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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 120829 - http://bit.ly/SWeOvX yesterday's tweets as a single Web page
States reach $69 million #ebook pricing settlement with publishers -http://bit.ly/TxS1Ee #apple fights on
A whole network of public libraries begins #Wikipedia collaboration in #Catalonia- http://bit.ly/SU74w3 nice move
University study reveals pest now resistant to genetically modified corn -http://bit.ly/NYhNov just as everyone predicted... #gm
#opensource software takes precedence for Italian public administrations. By law! - http://bit.ly/QBNQKW (v @carlopiana)
Publishers' surpluses should further scholarship, say academics -http://bit.ly/PQ3Ffw quite (v @petersuber)
#TPP Countdown: USTR Whittles Away at Remaining Trace of Public Participation - http://bit.ly/Oumnr1 8' each: what an insult (v @PCGTW)
#Android-Crazy China Passes U.S. As Smartphone Leader, But India's Growing The Fastest - http://tcrn.ch/OumKSi ah, yes, #india too
Tiny Pacific island nations create world's largest marine parks -http://bit.ly/OLCZLf shaming other larger nations that do little
Gute Piraten, schlechte Piraten - http://bit.ly/Pzt20X excellent summary of 1st year's highs & lows #pirateparty #de
The truth about Goobuntu: #Google's in-house desktop Ubuntu Linux -http://zd.net/UdNOrA "Windows requires high-level permission" to use
The TSA's Infamous 'Behavior Detection' In Action: Mandatory 'Chats' About Every Detail Of Your Trip - http://bit.ly/QXpp5d expect more
Kommentar zum #Leistungsschutzrecht: Ein unmögliches Gesetz -http://bit.ly/Nz7lDV excellent stuff #lsr
After 15 months in development, Nokia releases the first #Qt 5 beta -http://tnw.co/QDAr51 but will enough people care?
A "Notice and Takedown" Regime Fit For Europe? - http://bit.ly/NEqMW7important EU consultation on "clean" Net - pl. respond soon
President Zardari: Save my daughter -- 48 hrs left! - http://bit.ly/SY0Sljoutrageous situation #epetition
#Patents Considered Evil - http://bit.ly/TzJ79q best debunking I have read; NB the #economist was against patents initially (v @rupertg)
iPhone, uCopy, iSue - http://econ.st/QDXTPz talking of the #economist and#patents... #apple (v @jjn1)
The Federal Bailout That Saved Mitt Romney - http://bit.ly/PQmqj3 if this encapsulates the man and his methods, good luck America...
Crime and punishment, chimpanzee-style - http://bit.ly/TzRjGz fascinating result
Want To Know How Weak The GOP's Internet Freedom Platform Is? The MPAA Loves It - http://bit.ly/PAaCCW say no more...
the changing seasons of Saturn - http://bit.ly/SVPMyP seems almost too beautiful to be real.... (v @boingboing)
Starting a business with a #RaspberryPi - http://bit.ly/PQpc7P great idea #linux
Revolving Door: US Copyright Office General Counsel Becomes IFPI Lobbyist -http://bit.ly/RuNipq shameless, much?


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A Whimsical Secret-Garden Wedding at Antrim 1844 Country House Hotel in Taneytown, Maryland
Jamila Palmer (28 and a vascular ultrasound technician) and Dennis Friedberg (29 and a mechanical engineer) planned a whimsical secret-garden soiree for their summer wedding in Taneytown, Maryland. Antrim 1844 Country House Hotel offered a striking backdrop for the affair with its mid-19th-century Greek Revival architecture and expansive 450-acre estate, complete with manicured gardens and old growth trees. "To my surprise, the area where we held the ceremony was called the Secret Garden," Jamila says. "It couldn't have been a better fit." The day unfolded with an intimate outdoor ceremony, with Jamila and Dennis exchanging vows under the ancient branches of a majestic elm tree. Jamila's father handcrafted a wooden swing to hang from the tree for the occasion, a detail that—when paired with cascades of fresh white, pink and burgundy blooms—brought the couple's vision to life. A vintage mantelpiece decorated with fresh greenery provided a focal point for the proceedings, while Jamila and Dennis used a love-lock ceremony to symbolize their union. The evening's festivities kicked off inside the mansion. The decor paid tribute to the wedding's theme, with a moss escort card display, lush arrangements of garden roses and greenery in gilded bowl vases, ornate vintage frames and a palette of cream, blush, burgundy and green making guests feel as though they'd been whisked off to an English garden. Bringing the beauty of the outdoors in, the couple draped the chandeliers dotting the ceiling of the glass pavilion with fragrant eucalyptus, pale pink florals and green amaranthus to achieve a whimsical look. A tip from Jamila: "After you get married, sit down with your spouse in private, even if it's only for five minutes. Make sure this time is away from everyone. Sit and talk about the life-changing commitment you just made to each other, because once you start partying, the day flies by." —Libby MacCarthy
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In the United States, we change our clocks in the spring for Daylight Savings Time and in the fall for Standard Time. As Sunday November 6 approaches, we welcome the moment to set our clocks back by one hour, since our days are shorter and the nights get longer. As a constant reminder, do not forget to change the batteries in your fire alarms and change the air furnace filters in your home.
Many of these things are recommendations you have heard before, but with the cost of fuel and electricity going up, we all could use that extra money to spend on something else more utilitarian. Here are some practical energy and money-saving tips to help you prepare to winterize your home:
- Change your air furnace filter
Based on the type of filter you have, we suggest that you change your air filters every 3 to 6 months, based on usage and indoor air quality. Filters help to capture airborne allergens and pollutants that could trigger health ailments and such things as carpet soiling. Proper maintenance of your air furnace will help to optimize the performance of your system, especially during the cold days of the winter season.
- Unplug appliances and electronics
Many appliances like washing machines, dryers, electronics, cell phone chargers and other electrical appliances tend to draw a lot of power when they are still turned off and plugged into the socket. To prevent constant draining of your power, unplug those electrical-related items.
- Check for air leakage
During the winter months especially, warm indoor air can seep through any size space and escape out of your home. Be sure to secure around your windows and doors to prevent this loss of energy and rising heating costs.
- Turn off the lights
Unknowingly, we tend to leave lights on in unoccupied rooms. Try using Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs (CFL) in place of your standard incandescent light bulb. These light bulbs remind you of a neon light, but use 75% less energy and lasts up to 10 times longer than your standard bulb.
- Allow natural light during the day
Instead of keeping your blinds or curtains closed during the day (which keeps your house cooler by the way), allow the sunlight to shine in and warm the inside of your home. This will help to reduce the use of your air furnace and saves energy! Cha-ching$
- Unblock vents
If you have anything like furniture, boxes or other storage items in the front of your vents, this will block the flow of air into your living area and put undue strain on your air furnace. If air is not flowing freely from your registers into air returns, this could pose to be a safety hazard and increase your energy costs.
- Wash with cold water when possible
We know that washing with hot water will dry your skin out from its natural moisture. The same concept applies to your clothes. If you have to use hot water for certain items, that is ok, but where you can transition to using cold water will save the wear on your clothes and save energy. Try to accumulate enough clothes to wash once a week. Frequent washing with your washing machine, as well as your dishwasher, will increase the wattage of energy that you use.
- Reduce your water heater settings
The ideal setting for the water heater in many homes is 120 degrees Fahrenheit. By maintaining a set temperature level, corrosion and mineral build-up is decelerated. Be sure to apply according to the temperature levels in your area and your appliance manuals for suggested temperature settings to help them operated to their maximum potential.
These are just a few practical tips to apply to your home. Preparing your home now to use less energy will show significant savings in your monthly energy bills.


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The Federal Aviation Administration, which will consider whether the plane can resume flying in the U.S., plans to meet Friday with safety officials and pilots from the three U.S. carriers that were using the Max jet.
The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is awarding Illinois $15 million to continue combating the opioid crisis across the state through prevention, treatment and recovery efforts.
The Chicago-based candymaker is seeking an intern to sample sweets and lead "smile-spreading" activities throughout the city. The 8-12 week paid internship also includes a sweet signing bonus: one year's worth of candy.
Staff at the zoo are caring for the pup because his mother was unable to provide him with proper nourishment. His arrival in February marked the zoo's second successful birth for this once-endangered species.
Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx said in a statement Friday that she pledges her "full cooperation" and welcomes the investigation from Inspector General Patrick Blanchard.
