Corporate collaboration makes a significant contribution to helping businesses scale and it is increasing as large companies recognise working with fast-growing businesses as a mechanism to promote innovation, solve business problems, support strategic investment and promote internal change.
Both sides can benefit from such collaboration but significant hurdles remain which can make these relationships difficult to initiate, manage and bring to fruition.
In order to highlight and overcome these barriers the Scaleup Institute joined with NESTA, to give practical guidance on corporate/scaleup collaboration and to highlight exemplars of best practice. Our joint Scaling Together report distils the learning and understanding of the barriers scaleups face with corporates when engaging on a collaborative or procurement programme Based on examples of success it provides practical guidance to corporates, large public procurers and scaleup leaders.
As part of this project, Nesta carried out a detailed assessment of corporations seeking to collaborate and support businesses scaling up. Those which had 'gone the extra mile' to establish mutually-beneficial partnerships have been evaluated by a panel of leading entrepreneurial experts and named as 25 'Europe's Corporate Stars' for 2016. Fourteen of these first 25 either have significant headquarters or major operations in the UK.
Crucial elements reflected in each of the Corporate Stars' behaviours leading to successful scaleup partnerships are: senior board level engagement; coherent leadership and entrepreneurial culture; adaptive procedures; mentoring for the scaleup; champions across business departments who are charged with making sure their division supports the fledgling relationship in its practices and procedures; speed and ease of access; transparency and clear guidelines.
Technology giant Cisco UK was selected for its effective partnerships with scaleups through its 'Entrepreneurs in Residence' programme. Across Cisco, business unit executives are involved in sponsoring, mentoring and partnering with scaleups, and senior executives take part in all decisions relating to investment. This ensures commitment from the wider organisation as well as a strong incentive structure to work with scaling companies. We encourage other companies to consider adopting Cisco's successful ABC (Agility, Business Model, Continuity) model, which is built on close relationships with business unit executives.
Virgin is recognised for its entrepreneurial culture. Senior management commitment to entrepreneurship "enables a culture of innovation, both in-house and from external suppliers and freelancers". Another important insight for corporates is that Virgin is clear about the likelihood of procurement from the start of any relationship and this helps manage expectations.
The Unilever 'Foundry' is seen as an effective tool for major companies to solve their business problems by working with young scaling businesses. Its focus is on helping businesses to scale-up which it does by inviting innovative marketing and advertising tech companies to solve problems experienced by Unilever brands through their Pitcher Pilot Partner process. The head of the Unilever Foundry is assisted by a core team of eight people, who themselves support a global network of over 50 'Foundry Champions.' The involvement of a strong and connected team championing early stage growing businesses across an organisation leads to effective internal buy-in.
KPMG's Tech Growth has 17 full-time employees working with scaleups out of co-working spaces in Shoreditch and Camden. It is "an effective way of drawing fresh talent into a business" while the opportunity given to experienced staff to use their skills and knowledge to mentor early-stage businesses creates strong results.
Telefonica's use of an 'internal champion' within innovation teams ensures scaleups are fully integrated in the company; its investment in a corporate accelerator programme in different countries attracts talent and innovation from across the world.
EDF has demonstrated that PR and communications tools alongside financial support are important to scaleups and can be provided as part of an awards initiative.
The commitment in Diageo's senior management to working with scaleups results in fast decision making and cuts out bureaucracy.
PWC's networked organisation with opportunities for different regions and territories to manage their own initiatives allows for both large-scale impact and a tailor-made approach.
Clear lessons can be drawn from the approach of the Corporate Stars. On the following pages, we have incorporated the insights from these exemplars and provided a checklist for large corporates and public bodies. Using this checklist should enable assessment of current practices, signal practical steps for improvement and allow Board members to use it to consider the company's strategic approach and how effective it is. Our work in 2018 will further assess what 'good looks like' and further exemplar methods.


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Police in the college town of Davis near Sacramento on Saturday made public the one-paragraph letter they said was written by Kevin Douglas Limbaugh, 48.
He killed himself Thursday after fatally shooting Officer Natalie Corona.
"The Davis Police department has been hitting me with ultra sonic waves meant to keep dogs from barking," the letter said.
The chief said as police began to surround it, he stepped outside wearing a bulletproof vest.
Corona was the first officer in the department to die in the line of duty since 1959.
