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Article published Dec 20, 2007
House OKs spending bill
December 20, 2007
By S.A. Miller - The Democrat-led House yesterday gave final approval to a $555 billion bill to fund the federal government, ending a long budget battle by buckling to President Bush's demand for war funds and to his spending limit.
The bill, which funds every Cabinet agency except the Pentagon and provides $70 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, passed 272-142 and finished Congress' work for the year.
S.A. Miller: Party base slams top Democrats for yielding
Republican support carried the legislation, accounting for 194 "yes" votes along with 78 cast by Democrats. Rep. John J. "Jimmy" Duncan Jr. of Tennessee cast the lone Republican vote against the measure, joining 141 Democrats.
Despite House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's vow of "no blank check" for the Iraq war, she allowed the vote amid intense pressure to finish the overdue spending package and wrap up the session before Christmas.
"It's disappointing, but it is the will of the Congress," