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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri | Review
January 11, 2018 thefilm.blog	15 Comments
Expect the unexpected as Irish filmmaker Martin McDonagh takes his pitch black brand of dramedy to the west side of the Atlantic. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri is funny and affirming, traumatic, shocking and unfailingly absorbing. At its heart is a phenomenal turn by Francis McDormand.
It is a baron, haunting and deeply elegiac vista that opens McDonagh's third feature film, following Seven Psychopaths and In Bruges. Three skeletally abandoned billboards appear, each consumed by a thick veil of fog – a graveyard of humanity -having remained unused for over thirty years. On one the image of a baby is broken up, torn asunder by the violent passage of time. Cut to a neat, effective title card and a spellbinding story is born.
Inspired by the triad of real billboards McDonagh encountered in America, Three Billboards tells the story of Mildred Hayes (McDormand), who rents three billboards near the fictional town of Ebbing (as in: only half of ebb and flow completion) to express her rage and grief at the fact her daughter's rapist and murderer remain uncaught seven months later. On the billboards, to a blood-red backdrop, Mildred commissions three stark lines. The first reads "Raped while dying", the second "And still no arrests?", before the final asks "How come, Chief Willoughby?"
Willoughby (Woody Harrelson) is top of the local police, a dim group of thick racists – they don't 'nigger' torture, they 'persons of colour' torture – but is himself highly sympathetic to Mildred, if frustrated by her actions. His sentiment is largely shared by the town, with the local reverent telling her that 'everybody is with you about Angie, nobody is with you about this'. Even Mildred's son, Robbie (Luke Hedges), is only empathetic so far, resenting his mother for digging up old agonies. Except, for Mildred, they're not old, they remain fresh, raw and painful.
The many twists and turns of Three Billboards are best experienced in situ. As with McDonagh's previous work, most successfully In Bruges, humanity is a murky field, with the flow of sympathy liable to change within individual scenes. Indeed, Three Billboards is by far the director's most complex, intelligent and demanding work yet. Fundamentally, there are neither good nor bad people in McDonagh's world, but real people who do good and bad things. Real people who are here brilliantly realised and consistently characterised.
All of this is embodied in, and reflected by, McDormand. As Mildred, hers is the mould of performance that demands endless analysis but will never yield all, for too many layers and too much sorrow are there to truly comprehend. Dressed iconically, almost guerrilla-like, in overalls and a bandana, the character's rage is expressed not in outbursts so much as repression and a mastery of language. Sharp talking and effortlessly witty, Mildred runs rings around those who stand in her way with resilience that ensures a continual burning of her passion. Naturally, one would expect Mildred to be the film's heroine, but McDormand channels something much deeper than that. It's astonishing to watch and extremely challenging.
Three Billboards rides into the UK on a wave of controversy, with a backlash accusing the film of double standards and a racial blindspot. There is certainly a full-bodied debate to be had on the matter but not here, for to say too much is to spoil the film. All I will say is that it is unfair to demand that cinema sets the world to right and unfair to expect films solve human problems. Furthermore, those who claim that McDonagh's script asks viewers to sympathise with Sam Rockwell's Jason Dixon – who undergoes a beautifully constructed arc here – ought to question whether that is the point of the film's conclusion?
In Three Billboards, McDonagh has once again crafted a masterful script and found the perfect cast to deliver it. The film is instantly iconic, often very funny and frequently horrific. Breathtaking.
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I guess I fall on the negative side. Honestly I didn't enjoy writing my review for it. I didn't know where I landed on the film. But the longer I sat with it the more I felt frustrated by it.
Lloyd Marken says:
What's the controversy of double standards?
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Tbh, this is a really well knit review.
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Apple could potentially fix the adapter's issues in future iOS updates.
Have you noticed compression artifacts when using Apple's Lightning-to-HDMI adapter? You're not alone.
Apple's Lightning-to-HDMI adapter and the product page for the iPad mini claims that the device is able to output 1080p images to televisions. But that may not be strictly true, according to some research from developers over at Panic. They've discovered two separate-but-related issues with the claim: first, the Lightning version of the adapter only supports an output resolution of 1600×900 from the iPad mini, not 1920×1080 as advertised. The second is that the output is full of visual artifacts consistent with signals that have been compressed and sent to a TV though Apple's AirPlay feature.
The Panic Blog proceeded to tear one of Apple's adapters apart and, with the help of an anonymous commenter purporting to be an Apple employee, figured out what was going on: the iDevice is actually sending an H.264-encoded image through the Lightning interface to the adapter, where a small ARM chip decodes that information and outputs it over HDMI.
Enlarge / A small ARM chip decodes an H.264 stream sent from the iOS device and outputs it over HDMI.
"The reason why this adapter exists is because Lightning is simply not capable of streaming a 'raw' HDMI signal across the cable," said the supposed Apple employee. "Lightning is a serial bus. There is no clever wire multiplexing involved."
The upside of this approach is that it shifts the complexities of supporting new output interfaces away from the device and to the cable itself—if something comes along and replaces HDMI (or if you want to connect to another existing interface, like DVI or even GPIB), you won't need to throw out your expensive device and get a new one to get support. Apple just has to update its software to support the interface and make an appropriate adapter to supply the hardware, since the adapter is the piece that's actually responsible for handling output.
One downside of this approach is that it's going to result in more costly adapters for consumers—the Lightning-to-HDMI adapter in question costs $49 on the Apple store, where the older 30-pin-to-HDMI adapter costs $39. Another is that, at least for now, the image quality and resolution delivered by the Lightning version of the adapter is lesser than that provided by the older 30-pin version of the cable. However, future iOS updates should be able to add true 1080p resolution support to the adapter as well as improved streaming quality.
"Certain people are aware that the quality could be better and others are working on it," said the Panic Blog's anonymous commenter. "For the time being, the quality was deemed to be suitably acceptable."


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Silver Connections was honored to be awarded the SearStone Ageless Hero Award for "Business of the Year" in May of 2016. Ms. House was a Potters Hand Senior Advocacy Award Honoree in 2011 and was also honored in 2009 with the Woman Etcetera! Award as a Triangle Community Entrepreneur.
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Uranium oxide was first identified in 1789 by M.H. Klaproth in the MINERAL pitchblende, but its distinctive property of radioactivity was discovered much later (1896) by Henri Becquerel.
