, and the other just a hair over $20. Even if you are experiencing snow, these wines would also be good with stews, braised short ribs, or a pot of chili.
Under $10: 2009 Big House Wine Company The Usual Suspect Cabernet Sauvignon (suggested retail $9.99; available for $6-$10). Not the most complex Cabernet, perhaps, but a solid example of the grape with characteristic plum and currant aromas. The palate was dominated with plum notes and accented by a bitter taste reminiscent of coffee grounds. The aftertaste was nicely bitter, too, which kept this fruit-forward wine from becoming too jammy. A touch of Grenache is blended into the Cabernet. Good QPR.
Under $15: 2009 Robert Oatley Cabernet Sauvignon James Oatley TIC TOK (suggested retail $14; available for $12-$16) This is another fruit-forward Cabernet, with currant and blackberry aromas and flowers. A spicy aftertaste is accompanied by nice tannins that have just enough grip. Very good QPR.
Just Over $20: 2008 Viña Robles Cabernet Sauvignon Huerhuero Vineyard (suggested retail $22; this new release currently available at the vineyard; previous releases available elsewhere for $15-$25) This was a wonderful wine, and tasted like something considerably more expensive than the sticker price. Aromas and flavors of currant, pencil lead, and eucalyptus made for an elegant and complex wine. With air, the currant notes turn plummy. The aftertaste is smooth, with spicy, well-integrated tannins. This is a lot of wine for $22, and excellent QPR.
Full Disclosure: I received samples of these wines for possible review.
Last week I was extolling the virtues of red blends. After I wrote the post, I realized that though there were many red blends in my cellar, there weren't many white blends. I'm not sure why that's the case, because what goes for reds is true of whites as well: the blending can make the wine especially food friendly and versatile. And, just as with red blends, there is often a very attractive price tag on a white blend.
So I looked in the closet to see if I had any white blends and discovered a bottle of the 2009 d'Arenberg The Stump Jump (suggested retail $10; available for $9-$13) This is a blend of Sauvignon Blanc, Marsanne, and Riesling. As with most good blends, you can identify the individual components in the finished product. In this case, the Sauvignon Blanc is evident in the aroma which is very grassy, and that grassiness is accompanied by touches of honey from the Marsanne. The flavors have notes of pear, grapefruit pith, and a bit of litchi--so there's more Sauvignon Blanc and Riesling influence there. The mouthfeel is heavier than some whites, thanks largely to the Marsanne. The aftertaste reminded me of a dry Riesling, with its acidity and apple notes. I would have liked the wine to be a bit more fruit-forward--which is not something I say often. Even so, this wine is a good candidate for a house white because of its versatility and very good QPR. I looked over my notes from previous vintages, too, and this wine has consistently been good all the way back to 2004, which is another reason to try a bottle if you see one in the store, irrespective of its vintage.
Proof of the wine's versatility can be had by pairing it with something like this Soba Noodle Salad with Salmon and Asparagus from Bon Appetit magazine. With the rich salmon and avocado, the grassy asparagus, and the ginger-soy dressing, it's a bit of a challenge--but this wine handled it beautifully. The Sauvignon Blanc worked well with the asparagus, the Riesling with the Asian flavors, and the Marsanne stood up to the buckwheat and salmon.
Full Disclosure: I received a sample of this wine for review.
Last week I was extolling the virtues of spring. Now it's grey and drizzly again. In some places, it's still snowing. With the variable weather, it's hard to know which way is up. Do you dust off the grill and barbecue chicken? Or do you make a pot of stew? And what do you drink in the wine department, given it can be 86 degrees one day and 59 degrees the next?
Regular readers know that I love red blends because they're food friendly. This time of year, though, I am especially fond of them because their versatility means that they are as welcome next to grilled chicken as they are soup. So when the weather gets this way I make a bit pot of chili, pick out a red blend, and no matter whether if feels like June or January I'm ready to go.
A red blend I enjoyed recently with a pot of beef and black bean chili was the 2006 Tamarack Cellars Firehouse Red from Washington state's Columbia Valley. ($19.69 in my local independent grocery store; this vintage available for $20-$25, but more recent vintages can be had for $14-$22) Composed from a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Syrah, and Merlot, the result is a juicy, fruit-forward wine with good structure. I've had my bottle for several years, and it's drinking just great now. I detected aromas of blueberry, cinnamon, and baking chocolate, all of which are echoed in the palate. The wine retains a fresh, lively taste through the mouth-watering aftertaste, with some additional herbal and spice notes. What I enjoyed most was the play between the varieties: the Cabernet Sauvignon lending its weight and acidity, the Syrah providing those soft berry flavors and spice, the Cabernet Franc lifting the blend with some acidity and herbs, and the Merlot making it approachable and inviting. Very good QPR.
And if you're looking for some chili recipes, here are a few of my favorites to try:
Fine Cooking's Beef and Black Bean Chili with Chipotle and Avocado
Rachael Ray's Fiery Chicken Chili (warning: makes enough for medium-sized army)
Tyler Florence's Outrageous Texas Chili
Sorry about the long silence, folks, but I've been--er--busy. And I managed to catch the mother of all winter colds, which lasted three weeks and pretty much made tasting anything (wine included) an impossibility.
