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Core activities contribute to the conduct of comparative effectiveness research through the Effective Health Care Program and to the continuing development of an infrastructure to sustain and advance these efforts. These activities make up the integrated components of a national comparative effectiveness program in the United States—the first coordinated comparative effectiveness clinical studies program in our Nation's history (Go to Figure 1).
To ensure the relevance of the research to those making health care decisions, stakeholders are kept involved in all core activities, at every stage of the research process. These core EHC activities are described here.
Some of the richest topics for comparative effectiveness research will likely be found at the frontier of new therapies that hold great promise but entail uncertain benefits and risks. Therefore AHRQ is in the process of establishing a horizon scanning program which is expected to begin operations in the fall of 2010. EHC researchers will scan the horizon to track emerging clinical interventions and investigate how these new interventions are likely to fit into current care pathways. These include important issues such as costs, possible risks, factors that may affect outcomes, and the availability of appropriate facilities and training.
Identification of evidence needs is a central, recurring activity that drives research and dissemination throughout the Effective Health Care Program. In order to gain the widest perspective into what questions need to be answered, all stakeholders are encouraged to identify and suggest topics for research, including consumers, clinicians, policymakers, and other decisionmakers. Research suggestions from all sources and all topic nominations are posted on the EHC Program Web site at http://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov. These suggestions are reviewed by AHRQ staff, based on a series of questions:
Evidence needs are also identified through issue forums, where stakeholders are brought together to discuss specific clinical areas and identify the most pressing questions of evidence. Finally, both evidence synthesis and evidence generation reports (described below) identify future research needs as part of the research process. In the case of Comparative Effectiveness Reviews, this includes a formal engagement with stakeholders to prioritize gaps identified during the review of research.
Evidence synthesis is a rigorous, systematic research process that adheres to explicit, scientific methods to analyze and summarize the existing scientific evidence on a specific topic. These methods are designed to reduce bias and allow research investigators to incorporate large amounts of information from different sources, while focusing on objective analysis and interpretation. The EHC produces two types of evidence synthesis reports, Comparative Effectiveness Reviews (CERs) and Technical Briefs, depending on the nature and amount of evidence available for synthesis:
Comparative Effectiveness Reviews are summaries of available scientific evidence that compare the benefits and harms of treatment options. CERs are designed to provide decisionmakers with accurate, independent, scientifically rigorous information for comparing the effectiveness and safety of various health care options. CERs have become a foundation for decisionmaking in clinical practice and health policy because they provide more reliable and less biased answers than individual studies. The EHC updates CERs if new information becomes available and the topic is still of high clinical importance.
A technical brief explains what is known—and what is not known—about new or emerging health care tests or treatments. Technical briefs provide an overview of issues related to emerging technologies or clinical interventions. Technical briefs generally focus on interventions for which there is limited published information, or too few studies to support definitive conclusions. The briefs provide objective descriptions of the state of the science, potential frameworks for assessing the applications, implications of the interventions, summaries of ongoing research, and identification of future informational needs.
All evidence synthesis reports are produced by the Evidence-based Practice Centers (EPCs). For more information on the EPCs, see the AHRQ Web site at http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/epc/ or the EHC site at http://www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/index.cfm/who-is-involved-in-the-effective-health-care-program1/about-evidence-based-practice-centers-epcs/.
If there is not enough evidence to answer an important question, the Effective Health Care Program may sponsor new research. Original research reports are based on clinical research and studies that use health care databases and other scientific resources and approaches to explore practical questions about the effectiveness and safety of treatments. The reports are derived from studies of actual patients in clinical settings and are based on scientific methodologies. New research reports can focus on the comparative effectiveness, appropriateness, safety, and/or outcomes of health care services or treatments. They are produced by AHRQ grantees and researchers in the DEcIDE (Developing Evidence to Inform Decisions about Effectiveness) Network and the Centers for Education & Research on Therapeutics (CERTs).
The DEcIDE Network is comprised of research-based health organizations located throughout the U.S. with access to electronic health information databases and the capacity to conduct rapid turnaround research. DEcIDE research focuses on the outcomes, comparative clinical effectiveness, safety, and appropriateness of health care items and services, particularly prescription medications and medical devices. The CERTs program is comprised of research centers, each focusing on broad therapeutic themes relating to the optimal use of drugs, biologics, and medical devices. CERTs generally focus on areas where comparative information about the risks, benefits, and interactions of new and older treatments is limited. In addition, AHRQ has begun to invest significantly in investigator-initiated research through grant mechanisms. More information about ongoing grants and grant opportunities may be found at http://www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/index.cfm/comparative-effectiveness-research-grant-and-arra-awards/.
All research reports are available on the AHRQ Effective Health Care Program Web site, http://www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov. Many reports are available in Spanish and audio formats. Free printed copies are available by calling 1-800-358-9295.
AHRQ has a strong and long-term commitment to bridging the gap between research and practice by translating and disseminating findings on the comparative effectiveness of interventions for different audiences, including consumers, clinicians, and policymakers.
