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September 24, 2013

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Name of Monument:
Carthusian Monastery and the Church of The Holy Trinity, Brno-Královo Pole
Also known as:
Brno, Moravia, Czech Republic
1375; 1760–1777
Denomination / Type of monument:
Religious – Monastery
Ondřej Schweigl (1735–1812, Brno), Franz Anton Maulbertsch (1724 Langenargen am Bodensee – 1796 Vienna), Felix Ivo Leicher (1727 Bílovec – 1812 Vienna), Josef Stern (1716 Graz – 1775 Brno), Martin Johann Schmidt (Kremser-Schmidt), Bartolomeus Zindtner, Mořic Grimm (1669 Achdorf – 1757 Brno), Giacomo Antonio Corbellini
Jan Jindřich of Luxembourg (d. 1375), Prokop of Luxembourg (d. 1405) Jošt of Luxembourg (d. 1411); Carthusian order, Athanasius Gottfried (1738 Polná – 1814 Brno)
The monastery was founded by Moravian margrave, Jan Jindřich, brother of the Czech King and Emperor Charles IV. The monastery, situated outside the town walls, suffered damage in several successive wars. It acquired its present appearance through a Baroque reconstruction of the whole complex following a number of minor repairs. Leading artists from the Vienna Academy participated in the reconstruction. Abbot A. Gottfried was a renowned art collector and exponent of the Enlightenment in Brno. The monastery was dissolved in 1782 as part of the religious reforms undertaken by Joseph II and was among many others that “[did] not support schools or hospitals, and whose members [did] not hold positions as preachers or priests”. The monastery was commissioned for military purposes and rebuilt, in particular in 1871–1877. Soldiers used the premises until the end of 1963 when the monastery was taken over by the Technical University of Brno.
The Carthusian order was dedicated to asceticism and contemplation. The frontage of the single-nave building with statues of St. John the Baptist, Patron Saint of the Carthusians, St. Bruno, founder of the order, a sculpture of the Holy Trinity and the shield with CT (Cella Trinitatis), the symbol of the monastery, are by O. Schweigl. The nave and two side chapels have preserved their original Gothic appearance. The gallery pews, from the early 17th century, are among the most precious in Moravia. The sculpted decoration of the altars was created by O. Schweigl (1763); the high altar features St. John the Baptist and St. Bruno. The altarpiece holds a replica of the sketch by J. Stern, The Celebration of the Holy Trinity. The entrance door to the church is secured by a richly ornamented rococo grid.
As instrumental music was excluded from Carthusian masses Gregorian chant was a characteristic part of the service. A gallery was added later in 1903. In the middle of a large cloister is a refectory with stucco decoration by G. A. Corbellini. There was once a library on the first floor.
How monument was dated:
The picture by Kremser-Schmidt is signed and dated. The decoration of the church is determined by the office of Abbot A. Gottfried.

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View of the Monastery

Martin Aretius

The picture shows the monastery and church on the outskirts of Brno, and a village green with the small Church of St. Vitus restored after the ravages of the Swedish campaign. The church is adjoined by cells where one church father lived in each. Outside the cells were gardens demarcated by a two-storey-high wall that made the communication between neighbouring monks impossible (part of their asceticism), and thus guaranteed absolute privacy. The cells contained a room for sleeping, studying and praying and a workshop. These areas were connected by a cloister that closed off the courtyard of reclusion.
Revelation: Joshua and Angel

1769; 1772

Franz Anton Maulbertsch (1724 Langenargen am Bodensee – 1796 Vienna)

The left-hand chapel was once a sacristy for the Carthusian priests. The altarpiece, worshipped by gilded angels by O. Schweigl, represents Archangel Michael (M. J. Schmidt). The marble slab in the floor covers the tomb of Moravian Margrave of the Prokop (district) of Luxembourg. The interior is adorned with frescos featuring revelations – angels as God's messengers in scenes from both the Old and New Testaments – such as dreams, revelations and annunciations.
Chapel of the Annunciation

Franz Anton Maulbertsch (1724 Langenargen am Bodensee – 1796 Vienna)

Only fragments of the original paintings in the Chapter Hall survive. The subjects involve the Life of the Order (allegories of the Church, Taciturnity and Saints Bruno and Jerome), the Monastery and Czech History (Margrave Jan Jindrich, founder of the monastery; St. John of Nepomuk and Queen Žofie; St. Wenceslas), Exempla and Visions.
St. Barbara

Felix Ivo Leicher (1727 Bílovec – 1812 Vienna), Ondřej Schweigl (1735–1812, Brno)

Side altars dedicated to Saints Barbara and Tecla, Apollonia and Catherine feature paintings by F. I. Leicher, Maulbertsch’s associate, and statues of the saints by O. Schweigl.
Cycle of the Apostles

Josef Stern (1716 Graz – 1775 Brno)

In a host of Apostles on a side wall of the nave, the image of Judas is replaced with St. Paul.
  Selected bibliography:
Bohumil Samek, Umělecké památky Moravy a Slezska I, A-J, Prague, 1994, pp. 230–233.
Ivo Krsek – Zdeněk Kudělka (ed) – Miloš Stehlík – Josef Válka, Umění baroka na Moravě a ve Slezsku, Prague, 1996
Thomas Dacosta Kaufmann, Painterly Enlightenment. The Art of Franz Anton Maulbertsch, 1724–1796, North Carolina, 2005.
Lubomír Slavíček, Sibi arti amicics, Poznámky a materiálie k dějinám sběratelství v Brně 1780–1840, Opuscula Historiae Artium, F 42, 1998, pp. 73–88.
Jiří Kroupa, Franz Anton Maulbertsch: Aufklärung, Auftraggeber und Mentalitäten in Mähren, in Eduard Hindelang – Lubomír Slavíček  (eds), Franz Anton Maulbertsch und Mitteleuropa. Beiträge zum 30-jährigen Bestehen des Museums Langenargen, Langenargen–Brno, 2007, pp. 23–44.
Citation of this web page:
Zora Wörgötter "Carthusian Monastery and the Church of The Holy Trinity, Brno-Královo Pole" in Discover Baroque Art. Place: Museum With No Frontiers, 2015. http://www.discoverbaroqueart.org/database_item.php?id=monument;BAR;cz;Mon11_F;26;en
Prepared by: Zora Wörgötter
Copyedited by: Jiří Kroupa
Translation by: Irma Charvátová
Translation copyedited by: Mandi Gomez
MWNF Working Number: CZ 26


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Satya Nadella named Microsoft CEO

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LOS ANGELES — Microsoft has named as its new CEO Satya Nadella, an executive in charge of the company’s small but growing business of delivering software and services over the Internet. Company founder Bill Gates is leaving the chairman’s role for a new role as technology adviser.

The software company announced yesterday that Nadella will replace Steve Ballmer, who said in August that he would leave the company within 12 months. Nadella will become only the third leader in the software giant’s 38-year history, after Gates and Ballmer. Board member John Thompson will serve as Microsoft’s new chairman.

Nadella, who is 46 and has worked at Microsoft for 22 years, has been an executive in some of the company’s fastest-growing and most-profitable businesses, including its Office and server and tools business.

For the past seven months, he was the executive vice president who led Microsoft’s cloud computing offerings. That’s a new area for Microsoft, which has traditionally focused on software installed on personal computers rather than on remote servers connected to the Internet. Nadella’s group has been growing, although it remains a small part of Microsoft’s current business.

