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How to Achieve at College Sailing
Published on August 2nd, 2017
The 2016-17 college season couldn't have gone much better for the College of Charleston, with their successes awarding the sailing program with the Fowle Trophy, emblematic of the best overall collegiate team for the season. Scuttlebutt editor Craig Leweck checked in with Greg Fisher, Director of Sailing, for some advice and insight.
First off, congrats on the Fowle Trophy. How did that feel?
We were super stoked. There is so much depth now in college sailing, so to come out on top is an incredible achievement. We couldn't be more proud, and what is particularly special about that trophy is how it underscores the depth of a team. From match racing to singlehanded sailing to team racing to women's sailing to fleet racing. It is an absolute team award, from the starters to the backups that push them so hard in practice.
Now looking forward, what is your advice for the incoming freshman with high hopes to compete at the college level?
The easiest and smartest thing they can do is to get into good physical shape. The college regatta format is a long day, and it is not unusual for somebody to literally be racing flat out from 10:00 am to 4:00 or 5:00 pm. And it could be blowing 18 knots, so conditioning is critical to have the physical stamina to hang in there and keep their focus from beginning to end.
The other thing we stress is how important it is to be very confident with boat handling in an FJ and a 420 and with boat speed. This is just about being comfortable with the balance of the boat, not necessarily the intricacies of how much cunningham or outhaul, but more so knowing when the boat is going fast and when it's not. We feel we can coach the intricacies of the game such as starting skills, boat on boat tactics, and course strategy, but the feel of making a boat go fast through the water is something we look for a sailor to bring to the college.
And your tryouts must be heart wrenching.
We have tryouts in the fall, before the season starts, and that's become more important to us and to our incoming freshmen as we've grown. We'll have upwards of 25 to 35 freshmen come to the college hoping to sail. And, unfortunately, the most we can take is perhaps 12 or maybe 15. So there are some kids that aren't able to sail on the varsity team.
But what we started a few years ago, to accommodate the kids that don't make the cut, is what we call our development team. We have an alum coach the team, and this group will train two days a week. If the students are hungry, this provides them with needed practice if they want to try out again the following year.
From this program we've taken a couple of kids back on the varsity team after they've worked real hard and improved a bit. So this has been a significant advancement for us to be able to offer something to everybody, so sailors that are coming into the college can have an opportunity to enjoy what our program offers.
Between training during the week and then travel for weekend regattas, having good study skills must be critical too.
Most definitely, and to help keep our students on track we have an academic advisor. This person is assigned to our team and follows our team's grades and schedules.
For the sailors on our team, not only must they fulfill all their training and competing obligations, but they also must meet the academic advisor when they're freshman and early sophomores, at least once a week so they know they're on top of their studies. If the student needs any sort of assistance or guidance, the advisor is there to provide that support.
For the coaches, we get an email from the adviser once or twice a week with an update so we have a really good sense of where the team is academically. The adviser will give us a heads up if somebody needs to take some time to focus on their studies, or if they did a really great job and should be congratulated. We see this advisor as a critical element of how our team can successfully function.
You also have a keelboat program.
We sure do. Beyond the 50 or so on the dinghy team, we have another 20 on the offshore team. This program is relatively new but has really grown and gotten stronger. It's been a huge asset for our group, because there are kids that really embrace that area of the sport. It is also an outlet for some of the kids that are too big for the dinghy boats used in college sailing.
So it's really been a huge opportunity. They do all the big boat college regattas around the circuit and regularly sail locally with the Charleston Ocean Racing Association. They practice, just like our dinghy team does, which is three days a week plus morning work outs. They have a great time.
When your sailors graduate, it is the end of the road for what had likely been a highly focused commitment to school sailing. Any hopes and dreams for them as they go out the door?
When our team graduates and leaves the college, I hope they have as much enthusiasm for sailing– no, I hope they have more enthusiasm for sailing than when they came to Charleston and got involved with college sailing.
Sailing is such a great sport and I'd love to see them enjoy it like I have, and I want our program to have given them the abilities to purse it. Our keelboat program is doing this, as this is such a huge part of our sport. We have had our kids get involved in the Lightning class which is active in the region. We've started a College of Charleston Yacht Club which is fun for our alums to get together for the club challenge events throughout the country.
So we're working hard to try to keep them engaged in the sport so that they can continue on. And when they progress with their careers and have a little extra money, hopefully the can then buy a boat or join a yacht club and carry on this passion.


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At the Oliewenhuis there's a massive Pierneef painting of Rustenburg Kloof. It is bigger than the Station Panels, and going by the technique, probably precedes them. An elaborate gold frame with an undated plaque on it tells us this was a commission from the City of Bloemfontein.
This rendering of the Kloof is very close to the Station Panel version (see "Rustig in Rustenburg" and "A backward glance.") It is less simplified than the Panels. It may have been done in the studio from the same sketch. Pierneef did many versions of Rustenburg Kloof, and some are clearly plein air works. There's the famous pic of young Pierneef in his grass- walled atelier; on the easel is a painting of Rustenburg Kloof and leaning against the rail a shotgun: more Hemingway than Monet. ( You couldn't just nip up the road to MacDonalds back then). There were also daring (for their time) versions of the Kloof done in his experimental phase after his 1925 visit to Europe. This one is at the La Motte estate in Franschoek
Last November Hermann Niebuhr and I paid the Kloof a visit; my fourth. Having worked our way through the traffic snarl ups and stocked with boerewors, we booked into one of the chalets there. The resort is well looked after. There was a constant hum of lawn mowers. Next door to us were two contract workers, their eyes glued to DSTV. The previously tatty chalets at the end have been recolonised by the Volk. We took a stroll up the Kloof, still waiting for the first summer rains. We found two dassies engaged in a bloody fight for supremacy. Oblivious to our presence, the two flailed about in the stagnant rockpools. A little metaphor for the gruesome scenes playing out at nearby Marikana.
