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Q&A with Chef Meghan McCracken
by Maggie Anderson | May 9, 2018 | Latest Stories
Meghan McCracken grew up tromping around her grandparents' Clearfield County farm, where their cow provided fresh milk and butter, her grandmother cooked with bacon fat and the young would-be chef learned how to appreciate — and forage for — truly home-grown foods.
"My grandfather was a forager. He would take us out in the woods. I remember being so small and all summer my legs were just scratched up," McCracken says. "We were constantly climbing in the woods, searching for berries, and he would dig up sassafras roots and make birch beer."
Today, McCracken is the creative chef and businesswoman behind Nomad Kitchen Food Truck, serving up locally sourced dishes that are often highlighted with international flavors. You can taste her talents at the Boalsburg Farmers Market on Tuesdays and once a month at the North Atherton Farmers Market, or experience her carefully cultivated menus at various pop-up dinners and special events around the county.
We teamed up with the farm-focused chef for our launch at Pop Up Ave on April 28 and for our first pop-up dinner on May 20 (click here for tickets). Afterwards, we sat down to ask about her food, what she cooks at home and how she puts her money where her mouth is.
How would you define the style of food you like to serve?
I love to be veggie-focused. I love colorful food, and veggies just do that. I wouldn't say 'healthy' because I do love butter and bacon, but I think the central focus of every dish that I like to make is vegetables and greens.
I like to think about a plate of food. I love to think about pairings of food together — something crunchy, something smooth. I like to think about the whole plate and the experience that I want people to get out of the food I'm creating. I love to use international spices in my food. But if I was going to make an Israeli dish, I probably wouldn't make it super traditional. I have my own take on that recipe or dish based on the things that are available here.
You've said your upbringing included things like country white bread with freshly churned butter, and bacon and eggs every morning. Did your focus shift naturally to more veggies and international flavors as you got older?
Years ago, I started eating a vegan diet. My lifestyle changed — I moved to a city and that kind of food [like my grandparents ate] wasn't available. That's sort of how I started cooking, because I started making my own food and cooking for myself. I didn't want to substitute with tofu and fake burgers. That's how I started eating more beans and more international foods.
But now I'm a single mom to a small kid, and convenience is extremely important.
Has motherhood changed your cooking style or philosophy at all?
My mom was a single mom raising two kids. She had three jobs, which is why I was at my grandparents' a lot. So I understand a lot of different pictures. People say, 'Well, yeah, I want to buy organic meat but I have $5 and I have to feed my kids.' It takes a shift in the way you think and buy and spend your money. As somebody who's making food and having to charge a certain price for it, and then understanding that certain people can't afford to buy it — that has always been tricky for me.
I definitely have opinions about food and I of course endorse whole, fresh foods, but I think that there has to be a little wiggle room for the whole picture of what somebody's life entails. I struggle with that. I don't believe in things like plastic and packages, all the emissions from the warehouses and the travel time just to get a block of ramen — which my daughter loves, by the way. But there are times when you just need to buy a box of macaroni and cheese because you have 10 minutes to feed your kids. So thinking about the whole picture is complicated, and I don't know that there's one answer.
How did you learn the business of cooking and catering?
Every job I've had has been pretty rooted in food. I was an English major in college, but when I got out I started immediately working in restaurants. I worked in Philadelphia managing a restaurant and worked my way into the kitchen, moving from front of house to back of house. Then I worked for a nonprofit helping people who were on food stamps. I started a project where I was linking urban gardens in Philadelphia to food banks and churches in the area.
When I had my daughter and moved back to State College, I got a job teaching cooking classes in the nutritional sciences department. I was there for about three years and left to start my catering company.
Why did you decide to follow the food truck trend?
I was trying to figure out a way to do a little bit more than just catering. I've always wanted to do a little breakfast cafe, but I knew I couldn't really handle the overhead costs of a restaurant. So the food truck thing gave me a little more flexibility. So three years ago I bought this old contractor's vehicle and relied on a whole lot of friends and a whole lot of favors, just a lot of friends seeing my vision. You kind of have to be a bit of a jack of all trades to do the food truck thing.
You have a new focus on trying to source from not only local farms but specifically female farmers. Why is that important to you?
Every day I turn on the radio and it's like, 'Women are making x percentage of what men are making in this economy.' It's just mind-blowing to me. And while I don't have to say 'I'm not buying from men,' I think if I want to support what I believe in, if I can put my dollars somewhere to support other women doing the same, I'm so excited to do that.
Do you have your own garden as well?
I do! So far I have planted peas, radishes, beets, spinach, pumpkins in the fall, cucumbers and tons of hot peppers. And I planted broccoli rabe because I want to try to incorporate that. I want to plant things that might be more expensive to buy and be a little bit smart about it. Like I would never plant cabbage; it takes up so much space in the garden and it's already cheap.
What does your daughter like to eat, besides ramen?
She is the food purist. She doesn't want anything mixed together. She would eat a scoop full of hummus, broccoli, plain pasta. I didn't teach her that, it's just how she eats. An apple and peanut butter, but not an apple with peanut butter.
What's your comfort food?
I just made mujadara, this Syrian lentils and basmati rice dish. You carmelize onions in tons of olive oil for hours; they turn this really delicious milky brown. You cook the lentils separately and add them in with rice and cumin and salt and pepper, and then I put sriracha all over it and eat it with Wasa crackers. I've been eating that for years. That's a thing from when I was vegan and starting to learn to cook.
What kitchen tool could you not live without?
