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Back in 2018 I wrote in Wine Enthusiast about a new project from Cam Myhrvold and Ryan Johnson atop Red Mountain called WeatherEye Vineyards. The idea for the project is simple.
Put hand selected clones in nano-planted blocks at higher elevation on Red Mountain, often at high density and sometimes with northern aspects. Use this and a variety of trellising techniques to achieve longer hang times and wines with more intensity, freshness, and non-fruit characteristics. Farm it all with a maniacal level of attention and try and make wines that elevate the notion of what is possible in Washington.
The earliest look at wines from this property came from Liminal Wines, a project from Marty Taucher and Chris Peterson (Avennia) that I wrote about back in 2020. For their inaugural releases, Liminal was my 2020 Winery of the Year.
Now comes a series of 2019 estate red wines from WeatherEye that were just offered last week. These wines were crafted by Todd Alexander (Force Majeure, The Walls, Páxša, and Holocene). They are quite simply some of the best wines I’ve ever had from Washington.
“We started with a really interesting piece of property and a belief that we could try and make something great,” says Cam Myhrvold, who began purchasing land for what is now WeatherEye Vineyards back in 2004. “The plan was always to start as a vineyard, and if the fruit was really great and unique, then we’d follow that up with an estate wine project.”
It is hard to describe the extreme level of effort and detail that has gone into this vineyard without seeing it. There are currently 33 acres planted, with about 29.5 of them in production. None of the blocks could have been easy to plant. Some of them are on quite steep terrain. The soil often has a significant amount of fractured basalt. The vines must be hand tended and harvested. Most of the blocks are minute in size, tightly matched to the terrain.
“We feel like what we’re doing on the vineyard side is some pretty innovative stuff,” says vineyard manager Ryan Johnson, who designed and planted the site.
Johnson, who has more than 20 years of experience on Red Mountain, spent six months just walking the ground before planting to try and fully understand the aspects, soils, and wind patterns. In the end, he attempted to match clone and variety to trellising technique and location with an intensive level of detail.
“So much of this was kind of an experiment,” Johnson says. “It’s a confirmation that terroir is important, viticulture is important, and so is the clonal material that we use.”
WeatherEye currently works with 10 hand-selected wineries, with many more clamoring to access the fruit. The choice of Alexander to craft the estate wines was both inspired and an easy one. Johnson had been working on the nearby Force Majeure project but was ending his tenure right as Alexander was starting at that winery.
“He’s a top tier winemaker, making wines at the highest level,” Johnson says of Alexander. “I think there was this mutual drive to be able to work together at some point.”
Meanwhile Alexander’s interest in working with WeatherEye fruit only increased as he saw the vineyard come to fruition. “It’s an incredible amount of work, and a lot of thought has gone into it,” he says of the site.
The first WeatherEye estate wines were made in 2018, with a Syrah and Grenache at a mere 140 total cases. That expanded to a still-meager 400 cases in 2019. The 2020 production will be double that, with white wines added to the program.
Below is a description of the 2019 releases from the eyes of the people who helped create them. My scores for these wines from my time at Wine Enthusiast are at the bottom of the article.
WeatherEye Estate Grenache Red Mountain 2019
“This is really a unique mesoclimate,” Johnson says of the spot these vines are planted. “It’s a little, sandy basalt outcrop. The way that outcropping works is it almost acts as its own wind shelter. You have these screaming winds hit the upper slopes of Red Mountain, and it’ll go right over the top of this block.”
The entire block, which is called ‘La Mesita,’ is 0.3 acres, planted at a high density of 3,200 vines per acre. The vines are planted using a goblet training system.
“The soils really thin out just to the north of [the block],” Johnson says. “That’s why it’s 0.3 acres. We certainly use every last little square foot.”
WeatherEye Estate Syrah Red Mountain 2019
The 2019 Syrah is a blend of two different blocks. One is composed of the highest vines planted on Red Mountain at an elevation of 1,230 feet. The other block is planted meter by meter sur echalas – on stakes.
“It’s got the highest elevation vines but also the highest vine density,” Johnson says. “It’s just a match made in heaven.”
One of the blocks is on the northeast side, which is unusual for Washington. The other is southwest facing. The blocks are 0.5 and 0.4 acres in size.
“Those are picked separately and vinified separately, and then we put a blend together at the end,” Alexander says.
WeatherEye Estate Mourvèdre Red Mountain 2019
Mourvèdre is only planted in miniscule amounts on Red Mountain – eight total acres as of the 2017 state acreage survey, the most recent that was conducted. The block this wine came from won’t tip the scales, as it is only 0.9 acres.
The block is located along the ridgeline of Red Mountain at an elevation of 1,200 feet, where the soils are fractured basalt. The vines are planted as bush vines.
“The Mourvèdre has been a real eye opener,” Johnson says. “Our approach to viticulture is we want to express the savory notes, the non-fruit elements, and I think we hit it with [this wine].”
WeatherEye Estate Tempranillo Red Mountain 2019
The 2019 Tempranillo also comes from vines planted on the north side of the mountain. Johnson says he treats the Tempranillo viticulturally like he does Syrah.
“It’s sur echalas training, high density,” he says. Johnson gives a descriptive take on the inaugural vintage.
“The Tempranillo is like sucking on the Grim Reaper’s cloak. It’s dark, it’s slightly dangerous, and it’s mysterious. I opened that the other night, and it just grabbed hold of my psyche. It was really one of those intellectually stimulating wines because it’s not what you think it would be.”
The final red wine from 2019 is the Hillfighter, a blend made from declassified barrels that will change from year to year. It’s one of those “If this is what the declassified stuff tastes like, I’ve got to try the other wines” bottles. Of note, all of the label images were taken by Ryan Johnson.
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Red Mountain has long been dominated by red grape varieties, which make up 96% of the appellation’s acreage. Alexander, however, is bullish on the prospects for whites at WeatherEye, which includes acreage that spans beyond the appellation’s boundaries.
“I think the potential for Rhône whites is really, really high,” he says. “You get nice juicy grapes without a lot of phenolics. You get just the right amount of texture. The acid stays gorgeous. The sugars are in check. They’re just really, really beautifully balanced.”
We will see what the future holds for white wines at this vineyard. However, the 2019 WeatherEye red wines and those that come after them will surely change the calculus of Washington wine. These are wines that will capture the imagination of consumers and critics alike. (See a recent writeup on the vineyard from Alder Yarrow at Vinography for an example of the attention this site and its wines are already receiving.) They show the heights that are possible with an extreme focus on site selection and farming.
