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St. James Winery Wins Big at International Consumer Competition
The results are in and St. James Winery showed exceptionally well at the 2018 Tasters Guild International Consumer Wine Judging Competition. Held September 28-29 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, this competition is unique in that wine consumers evaluate the entered wines. While not judged by professionals, consumer participants receive instructional seminars on how to judge wine objectively. As an insurance that the consumer judges are giving fair, objective consideration to each wine, the panels are guided by an experienced advisor, who has evaluated wines at advanced levels.
St. James Winery received a medal for every wine entered into the competition, 30 in total. Of the awards, we received 10 Gold and 6 Double Gold. We feel this showing is a true reflection of what we already know – our wine is loved and highly valued by consumers. To celebrate, we are offering $5 off shipping when you buy any of the following double gold winners online and use coupon code WINNER until October 31, 2018.
Blackberry Blueberry
Country Red
Pink Catawba
Pioneer White
Podium Chardonel
Summer Berry
Vignoles
Winemakers Dry Vignoles
Pioneer Red
Velvet White
Winemaker The Folly
Winemakers Norton 42
Winemakers Seyval
Country White
Friendship School Red
Friendship School White
Winemakers Blend 43
Winemakers Chambourcin
If your favorite wine is featured on this list, why not pick up a bottle to celebrate its win or pick up a different award-winner and see if you find a new St. James Winery favorite!
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St. James Winery Awarded 2016 Governor's Cup for Second Consecutive Year
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2015 Vignoles Beat Out 308 wines for Missouri Wine Competition's Top Award
St. James Winery won the prestigious Missouri Governor's Cup for the second year in a row. Out of seven best-of-class winners, the 2015 Vignoles, a semi-dry white vignoles, took the top award at the Missouri Wine Competition. A total of 308 wines were submitted from vineyards across the state to compete in the premiere competition designed to recognize and promote quality wines made in Missouri.
The winery's 2015 Dry Vignoles and Friendship School White also won Gold Medals. Additionally, St. James Winery won four Silver Medals and five Bronze Medals for wines entered in other categories.
"We are extremely proud of Andrew Meggitt and his team on this outstanding achievement," said Peter Hofherr, St. James Winery chairman and CEO. "Over the last three years, the team has won five international wine competitions, two Governor's Cups and scored a top 14 ranking in the world. These are truly extraordinary accomplishments given the challenging weather patterns we've experienced. Without the day-to-day hard work and attention to detail in the vineyards and cellar, these incredible results would not have been achieved."
The Missouri Wine Competition took place in Columbia, Mo. on July 19 and 20. The competition is judged by the top wine and beverage experts from around the nation. Only Missouri wines are judged in this competition – those that received best-in-class honors were considered for Governor's Cup.
Missouri's premier white varietal, the Vignoles, is a French-American hybrid grape. Out of 150 acres of grapes that St. James Winery farms in the Ozark Highlands American Viticultural Area (AVA) of Missouri, 10 percent are Vignoles.
Founded by the Hofherr family in the Meramec Highlands region of Missouri in 1970, St. James Winery, located in St. James, Mo., is celebrating 46 years as a family owned and operated winery. It is Missouri's largest and most awarded winery. St. James Winery produces 500,000 gallons (225,000 cases) of wine per year and is sold in 18 states and Washington D.C. For more information, visit StJamesWinery.com or connect with us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.
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St. James Winery Vignoles Wins Best White Wine
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Sonoma, CA—St. James Winery 2014 Vignoles of the Ozark Highlands, Missouri was voted the Best White Wine at the recent East vs. West Wine Competition held in Santa Rosa, CA. On its way to the top prize, Vignoles was also named Best White Wine at the International Eastern Wine Competition.
The IEWC, which includes wines from all over the east coast and Midwest to the continental divide, determined the best wines in various categories (Sparkling, White, Rose, and Red), with the winners tasted blind against the best from a concurrent West Coast Competition. The St. James 2014 Vignoles won over a noted California Sauvignon Blanc.
"We are delighted at this prestigious honor, and very proud of our team here at St. James for their commitment to quality in the vineyards and wine cellar," said CEO Peter Hofherr. "Their efforts and the professionalism of the competition judges confirm that we make superb wines here in Missouri."
In addition to Vignoles' top prize, St. James Winery Friendship School White, a blend of estate grown grapes, was also judged as Best of Class for white blends. St. James Winery also won several other medals for other wines.
"Vignoles is a grape variety that grows very well in Missouri, and can make different styles of wine from dry to medium sweet and even late harvest dessert wines," said Executive Winemaker Andrew Meggitt. "It is encouraging that even judges from California, where they don't grow Vignoles have an appreciation for its special aroma and taste."
The 2014 Vignoles has already won a host of wine competitions. It was awarded the Missouri Governor's Cup and named Best Wine in Missouri and a last July. Other awards for the 2014 Vignoles include three Best of Class, two Double Gold, and four Gold medals.
In 2015 St. James Winery wines won a total of more than 200 medals in major wine competitions including 13 Best of Class awards, 7 Double Gold medals, and 36 Gold Medals, and during the first two months of 2016, St. James Winery has already won more than 40 medals.
St. James Winery, the largest and most awarded winery in Missouri, has been making exceptional wines for more than 45 years. Learn more about St. James Winery at stjameswinery.com.
About St. James Winery Vignoles
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International Eastern Wine Competition
East Meets West Wine Competition
March 9, 2016 /by CurlyHost
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Gift Baskets Are Here
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St. James Winery is ready for the holidays — and holiday shoppers! — with our new line of 2015 Holiday Gift Boxes and Baskets.
Here are just a few of our selections currently available online:
Sweet Trio Box (Velvet Red, Velvet White & Pink Catawba)
The Sweet Box (Velvet Red & Velvet White, plus cheese, sausage, crackers & truffles)
Velvet Red Basket (Velvet Red, sausage, cheese, crackers, & chocolates nestled in a beautiful basket)
Fruit Box (Strawberry, Blackberry, and Peach Wine)
Best of Class (Three of our 2015 Best of Class winners: 2014 Vignoles, Friendship School White, and Raspberry)
There are lots of other gift options to choose from so drop by St. James Winery online to get your holiday shopping underway!
If you know exactly what you want included in a gift box or basket, St. James Winery creates custom gift baskets and boxes, made specifically to your specifications.
Just call Liza (pronounced "lisa) at 1-800-280-WINE (9463) Ext. 3300. She'll be happy to help!
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2015 Harvest Report
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As of 9:19pm on August 11, harvest is on here at St. James Winery, and so far the results have been absolutely glorious!
"Throughout the summer, our Meramec Highlands region has received abundant rainfall," said Andrew Meggitt, executive winemaker for St. James Winery. "The fruit quality has been outstanding, and the taste profile of the grapes is excellent. So far we're very well pleased with the 2015 harvest."
Already this season, St. James Winery has harvested Aromella, Niagara, Rougeon, Seyval, and Vincent. These blending grapes make up some of your favorite wines. For instance, Seyval finds its home in Pioneer White and Rougeon is found in our Friendship School Red.
We're all harvesting Vignoles, but the waiting and ripening continue with blocks of Chambourcin and Norton grapes.
Pick up a few bottles of your favorite grapes!
Celebrate Missouri Wine Month
With more than 100 wineries calling Missouri home, there are plenty of places to visit on a wine tasting tour to celebrate Missouri Wine Month. So grab some friends, get in the car, crank up the tuns, and enjoy a wine-tasting road trip!
Be sure to schedule time for at stop at the St. James Winery Tasting Room to sample the 2015 Missouri Governor's Cup award winner: St. James Winery's 2014 Vignoles!
Visit the Missouri Wine and Grape Board at MissouriWine.org to learn more about Wine Month and winemaking in the State of Missouri!
September 3, 2015 /by CurlyHost
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2014 Vignoles Wins Best White Wine
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St. James Winery's 2014 Vignoles recently won Best White Wine at the prestigious Riverside International Wine Competition in Riverside, California. The 2014 Vignoles, made from Vignoles grapes grown in the Ozark Highlands AVA, competed with more than 1,700 entries from around the world and was evaluated primarily by California judges.
"Riverside is a very large and well-respected competition, and the fact that our wine beat out the top Chardonnays, Pinot Gris, Rieslings, and other white wines from California and other notable wine regions around the world is a real tribute to the integrity of the wine. It shows that top-quality Missouri wines can compete on an international level, and I congratulate our vineyard and winemaking teams for their great work."
This is the third time in recent history that a St. James Winery wine has won Best White Wine honors in a major competition. In 2014 St. James Winery Friendship School White wine won Best of Show at the Pacific Rim International and at the Long Beach International wine competitions.
At the Riverside International, St. James Winery also received several additional top awards including Best of Class / Double Gold for its Friendship School White, a Best of Class / Gold for its 2013 Cynthiana, and a gold medal for Friendship School Red.
June 3, 2015 /by CurlyHost
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St. James Winery Wins Three Jefferson Cups
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The results from the 15th annual Jefferson Cup Invitational wine competition are in, and St. James Winery won an impressive three Jefferson Cups out of the total 38 that were awarded. The winning wines for St. James Winery are 2013 Semi-Dry Vignoles, 2012 Estate Norton, and Friendship School White.
The Jefferson Cup Invitational is distinctive among wine competitions because it is the only invitational wine competition to honor the best of the best among wineries from all of America's wine regions. This year more than 740 wines from 25 states were invited to participate.
"What is particularly exciting about the Jefferson Cup results is all the grapes that make up these wines were locally grown in our vineyards here in the Ozark Highlands American Viticulture Area (AVA)," said Peter Hofherr, CEO of St. James Winery. "In the wine industry people have started calling the Jefferson Cup the Olympics of wine competitions because the competition is by invitation only. Winning with three Jefferson Cups when you're up against the best of the best is a great honor."
At the Jefferson Cup Invitational, St. James Winery also won a Medal of Excellence (equivalent to a gold medal) for Friendship School Red, and Medals of Merit (silver medals) for St. James Winery's 2013 Pioneer Red, 2013 Pioneer White, 2013 Cynthiana, Riesling, and Moscato.
St. James Winery is the largest and most awarded winery in Missouri. Celebrating more than 40 years as a family owned and operated winery, St. James Winery wines are sold in stores throughout the Midwest and the South. St. James Winery is online at www.stjameswinery.com.
The Jefferson Cup Invitational was founded in 1999 in honor of Thomas Jefferson, who fathered the United States Constitution, helped champion the international concept of human rights, and was a seminal figure in America's cultural, culinary (including wine), and agricultural history. The 15th Annual Jefferson Cup Invitational took place on November 20 and 21, 2014, in Kansas City, Missouri.
December 20, 2014 /by CurlyHost
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St. James Winery Winemaker Best of Class
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Andrew Meggitt, Executive Winemaker at St. James Winery, has had exceptional year in wine competitions.
Wine has been called "poetry in a bottle." If that's the case, then the results of the 2014 wine competition season make it clear that St. James Winery's Executive Winemaker, Andrew Meggitt, is a wine poet laureate.
"Last year during harvest, the fruit quality from our vineyards was superb, and I thought we could expect some excellent wines, but one would never imagine the record number of awards we have won this year," said Andrew.
Outstanding is the word that describes the year Andrew and the St. James Winery winemaking team have had in international and national wine competitions in 2014, earning top honors at three international competitions, receiving 13 Best of Class awards, bringing home more than 70 gold medals. The winery was also named one of the Top 15 Wineries in the World.
"Our Riesling won the John Rose Award for the Best in Riesling at the Finger Lakes Wine Competition in March. In April, Friendship School White won Grand Champion at Pacific Rim. In May, it scored 95 points at Los Angeles, and in July, was named Best White Wine at Long Beach Grand Cru, " Andrew said. "It's been a very good year."
In addition to the award winning Riesling and Friendship School White, St. James Winery's Moscato earned Best of Class at three international competitions: Pacific Rim, Riverside, and Los Angeles. The 2013 Vignoles won two Best of Class awards: Riverside International and New World International. Friendship School Red and Riesling each won Best of Class at Pacific Rim, bringing the total for Best of Class awards to an impressive thirteen. Additional honors include two Double Gold medals for the 2013 Pioneer White at Finger Lakes and Florida.
"One thing worth noting is that we have a lot of different wines and flavor profiles that have been successful in competitions," Andrew said. " These wines are made from grapes grown and harvested here in St. James, proof that world class wines come from Missouri's Ozark Highlands AVA."
Andrew's devotion to the Ozark Highlands AVA comes from his commitment to terroir: how the climate, soils and terrain affect the taste of wines from a particular region. Originally from New Zealand, Meggitt finished his university degree there before traveling the world for three years learning more about all the different winemaking styles and methodologies, and soaking in the way terroir influences the wine.
Andrew joined the winemaking staff at St. James Winery in 2002 and soon afterwards was named executive winemaker. Under his direction, St. James Winery has consistently been among the top four gold medal awarded wineries in the US. In 2013 he was named to IntoWine.com's list of "Top 100 Most Influential U.S. Winemakers," and in 2014 St. James Winery ranked in the top 15 on the World Association Wine and Spirits Writers and Journalists list of "Top Wineries of the World."
Andrew quickly acknowledges the work of everyone at St. James Winery. "There are so many factors that have to come together to make a great wine. There's the vineyard personnel whose work on the vines give us the best grapes possible. At harvest our crew brings the grapes in quickly and at the peak of flavor. Without all of them, I'm just a guy standing in front of a big empty tank. Then there's the rest of the winemaking team, and the cellar staff and bottling line staff – our entire team plays a role in the wine that goes into the bottle."
St. James Winery is the largest and most awarded winery in Missouri. Founded by the Hofherr family in 1970, St. James Winery celebrating more than 40 years as a family owned and operated winery; St. James Winery wines are sold in 18 states. Find the winery online at www.stjameswinery.com.
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St. James Winery Recognized as One of Top 15 Wineries Worldwide
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St. James, MO – St. James Winery recently placed in the top 15 of the World Association of Wine and Spirits Writers and Journalists annual list of the 100 Top Wineries in the World.
This year St. James Winery has won three major international competitions, received 13 Best of Class awards, and earned more than 70 gold medals, once again making St. James Winery one of the most awarded wineries, not just in the United States but among wineries around the world.
"Our goal is for our grapes and wines to reflect the region where they are grown," said Peter Hofherr, CEO at St. James Winery. "To be able to do this in the Midwest and compete at the international level shows that our efforts to evolve our grape growing and winemaking practices are paying off."
St. James Winery's winning year has been led by the phenomenal performance of its Friendship School White Wine—Pacific Rim Grand Champion, 95 points at Los Angeles, and Long Beach Grand Cru Best White Wine—and its Riesling, which won the John Rose Award for the Best in Riesling at the Finger Lakes Wine Competition and was named Best of Class at Pacific Rim.
"The credit goes to our winemaking and grape growing team, led by Executive Winemaker Andrew Meggitt," said Hofherr. "Growing grapes and making wine in the Midwest is not easy. They've developed innovative techniques and processes to be able to compete at this level and achieve these excellent results."
In addition to the award winning Riesling and Friendship School White, St. James Winery's Moscato earned Best of Class at three international competitions: Pacific Rim, Riverside, and Los Angeles. The 2013 Vignoles won two Best of Class awards: Riverside International and New World International. Friendship School Red won Best of Class at Pacific Rim.
The World Association of Wine and Spirits Writers and Journalists
(WAWWJ) is the global association of international wine writers. Every year, WAWWJ classifies wines and wineries that participate in international wine contests. Since 1996, the World Ranking Wines and Spirits (WRW) employs the results of international competitions to rank each wine and winery in order. Last year 630,000 wines were evaluated across almost 500 separate contests around the world.
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Vivek Ram's Vaanarsena Studios tells the most fun and quirky version of Durga in this animated short
Anshita Bhatt
In yet another offering to the animation industry, Vaanarsena Studios has created a video on the Goddess Durga as a part of its series, Ancient Indian Stories.
Started with the intent of doing high-quality 2D animation, Vaanarsena also aims to tell compelling stories that can connect to a contemporary audience. Studio Senapati (founder) Vivek Ram personally is extremely passionate about mythical stories but hasn't seen any justice done to the medium yet in animation. He feels that most of the work in this genre is "fairly sub-standard and caters to infants." Ancient Indian Stories is a series started to bring these stories back in a fun and exciting way to the young audience.
The series introduces either a character, group or event in Indian mythology in a 90-second format, capturing the general essence of the subject, told with experimental visual styles of 2D animation.
In this interview, Senapati Vivek Ram talks about the making of the second episode in the series, Goddess Durga. The first episode was The VaanarSena.
Any specific affinity towards Durga, amongst all mythological characters?
Durga or Shakti is the representation of power in Indian mythology. In a patriarchal society, it's fascinating to see that the idea of true power and strength is feminine. We have a wide array of male gods in our pantheon, but Durga is among the few popular Goddesses who stands on her own right without an association to a male god. In the current era where feminism is taking centre stage, I felt like Durga would be a great character to talk about, and also introduce a more contemporary take on the age old story.
Can you share the creative process for this episode, from concept to screen?
For every film, the process is largely the same. I've spent many years researching the myths, reading and re-reading the texts. As a process, I start with writing down my thoughts for the script.
When the script is complete, I record my own voice to fit in 70-80 seconds. The main focus here is to make it sound casual and friendly. I then pick up a track (online) that works for the mood of the film. The animatic and visuals are created and timed to this VO (voice over) and track.
I go through a review stage at this point where I share the video with a few select animation and non- animation folks, take their feedback on the film and then the animatic is tightened based on it.
In production, the entire film is hand drawn first. This is one of the most time consuming process. Based on the final look that I want to go for, I choose to clean up the lines and add colours only where necessary. The layers are then worked on, final sound and VO are mixed with a little help from friends, and the final film is put together at my end.
When and where did you get trained in this drawn art of animation, as we gather, you are a CG, VFX expert with almost two decades in this industry?
I'm self taught in the CG, VFX and 2D animation space. I've had some great colleagues who've been very supportive throughout my career. I've also had opportunities to work in some of the best studios where I could soak in as much information as possible.
2D animation started off as something I did at home after office hours, since I've always loved to draw and paint. The more I did it, the more I fell in love with the medium. The fundamentals between all the mediums are the same and most of our referencing for animation is always 2D animation. Over a period of time, it just felt like the next best step for me.
Could you elaborate on this hand drawn animation style. Any specific influences, inspiration?
There is an organicness to hand drawn animation that is quite difficult to achieve or even largely non-achievable in CG animation. There is no set pattern of having two lines in different frames looking exactly the same. There are also some transitions and motions that can be just drawn in hand drawn animation, which would be quite difficult to achieve in 3D. Every frame is carefully drawn and there are no shortcuts to this. The 90-second Durga video comprises of about roughly 3000 individual hand drawn frames.
My inspiration for animation is classic Disney and Japanese anime and you will catch a bit of both in my storytelling and visual style.
What were the challenges while conceptualising and executing this one?
One of the biggest challenge was to change the story but not lose the message or intent of the piece, while at the same time not offending any sensibilities, either religious or gender based. For this, I made sure that most of my reviewing audience at the early animatic stage were mostly women.
The video pauses in between, calling it a male version of story, and goes back to take a different perspective of the Goddess. Would like to hear your take on that.
Indian mythology is mostly written from a patriarchal perspective. I've heard the Durga story since childhood, but it never really made sense to me why the battle would be won just because it was a woman, where all the men had failed doing the exact same thing. The idea of Mahishasur's boon only made it convenient. Here I saw an opportunity not only to open a conversation about the feminine side in all of us, but also the idea that violence may not always be the solution to all problems. I feel that one of the strongest things that we are capable of is compassion, and this looked like a good story to bring that into the conversation.
Every little while, the Durga in the video is seen flipping her hair, which is something I found quite amusing. If you could throw some light on that?
Hahaha, yes. At the animatic stage of the film, most women loved the idea of a feminine non-violent portrayal, but also felt that it should be relatable in mannerisms. That's where the jewellery, the idea of looking beautiful (not for someone else but yourself), the mannerisms with hair and the weight shift, that other women could connect, came in. I've grown my hair long too, and as much as you like it, it does get in the way of what you are doing and you constantly play with it.
It gave me a device to visually connect movements between scenes. The hair in this film is constantly in motion.
Tell us something about the music and voice over?
The film is voiced by my lady Pooja Sampath. Once I had my script in place, I asked Pooja if she would voice this, and she was quite excited about it. One of the things I wanted was the switch in the story to sound playful and sarcastic: "Or maybe not all of that weapons and aggression." And I think it came across quite well.
For the music, I wanted the film to have a rock/grunge feel. The track was bought online after going through a bunch of libraries and then edited to work for the film. My friends Meera Shankar and Somesh Saha helped me with the sound, making sure it all sounded great together.
How big is your Sena that worked on these videos? And roughly how many hours did it take you all to draw this out?
Currently my Sena is just me. Even Ram took a couple of months to find his Sena (laughs). I do have a few people who help with commercial projects, but for the Ancient Indian Stories, all the work is done by me
with help from friends on the VO and sound. The entire 90-second Durga film from script to screen was executed in 20 days. During production, I'm usually drawing about 100-150 drawings a day.
That being said I am in the process of hiring full-time artists so things should move along faster soon.
How was the film received by audience?
So far the response has been great. YouTube did take objection to the half a second blood and gore in the film, so didn't let me promote it, so I haven't had the chance to let it reach as big an audience as the first film. Nevertheless, the views have been trickling in and the feedback has been great.
What was your fun element in retelling this story? What did you enjoy most in animating this Goddess?
The most fun I've had in this is trying to be creative with the designs and cameras and keeping my process completely organic. For example, the decision to give Mahishasur sunglasses was after animating most of his shots. Most people noticed it and loved it. With Durga, animating her mannerisms, and constantly thinking of ways to portray the power without force (like the laughing and teasing and finally the petting) was a huge challenge and a lot of fun!
Tags: Durga, Pooja Sampath, Vaanarsena Studios, Vivek Ram
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Senator Fran Pavley (D-CA) attended the Los Angeles Auto Show (LAAS) and talked about climate change, senate bill SB-32, the Volkswagen diesel defeat device and the latest in alternative fuel vehicles at the LA auto show (LAAS). There are some people that think these regulations hamper the car companies. What does Senator Pavley [...]


