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Former porn star becomes face of Champagne house, prompts lawsuit from founder's descendant
By Amlan Das On January 4, 2018 No Comments
Sales of Charles de Cazanove's newest Champagne are "doing well" despite one of the founder's descendants going ballistic over the bubby's new association with a former French porn star.
Count Loïc Chiroussot de Bigault de Cazanove, a French aristocrat whose family used to own the Charles de Cazanove Champagne brand, told Europe 1 Radio that his "ancestors would be turning in their graves" if they knew that Charles de Cazanove had partnered with Clara Morgane, a television host and singer who previously starred in adult films, The Times of London reported.
The family of the man who filed the lawsuit no longer owns the brand, but he says he's still "shocked" by the company's association with Morgane, and calls the partnership "scandalous." (Reuters)
The count is suing the Champagne house to prevent his family's name from being associated with Morgane's.
A representative for Charles de Cazanove told Fox News that the company is expecting a ruling on Jan. 9.
According to the company's website, Count Loïc Chiroussot de Bigault de Cazanove's great-great grandfather — Charles Gabriel de Cazanove — founded the brand in 1811. The brand was then sold to Martini & Rossi in the late 1950s and was later owned by the Moet-Hennessey group for a brief time in the '80s.
A representative for the company says sales of Morgane's Champagne are "doing well" despite the lawsuit. (Denis Gagnebourg)
The brand then passed on to a company called SA Magenta Epernay before eventually ending in the hands of Champagne GH Martel, which currently owns it.
The Champagne brand announced its partnership with Morgane last year, and releasing a sparking rosé bearing her name in Nov. 2017.
"To help design its new Cuvée Brut Rosé, Champagne Charles de Cazanove has called in a celebrity who best conveys the idea of sensuality, generosity, pleasure and elegance … indeed, an evocation of the House style," wrote the company in a statement.
Count Loïc Chiroussot de Bigault de Cazanove — despite his family no longer owning the brand — says he's "shocked" and calls the partnership "simply scandalous."
"How could anyone associate the name of my illustrious family to that of Clara Morgane?" he said in an interview with Europe 1 Radio. "It's inconceivable."
Morgane, meanwhile, has responded directly to the controversy via an Instagram post she shared on Dec. 27.
"This gentleman … should have asked the question of the will of his ancestors before the sale of their name," wrote Morgane, according to a translation. She further stated that she was proud to be associated with the Champagne house.
Morgane and Charles de Cazanove's sparking rosé retails for 50 euro online. A representative for the company said the variety is "doing well" despite the lawsuit.
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The poem is composed of tercets (three-line stanzas) with an isolated final line at the end of each canto.
Inferno is 34 cantos long, and each canto is 40 to 50 tercets long.
The vast majority of these tercets express a complete, self-contained thought.
Each line has eleven syllables.
Nearly every line is accented on syllable 10 and on either syllable 4 or 6, giving the poem its rhythm.
The rhyme scheme is terza rima: the first and third lines of each tercet rhyme with the second line of the previous tercet. In rhyme scheme notation: ABA BCB CDC DED EFE FGF and on.
In summary, Inferno has a very strict form and style, almost none of which is reproduced in English translations. Hofstadter comes down especially hard on the translation work of Seamus Heaney, a Nobel Prize-winning Irish poet who gave his own version of a portion of Inferno. Here is his version of the famous opening lines of Canto III, the inscription at the entrance to Hell which is most famous for line 9, usually translated as "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here"
THROUGH ME IT LEADS TO THE CITY SORROWFUL.
THROUGH ME IT LEADS TO THE ETERNAL PAIN.
THROUGH ME IT LEADS AMONG THE LOST PEOPLE.
JUSTICE INSPIRED MY MAKER ABOVE.
SUPREME WISDOM AND ORIGINAL LOVE.
EVERLASTING. AND I AM EVERLASTING.
LEAVE EVERY HOPE BEHIND YOU, YOU WHO ENTER.
"Master, I find their sense hard to interpret."
What a disaster. Completely unnatural, ugly English, let alone poetry. What is the "it" in the first three lines? Why is there a "the" before the presumably non-metaphorical "eternal pain"? The "you, you" in the inscription's final line is awkward. I can't parse any consistent meter, either. It's nearly Google Translate poetry, but here's how I know for certain it didn't come through a machine translator: A machine translator would have known that "oscuro" in Dante's original means "dark," not "obscure," which in English more closely means "not well-known." Hofstadter had nearly the same complaints, and I don't mean to copy them, but these are all very basic translation errors committed by an award-winning professional poet. Can't miss 'em.
And for all of this awkward and ugly English, this translation only copies two of Inferno's formal features listed above. It sticks to tercets and doesn't split thoughts between them. You can see that there was, at some level, an attempt at a rhyme scheme--"above" and "love" rhyme, "sorrowful" and "people" nearly do--but there's no attempt to employ terza rima, and "gate" and "interpret" don't rhyme at all and "things" and "enter" are not even similar words. In four stanzas, we see very little rhyme, very little meter, awkward English grammar, and basic errors in meaning. Is there even one admirable thing about this translation?
After discussing this and a few other attempts at translating Dante, Hofstadter proposes a new motto for future attempts: "Try a little harder." These translators are raising the white flag on form in pursuit of perfect replication of content. Again and again, translators take this tact, claiming that rhyme is too sing-song and silly anyway, and we're left with unpoetic translations.
"Try a little harder" sounds fair to me, but let's quickly examine why Inferno's form, especially its rhyme scheme, is seen as too difficult to translate. Rhyming is indeed harder in English. Elementary school may have told you that English has five (and a half) vowels, but pronunciation-wise there are actually somewhere between 15-20, depending on your accent. Italian only has 5-7 vowel sounds, which makes rhymes easier to find.
Through me along the lost the way doth go.
Of Supreme Wisdom, and Love the uncreate.
Ye who make entrance here, all hope resign."
And I: "O Master, hard things do they betide."
The grammar is clumsy, but hardly any clumsier than Heaney's attempt above. The content is actually more faithfully translated than as done by Heaney, and with perfect terza rima. This proves it can be done.


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PKR and PP1C Polymorphisms in Alzheimer's Disease Risk
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Ernest Palomer, Gerard ILL-Raga, Marta Tajes, Eva Ramos-Fernández, Mònica Bosch-Morató, Biuse Guivernau, José J. Galán, Jordi Clarimón, Carmen Antúnez, Mercé Boada, Luis M. Real, César Fandos, Francisco J. Muñoz
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by senile plaques and neurofibrillary tangles. Senile plaques are deposits of amyloid ß-peptide (Aß) produced by the cleavage of a transmembrane protein termed Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP). The amyloidogenic cleavage of APP is performed by γ-secretase complex and ß-site APP cleaving enzyme 1 (BACE1), a key enzyme in AD that can be activated by different noxious stimuli. Interestingly, some viruses could activate double-stranded RNA-activated protein kinase (PKR), which phosphorylates Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 2 alpha (eIF2α). This phosphorylation stops global translation to avoid any synthesis of viral infective proteins, but paradoxically up-regulates BACE1 translation. One of the viral mechanisms to circumvent eIF2α phosphorylation is the recruitment of protein phosphatase 1 (PP1), to fully dephosphorylate eIF2α and allow viral protein synthesis. Due to the functional relationship between BACE1, PKR, PP1 and AD we have performed a large (1122 cases and 1191 control individuals) case-control genetic analysis using two biallelic polymorphisms rs2254958 and rs7480390, located within the genes coding for PKR and the catalytic unit A of PP1, respectively. Although a trend to association of the rs2254958 TT genotype with AD risk was found, our results show that neither rs7480390 nor rs2254958 are associated with AD susceptibility.