She had only been patrolling solo for about two weeks, the chief said.


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CO-FOUNDER & CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AT IKARIAN CAPITAL, LLC
About Chart Westcott
Chart Westcott currently serves as Chairman of the Westcott Foundation, a private foundation that focuses on improving education and economic conditions in Dallas, TX through grants. The Westcott Foundation aims to support young people who have had a drive to succeed despite the hardships and challenges in their lives. As Chairman of the foundation, Chart works to eliminate barriers that stop young people from succeeding in life. More specifically, Chart and the members of the Westcott Foundation are most passionate about criminal justice reform, improving education by giving youth more options, and supporting charities that improve the lives of youth in the Dallas community. Apart from the Westcott Foundation, Chart is also a strong supporter of Youth Entrepreneurs in Dallas. YE is an organization that teaches disadvantaged youth the principles of free markets and a free and open society. He also serves on the board of the Dallas County Historical Foundation, which is the board for Kennedy assassination museum known as the Sixth Floor.
Chart previously served as the Texas Chairman of the National Association to Protect Children. As Chairman of the national pro-child anti-crime advocacy group, Chart Westcott worked to ensure that children were protected from abuse, exploitation, and neglect. He also led efforts to pass Alicia's Law in Texas. Furthermore, Chart previously served on the board of the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Dallas. Being able to help young people, especially those who need us most, reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens remains a passion for Chart.
Chart Westcott is the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Ikarian Capital, LLC, a long/short equity biotech focused hedge fund that launched in January 2016. At Ikarian he is responsible for all operational, compliance, and marketing functions.
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Chris Platte is currently a student in the School of Journalism at Michigan State University. In 2014 Chris Platte started his own podcast. The podcast started with covering only the NBA but in 2016 Chris added another podcast to his feed called "Strictly Hip-Hop." The Strictly Hip-Hop podcast covers everything in the genre of hip-hop, from reviewing the latest albums to philosophical discussions about the culture and impact of hip-hop, to interviewing professional and emerging artists and much more. NBA basketball and hip-hop are his biggest passions and it propelled him to make the podcasts. After creating both podcasts, Chris decided to combined the two podcasts in to one feed which is free and available on iTunes, Apple Podcasts, Podbean and soon to be all other podcast platforms. Over the course of 2016, Strictly Hip-Hop and Strictly Hoop-Talk grew from the average podcast to 100,000 plays in a year and a partnership with Dead End Hip-Hop one of the most respected platforms in hip-hop. The podcast features a wide variety of guests such as former NBA Players, professional sports writers and broadcasters for many different networks and publications, professional music critics, professional and local artists and much more. The success of the podcast opened new opportunities for him including a feature story on his podcasts by the Michigan State publication ING and becoming Vice President of the Official MSU Hip-Hop Club.


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Suzanne Collins Mother Quotations
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Afternoon Quotes
My mother tried really hard to protect us, but occasionally, after afternoon cartoons of whatever was on... the nightly news would come on, and I'd see footage from the war zone, and I would hear the word 'Vietnam,' and I would know my dad was over there, and it was a very frightening experience for me.
My time in the arena made me realize how I needed to stop punishing [my mother] for something she couldn't help, specifically the crushing depression she fell into after my father's death. Because sometimes things happen to people and they're not equipped to deal with them.
Coal Miners Quotes
See that little girl? I wanted to marry her mother, but she ran off with a coal miner," "A coal miner? Why did she want a coal miner if she could've had you?" "Because when he sings...even the birds stop to listen.
Country Quotes
Caesar Flickerman asks if the president has a date in mind. "Oh, before we set a date, we better clear it with Katniss's mother," says the president. The audience gives a big laugh and the president puts his arm around me. "Maybe if the whole country puts its mind to it, we can get you married before you're thirty." "You'll probably have to pass a new law," I say with a giggle. "If that's what it takes," says the president with conspiratorial good humor. Oh, the fun we two have together.
The only thing worse than fighting a giant scorpion was fighting a giant scorpion who was trying to protect her young.
Born Quotes
My mother says healers are born, not made.
I know what blood poisoning is, Katniss," says Peeta. "Even if my mother isn't a healer." I'm jolted back in time, to another wound, another set of bandages. "You said that same thing to me in the first Hunger Games. Real or not real?" "Real," he says. "And you risked your life getting the medicine that saved me?" "Real." I shrug. "You were the reason I was alive to do it.
A light was on in the kitchen. His mother sat at the kitchen table, as still as a statue. Her hands were clasped together, and she stared fixatedly at a small stain on the tablecloth. Gregor remembered seeing her that way so many nights after his dad had disappeared. He didn't know what to say. He didn't want to scare her or shock her or ever give her any more pain. So, he stepped into the light of the kitchen and said the one thing he knew she wanted to hear most in the world. "Hey, Mom. We're home.
Kissing Quotes
He puts the chain with the locket around my neck, then rests his hand over the spot where our baby would be. "You're going to make a great mother, you know," he says. He kisses me one last time and goes back to Finnick.
Father Quotes
Since my father died and I stopped trusting my mother, no one else's arms have made me feel this safe.
Thinking Quotes
All I can think of is the emaciated bodies of children on our kitchen table as my mother prescribes what the parent's can't give. More food.
Wake Up Quotes
When I wake up, the other side of the bed is cold. My fingers stretch out, seeking Prim`s warmth but finding only the rough canvas cover of the mattress. She must have had bad dreams and climbed in with our mother. Of course, she did. This is the day of the Reaping.
Katniss Quotes
No, it happened. And right when your song ended, I knew - just like your mother - I was a goner,' Peeta says.
I'm relieved Peeta's alive. I tell myself again that if I get killed, his winnings will benefit my mother and Prim the most. This is what I tell myself to explain the conflicting emotions that arise when I think of Peeta. The gratitude that he game an edge by professing his love for me in the interview. The anger at his superiority on the roof. The dread that we may come face-to-face at any moment in this arena.
Beautiful Quotes
My little sister, Prim, curled up on her side, cocooned in my mother's body, their cheeks pressed together. In sleep, my mother looks younger, still worn but not so beaten-down. Prim's face is as fresh as a raindrop, as lovely as the primrose for which she was named. My mother was very beautiful once, too. Or so they tell me.
And some small gnarled place inside me hated her for her weakness, for her neglect, for the months she had put us through. I had taken a step back from my mother, put up a wall to protect myself from needing her, and nothing was ever the same between us again.
In stark contrast to two nights ago, when I felt Peeta was a million miles away, I'm struck by his immediacy now. As we settle in, he pulls my head down to use his arm as a pillow; the other rests protectively over me even when he goes to sleep. No one has held me like this in such a long time. Since my father died and I stopped trusting my mother, no one else's arms have made me feel this safe.
Flower Quotes
I don't have a talent, unless you count hunting illegally, which they don't. Or maybe singing, which I wouldn't do for the Capitol in a million years. My mother tried to interest me in a variety of suitable alternatives from a list Effie Trinket sent her. Cooking, flower arranging, playing the flute. None of them took, although Prim had a knack for all three. Finally Cinna stepped in and offered to help me develop my passion for designing clothes, which really required development since it was non-existent.
Brain Quotes
My mother just wanted me to forget it. So, of course, every word was immediately, irrevocably branded into my brain.
No one really needs me," he says, and there's no self-pity in his voice..."I do," I say. "I need you." He looks upset, takes a deep breath as if to begin a long argument, and that's no good, no good at all, because he'll start going on about Prim and my mother and everything and I'll just get confused. So before he can talk, I stop his lips with a kiss.
Never having been in love, this is going to be a real trick. I think of my parents. The way my father never failed to bring her gifts from the woods. The way my mother's face would light up at the sound of his boots at the door. The way she almost stopped living when he died.
I reach for Prim in the twilight, clamp my hand on her leg and pull myself over to her. Her voice remains steady as she croons to Buttercup. "It's all right, baby, it's all right. We'll be OK down there." My mother wraps her arms around us. I allow myself to feel young for a moment and rest my head on her shoulder.
Home Quotes
One time, my mother told me that I always eat like I'll never see food again. And I said, "I won't unless I bring it home." That shut her up.
At least, you two have decent manners," says Effie as we're finishing the main course. "The pair last year ate everything with their hands like a couple of savages. It completely upset my digestion." ... My mother taught Prim and me to eat properly, so yes, I can handle a fork and knife. But I hate Effie Trinket's comment so much I make a point of eating the rest of my meal with my fingers. Then I wipe my hands on the tablecloth. This makes her purse her lips tightly together.