Now that I'm sprung from booktours and the 'flu, I'm back home, and having a glass of wine with dinner again, so I've got some tasting notes for you. The first are all about spring. It's definitely in the air here in Los Angeles and if you haven't caught a whiff of it yet, you soon will. Here are some lively white wines to celebrate the freshness of the air and the first flowers:
2009 Graves Monkey Wrench ($17.99, domaineLA; available for $17-$23) This wine is blended from one of my favorite white grapes--Grenache Blanc--and Viognier. The result is a fresh, zesty, and well-balanced with lime and mango aromas and flavors. These fruity notes are kept in check with strong minerality and tangy acidity. You will enjoy this with grilled fish, a chicken salad, or Asian food. Excellent QPR. (NB: label if from 2006--I drank the 2009)
2010 Chasing Venus Sauvignon Blanc (suggested retail $16; available for $10-$23) In the "even zestier" department, this New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc will appeal to the most die-hard lovers of the fresh wines from the Marlborough region. Abundant gooseberry, lime, and lemongrass aromas and flavors will make it ideal with Thai food, the fresh vegetables of the season (I imagine it would be wonderful with an herb risotto, for example), or citrus-roasted chicken. Very good QPR.
2009 Franciscan Chardonnay (suggested retail $18; available for $12-$22) Finally, if you like a slightly richer wine but are ready to swap your buttery wintery Chardonnays for one that has a bit more zip, try this excellent QPR bottling from Napa. It's one of the best domestic Chardonnays I've had in some time, and is memorable for its liveliness, its excellent balance, and the zesty citrus and apple flavor profile. Elegant and food-friendly, have this one with your richer dishes like a scalloped potato and fennel gratin, your favorite chicken dish, or some grilled chicken-apple sausages and a tossed salad.
Full Disclosure: I received samples of the Chasing Venus and Franciscan wines for review. I purchased the Graves bottling myself.
Simplicity is underrated. Perfection is overrated. But what do you do when you find a wine that is quite simply perfect? Well, you enjoy it first. Then, if you're me, you write about it here and hope that you can still get your hands on some later.
Some readers will find it surprising that the wine that I'm touting is a Sauvignon Blanc. One person I know recently described Sauvignon Blanc as "boring," and while I couldn't disagree more I think I understand why some she might feel this way. There are a lot of generically "citrusy" Sauvignon Blancs out there that, though refreshing, aren't necessarily going to make you run out and buy more. I think this Sauvignon Blanc is different, though. And even though you might pay a smidge over $20 as I did, I think you will still consider it excellent QPR.
The 2009 Cep Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc Hopkins Ranch ($20.99 in my local independent grocery store; available in the market for $15-$20) is a wonderful example of Sauvignon Blanc. Instead of a generically "citrusy" mouthful, I detected pure notes of Meyer Lemon in the aromas and flavors. There was a clean note of mint, as well, and some stoniness that added depth and breadth to the wine. It was almost piercing in its intensity, but never overwhelming or assertive, with lots of focus to the flavors and a long, juicy aftertaste. Think of pairing this wine with Asian food that uses citrus elements like orange peel or lemon, a roast chicken, an early spring salad topped with rounds of goat cheese, or seafood.
This stylish, well-made, and satisfying wine was brought to you by the same people who own and operate Peay Vineyards, and are winemakers renowned and respected for their ability to select great fruit and craft great wines from that fruit. Cep is their second label--which means that fruit that doesn't quite make the cut of their high-end wines is bottled under a different name--and was for a time a well-kept secret. Now the secret it out, and it gives more people a chance to taste their winemaking efforts. Cep also bottles a superb rosé and Pinot Noir, so keep your eyes out for these, too.
I'm the only wine drinker in my house. And there are times, like now, when things are so crazy that planning menus and opening bottles of wine that will in all likelihood go off before I can finish them up doesn't make sense. Enter the new generation of boxed wines.
I'm particularly partial to the Octavin, which has a fantastic spigot contraption that doesn't leak or drip. There are other options out there, too, and all of them keep air from getting to the wine thereby keeping the wine fresh-tasting for weeks, rather than days. The only downside of the Octavin is that with white wines they take up a certain amount of prime refrigerator real estate. With reds, you just set them in a cool place on the counter and enjoy a glass whenever the mood strikes.
Given the convenience of the packaging, I was particularly pleased to receive this sample of the NV Bodegas Osborne Seven because it is an ideal candidate for a house red--you know, the easy-drinking reds that go with practically everything and are great to have on hand. And the price is right, too: a 3.0 L size Octavin (equivalent to 4 bottles of wine) has a suggested retail of just $22. (available in the market for $16-$21)
The very good QPR NV Bodegas Osborne Seven is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah, Petit Verdot, Tempranillo, Grenache, and Graciano. With all those grapes in it, it's hard to pin a varietal character on the wine. Instead, this is a "red" wine--which is not a bad thing on a Tuesday night when you're making Mark Bittman's chicken with roasted potatoes and Romesco sauce. I could smell the Grenache in the floral and fruity aromas. The Syrah and Petit Verdot are evident in the flavors which span the plum and blackberry spectrum. There are some darker notes, too: dark chocolate and ground coffee.
This wine will go with pasta, soup, stew, pizza, burgers, steaks--you name it.
Full Disclosure: I received a sample of this wine for review.
I love red Rhône blends. They're zesty, spicy, and offer great value. Even wines from well-known appellations like Châteauneuf-du-Pape are relatively inexpensive when judged by the standards of Bordeaux and Burgundy.
Most wine drinkers are not as well-acquainted with the delicious white blends that are made with Rhône varietals such as Grenache Blanc, Viognier, and Marsanne. These whites are classy, elegant, and provide a welcome break from the Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc you might be drinking.
