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My guest today is Teresa Pasquale Mateus, a trauma specialist, contemplative practice teacher, author and co-founder of Mystic Soul Project, an organization that engages in a People of Color (POC) - Centered Approach to Action/Activism and Contemplation/Mysticism. Teresa has written two books, Sacred Wounds: A Path to Healing from Spiritual Trauma and Mending Broken: A Personal Journey Through the Stages of Trauma & Recovery. We cover a lot of ground in our conversation. Teresa shares how the discovery of contemplative practices were integral to her healing process, the significance of language on the spiritual path, her work as a trauma specialist with combat veterans, at Standing Rock and Charlottesville. And lastly, something that I particularly thrilled about, Teresa shares with us about her latest endeavor, Mystic Soul Project and the buzz around the Mystic Soul Conference, a POC-Centered gathering of voices, practices and dialogue on contemplation, action and healing.
If you are a regular listener to the Contemplify podcast, you might be scratching your head and wondering why I am pairing a drink with this conversation. Let me explain. My pal Mark Longhurst runs the top-notch website OrdinaryMystic.net reached out to me some time ago inquiring if I’d ever consider being interviewed on Contemplify so my fellow contemplatives could get a better sense of who I am. I agreed on the condition that Mark be the one to take interviewer reins. So today I am in the hot seat. My guest today...is me and Mark Longhurst is behind the microphone.
If you have ever wondered who is this fella that shovels the path to the Contemplify basecamp then this will be a good snapshot. Mark opens the space for me to share my own contemplative journey, answer my favorite interview questions, my fascination (which is the kind way of saying obsession) with a Norwegian author, and to land on my top 3 dream guests.
"Written with charming simplicity and wry humor, Midlife is a philosophically rich source of what might be called 'the higher life hacks' – reflective ways of dissolving the sense of emptiness and regret that tends to hit each of us with the onset of middle age. A work of disarming wisdom."
- Jim Holt (author of Why Does the World Exist?)
Have you ever asked yourself, what would my life have been like if I’d gone down another career path? Or wished you could release some past grudge that sits on your shoulder like a squaking parrot? The Contemplify conversation today revolves around questions of meaning, purpose and regret. My guest today is Kieran Setiya, professor of philosophy at MIT. Our conversation today revolves around his latest book, Midlife: A Philosophical Guide, which outlines a helpful framework for wrestling with existential questions.
Kieran Setiya is a philosopher who enjoys witty banter as much as delving into the depths of foundational life questions. In our conversation we dive into the waters of the stereotypes of philosophers, the rules for midlife crisis prevention, what we can learn from John Stuart Mill’s nervous breakdown, and what superman can teach us about the afterlife. What makes Kieran’s book Midlife sing is his curiosity and succinct wordsmithing that gleefully ushers you along through the difficult internal terrain. Which you will get a taste of in this conversation. Midlife is for any of you in the early stages, the thrush, or retrospect of the midlife years. Midlife creates a framework for the dizzying existential questions that arrive from new angles as the years accumulate.
Learn more about Kieran Setiya a ksetiya.net.
“Who touches this touches a man. Incredibly moving, risk-taking, original, and deep. I was in tears a number of times while reading it. Magnificent.”
- Barry Spacks
Teddy Macker is a guileless poet who incarnates the beauty and struggle of both the internal and external landscapes of this world we share. I would be lying if I didn’t say that one of my new life goals is buy Teddy a Lagunitas IPA and shoot the bull on all of life’s matter late into the evening. Macker is quick to laugh, invoke the wisdom of elders, and see the truth in and lurking behind boulders and cottonwood trees. His book of poetry, This World, is masterful.
Like Barry Spacks' words regarding (mentioned above) This World, tears will find you as you saunter through Macker’s poetry, and you will find yourself returning to it time and again. In this conversation, Teddy and I talk about Barry Spacks’ impact on him, how he holds the sacred and the sensual hand in hand, we bond over our mutual love for the music of Greg Brown, and of course, we are privileged with Teddy reading us some of his poems from This World.
You can learn more about Teddy by reading This World. (Please excuse the number of links to purchase This World, I am just such a big admirer of this book and man that I think everyone should have a copy. Buy yours here.)
“Mark, reading the poetry of Teddy Macker who I will interview on Monday. His poetry stops time. Equal parts Wendell Berry, Gary Snyder, St. Francis and yet completely his own man. I can't recommend enough him. His 'poem for my daughter' was my gateway, and the tears haven't stopped since. I've put a copy of his book, This World, in the mail for you. Best read in the still of night when the boys are in bed and a taste of whisky is not far from your lips.”
What you just heard was a text I sent my brother before I interviewed the orchardist, college lecturer and poet, Teddy Macker.
This mini-episode is just a taste of Teddy’s poetry. My full interview with Teddy Macker will be released tomorrow (and it includes more poems too). So for now, sit back, sip on something slowly and let Teddy’s words wash over you. Here is Teddy Macker reading ‘A Poem for My Daughter’ from his book, This World.
The winding road of life leads you to beautiful vistas and the shallows of hardship. Tracy Cochran shares her experiences of the vistas and the shallows in our conversation. We touch on the practices that enliven us, vulnerability as a superpower and how she got involved in her work at Parabola Magazine. One thing that particularly struck me about Tracy, was her incredible capacity for deep listening. After hearing our conversation, you will bear witness to the depth that she shares in her words, written or spoken.
Tracy Cochran is the editorial director of Parabola magazine, a magazine holds the sweet spot of being the meeting ground for all of the world’s great spiritual traditions, as they illuminate the central questions of human existence. Tracy’s articles have appeared in all of the best publications, she teaches mindfulness meditation and mindful writing classes.
“Cal Newport is a clear voice in a sea of noise, bringing science and passion in equal measure. We don’t need more clicks, more cats, and more emojis. We need brave work, work that happens when we refuse to avert our eyes.”
Where is your attention right now? Do you find your attention span shrinking in the era of sound bites and clickbait headlines? Do you turn towards social media when a moment of boredom arises? Cal Newport has written a book that will upturn your perception of how you ‘should’ be engaging in this era of constant connection. His book is called Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World. Be forewarned, our conversation and his book will likely reshape your relationship with social media, personal habits and rituals and your overall approach to the work day. Thanks to Cal’s book, I have reimagined my tasks lists for the workday, creating rituals for focus, and walk around the social media sinkhole of attention. And Cal has one of my all-time favorites lines so far on the Contemplify podcast...
We do need more brave work, and Cal has questioned assumptions and charted a path for a focused approach to life. In our conversation, Cal shares the importance of Deep Work for personal and societal improvement in life and at work, the rituals of his day that create the most ample space of Deep Work, how is New York Times Op-Ed piece on social media caused such a stir (and backlash) and gives an example of what one comedian friend of his accomplished after they quit Twitter and devoted that time to Deep Work. You might find yourself making some major digital shifts after listening to this conversation.
Now for the official bio on Cal Newport is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University. In addition to studying the theoretical foundations of our digital age, Newport also writes about the impact of these technologies on the world of work. His most recent book, Deep Work, argues that focus is the new I.Q. in the modern workplace and that the ability to concentrate without distraction is becoming increasingly valuable. He previously wrote So Good They Can’t Ignore You, a book which debunks the long-held belief that “follow your passion” is good advice, and three popular books of unconventional advice for students. (from calnewport.com)
You can learn more about Cal and his work at calnewport.com.
Barbara Holmes served as president of United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities, as well as professor of ethics and African American religious studies. She was ordained in the Latter Rain Apostolic Holiness Church in Dallas, Texas, and has privilege of call in the United Church of Christ and recognition of ministerial standing in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). In addition to her work with law firms, Holmes has worked with homeless missions, HIV/AIDS ministries, and international ministries in Kenya (the Presbyterian Church of East Africa) and Japan. The author of five books and numerous articles, her most recent publications include: Dreaming (Fortress Press, 2012),Liberation and the Cosmos: Conversations with the Elders (Fortress Press, 2008), and Joy Unspeakable: Contemplative Practices of the Black Church (Augsburg Fortress, 2004). Holmes earned an MS from Southern Connecticut University, an MDiv from Columbia Theological Seminary, a PhD from Vanderbilt University, and a JD from Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University. (adapted from The Association of Theological Schools' website)
In this episode, Barbara shares about her own contemplative lineage, reflections on the contemplative aspects of the Black Lives Matter movement, the contemplative and social impact of Kendrick Lamar and Beyonce, and her sense of hope in the next generation.
Dr. Amy Oden is a Professor of Early Church History and Spirituality at the Saint Paul School of Theology. In her latest book Right Here, Right Now: The Practice of Christian Mindfulness Amy draws upon the roots and connection points of mindfulness found in the Christian Tradition. In this episode, Amy shares what ‘mindfulness’ means to her, her own practices to cultivate mindfulness, and the brilliance of Jesus using mindfulness metaphors such as ‘asleep’ and ‘awake’ in his teaching (and some practical application points of those metaphors in our current technology saturated state).
Jeff Johnson has surfed distant shores, climbed mountains you’ve never heard of and travelled to corners of the world most people couldn’t place on a map. All of this is impressive, but what is most striking about Johnson is his authenticity. This genuineness comes across in his photography, his film 180 South and his book Bend to Baja. He is not dazzled by the flash of today, but seeks the wisdom of those who are further down the path of life. In our conversation Jeff shares why he gets up early every day, how skateboarding shaped his outlook on life and work, and the inherent value of friends and mentors who inspire you to take stock of how you are living your days.
