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A sparkling picture taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the center of globular cluster M 4. The power of Hubble has resolved the cluster into a multitude of glowing orbs, each a colossal nuclear furnace.
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In July 2003, Hubble helped make the astounding discovery of a planet called PSR B1620-26 b, 2.5 times the mass of Jupiter, which is located in this cluster. Its age is estimated to be around 13 billion years -- almost three times as old as the Solar System! It is also unusual in that it orbits a binary system of a white dwarf and a pulsar (a type of neutron star).
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I am always hesitant to call anything "French" because I have Mrs. Jojo who reads and is the real thing :) and I'm quite sure bloggers label lots of things "French" that maybe aren't.
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is there a better way to make hot chocolate?
My mother always made homemade hot chocolate for us.
She used powdered cocoa, milk, sugar and vanilla.
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The U.S. Attorney's Office in Omaha has given up its claim to the money and it will return it to Tara Mishra, 35, of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., within about a week, said Roger Diamond, Mishra's attorney.
Left unanswered is why the government gave up the fight.
"They refused to tell me," Diamond said Wednesday.
On Tuesday, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted the government's motion to dismiss its own appeal of a federal judge's order earlier this year to return the $1 million, plus interest, to Mishra. Mishra says she earned the money over years as an exotic dancer.
John Higgins with the U.S. Attorney's Office declined to discuss the reason for the dismissal request with The Associated Press on Wednesday, saying only that it was "an internal decision which I am not at liberty to address," in an email.
The motion filed asking for the dismissal was a simple one-sentence request that did not give a reason.
Diamond believes the Justice Department was afraid that if the appeals court had upheld the federal judge's decision, the case would have set a legal precedent in property seizure cases, making it harder for the government to seize property through civil forfeiture laws.
"If they thought they were going to win, they would have pursued it," Diamond said.
The case has drawn attention to civil forfeiture laws that permit law enforcement to seize the money and property of people suspected of crimes. The laws have a lower standard of proof than criminal cases, and critics say they're increasingly being used to take property and cash from those who are never even charged with a crime.
A Nebraska state trooper seized the money during a March 3, 2012, traffic stop on Interstate 80 near North Platte. Police handcuffed and detained a husband and wife, who told officers that Mishra had given them the money to invest in a New Jersey nightclub.
They were released without charges, but only after agreeing to relinquish the cash. Officials said a drug-sniffing dog had indicated drug residue on the cash and that the large amount meant the money was obtained in the illegal drug trade.
Mishra filed a claim to get the money back, but the government argued she had no standing to object to the seizure, saying that because she had given the money to the couple, they were the only ones who had standing to make a claim for it.
U.S. District Judge Joseph Bataillon rejected that argument in July, saying Mishra showed she had claimed the earnings on tax returns and proved details about an agreement she had to buy part of a New Jersey bar. The government's claim that the money was tainted with drug residue was of little value, the judge said, as there is a belief that nearly all cash in circulation is drug-tainted.
Bataillon also took issue with law enforcement almost immediately converting the cash to a cashier's check, leaving Mishra no opportunity to exercise her right to rebut the government's claims about the money being tied to drugs.
Mishra recently had a baby, and needs the money, Diamond said. Mishra has declined requests to speak to The Associated Press about the case.
Diamond said he does not know how much interest will be paid on the money. The interest is calculated by the U.S. Marshal's Office using a complex formula, he said, but expects it will not be more than 5 percent—or about $53,500.


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We are very happy to announce Summertime Foundation has again graciously given us the opportunity of a $5,000 Matching Grant. These funds are desperately needed right now to offer assistance to the many poverty stricken in our local communities. Please consider donating at this time, knowing your funds will be matched dollar for dollar by the Summertime Foundation. Thank you for continuing to support our mission during these difficult economic times. Your Caring & Sharing is enabling us to offer assistance to children, senior citizens and disabled fellow creations living in the daily struggle of poverty. Thank you to the Summertime Foundation for this fundraising opportunity. Dear W.C.,
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Dear W.C.,I have been a self sufficient hard-working person my whole life. Then last year everything changed when my daughter became ill with cancer. She was living in an apartment, working, and raising two young boys. It was obvious she was going to need my help. I had no idea how ill she would become from her treatments. It broke my heart to watch how bravely she battled this terrible disease. She always remained positive around her boys, even when I knew it took every ounce of strength just to ask what they did in school. My grandchildrens father left several years ago and my daughter has been raising the boys herself since. I was always proud of what a great job she did as a hard-working single mother.
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Thank You to everyone that contributed to the Christmas Wish $25,000 Matching Grant. With your generosity and the generous donors of the matching funds, we were able to provide $50,000 in much needed assistance to the many struggling poverty stricken in our area. This matching grant was a Christmas Wish answered for those in need of assistance. It seems as though with every visit and phone call I make the need is greater, the desperation more intense, the fear and hunger magnified. Many hours of research, phone calls, counseling, and prayer went into each of these visits. The recession is driving our fellow Americans into a depression behind their closed doors. Their tears and fears are a reality that breaks my heart continuously. My goal is always to bring the emergency assistance needed, as soon as possible, to put people back on their feet again with dignity. We have offered them relief from that daily struggle and they can now get through this winter warm and fed thanks to your generosity. With this column we are also sharing our 400th column. It is hard to believe we have been sharing this mission with all our caring and sharing readers for that long. So many of our neighbors and fellow creations have been given the assistance they so desperately needed, thanks to our devoted readers/donors.
