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Why expensive wine doesn't always offer more pleasure
I've long been a critic who agrees that expensive wine isn't always or necessarily better than inexpensive wine. This conclusion is based, not solely on common sense, but on experience. It's a topic that's of interest to people because, after all, we're all limited in how much we can spend on stuff (especially a discretionary item like wine, although I realize that for some people wine isn't discretionary but mandatory, and I'm one of them). You can't blame anyone who likes a $12 wine for wondering what they're missing in a $120 bottle.
Well, I've tried to wrestle with this concept for a long time, and here I go again. This video quotes a "Princeton economist" on the topic of expensive wine to this effect: "there is an unhappy marriage between a subject that especially lends itself to bullshit and bullshit artists who are impelled to comment on it. I fear that wine is one of those instances where this unholy union is in effect." This quote leads the article's author to opine that "layered onto [objective qualities] is a mountain of subjective opinions, people trying to prove their sophistication, and a whole lot of marketing. The nature of wine makes it really hard to tell the difference between expertise, nonsense, and personal preference."
The writer strongly implies that "subjective opinions" are irrelevant in wine appreciation—that they distort the wine experience so much that the drinker is hopelessly misled by her own feelings about the wine, which have nothing to do with its objective qualities.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
Yes, it's true that a very expensive wine might not be objectively better than an affordable one, in the same way that, say, a Jackson Pollock splatter painting may seem to be nothing more than the dribbles of a child. However, the art market doesn't view things that way, and neither do I. Having tasted a gazillion wines in my career, here's what always gets overlooked in claims that there's no difference between amateur and high art beside subjectivity: People don't drink wine simply for its objective quality. Or, to put it another way, wine is one of those life experiences that can't be reduced to simplistic analyses.
The best way to appreciate the truth of this statement is to think about your own life and the things you love. It may be a partner, or kids, or a job or hobby, a favorite sweater or hoodie, a café, a dog, a plant in your yard, a house in your neighborhood. There's something about it that turns you on. You don't look at it objectively, you look at it in terms of how it makes you feel. And feelings, I would argue, trump objective qualities every time.
In terms of expensive wine, people buy it because of the way it makes them feel. And there's nothing wrong with that. In fact, the wonderful thing about wine always has been that it makes us feel better about ourselves, the people we're with, and the world. Even after all these years of tasting and reviewing wine, I still get excited when I pop certain bottles. I suppose that means I'm biased in favor of liking them, but it could also result in disappointment, if a highly-anticipated bottle disappoints. But that's beside the point. The point is, my emotional pleasure in drinking certain wines is at least as important to me as the external, objective qualities of the wine.
So it's rather mean-spirited for people to point to these laboratory studies as "proof" that "expensive wine is for suckers." That is a very cynical, naïve way of looking at things. It disregards romance, love, intuition and creativity, which are the true wellsprings of pleasure. It disregards how what we eat, drink and experience adds pleasure to our lives—and who is anyone to dictate to me what pleasure means?
It seems to me that these writers who are constantly trying to disparage expensive wine are missing the point. Perhaps they're not really wine lovers. The love of wine is impossible to define: It's irrational. It has nothing to do with blind tasting and everything to do with emotions that get us swept up into the moment. As a former critic, I do agree that wine reviews ought to be conducted blind and thus objectively, but as a wine consumer I understand the objections to this rule. I'm caught between the two extremes. Look, the writer in the piece I referred to talks about how a white wine that was dyed red "can dominate wine students' sense of smell" in a laboratory study. Well, sure, that's always a possibility. But what does that have to do with the love of wine—with the way it makes you feel? Nothing. It's like reducing human behavior to that of a rat running through a maze. Don't we feel we're more than that?
Five Decades of Wine: The Arc of My Career, Part 7: I Go Over to "The Dark Side"
Years ago, I had a dear friend with a good job. He was the wine columnist for a periodical with considerable influence in Wine Country. One day, he found himself unemployed, because the newspaper he wrote for was downsizing. He took a job doing P.R. for a winery.
