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Another Sign That The Apocalypse Is Upon Us
Did you miss me? I didn't think so….
The NHL has hired the consulting firm responsible for the content and tone of Al Gore's failed presidential campaign to do "promotion and public relations".
So stop complaining that the NHL doesn't do enough to promote their product to the general public – because it's about to get much, much worse……
"It's been said that people in hell want ice water – if that's all they want, maybe they deserve to be there." – Andrew Vachss
Hockey is no longer fun: From a true hockey hero
According to TSN.ca, oldtimer Guy Lafleur has said hockey is now boring, and guess what, I kind of agree.
Anson Carter in Montreal?
I have heard from indirect sources that a sports radio station (i believe Team990) have announced that Glen Sather has been in discussion with Montreal GM Bob Gainey about an undisclosed trade.
Hawks & Islanders set to deal?
TSN is reporting that the New York Islanders are looking to dump even more salary and trade Mark Parrish to the troubled Chicago Blackhawks. Rumour has it they are looking to include Eric Cairns in the package as well. Hawks GM bob Pulford said that Wiemer was a part of a bigger deal that would have been done, but it hinged on Wiemer clearing waivers, which didn't happen. No word on who may be returning to the Island. The Isles fans cant be happy about this sudden penny pinching tactics. If the Isles are looking to deal Hamrlik, then will look to Cairns to take some of that ice time, and doesn't make sense trading him for salary purposes at only $900,000. Hamrlik, Niniima & Aucion were all among the top 10 in ice time last year and the coach Steve Stirling was looking to ease the load on them by giving Cairns more ice time. So what is Mad Mike up to in Long Island? Stay tuned to see what develops.
Oates is an Oiler!
TSN.ca is reporting that the Edmonton Oilers have signed 41- year-old free agent centre Adam Oates has agreed to a one-year contract. General Manager Kevin Lowe says the decision to sign Oates came after it was determined that centre Marty Reasoner would be lost to the team for up to a month with injuries to both his ankle and his knee.
In the most recent news from Edmonton, the San Jose Sharks are showing apparent interest in Mike Comrie. It has been reported that Comrie would go to San Jose in exchange for Johnathon Cheechoo and another Minor league defenceman. This could happen within in next few days.
Devils weekly recap/Retirement game for DANO announced
Devil of an opportunity; Dano retirement party
The MantaRay Devil report November 12, 2003
(From the swamps of Jersey)
Say it ain't so Joe
Bruins captain Joe Thornton is fed up. Fed up with some current tactics in the NHL. So fed up, he may be considering retirement.
Bad Habits Forming?
More "Post-It Notes", but I promise not to bait Red Wings fans (yet)…
Isles cost cutting to begin
According to the Post (not Brooks) and other sources, due to the lagging attendance this year, the Isles will be looking to cut some salary. It has been rumored that either Hamrlik or Parrish would be the one to go, but as I have said before, that would be a shock.


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ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Hawks on Friday entered a painfully early start to their offseason of uncertainty.
After advancing to the second round of the playoffs three straight years, the Hawks were eliminated in the first round with Thursday night's Game 6 loss at Boston.
Atlanta's players, bleary from lack of sleep, were told by coach Larry Drew in a final team meeting on Friday morning they should be proud of winning 40 regular-season games despite losing All-Star center Al Horford for almost the full season.
The attempt to place a positive perspective on the 2011-12 season was accompanied by urgent questions about the team's future.
Drew and general manager Rick Sund are in the final years of their contracts. Nine players are free agents, leaving only the five starters and backup center Zaza Pachulia signed for next season.
Drew said he doesn't know how Sund's uncertain status might affect his situation. The team could pick up its option year on Drew's contract, work out a new deal or seek out a new coach.
"I don't know. I've never been in this situation before," Drew said Friday. "I'm new at this."
Drew is 84-64 in two regular seasons and 8-10 in the playoffs.
Drew had to scramble as Horford missed 55 games after undergoing surgery for a torn left pectoral muscle. Pachulia missed the Celtics series with a chipped bone in his left foot, forcing third-stringer Jason Collins to start the first four games.
Horford returned as a backup in Game 4 and started the last two games.
"I just like how we had no quit in us," said forward Josh Smith. "We were resilient. Even when Al went out with his injury, we stayed positive and stayed confident."
Jeff Teague and other players said Friday they hope management keeps the team together.
"Hopefully everybody comes back," Teague said. "It's a great group. I think we all got along pretty well. We would like another crack at it."
Smith matched Joe Johnson for team-high honors with his 18.8 points per game in the regular season and tied for 12th in the league with 9.6 rebounds per game. Teague, in his first full season as the starting point guard, emerged to average 12.6 points while leading the team in assists and steals.
Smith can be a free agent after next season. He said Friday he plans to play out his contract "and see how it goes from there."
"All I know is I have one more year on my contract so I'll definitely be here," Smith said. "I'll be going into the offseason to better myself and do whatever I can to improve myself and help this team.
"Whatever happens in the offseason, hopefully it is beneficial to this team."
Among the team's free agents will be Collins, guard Kirk Hinrich, forward Ivan Johnson, and several veterans who were added last year and during the season: Tracy McGrady, Jerry Stackhouse, Vladimir Radmanovic, Willie Green, Jannero Pargo and Erick Dampier.
Sund attended Friday's team meeting but did not speak with reporters.
Drew said he complimented the players for remaining poised while losing Horford, Pachulia, Collins and others to injuries during the season. Despite the early exit in the playoffs, Drew called the season "great" and "phenomenal."
"It was a very tough season but we endured it and we dealt with that adversity in a very professional manner and had a great season," Drew said. "Unfortunately the playoffs didn't go quite the way we wanted them to but still I thought we had a phenomenal season and I told the guys how proud I was of them, the way they handled themselves, the way they dealt with all the situations.
"I've seen teams go the other way but our guys dealt with it in such a mature manner and really came out and played and didn't make excuses."
Drew insisted the Hawks are close to being ready to advance deeper into the playoffs.
"As I told the players, we're knocking at the door. We really are," he said.
Johnson said the loss in the first round of the playoffs did not mean the team had regressed.
"No, it didn't feel like a step back," Johnson said. "I thought everybody was pretty much giving what they had. It was tough. We played pretty much the whole season without Al. It was unfortunate but we somehow managed to give ourselves a chance."
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When a male contestant told Steve Harvey, the host of 'Family Feud' his answer, no one thought it would actually be on the board.
When a male contestant told Steve Harvey, the host of 'Family Feud' his answer, no one thought it would actually be on the board.
I'm upset with someone I've known for more than 20 years, a longtime colleague and, I thought, friend. I've been insulted and betrayed by CJ. He has called my character, toughness, and masculinity into question.
This baby goat video may be the funniest video you see today. This cute screaming baby goat may single handedly bring back the popularity of the screaming goat videos.
Let's be honest: the real reason to watch the news is to see the bloopers. We don't know when they'll happen, but when they do it's like winning the lottery.
