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My Brain At Work: Somewhat Random (and Possibly Useless) Thoughts On the Origins of Craft Brewing
As avid readers (because there are some, right??) know, Jack McAuliffe, the acknowledged founder of the craft brewing movement, is a friend. In January, Boston Beer Company — known to you as Sam Adams — will introduce New Albion Ale, based on the recipe Jack used to make his first beer in the late 1970s.
That means that lately there's been an unusual amount of attention paid to Jack and to his brewery, New Albion. Which means that I've been hearing more than the usual iterations of a question I'm often asked: "Is New Albion really important?"
By which the questioner means:
"Hey, McAuliffe's brewery only lasted a few years. Most people interested in craft beer had never even heard of the guy until your book came out. He can't be that important."
To which I usually say something like
"He deserved the credit. Would someone else have done what he did? Eventually. But at the time, he inspired others to do what he'd done, namely cobble together some raw materials, build a brewery, and make beer."
(And I mention Ken Grossman and Sierra Nevada as an example of the direct influence of Jack and New Albion.)
So that's the background. (Yeah. You know me: The background takes more time than the main point. What can I say? I'm a historian. Context is everything.)
Anyway, this has been on my mind. Or, more accurately, my brain has been busy pondering the "Would someone else have done what he did?" I say "apparently" because I didn't realize I was even thinking about this until yesterday, when the following crashed into my brain's foreground and grabbed my attention:
When people have asked me the aforementioned question, I've usually skipped over the "would someone else have done what he did" part and spoke mainly to the "direct influence" part of why Jack matters. Because of course I had no idea if someone else would have done what Jack did.
Until now. Thanks to my busy brain, I now have a different take on the issue of "does Jack matter?" (*1) It goes like this.
It's hard to imagine that a craft brewing industry wouldn't have shown up eventually, right? After all, at the same time that craft of beer pioneers were doing their thing, the "good coffee" movement started. Other entrepreneurs were experimenting with a return to good bread. Micro-distilleries began showing up in the early 1990s. Natural foods were going great guns in the 1980s.
So at some point someone would have come up with a "craft brewing industry." (*2)
BUT: it's not clear to me that, without Jack (or some one like Jack) it would have looked like the do-it-yourself, self-reliant industry that it was and to a certain extent still is.
Let me explain:
Jack's brewery failed, but the way he built his company became the foundational model for the craft brewing industry that emerged in the early 1980s.
Ken Grossman, for example, had already dreamed about opening a brewery, a dream inspired in part by his love of good beer but also by a visit to Anchor Brewing in San Francisco. But when Ken visited Anchor, he saw an insurmountable obstacle: a full-blown brewery with "real" brewing equipment. Grossman knew he couldn't pull that off, or at least not until he'd devoted a few decades to saving the many thousands of dollars such a venture would require.
When he visited New Albion, however, he saw instantly that here was a model that he could emulate and do so with relatively little cash. (He and his then-partner Paul Camusi scrounged $50,000 in start-up funds, mostly from family.) If he could find spare parts, which was what Jack had done, he could use his engineering/carpentry/handyman skills to build a brewhouse.
So he did, and so did other early pioneers, and the rest, as the cliche goes, is history.
But let's ponder an alternative history, one based on a combination of speculation and fact.
Here's a fact, one based on my six years spent thinking and writing about meat in America:
Food and food fads are like anything else: if there's a profit to be made, if there's a fad to ride, someone will jump in and try to make some money on it.
In the 1980s, for example, a couple of marketing types in California noted the interest in "natural" foods and began selling "Rocky the Ranger" chickens, which they touted as free-range and natural. The chickens weren't, but that didn't matter. Plenty of people were willing to pay big bucks for natural poultry. (Among them was Wolfgang Puck, just then hitting his stride and his celebrity, who began serving Rocky at his restaurants. He was none too pleased to discover, during a blind taste test, that neither he nor other tasters could tell the difference between high-priced Rocky and plain ol' chicken).
Here's another, more relevant example:
In the mid-1980s, Jim Koch, then working at Boston Consulting Group, had a early-mid-life crisis and decided he needed a job with more soul than helping Fortune 500 types figure out how to make billions rather than millions. Brewing was in his family (as he's fond of pointing out, he's the fifth generation to work in beer), and when he pondered his future while perched on a barstool, he noticed that yuppies, as they were called then, were dropping serious money to pay for imported beer (think Heineken and St. Pauli).
That market niche intrigued him. After a bit of investigation, Jim learned that there were a handful of people scattered around the country making what amounted to nineteenth-century beers (real, pure, made from four ingredients, blah blah blah). There, Koch decided, lay his future. In this case, he skipped the do-it-yourself route and instead contracted to brew his lager using "real" brewmasters at "real" breweries.
Jim Koch happens to be a guy with a soul. (*3) The company he built melds with and has been a key component of the craft beer industry.
But it's clear that what Koch did, some other suit-and-tie could have done, too. (*4)
Which brings me, finally, to my point. (Thanks for sticking with me).
Had Jack McAuliffe not built his whacky, nineteenth-century-inspired, spare-parts brewery, a craft beer industry would have emerged anyway. But it likely would have been built by suits-and-ties; business types with more interest in profit than beer who'd wangled bank loans and built a brewery along the same lines as conventional brewing (read: Anheuser Busch) except in miniature. And then, I'm guessing, sold to the first big brewer who came along (and remember that both Miller and AB "came along" and started buying/acquiring shares in small fry in the late 1980s).
Instead of the "think local/think pure and real" craft brewing industry we've got now, with all its glory, creativity, and dynamism, we'd have ended up with a bastardized version in which the Big Boys made a few shitty "craft" beers, and instead of the few thousand breweries that now exist in the U. S., we'd probably still have, oh, 79 or 80. And I doubt we'd have locally owned and operated brewpubs. We might have chain restaurants with brewing equipment prominently displayed behind glass, but that's not quite the same thing as the truly fascinating, truly local brewpub culture that has flourished in the U. S. in the past 30 years.
So. Jack matters not because he succeeded — he didn't — but because of the way he built his company: from scraps, with next to no cash, and with a truckload of heart, soul, and hard work.
End of great idea.
For now. Part of my busy brain has been thinking hard about a new book and what it wants to write (and why would I get in its way!?) is a book about, well, I'm not quite sure yet but something about the craft beer industry, the nature of contemporary capitalism, the shift to the local, and the way all things digital have transformed all of it. I have the feeling I'm going to be thinking this book out loud, if you will, here at the blog. So it's possible that this is a tentative first step toward this vague, amorphous, and possibly bad idea that's churning around in my brain. We'll see.
And comments and feedback are most welcome. Have at it.
Oh: And no, not quite finished with meat book. But I have written a major chunk of that pesky new chapter my editor wanted.
UPDATE AFTER THE FACT: I should have included this link first time around. Two years ago, Jay Brooks and Natalie and Vinnie Cilurzo went to the New Albion site with Jack. Jay made sure to document the visit.
*1: I'm continually impressed by how much work my brain does without me even asking it to. Brains are important, you know? If we have a Mother's Day and a National Pizza Day, and a "Talk Like A Pirate" day, why in hell don't we have a "Thank Your Brain" day?