He was very upset about it. "I've gone over to the Dark Side," he explained confessionally, as if he'd done something wrong. He meant that, in our little industry, there's a strong, longstanding perception that a writer who writes for an independent publication, like a newspaper or magazine, is more honest and straightforward than one who spends his days writing for a wine company.
I remember telling my unhappy friend, "Look. There's no such thing as 'the Dark Side.' Wherever you work, and whatever you do, you do it with integrity and honesty. And remember this: Everyone's got a boss. Like Dylan sang, you gotta serve somebody."
I meant those words. I've worked with public relations, communications and marketing people for decades, and liked and respected the vast majority of them. They don't "spin" any worse than a winemaker describing his or her wine, and they follow their own ethical principles. We have this belief in the wine industry that independent critics are "honest brokers" who can cut through the hype. That's true, as far as it goes—but it only goes so far. The wine writer, no matter who he is, always walks a delicate balance, having to take many things into account. There are very few "fearless crusaders" among wine writers, who learn early on how to preserve their relationships, reputations and jobs by understanding where the red lines are, and respecting them.
So it was that, when I took my job at Jackson Family Wines and people made the "dark side" remark, I patiently explained to them that, no, I don't see things that way. The way I see it is, I'm using the same muscles to do a different sport. In the world of martial arts, there's much mixing up of different types of fighting: jujitsu, karate, muay Thai. I studied all of them; each is unique, and yet they all require the same skills (strength, speed, awareness). In the case of my career, I utilized my talents in research, writing, wine tasting and public speaking when I worked at wine magazines, and I use exactly the same skills in the things I do at JFW.
So what's it been like for me? I took the job on March 10, 2014. It's been a little more than a year now. I work with the company's Marketing and Communications (MarComm) team, a bunch of smart, young pros whose skills run the gamut from social media to video, event planning and P.R. The kinds of things I do vary widely, and I work mainly from home, in Oakland. As I write these words, I'm in a plane somewhere over the Midwest, on my way to Boston, where tomorrow night (tonight as you read this) I'll be hosting an Earth Day dinner focusing around issues of sustainability. Next week I'll be pouring at the Sonoma Barrel Auction, and staging a wine tasting for some people, and reviewing wine for the company newsletter. So the stuff I do is all over the map.
I've enjoyed my year at JFW but things are going to be changing. Starting this summer, I'm beginning a new consulting phase. JFW will be my first client; I'm interested in others, provided the work is absorbing. I see this as the cresting of the arc of my career. I'm looking at turning seventy years old next year. While my health is fantastic, I'm thinking of a life beyond wine writing—taking things easier, slowing down a bit to smell the roses (or is it the coffee?). I've worked very hard for a great many years, and while I've enjoyed 95% of it, there's also been a lot of stress—as there is in everyone's life. But I'm just about the only member of my generation in my family who hasn't retired, and the ones who have tell me the same thing. It's fantastic, the best thing they've ever done. In fact, they're all in agreement that they're happier and busier than ever.
Well, I'm not retiring. Call it pre-retirement: I want to do interesting things that call on my talents. (I always liked JFK's quote about the ancient Greek definition of happiness: "The full use of your powers along lines of excellence.") But I also want more time for myself, to go to the gym, volunteer at the SPCA, take Gus on long walks, maybe even expand a social life that's been on hold for too long because of the demands of the job. And I have a bucket list: learn how to bake bread. Study salsa dancing. Maybe even return to the painting I used to love.
And this blog? Well, I don't know. It will soon be seven years old and, since I've already quoted Dylan, I might as well quote George Harrison: "All things must pass." I haven't decided whether or not to continue it. I'd like to hear from my readers: Do you still value reading me? Do I still have something to say, now that I'm no longer a F.W.C. (famous wine critic)? When the late, great San Francisco Chronicle columnist Herb Caen retired after more than fifty years, due to a deadly illness, he announced it one morning in a column and never published anything ever again. There's something to be said about unprolonged exits.