In Pierneef's Kloof, you can discern a stream in the left front, around where the darker toned foreground ends.That stream was there on my last visit, but someone has decided to make a water feature of it. Now the area around the central tree in Pierneef's work is a dam. (Damn!) I can't tell if it's an improvement or just another case of bulldozing our history away. Next morning I was up at dawn and with the No 8 Sable brush in hand I finally saw the first light hitting that big rock face. I could hear the sounds of early morning traffic as booming Rustenburg creeps toward the Kloof. Wonder how long it'll be before Mac Donalds does build a drive thru here?


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SAMSONOV and YANG new Swiss Open winners
At Sunday evening, the Swiss Open tournament in Lausanne concluded with a 4:1-victory of Vladimir SAMSONOV over top seeded, Dimitri OVTCHAROV in the final of the Men's Singles Event. The two teammates played the Champions League match in Orenburg at Frida
At Sunday evening, the Swiss Open tournament in Lausanne concluded with a 4:1-victory of Vladimir SAMSONOV over top seeded, Dimitri OVTCHAROV in the final of the Men's Singles Event. The two teammates played the Champions League match in Orenburg at Friday and took the plane immediately after the match to reach the small city of Lausanne, 3500 km away from Orenburg.
Beside SAMSONOV (who played for the first time in Lausanne) and OVTCHAROV, few more world class players participated: JOO Sae Hyuk, who suffered defeat in the semifinals against OVTCHAROV and Adrien MATTENET who was surprisingly beaten by WANG Eugene Zhen from Canada in quarterfinals. Furthermore, the Swedish legend Jörgen PERSSON played for the second time. He stretched JOO to his limits in the second round and was beaten by the narrowed margin in the seventh set.
In the final of the women category, the unranked chinese YANG Xiaoxin showed no merci against the hungarian player Georgina POTA and recorded a 4:1 win. In the semifinal, YANG had already beaten Iveta VACENOVSKA who reached her career top in the World ranking in february (WR 24).
Two Swiss girls delighted the crowd: Rahel ASCHWANDEN (WR 495) who is currently living at the WSA in Vienna and the Swiss champion Rachel Moret (WR 401). Aschwanden beat Linda CREEMERS (WR 147) and MORET had a hard fight against VACENOVSKA, she lost 2:4 after leading 2:1 in sets.
The top players and other participants were delighted by the small but special tournament in Lausanne. The Swiss spectators, not beeing used to the world class table tennis, showed their enthusiam with full harted support. At Saturday evening, a players party was organized with traditional Swiss meals to taste. Austrian player Matthias HABESOHN stated: "The dinner was World class!", Adrien MATTENET promised to persuade more French players to come next year and Vladmir SAMSONOV said "thanks" to the spectators for fantastic atmosphere.
Referee and Deputy referees were women, so tournament run by female power Katja BRAND (Switzerland) and Isabelle BEUMIER (Belgium).
Men's Singles - Final : Vladimir SAMSONOV (Belarus) s. Dimitri OVTCHAROV (Germany) 4:1. – Semifinals: OVTCHAROV s. JOO See Huyk (Korea) 4:2. SAMSONOV s. WANG Eugene Zhen (Canada) 4:2. – Quarterfinals: OVTCHAROV s. Admir DURANSPAHIC (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 4:0. SAMSONOV s. Marcos MADRID (mexico) 4:2. Zhen WANG s. Adrien MATTENET (France) 4:3. Joo s. Dominik HABESOHN (Ö) 4:2. Round of Sixteen: MATTENET s. Nicola MOHLER (Switzerland) 4:1. OVTCHAROV s. HU Jiashun (China/Rio Star Muttenz) 4:0. SAMSONOV s. Benjamin BROSSIER (Fr) 4:1. Joo s. Jörgen PERSSON (Sd) 4:3. DURANSPAHIC s. Jérémy PETIOT (France) 4:2. HABESOHN s. Mehdi BOULASSA (France) 4:1. ZHEN Wang s. Adam PATTANTYUS (Hungary) 4:2. MADRID s. Omry Ben ARI (Israel) 4:1.
Women's Singles - Final: YANG Xiaoxin (France) s. Georgina POTA (Hungary) 4:1. Semifinals: YANG s. Iveta VACENOVSKA (Czech Republic) 4:1. POTA s. Carola GRUNDISCH (France) 4:0. - Quarterfinals: VACENOVSKA s. Rachel MORET (Switzerland) 4:2. YANG s. Rahel ASCHWANDEN (Switzerland) 4:0. POTA s. Dana CECHOVA (Czech Republic) 4:2. GRUNDISCH s. BARTHEL Zhenqi (Germany) 4:3.
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This new, successfully crowdfunded, company based out of my hometown of Boston, MA is betting that you, or maybe your younger friends and family members, are tired of sloshing around a ski area parking lot in your sneakers. They're combining the style of an urban sneaker with the form and function of a hiking boot to create what Forsake CEO Jake Anderson describes as "a shoe that could handle the rugged, outdoor lifestyle while still looking good on the street."
The co-founders, Anderson and college buddy Sam Barstow, came up with the idea after moving west and "work-cationing" at ski resorts. They noticed that their friends had problems trying to mix the style of their skate shoes with slippery snow-covered ski town parking lots. The two set out to combine a hiking boot with the proper steeze that would allow their friends to not only look good at the slope-side bar but make it home without soaking their feet or breaking an arm. While these boots will not be replacing my backpacking boots, they will get plenty of use when I'm headed to the slopes this winter or meeting up with friends downtown after a snowstorm.
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For this month's Bostik Bloggers we were given the task of dragon themed crafts, in time for St. Georges Day (April 23rd). We haven't really spoke about St Georges Day with the monsters so this was a nice way to introduce the legend of St George, the dragon slayer...
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OK so the puppet doesn't look like the best ever dragon BUT it served its purpose...look at little Elsie's face! And Evie and Jenson spent the next day playing dragon's, knights and princesses! The imaginative play that has come from a simple DIY toy has been amazing! Now...I'm off to order a new hot glue gun. Thanks for reading, I would love to know what you think in the comments below.