Uraninite, one of the minerals from which uranium is extracted. From Payne Mine, Gatineau, Québec (courtesy NMNS).
Uranium (U) is the heaviest naturally occurring element. It is a hard, dense, malleable, silver-white metal which never occurs in nature in its metallic state but always in combination with oxygen, as oxides or silicates. It is one of the more common elements in the Earth's crust, less abundant than copper, nickel or zinc, but 500 times more abundant than gold. It can be found in trace amounts virtually everywhere; in the oceans, in streams and ground water, in most soils and rocks, and even in foods and human tissue. Its radioactive properties make uranium most useful to humankind.
Uranium oxide was first identified in 1789 by M.H. Klaproth in the mineral pitchblende, but its distinctive property of radioactivity was discovered much later (1896) by Henri Becquerel. The subsequent discovery in 1898 of the elements polonium and radium led to the development of the radium industry, in which Canada played an important part. Uranium was recovered as a byproduct of radium until 1939 but found little use except as a ceramic colouring agent. Important developments in nuclear physics led to the realization that uranium atoms could be split to release large amounts of energy. It was soon recognized that this energy could be harnessed to produce electric power and nuclear weapons. Canada, like many other countries, meets part of its electricity needs with nuclear energy. The electricity is generated using Canadian-built CANDU reactors, fuelled in large measure by Canadian uranium.
Uranium was first discovered in Canada in the mid-1800s on the north shore of Lake Superior. However, Canada's first economic uranium discovery is attributed to Gilbert Labine, who in 1930 identified the Port Radium deposit at Great Bear Lake, NWT, exploited initially for its radium content. Important discoveries were subsequently made in the Uranium City area of northern Saskatchewan (late 1940s) and, more significantly, in the Elliot Lake area of northern Ontario (early 1950s). Credit for the latter goes to geologist Franc Joubin, who was backed by financier J.H. Hirshhorn. Until the early 1980s, most of Canada's uranium production came from the Uranium City and Elliot Lake camps.
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In the 1980s, during a second phase of attrition and consolidation of the Western uranium industry, Canada emerged as the world's leading producer and exporter of uranium. About 78% of Canada's annual uranium production is destined for export, principally to the US, Japan and western Europe. At the end of the 1980s, the uranium industry in the West faced a major challenge as the communist system collapsed in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. The rigid separation between Western and East Bloc uranium industries broke down, and large production surpluses from the latter began disrupting Western markets. The disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991 and the end of the Cold War also led to the dismantling of nuclear weapons and the use of former military uranium for civilian nuclear power generation. The US initiated a trade action while the European Union imposed less formal restraints on the use in the West of uranium from former East Bloc countries.
These measures helped to cushion the impact on Western uranium markets while East Bloc uranium producers adjusted to the market economy. The realization in 1995 that global uranium requirements were double current production levels contributed to a dramatic rise in uranium prices. The development of new low-cost mines in Saskatchewan will likely be required to maintain a global balance in uranium supply and demand in the future. These factors suggest that Canada will maintain its position as the world's leading uranium supplier for many years to come.


Vice President Mike Pence wants to prioritize faith-based organizations.
US Vice President Mike Pence said this week that the State Department will stop funding United Nations relief programs that help persecuted and vulnerable communities around the world, CNN reports.
Instead, he said, the US government will direct this funding through USAID, the country's chief foreign aid agency. He didn't say which UN programs will stop receiving US funds.
"President (Donald) Trump has ordered the State Department to stop funding ineffective relief efforts at the United Nations ... and from this day forward, America will provide support directly to persecuted communities through USAID," Pence said at an event hosted by In Defense of Christians, which seeks to protect Christians in the Middle East, according to CNN.
"We will no longer rely on the United Nations alone to assist persecuted Christians and minorities in the wake of genocide and the atrocities of terrorist groups," Pence said, per a report from The Hill.
The move was motivated by the White House's perception that the UN "often failed to help the most vulnerable communities especially religious minorities." Further, Pence argued that the UN was discriminating against the faith-based organizations who try to provide aid.
"While faith-based groups with proven track records and deep roots in the region are more than willing to assist, the United Nations continues to deny their funding requests," Pence said.
The UN's relief aid is channeled through many agencies, which then work on the ground with local partners.
Pence did not specify in his remarks instances of discrimination against faith-based groups.
Humanitarian aid accounts for 16% of US foreign aid spending and goes toward crises ranging from the Rohingya refugee situation in Myanmar and Bangladesh to famines in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Earlier in the year, the Trump administration's budget proposal suggested cutting funding to the UN by more than 50%, which would deprive the UN of about 10% of its budget.
This was part of a broader proposed reduction in foreign aid by 32%.
When reached for comment, a White House official told CNN that relief aid will be conducted through more direct grants to aid organizations. Through this shift, faith-based organizations may be given greater consideration, the official said.
The official said that the State Department will work with USAID, the budget office, and Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the UN, to figure out how to allocate funds.
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L'ET7 est une berline familiale à motorisation 100 % électrique produite le constructeur automobile chinois Nio à partir de 2021.

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La Nio ET7 est dévoilée le  en Chine lors de l'événement "NIO Day" à Chengdu, conservant de nombreux éléments de conception du concept car NIO ET Preview de 2019. Elle sera lancée début 2022 avec un prix de départ de  (~ ). En Chine, elle agit en tant que concurrente directe de la berline Tesla Model S de Tesla.

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Spécifications de la batterie
La NIO ET7 est disponible avec trois options de batterie : une batterie de 70 kWh (autonomie de 500 km), une batterie de 100 kWh (autonomie de 700 km) et une batterie à semi-conducteurs de 150 kWh (autonomie de ), qui a une densité énergétique de .

L'ET7 dispose de deux moteurs électriques, un à l'avant et un à l'arrière de la voiture, qui produisent une puissance combinée de 653 ch (480 kW) et . L'accélération de 0 à 100 km/h est de 3,9 secondes, la distance de freinage de 100 à 0 km/h est de 33,5 m  et le coefficient de traînée est de 0,23.