“Satya is a proven leader with hard-core engineering skills, business vision and the ability to bring people together,” Gates said in a statement. “His vision for how technology will be used and experienced around the world is exactly what Microsoft needs as the company enters its next chapter of expanded product innovation and growth.”

The company said that Gates, in his new role as founder and technology adviser, “will devote more time to the company, supporting Nadella in shaping technology and product direction.”

Gates will also remain a member of Microsoft’s board.

Analysts hope that Nadella can maintain the company’s momentum in the rapidly expanding field of cloud computing while minimizing the negative impact from Microsoft’s unprofitable forays into consumer hardware. Major rivals in cloud computing include Google Inc., Inc., Inc. and IBM Corp.

Daniel Ives, an analyst with FBR Capital Markets, said he views Nadella as a “safe pick.”

Ives said investors are worried that rivals “from social, enterprise, mobile and the tablet segments continue to easily speed by the company.” In a note to investors, he said Microsoft’s main need now is “innovation and a set of fresh new strategies to drive the next leg of growth.”

Nadella’s appointment comes at a time of turmoil for Microsoft.

Founded in April 1975 by Gates and Paul Allen, the company has always made software that powered computers made by others — first with its MS-DOS system, then with Windows and its Office productivity suite starting in the late 1980s. Microsoft’s revenue swelled as more individuals and businesses bought personal computers.

But Microsoft has been late adapting to developments in the technology industry. It allowed Google to dominate in online search and advertising, and it watched as iPhones, iPads and Android devices grew to siphon sales from the company’s strengths in personal computers. Its attempt to manufacture its own devices has been littered with problems, from its quickly aborted Kin line of phones to its still-unprofitable line of Surface tablets.

Analysts see hope in some of the businesses Nadella had a key role in creating.

Microsoft’s cloud computing offering, Azure, and its push to have consumers buy Office software as a $100-a-year Office 365 subscription are seen as the biggest drivers of Microsoft’s growth in the next couple of years. Both businesses saw the number of customers more than double in the past three months of the year, compared with a year earlier.

Those businesses, along with other back-end offerings aimed at corporate customers, are the main reason why investment fund ValueAct Capital invested $1.6 billion in Microsoft shares last year.


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Street performers will take over the sidewalks on Saturdays and Sundays throughout December.

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It will begin at noon with the Holiday Hop Pop-Up Shop & Craft Fair at the Garden

Theater, 1187 N. High St., and last until 10 p.m. Stores will be open late.

Looking for high fashion? Hit neighboring boutiques Ladybird and Rowe, 716 and 718 N. High St.

Want jewelry? Check Bungalow, 641 N. High St. The store is a home-decor haven, but its jewelry is equally stellar.

Looking for funny stuff? Don’t miss Bink Davies, 668 N. High St., which has several laugh-out-loud offerings.

Need stocking stuffers? Try Big Fun, a vintage- toy store at 672 N. High St.

Leather sale set

The leather-goods company Bosca Accessories is hosting its annual holiday sample sale through Sunday at the North Market, 59 Spruce St.

On the second floor are wallets, briefcases and more for men and women — all discounted from 50 to 75 percent.

The company, founded in 1911 by Italian immigrant Hugo Bosca, is run by grandson Chris Bosca.

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Meyers Jewelers in Grove City will house the first Hearts on Fire retail space in the country.

Hearts on Fire, which touts its diamonds as the most perfectly cut in the world, offers everything from rings to necklaces for $1,000 to $5 million.

Employee Shawn Rummel sold more units of the line than anyone else in the world last year — one reason that Hearts on Fire chose Meyers for its first in-store boutique.

The space will open with a public party from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the store, 1494 Stringtown Rd.

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The Morgan House, a restaurant and gift shop at 5300 Glick Rd. in Dublin, will have its annual Christmas open house this weekend.

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Idris Elba, left, as Nelson Mandela and Riaad Moosa as Ahmed Kathrada in the film "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom."
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- When portraying South African revolutionary Nelson Mandela in the biopic, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Idris Elba embraced the harsh realities of Mandela's life and was determined to stay in character even when the cameras stopped rolling.

But the British actor knew his latest movie wouldn't be believable unless his fellow actors could deliver a performance as raw as his own — so he pushed them to embrace uncomfortable realties, too.

Elba recounted one such instance when he was shooting scenes that focused on Mandela's 27 years in jail under white minority rule. During the filming, he sensed that a couple of white actors were struggling to portray the brutality in which Mandela was treated.

"They felt bad. ... I could see it in their eyes. I spoke to director (Justin Chadwick) and I said, `I need these guys to go back to their core. If there is any sense of racism in them I need them to bring it up. If there is a black person that they don't like let me hear it and feel it,'" said Elba intently, leaning in during a recent interview in a dim Hollywood bar.

"That was important because it would come through in the performance and suddenly it becomes the biopic that's safe."

Safe would not be the word to describe Mandela the man, or the movie. While it shows him as the genial peacemaker that the world embraced when he was freed from prison and became South Africa's first black president, it also shows him as a fiery and flawed revolutionary who sought to abolish apartheid through any means necessary as leader as the African National Congress.

Chadwick called Idris brave and lauded his portrayal of Mandela.

"There are not many people who would step into the shoes of Mandela, particularly the way I was making the movie," he said. "There was no room for any untruth. When you are standing in front of thousands of people portraying their leader that they know so well you'd better be on it, and Idris was on it."

Elba did not have a chance to speak to the 95-year-old icon because of his failing health. But he drew on the mannerisms of his late father to help him with his interpretation of Mandela. He also spoke to a few of Mandela's daughters and his second wife, Winnie, who was also a powerful figure in the anti-apartheid movement.

"Winnie said it's all good to see a guy who is waving and smiling," said Elba. "But she needed to see the complex man."

Based on Mandela's autobiography, the film, which opens Friday, has been in the works for years. Denzel Washington was the original choice for the role.

"But at some point the DNA changed and it didn't work for him to do the film, so my name was thrown in that mix," said Elba. "In actuality it was really easy to get the job, but I didn't believe that I had gotten it."

Once reality set in, so did Elba's nerves. "I was like, `Damn, do I have this performance in me?'" the 41-year-old actor said. "Everyone knows what Mandela looks like and sounds like and I'm not like any of that. It was a massive challenge, but it was time to grow up and really put my acting chops out there."

Amidst the stormy relationship between Mandela and his first wife, Evelyn Mase, Elba was determined to depict the man beyond the saint.

"I was surprised he was such a playboy," Elba added. "But he was one of the first black lawyers in Soweto (South Africa). This was sexy. We wanted be honest about that."

Bringing sexy to the role was likely the easiest part for Elba — considered not only a brilliant actor, but a sex symbol as well. Even President Barack Obama joked about his lure with the ladies when the White House hosted a special screening of the film earlier this month, Elba recently recounted.

"He is hugely charismatic," said Mandela co-star Naomie Harris, who plays Winnie in the film. "He is one of those guys who comes in and lights up a room. He's very charming and makes everyone feel special."

Elba's magnetism is one reason why he's been so popular in recent years. Besides starring in the BBC series Luther, he's played key roles in blockbusters like Prometheus and the Thor superhero series, as well as films such as American Gangster.

