The watch was invented over five centuries ago in Germany. It has been considered a luxury item and a status symbol for most of its history. But all that changed in the early 1970s when a new technology transformed the industry. Prior to that time, all watches were powered by mechanical movement, i.e., little cogs and wheels that were calibrated by expert watchmakers. This new technology, on the other hand, was electronic. It did not require experienced artisans to assemble or repair it. These Quartz (digital) watches could be produced much more quickly and affordably by machines.
The eschatological shock this new technology sent through the watchmaking industry cannot be underestimated. The period is still referred to as the Quartz Crisis or the Quartz Revolution because of how it altered the industry. Watch manufacturers who had been in business for centuries were forced to change or risk extinction. The old technology simply could not compete with the faster, cheaper and more accurate new one.
As a result, many successful watch companies began producing electronic watches in addition to their traditional mechanical models. The Hamilton Watch Company was one of them. Founded in Pennsylvania in 1892, they were one of the most respected luxury watchmakers in America. But the times they were a-changin.' The company introduced its first line of electronic timepieces in 1972. Since they were not luxury models, they decided to sell them under another brand name. They called it Pulsar because it featured futuristic designs.
As it turned out, the Hamilton Watch Company was much better at making mechanical watches than they were at making electronic ones. So, they sold the brand to a watchmaker who knew a thing or two about the new technology. Seiko is a Japanese firm that is credited with producing the Aston, the world's first quartz watch in 1969. The company acquired Pulsar watches a decade later (1979) and created the first full line of electronic watches for men and women.
The brand grew slowly at first in the American and Japanese markets, but then moved into Europe in the 1980s. As its line expanded, growth accelerated, especially in the women's market. While most other watchmakers were focusing on specific segments, Pulsar targeted several of them at the same time, including dress, sport and casual watches.
Seiko believed in the brand they had acquired and proved it by investing in new materials, styles, and designs in the 1990s. In addition to new titanium and diamond sports watches, they also added a line of pocket watches-a bold move for a company that was known for digital wristwatches. New design features, such as a step-motion second hand and integrated circuit technology were also added to many of their new models. Let us take a moment to discuss two of their most popular watches.
In a world were laptops and cell phones all keep perfect time, it makes sense to find a timepiece that does more than just count hours, minutes and seconds. The PQ2001 World Time Alarm Chronograph Watch offers 5 daily alarms, world time for 39 cities, stopwatch features, 100 lap split with full recall, and a light. Not to mention the fact that it is an attractive dress watch that can go from the office to the pool without missing a beat, or a tick. Made of polished stainless steel with a black digital dial, it is powered by reliable Japanese Quartz movement. The hardlex watch cover protects the watch in up to 100 meters (330 feet) of water.
As we mentioned, Pulsar became a popular brand shortly after Seiko took the reins and started producing economical watches for casual wearers. But they have since expanded their line to include dressier models that are more at home in the boardroom than they are on the basketball court. The PXDA80 Gold-Tone Stainless Steel Black Leather Strap Watch is an uptown timepiece that can be purchased for a downtown price. Its square-shaped watch dial features a black analog display that is protected by a brass case and a strong hardlex crystal. The watch hands and the hour indices are gold-tone, as is the watch case and the crown. There is even a handsome date window where the six o'clock hour index would be. The watch strap is made of genuine black leather and closes safely and securely with a buckle clasp. With a water resistance of up to 99 feet (30 meters), the timepiece is safe in the shower or in the pool.
Both of these popular Pulsar watches can be purchased from reliable watch sellers on the internet.
Garrett Lee is a freelance writer who writes about jewelry including Pulsar watches.


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V soubojích 7. ročníku Moravskoslezské divize E 1997/98 (jedna ze skupin 4. fotbalové ligy) se utkalo 16 týmů každý s každým dvoukolovým systémem podzim–jaro. Tento ročník začal v srpnu 1997 a skončil v červnu 1998.

Nové týmy v sezoně 1997/98
 Z MSFL 1996/97 sestoupilo do Divize E mužstvo TJ ŽD Bohumín.
 Mužstvo SK Železárny Třinec "B" se v této sezoně spojilo s TJ Bystřice nad Olší.
 Mužstvo TJ Slezan Frýdek-Místek po sezoně 1996/97 zaniklo sloučením pod FK VP Frýdek-Místek, jeho místo v této sezoně zaujalo mužstvo FK VP Frýdek-Místek "B".
 Ze Slezského župního přeboru 1996/97 postoupilo vítězné mužstvo SK Rapid Muglinov.
 Z Hanáckého župního přeboru 1996/97 postoupilo vítězné mužstvo AFK Chropyně.

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 Z = Odehrané zápasy; V = Vítězství; R = Remízy; P = Prohry; VG = Vstřelené góly; OG = Obdržené góly; B = Body; (S) = Mužstvo sestoupivší z vyšší soutěže; (N) = Mužstvo postoupivší z nižší soutěže (nováček)
 O pořadí na 7. až 10. místě rozhodla minitabulka vzájemných zápasů: Karviná B – Val. Meziříčí 1:0, Karviná B – Frýdek-Místek B 1:0, Karviná B – Šumperk 2:0, Val. Meziříčí – Karviná B 2:2, Val. Meziříčí – Frýdek-Místek B 3:3, Val. Meziříčí – Šumperk 5:0, Frýdek-Místek B – Karviná B 1:0, Frýdek-Místek B – Val. Meziříčí 3:2, Frýdek-Místek B – Šumperk 0:1, Šumperk – Karviná B 1:2, Šumperk – Val. Meziříčí 1:2, Šumperk – Frýdek-Místek B 5:0

 O pořadí na 14. a 15. místě rozhodla bilance vzájemných zápasů: Kroměříž – Bruntál 5:1, Bruntál – Kroměříž 3:1