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P&G Carbon Reduction Target Applies to Less Than 2% of Its Global Emissions
Shawna McKinley
Procter & Gamble has committed to "neutralizing" its direct emissions by 2030, using offsets to realize half of the cuts. But that tepid effort will leave more than 98% of its annual emissions, produced in supply chains and product use around the world, spilling up into the atmosphere unchecked, Bloomberg Green reports.
Five billion people purchase Procter & Gamble products, "and everything involved in the manufacture, sale, and use of those goods generates more than 230 million tonnes of greenhouse gas each year," writes columnist Akshat Rathi.
Under ever-increasing pressure to take its climate impact into account, the consumer products giant has announced it will tackle the Scope 1 and 2 emissions produced directly in its factories and offices, "neutralizing" some four million tonnes by 2030, in a plan that combines two megatonnes of direct cuts with a US$100-million investment in offsets generated by nature-based projects like tree planting.
Trouble is, writes Bloomberg, those direct emissions account for less than 2% of the company's annual atmospheric impact. The rest is "produced in its vast supply chain or through the use of goods by consumers running washing machines with Tide detergent or showering with Pantene shampoo."
P&G Chief Sustainability Officer Virginie Helias said the company does have initiatives to reduce those Scope 3 emissions, working to eliminate the deforestation produced by the palm oil that is ubiquitous in its product line, and educating the public so that "70% of laundry loads are run on low-energy wash cycles".
But the company has no explicit targets for getting its Scope 3 emissions under control.
Bloomberg also points to continuing unease around nature-based offset programs. While P&G's planned programs (reforestation in Brazil, California, and Germany, and mangrove protection in Philippines) will all be run by established and respected environmental groups, including World Wildlife Fund, "trees take decades to grow and capture the promised amount of CO2, and many projects fail to monitor and verify whether the carbon savings are real."
P&G CEO David Taylor agreed that offsets "should not be the first thing," but insisted Scope 3 emissions remain an elusive target, since so much depends on how the public uses its products—something he said is mostly beyond the company's control.
However, citing P&G's global rival, UK-based Unilever, Bloomberg says Scope 3 emissions are not quite as challenging as Taylor claims. While Unilever, too, has gone on record about the problem of how to change human behaviour, it "recently announced a plan to zero out a large chunk of its emissions by 2039, including about a third of those under Scope 3," Rathi writes. Unilever said "it would wait as long as possible to invest in carbon offsets," he added, and while it expects to spend $110 million per year over the next decade on nature-based solutions, those investments "won't count those against its emissions".
Bloomberg says it's getting harder for companies to get by without targets to reduce their Scope 3 emissions. "The corporate sustainability-oriented Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), run by a group of environmental organizations that includes CDP and WWF, is pushing its partners to address this large subset of emissions," Rathi writes. It's mandating that any company "with more than 40% of its total emissions coming from its customers and supply chain must set Scope 3 reduction target for its plan to align with the Paris climate agreement."
While P&G says its targets were approved by SBTi in 2018, the organization notes that its expectations are updated annually, and its "criteria for Scope 3 targets look different today than two years ago."
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Regionalism push emphasizes we are 'Stronger Together'
Staff report • Jul 30, 2018 at 9:22 AM
If you spend any time with local business leaders these days, the conversation often turns to regionalism.
You might be thinking we've been down this road before. And, yes, there have been efforts in the past to get the cities and counties in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia to work more closely together, with varying degrees of success.
But this time it's different. The initiative has originated in the business community, it has leaders from the region's largest employers behind it and it's rapidly gaining momentum.
Eastman Chairman and CEO Mark Costa has stated publicly that the company supports a regional approach and the only way the region will survive is by working together. Ballad Health CEO Alan Levine echoes this sentiment.
"I agree with (Costa) when he says Eastman will not support efforts which are parochial. Ballad Health will be doing the same. We will contribute our energy and resources to efforts that are regional."
What is driving this intense push for regionalism? The short answer is competition and demographics.
Jerry Caldwell, Bristol Motor Speedway's executive vice president and general manager, said by not working together "our region is losing out on growth opportunities."
"This may be hard for some to hear, but if you sit in meetings in Nashville or other metropolitan areas in the state of Tennessee, when a conversation moves towards East Tennessee or Northeast Tennessee, we are not identified individually," Caldwell said. "We must work on better branding identification and recognition for ourselves."
Kingsport Mayor John Clark said Northeast Tennessee is competing with large cities in Tennessee as well as all other Southern states for residents, jobs and investors.
"Joining forces and working together is the best way forward to compete and achieve manageable growth," he said.
WHERE DID ALL THE YOUNG FOLKS GO?
And then there's the serious issue of population decline. There are counties in the region that are projecting a nearly doubledigit decline in population, particularly of young people, over the next five to seven years, Levine said.
"If our population continues to be stagnant, and our kids keep leaving to find opportunity elsewhere, we cannot survive economically," he said.
"The facts right now regarding our population growth and state of the economy in our region are sobering," Caldwell said. "We have real challenges and problems that we must acknowledge. We cannot continue to operate the same way and expect a different outcome."
Lottie Ryans, First Tennessee Development District director of Workforce and Literacy Initiatives, said decreased population can mean lower revenues for city and county services, and decreased enrollment for schools means less funding.
"An intentional focus on growing the region benefits everyone," she said.
The Times News contacted more than 20 regional business and government leaders to get their input on the issue of regionalism. We asked them five questions, and over the next five days we will share their answers with you.
First, we wanted to find out just what business and community leaders mean when they talk about regionalism.
WHAT IS REGIONALISM?
Broadly defined, they said regionalism is when separate communities in a geographic area work together for the common good — particularly in the areas of economic development and tourism.
"Regionalism, to me, means our cities and counties working together to promote the area by using all available resources," said former Kingsport Mayor Dennis Phillips.
Jerry Petzoldt, founder and CEO of the TCI Group, said it is "a unified voice and a positive perspective to place the region first."
Caldwell likened regionalism to a family.
"I have four children, six members of our family. While I want all members to have their own identity and embrace who they are, I also want them to focus on the greater good of the whole family. We are stronger together. The same is true with our region."
WHAT ISN'T IT?
The people we talked to also wanted to stress what regionalism isn't.
Ballad's Levine said, "Each of our communities has its own identity and pride, and that is a strength of ours. So it is important to say what regionalism is not — it is not a substitute for the political and cultural leadership of each of our communities."
As Bristol Chamber of Commerce President Beth Rhinehart puts it, "What it doesn't mean is working on behalf of a greater regional approach to an individual community's own detriment."
What does regionalism mean to you?
Jon Smith (Tri-Cities Airport Authority, ETSU): "Simply stated, regionalism is common sense. It is a recognition that economic activity is not confined to a single city, county or even a state."
Jerry Caldwell (BMS executive vice president and general manager): "Regionalism means focusing on the greater good of a large area. While each city/town/county should be proud of who they are, we must remember that we are stronger together."
Keith Wilson, Ballad Health board of directors: "Regionalism is a tactical approach to problem solving. It's not an end unto itself. A regional approach should be used when it is the most effective way to problem solve."
Jerry Petzoldt, founder and CEO of the TCI Group: "It means developing a common recognizable brand and reputation to attract new business and population growth."
Beth Rhinehart, Bristol Chamber of Commerce: "More importantly, what is doesn't mean is working on behalf of a greater regional approach to an individual community's own detriment."
Jenny Brock, Johnson City vice mayor: "Some may think regionalism is a threat to a city or county's unique identity. I see just the opposite. Each location has a unique value proposition that adds to the culture of the region."