A video of a five-year-old explaining why he can't have three girlfriends is making the rounds on the internet with over 3 million views.
If there is one person on earth who knows how to rattle my chain better than anyone, it's JayCee. Check out what he did to my brand new radio before I even had a chance to take it out of the box it arrived in.
These Iranian women are having a blast in the front seat of their vehicle laughing and singing, there is only one problem...they forget to drive.
Well, you've graduated. Congratulations! Now, what?
You thought school was tough?? You ain't seen nuthin' yet
OMG you will love these parrots! They sound like women laughing!
When I walked by an office at KTDY and saw a coworker with her head in the refrigerator, I had to whip out my phone to video the explanation. Guys may not understand.
Happy Cinco de Mayo Acadiana! Before you head out to your Cindo de Mayo celebrations all over town tonight, beware, there might be an evil pinata waiting to ruin your night!


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The Muslim community in Australia should not feel targeted by the Federal Government's proposed expansion of anti-terrorism laws, a Muslim academic says.
Topics: terrorism, security-intelligence, defence-and-national-security, laws, law-crime-and-justice, australia
A data retention system that captures numbers without capturing web addresses would not be workable - here's why.
Topics: internet-technology, security-intelligence, laws, federal-government
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Proposed anti-protest laws have drawn demonstrators to a union-organised rally outside the Tasmanian Parliament.
Topics: laws, law-crime-and-justice, unions, government-and-politics, federal---state-issues, hobart-7000
A petition has been tabled in State Parliament calling for legislation to be amended to enable an inquest into the death of a central Queensland man in 2012.
Topics: activism-and-lobbying, workplace, state-parliament, states-and-territories, laws, clermont-4721, mackay-4740, rockhampton-4700
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The ACT Government has moved to change the law after a key ruling on the inquiry into the conviction of David Eastman for killing assistant AFP Commissioner Colin Winchester.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, laws, canberra-2600, act
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Queensland will not introduce a register for convicted sex offenders after a private member's bill was voted down in State Parliament.
Katter's Australian Party MP Shane Knuth introduced the bill on Wednesday night, which mirrors legislation in Western Australia.
It would have allowed the Police Commissioner publish information on the state's most dangerous and high-risk sex offenders.
Topics: sexual-offences, state-parliament, minor-parties, activism-and-lobbying, laws, brisbane-4000
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Attorney-General George Brandis struggles to explain how web browsing history will be involved in the new data retention laws in an interview on Sky News.
Topics: laws, government-and-politics, federal-government, internet-technology, australia
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The former watchdog of Australia's national security laws says he is seriously concerned about plans to make it illegal to travel to certain areas without a valid reason.
Topics: security-intelligence, defence-and-national-security, federal-government, terrorism, laws, law-crime-and-justice, australia
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The Opposition Leader Bill Shorten says the Abbott Government has only temporarily retreated from changing Australia's race hate laws.
Topics: discrimination, laws, federal-government, race-relations, australia
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We may soon see metadata recording on an unprecedented scale within Australia, and privacy and liberty activists are rightly concerned.
The problem is this: knowing that someone might be watching makes us act as if someone is watching.
We don't know who could be watching, or when, or what exactly they would be able to see. And when we lose control over the flow of information about us, we lose a part of ourselves as well.
Topics: laws, security-intelligence, telecommunications, information-and-communication, internet-technology, federal-government
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Tony Abbott talks about tougher measures to fight the threat of homegrown terrorists.
Topics: federal-government, laws, terrorism, australia
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More Queenslanders are applying for firearms licences, according to new figures obtained by the ABC.
Documents released under Right to Information laws show a steady increase in gun permit applications with more than 170,124 individual licence holders currently in possession of 566,427 firearms across the state.
The figures also show there are 49 people - excluding police, military and dealers - with more than 100 firearms each, up from 32 people in 2013.
Last year the number of gun licence applications increased by 30 per cent with 45,870 permits issued.
Topics: activism-and-lobbying, laws, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, qld
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Prime Minister Tony Abbott insists plans to change racial discrimination laws are "gone", admitting he knew the Government's backflip would upset the laws' loudest critics.
Mr Abbott on Tuesday said he made a "leadership call" to abandon changes to section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act as they were a "needless complication" in the Government's relationship with the Australian Muslim community.
He confirmed the backdown while announcing the second tranche of legislation to toughen national security laws to combat home-grown terrorism.
When asked on Wednesday if he had given any guarantees to people who want the laws repealed that he would try again in the future, Mr Abbott responded: "It's off the table - it is gone. It's disappeared."
Topics: discrimination, laws, law-crime-and-justice, federal-government, government-and-politics, australia
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Queensland's Wild Rivers legislation has been repealed in a move the Government says will give locals more say on what level of protection is given.
The 13 rivers in Cape York and in the state's western Channel Country will now be protected under the new Regional Interest Planning Act to prevent inappropriate development going forward.
Labor, scientists, and environmentalists, however, worry the environment will suffer under the changes.
Topics: rivers, environmental-policy, environmental-management, environment, states-and-territories, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, activism-and-lobbying, laws, cairns-4870, mount-isa-4825, longreach-4730, toowoomba-4350, qld
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Defendants charged with serious offences in NSW will find it harder to receive bail after the State Government announced changes to the state's controversial Bail Act.
Under the proposed law, a defendant assessed as an "unacceptable risk" would be refused bail.
Premier Mike Baird said the proposed changes, in response to community concern over the release of a number of high-profile defendants, would help ensure the safety of the community.
But former NSW director of public prosecutions Nicholas Cowdery QC criticised the changes, saying defendants deserved a presumption of innocence.
Topics: laws, state-parliament, nsw, sydney-2000
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Opposition MPs and Nauru's ex-Chief Justice have welcomed the country's appointment of three new judges to its Supreme Court, but have expressed concerns about the independence of the judicial system.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, laws, government-and-politics, nauru, pacific
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The Victorian Government is putting neglectful parents on notice with new laws designed to make it easier for foster carers to become permanent carers to the state's most vulnerable children.
The parents of children placed into state care will have to prove within a year that they can properly care for their children or risk their children being placed into permanent care with other families.
The ABC can reveal that the Napthine Government will introduce new laws into Parliament today which are designed to reduce the reliance on residential care places for the state's most vulnerable children.
The move comes after the ABC revealed shocking details of the sexual and physical abuse of children in residential care.
Topics: family, family-and-children, child-care, child-abuse, laws, family-law, vic
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Republicans in the United States House of Representatives have voted to crack down on Central American migrants, including unaccompanied children, who are flooding to the border with Mexico.
Topics: laws, immigration, children, government-and-politics, foreign-affairs, united-states
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Community legal services in the ACT have warned they are facing hundreds of thousands of dollars in shortfalls due to federal funding cuts.
Three Community Legal Centres and Legal Aid ACT are facing a collective shortfall of more than $500,000 over the next year.
