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Tuesday, October 12, 2010
In The BLOGLIGHT: Heidi
Heidi was a member of my first Beginning Women's Running Class which met in 2008. Our goal was to run the Granite City 5K at the end of 8 weeks. Heidi was non runner. By the end the class Heidi ran the 5K in fine form and didn't stop there.
I offered an Intermediate Run Class that focused on building strength and speed with hill work and track repeats. Heidi then participated in this class and became stronger and faster.
Soon Heidi was setting her sights on races of longer distance. 8Ks, 10Ks and then half – marathons became the norm. Heidi was interested in my online coaching service and soon became a client with the 2010 Twin Cities Marathon as her goal. I was so excited to train Heidi to the finish of her first marathon!
We began 5 months out. Within this 5 month period Heidi trained and ran as part of the Ragnar Relay. This was a great experience and an awesome run for Heidi. She worked hard during the 5 month period as she trained for the marathon.
Heidi states her s goals for the marathon were as follows:
"1. Finish the marathon in under 6 hours, so that I am not picked up by the bus. I did it!! I finished in 5:15. Could I have run faster? Sure, but it wasn't about the time...this was about the experience and it was such a beautiful day and it was fun to walk and talk with Katie. We felt fabulous running the final .2! I just kept saying to myself...this is real....I am really running a marathon!! I LOVED the feeling of accomplishment!
2. Finish with a smile, feeling good and wanting to run another marathon: I did it!! I felt really good at the end and will be running Grandma's in June. I never hit the wall - which I attribute to Julie and her training plan for me!"
I love that! Heidi finished Twin Cities Marathon, never hit the wall and is excited to run Grandmas Marathon!
Here is what Heidi writes about her race day:
"I was really nervous on Saturday and I made the mistake of not eating enough. This taught me a lesson. I had no reason to be nervous, because you had once again trained me well!! Twin Cities is a really well run race from packet pick-up to drop bag at the Metrodome to picking the bag back up a the finish - great volunteers and so many people cheering:-) What an exciting environment to run in! A lot of people, but it really didn't bother me....I was not worried about my time, I just wanted to enjoy:-) I loved running through downtown and how everyone would cheer underneath the bridges....I also loved running down the middle of the road and not having to worry about cars!! :-)
Beautiful morning:-) Cool with the smell of fall. Unfortunately early on I started to deal with feeling sick, which was an entirely new experience for me! :-( I just kept going and broke the race into smaller sections.....one water stop at a time. I had water and powerade at every stop and started eating the jelly beans early on, I finally started to feel better towards the end. People also handed out fruit, which I took and that helped. I didn't train 5 months to not finish!! I tried to focus on all of the volunteers and people cheering and the beautiful fall day. I love the mental game of running! I actually found the hills to be a nice diversion. About mile 22 I met Katie and we mainly walked the next 4 miles....and I really liked walking. It was a change and it gave me a chance to fully take in the race environment. I loved running down to the finish line at the state capitol with my new "best" running friend, Katie from WI.
I am so proud of Heidi. Enjoying the full race, smiling, that is what a first marathon is all about. Taking it all in, focusing on the surroundings, the smells, the feel of your first marathon. You only get one first! I say you should totally enjoy it ☺
Heidi closes with "what stands out most to me is the 5 months of training leading up to the marathon. How good it felt mentally to be out on the course and well trained! My time spent running has been such a blessing....time for myself, time with friends, time to enjoy nature, time to challenge myself physically and mentally....what a great journey!
Know that you are fabulous and I am thankful every day that I am out on the trail because of the email you sent spring of '08 to any women interested in giving running a try:-) I went outside my comfort zone and look at me now:-)"
Thank you Heidi. I'm just so thrilled that I was able to show you how wonderful running can be. It brings me tears of joy to know that you are out there, loving the run. Loving the challenge, loving the progress, loving nature. That's it. Feeling the moment, living in the moment, feeling the joy, Heidi, feeling the joy…
Run On!
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TORONTO - Andrew Chase was one of the most popular guys in his neighbourhood last year while developing recipes for his new cookbook, "200 Best Ice Pop Recipes."
In fact, he still gets requests. He recently received "the cutest note" some young neighbour kids had attached to fresh cherries they'd picked asking him to "make a recipe with these 'charrys.'"
On a recent sweltering day, Chase said he craved an ice pop made with Indian masala coffee, a coffee spiced with cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, nutmeg and ginger and brewed with milk that's popular in India and Malaysia. "It's just what I need. I need a cup of coffee, but I don't want anything hot."
Developing the recipes for the book published by Robert Rose Inc. turned out to be a lot of fun, said the food writer and former chef.
"It exploded. I realized how much fun it is and how many different things you can do and all the fruit and all the coffee and the tea and the chocolate and the cocktails."
The frozen treats on a stick can be made in a huge variety of intense flavours and jewelled colours that are sweet as well as savoury. Chase devised recipes for treats ranging from various types of fresh fruit, vegetables and luscious chocolate incorporating mint, ginger and hazelnut to classic comfort desserts like lemon meringue, peanut butter and carrot cake. Then there's holiday fare, like pink and white layered ice pops for Valentine's Day, Thanksgiving Pumpkin Pie Ice Pops and Christmas Brandied Fruitcake Ice Pops.
"But the fruit, to me, is the heart of it," Chase said. "That's why I put a lot of effort into balancing the citrus and the syrups and that kind of thing to get the best out of the fruit."
The fruit is often blended raw, but sometimes he opted to cook or bake it, on its own or in syrup.
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The sweetness level for all the ice pops can be adjusted to taste. In addition to sugar, he used various syrups and sweeteners — agave, corn, maple, brown rice, malt, barley, molasses — "all sorts of things that bring out flavours, but I think they're rather healthy."
For the book, he focused on ice pops, avoiding ice cream on a stick or anything churned. "The whole point is it's simple and straightforward. Use the best fruit, and the best ingredients and get the best ice pops" that he said are a cut above commercial varieties.
"All the kids in the neighbourhood loved them," Chase said, adding he made thousands while working on the book. "I tested them on a really representative population in Toronto — at least in the east end."
The savoury varieties were popular among his tasters, he said. Vegetable Cocktail Ice Pops, Beet and Cucumber Ice Pops and Gazpacho Ice Pops, among others, are ideal to serve at barbecues. They can be consumed as an appetizer or between courses.
Chase grew up in Boston and then spent about 15 years in Asia where he was an academic specializing in Asian art history. "I was editing and that kind of thing, but I've always had a huge love of food and cooking. I've been a cooking fanatic since I was a baby.
"When I came to Canada about 25 years ago I was ready to change from being an academic to a restaurateur.... First I worked in a restaurant to learn it, then opened restaurants. Then I sort of missed the more intellectual side, so I started writing."
Restaurants included the Berkeley Cafe, Cafe Asia and Youki Asian Bar and Bistro. He has worked for Canadian Living magazine, Homemakers and the Toronto Star as well as publishing several cookbooks.
His years as a chef taught him how to marry flavours and his background inspired him to create many Asian-influenced ice pop recipes using such ingredients as mung beans, red beans, tamarind, peanuts, mangoes, melon and jackfruit.
Little equipment is needed to make ice pops. Disposable wax-lined paper cups (85-millilitre/three-ounce size) and wooden Popsicle sticks are ideal. If desired, inexpensive moulds can be purchased from dollar or department stores or there are sets with racks and metal lids available for about $30 from kitchen-supply stores.
The treats can be put together in about 15 minutes, then cooled and placed in the freezer for about four hours.
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Most of the quilts I make end up being gifts. But I have made several that hang around our house. A couple in the living room, one of the foot of our bed for our feet, and one for Luke's crib. Which I realize after typing that is only 4 actual quilts in our house that I have made. I have gifted over twice as many as I have kept. Hmm.. I guess that's good. ;)
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He like's it! :)
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I didn't post an outcome for the CrossFit Murph workout last week! It was just awesome!
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I had spent the weekend in Virginia so drove home early Monday so that I could be in St Cloud prior to 1:00. I wasn't sure how the workout would go down. Would we all complete it at the same time-there were 50 some people taking part. I figured I would learn the details soon enough.
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Heat 3 began and off I went! I didn't go real fast, just steady. Needed to save my legs for 300 squats and another mile run at the end!
The end of the mile returned me to the CrossFit Fast Factory. 8:10. I ran to the pull up bars, one with a black band and began my pullups. My plan was to break up the workout in sets of 20 for a while. 20 pull ups, 20 pushups and 20 squats. Squats were easiest for me, they were a break from all of the upper body work. Back and forth I went, pull up, push up, squat, repeat 20 times! It was quite the workout! I was a sweaty dripping mess and wishing that I had a head band on to keep the sweat out of my eyes! I was looking forward to the mile run to finish this up. My arms were on FIRE!
I looked around and everyone was just working incredibly hard! The determination, the power and the focus. It really was cool to look around and take it all in.
Finally I counted off my last set and was ready to rock the run. Out I went, feeling the sunshine and stiff breeze. I realized a storm was brewing! About a half mile in to my run it began to rain, nice and cool, perfect! My last mile was 9:16. Sweet.
39:43 was my final time for the Murph.
I sat down on a box and tried to get the sweat to stop pouring off of my face! I didn't think about bringing anything to change into-I was soaked. After cheering in my CrossFit Beyond Sport members I was ready to head home and shower.
Great workout-can't wait to try it again without the scaling! I used the medium band this version for pull ups. I didn't have to scale the push ups. I'd like to string together strict pull ups so I can try the Games next year-and complete Murph without any scaling.
My lats and shoulders were sore for three days! Going into Minneapolis Marathon a few days later I could still feel the DOMS.