*2: Hmmm. That raises a fascinating question that I only thought of while writing this blog entry: How long would it have taken Charlie Papazian to go the next step; to travel from homebrewing-as-national-movement, which was what he was primarily interested in in the late '70s and early '80s, to "let's take homebrewing to the next step"?
*3: Some would disagree with that view. But I would argue that one need only look at the way he's operated his company to know that when he said he intended to build a corporation with a heart and soul, he meant it.
*4: Indeed, the essence of the messy craft beer boom of the 1990s was precisely that: suit-and-tie types bringing in big money to cash in on what was then seen as a profitable market niche.
54 Responses to "My Brain At Work: Somewhat Random (and Possibly Useless) Thoughts On the Origins of Craft Brewing"
Steve Parkes I came over to help start The British Brewing Company in 1988 with no idea New Albion had ever existed. We were emulating a British model of small independent breweries,and were simply looking at a new market. The small systems were readily available all over the UK and Europe after the first wave of pioneers tried and failed over there. .When we arrived we found that Chesbay Brewing had already tried and failed but that The Weeping Radish, Geary's and Manhatten Brewing were still going strong.
Maureen Ogle Now THAT is interesting. I wonder if Michael J. knew about New Albion. Well, doh, answered my own question as I was typing. Yes, he did. Manhattan Brewing must surely have closed right after you got here. It didn't last too long (it wasn't the greatest business model, truth be told).
Stan Hieronymus The small systems were readily available all over the UK and Europe after the first wave of pioneers tried and failed over there.
Steve – What year would that first wave have begun?.
Maureen Ogle Quick! Someone write an article about the interaction/idea flow between UK and US in the 1980s. We know there was some, right? Papazian went to GBBF in 1981? 1982? And MJ was over here all the time.
J Nikol Beckham (@jnikolbeckham) Maureen, first, I am delighted to have stumbled upon your blog. Your book has been an IMMENSE help to me over the last 3 years, as I have been completing my doctoral dissertation… a cultural economy of the American brewing industry. So, before I comment I want to say THANK YOU!
I think the question you raise here is a really compelling one that I am going to have some fun chewing on for a while. I spend quite a bit of time and energy in my dissertation arguing that much of the change that has taken place in the American brewing industry in the last 100 years has been rooted in broader cultural change, and in doing so I have often suggested that the "Important Man" narratives that seem to guide the founding mythologies of American Beer (From Busch I,II,III,IV to McAuliffe, Koch, Grossman, and Maytag) may be histories that obscure the role of vital socio-cultural currents.
At the same time, I am inclined to agree that a much different kind of "craft beer" industry was more likely to emerge without being significantly redirected toward that DIY ethic you speak of. Personally, I have always felt that "redirection" came from the energy of 1) homebrewers, 2) artisan food enthusiasts and 3) the influential and politically charged subcultures that intersected with both of these groups (Belasco's "Appetite for Change: How the Counterculture Took On the Food Industry" is probably the best version of this argument that I can think of off hand). But, you seem to be suggesting something much more intimate and I am really curious if your research bears out more of these kinds of brewer to brewer connections.
I also have some thoughts the "messiness of the craft beer boom," but have no intention of writing a novel in your comment section… but if you ever want to write another blog entry about that, I'm chomping at that bit to hear some of your ideas!
Tom Bedell Starting to sound like the good old days. But that's my aging brain at work. Yours seems to be in perfect working order.
Maureen Ogle Heh. Ooooh, boy. My brain isn't working all that well. Alas. But I do what I can.
Maureen Ogle Be still my beating heart. You're writing a dissertation on the brewing industry? WHY didn't you do this ten years ago (so I could, ya know, borrow some ideas…)
As to the crux of your post, actually, I think you've hit on what I meant (which maybe I didn't say too clearly. My brain is mush from finishing the new book). Yes, I definitely think there was an intersection at work — and I also suspect (more than I actually know at the moment) that that intersection of energies is way more profound than it's been seen heretofore. A clunky sentence but I hope you get my drift.
It's been too easy to dismiss the counterculture, countercuisine (as Belasco called it), the artisan this, the artisan that, but I'm starting to wonder if those things are evidence of a much deeper, profound shift in the nature of capitalism.
Or something like that. That sounds absurdly high-blown when I put it like that. But it's what I've been thinking about. Or what I'm thinking about when I'm not thinking about meat. Although it's clear to me that the meat book is what's driving this new train of thought on my part.
Anyway, absolutely delighted to meet you (if blog comments constitute "meeting" someone — surely they do??) and cannot wait to read your dissertation. Wowie zowie!!!
J Nikol Beckham (@jnikolbeckham) I am crossing my fingers that others (namely my committee) wont find the idea of a "profound shift in the nature of capitalism" to be a too high-blown, because I pretty much saying that's exactly what is happening and that the brewing industry is a beautiful example.
Specifically, I'm working with the thesis that we are "valuing" differently as society. It's a blend of an infatuation with entrepreneurship and the rabid neoliberalization (maybe that's a word?) of the 1980s, niche marketing and expanding gastro-imperialism, and also the influence of more radical sub-cutures and other structures of valuation.
It's been a lot of fun collecting sideways looks…
Very excited about your meat project and really pleased to meet you as well!
Maureen Ogle well, now I REALLY want to write it. Heck, who knows? Maybe I won't even have to bother writing this book I'm thinking about. A tip for the committee (the dreaded committee): just don't use the word capitalism. Anywhere. In any way. You'll be fine! I have to think hard about your second graf. Great ideas. Dovetailing with, but not entirely identical, to mine. I think. Prolly connected to different worldviews? And age.
Anyway, wow. Go finish that baby! -
Joe Stange I'd very much like to hear more about "gastro-imperialism."
Maureen Ogle Joe, "gasto-imperialism" can have one of two meanings. MOST of the time, and to most "scholars," it refers to the "globalization" of food industries. Eg, ConAgra controlling (or so scholars argue) food production in large parts of the world. Most of this work is being done by Marxist scholars in sociology, anthropology, and geography. See, for example, FROM COLUMBUS TO CONAGRA, by Allessandro Bonanno. Briefly the argument is that "capital" moves where labor and goods are cheapest and as a result, we eat bad food because "capital" wants to make profit, but millions also earn pittances and work under bad conditions because "capital" controls food from ground to table. (I'm greatly simplifying the argument.)
The other way some scholars, especially historians, use that term or the idea is that food can be coopted from one culture to another. For example, in the late 19th century, Americans were introduced to a host of "foreign" foods because of global trade, of course, but also because of US expansion and imperial activity. And I'm drawing a complete blank on the main study of that idea. If it comes to me, I'll post it here.
Joe Stange Thanks. My master's thesis back in the day was related to cultural imperialism; I assumed it was something like your latter explanation. Despite writing about food and drink these days, that's the first time I'd heard that particular phrase, which sounds a bit brutal. No doubt that's the point.