Genevieve Bolton of the Welfare Rights & Legal Centre has told 730 ACT the services are already struggling to keep up with demand.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, family-law, laws, community-and-society, australia, act, canberra-2600
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A new law to stop jurors researching defendants during trials could be introduced after an aborted manslaughter trial in Western Australia.
Topics: laws, courts-and-trials, perth-6000
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Attorney-General George Brandis has confirmed the Federal Government is planning to make it illegal to promote or incite terrorism.
He says he wants to broaden laws which ban the promotion of specific terrorist acts, to include the promotion of terrorism generally.
The move comes after police said they had warrants for the arrest of two Australian Islamic State fighters (pictured) following the posting of gruesome photos online.
The Government says there is increasing concern about the possible threat posed by around 160 Australians who are currently fighting with Islamist terror groups in the Middle East.
Topics: federal-government, laws, law-crime-and-justice, terrorism, government-and-politics, unrest-conflict-and-war, australia
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With five months left until commercial solariums are completely banned in Queensland, the Cancer Council is now urging all state and territory governments to ban home solariums too.
Topics: health, skin, cancer, skin-cancer, regulation, business-economics-and-finance, laws, law-crime-and-justice, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, health-policy, qld
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High-profile broadcaster Derryn Hinch has met with Queensland's Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie to persuade him to adopt a public sex offenders register.
Mr Hinch has a petition signed by more than 150,000 people supporting the move.
A spokesman for Mr Bleijie says it is too early to say whether the State Government will support the idea of a register.
However, child protection campaigner Hetty Johnston says a register would likely drive sex offenders underground.
Topics: activism-and-lobbying, laws, sexual-offences, child-abuse, state-parliament, public-sector, brisbane-4000, vic
Members of the Victorian Labor Party could have broken Victorian Surveillance Devices Act if they played recorded private conversations to others, according to a leading media law expert.
Topics: laws, print-media, journalism, information-and-communication, state-parliament, alp, political-parties, government-and-politics, melbourne-3000, vic
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If a High Court challenge against Queensland's anti-bikie laws succeeds, it would be a "serious impediment" in the fight against criminal motorcycle gangs, the head of Queensland Police's anti-bikie taskforce says.
In March this year, motorcycle gangs in the state lodged an application to challenge Queensland's Vicious Lawless Association Disestablishment (VLAD) laws in the High Court.
Detective Superintendent Mick Niland, the head of Taskforce Maxima, said if the laws were repealed, membership of criminal motorcycle gangs would rise again in the state.
He said gang violence, including murder, arson and serious assault, had decreased since Maxima was set up last October.
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Granollers Receives Barcelona "Player 10" Award
Barcelona, Spain
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World No. 26 Marcel Granollers received the "Player 10" award from Manel Serras, President of the APT (Association of Tennis Journalists in Spain) on Sunday. The award is given during the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell each year to the player that demonstrates both strong tennis skills and good human qualities.
"I am very proud and motivated for this sincere recognition, and doubly happy considering the value of the award itself," said Granollers, referring to the sculpture designed and produced by artist and former tennis journalist, Duaita Prats.
Granollers finished runner-up with Marc Lopez in the doubles final of the ATP World Tour 500 clay-court tournament on Sunday.
Past APT "Player 10" winners:
2012: Marcel Granollers
2011: David Ferrer
2010: Juan Carlos Ferrero
2009: Fernando Verdasco
2008: Equip Femeni Fed Cup I Capita (Miquel Margets)
2007: Rafael Nadal
2006: Albert Costa
2005: Rafael Nadal
2004: Gustavo Kuerten
2003: Carlos Moya
2002: Lleyton Hewitt
2001: Juan Carlos Ferrero
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Soul to Soul CD Now Available!
Carmen's new CD, "Soul to Soul" is now available!
Downbeat and JazzTimes Give Soul To Soul Glowing Reviews
The November issue of JazzTimes and the upcoming January issue of Downbeat give Carmen Lundy, "Soul To Soul" rave reviews:
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SOUL TO SOUL Nominated for CD Of The Year by Indie Music Digest
Carmen Lundy Nominated for Female Vocalist of the Year - SoulTracks Readers' Choice Awards!
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Katy Perry With No Makeup: Revealed on Twitter!by Free Britney at . Comments
Katy Perry's a cute girl any way you look at it, but she apparently wasn't a huge fan of this Twitter photo posted by husband Russell Brand.
An image of Mrs. Brand that's not altogether flattering appeared online (and appears below) this weekend. It has since been taken down.
Not a bad way to get on your wife's bad side, fellas ...
The greatness that is Twitter personified in one photo.
He may be in the doghouse, but props to Russell Brand. Like an album announcement courtesy of Lady Gaga with no pants, this was quite entertaining and gave us genuine insight into their lives, not just what some publicist tells us.
That said, we hope the couch is comfortable tonight.
Randy Clarke Oct9,2011 7:00 P.M.I tnink this makes her prettier than prettier,Who needs makeup!!!
he obviously thinks she's cute if he wanted the world too see the real her.. why would you show off your ugly girl friends true self to the world?
That's not katy perry.
it looks more like zooey deschanel.
Oooopps I meant "Thats not even katy perry." No way
Thats not even kati perry. No way
she's gorgeous lol.
its not even that bad :S she looks pretty still. an dnormal
Guys, she's beautiful without make-up. This isnt the best picture of her wothout it though
katy perry u will rule 4ever girl.ur beatiful with or without makeup.i dont care wut other ppl think of u. i luv ur songs,looks,and outfits! KATY UR #1!!!!!!!!!


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The deaths occurred in the last two weeks at Nazareth House, Fahan, near Buncrana - with five happening over a five-day period and the most recent on Monday.
The average age of those who passed away is said to be 92 and all of them are understood to be from the Donegal area.
A further 11 others are also suffering from respiratory conditions similar to the residents who died, according to the Health Service Executive. In total, 27 have shown symptoms.
On Tuesday evening, the HSE said tests on samples taken from residents tested positive for everyday influenza A (H3).
Dr Peter Wright, director of public health in the HSE North West, said: "While flu is usually a relatively mild infection it can be a very serious illness among the elderly and is a common cause of death in older people."
He added that officials will continue to manage and monitor the situation closely.
The Sisters of Nazareth order, which runs the home, have expressed their condolences to the families of the deceased and insist that the highest standard of care is being provided.
A spokesman said: "This is an extremely upsetting time for the families of the deceased and we continue to provide the residents at Nazareth Nursing Home with the highest standard of care."
The full scale investigation was launched after health chiefs were notified of the deaths which occurred between March 22 and April 2.
A quarantine zone has been thrown up around the privately run care home, which is off the main road between Buncrana and Londonderry and is considered to be one of the area's most reputable.
There has been shock in the area at the high number of deaths. Local Fine Gael councillor Peter McLaughlin said he wants a number of questions to be answered.