Tragedy Quotes
Time and tragedy have forced her to grow too quickly, at least for my taste, into a young woman who stitches bleeding wounds and knows our mother can hear only so much.
Song Quotes
So that day, in music assembly, the teacher asked who knew the valley song. Your hand shot right up in the air. She stood you up on a stool and had you sing it for us. And I swear, every bird outside the windows fell silent...and right when your song ended, I knew - just like your mother - I was a goner.


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Panama plans expansion of its inter-oceanic canal
World » Americas
The Central American nation aims to handle mammoth cargo ships and oils tankers.
Panama is planning to invest $ 5.25 billion to expand its famous inter-oceanic canal to handle a new generation of mammoth cargo ships and oil tankers, the Panama Canal Authority announced on Monday. With the presence of President Martin Torrijos, the Panamanian officials said the expansion centres on building a second lane and a new set of locks to double its capacity and that construction should be complete by 2014, exactly a century after it was opened.
"Without doubt, it is a formidable challenge and a gigantic project," Torrijos said as the plan was announced. The expansion has been Torrijos' main goal since the took office in 2004 and he urged Congress and ordinary Panamanians to back it.
"If we do not confront the challenge of expanding the canal and improving its capacity to continue providing an efficient and competitive service, other routes will inevitably emerge to replace ours," Torrijos said. The current president of Panam is the son of the popular nationalistic leader, Omar, who was killed in an air crash in 1981 amid suspects of a CIA undercovered plot.
The initiative asks for Parlamentarian support, but, according to observers, it would not be a problem, as Mr. Torrijo's party has a strong majority in the Congress. The president also studies to call on a referendum to obtain the support of the population.
The plan calls for up to $2.3 billion in loans, although the entire expansion will be paid for with higher tolls.Without an expansion, experts say the waterway could hit saturation point in as little as three years, forcing shippers to use different routes. Mexico and some Central American nations have suggested they might dig their own canals.
Considered a masterpiece of engineering, the Panama canal was opened in 1914 at a cost of 25,000 lives of workers from 50 countries. It makes a shortcut between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, saving ships the long trip around South America and the treacherous Cape Horn. About 38 to 40 ships pass through the 50-mile (80-km) canal every day.
A French entrepeneur initiated the works in 1880, which were finished by US industrials 34 years later. As Panama was part of Colombia and Bogota claimed full control over the isthmus, Washington fuelled the independence of the country at the beginning of the XXth century. The recently created nation gave US companies full control of the canal and Washington run the waterway for almost a century, until it handed over to Panama in 1999.
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To our team,
We stand with the Black community. Black lives matter, and we know that in order to be advocates for change, we must continue to be actively antiracist. Simply put: Racism runs counter to everything Madewell stands for.
Over the past few weeks, we have taken important steps to contribute to the fight to end racial injustice in America through our relationship with the ACLU, but we understand that we still have work to do. We owe it to you, our customers and our communities to condemn acts of violence and to be a force of progress.
In order to create sustainable, lasting change for our community, we have made a series of commitments that will act as the groundwork. This is how we will start a process that will grow and evolve over time.
We will listen to learn. This will include community forums for all associates, available in group and individual formats, to encourage conversations and share experiences around racial injustice as well as gather feedback. Our goal is to better equip our teams with the right tools and destigmatize these crucial conversations.
We will educate ourselves and others. To create understanding and awareness around important issues in our workplace, we will build on existing programs like our diversity dialogue training and mandatory unconscious bias workshops for our leadership team.
We will build our talent pipeline. This will include a partnership with a career advancement platform for Black, Latinx and Native American students and professionals. We will also work with colleges, universities and organizations that promote racial and socioeconomic diversity to invest in how we attract, retain and promote talent from underrepresented and minority backgrounds.
We will support community engagement. This will include creating associate interest groups for individuals to come together around common interests and continuing our internal donations and employee matching programs to encourage giving back to organizations that we believe in.
We will amplify Black voices. We remain committed to featuring Black Indigenous People of Color in our content and to ensuring diversity both in front of and behind the camera. We will continue to use our platform to amplify the voices of Black Indigenous People of Color in the stories we tell.
