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Christopher Belter's Parents Accused Of Facilitating His String Of Sex Crimes By 'Grooming' Teen Girls
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"This is a pattern. He will offend again," one of the survivors of Christopher Belter's sexual abuse said in the aftermath of his controversial case.
Belter, 20, pleaded guilty to third-degree rape, attempted sexual abuse and two counts of second degree sexual abuse involving four teenage girls.
Yet, in a decision that has been widely criticized, a New York judge who "prayed over" his verdict sentenced Belter to just 8 years of probation — he won't spend a day in prison for his crimes.
The assaults took place over an 18-month period in Belter's family home.
Belter acted alone and no justice can be served until he is adequately punished, but it is impossible to detach his obvious privilege from a family that allegedly enabled his actions.
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"If Chris Belter was not a white defendant from a rich and influential family, it is my belief he would surely have been sentenced to prison," lawyer Steven M Cohen said on Tuesday.
Who are Christopher Belter's parents?
Belter's father, Christopher Belter Sr, is a senior trial lawyer and a partner at Goldberg Segalla, a high-end New York law firm where some partners reportedly make more than $1m a year.
Belter's mother, Tricia Vacanti, also appears to be a lawyer. His stepfather, Gary Sullo, is a chief executive at a lucrative manufacturing firm.
Belter abused his victims in his family home.
He was 16 when the assaults began, all of which took place in Belter's home in an exclusive neighborhood near the Niagara Falls Country Club.
The investigation that led to Belter's arrest began with this home which was reportedly known to locals as a "party house."
In September 2018, police received a tip through the state's child abuse helpline and began looking into the parties.
Court papers allege that Vacanti served teenagers jello shots and smoked cannabis with them.
Sullo was charged with supplying alcohol to teenagers back in 2016.
Their culpability in the assaults is impossible to overlook.
Christopher Belter's victims have accused his mother and stepfather of 'grooming' them.
One lawsuit filed by a victim known as MM names Vacanti, Gullo, Belter Sr. and another adult, Jessica Long, as co-defendants — Long is reported to be a family friend.
"Vacanti cultured a relationship with MM with all the characteristics of a peer to peer friendship, including the mutual exchange of personal and confidential information, with the intention of grooming MM and other girls to be prey for her predator son," it alleges.
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"Vacanti would flatter and compliment MM's appearance, find points of insecurity in MM's psyche and use them... [she] gained MM's trust by offering a space for her and others to party with drugs and alcohol."
Other lawsuits claim three adults were aware of the sexual abuse happening at the residence and accused these adults of making the assaults more likely by supplying drugs and alcohol.
The lawsuits are all ongoing and all four adults have pleaded not guilty.
Given the leniency Belter got, it is difficult to imagine if anyone will ever pay the price for his crimes apart from those he inflicted them upon.
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Victims have expressed their fears that Belter will reoffend, a reasonable concern given the fact that he already broke a previous probation agreement from 2019.
His family's status has likely contributed to the unequal treatment he has received in comparison to other sex offenders.
This is a man, and a family, acting within a system that is built to privilege them. The outrage, while justified, is too little too late when Belter has already exploited every privilege granted to him.
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Analysis and reconstruction of dynamic-stall data from nominally two-dimensional aerofoil tests in two different wind tunnels
Gobbi, Giangiacomo (2010) Analysis and reconstruction of dynamic-stall data from nominally two-dimensional aerofoil tests in two different wind tunnels. PhD thesis, University of Glasgow.
This work is a specific investigation into low speed aerofoils. The term "low speed" is
normally used to indicate free stream velocity less than Mach = 0.5 and, here, not more
than 0.2 M when considering dynamic-stall. This field of investigation, for the QinetiQ
aerofoil, has been somewhat ignored till now to the advantage of higher speeds starting
from 0.3 M. In order to improve the knowledge of the behaviour of aerofoils under
M<0.2 conditions, the University of Glasgow, in cooperation with QinetiQ, carried out
two-dimensional aerodynamic tests on a RAE9645 aerofoil in 2002. By the end of
November, of the same year, high quality unsteady pressure measurements from
dynamic-stall tests were available. The tests were conducted on two different RAE9645
aerofoil models in two different wind tunnels. The first of these data came from the
aerofoil that was tested in the Department of Aerospace's Handley Page Wind Tunnel.
The second data set was from tests carried out by QinetiQ on an aerofoil in the
Department of Aerospace's Argyll Wind Tunnel. The objectives of this investigation are
divided in three main topics. First part considers the analysis of the data. This means (a)
the assessment of the aerodynamic coefficients and consequent analysis of the various
features of the dynamic-stall including the critical angle, the pitching moment and stall
onset. (b) A comparison of the overall aerodynamic coefficients and (c) the carry out of
final analysis of the most important quantities such as Cp deviation, vortex development
and convection speed and re-establishment of fully attached flow. The assessment of the
all same quantities for the second aerofoil tested by QinetiQ and the comparison of them
with the first model are the objectives of the second part of the project. Hence a most
useful comparison of two data sets from two different wind tunnels will be achieved.
The third part was to establish the coefficients for the Beddoes third generation
dynamic-stall model for the clean aerofoil without any flow control, using both aerofoil
data. The Beddoes third generation dynamic-stall model is the last version of a model
which has been in constant development over thirty years and is known as the most
popular semi empirical method for assessing unsteady airloads such as lift, drag and
pitching moment. This applies both to helicopters and wind turbines. The simplicity and
undergoing philosophy of this method is its strength, especially compared with the
current solution of Navier-Stokes or Euler equations. At the completion of this work, all
the coefficients and information necessary for running the Beddoes simulating dynamicstall
model were obtained for the RAE9645 aerofoil. At the same time refinements,
improvements and new guide lines were pursued in order to make the model easier and
more powerful than before. Some of these changes are associated only to low Mach
It has been concluded that the Beddoes' model has been enhanced to better re-construct
the RAE9645 aerofoils data of low Mach numbers.
unsteady aerodynamics, dynamic stall, onset of dynamic stall, reattachment process.