"Families will want answers, so will staff members who've provided a great service through the years," Mr McLaughlin told UTV.
"This reflects on them so they'll want it to be cleared up.
"We're not getting any information but it seems strange to me that they can admit people on a Saturday and close the place down on a Sunday.
"They had to know before Saturday that something was wrong so there should have been no admittance to this unit."
Anti-viral treatments have been given to all of the residents. Microbiologist specialists were part of a team of health officials also sent to the home.
Health chiefs believe the outbreak has not spread to other care homes in the area.
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Bureau of Indian Standards supports shift from opaque to transparent PET water bottles...
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NetApp announced the other day a new all nand flash solid-state devices (SSD) storage system called the EF540 that is available now. The EF540 has some things new and cool, along with some things familiar, tried, true and proven.
What is new is that the EF540 is an all nand flash multi-level cell (MLC) SSD storage system. What is old is that the EF540 is based on the NetApp E-Series (read more here and here) and SANtricity software with hundreds of thousands installed systems. As a refresher, the E-Series are the storage system technologies and solutions obtained via the Engenio acquisition from LSI in 2011.
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The EF540 expands the NetApp SSD flash portfolio which includes products such as FlashCache (read cache aka PAM) for controllers in ONTAP based storage systems. Other NetApp items in the NetApp flash portfolio include FlashPool SSD drives for persistent read and write storage in ONTAP based systems. Complimenting FlashCache and FlashPool is the server-side PCIe caching card and software FlashAccel. NetApp is claiming to have revenue shipped 36PB of flash complimenting over 3 Exabytes (EB) of storage while continuing to ship a large amount of SAS and SATA HDD's.
NetApp also previewed its future FlashRay storage system that should appear in beta later in 2013 and general availability in 2014.
In addition to SSD and flash related announcements, NetApp also announced enhancements to its ONTAP FAS/V6200 series including the FAS/V6220, FAS/V6250 and FAS/V6290.
Some characteristics of the NetApp EF540 and SANtricity include:
- Two models with 12 or 24 x 6Gbs SAS 800GB MLC SSD devices
- Up to 9.6TB or 19.2TB physical storage in a 2U (3.5 inch) tall enclosure
- Dual controllers for redundancy, load-balancing and availability
- IOP performance of over 300,000 4Kbyte random 100% reads under 1ms
- 6GByte/sec performance of 512Kbyte sequential reads, 5.5Gbyte/sec random reads
- Multiple RAID levels (0, 1, 10, 3, 5, 6) and flexible group sizes
- 12GB of DRAM cache memory in each controller (mirrored)
- 4 x 8GFC host server-side ports per controller
- Optional expansion host ports (6Gb SAS, 8GFC, 10Gb iSCSI, 40Gb IBA/SRP)
- Snapshots and replication (synchronous and asynchronous) including to HDD systems
- Can be used for traditional IOP intensive little-data, or bandwidth for big-data
- Proactive SSD wear monitoring and notification alerts
- Utilizes SANtricity version 10.84
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EMC and NetApp (along with other vendors) continue to sell large numbers of HDD's as well as large amounts of SSD. Both EMC and NetApp are taking similar approaches of leveraging PCIe flash cards as cache adding software functionality to compliment underlying storage systems. The benefit is that the cache approach is less disruptive for many environments while allowing improved return on investment (ROI) of existing assets.
Storage systems with HDD and SSD
FAS/V, E-Series
Storage systems with SSD cache
All SSD based storage
All new SSD system in development
Project X
Server side PCIe SSD cache
Partner ecosystems
The best IO is the one that you do not have to do, however the next best are those that have the least cost or affect which is where SSD comes into play. SSD is like real estate in that location matters in terms of providing benefit, as well as how much space or capacity is needed.
What does this all mean?
The NetApp EF540 based on the E-Series storage system architecture is like one of its primary competitors (e.g. EMC VNX also available as an all-flash model). The similarity is that both have been competitors, as well as have been around for over a decade with hundreds of thousands of installed systems. The similarities are also that both continue to evolve their code base leveraging new hardware and software functionality. These improvements have resulted in improved performance, availability, capacity, energy effectiveness and cost reduction.
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From a performance perspective, there are plenty of public workloads and benchmarks including Microsoft ESRP and SPC among others to confirm its performance. Watch for NetApp to release EF540 SPC results given their history of doing so with other E-Series based systems. With those or other results, compare and contrast to other solutions looking not just at IOPS or MB/sec (bandwidth), also latency, functionality and cost.
What does the EF540 compete with?
The EF540 competes with all flash-based SSD solutions (Violin, Solidfire, Purestorage, Whiptail, Kaminario, IBM/TMS, up-coming EMC Project "X" (aka XtremeIO)) among others. Some of those systems use general-purpose servers combined SSD drives, PCIe cards along with management software where others leverage customized platforms with software. To a lesser extent, competition will also be mixed mode SSD and HDD solutions along with some PCIe target SSD cards for some situations.
What to watch and look for:
It will be interesting to view and contrast public price performance results using SPC or Microsoft ESRP among others to see how the EF540 compares. In addition, it will be interesting to compare other storage based, as well as SSD systems beyond the number of IOPS. What will be interesting is to keep an eye on latency, as well as bandwidth, feature functionality and associated costs.
Given that the NetApp E-Series are OEM or sold by third parties, let's see if something looking similar or identical to the EF540 appear at any of those or new partners. This includes traditional general purpose and little-data environments, along with cloud, managed service provider, high performance compute and high productivity compute (HPC), super computer (SC), big data and big bandwidth among others.
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The EF540 could also appear as a storage or IO accelerator for large-scale out, clustered, grid and object storage systems for meta data, indices, key value stores among other uses either direct attached to servers, or via shared iSCSI, SAS, FC and InfiniBand (IBA) SCSI Remote Protocol (SRP).
Keep an eye on how the startups that have been primarily Just a Bunch Of SSD (JBOS) in a box start talking about adding new features and functionality such as snapshots, replication or price reductions. Also, keep an eye and ear open to what EMC does with project "X" along with NetApp FlashRay among other improvements.
For NetApp customers, prospects, partners, E-Series OEMs and their customers with the need for IO consolidation, or performance optimization for big-data, little-data and related applications the EF540 opens up new opportunities and should be good news. For EMC competitors, they now have new competition which also signals an expanding market with new opportunities in adjacent areas for growth. This also further signals the need for diverse ssd portfolios and product options to meet different customer application needs, along with increased functionality vs. lowest cost for high capacity fast nand SSD storage.
Some related reading:
- Speaking of SSDs
- What is the best kind of IO? The one you do not have to do
- SSD and Real Estate: Location, Location, Location
- SSD Is in Your Future: Where, When and With What Are the Questions
- Have SSDs been unsuccessful with storage arrays?
- Why SSD based arrays and storage appliances can be a good idea
- EMC VFCache respinning SSD and intelligent caching
- Two companies on parallel tracks moving like trains offset by time: EMC and NetApp
- NetApp on rough ground, or a diamond in the rough?
