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TV show gives Katy-area bar new look
The bar at 26913 Katy Freeway used to have a bad reputation.
Not only was Bryant's Ice House difficult to find, but some customers were disappointed with what awaited their arrival - a biker bar with no-thrills service and a limited menu.
Now, thanks to an overhaul courtesy of Spike TV's "Bar Rescue," the place has been renovated, re-energized and renamed "The Wildcatter Saloon."
Owner Jeff Simon said the popular television show gave his business a much-needed second chance.
Simon bought the bar in 2012. "And we've been struggling along ever since," he admitted.
Bryant's had been around for decades and Simon was a longtime customer with a 30-year career as an accountant and a culinary degree.
"I bought the land and the building and I thought I could make a go with it," Simon said. "I wanted to do something different. The opportunity came up, and I grabbed it."
His dreams, however, fell short. "I didn't realize the shape the bar was in," Simon said. "I got to a point where it couldn't grow anymore. It just wasn't profitable."
That's when bar consultant and television personality Jon Taffer came in. He had a list of 3,000 bars to choose from - all candidates for the new season of "Bar Rescue."
Simon's story captured Taffer's interest.
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What: The Wildcatter Saloon
Where: 26913 Katy Freeway, 77494
Hours: Open 11 a.m. to midnight Sunday through Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. on Thursday through Saturday
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"Jeff is such a good guy and he was in a bad place," Taffer said. "I had to help him out."
Simon was the kind of character an audience would want to support, Taffer added.
"We try to find a story you want to hear," he said. "We want an owner the audience will root for."
Plus, Bryant's offered Taffer the ultimate challenge. "It's in the middle of nowhere," Taffer said. "It really is off the beaten path, on a dark road full of potholes. It would have to become a destination."
On Jan. 5, Spike TV showed up at the bar with 56 crew members who began a 36-hour remodel of the space. They completely shut down the bar to redesign the interior.
"They did some remodeling and painting," Simon said.
Chef Eric Regan also came by to revamp the food menu - which is cooked and served from a food truck parked on the property. Russell Davis was the expert mixologist.
"It's an actual kitchen on wheels," Simon said. "It's all made fresh right there."
Taffer expanded the appeal of the place - making it less of a "biker bar" and more of a neighborhood tavern.
The new name "Wildcatter" drew from Houston's history in the oil business. Taffer said the term also is slang for someone who ventures into a risky business with a can-do attitude and sense of wild adventure.
"The name has a symbolic meaning," Taffer said. "It's a hats-off to the history of Katy and to Jeff's wildcatter spirit. He took a major risk."
Taffer's main goal was to help Simon feel empowered. "Giving him the motivation and the will to succeed is a large part of my job," Taffer said. "If he's inspired now, he should do well."
Simon admitted that the journey was difficult. "It was the most emotional week I've ever had," he said. "It was definitely rough."
But he said the results were well-worth the effort.
"Then they gave me the keys," Simon said. "Would I do it again? Absolutely."
He said he has learned a lot from Taffer.
"Jon really is a genius," Simon said. "I became more of an operator than just an owner. I believe I've taken on a bigger role."
The icehouse has been transformed into a full bar - complemented by the fried pork chop, beef steak and turkey meatloaf sandwiches coming from the gourmet sandwich food truck.
Bands are scheduled every Saturday night - and Sundays are dedicated to "Blues and Brews."
Visitors can have a mixed drink and listen to music on the bar's four-acres - and if they want to know the behind-the-scenes story, they can watch it all transpire on April 13, when the Wildcatter Saloon makeover will be featured at 8 p.m. on Spike TV.


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I Love Disney, And So Should You
Maybe it's because I didn't make it to Disneyland until I was 13 and didn't appreciate it (let's face it, it's an awkward age for anything new), but I seem to be having a delayed Disney thing happening because the 25-year-old me LOVES the new commercials running for the Disney resorts. In the words of Liz Lemon, "I want to go to there."
In the commercials, families are deliriously happy, kids are smiling, people are running through the warm surf on some distant beach, and everyone is enjoying themselves and those around them. Family vacations can be a great thing, and Disney shows us how they should be done. They also happen to feature everyone wearing custom t-shirts made for their family vacation, and while Disney did not get their shirts printed with us… they should have! And there ends my quick love affair with Disney. We almost had it all.
What is the lesson I am trying to teach, you ask? Well, if you're having a family vacation this year, try drawing inspiration from the patented magic of Disney and think about creating your own vacation t-shirts.
Check out the commercial by clicking the video above, or going to the Disney Parks YouTube page.

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This small hop altho seemingly insignificant is a critical part of your footwork and success on the court
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Kamehameha IV and the Shooting of Henry Neilson
Alexander Liholiho shot one of his closest friends, leaving physical and emotional wounds from which neither man would recover.
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In September 1859, five years after his coronation, King Kamehameha IV, Alexander Liholiho, set out for Maui, where he shot his friend and personal secretary Henry Neilson.
No Hawai'i newspapers printed reports of the shooting. It was taboo for any paper in the Kingdom to recount the scandal. To this day, biographies of the king either omit any mention of it or give it only a cursory paragraph. But reporters did write of it, and their accounts appeared in Mainland papers from California to New York, carried to the coast by ships like the Yankee.
This account is based on two of those stories, now available online. They appeared in The New York Times and the Brooklyn Eagle, on November 18, 1859, over two months after the shooting.
Alexander Liholiho was crowned on December 15, 1854 at age 21. He married Queen Emma Rooke, two years his junior, a year and a half later.
One of his wedding gifts had been a pair of dueling pistols. Upon first trying them out, the king accidentally shot Neilson in the leg. It was a minor wound and soon forgotten. That is not the shooting of this account.
Henry Augustus Neilson was a New Yorker, the youngest of 11 children. His father was the physician to millionaire John Jacob Astor. The New York census of 1850 says Henry was a clerk. But he longed to travel. He came to Honolulu in March of 1851, when he was 27, as an agent for the New York Board of Underwriters. He became a friend of Liholiho, and they often went riding and hunting together.
In early September 1853, there was a smallpox epidemic in Honolulu and Neilson became ill. Liholiho invited Neilson to recuperate at his home, called Kahalua (now the site of St. Andrew's Cathedral) As the king's wedding approached, Neilson wrote to his family that Emma was "about 20 years of age, rather short and not remarkably beautiful, but still good looking." After the coronation, he became major in the King's Guard and eventually the king's personal secretary, at a salary of $2,000 a year (about $45,000 in 2010 dollars). On Jan. 4, 1855, he became a citizen of the Kingdom of Hawai'i. A photo shows him in his guard uniform. He appears gloomy, but, as he explained in a Dec. 1856 letter to his family: "It is said to be a good likeness, altho' a little cross looking, owing to the strong light which shone in my eyes."
A royal tour set off from Honolulu in August, 1859, starting on the Big Island, where they saw the volcano. Next, Liholiho and his entourage chartered the interisland schooner Maria to take them to the palace grounds at Lahaina. In his group were Queen Emma, and their infant son, Prince Albert. Also included were Neilson, royal physician Dr. Robert McKibbin, (who had just been appointed to the Board of Health), Charles Gordon Hopkins, the director of the government press, and "about 30 natives belonging to the King's party."
On Saturday, Sept. 10, Liholiho ordered the Maria out for a cruise with his boat's crew, and proceeded to drink. He grew despondent. Aboard the Maria, he loaded his pistol, which was described as a "rifle pistol" or "short rifle." The reports said that he "drank freely" and "more than usual."
Why was he morose? He had heard gossip in Honolulu—contrary to all evidence—that that Neilson had engaged in improper relations with Queen Emma.
Sometime that night, or early the next morning, the King ordered his boat lowered, and returned to shore. He gave his pistol to a servant and proceeded to the governor's house near the beach at Lahaina, where he continued drinking all day. At about 11 p.m. Sunday night he told his servant to fetch his pistol. The servant refused, and the king beat him and ordered him to prison. Another servant retrieved the pistol. The king took it and went to Neilson's house, where he found his secretary sitting on his lānai, wearing white cotton trousers and jacket, preparing for bed. McKibbin and Hopkins were inside.