Système de conduite autonome
Le système de véhicule autonome de la NIO ET7 s'appelle Aquila, qui utilise 33 capteurs, comprenant 11 caméras haute définition de 8 mégapixels et une caméra longue distance haute définition, un LIDAR haute résolution avec une portée de 500 m, 5 radars à extrêmement haute fréquence, 12 radars à ultrasons et 2 unités de positionnement de haute précision. Le système de conduite autonome Aquila génère 8 gigaoctets de données par seconde qui sont analysées par un ordinateur de bord appelé Adam.

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La Nio ET7 est préfigurée par le concept car Nio ET Preview présenté au salon de l'automobile de Shanghai en . Elle présente en avant-première la série des berlines ET de NIO, et plus précisément, l'ET7 de production. L'ET7 conserve de nombreux éléments de conception et la forme générale du concept.

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That aside, the Axis is a fantastic e-bike. At 'only' 16kg, it's almost lively by e-bike standards, but it also feels rock solid. It's geared too low in my opinion – I think it's fair to say I am not the target market – but in 8th, you can breeze on past the legally mandated, electrically-assisted 15.5mph. The hydraulic disk brakes will then bring you to a pleasingly rapid dead stop. The range and charging time are good, too. Cheap it is not, mind you.
The unit system is likely to have several options to choose various levels of pedal assistance, which is between 25% and 100% of the pedaling input of the rider. The drive system is most likely to have a smartphone app with features to control various settings including setting up the engine's support settings, modifying the controls according to the rider's preference, monitoring the health and charge status of the battery, and more functions.
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I rubbed my eyes in astonishment as an elderly man shot up a steep path at high speed in the forests of Kusnachtertobels, just east of Lake Zurichsee. A faint high-frequency hum revealed that he was accelerating with more than just his own muscles. Once he came to a stop, he smiled mischievously at the faces of stunned bystanders. The man on this carbon-fiber E-bike is Jean-Pierre Schiltknecht, a 74 year-old avid mountain cyclist. The wily senior assured me he has been active with mountain cycling "Since the inception of the sport!"
This was a problem that Schiltknect pondered constantly and tinkered with. Electric hub-motors are becoming widely used, but he considered them out of the question because…as a professional electrical engineer, he knew that the lower RPMs of the hubs were not the most efficient way to power any machine, and they were also noticeably heavy. For an E-mountain bike, he knew he wanted high efficiency and minimum weight.
Additionally, it features the Shimano 7-speed shifting system, making it easier to attain a higher speed. It is a reliable bike with two working modes. With this, you can pedal it whenever it runs out of power. The powerful e-bike is able to move at a speed of 32km/h and can move for 22-28 miles on a single charge. The padded and comfortable saddle is easily adjustable for your riding height. You can also adjust the handlebars for a more comfy ride.
X-Treme Scooters Folding Electric Mountain E-Bike offers a comfortable ride with front and rear suspension. It is an ideal bike for the college students, campers, and anyone who wants a portable and lightweight mode of transportation. This E-bike works on a motor of 300 watts. The best thing about this bike is it allows you to fold it after reaching the destination. It gives you a speed of about 20 mph with a 7-speed Shimano tourney gears. You can adjust the seat according to your ease.
With the multi-colors now available, every user will definitely find their favorite picks. It has fat tires, which makes it ideal for riding on all kind of terrains. It has been built from durable frames, which makes it suitable for supporting up to 260 lbs. Other than this, the bike moves at a speed of 23 MPH and with the Shimano 7-gears shifting system, you will find it great for your cycling needs. The comfortable bike has an adjustable saddle that can be adjusted to suit your height.
That's a tough one to answer. It depends on the power of the battery (typically 24, 36 or 48V), the power of the bike (limited in the UK to 250W), the bike's battery management system, and the way you ride. Some bikes allow you to choose different levels of assist to prioritise speed or battery life, which makes predictions of battery life even more difficult.
Even with cheaper or heavier bikes, once you accept that you are really meant to pedal gently and let the motor do the work, non-speed freaks will get into it. E-bikes are great for commuting and for places that aren't pancake flat. They'll pull you away from the lights quickly, iron out hills and stop you getting sweaty, so you can bin the Lycra and ride in jeans, a suit, or a winter coat.
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The bike looks a no different than a regular mountain bike. The 36 V, 8Ah Li-Ion battery is very cleverly designed and disguised as a thermos, so you will not be able to tell whether this is an e-bicycle or a regular one unless you get really close. It is very nicely build, and pretty sturdy; the frame is 100% alloy and the front fork is made with high-grade carbon steel. The bike itself weighs about 45 lbs.
The F1-trained engineers at William Advanced Engineering assisted with the electrical parts and the result is a 250W motor that provides pedal assistance via the front hub – which is still a very unusual approach. It draws power from a 300Wh battery pack that sits in a bag and goes on the front where the Brompton luggage rack would normally sit. You can also opt for a larger bag that holds both the battery and your spare suit or laptop or whatever.
Lots of electric bike companies love to tout their ridiculously long ranges of travel you can ride on one charge, but sometimes it's a bit too far fetched for the real world, and may leave you disappointed. Luckily, we're here to help you understand what to really expect out of your electric bike battery so that you can have an easier time selecting the right bike for you!
Do the e-bikes don't have any downside? Well, they do but it's nothing of a deal-breaker. Well, the only real issue could be forgetting to plug in and charge the bike. The bulkiness could be another issue but the extra weight actually helps when going downhill. The maintenance is not much of a hassle too, as it does not require any extra care than a regular MTB.
Attitudes to electric bikes have changed in recent years. For a long time they were seen by cyclists as 'cheating' and by non-cyclists as being just like a bike, but uglier and far more expensive. This new breed of best-in-class electric bikes feel more natural, look more normal, and people are coming around to the idea that a ride with the convenience of a bike but without all the sweat and effort is a Very Good Thing.
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To help the rider find the perfect fit, the stem is adjustable. The bike also boasts dynamo powered lights alongside hydraulic disc brakes. The bike will suit riders from 4 ft 10 to 6 ft 5, and also integrates with a child seat. The total weight is 22.5kg, making it admittedly a fairly hefty folder – but that's fairly uniform across electric versions.
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More and more people are switching to electric bikes for a lot of practical reasons. It provides convenience because you do not have to wait in traffic or look for the perfect parking spot. That saves you time and money for gas. As for health benefits, you can squeeze in some exercise and manually pedal your way to work then switch to the electric motor when you get tired.