My microplane grater. Cheese, lemon rind, fresh nutmeg, if I have a good knife and a microplane grater, I'm good to go. When I first started out I got a lot of gadgets thinking, 'Oh, this will make my life easier.' I don't even pull half of them out.
What's the best thing you've eaten recently?
My boyfriend and I made steamed artichokes the other night. We were racing each other down to the bottom to get to the artichoke heart. And we had a roasted bottom round and margaritas. It was a really warm night and we were inspired. I was kind of going crazy over that meal.
Quentin	on May 9, 2018 at 3:54 pm
Beautiful interview! Great questions!
Randc	on May 9, 2018 at 11:03 pm
Steamed artichokes are amazing. Just finished dinner, but now I'm hungry again!


It was women who carried the United States when the team was looking weak toward the end of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games.
Of the 23 medals won by the U.S., 12 were won by female athletes and two more were won in mixed events. It's the highest-ever percentage won by women at the Winter Games when Team USA has won more than 10 medals.
From Jessie Diggins, who helped snap a 42-year medal drought in cross-country skiing, to the hockey team that dethroned Canada, the four-time defending Olympic champions, women shined and gave life to a Team USA that was in desperate need of celebration in the final stretch of the Games.
"It's pretty incredible how strong our women's teams have been," said Olympic Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin. "Definitely in this day and age with females breaking out and creating something bigger than just sport -- it stands for something."
Dr. Terri Boyer, director of the Anne Welsh McNulty Institute for Women's Leadership at Villanova University, said that "perhaps more than others, women athletes have often been 'take charge' people."
"That said, I think that women across all sectors and industries have been moving towards change which empowers women more in the last year and a half or so," she said.
It's hard to pinpoint the exact moment this "movement" began, Boyer said, but the last year has been "one of reckoning for women," confronting issues including harassment and discrimination.
"I think the wins of the women on Team USA are a perfect metaphor for how women are rapidly asserting more power in every facet of American life -- from sports to politics to entertainment," said Dr. Kara Alaimo, an assistant professor of public relations in Hofstra's Lawrence Herbert School of Communication.
One of the assertions of power was seen with the rise of #MeToo. It started after sexual assault allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein in October, which led to his removal from his company. The women who came forward about Weinstein opened the door for others to share their experiences with Weinstein and other powerful men in Hollywood. Kevin Spacey, Louis C.K. and Matt Lauer were among the men to lose projects, roles and jobs amid high-profile sexual misconduct allegations.
Women began using the hashtag #MeToo on social media shortly after the Weinstein allegations to share their stories and find solidarity in each other's experiences. Those stories sparked national conversations.
Beverly Young Nelson alleges that Roy Moore sexually assaulted her in a car when she was 16 years old.
"We are witnessing the power of breaking a collective silence and the world is splitting open," said Dr. Michele Tracy Berger, a professor of women and gender studies at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. "Dismantling the behaviors, beliefs and power structures that makes sexual misconduct and sexual violence possible has been a priority for many self-identified feminists and people working for gender equality since the second wave women's movement of the late 1960s."
The calls for social change in America today take a different shape from previous feminist movements, Berger said. Women are empowered through social media, celebrities who are speaking up and the institutions that are willing to punish predators for their transgressions.
"The #MeToo movement has its roots in generations of feminist activists who paved the way for it to be possible for us to demand change so vehemently now," said Alaimo, who writes frequently about gender issues.
It wasn't just the entertainment industry that felt the power of the #MeToo movement. U.S. Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., resigned amid reports of sexual misconduct. And the Republican candidate for an open U.S. Senate seat, Roy Moore, was accused of sexual misconduct with teenage girls when he was the deputy district attorney of Etowah County, Alabama. Moore lost the special election to Democrat Doug Jones in December.
Women have been calling out their abusers in politics, but they have also taken on campaigns and offices of their own. There are 22 women in the U.S. Senate and 84 in the House. At the state and local level, women represent about 20 percent of elected officials, according to Rutgers University's Center for American Women and Politics.
Those numbers could drastically change after the midterm elections in November, as a record number of women are running for office, according to statistics from the Rutgers center. The House shows the largest spike in female candidates; as of Feb. 26, approximately 441 women -- 343 Democrats and 98 Republicans -- are expected to run in 2018.
One of the women emboldened by the Women's March the day after President Donald Trump was inaugurated was Rachel Crooks, who will be a first-time candidate for the Ohio state legislature. Crooks is one of the 16 women who have accused Trump of sexual misconduct; he allegedly kissed her without consent in 2005. She said the unwanted encounter was another inspiration for her to run for public office.
"But choosing to run for office in Ohio is not really about what Trump did to me; I'm running because his election and the actions of our political leaders since then have demonstrated to me that there is a lack of honesty and integrity among our government officials and a lack of desire to bring about change by actually serving constituents," Crooks wrote in an opinion piece for NBC News.
Alaimo believes that all of the instances of women empowerment are interconnected and dependent on one another to succeed.
"Women can't achieve equality in politics, for example, without the same kinds of wins in business, entertainment and sports," she said. "What needs to change is how every member of society -- both men and women -- view and treat women."
The best way for that change to stick, Alaimo said, is through social pressure to treat women with respect, which Americans have begun to see.
"Men abuse women partly because our society has in the past taught them not just that they can get away with it, but also that such displays of toxic masculinity are somehow esteemed," she said. "But now, men who treat women this way are becoming ostracized in America."