The controversial Lincoln Yards project gets the OK from City Council as Mayor Rahm Emanuel bids farewell to the chamber. And Chicago's inspector general releases a damming report on the police department's so-called gang database.
Paris Schutz and guests discuss the possible impact of a proposed Illinois bill that would require anyone buying a gun to provide fingerprints for identity verification purposes.
Now receiving its Chicago debut, this full-length fairy tale production created for American Ballet Theatre is a frothy, visually lavish confection sure to generate either a light-headed sugar rush or a serious sugar coma.
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She said she had all the right intentions - but the Facebook post of a former beauty queen has landed her in hot water. 32-year-old Maria Kang posted a picture of herself with her 3 young children - ages 3, 2 and 8 months. The title of the photo? "What's your excuse?"
Some of the Facebook comments were positive, but a slew slammed Kang for doing what they considered fat-shaming women.
Kang told Yahoo! Shine that her intention was, quote, "to inspire people," explaining, "I wanted to say, 'I know you think you don't have time if you have kids. But if I can do it, you can do it too."
She has since posted this apology:
"I'm sorry you took an image and resonated with it in such a negative way. I won't go into details that I struggled with my genetics, had an eating disorder, work full time owning two businesses, have no nanny, am not naturally skinny and do not work as a personal trainer. What I WILL say is this. What you interpret is not MY fault. It's yours. The first step in owning your life, your body and your destiny is to OWN the thoughts that come out of your own head. I didn't create them. You created them. So if you want to continue 'hating' this image, get used to hating many other things for the rest of your life."


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Fully-Funded Start-Up Business Training
Workshop 1: Business Planning
This is the first of 3 fully-funded training workshops to help you start your business - you will need to complete all 3 workshops.
- What is it like to be self-employed? 'Pros & Cons'
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- Working from home
- Understanding the reality of your business
- Defining your REAL customers
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- Financing your start-up
- Legal aspects
These workshops also provide a chance to discuss questions with our experienced trainers; plus, meet and begin your networking journey with others in the same situation.
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John Maass has decided to discontinue his blog, A Student of History. Since Dr. Maass has done some interesting work on the Revolution in the South, I followed his blog with interest and I'm sorry to see it go. One of his projects was a study of the Battle of Camden, and oddly enough, the 228th anniversary is tomorrow.
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The undergraduate program in exceptional student education prepares teachers with competencies necessary to produce achievement gains and desirable behavior changes in students with disabilities. Successful completion of the courses of study prepares the student for the certification exams in (ESE) exceptional student education. Students graduating in ESE are required to be certified in another content area such as PreK/Primary, Elementary Education K-6, Middle Grade, or the Secondary Education disciplines in order to be consider highly qualified.
Exceptional, Deaf and Interpreting Education also offers a concentration in Deaf Education. Deaf Education is a program in which students complete certification in deaf education. Teacher education candidates must pass all parts of the Florida Teacher Certification Exam as an internship and graduation requirement. Please note: Unlike Special Education, Deaf Education is NOT an ESOL degree program.All courses have field assignments. Students are expected to be proficient in the use of the computer for word processing and Internet access.The program is blocked sequentially with some courses being offered once a year only; therefore, students are requested and encouraged to enter in the fall term. Before beginning course work, students must consult an advisor in the Office of Academic Support and Information Services, Building. 57, Suite 1300. (904) 620-3934.The State of Florida mandates certification requirements for teachers. Students should see their advisor frequently to obtain appropriate advisement for current certification requirements. All students enrolled in College of Education and Human Services courses that require a field or clinical component are taught at a school site or require the student to complete work at a school mandated by state law to be fingerprinted and cleared prior to being permitted on elementary and secondary school campuses. Students should be aware that noncompliance with fingerprinting requirements will result in the inability to complete course requirements. Contact the Office of Academic Support and Information Services for information regarding fingerprinting procedures.
Students may also prepare for a B.S. degree in ASL/English Interpreting. Students seeking to complete the B.S. in ASL/English Interpreting must complete their first two years of interpreting at an accredited and approved ASL/English Interpreting program; usually culminating in an A.S. degree and then transferring to UNF for their final two years.
The Department of Exceptional, Deaf and Interpreter Education offers minors in:
The mission of the ASL/English Interpreting Program is to prepare entry-level practitioners who are capable of managing the intercultural demands and complex cognitive tasks for conveying dynamically equivalent messages between American Sign Language and English. The program strives to provide an evidence-based curriculum that instills strong communication skills in English (written and spoken) and American Sign Language (receptive and expressive). The program is based on core values of ethical reasoning and decision-making, critical thinking, and Deaf community alliance. In addition, we aspire to graduate students who consistently demonstrate interpersonal skills that reflect unconditional positive regard for all participants in the interpreting process and professional dispositions that embrace diversity, respect, equity, and equality of opportunity among the diverse language and cultural groups of the community. Program faculty members are committed to conducting and incorporating research in interpreting and interpreter education, receiving ongoing training on best practices in distance learning, and infusing the standards outlined by the Commission on Collegiate Interpreter Education.
The graduate program in special education prepares graduate students to assume positions as professional practitioners who work with exceptional individuals. The majority of these practitioners become teachers in self-contained classes or resource rooms, while others serve in positions such as consulting teacher, behavior analyst, parent-infant specialist, or sign language interpreter. Practitioners may serve individuals with special needs ranging from preschool through adulthood. Additionally, they may work with the families of individuals with special needs. The graduate special education program offers five concentrations.
Majors in special education consist of a minimum of 36 credits of graduate study. The initial certification Master's degree program requires additional credit hours. An individually designed program of study for each student is developed by the student in collaboration with his or her faculty advisor. For admission into the special education graduate program an applicant must
Students not meeting minimum criteria for admission may be considered for admission under the UNF/College exceptions policy. Please check with the program director or the office of academic advising for procedures on admission by exceptions. The program makes special provisions for admitting students with disabilities.
Note: All applications, transcripts, test scores, and supporting documents must be sent directly to The Graduate School, University of North Florida, 1 UNF Drive, Jacksonville, FL 32224. All students enrolled in College of Education and Human Services courses that require a field or clinical component and/or are taught at a school site are mandated by state law to be fingerprinted and cleared prior to being permitted on elementary and secondary school campuses. Students should be aware that noncompliance with fingerprinting requirements will result in the inability to complete course requirements. Contact the Office of Educational Field Experiences, (904) 620-3934, for information regarding fingerprinting procedures.
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Exceptional Student Education Concentration
The Exceptional Student Education concentration is designed for those students seeking initial certification as teachers of students with exceptionalities. The program of study is designed to offer graduate students the preparation needed for Florida state certification in exceptional student education, K-12.
Disability Services Concentration
The disability services concentration in special education is available for professionals who serve individuals with disabilities in special and general education and in settings other than schools. This concentration allows individuals to pursue graduate study in special education and in various cognate areas in education but does not lead to teacher certification. The program of study consists of a minimum of 36 credit hours and is individually designed.
Applied Behavior Analysis Concentration
The Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) concentration is designed to prepare individuals to assume positions as professional clinical practitioners who work with exceptional individuals and are interested in behavioral assessment and appropriate interventions and in preparing for the BCBA or BCABA examinations.
The ASL/English Interpreting degree is designed for those students seeking advanced preparation as sign language interpreters. The University of North Florida's interpreting programs are committed to upholding the National Interpreter Educational Standards as formulated by the Conference of Interpreter Trainers. The master's degree is offered in a distance-friendly modality with online, three weekend-per-semester/online, and a five day summer session/online formats to accommodate students who do not live in northeast Florida. The program is developed in accord with current spoken and signed language research and target interpreters who aspire to become nationally certified.
Karen Patterson, Associate Professor and Dean of Undergraduate StudiesLen Roberson, Associate Professor and director of ASL.English Interpreting Program Gerard R. Giordano, Professor, and director of ESE programSherry L. Shaw, Professor Janice Seabrooks-Blackmore, Associate Professor and ChairJennifer Kilpatrick, Assistant ProfessorCaroline Guardino, , Associate Professor Laura Jackson, InstructorDeborah Reed, InstructorJonathan Antal, Instructor, ASLMichael Stultz, Instructor, ASLDawn Wessling, Staff Interpreter and Instructor
Karen B. Patterson, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Dean for Undergraduate StudiesLen Roberson, Ph.D., Associate Professor and director of ASL.English Interpreting Program Gerard R. Giordano, Ph.D., Professor Jennifer Kilpatrick, Ph.D Assistant ProfessorSherry L. Shaw, Ed.D., Professor Janice Seabrooks-Blackmore, Ph.D., Associate Professor and ChairCaroline Guardino, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Director: Deaf Education


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Present the splendor of a beautiful day in the sunshine with this wonderful expression of color. Hand crafted by floral artisans with ten 'unique' orange roses, six orange spray roses, and pittosporum in a 5 Matte Tangerine Cube. Measures approximately 9H x 10W x 10D.
