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Monday, August 4, 2008
Three Versions of the Same Wine... Or Is It?
Eight and six years, respectively, after their disgorgements, the two wines were very different, and not in a way that I expected. The bottle disgorged in 2000 was developed in flavor but still lively, with firm acidity and balanced notes of cream, butter toffee and dried fruits. It was a delicious example of a well-matured champagne, and one that I enjoyed drinking. The later-disgorged bottle, however, felt much less fresh, with ponderously honeyed, caramelly flavors that made it tiring to drink, and the acidity was much less prominent.
Now, a comparison of only one bottle of each, especially with 14-year old wine, is prone to variability, and you could attribute the latter bottle's advanced maturity to cork variation or other perturbations common to wine. But Dumangin has consistently experienced the same results, and specifically opened these two bottles to demonstrate this to me, emphasizing that choosing the time of disgorgement is critical to the way a champagne develops. "We've realized that when you disgorge the wine when it's very young, it stays fresh for a long time afterwards," he says.
What is perhaps even more interesting is that he's re-releasing the 1994 now as a Vinothèque wine, but offering it as an Extra Dry! I thought that I'd initially heard wrong, and later took the above photo as proof. It's common that people dose old wines less, but hardly anyone would suggest dosing an old wine more. Yet the wine is delicious, and at 17 grams per liter of sugar, it's hardly a sweet wine. In fact, it tastes less sweet than some so-called brut NVs out there, the dosage giving it richness of body and texture and expanding the flavors much in the way that a Riesling Kabinett is often more fragrant and aromatically complex than a Riesling trocken. "I tried 12 different dosages, from zero to 24 grams of sugar per liter," says Dumangin. "We tried blind tastings with our oenologists, looking for the dosage level that developed the aromas of old wine the best. It happened to be at 17 grams." I always say that each wine finds its balance at a different level, and this wine seems perfectly happy where it is. A terrific and thought-provoking experience.
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- J David Harden said...
That's very interesting (as usual, I've now become a regular reader). Having had the chance to drink a few older Champagnes recently, I was coming to the conclusion that I might prefer young Champagne. I've noticed that several have in common a nose of sourdough and wet leaves that I'm not super crazy about (course, could just be I'm not drinking very good, though old, Champagne). But perhaps it's not about the bottle age?
- 04 August, 2008 23:55
David, it's both time prior to disgorgement, and time in the bottle after disgorgement. In general, the older a wine was at disgorgement, the faster it will age after disgorgement. In other words, the age at disgorgement affects the RATE at which the wine will mature thereafter. (See generally Tom Stevenson's highly expert writings, plus personal experience.)
In theory, there is an optimum time at which to disgorge any particular wine, and Peter's posting raises the intriguing question whether the optimum dosage for a specific wine might vary depending on exactly when that wine was disgorged. The 1994 Dumangin example seems to teach that it may not pay to be too dogmatic about such matters?
- 05 August, 2008 04:24
- spume said...
Fascinating post, Peter. And an interesting tasting to sit in on as well. I can't help in this situation but to think of Movia's Puro, which isn't disgorged at all; or rather, it's up to either the sommelier or the consumer to more or less take care of that issue.
Compared to Champagne, Puro seems dull, or at least not as racy. I do find it a lively wine, just in a different way. Old style cider comes to mind.
How it will age of course is a mystery.
Another question comes to mind, and I don't know the answer, or even if it makes sense: Does extended lees aging dull acidity in some way?
- wolfgang
- 05 August, 2008 19:55
- Peter Liem said...
Yeah, that Puro is crazy! I like it, though, in its way. The last time I saw Ales Kristancic he disgorged it in a bucket of water, which I thought was the weirdest thing ever.
I don't know if lees aging dulls acidity or if it creates a richer presence and flavor that simply balances acidity in a different way. I can't see the acidity actually decreasing.
- 07 August, 2008 15:12
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There is a Japanese manga name "Kami no Shizuku" (means "God's drop) talks about wine :) I read some chapter of its and fell in love with wine. I don't have the great taste but read about it is interesting, too. Thanks for sharing your experiences.
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Optical phase measurements, based on the Mach-Zehnder and Michelson interferometers, are critical for various fields, including biosensing, rotation-angle, and absolute-distance measurements [
In the past decade, a commercial buck-type EOM (Model 4002, New Focus, Inc.) made with an Mg-doped lithium niobate crystal (5 mol% Mg:LN) has been used to modulate the HLS for various interferometric measurement setups [
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The normalized output intensities of the transmitted and reflected signals (
A thin (1 mm) lithium niobate plate was used as the optical temperature sensor based on a thermally-induced birefringent change. The plate was immersed in hot water in a glass cell. The incident light propagates perpendicularly to the
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In summary, we have experimentally evaluated the ZIEOM with a low applied voltage used for optical heterodyne interferometry. To provide heterodyne light sources at a wavelength of 632.8 nm, the optimal peak values of the applied saw-tooth voltages are 18 V and 140 V for ZIEOM and EOM, respectively. Unlike the light propagating perpendicularly to the
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The schematic diagram of the measurement setup: LS, laser light source; ZIEOM, Zn-indiffused electro-optic modulator (photo shown in Inset (a)); EOM, buck-type electro-optic modulator; FG, function generator; HVA, high voltage amplifier; HLS, heterodyne light source; AT, attenuator; PL, polarizer; PH, pinhole; AL, analyzer; L, objective lens; BS, beam splitter; PD, photodetector; OTS, optical temperature sensor; LIA, lock-in amplifier.