- IBM buys flash solid state device (SSD) industry veteran TMS
- Unified storage systems showdown: NetApp FAS vs. EMC VNX
Disclosure: NetApp, Engenio (when LSI), EMC and TMS (now IBM) have been clients of StorageIO.
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How I Store Decants
Il Profumo Cannabis
In Memory (w/mention of Lanvin Arpege)
Jacomo #09 (Link to my review in Sniffapalooza Magazine)
Jo Malone Saffron Cologne Intense
Kenzo Jungle l'Elephant
Kenzo Summer
L'Artisan Parfumeur Nuit de Tubereuse
L'Artisan Parfumeur Orchidee Blanche
L'Artisan Parfumeur Passage d'Enfer
L'Artisan Parfumeur Seville a l'Aube
L'Artisan Parfumeur Tea for Two
La Via del Profumo Balsamo Della MeccaLa Via del Profumo Hindu Kush
La Via del Profumo Milano Caffe
La Via del Profumo Oud Caravan Project
Maison Francis Kurkdjian Absolue Pour le Soir
Maison Martin Margiela (untitled) eau de parfum
Maitre Parfumeur et Gantier Eau des Iles
Montale Black Aoud
More Roses (rose cookie recipe)
My Heart Has Skipped a Beat (summer smells)Neila Vermeire Creations Bombay Bling
Nina Ricci L'Air du Temps
Nez a Nez Ambre a Sade
Northern Exposure "A Dash of Chanel No. 5"
Odin 04 Petrana (Link to my review in Sniffapalooza Magazine)
Olivier Durbano Black TourmalineOmar Sharif Pour Femme
Oriscent Pure Oud Oils
Oscar de la Renta Oscar for Men
O Tannenbaum Joint Blog ProjectParfum d'Empire Azemour
Parfum d'Empire Cuir OttomanParfum d'Empire 3 Fleurs
Parfumerie Generale Bois de CopaibaParfumerie Generale Indochine
Parfumerie Generale Un Crime Exotique
Parfums de Nicolai Sacrebleu
Parfums Karl Lagerfeld Sun Moon StarsParfums Retro Grand Cuir
Paris, je t'aime
Pascal Morabito Or Black
Perfume Quotes - The English Patient
Prince Matchabelli Aviance Cologne (vintage)Puredistance Opardu
Ramon Monegal Cherry Musk
Regina Harris Amber Vanilla Perfume Oil
Regina Harris Frankincense-Myrrh-Rose Maroc Perfume OilRobert Piguet Fracas
Sarah Horowitz Parfums' Joy Comes From Within & Beauty Comes From Within
Scentuous Reading: One Hundred Years of SolitudeSerge Lutens Borneo 1834
Serge Lutens Boxeuses
Serge Lutens Fille en Aiguilles
Serge Lutens Five O'Clock Au Gingembre
Serge Lutens Muscs Koublai Khan
Serge Lutens Tubereuse CriminelleSerge Lutens Un Lys
Sonoma Scent Studio Incense Pure
Sonoma Scent Studio Jour EnsoleilleSonoma Scent Studio Voile de Violette
Sonoma Scent Studio Winter Woods (brief mention)
SoOud Ouris Parfum NectarStone Harbor, NJ Vacaton pix (non-perfume related)
Strange Invisible Perfumes Lyric Rain
Tauer Perfumes: Incense Extrême, Incense Rosé, Lonestar Memories, & Reverie au Jardin
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & ClayThe Diary of a Nose, Book Review
The Different Company Jasmin de Nuit
The Intimacy of Scent
Thoughts of a Perfume CollectorTightly
Tokyo Milk Ex Libris
Unlocking an Unknown: Webber Parfum 6T
Velvet & Sweet Pea's Purrfumery Bed of Roses
Venimus Vidimus Vicimus, or How 3 Perfume Bloggers and a Husband Took Rome
Vero Profumo Kiki, Onda, and RubjVero Profumo Mito Viktoria Minya Hedonist
Viktor & Rolfe Flowerbomb
What I'm Lovin' Now
Xerjoff Mamluk
YOSH Perfumes Ginger Ciao
Yves Saint Laurent Nu
Links to Other Blogs I Enjoy
All I Am - A Redhead
A Perfume Blog (Blacknall Allen)
Another Perfume Blog (Natalie)
Ars Aromatica
Australian Perfume Junkies
Beauty on the Outside
Bloody Frida
Bois de Jasmin
Bonkers About Perfume
Ca Fleure Bon
ChickenFreak's Obsessions
Eyeliner on a Cat
Fragrance Bouquet
From Top to Bottom - Perfume Patter
Giovanni Sammarco (artisanal perfumer) blog
Grain de Musc
I Smell Therefore I Am
Katie Puckrik Smells
Memory of Scent
Muse in Wooden Shoes
Nathan Branch
Natural Perfumery by Salaam
Notes on Shoes, Cake & Perfume
Notes From Josephine
Notes From the Ledge
Now Smell This
Oh, True Apothecary!
Olfactoria's Travels
Parfumistans blogg
Perfume Posse
Perfume Shrine
Perfume-Smellin' Things
Purple Paper Planes
Redolent of Spices
Riktig Parfym: Ramblings of a Fragrant Fanatic
Scented Salamander
Scents of Place
Scents of Self
Smelly Blog
Sorcery of Scent
Sweet Diva
The Alembicated Genie
The Candy Perfume Boy
The Fragrant Man
The French Exit
The Non-Blonde
The Perfume Magpie
The Scented Hound
The Sounds of Scent
The Vintage Perfume Vault
This Blog Really Stinks
Undina's Looking Glass
WAFT by Carol
Yesterday's Perfume
Ramon Monegal Pure Mariposa: A Beautiful Way to Fly
I wasn't awake to see the first winter snowflakes swirling in the air this past weekend, but my sister told me they'd arrived and it's not surprising. I probably should steer my perfume writing accordingly, towards the discussion of a cozy comfort scent or a big oriental that goes great with cashmere, but one of the most beautiful perfumes I've sampled recently is Spanish perfumer Ramon Monegal's creation Pure Mariposa (the full name is Pure Mariposa for Neiman Marcus, as it was created exclusively for that upscale department store), and it draws its inspiration from the butterfly (mariposa means butterfly in Spanish). The name couldn't be more fitting: this perfume's white floral heart has a tangerine-like nectar about it which imparts a sense of color, lift and delight while, at the same time, vibrates against a mossy chypre-like base. By virtue of its name and the fact that it's a shimmery floral perfume, Pure Mariposa might strike one as the perfect scent for spring and summer, but this is not an airy butterfly scent in the way that L'Artisan Parfumeur's La Chasse Aux Papillons is, for instance, with its white florals rendered wispy and fine. I happen to love that one too—it also is well-named, focusing more on the chase of something that is diaphanous and elusive, whereas Ramon Monegal's perfume offers up a different point-of-view. To me, it's a statement about being such a creature.