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Dear W.C.,We find ourselves falling farther and farther behind. My husband had a stroke last year leaving him paralyzed on one side and impairing his speech. He is on disability but that does not cover our bills. I used to be able to work overtime hours at my job to help make ends meet but my employer had to cut back on everyones hours. Now I am not even able to get in enough hours a week necessary to be eligible for health insurance benefits. We cannot afford to pay insurance on our own. We cant even afford to pay our car insurance which is required. I got pulled over last week for an expired registration and received a ticket for both the expired registration and lack of insurance. How can I drive to work if I am not allowed to drive my car? I also have to drive my husband to physical therapy. We have a thirteen year old daughter. She is such a good girl. Last week she insisted on giving me her baby sitting money to help out. She has caught me crying several times over our situation and has asked me what she can do to help. There seem to be no opportunities in this recession. For the first time in our life we are lost.Please help.
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Dear W.C.,I have seen an elderly woman outside with her dog by her trailer. She looks very destitute and I am very worried about her. She seems very thin and frail. Her trailer is in very bad shape. It is always dark when I go by so I worry that her utilities are disconnected. I dont know what to do about this poor woman and I worry about her all the time. I have left a few bags of food for her and her dog on her stairs anonymously. I am unfortunately not in the position to offer much financial help myself as I just get by month to month and I have three children. I offered to help her with household cleaning and repairs once but she turned me away. I think she is embarrassed and does not trust my good intentions. I know you are very good with people in this position.
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Seminary student awarded grant to help youth and young adults learn about financial responsibility
Decatur, GA. Columbia Theological Seminary student Lynda Brooks is using a grant she received from the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) to help youth and young adults learn financial responsibility. The denomination's Higher Education and Leadership Ministries (HELM) awarded Ms. Brooks a Ministerial Student Grant to establish The Moné Institute, which will offer training in personal finance, fiscal responsibility, and stewardship to youth and young adults. The institute's inaugural program is a financial camp for middle schoolers, to be held on four consecutive Saturdays, September 11 through October 2, on the seminary campus.
Cost of the camp is $25, which includes materials, snacks, lunch, and an initial deposit to a savings account, which participants will set up with a parent or guardian on the afternoon of September 18. The event is sponsored by HELM and the Office of Youth Ministries, Presbytery of Greater Atlanta.
Financial camp details and a registration form are available online. For more information, contact email@example.com, call 404.890.8664, or go to www.moneinstitute.org.
Ms. Brooks, a senior at Columbia, is a member of God's City of Refuge Christian Church in Atlanta.
Columbia Theological Seminary, located in Decatur, GA, was established in 1828 and is one of 10 theological institutions of the Presbyterian Church (USA).
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The Red Shoes (fairy tale)
Illustration by Vilhelm Pedersen
|Hans Christian Andersen
|Original title
|De røde sko
|Fairy tale
|C. A. Reitzel
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"The Red Shoes" (Danish: De røde sko) is a fairy tale by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen first published by C.A. Reitzel in Copenhagen 7 April 1845 in New Fairy Tales. First Volume. Third Collection. 1845. (Nye Eventyr. Første Bind. Tredie Samling. 1845.). Other tales in the volume include "The Elf Mound" (Elverhøi), "The Jumpers" (Springfyrene), "The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep" (Hyrdinden og Skorstensfejeren), and "Holger Danske" (Holger Danske).[1]
The tale was republished 18 December 1849 as a part of Fairy Tales. 1850. (Eventyr. 1850.) and again on 30 March 1863 as a part of Fairy Tales and Stories. Second Volume. 1863. (Eventyr og Historier. Andet Bind. 1863.).[2] The story is about a girl forced to dance continually in her red shoes. "The Red Shoes" has seen adaptations in various media including film.
Plot summary[edit]
A peasant girl named Karen is adopted by a rich old lady after her mother's death and grows up vain and spoiled. Before her adoption, Karen had a rough pair of red shoes; now she has her adoptive mother buy her a pair of red shoes fit for a princess. After Karen repeatedly wears them to church, they begin to move by themselves, but she is able to get them off. One day, when her adoptive mother becomes ill, Karen goes to attend a party in her red shoes. A mysterious soldier appears and makes strange remarks about what beautiful dancing shoes Karen has. Soon after, Karen's shoes begin to move by themselves again, but this time they can't come off. The shoes continue to dance, night and day, rain or shine, through fields and meadows, and through brambles and briers that tear at Karen's limbs. She can't even attend her adoptive mother's funeral. An angel appears to her, bearing a sword, and condemns her to dance even after she dies, as a warning to vain children everywhere. Karen begs for mercy but the red shoes take her away before she hears the angel's reply. Karen finds an executioner and asks him to chop off her feet. He does so but the shoes continue to dance, even with Karen's amputated feet inside them. The executioner gives her a pair of wooden feet and crutches, and teaches her the criminals' psalm. Thinking that she has suffered enough for the red shoes, Karen decides to go to church so people can see her. Yet her amputated feet, still in the red shoes, dance before her, barring the way. The following Sunday she tries again, thinking she is at least as good as the others in church, but again the dancing red shoes bar the way. Karen gets a job as a maid in the parsonage, but when Sunday comes she dares not go to church. Instead she sits alone at home and prays to God for help. The angel reappears, now bearing a spray of roses, and gives Karen the mercy she asked for: her heart becomes so filled with sunshine, peace, and joy that it bursts. Her soul flies on sunshine to Heaven, where no one mentions the red shoes.