People participated in women's marches nationally with a message of taking action. Last year the marchers voiced their discontent. This year, they are pledging to vote, run for office, and elect new politicians in the 2018 midterm elections.
According to Boyer, a major key to the women's movement is how empowerment is occurring almost simultaneously across many areas of American public life. The collective actions "across sectors and industries will be what makes a difference in impacting real change," she said.
After winning gold in Pyeongchang in the women's cross-country team sprint, Diggins said she felt inspired and supported by the women of Team USA.
"I feel like I've learned so much from every woman on this team," Diggins said. "Both our team, and then being here at the Games with the greater Team USA, has been so cool -- getting to meet all these amazing women who are so strong, and so powerful and so good at what they do."


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América Móvil achieves 27.7% KPN stake target
Carlos Slim's América Móvil has met its target of obtaining 27.7% of Dutch carrier KPN's shares following overwhelming backing from the company's shareholders.
The stake acquisition comes despite protest from KPN's management advising shareholders not to accept América Móvil's €8 per share offer, stating that it undervalued the company.
Shareholders representing nearly 40% of KPN's shares responded to the offer when the bidding process closed on Wednesday. But because América Móvil had already acquired a 24.9% stake before the date only 2.8% of the shares needed to be purchased.
KPN had tried to sell its German mobile operation E-Plus to try to halt the stake purchase, but having failed to reach an agreement with Teléfonica for a merger of their German businesses, was left with few options to prevent the sale.
América Móvil also acquired a 21% stake in Telekom Austria earlier this month leading to speculation that it may try to combine the two companies into a larger European operation.
Stefan Amon, Telekom Austria's head of wholesale, told Capacity that he thought Slim was looking for stakes in the European market with "interesting footprints", rather than merging the two companies. "When you put KPN and Telekom Austria next to each other the synergies are not on the table," he said.
Slim's interest in Europe comes with América Móvil having exhausted all options in its home Latin American market. The European financial crisis has forced down the share price of telecoms companies in the region making investment an attractive prospect.
In an interview with the Financial Times this month, América Móvil's CFO Carlos Garcia Moreno, said that he wanted the company to work closely with KPN in areas such as procurement as a long term partner, and that the company was not working on further acquisitions in the region.
It was also reported that Dutch deputy prime minister Maxime Verhagen had invited América Móvil for a meeting to emphasise the interests of clients, shareholders and employees of KPN, and the company's duties with regard to telephone and internet traffic.
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Canada Goose, which on Wednesday filed its long-awaited initial public offering, wants to expand well beyond its expensive and trendy winter jackets.
The company also believes the U.S. market is greatly underpenetrated. Brand awareness in the U.S. was 16 percent as of August, compared with 76 percent in Canada, Canada Goose said, citing an internal consumer survey. The bulk of the American growth is also in the Northeast, including a New York retail store that opened in November.
"We believe there is a large white-space opportunity in other regions such as the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest and Pacific Northwest," the company said in its prospectus.
The company also notes that it has a loyal following. A survey conducted in 2016 showed that 84 percent of customers expect to buy another Canada Goose product when they make their next major outerwear purchase.
Not surprisingly, the company is also looking expand its offerings by creating more items for the spring and autumn.
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According to regulatory filings, Canada Goose posted revenue of $291 million in its fiscal year ended March 31, 2016, up from $152 million in 2014. Gross profit reached $146 million and net income, $26.5 million in 2016. Revenues grew at an annualized rate of 38.3 percent from 2014 to 2016, the company said.
In the nine months ended December 31, revenues jumped 41.7 percent to $352.7 million from $248.9 million in the same period a year ago. Net income grew 26.3 percent to $45.1 million, up from $35.7 million.
The company filed with a $100 million placeholder amount used to calculate fees, but could seek to raise as much as $300 million in the sale, sources have told Bloomberg. The Toronto company did not disclose an intended offering price or the number of shares being sold. The company is reportedly seeking a valuation of about $2 billion.
The IPO proceeds will be used to repay debt and for working capital and general corporate purposes.
The family-run firm, which got its start in Toronto in 1957, is currently led by the founder's grandson, Dani Reiss, who owns 30 percent of the company's stock.
A staple item on Arctic adventures and film sets, the brand has become a fashion must-have and has been seen in recent years on actors like Emma Stone, Bradley Cooper and Daniel Craig. The company notes in its prospectus that its jackets and other clothing were worn by the first Canadian to climb Mount Everest, the man who had the fastest solo South Pole expedition, an Iditarod champion and Arctic pilots.
The remaining 70 percent stake in the company is owned by private equity firm Bain Capital, which invested in the company in 2013. Bain, which also charges the company a management fee for its consulting expertise, will continue to own a controlling interest in the company following the IPO, according to the prospectus.
Canada Goose Holdings Inc. filed its offering in both the Toronto and New York stock exchanges under the symbol "GOOS." Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs and RBC Capital Markets will manage the sale.


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Edenred today announced that it had entered Japan – its 39th country – with the acquisition of Barclay Vouchers, the only company in the local meal voucher market.
At the same time, the Group has strengthened its positions in Latin America through the acquisition of Comprocard, a Brazilian food voucher issuer.
With the two transactions, Edenred is pursuing its geographic expansion with the goal of opening six to eight new countries by 2016 and is reaffirming its targeted acquisitions strategy.