Butterflies in autumn shades of black, orange and olive green are pictured on the retail, carded sample of Pure Mariposa, and though whimsical in terms of their rendering, at least one of them is meant to resemble the Monarch butterfly—again, a perfect match to the perfume. Pure Mariposa has enough olfactory weight to remind one of those late-summer butterflies and their incredible migrations (Monarchs in the eastern part of the United States migrate as far south as Mexico and can cover 50 to 100 miles per day before reaching their destination). Likewise, Pure Mariposa is full of floral fluidity, but its olfactory wings rest on a frame that has an impressive tensile strength. At the end of the review, I'll provide the perfumer's full list of notes for this fragrance, and hopefully before then, I'll have described its flight pattern on my skin. First, though, here's a list of the things this perfume makes me think of when I'm wearing it:
To a large degree, Pure Mariposa is an orange blossom perfume (at least to my nose), and though orange blossoms don't smell like oranges, there is either a phantom or real note of orange that accompanies the perfume, not just in the fleeting top-notes stage, but into its very heart. It's a brisk and bitter orange note that reminds me of an Orangina when it first hits the skin, but as the orange blossom and accompanying white florals develop and come to the fore, it begins to smell more like the scent of a tangerine, lighter and sweeter. (It reminds me of bigarade, the "bitter orange" fruit which produces an essential oil that is surprisingly juicy smelling.) The combination of the two—the orange blossom bouquet and the piquant orange citrus note—very nicely translates into the idea of a butterfly: to my nose, these notes always smell as if they hover at least two octaves above other notes in the olfactory scale. Combined, they signal a state of sunlit, soaring joy.
If I didn't have a note list, I'd have figured Pure Mariposa's white-floral accord as largely consisting of orange blossom and jasmine, but the perfumer doesn't list jasmine among the notes and identifies the other florals (besides orange blossom) as being tuberose, gardenia and orchid. Such an accord would normally play out with a certain amount of indolic headiness, but Pure Mariposa is not indolic, carnal or even what I would call heady. Though uplifting and joyous, the florals never soar out of the stratosphere, becalmed as they are by a base that adds enough bitter greenery, cool moss and amber weightiness to pull this nectar down to cloud level, ensuring that the perfume is naturally buoyant rather than perky or excitable. Of course, perfumistas who don't care for the high-pitched floral sweetness of orange blossom probably aren't going to be won over by Pure Mariposa, but those who are fans of the note have something to celebrate. Here is an orange blossom-heavy perfume that truly has a pyramidal development on the skin (I don't know about you, but I find many orange blossom perfumes to be rather linear). It is a slow development (a gradual unfolding)—one that gradually takes place over three or four hours—but the floaty bouquet eventually transitions to a base that has a good dose of sandalwood in it. Not the super-fatted and vanillic sandalwood which so often provides a cushion to oriental perfumes, but a lightly creamy sandalwood with a smoky edge … a lean sandalwood, more woody than creamy, sometimes smelling as if it's attended by a tendril of frankincense. It doesn't make itself known until several hours into wear time, but when it arrives, it's a lovely surprise—as if the white petals of Pure Mariposa have drifted down from the sky and found a resting place on a weathered branch of tree. It conjures images of the butterflies arriving in the half-parched Mexican landscape where they'll take their respite from winter.
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"The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time," James Taylor once said in a song, and sung in his dreamy style, that advice sounds simple. A relaxed posture, an appreciation for spontaneity, an acceptance that everything is subject to change: I imagine these traits as part of the secret that allows one to go "sliding down, gliding down" through the ride of life. Yet I'd bet good money that those who do it best also possess a quietly steely will—a determination to show up and do the work that helps them navigate the currents and not simply be blown about. At any rate, I was thinking about these things when I was wearing Pure Mariposa, and I suppose it's why I really like this perfume. It is both lithe and strong.
The Quaking Aspen has a long telescope of trunk; the cheerful waitress rises at dawn, wears sturdy shoes and stores a revolving roster of faces and menu choices in her memory banks. Daisies probably have secrets to their persistence and the orioles no doubt have spent millennia perfecting their acrobatic flight skills, but I don't know much about either. What I do know is that all possess an upbeat and easy-going demeanor—a graceful way of moving through the world—that flies over a core of strength more felt than seen. Pure Mariposa is composed on a similar structure: it's one of those perfumes I admire for its sunny nature, breezy beauty and intelligent design.
Ramon Monegal Pure Mariposa for Neiman Marcus eau de parfum is described on my carded, retail sample as having notes of tuberose, gardenia, orchid, orange blossom, oak moss, sandalwood, ozone, amber and musk. (I just saw that the notes on the Neiman Marcus website for this perfume are different and more numerous—and include three different citrus notes as well as jasmine.) It is currently priced at $200 for 50-ml. I received my sample as part of a birthday fragrance package from my dear blogging friend, Ann, of Perfume Posse.
On the subject of butterflies: In September, we saw far less Monarchs here than we normally do, yet thanks to blogging friends, butterflies came my way. Thank you, Ann, for the Pure Mariposa perfume, and thank you, Sigrun, for the butterfly nail tattoos! (Using a laser printer, Sigrun can create all kinds of nail tattoos; she sent me tattoos of Portuguese tiles in pretty colors, as well as many other designs.)
Photo of the woman examining butterfly stolen from Themakingofkiastorm.blogspot.com.
Photo of Pure Mariposa bottle stolen from Fragrantica.com. Photo of nail tattoos is my own.
Posted by Suzanne Keller, 11/7/2014.
I often think my interest in seeking out new perfumes has reached its natural conclusion, and then something will happen that snaps me back, like a yo-yo, to perfume's obsessive hold over me. It happened last week in the form of a cold—a cold I thought I'd licked but which proved otherwise when I sampled a perfume I'd never tried before. I was intent on trying Frederic Malle Dans Tes Bras—something about being sick usually puts me in a state of mind where I want to smell the oddball scents, or maybe being sick simply reminded me of Dans Tes Bras, because one of the most compelling reviews I'd ever read of it likened it to "a really cute nosebleed." What does that smell like? I wondered. If you could draw a picture of it, what would it look like? My brain having finally surfaced from its groggy, cold-induced state was itching to know. First I had this picture in my head of the characters Lena and Barry in Punch Drunk Love (due to their endearingly macabre pillow talk), and then a few other visions that seemed more normal (like how when you really love someone, there is something cute about them even when they're not well and perhaps having a nosebleed). So after thinking on this some, I found my recently acquired sample of Dans Tes Bras, applied several sprays, and then … nothing. Not a thing! I could smell my supper cooking for the first time in days, but I couldn't smell Dans Tes Bras and this made me panic a little. For no other reason than I thought I was anosmic to it on a day when smelling it seemed essential.
Essential to what, you might ask. Essential to experiencing life again, I guess.