You may find yourself as I did after this conversation, stepping outside under the night sky with your bare feet on the earth just happy to have another day on this shared planet of ours. You can learn more about Jeff at jeffjohnsonstories.com.
Follow Jeff on Instagram: @jeffjohnson_beyondandback
“The Sacred Enneagram is not a just book about an ancient personality framework with a funny name. It is a roadmap to self-understanding written by one of the great spiritual practitioners of my generation. Read it now and you can thank me later.”
How well do you know yourself? Are you able to name your basic desire or fear? The questions that linger around identity and intrinsic drives can be instigation for liberation, but without the right toolkit one may rather stick their head in the sand.
Enneagram teacher Chris Heuertz will help you understand how to utilize the Enneagram to work with these questions with a deeper sense of self-awareness to find your way home to your True Self. He is the author of The Sacred Enneagram: Finding Your Unique Path to Spiritual Growth. For those of you asking, what the hell is the Enneagram anyways? In this episode, Chris will give you a brief and basic overview of the Enneagram as the nine classic archetypes of human character structure, and then furthers the Enneagram conversation by mapping out how the Enneagram can uniquely deepen you on the contemplative path. On multiple occasions in this episode you will hear my own a-ha moments as Chris’ teachings sink in. Also…the Sacred Enneagram drops today! So get your copy wherever beautiful books are sold!
‘What Richard Foster and Dallas Willard were to my generation – prime tour guides to the spiritual life – I hope and believe Carl McColman will be for the next generation. If you don’t know about him and his work, you should.'
Have you ever had a dream that shook you to your core? Or been given a book at the exact time you needed it? I know I have and if either of those ring true for you, you will raise your pint glass and cheer with what your ears are hearing from my guest today, Carl McColman.
Carl McColman is an author, blogger, speaker and Lay Cistercian. Carl also has a contagious laugh. I’m sure you’ll hear my own laughter deepen and extend with each one of Carl’s delightful guffaws. But back to Carl’s work...Carl has written numerous books including Christian Mystics: 108 Seers, Saints and Sages, Befriending Silence, Answering the Contemplative Call and The Big Book of Christian Mysticism. You can also find his writing on Patheos, in The Huffington Post, and Contemplative Journal. In our conversation here, Carl and I dive into the various meanings of the word ‘contemplative’, how a dream at the age of 18 inspired a friend to give him a copy of Evelyn Underhill’s classic book Mysticism, how his image of the Divine changed and deepened in the midst of loss, and the humbling and difficult work of loving our enemies. You can learn more about Carl at carlmccolman.net. Twitter: @CarlMcColman Facebook: @CarlMcColman
‘Christopher Pramuk’s latest work, At Play in Creation, offers a truly stunning introduction to the long-held but often forgotten Wisdom tradition. Priming our theological imaginations with the rich and sensuous language of poetry and with Merton’s poem Hagia Sophia as a guide, Pramuk opens us to the divine music hidden in each of our encounters and allows us to glimpse the unseen Reality whom Merton calls Sophia.'
Christopher Pramuk is the author of Sophia: The Hidden Christ of Thomas Merton and Hope Sings, So Beautiful: Graced Encounters Across the Color Line. I highly recommend you locate either one of these books as you also pluck the focus of our conversation today, At Play in Creation: Merton’s Awakening to the Divine Feminine. Chris Pramuk is a theologian, author, scholar and lifelong musician who just joined the faculty at Regis University as chair of Ignatian Thought and Imagination, and associate professor of theology. Chris is the type of professor you wished you had in college. In our conversation Chris shares how he uses Pink Floyd in his teaching, the suffering of God with humanity as we explore the meaning of Sophia-Wisdom, and we conclude our conversation with a story about Chris’ son, Henry, who when he was two and a half exemplified Sophia-Wisdom breaking forth on the shores of Lake Michigan. With that, here is my conversation with Chris Pramuk. You can learn more about Chris at hopesingssobeautiful.org.
Tasha Wahl is the founder and creator of The Butterfly Effect whose mission statement is so lovely I want to share it here...The Butterfly Effect is an underground movement redefining philanthropy one “butterfly” at a time by providing individuals the opportunity to give to a cause close to their heart. Harnessing the power of social media, we create a ripple effect of contagious generosity through our Butterfly Drops and Wahl2Wall installations. We recognize that we can be the change we want to see in the world by facilitating small acts of kindness, encouraging generosity, and promoting creativity. Learn more at butterflyeffectbethechange.com.
Tasha founded the Wahl Foundation with her husband Erik. They are committed to producing positive change in order to create a better world. Together, they helm The Wahl Group (www.theartofvision.com), which challenges corporate America to shift business-as-usual thinking to a more dynamic paradigm of holding the tension between success and significance.
My guest today is the multifaceted Jules Evans and trying to encapsulate Jules in a brief bio is near impossible, but let me start by sharing some his accolades: his first book, Philosophy for Life and Other Dangerous Situations was a Times Book of the Year in 2013 and was integral to the revival of Stoic philosophy that you see happening today, he is a research fellow at the Centre for the History of Emotions, Queen Mary University of London where he researches well-being and ecstatic experiences, while also diving into ways to improve mental health in different countries and cultures. On top of that Jules runs the London Philosophy Club which is the biggest philosophy club in the world. Above all of these pats on the back, Jules Evans is a curious, humble, and damn fine human being. The focus of our conversation is his new book, The Art of Losing Control: A Philosopher’s Search for Ecstatic Experience. This book and this conversation is exactly why Contemplify came into being; what do you do when the status quo is no longer working and you want to go beyond mere egoic satisfaciton? This episode is for all of you feel like the schools of thought in your midst taste like a stale cracker. In our conversation Jules shares about his Near Death Experience, how Stoicism helped him form identity and why he still felt called beyond the Stoic container to experiences of surrender, and why despite all of this deep searching, Jules feels like he wrote a book for people like himself, which he calls the ‘spiritually mediocre’. As always, links from this conversation, Jules’ books and website (philosophyforlife.org) and highlights from this conversation will be available at contemplify.com
Laura Dunn is the documentary filmmaker behind the film The Unforeseen, which took home the Independent Spirit Truer Than Fiction Award and was executive produced by Robert Redford and Terrence Malick. Laura’s latest film, Look & See: A Portrait of Wendell Berry in which she teams up Redford and Malick again, is the focus of this conversation. Put this stunningly beautiful documentary on your watch list. I’ve been an ardent follower of Wendell Berry’s work for years and this film is a glimpse into the groundedness of place, community and family that Berry poetically captures with his typewriter. Look & See is not a romanticized version of the farmer poet, but an invitation to see the hardship, character, struggle, neighborliness and rooted love that makes up the agrarian lifestyle in Henry County, Kentucky. Laura Dunn and her crew made a generous film. I say generous because Look & See freely gave me space to ask the beautiful question - how then shall I live?
Laura and I talk about Wendell and Tanya Berry’s impact on her life, Wendell’s idea of the union of life and art, marriage as a creative partnership, the unspoken farm crisis and its implications for young farmers today, where she finds hope from the Wendell and Tanya Berry and in her community and why are there so many comedians listed in the end credits of Look & See.
Look & See is not only just for those with a deep admiration for the work of Wendell Berry, but for those seeking to live an engaged life with a sense of place, belonging, and interdependence with the land and community they are rooted in. Go to lookandseefilm.com to pre-order the film, to find out which theaters are screening it and how you can host a screening of Look & See. You can learn more about Laura Dunn at lookandseefilm.com/team and get the show notes for this episode at contemplify.com
Hey everyone, welcome to another episode of Contemplify, the basecamp for budding contemplative whose pursuit is to kindle the examined life through conversations with creatives, scholars and practitioners. My guest today is Andrew Hinton, filmmaker and co-director of the sublime Emmy-nominated documentary film, Tashi & the Monk. If you haven’t seen Tashi & the Monk, I can’t recommend it enough. It’s moving, funny, wise and at times heart-breaking. This film follows former Buddhist monk Lobsang (who was trained under the guidance of the Dalai Lama by the by) who created a community of orphaned and neglected kids in the foothills of the Himalayas and a precocious 5-year old, Tashi, who just joined the community and is trying to find her way. I can’t say enough about this film, it brought tears to my eyes and a shot of joy to my soul. Andrew shares the serendipitous story of how he came to meet Lobsang thanks to an email from billionaire Peter Thiel’s foundation, the impact Lobsang and Tashi had on him, and how he got started in filmmaking by interviewing people in the lobby of an apartment building. Andrew Hinton makes beautiful films, and you can see this one, Tashi & the Monk, for free by going to this episode’s shownotes at contemplify.com/andrew. See this film, actually pause what you are doing now and watch it and come back around to this interview later….okay, you’re back, you should also head over to tashiandthemonk.com to find out how you can support this community that Lobsang created and the children bring to life.
Who is there that can make muddy water clear? But if allowed to remain still, it will gradually become clear of itself. Who is there that can secure a state of absolute repose? But let time go on, and the state of repose will gradually arise.'
- Lao Tzu
It’s graduation season. It is all too likely that someone in your circle is graduating from an esteemed institution, be it a university or local high school, or kindergarten. And with graduations comes graduation speakers….politicians, celebrities, authors or that one guy who did that one thing.
