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Interesting beer related sites
More will be posted here soon!
CAMRA - The Campaign for Real Ale
Real ale is a beer brewed from traditional ingredients (malted barley, hops water and yeast), matured by secondary fermentation in the container from which it is dispensed, and served without the use of extraneous carbon dioxide. CAMRA is the prime beer consumer group in the U.K.
Mike Peterson's Web Pages
Mike is a Committee Member of The Association for British Brewery Collectables and can especially provide information about your brewery related items. He can provide information on breweriana, including valuations, and is interested in buying, selling or swapping.
The Association for British Brewery Collectables
The Association for British Brewery Collectables is the successor to the Association of Bottled Beer Collectors. Founded in 1983, the ABBC has represented the interests of bottled beer collectors since then. It was in 2003 that the coverage was widened to include all brewery collectables, in keeping with the broadening interests of the members.
White Beer Travels
John White organised custom-built Beer Hunts for groups large and small before his untimely death a few years ago. His web-site contains a wealth of information about Belgian beer in particular but also quality beer wherver it may be found. It has been preserved by his family to remind us all of his passion for beer.
O'Hanlons Brewery
Excellent real ale brewery in Devon brewing the revived Hardy's Ale under licence from Phoenix Imports. They are also brewing another former Eldridge Pope beer, Royal Oak, in bottle conditioned form.


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Last Tuesday we got up at 4:45 and took Jagger in for his surgery to get his tubes placed and adenoids removed. We had discussed it for over a week and I had gotten a picture of his doctor that we looked at everyday in the car on the way home from school. Sometimes Jagger has a hard time with change and other times he is ok. I wanted this to be the least scary as possible. I have to be honest and say that I did not think he was going to do as well as he did. I should have given him more credit. I don't know if it's because he is older now or because I did A LOT of prep work with him, but it was smooth sailing.
When we arrived he wanted to ride in the wheelchair. I think partially because it was fun, but he also was able to curl up into his blanket and kind of hide until he was ready to be seen. We sat in the waiting are of the hospital for almost an hour before we were called back and he barely spoke a word. Just calmly sat there or looked at his new book that his dad had brought him home from Texas the night before. When we went back he got into his gown and was fine. We kept the room calm and the nurses def. sensed that from us because the head nurse mentioned that we were so good with him. That made me laugh. If she could have seen me the day before almost yelling at him because he had AGAIN dumped a full box of Cheerios on the floor because he doesn't like to put his hand in the box, she might have had a different opinion. They said that they usually give the kids a mild sedative before they take them back to calm them, but that he was so calm that they were not going to do it. I mentioned that if they wanted to keep him that way they needed to keep things away from his mouth then. When they wheeled the bed out of the room, we were saying, "I love you Jagger" and he was halfway down the hallway, facing away from us, saying "I love you two guys" back and forth. It was precious and you either had to be there or have to be a parent to really appreciate how that feels.
As they wheeled him away I had about 30 seconds of panic. I teared up and said, "what if that was the last time we saw him alive?" Eric then smacked me across the face and told me to snap out of it. Kidding, of course, but I had my nervousness with the anesthesia. 25 minutes later his doctor came out and told us that he did fantastic. The only problem they had was trying to get a vein for the IV, which is always a problem with him, and that it was in his foot. He said he didn't cry when they put the mask on him, but later Jagger told us that he did.
We went in to see him and he was crying. I got a little pissed here, but kept it myself. In order for Jagger to go home he had to stop crying. That's fine. I get it and totally was OK with it. Eric and I were trying to comfort Jagger and the nurse kept going onto the right side of the bed (the side we were told we weren't allowed to go on) and stroking his face and trying to calm him. She kept saying, "you need to stop crying. You have to be quiet. Let's stop crying now." She was being kind about it, but I wanted to say, "Bitch, back off." It was a major momma lion moment. It took all that was in me to be kind. I finally told Jagger that we could leave when he stopped crying, but if he still needed to cry, then that was OK and daddy and I would wait as long as he needed. He settled pretty quickly after that. I think when he was being told to stop that he felt like he wasn't allowed to be scared and that is pretty upsetting for a 4-year-old. Especially one who was coming out of anesthesia and had just had a major narcotic boost in his IV for the pain. He didn't know which way was up and now he had to pull it all together and be OK? I don't think so.
He eventually settled and Eric went to get the car. I can't lift him because he is 45 lbs and, well, I'm knocked up and it hurts. So the nurse had me sit in the wheelchair and then was going to lift him and put him in my lap. As I sat, she looked at him and told him that it was time to go. He tries to get off the bed and she doesn't lean in to get him and he falls off the bed onto the floor. I was so mad. I jumped up and picked him up (all adrenalin because I didn't even feel the ligament pain I usually feel if I try to pick him up) and cuddled him. She looked at me like she was waiting for me to tear into her, but I didn't. He was fine and I just wanted to go. I probably should have filed an accident report just in case, but I was over it. We are almost at the front entrance and Jagger is straddling me with his head on my shoulder when all of a sudden he sits up, says, "Mommy" and pukes all over my shoulder, in my hair, and down my back. Lovely. She brings us back to the recovery room and I clean up and then we are on our way. He threw up again 3 minutes from the house and that was that.
My parents came over at 10:30 (surgery was at 7:50) and my mom walks in the bedroom and says hi. He looks right at her with a huge smile on his face and says, "Lu Lu, I can hear you." We had asked him a few times if he could hear better and he didn't answer us. His doctor said that he should hear better immediately. It was so cool to hear him say that. Yes, I teared up. So, after them being there 20 minutes he informs them that he wants ice cream and that they should take him. He just had his adenoids removed. I'm thinking he is going to be tired all day from the surgery and his throat was going to be sore, but nope. The kid went for ice cream and a walk around The Avenue 3-hours after. He came home and took a 2-hour nap and then said he wanted to go to Outback for dinner where he ate french fries and pasta. No one would ever have guessed he had had his adenoids removed.He was back in school 2 days later.
