Snow Farm Vineyard – Breweries, Wineries and the fun in between!
On a recent trip to Vermont (April 2013), we visited Snow Farm Vineyard's tasting room. Their tasting room is located at the Cabot Annex, in Waterbury Center, Vermont. The winery is located in South Hero, on an island in the center of Lake Champlain.
The guy who was running the tasting was friendly, and asked us what kinds of wine we tend to enjoy, and what we would avoid. We were both very vocal with what we liked and disliked during the tasting, which he liked and said more people should be.
'12 Estate Seyval Blanc: Apple, pear and melon notes. Dry with a smooth finish.
'11 Estate Vidal Blanc: Dry and crisp white wine. Citrus: tangerine, mandarin, lemon & lime.
American Riesling: Dry and spicy Riesling. Lemon, lime and peach.
Snow White: an Estate wine. A blend of Cayuga and Seyval grapes. Recommended to eat with cheese. While there, we were told to drink a sip of wine, eat a bite of cheese and then enjoy some more wine. Delicious! I took home a bottle.
'10 Estate Leon Millot: Rich, mellow, earthy wine.
'11 Crescent Bay Red: Also an Estate wine. Blend of Baco Noir, Leon Millot and Frontenac.
Rose Red: Blend of Baco Noir and Catawba. Can be enjoyed like a Sangria. Mark enjoyed this one, I thought it would be great as a Sangria.
'12 Estate Vidal Blanc: Ice Wine. Notes of exotic fruit- mango, pineapple, lychee nuts. Great dessert wine. Expensive in price, otherwise I would have went home with a bottle of it.


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What Is a Fantasy Console?
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John is an experienced freelance content writer with an eclectic employment history.
Fantasy consoles are all the rage lately, and with good reason. They represent a return to the roots of game development, as well as a great environment for learning the more fundamental aspects of creating a video game. But what are fantasy consoles?
Before you can understand what a fantasy console is, you need to know what emulators are. For those of us a little more advanced in years, emulators are quite familiar, as they were the only way we could play the games from our childhoods without sourcing original hardware. These days we have the option to pay (again) for a version of those games that run on our phones or modern computers, but once upon a time, we would need an emulator. In fact, even today, emulators are often preferable, as modern ports of those classic games aren't always true to the original, and some re-releases of classic games are actually packaged emulators.
Emulators create a software representation of original hardware, allowing the code from those original games to run as though it was plugged into the actual console it was designed for. In the beginning, these emulators would just try to run the game code as authentically as possible, but as the scene matured, additional features like being able to save a snapshot of the current state of the emulator were added—essentially adding save game functionality to games that never had it. Emulators started adding aesthetic features like being able to simulate the scanlines of an older CRT television, and these days you can even create dedicated emulator devices using hardware like the Raspberry Pi.
So, how does this relate to fantasy consoles?
The best analogy we have for what a fantasy console is, is essentially an emulator but for fictional hardware. It allows developers to make up their dream technical specification, not limited by what the physical hardware of the time could do.
There is an element of nostalgia, for sure. The combination of late Gen Xers and Millennials—including yours truly—now make up a significant portion of the online community, and the kind of hardware that is typically emulated or recreated speaks right to our childhoods, but there is more to it than that. The early days of consumer computing hardware—the Commodore 64s, Sinclair Spectrums, TRS80s, and many more—offered a much more involved experience. The user was much closer to the hardware, and that made learning the fundamentals much easier.
And, of course, it is fun!
Fantasy console aim to recreate the feel and experience of retro gaming computers and consoles.
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Being able to change the look of a game by directly messing with a specific memory address is the kind of thing that you can't do on modern computers without a great deal more knowledge than you would have needed back in the day. And, with all the layers of essential software between you and the hardware in a modern operating system, you could cause serious problems poking and peeking around like that. With the hardware of yore, the worst that would happen could be fixed with a quick reboot.
Of course, when you poke and peek with a fantasy console, you are not truly messing around at the lower, hardware levels, but the experience is the same, and you can immerse yourself in that retro hardware environment.
Examples of Fantasy Consoles
Okay, enough waxing on about why fantasy consoles are cool, let's take a look at some examples you can find to play around with yourself.
Pico-8 is one of the most popular fantasy consoles.
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If you've heard of fantasy consoles before, there's a strong chance that you've heard of Pico-8. Like many fantasy consoles, Pico-8 is a full environment, complete with boot up screen and built-in code and sprite editors. Code is written in Lua, with plenty of documentation and a helpful community behind the console to help you get started.
You are limited to sixteen colours at one time, with a total pallet of thirty-two colours to choose from. Your resolution is a modest 128x128, and you have a whopping thirty-two kilobytes of memory to play with.
One of the more interesting aspects of Pico-8 is that games—or "carts"—are stored in .PNG files. We're not talking about some custom format that happens to share the same extension as the image format, but actual .PNG files. If you look at a cart as an image, you will get a nice little image of a retro-styled game cartridge with the title and a screenshot on the front, but inside that image file is all the information for the game, code, sprites, music, and all.