"He's incredibly versatile," said Thor: The Dark World director Alan Taylor. "He brings an incredible weight to everything he does. There is so much behind his eyes."

Elba's breakthrough role was as Stringer Bell in the critically acclaimed The Wire, playing the role of the ruthless Baltimore drug dealer so authentically that some found it hard to believe he is British.

Yet when Elba arrived in New York from London in his mid-20s, he struggled to find work with his British accent. He began hanging out in Brooklyn barbershops and at barbeques in the Bronx to pick up the dialect.

"I'd talk about basketball and be right in the mix," he said. "I peeled back American culture and tried to understand it. Every moment was about rehearsing."

Elba said he reached a turning point in his career when he was 29, and he found out he had a daughter on the way.

"Then it was sink or swim," Elba said about the birth of 11-year-old Isan, whom he calls his "foundation."

"That was the hardest time," he said. "There are all kinds of things that happen to you at that age as a man. You feel like you should be somewhere and you're not."

Luckily, things began to look up when he landed the gig on The Wire.

There's no question he has arrived. Next up for Elba is The Gunman, opposite Javier Bardem and Sean Penn, who recently presented Elba with a Britannia humanitarian award.

"There are moments in an actor's life where you feel like `Wow I've made it,'" said Elba. "Sean Penn introducing me ... that was one of those moments.'"


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Available Light Theatre's struggle to stage play on deaths key to comic drama

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Actors confront tensions and conflicting views over race, history and politics as they try to make a play about a little-known genocide that took place about a century ago in Africa.

Available Light Theatre is presenting the Ohio premiere of We Are Proud To Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa, From the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884-1915, which continues through April 12 in the Riffe Center’s Studio Two Theatre.

“The play takes on a really difficult subject matter and creates a situation in which these difficult conversations have to be had,” director Matt Slaybaugh said.

“It’s a multi-layered piece about how we talk about race in the 21st century, and especially the way we talk about race when we talk across cultural boundaries — when white people talk to black people and black people talk to white people.”

Considered to be the first genocide of the 20th century, between 24,000 and 100,000 Herero and 10,000 Nama natives died between 1904 and 1907 during the Herero wars in Namibia, then called German South-West Africa.

In 1904, when the Herero people rebelled against German colonial rule, the Germans defeated them and drove them into the desert, where most died of thirst. Later that year, the Nama people also rebelled, with similar results.

“Perhaps the most amazing thing about the genocide is how few people know about it,” Slaybaugh said.

“Jackie Sibblies Drury wrote the play, in large part because she was astonished when she learned about the genocide and wanted to explore why this is a hidden piece of history.

Six actors — three white, three black — play all the roles in the 90-minute one-act, which alternates between the story of the genocide and the rehearsals and discussions of the actors as they shape their drama.

“It allows you to see their conversations as they try to create a play,” Slaybaugh said. “As you might expect, they fight about it.”

Reflecting the play-within-a-play format, Acacia Duncan, Jordan Fehr, David Glover, Matt Hermes, Ben Jones and Shanelle Marie each play double roles.

“It’s different from anything I’ve read or been a part of before,” said Marie, 33, who also appeared at Available Light in Attempts on Her Life, To Kill a Mockingbird and some staged readings.

Marie starts out playing Black Woman.

“Black Woman is the one who convenes the actors after learning about the Herero people through a story and picture she saw in a magazine. She identified with the picture because it looked like her grandmother,” Marie said.

“Throughout the play, she struggles with some of the creative power plays as the work is being formed because everything doesn’t fit her vision.”

Meanwhile, Marie also plays Another Sarah, an African woman in love with a Herero man who is writing a letter to her about his desire to marry and start a family.

“She shows the humanity of her people,” Marie said, “not just their destruction.”

One of the most unexpected aspects of the piece, Slaybaugh said, is its blend of comedy and drama.

“It starts out being really funny,” he said. “but as things start to break down and tensions start to build about race and race prejudice, it gets more and more unsettling.”

Marie, for her part, considers the play a satire of the theater world.

“Is it OK to laugh? Yes, it’s OK,” she said. “The audience goes through a range of emotions, and there’s an opportunity to talk about the deep issues after the show.”


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Home Base Disneyland: Southern California 101 – Where Am I Planning to Visit?

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As far as Disney fans are concerned, visits to Southern California can be divided into two categories: visiting the Disneyland Resort or doing something else and taking advantage of the occasion to visit Disneyland and Disney California Adventure. Yes, I know there are more specific reasons, but, hey!  If you’re a Disney fan, you can’t deny the pull to the land of Walt is as strong as the force is to Luke Skywalker.  Once you decide which of these categories your trip falls into, there are many other details to plan.  The first, and probably most important of these is considering the location of your visit.  Disneyland is in Anaheim, California – right at the heart of one of the biggest cities in the United States – Los Angeles.  This can be daunting for most travelers, but with some basic information, you’ll find Southern California to be fairly accommodating.  That’s why we’ve come up with our two newest blog and DIS Unplugged Disneyland Edition podcast series – Home Base Disneyland and Southern California 101.  Some of these may be combined and some separate, but all will give you some great tips on Los Angeles County, Orange County, and the surrounding areas and attractions.

It’s more than appropriate to start our discussions off with a bit about the biggest challenge in Southern California – Los Angeles!

For those of you who aren’t coming to Southern California for work, sporting events, or visits to local family and friends, you have some major decisions to make that will impact your Disneyland vacation.  With the average family vacation time of one week and the maximum Disneyland Resort Park Hopper pass available is for 5 days, families are looking to Southern California to fill the rest of their stay.  I’m not much for making a list these days, but I have to say that outlining what you want to accomplish in your vacation in key to making the decision about what airport to use, which area or areas to find a hotel that meets your needs, and if you want to rent a car.

Probably the most personal part of the vacation planning process is choosing your priorities.  All of the following factors will certainly affect your decisions.

  • What style of vacation do you like?  Total relaxation? Adventure/Theme Parks? Educational? Nature – hiking, skiing, beach bunny? Sporting events? Hollywood and Celebrity Experiences?  This is a big one to narrow down, but with make or break your vacation.
  • Will you split your vacation in two completely different styles?  Are you separating your Disney fandom from the rest of your trip?
  • When do you want your Disney fix?  Are you too excited to hit the parks first?  Do you want to end with warm Disney fuzzies?  Do you want to scatter it throughout your trip?
  • When are your planned commitments?  This could end up dictating your Disney schedule, since you will have to work around dates.  On an off-season weekend, this may mean finding limited opportunities to see things like Fantasmic!.
  • Do you have a bucket list?  Are there things you’ve always wanted to see or do, but never thought you’d ever have the opportunity?

No matter how you answer these questions, you will begin to see a style emerge.  Don’t fight it.  If you plan against your style, you might not have the vacation you really want.

Once your style is defined, it’s time to learn about where you are going.

L.A. is a darn big city with so many choices.  How do you narrow it down and where do you begin?  We always hear about how huge and populated the area is and how bad the traffic is.  To sum it up the best, the U.S. Census website lists the approximate sizes of the area L.A. County as being 4,507 square miles, L.A. City being 470 square miles, and Orange County being 790 square miles.  The population densities are defined as being 2,420 people per sq. mile in L.A. County, 8,100 people per sq mile in L.A. City, and 3,800 people per sq mile in Orange County.  Pretty daunting if you only look at the numbers.