With the acquisition of Barclay Vouchers in Japan, Edenred has entered its 39th country, following the opening in Finland in 20111 . The transaction has enabled the Group to establish a foothold in a country that enjoys significant growth potential, with 63 million employees and a penetration rate that is still very low, estimated at less than 1%. With more than 600 clients, Barclay Vouchers, the only player in the Japanese market for meal vouchers, generated 2011 issue volume of approximately €100 million. The acquisition gives Edenred direct access to a nationwide network of over 30,000 affiliates.
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The Megachirella fossil was found in the Alps in northern Italy.
Many fossil lizards from the early Cretaceous (more than 100 million years ago) don't seem to fit neatly into any known lineage, and megachirella might help explain those oddities.
"The specimen is 75 million years older than what we thought were the oldest fossil lizards in the entire world and provides valuable information for understanding the evolution of both living and extinct squamates", said Tiago Simoes, PhD student from the University of Alberta in Canada.
At the same time, this implies that the squamate group had already split from other ancient reptiles prior to the Permian/Triassic extinction which took place about 252 million years ago and had survived it.
Tiago Simoes and the co-author of the study Michael Caldwell, colleague and paleontologist at the University of Alberta, have published their study in the journal Nature. Its new home? At the beginning of the squamate branch, single-handedly dragging the timeline for lizards back 75 million years.
A team of worldwide scientists published their findings in the academic journal Nature, which revolved around the chameleon-sized reptile Megachirella wachtleri.
Lizards and snakes belong to a family of animals called squamates, and today there are nearly 10,000 different species slithering around the world's deserts, backyards, forests and mountains.
"We are sure it's a lizard by the particular combination of features", said Simões.
Fifteen years later, high-resolution micro CT scanning made it possible to peer inside the rock holding the fossil and identify features concealed within. But they couldn't be certain of where, or if, it fit into the squamate family tree.
An artists impression of Megachirella wachtleri walking through the vegetation in the Dolomites 240m years ago. They also used a CT scan that revealed unseen physical characteristics, which included a tiny bone in the lower jaw that is found in other squamates.
Scientists say they have discovered world's oldest lizard fossil, revealing new information about the evolution of the reptiles - they might have lived among the first dinosaurs.
"It's confirming that we are pretty much clueless", Simões said of the new species. Megachirella Wachtleri was the closest ancestor for all type of snakes and lizard, informed Simoes.
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Question: Do, in a semi-arid gypsum environment, neighbours condition the spatial patterns of emergence, survival and height of Helianthemum squamatum seedlings ?
Methods: We evaluated the effects of neighbours on the survival and growth of naturally emerging Helianthemum seedlings in a semi-arid area during a two-year period. We followed a two-fold approach based on the use of neighbour models for seedling survival and growth and spatial point pattern analyses for seedling emergence, taking into account the germination date.
Results: Seedlings appeared clumped in the vicinity of mature Helianthemum individuals. The neighbour models fitted showed that interactions with neighbours were extremely important for the survival and growth of Helianthemum seedlings. These models also suggest that the effects of neighbours on these variables vary with changes in spatial scale and in the abiotic conditions. Some species exerted negative or positive effects on Helianthemum seedlings only at certain spatial scales, and others exerted negative or positive effects at earlier stages of seedling development, but none later and vice versa.
Conclusions: We suggest that the observed patterns are mainly influenced by small-scale modifications in soil conditions and microclimate created by neighbours, which change in time and space.
Abbreviations: GLM = Generalized linear model.


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DAVID MOYES last night defended Wayne Rooney for his kick at Cardiff's Jordon Mutch.
The Manchester United striker risked a red card for lashing out while chasing a loose ball – but was only booked by referee Neil Swarbrick.
And boss Moyes insisted that was the correct decision after watching his side held to a draw thanks to Kim Bo-Kyung's last-gasp header.
Moyes said: "I thought that Mutch ran across his path. They are both going down the line of the ball, and I thought Wayne was in motion.
"I don't think there was any more than that and the yellow card was sufficient.
"I think there's lashing out at times and I don't think that was a lash out in any way.
"It was about feeling hard done by the boy running across his path."
Cardiff boss Malky Mackay refused to slam Swarbrick – despite accusing Rooney of booting Mutch.
"I'll look at it again but on first look it certainly is a real kick at him," he said.
Rooney took advantage of the referee's leniency to put United ahead and Patrice Evra also netted.
But the champions were twice pegged back, first by Fraizer Campbell and then Kim's late effort.
Moyes was unhappy with a tussle in the box between Cardiff's Gary Medel and United man Marouane Fellaini just before the second equaliser, with the Chilean appearing to slap his opponent.
The United boss added: "I don't know what the ref can do about the situation. I am sure he saw something, to call out the players to talk to them.
United were without Robin van Persie and Nemanja Vidic due to injuries, and both will have treatment to try to get them fit for Wednesday's Champions League trip to Bayer Leverkusen.


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Black Empowerment – Green & Black
Maggie Rosen November 15, 2007
Ethical issues extend to people as well as the environment. Thirteen years after apartheid was lifted, South Africa's wine industry is still far from racially integrated. But does the wine industry have a duty towards black empowerment, and can such efforts ever succeed beyond achieving political correctness, asks MAGGIE ROSEN.