Andersen explained the origins of the story in an incident he witnessed as a small child. By his report, his father was sent a piece of red silk by a rich lady customer, to make a pair of dancing slippers for her daughter. Using red leather along with the silk, he worked very carefully on the shoes, only to have the rich lady tell him they were trash. She said he had done nothing but spoil her silk. "In that case," he said, "I may as well spoil my leather too," and he cut up the shoes in front of her.[citation needed]
|This section may contain excessive, poor, irrelevant, or self-sourcing examples. (July 2015)
- The Red Shoes is a 1948 British feature film about ballet. The film tells the story of a young ballerina who joins an established ballet company and becomes the lead dancer in a new ballet called The Red Shoes, based on the fairy tale. Her desire to dance conflicts with her need for love, ultimately leading to her death.
- British singer-songwriter Kate Bush's seventh album, The Red Shoes, was named after Michael Powell's film and Andersen's fairy tale.
- The Red Shoes is a 2013 novel by John Stewart Wynne aka John Wynne. It is a re-visioning of the story, set in contemporary New York City.[3]
- The Red Shoes is a 2005 Korean horror film inspired by the fairy tale.
- Barbie in the Pink Shoes is a 2013 Barbie movie loosely based on the fairy tale.
- "The Red Shoes" has been adapted by the Cornish theater company, Kneehigh.
- "The Red Shoes" has been adapted by the Austin-based aerial arts collective Sky Candy into a cirque noir aerial ballet. It debuted May 6, 2011 at the Vortex theater in Austin, Texas.
- The Supernatural episode, "Out with the Old", deals with a pair of cursed ballerina slippers.
- "The Red Shoes" is a flamenco fairytale - a flamenco music and dance adaptation by A'lante Dance Ensemble choreographed by Olivia Chacon [4][5][6]
- "The Red Shoes" became an inspiration for a song of the same title, performed by South Korean singer IU, from her third studio album Modern Times.
- "The Red Shoes" was parodied in the 1951 Looney Tunes short, "The Wearing of the Grin".
- "The Red Shoes" may have been[weasel words] an inspiration for the Dungeons & Dragons cursed item, "Boots of Dancing".
- "The Red Shoes" inspired Yuri's concept photo for Girls' Generation's third studio album The Boys.
- "The Dance of Death" by Jo Gibson features a pair of red shoes that grant the wearer a massive amount of talent but at a price. The wearer is eventually struck with a case of bad luck. At one point a girl almost dances herself to death.
- The computer horror game The Witch's House includes a puzzle that references this fairy tale along with other stories such as Cinderella.
- In the ABC television series Dance Academy the main character, Tara Webster, performs Victoria's solo from "The Red Shoes".
See also[edit]
- ^ Hans Christian Andersen: Nye Eventyr. Første Bind. Tredie Samling. 1845.
- ^ Hans Christian Andersen: The Red Shoes
- ^ http://www.johnstewartwynne.com
- ^ http://www.mysanantonio.com/entertainment/article/Flamenco-Fest-dances-into-third-anniversary-3859267.php
- ^ http://blog.mysanantonio.com/artbeat/2012/09/review-flamenc-fest/
- ^ http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/3/prweb10540828.htm
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|Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Red Shoes.
- The Red Shoes Jean Hersholt's English translation
- De røde sko Original Danish text
- Fairyland Red Shoes Interactive Story
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Exclusive: Sri Lankan 83 porn stars now public despite local newspaper editors' refusal
Despite leading newspaper's refusing to publish the porn star photographs, Sri Lankan Police has issued 83 porn star images yesterday to all media organizations in the country with a view of seeking help from public to take them into custody.
Among those images there are 81 of women and 4 men's images.
Asian Tribune earlier on November 6th published 11 porn star pictures which are supposed to be taken from local porn websites.
However, all national dailies had refused to print the photographs except for the Lakbima Sinhalese newspaper, which published the 27 porn star mugshots at the bottom of page two on Tuesday, without any reference to the accusations against them.
Meanwhile the country's largely circulated daily newspaper has also refused publication of these pictures according to AFP.
"We were given the photos with a request to publish them, but we decided not to," Chief Editor of the mass circulating Sinhalese daily, the Lankadeepa, Siri Ranasinghe reported to have said to AFP adding that it is a question of privacy of people and that no one doesn't know who these people are and under what circumstances the police got the pictures.
"Technology can be used to manipulate pictures, so we decided to leave them out." Mr.Ranasinghe reported to have said to media.
AFP reported that the government has also ordered the removal of bill boards featuring scantily-clad women and launched a campaign to discourage the use of alcohol and tobacco in conservative Sri Lanka.
Authorities say the wanted individuals were found portrayed on 180 Sri Lankan pornographic websites that have since been blocked by telecommunications regulators.
The Police Women and Children's Bureau had issued these pictures in line with its earlier announcement of publishing the photographs of those who had posed on local porn websites, according to an order by the Colombo High Court.
The police department say that punishments in relation to porn should be made harsher where as the current laws in Sri Lanka are too little. In Sri Lanka the Obscene Publications Ordinance of 1983 clearly states that, anyone involved in distributing, exhibiting or advertising obscene matter, can be fined Rs. 10,000 and leads to face a three month imprisonment.
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Court Rules U.S. Customs Rightfully Seized Ancient Coins
The next time you try to bring antiques into the U.S., think again: if they look old enough and don't have any documentation, customs officials might just seize them as potentially looted cultural artifacts.