We have had some problems though. He isn't sleeping well because they tend to get a cold after their adenoids are removed. He is very stuffed up at night so he wakes up a lot. On the fourth night he started having meltdowns. The kind he hasn't had in almost 2 years. It's very upsetting because they last for an hour a lot and there is no calming him down. He is angry and pissed. He screams very loud and very hard. So, now his throat is hurting. He is backing off on drinking and only really eating fruit. I am loading him up on Motrin, but he is still complaining. Until the cold is gone I think the nights are going to be like this. Once he starts being able to sleep, then the meltdowns should stop because he will be more rested (there is that sensory issue. since being rested will be easier for his body to fight at staying on top of the anger) thus the throat will get better because the screaming will not make it worse.
So, it went well. It went wonderfully well. I am so proud of him.

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As a first-year MTS student, I have the privilege of meeting each week in a colloquy session with Dr. Kraftchick (the program director) and the other students in the program. In general, our discussions this year relate to the various intersections of technology and theology. More recently, we have broached the topic of the posthuman future and what it means for faith. The next few paragraphs contain some of my disparate, although not entirely random thoughts on the matter.
I am interested in the implications of the transhuman agenda for the doing of Christian theology and, equally, its implications for faithfulness to Christian confession. The possibility of humankind co-opting the bio-evolutionary process and implementing advanced technologies for the purpose of enhancing and transcending the human experience seems nearly inevitable, given the significant progress in regenerative medicine, nanotechnology, neuroscience, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality. Futurists predict that in a short time (considering the telescoping nature of technological and cultural evolution) humanity will be able to dramatically prolong human life, reduce mortality, and even eventually transfer human consciousness to non-organic, computing entities. In the sphere of virtual reality, it is being realized more and more that reality itself is a construct of patterns of information. The ability to manipulate and transform these patterns into other patterns is increasing exponentially. This suggests that the limitations of human experience (physical laws, natality, mortality, and sensory dynamics) are more permeable than ever imagined.
The horizon of the post-human emergence is then, in fact, quite proximal to us. The human species, for the first time, faces extinction, not because of predation or cosmic catastrophe, but because of its own self-willed transcendence into something physically, cognitively, spatially, and temporally superior. This is cause for great concern among today's religious ethicists and theologians. The protest(s) go(es) something like this: If humans can, by their own design, bring an end to suffering as they have experienced it since their advent after mutating from their ancestral hominids, then the long-standing moral institutions of charity, compassion, empathy, and care will no longer be needed by them. Suffering and mortality provide the foundation for the maternal and paternal instincts of nurturing and care. If the (post)human can live indefinitely in an un-embodied state and in a space where manipulated patterns of information provide limitless and timeless realities, then the need for progeny itself will be terminated. Among those existing entities, physical pain, morbidity, and death will be non-existent metaphysical categories. Thus, there is no longer a need for the Christian ethos of love, care, and compassion. Additionally, the Christian theological paradigm, which is predicated on embodied (incarnate) life in need of salvation from God's eternal enemy (Death) will cease to be relevant to anyone: an outdated historical artifact from humanity's violent and unstable past. Therefore, according to these rightly concerned members of theological academé, fidelity to the Christian cause demands resistance to the transhuman agenda. This manifests itself in objection to public funding for stem cell research and other scientific ventures that push the limits of human ability and experience.
While I do not altogether disagree that the self-willed extinction of the human species presents daunting ethical and religious challenges, I also cannot fully endorse the feelings and actions of those who resist it. And this hesitancy arises precisely from my theological sensibilities. While the Christian tradition does speak to those who have an embodied existence, I believe that Christian proctology and eschatology call for participation (or, as some theologians have put it, co-creation) with God in the revision and reconstitution of conscious life into something that radically affirms creativity, unending life, and a just-peace. The capacity to project oneself into multiple virtual constructs at once, to constantly reinvent environments for the betterment of those entities that exist in them, and to think at such a level as to appropriate the very fabric of the universe (or multiverse) through cognitive enhancement is an actualization of the Christian hope. It is not some far-fetched utopian dream, but a dynamic, gradual process whereby people can rise to new levels of harmony and productive engagement. Additionally, it does not remove (post)humanity from dependence on God, but radically reaffirms our need to rely on the source of life and energy itself for our happiness and future.


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On August 16, 1942, a blimp carrying two men left the coast of San Francisco to look for, and possibly destroy, enemy submarines. Five hours later, the airship was found, crashed in the middle of a suburban street. The two navy men were gone.
To this day, no one knows what became of the two men, leading some to call the mysterious airship… The Ghost Blimp.