Alzheimer's Disease, BACE1, PKR, PP1, eIF2α
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At some point, you guys are going to start thinking I'm making these stories up. However I warn you before I go any further – these are real. Tonight another really amazing thing happened to me and I can't wait to share it!
Remember I mentioned the visions I had been seeing? One of which was my wedding. My soon-to-be had seen the exact same vision, however where I only saw him, he only saw me. He explained the dress he saw to a very specific detail, he drew that dress on a napkin for me a couple months ago, and I have been obsessed with finding it every since. I knew it existed somewhere because God showed it to him, and it was burned so vividly in his mind.
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Alternative country music star Steve Earle does a popular tune called "I Ain't Ever Satisfied," and when you look at the career of USBC Hall of Famer Anne Marie Duggan and the things she has had to say about it over the years, you almost start to wonder if Earle had her in mind when he wrote it.
Reporters who expected to find a gleeful Anne Marie Duggan (then Anne Marie Pike) after she bowled the first 300 game of her career at the Houston Classic, a stop on the 1983 Ladies Professional Bowlers Tour, found instead a disgruntled bowler who could think only of the one Brooklyn strike she threw that game.
"Pike's first response was to say it was tainted by a crossover hit," R.F. Corderman of The Pacific Bowler reported. "'I threw a Brooklyn,' she said. 'It was in the eighth or ninth frame. I was a little disappointed because, when I rolled a 300, I wanted them all to be good shots. It's perfect, but not totally perfect.'"
Perfection might work for lesser players, but for one of the few players who won the triple crown of majors in women's bowling – the U.S. Women's Open, the USBC Queens and the Sam's Town Invitational – mere perfection doesn't quite cut it.
The Houston Classic was Duggan's first tournament as an LPBT member; by the time the week came to an end, it was also her first LPBT title. If her complete lack of jubilation over the achievement suggested anything, it was that one good week of bowling is hardly enough to appease a bowler destined for the Hall of Fame.
"The lanes were just good for me," she told Corderman. "I had a really nice shot."
As for those who expected more than a nod to the good shot the lane man laid down that week after winning her first title at just 20 years old, well, that was their problem.
"I don't jump around," she said at the time. "I keep my feelings inside, but I'm sure people could tell I was happy."
Maybe so. And maybe when she had much the same to say about winning the triple crown in 1996, when she nabbed that Sam's Town Invitational title after wins at the Queens and U.S. Women's Open, people understood by then that you don't spend much time being satisfied when greatness is your calling.
"I just had a good shot on both lanes," she said then, "and I got more confident as I kept striking."
That's all. Just another good shot, a few more strikes than the next player. Now on to next week.
Never mind that Duggan had just climbed the ladder from the fifth seed to knock off Robin Romeo, Lisa Wagner, Aleta Sill and Kim Adler – three USBC Hall of Famers and the other a 15-time LPBT titlist – to win her third major. She just "had a good shot" that day, just like all the other days when she left the building with a trophy and a five-figure check in her hands.
These days, Duggan's life after the tour is one in which she spends more time at her pro shop in Edmond, Okla., than she does on the lanes. The woman who once bowled as many as 100 games of practice a week squeezes in what games she can between customers, and her days as a fulltime touring pro grow more distant in the rearview mirror of her life each day.
"I bowl a few leagues a week, but I can't bowl as much as I did when I bowled for a living," Duggan, now 48, explains. "I get down there and customers walk in and I don't have any employees, I run my own shop. So when customers walk in, I have to go help them. They are my priority now, not bowling."
Yet the player who once said you can only hope to get a shot at a Queens title "once in your career," the one for whom bowling is no longer a top priority, nonetheless found herself back in the Queens finals for the third time last year, five years after placing second at the same event in 2005.
And, once again, it wasn't Duggan herself who made it there – it was, you know, just a good shot that week.
"I just liked the shot," she says of her resurgent performance in El Paso. "That never hurts. When you like the shot and you match up good and you're able to play where you like to play, that's huge. You don't hear bowlers say that too often because we want to take the credit when we bowl good."
For Anne Marie Duggan, credit is overrated, and no week is a good week unless your name is on the trophy when it's over. That, of course, is the way she views her performance last year, a return to the spotlight she admits was "pleasantly surprising." But, as always, it's the things she didn't do that she talks about now, the misstep here and there that allowed Kelly Kulick to keep her at bay and go on to win (pictured above).
"It was a lot of fun and I had a really good shot, but I did not have a good game on TV," she says. "I stuck on the right-hand lane almost every time, and I am disappointed that I wasn't able to block that out and do what I needed to do to handle it. It was fun to be on TV again, but I still have that little bit of competitiveness in me that wants to win. Otherwise I wouldn't enter the tournament."
Clearly, Duggan still believes she can win; she will be among the bowlers who show up at the Oncenter in Syracuse for the 2011 USBC Queens this week. And after last year's performance, who can blame her? But that doesn't mean she's counting on it.
"It's a challenge to bowl against people for whom bowling is their first priority when bowling is not my first priority," she says. "I'm giving up an edge there, but I feel like I can pull back on my experience from the years I spent bowling competitively and do well. I have more experience than most of them and I have been in that situation many more times than they have. It is not their fault; it's just that there is no tour now.
"I keep myself in good shape and I feel strong physically," Duggan continues. "Another thing that helps is that I don't feel the pressure of competing that I felt in the week-in, week-out grind of the tour. I am not thinking 'Oh, man, I need to make a paycheck, I need to do well, I need to keep my points up.' It is more fun for me now. I have had my time in the limelight, so when another opportunity comes along today, it's just like 'Oh, OK, this is cool.'"
And if the opportunity of the 2011 Queens lands Duggan with a second tiara, you can bet she will tell you it didn't have much to do with her. It was just another "good shot," just another chapter in the story of a Hall of Fame career whose final page is yet to be written.


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Dance Video Games: Learn, Work Out, Have Fun
In the event that you've never had the joy of encountering a dance computer game, you could consider how moving and gaming fit together.
Shockingly well, it ends up. Regardless of whether you have next to no feeling of "regular cadence," and would be humiliated to be gotten out on the dance floor or even in a dance class, you can figure out how to play and partake in the different renditions of dance games that are accessible available today.
