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a hot gay wolf
gayer than gay
a hot gay wolf
He's not gay! Trust Me! hahaha
Your gaydar must be broken if you don't think he's gay.
When he fades into obscurity after the twilight series, he may come out then but my guess is he will be outted long before that.
ya, some of you will not know gay if it ran up and sucked your schlong. This kid is as gay as night is dark.
All I heard in that video was "Oink oink oink."
MOST American teens are not idiots. I work with many teens, and the stereotype that the majority of them are stupid is false and offensive, especially considering some of the conversations the adults on here get into.
The kid is a pretty actor. You don't get into acting/movies/etc. without knowing it's an industry that attracts a lot of gay people. You don't go to predominantly gay parties thrown by directors who are rather well-known for their gay parties without knowing you may be talked about afterward. You also don't need to worry about the rumors, because for every straight person who thinks you're gay, there will be a gay person who swears you must be straight because "all pretty actors aren't gay, you know."
Really, it gets so tiring to see people on here act like speculating someone is gay because of the way he talks, who he dates and where he goes is akin to accusing him of being a murderer or rapist. And how many of you who shoot down the theory even after some interesting and compelling interest would be just as fast to claim gaydar and peg someone in public just for the way he's standing or gesticulates when speaking?
If he's gay, great for him. If he's not gay, great for him. If you don't like people speculating about someone's orientation, why not stay the hell out of a forum called Celebrity News and Gossip?
OMG he looks so gayer in the second video!! i'm surprised! i didn't care about him cause thought he was too str8 to care about him and i had only seen him in Twilight and Valentines day and he seemed so manly!! he seems gayer than Zac i have to say... Zac is like ''i'm such a man'' and is always like ''yeah dude'' etc in interviews... Zac can pretend being str8, Taylor can't even do this!! oh and you tell me he was in a relationship with Taylor Swift?? yeah well they probably shared their makeups... oh and he seemed pretty manly in Saturday night live too...
But really I couldnt care less as I dont drool over this child. I do not find him at all good looking gay or straight.
Well somebody on this forum is right: either he is gay or he isn't. We've heard both sides...someone is correct, but we may never know who. He may be gay or bi, but may never say, so forever we shall assume, unless he says something.
I didn't read the whole thread, my opinion though;
There are gay guys that seem as if they are very straight.
Why can't there be straight people that seem as if they are very gay?
Bit of a double standard you guys are promoting.
No publicity is bad publicity. Not that there's anything bad about being at a gay party.
I cannot believe I signed up here just to post this. Did anyone not ever notice the rumors of him dating Sean Fox Zastoupil and the pictures of them together in Taylors car. Oh and disregard all of the tweets from Sean...Oh and one more thing, Disregard Rolling Stone asking him about his sexuality, they asked if he was maybe unsure of his sexuality and he responded with "there are a lot of rumors out there". Oh and I know this is not really a big deal but did anyone notice he has an earring hole in his right ear but not in his left?....when I was younger and I got mine done EVERYONE knew what "side" to get it on.....
(I cant post URL's because I am new but copy and paste this....This clearly shows an earing hole But I have seen other pictures and there is not one on the other side. it is also visible in a video for interview magazine at about 46 seconds on youtube. I would say it was a mole BUT in the video you can clearly see there is no mole from other angles it is only when the light catches the hole.
tinypic.com/r/209simc/5 (Paparazzi picture)
Look it all up (the interview magazine one is easy to find its a photoshoot/interview) and do some other research....and pay attention to details
(you might have to go back a while...the tweets start in about October and end about a month or so ago)
I am not saying this gives any proof. I am just saying that it is more fuel to the fire of specualtion make your own judgments but its not like it matters. It would be nice if he was gay, maybe he is bisexual, and maybe he is straight. We will know for sure when he says so himself or any "proof" comes out. BUT you cannot say that is is impossible or completely unlikely...that would just be stupid.
Also keep in mind body language gives away more then what people think. Some people are very good at picking up on it and I notice little thing that he does but that could be nothing.
As for Sean, didn't he used to be a backup dancer for Stevie Brock, until he thought he was Too Good to be a Child's back up dancer and started causing a bit of trouble. That bitch is so self centered he would spread lies and rumors about anyone if he thought it would get people to notice him.
It's never too early in the year,
to spread some goodwill cheer!
i kinda liked his face now..i used to hink he looks so squished, but now he's kinda cute, lol and that body...holy fuck...i went to see new moon in the theater when it was released with my friend just to see his hot bod, lol and i am not kidding, i got a hard on, and she said she wet herself, lol
I thought the famous saying was
"Why are all the cute guys gay?"
I always thought the straight ones were way hotter. I never thought gay man were hotter than straight men. And I think few of us do believe that. All that gay for pay porn is so popular because those guys are so sexy and manly.
Oh lawrrdd, if he is gay.. i'm in like heaven lol.
How he said 'in a girl' in that video made it sound like he would also look for certain qualities in a guy, so I think he's bisexual at least!
Watch the video its not a freckle my earing is in almost the exact same spot. About Sean I can agree BUT he straight out denies every single person he has been linked to from his twitter but not Taylor he didnt straight out say no but got defensive saying who he dates is his business and so what if they where etc... im just saying its possible.
I dont know anything bout the kid, N I really dont care if hes gay or not, nor to I want to sleep with him, but after his hosting SNL he broke my gaydar.
He may not be gay I hope he is though but no matter what he is still hot
Is it weird that I'm rarely attracted to someone that I think is gay? It's like if I know someone is gay then I'm not attracted to them, unless they are REALLY, REALLY hot like Ricky Martin or Neil Patrick Harris. Although, this is neither here nor there because Lautner just doesn't do it for me.
Doesn't mean hes gay
Whats wrong with him being straight?
double post?
If a teenager says teenagers are idiots, doesn't that offer irrefutable proof that they are indeed idiots?
It's never too early in the year,
to spread some goodwill cheer!
^^ I suddenly remembered that an adult wrote the Twilight series...so yeah, people in general are idiots.
Someone didn't get the humor of the situation. We have a teenager who calls teenagers idiots. OK, teenagers are idiots. But then the teenager who made the claim would, by rights, be an idiot as well, making his statement less than believable. This would cast doubt on the "fact" of teenage idiocy, which would add weight to his statement making teenagers again idiots. Quite the wicked little circle we have.
Or we could base our assumption on outside facts and disregard the statements of the so-called teenage idiot and conclude that teenagers are indeed idiots.
It's never too early in the year,
to spread some goodwill cheer!
I find threads like this rather amusing, but not because of the topic of the thread. Because of all the people that get angry because of the speculation about whether or not someone is gay. For goodness sake people, these are gossip threads and people are going to speculate in them, so take a chill pill.
And anyway, I can attest to him being in the latter group.
Cute dude but cannot act his way outta a paper bag. Simply going to this party does not mean he's gay.
I hope Taylor isn't gay.
He's totally ugh.
The girls can have him.
Now, the photo in the OP; maybe the straight boy just got snapped at an inconvenient nelly moment, but honey, judging from this pose, I'd say gay, gay, gay.
I saw him do some dance show years ago, I remembered him from Shark Boy and Lava Girl, which I loved as at the time, this show was a few years later and when I watched him dance and talk I thought...GAY!
this kid totally dances and acts gay. So good for him, good for us, whatever.
Wasn't Lautner in Europe during the time of this party?


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I don't think that I can find anything to criticize here. This is just a nice looking map. Great job!
Mennin's Hallow is a secluded and hidden community in the Uzuid Mountains. It was founded by a cleric named Mennin who understood early the necessity of quarantine. He brought a few people he trusted with him and settled in a village of the diminutive mountain hillfolk. The lowlanders brought with them more advanced techniques in milling, farming, and manufacture to supplement the hill peoples' goat-herding economy.