Show notes and links:
- Mystery of the Ghost Blimp (historynet.com)
- Crash of the L-8 (check-six.com)
- L-class blimp – Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
- L8: The Ghost Blimp: Did Lt Cody Survive? (ghostblimp.blogspot.com)
- Aviation History's Most Infamous One-Way Tickets to Immortality: Steven A. Ruffin: 9780760347928: Amazon.com: Books (amazon.com)
- Ghost Blimp | Unsolved more Mysteries (unsolved.com)
- The 1942 Ghost Blimp That Bewildered a California Town (atlasobscura.com)
- The Mysterious Vanished Crew of the Ghost Blimp (mysteriousuniverse.org)
- The Ghost Blimp | Oddly Historical (oddlyhistorical.com)


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PAPERS ACCEPTED FOR FIFTH WORLD CONGRESS IN SYDNEY Although the program for the Fifth World Congress of Accounting Historians, to be held in Sydney in August 1988, is not complete, several papers have initially been accepted. They include the following: 1. O. Finley Graves, University of Mississippi, "Walter Mahlberg's Valuation Theory: An Anomaly in the Development of Inflation Accounting." 2. Benjamin Y. Tai, California State University, "The Role of Government Auditors in Ancient China." 3. Stephen Yam, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, "Historical Development of Auditing in China." 4. Thomas G. Black, San Jose State University, "The Evolutionary Development of United States Government Contract Cost Principles and Cost Accounting Standards." 5. Alan J. Richardson, University of Alberta (co-author, J. J. Williams), "The Evolution of Management Accounting in Canada." 6. Geoffrey Alan Lee, The University of Nottingham, "Manuscript Additions to the Edinburgh University Copy of Luca Pacioli's Summa de Arith-metica." 7. R. E. Stewart, Seattle Pacific University, "The Study of Business Archives: The Methodology of Accounting History." 8. Jeffrey Kantor, University of Windsor, "Valuations: Origins from the Mishnah and Gemara." 9. Dahli Gray, University of Notre Dame, "Evolution and Revolution of International Tax Policies and Practices." 10. M. J. Mepham, Heriot-Watt University, "Accounting in Eighteenth Century Scotland." 11. Julian Hodge, The University College of Wales (co-author, Keith Hoskin), "The Genesis of Accountability: The West Point Connections." 12. Tony Sainsburg, Association of Accounting Technicians, "The Evolution of Accountancy as a Two- Tiered Profession." 13. Gary John Previts, Case Western Reserve University, "From Rote to Reason, The Development of American Accounting Thought 1860-1890." 14. Kerri Allen, Griffith University, "A Critical Historical Analysis of the Australian Society of Accountants." 15. J. L. Boockholdt, University of Houston, "Management Control and Performance Reporting in the Early American Railroads." 16. Robert Bloom, John Carroll University (co-author, Araya Debessay), "Gilman's Contributions to Accounting Thought: A Golden Anniversary Retrospective." 17. Lyle Jacobsen, California State University, "Early Accounting Data Bases of the Pacific: Knotted Cords in the Ryuku Islands." 18. Denise Schmandt-Besserat, The University of Texas, "Accounting in Prehistory." 19. R. H. Parker, University of Exeter, "British Dictionaries, Glossaries and Encyclopedias of Accounting Since 1675." 20. R. J. Lister, The University of Liverpool, "Business Finance and the 6 The Accounting Historians Notebook, Spring, 1987
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And now, moving on to something lighter, but still connected - albeit tenuously - to the elections. As you've just heard, Czechs went to the polls a week ago, in an election which saw the Communist Party clinch their biggest share of the vote since 1989. Just four hours after the polling stations closed, however, a bell in Prague's St Vitus cathedral fell silent - which the more superstitious people of this country saw as an omen of impending doom. Dita Asiedu has more:
Mala Strana's Kampa Island is one of the most popular places in Prague and is visited by millions of people every year. However, few of them can know as much about Kampa as our guide in this week's Spotlight, preservationist Martin Krise. Mr Krise shows us the ruins of the precursor to the Charles Bridge, the Judith Bridge, tells us where we can find a decently-priced beer, and discusses some of the issues which make Prague preservationists see red. And you may be surprised to learn who created Kampa park. That's all in Spotlight with Ian Willoughby.
Tourists who came to Prague in the last two years may have been disappointed to find one of the most prominent monuments closed for visitors. The steel lookout tower on Petrin Hill was under reconstruction. First built 111 years ago for the Czech Jubilee Exhibition, the Czech version of the famous Eiffel Tower is offering a magnificent view of Prague once again. Pavla Horakova reports.
Jana Ciglerová: Americans say their lives are fantastic, Czechs say everything is terrible – neither is true
Study: Demand for new flats in Prague set to keep outstripping supply
"There is good, better and then there is the USSR." – New book depicts life in communist Czechoslovakia through memories of people who experienced it
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A New Comic Book Distributor With Big Ambitions Launches
A new Seattle-based company has been established that one day hopes to offer competition to the predominant distributor of comic books in North America, Diamond Comic Distributors. Emerald Comics Distribution is a new outfit by writer/publisher Anne Bean that has big plans, but is starting small as a regional distributor.
"Every shop owner I've ever talked to has had something negative to say about Diamond," Bean told Vanguard Seattle (thanks to Hannah Means-Shannon for the tip). "I spoke with a local owner recently who said he's had the business twenty years, and never seen a correct order from them. Or the boxes are damaged, or the comics are ripped, or they're shorted. But it's the only game in town."
Diamond became the primary distributor of printed comic books in North America in the mid-1990s following the collapse of Capital City Distribution in 1996. Since then, Diamond has worked as a defacto monopoly with deals with several major publishers to be the exclusive source for their print comic books.
The first phase of Emerald Comics Distributions plans is to distribute comics around the Puget Sound area of Seattle for wholesale or consignment. Bean is offering to do that for publishers and creators for an unspecified flat monthly service fee, without taking a cut from wholesale sales.
"I have a car. I have a basement. I can represent a stable of creators to comics sellers, drive their work from store to store and check the stock levels," said Bean. "I'll make sure the consignments checks are correct, and hang onto their overstock. I'll let stores know what the hot new sh*t is, and they can deal with one representative instead of every single solo creator."
This would be similiar to what's already done in other areas by small press distributors like Bird Cage Bottom Books, but Emerald Comics Distributions has bigger plans beyond just that. If that first phase is successful, Bean's second step is to expand to "indie-friendly" shops across the United States.
The last significant competitor to Diamond Comics Distributors was Haven Distributors (formerly known as Cold Cut), which shuttered in 2011.


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The GW Yawp is a regularly updated publication. There will be features on faculty, students, and polls along with articles on health, opinion, news, arts, sports, and media. You can also read about our awesome writers, or "Yawpers," in the "Staff" section too!
So, what's with the name the "The GW Yawp"? We derive our name from Walt Whitman and his barbaric yawp as our "Yawp Master" would happily tell you! This name is especially suiting, given our proclivity for yawping, which is also especially suiting, given our school mascot, Captain the Hound!
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Reform the political system
1 We will campaign to reform political party funding so that party policies can't be bought by the highest bidder. We want legislation for a £5,000 annual maximum for any individual or corporate donation to a party's funds.
2 We want Parliamentary candidates who bring genuine experience and skills to the role. We will only support Parliamentary candidates who have at least 10 years' experience working outside politics.
Create smaller government
3 We will campaign to reduce the size of central government through a root and branch review of the operations of major departments on the model of the Gove review of the Department for Education. We believe an estimated £30 billion a year could be saved by focusing a review on the Department for Business Innovation and Skills, Department for International Development and Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
4 We want further cuts in central government spending, reducing expenditure as a percentage of GDP to 35%. Sales to the private sector of 10% of the government national property register valued at £337 billion in 2007 would raise significant funds to reduce taxes, pay down debt and create growth.