Mzokhona Mvemve does not consider himself a black winemaker. While studying chemical engineering in Durban in the mid-1990s, he was spotted by long-established wine pioneer Jabulani Ntshangase (owner of Thabani wines), who encouraged him to try oenology. 'Thirteen years ago, you and I wouldn't have been able to sit here like this,' he says over dinner at 96 Winery Road in Somerset West, east of Cape Town, a casual restaurant owned by renowned producer Ken Forrester. 'I wouldn't even have been your waiter. I might have cleaned the tables.' However, black empowerment has moved forwards.
https://www.decanter.com/wine-travel/south-africa/
Fast forward a decade or so, and Mvemve is a top graduate of Stellenbosch University's oenology programme. A former winemaker for Cape Classics, in 2005 he launched his own Sagila range – a Sauvignon Blanc and Chenin Blanc (£7.99; Ethical Wines). In 2005, he released the first vintage of MR (as in Mvemve Raats) de Compostella – a critically lauded Bordeaux blend costing £40 in the UK. Made in boutique quantities, it's a 50/50 joint venture with winemaker Bruwer Raats, a friend and former colleague from a stint at Delaire Winery. Not bad for a Zulu who grew up in a township.
While Mvemve markets neither himself nor his wines as Black Empowerment projects, the fact that some people want to talk to him simply because he's one of very few non-white winemakers to have achieved such a high level of professional responsibility is not lost on him.
'I realise that being black in a predominantly white industry makes me unusual,' he says. 'But I have a voice, and I often have an opinion. There are only a few black oenology graduates, and if the industry is serious about transformation, then there has to be a much bigger effort to give black winemakers the same training and qualifications as our white counterparts, or we will never be taken seriously or get the top jobs.'
Mvemve knows his trajectory owes as much to timing and good mentors as it does to drive and hard work. (On top of the rest, he's studying for an MBA.) He was an early participant in the broad-based Black Economic Empowerment – BEE for short – a government-mandated socioeconomic strategy that runs across all walks of life, formalised in 2003 with a legal act, and followed up in early 2007 by a set of Codes of Good Practice. BEE uses a balanced score card approach to encourage businesses to meet specified targets – which vary based on the company's size – for a significant increase in the number of black people who manage, control, own and participate in all sectors of the economy – and thus reduce income disparity. The goal is no less than transformation of the economy, so that by 2014 it better reflects the country's diverse ethnic make-up: 80% black, 9% white, 8.5% coloured (mixed- race people descended from the country's early settlers, their slaves, and the indigenous population) and 2.5% Asian.
State bodies and public companies are obliged to comply, and private companies must do so if they want to do business with government entities.
Slow to start
It's no secret that the wine sector has had a particularly rocky time. One reason is that a critical aspect of transformation – particularly relevant to agriculture – calls for 30% of land to be under black ownership by 2014. Another is that the BEE charter exempts 'micro- enterprises' with less than R5 million (£341,000) annual turnover. The very structure of farming – and wine as a sub-category – puts the first target, not to mention all the others, at odds with the second. Most wineries are small businesses. 'If you look at other industries – like mining and construction – BEE seems to have advanced much more rapidly,' says Lynne Sherriff MW, a UK-based, South African-born independent wine consultant and South Africa Regional Chair for the Decanter World Wine Awards. 'There's a certain amount of frustration that change has been slow. But no other country, with the exception of Germany, has such a troubled history – and agriculture is a slow-moving industry. We almost need our own kick up the backside.' Initial efforts to achieve the land and equity ownership targets – via spinning off shares to black-owned consortia, creating purportedly black-owned brands to benefit people without the experience to market them, establishing land-ownership trusts where each beneficiary might someday receive a minuscule dividend – have left people dissatisfied and distrustful of the system. There have also been serious allegations of cronyism and mismanagement of funds by both government entities such as the Department of Agriculture and the perpetually beleaguered Land Bank (the agriculture development finance institution tasked with funding land reform) and industry organs such as the South African Wine Industry Trust.
https://www.decanter.com/awards-home/the-dwwa-judges/dwwa-judge-profile-lynne-sherriff-mw-261241/
'There's nothing new about such manoeuvres,' says Marthinus Saunderson, a Lutzville-based winemaker and the first general manager of SAWIT, whom many claim was forced out in 2004 because he was unwilling to fund projects with questionable viability. 'Transformation seems to have less to do with changing the lives of the many – those with grim housing, whose weekly wages are the price of an expensive bottle of Cabernet – than with the enrichment of the few, who soon won't even need to toss a few crumbs of comfort to those over whose backs they scramble upwards.'
Black Empowerment – Damning figures
A definitive answer as to the number of black winemakers today is hard is to find. Estimates range from five (from the South African Black Vintners Association) to 25. And in terms of the number of blackowned wineries, figures are even starker: there are perhaps two or three, of which Saunderson is one.
With 570+ wineries, exporting 270- odd million litres – or 3.1% of the world's wine, valued at almost R15 billion (about £1bn, in 2003) –such statistics make many feel the sector has not evolved quickly enough. With this in mind, the wine industry in July adopted its own version of the BEE charter, and many are pinning their hopes on this. Yet there has also been a more positive undercurrent: creative, results-oriented efforts, involving mentorship, partnership, joint ventures, which demonstrate that where the will exists, there are numerous ways to transform the industry and ensure black empowerment.
https://www.decanter.com/wine-news/interview-john-platter-99775/
In 2003, former academic administrator Diale Rangaka bought 42 hectares of poorly tended vines and fruit trees outside Stellenbosch, and moved his family there. The property came with old buildings and broken machinery, and its new inhabitants lacked experience, but were eager to learn. 'It was a disaster zone,' recalls Rangaka. 'But I had done a lot of research and I saw wine could be a good business. I'd bought into the romance of this lovely wine culture and lifestyle we'd seen in magazines and on TV.' Rangaka's neighbours are the Grier family, producers of Villiera Wines. Winemaker Jeff Grier offered to help, and the M'hudi brand – carried by Marks & Spencer – was born.