Is what Myhrvold and Johnson are doing at WeatherEye easily extendable to other areas of the state? Extendable, perhaps. Easily? Certainly not. A project like this takes an extraordinary amount of time and a truly fanatical level of dedication.
“Ryan’s probably the most obsessive farmer I’ve known,” Alexander says. “His attention to detail is really, really high.”
That type of commitment is surely not for everyone. A project like this is also quite capital intensive. However, these WeatherEye wines will just as surely inspire others to explore the boundaries of what is possible in the state.
“It’s exhausting. It’s exciting,” Johnson says of the vineyard. “It’s all I think about honestly in my spare time, searching out new information, rethinking different blocks. I mean, it might border on a sickness really, right? But I wouldn’t want to do anything else.”
An additional part of what makes the initial releases from WeatherEye, Liminal, and others from this site so remarkable is that these wines are coming from young vine fruit, albeit from very strong vintages. It’s hard to imagine how high the potential is as the vines age, the site stretches its legs, and vintners fully learn how to work with the fruit.
“Right now, it’s a young vineyard where you’re pulling stuff that no one’s ever worked with before,” Alexander says. “There’s really no track record on anything.”
To give a sense of the overall commitment, Myhrvold is now 18 years into this project. It’s only in the last few that he’s started to see the first fruits of his investment. Still, for all the time and money, he says it’s been a rewarding journey.
“Everything takes a long time,” Myhrvold says of the wine industry. “But if I stand back and look at it objectively, I have to be pretty pleased at where we are and what I think we can do in the future.”
WeatherEye 2019 Estate Grenache Red Mountain $85 96 points
WeatherEye 2019 Estate Syrah Red Mountain $85 96 points
WeatherEye is a new site established on the top of Red Mountain, farmed by legendary grower Ryan Johnson, with this wine made by esteemed winemaker Todd Alexander. The aromas are brooding, with notes of huckleberry, flower, crushed rock and barrel spice. Full bodied, ripe intense dark fruit flavors follow. It’s a full-on flavor and textural assault, taking no prisoners. Hedonism in a glass. Best after 2026. Cellar Selection — SS, Wine Enthusiast
WeatherEye 2019 Estate Mourvèdre Red Mountain $85 95 points
Fruit for this wine comes from a new site on the top of Red Mountain. The aromas are arresting, with notes of black peppercorn, sauvage, citrus rind, fractured basalt and herb, showing delineation and detail. The flavors are intense and layered, while still retaining deftness. There’s a whole lot of firm tannic structure behind it. It hangs on the finish. It’s tight as a drum right now. Drink after 2026. Cellar Selection — SS, Wine Enthusiast
WeatherEye 2019 Estate Tempranillo Red Mountain $85 92 points
WeatherEye 2019 Hillfighter Red Blend Red Mountain $55 92 points
Hillfighter is a second label for WeatherEye, a new site located on the top of Red Mountain made from declassified lots. A blend of 53% Tempranillo, 30% Syrah and 17% Mourvèdre, the aromas are brooding, with notes of dark chocolate, wood spice and cherry. Firm tannins back it up. It’s a whole lot of wine. Give it a short decant. — SS, Wine Enthusiast
Images courtesy of WeatherEye Vineyards.

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LOS ANGELES — U.S. officials have arrested a man in East Los Angeles suspected in the 1998 killing of 19 men, women and children in Baja California, one of the bloodiest episodes of drug violence in Mexican history.
Authorities with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S. Marshals Service arrested Jesus Ruben Mancada on Thursday evening as he walked barefoot from his home to take out the trash.
Told he was wanted only for an immigration violation, Mancada agreed to be deported and walked across the border Friday night into the waiting hands of Mexican authorities.
Mancada, 33, is accused of being one of several military-clad gunmen who stormed a ranch in El Sauzal, near Ensenada, on Sept. 17, 1998, pulled victims from their beds, herded them onto a patio and shot them to death. Among the victims were children ages 2 and 1. The killings purportedly stemmed from a marijuana trafficking dispute.
Mexican authorities arrested three suspects within a couple months of the slayings and obtained arrest warrants for several others, including Mancada.
Mancada told U.S. immigration officials that he crossed into San Ysidro in December 1998 and spent the past decade living both in California and Oregon, said Brian M. DeMore of the ICE's detention and removal service.
He and his wife, Carmen, had four children and lived recently in a one-bedroom apartment.
Carmen says her husband was with her at the time of the massacre. But the Mexico attorney general says that Mancada was an associate of the Arellano Felix cartel, one of the country's most powerful organized crime operations in the 1990s, and that he was one of the gunmen involved.

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If you examined a wall map of the U.S. that had colored pins indicating pending or settled healthcare fraud investigations, the focal point would be the Northeast, with the heaviest concentration of pins surrounding Philadelphia and Boston, healthcare lawyers and government officials say.
A concentration of pins in Florida also would catch your eye. The Midwest and many states in the Far West and South would be conspicuous for the large, blank spaces on the map.
That raises some questions: Are healthcare providers in Philadelphia dirtier than their counterparts in Omaha, Neb.? Is there less healthcare fraud in Colorado or Tennessee than in Massachusetts or Florida? What accounts for those regional variations?
Call it the geography of fraud.
Statistics on fraud prosecutions by jurisdiction are sketchy. Justice Department officials say they cannot provide numbers of healthcare fraud cases either by state or by U.S. attorney districts, although they acknowledge that U.S. attorneys are required to report all pending and settled healthcare fraud cases for annual reports and resource allocations.
Nevertheless, there is numerical and anecdotal evidence of clear geographic patterns of healthcare fraud. In the past five years two U.S. attorney's offices-in Boston and Philadelphia-have accounted for more than $1.3 billion in civil recoveries to the Medicare trust fund, more than half the $2.5 billion returned during that time by all U.S. providers.
In addition, HHS' inspector general's office reported that Pennsylvania logged 53 civil settlements from 1998 to 1999, compared with 46 in Florida and 17 in Massachusetts. During that same period the inspector general recorded no settlements in Arkansas, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Utah, West Virginia or Wyoming and five or fewer settlements in Alabama, Alaska, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Vermont.
Geography, history, Sheehan. Government officials and healthcare lawyers attribute some of the variation to population density-where there are people, there are hospitals, physicians and other healthcare providers to serve them. Many Medicare beneficiaries retire to warm climates, attracting fraudulent healthcare providers along with the honest ones.
History plays a role as well.
"The Northeastern United States is the most mature healthcare marketplace in the country," notes Brent Saunders, attorney and director of the healthcare group at PricewaterhouseCoopers' Washington office. Geography and settlement patterns make it the most densely populated and healthcare-services-intense part of the country, Saunders says.