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How YouTube Has Changed Over The Past Ten Years
Jessamy Tredinnick / 5 months ago
Edited BY Claire Farquhar
Despite being established in 2005, YouTube, or more precisely YouTubers, have really cemented themselves in every household. Watching YouTubers used to be a niche interest; now it is now rare for anybody not to have a favourite channel to watch. Ask your parents, your younger sibling, your dog – they probably have a fave. Things have changed a lot over the last ten years, from how YouTubers define themselves to how much they get paid (which are definitely not mutually exclusive).
Ten years ago, vlogs were barely a thing and the measure of a successful YouTuber was reaching 10k subscribers. Five years ago, Troye Sivan was just a YouTuber from Perth and Zoella had only recently launched her beauty line. Now, YouTubers are selling out stadiums and regularly film videos with A-list celebrities. Ten years is a long time – so we're going to look at what has improved, and what died faster than YouTube Red.
Jenna Marbles and Shane Dawson are two of the biggest OG comedy YouTubers still kickin', but their journeys have led them to very different places. Both of them had some fairly problematic older videos, riddled with stereotypes and misconceptions. However, while Shane Dawson still makes some seriously considerable choices (a whole series on a Paul brother, really?), Jenna Marbles has evolved into the hilarious, unproblematic queen she is today. She apologies for her past mistakes and still creates incredible content. Shane also creates some interesting content, but he also creates a lot more controversy.
There are plenty of other YouTubers who had much more significant controversies that destroyed their careers. Five years ago, a string of sexual harassment claims came out against various YouTubers, including prankster Sam Pepper, Alex Day and Veeoneeye. These channels were quickly boycotted by a large proportion of the YouTube community, causing these stars to lose huge groups of subscribers. In comparison, the controversies that have come out in the past several years have not received the same level of immediacy in criticism, nor have any sort of boycotts for those channels stuck. Despite Logan Paul's 2017 Japan scandal, he still is hugely successful. This is evidence that the increase in YouTube's popularity has provided a platform where creators do not suffer the consequences of unethical behaviour that they may deserve.
Sadly, other YouTubers naturally lost some of their audience, but still have smaller, loyal followings. Charlie McDonnell seemed to be one of the first creators to fall into the YouTube slump. He was well known for his videos from almost 10 years ago, but now the couple of million views that they received don't seem so significant. DaveDays was hugely popular in the early days as well and still creates content, but not the comedic style that brought him into fame. Similarly, Crabstickz made a fair few attempted comebacks, but never kept up a normal schedule for very long. He was best known for his skits, where he played multiple characters.
In comparison, Dan Howell (originally known as danisnotonfire) and Phil Lester (AmazingPhil) remained as a duo team (as opposed to the 'fantastic foursome' they had with Crabstickz and KickthePJ in previous years) and now tour internationally, selling out live shows all over the world. Comedy in YouTube used to primarily focus on skits and "randomness." While Dan Howell used to regularly talk about llamas and stuff things in his shirt to pretend to have boobs, Jenna Marbles drew on her face with a sharpie to mimic a moustache and made a whole video about a "land shark." Humorous videos were also a lot shorter than they are now, with small skits usually going for three to five minutes. Of course, that was before decisions were based on monetary advantage. Now it is strange to see a video below 10 minutes long. Similarly, skits were replaced with sit down videos and YouTubers' 'randomness' was replaced with showing more of their real, daily life. Jenna still holds onto some of her original 'randomness' appeal, but it isn't nearly as contrived. Other YouTubers tried to find financial benefits from their comedy videos in different ways, like the irritatingly high voiced 'Fred' channel, which was the first to pass one million subs; he eventually moved his character to Nickelodeon. Yeah, you forgot he existed, didn't you?
When YouTubers started coming into the public eye, the lines between lifestyle bloggers and beauty YouTubers (or "BeauTubers", as Jenna Marbles calls them), were pretty blurred. Beauty YouTubers back then rarely had the professional standard that many have today. While pretty much every beauty video today includes a cut crease, YouTubers used to do much more daily wear looks. Shopping at stores like Sephora was not nearly as common and the YouTube community usually seemed to have bought everything from their local drugstore (and it wasn't for a challenge).
Lifestyle vloggers like Zoella were considered beauty gurus as well, despite never creating the full on looks like you see from James Charles or Nikkietutorials today. While beauty YouTubers now are not always professionally trained, there is a much higher standard than there was when we originally started watching Tanya Burr's latest Christmas look (i.e. straight up red lipstick and sparkly eyeshadow).
Similar to beauty, the lines between lifestyle vloggers and fashion gurus weren't nearly as clear as they are now. This also comes down to the successfulness of individual YouTubers, but not always in a good way. Many of us began to follow YouTubers for their relatability, shopping at cheaper stores like Primark in the UK or treating themselves to an ASOS splurge. Many of the YouTubers who gained their success that way would now not be caught dead in their local department store, doing hauls exclusively with brand and designer names. While we might watch one or two videos because they're aspirational, it's now much more rare to find affordable fashion in videos, unless you find a sponsored video with those brands.
Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response, or ASMR, is one of the biggest YouTube trends of the past few years. From a SuperBowl ad to the W Magazine Celebrity series, ASMR has definitely made its way into the mainstream. Don't know what it is? Check out this explanation video:
However, many people don't realise how long some of the OG ASMRtists, like GentleWhispering and WhisperRedASMR, have been making tingle-worthy content for. Ten years ago, the term hadn't even been coined yet (and wouldn't be until 2010) and the often used description of "brain orgasm" understandably gave misconceptions about what the videos were actually for.
YouTube Money
It may seem like all the big name YouTubers are rolling in money, and they are, but they're in the exclusive top three per cent. 96.5 per cent of people trying to be YouTubers won't make enough on that sole income alone to go above the poverty line and even those just breaking into the top three per cent of most viewed videos won't make more than $25K AUD, according to a German study.
However, that is why we are seeing so much diversification within the larger YouTubers. An increase in sponsored videos and branded merch means these YouTubers have more of a guaranteed income, and are earning bigger bucks. The lifestyle vlogger, turned makeup brand creator, turned author, turned homewares brand, turned all around ridiculously rich human being Zoe Sugg (also known as Zoella) earns an estimated over 90K AUD each month and has a net worth of 2.5 million British Pounds. However, she's not even breaking into the top 10 richest YouTubers. Number 10 on that list is Logan Paul, which proves that the biggest earners aren't always the most talented.
YouTube has changed in countless ways. Ten years ago, we never would have considered sitting in your bedroom talking to a camera as a real occupation. That's still up for debate now. YouTube has become a primary source of entertainment and education, one of the first places we go to for any sort of television or media experience. It is easy to say that YouTube has changed over the past 10 years, it's almost impossible to deny it, but we have to remember that we've changed too. While we may not enjoy having three ads in a 15 minute video, it's still a lot better than the amount of ads crammed into traditional television. Although we're all aware of YouTubers extending their videos times for monetary reasons, we also wouldn't find the old two minute Fred videos as enjoyable as we did so many years ago. Yes, YouTube has changed for better and for worse, but its audience has too.
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12 Days European River Cruise Package
12 day European River Cruise package from $6,995pp $4,999pp after Getaway Cash travel credits:
First-class European river cruise package
Luxury Danube river cruise with outside cabin
1 night Budapest at one of the world's best hotels
3 nights Prague staying in 5-star accommodation
Outside lounge on river cruise ship
See magnificent panoramic views of Budapest from atop Fisherman's Bastion
Enjoy a city tour of Vienna and view Hofburg Palace, Vienna Opera House and St. Stephen's Cathedral
Tour the historic Benedictine Melk Abbey, one of the finest examples of Baroque architecture
Visit Regensburg, one of Germany's best preserved medieval cities
Catch a train from Regensburg (cruise port) to Prague
Spend three wonderful nights in Prague and use your Lonely Planet Guide to take you on a great adventure
"There simply is no way to tour Europe and not be awestruck by its natural beauty, epic history and dazzling artistic and culinary diversity."
This exciting European holiday combines luxury Danube river cruising in luxury with great sight-seeing excursions as well as free time to explore Prague on completion of the cruise. This is the ultimate in river cruising.
Private car airport transfer in Budapest on arrival
1 night in Budapest staying at one of the world's best hotels
7-night, 8-day Danube River cruise
20 meals on cruise: 7 breakfasts, 6 lunches, 7 dinners
Shore excursions with entrance fees
Train from Regensburg to Prague
3 nights, 5-star Prague accommodation with breakfast
Option of adding 4 days Amsterdam from $850 inc flights and 5-star hotel accommodation
River cruise features & amenities:
Captain's welcome dinner and farewell dinner
Unlimited wine and beer with dinners
Locally inspired recipes
Early riser breakfast in addition to buffet breakfast
Complimentary bottled water replenished daily in your stateroom
Late night snack
Complimentary Wi-Fi access in public areas
Self-serve coffee and tea station
Lounge serving premium spirits
Daily entertainment including an on-board musician
Non-smoking ship interior
Cruise director & activities director throughout
Shore excursions conducted exclusively in English by licensed guides
7 breakfasts on cruise
4 breakfasts at hotels
6 lunches
Add 3 nights, 4-days in Amsterdam from $850 per person incluing 5-star accommodation and airfares
Cherry-picked hotels, all tried and trusted
Variety of optional excursions
Price includes river port charges of $190 per person
Cruise porterage
Airport transfers are provided on the first travel day
Lonely Planet guides for Budapest, Prague and Austria
"A journey is best measured in friends rather than miles." - Tim Cahill
DAY 1: ARRIVE BUDAPEST (1 NIGHT PRE-CRUISE)
Welcome to Budapest. You are met on arrival and taken to the beautiful Prestige Hotel.
After check-in spend the rest of the day relaxing or exploring the city.
DAY 2: BUDAPEST FREE TIME - JOIN CRUISE
Today after breakfast take your time to uncover some of the treasures of this beautiful city not covered on Day 3. Budapest is paradise for explorers. Keep your senses primed and you'll discover something wonderful at every turn. Cruise embarkation will begin at 3 pm. After arrival formalities there's time to relax on board. Tonight, a gala welcome dinner sets the mood for your delightful river cruise.
DAY 3: BUDAPEST - CITY TOUR
Your morning tour begins on the Pest side of the city, view the Parliament, City Park and Heroes Square. Cross to Buda to see the Royal Palace, Matthias Church and the graceful medieval architecture along the cobbled streets. Explore the city's wonderful shops and cafes this afternoon on your own. Set sail to Bratislava in the evening.
DAY 4: BRATISLAVA
Cruise along the Danube
This morning, enjoy the tranquil scenery as the ship sails along the scenic Danube. In the late afternoon, arrive in Bratislava, capital of Slovakia, a mix of modern and Baroque architecture. This capital city is among the youngest in Europe, yet retains a rich history dating back more than 2000 years. Walk along the cobblestone lanes of the historic town center; view St. Martin's Cathedral, coronation site of the Kings of Hungary, the 13th century Old Town Hall and the Franciscan church. Time to explore this colorful city on your own before returning to the ship for dinner. This evening, the ship will set sail to Vienna.
DAY 5: VIENNA
Your morning tour of romantic Vienna introduces you to this Imperial city with its legendary opulence and elegance. Drive along the famed Ringstrasse, Vienna's main boulevard lined with magnificent Baroque palaces, parks and monuments. View the lavish Hofburg Palace, and the impressive Vienna Opera House. Continue to majestic St. Stephen's Cathedral and the Parliament building. Enjoy the afternoon at leisure, or, join the optional tour to the magnificent Schonbrunn Palace, once summer residence of the Hapsburgs. Visit the gorgeous baroque apartments and stroll through the world-famous manicured gardens. Tonight, perhaps take the opportunity to attend an evening of Viennese culture in the "City of Music" at an optional concert performance of the classical masterpieces of Mozart and Strauss, two of Vienna's most famous citizens.
Optional: Schonbrunn Palace Tour (PM)
Optional: Classical Viennese Concert (PM)
DAY 6: MELK ABBEY
Melk Abbey
This morning, arrive in the Bavarian village of Durnstein, one of the prettiest towns on the Danube. Free time to stroll this quintessential village in the heart of the Wachau wine district. Walk along medieval cobblestone streets revealing 16th century town houses and wine taverns. Continue cruising late this morning through the scenic Wachau Valley, with lovely storybook views of vineyards, castles, hilltop ruins and monasteries. Later, disembark in Melk for a guided tour of the historic Benedictine Abbey, considered one of the finest examples of Baroque architecture in Europe. View the Abbot's chambers, the Kaiser's walk and the lavish library. The ship will set sail as you dine on board this evening.
DAY 7: LINZ
Early this morning cruise into Linz. Founded by the Romans, Linz has cultivated a strong artistic tradition, especially in the field of music. Today is free to explore the city independently, taking in such sites as St. Mary's Cathedral and Linz Castle, or just relaxing at a café sampling the famous Linzer torte which was named after this quaint city. Alternatively, join the optional full day tour to beautiful Salzburg, birthplace of Mozart and setting for the Sound of Music. The walking tour will include some of Salzburg's most historic sites including the Mirabell Palace, the Abbey, Salzburg Cathedral, and St. Peter's Cemetery. After lunch at a local restaurant, there will be time to discover Salzburg on your own before returning to the ship. In the early evening, all passengers will rejoin the ship and set sail for Passau.
Optional: Full Day Tour of Salzburg
DAY 8: PASSAU & REGENSBURG
Dock this morning in 2500-year-old Passau, known for its pastel patrician houses, cafes, cobblestone lanes and riverfront promenade. Passau is a Bavarian town with a mix of Roman, Italian Baroque and Gothic architecture. Return to the ship for lunch before departing by coach to explore Regensburg, one of Germany's largest and best preserved medieval cities, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The guided walking tour highlights the city's stunning architecture as you view the Old Town Hall, Dom St. Peter and the Porta Praetoria, gateway to an ancient Roman fort built in 179 AD. Marvel at beautiful churches and one of the oldest stone bridges crossing the Danube. Tonight, enjoy a lavish Captain's Dinner on board.
DAY 9: VILSHOFEN - PRAGUE (3 NIGHTS)
This morning, after disembarking form your cruise and saying your "see-you-laters" to new-found friends, you'll take a train to Prague where you'll stay for three nights. This afternoon head into the old town centre. One of the first things you should do is take in the views from the Charles Bridge. This is an unforgettable experience that will doubtlessly stay with you for years to come. The famous Charles Bridge spans the Vltava river and connects Old Prague Center to Mala Strana. The bridge is protected by imposing three Gothic towers and is home to thirty Baroque-style statues and statuaries.
DAY 10: PRAGUE FREE TIME
Streets of Prague
Prague is the equal of Paris in terms of beauty. Its history goes back a millennium. And the beer? The best in Europe. Prague's maze of cobbled lanes and hidden courtyards is a paradise for the aimless wanderer, always beckoning you to explore a little further. Just a few blocks away from the Old Town Square you can stumble across ancient chapels, unexpected gardens, cute cafes and old-fashioned bars with hardly a tourist in sight. One of the great joys of the city is its potential for exploration – neighbourhoods such as Vinohrady and Bubenec can reward the urban adventurer with countless memorable cameos, from the setting sun glinting off church domes, to the strains of Dvorak wafting from an open window. Refer to your Lonely Planet guide for things to do each day in this marvellous city.
Here are a few suggestions for your stay in Prague starting with St Vitus Cathedral. Built over a time span of almost 600 years St Vitus is one of the most richly endowed cathedrals in central Europe. Prague Castle is Prague's most popular attraction. Looming above the Vltava's left bank, its serried ranks of spires, towers and palaces dominate the city centre. The National Gallery's collection of 'Art of the 19th, 20th and 21st Centuries' is spread out over four floors and is a strong contender for Prague's best museum. Beer Geek, one of the most successful of a new generation of multi-tap pubs in Prague to offer the best beers from local Czech producers as well as brewers from around the world.
DAY 12: PRAGUE - BUDAPEST
Today you'll return to Budapest and then back to Australia after your unforgettable European holiday.
Optional: Extend your overseas holiday with a trip to Amsterdam for 3 nights or longer.