We will support Black-owned businesses. As a long-standing supporter of small businesses and creatives and knowing the disproportionate impact that COVID-19 has had on Black-owned businesses specifically, we are committing today to increasing their representation as part of our Labels We Love and Hometown Heroes programs. To start, we will be dedicating our next Hometown Heroes Collective class, launching in September, entirely to Black artisans and makers.
We will advocate for change. To further our partnership with the ACLU, we have pledged to donate at least $750,000, funded by sales of our entire Vote collection, to support their mission to ensure equality in our country and combat issues that disproportionately affect Black Americans, like voting rights.
We will vote. We believe in the power of voting to enact change so will be closing all stores, our distribution center and our corporate offices on November 3rd to allow our teams ample time to vote.
You can expect more information from us on how you can get involved in this work in the coming days and weeks.
We will continue to look for more opportunities as we grow and learn together. This is an ongoing conversation. Please reach out with feedback, suggestions and any thoughts you have about what else you'd like to see from us. We are listening.
With all the uncertainty in the world, one thing is clear: This work is urgent and nonnegotiable. We're in this together.


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Will I Need a Prescription to Fill Up My Tank With Ethanol?
Ralph Loglisci
Food and Health Policy Writer
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Hats off to New York Times Columnist Nicholas Kristof for his recent stories ("Pathogens in Our Pork" & "Our Pigs, Our Food, Our Health" ) spotlighting the serious public health risks of overusing antibiotics in industrial farm animal production. If you haven't read them, you should. I don't want to downplay the importance of Mr. Kristof's reports, but in the public health and animal agriculture worlds the issue has long been a point of contention. Organizations like the American Medical Association, American Public Health Association and Keep Antibiotics Working sounded the alarms years ago regarding antibiotic resistance and the need to end the practice of adding antibiotics to animal feed simply to promote growth. Lawmakers have been trying to pass the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA) for the past few years, which calls for an end to the practice. This year, it looks like it has a good chance of passing. Feedstuff's Washington Correspondent, Sally Shuff, reports New York Congresswoman Louise Slaughter plans to introduce PAMTA 2009 today along with the CEO of Chipotle restaurants. Now that the animal feed issue is prominently placed in the public eye, I wanted to shine a light on another potential source of antimicrobial resistance, ethanol production.
That's right, according to the USDA antibiotics like penicillin and virginiamycin are often used in ethanol production to keep bacteria from interfering with the fermentation process. According to a joint research project proposal, "Studies to Develop a Biosensor for Controlled Antibiotic Use During Ethanol Production from Corn," by Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, the National Ethanol Research Center, the USDA Fermentation Biochemistry Research Unit, the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, and a division of Emerson Electric Company, the use of antibiotics in corn to fuel ethanol production poses a "…risk of generating new antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria." The byproduct of ethanol production is called Dried Distillers Grain (DDG). The project report claims that in the U.S. 80% of all Dried Distillers Grain with Solubles (DDGS), which is made from DDG, is used in dairy and beef feed as a protein supplement. The remainder, the project authors go on to say, is used in swine and poultry feed.
The amount of DDGS produced next year could top 11 million tons. The project authors claim, "The scale of dry grind corn to ethanol fermentation is so large and the use of antibiotics so widespread, the possibility of antibiotic resistance induction is high." It's assumed that the drying temperatures used to prepare DDGS will destroy all antibiotic residues, but the authors say that has never been proven.
There are several USDA studies that focus on the use of antibiotics in ethanol production, but there is very little information on antibiotic resistance in DDG or DDGS. I did, however, find a study that found dried distillers grain (DDG) can increase the shedding of E.coli O157:H7 and Salmonella in cattle. I also found an article in a 2007 Food and Nutrition Research Briefs that reported scientists are trying to find a way to make flour for human consumption with DDG.
I spoke with a top antibiotic resistance researcher at the CDC regarding the potential of penicillin residue getting into animal feed combined with DDGS. He told me that it would concern him, particularly because penicillin can lead to resistance to a number of other antibiotics still considered highly effective in human medicine.
It looks like some ethanol industry leaders are concerned about the imprudent use of antibiotics. I stumbled across a 2005 Ethanol Producer Magazine article that says "The medical field has already suffered the effects of antibiotic misuse and reached a critical stage where particular strains simply cannot be controlled using antimicrobial therapy. As an industry, we should take notice and learn from the past mistakes of others."