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Gift cards are expected to be the most popular gift this holiday season. The National Retail Federation estimates some 80% of shoppers will spend almost $29 billion on gift cards. Don't buy or redeem any gift card without first taking a look at these five gift card tips:
1. Expiration dates
Thanks to new Federal laws, which took effect two years ago, gift cards will not expire until five years have passed since the card was originally opened. So if you get a gift card and randomly discover it a few years later, you'll still be able to use it.
2. Gift cards via email (or text message!)
You can send (or receive) e-gift cards by email, or even text message. Retailers like Starbucks, The Home Depot, Whole Foods, Best Buy, Amazon and Target allow consumers to send e-gift cards. The recipient will receive a gift card number that they can print out or display on their smartphone in the store. Whole Foods even lets e-gift cards to be sent via text message!
3. Register your gift cards
You know this already, but gift cards are cash – and should be treated as such. So throwing the card into a draw or leaving it on your desk under a stack of papers are two ways to lose or even forget about your gift cards. Try to use the gift card as soon as you receive it, but if you can't find anything to buy with the card once you receive it, head to the retailer's website, where you can register the card. This way, if you lose it or it's stolen, the retailer can issue you a new one.
4. Gift card apps
Yes, there are apps to track your gift cards. Download the free Tango Card iPhone app, which lets users enter in the card's balance, pin and card number – there's no need to carry around the cards with you to the store. When it comes time to redeem the card, some stores will be able to scan the bar code on the app – or the retailer can manually enter in the pin and card number to access the value of the card. The app will even send you emails to remind you to use the gift cards.
5. Don't like the gift card? Regift!
If you receive a gift card to a store you don't shop at, regift the card to someone on your shopping list – or use the card to buy an actual item as a gift for someone else. Think about the many times throughout the year where you need to buy gifts, such as friend's birthdays, graduation gifts, weddings, etc. Or, there are plenty of websites to redeem the gift card for cash, like CardHub.com or GiftCardGranny.com.
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Hopper already explained how difficult and unlikely colored lighting is. That didn't stop you from making another thread about it. He was kind enough not to point out how painfully obvious a feature suggestion it is--I'm not sure how you think we made it all these years without thinking of it, when every engine newer than Unreal has it.
I would give you the benefit of the doubt and assume the first time was a hasty post that you could have thought through better, but I don't know how to explain this one. It's as if you are trying to cause trouble.
This notion is further reinforced by the fact that you list another feature that I've explained many times where it stands: Visual Mode in Weland.
For added measure, you imply that Aleph One can open Marathon maps, which would be obvious to you is not true had you:
- Actually tried it
- Read the feature requests for Aleph One, one of the oldest of which is Marathon file compatibility
- Stopped a moment to consider why M1A1 exists
Honestly, it's difficult to come to any conclusion but that you're trying to cause a flamewar by starting this thread. I probably should have just locked it rather than replying.