"That makes it more conducive for concentrating anti-fraud resources. If you looked at healthcare fraud in the 1990s, it was better to be a hospital in California than in Philadelphia. I was a lawyer from Philadelphia, and I used to joke at conferences that our main export was healthcare fraud."
And then there's James Sheehan. The head of the civil division of the Philadelphia U.S. attorney's office is to healthcare fraud prosecutions what Mark McGwire is to home-run hitters-the leader of the pack.
Since the late 1980s Sheehan has notched scores of high-profile scalps in healthcare fraud prosecutions, from the earliest clinical laboratory fraud cases at the start of the decade to the pneumonia diagnosis upcoding national investigations in the mid-90s to the ongoing fraud and kickback initiatives against pharmaceutical benefit companies today. Sheehan's office has trained its own pool of healthcare fraud investigators, brought in prosecutors from other jurisdictions for fraud seminars and been a legal petri dish for culturing and replicating national healthcare fraud investigations.
"It's more than just Sheehan," observes Saunders, the past president of the Health Care Compliance Association, an organization he co-founded to serve a $600 million-per-year compliance industry that barely existed five years ago.
Saunders says about one-third of that $600 million is spent on risk assessments and audits, another third on investigations and legal and consulting fees, and the remainder on training initiatives, recruiting and development of materials.
"But he's a big part of it. He's inspired a lot of other U.S. attorneys. He's been successful in developing and making cases, and that makes headlines," Saunders says. "That's not been his motivation, but other U.S. attorneys have seen that as one of the fruits of his labors. If you want to make a name for yourself, you copycat Jim Sheehan." Saunders adds there's a sophistication and zeal in prosecuting healthcare fraud cases in the Northeast that evolved out of Sheehan's office and spread.
Resource rewards. Philadelphia whistleblower attorney Marc Raspanti of the firm Miller, Alfano & Raspanti agrees.
"Philadelphia is the epicenter of healthcare fraud prosecutions chiefly because of one man-Jim Sheehan," Raspanti says.
"One reason why is that fraud prosecution is knowledge- and experience-driven. Those who take the time to learn the business and understand how healthcare fraud occurs feel more comfortable investigating and pursuing cases. And those who don't, don't. Sheehan has."
He says the federal government rewards those U.S. attorneys offices that do. It does not offer the same level of resources to offices that shun fraud cases, although government sources deny that it's comparable to a bounty system. That explains why some jurisdictions have returned hundreds of millions of dollars to the Medicare trust fund and sent crooked healthcare providers to jail, Raspanti says, "while in other jurisdictions healthcare fraud is practiced with near impunity."
The real estate axiom "location, location, location" applies to attorneys and where they file whistleblower lawsuits, he says.
"Two miles can make all the difference in the world. Bring a case in Camden (N.J.), and it might not go anywhere. In Philly, if it's a good case, it will be thoroughly investigated."
Sheehan is sheepish about talking about his accomplishments in healthcare fraud. He says other U.S. attorneys share the results of investigations they've done.
"We've made a concerted effort to benefit from what everyone else is doing," he said. "If we have an advantage, it is that this office has a critical mass of sophisticated, intelligent, knowledgeable and experienced investigators and prosecutors working here."
Whistleblower influence. Stuart Gerson, a healthcare fraud attorney with the Washington office of Epstein, Becker & Green and a former Justice Department official, says whistleblowers often drive healthcare fraud prosecutions because their attorneys determine where the lawsuits are filed.
"And they're more likely to file in places where they've found receptive ears in the past and where they've received help from the government," Gerson says. "There's no doubt that there's been a greater intensity of interest in places like Tampa, Fla.; Boston; Sacramento, Calif.; and yes, Philadelphia."
Gerson says the Justice Department in Washington investigates every whistleblower lawsuit first and then later refers each one to local U.S. attorneys for consideration. "But it's quite true that if the local U.S. attorney is not aggressive in following through that it could have an echo effect on the Justice Department," making it less likely that the case will move forward, he says.
Sheehan says another contributing factor to regional variations in fraud prosecution is a local concentration of crime that forces a U.S. attorney's hand in allocating prosecutorial resources.
"In an area overrun with cocaine or flooded by illegal immigrants, your office is always putting out fires," he explains. "Offices in border states can be overwhelmed with reactive cases. In those situations it's hard to free up agents and prosecutors for long-term investigations."
The U.S. attorney's office in New York, for example, is responsible for monitoring organized crime and prosecuting related cases and for tracking schemes related to the stock and financial markets, which can sap resources.
Fed fiefdoms. Michael Ruggio, a healthcare defense lawyer in the Washington office of Jenkens & Gilchrist, says that all 93 U.S. attorneys may work for the Justice Department, but each office functions as a separate fiefdom reflecting the U.S. attorneys' personalities and priorities. Ruggio, a trial lawyer for the U.S. Justice Department for eight years, witnessed the evolution of regional government enforcement efforts against healthcare fraud.
"What differs is that you have activist and nonactivist U.S. attorneys," Ruggio says, pointing out that staffing, experience and expertise vary widely among U.S. attorneys, some of whom have yet to file or try a healthcare fraud case.
Ruggio says the healthcare fraud task forces funded by the 1996 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act brought together the FBI, HHS' inspector general's office, the Internal Revenue Service, the Justice Department, state Medicaid fraud-control units and the U.S. Postal Service to meet regularly and discuss local fraud cases.
"One major case gives an office the knowledge and resources to step up their efforts," he says.
"The large settlements and recoveries have been profitable for Justice, and it, in turn, is more willing to fund that office, which can now show a need for more agents and prosecutors. The government is more willing to invest in an office that is producing big cases," Ruggio says.
Which leads to more cases and more colored pins.
He says there has been a concerted federal effort to target healthcare fraud in high-population centers, particularly since the 1995 initiative Operation Restore Trust, which looked at nursing homes, hospice care and home health in Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, New York and Texas.
Not everyone has jumped on the healthcare fraud bandwagon, Ruggio recalls. You can let someone know the fraud may be there, he says, but you can't make an office prosecute a healthcare kickback case.
"Were there U.S. attorneys who had no interest in healthcare fraud? Yes, there were a whole bunch of them. They thought it was too complex, or they lacked the resources and experience, or didn't think there was any money in them," he says.
Another factor influencing healthcare fraud whistleblower suits could be the receptiveness of particular appellate court districts.
The whistleblower suit against Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp. and Quorum Health Group was originally filed by James Alderson in 1993 in U.S. District Court in Butte, Mont. But it was moved in 1995 to Tampa to take advantage of both a more-fraud-experienced U.S. attorney as well as an 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals precedent that false statements on Medicare cost reports may be considered material to a case.