Maureen Ogle Heh. Yes, well, the Marxist types over on the "social sciences" side of campus want it to sound harsh. I've now read tons of their work, but in connection with the meat book. Historians have simply ignored the entire subject of meat in America, and the sociologists, anthropologists, and geographers are the only ones who've done any substantive work on it. And as near as I can tell, they're all "Marxists." So I have to wade through a ton of verbiage and conspiracy thinking, if you know what I mean. BUT: turns out those folks are also the ones who gave us "local" foods and an infrastructure for a "new" food economy, so I can't get too annoyed with them. (No, Alice Waters had nothing to do with it.)
Joe Stange I know exactly what you mean. I was already a working journalist when I went to grad school. I thought I was slightly left-leaning. I soon learned that I was part of a vast right-wing conspiracy.
J Nikol Beckham (@jnikolbeckham) Joe, you just made me laugh out loud.
Maureen's comments on uses of the term "gastro-imperialism" are spot on as far I am concerned. I use the term to describe movements of food commodities or food customs, practices, and rituals that follow along with other flows of power and people (military, economic, political). And though I know most folks use it in a fairly derogatory way, I don't think of it as such… particularly because the result isn't always a condition of domination.
Maureen Ogle Joe, you just provided my second BIG keyboard spit of the day. Yeah, the whole "capital" is to blame thing drives me insane. Once you assign blame to "corporations" and "capital," well, gee, there goes the incentive to look in the mirror as a source of both cause and effect, right? Plus, WTF with "capital" anyway? Capital does not have independent agency. HUMANS act, not pieces of paper.
Maurizio nice comment I agree
Steve Parkes Stan.. I was busy brewing and so wasn't really sitting back and observing what was happening at the time. I'd say that the British revolution (if that's what you want to call it) began around 1978. Simon Whitmore was in charge of selling off tied houses from Courage to the free trade in the Bristol area, and started Butcombe Brewery in '78..
By the time I left the UK in '88 there were many small breweries going bust. So we're looking at the 78-88 window really. Again I am relying on my memories of my personal experience…. I'm certainly no historian. -
Maureen Ogle I think no one can think too clearly about UK brewing in 70s and 80s w/out first putting CAMRA in perspective. I read everything I could find about it, in terms of primary sources (rather than what people remembered after the fact). There was something goin' on there, that's for sure. And likely much bigger than "we wanted good beer."
Martyn Cornell Others will chime in from the UK here, I'm sure, but my impression is that the UK micro-brewer movement, which started, effectively, in 1975 with people like Pollards of Stockport and Bill Urquhart's Litchborough Brewery, was certainly something the pioneers in the US were aware of, and David Bruce's Firkin chain of brewpubs, which started in London in 1979, was also an influence. Bruce told me last year: "I first went [to the US] in 1982, when there wasn't a brewpub in North America at that time. I spoke to the Brewers Association people in Boulder about what we were doing and they could not believe it – 'You do what – you brew in the pub!'" Now, you'd have to ask the US brewpub pioneers if they'd heard of David Bruce when they started, but I wouldn't be surprised to learn that many HAD heard of what he was doing in the UK, and were influenced by it.
The two big differences between the US and the UK, though, in the early days, is that (1) many of the UK pioneers, like Urquhart (and indeed Bruce) and Peter Austin of Ringwood, who started brewing for himself in 1978 (and who also supplied brewing kit to a fair number of new US micro-brewers, eg Gearys, as well as UK ones) had previously worked for big brewers before setting up their own businesses, rather than been enthusiastic home brewers who moved into commercial brewing: the UK home brewing scene was never as big as the US one; and (2) the existence of Camra meant a market for new small brewers in the UK already existed, with many drinkers already eagerly looking for alternatives to the offerings of the big brewers.
Bailey As it happens, We've been giving some thought lately to the origins of what Martyn has called 'the counter revolution' in British beer, which started c.1963 with the founding of the Society for the Preservation of Beers From the Wood.
There was an obsession with the supposed 'unnatural' practices of big brewers – all 'gas', 'chemicals' and metal – which eventually morphed into the full-fledged whole food rhetoric CAMRA employed.
We're convinced something would have happened without CAMRA, but what? Perhaps a revival of the pure beer movement, or an organic beer craze, rather than one for 'real ale'?
Both David Pollard (who had worked at various big breweries) and Bill Urquhart (a long-time Watney man) are on record raging against accountants and 'suits' with no 'feeling' for beer. In other words, they felt that big brewing had somehow lost its soul.
On UK-US relations: 1979 GBBF had Anchor Steam on sale, under the influence, we think, of MJ's Guide to World Beer.
Steve Parkes I worked for a brewery Wiltshire in 1987 that also had a stake in an importer called Beers of the World that imported Michelob, Rolling Rock and Anchor Steam. Spaten, Coopers and Castle/Lion too. So there was Anchor Steam being sold in the UK in the early 80s. The other huge influence on US craft/brewpub brewing from the UK has to be The Grundy Tank. US craft breweries are 7 bbl and 14 bbl sized to this day because the Grundy tank had a 5 UK barrel capacity and that was the conversion. Hundreds of Grundy tanks were being removed from the cellars of working men's clubs in the North where they were once being filled with beer via tanker trucks from the local brewery. Many of them ended up in the US as cellar tanks in brewpubs. Humboldt Brewery in Arcata CA (founded in 1989) had 30 of them. The point Martyn makes is important I feel. I was a professional Heriot Watt degree'd brewer before leaving the UK to start a micro in the US in 1988, and virtually every micro I left behind in the UK was founded by someone who had left a large brewery. Home brewing in the UK took a very different form in the UK back then. Essentially take home beer in the USA was very cheap, but didn't satisfy everyone as far as flavor is concerned, so people brewed at home to brew better beer. In contrast, in the UK at the time, take home beer was very expensive, so people brewed at home to save money. Hardly conditions that would create a candidate to start their own brewery. Again…. just my impressions from being there at the time.
Maureen Ogle Steve, this is fascinating. Especially the point about the Grundy tank. How about someone write a book? Use Kickstarter for funding???
Maureen Ogle YES! Society for the Preservation of Beers from the Wood! I fell in love with that name when I found it. The London Times covered the group, and the protests, and there were plenty of letters to the editor (in that inimitable British style, of course) about it, too. I had to delete most of what I wrote about it in my first draft (and I can't blame my editor for asking me to do so), but someone could do something lovely with the material that's out there.
As for Martyn's comment: People in what was then the AHA and then the craft beer group in the VERY early 80s definitely knew about David Bruce. I ran across mentions of him in old American beer mags (all two of them…) and, if I remember correctly, also some newspaper mentions related to his visits here. But definitely people were aware.
Having said that, I seriously doubt that the trio that founded Mendocino, which gets my vote for first American brewpub (remember that they were illegal here until mid- to late 1980s; California changed its law first), knew anything at all about what was going on in Britain. They just wanted to make beer in a bar. Jack had already started the ball rolling toward getting the law changed but his brewery failed before he could open a brewpub. So the Mendo guys did it first — but they were very insular. They had no connection to or awareness of the folks in Boulder. They were just home brewers and fairly isolated from the institutional scene that was taking place in Boulder.
Man, this is SO cool that you all are stopping by to comment. THANK YOU so much.
Stan Hieronymus Maureen – First, a point of order. Bert Grant began selling beer at his pub in Yakima on July 1, 1982 (he gave it away while he was waiting for his license). Mendo started selling beer in August of 1983.