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This is for folk like me who've maintained their sense of dark humor as the US tries to pick itself up during a huge economic downturn. The stimulus bill did pass, and it did so largely on the strength of one party's influence in Congress (both in the House and Senate). A few Republicans crossed the aisle to vote for it in the Senate, but mainly the minority party had no interest in the project because they wanted to concentrate solely and completely on tax cuts, viewing infrastructure projects, state aid, and health care investments to be a waste of time.
Unfortunately, the bill was seriously curtailed before passage as an effort to court Republican support that they declined to give even after having many of their demands met. For a good breakdown of the winners and losers in the final version of the bill, check here. For those folk out there who want to know what the stimulus actually does, I would check that link. It'll give you a good place to start to look up the worth of the individual projects.
The humorous part? Legislators voting against the stimulus and then immediately turning around and bragging to their constituents about all the money coming to their states to help them out.

The final vote on the $787 billion measure broke down exactly as expected.
What's more, it was legislation the minority party wanted nothing to do with. Three Senate Republicans broke ranks, while zero House Republicans backed the plan. That, in and of itself, isn't especially surprising -- there were philosophical differences, coupled with strategic considerations, alongside a desire to embarrass the president.
What is at least a little surprising, though, is seeing some of the same Republicans who rejected the package issue press releases touting the spending measures in their districts. (...)
In Mica's press release about the stimulus package, for example, he not only applauded the spending for his district, he neglected to mention altogether that he opposed the bill. Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), who also issued a press release claiming "victory" for an Alaskan contracting program in the bill, also failed to mention that he voted against the measure that he's so excited about.
They're not the only Republicans who are suddenly deeply interested in obligating the federal government to help keep their states afloat. Governors--both Republican and Democrat--had been pushing for the stimulus package to get passed. I know that the list in this article isn't comprehensive, because my own governor is not mentioned and--despite his apparent unwillingness to bail out anybody below him--seems positively thrilled to receive money coming down from the federal level.

In the states, meanwhile, many Republican governors are practicing a pragmatic — their Congressional counterparts would say less-principled — conservatism.
Governors, unlike members of Congress, have to balance their budgets each year. And that requires compromise with state legislators, including Democrats, as well as more openness to the occasional state tax increase and to deficit-spending from Washington. (...)
The National Governors Association sent a bipartisan letter of support to Congressional leaders of both parties, signed by its Democratic chairman, Edward G. Rendell of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Douglas, its Republican vice chairman. "The combination of funds for Medicaid, education and other essential services is critical for governors as they work to manage the downturn in their states and improve government for the long term,†it said.
Mr. Crist even campaigned last week with Mr. Obama in Florida for the recovery package.
"Whether it's teachers or people on road crews helping our infrastructure, those in the health care arena as it might relate to Medicaid, all of these areas are important, all of them can produce jobs,†Mr. Crist said, adding, "Regardless of what your party is, Republican or Democrat, it really doesn't matter. We have a duty and an obligation to the people who elected us, no matter what our position happens to be, to work together to get through this thing.â€
Summary: Republicans in the legislature were under all kinds of pressure to ignore the needs of state and local governments, and even to ignore the requests (demands?) of governors from their own party. So they voted against the stimulus bill, but as a compromise they took good news back home that help was on the way (possibly in the hopes that their constituents won't notice their legislators were willing to let them hang for the sake of pleasing guys like this one, who evidently run the Republican Party now.
That's your update. I just have to laugh at this, because the alternative is to go right the hell out of my mind with indignation.