Malcolm Sparrow, a professor at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and the author of License To Steal: Why Fraud Plagues America's Health Care System, says the degree of political support for investigating and prosecuting healthcare fraud varies considerably.
"It's common knowledge among healthcare fraud investigators that you have to dance delicately in some states because of the political power wielded by some provider associations and prominent healthcare institutions there," Sparrow says.
Sparrow points to regional variations in attitudes toward fraud, citing a 1993 survey from the Insurance Research Council. That survey revealed that patients in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania were nearly twice as likely to pad insurance claims as patients in the rest of the nation.
"There are huge differences between attitudes in Minnesota and New Jersey," he says.
Spreading out. John Bentavoglio, the Justice Department's special counsel for healthcare fraud, says U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno has directed the department to develop a geographic information system mechanism to allocate resources, not just in healthcare fraud, but in areas of drug enforcement and terrorism.
"We are also pursuing the goal of geographic coverage in every state," Bentavoglio says. "We think there should be a minimum investigative presence in every state."
Now, he says, about 40 states are covered.
Bentavoglio says U.S. attorney offices shouldn't be graded only by the number of the cases they bring.
"The recent National Medical Care (now Fresenius Medical Care North America) settlement for almost a half billion dollars consumed the resources of the Boston office for some time," he points out. "And their focus on this case was totally appropriate."
He says 90% of the cases coming to Justice were referred by whistleblower lawsuits, investigative agencies such as the FBI or HHS' inspector general's office, and other outside sources. "We have a very limited ability to determine our own caseload," he says.
Although every U.S. attorney's office has a healthcare fraud coordinator to help develop expertise in fraud cases, not every district has fraud investigators from the FBI and the HHS' inspector general's office, Bentavoglio says.
"So in districts where there's no real investigative presence, when Medicare contractors find potential fraud cases, they refer them to the nearest regional (HHS' inspector general's) office," Bentavoglio says.
He adds the Justice Department allocates its resources based on a formula that takes into account the number of Medicare beneficiaries in that region, as well as the manpower needs of a district.
"There's more fraud in Miami (and other areas) where our seniors are," he says. "But there is no bounty system. Resources are allocated according to need."
While Bentavoglio says there's a lot of healthcare fraud left to uncover, he believes government initiatives have been effective in detecting, deterring, prosecuting and reducing fraud. "My sense is, it was a lot easier to commit healthcare fraud five years ago than it is today," he says.
Aggressive individuals. Healthcare providers that have felt the heat from geographically specific scrutiny attribute the attention to several factors.
"These investigations are the creatures of aggressive U.S. attorneys," says Richard Wade, the American Hospital Association's senior vice president of communications.
Mary Yost, a spokeswoman for the Ohio hospital association, says Ohio hospitals feel particularly singled out because of one man and one investigation.
"Assistant U.S. Attorney James Bickett in Cleveland pioneered the Operation Bad Bundle investigation, tried it out on our hospitals and then exported it to other states," Yost says. That investigation looked into hospitals' billing separately for laboratory tests that should have been billed as series of tests under Medicare. "Because the case began here, we didn't know how to protect our hospitals and were easier prey. That's why it spread so extensively throughout Ohio. By the time it reached other states, they'd had the time to learn from our experience and were better able to defend themselves."
Yost says that a New Jersey consultant, Harry Metzinger, who later pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges and cooperated with the government, also snared a number of Ohio hospitals.
"Who your fiscal intermediaries are can also determine whether you're hit or spared," she says. "Ohio hospitals weren't hit by the `72-hour window' national investigation because our (fiscal intermediary) instructed us early, which helped us to comply." Under that probe, the government said some providers were billing separately for diagnostic tests taken within 72 hours of an admission that should have been covered by the inpatient DRG payment.
Charles Pierce, president of the Florida Hospital Association, says that when the government stepped up fraud enforcement initiatives in the mid-1990s, Florida was one of its priorities. Of the state's three U.S. attorneys, the Miami office would set the tone, he says.
"It was clear that we had a very aggressive office in Miami, among the most aggressive in the country," says Pierce, who declined to say whether he viewed the added government scrutiny as unfair.
Lewis Morris, HHS' assistant inspector general for legal affairs, attributes some of the regional variation not only to individual U.S. attorneys, but to small cadres of talented investigators, auditors and prosecutors within a few of those offices.
"One or two of those people within an office can build hard, effective cases," says Morris. That can skew the numbers up within a district, making it appear as though there's more fraud there. "We're trying to spread that wealth and create teams that can be replicated and grown elsewhere."


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The Boston Celtics are heading to the Eastern Conference Finals following Friday’s Game 7 victory over the Toronto Raptors. After a back-and-forth second-round series, Brad Stevens and Co. now stare down a matchup with the Miami Heat, and reinforcements could be on their way.
Gordon Hayward returned to the bubble earlier this week after suffering a Grade 3 ankle sprain in round one against the Philadelphia 76ers. The forward cleared quarantine Friday afternoon, which allowed him to get shots up with the Celtics staff prior to the tip-off of Game 7. Stevens was asked about Hayward’s status following the team’s series-clinching win.
“I think he’ll be back at some point in that series (vs. Miami),” Stevens said. “But I don’t know when.”
TNT’s Rebecca Harlow reported during Friday’s broadcast that she spoke to a member of the Celtics organization who said they were happy with Hayward’s progress. That source told her they expect Hayward back “sooner rather than later.”
Yes, Boston’s bench came up big on countless occasions throughout the Eastern Conference semifinal matchup with Toronto, but Hayward’s presence would have been a huge addition thanks to his playmaking, shooting and versatility on both ends. His shot-making alone would have been a huge issue for Toronto’s zone defense, something the Heat likely will throw at Boston on occasion next round.
Hayward has faced the Heat just twice this season, with the first matchup coming on Jan. 28. On that night in Miami, he went for a game-high 29 points and nine rebounds on 10-of-14 shooting with a game-high net rating of 15.8. On Aug. 4, Hayward scored 15 points in a Miami win, Boston’s second loss of the bubble’s seeding-game schedule.
It’s not breaking news that Hayward’s talent brings the Celtics’ depth to another level, and they’ll need all the help they can get against a confident Miami team that’s firing on all cylinders coming off a commanding 4-1 series win over the No. 1 seed Milwaukee Bucks. Hayward is another offensive weapon for opponents to worry about while helping Boston minimize the minutes of non-shooters off the bench, who Miami would potentially sag off of on defense.