So how precisely did the dance video game happen? Shockingly, it occurred before Dance Revolution was delivered by Konami in 1998. It just so Max855 happens, Dance Aerobics, which used a cushion associated with the Nintendo gaming framework as a client input gadget, was the genuine beginning of the class when it hit the business sectors in 1989 (per GameFaqs, through Wikipedia). A specific fragment of the Nintendo-claiming populace partook in this game, however the need of purchasing the floor-cushion restricted the enticement for an age of gamers who essentially couldn't put as much cash into their propensity as individuals do today.
Doubtlessly, however, that DDR can be credited with beginning the change that transformed the dance gaming sort into the stalwart it is today. What's more, after the brand once again introduced dance cushions, this time for all of the significant gaming consoles, dance gaming appeared to be ready to enter homes the nation over.
The main issue was that individuals who claimed consoles at the time would in general be bad-to-the-bone gamers, and moving wasn't something a greater part of no-nonsense gamers were into. Subsequently, it was only after the arrival of the Nintendo Wii in 2006 that dance games in the home truly turned into an attractive pattern. The handheld movement regulator established a more natural development climate than standard handheld regulators, assisting with getting relaxed gamers and children in on the dance game activity like never before previously. Not to be outperformed, PlayStation followed with it is all up to claim regulator in 2009.
Everybody has their top choices in the dance game sort, yet doubtlessly that Microsoft's arrival of the Kinect without hands movement regulator in 2010 made the dance computer game into something genuinely awesome. The Kinect doesn't restrict movement location to the hands or feet; all things considered, it tracks everything, from head-bopping to hip-turning to knee-twisting and that's just the beginning. The movement catch innovation of the Kinect is delicate to such an extent that it can identify slight varieties in dance moves and right players progressively. Furthermore, dissimilar to the dance-cushion regulators, the Kinect is viable with different games outside the dance class.
There will most likely forever be a spot for conventional dance-cushion games, and the Wii gives an extraordinary gaming experience. Be that as it may, with regards to working out, having a good time, and learning new entire body moves, the Kinect is the undoubtedly champ.
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Q: Hide print dialog I am printing a Jpanel and its working fine, but now I need the print dialog box, which always appear when the print button is clicked. It suppose to go like, when user press print button the default printer should start printing the job with out coming up with a print dialog box. Here is the code, I am using,
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Thanks.

A: did you call setPrintService() on printjob?
Or try using printjob.getPrinterJob() to get an instance associated with the default printer.

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AFTER a lifetime of painful humiliation things are finally looking up for desperate extra Andy Millman.
The BBC is filming his self-penned sitcom When The Whistle Blows - and it looks as though the long years of walk-on parts and making up the numbers in crowd scenes could at last be over.
There is even the prospect of minor fame. And, compared with the feeble day-rate money he used to earn, Andy might even get moderately rich.
Meanwhile, over on the set of a rubbish romantic comedy starring heartthrob actor Orlando Bloom, career prospects remain gloomy for Maggie, still at the bottom of the thespian pile hoping against hope that her big break may be just around the corner.
Orlando wants to kiss her. But, appalled by his vanity and obsessive hatred for Johnny "W**ker" Depp, she just wants him to kiss off.
"I don't find you attractive," she tells him.
"Liar," booms Bloom, constitutionally unable to accept that any woman wouldn't instantly fall in love with him.
If all that's not bad enough, Maggie receives a depressing phone call from her anguished friend Andy, who reveals that the grass is not always greener on the successful other side. He has fulfilled his dream and - guess what - it's a nightmare.
In his alleged hour of triumph Millman is a broken man. To his utter dismay, the idiot Beeb comedy bosses are demanding that his character wear silly glasses and a curly wig.
Worse still, they want him to develop the "hilarious" catch-phrase "You're having a laugh".
Welcome back to the grim world of BBC2's excellent Extras where, as the eagerly-awaited second series gets under way, it's clear that Ricky Gervais is going to leave us not knowing whether to laugh or cry. It's uncomfortable. And it gets worse.
Keith Chegwin - yes, him! - is looking back on the glory years when his legendary shows Cheggers Plays Pop and Swap Shop were the pride of the Beeb.
But as he sits discussing his triumphs with Millman there is something very disconcerting about the world's chummiest TV presenter - he's a homophobic, anti-Semitic racist.
Even more destabilising is the formidable figure of Shaun Williamson, who played EastEnders' fat fall guy Barry. Andy's hopeless agent Darren Lamb (Stephen Merchant) has taken Shaun under his wing and is selling him to BBC executives as "a podgy bloke who'll do anything to get on telly".
After Shaun delivers his ridiculous one-man version of Romeo and Juliet, Darren helpfully adds: "The thing about Barry is that people will laugh at him - but never with him."
For one heroic moment Millman takes a stand and tells the Beeb's po-faced head of comedy he refuses to compromise his artistic principles.
Seconds later he has completely folded and, rather than have the plug pulled on his show and his whole future, he stoically dons his wig and glasses and prepares to say: "You're having a laugh!" In the front row of the studio audience is a huge man wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with '"Garlic Bread".
Disillusioned to his very core, Millman shakes his head as episode one ends in tears.
It's very funny. But it's not "fun" funny.
Which is in stark contrast to BBC2's other new comedy That Mitchell and Webb Look. This gem of a sketch show is as absurdly silly as it is hilarious.
I hate to use the dreaded phrase yet again - but Peep Show stars David Mitchell and Robert Webb have the comedy X Factor. These guys can really make you laugh. And they don't really care how.
There's stumbling drunk turned self-styled super hero Sir Digby Chicken Caesar, a stupid game show called Numberwanger and the criminally mismatched crime-busting duo Angel Summoner and BMX Bandit.
I think you probably get the picture.
I believe Messrs Mitchell and Webb may be poised to make one hell of a mark. Personally, I reckon this dazzling duo are miles better than those sorely over hyped Little Britain blokes.
But what do I know?
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I had never heard of Meyer lemons until we moved to this area. It seems every street has at least one Meyer lemon tree growing in someone's yard. It's a really great thing! Meyer lemons are larger than regular lemons, have thinner skin, a sweeter flavor, and more juice than regular lemons. This makes them perfect for so many recipes. In honor of our upcoming citrus harvest I've collected the best Meyer lemon recipes to share with you.
Meyer lemons are thought a cross between a regular lemon and a mandarin orange. They originated in China and were brought to the US in the early 1900s by Frank Meyer, hence the name. As they ripen they will get more orange inside and out and will often be confused with a sour orange. But Meyer lemons have the distinct lemon flavor – not just a sour flavor.
The thinner skin means that there's less of the bitter white pith, which means the whole lemon can be used in some recipes. If you're going to use the whole lemon, make sure to use organic Meyer lemons. Most citrus sold in stores is sprayed with a fungicide to keep them from mildewing but organic ones won't be sprayed. Meyer lemons are more expensive than regular lemons so either use them quickly, put them in the refrigerator, or preserve them so they don't go bad.
Bundt cakes are so great because they're attractive but so very simple to make. This Meyer lemon bundt cake is topped with a lemon icing that includes lemon zest which makes it extra interesting.
