Good Sunday morning and welcome to the WineGuyMike Radio Show. In recent weeks we have had the opportunity to have many terrific guests on the show. This morning though it is time to get back to what we love most and that is wine.
Today we are going to talk about Italian Red wine and how to better understand what's on the label. For many wine lovers this is one of those areas of the world that can be a bit daunting to understand, and that's where I come in. It's my job to help you better understand challenging wine topics so you can enjoy the wine that we talk about here on the show.
Okay let's get started; Italy has been producing wine for 3,000 years. It is said that Italy is not a country, just a gigantic vineyard from North to South. There are over 2 thousand labels of wine in Italy, that's a lot of bottles to know about. Did you know that since 2008 Italy reins as the largest producer of wine in the world?
We are not going to tackle all of Italy in one week. When it comes to red Italian wine there are three main regions to concentrate on first, Tuscany, Piedmont, and the Veneto regions.
There are literally hundreds of indigenous grape varietals planted throughout Italy, many which we have not ever heard of in America. The main grapes that a person needs to know about to get started with Italian wines from these three regions are; In Tuscany the Italians grow Sangiovese, in Piedmont they grow Nebbiolo, and in the Veneto region a grape known as Corvina is what is grown.
Many grape growers in Italy now are growing Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Merlot. Many American viticulture areas of America likewise are growing Italian varietals of grapes too. Just to name a couple; In the Napa Valley some grape farmers are growing Barbara grapes, in Walla Walla some farmers grow Sangiovese grapes. Grape varietals know no boundaries; the worlds grape farmers now better understand ideal geography, weather, and soil composition that grape varietals thrive in.
Let's take a look at how the Italian wine laws dictate what ends up in your Italian bottle of wine. Just like there are three Red wine regions to pay attention to first begin to understand Italian wines there are three Italian wine law designations one should understand as well.
Grape growers are governed by Italian law or what is known as the DOC – Denominazione di Origine Controllata and DOCG – Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita. You will see this printed on the label of Italian wines. There are many Italian wines that do not adhere to wine specifications within particular regions and these wines will be designated on their label as IGT – Indicazione Geografica.
DOC designations on a win bottle are much like that of French AOC wine laws, you will also see this designation on bottles of French wines. The biggest difference between the DOC and AOC is that the Italian DOC has aging requirements.
The difference between the DOC and DOCG is that the G in DOCG indicates that a wine is stylistically guaranteed to meet the standards set forth in Italian wine laws for specific regions.
Currently there are 35 DOCG wines in Italy, 7 from the Tuscany region and 9 from the Piedmont region. There are over 300 DOC wines from Italy and many more wines that are designated IGT which just means they do not adhere to the standards set forth for a given region in which they are grown. There are many great examples of all of these wines and you typically pay for the guarantee. There are great IGT wines that do not adhere to the wine laws in the region or area in which they are grown, you just have to know what you are buying, but hey that's why you keep me around.
Arrivederci for now wine friends, enjoy these great wine selections especially priced at Liquid Planet, in the heart of Downtown Missoula.
The wine selections from today's show are available today, all especially priced at Liquid Planet, in the heart of Downtown Missoula, Missoula's ultimate wine shopping experience and the very best of beverage.
Paul Hobbs and his eleven siblings were raised on a one hundred fifty year old farm in upstate New York. If you placed an X in the very center of that farm you would be standing at the barn the Hobbs children knew as wondrous and magical place. That barn is now referred to by Paul as the CrossBarn.
Hobbs is arguably one of the top winemakers in America; he is also respected as one of the top wine consultant's worldwide, producing world-class wines in California and Argentina. Producing wines of distinct character require sourcing grapes from only the finest vineyards, a task and talent Hobbs excels at.
Scott Morrison's career in wine began in a very practical way, interning at a winery in the Napa Valley. Having discovered his passion he embarked on an academic track, studying viticulture and enology at the University of California at Davis. After finishing school Morrison traveled to New Zealand, a country whose focus is growing cool weather varietal grapes, it was there he honed his white winemaking skills. Once back in California Morrison worked with The Hess Collection and Rudd Winery, and most recently Paul Hobbs Winery. Morrison is now head winemaker at Paul Hobbs CrossBarn Winery.
CrossBarn Winery produces elegant wine offering true consumer value, thanks to the collaboration of Hobbs and Morrison. The grapes used in CrossBarn wines are carefully hand harvested striving to preserve the core integrity of the fruit. All three current wines are from the 2009 vintage.
The wines I'm recommending are great wines, food friendly and available at Liquid Planet.
This wine pairs well with shellfish and will be on sale for $24.99 until Friday 7/29.
This wine pairs well with Lamb and Chops and will be on sale for $28.99 until Friday 7/29.
This wine pairs well with grilled meats with ample marbling and will be on sale for $33.99 until Friday 7/29.
Pair this wine with; Oysters on the half shell, Salmon, Tuna, Tenderloin of Pork.
The wine selections from today's show are available today, all especially priced until 7/29, at Liquid Planet, in the heart of Downtown Missoula, Missoula's ultimate wine shopping experience and the very best of beverage.
This is WineGuyMike, good Sunday morning and welcome back to this week's show. Before I delve into this week's topic I wanted to let you know that next week my featured guest will be Scott Morrison from the Russian River Valley. Scott is winemaker the Paul Hobbs label, Crossbarn. You will not want to miss this interesting show.
This week I'm sharing with you what I believe is really important to know about wine. I have developed the WineGuyMike Wine Template©, a 10 point simple look that allows you to understand any wine easily. This is important to know for many reasons, it empowers you if you are shopping for wine, tasting wine, or helping someone else to better understand wine.
You may have noticed the last few weeks on my blog that I have been displaying the wines I'm sharing with you by utilizing the wine templates. I feel very strongly that keeping wine as simple as possible is ultimately important. As you may know we don't encourage any wine snobbery here on the WineGuyMike show.
The templates generally include ten different points that is necessary for you to understand what a wines personality and a wines physical attributes. The new templates also help you to better understand your palate and the taste profile of a wine that are appealing to you.
Here is the list and a description of 10 points I cover on each WineGuyMike Wine Template©.
– The style of wines can be significant depending on the winemaker's philosophy and whether they make their wines in an Old World or New World Style. Remember Old World wines from the Old World are made to complement foods that are grown or raised in that particular area or region. The Old World wines often are restrained, simple and lower in alcohol content. Wine from the New World typically has been made to drink; pairing foods with a New World wine is a bit more complicated for the average wine drinker, unlike the Old World you know what to pair the wine with if you understand what the common foods from a particular region are.
Region or Area – Where is the wine from?
– In the Old World viticulturists and winemakers have let the land and weather, also known as terroir, dictate what grapes are grown where. The New World now is also acutely focused on terroir, it is critical to growing grapes that reflect a true expression of the grapes varietal and tha sense of place. Grapes that are grown in areas that are not best suited for the varietal may produce wines that are not pleasing.
Grapes – What is the grape type?
– What is your grape style? Do you like light, medium, or full bodied wines? Do you like wines that are dry or have a subtle sweetness to them? Do you like wines that are lush or may have a bit of zing to them? Knowing the grape varietals and their particular characteristics is vital to your enjoyment of wine.
– In the Old World there are wines laws that dictate where a grape is grown, and how much can be produced, how grapes are pruned, harvested, and in some cases how the wines are made. The New World is now beginning to implement some of these requirements although not nearly to the degree of the Old World. In France you will notice on a label A.O.C., in Italy you have the D.O.C. or D.O.C.G and Spain you have the D.O. The New World now typically identifies the origin, AVA or American Viticulture Area, of a wine. These areas are geographically defined. American wine law identifies on the label whether a wine is Estate produced and bottled, there are also requirements about how much of a varietal must be in a bottle of wine in order to be identified as such.
Vintage – What year was the wine produced?
– This is important to know as wines from the same vineyards vary mainly depending on weather. Each year, just like vegetables crops, the harvest will be different.
– In white wines this varies from Pale Yellow Green at one end of the spectrum to Brown. This is due to age, varietal, and influence from oak barrels. Red wines vary from Purple to Brown, white wines gain color as they age and red wines lose color with age.
– Aroma; a generally positive term describing the smell of a wine, for example, fruity, earthy, or even spicy.
– Bouquet; this refers to the scent that a wine develops with age. This is not to be confused with the wines aroma.
Palate – That's right what do we taste, what is the flavor?
Finish – What's left behind?
– The aftertaste of the wine, flavor and sensation. How long does it last and what are the subtle nuances?
Vinification– What do you need to know about how the wine was made?
– There are techniques that are used by winemakers that greatly affect a wines style, this is important to know.
Here are the wines that I'm recommending for you this week, yes in the WineGuyMike Wine Template© format. Please let me know what you think. The wines I'm sharing are great inexpensive food friendly wines that are available at Liquid Planet.
Pair this wine with; Barbeque, Pork Chop with herbs, Fowl.
The wine selections from today's show are available today, all especially priced until 7/20, at Liquid Planet, in the heart of Downtown Missoula, Missoula's ultimate wine shopping experience and the very best of beverage.
I had the pleasure of hosting featured guests Frederique Leiritz, aka "Frenchie," and Kevin Van Dort from the Missoula Winery and Event Center. The winery is owned by Phillipe and Frederique Leiritz, both whom are from France. Kevin a very well known local blues musician is Vice President of sales and events.
Frenchie, Kevin, and I sat down in the studio this week and tasted through the flight of Marc Raphael wines, The Missoula Red, and Roller Girl Red. The Marc Raphael wines are named for the Leiritzes son Marc, while the Missoula Red or as it is better known as "Soul Red" was blended to capture the spiritual soul of the musician and artist. The Roller Girl Red a wine honoring Missoula's own all girl roller derby team, the Hellgate Roller Girls, a very popular team and activity indeed.
Sustainability is a core value of the Missoula Winery whether they're reclaiming lumber from the old Liberty Lanes bowling alley to build the outdoor concert venue at the winery or recycling wine bottles to use to for their own wine bottling. The Missoula Winery family really is sustainable minded but also applies sustainability in very practical ways.
Family and community are very important to the Missoula Winery. It's refreshing to see relatively new members of the Missoula community have such an impact. The winery frequently has events benefiting people or causes at the winery or they are supporting events happening throughout the community.
If you like music and wine, the Missoula Winery is the place for you. This family friendly atmosphere is a great place to bring the family, enjoy some wine and listen to great music. For a schedule of the excellent entertainment and events going on at the winery please visit the wineries website; http://www.missoulawinery.com/ . The tasting room is open Monday through Saturday from 2-7 PM and Sunday's 2-5 PM, these are their summertime hours.
Wines at the Missoula Winery are very good. I have been tasting wines that winemaker/owner Frenchie has made over the last three years and the wines have evolved significantly. It was a real treat to taste through the flight of wines from the Missoula Winery this week.
Please stop out and visit the Missoula Winery which is located just six minutes from downtown via I-90. You can taste all of their wines while enjoying a barbeque, game of French Bocce Ball (Petunque), or taking in a wide array of musical talent performing regularly at the winery.
I want to thank Frenchie and Kevin for joining me on the show this week to share their wines and passion for the community we call home, Missoula.
Some of the wine selections from today's show are available today at Liquid Planet, in the heart of Downtown Missoula, Missoula's ultimate wine shopping experience and the very best of beverage.
The weather has finally turned, the days are getting hot and the mountains remain emerald green from the spring's plentiful rainfall. A refreshing wine to suit everyone's palate is welcome on a warm summer's night. Wine is seasonal and personal, dictated by your individual taste.
This week I have a diverse selection of wines to share that will please even the most discriminating palate. Not only do these wines offer great value in quality but they are budget minded too. You will find the WineGuyMike recommendations at Liquid Planet located in the heart of Downtown Missoula.
The wine selections from today's show are available today, all especially priced from 7/1 until 7/6, at Liquid Planet, in the heart of Downtown Missoula, Missoula's ultimate wine shopping experience and the very best of beverage.
Today is Father's Day and I thought it would be a great opportunity to pay homage to some of the men who are or were father's, whom I have really respected and loved, and have made such an impression that they have impacted my life.
President Lyndon B. Johnson issued the first presidential proclamation honoring fathers, designating the third Sunday in June as Father's Day in 1966. It was six years later, in 1972, when President Nixon made the day a permanent national holiday by signing it into law.
I thought it would be fun to share a little of my life with you, of course let us not forget this show is all about wine. I put a great deal of thought into these men who have been important to me and thought about what wines that I have enjoyed recently that reminded me of these special men on Father's Day.
First I'll talk about my dad, his name is Frederick. My dad grew up in a very poor family in Upstate New York, which is also where I grew up. My Dad's life growing up was not easy, he is a survivor who has had to scrap for everything in life, but my dad was a dreamer. My dad went after his dreams and fought as hard as he could to live and achieve all that he could dream. For my Dad I raise my glass and toast him with a great Syrah from Walla Walla in Washington State from Reynvann Vineyards. For this toast I chose their Syrah "The Contender", they make three great Syrah's but this one that I think is one of the finest varietal examples seemed appropriate for my Dad.
My Father-in-law, Paul Wright who was one of the toughest men I have known, and not due to his physical strength. He was tough enough to be a great man. Paul a recipient of the Purple Heart from the Korean War was hospitalized for nearly one year having been shot in the war, but he survived. Paul was a Nuclear Engineer, the father of five children, foster father to over 2,000 children who needed emergency short term(Ha Ha) care. These kids were raised alongside his own children wearing the same clothing, taking the same music lessons, and playing the same sports. My Father-in-law just lost a long and hard fought battle to Pancreatic Cancer, he seemed to even beat that though, he lived nearly two years after diagnosis. I raise a glass of Pinot Noir from Balletto Vineyards and Winery in the Russian River Valley. This is a great Pinot Noir that expresses true and real terroir at the hands of winemaker Anthony Beckman, that is what my father-in-law was true, real, and an example of something to model oneself after.
My Grandfather on my mother's side, Alfred Gates, was a survivor of World War II. He spent his time in the war on destroyer escorts, the support team for the big battleships. His boat survived the war and all the unbelievable storms at sea. This man taught me self respect, how to treat others, how to be a leader of a family. Al was loved by everyone who ever met him, and he enjoyed everyone he met. He is a person I miss a lot and think about from time to time even though he has been gone for over thirty years. I'm grateful for this man who always had a twinkle in his eye, for him I toast him with no other than a great sparkling wine, Gruet Brut Rose.
These wonderful Father's Day wine selections are available today at Liquid Planet, in the heart of Downtown Missoula, Missoula's ultimate wine shopping experience and the very best of beverage.


