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The Cabernet is Looking Good!
But it has a way to go. We've been berry-sampling this morning and just got back with our zip-loc bags full of grapes for tasting and analysis. We walk the vine rows and gather grapes from each section, or block, of the vineyard so we can gauge how quickly the grapes are ripening and when to finally harvest.
The main things that influence maturation are heat, light and soil moisture and we need to account for variations in the block. So, we take grapes from both sides of the vine. We eyeball the percentage of shaded clusters and gather accordingly. We like to take grapes from the top, bottom and middle of the cluster and also grapes from either side of the cluster. It's smart to take berries from different parts of the vine, some from near the vine head and others further away... The sample should be as representative as possible because, ideally, we harvest the section once.
Then, it's back to the winery to taste, get a good look and see how we're stacking up in terms of sugar, acid and pH.
There are some visual cues that we've got awhile to go. As you see, the skin color is nice and deep, almost black - that's great - mature Cabernet grapes should look like tiny blueberries. You notice the green seeds? If we were to harvest now, very harsh, bitter tannins would be extracted from them into the wine. We'd like to see something more like Grapenuts cereal - brown and crunchy. And, as we walked the vineyard the stems of the clusters still look quite green. Those should brown up, too.
I wish you could see the flavors. You'll have to trust me that they're coming along nicely, leaving the early season vege character behind and developing the dark, berry-like flavors we love.
The brix, or percentage of sugar, is at 19.3%. With the nice, warm weather predicted for this week we're probably looking at mid October to harvest, much like last year.
Next post: Sugar, acid, pH: Why they're important
Final Thinning 2011- the countdown to harvest begins!
It's often done in the name of flavor intensity. You can see the dried clusters that were dropped some weeks ago mixed in with the fresh ones we thinned just now.
This year the last of our green thinning is in the Petit Verdot. In this case, we're not only looking for flavor intensity but uniformity of ripening. If we don't remove the green fruit that's lagging behind while the rest of the crop matures it may add green, under-ripe flavor and throw off our sugar averages as we get closer to harvest. We also don't want to see any crowding among the clusters, although there's little risk of that this year.
We had already thinned to just one cluster per shoot, which is a severe, but effective way to encourage ripening and flavor concentration (it's more common to see two clusters per shoot). Now, we've followed up at veraison (the color change) by removing the "wings" from clusters that were still green when the rest of the cluster was fully colored (sometimes a small, lateral cluster, a "wing", juts out by the shoulder of the main cluster, kind of like a wing on a bird).
It's a mark of the vintage to be talking about veraison on September 12th. We had an unusually cool, weepy spring and cold rains in May so we're about two to three weeks behind in the vineyard. A late vintage is neither good nor bad – it all depends upon what happens, weather wise, over the coming weeks. If it continues to be cool, as it has been most of the summer, the grapes will ripen slowly. A warming trend can move things right along. Petit Verdot is a late ripener, so we'll be happy to have it in before November.
The May rains did some preliminary crop thinning for us. Rain at flowering time interferes with pollination, and, valley-wide, crop estimates are down. Here on Diamond Mountain we tend to be on the late side so we missed the worst of the rain but, even so, we see a small crop and also small clusters, which bodes well for flavor concentration.
We thought it might be fun to share our progress in the vineyard as we move into the final phases of the 2011 growing season and focus on the upcoming harvest. At this point, we're roughly 4-5 weeks out, depending on the weather. We'll keep you updated as the vineyard progresses and the crush begins.
2010 Harvest at Dyer
As you may have heard or noticed, the weather this year in Napa Valley was just plain weird. Here on Diamond Mountain we had a late, wet spring, then "the Summer That Never Happened"- more foggy mornings with a few hours of afternoon sun. Verasion was late and green thinning challenging and we dropped about 20% of the fruit in the hopes that ripening would beat winter. Just before Labor Day we were convinced that it would take a miracle (in the form of a nice stretch of late season heat) and we got it in spades! In the last week of September and into October we had a heat wave with temperatures spiking to 113 in parts of the valley. In our location, on the west side of the valley and off the valley floor, our temperatures stayed in the 90s- great for ripening with just a little sunburn on the western facing side of the vines. We still had a ways to go and it wasn't until Oct 21 that we had the flavors, squishy skins, and brown seeds that said "pick me" Timely, as the next day it started to rain and we had 5 inches in our rain gauge before it stopped.
A new wrinkle (and we use that word ironically because the hot days just before harvest did wrinkle some skins, both ours and the grapes) is that for the first time we benefited from a new piece of equipment with the grand name: Le Trier. This sits just after the destemmer and is basically a vibrating table with slots. The grape clusters have already been sorted for flawed clusters, but the LT takes sorting down to the berry level- if there are raisins they get a shake down and fall thru the slots and shot berries and pieces of stem called jacks are also removed. Expensive but worth it. As the berries fall off the table on their way to the fermentor, they look like a cascade of blueberries... no MOG, as we say.
Now that it's all safely in the tank and we taste the early results we're thinking this could be one of our best vintages- deeply colored, bright fruits and spice aromas. Something to be thankful for.
The big picture: wine style
I suppose every field has its controversies. Two that we hear about quite often in wine production are alcohol level and the hundred point scale. I will address them together as I believe they are closely linked. Over the last decade or so we have seen alcohol levels in table wine creep up. Levels of 15%, 16%, even 17% are not uncommon. It used to be that 14% was considered high, with most wines in the 12 to 13% range. What happened?
At the time we entered the wine business, in the early 70's the models for "great wines" were relatively few. The very top ones had long track records, and were considered classics. We tasted Bordeaux and Burgundies, as well as Napa Valley Cabernets, that were structured "classically" and appreciated for their ageability. How did we learn about them? We read books about wine, written by well-known authors, and met individuals with lots of expertise to share, often with deep cellars as well. These wines became our models and we turned to them again and again, and wished to emulate them in our winemaking efforts.
In the 90's things began to change. There was a huge amount of new wealth created by the high tech industry. The surge in disposable income brought in lots of new wine consumers, and lots of wine brands were created. Without a background in wine knowledge and faced with overwhelming choices, many consumers were looking for direction in order to appear wine knowledgeable. In an increasingly complex world, our particular culture became enamored with ratings, lists, and authorities. We had nightly top ten lists. We demanded that sports teams have playoffs such that we could proclaim "were number 1" and the athletes were excused from any standard of behavior as long as they won. We no longer required much actual knowledge from experts (just being on television seemed to ensure that an opinion demanded attention) or smarts from leaders (this is to be a politically neutral zone but it is amazing the extent of risks we are willing to take on based on pundits' analyses identifying "bad guys vs. good guys)." Reasoning became less important than choosing sides. Staged dramas were called "reality shows." Magical thinking became more acceptable than critical thinking.
Into this milieu steps the 100 point scale. Perfect for the culture at this point in time. The sports writer or lawyer becomes the wine expert. Who's number 1?. What's the top 100? Conversation overheard in a wine shop at the end of the decade: I wanted 97's, you sent me 95's. Talking about vintage? No, points.
Faced with a hundred wines in a day to taste, how is the poor expert going to function? This isn't arty, ain't no discussion (he's got no time for that now). Forget about finesse and subtlety, we are in a rush to judgment. Hedonistic is the way to go…gobs of it!
And so it goes like this: grapes picked too soon are lean, restrained, tight, and in some varieties a bit "green." Then they soften up and show what they have: varietal characters for sure, hopefully regional or site specific ones. Beyond that they go pruney, then raisin-y. In former times, we might have erred on the green side, reluctant to ever sacrifice the regionality or the characters of site. In this new reality show, green may be cool for energy, but not in the rocket juice, where it will just have to be voted out. Ageabilty? That is so yesterday. In the old paradigm desiccated grapes of a certain brix were called Amorone, in the new paradigm they are called "numba one".
How do we deal with these phenomena? First of all, we don't subscribe to the bigger is better style of winemaking. We stick to our guns in valuing balance and finesse. We consider that vineyard sites that give age ability are national or better said, planetary treasures. We feel we have such a site, in fact our wines tell us that. While we don't get too fussed about wines made in the gaudy style garnering the big points, we do feel that there should be room for a range of styles, and don't appreciate the narrow focus on the part of some reviewers. (A famous pianist we met said "the crickets are always with us" in reference to the pundits of his world). We have generally taken a pass on sending our wines in for review, but on occasion have yielded to direct requests. Results have generally been favorable and solid, about what we would expect in making wines of restraint and balance (note that the reviewers generally ignore the age-ability question, only rating wines on release, which some winemakers have found to be a rather easy thing to "game."
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Vintage 2010... Is May the new February?
Yes, Al, we know the difference between weather and climate- and we'll talk about that another time. But for now, it continues to rain in Napa Valley and daytime temperatures have been averaging 15 degrees below normal all this month. So far the vines look pretty happy. Knock on wood, we have dodged the bullet for frost- we have had to get up only two nights for frost protection (after the terrible frost damage in April 08, even here at 600 feet on Diamond Mountain, we installed "pulsaters" that shoot a tiny spray of water down the vine row to protect the tender shoots from frost burn, even if the water freezes on the leaves).
Rainfall totals are really not that high, just a bit over normal, but the storms keep coming through, not big ones, but abnormal for this time of year. The snow pack in the Sierra was 143% of normal at the end of April and is now 167%. Not so much because of additional snowfall, but because it is not melting as it would in a normal year.
We are supposed to get warm weather after Memorial Day, maybe even above normal temperatures. That will make the snow pack melt really fast- so we are thinking about going toYosemite (after we declare frost season over), to see the falls which may have the most spectacular volume in years! And maybe a side trip to forage for the Morel mushrooms that should be popping up in response to the rain.
Back to the vines- so far the cold, wet weather is not a big problem. We have been treating the vineyard with sulfur every 10 days to prevent mildew and botrytis. We moved in early to do our shoot thinning (no more than 15 shoots/meter) to make sure there is plenty of air movement and light getting into the canopy. The vine vigor is ok- but the concern is excessive growth. We don't want the vines to grow too fast or they develop long internodes (bushy vines that shade the fruit excessively can lead to green flavors and interfere with fruitfullness in the next season). Our loose, volcanic, gravely soil acts like a flowerpot and we count on the soil drying out quickly once the rain does finally stop, so the vines won't push too hard.
But the weeds (excuse me, the cover crop) are really punching it. We have already made one pass to knock them down... now it's time to do it again. The picture is of Dawnine in the vineyard... "Hey! she forgot the weed-whacker!"
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The Barnwell area has been hit hard the past few years. It has one of the highest unemployment rates in the state. Three major plants closed leaving hundreds out of work, but now things are starting to turn around for the city. Horse-head corporation broke ground earlier this summer. The plant zinc recycling plant will bring about 70 jobs. Dayco and Dixie Narco are also expanding. This week Kronotex announced they are also growing.
Tisha Hartzog, who has lived in Barnwell all her life, says "I think it's a great opportunity...a lot of people lost jobs around here...so I think it's important." She says the economy has had an impact on her. She's more careful with how she spends her money and is happy new jobs will become available in the county because she knows people going through rough times. "There's not much money...it's hard to be hired...things are bad." Kronotex USA is adding 225,000 square feet of space and a new factory. The company, Kronotex Flooring will increase production by around 60%.
Jeff Martin, the Manager of Human Resources for Kronotex says, "we will be expanding next year and be even larger than it is presently." The laminate floor manufacturing company is bringing in dozens of jobs at the warehouse as well as additional construction jobs. As the factory begins to expand, people hope the community as a whole begins to change. Nikki Mack who also lives in Barnwell says, "I'm hoping that the community will grow and more jobs come." Martin says, "in the last couple of years, Barnwell has seen employer closings ...this is some good news for a change...and we're pleased to become a part of it."