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November is homelessness awareness month and I recently had the honor of joining elected officials and representatives from community organizations throughout the Capital Region at a kick-off event hosted by the Capital Region Coalition to End Homelessness. This vital Coalition is comprised of more than 40 organizations which provide housing, shelter and support services to the homeless, the poor, and persons in need. The event occurred at the SAFE House, a shelter for homeless and runaway youth in Schenectady, and was extremely informative as it examined what is it that we all need to be aware of when it comes to homelessness, and certainly affects our own local towns, cities and neighborhoods. First, there is no stereotypical person who finds themselves homeless. People who are single, married, employed, unemployed, veterans, young, old, male, female, healthy or ill, etc. can become homeless. For many people circumstances beyond their control such as jobs cuts because of the economy, apartments that fail to meet code enforcement standards, domestic violence, inadequate guardianship, and as we have seen all too recently, natural disasters, can leave them without a place to call home. According to the Coalition, so far this year here in Rensselaer County 1,100 households including 369 families with 700 children have sought homeless assistance. Of the 1,800 "literally homeless" households that have been served, meaning of those living in emergency shelters or in places not meant for human habitation, including living in vehicles or on the street, 31 percent were households with children and 7 percent of those were comprised of two parent families. Second, seven years ago people from throughout Rensselaer County came together to compile a Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness. This plan put forth the solutions now implemented in our County for successfully preventing and ending homelessness. These solutions include Housing First Programs, such as those managed by Joseph's House and Shelter in Troy, Permanent Supported Housing for persons living with disabilities such as that provided by Unity House and the YWCA, and providing emergency shelter to families helping keep moms and children together during their crisis such as St. Paul's Center in Rensselaer while staff help the family search for permanent affordable housing. Lastly, the plan also recommended financial assistance to residents to prevent impending evictions. Third, the county's Human Services Cabinet and community based organizations throughout the county have focused attention on homeless families in order to provide more comprehensive services to those most at risk to help them return to self-sufficiency. This initiative has not only made a difference in the lives of these families but has also saved taxpayer dollars by reducing the expense of services provided on a disjointed basis. Fourth, as we approach the more difficult weather that the winter brings, we as a community need to be even more mindful of those who have no certainty of where they will sleep tonight. My thanks to all who work to end homelessness and to all of you who support their efforts! Only with community participation through awareness can we make a meaningful contribution to add to the success of these vital and necessary programs. And speaking about participation, anyone with an interest in helping those in need can contribute by attending the fourth annual "Help for the Homeless" benefit concert featuring Judy Collins and Jimmy Webb. The concert will be held at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall on Dec. 6 at 8 p.m. with support from the Troy Savings Bank Charitable Foundation and the Community Foundation of the Capital Region. Tickets can be purchased from the Music Hall box office or online atwww.troymusichall.org
. A portion of the proceeds from this concert will go to homeless and housing providers in our community. Kathy Jimino is the Rensselaer County executive


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Saturday, April 10, 2010
More Luzerne County corruption
Today we learn that
TL: Luzerne County Clerk of Courts Robert Reilly rejected a plea agreement offered by federal authorities to charges related to the ongoing corruption probe, a source knowledgeable with the investigation said.
I have to say good for him. It's about time that one of these cases actually goes to trial so we can learn who is paying the bribes not just who accepting them. He will probably cave before trial.
The Little Red Wagon company of Wayne, PA is the center of the latest questionable contracting practices or lack of in the county.
County commissioners initially approved payment of $107,000 to LRW. They later voted to extend the contract, but the new terms did not detail what work would be done, set a timeframe or cap for payments. The extension also was never signed by the county.
The original contract was signed in 2005 since then LRW has been paid almost a million dollars for advice on how to put papers in boxes. No change orders or extensions were ever approved by the Commissioners.
Controller Walter Griffith has stopped paying their invoices.
Prothonotary Carolee claims credit for blowing the whistle
Medico: I called feds
Medico Olenginski loudly expressed her concerns about the payments at a Jan. 27 records improvement committee meeting – the first public committee meeting in years.
However, fellow committee members Reilly, Commissioner Maryanne Petrilla and acting Sheriff Charles Guarnieri voted to continue paying LRW, also known as Little Red Wagon, to complete more work. Deputy Treasurer Dominick DePolo, representing Treasurer Michael Morreale, also voted in favor of continuing.
LRW has a website that has client testomnials including this one from Bob Reilly:
"After a lengthy search, I finally found a professional company who understands County government and provides the unique records management services we needed. LRW was able to help many of our offices free up valuable office and storage space and develop easy to follow guidelines for maintaining departmental retention schedules. The Records Improvement Committee and County Departments are extremely pleased with the work they have done. I can depend on LRW to get any job done."
— Robert Reilly, Luzerne County Clerk of Courts
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WTF! Reilly has not been arrested, not charged with any crime yet somebody knows that he has turned down a plea agreement. How do you get offered a plea agreement before any charges are filed? I like Bob Reilly and I hope he did nothing wrong but if he did then there is a price to pay. BUT, if he didn't do anything worthy of an indictment, this publicity is destroying him. I think it was irresponsible to print this information before it became official, that's just not the way it should be. There are reputations, family and close friends who are all affected by this loose journalism.
hello??? pleas are sometimes worked out when informing of charges. it's obvious to anyone with half a brain they have something on him. you don't really think the us attorneys would have let the cat out of the bag at Brace's sentencing about the cooperation against the Reilly investigation and then reduce his sentence without confirmation do you? anybody in there??? he's done! get over it cronies..he can't do you anymore favors! and if he doesn't plea, i'm sure they could keep digging and find more. use a little common sense at the very least...people don't stay in office that long under that regime without playing a little ball! DUH!! maybe mr brown can "bail" him out. lol~!!!! couldn't happen to a more nastier man!!!!
- Big Dan said...
whoops! gort, I think you need to fix the medico link
- Big Dan said...
You know, earlier I thought Reilly's testimony on LRW said: "A phantom company I can count on that takes large amounts of taxpayers' money with ambiguous or non-existent work"...but they changed it!
11:29, thanks for the laugh. Please tell me what political favors Reilly can do for anybody? Reilly is the Clerk of Courts, not a County Commissioner. If Reilly did something wrong, wouldn't he jump on a deal? Reilly would not be the only one the Feds railroaded into accepting a plea for some BS charge. Oliveri in Pittston didn't do a damn thing wrong and he took the plea, Jerry Bonner didn't take a dime but he copped a plea the second time because the Feds wwere so weak they gave him NO time for a plea. At his age, he didn't spen the money to fight because the plea didn't cost him a thing. His career is over, he is approaching 70 years of age and said to hell with it. I hope Reilly can fight if he is the object of the same BS charges.
hey anon 11:29 wake up and smell the coffee you don't have to be a commissioner to do favors. he's in charge of all criminal records and can do lots! duh. as for the feds railroading anyone you have much to learn. they are just scimming the top to get these criminals out of office and out of any power and into jail where they belong. as for honest joe oliveri..think again. i'm sure if they had the time to keep digging they could put them away for a long long time. thats why these creeps end up taking pleas, my friend. they have much bigger fish to fry...stay tuned, more of your friends are going down bro hahahahhahhaahhaaaahhhaaaaaa better watch they don't come knocking on your door, they read the blogs...they might find some "bull shit" charge on you too. by the way the feds offer pleas when they're ready to indict they don't indict if your working with them to setup others, so the people you're trying to setup wont know...moron.
- Tony Thomas said...
Well Reilly has now been CHARGED. How do all of you anonymous supporters feel now about him?


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Dad's Favorite Beer
From the beer community
It was my own father who first exposed me to beer. At an early age, there was an after-dinner tradition of story time, where my father would tell my brothers and sister tales from his youth growing up in Philadelphia.
He worked at the bottlehouse for Schmidts while attending Villanova in the 1950s. He had landed the job from an uncle who worked at Esslingers. "It was grunt work," he told me. "I worked the 4 pm to midnight shift. And they gave you three twenty minute beer breaks." At the time, he was underage and unable to imbibe, yet he would smell like a brewery on his ride home on the El late at night, much to the consternation of fellow passengers.