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In the summer of 2014, I started taking my health seriously. I went to a health Spa in the remote town of Piestany, in Slovakia. To get my eating habits sorted, treat my ever painful Achilles tendons, hip and lower back pain. After spending a month focusing on myself with no distractions, I came back rejuvenated, healthy, centered, positive and ready to take on my new administrative roll by the horns. For the first few months of the academic year, I was still on point, until the stress and negativity that surrounded me at work got the better of me and I let myself go. I reverted back to my old ways of numbing the pain to be able to cope. Comforting myself the only way I knew how to, by eating food, the more of it, the better. I put back on all the weight I had lost. By April, I had reached an all-time low. I was depressed and generally unhappy. I was desperate and in need of a dramatic change. I honestly didn't believe I would make it to June. It became increasingly difficult every day to find a silver lining, to motivate me to get up and do my best. Unlike last year, I felt like I had fallen into a deep dark pit. I had lost hope of climbing back out. I honestly felt limp and defeated I had no fight left in me. This is something, I still find very difficult to admit and say out loud, because I have never been a quitter and have always gotten back up, but this time, I just wanted to stay down. I had, had the stuffing knocked out of me and my core was shaken, I didn't have the will power or feisty fire to stand back up and dust myself off, again.
After teaching Summer School to third, fourth and fifth graders, I was ready to get on a plane and get as far away from my teaching life, my country, family and friends, (at least I thought I was). I needed to be on my own, to have an adventure and revive the fading inner warrior from within. Of all the countries I have visited and trips that I had been on, on my own, I was exceptionally nervous and terrified. It was as though my subconscious new, that this trip, was one that would be life changing. The feeling of fear stayed with me right until I landed in Thailand and was safely in my hotel room. The day I arrived in Bangkok, I had to kick myself out of my hotel room. Otherwise I would have just cocooned myself in the room until it was time to go to my next destination, Phuket. I was actually scared of leaving my room and had no desire to discover or explore, which was very out of character for me. On my first night, I took baby steps. I walked around the immediate neighborhood of where I was staying for just a couple of hours. The next morning I still felt uneasy about going on a guided tour that I had booked. A part of me wanted to just stay and watch the world go by from my hotel window. When I was on a tour of the Floating Market, sat in a boat in the murky water, watching the boats gently collide with one another and stall keepers literally reeling in passerby's, I was beside myself with laughter, watching the disorganized chaos. In some bizarre way, it reminded me of Cairo traffic, but on water. When I got off the boat, I started to feel a bit more like me. I walked around the market on foot, taking pictures, haggling with sales people for good prices and just enjoying the chance to interact with people and their culture. I especially liked helping a group of students on a school trip, who were instructed to talk to tourists to practice their English whilst filling out a questionnaire.
By my third day, a chunk of my self-confidence had returned and I was enjoying walking the streets of Bangkok, taking in the sights, the markets, buying souvenirs and interacting with the people I could feel my old self slowly climbing back up and out of the dark Abbys.
On July 26th I landed on the island of Phuket, I had booked myself into a "spa" for a 21 day cleanse. I can't begin to tell you how much I was looking forward to some pampering and relaxation. As the taxi began to slow down and I peered out of the window, I saw a luxurious hotel on my left hand side, a satisfied smile crept across my face, but the taxi didn't turn in to the hotel drive way, it kept going further up the road and turned right up into another driveway. A place that looked like a sports center or a boot camp. My expression changed within a fraction of a second and the reality of the situation began to dawn on me. It wasn't a spa, it was a fitness retreat! A fully equipped place with two boxing rings, punching bags, padded exercise floor, kettle bells, dumb bells, gym, TRX bands, various other equipment and a multipurpose exercise room. The only phrase that kept playing on a loop in my head was "Oh Shit, What have I done!" I reluctantly got out of the taxi and made my way to the office to check in.
The description I had read on one of the booking sites, fell short of describing PhuketFit as a fitness retreat. They described it as a spa, where pampering and relaxation was the main focus. So, instead of seeing people wrapped in towel robes and slippers, they were all in sports attire and dripping in sweat! (I was very grateful no one could hear the colorful language that was going on in my head)
The staff were very accommodating, friendly, polite, cheerful and calm. They explained that in the morning I would meet the detox consultant, get weighed in and would be given my daily routines. I was given the schedule of the workout classes, shown the facilities and once I checked in I was shown to my room. The room on the grounds was spacious and clean. The bed was large but the mattress was too hard to my liking. I, personally couldn't get comfortable and got little to no sleep my first night there. Luckily there was retractable sofa in the room, I made that my bed for the remainder of the stay, it was the most comfortable, but it was much better than the bed.
On the morning of the first day I meet the head consultant, Oiy to learn more about my program. Oiy is a lovely woman, who is very welcoming and helpful. She explained that every morning, to start my day, I would mix myself a detox drink, composed of apple cider vinegar, psyillium powder, magnesium and water, along with 6 supplement pills. At 9am, I would have a green smoothie for breakfast. 10:00am fresh coconut juice (I took great pleasure watching the ladies hack the tops off the baby coconuts), from 1-3pm lunch (salad, like non I had ever tried before) was served, 2-2:30pm coconut juice and a second dose of the detox drink. At 4pm was the liver flush drink, (which should be drank as quickly as possible, it's very garlicy and it tastes like salad dressing), and from 6-9pm dinner (soup + salad)
All of my meals during my stay were prepared and served in the detox house. The food I ate for the entire duration of my stay was raw vegetables. I didn't have any grain, dairy, oils/fats or animal protein in my 20 day stay, (Luckily, I love most vegetables). I was asked if there were some things I was allergic to or didn't like, so they could accommodate me. Since I was, doing the 21 day cleanse, a scheduled daily massage was included in the package, as well as the choice of going to the sauna every day. (I didn't know that the steam in the sauna not only cleared your pours, helped with respiratory the system, but it also helps boost metabolism).
The detox house is a cute little house on stilts, just up the hill from where the fitness facilities are. The house has a small pool, garden and veranda to sit out on. It's also where the massages are given. There's also an endless supply of fresh ginger cinnamon tea, (which I soon became very fond of and have learned to make at home). In this house, I met some of the most inspiring people, I have ever come across. They aren't celebrities or billionaires they are just regular people like you or me, but with fascinating and humbling stories. Sitting on the sofa, listening to each person tell their tale of how they found their way to PhuketFit, I quickly learned that we should never be too quick to judge people. We are all fighting our inner demons to become better and healthier individuals. People's appearances don't always reflect what is going on, on the inside.