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SVB study: Millennials haven't made "a dent" in fine wine sales
The new Silicon Valley Bank "State of the Wine Industry 2015" report is 56 pages long.
I read through every one of them, and by far the most interesting statement was this: "Millennials have yet to make a dent in the fine wine business. So why the difference between the media reports and reality?"
Wow. Tell it like it is, bankerman! As the report noted, "[One] might expect to find the tee totaling Boomers in rocking chairs with the Millennials at the head of the table. But despite the hype, that hasn't come even close to happening."
First, a little context. You've heard it, I've heard it, everybody's heard for years: Millennials rule the roost when it comes to wine. From Fox Business News: "The face behind the wine glass is looking a lot younger. The Millennial generation, which includes the youngest legal drinkers, is consuming more wine than previous generations when they turned 21, and the industry is taking note."
From the online PopDust: "Millennials Are Drinking So Much Wine They're Changing How It's Sold."
And this, from Medical Daily.com: "Millennials have been driving the wine consumption increase up drastically,..[this is the] 'Gen Wine' phenomenon happening right now in this country."
Well, I could go on and on, thanks to the Google machine, but you get the idea. So why is Silicon Valley Bank saying that, when it comes to sales, Millennials haven't done diddly?
I have my own ideas concerning that "difference between media reports and reality." What?!? You mean there's a gap between what the media report and the real world? I'm sure we're all shocked, shocked. My take on this dissonance is that there is a lot of me-tooism, cut-and-paste writing, lazy journalism and wishful thinking. That's a recipe for "Bad Reporter" every time.
But what does Silicon Valley Bank itself have to say by way of explanation?
Well, first of all, they point out they're only talking about "fine wine." It's not clear from the report just how they define "fine wine," but I think it's most of the wine you and I care about. I guess it's not jugs or Two-Buck Chuck, and it may even be wines above $20 the bottle: "Starting in mid-2014," the report says, "wines priced above $20 a bottle broke out strongly higher," following the Recovery that kicked in after the horrible Great Recession. Most Millennials don't have that kind of money to spend on wine, saddled as they are with debt.
What will it take for Millennials to finally be able to afford to drink better? Here's a one-word answer: Time. "One day," the SVB report says, "Millennials will be at the center of fine wine sales. But"—and it's a big but—"the reality is—no matter what a generation is called, the most active buyers of fine wine…will continue to be in the 35- to 55-year age group."
I've been saying this for years and gotten my share of bashing for seeming to dismiss the importance of Millennials. Nonsense. It just stands to reason that when you're 26, have $100,000 in student loans and other debts, and aren't making all that much to begin with, you're not going to be dropping $20 and up for that nightly bottle of wine. (A bottle a night? Well, yes, for you and your sweetie/roommate/whatever.)
Now, onto social media! We know that Millennials are obsessed with it, and we know that older people aren't (except for Facebook). How to explain that? Is it because old people never "get" new-fangled ways of communication? Or is it that there's something fundamentally adolescent about social media that older people find, well, kind of immature? If it's the latter, then you have to wonder if today's social media-addicted Millennial will still be tweeting and instagramming and pinteresting etc. 24/7 when they're 50 years old. Or will they look ruefully back, with a wry smile, and say, "I can't believe I was that hooked on my iPhone back then"?
Well, we can't know without a crystal ball, which I don't happen to have. But I can't help but feel that when today's Millennials get older and have more money they're going to look and feel more like their parents than they look and feel today. Aging has a way of doing that: You become your mother or father and discover that it's not as horrible as you thought it would be.
And then there's this, just in: "Where do tech-savvy Millennials buy wine?" asks the Tribune, out of San Luis Obispo? It answers its own question: "Not online, Cal Poly study finds."