Pound cakes fall into the same category, simple but so very good. Meyer lemon loaf cake is so simple that a child can make it with just a bit of help from a big person.
Lemon cookies are such a wonderful treat. The lemon adds a bit of tartness to a traditionally sweet dessert. Try these lemon crinkle cookies or these Meyer lemon iced shortbread cookies.
If you need gluten free cookies try some lemon coconut oatmeal cookies.
Or how about a more savory cookie? These Meyer lemon rosemary shortbread cookies are pretty wonderful.
Can I confess that I have an obsession with Meyer lemon bars? To the point that I don't EVER make them, if they're in the house, I will certainly eat them until every last one is gone. But if you bring them to a pot luck, I'll be super excited and it will probably be the only dessert I eat – I won't eat the whole pan though because I'm in public.
If you're serving individual desserts, Meyer lemon cream brulee would be fantastic.
I'm not sure I could make enough Meyer lemon filled chocolates to actually give some away as gifts. Could you – or would you be tempted to eat them all?
Who knew you could make Meyer lemon ice cream? It's a good thing we have really mild winters so we don't have to wait until summer to make ice cream.
Limoncello is traditionally used as a before dinner drink to get the digestive juices flowing before actually eating. It's easy to make and can really make a difference if you're eating a heavy or hard to digest meal.
If you regularly have digestive issues or don't drink alcohol bubbly probotic lemonade is the drink for you.
If you enjoy herbal tea try lemon mint tea before bed for restful sleep.
Every year we forage dewberries (wild blackberries) and freeze enough to last the year. I think I'll try this Meyer lemon blueberry soda recipe with dewberries – since I stink at growing blueberries.
While we have an influx of lemons in the fall, our tree can easily give us 300 pounds of lemon each season, I preserve them so we can use them all year long. I freeze the juice, slices, and some whole. I dehydrate the zest and make lemon salt and lemon pepper. I make fermented lemons, also called preserved lemons. I also make Meyer lemon marmalade and Meyer lemon curd for the freezer.
There's something wonderful about the combination of lemon and lavender, don't you think? Preserve the refreshing combination in a Meyer lemon lavender jelly. Meyer lemons can also be fermented in a brine with lavender for Preserved Lavender Meyer Lemons.
One of the most important things I do when we get our first lemons is put about a dozen in a ziplock bag and toss it in the freezer. This way I know for certain that I will have organic lemons for medicine making all year should I need them. I have a short course on making homemade cold and flu remedies that really work available. You can get more information by clicking here.
A squirt of lemon brightens almost any dish, so don't be afraid to squirt some Meyer lemon juice in your green beans or on your meat when cooking. You could even make Meyer lemon butter sauce and just drizzle it on foods here and there.
Meyer lemon juice is also great pasta – but not just any pasta, how about a zesty Meyer lemon linguine with asparagus or Meyer lemon spaghetti with thyme.
I realize most people are watching their carb intake but sometimes you just need a bread to go with that pasta – such as a Meyer lemon rosemary focaccia.
What is a salad without dressing? But most store bought dressings are full of "stuff" or super expensive. Instead try some Meyer lemon salad dressing.
Or how about some slow cooker Meyer lemon chutney? It pairs really well with Indian food but I also hear it's great just eating it right out of the jar.
So, tell me what is your favorite recipe with Meyer lemons? Feel free to leave it in the comments for us all to enjoy!
I bought several bags of Meyer lemons on markdown last year (I am in OH, they don't grow locally here unless you have a good greenhouse or sunroom to overwinter them). They were too soft to slice to dehydrate, so I quartered them and froze them. I add them to my water glass daily, and use them for cooking all the time, mostly with poultry. I am not much of a baker, but some of those recipes sound yummy!
What a great score. As they ripen their skin tends to get even thinner and they get more juicy which makes them hard to slice. I'm glad you were able to freeze them and enjoy them all year long.


Jimmy Valentine was released that day.
In the evening Valentine arrived in his native town, went directly to the cafe of his old friend Mike and shook hands with Mike. Then he took the key of his room and went upstairs. Everything was just as he had left it. Jimmy removed a panel in the wall and dragged out a dust-covered suitcase. He opened it and looked fondly at the finest set of burglar's' tools. It was a complete set made of special steel. The set consisted of various tools of the latest design. Over nine hundred dollars they had cost him.
Jimmy went to a hotel and registered as Ralf Spencer. To the clerk he said that he had come to Elmore to start business. The clerk was impressed by the clothes and manner of Jimmy and he was ready to give Jimmy any information. Soon Jimmy opened a shoe-store and made large profits. In all other respects he was also a success. He was popular with many important people and had many friends. And he accomplished the wish of his heart. He met Miss Annabel Adams and she fell in love with him too. Annabel's father, who was a typical country banker approved of Spencer. The young people were to be married in two weeks. Jimmy gave up safe-burglary for ever. He was an honest man now. He decided to get rid of his tools.
At that time a new safe was put in Mr. Adams' bank. The old man was very proud of it and insisted that everyone should inspect it. So one day the whole family with the children went to the bank. Mr. Adams enthusiastically explained the workings of the safe to Spencer. The two children were delighted to see the shining metal and the funny clock. While they were thus engaged Ben Price, the detective, walked into the bank and stood at the counter watching the scene. He told the cashier that he was just waiting for the man he knew. Suddenly there was a loud scream from the women. Unseen by the elders, May, the smallest girl had shut herself in the vault.
Jimmy took his suit-case and came up to Ben Price whom he had noticed long before. "Hello, Ben", he said, "Let's go. I don't think it matters much now." And then suddenly Ben Price acted rather strangely. "I guess, you are mistaken Mr. Spencer," he said. "I don't seem to recognize you. I think your fiancé is waiting for you, isn't she?" And Ben Price turned and walked out of the Bank.


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For the past seven years Mike Rowe has been an active member of the ROCORI School District, working as a third grade teacher and head coach of the Spartans Football program. Under Coach Rowe ROCORI high school has won two conference titles, four section championships, and appeared in the state playoff in 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017. In 2011 the Spartans won their first ever State Football Championship. Coach Rowe has been an advocate for developing character in his athletes and in 2014 the NFL featured him in a video that aimed to stop domestic violence and dating violence. Prior to taking over the Spartans Football program Mike Rowe was coaching college football at Central Lakes College, Minot State, and St. Cloud State. Mike has been involved in the NFL High School Player Development Camps the last three years, and is married to wife Elisabeth, with whom he has three children Avery, Ainsley, and Grayson.
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Q: Celery, create subtask from within task: received unregistered task of type Using django-celery, I'm trying to create some sub tasks from within a main task but am getting this error: received unregistered task of type 'smallTask'.
Any idea what's wrong please?  And if this is the right way to create sub tasks in this way?
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A: Not really sure if this is the best way to do this, but with some additional help on SO from another question, I have this working now.
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Thomas Cook axe Club 18-30 holidays as millennials ditch boozy breaks
14 May 2018, 11:43 | Updated: 14 May 2018, 12:43
Young people are choosing 'ego holidays' over cheap getaways - meaning cheap 'n' cheerful package deals are on the way out.