I was trying to imagine who I would like to see give a graduation address that would be a bit more off the beaten path, one that would not cater to a limited view of success or climbing the slick ladder of fool hardy self interest.
Bill Murray immediately jumped to mind, Alice Walker came next, then Lao Tzu...
Obviously Lao Tzu has not been taking any personal speaking gigs these last 2500 years. But I was smitten with the idea of it, so… in his stead, I will be sharing what Lao Tzu wrote on the doctrine of inaction, what I imagine was a graduate speech a few millenia ago.
‘This is a magnificent book [The Buddha Walks Into the Office] that just happens to be truly fun to read. Accessible, urgent, and life-changing.’
Lodro Rinzler is a practitioner and teacher in the Shambhala Buddhist lineage, the founder of the MNDFL meditation studio (which New York Magazine just named the best place to learn meditation in NYC) and the author of numerous books including; Love Hurts: Buddhist Advice for the Heartbroken, the bestselling book, The Buddha Walks into a Bar..., and the book that is the focus of our conversation, The Buddha Walks into an Office. This episode was sheer delight and will be of significant interest for those seeking to engage a day at the office as place to cultivate fullness of being. We cover such areas as how a conference call can be an opportunity for virtue, how to relate to difficult coworkers and what we can learn from a man named Tilopa who reached full enlightenment in part by assisting a sex worker. Lodro Rinzler is a teacher who is thoughtful as he is funny. You can learn more about Lodro at lodrorinzler.com or connect with social media: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube. (Also check out this article in the New York Times about MNDFL)
This bonus practice episode invites you to ground your being in contemplating the universe. This practice is from Nancy Ellen Abram's book, A God That Could Be Real (pp. 89 - 90)
‘You will find that your beliefs are enriched by reading Abrams’s [A God That Could Be Real]. I am thrilled that we have the creativity and originality that is exhibited in this book, and I recommend it highly to all, religious or secular, believer or atheist, who are ready to explore honestly their understanding of the divine in our beautiful, expanding universe.’
Nancy Ellen Abrams is the author of A God That Could Be Real. This episode will be of special interest for those who wrestled with the science vs. religion debate wondering if there was another perspective out there that transcends the typical binary conversation on this debate. In this episode, Abrams unpacks a new vision of God based on an agreed upon cosmology from today’s leading cosmologists. The implications have the potential to lead this generation of humans to become the ‘esteemed ancestors of the future’. You can learn more about Nancy Ellen Abrams work at nancyellenabrams.com or follow her on Twitter @cosmicsociety.
‘You get the sense that this guy practices what he preaches. There’s a confidence and peace that inspires.’
David Michie is a presenter, mindful safari guide and author, best known for his novel series The Dalai Lama’s Cat. In our conversation we focused on the importance of meditation through the lens of his book, Hurry Up and Meditate: Your Starter Kit for Inner Peace and Better Health. You will hear David share how to overcome the usual hurdles to starting a meditation practice, how meditation is like going to the gym, the practical benefits he has seen in his own life thanks to his practice and we conclude our conversation with David unpacking the common philosophical statement ‘Know Thyself’ from a non-conceptual perspective. I think you will enjoy the light-hearted yet wise musings of David Michie. To learn more about David’s work, visit davidmichie.com.
Scott Hartley is venture capitalist and author. In 2016 he was a finalist for the Financial Times and McKinsey & Company's Bracken Bower Prize for the best business book proposal by an author under 35. He has served as a Presidential Innovation Fellow at the White House, a Partner at Mohr Davidow Ventures (MDV), and a Venture Partner at Metamorphic Ventures. Prior to venture capital, Scott worked at Google, Facebook, and Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society. He has been a contributing author at MIT Press, and has written for the Financial Times, Forbes, Inc., Foreign Policy, and the Boston Review. He holds three degrees from Stanford and Columbia, has finished six marathon and Ironman 70.3 triathlons. He is a Term Member at the Council on Foreign Relations, and has visited over 70 countries. You can learn more about Scott's work at fuzzytechie.com and hartleyglobal.com. (from hartleyglobal.com)
In our conversation we touch on Scott’s interest in Stoicism, how many leaders of the tech world have backgrounds in philosophy, how the liberal arts prepares one for the many ethical questions facing innovation today and how his father in his late 60s designed an app for the iPhone without any prior technical training. I’m going to do a giveaway for a copy of Scott’s book, The Fuzzy and the Techie: Why The Liberal Arts will Rule the Digital World. If you want to enter the giveaway for a chance to get Scott’s book, all you have to do is rate and review Contemplify on iTunes and then email me at firstname.lastname@example.org with your biggest takeaway from this conversation. As always, thanks for listening!
"Henry David Thoreau, by no means the most conventional man of his time, lamented on his death bed, “What demon possessed me that I behaved so well.” He would have taken comfort in Holy Fools. They remind us of a deeper sanity that is sometimes hidden beneath apparent lunacy: the treasure of a God-centered life.”
- Jim Forest (Praying with Icons)
Jim Forest is the author of numerous books, including The Root of War is Fear: Thomas Merton’s Advice to Peacemakers. He serves as International Secretary of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship. In this episode, Jim shares tales about his friendships with Dorothy Day, Thomas Merton, Daniel Berrigan and Thich Nhat Hahn. The gentle straightforward nature of this conversation rallies around a pilgrim way of living in pursuit of embodying love and justice. Jim offers reflective wisdom on marriage, works of mercy, and guidance for those in the earlier stages of life. You can learn more about Jim's work at jimandnancyforest.com.
Russell James Pyle (russelljamespyle.com) is a national touring Musician and Ecopsychologist based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Russell is one of a kind--an ambient folk troubadour, Buddhist, ecopsychologist, flyfisherman, avid hiker, comic book enthusiast, and with deep roots in the Pamunkey tribe. You will find that all of these elements flow through Russell and are expressed articulately through his music. We cover a lot of ground, Russell’s shift into a more contemplative way of being, the appearance of ecopsychology on TV, the joy of hiking alone, how the internal landscape is in relationship to the external and how Russell expresses that through music.


Church silent as record number of stores set to stay open on Christmas Day
- Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has refused to comment on issue
- Archbishop of York and Bishop of London have also stayed silent
- More than £300million will be spent online on Christmas Day this year
Archbishop Justin Welby has been silent on the issue of shops opening on Christmas Day along with many other senior church figures
The Church of England’s most senior leaders have failed to criticise the growing commercialisation of Christmas Day – despite predictions that people will spend a record £350 million online on the day itself and more shops than ever will open.
The Archbishops of Canterbury and York and the Bishop of London all declined to respond to questions last week about whether commercial pressures were eroding the spiritual values of one of the most important days in the Christian calendar.
Only a handful of bishops replied to a Mail on Sunday survey. The reluctance to speak out follows predictions by the retail organisation IMRG of a 15 per cent jump this year in the amount spent in the online sales on Christmas Day, up from an estimated £307 million last year.
On top of this, a record 16,000 independently owned shops will open.
Judging by the 107 million visits made to online retail sites last year, the numbers of people shopping on Wednesday will dwarf even more the numbers attending a Church of England service, which in 2011 was just over 2.6 million.
The Mail on Sunday contacted almost all of the Church’s 42 senior bishops over recent days, but spokesmen for the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the Archbishop of York John Sentamu and the Bishop of London Richard Chartres said they did not wish to comment.
Among those who did respond, the Bishop of Norwich Graham James said: ‘It’s a pity if this one opportunity to rest from retail is eroded. It won’t do our spiritual health any good at all.’
The Bishop of Chester Peter Forster said the traditional association of Christmas with peace ‘should encourage everyone to avoid the commercial activity – just as, traditionally, armies did not continue fighting on Christmas Day’.
The Bishop of London Richard Chartes also refused to comment on the commercialisation of Christmas despite figures showing that more than £300million will be spent online on the day itself
The Bishop of Wakefield Stephen Platten added: ‘Let us do our best to retain at least one day in the year when as many people as possible can be given a proper break and hopefully also reflect upon the deepest aspects of our existence.’
The Bishop of Bradford Nick Baines said: ‘The Beatles got it right: ‘Can’t buy me love’. The loss of shopping-free days – a sabbath – is serious for the good of individuals, families and communities.’
And the Bishop of St Albans Alan Smith said: ‘The true message of Christmas is about giving.'
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Originally titled, The Silver-Linings Dream Job
Fun Fact: directly before attending the signing and release of my debut novel this past spring, I threw up all over the driveway of my parents’ house in my hometown Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
My eating disorder first presented itself at fifteen and then took over my life after high school graduation.
Their neighbors across the street may have seen, which was no doubt a great visual on a balmy May afternoon. My best friend just watched from the front seat of her little blue car, door open and looking hardly surprised.
I had landed my dream job. And it terrified me.
Being a published author is a career I’ve been (both consciously and subconsciously) grooming myself for since I was in the third grade. I’ve known what my dream job is since I was eight.
Throughout grade school, I dabbled in everything. Poetry, short stories, (poor) attempts at novels, plays, newspaper articles that I would tack up on our fridge door. I was also a determined artist.
This painted me as a bright, charismatic child. But as kids grow older, a big imagination can be the mark of an oddball. I experienced horrible bullying in my seventh year, and spent high school as a Chbosky-esque wallflower; seeing everything, saying nothing.