That was the case in 2009 when the Ancient Coin Collectors Guild, a non-profit group that seeks to ensure a free market for the exchange and sale of collector coins, bought 23 ancient coins of unknown provenance from a London dealer. U.S. Customs seized the coins, which ranged from 1,000 to 2,000 years old, due to the possibility that they were looted objects, according to the Blog of Legal Times.
A federal judge in Maryland dismissed on summary judgment the Guild's lawsuit against U.S. Customs and Border Protection last week, citing procedural issues but also ruling that it is better to err on the side of restricting imports when their origin is unclear.
"Looted objects are, presumably, extremely unlikely to carry documentation, or at least accurate documentation, of when and where they were discovered and when they were exported from the country in which they were discovered," the judge wrote in her opinion.
Moreover, the judge found that the burden of proof rests with the importer of artifacts, who must demonstrate that they are legitimate; otherwise, the State Department can rightfully restrict their importation.
The Chinese and Cypriot coins will remain with U.S. Customs for now. The Guild's attorney, Peter Tompa, said they may move forward with an appeal.
"We believe we've raised some legitimate concerns about how State Department and Customs both promulgate and apply import restrictions on pieces or goods that are commonly traded here and around the world," Tompa told the Blog of Legal Times.


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Adobe just announced that the Adobe Photoshop Touch apps - Adobe Color Lava, Adobe Eazel and Adobe Nav - are now available for the Apple iPad in the App Store. These three apps were created using the Photoshop Touch Software Development Kit to show off the potential for new interaction between Photoshop and tablet devices.
These three apps combine the touchability of the devices with precision Adobe Photoshop controls. Users can create custom color swatches, paint directly onscreen, and drive Photoshop tools from tablets. Adobe Color Lava is for mixing colors, Adobe Eazel for painting with your fingers, and Adobe Nav for selecting and controlling Photoshop.
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Measure for Measure
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How we cite our quotes: (Act.Scene.Line). Line numbers correspond to the Riverside edition.
Quote #1
Nay, but I know 'tis so: I saw him arrested, saw
him carried away; and, which is more, within these
three days his head to be chopped off. (1.2.3)
Yikes! In Vienna, fornication is a sin and also a capital crime, which is why Claudio the fornicator has been hauled off to prison and sentenced to death.
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Better it were a brother died at once,
Than that a sister, by redeeming him,
Should die for ever. (2.4.14)
Isabella insists that her chastity is much more valuable than her brother's life, because having sex with Angelo would condemn her to an eternal death (hell). Is she right?
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I will encounter darkness as a bride,
And hug it in mine arms.(3.1.9)
Once again, Claudio associates sex (and marriage) with death. (If we didn't know better, we might think we were reading Romeo and Juliet when we encounter this passage. In that play, sex and death go hand and hand for the "star-crossed" lovers.) Here, Claudio compares dying to a woman losing her virginity on her wedding night, which turns death into a kind of erotic state. This doesn't surprise us much, especially given the fact that, in Elizabethan slang, "to die" means to have an orgasm. The comparison works.


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Kiran Mazumdar Shah in 'Ignoring indigenous drug R&D' (ET, Sept 13), has challenged the rationale of drug price control in India. But the major thrust of her argument that affordability of medicines is not a major issue because people in India have to spend only less than 20% of health expenses on drugs is based on false statistics.
The 55th round of National Sample Survey shows that 70% of out of pocket health expenses in urban areas and 77% in rural areas are on drugs alone.


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Definition of perichondrium in English:
The connective tissue that envelops cartilage where it is not at a joint.
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Mid 18th century: modern Latin, from peri- 'around' + Greek khondros 'cartilage'.
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Sweet Pepper Chile
Before going paleo, neither boy would eat chile. Spy just didn't like it, but Q would gag at the sight of the beans. This latest version was spooned into their mouths with alarming speed. Spy even went so far as to compliment it. Wow.
It's a slightly sweeter chile than some, so perhaps that's what appeals to the boys. But my husband and I really like this chile as well.
The chile peppers I used came from a large bag I purchased at an Indian grocery store. For me, this bag will last a long, long time.
Sweet Pepper Chile
2 Tbsp coconut oil
2 onions, chopped
3 sweet peppers, chopped (yellow, red, orange)
5 cloves garlic, minced
1 lb ground beef
2 boxes chopped tomatoes (24 oz each, I use Pomi)
1/2 – 1 cup shredded carrots (you could used chopped)
3+ dried chile peppers (see photo below)
2 Tbsp chile powder (or more, adjust to taste)
1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
1 Tbsp dried oregano
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp salt
Melt coconut oil in your chile pot. Add in peppers and onions. Cook over medium low until soft. Add in garlic. Cook an additional 3-5 minutes. Now add in the ground beef. Stir, cooking, until the beef is browned. Dump in remaining ingredients and stir.
Allow to simmer for about an hour (or longer), stirring occasionally.
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September 29, 2005
The final round of the Gold Cup Polo Tournament starts today and forget stereotypes when you look into the stands. The event is popularizing polo in Aiken. In Howard Parker's 46 years this is only the second polo game he's been too and already he's hooked.
"The acrobatics they can do on the back of the horse with a mallet is quite impressive," said Parker. Forget the idea that this is the rich man's game. The gold cup is expanding the audience.
"I'm not rich and I'm enjoying it. It's a great sport," said Parker. Down the field we catch Marty Hart watching the game. He started out as a Gold Cup volunteer. He's only been to two or three games before. Now he's a true fan.