Years later, as a middle-schooler with a paper route, I would collect discarded beer cans that littered the local yards after late night high school parties, while I delivered the Washington Star on Saturday mornings. When it appeared that my collection wasn't a passing fad, my father would return from business trips abroad with empty cans for my collection as souvenirs.
During summers at the Jersey shore, my father and my uncles would play pinochle in the garage, which was stocked with cases and cases of Carling Black Label; Uncle Paul, my grandfather's best friend, worked for a beer distributor and had the bent knuckles from moving cases of beer to show for it.
But despite the fact that beer was prevalent in family discussions and during beach vacation card games, I rarely can recall my dad drinking it growing up. He didn't drink at all for the longest time and when he finally jumped back into the game he was a wine man. Later he worked with a fellow who he claimed was a "Guinness guy." "He would make this punch with that and champagne that looked like root beer," he said. My father himself would sample Guinness on a trip to Ireland but upon return found that the beer stateside wasn't the same as what he'd had in Dublin.
After college, I relocated to Southern California in 1990 and found myself in the midst of the craft beer boom. When my father had to make a trip to San Diego, I drove down from Los Angeles and we went to a local microbrewery there; he had found his way back to beer. By the time I moved back to the east coast, my dad was a full-blown Heineken fan, so much so that when my sister got married, it became the de facto beer for her reception.
These days, when traveling abroad, he will typically ask to sample a local brew like Lithuania's SVYTURYS or Australia's Cooper's Original Pale Ale. His palate has opened up and now a world of beer awaits him.
In the spirit of that generational giving, All About Beer Magazine posed the question "What is your dad's favorite beer?" to its contributors, readers and others in our extended family to see what they had to say about it. This is our homage to dads and their beer.
—Greg Barbera
From our writers—
Matt's Premium. We lived in Syracuse and it was as "local" as you could get.
—Rick Lyke
There was one ritual that will forever stay in mind: the spring bock beer run. Each year, when the Formosa brewery of Ontario would release its seasonal bock in the five liter mini-keg—or whatever the Imperial equivalent was in those pre-metric days—my father would drive across the provincial border to pick up at least two and, since gas was always cheaper in Ontario than in Quebec, fill up the tank. The tricky part, of course, was that the trip would need to be timed so that the tank was almost empty, but not so much that the car would run out of gas before my dad made it to Cornwall. I don't recall him even once not making it.
—Stephen Beaumont
My dad's beer was Busch. He would let me have sips of it whenever I wanted. And I liked it! I remember enjoying the way the bubbles tickled my tongue. They were different than pop bubbles. I also liked the cans—they were blue with a big, white mountain on them. You don't see mountains like that growing up in Tulsa, OK, so it was quite exotic.
Granddad's beer was Coors. I think that was mostly because he couldn't get Coors at the time in Houston, where he lived. So when he and Granny would drive up to visit us in Tulsa, they would head home with a trunk packed with so much Coors, the back end of their car nearly scraped the road!
—Lisa Morrison
My dad drank two beers that I remember. When I was very young, he drank the confusingly-named Duke Ale, The Prince of Pilsners, from the Duquesne Brewing Co. of Pittsburgh. When they went under—and a sad day it was in our house—he switched to Miller High Life, which turned out to be an important step for my beer education: I didn't like it. I had no reason not to, no one had told me that beer even could taste different—it was "beer" —but when I filched one, it tasted grainy, nasty, and I went back to drinking illegally purchased Genny Cream Ale and National Bohemian. But now I knew that beers really had differences. I finally got my dad drinking Yuengling Traditional Lager with the "drink local" argument.
—Lew Bryson
We lived in Boulder, CO, so it was definitely Coors. I used to get the first sip when I would fetch him one and I can still remember that crisp taste.
—Adem Tepedelen
My dad's always been very susceptible to advertising and the power of suggestion. So for him, growing up, hearing jingles such as, "What are you gonna have? Pabst Blue Ribbon," it used to be PBR. Now he loves wheat beers: "heferweizen" (though he's lived in California for over 40 years, he still has his Brooklyn accent). He brings home mostly Widmer Hefeweizen and Leinenkugel's Sunset Wheat, and when we're out, I'll steer him toward Gordon-Biersch hefe to go with the garlic fries at a Dodger game, or take him to a proper beer bar and suggest Blanche de Bruxelles.
—Brian Yaeger
From our readers—
Dad drove a truck for a beverage distributor in Wisconsin when I was a kid, so besides the bounty of brew in the fridge, the basement walls had a tasteful coat of beer posters and wall hangings, as well as coasters, pool cues and mugs.
—Doug Smith
Budweiser. Grandpa? Budweiser. Uncle Dave? Budweiser. Grandpa drove a Budweiser truck in Los Angeles in the 40s and 50s, Uncle Dave in the 60s. It's in my DNA, yet rarely in my bloodstream. Though, whenever I visit the folks I'll bring the King of Beers in order to keep in good stead. Talk around the family campfire inevitably leads to "the takeover". Grandpa's rolling in his grave.
—Michael Brainard
My father did not drink beer, however my grandfather did. His choice of beer was Knickerbocker, which came in the form of a stubbie. As a kid I used to find them "hidden" throughout his basement workshop.
—Jay Sheveck
My dad used to drink a beer called Reading until they went out of business and then he started drinking Schaefer. I think it all part of a scheme he had to discourage his kids from drinking.
—Craig Zearfoss
Schlitz. The beer, not the bull. Tall skinny white can with pull tab, on more than one occasion nestled between him driving and me in the front passenger seat, no seat belts.
—Kevin Collins
My dad grew up very conservative. Consuming beer, or any alcohol for that matter, was taboo. However, I took my dad into a beer market with me about a year and a half ago where I was looking for a bottle of Chimay. That day my dad realized that beer just might be okay and for his birthday recently, 30 years after he was legally allowed to have a beer, he had his first…and many more to come. Out of all the beers that I'm aware my dad has had since then, he talks most about Paulaner Oktoberfest Märzen Amber. I'm proud of him for sticking to his convictions all those years, but for also having an open mind and being willing to try something new at the ripe age of 51.
—Brandon Roth
Dad's favorite beer was PBR—Pabst Blue Ribbon. We're talking the late '60s here… if I close my eyes, I can still those brown glass longnecks and that red, white and blue label. When I was three, my dad caught me hiding behind the living room curtains drinking one of his beers!
—Cindy Brickman
Dad still drinks the cheap, yellow, canned American swill. The cheaper, the better—if it's yellow and you can read the paper through 12 ounces of it, he'll drink it. Dad has enjoyed drinking these beers with his fellow aviators, many of whom seem to drink nominal priced cans of pilsner regularly. He proudly keeps a photo of Steve McQueen drinking a sixer of Old Mil on the back of a pick-up on his living room wall, next to the family photos. Sadly, he has passed this terrible affliction on to me. Thanks, Dad.
—Michael Benson
Dad drank Schlitz when he ever had any at home. A truck driver friend that grew up with us drank that too, but he'd sprinkle salt along the can's spout. I've never had the courage to try that.
—Jeff Hart
My dad's favorite beer was Hamm's. I think he liked the bear commercials. He is a Chicago Bears fan.
—Kim Anglin
I used to watch the Yankees on Saturday afternoons in my parent's living room as a kid, and my dad would crack open a can of Budweiser, and pour me about 1/5 of a plastic cup so we could enjoy the time together, hoping for Goose Gossage (my favorite player at age six) to get the save.
—Nicholas Porochnia
In the Portland area, the "good" beer was Henry Weinhard's, brewed right downtown. The city smelled like stale malt. I recall a beer spill flooding the streets, but I could be imagining things. I also remember Michelob being considered "exotic
—Ryan Whitehead
Funny topic. Definitely Budweiser. And in cans, never bottles. Preferably a whole case at a time.
—Shayna Daub
My dad drank what grandma called "weird beer" Sierra, Sam and Negro Modelo. Thanks, dad, for instilling in me that good beer has flavor!
—Melissa Jernigan
This is embarrassing to admit, but I grew up with my dad drinking Carling Black Label. I can still remember that if I helped with a chore, like washing the car or pulling weeds, I'd get a half a jelly glass of beer, always with that shockingly white, airy head. I always felt cheated when the glass would start out full, but the head would recede to just half the glass.