The village grew haphazardly, with little planning of layout beyond the construction of a dam across the spring to get more power for the new mill. The current population is about 280 people, 60 or so of whom are the indigenous hillfolk who resemble the stoutlings from the other side of the mountains. The farms and goats only barely support the village, leaving little surplus to trade and thus little reason for contact with the outside world. The Hallow depends on its isolation to protect it from illness.
The Hallow is currently governed by Mennin's second son, who serves as mayor and justicer, with six officers under him. Tradespeople include a chandler, charcoaler, three cobblers, furrier, mason, two metalsmiths, miller/baker, ostler, physician, two tailors, tavern, weaver, and two woodcrafters.
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I don't think that I can find anything to criticize here. This is just a nice looking map. Great job!
A bit dark for my personal tastes, but this is one very pretty map nonetheless.
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Beautiful map Midgardsormr. Very colorful and nicely done.
I did have a few thoughts though. Although the population is low and the town is isolated, I find it odd that there are no outbuildings from the town. There are no hermits, woodsmen or druids in the nearby woods? No ceremonial groves, dolmens or menhirs, or watch structures? It also strikes me as odd that such an isolated place would not have a rudimentary military structure or two to defend against the occasional maruading wild animal or humanoid band.
Where is the road out of town? It may be to small to see on the larger map, but I cannot make out any way to get Mennin's Hallow other than by water. It may be isolated, but a thorp with 280 people would have blazed a rude path or two leading out of it if not an actual road.
Finally, the blow of view of the village was nice, but it has quite a bit of empty space to the upper left. I would center the blow up view on the village itself since the village is the focus of the blow up in the first place.
I really like the inset approach - and the forest texture in the big map is beautiful too.
That's a conscious choice. Wild animals will normally avoid a settlement, particularly if there is plenty of wilderness around it. The Tawaren Basin at large is very sparsely populated thanks to the plague, so the risk of bandits is very low, almost nonexistant. Furthermore, this village is only barely surviving; the villagers aren't willing to give the labor to construct a palisade, preferring to do things that more directly improve their own circumstances.It also strikes me as odd that such an isolated place would not have a rudimentary military structure or two to defend against the occasional maruading wild animal or humanoid band.
Water isn't a good way to get in or out, either. That stream's only 25 feet wide, shallow, and it runs rapidly downhill in places. It might be possible to run a canoe on it, but nothing bigger. There isn't any regular traffic to or from the Hallow, although you're right--there should probably be at least some foraging trails, and quite likely a path up to a quarry to the west. That could double as a goat trail, too.Where is the road out of town? It may be too small to see on the larger map, but I cannot make out any way to get Mennin's Hallow other than by water. It may be isolated, but a thorp with 280 people would have blazed a rude path or two leading out of it if not an actual road.
I am inclined to think the same thing. But I'm lazy, so I didn't do it. Now that you've given me some ideas for other ways to fill the space, though, it may not be necessary. Or at least I won't have to move it very far.I would center the blow up view on the village itself since the village is the focus of the blow up in the first place.
So here's my to-do list, just so I can see it easily and don't overlook the obvious again:
- Megaliths
- Cemetery
- Cottage in the forest
- Trails out of town
- Labels?
- Recenter inset
- Recheck brightness/contrast
- Doublecheck scales
- Resize farmhouses
Thanks for the comments, and for all the praise. I'll try to have another draft up tomorrow morning with at least a few of these improvements.
Last edited by Midgardsormr; 06-19-2008 at 11:42 PM.
Actually thinking about it, I think thebax has a point. Perhaps you should reverse the inset and have the zoomed out view in the little box since most of the interest (at the moment) is in the detail view.
Heh. That's not happening. For one thing, I built this map for the mapping challenge, and I just don't have the time to entirely remake it with the deadline looming. For another, a larger village map will require a different style for the buildings. These simple blocks just won't cut it at higher resolutions. They're just barely adequate at this size.
Besides, those trees are just too pretty to shrink!
Maybe I'll do another of the hallows later on with that idea in mind. Galerius should be similar, and I might be able to use that one to develop a style more suitable for a closer view.
did you want the scale to be 100 feet in the enlarged area and not yards
at the hundred foot scale some of the buildings would be 5'x5'
Hmmm... that's not right. The smallest should be about 6.5 by 8 feet. It looks like I made the farmhouses tiny. They should be much larger than they are. Okay, one more thing for the list...


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In Delaware, contractors worked overnight to reconstruct Route 896 with precast/prestressed concrete panels. Each night, they removed existing 12-inch concrete pavement, placed a 4-inch pervious concrete base, installed 8-inch precast panels, and post-tensioned them together so the road could be opened to traffic the next day.
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Precast/prestressed concrete pavement (PPCP) panels were used to reconstruct a section of Interstate 66 in Northern Virginia that carries more than 180,000 vehicles a day. Construction was limited to 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. each night to keep the road open to daytime traffic.
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In the October 2007 issue of TCP, "Paving the Way" presented an emerging market for precast concrete: highway pavement. Several precast/prestressed concrete pavement demonstration projects had been completed throughout the U.S. Today, precast pavement can safely be considered a mature technology, providing highway agencies with yet another tool to help them get in, get out, and stay out.
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STEUBENVILLE - Steubenville outscored Harrison Central, 21-7, in the second quarter Monday night at the Crimson Center and held on to the lead throughout the second half for a 68-54 victory in the mutual season opener for both teams.
The Huskies trailed by one point at 19-18 with 4:13 left in the second quarter after sophomore Katie Ellzy canned a layup, but they didn't score again until the second half.
Meanwhile, Big Red, spurred by two straight 3-pointers from junior Abby Taylor, scored 13 unanswered points to take a 34-18 lead to the locker room at halftime.
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Steubenville's Mytia Baker is defended by Harrison Central's Emily Dodds on Monday.
''Abby Taylor hit a couple of 3s and that run helped us to relax a little bit offensively, but our defense did a decent job,'' Steubenville coach Phil Cassinelli said. ''That girl underneath the basket, Ellzy, is tough. She's difficult to guard and does a great job of moving without the ball and getting position.
''I thought we did well as a team against her both with the girls that were guarding her and with negating that post entry pass. It was a real team effort.''
Ellzy, who got into foul trouble in the second half and fouled out with 2:44 left in the game, scored 20 points to lead the Huskies.
''In the last three minutes of that second quarter we basically ran out of gas, '' Harrison Central coach Nick Yourkovich said. ''Emiley Masloski broke us down. Until that point I thought we contained her and kept her out of the lane.
''Once she started to break us down, she made adjustments for herself, but more importantly made adjustments for her teammates. Two or three times in that second quarter she drove into the lane and kicked the ball off to teammates for easy baskets. Then too, Taylor hit a couple of big shots in a row. Against a quality team like that it's hard to recover.''
Masloski finished with a game-high 23 points including 13 or 15 from the foul line. Taylor backed her up with 11 points and senior Dominique Wilson added 10.
Despite being down, Harrison Central continued to battle back in the second half. The Huskies outscored Big Red 14-13 in the third quarter and 22-21 in the fourth.
Big Red's biggest lead was 22 points at the 3:30 mark of the third period when Masloski's younger sister, Hannah, a freshman playing her first varsity game, sank two free throws giving her team a 46-24 lead.
The final margin of 13 points was the closest the Huskies could get. That came on a Shianne Nameth 3-pointer with two seconds left in the game.
Junior Jesse Ledger, who hit three from behind the arc, was the only other Huskies player in double figures with 14 points.
''It's always nice to win the first one,'' Cassinelli said. ''You go into the year not knowing what your team is going to be like. You have expectations, but you just never know. You don't get a chance to scout the other team either. The only thing we knew about Harrison Central was they lost a lot from last year through graduation.
''But they played a great game. It was a very physical game by both teams. We were very fortunate to come out on top.''