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|Photo by Ryan Hawk/Woodland Park Zoo.
Chioke means "gift from above" and our big male giraffe was exactly that. He came to Woodland Park Zoo from Oakland Zoo in the spring of 2007, and right away you could tell he was a special guy. His full name is Chioke Biton Amani McKinley, though he had the nickname Toaster (as in the Brave Little Toaster) because he had health issues to overcome from when he was very young. Sadly, Chioke continued to have intermittent health concerns, and he passed away last month.
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It usually takes an animal a while to start to show trust in its keepers, but right from the get go Chioke, and his brother Kipande, showed great interest in what their keepers were up to, and that continued through his last days with us. Chioke's willingness to interact with both the keepers and the public is what made him a fixture of our giraffe experience every year. Chioke met and connected with literally thousands of people every summer. He always made a connection with the people near him, filling them with awe and amazement. They would often think "how can something this big be so gentle?"
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Every time one of his keepers opened the door to the barn, Chioke's ears would spring forward, his Eeyore-esque eyes would pop open, he'd turn his head away from his door (where he kept an eye on Olivia and Tufani, our two female giraffe) and within seconds he'd canter over to see what they were up to. He would usually stretch his head into the office space in hopes for a treat. Even if he had to work a little for it, Chioke was ever hopeful that keepers would have a slice of banana or a little bread to share with him.
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Chioke's interest and trust in people and even greater interest in food is part of what made him such a unique animal to work with. Whether it was patiently holding his nose on a target while getting a blood draw, or calmly plucking browse out of the hands of children during summer break, Chioke was always calm and sweet.
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Chioke was an amazing animal spirit. He is loved and deeply missed by his keepers, as well as volunteers, staff, and visitors here at Woodland Park Zoo. Keepers are keeping a special eye on Olivia who is assumed to be pregnant with Chioke's calf. She is due this summer. We all hope this calf has a little of Chioke's spirit and patience.
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While the Bay Area is currently known for all things modern, thanks to a hotbed of tech activity, it's worth looking back at the era that was a definite force in the smoke-filled streets of Haight-Ashbury, way before our time. The sweet '60s — ah yes, when living in S.F. was cheap, loving was easy, and hippie-chic style was a state of mind.
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Background and Description
Emtriva is an anti-HIV drug manufactured by Gilead Sciences Inc. The drug is a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI). The FDA approved Emtriva for use in fighting HIV in July 2003.
Truvada (a fixed-dose, once-daily, co-formulation of Emtriva with the HIV drug Viread) was approved by the FDA in August 2004. Gilead is currently working with Bristol-Myers Squibb to develop a combination pill of Sustiva, Viread, and Emtriva as a complete, one-pill, once-a-day HIV regimen.
The recommended dose of Emtriva for adults (18 years or older) is one 200 mg capsule or 24 mL of solution once a day. The recommended dose for children above the age of 3 months is 6 mg/kg of solution (up to 24 mL) once daily, or 1 200-mg capsule once daily. Emtriva should be taken in combination with other HIV drugs.
Food Restrictions
Emtriva can be taken with or without food.
Tablets should be stored at room temperature (about 77°F) in a tightly closed container.
Patient Assistance
Gilead Sciences Inc. has a Reimbursement and Assistance Program for persons having problems getting Emtriva. The number is 800.226.2056.
Side Effects and Toxicity
The most common side effects that occurred in patients taking Emtriva (plus other standard HIV drugs as part of a regimen) were headache, diarrhea, nausea, tiredness, weakness, increased cough, rhinitis (inflammation of inner tissues of the nose), and rash (including skin discoloration). Patients also experienced changes in kidney enzymes (creatinine kinase) and triglycerides (fats in the blood). In patients with kidney problems, a reduced dose of Emtriva and close monitoring by a doctor is recommended.
Studies have not been performed to determine the safety of Emtriva in pregnant women so pregnant women should not take Emtriva. Persons with hepatitis B should consult with their doctor before taking Emtriva.
Lactic acidosis and severe hepatomegaly (enlarged liver) with steatosis (fatty liver) have been reported with the use of NRTIs. As with other HIV drugs, changes in body shape may occur in persons taking Emtriva. Changes include increased fat in the upper back and neck, breasts, and the trunk of a person's body, as well as loss of fat from the legs, arms, and face.
Drug Interactions
There are no known clinically significant drug interactions with Emtriva.
Additional Information
Resistance and Cross-Resistance
Resistance to Emtriva is associated with mutations at positions 184 and 65. This resistance profile is similar to Epivir (lamivudine), which is very similar in chemical structure to Emtriva. Resistance associated with a mutation at position 184 may increase fidelity to the reverse transcriptase enzyme and makes the virus less fit or less pathogenic. The validity of this hypothesis has yet to be proven but has led to therapeutics approach of using a drug (with the 184 resistance profile) even in the presence of clear-cut resistance.
Clinical Data
Approval for Emtriva was based primarily on 2 efficacy studies. Study 301A was a 48-week, double-blind, active-controlled, multicenter study comparing Emtriva (200 mg QD) administered in combination with Videx (didanosine) and Sustiva (efavirenz) versus Zerit (stavudine), Videx, and Sustiva in 571 antiretroviral naive patients. Patients had an average baseline CD4 cell count of 318 cells/mm3 (range 5-1317) and a median baseline plasma HIV RNA of 4.9 log10 copies/mL (range 2.6-7.0). Thirty-eight percent of patients had baseline viral loads >100,000 copies/mL and 31% had CD4 cell counts <200 cells/mL. At baseline, 286 patients were randomized to the Emtriva arm and 285 patients were randomized to the Zerit arm. Through week 48, the average increase from baseline in CD4 cell count was 168 cells/mm3 for the Emtriva arm and 134 cells/mm3 for the Zerit arm. In the Emtriva group, 5 patients (1.7%) experienced a new CDC Class C event, compared to 7 patients (2.5%) in the stavudine group. In addition, 81% of patients in the Emtriva arm achieved <400 copies/mL versus 68% in the Zerit arm, and 78% of patients in the Emtriva arm achieved <50 copies/mL versus 59% in the Zerit arm. Three percent of patients in the Emtriva arm experienced virologic failure compared to 11% in the Zerit arm.
Study 303 was a 48-week, open-label, active-controlled, multicenter study comparing Emtriva (200 mg once daily) to Epivir, in combination with Zerit or Retrovir and a protease inhibitor or non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) in 440 patients who were on a Epivir-containing triple-antiretroviral drug regimen for at least 12 weeks prior to study entry and had <400 copies/mL. At baseline, 146 patients were randomized to continue therapy with lamivudine (150 mg two times a day) and 294 patients switched to Emtriva (200 mg once daily). All patients were maintained on their stable background regimen. Patients had an average baseline CD4 cell count of 527 cells/mm3 (range 37-1909), and a median baseline plasma HIV RNA of 1.7 log10 copies/mL (range 1.7-4.0). The median duration of prior antiretroviral therapy was 27.6 months. Through week 48, the average increase from baseline in CD4 cell count was 29 cells/mm3 for the Emtriva arm and 61 cells/mm3 for the Epivir arm. In the Emtriva group, 2 patients (0.7%) experienced a new CDC Class C event, compared to 2 patients (1.4%) in the Epivir group. In addition, 77% of patients in the Emtriva arm achieved <400 copies/mL versus 82% in the Epivir arm and 67% of patients in the Emtriva arm achieved <50 copies/mL versus 72% in the Epivir arm. Seven percent of patients in the Emtriva arm experienced virologic failure compared to 8% in the Epivir arm.