Summary guides translate complex scientific information into short, plain-language publications for use by decisionmakers. The information in the summary guides can be used to assess options and help make informed decisions. Summary guides are developed for three targeted groups of decisionmakers—consumers, clinicians, and policymakers. They are designed to assist in the evaluation of benefits and risks of health care interventions and services. Summary guides are available in both written and audio formats, and many are available in Spanish. The summary guides present information about:
The John M. Eisenberg Clinical Decisions and Communications Science Center translates scientific reports into different summary guides, each tailored for practical use by consumers, clinicians or policymakers. New types of summary guides are developed as the need is identified. The Eisenberg Center is developing continuing medical education lessons and examinations, slide sets for use by medical faculty, and electronic decision aids for clinicians and patients/consumers. Podcasts will also be developed to facilitate Web dissemination of EHC information. AHRQ also supports investigator-initiated efforts in translation and dissemination of EHC program products. All completed reports and summary guides, as well as many reports in progress, are available on the EHC Web site at http://www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov.
AHRQ builds the capacity for comparative effectiveness research by providing support to institutions to boost their intellectual and organizational capacity for larger-scale programs, and by providing for fellowship training opportunities. AHRQ funding supports the career development of clinicians and researchers on the doctoral level, who focus their research on the synthesis, generation, and translation of new scientific evidence, and on the development of analytic tools for comparative effectiveness research. The goal of this training and development activity is to increase the Nation's research and methodological capacity for conducting and improving the quality of systematic review, retrospective studies, and clinical trials in comparative effectiveness research, and to develop data sources and other aspects of the research infrastructure.
The Effective Health Care Program gathers stakeholder input through the Stakeholder Group and the Citizen's Forum.
The EHC Stakeholder Group provides input to improve program quality and impact among users. This volunteer panel, which has included consumers, practicing clinicians, researchers, policymakers, industry representatives, private and public health care purchasers, and other health care leaders, brings unique experiences and perspectives to the table. The Stakeholder Group provides feedback on concerns such as program transparency, quality improvement of products and processes, types of products that will be most useful to health care decisionmakers, dissemination and implementation issues for EHC Program findings, and report content.
The Citizens' Forum is an initiative funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to expand and systematize citizen and stakeholder engagement in AHRQ's comparative effectiveness research initiative (award anticipated in July/August 2010). The Citizens' Forum will develop and demonstrate deliberative methods and tools for obtaining informed public opinion as an input to decisions related to the conduct of comparative effectiveness research, as well as the application of research results in policy and practice.
As part of its activities, the Citizens' Forum will provide support for the Effective Health Care (EHC) Program Stakeholder Group, consistent with Section 1013 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA), which mandates broad and ongoing consultation with relevant stakeholders in AHRQ's comparative effectiveness research program. The Citizens' Forum will facilitate Stakeholder Group meetings, manage logistical requirements, improve methods and opportunities for stakeholder engagement, and work with the EHC program components to expand stakeholder involvement in EHC research processes and activities.
In addition to the formal involvement of stakeholders described above, the Effective Health Care Program offers many opportunities for stakeholders to get involved at all stages in the research process. This helps ensure that the program responds to the issues that are most pressing for health care decisionmakers and in ways that are accessible and useful. This is the subject of the next chapter.
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Artists like Merritt often profess an aversion to popularity -- they fear the compromises, the pressure, the fickle tastes of a mass audience. But Merritt takes little satisfaction in the cult status he has attained. He craves popularity on a mass scale and is so confident in his ability as a songwriter and as a producer that he truly believes it can and will happen. ''I work hard on being both interesting and popular,'' he says, ''and I don't see that there's a conflict between them.''


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Video: A look at Newport's history
Here are some more details about the guests and events featured during Monday's Olympic road show in Newport.
Cocke County Partnership Chamber of Commerce
The Cocke County Partnership Chamber of Commerce is a joint effort between Cocke County and Newport to promote the community and make it a better place for residents to live and tourists to visit.
For more information about the Cocke County Partnership Chamber of Commerce or upcoming events, visit their website.
Del Rio Song Writing Contest
Del Rio will host its second annual song writing contest on Sunday, October 28 during the Del Rio Days - Fall Color Festival. The competition begins at 2 p.m.
Prizes are awarded for audience favorites and the judges' choice.
The first place prize for the audience favorite is $500, second place is $200 and third place is $100.
The prize for the judges' choice award is a new Breedlove acoustic guitar.
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SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) - At least two suspects tried to break into a Marin County juvenile detention facility in what investigators believe was unsuccessful attempt to free a teenager accused of stealing a celebrity chef's Lamborghini, authorities said Friday.
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Two former Border Patrol agents were found guilty Friday of smuggling hundreds of people into the U.S. in Border Patrol vehicles.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Mitt Romney's campaign says the presumed Republican presidential nominee will announce his running mate Saturday morning in Norfolk, Va.