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What do you think about when you think of a Chinese person? That they know kungfu? That they push in line? There are many stereotypes Westerners have when they think about the Chinese. Here are 20 things Westerners usually think about Chinese people.
1. Chinese like to drink hot water. To solve the mystery of why Chinese like to boil their water, this is because water is not safe to drink in China, whether it comes out of a faucet or a well.
2. Love to play chess. Everyone in China is a chess master.
3. Chinese love to square dance. Chinese aunties square dance everywhere they go, from the Louvre in Paris to Times Square in New York.
4. Love to play mahjong.
5. Love to know how much others make per month. Besides salary, they also want to know how old you are, and how much you weigh.
6. When getting a photo, they all show "v" or "peace" signs.
7. Every Chinese person is excellent at kungfu.
8. Chinese will do anything to inflate their ego.
9. All older Chinese people practice Tai Chi early in the morning at the park.
10. Chinese like to take a walk with a bird in a cage.
11. Chinese people eat strange foods, like stinky tofu and thousand-year eggs.
12. Pay close attention to relationships. They believe getting along with clients and one's boss is very beneficial to one's career.
13. Chinese people cut in line.
14. Chinese people accumulate plastic bags.
15. Love to compliment other people's children, such as my neighbor's children are so polite, so considerate, and have good grades…
16. Love the color red.
17. Favorite greeting: "Have you eaten?" Westerners! Try to remember that is not an invitation for dinner.
18. Own an expensive tea set and drink expensive tea.
19. They are good at math: Chinese children are not allowed to get a "B" in math — that is very disgraceful.
20. Lucky number is 8 or 9.
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Vancouver, British Columbia, February 19, 2019 - Marimaca Copper Corp. ("Coro" or the "Company") (TSX: COP) is pleased to announce an update for the Company's Marimaca Project in the Antofagasta Region of Chile. Sampling of historic underground workings in the Sorpresa area, located approximately 2km to the south of Marimaca, has confirmed the presence of a north-northeast oriented zone of intrusive hosted, copper oxide mineralization measuring at least 350 metres long by 100 metres wide. The limits to the mineralization have not yet been defined and the lowest most workings at approximately 100m vertical depth are still in copper oxides. Individual, well mineralized structures within the zone have widths of 10 to 40 metres. Like Marimaca itself, Sorpresa has not been previously drilled prior to Coro's involvement.
Underground Sampling Highlights
- A total of 2,450 samples have been collected from underground workings, averaging approximately 0.50% CuT with highlights including:
- 77.3 metres at 1.0% CuT
- 17.0 metres at 2.70% CuT
- 53.2 metres at 1.01% CuT
- 32.2 metres at 1.09 %CuT
- 15.0 metres at 4.20 %CuT
- 54.8 metres at 1.16 %CuT
- A reverse circulation (RC) drilling program with 12 holes for 3,000 metres is planned to test the strike and depth extent of the copper oxide mineralization.
- Exploration in the area between the Marimaca deposit and Sorpresa is underway.
- From 174 to 248 metres, 74 metres of mixed and enriched copper mineralization averaging 1.06% CuT.
- The presence of good grade mineralization at Sorpresa confirms the potential in the district, on ground controlled 100% by Marimaca Copper.
Commenting on the announcement, Sergio Rivera, VP of Exploration said: "The Marimaca Phase II exploration program is progressing on time and on budget with some of the most interesting results anticipated in the coming weeks as we continue to test for additional potential extensions of mineralization to the north and south. The underground sampling of Sorpresa demonstrate the presence of good grade copper oxide mineralization in this new area. As soon as we have finished at Atahualpa where the ongoing results continue to exceed our expectations, we will test Sorpresa with the RC drill campaign, with results anticipated in the second quarter."
Further Information
The Sorpresa I and II areas are located to the south of Marimaca 1-23. The objective of the exploration activities at Sorpresa is to confirm the presence and continuation of copper oxide mineralization to the south of the Marimaca deposit.
Underground workings are north-south to north-northeast oriented, easily accessible and displaying good rock quality conditions. Although no reports on earlier mining activities exist, it is believed from sampling and the continuous copper oxide mineralization exposed in the declines and adits that the workings were developed to mine material estimated to contain above 2% copper. Results from sampling are shown in Figure 2 below.
Figure 3 shows the distribution of copper in the workings and the location of selected intervals. Structure, mineralization and alteration resemble the feeder zones observed in the Marimaca deposit. No sulphides are present in the underground workings.
Sorpresa RC Drilling Program
An RC drill campaign with 12 holes for 3,000 metres will test the strike and depth extension of the copper oxide mineralization and its extension from the Marimaca deposit.
Phase II Program Upcoming Milestones
Drilling is continuing to plan at Atahualpa with further results anticipated in the coming weeks.
Sample and Assay Protocol
The samples were taken as 2 metres continuous chip channel samples in previously carefully cleaned surface walls. Both adit walls were sampled by Marimaca Copperpersonnel. The samples were transported to the Andes Analytical Assays ("AAA") preparation laboratory in Calama. Samples were prepared using the following standard protocol: drying, crushing to better than 80% passing -10#, homogenizing, splitting and pulverizing a 400 g subsample to 95% passing -150#. All samples were assayed for CuT and CuS by AAS. No standards, blanks or duplicates were employed. After sampling, underground workings were geologically mapped in detail following a protocol adapted from that used for bore hole logging, with emphasis on mineralization and its structural and litohologic controls.
Qualified Persons
The technical information in this news release, including the information that relates to geology, drilling and mineralization of the district exploration programs was prepared under the supervision of, or has been reviewed by Sergio Rivera, Vice President of Exploration, Marimaca Copper Corp, a geologist with more than 38 years of experience and a member of the Colegio de Geologos de Chile and of the Institute of Mining Engineers of Chile, and who is the Qualified Person for the purposes of NI 43-101 responsible for the design and execution of the drilling program and the contents of this news release.