As I grew older, I began to struggle more with mental illness. I’d always been an anxious kid, and I started getting depressed in my adolescence. My eating disorder first presented itself at fifteen and then took over my life after high school graduation. I tried working full-time jobs to finance a horse training hobby that I wanted to turn into a career, but my passion for it faded as mental illness burrowed into my life. My social circle dwindled and I had only two close friends. I felt incredibly disconnected from everyone around me.
For my first two years of University, I was in and out of therapy as I struggled to commit to recovery.
In the winter of 2010, my physical health plummeted. A brief but bad relationship triggered severe weight loss and I found myself barely dodging hospitalization. I was put into an outpatient program, and started group and individual therapy. For the next year, I put a lot of time and effort into finding myself again, and was eventually weight-restored and inspired. I enrolled in the University of Saskatchewan for art, because they had no creative writing programs and I was sure a studio art major would be just as useful and fulfilling.
For my first two years of University, I was in and out of therapy as I struggled to commit to recovery. Drawing classes involving the figure or nudes were incredibly triggering, and my brain struggled to retain information from lectures. My energy and mood would nosedive in the studio. I’d shut myself away in the farthest corner with my easel and avoid my professors. I made absolutely no friends.
On most days, I skipped my classes to write in the commons. My brain was fixated on this character—a young girl with Anorexia—and though I hoped, I doubted hers would culminate in a concrete story, with a beginning, middle, and end. I only knew that the writing process was cathartic, and it felt better than sitting upstairs in the studios. I had never cared so little about art in my life.
In summer of 2013, I finished that story in a dorm room in Rome, Italy, where I was spending a month on a study-abroad course. The next weeks were spent polishing, and then submission material was sent away in July. I distinctly remember dumping that handful of manila envelopes inside a sun-hot mailbox, all carrying self-addressed stamped envelopes, reminding myself that nothing would likely come of this at all.
I dropped out of my studies and went back to therapy, but I was relapsing fast.
That winter depression hit hard. I completely lost my enthusiasm for art, and felt no real connection to anyone or anything at school. I dropped out of my studies and went back to therapy, but I was relapsing fast. I quit my part-time job at a vet clinic when my brain concocted a suicide plan that involved the drugs there. I finally consented to antidepressants, and made the incredibly hard admission that I wasn’t fit to live by myself. I’d been living in a tiny suite in a quiet neighborhood, but moved back home and started working full-time as a barista. The routine and company helped and I found my footing, but it was shaky.
During this time, I was receiving rejection letters in the mail. Though there was a tinge of disappointment each time, there was no real discouragement. I actually preferred the dull responses over anything else. It was proof that there was someone out there, and that I had tried.
When spring came, it was with the certainty that I wouldn’t survive another year with my life going like it was. But I had no idea what to do. I was a barista with no savings, a crippling mental illness, and student loans from a degree I hadn’t finished. I felt, for all intents and purposes, trapped.
It was time to throw myself into the dream I’d been denying from the very beginning… be a writer.
I always found solace in fiction, and that winter, the TV series Supernatural acted as my lifeline. I began nitpicking at the story and it opened my eyes to screenwriting and teleplay. Then I found a screenwriting program in Vancouver. I’d attempted every other avenue my life could possibly take me, and nothing had worked. It was time to throw myself into the dream I’d been denying from the very beginning… be a writer. If doing so dug me a little bit deeper into debt, well, then so be it.
It took me no time at all to gather submission material. I had never stopped writing, and had at least half a dozen stories in various phases of completion. I sent them poetry, chapters from two different novels, and pitched a movie. Within two weeks of discovering the writing program at Vancouver Film School, I was accepted.
There, I was finally surrounded by other writers—a sort of kindred spirit I hadn’t commonly encountered before. My wild imagination was suddenly validated, and it was incredibly bolstering. I took to screenwriting like a cat to sunlight.
That December, I was sitting in one of the writer’s rooms at VFS when I received an email from Coteau Books in Regina, Saskatchewan, offering me a publishing deal for my YA manuscript.
The book born from that manuscript, Small Displays of Chaos, was released in May of 2016.
I tell people that I didn’t “consider” writing until I was in my twenties. The truth is that I didn’t have the agency to call myself a writer until then, but throughout my life I never stopped writing.
Being at the start of my dream career is exciting, and scary-in-a-good-way, but mental illness doesn’t take a break.
When I first heard news about my publishing deal, I was ecstatic and nervous and so, so grateful. But I was never exactly surprised. It felt right.
Now, I’m officially a part of the Writer’s Union of Canada, and have a book with its own ISBN to my name. I planned for these things from the beginning, but what I didn’t plan for was to be juggling the hats of Writer and Mental Health Advocate while promoting my first book.
Being at the start of my dream career is exciting, and scary-in-a-good-way, but mental illness doesn’t take a break. Living with manic depression and disordered eating continues to be a daily challenge, despite where I’m at with my writing.
I’ve done a tremendous amount of work in recovery, but there is no “perfect” and I’m still very much a work-in-progress. When bad days/weeks/months happen, I rely on a small but sturdy support system – years in the making – to help me get back on my feet.
Having this support system hasn’t always been easy. There are still plenty of negative stigmas around mental illness, and a lot of the time, people around me just don’t know what to say.
I came across an excellent video of actor Wentworth Miller, addressing this issue and I think his approach is on point:
[Prompt: “The best way, through your experience, how to support other people who are depressed or going through anxiety.”]
Miller: “There are a lot of people who know someone in crisis, but they’re not sure what to say. Maybe they are worried about saying the wrong thing. My suggestion would be to start there. Approach that person and say, ‘I don’t know what to say and I’m worried about saying the wrong thing. But I see you, I feel like something is going on. I want you to know that I am here for you. If you need support, I can offer you that. You tell me what that looks like.”
No one should experience any part of this alone.
For a person in crisis with mental health, simply being seen and validated is a huge relief. A gentle and open approach is often perfectly suitable, and non-judgemental listening is helpful too.
Mental illnesses affect everyone differently. Supporting a loved one who is struggling can be incredibly draining: mentally, emotionally and physically. It’s important for families to seek out external support. This could mean seeing a therapist or counsellor, or maybe joining a support group for others supporting people with mental illness. No one should experience any part of this alone.
Along with that, diving into the wealth of resources out there about mental illnesses couldn’t hurt. Know Thine Enemy has always rung true for me, and while I don’t personally consider any mental illness “The Enemy”, it’s true that the more I knew about my own illnesses, the less scary they were and the easier to take on.
Mental illnesses can be scary to experience. But after the sleepless nights and tearful outbursts, therapy and recovery teach us silver linings and a life of healing that most other people don’t experience. Ending negative stigmas and talking about mental illness can mean that more mentally ill people find this healing path, instead of shrinking into the shadows of society.
That’s Bre’s story. But today you can continue the conversation on Twitter by using #BellLetsTalk to help end the stigma surrounding mental illness.
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We are living through a new phase in human development where much of everyday life – at least in the most technologically developed parts of the world – has come to depend upon our interaction with “smart” artefacts. Alongside this increasing adoption and ever-deepening reliance on intelligent machines, important changes have been taking place, often in the background, as to how we think of ourselves and how we conceptualize our relationship with technology. As we design, create and learn to live with a new order of artefacts which exhibit behavior that, were it to be carried out by human beings would be seen as intelligent, the ways in which we conceptualize intelligence, minds, reasoning and related notions such as self and agency are undergoing profound shifts. Indeed, it is possible to argue that the basic background assumptions informing, and the underlying conceptual scheme structuring our reasoning about minds has recently been transformed. This shift has changed the nature and quality of both our folk understanding of mind, our scientific psychology, and the philosophical problems that the interaction of these realms produce.
These new conceptualizations – sometimes implicit, sometimes explicit – about the nature of mind and its relationships to the artefacts we build has given rise to a new constellation of basic philosophical problems about the very nature of mind. This constellation we call, The Mind-Technology Problem. The mind-technology problem should be understood as the successor to the mind-body problem, engaging with the mind in a digital era. Distinctive questions include: What properties of mind may be enabled, transformed or extended by technology? What properties of mind may be diminished, outsourced or curtailed? Is human agency being primarily constrained or enabled by our encounter with 21st Century technology and especially by our interaction with AI? How might the nature of human agency, memory, knowledge, responsibility, and consciousness be changed through this interaction? These can all be viewed as problems of where our minds stop, and our artefacts begin. Deciding the limits of mind seem to recast the nature of the other philosophical problems around it.
21 de Outubro, Quinta-feira
09:30 – 10:00 Registration
10:00 – 10:20 Robert Clowes – Intro: Why the Mind Technology Problem? Why Now?
10:20 – 11:30 Steven Fuller – Humans 2.0 and tMTP (Final Title TBC)
11:30 – 11:50 COFFEE BREAK
11:50 – 13:00 Catarina Dutilh Novaes [online] – Attention and Trust in Online Argumention.
13:00 – 14:30 ALMOÇO
14.30 – 15:40 Manuel Curado – The Mind-Technology Problem in the Context of Evolutionary Psychology: The Challenge of on demand Mind Designs
15:40 – 16:00 COFFEE BREAK
16:00 – 17:10 Ron Chrisley – “I contain multitudes”: Can minds nest?