It turns out that, when it comes to actually buying a bottle of wine, our Millennial friends go to "the grocery store"! Same as their parents and grandparents, a finding the university's V&E head called "surprising." Well, life's full of surprises, isn't it?
What does this have to do with wine sales in America? The SVB report contains all sorts of interesting things: one of the more troubling aspects for American wine is the increased interest people have in foreign wines, which are cheaper because of the strong dollar, which will probably continue to be strong for quite some time. But it also suggests that these modern Millennials, who are so adventurous and experimental and fickle in their loyalties today, will become more loyal to brands in the future, provided that those brands give them something to be loyal about: good stories, good quality wine, fair pricing, because older consumers do tend to be more loyal (or, you could say, more conservative) to particular brands. This is what wineries should be focusing on now: Not obsessing over social media, in all its evanescent particulars, but laying down solid, well-thought-out plans for the next twenty years.
"Social media" is an oxymoron that's here to stay
Three articles in yesterday's S.F. Chronicle caught my attention for the suggestions they make about how social media is, and is not, changing our lives.
(I was finally able to read after days of not being able to, due to the intense flu I had. It was an effort just to focus my eyeballs.)
The first article was on the continuing war between digital cab companies, like Uber and Lyft, and conventional taxi companies. This is a topic San Franciscans have been hearing a lot about. The bottom line is that the conventional taxis were slow to the point of paralysis in understanding the implications of portable digital devices. This was summed up by a CEO who said, "The taxi industry needs to rapidly retool and face the realities of the smartphone."
Nobody is going to dial up a taxicab number and face all the possible uncertainties and hassles. (Just finding an open taxicab in San Francisco is a feat.) So much easier to establish an Uber or Lyft account, even if it means paying a little more. Uber and Lyft made the news yesterday because they apparently are planning on price-gouging on New Year's Eve, but that's beside the point. The point is that they foresaw the conveniences of smartphones and the taxi companies didn't.
The second article was an examination of one of the East Bay's new congressman, Eric Swalwell, the youngest member (at 32) of the large California delegation. Swalwell's a social media guy; he made a point of stressing that in his interview. He tweets so much that there's a new Twitter hashtag, #swalwelling, which seems to consist of photographing one's feet as they enter an airplane. (We have "selfies." Could this be "footsies"?)
These two articles represent green lights for social media. They underscore that we have become a society on the go, go, go, with our feet carrying us while our hands clutch our smartphones and we share our experiences with others. We interact with the world through these devices, and that includes all our interactions: shopping, politics, entertainment, simple personal communications. For wineries, the meaning is clear: Go big, or go home. The winery that does not learn how to take advantage – no, that's not the right phrase, because it implies a certain cynical, transparently venal misappropriation of social media. Let me start again. The winery that does not learn how to communicate through mobile devices puts itself at disadvantage in this hyper-competitive world. Just as taxi companies learned, to their chagrin, at the hands of Uber and Lyft, the future belongs to the digitally savvy. (Although I will admit that Uber and Lyft have not been particularly adroit in handling the politics of their situations. But that's another story…).
The third article stands in stark contrast to the others. There's a new establishment here in Oakland, Plank, down at Jack London Square. It's in a gigantic space that's been vacant for years. The new owners decided to open, not just a restaurant, not just a bar, but a bowling alley, pool hall, bocce ball court and video game arcade. They call it an "activity bar." The concept is, as another activity bar owner put it, "It's fun, and you don't have the pressure of sitting across the table talking for three hours."
Well, I don't know about the "pressure" of talking with friends and family over a restaurant meal. I mean, if it were really that onerous, people wouldn't be doing it so much. Still, I get the idea. As the Chronicle reporter who wrote the story mused, "One wonders …whether these bars satisfy a longing for childhood pleasures…in the age of texting, with face-to-face communication."