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On my team, we often require the most senior programmers to train/mentor the brand new junior programmers. However, these same senior programmers are the ones who are doing the bulk of the real, important work.
I've tried to argue to my manager that it makes sense to have the junior programmers, who are showing a high aptitude, take the new programmers under their wing. First off, it will free up the senior developers to work on more important initiatives (not that mentoring isn't important). Next, it will give the junior programmers a bit of pride in their job that they would be looked to for such a responsibility and they may learn something in teaching. Finally, it will save the company money, as senior developers cost a great deal more than juniors.
My boss has failed to be persuaded since this is how it has worked on this team since the beginning of time, apparently. Assuming that the decision has been made that some sort of training/mentoring is mandatory, can anyone provide me with some better arguments or tell me why I am wrong? What does your team do?
**We can all agree that seniority does not necessarily denote competence so just assume by "senior programmers" i mean "top programmers".


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Good bye, CMS Class of 2013!Uploaded: Jun 5, 2013
Last week I had the pleasure of listening to 11 amazing 8th grade promotion speeches. I laughed, I cried, and realized that I am genuinely sad to be losing this lovely group of young people. To end the Panther Pen for the school year, I couldn't think of a better way than to share some of the speeches that were contenders with the community that has helped to produce such wonderful young adults. Good bye, CMS class of 2013! You will be missed, so come back to visit and let us know how you're doing in high school. Love, Ms. Jenson
Maria P.
I remember my first year here at Crittenden and how I tried so hard to fit in. My grades were not that great because I would spend hours planning my outfit so my crush would at least know I existed. He still doesn't know I exist. Sixth grade would had to be the hardest year for me as well as for many others. I held on tight that year and I managed to go into 7th grade without any scars or bruises. In 7th grade I believed that I had friends but I realized that I couldn't be myself around them. I held my feelings back so that I wouldn't make them feel bad. My grades got a lot better and towards the end of the year I told myself that I was not going to change who I was for anyone. 8th grade would had to be the easiest year when it came to academics. I developed new friendships and I can say that I have great friends who I feel comfortable with.
Crittenden has also really taught me to respect myself and the people around me. The staff has always encouraged me to do my best and to try new things. Physically my body has changed, but deep down inside I'm still that little sixth grader that arrived to Crittenden 3 years ago.
I haven't had life changing experiences here at Crittenden, because I really don't like to put myself out there. Even though I haven't had life changing experiences I have had life changing people. All of my teachers through out middle school have changed me for the better and I would like to thank them all. I would especially like to thank Mr. Bhattacharya for bearing with me and my worry about my grades for 2 years. Also, I would like to thank all of my math teachers for always believing in me even when I wanted to give up.
I would also love to thank my parents and my friends because they are the major inspiration and motivation behind my achievements. They have always had my back and they are some of the few people that want the best for my future.
Now I encourage my fellow graduates to find that spark or inspiration that will help their dreams become reality. Find someone or something that appreciates your success and pushes you to always do better. Their love and support will be especially essential when we all start a new chapter in high school. And when we open that amazing new journey, I want people to respect others and thank the ones who help you. Also, be yourself, because an original is worth more than a copy. Thank you.
Panther Pen -- The Panther Pen is a collaboration between the students, staff, and parents of Crittenden Middle School.The views and opinions expressed in this blog are those of the authors. They do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of Crittenden Middle School or Mountain View Whisman School District.


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The Daily Word 2.23.10: Dick Cheney, Sexy iPhone Apps, Frozen Fetuses
Former Vice President Dick Cheney rushed to the hospital after experiencing chest pains.
More than two dozen frozen fetuses found after a doctor's office raid.
Check out China's pollution-fighting fish, coming to a lake near you.
The Love Boat; 350 get sick aboard a cruise ship headed towards the Caribbean.
Apple to ban many "sexy" iPhone apps.
Former NBA star Jayson Williams sentenced to 5 years in prison for shooting his limo driver.
The UNM Lobos men's basketball team is ranked 10th in the country, their highest ranking since 1997.
In Plain Sight star Mary McCormack apologizes for anti-Albuquerque statements she made on an E! Network TV show.
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The "Alliance Defending Freedom", a Christian legal advocacy group has filed a lawsuit against the Grand Canyon National Park administrators and the US Department of the Interior on behalf of Andrew Snelling - "Associate Professor of Geology" at that well known bastion of idiocy, the Institute for Creation Research.
Snelling claims that the National Park would not grant him a permit to collect 50 to 60 fist-sized rocks. All research in the national park is restricted, especially if it requires removing material.
In an email to Snelling filed as part of the lawsuit, a park officer said the project was not granted because the type of rock he wanted to study can also be found outside of the Grand Canyon. The park solicited peer reviews from three mainstream geologists. One mentioned the rocks could be found elsewhere; all three overwhelmingly denounced the work as not scientifically valid, a criterion the park also uses to evaluate proposals. Snelling, who holds a Ph.D. in geology, did not disclose his Answers in Genesis affiliation, nor did he explicitly say he wanted to prove the Grand Canyon is young in his initial permit application, but the reviewers became aware of his reputation.
The Grand Canyon obviously should never have offended people with its geological evidence of deep time.


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I'm writing to apply for the job opening you posted on ResumeBlast.com. I feel that my extensive experience, analytical problem-solving skills and my team playerness** make me the perfect motivated candidate for this position.
My track record proves that I'm a creative and innovative worker. I'm also effective and responsible, and I facilitate lots of stuff. I often take a synergistic approach to dialing it back before I think outside the envelope.
While I was born in the United States and have spent most of my professional life working in the U.S., I assure you that I can bring a multinational view to this specialized area.
I'm also incredibly creative. My former boss, who, unfortunately, is traveling outside of the country, and currently can't be reached for references, can vouch for my creativity.
Thank you in advance for considering me for this position. I hope you'll find my unique skill set to be the ideal candidate for this role, and I hope the salary is negotiable.
*This mock cover letter was written using phrases from LinkedIn's 2012 top 10 buzzwords list, which the company comes up with after analyzing more than 187 million user profiles.
**In case you missed it, this does not make sense.
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Facebook's mega-man, Mark Zuckerberg is at the top of the list when it comes to followers on the rival social network, Google+.
Zuckerberg has wracked up over 34,000 followers, while Google's own CEO Larry Page, and Sr. VP Vic Gundotra are number two and three, according to Venture Beat.
Is he really that well liked, or is it that people are more familiar with a guy who had a movie made about him, than a couple suits? Or perhaps people want to see if the Zuck will have a public breakdown when people start running over to join the newest shiny piece of social media.


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COBB Tunning 512202 3" Stainless Steel Street Downpipe 04-07 Subaru Impreza STi
The COBB Tuning turbo downpipe is one of the premier modifications most owners look to upgrade on their vehicle. By opening the diameter of exhaust flow coming out of the turbo, the downpipe unleash power where the stock restrictive unit lacks.
The COBB Tuning downpipe is available in a "Street" version that comes with a single high flow catalytic converter. A downpipe combined with the performance tuning found in the AccessPORT is the first step to any enthusiast looking to unlock the potential of their engine, while still maintaining a stock look around their vehicle.