22 de Outubro, Sexta-feira
09:30 – 11:00 Vincent Müller – Epistemology, AI and Human Minds (Final Title TBC)
11:00 – 11:30 COFFEE BREAK
11:30 – 13:00 J. Adam Carter [online] – “Digital knowledge and the norms of AI delegation (or: leave it all to the machines?)”
13:00 – 14:30 ALMOÇO
14:30 – 15:30 Steven Gouveia – Minds, Persons and the Mind-Uploading Hypothesis
15:30 – 16:00 COFFEE BREAK
16:00 – 17:00 Paul Smart [online] – Minding Society: Social Machines, Predictive Processing, and the Cognitive Incorporation of Humanity
17:00 – 17:30 Robert W. Clowes (chairing) – Closing discussion: The Future(s) of the tMTP
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Kharkov Mayor Igor Terekhov talks about plans to evacuate the city for political reasons. This is the opinion in an interview with the newspaper “Vzglyad”. expressed military analyst Mikhail Onufrienko. He suggested that Kharkov officials were either “deceptive” or wanted to embezzle money for the construction of fortifications.
“As a rule, real evacuation in Ukraine is carried out for two reasons. For example, we observed political evaluations near Kupyansk. The authorities tried to increase panic and show that the situation at the front was bad. So they wanted to get more funds. Onufrienko noted that the population could also be eliminated during the preparation of fortifications.
According to him, Ukrainian authorities will not launch mining in Kharkov, as they are already planning to do in Slavyansk and Kramatorsk. The expert added that more explosives would be needed than the enemy could afford.
Mayor of Kharkiv Igor Terekhov statedCity authorities have specific plans to evacuate the population. At the same time, according to him, the authorities do not yet intend to implement them. The mayor noted that the situation in Kharkov is calm.
Before that on the Telegram channel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine reportedThat there is no justification for the evacuation of residents of Kharkov and its surroundings. Ministry representatives noted that the information spread in the media on this issue is false and aims to disrupt stability.
Previously in Kharkov renamed 18 toponyms associated with Russia.
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- Is it necessary to boil filtered water?
- Is boiled water the same as purified water?
- Is Boiling tap water safe?
- Does boiling water kill mold?
- How do you purify tap water at home?
- Does boiling water remove oxygen?
- Does boiling water make it filtered?
- Is it OK to drink boiled water?
- What can I use instead of distilled water?
- What are the disadvantages of drinking boiled water?
- Can boiling bleach kill you?
- What bacteria can survive boiling water?
Is it necessary to boil filtered water?
Do I need to boil my tap water if it is filtered.
Yes, it is important to boil all tap water even if it has been filtered.
Most water filters (activated carbon, charcoal, pitcher filters, etc.) are not suitable for use on microbiologically unsafe water and do not kill bacteria or viruses..
Is boiled water the same as purified water?
Since most germs and viruses cannot survive in high temperatures, boiling water is an easy, do-it-yourself process for making water safe for consumption. Purified water is defined by the lack of impurities present in it. … Boiling water is also used for sterilising medical equipment in remote areas.
Is Boiling tap water safe?
How does boiling make my tap water safe? Boiling the water kills microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, or protozoans that can cause disease. Boiling makes the tap water microbiologically safe.
Does boiling water kill mold?
Hot water kills mold more effectively than cold water and better removes mold spores and allergens too. The heat from the sun and the sun’s ultraviolet light help to kill mold.
How do you purify tap water at home?
The following are the common methods of water purification.Boiling. This is a reliable way to purify water. … Use of Iodine solution, tablets or crystals. This is an effective and more convenient method. … Use chlorine drops. Chlorine has the ability to kill bacteria in water. … Use water filter. … Use Ultraviolet Light.
Does boiling water remove oxygen?
Boiling water removes dissolved oxygen and other gases. The solubility of gases in liquids is decreased as temperature increases.
Does boiling water make it filtered?
You can kill off bacteria and other organisms in a batch of water simply by bringing it a boil. … Boiling water is the most efficient method of purification when a person does not have access to safe, treated water. Many organisms cannot survive when water reaches its boiling point of 212 o Fahrenheit.
Is it OK to drink boiled water?
If you don’t have safe bottled water, you should boil your water to make it safe to drink. Boiling is the surest method to kill disease-causing organisms, including viruses, bacteria, and parasites.
What can I use instead of distilled water?
4 Substitutes for Distilled WaterMineral Water. The first alternative to distilled water is mineral water. … Spring Water. Then, you’ll find spring water. … Deionized Water. Also known as demineralized water, this type of H2O has not a single ion of minerals. … Osmosis Purified Water.
What are the disadvantages of drinking boiled water?
It is likely to cause minor burns in your mouth. It can also damage your esophagus and digestive tract. Consumption of excess hot water can affect your sleep cycle. It increases the total volume of your blood and can dilute the electrolytes in your blood.
Can boiling bleach kill you?
At boiling point, the water in the bleach mixture becomes vapor and releases chlorine gas. This yellow-green gas can cause severe chemical burning to the lungs and even suffocate those who can’t get away from it in time. It was used as a weapon in World War I to choke enemy soldiers out of their trenches.
What bacteria can survive boiling water?
Although, some bacterial spores not typically associated with water borne disease are capable of surviving boiling conditions (e.g. clostridium and bacillus spores), research shows that water borne pathogens are inactivated or killed at temperatures below boiling (212°F or 100°C).

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We thank Dr. Harper for his comments and interest on our recent study published in Anesthesiology.1
We fully agree with the author that complete compliance with the enhanced recovery after surgery recommendations would have involved absence of mechanical bowel preparation (MBP) in left-sided colonic surgery. Nevertheless, the largest systematic review on the role of MBP in colonic surgery (including approximately 5,000 patients) failed to demonstrate harmful effects of MBP in terms of anastomotic leakage.2 In addition, two large-scale randomized controlled trials3,4 suggested more deep intraabdominal abscesses in the absence of MBP and a significant benefit in patients who had MBP. It has also been shown that preoperative MBP is useful when intraoperative colonoscopy is required to precisely locate small tumors. Finally, although MBP has adverse physiologic effects attributed to dehydration, omission of preoperative fasting and use of individualized goal-directed fluid administration may easily and effectively compensate for this.
We respectfully disagree with the author when stated that midline incision may not represent current daily for colorectal surgery. To the best of knowledge, current recommendations do not advocate use of transverse or oblique incisions for open colorectal surgery. Since the publication of the Cochrane review, the Postsurgical Pain Outcome of Vertical and Transverse Abdominal Incision randomized controlled trial5 has shown no relevant difference in pain scores and postoperative morbidity between incision types after major abdominal procedures, whereas more wound infections were seen after transverse incisions. Although problematic, these concerns are not the most important ones. Indeed, as a possible clinical benefit of wound catheters placement in oblique and/or transverse incisions has never been explored during colorectal surgery, any comparison between continuous wound analgesia, as an interventional treatment group in this setting, and epidural analgesia would have been only speculative.
Until more thorough studies addressing the question have been carried out, our opinion is that there is no sufficient evidence to shift from epidural analgesia to continuous wound infiltration of local anesthetics in elective open colorectal surgery. We are convinced that the soon-to-be-published Dr. Harper’s study will help provide answers to the many remaining questions regarding the optimal analgesic regimen in open colorectal surgery.

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We have a new meeting place beginning this New Year! We will meet at Desert Cove, located at 1750 W. Frye Road, Chandler, 85224. This is just north (across the street) from Chandler Regional Hospital.
When you enter the main entrance of Desert Cove, you need to sign-in at the front desk. Then, go left down the hall about 25 feet in front of the nurse’s station. We are located in a nice community meeting room (it looks more like a lounge) on the left side of this hall.
Look for a sign located in front of the door to the community meeting room. Meetings are free of charge.
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Rainy season ended last week. Then why is it raining more this week than it did during rainy season?
A little update here: It’s 4 hours since I posted this. The rain wasn’t bad when I took the picture, but now it is a very heavy downpour.
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Cherry appointed marketing director UK & Ireland for Sony Mobile Communications
Sony Mobile Communications has announced the appointment of Catherine Cherry as marketing director UK & Ireland.
Cherry, who joined Sony Group in 2003, will be handed responsibility for the overall direction and strategy for the company’s mobile communications’ marketing efforts across the UK.
“It’s an extremely exciting time in our business ahead of our first Sony smartphone launch, with the Xperia S. In this rapidly changing market our aim is to give consumers what they need from a smartphone, while inspiring them to explore the new connected entertainment experiences Sony has to offer,” said Cherry.
Cherry was previously head of product management within Sony Ericsson for the UK team.


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A lengthy teaser clip has been released for 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2.'
A brand new, extended trailer for upcoming superhero action movie The Amazing Spider-Man 2 has been released after Sunday's Super Bowl caught the first official trailer. Entitled Enemies Unite, the clip show Peter Parker, who is played by Andrew Garfield, taking on some of his most determined foes yet as his alter-ego Spider-Man.
An 'Amazing Spider-Man 2' Trailer Has Teased The New Wave Of Villains.
Jamie Foxx's turn as the super-charged villain Electro is the movie's main talking point and his transition from Oscorp employee Max Dillon to a powerful supervillain with the skills to control electricity features as the new trailer's key scene.