The Heat are a tough matchup, but their defense isn’t to the level of Toronto’s. If Boston can re-acquire Hayward’s shooting and prowess in the midrange, it could stifle some of Miami’s defensive efforts, particularly those zone sets.
Defensively, Hayward’s size would be a massive addition to help contain the Heat along the perimeter. His length and versatility causes headaches for opponents trying to determine the best point of attack, and attempting to contain Jimmy Butler becomes a bit easier if you have Hayward to rely on behind you. Stevens’ defensive system generally relies heavily on switches, and having Hayward in the fold makes that a whole lot easier against a team like the Heat.
In Boston’s seeding-game loss to Miami, Hayward guarded four separate Heat players for two or more minutes (Andre Iguodala, Duncan Robinson, Kendrick Nunn and Jae Crowder). In 35.9 possessions against that group, he allowed just eight points, per the NBA’s tracking data. That is a prime example of the versatility Hayward brings against an opponent like Miami. Iguodala and Crowder are two big, strong wings. Robinson, on the other hand, is a sharpshooter, while Nunn is a quick, shifty point guard. There aren’t many players Hayward’s size that can defend up and down a lineup like that without skipping a beat.
In Boston’s win over Miami on Jan. 28, Hayward logged 12.1 partial possessions against Butler, per NBA stats, allowing only two points in roughly three minutes of matchup time. All of the aforementioned versatility he showed against Miami in the regular season would be a huge boost for the Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals. Mixing and matching lineups will make it tougher for Boston to find a rhythm, but the addition of Hayward would assist in curbing that struggle.
On a very straightforward note, the Celtics are coming off a long, grueling seven-game series, while Miami has been awaiting its opponent for three days. When it comes to the bubble’s postseason schedule, an extra three days of rest is a lifetime. If Hayward can help give Boston some fresh legs and take just a bit of weight off his teammates, it’ll go a long way.
Hayward’s initial injury timeline was 4-6 weeks, and Sunday will be four weeks to the day. Time will tell if Hayward’s official return to the court falls within that fourth week, but optimism seems to be increasing around the organization. Keep in mind Hayward’s wife, Robyn, is pregnant with the couple’s fourth child. She is due later in September and Hayward will be leaving the bubble whenever she ultimately goes into labor.
Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals is set for Tuesday night on ESPN. Tip-off will either be at 6:30 p.m. or 8:30 p.m. ET, depending on the remainder of the Western Conference semifinals.


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Some organisms are so large that it is not obvious if they are alive. Trees grow to great sizes. They do not breathe like mammals. In winter many trees look dead, but this is part of their natural cycle, their “breathing” synchronised with the seasons.
She breathes in the time it takes for civilisations to rise and fall. The very idea that she is alive is anathema to some, conundrum to others. In line with her heartbeat, historians have counted the rise and fall of Rome, the Dark Ages, the renaissance, the building of great cathedrals, vineyards in Greenland, the years that the Thames froze over.
But now her breathing is rough, like a child with a cough, and the signs of her breathing, measured in heat, are confused. They thought they understood why she was coughing, and sought to bring her temperature down, but in doing so they restricted her breathing. She resisted for a while, trying to fight, and cried out to her father, the creator of all things, for help. He kissed her. She blushed, relaxed and breathed out.
The civilisation of the people who had controlled her started to fall. The seasons grew colder. Their crops failed. Wild animals, looking for food, attacked their towns. They fought each other, their blood staining the surface of her beautiful skin. Her name is Earth. She breathes as she wants to. And the people – the parasites – that live on her skin must adapt or die.

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Ingredients for the dough:
- 175 grams of wheat flour
- 125 grams of butter
- 20 grams of powdered sugar
- 1 egg
Mix the butter with the sugar and the flour.
Add the egg yolk, 3 spoons of water and salt.
Let the dough rest for 30 minutes in the fridge.
Spread the dough on the table and let it rest another 20 minutes.
Put it in the oven at 170 degrees Celsius for 15-20 minutes.
Add the beaten egg white and put it in the oven for another 2-4 minutes.
Ingredients for the syrup:
- 4 peaches
- 170 milliliters of Lambrusco
- 100 milliliters of water
- 50 grams of powdered sugar
- juice from 1 lemon
Mix the wine with the sugar, the juice from the lemon and the water and let it boil at slow fire.
Cut each peach in 6-7 pieces and add it over the wine composition.
Let it boil for 8-10 minutes.
Take the peaches from the wine and let them cool.
- 100 grams of crushed hazelnuts
- 150 grams of butter
- 60 grams of powdered sugar
- 75 grams of flour
- 3 eggs
- the zest from a lemon
Mix the butter with the sugar until creamy.
Add the eggs (previously mixed with some salt) and the crushed hazelnuts.
Add the flour.
..and the zest from the lemon.
Mix everything and add the composition over the dough.
On top add the peaches.
Put it in the oven at 170 degrees Celsius for 20 - 25 minutes.
After the tart is ready you can pour some wine syrup on top.
The original recipe can be found here

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In cooperation with South Gloucestershire Council (SGC), the Venturer project consortium has carried out the UK’s first driverless vehicle demonstration involving wireless communication between a bus and car that tested ‘look ahead’ functionality.
The Venturer team undertook the UK’s first on-road demonstration of a driverless car interacting with a bus. The innovative trial was the first of its kind and took place on Long Mead in South Gloucestershire, a 30mph (50km/h) bus-only road that follows the south west perimeter of the University of the West of England’s (UWE) Frenchay Campus in Bristol.
The demonstration involved the Venturer Wildcat (a BAE vehicle equipped with connected and autonomous technology), a single decker bus provided by First Bus UK, and another unmodified vehicle.
The aim was to test ‘look ahead’ functionality, where the autonomous system – including sensors (provided by Fusion Processing), a wireless communications system (provided by the University of Bristol) and the vehicle’s Decision-Making System (DMS) (provided by the Bristol Robotics Laboratory) – enabled the Wildcat to be notified that the road ahead was clear, so the vehicle could then safely navigate around a stopped bus despite having obstructed vision. Another scenario was undertaken when there was no oncoming vehicle and the Wildcat was able to make an immediate ‘go’ decision to continue around the bus without the need to stop.
The Wildcat/bus demonstration has shown an example of how connected and autonomous technologies can be used on different types of vehicles to complement and support the safe performance of CAVs as part of the wider transport network.
The demonstration was one of the first explorations of the interaction between connectivity and autonomy, with many other trials in the UK focusing on either connectivity for driver advisory systems, or autonomy for self-contained automated driving. The demonstration was part of the third Venturer trial that also comprises participant trials, the results of which will be published in June.