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When it comes to decorating your home for practicality and panache selecting the right sofa is one of the most significant decisions you will make. For a lot of people the sofa can be a statement piece of furniture within their living room, drawing the eye and adding a sense of completion to the space. In the modern age of endless choice there may appear to be infinite options available in choosing the right sofa. You may start off thinking that you know precisely what you're looking for but as soon as you start browsing images online or visit a store, the customization, shapes, and styles could overwhelm you. The best way to save yourself some money, time, and possible buyer's remorse is to establish a clear concept of the sofa you need and want before your shopping adventure begins.
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When you're picking a sofa that not only adds comfort and functionality to a room but also provides a fantastic expression of your unique personality, start by considering your lifestyle. Think about the personal habits that determine your day to day life.
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If you're blessed with a particularly large living room, then you're going to need to think about how much space you would like your sofa to fill. For example, are you considering including accompanying chairs or ottomans in your living space? Would you like to introduce other furniture such as a cocktail table and end tables? If so, a simpler, smaller sofa such as an apartment sized sofa could be the right choice, or a small sectional with a very subtle L-shape. If you are looking to purchase a sofa that should act as the primary focal point within your living room, try searching for round shapes that provides plenty of seating space while taking up more of the room. How often you use your sofa can help to determine the size.
Sometimes, choosing a sofa with longer, slender legs in a smaller room can help to add extra depth to the room. If you place a sofa directly on the ground, it can seem heavy; whereas balancing and elevating the sofa on a set of legs can make the room feel lighter. Similarly, if your ceilings are low and you want to make the space seem larger, try embracing a modern, shorter silhouette.
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Remember though, bold colors can be a tricky thing to deal with in a sofa as unusual shades can begin to look and feel dated. If you really want to embrace bold colors throughout your living room, start by simply using accents. For example, add some drama to your pillows, lamps, end tables, and side tables.
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When it comes to choosing the right materials, research may be a good place to start. Aesthetic appeal is always an important consideration when decorating your home; however functionality is also a key factor – especially when making upholstery choices. Although plenty of us might enjoy the idea of indulging in white suede sofas, they aren't a great selection if you have children and/or pets. Instead, go in the directions of stain-resistant microfibers, or if you prefer more of a textured feel, stick with chanilles. Today, both of these options are available in abundant color options
Leather, particularly in darker shades, can be a great choice for something that's constantly in style and looks great as time passes. Leather is also particularly easy to clean especially pigmented leathers. If you're looking for easy-to-maintain and versatile selections, then leather could potentially be an interesting and bold selection. Just like with today's fabrics, leathers can be custom ordered in a variety of textures and colors. There are even leather choices where the inconsistency in color variations is the preferred choice for those looking for that vintage, distressed look.
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It's Your Choice
Remember, at the end of the day, considering all of these factors can give you a good insight into the type of sofa that might be right for you, but your personality, unique taste, and style will be what makes the final choice. Choose a sofa that you can truly love and appreciate – after all, the chances are you're going to want to keep it around for quite some time.


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The tendon can be strained or suffer a minor tear at its attachment to the calcaneus. Sometimes the bursa between the tendon and the upper part of the bone becomes inflamed. In a chronic problem, spurs may form on the calcaneus. A spur can become detached, forming a focal point of pain. Achilles insertion problems can occur at any age. In children it is often linked to Sever's disease.
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Pain usually comes on gradually, although it can happen suddenly. You feel pain on tiptoeing or running. The heel is tender when you press on it. In the early stages the pain may wear off when you are warmed up, but recurs later during your exercise. The tendon gradually tightens. There is little or no pain at rest unless there is direct pressure on the heel.
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Good morning wine lovers!
Last week I introduced Thommy Witteck to you (If you missed that article, here is the link for you: http://veganwho.de/thommy-witteck-interview). He is a well-known wine expert and he promised to write us some information about vegan wines soon. He is a man of his words! One week later and I already have his article in my Inbox.
How much do you know about vegan wines? I thought I knew a lot already… but apparently I did not! Thommy's article is really informative and I learned many new things about wines.
I must admit, that his article made me a bit sad too, because I realised, that some of the wines that I used to drink, are not really vegan :/ But that's what happens to all of us, especially when you start out as a brand new vegan …you make mistakes and it's no good to beat yourself up over it. Learn from your mistake and do it better the next time! And hey, new vegans! Don't let yourself get dragged down, if you get yelled at from some older vegans when you do a mistake! They tend to forget, that they were beginner vegans once too …
By the way, you can always write me any of your concerns – I won't yell
But enough of my vegan lifestyle tipps – here is Thommy's vegan wine review for you:
Vegan Wine
What the heck is vegan wine? Isn't wine made out of grapes, and is naturally vegan in the first place? Yes and no. Traditionally, during the process of "fining", after the fermentation, protein from milk, egg or even fish is used to make residual fermentation products such as dead yeast particles react with such proteins and settle at the bottom of the casket or whatever container the wine is being fermented in. By filtration, this settled residue is being removed. Thus, the wine is made to look "fine" – its colour changes from opaque to clear and brilliant – just what every consumer demands of his wine. Almost no one would tolerate floating white flakes or a slimy, hazy look in a wine. Technically, during the process almost every particle of non-vegan protein is being removed from the wine, and the wine itself is becoming vegan again. Almost. For a vegan it doesn't matter what comes out of it, as long as non-vegan products are used during its creation. In other words, and this may surprise some of you, traditionally no wine is vegan at all.
There is a slight exception to the rule, when we define "traditionally" as something that goes back to the time before the start of modern wine mass-production which started say in the nineteen sixties. Hundreds and thousands of years ago, in many cases fining with animal proteins wasn't common practice, and wine sometimes wasn't fined at all, leaving all the work to the process of settling and filtration alone. In many cases, this was thoroughly enough, which leads us to an interesting point. Only during mass-production, where brand-building is happening, and the consumer demands cheap, clean products made out of mediocre quality grapes at best, with exactly the same taste every time he buys a product, and time is money, fining becomes a necessity. Some of the most renowned wineries of the world now go back to pre-industrial wine production methods. Their white wine is brilliant and clear in appearance anyhow, and a slight opaque edge to a red wine is even regarded as something "natural" and appealing to many wine connaisseurs. Naturally, it may also be the case that some of the wine produced in this manner turns out to be flawed. It may turn out opaque, of odd colour, or even maltasting.