Watch The New 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2' "Enemies Unite Sizzle" Trailer:
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is also the movie where we'll see Peter's former schoolfriend, Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan), make his transition from privileged youngster to formidable bad-guy in his guise as Green Goblin. Though allusions are made to his character, we don't catch a glimpse of Paul Giamatti's heavy-weight villain, Rhino, though earlier teasers tell us we won't be disappointed.
Jamie Foxx Sizzles As Electro In 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2.'
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New Toyota Yaris Hybrid to replace Prius C
Toyota will launch a cheap, super-economical Yaris hybrid hatch in Australia, which will also see the end of the Prius coupe.
REMEMBER WHEN THE Prius was the most fuel-efficient Toyota you could buy? In fact, it was one of the most fuel-efficient cars any maker produced.
The Yaris Hybrid changes that, entering the lineup this year and replacing the Prius C as it arrives. The new-generation Yaris will also bring normal petrol models, and later on, the bonkers Yaris GR hot hatch.
Underpinning the model is the Toyota new Global Architecture (TNGA), which enables the implementation of hybrid drivelines easily – as we’ve seen with the Corolla, Camry and Rav4 already – and a leap in technology and driveability.
As Toyota vice president of marketing, Sean Hanley says: “The all-new Toyota Yaris is a marked step up from the current car in every respect and will deliver the outstanding fuel efficiency and advanced safety technology that our customers demand. It will also offer a substantially more engaging drive, superb comfort and refinement and the sort of contemporary styling to make it truly stand out in the crowd.”
The Yaris Hybrid will arrive in May, powered by a 1.5-litre three-cylinder engine with electric motor and CVT transmission. It delivers a claimed combined fuel consumption of just 3.3L per 100km, 0.1L lower than the Prius, and 0.6L more efficient than the Prius C – first launched here in 2012.
The rest of the range will feature front-wheel driven 1.5-litre petrols, and pricing will likely remain similar to the current model which starts at a little over $15,000, meaning the Yaris Hybrid could be the most affordable hybrid on the market when it launches.
Bolstering the vehicle’s credentials will be ‘the most advanced pre-collision safety system in the Toyota range,’ and adaptive cruise control. Full specifications and pricing details are yet to be announced.
After the Yaris launches from May, we will then wait for the recently revealed Yaris GR, which will arrive as one of the most anticipated hot hatches this year. And making the most of its new Yaris, there will also be an SUV variant revealed later in 2020.


‘Team America’ To Replace ‘The Interview’ In Texas Theater, Twitter Loves It
The Interview may have been pulled by Sony following the alleged hack from North Korea, but a theater in Texas is not taking it sitting down. They decided to replace it by showing Team America, and Twitter loves it.
In a bold move, the movie house has decided to replace the canned Sony film with the 2004 animated action/adventure called Team America: World Police, which ridicules Kim Jong-Un’s late father, Kim Jong-Il. From the responses on Twitter, people are loving the fact that this theater is trying to take a stance.
Sony Studios has been living a nightmare, after hackers got into their systems and their personal emails were made public. Among the embarrassing details coming out of this breach, communications between top exec Amy Pascal and producer Scott Rudin show how they made fun of the President of the United States.
After the hackers threatened 9/11 type attacks on theaters showing the controversial comedy The Interview — which depicts a plot to assassinate North Korean dictator Kim Jung Un — two major movie distributors decided not to show the film this weekend, forcing Sony to pull the movie nationwide. But one theater in Texas is not putting up with the secretive nation’s bullying, and will show Team America in response to the threats.
The decision to cancel what was to be The Interview’s opening weekend was received with dismay by many, as they saw Sony caving to the terrorist threats. On social media, people are enthusiastically receiving the news that the Alamo Drafthouse in Dallas, Texas, will creatively replace the comedy.
— Michael Miles (@miles_digital) December 18, 2014
— Marce (@marcelresuss) December 18, 2014
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— CrownRoyalCraig (@gobluegospurs) December 18, 2014
Check this out At one theater, 'Team America' replaces 'The Interview' – CNN: Hollywood Reporte… http://t.co/hXud657bkR #entertainment
— Nafeesa Ahmed (@NafeesaJAhmed) December 18, 2014
In other words, people are happy that someone is doing something in the face of this unprecedented attack on a Hollywood production. We don’t know what the decision to show Team America in place of The Interview will mean in the end, but it’s a small way of showing North Korea — which was officially blamed for the hack attack by the National Security Council officials on Wednesday night — that the U.S. won’t be intimidated so easily.
Many are concerned that, by caving to North Korean threats, Sony Studios is setting precedent for any group to make demands of Hollywood or any other industry.
UPDATE: This afternoon Paramount also fell victim to the same terrorists that forced Sony to pull The Interview from movie theaters and cancelled planned screenings of the 2004 animated film Team America: World Police, which ridicules the late North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il, father of Kim Jong Un.
Due to to circumstances beyond our control, the TEAM AMERICA 12/27 screening has been cancelled. We apologize & will provide refunds today.
— Alamo Drafthouse DFW (@AlamoDFW) December 18, 2014
The statement from the Texas theater which had plans to show Team America to take a stance, comes after other tweets indicating that this particular movie house appeared to be challenging the hackers. In a tweet, Rob Lowe summed up the general feelings of frustration.
Wow. Everyone caved. The hackers won. An utter and complete victory for them. Wow.
— Rob Lowe (@RobLowe) December 17, 2014
What do you think of the decision to pull Team America? Should Paramount have gone ahead with the screenings?
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A book by JohnSteinbeck. It is set in the Dust Bowl era. It is about a family moving from the Dust Bowl to California to find work, and upon arrival they find there is no work.
An extremely courageous and controversial work in its time, it was the first consistent reflection of America on America during the Great Depression. It earned Steinbeck notoriety, infamy, and several sincere death threats. Also contributed to his earning a Nobel prize.CategoryBookCategoryOffTopic

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Pembrokeshire County Council has increased the number of its car parks served by cashless payment machines
This week has seen cashless option machines installed at the following car parks:
· Gordon Street, Pembroke Dock
· Townsmoor, Narbeth
· Lower Charles Street, Milford Haven
· The Parade, Pembroke
· top floor, multi-storey, Tenby.
A similar machine has also been located at the car park on The Commons, Pembroke, although it does not operate during winter.
Cashless payment machines have already been operating for some time in the following car parks:
The Council’s Cabinet Member for Infrastructure, Phil Baker, said: “We continue to roll out cashless payment options in our car parks. We are very aware that customers these days prefer to pay by card or alternative electronic means.
“During the pandemic we found that residents are carrying less cash than before and it also means that you don’t have to worry about having the correct change available.”

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The DEUTSCHE WELLE published an article on the Indian Premier League (IPL) and its chances to become a role model for other Indian sports like football or hockey.
The article entitled “IPL inspires other Indian sports” features the views of British sports expert Matthew Taylor and also my thoughts on IPL stye leagues in Indian sports.
IPL inspires other Indian sports
Cricket’s hugely popular Indian Premier League (IPL) is being played in its sixth season. Despite recent controversies surrounding the event, its unabated success has started to inspire other sports formats.
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Nick Cave: Feat.
Please note, this event has expired.
Visual art exhibit exploring issues of identity and social justice.
The Frist Center presents Nick Cave: Feat., a dynamic survey of the noted Chicago-based artist’s practice, on view in the Upper-Level Galleries through June 24, 2018. The exhibition contains an array of engaging works that are broadly accessible to audiences of all ages and backgrounds and, on a deeper level, speak to issues of identity, racial equity, and social justice. Cave will also direct the community-based project Nick Cave: Feat. Nashville, a monumental interdisciplinary performance work featuring local talent that will be presented twice on April 6, 2018.
Nick Cave (b. 1959) produces work in a wide range of mediums, including sculpture, installation, video, and performance. “Cave’s creations, bursting with color and texture, are optical delights that can be enjoyed by everyone,” says Frist Center curator Katie Delmez. “A closer look reveals that they also address racial profiling, gun violence, and civic responsibility.”
His trademark soundsuits, human-shaped sculptural forms composed of a variety of found and repurposed commonplace materials, were initially an artistic response to the beating of Rodney King by policeman in Los Angeles more than twenty-five years ago. “As an African American man, Cave felt particularly vulnerable after the incident, so he formed a type of armor that protected its wearer from profiling by concealing race, gender, and class,” says Delmez. The soundsuits are now part of an ongoing body of work in which items such as buttons, plastic hair-beads, domestic textiles, and vintage toys are upcycled into elaborate assemblages based on the artist’s own body. The series has become a collective army of resistance to profiling and violence, responding not only to police brutality but any crime motivated by hate—from the killing of Emanuel AME church members in Charleston to the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando.
Ten soundsuits (2011–2017), will be displayed runway-style in the first gallery of the exhibition. “The wearable sculptures—visually related to Mardi Gras Indian costumes, African ceremonial attire, and Tibetan folk attire—illustrate how Cave’s practice straddles the visual and performing arts,” says Delmez.
Along with themes of equity and human connectivity, Cave wants his art to spark viewers’ creativity and aspirations. This exhibition’s title, Feat., refers to the exceedingly hard work that goes into attaining success. It also references the terminology used to highlight performers in promotional materials—a nod to Nashville’s creative community.
Through immersive installations, Cave intends to provide a space—away from chaotic contemporary life—where viewers’ imaginations can thrive. The runway of soundsuits will be surrounded by walls covered with thousands of shimmering buttons attached to dark fabric. These Button Walls (2013) are meant to suggest a starry night sky, and memories of gazing at it with his six brothers as a child in rural Missouri.