This really hits home the first time you look out your airplane window and see solid neighborhoods as your pilot starts your descent into the Los Angeles Basin – about 25-30 minutes until you land at your airport of choice.   Overwhelming is a good descriptor.  This is why you want to define where you will enter the Los Angeles area from.  Using AMTRAK gets you the bonus of being able to travel easily to the most popular places in the city.

Los Angeles is serviced by 5 major commercial airports and numerous private ones.  These are connected to the infamous L.A. Freeway system –  our complex network of mass transit.  Where you want to start and end your trip will dictate which of these you might use for travel.  Keep in mind that it is usually cheaper to use a single airport for most round-trip ticketing, although airlines like Southwest might price differently if you use different ones.  Also, higher traffic airports usually result in cheaper ticketing prices, but you can find the occasional bargain to others.

Certain places are  more easily reached by certain airports.

  • Disneyland and Orange County – Orange County (SNA), Ontario (ONT), Los Angeles International (LAX), and Long Beach (LGB)
  • Beaches – SNA, LAX, and LGB
  • Mountains – ONT and Bob Hope Airport (BUR)
  • Beverly Hills, Hollywood, Malibu, Universal Studios – BUR and LAX
  • Downtown L.A. – BUR and LAX, or use AMTRAK via Union Station
  • Legoland and Sea World – SNA or San Diego (SAN)

This highlighted Google Map below, illustrates the airports, in relation to the freeway system and Disneyland.

It needs to be said again that it really is OKAY to rent a car in Los Angeles.  REALLY.  There may be a lot of traffic, but it moves slowly.  The chances of an accident on L.A. freeways are extremely slim.  Driving here just requires you to relax, kick back, and enjoy conversation and time spent with your fellow passengers.  If you can do that, you’ll be rewarded with a chance to see some pretty cool things.  If not, consider just staying in one place or paying someone else to haul you around.

As you can see above, once you become familiar with the freeway directions and where they end up, you really can’t go wrong.  Knowing where a freeway ends can make all the difference in the world.   There are just a few facts to remember.

  • Remember your freeway NUMBER! (5, 405, 210, 57, 91, etc.)  Southern California freeways had names before numbers – you will see a name on the freeway sign, but that name may be different if you are going north vs. south or east vs. west.  The best example is the 710.  It’s the Long Beach Freeway going south and the Pasadena Freeway going north.  The 101 is the Hollywood Freeway until you get to Hollywood.  It becomes the Ventura Freeway north of Hollywood.
  • Californians use the word “THE” before the freeway number.  It’s cultural and partially based on the bullet above.  It grates at first to hear it, but you’ll get used to it.
  • The 5 Freeway is THE main North/South traffic route.  It skirts around Downtown L.A. and will take you as far south as Mexico and as far north as the Canadian Border.  Don’t go that far in either direction.  It will take you straight to Burbank, Forest Lawn  (Walt’s Grave), Walt’s Barn in Griffith Park, Six Flags Magic Mountain, and other
  • The 110 Freeway is the one shown in Soarin’ Over California (or simply Soarin’ for you WDW types).  You take this freeway to get to Exposition Park for the Space Shuttle, Science and Natural History Centers, and concerts or USC games at the Colosseum.  USC is located right next door.  It is reached by taking the 5 to the 10.
  • The 10 Freeway dead ends in Santa Monica and the Pacific Coast Highway (known as the PCH or Highway 1), which the PCH Grill at the Paradise Pier Hotel is named after.
  • The PCH takes you north to Malibu and on to Monterey and San Francisco, or all the way south to the rest of the beach towns. It is accessible by the 10, the 110 (in San Pedro), the 105 (at LAX), the 710 (at Long Beach), and several Orange County freeways, such as the 55 (at Newport Beach).
  • The 101 Freeway takes you straight into Hollywood, with easy access to the El Capitan Theater and Disney Soda Fountain, Hollywood and Highland, and the Hollywood Bowl, as well as a Universal Studios, Warner Brothers Studios, and Paramount Studios.  This freeway is a left exit off the 5, right before downtown.
  • The 15 Freeway takes you to Las Vegas, as well as giving you access to the mountain and high desert towns.  This give you access to Lake Arrowhead and Big Bear – two of Southern California’s favorite skiing and mountain getaway areas.

Make sure you use your GPS in your smart phone or rent one with your vehicle.  Other smart phone traffic apps, like WAZE, can help you deal with snags more easily.  Just remember that traffic can add upwards of an hour to your drive, so plan on driving before or after rush hour times.  That means that you could have a leisurely breakfast or catch a few rides at the Disneyland resort and then head off to your destination!

It’s probably best to stop at this point in the overview.  Future segments will include various attractions and recommendations that have been tried and true by the team at the DIS Unplugged Podcast – Disneyland Edition, and  we covered quite a few additional things on our January 3, 2012 podcast segment, so you may want to give it a listen too!

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The single aspect of this video that I find just absolutely unbelievable is the fact that it took over nine continuous months of work to film. Quoted straight from the video’s description, these guys literally set their camera in concrete, established an impression of an outhouse on the outside, and filmed the same exact routines day after day for that period of time. It’s not that all that work already seemed impossible to begin with; it’s the dedication it takes to do something like this that I still can’t comprehend. Keep in mind that these guys weren’t given professional help. They did this with their own wit and their own creativity. Their will to act on it resulted in one of the most creative videos I think you guys will ever come across.

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Makes 6 servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 246.8
Total Carbs 3.3 g
Dietary Fiber 0.0 g
Sugars 0.8 g
Total Fat 12.3 g
Saturated Fat 3.1 g
Unsaturated Fat 4.1 g
Potassium 12.9 mg
Protein 28.2 g
Sodium 511.5 mg
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  1. Place the peppercorn into the top sides of the sirloin.
  2. Place steak on grill - for rare about 12 to 13 minutes
  3. -for medium about 15 to 16 minutes
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 Edward Harris, 3, drowned in the pool behind the Mother Byrd Daycare in Mariners Harbor, on Thursday, July 24, 2014, police said.
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STATEN ISLAND — The grandmother of a 3-year-old boy who drowned in a pool behind a Staten Island daycare blamed the center for his death Friday.

Elizabeth Johnson-Battipaglia, whose grandson Edward Harris was found in the above-ground pool Thursday afternoon, said the Mother Byrd Daycare Center at 57 Maple Parkway gave improper care and was under-staffed.

"The pool is not supposed to be there, it's a daycare," she said. "How can you allow that there? Their negligence killed my grandson."

Johnson-Battipaglia said that there were not enough people to watch over the amount of kids the center serves. Her daughter Maria Johnson, 23, who works at the facility, was too busy watching other kids to see her son climb into the pool, she said.

"It's not the mother's fault," Johnson-Battipaglia said. "She's the only employee. She was taking care of other children."

A spokeswoman for the Department of Health said it was investigating the incident, but the daycare center had not been cleared to use the pool in child care service.

Home based daycare providers are not barred from having pools, but regulations apply if it's used during business hours, the spokeswoman said. It's unclear if Mother Byrd used the pool while children were present.

Calls to the daycare center for comment went unanswered Friday.

Mother Byrd has a total capacity of 12 children between the ages of six weeks and 12 years, according to the state's Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS). State rules vary the staff-to-child ratio by age, but ages six weeks to eight months require a ratio of one staff member to every four children.

It was unclear how many children and staff members were there Thursday.