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Bigots Want LGBT Materials Separated Out at Iowa Library
February 24, 2018 Featured, Gay News Domestic & U.S. Politics, Of Interest, Trump's Americabigots, book banning, censorship, Iowa Library Association, LiteratureWill Kohler
"Concerned" (ie bigoted) Orange City, Iowa residents are petitioning the city's public library separate materials that deal primarily with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender themes, as well as to halt any new such acquisitions without public input.
Others say they support the library's integration of such materials, even if they don't personally endorse the content.
Both sides aired their views during a packed meeting of the Orange City Public Library Board of Trustees meeting this week. Nearly 20 people spoke, with about half supporting the inclusion of the books and nearly as many others sharing reservations.
"As a congregation, I would have to say we are shocked that tax money is being used to push this agenda even further," said the Rev. Sacha Walicord, pastor of Grace Reformed Presbyterian Church. "As pastors, we have been silent for far too long. We have rolled over for far too long. This ends now."
Resident Mike Goll said it means volumes to LGBTQ youth in the community to see characters like them in books they read.
"There are gay kids, there are trans kids in this town, and seeing their faces and seeing their lives mirrored in some of the books here means everything," he said.
The board took no action Tuesday but plans to have its policy committee review the public input and compare its current collection development policy to other libraries to see if changes are warranted.
Since they learned of the issue, library officials have been working with the Iowa Library Association to work toward a solution.
The board next month will also take up an individual challenge brought against library's inclusion of the children's book "Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress," which features a boy whose classmates don't understand why he enjoys wearing a dress. That challenge was not discussed during the meeting.
A petition calling for the new measures was started by was started by Terry Chi, an assistant professor of psychology at a local Christian liberal arts school,Northwestern College
Chi's petition calls for the library to label and separate the materials dealing primarily with LGBTQ issues, provide a content rating service to help patrons make informed decisions and to halt new acquisition of such materials until a public discussion can be held.
"We're not asking for banning because I know that would just sink our ship," Chi said. "We're asking for transparency in the process and some public conversation before new materials are acquired."
Chi, who served on the library board before resigning in December, said a study of the library's physical and digital collection found 168 dealt with LGBTQ issues. The library's physical collection includes more than 63,000 items.
He said he was disturbed by some of the literature on the list, which he said included a graphic novel that showed female genitalia and a young adult novel titled "Two Boys Kissing."
Chi's petition was also backed by the Sioux County Conservatives, a local activist group, but Chi said he closed the online petition due to some of the "inflammatory rhetoric" the group used on a flyer advertising the petition.
Library director Amanda Vazquez said she first learned of the opponents' issues a couple months ago. She said the list of materials includes some that are new and some had been a part of the collection for some time. Many are currently checked out, she said.
"We did not just start acquiring them in the past few months. There are materials we've had for years in our collection, as well, which may be of concern," she said.
Dan Chibnall, STEM librarian at Drake University and the Iowa Library Association's president-elect, said Tuesday that libraries tend to avoid special labels for books like those requested.
"We believe people should have access to as much material as possible, and it's up to them as a community to decide what they should read and what they should and should not read with their families," he said.
He said in his 13 years in the state, he could not recall a challenge "making this many waves."
Chibnall also stressed the importance of having a well-worded collection development policy. The Orange City Public Library has a policy and has also adopted the American Library Association's Library Bill of Rights, which states materials should "not be proscribed or removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval" or excluded because of sex, gender identity or sexual orientation
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Maria Archer Named K-8 Principal
July 17, 2018 / Andrea Wenger
Maria Archer has been named principal for kindergarten through grade eight at Eastern Mennonite School. She has been elementary (K-5) principal since the school began in 2005.
"Maria has earned the deep respect and trust of her co-workers and parents over the past decade with her integrity and instinct for connecting with students' individual strengths and capacities," says Paul Leaman, head of school.
In her expanded role, Archer, a 1981 graduate of the school, will have the opportunity to further engage — from early learning through eighth grade — a seamless curriculum focused on learning through experience and developing the skills needed to be successful in school and in the workplace.
Archer is excited to carry on into middle school what has been successful in the school's elementary program where students are encouraged to ask questions and to think creatively. During the critical time of middle school, students learn "to listen to others' perspectives, to articulate their point of view, and to practice what it means to be a member of a community of faith," says Archer. "I look forward to being a part of a great team of middle school teachers as we continue to build the program together."
"Maria created a culture that nourishes each students' as well as faculty members' individual gifts at the elementary school," notes Lynette Mast '84, peacebuilding teacher who has been involved with the elementary division since its inception.
Maria Bender Archer, far right, chats with Susan Stoltzfus, second grade teacher, and Barbara Miller, kindergarten teacher. Photo by Andrew Gasho.
Prior to her founding role in establishing the elementary division of EMS, Archer taught fifth grade at Hunter McGuire in Verona and middle school at Friends Select School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
A 1986 graduate of Temple University, Archer spent her childhood in Meridian, Miss., where her parents, Titus and Ann Bender, were involved in Civil Rights Era organizing, working alongside movement leaders such as the Rev. Martin Luther King and Vincent Harding. "I was profoundly shaped by my parents' work, by the way they welcomed people from many walks of life. They modeled for me the importance of working towards finding ways the marginalized in our society can be heard." reflects Maria.
As a teen, her parents settled in Harrisonburg and Archer attended Eastern Mennonite High School, graduating in 1981. An accomplished pianist, Archer is married to Joseph Archer, mother to three adult daughters — two of whom graduated from EMS — and grandmother of one. She is a member of St. Jacobs Lutheran church and enjoys baseball, gardening and crocheting in her spare time.
Eastern Mennonite School was established in 1917 and now serves nearly 400 students K-12 EMS offers excellent academics from a foundation of faith and values in a caring community with a global perspective. The campus is located at 801 Parkwood Drive in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
Maria Archer and Justin King
Justin King and Maria Archer, Christmas Fund Drive
Maria Archer uses a talking piece in Neighbor Group discussion
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Q: Varying number of records I am executing a SQL Server stored procedure from my C# code which essentially pulls some data from a database based on the supplied condition.
DataSet GetAllxxxxxByDate(string entityValue,string companyValue)
{
    using (var sqlConn = new SqlConnection(GetConnectionString()))
    {
        using (var cmd = new SqlCommand())
        {
            var data = new DataSet();
            cmd.CommandText = "myStoredprodecure";
            cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
            cmd.Connection = sqlConn;

            var eVal = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(entityValue) ? string.Empty : entityValue;
            cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@entity_value", eVal);

            var company = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(companyValue) ? string.Empty : companyValue;
            cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@company", company);

            var sqlDataAdaptor = new SqlDataAdapter(cmd);
            sqlDataAdaptor.Fill(data);

            return data;
         }
     }
}

Here entityValue, companyValue are comma separated strings, formed dynamically within C# code and pass it to stored procedure.
Eg:
'first','second','third'

And the stored procedure uses these values to fill the NOT IN condition defined within it.
The issue is that, I am getting inconsistent number of records when I execute the code.
Following is a quick screenshot where first WHERE clause return 3 records and second WHERE clause return 1 record. The input values for the first WHERE clause is been filled from c# code and the second is been filled manually to test.

The only difference, which I can spot is number of quotes.
Question: can someone help me to zero in the issue or the difference in these give WHERE clause ?