T Technology > TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics
College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Aerospace Sciences
Galbraith, Prof. R.A.
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As part of our weekly Ask a Pro segment, InGoal Magazine recently sat down to pose a handful of our readers' questions to New Jersey Devils legend Martin Brodeur.
The resulting conversation covered everything from his unique style – would you believe he actually started as a butterfly goalie in junior before becoming one of the last of the stand-up stoppers in the NHL? – to the evolution of the position, to how his dad watching Ron Hextall play helped him become one of the game's great goaltenders. Brodeur also talked about his ancient chest-and-arm, which ironically now has him out for up to a couple of weeks after a shot found one of many seams on the 12-year-old "protection."
It should come as no surprise that the chance to engage one of, if not the, greatest goaltenders in the history of the NHL produced a flood of questions from our newsletter subscribers. And while there wasn't nearly enough time to answer them all, the affable future first-ballot Hall of Fame goalie was gracious with his time, providing both the answers below and several other nuggets on the changes in both equipment and playing style that we will roll out later as features on InGoal.
(This Ask a Pro with Martin Brodeur was originally published October 31, 2010 exclusively for newsletter subscribers. Subscriptions to the weekly email are free – so why not sign up?)
InGoal Magazine reader Eddie Azcona (and several others) asks: You've been highly consistent throughout your career and really haven't changed the way you play? What are your thoughts on today's butterfly goalie and do you think that it's the only way to play goal nowadays?
Martin Brodeur: "Actually when I was younger, when I was playing junior, my whole thing was the butterfly. I was going down a lot. I had the wide stance, both feet were really wide and my knees were locked in, I was a lot different than I am now, that's for sure. [Devils Goalie Coach] Jacques Caron wanted me to be a more agile, mobile goalie, not just a blocking goalie. It's funny the way you do the shuffle, I don't really do the shuffle with my skate. We T-push everywhere instead of other goalies that drive everywhere, and you don't see goalies T-push anymore. But that's Jacques Caron, that's the way he had to survive when he played the game because he wasn't blessed with great mobility so he had to stand on his feet and he learned to T-push everywhere and get there on time and make the saves he needed to make. So really that's something I never did before and when I came into training camp and did the first drill I looked like a Pee Wee. I couldn't do anything because I wasn't used to that and it's funny now because I've been around a long time with him and every time we have a young goalie coming up Jacques is trying to teach him this stuff."
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Martin Brodeur wears a 12 year old chest protector that he insists will retire with him.
When Brodeur was forced to leave a recent game after taking a shot on the arm, InGoal was hardly surprised. Not after seeing his chest protector up close a few days earlier.
Brodeur, who came back early and even tried wearing Boston Celtics arm sleeves to protect his injured appendage but is now again out for up to two weeks, said the chest-and-arm is "12 years old at least."
"It's been around. It's going to retire with me too," he joked. "That's why I add stuff. Every time I get hurt I put on new padding."
Get out the sewing kit, then.
InGoal Magazine follow up: And your thoughts on your style now compared to others?
Martin Brodeur: "I take a lot of pride in being different than everybody and I think keep the shooter guessing. So I think it's more hybrid type of style, a competitive goalie that will do more than be just a stand-up or just a butterfly goalie. I'm a guy that is a student of the game, loves to watch other players and how they're successful, and if I'm able to pick out anything from their game and throw it into my game, I won't hesitate to do that. And I think that's the best way to describe it, a hybrid, somebody that will change with the situation in the way I'm going to play the game. It's just about what you believe is better for you to play, your body type, how skilled you are, that lets you play a certain way. I think it's all about playing the game and being aggressive and being active in your net. I think good athletes will be able to play. Look at [Calgary's Miikka] Kiprusoff: There are a few goalies that still do the butterfly but still do a lot of the things that I do too. The way I like to play is totally different, try to keep the players guessing all the time and not knowing exactly what I'm going to do every time. It's just a like a shooter, some guys have different trends and skate or shoot different ways – why should all the goalies be the same?"
InGoal: Isn't that similarity what we see with so many of today's butterfly goalies?
Martin Brodeur: "I think the trend of butterfly, stats don't lie, it works. So you can't bash that. It's all about percentages. It was successful at one point and so that's how goalie coaches taught the younger guys to play the game. They'll tell you how many percent of the goals in the NHL are scored in certain areas of the net and if you're able to block it at 100 per cent, you should be a good goalie. That's the way the kids have been taught the last few years because of the success of the butterfly goalies that came about with [Jean-Sebastien] Giguere, and Patrick Roy, and [Roberto] Luongo, and a lot of other goalies also. It's working for them, but I think it's gotten to get tougher and tougher just to think about percentages because there is a lot more wide-open shots, a lot more survival out there than there was before the lockout. Your reflex game is more important, your agility, being able to recover from a save and controlling your rebounds are more important now because your defensemen can't do the job they used to be able to do by interfering with players trying to get rebounds. Guys are able now to get the rebounds, so just blocking the shot is going to get tougher on goalies to just rely on that. You're really going to have to control your game, put the puck where you want as far as rebounds are concerned."
InGoal Magazine reader Nicholas Bado asks: I am always looking for ways to improve my game. What do you do off-ice that you feel is beneficial to your performance on the ice and has that routine changed?