It was also unclear how Edward gained access to the pool, police said. He was rushed to Richmond University Medical Center about 5:30 p.m., where he was pronounced dead, police said.

Johnson-Battipaglia said that the pool had a fence around it the height of a toddler's playpen and was easily scalable by the 3-year-old. She said the center should have installed cameras on the outside to monitor the pool at all times.

"[The owner] didn't have a camera," she said. "If she would've have a camera, they could've saved him right there. The daycare center is not safe."

OCFS regulations on pools state they must have barriers at least 48 inches high around the pool with self-closing and self-latching gates. Daycare providers also need to have OCFS permission for use of a pool and signed consent from parents of swimmers.

The OCFS declined to comment on how high Mother Byrd's fence was and if it had permission for the pool because of an ongoing investigation into Edward's death, but the center was last inspected in December 2013 and had no violations, a spokesman said.

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Body Scanning Meditation

"I say unto you: The body is your greatest friend. Take care of your body" - Osho

The body scanning meditation technique is great for beginners as it quickly re-establishes the lost link to the body.

We spend so much time locked up in our heads that we barely pay attention to our body's needs.

At least not until its too late and only after having fallen prey to a disease.

Paying close attention to the body on a regular basis allows it to express itself. This ability to express calms and relaxes the body and leads to self-healing.

The natural state of the body is that of homeostasis and it is fully capable of achieving it on its own.

All we need to do is to become friendly toward it and start looking after its needs.

One easy way of achieving this is by doing body scanning meditation. It has two slight variants, but you can do both together, if you so like.

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  • Start at the crown of your head and focus all your attention on what you feel or do not feel there
  • Take your time, waiting to see if there is something going on which you have never really bothered to observe earlier - a pulse, a tightness or an itchiness?
  • Do not attempt to 'find' something, just simply observe with full
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  • If you don't find anything even after a couple of minutes of observation, it is perfectly OK. Move on
  • Shift the focus down to your face starting with your forehead. How does the skin on the forehead feel? Is it tight or relaxed? Rough or smooth? Warm or cold? Any tingling sensation, numbness, or any pulse?
  • Move to your eye-lids, cheeks, lips, chin, neck, shoulders and all the way down to your toes
  • Try and notice the smallest sensation but don't get 'caught up' in it. There is no room for speculation here. No craving and no aversion to whatever you experience
  • Just observation. Pure presence

It will be difficult, but if you persist, you will get the hang of it.

The other variant of body scanning meditation involves a sequential contraction and relaxation of specific muscle groups throughout the body.

Start at the crown of your head again and pull the skin/muscles there to the back of your head. Feel the stretch. Then relax and observe the sensations. Do the same with your forehead, cheeks, jaws and so on till you reach the toes.

Inhale, contract, exhale and relax.

Each time paying careful attention to the sensations in the body parts, prior to contraction, during contraction, during relaxation and post relaxation.

If you are someone who prefers kinesthetic meditations that actively engage the body during the meditation practice, then look up qigong and walking meditation too.

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XMAS EDITION
It‟s hard to believe that yet another year
                                             PIETER  FERREIRA SCOOPS  2004
has gone…                                    DINERS CLUB WINEMAKER OF THE
2004 Saw the first of our new annual         YEAR
event, the Wacky Wine Weekend. Your
response to this activity-filled weekend
exceeded our wildest expectations. Our
                                             Pieter “Bubbles” Ferreira has just received the coveted
valley was filled to full capacity with      2004 Diners Club Winemaker of the Year award for his
people escaping to our country villages      1999 Graham Beck Blanc de Blancs – and a worthy winner
Bonnievale, McGregor, Montagu/Ashton         he is indeed.
& Robertson. It clearly showed us that
specially themed events is what you
want and are willing to support.             With his passion for bubbly evident, Ferreira has spent his
                                             career perfecting the art, trying out new techniques and
Another big campaign was the generic         exploring all possibilities to make a bubbly for every
marketing we did at both WineX Cape
Town and Jhb. Big bright yellow rolla        occasion and pallet.
banners with regional shots put side by
side clearly showed where our wineries       “Cap Classique has become a lifestyle - indulge this
were grouped together and we trust you       summer with some Graham Beck Fizzes… We have a
had no problem finding us.
                                             bubbly for breakfast, lunch, dinner and also just for the „pick
At our 2004 Robertson Food & Wine            me up‟. It is no longer just a drink for celebrations, it is all
Festival we introduced some new              about the „sofizztication’. Bubbly helps to stimulate the
activities: tutored food & wine pairings,
trips to the local gardens, various
                                             taste buds and also gets the whole occasion on a roll” says
competitions and wineries hosting a          Pieter.
wide range of extra activities etc.
                                             With the only challenge being which one of the bubblies to
Our most recent tourism campaign was
the launch of the Robertson Farmer‟s
                                             choose (Brut, Blanc de Blancs or Brut Rosé), take a
Market. Currently taking place the first     weekend break to Robertson Wine Valley and spend some
Friday of every month from an early          time at Graham Beck‟s tasting area. Hmmmm….
07h30 it promises to become the new
local hang-out. Stunning products and
definitely not to be missed!
                                             VILJOENSDRIFT:                             SENSITIVE                TO
To those lucky enough to take a break,
please drive safely, enjoy the holidays      SURROUNDING NATURE
and best wishes for 2005!
                                             A game boundary fence stretching more than a kilometer along a
                                             sensitive nature area in the foothills of the Riversonderend Mountains
NEWS FROM DE WETSHOF                         has been erected to stop animals from damaging vineyards and to
                                             protect the animals.
De Wetshof recently became the
1st South African winery to                  The Viljoen family has always been acutely aware of the “apron” of
simultaneously           receive             sensitive flora reaching up to the Proteas on the higher levels of the
                                             Klein Karoo veldt bordering Viljoensdrift.
accreditation for the following
standard systems:                            This “apron” harbours indigenous plants such as the beautiful river resin
                                             bush (Euryops), the tiny evening primrose (Oenothera) as well as the
-   ISO 9001: 2000 (Quality                  Gladiolus and Freesia bulbs, and the of the blue Whitlow-wart
    Management Systems)                      (Paronychia), which has an incredibly delicate fragrance.
-   SANS        0330    HACCP                Smaller buck, such as the Steenbok and Duiker as well as rare tortoises
    (Hazard Analysis Critical                and rabbits are found in the area. “We have always been aware of the
    Control Points)                          animals on the farm and having studied as a nature conservation officer
                                             before joining my dad on the farm, we all take this aspect of farming
-   BRC (Global Standards –                  extremely seriously” said winemaker Fred Viljoen.
    Food certification)

Welcome         to        Theo    Brink
FROM MUD TO GLORY FOR VAN LOVEREN:                                  GOLD FOR ZANDVLIET
“Best Value Winery 2004”, “2004 Winemaker of the Year”              Zandvliet Estate wins gold and
It’s hard to believe that just 18 months ago personnel at Van       BEST SA ENTRY at the Japan
Loveren worked frantically to wash away mud out of the cellar       Wine Challenge in Tokyo
following a flash flood. The damage the flood had caused did not    earlier this year!
however keep them down but rather inspired everyone involved        DE WETSHOF EXCELLS @ 2004
to be more focused and step up the gear - and looking back on       VERITAS AWARDS
                                                                    Since 2000 Chardonnays from De
the year it is evident that it has paid off!                        Wetshof Estate have received no less
                                                                    than 6 double gold and 9 gold medals
Bringing (among others) 2 sought after awards home; Best Value      at the annual Veritas Awards.
Winery” by Wine Magazine and Bussell Retief being named
“Winemaker of the Year” by Wine-of-the-month Club made the          At the 2004 Veritas the Danie de Wet
family very proud and happy. “Everybody has been talking            Limestone Hill Chardonnay 2004
about the flood of 2003, but these awards, together with a four     received a double gold while the De
                                                                    Wetshof Bon Vallon Chardonnay
star Decanter score, a First Class listing with SAA, good ratings   2004,    De    Wetshof    D‟Honneur
in Wine Spectator and in the Platter guide, will help place the     Chardonnay 2003 and the Danie de
emphasis on what we do best, create wine that people really         Wet Cape Muscadel 2000 all received
enjoy” says Phillip Retief, marketing manager.                      gold medals.