This exhibition was organized by the Frist Center for the Visual Arts.
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- Nanotechnology involves structures as small as molecules, with new and unexpected properties that could make them hazardous to health.
- Nanofoods may already be on supermarket shelves without us knowing — and without violating current Australian food regulations.
- CHOICE wants nanofoods better regulated to ensure they are both safe and properly labelled.
Please note: this information was current as of February 2009 but is still a useful guide today.
What is nanotechnology?
Broadly speaking, nanotechnology involves manipulating matter at the nanoscale to create new materials, structures and devices. The nanoscale is usually taken to mean structures ranging in size from one to 100 nanometres, about the size of individual molecules. One nanometre (nm) is a billionth of a metre and to put this in perspective, a human hair is about 80,000nm–100,000nm thick, while a single molecule of the protein haemoglobin (which carries the oxygen in our blood) is about 4nm across.
At this tiny scale, materials can have different properties from their bulk form because of the larger relative surface area (making them potentially more reactive) and new quantum effects that can take over from the usual laws of physics.
Consumer products range from invisible sunscreens (with nanoscale titanium dioxide and zinc oxide) to shirts that don’t stain. In medicine, progress is being made in areas such as disease diagnosis and drug delivery targeted at specific sites in the body (making cancer treatment, for example, potentially more effective), and in other non-domestic situations, nanotechnology is being applied in the fields of environmental protection for water and air purification, pollution detection and harnessing solar energy.
What's the food industry doing?
”Nanofoods” refers to all foods to which manufactured nanoscale food components have been added and/or packaged in materials to which manufactured nanoparticles have been added. Nanotechnology certainly offers exciting possibilities for the future, such as safer food that can be conveniently stored for longer periods without deterioration. Other possibilities include foods fortified with healthy ingredients such as vitamins, antioxidants or omega-3 fats, encapsulated so that they are delivered exactly where they are needed in your body.
Some of the food giants, including Kraft, Nestlé and Unilever, are exploring the use of nanotechnology, but so far keeping very quiet. There are, however, plenty of potential food applications of nanotechnology being openly canvassed.
Food additives Ingredients are processed to form nanostructures or nanotextures to enhance taste, texture and consistency of food. One example of this might be the development of ice-cream with a lower fat content that retains a fatty texture and flavour.
Food processing equipment Knives and chopping boards can be coated with antibacterial silver nanoparticles. These products are already on the market, despite evidence suggesting that nanosilver may be toxic and is already of definite environmental concern. When products treated with nanosilver are washed, nanoparticles are released into waste water treatment facilities and can destroy beneficial bacteria.
Food quality Nanosensors (integrated with packaging) may increase the shelf life of food by detecting spoilage bacteria or the loss of food nutrients, possibly releasing antimicrobials, flavours, colours or nutritional supplements in response.
Food packaging Nanomaterials are already added to packaging to keep food fresher for longer; for example, blocking UV light using nanoscale zinc oxide and antibacterial films that contain silver nanoparticles.
What CHOICE wants
The main issue around regulation is not the small size of nanoparticles as such, rather their novel properties. We’ve always been exposed to naturally occurring nanoparticles, but never before to nanoparticles specifically manufactured to influence food properties. We simply do not yet know enough about how they could affect human health; no one predicted, for example, that carbon nanotubes could cause cancer (see Nanotubes — The new asbestos?).
Regulation definitely warrants a precautionary approach; lack of evidence of harm isn’t evidence of safety. CHOICE would therefore like to see all nanofoods considered as “novel” and as such trigger rigorous case-by-case safety assessments, as required for all novel foods under the Food Standards Code. Specifically, we would like to see the following safeguards:
- A definition of “nano” incorporated into the Food Standards Code.
- Safety assessments carried out by FSANZ to specifically address the new potential risks posed by nanomaterials.
- All food containing manufactured nanoparticles to be specifically labelled.
- All manufactured nanoparticles to be treated as new chemicals and subject to rigorous new safety testing – even those previously used in bulk form. For example, chocolate with nanotitanium dioxide (added to improve its appearance) should not be allowed on the market without undergoing any safety assessment simply because titanium dioxide in its bulk form is a permitted additive.
Without these changes, there’s a very real possibility that nanofoods will appear legitimately on the shelves without having undergone any safety testing — with the potential for serious consequences.

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- Item #: i_352998Bottle Size: 750mlWine Advocate: 92+WINE ADVOCATE 92+ POINTS: "Aromas of orange rind and green apple mingling with notions of citrus blossom and fresh pastry introduce the 2017 Pouilly-Fuissé Tête de Cru Les Perrières, a medium to full-bodied, tight-knit and structured wine that's deep but fine-boned, concluding with a long and precise finish. Like the Clos des Prouges, this will need a little time in the cellar to unwind, but it's very promising."
- Item #: i_302714Bottle Size: 750MLWine Advocate: 90WINE ADVOCATE 90 POINTS: "A cuvée that was produced from 1.7 hectares around the village and saw 20% new wood, the 2017 Chassagne-Montrachet Village exhibits pretty aromas of white flowers, lime zest, pear and subtle oak vanillin. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, satiny and succulent, with nice concentration, an open and expressive core and a precise, chalky finish. This will drink very well out of the gates given its charming but classic profile."
- Item #: i_352181Bottle Size: 750mlWINE ADVOCATE 95 POINTS - "Wafting from the glass with a complex bouquet of vine blossom, acacia honey, mandarin oil, ripe pears and hazelnuts, the 2017 Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru is full-bodied, unctuous and dense, with a blockier, more foursquare profile than the lavishly expansive Criots, with more depth and concentration too, concluding with a long, mouthwatering finish. This is quintessential Bâtard. As usual, Cécile Fontaine had bottled her 2017s just before harvest 2018, so I had the pleasure of tasting finished wines that will be entirely representative of the bottles that readers can buy. Succulent and defined by site, it's a lovely vintage at this address—which I've been visiting since my student days—and one that plays to the strengths of the domaine's pure, elegant and aromatic house style. Thanks to the generous crops of 2017 and 2018, plans are afoot to extend the domaine's cellars, opening up the possibility of longer sur lie élevage. Perhaps more space will permit other refinements of technique, too? My suggested drinking windows for these wines err on the side of caution, as in the past Fontaine-Gagnard has suffered from the scourge of premature oxidation, a problem that Céline is the first to acknowledge, but they are beautifully balanced wines so in a perfect world they might well mature in the cellar for quite a lot longer."
- Item #: i_305158Bottle Size: 750MLWine Advocate: 93Burghound: 92Vinous Media: 92VINOUS 91 - 94 POINTS - "A hint of reduction to the aromas of pear, stone, menthol and herbs; a bit wild in a positive way. Dense, rich and sappy, with its touch of sweetness perfectly countered by crushed-stone minerality. At once broad and vibrant, with tactile flavors of grapefruit pith, lemon and flowers conveying a subtly salty character. Really resounds on the long back end."
JOHN GILMAN 93 POINTS - "The 2017 Caillerets from Domaine Fontaine is a ripe and excellent wine. Despite these grapes being picked first, the natural alcohol has come in at 13.3 percent in 2017, showing just how fast the sugar levels were rising after the late August heat spike. The wine delivers a superb bouquet of apple, pear, a very complex base of chalky minerality, spring flowers, orange blossoms and vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and complex, with a rock solid core of fruit, lovely succulent fruit on the attack, excellent mineral drive, bright, snappy acids and excellent focus and grip on the very long and quite snappy finish. This wine retained excellent acidity, despite the sugars getting up into a pretty generous range, and the wine should age beautifully, but also drink with beauty and authority with only a few years in the cellar. 2021-2045+."
WINE ADVOCATE 93 POINTS - "Offering up aromas of apple blossom, crisp orchard fruit, dried white flowers and honeycomb, the lovely 2017 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Caillerets is medium to full-bodied, satiny and expansive, with a lovely line of animating acidity, a deep core and a long, pure finish. As usual, Cécile Fontaine had bottled her 2017s just before harvest 2018, so I had the pleasure of tasting finished wines that will be entirely representative of the bottles that readers can buy. Succulent and defined by site, it's a lovely vintage at this address—which I've been visiting since my student days—and one that plays to the strengths of the domaine's pure, elegant and aromatic house style. Thanks to the generous crops of 2017 and 2018, plans are afoot to extend the domaine's cellars, opening up the possibility of longer sur lie élevage. Perhaps more space will permit other refinements of technique, too? My suggested drinking windows for these wines err on the side of caution, as in the past Fontaine-Gagnard has suffered from the scourge of premature oxidation, a problem that Céline is the first to acknowledge, but they are beautifully balanced wines so in a perfect world they might well mature in the cellar for quite a lot longer."
BURGHOUND 91 POINTS - "(from En Cailleret). There is a touch of the exotic in evidence here as well with an exceptionally fresh and softly oaked mix of white and yellow orchard fruit aromas that include white peach, apricot and a floral hint. The seductively textured yet impressively dense medium weight plus flavors are blessed with an abundance of dry extract that coats the palate on the powerful, lightly stony focused and nicely long finish. This is presently less complex than the best of these 1ers though it could well develop more depth with bottle age and if it does my rating could be a bit too conservative."