Now, at the risk of turning into the curator of your blog, I'd suggest revisiting your "Is This the Dawning of the Age of . . . E-Quarius?" series because it addresses the part of the conversation that J Nikol brought up.
Joe Stange A random aside, but my neighbor here in Costa Rica was involved with the Society for Preservation of Beers from the Wood back in the late Sixties. His memories are vague but fond, of drinking with pals, handing out pamphlets, and causing the occasional creative disturbance. We meet for kegged craft beer and wish that someone would put into a firkin now and then.
Maureen Ogle Stan, I stand corrected. Although everything else about Mendo is accurate. And I wonder if the Mendo guys even knew about Grant. If they were influenced by anyone, it was Jack, who was himself rather isolated in the sense that he had neither the time nor the funds to follow what was unfolding in Boulder.
Re. the Age of E-Quarius: believe me: that has been on my mind. Indeed, I think writing that back then is the true seed of this book I'm thinking of writing. I didn't even realize how much that E-quarius series had penetrated my subconscious until a few months ago. And then the ol' light bulb went on….
So. Yes. That series and what I'm thinking of now are intimately related. And please: curate away!
lisagrimm I had a quick note about Bert Grant and his brewpub (which certainly counts as pioneering or revivalist, depending on your point of view) in an article I wrote last year – I wish I had time to do some real on-site research for more on that end of things.
Randy Locke The Mendo guy bought New Albions equipment and hired Don Barkley and Michel Lovett to start their brewery. I saw it all as I was their! My brother Kerry Locke gave them the first taps they had in the pub.
Maureen Ogle Randy, that's cool! I interviewed Michael Laybourn for the book and he had a clear memory of how that all unfolded. Great stuff.
Jon Jefferson As you have pointed out, in the late 70s and then into the 80s the US was at a turning point. For the most part up until that point we were surviving on TV dinners and mass produced beer. Even with wine, it wasn't until the 1976 Judgement of Paris that the US wine industry could be taken seriously.
It was the people like Jack McAuliffe that reminded us that the equipment you start with is so much less important than actually starting. The bigger difference between the food movement and the beer movement stems from the fact that restaurants open and close all the time. Before Jack and the pioneers like him, the odds of opening a new brewery in the US was astronomical (it just wasn't done).
The bubble burst of the 90s not an uncommon occurance. People who open a restaurant for the wrong reasons and fail miserably do that all the time. Because they were failing at building breweries, was the oddity. But it was from these ashes that many of the better breweries we have today came from. This all goes back to Jack because he had the audacity to open a brewery with pretty much nothing.
Maureen Ogle "It was the people like Jack McAuliffe that reminded us that the equipment you start with is so much less important than actually starting."
Jon, I love this comment. So glad you came by to comment. THANKS.
Dale Miskimins (@sodakbeer) Thanks for your post Maureen! I enjoyed Ambitious Brew & look forward to your new book.
Maureen Ogle Thank you! And I bet you're not looking forward to the new book NEARLY as much as I am. I will be SO glad to get it out of my life. The final chapter — the one the editor asked for — is coming together, so now I honestly can see the end. Thank god….
tearmatt Well this certainly isnt a topic that would normally interest me, nevertheless after reading this post from Freshly Pressed I have to say that I love it. We are having a bit of an issue over here in Europe with everyone making bottled sugary cider. Stella Artious is an example of this, renowned for their excellent larger then have only started making the bottled cider because its fashionable, which has certainly made it loose its creditability as company, and certainly left some bad taste in peoples mouths. great post!
Maureen Ogle The entire beer biz, globally speaking, is a real stew these days. The makers of Stella now own Anheuser-Busch and are apparently hellbent on being not just the biggest but the ONLY beer/cider maker. And, yeah, cider is definitely fashionable these days.
andershole I've been looking into brewing my own beer, this is really great! You gotta love the atmosphere in micro breweries and restaurants that supply their own local beer.
segmation I think that craft beer gives an unique tastes that you don't have in normal mass produced beer, wouldn't you agree? Thanks for sharing this blog!
under the skies of arkansas sounds like you have had some craft beer
David You remind me that I need to walk to the store and buy a six-pack of local beer! Thanks for the post…I'm surrounded by breweries here in Portland, Oregon, but rarely get reminded of the heritage in other parts of the country.
Maureen Ogle P'land has more breweries per capita than any city in the world! And yeah, it is kind of a beer bubble out there, isn't it? (And a great bubble it is…) It's easy to forget that not every place has as much beer as your city. (As well as a ton of other great food. I love Portland!)
Light Friday wow! You're writing is so good! Great post
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Will Thanks for sharing this, I become more and more intrigued the more I hear of Jack McAuliffe and New Albion. A number of people have been blogging about him over the past year, and I have to agree with your assessment that he was the impetus of the modern craft beer movement.
Tom Hennessy from Colorado Boy Brewing in Ridgway, Colorado carries on in the spirit of the DIY brewery and even offers an immersive course in starting a brewery from scratch modifying equipment not originally manufactured for such. He has influenced a large number of brewers both here in CO, and across the country.
Regarding the discussion going on in the comments about the influence of the UK in the American brewery/brewpub movement of the 70s-80s, I think there was a more complex dynamic going on. First, ales are much easier to brew and ferment than lagers and so lent themselves to the small, cash strapped breweries who couldn't afford all of the additional equipment (and time) for lagers. Secondly, adventurous American beer drinkers of the time were looking for something other than the fizzy yellow lagers of the US and ales fit the bill.
At least that's my perspective on it, spoken from first hand experience of hanging out at Wynkoop and other breweries that opened later on here in Denver during the late 80s.
LT I can't wait to try some in January. Thanks for posting.
Kim @ Wonderings Great post. Leaving in Colorado, we have seen all kinds of breweries but we definitely love visiting (and documenting) the breweries that have pieced what they have together with love and time!
Maureen Ogle Thanks to all who stopped by after my "fresh pressing" by WordPress. And if my brain weren't so fried from after my day's work (another race toward the finish line of the new book, doncha know), I could probably come up with pithy, funny replies to each. But. Brain-fry = no energy for comment-quips. THANKS!
Bryan Roth "Jack matters not because he succeeded — he didn't — but because of the way he built his company: from scraps, with next to no cash, and with a truckload of heart, soul, and hard work."
I've only been homebrewing for a year, but I'd say this is an apt description of many other homebrewers I've met. They constantly amaze me with what they accomplish while nickel and diming their way to some pretty impressive set-ups.
Thanks for offering such an in-depth look at this. Cheers!