—Greg Givan
My father is and was a beer lover…he taught me about good beer. My favorite story is when I was in college and we were just discovering how fun the other could be. We went to a bar in Athens, OH called O'Hooleys where they brew their own beer. It was my first "home-brewed" pale ale…it was delicious! What he neglected to point out to me was that the alcohol content was slightly higher than what I was used to. It was such a fun night, one I will always remember.
—J Walker
Beer is part of every birthday, Father's Day and Christmas present. My fiancé and I love putting together six-packs of new flavors for my dad to try. For Christmas this year, we got him a case of Yuengling and he couldn't have been happier.
—Rachel Mischke
I come from a long line of working class beer drinkers. I remember my grandfather drinking Black Label, Schmidts and Piels. My father started with Reading then moved to Miller Lite. Once a week he would come home with a case and I'd have to arrange them on one of the shelves in the refrigerator. It's amazing how perfectly they fit. He would enjoy two or three cans when he came home from work, sit on the sofa, put his feet up on the table, wait for his cat to jump in his lap for a nap, and light up a Pall Mall cigarette. He was a wonderfully simple man who was a fantastic father and husband. I miss him!
—Bill Garrison
And from other sons and daughters—
When I was old enough (seven), my job was to fetch Dad a beer and have it opened by the time I got to his recliner. The ritual stopped as I got older, when the beers arrived to Dad's chair with increasingly less contents.
One of my fondest memories is when we were in Ireland together. We shared quite a few pints of Guinness and had some great conversation while taking in the beautiful scenery and relaxing in the pub.
He was a steelworker in Pittsburgh and drank beer daily after work. He now drinks all the microbrews and craft beers. He says that as a young man in the mills, him and his buddies would have turned their collective noses up at wheat beer, imperial stout, winter ale and the like. He marvels today at the variety of beers and wonders why brewers were not more creative in the 40s, 50s and 60s. This Christmas, in what has become a tradition in the family, he received over 60 different beers from my mother, sister, wife and grandkids. The beer will be gone by March and we'll repeat the process at Father's Day. He is not too keen on sharing.
My father loves brewery tours. We lived in Houston and went to Anheuser Busch monthly. When he retired, he moved to Schulenburg and then Shiner Brewery became our monthly meet. It still is.
Dad had a friend who was a long-distance truck driver. A couple of times a year he would get a case of Coors before they shipped over the Rockies. You would have thought it was the nectar of the gods.
After my father entered a nursing home for the final stage of his life, he glowed when seeing my brother or me bring a little cooler when we visited him. He knew we had a beer for him in there, and he enjoyed every sip til his last day. Those smiles from him will stay with me forever!
He would drink Pabst in a can. I remember one of the good rear end spankings I got. It was when he told me to go get him one. Well I did and shook it up real good. The rest, as the say, is history. Or a good ass beating!
On special occasions, he would have Beck's Dark with fresh ground black pepper, which was the first taste of beer I ever had. I've been hooked on German dark beers ever since.
A ritual in our family was for my dad to bring my brother and I to the corner bar a few times a week to have a cold one (we had Coke) and share some camaraderie with the other patrons.
Instead of my father being a beer lover, I actually introduced him to beer. My dad never drank anything when I was growing up. It was on the return trips home from NYC to Winston that I started introducing my dad to more interesting beers. He, by this time, had rekindled an old love affair with wine. But, slowly, he has warmed up to craft beers as brewers have gotten more creative; and I think I have won him over with the argument that the very best in the beer world can be had for a fraction of the price of a bottle of wine. So I guess you could say that my dad and I have bonded over beer: it is something we can talk about besides the financial crisis and Wake Forest basketball (the latter, however, is a topic that never gets old).
—Rich Grogan
My dad died just last Nov. (a year after my mom died), and many of my memories of both of Mom and Dad have beer as a significant part. Dad always had some good beer on hand, both more nationally known brands such as Sam Adams as well as locally brewed beers. He lived in Asheville, NC. which has several excellent breweries, as well as several places where beer figures in prominently in their menu. He was a regular at the Asheville Biergarten, where he had gone often enough to be friends with John the brewmaster. (You can't go wrong at a place that has a beer menu that is about 20 pages long!) He even had monthly meetings with retired clergy (he was a retired Episcopal priest) there, so they could all enjoy and compare while they solved the world's problems.
Part of a very large family, and we all lived in the same town: 11 aunts and uncles and roughly 30 cousins. Many nights, my dad and his brothers and sisters would get together at my grandparents house and share their stories over a cold beer. It was like having a family reunion almost every weekend, getting everyone together aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents. It was a special day when I turned 21 and was allowed to enter the "circle" out on the back porch, and share a beer and my stories.
My father was not a big beer drinker, but I do remember being able to taste the Piels, Ballantine or whatever he had at dinner. I found out later when I read his WWII diary that he fell in love with Belgian beer while he was there. Ironic!
When my brother was very small, he wanted to emulate my dad. When my dad had a beer, my brother would beg for one too. So my mom poured a tiny bit of beer in a glass in front of my brother—then filled the glass with water, behind his back. My brother proudly sat next to my dad and they drank their beers together.
I grew up on a farm and remember as a teen baling hay and unloading the wagons in the barn, then my dad, brother, and I each enjoying a bottle of dad's current brand.
—Doug Kepner
He wasn't a heavy drinker, but back then at the Legion in town, which was dry, you had to buy your beer and mark the bottles with your initials so you were being served your own beer.
Once I started drinking, I would make it a point to bring home a new brew for both him and I to try together whenever I went over to the house. Before long, he was even surprising me when I showed up at the house with something new and interesting to try! These pints and the words shared over them have become one of my most cherished memories between my father and I, and I hope they continue to happen for a very long time.
—Pete Dickson
Back in the 1950s, we moved out to the country, and he built a huge garage out of cement block, which he would work on after or before his shifts at the steel mill. His "helper" for the project was his favorite beer: P.O.C., which stood for "Pride of Cleveland." Dad would get up on the scaffolding, take some gulps from his can of P.O.C., lay a few blocks, finish the can of beer, then drop the empty can into one of the blocks' holes. My brother used to say that "Dad and P.O.C. built that garage!" We had no idea how many cases of P.O.C. went into those walls!
When I was a kid, every Memorial Day, Independence Day, and Labor Day my father would have a cookout . He would get a barrel of beer and while he prepped the yard and food we would go clam digging. Later in the afternoon, we'd have steamers, chicken and steak with the adults enjoying the beer. Some of my favorite pictures of my father are him with draft beer in hand in front of the homemade grill (1/2 of a 55 gallon drum)!
My dad was a home-brewer the moment it was legal back in '78, but he got away from it and the equipment went into storage at my grandfather's home until the brewing bug bit me. I now use the same fermentation lock and capper that my Dad had used. My first all-grain was also the first all-grain my Dad had done, and we did it together (a roggenbeir). We were just novice brewers, way in over our heads. Beer has now become a staple in our house. We read articles about beer, we go out in search of the brews we haven't tried, and we make the beers we can't find. Beer is a great bonding agent.
—Jacob Wachholz
My dad was not the only significant figure in my life that loved beer. So did Santa. Every Christmas Eve, we left out a chocolate chip cookie and a bottle of beer for Santa. Every Christmas Day there was an empty plate and bottle of beer and a thank letter signed by Santa.
One of our favorite stories involves Dad and his beer. My mother was changing my brother on the changing table and told my father to come over because it was time he learned how to do this. Stein in hand, he reluctantly walked to the table for his diaper-changing lesson. My mother unpinned the diaper and my brother released a stream of urine that arced perfectly…right into the beer stein! The next diaper change my father participated in was that of my son! It took him a long time to get over that.
Even though my tastes are more on the hoppier side, I still think of my dad when I have the lighter pilsners and the times we would sit in the garage and watch the rain storms, with cans in hand.
My Dad loved his Rheingold Beer. I can still hear the pop of the can, his first sip and his "Ahhhhhhh."
My dad has always been a beer drinker and lover. He loves beer so much that he made his own kegerator out of an old refrigerator we had. Once I got a little older, I remember how cool all my friends thought my dad must be because he was the only person they knew with his own kegerator. It later impressed my husband on his first visit to our house and he and my dad have bonded over beer ever since. My dad passed on his love of beer to us this year by purchasing us a kegerator of our own for our first house.