"You know it's caught on when you take a lunch break and run out here and catch a match during the week," said Hart. "I think it's been an excellent venue to introduce people to polo," said Janet Morris, Director of Aiken's Downtown Development Association. Morris sells tickets at her office.
"The most surprising thing to me personally has been the number of people that have come in and said they've never been to a polo game before," said Morris. The hope is new fans who watch the Gold Cup will return for future events. Hart certainly will.
"I know we have the Aiken Polo Club here, Newbridge and there's quite a lot of polo that takes place and I will most likely tee in on their schedules and try to take in as many as I can." said Hart.
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New Orleans music industry giant dies
Bill Johnston succumbs to throat cancer
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A giant in the New Orleans music industry has died.
Bill Johnston, the founder of A Warehouse, a popular concert venue on Tchoupitoulas Street in the 1960s and 1970s, had been battling throat cancer.
Over the years, A Warehouse saw names like ZZ Top, Fleetwood Mac, Three Dog Night, Pink Floyd and the Doors pass through.
A benefit concert for Johnston was held in early 2013 at the Joy Theater.
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PARK HILLS -- The Sikeston wrestling team took second place in the 10-team Park Hills Central Invitational on Saturday.
The Bulldogs finished with 250 1/2 points which was right behind first place DeSoto with 266 1/2 points.
Herculaneum took third place with 230 1/2 points. Dexter took sixth place with 167 points while New Madrid County Central finished in eighth place with 109 points.
"I was pleased with the way we wrestled," said Sikeston head coach Chris Hodgkiss. "You'd always like to get first, but this is the best tournament that we've wrestled top to bottom. I thought all of our kids performed well."
For Sikeston, Adam Miller (125 pounds), Kyle Weeks (135) and Lance Berry (152) all took first place with respective 5-0 records. Scotty Keenan (171) was undefeated at 4-0 but took second place due to an injury default when he suffered a mild concussion.
Three other Sikeston wrestlers made it to the finals but lost in the championship match. They were Cody Weeks (140), Malcolm Williams (189) and Joe Johnson (heavyweight). Weeks and Johnson had 4-1 records while Williams wrestled back through the loser's bracket to make it to the finals, finishing with a 3-2 mark.
Other wrestlers that placed were Andy Croxford (215), third place with a 4-1 mark; Tony Reynolds (145), fourth place with a 3-2 mark; Shawn Cooper (119), fifth place with a 2-3 mark; and Cody Ryan (130), seventh place with a 2-3 mark.
"We had seven wrestlers in the finals -- I thought that was pretty impressive on their part," said Hodgkiss. "Malcolm Williams wrestling all the way to the finals is big for him. Andy Croxford and Tony Reynolds both had big tournaments. This will be big for their confidence."
Sikeston will host NMCC in a dual match today at 6:30 p.m. at the Field House.


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- Santo Domingo- The freight and passenger train to link Santo Domingo with the country's North region would include the construction of free zone industrial parks at various points, whose products would be taken to East Haina Port, from where riders can transfer to a subway line. Transport Reform (Opret) director Diandino Peña said the train will also give thousands of people in the cities Santiago, La Vega and Bonao the opportunity to commute to the capital to work, study or other tasks daily. He said inversely residents of the National District could easily visit those places, with a ride as short as 40 minutes. Peña said of the US$1. 8 billion he said would cost to build the train, US$1. 0 will be from the private sector and US$800. 0 million from the Government. "What's advantageous about this train is that we've traced it as the key center of gravity for the Dominican economy's productivity and development. " Interviewed in the program "El Sol de la Mañana," the official added that the train, whose construction would last around five years, will have stops in Los Alcarrizos, Villa Altagracia, Bonao, La Vega and Santiago. Read original at
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Sunday Snapshot: The Vines of Kutjevo
Vineyards in the hills of Kutjevo in the Slavonia wine growing region of continental Croatia – a very sweet spot for the white variety, Graševina!🙂
An Elixir for the Ages: 1963 Kutjevo Graševina from Croatia
Photos and text by Cliff Rames © 2013
(Note: In the summer of 2012 I was asked to contribute a piece for the next edition of the "Every Wine Tells a Story" book compiled annually by Tara O'Leary. Unfortunately, the book was never published, but here is what I wrote for it, now shared for you here. I hope you enjoy it. ~Cliff)
THEY SAY THAT LIFE is made up of moments. That at the end when we look back on our individual lives certain fragments of time will blink like stars in a dark sky. That along the timeline of our lives certain small personal interactions or experiences will be recalled with laser clarity: distinct milestones – either meaningful or nostalgic – that we may or may not have noticed at the instant of their occasion.
Every once in a while, a lucky wine lover will encounter a certain vino that changes the game, shifts the boundaries of perception, and leaves one stunned, mystified… Gaping like a beached fish, overwhelmed by the mysteries of the universe, by the inexplicable ways that wine evolves in the bottle. A wine that transcends this world and dispatches the drinker's consciousness into a parallel dimension where muses enlighten, angels and deities celebrate, and the sands of time flow not to make us old but to revive us with revelations and new discoveries.
In 2012, I had the honor of being visited by one such wine – a 1963 Graševina "Arhivsko vino" (archive wine) from the Kutjevo winery (a historic bastion of cellared treasures in the Slavonia region of Croatia) on two separate and equally memorable occasions: once at the winery, and subsequently at a vertical tasting workshop of aged graševina wines called "Wine of Grace" at the Zagreb Wine Gourmet Weekend in Croatia.