Return responsibility to the taxpayer
5 We want to see taxation reduced for the poorest workers so as to raise incentives to work. We will campaign for the tax threshold to increase from its current level to £15,000 (cost = £15 billion).
6 We want simpler taxes and will campaign to reduce double taxation by abolishing capital gains tax (cost = £4.3 billion).
7 We will encourage individual financial responsibility by incentivising saving. The index-linked National Savings Account at 2% above inflation should be restored to support and encourage responsible savers.
Encourage growth and enterprise
8 We want better incentives for wealth creation and enterprise. We will campaign to set a new £50,000 threshold at which people start paying the higher 40% rate of tax (cost = £3.4 billion).
9 We will urge government to deregulate small business and free it from excessive bureaucracy. Businesses with fewer than 250 employees should be able to hire new people on a full-time, self-employed basis without the need for a contract.
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I never buy myself things when out shopping for Christmas presents. But this past Christmas something small but significant happened.
We bought a lotion set for someone and the store was running a special deal of "buy 3 get 2 free". Although that was more than we needed, I trusted that God would let me know who we were to gift the extra ones to. He was faithful in giving me two names of people I normally wouldn't buy gifts for, but I was happy to bless. But there was still one lotion left.
I pondered some more and then my husband said, "why don't you keep it". I reasoned that I couldn't possibly keep it because keeping it went against my personal policy of "not buying anything for myself at Christmas". He then reminded me that I had put lotion on the grocery list and perhaps this was just an "upgrade". He did have a point. BUT was I okay with an upgrade? Did I deserve it? There must be someone who needs it more than I do. These were just some of the questions running through my mind as we paid for the items and left the store.
So, I kept the lotion for myself and felt compelled to look for a greater purpose. That's when the Holy Spirit nudged me to ponder the thousands of wishes I have had over the years. Many of them never came to be and many I have forgotten about. For a season of my life I carried a lot of regrets in my heart. I came to understand that some of those were simply wishes and not desires God wanted for me.
Wishes. Desires. Dreams. Fleeting as some of them may be, we all have them. But maybe God wants to give us a reminder of something better. An upgrade, perhaps?
At the change of a calendar year I take the "woulda, shoulda, couldas" of the year and lay them at the cross…again…for the last time. Lol!! I can't go back and change time, I can only grow forward with what I have learned and try to do a little better.
I wrote the first draft of this post in the last few days of 2018 and now it is officially 2019. It needed an upgrade, aka editing and now I am ready for an upgrade too – an upgrade of my attitude, my approach to life and situations that it holds, my thought life, my choices the first time and the reminder to keep simplifying and downsizing so there is an upgrade in my faith.
I continue to practice trusting God for the desires of my heart and for His timing.
There isn't much I deserve in this life. I believe that "while I was yet a sinner, Christ demonstrated his love for me." I am not my own. I have been bought with a price. It wasn't a "special" that was running during a particular season. Christ paid the price with His life ONCE, so I could have mine ETERNALLY forever! That my friends, is an upgrade no one else can match!! It truly is a deal of a lifetime. No gimmicks. Just truth…all year round.
Maybe you are entering 2019 with a thousand desires that might be unrealized from years past. My prayer is that:
- You will learn to surrender your desires (if you haven't already) and embrace ones that reveal God's greater purpose for you. They might even be one in the same.
- That you continue to grow in gratitude for what you do have.
May you have a blessed 2019 and enjoy the upgrades God has in store for you this year!!
What was your favourite gift at Christmas?
What are some wishes, longings, desires that you need to surrender?
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Beautiful colonial-style villa for rent in a residential area of Denia
- Spain
- Costa Blanca
- Dénia
- 03700
- Bedrooms 5
- Bathrooms 4
- Size 360m²
- Plot size 810m²
Beautiful colonial-style villa for rent 600 metres from the beach in Denia with a pool, garden and views of Montgó.
Beautiful colonial-style villa located in one of the most coveted residential areas in Denia, just a stroll away from all services without needing a car, and 600 metres from the sea, and nautical club.
The villa's private garden is an oasis of flowers, pine trees, bougainvillea and orange blossom. It offers a wonderful swimming pool and landscaped areas.
This villa has 3 floors with a very comfortable layout, a large separate living room of 40 m² with a fireplace overlooking the garden and a separate dining room with access to the kitchen. The living room, dining room and kitchen all enjoy direct access to the terrace. All of the 5 bedrooms are bright and distributed over the 3 floors of the house.
In the basement we discover a games room, next to an extra guest bedroom with a bathroom, and a cold storage room and wine storage.
The villa, with its pool surrounded by plants and pine trees, is a haven of peace and tranquillity by the sea.
- Garden
- Swimming pool
- Parking
- Exterior
Main floor
- Entrance hall
- Living room
- Dining room
- Guest bedroom
- Guest toilet
- Separate kitchen
Upper floor
- Master bedroom with en-suite bathroom and dressing room
- 2 bedrooms
- 1 complete bathroom
- Utility and ironing room
Lower ground floor
- Games room
- 1 bedroom
- 1 complete bathroom
- Cold room
- 3-vehicle garage
Denia is a coastal town located 80 km from Alicante Airport and the same distance from Valencia Airport. The town is located at the foot of Montgó and offers over 20 kilometres of sandy beaches and rocky coves as well as 2 important golf courses and 3 nautical clubs.
Energy certificate
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Leeds Day Media: Is there room for trade unions these days or has employment law taken over?
Leeds Day Media: Is there room for trade unions these days or has employment law taken over?
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text: We are proud to announce that Edmond Bardhi is a newly licensed architect in the State of Michigan. Edmond passed all seven divisions of the Architectural Registration Examination series, as well as completing all education and experience requirements. Edmond is the project manager for A3C's Sun Baths project, a net zero energy building, and is also managing the renovation of a custom home on Lake Erie, and the Shepherd of the Lakes school and church addition. As well as an Architect, Edmond is an accomplished tango dancer and DJ, performing across the country and Canada. Congratulations Edmond!