SGC is one of the Venturer consortium members and was the trial’s responsible highway authority, facilitating the necessary legal requirements to carry out the demonstration. Council leader Toby Savage said, “As a local authority, we are proud to be one of the country’s leading centers for innovation and at the forefront of connected and autonomous vehicle (CAV) research and development.
“As a place where industry and research institutes are already choosing to innovate, we are open to providing the infrastructure, platforms and resource at our disposal to support innovation.
“Our involvement in projects such as Venturer brings us invaluable learning at no cost to the local council tax payer, and should help us be better prepared for the future and maximize on any associated cost savings. This experience also puts us in a position to advise other local authorities and organizations.”
Venturer project manager Carolyn Mitchell of Atkins noted, “We believe that this aspect of Trial 3 demonstrates great project progression and puts the West of England at the forefront of CAV testing in the UK.
“To our knowledge no other UK CAV projects have yet tested autonomous technology interactions between a CAV and a bus. The bus demonstration represented a step change in technical, safety and management challenges due to its location on an open road, and the resulting potential for interactions with members of the public and their vehicles.”


- Vireo atricapilla
- Olive green above
- White below
- Faint yellow flanks
- Black crown and upper half of the head
- Partial white eye-ring and lores
- Brownish-red iris
- Black bill
Female is duller with slate grey crown, greenish yellow underparts
Second year males may be intermediate in colouration between adult males and females.
Winters in lowlands along the Pacific coast of Mexico, south west from the breeding area.
The Black-capped Vireo is listed as an Endangered species by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Brown-headed Cowbird parasitism is a major problem.
Scrublands with scattered clumps of shrubs, especially thornscrub, separated by open grassland.
Both sexes build the nest laying 3-4 eggs which are incubated for 14-17 days. The female broods the young, with the male providing the food. The young fledge after 10 to 12 days
These birds can produce more than one clutch in the breeding season. The male tends some or all of the fledglings, while the female re-nests (this may be with another male).
The diet includes beetles and caterpillars.
- Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
- Paper describing population genetics of Black-capped Vireo
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2023) Black-capped Vireo. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 24 September 2023 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-capped_Vireo
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SURAT: With rise in demand for fancy dresses and sarees, specially embroidery works, from several states and even Bangladesh, the overall trade in this segment here has registered 50 per cent increase.
According to a market estimates, the daily turnover has been in the range of Rs 150 crore all through this marriage season, compared to an off-season average of Rs 90 crore.
This time around, several traders from the south, too, came here. Usually, traders in large number from Rajasthan, UP, Bihar, MP and Delhi come here, said Devkishen Manghani, vice president, Surat Textile Traders Association.
Interestingly, many textile traders from Bangladesh landed here, perhaps for the first time, for direct business deals.
Their goods were sent to Kolkata, from where they had their own export arrangements, he added. Items in demand included viscose, chiffon, bemberg georget, Italian cref, liza and others with heavy embroidery work, said Motilal Premjani, owner of Regal Traders at the JJ Market on the Ring Road.
Compared to last year, this year during the marriage season, the sales turnover has been good and almost all exotic items of dress materials and sarees have been in good demand, Premajani said.
The rise in demand could be attributed to the fact that in this marriage season, more marriages have taken place in the country thereby raising the demand for sarees and other dress materials, he said.
Kishen Khazani of Paramount Textile Exports with an outlet for local sales in the New Textile Market here, too, admits the increase in sales in the past few weeks, particularly since Diwali.
Those textile traders who traded in fancy items, have done good business, he said. However, Manoj Agarwal of Minkesh Textiles at the J J Textiles Market said that with the winter having set in, in the northern states, dress materials and sarees in the light category with low price tag, were not in much demand, as usual.
The textile sector here which remained subdued trade-wise for many months before the onset of the on-going marriage season, has registered an unprecedented turnover in the past one month or so, he said.
But with no marriages scheduled now in view of the inauspicious 'kamurat' and 'mal mas' in the north from December 15 to January 14, the textile sector would again face constraints, said scores of traders in over 100 textile markets here.


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When you have a cough, you visit a doctor. When you want to know where your food comes from, you should ask farmers and ranchers. That’s what Mark Zuckerberg did this week. On July 13, he stopped and visited the Norman Ranch, near Piedmont, S.D. The technology entrepreneur learned about the process of raising cattle until they are harvested for meat.


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TEMPE, Ariz. – It’s been a long season for Tim Hightower, and it’s not over.
Hightower started out as a fifth-round draft pick out of Richmond trying to crack the Arizona Cardinals’ roster.
Then he replaced Edgerrin James as the starting running back before fading down the stretch.
After losing his job to James in the playoffs, Hightower came up with three of the biggest plays in Arizona’s NFC championship victory over Philadelphia, which put the once-woeful Cardinals in the Super Bowl for the first time.
“It has been a lot of ups and downs, a lot of twists and turns and a lot of things unexpected,” Hightower said after practice this week. “We’ve been through the highest of highs and the lowest of lows this year, personally and as a team.”
Hightower has been too absorbed preparing to face the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Super Bowl to reflect on the season. But he said he appreciates the journey to this point.
“Who would have imagined a year ago I’d be in this situation, having a chance to play in such big games, and then making plays in these big games?” he said. “I never predicted it. I never knew that’s how it would turn out, but I’m fortunate for it, and when the season’s over I’ll have time to sit down and reflect and appreciate all of it.”
Coach Ken Whisenhunt, himself a 12th-round draft pick, was impressed with Hightower’s work ethic from the moment the 6-foot, 224-pound running back showed up in Flagstaff for training camp. So Whisenhunt didn’t hesitate to put the rookie into the starting lineup when James faltered.
“He had to earn it,” Whisenhunt said. “That was the reason we were so excited about Tim. That’s the reason why the change to Tim happened later in the season. He had to come in and show us that he could do that, and he did a nice job of that.”
But Hightower slipped into the background down the stretch. He rushed for a total of 40 yards on 18 carries in the last three weeks, and by the time the playoffs began James had reclaimed his starting spot.
In a reserve role, Hightower ran for a score in the playoff opener against Atlanta, then rushed for 76 yards and caught a touchdown pass in the second-round win over Carolina.
Then came the NFC championship, when Hightower etched his name in Cardinals history.
He made three of the biggest plays in the 14-play, 72-yard march that produced the decisive score in Arizona’s 32-25 victory over the Eagles last Sunday.
Hightower had picked up only a yard on third-and-2 near midfield, but the Cardinals gave him another shot on fourth-and-1.