Reality Check: Am I Worth Multiplying?
The first word that came to mind after reading today's assignment: Ouch.
This was painful for me today, to be honest. As much as I long to be like Jesus, I fail miserably EVERY DAY. The stress that comes with misbehaving children and being hated by people in my life that I just cannot avoid really gets to me sometimes. Oh, who am I kidding? It gets to me MOST days, despite my daily prayers that I walk in the Spirit and not the flesh; ask the Lord to help me be meek, mild, loving, compassionate; full of joy, grace, and mercy every day so that it oozes and radiates from me to everyone with whom I come in contact.
Today's assignment also included a self-examination quiz by John Wesley. Even though this reality check was painful, it pointed to areas I already knew were struggles in my life, and today I cried out to the Lord in anguish over these heart matters. This led to anointing the entryways of our home and the bedrooms with oil, kicking the enemy out, and loosing Jesus' love in our home and in our family members. Something changed in our home by the evening. Our home was full of love and laughter as it never has since we became a "blended" family! We had a pastor friend over for dinner, and he said he could feel Jesus as he walked in the door! HALLELUJAH!!!
While our friend was visiting, we were able to discuss this calling we have on our lives and started making plans to move forward. THANK YOU, JESUS!!!
Lord, please keep molding me and making me into Your likeness, a disciple worth multiplying. I'm Yours, and I want to be used by You and for You. Trusting You every step of the way!
I'm a wife, mother, step-mother, but most of all, I'm a friend of Jesus Christ. He's recently called me to leave my full-time job to be His disciple and be available for whatever it is He has for me to do. I've stepped out of the boat in faith. My husband and I, as well as several of our friends, know that there is so much MORE the Lord wants from us than to be confined to ministering in a church building, and I'm very excited to see what He has in store for the future!