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BERNE, July 9 (Reuters) - Xherdan Shaqiri and Granit Xhaka, Switzerland's two top young players, will both miss out on the London Olympics to concentrate on pre-season training with their new Bundesliga clubs.
Both players were missing from the final 18-man squad named on Monday.
Although FIFA has ordered clubs to release all under-23 players who are selected for the event, Shaqiri last week said his priority was to win a place in the Bayern Munich starting line-up and he would prefer to stay with his club.
The Swiss Football Federation (SFV) had initially said that Xhaka, a cultured midfielder, would take part in the Games.
But on Sunday, Xhaka's club Borussia Moenchengladbach said they had agreed with the SFV that the player would stay with them to prepare for a Champions League qualifying tie in late August.
He has been replaced in the squad by FC Zurich's Oliver Buff.
Xhaka and Shaqiri were both instrumental in helping FC Basel reach the last 16 of the Champions League last season, eliminating Manchester United in the process.
Switzerland were also thwarted in their hopes of fielding Valon Behrami as one of three permitted overage players after Fiorentina declined to release him.
Xavier Hochstrasser was included instead.
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Defenders: Francois Affolter (Werder Bremen), Fabio Deprela (Brescia), Timm Klose (Nuremberg), Michel Morganella (Palermo), Ricardo Rodriguez (VfL Wolfsburg), Fabian Schaer (FC Basel)
Midfielders: Amir Abrashi (Grasshoppers) Oliver Buff (FC Zurich), Fabian Frei (FC Basel), Xavier Hochstrasser (FC Lucerne), Pajtim Kasami (Fulham), Alain Wiss (FC Lucerne)
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Who made the "LACLEDE KING" brick: The answer
Editor's Note
The answer…
The Birthplace of the Laclede King Brick
Bridge builder Horace King practiced his craft up and down the Chattahoochee River before and after his emancipation from slavery. The Townsend Truss structures he specialized in building required solid piers of durable material. Knowing he headed a family enterprise, brick making did not seem beyond possibility for this one time resident of LaGrange, Georgia.
At least, this is what I thought when I spotted the Laclede King brick at the beautiful estate of Hills and Dales in LaGrange. However, a search of Horace King family members did not come up with anyone named Laclede. Casting my net over the Internet, I fished up one Pierre Laclede Liquest.
We find that this enterprising man, a native of France, came to New Orleans in 1755. Soon, he dropped the Pierre from his name and his associates dropped the Liquest. This sort of name dropping was common among the early French in Louisiana. Laclede married an unattached woman in New Orleans, who was also enterprising and had accumulated money trading furs and other goods. She had previously been married to Auguste Rene Chouteau, and her son Auguste was now Laclede's stepson. To further complicate an already confusing family relationship, stepson Auguste Chouteau had a half brother named Pierre. Some surmise he was a son of Laclede, but he was called Pierre Chouteau.
Laclede supposedly obtained trading rights from the last French governor for all the territory along the Missouri River. He and his stepson Auguste Chouteau established a trading post that Laclede named St Louis in April 1764 in honor of King Louis IX. Between the time he first set foot there, at the end of 1763, and the time of his death in 1788, Laclede had built up his name enough to bequeath it to things both material and political. As we now suspect, this includes bricks.
But, how can the name on our brick be close to Lewis and Clark? This clue was mainly intended to get the ponderer in the correct geographical area. However, both Chouteaus could not get any closer to William Clark than they did in September of 1797. Clark had been across the river trying to gather information to help out his older brother George Rogers Clark, who was in deep doo-doo for spending too much government money embarrassing the British while venturing into their territory.
Feeling the urge to party, William went to St Louis to scope out the town. There, he had a ball (literally) at Pierre Chouteau's place with "all the fine girls and buckish Gentleman." Now that they were drinking buddies, Clark would not forget his new friends when he came back across the river years later with Meriwether Lewis. The Spanish governor would not allow the Corps of Discovery to come ashore, but did accept a courtesy visit from Clark, who used the occasion to affirm his friendship in an aside with Auguste Chouteau. Meriwether Lewis used what influence he had to get Pierre Chouteau appointed Agent of Indian Affairs for Upper Louisiana in 1804.
The Chouteau brothers had considerable economic and political clout to go with their immense knowledge of the country and inhabitants of the Missouri and points west. It would take all of this to compete with the companies and political entities trying to control trade with the Indian nations. In turn, the Chouteau brothers made alliances with groups and individuals they deemed most capable to meet the challenges. One of these was William L. Sublette, previously a competitor. He became "their man on the ground" to deal with the most dangerous situations. Bill Sublette used shrewd strategy and good business ability, along with superior frontier skills, to stay alive and come out ahead.
After he gave up mountain man life, it would be Bill who would become owner of the ground that would one day yield the clay for our Laclede brick. Surprisingly, Bill aspired to create his own little utopia close to the city of St Louis, rather than live in Big Sky country. He chose a pleasing valley with a sulphur spring and "a river runs through it." The "clear crystal stream" was called "River Des Peres". This piece of property just happened to once belong to the husband of Auguste and Pierre's sister Victoire Chouteau, Charles Gratiot, who had received it in a Spanish land grant of about 8000 acres.
In 1835, Bill had several log cabins and a large stone manor built on his 779 acre arcadia sanctuary. Sublette immediately put into play a gentleman farmer economy; exploiting natural resources of the property. Along with agricultural, livestock, and lumbering operations, mining of coal and clay was started. As it turned out, the clay was found to be the best in the country for making firebrick.
Gratiot's son Paul had a fire brick kiln as early as 1837. We do not know, however, if Bill Sublette himself did anything but mine the clay. Soon, Bill's arcadia had a menagerie of Wild West animals and a sulphur springs health resort for 60 boarders. Sadly, the healing waters did not restore health to Bill during an illness; so, he sought help in the East, but died in a Pittsburg, Pennsylvania hotel during his travels, on July 23, 1845.
William L. Sublette's earthly remains were brought from Pittsburg and interred on his estate.