Pyxel
After describing Pico-8, the easiest way to describe Pyxel would be to say it's basically the same kind of deal but using Python, rather than Lua, as its coding language of choice.
To delve a little deeper, however, Pyxel is not quite as restrictive as Pico-8. For one thing, you get twice as many pixels to play with onscreen thanks to the 256x256 resolution. Another bonus for Pyxel is that it is open source.
TIC-80 follows the same basic blueprint that Pico-8 does, but with slightly different restrictions. For one thing, your resolution is 240x136, which is somewhat more reminiscent of popular gaming consoles like the Nintendo Entertainment System, and Sega Master System, rather than home computer systems like the Commodore 64.
Like Pico, you get a full environment that includes the code, sprite, and audio editor, and games can be packed up into a cross-platform player
If you're looking for a platform to make your game development fortune on, fantasy consoles are very unlikely to be the way to go. There is at least one example of a fantasy console game being a big success—Celeste went from a Pico-8 game to a fully-fledged release—but generally speaking, fantasy consoles are more of a fun hobby than a means of developing a release-ready game.
That being said, there's nothing wrong with a good hobby!
This content is accurate and true to the best of the author's knowledge and is not meant to substitute for formal and individualized advice from a qualified professional.
© 2021 John Bullock

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Nordstrom's presence in the state of California dates back to 1978, when it opened its first store at South Coast Plaza. Since then, it has expanded its footprint with 11 Nordstrom Rack stores in the Los Angeles region and eight full-line stores. Further, the company's Rack stores have been part of the Lakewood community since 2010.
Covering an area of nearly 28,000 square feet, the aforementioned relocated store will be part of the redeveloped property, owned by Burnham Ward Properties LLC, an affiliate of Burnham USA Equities, Inc. It will be situated at one of the main junctions on Long Beach at the southwest corner of Lakewood Boulevard and Carson Street. The new location lies roughly to the south of the existing Nordstrom Rack store, located at Lakewood Boulevard.
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INTERNATIONAL FILM MUSIC CRITICS ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF 2015 IFMCA AWARDS; JOHN WILLIAMS WINS THREE AWARDS FOR STAR WARS
The International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) announces its list of winners for excellence in musical scoring in 2015, in the 2015 IFMCA Awards.
The award for Score of the Year goes to composer John Williams for his work on the massively popular and successful epic science fiction fantasy "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," from director J. J. Abrams. IFMCA member James Southall said that "the Force remains strong in John Williams and long may it continue" and called the score "glorious," while IFMCA member Christian Clemmensen called the score "a powerfully melodic and excitingly complex piece of grand artistry from an era of greatness that only John Williams in top form could deliver." "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" is also named Best Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film, and wins the Film Music Composition of the Year award for the film's conclusive end credits suite, "The Jedi Steps and Finale". These are the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth IFMCA Awards of Williams's career, and it marks the third time he has been awarded Score of the Year, after "Memoirs of a Geisha" in 2005, and "War Horse" in 2011.
Composer Michael Giacchino is named Composer of the Year, having written four outstanding works spanning multiple genres in the past year. His work in 2015 includes scoring the emotional Disney/Pixar film "Inside Out," which is also named Best Score for an Animated Film; the ambitious science fiction adventure "Jupiter Ascending," which was nominated in multiple genres including Score of the Year; the fantastical adventure "Tomorrowland," which was nominated for Film Music Composition of the Year; and the massively successful action-adventure "Jurassic World," which built on John Williams's score for the first film featuring genetically modified dinosaurs running amok in a lavish theme park. IFMCA member Karol Krok called "Inside Out" "enjoyable and endearing," while IFMCA member Charlie Brigden said that "Jurassic World" "displays just how much of a command [Giacchino] has over a modern symphony". These are the thirteenth and fourteenth IFMCA Awards of Giacchino's career, and it marks the third time he has been named Composer of the Year, following his previous wins in 2004 and 2009.
The IFMCA's ongoing recognition of emerging talent in the film music world this year spotlights Italian composer Maurizio Malagnini, who is named Breakthrough Composer of the Year. Malagnini has been working primarily in world of British television since he first emerged onto the scene in 2010, writing scores for popular shows such as "Muddle Earth," "The Body Farm," "The Paradise," and "Call the Midwife," but really impressed IFMCA members this year with his first major film score for a new version of the classic Peter Pan story, "Peter & Wendy". IFMCA member Jon Broxton called "Peter & Wendy" "undoubtedly one of the best scores of 2015", while IFMCA member Peter Simons described the score as being "so infectious, so colourful, playful and utterly charming".
The various other genre awards are won by James Horner for the epic Chinese-language drama "Wolf Totem"; Douglas Pipes for the mischievous and malevolent Christmas comedy "Krampus"; Joe Kraemer for the exciting retro action score for "Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation"; and Steven Price for his music for the BBC nature documentary "The Hunt".