Rhône whites can be a bit pricey, in part because three quarters of the grapes grown in the region are red. But Rhône varietals are also grown in the US and in other parts of the world and can provide a good starting point if you want to learn more about these wines.
One great example of a Rhône white blend, for instance, is the 2008 Eberle Cotes-du-Robles Blanc from Paso Robles (suggested retail $24; available in the market for $20-$29). This delicious blend of Roussanne, Grenache Blanc, and Viognier has aromas and flavors that are reminiscent of a summer day, with lots of pear, Golden Delicious apples, and even a touch of apricot. Rhône whites typically have herbal notes as well, and in this case I was reminded of the grassy and floral flavor profile of chamomile tea. Even though the price of the wine is slightly more than $20, it represents excellent QPR.
Like most wines made with Rhône grapes, the white blends are excellent food wines, too. I especially like Rhône white blends when I'm making a dish that uses lots of herbs and spices, where the aromatics in the wine enhance the food. We had this with amazing Salsa Verde Chicken with Herbed Cornmeal Dumplings from Pam Anderson's Perfect One-Dish Dinners. This is an easy-to-prepare yet impressively tasty dish that has tomatillo and herb salsa--not the easiest thing to pair with a wine. Yet it was delicious with the white blend from Eberle.
If you are interested in learning more about check out the resources on the Hospice du Rhône website. And enjoy your adventures into the world of white wine made with Rhône grapes.
Full Disclosure: I received a sample of this wine for review.
Recently, I spent some time in France. While I have been to the country before (once as a teenager, and again with a teenager in tow), this was the first time I really got to enjoy its wine culture.
And I loved it.
What follows are some observations of how drinking French wine in situ has changed my thinking.
The pleasures of a chilled Cabernet Franc... Our first lunch was at a lovely bistro in the 1st arrondissement, Restaurant Paul. (photo of the restaurant, above, from allaboutnice) We'd traveled for 20 hours, taken a brief nap, and then walked from the Marais down along the river to this wonderful restaurant. There, we had typical bistro fare (I had some wonderful lamb) and a bottle of 2007 Couly-Dutheil Chinon La Diligence from the Loire. (available in the US for around $21) It was served very will chilled--colder than most whites are served in France--with condensation beading up on the outside. Inside was a refreshing red with autumnal currant, leaf, and green pepper aromas and flavors. The entire experience was relaxing, unfussy, and unpretentious. Lesson learned: temperature matters--but you should experiment until you find what works for a particular wine, food, setting, and your own palate.
Excellent, affordable wine can be found on most wine lists... Many people imagine that purchasing wine at French restaurants will be a daunting business, and expensive, too. That's not what we discovered when we had dinner at Le Violon d'Ingres in the 7th arrondissement. Yes, there were white table cloths and attentive waitstaff. There was excellent food, like roasted pigeon and the most amazing egg dish I've ever tasted that involved a poached egg inside a crusted shell with truffles. There were treasures to be found on their wine list, too. A restaurant always endears themself to me when they are serving good Champagne by the glass--as in Taittinger Brut Prestige--which we had with our first courses. Then we moved on to the 2008 Domaine Chanzy Mercurey 1er Cru Les Carabys--which cost less than €40. This lovely, layered wine had fruity apple and lemon aromas and flavors laced with nutmeg and oak. It was both bright and rich, and paired with a variety of food. Lesson learned: just because you're in France doesn't mean you have to order the most expensive thing on the wine list in order to be happy. Try something that expands your wine knowledge rather than deflating your checking account.
Rosé, Rosé, Rosé... What's not to like about this? Everywhere you looked, someone was sipping rosé. We had a wonderful rosé recommended by the local wine shop, the 2009 Château Minuty Côtes de Provence Reserve. (available in the US for around $25) The blend includes Grenache, Tibouren (new to me!), Cinsault, and Syrah and is pale salmon in color. The wine was quite dry, with aromas and flavors of frais de bois, yet the overall impression was rich and full. We also sipped a 2009 Domaine de l'Olivette Bandol Rosé at lunch at Les Editeurs in the 6th arrondissement while we munched on salads and sandwiches This fresh, savory wine was also pale salmon in color with subdued strawberry fruit and a slightly saline note. Lesson learned: if the French are drinking this wine morning, noon, and night it can't be THAT unsophisticated. Get over any lingering rosé complex now, and stop apologizing to friends for serving it.
To be continued...
There are many reasons to buy wine. You like the producer. You like the grape. You like the label. You like the designation--like the time last year I splurged wildly and bought a wine simply because it was the "Plague Doctor's Cuvee."
And yes, sometimes you buy it because of the name of the vineyard. Because with a name like "Jurassic Park" it has to be good, right?
Thankfully, the answer is yes.
I thoroughly enjoyed the 2008 Field Recordings Wine Chenin Blanc Jurassic Park Vineyard (domaineLA, $15; available elsewhere for the same price) This lovely, unfiltered Chenin Blanc was a touch cloudy in the glass. It had pronounced aromas and flavors of lemon curd, touched with mineral notes and a bit of freshly mown hay. The overall impression was a well-balanced mix of citrus, stone, and grass that was refreshing and impressive for the price. Excellent QPR.
(And the label isn't half bad, either...)
A wine with this much balance can handle almost any food. We are drowning in Thai basil at the moment, and so made some Thai-influenced grilled chicken breasts. The strong herbal flavors were a nice counterpoint to the lemony aspects of this wine, and picked up the grassy notes, too.
