Mandolinist Avi Avital hits the reset button on life to switch focus to his new album, Art of the Mandolin. He shares his excitement of bringing together the plucked string family on New Classical Tracks.
DAN BERGER
Neither Jim Clendenen nor Dr. David Bruce chose the easiest path when they got into the merry-go-round we call winemaking.
I knew both of these skilled men for more than 40 years and was truly saddened by their passings in the last month, leaving the world of wine far poorer. But both achieved greatness despite opting to climb a greased pole by opting to make pinot Noir in Californiaâs occasionally disparaged Central Coast wine region.
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The SAPS’ disciplinary system has all but collapsed, as is clear from statistics presented to Parliament last week. Instead of being used to clean out the rank and file, it is being used to address high-level conflict in the upper echelons, as evidenced by the dismissal of Major-General Jerem.