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Baseball Musings
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So Bad They're Good? (Sep 03 2007 13:56 GMT) - Peter Schmuck notes the Orioles are very good at being bad. He launches quite a few zingers the Birds way and concludes with: The Orioles aren't without a certain twisted entertainment value of their own. I, for one, can't wait... |
Starpulse News Blog
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Nick Mason Pleads For Pink Floyd Reunion (Sep 03 2007 13:55 GMT) - Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason is pleading with his feuding bandmates David Gilmour and Roger Waters to patch up their differences - because he wants the group to continue touring to keep the band at the forefront of the industry.[...] Read more! |
Sportnews
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Nowitzki: Schwerste Basketball-EM aller Zeiten (Sep 03 2007 13:53 GMT) - Vor dem deutschen Auftaktspiel bei der Basketball-EM in Spanien gegen Tschechien (18 Uhr) äußert Topstar Dirk Nowitzki ganz klar seine Ziele: "Ich will wieder auf dem Treppchen stehen und zu den Sommerspielen nach Peking." |
WorldWine News
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The Wine Front Annual Reviews 2006-2007: Available Now (Sep 03 2007 13:52 GMT) - The Wine Front has just released its 2006-2007 Annual Reviews e-booklet. It is free to all subscribers to The Wine Front. It's 216 pages chocka-block full of new-release wine reviews - something like 1500 honest, straight-forward reviews - an invaluable resource. All wines are scored out of 100. It's all fully-searchable, transportable, downloadable, the lot. |
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Red Wine Edition out now (Sep 03 2007 13:52 GMT) - Two Red Wine editions of The Wine Front have just been released. These include reviews of all the new Dutschke reds, Cullen Cabernet, Petaluma Coonawarra, Grosset Pinot, Wirra Wirra, Burge Family reds, Picardy, Two Hands, Yering Station Reserves, de Bortoli, Castagna, Meshach, Longhop, Battely reds, Tapanappa, and lots more. There's a feast of great red wine on the market right now ... and a feast of not such great wine. It's time to get busy with sorting it all out. |
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Benchmark cabernet, 2003 vintage ... (Sep 03 2007 13:52 GMT) - Report by Campbell Mattinson I walked out of Gianni’s new Brisbane conference centre last Saturday with a score of 87 points against the final wine of the tasting: Wine 20. It had, along with all the other wines, been served with its identity hidden. |
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Howard Park Single Vineyard reds ... (Sep 03 2007 13:52 GMT) - The Howard Park single vineyard series is one set of wines that I look forward to each year. The reason for this is the regional differences: they’re all made in the same way and aimed at the same price, but the vineyards and varieties always bloom through. Sometimes I prefer the Great Southern wines, sometimes the Margaret Rivers. |
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To Eden Valley riesling, with love ... (Sep 03 2007 13:52 GMT) - Tessa Brown spent the 2007 vintage making wines in the Barossa. She came out of it in love with Eden Valley riesling. This is the way it happened ... and the wines she drank.I THINK WE ALL KNEW WE WERE IN FOR A RESTRICTED harvest. |
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Press on, Mike ... and buy up! (Sep 03 2007 13:52 GMT) - The buzz about the Mike Press wines has been around for a few months - all the praise is well-deserved - and there's still some of the cabernet sauvignon left for sale. Tyson Stelzer reports on how the wines came about, and just how good they are ... THE TENTACLES OF THE GRAPE GLUT are far-reaching, and they seem to have a different effect on everyone they touch. But few could claim an impact like that experienced by Mike Press, the man who stole the show at the 2006 Adelaide Hills Wine Show. |
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Red Wine Guide: OUT NOW (Sep 03 2007 13:52 GMT) - The Wine Front's latest book - The RED ALBUM - is now available. It has more reviews of more of the wines you are interested in than any other guide. It includes over 4000 red wine reviews - reds only. It's not fluffed up with reviews of sauvignon blanc and rose - it's all reds. Current vintages and past. |
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Scarpantoni cabernet wins Jimmy Watson trophy (Sep 03 2007 13:52 GMT) - McLaren Vale’s Scarpantoni Estate Wines has won this year's Jimmy Watson Trophy - the most lampooned, though yet most highly sought after, wine prize in Australia - for its 2006 Brothers Block Cabernet Sauvignon.The winning wine – which was described by judges as a luscious, full-bodied red, grown on Ironstone soil and aged in French oak – took the prize from tough competition, with nearly 800 wines vying for the trophy. |
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The Wine Election (Sep 03 2007 13:52 GMT) - Bannockburn winemaker Michael Glover talks about what makes him buy one wine over another. THIS IS AN ELECTION YEAR in Australia and lately, usually whilst ensconced in the barrel room stirring chardonnay barrels, I have been thinking about exercising the right to vote and drawing analogies between elections, voting and why we buy a particular wine.This article is available to SUBSCRIBERS only. Subscribers click here to view the article. |