A: Well, you don't show what entity_value is in your results, but the difference between the two is you're adding single quotes around the literal values:
N'''FSEC''' in SQL is the literal valiue 'FSEC'
'FSEC' in SQL is just FSEC (without the quotes).
My guess is that records 2004981 and 2004982 have a value of FSEC (without the quotes) for entity_value.
If you're adding parameter values from C# code, don't add quotes around them like you would if you were building a string.  SQL will treat the values as strings without needing string qualifiers.
EDIT
Okay, I just read this statement:

Here entityValue, companyValue are comma separated string

You can't just pass in a comma-delimited string to an IN clause.  To search for multiple values there are a few options:

*

*Add commas to each end and use LIKE:
Where (',' + @entity_value +',' LIKE '%,' + entity_value + ',%')

*Parse the string into a temporary table, than use that table in your IN clause

*Pass the values as a table-valued parameter and use that in your IN clause.

*Build the SQL statement as a string and execute it with EXEC

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Let this moment be a personal warning to you about the incoming changes in the online marketplace.
You aren't making playing cards, what are you doing on Kickstarter?
Why is a major magic organization raising funds for a project?
Why are they releasing things already released in another form?
They have the effects already, they have the talent already , the have cameras already, what part of this project needs $35,000 funding?
Do I have an answer to any of those questions…. no I do not.
But this is an informative post, not a disappointing one!
Why would someone like me, someone against the mindless production of tricks, with the bolded thoughts from above be happy about this.
But not because it isn't great. It looks great, but it isn't great for me based on where I am in my magic career.
But, I want it to exist!
Whether it's created and then funded, or funded and then created doesen't matter to me.
It feels like a cool magic set for teenagers instead of kids. It's a magic set for todays popular style of magic instead of the old fashion stuff. I would love for it to exist. Most importantly it's a set with PLENTY of magic.
What I mean is you could buy that set, and have enough magic for a weekly restaurant gig for 6-10 months. Im not exaggerating, I mean it!
Michael Jackson spent more years performing "Beat it" then he did writing it. Why do magicians spend 10x longer learning and buying new magic then they do making it awesome in performance.
I like Chris Ramsay. He's a smart dude, he makes great youtube videos, great magic, he's a magician being creative online and offline and I like it.
When an artist that I like asks me to support a project of theirs, I always try to consider it.
As the years go on, there will be more and more content creators just like this in every niche.
If right now now there's 1-3 magicians that you follow regularly online, in 12-24 months it will be about to be 5 – 10 if not more.
People are going to ask you to fund their projects more and more.
Where pre-orders used to be reserved for the most elite of things, now because of Kickstarter they are the norm.
For someone to get successful support on a project that they haven't created yet means they need to prove their value upfront.
Discourse in Magic has not made any products yet. Why? We want you to like what we do FIRST, then you can think of supporting us afterwards.
If the Kickstarter had 3 no name magicians create this product, they wouldn't be 2/3 funded at the time I'm writing this.
Like I voiced above: people like Ellusionist, People like Chris. People like Adam. People like Peter.
These people have a proven record of creating great content, so when they tell us they're planning something bigger we can support it!
Recently our friend Andy over at www.thejerx.com opened funding for a second season of his magic blog. I check the Jerx every morning when I'm drinking my coffee. Finding and regularly reading his blog has added so much to my life inside and outside of magic, and I know that there are not that many people that are magicians, with the attention span and interst to read a blog, who are willing to support it.
For $10/month of supporting his site he'll post 3 posts/ week, send us a monthly magazine and some playing cards.
If you also read his site regularly I strongly encourage you to fund the second season as well.
I was so excited that this Kickstarter launch came out at the start of our media month! Media is changing the way that people do business and produce content every day.
I think we're going to see less and less people making money off of youtube in terms of making money on ads and things like that.
But instead we're going to see many many people making money WITH youtube (Using youtube as an example).
Youtube is one of the tools they'll use more and more to show their video content, but with that they'll sell their own materials, downloads, tricks, goods, KICKSTARTER CAMPAINS or anything else exclusive.
For some artists, the goal is still to hit a Billion views on your videos.
For most, its to build an audience. To find the people in this world who like what you do, who want to see more of what you do, and want to support you in the creation of what you create.
This is great! This is the benefit of the internet! Right now, 20 million people all sit down on their couch at the same time to watch "The Big Bang Theory" because there are only about 100 channels on the cable box.
Instead of a fat white guy in a suit in a billion dollar studio deciding that a show will continue to be signed on and created for 6 more seasons, its thousands or millions of people at home enjoying or not enjoying each piece of content that dictates it's success.
One of the Youtubers with the most subscribers right now is a kid by the name Ryan ToysReview which is exactly what it sounds: a kid, whose grammar isn't great enough to make a title, who reviews toys.
Except the only thing is he has 5,000,000 subscribers, with some videos over 500,000,000 views.
Who would have known he would be one of the top youtubers right now.
He would have never had a spot on one of the 100 channels on your cable box.
The benefits of more media channels, with more content producers, producing better products, more often is endless.
If you're in a place to financially support someone for creating the content that they create you should do it. Since they're creating content for the internet, I'm willing to bet, that's where they're trying to make the bulk of their income from too.
If you don't have the means to support your artists or you don't need their products but want to support them you can share their content with people who might appreciate it.
Share it on Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Insta, Snapchat, Email, Tell your friends, tell your family. You don't have to do all of them, but make a point to do something.
I hope you now understand why I made a blog post telling people to buy a product that I'm not myself going to buy.
Gilmore Guys – A Gilmore Girls Podcast I listen to very regularly – Attended their live show, bought a shirt, used their meundies code.
Smart Passive Income Podcast – a company all abuout making "passive income" online – Bought his book and signed up for a product that he gets regular commissions from.


One of these days I needed a debounce on Swift to ensure some block of code would only be executed once in a period of time. Debounces are quite simple so I implemented a first draft of it.
Not long after that, I also needed a throttle to skip repetitive calls to a different block of code. Not too different from a debouce, but not quite the same.
Bouncing around in the interwebs (pun intended), searching for a simple implementation for throttle, all I could find was nonsense… and overcomplicated.
Executes a closure and ensures no other executions will be made during the interval.


♥ everything from Lori Marie!
This book. Oh my. I am almost half way through it and it's amazing.
Looking at the cover, I was dreading reading it. It looked so much like a 'typical' boy book, with a grey and bland-looking hover car digitally drawn on the front cover. No cover art, sparkles, swirls or nice color coordination. But, thanks to some friends who told me I just HAD to read it, I did just that.
And I just finished reading. At 5:30pm I decided to take a break, after a full day of non-stop reading.
Meet Jason Chaser, hover car racer. He's won himself a place at the International Race School, where racers either make it on to the Pro Circuit - or they crash and burn. But he's an outsider. He's younger than the other racers. His car, the Argonaut, is older. And on top of that, someone doesn't want him to succeed at the School and will do anything to stop him. Now, Jason Chaser isn't just fighting for his place on the starting line, he's racing for his life.
And, you know what, I have to agree with all of them. Yes, it does have quite a few similarities to Harry Potter. No, it is not magical. But, Jason is chosen for the school although he thought he had no chances. He excels, becomes famous. He beats the 'mean and evil villains'.
Go ahead gals, read it for yourselves - despite your better judgement!
Deer little fawn is holding a 'deer' giveaway!
1. $25 store credit for her Deer Little Fawn Etsy shop.
3. A set of 10 postcards illustrated by herself!
There will be a second prize where 1 runner up will also receive a postcard set.
So, head over to her blog, click the 'follow' button, and be a deer here!
Shawni is holding a giveaway here!
Love this cardigan! Only $7.50!
Unfortunately the camera I was using stuffed it up a bit.
The birds aren't that bright red!!
This vintage-style dress - ready for summer!
I have to sew the arm holes a bit (adjustments) so that it isn't so baggy!
The frill continues around the back as well!
Isn't this beautiful? I found this at a Lupus thrift store!
Beautiful for food photography I thought!!
Unfortunately it is only one... If it was a set I'd be even happier!!
Yay! Early birthday present (above)!!! Gorgeous pinkish sports watch that has a light and glows in the dark!
I went out to buy some wool (for felting).
I got really hot inside and outside the shop, and my body became unaccustomed to the heat.
I started to feel like I usually do if I don't eat for a while (faint), but when I went to buy some food I had to sit down. Mum was there (luckily) to help me, but I had to lie down in the middle of the shopping center on a couchy-seat. And cry.... I was so embarrassed!
We walked in about 5 meter sections until we finally reached Shingle Inn (my favorite gluten-free cafe). Once I got there I started to shake (Louisa you know what that's like), and I thought I may have my second really bad panic attack. Luckily it went away when I (again) lay down on the couch.
Life's a real mystery isn't it?
P.S: Still needing some help with vintage stores in Central Brisbane! Any ideas?
Maybe 15 minutes ago I heard a scrabbling from our laundry.
My little kitten Minoes had made a little nest in the linen cupboard! As the camera was preparing for a photo (flashing it's head off) Minoes got intrigued (photo four). I tried to get her to make funny faces by scratching my finger... the signal for 'play time'.
Last night her big brother Harley bit her on her nose (you may be able to see a little spot on her nose.... (especially in the last photo?).
Well, that's it for me folks!
I have no idea where to look for Brisbane thrift or vintage stores.
So, I thought I could ask my followers and readers.
Could you search around for some thrift stores in Brisbane that either you know about or your friends know about?
Email and ask around. I need some help.
I only get a couple of days a week that I can spend the day out.
So, I need to know soon!
First new holiday project: Eglantine the owl!
She is named from a character of The Guardians of Gahoole!
I could just keep going, but I'd probably bore you.
All of these images came from a simple google search... "vintage bedrooms".
It's amazing what google comes up with!
Did I forget to tell you that in just 3 more days I will be on holidays?
Yahoo! I'm so exited, I am absolutely sick of school and I don't have any more strength to keep going. But, what does keep me going is the fact that soon I will have all the time I want for what I want to do!
I have so many craft things to do, I need to finish a cushion I am making for my friend's birthday, and my quilt and the doll I am making.
But, here are some suggestions for you!
How to make a sheep out of a knitting square!
Keep reading to see what else I get up to in my spare time, and what other projects I end up doing!
Firstly, I apologize for the long wait for another post.
BUT, now I'm asking you another favor.
Whatever am I going to wear for summer?
You see, I'm a hard case. I know what's fashionable and what I like.
However, I know I enjoy everything vintage. But I just can't get my head around not wearing any winter clothes. I am a bit stuck.
So, if you could help me, could you do me a favor and work out some beautifully vintage outfits for me?
I was home sick today, which I found a very lucky coincidence because, at around midday, my lovely kitten Minoes ran through the door looking battered. We think she was tuck in something and tried to get out. She was very scared and hid underneath my mother's bed. I don't think it hurt her very much because she didn't mind being held, moved around or touched in her bear and scratched areas. We took her to the vet and luckily she had no internal injuries, but we knew she was trying to escape from being trapped somewhere because her claws are ragged.
We bought her a new feather toy (KATE: like the one I bought while we went shopping that she has now fully eaten). She seems fine, but we have to put some antiseptic kind of cream on her ear because she can't lick it clean. She will have a few days indoors to make sure she's fine, and she's had an injection to keep her healthy.
I am so glad she's OK.
I received this beautiful letter today from Bianca.
Aren't these mice gorgeous? You can make them thanks to the lovely Martha Stewart!
My cats have posted a new post on their blog here, if you want to read something from their perspective!!


