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Recent explosive train derailments involving North Dakota crude have a pair of Minnesota lawmakers proposing steps to safeguard the state's towns and cities.
Rep. Frank Hornstein and Sen. Scott Dibble, both Minneapolis Democrats, will offer their bill in the legislative session that starts in two weeks.
Their bill calls for state oversight of response planning for oil and hazardous substance spills. It also would increase resources for first responders at the state and local level.
The legislation comes after a fiery derailment near Casselton, N.D., in December and one in Quebec in July. Forty-seven people died in the fire that followed the Canadian derailment.
Both trains were carrying crude from North Dakota's booming Bakken oil patch, which the federal government has warned may be more volatile than other crude.


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text: Lol yes i know they beamed onto a ship at warp in the movie. I just assumed nobody else would be stupid enough to try it. NuScotty said he had successfully beamed something to one of our outer planets didn't he, several billion miles at least and that was before he had the transwarp equation? I do agree that a maximum safe distance of about 500,000km would have been a sensible limit otherwise your starships have to be in quite a low orbit or sitting right next to a ship to effect any kind transport. I think you are right about the term 'transwarp'. I was getting confused because they were also beaming onto a ship at warp.


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By Blerona
Valentine's Day is just around the corner, and I had to make a fun accessory to celebrate the Loving Day! Here are the easy steps, perfect gift for freinds, family and loved ones!
- 8mm 60″ Faux Pearl Strand Item#41884
- 1yard of 8mm Krinkle Tulle Item# 43092 in Light Pink
- Washable Elastic Thread Item#43228
- Needle
- Scissors
Step1: Put the elastic thread through needle and tie knot. Then start slipping pearls through the needle onto elastic thread. When it fits around your rist, cut off end of the thread that's attached to the needle.
Step:2 Now tie a double-Knot to connect both ends. And cut extra string off.
Step3: Tie a tulle onto the string of pearls, and start wrapping it about the pearls and elastic thread. Be sure to tie a knot every other time you wrap it around. When you go all the way around, tie a bow with the other end of the tulle.


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TSA Qualifies Six Additional L-3 Air Cargo Screening Systems
WOBURN, Mass., – L-3 Security & Detection Systems announced today that six additional X-ray systems for screening both break-bulk cargo and skids have been added to the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) Air Cargo Qualified Technologies List. Recently qualified systems include the PX 6.4, PX-107, PX-208, PX-160P, VDS-108 and CX-Pallet 6000 P DV. These systems help TSA screen air cargo in passenger aircraft.
"L-3's comprehensive air cargo portfolio now totals 10 X-ray systems and maps to all of the TSA-defined equipment categories – small, medium and large X-ray," said Thomas M. Ripp, president of L-3 Security & Detection Systems. "Our equipment offers shippers a proven track record of low acquisition and operational cost along with maximum detection, high throughput and configurability."
L-3's air cargo systems support a broad range of tunnel sizes from 640 x 430mm to 3000 x 3500mm. Select models include multi-view technology and advanced software algorithms that can automatically detect explosives. Previously qualified systems include the ACX 6.4, ACX 6.4-MV, VIS-HR and MVT-HR.
About L-3 Security & Detection Systems
With a broad range of systems and technology and an installed base of more than 20,000 systems worldwide, L-3 Security & Detection Systems offers screening technologies for numerous security applications that include aviation systems for hold baggage explosives detection and checkpoint screening, cargo and air freight screening, port and border inspection, and facility protection. L-3 Security & Detection Systems' customer base includes the U.S. military and numerous government agencies, major airports and airlines, national and local authorities and high-risk commercial enterprises throughout the world. To learn more about L-3 Security & Detection Systems, please visit the company's website at www.L-3com.com/sds.


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Ex-Brave Jeff Bennett comes to Tampa Bay
Just when you think you can figure out the Tampa Bay front office ad what they might have on their minds they go and pull a complete rabbit out of their collective hats. Since the demotion of Rays reliever Joe Nelson, the team had a player in mind the entire time, but needed to make a sound judgment call on who would be the guy to go either to Triple-A Durham or be Designated for Assignment last night.
The team signed ex-Braves reliever right-handed pitcher Jeff Bennett ( #47) to their roster before the start of their 4:10 game today against the Kansas City Royals. The team also released James Houser today and Bennett will be placed on the Rays 40-man roster. Bennett comes to the Rays with a 2-4 record and a 3.12 ERA in 33 appearances. As we speak he is currently doing a side session under the watchful eye of Rays Pitching Coach Jim Hickey.
The Rays have not issued an offical press release yet on the roster move ( 2:08 pm), but when you are in a Rays BP jersey with your name on it, and you are doing a side session with the team's Pitching Coach, it is only a matter of time. Bennett last appeared against the New York Yankees on June 24th and went 1.1 innings and gave up 2 hits and an earned run in the appearance.
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I have not followed him since he left, how is he doing? Can't POSSIBLY do worse than his tenure with the Braves…
He is right now assigned to the Rays triple-A team in Durham, North Carolina.
He did start up with the Rays in the majors, and I got to chat with him one Sunday and he seems like a good guy.
He appeared in 7 game and threw in 6.2 innings yielding 8-hits and 5-runs while giving up 4 walks and striking out 4 batters.
He had a good first appearance, then ran into trouble the next two outings. Most inconsistent control cost him a seat in the Rays Bullpen.
At Durham, he has not been used in a game situation yet.
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Remembering 'One day in September'
Just after Kevin Macdonald won the 2000 Academy Award for his searing documentary, "One Day in September," an expose on the Munich Olympics massacre of 11 Israeli athletes, I spoke to him for two hours by phone from his home in the UK about the controversial film and how he got the story — including an interview with one of the terrorists — which unspools like a John le Carre novel. On this, the 40th anniversary year of the Munich tragedy, I've reprinted my piece, originally published on Sept. 7, 2000: below:
Kevin Macdonald never expected his documentary "One Day in September" to win the 2000 Academy Award. Wim Wenders' "Buena Vista Social Club" was the docu favorite, while "September" already had raised eyebrows.
An exposé of the 1972 Munich Olympic Games massacre of 11 Israeli athletes by members of the Palestinian group Black September, the movie answers questions that have puzzled investigators for decades. But even before the stunning, suspenseful film was widely viewed, it was controversial.
Some Israelis were disturbed that "September" included the Palestinian point of view, courtesy of the sole surviving terrorist, whom Macdonald had tracked down in hiding.