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A text of President Bush's prime-time address Monday, March 17, 2003 on Iraq, as transcribed by eMediaMillWorks Inc.:
My fellow citizens, events in Iraq have now reached the final days of decision.
For more than a decade, the United States and other nations have pursued patient and honorable efforts to disarm the Iraqi regime without war. That regime pledged to reveal and destroy all of its weapons of mass destruction as a condition for ending the Persian Gulf War in 1991.
Since then, the world has engaged in 12 years of diplomacy. We have passed more than a dozen resolutions in the United Nations Security Council. We have sent hundreds of weapons inspectors to oversee the disarmament of Iraq.
Our good faith has not been returned. The Iraqi regime has used diplomacy as a ploy to gain time and advantage. It has uniformly defied Security Council resolutions demanding full disarmament.
Over the years, U.N. weapons inspectors have been threatened by Iraqi officials, electronically bugged and systematically deceived. Peaceful efforts to disarm the Iraq regime have failed again and again because we are not dealing with peaceful men.
Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised. This regime has already used weapons of mass destruction against Iraq's neighbors and against Iraq's people.
The regime has a history of reckless aggression in the Middle East. It has a deep hatred of America and our friends and it has aided, trained and harbored terrorists, including operatives of al-Qaeda.
The danger is clear: Using chemical, biological or, one day, nuclear weapons obtained with the help of Iraq, the terrorists could fulfill their stated ambitions and kill thousands or hundreds of thousands of innocent people in our country or any other.
The United States and other nations did nothing to deserve or invite this threat, but we will do everything to defeat it. Instead of drifting along toward tragedy, we will set a course toward safety.
Before the day of horror can come, before it is too late to act, this danger will be removed.
The United States of America has the sovereign authority to use force in assuring its own national security. That duty falls to me as commander of chief by the oath I have sworn, by the oath I will keep.
Recognizing the threat to our country, the United States Congress voted overwhelmingly last year to support the use of force against Iraq.
America tried to work with the United Nations to address this threat because we wanted to resolve the issue peacefully. We believe in the mission of the United Nations.
One reason the U.N. was founded after the Second World War was to confront aggressive dictators actively and early, before they can attack the innocent and destroy the peace.
In the case of Iraq, the Security Council did act in the early 1990s. Under Resolutions 678 and 687, both still in effect, the United States and our allies are authorized to use force in ridding Iraq of weapons of mass destruction.