Classical educators describe three tools of learning, necessary for a child to grow into the power of his mind, to train his mind to think rightly. They are grammar, dialectic, and rhetoric, and correspond to three stages of learning. This education theory stretches back to classical antiquity – ancient Greece and Rome – when it was first identified as such. The history of education in Western Civilization is the history of classical education, or learning by these three tools of learning.
The ancient Greeks and Romans observed and described the same three stages of learning that the Bible calls knowledge, understanding, and wisdom. Isaac Newton observed apples falling to the ground from the tree, and described the law of gravity, but did not invent gravity; and just so the Greeks and Romans did not invent the progression of learning. The West retained the terms of classical antiquity rather than the biblical terms (the Bible being closed to the West until the Reformation, while the classics were not).
However, where have their applications been informed by their Greek worldview instead of a Hebraic one? What vestiges of the Greek worldview has the West retained? Now, God is restoring the Hebraic worldview to the West, that is, its biblical foundation. How do the Scriptures apply knowledge, understanding, and wisdom to education?


This post is intended as a literature guide for healthcare professionals. Please always consult your healthcare professional before thickening liquids to ensure it is safe and appropriate for your child's individual needs.
Gelmix is contraindicated for low birth weight and premature infants until they weigh a minimum weight of six pounds and have reached a corrected age of 2 weeks (42 weeks post menstrual age).
Gelmix is made from three simple hypoallergenic ingredients, organic tapioca maltodextrin, organic carob bean gum and calcium carbonate, with a long history of safe use with infants. Tapioca maltodextrin is an easily digestible polysaccharide, used as a food additive, derived from the cassava root. Tapioca maltodextrin is often found in hypoallergenic infant formulas, and maltodextrin is the most common source for carbohydrates in enteral formulas. Maltodextrin is also a common ingredient in commercial thickeners, though usually derived from corn or wheat. Carob bean gum, also known as locust bean gum, is a natural gum extracted from the seed of the locust bean tree and is the second ingredient in Gelmix. Carob bean gum has been safely utilized for the preparation of breast milk and infant formula in the dietary management of infant regurgitation and digestive issues in Europe since the 1950s. Calcium Carbonate is a naturally occurring mineral and is added for it anti-caking properties to improve the consistency of Gelmix.
Evidence based review showing that "feed thickeners decrease the number of reflux episodes in full-term formula-fed infants" and "full-term formula-fed infants with GER who are given thickeners are more than twice as likely to be asymptomatic compared with infants not receiving thickeners at one to eight weeks of follow-up (p. 275).
"The advantage of carob-based thickening agents, compared to other agents, is that the former are not broken down by salivary amylases and are able to maintain their thickening properties after reaching the stomach. Furthermore, the energy distribution of the infant's food formula is not altered by the carob-based thickening agents because these agents do not alter the nutritional value of the food" (p. 002).
Gelmix maintained thickening potential in human donor milk compared to rice cereals, starch based thickeners and xanthan gum based thickeners.
Study shows changes in Seattle Children's Hospital thickening protocols from 2011 to 2015. In 2011, Gel-based thickeners (i.e. Simply Thick) were used with breastfed, non-premature infants (>37 weeks). In 2015, no thickeners were recommended for infants on breast milk or formula under a corrected gestational age of 42 weeks. For breastfed infants with corrected gestational age >42 weeks and weighing at least 6 pounds, Gelmix is listed as an option. For formula fed infants with corrected gestational age >42 weeks and weighing at least 6 pounds, cereals, Thick-it and Gelmix are listed as options.
Study shows that thickeners do not affect water bioavailability, however bioavailability of medications is impaired with viscous substances.


Feeling tired and uninspired? These tips can help revamp your health and your business.
Your heart feels tight, your head's spinning and it feels like someone has placed needles between your eyes and clamped a vice to your shoulders. When you feel like this, your focus is fractured and even the lint between the keys on your keyboard becomes more interesting than the task you have before you.
Sound familiar? That's stress run amok.While the power of stress inside each and every one of us is inspiring, in excess it can also be self-defeating. Sometimes we believe that stress lets us keep our eyes on the prize and not stop pushing until we get there.
For many people stress has become a status symbol – a validation of worth and productivity. But over time, stress diffuses mental focus and physical health, and what is seen by many as an asset can quickly become a personal and professional liability.
But stress can be a gift. Used appropriately, stress helps to "rally the troops" – to gather and focus our mental and physical resources. Survival of the fittest is based on fast, precise reactions. Think about it: Those who became our ancestors were not the slow-movers.
Ever wonder why the brightest idea comes in the eleventh hour? Our hard-wired biological stress reaction fuels creativity, action and immense productivity. The most creative and effective people leverage stress by stepping into it. Knowing what to do while you're "in" it comes from knowing how it feels to be "out" of it.
Now take a few deep breaths. Pull air all the way to the bottom of your belly, hold it there and let it go. Try one or two more breaths, just for good measure. Feel any different? Deep breathing is one of the fastest and most effective ways to mitigate the effects of stress.
Bringing oxygen to your brain helps you regain your focus and clarity. Do you think there's any coincidence that "inspiration" is used to describe both the inhalation of air as well as a timely and brilliant idea?
Build in breaks. Even if it's just a couple minutes of deep breathing every 60 to 90 minutes, breaks during the day can help lower stress levels. By recognising and responding to your body's natural rhythms you can leverage the power of acute stress while avoiding the detrimental effects of chronic stress.
Become aware of your body's bio cues. Where do you hold stress? Tight shoulders? Clenched jaw? Indigestion? Fractured focus? When you feel your body signaling you with one of those cues, stop. Disengage from the task you're working on and take a walk, stand up and stretch, take a couple of deep breaths and start again with a clear head.
Get support. For many achievers, the pattern of overdrive is deeply ingrained. We cannot change what we don't recognise. Get the support of a professional coach, a counsellor or a trusted friend to help you begin to recognise your own bio cues for stress and develop a plan for responding.
So the next time you're feeling stressed, take a deep breath and embrace the rush. But if you find that cleaning the lint from your keyboard becomes more compelling than the proposal you're writing, be gentle with yourself.
Your lack of focus isn't a sign of weakness; it's your body's way of telling your brain to rest for a minute. Remember, your ancestors have ensured that your body is hard-wired to succeed – trust your body's cues and it will certainly continue to inspire your brain.
Hello, I found this information for you: "Take Control of Stress". Here is the website link: https://www.entrepreneurmag.co.za/advice/personal-improvement/work-life-balance/take-control-of-stress/. Thank you.


