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Halloween H-Van
Our friend Tim B carved these Halloween pumpkin lanterns a couple of years ago for a party at his place in le Petit Pressigny. We were most impressed by the Citroen H-Van pumpkin.
Au jardin hier: While I was weeding in the potager the squirrel appeared. He was most put out to see me there. Oooo he was cross! There was a lot of tail twitching and foot stomping and agitated running along the top of the grape trellis to make sure I got the message that my presence was unwelcome in his orchard.
A la cuisine hier: Roast rolled loin of pork stuffed with apple and onion fried in butter with ground cumin, coriander seed, cinnamon, ras al hanout, ginger, salt and pepper. I added Vouvray wine to the roasting pan and basted occasionally. Served with steamed organic broccoli.
I was amused by an exchange between the butcher and the customer before me when I bought the pork yesterday morning. The butcher neatly wrapped her purchase of veal escalopes up in paper and handed it to her. 'Do you have a bag (une poche)?' she asked. 'No, I don't use them any more.' 'But it's not convenient to carry this loose.' 'Well you should have brought a bag. You'll have to get used to it.' The message was delivered with a suitably Gallic shrug.
Iron Age Anthropomorphic Figurine
This little figurine is in the Musée de l'Hospice Saint-Roch at Issoudun and dates from the 1st century before Christ. The small bust probably comes from a tomb on the Colline des Tours at Levroux and is one of the rare examples of a human figure in bronze from the end of the Iron Age. The figure wears a torc with buffer style terminals around his neck and holds a second twisted wire style torc displayed against his chest. This characteristic set of Celtic ornaments, even without any other sign, tells us that this is a druid, hero or venerated ancestor rather than a god. Other similar representations but in stone have been found in central Gaul. For instance, a figurine of a man in a similar pose, with arms across his body and holding something in his hand was found at Paulmy.
However in the treatment of the details of the face the strongest similarities are with bronzes from the east of Europe. The eyes represented by an oblique line, the long straight triangular nose, the thin horizontal mouth, the hair combed to the back in parallel rows and held by a band are characteristics similar to a little head carved on a pin for some armour discovered in Bohemia.
Robert Percy Brand 1893 - 1964. Enlisted as a private in the Essex Regiment on 30/10/1915, Service number 21735.
We know very little about my grandfather's history except for some dates. We will be marking those dates when the centenary of them occurs.
Labels: Prehistory
The Prince's Garden
Prince Louis Albert de Broglie is known as Le Prince Jardinier and uses the nickname to market his line of garden accessories. He also has a longstanding genuine and serious interest in heirloom plants and sustainable agriculture.
The Tomato Bar in the grounds of the Chateau de la Bourdaisière, with its stupendous table made from a single piece of wood (between the high backed chairs).
The dahlia garden, where 240 varieties were in full flower on 25 September.
The Eolienne Bollée, which I believe is in working order.
Simon has updated our map showing the locations of the ones we have visited.
Money has been spent on Chateau de la Bourdaisière, but judiciously, not just thrown at everything mindlessly. Where a good sustainable option exists it is used.
This garden furniture is made from pallets painted white.
The famous tomato garden contains 650 varieties of tomato plants as well as 150 other vegetables, not to mention rose arches. It all looks wonderfully lush and healthy.
Labels: Gardens and Parks
First Refugees Expected Before Christmas
According to the local paper the Département is ready to welcome the first refugees coming from Iraq, Syria and Eritrea. There is reported to be between 150 and 200 in number.
The French President has pledged to take 24 000 refugees from war torn Iraq, Syria and Eritrea over the next two years. That is in addition to the 6700 who have already arrived this summer. A month ago the Prefect of Indre et Loire called a meeting of all those who were likely to be involved in receiving the refugees so they could be fully informed. At the meeting it was envisaged that the Département would take 240 people. That number was adjusted last week to 150 - 200 people over two years. A government spokesperson said they will arrive in small groups of two or three families at a time. He was at pains to say that it wouldn't be busloads of fifty people arriving tomorrow, but the first are expected before the end of the year. Based on the experiences of other countries decades ago when receiving Vietnamese boat people, it seems to me that the authorities might be making a mistake in keeping the groups so small, especially when the families backgrounds might not be the same. Ten or twelve families at a time where possible works better because its too small a group to form a ghetto, but big enough to form self help support groups within the migrant community.
A Fox moth caterpillar with its smart livery of black pelt and orange trim.
In anticipation of the refugees arrival the Prefecture has reserved 30 rooms in a hostel at Grandmont in Tours. This social housing project will act as a clearing house, where the refugees health and other needs can be assessed before they are transferred to long term accommodation. The towns of Tours, Montlouis, La Riche, Chambray, Preuilly-sur-Claise, Langeais and Chinon have already proposed accommodation. These include three social housing authorities and even some private owners with empty accommodation. All of these proposals will be checked and assessed individually. Private citizens are not encouraged to offer rooms in their own homes, as this is seen as too risky in the long term. Goodwill sometimes dwindles very quickly in these situations.
The Common Blue butterfly may be 'common' but it is still one of the most beautiful.
Each local council will receive a grant of €1000 per lodging put at the disposal of the refugees. Each refugee will get aid of €1500 to set themselves up in their long term housing.
A Grizzled Skipper, tiny and with a subtle charm.
Another group of immigrants are those seeking asylum from Eastern European countries and the government authority responsible for asylum seekers is creating a new centre in Chinon next January which will have 80 beds. This will bring the Département's capacity to take 'classic' asylum seekers up from 260 to 340 people.
Looking up the gusset of a Jersey Tiger. The folds in the underwing are interesting.
The last paragraph of the newspaper article is interesting, and reflects the difference between what I am seeing reported in the national and international press, compared to what I am seeing on the ground here. My translation below the next photo:
Male Long-tailed Blue butterfly on clover at the Chateau of Azay-le-Rideau.
Far from the Parisian policies which see the distasteful swinging of the debate from the skin colour of some to pork meat in everyone's meals, Tours is trying to play a somewhat more humane game. The city has already received 130 refugees from Iraq and Syria and they are installed. The Département has said it is ready to welcome, as promised, 150 - 200 migrants fleeing war zones, in small groups over the next two years. It's a consistent gesture of openness and is accompanied by the task of not leaving these people homeless, so co-ordinating permanent housing for them. Only private individuals initiatives are being rejected, as the authorities fear that today's heartfelt desire to help may not last.
Swallowtail caterpillar taking a rest from munching on Wild Carrot in our orchard.
The photos have nothing to do with refugees. I couldn't think of a sensible way to illustrate this post, so I've just put nice wildlife photos in.
Loire Valley Nature: A new entry has been created for Wild Angelica Angelica sylvestris. This is a cousin of the plant once used to make candied stems for green cake decorations.
Two photos of different soil types have been added to the Vineyards section of the Agricultural Land Habitat entry. The two parcels of vines are right next to one another but produce very different wines.
A photo of an adult Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus has been added to the Ground Beetle Carabidae entry. This is a large black beetle with irridescent flashes of violet, a ferocious hunter whose diet of slugs means they are a good friend of the gardener.
A new entry for Violet Oil Beetle Meloe violaceus has been created. These beetles are an important indicator species for the state of flower rich grassland.
Labels: butterflies, butterflies and moths, Insects, le Jardin, nature and wildlife, Paris, Tours, Towns and Villages near Preuilly
This One's a Keeper
Pineyappley Upside Downy cake
50g softened butter
50g light soft brown sugar
can of pineapple rings
dessicated coconut
100g golden caster sugar
100g self-raising flour (or 100g plain flour and 1 teaspoon baking powder)
Heat oven to 180C.
Butter a bundt tin, make sure you cover it well. Put a tablespoon of dessicated coconut in the tin and rotate. Once the coconut has stuck to the butter add more, until the tin is lightly coated. Lose any excess by shaking the tin over the sink.
Beat the butter and sugar together until smooth.
Put teaspoon sized dollops in the bottom of the cake tin.
Arrange pineapple rings on top.
Beat the butter and sugar with 2 or 3 tablespoons of the pineapple syrup with a fork. It's remarkably easy to get it to a soft consistency.
Add all the other stuff and mix well.
Spoon into the tin on top of the pineapple and smooth it so it's more or less level.
Bake for 35 mins. Leave to stand for 5 mins, then turn out onto a plate.
I made this cake for cake club last week. The combination of coconut and pineapple (and the caramel) works really nicely.
Giuseppe Garibaldi is a key figure in the unification of Italy. He was widely admired in France, Britain and the United States as a courageous military leader and principled politician dedicated to the fledgling modern Italy.
He was born in Nice in 1807. The town was French at the time of his birth, but had been annexed from Italy only a couple of years before, then later given to Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia in 1814 as part of the peace negotiations at the end of the Napoleonic Wars.
The Garibaldi family were involved in coastal trading and Giuseppe became a merchant marine captain. He also became involved in the burgeoning political and social movement to unify Italy. After a failed insurrection resulted in him being condemned to death he fled to South America. Here he met his redoubtable wife Anita and took part in the Uruguayan Civil War. Later his followers would be famous for the red flannel shirts they wore in lieu of a uniform, and it is probably in Uruguay that he first got his men to wear them.
The bronze equestrian statue of Garibaldi in Milan.
In 1848 revolution broke out in Italy again and Garibaldi returned with a legion of men. He offered his services to the provisional government of Milan, who had rebelled against the Austrians. After winning several victories in Lombardy he went to defend Rome against the French. Ultimately the siege of Rome resulted in surrender and Garibaldi fled north hoping to reach Venice with 4000 men. In the end, only 250 remained at his side and his pregnant wife died on this march. Once again he was forced to flee to the Americas.
He returned to Italy in 1854 and bought the island of Caprera, where he became a farmer. In 1859 the Second War of Independence broke out and Garibaldi was appointed a Major General and raised an army of mountain volunteers who would be the template for the famous Alpini some years later. Then he took Sicily and Naples, handed them over to Victor Emmanuel and went back to being a farmer on Caprera. After a couple of years progress on unification was not going to Garibaldi's satisfaction, so he decided to step in again. Pro-monarchy but anti-Catholic, he decided to take Rome. This was not officially sanctioned, he was wounded and when the action failed he was imprisoned for a while.
The next time he took up arms it was with the full support of his government in 1866 and he took his Alpine troops to war against Austria. After dealing with the Austrians he once again attempted to take Rome and once again was wounded and imprisoned. In 1870 the Franco-Prussian War broke out and somewhat to his compatriots surprise he was strong in his support of the French.
In the last years of his life he was a member of parliament, but spent most of his time on Caprera. He still actively supported reforms such as universal suffrage, abolition of the papacy and church property and the establishment of a standing army. He died in 1882, an international legend.
Loire Valley Nature: A photo has been added to the Big Rivers habitat entry. It shows the Indre at Ussé.
A new entry has been added for Wild Liquorice Astragalus glycophyllus.
Labels: Further Afield, Memorials
L'heure d'hiver
The clocks went back last night so daylight savings has ended. In English in the Northern Hemisphere you can use the mnemonic 'fall back' to remember that the clocks go back an hour at this time, and in March they 'spring forward.