That's more to the point. Yes, we inhabit a digital reality; we're all nexuses on the World Wide Web. We do more and more things with our smartphones. But my discomfort from the very beginnings of this digital revolution has been connected with the fact that it somehow seems injurious to the social and civil underpinnings that made us human in the first place, and societal beings moreover. To that extent, the phrase "social media" is an oxymoron. "Social" is face-to-face; distant communication, however facile or amusing it may be, is not particularly social.
However, here we are, on a cusp as it were between two opposing forces. As usual with cusps (such as the transition between millennia), predictions, fears and hopes are exaggerated; things continue more or less as usual. Life goes on; we grow accustomed to whatever is new, and somehow manage to keep hold of our humanness.
The lesson, again, for wineries, which I alluded to above, is clear: adapt to the digital, portable realm or be doomed. But do it in a way that's Zen-like in detachment: with a pure mind, as Buddhists put it. Do not allow yourself to be perceived as having an ulterior motive; in fact, do not have an ulterior motive, except that of humanness. If you're puzzled by how to achieve this, here's a clue: If you are yourself, not someone else, you will not be perceived as having an ulterior motive. If you are not yourself, you invariably will be. It's a strange paradox: by being real, you will succeed. If you don't know what being yourself and being real mean, then you have your work cut out for you.
Anyhow, have a fine, fun and safe New Year's Eve! No drunk driving, please.


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Islamofascism: On Friday, for the first time, the venerable Washington National Cathedral will be used as a mosque, with radical Muslims leading prayers. Islamist infiltration of the Beltway is nearly complete.
Drunk with "interfaith" tolerance, church officials agreed to let the Islamists make "a statement." About what? How gullible they are?
The 100-year-old Episcopal church, dubbed our "National House of Prayer" by Congress, is where we hold funerals for our presidents, like Reagan, and our heroes, like Neil Armstrong. There are few more powerful symbols of our Judeo-Christian culture than the cathedral — and that's exactly why the Islamists targeted it.
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"We want the world to see the Christian community is partnering with us and is supporting our religious freedom in the same way we are calling for religious freedom for all minorities in Muslim countries," an ADAMS spokesman claimed.
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We'll believe such interfaith efforts are real when ADAMS opens its own building for Christian prayers.
Meanwhile, CAIR is advising U.S. mosque leaders to lawyer up before letting FBI agents into mosques to seek their help discouraging Islamic State recruits.
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FIFA sent a strong message across the globe on Monday to players who are found guilty of match-fixing.
The world soccer governing body announced that they had extended the lifetime bans to 14 players from the El Salvador Football Federation (FESFUT) worldwide, meaning that the suspended players cannot be involved in soccer anywhere around the globe at the professional level. FIFA also extended the bans to two additional players who were given temporary suspensions for 18 months and six months, respectively.
Included in that group of banned players were a number of former Major League Soccer players including Alfredo Pacheco (New York Red Bulls), Osael Romero (Chivas USA), Ramon Sanchez (San Jose Earthquakes), and Christian Castillo (D.C. United).
This news follows a new release last Thursday from FESFUT that found a further two players guilty of either taking part or knowing about a case of match-fixing and doing nothing. Goalkeeper Benji Villalobos was suspended for six months while the star of this past Gold Cup for El Salvador, Rodolfo Zelaya, has been banned for one year. FIFA have yet to announce whether these bans are also extended worldwide.
Here are some more stories from around the world of soccer:
In response to a letter from the Ghanian FA to FIFA about their worry over the Ghanian National Team in Egypt, the Egyptian FA has released a statement saying that they have a security plan in place to keep everyone involved safe.
FIFA last week gave Egypt a deadline of October 28 to ensure that the Ghanian National Team will be safe when they travel to Egypt for the two nations' second-leg encounter in the final round of African World Cup qualifying on November 19. If Egypt is unable to ensure safety, FIFA would move the match to a different venue, potentially in another country.