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|City Council hears update on ICAC
|Written by Chris Lee
Holyoke City Council members heard a brief update about the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) initiative from Phillips County Sheriff's deputy Barry Winckler at their Tuesday, Feb. 21 regular meeting.
Last year, the City voted to provide three months of internet service for the ICAC program.
Winckler attended last week's meeting to discuss the ICAC program, which he said has gone very well—so well, in fact, he has taken on many more areas in addition to Phillips County.
With the possible exception of the City of Fort Morgan, Winckler said he is the only one in the 13th Judicial District who is actively using a computer to track online child pornography. He is preparing the search warrants, court-ordered production of records and paperwork to get law enforcement into the homes to get the files off computers.
Holyoke City Council voted to supply the ICAC program with three more months of internet access for 2012.
The internet fees are paid by Phillips and Sedgwick counties, City of Holyoke and Town of Haxtun. Winckler said there is a possibility in the future to obtain grant funds to help pay the internet charges.
The ICAC program is capable of searching computers to find people sharing child pornography. "Some are movies, some are pictures," Winckler said. "Disgusting and nasty things."
The way Winckler searches, he is logging about 111,000 registries or records to the main computer system database each day.
Locally, Winckler has worked seven cases in Phillips and Sedgwick counties. He has also done a couple in Yuma and Logan counties as well.
Reports of Holyoke city officials
Council members heard reports from city supt. Mark Brown, police chief Doug Bergstrom and deputy clerk Tillie Fisbeck.
Supt. Brown noted a vehicle hit a power pole in the 200 block of East Kellogg Street on Saturday, Feb. 18 which took out the power on the east side of Interocean Avenue, South Campbell Street and west side of South Phelan Avenue for about five hours.
Brown said the swimming pool re-opened Monday, Feb. 20 and noted the city employees did a great job getting the painting done.
Chief Bergstrom said he had 10 applicants show up for a round of testing/interviewing and of those 10, he chose two to undergo a polygraph test. From those two, he scheduled one to complete a psychological test Wednesday, Feb. 22. Providing the applicant passed, Bergstrom said he hoped to get the officer to Holyoke to begin working. Should the candidate be hired, the Holyoke Police Department will be back to a full staff.
Fisbeck said two candidate petitions had been filed for the April 3 election but the signatures had not been verified. Mayor Orville Tonsing filed for the four-year term of mayor, while David Churchwell filed for a four-year seat to the council.
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With A or B as desired, cast on 44 sts. Divide sts evenly onto 4 double pointed needles. Place marker for beg of rnd. Being careful not to twist sts, join by working first st on left hand needle with working yarn from right hand needle.
Work in St st in the rnd (k every rnd), working 2 rnds with each color until piece measures about 16 in. (40.5 cm) from beg.
Bind off.
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I seem to be having a fairly major problem with ZCS 8.0.2, iOS / OSX and calendars.
Because of the way that things were set up before we switched to Zimbra (small medical office), our 'shared calendar' is actually a single user account that multiple users log into with iOS devices and iCal OSX devices. The problem is that many, many (thousands and climbing) hidden calendars are being silently created by iOS devices as they connect, with what look like random strings in the format XXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX. The final caldav url (pulled from mailbox.log) ends up looking somewhat like this: https://192.168.2.12:443/dav/caluser%40domain-name.com/3F4D281D-EDDC-4075-9D30-0BAFA62A1615/.
I can't figure out why these are being created and how to remove them. They don't show in the Web UI, they don't show in Zimbra Desktop, they don't show in iCal, and they don't show on the iPhones.
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2013-01-24 07:02:42,751 INFO [qtp1456226908-5843:https://192.168.2.12:443/dav/caluser%40domain-name.com/84ABC527-F14F-47B0-9A88-9956BAF04527/] [firstname.lastname@example.com;ip=126.96.36.199;ua=iOS/5.1.1 (9B206) dataaccessd/1.0;] dav - DavServlet operation MKCALENDAR to /firstname.lastname@example.com/84ABC527-F14F-47B0-9A88-9956BAF04527/ (depth: zero) finished in 268ms
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Release 8.0.2.GA.5569.UBUNTU12.64 UBUNTU12_64 FOSS edition
The number of hidden calendars is getting to the point where iCal actually times out on updating, and gives the spinning wheel of doom.
Is there a way to get iOS to stop doing these? Failing that, is there a way to access and clear out the hidden calendars via command line, so it can be scripted?
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Holsinger, J. 2011. Commentary on Listen to the Children: Conversations with Immigrant Families by Elizabeth Conde-Frazier (Judson Press, 2011). Journal of Latin American Theology.
Holsinger, J. 2009. Residential Patterns of Arab Americans: Race, Ethnicity and Spatial Assimilation. In The New Americans: Recent Immigration and American Society Series, edited by Steven Gold and Ruben Rumbaut. LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC.
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"Loving Our Neighbor(hoods)." Mennonite Higher Education Faculty Conference, Conrad Grebel University College, Waterloo, ON, 2014.
"Advantage or Disadvantage? The Residential Experience of Arab Americans." Paper presented at the Middle Eastern Diasporas: (In)visible Minorities Conference, Council on Middle East Studies, Yale University and Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center, Graduate Center, City University of New York, New Haven, CT, 2005.
"The Segregation Of Arab Americans: A Question Of Assimilation." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA, 2004.
"Perceptions of Racial Discrimination Among High School Seniors in Tacoma." Paper presented, Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, Vancouver, B.C., 2002.
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Female ag workers face rape, harassment
By Bernice Yeung and Grace Rubenstein
SUNNYSIDE, Wash. – Esther Abarca said the foreman drove to parts of the apple orchard that she had never seen. Deep into the farm, in what she could describe only as a "desolate place," he parked the truck, reached over and tried to grab her.
Weeping as she told her story, Abarca said the foreman got out of the truck when she resisted his advances. He opened the side door, climbed on top of her, and began to kiss and grope her. She called for help and tried to push him away, but he got her pants halfway off.
"I kept screaming, but there was nobody there," Abarca said.
Abarca said she kept screaming as the foreman groped her. But then, as if suddenly chastened by her crying, kicking and pushing, she said he stopped. He told her that if she didn't tell anyone what had happened, he'd give her $3,000 for a new car.
Abarca, a mother of three, said she refused the money.
"I told him that that was the very reason why I had come here to work, that I did not need him to give me any money at all," she said.
The foreman's alleged first assault came in 2009, during the long days of the Yakima Valley apple harvest in central Washington. An immigrant from Mexico, Abarca was new to the Evans Fruit Co., one of the country's largest apple producers.
Nearly four years later, Abarca's story was the subject of a federal court case testing whether the owners of Evans Fruit looked the other way as their workers claimed they were subjected to repeated sexual violence and harassment by an orchard foreman and crew bosses.
It was a rare public accusation for an immigrant, many of whom fear retaliation and deportation if they speak up. Abarca was testifying in only the second case of a farmworker claiming sexual harassment to reach a federal court trial.
Although the exact scope of sexual violence and harassment against agricultural workers is impossible to pinpoint, an investigation by The Center for Investigative Reporting and the Investigative Reporting Program at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism reveals persistent peril for women working in the food industry. An estimated 560,000 women work on U.S. farms.
In partnership with FRONTLINE and Univision, CIR and IRP spent nearly a year reviewing thousands of pages of documents and crisscrossing the nation – from the tightly ordered orchards of the Yakima Valley to the leafy tomato fields of southern Florida – to hear workers' stories of sexual assault.
Hundreds of female agricultural workers have complained to the federal government about being raped and assaulted, verbally and physically harassed on the job, while law enforcement has done almost nothing to prosecute potential crimes.
In virtually all of the cases reviewed, the alleged perpetrators held positions of power over the women. Despite the accusations, these supervisors have remained on the job for years without fear of arrest.