The director says his film also angered the Germans, who are accused of bumbling incompetence during the hostage crisis. When the Palestinians and their captives fled the Olympic Village for the airport, the movie asserts, no one bothered to warn the authorities there were eight terrorists instead of the presumed five. No one called ahead for armored cars as the terrorists raced toward their jet to Libya. The Germans mustered only five sharpshooters, none of them in radio contact with each other. And at the last minute, the policemen – disguised as crew members aboard the jet – voted the plan "too dangerous" and aborted the mission.
No wonder some Germans saw red. "One Day in September" was turned down by German distributors and attacked in the German media, according to Variety. And Macdonald, for one, was "shocked" when the film was rejected by the Berlin Film Festival. "Not only did they turn it down, they hated it," he says. "They made it clear… they were appalled by the film and found it unfair. We were so devastated," he adds.Nevertheless, he stands by his research, which he says was gleaned from high-ranking officials and internal police documents, among other sources. "Some people say I've made an anti-German film, but I didn't set out to do that," he insists. "I set out to make a film about a terrorist attack. But the facts speak for themselves."
At first glance, Macdonald, who is in his early 30's, seems an unlikely filmmaker to attempt a movie on the Israeli tragedy. He was only 4 during the 1972 Olympics, after all. And he was raised on a sheep farm in the Scottish countryside, in a community virtually devoid of Jews.
Then again, his grandfather was the Hungarian-born Jewish screenwriter Emeric Pressburger, who created legendary British pictures such as "The Red Shoes" with collaborator Michael Powell. "I knew he fled the Nazis," Macdonald says. "I knew I had cousins in Israel. And I was well aware that I had Jewish blood while growing up in my small, rural community."
Pressburger, a small, shy, retiring figure, was fascinating to the young Macdonald, who viewed him as "a slightly enigmatic, exotic character." The boy listened raptly as he spoke of living as a tramp in 1920s Berlin, where he slept in the park and wrote his first short stories on forms in the post office.
Macdonald still has the Nazi letter Pressburger received from a large German studio stating that the company could no longer employ Jews. The day after a colleague warned him he was to be arrested, "my grand-father packed one bag, left his key in his apartment door and took the train to Paris," Macdonald says.
But even in the U.K., the director asserts, Pressburger never felt quite at home. Macdonald believes residual British xenophobia is the reason Powell remains better known in England than his grandfather.Upon his grandfather's death in 1988, the Oxford graduate vowed to write a book about him. The well-received tome led to documentaries on filmmakers such as Howard Hawks, the majority of them for television.
But by 1997, Macdonald says, he had wearied of directing TV documentaries. He longed to make a cinematic docu that would push the boundaries of the form, a movie that felt more like a thriller than "60 Minutes." He had a vague concept – something about Israel and terrorism in the 1970s; when a producer friend suggested the Munich massacre, Macdonald jumped at the idea. Of course, his investigative journalism experience was nil, he admits. "I had to learn by doing, and it was very, very tough," he says. "People weren't talking to us and everyone was closing down. I despaired a lot. There were times I would have given up if I could."
While the victims' relatives were eager to talk, Zvi Zamir, then head of the Mossad, refused an interview for eight months, relenting only when producer Arthur Cohn ("Central Station") met with him personally.Dr. Hans-Dietrich Genscher, the former German interior minister who offered himself as a hostage in exchange for the Israelis, granted a 10-minute interview three days before the film was completed. A crew member on the aborted airport mission agreed to talk only if he were paid, Macdonald says.
Then there was Brigadier General Ulrich Wegener, Germany's anti-terrorism guru, who was surprisingly frank and open but "oddly nervous," the director recalls. Wegener laughs inappropriately and tells tasteless jokes on camera about the gun battle with the terrorists. He also indicates that Germany staged a fake hijacking to free the three surviving terrorists, ostensibly to assure German immunity from Arab terrorism."He was a key person," Macdonald notes. "I knew if we had him in the movie, being critical, no one could refute what was said." Since the interview, however, Wegener has told German journalists that the filmmakers misunderstood him, the director says.
Macdonald's greatest coup was tracking down the sole surviving terrorist, Jamal al-Gashey, who was a junior member of the Black September team. In the movie, he appears in an archival clip wearing a striped jacket and guarding a door on a first-floor balcony.
The Mossad managed to kill his two surviving colleagues; there had been many attempts on his life, but al-Gashey was still alive and living with his wife and two daughters somewhere in Africa. Macdonald finally contacted him through "a strange kind of 'Six Degrees of Separation,' " specifically through a Palestinian man who had befriended al-Gashey growing up in a refugee camp.
The interview was on again, off again. Just as Macdonald was about to board an airplane for an unknown destination in the Middle East, he would learn that al-Gashey had canceled yet again.
Finally, he found himself in a hotel room somewhere in the Arab world in April 1999, awaiting instructions. He had been ordered to bring a wig-and-mustache disguise for the terrorist to wear on camera. But he did not know his destination until al-Gashey's friend appeared and drove him to a small television studio.
Over the next six hours, al-Gashey spoke in fits and starts, sometimes angrily leaving the room or shouting and arguing with his friend, who conducted the interview. "He was extremely worried and paranoid," recalls Macdonald, who wasn't allowed to ask any questions. "After struggling for so long to keep quiet, I think he got irrationally upset and irritated when confronted with the camera."
Macdonald, who wasn't permitted to leave or make telephone calls, didn't know what al-Gashey had said until he returned to London and hired a translator.
"Emotionally, it was a very strange thing to be sitting in a room with this terrorist," the director says. "But I felt strongly that I did not want to demonize him. I wanted to present him as human being who did what he did for compelling reasons. Whether we agree with him or not is another matter."


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" Brand: Bunnahabhain Distillery / Type: Whisky "
* Prices may differ from that shown
As you may be aware from reading my other reviews on whisky, I am a big fan of peaty smokey whiskies. More to the point, I am a fan of Islay whisky which is where you tend to find peaty and smokey whiskies. So a few years ago when I was in the supermarket taking a look to see if there were any nice drinks on offer, I spotted this one Bunnahabhain 12 year old single malt whisky. I noticed it was an Islay whisky and it was one I had not tried before, plus it was on offer and had £6 off so I thought I would give it a try.