Vegan Wine "Seal"
Wine is a very conservative métier, and only a few idealists communicate their biological, biodynamic or even vegan approach to wine production. A vegan wine "seal" is being developed and tested as we speak. Of course it is completely voluntary and is only being used by biologically-working wineries. Some of you who know a little bit about German wines would be surprised how many top tier wineries produce their wines after the biodynamic hocus-pocus style of a Rudolph Steiner! Midnight rites and stuff, no kidding! Also, if you work very carefully and harvest very quality-oriented, fining is really no necessity at all. Were they to write that information on each bottle, though, bet how many leather seated Porsche racing, lifestyle-hedonism-driven customers would feel alienated and turn their back on the very winery.
Fortunately, Zeitgeist has it that 10% of all Germans eat according to a vegetarian diet, and the percentage of people purely adhering to a plant-based diet is growing rapidly. The demand for vegan wine is increasing slightly, but not at any significant rate. This certainly is not due to the quality of vegan wine: Personally, working as a German wine expert for some years now with access to practically all elitist tastings, fairs, etc., I have tasted vegan wines many times, from vintners who have been outing themselves and from those who simply didn't need any sort of fining to ensure quality, and there was absolutely no difference to wines from the same "terroir", the same venue or vineyard with the same microclimate and other circumstances, produced with non-vegan fining.
Vegan wine is not a matter of taste, but of a change of perspective in the mind of wine peasantry and wine-drinking clientele. No consumer would even notice. Just another frontier to a plant-based, society, so to speak.
Thommy's Thoughts
My observation is, that vegans generally are more conscious of their diet, they naturally have to in a meat-eating society where they mindlessly put animal parts in all and every product, and tend to drink less alcohol. So they will never be an interesting target group for premium wines. From a marketing point of view, it is difficult to sell "healthy" wine – it even is illegal to put it that way. Wine is alcohol, no matter how splendidly well-tasting, and believe me it is, because I am lucky enough to taste some of the finest and most expensive wines on a daily basis, and alcohol is detrimental to our health. Health and wine do no go together well. Also, when we drink wine, we attain an indifferent state of well-being, and certainly don't want to be reminded of all those horrible things like exploitation of nature and the genocide of near animal relatives via consumption habits. Hedonism, no matter how well deserved some alcohol-induced "time off" may be, will always be the enemy of consequent veganism. Because as long as most of the people eat animals, it will be an outsider-political thing, and in some way a sacrifice of a part of one's comfort zone, being surrounded by the nullifying influence of the masses, demanding increased watchfulness of one's habits -and the conviction of an ascetic.
Thank you Thommy for this amazing article!
What do you think wine lovers? Are Vegan Wines any different to "normal" wines when it comes to taste?


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Blues boss Jose Mourinho is reluctant to shell out £19m on the defender, and has offered the la Liga champions £15m for the Brazilian.
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The Special One has made finding a new left-back his top priority following the departure of veteran defender Ashely Cole, who signed for Italian giants Roma yesterday.


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She calls herself a straight shooter, but when she takes aim, get out of the way. Millions see Carolyn Kepcher every week as one of Donald Trump's trusty troop leaders on "The Apprentice." And she's all business. But step outside the boardroom and you'll see another side: a mom, a wife, a professional like so many others, juggling and struggling to make it all work. So how did she get to the top? And can she help you get that extra edge at the office? Read an excerpt of her book, "Carolyn 101," below:
Chapter One: A Foot in the Door
To: Carolyn Kepcher [E-mail]
My friends have just been watching The Apprentice and when it ended I made a comment, saying that you seemed to be a real smart lady and I said I was sure that you were very aggressive in the business world, and that I'm sure that you worked for many top companies. My friend responded that he thought you were probably related or connected personally to Trump and that's how you got the job. How did you get the job? Please explain.
My personal agenda, going into the meeting, had just one item on it: Impress Donald Trump.
I had about thirteen minutes of face time at my first meeting with him in which to accomplish that task, make my pitch, and get out. After that, I knew the chips were going to fall where they may. Looking back, I don't recall that going to work for The Trump Organization was a serious consideration at that point; the prospect seemed too remote to contemplate. Still, in light of my brush with celebrity since my TV debut on The Apprentice, the irony hasn't been lost on me that I owe my current high public profile to the fact that ten years ago, in my mid-twenties, I was lucky enough to land a job strikingly similar to the one nearly 215,000 young Americans competed for in the spring of 2003, during the casting call for the first season of The Apprentice.
Since The Apprentice I have become "Carolyn," as in "Don't Cross Carolyn!" To my husband's distress, public opinion has seen fit to chop off my last name for simplicity's sake. Often these days I'm stopped in the street or in hotel lobbies by people who profess to know me, which in a sense, I guess they do. I have earned a reputation (justified) as a straight shooter and a tell-it-like-it-is kind of woman. That's not an act, by the way, that's who I am. But I have also earned a fearsome reputation as a starchy hanging judge, as Donald Trump's "Ice Queen," or another personal favorite, "Donald Trump's stern taskmaster."
Some people have even charged me with being tougher on the female contestants than on the men. In a later chapter, I intend to plead not guilty to that charge -- with an explanation. But my main reason for writing this book has nothing to do with softening, straightening, or correcting my image. I'm more than happy with my reputation as a businesswoman and a professional, and even happier that we at The Trump Organization have been given an opportunity to show millions of viewers that we are not just about constructing and managing glamorous commercial buildings and exclusive residential developments, spas, and golf courses. Like every true visionary I've ever met, Donald Trump is both a talented teacher and a talented student, as I think is obvious from his conduct and character on the show. Under his tutelage, I have learned to sharpen my skills as a negotiator and a deal maker, although the negotiating and deal making I do as executive vice president and senior manager of two of The Trump Organization's premier golf properties is, I admit, on a much smaller scale and lesser plane than Mr. Trump's.