Soon, another utopia seeker was on the move in the person of Etienne Cabet. A French experimenter in communal living, he coined the word communisme; which became communism. Called the Icarian Movement, he lead his followers to found a colony in America; first in the Texas Red River Valley, then to the recently vacated haven of Brigham Young in Nauvoo, Illinois. Alas, Arcadia was not found there. The fragmented Icarians that still followed Cabet moved on to St Louis; but Cabet died at the end of 1856.
The remaining Icarians struggled on and in two years bought Sublette's place, which was then on the block. Ironically, unhealthy conditions at the health resort were one reason that the colony to disbanded. Even more ironic, Bill Sublette's mortal remains could not stay because of the demand for clay around the cemetery that contained them. Forced out at the point of a shovel, Bill's remains were moved to Bellefontaine Cemetery in St Louis city in 1868.
Resting on 80 acres of land close by, Laclede Fire Brick Manufacturing Company was inhaling clay from the old Sublette Estate and exhaling an array of brick products. Thus, neither William Sublette nor Etienne Cabet found a final resting place in that place first called Sulphur Springs, then Cheltenham, and finally Dogtown.
However, one brick made from the clay of that place rests in the garden walk of a little arcadia created by the Callaway family in LaGrange, Georgia, where it proclaims to all that take notice: Laclede Brick is King!


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Friday, November 4, 2011
Glemorangie Masterclass Sydney
For those not in the know the Oak Barrel Sydney will be holding a Glenmorangie Masterclass this November.
Currently 8 whiskies from the 16 Men of Tain will be on the table for tasting including the Glenmorangie Signet, and Glenmorangie 25yo (as per the Oak Barrel website). Sounds delicious. The Oak Barrel did a bang up job for the recent Laphroaig Masterclass so one can only expect the same level of standard this time around.
Date: Wednesday 23rd November, 2011
Time: 6.30 – 8.30pm
Where: The Oak Barrel Cellar Room
Price: $50
For bookings and further details get them here.
I have just booked my ticket so hope to see other club members on the night.
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Backyards and Beyond, 2013
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New WEEDS Installation in Descanso, CA
Designing a WEEDS System
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WEEDS Featured on 10News San Diego
Ramona Man's Invention May Protect Homes From Wildfires
Physicist Joseph Mitchell Developed WEEDS System
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A Ramona physicist may have invented the last line of defense against wildfires, 10News reported.
Even after clearing brush from his home, Joseph Mitchell, Ph.D. said he did not feel safe if a fire were to happen.
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Steel giant ArcelorMittal reached a deal on Thursday with trades' unions over its planned purchase of Ilva, opening the way for the contested takeover just days before the Italian steelmaker runs out of cash.
ArcelorMittal signed a preliminary agreement last year to buy Ilva, which has the largest steel-producing capacity in Europe, but Italy's new government questioned the validity of the contract after it took office in June.
However, with funds set to run dry later this month and thousands of jobs on the line, Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Thursday he would no longer oppose the takeover following the union accord.
"The deal means that public interest will not be served by annulling the tender," said Di Maio, whose party, the 5-Star Movement, had previously called for the closure of Ilva's main polluting plant in the southern Italian city of Taranto.
"There is now a clear path towards closing the transaction and starting the important work of rehabilitating Ilva," Aditya Mittal, ArcelorMittal Group president and CFO, said in a statement.
Under the deal, ArcelorMittal agreed to take on 10 700 of the current 13 500 workforce at Ilva, some 500 more than it had originally proposed. The firm also promised a 250-million-euro ($290-million) fund to offer layoff incentives to workers.
Employees will vote on the agreement before it is formally ratified.
ArcelorMittal, the world's biggest steelmaker, has also pledged to improve its plan to curb pollution at Taranto, which has been blamed for hundreds of cancer-related deaths.
The 5-Star's coalition partner, the League, hailed Thursday's deal, saying Di Maio's intervention had prodded ArcelorMittal to improve its terms.
"(Di Maio) did better than those who came before him. From words to action," League leader Matteo Salvini said.
Ilva took root in the heel of Italy's boot in the 1960s as part of a drive to industrialise the impoverished south.
At its peak, the plant produced more than 10 million tonnes of steel a year, but magistrates intervened in 2012 and said it had to be cleaned up or shut down. Ilva was placed under state-supervised special administration in 2015.
With a cap imposed to limit harmful emissions, output has fallen to under five million tonnes a year and the company is losing some 30 million euros a month.
ArcelorMittal says that with its know-how, it can turn the business around. Besides the 1.8 billion euro cost of acquisition, it says it will invest 1.2 billion to boost productivity and 1.1 billion to curb pollution.
Ilva's state-appointed commissioners told parliament in August they only had enough money to keep on running the business until September, after which it would either need fresh government funds or to be shuttered.


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One day, we will be having robots instead of smartphones. The life-like droids can advise you on various matters, help you buy stuffs, and even make a coffee just the way you like it. This is the forecast according to some top minds in robotics and artificial intelligence.
A lot of people want C-3PO — the intelligent droid in the Star Wars films — but if you're expecting C-3PO today you'll be disappointed. Consider the four-foot tall, human-shaped "Pepper" robot. Pepper can do many nifty things like recognize people's faces and greet customers at Restaurants, but it can't wander around the streets on its own. Similarly, the fearsome creatures developed by Boston Dynamics can climb stairs and navigate through the snow, but don't expect to have late-night conversations about the meaning of life with these droids. And the boxy droids developed by Amazon Robotics can glide across warehouse floors, impressively moving merchandise and goods around, but that's all they can do.
A smartphone is a combination of different technologies, all of which evolved separately in different stages. Eventually all the technologies matured to a sophisticated enough stage, thereby enabling to merge them together. That's how the smartphone was born. A robot is no different from a smartphone. It's essentially an embodiment of various complex technologies including speech recognition, visual computing and mechanical engineering, among other features. The good news is, the all-purpose, super-intelligent C-3PO robot is coming. But it's not yet time to throw away your smartphone.


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Just underwear!!! :) I recently potty trained my son and I'm no pro -- but I have friends whose kids "save" their poop or pee for the pull-up at night. It just seems to send a mixed message.