For the first two days I wasn't very social, I was still disappointed that I hadn't checked into a luxurious spa, so I kept to myself a bit. I also didn't do any of the workouts, I needed to allow my body some time to adjust to the change in calorie intake and for the drained feeling to subside.
By day 3, I had given myself numerous pep talks and had finally made a conscious decision to stop behaving like the spoilt brats I despise, and suck it up and just make the best of the situation. As a true believer in fate, I had chosen to accept that I was meant to be there for a reason, and that no amount of beating myself up would change anything. I made more of an effort to socialize and initiate conversations. I attended Pilates and Yoga, to get some exercise and went to the sauna, to give my metabolism a boost.
One of the first people I met at PhuketFit was a very warm and friendly Australian woman of Greek origin, who made an effort to make me feel included. She introduced me to many if not all the people who were staying at the retreat. When she would see me passing by or sat alone, she always gave me a warm greeting or asked me to join. If it hadn't been for her extending her hand of friendship, I don't think I would have settled in as well as I did. People from all corners of the globe were there, Singapore, Philippines, Australia, Kuwait, Dubai, India, New York, England, Ireland, Venezuela, Switzerland, Sudan and South Africa we could have started up our own United Nations!
As the days went on the bond between the long term attendees grew stronger and so did my self-esteem. I could feel all the negativity that I had been harboring for the past few months shed with each passing day. I could feel my body rejuvenating with all the fresh vegetables I ate at meal times. My mind was clearing and my thoughts were not drowned by doubt and fear. With every yoga and Pilates class I could feel my strength returning my core becoming more engaged with the different forms of exercise. At the end of my second week I could feel the flexibility and elasticity returning to my joints and limbs.
The journey up until this point had not been easy at all. At times it was grueling with the muscle pain, the exhaustion and wanting to just quit because it was so damn hard pushing my limits and trying to let go of all the layers of protection that I had piled on for so many years to numb me from feeling hurt, feeling unworthy or rejected. Letting go and trusting the staff was the hardest thing of all. If it hadn't been for the staff's understanding and their encouragement "It is never too late, to get back in shape", would be a phrase repeated by Kim, the TRX instructor, "take it one small step at a time, but the important thing is to take the first step and keep going." as well as other participant's motivation, I don't think I would have survived those three weeks.
Another difficult experience was saying goodbye to the people you had seen day in and day out. When their time had come to an end, watching them leave was hard. Why, you might ask? Well, when you are in a small community, and you see the same people every day, eat with them, workout with them, share experiences, celebrate loss of kilos, encourage them to keep going even when they have not lost anything, they become your surrogate family away from home. You also know that there is a high possibility that your paths may never cross again, but they have taken a piece of you with them, wherever they go. I guess that is how a platoon of soldiers feel about one another. This rang true for me with a handful of people I met there. The handful of people that I am referring to, are spread across the world and although we keep in touch from time to time, I owe a lot of my success at PhuketFit to them.
By the third week, I decided to go full throttle I did as many workout classes as I could. I would push myself to do between two to five hours a day. I would force myself out of bed for the 7-8:30am Mai Thai class, after my green smoothie I would have a short rest before heading to Zumba or Pilates, Tabata and going for a walks and yoga.
On the morning of my final day at PhuketFit, I bade farewell to all the staff and left them with some parting gifts to thank them for helping me on my journey and to remember me by. I also met with Oiy, the detox supervisor again to see the progress I had made over the last few weeks. Her parting words to me were "Our Princess is no longer stressed, the light is back in your eyes and you are ready to go back." (Princess was the name I earned, for being one of the very few (crazy) people to sign up for the 21 day cleans)
She had known from the moment I arrived…
Later that afternoon, I stood at the foot of the steep hill that had knocked the wind out of me the week before. It was a hot sunny day and the humidity was high, but I had made up my mind, "Go hard, before I go home". With water in my backpack and the music from my ipod secured in my ears, I tackled the winding hill. Cheeks crimson red, sweat dripping from my brow and staining my t-shirt, a passerby, took pity on me and offered me a ride to the top. I graciously declined putting my hands together and bowing my head, "Kap Kum Ka" (Thank you in Thai) and trudged my way upwards, one step at a time. Once I reached the top, I felt as though I had not only tackled, but defeated a giant. I bought last minute souvenirs for family and friends, took pictures of the beautiful view from the top and slowly made my way back down the hill, to spend some time with friends, before I had to pack 3 weeks of my life into one suite case.
The morning of my departure, I stood in the drive way of PhuketFit and the feeling I had when I had first driven up at the beginning of my stay, was not the same feeling I left with. I actually wished I could take the place and everyone who worked there back with me to ensure my transition back into my everyday life. I knew without them, there was no safety net and it would not be an easy. I had to rely on what I had seen and learned in my time there and keep pushing forward through the obstacles that life would continue to throw at me.
As I made my way to the airport driving past the sites that had grown so familiar to me, watching the people going about their business, it suddenly struck me, that not only had
I found myself again at PhuketFit, but I had learned to like and care about myself too.
I don't know when I will go back, but I do hope it is soon. I miss the staff, the food, the ambiance, the small Greek café around the corner, the kind lady and her family who do the laundry and ironing, nature, culture and the people.
It's been two months since I've been back, it has been very hard, trying to keep and maintain a healthy diet. When you're at PhketFit, you don't need to worry about preparing meals, it's done for you. When you're working full time and have deadlines, meetings and paperwork to keep up with, it's very easy to slip back into old habits. In Egypt, aside from soccer our second national sport is socializing while eating out. When I meet up with friends in a café or restaurant, I feel like I've walked into the lion's den. I guess an alcoholic feels the same way if they set foot into a bar. I am very wary of what I choose on the menu, I usually stick to vegetarian dishes or salads. I was able to make it to 90 days without eating any desserts. When I did try a piece of a cup cake, I didn't enjoy it and gave the rest away. I still have no desire for fried food; I prefer fresh fruit, vegetables and grilled chicken over most things on the menu. The area I am finding the most difficulty is setting aside time for me, to workout. I have recently found a yoga center not too far from my house, which I tried last week and I think I will join regularly, to help strengthen my core and keep my Zen state of mind.
So, as you can see the journey may have begun in PhuketFit, but it is continuing here, at home.