Hightower said the play was designed for him to follow fullback Terrelle Smith into the line, but Hightower decided at the last second to pop outside, and he picked up six yards.
Had Hightower been stopped short of the first down, the Eagles would have had the ball and the lead with about 8 minutes to play.
Hightower came through again on third-and-1 at the Eagles’ 14, gaining five yards.
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New ATC Camas owner adding instructors, growing business at local flight school
When Dennis Kozacek started to fly private aircrafts at just 19 years old, he never realized his passion for flying might turn into a career and teaching opportunity.
Today, Kozacek, 69, can look back on his 20 years as a pilot in the United States Navy and 31 years flying with FedEx. His career path even opened the door to a life of flying for his youngest son, Carter Kozacek, 23, a pilot training for the United States Air Force, and his brother-in-law, who became a flight instructor and worked his way up to flying 757s for United Airlines.
It was only six years after Kozacek earned his pilot’s license that he received an instructor rating and carried out his teaching while he was in the Navy and worked as a check airman for FedEx.
“Flying in general is just one of those things that you kind of get hooked on. It’s the sensation of being in the air and being able to see, and it makes you feel kind of like a bird,” Kozacek says. “I enjoy instructing. It can be frustrating at times, but it’s very rewarding because usually (you’re training) somebody who has the thrill of aviation like you do.”
Since his retirement, Kozacek has spent time volunteering as a mentor to aviation students working in the flight simulator. He also works part-time as a flight instructor at ATC Camas, a flight training and aircraft rental facility at Grove Field, which currently has about 10 students.
ATC Camas came under new ownership in mid-March and Aaron Vanschoiach, the new owner, wants to grow his local flight training and aircraft rental business.
He plans to hire both full-time and part-time flight instructors, and then provide more plane rentals for the public. Eventually, he also wants to offer aircraft maintenance services.
While the addition of a new maintenance facility is still in the future, Vanschoiach said he is already taking resumes for that position.
Right now, the flight school only has two part-time instructors, and Vanschoiach said he’s had to turn students away.
To meet the increased demand, he plans to hire two full-time instructors immediately with the goal of eventually having six instructors on the field. Anyone who refers a certified flight instructor to ATC will, upon that instructor’s hire, receive $500 or 10 hours of free airplane rental time.
Kozacek says being a flight instructor can be both satisfying personally and for one’s career.
“It’s the kind of smile on (a student’s) face the first time they go up on an airplane, just being able to see things from a different perspective, being able to see things from high off the ground,” he says. “Eventually, they learn the skills that it takes a little bit at a time. Once they accomplish those skills, there’s a great sense of accomplishment.”
Kozacek says there is a shortage of airline and military pilots right now, and that, in order to even be qualified to fly for the airlines, a person must have at least a commercial pilot’s license, which requires 1,200 to 1,500 hours of flight time.
Kozacek recommends becoming a flight instructor — something you can do after about 250 hours of flying — and then getting paid to finish your commercial pilot’s license flight time requirements.
“Everybody who is in the airlines now either started as a private pilot like this, or in the military,” he says. “Those are really the only two ways to get there.”
The students at ATC learn to fly using a Cessna 150, which was originally owned by Kozacek and then sold to the school.
The Cessna 150 is probably the most popular and cost efficient trainer, Vanschoiach says: “They’re a very nice flying aircraft and they’re affordable to fly.”
There is no age limit for students to begin flight training, but to fly an aircraft solo they must be 16 years old, Vanschoiach says.
However, in the private pilot training, students are required to have 20 hours of flying with an instructor, so some students will work toward taking their first solo flight on their 16th birthday.
The cost for one hour of training is about $125, and includes the instructor’s pay, fuel and plane rental costs.
“I’ve told people before, about $6,000 and you should be able to leave with your pilot’s license,” Vanschoiach says.
The amount of time it takes a student to obtain their pilot’s license depends on their involvement and dedication, he adds.
“I know some guys like to fly a lesson a week, an hour a week, so that will take over a year to accomplish,” he says. “And then there are other guys that will fly several hours a week and they can get it done in a few months.”
After the addition of flight instructors, ATC will be able to serve about 30 students.
Kozacek encourages people who are thinking about getting their pilot’s license to sign up for an introductory flight with an instructor. This way, they can find out if flying is something that they can get hooked on and something they can stick with.
“(ATC Camas) I think, is going to become very viable,” Kozacek says. “This is a great environment to learn how to fly. It’s a nice, quant airport. It’s very friendly, and it’s a great opportunity for somebody to get involved in aviation.”


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Until the global financial crisis struck, Ireland was held up as a shining example of how to run a successful modern economy.
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Photo: Around three-hundred-thousand homes stand empty in Ireland because of the financial crisis


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Atlanta Public Schools will start the 2020-21 academic year two weeks later than planned due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Superintendent Lisa Herring, Ed.D., said in a tweet.
In a July 10 tweet, Herring announced the school year would start Aug. 24 instead of the originally planned Aug. 10 date.
“With safety of students & staff our top priority, I’m recommending @apsupdate begin school on August 24 virtually,” she said. “Aug 3-21 will be “runway for return to learning” & pre-planning.”
With safety of students & staff our top priority, I’m recommending @apsupdate begin school on August 24 virtually. Aug 3-21 will be “runway for return to learning” & pre-planning. Attend @BOEAPS Facebook Live meeting on Mon July 13 at 5 p.m. for details. https://t.co/iPu4TRqnwh— Dr. Lisa Herring (@DrLisaHerring) July 10, 2020
Herring also said in her tweet she will to formally announce the plan at the Atlanta Board of Education’s special called meeting July 13 at 5 p.m., when the board is expected to vote on it.
Also, following a Fox 5 news report over the weekend that also stated the district would begin the new school year with nine weeks of online-only instruction and would reduce the number of instruction days by 10, district spokesman Seth Coleman confirmed those items are part of the back-to-school plan.
With the new school year starting in August, school districts across the nation, Georgia and metro Atlanta are struggling with the choices of having in-person instruction, online-only classes or a combination of both.
Herring replaced Meria Carstarphen, Ed.D., as superintendent July 1. Residents reacted to Herring’s tweet with tweets both praising and criticizing the decision.
“Curious on how I’m expected to keep my full-time, outside the home job while also staying home to teach my kindergartener how to use a computer,” one woman said.
One man added, “Bad decision. Kids are so low risk that this makes no sense at all.”
One woman said, “Thank you so much for making the best and safest choice for all stakeholders involved. This is the smartest and safest decision by any county I’ve seen in regard to school opening. Thank you for being so brave.”