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WELLSBURG -In football teams will go into a two-minute offense to close out a half.
In the West Virginia Class AAA Region One, Section One championship game, the Wheeling Central girls essentially went on a three-minute drill to end the first half as the Maroon Knights broke open a tightly contested game with a 13-2 run and Magnolia could not recover, resulting in a 57-34 Central victory.
''We got off to a slow start, but once we kicked it into gear, we got some easier shots,'' Knights coach Penn Kurtz said. ''Their zone did a nice job of taking Colleen (McCormick) away. We had to get it out in front and get some easy layups and that got the game going for us.
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Wheeling Central's Colleen McCormick (3) drives past the guard of Magnolia's Grace Berisford.
''In the second quarter we jumped into our press and that seemed to rattle them a little bit,'' he continued. ''It forced them into turnovers and we were able to get some separation. We just did a couple of things to change it up.''
The Blue Eagles (11-12) gabbed the momentum early and led 7-3 midway through the first before an Angela Sparachance bucket followed by two more from McCormick gave Central (20-4) its first lead at 9-7.
After Mallory Chapman hit a jumper to make it a five-point game at 18-13 late in the second, Emily Bucon made a diving layup and put in the subsequent free throw to spark Central's big run.
Buckets by Lindsey Baker and Regan Blaha sandwiched a free throw by Ashton Cross that gave the Knights their largest lead at 15 following another layup by Bucon.
Chapman drained two free throws to stop the bleeding, but Beth Stayduhar nailed a 3-pointer just before the buzzer sounded to give Central a 31-15 advantage at the half.
''I think what happened is ability took over,'' Magnolia coach Mark Blair said. ''They are a little bit stronger than we are and they have more depth that we have.''
The Maroon Knights bench almost scored more points (14) than the Blue Eagles in the first half (15).
All together Central's subs totaled 26 points, highlighted by Blaha's 12.
''It's great to have that (depth),'' Kurtz said. ''For a coach, it's a luxury. Especially when you get into these games where it's up and down. When the tempo gets up, you need to get some fresh legs out there. That's a real luxury we have.''
A luxury that has proven its worth game in and game out all season long for the Knights.
''Any one of them can do it,'' Kurtz continued. ''Delaney Denniston can come in and shoot some 3s then Regan Blaha played great (Friday). They all have been our second- or third-leading scorer one game or another. They all short of take turns and we'll just go with the person with the hot hand that night.''
McCormick backed Blaha with 11 points, while Bucon and Baker finished with nine and six, respectively.
Chapman finished with a game-high 17 points for the Blue Eagles. Freshman Grace Berisford added 10.
''(Wheeling Central's) good,'' Blair said. ''They're well coached and have a couple of nice ball players.
''They have depth. We don't have a lot of depth. We are very young. We're still a work in progress.''
The Maroon Knights will play host to St. Marys in a Region One co-Final on Thursday, while Magnolia will travel to Trinity for the other the same night.


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Where'd you ride today?
I slacked off this winter; went skiing, used my trainer and have been out only a little.
What a great weekend! 37 miles Friday, 30 Sat. and 65 miles today. Went Dover, Wellesley, Weston Observatory, Lincoln, Concord, Carlisle and back via Sudbury, Wayland, Natick and Wellesley.
I'm riding Fixed Gear with fenders and 35c tires as long as there is so much runoff, salt, sand and our version of California earthquakes (aka potholes). I came back sans blinky and water bottle.; still great ride.


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Had to vote "Yes" even though I'm retired from challenges...
However, Soylent Green is people...
Yes! I have the ideas falling out of my head as I click "vote"...
No. Yawntastic.
Soylent Green is people....
Okay, I've noticed a couple of ideas around and they seem to have an underlying idea - Trading.
Trade is what has made and broken empires. It is the thing which has made people travel rediculously long distances... Marco Polo anyone? The Silk Road? The Dutch East India Company? South America???
So I want to kick out the idea of a map challenge that relates to TRADING.
Ancient Ideas
Map of Empires (e.g. Early Greece and the Mediterranean trading)
Sailor's Map (e.g. How do you get from Rome to Constantinople by boat without running aground?)
Medieval Ideas
Commodities trading across the seas
The Silk Road
"Maps of the Orient"/Explorer's Maps
Modern Maps
Supply Chain Map
International Trading Map
Futuristic Maps
Star System Resourcing
Interstellar commodity trading
Had to vote "Yes" even though I'm retired from challenges...
However, Soylent Green is people...
Gamer Printshop - We print RPG Maps for Game Masters!
Kaidan setting of Japanese Horror (PFRPG) Google+ community
Gameprinter is retired from challenges.
The theme is a good idea too. Very good idea.
Optionally you could expand the challenge.
'Trade has shaped and built our modern world. It has helped create the real wealth of developed countries since there have been markets and currency.'
"Develop a map that focuses on trade and or trading factions. Alternately, pick a faction (could be a company, a county etc...) and present a couple of maps that detail the factions trading interests through different viewpoints or locals."
- Might be the exploits of a pirate voyage or trade voyage.
- Might be an exploration on a new frontier and what can be bought where.
- Might be the trade centers of a far flung land.
- Might detail the wealth of a decadent empire...
- might.....
Dollhouse Syndrome = The temptation to turn a map into a picture, obscuring the goal of the image with the appeal of cute, or simply available, parts. Maps have clarity through simplification.
--- Sigurd
Sigurd, that's actually part of the idea in my head that maybe didn't make it to the post...