Clock at the chateau of Cheverny.
There is a mnemonic in French as well, but it doesn't seem quite so neat to me. Octobre ends in 're', so the clocks recule (reverse). In spring, the month of avril reminds you to avance (go forward). Unfortunately the clocks go forward the last weekend of March, but I guess near enough is good enough.
Loire Valley Nature: A photo has been added to the Early Spider Orchid Ophrys sphegodes entry. This close-up shows just how beautiful these orchids are.
A photo has been added to the Spotted Longhorn Chlorophorus glabromaculatus entry. I used a whitebox technique to try to get the best possible detail on the beetle. I'm not happy with it, so I need to practice this some more.
A photo has been added to the Rural Tracks habitat entry. It shows a waterlogged track used by farmers and walkers in the Brenne.
A photo of Ectophasia crassipennis has been added to the Parasitic Flies Tachinidae entry. The species parasitises bugs.
A photo has been added to the Bloody-nosed Beetle Timarchus tenebricosa entry.
A new entry has been created for Purple Toothwort Lathraea clandestina. An unusual and attractive plant.
A new entry has been created for Wall Screw-moss Tortula muralis. This is the most common moss on limestones walls.
A photo has been added to the Common Twayblade Neottia ovata entry. These orchids aren't showy, but a close-up of some of the flowers reveals their subtle details.
Labels: Events, Pictures of Chateaux
Catching the train to Amboise
Another of the ceramic panels at Tours Station, this one highlighting Amboise. As you can see, this was one of the first panels to be removed for conservation.
Unlike our other posts on the subject (like this one), there is no need to print a timetable for the trip Tours to Amboise. You catch one of many trains a day that got to either Orleans or Paris Austerlitz and get off at Amboise (usually the first stop after Saint Pierre des Corps).
Loire Valley Nature: A new entry for Heathland habitat (Fr. landes et brandes) has been added. These acid sandy soiled habitats are particularly a feature of the Sologne and the Brenne.
Au jardin hier: I've brought the last of the grapes in. They were falling off the vine in significant numbers, so now is the time to finish them with a batch of grape jelly. The last of the walnuts have also fallen and been gathered. This year's crop was the best we've had. The Aged One says his crop next door has been very poor, affected by the dry summer and there is a lot of insect damage. It remains to be seen how many useable nuts I get as they need to dry for a week or so before I get cracking.
A la cuisine hier: I used up the last of the previous year's walnuts in some Walnut Cream, served with homegrown pears poached in white wine syrup and some plain madeira cake.
I defrosted some tasty chicken casserole cooking liquor and added chunks of Label Rouge Aveyron Veal to it. Cooked in the oven for about an hour it turned out very well.
Born in June 1550 Charles IX was the second of Henri II and Catherine de' Medici's sons to become King of France. He inherited the throne on the death of his older brother François in December 1560. Because he was just 10 years old his mother was appointed regent.
Always sickly and spindly looking he developed a ferocious determination to engage in the daily hunting trips that kept the courtiers fit and occupied. Each foray was followed by an extended period of recovery from the exertion. Possibly as a result of his frustration at not being the elite athlete he so desperately aspired to he frequently lost control of his temper, lashing out physically and verbally at anyone in his presence in a way that frightened everyone.
Charles IX at about 22 years old.
This portrait is based on one by Francois Clouet
and hangs in the Chateau of Azay-le-Rideau.
Adding particularly to his daily tensions was the escalation of the unrest between Catholics and Protestants, leading finally to armed conflict in 1562. He found himself in a very difficult personal position. Although Catholic himself, his beloved mistress Marie Touchet was Protestant, as was his most trusted advisor by 1570, Admiral Gaspard de Coligny. Finally, in 1572, he arranged the marriage of his younger sister Marguerite to the leader of the Protestants, Henri de Navarre.
This was supposed to work to unite the two sides and defuse the situation. Unfortunately, with high numbers of Protestants arriving in Paris for the wedding, some Catholics couldn't resist the opportunity for taking revenge for particular Protestant actions in the past. The young King handled it very badly, completely losing control over himself and screaming 'Kill them! Kill them all!' The Catholic faction needed no further encouragement and hacked thousands of Protestants to death in a killing spree known as the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre.
Over the next two years the King's health deteriorated to such a point that he looked ten years older than his actual age. He was frail and mostly confined to his private apartments. His mental health suffered equally, until it was feared that he was mad. He died a month before his 24th birthday, probably of tuberculosis. His only legitimate child was a girl and so his younger brother Henri inherited the throne.
To see further portraits of Charles IX, and particularly to see the change in his appearance over the years, go Les Derniers Valois.
Addendum to Yesterday: For the answer to where the statue of Marie Gaudin is, see my update on yesterday's post.
Chateau de la Bourdaisiere
The chapel, created in the 19th century out of a former bothy.
La Bourdaisière is a Renaissance chateau situated to the south-east of Montlouis-sur-Loire. Largely destroyed in the 18th century the chateau was reconstructed from the end of the 18th century to the beginning of the 19th century.
The neo-renaissance chateau.
The outbuildings, moats, former chapel and park with its 16th century gate were all listed as historic monuments in 1947.
A detail of chimneys and gable on the chateau.
Before the construction of the chateau there was a 14th century fortress on the site. In the 15th century the owner was Nicolas Gaudin, the queen's treasurer.
The park is a magnificent example of the 19th century landscape style, with many mature cedars, sequoias and oaks.
In 1510 Philibert Babou became the owner when he married Nicolas' descendant, Marie Gaudin (notable as being the mistress of François I of France, Pope Leo X and Charles V the Holy Roman Emperor). She was the most beautiful woman of her day and according to a book written in 1834 her likeness may be seen in the statue of the Virgin in the Collegiate Chapel of Notre Dame de Bon Désir, for which she was the model. The book was co-written by Louis Gabriel Michaud, but I cannot work out where the chapel is/was, apart from 'between Tours and Amboise', as regurgitated by all the internet sites which mention her. Any information which would allow me to track down this statue would be appreciated. I don't know if there is a connection between the chapel and the Chateau of Bondésir. Michaud is the name of a Montlouis family, a member of which owned La Bourdaisière in the 20th century.
The former stables.
In 1520 Philibert Babou decided to replace the fortress with a grand new chateau, keeping only one of the old medieval towers. The local legend is that his famous great-granddaughter Gabrielle d'Estrées, mistress of Henri IV, was born here, but it seems that there is considerable doubt about this amongst serious historians. However, it was the home of her aunt, who brought her up, and the Babou family retained the chateau for several generations. But in the 17th century it went through the hands of several different owners. Finally it was purchased by the Duke of Choiseul, who demolished it, the story goes, to annoy the Duke of Aiguillon, his rival and enemy at Véretz. La Bourdaisiere and the chateau at Véretz more or less face one another over the river Cher and the Duke of Choiseul wanted to deprive the Duke of Aiguillon of his lovely view. Plus, and probably more to the point, he wanted the stone for his new flight of fancy at his chateau of Chanteloup.
The estate was seized as state property during the Revolution, and during the Terror the new owner began to reconstruct the building. This work was finished by his son in the 19th century, who chose to build in the neo-renaissance style.
In 1923 it was sold to a wealthy American woman, then in 1938 it was bought by an Englishman. The Nazis occupied it during the Second World War. After the war it became a military school. By 1959 the place had been more or less abandoned and it was purchased by the local authority and turned into a retirement home. In 1988 it failed to meet modern health and safety requirements and was sold to a local notaire, François Michaud. He subsequently sold the estate in 1991 to the current owner, the Prince de Broglie.
Update: A reader who grew up in the Touraine Loire Valley but now lives in the US has sent the answer to my question about the statue of the Virgin that Marie Gaudin served as the model for. This is what he said:
Your blog on La Bourdaisière was really interesting. Your question about Marie Gaudin sent me on a treasure hunt. This is what I found:
Summary: there is a tradition that the face of the Virgin Marie in the "Mise au tombeau" in Saint-Denis in Amboise is the face of Marie Gaudin; the other characters may represent members of her family.
The sculpture was removed from the chapelle de Bondésir in the 19th C.
Many thanks JLM, for this and the wealth of other information you sent with it (which will no doubt appear in forthcoming blog posts).
Labels: Churches, Gardens and Parks, Pictures of Chateaux
If like me you've had a good Northern Hemisphere apple year you now have a billion trillion apples in boxes and on trays in your pantry. You'll be looking for apple recipes and in France what could be better than the classic Tarte Tatin?
One of my tarts as it emerged from the oven.
I chose to follow Clotilde Dusoulier's simple instructions but doubled the quantity to make two rectangular tarts rather than the usual round version. This used about 15 of my variably sized apples (1.6 kg) so made a worthwhile dent in one tray in the pantry.
There seems to be no question that the Tatin sisters created the recipe in the 1880s and it became the signature dish of their hotel in Lamotte-Beuvron in the Sologne (the area between Blois and Orléans). They called the dessert Tarte Solognote. It seems to have been the famous Parisien restaurant Maxim's who dubbed it Tarte Tatin in the 1930s.
One of my tarts flipped for cutting and serving.
The original version seems to have been made in a cast iron Dutch oven, in the same way as one makes damper, by putting the pot in the coals and covering the deep sided lid with coals too. The sisters used the still popular old Tourangelle apple variety Reine des Reinettes (I used a mixture of this variety and Melville), and the apples were not peeled (I peeled mine, Clotilde compromises by partially peeling hers). The tart is traditionally served warm, unaccompanied by custard, cream or icecream. The original recipe contains no spices or anything other than apples, flour, butter and sugar (and very sensibly, nor does Clotilde's recipe that I followed).
Traditionally the tart is an upside down shortcake, which is made by putting a layer of apple chunks on the base of a dish with plenty of butter and sugar to form caramel. Then a simple pastry is laid over the top, the ensemble baked then turned out so that the caramelly apple layer is uppermost for serving. To be honest, if you are nervous about turning the hot tart, there is no real need to do so. Just cut and flip each portion as you place it in the serving bowls, or leave with the pastry on top. It will taste the same either way.
Tour De France news: The 2016 stages have been announced. The closest the Tour gets to us next year is on July 5, when it travels from Saumur to Limoges. As usual, the route won't be announced until some time in January, but I am guessing we will be about an hour's drive away. One for the diary...
Chez Madeleine, Cour-Cheverny
Chez Madeleine in Cour-Cheverny is a restaurant we have just started using. It is large and modern but serves stylishly presented food with a twist on traditional dishes. Their weekday set menu is €16.00 for three courses (starter, main and dessert). The other day it was turkey and goat cheese rillettes followed by beef cheek parmentier (with sweet potato rather than regular potatoes) and chocolate mousse on a hazelnut cake. Our bill for four people, including wine and coffee, came to €85. The restaurant has ample and easy off street parking right out the front, which is important for us Traction Avant travellers.
My dessert at Chez Madeleine recently.
On one level this restaurant is extraordinary, offering an inexpensive meal that is a real treat and a showcase for fresh local produce. On another level, it is unexceptional. Restaurants like this can be found all over the Touraine Loire Valley. They are usually run by youngish husband and wife teams (with 1-3 staff) who are living their dream to present their food to the public, but also pragmatic about the fact they are running a business. Their skills are high and their passions strong.