At the trial, Abarca was among more than a dozen women who had accused a foreman, Juan Marin, and a handful of crew leaders at Evans Fruit of sexually assaulting or harassing them. For her part, Abarca said she had been topping off bins with just-picked apples when the foreman called to her from his pickup. He told her to get in the truck, she testified.
Marin said he never sexually assaulted or harassed Abarca or any of the other women, and he has not been arrested or prosecuted in criminal court for the allegations.
At a federal civil trial this year, a jury found that whatever had happened at Evans Fruit, it did not create a sexually hostile work environment, which had to be established before the company could be held liable.


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Congrats on the awesome buck!!
A couple nice trophies, congrats!
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Congrats on the awesome buck!!
Very nice buck...congratulations!!
Atta boy, when it come to a buck like that who cares about the score. The only score I care about is gross score anyways.
A bad day in the woods is better than a good day at work.
Shoot the best, Shoot PSE!
Exactly if an animal used energy to grow it they should be scored not deducted.
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nice job guys, I to shot a buck similar to that a couple of years ago not a high scorer but unique and looks great on the wall.


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2010 Dodge Challenger Drag Project - Track TuningWritten by on January 17, 2014 Contributors: Indy Cylinder Head, Justin Cesler Maximum Velocity: Track Tuning our Late-Model Hemi Race Car
Additional photos by Fred Menditto
In last month's issue of Mopar Muscle, we completed the finishing touches on our '10 Dodge Challenger bracket car and took the car to the dragstrip for some initial testing. While we were happy with the results, these preliminary test passes were primarily to make sure the car was safe, and went straight down the track. We felt there was a little more left in the Challenger, so we took the car back to the track to perform some tuning to make sure the car is not just safe, but also running the best it can.
If you've followed this project from its inception, you're likely wondering why we would need to do any additional tuning since we already had the engine on the dyno at Indy Cylinder Head. The fact is, dyno tuning of the engine is only a part of the package. An engine dyno cell is a controlled environment, and can be very useful when tuning an engine for optimum power in the dyno cell. Conditions at the track, with the engine in the car, offer many more variables, and the engine should be tuned again at the track under racing conditions.
In the dyno cell, an engine can be run under controlled conditions, with a consistent air supply throughout the rpm range where the engine operates. Mounted in the engine bay during a dragstrip pass, the engine operates in a narrower rpm band, and rpm drops and then increases again after every shift. Additionally, as the car accelerates, air from the hoodscoop feeds the carburetor at an ever increasing speed, providing fresh air that not only enters the engine, but travels past and around the engine and the carburetor's air bleeds. Coolant temperature also changes with each pass, and as a car wins rounds (as we plan for this one to do) we may not have the luxury of completely cooling the engine between runs. For all of these reasons, final engine tuning should be accomplished at the track, where the car will run the most.
Another aspect of vehicle tuning that cannot be accomplished on a dyno is chassis tuning. We had the crew at Inline Performance Specialists weigh our car on four-wheel scales to set corner weight, and the car's "instant center," by adjusting the four-link bars. And while these settings in addition to the initial shock absorber settings will get the car close, final adjustments need to be made at the track. Tire pressures also need to be experimented with at the track, since each car and each combination is different. There is no "magic" tire pressure for a given combination, but trial and error will teach us a tire pressure range that this car likes. Once we figure out the proper tire pressure range, we can adjust the pressure within that range for conditions at any given track, and varying track temperatures.
Change one thing at a time, record the results, and develop a trend you can follow.
Our initial test of this vehicle was accomplished at Auto-Plus Raceway in Gainesville, Florida, but we decided to take our car to Bradenton Motorsports Park for our second session. We've raced and tuned cars at each of these facilities before, and have found both to have good track preparation and consistent timing systems. Bradenton is also closer to our Tampa, Florida, office, so testing on a Thursday night doesn't require a long drive and overnight stay like Gainesville does. Wherever you track test your car, the procedure is the same: Change one thing at a time, record the results, and develop a trend you can follow. When tuning an engine, make one change, usually either to the air/fuel ratio through a jet or air bleed change, or to the ignition timing curve, and make a pass. The numbers on the time slip will quickly tell you if the change made a positive or negative difference. The elapsed time is a good indicator of if the chassis is working better or worse, and generally the mph the car runs will tell you if you're making more or less power.
Most modern Hemi engines are fuel injected, but ours runs a carburetor, so tuning is accomplished with good ol' fashioned jets, fuel pressure, and air-bleed changes. Since we already optimized our engine on the dyno, only minor adjustments should be necessary in terms of air/fuel mixture. Since there is no distributor (and no distributor provision) on the third generation Chrysler Hemi, we installed MSD's Hemi 6 controller and coils, with Indy Cylinder Head's coil relocation kit on our engine. This ignition controller really makes tuning easy, as ignition timing, rev limits, and even retard settings can be set easily using a laptop computer with the provided MSD software.
During our first test session, we were happy that the car went straight down the track, the transmission and converter performed properly, and the engine ran smoothly. We tested the brakes and steering on short passes, and then once we were confident the car was safe and there were no leaks or malfunctions, we made a couple of full passes resulting in elapsed times of ten seconds flat. Since our first test session was successful, we could concentrate more on optimizing the combination during our second test session. At Bradenton, we experimented with rear tire pressure, carburetor jetting, ignition timing, and both launch and shift rpm. Each pass, we recorded our results, and if a change resulted in a negative result, we'd go back to our baseline and try a change in the opposite direction.
When finished, it was apparent that we had our combination pretty close when we got to the track. After lowering rear tire pressure by some 3 psi, and experimenting with timing and carb jetting, we improved our car's elapsed times eventually running several passes in the 9.8-second range. We're happy with our results, and look forward to watching driver Rick Menditto compete with this Challenger. It was a lot of work, but our project car is ready to go some rounds. Be sure to look for this car at different tracks and events, and stop by and say hello, check the car out, and let us know what you think of our late-model Mopar race car.
...once we were confident the car was sage and there were no leaks of malfunctions, we made a couple of full passes resulting in elapsed times of 10 seconds flat.
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02 After a couple of burnouts and 60-foot passes, we were happy with the way the car performed, but checked the four-link bars prior to making a full pass. Since this is a new chassis, we wanted to make sure none of the locknuts had backed off before driving at high speed. We also made a minor adjustment to soften up the shocks, allowing the rear suspension to plant the rear tires a little harder.03 For our second test session, we took the car to Bradenton Motorsports Park to make adjustments to the combination and optimize performance. We started with a baseline pass using the same tune-up that we ran in Gainesville, resulting in similar elapsed times.04 Our first change was to start dropping tire pressure from the 9 psi we had run so far. Dropping pressure in 1-psi increments, our 60 foot and elapsed times improved. Our Challenger liked 61⁄2 psi in the rear tires, so that's where we left it for the remainder of our tests.06 We made our jet changes in single-size increments, and our Hemi seemed to like more fuel on the track. Jetting down a size netted less mph in the quarter, so we jetted up to number 99 Holley jets to achieve our best mph reading.07 Ignition timing and jetting go hand-in-hand, and adding fuel sometimes won't make a difference by itself unless the timing is advanced. In our situation, we tried different timing settings, but ended up with the total advance at 24 degrees through the effective rpm range of the engine. The MSD Hemi 6 ignition box and software make timing changes easy, allowing adjustments at individual points at the rpm range. To keep our engine safe, we chose to retard the timing by a few degrees above 6,500 rpm.08 Our final step of tuning our Challenger was to try different rpm settings leaving the starting line. The MSD ignition also makes this easy, as launch and top rpm rev limits are set using the provided software and a laptop computer. After experimenting with launch rpm, we found 4,400 rpm resulted in the best 60 foot times and wrinkled up the slicks nicely.


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We've added another 700 owner's "raw" photos to the POD website Galleries.
These shots can be very helpful in seeing what equipment POD owners are using in their PODs, plus the bases they build, and accessories they create.