I think the core idea is: Trading shapes, makes and breaks empires...
I like it and this will definitely be the theme of a future challenge (Lite or Expert).
Check out my City Designer 3 tutorials. See my fantasy (city) maps in this thread.
Gandwarf has fallen into shadow...
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"You seem to recall" a lot of bad information.
I asked about how the billing process will happen, not how you add or remove a client.
I seem to recall that removing clients (or moving them between HMCs) isn't all that ironed out yet.
"I seem to recall" someone pointing out a post from someone named "Harshness" posting the BS on another forum, who'd have had their butt kicked if they'd posted it.
As to "how the billing process will happen", I answered. You add a RVU client and it costs you $6/month.
You want to remove a client? You call and get it removed. "Seems ironed out" to me.
Since more than one HR34 isn't supported, I don't think too many users are having to deal with it yet.


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Spinach and Feta Chicken Roll-ups
If I ever were to run for Miss America, or Miss Anything, I too would wish for "world peace". And I would do so by sharing this recipe, far and wide, for all to taste...
You will need:
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
2-3 cloves garlic, crushed and minced (depending on taste... I. Love. Garlic.)
1 medium sized onion, minced
5-6 cups fresh spinach (a 6 ounce package)
1/2 cup feta cheese
1 tablespoon olive oil, or butter
1/2 cup white wine or chicken broth
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Heat the oil or butter in a skillet over low heat. Add the minced onions and garlic to the pan and cook very slowly until the onions are caramel colored and soft.
While onions and garlic are cooking, pound chicken breasts until about 1/4 inch thick.
When the onions are done, sprinkle the spinach on top of the garlic-onion mix and cover. Cook on low until the spinach is wilted. Set aside and cool for a few minutes.
Pour the wine or chicken broth into a baking dish.
Using a spoon, scoop about three tablespoons (or as much as will fit) onto each flattened chicken breast. Sprinkle with a little bit of feta. Starting at one side, carefully roll the chicken and secure with as many toothpicks as needed (it helps to count them and put the same amount in each chicken roll-up so you don't forget one and stab yourself while enjoying them later.)
Place each chicken roll-up in the baking dish, sprinkle with the remaining feta, and put in the oven. Bake for 45 minutes, or until completely done and no longer pink.
Veronika's note: If you don't have time or desire to do the roll ups, you can just as tastily do them without. Simply place the chicken breasts as is in the baking dish and cover with the spinach mixture and feta. I do it this way more often than not.
I usually serve this with some kind of whole wheat pasta, or dumplings. But, trust me, it goes well with anything. Even cold, I'm sure. This is my hub's all-time favorite meal. We have it weekly. It is yummy.


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The clinical trials space these days is an alphabet soup of technologies: CTMS (clinical trial management systems); CDM (clinical data management); CDR (clinical data repositories); eCTD (electronic common technical document); and many more. But the technology with the most promise for transforming the way clinical trials are performed (and for driving everyone mad throughout implementation) is EDC—electronic data capture. It's taken more than a decade, but today most big pharma companies—and a fair number of smaller ones—are using some form of EDC in clinical trials. The early adopters might have experienced some growing pains, but the benefits seem to be outweighing the high cost of implementation. Few companies would consider going back to paper-based trials.
"Technology is primarily what's driving improved operational efficiency in clinical development today," says Gary Tyson, senior vice president, practice area leader at consulting firm Campbell Alliance. "And EDC is probably the one technology that more companies are embracing for the first time than any other tool."
The key benefits of EDC are well known and hard to ignore: speed and efficiency. With paper trials, it takes, on average, three months to close out after the last subject is accounted for. With an EDC study, the average is closer to three weeks. Unlike paper trials, doctors can review test information moments after it's entered into the system, and data can be queried as it is processed. At the end of the trial, the only difference between the last subject and the middle subject is that it's just the last new piece of data entering the database.Guiding Light
So why hasn't every pharma company jumped at the chance to implement EDC? One word: standards. There aren't any.
Or, more accurately, there aren't enough. With more than 30 companies offering data-capture systems, not much guidance to date from FDA, and a strong build-it-yourself tradition at many pharma companies, EDC systems vary considerably. And that creates problems: problems in getting the various components of the clinical trials system to talk with each other and problems training and managing doctors and others at the actual research sites. In the past, investigators and staffs have been forced to learn and relearn EDC systems with little consistency in how they operate. That needs to change.
This is not to say there's been no progress on standards. Over the past few years, some key steps have been taken. Most recently, in May, FDA released Computerized Systems Used in Clinical Investigations, its latest guidance for industry on the subject. The 10-page document is general in scope and offers only broad criteria: limiting access to only key users, ensuring that there is an audit trail, using date stamps and security safeguards, properly training users, and the like.
And, of course, the not-for-profit Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) is continuing its standards-setting work, with an eye toward providing integrated standards for the entire clinical research process by 2010. Five standards are ready for implementation, most notably the Study Data Tabulation Model (SDTM), which was designed to support the metadata flow from operational database to regulatory submission. CDISC recently announced that it would lead the Clinical Data Acquisition Standards Harmonization (CDASH) project, a project to respond to one of FDA's Critical Path "opportunities" by developing a standard approach to case report forms (CRFs). This project, in conjunction with another CDISC initiative to ease importation of CRF data into electronic medical records, should go a long way toward integrating clinical research and medical practice.