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A beer review in a coffeehouse? Perhaps that's not as weird as you might think. Certainly, beer at $1.25 a pop is an enticing prospect (this is the price for which Mo'Joe Coffeehouse -- 222 W. Michigan St., Indianapolis, 317.822.MOJO -- offers all Berghoff beers on Wednesdays). What's more, I think you'll find some pretty significant overlap between those who like good beer and those who like good coffee, though the caffeine might not be so good for you if you're a hardcore coffee drinker. Just ask RZA, who's a budding physician and knows his stuff (caffeine is "worse than anything"; "it'll give you the sh*ts").
So how was the beer? Here's the low-down two of Berghoff's offerings--
Berghoff Prairie Lager
A German Pilsner. Poured with a white, fizzy head, but was slightly darker in color than the straw hue that typically characterizes a Pilsner. Nose was fruity with white wine notes. A nice crisp mouthfeel, and a fruity, dry, and fairly hoppy flavor. Pretty much what you'd expect out of a classic Pilsner. 2.50 Mugs.
Berghoff Prarie Lager
Jim: 2.5 Mugs | Mike: 2.99 Mugs | Gina: 2.1 Mugs
KOTBR Score: 2.56 Mugs
Berghoff Sundown Dark
A Vienna Lager, which is one of my favorite beer styles. That meant that Sundown Dark had to be impressive to really make an impression on me. Poured a medium dark brown with an off-white head. Aroma was marked by yeast, caramel, and a bit of red grape (oddly enough). Didn't get any butterscotch out of the nose, which is what I typically pick up from a Vienna Lager. Thin mouthfeel with a flavor that carried faint caramel notes and a slight hop bite. A fair but not great representation of the style. 2.30 Mugs.
Berghoff Sundown Dark
Jim: 2.30 Mugs | Mike: 2.2 Mugs | Gina: 2.0 Mugs
KOTBR Score: 2.16 Mugs
Cheers to Mo'Joe barista Dave, who set us up with the beers we reviewed.
Having no previous experience with Berghoff, it would be hard to say any of us were excited by the prospects of this roundtable. It's not that I had high or low expectations - it's more that Berghoff as a brewery has no personality. Is Berghoff a old family brewery from Milwaukee? A division of Coors? A bad beer hiding behind marketing? Google turns up three entries before finding anything about beer (and the entry says that the site in under construction).
Part of the enjoyment of craft beer is knowing that there are faces both behind what you're drinking and in the people who enjoy the beer. So who are Mister and Missus Berghoff? And who's drinking their beer?
If wikipedia is to be believed, Berghoff was originally brewed by The Joseph Huber Brewing Company of Monroe, Wisconsin, the second oldest continually operating brewery in the United States. In 2006, an agreement was reached in which the Mountain Crest Brewing Company (a Canadian company) purchased the brewery and split up the various Huber produced beers under two brands, Minhas and Berghoff - although beer under the Berghoff brand was to still be contract brewed at the Monroe plant.
Without digging deeper (and to be honest, I don't think the beer deserves that sort of attention), what we now can gather is that Minhas is brewing beers with old Wisconsin ties (and names like Huber, Wisconsin Club, Rhinelander Original, and Rockhead Malt Liquor) in hopes of cashing in on the lucrative (I guess?) Wisconsin beer market. Berghoff is probably brewed by the same folks, but they're not exactly advertising that fact.
So that's who might be brewing the beer, but who's drinking it?
The world may never know.
Berghoff Oktoberfest - A cloudy golden/copper color reveals that this is indeed beer. The nose is light, sweetly malty, and perhaps even Nestle Crunchy? It's entirely possible that the coffee smell in the air is having an effect.
On the front the beer is light and then a sweeter malty element comes through. This beer is watery, but also agreeable - somewhere between Bud Light and something with actual flavor. My first thought was that this was a beer you could drink all day, maybe at a tailgate or something along those lines, but at 5.2% ABV it might be just a little heavy for that sort of use. Nevertheless... it's ok.
But really, why bother? I think the reason you reach for this one over others comes down to ignorance or price. It's hard to argue with that price.. 2.79 Mugs
Berghoff Oktoberfest
Mike: 2.99 Mugs | Gina: 2.3 Mugs | Jim: 2.25 Mugs
KOTBR Score: 2.51 Mugs
Gina decided early on that the best way to review these beers would be to go the acronym route. Here it goes..
Berghoff Rock River Red Ale
B - Bready
E - Easy-drinking
R - Reddish brown
G - Grainy
H - Head is thin
O - Ok, but nothing spectacular
F - Fruit, like raisins or figs
F - Funny that this is eerily similar to the other Berghoff beers we've tried so far.
Berghoff Rock River Red Ale
Gina: 2.5 Mugs | Jim: 2.2 Mugs | Mike: 2.4 Mugs
KOTBR Score: 2.36 Mugs
Berghoff Traditional Bock
B - Brown with a tan head
E - Exceptionally similar to the Red
R - Raisins
G - Grape Bubblegum
H - Hint of toast
O - Off-putting nose of sweet and burnt flavors
F - Factory nose
F - For serious? Have we been drinking the same beer?
Berghoff Traditional Bock
Gina: 2.0 Mugs | Mike: 1.8 Mugs | Jim: 2.0 Mugs
KOTBR Score: 1.93 Mugs
Berghoff Pale Ale - By the time we made it to our last Berghoff choice, our expectations were raised. Why? Because we had used Mo'Joe's free wifi to discover that Beer Advocate rated it the highest of all the Berghoff beers. We hoped that here, finally, we'd find a beer that didn't taste exactly like all the others. My hopes were that Berghoff's joke would finally be over. Guess not.
My notes say "You *ssholes."
Berghoff Pale Ale
Mike: 1.0 Mugs | Jim: 1.9 Mugs | Gina: 2.3 Mugs
KOTBR Score: 1.76 Mugs