ST. LOUIS (AP) - American nuns described as dissenters in a Vatican report that ordered an overhaul of their group said Friday they will talk with church leaders about potential changes but will not compromise on the sisters' mission.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A former FBI director recommended Friday that the Justice Department investigate whether several lawyers plotted to corrupt the settlement program designed to compensate victims of BP's 2010 Gulf oil spill.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - As a gigantic wildfire in and around Yosemite National Park entered its fourth week Saturday, environmental scientists moved in to begin assessing the damage and protecting habitat and waterways before the fall rainy season.
NASA's newest robotic explorer rocketed into space late Friday in an unprecedented moonshot from Virginia that dazzled sky watchers along the East Coast.
The ghastly images reveal rows of the dead, many of them children, wrapped in white burial shrouds, and survivors gasping for air, their bodies twitching, foam oozing from mouths.


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PARIS--Coming from Sarah Palin, it sounded like the ultimate folly: U.S. taxpayer money funding a study of fruit flies in Paris, France. But scientists jumped to the defense of the work that the Alaska governor and vice-presidential candidate derided as wasteful on 24 October during a speech in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The studies, actually carried out at a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) laboratory near Montpellier, 750 kilometers south of Paris, may help protect California olive trees from a serious pest, scientists say.
In a speech about her running mate John McCain's policies on children with disabilities, Palin condemned so-called earmarks, congressional mandates to spend money on specific projects. "You've heard about some of these pet projects, they really don't make a whole lot of sense and sometimes these dollars go to projects that have little or nothing to do with the public good," Palin said. "Things like fruit fly research in Paris, France. I kid you not." In a video of the speech, somebody can be heard snickering in the audience.
Palin's example came from the Web site of Citizens Against Government Waste, a private group claiming to fight government mismanagement that awarded Representative Mike Thompson (D-CA) a "French Kiss Off Award" in April for obtaining $211,509 for research on the olive fruit fly (Bactrocera oleae). As some bloggers were quick to point out, recent results from studies on other fruit fly species may help scientists understand autism, a disease Palin mentioned in her speech because her nephew has it. But the Thompson earmark is for the European Biological Control Laboratory (EBCL), administered by USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS), which studies ways to control invasive species in the United States by using their natural enemies.
California had been blissfully free of major olive pests until the olive fruit fly turned up near Los Angeles in 1998. Today, it's a "huge economic problem" around the state, says entomologist Frank Zalom of the University of California, Davis. Most growers now protect their crops with insecticides. Releasing a natural enemy might provide an alternative; it would also help protect olive trees in gardens and along roadsides that don't usually get sprayed, Zalom says.
So far, EBCL has identified at least six natural enemies of B. oleae, says ARS entomologist Kim Hoelmer, who started the olive fruit fly studies while at the Montpellier lab between 1999 and 2004. In lab tests, one parasitic wasp from southern Africa called Psyttalia lounsburyi appeared able to control populations efficiently and to attack only the olive fruit fly. It has recently been introduced in several areas in California and has brought down fly numbers by as much as 96%, says Kevin Hackett, national program leader for biological control at ARS headquarters in Beltsville, Maryland.
To fight invasive insects, Hoelmer says it's important to be able to study them over the long term in their native habitats--in the olive fruit fly's case, the Mediterranean region and Africa. That would be impractical for U.S.-based researchers. EBCL's predecessor opened in France a century ago to study the European corn borer, which had just crossed the Atlantic Ocean. The lab also serves as a base for expeditions to scout for insects' natural enemies.
Hoelmer says that he believes he could convince anybody, including Palin, that his work is worthwhile. But as a government researcher, he can't comment on political speeches. Zalom can. "This kind of stuff always drives me nuts," he says. "It's a total lack of understanding of the importance of research."
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HGTV to Launch Magazine with Hearst
First issue slated for Fall 4/07/2011 09:22:16 AM EasternHGTV said it partnering with Hearst Magazine to test a new magazine based on the cable channel, with the first issue appearing in the fall.
HGTV Magazine will focus on lifestyle themes and feature the network's on-air talent offering tips, tricks and expertise in areas including real estate, decorating, home renovation, gardening, entertaining and food.
The first issues will arrive at newsstands in October. A second test issue is planned for January 2012. Based on the test issues, Hearst and HGTV will decide if consumer interest merits a full-scale launching in 2012.
HGTV parent Scripps Networks Interactive and Hearst already work together on Food Network Magazine.
"We're encouraged by the enormously positive response Hearst and our parent company, Scripps Networks, have received with Food Network Magazine," Jim Samples, president of HGTV, said in a statement. "We expect that HGTV's collaboration with Hearst in the form of a lifestyle publication will resonate with our millions of viewers, as well as with new consumers who are passionate about their homes and the lives they live in them."
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Neither Steve Jobs nor antidepressant television ads would exist without Thomas Edison. Edison took the serious science of invention and pumped it full of old-fashioned American hucksterism until it exploded into the capitalist bonanza that it is today. Actor Roy Stanton doesn't look like Thomas Edison—he's tall and skinny and bald—but he's a perfect window into Edison's soul: a smiley, slimy showman who begins banging out a ragtime tune on a piano whenever anyone starts talking about things like ethics.