Martin Brodeur: "You have to learn because you have to adjust your game. If you don't want to adjust your game, you're going to struggle because at the end of the day somebody is going to find a way to beat you and the only way to stay on top is to try and find a way that you won't get beat. Sometimes you can do things a certain way your whole life, but maybe it's not working anymore, and another thing is it's not going to work all the time. You need to adjust yourself with what's going on, and I think watching tapes of yourself is the best way. Every time I get scored on, I see it because I go back and watch every singe goal I give up and every single save I make. And so that's how I learn my game. My coach and I don't have to talk about it too much because we see it together. The next thing you know I see if I give up a rebound and I got up off the wrong foot and that's why I was a little late getting over. Those are the things that are simple. Or it can be just about your positioning when the puck is behind the net, or why the guy was able to tap it in and it looked like I couldn't move. There's a reason why, maybe my feet were locked into position or I looked the wrong way behind the net, you name it, I really go through my game like probably no one else. Even though people think I just play the game, play the game, I really make sure that I do my homework every game. I think it's important. My life will be 15-20 years in hockey and this is what I do, it's my work, and if I don't take pride in the way I play, who will?"
InGoal Magazine reader Jordan Whitley asks (and again, several other readers had similar inquiries): You are a pioneer of goalies playing the puck, so I wonder what got you started and is it something you can practice – and if so, how?
Martin Brodeur: "The way I wound up playing the puck was my dad used to be the photographer for the Montreal Canadiens and one morning when I woke up before going to school my dad came in and said 'son, I can't believe what I saw last night' and I didn't see the game so I didn't know what he was talking about, but Ron Hextall was playing and he said 'this guy is like a third defenseman.' That stuck in my mind and the next thing you know I watched a game and saw him play and I was amazed and I thought, 'you know what, that's what I want to do, I want to put that in my game.' And so I started working at it and the key to it is simply shooting pucks. Every time I have a chance, I'm going to make a pass to one of my players in practice. Every time I have a chance, I'm going to clear the puck just to see how far I'm going to be able to shoot it. And when they're doing drills on the other side and I don't feel like taking shots, I go and I take maybe 50 pucks and I'm going to aim at the cross bar, or aim just over the net, and you know I'll shoot on my backhand, on my forehand, or from behind the net I'll get someone to skate board to board at the red line and I'll try to hit his stick. The key is you've got to play, you've got to practice, and you have to love what you do. I was 14 or 15 years old when I started to work at it, just remember when I was midget AAA we had hockey and school together so we had a class of hockey and I would just go into the gym and shoot those big heavy orange pucks for half an hour just to get stronger."
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The triumphal American visit of Pope Francis was covered widely as a boost to the Catholic Left, and a challenge to the Catholic Right. Yet the Pope, who is a "little bit more leftist", poses a challenge for the Catholic Left, too.
On public policy matters, the Holy Father ticked all the boxes of the progressive agenda and then some – easier immigration, binding economic regulation to fight climate change, denunciation of the arms trade and international financial agencies, abolition of the death penalty. There were mentions, too, of the life questions and marriage, but they were muted in comparison to the lengthy treatment of ecology, in which regard the Holy Father taught that the environment had rights in itself.
In matters of Church life, he went out of his way to praise extravagantly the same American religious Sisters who were subject to an apostolic visitation under Benedict XVI, for, inter alia, putting leftist politics ahead of Catholic doctrine. Before Congress he elevated not John Carroll or Fulton Sheen, but Dorothy Day and Thomas Merton, liberal Catholic heroes, to the American pantheon alongside Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King.
For good reason, commentators on the Catholic Left could hardly contain their excitement. Francis is the Pope, not a partisan, but there was no doubt which party thought the Pope was on their side.
The Holy Father's language marked an emphatic return to the "consistent ethic of life" of the late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin of Chicago, who argued in the 1980s that the Church's public witness should put economic justice concerns alongside pro-life issues. Critics then and now faulted Cardinal Bernardin's approach for blunting Catholic pro-life witness and giving political cover to Catholic politicians who advance the abortion licence but are with the Church on immigration or climate change. Pro-abortion Catholics in the United States have invoked – contrary to Cardinal Bernardin's intent – the "consistent ethic of life" in their defence for years, and now have an apparent ally in Pope Francis.
Before his arrival in Washington, on the plane from Cuba, Pope Francis acknowledged that "there's an impression that I'm a little bit more leftist," while insisting that he remains within the social doctrine of the Church. Such denials – "I am not a leftist" – are only required when the claim is generally thought to be true.
While he does not consider himself a leftist, Pope Francis certainly gave the Catholic Left plenty of encouragement. That is not only a challenge for conservative-minded Catholics, but also for the Catholic Left itself. With the Holy Father so much on their side, will they also follow his teachings as "a loyal son of the Church" when it comes to those matters which conflict with the lifestyle libertine agenda of the political Left? Will they use their new confidence of full citizenship in the Church in a constructive way to advance the mission of the Gospel and conversion of souls, or will they remain a largely critical body focused inward?
In 1998, Cardinal Bernardin's successor in Chicago, the late Francis George, delivered a stark evaluation in an address to various intellectual leaders of the Catholic Left.
The necessary priorities of the Catholic Left, regnant in the decades after Vatican II, had become parasitical and sterile according to Cardinal George, the intellectual leader of the American episcopate for nearly 20 years.
"We are at a turning point in the life of the Church in this country," Cardinal George said. "Liberal Catholicism is an exhausted project. Essentially a critique, even a necessary critique at one point in our history, it is now parasitical on a substance that no longer exists. It has shown itself unable to pass on the faith in its integrity and is inadequate, therefore, in fostering the joyful self-surrender called for in Christian marriage, in consecrated life, in ordained priesthood. It no longer gives life.
Pope Francis is even more popular with the secular Left than he is with the Catholic Left, because they think his Catholicism takes its lead from the ambient secular culture rather than challenges it. They are surely wrong about that, but the challenge for the Catholic Left, flying high on the breeze of the Holy Father, is to demonstrate their missionary zeal against the worldly priorities of a culture that Francis is not shy to call demonic. The bureaucratic Church that Francis excoriates is largely the creation of the Catholic Left. Will they be eager to leave their government-lobbying to preach the Gospel in the streets? If not under Francis, then when? And if not at all, are they then just a "little bit" Catholic and mostly just leftist?
Whose legacy will last longer?