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Facebook is good to connect people, I'm just always playing video games so I don't have one, also I'm pretty fugly (oxymoron) and the opposite of photogenic (I look naturally stoned, though I never smoked anything in my life) so I don't post pics
Query: Why do people take pictures in their bathrooms? Hypothetical: Aren't there nicer places?
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Being at work with an internet on the night shift helped all of that...heh.
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Nice to see some of the things they've done with their life (got married,family,kids,etc) compared to me.
(and at times depressing... when I find a girl I had a crush on at 16, who's been married for sometime, has
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the bad side (and due to 'friending' for the gaming side of things)...
It definitely can be a source of drama... a couple people make it seem like they'd fit right in
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While that's been not so great, it helps to keep a bit of a balance on things. In a way to keep a
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Query: Why do people take pictures in their bathrooms? Hypothetical: Aren't there nicer places?
I dunno.. I just figured logically, bigger mirrors there to aim a camera at for self-pics? (esp for those just camera-phoning)
Couldn't they just use a timer?
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"Harriet Zinnes has already published voluminously in several genres, but the new book is further proof that she has never been content to rest on laurels, has never resisted learning, and has always been anxious to find—for instance in old forms—new astonishment. This grace to change and to encompass becomes her gift to readers, and to readers of this book in particular. All together we, holding hands if not counting feet, plunge into these lyrical evocations of the physical—the color and sound and texture of the lived world—with the intelligent exuberance of these necessary new poems." —Bin Ramke
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"Harriet Zinnes is a force for an investigatory poetry. She has produced books on Ezra Pound and her own art criticism has a wide inclusivity. Her lyric poetry reminds one that the psychologists have said one turns wise or bitter, and in this poet's case her work must be most wise, because it is the least bitter. Sweet-bitter might be the classical summation of her style. Like Miro, the poet knows the necessity of excess and her work has an intensity that is at once particular and immense." —David Shapiro
Harriet Zinnes is Professor Emerita of English of Queens College of the City University of New York. Her many books include Whither Nonstopping (poems), Drawing on the Wall (poems), My, Haven't the Flowers Been? (poems), Entropisms (prose poems), Lover (short stories), The Radiant Absurdityof Desire (short stories), Ezra Pound and the Visual Arts (criticism), and Blood and Feathers (translations of the French poetry of Jacques Prévert). She is contributing editor of The Hollins Critic and a contributing writer as art critic of The New York Arts Magazine.
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Reeling in a $10 million paycheck would probably be a huge disappointment to head honchos at corporate behemoths[1] like Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL[2]), Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL[3]) and CBS (NYSE:CBS[4]), but for most Americans, it's an unfathomable amount of moolah.
Based on a new study conducted by The Associated Press[5], CEOs of typical publicly owned companies on average made $9.6 million in 2011. That figure, which is up more than 6% from 2010 results, is the highest it has been since 2006. That's 12 times the total of gross income that President Obama reported last year.
Although the study showed a decline in exorbitant cash bonuses that top leaders tend to earn, stock rewards went up. Since stock value and company success often go hand-in-hand, the logic is that stock options will motivate a CEO to boost performance.
Compared to the $137 million Simon Property Group (NYSE:SPG[6]) CEO David Simon made last year, $10 million is chump change. Note: About $132 million of Simon's salary was in stock options.
In a separate report[7], the AP conducted some math to drum up a few interesting tidbits on just how much these lofty figures mean to the average American worker. Here are some of the findings:
You can glean more jaw-dropping stats by reading the complete report from the AP[8].
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The Lady Flames (1-3) are led by freshman Madison Short, who has scored two goals on the year, and Maria Owen, who has recorded a team-high 12 shots. Keeper Karen Blocker has tallied 32 saves in 2009. Liberty's win came on Aug. 30, when the Lady Flames defeated East Tennessee State, 2-1, in Johnson City, Tenn.
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The United States is not expecting Israel's support for its rapid deployment force project in Jordan. It is, however, asking Israel to mute its criticism, if there must be criticism at all.
This, according to well-placed sources here, was the impression garnered by Premier Yitzhak Shamir and Defense Minister Moshe Arens from their talks in Washington last week. The U.S. side referred often to its determination to extend American aid and support to "moderate Arab states," and plainly the rapid deployment force project for Jordan is high on this list of priorities.
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With Glenn Beck's final regular hour on Fox News Channel airing at 4 this afternoon, the channel announced that his replacement, at least for the summer, is a panel show called "The Five."
It launches July 11, and will feature a rotating panel including folks like Juan Williams, Dana Perino, Judge Andrew Napolitano, and Geraldo Rivera, along with guests.
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Composition of virusesAll viruses contain nucleic acid, either DNA or RNA (but not both), and a protein coat, which encases the nucleic acid. Some viruses are also enclosed by an envelope of fat and protein molecules. In its infective form, outside the cell, a virus particle is called a virion. Each virion contains at least one unique protein synthesized by specific genes in its nucleic acid. Viroids (meaning "viruslike") are disease-causing entities that contain only nucleic acid and have no structural proteins. Other viruslike particles called prions are composed primarily of a protein tightly integrated with a small nucleic acid molecule.