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The fourth, much-delayed installment in the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) franchise is a charming and thrilling throwback to the other entries in the long-lived adventure series. In fact, it serves up in almost identical proportion the same mix of dedicated swashbuckling and tongue-in-cheek silliness that made Raiders, Temple of Doom (1984) and The Last Crusade (1989) such pleasurable, care-free and memorable cinematic rides.
To help them locate this artifact in the vast Hanger 51 (a repository of such items, we see...), the Russkies have captured archaeologist and war hero Indiana Jones. When he first see him (after a splendid and highly cinematic build-up involving a fedora-ed shadow playing across a car door), Indy looks a little more white-haired than the last time we encountered him...but otherwise virtually the same. Yep, Dr. Jones is as rugged, as laconic, and as fast-on-the-draw as ever. Ready with either a snarky quip ("I Like Ike," he tells one Russian) or a whip, he's still got what it takes....as he quickly proves.
After this initial sequence -- one which leads the audience inside the mysterious warehouse where the Ark of the Covenant was sealed away in the finale of Raiders of the Lost Ark -- the film's action never lets up. There are motorcycle chases, atomic blasts, army ants, a few terse comments on McCarthyism and the Red Scare, and then a quest (involving Saucermen from Mars, or thereabouts...) for a mythical Golden Kingdom hidden in the jungles of Peru.
Along the way, Indy meets Mutt Williams, the son he never knew he had (the ubiquitous Shia Le Beouf) and encounters the love of his life, Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen), looking more radiant than ever. There's a great moment when Marion and Indy are captured, and she asks him if there have been "other women" over the years. In a retort worthy of any classic film romance starring Humphrey Bogart, Indy replies - with a gleam in his eyes - that yes, indeed there were other women...
But they all had one problem: "They weren't you."
If that moment doesn't melt your heart, then this just isn't the movie for you. The Dark Knight is showing in the next auditorium and may be more to your liking.
Because Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull genuflects to our past - and to our traditions - in a very deliberate and specific way. Not just the past in terms of American history; but in terms of American cinema and movie techniques too. For instance, I detected the deliberate homage to The Naked Jungle (1954) in a march of man-eating marabunta. In the film's central premise, and a bit of production design, I sensed resonances of Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957) and Earth versus the Flying Saucers (1956). I n Mutt's "juvenile delinquent" world, and Indy's reaction to it, there were traces of teen films like Rebel without a Cause (1955), and motorcycle films like The Wild One (1953). The detonation of an atomic bomb, and Indy's much-too-easy survival of a nuclear blast (with no deleterious side-effects from fall-out) also alludes to such "educational" films as 1952's absurd Duck and Cover, which implored "You must learn to find shelter!" (like a refrigerator?) during a nuclear attack. So one way to enjoy this film is simply as a time capsule of 1950s influences.
But make no mistake, the movie is also made highly rousing by Spielberg's buoyant neo-classical direction. He's not working to deep artistic purpose here, but dammit if he doesn't know exactly how to shoot and assemble this sort of film with perfect pitch.
Watch, for instance, how Spielberg has mastered the art of the revelatory pull-back (deployed twice in the film). Look at the way he blocks actors Ford, Allen, Shia, John Hurt, and Ray Winstone (playing a double, possibly triple agent...) in one subterranean shot; so that they pop-up crisply across the frame, all at once -- a moment that (deliberately) becomes funny because of the staging. In a lesser hand, this opportunity would have been missed. Here, it's a visual joke that lightens the moment. The whole movie positively snaps like that; with a heightened air of self confidence that is, frankly, indomitable, and allows the movie to squeak over the occasional gap in logic or storytelling. Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls -- like the previous pictures in the franchise -- sucks you in with it's breezy good nature. It walks up to the line of camp, then retreats, almost like a recurring dance step. You'd have to be a real scrooge to deride a film so guileless, so pure of heart.
Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls has already proved a huge success (it's already in the top 25-grossing films of all time...), but there has indeed been much more vocal fan criticism of this Indiana Jones entry than the others; and I suggest that's simply a sign of these times (and the influence of the Internet) more than it is an accurate reflection on the quality of Crystal Skulls. You remember that saying from Thomas Wolfe, don't you? "You can't go home again?" What that means - literally - is that you can't go back to the past.
In other words, your home -- where you grew up -- may be exactly the same after you grow up; it's you that's changed. And I suggest strongly that this is the case for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls. Before I saw the film, for instance, I re-watched the earlier entries and I have to say, this one fits the rest of the series like a glove, despite a shift from the 1930s to the Cold War 1950s.
I know this isn't a popular theory to hold, but I learned that the same fact is pretty much true of the often-reviled Star Wars prequels. I watched all six films in that franchise (in series order, eps 1 - 6) in one weekend and found that all were of roughly the same quality and mood. The six films had the same distinctive strengths...and the same terrible flaws. Those who don't think that's the case...well, I respectfully suggest they undergo this exercise. Because the only true difference is in how you hold these movies in your memory...whether from your innocent and impressionable youth or from more cynical adulthood; whether experiencing the films as a knock-out surprise, or rather with twenty years of pent-up expectations. I'm not being superior here; I used to deride Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones, but after watching all six Star Wars films together, virtually all of my comparative criticisms didn't really hold water. Return of the Jedi is just as stagey and superficial as Attack of the Clones; Revenge of the Sith is just as majestic and tragic as Empire Strikes Back. Seriously.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls? Ditto. It boasts the same strengths and the same weaknesses as other series entries. If you liked those, there's no legitimate reason not to like this one. All the Indiana Jones films are essentially non-stop roller coaster rides, enthusiastic entertaining machines that hop with cinematic dexterity from jaunty dialogue scenes to exaggerated, over-the-top action sequences.
That pretty much describes Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls too. So I'm baffled why people are picking nits this time around.
Example: I've heard people complain about the two-dimensional nature of the Russian villains in this film. Like the Nazis were really handled with three-dimensional maturity in Raiders and Last Crusade? No...Lucas and Spielberg aren't in the realism business today. Instead, they're playing the same stellar game they did in 1981, 1984 and 1989; but today's audiences and critics -- weaned on dark, angsty genre efforts like The Dark Knight -- have forgotten how to recognize the rules of that game. There's nothing dark, cynical, empty, ugly or de-humanizing about Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls. It doesn't have a post-911 mind-set. The hero doesn't resort to the same nasty tactics as the villain. There's nothing gritty or realistic anywhere in the film. Instead, like the other entries in the franchises, this Indiana Jones harks back to the more theatrical, artificial approach of its source material. Naturalism isn't the point. At all. Never was.
Indeed, I've read critical and fan comments that note with derision, for instance, how here Indiana Jones survives a harrowing trip down three waterfalls virtually unscathed...and how his survival simply isn't very...realistic. I've read critics complain about how, in this film, Indiana Jones hides in a lead refrigerator and survives a nuclear blast, and how that isn't very realistic either. "Nuked the fridge" and all.
To such critics and complainers I offer this delicate reminder: Indiana Jones fell out of a plane in a rubber raft, rode that raft down a steep mountainside, plunged over a waterfall in it, and then survived roaring rapids to wash ashore in exactly the place he was needed...in Indiana Jones in the Temple of Doom (1984). I would like to remind those critics that Indiana Jones strapped himself (by bullwhip!) to a submarine, and apparently held his breath for hours -- while said submarine was submerged -- during a journey to a secret island in Raiders of the Lost Ark. What on earth would lead you to this movie expecting realism? Once again this summer, it seems that the critics and fans are gazing at a movie with entirely the wrong set of expectations.
Don't get me wrong. Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull isn't the greatest adventure movie ever made or anything like that. I'm making no high-minded claims for the film as a brilliant work of art. On the contrary, what I'm saying is that Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull fulfills, practically to a tee, the criteria of this sturdy and much-loved franchise. It engages Indiana Jones in a stirring, mysterious adventure. It pits him against hissable villains and reunites him with a romantic lead. It concerns the use and misuse of great "power" (a theme we see also with Belloq, Mola Ram and Donovan in the other series entries), and it pays homage -- as knowledgeable pastiche -- to a certain film brand of yesteryear (Cold War B movies of the 1950s). It also happens to be in the running, for me, anyway, as the most fun film of the summer (neck and neck with Iron Man). There are deeper, more intimate films that I loved (X-Files); and there are meaner, noisier ones more in tune with our times (The Dark Knight), but Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull isn't stale like a tomb, like you might expect of a third-sequel. It's a breath of fresh air. Take it all in with an open heart and you'll walk out feeling giddy, young, happy...and likely humming John Williams' stirring anthem.
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ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – Residents in St. Augustine are fighting to keep a 7-Eleven from opening up shop near their homes.
So far, the neighbors have been successful. The city's planning director recently rejected 7-Eleven's permit to build.
St. Augustine Mayor Joseph Boles told Channel 4 the permit was largely rejected because of width of the store's proposed entrance and exit point onto San Marco Avenue.
The plan calls for that entrance and exit point to be 35 feet, significantly wider than the city's maximum requirement of 24 feet.
"To relax on that requirement would not be in the best interest of our city, not only from an aesthetic point of view but safety, also from the orderly safety of traffic through our city," said Boles.
Channel 4 spoke to a woman who lives nearby the proposed 7-Eleven site. She's thrilled that the city blocked the 7-Eleven's permit.
The woman told Channel 4 that she is concerned the site would ruin property values, cause traffic headaches and destroy the historic neighborhood.
"The tankers would be coming in there, the noise would be bad and it would just ruin what's on the edge of a national historic site," she said. "It's got these beautiful trees and I'm sure if this project were to happen, neighbors would try to sell their places and move because it would be horrendous, a nightmare."
7-Eleven could appeal the city's decision which, according to the St. Augustine Record's report, they do plan on filing an appeal.
Channel 4 contacted 7-Eleven's attorney Thursday afternoon, but phone calls were not returned.