By the way, that biosensor project proposal was accepted. The authors received $600,000 from the National Science Foundation. It should be completed by next January.
Read more by Ralph Loglisci
Nationwide Poll: 80% of America's Moms are Concerned About Antibiotic Use in Industrial Food Animal Production
Study on Drug-Resistant Staph and Store-Bought Meat: What Most News Reports Are Missing
U.S. Dept. of the Interior among 2,000 Sodexo clients offered Meatless Monday
Ralph Loglisci, a national food and healthy policy writer and media consultant, served as the director of communications for several national organizations, such as the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production, The Berman Institute of Bioethics, and Wholesome Wave. Additionally, Ralph spent several years as the Project Director for the Johns Hopkins Healthy Monday Project based at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Center for a Livable Future (CLF).


BLOG: Cookies for a Chinese wedding banquet?
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banquet instead of a cake was novel and fun.
guests at the House of Hong Restaurant. In addition to the cookies, they also served a Chinese dessert, red bean soup.
I admit that I have a sweet tooth, so I sampled most of them.
Ng is NWAW's publisher and writes a weekly blog series. She can be contacted at assunta@nwasianweekly.com.


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Exploration of the Americas
A 1722 letter from a French Jesuit Missionary about his experience living among the Abnaki people in eastern Canada.
Kip, William Ingraham, excerpt from "The early Jesuit missions in North America," Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/add36cdf1f185c62e6a22dc50638ad5d.
Courtesy of University of California via HathiTrust.
Item 9 of 12 in the Primary Source Set Exploration of the Americas
An excerpt from Bartolomé de Las Casas's 1542 account of Spanish conquest of native peoples of the Americas (in Spanish).
A 1791 illustration of Bartolomé de Las Casas.
An 1866 illustration of early Spanish colonization in the Caribbean islands.
A 1910 photograph of a man infected with variola, also known as smallpox.
A modern photograph of a Spanish mission in Santa Barbara, California.
A late-nineteenth-century photograph of a recreation by Pamunkey Indians of Pocahontas saving the life of John Smith.
1920s photograph recreating the interactions between newly arrived Pilgrims and native people in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Nineteenth-century slave shackles.
A 1902 illustration of an early French fur trapper in Canada.
A 1630 map of the Americas including settlements and Native populations.
A 1596 map of the Americas featuring illustrations of four prominent explorers.


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What Does 'Extraction' Mean in Wine?
By Sophia McDonald
Illustration by Alyssa Nassner
If you've ever heard a winemaker wax poetic about "extraction" and been lost amid stanzas on fermentation and polymerization, you're not alone. Extraction is a hard topic to master for wine drinkers and winemakers alike.
We asked industry professionals to shed some light on this oft-confusing term.
What is extraction in wine?
"Extraction is the way to take things like flavor and color and other components out of the grapes and put it in a liquid solution," says Felipe Ramirez, winemaker at Rose & Arrow Estate and Alit Wines in Oregon's Willamette Valley.
The process also pulls important components like tannins, acids and aromatics from the skin, pulp, seeds and (if used) stems of ripe grapes. All of these elements are deposited into the juice to make their way into wine.
"Extraction is about building the core structure of the wine," says James Hall, founder and winemaker at Patz & Hall in Sonoma. "It's really at the heart of red winemaking because extraction, to my mind, is about removing the elements from the grape and putting them into solution in the wine in some proportion that is correct for the varietal and the style of wine."
According to Cristóbal Undurraga, technical director and CEO of Koyle Family Vineyards in Chile's Colchagua Valley, extraction also ensures that the wine has good balance.
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"If you taste wines and they're overextracted, the wine will immediately have rustic tannins," he says. "For me, those wines will be not easy to drink or not comfortable to drink."
On the other hand, if the wine was underextracted during production, it may be too thin or lack weight.
How does extraction happen?
Fermentation temperature, the actions of yeasts and other microbes and cap management are the main tools that winemakers use to control extraction.
A "cap" refers to the solids pushed to the top of a container during fermentation, which leaves the liquid at the bottom, according to Ramirez. "You need to put the solids in contact with the liquid if you want to extract more things."
This can be done by pushing the solids into the liquid, called a punch down, or pumping the liquid over the solids, known as a pump over.