Classification of virusesViruses are generally classified by the organisms they infect, animals, plants, or bacteria. Since viruses cannot penetrate plant cell walls, virtually all plant viruses are transmitted by insects or other organisms that feed on plants. Bacterial viruses are known as bacteriophages.
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Viruses and astrobiologyConceivably, complex combinations of molecules could exist on other worlds which, although not living organisms in any familiar sense, could behave like viruses given a suitable host. This would present a threat to humans and other terrestrial life-forms which would have no immunity to such alien infection. It was the reason that elaborate quarantine precautions were planned for the return of the first astronauts from the Moon. Even more care will be required when people first come into contact with Martian rocks and soil (see back-contamination).
The possibility that terrestrial viruses could mutate into dangerous, "alien" forms if subjected to highly ionizing radiation, such as that present above the protective blanket of the Earth's atmosphere, was exploited by Michael Crichton in The Andromeda Strain.
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 54, Chapter 5, Part 13, relative to the tourist-oriented directional signs (TODS) program.
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 54, Chapter 5, Part 13, is amended by adding the following language as a new appropriately designated section:
Section 54-5-13__. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the contrary, when there are two (2) or more competing applications for inclusion on a particular TODS sign assembly, the department shall award installation on such TODS sign assembly to the business from which the department first received a qualified application for such installation.
(b) If the department receives on the same day two (2) or more competing applications for a particular TODS sign assembly and such competing applications qualify for participation in the TODS program, the department shall award installation on such TODS sign assembly to the business with the greatest eligibility distance.
(c) Once the TODS sign of a business has been installed on a particular TODS sign assembly, such business shall have the right to renew such TODS sign notwithstanding the application and qualification of a business with a greater eligibility distance. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply if the business fails to comply with all applicable rules and regulations or fails to pay any applicable fees.
(d) No business shall be eligible to have a TODS sign on a particular TODS sign assembly if such business is greater than ten (10) miles from such TODS sign assembly. The mileage from the TODS sign to the business must be placed on such TODS sign, unless two (2) or more businesses which offer similar activities, features or opportunities have a single sign on such TODS sign.
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 54-17-109(B)(i), is amended by deleting the figures:
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text: |Northern Sheatfish (Silurus soldatovi),is freshwater sarcophagic fish with the gigantic body under the catfish family, Siluriformes order. They are naturally distributed in Heilongjiang river system and middle to bottom of Liaohe river system in northern China. Because of narrow distribution and low population, this species is being in imminent danger and is listed in red data book. They are not only valuable in natural ecology system and variety of aquatic animal, but also important in aspects of genetic and evolution. As the natural food compare to red meats for human, Sheatfish is high in protein, tasty as seafood, and beneficial to farm. The fast growth and durable to cold water temperature are the positive traits and bring scientist's attention that experts had already successfully hatched eggs to fries and reared in ponds. Its prospective economic value will be increased as the natural population climbed and proper monitored and controlled.The biggest obstacles for artificial hatching and early fries rearing are the high mortalities and fighting and killing each other. The survival rates are relatively low which affect the increasing rate of population. To find the solution of this problem, a serial of researches were undertaken in our laboratory, the results showed:1. morphology and structure of egg chorion and role on embryonic development of northern sheatfishThe surface ultrastructure of mature egg chorion of the tame northern sheatfish from Heilongjiang river was investigated by scanning electron microscopy. The outermost layer was composed of a thin lamella with a jelly coat. The surface of jelly coat was characterized by a overlapping net-like fibrillar lamellae, many clefts with bridges and pores. The pore canals were 0.25μm in diameter. The pore density was about 0.7-1.Oμm-2. The pores on the surface of jelly coat were distributed uniformly. Mature egg of sheatfish possessed a funnel-shaped micropyle at the animal polar region. The area surrounding the micropylar was about 0.04 mm2 in diameter with 3-8 ridges in radial arrangement. Fertilized eggs in which jelly coats were removed mechanically presented no adhesiveness and exhibited inlays of irregular granules on their surface. The relationships between surface structure and functions of egg chorine were discussed.2. Observation of tissues and organs of nutrition system during postembryonic early development of northern sheatfishUsing ultrastructural and tissue serial section techniques, postembryonic development of liver, pancreas and yolk absorption of northern sheatfish were observed. The results showed that larvae in about 2d after hatching in the heart behind a liver cell mass, gastrointestinal opened, it started to eat; in 3d liver cells gradually increased; in 4d liver lobulation. With the growth of larvae liver, pancreas development degree is also different. Pancreas development in 7d approximate adult. After hatching.4d after hatching yolk were all absorbed, liver volume increased, while there were simple intra-abdominal stomach and intestinal organs, the formation of the liver, stomach, intestine shape. The development of liver with yolk sac absorption closely related. In 8d larval external nutrition mechanism has been developed. In 16d liver tissue close adult. Feeding and sensory organ development with larval nutritional physiology function mutual adaptation, visual development early, formation time of chemical receptors such as taste, touch and jaw tooth basically the same.3. Digestive physiology and digestive enzyme