Once the Social at our home had concluded and people had left with bags and containers of leftover taco fixings and tortilla chips, there was still an enormous amount of food remaining. I attempted to disguise the Mexican fare our family had endured for two nights straight, and mixed sour cream into muffins and stirred fresh tomatoes into chili.
In a large bowl, stir together bananas, eggs, oil, pumpkin, honey, sour cream and sugar. In another bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, pumpkin pie spice and cinnamon. Stir into banana mixture until just combined. Stir in the chocolate chips.
Divide batter among prepared muffin cups. Bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the muffins comes out clean.
In a large saucepan, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add onion, garlic and green pepper, cook and stir for 8 to 10 minutes, or until tender. Add cinnamon, cumin, chili powder and pepper, cook for 1 minute longer. Stir in tomatoes, cover and cook for 25 to 30 minutes.
Add chicken stock, black beans and orange juice, bring to a boil, cover and cook for a further 20 to 25 minutes, stirring occasionally.


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After completing the diploma, Philip began doing vintages to learn as much as he could in the vineyard and winery. He's got a variety of experience under his belt, like the three vintages he did in Australia. He worked in the Hunter Valley, and the Barossa Valley, at several wineries, all while living in a van and living his other passion, surfing! He returned to New Zealand to go to Tairawhiti Tech in Gisborne to learn more of the basics about wine. Once done obtaining that diploma, he accepted a vintage job in Carneros, California, making Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Cab Sauv under the three year reigning American Winemaker of the year, Paul Hobbs. Philip comments that one of the great things about working there was that "it was a brand new winery; the winery was pristine." Being a small, boutique winery, it was there that he also learned the importance of focusing on the details. While he was flying back to New Zealand, he accepted a vintage job at Nobilos (now Constellation) close to his family home, which allowed him the contrasting experience of large scale production.
One of my favourite stories about Philip's vintages is the one when he worked in Germany. He had decided he "didn't want to work in another factory," and had come across a job posting at a winery in the Mosel. This place, Selbach-Oster, sounded fabulous to him; it had been running since 1663, and was still in the same family. The only problem was that he needed to be able to speak German to work in the winery. He assured the owner, Johannes Selbach, that he could speak the language by having a German acquaintance write his application letter in German, and figured if he got the job he'd learn the language before going. Sure enough, he got the job and set to trying to learn German! In realizing that the plane ride over wasn't going to be sufficient time to gain fluency, he had put himself in a bit of a bind. Johannes' wife picked him up from the airport and spoke only German to him the whole car ride, which Philip describes as very awkward, because she knew he didn't understand anything she was saying! Luckily, when they showed up at the winery, Johannes turned out to be an understanding guy, who thankfully also spoke English; although he couldn't employ Philip in the winery as planned, he allowed him to stay on in the vineyard, and later ended up allowing him two weeks in the winery, lack of German fluency aside.
Philip's brother, Chris, also joined him in Germany to help over vintage, and the two of them used to go across the road to the brew house after work for beers; Johannes made the comment that he wished he could come too, and why didn't the guys open some of his wine in the cellar and stay at the winery instead? So they did. He would let them pick whatever they wanted to drink. Philip remembers pulling out 1968 Riesling's and other old vintages and Johannes saying "good choice, let's open that," and they did. Philip comments that "you don't forget stuff like that."
His experience in Germany turned out to be both educational and fun, but he headed back to New Zealand, this time to Hawke's Bay, so he could attend EIT in the Wine Science program. He arrived in the Bay in 2006, and keen to continue his serious hobby of surfing, found a great surf spot that happened to be very near to the Esk Valley. Through his travels through the valley, he thought it would be a "cool place to grow grapes." It so happened that some land became available in the Esk Valley the very next year. As his Dad had sold the Kumeu land in 2000, he was free to invest in the Hawke's Bay.
Philip found what is now Petane in 2007 at 20 acres, with his Dad, during his second year at EIT. Philip describes his Dad as a visionary. The land was full of bramble, blackberries, wild bush, and some old Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay vines, but his Dad saw the potential in the place. It was also him who recognized the potential to expand when the neighbour's land went up for sale, and in 2009, Philip and his Dad bought that as well, upping their acreage to 31 altogether. They've got almost 5 hectares under vine, with plans to expand to 8. Every original vine is gone; Philip has replanted it all with his Dad, exactly as they wanted it. It was 2011 when they did their first vintage.
Some may find working with family challenging, but Philip explains that the Barber boys are all close, and they all admire and respect their father. They are happy to work together and have learned how to overcome their differences because family is very important. It's still a family operation with Philip's dad sharing in ownership of the vineyard, and if you head out to Petane, you'll also notice that the Zeelandt Brewery is on site. Zeelandt belongs to Chris, Philip's youngest brother.
Even though Petane had officially started being built up, Philip continued through to complete his Wine Science and Viticulture degree. He also worked at Sacred Hill and Askerne, all while in school. He was among the few EIT students to already own his own vineyard while taking his degree!
Once the wine was being produced, naturally a name and a label were needed. Petane used to be called "Petane Station," after what that area of Hawke's Bay was originally called; there had been confusion with another region North of Wellington called Petone, and mail was being sent to the wrong places, so local officials ended up changing the area's name to Eskdale and Bayview. There used to be a sheep station right on their land, so they had chosen the name to honour the history of the land, and have chosen to clean it up with the single word you see on their labels now, "Petane."
As for the label, Philip went to Tank, a marketing office in Napier, to get something designed and was introduced to his new graphic designer. Philip remembers being "amazed by this beautiful woman" called Sarah, who later became his wife. Petane literally brought them together. Sarah now raises the kids, and does all of Petane's graphic design and administration. She's hand painted every label from day one, first as a contractor, and now as part of the family. She says she "knew nothing about wines or him" when she did that first label, but "this final one is a better representation of who we are."
Philip is no stranger to hard work. He says about wine that unlike how many view it, it's "not mystical, it's just a lot of hard work. It's cool to be in, but not mystical." What is it that gets the job done? "It's the grind, really." He can identify with the mystical view though, and has experienced that draw when "reading about the growers and seeing the photos," but being raised in the Kumeu River Valley, "where it wasn't ideal growing … hard soil, vigorous, [with] huge canopy and weeds," Philip was raised with the notion that you must work hard in the vineyard.
The main challenges Philip faces these days revolve around creating a balance between running the vineyard and raising his young family. With Sarah, his young son, James, and brand new baby girl, Ella, he can't be out in the vineyard until dark every night anymore. He has to find new ways to spread his time between work and family, and the vineyard takes a lot of time. His typical day involves a balance between fathering and maintaining the vineyard with Helen, his "vineyard genius," who helps him a few days a week. He quips that he also spends a lot of time "fixing stuff that breaks!" He admits "the work is endless," but explains that he really enjoys it. "I wouldn't do it otherwise," he says. He also finds a lot of enjoyment from taking James around and seeing his son's interest in what Daddy's working on. He has learned to "enjoy nature and look outside." He says not to "just rely on weather forecasts but look; be aware of other interactions with what's happening out there, and don't stress too much because you can't control the weather, so don't worry about it." As far as making the wine, Philip is fully qualified and involved, yet likes the collaboration of ideas; he chooses to have Hayden Penny consult as well.