Tasting the same wine on two separate occasions did not diminish the profundity of my experience but reaffirmed it. Indeed both encounters left me paralyzed in awe, helpless to summon my professional sommelier training to conduct a point-by-point assessment and expound pretentiously upon the wine's merits and misdemeanors.
Instead I sat there dreamy-eyed, slack-jawed and loose-limbed, struggling to suppress the urge to whimper and weep like a baby. Lost in this dumbfounded comprehension of the implications associated with being touched by such a wonder of creation, I yielded to its mysteries and allowed myself to be absorbed.
Forty-nine years of dormancy and leisure in a mold-crusted cellar deposited a patina of fossilized dust and organic matter on the bottle, cloaking it in ash-colored velvet. I watched with mixed emotions (excitement, sorrow, anticipation, unworthiness) as the bottle was opened, revealing a cork that was amber and black with age, ripe and moist.
What emerged from within was a beautiful liquid genie: older and wiser, perhaps, but no less enchanting with sultry hues of gold, a brilliant clarity and regal structure. Now exhumed from her confines, this "wine of grace" released – or rather, bestowed upon us like a cherished, granted wish – an alluring, continuously unfolding tapestry of rich aromas: honey, roasted nuts, candied citrus peels, autumn bouquet, buttered forest mushrooms, something akin to apricot cobbler….
Ensconced as I was in such a blissful stupor – sniffing, swirling, marveling – I quietly flipped back pages of history. Over the decades in which the 1963 Graševina laid still in the damp darkness of its lonely old cellar in Kutjevo, the world outside the cold stone walls was bustling, with many things coming to pass: my parents' marriage; my birth; Beatle Mania; the deaths of Elvis and John Lennon; the Vietnam war; Jimi Hendrix's ascent to guitar god; Watergate; Apollo 11 and Neil Armstrong; the heady days of Led Zeppelin; the '69 Mets; the first Apple computer; Disco; mullet haircuts; Jaws; the Space Shuttle; Michael Jackson's lifetime; the fall of the Berlin Wall; the break-up of Yugoslavia and the war in Croatia; Seinfeld; cell phones and smart tablets; the Millennium; September 11th; endless wars in the Middle East; Facebook and memes; the unrealized Mayan prophesies; the first African-American U.S. president…..
Like wrinkles and wisdom, history was now woven into the wine's fabric. While graševina is not a wine noted for its noble pedigree or ability for long-term aging, the 1963 from Kutjevo winery decisively dispelled any generalized notion about the inability of certain white wines to age. Barely frayed or faded, it was clearly still a living thing, delivering layer upon layer of rich texture, exotic nuance, and vibrant character.
I was not the only one to notice. Judging by the reflective silence and mesmerized faces of those with me, the moment in time we collectively shared while in the throes of vinous enlightenment was truly an enchanting and unforgettable experience.
A wine of such grace and rarity may not come our way everyday. But if you ever have the opportunity to discover an older vintage or indulge in a unique bottle of some strange varietal wine from a far-off land, please don't miss it. The experience may turn out to be one of those moments in life that you will treasure forever.
IF THIS WINE were a celebrity it would be Meryl Streep: an actress of such grace and charm who grows more lovely, sophisticated and relevant with age. Like Mona Lisa on canvass, on screen Meryl shines with just the right balance of profundity, grace and sass, coddling the soul, providing comfort to the heart, and stoking the fires of imagination – all this while defying the ravages of time with her elegant poise, child-like charms and timeless beauty. (Note to Meryl: I still have one more bottle of the 1963 Kutjevo Graševina in my cellar. Stop by anytime. I'd be happy to open it for you. :-) )
Photo Essay: A Walk Among the Vines with Vlado Krauthaker, Kutjevo, Croatia
Images from the Wine Roads of Croatia #10 – Kutjevo
"Natural Ways"
Krauthaker estate vineyards, Kutjevo wine-growing hills, Slavonia region, Continental Croatia.
Grapes of Croatia: The Internationals
By Cliff Rames © 2012
Got Chardonnay?
As a matter of fact, yes – you can find the variety growing all over Croatia. Heck, even the mother grape of chardonnay is Croatian, a little devil of a grape called štajerska belina – or gouais blanc – that long ago made its way to France where it crossed with pinot and sired chardonnay.
While quality is uneven, delicious chardonnay wines are produced across Croatia – from Istria along the coast (called the "Tuscany of Croatia" by the New York Times), to the amphitheater-shaped hills of Plešivica in the northern continental region and the Miocene Epoch-dated Pannonian Sea soils of Kutjevo in Slavonia.
Krauthaker's Rosenberg 100% chardonnay is sublime; while Kutjevo winery's 2009 Chardonnay de Gotho Aureus won a silver medal at the 2011 Chardonnay du Monde wine competition in France. Belje is a leading producer from the Baranja wine-growing (far northeastern Croatia), where among its expansive vineyard holdings is the esteemed 220 meter-above-sea-level, south-facing Goldberg appellation – home of its award winning Goldberg Chardonnay.
From Plešivica Korak Chardonnay is the benchmark beauty, and chardonnay forms 50% of the blend in Tomac's iconic Anfora wine. If orange wine is your thing, Roxanich Milva chardonnay from Istria is fabulously elegant and complex with its creamy, mineral character and exotic fruit, floral, nut and honey notes.