We teach who we are . The "teacher-self" is a reoccurring theme in teacher formation with terms like uniqueness, individuality, and identity clustered around. As teachers, we move between connecting with colleagues and students and remaining autonomous. "Who am I?" is an example of a Zen Koan, a simple phrase used as a contemplative aid to allow space and opening into the inner landscape beyond knowing. I often reflect upon a Koan, or simple, yet profound phrase, before exploring the answer to a question through creative expression. I like to sit quietly and contemplate the question before intuitively beginning to work with materials, color and text.
For this question, I chose to contemplate my names as a place to explore my teacher identity. Our names can provide clues to our identities as teachers. When spoken, our names have a certain resonance that creates music to the ear, but our names also have meaning that can provide a glimpse of attributes or qualities that offer clues to our nature and destiny. I was named after my grandmothers, my mother's mother was Jane, and my father's mother was Emily. I often write these two names together as I feel they are a composite of who I am. When I was searching the meaning of my names, I serendipitously came across an old book of names and their meanings and created this collage using the pages from that book. The name "Jane," is the female version of John, which means "Grace of God".
As a dug a little deeper, I found this definition of my name. "People with this name tend to be creative and excellent at expressing themselves. They are drawn to the arts, and often enjoy life immensely", but it was this last description that caught my attention, "ability to incorporate talk, writing and visual expression into a career." It's not surprising to me that I came across this definition at the time I decided to launch this blog which is about the arts, self-expression and self-awareness in the teaching life. My names resonate deeply with my inward expression of my teaching self. There are more attributes that I could include in my personal narrative with regards to my life as a teacher, but as I begin to spiral inward I began with the exploration of the roots of my name.
As Parker Palmer so eloquently stated, "As I teach, I project the condition of my soul onto my students, my subject, and our way of being together." Perhaps you begin as I did, by exploring the roots of your name, or by generating a word list or clippings of images that reflect qualities of your inner world as a teacher. Word lists can be an excellent jumping of point to craft a poem or for generating imagery. Whatever you choose, how would you answer the following questions with regards to your teacher identity.
What are the unique qualities you bring to the classroom? How do these qualities shape your "teacher self" and create your personal narrative? What would your narrative look like in poetry or visual imagery?
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I recently graduated from an art education program and as I look to the future my identity is the most prominent theme in my life; who am I and what am I on this earth to accomplish? I'm often left with an unsettling but invigorating answer, one that propels me in one direction or another, at which point I ask myself yet again, Who am I? I value this cyclical, reflective and meaningful experience, because after each contemplation, I am rewarded with a more refined answer. Yet, I still feel lost. Perhaps that is why most of my artwork feels like organized chaos. I love to create beauty out of unrelated materials and objects and each time I do, the practice somehow becomes more refined (but never truly refined, or else I would have no reason to investigate further).
Is it your family traditions? Is it where you come from? Is it your beliefs? Is it the current things you are going through in life? It is your characteristics? Your personality? Is it fixed or evolving? Is it something you form over time, or is it there all along? Or maybe it's a combination of all of these things and a few more.
There's a phrase that comes to mind when I think about my identity: roots and wings. I come from a family that is steeped in strong southern traditional values. These values instinctively inform my beliefs, opinions, as well as my daily thoughts and actions. While these values provide a certain level of personal security to me, because they are an indicator of home, they also confine, criticize, and judge me.
So while I know that those traditions are intrinsic to who I am, they do not define all of who I am. I am learning that in order to grow and truly make my identity, I can use these values as a foothold to push off of into the spaces and areas to want to grow in and learn about. They are my roots- they give me a stable starting place to explore the world around me, however I cannot allow them I dictate the person I chose to be. This is who I will be as a teacher.
My whole identity has been shaped from the two cultures I come from and the similarities and differences between them. As a female, being French and Palestinian are on two opposite sides of the spectrum. These backgrounds place a high emphasis on enjoying life and spending time to keep family and friends close. Strong women in French culture are defined as being bold, expressive, and uninhibited. On the other hand, in Muslim culture, strong women are defined as being humble, modest, and passive. Being somewhat of a black sheep on both sides of the family has allowed me to adopt a flexible perspective on many sensitive issues while also developing an intimate relationship to the arts, music, teaching and spirituality. Walking the tight rope in between my life has always been a matter of balancing many different facets of myself, while trying to remain true to who I am.
I find that this balancing act has contributed significantly to my personal life as well as my life as both a teacher and an artist. Exposure to many different ways of life, with no concrete answer as to which one is "right" or "wrong" has made me flexible in the way I provide instruction to my students in previous clinical experience, as well as my on-going internship experience. The most memorable points in my career as a student are the times where either a light bulb went off, or moments where I felt completely lost or incapable. Of course, as an educator I want my students to have more "aha" moments then moments where they allow failure win. Moments of failure are only failure if the student allows fear and embarrassment to override their motivation to try again and succeed.
Before becoming comfortable in my own skin, influences from both sides of my family sometimes left me dispirited and confused about the way I live my life. However, this confusion has only led me to be extremely passionate about the arts and education. I want to not only teach my students but to inspire students to use art as a tool to expose and be exposed to concepts and ideas that may be foreign to them. In the 21st century an open and flexible mind is the only way to find meaning in our ever-changing world.
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At some point in our lives, or perhaps at many points in our lives, we ask the question, "Who am I?" At times like these, we are looking beyond the obvious, beyond our names and the names of the cities and states we came from, into the layers beneath our surface identities. We may feel the need for a deeper sense of purpose in our lives, or we may be ready to accommodate a more complex understanding of the situation in which we find ourselves. Whatever the case, the question of who we are is a seed that can bear much fruit.
It can send us on an exploration of our ancestry, or the past lives of our soul. It can call us to take up journaling in order to discover that voice deep within us that seems to know the answers to a multitude of questions. It can draw our attention so deeply inward that we find the spark of spirit that connects us to every living thing in the universe. One Hindu tradition counsels its practitioners to ask the question over and over, using it as a mantra to lead them inevitably into the heart of the divine.
While there are people who seem to come into the world knowing who they are and why they are here, for the most part the human journey appears to be very much about asking this question and allowing its answers to guide us on our paths. So when we find ourselves in the heart of unknowing, we can have faith that we are in a very human place, as well as a very divine one. "Who am I?" is a timeless mantra, a Zen koan ultimately designed to lead us home, into the part of our minds that finally lets go of questions and answers and finds instead the ability to simply be.
Surface identity is not our true identity. I believe what is internal is who we are.
The topic of identity is very complex and can belong in many realms. I wanted to strip away external cues that fuel the many stereotypes. What do we cling to as our identity when there external characteristics are gone? I think the mind and our ideas is the internal beauty of what makes us human. If there was more emphasis on the internal verse the external then we would get at the core of what our morals, principals, opinions, etc are.
This is a digital collage in response to identity.
What makes my personal identity? What makes me who I am today? Is it where I come from? Is it my Southern family roots? Is it the ancestors who came from England and Holland? Is it what has been instilled in me since birth? To me it is all these combined together and more.
My identity is meaningful to me and at this given time is defined mostly by my past roots in Tennessee and by my new roots in North Carolina. My past roots involve family, family values and Baptist upbringing. My family instilled in me my love of crafting and quilting and my love for cooking and gardening. My past inspiration too was my elementary art teacher who set me on life's path toward art and teaching.
My newer identity additions come from my husband, our marriage of almost four years and our five year old dog. It is reflected in the people around me, my favorite places to go, my style, favorite colors, and my choices in life. My future identity will be reflected in graduating, becoming a teacher, finding a job in art education and starting a family of my own. I put my identity into the artworks I create and those artworks will change as my identity changes during my lifetime.
The strange thing about identity to me is how much it can change, but also how intrinsically constant it is. There are some things that are so innately "us" yet we do not necessarily want to be tied to or labeled by certain elements of "us." It is human nature to change or want change, to evolve, and to grow. Experiences, people, and places can influence who we are or who we want to be.
There are so many elements that I feel create my own identity, yet I am in a constant state of discovering who I am. There are aspects of my identity that are rooted and define parts of me. Of course my upbringing, my parents, and my sisters are parts of my identity that I value most. Being a good daughter and a role model for my sisters is an important part of who I am. Remembering where I came from, a small town in Ohio, and the trust, the naivety, and the innocence I possessed as a young adult will hopefully always remain. Living in San Francisco during my early 20's shaped who I am as well. I was exposed to a diversity of ideas and people that shaped aspects of the women I am today. And now in my late 20's I am living in yet another part of the country and am shaping my identity further. I cherish my variety of experiences and see my openness to change and diversity as a quality that will contribute to my teaching.
Identity is a tricky thing to define, considering how broad it can be. It is one of those things that is constantly changing and evolving, and is different among every person. My life has been a series of change; emotionally, physically, mentally, and in every way possible. The neat thing regarding identity is how one can define theirs in many ways, whether its based on the significant people in their lives or has been shaped from cultural experiences across the world.
What is it that makes me who I am? Well, for me there are many aspects of my life that have shaped and molded my identity, and it continues to grow and develop throughout my life experiences. There are the qualities such as my involvement in athletics and team sports, as well as my development in art among many years that have been components of my life since early youth. On a more sincere level, my family and the significant people that have impacted me in my life are the ones who have really shaped my identity. Without their support, love, guidance, and motivation, I wouldn't be where I am today, or who I am today. The value of family is important to me. To have any person in your life that just helps keep you going through the tough times, and believes in your abilities to succeed is something I hope that everyone can have.
Growing up in Maryland, and then moving to North Carolina in fourth grade was my first experience of adjusting in a new environment. It was like a whole new world. I look back now at all I have experienced and accomplished since then, and it really highlights how the people here, and throughout my college years thus far, have truly impacted who I am. My parents have taught me a lot about who I hope to be one day, simply by just watching and admiring their amazing strength throughout their parenting and relationship. They give me motivation to one day be as great of parents as they have been, and the drive to make them proud through all my life experiences. This has shaped who I am today, and is what I value within identity.
I was born in Flint, Michigan. My family was very culturally diverse, with my father's side being Latino and my mother's being Hungarian. My father was abusive and my mother left him, taking me with her. We moved down south to a completely different culture. Unfortunately, my father moved down here as well and I still suffered verbal abuse from his side of the family.My mother, however, always encouraged me to go to college and I will be the first from my dad's side of the family to graduate from a university.
How does this relate to my presence in the classroom? Coming from a childhood like mine I realize how difficult it can be for some children to believe in themselves but I also come with something else; I come with hope. After years of fearing what my father's side of the family thought of me, I finally realized that it didn't matter. I was not defined by them or even by my mother's side but rather who I choose to be.
I truly believe that anyone can achieve a life greater than their expectations with hard work and discipline and, most importantly, with someone to believe in them. If no one else shows up, I will be that person for any child whose life that I can touch.
Identity is really not one singular thing though we are all affected by where we come from and the journey we face. People will look at how you dress, how you look and what you are able to do and assume nearly anything. What is most important to remember is, that while everyone is shaped by outside influences, you can choose to be or not to be at the mercy of others. I also have learned that all it takes is just one person to believe, and suddenly anything in the world becomes more possible. For these reasons, I will approach all of my students with the attitude that each and every one has an immense and immeasurable worth and I will do my best to bring this to their realization. I will always try to do this with sensitivity and care.
I feel that 'race' or what race we perceive someone to be is used all too often in our culture to define human beings. You can know that someone is light or dark and yet have no idea of where they come from or what their life is like. This doesn't mean you cannot connect with them, empathize with them or teach them something. Anyone can learn something new from someone else.
I have also learned that I identity is not stagnant, but rather it is ever-changing. It is a series of metamorphoses where the goal is not to become a beautiful butterfly, but to realize that you already are one. I want to pass this idea on to my students and do my best to help them soar.
And we are always drawing lines.
And I'll bloom a million times before I die.