Pit Interesting post
mdprincing cheers to Jack
boilerz25 As a Home Brewer and Entrepreneur this story is inspiring and really teaches you to stick to your passion. Nice work
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ATLANTA/WASHINGTON, D.C., October 29,
2012—Hunter Hotels
announced today that it advised the owner on the sale of the Comfort
Suites in
Manassas, Va., in suburban Washington, D.C. Hunter represented a
special servicer as the seller of the 138-guest suite hotel to a
multi-property owner. Lee Hunter, chief operating officer of
Hunter Hotels, led
the Hunter team, which included Kyle Stevenson from Hunter's D.C.
office, on
the $7.3 million sale. Hunter generated nearly 20 offers for the
five-story hotel which is located at 7350 Williamson Boulevard just off
traveled Interstate 66. "Washington remains a strong hotel market
as does the
Eastern corridor from New England to Miami," Hunter said. "We
also are
seeing an uptick in hotel real estate activity at our offices in the
Southwest and West Coast. California and Texas are particularly
now." "As the hotel economy strengthens, we see
more and better
properties coming to market in all of our seven offices
nationwide. We
are currently seeing a flurry of activity from hotel owners who want to
complete sales before any potential changes take place in tax rates,"
Hunter. "We are also working with a substantial number of owners who
plan to
sell in the first and second quarter. We anticipate another
record year for
Hunter Hotels this year and next." Additional information, including current
listings, is
available at the company's website, www.HunterHotels.net,
or by contacting the Atlanta headquarters at 770-916-0300. Hunter is one of the nation's leading providers of specialty brokerage and capital market advisory services to the hotel industry. With seven strategically-located offices in major metropolitan areas—New York, N.Y., Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Ga., Miami, Fla., Chicago, Ill., Dallas, Tex., and Los Angeles, Calif.—Hunter's seasoned professionals leverage their combined depth of experience, national reach and local knowledge to assist all types of hoteliers and investors. For over 35 years, this highly specialized firm has successfully advised hundreds of clients through all economic cycles and market conditions. www.hunterhotels.net. |
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London - The new custody agreement for Michael Jackson's kids will be backed by Diana Ross.
Katherine Jackson – the grandmother of Prince Michael, 15, Paris, 14 and 10-year-old Blanket – will share custody of the children with her grandson Tito Joe 'TJ' Jackson' and Diana, named a back-up guardian in Michael's will has no complaints.
A source told RadarOnline: "Diana has no qualms whatsoever about the new custody agreement, she only wants what is best for the children.
Diana knows that the children are old enough to decide who they want to live with and she defers to what they want. While Diana hasn't been a big part of their lives because she lives on the East Coast, she is very fond of them.
"Katherine was stripped of her guardianship last week with temporary custody going to TJ before they worked out a new arrangement and the judge ordered both Diana and Prince Michael and Paris' mother Debbie Rowe be informed.
The paperwork is expected to be submitted this week for shared custody and the judge will have to sign off the proposed agreement before it becomes official. Meanwhile, Katherine's attorney Perry Sanders says Prince Michael is happy with the new arrangement after discussing it with TJ.He told X17online:
"There's a close bond there and a definite sense of unity. Contrary to what people think, there was absolutely zero animosity between those two. I felt nothing but love in the room." - Bang Showbiz


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The Pawlak family of Tacoma will compete Monday morning on the long-running game show "Family Feud."
The show, hosted by Steve Harvey, will air at 9 a.m. on KSTW 11.
The five Pawlak brothers will try to keep up with the Johnsons, a family from Lexington, Ky., in front of a studio audience in Atlanta. (The show is taped.)
Both families are trying to win up to $100,000 and a new car.
The Pawlaks are Pat, an IT manager and youth sports coach, and his brothers – Adam, a police officer; Eric, a corrections officer; Nick, a student; and Scott, also a law officer.
"We decided to try out 'Family Feud' because it sounded like a fun thing to do, and my brother's birthday was close to the tryout date so it would be a fun way to celebrate that," Patrick Pawlak said. "If we win, we want to do something fun with the money and then pay some bills."
The Pawlak family called the "Family Feud" hotline to begin the audition process.
Other contestant hopefuls can call the show at 323-762-8467 for an interview.


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Building the Bayhawks How Brendan Kelly and Dave Cottle brought Chesapeake two MLL Championships in three years.
Joe Breschi
IL On the Scene - March 23
While most eyes are on M&T Bank Stadium for the Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic, a few other big games went on around the country Saturday. Duke continued their winning ways dominating Georgetown 19-7. Drexel picked up a big CAA win, 8-7 over Hofstra in three overtimes, and Bucknell showed they could score and defend with an 18-12 win against Albany.
Pace of Play: Coaches' Thoughts
In building our August issue's main editorial feature, "Has the Game Stalled," I tried to gather input from as many coaches and analysts as possible in the hopes of finding some solid evidence to support the hotly debated thesis that the game has or hasn't stalled.
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Behind the Scenes: North Carolina at the Face-Off Classic — Parts 1, 2 and 3
North Carolina ticked one off the checklist on March 10, 2012 when it finally won a game in an NFL Stadium, defeating Princeton, 9-8, in the Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic. Luckily Inside Lacrosse was with the team through the weekend's contest to get an intimate look at the Tar Heels' experience. Through practice the day before the game on through the tightly contested battle, IL saw a program that worked and fought hard, but knew how to have a little fun too.
Quint Kessenich: What to Watch For - Denver at North Carolina lacrosse
In a weekend filled with competitive match-ups, Denver at North Carolina may be the most fan friendly lacrosse game, featuring two playoff teams that aren't afraid to get after it. I expect a upbeat tempo. Both teams share the dream of 2009 playoffs and beyond. Both are best when capitalizing in transition.
Breschi Era at UNC Officially Launches
So did the Coach Breschi era officially start Saturday? Or was it when he accepted the head-coaching job? Maybe it was his first day in the office? I'm not sure, but given that Saturday Coach Breschi coached and won his first regular season game, I think we can say without any doubt that the Breschi era has started.
To mark the occasion, the team gave Breschi a 63 shot salute, turning the opponent's defense into cannon fodder, and connecting on 16 of those shots in a 4-16 win. Billy Bitter was en fuego and no doubt wanted to impress his new coach. Bitter lit up the scoreboard with 5 goals from his stick, a career high from the sophomore (and music encyclopedia).
Weekend Preview: VMI-Navy, Plus Other Games to Watch
Some of the players from Virginia Military and Navy who play against each other on Saturday may one day be on the same side, too.
Military service is not mandatory for graduates of VMI; however, roughly 50 percent of the student body opts to serve in the military after graduation.
Those numbers were more acute for the lacrosse team last year. Of the nine seniors who graduated, six entered the military. Three are in the Army; two are in Navy flight school in Pensacola, Fla.; and one recently completed "Hell Week" in Coronado, Calif., as part of the Navy's BUD/S training to become a Navy SEAL.
There may not be as many similarities on the field when VMI faces Navy on Saturday at noon at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. It is the season opener for both teams.
Intercollegiate Men's Lacrosse Coaches Association Convention: the Highlights
The IMLCA Convention — a haven for more lacrosse knowledge than any typical fan would ever like to be surrounded by. Luckily, that's what we are at IL, so we've got a good weekend ahead of us.
Here are a few highlights:
Recruiting Roundup: IL No. 1 Young Gun Nick Galasso
A lot of news has come down in recent weeks on verbal commitments from some of the top players from the Young Gun Junior recruiting list. Early this week, we learned that that No. 1 Nicky Galasso had offered his verbal commitment to Joe Breschi and North Carolina. IL recruiting Guru Geoff Shannon caught up with the West Islip junior Tuesday evening to talk Tar Heels and the recruiting process.
How was the recruiting experience or you? When did it start?