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Greece - 08/25/2010
Athens residents fight back against 'killer' billboards
The streets of Greek cities are lined with thousands of illegal advertising billboards that obstruct sidewalks and cause dozens of accidents each year, despite a law banning the ads and regular campaigns to remove them. Our Observer in Athens alerted us on this problem and sent us this account.
"If it weren't for illegal billboards, my son would still be alive today"
Manolis Stavroulakis
Tourism professional See profile
Our Observer spoke with Manolis Stavroulakis, the father of a 25-year-old man who died in 2005 when his car crashed into a pillar supporting an illegal billboard. Since then, Stavroulakis has joined other victims' parents in a quest to find justice and prevent future deaths.
Every year there are more and more victims. Billboards are only removed if they have caused a fatal accident - they are removed by our children's blood. The billboard that killed my son was removed after his death. Outdoor companies place signs wherever they like and mayors not only tolerate this situation, but even co-operate with the companies. It's big money.
I began investigating to find out who owned the billboard responsible for my son's death, and found out it was a company that had closed down. We tried to sue its owner, an 80-year-old man, but were told that he was too old to be prosecuted! "
The sign was situated in the municipality of Marussi [a suburb of Athens], right across from the Olympic stadium. When I contacted the municipality, they initially told me that they hadn't authorised the billboard to be built in that location, but I found that they were lying, and succeeded in proving it. When I and other parents of billboard accident victims confronted them, they told me to stop investigating the issue and verbally threatened me. We argued, and one of the municipal officials tried to punch me. I have been struggling for five years to prove the obvious"
Manolis Stavroulakis in front of an illegal billboard site in Athens. Photo by Manolis Andriotakis.
"No sooner are some billboards removed than others magically sprout up!"
Manolis Andriotakis
Journalist, Author, Director See profile
Manolis Andriotakis is our Observer in Athens. He recently directed a documentary on the safety threat posed by illegal billboards, and alerted us on the problem.
Illegal billboards are only one symptom of the much wider problem of road safety in Greece. According to Eurostat data, Greece has the second highest casualty rate due to road accidents in Europe, with more than 1.600 deaths every year [for a population of 11.2 million]. Huge advertising boards are a serious distraction for drivers; at least nine fatal accidents per year are directly linked to illegal billboards.
Crash site at the foot of an illegal Athens billboard.
The Greek law on outdoor advertising is crystal clear. Any billboard on the side of the road or on the roof of a building that distracts drivers' attention or obstructs the pavement is illegal. But the only time this very clear law was enforced in Athens was during the 2004 Olympic Games. At the time, the government supervised the removal of hundreds of illegal billboards, improving the appearance of the city's roads and making them safer. Unfortunately, just a few months after the Games, the illegal billboards reappeared...
"There are 25, 000 illegal billboards in Athens"
There are approximately 25,000 illegal billboards in Athens, and 150,000 in the whole of Greece. The previous parliament made only minimal efforts to 'clean up' Greek roads. Many critics accused former Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis of being unwilling to enforce the law.
Illegal billboards in Athens.
In fact, until recently, it was common practice for all parliamentary parties to use illegal billboard advertising in their political campaigns during national elections. That changed last October, with Karamanlis' crushing electoral defeat despite his massive use of illegal signs. His victorious opponent, George Papandreou, opted not to use the billboards, although he stopped short of denouncing the municipal corruption that allows these billboards to exist.
"Mayors get money under the table"
Mayors get money under the table for allowing advertising companies to build billboards on illegal locations. Meanwhile, multinational and Greek companies have no compunction about advertising on illegal billboards, thereby completing a vicious circle of illegal activity.
A "distracting" billboard. All photos by Manolis Andriotakis.
During the past ten years, activists - mainly parents of car-crash victims - have been lobbying for the State to enforce the law, impose heavy fines on all parties involved and remove all illegal billboards. Sadly, these parents appear to be fighting the Lernaean Hydra - the mythical sea-monster which replaced each of its decapitated nine heads with two more - for, no sooner does a mayor remove some billboards, than others magically sprout up!
"An iPhone App for quick and easy reporting of illegal signs"
Finally, however, the activists have succeeded in making their voices heard, and the government is announcing measures to solve the problem. First, the ministry of Infrastructure and Transportation launched a website on which citizens can report illegal billboards (www.illegalsigns.gov.gr). Secondly, with the approval of the traffic police, signs have started to be removed. The clever use of new technology may prove to be of enormous help (in July an iPhone application was created for quick and easy reporting of the illegal signs), but thousands of signs still remain to be removed. Based on past experience, there is cause for serious concern that they will reappear as soon as public interest is focused elsewhere. It is truly a Herculean task."
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At the beginning of the year I generally take the time to reflect on my reading in the previous year. I'm nearly three months but I'm finally taking a look at 2015. Here are my summaries of my 2014 and 2013 reading.
I've continued to keep track of my reading by using Goodreads. My profile contains the full list and reviews of books I've read since 2010. Here is my 2015 list.
2015 did not have an easily measured goal. I set the vague goal of increasing the quality of my reading by attempting to think deeper about what I've read.
I have no idea if I achieved my goal. Some books have stuck with me and I've thought quite a bit about the stories. Others I've forgotten already.
Looking at raw numbers I read 51 books in 2015 for a total of about 21,790 pages. When compared to 2014 these numbers are lower by 19 books and about 1300 pages.
In terms of star ratings, 2015 was a better year. I had three more five star books and one more four star book. The 19 book difference between 2014 and 2015 is entirely found in two and three star books.
I awarded ten books a five star rating. This is more five stars than any other year. Each of the five star books I'd recommend without hesitation. Below is my list of five star books. The titles are affiliate links to Amazon and the my review text links to Goodreads.
One of the great things about writing this post is that it forces me to pause and reflect on the previous years books. Its great seeing this list of great books and remembering the stories. Of these ten books the ones I remember most fondly are Stoner, Snow Crash, and The Pale King.
There were also a ton of great four star books this year. One that stands out is Joseph Heller's Something Happened (my review). Kurt Vonnegut wrote a brilliant review of this book which I encourage you to read.
Dave MacLeod's Make or Break: Don't Let Climbing Injuries Dictate Your Success (my review) deserves a mention. I highly recommend this book to any climber. We push our bodies hard and this book will help you prevent and recover from injuries. I've used it as a reference so many times over the past year. It probably deserves five stars.
Unsurprisingly, I'm continuing to mostly read ebooks.
My average rating went up.
Last year I had many repeat authors. This year I had fewer. Neal Stephenson and Donna Tart really stood out this year. I read multiple books from both of them and rated every book five stars.
In 2016 I'm planning on reading one or two biographies. That isn't a genre I typically read. It should be a pretty easy goal to hit. If you have any recommendations please leave them in a comment.