Bone Portraits is the story of how Edison took Wilhelm Roentgen's discovery, the roentgen ray, and transformed it into the much sexier X-ray (note the mysterious name), a marketing process Edison blithely refers to as "making it American." At the beginning of the 20th century, Americans everywhere took photos of their bones and gawked at things they never thought they'd be able to see. "We live in a time where we know all that there is to know," a woman pants as she wanders around the Chicago World's Fair. Another woman talks about buying lead underwear for modesty's sake.
America's mad rush to embrace the X-ray without understanding its cancerous side effects is fertile ground for metaphor, of course. (Do you seriously think your cell phone isn't going to riddle your brain with tumors?) So it's more than a little odd that Deborah Stein's script chooses to belabor an addiction theme as Edison's assistant—Adam Davis, earnest and handsome—becomes hooked on... looking at the bones of his hand? (Worst dialogue of the play: "What's wrong with your hand?" "I can handle it!")
It's equally odd that Live Girls!, "a theater company dedicated to producing and developing new works by women," is producing a play with such notably weak female leads. All the juicy scenes are devoured by Stanton (whose Edison carries a fried chicken leg in his pocket at all times) and the promising young Jason Franklin, who nearly steals the show as a quietly dismayed Roentgen and a flatulent, moronic vaudevillian. Poor LaChrista Borgers and Shawnmarie Stanton are diminished to support staff by Edison's monumental ego, and the issues that concern their characters—America's obsession with novelty and compulsion to embrace spiritualism—are upstaged by the production's mad rush for entertainment.
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What more are you looking for, Verily?
Live Girls! has produced wonderful plays with male leads and wonderful plays with female leads (and wonderful work with male and female ensembles, like last year's Love Person). This is a play with several wonderful male leads. But it fairly abandons the actresses to the few wisps of script meant for them. Usually Live Girls! does a better job with their incidental female characters, making them real and whole. They kind of drop the ball here in that department.
There are a lot of challenges facing women in theatre (and, well, the world). Under-representation in the writerly ranks is a big one, as is the question of stage time and meaty roles, like you bring up, Paul. No organization can be dedicated to working on all angles of this continuing social question at all times, nor should they be expected to.
But, good news! There is, in fact, a theatre company in town dedicated to plays with strong leads for women! Macha Monkey Productions (http://www.machamonkey.org/) (full disclosure, I also work for them!).
Thanks for bringing this conversation into the open, everyone. It's a useful one to have.
Also, Edison didn't want to change the name from Roentgen Ray to X-Ray to make it "sexier." Roentgen himself coined the term X-ray and refused to allow it to be named after him despite the requests of the scientific community.
Of course everyone experiences life through their own filters, and has their own biases, but what separates quality reviews from ones like this one is the writers ability to suspend his or her own assumptions and reservations in order to perceive a show for what it actually is.
It also seems that you have misunderstood (or maybe just misrepresented) the theater company's mission statement.


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Marissa Alexander's Free? Not So Fast, Says Judge.
Despite having been granted a new trial in September, Marissa Alexander will have to wait until the New Year to find out if she will be freed on bail.
Alexander had been sentenced to 20 years for firing a warning shot into a wall during a fight with her husband, whom she alleged had abused her.
During a hearing yesterday, the judge declined to rule. Her lawyers had argued that she should go free because her ex-husband Rico Gray has demonstrated that he isn't in fear of her, and was even texting her, asking for sex, after the incident when she fired the warning shot.
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Marissa Alexander's attorneys argued in a Jacksonville, Fla., court Wednesday that she should be granted bond pending trial because there is no longer animosity between her and her ex-husband.
The state, however, said she should remain incarcerated.
Judge James Daniel said he will likely not rule until another pretrial hearing scheduled for Jan. 15 because of a backlog of cases, WJXT TV in Jacksonville reported.
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During a hearing Wednesday to determine whether Alexander should get bail while awaiting a new trial, her attorneys said she received texts from Gray asking if he could keep having sex with her. This happened after Alexander's second arrest involving domestic violence against Gray and after a judge ordered her to stay away from him.
The text is important because it demonstrates that Gray is not afraid of his estranged wife, and if he isn't in fear of her, there's no reason for Alexander to remain in jail, said attorney Bruce Zimet.
As previously reported, an appellate court ruled that during Alexander's trial, the judge had made a mistake when shifting the burden to Alexander to prove she was acting in self-defense. He told the jury that she had to prove she was being battered by Gray, but the appellate court ruled that the prosecution had to prove Alexander was not acting in self-defense.
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Power Moves! Black Women Fastest-Growing Entrepreneurs In The U.S.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going is an affirmation that has always applied to Black women and a new report released by the Center for American Progress has the numbers to prove it.
Despite continued racial disparities and inequities in healthcare, education, politics and unemployment, Black women are the fastest-growing entrepreneurs in the United States, starting businesses at six times the national average.