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Neutron has sophisticated UI which provides advanced controls for music playback. It is NOT EASY and NOT ANOTHER POP music player, it is developed for audiophiles and those who understand what is music quality. Recommended for use with Hi-Fi/High-End audio hardware.
Hope you'll like Neutron! and have fun with it!
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10 YEARS OF GREY-TNESS: Just about every dog breed enjoys multiple annual gatherings, and some are known for weekend meet-ups at local parks in several cities across the country. (We're looking at you, French Bulldogs, with love, of course.) But there's something a bit sweeter, just maybe, about certain dogs gathering for their yearly to-do. Mutts and mixed breeds deserve some romp time in an official mandated way, so any time one of those muttly happenings comes down the pike, we cheer. And the greyhound? It's a breed with a strong rescue following. Of course, each breed boasts dedicated rescue groups, but given that the greyhound is known for racing, and later retirement, fans of the breed have a number of different considerations to ponder as they go about their rescue work. But there should always be time for a little rest & relaxation, and, yep, romping, and the greyhounds get that, too. Actually, in a rather big way: Solvang is home to one of the biggest meet-ups around, the West Coast festival. And it marks year number ten from Friday, Feb. 21 through Sunday, Feb. 23.
SPEAKERS, SOCIALIZING, AND THE SOLVANG STREAK: The three-day roster is a full one, but a few of the highlights include the Saturday "Solvang Streak," where the attending greyhounds break into full gallop, and the Solvang Walk, where the greyhounds stroll through the village. If you were a tourist in town, looking to enjoy some pastries, and you suddenly saw dozens of greyhounds sauntering your way, wouldn't be delighted? And think Solvang's a little bit magical? Probably, right? For information on the gathering, break into a good clip and run this way.


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Surprise Delivery
In The Sky
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Most airlines have a rule that you cannot fly the friendly skies when you're around 36 weeks pregnant and beyond, but that didn't make any difference for a woman who boarded a plane in Nigeria and had her baby unexpectedly at only 26 weeks pregnant.
Birth at 36,000 feet
A routine flight from Nigeria to London wound up being not quite so routine as Ujunwa Eneh Ozeh, 31, gave birth in the air, requiring an emergency landing on a Spanish island.
Ozeh was traveling to London with her 1-year-old daughter on the way to an American vacation in Washington when her water broke. At first, she was in denial, but with the assistance of an on-board doctor and staff, she soon realized that birth was imminent.
Her baby, a boy she named Michael, was whisked to a hospital on the island, where he will remain until around his due date, which was in August. Both mother and son are reported to be in stable condition, although I'm really curious to hear how much the little boy weighed with his profound prematurity — he was born around three months early.
Speculation about Mom's motivation
Ozeh is already defending herself and her vacation, but you might be surprised to find out why. At 26 weeks, she was certainly early enough to fly on a plane. No, the question some are raising has to do with the fact that her daughter was born in America. Some suspect that she was flying to the U.S. so her son would also have American citizenship.
She is denying these claims, however. "I was going for the summer, Michael was not due until August, there is no way I would be able to stay in the United States until August," she says. "I had a return ticket to Nigeria booked for May 28, so I intended to stay for a few weeks and then go home."
It would be difficult to stay in a foreign country for months on end, so unless she is being misleading about her gestation, then her story is likely a true one. What do you think?
More surprise birth stories
Highway birth takes first-time mom by surprise
Stomach flu, or labor and delivery?
Baby's first breath comes 28 minutes after birth


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Fates Warning in Budapest at A38 Boat,
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Topic: Fates Warning in Budapest at A38 Boat,
Posted: October 18 2013 at 10:52
On this Wednesday, other words the 16th of October, 2013 the underrated legends of progressive metal came to Budapest. The gig took place inside of the A38 boat, a venue which has been voted to the best club in the world.
Well, fortunately the terrace is way too tiny even for Fates Warning fans, however it was large enough for Unexpect fans in 2011 August, and it was a rainy and stormy evening, so inside the boat was a better option is any aspect...
Fortunately a few hundred fans came, maybe more than half of the venue was filled with Fates Warning fans.
There was an opening band called Divided Multitude from Norway, who generally failed to impress yours truly.
Actually I could believe that a rather talentless Dream Symphony's Warning from Hungary from around 1999 is on stage.
The good thing was that their gig started in time, and it was not very long.
The real attraction of the night did not disappoint.
Unfortunately Fates Warning had to play without Frank Aresti, so the for me unknown Mike Abdow handled the second guitar beside Jim Matheos. I wonder if masterful drummer Bobby Jarzombek could invite his brother.
However, Abdow was really good.
Ray Alder's voice was in a much better shape, than it was in 2005, the last time I saw them at Wigwam Rock Club.
The performance of the whole band was excellent, and the obviously enjoyed the gid.
Even Jim Matheos smiled a bit.
You can have a look at the setlist here:
The setlist is not very varied on this tour, obviously because Abdow had not enough time to learn the majority of the Fates Warning catalogue.
The suberb new album Darkness in a Different Light wsas represented by three songs. From Perfect Symmetry onwards all albums were represented by at least one track.
I regret a bit that they only played Through Different Eyes fromthe classic Perfect Symmetry, but other than this I enjoyed the concert immensely, the 90-100 minutes were gone very quickly.
And Still Remains is really awesome, even without a keyboard player.
I was very glad to see Fates Warning in an excellent shape at a great venue, because the 2005 gig had some shortcomings.
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Residency rules being enforced by city, but not by schools
City leaders enforce local residency rule, but MPS says district employees can move
The Milwaukee Police Association is asking a judge to order the city of Milwaukee to obey a new state law that allows public-sector employees to move out of the city, while the city's school superintendent said teachers can now move outside the city.
The police association's lawsuit was filed late Wednesday in Milwaukee County Circuit Court. The police union's lawsuit said the city's failure to comply with the law, signed June 30 by Gov. Scott Walker, deprives officers of their right to live where they choose, free of the threat of being fired for violating the city's residency rule.
Mayor Tom Barrett said he continues to believe the 75-year-old residency rule is legal.
Last week, the Common Council voted to continue enforcing the residency rule and authorized City Attorney Grant Langley to file suit challenging the new state law.
Meanwhile, Milwaukee Public Schools Superintendent Gregory Thornton issued a letter informing district employees that they are free to relocate outside the city's borders.
In the letter, Thornton said the city attorney for Milwaukee advised the district that the state's law precluding residency requirements specifically addresses school districts.
According to the statement from the City Attorney's Office, "All MPS employees are therefore allowed, as of July 2, 2013, to live outside the City of Milwaukee without risk of disciplinary action (i.e. termination)."
That means there may soon be more for sale signs in some Milwaukee neighborhoods, and that has Margaret Desch concerned.
She's one of many MPS teachers who live in this neighborhood. She's not moving out but is worried that some of her neighbors might.
"I just hope there isn't a lot of departure from the neighborhood," Desch said. "I would hope that it wouldn't be too dramatic, that people would stay, like me."
But WISN 12 News found it's already happening. Realtor Shar Borg said some teachers are acting fast.
"One of my clients got a letter yesterday from Mr. Thornton, and she called me within minutes and said, OK, let's put the house on the market, it's time to move," Borg said.
Word spread fast -- even beyond the city -- to people like Tom and Mary Keppeler, who want to move from Menomonee Falls into Milwaukee.
"What does that mean for people like you?" WISN 12 News reporter Kent Wainscott asked.
"Well my first thought is there will probably be some more houses to look at in different neighborhoods," Tom Keppeler said.
It could impact home sales all over the area, but Borg said the biggest hit will be in Milwaukee, if enough MPS employees choose to leave.
"You're going to have an influx of inventory and not as many buyers and that's going to slow down our improvement and our growth," Borg said.
You can read Thornton's letter on the MPS website by clicking here.