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Summer is almost in full swing, and that means it's time to upgrade your assortment of outdoor tools. Garden hoses are an important part of your outdoor maintenance, but before you buy a new hose, there are some important things you need to know. Swan has all the information you need to make a good decision.
All garden hoses are not created equal. You'll find there are many sizes, colors and styles. Some hoses are made of different materials and serve different purposes. Some hoses even have water flow control. The type of hose you select will depend on the type of work you plan to do this summer.
Light/medium-duty garden hoses include the Swan WaterSAVER 50' Garden Hose. These types of hoses are designed for light use in the garden and low-pressure watering needs. Many of them are made of vinyl, but they can last through many gardening seasons when you properly care for them. This is the type of hose you need if you are watering delicate plants or simply filling the family pet's water dish. The standard light-duty garden hose diameter is 1/2", and most are between 50' and 100' in length.
Heavy-duty garden hoses, such as the Swan FlexRITE PRO 100' 5/8" Water Hose, have a larger diameter, which means more water pressure. These hoses are also made of a thicker construction and more durable materials. They are designed for cleanup jobs in addition to watering your plants. You will also find that many heavy-duty garden hoses include extra features, such as kink resistance and crush-proof couplings.
Premium-duty hoses are made to tackle the large, tough jobs. These hoses are preferred by commercial users and professional landscapers. The Goodyear MAXLite 50' 5/8" Premium Rubber+™ Hose is an example of hoses in this category. Swan sells commercial-grade hoses that are twice as strong and 40 percent lighter than a traditional rubber hose. Good for everything from pressure washing to crop watering, these hoses are extremely durable.
A soaker hose works well when you need to saturate vegetable gardens with a nice, low-pressure form of application. The Element 50 ft. Sprinkler and Soaker Hose is great for getting into those narrow areas where large-scale watering is not an option. These hoses distribute water in a uniform pattern thanks to their design, and many of them feature Virgin PVC construction.
The size of a garden hose refers to its diameter. This is an important consideration when choosing the right garden hose for your project. The wrong size could mean you might not have enough pressure to get the job done properly.
A 5/8" vs. 3/4" hose can mean a vast difference in the amount of pressure your hose generates. Pressure is something you have to consider, especially if you intend to use your hose for outdoor cleaning projects. A 1/2" diameter hose might be fine for basic watering and such, but you might need a standard garden hose diameter that is larger to cover a bigger area or clean the driveway.
Here's the thing to remember about garden hose dimensions: A larger diameter of hose carries more water per minute. A larger diameter hose can also be useful in handling differences in water pressure. For example, if you are pushing water uphill through a hose, it will be more beneficial to use a large diameter hose.
The length of the garden hose you select should be determined by your personal needs. You can find hoses in lengths of 25', 50' or 100'. Choosing a hose that is too short will prevent you from getting the coverage you need. Selecting a hose that is too long can yield frustration, especially if you are trying to navigate confined areas.
A shorter garden hose is great for watering plants in containers or filling pet dishes. It works best when you have a small coverage area and don't need a lot of pressure. A longer garden hose is more efficient at covering larger areas and tackling cleaning projects.
If you select a long garden hose, be sure to choose a hose that provides kink resistance. You'll also want to make sure you get a hose that doesn't kink at the spigot, and Swan has many of these available. Most of them use a special hose armor that helps to prevent such kinks.
One important thing to remember: It is much more efficient to get the garden hose dimensions you require than it is to couple multiple hoses together. Using multiple hoses can create more wear and tear, and it also makes the process of watering more tedious and tiresome when you need to move a hose.
These are the considerations you need to be aware of when purchasing your next garden hose. As a final suggestion, remember that spending a little more for a better-quality hose will likely save you money in the long run. All the hoses here at Swan have a reputation for durability, and you'll find that they are made by the top names in the industry. We also have a wide selection of garden hose accessories that will simplify taking care of your garden, such as spray nozzles.
Now, get out there and make your yard beautiful again!