"Egypt is a safe nation and life goes on as normal across the country," The Egyptian FA said in a statement via Reuters. "We have a definite security plan for the Ghana crew before and after the game, as well as for the security of FIFA members (referees and officials)."
The Ghanian FA wrote to FIFA about their worries about the team's safety in Cairo, where the match is set to be held, after recent rioting saw more than 50 people die in clashes between protesters and police. The Egyptian and Ghanian teams are currently in Kumasi, Ghana ahead of their first-leg match on Tuesday.
Since trialing with both D.C. United and the New York Red Bulls this summer, Mike Grella had remained without a club. Until Monday, that is.
Danish club Viborg FF announced on their website that they had signed the former Duke forward on a contract through the end of the calendar year after training with the club for the last 14 days. The American forward, who also holds an Italian passport, last played for Scunthorpe United in England's League One.
"Mike Grella has proven himself in training and did well in a couple of reserve team matches," Viborg CEO Morten Jensen said in a statement on the club's website. "Therefore we wanted to sign him for the rest of the year. It will give him a better chance to show what he can do when he's in good shape and then we will at that time decide the way forward."
Last season at Scunthorpe, Grella struggled throughout scoring just twice in 29 appearances in all competitions.
20-year-old Manchester United winger Wilfried Zaha is preparing to ask for a loan away from the club in order to find some regular playing time. (REPORT)
Los Angeles Galaxy forward Robbie Keane has called for the FA of Ireland to appoint a no-nonsense head coach to be the nation's next manager. (REPORT)
France Football Federation President Noel Le Graet said on a radio program that he will contact FIFA over what he calls an "unfair" seeding system ahead of the UEFA World Cup qualifying playoffs. (REPORT)
Arsenal academy member and former Bethesda, Maryland resident Gedion Zelalem was sent a message on Twitter by the Foreign Minister of Ethiopia, saying that he's welcome to represent them in the future, despite Zelalem currently in the Germany youth system. (REPORT)
FIFA announced on Monday that Zimbabwe international Devon Chafa has been banned for six months after failing a drug test. (REPORT)
What do you think of these reports? Did you expect FIFA to extend the lifetime bans? Do you believe Egypt really can guarantee Ghana safety in Cairo? Do you see Grella finding success in Denmark?
Share your thoughts below.
The Egypt situation is a tough one. Everyone wants the Ghanaian players to be safe, but I think most American fans are rooting for Egypt for obvious reasons, so the home field advantage is key. Let's hope Egyptian security is tight and another coup doesn't begin right before kick off.
Good, I didn't understand how they were banned yet still playing in Europe (Turcios).
Shame about zelaya, practically killed his career.
what kind of game does Grella have- is he more of a poacher who lost his knack, or a target-type who hasnt seen any real service lately?
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I know the details — and the governing bodies — are different, but why do these players get lifetime bans when this seems happen every few years in Italy and the guilty parties get banned for a time and then return?
I was thinking the same thing. I could be wrong but I don't recall anyone from Juventus being banned for life or anyone in the lower divisions or anyone from Spain forthat matter. "Making an example" of players/officials at a team like Juventus might go a bit farther than in a tiny nation like El Salvador. It might even show that FIFA is some what serious, egalitarian and in posession of balls.
The players from Juventus weren't involved in the scandal, it was the club executives who were influencing referees to call games with certain baises. Which is different than players outright throwing games.
Now if they didn't receive lifetime bans, I agree they should. But I applaud the bans. If harsh punishments are not doled out, these silent arms of corruption will continue to erode the integrity of the sport.
The question is very simple and straight forward one and that's why has Egypt played all their matches behind closed door but wants to play only Ghana with its supporters? Egypt and for that matter Cairo is banana state and anything can happen which can be devastating to say the least!! FIFA needs to rethink and see that in Cairo the safety of its crew is not 100% guarantee!! Is better late than never!!!