properties of northern sheatfish(1) The activities of some digestive enzymes and alkaline phosphatase were investigated during the larval development of northern sheatfish Silurus soldatovi for 1-10 days age. The result indicated:the larva (about 2 days after hatch) of northern sheatfish had the upper activities of the alkaline protease and the alkaline protease activities achieved the peak value in the 5 days old, subsequently, the alkaline protease activity begined to decline; a low value of 8 days old again. The overall change was an upward trend. The acid Protease activity in the 1-8 days age was at a low level, increased rapidly after 8 days age. The amylase activity in the five-day-old reached the highest value, and after then began to decline to a lower level; the lipase activity changed large and showed two peaks appeared at 3-4 and 6-8 days old. The digestive enzyme activity and alkaline phosphatase activity of larva in feeding animal feed were higher than those feeding artificial feed. Throughout the early development process, the alkaline protease activity was higher than the acid protease, alkaline protease and amylase specific activity had decreased significantly in about 8 days old larvae of transition, while the acid protease activity began to increase rapidly, which indicated that the changes of digestive enzymes activity had relevant with digestive function converting during the development of fish larvae. Alkaline phosphatase activity had upward trend within the 10 days old, which indicated that the northern sheatfish gastrointestinal function had improved gradually.(2) Effects of temperature and pH value on the protease and amylase activities in stomach and intestinal canal were studied on average body weight 80.2±3.5g and average body length 19.4±1.7 cm of northern sheatfish. The protease activity was affected by pH value very observably. The optimum pH value of stomach protease was about 2.6,the optimum range was 2-3,the relative activity was 67.65±8.99 U/mg protein; The optimum pH value of intestinal canal for protease was 9.8-10.3, the relative activity was about 149.22±11.33 U/mg protein. The optimum pH value of stomach and intestinal canal for amylase were 6.0 and 6.5-7.0, the later relative activities were about 3 times of the former. The enzymatic activity affected by temperature was very observably too. The optimum temperature of stomach and Intestinal Canal for protease were 35℃and 40-45℃; the relative activities were 78.88±6.80 and 192.26±17.22 U/mg protein. The optimum temperature of stomach and intestinal canal for amylase were 45℃and 40-45℃, the relative activities were 11.77±1.98 and 16.52±1.62 U/mg protein. In the paper, the enzymatic activity of northern sheatfish was compared with other carnivores and herbivores.(3) The effect of feeding on the activity of protease、amylase and lipase in the main digestive organs of northern sheatfish was studied. The results showed that the activity of protease in stomach decreased after feeding, then increased and kept at a high level after 3h of feeding,which was 126.40±18.96 U/mg protein and presented a striking contrast to pre-feeding (P<0.05).But the activity of protease in intestinal canal increased all along and kept at a higher level after 4h of feeding, which was 70.68±9.87 U/mg protein. The effect of feeding on the activity of amylase indicated that the amylase in stomach decreased after 1h of feeding (P<0.05),then increased and kept at a higher level after 3h of feeding, which was 15.87±2.02 U/mg protein. Trend of amylase activities in stomach change appeared from low to high. The activity of amylase in intestinal canal kept at a higher level after 5h of feeding. At the same time, the results showed the activity of lipase in stomach changed quite acutely, which kept at a higher level after 3h of feeding, but the activity of lipase in intestinal canal changed slack. The effect to the activity of lipase in stomach by feeding was more distinct than the activity of lipase in intestinal canal. (4) Gastrin with proteolytic activity was isolated from gastric mucosa of northern sheatfish by salting out with ammonium sulphate of different concentration (optimum was 40% saturation) followed by gel chromatography on Sephadex G-75, which was purified 598-fold over crude extracts. SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis showed two bands, the molecular weight of which was 34.0 kDa and 40.4 kDa. Its dependence of temperature and pH was determined. The curves were not typically bell-like. The proteolytic activity maximum was at 27 and 40℃, and at pH 1.9 and 4.6, which suggested the existence of more than one kind of proteinase. Northern sheatfish is ferocious carnivorous fish, its stomach capacity is big, and digestion ability is strong. Purification of Pepsin enzyme of northern sheatfish is significant to understand the nature of enzyme and digestive function.4. Growth and behavioral characteristics in early development stages of northern sheatfishThe results of artificial domestication in pond cultivation of northern sheatfish larvae show that initial feeding took place 2 days after hatching; the correlation between body length and daily age is L=5.4558 d-15.425,R2=0.9395; between body weight and daily age is W=0.0012e0.5012 d, R2=0.9901 within the 19 days old, while W=4×10-5L2.6364, R2=0.9968 within the 45 days old; the correlation between body weight and body length is W=0.0122L2.8105, R2=0.9968. The growth equation conveys that the larvae tend to be isogony along with the development proceed. Cover with water plants in rearing is better. Semi-intensive culture mode designed in laboratory and pond could avoid the self mutilation, and the application of it could contribute a lot in the commercial cultivation of northern sheatfish in pond.


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Hundreds of Exhibitors, Services and Educational Programs, Free to the Public, Expected to Draw Thousands of Monroe County Residents
Senator Jim Alesi, continuing his efforts to bring free health services to local residents, will host his 22nd Annual Family Health & Fitness Fair, at the Dome Arena at the Fair & Expo Center in Henrietta. The Fair is open to the public Thursday, October 6th between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Parking and admission for the Family Health & Fitness Fair will be free of charge.
"Promoting community health for twenty years, I am proud again to host my Annual Family Health & Fitness Fair," said Senator Jim Alesi. "I thank all the health care professionals, vendors and sponsors for their continued support, and I am certain this year's fair will be a tremendous success!"