But results are months or years off, and some pharma companies need a quicker, if temporary, solution. Several pharma companies, including Bristol-Meyers Squibb, have formed a consortium with their mutual EDC vendor, Oracle, to find ways to harmonize some of the training for remote sites.


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Coal Not a Concern? It Should Be
July 6, 2013
Very few Americans really care much what happens to a coal miner's family in West Virginia or Ohio....
Please do NOT say nuclear power with out telling me how you are going to get rid of the "spent" fuel rods. They keep saying it has no CO2 emissions true but they stay aroung for thousands of years in a harmful state and you can plant trees ans gardens to get rid of CO2 which I dont think is really as bad as they say. Rmember in the late 70s it was the propellant in the hairspray and other products like such that was doing it ,took all those CFCs out and yet ozone hole gets bigger. Does anyone know what the half life of ozone is? 15-30 min depending on things such as humidity and others. Nuclear is thousands of years ,all those wanting nuclear plants I say put the spent rods in their back yard no where near mine I'll keep the CO2.
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WVEGO, get a clue, the fact a patent was issued means NOTHING about it viability.
It simply means somebody had the resources to spend a lot of patent attorney time and money to get a patent issued.
The Patent Office makes no value judgement as to the credibility of the patent other than not allow patents of obvious frauds like perpetual motion.
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Directly to the point: Our United States Government, through their recent issuance of: "United States Patent 8,461,215 - Rendering Coal As An Environmentally Carbon Dioxide Neutral Fuel And A Regenerative Carbon Source; Date: June 11, 2013; Inventors: George Olah and G.K. Surya Prakash, CA; Assignee: The University of Southern California, Los Angeles"; confirms, that, by reclaiming the Carbon Dioxide generated during our combustion of Coal for the generation of abundant, reliable and truly affordable electric power, and then converting that Carbon Dioxide into liquid hydrocarbon fuels and plastics manufacturing raw materials, using known and established processes that are in other nations of the world being reduced to commercial, industrial practice, we can make the generation of electricity, from Coal, a "Carbon Dioxide Neutral" process. The above "George Olah", by the way, like President Obama, is a winner of the Nobel Prize.
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maybe obama wants to pay our electric bills.he is the dumbest president ever.i know people that are buying new coal burning stoves to heat their houses with.there are parts of this state that don't have gas lines installed and the gas company won't run them to these areas.oil and propane are still expensive.obama has someone else paying his bills so once again he is clueless.when you spend $100,000,000 a week on a vacation that is a slap in the face to the rest of us that have to work to pay for it.
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"So why aren't they (members of Congress) doing anything to stop the White House?" As with our posts below, concerning Coal itself and Carbon Dioxide, Coal Ash, too, can be profitably utilized. It can be used as an ore of Aluminum and other metals, as it is now being so used in China, by the company "Shenhua", the largest Coal mining company in the world, who are also making, in their words, "huge profits" converting Coal into Gasoline and Diesel fuel. Or, Coal Ash can be used in the manufacture of superior cement and concrete. The Ronald Reagan Office Building in Washington, DC, home of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, is made of concrete filled with, as a fine aggregate, a large percentage of Coal Ash.
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"So why aren't they (members of Congress) doing anything to stop the White House?" As with our post below, concerning Coal itself, Carbon Dioxide, perhaps the most vilified byproduct of our use of Coal in the generation of abundant and affordable electric power, can be harvested from the environment or from industrial processes and converted into substitute natural gas Methane, into fuel Alcohol, and, into plastics manufacturing raw materials. Among others, ominously, Saudi Arabia has developed an extensive body of technology to effect such CO2 utilization. But, so has the US Navy. In Europe and Japan, right now, Carbon Dioxide is being harvested from both industrial processes and the environment itself, and, in processes in some cases being driven by environmental energy, is being converted into Methane and Methanol, and into hydrocarbons used in the manufacture of plastics.
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"So why aren't they (members of Congress) doing anything to stop the White House?" The answer is plain: They haven't been clearly told by their constituents to do so. And, that is because their constituents haven't been genuinely informed of the facts by their self-styled purveyors of news and information. For instance, to point a finger, the author of this piece has been provided directly with literally thousands of documents establishing irrefutably the fact, that: Coal can be efficiently and cleanly converted into anything and everything, like Gasoline and Diesel, we now mortgage our grandchildren's future to OPEC to keep ourselves supplied with in the here and now. That is being done, right now, in China, and, in South Africa, where they have been profitably converting Coal into liquid hydrocarbon fuels for more than half a century.
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London 2012 - Republic of Korea hockey player Sung Hoon Yoon moves the ball against New Zealand's Nicholas Haig during the Men's Hockey Preliminary Round on Day 3 at the Riverbank Arena. Korea emerged 2-0 winners over the Kiwis.
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Gilles Simon was spotted looking morning fresh as he sat through his country's Davis Cup presser in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
The Frenchies have battled the Czechs 13 times in DC play and hold a 7-6 advantage.
Let's hope Gilles gathers himself (and combs his hair) before hitting the courts this weekend. Just sayin'.
PS - Check out the ATP World Tour's breakdown of the opening ties here and VANtage Point predictions here.
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PHOTO OP: Gilles has no idea where he is or what he's doing
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But he's so adorable!!!ReplyDelete
I think it's cute.ReplyDelete
Look at those eyes. Pure mischief. I want to go out drinking with Gilles!