For Sarah, the main challenge is "selling and promoting. When you're small you have to do most of it yourself. For small producers it's costly, to afford it. Marketing costs are the same for small producers as for large producers per hour or month." They also face a challenge that seems to be industry wide. "[We] just wish it wasn't such a race to the bottom with prices, with what Supermarkets have done to the industry. As a kid, [wine was sold] only in bottle shops. Supermarkets have made it cut throat." They also used to be able to travel more to promote their wines, but with a young family now, things are different. The Esk Valley also doesn't get as many tourists coming through as other sub-regions in Hawke's Bay, but the Barber brothers have a plan to make their site a spot to be.
They're currently in plans to build a Beer Garden and Cellar Door. It will be a beautiful outdoor space where people can come with friends or the family to relax and enjoy gorgeous Hawke's Bay weather. The Beer Garden will be appealing to a wide range of people, because both Zeelandt beer and Petane wines will be available, making it a great hang out spot for beer and wine enthusiasts alike. It is due to open summer of 2020/2021.
Among Philip's many vintages was half a year at Millton in Gisborne; it was there, from James, that he gained an interest in organic and biodynamic vineyards. The goal is for Petane to eventually become organic. They are taking steps towards this process already. He doesn't use herbicides as to not affect the natural ecosystems in the vineyard. He loves the wildlife in the vineyard, like the Hawks, Falcons, Pukeko, Wild Turkeys, and Hares to name a few. He also says he'll "never go back" to herbicides because he didn't like them from the start. "You spray it on and feel itchy after and your family is running around… I like it more wild! You get better fruit and smaller bunches and more intense flavour." He also uses dry farming, so doesn't irrigate.
He does under-vine mowing, but allows some grass to grow, as it helps reduce water uptake by the vines, especially during heavy rain events. He also has a strict "no-machine harvester" policy. Every harvest is done by hand in his vineyard, as Philip says "machines carry viruses" when they're coming from other vineyards.
Another thing you'll notice about Petane wines is that they're all single vineyard. History and sense of place are extremely important to Philip. He says his wine "has to be single vineyard. It speaks of the specific terroir," and he learned that from Hobbs. He "wants to make the best wine possible, and the best wine possible is coming from one vineyard." He uses significant names to represent the plots as well, and sticks to history and the true story of the place for each. For example, their "Hau Hau Block" is named after an event that happened on that land in the 1800's. "Hau Hau" is Maori for "war party," and there is still a memorial that honours the fight that occurred there. Philip believes it is "quite spiritual," and the way he communicates about the history of his land demonstrates just how passionate he is about not only honouring the terroir now, but keeping in mind the significant past that came before. The "Puriri Block" is named after the trees that line the block, which Philip loves because they bring in lots of native birds.
As for what Petane produces, customers will find Pinot Gris, of which the 2018 vintage won Gold at the Hawke's Bay Wine Awards, and the 2015 took the Trophy. Petane does Chardonnay as well as Gewurtztraminer, which Philip is a fan of ever since trying a spectacular Gewurtz from Rippon in 2000. He doesn't have reds on site but does get some grapes from the Bridge Pa to make Syrah and Merlot Franc. He does Viognier as well, and even though it's a harder sell in Hawke's Bay, it is a special varietal to Philip for a couple of reasons. James Millton grew it, and he is one of Philip's heroes. Viognier was the first vines Philip planted with his Dad, and it's also got an an underdog story. Philip regaled me with how at one time, Viognier was almost extinct, and someone took it from 12 hectares and replanted it, to save it from being lost forever. Philip has 4 barrels of it for 2019, and uses special immersion barrels made for Viognier production. He's also insistent on not bottling until it's ready, no matter how long he has to wait.
The most interesting wine I find Petane to do though, is the Edelzwicker. "Edelzwicker" dates back to the 1600's in Alsace, and means "noble blend." Philip loves it because it's different. He had heard of the style 4 years prior to making it and wrote the name on a small scrap paper. That paper ended up getting lost in his sock drawer for 4 years, and one day he dug it up and thought, "nobody has done it. Let's do it!" And so he did! He describes making it as "very exciting," and wants to do another one. He's thinking of adding a late harvest, or noble version to the Petane collection.
He works hard to promote the Edelzwicker, and says "let's get the word out." He is very passionate about this wine, and about making it true to the name. To be a traditional Edelzwicker, all of the grapes have to be white, picked on same day, and must be from the same vineyard. The point is that the wine represents the vineyard and that vintage specifically. They don't need to have colour but in New Zealand, some do. Philip loves rose, so he left his on skins for a week; he describes it as "floral and beautiful." I would encourage you to try a bottle if you're up for something refreshing and unique. The longer I sat with Philip I could see how much he loves to be different than the other producers around him. Even his business cards are printed vertically. It's producers like Philip, who aren't afraid to be themselves, yet still balance out their practice to honour tradition, that add uniqueness and interest to the industry, and who are making some really special wines.
Philip comments that "wine got boring for a while. It was all same same. What we are about, is when you pick it up, I want people to know what it is. Know the variety by the smell or taste. Don't filter or fine beyond belief. Nobody should have to tell you what it is." He believes people should know "where it's from," and it should be "made by people who love what they're doing."
And Philip does love what he's doing! Despite the challenges that inevitably come with any career, Philip says about running Petane, that it's a "great industry" and "totally worth it." He finds joy in caring for the vineyard, and "seeing it looking really good." He also is satisfied in seeing his wine be bottled and knowing the year's cycle has completed once again. Sarah says about Philip that "he's super passionate about making really good wine, from our property. He's in it for that, not the money." Sarah mentioned when she came into the industry, she "thought it was snobby but the people that work in it are down to earth and love wine passionately. Everyone knows you don't know everything. It's not like that at all." They're grateful for the flexibility to work around their family, and to live on a beautiful property.
Philip has learned over the years to "be very humble and happy when anyone buys wine, because they don't have to." He has also learned what he can't control. He tells of a time "in the early days when I was naive" and "had lots of stress." He's learned now that he can't "know everything," and is "always learning." He has realized, "stuff happens. Try and do your best. Don't stress, and enjoy life."
To find Petane wines, head out to Zeelandt Brewery Monday to Friday from 9.00am to 5.00pm or Saturdays 12.00pm to 4.00pm. Additional hours are available over the summer holidays.
You can also find them at The Common Room, Liquor King Onekawa, Indigo, Three Wise Birds, Bareknuckle BBQ and a few other places in Hawke's Bay, Invisible Wines in Wellington, or JG Wines and Drinks and in Auckland. To order, book a private group tasting or to find out more places to purchase, visit http://www.petanewines.co.nz or contact through Instagram @petanewines.
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Another great blog, Chelsea. Really enjoyed reading it.
NB: Tairawhiti Tech – not Terawhiti Tech 🤓
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Gisborne is my hometown.
cherishedlifebychelsea says:
Thanks Elizabeth! I'll fix that spelling. Appreciate it! Hi