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This year's Family Health & Fitness Fair will offer flu shots for the upcoming cold and flu season. The shots will be provided by the University of Rochester Medical Center Flu Prevention Program. Although most local insurance providers are accepted, visitors are reminded to bring their insurance cards.
Attendees of the Fair will find a wide variety of free services offered by area health providers. In addition to flu shots, the Family Health & Fitness Fair will provide individuals with screenings and testings for high blood pressure, glucose, cholesterol, and hearing, and much, much more. Those professionals and visitors that attend the Family Health & Fitness Fair will also have the opportunity to participate in a number of educational seminars, presented free-of-charge by local physicians and health care professionals.
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"For LeRoy Carhart to mention the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who worked through peaceful and non-violent means, in the same breath with that of George Tiller, whose work ended peace and brought violence to babies in the womb, is offensive beyond belief," Dr. Alveda King, pastoral associate of Priests for Life, said in a statement. "The analogy is just wrong."
Carhart said there was "absolutely no difference in putting a cross in front of a person's home because of what race they belong to than there is putting a cross in front of our homes because we do abortions," the Times quoted him as saying.
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Carhart also called on the government to treat all activities by "anti-choice domestic terrorists" as hate crimes.
"Dr. Carhart also speaks of hate crimes," added Dr. King. "I would simply ask him, is it not hateful to regard an entire class of people as non-human because they're unwanted?"
"The message of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was that every human being has equal dignity. LeRoy Carhart and every other abortionist violate that message every time they dismember a baby. The comparison is ridiculous," Rev. Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life, said in a statement.


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The drive is not big enough to hold the full distro. Is there any possible way that a <4GB installation could be released?
It installs to a 2gb thumbdrive fine, but when I run Ubiquity from the "liveCD" it tells me the installation will likely fail if I continue with it on my 4gb ssd.
Do a custom partition scheme in the installer. Make it one big partition with NO swap partition. Works just fine that way.
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I tried that but I still get
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to be sad that we are not going to get women bishops?(147 Posts)
Yes... whenever you get a 'WWJD' the answer you get is usually 'what would I do if I had the same clout'. Man ( in the genderless sense) makes god in his own image and - despite being a probably real historical person, tries to do the same for Jesus. Here's a thought experiment...suppose you have a christian who's somehow skipped Matthew 8.28-36, Mark 5.1-20 and Luke 8.20-34. Paint a scenario where your walking along in the countryside and meet a naked man who lives in tombs who says he's posessed by demons. WWJD? I'd stake large odds that no-one who hadn't read the story would come remotely close to what is supposed to have happened. It doesn't in any way fit with our 21st century sensibilities.
roger - I've heard that sort of thing with the rules about pork, or shellfish - it's not healthy to keep pigs in hot climates, and shellfish goes off fast.
I agree, lots of it must be quite practical. And lots of it is just beautiful writing. It's just such a huge patchwork of different things.
grimma - yeah, I can imagine!
Ring social services.
I've got to say, I find possession/demons one of the hardest things to imagine people believing, ever, though I know they did (and people still do).
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The Diocese of Canterbury
The Right Reverend Trevor Willmott
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Dear Colleagues
The open door
You will no doubt have heard that the General Synod of the Church of England voted yesterday against the Measure to allow women to be ordained as bishops. Although the Measure was passed in the House of Bishops (44 for, 3 against, 2 abstentions) and the House of Clergy (148 for and 45 against), the vote in the House of Laity (132 for and 74 against) narrowly missed the required 2/3 majority required in each House. In essence, another 6 votes in the House of Laity and the headlines this morning would have been very different.
Many of my fellow bishops have already expressed their deep disappointment at this decision, and many more people across the church and beyond are saddened and confused at the rejection of what seemed to so many to be a reasonable, if imperfect, way forward. Many are doubting their vocation, and even their faith, within a church whose decision making body could now appear so out of touch with both the majority of its members and the wider society it seeks to serve. My heart goes out to all those who are saddened by yesterdays events and particularly those women whose ministry is such an important, a fundamental part of the life of the church, and who had hoped so dearly to be affirmed in their vocation.
One of the readings set for Holy Communion today, from the Revelation to John, begins
I looked, and there in heaven a door stood open!
I believe that the door to women being bishops is open and cannot now be shut. The clear majority of the Church of England demands it, the people of this country expect it, and I believe that the Holy Spirit yearns for it. There will be women bishops in the Church of England and I hope and pray that the wait will not be a long one.
The vote yesterday was not a no to women bishops, but it was a no to the proposed Measure as it stands. The House of Bishops meets in two weeks time and will be considering the way forward; I ask for your prayers for me and my colleagues in this work.
In the Diocese of Canterbury, women in ministry are valued and appreciated widely. As Bishop, I have consistently assured those who find the episcopal or priestly ministry of women difficult, that there will be a place for them, which respects their convictions.
My door is open to those who wish to talk to me about this. My thoughts and prayers are with all those across the Diocese who feel the effects of this decision deeply. And I would echo Archbishop Rowans words: It is still your church. Not mine, not Synods, but yours. Your voice matters and will be heard. Its important not to give up.
The door is open. We will, and we must, go through it together.
With my prayers and best wishes,
Bishop Trevor
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So the bible, unreliable. Leviticus, some sensible bits, some lunacy. Infection control good, stoning for wearing mixed fibers bad. So you find the bits in it that support your view points, whilst jumping through mental hoops to reconcile the god of love with HIV infected babies.