For a list of other similar restaurants that we like in the Touraine Loire Valley see our list of Useful Links for Visitors on the right side bar.
In other restaurant news, we had an email recently from Julien Pascal, letting us know that he and his wife took over the Clos aux Roses in Chédigny at the beginning of October. They plan to continue running the restaurant in the same style as the previous owner Stéphane Tortissier. Since Clos aux Roses is currently in our top three favourite restaurants we hope that the high standard and good value will continue under their ownership and wish them and Stéphane all the best in their respective new ventures.
Victor Emmanuel
The monument to King Victor Emmanuel II in the Piazza del Duomo, Milan. The equestrian bronze statue shows Victor Emmanuel during the Risorgimento, as the movement which drove the unification of Italy in the 1850-60s is known. Despite being cast in 1878 the statue was not placed in its current position facing the cathedral until 1896.
Although the first king of a united Italy, Victor Emmanuel retained his existing title as King of Sardinia, and is thus Victor Emmanuel II, not as you would expect, Victor Emmanuel I.
Christmas Trees: The Parents and Friends of the State Schools in Preuilly sur Claise (Association des Parents d'Elèves et Amis des Ecoles Publiques de Preuilly sur Claise) are organising the sale of Christmas trees. The trees (Sapins Nordmann or Nordmann Firs) are the sort that don't drop their needles. If you want one you need to order it by 2 November. To do so pick up an order form from the boulangerie or other shop in Preuilly, attach your cheque to it and drop your order in to the mairie. You can pick up your tree at the Christmas market on Saturday 5 December in the Place du Champ de Foire. The money raised goes towards financing cultural activities for the children. Prices range from €15 for a 80cm to 1m high cut tree to €35 for a 175cm to 2m high cut tree. You can also get trees in pots suitable for planting out after Christmas.
Sunrise on Home Lagoon
Sunrise on Home Lagoon in Kakadu National Park is generally accompanied by the clattering sound of White-bellied Sea Eagles vocalising and pair bonding.
New Wine in the Touraine
Véronique Davault from Domaine de la Chaise in Saint Georges sur Cher draws off a glass of partially fermented sauvignon blanc juice for us to taste on 29 September. It was very sweet and already with an alcohol level of about 8%. This semi-fermented juice is known as bernache, and whilst it is always fun to taste, you should be careful how much you imbibe. All that raging yeast activity that is still going on can give you a terrible tummy ache. Véronique says it doesn't affect you if you are tasting the juice/wine every day from each of the vats like the whole Davault family are. I would have believed her, but then she went on to tell me a story about her son Quentin, who's training as a winemaker, having a few glasses too many and regretting it. Quentin will be the seventh generation of his family to make wine on the family farm.
Not that many local winemakers sell bernache, but if you arrive at the right time they will generally let you taste like this, straight from the vat. Véronique is dubious about the origins of the bernache you can buy in the supermarket. She says it isn't local, but comes from some more southerly region of France, or possibly Spain.
The bulk of Domaine de la Chaise's production is sauvignon blanc and this year, due to wet windy weather in the spring, pollination was poor and so the quantity of grapes is low. Their reds (côt/malbec, gamay and cabernet franc) all have more or less normal yields though.
A la cuisine hier: Céleri rémoulade, since celery root is in season now. I used my new whizzy wand, which has fancy attachments, to make the mayonnaise. Using the beaker and whisk I managed to spray cream and mayonnaise all over myself and the kitchen. I also made carottes et betteraves râpées, with homegrown beetroot. Also on the menu was potato salad, slow roasted homegrown tomatoes and peppers from the potager garden at Villandry, served with chicken thighs seasoned with a salt curry mixture from Ile d'Oleron.
This horse was being made to jog up and down in the stableyard of the Chateau of Cheverny the other day. I've no idea why.
Celestine at La Bourdaisiere
Recently we decided to check out the Chateau de la Bourdaisière in Montlouis sur Loire. It's owned by one of the Princes de Broglie and is run as a hotel. The grounds serve as his laboratory and conservatoire for his gardening and sustainable farming passions.
Prince Louis Albert de Broglie is an intriguing character. He bought the chateau 25 years ago almost on a whim, because he loved its romantic atmosphere. He and his wife have refurbished the building using eco-friendly and sustainable techniques and materials, and turned it into a hotel that feels like a grand but friendly family home. The atmosphere they have achieved here is relaxed, luxurious and egalitarian.
The current chateau is a 19th century building, but the original chateau on this site was built for one of François I's mistresses, and the childhood home of Gabrielle d'Estrées, mistress of Henry IV and mother of Césare de Vendôme. The original was demolished in the 18th century by the Duke of Choiseul to provide stone for the Pagoda at the Chateau de Chanteloup. The lovely 19th century renaissance revival building that replaced it is not the only piece of romantic French heritage that the Prince has saved. He is also the owner of the extraordinary taxidermists Deyrolle in rue du Bac, Paris, and is responsible for saving Deyrolle first from financial ruin, and then from a devastating fire.
You don't have to book a room at the hotel to enjoy the lovely surroundings. Visitors can come and pay an entry fee of €7.50 to wander about the park and gardens or stop for a cup of coffee or a tomato treat at the charming café or quirky bar on the site. We were very kindly given permission to drive up and park right in front of the hotel so we could take these photos, but normally visitors park down at the gate and walk up, whilst hotel guests park behind the stable block.
Labels: Pictures of Chateaux, The Car and Driving
A Little Runabout
This little Citroën 2CV van (a style known as a camionette or fourgonette in French) strikes me as an excellent vehicle for tootling up and down to the orchard loaded with compost and tools. They generally cost a couple of thousand euros to buy. This one looks fairly good, with roof rack and everything, although I prefer the colour of this one.
Labels: le Jardin, The Car and Driving
Villandry Looking Splendid
The late summer planting at Villandry is at its peak now and the famous potager garden is looking splendid. This year there are a lot of very dark purpley black plants set off with bright lime green ones and a sprinkling of soft grey greens.
Looking back over the potager from the herb garden towards the chateau.
Curly kale, celery and artichokes combine in a striking
contrast of colour and leaf form.
Unfortunately looking straight into the afternoon sun for this photo from the belvedere.
Planting pansies and wallflowers to overwinter.
Sweeping the box hedging to get rid of soil and weeds which have accidentally been dropped on it while preparing the bed.
Labels: Gardens and Parks, Pictures of Chateaux
The Alpini are elite mountain troops in the Italian Army. They are the oldest active specialist mountain warfare troops in the world and were established in 1872 to defend the Italian borders with France and Austria. The men are recruited from the mountain regions of Italy.
A pair of Alpini guarding the entrance to the cathedral in Milan.
They are easy to identify because of their distinctive cap decorated with a raven feather. We saw them all over Milan at places which might be at risk from terror attacks, such as the cathedral and railway stations. Often they were not carrying guns but they wear bullet proof vests and carry radios.
Their most valorous combat was during World War I, when they defended a 600 km stretch of the highest alpine territory. Twelve metre deep snow was not uncommon and many men were killed by avalanches. Their bodies are sometimes found even today. These tough mountain men and their mules created walkways, cable cars, mountain railways and roads which are still maintained for the use of modern climbers.
Labels: Churches, Further Afield
Do Not Enter the Water
This Saltwater Crocodile, not yet fully grown male I believe, is the one and only crocodile I have ever seen in the wild. It had hauled itself out to catch some early morning rays in Paperbark Swamp, part of the World Heritage Listed Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory of Australia.
There are signs warning visitors about crocodiles in many places in the Park. They say:
! Crocodile Safety
Crocodiles inhabit this area.
Attacks cause injury or death.
Do not enter the water.
Keep away from the water's edge.
Do not clean fish near the water's edge.
Remove all fish and food waste.
This one was photographed from a small open metal boat with an outboard motor, known as a 'tinnie' in Australia. I assume what we were doing was fine, because we had a park ranger with us. It didn't move a muscle as we passed.
Apparently the number of fatal attacks on humans by crocodiles last year was a record in the Northern Territory, with four deaths, two of them in Kakadu and one just outside the park.
Chaumussay in Print
A few weeks ago we had an email from Michel Brouard. He is a blog reader who delurked when we posted photographs of the wonderful sculptures on his family home in Chaumussay. He told us in a comment that they were the work of his brother Alain, who is a sculpture living in Brittany. Some time later we were at the brocante (trash and treasure) in Preuilly and he came up to us and identified himself.
The inscription reads: 'Have good flight with these adorable little creatures...
Regards, M. Brouard.'
In his email he asked for our postal address and said he had just published a book on the history of Chaumussay that he thought we would be interested in. I responded as requested and very soon after a parcel turned up in our letter box. It contained not one but two books, both by Michel. There was a nice note with them and an explanation.
The inscription reads: 'For Susan and Simon, a walk through the history and stories of this pretty village in the Claise valley, regards, M. Brouard 9/15.'
He lives in Switzerland where he works as a scriptwriter and director at a regional television station, but he also writes novels, and most recently, a history of Chaumussay. He grew up in Chaumussay and his latest novel, Le Dernier vol des frelons ('The Hornets' Last Flight') is set in a barely fictionalised Chaumussay.
Au Temps de Chaumussay: Chroniques illustrées d'un village ('The Life and Times of Chaumussay: An illustrated chronicle of a village') tells the story of a bucolic village far from any of the main thoroughfares, seemingly timeless, set on the charming River Claise, in picture postcard countryside. This little village has a rich and curious history and Michel has researched documents, photos and personal testimonies to tell its story. We've discovered several things we'd never heard of before thanks to the book and I am sure we will use it as a resource for any number of blog posts about Chaumussay.
The novel Le dernier vol des frelons sets Chaumussay (as Saint-Valentin) in the centre of an archaeological detective story involving the discovery of a skeleton with its hands cut off. The heroine is a young archaeologist who grew up in the local chateau. After being asked by the mayor to look at the skeleton and advise him she becomes involved in a complex plot which features a peculiar professor and a Swiss sect. Events escalate and despite her courage and humour she is caught up in a frightening situation. I'm about half way through and definitely want to find out what happens in the end! It's fun trying to identify real places and people as they appear in the book, and I'm enjoying the fact that there is a supporting caste of well observed insects.
Michel says that the books are available at the newsagents in Preuilly and Le Grand Pressigny, or directly from him. The history of Chaumussay is €20 and the novel €15. If you would like his contact details just email me and I will send them to you.
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This post is the third in a three part series exploring the question, "Can collaboration be learned?" Part 1 and Part 2 appeared the last couple of days. This is an edited email exchange between Alison Gold of Living Cities, Chris Thompson of The Fund for our Economic Future, and myself. When we last left off, Alison had posed a series of questions about identifying and cultivating the will to collaborate.
Value data more than opinions.
Focus on creating value not protecting turf.
Assume shared responsibility for sustaining the capacity to collaborate rather than insisting it is someone else's responsibility.
Tell us your experiences. Do you think we "take responsibility for the river as a whole?" Share your thoughts with us at: Alison Gold @AKGold11, Chris Thompson @ccarsonthompson, Curtis Ogden @curtisogden, or leave a comment below.
What Does It Take to Learn to Collaborate?