In Part One we learned there are four technologies that can make "dumb" (as in, non-communicative) things talk to mobile phones.
In Part Two we learned how two dumb technologies, the QR code and NFC tags, when properly applied, can be very useful and make you look very smart.
Now…for the exciting continuation…Part Three, where we learn how our nemesis Google will take over the world. Or will they? Muhahaha!
Do you hear a lovely jingle? That is the sound of Google investing mucho grande bucks in the most highly evolved of our Internet of Things (IoT) species, the so-called Physical Web (aka "PhyWeb") and the enabling technology that makes it work ~ the PhyWeb beacon. Small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, beacons are like NFC tags on steroids. Due to battery power, beacons have a much greater broadcasting range, sending information to your scanning device from many meters away instead of just centimeters like NFC tags.
Beacons (I am told) are also polite. They don't invade your phone with intrusive notices unless you give them permission, which you do by instructing your phone to scan for nearby beacons. Then your phone will show you a bespoke list of beacons that are within range of your mobile device. Each beacon represents or controls a "thing" ~ a parking meter, a vending machine, a restaurant's reservation system, a billboard, your hotel room HVAC system. Then, as with its evolutionary ancestors, your phone is automatically connected to that thing's website, or better yet, is transformed into a super-duper universal remote control, allowing you to interact with and control the thing.
"Bespoke" is an important distinction, because imagine a world of beacons pushing their message onto your phone willy-nilly. It would be a madhouse. The Physical Web is the first of our four techniques that offer a technical solution for filtering things of interest in or out of the device owner's awareness. Is French your native language? Do you prefer Thai food over Mexican? Are you a Civil War history buff? Your device knows, and with your permission, so does the PhyWeb. The PhyWeb is smart enough to adapt the information it shows you based on your preferences, screening out spammy clutter along the way, or so Google hopes. Each and every person's encounter with a beacon could be as different as they are. Sacré bleu!
Probably the best way to understand the PhyWeb is by drawing an analogy with the Internet, which was largely useless to the average person until the World-Wide-Web (WWW) and browsers came along. Browsing the WWW made the Internet useful and interesting, and so it shall be with the PhyWeb as well. The PhyWeb will make the Internet of Things useful and interesting for the average person, and it will all be done through a browser and the Universal Mobile Interface (UMI). No messy, single-purpose apps will be required, with all their painful downloading and costs in time, money, and hassle. Thanks to beacons, interacting with the PhyWeb provides instant gratification, and oh how we love that.
Note, however, how control has shifted from the owner of the device to a system. No longer are you able to say "no" to information simply by not scanning ("Step away from the NFC, and no one gets hurt!"). With the Physical Web, mobile tourists will rely on technology to assist with that filtering, and we know how that's likely to end up. Despite Google's best intentions, spammy marketers and their hacking cousins could make the nightmare of Minority Report's obnoxious trouser barker an unwelcome reality. Can we trust a system to ensure we don't see what we don't want to see?Is Waze's unwelcome fried chicken ad (mentioned in Part Two) an innocent misfire, or a harbinger of an anti-utopian future where we must mute mobile ads the way do with TV, or worse, shroud our phones in copper foil to cloak them from intrusive beacons?
What does it mean to be "nearby?" The answer is very different depending on one's circumstances. Nearby is different for a tourist driving at 70 mph on an interstate highway than it is for one browsing a museum exhibit. For the latter, nearby is measured in meters, and for that application, any of our prior three choices would work. For the former, "nearby" is measured not in meters, but in kilometers, and the tourist would appreciate being alerted of places and things he can drive to in 15 or 20 minutes. For that application, the tourist needs a service that will scale large, and that means geo-tagging.
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Dominion Energy presents underwater transmission plans
Megan Schiffres
by Megan Schiffres
WHITE STONE—Residents on both sides of the Rappahannock River had a chance to learn more about Dominion Energy's proposed plans to install transmission lines underneath the river last week.
The utility company invited residents to an open house in both Middlesex and Lancaster counties, where they plan to construct transition stations over the next year. Once constructed, these stations will transition the overhead transmission lines underground and from these stations, horizontal directional drilling will be used to install a new transmission line under the Rappahannock.
"We're drilling from both sides to platforms in the middle. So there'll be a drill from the south side over to the platform, a drill from the north side over to the platform and then a water drill from platform to platform," said project manager Wesley Keck during the informational session on August 21 at the White Stone Town Hall.
The underwater transmission lines will replace the overhead 115 kV lines that were attached to the Robert O. Norris Jr. Memorial Bridge in 1962. According to Dominion Energy communications consultant Greg Mathe, no disruption of power is expected during the process of this replacement.
The cost of the project will be shared among all Dominion customers, but they do not yet know how much rates will increase as a result of the project, said Mathe.
Dominion determined the existing lines needed to be replaced in 2014, due to safety and operational concerns related to the age of the bridge. In 2015 Dominion filed an application to build 10 transmission towers across the Rappahannock River, but members of the community concerned about the impact that the proposed towers would have on the property value, tourism industry and environment of the Northern Neck filed an injunction against their construction with the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC). Last December, the SCC ruled against Dominion's Energy's plan to construct independent towers and directed them to install the new transmission line under the river.
Ian Ormesher, a resident of Irvington who became involved in a citizen coalition to prevent the construction of the towers, said at the open house last week that they felt encouraged by how inconspicuous the new plans for underwater transmission lines appeared.
"Putting this underground will add value to the Northern Neck," Ormesher said. "The view from that bridge we all enjoy is literally unique, is one of the best views in the whole of USA, is outstanding no matter where you go around the world. Driving across that bridge, the view you get from that should take your breath away."
Permits relating to the project must be approved by the Virginia Marine Resource Commission and the Army Corps of Engineers before it can move forward, said Mathe. Dominion has already obtained approval from the Middlesex planning commission to construct a transition station at the intersection of Greys Point Road and Pinetop Road, Topping. A public hearing on the company's application for special exception from the Lancaster board of supervisors to build a transition station adjacent to 165 High Bank Road, will be held at 7 p.m. tonight, August 30.
Despite general public support for the underwater transition lines, a few residents will still lose their view of the river and have their property values lessen as a result of the project. Mal Ransone, a Lancaster resident of 65 years whose property connects to the proposed site of the transition station in White Stone, said they might as well put their home of 32 years up for sale.
"It's going to lessen the value of my house because people are not going to want to look at the sub-station, you know? I don't even want to look at it," said Ransone, who worked as a sub-contractor for Dominion. "But I guess I get no choice, because it's a done deal and I wasn't notified."
Ransone said at the open house that he wished he had been notified earlier about the plans to construct a transition station near his home and that he supported the overhead power lines as an alternative to the underwater transmission project.
Dominion is awaiting approval on several permits before they can begin construction, but Mathe said they hope to start building in the fall. Weather permitting, the project is expected to take about 15 months to complete.


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Inteligencja rozproszona (fr. Intelligence distribuée, ang. Swarm intelligence (inteligencja roju)) – pojęcie oznaczające tworzenie się współpracy pomiędzy wieloma sprawcami naturalnymi (np. kolonia mrówek) lub sztucznymi (np. roboty) bez uprzednio zdefiniowanego planu i bez jednego organu dowodzącego, gdzie pojęcie to występuje najczęściej w pracach nad sztuczną inteligencją.