Can someone please explain to me the difference between obeying some bits and not others as compared to just using your brain to decide on a set of rules and behaviors that make the world a better place? I'm not attacking anyone personally but I can't understand why thinking, sane adults can't see the word "bullshit" in twenty foot high flaming letters whenever confronted by religion.
I think it would be great for the CofE to reissue the Bible with just the bits they agree with, and maybe add a bit about gender equality and an up vote for the gays or something. Possibly drop the god bit and get on the communal singing, community building and charity work that actually does some good.
I'll shut up now, I feel bad for contributing to derailment of this thread away from the original point.
YABU to be just 'sad'. I'm seething.
Couldn't care less what churches want to do amongst themselves but they should not be exempt from the law of the land.
Maybe now we can finally get the Cof E out of our schools and legislative bodies though.
Have not read thread so sorry if I'm repeat linking but petition Here seems like a good start.
'Can someone please explain to me the difference between obeying some bits and not others as compared to just using your brain to decide on a set of rules and behaviors that make the world a better place?'
Why should there be a difference?
I suspect that rather than it being a vote against women bishops it was an expression of anger by many of the laity at Rowan Williams and his leadership of the church and a final outgoing 'bloody nose' personally aimed at him rather than anything specific to do with women bishops.
I reckon if the next chap is a more popular Archbishop he will have no problem getting it through. It's Rowan Williams unpopularity which has caused this.
BB - if that was the motivation (I've no idea) that would be all the more shameful. Responsible organisations don't make decisions out of pique.
but I can't understand why thinking, sane adults can't see the word "bullshit" in twenty foot high flaming letters whenever confronted by religion
I am 120% with you here.
The bible is a "book of stories" You only have to look at what tribesmen still do in some parts today, they tell stories.
Those who believe the bible stories are mighty powerful though. They keep us in line by letting us know exactly which taxpayer-funded schools our children are entitled to attend in our local area. I suppose we should count ourselves lucky they let women be teachers.
Another great post House. What power huh.
oh thank you
But it's an effective strategy by the church, in some areas, anyway - grab the middle classes by the balls by holding their kids' education to ransom.
That and a lot more besides
Religion is based on control always has been always will be and guess what, women should still know their place. We are allowed to go so far to shut us up don't you know.
It's the worst form of a "gentlemans club" I've ever come across.
Except that on this occasion the gentlemen already in the club - the bishops - voted overwhelmingly to let women in. It's a bit more complicated than you're suggesting.
I'd say that the bishops had a firmer grip on the PR implications than a dedication to sexual equality, but maybe that's just me being cynical.
I'd even go so far as thinking that letter is a crock of shite.
When are you going to realise poor that it's an "Establishment" run by men for men totally dressed up in finery and pomp. Everything about religion stinks of inequality for women.
whilst im on a roll here the "church" is a very rich establishment that owns so much property in England it's laughable yet it/they profess to help the poor? come on now, how damn hypocritcal is that?
One more thing. Everytime I pass a church I laugh when there's a sign out there saying "help us fix our roof" In my head I say "fix your own damn roof"
and breath phoenix breath
and I believe that the Holy Spirit yearns for it.
That's quite an interesting point, as the Holy spirit, called the Shekinah, is female in Jewish and Qabbalastic system.
Yes yabu, you should be absolutely livid, not just sad.
I'm not religious but also fuming at this decision and feel really sorry for the people who have campaigned in favour of this. Back to the middle ages we go? What is hilariously ironic is that the Head of the C of E is in fact, a woman!
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A thread to rejoice, laugh, cry, complain and every other emotion in between about the wonderful unpredicatableness new england weather. LIke how it can be 90 degrees one day and a blizzard the next. No body does weather like New England. =)
Also if you haven't read it yet be sure to check out Mark Twain's speech about new england weather:
I particularly like this line, Every year they kill a lot of poets for writing about "Beautiful Spring." These are generally casual visitors, who bring their notions of spring from somewhere else, and cannot, of course, know how the natives feel about spring. . .
mud season. . . black fly season . . .
rainy season...cold and wet for months and months
Oy...yesterday really warm out...was sweating with my hat and scarf.
This morning snow and wind and cold.
I really wish the weather would make up its mind. lol
Living in Mattapoisett, MA as a teenager, I wondered why our spirng came a week later than Marion which is only one town away. I also wanted to have more winter down there on Buzzards Bay: snow in Boston & north frequently was just rain in Mattapoisett; and the cranberry bogs seldom froze over to permit ice skating.
Whe my Navy stepfather was reassigned to Massachusetts in 1960, we found that the weather forecasting in Eastern New England was much more extensive than what we had in Jacksonville, FL. And the forecasters had new England accents and sounded knowledgeable!
I think that many forecasters get their start in new england. then when they get run out of town by the locals because they just can't seem to predict the unpredicatable they move to those areas of the country where the weather follows a steady pattern.
Can't tell you how often I hear my local weather man saying there is a slight chance of rain, with a slight chance of sun and then maybe slight chance of snow in the later part of the day.
It's so funny to me - as a new transplant to NH - to hear people say all these things. "Welcome to New England!" they say, when I complain about any bit of weather.
It's funny because it's the same thing everyone says where I'm from, in Michigan. "Welcome to Michigan!" they say, when any newcomer complains about any bit of weather. The city I grew up in has drastically different weather than the surrounding areas, especially the cities just south of it - they'd have a foot of snow and we'd have an inch, if any, that sort of thing.