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Eulàlia Reguant i Cura (Barcelona, 19 de setembre de 1979) és una matemàtica i activista catalana, diputada al Parlament de Catalunya per la CUP-Crida Constituent durant l'XI i la XIII legislatures.

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Llicenciada en Matemàtiques per la Universitat de Barcelona. Ha treballat a Setem, a l'Associació Justícia i Pau i, actualment, a la Federació d'Organitzacions per a la Justícia Global. Fou secretària d'organització de l'Espai Jove de la Intersindical-CSC. És especialista en finances ètiques i sòcia de l'Associació FIARE Catalunya i de l'Ateneu Layret, del barri de Sant Antoni de Barcelona.

A les eleccions municipals de 2015 va ocupar el lloc número 4 de la CUP-Capgirem Barcelona i va estar a punt de ser escollida regidora atès que la seva llista va obtenir tres representants a l'Ajuntament de Barcelona. A les eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya de 2015 va ser candidata de la CUP-Crida Constituent després de ser escollida en primàries i va esdevenir diputada al Parlament fins a l'octubre de 2017 que renuncià a l'acta de diputada per centrar-se totalment com a regidora de l'Ajuntament de Barcelona de la CUP-Capgirem Barcelona substituint a Josep Garganté.

A les eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya de 2021 va concórrer com a número 3 de la CUP-Un nou cicle per guanyar per la circumscripció de Barcelona. El 12 de maig de 2021 va ser denunciada per Mossos d'Esquadra després d'intentar evitar el desallotjament forçós de casa d'una família en situació de vulnerabilitat, situada al carrer de la Cera, al barri del Raval de Barcelona.

«Ferma contra el feixisme»
El 27 de febrer de 2019, durant el judici al procés independentista català, tant ella com l'exdiputat Antonio Baños es van negar a respondre les preguntes que va formular el partit d'extrema dreta Vox en qualitat d'acusació particular. Concretament va manifestar en castellà la voluntat d'«expressar, assumint les conseqüències, que davant d'un partit d'extrema dreta, masclista i xenòfob, no penso respondre les preguntes de Vox». El motiu de l'acció va ser la voluntat de fer patent «l'anomalia de la presència de Vox com a acusació popular en el judici contra el dret a l'autodeterminació i denunciar la connivència entre l'extrema dreta i l'aparell judicial espanyol». Per aquests fets, a l'abril de 2021, el Jutjat d'instrucció número 10 de Madrid va acceptar la investigació del cas i al llarg de la tardor va sol·licitar al Tribunal Suprem espanyol que es declarés competent per a jutjar-la, en tant que aforada. Paral·lelament, el judici contra Antonio Baños va continuar en via ordinària i se'l va citar pel 29 de setembre de 2022 en aquell mateix jutjat d'instrucció. Durant la primera fase d'investigació ambdós encausats també es van negar a respondre les interpel·lacions de Vox, que va ser part de l'acusació d'aquell judici. La fiscalia provincial de Madrid va intervenir-hi i va qualificar els fets com a punibles per desobediència greu, tot sol·licitant per a cadascun d'ells una pena de mig any de presó i la inhabilitació per sufragi passiu. Un cop finalitzada la instrucció, el jutjat va elevar la resolució al Tribunal Suprem espanyol, en tant que gaudia de condició de diputada. El 24 de novembre de 2021 l'alt tribunal va notificar a la defensa de la diputada que assumia la causa, i el 20 de desembre que obria el judici oral.