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White, Anti-Gay Republican Wins Local Election After Pretending To Be Black
A white anti-gay activist won a local election after leading voters to believe he is African American.
Dave Wilson, who unsuccessfully ran for Houston mayor in 2011, narrowly won a seat on the Houston Community College Board of Trustees after pretending to be black in his predominantly African American district
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New Documentary 'The Trials Of Muhammad Ali' Spotlight's Boxing Legend's Life In Chicago (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
Much is known about Muhammad Ali's triumphs as a boxer -- "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee," The Heavyweight Champion of the World, "The Greatest" -- but a new documentary focuses on the trials he endured as well.
"The Trials Of Muhammad Ali," the latest documentary from Chicago-based Kartemquin Films ("Hoop Dreams," "The Interrupters") explores the boxer's life as he was transitioning from Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. to Muhammad Ali -- much of which happens during Ali's time living in Chicago.
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Director Bill Siegel ("The Weather Underground") was inspired to create this new documentary on Ali having done research for another Ali documentary, "Muhammad Ali: The Whole Story."
Siegel said in a recent interview "Trials" explores a part of the Ali's life that's often glossed-over in sports documentaries, the exile which he calls "the most important period of his life."
(Read Bill Siegel's full interview with Chicagoist.)
Ali met both his first wife (to whom he was married just 18 months) and his second wife, Khalilah Ali (nee Belinda Boyd) in Chicago.
Ali's second wife, a Chicago native born into the Nation of Islam (she changed her named after their marriage in 1967) was a deeply influential figure in Ali's life despite being almost a decade younger when she married him at age 17.
As "Trials" follows Ali's life from a Kentucky boxing champ to a follower of Nation of Islam leader, Elijah Muhammad, to his battle with the U.S. government over his conscientious objector status that ultimately led to the Supreme Court.
In addition to revealing an intimate look at Ali's life living in Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood, "The Trials of Muhammad Ali" mines long-forgotten slices of the legend's past (including his stint as a college speaker and the star of the Broadway play, "Buck White").
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Richard Overton Is Nation's Oldest Living Veteran At 107
Richard Overton (pictured) must have done quite a number of right things in his very long life because at 107 years young, he still has a sober mind, walks without a cane, drives a car, and is so healthy, he doesn't even need to take one pill! Last Thursday, the World War II Army veteran was honored at an Austin, Texas, pre-Veteran's Day event honoring him and another veteran, Ken Wallingford, 65, who spent 10 months in a tiger's cage as a Vietnam prisoner of war, according to the Houston Chronicle[1].
Overton was lauded for his contributions as a WWII soldier who served in the South Pacific. The more than 100 attendees gave the vet a standing ovation as he was given a box of cigars. "I've gotten so many letters and so many thank yous, and I enjoy every bit of it, but I'm still going to enjoy some more," said the centenarian who is meeting with President Barack Obama[3] on Monday for breakfast then a wreath laying.
After the Bastrop County, Texas, native left the army, he first worked a stint as a furniture salesman then switched gears to become an employee for the state in the Treasurer's Office.
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Source: International Journal of Technology Management, Volume 4, Numbers 4-5, May 1989 , pp. 407-410(4)
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In this paper, presented to the "Licensing in Europe" Conference, 23‐24 June 1988, London, the author looks at the special characteristics of finance for licensing and franchising. In particular, he describes the arrangements and policies of the National Westminster Bank (UK) for licensee finance, and the special requirements for retail operations.Keywords: MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS; Policy and Organisational Management; Technology Management
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Sandra Bullock is putting the kibosh on tabloid suggestions that George Clooney might be making the moves on her.
The Sun published a photo of the pair from the Venice Film Festival premiere of their new movie Gravity, saying that George was "making eyes" at his co-star.
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WOORNDOO and Simpson are all but certain to join an expanded South West Cricket division one competition this season.
The two clubs this week nominated to play in the top grade, lifting the number of competing teams to 11.
They join Mortlake, Pomborneit, Terang, Noorat, Cobden, Heytesbury Rebels, Camperdown, Bookaar and Boorcan chasing the flag.
SWC secretary Grant Myers said the association would confirm the make-up of its grades at a meeting on September 25.
He said officials were happy to accommodate Woorndoo and Simpson, adamant "the more teams in division one, the better".
"We're not going to cap it at 10 and say 'bad luck, you blokes were the last ones to nominate, you're out'," he said.
"We want sides to put their hands up. They know what they're in for.
"It would've been different if we were playing two-day cricket, we could've been doing a cap.
"But because it's one-day cricket, you might have a washout and a bye, it's only two weeks." The top grade nominations reflect two clubs looking to strengthen themselves for years to come.
Simpson has played in divisions two and three with young cricketers the last five years.
But those players are in their early and mid-20s now and are ready to take on the SWC elite.
Simpson president Wayne Green said the club would play division one for the first time in 12 years. "We started with a group of players six or seven years ago that were 16-year-olds and they've played together the whole time, working their way up," Green said.