So what is Bunnahabhain like, well to be honest, it disappointed me. Usually with the Islay whiskies you get that strong peaty smell as soon as you uncork the bottle. That was not the case with this one. I poured myself a small dram and swished it around in the glass. The colour of this one is quite light although not as light as say an Ardbeg. I took another whiff and was a little concerned by the lack of peat, instead I got quite a sweet smell, not something I am overly keen on.
So how about the taste of Bunnahabhain? Well as you may have guessed it was decidedly unpeaty. Quite a smooth whisky but not the typical Islay that I was expecting and hoping for. The whisky is quite sweet and has hints of spice in there are a tiny note of peat, but nothing to get excited about. I think I'm right in saying this whisky is made in sherry casks hence the sweet taste and this is something I am not overly fond of. There were also subtle hints of salt in there which reminded me of the shoreline. The finish to this one is very mellow but not as long as it should be, you kind of feel like something is missing when you take a drink.
Bunnahabhain now comes in at 46.3% so it's quite a strong whisky, but it doesn't taste that strong when you are drinking it. It just feels a little wishy washy somehow. When it comes to price you are usually looking at around £28 although as I said at the start this is one that is sometimes on offer and I bought it for around £22 a while back.
Overall then this is not a whisky I was overly impressed with. Despite that though it's all down to personal taste and I imagine quite a few people do like this one. If you are a new whisky drinker then this is quite a mellow one that is easy drinking. If you buy it though expecting it to be a peat monster and have that familiar smokey taste then I think you will be disappointed. If you want a nice Islay, then my advice is to look elsewhere.
Bunnahabhain is another quality Islay Whisky. A little different from the others nothing superior, but worthy of the occasional change from the peaty campfire favorites. The most licorice of any scotch I've tasted, for that it gets uniqueness bonus point!
Even the bottle is something a little different, emerald green with the helmsman emblazoned within a golden porthole on the front. It comes complete with a booklet and a black gift tube that the bottle fits snugly into.
As for the whisky itself, the colour is Light Amber.
Flavors: Orange, Butter and Sea Air along with the smell of a Campfire on the Beach. Sweet moss, marzipan paste, licorice.
Light-medium body, thin feel on the tongue, though a very light refined oil creaminess. This whisky has a slight bite to it, nothing Hot, just a slight bite.
Has a Oaky, creamy, and slighly salty finish. Doesn't linger.
Overall a really good solid whisky, not typical of the other Islay whiskys this is just a little different. Some people will like it some will not, is not really my personnal favorite but glad I gave it a try.
Always helps to add just a dash of water, this is true of many whiskys and this one is no exception. Just make sure you don't put to much in!!
Price is not to bad. I think it cost me £25 for a bottle, and I imagine if you shop around a little you might get it for cheaper. As for value its not bad at all, not to expensive and as I said one worth giving a try.
If you want to spend a little more you could try Bunnahabhain 18 year or the Bunnahabhain 25 year. Obviously these are a little more costly and I cant say I ever tried them. But as with most whiskys age only improves them so am sure if you like the 12 year you will enjoy these versions.
So definately one that is worth a try. Something different, if your not keen on Islay whiskys don't let that put you off trying this one! You may find you really enjoy it!
The Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old Single Malt is another fine whisky. Perhaps we ought to start with how to pronounce it Boona'havn (it means mouth of the creek). It is an Islay Malt and comes in standard 70cl bottles or miniatures. It is 40% by volume and retails at around £24.99 a bottle. It is readily available in the Supermarkets, at specialist retailers (both in their shops or online) and online in the Distillery Shop. The Distillery operates a Website www.bunnahabhain.com , which I think is one of the better websites. There is loads of information and also an online shop. The Distillery also has a visitor centre which opens March to October.
In terms of buying Malt Whisky and trying different types for the first time. There are several options. Specialist Whisky Shops (Wee Dram, Royal Mile Whiskys', Milroys of Soho, Cadenheads, The Whisky Shop in Lincoln, that shop in Stamford Bridge that I can never remember the name of etc) and indeed some Oddbins and some Majestic Wines will allow you to taste before you buy. Another option is to buy miniatures, not all Malt is available in miniatures but quite a few are. There is more than enough in a miniature to allow you to taste (5 cl). The third option is read Reviews like mine, although I have to say that whisky tasting is a very personal thing. I may find different tastes and smells to those which you find. Most importantly don't think that there is some mystery about Malt, there isn't. There is a wide enough selection, over 2000 Single Scottish malts to find one which you like.
Bunnahabhain has been operating as a distillery since 1881. They currently produce a modest range of 12 year old, 18 year old, and 25 year old with a couple of Special Malts the 1971 vintage and the Pedro Ximenex Finish. There are others around at specialist retailers. At this point I've tried the 12, 18 and 25 year olds. Bunnahabhain is an unusual Islay Malt. Water is an important component in the flavouring of Malt Whisky. Islay is a heavily peated area so as a general rule Islay malts are very peaty (almost smoky) in smell and taste. If you don't like peat you tend not to like Islay Malts. Indeed Islay Malts generally tend to be a bit of an acquired taste. I, personally, think they are great. Bunnahabhain is different. All its' Water is Margedale Spring water. It comes through rock, limestone, and is piped to the distillery. Consequently it is much less peaty than other Islay Malts. There is a peatyness about it but it is only faint smell, making it a much more palatable whisky and a nice introduction to Malts more generally.
Now for the tasting
I'm sat in front of my PC again this time with a full bottle, a tasting (nosing) glass (its got a bowl and a narrowing neck - it cost me £3.99 from Wee Dram Whisky shop in Bakewell in Derbyshire - if you've got a brandy glass that'll do)and a jug of fresh still water (Highland Spring to be precise - I prefer bottled water as tap water often has its' own sometimes unpleasant taste). Another reason I'm doing this in front of my PC is that the lighting is exceptional. Good lighting helps when you're tasting as it enhances the effect, and makes the colours more vivid. For the first time I've taken some photographs. One of the Bottle, incidentally this bottle is an old shape, I've had it a while. There is now a new shape. One of a nosing glass, empty, then with the Whisky in it. The first photo is taken with a flash the second without.
I've just stuck my nose in the bottle as usual , it smells really fresh and sweet, a bit light sweet sherry.
As usual I pour a decent measure into the glass. At this point I haven't added anything to it.
So I've poured the whisky into the glass and hold the glass up to the light. This is a gold, colour As I keep saying tasting and drinking good malt whisky is an experience to be enjoyed and savoured.