'They had a dream of getting into the wine business, and that's something we know a lot about,' said Grier. 'Our view has always been that black empowerment depends on developing skills. We agreed a mentorship arrangement, whereby we would help [Diale and his son Tseliso] fix up their vineyard, and add value to their grapes by creating a brand, which would assist them with marketing and selling.' M'hudi – now in its third vintage – is selling well at M&S. Villiera does not share in the brand but recuperates costs from its profits. 'We're using our skills and contacts to help them,' says Grier, 'and we hope they will help us gain greater access to the developing black middle-class market.' Marks & Spencer wine buyer Gerd Stepp says the brand fits neatly into the company's new eco-plan, a multi-million pound strategy to source only sustainably and ehtically traded products.


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Episode 49, "Divine Intervention"
December 14, 2021 by Scott 2 Comments
Episode 49, "Divine Intervention"
Welcome to The Hall of Blue Illumination, the podcast dedicated to the world of M.A.R. Barker's Tékumel. In this episode, our hosts discuss EPT's divine intervention mechanics at length. But first, James and Victor engage in a brief discussion about imperial heirs.
[00:00:35] Children of the known Tsolyáni princes? Victor found a reference in the Sourcebook, in a reference to dueling masters. (Sourcebook, § 1.960, p. 117). At the Threshold of Glory in Jakálla, Viumél hiArkódu tutors the children of Prince Rereshqála.
[00:02:14] James has wondered about the hidden heirs a lot, since this system seems very unwieldly and difficult to maintain in the long-term.
[00:03:13] But the idea of using the trials to make sure that the strongest candidate accedes to the Petal Throne, and that there's no tradition of primogeniture works just fine.
[00:04:00] Victor notes that according to EPT, the "farming out" of the heirs is a "recent custom." (EPT §200, p. 13).
[00:05:13] Every few hundred years, there's a breakdown in imperial succession. Victor notes several.
[00:09:36] In Flamesong a "forgotten" prince from Emperor Hirkáne's generation is uncovered. [GPD: Spoiler alert? Why haven't you read Flamesong yet, it's great!] It's weird that no one seems to acknowledge Nalukkán after the mere span of a generation, even though he says that he was given troops to put down the rebellion in Fasíltum. [GPD: which occurred in 2340 AS. To save you some time humble listener, with respect to published sources, EPT is set in 2354 AS, and the Sourcebook is set in 2358 AS. Hirkáne dies in 2364 AS, which touches off the succession crisis that occurs in the background of several of the novels.]
[00:11:30] Divine Intervention. This is covered in EPT §2110, p. 91. Victor notes that this was present in early D&D campaigns, but James guesses this is probably the first published mention of the game concept. People don't appreciate the fact that Prof. Barker pioneered several innovations in gaming concepts with EPT that are still with us today.
[00:16:00] Victor covers the initial paragraphs of this section. James wonders if the restriction of the divine intervention mechanic to player characters might be to prevent players using their hirelings to game the system.
[00:18:22] The discussion of player offerings and "sacrifices" is interesting, as is the note that player characters can only willingly be sacrificed by other players.
[00:19:28] Based on the text of EPT, it seems that divine intervention isn't merely a method of last resort, but something that is a normal option, even if you don't do it all the time. Victor and James review the final portion of the "example of play" in §2810 at page 102, which ends with the hapless characters suggesting divine intervention.
[00:21:49] Many early examples of play end badly for the players. Victor and James discuss an example from early D&D.
[00:23:28] Back to EPT, it's also noteworthy that you can't purchase divine intervention on credit.
[00:24:39] There's an example of divine intervention that may be referenced in the novels. Going from memory, Victor relates that he's heard that prior to the war with Yán Kór, a player character from Prof. Barker's campaign requested divine intervention from Sárku when he realized that his cohort was about the get wiped out. He made a vague request of the god, and the result touched off the war.
[00:28:52] Has any player character ever called on Avánthe? The nature of the god is relevant to the kind of intervention granted.
[00:29:30] Calling for divine intervention did happen while Victor played with Prof. Barker. But by this time (the mid-80s), the players were all aware of how many unintended consequences could result, and so only used it when matters were especially dire.
[00:30:43] Bob Brynildson played a priest of Avánthe for a while. Later, the group discovered that the priest was actually an accomplished assassin, illustrating that even Avánthe has pragmatic aspects.
[00:31:58] Victor notes the caution given to players about looting the shrines and tombs of the gods they worship. This will end the players' chances of divine intervention. But the gods don't always mind you looting the other god's holy sites – in Tékumel, context is everything.
[00:36:03] The only thing that these mechanics don't take into account is the differences in the results of calling upon a cohort instead of their god. Is there anything a god can do, that a cohort can't?
[00:37:06] The interests of the Gods of Change are generally more in tune with the attitudes and needs of adventurers. Victor notes that in the recorded instances of divine intervention, only Thúmis is mentioned. This occurs in the Epic of Hrúgga.
[00:40:01] Most of Prof. Barker's early player characters "gelled" because they worshiped either Vimúlha or Ksárul. They either wanted to burn their problems away, or acquire personal power and knowledge, respectively.
[00:40:58] Left unanswered by EPT is how often divine intervention occurs in the world of Tékumel.