If you have a waterproof mattress pad it's no big deal to throw everything in the washer...same with clothes. Yes, we still have an occasional accident but what's the difference if you're throwing something in the trash or in the washer?
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Helmet TIG-PSG-77 was fanufactured by Swiss company TIG. Was purchased in late 1970 and modernized in 2000-x.
Used by Soviet/Russian elite special forces KGB/FSB, visited many hot points and dangerous situations. From this helmet begins history of Soviet/Russian ALTYN helmet.
TIG served about 30 years in USSR/Russia
First helmet appears in the photographs from Afghanistan. The first documented use of a fact in combat - assault Amin's palace on December 27 1979. Was in service with special forces "Alpha" and "Vympel".
A small part of these helmets still is in service with the FSB !
This helmet is ready to fight, don't lose its properties, not damaged. Do not miss to buy a collection of 100 % original ! DELIVERY anywhere in the world included in the cost !
Number on helmet and visor are same - 025, so, it's full set.
Weight 2.7 kg without a visor.
Weight 1.4 kg visor.
Helmet safety class 2.
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2. The biggest tax scam ever? (NYT)
3. How compliance can create better corporate culture....more
Following an unsuccessful attempt last year at passing a comprehensive data privacy bill, the Washington State Legislature is hoping the second time's the charm. Senate Bill 6281, this session's updated version of The...more
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It's been another exciting couple of days at Manton Bay (although no chicks yet, before you get your hopes up!). Yesterday John Wright was observing one of our off-site nests when he noticed an intruding male he didn't recognise – he was able to get a photo of it's leg ring and it turned out to be S1, one of Maya and 33's chicks from 2015! John let us know that S1 was likely to pay a visit to Manton Bay, the nest he fledged from, and sure enough later in the afternoon he did!
We caught 2 videos of his visit at 2.30pm – one where he flashes by, and the other where you see his shadow as he passes low over the nest.
We were able to get a much closer look on the video from 4.30pm, where he comes into better view.
It is brilliant to have another 2015 bird back, particularly as this is an osprey we have all seen grow from a hatchling! Visitor Eric Nye was in Shallow Water hide at the time of S1's visit and managed to get some great photos, including this one of S1 perched near the nest. Thank you Eric!
Meanwhile Maya and 33 are continuing to be quite restless, chasing off whichever birds dare to come within the vicinity of the nest! Here Maya is chasing some geese away earlier today.
Whilst there has been no sign of a chick yet, we are keen not to miss anything, so will be leaving the nest cam zoomed in overnight ready for first light tomorrow. The wide angle camera will still be as usual, so we will still be able to see any fish, sticks and intruders which may come along! We will leave you for today with this photo of 33 looking cosy on the nest this morning, making the most of incubation before the real work begins!


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Sunday, 13 January 2008
DVD: Blade Runner - The Final Cut
Overview (as opposed to a review):
While I make no secret of the problems I have with rating "the best films ever", or anything that is "best" for that matter, I also make no secret of the fact that when called upon to name my nomination for best film ever my quick off the sleeve answer is Blade Runner. I add disclaimers, such as "best does not necessarily mean favorite", but I still answer Blade Runner. For the record, I am not alone in naming Blade Runner the best: a recent Australian survey by ABC came up with Blade Runner being the best film in most Australian minds (at least those that watch the ABC who bothered taking part in the survey, which is significantly different to the average Australia). In fact, I represent the very average Aussie according to the ABC: Their survey for best album ever came up with my vote too, Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon; and their survey for best book ever came up with a book that for most of my reading life I would have voted the best book ever, namely The Lord of the Rings.
Thus when director Ridley Scott has released his Final Cut of the film to celebrate its 25th birthday I just had to watch it to see whether it has, indeed, improved an already thoroughbred of a film.
In order to understand my affection to Blade Runner one needs to go back to a short history lesson. Going back to 6th grade, if I'm not mistaken, I missed out on the film's initial tour at the cinemas. Then I heard it's playing at this boutique cinema near where I ended up going for high school, so I dragged my regular movie partner at the time - my uncle - to come and see it. He brought my aunt with him; she mostly came because by then his health was poor, and indeed Blade Runner was amongst the last films we saw together at the cinema after years of watching at least one film a week.
Despite the cinema conditions which, by my current standards, I would label as "absolute crap", I really liked Blade Runner. By the time Roy Batty was chasing Harrison Ford I was scared shitless but in a positive way: I was totally immersed in the film. When it was over I had one of the biggest "wows" ever to say how much I liked the film. Indeed, in a 6th grade school project about me and my roots I wrote that Harrison Ford is my favorite actor and I named Blade Runner as the main reason for this choice; not Star Wars or Indiana Jones, but Blade Runner. That school project got me into trouble, by the way: I wrote there that I don't think school has contributed in any way to the way I think or to my values and that school just stuffs mostly redundant information into my head and then tests me on it; my teacher, Aliza, took me out of a class to discuss this observation and try to talk some sense into me, which is quite unprecedented for 6th grade. Anyway, she failed.
Back to Blade Runner, I only saw the cinematic version three more times off the air. Most of the times I have seen I was actually viewing the Director's Cut, released in the mid nineties: I saw that one around twenty times, mostly on laserdisc. The Director's Cut dispensed with the cinematic version's narration and putsi-mutsi happy ending and added the unicorn scene instead, thus creating a significantly more thought provoking film. There is no doubt in my mind that the Director's Cut is way better than the cinematic version, although to be frank I have no idea whether I would have managed to comprehend it to the level I actually had if it wasn't for the previous experience with the cinematic version's narration. In my next incarnation I'll try and watch the Director's Cut first and then the cinematic version and see what I think (check this blog for updates!).
The main problem with the Director's Cut laserdisc and DVD was their quality. The picture was very noisy and lacking in detail and the sound was poorly mixed. The worst thing about the laserdisc was that it seemed to have been mastered by an idiot: in the scene where Ford shoots the striptease dancer, you see him shoot, then the laserdisc side ends; when you flip it over to watch the next side and click play the first thing you see is the dancer getting hit by the previously shot bullet and falling down. A worst cut-over timing could not have been chosen!