El 10 de gener de 2022, l'advocat de la defensa, Daniel Amelang, va demanar la nul·litat del procediment ja que «ni el tribunal que ha formulat la instrucció ni la fiscalia que ha formulat l'acusació són competents en el cas» tenint en compte les prerrogatives d'aforament que emparen a l'acusada en tant que diputada i que, en tot cas, la instrucció s'iniciés de nou des del Tribunal Suprem. L'escrit presentat també va manifestar que «no es pot sancionar dues vegades per la mateixa conducta» (principi del ne bis in idem), tenint en consideració que ambdós polítics ja van ser sancionats l'any 2019 per la Sala segona del Tribunal Suprem espanyol. Concretament, i en base als articles 192 i 554 1.b) de la LOPJ, van ser multats cadascun d'ells amb 2.500 euros a mode de «correcció disciplinària», sanció que només es pot interposar contra actes que no constitueixen delicte. Així mateix, la defensa va justificar que l'acusació vulnera la llibertat d'expressió, de pensament i de consciència de Reguant i que ella va actuar conforme a dret a l'empara de la disposició que cap testimoni pot ser obligat a declarar sobre una pregunta de la qual la seva resposta pugui perjudicar-la moral o materialment de manera directa i important (article 418 de la LECrim). També va assegurar que la petició de retirada de l'acusació particular de Vox va ser una demanda reiterada per diferents acusats durant el judici al procés independentista català ja que responia a criteris «únicament electoralistes i, no sols no es prevenia d'ideologies masclistes, homòfobes i racistes, sinó que es demanava als poders públics que s'abstinguessin del seu compromís en la lluita contra la vulneració de drets fonamentals». Finalment, la missiva va valora que una pena d'inhabilitació per uns fets anteriors a l'elecció com a diputada suposa «un sacrifici inacceptable del dret a representació política, i una flagrant vulneració del principi de proporcionalitat».

L'11 de gener de 2022, la CUP va presentar davant del Mercat de Sant Antoni de Barcelona la campanya «Ferma contra el feixisme», iniciativa de mobilització social i política en defensa de Reguant. L'acte va comptar amb la presència de representants de l'associacionisme veïnal, així com d'Òmnium Cultural, l'Assemblea Nacional Catalana (ANC), la Xarxa d'Habitatge de l'Esquerra de l'Eixample, el Casal Popular Lina Òdena, els Comitès de Defensa de la República i el Sindicat d'Estudiants dels Països Catalans. Al seu torn, la portaveu de la campanya, Núria Morell, va denunciar «que l'extrema dreta marqui la direcció de l'Estat contra l'independentisme és un fet que cal denunciar i plantar-li cara». El 13 de gener es va anunciar que 19 sindicats d'esquerres de tot l'Estat espanyol havien donat suport a la campanya d'absolució mitjançant l'adhesió a un manifest de denúncia del blanqueig del feixisme per part de la judicatura espanyola, dels impediments reiterats a la voluntat popular expressada democràticament pel poble català i a la consolidació de fenòmens d'extrema dreta arreu del món. El 16 de gener, als carrers del barri de Sant Antoni de Barcelona, es va realitzar el primer acte de suport amb parlaments, un dinar popular i un concert de Carles Belda, acompanyat de la presència d'altres càrrecs electes de la formació política com Dolors Sabater, Carles Riera, Pau Juvillà, Montserrat Vinyets i Mireia Vehí. En ell, l'encausada va manifestar que «la desobediència és la millor eina per plantar cara als poders que ens volen als marges» i que calia «utilitzar aquest cas com a bumerang contra l'Estat, en contra d'aquest Estat que nega drets fonamentals i persegueix sistemàticament a la dissidència, en contra d'aquest Estat que segueix perseguint a totes aquelles persones que van fer possible el major acte de dissidència política i de rebel·lia que va ser, l'1 d'octubre, el referèndum d'autodeterminació».

El 27 de gener, la sala segona de la cort suprema espanyola va notificar-li que el judici per desobediència greu es duria a terme l'1 i el 2 de març de 2022, amb l'acceptació de les proves presentades tant per la fiscalia com per la defensa. En motiu de la notícia, va comunicar públicament que realitzaria la declaració en llengua catalana. El 23 de febrer, el comitè de solidaritat amb Reguant va realitzar un acte polític de suport a l'auditori Calàbria 66 de Barcelona, amb la participació telemàtica d'Anna Gabriel i Alberto Rodríguez, exdiputats de la CUP i Podem, respectivament. Així mateix, de forma presencial, van participar Antonio Baños, el diputat de la CUP Pau Juvillà, l'advocada Norma Pedemonte, l'escriptora Núria Cadenes i la periodista Laia Soldevilla. A l'acte també hi van assistir diputats d'Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya, Junts (com ara Jordi Turull), En Comú Podem i la CUP, dirigents de l'ANC i Òmnium Cultural, i representants del moviment associatiu del barri de Sant Antoni. L'acte va concloure amb un llarg aplaudiment prèvia participació sobre l'escenari de David Carabén i Marc Lloret, veu i guitarra de Mishima, que van interpretar dues cançons. El 28 de febrer es va convocar un acte similar a la sala Ecooo de Madrid, denominat «Dignidad versus Vox», en el qual va participar l'encausada, juntament amb activistes del moviments socials i polítics de la ciutat, com ara el Sindicat de Manters, la Coordinadora Antifeixista de Madrid i Esquerra Castellana, així com els col·lectius catalans Raval VS Vox i 8Mil motius, la diputada de la CUP Basha Changuerra i el represaliat per injúries a la Corona Albert Baiges. Altres mostres de solidaritat es van poder veure a les Illes Balears quan diversos polítics sobiranistes i activistes socials van publicar el 27 de febrer un vídeo de suport i la tarda de l'1 de març van realitzar una concentració i lectura de manifest davant dels jutjats de Palma, situats a la Via Alemanya.

L'1 de març es va celebrar el primer dia de judici però la sala va declarar la seva nul·litat després d'admetre un error en la tramitació de la causa, tal com va apuntar l'escrit de la defensa, i va ordenar el trasllat de la causa a la Fiscalia del Suprem. A les portes del jutjat s'hi van aplegar com a mostra de suport diferents càrrecs electes de la CUP, els diputats Marta Vilalta (ERC), Pilar Calvo (Junts) i Gerardo Pisarello (UP), i també el president d'Òmnium Cultural Xavier Antich i el tresorer de l'ANC Carles Gómez. El 17 de març, com a conseqüència de la declaració de nul·litat, el Tribunal Suprem d'Espanya va anul·lar la interlocutòria d'obertura de judici oral i l'escrit d'acusació de la fiscalia, així com va ordenar la designació d'un magistrat instructor per a la causa. Aquesta mesura va succeir després que l'alt tribunal reconegués la seva mala instrucció per no tenir en compte la seva condició de diputada des del març de 2021 i, per tant, en tant que aforada, el procediment no es podia tramitar via jutjat ordinari tal com es va fer fins la tardor de 2021.

El 19 de maig de 2022, el Tribunal Suprem va comunicar que el judici pel delicte de desobediència greu a l'autoritat es realitzaria el 28 de setembre d'aquell mateix any i que l'acusada podria declarar en català, tal com havia sol·licitat amb anterioritat. En resposta, Reguant va assegurar al seu compte de twitter que persistiria treballant en «l'autodeterminació, la independència i la justícia social per a tothom» i que «ni la justícia de part, ni el feixisme, ni l'espionatge ens desviaran dels nostres objectius». Així mateix, la CUP va denunciar que es tractava d'un «judici polític» que suposava «una vulneració flagrant de la llibertat ideològica i de consciència». En declaracions, el diputat Xavier Pellicer va expressar la seva disconformitat amb el judici i el va titllar «d'una estratègia més per criminalitzar les ideologies antifeixista i independentista». Concretament, va manifestar que Reguant «va voler evidenciar l'anomalia de la presència de Vox com a acusació popular contra el dret a l'autodeterminació», a més de «denunciar la connivència entre l'extrema dreta i l'aparell judicial espanyol», fent palès que «l'Estat ens espia, inhabilita, represalia..., i ara també permet que Reguant s'enfronti a un altre judici polític».

El 29 d'agost de 2022, en una entrevista un mes just abans del judici, va expressar que no temia la inhabilitació perquè sabia que era una realitat, que del judici «no n'esperava gran cosa» i va refermar el seu posicionament assegurant que «la decisió va ser bona i necessària, perquè calia assenyalar el feixisme que es feia visible amb Vox com a acusació particular». El 7 d'octubre de 2022, durant el judici, la Fiscalia del Suprem va rebaixar la petició a una pena de 4 mesos de presó i 4 mesos d'inhabilitació del sufragi passiu. Nogensmenys, la Sala penal del Tribunal Suprem la va condemnar a una multa de 13.500 euros per desobediència greu, després de no haver respost a Vox durant el judici del Procés, però no la va inhabilitar del càrrec de diputada del Parlament de Catalunya. Dos mesos després, el 7 de desembre de 2022, la defensa de Reguant va presentar un recurs d'empara al Tribunal Constitucional espanyol amb l'argument que s'havien vulnerat drets fonamentals com ara la tutela judicial efectiva, la presumpció d'innocència, la legalitat penal, la llibertat d'expressió, la llibertat ideològica i la llibertat de consciència. Finalment, el 12 de desembre de 2022, el comitè de suport va organitzar un acte de final de campanya anomenat «La protecció judicial a l'extrema dreta» a la Universitat de Barcelona, que va comptar amb la participació dels implicats Eulàlia Reguant i Antonio Baños. A l'acte hi van assistir els portaveus del grup parlamentari d'ERC, Marta Vilalta i Jordi Orobitg, i el president d'Òmnium Cultural, Xavier Antich. També va estar prevista la presència de representants de Junts i l'ANC però, per qüestions d'última hora, van resultar baixa.