Luckily it was only the remnants of illness that kept me from smelling Dans Tes Bras (and not my anosmia to certain musk-based perfumes, which I originally feared was the case). A few days later, after applying one big spritz to the fleshiest portion of my upper arm, voila! There it was in all its strangeness. It's progression on my skin went like this: At the start, a weird though not unpleasant scent resembling a combo of starchy banana, the ink cartridge from a copy machine and violets. Five minutes later, the development of something delicately powdery and vanillic, as if it's about to pretty itself up, even though it never truly does. It's more accurate to say that Dans Tes Bras entertains a notion of pulchritude (a tendril of vanillic powder is always present) as it continues to offer up a mix of industrial- and natural-smelling aromas, the variety of which bears the stamp of Steampunk (or a simplistic version of Steampunk, if such a thing is possible). In addition to the aforementioned odors, Dans Tes Bras exudes whiffs of metal and ozone and hints of mushroom, as well as the growing medium for mushrooms—an oddly-cool dirt smell that is lacking in true earthiness, such that I'm tempted to call it ghost dirt. And at its center, occupying a lot of territory in Dans Tes Bras, there's an accord that resembles Johnson's Baby Shampoo. It's a defining accord, one that inspires affection as it nostalgically evokes the bath-time rituals of youth or recalls the scent of a child's scalp (a favorite smell for many women). To me, it's what puts the "cute" in the "cute nosebleed" description that the other reviewer (Victoria of EauMG) ascribed to this scent. Not because it makes one think of kids, but because it is an olfactory form of shorthand linking one to the feeling of affection. (Different from "love," affection, by my definition, refers to the pure and uncomplicated feeling of being naturally drawn to a person or thing. It inspires the word cute—a descriptor I consider ageless, which is why I might apply it to a kitten, in one breath, and a good-looking guy in his 50s, in the other).
It's obvious that perfumer Maurice Roucel took a very thoughtful approach to this composition as he attempted (in his own words) "to communicate both seduction and generosity" in a fragrance meant to convey the feeling of being in a loved one's embrace (Dans Tes Bras is French for "In Your Arms"). That said, while Dans Tes Bras is compelling to me as a study of perfume—I love the beauty of the attempt, I love the odd elements that make it an intrigue and not simply a copy of other "skin scents"—it doesn't hang together for me as a whole. Even though my cold is gone and I can now smell Dans Tes Bras, I feel anosmic to it unless I'm actively parsing its notes. From afar, it becomes amorphous—its individual components unable to fuse into anything that has olfactory weight or distinguishable presence to my nose. Its fragrance profile as whole becomes indeterminate.
Smelling it up close and with an analytic mind, it's intriguing and what I'd call the work of a genius. Smelling it afar: forgettable and almost non-existent. So would I ever purchase this scent?
Hmmm. Concurrent with sampling of Dans Tes Bras, I happened to be reading Michael Ondaatje's novel Divisadero—a work containing elements that leave my reading mind besotted: the poetic rendering of its prose; the tender way Ondaatje peels back the layers of his characters to reveal truths that are as universal as they are deeply personal. And yet I felt disappointed near the end of it, as Divisadero never gels as a novel. It's written in an elliptical style, with characters whose lives and motivations are revealed in the same way an evening landscape in summer is illuminated by heat lightning: in brief strokes which dazzle but don't grant much in the way of purchase. Lacking a true narrative that takes the reader on some kind of journey from one distinctive plane to another, Divisadero will likely vanish from my memory a year from now, whereas Ondaatje's The English Patient will exist for me ad infinitum—certain passages always humming in my brain, making me reach for it whenever I'm in wont of a story that charts a course through the strange desert that is love.
Still. I've read a whole bunch of books this year, most of them with dependable story lines, and almost none of them as satiating on an emotional and intellectual level as Divisadero. And while I am far luckier in the perfume department (thanks to samples that come by way of friends who know my tastes), Dans Tes Bras is one of the most fascinating scents I've ever studied. Neither is what I think they set out to be: Divisadero, by its end, reads more like a contemplation on the writing life, its motivation and muses, its rewards and privations and quiet way of shaping a life; and Dans Tes Bras was certainly not conceived as an exercise or study in olfactory creation, yet it smells more like an homage to the art of perfumery than like perfumery's end product. Both will pass from my memory sooner rather than later, but in the vast ocean of things I consume regularly, these are the two things that recently gave me sustenance.
Frederic Malle Dans Tes Bras eau de parfum was created by perfumer Maurice Roucel, with notes of Cashmeran, sandalwood, musk, patchouli, salicylates, incense, heliotrope and violet. It can be purchased from the Editions de Parfums Frederic Malle website and boutiques (or at Barneys New York), where it is currently priced at $180 for a 50-ml bottle or $265 for a 100-ml bottle. My review is based on a sample I acquired from Barneys.
Photo of the couple embracing can be found at various Internet sites; photographer unknown by me.
Photo of Dans Tes Bras bottle is from the Frederic Malle website, where it can be purchased.
Posted by Suzanne Keller, 10/7/2014.
(With reviews of By Kilian "Forbidden Games" & "In the City of Sin" perfumes)
What is it about this time of year that tugs on my rural heartstrings so? I sometimes wonder if it's coded in my DNA, this irrepressible pull that comes from slant of sun, change of air, the palpable movement of birds and animals as they prepare to migrate or hibernate, and the weightiness of the harvest—the almost sexual smell of plants and trees that are weighted down with their fruits. On my daily runs through the fields near my house, the corn is ripening and now exudes an odor that smells milky, almost musky, like ambergris. Windfall apples lying in the dew-drenched, late-summer grass have a vinegary sweetness that attracts bees as they ferment, and the tomatoes, peppers and cantaloupes heaped up in bins at the farm-stand waft their respective odors—piquant, sharp and honeyed—into the mix. From a culinary standpoint, this is the highpoint of the year. With such an array of fresh produce, cooking and eating become acts that are decidedly more easy, direct and sensual, and underscoring this immediacy and sensuality is the arrival of peaches.
In central Pennsylvania, the best peaches are harvested in August from ridge-top acreage that speaks of the romantic nature of the fruit. (In the same way that one of my favorite movie characters—Miles from Sideways—once spoke in tender terms of the fragile and delicate nature of pinot grapes, I hold peaches in similar esteem.) Peaches are high-altitude beauties, requiring the chill and brisk ventilation of mountain air, as well as a kissing closeness to the sun and summer heat. They are juicy, fleshy, in-the-moment fruits that don't store well. Sure, they can be canned and frozen, but they lose some of their identity in the process; whereas an apple in cold storage continues to taste, in every aspect, like an apple, whether you eat it in September or February, the ripeness of peaches is an acute matter: To my mind, they are the fruit most tied to a sense of place, because while they can be shipped cold to the supermarkets and left to ripen later, they never taste the way they do when you buy them locally. When peaches ripen in my part of Pennsylvania, it is the end of summer and you'd better be paying attention, as their season is short. Of course, their incredibly soft and succulent beauty will ensure that you do.