More recently Van Loveren were also recognised at the Atlanta       These results reflects Danie de Wet‟s
Georgia Show with “Best Dessert Wine”, “Best Wine in                philosophy of combining the latest
Southern Hemisphere” and being “First Runner up in Entire           technology available – both in the
                                                                    vineyards and winery – with common
Show”.                                                              sense     farming,     instinct  and
                                                                    winemaking techniques.
Van Loveren has long been a hot spot for tourists in the
Robertson Wine Valley and has realised the value of wine
tourism long ago when they started making “ouma” Jean’s             NORDALE     GOES                 TO
sweetcorn fritters on Saturdays and shared her garden and the       NEDERBURG AUCTION
stories of the trees with visitors, making them feel at home and
part of the family. The most recent addition is the Fish Eagle      The 2001 Nordale Muscadel
Hiking Trail – the 8.5 km trail with the most stunning views of     which received a double gold
Van Loveren and the valley is sure to attract a lot more feet.      medal at the Veritas in 2002,
Booking is essential and can be done @ the winery (023)             was recently chosen to take part
                                                                    in the 2005 Nederburg Auction.

Bon Courage has come of age celebrating 21 years as a registered estate. This winery makes
it look so easy receiving award after award that one tends to forget that it is the result of very
hard work and a lifetime of experienced craftmanship.

The 2000 Jacques Bruere Brut Reserve was recently named the winner in the Amorin Wine
Magazine Cap Classique Challenge. This was no luck as their 2000 Jacques Bruere Brut
Reserve Blanc de blanc received a gold at the 2004 Veritas awards. Other Veritas medals
Double Gold       2004 Bon Courage Colombar-Chardonnay
Gold              2004 Bon Courage Gewurztraminer Special Late Harvest
                  2002 Inkara Cabernet Sauvignon

At the inaugural Muscadel Association Awards Bon Courage also received gold medals for both
their 2002 and 2003 White Muscadel.

T R Y          T H E S E                N E W           W I N E R I E S . . .
We’re proud to introduce you to our new wineries who have recently opened their doors for visitors. Be sure
to pay them a visit the next time you visit Robertson Wine Valley.
With the wines bearing Afrikaans names like “Oompie se Oeps”, “Miskien Christien” and “Kinteltjiesus” you
just have to know that each wine has a specific story. Contact 082 423 4231.
Home of the Champion Chenin blanc at the 2004 SA National Young Wine Show. The Marais family, Pieter
and his sons Cobus, Henry and Pieter work closely together and the current range consist of a Sauvignon
blanc, Chenin blanc, Chardonnay and Shiraz. Contact (023) 6264118
DuVon’s spunky red wine, Red Hot Mama, had visitors to the Robertson Food & Wine Festival queuing to get
their hands on some. Watch out for this new generation of Du Toit’s: Armand & Philippe still have lots up
their sleeves.
In the heart of Robertson Valley between vineyards and orchards lies Wederom. Their Sauvignon blanc and
Shiraz are hand-crafted by Philip, 4 th generation of the Du Toit family. Apart from the winery, Wederom is
also an Italian POW site, have a guest house, Hanepoot Huisies and caters for small intimate weddings.
Contact (023) 6264139.

NEW FACE @ Bonnievale cellar                                  NEW RELEASE: 2003 WELTEVREDE
Mignon   du   Plessis,   previously                           BEDROCK BLACK SYRAH
from     Overhex     is     joining
Bonnievale   Cellar    as   PRO   &                           Robertson Wine Valley in South Africa is first and foremost
Marketing. Clearly excited about                              known for their Shiraz and Chardonnay wines. The best
                                                              proof for this would be Graham Beck’s The Ridge Syrah
her new prospects she has visited
                                                              which won the award for best Shiraz in the world at the
the winery and attended tastings                              International Wine Challenge 2003.
in the region even before she was
to start at the winery.                                       It is therefore not surprising that Weltevrede Winemaker
                                                              Philip Jonker decided to produce a Syrah as his flagship red.
FRAAI UITZICHT IN A CLASS OF                                  In line with the Robertson tradition, this Syrah is an ink dark
                                                              wine with flavours of spices and creamy dark chocolates.
ITS OWN                                                       The 2003 is his maiden vintage and was release in October
If there is one thing that you can be assured of
when visiting Fraai Uitzicht it’s quality, quality            The vineyard for the Weltevrede Bedrock Black Syrah is
and lot of attention to detail. With the awards and           planted on solid rock which had to be broken to get the vines
                                                              planted. The result is small, pitch black berries with
superior ratings reeling in year after year, it is            incredible concentration of flavour. The wine is made with
clear that we aren’t the only ones thinking along             the traditional punch down method and aged in small oak
these lines.                                                  barrels of 90 % French and 10 % American oak.
   Top 100 Restuarants (Wine 2004)                           Philip Jonker noted “When my father was a young man he
   American Express Platinum Fine Dining Programme (2003,
                                                              traded two cows for an old basket press of his uncle. After
    2004 & 2005)
   Highly Commended Accommodation (AA Travel Guides          more than half a century we still use the basket press for
    Accommodation Awards 2004)                                small selections as it works very gently with the grapes.
   4 Star Grading (TGC of SA 2003 & 2004)                    Weltevrede Bedrock Black Syrah is an inky, rich wine with
   Superior Accommodation (AA Quality Assured 2003 & 2004)   flavours of plums and other dark fruit complementing meat
   Top 10 Winelands Getaways (Wine, Oct 2003)                casseroles, venison and other red meat dishes”.

                                                              DOUBLE GOLD VERITAS FOR EXCELSIOR
With developments and expansion taking place @ the            They are delighted and so they should be with
family-run Viljoensdrift, new personnel recently              their Excelsior Paddock Shiraz 2003 receiving a
                                                              double gold at the recent Veritas Awards.
joined the team. Welcome to Maurinda Booysen in
charge of the tasting room and administration and             Good news is that there are plenty of it and at +- R
Surina Burger, pubic relations officer and cruise             30 ex cellar it must be the best priced double gold
                                                              Veritas Shiraz around.
booking co-ordinator
5-STAR FEVER @ Robertson Winery
Having your wine awarded with a 5* rating in the John Platter Guide is not something that happens every day. Thus it is with
good reason that Robertson Winery winemaker, Lolly Louwrens is smiling all the way.

The 2001 Wide River Noble Late Harvest were one of only 17 wines deemed good enough to get this elusive rating. Not bad if
you take into account that 4 000 wines were originally submitted for tasting.