I'm writing this book mainly because a number of fans -- mostly but not all of them women, mostly but by no means all of them young women, and mostly but by no means all of them women in business -- have inundated me with mail in recent months, asking me a variety of questions about how I got to my present position, what I think of the evolving role of women in business, how to negotiate some of the simplest yet toughest aspects of getting ahead and succeeding in professional life. We'll discuss writing a winning résumé, making a successful presentation in a job interview, dealing with bosses, good and bad, employees, good and bad, and colleagues, good and bad. We'll talk about how to dress for success, how to manage a meeting, how to ask for a raise or a promotion, how to manage work and family, and how to play with the big boys (and rarely, if ever, lose).
Rather than answer all my questioners individually -- although I've tried -- I'm writing this book to convey in print some of the messages I've sought to communicate by both my words and my behavior on the show. My personal values, if you will, can be summed up in one sentence: Whatever you do, always remain a lady.
And for the guys, I think the same rule (with one word switched) applies nearly as well: Whatever you do, always remain a gentleman.
I also believe in leading by example. This is why rather than merely laying out a long list of rules of conduct, I've included lessons and experiences from my own career as a way of showing you, as opposed to telling you, how best to handle oneself when confronted with the wide variety of problems, challenges, and opportunities that typically present themselves in the workplace. I believe the best way to understand career success is to look carefully at the people who've achieved it.
Being the tell-it-like-it-is type, I plan to tell it like it is. I'm not planning to hand out savvy advice on how to make money (for that, see Donald Trump's Trump: How to Get Rich). Forget about getting insights here on where to invest, or how to become a millionaire in five seconds, five minutes, or five years. I'm thirty-five and have been working steadily since I was twelve, with a little time out, of course, to finish high school, college, and one year of graduate school. I've been on the job ever since and have risen to a senior executive position in an organization dominated by men in an industry -- the golf industry -- likewise dominated by men.
I'm often surprised to find very bright and well-educated people who don't have the faintest idea of how to get ahead or move to the next level of their careers. We will be training our sights on sharpening skills such as sizing up a situation, spotting opportunities for advancement, and anticipating your next move. This book is for all of you looking to push onward and forward and upward in your careers.
In preparation for The Apprentice's second season, Donald Trump, George Ross, and I went down to 40 Wall Street -- a Trump Organization property -- to sit in on some of the casting and screening discussions. Now please bear in mind that 215,000 people applied to become contestants for the first season, and more than one million applied for the second.
On the day we went to Wall Street, it was snowing and cold. An estimated two thousand people had been standing in line since three or four in the morning, dolled up in their best business attire. I saw young women in high heels with their toes showing, half frostbitten. Once they made it into the lobby, they had to wait in another long line, before -- if they got lucky -- they joined the few to be plunked down at a big round table where Donald, George, and I were sitting. Once they joined us, in groups of ten, a topic would be thrown out and they would be given, at the most, ten minutes in which to respond -- to show us their stuff.
I knew it was possible that the contestants facing me, confronted with stepping up to the plate and making their pitch to be cast, had flown in from some distant city or small town. Maybe they had hired a babysitter, skipped a day of work, risked losing their jobs, risked freezing to death, in the cold, all for the sake of grasping this golden ring, gaining this great opportunity, one moment of face time in which to impress us.
Carolyn 101:
Opportunities tend to be one-time shots; if you don't take them that instant, you lose them forever.
I was shocked at how many of those contestants, who had put so much of themselves on the line to get that far, and who probably had impressive work experience and résumés, totally blew that opportunity. It's not that I wanted them to make fools of themselves, to jump up and down on the table screaming, "I'm over here! Come and get me!" But come on, at least demonstrate some smarts, show us some pizzazz, open your mouth, make sure we remember you when we leave this table. Granted, it can be tough for ten people to have a real conversation in ten minutes. But I can remember one young person (I can't even recall if it was a man or a woman) reaching over the table so that he or she deliberately blocked a rival from saying anything. And you know what? The woman being blocked out of the game didn't do a damn thing about it. Which one was worse? The rude one who shoved the rival aside, or the passive one who refused to defend herself? I'd have to say I wouldn't have hired either of them to paint my house.
Curious about this phenomenon, I asked this young woman point-blank, "What do you have to say about what just happened here?" This was at least, you'd have to admit, a germane topic of conversation. You know what? She didn't say anything. She couldn't say anything. She was just so embarrassed to be put on the spot, she choked under the pressure.
This book is for her.
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Board of Adjustment Meeting Minutes 12/19/11
Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Morris Plains Board of Adjustment held on December 19, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers, 531 Speedwell Avenue.
The following members were present:
Mr. John Conway
Mrs. Rosemary Lopez
Mr. Martin Reilly
Mr. Roy Stewart
Ms. Joan Scaccia
Mr. David Schulz, Chairman
Mrs. Ruth Mills
Mr. John Scagnelli
Mr. William Denzler, Borough Planner
Mr. Leon Hall, Borough Engineer
Mr. Michael Sullivan, Board Attorney
The meeting was called to order by Mr. Schulz.
Mr. Schulz made the statement that adequate notice of this meeting has been published and posted in accordance with Chapter 231 of the Public Law of 1975, "Open Public Meetings Act."
Mr. Schulz stated the next agenda item is approval of the meeting minutes of the Regular Meeting on November 28, 2011.
Mr. Conway moved that the minutes of the November 28, 2011 Regular Board Meeting be approved as presented, seconded by Mrs. Lopez.
Roll Call
Yeas: Mr. Conway, Mrs. Lopez, Mr. Reilly, Mr. Stewart, Ms. Scaccia, Mr. Schulz
Abstain: Mr. Bozza
Nays: None
Absent: Mrs. Mills, Mr. Scagnelli
Motion carried.
Mr. Schulz opened the meeting to the public to speak on matters other than those on the agenda. Hearing none, he closed this portion of the meeting to the public.