[00:41:45] In both James and Victor's groups, their players have only tried divine intervention twice. James gives a great anecdote about the first time his players tried it.
[00:45:30] Knowing the ultimate goals and motivations of the gods are beyond human comprehension. Victor gives his view on this. He believes that there's some kind of larger struggle going on between Pavár's pantheon on the one hand, and the Pariah Deities on the other. Pavár's gods have an interest in keeping Tékumel in its pocket dimension, while the other deities oppose this.
[00:47:26] These kinds of questions are big part of the dispute in the College at the End of Time. The "Blasphemous Accelerators" like the wizard Metállja feel that the gods are actually bad for humanity, and that they impede humanity's progress. One of the Blasphemous Accelerators' bases of operation is in the Unstraightened City, which seems to be cosmologically important.
[00:49:30] In the History of Engsvanyálu (i.e., The Ever-Glorious Empire), Prof. Barker speaks to the concept of the "Hero of the Age." Basically, everyone is against the Goddess of the Pale Bone, and the actions of the Hero of the Age have cosmological significance.
Hosts: James Maliszewski and Victor J. Raymond.
Producer: Thomas Tiggleman
Flamesong, Professor Barker's second novel set on Tékumel, is finally back in print. You can purchase the paperback through Amazon. It's also available as an ebook for Kindle, Nook, or Kobo.
Tékumel Products Referenced:
Swords & Glory Vol. 1 (a.k.a. the "Sourcebook") was first published by Gamescience in 1983. It is a detailed sourcebook for the world of Tékumel. You can purchase it as a print-on-demand book, or as a PDF from DriveThruRPG.
Empire of the Petal Throne is the original Tékumel sourcebook and rules set. It was first published by TSR in 1975. It can be purchased as a print-on-demand book, or as a PDF from DriveThruRPG.
Man of Gold, the first of M.A.R. Barker's novels set on Tékumel, is back in print. You can purchase it through Amazon or CreateSpace. It's also available as an ebook for Kindle, Nook, or Kobo.
The Ever-Glorious Empire: Éngsvan hlá Gánga was written by M.A.R. Barker and released as a netbook in 1996. It is available for purchase as a PDF at DriveThruRPG. It details the history of the Empire of the Priest-Kings of Gánga.
The Tongue of Those Who Journey Beyond: Sunúz was originally published in 1994 by Prof. Barker. You can purchase the PDF from DriveThruRPG.
Non-Tékumel Things:
The Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 1st Edition Dungeon Master's Guide is available as a PDF from DriveThruRPG.
Arduin is a roleplaying game and setting written by David A. Hargrave, and originally self-published in 1977. Several subsequent publishers have released products for Arduin, most notably Grimoire Games. Early on, Arduin incorporated material from genres beyond traditional medieval fantasy.
RuneQuest is another Chaosium product with a distinguished history. It first saw print in 1978, and is based on the same Basic Role-Playing framework as Call of Cthulhu.
Tom Moldvay authored the second edition of the Dungeons and Dragons Basic Set, published in 1981. It is colloquially known today as the "Moldvay Basic Set."
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J Michael Cule says
The fact that the chronicles of the Empire do not say at any time: "And then a previously hidden heir was brought forth" doesn't mean much given that only decades ago they seem to have supressed the very existence of an acknowledged heir.
(Am I the only person who thought when he read Harsan's background "Ah ha! An Imperial Heir hidden among non-humans. How novel!")
Yes, Divine Intervention is present in RuneQuest. Players roll d100 against their POWer characteristic (which in humans can rise as high as 21) and if they roll under it the god takes that many points of POW and provides appropriate aid. If you roll exactly the character's POW then the aid is given but the petitioner's soul is snatched up to the God's presence. Neat system and one that ensures the call only comes in extreme emergencies. (It's slightly different in RUNEQUEST: GLORANTHA the latest iteration.)
The problem I had with EPT DI was twofold. First the difficulty of distinguishing between what a Cohort can do and what a God can do which was never clear to me. And second the idea of instant sacrifice to boost your chances. I never felt it was suitable to purely spiritual and divine creatures to care about material advantage. Maybe the sacrifice of life of others (or more properly their souls) works but when you're desperate enough to call for the aid of the Gods you don't really have the time to cut more than one throat. And no time at all to count what you have in your pouch.
Bonnacon says
I just got around to reading Flamesong and have almost finished it but there are a couple of things therein on which I was wondering if you could shed light.
On page 8 of issue #4 of The Dragon a report to the Petal Throne is related in which one Elára Ferríya hiVríddi and a couple of compatriots had been taken to the Tólek Kána Pits, presumably around 2353, to forestall an uprising in Fasíltum. After some shenanigans by Prince Dhich'uné and Lord Arkhane, she and one other of her compatriots were frozen with an Excellent Ruby Eye and taken to Avanthár. This obviously conflicts with the story told in Flamesong. Did Barker change this at a later date or was this not part of one of his campaigns? The introduction of the article seems to leave open the possibility that this report might have come from someone else's campaign, in which case he adopted it with revisions. Do you have any ideas about what happened?
And I was struck by the brazen exploits of Captain Hárchar (Dave Arneson's character) in the novel. Were these based on something that actually happened in campaign?


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Valerie Taylor-Barnes, Dancer, Teacher, and Arts Philanthropist, Dead at 88
Suzanna Bowling
Valerie and Clive Barnes. © Valerie Taylor-Barnes
Valerie Taylor-Barnes, celebrated ballerina of the Royal Ballet and champion of young artists, passed away peacefully of natural causes on November 18, 2019 at the age of 88. She was preceded in death nearly ten years to the day by her beloved husband, Clive Barnes.