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James Bishop
Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut
James was my 7th great-grandfather.
James was my 7th great-grandfather.
He was lieutenant governor of Connecticut in 1681-83 and deputy governor 1683-1691
Born: About 1625, Kent, England
Died: June 24, 1691, New Haven, Connecticut
A few weeks after posting the above picture, taken in 1999, I noticed that Rob Johnson had a nice marker in front of the above stone. He gave me permission to post them to this blog. See FindAGrave for all the photos.
James was not listed on my Cemetery List because I wasn't organized enough or I just forgot to list him. That is what happens when your photos are in many files and boxes.
From Wikipedia---"Bishop was very involved in the early governments of New Haven and Connecticut colonies, serving at various times as deputy to the legislature, colonial secretary, clerk of court, assistant judge, and sergeant in the New Haven militia. Bishop served on the Committee on Indians in 1668 and later served on the wartime council in 1673-1676 that dealt with King Philip's War. Finally, Bishop was lieutenant governor of Connecticut in 1681-83 and deputy governor 1683-1691."


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Our residents receive a variety of surgical experiences at several hospitals and clinics, including Highland, Kaiser and Children's Hospitals in Oakland and California Pacific Medical Center and University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry in San Francisco.
The year-round residency program is 48 months in length, and is divided into 30 months of oral and maxillofacial surgery, four months of medicine, and four months of surgery (including trauma), four months of surgical specialties (ENT, neurosurgery, ophthalmology), two months of plastic surgery and one month of oral pathology.
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Microsoft: Coming to a Linux User Group near You? (Part One)
Beyond your tunnel vision, reality fades, like shadows into the night ...
--Pink Floyd Lost for Words (italics are mine)
Before we make it to the "answers" section, I'd like to contrast LUGs, the Linux community and Microsoft as a corporation.
It's always been our sense of community that I feel makes the Linux "movement" strong. You can find the community in various places and at the core of a lot of happenings. At events, web sites and especially Linux User Groups. While it doesn't survive comparisons to other communities in a lot of ways, the Linux community has survived the test of time.
At the core of what makes a community (or a society, but that's a higher level discussion) is the civility, but mainly it's the conversation. It is the communication and the fact that there are some semblance of rules of civility in place. Things to keep the bad guys in check, things that allow the good guys to prevail.
I truly believe that it is this scalable ability to converse that sustains our longevity. 20 years from now, we will be here because we're conversant. Any corporation can deliver operating system software. Look at all of the examples (and failures) in the past and present. The big question in the longevity equation is just how much say you as a user have in the process and product.
Opportunities for real involvement abound when it comes to GNU/Linux. If you want to be a part of the support equation you can join a mailing list. If advocacy is your game there are numerous marketing opportunities, from presenting at your local LUG to educating the powers that be in the workplace. In the creation equation anyone with smarts and an Internet connection is welcome to join.
This interaction makes Linux more than an operating system. It makes it a process, a community, and more. The conversation is the packet-level traffic of the Linux network. I think we're starting to see something now from Microsoft -- very small indicators, but they're there -- that they just might be finally on to it.
When I say "it", I mean the real hidden secret -- and when I say hidden, I mean hidden in plain sight. We've always been about conversation, from day one. The Linux community as I've said in the past, wears its heart on its sleeve. Nothing or at least very little in the way of hidden agendas can be executed when all of your valuable communication takes place on public lists and web sites that everyone can access.
The hidden secret is the value of our conversation and the fact that as a community we're fairly inclusive. Anyone can join. We talk to almost everyone. Now, I'm not arguing that people in the past haven't had the ability to contact people inside of Microsoft and get a response, but speaking from experience, I can tell you that access to people in the Linux community is entirely different.
This isn't to discount some of what put Microsoft where it is today. They've been known to listen to their customers. For all my disgust with their monopolistic practices, they aren't where they are now because of sheer might. There are good people at Microsoft doing good things with software.
Treated as a whole product and at the core of their weakness has been the mess that happens when it's all bolted together. There's the mess that occurred when dirty technological tricks were played with the aforementioned code-base to destroy competition. It's common opinion that these things prevented true innovation to spark and grow in the marketplace. Adding insult to injury, their reputation for lying in the marketplace helped take them from the folks that beat IBM at its own game to a company that's set the benchmark for the phrase "Mindless 900lb Corporate Gorilla".
At least, that was the story till about 5 years ago, when suddenly everyone was talking about this "Linux" thing. There was a lot of talk about Linux "hype" while Microsoft was doing the real hyping. Over the past few years there has been a lot of talk about "myths" when in fact Microsoft has created their [1] own mythology.
But in general, conversation with Microsoft is different.
I can almost always converse with someone in the Linux community at just about any level. More importantly, I can always be sure that the response I receive is a "real" conversation -- not some attempt at obfuscation, marketing or worse some kind of attempt at swaying my opinion to a direction that runs contrary to reality. Like the question that begins this article, these statements about conversation aren't hypothetical.
This may seem somewhat trivial to a lot of pre-Internet era executive types. I suspect that this is where Bill and Steve really missed the boat. Thanks to an intuitive sense for a lot of us the Linux community did not. See The ClueTrain Manifesto[2] for more on this subject, or if you're not that convinced that times are changing.
The general feeling I get when I have had conversations with Microsoft employees has been one of extreme arrogance. The sheer monetary weight of the company to these people is the justification for all of their actions. Who needs to converse when (at least in your mind) you're high up in the castle looking down?
One of the main points of ClueTrain is the idea that markets are about conversation -- that they've almost always been about it. Only with the advent of mass one-way marketing technology like TV, for example, did this change. With the advent of the Internet, the pendulum is swinging quickly back to the place where it was before, albeit under drastically different technological underpinnings.
And so back to the LUGs and their importance. They are often organized via the Internet and by definition they have Linux as the core interest. LUGs, however, are not about technology. They are ultimately about honest to goodness human networking. At a LUG you as a member might learn something new about X windows for example, that you wouldn't necessarily catch surfing the web reading FAQs.
You might make contact with a business interest or a job opportunity. You might just make a permanent member of the community out of someone who in the past was only marginally interested in this "Linux" thing. The possibilities are endless and the limits set by the imaginations of the members. Your conversations at a LUG will ultimately change the interface to the Linux community from web-based face to human one. Add to this the fact that we're typically not selling anything, and you've got some powerful marketing dynamics.
This, at the core, changes us from a bunch of people looking at things, to a bunch of people participating in a process. I can tell you that this is the main dynamic missing from any of the Microsoft experiences I've had. From my experience, the people I've met at Microsoft events and LUGs have felt more like sporting fans than players. This feeling, until I was able to fully identify it, used to tug at the back of my mind.
The difference between participation and being a spectator should ring a familiar bell at this point. It's the same difference between the conversation you might have on LXer.com, for example, and that of a TV commercial.
Is Microsoft changing? I can tell you I see small hints here -- sparks that could be indicative of a catching flame, or blown out by the next stupid marketing campaign. For years they have treated the Linux community as an enemy. When one of their people shows up at an event or LUG, asking to present, you have to wonder if maybe somewhere there's a change in their method of conversation -- or simply talk of change.
Or even if it's some kind of pointless attempt at infiltration.
Let's end this at the questions asked at the beginning of the article: Say a Linux vendor shows up at your LUG, wishing to show off the latest distribution -- proprietary extensions and all. What if an embedded Linux/*BSD vendor wants to show off their product? Where do you draw the line between what is at its highest potential an event centered on conversation, to the other end of the spectrum where your LUG turns into a human infomercial?
And just what do you do about a Microsoft employee, wishing to present a topic?
I have my own reservations and opinions here, but I'd be extremely interested in hearing your opinions first. I'll try my best to summarize them in the followup to this article next week.
After all, at the core, I truly do believe that our most powerful weapon is conversation itself.
Paul Ferris has been a Linux community member for over a decade. He spent several years supporting Linux via Internet Relay Chat on openprojects.net. Over the years he's presented at schools and LUGs on a wide variety of topics. He was one of the founding members of the Canton Linux Enthusiasts. He has been writing (and conversing) about Linux since 1998 in various publications. Unlike faceless corporations, you can feel free to talk with him, anytime.
[1]Microsoft, at arguably their worst time in history when it comes to security, has been making a lot of noise about how secure they really are. Here are some laughable examples:
[2]The ClueTrain Manifesto: The End of Business As Usual.
Amazon.com carries it. This is highly recommended reading. Doc Searls of Linux Journal fame is one of the authors, by the way.
The Linux Community: Wear Your Hearts On Your Sleeves.
Pink Floyd's "The Division Bell" is a album about communication. This is a link to the full lyrics for Lost for Words. Warning: Use of the F-word.
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|Whose LUG?
|Feb 15, 2005 8:42 AM
|How about the questions?
|Feb 14, 2005 6:02 PM
|We've had em at NTLUG
|Feb 14, 2005 7:32 AM
|LUG ≠ Commercial
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This WPA poster from the late 1930s, designed by Vera Bock, is just as applicable today as it was then. It's also the perfect segway into my next blog entry.
Image source: American Memory Project. Reference: Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, frontspiece.