Nazwa została wprowadzona przez Gerardo Beni i Jing Wang w 1989 roku, w kontekście zrobotyzowanych systemów komórkowych

Stanisław Lem zaproponował ilustrację pojęcia inteligencji rozproszonej: "robiono takie eksperymenty, bardzo proste, kładąc na ich (mrówek) drodze jakiś mały przedmiot, którego żadna mrówka nie byłaby w stanie osobno unieść. I wtedy zbierają się dwie mrówki, trzy mrówki, potem się do nich przyłączają jeszcze cztery mrówki, po czym zaczynają nieść wspólnie ten ciężar do mrowiska. A nikt przecież nie zaprogramował ich węzłów nerwowych, żeby tak postępować. To jest właśnie inteligencja rozproszona". Autor zastosował  inteligencję rozproszoną w utworze Niezwyciężony, gdzie miniaturowe roboty obdarzone sztuczną inteligencją wyniszczyły życie na całej planecie.

Inteligencja rozproszona związana jest też ze zjawiskiem globalizacji, które ułatwiło wymianę danych na poziomie globalnym i pozwoliło na stworzenie nowych perspektyw między innymi w edukacji, gdzie przykładem tego może być współtworzenie narzędzi informatycznych przez wielu nieskoordynowanych sprawców (twórców). Owocami tego rodzaju działań są Linux i wolne oprogramowanie, oraz Firefox, przeglądarka internetowa stworzona w dużej części przez wolontariuszy. Wikipedia jako całość też powstała w ten sam sposób.

Znani badacze inteligencji rozproszonej (roju) to: Marco Dorigo, inżynier elektryk Russell C. Eberhart, zastępca dyrektora szwajcarskiego "Instytutu Badań Sztucznej Inteligencji"  Luca Maria Gambardella i psycholog społeczny James Kennedy.

Zobacz też
 inteligencja zbiorowa

Przypisy

Bibliografia
 J. Kennedy, R. C. Eberhart, and Y. Shi. Swarm Intelligence. Morgan Kaufmann, San Francisco, CA, 2001., p. XXI,

Linki zewnętrzne
   – projekt MIT
 Distributed Intelligence Laboratory  – badania nad sztuczną inteligencją dystrybutywną.

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Opposition leaders have been unable to negotiate a release of 11 political activists handed steep sentences earlier this month for their alleged involvement in violent demonstrations last year.
The 11 activists, including US citizen Meach Sovannara, are being held at Prey Sar prison, outside Phnom Penh, facing up to 20 years in prison each, despite the efforts of the Cambodia National Rescue Party.
Kem Ley, an independent political analyst, called the "culture of dialogue" catchphrase a "trick of the ruling party," one that could hurt the opposition by curbing public criticism of the CPP in the run-up to local and national elections.
The new election law, meanwhile, says that senior party members are legally liable for the entire party, creating the potential for dissolving the Rescue Party if its leaders are too outspoken, he added.
"I think the release of these people could have been made in the past, had the [Rescue Party] stopped digging up and displaying the realities of border issues and Vietnamese immigrants," he said.
Rescue Party spokesman Yem Ponhearith said the party is speaking with Interior Minister Sar Kheng in an attempt to negotiate the release of the 11 activists. He dismissed concerns that the "culture of dialogue" would hurt the opposition, which is strengthened by an information environment where wrongdoing is quickly communicated amid the population. "So the CNRP will receive strong support," he said.


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ECOLOGY /oikos (house) + logy (the study of): The study of one's House, the Earth. The study of one's House, the Family. The study of one's House, the Wood. The study of one's House, the Forest.
The grandfather, who had lived through mighty storms of fortune, sought a place of refuge on a high mountain top to locate his towers to broadcast to the world. He found an island not far from his home, and in the middle of the horseshoe-shaped island was a mountain. The mountain rose high above the Salish Sea, and had been a home to the proud Lummi Nation, who had known the mountain as a sacred place. When the grandfather found the land, it was in the middle of a small and beloved Park donated to the State of Washington by the shipping magnate Robert Moran. Leftover land, an almost forgotten perfect square, fit on the side of the mountain like a cubed die, just ready to roll off the mountain. Previously, the land had been owned by an early Orcas immigrant, who logged the land–a clear-cut of the forest. The five-year old girl looked in wonder at it, at how ugly it all was. The trees lay in swags across the land, their greying trunks and fronds decaying and creating a swamp of the land, open and grey, moon-like in its disposition. The grandfather took the girl's hand, and they walked the moon-like grey paths, and then they knelt together. He showed her the little three-foot high trees, just as tall as she, and they were green and spunky, and growing fast, just like she was. He stood, and picked her up, and cast his hand over the land, and said, "When you grow up, when you are my age, these little trees will be as tall as any forest you have ever seen, and you can harvest them again." The girl pondered all these things in her heart.
Visiting and assessing sixty years of forest growth on the property.
When the girl was not quite her grandfather's age, she took her children to go and look for the little trees. She looked for the Douglas Fir trees and the Western White Pine trees that the grandfather had planted. They walked through the forest of tall trees. Tall hemlock trees. Tall, and growing very close together. Not very big around, and many of them simply small and not growing much at all, just growing on top of each other, trying to get light and nutrients, but crowding each other out. The trees were dark and thick against one another. The family reached out to a forester and ecologist to ask what had happened to the tall Douglas Fir and tall Western White Pine trees that their grandfather had planted. He explained that some trees grow faster than others, that forestry is not a perfect science, that it is a complex study of growth, competition for light, protection against predators, like hungry deer who prefer some species over others, and that not all trees grow alike. He explained that Washington State's Tree, the Western Hemlock, grows the fastest of all, is known to be particularly opportunistic, and to often, crowd out other, slower growing trees like the Douglas Fir, who are stronger but slower and also well-liked by the deer. The girl who was now a woman, pondered all these things in her heart.
The forester explained that to care for the forest, and to restore the forest, the forest would have to be thinned. Many of the small, more crowded Hemlock trees would have to be removed, while the Douglas Fir trees would stay. And new Douglas Fir trees and new Western White Pine trees would be planted, spaced far apart, with good light, and good browse protection from hungry deer, so that a new generation of trees would grow on the mountain top, healthier and stronger.
Restoration: harvesting and replanting in such a way that trees have an opportunity to thrive.
The family did the things that the forester told them they should do. They let the loggers come into their forest, and the loggers cut down the hemlocks all growing closely together, and trimmed their branches, leaving them on the now squinting and light forest floor. The logs, not too terribly large, around 8" to 12", went down the switchbacks off of the mountain, down through the State Park, down to the ferry landing, onto the ferry to cross the Salish Sea, and to the logging mills in Skagit and Snohomish Counties to be made into 2 x 4s and 2 x 6s and 2 x 8s. And the family replanted the trees, every ten feet or so, so that light and air could help them grow, some 800 trees were planted to grow for many years to come.
Because the trees had been growing on a mountain top, all crowded together, even though they were almost sixty years old, the logs were rather small. Some of them could not be used as high value 2x4 or 2x6s, and some of them went to waste, because lumber could not be cut too close to the edge of the trunk. And some of them had deep knots in them and were not too useful for the big lumber mills. The girl who was now a woman noted that many small trees were left on the forest floor, to turn grey, to turn into slag, and to decay into the forest soil, around the small, green planted trees. And she noted how much the land looked just as it had when her grandfather took her by the hand and walked with her through the land so long ago. The girl who was now a woman, pondered all these things in her heart.
It was at this time, that the woman, who had become an architect, was researching the most sustainable, experimental and thoughtful ways to build a new home for her family. Researching far and wide, she came across some small, humble Austrian homes that her friends had built far away in Europe. They were quiet, with thick wooden walls, small volumes of simple white pine, with hardly any visible structure. They were on the edges of forests and towns, often with blackened exteriors, and small simple openings for light. Reading further, she read Austrian ecologists' writing about their study of how their planted forests were managed., When you take a tree out of the forest, you plant a tree, or two or three, to replace the one mature tree you harvested, and so you always have a regenerative circle of trees growing, and trees being logged, and trees being built with, and trees being lived with, and trees being planted, planted again, for the circle to continue.
Douglas fir tree cone and seeds collected for replanting.
The circular stories kept continuing, as the architect studied how trees and carbon work. The trees in the forests pull in the carbon dioxide, and hold it there, allowing the trees to grow taller, and sequester more carbon dioxide into the wood of the trees, from the branches to the trunk to the roots. When the tree is cut, the roots and branches are left in the forest and slowly decompose, releasing their stored carbon. But the trunk is harvested and cut, and its bark is taken off, and the trunk itself is cut into lumber, still sequestering all that carbon.
When the lumber is laminated together, and made into large, cross laminated-timber panels, the carbon is still there, sequestered into the walls of buildings. And, by using the wood in such large panels, up to 10' x 60', it is rather easy to unscrew the connector plates that connect the CLT panels together and reuse the large wooden panels for another project. So, there is a life after the panels' first use, and the cycle of sequestered carbon keeps growing in the forest in the newly planted trees, and in the buildings in the cities. Even better, if you make tall wood buildings in place of tall concrete or steel buildings, you not only sequester the carbon in the mass timber, but you replace a significant amount of carbon that is emitted in making the steel and the concrete. The difference can be up to 40% savings in carbon emissions for a tall mass timber building versus a tall concrete building. And the woman who was now an architect, pondered all these things in her heart.
The new panels were exciting – they could be designed in new ways that the architect loved imagining. Light started to bend around the spaces, with panels that were prefabricated and dropped into place, all precut. And even though the house was designed on a triangular lot, the angles could be cut very precisely, to very exact dimensions. Building with the new material was fast. The panels were delivered in two truckloads that stayed on site for just five hours, and the panels were erected in just twelve crane days. The spaces of the house took shape quickly, and the light began to bend and inhabit the spaces of the house just like they had been designed in the architect's mind. The house went up quickly, and all sixty-seven prefabricated panels fit into place just like they were supposed to. The panels were made of wood, an ancient material, but prefabricated in a way that was completely new. Technology and nature combined to make a new and regenerative way to use wood from the Pacific Northwest. And the woman who was now an architect was very happy.
The woman and her family moved into the house just as her children were starting high school, and they had four years to enjoy the house together as a family, before the children went out to live their own lives. The house was beautiful and waking up to the light every morning as it grazed the natural pine, spruce and fir panels was very peaceful. In the first couple of years, walking into the house smelled just like walking through a forest in the Pacific Northwest. The house glowed with the sunlight coming through the triple-paned glass windows, and the heat soaked up in the thick walls, wrapped in 6-1/2 inches of mineral wool, so that the cold was kept out all winter, and the house was very light and warm all year. Walking through the house with bare feet, felt like walking on the beach as a kid, or being in a sauna, and it was just as relaxing. The wood was alive—it moved and made noises and changed over the year. It checked and cracked. The sound of the natural wood checking was explosive and loud, like a tree falling in the forest. The color of the wood slightly darkened, even under the light whitewash of the interior sealer that the architect had sealed the wood with. The light arose on one side of the house in the morning, and set on the other side, and plants grew all around the house–from apple trees, to plum trees, to fig trees, to raspberries and tomatoes on the roof. And the woman who was an architect and a mother pondered all these things in her heart and was very happy that she could give these experiences to her family.
SUSAN JONES FAIA LEED AP BD+C is an architect who founded her own architectural firm, atelierjones, in downtown Seattle in 2003. She has worked on design-award winning and environmentally-forward projects for her entire 30 year career. A national leader in developing design and progressive codes for mass timber high-rises, Susan published a book in 2018 called Mass Timber | Design and Research, featuring atelierjones' work with Mass Timber. She is a third-generation Pacific Northwesterner, who grew up in Bellingham and on Orcas Island, and visits her family there.