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Every year, dozens of companies join the public market and are listed on the various stock exchanges around the world. While many go unnoticed, there are usually a few companies that catch investor's eyes beforehand. This year, the popular music streaming service Spotify is the name that's making headlines, not only due to the company's popularity but also because it is choosing a somewhat unusual path to going public. The Spotify stock will be available for trading and investing on eToro shortly after the company goes public.
Spotify filed for public listing on the NYSE with the SEC on Wednesday, February 28th, 2018, under the symbol SPOT. A public listing is different than an Initial Public Offering (IPO), which is the method usually chosen by companies when offering up their shares for sale. An IPO is a complicated process, which serves as a means for raising funds. In an IPO an initial number of shares is sold to investors before the stock is available to the general public, enabling the company to raise capital. This method involves recruiting a major financial institution to serve as an underwriter and selling them stock inventory before the listing. Spotify opted to skip this stage and go directly to the market, at an estimated valuation of up to $23 billion.
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Unlike an IPO, if a company chooses a public listing, its stocks become available for trading and investing from the very beginning. Instead of giving early investors the chance to buy shares, existing shareholders can sell their stocks as soon as the company becomes public. While this gives the company instant liquidity on the market, it also leaves its stock to the mercy of supply and demand. The fact that Spotify has a steady revenue stream generated from more than 70 million subscribers worldwide could explain why the company chose this path. Also, this public listing could set a precedent for a new standard in the tech space.
While it might seem counterproductive, there are concrete advantages to Spotify's choice. Firstly, the public listing process involves a lot less 'red tape' than an IPO. Since a direct listing has no share pre-sale, the company needn't recruit an underwriter to comply with SEC regulations. Second, with a company like Spotify, that already has an active revenue stream, surrendering its market cap to speculation could go against its best interests.
The Snap Inc. IPO of 2017 could serve as an example of how an IPO could backfire. The maker of Snapchat went public in March of that year, and its stock initially showed impressive gains. The reason for its early surge was speculators wanting to get in on the stock early with the hopes of making a profit. However, since Snap had no solid business model, and declared it might never become profitable, within just four months, share prices plunged to below their IPO price. A similar scenario happened with Twitter, whose stock has been trading below its IPO price for more than two years.
Spotify's choice of a direct public listing could counter much of the volatility that would've been created with an ordinary IPO. If Spotify's market cap remains stable or increases over time, a public listing could be the new preferred method for tech companies who want to go public and have a regular revenue stream. Removing much of the speculation could contribute to the stock's stability, reflecting the company's actual value, rather than being driven by early adopter's hopes and dreams.
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Ginastera: Bomarzo - German Olvera, John Daszak, Hilary Summers - Teatro Real, Madrid (Photo Teatro Real)
Alberto Ginastera Bomarzo; John Daszak, Hilary Summers, Thomas Oliemans, dir; Pierre Audi, cond: David Afkhan; Teatro Real Madrid
Reviewed by Robert Hugill on Apr 14 2017
A towering performance from John Daszak sets off this psychologically acute production of Ginastera's rarely performed opera
Ginastera: Bomarzo - John Daszak, Milijana Nikolic
Teatro Real, Madrid (Photo Teatro Real)
Alberto Ginastera's opera Bomarzo has had a somewhat mixed history. Premiered in Washington DC in 1967, it was famously banned in Ginastera's native Argentine and not performed there until 1972. The opera had its UK premiere in 1976 at the London Coliseum in English. Since then it has not been much seen, and this was the first European staging since 1976!
The 2016 centenary of Ginastera's birth seems to have been the impulse for a new production of Ginastera's Bomarzo shared between Amsterdam and Madrid. We caught the productions premiere at the Teatro Real in Madrid on Monday 24 April 2017. Directed by Pierre Audi, designed by Urs Schönbaum and Wojciech Dziedzic with choreography by Amir Hosseinpour and Jonathan Lunn, and video by Jon Rafman. The production feature John Daszak in the title role as Pier Francesco Orsini, Duke of Bomarzo, with German Olvera and Damian del Castillo as his brothers Girolamo and Maerbale, James Creswell as his father, Hilary Summers as his grandmother, plus Milijana Nikolic as Pantasilea (Pier Francesco's first sexual experience), Nicola Beller Carbone as Julia Farnese (Pier Francesco's wife), Thomas Oliemans as the astrologer Silvio de Nardi, Albert Casals as Nicolas Orsini, Francis Tojer as Mensajero and Amaury Reinoso as Abdul. David Afkham conducted the chorus and orchestra of the Teatro Real Madrid.
The work has a text by Manuel Mujica Lainez based on his novel of the same name, which deals with the life of the hunchbacked Duke of Bomarzo in Sicily who created the series of monstrous sculptures in his gardens in the 16th century (still visible today). The piece starts with the astrologer Silvio de Nardi (Thomas Oliemans) preparing a potion to make Pier Francesco immortal. It poisons him, and he relive episodes from his life in flash back, his brothers tormenting him, his father's dislike of him, his culpability in the deaths of his elder brother Girolamo and father, his obsession with marriage to and failure of relationship with Julia Farnese, his obsession that his younger brother Maerbale is having a relationship with Julia Farnese.
Alberto Ginastera wrote the work using serial techniques, with a huge orchestra including piano, harpsichord, and much percussion (73 percussion instruments in all). The chorus, in the piece, commented and sometimes formed part of the orchestra texture. Essentially the opera unfolded in Pier Francesco's head and Pierre Audi created a series of phantasmagoric and psychologically acute scenes with Urs Schönbaum's black box set. This transformed into many spaces aided by Jon Rafman's videos. Bomarzo's famous statues were referenced, but so was much else.
Hilary Summers, John Daszak - Teatro Real, Madrid (Photo Teatro Real)
Ginastera's score uses a lot of orchestral interludes and the effect was to heighten the lack of naturalism, we saw Pier Francesco's thoughts and obsessions. In addition to a group of 10 dancers, there was a sequence of boys and men, from child to old man, all dressed as Pier Francesco and representing his life, reflecting the characters' obsession with Pier Francesco's horoscope and the way it implied his immortality.
Another thread running through the staging was the contrast between Pier Francesco's self image and the more perfect human form. His brother Girolamo, out for a swim, goes to his death naked (German Olvera bravely showing all) showing a perfect athletic form, whilst Pier Francesco's strongest relationship seemed to be with his handsome servant Abul (played with seductive attraction by Amaury Reinoso).