At this point I'm going to start drinking(or should I say tasting)adding water, about as much water as there is whisky. Don't swirl it around just stick your nose in the glass and sniff, which is what I'm doing. You're nose gets hit by a smell that is fresh and almost salt like (it reminds you of the seaside), you can smell the malt and there is that sherry smell. As usual, at this point my taste buds are getting excited. I keep sniffing to heighten the sense of expectation. Incidentally its' actually helpful to sniff the whisky at least at least three times, it makes sure that you pick up as much of the flavours as possible. Don't forget that smell is a major part of how we appreciate and taste food and drink.
Then taste it, again I'm not just swallowing it. Its' almost like chewing , moving the whisky around my mouth to spread the taste all over my palate. Thee is a taste of fruit, then a gentle nutty malty taste and you can taste oak. Its' sweet and you can detect that faint (and it is faint) peatyness about it. I really like Bunnahabhain, it was only the third malt I ever drank and I loved it then and I still love it. It feels really light.
Then as I swallow it there is a malty taste with traces of vanilla with a really faint hint of peat and that sweetness yet at the same time it tastes somewhat refreshing. It is a nice gentle drink
The whole tasting is a great experience. More importantly adding water, I think, releases the flavour. It helps you decide what you do and don't like. Do I like it? Yes Do I recommend it? Yes - to any one who either likes Malt or would like a nice introduction to Malt. At £24.99 a bottle it is a bargain. When you buy it, it comes in a nice cardboard carton with a little booklet tellying you all about Bunnahabhain, what more could you ask for...
On my rather personal and arbitrary scale 8/10 - a nice malt drinking malt.
Let me begin by saying that I am primarily a Brandy drinker (my dad was the one in the family who always had Whisky)Having said that,I have tried MANY different Whiskys over the years,thanks to my dad buying all different types of Malts and Blends and asking my opinion of them.None of the Whiskys I tried would tempt me away from my Brandy.Nearly all of them were far too harsh to the palate (especially the Blends) or had a very heavy peaty taste to them. My dad passed away 7 years ago and among the possessions left to me was his collection of Whisky miniatures (over 200)I kept them as they were for a few years for sentimental reasons and then decided I would slowly go through them all and taste the different Whiskys that my dad loved. I was amazed at how different one Whisky can be from the next,even some of the Blends (which I normally detest) were quite light and palatable.Then one fateful night I opened a bottle of Bunnahabhain and was both suprised and delighted at what was inside.This was by far the smoothest Whisky I had ever tasted.No sudden recoil from a bitter taste as it hit the back of my throat,just a lovely smooth warming sensation as it slid down to my stomach.No harsh aroma that you fear would ignite if a naked flame went within 10 feet of it,just a light and almost honey-like aroma,and no bitter after taste left in the mouth,just a slightly peaty taste which is far from unpleasant. I was hooked!!I went out the next day and bought a bottle of it and have continued buying it to this day.I still have many,many miniatures of my dads to open,but I will be suprised if I find one that is as easy drinking as this. So in conclusion,if you are a Whisky drinker and have not tried Bunnahabhain,then do so as soon as you can,you will not be dissapointed.If you are not a Whisky drinker then give it a try and you could well find yourself standing there with an empty glass and a smile on your face!! If you would like to know more about the Dis
tilerry,then point your browser to: www.islaywhiskysociety.com/bunnahabhain
I am so overwhelmed with happiness at the appearance of this category that it has taken me a few days to get my act together and write something for it. Where to start? Do I go back ten years to when I was dragged off on a family holiday to Speyside, and ramble nostalgically about that first sneaky underage sip of Glenfiddich at the end of the distillery tour? No, I will start from more recent times... the drawing room of the Greshornish House Hotel in northern Skye. A wood fire lulls the room into mellow warmth, and from the window seat I look down across a sloping lawn to the deep blue waters of the loch. From the hotel's extensive selection of malts (priced suitably for American tourists), I have chosen Bunnahabhain. Or perhaps Bunnahabhain has chosen me. I expect jagged peaty depth from this Islay malt, but the scent is somehow warmer and softer. I take a sip... and suddenly the meaning of life becomes clear... "Delicious" seems too flighty and superficial a word to suit Bunnahabhain, but at the moment my stock of adjectives seems to be falling a little short so it will have to do. The peatiness which makes Islay malts so distinctive is there, but it is a more rounded, mellow version, like falling in slow motion into a huge layer of pillows. There is a slight sweetness to it, but it is more of a warm, honey sweetness than a harsh sugary one. Imagine sitting on a high, deserted moorland hillside, with clear but lazy September sunshine caressing the heather, and a faint breeze carrying pure silence from an expanse of smooth, deep loch. Well, that is what drinking Bunnahabhain is like. It is silkily smooth and subtle, but deep and characterful – a perfect combination. But it must have some disadvantages, surely? Well, Bunnahabhain is not a whisky for beginners. That sounds incredibly patronising, so please forgive me. I certainly wouldn't claim to be an expert but I do think you have to have so
me experience of malt whisky to appreciate fully any Islay malt. If you have never drunk malt whisky before, you would sip Bunnahabhain and wonder what I've been going on about as you'd quite probably think it was disgusting. The palate needs to be developed in order to gain a genuine appreciation of peaty overtones and, judging purely by my personal experience, I would say that a person's tastes change over a period of years. For anyone interested in venturing into the wonderful world of malt whisky, I would suggest starting with something lighter such as Dalwhinnie or Glenfiddich. Bunnahabhain is something of a metaphorical "bridge" to Islay, combining Islay peatiness with a more mellow overall effect. Ironically, for many years the total production of the Bunnahabhain distillery was shipped elsewhere to be used in blends. The decision to bottle it as a malt was extremely wise. I think that preferences in malt whisky are very personal and individual, but for me Bunnahabhain is a treasure that deserves greater fame.
Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old Whisky, what can I say about this mouth watering drink. I discovered this tasty whisky several years ago when a representitive of the Bunnahabhain Distillery visited my local watering hole, and, offered the patrons a few drams, seeing there wasn't many patrons in, it was more than a few. This is a very easy going single malt, I found it smooth with a slightly fruity taste, a lovely aroma, not too powerful but a lovely glowing feeling inside. Drink it neat or with a touch of water. Spoil yourself. ENJOY.