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ColCoa Film Festival
COLCOA Review: 'A BAG OF MARBLES (UN SAC DE BILLES)' is important heartfelt, heartbreaking history
A BAG OF MARBLES (UN SAC DE BILLES), 110 min., NR
Directed by: Christian Duguay
Starring: Dorian Le Clech, Batyste Fleurial, Patrick Bruel, Elsa Zylberstein, César Domboy, Emile Berling, Christian Clavier
Marbles are a game that's filled many a childhood. In A BAG OF MARBLES, these symbolic playthings represent the last pieces of the interrupted childhood of one Jewish boy during a perilous wartime in France. Director Christian Duguay's remake of the 1975 film, based on Joseph Joffo's memoir, is infused with LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL-style naiveté and warmth. At the same time, it never shies away from capturing the treacherous intensity of the Nazi occupation. Though not without its small blights, it's a poignant crowd pleaser with cross-over appeal that challenges your emotions and engages the human spirit.
Ten-year-old Joseph (Dorian Le Clech) and twelve-year-old Maurice Joffo (Batyste Fleurial) are your average kids growing up in Paris. They play with their friends, attend school, and love their close-knit family. But one thing separates them from most – they are Jewish, and during the Nazi stranglehold on Europe, this religious distinction made them targets. Fearing the worst would happen if they stay together, musician Mom and barber Dad (Patrick Bruel and Elsa Zylberstein) devise a plan to send their sons to seek safe passage to Vichy. They first send their older sons Henri (César Domboy) and Albert (Ilian Bergala), then it's the youngest ones' turn – and what an absolutely harrowing adventure it turns out to be. They meet all kinds of people – good, like the doctor at the Nazi clinic (played by Christian Clavier) and bad, like the Nazi-sympathizing bookstore owner (Emile Berling).
Dorian Le Clech and Batyste Fleurial in UN SAC DE BILLES. Couresy of Gaumont.
Duguay, along with fellow adapting screenwriter Benoît Guichard (both working from the original screenplay by Jonathan Allouche and Alexandra Geismar, and Joffo's memoir), plucks those heartstrings almost as constantly as Armand Amar's sweeping score plucks literal strings. Despite Amar's score being slightly pushy, it also helps to transcend any language barriers, so I can't fault it too much.
While the film is beautifully photographed in widescreen by DP Christophe Graillot, Duguay's tendency to rely on close-ups and medium shots to hammer home the narrative can be a little maddening, given the performers would be better served with the camera placed two steps back. Close-up shots don't automatically make a film intimate. They can clip the wings of a film when the material and performances want to take flight. We already know Joffo's story is a very personal one; Duguay's predilection to utilize close-ups feels like an unnecessary added layer.
On the whole, this movie will make your eyes well up, particularly when it comes to the staggering performances. They are deeply affecting without feeling affected. A heavy load is placed on Le Clech and Fleurial's shoulders in carrying a film about a weighty historical topic like this – and their work is nothing short of groundbreaking. They shoulder the weight with tremendous poise and emotional accuracy, never showing an inch of cloying precociousness even amidst the copious close-ups. Bruel's limited scenes with the kids are equally powerful. His restrained, elegant work is most evident in the heartbreaking dinner table scene where he's forced to teach Maurice and Joseph about survival and evading capture. It's gut-punching.
Even though a healthy knowledge of world history is a pre-requisite, what matters most is the audience's capacity for empathy. You can't help but be moved by this film's passion. It's engaging, enthralling and entertaining in all the right ways. It's an intimate portrait of living history that shouldn't be forgotten.
A BAG OF MARBLES (UN SAC DE BILLES) played the ColCoa film festival on April 29. It currently has no US distribution.
Armand Amar1 Batyste Fleurial1 Benoît Guichard1 César Domboy1 Christian Clavier2 Christian Duguay1 Christophe Graillot1 Dorian Le Clech1 Elsa Zylberstein1 Emile Berling1 Joseph Joffo1 Patrick Bruel1
COLCOA Review: 'THE EAVESDROPPER (LA MÉCANIQUE DE L'OMBRE)' – The Man Who Transcribed Too Much
COLCOA Review: HEAVEN WILL WAIT (LE CIEL ATTENDRA) – They're good kids, Bront