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Catholics from across the valley stopped by St. Joseph's catholic church in Grand Junction to watch as the church unveiled its newest addition, a ten commandments monument. St. Joseph's is the first church in the state to display the commandments on their private land. Making it impossible for anyone to require the removal of the monument. St. Joseph's Pastor Edmundo Valera says he's aware of the controversy surrounding the public display but is not concerned. St. Joseph's is just one of a number of churches, synagogues, religious schools, and private property owners across the country who are placing ten commandment monuments on their land. The result of a program called Project Moses.
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In another round of Silicon Valley arts group musical chairs, Michael Miller is the new managing director of Children's Musical Theater of San Jose. He's leaving his role as executive director of San Jose Jazz after just a year and joining its board of directors.
Brendan Rawson, the director of cultural participation at 1stACT Silicon Valley, will become acting executive director of San Jose Jazz this month.
Both are stepping into their new roles on the cusp on performances: Children's Musical Theater opens "Legally Blonde" at the Montgomery Theater on Friday; San Jose Jazz has its Winter Fest next weekend.
The moves are good for all concerned. Miller's experience as CEO of American Musical Theatre gives him the right background to handle the business side of Children's Musical Theater.
Admittedly, AMTSJ was financially shaky at the end and dissolved in bankruptcy -- but much of that was due to a bad deal with an out-of-state theater company. All accounts say San Jose Jazz has been pleased with Miller's performance.
Rawson knows a thing or two about live music and downtown San Jose, having been a key person behind the Left Coast Live music festival. A co-owner of the phenomenally popular Naglee Park Garage restaurant, he also had a stint several years back as acting executive director of the MACLA gallery.
All this was handled in a collegial fashion, but it wasn't as coordinated as it would seem at first blush.
Children's Musical Theater has been without a full-time managing director for about a year, with former board chairwoman Christine Burroughs acting as managing director and working with artistic director Kevin Hauge.
But conversations with Miller about the vacancy were relatively recent.
Ultimately, the good relationship between 1stACT and San Jose Jazz helped everything along.
The two groups formalized a relationship this week that has been going on for more than a year.
It resulted in a lot more live music downtown, like San Jose Jazz's shows at Eulipia restaurant during the South First Fridays art walks. And the people from each group working together on that partnership were Miller and Rawson.
Mike Warner, the chairman of San Jose Jazz's board, says the collaboration is a way to build the group's programs in a fiscally prudent way. And he's excited to keep Miller on the board while gaining Rawson.
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We went on the December 19-27 cruise from Nuremberg to Vienna on the Viking Legend. This also coincided with one of the worst winter storm in years and many people failed to get their connecting flights and many more had baggage lost. Happily, we did not have those problems. But, upon our arrival in Nuremberg, we were told the ship wasn't there due to ice, which was a lie. It was instead in Regensburg suffering from mechanical difficulties. So, instead of a cruise down the Danube, we got a bussed to various locations while sleeping on the ship. From Regensburg the ship limped to Straubing, not even making it to Passau. We were told every bus trip was "just an hour", also a lie. Finally the Legend made it to Passau but they bussed us to Linz. We seldom were free to have a whole day in port with all the bussing. We were told a team of mechanics flew in to repair the boat in Passau. The next morning we were in Melk and back on schedule, but then the electricity went out during breakfast. More
In Durnstein we were told the captain was no longer willing to risk our safety with this boat. On Christmas day they offered to bus people into Bratislawa, but many people, weary on the incessant bussing, opted just to stay in Durnstein and chill out. The last two days there was no cruise, but rather we were put up in the Hilton in Vienna while the people working for Viking scrambled to cancel the cruise immediately after our own.
The service was good although the meals were nothing special. Our cabin was always impeccable cleaned. The Viking people tried being helpful. What we most resented was that is was glaringly obvious were not being told the whole story. I had to go on this site to see the same ship had problems on the cruise before ours. If they had only been up front it would have been better. But instead they infantilized us and tried herding us endlessly onto busses. We paid for a cruise, not a bus tour.
Also, the wireless internet does not work. The Viking people kept saying the satellite was "down", as though we were idiots. If the satellite was "down" (whatever that means, as no satellite had come crashing down to earth), then why did the TV, also running off of satellite, work just fine. The router was horribly configured and no one knew how to fix it and kept talking to IT guys in Basel.
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Few people would claim that process developers and artists have much in common. But at the boundary between art and technology it is clear that there exists a shared appreciation of beauty, simplicity and clarity, in one case generating aesthetic appeal, and in the other taking a complex challenge and crafting from it a simple and inexpensive solution by implementing more efficient design principles.
Luckily there is a second form of innovation which is rightly regarded as the lifeblood of the industry. This involves the advent of disruptive technologies: those offering game-changing improvements over a short timescale, initially serving niche markets and then expanding to challenge the hegemonic position of established platforms.
We are witnessing a revolutionary change in manufacturing no less impressive in scale than the revolution in art and literature during the Renaissance. This was regarded as a rebirth of ancient traditions while acknowledging more modern developments and applying contemporary methods.
Likewise, process developers are going back to the drawing board to look at ways in which older technologies can be merged with new technologies in more productive ways, in the context of new development tools, such as quality by design and process analytical technology. Examples here include the inclusion of low-cost precipitation steps and high-technology membrane chromatography devices in the manufacture of monoclonal antibodies, the ancient and modern combined to reduce the number of steps and the amount of buffer required, without sacrificing either productivity or quality, or increasing the footprint. Such innovations not only allow production to keep up with demand, but allow new processes to be installed in existing facilities rather than requiring upfront investment in new infrastructure.
This special issue of BioPharm International presents three articles from industry leaders presenting a case for innovation in biomanufacturing. We open with a thoughtful article by Ranga Godavarti (Pfizer) asking whether we really need further development in downstream processing or whether incremental improvements in current methods will be enough. Improvements in chromatography are discussed by Shelly Cote (POROS), focusing on polishing applications for anion exchange flow-through chromatography. Finally, Shwu-Maan Lee (Baxter) presents an interesting case study in how procedures for cell harvesting can affect the final product.
The art of downstream processing is to let innovation create opportunities for process developers to explore. In the words of Scott Adams: "Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep."
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Microsoft thinks it has a great mobile phone. Last month they had a "Smoked by Phone" contest at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to show consumers that their phone was better than others. In fact, they won 88% of the challenges. Now they are taking that experience to the marketplace with ads.
According to the Seattle Times, there will be 12 different ads featuring other smartphone users who have taken on the challenge to see if their phone can beat a Windows Phone in simple, everyday tasks, such as: browser searches, updating a social network, or taking a photo.
Not leaving other stones unturned, Microsoft, on the Facebook page, will also provide video footage from the original "Smoked by Windows Phone" challenge from the January CES show. There, at the Microsoft booth, CES attendees participated in speed challenges, winning $100 if their smartphone beat the Windows Phone.
Other sites like CNET, Forbes.com, Entertainment Tonight, Geek.com, and Daily Candy will provide 15 and 30 second clips of Windows Phone taking on the competition.
YouTube has had 500,000 hits so far on the videos.
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One of the things that got Microsoft involved in this ad campaign in the first place was the suggestion proposed in the Advertising and Promotion page. People's responses made an impact on Microsoft. In fact, Microsoft has a feature suggestion page where you can plant your idea for an ad.
In all, this has been Microsoft's response to its lack of market share. Basically, it is "We will do things our way, not Apples' not Google's." They need it to be successful because after more than a year on the market, the Windows Phone 7 hasn't made an impact. True, the press and tech watchers are looking at Apple and it's new mobile phone, but with more consumer satisfaction stories, the indifferent view of the public should begin to change.
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The Eastern Idaho Community Action Partnership is still helping low income people with energy bills.
The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program helps eligible people pay for one energy bill per year. The program is usually available from Nov. 1 through March 31; however, due to a drained benefit pool the past two years, it ended in February.
Russel Spain, the executive eirector at EICAP, said he wants eligible people to know help is still available.
"I think there's some that just made the assumption that last year it ended in February, so this year it ended in February, as well," said Spain. "We've really dropped off for a number of reasons - one, I think February syndrome hit, and the other, the sun came out."
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GRANTS PASS — Seven of the fifteen passengers aboard Southern Pacific motorboat No. 32 running from Ashland to Grants Pass last night were more or less injured when a light engine struck the motor in the rear, the accident occurring three miles east of the city, at Sanders' station. The injured are:
Mrs. Emma Daniels, Butte Creek, arm broken.
Claude Barden, Grants Pass, two ribs fractured.
Mrs. Mike Galvin, Grants Pass, two ribs broken.
Sam Ellis, Grants Pass, leg badly bruised.
W.F. LeClaire, Grants Pass, arm bruised.
Mrs. Moore, Grants Pass, cuts in head.
Martin Brown, teeth knocked out, and cut and bruised over body. Brown was thrown through a window of the motor.
Engineer of the motor Goetsche was cut in the forehead and scalp, and has a sprained back.
The motor had stopped at Ament dam to take passengers and was just getting under way again when the engine running light to assist No. 14 over the hill struck it in the rear. The motor was on time and the stop was a regular one. The engine was only slightly damaged. Engineer Denning and his fireman both escaped injury. The rear trucks of the motor were thrown from the track and Conductor Hall was hurled from the motor but was uninjured. A board of inquiry will probe the cause.
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Book your room at Albergo Cesari Hotel
Get an overview of this hotelHistoric Hotel in the heart of Rome
Close to Pantheon
Welcoming guests since 1787, this Rome hotel is well-situated for sightseeing, being 300 metres away from the Trevi Fountain and the Pantheon and 900 metres from the Spanish Steps.
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U.S. Veteran from Philippines Lends Hand in Typhoon-Hit Homeland
TACLOBAN, Philippines—When Alex Trinidad, a Philippine-born U.S. army veteran, first heard that Typhoon Haiyan had ripped through the Southeast Asian nation's central islands, he snapped to action.
The former infantryman decided to skip his university classes in the Philippines' northern Laguna province, and hopped the first ferry he could find to reach Tacloban, a city among the worst-hit by the deadliest typhoon in the Philippines' modern history.
"I had to fake it to get onboard; they would only take people with relatives in the disaster area," said the 30-year-old, who migrated with his mother and elder brother to the U.S. in 2004 "to better our lives."
Mr. Trinidad said he pretended to be part of a medical-relief team, even though he was acting alone at the time. "When this s— happened, I just couldn't stay at home, you know."
Once on the ground in Tacloban, Mr. Trinidad bumped into volunteers from the Red Cross and started helping them as an interpreter, bridging language gaps between Tagalog-speaking residents and English-speaking aid workers.
The former soldier later linked up with Team Rubicon, a U.S.-based group of military veterans, first responders and medical professionals who volunteer for disaster-relief work. The group had arrived in Tacloban within 48 hours of the disaster and needed help with translation too.
Mr. Trinidad, a veteran himself, didn't hesitate to assist. He served in the U.S. army from 2005 to 2009 – an enlistment that included a 16-month tour of Iraq. His elder brother, also an army veteran, served in Afghanistan.
Team Rubicon, founded in 2010 by two former U.S. marines, is among more than 150 international and domestic medical and disaster-relief groups that have fanned out across typhoon-hit districts in the Philippines, offering much-needed health care to thousands of residents. The group has performed disaster-relief work in places like Haiti, Pakistan and Sudan, said medical-team leader Levi Yardley, a 30-year-old firefighter from Savannah, Georgia.
At the height of its Philippine deployment, Team Rubicon had around 70 volunteers on the ground, treating the wounded and sick – many of who had suffered from fractures, crush wounds and other physical trauma. Initially, residents were reluctant to receive their help, according to Mr. Yardley—a problem the group overcame by working with grassroots leaders and interpreters like Mr. Trinidad, who broke the ice and won typhoon survivors' trust, helping facilitate the distribution of relief packages and vaccines.
Team Rubicon is withdrawing from the Philippines this week. As for Mr. Trinidad, he flew back to Manila on Thursday, worried that he might have missed one class too many at the Philippine Women's University in Santa Cruz, Laguna's capital, where he is pursuing a business degree.
Mr. Trinidad and his mother, a retiree, moved back to the Philippines in 2010, though his elder brother is now living in Hawaii.
"College fees are cheaper here in the Philippines" than the U.S., and "I needed a change of scenery after leaving the army," he said.
For the foreseeable future, Mr. Trinidad plans to stay in the Philippines, perhaps to start a business or do some work alongside fellow veterans.
"I'm thinking of starting a Philippine chapter for Team Rubicon," he said. "We get hit by many storms here, and with so many skilled military personnel, we should be able to get together and help people."