"We went back to division three, then division two. They're 23 and 24 this year. We think it's time for them to take the next step.
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Green said the experience of opening batsman Phil Vines would be crucial in the Tigers' fortunes.
He said the club was still chasing a couple of experienced batsmen to shore up the middle order.
Green was appreciative SWC officials had faith in what the club was trying to achieve.
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Woorndoo, meanwhile, has likewise battled away in divisions two and three but has reportedly recruited well during the off-season.
A lack of players forced the Tigers to withdraw their division two side midway through last season, while the division three side finished bottom.
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I visited Tablas Creek late last week while I was in the area for the annual Hospices du Rhône event in California's Paso Robles. Tablas Creek was a pioneer when it started in 1989, planting Rhône varieties at a time when there were none in the area. As Paso Robles has grown into one of California's leading Rhône grape regions, Tablas Creek has grown as well. But despite being a high-profile joint venture (between the Perrin family, owners of the Rhône's famed Château de Beaucastel estate and the Hass family, owners of Beaucastel's American importer, Vineyard Brands), Tablas Creek hasn't been a splashy, sudden-rise-to-fame winery. Instead, it's grown steadily and quietly into one of the leading California Rhône producers.
Bob Haas, 83, is now in the third installment of a long career in the wine industry: He's gone from retailer to importer and now producer, working along with his son Jason, 36. The pair manages the winery, located down a winding road on the west side of Paso Robles, on wind-swept hills that bring a bracing, chilling breeze.
When I arrived at Tablas Creek, accompanied by Marc Perrin, the breeze was especially knifing. Neal Collins, the in-house winemaker, was talking with Jason about the frost they'd had the night before. Despite its warm reputation, the west side of Paso Robles has wide temperature swings from day to night, and in the early part of the growing season, frost is always a danger. Luckily it wasn't severe and damage was minimal at most. In the accompanying video, Jason Haas details one of the ways Tablas Creek works to prevent frost damage, collecting the cool air that pools at the bottom of the various hillsides and then dispersing it up into the air to gain a precious few degrees of warmth. It's one of the tricks the team at Tablas Creek has learned as they've adapted to the vagaries of the 120-acre property (approximately 100 acres of which are under vine).
After purchasing the old alfalfa and cattle pasture for their vineyards, the Haas and Perrin families set about doing things as they had been done in the Rhône, and they were met with quite a bit of skepticism.
Tablas Creek is just a stone's throw away from its sister winery.
"We planted close [vine spacing] when no one planted close. We pruned shorter and we planted varieties no one was using. And everyone said we'd get frost every year, which we did," said Bob Haas with a chuckle. "No one thought we'd make it—but we did."
Those varieties—Syrah, Mourvèdre, Grenache, Counoise, Roussanne, Marsanne, Grenache Blanc and Viognier—were all new to the area. And the owners used cuttings brought over from the Rhône Valley to propagate for their new estate. That meant quarantine (to make sure the material was not virused) and a long and tedious process of propagating budwood and then grafting it over onto phylloxera-resistant rootstock. (Watch Bob Haas show the original vine material planted on the property, as well as the grafting procedure, in another of today's videos).
It took time as the vineyards were planted at various points through the '90s and early part of this decade, and there was a learning process as the vines matured and the Tablas Creek team figured out what worked and what didn't, both in the vineyard and the winery.
"Most people talk about temperature as the biggest difference between the west side and east side of Paso Robles," said Jason Haas. "But it's not as big a factor moving east/west as it is moving north/south. Really we found that soils and water were the biggest difference."
The property is located on a rare strip of limestone, similar to the Beaucastel property back in the Rhône, that lends needed acidity to the grapes as they ripen during the season. But while the soil has proven to be an ideal spot, temperature does play a role nonetheless.
"Over time, we found it was still a little too warm for Viognier and Marsanne to be on their own, though they do well in blends. But some things wound up outperforming our expectations—Grenache Blanc and Mourvèdre have done great," said Jason. "Basically it's cooler here than the Southern Rhône, but the growing season is longer. We're usually harvesting Mourvèdre into November, and that's really been beneficial for the grape, since it's such a late-ripening variety."
"We also started probably wrongly with double cordon, because that's what was done in California," said Bob. Today there's a gradual shift to more head-pruned vines at Tablas Creek, though Bob noted, "We do need a higher trellis than the typical bush vine to protect against frost." The result is a system of vineyard management that blends practices of both the Rhône and California.
"We modeled ourselves on Beaucastel in the beginning. That was the whole idea for the wines we wanted to make," said Bob. "But we had to adapt as we went along. We realized you couldn't just come in with California-only or Rhône-only methods since it was both a new area and new varieties."
The property initially began with all-American vine material, and early vintages made from those vines didn't live up to Haas' hopes. "They were lighter and softer," said Bob.
But those initial 6 acres are now down to two, and they're dwarfed in terms of percentage by the French material that has been propagated over the years for the rest of the property.