The title role a huge and challenging part, Ginastera's angular vocal lines cannot be the easiest to sing, and John Daszak was only stage virtually the whole time. Daszak impressed with the way he turned Ginastera's difficult vocal line into something expressive and intense, gripping us throughout. He was impressively tireless in the long part, and caught the thoughtful human element as well as the monstrous. It was a performance which held our attention, and fascinated.
John Daszak, German Olvera, Damiano del Castillo (Photo Teatro Real)
The first few scenes, in Pier Francesco's childhood and youth, were well done but the opera only really began to grip when Pier Francesco began his campaign of terror and let his obsessions run free. Here Daszak was aided by Hilary Summers' Diana Orsini, the grandmother from hell, whose love for her grandson led her to encourage his obsessions and egg him on, even participating in the killing of Girolamo.
Despite the scene where Pier Francesco has erotic dreams about Julia Farnese, the most intimately erotic moments in the production were the tender ones between Pier Francesco and Abul, with Pierre Audi making it clear why Pier Francesco was impotent with his wife. Thomas Oliemans was mysterious and manipulative in the important role of the astrologer Silvio de Nardi whilst Milijana Nikolic and Nicola Beller Carbone were the contrasting types of womanhood in Pier Francesco's life, the whore and the virgin.
David Afkham conjured some wonderful sounds from the orchestra clearly revelling in Ginastera's sound world which evoked the neurotic obsessions of the opera's anti-hero in timbral form.
Ginastera: Bomarzo - John Daszak & dancers - Teatro Real, Madrid (Photo Teatro Real)
Pierre Audi's production could not disguise the fact that the opera could do with a little tightening, but it certainly gripped. The fluid nature of the staging ensured that nothing in this dream world was quite as it seemed. Audi's staging of the scenes in Pier Francesco's childhood was both psychologically acute and practical. John Daszak, German Olvera and Damian del Castillo mimed the scenes between the brothers whilst the dialogue was spoken by three young actors from Pequenos Cantores de ORCAM (Ignacio Carci, Hugo Fernandez, Leandro Hollega) from the pit. The same group also supplied the young soprano, Patricia Redondo, who sang the shepherd's folk song which opened and closed the piece.
As a non-Spanish speaker, I have no idea whether cast's diction came anywhere close to being clear; there were surtitles (in English and Spanish) but these were so wordy it struck me as desirable to follow the opera without them. I would definitely be interested in hearing it in English, though I suspect that John Daszak, having learned it in Spanish, would be reluctant to re-learn it in English.
Ginastera's Bomarzo will never become a staple repertoire work, but this production showed it is a powerful piece. John Daszak's towering performance as Pier Francesco Orsini was a superb achievement and I hope it comes out on video. The production is on the Opera Platform from 5 May until 4 June 2017.
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We had been trying to organize this trip for months. Providentially, we found out that urgent help was needed in Barraganete, a community pertaining to Pichincha Parish in Manabí. The Carmelite Fathers of Mary Immaculate are there. Barraganete is one of the communities that has a chapel and catechetical instruction, but it is surrounded by other communities that are in need of spiritual attention. The three priests that live there have about 90 communities that they are in charge of, of which they are unable to attend to as frequently as they would like. This is why they asked for help from missionary teams.
About a month beforehand, we contacted them for the first time during a visit to Pichincha Parish. We got to work immediately to organize it.
We left Playa Prieta on December 26th and made our way to Pichincha, where we took a flatboat to cross the marsh. Once we arrived at the other side, we went to Barraganete by car where we stayed for four days.
We dedicated the first afternoon to missionary work in Barraganete and invited people to pray the Rosary with us that evening.
The next two mornings, we split up into groups in order to reach the communities that were farther away yet still had travelable roads. They had not been greatly affected by the rains.
It is a very poor, rural area. The people there have few opportunities to study. In general, there is very little hope for improvement. As regards to the Faith, we found ourselves before very diverse realities. There were people who are baptized and know their basic prayers, even though they never received catechism. However, at other houses, they did not know the Our Father or even who Jesus is. We had a lot of work ahead of us. At the houses we visited, we brought the joy of the Savior's birth. Like the angels announced to the shepherds the birth of the Messiah, the Savior, we also brought the Good News to those homes. We brought small statues of Baby Jesus to give to the families. It was truly beautiful to see each person's reaction when he or she received that little—big for them—gift in his or her hands. The elderly became like little children: they gazed at Baby Jesus and cuddled Him as if it were really the Child Jesus. Meanwhile, we sang Christmas carols.
In the afternoon, we returned to Barraganete to do activities with the kids. There were over 120 of them. We had catechism lessons, crafts, and played games with them. The last night of the mission, the children did not want to go home. They thanked us and begged us to stay. The evenings with them had been so special and joyful.
For those of us who carried out the mission work, it was a grace to go there the week of Christmas. We were eyewitnesses of those people's suffering and God's love for them. We are praying for them so that the Lord may manifest his love and nearness to them. We realized that it is a gift to know God and have so many opportunities to hear about Him, go to Mass, pray in His Presence, have catechism, etc.
We were very privileged this Christmas. Thanks be to God!


Joe Cortright writes for City Observatory and shares this guest article with us today from his site.
Nominally, at least, the Portland City Council is all about housing affordability. They've declared a housing emergency. In the last general election, city voters approved a $258 million bond issue to build more affordable housing. The Council has made permanent a city ordinance requiring landlords to reimburse tenants for moving expenses if they pursue a no cause eviction, or if the tenant moves after a 10 percent rent increase.
DENIED: The hundreds of people who would have lived here will now be bidding up rents elsewhere in Portland. (Next Portland).
But ultimately housing affordability in the Rose City, as everywhere, hinges on whether enough supply gets built to accomodate the growing demand for urban living. And the city's zoning code and project approval requirements are where the proverbial rubber meets the road in terms of expanding housing supply. And in a series of recent actions, the Portland City Council is effectively sabotaging the supply of new housing in a way that will ultimately worsen the city's affordability problems.
Last week, the council voted to deny a building permit for a proposed 17-story, 275-apartment tower in the city's booming Pearl District. Neighbors opposed the tower because it blocks views (from their recently completed condominium towers) of one of the city's iconic bridges. Because it abuts the city's Willamette River greenway, the building is subject to the city's design review process. And while commissioners said they weren't caving in on heights or views, they claimed that the building was somehow at odds with the city's greenway policies.