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Mesothelioma Immunotherapy Study Funded by Asbestos Settlement
A mesothelioma diagnosis is never good news. But one family in Northern California turned their misfortune into a way to help other mesothelioma patients find better treatments. With the settlement money Kazan Law negotiated on their behalf, they created the Boyd Family Fund at Kazan McClain Partners' Foundation to fund clinical trials research. One trial of a mesothelioma immunotherapy treatment, partially supported by the Boyd Family Fund, is showing promising early results.
The Boyds' commitment to finding better mesothelioma immunotherapy treatments shows how mesothelioma patients and their families can push the science forward toward a cure for this life-threatening cancer.
Using an Asbestos Trial Settlement for the Greater Good: Gerald Boyd's Story
Mesothelioma can develop when spindly asbestos fibers lodge in your body. These fibers are most often inhaled, so they land most frequently in the lining around your lung, which is called the mesothelium. This form of the disease is called malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) and about three quarters of mesothelioma patients have this mesothelioma type.
Mesothelioma can take decades to form after asbestos exposure. Not everyone who is exposed to asbestos will develop this rare cancer. Gerald Boyd's risk was higher than most, because he had been exposed to toxic asbestos fibers for most of his life. Starting in 1947, when he was just four years old, his father brought home loose asbestos fibers on his work clothes. In 1967, Mr. Boyd went to work at the same place as his father, where he was surrounded by airborne asbestos fibers, for almost 20 years.
By the time Gerald Boyd was diagnosed with malignant pleural mesothelioma in June 2014, he had Stage III mesothelioma – too advanced for surgery to help.
But Gerald Boyd was nothing if not a fighter. He kept up with his daily activities as long as he was able. He did everything he could to make sure his family's future would be secure after he was gone. He took the big corporations responsible for his asbestos exposure to court (with the help of Kazan Law) and justice prevailed.
Mr. Boyd died in 2016, but his fighting spirit lives on through the Boyd Family Fund. With some of the funds from the settlement, his wife Judith Boyd and their children pledged to do something concrete to help other mesothelioma patients. They are using their settlement to prevent other families from going through the heartache they experienced.
What is a Mesothelioma Immunotherapy Clinical Trial?
The Boyd Family Fund's investment in research is paying off, with a promising Phase 1b clinical trial for CRS-207, a mesothelioma immunotherapy vaccine. The trial, "Safety and Efficacy of Listeria in Combination With Chemotherapy as Front-line Treatment for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma," is ongoing at several medical centers, including the University of California, San Francisco.
Clinical trials are the human study part of the development of each new mesothelioma immunotherapy treatment. Clinical trials go through several phases. At each phase, researchers refine the dosage and timing of treatment. Each phase adds more participants, so researchers can study the effects of the new mesothelioma immunotherapy drug on a wider group of patients.
It's an exciting time for cancer research in general and mesothelioma immunotherapy research in particular. Many mesothelioma patients choose to participate in clinical trials, because they offer patients early access to new and potentially more effective treatments. Some trials require that you haven't already received other treatments, so it's good to look at what mesothelioma clinical trials are available as soon after your diagnosis as possible.
The clinical trial of CRS-207 that the Boyd Family helped fund has enrolled 38 patients with non-operable MPM. It tests the combination of mesothelioma immunotherapy vaccine CRS-207 with chemotherapy drugs pemetrexed and cisplatin.
The CRS-207 clinical trial will end in December 2017 and is not accepting new patients. Many other studies are looking for mesothelioma patients. Mesothelioma Circle has a new tool to help you find a mesothelioma clinical trial that's right for you.
Mesothelioma Immunotherapy Vaccine
Your immune system works in two ways. Your innate immune system offers a set of defenses and immune responses, such as inflammation, to ward off everyday invaders. Your Innate immune system responds the same way every time.
Your adaptive immune system, by contrast, learns from each challenge it faces. The adaptive immune system allows us to build up immunity to childhood diseases and to different strains of the flu. Once your adaptive immune system deals with a particular bug, it is ready with antigens to fight back next time.
Vaccines work by stimulating our adaptive immune system to develop antigens. Vaccines deliver a small amount of the organisms that cause the disease, so most people don't get sick – but their immune systems learn how to fight off the illness.
Listeria is a pathogen that can cause food poisoning. CRS-207, created by Aduro Biotech, Inc., uses special strains of listeria to deliver tumor antigens and stimulate your adaptive immune system. The hope is that, once activated, your killer T-cells will recognize mesothelioma cells as invaders and attack them.
In clinical trial NCT01675765, patients were given two doses of CRS-207 designed to deliver the antigen mesothelin, which is associated with mesothelioma tumors. This was followed by several cycles of chemotherapy. The chemotherapy drugs chosen for the study are two of the drugs most often prescribed for mesothelioma patients: pemetrexed and cisplatin (a platinum-based chemotherapy drug). This combination of chemotherapy drugs has been found to be more effective than either drug on its own.
Mesothelioma Immunotherapy Clinical Trial Preliminary Results
While this mesothelioma immunotherapy clinical trial isn't over yet, the researchers have provided some preliminary results and they are promising. In April of 2016, the research team reported, in an article in the Journal of Thoracic Oncology, that 59% of participants had a positive response to the treatment. In another 35%, the disease had not progressed, which is a big victory for mesothelioma patients.
The early results also showed some positive changes in biomarkers that could indicate an immune response against the tumor. The side effects of the CRS-207 vaccine were not severe, another promising sign. If the final results show positive effects for this mesothelioma immunotherapy, researchers will conduct further clinical trials in an effort to bring a new mesothelioma treatment – and new hope – to more mesothelioma patients.
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Titleist brand started with a vision - and an X-ray. Titleist\'s success story began on a Sunday in 1930 when Phil Young, who was a dedicated amateur golfer and owner of a rubber company, missed a well-beaten putt in match play against his dentist. Convinced that the ball itself was the cause of the missed putt, Young and the dentist went to the dentist\'s office, x-rayed the golf ball in question and found that its core was in fact outside the center of the ball. With his discovery, Phil Young persuaded his MIT college friend, Fred Bommer, who was a rubber specialist but also enthralled golfers to go to the Acushnet Golf Division. They decided to develop the best performing golf ball in the world with the highest quality - where each ball would be consistent with consistent quality, ball after ball after ball. It took Young and Bommer three arduous years to complete the first Titleist golf ball, but when it was completed in 1935, it could be introduced to club professionals and golfers as the best ball ever made. After learning the lesson, Young applied a control of the manufacturing process that is still used to this day: Every Titleist golf ball x-ray. "All trademarks and logos of Acushnet, Titleist, FootJoy and other prestigious marks are the intellectual property of Acushnet Company."
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It was a real St. Patrick's day party atmosphere at Bowlers Exhibition Centre, Manchester, last night, when James Lindemann promoted a seven card show in which Sam Hyde of Sale made short work of Croatian Tomislav Rudan – scoring a second round KO.
Hyde made short work of his Croatian opponent who hit the canvas twice in the second round. A body shot sent Rudan to his knees and he was counted out by Referee Sarginson.
'The Chosen One'- Danyo started off strong and confident – putting Warburton on the back foot, but by the second half of the bout roles were reversed and, with Danyo tiring, it was Warburton pushing Danyo back.
Valevski had a point deducted for holding and was on the canvas in rounds one and three. He was counted after the second knockdown but Referee Sarginson deemed the Bulgarian unable to continue and waved the contest off.
Both men were throwing as many punches as they could, albeit not heavy punches, but they soon tired themselves out. Baublys sustained a nick on the left eyelid area.