BA-6-11 – Denise Yuliano, Trustee, 49 Dogwood Drive – Rear Block: 72 Lot: 12
Mr. Schulz stated this application is being reviewed for completeness only at tonight's meeting. He stated neither the Applicant nor the attorney for the Applicant is present. The Board's Professionals are not present at this meeting either, although each has provided documentation as to their assessment of completeness. Each Professional has recommended that this application be deemed incomplete for public hearing. He asked if there were any questions from the Board members.
Mr. Conway moved that the application be deemed incomplete, seconded by Mr. Reilly.
Roll Call
Yeas: Mr. Conway, Mrs. Lopez, Mr. Reilly, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Bozza, Ms. Scaccia, Mr. Schulz
Nays: None
Absent: Mrs. Mills, Mr. Scagnelli
Motion carried.
Mr. Schulz stated that in the event the Applicant reads these meeting minutes, the additional documentation to support completeness must be submitted to the Board Secretary no later than January 9, 2012.
Mr. Stewart reported there is one bill for payment to William Denzler & Associates for professional services rendered to the Board of Adjustment during the month of November 2011 in the amount of $28.75.
Mr. Stewart moved that the bill be approved for payment, seconded by Mr. Conway.
Roll Call
Yeas: Mr. Conway, Mrs. Lopez, Mr. Reilly, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Bozza, Ms. Scaccia, Mr. Schulz
Nays: None
Absent: Mrs. Mills, Mr. Scagnelli
Motion carried.
Mr. Schulz reminded that the Borough's Re-Organization Meeting will be held on January 5, 2012 beginning at 7:30 p.m.
This Board's Re-Organization Meeting is scheduled for Monday, January 23, 2012. Nominations for Chairman will be considered at this meeting, and he concurred with Mr. Stewart's opinion of several years ago that the position of Chairman be rotated through the Board members. He asked that any interested member include their name at the January meeting.
Mr. Schulz advised that Mr. Conway is resigning from the Board after 12 years of service, and this is his last meeting. The Board Secretary will provide a notice to the Board members regarding a get-together. Mr. Conway will advise of his availability to attend a pre-meeting get-together prior to the January 23, 2012 Board meeting.
Escrow Report
The Board Secretary reported that no Escrow Report was received this month.
Cross discussion about the businesses located at the new Route 10 East strip mall, including a possible hair salon business, measurements for one or more signs, paving to be done, that the Resolution states no business can be opened until the entire project is complete, checklists that must still be met, the existing large building on the site, and other issues relating to this project.
There being no further business, Mr. Conway moved the meeting be adjourned, seconded by Mr. Reilly.
Voice vote. All in favor. Motion carried.
Karen M. Coffey
Commission Secretary
Maureen Sullivan
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Steve Jobs a fost unul dintre co-fondatorii celebrei companii Pixar, a fost CEO-ul ei timp de cativa ani buni si in semn de respect fata de el, compania a decis sa dea cladirii sale principale numele The Steve Jobs Building. Steve Jobs ar fi fost implicat in procesul de design al cladirii, el a fost cel care a ajutat Pixar sa se dezvolte si sa devina un nume foarte important in industria cinematografica si nu numai, iar acum toti angajatii companiei il vor avea in gand atunci cand vin la serviciu.
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According to Jobs' recent biography, the headquarters was to be a place that "promoted encounters and unplanned collaborations."… Jobs also strived for a campus that stood the test of time. Tom Carlisle, Pixar's facilities director adds that, "He didn't want a standard office-park building—one with corrugated-metal siding or ribbon windows. The building had to look good 100 years from now. That was his main criterion."
Pixar's campus design originally separated different employee disciplines into different buildings – one for computer scientists, another for animators, and a third building for everybody else. But because Jobs was fanatic about these unplanned collaborations, he envisioned a campus where these encounters could take place, and his design included a great atrium space that acts as a central hub for the campus.
Brad Bird, director of The Incredible and Ratatouille, said of the space, "The atrium initially might seem like a waste of space…But Steve realized that when people run into each other, when they make eye contact, things happen."
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Math homework for 3rd graders: great help for children
For parents, the subject of math is just as stressful as it is for children. Parents might think back to years of timed tests or embarrassing mistakes they made in class. This frustration and anxiety can make it difficult to coach children. But this fear and frustration should be removed when it comes to showing children how to do math homework. Parents are at a great advantage too. Math, numbers in general, is used in the house on a daily basis and all of these uses of numbers can provide for great teaching moments.
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Some amazing fruits that prevent cancer
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Not If We Don't Change the Way We TeachJuly 11, 2016
The recess whistle has just blown. I sit at my desk, shoveling in the last few bites of my lunch. As students enter the classroom, I smile and give them quick directions. They begin to settle in, and I grab the next math worksheet on this week's stack. I peruse it quickly to remind myself of what today's lesson entails, despite the fact that our school's math curriculum hasn't changed in years. I use this curriculum with "fidelity" and at this point, I know the activities inside and out. In the scope of how limited a teacher's discretionary time is, math activities tended to not take much of it. Sound even a bit familiar?
This describes much of the math and reading instruction I did prior to the implementation of the Common Core State Standards. Sure, my colleagues and I put our personal touch on lessons. We used manipulatives, varied groupings, and a plethora of active participation strategies. At the end of the day, though, we were ultimately saddled to the Math and Reading programs that our district expected us to use.
Then came these "new standards" that were supposed to be very different. I vividly recall sitting in the first meeting my school had to discuss them. I hear chatter around me, commenting about how "These aren't so different," "Oh, we're already doing all of this!" Given the reaction from my colleagues and the perceived hype around the Common Core State Standards, I was unsure of how I should feel.
I leaned over to my principal and asked her if she thought these standards were really going to make a big difference. She said, "No. Not if we don't change the way we teach." I saw then that she understood that implementing these new, more rigorous standards meant more than just checking them off one by one and exclaiming "Done!" She already understood the instructional shifts the standards called for, and she knew that the way we teach mattered as much as what we teach.