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A reconstructed screenshot of what the Russian hackers saw on an industrial control system.
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Santi Sulandari
Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta
Nanik Prihartanti
Qonita Ali
Marida Rahma Salimah
Amanda Intan Savitri
Mei Wijayanti
Home > Vol 8, No 1 (2020) >	Sulandari
Gender, Research Approach, Type of Research, and Completion Period of the Minor Thesis (Skripsi)
Santi Sulandari, Nanik Prihartanti, Qonita Ali, Marida Rahma Salimah, Amanda Intan Savitri, Mei Wijayanti
The time-span of completing the minor thesis in Indonesian undergraduate programs has been one of the significant issues in higher education accreditation and quality insurance. Therefore, it is important to assess the possible determinants such as gender, research approach, and type of research, which might effect the students' completion period of minor thesis (Skripsi). This study used quantitative approach and involved 719 university students. The data was collected from the Faculty database from 2014 to 2017 and Mann Whitney U test and Crosstab analysis were applied to analyze the data. The result of this study showed that gender and research approach did not significantly contribute to the students' minor thesis completion period. Additionally, students who chose independent research, as their type of research, were able to finish their Skripsi faster than those who conducted joint research.
Completion Period, Gender, Minor Thesis, Research, Skripsi, Thesis, Type of Research
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Elk Grove Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois, USA.  As of the 2010 census, its population was 92,905. Elk Grove Township formerly housed the United Airlines headquarters.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, Elk Grove Township covers an area of ; of this,  is land and , or 1.48 percent, is water.