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Profiles of Maryland WInemakers Fred Wilson and Carl DiManno (Sep 03 2007 13:52 GMT) - Fred Wilson, Elk Run VineyardsMt. Airy is home to some of the state's most historic wineries, but also, one of the most award-winning winemakers in Maryland wine history. Elk Run Vineyards' Fred Wilson pursued an education in engineering before entering a 30-year career in the field as a naval architect with the U.S. Navy. |
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Dr. Frank and Others Find New York Gold in Michigan (Sep 03 2007 13:52 GMT) - New York Gold was found in Michigan at the recent Great Lakes Wine Competition, where Dr. Frank?s Vinifera Wine Cellars dominated the medals with a Double Gold (2005 Cabernet Sauvignon) and 5 Golds (2000 Blanc de Blanc, 2005 Cabernet Franc, 2006 Gewurztraminer, 2006 Pinot Gris, and 2006 Dry Riesling). Wagner Vineyards also earned Double Gold for its 2006 Semi-Dry Riesling, and Gold medals went to Fulkerson 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon, Hazlitt White Stag and 2005 Pinot Noir, Hunt Country 2006 Semi-Dry Riesling and 2006 Vignoles, Keuka Spring 2005 Riesling, and Lamoreaux Landing 2006 Gewurztraminer. In the 2007 Northeast Big E Gold Wine Competition, Hazlitt led the New York charge with a Double Gold for White Cat (voted Best New York and Best Grape Wine) and Golds for White Stag and 2006 Riesling. |
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Case of Brandywine (Sep 03 2007 13:52 GMT) - A divine dozen ? from the vineJudges based their decisions not on the 'best,' but on a group that 'best represented' regionBY ROGER MORRIS, Special to The News Journal Wine writer Roger Morris tastes one of the 70 wines sampled during the compiling of The Case of Brandywine. (Buy photo) The News Journal/CARLA VARISCO Tom Hudson, owner of Domaine Hudson, tries a white wine.If you had to choose 12 bottles -- a case of wine -- that best represented the quality and diversity of the wines made by the Brandywine region's seven wineries, what would they be?Judges Nina Sygnecki, manager of the Wine and Spirit Co. |
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A Visit to The New York Wine & Culinary Center (Sep 03 2007 13:52 GMT) - "The New York Wine & Culinary Center is designed to engage, excite and inspire the people of New York State and the world in a celebration of New York wine and food. The Center is an educational and experiential gateway to New York State's incredible wine, food and culinary industries," states the introductory material to the center's webpage.They are right.I recently went to the center with Pam Horn of Sterling Publishng and Peter Briggs of the George Eastman House...both friends. |
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All Hail Essence From Eve's Cidery (Sep 03 2007 13:52 GMT) - In Canada there is a new type of cider they've been drinking for some time - iced cider. It is an ice wine made from apples and it is stupendous. I have reviewed one of them before.But now, for the first time, an American winery is now making ice cider - Eve's Cidery, in Ithaca, New York. An it is an excellent iced cider. |
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Los Angeles Times Lauds Long Island Wines (Sep 03 2007 13:52 GMT) - Long Island wines recently got some nice press in the Los Angeles Times, where a tasting panel explored some wines of a few ?other? states? Arizona , New York , and Texas ?that often received high marks. |
eGov monitor - Latest Announcements
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Planning and land use to support sustainable rural communities (Sep 03 2007 13:51 GMT) - The Prime Minister has today announced that Matthew Taylor MP will advise and assist the Minister of State for Housing and the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs - within the context of existing protection for the rural environment - on the application of land use planning policy to facilitate the provision of land for greater economic and social sustainability within ruralcommunities, including land for enterprise and provision of affordable rural homes. Matthew Taylor will in particular to look at the practical issues around: |
Sportnews
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Keine OP bei Rostock-Routinier Beinlich (Sep 03 2007 13:51 GMT) - Mittelfeldspieler Stefan Beinlich von Hansa Rostock kommt um eine Operation herum. Wie der Verein mitteilte, habe sich der Routinier lediglich eine muskuläre Verletzung zugezogen, die Bänder im Knie seien unbeschadet. |
Acl Website
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ACL rehabilitation - Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury (Sep 03 2007 13:48 GMT) - Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuryDefinition: An anterior cruciate ligament injury is extreme stretching or tearing of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in the knee. A tear may be partial or complete. Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury Information on HealthlineAn anterior cruciate ligament injury is extreme stretching or tearing of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in the [...] |
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6th UK e-Science All Hands Meeting 10-13 September (Sep 03 2007 13:46 GMT) - The UK e-Science All Hands Meeting, now a regular fixture on the conference calendar, reports the latest results in e-Science and provides a forum for discussion and demonstration of a broad range of e-Science projects from all disciplines. There will be 31 exhibitors at this year?s meeting and more than 500 delegates, including participants from Australia, Korea, the Netherlands, Japan, and the US. |
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