Chardonnay is sometimes blended with other local grapes, like in Istria where it nicely compliments blends made with the local malvasia istriana (malvazija istarska) grape. Saints Hills Nevina, Matoševic Grimalda Bijelo, and Trapan Levante are a few prime examples.
Cabernet sauvignon? Check out the Podunavlje sub-region of Slavonia, whose terroir (long, warm growing season and ancient loam slopes along the Danube) delivers promising results. Iuris winery in the Erdut wine-growing hills produces a tasty, food-friendly entry-level cab from their vineyards on the Kraljevo Brdo (King's Hill) appellation.
In Istria, iron-rich "terra rosa" soils lend nice structure and minerality to the region's red wines (think the Coonawarra region of Australia); Agrolaguna (Festigia label), Coronica, Cossetto, Degrassi, Roxanich and Trapan all come to mind as producers who are banging out some really palate-worthy Istrian cabernet sauvignon. In southern Dalmatia, Dubrovački Podrumi (Dubrovnik Cellars) produces the benchmark southern climate cabernet, Trajectum, from its vineyards overlooking the Konavle valley just south of the tourist Mecca, Dubrovnik.
Merlot? It's just about everywhere, from Dalmatia to Istria to Slavonia. Sometimes it's good (Agrolaguna Festigia); BIBICh Sangreal; Crvik; Frajona; Krauthaker; Roxanich); sometimes – not so much. Often it finds its best use in tasty Bordeaux blends, such as the excellent Dajla Cuvee Barrique from Istravino and the "Vrhunsko" 2007 red cab/merlot blend from Boškinac winery on Pag island.
Most famously, merlot (along with cabernet sauvignon and refosco) was a component in the Clai Ottocento 2007 Crno that Gary Vaynerchuk reviewed – and fell in love with – on Wine Library TV. You can see Gary's reaction – and watch the whole wines of Croatia episode (above).
Cabernet franc is sparsely-planted, but Moreno Degrassi in Istria produces a lovely version full of typical cab franc character (cherry and black fruits with a hint of tobacco and sweet herbs).
That pinot noir ('pinot crni") is only grown in a few select spots in Croatia is testimony to the grape's fickleness and outright hostility toward inappropriate terroirs. But a couple of producers have had some luck with it, notably Velimir Korak in Plešivica and Vlado Krauthaker in Kutjevo (from grapes grown on the upper slopes of Mt. Krndija). Back in cool Plešivica, Šember winery offers a delicate and refreshing 100% pinot noir sparkling wine that tingles with hibiscus and watermelon flavors laced with seashell minerality.
Syrah? It's emerging in a select few locations in Croatia and is still very much in the experimental phase. Early results though indicate that the grape (syrah/shiraz) seems to enjoy Croatian hospitality. A growing area to watch is the Dalmatian hinterland around the coastal city Zadar, where Alen BIBICh produces his acclaimed Sangreal Shiraz and Benkovac winery cultivates 103 hectares of vines that spawned the award-winning 2007 Korlat Syrah.
In Istria, Bruno Trapan has seriously invested in syrah and is hedging his bets that it will do well on his 5 hectares of vineyards located 50-55 meters above sea level at Šišana near Pula. Trapan 2007 Shuluq Syrah received a "Commended" rating in the Decanter 2010 World Wine Awards competition. That said, I suspect that the international marketability of Croatian syrah will face many challenges, especially in light of the recent – and sad – downturn in global demand for syrah.
Let's not forget Zinfandel. Technically, Zinfandel is a native Croatian variety called Crljenak Kaštelanski and its story and genetic links to Croatia have been widely documented. But because some Croatian producers are preparing to release wines labeled as "Zinfandel", we will briefly mention it here. Zinfandel (aka Crljenak) is native to the Kaštela region of central Dalmatia, near the city of Split. Further south on the Pelješac peninsula, well-respected producer, Marija Mrgudić of Bura-Mugudić winery, planted Napa clones and is preparing for the first release of Croatian Zinfandel. Although the jury is still out on whether this grape can deliver as much potential as plavac mali (the variety that historically supplanted it) – or if American zinfandel producers will oppose the use of the "Zinfandel" moniker on labels from Croatia – it is an interesting development and can only help draw positive attention to Croatia's winemaking culture.
Sauvignon blanc? Riesling? Pinot gris? Pinot blanc? All are planted in Croatia (where they are known as "sauvignon", "rajnski rizling", "pinot sivi", and "pinot bijeli" respectively) and have a long history of being consumed locally as table wines, particularly in the cool continental regions. But a number of producers have invested in vineyard and cellar in order to improve quality and raise the profile of these varieties – especially sauvignon blanc and riesling. A very promising producer is Bolfan in the Zlatar wine-growing hills of the Međimurje–Zagorje region. The Bolfan portfolio includes some very intriguing, pure and refreshing whites across all styles (dry to sweet) from an array of grapes grown on its 20 hectares of stunningly beautiful "Vinski vrh" (Wine Summit) vineyards; the Bolfan '08 Riesling Primus is drinking beautifully now with an off-dry, richly extracted profile of golden apples, pears and honey with hints of petrol and wet stone minerality. Tasty!
For sauvignon blanc, watch for the award-winning Badel 1862 Sauvignon Daruvar and Zdjelarević Sauvignon from Slavonia. Not surprisingly, sauvignon blanc seems to have found its sweetest spot in the Plešivica area with its cool, moist and sunny slopes that grace the bowl of the area's naturally-formed amphitheater. There Korak, Šember and Tomac produce crisp, lovely citrus and herbal examples.