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SEBRING - When Florida Army National Guardsmen marched out of Sebring on Feb. 21, a press release was issued. "Soldiers will depart from their respective units on Saturday, traveling first to Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Miss., for additional training prior to overseas deployment. The mission is scheduled for nine months." At that time, a Guard spokesman said the countdown on that nine months started in February, which means they would be expected back in November. However, Lt. Col. Ron Tittle said Thursday that dates were "subject to change," and that he now expects the 3rd Battalion, 116th Field Army Regiment back in the United States next year."They are due to come back around the January-February time frame," said Tittle, the Florida Guard's public relations officer. Will a return-home celebration be scheduled, similar to the Highlands County Fairgrounds sendoff? "Some will come back in small groups," Tittle said. "My guess is that they will probably come back as a group, but that remains to be seen. There usually is a ceremony." The battery will likely report for debriefing to Camp Shelby or another receiving center first, then return to their homes. "That may take four or five days," Tittle said. Each soldier will be thoroughly questioned about illnesses or injuries while deployed. That information will become important if they ever need to file for veteran's benefits, he said. About 325 soldiers from the Avon Park, Arcadia, Lake Wales and Plant City units were deployed to Qatar in support of Operation Enduring Freedom to provide security at several U.S. military installations. email@example.com 863-386-5828