I lived in Salzburg, Austria a few years ago, and when my parents came to visit, my dad, a huge lover of beer, had learned one German phrase: Ein mal bier, bitte! Which translates into, "One more beer, please!" I'm happy to report we used that phrase many times during their visit,
During my early years my father would always drink what my grandmother called "weird beer" i.e. whatever craft beer my father was drinking at the time, not Bud, Miller or Coors which is what my grandparents were used to. As I became older, I started to taste these "weird beers" that my father drank and because of this exposure, I have become an avid homebrewer and craft beer lover. Thanks Dad for instilling in me the love of "weird beer."
On the eve of my 21st birthday, he took me out to a local pub and bought me my first legal pint of beer. It was a Bass Ale. It is a moment I will never forget as long as I live.
Paul Minarik
On warm summer nights, I remember being on the swing set and my dad sitting on the picnic table drinking his first PBR of the evening.
On payday he would go to the bank to cash his check and then make rounds of two or three bars. On weekends he would go to a club that he and some friends set I guess to have an excuse to play cards or cheat play bocce and of course drink beer.
—Barry Smith
Sunday afternoons at the family kitchen table when I was eight or so usually consisted of a pork roast, sauerkraut and dumplings, and my dad pouring a frosty beer into a glass—one of which, if I recall, used to have a Blatz logo on it. Almost like a priest—we were Catholic, after all—he would pass the glass around to me and my siblings. He would never have more than one beer with dinner, and it wasn't as if any of us ever took the liberty to chug down his glass. In hindsight, this was perhaps a variation of families in Italy that serve wine at the family dinner table just so the kids can get a taste of it before they go out into the "real world."
My best memory having a beer with my father is when I was drinking in the kitchen, just enjoying the silence of the house and he came in, grabbed a beer and sat down with me. It was a great time. There is something about sitting down with your father having a great beer and talking that no money can buy. I see him less than now but we still have our time to sit and have a beer. Cheers to all you fathers out there.
After mowing the lawn or fixing his car, he'd ask me or one of my brothers to get him a beer. We would race to be the one to get it for him. Then we would just sit with him, on the brick wall in front of our house, while he enjoyed his beer after some physical labor. That was our time to ask him about lawnmowers, cars or anything else we wanted to figure out about being a man. I can still taste those "baby sips" he let us take.
It is because of my father that I love beer as much as I do. His famous words will always be, "Kate, if you're going to drink a beer, it damn well better be a good one." Every time I pour myself a beer, I smile and think of my father.
My fondest memories of my dad were Sunday afternoons in the mid 1960s watching the New York Yankees on WPIX television, my dad drinking Schaefer beer: how well he knew the game, how he would break down the game for me, tell me what to watch for and how to enjoy the game. My dad seemed to work all the time so the time spent with him was very special.
I remember when my father and I went to Minnesota to meet my grandfather for the first time. My father was adopted and just found out who his dad was a earlier that year. If I remember correctly my grandfather Clyde was 93 at the time of the visit. We stopped to pick him up to do a little fishing and out comes Clyde standing about 5 foot tall. I am 6'4" tall and my dad is 6 foot, so I was expecting someone a little taller. So we help him into my dad's '77 Chevy Suburban and are heading to the bait shop. After a little small talk, Clyde speaks up in a loud voice and says, "Aren't we gonna stop and get some beer? I can't be out there fishin' with out any beer!" So we stopped at the liquor store. Clyde proceeds to the beer cooler and grabs a six pack of Schlitz Malt Liquor Bull, turns and looks at my father and me and smiles. My grandfather drank three of the beers within four hours of fishing. We also caught three Northerns, the smallest at three pounds and the biggest just under nine. So that was one of my first memories of having a beer with my father and his father: three generations toasting to beautiful sunny day, on the shore, with crystal clear water and a "Bull" in our hands.
My dad had to have an ice-cold beer—chilled in the freezer—to enjoy after he mowed the lawn on hot summer days in New Jersey. This was in the early 70s and I remember as a little girl being so excited when I got to put the bottle in the freezer, watch the clock so it wouldn't be in there too long and then bring it out to him. He would sit on the back steps and while he slowly enjoyed his beer, and tell me stories about when he was stationed in Germany as an army truck driver in the 1950s. He said that's when he developed a taste for beer because there wasn't much else to do between deliveries. He said American beer was better, though!
I can remember when my family built our house on the weekends. Under the foundation for the back steps there are hundreds of beer cans.
We frequented a local joint called Lou's Pizza. I remember my dad getting done with work, picking us up, and we'd sit there in the booth. That frosty, cold pitcher of Michelob would be brought to the table. Never did a four-year old boy want to be 21 so badly, so he could experience the joy of an ice-cold beer and some time together with family at the end of a long day.
I remember those summer weekends when he and the other fathers in the neighborhood would get together in one of their backyards. Each one of them would have those brown bottles in their hands talking about what fathers talked about during the 1960s. That is when I knew there was something special about beer and how it brings people together.
Beer has brought my father and me closer together than anything else I can think of; it is one of the few fascinations we both share. Our tastes don't converge all too often, but that's actually been a blessing, because it has allowed us to share different styles of beer together that either of us might never have sampled otherwise. We've recently begun brewing together and, cheesy as it sounds, are becoming more like friends than simply relatives.
I was born late to old parents. They were 40 when I was born. Dad loved his beer and fishing. We used to take cheese, Vienna sausage and crackers with us. One day when I was around seven years old, he dipped the empty sausage can in the lake and rinsed it out. He filled it up with beer (Bud) and gave it to me. He said if I was old enough to enjoy fishing with him, then I should be man enough to enjoy a good cold beer with him. One was all I got, but it became a ritual that Mom never knew about. I guess today that would be called child abuse, but to me and my Dad, it was love and bonding. He died when I was 12, but to this day I remember every fishing trip. God, I miss him.
Growing up, I can't remember a single time that my family got together and there wasn't a cooler full of Schaefer or Schaefer Light somewhere. In fact, I thought my name was "Get me a beer" until I was 11 years old.
My father loved his beer, probably a little too much. I remember he would sit out in front of the garage grilling a steak until it was very well done and he would always have a Pabst Blue Ribbon in his hand. He even had a can holder installed on our riding lawn mower!
Every so often my father would send me a letter while I was away at college (University of Tulsa, 1972-76) with five dollars that was designated as beer money.
He use to collect beer cans and steins. He had about 250 different cans and around 70 different steins.
I grew up in the Pittsburgh area. I can remember so many times that involved beer and dads, granddads, uncles, great uncles. I remember being allowed in the kitchen with the "mensch"; listening to the Friday night fight; beer, bread, cigars and cheese (limburger). I also remember late summer afternoons on the back porch, beer, dark rye bread, salt, mustard, tomatoes and green onions fresh-picked from the garden alongside the house and the fellowship of the males of the family who gathered to share their week's experiences.
When I think of my dad and beer, I think of Saturday afternoons after working in the yard. He would come in, open the fridge and pull out a bottle or can. When I was in college, I finally got to join him in that summer-Saturday ritual.
Beer is like baseball. It gets past down from generation to generation. Go to one game or have just one beer and you are a fan for life, and you remember your dad because he took you to that game and you drink beer because you want to be like him.
My dad was one of the first people to convert an old refrigerator into a "tap," with a keg inside. It held a half keg and he taught me as a young girl how to pour a beer with a perfect head. As a result, I was always the one he called when friends showed up to go draw a pitcher of beer for him and his friends. It made me feel proud to bring that pitcher of beer to the table for him and his friends and I was only 10 years old!
My dad loved beer. He had a vinyl graphic that looked like a Coca-Cola can label but it read Caco-Calo. The trick was that it would cling to any 12 oz size canned beverage to make it look like Coca-Cola. The beer my dad loved so much could now be consumed in environments where beer consumption is otherwise unacceptable. Genius!
I come from a line of epic drinkers. My father and uncles were all bricklayers and I remember being the lil' beer runner when they were building my uncle Gerald's house in between helping with little jobs around the job site. I would slyly take sips here and there of their favorite nectar.
My father let me have my first beer when I have 13. My mother was out of the house and my siblings were in bed. He let me try some, but followed it up with "If you say anything to your mother, I'll deny it."
I converted my father from an average Joe to a beer geek.
My father was raised in a small German-Lutheran community west of Chicago. Naturally, beer was a part of Sunday post-church activities. Whenever I'd hear the distinctive sound of a Hamm's being cracked open, I'd run to get my shot-sized beer mug. Together we would toast, and share the golden goodness. My beer tastes have evolved greatly over the decades, but I've never since shared a beer that meant so much.