Cities, towns, villages
 Arlington Heights
 Des Plaines (west edge)
 Elk Grove Village
 Mount Prospect (southern portions)
 Rolling Meadows
 Schaumburg (east edge)

Unincorporated Towns
 Schnells Corner at

Adjacent townships
 Wheeling Township (north)
 Maine Township (east)
 Addison Township, DuPage County (south)
 Bloomingdale Township, DuPage County (southwest)
 Schaumburg Township (west)
 Palatine Township (northwest)

Cemeteries
The township contains Elk Grove Cemetery.

Major highways
  Interstate 90
  Interstate 290
  U.S. Route 14
  Illinois Route 53
  Illinois Route 58
  Illinois Route 62
  Illinois Route 72
  Illinois Route 83

Lakes
 Fountain Lake
 Fred Hasse Lake

Landmarks
 Busse Woods Forest Preserve (vast majority)
 O'Hare International Airport
 United States Highway Army Reserve Center, Arlington Heights
 Elk Grove High School
 Rolling Meadows High School

Demographics

School districts
 City of Chicago School District 299
 Township High School District 214
 Community Consolidated School District 59

Political districts
 Illinois's 6th congressional district
 State House District 65
 State House District 66
 State Senate District 33

Economy
Elk Grove Township formerly had the corporate headquarters of United Airlines. In 2006 United Airlines announced that it would be moving its headquarters and its 350 top executives from Elk Grove Township to 77 West Wacker Drive in the Chicago Loop. After the City of Chicago gave additional financial incentives, United proceeded to schedule a move of its remaining employees out of the former Elk Grove Township headquarters into the Willis Tower (Sears Tower) in Chicago in the northern hemisphere of fall 2010. Monica Davey of The New York Times said that the move may have contributed to United's decision to base the new merged airline out of Chicago instead of Houston. The former headquarters is now a part of Mount Prospect, which annexed the land in the 2010s. In December 2021, it was reported that United would sell the campus to CloudHQ, which plans to build a data center.

References

 United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
 United States National Atlas

External links

 Elk Grove Township official website
 City-Data.com
 Illinois State Archives
 Township Officials of Illinois
 Cook County official site