20 Day Budget Challenge: Day #8 Go On A Spending Freeze | Happy Deal - Happy Day!
Join us for Day #8 of the 20 Day Budget Challenge! Today we are going to talk about the benefits of going on a temporary spending freeze.
A spending freeze is a money diet! It can be challenging and fun (if you let it be) and is a great way to get your budget back on track, and to use the resources that you already have. Head over to Coupons for Your Family and read Go On A Spending Freeze. She gives a detailed plan on how to plan for a spending freeze, and encouragement to try one. Denise is a great blogging friend and I just love this post that she shares on this topic!
Now that this holiday season has come to an end – I'm totally ready to go on a spending freeze! It would help me get back in to my budget mindset for the new year, and would feel great after all of the indulgences of holiday celebrations!
If you are ready to go on a spending freeze, then join the conversation over here in my 20 Day Budget Bootcamp Facebook group and we can encourage each other!
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Awaken Your Palate with Chardonnay & Pinot Noir from Talbott's Sleepy Hollow Vineyard
image courtesy of Talbott Vineyards
Even domestic travel is a dodgy venture these days, so I was thrilled to participate in a virtual wine journey to California's Santa Lucia Highlands courtesy of Talbott Vineyards. Santa Lucia Highlands may not yet have the global name recognition of some other Golden State appellations, but it is home to some very impressive wineries, and Talbott is one of the most iconic.
Located in California's Central Coast in the east-facing terraces of the Santa Lucia mountain range and south of Monterey Bay, wine grapes were first planted in the Santa Lucia Highlands in the 1790s by Spanish missionaries. But the region's modern winemaking renaissance really kicked off in the 1970s when some farming families saw its potential to produce world-class Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.
Talbott's acclaimed Sleepy Hollow Vineyard was first planted in 1972 and has been designated a California Grand Cru vineyard because of its ability to produce exceptional wines consistently. According to the Talbott team, "Near-perfect sun exposure and rolling fog from Monterey Bay extend the growing season and hang times, which helps the grapes develop full phenolic ripeness and spectacular acidity." Sleepy Hollow Vineyard is dedicated exclusively to Chardonnay and Pinot Noir and comprises 565 planted acres divided into three vineyard parcels: Sleepy Hollow North, Sleepy Hollow West, and Sleepy Hollow South.
Talbott's head winemaker, David Coventry, is a native of Monterey County and grew up surrounded by wine. David has fond memories of tasting wine at Talbott over the years and he honed his craft at other wineries in the region before joining Talbott in 2016. Committed to maintaining Talbott's legacy of excellence, while pushing them to new heights, you can taste Coventry's talent for translating terroir in their single-block wines. Inspired by Burgundy, but not misguided mimics, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from Talbott's Sleepy Hollow Vineyard are elegant and authentic expressions of their unique Santa Lucia Highlands terroir.
David Coventry, Winemaker, Talbott Vineyards
Coventry said, "When making fine wine, so much of it is about philosophy. I view wine as a teeter-totter of sorts. And that balance point, that fulcrum, is the intensity of the fruit. So when you talk about a wine being balanced, it can have acidity, it can have tannin, it can have oak, it can have all of these things, but only to the extent that the fruit is there to support it. At the Talbott Vineyard Sleepy Hollow, we have the benefit of having beautiful cool-climate Chardonnay and Pinot Noir that has great hang time and great intensity of fruit. And that really gives me every option to take our three Chardonnays and three Pinot Noirs, and push them apart in style, but have them be balanced and elegant."
Tasting Talbott's Sleepy Hollow Vineyard wines side-by-side is an excellent exercise for better understanding the unique characteristics that wines produced from the same variety can express as a result of terroir, and of course, winemaking techniques. I tasted three each of the Sleepy Hollow Vineyard Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, and I was captivated by their shared qualities and notable differences, both subtle and dramatic. A common thread throughout all of the wines was freshness, lively acidity, and a respectful winemaking style that maintains the essence of the grapes. For that reason, Coventry actually prefers to bottle these high-end wines under screw cap, so that the wine reaches the consumer as intended, and avoids the risk of being tainted by flawed corks. I think that should quiet any naysayers who mistakenly view screw caps as a definitive marker of a lesser wine.
In the interest of thoroughly describing each wine, I've provided a summary of Talbott's tasting notes for Sleepy Hollow Chardonnay and Pinot Noir below. Whichever you choose, you won't be disappointed.
2017 Sleepy Hollow Chardonnay ($42) is a great introduction to the Talbott style. Crafted from Talbott's favorite blocks ranging from 8-45 years old, it "opens with aromas of Pink Lady apple, Bosc pear, pineapple and tropical fruit with a hint of brioche. These juicy tropical and stone fruit flavors continue on the palate along with accents of hard spices, vanilla and brown sugar. The mouthfeel is opulent and rich with a nimble and lively intensity. The finish is elegant with a creamy texture from extended lees contact and barrel aging which gives way to zesty acidity that keeps the wine clean and refreshing."
2018 Block 4 North Chardonnay ($60) "originates from a small block planted with clones 95 and 76 in our Sleepy Hollow vineyard. These clones thrive in the near-perfect conditions of Sleepy Hollow and produce exceptional, complex fruit. We harvested and fermented these grapes in the best of the old-world techniques harkening back to an honorable tradition in winemaking rarely practiced today. Block 4 Chardonnay is elegant with aromatics of green apple, vanilla, brioche and guava that rise out of the glass. The palate delights with notes of ripe tropical fruits. Warm, toasty notes of brioche and vanilla follow on the palate to increase the hedonistic yet balanced feel."
2018 Block 50 South Chardonnay ($60) was "sourced from the southernmost part of our Sleepy Hollow Vineyard, our Block 50 Chardonnay begins to beguile the senses immediately with aromatics that leap from the glass. Hailing from the top section of vineyard, this wine has a graceful aroma of white flowers, hints of brioche and Anjou pear. On the palate, a soft and opulent mouthfeel gives way to lively acidity with notes of lychee, Red Delicious apples and hints of vanilla. Block 50 is planted with many clones of Chardonnay—three of them have been blended together to bring dramatic layers to our Block 50 Chardonnay."
2017 Sleepy Hollow Pinot Noir ($42) is Talbott's flagship Pinot Noir and "offers aromas of cola, clove and opulent plum and blackberry. Luscious notes of black cherry, raspberry and vanilla deliver a rich, mouth-filling texture. Underlying minerality, vibrant acidity and well-heeled tannins add to the complex finish of this elegant, luxurious Pinot Noir."
2017 Block 23 West Pinot Noir ($75) "originates from a small 4.2-acre block planted with clones 113, 114 and 115 in our Sleepy Hollow West Vineyard. These clones thrive in the near-perfect conditions of Sleepy Hollow and produce exceptional, complex fruit. We picked and co-fermented these grapes together, harkening back to an honorable tradition in winemaking rarely used today. The synergy of the co-ferment produces staggering intensity and complex wine. Layers of ripe dark cherry, raspberry and blackberry combine with notes of hard spices and vanilla. On the palate, dark berry aromas linger with notes of sweet blackberries and dark plum compote. Refreshing acidity, soft tannins and an amazing array of oak round out the finish in a classic style, while maintaining a powerful and rich finish."
2017 Block 48 South Pinot Noir ($75) "originates from a small 2.4-acre block planted to clone 113 on our Sleepy Hollow south vineyard. Grown in the near-perfect conditions of Sleepy Hollow, this rare clone produces wines of exceptional character and stand-alone quality. Intense dark cherry aromas combine with accents of hard spices and vanilla. On the palate, sweet notes of pure dark cherry intertwine with layers of blackberries and raspberry compote. Refreshing acidity, soft tannins and oak round out the finish and deliver a well-structured style."
When the world calms down, I look forward to visiting Talbott and exploring more of their elegant wines at their new tasting room in the heart of Carmel-by-the-Sea.
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Celebrating the Sparkling Legacy of Champagne Henriot
Amelie Derrieux-Sable, Director of Marketing, Champagne Henriot
I'm still smiling after my sparkling Instagram Live conversation with Amelie Derrieux‑Sable, Director of Marketing for Champagne Henriot. Known for their distinctive Chardonnay driven style, Champagne Henriot was founded in Reims in 1808 and is one of the few remaining family-owned houses in Champagne.
Watch our chat and tasting by clicking the video above, on Instagram, or YouTube. We started off with their flagship Champagne Henriot Blanc de Blancs ($65). Aged for 4 years on the lees, it is an elegant expression of Chardonnay that sashays across the palate with delicate bubbles, crisp fruit, and that lovely touch of brioche that I always look for in Champagne. We then tasted Champagne Henriot Millésime 2008 ($100), which marks the House's 200th vintage. A 50/50 blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, the 2008 was aged for 10 years on the lees and has a captivating complexity -- hints of nuts and ginger meld beautifully with vibrant fruit and crisp minerality.
Champagne isn't just for toasting! From appetizers to main courses, Amelie provided some wonderful pairing suggestions that show how beautifully Champagne Henriot can be enjoyed throughout the meal. And if you're wondering how to pronounce Henriot, Amelie says just remember that the H & T are silent!