Banana state? What?
tough call.. i don't think its any calmer or less volatile than before. but then again this is one of those moments where the team could unite the nation and allow them to put differences behind for a bit..
really hope that this can be a positive moment for them.
I don't think banana state means what you think it means.
"France Football Federation President Noel Le Graet said on a radio program that he will contact FIFA over what he calls an "unfair" seeding system ahead of the UEFA World Cup qualifying playoffs."
[spew] That is one _very_ short memory!
"FIFA extends lifetime bans…" How can you extend a lifetime ban? Into the afterlife? 😉
Ted in MN
Yes, because everybody know's the real problem with Giovanni Trapattoni's Ireland was that it took too much fancy pants nonsense from other teams and played such frivolously detailed football. Trapattoni himself was so well known for his bland and milquetoast personality.
I love ya Robbie, but that is the most inane suggestion I've heard all day (excluding the Winter MLS schedule).
When I read that quote from Keane, I thought the same thing, I thought Trappatoni was all business as well.
Maybe there was some behind the scenes stuff going on.
Such a shame about Zelaya, such a talented player who in my opinion could have been a good starting forward in the MLS. Would have driven the Salvadoran community in droves had he landed with D.C. United or the Galaxy.
The safety of Ghana will be taken seriously. There will be heavy security and unless there's something I don't know, the Ghana bus should be safe going to and from the hotel to the stadium and back again.
In many ways, I suspect it will be the best behaved Egypt soccer audience in years. After all, their domestic league was suspended. So they may want to prove they can have their league back.
Everything is good.
Still don't know why Zelaya isn't in MLS. Unclear if the ban is worldwide…so why wouldn't an MLS team pick him up on the cheap and stash him for a year? (or maybe he can play in MLS after all?)


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Ubisoft has announced that Rayman Legends will be available for PC. The Windows version will launch alongside the 360, PS3, PS Vita, and Wii U versions, and is being developed by Ubisoft Chengdu in cooperation with Ubisoft Montpellier. Legends is the follow-up to 2011's Rayman Origins, and Ubisoft has announced that gamers who pre-order the digital version of Legends from UbiShop will receive the PC version of Rayman Origins for free.
Warner Bros. to distribute The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt in North America
CD Projekt RED is teaming up with Warner Bros. Interactive for the North American release of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. CD Projekt plans to launch Wild Hunt in 2014 for PC, PS4, and Xbox One, and WB will be handling distribution and promotion. Both companies also worked together for the console version of 2012's The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings.


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I was at the Champaign Public Library a few weeks ago and saw that the local public school has Daniel H. Wilson's Robopocalypse on its list of summer reading. What a treat for local high school students who select it!
Wilson is Cherokee (enrolled) and has a new book due out, by the way, titled Amped. Kathy Ceceri of Wired said "Wilson has a voice and style very much like Stephen King. But unlike King, Wilson also had the chops to base weird things in his stories on science." I liked Robopocalypse and look forward to Amped.
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Robopocalypse is summer reading in Champaign, Illinois
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- Michael said...
I loved this book. If you were a fan of World War Z, you will love this. It's similar to that of WWZ in that the writer is documenting the events leading up to the Robo-uprising and connecting seemingly random characters and events together.
What was really great is that not only do we see the war through the human's perspective, but also through the machines'.
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The Flash Season Two is approaching fast and with each passing day fans are yearning for some kind of news about what we are going to see for their next new season. The Flash caught everyone by surprise when it captivated audiences in its first season last year and has grown with each passing episode. The announcement that Jay Garrick and Wally West will be in the show has left many fans clamouring to get their first looks at these iconic characters together and separate.
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After all of the rumors, discussions and negotiations that have paved the way, DeAndre Yedlin is finally a Tottenham Hotspur player, even if just in name only for the moment.