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Referències

Activistes catalans del sud contemporanis
Diputats al Parlament de Catalunya per la CUP
Matemàtics barcelonins
Regidors de l'Ajuntament de Barcelona per la CUP
Regidors de l'Ajuntament de Barcelona de la corporació 2015-2019
Membres del Consell Metropolità de l'Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona (2015-2019)
Científics barcelonins contemporanis
Activistes barcelonins
Matemàtics catalans del sud contemporanis
Alumnes barcelonins de la Universitat de Barcelona

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Johnathan T. Fried visits CCG to discuss G20 and WTO reform
On October 30, 2019, the Center for China and Globalization (CCG) hosted a roundtable discussion with Jonathan T. Fried, Personal Representative of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for the G20, and former Canadian Ambassador to the WTO.
Canada's small business minister Mary Ng visits CCG to discuss China-Canada relations
Last week, Mary Ng, Canada's minister for Small Business and Export Promotion, attended the World Economic Forum in Dalian, China. She is the first Canadian minister to visits to China since tensions have clouded relations between China and Canada in the past few months.
CCG conducts "China- Canada Economic and Trade Round Table"
On the 9th of February, the Center for China and Globalization (CCG) joined the Canadian think tank- Centre for International Governance Innovation organizing the "China- Canada Economic round table" at CCG's Beijing headquarters. The scholars agreed at the seminar that the two countries should strength communication and deepen understanding of each other to explore more cooperation in innovation and cultural exchange.
New Order of the International Trade System
On April 26, CCG held a roundtable in Beijing with leading Canadian think tank Center for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) to discuss pressing issues for the global trade system. Chaired by CCG President Wang Huiyao and CIGI President Rohinton Medhora, the discussion saw a fruitful exchange of views between experts from CCG, CIGI, and the Embassy of Canada in China. Both sides put forward new ideas to revitalize the world trade system and identified areas for cooperation between the two think tanks.
CCG President makes China's case at the Munk Debates
On May 9th at 7am Beijing time, the world-renowned TV debate platform, Munk Debates, held its first debate of 2019 in front of an audience of 3,000 spectators in Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Canada. Dr. Wang Huiyao, Founder and President of the Center for China and Globalization (CCG), was invited to participate in this debate with three other leading international thinkers, where they debated the resolution: "Is China a threat to the liberal international order?"

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An SNMP sensor setup against a Cisco router sub-interface returns no data, even though there is data traversing that interface. I believe this is because the sub-interface is configured as the dot1q native VLAN.
Does anyone know whether this is a bug/know problem with PRTG and whether it has been fixed in a more recent version?
Simon, have you found a resolution to this problem? I'm having the same type of issue montitoring Layer 2 802.1q Virtual LAN interfaces with a SonicWALL e5500 firewall. SNMP shows "ok", but no traffic stats at all. I posted a reply to a similar post from another Sonicwall user, but no replies yet.
I have the same Problem with sub-interfaces in PRTG.
We are still having this issue on our cisco C2951 router.
You can select the interfaces in the adding sensor phase but then all the sensors once added say no such interface.
Has there been any resolution on this?
We were able to create a VLAN on our Sonicwall here and were able to create a sensor in PRTG for the Sub-interface and the sensor was able to show the correct amount of traffic that was travelling through the VLAN. If you are still having issues with this, please write us an email to support@paessler.com and we can work on this together. Please mention this KB article as well so we can reference the case and post the solution.