Single malt Scotch - much less powerful than other Islay malts, it's much closer to a Ledaig in it's combination of fruit-and-nut maltiness and sea-air heartiness


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Police identify body in brush at BART station
Original post made on Jul 20, 2012
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, July 20, 2012, 7:18 AM
a resident of Stoneridge
on Jul 20, 2012 at 8:30 am
Get used to these kinds of stories.... Invite 'outsiders' into our
(what used to be little secret) towns over here and they will
bring their nasty city ways with them. Build build build and they
WILL COME. Start packing personal security with you.
White people are victims in our own towns now. Police can't fit in
our pocket like personal protection can. Watch your backs and all
around you anymore. This isn't our little valley anymore.
The politicians have pimped out our towns so they can get the
bankrupted states money. Not worth it to me. I'd rather have
dirt roads than the so-called progress they have promised.
It all comes with sorrow for those of us who have been here
since before it was put on the socialists list of progress.
Thanks Jerry Brown, for screwing everything up so bad!
He won't be happy till he changes the demographics in every little
Town everywhere and until every town looks the same.
Why don't these people make their own towns great wherever
they came from. Don't come here!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jul 20, 2012 at 8:35 am
Very sad. What does "Unattended Death" mean? Is there a description of the woman other than her age?
a resident of Bridle Creek
on Jul 20, 2012 at 8:37 am
Ptown relic: is your post formatted like a poem on purpose? Why doesn't it rhyme?
a resident of Ironwood
on Jul 20, 2012 at 8:59 am
Ptown relic, this is not the place to be discussing Jerry Brown. A poor women/girl has been murdered. We should be asking ourselfs what can we do to help? How can we make this a better town, and not complaining every chance that you get. You are not an island, we all live here together.
a resident of Downtown
on Jul 20, 2012 at 9:41 am
Yes, I agree, by adding ways for criminals to get here (like Bart)we invite situations like this. I used to live in Atlanta and when a MARTA (like BART)extension was added to this lovely mall near where I lived near - they had their first rape within 1 week. The mall changed rapidly. Was no longer a nice place to go shop/see a movie/ meet up with friends.
Now we are going to get low income housing. That will ruin P-Town for sure.
So disappointing.
a resident of Ruby Hill
on Jul 20, 2012 at 9:46 am
Yes, lets all jump to conclusions.
a resident of Downtown
on Jul 20, 2012 at 9:49 am
Wow... "white people are victims in their own towns". Relic..you coward... tell me you don't wear a white hood and burn crosses.. if you don't like America then get out...
a resident of Ironwood
on Jul 20, 2012 at 9:52 am
I am not surprised to see such negative comments come at such a sad time. We all have to remember, that someone's life has ended and we do not know the circumstances yet. This is a human and someone loved this person at one time and perhaps still do. How sad. Condolence's to her family and friends & let us not be so judgmental.
a resident of Kottinger Ranch
on Jul 20, 2012 at 10:29 am
I too send my thoughts and prayers to this family. I can only imagine :(
Pleasantonmom - have they said it was a murder? I haven't read that yet (I have looked at a few news agencies) do you have a link to a better article?
When they say unattended I believe they are investigating it as a sucide when no one was around? A man jumped from one of the Dublin BART structures some weeks ago.
a resident of Parkside
on Jul 20, 2012 at 10:41 am
ptown relic ... thank you very much for your very beautiful words. They express my sentamints exactly.
Its' like a Republican congressmen was saying today about Colorado shooting. Its' an assault by outsiders on real Americans that believe in Jesus Christ our SAVIOR. God Bless America and free us from the blite of humanity that rides the tracks to bring us down.
a resident of Dublin
on Jul 20, 2012 at 10:54 am
i think it was sucide i was their yesterday and i saw the police at the top of the parking lot looking down as if possibly the woman jumped..they have cameras right?
a resident of Parkside
on Jul 20, 2012 at 11:08 am
fake steve, wth?! Really, please get a life or at least new fake moniker. Even you can't be that ignorant.....even the most staunch dem supporter wouldn't condone your lunatic ranting.
a resident of Oak Hill
on Jul 20, 2012 at 11:38 am
Pleasanton resident said: "Yes, I agree, by adding ways for criminals to get here (like Bart)we invite situations like this. I used to live in Atlanta and when a MARTA (like BART)extension was added to this lovely mall near where I lived near - they had their first rape within 1 week. The mall changed rapidly. Was no longer a nice place to go shop/see a movie/ meet up with friends. Now we are going to get low income housing. That will ruin P-Town for sure."
If you look at the Pleasanton Police Annual Report you can find a table listing the number of reported crimes for each year going all the way back to before the Dublin/Pleasanton BART station was built. You'll find that (1) there was no sudden jump in the number of reported crimes around the year the BART station was built and (2) the year with the highest number of reported crimes occurred BEFORE the BART station was built.
I realize that many people have this nice, simple picture of Pleasanton once being some sort of peaceful utopia and then all of a sudden all that changed with BART bringing in vast numbers of unwashed hordes into our community but that picture simply doesn't fit the facts.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jul 20, 2012 at 12:09 pm
I drove past there at 3:40 on Thurs -- all was very dignified, respectful, 5 (or so) uniformed folks were tending to business, no looky-loos, the Coroner van was there, gurney draped with a white cloth, crime tape. I was impressed that it was being handled well, or so it seemed to me.
It could have been a commuter, or it could have been someone snoozing in the tall weeds near the building. Or it could have been something else. But no info to suggest what happened. Let's not go wild with conjecture in the absence of info.
a resident of Laguna Vista
on Jul 20, 2012 at 12:59 pm
Wow. As a white "outsider" reading racist posts makes me wish I could run back to a "normal" city. Poor lily white Pleasanton. Condolences to the friends and family of the lady who passed away. And thank you to police and all officials who find out what happened.
a resident of Gatewood
on Jul 20, 2012 at 12:59 pm
After reading the above, I am ashamed to say I live.in Pleasanton
a resident of Mohr Park
on Jul 20, 2012 at 1:01 pm
Seriously? One crime case (not even confirmed) then someone talks about "only whites are victims". If the change does have some impact, what about other races living in p town? They are not "qualified" as victims?
P town is not an isolated island. The first comment implies that someone still has this idea of racial separation in their mind, more or less ...
I thought history already taught us enough lessons how the racial seperarion worked out for America ...


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Shonda Rhimes, who produces the hit television shows 'Grey's Anatomy' and 'Scandal' revealed that a third child, a baby girl has joined her family ranks.