Pictured are just about every scope mount/camera combination you can think of, including refractors, Dobs, SCT's, RCs, AGs, Newtonians, Paramounts, Losmandys, Taks, PlaneWaves, Celestrons, iOptrons, SBigs, Apogees, Meades, Kendrick gear, you name it.
Even dual 11/14" Celestrons and a couple of 16" Meades. Setups which we never dreamed owners would mount in 8' PODs.
View PODs on roofs, on decks, on lawns, on trailers, dual PODs, club PODs, school PODs. On mountains, in deserts, in the arctic, in jungle climates. Photos from all over the world. Just about anywhere you can think of to mount an ob.
If you're interested in installing an observatory these photos can be a wealth of information.
To view the new photos go to the POD website Galleries Page - Raw Owner Galleries.
Here's just one example below of the hundreds of nice setups you can check out.
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Originally Posted by ElijahWyatt
Now i'm confused.... You can download programs to both mac and windows (+ having the cd of the other one) and have a dual open emulator/rom basically and run both at the same time...... is this wtf you guys are talking about? Like I've seen my friend who owns a mac having windows 7 open in basically a program, and can run programs inside of it, its the same basic thing as creating multiple computers with one computer. Like with my new computer i can run 10 different league of legends accounts at the same time all playing botedly. Its doing that, but using the cd boot for the other version
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so i ended up not getting high last night and was rather upset about it
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Is there a way to modify existing UI element such as ZmMailMsg, ZmAppointment? For example, to add a button "call" in the ZmAppointment UI panel for Click to call a conference or in ZmMailMsg Panel to Click to Call a mail sender?
Unlike ZmContact, the content in the "Location" or any field of ZmAppointment object seems not recognized as content object if I put a phone number (for example a conference number) in the location, I am wondering it would be great if the content Object matching field could include those fields.


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Today marks GWU$20's third anniversary. On October 7, 2006 I pushed "publish" on my first post. Three years, and 5182 subscribers later, I'm still pushing that publish button and I'm still committed to bringing you information on good, affordable wines and promoting everyday wine culture. (photo by CarbonNYC)
These past three years have been an amazing journey. I've become a better writer, I think I've become a better teacher in my day job, and I've learned a lot about wine. I've also had the opportunity to meet up with readers, bloggers, and winemakers all over the world--which is, perhaps, the thing that has brought me the most enjoyment.
As we move into the fourth year, you may notice some changes. I'm trying to focus on quality posts, rather than quantity, while juggling other demands. Rather than stop blogging, I'm cutting back and you may see fewer posts, posts that cover more than one wine (like the Pinot Noir and Chardonnay posts from last week), and more posts that cover the magical mixing of wine and food.
To everyone reading this and all my subscribers who receive my notes on wine through their RSS Readers, email, and other services--thank you. Here's to another great year.
Do you decant?
In this week's Serious Grape column, my weekly contribution to the fabulous food site Serious Eats, I try to demystify the subject of decanting. Basically there are two reasons to decant: to remove the sediment from old wines and to aerate younger wines. In both cases, decanting makes good wine taste better.
Last night, a friend was pouring some lovely old wines including a 1997 Château Léoville Barton that was just drinking beautifully--but had some sediment in the bottle as a result of its age. Decanting got that sediment out of there, which would have given the wine a bitter, tannin taste as well as negatively impacting the texture.
So don't be intimidated or overwhelmed by decanting. You can do it with a clean mayonnaise jar if you want, and there are some stylish options like the one pictured here, too.
Head over to Serious Grape and check it out.
I've been fighting the good fight to bring you Pinot Noirs under $20, but it's not getting any easier. If you like this delicate, silky grape you are not alone. And if you are struggling to find a wine you like for under $20, well, you're not alone there, either.
Here are my favorites among the new fall Pinot Noirs I've tasted thus far. And--miracles do happen--one is actually under $20. And I'm seeing a wide variety of prices for these wines--sometimes they are on sale for far less than the suggested retail. What's going on? Has the Pinot Noir market softened? Even if the suggested retail seems out of your price league, check your local merchants because you might find one of these bottles for far less than I quote here.
Special kudos go to Sean Minor Wines for delivering a Pinot Noir under $20 that can hold its own with more expensive bottlings. Their 2007 Sean Minor Wines Four Bears Pinot Noir ($17; available for $12-$20) is made with grapes from Napa Valley's Carneros AVA. This is a very good, affordable example of a Carneros Pinot Noir. The aromas are full of berry and sour cherry. The flavors are earthy and chalky, with lovely cherry notes held together by the wine's silky texture. The wine has a pleasant, juicy aftertaste with good acidity. Excellent QPR.
2006 Whitehaven Pinot Noir Marlborough ($25; available for $19-$26) I liked the bright cherry and char aromas that were layered with a touch of bacon fact as the wine opened up. The wine's satiny texture enveloped sour cherry, allspice, and meaty flavors. The aftertaste was juicy and peppery, with some roughness to the tannins that should resolve in time. Very good QPR.
2007 Sebastiani Vineyards & Winery Pinot Noir Carneros ($27) Another nice Carneros Pinot Noir for under $30, this one has aromas of brown sugar and cherry. The flavors of cherry, earth, and spicy clove are arranged on a light-bodied, lacy frame. There is a spicy, toasted toasted oak aftertaste that comes as a bit of a surprise, but it somehow works. Good QPR.
2007 MacMurray Ranch Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast ($28; available for $12-$22--and if you get it for $12 you will think it is stupendous in the value department) I admit it. I'm a Sonoma Coast Pinot fan. This is a classic bottling for that region, and affordable, too. The aromas of raspberries, earth, and rocks are what I've come to expect from a good Sonoma Coast Pinot. The flavors were far meatier than the aromas suggested, with berry and cherry fruit, adn there was lots of earth and spicy clove in the aftertaste. It tastes just a bit clumsy at present, but I think it will resolve beautifully over the next 6 mos to 3 years, and reward some time and space in your cellar if you can spare it. Very good QPR (unless you get it for under $20, at which point it's excellent QPR).
Full disclosure: I received these wines as samples.
Chardonnay comes in many different styles. Some are light and elegant, other soft and round. There are bold Chardonnays full with striking, ripe flavors and spicy Chardonnays that are just perfect for these early fall days.
I've been tasting a lot of Chardonnays lately, and here are some of my favorites from the new releases. No matter which kind of Chardonnay you prefer, I think you'll find one here that fits your taste and your budget--and they all represent very good QPR.
Soft: 2007 Bridlewood Estate Winery Chardonnay ($15; available for $11-$16). A small amount of Viognier and other white varieties are blended into this wine, and it shows in the flowery, pear, and golden delicious aromas. The flavors are soft and creamy, like baked apples. Smooth and round, the wine has a juicy aftertaste.
Bold: 2007 Chatom Vineyards Chardonnay ($18; available for $18-$20) A big, bold Chardonnay with aromas of vanilla bean, quince, and pear. The flavors are predominantly apple and pear, too, and there are herbs and cream on the tangy finish. Round and full in the mouth and 14.9% alc/vol.
Elegant: 2008 Sebastiani Vineyards & Winery Chardonnay Unoaked Russian River Valley ($18) This lovely bottle of wine has a very restrained style. I enjoyed the faint aromas of pear, mineral, and salt, as well as the light, fresh lemon and pear flavors. The finish is crisp, juicy, and clean.
Spicy: 2008 Bodega Catena Zapata Chardonnay Alamos ($13; available for under $9) A spicy chardonnay, with aromas of fall baking: apple, allspice, and nutmeg. The wine is lush and spicy in the mouth, too, with citrus and apple notes and a spicy vanilla aftertaste.
Full Disclosure: I received these wines as samples.
I'm sliding in a weekend post--a recommendation for bargain bubbles in case you have something to celebrate. When a wine is this enjoyable and this affordable, I figure finding a reason to celebrate is pretty easy. Did you finish your laundry? Clean out the TiVO? Wash dishes?