It looks as though the era of cheap and cheerful holidays to Aiya Napa, Zante and Magaluf are coming to an end, as the party destinations made popular in the 90s are no longer appealing to Millennials.
Thomas Cook has decided to put its famed Club 18-30 brand to rest after providing 20 years of raucous holidays for young sunseekers - many of whom were going abroad without their parents for the first time.
At its peak, Club 18-30 was sending around 100,000 people abroad every year and even generated a cult TV series, with it's legendary slogan: "It's go big or go home, and only the legendary will do."
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By 2001, the brand's reputation landed its own television show, ITV's Club Reps, which saw groups of 18-30 reps showing holidaymakers around party islands.
However, those days are over and research shows that social media now plays a big factor when young people choose a holiday, with experts branding it "ego travel."
While young adults in the 90s came back from holiday with a string of drunken and embarrassing photos, millennials are now opting for more glamorous locations that will put them in a better light among their peers and rack up the likes on Instagram.
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According to reports, Thomas Cook is now looking at the possibility of selling the brand in addition to "exploring options" after suffering a number of scandals which saw them turn their back on salacious advertising.
Their new offering, Club Cook is thought to be their latest effort to draw in a glamorous millennial crowd by offering better food, upmarket cocktails and a host of DJs.
Last night, the company said: "We remain committed to Club 18-30 for summer 2018. However, we are exploring options for the future of the brand, which could include the possibility of a sale."


Gdansk Mayor Pawel Adamowicz,right, far right, speaks to an audience shortly before he was stabbed in Gdansk, Poland, on Sunday Jan. 13, 2019. Adamowicz was taken to a hospital in very serious condition after the attack and underwent surgery.
A man holds a sharp object just after stabbing Gdansk Mayor Pawel Adamowicz, on Sunday Jan. 13, 2019. Adamowicz was taken to a hospital in very serious condition after the attack and underwent an operation.
The mayor of Gdansk, Pawel Adamowicz addresses a rally organized in protest against a recent gathering by far-right groups in this Baltic coast city, in Gdansk, Poland. A private broadcaster in Poland is reporting that a man attacked 53-year-old Mayor Pawel Adamowicz while he was on stage on Sunday Jan. 13, 2019, for the finale of the charity event in the Baltic city.
Jerzy Owsiak, founder of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity Foundation, speaks for TV during the 27th Grand Final of the annual charity drive in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019.
Almost seven hours after the assault, Stefaniak told reporters early Monday that "the patient is alive," triggering applause, but added that the mayor remained "in a very serious condition." "The next hours will decide everything," Stefaniak said, appealing for thoughts and prayers for the popular mayor.
Polish media reported that a number of political officials and Gdansk Archbishop Slawoj Leszek Glod went to the hospital during the operation. After the knife attack, the assailant shouted from the stage that he had been wrongly imprisoned under a previous national government led by Civic Platform, a party to which the mayor formerly belonged. He said his name was Stefan and that "I was jailed but innocent. ... Civic Platform tortured me. That's why Adamowicz just died."
He was arrested and is under investigation. TVN footage showed Adamowicz on stage with a sparkler in hand telling the audience that it had been a "wonderful day" and then the attacker came toward him. The mayor had been on the streets of his Baltic port city earlier in the day collecting money for the charity, along with volunteers around the country.
As mayor, he has been a progressive voice, supporting LGBT rights and tolerance for minorities. He marched in last year's gay pride parade, a rare action for a mayor in Poland. He also showed solidarity with the Jewish community when the city's synagogue had its windows broken last year, strongly denouncing the vandalism.
The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity raises money to buy state-of-the-art medical equipment for Poland's cash-strapped state hospitals, mostly for children. The last attack on a politician in Poland was in 2010 in Lodz. A man shouting that he wanted to kill Law and Justice party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski fatally shot an aide to one of the party's lawmakers to the European Parliament. A second man was stabbed and injured.


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Archives of Candlekeep: Edition 3.5: The Golden Child
by Ostron
This article was first broadcast in Episode Fifty on 28th November 2018.
The fifth edition of Dungeons and Dragons is arguably one of the most popular iterations of the rules, but it's taken some time to get to where we are today. In honor of Art and Arcana, the book released October 23rd that showcases all the artwork and tells the evolving story of D&D over the years, we decided to take a look back at this hobby of ours ourselves and see where it started, and how it's evolved over time.
As established in our last article, while everyone liked 3.0 as an edition and were in love with the d20 system, there were glaring issues almost everyone identified with the 3.0 gameplay rules. Problems with Rangers, Bards, Sorcerers, and Druids were well-known, and the 3.0 psionics rules had already established "psionics are broken" as a virtual law in D&D circles.
Wizards of the Coast determined that the problems were too numerous to fix via small errata updates, but also felt they couldn't release a new version of D&D so quickly after the 3.0 release. Instead, they overhauled the rules and stamped them with a ".5", creating a new half-edition. The release of 3.5 happened in 2003, a mere 3 years after 3.0. (by comparison, there were 11 years between the release of 2nd and third edition). Like with 2nd edition, there are too many specific changes to cover and a lot of them are deep in the weeds of the 3.5 edition rules, so we'll just touch on a few of the larger changes here.
Major changes were made to the skills and progression with the aforementioned classes, greatly improving the utility for most. In general, classes had some abilities that would be useful initially and then fall off in utility. Many of those oversights were corrected. Also, the voluminous list of skills people had been dealing with were condensed, such as "Pickpocket" being folded into Sleight of Hand, and some skills being removed and turned into class abilities. Some of the new feats were also rewritten to be clearer as many had been taken directly from 2nd edition, and some of the wording or mechanics didn't translate, or were causing confusion because it was unclear what effects would stack with others.
3.5 did a small but significant change to damage reduction. In 3.0, creatures with damage reduction tended to have it universally. 3.5 introduced specific ways to bypass certain damage reductions, opening up ways for creatures to be vulnerable to certain attacks and also introducing the now well-known properties of silvered weapons.
The psionics rules were also overhauled. Four character classes were given access to psionics rather than two, and psionics abilities were made scalable (similar to 5th edition "upcasting" of a spell) rather than requiring a chain of psionic abilities be cast to increase effects. In general, those using psionics were able to more effectively increase the power of their abilities on pace with their characters.
Throughout 3.5's tenure, the edition attracted a lot of praise. A lot of praise. Most of the corrections made to improve 3.0 were well-received and reduced outright problems with many mechanics and classes. The number of ways to customize characters began to approach the options available in 2nd edition and whatever couldn't be achieved with class abilities or prestige classes was usually covered by a feat.