(And shower with Rafa afterwards.)
and while you are out drinking with Gilles, I'll do something with Rafa so that he needs a shower afterwards... (-:
I'll dry him - on the bed. With my body.ReplyDelete
Now that's what I call teamwork!ReplyDelete
No def cute - and he looks like he probably has that "just rolled outta bed" smell too. Could be good or bad depending...ReplyDelete
Yeah, Gilles is a cutie. No doubt about it.ReplyDelete
Alright, girls (Rich, you're included), you all can keep him occupied. But I also want a massage from Tommy Haas. Then Ross can come in and rub his jaw all over my body. THEN I'll be ready to shower with Rafa.ReplyDelete
Richie, you're right about the smell. There's a study that proves it. Iirc, it's supposed to derive from an attraction to an opposite portion of DNA, so genes won't mutate. In other words, if you like someone's smell, theoretically your DNA will compliment his or hers. It doesn't always work out, but that's the way it's supposed to work.
Geez, can you tell I worked with a bunch of academics last week? Any way, I volunteer to smell Rafa first thing in the morning and report back. I'll do it right after I feel him for Van.
*cries at thought of not liking Rafa's smell*
Sorry, Rich. I think this post was originally about cute Gilles. Forgot.
" In other words, if you like someone's smell, theoretically your DNA will compliment his or hers. "ReplyDelete
My psych major BFF told me this a while ago, and I was with someone then whose smell sometimes offends me, and I went "uh-oh" LOL.
But yeah. Not worried about not liking Rafa's smell. For god's sakes we're so compatible I can smell him through my tv screen.
Interesting natch. I always loved Kalil's smell actually.ReplyDelete
So if you like someone's smell it theoretically means it's complimentary but if you don't like their smell it could mean it's the same smell as yours or something completely different (and stinky to you I guess)?
You and Kalil can have babies, then! Except one of you needs a uterus. I'll give you mine. Rather old, but never been used.
If my memory is correct, then if you don't like their smell, your DNA is too similar, and your children could be hideous freaks. The way it was explained to me was that it was another example of survival of the fittest.
I don't care if I don't like Rafa's smell. I don't want to bear his children, I want to f--k the hell out of him!
But getting back to Gilles, I still want to hang out with him. Bed head, bad smell, he'd still be a bunch of fun. I am dying to get on a scale with him. I still think I outweigh him.
- johanneMarch 5, 2009 at 1:10 PM
>>If my memory is correct, then if you don't like their smell, your DNA is too similar, and your children could be hideous freaks.<<ReplyDelete
Just to jump in on the smell thing, I've heard of this too. Saw a show about sexual attraction on the Discovery Channel a while back, and they were doing this experiment in Austria I believe, where women smelled the sweaty just-worked-out-in t-shirts of several different men, and then rated the smells in terms of how repulsed or attracted they were to it. Interestingly enough, one of the women was related to one of the men, and she was absolutely DISGUSTED when she smelled his shirt (not knowing who it belonged to, obviously). The scientists were then talking about how our sense of smell can be used to detect a relative (subconsciously)in order to ultimately avoid incest. Very primitive type stuff. Anyways, thought it was interesting and just wanted to share :)
P.S. Mmmmmm Rafasmell...definitely NOT related!!
I read something about that too, and it kinda does make sense, even without the scientific reasoning. I don't think I've ever smelled a relative of mine and get, er, turned on.ReplyDelete
Oh my. Did we turn this into a science blog?
I love it all! Such interesting stuff - my geeky side is all tingly.ReplyDelete
I just love anything that has to do with sex! Knowledge is power, you know.ReplyDelete
Oh, how I adore the French. Maybe I should spend the summer in Switzerland stalking them.ReplyDelete
*buys ticket to Neuchatel*
Yeah, that smell thing is totally true. I've heard and read about it lots of times already.ReplyDelete
And johanne, as I recall, that experiment did indeed take place in Austria! We had a show about it, too.
I think smell is very important for (sexual) attraction. I remember having a male friend who was totally in love with me and also totally adorable boyfriend material, except for the fact that his smell (though it wasn't bad) didn't really attract me. We never got together.
On the other hand, my current real life crush (sorry Rafa :P) smells incredible to me, and his scent always lingers in my conscience even days after I've met him. *swoon*
Now back on topic: Gilles is soooo cute!!! Baby Pom!!!
And don't get me started on f*cking the hell out of Rafa. o_O
Sorry for the neverending post. LOL
sonja: LMFAO!!! Screw Gilles, I want to hear more about you and your man!!ReplyDelete
ROFL Rich...ReplyDelete
Well he isn't exactly "my man" yet - but I'm sure as hell working on it, I swear.


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MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (WUSA9) -- Montgomery County prosecutors think they've taken a big bite out of one of the area's nastiest, most violent and unpredictable gangs.
A judge just sentenced gang leader Andres Cortez to 15 years for the videotaped group sexual assault on a woman who he may have drugged.
Cortez allegedly showed an even more graphic media file to a friend. However, when police obtained the cell phone, that filed had apparently been deleted. Prosecutors say Cortez could have gotten even more time if videotape of the incident was not cut short.
Some of Cortez's buddies were so angry, they threatened this reporter in the elevator after the sentencing.
We can't show you the video, but prosecutors say you can hear the woman wailing and pleading with the gang members to stop. The four men flash gang signs and just keep attacking her. Prosecutors say Andres Cortez is the ringleader, recording the attack on his cell phone, and directing the others on camera to pull her clothes off.
"They're yelling out each others nicknames, and they're laughing at the crimes they're committing," says Patrick Mays, and assistant Montgomery County state's attorney.
