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Archive for May, 2006
Give a Hoot- Don’t Be Eco-Terrorists
May 1st
Other news articles are highlighting the upcoming movie, Hoot as a training manual for Eco-Terrorists. The basic theme of the movie appears to be, if you hate corporations and love animals, then be a vandal.”
I originally wrote about this movie here.
From CNSNews here:
New Movie Called ‘Soft Core Eco-terrorism’ for Kids
By Marc Morano(CNSNews.com) – Three middle school children band together, sabotage a construction site, gag a land developer and take him hostage. But their criminal conduct, aimed at saving the habitat of burrowing owls from “greedy land developers” isn’t reality-based.
It’s the subject of a new movie that one entertainment reviewer labels “soft core eco-terrorism” for kids.
The movie, “Hoot,” opens Friday May 5. It features environmentally conscious teenage characters vandalizing heavy machinery by stealing parts off of them and flattening tires in order to hinder a development project.
The teens, who ultimately succeed in halting the project, spray paint a police car that is providing security, trespass, rip up surveyors’ stakes, place alligators in portable toilets, release poisonous Cottonmouth snakes at the construction site and evade the police. The teenagers also debate stealing the construction trailer and sinking it into a nearby canal to further delay the project.
The film’s trailer urges viewers to “break the rules” and features one of the lead characters saying “You gotta start thinking like an outlaw.”
The burrowing owl featured in Hoot is not included on the national endangered or threatened species list, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Instead, the owls are listed as “species of special concern” by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
As a reminder, its very stupid to stand in front of a moving bulldozer. Just ask Rachel Corrie’s fanatical friends and parents.
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May 1st
I had the pleasure of being invited to the Grand Opening of Fox Meadow Vineyards by friends who happen to live very close by the mountaintop winery. It was a lovely day, and it was perfect to sample the delicious wines, nibble on sausage, cheese and chocolate and gaze out across the mountaintops of Manassas Gap.
For those that do not know, Virginia is quickly becoming famous for its wines, and one of the greatest things about living in Northern Virginia is that there are so many wineries close by. I even got married in a beautiful Mountainside winery, so the vino is close to my heart.
Fox Meadow does not yet offer its own red wines, but is selling another vineyards’ wine under its own label while Fox Meadow’s wines finish aging. But its white wines are available and they are very good, especially the Pinot Grigio. The Pinot is sweet and dry, and has an aroma of spring flowers and a hint of a Pear taste.
The Chardonnay was from last year’s harvest and you could taste the flavor of the oak casks quite well. However, I think it needs just a bit more age before it is really smooth.
There was a scrumptious 2004 Red Syrah wine that had the color of black cherries and was neither too dry nor too sweet. In fact, with a bit of chocolate on the palate, this wine turned into a wonderfully decadent beverage.
I got bottles of both the Pinot and the Syrah.
The winery is brand new, so the owners have not had a chance to finish decorating. But with the gorgeous mountain-top view, overlooking the vineyard and the dozen peaks of Manassas Pass, there is little need for any competing decor. If you get out toward Linden, or if you visit the Hartland Orchard (very popular for fruit picking!) you should take the time to stop by Fox Meadow Vineyards for a tasting.
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