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May's market highlights:
- Global equities managed to eke out positive returns in May. Emerging markets delivered a negative return, lagging their developed market peers.
- The S&P 500 struck a new all-time high. There was a so-called "reluctant rally'" as investors continued to view equities as the least bad option. GDP data was disappointing but largely attributed to poor weather.
- Eurozone equity gains were somewhat muted. GDP growth for the region accelerated to 0.4% but German growth disappointed. UK equities were buoyed by a general election victory for the Conservative Party.
- Japanese stocks registered positive returns amid better economic data and further weakness in the yen.
- In emerging markets, Brazilian shares came under pressure amid fears tax breaks on equities would be ended. Chinese equities experienced weakness as the authorities took steps to rein in the recent market rally.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW)-Military families will be able to enjoy the circus courtesy of the Topeka Arab Shriners.
They donated 5,000 tickets to the Kansas National Guard members this afternoon.
Major General Lee Tafanelli accepted the tickets that have a retail value of roughly 50,000 dollars.
The Arab Shrine circus will take place February 22 through the 24th and will feature a trapeze act, tigers, prancing ponies and more.


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(Reuters) - Lowe's Cos Inc's (LOW.N) reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Monday in a sign its efforts to cut costs and improve its selection of home improvement items is helping it narrow the gap with larger rival Home Depot Inc (HD.N).
Preparation and rebuilding efforts tied to Sandy and an improving housing market also boosted business at the world's No. 2 home improvement chain.
Shares of Lowe's, which also raised its sales forecast for the year, rose 7.5 percent to $34.37 in early trading. By late morning it had surrendered some the gain and was up $2.10, or 6.5 percent, to $34.08.
Home Depot has won shoppers from Lowe's in recent years by offering better pricing and service, while Lowe's strategy of "everyday low prices" rather than promotions has driven some customers away.
Lowe's has cut jobs, curbed store expansion and streamlined its supply chain to reduce costs while also reining in inventory.
"The home improvement sector is still growing, so this is a sign that Lowe's is getting more of their fair share," Morningstar analyst Peter Wahlstrom said of the results.
Sales at stores open at least year rose 1.8 percent both globally and in the United States, an improvement over the previous quarter's decline. Lowe's also reduced the same-store sales lead of Home Depot, which last week reported a 4.3 percent rise in quarterly U.S. same-store sales.
Lowe's U.S. same-store sales gain was 2.5 percentage points below Home Depot's. In recent quarters, the gap has typically been 3.0 to 3.5 percentage points.
Still, it was the 14th straight quarter that Lowe's same-store sales lagged those of Home Depot. The industry leader last week raised its full-year outlook independently of any future sales lift from Sandy.
Lowe's said sales rose 1.9 percent to $12.1 billion in the third quarter ended November 2, while analysts on average expected $11.9 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
The company now expects total sales for the fiscal year to be up 2 percent, excluding the effect of an extra week, compared with an earlier forecast of a 1 percent rise.
Credit Suisse analyst Gary Balter, in a research note, called the results "a promising inflection" that signed Lowe's efforts are "beginning to take hold."
On a call with analysts, Chief Executive Robert Niblock said the company's current transformation phase would end in mid-2013.
Lowe's third-quarter sales had gotten a lift from people buying items like generators, flashlights and batteries ahead of Sandy, which made landfall on October 29, killing dozens and leaving millions without power for days and weeks, Niblock said.
But he warned that customers remain careful in their spending.
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Niblock declined to speak specifically about Rona, but did say Lowe's needs more scale in Canada, where it has only 32 stores. Deals are one way to do that, he said.
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Lowe's third-quarter net income rose to $396 million, or 35 cents per share, from $225 million, or 18 cents per share, a year earlier.
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Gross profit margin edged to 34.3 percent of sales from 34.1 percent.
The Mooresville, North Carolina-based company affirmed its outlook from August that its full-year profit would come to $1.64 a share.
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Reporting by Phil Wahba in New York; Additional reporting by Dhanya Skariachan; Editing by Lisa Von Ahn and Leslie Gevirtz


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Goalkeeper Matt Pickens following home loss to Dallas:
On the loss and the state of the team:
"It's a little concerning right now. I think the way we're representing our club on our home field is pretty damn embarrassing. We think we have something and then we come out with nothing, and it's become a trend. Now we've got to dig real deep going on the road and hopefully we get something out of these games coming up, but it doesn't get easier for us. But like I said, it's embarrassing to represent the club this way."
On adding new players to solve the problem:
"I think it's that we win as a team and we lose as a team. It was just a lot of players came from the left side and they came off some set pieces on the first goal again. We just lacked concentration, and maybe a little lack of hard and a little lack of knowing where our guys are at and thinking someone else is going to pick them up. I don't know what it is but I've got to go back and look, but we just gave them the game again here and it's unacceptable."
On his frustration level:
"You know this is the toughest stretch I think I've ever been on as a soccer player. But you can't do anything but get back on the field and keep working. And one of these is just going to turn around for us, hopefully it comes on Wednesday. We've got a quick turnaround with the game on Wednesday. Right now it hurts but we've got to put that past us as fast as we can and start representing the club the way we should be."


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Even as General Motors prepares to redesign its midsize pickups, the market for sub-fullsize trucks continues to shrink. The remaining competitors in the segment are the well-aged Nissan Frontier, Honda Ridgeline and Toyota Tacoma, and now Truck Trend is reporting that the latter will be dropping its regular cab model due to poor sales.
According to the article, the available configurations for the Tacoma lineup will be whittled down in 2015, which apparently spells the end for the two-door Taco. The Tacoma is currently the last truck in its class to be offered in a regular cab configuration, with the Frontier no longer offering a standard cab model and spy shots of the next-gen Chevrolet Colorado not revealing any glimpse of a short cab, either.
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Warning computer hackers shortens their intrusion
(Phys.org) —Cybercrime has grown to define the criminal landscape of the 21st century. Yet, cybersecurity research has focused on the crime – computer system attacks – and on counter measures to it, while largely ignoring perpetrator behavior during such attacks. However, University of Maryland researchers now are exploring the conduct of the computer intruders. In a groundbreaking new study, they show for the first time that the appearance of a warning banner upon entry significantly shortens the time an intruder remains on an attacked system.
The researchers also found that slow network speed combined with a warning message further hastens criminal hackers' departure from the system.
Led by Assistant Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice David Maimon, the UMD team's research, recently published in the journal Criminology, demonstrates the potential to influence hackers' behavior by targeting their responses to warning messages during attacks. This study is just the "tip of the spear" in criminology-based hacker behavior research and they have additional studies already nearing completion or well underway, according to Maimon.
"There is a lot of literature and research on the effects of deterrents – how to discourage criminal activity," says Maimon. "However there's almost no research on the immediate impact of these efforts, in this case warning messages, on what's happening during the act. In our study we're effectively able to watch a heist in progress, instead of investigating a crime scene after the fact."
Maimon and study colleagues Michel Cukier, associate director for education in UMD's Maryland Cybersecurity Center (MC2) and an associate professor of reliability engineering in Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering; Bertrand Sobesto, a Clark School Ph.D. student; and Mariel Alper, a Ph.D. student in the department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, note their research is filling an important void.
A number of industry regulators, such as the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), have developed national guidelines and policies regarding the display of warning messages when a cyber attack, or intrusion, takes place. However, these policies are largely influenced by the experiences of industry leaders, and are seldom designed around research that supports their effectiveness.
As a result, the UMD team notes, recommendations are being made on a national and global scale, without sufficient testing to prove their value in various environments. These recommendations substantially influence the approach institutions and corporations take to combat cybercrime and if these are misguided, it may have long term implications for the integrity of their security protocols.
The Maryland researchers conducted their study by deploying massive systems of high-interaction "honey pots," or computers that appear to be part of a network, but are actually isolated. These highly monitored systems are designed to study hackers and precisely document their tactics.
By using several hundred "honey pots," altering their system configurations and observing how computer hackers respond, Maimon and his collaborators learned a great deal about the attacks and the attackers. "Think about the burglar analogy. The low-interaction systems, used in a number of other studies, are equivalent to a façade," Maimon explains. "The high-interaction systems we use are like watching criminals break into multi-story homes that are under intense surveillance."
"There's a high percentage of human interaction here," says Maimon. "These aren't 'BotNet' attacks. These are people committing crimes, sitting in front of a computer." By capturing massive amounts of data in these environments, and applying new methods of translated code into behavioral actions, Maimon can literally observe and analyze hackers' keystrokes and draw conclusions about the hackers' tactics and their reactions to warning messages. "Through extensive collaboration, with the right tools to analyze data on cyber attacks, the application of these newly formed behavioral models can help to mitigate the effects of hacking by applying effective interventions." The findings have tremendous implications for both technology and the social sciences.
Their application of criminological theory to cybercrime is part of a new and a growing field of research into behavior of the individuals who carry out the attacks. "We're combining computers and 'soft science' models for the first time," says Maimon. "We can see that we're making an impact…but there is a great deal left to learn. What kinds of warnings are most effective? Are we able to influence the hackers' behavior over time? These questions will define how our research progresses…and ultimately the future of how we confront cybercrime."
Maimon says he and colleagues are already taking the next steps in applying criminological models to the prevention of computer system trespassing through underway studies that examine:
- how different kinds of warning messages might influence attackers' behavior; and
- how the presence of surveillance mechanisms changes the behavior of computer system trespassers.