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Death and decay are two inexorable facts of life. Everything gets old; everything wilts and fades; everything dies. We've been dealing with this for quite a while now. We U.S. Americans, though, are becoming practiced in the art of forgetting these facts. We're smitten with newness and youth. This is maybe the great appeal of sports. When we watch, we get to forget about dying and our own aging bodies. We get to feast our eyes on the powerful, fluent movements of the young and in so doing, briefly make their bodies our own.
This is both magical and, like most of the best parts of our pop culture, also a huge problem. Because in sports (particularly the NBA and the NFL), even the slightest sign of aging (remember: inexorable fact of life) is viewed as weakness. And weakness is intolerable to us. And so, in a world in which personal worth is assumed to be perfectly quantifiable–in dollars, wins, tails in seats–as a player begins to age, begins to enter into that phase of life known to us non-physical geniuses as adulthood, said aging is accompanied by rapidly diminishing value, until that fella is finally judged to be of no value at all.
This is disconcerting for a guy like me, 33 years old, really just now coming into bloom as a human. I'm not crazy about watching men younger than me casually discarded for their advancing age, for the grave sin of minutely diminishing lateral quickness. Just seems really cruel. (I would imagine, by the way, that this sense of unease at watching our heroes fade, and the way it turns us back toward our own creeping mortality, is fairly common. And I'm convinced that this is a huge part of the NFL's great success. With players faceless under those masks and that gear, its easy to maintain that sense that they are interchangeable. When a player gets old or damaged, he's easily replaced by someone younger and fitter who looks essentially the same. We get to remain comfortably enthralled by the dream of perpetual youth.)
Oh, did I not mention that this was a Timberwolves season preview? In the NBA, youth signifies vitality and hope. And right now energetically embodied, hysterically physical youth is what the Timberwolves have to offer us. This youth is presented to us in many forms. There's Michael Beasley's adolescent exuberance (genuinely charming), unavoidably accompanied by his equally adolescent decision making and penchant for indulgent heroism (not at all charming).
There's Wesley Johnson, whose plainspoken, almost naive earnestness stands in stark contrast with his alarming quickness and leaping ability. And Kevin Love, still only 22 (!), cocky and self-assured in the way of people who have never really had anything bad happen to them. And Jonny Flynn (see Beasley, Michael); and the bruising, occasionally lewd and rude Nikola Pekovic; Corey Brewer and his ridiculously skinny legs; the shy, boyish Darko Milicic; and so many more.
You get the picture; overflows of energy and talent coupled with barely burgeoning maturity. Sports are already an inverted world. But when you consider that, at age 23 with five years of NBA experience, Martell Webster is the even-tempered veteran presence, suddenly gravity really does seem to be pulling us up.
So where does all this, plus the team's startling 6-2 pre-season leave us? There are some things I think we can be pretty sure about already. The team will (thank goodness) defend with much more verve and awareness than they did last year. With any luck, they will run the floor with some seriousness of purpose (as opposed to last year's haphazard, often turnover-friendly chaos). Their half-court offense will probably look a little stilted for a while as these young guys begin to scratch the surface of the reads and reactions necessary to run Kurt Rambis' offense.
And there's still a lot we don't know. We don't know whether Jonny Flynn will improve enough (or whether Luke Ridnour will get enough minutes) to keep this ship afloat. We don't know whether Darko and Koufos and Pekovic will be able to protect the basket (or even whether Pek will be able to stay on the floor). We don't know whether Beasley will ever become a viable, every-night NBA scorer.
But what is most important to me right now is that even one quick glance tells you how strikingly different this team is than last year's. These Wolves communicate a kinetic energy, a sense of immediacy and motion that has been missing since KG left the building. It's been this lack, more even than the innumerable losses, that have made the Wolves so miserable to watch over the past three years. Activity and abandon and potential and desire: these are youth's essences. This extreme youth will probably cause the Timberwolves to lose a lot of games this year. And this team will certainly not challenge us to rethink our assumptions about the aging athlete. But at their best, they could also give us the opportunity to indulge in one of life's sweetest, guiltiest illusions: the one that tells us that we just might live forever.


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Tim Laughlin was born and raised in New Orleans, where he still lives and works, and the music of his quartet was a heartfelt tribute to his recently devastated city. The history of such concerts could make for a novel: Tim Laughlin (pronounced: Lock-lin) and his band started touring around Europe and South America since the end of the summer, and in the midst of their South American presentations they were contacted by the State Department of the United States and informed that they could not go back to their hometown of New Orleans due to the desolation caused by hurricane Katrina. They were also offered to continue their tour in México and the subsequent concerts they gave in said country were also fund-raisers for the hurricane relief efforts.
Laughlin was a warm, eloquent person to talk to. At one point in his second concert, after having discussed the issue with him, he paid public tribute to the early jazz clarinet masters Lorenzo Tio Sr. and Lorenzo Tio Jr., who taught clarinet lessons to Jimmie Noone, Barney Bigard and Omer Simeon, among others. The Tio family can be traced back to the Yucatán region (and certain parts of Spain), and Laughlin expressed onstage that Latino people should be more recognized for their contributions to the origins of jazz. Such embrace of Latino culture was warmly greeted by the audience, who corresponded with generous in-kind and cash donations for the hurricane relief.
Laughlin's latest CD is this year's Live in Germany, featuring Jack Maheu on clarinet, Tom Fischer on clarinet and tenor sax, John Royen on piano, Matt Perrine on bass and sousaphone, as well as Hal Smith and Ronnie Magri on drums. The following interview took place after a master class to Yucatecan jazz musicians as well as backstage before Laughlin's final concert in Mérida.
All About Jazz: We discussed earlier about your band having more of a swing kind of sound [than a traditional New Orleans sound], and that you grew up listening to swing, so could you explain more about how swing music influenced your sound?
Tim Laughlin: Well, the reason why I am more of a swing player is because that's where my ears went when I first listened to Benny Goodman and Pete Fountain; they were swing players, "sweeter players. I guess that's closer to my personality, and that has a lot to do with the way you play...Those were my first influences, Benny and Pete, so what I try to do is to combine elements of the [New Orleans] traditional style with elements of the swing style, and the clarinet is known for being both, both traditional and swing, so it's really easy to lay down something that people can accept. So I think that's the main reason why.
AAJ: And what made you pick up the clarinet?