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These books are published as a part of a series in the International Encyclopedia of Pharmacology and Therapeutics. Two volumes were contributed by 16 pharmacologists specializing in the neuromuscular junction and edited by J. Cheymol. The first comprises two subsections, "Neuromuscular Junction" and "Inhibitors of the Neuromuscular Junction," with 15 chapters. Anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and pathology of neuromuscular junctions are described in detail in the five chapters of the first subsection. The second is further divided into four parts. Natural inhibitors such as snake venoms, botulinum toxin, tetradoxin, curare, and various synthetic inhibitors of neuromuscular transmission are included.
Pharmacodynamic aspects of neuromuscular blocking agents are described in detail in three chapters: "Inhibitors of Post-Synaptic Receptors," "Inhibitors of Acetylcholine Synthesis," and "Inhibitor Ion-Magnesium." The last chapter of the second subsection describes absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of synthetic neuromuscular blocking agents.
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We thought Samsung already got all of its 2011 camera announces of its plate, but apparently not. Today the Korean consumer electronics giant introduced two more upcoming offerings aimed at those of you that don't want to drop any substantial cash on a camera. The better of the two, the PLS20 (pictured right), sports a 14 megapixel CCD sensor, 27 mm wide-angle lens, 5x zoom and 720p HD video recording all for $120. If that's still too expensive, you can cop its little brother, the ES80 which does away with the HD recording, and has a 12 megapixel sensor. Both cameras will be available in March in your choice of silver, Tomato Red, pink, and black.
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Aerni, an assistant professor in Longwood's College of Education and Human Services, teaches in the Partnership program where students are provided with an opportunity to observe and teach in elementary schools located nearby the university.
"When students complete this experience, they are well prepared for their clinical field experience prior to entering the profession. Our alumni share that these two experiences give them an edge in their first teaching position," says Aerni. In addition to facilitating student learning during the Partnership program, Aerni teaches students how to plan, design and construct assessments to use in their classrooms when they become educators.
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The CBI and the Manmohan Singh government's attempts to claim that Ottavio Quattrocchi faces only a conspiracy charge in the Bofors case may not succeed. For, the Italian businessman was identified in the case as a beneficiary of the Rs 64-crore payoffs.
After the CBI announced his detention in Argentina, the CBI director had claimed that the middleman only faces a 'conspiracy to cheat' charge in the case. The facts of the case, however, are somewhat different.