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The Royal West Kents in India and Burma
Discussion in 'World War 2' started by Mark kent, Jul 22, 2013.
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Mark kent New Member
I am conducting some family history and have just finished researching my Great great uncle who died in 1918 on the western front.
I am now moving on to his nephew and my great uncle who served as an officer in the Royal West Kents and was posted to India during the second World War.
Although I have not obtained his service records at the moment, my Great Uncle did leave some brief recollections but did not say which battalion he was in. He served with the Royal Indian Army Service Corps and was in charge of fuel pumping stations in Tinsukia. I think I found a record of his emergency commision in 1941 as a 2nd Lt before being posted to India. Naturally he rose to the rank of Capatain and was demobbed as Acting Major.
I would be very grateful if anyone could share some information on the Royal West Kents experience in India? I know the war diaries would be a rather helpful source but of course I am unsure as to which battalion my Uncle was in.
Mark kent, Jul 22, 2013
Diptangshu Active Member
** CBI History.com-Part VI for the 777 the Engineer Petroleum Distribution Company, only amongst the others, constructed 10,000 barrel tanks for FLO at Tinsukia Tank Farm.
** www.burmastar.org.uk/westkent.htm
These two may be helpful.
Diptangshu, Jul 23, 2013
aghart Former Tank Commander Moderator
The 4th Battalion served in 161 Brigade of 2nd British Division in India and fought at the battle of Kohima.
aghart, Jul 23, 2013