If so, treat yourself to a bottle of the NV Zonin Prosecco (suggested retail around $14, but available for $8-$18 in the market). This is a new bottling for Zonin, which already makes a popular "Special Cuvee" and "Brut" Prosecco. I really enjoyed this wine in part because it was a hair off-dry, which made for a wine that tasted soft with aromas and flavors of honeyed apple. There are some zngy tangerine peel notes in the aftertaste, which only added to the attractions for me.
This was a nicely-priced, thoroughly enjoyable, not-too-serious sipper of a Prosecco that you can enjoy before dinner or with dessert without guilt or stress. Very good QPR all around.
Full Disclosure: I received this wine as a sample.
When one of your favorite online retailers opens up a bricks-and-mortar outfit in the town where you live, it's cause for celebration.
domaine547, which has been my regular source for unusual--and affordable--bottles of wine has opened the doors of domaineLA. On chic Melrose Avenue, in one of LA's ubiquitous strip malls, is a new wine store that offers way more than the bottles of wine you see in every other urban wine emporium.
The palate behind the store's selection is Jill Bernheimer, who has been blogging, twittering, and selling wine online for a while now. I like Jill's palate, and trust her recommendations--so much so that she's really the only person I buy sparkling wine from any more, whether its affordable Cava or splurge-worthy Champagne. And I appreciate her efforts to go beyond the normal Cabernet/Chardonnay shuffle and stock wines made from grapes like Poulsard and Assyrtico.
domaineLA is a cool space, with fantastic post-modern grape lighting, a central seating area that feels like a lounge with wine books to leaf through, and a running strip of chalkboard where Jill posts messages and recommendations. There's even a computer in the corner where you can check out wine ratings ("if you must," Jill says).
I bought a case of wine while I was there. As always, I appreciated the time and the good advice that Jill gave me based on what I was looking for and what she knew I'd liked previously. This is the kind of relationship that everyone hopes they can have with a retailer--and all I can say is it really makes a difference.
So what did I buy? I indulged in a 2005 Stéphane Tissot Poulsard Arbois Sans Soufre ($26), a and a N.V. Chartogne-Taillet Champagne Cuvée St. Anne ($45). I got great deals on a 2008 Trajarinho Vinho Verde from the "Wall of Affordable Delicousness" ($9.99), the 2008 Masia del Bielsa Garnacha Campo de Borja Viñas Viejas ($10), and the Charles Syrah Volume II Talcott Vineyard ($10). And I walked on the wild side with a 2008 Mercouri Estate Kallisto ($19.99), a dry 2007 Viñedos de Ithaca Priorat Odysseus Pedro Ximénez ($20), and the 2008 Ludwig Winery Gewürztraminer Dry Single Vineyard Selection ($13.50). Anybody out there had a dry PX before? Me neither!
If you are in LA, check out this great new store. It's worth the trip to replenish your stash of exciting, drinkable wines.
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I'm finishing up with my whirlwind tour of Ligurian wine as part of my ongoing trawl through Italy's wine regions and grape varieties.
Even though I spent more than $20 on this wine ($25.99, to be precise), I'm still pretty pleased with the very good QPR on the 2005 Azienda Agricola Durin Ormeasco di Pornassio. ($25.99, Wine Expo--and I can't seem to find it anywhere else!) This is a classy, distinctive wine that offers up lots of character for the price.
Ormeasco is Ligurian for Dolcetto, I discovered, and one of the things I like best about the grape is that it's a wine that is just as good with pizza and spaghetti with meatballs as it is with grilled beef, roasts, and more elegant fare. It's a dress-me-up, dress-me-down kind of wine. This was a really lovely example of what Dolcetto/Ormeasco is all about. First, Dolcetto is a treat for the nose. There were aromas of licorice (which I love and it can be hard to find in a wine), cherry, fresh green fennel, and blackberry that you had to coax out of the glass at first, but which were worth the wait. I found echoes of all these notes in the flavors, with additional grilled herb nuances emerging in the aftertaste. There are cheaper Dolcettos out there, but they are far simpler than this wine turned out to be.
This wine would be fantastic with dishes that involve rosemary or fennel (to pick up the herbal notes), with meats (chicken, duck, and beef), and with anything that is Mediterranean in its culinary influences.
With most farmers' markets full of local produce, many of us are eating our fill of vegetables these days. Tomatoes, potatoes, zucchini, onions, peppers, onions, mushrooms, and beets are piled high in my local market. (photo by NatalieMaynor)
One wine stands out to me as a real friend to all these vegetables: Pinot Grigio. This week on Serious Grape, my column on Serious Eats, I share my recommendations for some of the best new Pinot Grigios in the market. They come from all over the world--Italy, France, Calfornia, and Australia--and though each one has a distinct style they share common characteristics like good acidity that make them a perfect partner for vegetables.
Head over and check out my list of Pinot Grigio suggestions and be sure to add your own if you think I've missed one. A colorful tomato salad and a glass of Pinot Grigio is one of September's great treats, so head to your local farmers' market this weekend and then to the wine store.
Welcome to Wine Blogging Wednesday, the online tasting event dreamed up five (!) years ago by Lenn Thompson of Lenndevours: the New York Cork Report.
This month our host is our founder, and Lenn's theme for this month's tasting was "At the Source." Our instructions were to "actually visit a winery and taste a wine there. Bonus points if you can taste it with the winemaker or the vineyard manager." I'm getting some major bonus points on this one because I tasted wine with the winemaker, the vineyard manager, the farm manager, and the owners!
This summer I was invited to dinner at Quivira Vineyards in the beautiful Dry Creek Valley. Regular readers know that I am a huge fan of this wine region, but this was a chance for me to get behind the scenes at one of my favorite wineries and learn more about their interest in biodiversity and biodynamics as a way of cultivating a sustainable vineyard for the 21st century. To get a glimpse of what they're doing here, flip through these pictures taken at the dinner:
As the slideshow above illustrates, they raise pigs, fruit, bees, chickens, vegetables for area restaurants and grocery stores, and fruit at Quivira. They've also restored a stream for Steelheads hoping to bring them back to the Dry Creek Valley where they once flourished.
And yes, they make great wine, too. If you are interested in experiencing all Quivira has to offer, consider attending one of their farm-to-table seasonal dinners. The next one is on October 10 and will focus on the restoration of the creek, a fabulous dinner, and excellent wine. There will be a winter dinner in February that will include a hands-on blending seminar, and a spring dinner featuring a discussion of biodynamics. You can see menus, check out the dates, and reserve your place at dinner by clicking here.
Tasting Highlights
(note: clicking on a wine's name will take you directly to the Quivira online store)
2008 Quivira Mourvedre-Viognier Rosé: A special treat, this one-0f-a-kind wine was fermented in an acacia wood barrel. The deep, hot pink wine had huge apricot aromatics and a dry palate with flavors of strawberry, cherry, and rosehips. (not available for retail)
2007 Quivira Grenache: This wine's beautiful ruby color and amazing cascade of plum blossom and grilled herb aromas were a prelude to the rich cherry, strawberry, and spice flavors in the wine. Full-bodied but not heavy, this wine was nicely structured and had a delicious, mineral-inflected finish. (suggested retail through the winery $26; available for $19-$28 elsewhere)
2007 Quivira Old Vine Katz Vineyard Zinfandel: Sweet blackberry fruit and earth are present in the aromas top notes, and lead into a flavorful blend of grilled herb, berries, and white pepper. As the wine opened it became more meaty, but the aftertaste remained bright and spicy. (suggested retail $38, click on the wine's name to purchase through the winery)
2008 Quivira Fig Tree Sauvignon Blanc: Rich, round, and luscious, this wine never touched wood. The flavors and aromas are full of orchard (apple, pear) and tropical fruits, making for a clean drinking experience that never gets grassy or harsh. (suggested retail through the winery $18; $15-$22 elsewhere)
This month I'm exploring the wines of Liguria, and first up is a fairly pricey bottling of Pigato that I purchased at the Los Angeles Italian wine mecca, Wine Expo.