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Dramatic & Delicious: TerraNoble Carmenere is a Charming Taste of Chile
Carmenere grapes
image courtesy Wines of Chile
Carmenere's dramatic back story always reminds me of a telenovela heroine that lived in the shadows until her true noble identity was revealed. Long mistaken for Merlot, Carmenere arrived in Chile in the 1800's with other Bordeaux varieties. In 1867, that dastardly louse known as Phylloxera wiped out most of Bordeaux's vineyards, including Carmenere. Meanwhile, Carmenere was secretly thriving in Chile. After years of obscurity, Carmenere was finally correctly identified in 1994, and the course of Chilean winemaking was forever changed. Now known throughout the world as Chile's signature wine, the quality of Carmenere has improved greatly over the years and Chilean winemakers have committed themselves to discovering its full range of expression.
If you're not familiar with Carmenere, TerraNoble Carmenere Gran Reserva 2017 ($19) is a charming introduction. 100% Carmenere from the Maule Valley, on the nose it has a subtle hint of the green bell pepper aromas often associated with Carmenere. On the palate it is juicy and full-bodied with silky sweet tannins and flavors of ripe black fruit, clove, spice, and bittersweet chocolate. A tasty wine at a very nice price.
If you really want to geek out on Carmenere and better understand its nuances and capacity to express terroir, try a side-by-side tasting of the 2017 vintages of TerraNoble CA1 Carmenere Andes and CA2 Carmenere Costa. Both wines are $24.99. As the name indicates, the Carmenere grapes for Costa 2017 were sourced from vineyards on the coastal mountain range of the Colchagua Valley, where constant breezes from the Pacific Ocean cool the grapes. The resulting wine is soft, fruit-forward, and fresh with a hint of salinity. Meanwhile, the grapes for Carmenere Andes 2017 are sourced from vineyards in the warm Andes foothills of the Colchagua valley. This a fuller and more intense wine with rich red fruit flavors and herbaceous, mineral, and vegetal notes.
Visit the TerraNoble website to learn more about their wines.
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Las Moradas de San Martín Showcases the Beauty of Old-Vine Garnacha
Isabel Galindo, winemaker for Las Moradas de San Martín
My recent Instagram Live chat with Isabel Galindo, winemaker for Las Moradas de San Martín, inspired me to give her a nickname: La Reina de Garnacha (Queen of Garnacha.) Isabel makes Garnacha that sings in the glass. There's nothing generic about the wines of Las Moradas. Made from old-vine Garnacha, with some vines more than 100-years-old, the wines of Las Moradas tell a story of terroir and winemaking that respects nature. Located just one hour from Madrid, Las Moradas is an oasis that feels a world away from the hustle and bustle of city life. I visited Las Moradas in 2017 and it is a treasure.
Isabel describes Las Moradas Garnacha as "wines that grow"; they may seem a bit timid in the beginning, but they open and reveal the fullness of their personality as you sip. Watch our conversation on IGTV, YouTube, or below to learn more about the wines of Las Moradas de San Martín, Isabel's tasting notes, and her pairing suggestions. Hint: you may want to get some delicious Jamón Ibérico!
During our chat, we tasted Senda 2016 ($15.99) and Initio 2013 ($12.99). Don't let the affordable prices fool you; these organically-farmed old-vine Garnacha wines have integrity and really over-deliver. Senda is fresher and younger, but hints of herbs and a perceptible minerality add an elegant structure to its bright red fruit flavors. Initio takes it up a notch; it is richer and more complex, with layers of red & black fruit, herbs, licorice, graphite and cocoa, but it is not a heavy wine, and lively acidity keeps Initio soaring. Tasting them side-by-side is a delicious lesson in detecting the nuances of wine and understanding the expressive range of Garnacha.
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The Bubbly Side of Bond: Bollinger 007 Special Cuvée
The silver screen's most famous spy may be best known for the specific way he orders his Martinis, but James Bond, aka 007, is also a fan of bubbly, specifically Champagne Bollinger. Bollinger and Bond have been linked together since Roger Moore ordered it in 1973's Live and Let Die. Bolly, as the Brits affectionately call Bollinger, has been featured in 14 Bond films. And believe it or not, there has never been a formal agreement or exchange of money between Bollinger and the producers of Bond; the deal was sealed with a handshake in 1979 and has been honored for more than 40 years. Bond would approve.
In honor of the newest Bond film, No Time to Die, and their long-standing relationship with the franchise, Bollinger has recently released an exclusive 007 Special Cuvée gift pack ($79). "The limited-edition gift box features the silhouette of James Bond alongside his Aston Martin DB5. The colourway of the gift box echoes the silver birch finish of the DB5. The Bollinger lettering and logos are depicted in gold, and the iconic Special Cuvée bottle has been adapted to feature a black and gold neck collar with a 007 blazon."
The wine contained in the limited edition 007 box and bottle is Bollinger's iconic Special Cuvée. If you're not a Bond fan and just want to purchase the classic bottle sans the 007 flourishes, it also retails for about $79.
Of course, the association with Bond adds an extra dash of sex appeal to Bollinger's elegant image, but what really matters is the quality of the bubbly within the bottle. Special Cuvée is Bollinger's flagship wine and doesn't disappoint. True to the Bollinger style, Pinot Noir is the majority of the blend at 60%. Balanced out with 25% Chardonnay and 15% Meunier, Special Cuvée is composed primarily of reserve wines, part of which have been aged in magnum for 5-15 years. Complex, crisp, fresh, spicy, and full of finesse, it is a beautiful bubbly. Pop the cork on a bottle of Bollinger 007 Special Cuvée and unleash your international woman/man/person of mystery.
Denis Bunner, Deputy Cellar Master, Bollinger
PS - Last year, before the world went crazy, I had the pleasure of tasting through several Bollinger bubblies with their deputy cellar master, Denis Bunner. That seems like a lifetime ago, but I still remember the beauty of the wines. Founded in 1829, Bollinger is one of the few Champagne houses to produce the majority of the grapes for their blends. From their flagship Special Cuvée to their vintage wines like La Grande Année 2008 and R.D. 2004, Bollinger precisely balances richness with vibrancy. Pinot Noir is the dominant grape in Bollinger Champagne, and it imbues their bubblies with a luscious vinous quality.
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There's More Than 1000 Years of History in a Bottle of Contucci Vino Nobile di Montepulciano
One of the many reasons I love Sangiovese is how beautifully it expresses the diverse terroirs of Tuscany. Chianti, Chianti Classico, and Brunello di Montalcino may be Tuscany's best-known Sangiovese-based wines, but Vino Nobile di Montepulciano also has a rich history and authentic sense of place.
Contucci's vineyards in Montepulciano
image courtesy of Contucci
I recently tasted Contucci Rosso di Montepulciano 2018 DOC ($29.99) and Contucci Vino Nobile di Montepulciano 2015 DOCG ($39.99). If you're not too familiar with Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Contucci is a lovely introduction. The Contucci family is one of the oldest in Montepulciano; their roots in the region can be traced back to the eleventh century and their historic cellars are from the thirteenth century.
Sangiovese grapes in the Contucci vineyards
First things first – don't confuse Vino Nobile di Montepulciano with Montepulciano d'Abruzzo, the latter is from a different region and made from the Montepulciano grape. Vino Nobile di Montepulciano hails from a specific zone in southern Tuscany and must contain at least 70% Sangiovese, which is locally known as "Prugnolo Gentile".
Contucci's historic cellars
Contucci Vino Nobile di Montepulciano 2015 is a blend of 80% Sangiovese and 10% each of Colorino and Canaiolo Nero. Aged for 24 months in big oak barrels, with an additional 6 months of bottle aging, the wine elegantly balances freshness with layered flavors of fruit, spice, and earth. Finesse and flavor!
Contucci Rosso di Montepulciano 2018 is the flirty and fresher counterpart to the Vino Nobile. 80% Sangiovese and 20% Canaiolo Nero, the Rosso was aged for 6 months in large oak barrels and an additional 3 months in bottle. Fruit-forward and juicy with bright flavors of crisp and crunchy black cherries; this sip has a straightforward and approachable style that is very appealing. Both Contucci wines were lovely reminders that I really should drink more Vino Nobile di Montepulciano.
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Taking Responsibility for the Past: Reparation and Historical Justice.
Source: (2002) Malden, MA and Oxford, UK: Polity Press, Blackwell Publishers, Ltd.
Janna Thompson begins this examination of reparation and historical justice with the statement that history is a story of unrequited justice. Treaties have been broken; peoples robbed, exploited, enslaved, and killed; and communities and cultures devastated and obliterated. Usually, no recompense has been paid to the victims or their descendants. In numerous ways – continued inequity, enmity, violence – historical injustices thus long haunt the descendants of perpetrators and victims. For many who are successors to the victims, the desire to obtain justice for historical wrongs is vital; they seek apologies and reparations from those who are successors to the perpetrators. While clearly these matters pose important historical and political questions, Thompson focuses in this book on the moral aspects of the demands for apologies and reparations. Thus Thompson attempts a systematic inquiry into the existence, nature, and extent of historical obligations and entitlements. She looks at the issue of historical obligations; the question of what may be owed in response to historical injustices; claims for reparation and considerations of equity; the status of ancient wrongs in relation to current claims for justice; historical obligations and transgenerational relationships; and historical entitlements with respect to the claims of descendants of victims.