Portland for Everyone's Michael Anderson has an excellent in-depth review of the proceedings in a post on Medium,"Open Season for NIMBY Appeals: Portland blocks 275 homes after Pearl District neighbors ask it to." He writes, "the council unanimously voted to give the anti-housing activists exactly what they had been asking for: no new homes on the site."
It's ironic because one of the virtues of Oregon's planning system is that, for the most part, new developments that are allowable under a land use plan must be approved using "clear and objective" approval standards. The idea is that the city should be bound by what's in its plan: so if an area is designated for apartments, the city is obligated to approve permits for an apartment in that area.
A loss of certainty kills off housing investment. Arbitrarily invoking a vague feeling of discomfort about whether a project is consistent with the greenway — and overturning a vote of the city's design review commission in the process — sends a clear signal to developers that they can't rely on what's written in city plans and policies. In this case, the developer may be forced to return to the drawing board, and submit an entirely new proposal. And again run the gantlet of public outcry. And again confront a largely subjective determination as to whether the development meets with Council approval. Other developers are likely to heed this lesson.
As we've written at City Observatory, the city's recently adopted inclusionary zoning law adds yet another layer of uncertainty. The law imposes a wide range of conditions on new 20-unit and larger apartment buildings, generally requiring that 20 percent of units be affordable, and that affordability be guaranteed for 99 years, and that the apartments be comparable in size and finishes to market rate units.
There's one more problem: no one sees the buildings that don't get built as a result of these disincentives and uncertainties. In the case of the now denied Fremont Place, we can publish a an accurate rendering of what the building would have looked like, had it been approved, and tell you that 275 households will now be competing for other housing in Portland. But going forward, many potential housing projects won't even advance to the stage of having drawings, or marching through the approval process because of uncertainty. Like Conan-Doyle's hound that didn't bark, we won't see the housing that doesn't get built. But we will likely feel it, as the still growing demand for urban living presses up against a finite urban housing stock.


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The Techno-Hip: "The Family Guide to Computers"
January 7, 2020 Allison L. Venezio-Preston Do You Remember?, Nostalgia, Television and Movies 5 comments
It's a day in the life of a family. Maybe a little bit like yours?
Like mine?
Oh, you mean, like this family?
Yeah, we look nothing like this pre-fab family.
How To 1980s and 1990s
The 1980s and 1990s were full of instructional videos on how to be at home alone, how to be cool at parties, and even how to use home electronics and advancing technology, such as computers. From a couple of Friends learning Windows 95 to the whitest family teaching us to operate our new computer, the 1990s were silly with computer instructional videos. The clear aim (especially with today's video) was to appeal to the average computer user/buyer, to relate to them.
What we actually got was the pre-fab whitebread Jamison Family (not a real family, but one constructed for the cameras as a family everyone can relate to…supposedly), and their instructional aide was The Family Guide To Computers.
By the way, those other two categories of "instructional" videos exist (in the 1980s), and I've seen them. They're hosted by someone 80s famous. I won't tell you who, but I'll definitely be looking at them in overly great, painstaking detail.
Anyway, let's look at today's video filed under "1990s Computer Learning," with a comprehensive guide to using the new family computer
"All Because Of A Computer Chip!"
The Family Guide To Computers was released by Diamond Entertainment Corporation (or DEC) and Hometown Television in 1996, the first of their two videos to discuss the topic of using the computer. The "instructional" video (actually, it is quite instructive for its time) features "The Jamison Family," which was not a real family, but one put together for the purpose of teaching us how to use the new family computer, on a relatable level.
I'm baffled by this title card too, but I guess when you've gotta incorporate your unsold sitcom pilot into the educational short you're working on, you'll use anything!
Featuring "Sweater Dad," "90s Soccer Mom," and their two children, who look like kids I went to middle school with (I was in eighth grade when this video was released, if that has an relevancy here), this video explains all of the basics of using a family computer with Windows 95 installed.
Everyone, including the kids, explains different topics of using the family computer.
What does the Jamison Family educate us on?
High Tech, Low Tech…
There's setting everything up (and checking that everything works), an overview of Microsoft Office software use(creating documents in Word, setting up spreadsheets in Excel, database construction in Access), as well as installation of said software, use of graphics programs, preventing computer viruses, utilities (backup and un-erase programs).
Oh, and there's CD-Rom Excitement (yes, that is an actual title card in this video, complete with an exclamation mark).
Printers, voice recognition, and peripherals (specifically games) installation and use are also discussed.
What's a default printer, plug and play, suite, and bundle mean? It's all included!
So is this witty side banter about Duke Nukem. In 1996, Peter was all the boys who wanted that game!
Take A Seat, If You Dare!
No seriously, it is kind of a dare, since "Sweater Dad" is a bit handsey and stare-sy with "90s Soccer Mom."
That's a whole other video, often shown in new hire training and a certain kind of work-related seminar.
It is amazing how far we've come since the days of "The Jamison Family" and their instruction, partially because of technology being what it is today, but also because instructional videos like this are a dead art. It has its eye-roll moments, but also its "oooh, I didn't know that!" moments. In 1996, this was helpful. In 2020…it's not. But it was good to know that if you needed this at the time, it was readily available, and that this "family" was there to show you the way.
The dialogue itself is terrible, and the whole thing has this infomercial, department store furniture showroom kind of feel. But the meat of the video, the actual instruction, is great. Once you push aside all of the banter (it isn't the witty kind, trust me) and awkwardness of the acting, the information is great for a beginner navigating the world of using the home computer.
Which by the way, doesn't belong in the middle of the living room.
Honestly, did this not bother anyone else?
Dasha and Peter, in the video, are like every 90s kid – their excitement over the prospect of a family computer was how all of us felt in the 90s when we got a new computer. When did we lose that excitement for amazing new technology? Was it directly because of videos like this? I'd like to think it wasn't, but just that kids are introduced to computers so early.
Power Up, Download…
If you're interested in watching what it was like to learn computers in the time of building technology, The Family Guide To Computers is on YouTube, and well, I have it here for you to watch!
It's 28 minutes of laughs (not at the forced attempt at humor), but it is a fun little tidbit of nostalgia.
Click play, won't you?