It started in the summer, when I started to receive mail and e-mails. The process was fun. There are not a lot of people getting recruited by that many people like this.
What schools did you visit?
Maryland, Rutgers, Hofstra and North Carolina. I didn't get a chance to make it to Syracuse. I visited North Carolina at the end of September, during the Virginia Tech game. I met the coaches, who were great people, coach Breschi, coach Myers, the whole staff. I was very interested in what they had to say about the program. Plus, you have to like the nice weather and the facilities.
Fallball Check-In: Breschi settles in at UNC
If you looked at a calendar, it would tell you that Joe Breschi has been the new coach in Chapel Hill for a scant four months. If you looked to the calendar as a yardstick when you guessed on just how much one man could change a program, the calendar would lead you very much in a different direction. In a short time at UNC, the culture and philosophy have shifted in what many say are positive directions. Since the coaching change was one of the biggest stories in NCAA lacrosse last summer, I wanted to give the readers of Inside Lacrosse an exclusive look at the program and what is happening. My hope was to post this before fallball, but that obviously didn't work out!
Back to School: GWLL
This will be the last year for the GWLL as a lacrosse league, as various league members join either the newly formed Big East conference, the new Northeast conference or a revamped ECAC. There was plenty of other news surrounding the western outpost league this summer, as coaching shifts, transfers and Canadians getting drafted to the NLL kept the stories flowing.
Ohio State
The Buckeyes were under the media spotlight for most of the summer. Longtime coach Joe Breschi took an open position at the University of North Carolina, his alma mater.
Following a national search, the Buckeyes hired from within. They promoted assistant Nick Myers to head coach. Myers talked to Inside Lacrosse earlier this summer about taking over at Ohio State.
In the wake of the decision, 2008 All-America honorable mention midfielder Peet Poillion made the decision to transfer to UMBC for his final year of eligibility. At the same time, Inside Lacrosse Top 10 senior recruit Joe Morasco verbally de-committed from the Buckeyes to join Syracuse.
Myers filled out his staff, adding former Drexel assistant Andrew Baxter . After adding one assistant position, Myers will have to make a second hire after Ohio State assistant Anthony Gilardi was expected to make the jump to Navy to replace former assistant Ryan Moran, who took an open position at Maryland.


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How Much Does Windshield Replacement Cost Without Insurance?
Filed under: Auto Related, Replacements, Windshield Repair
There are many different living expenses which surround our lives each month and one fixed expense that falls into our monthly budget is auto insurance. If you drive a car then chances are you have auto insurance. Automotive insurance is something we all need in order to be responsible drivers. Keeping our monthly premium as low as possible is very important and filing a claim could potentially cause this premium to increase. This has many of us questioning whether or not to file a claim if the cost of a repair service isn't too much higher than our deductible.
Let's take the cost of a windshield replacement for example. So, how much does windshield replacement cost without insurance? Well, this would depend on the type of vehicle you're driving. The costs could range from $149 on the low end to more than $1,000 dollars on the high end. Unless you're driving a Bentley or Ferrari it's safe to say you will more than likely fall within the low to mid range and spend around $175 to $250 for a windshield replacement.
Research has demonstrated that the most popular windshield replacement searches taking place over the internet surround the following 7 vehicle types.
(Chevy, Buick, Ford, Honda, Toyota, Nissan, and Jeep)
I've created a short list of average windshield prices by vehicle make and model using the information above. The price estimates listed below do not include taxes and could be higher or lower depending on the manufacturer year of your vehicle.
- Chevy Tahoe – $175 to $225
- Chevy Impala – $190 to $215
- Buick Enclave – $340 to $375
- Honda Civic 4 Door – $220 to $225
- Ford Expedition – $235 to $250
- Toyota Forerunner (4Runner) – $169 to $190
- Ford F 150 – $180 to $212
- Nissan Murano – $180 to $199
- Jeep Wrangler 2 & 4 Door – $199 to $225
As you can see from the prices above, the cost for a windshield replacement can potentially be far less than your deductible. However, if you have a deductible that's less than $100 dollars then you may want to file a claim to have the work performed. There's also a handful of states which have laws in place to waive deductibles so be sure to check with your agent and verify what expenses you'll be responsible for paying prior to setting up service.
In closing, I would like to go back to discussing our fixed expenses and monthly budget to answer another question I hear quite often. Will my insurance premium go up if I file a claim to have the windshield fixed? It's possible. There are shops that will tell you a claim won't increase your premium but they're not your agent so how do they know. I've had agents explain to me that comprehensive glass claims alone won't cause an increase in premiums but it does count towards the overall claims filed per calendar year on a policy. So, if you've had other insurance claims throughout the year then filing an auto glass claim could possibly trigger an increase in your premium. In my opinion, the only person able to definitively tell you if your premium will increase from filing a windshield claim is your agent. Be sure to do some research prior to filing a claim that could potentially increase your fixed expenses and monthly budget.
Susie Finds A Windshield Replacement Service
Here's another animation from Auto Glass Locator. Please let us know if you have any funny stories related to auto glass and would like to see them turned into animations. Enjoy!
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Have You Heard Of Auto Glass Locator?
Filed under: Auto Related, Replacements, Windshield Repair
Just having some fun with talking cell phones. Gotta love the automated voices.
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The issue? This new restaurant, Lynn Shanghai cuisine, made a public statement that its dumplings, xiao long bao, is better than Din Tai Fung's. Being a xiao long bao lover, I had to judge this case for myself. Finally, after days of thinking and trying to remember every single detailed evidences, the judiciary is over… and Lynn has won the case and my favoritism.
Although they did went head-to-head with the xiao long bao, Lynn's portions were bigger and the taste had excelled Din Tai Fung's by an inch. Not only were the food portions bigger but the service was just welcoming and warm.


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Undergrounding High Voltage Cabling in London: A Visit to London Power Tunnels Project
Overhead High Voltage (HV) cabling has long been the subject of debate and argument. It was at one such debate that I met Mike, business development director at Costain, and we talked about the rationale behind undergrounding HV cables in tunnels. Mike very kindly offered to show me the current undergrounding operations that Costain and partners are building under the streets of our Capital for National Grid and so it was that I spent a very interesting afternoon in North London.
Willesden Junction is not a place I knew in London and after emerging from the Bakerloo line it became immediately clear why. It is a curious mix of light industrial, train and transport depots and some residential streets, but that made it the perfect starting off point for the 7.2km 3m diameter tunnel that would end up somewhere near St John's Wood and meet a 13km 4m diameter tunnel that had begun in Hackney.
The excellent visitor centre, which was about to be raided by the second school visit of the day, contained some fantastic visualisations of the tunnelling work including this real time drilling chart and full size mock up of the tunnel.
But where the school tour ended was where our tour began and after donning the correct personal protective equipment and having our safety and orientation training, we went on site to witness the production line efficiency of a tunnel boring team, only days from reaching the target 'breaking through' point.
Accompanying us was Richard, who made sure we were safe during our visit and after first looking at the impressive muck conveyor belt, which carries tonnes of London clay vertically up the massive main shaft, we then descended the 50 metres or so to the floor of the shaft.