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"new" Takes two optional arguments: 'delay', the frequency, in seconds, at which the plugin will ping the IRC server. Defaults to 300. 'reconnect', the time in seconds, to wait before trying to reconnect to the server. Defaults to 60. 'servers', an array reference of IRC servers to consider. Each element should be an array reference containing a server host and (optionally) a port number. The plugin will cycle through this list of servers whenever it reconnects. Returns a plugin object suitable for use in POE::Component::IRC's "plugin_add" method. "lag" Returns the current 'lag' in seconds between sending PINGs to the IRC server and getting PONG responses. Probably not likely to be wholely accurate.
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merias wrote:I predict this will be hugely popular amongst the OSR crowd, you saw this with the WB Omnibus, and honestly the production values on the Omnibus don't even approach this.
The Wanderer wrote:Well, after being available for 3 months or so, I wouldn't say it is hugely popular. The highest it hit in the top 100 on RPGnow was #9 and that was for only a day.
It looks like the books that are most popular to the OSR right now are the really short rulesets.
But I'm proud of how well the book has done. And hopefully it brought some new people to S&W WhiteBox.
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Hoosier Beer Calendar
Events are subject to change
Wednesday, May 5th at Rock Bottom - Downtown: Tapping - Cerveza Especiale
Saturday, May 22nd at the Lake County Fairgrounds Industrial Building: Illiana Mayfest
Saturday, May 22nd - HBG Tailgate for Nothing 2
Saturday, June 5th at Keg Liquors in Clarksville: Fest of Ale (more info below)
Saturday, June 5th at Upland Brewery in Bloomington: Radfest
Sunday, July 11th - July 17th - Indiana Beer Week
More news and events can be found on Indiana Beer
What's Brewing
From Greg at Lafayette Brewing Co. in Lafayette:
On tap at Lafayette Brewing this weekend: Ouiatenon Wit Bier; Prophet's Rock Pale Ale; East Side Bitter; Pipers' Pride Scottish Ale; Tippecanoe Common Ale; Eighty-Five; Black Angus Oatmeal Stout; How Now Brown Ale and Star City Lager. We're also dispensing cask-conditioned Digby's Irish Stout from our hand pull. Look for our next seasonal, Maifest- a Munich-style dark lager, to be release in the coming week as a tap line becomes available.From Jon at Power House brewing in Columbus:On the food front, we are currently offering a special on Our Signature Steak that will run through the end of June. This Choice, center-cut sirloin steak served with Parmesan roasted potatoes and our bean & carrot medley is available for only $12.95! That's $5 off our regular price! Diners can also add a cracked black pepper crust and bleu cheese sauce for only $1. Great steak, great price. And of course, you can't go wrong when you pair it with a delicious Tippecanoe Common Ale or one of our other tasty beers!
Power House Brewing Co. will be tapping a firkin of our Jack The Bum Pale Ale. We have cask conditioned this beer with a stupid amount of Centennial hops. I think we are going to call this "Jack The Bum Vortex," in honor of the Miller Vortex bottle you mentioned*.From Jerry at Rock Bottom - Downtown, Indianapolis:
Next Friday, we will tap a Firkin of Diesel Oil Stout, cask conditioned with lactose and Simcoe hops. I'm calling it Holy Cow Stout!
We will soon be putting White River Brown Ale and Jack The Bum Pale Ale on tap. Later in May look for Working Wheat.
* I mentioned the ridiculous vortex bottle in my reminder email, glad to hear something good will come out of it!
Currently I have:From Jeff at Barley Island in Noblesville, Broad Ripple:
Fire Chief Ale- American Red
Catcher in the Rye- Rye P.A., an actual new recipe for me! Not just an amalgamation of Hop Bomb!
Gummy Gummerson- an homage to Gumball Head!
Coming up:
Cerveza Especiale- Vienna Lager tapping WED. 5/5. There is going to be a gratis taco bar for this one!
Brewer's Dinner May 18
Barley Island Restaurant & Brewhouse in Broad Ripple will begin serving a new brunch menu this Sunday, May 2nd, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm. The brunch will be every Sunday. Naturally we have incorporated beer and/or wort (sugar from the brewing process) into several items. Omelettes, egg favorites, biscuits and beer sausage gravy, pancakes and French toast are the bulk of the menu. A kid's menu is also on tap.cheers
From Charles at Upland Brewing Co. in Bloomington:
On Saturday May 1st, Join us at Upland's Bloomington Tap Room for live music, a special menu featuring German-style dishes, and the tapping of our spring seasonal, Maibock!
Festivities start at 11am and don't stop 'til 1am!
Kelly Hogan kicks off the live music at 3pm, followed by Zion Crossroads, The Better Bidness Bureau, Kayle Truman & the Slow Game, and Kickbush.
Entries for the UpCup Homebrew Competition are due Friday, May 7th. This is your chance at beer stardom, so don't forget! Visit uplandbeer.com for details.
At the Bar
Scotty's Brewhouse is taking part in the March of the Sombreros - Downtown Indianapolis on May 1st!
Scotty's Brewhouse West Lafayette is now serving Breckenridge Vanilla Porter!
Don't Forget Scotty's Brewhouse Daily Beer Specials:
$5 Import/Microbrew 24oz MUG CLUB Refills
$3 12oz Select Microbrew/Import Bottles
Enjoy a Beer w/$10 All You Can Eat Wings every Monday
$9 48oz Import/Microbrew Draught Pitchers
$3.50 Pint Night – 16oz Import/Microbrew U-Calls