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Candidates are beginning to announce for Alabama's congressional races in 2010.
Birmingham lawyer Terri Sewell has announced she will run as a Democrat for the 7th Congressional District seat begin vacated by Rep. Artur Davis. Davis will run for Alabama governor.
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Our Chamber president, the Wickliffe mayor and a city council member and a member of our fiscal court attended the public meeting in Ullin, Ill., on June 17 concerning that state's newfound interest in the I-66 project. Not only were they given a rather cold reception, they also brought to my attention several misrepresentations and misconceptions being fostered to put the Illinois project in a favorable light.
To begin with, multimedia presentations there characterized supporters of a Western Kentucky-Southeast Missouri route for I-66 as trying to keep Illinois out of the process. Until the election of the current governor, Illinois repeatedly stated that it wanted no part of this interstate project. Among other concerns, they had cited budget shortfalls and problems with locating the highway through Shawnee National Forest.
Despite the administrative change, neither of those things has changed - nor were they adequately addressed at the meeting. Letters voicing those earlier denials are on file at the Kentucky Department of Transportation.
Secondly, statistics from the I-66 study of Eastern Kentucky about increased economic development and drops in unemployment related to construction of the interstate were used as pertaining to Southern Illinois. These statistics were not properly attributed, and were used without telling attendees that they were about Eastern Kentucky and had nothing to do with Illinois. Our representatives have heard other rumors and innuendoes concerning alleged support for an Illinois route, including a supposed about-face from business and community leaders in Paducah which we have found to be untrue.
Thirdly, not a single media story I or any Chamber member here has seen even mentioned the fact that Western Kentucky and Southeast Missouri have been holding public meetings and work groups on this project for over a year. Not one account talked about the fact that the consultants' study was effectively finished before Illinois suddenly decided they wanted in on this and sent a letter to Kentucky Transportation Secretary James Codell asking for consideration. It has been frustrating to see, time and time again, the efforts of more than 12 months of hard work with our Southeastern Missouri completely discounted.
We strongly urge the Illinois Department of Transportation to provide the source of the statistics used at their hearing. We ask that the media help us set the record straight. And we sincerely hope that our willingness to work within the original confines of the study will be remembered and appreciated when the consultants make their final report.
We believe the routing of a major four-lane highway from Paducah through Ballard County and into Southeastern Missouri is an absolute necessity for the region's economic health and well-being. One of our chief assets here is our location at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. The bridges over those rivers are antiquated and barely adequate from a safety standpoint. They will have to be replaced even if the interstate takes a circuitous northern route. It only makes good planning and economic sense to build one new bridge into Mississippi County, Mo., and forego the building of three bridges in its stead.
The route I-66 will take is crucial to the planned development of our long-standing communities and businesses. It may, in fact, be the key to whether they survive the 21st century. It remains vitally important to the overall economic health of the entire region that we know the proposed final routing of this project and its most realistic timetable for construction as soon as possible.
John M. Wood, chairman
Ballard (Ky.) Chamber Board


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The latest: Lion's Thread, started by Brin Enterkin and Sydney Hulebak, is a bow tie company with a social punch! They create bowties using 100% Ugandan labor and materials. Recently, they received $4,000 from The Resolution Project-Clinton Global Initiative!
The Entrepreneurship program's rich history spans more than 100 years, starting with our founder, Martha Berry. Our mission is to educate the head, heart and hands. Many successful alumni from the high school, college and graduate programs have started businesses that contribute in meaningful ways to their communities. We encourage our current and former students to actively stay involved in our program !
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Donations to the SPJST Scholarship Fund are always welcome and appreciated.
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SPJST General Scholarships were established in 1982 for all SPJST members. General Scholarships are funded by the Supreme Lodge and voluntary contributions by SPJST members. Accordingly, the more funds available, the more scholarships awarded.
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All SPJST scholarship/grant recipients must attend college or technical school on a full-time basis and carry a normal academic load without interruption and in agreement with the college calendar. Their personal and academic standards must remain satisfactory to the college and to the committee. For additional information regarding the SPJST Scholarship/Grant program, including deadlines for requesting and submitting applications, please contact the President's Office at (800) 727-7578 or email Sandra.
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Browse the USGS Publication Warehouse
USGS Publications in 1920
- Berry, Edward Wilber, 1920, An Eocene flora from trans-Pecos Texas: Professional Paper 125-A, 9 p.,
- Bowen, C.F., 1920, Gradations from continental to marine conditions of deposition in central Montana during the Eagle and Judith River epochs: Professional Paper 125-B, 11 p.,
- Butler, B.S.; Loughlin, G.F.; Heikes, V.C.; and others, 1920, The ore deposits of Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 111, Report: 672 p.; 7 Plates: 37.35 x 34.13 inches or smaller,
- Cushman, J.A., 1920, The American species of Orthophragmina and Lepidocyclina: Professional Paper 125-D, 67 p.,
- Dall, William Healey, 1920, Pliocene and Pleistocene fossils from the Arctic coast of Alaska and the auriferous beaches of Nome, Norton Sound, Alaska: Professional Paper 125-C, 15 p.,
- Gilmore, C.W., 1920, Reptilian faunas of the Torrejon, Puerco, and underlying Upper Cretaceous formations of San Juan County, New Mexico: Professional Paper 119, 71 p.,
- Pack, R.W., 1920, The Sunset-Midway oil field, California, Part 1, Geology and oil resources: Professional Paper 116, 179 p.,
- U.S. Geological Survey, 1920, Shorter contributions to general geology, 1919: Professional Paper 125, 108 p. : ill. (some fold.), plates ; 30 cm.,


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Niklas Hjalmarsson suspended two games
Wednesday, 10.13.2010 / 12:33 PM CT / News
By NHL Media
|Niklas Hjalmarsson
Hjalmarsson's fine is based on his average annual salary and is calculated under the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement. The money goes to the Players' Emergency Assistance Fund.
The incident occurred at 14:18 of the first period and Hjalmarsson was assessed a major penalty for boarding and a game misconduct. The incident can be viewed here.
Hjalmarsson will miss games against Nashville tonight and at Columbus Friday. He is eligible to return Saturday against Buffalo.