TL: I think I started playing the clarinet because it's so beautiful, I mean...I just fell in love with the sound of the clarinet before I even started playing it. A friend of mine who lived down the street used to invite me over to hear him play; he was a "reader, he wouldn't play jazz but he would read tunes like "Bill Bailey, won't you please come home. And I was really impressed by the sound of the instrument, the range, the three octaves, and he showed me how to play [the embouchure], and how to play the notes.
So my mother finally got me a clarinet when I was nine and I started taking lessons at the music store, with a guy named Bill Bourgeois, who played with many of the early great jazz players... I didn't know this until I saw his name in a book, you know, like: "hey, that's my teacher! So when I started playing the clarinet I had a smoother start because I already knew how to play, so that helped me. I accelerated a little better and actually felt like I wanted to play the instrument.
AAJ: At what point did you begin to listen to jazz?
TL: About the same time. I heard Pete Fountain on the radio and that kind of spoke to me, right there. I remember exactly where I was when I heard it: it was like a Sunday morning, my dad was reading the paper and I heard the song, I asked him who it was, and he said: "That's Pete Fountain, so they gave me my first album, with that song on it...
AAJ: How old were you?
TL: I was nine. And it was Pete's Mardi Gras album, and it was all Mardi Gras standards. And it was done in a way, it was such a good production, because he had Paul Barbarin on drums, and then all these guys in the studio...it was sort of an arranged album, but it swung, and that's the most important thing. And it's still my favorite album, you know, I can just put it on any time of the year and it feels like it's Mardi Gras.
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ICCAT protects silky sharks, leaves porbeagles vulnerable and finning ban weak
Fishing nations at the annual meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) have acted on one of three shark conservation proposals. ICCAT Parties adopted protections for silky sharks, based on a proposal from the EU, Brazil, and the US. Proposals to protect porbeagle sharks and to strengthen the ICCAT ban on shark finning (slicing off a shark's fins and discarding the body at sea) were defeated.
"We are pleased that ICCAT has taken steps to protect silky sharks, but much more must be done to effectively safeguard this and other exceptionally vulnerable shark species," said Sonja Fordham, President of Shark Advocates International.
The silky shark is a coastal and oceanic tropical species taken in fisheries around the world. Scientists have warned that this species is highly vulnerable to ICCAT fisheries. The new measure bans retention, transshipment, and landing; it exempts developing countries, provided that catches are reported, do not increase, and do not enter international trade. Countries that require landing of dead fish can also opt out.
For the second time, an EU proposal to protect porbeagle sharks failed due to opposition from Canada, the only Party with a targeted fishery for the species.
Belize, Brazil, and the US were unsuccessful in their third attempt to strengthen the ICCAT finning ban by replacing the current fin to carcass weight ratio limit with a prohibition on removing fins at sea. China, Japan, and South Africa spoke in opposition to the measure.
Shark fins are used in a traditional, celebratory Chinese soup. High demand for fins drives many shark fisheries and provides incentive for finning. Many shark species, particularly porbeagles and shortfin makos, are also sought for their meat. ICCAT has called for reductions in mako fishing, but has yet to limit mako catches. ICCAT adopted protections for bigeye thresher sharks in 2009 and protections for oceanic whitetip and hammerhead sharks in 2010.
"We urge ICCAT Parties to promptly implement the silky shark measure as well as previously agreed ICCAT safeguards for sharks, and to propose protections for mako sharks and other vulnerable species at next year's ICCAT meeting," added Fordham.
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a resident of another community
on Jan 2, 2008 at 11:01 am
I hope you guys get the irony in running an op-ed from an EPC-owned paper in Marin County decrying media consolidation in the Bay Area.
Mountain View Voice Editor
on Jan 2, 2008 at 2:04 pm
Don Frances is a registered user.
As you should know, EPC is the last independently owned newspaper chain in the Bay Area. We are six small-to-medium weeklies -- not part of MediaNews, Hearst, or some other conglomerate.
Would you have preferred we didn't run it?
a resident of another community
on Jan 2, 2008 at 6:25 pm
Nice article on a critically serious issue.
You write about the problem of only one reporter writing about a breaking story, instead of several writers from a variety of news organizations. The problem is compounded when one editorial opposing or supporting an issue/candidate is used by a politico alleging widespread views of various publications when it only belongs to one of Dean Singleton clusters "news" papers.
a resident of Monta Loma
on Jan 2, 2008 at 11:02 pm
The key to the trend is in the paragraph where John Bowman criticizes the MediaNews editorial standards. How is it that MediaNews is putting out a crappy product, in Chapman's opinion, but gaining market share doing so? Has the readership that cares about quality news migrated to other sources, perhaps non-traditional sources on the Internet? Have declining literacy and growing anti-intellectualism led to a decline in the number of readers who care about quality journalism? Is it possible that there never was as much interest in quality news as journalists think there was?
Understanding the readers, and delivering what they want is the key, not looking to the government for protection from competition. The cure of giving politicians the power to decide who gets to own the newspapers is worse than the disease. It tromps all over the First Amendment.
a resident of another community
on Jan 3, 2008 at 12:21 pm
I was just saying that it is ironic. I'm not clear, though, on the point at which EPC becomes a conglomerate. Both the Voice and the Sun used to be truly independent before EPC bought them.
I would have preferred that the Voice had written it instead, in a way that discussed the real consequences for Mountain View. It might lead to an answer to the question Mike seems to be implying: Is quality journalism worth paying for? With advertising continuing to migrate on-line, I think we either need to do a better job of convincing people that it is, or make a serious committed to publicly-funded news organizations.
a resident of another community
on Jan 3, 2008 at 12:45 pm
*serious commitment*
a resident of Monta Loma
on Jan 3, 2008 at 12:50 pm
I wouldn't put it that way. For some people, quality journalism is definitely worth paying for. My point is that, now that we have the Internet, there may not be enough readers who want quality journalism and want it delivered in the form of a traditional daily newspaper to sustain the traditional daily newspaper business.
I would also assert that "Publicly-funded" is equivalent to "politically-controlled". IRather than having to compete with media conglomerates that you feel own too many outlets and have poor journalistic standards, you will be competing with newspapers sponsored by taxpayer money with politicians acting as the editors. That's a scary place to go for a country that is supposed to have freedom of the press.
Mountain View Voice Editor
on Jan 5, 2008 at 6:27 pm
Don Frances is a registered user.
Jon: I guess I see what you mean by ironic. Of course, small community weeklies like ours usually don't work on such stories. Given that, it seems like an even deeper irony that we're the last newspaper outlet around in a position to even print something about it!