$5 Import/Microbrew Draught 24oz MUG CLUB Refills
Carry Out
From Todd at Keg Liquors in Clarksville:
Events:5th Annual Keg Liquors Fest of Ale, June 5th from 3 - 7 PM. 30+ Breweries, 3 Craft Beer Distributors, 4 Fine Wine Distributors, over 150 craft and import beers, wine, food, charity silent auction and beer raffle and more! http://www.kegliquors.com/
fest_of_ale.htmlfor more details
From Bill at Crown Liquors Downtown Indianapolis (Ohio and Delaware):
New this week at Crown Wine and Spirits- Ohio and Delaware - Downtown IndyFrom Southern Tier Brewing:oak aged unearthly Imperial India Pale Ale (limited supply)back burner Imperial Barley Wine Style Alejah*va Imperial Coffee Stoutoat Imperial Oatmeal Stout (limited supply)gemini Imperial Blended Alebig red Imperial Red Ale422 pale wheat aleNew Holland Envious, El Mole Ocho, and Imperial HatterGoose Island Bourbon County Coffee Stout (limited supply)Tyranena Scurvy IPAHeavy Seas Letter of Marque Rye PorterLeft Hand Chainsaw Ale (Double Sawtooth) & JuJu Ginger AleFriday's tasting (3pm-7pm) will feature the Letter of Marque, Chainsaw, and Boulevard's Saison! Cheers!
From Big Red Liquors in Bloomington:
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As always, come join us every Thursday from 6-8pm at our downtown Bloomington location for a FREE beer tasting!
We've got a few gems for you this week. At 3 of our locations, David's store at 71st and Keystone, Jan's store at 15021 Greyhound Pass and my store at 2201 East 62nd in Broadripple, we have a few bottles each of Sierra Nevada's 30th Fritz & Ken's Ale as well as a few bottles each of the ultra rare Goose Island Bourbon County Coffee Stout. I had a bottle of each at last weekend's 3Floyds Dark Lord Day and trust me, they're fantastic.
If you have graduation parties to plan for, stop by Shane's store at 56th and Illinois to pick up a keg of Bell's Oberon and make it a party to remember.
As always, I'll be holding an informal, free beer tasting today at 5:00 at my store. Stop in and try something new.
From John at Zing (543 Indiana Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46202 - 317-636-7775)
Sun King and Zing are having a Beer Dinner on Tuesday, May 4 at 7 pm. 5 courses with 5 Sun King Beers for $30
Trip Opportunities
From Ron Smith:From the Distributors:
Guided Beer Vacations to Belgium and Germany!
Now through the end of April is the timeframe where I need to get firm commitments from people. You can read about my Belgium Trip here (http://www.beermba.com/
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From Greg at Cavalier Distribution:
There are several new & exciting beers & out in the market from Cavalier!!
Left Hand Mountain Mix Pack is back by popular demand! The Mt. Mixer is a variety of all of Left Hand's core brews and perfect for any get together or just to have a variety on hand. Either way, make sure to grab a Mt. Mixer and enjoy a taste of Left Hand!!
Left Hand Chainsaw Ale 2010 Vintage has been released and out on select store shelves. Chainsaw is the double Sawtooth Ale, so it's a Double/Imperial ESB. It opens with toasted malt, toffee and fruit flavors, yet closes with a swirling effect of garden herbs, cardamom, dry port and black cherry. Full-bodied, 9.0% alcohol by volume. Chainsaw is only brewed every other year for a special one-time release, supplies are very limited so make sure to get some asap. Take note, it's completely new, awesome packaging and looks nothing like past vintages.
Mad River Double Dread Imperial Red Ale is available in limited quantities at select craft beer establishments in the state. Double Dread is a strong red ale with a strong hop profile balanced by a solid malt backbone. Pours a true ruby red of unexpected crystalline clarity. The Double Dread exhibits our devotion to a firm malt foundation. For those who choose to indulge their passions be forwarned that this refreshment ferments out at 8.6% ABV with an IBU of 95.1. Double Dread is always Mad River's most popular and best-selling seasonal release, so get some now while it's available.
Two Brothers Dog Days of Summer Dortmunder-style Lager is available for the summer! Dog Days has garnered several medals at the Indiana State Beer Competition and continues to be a perennial favorite when it's released each year. It's a full-flavored Lager with a sweet malt profile and dry hop finish. Very refreshing!
Tyranena Scurvy Extra IPA has been released for the first time ever in Indiana!! Scurvy was originally brewed for Tyranena's "Brewer's Gone Wild Series", and has now become their summer seasonal. It's an incredible IPA brewed with orange peel, resulting in a crisp, hoppy beer with a balanced citrus profile. The orange peel is not too bold and is woven perfectly in the taste profile. This beer is incredible and is the perfect summer beer for hopheads!!
From Krystle at World Class Beverages:
Look for Victory's Sunrise Weissbier, an unfiltered, Bavarian style ale true to its origins with all ingredients except for the water having been imported from Germany. Features tangy, fruity flavors of its unique yeast. The imported German malts give the beer a great crisp, citric snap that makes it a superb summertime refresher! Malts: 2 row German barley and wheat maltNews around the web:
Hops: German and Czech whole flower
Yeast: Imported, of German origin ABV: 5.7%
Also, Brooklyn's next lineup for their Brewmaster's Reserve Series, the Buzz Bomb coming in May and their Sorachi Ace in 750 ml bottles.
Rita Kohn's upcoming book, True Brew, is available for pre-order from Amazon.com.