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The Over/Under On Lucha Underground Episode 21: King Of Trios
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Pre-show notes:
– If you read the Best and Worst of Raw column or follow me on social media, you'll know that last Thursday afternoon I went to the doctor for a stomach ache and ended up having an appendectomy. I spent some time in the hospital and it severely cut into my ability to watch shows and write wrestling jokes, so I'm catching up on that. I'm taking a lighter schedule at the site for a little while as I recover, but I like writing these, so I'm going to do them as reliably as I can. This is episode 21 from last week, and the episode 22 report will be available tomorrow. Thanks for understanding my gutlessness!
– In case you always skip the pre-show notes and still haven't picked up on this, there are now legal ways to watch Lucha Underground online. You can check out the UniMas website for episodes streaming in Spanish or find El Rey Network on Sling TV for the English language version. Watch this show!
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Please click through for the Over/Under on Lucha Underground episode 21 from April 1, 2015.
Over: The Fam
So it turns out Big Ryck is back with a posse: his cousin "The Mack" and "Kill Shot," who may or may not be a villain from 1990s comics. They intimidate Cueto for putting out a hit on Ryck, and he saves his ass by paying them off and allowing them entry into his latest brainchild, a trios tournament to crown Lucha Underground trios tag team champions.
1. The idea of Lucha Underground having trios championships instead of traditional tag titles is the best idea in the world, and I kinda wish everybody was doing it. Tag team wrestling is great, but very clearly peaked in the 80s. Since then, every big promotion's attempts to promote and book tag team wrestling has fizzled and burned out, and we're left with this inevitable trend of a bunch of talented tags showing up, killing time, milling around and then breaking up before anything can matter. Then they tag up two singles guys as an "uneasy alliance" and they win the titles, and we repeatedly insist that tag guys are lesser than the impromptu tagging of any two talented singles wrestlers. It's stupid and insulting, but in a lazy way we've all kinda come to accept. Trios wrestling is the shit, from Dragon Gate and Chikara's King of Trios all the way up to WWE's brief love affair with The Shield and 6-man tags. They're the exciting and a little ADD and perfect for modern wrestling fans, and every smart promotion in the world knows it.
2. The Fam is an instant favorite for me (assuming that's what they're called, and Striker isn't just calling them that because it sounds urban). Willie Mack is a license to print money as a guy who looks like the worst athlete in the world and then is SUPER FANTASTIC AT JUMPING AND FLIPPING AND LUCHA ARMDRAGS. "Kill Shot" is CZW's Shane Strickland in a gimmick created solely to let Striker make gun puns, but at least he has an identity now beyond "the talented flipping young black guy who isn't as notable or popular AR Fox or ACH or Rich Swann or Cedric Alexander." And maybe Batman will show up and try to fight him.
Over: White Guy Karate Fight
I wrote about this a little when the El Rey folks sent over an exclusive clip of the match early last week, but episode 21 starts with a WHITE DUDE MARTIAL ARTS BRAWL and it's exactly what the show (and these performers) need.
If you watch that clip, you'll see Angelico and Johnny Mundo doing an updated (and much longer) version of the Low Ki/Amazing Red "Matrix Minute" from the olden days of Ring Of Honor. What that means is that instead of exchanging tie-ups and wristlocks and reversals to open the match, they approach it like a kung fu movie and throw these big, exaggerated strikes and moves with split-second dodges and counters. Striker doesn't yell HOLY CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON WHAT IN THE SAM HELL WAS THAT like he probably should've, but it's admittedly cool as hell and a breath of fresh air for a show that lives or dies on its lucha libre, but flourishes when it allows other styles of pro wrestling to show up and seamlessly mesh.
It's what these guys need. Johnny Mundo has really been killing it lately because Lucha Underground understands his strengths, and plays to them while avoiding his weaknesses. In WWE, Mundo (then John Morrison) was asked to do his parkour stuff as a garnish but mostly fit into WWE's mold of "babyface pro wrestler." Realistic selling, emotive facial expressions and pacing have never, ever been Mundo's strengths. He's a living video game character. He looks like a jacked Jim Morrison and can flip 70 times before touching the ground, shouldn't you be letting him bounce around and do crazy shit nonstop? It's not what you normally want, but this guy is GREAT at it and not super great at the other stuff. Lucha understands that, and as a result, Mundo's doing the best work of his career. He made a great decision by choosing this show over a return to WWE.
As for Angelico, man, there's nobody on the show I dislike but want to like more. He's extremely talented and charismatic in the ring, but he's been awkwardly wedged into the awful Son Of Havoc/Ivelisse breakup stuff, so we haven't gotten a chance to like or dislike him on his own merit. He's just been a creeper accessory. Here, Angelico gets to remind us why we were so impressed with him in his Lucha Underground debut: he looks like a 2010 WWE developmental guy and wrestles like a damn lucha prince.
Great stuff to open up. I'm not watching Lucha Underground for the same reasons I'm watching WWE, and I'm glad they know it and are okay continuing to be not WWE. Wrestling's great in a lot of different places for a lot of different reasons, and in a perfect world we'd have a dedicated, easily accessible TV show for all of them.
Over: Black Lotus Gets An Explanation
You know what's great? A show that isn't afraid to say, "hey, remember that thing that didn't make a lot of sense? Here's why it makes perfect sense."
About a month ago, the Mysterious Asian Lady who'd been creeping around The Temple was revealed as "The Black Lotus," and her mission was to find Dario Cueto's cage monster and destroy him. She found him, got kidnapped in the back of somebody's car and disappeared. We had no idea how much time had passed, or if Lucha Underground operated on some weird Dragon Ball time where some things happen in real-time and some things happen instantaneously over the course of five episodes. The show's still fresh, so it really could be anything.
Here, in another of LU's amazing origin video packages, we find out that The Black Lotus was stopped from killing the cage monster by El Dragon Azteca, a luchador who saw she was making a horrible mistake and snatched her from the jaws of assumed death at the last minute. He's training her to properly challenge and defeat the cage monster by teaching her Mexican Lucha Libre, and it's revealed that her motivation is to AVENGE THE DEATH OF HER PARENTS. It's Chun Li, and Dario Cueto's got M. Bison in his cage. Maybe Dario is M. Bison. That'd explain a lot. Imagine if season 2 begins with Dario dressed in a cape and that hat. You know you'd lose your mind.
Anyway, this is glorious and now they can keep her off TV as long as they want without it being weird. We also get another wise old (?) luchador character in the universe to match up with Blue Demon Jr. and Konnan, and the show's ongoing emphasizing of the importance of mentor/mentee relationships continues. Five stars.
Under: Handsy Bathroom El Patron
In what turns out to be the weirdest segment of the night (on a show with a dragon wrestling an astronaut and a lady training to avenge the death of her parents at the hands of a cage monster), Johnny Mundo wanders into the bathroom and accidentally offends Alberto El Patron with a sarcastic comment. Alberto's response is to get passive-agressively threatening but gets a little too into it, so what should be a simple condescending pat on the back turns into him basically spooning Johnny in the restroom. It's SUPER WEIRD.
Like, at some point Mundo's gotta interrupt the pulp dialogue to say "get the f*ck off of me, dude, Jesus."
Over: Psychology Dragon
Up next is the fourth match in the Best-of-5 series between Aerostar (an astronaut, I think) and Drago (a reincarnated dragon man with a candy tongue). At first it seems like the softest match in the series, but that's for two reasons.
Firstly, this is all about the psychology of the series. Drago is down 2-1 and if he loses this, it's over. As a result, Drago notably avoids any big high-risk moves to the outside or big dives, because he doesn't want to slip up and cost himself the match. Aero Star lives and dies by the high risk stuff, so Drago's best strategy is to just play it safe, wait for Aero Star to crash and burn on something and take advantage. He does that, and pulls out the victory. The fact that the announce team eventually picks up on it but don't totally understand his reasoning is great, because it allows us to figure it out for ourselves. We all kinda go, "oh, okay, that makes sense" at the same time.
Secondly, we've known since the Best-of-5 was announced that match 5 was the point. The four preceding matches are appetizers for the main course. What they do in match 5 will justify matches 1 through 4 and put them in a new context, as the wrestlers play upon their past experiences and lessons learned to wrestle the best, smartest match they can. Lucha Underground is never afraid to show their work, and I can't wait to see what these guys have in store.
Over: Any Segment That Happens In Dario Cueto's Office Ever
Dario Cueto gets two additional segments in his office involving the Trios Tournament, and his ability to pick and choose the teams with ulterior motives:
1. Telling Sexy Star that she's being tossed into the tournament alongside two partners of his choosing: Super Fly, basically the worst guy on the roster without a broken shoulder, and Pentagon Jr., the guy who is breaking everybody's shoulders. It's a great next step in Cueto's relationship with Sexy: he allowed her into the Temple as a novelty and expected her to vanish after the first few weeks, but she's a bad motherf*cker and managed to stick around. So now he's gotta put her into situations where he thinks she'll get hurt and bail, and she's gotta keep fighting and proving herself. He knows Pentagon isn't going to play ball, and is basically counting on him to snap and injure his teammates. Because evil dudes think alike.
2. Telling Ivelisse, Son Of Havoc and Angelico that they're disappointing and cramming them into a team together to make them work out their issues or fail because of them. Nobody on this team can deliver a line without sounding like a porn actor, which is made so much clearer by Dario's legitimately great acting. I kinda want him to interact with them every week in a Mr. Kotter/Sweathogs situation until they get their shit together.
Over: The Trios Tournament Begins
So yeah, the first match in the tournament is Sexy Star, Pentagon Jr. and Super Fly against Big Ryck, Kill Shot and The Mack. Cueto's not only putting Sexy Star in a highly combustible situation and expecting her to blow it up, he's putting her in the ring against Big Ryck, a guy she's developed a friendship with over the past few weeks. Cueto is a next level evil GM because instead of just mindlessly punishing tecnicos with handicap matches and "against all odds" stipulations, he just positions them against one another until most of them get destroyed and disappear. It's brilliant.
The match goes as you might expect. Pentagon Jr. is in this for himself because CERO MIEDO and tries to wrestle The Fam by himself, so Sexy and Super Fly have to tag themselves in against his will. Eventually they start working together, but it's out of necessity. Super Fly ends up taking the fall (as you'd expect), and Pentagon tries to break his shoulder, not because he's a tecnico but because he briefly made Pentagon trust and work with a bunch of do-gooders. It's an attempt at permanent injury because of disappointment, and that is such a relatable kind of evil. Sexy saves Super Fly at the last minute and signs her death warrant, and now the trajectory is set: the baddest man on the planet and Lucha Underground's best rudo is going after its best, most progressive and important tecnico. It's high stakes between two of the show's biggest stars. That's how you make people watch a wrestling show.
Aside from that, The Fam rules. Kill Shot wrestles like a luchador Randy Orton with his weird, exaggerated body movements (which Striker describes as "swerving in and out of offense and defense," which almost makes sense). The Mack is the Bomb Dot ES, and I love that muscular giant Big Ryck's cousin is this seemingly out-of-shape guy who can accomplish physical miracles.
What a lovely episode. I'm sorry my guts fell out and I missed it last week. Time for episode 22!
Topics: #Pro WrestlingTags: AERO STAR, ALBERTO DEL RIO, Alberto El Patron, ANGELICO, BIG RYCK, BLACK LOTUS, DARIO CUETO, DRAGO, EL DRAGON AZTECA, EL PATRON ALBERTO, EL REY NETWORK, IVELISSE, JOHN MORRISON, JOHNNY MUNDO, KILL SHOT, LUCHA LIBRE, LUCHA UNDERGROUND, LUCHA UNDERGROUND SEASON 1, MATT STRIKER, PENTAGON JR, PRO WRESTLING, SEXY STAR, SON OF HAVOC, SUPER FLY, The Mack, WILLIE MACK
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The carcinogenic activity of crystalline NiS has been attributed to phagocytosis and intracellular dissolution of the particles to yield Ni2+ which is thought to enter the nucleus and damage DNA. In this study the extent and type of DNA damage in Chinese hamster ovary CHO cells treated with various nickel compounds was assessed by alkaline elution. Both insoluble (crystalline NiS) and soluble (NiCl2) nickel compounds induced single strand breaks and DNA protein cross-links. The single strand breaks were repaired relatively quickly but the DNA-protein cross-links were present and still accumulating 24 h after exposure to nickel. Single strand breakage occurred at both non-cytotoxic and cytotoxic concentrations of nickel, however, DNA-protein cross-linking was absent when cells were exposed to toxic nickel levels. The concentration of nickel that induced DNA-protein cross-linking correlated with those metal concentrations that reversibly inhibited cellular replication.