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GoldenRebel, on 20 June 2014 - 08:23 AM, said:
Not going to lie. I wear it nearly every workday. Including today. Make good that fits perfect.
True, but I'm not normally willing to pay $60 for a shirt.
My jorts are only $9.99
I have several that I get drycleaned to wear on first dates though.
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Residents of the city of Elkins will soon see an increase in their fire fees. City Council on Thursday gave final approval to the measure that will raise the tax by 50 percent in a three-step phase.
Several council members have said they knew the decision would be unpopular, yet with the need for additional funding for the fire department they had no other choice.
Few city residents have spoken out publicly in opposition to the proposed hike and others have debated the issue privately.
The measure on Thursday passed 9-1, with Councilman Mark Scott, 3rd Ward, casting the only dissenting vote. His reasoning, as many have heard, is that he has an alternative plan to tax residents who live outside the city limits but within the fire department's primary service area. This, he says, would result in a lower cost for those paying the fee and a higher return for the fire department. In addition, those living in the service area would receive the same fire protection as those within the city.
Bridgeport is one of two West Virginia cities that have adopted the plan, but there's a problem - it's being challenged in court. Scott and some other members of council say they're interested in learning the outcome of these suits, and so are we.
So far, a lot of talk surrounding the fee hike has had to do with money - council regretted having to raise taxes and residents don't want to have to put out more money. All that makes perfect sense, but shouldn't we also place more emphasis on the amount and type of fire protection for our residents on the edge of the city limits?
As it stands, and this is according to several statements made by city officials, paid and volunteer firefighters and all of their equipment would respond to a blaze within the city limits; if a fire were to occur outside the city, 12 volunteers and two trucks would come to the scene. Whether this truly is what would happen is unknown. Still, shouldn't we have a policy, the manpower and, yes, the money to make a difference in saving a structure or life?
Scott says the alternative plan is up for discussion at the city's next Rules and Ordinance Committee meeting. Councilman Jim Bibey, 5th Ward, says if Bridgeport's fee stands up in court, the city then could consider it.
For the sake of safety, let's hope they continue thinking along these lines.


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The Oilsands Cancer Story Part 3: The Spotlight Turns on Fort Chip Doctor
Carol Linnitt | August 17, 2014
By Carol Linnitt • Sunday, August 17, 2014 - 13:50
This is the third installment in a three-part series on Dr. John O'Connor, the family physician to first identify higher-than-average cancer rates and rare forms of cancer in communities downstream of the Alberta oilsands.
Part 3: The Spotlight Turns On Fort Chip Doctor
After the story of Fort Chip's health problems broke, Health Canada sent physicians out to the small, northern community.
Dr. John O'Connor said one of the Health Canada doctors went into the local nursing station and, in front of a reporter, filled a mug with Fort Chip water and drank from it, saying, 'See, there's nothing wrong with it.'
"That was such a kick in the face for everyone," O'Connor said. "Just a complete dismissal of their concerns."
Health Canada eventually requested the charts of the patients who had died. Six weeks later they announced the findings of a report that concluded cancer rates were no higher in Fort Chip than expected.
For O'Connor, however, the numbers "just didn't match up."


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Walnut Creek Presbyterian Church isn't going anywhere any time soon -- spiritually, that is. As divisiveness over the role of gays in the church provokes conservative-leaning Presbyterian churches across the U.S. -- including one in nearby Danville -- into bolting from the mainline U.S. Presbyterian denomination, Walnut Creek Presbyterian -- in an unexpected affirmation of loyalty, says it has no plans to follow suit.
Reflecting the roiling controversy within the church over homosexuality and interpretation of the Bible, Danville's Community Presbyterian recently seceded from the denomination to join the more conservative Evangelical Presbyterian Church.
Despite the ongoing departure of more conservative congregations, the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (PCUSA) remains the largest Presbyterian denomination in the country with about 2 million members and 10,000 congregations in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Its Bay Area governing body is the San Francisco Presbytery, which includes 78 churches.
In contrast, the Evangelical Presbyterian Church has about 300 churches and 115,000 members. The Evangelical Presbyterian Church does not allow the ordination of homosexuals and is opposed to gay marriage and to abortion. It was founded in 1981.
The first General Assembly of the PCUSA was held in Philadelphia in 1789.
Just last year Walnut Creek Presbyterian was considering church-based legal action against the San Francisco Presbytery for clearing the way to allow the ordination of gay clergy. Secession from the U.S. Presbytery was also under discussion, even though the new ruling left each church free to make its own decision on the clergy issue.
Walnut Creek Presbyterian's leadership viewed the ordination of openly gay clergy as a "distressing move away from the Bible," according to Rev. Morgan Murray.
In a narrow vote in July, the PCUSA, at its General Assembly in Pittsburgh, rejected an amendment to its constitution that would have redefined marriage as between "two persons, "rather than between a man and a woman.
This move may be too little too late for the 20 to 30 churches that reportedly have abandoned the denomination each year for the past five years over disagreement on this hot-button issue. But for the time being, Walnut Creek Presbyterian Church will not be among them.
In an email response to a reporter's questions, Murray said, "For the leaders of our church, mission effectiveness is a guiding determinant when thinking about denominational affiliation: Would changing denominations make us more effective in how we communicate God's saving love, how we create healthy Christian community, and how we demonstrate God's kingdom values? For WCPC, the answer right now is No. We have plenty of work on our plate around these things without the need to consider changing denominations at this time. That being said, we understand that other churches may be in a different place, and we understand why they might conclude that changing denominations is critical to their particular mission."
Some congregants had speculated privately that Walnut Creek Presbyterian's decision to stay within PCUSA was because the Danville's congregation's exit represents a limit placed by the San Francisco Presbytery on the number of churches permitted to leave. But Murray said that this was not the case.
This was confirmed by San Francisco Presbytery's clerk Katherine Runyeon, who said via email that although the San Francisco Presbytery in June had approved new policies for church dismissals, "the recently approved policy has no limits as to how many churches may be dismissed in a certain time period."
With more than 750 members, Walnut Creek Presbyterian is among the area's largest congregations. Its membership is diverse; some congregants favor more inclusiveness, while others are more conservative in their beliefs. Murray, who needs to balance these differing views with the overall aims of the church, reaffirmed that WCP has no plans to leave the San Francisco Presbytery or PCUSA at this time.
He said, "The leadership and congregation of Walnut Creek Presbyterian Church are sympathetic to the concerns that led CPC Danville to leave the Presbyterian Church USA and join the Evangelical Presbyterian Church. While WCPC has no plans to leave the denomination at this time, and while we will miss their presence as part of the Presbytery of San Francisco, we look forward to continued partnership with Community Presbyterian Danville in our shared work here in the Diablo Valley. The respect, fellowship and love shared between the two congregations will continue as it always has."