One man added, “Thank you for considering everyone’s safety. It’s a hard decision, but the safest.”
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Banks relocating to the eurozone following the UK’s decision to exit the European Union (EU) will probably have to wait six months to secure a licence and the process could take up to a year, said the European Central Bank (ECB).
The eurozone banking supervisor published a document addressing banks’ Brexit-related queries, in which it confirmed that it typically takes six months to decide whether to grant a banking licence. That period may be shorter if a bank already operates in the eurozone and simply wants to extend its licence, the ECB added.
“In any event, a decision must be taken within 12 months of the date of the application,” the ECB document stated. “You should plan accordingly, in order to be sure to obtain your licence on time.”
Following prime minister Theresa May’s invocation of Article 50 two weeks ago to trigger the Brexit process, UK-based banks are under pressure to move quickly ahead of Britain’s expected departure from the EU by March 2019.
Many have already begun plans to transfer part of their operations into the eurozone to ensure they can continue to serve EU customers following the UK’s departure from the bloc. Frankfurt, Paris, Dublin, Amsterdam and Luxembourg are competing to attract their business.
Unless they move, UK-based banks risk losing their ability to provide services across the EU, depending on the terms of the trade deal concluded between Brussels and London.
The ECB said it was “completely neutral” regarding the eurozone location chosen by banks, but stressed that any new banking operation should be substantial, with adequate local governance and risk management, and that it “should have control over the balance sheet and all exposures.” Establishing an ‘empty shell’ company would not be acceptable, it added.
In a concession to banks, the ECB said it would allow banks expanding or migrating from the UK to use internal risk models that it hadn’t yet approved, for a limited period. However, those models must be approved by the UK supervisory authority, and banks would still need to apply to the ECB for its approval.
The ECB is to host a technical workshop for banks on May 4 in Frankfurt, to further clarify what is expected of them by eurozone authorities.
The most interesting outcomes of PSD2 will be derived from companies combining open banking with data from other areas like social media or government, argued Miles Cheetham, Open Banking Ltd.
The architecture of financial markets has changed and we will soon see the end of the last eight years of prosperity, said Stefan Bielmeier, chief economist and head of research at DZ Bank.
The US money market fund reforms came into effect in 2016 and are already dramatically shaping US fund industry with investors flooding out of prime funds and into government securities. While the reforms are similar, they are not the same. GTNews interviews Yeng Bulter, global head of the cash business at State Street Global Advisors on the differences.
There are various ways for financial institutions to benefit from advanced technologies and business models provided by FinTech's. Whether a business' approach is radical or incremental, data management can help a company to increase their return on investment, argues André Casterman, INTIX.


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Authors such as Isabel Allende and Gabriel García Márquez are well known for their wonderful stories rich in metaphor and infused with a sense of magic. The titles below are similar in style, but are written by authors from cultures other than those of Central and South America.
The one thing these mysteries have in common: smart, independent, funny and resourceful women. These are today’s detectives — a little younger and a lot hipper than many of the sleuths you’ve met in long-running mystery series (you know, those series that have initials or numbers in their titles). If you’re looking for romantic suspense, look elsewhere. These women have crimes to solve.
Curse of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz
P.I. Izzy Spellman’s newest obsession is unraveling the secrets of her next door neighbor (a.k.a. Subject) whose landscape business is certainly a cover for darker intrigue. Witty and oh-so-cool in San Francisco. Get to know Izzy in The Spellman Files, the first book in the series.
Christietown by Susan Kandel
Cece Caruso, an L.A. biographer of famous mystery authors, stages a Miss Marple play that brings down the house — and the leading lady. Great authentic tie-ins to Agatha Christie (and her real-life 11-day disappearance), just like Kandel wove Dashiell Hammett and Nancy Drew’s legacy into her earlier mysteries.
If you find secret corridors and hemlock poison more interesting than gunfire, you may enjoy this collection of mysteries set in medieval England, Scotland and Ireland. Each of the books listed below is one of a series that revolves around a particularly engaging sleuth for whom the plagues, politics, and superstitions of the medieval world are normal facts of life and the best tools available for solving crimes are a keen intellect and a strong understanding of human nature.
Absolution by Murder by Peter Tremayne
The 17 books in the Sister Fidelma mystery series begin with this tale of murder investigated by our heroine Fidelma, who is both a nun and a “dlaigh,” or “advocate,” permitted to practice law in the Irish courts. The religious divisions, political climate and surprising degree of gender equality found in seventh-century Ireland shine in the background as our clever and diplomatic detective unlocks secrets and saves the day.
Monk’s Hood: The Third Chronicle of Brother Cadfael by Ellis Peters
Much-loved sleuth Brother Cadfael brings his skills as an herbalist to bear when a visitor to Shrewsbury Abbey exhibits symptoms of a dangerous poison. Though this third Brother Cadfael mystery is set in a monastery, others take place in exotic settings and in the days before Cadfael took his vows. Nearly two dozen books lie in store for the Cadfael fan.
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Misery sweeps the abbey in the wake of domineering Domina Alys’s ascension to Prioress, as her unfair rules and unwise decisions threaten ruin to the nuns and their beloved home. When a family feud leads to murder, Continue reading “Medieval Mysteries of Britain.”
A war is not one story, but many.
Here are some novels that view the war through many eyes, reflecting the diverse experiences of civilians and soldiers around the world whose lives were drawn into the Second World War.
- The Cloud Atlas by Liam Callanan
When Louis Belk is deployed to Alaska to head off and diffuse a barrage of dreaded Japanese balloon bombs, he could not have imagined the strange, haunting freight drifting towards him across an ocean of air.
- The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard
As the world stumbles blinking into the light of peace, Aldred Leith feels the chill of war’s long shadow as he surveys a devastated Japan, wondering how human warmth and dignity can flare forth from the ashes. Continue reading “The War in Fiction, part 3: The Pacific”
Popular in the 1970s, gothic romance was defined by Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca: dark and stormy night, castle or manor house with frightened fleeing maiden in a nightgown on the book cover. Other popular authors in this genre included Anya Seton, Phyllis Whitney, Dorothy Eden and Victoria Holt. For the past two decades, fewer gothics have been written —until now. The new gothics are similar to the old ones — with less romance and more horror.
The River Wife by Jonis Agee
In 1930, when she arrives in the remote Missouri boot heel, the newest DuCharme wife, young Hedi, discovers a legacy of piracy, illicit love, murder and deceit and faces her own trials when it seems her new husband is carrying on the family tradition. Continue reading “The New Gothics: less romance, more horror”


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