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Battlefield 4 @ 1440p
Battlefield 4 makes great use of DICE's incredible Frostbite 3 engine, with some great dynamic destructible environments in both the single-player and multiplayer sides of the game. The same engine has been deployed into many other games made by publisher EA, such as the new Need for Speed, and Mirror's Edge Catalyst.
You can buy Battlefield 4 at Amazon.
GRID Autosport @ 1440p
GRID Autosport is powered by Codemasters' own in-house 'EGO 3.0' engine, and while it was released last year, it is still one of the best looking driving games on the market. This is in the face of Forza Motorsport 6, Project CARS, and other driving games. While it looks great, it also runs beautifully even on modest hardware.
You can buy GRID Autosport at Amazon, and you can read our full review here.
Metro: Last Light Redux @ 1440p
We recently changed over to Metro: Last Light Redux, with developer 4A Games making the Redux version of Metro: Last Light the 'definitive' version of the game. Redux had a fresh coat of paint on the already impressive 4A Engine, and it really pushes our GPUs to their limits.
You can buy Metro: Last Light Redux at Amazon.
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor @ 1440p
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor is one of the most graphically intensive games we test, with Monolith using their own Lithtech engine to power the game. When cranked up to maximum detail, it will chew through your GPU and its VRAM like it's nothing.
You can buy Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor at Amazon.
Thief @ 1440p
Thief has been around for quite a while now, with the latest version of the first-person stealth game powered by Epic Games' older Unreal Engine 3. While it's old, it has some great multi-GPU scaling that we use to test out our various GPU setups.
You can buy Thief at Amazon.
Tomb Raider @ 1440p
Tomb Raider is still such a gorgeous game, with developer Crystal Dynamics using their own 'Foundation' engine to build Lara Croft into the new world. One of the best parts about Tomb Raider is the absolutely stellar multi-GPU scaling, so this is an important test to see how well our NVIDIA GeForce SLI and AMD Radeon Crossfire setups scale.
You can buy Tomb Raider at Amazon.
BioShock Infinite @ 1440p
Irrational Games built BioShock Infinite on a heavily modified version of Unreal Engine 3, putting it on the same playing field as Thief. It's still a great game to test on our various video cards, but this is one of the games we will soon be replacing as we get into the end of the year.
You can buy BioShock Infinite at Amazon.
You can find our performance summary of all of our gaming tests later in the review.
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1960's and 70's Flyers
Flyers chairman Ed Snider brought hockey back to Philadelphia in 1967 and a love affair between city and team was born. One of six expansion teams, the Flyers not only won their division in their first season, but eventually became the first expansion team to win the Stanley Cup seven years later in 1974.
Buoyed by the Hall of Fame duo of captain Bobby Clarke and goaltender Bernie Parent, as well as coach Fred Shero, the Flyers repeated as champions in 1975.
After being the only NHL team to beat the Soviet Red Army team in 1976, the Flyers returned to the Finals for the third consecutive season before losing the Montreal Canadiens.
The Flyers continued to make the playoffs in each of the years following their three cup runs, but didn't make it back to the Finals until a new decade began.
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Tonight we are showcasing the Bright Side paper line yet again...aren't you just loving this new collection? It is so bright and cheerful, and full of possibilities! So far I have shown it in a cute style, an elegant style...and tonight I am sharing a more CAS shabby style. I used just one layer of paper, and focused on the chevron printed kraft paper in the collection. There are so many different ways to use this paper collection...you are going to definitely want it in your stash. Here is what I created!
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Support & Field Staff at Oasis Dental Care Support Centre

We are looking for a Management Accountant to join our team!

ABOUT OASIS DENTAL CARE

We are hoping you have heard of Oasis Dental Care, but just in case let's give you a little background about us first. We are a leading provider of NHS & Private dental care across the UK & Ireland. Oasis proudly cares for over 3 million patients, providing everything from regular check-ups to specialist & cosmetic treatments. We now have over 400 practices across the UK and ROI.

You may also have heard our exciting news that we have recently joined the Bupa family! There has never been a better time to join Oasis as we work together with Bupa to help people live longer, healthier, happier lives.

THE ROLE

To prepare, analyse and report on key financial data within the organisation ensuring that managers receive timely, accurate and relevant information.

To work with and assist the FP&A Manager to produce timely and reliable management information reports when required

To work with a portfolio of Operations Area Managers to review practice and area P&Ls. This includes developing a close working relationship with the area managers to help them drive business improvements

To understand and own your reporting lines, becoming an expert on the content of those lines. These include, but are not limited to the following P&L costs sections, namely:, Operating Costs and Central Head Office Costs

Manage the month end delivery of your reporting lines, including inputting necessary accruals & prepayments, variance analysis and process improvements, within required deadlines

To reconcile relevant balance sheet accounts

Manage the internal recharging process

Management of an assistant accountant

Become a CODA and Hyperion Planning (Essbase) super user

Ability to "own" pieces of work, and drive completion from start to finish, collaborating across the business where necessary, including the ability to identify and manage changes.

To deal with queries from operational and support centre managers in a timely manner escalating issues where appropriate

When required to, attend meetings with operations management to assist in the efficient operation of the business

To assist in the preparation of the year end accounts, regular stock takes and audit information as required

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Qualified / Finalist CIMA, ACCA or ACA

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Scroll (Right) Applique - #363
This product is 13 x 3.8cm or approximately 6 x 1.5 inches - #363
Get ready for endless possibilities to transform your projects with WoodUBend mouldings. WoodUBend mouldings lightweight but sturdy, eco-friendly wood embellishments that can be painted, sanded, and stained just like wood. The magic of WoodUBend mouldings is that when warm air is applied with a simple hairdryer or heat gun the mouldings become flexible and can be adhered to any contoured surfaces of furniture and more such as bottles, door trims, mirrors, etc. with any good quality wood glue. WoodUBend pieces can be cut to fit with a simple pair of scissors or snapped into smaller pieces.
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