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On June 22nd, 2012 the Massachusetts supreme court ruled on a very simple principle, that is to say a foreclosure by sale requires the foreclosing mortgagee, at the time of the sale, to hold both the mortgage and the underlying mortgage note. the Case is Henrietta Eaton vs. Federal National Mortgage Association.
This may seem simple enough to the casual reader, except virtually no entities foreclosing on securitized mortgages in Massachusetts or elsewhere in the last five years (when the question has been especially relevant) possessed both of these items.
In essence, the ruling upheld that those who had purchased foreclosure properties that had been illegally foreclosed upon (which is virtually all foreclosure sales in the last five years), did not in fact have title to those properties.
Given the fact that more than two-thirds of all real estate transactions in the last five years have also been foreclosed properties, this creates a small problem.
In January the Massachusetts supreme judicial court held in US Bank National Association vs. Antonio Ibanez that a note holder may not foreclose on a property in order to redeem a debt, if they are not also the holder of a valid mortgage (that is to say also with a valid assignment). We outlined the details of this case and its implications in our article "Ibanez – Denying the Antecedent, Suppressing the Evidence and one big fat Red Herring" on January 11th, 2011.
Is it ethical for the American homeowner whose mortgage has been securitized to default, even If they are not financially distressed?
First, consider it is unlikely that marketable, fee simple, insurable title can be obtained as a result of fulfilling the obligations of the related promissory note. On the contrary the titles to some 60 million homes in America are badly clouded. Secondly, encouraging investment in an asset class that has been artificially inflated, then deliberately destroying the price of the asset, as part of a separate profit making scheme is unethical, and any agreement based on this type of fraud is grounds to consider the original debt instrument used in the agreement null and void. Fortunately these grounds are unnecessary, as increasingly US courts are ruling that these mortgages are already invalid for numerous other reasons.
The recent decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial court helped focus a few important questions on the foreclosure crisis in America, but it is also being used as a Red Herring, amongst other things, by the American Securitization Forum and their Bank owners. The Massachusetts land court decision, which was affirmed by the Supreme Judicial Court were correct, but only addressed a narrow specter of the foreclosure crisis in our country and the underlying violations of long standing property law. The case does point however to much more fundamental issues.
Current "Clean-Tech" enterprises present few "break-through" technologies. Rather there seems to be an improvement in overall efficiency of existing technologies, many of which (e.g. windmills, solar power) are quite old.
The internet may even pose a more precise analogy to "Clean-Tech" businesses than others insofar as the product is fundamentally important to us, and not merely a "want" which gives rise to consumption. In the case of the internet, the promise of the technology itself has more than been fulfilled, even if the promises of a great number of commercial concerns related to it have not.
I venture to say that an economic movement which is based on our survival and well being as humans may be fundamentally too important to approach merely as a capitalist endeavor. Historically, novel technologies, even when related to existing demand, are difficult to efficiently monetize. Shifts in behavior however, (as they relate to those technologies) are a better bet. How difficult will it be to create a substantial economic enterprise in an industry which is neither novel, nor benefited by consumption per sae?


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Solutions for Chapter 8
The pelvis of a human is bowl-shaped and should have a high iliac pillar. The legs should make a medial angle from the hip down to the knee so that the knees are fairly close together. Finally, the hallux should not be opposable (Insight 8.5, evolutionary medicine on pp. 281-282).


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Imran Khan wants to interview Salman Khan
Imran also gives a vivid explanation to a leading daily as to why he wants to interview Sallu since the latter is rarely seen available for any interview. If he is in a good mood, he prefers to throw "one or two deadly one liners", else he generally doesn't open up much.
Imran is also confident that he wouldn't act like the other journalists and would definitely make Salman at ease in his presence. Also, he doesn't intend to have a question and answer session with Salman, rather it would be more like a conversation.


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Lord Byron
Lord Byron: Biography
"[A]ll I have yet written has been for women-kind," the poet Lord Byron told some friends one day as the men were out riding. "You must wait until I am forty, their influence will then die a natural death, and I will show the men what I can do."2
Byron never made it to forty - he died of fever in Greece at the age of 36. But his comment is classic Byron: the arrogance about his talent, his preoccupation with love and sex, the natural flippancy that made it sound as though his poetry was an afterthought, when in fact it was his soul. Like comedians whose jokes hint at a personal pain underneath, Byron's practiced sense of carelessness covered up an intelligent and tortured soul. "[W]ere I to point out the prominent defect of Lord Byron," an acquaintance named Lady Blessington wrote, "I should say it was flippancy, and a total want of that natural self-possession and dignity which ought to characterize a man of birth and education."3
Byron came into nobility unexpectedly, with the death of a baron great-uncle when he was ten years old. A bullied and lonely kid, he seemed to spend his life acting the part of one of his Byronic heroes. He pretended not to care about poetry, but mulled over many of his subjects for years; he pretended to be unfazed by his many romantic conquests and yet his poetry shows that he was deeply affected. As the biographer Edna O'Brien put it, "For all his swagger and bravura, Byron's real theme was love."4 Whatever the personal circumstances of the poet, there is no denying that Byron's poetry remains among the most lyrical and the most moving in the English language.


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Senators Ask If Coal Exports Skirt Royalties
From ABC News
By Matthew Brown
Lawmakers are asking the U.S. Department of Interior to review whether companies are shortchanging federal and state governments out of millions of dollars in royalties on coal exported to foreign markets.
Friday's request from Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden and Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski comes as U.S. coal exports hit a record of an estimated 124 million tons last year. That includes coal shipped to Asia from the Powder River Basin of Montana and Wyoming.
The senators want Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to determine if companies have violated federal leasing law by paying royalties on the coal's mine price, then selling it overseas at a higher price through affiliated brokers.
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