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Title Portrait of a young man, 1928.
Description Head and shoulders portrait of a young white man wearing a suit and tie with his hair slicked back.
Source 8 x 10 in. b&w nitrate negative. Item no. ULPA CS 095918 in the Caufield & Shook Collection, University of Louisville Photographic Archives.
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Work begins on Glenrothes Energy Network
A ground breaking ceremony has taken place to mark the beginning of construction for a state-of-the-art energy centre at RWE's Markinch CHP biomass plant in Fife.
Glenrothes Energy Network is a £24 million collaborative local heat scheme between Fife Council, RWE and the Scottish Government. It will provide sustainable low carbon heat to a mix of industrial, commercial, community and domestic properties in Glenrothes as well as the Fife House complex. There will be an opportunity to expand the network to supply further homes across Glenrothes.
Members of RWE's management team Steve Hicks and Mark Picton were joined by Fife Council officials, Cllrs Ross Vettraino and Fiona Grant, with Stephen Scott from Balfour Beatty and Scott Lutton from the newly appointed contractor Vital Energi.
Vital Energi was awarded the contract for the design and development of the Energy Centre by RWE after a comprehensive tender process. Following clearance of the land at the Markinch site, it was ready to hand over for construction in May.
Balfour Beatty has been appointed as main contractor for the heat network, and it also appointed Vital Energi as its specialist sub-contractor.
Over the past few weeks, Vital Energi has established site accommodation and started the civil engineering works. A full works programme will begin at the end of June, starting with the building of the external structure.
RWE will own the Energy Centre and provide the heat required for the network from its biomass plant; Fife Council will own the network and act as service provider and Scottish Government is supporting the development through its Low Carbon Infrastructure Transition Programme (match funded by the European Regional Development Fund). The project will be operational by the end of January 2019.
Steve Hicks, RWE project director, said: "RWE is proud to be a part of this project. It is the first district heating scheme that we have been involved with in the UK. This project is important in providing low carbon heat to support national environmental ambitions. The success of this project is down to ongoing collaboration, energy and commitment from across all of the teams and businesses involved. District heating schemes are key to providing local communities and businesses with access to cheaper heat from efficient local sources, thereby cutting CO2emissions."
Cllr Ross Vettraino, Fife Council's spokesperson for the environment, said: "I'm delighted to see construction work starting on Glenrothes Energy Network. This project has been in the planning stages for a number of years and is an exemplar of partnership working and what it can achieve.
"Fife is once again leading the way in tackling climate change. Bringing a district heating scheme to Glenrothes will help us reach our goal of reducing carbon emissions by 42% by 2020.
"This is a major investment of nearly £24 million for Glenrothes town centre. It will not only provide clean sustainable energy but will help to secure jobs and reduce fuel poverty in Glenrothes."
Minister for business, innovation and energy, Paul Wheelhouse, said: "The Scottish Government are proud to support the Glenrothes Energy Network project through our Low Carbon Infrastructure Transition Programme. This innovative and collaborative scheme is set to deliver low carbon and affordable heat to a range of domestic, commercial and industrial users, helping to tackle fuel poverty, providing lower cost, local energy for businesses and supporting our transition to a low carbon economy."
Stephen Scott, managing director of Balfour Beatty's Central Scotland Delivery Unit, said: "At Balfour Beatty, we are passionate about leaving behind a positive environmental legacy wherever we work. Therefore, we are delighted to join together with RWE, Fife Council and Vital Energi today to celebrate the commencement of construction to the new Energy Centre in Fife.
"Together with our partners, we will help deliver the vast network needed to supply low carbon heat to a range of businesses, public premises and homes in Glenrothes which on completion, will help reduce carbon emissions and ultimately tackle climate change."
Vital Energi regional director, Mike Cooke added: "Vital Energi are delighted to have been appointed as RWE's design and construction partner on this unique district energy project which will utilise renewable heat to serve the community of Glenrothes. The design and construction of the energy centre will be the quickest of its kind with heat on during the autumn having commenced construction in April. Close liaison with heat customers during system connections will see existing gas connections displaced by renewable heat generating improvements to air quality and a reduction in carbon emissions."
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Dropsie College Theses
The Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning [ http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/rbm/at250/dropsie/ak.pdf ], chartered in March of 1907, was the first state-accredited academyouic institution in the world to confer Ph.D. degrees in Judaic Studies. By the time it closed its doors in 1986, Dropsie College had awarded over two hundred doctorates and dozens of M.A. degrees. In 1988, Dropsie reopened under a new name, 'The Annenberg Research Institute," at a new address, 420 Walnut Street, located in historic Center City Philadelphia, and with a new mission as a post-graduate research center. In 1993, it merged with the University of Pennsylvania and is today called the "Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies."
The Library at the Katz Center (LKCAJS) is home to the institutional records and academic fruits of Dropsie College over the course of its eight decades of existence. According to the 1984-1985 annual Dropsie College Bulletin, pp. 44-58, the following degrees were conferred between 1912 and 1983:
Doctor of Philosophy: 236
Doctor of Education: 10
Master of Arts: 17
Master of Arts in Education: 18
The following honorary degrees were conferred:
Doctor of Hebrew Letters, Honoris Causa: 20
Doctor of Literature, Honoris Causa: 18
Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa: 27
Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa: 28
The total number of degrees conferred (Ph.D., M.A., and Honorary) was 374.
Penn's Scholarly Commons now provides digital reproductions of all the extant theses submitted to the College.
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Qāsim Amīn and the Beginnings of the Feminist Movement in Egypt, Mary Flounders Arnett
Ancient Near Eastern Temple Assemblies: A Survey and Prolegomena, John Arthur Bloom
Neo-Babylonian Texts from the John Frederick Lewis Collection of The Free Library of Philadelphia, Raymond B. Dillard
Central Community Agencies for Jewish Education, Abraham P. Gannes
Middle Eastern Citrus Industries and Their Markets, Daniel Garniek
Narsai's Homilies on the Old Testament As a Source for His Exegesis, David George
Beth- Yaacob: Comentary on the Kusari by Jacob Ben Hayyim Vidal Farrisol, Edited from Three Manuscripts, Aaron Giat
A Philological and Critical Commentary of The Amarna Correspondence from Central Palestine, Including Texts and Translations of the Letters of Lab'aya, Milkilu, Zimredda and Shipti-Ba'lu, Paul R. Gilchrist
An Historical Study of Adult Hebrew Language Instruction in Palestine from 1917 to 1948 and of Its Continuation in Israel's Ulpanim 1948 to 1960, Sylvan J. Ginsburgh
The Economic Life of the Jews in Poland as Reflected in Yiddish Literature (1914-1939), William M. Glicksman
The Development of the Natural Method (Ivrit Be-Ivrit) in the Teaching of Hebrew in Jewish Schools in Modern Times, Elazar Goelman
Halakhah in Josephus and in Tannaitic Literature: A Comparative Study, David Goldenberg
A Literary Study of a Sixteenth Century Manuscript in the Kaufmann Collection (Kaufmann Ms. 539), Nathan Greenbaum
Rabbinic Education in the United States, 1867-1939, Eli B. Greenwald
Samson Raphael Hirsch as an Educator, Ernest Gundersheimer
Themes and Symbols of the Poetry of Leah Goldberg, Hanoch Guy
A Survey of 65 Kenicott Mss. of the Book of Joshua, Abraham Handelman
Progressive Education and Its Influence on Jewish Education in the United States, 1900-1965, Shalom Handelman
The Ideology of the Sabbath: A Study in Comparative Religion, Clifford W.P Hansen
Assyro-Hebraic Relations in Sargonid Times, Clyde E. Harrington
The Peshitta to Nehemiah, A Textual-Critical Analysis, R. Laird Harris
The Jewish War of Josephus: A Semantic and Historiographic Study, Gohei Hata
The Apocryphon of John: A Text Edition, Translation, and Biblical and Religious Commentary, Andrew K. Helmbold
Evaluation in Jewish Education in the United States with Special Emphasis on Testing, 1910 - 1965, A. Hillel Henkin
Cursings in the Hebrew Bible and in Related Literature, Ban Sik Hong
Half a Century of Jewish Education in the United States and Israel as Reflected in A.M. Dushkin's Thought and Work, Yaacov Iram
Jewish Summer Camps in the United States and Canada, 1900-1969, Daniel Issacman
Syntax and Emphasis in Deuteronomy 4-11, Edgar O. Johnston
A Study of the Political Aspects of the Druze Law, Fawaz Kamal
Judaism and Jewish Education in Horace M. Kallen's Philosophy of Cultural Pluralism, Louis Kaplan
Arabic Folk Songs Among Iraqi Jews, Latif S. Khayyat
The Annals of Tabari: The Caliphate of al-Mu 'Tamid, Philip M. Kimmelfield
A History of Gratz College, 1893-1928, Diane A. King
Some Foreign Elements in the Sudanese Religions, James E. Kirkland
Relations between the Eisenhower Administration and the American Press during the Suez and the Lebanon Crises, 1956 and 1958, Robert J. Kirsch
The Meaning of the Niphal in Biblical Hebrew, George L. Klein
The Ha-BI-ru, Meredith G. Kline
Folklore in the Book of Judges, Ralph S. Kresge
Labaya of Shechem and the Politics of the Amarna Age, George Kufeldt
A Critical Edition of Canticles Rabba - Chapter One: Edited on the Basis of Three Manuscripts and Early Editions, Samuel T. Lachs
The Aims and Methodology of Jewish History Textbooks in the Intermediate Grades of the Jewish School in America, William B. Lakritz
Dina D'Malkhuta Dina (The Law of the Kingdom is the Law), Leo Landman
Semitic Phonemes with Special Reference to the Ugaritic and in the Light of the Egyptian Evidence, William S. LaSor
The Designation of Foreign Territory in Assyrian Royal Inscriptions of the Sargonid Period, Richard C. Lederman
The Educational Philosophy of Conservative Judaism and the Curriculum of Its Elementary Schools, Herbert K. Lerman
Obaidah di Bertinoro; Contributions to Mishnaic Commentary, Israel D. Lerner
Abraham Savasorda and His So-Called Encyclopedia: The Yesode Ha-Tebunah U-Migdal Ha-Emunah, Its Influence Upon the Development of European Mathematics and Its Place in the History of Mathematics, Martin Levey
Israel ben Joseph: Halakist, Talmudist and Bible Exegete of the Thirteenth Century and his Sefer Mizwot Zemaniyot, Joseph Levitsky
The Jewish Community in Mexico: Its Life and Education, Jacob Levitz
Egyptian and Its Hebraic Affinities, Timothy Tao-liang Lin
The Foundation of Reverence by Abraham Ibn Ezra: Edited, Translated and Annotated, Reuben J. Magil
The Leading British Press on Three Crises in the Middle East: 1947-1957, Neville J. Mandel
The Combinatory Method in Ugaritic Exegesis, Lawrence N. Manross
A Pioneer in Jewish Education: Eliezer Rieger 1896 - 1954, Alvin Mars
Jewish Fate in the Poetry of Bialik and Chernikhovsky: A Study of Criticism and Interpretation, Abraham Marthan
A Semantic Study of Anatomical Terms in Akkadian, Ugaritic, and Biblical Literature, Foster R. McCurley Jr.
Hebrew and Aramaic Words in the Cuneiform Records, John Meighan
Mistake of Fact and Ignorance as a Defense in Criminal Law of the Talmud and English Common Law, Meyer Minkowich
The Texts of A and B in the Book of Judges, David E. Montalvo
The History of Jewish Education in Hungary, Aron Moskowits
Oral Tradition and the Old Testament: A Critical Challenge, Edward A. Neiderhiser
Patriarchial Institutions: A Study of the Social Institutions in the Patriarchal Period in the Light of Cuneiform Sources, David Neiman
The World Outlook of Don Isaac Abravanel and His Historical, Political, and Messianic Works, Ben-Zion Netanyahu
ʻAbd ar-Raḥmān al-Kawākibī: His Life and Thought, Leo Neubart
Rabbi Akiba Eger: His Life and Times, Andrej Simcha Neuschloss
Rabban Simon Ben Gamaliel Nasi at Usha: A Study in Tannaitic Literature, Shalom Novoseller
Al-Kindi's Treatise on First Philosophy: Translation, Introduction and Notes with a Glossary, Fuad N. Nucho
The Central Committee for the Relief of Sufferers through the War: Founded 1914, Max S. Nussenbaum
The Talmud Torah in America: Its Structure, Philosophy and Decline (1860-1960), Edward Orentlicher
The Genealogies of 1 Chronicles 1-9, William L. Osborne
The Tannaitic Law of Homicide in Comparison with Roman and English Law, Jonah Ostrow
Naphtali Herz Wessely: A Study of the Education and Poet, Charles L. Ozer
The Problem of Religious Reform in Modern Hebrew Literature (1770-1830), Moshe Pelli
Kushyar Ibn Labban and the Translation of His Kitab Fi Usul Hisab al-Hind with a commentary by Shalom Ben Joseph Anabi, Marvin Petruck
Neo-Babylonian Documents in the John Frederick Lewis Collection of the Free Library of Philadelphia, Charles F. Pfeiffer
Mekhilta D'Rabbi Ishmael: A Study in Composition and Context, Elaine A. Phillips
The Development and History of Railways in Palestine, Israel, and Adjoining Areas, from 1838, Pinhas W. Pick
A Linguistic Analysis of the Sinuhe Romance, Leon Picon
The Heder Metukan, Judah Pilch
Differentiating Features of Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform Jewish Groups in Metropolitan Philadelphia, Jack Porter
The Hymns and Prayers to the Moon-God, Sîn, Austin Henry Potts
Marrakesh, A City in the Process of Change; Studies in Urbanization and Urbanism, Richard Leon Press
The Development of a Theoretical Basis for Machine Aids for Translation from Hebrew to English, James D. Price
The Elephantine Ahiqar: A New Edition and Commentary with Special Reference to Babylonian and Hebrew Wisdom Literature, Robert Price
The Purpose and Direction of Contemporary Reform Religious Schools in the United States and Canada: A Study of Concept and Their Implementation, Seymour Prystowsky
Representation of the Hebrew Predicators of Existence in the Septuagint, Frederic Clarke Putnam
Baghdadi Jewish Proverbs and Idioms Collected in Israel with a Linguistic and Folkloristic Commentary, David Rabi
A Study of Akkadian Personal Names from Mari, Carl G. Rasmussen
Biblical Correspondences with Nuzi Akkadian, Robert J. Ream
The Jewish War: Variations in the Historical Narratives in the Texts of Josephus and the Yosippon, Jacob Reiner
Paul Billerbeck as Student of Rabbinic Literature: A Description and Analysis of His Interpretive Methodology, Daniel J. Rettberg
Aspects of Ethics and Morality in the Hebrew Bible and Confucian Classics, Song Nai Rhee
United States Economic Assistance to Israel: 1949-1960, Eldin Ricks
The Account of the Ancient Israelite Tabernacle and First Priesthood in the Jewish Antiquities of Flavius Josephus, Stuart D. Robertson
Jewish Education in Vienna between the Two World Wars, Aryeh Rohn
A Grammar of the Dialects of the Aramaic Incantation Texts, William H. Rossell
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Sennacherib's Annals: A Foundational Text Study, G. L. Russell
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Proposals Must Provide Clear Answers That Leave Agency Evaluators with No Questions
In the 1967 film, Cool Hand Luke, the Captain famously says to the inmates, "What we've got here is failure to communicate." All too often, the same could be said to describe the issue at the core of protest decisions. A common theme running through many such decisions is a lack of effective communication that leads to poor ratings that in turn sink proposals. The recent Government Accounting Office (GAO) decision in Interactive Government Holdings, Inc., B-414071; B-414071.2 (February 2, 2017) serves as an important reminder of the importance of submitting clear and complete proposals that "deliver the mail" and remove any reason for evaluator concern.
The matter involved a protest by Interactive Government Holdings, Inc. (Interactive) of the contract award to ADC Management Services, Inc. (ADC) by the Army's National Guard Bureau, for non-personal support services for the Air National Guard (ANG) Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program (YRRP). The request for proposals (RFP) provided that a contract would be awarded to the responsible offeror whose proposal was most advantageous to the government based on four evaluation factors, listed in descending order of importance: (1) management approach, (2) technical approach, (3) past performance, and (4) price.
In addition to its other protest grounds, Interactive challenged the agency's evaluation of its proposal under the management approach factor. For this factor, the RFP required offerors to describe their: (1) approach to staffing for 54 states and territories; (2) proposed personnel's qualifications; (3) payroll processes for personnel in 54 states and territories; and (4) proposed subcontracting approach.
Interactive argued that it should have received a higher rating under the management approach factor, asserting that the agency had assessed a weakness on the basis of "a lack of understanding or appreciation of Interactive's flexibility and approach to staffing." In response, the agency explained that it had based the weakness on its interpretation of Interactive's proposed number of yellow ribbon support specialists (YRSS) and regional leads to fulfill the RFP requirement to provide support services at 91 different necessarily meant that a number of the proposed regional leads would also have to perform the tasks required of the YRSS. From the agency's perspective, Interactive's failure to clearly state where the regional leads would be located created concerns that regional leads might not be able to successfully carry out their dual duties if they were stationed at wings with busy YRRP operations.
Interactive pooh-poohed those concerns, contending that the agency "makes far too much of the absence of specific information in [Interactive's] proposal" about where regional leads were to be stationed. It also attempted to excuse its lack of detail by claiming that the RFP did not give offerors the authority to choose the wing/state where regional leads would be assigned.
GAO did not agree. Indeed, after the obligatory statement that its review of agency decisions entails neither a new evaluation nor second guessing of the agency but instead consists of an examination of the record to determine whether the agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's evaluation criteria, GAO made short work of Interactive's arguments.
According to GAO, because the RFP required offerors to describe their staffing approach to providing support services at 91 ANG wings located throughout 54 states and territories, each offeror, not the agency, was responsible for choosing how to provide staffing to meet the RFP's support service requirements. For this reason, GAO found no merit in the contention that Interactive lacked authority to decide where to place regional leads. Similarly, GAO rejected the notion that the agency had made "far too much" of the information missing from Interactive's proposal, explaining that "it is an offeror's responsibility to submit a well-written proposal with adequately-detailed information, or risk an unfavorable evaluation."
In the end, GAO found that Interactive had merely disagreed with the agency's interpretation and had failed to offer any facts to show that the agency's concern regarding regional leads was unfounded or that its evaluation of Interactive's management approach was unreasonable – and, therefore, denied this ground of protest.
The key take-away here is that offerors who fail to submit a well-written proposal with adequately-detailed information that addresses the RFP requirements risk an unfavorable evaluation. Given the significant discretion afforded to agency conclusions in evaluations, it is always difficult and often impossible to successfully argue that the agency unreasonably interpreted your proposal. The best approach is to work to avoid finding yourself in that situation – by making sure your proposal clearly and completely responds to the solicitation requirements and answers any potential questions before the agency has any reason to ask them. The failure to do so may very well turn into a "failure to communicate" that can't be remedied through a protest.
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Мейстріліга 2006 — 16-й сезон найвищого рівня футбольних дивізіонів Естонії. Титул чемпіона вчетверте здобула Левадія.