Townships in Cook County, Illinois
Townships in Illinois

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Georgia O Keeffe Essay
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Georgia O'keeffe was an American artist born on November 15, 1887 and died on March 6, 1986. She was born near Sun Prairie Wisconsen, O'Keeffe first came to the attention of the New York art community in 1916. She is best known for her paintings of enlarged flowers, New York skyscrapers, and New Mexico landscapes. O'Keeffe has been recognized as the Mother of American Moderism.
By the time O'Keeffe was 10 years old she decided that she wanted to become an artst, she anad her older sister recieved art instructions from a local watercolourist Sara Mann. O'Keeffe studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago from 1905 to 1906. In 1907, she attended Art Students League in New York City where she studied under the influence of William Merritt Chase. In 1906 she won a still-life prize with her oil-painting's 'Dead Rabbit with Copper Pot'. Later on that year O'Keeffe abandond the career of being an artist as she couldnt see herself as an artist in the future. She then worked as a commercial artist in Chicago,
O'Keeffe was inspired to paint again in early 1912, when she atteneded a summer school where she was introduced to the innovative ideas of Arthur Wesley Dow. O'keeffe started using charcoal to complete her drawings then moved onto using oil-paints and watercolours. She then began to work on large-scale paintings at natural form and through a magnifying lens. However, her earlier work was more abstract.
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B.C. driver has car impounded for speeding to church
The driver, who said he was late to church, was clocked travelling 150 km/hr in a 100 km/hr zone
Being late for church is no excuse to break the law, say Delta police.
According to a post on the department's Facebook page, on Sunday, Dec. 8 at about 10:44 a.m., an officer travelling southbound on Highway 99 was passed by a vehicle going well over the posted 100 km/hr speed limit.
"The Constable registered the vehicle going 150 km/hr through the 10200-block of Highway 99. When the driver was pulled over, he admitted to travelling at 150 km/hr as he was late for church," the post says.
The driver was ticketed for excessive speeding and had his car impounded for seven days.
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Chicago Philharmonic Chamber Players Begin Spring Hinsdale Series with Quintessential Romanticism: Beethoven and Schumann
By Community Contributor stefan12
Chicago Philharmonic Chamber Players musicians (from left to right) Paula Kosower, Cello, Mathias Tacke, Violin, and Kuang-Hao Huang, Piano (Posted by stefan12, Community Contributor)
Hinsdale, IL - (March 11, 2015) The Chicago Philharmonic Chamber Players (cp2) continue their Spring 2015 series at Union Church of Hinsdale (137 S Garfield, Hinsdale, IL) on Sunday, April 12 at 3pm. Quintessential Romanticism explores two titans of the Romantic era in intimate fashion as the Chicago Philharmonic Chamber Players perform the music of Beethoven and Schumann in one of chamber music's lushest configurations: the piano trio. The afternoon features one compelling trio from each composer - both written during tumultuous times in the composers' lives - that lead audience members on a journey of the heart and spirit.
Following the performance will be a reception and musician meet-and-greet. Complementary refreshments will be provided by Whole Foods Market Hinsdale. Advance tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for seniors; day-of tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for seniors; youth tickets for those 18 and under are free. cp2's Spring 2015 series continues with performances on May 10 at Union Church of Hinsdale and April 26 and May 31 at City Winery in Chicago. The Hinsdale concerts are supported in part by series sponsor Von Maur.
About The Chicago Philharmonic Chamber Players (cp2):
The Chicago Philharmonic Chamber Players (cp2) is a collection of various chamber ensembles performing under the auspices of the Chicago Philharmonic. cp2 is dedicated to the original concept of chamber music as "the music of friends," by capturing the jam-session feel of great music played by great musicians. The collective's groups have been delighting audiences with virtuosic performances in a wealth of musical styles since 2010. cp2 presentations are set in diverse venues around the Chicago area, from churches in Hinsdale to jazz clubs in Chicago, giving each ensemble a chance to speak with its own unique voice.
Musician Biographies:
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Pianist Kuang-Hao Huang has performed throughout the United States as well as in Europe and Asia. Mr. Huang is most often heard as a collaborator, regularly playing concerts and radio broadcasts with Chicago's finest musicians, from instrumentalists of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra to vocalists with the Lyric Opera. He has been featured as a soloist with the Chicago Philharmonic and can be heard in recordings on the Aucourant, Cedille, Innova, and Naxos labels. Mr. Huang is a member of Fulcrum Point New Music Project and has premiered numerous solo and chamber works. Mr. Huang currently serves on the faculties of Northwestern University, the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University, and Concordia University-Chicago.
Paula Kosower, Cello, has given concerts in Europe, North and South America, China, and North Korea. She recently performed at the Ravinia Festival and Mostly Music Festival in Chicago, and she performs regularly with Chicago-based contemporary ensemble, CUBE, the cutting-edge Intergalactic Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), the Chicago Philharmonic, and the Chicago Symphony. Kosower teaches a course in cello pedagogy at Northwestern University, private lessons at the Northwestern University String Academy, and chamber music at the Merit School of Music, where she is a member of the faculty piano trio. She received her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from Indiana University, where she was a student of Janos Starker.
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Mathias Tacke, Violin, was the second violinist of the acclaimed Vermeer Quartet from 1992 until 2007 and prior to that a member of the Ensemble Modern Frankfurt, one of the most important professional groups specializing in contemporary music. With the Vermeer Quartet he gave performances in practically all of the most prestigious festivals, including Tanglewood, Taos, Ravinia, South Bank, and Berlin, to name only a few. He has made numerous recordings for such labels as Sony, ECM, Harmonia Mundi, Naxos, and Cedille. Three of the Vermeer Quartet recordings were nominated for Grammy awards. Mr. Tacke is Professor of Violin and Chamber Music at Northern Illinois University and Guest Lecturer for String Chamber Music at Northwestern University. He is a member of the Chicago Philharmonic.
About the Chicago Philharmonic:
The Chicago Philharmonic is a musician-governed not-for-profit organization founded 25 years ago by principals from the Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra. Today, the orchestra is a collaboration of over 200 of the highest-level classical musicians performing in the metropolitan Chicago area and has consistently won accolades from music critics and audiences alike. The orchestra's symphonic concerts at Pick-Staiger Hall and Nichols Concert Hall cover the full spectrum of classical music, from the masters of Baroque to the composers of today. The Chicago Philharmonic is proud to serve as the official orchestra for the Joffrey Ballet and to have maintained a partnership with the Ravinia Festival for 20 years. The orchestra has appeared at high-profile Chicago venues including Symphony Center, Auditorium Theatre, Harris Theater, and Chicago Theatre. They have performed with artists as diverse as Josh Groban, the Los Angeles Master Chorale, and the Houston Ballet and have presented works as varied as Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto, John Adams' Gospel According to the Other Mary, and Stravinsky's Rite of Spring. The Chicago Philharmonic's 25th anniversary season, "Celebrating the Senses," is a series of five concerts, exploring each of the five senses as expressed in music.
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