There we caught our train, one of several that continuously run between the tunnel boring machine (TBM) and the main shaft to ferry the precast concrete rings that make up the walls of the tunnel and the tonnes of clay back in the other direction and of course the people that work on this project. These trains take about 20 minutes to travel to the face and run like clockwork to ensure that they pass each other at the correct spot to ensure the TBM is constantly supplied.
The TBM has a crew of about ten, who work with production line-like efficiency. The process of fitting a 1.2m ring of concrete would take longer to describe than it would take to do, so here's a two minute video showing some of the process (note: the camera shake when the blocks go in place gives you an idea of how big they are!).
It is an impressive thing to watch, and I genuinely felt privileged to have been able to join Mike and the team to watch this tunnel being built in order to futureproof London's electricity supply. It is an ambitious project and indicative of the sort of large infrastructure investment the UK needs to make as part of the upgrade to our electricity grid, but also to support growth and investment in our construction and engineering industries. It will certainly bring some reality to my next conversation about undergrounding HV cables.


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Sad though it is to say goodbye to summer eating, autumn brings its own delights, from figs to mushrooms, apples, game and chestnuts.
There's a certain sadness as summer departs, but as always on the food fron there are culinary compensations: food takes on a heartier note, with pies, crumbles and casseroles back on the menu. Food highlights include figs, pheasant, walnuts, apples, pears and pumpkins, grapes, celeriac and mushrooms.Browse recipes by Autumn- select a category below
Plums, apples and figs should be at the forefront of your fruit list this month, while aubergines and peppers are still at their best for flavour. Feast on game - pheasant, venison, grouse, partridge and guinea fowl all make superb eating.
Mushrooms should be tracked down this month: Delia has plenty of lucscious recipes including wild mushroom risotto, soup and a gorgeous midweek frittata…
Think wintry greens, cheap meat cuts and exotic fruit this month: jewel-like pomegranates sit alongside vibrant tangerines and purple figs in the fruit bowl, while we consider the delights of slow-cooking and braising.
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i don't know what setting have to make on linux to run jsp programm using tomcat, please tell me what setting and how to do.
Top of JSP forum Java Web Development - Starting [tutorials / resources / faq] explains how to setup Java, Tomcat on other tools under number of operating systems
Install tomcat. Configure tomcat_users.xml (in /etc or /lib something, depends on distro) to have a manager user (see comments) Start tomcat Go to http://hostname:8080 (i think thats the port) login as that user deploy your compiled .war using the web interface.
Small correction, users configuration is not necessary for running tomcat in bare minimum. Not really need it for one user with local deployment. You would used user configuration when you are trying to administer restriction with larger user team or having it in production.
PS: tomcat_users.xml would be also located in TOMCAT_DIRECTORY/conf if you went for zip/tar package instead of apt-get (debian), yum (fedora)
If you are on ubuntu, this guide is good:https://help.ubuntu.com/11.10/serverguide/C/tomcat.html


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So i want to join one, because i like the idea of a pnp (or keyboard and screen ) rpg, but i have no idea what im meant to do or anything. Help?
Hey there! Firstly, you need to decide on a rule set (DnD, Star Wars d20, Call of Cthulu, Vampire: the Masquesrade, etc.). Then find a campaign using your desired rule set and read through it, taking note of how players interact with the world and characters there in. Once you have a good idea of how a game progresses make a character and think about how he/she would react in the situations the players encountered in your 'study' campaign. When you are confident in your abilities search the web for a new campaign. It worked for me, just remember these things take time. Good luck


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Ramsey Margolis is the Executive Director of New Zealand Cooperatives Association. The letter is written to me and through me to the cooperators of India. We are sure it's a good opportunity to learn and share the cooperative values. Excerpts
Ajay hi,
Each year, the New Zealand Cooperatives Association runs an education seminar in Wellington for directors and executives of member cooperatives and mutuals. Last year fifty people from New Zealand, Australia, Canada and Thailand were involved over the two days, it was a tremendous success.
This year's seminar will be on Wednesday 12 and Thursday 13 September. Would you or any of your colleagues from India be interested in attending? As an educational experience it would be formidable, and as a co-op networking event, these seminars are second to none — I've no doubt that Indian cooperators would make useful and worthwhile contacts there.
The theme is 'Why A Co-op?' and we will be looking at what it takes to run a successful member-owned business. For the first time, we will have a keynote speaker: Paul Hazen from Washington DC.
Paul was until recently the CEO and President of the National Cooperative Business Association, and I don't doubt that from his 25 years experience with that organisation will have much to offer on the success of US cooperatives. (Incidentally, there are 29,000 cooperatives in the USA, and the 100 largest had a 2010 revenue of US $194 billion.) We really are fortunate to be able to bring Paul to New Zealand and I strongly encourage you to ensure you have a presence there.
There's a web page for this event at http://nz.coop/education-seminar-why-a-co-op/. By the end of the week, it will be possible to go to that page and register online for the seminar.
Due to space limitations we are restricted to forty people this year and I've every reason to believe we will get that number, so I advise you to decide sooner rather than later.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to get in touch.
Cooperatively yours,
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Published in Blood Weekly, August 10th, 1998
Two of the major problems associated with hematopoietic stem cell (HSC)-based gene therapy are inefficient gene transfer and insufficient gene expression in progeny cells derived from the transduced HSCs. The most commonly used retroviral vectors in clinical trials are Moloney murine leukemia virus (MoMLV) (R.G. Hawley et al., Transfus. Sci., 1996;17:7; and others).
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2nd Generation Intel Core Processors Now On Sale
With more than 1 million computers selling each day, Intel Corporation introduced its game-changing 2nd Generation Intel Core processor family today at a press conference at the Consumer Electronics Show. Intel highlighted several surprising new features, services and partnerships that combine to deliver an entirely new visual experience with processor graphics built in. More than 500 desktop and...
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2 cans fat-free chicken broth (16 ounce cans)
1/4 cup water
1 cup thinly sliced carrots
1 cup thinly sliced celery
1 cup uncooked noodles
1 diced cooked chicken breast (1 1/2 cups 8 ounces )
1 teaspoon dried parsley flakes
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
In a large saucepan, combine chicken broth, carrots and celery. Bring mixture to a boil. Stir in uncooked noodles, chicken, parsley flakes and black pepper. Lower heat, cover and simmer for 10 to 12 minutes or until vegetables and noodles are tender, stirring occasionally. Serves 4.
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ On Australia Day, it is becoming a tradition in my world for many people to walk between Dromana and Rosebud on Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula.
They begin at Dromana pier, walk a part of the coastal path and then walk by the roadside.
Here they are at the beginning of the walk near Dromana pier.
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Walk in the Street Challenge is hosted by Walk in New York
I measure out my life with haiku. My camera films my soul. ~ Gemma Wiseman
Friday, March 11, 2011
Celebration Walk
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- Follygirl said...
I love your photo and it is a particularly beautiful to start the day begin with walk on the wilde side.
Greetings from Germany
Liebe Grüße, Petra - March 11, 2011 at 10:31 PM
- Walk in New York said...
belle energie dans tous ces jeunes, le chiene est tres beau.