In the non-film categories, Argentine composer Federico Jusid wins the award for Best Original Score for a Television Series for the third year in a row, this time for his astonishing score for the Spanish historical TV drama "Carlos, Rey Emperador," the sequel to the multi-award winning "Isabel," while composer Austin Wintory wins the award for Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media for his groundbreaking work on "Assassin's Creed" Syndicate", a score which not only includes classical dances used as action cues, but also a number of original 'murder ballads' penned in collaboration with Australian musical comedy group Tripod.
Oakland, California-based Intrada Records is named Film Music Record Label of the Year in recognition of their ongoing excellence in restoring and releasing the most beloved film scores of the past, while film music historian and writer Jon Burlingame wins the Archival Compilation award for the wonderful box set of music from the original 1960s "Mission: Impossible" he produced for La-La Land Records. Interestingly, both the Archival Re-Release and Re-Recording categories are won by different versions of Bernard Herrmann's 1976 score for the psychological thriller "Obsession" – firstly, the outstanding release of the original score tracks by French label Music Box Records and producers George Litto, Laurent Lafarge, and Cyril Durand-Roger; and secondly, the magnificent re-recording of the entire score by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Nic Raine, and produced by James Fitzpatrick for Tadlow Music.
Finally, the IFMCA has decided to bestow a rare Special Award on the late James Horner, for his classical work "Pas de Deux". The piece is a double concerto for violin, cello, and orchestra, and was commissioned by the Norwegian brother/sister musical duo Mari Samuelsen and Hakon Samuelsen. The work was released through Mercury Classics and Universal Music in May 2015, and represented the first of several anticipated major excursions into pure classical music – what would have been a new and exciting phase in the composer's musical career, especially since his first, abortive attempts in the late 1970s and early 1980s failed to ignite the public's imagination. Sadly, with the composer's tragic death in a plane crash in June, it also represents 'what might have been,' and this award is intended to be a tribute in recognition the composer's life and work, and all the great unheard music that died with him.
COMPLETE LIST OF WINNERS
FILM SCORE OF THE YEAR
Star Wars: The Force Awakens, music by John Williams
COMPOSER OF THE YEAR
BREAKTHROUGH COMPOSER OF THE YEAR
Maurizio Malagnini
FILM MUSIC COMPOSITION OF THE YEAR
"The Jedi Steps and Finale" from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, music by John Williams
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A DRAMA FILM
Wolf Totem, music by James Horner
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A COMEDY FILM
Krampus, music by Douglas Pipes
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR AN ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLER FILM
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, music by Joe Kraemer
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A FANTASY/SCIENCE FICTION/HORROR FILM
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR AN ANIMATED FEATURE
Inside Out, music by Michael Giacchino
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A DOCUMENTARY
The Hunt, music by Steven Price
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A TELEVISION SERIES
Carlos, Rey Emperador, music by Federico Jusid
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A VIDEO GAME OR INTERACTIVE MEDIA
Assassin's Creed: Syndicate, music by Austin Wintory
BEST NEW ARCHIVAL RELEASE – RE-RELEASE OF AN EXISTING SCORE
Obsession; music by Bernard Herrmann, album produced by George Litto, Laurent Lafarge, and Cyril Durand-Roger, liner notes by Daniel Schweiger, album art direction by David Marques (Music Box)
BEST NEW ARCHIVAL RELEASE – RE-RECORDING OF AN EXISTING SCORE
Obsession; music by Bernard Herrmann, performed by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra cond. Nic Raine, album produced by James Fitzpatrick, liner notes by Christopher Husted, album art direction by Matthew Wright and Damien Doherty (Tadlow)
BEST NEW ARCHIVAL RELEASE – COMPILATION
Mission: Impossible – The Television Scores; music by Various Artists, album produced by Jon Burlingame, liner notes by Jon Burlingame, album art direction by Joe Sikoryak (La-La Land)
FILM MUSIC RECORD LABEL OF THE YEAR
Intrada Records, Douglass Fake, Roger Feigelson
Pas de Deux, classical work by James Horner, commissioned by violinist Mari Samuelsen and cellist Hakon Samuelsen
The International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) is an association of online, print and radio journalists who specialize in writing and broadcasting about original film, television and game music.
Since its inception the IFMCA has grown to comprise over 65 members from countries such as Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chile, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America.
Previous IFMCA Score of the Year Awards have been awarded to Hans Zimmer's "Interstellar" in 2014, Abel Korzeniowski's "Romeo & Juliet" in 2013, Mychael Danna's "Life of Pi" in 2012, John Williams's "War Horse" in 2011, John Powell's "How to Train Your Dragon" in 2010, Michael Giacchino's "Up" in 2009, Alexandre Desplat's "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" in 2008, Dario Marianelli's "Atonement" in 2007, James Newton Howard's "Lady in the Water" in 2006, John Williams's "Memoirs of a Geisha" in 2005 and Michael Giacchino's "The Incredibles" in 2004.
For more information about the International Film Music Critics Association go to http://www.filmmusiccritics.org , visit our Facebook page, follow us on Twitter @ifmca, or contact us at press@filmmusiccritics.org.
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