"The idea wasn't to plant all American material, but we did want to learn and check things as we went along. We always assumed the French material would be better," said Bob.
The learning process has taken place in the winery as well as the vineyards, as the initial plan of one red and one white wine has now expanded into a portfolio of more than a dozen offerings, most of which are sold directly from the winery.
"In general I think we made most of the right decisions up front—viticulture, and so on," said Jason. "But thinking we could just make one red and white each, from varieties that weren't really well-known at the time, was not the right guess. In the past five years though, there's been a big shift in consumer interest to Rhône varieties, luckily."
Today, Tablas produces an average of 16,000 cases a year, more in bigger years, though recent frost- and drought-affected years have seen less. There are now 25 acres of Mourvèdre, 16 acres of Grenache and 14 acres of Syrah leading the way, with numerous other varieties as well. And there's been additional experimentation as well—Tannat and Vermentino, two non-Rhône varieties, have also been planted. There are another 15 to 20 acres of leased land slated to be planted, and production could eventually top out at about 22,000 cases per year.
Collins has been a winemaker at Tablas Creek since 1998. Despite having no formal winemaking background, Collins had been in the area for 15 years before joining Tablas Creek, and that hands-on experience has proven to be a benefit.
"We felt confident at the time about what the vines needed and that we could handle that," said Jason. "But we needed someone with a strong connection to the area and we got exactly that with Neal."
Today, the Tablas Creek wines show better density and precision than in earlier years. They're not at all bombastic, nor are they overtly lean and minerally. They show a nice combination of the two ends of the spectrum, with supple textures, pure fruit, and long, fine-grained finishes. The reds in particular are developing a solid track record of ageability. After touring the vineyards, we tasted through verticals of the winery's top two wines. As the wines were not tasted blind and with winery representatives present, there are no scores.
For the Esprit de Beaucastel red, varieties are fermented separately and then assembled based on the quality of the various lots. The wine is aged in foudre (large neutral oak vessels) prior to bottling.
Tablas Creek Esprit de Beaucastel Paso Robles 2000 (35 percent Mourvèdre, 26 Syrah, 25 Grenache and 14 Counoise). The first vintage for this wine. Mesquite, dried cherry and incense aromas and flavors, with minerally sanguine notes that frame the finish. Nice dash of peppered saucisson sec on the finish. Drink now through 2011. Note: There was no 2001 Esprit red due to a hard frost, particularly on the Mourvèdre.
Tablas Creek Esprit de Beaucastel Paso Robles 2002 (57 percent Mourvèdre, 27 Syrah, 10 Grenache and 6 Counoise). This shows more ripeness, polish and drive, with black and blue fruits laced with sweet spice, tobacco and iron. Tannic but integrated. "2002 was not a great year for Grenache," said Jason, as it was a dry but not particularly warm year. Drink now through 2015.
Tablas Creek Esprit de Beaucastel Paso Robles 2003 (50 percent Mourvèdre, 27 Syrah, 16 Grenache, 7 Counoise). Nice sappy kirsch fruit with a vibrant, tangy edge. Lots of crushed red currant, Damson plum and dark cherry fruit too. Minerality is there but more buried as the fruit is still primal and bright. Fresh finish. Drink now through 2013.
Tablas Creek Esprit de Beaucastel Paso Robles 2004 (50 percent Mourvèdre, 27 Syrah, 17 Grenache, 6 Counoise) Very pure and racy, with Damson plum, cherry and loganberry fruit. Tangier than the 2003, with invigorating spice and mineral notes on the still-fleshy finish. Solid guts here. Drink now through 2015.
Tablas Creek Esprit de Beaucastel Paso Robles 2005 (44 percent Mourvèdre, 26 Grenache, 25 Syrah, 5 Counoise). Dark and winey, with blacker fruits—currant, cherry and blackberry—laced with mesquite and iron. Shows the Mourvèdre component more, with a loamy edge driving through the finish. Still a touch tight too. Best from 2011 through 2016. 2005 was a wetter year, with cooler temps but an earlier spring, following three years of drought. "So the grapes spent forever on the vine, as budbreak was two weeks early and then we picked into November," said Jason
Tablas Creek Esprit de Beaucastel Paso Robles 2006 (45 percent Mourvèdre, 28 Grenache, 22 Syrah, 5 Counoise). Very juicy and pure with lovely kirsch and blackberry fruit laced with hints of shiso leaf, tobacco and incense. Dash of black tea on the polished, well-integrated finish. Very long, and approachable now, but should cellar well too. Drink now through 2016. "The Grenache has gotten better every year, which helps the flesh of the wine and gives a brighter tone," said Jason, of the increased Grenache content in the more recent blends.
Tablas Creek Esprit de Beaucastel Paso Robles 2007 (44 percent Mourvèdre, 29 Grenache, 21 Syrah, 6 Counoise). Tangy but well-packed with serious red currant, dark plum, fig and iron notes that are rounded and integrated, but still tightly drawn together. Serious grip. For me, clearly the best vintage yet. Best from 2011 through 2020. The start of another drought cycle of vintages here, according to Jason, but the wine shows better definition and depth versus earlier drought vintages. "We've learned to pull the juice off its skins before it's totally dry and then let it finish. There's no need to let it sit on the skins when it's already 13 alcohol, particularly with Grenache," said Bob.