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Q: Problems Unit Testing with Simpletest  I am using PHP and simpletest for unit testing. My tests work fine until I try and set the cookie
try{
    setcookie($name,$cookie,$cookie_expires );
}catch Exception($e){
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The exception is thrown because simpletest has already written out header information so I get the following:

Unexpected PHP error [Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /tests/simpletest/reporter.php:43)] severity [E_WARNING] in [blah_code.php line 280]

I've seen vague explanations on catching this with $this->expectException(new Exception()); but no further documentation or examples that work. Could someone provide a working example or point me to documentation? To be clear. This is NOT my code producing the output but rather SimpleTest.

A: You get this error when you have output before (header functions) setcookie($name,$cookie,$cookie_expires );.
Make sure you don't have any  echos or html or text or anything(NOT EVEN A SPACE) before <?php of setcookie($name,$cookie,$cookie_expires );.

A: One way to get around this is by using output buffering.
You can turn it on globally in PHP's configuration (and possibly in .htaccess), or you can use ob_start() and its related functions (ob_get_clean(), ob_end_flush(), etc). For example:
ob_start();
// your SimpleTest here.
// your header/ cookie manipulation here.

And then:
ob_end_clean(); // Stop buffering and dump everything (don't echo).
ob_end_flush(); // Stop buffering and echo out the buffer.
ob_get_clean(); // Stop buffering and return everything as a string.

Or any of the other related functions. I believe PHP calls ob_flush() at the end of a file if you don't.