We love Hi-Chew candies around here, so when asked whether my oldest daughter wanted to do our gummy bear valentines like her sister or do another, she quickly requested giving her classmates Hi-Chew candy. We brainstormed together a bit, and I went to work to make a Hi-Chew valentine printable for kids.
Hi-Chew – I did 10 candies per bag, but you could split it up however you want.
2″ Circle Hole Punch or Scissors – I couldn't find my exact hole punch, but I think the one I linked to would work well. You want to be able to view where you are punching out so that you can center the graphic.
Hole Punch (heart shape available) – I used a flower hole punch I had on hand.
Print out my free "Hi-Chews You to Be my Valentine" printable and cut into strips.
Using a 2″ circle paper punch, line up the paper accordingly and punch out the circles.
Using a hole punch (a heart shaped ones would be super cute), punch a hole in the top of your circle printable.
Fill sandwich bags with a desired number of Hi-Chew candy pieces and use red and white twine or other ribbon to close the bag, tying on the printable.
I hope this Hi-Chew Valentine printable is really helpful for you this season. What child wouldn't love receiving a bag of Hi-Chew candies as a Valentine gift? My kids were able to help with every step of the process. They love to punch the holes, fill and tie the bags. It becomes a group effort. Happy Valentine's Day!


Whether inspired by Democrat or Republican ideologies, poll after poll has shown an increasing distrust of the federal government to act on behalf of the American people. The American people don't trust their government to be honest with them, think it has become too big, too powerful, and is out of control with overspending and regulations. Despite this damning indictment, politicians of both parties continue to wrangle over who gets what of the Washington pie while ignoring the deep rooted discontent that is festering among the people they represent. The political proceeds of this endless Washington charade eventually evens out between the parties using the popularity pendulum to reward each party during its upturns. Both retain approximately the same numbers for each voter base with each party sometimes having an edge over the other, all the time ignoring the people's wishes so that nothing ever actually changes in Washington.
This status quo is destroying America.
The Democrat Party is presently enjoying one of its upturns. Sweeping social changes like ObamaCare and selective enforcement of immigration law has divided democrat voters into socialist Pelosi-ites and old-time moderate democrats. The Republican Party presently the underdog is experiencing the same divisions among its voter base. The moderate republicans and the old-time conservative republicans. The ideologies of moderate democrats are closer in line with moderate republicans than the Pelosi-ites of their own party. Conversely, conservative republicans disown the moderate republicans as being too liberal. The whole system is out of kilter and the socialist Obama administration are using the turmoil to dramatically change American values.
In America, both Democrat and Republican ideologies have been bushwhacked by far left extremist supported by the mainstream media.
The Democrat Party leadership has been infiltrated by socialists like Obama, Pelosi and Reid, and the Republican Party has been taken over by moderates like McCain, Boehner and McConnell, who are more like moderate democrats than the conservatives they represent. The Republican Party leadership is far too moderate to be able to counteract extremist socialism. They are too easily bullied by Obama.
This uneasy state of party politics has encouraged many voters from both parties to group together in a common cause known as the TEA Party. The TEA Party is not really a party, more a banding together of the thousands of voters unhappy with the problems caused by the status quo in Washington . The leading elite from both parties view the Tea Party as a threat to the voter base of each party and are working together to discredit it. This strange alliance to destroy the TEA Party should be a red flag to supporters of both parties, but with the media's help, voters seem to be falling for the spin.
Many Americans of both parties are unhappy with the direction the nation is heading and with the formation of the TEA Party alternative have sent a message to the status quo that the two party system needs to change for it to survive.
It is this editor's opinion that when the Democrat Party consisted of moderate liberals and the Republican Party consisted of right leaning conservatives, the political pendulum kept the nation on a prosperous path, but when socialist liberals took over the Democrat Party and moderate conservatives the Republican Party, the nation started its disastrous free-fall into ruin.
It is also this editor's opinion that a TEA Party or Libertarian Party added to the mix is not the answer because they still leave the majority of moderate democrats without a suitable political home. To house all the voters to their satisfaction will require the addition of a Socialist Party to the Democrat, Republican mix. All the socialists in one party, the moderate democrats and moderate republicans in another, and so-called TEA Party supporters to take over a conservative Republican Party. All voters would be among their own kind and America could resume the task of being the greatest and most prosperous nation ever.
There is one other benefit to this three party system that must be mentioned, the Socialist Party would soon fade away along with its voter base, leaving the Democrat and Republican Parties to resume their roles of building America the way they had before.
It is just my opinion. What do you think.