However, even fans will admit 3.5 isn't perfect. Psionics was reduced from "pointless" to "subject of much controversy", and the debate about the viability of psionics rages to this day. Also, despite the upgrades to the classes, spellcasters in early levels were often liabilities in combat because of the way the magic system worked. Many campaigns started at third level or higher so spellcasters would be able to use more than one or two spells before having to go for a nap and a sandwich. Other complaints mostly came from DMs. As more and more prestige classes were developed, some questionable abilities and synergies started to emerge, and keeping track of what was official and what was homebrewed became problematic. In fact, we tasked our Research Beholders with digging out the number of official Prestige classes from all the splat books released during 3.5s run. They got to 349 before they asked "do we need to include Epic Prestige Classes", which for those unaware are for the level 20+ crowd. Prestige classes aside, the most frustrating thing for many as 3.5 matured was feats; toward the end of 3.5's run the number of official feats available for characters numbered in the thousands, and keeping track of them approached impossible.
Despite those issues (which many agreed were nitpicky and had workarounds that were widely accepted as house rules) many still consider 3.5 the gold standard for fantasy RPGs that all other D&D editions and RPG systems are compared to, particularly ones that adhere to the d20 system. Active 3.5 games can still be found in many places, and many people credit the success of 5th edition to how well it mimics the best aspects of 3.5.
Well, we didn't get to 5e from 3.5 without going through 4th, which is fair to say is probably one of the most controversial versions of D&D ever published, which we'll dive in to next week.
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A few months ago I was being coached by a wonderful teacher, Radhika Shah-Grouven, about how to keep doing "this" when I am so busy. I know we all feel very busy– and, with regards to scheduling, I am: the family, full-time job, additional clients, commuting, this blog… this list could be endless. However, I find that I am only as overwhelmed as I believe that I am– of course, this falls within certain physical parameters: I must get sleep (although I get 5.5-6 hours), I must eat well, I must drink water, I must exercise, and I must meditate. Meditation doesn't cause me to suddenly have a "stress"-free life. However, it does cause me to be very aware of my reaction to stress. It has afforded me enough self-awareness to realize how much I can take on or how much I must put down. I definitely experience times of ambivalence and apathy– times where I would rather sit on the couch and veg-out. However, I would rather allocate predetermined amounts of "free-time" to meditation. My lineage recommends four times a day– that may seem daunting to a newcomer. I would recommend a newcomer dedicates time for one to two sittings. As I have stated previously, five to seven minutes; but, commit and do it. In the same way you wouldn't consider leaving the house without brushing your teeth, commit to going inside. My teacher, Swami J, says to make it an appointment, like lunch with a friend. Furthermore, if you are late, you postpone and make it up, as soon as possible– like your lunch date. Life happens, I understand; but, as Radhika taught me, you have a "mental mat"– it goes with you every where. She explained that there were times when she just touched the mat while riding the train! The more you return to center, the more it stays with you. Many times my meditation pillow is in the cockpit of my car and my meditation room is a parking lot.
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Flooding from record-setting rains in Texas swept away hundreds of homes and left at least one person dead and three missing.
"We do have whole streets that have maybe one or two houses left on them, and the rest are just slabs," said Kharley Smith, Hays County emergency management coordinator.
Crews are still surveying damage, she said; between 350 and 400 homes in the Texas county are gone, and more than 1,000 were damaged. Two main bridges washed away, she said, and other sustained major structural damage.
In San Marcos, Texas, a city between San Antonio and Austin that was among the hardest hit areas, Fire Marshal Ken Bell said at least one person was confirmed dead. Crews are searching for three missing people, he said, and others are trapped in areas that authorities can't reach because bad weather has forced them to stop air rescues.
It was not immediately clear whether the fatality was one of the people reported missing. Authorities don't yet know how devastating the damage is, and they're bracing for the possibility that more rainfall could send floodwaters surging back into the city, he said.
"Right now is not the time to return to your homes," Bell said Sunday after the severe weather forced the evacuation of hundreds of residents.
It was a warning other authorities in the region echoed after rainfall broke records and river banks in northern Texas and Oklahoma overnight.
Early Sunday in the town of Claremore, near Tulsa, a firefighter died attempting a high-water rescue, as emergency crews scrambled to pull residents from floodwaters.
In Hays County, Texas, adjacent to Austin, hundreds of people were rescued or evacuated from their homes, according to sheriff's office spokeswoman Lt. Jeri Skrocki.
Authorities had to open more evacuation centers because the first one filled up so quickly.
More than 1,000 people were in shelters Sunday afternoon, Smith said.
National Guard troops arrived early Sunday to help with evacuations and flood control.
Emergency management officials are not just urging everyone to stay inside, they're making it mandatory. Officials from Hays County and the cities of San Marcos and Wimberley issued a curfew from 9 p.m. Sunday to 7 a.m. Monday because of the potential safety concerns posed by the flooding.
"Turn around, don't drown" said Hays County Judge Bert Cobb, who's presiding over the county's emergency management operations. "If you go around a water barrier, there may not be anybody to come help you … so just don't do that," he pleaded. "If you think you can make it — think twice. " he said.
The Pedernales Electric Cooperative, whose crews were working to restore power in the area, shared photos on social media of devastating damage, saying conditions were making accessing equipment difficult. Some of the power cooperative's facilities had been washed away, officials said.
Nearly 200 miles northeast of Hays County, near Houston, an area of about 400 homes around Louis Creek Dam is under mandatory evacuation, according to Miranda Haas with the Montgomery County, Texas, Office of Emergency Management. The dam has not breached and workers continue to pack soil on it.
Another 2 to 3 inches of rain could soak the evacuation area and bring damaging winds through Sunday evening, according to the latest forecasts from the National Weather Service. And, there's more to come. An additional 2 to 4 inches are possible Monday as rains continue.
"I really don't want to leave my home. I don't want to leave it," said Olivia McKinney with tears in her eyes. "I'll be glad when its over" she said.
Wichita Falls is having the rainiest May ever recorded there and "could set an all-time record for rainiest month ever recorded there," said CNN' weather producer Sean Morris.


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Horror Movies Blog » Horror Movie Reviews » Hollywood Horror Movies » The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia Review
The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia Review
April 22, 2013 by Eric S. 1 Comment
Directed by: Tom Elkins
Starring: Abigail Spencer, Chad Michael Murray, Katee Sackhoff, Emily Alyn Lind, Cicely Tyson
Neoli's Review: Scary, but with a purpose. This probably best sums ups The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia, the horror film that lists two U.S. states in its title.
In the sequel, Lisa (Abigail Spencer of Cowboys and Aliens and Mad Men), her husband Andy (Chad Michael Murray of One Tree Hill fame), and their little daughter Heidi attempt to start a new life in a rural town in Georgia. Probably not the best move since if you're running away from ghosts and other apparitions, a historical house in the middle of the woods isn't likely to help your case. The fright begins when Heidi befriends a bearded old man in a tuxedo, which naturally alarms Lisa since there is no old man to be seen at all. Little girls who can see dead people—yes, it's been done countless of times before, but fortunately The Haunting in Connecticut 2 has an adorable (and believable) child actress.