“When making NLH you take a great risk leaving the grapes on the vine and when noble rot doesn‟t set in, you lose
it all. But when you‟ve got that liquid gold in the bottle, it‟s more than worth the sweat” comments Lolly.

This wine exhibits rich flavours of dried apricots, almonds and honey and is a perfect partner
ALL strong cheese and toasted nuts.                 MAIDEN MCC FOR LE GRAND!
                                                                  Albertus de wet of le grand has
Thanks to the diligent winemakers @ McGregor
                                                                  fulfilled a life long dream and
Winery, Quintus Basson who joined the team earlier
in 2004 as marketing manager, had his job made just
                                                                  released his 1st le grand method
a tiny bit easier with nice awards going their way.
                                                                  cap     classique     brut
                                                                  chardonnay made from 100 %
At the 2004 SA National Young Wine Show                           chardonnay.
McGregor’s wines were chosen as the class winner in
both the Colombar and Petit Verdot categories. This               Only a limited amount is available
followed through with gold being awarded at the                   from     the    wine   sales    in
2004 Veritas Awards to their 2004 Colombard and                   voortrekker     road, robertson.
2003 White Muscadel. Keep up the good work!                       Contact (023) 6265781

                                                     During 2004 Viljoensdrift wines garnered a number of competition
Welcome Chris Nel, assistant                         medals and heaps of praise from critics for its wines in the marketplace.
winemaker      &     Marelize
                                                     Topping the list was the 2002 Viljoensdrift Cabernet Sauvignon which
Vorster, accountant!                                 claimed a Gold Veritas Award and a Double Gold at the Michelangelo
                                                     Awards, while the 2003 Shiraz and the 2004 Sauvignon blanc got a
                                                     Gold at the Michelangelo Awards.
                                                     Passengers flying SAA Business Class in November 2005 will be able
We’re passionate about our area and it               to savour the 2004 River Grandeur Chenin blanc as they wing their way
                                                     over African skies.
cannot be helped if we speak fondly, lovingly
even of it. Sometimes we go overboard trying         It was all red for Viljoensdrift’t River Grandeur range’s red wines in
                                                     the 2005 John Platter South African Wine Guide launched recently.
to explain how great it is to live here, so          Praise for the 2003 vintages of Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinotage and
when members of the media describe us in a           Shiraz was lavished with four stars, while the 2004 Chenin blanc was
                                                     given a 3 ½ star rating.
way we would ourselves, we feel obliged to
share it with you:                                   Not to be sneezed at was a solid three star rating in Decanter for the
                                                     2002 River Grandeur Shiraz which was described by James Lawther
“If grapes could exercise choice                     MW as having among others an attractive peppery cassis nose … sweet
and become migrants, then this
                                                     and ripe oak again no the palate, but integrated.

modest stretch of the Cape
would be busier than Dover.                          RIETVALLEI muscadel IS TOPS!
                                                     With 4 star John Platter ratings for both their muscadels Rietvallei recommend
Give a grape a choice and it                         you enjoy either their Rietvallei Muscadel or their Rietvallei 1908 Muscadel
                                                     (made from the oldest SA muscadel vineyard’s grapes) as follow:
would settle in Robertson”
                           Malcolm Gluck, UK         In a cocktail glass with crushed ice and freshly sliced strawberries or in a tall
                                                     glass with soda water, fresh ginger, a mint lieaf and a slice of lemon –
And don’t we agree with him!                         REFRESHING!
You’re invited to our early morning                                             McGREGOR APRICOT FESTIVAL
                                                                                SATURDAY, 27 NOVEMBER 2004
                                                                                Carnival procession starts @ 08h30
   @ Robertson Tourism Bureau premises                                          * Floats * Drum Majorettes * Arts
        (cnr of Voortrekker & Reitz Street, ROBERTSON)                          & Crafts Stalls * Food Stalls * Street
                                                                                Entertainment * Music
Straight from the farm:
farm CHEESE, organic VEGGIES, fresh PASTAS,                                     For more info contact (023) 6251954
homemade BISCUITS, biscotti, MUESLI, chutneys,
                                                                                FRAAI UITZICHT1798
PRESERVES, basting SAUCES, jellies, CHOCOLATE                                               proudly hosts
salami, organic FRUIT, fresh ROSES & proteas, PIES,
farm      BUTTER,          sourdough         BREAD,         foccacia      &      ‘THE HA!MAN’
BAGUETTES, rusks, XMAS CAKES, patisserie, OLIVES,                                           (Francois le Roux)

ginger beer, olive OIL              and much, much more………                      3 December 2004
DATES:            Friday, 3 December 2004                                       Francois recently performed in The
TIME:             from 07h30 (lasting about 2.5 hours)                          Royal Albert Hall.        De Kat
                                                                                magazine awarded him the De Kat
Children welcome, plenty of parking. Our market is plastic free. Please bring
your own basket or take one of the paper bags supplied.
                                                                                prize for best debut at the Innibos
                                                                                Festival @ Nelspruit in June earlier
                                                                                this year.
               FRAAI UITZICHT1798                                               Cost: R 70pp
                             proudly hosts                                      Dinner optional, booking essential
                                                                                @ (023) 626 6156.
           ‘AFRICAN SPIRIT’                                                     BON CAP – BLESSING OF
                           (The Makukhanye Choir)
                                                                                THE HARVEST
       8 & 23 December 2004                                                     Don’t miss the 3rd Blessing of the
                                                                                Harvest held at Bon Cap. White
The Makukhanye Choir‟s performance in traditional                               Rabbits will entertain you through the
dress include song and dance from the Xhosa culture.                            night!
Please book well in advance as seats are limited and
sold out quickly.                                                               DATE:          29 January 2004
                                                                                TIME:          19:30
Cost: A donation of R 40 pp will be added to the final                          PLACE:         Bon Cap Winery
bill.                                                                           COST:          R 100 pp

For more information & bookings @ (023) 626 6156.                               For more information contact (023)
VINPRO TEGNIESE VERSLAG: 2004/2005 Wingerdgroeiseisoen – hoe lyk dit tot nou

Na ‟n droë winter het wingerde ongeveer 7-10 dae later as normaal gebot. Ten spyte van ‟n relatiewe warm
periode tydens die dormansie opheffingsfase (einde April en begin Junie) het voldoende koue gedurende die
later gedeelte van die winter meegehelp dat uitbot baie mooi egaal plaasgevind het.

Wingerde het uit die staanspoor baie goed weggespring en groei kan tans as baie sterk beskryf word. Weens
die lae vlakke van damme van bergboere asook die lae vlak van die Brandvleidam en Breërivier moes
besproeiing veral in die begin van die seisoen baie oordeelkundig gedoen word.