The Family Computer In the Venezio Home
By comparison to today's kids, I was almost nine years old when I had my first Computer Science class in school – that was in 1991! Not learning any of this until third grade was pretty common, unless you were of the lucky few to have a computer in the home – we did not have one early on, nor did most kids in my school.
My first "computer" was actually a cool little VTech toy called Smart Start.
Image: eBay
VTech always made cool toys. This one, from 1987, had activity books which required you to make multiple choice selections, and also had music and math buttons. We got this at about four or five years old, and it was, as I remember, alot of fun. I loved thinking of this as a computer, and long after I outgrew its purpose, we would play "office" and this would be the computer.
Yeah, I'd like to think my pretend play at eight years old set me up for my career as an Administrative Professional.
We actually got our first computer in 1994 – I think it operated on Windows 95. It got upgrades a few years later to Windows 97, later to Windows 99, and eventually, I bought my first computer for my own personal use (my brother had gotten his own laptop by the early 2000s) in 2003, running Windows XP.
I've always loved computers, from the learning games I played as a kid to the way I use computers now – for editing videos, converting my videocassettes to digital, and of course, writing. I own a Dell laptop and a Microsoft Surface Pro 6, and I love them both. The computer has made my life easier, and I remember back in the mid 1990s how much of an exciting novelty it was to have one in the home. Those days, it seems, are long gone, but YouTube does a nice job keeping amazing nostalgia like The Family Guide To Computers alive and well.
Oh, and if this living room looked too much like a furniture showroom at a department store, that's because it came from a Sears Homelife Store.
And the computer came from "The Good Guys!
Wow, this is nostalgic on too many levels!
And Now, You!
What are your memories of owning your first home computer, or using a computer? Was your reaction to owning one at all like the Jamison family? Are you a from a Jamison-type family? Sound off in the comments below, or get social on social media! I'd love to hear your story!
The Jamison family will return…next week.
No, seriously, they made another video about computer education!
Apparently, they made two episodes of their failed sitcom and they had more material to use up?
Until next time, have a great day!
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Matt Bolton says:
Great article! It seems like there were a lot of these videos back in the day, since no one understood computers back then. I remember my grade school got a computer when I was in 5th grade, the whole school got 1 computer. They had it on a cart and would wheel it around to each classroom so we could see how it worked. It was of course an Apple 2e. Do you remember Microsoft Bob or my personal favorite, the Packard Bell Living Room? They were supposed to help you learn how to use your computer too. Anyhow, loved the article and the video is great, very 90s.
I remember my school having a similar setup with the Apple 2e on the rolling cart (this was in the early 1990s). We eventually got IBM computers, and I think by 6th grade, every classroom had a computer. I don't recall Microsoft Bob or the Packard Bell Living Room, but now I need to check them out. I do remember Clippy though! Thank you so much for reading. Be sure to read the followup to it!!!


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Energy crisis: Entice Energy and Orbit Energy latest firms to collapse
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Another two UK energy suppliers have collapsed into administration, taking the total number of failures to 25 since August. Photo: David Moir/Reuters
Another two UK energy suppliers have collapsed into administration, taking the total number of failures to 25 since August.
Mansfield-based Entice Energy and London supplier Orbit Energy have become the latest victims of the rapid rise in gas prices in recent months. Energy regulator Ofgem said new suppliers would be found for the two companies' customers.
Last week, Ofgem ordered five energy suppliers to pay what they owe into a scheme to support small-scale renewable energy production, or risk having their licences removed.
It was confirmed that Orbit missed the largest payment of more than £451,000 ($600,565), while another four suppliers owed between £19,000 and £47,000, one of which included Entice.
Industry experts have forecast the number of suppliers in the market to fall to just 10 by Christmas. That compares to 71 in January this year.
Matt Howard, partner at accountancy firm Price Bailey warned on Wednesday that a further 11 firms are at maximum risk of failing.
"This time next year we will have far fewer suppliers and higher household energy bills," he said. "Every time a supplier goes bust the costs of the remaining suppliers increase, which makes those businesses more vulnerable.
Read more: Gas price crisis: UK government to take action as energy companies warn of collapse
Just this week Bulb, which has around 1.7 million customers and is the seventh-largest energy firm in Britain, announced that the firm would be placed into administration.
Due to its size, energy regulator Ofgem has applied to put Bulb into special administration, meaning if the application is successful it will be run by administrator Teneo until a potential buyer is found, or until its customers leave.
Normally Ofgem would let a firm fail and move its customers onto a new supplier.
For now, Bulb is continuing to serve consumers despite the insolvency. Customers have been told that they do not need to do anything, and that there will be no change to their energy supply and credit balances.
Energy suppliers have not only been affected by a spike in prices but a price cap on what they can charge customers, meaning energy has been sold for less than they bought it for. This cap is currently £1,277 a year on average and is set by Ofgem.
Reasons behind the dramatic increase in power prices include low gas reserves, strong commodity and carbon prices, heightened global demand and low wind output. Electricity prices were up 19% between October 2020 and 2021, and gas prices up 28%.
"The energy price cap isn't going to protect us from soaring energy costs, because we'll all end up paying the price eventually," Sarah Coles, senior personal finance analyst, Hargreaves Lansdown, said.
"Energy prices have climbed spectacularly, and while they've dropped slightly from October's peak, wholesale gas is now four times as expensive as it was at the start of this year. Right now, anyone whose supplier is still operating is either protected by a fixed tariff, or by the energy price cap, but we'll still pay the price."
Read more: Ofgem to put energy supplier Bulb in special administration
She added: "To make matters worse, these collapses are costing energy companies money, which they recoup through an industry fund. That fund is paid for through our bills, and Centrica estimates that this alone could add £100 to our mounting costs."
Bulb, which is three times larger than any other firm that has failed so far, is being given £1.7bn from the UK government to continue supplying energy to customers. This equates to around £1,000 per customer.
Teneo has estimated that it will cost around £2.1bn to keep Bulb trading until the end of April next year, however, business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng is able to provide more money for the company if required.
Lisa Barber, Which? home products and services editor, said: "This move should provide reassurance to any of Bulb's 1.7 million customers who may have been concerned about the collapse of their provider.
"We recommend Bulb customers to do nothing and wait for more information about the special administration process. Its customers will continue to see their bills limited by the price cap, which is likely to be the best deal for them at the moment. If you have already arranged to switch to or from Bulb, this will continue as planned.