- Item #: i_322098Bottle Size: 750mlWine Advocate: 92Burghound: 91Vinous Media: 91-94Decanter: 94 PointsDECANTER 94 POINTS: "This old-vine 0.72ha parcel touches the Clos St-Jean at the northern end of the village, and is one of the fresher, pithier wines in the domaine's range in 2017. It has good weight and concentration but also plenty of acidity, framed by aromatic oak."
- Item #: i_352501Bottle Size: 750mlWine Advocate: 92-94WINE ADVOCATE 92-94 POINTS: "The 2017 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Perrières is very promising indeed, offering up a youthfully reticent bouquet of crushed rocks, ripe citrus oil and white flowers. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, deep and satiny, with lovely purity, a taut, tensile core and a long, precise finish. To my palate, this is the finest Perrières that François Carillon has produced to date."
- Item #: i_351767Bottle Size: 750mlThe palate is immediately vibrant, opening into an expressive, powerful mid-palate, rather flamboyantly fruited but underscored by a fine tensile minerality. Very good..
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NEAL MARTIN, VINOUS 91 POINTS - ""The 2015 Bourgogne-Côtes d'Auxerre Gueule de Loup has an engaging, complex bouquet of dried honey, pine cones and a touch of orange peel and black currant leaf. The palate is very well balanced, with a fine bead of acidity, and the finish conveys a simmering tension. Discreet stem ginger and white pepper notes are sprinkled liberally on the aftertaste. Superb."
- Item #: i_351298Bottle Size: 750mlBURGHOUND 92 POINTS- OUTSTANDING!: "Here the nose is aromatically quite similar to that of the Morgeot with perhaps a bit more floral influence. The caressing, vibrant and succulent medium weight flavors possess an attractive mouth feel while the lingering and much more complex finale is shaped by citrus-tinged acidity. While the Morgeot is perfectly good, it's clear that there is another dimension present."
- Item #: i_350844Bottle Size: 750mlBURGHOUND - "Outstanding Top Value* (50% from Meursault vines and the rest from declassified St. Romain and Auxey-Duresses in equal proportions) A fresh and ripe nose of pear and orange peel exhibits touches of the exotic. There is excellent underlying tension to the punchy flavors that possess unusually good volume while delivering equally fine length. This is impressive for its level and highly recommended."
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BURGHOUND 96 POINTS -DON'T MISS! : "A background touch of wood sets off a perfumed and intensely floral nose of acacia blossom, lilac, spice, lavender and green apple-scented aromas. There is excellent power and drive to the intense and tension-filled large-scaled flavors that possess a succulent mouth feel before culminating in a sneaky long and overtly mineral-inflected finish. This is an unusually powerful Chevalier that is presently shaped by a very firm acid spine and I would recommend buying this with the express intent of forgetting it at the back of your cellar."
- Item #: i_352936Bottle Size: 1.5LWine Advocate: 92-94BURGHOUND 94 POINTS - "There is a whiff of natural exoticism to the strikingly elegant, wafting and overtly floral and spiced tea aromas of mostly white orchard fruit. The cool, precise and restrained flavors possess a wonderfully refined mouth feel while displaying an abundance of minerality on the bitter lemon-inflected, balanced and sneaky long finish. This stunningly good effort is an exerciaromas of mostly white orchard fruit. The cool, precise and restrained flavors possess a wonderfully refined mouth feel while displaying an abundance of minerality on the bitter lemon-inflected, balanced and sneaky long finish. This stunningly good effort is an exercise is refinement and class."se is refinement and class."
VINOUS 93 - 95 POINTS - "(Boillot described his vines in Genevrières du Haut as "two rows away from Perrières "): Pale, green-tinged yellow. Delicate nose hints at lime zest and white flowers. Wonderfully silky and energetic on the palate but also sharply delineated and tighter today than the Charmes. Discreet citrus fruit and hazelnut flavors deliver noteworthy complexity. Finishes gripping and very long, with serious salty energy. The crop level here was just 35 hectoliters per hectare, according to Boillot."
WINE ADVOCATE 92 - 94 POINTS - "The 2017 Meursault 1er Cru Genevrières is another of the many highlights in this superlative portfolio, unfurling in the glass with aromas of green apple, citrus oil, spring blossom and oatmeal. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, layered and complete, with impressive concentration and depth at the core, ripe but vibrant acids and a stony, precise finish."
- Item #: i_351380Bottle Size: 3LBURGHOUND 94 POINTS -OUTSTANDING! : "A touch of mineral reduction can be found on the markedly floral-inflected nose of white peach, spice and discreet wood nuances. There is first-rate volume to the caressing yet powerful flavors that possess excellent mid-palate density before concluding in a highly energetic, complex and beautifully well-balanced finale. This isn't quite as structured as the Pucelles but it is still sufficiently prominent to make evident that here too patience will be rewarded."
- Item #: i_350403Bottle Size: 750mlDECANTER MAGAZINE 92 POINTS: "This reveals a complex bouquet of poached pear, citrus zest, juicy apple and white flowers, leading into a glossy palate underpinned by lovely minerality and acidity. Delicious stuff."
- Item #: i_350506Bottle Size: 750mlWine Advocate: 91-93ROBERT PARKER 91-93 POINTS: "The 2017 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Morgeot Clos de la Chapelle (Domaine du Duc de Magenta) unfurls in the glass with aromas of fresh peach, buttered apples, almond paste and honeycomb. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, satiny and concentrated, with bright acids, impressive energy and tension and a long, tangy finish. This is another white well worth seeking out."
- Item #: i_352309Bottle Size: 750mlWINE ADVOCATE 91 - 93 POINTS - "The 2017 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru reveals aromas of lemon oil, beeswax, pastry cream and nutmeg. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, tensile and chalky, with a reserved, structural profile."
- Item #: i_350870Bottle Size: 750mlWine Advocate: 92-94Wine Spectator: 93WINE SPECTATOR 93 POINTS - "Enticing aromas of vanilla, citronella, hazelnut and lime are the hallmarks of this creamy white. Harmonious and complex, lingering on the finish and fading gracefully, with echoes of spice and citrus."
WINE ADVOCATE 92-94 POINTS - "The 2017 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Clos du Cailleret offers up notes of mandarin, lemon oil, smoke, dried white flowers and candle wax. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, with a tighter-knit, more tensile profile than the Clos de la Pucelle, built around tangy acids and chalky extract. This looks to be the finest premier cru in the Chartron cellar this year."
- Item #: i_352308Bottle Size: 750mlWINE ADVOCATE 92-94 POINTS: "The 2017 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Clos de la Pucelle displays a lovely bouquet of fresh peach, yellow orchard fruit, beeswax and white flowers. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, deep and broad shouldered, with lovely depth at the core, fresh acids and a long, expansive finish. It's an especially complete wine this year. Chartron will also be releasing a small barrel selection as a "Cuvée Centennaire" to commemorate the acquisition of this clos in 1917. The 2017 vintage is a decided success for Domaine Jean Chartron, an excellent source of pure and precise Puligny that deserves more recognition. Over the last decade, Jean-Michel Chartron has masterminded a quiet renaissance at this important estate. Winemaking here is classical, with modest percentages of new oak and fermentation and élevage in barrel, with the wines often spending a few months in stainless steel before bottling after a light fining. In 2017, the domaine will celebrate the acquisition in 1917 of its three important enclosed vineyards—the Clos des Chevaliers, the Clos de la Pucelle and the Clos du Cailleret—with a small special cuvée from each, and based on what I tasted, I suspect those wines will be well worth a special effort to seek out."
- Item #: i_351033Bottle Size: 750mlWine Advocate: 92WINE ADVOCATE 92 POINTS - "The superlative 2017 Chablis Vieilles Vignes wafts from the glass with aromas of waxy citrus fruit, green apple, honeycomb, white flowers and smoke. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, satiny and layered, with superb depth and concentration, racy acids and a long, precise finish. Bessin ruefully observed that it was produced from yields of less than 20 hectoliters per hectare, but no doubt the small crop also helps to account for its quality. It isn't easy to find a better rendition of the appellation, and this comes warmly recommended."
- Item #: i_350837Bottle Size: 750mlWhilst Chavy’s have been living in Puligny Montrachet for over 200 years it was not until 1986 that Gerard Chavy started to estate bottle his own wine (previously the wines were sold to negotiants).
The estate of Gerard Chavy has now been split into 2 separate estates by his sons, Jean-Louis Chavy, and Alain Chavy. We import the wines from Jean-Louis who has built a brand new winemaking facility and a deep temperature controlled cellar at the bottom of the village.
Vinification is classic with temperature control and only natural yeasts used for fermentation. The average age of vines at this estate is impressive with most vineyards now aged between 20 to 40 years old. For the elevage of the wines the use of new oak is restrained with the village Puligny seeing only 15% new oak and the 1er cru’s just 25%. Unfortunately there are no Grand cru vineyards among his holdings, however his 1er cru’s are located very close to some of the best vineyards in Puligny.
Jean-Louis’ wines show fine fruit purity, with mineral notes giving an extra dimension. These are wines of classic style that age and develop gracefully.
Has a lifted mineral nose with subtle scents of honeysuckle and almond, certainly endowed with the vigour one expects from this vineyard. The palate is fine, harmonious and svelte on the entry. This is a Perrieres demonstrating typical fine mineral nuance, though it needs more time to develop and show its best.

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