Apparently, the house they move into has a tragic past—like all other interesting history-rich houses in the horror films. It once belonged to a stationmaster, a man responsible for hiding and giving refuge to hundreds of African Americans who escaped from slavery in the early 18th century. But for some reason, the ghosts of that past are restless and crying for justice. Which is convenient since the family who moves in happens to have a mother, a sister, and the little daughter who are each in their own way sensitive to apparitions—it runs in the family. (The dad meanwhile, hunky and muscular as he is, is reduced to a mere extra in the film, whose only important moment includes digging up antique coins in the backyard and crashing his car.)
Horror is beautifully scattered all throughout—in gritty bits and pieces done through artful montage, MTV-style. Classic horror visuals are present in this film and will probably haunt you for a while if let them—an empty swing swinging by itself, worms and insects and sawdust being vomited, ghosts that get near your face, bathtub scenes, etc. Possibly, the only original image in the film was that of Lisa's sister suspended on the ceiling with taut strings threaded through her mouth, while she's locked in a near-death trance.
Once we learn that the ghosts haunting them are actually nice, old ghosts (including Lisa's mother who gives advices all throughout) who are just determined on revenge upon their oppressor, the scare factor slightly dips down. After all, once you have ghosts on your side, what else is there to be scared of? But surprisingly, the directors still have something up their sleeve—something that involves a man in a burlap mask, taxidermy, and stuffed things.
Overall, The Haunting in Connecticut 2 gives an excellent scare while providing a bit of historical lesson that gives that scare a justified reason to exist. Probably the only disappointment in this sequel is that everything works out for the best and ends too happily for all its characters. But hey, not every horror film has to have a fresh body count, right?
Neoli's Rating: 7/10
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For the last few years I have been writing an annual article on stupid wine descriptions (to read the first with a single award for one of the most ludicrous wine descriptions of all time click here). This year's four award winners come from my friend Mort Maizlish who is particularly adept at finding some real gems that lend themselves to the interesting questions that he poses. And, at the end of the article as an extra added bonus, take a look at what I have called one of the longest wine descriptions on record and have given a special award for irrelevant verbosity.
Tasted ex-chateau and single blind in Southwold. I loathe tasting this blind because it always teases you with its laconic nature, waits for you to deliver your scores and then bursts open. The 2008 did exactly that, prompting several scowls from the audience. Initially, the nose is very closed, but it eventually opens to reveal lovely aromas of beeswax, wet wool, dried pear and honeycomb. The palate is similarly dumb at first, but it unfurls with a delicate, citrus entry, a carefully planned crescendo of dried pineapple, lanolin and spice, with hints of hazelnut on the finish. I hate you Laville. Don't even attempt to taste this blind, but cellar for twenty years.
How would one carefully plan a crescendo of dried pineapple, lanolin, spice and hazelnuts, other than adulterating the wine? Maybe the "wet wool" had something to do with it? Or maybe it was just the "scores" that caused it to reveal itself?
I have to admit I had some apprehension opening this based on the most recent notes but this 23 year old came through with flying colours. A 1 hour decant and a couple of muscular swirls revealed a rich garnet color and an exquisite nose of blackberry and rich vanilla Devon custard. Leonetti's use of Merlot and Cabernet Franc rounds out the 80% Cabernet Sauvignon and adds that subtle minty dill pickle tang on the nose so characteristic of the producer – a lovely counterpoint to the richness of the dark fruit. Finish is medium long and surprisingly deep for the age of the vintage. One of my very favourite producers from the NorthWest and a wine well worth waiting for.
Muscular swirls will bring out the dill pickle (let's hear it for dill pickle) in your wine. Who knew that's all it takes? Guess I must not be working out enough.
What in the world is puppy-fat fruit flavors? And, it had to happen, I suppose – High Tech in the wine description business. Pixelated tannins? Next we'll be reading about Bordeaux with amazing bandwidth, Cabernet with high-speed connections. Is this really more exciting than saddle leather and olalliberries?
Pale bright yellow. Fresh aromas of mirabelle, nectarine, tangerine, minty herbs and crushed stone. Quite dry, juicy and elegant, featuring stone fruit and mineral flavors sexed up by a flinty nuance on the end. Still a bit youthfully tight, but this is a marvelous Gentil, the best I remember from Hugel in years. It's a delicious, lovely, fresh wine that, though not the last word in complexity, is easygoing and full of early appeal. A very complex blend of Sylvaner, Riesling, Pinot Blanc/Auxerrois, and Pinot Gris, plus a little Gewürztraminer, Muscat Ottonel and Muscat d'Alsace; 40 years ago Gentil used to be at least 40% Sylvaner but in recent times the blend of Pinot Blanc and Auxerrois had taken over, to my mind one of the main reasons for Gentil's downfall. What one wants from a Gentil is mineral florality and freshness, not heavy-handed, honeyed and spicy aromas and flavors.
What is mineral florality, and is it different from floral mineralogy? And "sexed up by a flinty nuance on the end. Still a bit youthfully tight." Do we really want to go there?
And as an extra added attraction this year, how about one of the longest wine descriptions on record that could also be called one of the most contrived and irrelevant not to mention contradictory. Apparently the 100 point wine writer and the retailer who parroted the description both had something in common. Decide for yourself, but I would say this is a classic definition of "stupid is as stupid does"! The description, by the way, is for a Portuguese red wine. Who would have guessed? And who would want to buy this wine based on the description? But, then as you will read in the description, maybe you are a masochist!
The 2015 Nossa Calcario red is a Baga (although in the past, I've been told that among the old vines there are tiny amounts of other varieties) from three vineyards with an average vine age of 80 years, aged in used French and Slavonian oak for 18 months. It comes in at just 12% alcohol. This is a fine representation of the vintage and the region. Showing impeccable balance, silky texture, grace and wonderful mid-palate finesse, it has that hard-to-find ability to be elegant, but it's never thin. It resembles a fine Barbaresco in many ways. It is also very fresh, the natural acidity of Baga coming to the foreground, mingling with small hits of wood and some fruitier nuances. The wood blows off quickly; those opening nuances are very minor. With time, they simply seem to disappear. Tasting this a second time, it seemed a bit sharp and tart. When I tasted it the first time, the context was different-namely, it was next to the Missão reviewed this issue, which seemed much tarter. This "normal" Nossa red is just Baga, though. The big hit of acidity does not overwhelm the wine. It lifts the fruit and lets it linger on the finish. It makes this very refreshing and a pleasure to drink. With about 90 minutes of aeration, this Nossa red also fleshes out in the glass and seems not only more substantial but more precise. It also shows more power. It is far more impressive then. It's a wine that will need food when it is ready-and it clearly is not quite ready. If you're a masochist, dive in now. It's not impossible, but it's not advisable either. This is hardly a mass market product, so don't waste your bottles. It should age well, needless to say, and develop complexity in time. If you crack it now, give it 90 minutes in a decanter first. This looks like a potential superstar. It's worth leaning up just now. You'll feel refined and sophisticated drinking it, because it certainly is both of those things.
And, after you have suffered through reading this description just how "refined and sophisticated" would you feel drinking it?