I lived in Michigan also, Detroit, mostly. Detroit is considerably less snowy than the rest of Michigan. The Upper Peninsula (UP) is vastly different from the rest of the state.
Coastal new England is quite a bit different from the interior. And Mount Washington has a deserved reputation for having disconcerting weather most days of the year.
Certainly the weather of coastal Massachusetts is different than the interior and higher elevations, but I grew up on the coast of Maine and it seemed that we got as much of snow, ice and below freezing temps as the interior of that part of the state. In the summer, I know we were a bit cooler because of the breeze off the ocean.
I was thinking of Buzzards Bay, when I mentioned New England winter weather. More like the winters of Long Island where I now live than Maine.
"I hear we're getting some weather this week."
Is there any other region where the noun "weather," unmodified by anything, always means "trash weather"?
I'm as happy to whine about our climate as anybody else. But in fairness, we don't have it so bad, compared to, uh, Buffalo. Or Winnipeg. (Never been there, but the stories I've heard are frightening.) I'm just curious about that turn of phrase.
People often say some variation of that in Michigan, so yes :) I can't speak for anywhere else.
I was in Buffalo for the Blizzard of '77. It was a hum-dinger - shut the city right down.
I often just go to an on-line source like weatherunderground and NWS (NOAA). I check out the fronts and forecast myself. NE weathermen are accurate if they are forecasting about 12 hours in advance. Of course, with regards to predicting inches of snow, they frequently make mistakes. Who can blame them, who can predict accurately.
Sometimes we really, really want accurate predicitons. When I lived in Indianapolis (1993-97), we really wanted to know what block-face in the next 20 minutes, the next tornado was going to drop down to.
I am sure people would have liked even an approximate knowledge like that in 1953 in Worcester, Massachusetts. There is a book about the event, "The Worcester tornado" which happened June 9, 1953. This is about the 55th anniversary of the sorrowful catastrophe (I was a kid in Rhode Island at the time).
In case you've been wondering about why it got dark out:
My first experience of a Northeast blackout was in 1965 when the grid went down. I was in upstate New York at the time. We had never had blackouts when I lived in Massachusetts.
This posting doesn't merit its own thread, and I think "darkness" is a kind of weather.
vpfluke (16), I have vivid memories of riding around Worcester looking at the damage. I am surprised to hear that I was about nine at the time. Tornadoes were supposed, then, to happen somewhere else.
There was a tornado in Greenfield, New Hampshire when I was living up there (must have been the 90s). I was coming back from a class at Keene State, it was pouring and the sky was the oddest color. I hurried home (to Francestown) just behind the tornado which bounced up and down from south of the Keene area to Greenfield (backside of Crotched Mtn). The next day, the kids and I took a drive around the mountain (we lived on the other side). The storm chopped the top half of the trees off in a path up one side of the mountain - a very strange sight.
I lived in Springfield, Mass at the time in 1965 and I do remember the blackout back then. The whole east coast was out.
Everything in the east went out in 1965 except the MBTA in Boston, as its antique electrical generation system was not tied into the grid. Because of the positive memory of this, it took years for the T to get its power at much lower rates from Boston Edison.
November 9, 1965. I was reading Eight Cousins when the lights went out.
It was my father's birthday. He'd just opened this little vacuum gizmo that was supposed to suck up all the green gunk and fish poop in his fish tanks. My mother told everyone the blackout was a Communist Conspiracy. Ah, those were the days.
are you talking about the monsoon that's going on today there avaland?
I'm tired of the thunder storms...normally I love storms...but twice this week they've been responsible for setting off the fire alarm in my apt building.
The first time it was 2 AM! Happened again last night but fortunately it was 9 PM.
Well, after the 3rd snowiest December on record, winter has kind of lost steam here in New England (except you all in Northern Maine). Bit o' a bust for us all, eh? Of course, there's still a good month to go....
And we're getting fake snow days – that non-storm from last week. It'll be interesting to see if everyone will leave early if there's another storm coming, or if the Little Storm that Cried Wolf means everyone will stay at work/school until they see a blizzard.
>28 sonyagreen: yeah, my husband took a fake snow day for that one.
Lots of rain, and ridiculous amounts of wind. Lights were blinking on and off here a bit on Saturday, but they never actually 'went out.'
I know LI isn't part of NE, but they had gusts of 65+ MPH at Kennedy Airport on Saturday.
I guess I should be thankful that all this rain wasn't snow!
On Long Island in Bellmore, we lost electric power for about 12 hours -- there were people who had much longer sieges. Also shingles off the roof, but no trees down really close to us (i.e. under 1/4 mile).
I heard yesterday that the temperatures in Boston have been normal or above normal for six weeks straight (of course, the change came last night).
8.5 inches of rain for that last big storm. We have one very tired sump pump. Luckily, though we abutt wetlands, we are not near any streams or rivers.
cabegley in CT said her parents stayed with them for several days until their power came back on (at least the temperatures were above freezing!)
This has been one really odd Winter for us in Northern CT. The shoreline and even NY City got much more snow than we did. Our weatherman was referring to it as The Snow-nut Hole. I don't think we're behind on precipitation, though. We had some torrential rains.
Not sure what to expect for the rest of Spring. I did kill a mosquito in my bathroom yesterday! That's a first for March. Now I'm hoping we get enough of a frost to kill off the skeeters tonight. On the other hand, I don't want it to hurt all the Peepers that have hatched!