It also comes as Britain's energy regulator has set out plans that would allow it to more frequently adjust a price cap that limits electricity and gas bills for more than 15 million households.
Watch: Customers and industry leaders react to Bulb collapse
UK retail sales suffer record drop on Omicron fears
British retail sales suffered a record drop in December as consumers shunned the high street due to Omicron concerns, having snapped up Christmas purchases the previous month, data showed Friday.
TotalEnergies tells rights group it backs sanctions on payments to Myanmar junta
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Factbox-How UK retailers fared over Omicron-hit Christmas
Britons splashed out on a bumper Christmas, results from the country's biggest retailers show, treating themselves to upmarket food, drink and clothes before the sober reality of surging prices hits home in 2022. Following is a summary of what major retailers have said so far about their performance over the holiday season. Britain's biggest retailer raised its profit outlook for the second time in four months as it reported a rise in Christmas sales despite a tough comparative with 2020 when spending was boosted by a COVID-19 lockdown.
Shell, UK regulators revive talks on North Sea gas field development
Royal Dutch Shell and British regulators have revived talks on developing the Jackdaw gas field in the North Sea as the government struggles with soaring gas and power prices, company and industry sources said. In recent weeks, Secretary of State at the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Kwasi Kwarteng has repeatedly highlighted the importance of the North Sea oil and gas industry despite climate activists pressing Britain to reduce its dependency on fossil fuels. The UK's Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning (OPRED) in October rejected on environmental grounds the development plan for the Jackdaw field, which has reserves of between 120-250 million barrels of oil equivalent.
MPs criticise 'shameful' underpaying of state pensions
The long-term underpayment of thousands of state pensioners is a "shameful shambles", according to the Public Accounts Committee
FTSE drops amid energy pressure despite Wall Street lift
London's top index ended the day 4.65 points, or 0.06%, lower at 7,585.01 points.
Netflix sinks as Wall Street flees 'stay-at-home' stocks
One day after shares of at-home fitness company Peloton tumbled, Netflix found itself in Wall Street's hot seat Friday as markets reassess the diminishing growth prospects of so-called "pandemic stocks."
Workspace says customer demand robust despite Omicron impact
Office space providers including Workspace are limping back to recovery after being forced to realign their business models and strategies as tenants increasingly weigh in remote and hybrid working options or downsize spaces in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic. Companies exposed to office properties were pegged back further when the rapid spread of the Omicron variant brought back restrictions in several parts of the world. Workspace said utilisation, which calculates the physical usage of the office spaces by the tenants, has picked up in the first two weeks of January and is now at 43% of pre-pandemic levels, compared with 55% in November.


The family vineyard, created in 1900, covers 30 hectares of which 23 are Côtes de Provence and 7 Cassis. Certified as organic in 2008, it produces fresh and aromatic wines thanks to the altitude of the plots (360 m above sea level).
A clear and enticing purple colour precedes a nose with notes of raspberry, blackberries and morello cherry tinged with pepper and cinnamon.
You find these flavours again in a supple and full-bodied mouth with a mouthwatering freshness.
A tonic, lively wine with a light colour, notes of white grapefruit in the nose and a perky and fresh mouth thanks to the altitude of the vines.
This great vineyard produces a Cassis with complex notes of jasmin crossed with citrus fruit.
The attack in the mouth anticipates a fine density, confirmed by a delightful voluptuous roundness.
Vinified as naturally as possible, this is the rosé par excellence for thirsty drinkers with its fresh and thirst-quenching mouth of subtle flavours of small red fruit and pink grapefruit.
Behind a very pale colour lies a nose of white flowers, peach skin and pink grapefruit.
You then have the pleasure of discovering a really fresh mouth of great finesse before a nicely persistent finish.
The nose gives off notes of citrus fruit and the mouth is very lively and fresh before a very aromatic, iodine finish.
Vinified as naturally as possible, this thirst-quenching rosé has a bouquet of small red fruit and pink grapefruit in an airy, tonic and fresh mouth.
A complex nose with notes of peach skin and pink grapefruit.
The mouth is incredibly fresh with flavours of white fruit.
Here you have a delicious Provence wine with a nose of raspberry, blackberry and morello cherry and a round, supple mouth that expresses a basket of red fruit.
The result of a plot combining earth, sea and sun, Clos Val Bruyère - a typical Cassis - reveals notes of jasmine and exotic fruit in the nose.
The mouth is silky, round, rich and fresh.
On the nose and the palate, this wine charms you with its aromas of fresh grapefruit and pineapple.
Its freshness and lively finish will certainly convince you!
This rosé has a clear salmon pink colour, a nose of pink grapefruit and a highly fruity mouth that is fresh and long.
A must for your summer aperitifs!
This vintage, designed for the table, is dense and rich in the mouth, where hints of small red fruit announce a long, fresh finish.
A great rosé from Provence, not to be missed!
On olfaction, this Cassis reveals complex hints of fresh hazelnuts and eucalyptus.
Finely dense in the mouth, evoking very ripe yellow fruit and a touch of honey.
Mainly made from Rolle (Vermentino), this is an aromatic and ethereal wine from Provence that is exceedingly fresh, thanks to the altitude of the vines. It can be enjoyed immediately, as it gets you thinking about your next holidays!
This wine boasts a complex bouquet of exotic fruit and is structured as well as silky on the palate, combining roundness and freshness. On original wine that you should not miss.
With its very light colour, as often in the region, this rosé wine evokes wild peach and pink grapefruit before a fresh and appetising finish, the ideal companion for a hot summer's evening.


Kitguru continues the legacy of giving away some amazing hardware prizes to their committed followers and this time they have announced 2 brand new AMD Ryzen processors for their beloved readers. One lucky winner gets Ryzen 7 1700X and the other one gets Ryzen 5 1500X for answering this simple question: "What is the boost frequency of the AMD Ryzen 7 1700X?" People who sent the correct answer i.e. 3.8Ghz to them via email have won the chance to be the part of the lucky draw and two of them have won the Ryzen graphics cards.
The winner for Ryzen 7 1700x is David Morrow and for the Ryzen 5 1500x, the winner is Janus Zennströ. The prizes have already been shipped to both the winners and they are only required to post some pictures with them on Kitguru's Facebook page or Twitter.
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