For the Esprit de Beaucastel Blanc, 2001 was the first vintage and it has been made every year since. Varieties are fermented separately, with the Roussanne and Grenache Blanc aged in foudre; other varieties in demi-muid and stainless steel, prior to blending.
Tablas Creek Esprit de Beaucastel Blanc Paso Robles 2002 (70 percent Roussanne, 25 Grenache Blanc, 5 Viognier). Ripe and showy, with apricot, peach and tangerine notes. Still very bright, with a rounded, almond-tinged finish. Has a buttery streak, but not heavy. Drink now. "Because of the cool nights and limestone, we have really good acids," said Jason. "Yes, there's more sugar, but there's more acid, so with the richer varieties it works really well with the weight of the wine."
Tablas Creek Esprit de Beaucastel Blanc Paso Robles 2005 (70 percent Roussanne, 25 Grenache Blanc, 5 Picpoul). Racier, with quinine, lemon zest and honeysuckle notes up front, followed by hints of white peach, heather honey and blanched almond. Nice driven finish. Drink now through 2012. Just the second vintage since dropping Viognier from the blend and adding Picpoul, and it shows in the racy profile.
Tablas Creek Esprit de Beaucastel Blanc Paso Robles 2007 (68 percent Roussanne, 22 Grenache Blanc, 10 Picpoul). Quite ripe and round, with apricot and clementine fruit caressed by salted butter and heather honey notes. Long, juicy finish has a nice combination of weight and precision. As with the red, this was also the best vintage of the vertical, and should age nicely. Drink now through 2014.
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Mark Reinman — NJ — May 4, 2010 11:22am ET
Great blog James! I've been curious to read some more extensive notes (like these) from you on the California Rhones. Do you have plans to visit any of the other Rangers' vineyards, or was Tablas Creek just a happy accident that coincided with your travels?
I'm looking forward to seeing where the 2007 Esprit de Beaucastel goes in the future; my wife and I have tried two bottles so far and, while it's delicious already, it's so packed with potential!
James Molesworth — Senior Editor, Wine Spectator — May 4, 2010 12:00pm ET
Mark: Glad you liked it.
No, this was just basically a one-off, as I am not in California that much. I did try quite a few Rhône varietals from California wineries that were pouring at the Hospices du Rhône however, including good stuff from Stolpman, Wind Gap, Arnot-Roberts and Jaffurs...
If you have not been to the annual Hospices du Rhône event, I suggest you consider it - seminars during the day and walk around tastings in the afternoon. It has a very casual feel, there are lots of producers on hand from around the world and Paso Robles likes to at night...
Mark Reinman — NJ — May 4, 2010 4:27pm ET
Thanks for the advice, James. Unfortunately, as a fellow denizen of the east coast, I suspect the liklihood of my making a visit is rather unlikely -- especially at this time of the year. My wife and I are, however, in the midst of planning an anniversary trip to Chateauneuf (our first time there) this summer, and I expect we'll be relying rather heavily on your blogs, especially for restaurant recommendations! Any "don't miss" suggestions for first-timers in the southern Rhone? We hope to set up a few visits to some of our favorite domaines while we're there as well.
But back to your blog... were there any Jaffurs bottlings that you found to be especially memorable?
James Molesworth — Senior Editor, Wine Spectator — May 4, 2010 4:47pm ET
Mark: I really can't play favorites by recommending you visit some wineries versus others. Just see who you like and always call ahead. You can run through my blogs as well as the cover on Châteauneuf from a couple years back.
The only sad new is that La Mère Germaine has closed, but the owner has moved to a spot in Orange and kept the wine cellar...
I'm sure you'll have a good time!
As for Jaffurs, I got to try an '01 Thompson Vineyard Syrah from magnum, which was really solid. Fun to try too, since that's the same vineyard I made my own Syrah from...
Mark Reinman — NJ — May 4, 2010 5:53pm ET
I meant restaurant recommendations, actually! I'd never ask you to play favorites with the wineries. We'll be sure to call ahead though; many thanks for the heads up on that.
In the meantime, I'll keep my eyes open for that Thompson's Vineyard.
James Molesworth — Senior Editor, Wine Spectator — May 5, 2010 7:08am ET
Mark - ah, restaurants...yes, several recommendations in my blog for those...I like Restaurant Alonso in Sourgues...L'Oustalet in Gigondas is very good too (the Perrins recently took it over)...Le Tourne au Verre in Cairanne is a good lunch spot - excellent wine list...Auberge de Cassagne for a little higher end dining, with a nice garden...
Mark Reinman — NJ — May 5, 2010 9:22pm ET
Thanks very much for the suggestions, James. They all sound great! Here's hoping the actual trip rivals the excitement of our planning it...
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