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I'm Trying Really Hard To Not Turn Your Vitamin D Deficiency Into A Dick Joke
October 13, 2020 by Luis Prada, featured in Health
Believe me, I understand that your vitamin D deficiency leaves you feeling fatigued all day long, make you feel depressed for no real reason, and cause aches and pains throughout your body. That's why I try really hard to not blurt out a dick joke whenever you complain about your vitamin D deficiency.
You Miss 100% Of The Dick Jokes You Don't Say
I know whenever you want to vent to me about the struggles of your vitamin D deficiency, you get distracted by the redness of my face and the throbbing vein in my forehead. That's just me struggling against the intense urge to wiggle my eyebrows up and down suggestively while saying something like "So you need The D, huh? Get it?" I understand that you will get it and that you've likely heard it before. It's just really difficult for me to stand idly by after you've teed up a perfectly good dick joke like that.
The problem is in the "D." It's like how you know a person is super-famous because they go by one name, like Cher or Madonna. But dicks are even more famous than that because it's just one letter. Sadly, but also hilariously, that one letter has become more closely associated with "dick" than its actual meaning, which I'm guessing is "dioxy-whatever" or some chemical-sounding junk. When you look at it that way, my urge to make a dick joke at the expense of your vitamin D deficiency is really more the fault of our degrading societal grasp of science than my immaturity. If more people, myself included, knew what the D actually stood for, maybe we'd be less inclined to replace it with filth.
Accepting Responsibility
Dick is succinct and tangible. It's easier to understand than "a group of fat-soluble secosteroids." It also doesn't help that people need vitamin D to remain in good health and spirits. It's too easy to imagine a dick accomplishing the same goal. Still, I acknowledge the stupidity of joking about how a penis is a cure-all medical wonder. It isn't. It's just a dick, and so am I for visibly needing to fight back against my natural, barely contained instinct to turn your health issues into inappropriate jokes. A dick joke is the last thing you want to hear when you've got achy bones.
Great. Now I want to do a boner joke.
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Eastbound M-14 near Ann Arbor closed due to crash
Updated: May. 19, 2021, 2:38 p.m. | Published: May. 19, 2021, 1:07 p.m.
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By Nathan Clark | nclark1@mlive.com
(Update: the freeway has been reopened as of 2:35 p.m.)
ANN ARBOR, MI – Eastbound M-14 north of Ann Arbor is closed due to a crash near the Barton Drive ramp.
The crash, involving a semitruck carrying heavy cargo, occurred shortly after noon Wednesday, May 19, just north of the entrance ramp from Barton Drive, according to the Michigan Department of Transportation.
Debris and spilled cargo are affecting all eastbound lanes, leading to the closure of the freeway.
The area where the crash occurred has a history of crashes.
Long history of crashes on M-14 bridge prompt Ann Arbor officials to take action
It is unknown when the freeway will be reopened. Motorists are advised to avoid the area while crews are on scene.
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Darren Criss, from left, Edgar Ramirez and Ricky Martin participates in the "The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story" panel during the FOX Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour on Friday, Jan. 5, 2018, in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Do the intersecting lives of a fashion designer and the serial killer who murdered him add up to a political saga?
Absolutely, says Ryan Murphy, the powerhouse executive producer of "The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story," season two of the FX showcase that debuted with 2016′s Emmy-winning "The People v. O.J. Simpson."
"It was a political murder," Murphy said, defending the striking use of "assassination" in the title of the 10-episode series that begins airing at 10 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday. The 1997 shooting by Andrew Cunanan of the groundbreaking Italian designer is enveloped in social issues that resonate today, Murphy and series stars Edgar Ramirez and Ricky Martin said.
Cunanan ("Glee" star Darren Criss) was a "person who targeted people specifically to shame them and to out them, and to have a form of payback for a life that he felt he could not live," Murphy said during a Q&A with reporters.
Ramirez, who plays the adult Versace, and Martin, who portrays his longtime partner, Antonio D'Amico, concurred in separate interviews with Murphy's assessment.
Versace, who was 50 and reaching new heights of success when he was gunned down in front of his lavish Miami Beach estate, died because of prejudice, said Ramirez (who, with weight added and hair dyed and thinned for "Versace," is unrecognizable as the actor who appeared in "Zero Dark Thirty" and "Carlos").
Although Cunanan was on the FBI's most-wanted list and circulated openly in Miami Beach before Versace became his final victim in a cross-country rampage, he wasn't stopped because of his gay connections, Ramirez said. Cunanan, 27, fatally shot himself about a week after Versace's murder.
"The underlying subject is homophobia and how homophobia killed him," Ramirez said. "That's something that comes up over and over when we look into the investigation. ... Cunanan was on the news every night, on the most-wanted list, and for some reason all the law-enforcement authorities couldn't get him."
The California-born Cunanan, portrayed as a deeply disturbed con man, had cultivated relationships with wealthy older men and reportedly had been lovers or friends with two of the five men whose deaths are blamed on him. The other victims included a wealthy Chicago developer and a New Jersey cemetery caretaker.
Illuminating anti-gay bias is important because the LGBTQ community still must fight it, Martin said. As a member of the community, the pop star-actor said, he feels compelled to use his fame to combat hate and discrimination.
"If I don't use the power that that music gives or, in this case, a character like this gives me, I'd be allowing the crime to happen," Martin said. His friendships with Ramirez and Penelope Cruz, who plays Donatella Versace, were other inducements to join the series, as was its depiction of the Versace-D'Amico relationship.
Their attachment was illuminated in a conversation Martin had with D'Amico, who in the show's opening scene is shown discovering Versace's body immediately after the shooting.
"Ricky, my love for Gianni, our love, was open,'" Martin quoted D'Amico as saying. "And I've lost him and I've never been the same."
The series unfolds back in time from the murder, finally detailing the journeys of Versace and Cunanan from humble roots to, respectively, fame and infamy.
In a pivotal scene, Donatella confronts her brother about his intention to come out in the late 1980s. She argues the nearly unprecedented move could wreck their business empire, one built on Versace's talent for combining the glamour of couture with the sexiness and excitement of celebrity. Versace stands his ground, backed by D'Amico.
Based on the book "Vulgar Favors: Andrew Cunanan, Gianni Versace, and the Largest Failed Manhunt in U.S. History" by journalist Maureen Orth, the drama has drawn fire from Versace's family. In a statement, it was dismissed as "a work of fiction" because family members didn't authorize the book or participate in the screenplay.
The series' producers and the publisher of the 1999 book defended it. Orth's book is "a
While details of private conversations were carefully reported and extensively sourced work of investigative journalism," Random House said in a statement, and FX Networks and Fox 21 Television Studios said they stand by Orth's "meticulous" reporting. unavailable for the dramatization, as with the O.J. Simpson series, the "Versace" screenplays by Tom Rob Smith are "very emotional and accurate at the same time," Murphy said.
A scene with one victim, who's portrayed as begging for his life before Cunanan kills him, is based on the body's injuries, Smith said.
"What was that conversation like? So you have these tiny points of truth, and you then try to connect the tissue between it. But I would never use the word 'embellishing' or 'making up'" It's trying to join those pinpoints," Smith said.
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