PAN Oceanic Bank (POB) will launch a newly savings account for children between ages 0-18 this morning.
Called 'PIKININI SAVINGS' it would be launched at POB Panatina Plaza Branch.
Pan Oceanic Bank (POB) Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Nihal Kekulawala, told local journalist during a press conference on Wednesday.
Mr Kekulawala said, PIKININI SAVINGS account is their first saving scheme to be introduced for kids in Solomon Islands.
"As a locally incorporated Bank it's our focused on supporting the country through meeting the needs of people of the Solomon Islands.
"This new saving account was introduced by POB to help parents save money for their children and is important for the development as increasing investment that will achieve a higher growth rate in the country," he said.
Mr Kekulawa said, PIKININI SAVINGS is the first step towards promoting national savings and introducing a gift scheme for minor savers.
"This children saving accounts aims to encourage parents to save for their children.
"Once you open an account, children or parents are not allowed to withdraw money until that particular child has reached the ages of 18. For health reasons parents or that child can able to withdraw the money," POB CEO explained.
He added, POB wants to encourage parents to save for their child until18 years of age.
"We want to encourage parents to save money or in other words invest money for the future.
"Sometimes parents fac financial challenges when their child reaches age of to pay for school fee or marriage.
"Therefore POB opens this new saving scheme to allow parents start saving for their children with any amount," he said.
For more information about the PIKININI SAVINGS you can visits POB bank both Point Cruz and Panatina Plaza for more information.


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Q: From one language to another How I can change Windows XP's language? The original is not English, and the language that I want to "install" is not English, too. Both languages use the "latin alphabet". I mean changing the language without a new installation.
It is a laptop.
Edit: It does not need to be a Microsoft's application, third party applications are welcome.

A: You cannot change the operating system language for Windows XP as long as it's not English. See the answer of Microsoft:

MUI (Multilingual User Interface) is an add-on to the English
  version of Windows XP Professional and
  Windows 2000 family of operating
  systems, and will not install on
  localized versions of Windows XP/2000
  or on Windows XP Home Edition.
  The Windows XP/2000 MUI is sold only
  through Volume Licensing programs such
  as the Microsoft Open License Program
  (MOLP/Open), Select, and Enterprise
  agreement (or with a new computer as
  an OEM version at customer request).
  It is not available through retail
  channels.

See the full article from this page.

A: You can't install the MUI Pack on a non-english version of XP.
However, you can trick XP into thinking that it's in english so that it might agree to install MUI.
Please create a system restore point before trying the procedure below.
I haven't tried it and take no responsibility for its working (or not).

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*Launch regedit and navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\MUI\UILanguages.

*Change the value of "Default" and "InstallLanguage" registry value to "0409", which represents US English.

*Open Control Panel / Regional and Language Options / Advanced tab, and set the language to English (US) as default format and language for non-Unicode programs.

*Click "OK" when done.

*Reboot the system.

A: With the introduction of MUI, Windows XP can contain a minimum of 33 International languages in addition to the complex Asian scripts. This article explains how to change computer language to English when the default language is something else.
Changing Computer Language to English in Windows XP
If you bought your computer with Windows XP in some other language set as default, you need not worry. You can always change it using the Control Panel. English, along with several widely used languages, is present in almost all Windows XP installations. You only need to set it up so that your copy of Windows XP works with English.
The following steps explain how to change computer language to English in Windows XP.

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*Open Control Panel and double click on the Regional and Language Options icon.

*In the first tab, Regional Options, select English (US), English (UK), or any other English (there are many versions of English pre-loaded) as per your wish. The option is available in the first drop down list under Standards and Formats. You may also click the Customize button next to the drop down to customize the format of date, time, currency etc.

*Click on the next tab, Languages and then click the button labeled Details. In the Text Services and Input Languages dialog box, you can see all the installed languages. Select English in the list of available languages under Default Language Settings.

*To create a keyboard shortcut for switching among installed languages, use the Key Settings under Preferences. Please note that you can also use the Language bar to switch among languages. Click OK to close the dialog box.

*To set English as the default language for the particular user account, click on the Advanced tab of Regional and Language Options dialog box. Make sure English is being displayed in the drop down box and check the last option in the dialog box.

*Click OK to close the dialog box and logoff for the settings to take effect.
Though this is the most common method used to change the computer language to English in Windows XP, it only changes the GUI and sometimes creates problems with few applications such as Internet Explorer and Outlook Express. If you are facing such problems, you can download MUI patches from MS download center.
NOTE: The above method is often considered as a temporary solution when you have to use different languages. To change the computer language to English in Windows XP so that it has a system wide affect, it is recommended that you perform a fresh install of Windows XP and select English when prompted for language during installation. Later, you may install other languages as required.
Source and screenshots
more here:
How to convert Windows XP in your native language?
Vista users can do this with Vistalizator.

A: It is possible to change the user interface language of at least some applications, by editing the value of a registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nls\Language\InstallLanguage
Afterward, restart Windows XP. You can find a list of language codes on Microsoft's web site. English is 0409, German is 0407, etc.
If an application is unaffected by the change, I suggest reinstalling it.
Note that I found out about this key by trial and error! I am not sure if changing the key has undesired and possibly severe side effects.

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As our world's population continues to expand, the need to substantially increase food production to feed humanity becomes essential. Yet even the crops we currently support continue to be vulnerable to ever-increasingly volatile whims of the weather. The Yield, an agricultural tech startup out of Tasmania has been developing original solutions to address these global concerns.
The core of The Yield's service is providing more accurate and extensive data collection methods, helping agriculturalists to understand more intimately factors which are affecting their crops. The end-to-end farm sensing platform features advanced Sensors and Soil Probes for collecting information, as well as advanced AI Analytics and Apps for agriculturalists, leading to faster and more informed decision-making on their farms.
During the course of the project, TEAMS was recommended as a design collaborator by The Yield's technology and manufacturing partner, Bosch (partners with TEAMS for over 60 years). We flew to Tasmania to meet "The Yield" team and begin collecting User Experience Research from local farmers and agricultural experts in the field. While there, key insights were made in understanding the project's environment as well as the needs and uses of farmers and growers.
Our challenge in the project was developing a housing concept to protect the data-collection nodes and their valuable info throughout continuous data transmission cycles. The housing had to be impermeable to the wear and tear of any weather conditions in order to provide reliable, non-interrupted data flows. TEAMS was also able to provide expert insight into manufacturing and assembly techniques to ensure highly viable product development.
The process leading to a solution was fueled by the high level of engagement and expertise with The Yield and Bosch. Through an exciting and intense collaboration with all those involved, we were able to not only develop a great variety of innovative solutions but also to develop detailed technical prototypes in order to conduct field testing. After successful field tests, the system has been launched onto the market and is already proving its potential for worldwide impact.