My father and I enjoy a tradition with some of the other men in my family once a year where we gather a group of a particular genre of beers and conduct a blind taste test. The results have always been enlightening and very educational, and have led to changes in our favorite beers and the insides of our "man fridges." Unfortunately, we live a few states away now and don't get to experiment with new beers and styles together as often as we'd like, but it's always something we look forward to on the annual beach trip. This year, Dad, me, and the rest of the family are excitedly awaiting the genre on deck, IPAs.
—Dave Spannhake
My dad would mostly drink Miller High Life, and upon occasion he'd pour me a cold one. He'd pour it into a shot glass for me. I still remember that shot glass, as it had a turn-of-the-century bar motif. To this day, I am still trying to find that shot glass so someday I, too, can pour a cold one for my son.
When I think of my dad and beer…my memory is of him during summer, standing at a grill with a can of Old Milwaukee. And it's the 80s and he has a perm!
My father loved beer: growing up, it was always the center of the family get-togethers and always used in the cooking. specifically, bratwurst boiled in Leinie's.
Even though my dad loves a good margarita and an occasional bourbon, he always has made it known that you can't be a real man if you don't drink beer. He first introduced me to Leinenkugel's on a fishing trip in Wisconsin with my grandfather and uncle. Even now, when we go hiking out West, he loves to have a few ready in a cooler to slake our thirst after a long day's hike.
My dad made his kegerator in 1970 by hand. If he would have lived until the 90s, I am sure he would have liked all the different beers we are blessed with today.
Today he is in his eighties and still loves beer. When my wife and I traveled to Minnesota from Florida for the Thanksgiving holidays, he surprised me with a growler of Flat Earth Angry Planet Pale Ale! It turns out he takes a "field trip" over to St. Paul on Thursdays and has his growler filled. My mom thinks that he is at the hardware store.
My fondest memory would happen to be at the age of three, a hot summer day out in the back yard. My father was swimming in our pool and happened to use my Little Radio Flyer wagon as a cooler for his choice of beer for the. Being the generous three year old I was, I felt it was my duty to share this glorious, cool, refreshing beverage with the whole neighborhood. So I took the wagon and went up and down the only side of the road I could be on and gave away the brew for free! The neighbors were always so kind after that. Needless to say, I don't quite remember what the consequences for my actions were, but I have heard that story countless times in the presence of friends, family, and my future wife.
Every evening, he would cook dinner on the Weber grill, drink his Yuengling Premium, and we'd listen to Phillies games on the radio. He loved it, I loved it. Great memories!
My father is a football coach, and game day is a busy and stressful event. After the game, I always liked to be there as he left the locker to join his family and friends who were tailgating. Being the one to first hand him a well-earned beer and congratulate or console is a memory I cherish.
Whenever I came home from college, he always sat me down to have a beer and go over what was happening in my life. It had a bonding effect. By being able to have a beer and my dad not be afraid that I will be a binge drinker, I learned to appreciate it, savor it. Sadly he died in 1985, but to this day I stop by his grave, leave him a cigar and have a beer with him. I now am a homebrewer and brew with my sons, hoping they have the same experience I did with my dad.
Growing-up, my dad never was much of a beer drinker, however, whenever his beloved Steelers were playing, he always enjoyed a Rolling Rock.


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This article shows the problems that surround attempts to reveal police misconduct when coverups, goofs by federal investigators and good ole back door jury tampering occurs. Note the Justice Departments is hiding the ball on the details of what they did or did not do in reviewing illegal police shootings in New Orleans. A judge will determine if the public has access to federal DOJ records.
AP Joins Bid to Unseal Court Records
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press Aug 19, 2013, 4:27 PM
The Associated Press on Monday joined a New Orleans newspaper in urging a federal judge to unseal court documents related to a Justice Department probe of alleged prosecutorial misconduct in its investigation of deadly police shootings that happened after Hurricane Katrina.
AP attorneys argued in a court filing that the public's interest in monitoring the profile case "cannot be overstated."
U.S. District Judge Kurt Engelhardt hasn't ruled on The Times-Picayune's Aug. 6 request to intervene in the case against five current or former police officers who were convicted of civil rights violations stemming from the shootings on a New Orleans bridge less than a week after the 2005 storm.
The Times-Picayune and AP are seeking access to sealed court filings and transcripts of closed-door hearings that Engelhardt held after ordering federal authorities to investigate the source of leaked information about the case.
"As The Times-Picayune's memorandum already demonstrates, the First Amendment's qualified right of public access to judicial proceedings and records in criminal cases applies regardless of the public status of the defendant, the nature of the crimes charged, or any allegations of prosecutorial misconduct," AP lawyers wrote.
During a hearing in June 2012, Engelhardt said it appeared federal prosecutors didn't conduct a "full-blown investigation" after AP and The Times-Picayune published articles about former New Orleans Police Lt. Michael Lohman's anticipated guilty plea while his case was under seal. In December 2012, the Justice Department appointed one of its prosecutors from Georgia to investigate the leaks and ensure compliance with Engelhardt's order.
Police shot and killed two unarmed people and wounded four others on Sept. 4, 2005, at the Danziger Bridge before engaging in a cover-up designed to make the shootings appear justified.
Lohman and four other former officers pleaded guilty to participating in a cover-up and are serving prison sentences. The five former officers convicted at trial in 2011 on charges arising from the shootings were sentenced by Engelhardt to prison terms of up to 65 years.
Attorneys for the officers convicted at trial claim that a series of leaks to the media, including about Lohman's guilty plea, were part of a "secret public relations campaign" designed to influence the pool of prospective jurors. They have asked Engelhardt to order a new trial.
"Not only is the federal prosecutors' conduct questioned in the post-conviction proceedings, but a substantial allegation of intentional jury tainting has been made," AP attorneys wrote.
Former U.S. Attorney Jim Letten resigned in December 2012 after two of his top deputies acknowledged they had been posting anonymous comments on nola.com, The Times-Picayune's companion website, about cases their office had handled, including the Danziger Bridge probe.
Several months before his resignation, Letten had told Engelhardt he didn't authorize anyone from his staff to leak information about Lohman's case and was furious when the reports were published.


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Jolt Awards: Coding Tools, January 28, 2014 The best IDEs and coding tools of the past 12 months
Jolt Award: Microsoft Visual Studio 2013, Premium Edition
At first, it seems hard to fathom how an IDE as mature and full-featured as Visual Studio 2013 could have so much new functionality that it would warrant the Jolt Award. Nonetheless, that's what's happened in this latest edition. Visual Studio has gone from almost a necessary evil, to a comfortable, highly productive environment for a developing an enormous range of projects, to a truly remarkable IDE.
All the standard capabilities, the support for myriad languages and deployment options, are naturally well represented. But in using Visual Studio repeatedly over the evaluation period, there were dozens of, "oh, that's nice" moments reflecting an attention to detail that makes Visual Studio remarkably enjoyable to use. If that sounds like something more associated with other companies' products, well, then you start to see why Visual Studio 2013 is jolting.
Take, for example, the new Peek Definition feature. Previously, you could click and jump to the definition of the code under the mouse pointer, and find yourself in another file so that you had to navigate back to your original code. The new Peek capability integrates code definitions right inline where you're working: A small window opens up showing the definition. This is less jarring and helps preserve your train of thought. Because it works very quickly, Peek has morphed into a valuable capability for exploring the vast .NET library. Cleverly, when you're peeking into your own project code, you can edit the code in the integrated peeked view. You can even peek inside the peek and there are breadcrumbs to help you find your way back.
Dr. Dobb's earlier reviewed Visual Studio 2013 in detail and praised its inclusion of larger features, such as support for Git, the cloud coding options with integrated support for building and testing in the cloud, and the much more integrated support for front-end development. Add to this the expanded support for mobile, and you have a substantially upgraded version of Visual Studio. What is surprising is that so much new functionality could be added to a package in the single year since the 2012 edition was released. That's why it won the Jolt Award.
It's important to note that the award goes to the Premium Edition of Visual Studio 2013. There is a higher-end version, the Ultimate Edition, which (among other things) includes a unique feature called "CodeLens" that integrates both version history and code that references your code right in line with what you're editing at any moment. The Ultimate edition, however, also comes with a retail price tag of $13,299, a full $7000 more than the Premium edition. While MSDN subscribers enjoy discounted pricing if they're renewing, we could find little that would justify so high a price differential between the two editions. Hence, our award goes to the Premium version, which we think will work very well for most sites.
Robert DelRossi and Andrew Binstock


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Lori Lightfoot's victory in the Chicago mayor's race signaled hope among voters that the nation's third-largest city may someday move beyond long-entrenched divides.