Barrels are another important consideration. "New oak will add tannins from the oak to the wine," says Undurraga, as well as flavor and texture. The toast of the barrel, grain of the wood and region where the trees were grown affect these components, so they must be carefully considered by winemakers.
Is extraction in wine a good thing or a bad thing?
"Extraction is in the mouth of the beholder," says Hall.
The decision about whether a wine has too much or too little extraction has much to do with personal taste. For many years, highly extracted wines were coveted by critics and many wine lovers who liked their bold, burly styles.
But too much extraction can be problematic. Ramirez draws an analogy to tea. If the water is too hot for the type being made, or if you stir or squeeze the bag too much, "you will overextract. And then you will have a cup of tea that tastes very tannic and bitter, and overpowers the aromas," he says.
In some ways, wine is not that different.
"With high fermentation temperatures and highly mechanical processes, you will overextract, and you will have a wine that tastes bitter or has a lot of tannins or herbal notes," says Ramirez. "You will extract things you don't want to extract."
But, "I would suggest when you have wines that are very, very extracted, they tend to be more alike," says Hall. "It's sort of like putting on layers of paint. Eventually, you get to black. To get terroir, you need to have a middle ground where there's room for terroir to show through."
As more enthusiasts appreciate terroir, the pendulum is swinging back to wines with less extraction.
Underextraction can also be an issue. "If you underextract, the wine may be too light and ethereal, and won't age as well," says Hall.
Undurraga believes underextraction is easier to mitigate. "Carmenère will always have that little bit of lightness or thinness on the midpalate, but you can fix it when it's blended with another variety, such as Petit Verdot," he says. "If you overextract, it's difficult to help that wine to be balanced."
What Does 'Dry Red Wine' Mean?
Does extraction apply to white or red wine?
Extraction is a factor in both red and white wines. But it's something winemakers have to consider more carefully with reds.
White wines are made by gently pressing grapes to remove the liquid and then fermenting it.
"When you extract the juice, it's what you have," says Ramirez. "You need to be very, very careful on the pressing because that's the moment where you define the extraction of all the components that will be in your juice and in your wine.
"For reds, it's totally different because you work with everything, all the solids and all the juice. Because red wine will continue their extractive processes throughout fermentation, there are more opportunities for wanted or unwanted compounds to find their way into the liquid."
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Iwo Christow Petkow, bułg. Иво Христов Петков (ur. 8 października 1970 w Stambule) – bułgarski dziennikarz i tłumacz, dyrektor gabinetu prezydenta Bułgarii, poseł do Parlamentu Europejskiego IX kadencji.

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Ukończył studia prawnicze na Uniwersytecie Sofijskim im. św. Klemensa z Ochrydy. Jako tłumacz przełożył na język bułgarski utwory takich autorów jak Romain Gary, Marguerite Duras, André Gide, Philippe Djian czy Tonino Benacquista. Zajął się też działalnością dziennikarską i publicystyczną, pisał m.in. w paryskim magazynie literackim "Europe", a w Bułgarii w gazecie "Sega"i magazynie "Tema". Opublikował wydaną w języku bułgarskim biografię François Mitterranda. Był redaktorem programu telewizyjnego Nabljudateł w stacji Nowa telewizija i gospodarzem programu Małki istorii w BNT.

W styczniu 2017 został dyrektorem gabinetu prezydenta Bułgarii Rumena Radewa. W 2019 przyjął propozycję kandydowania w wyborach europejskich z listy Bułgarskiej Partii Socjalistycznej. W wyniku głosowania z maja tegoż roku mandat posła do Parlamentu Europejskiego IX kadencji.

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Absolwenci Uniwersytetu Sofijskiego
Bułgarscy dziennikarze
Bułgarscy posłowie do Parlamentu Europejskiego
Bułgarscy tłumacze
Politycy Bułgarskiej Partii Socjalistycznej
Ludzie urodzeni w Stambule
Urodzeni w 1970

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This is driving me ...
This is driving me absolutely bananas
Last Post by RedRainRipper 15 years ago
RedRainRipper
(@redrainripper)
ok, so I got this riff stuck in my head, a pop punk sort of thing, and I know I've heard the song before but I can't for the life of me think of the name or the band and I want to find the rest of the tab to learn.