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Iconix developed the DrugMatrix database to deliver the company's chemogenomics database as effectively as possible to its customers. In building this solution, Iconix knew it would need to couple high-performance information processing capabilities with an interactive, feature-rich GUI that would allow researchers to conduct iterative searches and interact with the information displayed on their PC screens.
Considered one of the most capable web developer technologies available, AJAX today enables search engines and other consumer applications to significantly enrich the user experience for people surfing the net. Iconix leveraged AJAX, embedded in a RIA framework, to build its real-time data DrugMatrix application to look, feel, and perform like desktop software. Further, an AJAX approach helped Iconix bring the product to market twice as fast and decrease the development costs by two-thirds compared to building a standard client/server architecture.
In the process of developing DrugMatrix, Iconix explored the possibility of in-house developed technologies and vendor-provided solutions. Iconix rejected all vendor solutions except for a mature RIA offering from TIBCO Software, called TIBCO General Interface, because the others tended to offer JSP or HTML-based solutions—albeit with some modifications—that were not a significant improvement over what it had initially considered.
Iconix believes that the benefits AJAX offers are not unique to the development environment at Iconix. AJAX enables robust functionality and similar benefits to any enterprise developing an application in an RIA framework. AJAX makes it possible to deploy highly functional browser-based applications without the disruption or costs typical of developing and rolling out thick client desktop applications.
Iconix makes the vast body of information contained in its chemogenomics DrugMatrix database available to its customers—leading pharmaceutical companies that rely on effective new drug development, including Schering-Plough, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Abbott Laboratories.
DrugMatrix integrates publicly available drug literature with extensive amounts of experimental data generated by Iconix research laboratories. To date, Iconix has tested more than 900 drugs in its laboratories, characterizing each drug's activities in a panel of 130 bioassays. Even more compelling for pharmaceutical customers is the data that DrugMatrix provides in the area of gene expression, a newly emerging discipline that uses microarray technology to measure the level of gene expression for large numbers of genes. Iconix has run 12,000 microarrays—each of which measures gene expression for about 10,000 genes—to generate 120 million data points in the DrugMatrix database for gene expression alone.
DrugMatrix's intuitive, high-productivity GUI meets the information requirements of pharmaceutical companies in an easy-to-use, highly interactive web application that functions like a traditional thick client. The development team at Iconix was interested not only in creating a GUI that could consolidate a wide variety of drug-related information but also in providing numerous views of that data. In addition, the team was committed to developing an application that transcended the page and document basis of typical Web pages and didn't cost an arm and a leg to build and maintain overtime.
On the customer side, Iconix's use of a standard web browser saves companies the costs of deploying and maintaining a desktop software application.
In a scientific research house like Iconix, there is a continual need for new or modified tools. One of its biggest challenges—and a significant source of cost—is to quickly develop usable specifications for new products.
Prior to using an RIA framework-based approach to the Internet Development Environment (IDE), Iconix would create feature specifications in a paint program and submit them to a product development committee. The process typically consumed three to four weeks, with the effort of creating the visuals taking the greatest amount of time.
Currently, Iconix developers can generate or change feature specifications on the fly, often in the midst of a development committee meeting. These working specifications are 80 percent complete and require very little further refinement, which decreases development time.
The Iconix development team considered and rejected several design approaches.
The first was to embed Java applets in Web pages.This approach proved to be inefficient based on the size of chemogenomics database alone. Given the necessity to load a tremendous amount of data into an applet at each query, it was clear that the application would quickly get bogged down.
The second possibility was to use a Java Server Pages (JSP) model in which data is piped into a JSP. Although the process worked reasonably well, the team found that the amount of data that could be displayed on a page would overwhelm users. Also, from a performance perspective, graphic data was very slow to render and transfer. As an example, the Iconix Confidence Interval Graphic—which displays gene expression data at a glance—took at least 2 to 3 seconds to download, because the solution relied upon a specialized image servlet that generated each image individually.
Lastly, the RIA alternative allowed the use of XML data to generate full-color HTML tables representing a screen image far more rapidly than Iconix's tests with Java applets and JSPs.
DrugMatrix is built on a three-tiered eXtensible Informatics (XIS) architecture, consisting of a data warehouse, an application server (including an Iconix proprietary communications mechanism), and a user interface. XIS architecture is flexible, supporting continuous evolution of the data model and user interface. The application server is configured using meta data that describes the data warehouse model. The user interface is dynamically configured using meta data to allow search and display of all items in the data model. The application server uses plug-ins to simplify add data analysis and visualization tools to the software.
Iconix started developing DrugMatrix using AJAX technologies before ever hearing of AJAX, about three years ago. The initial development team consisted of seven people, two to three of whom were engineers. In six months Iconix was able to design and implement a product that everyone was proud of. By January 2006, Iconix plans to complete the process of exposing DrugMatrix as a Web service. The result will be a unique tool that integrates more than 200 million drug data points with an unprecedented degree of accessibility.


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Delhi Man Sacrificed His Life While Rescuing Eight People
A 54-year-old man from in Keshavpuram, Delhi, has been hailed a hero after he sacrificed his own life, saving a family of eight from a burni...
A 54-year-old man from in Keshavpuram, Delhi, has been hailed a hero after he sacrificed his own life, saving a family of eight from a burning fire. Satyabir Panchal was sleeping on Tuesday when he heard the screams outside.
A fire broke out on the ground floor of a private diagnostic centre, next to Panchal's house in north-west Delhi's Tri Nagar. The building owner Rajesh Gupta had taken his family to the top floor to escape the flames.
Panchal who ran a fire extinguisher shop wasted no time to step out and help his neighbours. "Panchal runs a fire extinguisher shop in Trinagar and he arrived with four fire extinguishers. There were eight people inside the building. He, along with others, tried to douse the fire and he also called his son to bring more fire extinguishers," a senior police officer said.
While Panchal and his son were fighting a fire on the ground floor of the five-storey building, a cylinder exploded. Glass and metal pieces hit Sanchal on his neck. He was declared brought dead at a nearby hospital.
Officers said the fire appears to have been caused by a short-circuit. Prima facie, it appears that Panchal died when an oxygen cylinder exploded and a piece pierced his neck.


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Augur is A decentralized prediction market platform built on the Ethereum blockchain. The platform is designed enable precise forecasts on any topic – from politics to commerce, from technology to entertainment. Businesses can use Augur's prediction markets to forecast product launch dates, whether projects should be funded, sales numbers and other key metrics, or anything else they'd like to have more accurate information on.
BitShares is a financial services platform for SmartCoins coupled with a decentralized asset exchange. Everything is open source at GitHub and available under the MIT license. The industrial-grade blockchain currently operates at a three-second block interval with peaks to thousands of transaction per second. BitShares accomplishes this speed while maintaining transaction and identity security through a unique democratic consensus algorithm.
A BitShares' SmartCoin is price-stable digital asset pegged to the value of various currencies, commodities, stocks and other financial instruments within a derivatives market. This is accomplished by sourcing pricing information from world financial markets, then publishing it to the blockchain to inform the decentralized asset exchange. Markets are made between any asset pairs therein on a serialized order book to mitigate frontloading and maximize transaction throughput.
Through its suite of blockchain-enabled services, Syscoin provides merchants the ability to buy and sell goods and services, encrypted messaging, escrow, digital asset storage, reselling and more. Syscoin also provides a replacement for typical blockchain addresses, known as aliases. The goal of Syscoin is to integrate with major centralized marketplace and e-commerce platforms to help ease merchants transition from centralized marketplace solutions to decentralized, blockchain-based marketplaces with lower costs, better reliability and a much higher level of redundancy.
Slock.it aims to address security, identity, coordination and privacy over billions of devices. As part of the collaborative economy, it permits objects to be rented, sold or share securely, without middlemen. Integration with Microsoft Azure will make it easier for developers to build apps for Slock.it first product, the Ethereum Computer. Apps built on Azure Compute Cloud can be deployed without modifications to the Ethereum Computer, making the Azure cloud the perfect environment to experiment with Slock.it. Deploying Slock.it on Azure also means integration with business analytics, data management, identity and messaging. Physical access control can be automated and decentralized with the Slock.it App, and now with Azure integration, it can be done as part of an incremental transition toward decentralization, removing the need for an expensive integrator or spending months experimenting with costly PoCs.
Microsoft has this year been aggressively recruiting partners to its Blockchain as a Service platform. Those partners include the following distributed ledger or blockchain technology companies or projects: Alphapoint, BitPay, Bitcoin Core, BlockApps, CoinPrism, ConsenSys, Emercoin, Eris Industries, Factom, IOTA, LibraTax, Manifold Technology, Multichan (Coin Solutions), Netki, and Ripple.


Monkey and Elephant is more than just a coffee shop—it's also a family to those who don't have one. Exclusively employing former foster youth who have aged out of the foster care system, it provides stability, income, and work experience. Surely, Monkey & Elephant deserves an identity that's bananas.


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Mini wood blocks are just the perfect little piece for your home decor.
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One of The Mermaid London's greatest strengths is its perfect suitability for live productions. The Auditorium can seat 600 with a stage that can accommodate an orchestra or a grand piano to a rock gig or EP launch.
The Mermaid London has been previously hired by a diverse range of musical talent, including the BBC Concert Orchestra, The Pet Shop Boys, Robbie Williams, violinist Nigel Kennedy, singer Josh Groban, Noël Coward, Sylvia Plath, Rufus Wainwright, and other figures from across London's artistic landscape over the years.
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