Merci d'avoir participer au challenge "Walk In The Street Photography" - March 12, 2011 at 1:17 AM
- ewok1993 said...
fun times on these types of walks.
- March 12, 2011 at 4:27 PM
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Battery life on smartphones is often an issue. Though the iPhone is better than it was, the more it does the more you want to use it, so it discharges more quickly. However, this is not just an Apple problem. HTC has improved the battery life in its phones markedly, as has Samsung. Things get easier on big phones because you can fit a bigger cell. And in a week of testing, the iPhone 5 has a noticeably improved battery life over its predecessors, thank goodness.
The new software, iOS 6, is available now for the iPhone 5 and some earlier models - and it's reviewed separately, here. There are lots of neat extras here. And some users may feel there's no need to upgrade since all the star attractions of iOS 6 work on the iPhone 4S, too. But the processor is what makes the difference here, ensuring that the phone handles the camera's Panorama feature, for instance, with ease.
And downloading the data for the half-baked Maps app's gimmicky 3D Flyover feature is the fast it can be – there are often delays but that's mostly down to the speed of connection. Speaking of which, let's remember that this is the first phone with 4G in the UK. Others will follow and anyway the only network with 4G access, Everything Everywhere, hasn't turned it on for public use yet.
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Limitations? There's the much publicised lack of NFC, but even the iPhone 5 naysayers have to admit there's very little need for it now, certainly as a payment mechanism. Next year, when the iPhone 5S comes out, maybe; but not now. I can't see too many, if any, iPhone 5 users desperately wanting to initiate fileshares with other users by tapping their handsets together.
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startlingly different from any other handset and its slimness, lightness and smooth matte aluminium back continue to take the breath away. - come on.
when you've 'finished' perhaps you could had the phone over to someone who can write a proper review. you'd think apple had invented 16:9. They probably think they did.
one of the worst articles i have read on the reg.
Obviously A Fanboi ...
"Sure, there are other handsets which do as much as or more than the iPhone 5. But Apple's ease of use, highly populated App Store and irresistibly sleek hardware design are enough to give it the edge."
Tell us about the maps .....
Re: Obviously A Fanboi ...
Is the reviewer perhaps the hidden love child of Steve Jobs and Tim Cook. Spawned in the Apple Labs. Home schooled using only SIRI and Apple products, no sense or knowledge of any other technology. The iClone LIVES!
The worst review I've ever read -
1. Grovelling indroduction
2. Foaming at the gash about the appearance.
3. Ignoring massive flaws.
4. End.
That had no place on this site, it was a essentially a review about what a phone case looked like. Do your readers a favour Reg, execute the simpering idiot who wrote the review, then delete any reference to him from your archives.
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How can this phone get 90%???
The faster chip doesn't matter - hard transaction times do. Faster chips only gloss over bloatware or badly written code. Where is the comparison to other smartphones as ElReg does it with laptops?
There is still no OLED screen, a small screen in comparison to Samsung Galaxy and Nokia Luminas, no NFC and no expandable storage.
Still no Xenon flash, no camera oversampling, no lossless zoom.
The Retina display has become obsolete: Samsung Galaxy S III or the Nokia Lumia 920 have higher resolutions and larger screens than in the iPhone5
4G LTE is not a unique selling point, everyone else has it, too.
And the paying starts again: first for the phone itself, then for the overpriced 24or 36 month contract, £25 for the adaptor, apps, you name it.
Re: And the call quality/signal?
you don't understand. just look at it. not in photos. they are unable to replicate it's beauty. in the flesh.
asking about the call quality and signal from a phone review on a technical news site is just trolling.
if you could spend a week with cheryl cole you wouldn't ask about her cooking. neither should you enquire about the call and signal quality, mapping, price, multitasking of an iPhone.


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If you go with them you can get AT&T for $55 a month. Unlimited talk, text and web.
It's not unlimited either. There is some chatter that if you become one of the 5% ers on a tower, they will throttle you to dialup,For AT&T, Straighttalk is the best right now if you can live with random throttling.For TMo, Tmo $30, and I hear Solavei will use Tmo towers.Verizon - Only pageplus. And that's $55 for 2GB but only works w/ 3G phones (using LTE phones a real challenge).Gophone only has crappy smartphones, so this is more of a check the box until they get some real phones.
And if by "unlimited" you mean "don't use more than a couple hundred meg at any given time otherwise you'll get your account suspended".
Unlimited talk and text seem clear but what does the term "web" mean? Does it mean proxy access to a walled garden of web sites or any IP protocol to any site?
I'll take throttled over a per-gig charge anyday.
I dont get why cell phones are so expensive.Cell service went live in like 1981.The provider spends nothing on content as the content is free (talking to friends, and internet).There are no expensive wires ran all around town and towers can handle more customers than ever.Towers and antennas, fiber drops to the towers, power, are all already in place. All the provider has to do is upgrade equipment every now and then which is pennies for the number of people the equipment can support.But yet cell service costs just as much as cabletv which has to pay for all of its content.It just does not make any sense.We lease the spectrum to these companies for cheap and in return they sell us service with like 1000% margins on it.
I wish we can let some Chinese company come in and offer cell service. I bet they would charge $11 a month or something for unlimited service.
Since some MVNOs use the Verizon/AT&T pipeline, the big duopoly could close the valve on MVNOs at any time without notice. Yes there is sprint/t-mobile but AT&T/Verizon are the only ones with the best coverage. The only real competition is if you are lucky enough to have US Cellular or C-Spire in your area (and the first of the two refuses to carry the iPhone).
I have Verizon postpaid and I like getting a bill every month instead of having a call drop because I ran out of minutes (and you have to run to the gas station or cell phone store to buy more minutes).
You also get more privileges with postpaid. When I had prepaid years ago (back in my high school years), I had Verizon Prepaid (back when it was called FreeUp) and you did not have access to anything more than talk, text, and 411 (no roadside assistance, handset insurance, etc) and when your minutes ran out, your call dropped. Also with prepaid, roaming was more costly as you had to pay more if the tower was not owned by Verizon (extended network).
what a damned ripoff!!!! why even bother?!?you can buy this kind of service for as low as $25.
Because you can go to almost ANY other prepaid service and get the same thing plus more for $45 less.


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12:30-1:30 Lunch
Session VI
Chair: François Duchesneau (Université de Montréal)
1:30-2:20 Mogens Laerke (University of Aberdeen and Fondation Marie Curie): "The Anthropological Analogy and the Constitution of Historical Perspectivism"
2:20-3:10 Justin E. H. Smith (Concordia University): "The History of Philosophy as Past and as Process: The Archaeological Analogy"
3:20-4:10 Koen Vermeir (CNRS, Paris): "A Plea for Philosophical Promiscuity"
4:10-5:00 Dan Garber (Princeton University): Discussion
This event is being made possible with generaous support from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and from the Matchette Foundation.
For more information please contact Justin Smith: email@example.com
Please note, there is limited seating in the meeting rooms, and priority will be given to participants and to auditors who have given the organizers advance notice of their intention to attend.


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Swing With The STL Symphony
Media support provided by Oldies 103.3
Richard Kaufman, conductor Men of the St. Louis Symphony Chorus Amy Kaiser, director
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