Gewürztraminer ("traminac") does very well in the far-eastern corners of the Slavonia and Podunavlje regions, where it is made into everything from dry, spicy whites to unctuous, richly floral and delicious late harvest and ice wines. Iločki Podrumi is a leading producer in the Srijem wine-growing hills and in certain frosty years Kutjevo winery and Iločki podrumi make a luscious Ice Wine ("Ledeno vino") from the variety.
So yes…wines made from familiar international varieties can be found in Croatia – and to a lesser extent on export markets.
That said, international varieties are not the future of Croatian winemaking or marketing program. The "Golden Promise" (I would argue) lies in Croatia's rich array of indigenous grape varieties. Their individual stories are screaming to be told and are sure to pique intrigue among – and stimulate the palates of – savvy foreign wine buyers and adventurous consumers.
Ray Isle, Food & Wine magazine's executive wine editor, recently presented "Five Grapes to Expand Your Wine Horizons" in an article for CNN's Eatocracy blog. Unfortunately none of the grapes he mentioned was from Croatia (the list did include blaufrankisch, known in Croatia as frankovka). The point is, wine drinkers who seek the magic of discovery must look beyond mainstream varieties and venture into uncharted territory: The land of native grapes with charming, sometimes tongue-twisting names.
Once blessed with over 400 indigenous grape varieties, the Croatian Ministry of Agriculture's official list of cultivars today contains 192 varieties, of which 130 are considered autochthonous (indigenous) to Croatia or the region. Of that number, only three dozen or so are commonly found in modern commercial wines. The "Big Three" of course are graševina, malvasia istriana, and plavac mali, which are – in descending order – the most widely planted wine grape varieties in Croatia.
In our next post we will introduce the "Big Three" – and go beyond, presenting you with the "Magnificent Seven", a fabulous handful of Croatian wine grapes that you should know. These varieties were selected based on their commonality, the quality of the wine they produce, and their accessibility and presence on both the domestic and export markets.
For fans of even lesser-know varieties, fear not. We will subsequently venture beyond the Magnificent Seven and explore a gaggle of other quirky, interesting and uniquely Croatian grape varieties that did not make the first round. Stay tuned to meet the whole gang – the wild and wonderful Grapes of Croatia!🙂
A Time for Pruning & Partying: The Feast of Saint Vincent
"Work hard, play harder" is a favorite slogan of mine. And while winter is not as intensely laborious as harvest time, winegrowers must occasionally brave the harsh winter days and work in the vineyard. Winter is the time for pruning the vines to prepare them for new growth in the spring. Often this means runny noses, frozen hands, and lots of dead vine stalks to haul away to the compost or firewood stacks.
But all is not sober and back-breaking among the vines. Each year on a certain day the time comes to cease work, pause to give thanks, pay homage to the vineyard, and celebrate another successful harvest and the promise of a new growing year. The day is known as the Feast of Saint Vincent of Saragossa. Celebrated each winter on January 22nd (Roman Catholic Church), St. Vincent's Day marks the mid-point between the onset of dormancy and bud-break in the vine's growing cycle.
Born in Spain in the 3rd century and later martyred, St. Vincent is the patron saint of wine-growers and winemakers. The story behind how he became the patron saint of vintners is rooted in legend and has many versions. One prominent explanation focuses on the French pronunciation of the name Vincent, which is "Vin-sang" and translates into "wine blood". It should be noted that when grapevines are pruned, they often bleed sap – or vine blood – from the cuts.
But my favorite version of the story is the one that stars a hungry donkey.
I love donkeys. They are quirky, stubborn, unpredictable, sassy, lovable creatures. Their often-contradictory nature – stoic yet highly emotional, hard-working yet lazy, loyal yet defying) makes them the butt of many jokes, fodder for comical stories, and sometimes the stuff of folklore and legend (e.g. the famous Donkey of Dingac). In short, they are magnificent creatures.
As the story goes, one day Saint Vincent was wandering the countryside with his donkey when he encountered some workers in a vineyard. While Vincent chatted with the workers, the donkey entertained himself by eating all the young shoots off a nearby grapevine, reducing the limbs to stubs.
Later that year at harvest, the workers noticed that the vine that had been nibbled down by the donkey produced more abundant and healthier fruit than the rest of the vineyard.
And so it was revealed that grapevines – which can grow many meters long if not cut back – should be pruned in winter to ensure that the plant's energy is directed more towards producing fruit than growing and sustaining shoots. Today pruning is a standard vineyard practice – a meticulous and painstaking task that keeps many skilled vineyard workers busy each winter.
But come St. Vincent's Day, the clippers and shears are put down, and the celebrations begin!
In Croatia, the Feast of Saint Vincent of Saragossa is celebrated in all wine growing regions and is called "Vincelovo", "Vincekovo", or "Vinceška", depending where you are in the country.
This year public festivals are scheduled to be held at Kutjevo in the Slavonia wine-growing region ("Kutjevačko Vincelovo"); in Zagorje at Bolfan Vinski Vrh winery ("Vincekovo"); and in the Baranja region at Vinarija Josić ("Vinceška").
A typical St. Vincent's celebration in Croatia consists of religious services, a blessing of the vineyards, a lighting of bonfires, live folk music performances and dancing, regional culinary specialties cooked over open fires, and of course plenty of local wine!
So here's wishing you all a happy Feast of Saint Vincent of Saragossa. And if you are celebrating, don't forget to raise a glass to Saint Vincent and our old friend, the Donkey!


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