Prosecutors say Cortez is actually the 20th member of this Lil R they've put away. The rest of them have committed all kinds of mayhem. Burglary, sex offense, assault, even murder.
"When you take out a leader, I think it sends a real message to the gang and leaves it in disarray," says Marybeth Ayres, who leads gang prosecutions.
But after the judge handed Cortez 15 years... two of the gang members who were watching threatened me in the elevator... cursing at me, and asking me "What I was looking at!???"
I kept a respectful distance as they left the courthouse.
The threats came as no surprise to the prosecutors. "Once you think they're finished. Once you think they're put in there place, they do something even more incredible," said Ayres.
Police believe a half dozen Lil R gang members also raped a 16 year old girl at gunpoint... but they're still working that case. "We're concerned that this group has done this to other people," said Montgomery Co. Police Det. Sgt. Rob Grims. "Please do come forward. We would love to talk to you," Det. Alyson Dupouy told the possible victims.
Love to talk to more victims... and send Lil R gang to prison for even longer.
Cortez' lawyer asked the judge to give him just five years, arguing that the feds are going to deport him to his native El Salvador as soon as he gets out anyway.
"Mr. Cortez faces many years in prison because of the misguided glorification of the gangster lifestyle and for the sexual assault of an innocent bystander. This sentence sends a strong message that gang violence will not be tolerated in our community. If you belong to a gang and try to show off by sexually assaulting a young woman, police will find you and we will put you behind bars," said State's Attorney John J. McCarthy.
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alrighty fellas throw me some in put here, iv been chasing this 6-8 year old bruiser of a whitetail since start of bow here in ok, and only seen him 1 time (oct 1st) until this morning i had him at 50 yrds and some yotes ran him off he didnt know i was there, and our rifle season starts saturday which means alot more pressure in the area , the area i hunt is 320 acres of heaven with moderate pressure on 2 sides, im not sure if i should go back in after him in a day or two or wait till opening morning of rifle n hope a doe hasnt taken him to different pastures since the rut is starting to take off..!!!! Any thoughts??
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i dont think theres any way he coulda knewn i was there he was strait up wind, i couldnt tell exactley what he was looking at the whole 6 months he stood still, but he was lookin at the yotes wen he walked up and wen he walked away, ya just never know with a deer of this caliber, there so hard to predict!!!
I have never hunted whitetails but I say get after him before he goes MIA.
I would hunt him ever chance you get, use scent cover & keep the wind in your face. If you got a good crossbow or can borrow one I would switch over to it as well. They are deadly out to 60 yards! Put a broadhead through his lungs before saturday! I've been hunting one particular buck, trying to get him as well before rifle opens. I've been taking my crossbow this week as well!
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You can't kill him sitting on the couch, get out there. Spend every minute you can. Even if the buck saw or smelled you in that area thats not going to stop him from chasing a hot doe that goes thru the area.
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From the time that they first met as young magicians on the rise, Robert Angier (HUGH JACKMAN) and Alfred Borden (CHRISTIAN BALE) were competitors. However, their friendly competition evolves into a bitter rivalry making them fierce enemies-for-life and consequently jeopardizing the lives of everyone around them.
Where The Illusionist dissapointed, Christopher Nolan's The Prestige looks to succeed. The Illusionist was light on magic, heavy on melodrama. The Prestige looks like it's ready to blow the doors off with all the turn of the century tricks of the trade modern FX houses can muster.
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You're at your desk, working hard. Then, you start to feel dizzy and nauseous. You didn't eat anything different, but you continue to feel worse. That's exactly what happened to teachers and students at an Atlanta elementary school on Monday. Hazmat crews evacuated the building after 49 students and teachers got sick.
Firefighters say carbon monoxide levels in the school were the highest the department has ever detected in Atlanta. The fire captain said levels were high enough to kill people.
Most of us wouldn't even think about not having a smoke detector in our home. But, when it comes to carbon monoxide, we're a lot less careful.
Right now, only Maryland and Connecticut require carbon monoxide detectors in schools.
Here in the Triad, Guilford County Schools do not have carbon monoxide detectors. However, they have a system in place that refreshes the air in all the classrooms and removes gasses from the air.
"We really believe our kids are safe and their exposure to that would be very remote," Guilford County Schools Director of Maintenance Gerald Greeson said.
Guilford County also bans school buses from idling near classrooms to prevent carbon monoxide from getting into the building. However, the district reviewed its policies again with the fire department after the Atlanta incident.
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center spokesperson Mac Ingraham told WFMY News 2, "At Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, we do not have any carbon monoxide producing sources in patient care areas. They are located in the power plant, which is a separate building. This building does have carbon monoxide detectors."
WFMY News 2 also contacted Cone Health. We are waiting for a response.
The Winston-Salem Fire Department told WFMY News 2 most businesses do not have carbon monoxide detectors. However, some don't need them.
"If they do not use propane gas, natural gas or a fuel oil or something of that nature, then there may not be a need for a carbon monoxide detector in there. But, every building that uses some kind of fuel that produces a flame, should have one," Battalion Chief Charlie Hampton said.
The NC State Fire Marshal's office says the biggest area of concern is in the home because you're most vulnerable when you are sleeping. Officials are not as concerned about public places because if people start getting headaches, nausea and fatigue, they'll know something is wrong and will likely get out.
North Carolina law requires carbon monoxide detectors for any new homes that have an attached garage or fuel-fired appliances. State law also requires landlords to provide and install at least one carbon monoxide detector per rental unit, per level.
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