So far for the history lesson. Now, where does the new Final Cut fit in all of this? Well, as a self proclaimed expert in Blade Runner (having seen it so many times I have to be), I can tell you that the differences between the Final Cut version and the Director's Cut version are very slight. Essentially, it's the same thing, unicorn included; contents wise, the differences are in a few extended scenes that really add nothing to the film's experience. For example, in the scene where Batty kills Tyrell, the murder itself is shown for a few gruesome seconds longer, and then we see more of Batty chasing J. F. Sebastian in order to kill him, too (but we don't see that murder). That's it, really.
Picture quality: Vastly improved over the Director's Cut. There are shreds of analog noise from the original stock footage, but not more than you'd expect. Detail, however, is high on the agenda, and colors are done properly: for the first time ever I noticed the patterns on Ford's shirts, to name but one difference.
Sound quality: This is where The Final Cut comes into its own. Scott knows how to make good sounding films, but obviously he didn't know that as well when he originally made Blade Runner (either that or he didn't get a much of a saying then). This time he made things right with an aggressive mix that puts you in the thick of action and does justice to the wonderful views and to the majestic Vangelis soundtrack. True, the dialog and many of the sound effects show their age, but for the first time since the first cinema viewing, Batty chasing Ford took my breath away with tension.
Overall: Contents wise, if you've seen the Director's Cut you can say that you've seen The Final Cut. Technically, however, the presentation in the new version is very significantly better. It's the same, but it's better.
Rating wise, the Director's Cut was always a 6 out of 5 stars film; now it has a presentation to match.
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I disagree. HUGE difference. They fixed the horrible stunt double footage for Zhora's death scene, something I found to be a terribly distracting blight on the face of a great movie.
- 20/1/08 5:11 pm
- Moshe Reuveni said...
If this is what made the difference for you then good on you; I never noticed it. I guess we look at different things when we watch the same thing.
- 20/1/08 5:17 pm
- Uri said...
I see Dylan likes it too (although it wasn't the new version, right?).
BTW, I like the voice-overs. I may be the only person on Earth who does (I heard that Ford tried to make them terrible on purpose), but I still do. So you can guess which version I like best.
- 18/2/08 2:05 am
- Moshe Reuveni said...
The version Dylan is busy chewing in the photos is the 4 disc ultimate edition of BR. It is, however, the American version we won from Widescreen Review (just a couple of days after we rented the PAL edition and reviewed it here). The cover of the American version is like the cover of the old Director's Cut (which we also happen to have).
Anyway, the 4 discs include the new version on one disk, and all the older versions on another - including two versions of the theatrical release and the Director's Cut. Don't ask me what the two theatrical versions differ at [yet].
The two remaining disks contain supplementals, and in there they talk of all the problems Blade Runner is famous for, including everyone's reluctance with the voice overs that were forced by the producers. You're right about Ford's attitude.
As for preferences, I prefer the Directors Cut / Final Cut. I think the unicorn adds an extra twist that makes me think even more, and the lack of the voice over helps me exercise my thoughts. I don't think the voice overs bothered me before and I wonder whether I would have been able to understand the film to the level I do now without them. That said, the ending of the theatrical version is extremely contrived and out of character with the rest of the film; it doesn't feel right. It's like ending a story with "and he woke up and all was well". It's cheating, and it can't compete with Adama being there but letting them go.
- 18/2/08 7:01 pm
- wile.e.coyote said...
what are the other movies in the best ever list? where is my favorite (if I was allowed to have one) in the list (pulp fiction)?
IMDB put it on the 5th place where your movie (if you have one) is on the 100 place
- 8/3/08 4:57 am
- Moshe Reuveni said...
I refuse to answer such questions because I don't really think there is such as thing as "best ever". It depends on circumstances.
As I said, when pressed, Blade Runner is what my answer usually is. Lord of the Rings is also often quoted, and if you really want to try hard I think that Shawshank Redemption is a very good film.
As for Pulp Fiction, I think it's a shit film that copies stuff from others and tries to look cool doing so. I understand people who enjoy it; I enjoy it too. But I don't think that violence and thrash talk make a movie great.
- 10/3/08 9:23 pm


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I rarely get taken with TV shows. I'm the kind of guy who watches about six episodes of a boxset, decides it's all good 'n' all, but then really just can't… be… bothered… to.. cont…in…ue…
But NOT with The Good Wife, my new favourite programme, which is so COOL that it's making me want to become a lawyer.
This comes after almost applying for medical school while watching ER (true story), flying trans-Pacific in the hope of having a Lost experience ( I was desperate for the plane to crash) and becoming obsessed with fictional Danish politics in Borgen in lieu of actual, life-changing UK governmental decisions (budget – yawn).
The Good Wife features Juliana Margulies as Alicia, a lawyer and the wife of a dirty state's attorney, Mr. Big from Sex and the City.
Mr. Big had sex with a lot of prostitutes and goes to jail for perverting the course of justice. Starting anew, Alicia joins a law firm and begins winning every case she's representin' thanks to a never-ending reservoir of good will, legal loopholes and brand new evidence that's been submitted last minute.
OK, so it doesn't sound great on paper but it really, really works thanks to an awesome ensemble cast who work like magic together.
Alicia's home is a battleground for her children and their pushy grandmother, played by this woman who is brilliant:
The law firm is a never-ending stage for coups and power plays. There's the alcoholic from Cybill, who has one of the best eye rolls in showbiz, no joke:
And a hot young lawyer, Cary, who is Alicia's rival, but more importantly, totally edible:
Match that with plenty of scandalous local politics. Mr. Big, who's a MASSIVE CHEATER but also very sympathetic, damn him, wants to be state's attorney again:
Alan Cummings (randomly?) is his Machiavellian campaign manager:
And then there's Alicia's children, who are too cute and manage to get mixed up in all the plotting, like all the time:
Throw in plenty of love interests, one-liners, bizarre cases and guest stars who you can't name but have appeared in every tv show you've ever watched, and you have a triumph.
The Good Wife is on Thursdays, at 9pm, on Channel 4


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