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I had played against the same opponent twice before (once as white, once as black) and beaten him twice, so I went in with hopes of a third win – which would have left me in sole possession of first place in the U140 Swiss with a round to go. Instead, we played out a draw and my opponent has held on to his half-point lead, with 3 of us on his heels. Replay game here.
Certainly a good way to catch me by surprise. I was expecting a pitched battle in an open Sicilian!
2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nc6 4. dxe5??
Its not that this is necessarily a bad move – it is just that after this move, the position became very static and it was really hard to break through with an attack!
4… Nxe5 5. Nxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Bc4 f6 8. Be3 Bg4 9. Nd2 Bb4 10. f3 Bh5 11. O-O-O Ke8 12. Nb3 b6 13. g4?
Not the type of game I wanted to get into. I looked at 13. Bb5+! Kf8 14. a3 Bd6 and didn't see what else I could achieve. But the computer shows 15. c4! Be8 16. Bxe8 Kxe8 17. c5 bxc5 18. Nxc5 and the position is better for white. I didn't even consider the idea of c2-c4-c5, assuming that the opening of lines on the queenside would favor black. Instead, with the better developed pieces, white is doing fine here.
Again missing an opportunity to hold on to an advantage with 14. Bb5+ Kf8 15. c4 Be8 16. Ba6.
Here again I looked at Bb5+ and thought it even worse because after 15. Bb5+ c6 16. Bc4, all I seem to have done is lose a tempo! Instead, it actually works in my favor because Black can no longer retreat his bishop to d6, blocking the d-file!. 15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. Kb1 Be8 17. Ba6 is also fine for white.
See a pattern? Bb5+ is required in all lines where I hope to maintain an advantage! 16. Bb5+ Kf8 17. Kc2 Be8 18. Be2. I thought about 16. Kc2 as well, where the king is one tempo closer to the center of the board but wasn't sure if it might get into trouble if lines opened up for black's rooks. Turned out to be another miscalculation on my part. Nothing worthwhile happened in the rest of the game. I tried to push on in the endgame but my opponent defended easily to reach a drawn ending.
I have played several games since I last blogged about a game. In an attempt to catch up, I will put up my games with minimal comments.
After 62…f2 63. c8=Q f1=Q 64. Qe6+ Kf3 65. Qf5+ Kg2 66. Qxf1+ Kxf1, the b-pawn decides the game.
Here my opponent assumed this would be a draw by repetition/perpetual check and offered me a draw, which I gladly accepted. He didn't see that after 41. g3 Qxb5 42. Qf8+ Kh7 43. Qe7+ Kh8 44. Qxe6, I cannot easily force a perpetual. Progress might be slow for white, having to constantly worry about allowing a perpetual but there is only one person playing for a win in this position and he had nothing to lose whatsoever. Lucky me!
Here I decided to trade in the center.
Here, the computer suggests 13…c4 with an advantage for black. I probably should have considered that option more seriously but more tempting was my own choice in the game – sacrificing a pawn for a nice open game with the initiative.
After a pretty forced sequence, Fritz gives a marginal advantage for white, primarily because of the extra pawn.
Provoking my opponent into making a choice. He chooses the trade of his queen for both of my rooks. Materially he is doing much better but I still have chances before his pieces coordinate.
19. Qxb8 Qd5 20. Qxf8+?!
20. Qxa7 Qxh1+ 21. Qg1 maintains the advantage.
20…Kxf8 21. Kf2 Nf5 22. Rhd1 Qe4 23. Rac1?
Too passive. 23. Rd8+ Ke7 24. Rad1, doubling the rooks on the d file and white should be ok.
Until now, I've slowly built up the advantage and am now clearly winning.
"Trying to be safe". I saw the variation 45…Qxb6 46. Rxb6 axb6 with 4 connected passers against a lonesome knight. I was dreading that this flashy approach might have a blunder somewhere and didn't go for it – rather than trusting my instincts. Even safer would have been to play 45…axb6 46. Na4 Qf3+ followed by Qxc6. Again, game over.
Instead, we shortly agreed on a draw!
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Be2 Qb6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qd3 g6 10. Rb1 Bg7 11. Be3 Qc7 12. O-O O-O 13. f5 Rb8 14. Kh1 Nd7 15. Bg5 Ne5 16. Qe3 Re8 17. f6 exf6 18. Bxf6 Bf8 19. Qg5 Be7 20. Rf4 Bxf6 21. Rxf6 d5 22. exd5 cxd5 23. Rbf1 Be6 24. R1f4??
Nothing spectacular until white's last move, which is a clear blunder. He's hoping he has enough on the kingside for a winning attack but I've concretely calculated he doesn't and proceed to collect material and a winning advantage.
24…Rxb2 25. Rh4 Qxc3 26. Qh6 Rb1+ 27. Bf1 Qe1 28. Qxh7+ Kf8 29. Rhf4 Rb4 30. h4 Rxf4 31. Rxf4 Qg3??
And now my turn for the double question-mark! I was intending to play Ng4 first and after calculating several variations in my head, I simply played the wrong move order. Now my opponent wins back the piece and I lose the win.
Here I knew I had a slight plus and could probably push on for a while, though I'd have to be extremely wary on an open board. But I took a look around at the other boards – three games had already completed with our team up 2-1, and my teammate on board one looked like he was closing in on another win. I felt that my half point made a lot more sense and chose to repeat.
I managed to hold a much higher-rated opponent to a draw on the white side of a Caro-Kann this past week. As is typical in the Caro-Kann, white enjoyed a space advantage for most of the game, but black was solid and impregnable. Once he was able to make his pawn breaks, we liquidated to a drawn endgame.
After the game, we discussed a couple of variations where black could have played more aggressively and ended up with an extra pawn in a rook-endgame, but being in severe time trouble, he chose to take the safe approach. All in all, quite a boring game indeed.