Valerie began dancing at the tender age of 3 and began her training with Sadler's Wells (later to be called the Royal Ballet) when she was 16. She quickly joined the company in 1948 at the age of 17, owing to her innate ability to quickly pick up on steps given in rapid succession.
Valerie Taylor-Barnes in Les Sylphides.
© Derek Allen
Like many young dancers, she wanted to be a classical dancer, and found great success as a soloist dancing demi-characterère and character roles. Among her favorite roles were the Miller's Wife in Leonide Massine's Le Tricorne and the Prelude in Les Sylphides, opposite husband and wife pair Sergei Griforiev and Lubov Tchernicheva. Some of her fondest memories of her time with the Royal Ballet included working with esteemed choreographer Sir Frederick Ashton, having danced in several of his premieres, including Cinderella and The Two Pigeons. Her time with the Royal Ballet also gifted her with a cherished, lifelong friendship with Principal Dancer Margot Fonteyn.
Ms. Taylor-Barnes also taught dance for many years, leading her to the U.S. with classes at LaGuardia High School of the Performing Arts, Martin Luther King Jr. High School, Marymount Manhattan College, and Dance Theatre of Harlem alongside her dear friend Arthur Mitchell.
Valerie's legacy will live on through the continued work of The Clive Barnes Foundation, which she founded in 2009 in honor of her late husband, New York Times and New York Post theater and dance critic Clive Barnes. Both were well-known for their fervent vocal support of dancers and theater artists during their early careers, cultivating the next generation of great performing artists. Each year, the Foundation recognizes a select group of finalists in both theater and dance, with the winners receiving The Clive Barnes Award and a $5,000 award in recognition of their artistry, providing financial support for these bright young artists, in addition to Ms. Taylor-Barnes' mentorship and unending encouragement.
Previous winners of The Clive Barnes Award, selected by Valerie Taylor-Barnes and a committee of critics and performers, include Nina Arianda, MJ Rodriguez, Rob McClure, Jonny Orsini, Russell Janzen, Alex Sharp, Gemma Bond, and Evan Ruggiero. The ceremony for 10th annual Clive Barnes Awards will take place on Monday, April 6 at 3pm.
Valerie is survived by family members Edward Cartwright, Jacqueline Cartwright, Phillipa Cartwright, Celia Senzar, Katherine Verner, Christopher Barnes, Samuel Clarence, Maya Johansen, and many dear friends.
A celebration of Valerie's life is being planned for after the New Year. Donations in Valerie's honor may be sent via check to: The Clive Barnes Foundation, 241 West 23rd Street #4A, New York, NY 10011.
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The Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) on joint submission of data and data-sharing in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) was voted unanimously by the REACH Committee on the 22ndOctober 2015.
The new rules will not be subject to the usual three-month scrutiny period and will be implemented twenty days after the European Commission publish the regulation in the Official Journal. However, the European Chemicals Agency will need to amend and publish revised guidance in line with the new provisions.
REACH requires manufactures and importers to collect data on their substances and use it to prepare registration dossier and to assess the risks related to this substance and to develop appropriate risk management measures. Whenever necessary data are missing, Substance Information Exchange Forums (SIEF) participants are required to inquire whether a relevant study is available within the SIEF. This is mandatory for studies involving tests on vertebrate animals and it is possible for other data.
The basic principle endorsed by the Commission is that cost sharing should be 'determined in a fair, transparent and non-discriminatory manner.' Agreements to share data should be 'structured in a way that all relevant costs are clearly described and identifiable'.
New members joining a SIEF after the new rules come into force are not bound by any agreement between the existing members and can require the SIEF to comply with the provisions of the new rules.
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Coalition Response to Amazon Pulling Out of Planned LIC Agreement
Published by nycetc on February 15, 2019
Today, Amazon announced that the company will no longer move forward with plans to build a headquarters in Long Island City.
Ever since the HQ2 agreement was announced back in November, there has been growing concern and opposition from local community leaders as well as local, state and federal elected officials about the potential impact on the city.
Since December, the Coalition and several other member representatives have provided input about the planned development through our involvement on the Community Advisory Committee. Throughout this process, we have remained concerned about Amazon's commitment to including current New York City residents into their workforce plans and have pushed for substantial and long-term investments from the company, City and State in training and employment programs.
We believe that all major economic development projects, and especially ones of the magnitude and potential consequences as the Amazon headquarters would have had, must include substantial workforce training investments to create equitable talent pipelines and job opportunities for all New Yorkers. These projects must actively be centered around economic inclusion and access to viable career pathways for marginalized communities, including individuals who reside in public housing or are homeless, have low literacy levels or lack a highschool diploma, who are justice-involved or have disabilities, and countless other New Yorkers. This will continue to be our steadfast guiding principle as we remain dedicated to creating a more equitable city for the 2.1 million New Yorkers who are underemployed or out of work and without a clear pathway to a job, career, and self-sufficiency for themselves and their families.
We saw increased interest from the City in strengthening our human capital development systems – as exemplified by the mayor's recent release of a Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI) for organizations to "support research and planning into innovative approaches the city could take to promote training and hiring of underrepresented New Yorkers in tech and other in-demand sectors."
We look forward to working with our members and future members, partners, and City and State leadership to ensure that our city's growth is rooted in community-driven and equity-centric economic development.
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