Met die potensiële watertekorte en rooiwyn surplus ingedagte, het produsente definitief vanjaar vroeër en
strawwer lowerbestuur toegepas. Suierpraktyke is oor die algemeen baie goed gedoen, terwyl meer aandag
aan lootposisionering en gereelde tipaksie gegee sal moet word, weens die sterk groeikrag. Die watersituasie
het na die goeie reën van begin en middel Oktober baie verbeter, maar die vlak van die Brandvleidam
noodsaak steeds waterbeperkings. Genoemde reën het ook met donderweer gepaard gegaan en het verdere
stikstof vir die wingerdstokke beskikbaar gestel en meegehelp dat die groei selfs versnel het.    Die twee
reënperiodes van onderskeidelik ongeveer 50 mm en 35 mm het die grondwatervlakke baie goed aangevul en
waar tekortbesproeiing veral op die swaarder gronde nagestreef word,          sal geen verdere besproeiing
toegedien word voordat die eerste stremsimptome na set visueel sigbaar raak nie. In sommige gevalle word
dit selfs bevraagteken of voldoende stremming gou genoeg na set bereik sal kan word om tekort besproeiing
suksesvol te kan toepas.

Primêre infeksie periodes vir donsige skimmel is met die reën van begin Oktober by meeste weerstasies
rapporteer,   terwyl sekondêre infeksie periodes slegs by enkele stasies met die reën van 20 Oktober
rapporteer is. Ten spyte van hierdie infeksie periodes is die voorkoms van donsskimmel tans nog beperk tot
geïsoleerde gevalle.

Wingerde is oor die algemeen tans nog baie mooi gesond, maar die swamsiektedruk is redelik hoog en
gevolglik behoort goed gemonitor te word vir enige siektesimptome, terwyl goeie voorkomende
spuitprogramme sterk aanbeveel word.

Gesien in die lig van trosgetalle en grootte van trosse blyk dit dat ‟n baie goeie oes vir die 2005 seisoen
verwag kan word. Dit mag meebring dat goeie oesbeheer rondom ertjiekorrel en deurslaan fase veral op rooi
druiwe nodig mag wees om die gewensde kwaliteit te verseker.

                                                       For   more
                                                    BRIAAN STIPP     info
                                                       contact Dewald or
                                                    VINPRO STREEKSWINGERDKONSULTANT
                                                       Alkie   on  (023)

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  IOL Power Calculations
Piggyback Lens - Polypseudophakia
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Calculating for Primary Polypseudophakia.

When the calculated IOL power exceeds that available, and placement of a single IOL would result in an unacceptable refractive outcome, one option is for the surgeon to place two IOLs in the eye at the same operative session. The previous practice of stacking two acrylic lenses in the capsular bag has since been abandoned due to occasional problems with interlenticular opacification and reduced visual acuity.

Six Steps ~ IOL Power Calculation for Polypseudophakia:

When primary polypseudophakia is indicated, the IOL calculation is carried out in six logical steps.

Step 1
Measure the axial length as accurately as possible.

Even a relatively small axial length error in extreme axial hyperopia can result in a significant postoperative refractive error. The axial length in this setting is best measured using the Zeiss IOL Master. Immersion 10-MHz A-scan biometry is a reasonable, but less accurate alternative. The ACD and LT are typically measured using immersion biometry. The new Zeiss AC-Master will soon be available for this task with an unprecedented accuracy of 0.001 mm.

Step 2
Calculate the total IOL power needed at the plane of the capsular bag.

For IOL power calculations in the setting of extreme hyperopia, the Holladay 2 formula is recommended. Hoffer Q, or a fully optimized version of the Haigis formula (a0, a1 and a2 optimized) are reasonable alternatives. Other 2-variable, third generation theoretic formulas (such as SRK/T and Holladay 1) will typically call for less IOL power than needed, resulting in post-operative hyperopia. This is due to the fact that 2-variable formulas are forced to make a number of assumptions as they estimate the effective lens position (ELPo) based mainly on keratometric central corneal power and axial length.

To begin, we must first to calculate the total capsular bag IOL power. In primary polypseudophakia the Alcon MA50BM, which has a negative shape factor (majority of IOL power on the posterior surface) is the preferred lens for the capsular bag. The design of this lens allows for the lowest possible profile at the level of the anterior lens capsule.

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It is very important to be sure that the lens constant you will be using has been optimized. For axial lengths measured by the IOLMaster, it is possible to use something of a generic IOLMaster-adjusted Holladay 2 ACD of 5.55 mm for the MA50BM. We suggest that surgery for the non-dominant eye be carried out first, targeting a refractive outcome of approximately -0.75 D. The IOL power for subsequent surgery on the dominant eye can then be fine tuned using the refractive outcome for the first, non-dominant eye as a guide.

Step 3
Calculate the residual IOL power.

The highest power currently available for the MA50BM is +30.0 D. With this lens alone, we will come up short in terms of the total IOL power required.

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+17.00 D additional IOL power is required at the level of the capsular bag for the right eye and +16.00 D for the left eye in order to achieve the desired target refraction.

Step 4
Determine the power adjustment for the anterior (ciliary sulcus) lens.

Because of its more anterior position (closer to the principal plane of the cornea), an IOL at the level of the ciliary sulcus will have a greater effective power than if were located at the level of the capsular bag. For this reason, the residual IOL power originally calculated for placement in the capsular bag will need to be adjusted.

The amount of power reduction required when moving an IOL from the capsular bag to the ciliary sulcus is proportional to the IOL power and can be determined by using the Refractive Vergence Formula as described by Holladay in his landmark 1997 Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery paper.

Holladay JT: Standardizing constants for ultrasonic biometry, keratometry and intraocular lens power calculations. J Cataract Refract Surg 1997; 23:1356-1370.

For primary polypseudophakia, a generalized estimation of this power reduction for modern biconvex IOLs is outlined below.

Note that this power reduction table is different than what would normally be expected in the setting of routine cataract surgery. This is because the ciliary sulcus IOL in primary polypseudophakia sits on top of the capsular bag IOL and is typically in a slightly more anterior position.

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Step 5
Calculate the power of the anterior IOL.

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The above gives us the new power of the sulcus-placed IOL.

Step 6
Select the appropriate polypseudophakia lens pair.

It is recommended that different IOL materials, in different locations, be used for the creation of a polypseudophakia lens pair.

For placement in the capsular bag, an IOL with a negative shape factor such as the Alcon MA50BM is an excellent choice because at +30.00 D, all but 1/5th of the lens power is located on the posterior surface. For the ciliary sulcus lens, a large diameter, low profile, round edge, biconvex newer generation silicone IOL, such as the Staar AQ-2010V (+5.00 D to +30.0 D) or the extended power range Staar AQ-5010V (-4.00 D to +4.00 D) is recommended.

This IOL combination lowers the likelihood of pigment dispersion, iris transillumination defects, intermittent uveitis, or secondary glaucoma, as well as the occasional "teeter tottering" of the sulcus placed IOL over a biconvex, or positive shape factor, capsular bag IOL. This also lessens the occurrence the complication of interlenticular opacifications, which has all but disappeared following the abandonment of the original bag-bag acrylic combination.

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Above is the IOL strategy recommended for this patient. It should be understood by all prior to this type of surgery that in spite of the very best and well-reasoned technique, the final postoperative refractive result may still end up different than expected. And because extreme axial hyperopia is far outside anything that could be considered a normal range of operation for any IOL power calculation formula, deviations from expected are not uncommon. If this is the case, the silicone lens in the ciliary sulcus position can be exchanged for one of another power, leaving the higher power acrylic lens within the capsular bag.

In situations where the refractive outcome is not certain, the practice of operating on the non-dominant eye first is one additional way to fine-tune the refractive outcome when it comes time for surgery on the dominant eye. Dr. Joel Shugar in Perry Florida shared this approach with us many years ago and we have found it very helpful when doing these very challenging IOL power calculations.

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