This edgy new play by Sharyn Rothstein, making its world premiere at Northlight Theatre, deals with the most primal human needs – for shelter, security, a sense of self-worth and love.
New imaging techniques will allow researchers to study small changes in the retina that could indicate the early stages of brain diseases, like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
The city's gleaming skyline and its position along a busy migratory corridor make it the most dangerous in the U.S. for birds traveling north and south each fall and spring, a new study finds.
DNA tests disproved a teenager's claim that he was an Illinois boy who disappeared eight years ago, the FBI said Thursday, dashing hopes that the baffling case had finally been solved.
State Rep. Melissa Conyears-Ervin on Tuesday easily defeated 47th Ward Ald. Ameya Pawar in the runoff election for city treasurer. She joins us to discuss her victory and plans for the office.
"Ms. Foxx needs to resign and she should do it quickly," Chicago police union President Kevin Graham said at a press conference Thursday afternoon.
The city of Chicago says Jussie Smollett has refused to pay more than $130,000 to reimburse costs of investigating what authorities say was a staged racist, anti-gay attack.
Ald. Ed Burke, arguably City Council's most powerful member for much of his 50-year reign, had various ways of dishing out perks and favors to colleagues. One of those, apparently, was to help some aldermen pay their bills.
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To the delight of some advocacy groups and the Chicago Teachers Union, state representatives voted Thursday to move Chicago to an elected school board structure.
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Years ago, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine found that 92 percent of phones tested had bacteria on them. It sounds frightening, but that's par for the course for being a bunch of evolved animals with gadgets in hand. That's also why I sought to find out how the heck to properly cleaner apps smartphone. Here's a couple of tips I learned along the way.
Make a habit of wiping it down cleaner master your screen 2910 Florence Ion
A sampling of what you'll use to mobile cleaner
This is an obvious thing to do but it bears repeating: you should wipe down your phone as often as you can. I love pre-moistened anti-bacterial wipes like Wireless Wipes or these stylish screen cleansing towelettes from Sephora, but you can also buy full size screen cleaning and microfiber phone cleaning kits to keep at home.
Alternatively, you can make your own screen supper cleaner solution from scratch. All you need is a small spray bottle, 8 ounces of 70 percent rubbing alcohol, and 8 ounces of distilled water. (Make sure that it's distilled water. Tap water can leave behind a residue.) A 50-50 mixture of white vinegar and distilled water also works, if you want to keep things organic and don't mind the odor.
Bust out the Q-tips and toothpicks
When it comes to cleaning crevices and cracks, these tools are your best friends.
Those tiny crevices in between the glass covering the display and the rest of the chassis store lots of gunk. My Dad's favorite thing to do on a Sunday afternoon is go through and pick at them with a plain wooden toothpick. It's pretty disgusting to see what he excavates from the cracks in his smartphone, but he's a contractor and that's the only way to ensure his device stays relatively iphone storage cleaner.
Get in there and get that grime out!
Try this yourself and, when you've finished, run through the cracks again with a dry cotton swab to iphone cleaner out any residual dust. For tougher jobs, you can take a fresh cotton swab, dip it in cleaning solution and swirl it around on the camera lens and other parts of the smartphone chassis. Be thorough, but also be gentle; you don't want to accidentally scratch anything.
Consider investing in a UV sanitizer easycare
You can nab a UV sanitizer to sanitize your devices with light!
If you're really a germaphobe, you can invest in a device that kills off germs with a UV light. Try out CellBlaster's Universal UV Cell Phone Sanitizer, or the Easycare Portable Multiuse UV Sterilizer. But honestly, killing germs with UV light is sort of hit-and-miss and you still don't get the crud off.
Don't forget to wipe down your headphones, too earbuds Thinkstock
If you opted for the UV blaster mentioned above, you can simply drop your earbuds in and take care of business that way every few days. If not, you can wipe each bud down with a soft cloth dampened with a bit of mild dish soap and water.
Headphones are a bit trickier: you'll want to use same dish soap solution to wipe them down in their entirety. If the headphones include silicon covers, you can remove those and smart cleaner them separately with a toothbrush. Anything more serious, and you'll want to dip a cotton swap in rubbing alcohol and give it a thorough once-over. Then allow the headphones to dry completely before using them again.
Kids are flooding into my office with secrets. Secret calculator app that you don't know about. Secrets that would give you a mini-heart attack. Secret calculator + you need to know.
Not, my kid.
Yes, I am talking about your kid. You think they're too young? You think they know better? You think they would never make such poor choices. I can tell you that kids as young as ten and eleven are pouring into my office with tech-savvy skills that would make your head spin. And they are using them to circumvent your primitive, old-school approach to online safety.
I want to respect my kid's privacy.
Your mom didn't sneak into your room and read your diary, so why should you snoop on your kid, right? Did your diary have a portal to the outside world? Your kids have a virtual window inside their bedrooms. No need to sneak out, kids just have to turn on their devices and away they go.
Imagine if everything you did as a child got permanently recorded and shared. Every stupid thing. Every bad choice. Every sexual exploit digitally saved for an eternity. Saved for every future boss, partner and offspring to look up. Now do you want to respect your kid's privacy?
My kids don't have a phone.
Do they have a computer? A tablet? You don't give them a phone so you think they're safe. That's great, but you can't cocoon your kids from life forever. Kids will have to enter this digital age. Most have access to computers, even if they don't have a handy little smartphone in their pocket. Kids can chat, take pictures and send videos all through their computer.
So, what is a secret calculator photo vault?
I thought I was tech-savvy. I mean, I talk to kids for a living. I talk to kids who trust me and tell me things. But my learning curve can't keep up. Recently I was taking this parenting e-course iParent 101. A course that teaches parents how to keep their kids safe in the digital age. I thought it would be a nice review of what I knew. Wrong. It had me running to check my kid's phone and tablet in a panic.
It talked about secret photo vault apps also known as private photo vault apps. I had never heard about this before. Where had I been?
A photo vault calculator and other photo vault apps look like innocent apps, like a calculator or a game, but in reality, they are a secret doorway to hide their private photos and videos. Here is a screenshot from the Apple App Store. This app is called Photo Lock Vault, but there are hundreds of more just like it:
Do you know about the secret calculator photo vault? There are secret apps that disguise themselves as "regular apps." Here is what parents need to know!
Screenshot of Photo Lock Vault app from the App Store.
Why do kids need a secret place to hide their photos and videos? Ask any girl in high school (and some even in junior high) if a boy has ever asked them to send a "naked pic." Most of them will say "yes." Shocking, but true.
What do you get when you combine hormonal teens, cameras and technology? I will let your imagination sit with that for a minute. Kids aren't asking for girl's numbers anymore, they are asking for pics and videos.
This isn't only disturbing, it is against the law. Because these are digital images of naked kids, it is considered child pornography. And when they share it, the law will see it as producing, distributing and sharing child pornography – a criminal offense.
Sadly, there is also a big trend where men posing as boys get girls (and boys) to take sexually explicit photos and videos for them. These men then threaten to exploit these kids by sharing their photos and videos online or with their parents if they do not pay them. It is called sexting extortion – and it is a thing.
Kids are asking themselves, "How can I hide a video on my iPhone?" Or "What is the best app to hide my pictures and videos?" and this calculator photo video vault is usually the best answer.
You can protect your kids by being more aware.
How does a calculator vault work? Here are the secret calculator app instructions.
Your kid probably has tons of apps on their phone or tablet. The hope is their vault will go undetected in the sea of apps, and it does. A calculator vault looks like a calculator. Acts like a calculator. The only difference? It has a dual purpose. Plug in a 4-digit password and hit pound or make a special finger pattern and voila – your calculator just turned into a secret storage app.
So how can you detect a calculator photo vault?
A calculator photo vault calculator along with other private photo vault apps are almost impossible to detect. Some obvious signs would be two calculator apps on your kid's device. But what if they were careful to keep only one calculator? What if it isn't a fake calculator at all?
An article from Huffington Post, How to Find Vault Photo Apps offers parents some good advice. They suggest you go to the App Store and type in a search for "Vault Apps." If your child has downloaded a secret vault app it will say "Open" instead of "Get" on the app. The article recommends that you scroll down and make sure you look at all the Vault apps.
Even if you find a calculator app lock, you will have to talk to your child to see what's behind it. Many apps will report any attempts to try and access the vault, so secretly looking at their vault isn't probably going to work.


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