Given my reverence for peaches, I'm a sucker for perfumes that feature this fruit in an upfront way. This includes two perfumes which didn't get much love from the perfumista community, and this review isn't likely to change that, because there's no way to describe the first perfume with a straight face. But that doesn't mean it isn't beautiful (I think it is) so here we go.
First up is By Kilian Forbidden Games, a perfume that is the olfactory equivalent of saying, "We shouldn't like peach this much, or admit that we do, but how can we stop? Let's engage in as much peach as we can and hope we get over ourselves tomorrow." It's the Leann Womack, There's More Where That Came From anthem to sinful fruit: an indulgent, straight-up capitulation to peach born out of familiarity, on one hand, and a sense of on-the-sly foreignness on the other. Forbidden Games smells like a fresh peach at the height of it sweet-and-juicy ripeness, only multiplied—as if you heaped sliced peaches in a bowl, stirred sugar and cinnamon into them, and let the magic of these simple ingredients do their work. In the same way that sugar draws the juice from peaches and creates a syrup, making them seem even peachier, there are plum and floral notes that add the kind of depth and sweetness that make Forbidden Games smell like a hyperreal peach. (There is also a honey note, which I can't say I detected on its own, but its inclusion no doubt contributes to the luscious syrup around this peach.)
A fine dusting of spice in this perfume lends Forbidden Games a push-pull vibration: the under-the-covers warmth of cinnamon is joined by what smells like the piquant uplift of cardamom. However, as cardamom isn't listed in the notes, this piquancy might be attributable to the perfume's listed note of apple. (Apple, peach, plum, cinnamon, Bulgarian rose, geranium bourbon, jasmine, vanilla, honey and opoponax are the official notes.) All I can say for certain is that there is an accent of something fizzy and slightly tart that adds a mouthwatering bit of acidic bite, and it's what imbues this perfume with a sense of aliveness. Forbidden Games might be a simple perfume, but it's a simple perfume with ingenious accents: its deft amount of cinnamon doesn't allow the perfume to cross over to peach pie territory but instead maintains a hush-hush glow about it. And that little bite of apple is so teasing, while the plum adds depth. My only disappointment in Forbidden Games is a slight one: in its far-drydown stage, some four or five hours into wear, it develops a faint laundry-musk smell that is a bit lackluster, but also understandable and forgivable. A richer base would subsume the peach, whereas this lighter one acts like a springboard that keeps the peach so fresh, lusty and alive.
By Kilian In the City of Sin is the other perfume I love from this line, and what I perceive as its peach note is actually an apricot note, according to the perfumer. This peachy apricot takes time to develop on the skin and is surrounded by layers of beautiful trappings. In the City of Sin smells far more complex and, at the same time, far more svelte than Forbidden Games, simply because there is no punch of juicy-fun sweetness here. Despite its risqué name, this isn't the joy of peach, laid up and waiting for you in the hotel room, but the drier, quieter, more cosmetic beauty we'll call by her true name—apricot—who is wandering the mysterious, twilit city streets. In the top notes stage, a lightly minty and woody bit of vinery wraps around the fruit, which in the first ten minutes after application is more plum than apricot. (And the lightly mentholated vinery that I smell isn't accounted for in the perfume's notes of bergamot, pink peppercorn, cardamom, apricot, plum, rose absolute, incense, cedar wood, patchouli and white musk accord.) A brisk and fizzy combo of bergamot, pink pepper and cardamom imparts a feeling of shimmer and excitement to this olfactory canvas, and as this opening accord is met by the red wine-like notes of plum and rose, the beautiful yet more sérieuse nature of these deeper notes has me envisioning a femme fatale who has made her way into the scent. This latter effect is enhanced by the slow developing apricot note, which has a peach-like fleshiness that is more delicate than an outright peach note, but still conjures up notions of sensuality. Rather interestingly, there is nothing in this perfume that smells animalic, overly fleshy, or blowsy and about to lose all control. Quite the opposite, in fact; it smells like ripe fruits given a champagne treatment that has rendered them shimmery, elegant and more suave than sweet. A light incense note keeps this fruited champagne on the dry side while imparting lift, and there is enough cedarwood and patchouli in the base accord that the perfume comes off as lean and sultry. In the City of Sin is not so much about sin as it is about temptation and the lure of beauty. I've never been to Las Vegas, but when I picture it, I think of long-legged showgirls, twinkling lights and champagne bottles delivered on silver trays to a cushy hotel rooms. And in that regard, this perfume is right on the money.
By Kilian Forbidden Games eau de parfum and In the City of Sin eau de parfum can be purchased at Luckyscent.com, either in the beautiful white perfume flacons (that come with an equally gorgeous white case) for $245 for 50 ml, or in the plain 50-ml refill bottle for $145. My reviews are based on samples I received from the lovely Undina (who is also a fan of In the City of Sin) and from Saks Fifth Avenue in San Francisco.
Photo credits: "Peaches and Window" (used here by permission) was photographed by Renee Kohlman and first appeared in her exquisite food blog, Sweetsugarbean.com, in her September 2013 post on baked peaches. All rights to this image are hers. (Thank you, Renee.)
Photo of the By Kilian In the City of Sin perfume bottle is from Luckyscent.com.
Posted by Suzanne Keller, 9/12/2014.


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Paddle and Trail will host professional kayak angler Drew Gregory's 2011 River Bassin Tournament Trail Saturday, July 30, in Beloit, Wis. The event will feature some of the top kayak anglers from across the country.
Entry deadline is Friday, July 29, with a mandatory pre-tournament meeting at 7 p.m. at The Rock Bar and Grill, 101 Maple Ave., Beloit, Wis. The Rock Bar and Grill can be reached at (608) 363-7625.
Tournament check-in time is 4:30 p.m., Saturday, July 30, at Paddle and Trail, 110 W. Grand Ave., Beloit, Wis. Paddle and Trail can be reached at (608) 362-6521.
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For more information about the tournament trail, its stops across the U.S., its sponsors, hosts, partners and causes, visit www.riverbassintrail.com.
Throughout the 12-stop tournament trail, more than $60,000 in prizes from numerous sponsors will be given away. The trail began in Charlotte, N.C., April 2, and is slated to finish Sept. 10 in Roanoke, Va. Roanoke will host the trail's grand finale, where food, live music, a separate lake tournament and a film festival will take place along with awarding the River Bassin series champion.
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The Wind Blimp Capsule and "Dead Cat" Wind Baffle can be used in conjunction with the Sennheiser ME66 and MHK-416 shotgun microphones to enhance audio directionality and reduce wind noise. The cage inside the blimp and shock mount enhances field-recording in noisy environments. The grip handle lets you use the mic in a smaller environment or can mount on a boom-pole. Combined the two items effectively reduce noise from wind passing over the microphone.


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