Seriously, snow-nut hole? Actually, I love the pun, for the city that runs on Dunkin.
I couldn't believe I woke up to snow this morning, after being out in the sunshine yesterday.
Oh, Spring!
And not just any snow! Icky, sodden snow, the kind that melts on contact with the ground, or, say, your coat! And don't forget the 25mph winds! Bleh.
See? Still in the snow-nut hole here. We got rain and then sun. No snow. (For which I am thankful!)
#35 - Yes, seriously! http://www.courant.com/news/weather/hc-ct-weather-hartford-snowfall-0227,0,40043...
>34 clamairy: snow-nut hole! LOL!
I woke up today and it was 30 degrees and rainy. My roomate says "at least next weekend it'll be 80 degrees!"
thats new england.
No snow here (Southern NH) since maybe February. Its been rainy, cold, windy, but no snow. I am grateful.
Saw that Lake Winnipesaukee has its ice out as of March 24th. I think its the earliest ever.
>40 FicusFan: It doesn't seem the winter was cold enough to get some really thick ice.
Well, the rain bucket says 5 3/4 inches from this last storm. Sounds like all of RI is afloat.
I just signed the closing papers for my condo in Cambridge. FEMA has declared our (and many other) counties as flood disaster zones. I had to sign a form saying I was OK with whatever the level of water in my basement. (There was no water, thank goodness.)
Apparently, starting in a day or two, you have to get a re-inspection if you're buying, because of the flooding.
At least it's supposed to let up now. Good new, because I think RI is about to disappear.
That was one heck of an occluded front, draped over the East last Wednesday, from FL to ME. The map was covered with big "Ls". That was more lows than a night at a Blues Club.
It's long gone and this weekend is beautiful!
>42 sonyagreen: And we get an extra month to get our taxes in because of the disaster zone declaration! (I'm in Middlesex county).
btw, congrats on your new condo!
>43 Sandydog1: It was indeed (even if the backyard was still quite soggy)
Oh, we must be really dead if none of us got here to post about the...BLIZZARD OF 2010!!!!! Of course, most of us had to dig out and keep the hatches battened down...
Oh, you mean that steam train noise I heard for 2 days straight? 'Seems to have quieted down some.
We held out National Audubon Christmas Bird Count on Sunday, December 26 and walked off the job around 12 pm. To paraphrase Dave Chapelle, "Bird people are crazy!"
>47 Sandydog1: that definitely sounds a bit crazy. (thanks, you remind me that i need to put some of the feeders back up)
We're having a one-day thaw -- thermometer is inching up to 50ish..... but just for one day, so I can stand it.
My Monday flight was canceled thanks to the GIANT BLIZZARD (is it just me, in my neighborhood, or was it more like just a big snow?) but we got tickets for later in the week and got to have a staycation AND a vacation.
Since I've lived here, every big snow has been accompanied by some above 32 weather, which I appreciate. Boston weather is so polite.
Good to see you posting, sonya!
We had that nice warm-up over the weekend, but then it got cool again. We're expecting 3-6 inches of snow here in CT today and tonight. Just enough to make staying home seem very inviting.
Bracing for another foot of snow on top of our existing feet of snow.
>52 sonyagreen: We got it! The snow is mid-thigh deep now in the back yard. One more storm and the birds will be able to walk to the bird feeder! We are the notorious "north and west of Boston" area. I must be adapting in some ways, I didn't even check the French Toast alert level this time.
>51 clamairy: Clamairy, what did you end up with? I know cabegley got a foot down in Norwalk.
Weather forecast for the next two days (as seen on a friends Facebook page)
I know in reality that's a hilarious map, but it just makes me want to sob. The snowbanks are up to the windows on the parking meters here in Watertown (MA). There is literally no where else to put the stuff. Uncle!
Yeah, I'm not thrilled about the foot and a half that's forecast for the next day or two in southern NH either. I already can't see around the corner at intersections! When I get a new car (within the next couple of years, when my 17 year old car goes kaput) I have to remember to get something that handles snow better.
>55 Irisheyz77: OMG, too funny!!
Well, today was another 8-9 inches (metrowest Boston). My poor husband is having an even more difficult time getting around the house to rake the roof...
Can't wait for tomorrow! *snort* I'm on the computer all day doing Belletrista but I have plans to bake a lovely coffeecake (no better way to survive a snowstorm).
I can actually see some grass! I cannot BLEEPing believe it! Granted there are only a few scant patches peeking through the ice/snow crust. But still... it's a start!
Edited to add: We need a group picture, avaland! Please, anything but a New England snow scene...
>61 clamairy: done! I've left the authorization open for all members to contribute pictures - New England-related, of course.
I thought I would see lawn through the hole that the sump pump water has carved into the snow, but, as it turns out, the end of the pipe is over a piece of slate at the edge of my garden! Soon, though.
Just got our power back after the latest weather adventure. Two of my children have homes in New Hampshire and they are still without power.
For days, all I had was my iphone to play on....tap, tap, tap, tap...
My sister in Harvard, Mass, still didn't have power late last night (along with everyone else, at least in Still River). She sent me an email from an internet cafe in Acton.
My sister in Concord never lost power (only 20% there did lose power). She said that Maynard went completely dark, but Stow did relatively well. And she heard that Weston had major problems.
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