I watched over the next year or so as my colleagues and I started to match the new standards to our old curricula, in an attempt to make it all "fit." The fact that our old textbooks were simply not aligned to our new and greatly improved content standards became increasingly apparent. What were we to do? How could I change the way I taught to reflect the instructional shifts when what I had to use was not aligned to what I was meant to teach?
For our district, the solution was found in another big change: the adoption of a district wide common pacing calendar, and freedom from the shackles of those math and reading series that needed to be used with "fidelity." Now, for each standard, it was up to us, as professionals, to find aligned, rigorous resources: aligned texts, activities, practice pages, to engage our students. We could use our old curricula if they were still aligned in certain areas, or we could find our own. It was thrilling, but daunting.
I began to notice some poignant changes. The conversations within our team meetings, which had usually been more business and task-oriented, started to become more collaborative and more productive. We were becoming more analytical, thoughtful, and reflective of our teaching practice.
One of us would share a resource we'd found and explain our rationale for its use. Another colleague would share another, and we'd discuss the merits of each resource and how they might help our students do the major learning of the unit. We began to analyze what was missing and thoughtfully searching out activities that targeted specific skills, or, often times, we created our activities. We'd constantly refer back to the standard, using it as an anchor for thoughtful conversations about what mastery looks like and how we'd get our students there.
The Common Core, in and of itself, doesn't mandate or even guide teachers to engage in this kind of collaboration. States, districts, schools, and teachers have the sole power to select the content and strategies employed in classrooms. Fortunately, though, the adoption of the standards brought about renewed interest and attention to the resources and curriculum teachers are using to facilitate learning for students.
When my district finally did away with a mandated math and reading curriculum, teachers were given the gift of using our professional judgment. We've earned our degrees, certificates, and endorsements, spent hours practicing and perfecting our craft, and now we were finally trusted to decide what's best for our students. That might mean using our old textbooks, I still do for portions of the day, or having the ability to look elsewhere.
I know not everyone reading this will be in the same boat as me. I know many districts have purchased new "aligned" materials or are still using outdated ones. I recognize that each administrator has different levels of required fidelity to these materials.
But, regardless of your circumstance, I challenge you to view the adoption of the Common Core, and what you've learned about the instructional shifts that accompanied them, as an opportunity to refresh your practice.
How can you shift or enliven your practice? What can be replaced, moved, swapped or enhanced in your curriculum? Check out the videos and high-quality aligned resources from Achieve the Core, Teaching the Core, The Teaching Channel, Better Lesson, and EngageNY for ideas.
The bottom line is that while we are not textbook authors or curriculum designers, we are teachers. We are the only ones who know the students in our classroom and what they really need today, what they'll likely need tomorrow, and what they might need next week. The higher standards many of our states have adopted provide an incredible opportunity to prepare our students for rigorous college experiences and fulfilling careers. But not if we don't change the way we teach.
Dayna Burke is a first grade teacher at Sahuarita Primary School in Sahuarita, Arizona. In addition to teaching, she serves on her district's Professional Development Team and works as a Reading Coach. In 2014, she was named a finalist for Arizona Teacher of the Year and has spent her time since advocating for educators and students all throughout the state. She is pursuing National Board Certification in the area of Literacy: Reading and Language Arts. When she isn't teaching, Dayna spends her time with her four year old son, husband and two dogs.


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He's a 66-year-old who gets around on his mobility scooter and enjoys eating home-grown fruit and vegetables from his garden.
But there's one thing that makes Inri Cristo stand out from other men his age: he has believed he is the reincarnation of Jesus Christ since 1979.
The Brazilian preacher's sermons in 30 countries have seen him attract hundreds of followers. A group of devoted disciples, all of whom are female, also live at his home.
Despite this, it hasn't all been plain sailing for Inri Cristo. His controversial perspective on the likes of Christmas and capitalism has seen him banned from Britain, Venezuela and the US.
He has damned Christmas as an opportunity for rich people to humiliate the poor, saying: 'It is a day when the little sons of the rich can show the gifts they received while the poor children only get a crumb. So it is a very sad day for anyone who sees things with the eyes that I see.'
Cristo's controversial comments have also seen him arrested more than 40 times.
He now runs his own church, known as 'the Soust', even though his detractors have claimed he suffers from mental illness.
But when asked about the allegations, he said: 'I can be crazy but not dumb. Madness is different from dementia. It is the mother of philosophers, prophets and inventors.'
Inri's religious journey commenced after fasting in Santiago during his mid-30s. Although he insists he has always had a commanding voice which speaks in his head, it was only on this occasion that he was told: 'I am your Father. The God of Abraham, of Issac, and of Jacob.'
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The main hypothesis of the pilot is that by improving working conditions, giving farmworkers better access to information and offering training programs for farmworkers, small-scale farm owners would be able to attract and retain qualified labor on their farms. And, therefore increase the quality and quantity of their coffee.
The Aguadas Cooperative is partnering with RGC Coffee (importer), Expocafe (exporter), SCA, UTZ, Fair Trade USA, CRECE, Solidaridad and the Luis-Jota Foundation to oversee and fund the Farmworkers Pilot.
Launched in 2016, the Aguadas Farmworkers Pilot is a coffee industry coordinated project to find solutions and work on a benchmark to increase the quality of farmworker conditions, management, labor formalization and recruitment.
This association of over 400 women coffee farmers came together to solve issues including lack of capital to use on their farms and to create an equitable working relationship with their husbands. Today, they are committed to producing high-quality coffee.
An association of organic women coffee growers invested in sustainable and organic coffee production. One of the main goals of the project is to ensure financial stability during the organic conversion process which can take up to 3 years.
ACEC is an association of 392 organic coffee farmers who promote and develop technologies that increase the production and yields of excellent organic coffees. The projects helps to attract conventional farms to convert to organic.
The focus with Granja La Esperanza is to promote specialty and microlot coffees from Colombia. La Esperanza has created a truly unique environment among their 3 model farms which serves as a leading worldwide example of microlot coffees.