Ligurian wine--and Pigato in particular--is pretty rare in American wine shops. This is a shame, because Pigato is an intriguing grape, and you once you've tasted it you won't mistake it for something else. The grape has a blotchy, speckled appearance and makes wines that are aromatic and have a distinctive, salty tang to them that reminds me of the seaside.
My Pigato cost $25.99, and for that price I expected it to be memorable. However, I didn't check the vintage (when will I EVER learn to do this, especially with Italian whites, which tend to linger on wine store shelves?) and it turned out that the bottle was from the 2005 vintage and probably two years past peak drinking. You can get a more recent vintage for less money in the market now, and if you can I'd recommend giving this variety a try.
The 2005 Durin Pigato Riviera Ligure di Ponente may be at the end of its life, but it's aging gracefully and still exhibits what I love most about Pigato: the blend of saltiness and citrus that reminds me of a briny preserved lemon. Given its age, the wine was a bit waxy and honeyed in its aromas and flavors, but I still found that combination of lemon pith and saltiness refreshing and it just made it into the good QPR category. However, had the wine been younger and fresher I suspect I would have been more impressed.
Pigato is great with seafood--that's the classic pairing that everyone will mention--but don't underestimate how good it is with pesto. If you've got access to a bumper crop of the herb, whether from your own garden or the farmer's market, whip up some pesto, cook some linguine, toss the two together and chill down your Pigato. The saline tang of the wine is marvelous with the herbaceous salinity of homemade pesto.
Last week, Palate Press--an online wine magazine--was launched.
Hit by the double whammy of houseguests and a new academic term, the launch came and went without me commenting on it, but I wanted to take a minute to recommend the new venture to GWU$20 readers.
First, a disclaimer. I became involved in the project in its early stages, and have the role of "wine review editor." We hope to roll out the wine reviews next month, but until then I'm just a reader like you are--and I'm liking what I'm reading.
The reason is simple: there's an editor. W. R. Tish, who was the editor of Wine Enthusiast magazine for ten years.
Let's face it, the great thing about blogs is that there's no editor. The bad thing about blogs is that there's no editor--and everyone (and I do mean everyone) needs an editor. Editors do more than find typos and grammatical errors. They keep an eye out for balance, they make sure that there's a coherence to the stories being presented, they make sure that the content is varied, and they ensure that the writing is focused and sharp.
Editors need writers as much as writers need editors, of course. Publisher David Honig (you might know him from the 2 Days Per Bottle blog) and editor W. R. Tish (of Wine Skewer) have recruited some of the most dynamic wine bloggers to participate in the project. These wine bloggers are contributing their enthusiasm and expertise in articles that cover a wide range of topics of interest to readers like you. In the first issue, Andrew Barrow wrote a terrific piece on the food and wine of Alsace, Meg Houston Maker reviews Randall Grahm's forthcoming book, Been Doon So Long, Robert Dwyer examined common shelf-talker practices to determine whether they deceive consumers, Thea Dwelle explored the quintessential "American" grape Zinfandel, and Sonadora explored the social networking efforts of Twisted Oak Winery--and tastes some wine while she's at it. And, because there's always room for some pot-stirring, Arthur Z. Przebinda took on the nature of wine criticism itself.
I'm already looking forward to this week's stories on tasting groups, wine labeling, Walla Walla wine, brettanomyces, and more. So head over to Palate Press and check it out if you haven't done so already. Who knows where this experiment will lead, but right now it's already delivering excellent QPR.
There are many, many styles of sparkling wine out there to bewitch and delight us.
Some are light and graceful sparklers that remind me of ballerinas dancing Swan Lake in foamy tutus. Some are fizzy, dry sparklers that remind me of a worldly jazz musician playing the piano. And some are rich, zaftig sparklers that remind me of an opera diva in a velvet gown hitting a high note.
This wine falls into the final category. It is rich, robust, zaftig, complex--just like a diva should be. And it costs just under $20, which makes it excellent QPR.
Don't let the pale salmon color of the NV Domaine des Roches Crémant de Bourgogne fool you. ($19.99, domaineLA; available elsewhere for $15-$23). Or the faint aromas of mineral, dough, and strawberries. Focus instead on the very active bead and the full-bodied, dry flavors of strawberry and toast. This is well worth the $20, and unusually sophisticated for a Crémant de Bourgogne.
I feel a song coming on...
I know it was just Labor Day, but if you still feel like you need a mini-break in the tropics in order to get through the fall, look no further than the Santa Ynez Valley and the 2008 Firestone Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc. (suggested retail $11-13; in a market near you for $10-$18).
This was one of the more exciting Sauvignon Blancs I've had this summer. It's made very much in the style of New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc, without the influence of wood. This zesty, tropical fruit inflected wine had aromas of lemongrass, starfruit, pink grapefruit, and lime. Layers of round, tropical fruit flavors were accented with the same citrusy grapefruit and lime notes that I detected in the aromas, and the wine has a fresh, grassy finish. Excellent QPR if you can find this wine for $15 or less, and no matter what the price you will consider it to be a good buy if you've always reached for New Zealand bottlings in the wine store but have been shocked at their rapidly rising prices.
If you're looking for a recipe to pair with this wine, try it with this yummy Green Goddess Chicken Salad. This fast and simple one-dish meal uses a bought roasted chicken to speed preparation, includes cubes of bread, and makes the most of late summer herbs. The wine really accentuated the herbal notes in the dressing, and the roundness of the tropical fruit flavors were lovely with the chicken.
Full Disclosure: I received this wine as a sample.
There's been something of a hiatus in my Italian wine ramblings. The last region I visited was Trentino-Alto Adige--and that was in June. Now that I'm back in the land of many wine shops, I can pick up where I left off. My destination for September is the northwestern curve of Italy: Liguria. Located at the knee of Italy's boot, Liguria doesn't grow many grapes or make much wine--which can make bottlings from this region hard to find. (photo of the crates used for collecting grapes in Cinque Terra by Dom Dada)
But they're worth the search. Ligurian winemakers not only make stunning Vermentinos--perhaps the best known of the region's grapes--they also grow less traveled grapes like Albarola, Pigato, and Rossesse. They also have their own names for grapes such as Dolcetto, which the Ligurians call Ormeasco.
And Ligurian wines go well with the flavors of September, which involve farmer's market basil and tomatoes in the beginning of the month, and rosemary and mushrooms towards the end of the month. The ubiquitous Italian green sauce--pesto--originated in the region (or at least that's what everyone in Liguria proudly says), and whites like Vermentino and Pigato pair beautifully with the spicy, salty sauce. (picture of the vineyards of Cinque Terre by Pay No Mind)
So sip along with me this month as I sample a red and a white wine from Liguria. As always, if you've had some good Ligurian wine you can recommend, please leave those suggestions in the comments below.
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Rollin' Royals
Sorry for the late post, but time slipped away. As it is, the Royals are leading 4-0 thanks to a David DeJesus triple, a Mike Aviles double and a Mark Teahen homer. Which flows perfectly into what we want to talk about tonight.
The Royals are playing some good baseball right now. They've won eight of their last ten and picked up three straight series wins in the process, including the sweep in St. Louis. The Royals are 9-3 against the National League this season after going 10-8 the last two seasons. We still have six games against the Senior Circuit.
Over this hot stretch the Royals have cut 4 games off their division deficit and with that we're going to go around the horn…
Yesterday was a wild one. As we noted in this space, the Royals came back from a seven-run deficit. Only seven other times in team history have they been able to do that (six seven-run comebacks and a nine-run revival back in 1979).