As for whether we're a conglomerate, I don't know the exact definition of that word in this sense. I think of a "conglomerate" as a mega-corporation like MediaNews, which we obviously aren't.
Mike: Intuitively, I share your worry about publicly funded (and therefore government-contolled, maybe), media. On the other hand, PBS, led by Bill Moyers, is seriously a last bastion of decent, quality journalism on television -- there is simply no one else doing what he and Frontline, et. al., do. (The closest thing might be "60 Minues.") I for one am glad we're dedicating that tiny sliver of tax money to them. So I'm not sure what that says about the merits (or hazards) of publicly funded media.
a resident of Monta Loma
on Jan 6, 2008 at 10:13 pm
Frontline is an interesting example to bring up. I'm not sure they are tax funded at all. On their webpage it says that their main sources of funding are PBS viewers, the MacArthur Foundation, and the Park Foundation.
a resident of another community
on Jan 7, 2008 at 4:21 pm
"Publicly funded" is highly misleading. More accurate to call PBS "publicly subsidized". "Government controlled"-- even with the caveat you tossed in-- is an unreasonable and unfair comment to make without backup.
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It's worth pointing out that both the BBC and Al Jazeera, top news outlets for the rest of the world, are funded by national governments while enjoying editorial freedom.
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Glad you brought up Al Jazeera. I didn't want to be the one accused of being anti-American.
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The U.S. has fought to keep the ACTA treaty secret. The treaty allows monitoring of citzens online and warrantless search and seizures at border crossing, of electronics suspected to be carrying infringed content.
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The U.S. Government insisted that the terms of its privacy and rights-trampling treaty were too sensitive to expose to the public
ACTA, short for the
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Championed by both former President George W. Bush and current President Barack Obama, the proposal is the child of countless millions in international lobbying money from the media industry. It aims to enact constant monitoring of citizens' online activities -- even perfectly legitimate ones -- and grants border agents in the U.S. and many member states the power of warrantless search and seizures -- provisions that would grant them the power to
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With its Big Brotheresque terms, it's little wonder that the U.S. wanted to keep the agreement under wraps. What was unknown until now, though, was just how few nations support the U.S. in keeping the agreement secret, or the fact that the Obama and Bush administration negotiators overpowered other major nations to keep the treaty out of the public eye.
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The majority of the other participating nations -- the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Ireland, Hungary, Poland, Estonia, and Austria, the UK, and Japan supported releasing details to the public. The UK and Japan, two of the world's biggest powers, reportedly were particularly vocal about transparency. Other nations, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, were not listed in the memo, but have been advocates of transparency.
Despite the vast majority supporting openness, the U.S. fought to silence these voices. With the help of the handful of nations supporting secrecy, it successfully prevented the ACTA terms from being aired to the public, even as the U.S. government considers warrantless border searches for "pirate materials".
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Just checked Raptors.com Dwane casey said in the post game interview that Demar will be fine tomorrow
Just checked Raptors.com Dwane casey said in the post game interview that Demar will be fine tomorrow
It's forbsey time!
Jeremy Lin is overrated. He got shut down by Jose Calderon. Jose Calderon. Need I say more?
Carmelo Anthony is overrated too, and Baron Davis, shut the fuck up, honestly, your a piece of shit.
Really enjoyed watching a good game by Stoudemire tonight, a lot of missed opportunities by him at the charity stripe though...
Now to the Raptors:
Demar, played hard, strong, passionate on BOTH ends of the floor. Was aggressive during every possession, and he looked like Kobe IMO. James Johnson doing what he does best, being an all-around player. I think he should transition his game into a point forward, he's a got underrated passing ability, solid court vision, solid ball-handling skills, I can see him adapting that role, but 60 times better than Turk.
Bargnani was good tonight, still needs to mix it up in the post, Amare and Chandler honestly cannot for the life of them guard Andrea. Calderon wasn't the most efficient, but he was being what a great point guard does, get the ball to the right people, ran the offensve incredibly well, and really was able to change the pace of the game when needed. Loved it.
Gary Forbes, I hope you continue to play like this, I really like his game..
Loved Amir/Ed/Aaron's physicality down low, and plus all those screens knocking Lin to his asses, LOVED it. Especially the one by Andrea, he ain't soft! Whatchu Talkin' bout Willis?!
I guarantee at least 4 of tonight's plays will be in the top 10. Oh and Demar Derozan just tweaked it as Dwane Casey said in post-game, he'll be good for tomorrow. 131 consecutive start here we come!
Twitter: @ReubenJRD NBA, Raptors writer for Daily Hive Vancouver, Toronto.
Great win! They played with heart after getting shelled in NYC. Great seeing the guys showing off a bit and having fun! Alabi with the dunk of his life! haha!!
Great team building win.... and...... now.....
After MKG's game tonight I'm convinced he has to be a Raptor!
(except for next Sunday against the Wizards... will be 2nd row for my first Raps game ever! )
What a great win! That was a super game to watch. It's fun to see them play with that type of fire.
Though my stomach still churned everytime the sizeable Linsanity contingent cheered him on. But at least the real Dino fans in attendance "fought" back a little this time and rained the boos down on Lin. Not like the first time Lin was in town. I was at that game and man let me tell you...when you have raps "fans" (I assume they were "fans", they were wearing jerseys and other raps gear), cheering on for the opposing team, specifically Lin, I mean thats's pretty bad and just a little disgusting imo. I tell yeah I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
Don't call yourself a fan of your cheering for another player/team. Fake, bandwagons, main-streamers, anything else? Really pissed me off last night to hear so much cheering going on, but loved the raps fans for fighting back with some good ol' boos. Like I've never heard it before too.
Twitter: @ReubenJRD NBA, Raptors writer for Daily Hive Vancouver, Toronto.
man i would have knocked a couple guys out for cheering for Lin.
Goodness I hate hype. Especially about overrated Knicks players.
Twitter: @ReubenJRD NBA, Raptors writer for Daily Hive Vancouver, Toronto.
I heard it and thought, what the hell??? Cheering for Lin and at the same time booing at him, ok cheering is dumb as it was when Lin sank that 3pter at the end, most disgusting thing that could happen for a home team player and real fan, things like these could ruin the passion and mental home court advantage, it's strange to see how easily linsanity affected the masses in states and Canada, though I'm not surprised, no offense guys. But now when you explained why people booed at the same time, when someone was cheering, I calmed down. That's how it should be like.
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