This is what I have so far:
x = palm mute
e------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------
G---8-----8x 8x 8x 8x 8x 8x-----12-----10----8-----5
D---8-----8x 8x 8x 8x 8x 8x-----12-----10----8-----5
A---6-----6x 6x 6x 6x 6x 6x-----10-----8------6-----3
E--------------------------------------------
That's all I've got...it's probably like the first 4 seconds of the song. Can anyone help me out?
(@97reb)
could be a million songs depending on how you strum the rythym and your set-up. I personally don't listen to pop-punk, so In particular, I don't know. Good luck!
It is a small world for metal fanatics. I welcome you fellow musicians, especially the metalheads!
it's fast...all down strokes, kind of green day-esque
and yes, i've scoured my iTunes but to no avail
Vic Lewis VL
(@vic-lewis-vl)
Hey, RRR - any chance you could do a recording of that riff? Just play it into a PC mic? Might give us a better idea.....
Just a thought,
:D :D :D
"Sometimes the beauty of music can help us all find strength to deal with all the curves life can throw us." (D. Hodge.)
unfortunately, I don't have a mic to do this with. Additionally, I might be playing it out of key, the tab I made was as close as I could get it to sound. I was hoping that someone more experienced would be able to play it themselves and maybe hear what I was getting at.
Note: I edited the tab in my first post...I think it's 6 palm muted stroked played really past instead of four.
(@peejay)
Probably wrong, but here's my guess:
http://www.xguitar.com/guitar-tabs/metallica/master_of_puppets/master_of_puppets.txt
Topic starter 05/09/2007 10:30 pm
nope, definately not as heavy as that
like i said before, really pop punk sounding with green day, sum 41 type distortion/over drive
(@clau20)
It's difficult, because we can't hear the tab you wrote... But do you know the note duration? The tempo? I could try to translate it on Power Tab and that way, I could hear it and maybe help you..
Now, I listen to the Pop / Punk Rock songs that I had on my computer and I found : It's up to you by Pennywise... But I guess it's not what you're searching for...
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/p/pennywise/its_up_to_you_ver2_tab.htm
" First time I heard the music
I thought it was my own
I could feel it in my heartbeat
I could feel it in my bones
... Blame it on the love of Rock'n'Roll! "
Mac Manc McManx
(@mac-manc-mcmanx)
Hey RRR, i translated to Power Tab with my basic notation and Power tab knowlegde. Here it is:
http://files-upload.com/files/489484/redrainripper_mystery.ptb
Download power tab and let us know if it sounds any close to what you hear :D
When you wanna rock hard children, lean on F sharp
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WQA6S0CX
I fooled around with it in powetab (which I've never used before) and this is as close as I can get to it...
(@kevin72790)
It's nearly impossible to find out what song that is, considering so many punk songs use that same exact riff.
Which I could help, sorry.
FireWater
(@firewater)
Last Caress by the misfits maybe?
nope :(
clockworked
(@clockworked)
Karma Chameleon by the Culture Club?
Used to be, was a part of me felt like hiding.. but now it comes through. Comes through to you.
i think it's much recent, like late 90s early 2000s, at the peak of the pop-punk popularity of blink-182, sum 41 and the like


This study provides statistical emulators of crop yields based on global gridded crop model simulations from the Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project Fast Track project. The ensemble of simulations is used to build a panel of annual crop yields from five crop models and corresponding monthly summer weather variables for over a century at the grid cell level globally. This dataset is then used to estimate, for each crop and gridded crop model, the statistical relationship between yields, temperature, precipitation and carbon dioxide. This study considers a new functional form to better capture the non-linear response of yields to weather, especially for extreme temperature and precipitation events, and now accounts for the effect of soil type. In- and out-of-sample validations show that the statistical emulators are able to replicate spatial patterns of yields crop levels and changes overtime projected by crop models reasonably well, although the accuracy of the emulators varies by model and by region. This study therefore provides a reliable and accessible alternative to global gridded crop yield models. By emulating crop yields for several models using parsimonious equations, the tools provide a computationally efficient method to account for uncertainty in climate change impact assessments.
Blanc, E. 2018. "Statistical Emulators of Maize, Rice, Soybean and Wheat Yields from Global Gridded Crop Models." Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 236: 145-161, doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2016.12.022.