On the other end of that stick, the Giants suffered their first seven-run collapse in eight years. The only reason, we even bring this up is because of the interesting coincidence involved here. In 2000, the Giants blew a pair of seven-run leads during the same week. One on June 28, a 17-13 final, and one on June 22, an 11-10 final. Yesterday's date was, in fact, June 22, 2008. And the score, 11-10. Keep your eyes on the score tickers this weekend, the Giants play in Oakland on June 28, 2008.
Let's talk about Joakim Soria. The kid is lights out. He's picked up five saves during the Royals hot stretch.
He's 20-of-21 in save situations and has a 1.32 ERA in 34 innings. That means only 5 runs have crossed the plate with Soria on the mound. That's crazy-good. He's got 35 punch outs. Normally strikeouts are compared to walks (Soria has walked only nine). Let's try hits. Soria has allowed 18 hits. Opponents are hitting just .154 against him.
The San Francisco Chronicle had a story today about how they are happy the Padres left Soria off their 40-man roster before last season's Rule 5 Draft. Well, so are we. Yesterday he became the ninth pitcher in team history to have a season with 20 or more saves (the 22nd time). And the last Royal to have 20 or more saves before the All-Star break? 2003 All-Star Mike MacDougal had 24. The Royals pre-All-Star record is 25 by Jeff Montgomery in 1993. We'll say this, Soria's got more than a chance to break it.
We're welcoming two Royals' alumni back during this series with Rockies Manager Clint Hurdle and Bench Coach Jamie Quirk in the visiting dugout this week in Kansas City…Notes from Trey Hillman's pre-game press conference: Mark Grudzielanek is out tonight with a sore back and may be ready to go tomorrow…Also of note: Joel Peralta is back up from Omaha and Jeff Fulchino has been optioned…Hillman said: Fulchino did his job and he was not optioned because of poor performance, but after using so many pitchers in yesterday's wild win, the bullpen was a little thin and needed help…Peralta is 1-0 with two saves and a 0.00 ERA (18.2 scoreless innings, 9 hits, 6 walks and 19 K's) in 10 games over his two stints with Omaha .
The Community Relations department has been busy. Today they hosted a PLAY Clinic on the field here at "the K". The event was co-hosted by the Professional Baseball Athletic Trainer's Society. With a goal of promoting exercise and a healthy lifestyle, members of the Royals Sports Medicine staff led the event, focusing on baseball fundamentals. They were joined by David DeJesus, Jose Guillen, Jimmy Gobble and Trey Hillman.
Also this week, the Royals will host a few baseball clinics and has big plans for the Royals off day.
Thursday will be the Diamond of Dreams event, which will be held on the field at Kauffman. Royals Charities will be raising money for The Dream Factory. Drinks, appetizers, player appearances, memorabilia auctions and a live band playing at second base are among the many events planned.
We'll definitely have more on this event as the week progresses. And don't forget about the Cardinals series this week. (How could you?) Plenty will be going on this weekend with giveaways, more silent auctions and Art Stewart's Hall-of-Fame induction. Around the Horn will have an interview with the man behind all of the portraits you see in the Hall-of-Fame.
Here's some of the PLAY Photos from our good friend, team photographer Chris Vleisides.
It's the whole group.
Who better to give tips about a swing then the Royals home run leader and A.L. leader in doubles, Jose Guillen.
Royals Trainer Frank Kyte is leading some exercises.
David DeJesus and Jose Guillen look on during a hitting drill.
Tonight's Lineup with highlights from yesterday:
DeJesus CF
Aviles 2B
Gordon 3B
Guillen DH
Olivo C
Teahen RF
Gload 1B
German LF
Pena SS
Bannister P
Here's today's Official Game Notes. Also don't miss out on a re-cap of yesterday's Negro Leagues throwbacks or Around the Horn's interview with Giants/ESPN broadcaster Jon Miller.


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State of the World's Minorities 2007 - Ethiopia
|Minority Rights Group International
|Publication Date
|4 March 2007
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|Minority Rights Group International, State of the World's Minorities 2007 - Ethiopia, 4 March 2007, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/48a97129b2.html [accessed 29 May 2016]
|This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States.
The efforts of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi to control separatism in Ethiopia appeared to be unravelling in 2006, as various ethnic movements drew inspiration from government repression and lack of democratic participation.
Ethnic liberation movements toppled former Communist dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam in 1991, and Meles Zenawi, the leader of the Tigrean People's Liberation Front, set about organizing the state as an ethnic federation, albeit one in which he would lead co-opted representatives of other ethnicities under a single-party umbrella: the Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front. This proved a particularly difficult undertaking as Tigreans comprise only around 6 per cent of the Ethiopian population. Prime Minister Meles's reelection in flawed May 2005 balloting only deepened the resentment of other ethnic groups.
This was especially true of Ethiopia's Amhara people, about 30 per cent of the population of the country. The Amhara are prominent in the political opposition and suffered in the government crackdown on protests at election fraud, which resulted in at least 193 deaths and 763 injuries.
In February 2006, the government arrested thousands of Oromo – an ethnic group making up approximately 30–50 per cent of the country's population – following its protests of the election irregularities called for by the rebel Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) in the south of the country. In September, two senior Ethiopian military officers defected to the OLF.
In December 2006, the Ethiopian military, backed by the USA, took on the Islamist alliance in neighbouring Somalia, driving it from control of the capital Mogadishu on 28 December. Ethiopia is the principal backer of the weak Somali transitional federal government headed by President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed. Prime Minister Meles Zenawi justified the invasion by citing national defence interests, claiming that the Islamists had been infiltrated by al-Qaeda. Sabre-rattling by the Union of Islamic Courts – calling for a holy war on Addis Ababa, and overt support for the Ogaden self-determination groups – raised tensions in 2006. Two wars have already been fought over the Ogaden region in the South-East of the Ethiopia, where the majority of the population is ethnic Somali. Although Ethiopia has vowed to withdraw its forces completely from Somalia, it is unclear whether the promised AU peacekeeping mission will transpire. Without Ethiopian military support, a question-mark remains over the TFG's ability to hold onto the territory seized in December's offensive.
Meles also faced rebellions among smaller ethnic minority groups. The Anuak – traditional hunters, farmers and fishers – make up approximately 1 per cent of the country's population, and for centuries have lived in the area that is today's Gambella region of south-western Ethiopia. The Anuak have lived alongside, and in competition with, Nuer pastoralists. Under the Mengistu regime, the Anuak faced considerable suppression as the authorities seized land and forcibly conscripted Anuak villagers for service in the army and on collective farms. Some 60,000 peasants, mostly lighter-skinned 'highlanders' from other parts of Ethiopia, were also forcibly resettled in Gambella. Tensions have risen as competition for land and water has intensified.
In recent years, the Meles government has also moved against the Anuak, with human rights activists reporting murder, rape and torture. The government has increased the military presence in the area following attacks by militants. It argues that the military action is targeted at the rebels – but Anuak leaders claim that civilians are also being targeted. In April 2006, there were reports that the Ethiopian army was cooperating with the Sudan People's Liberation Army to disarm Anuak along the border. Amnesty International reported in May 2006 that, in the previous two and a half years, the Ethiopian government had detained 900 Anuak opposition members without trial, though it had released 15 former senior officials in December 2005. Tensions rose again in June 2006 when attackers thought by aid workers to be Anuak militia members ambushed a bus travelling from Addis Ababa to Gambella, killing an estimated 14–30 civilians. In the immediate aftermath, water and power were cut to Gambella town, and Ethiopian troops and highlander militias enforced a curfew. In September 2006 a Dutch humanitarian NGO reported that more than 44,600 internally displaced persons – Anuak, Nuer and Highlander alike – were living in camps and in dire need of assistance. Oil is another factor in this dispute. Although in May 2006 the Malaysian oil company Petronas announced that its first test well in the area had proved barren, land use rights in Gambella remain contentious, and efforts to discover oil could yet intensify the struggle for control of the region.


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