The U.S. Men's National Team fullback is set to stay with Seattle Sounders for at least the duration of the 2014 MLS season. Technically, according to Sounders owner and general manager Adrian Hanauer, Yedlin will be officially recognized as a Sounders player until he makes his way over to London to join his new team.
"It is no earlier than the transfer window at the beginning of our season in January," Hanauer said on a teleconference to describe the club's plans for Yedlin. "I don't want to put words in Spurs' mouth, but they would like to assess where things are at with their club at that time and potential work permit issues at that time with DeAndre and assess how he's been doing with us and whether it's the right time to fit him into their squad or whether they make the decision, at that time, to let him stay with us for another period of time, until the summer window a year from now."
Until then, Yedlin remains a member of the MLS club. However, there will come a point in time where Yedlin will join Spurs, with the two teams having agreed to a $3.5 million fee, according to Goal.com, that Hanauer said will be paid in increments.
Hanauer insisted that Yedlin's path to Spurs was made much simpler due to a July 19 friendly between the two clubs, after which negotiations progressed "slowly but consistently". Both sides used the friendly to discuss the potential deal and, despite interest from numerous other teams, Hanauer felt at that point that a move to Spurs was what was best for all involved.
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"It provides us with some cash to reinvest in many aspects of our soccer business that we want," Hanauer said. "Whether that is the youth side, that hopefully allows us to develop two or three or four more DeAndre Yedlins, or Designated Players or other soccer facilities or infrastructure that will hopefully position us with strength going forward."
Despite the club's impact on Yedlin, who rose from college athlete to Premier League signing in roughly two years, the Sounders general manager gave all credit to the player, who he is excited to retain in the quest for an MLS Cup.
"Ultimately, all the credit has to go to DeAndre," Hanauer said, "who has been humble and modest and hard-working and a great teammate and dedicated to improving day-in and day-out on the field.
"There's been a lot of people that have touched his soccer development and his development as a human being and it's all been a masterful job, but ultimately, the kid, DeAndre, is responsible for most of it."
Ali Dia
"Paid in increments"… "Still a Sounders player"…. This sounds like a travesty waiting to happen should Yedlin happen to have an injury.
But good for Yedlin. I think.
Del Griffin
Great job deandre. Now go over there and force your way into the team! You can do it!
Is the open cup game streamed tonight?
With all respect, will sounders ever get their stadium with all the money they have. Get some sponsors or additional owner to make it happen.There's the arena land and reign stadium, I think it's possible. If huskies stadium got remodel, basically it's new, why not do something for sounders.
Given the fact, the artificial turf will always be in bad condition and grass is impossible for sounders owners.
I think 50, 0000 seats would be perfect, with expansion seats avalaible.
They just need a fancy stadium with two field s they can slide in and out of the stadium as needed. I think Schalke does something like that with their stadium.
I'd much rather the Sounders keep sharing with the Seahawks in a great downtown location rather than have to go to a bad location in the suburbs in order to find cheap enough land to build on. Like most major cities there isn't great locations available in Seattle at this point for a reasonable price
There really isn't a strong case to make for the sounders getting their own stadium. It would have to be nearly as big as Century Link, which would cost hundreds of millions, and would have to be somewhere far from downtown, since there is no room for another stadium in the core city area. There is also little likelihood that a soccer specific stadium would actually have grass since maintaining a grass field in Seattle requires an insane amount of effort, such as what has to be done with Safeco Field and its retractable field.
And from a pure fan perspective, sitting in a sold out Century Link for Seattle vs. Portland can't be beat.
Anyone else realize that Friedel is easily old enough to be Yedlin's dad?
Hopefully he doesn't pick his accent. Or his hair style.


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She played Mrs Lovette in Jonathan Kent's production for the Chichester Festival Theatre which transferred to the West End after rave reviews.
Both Staunton and Ball were nominated for best performance in the Stephen Sondheim-scored production which was also nominated for best musical but it missed out to The Go-Between, written by Richard Taylor and David wood and directed by Roger Haines.
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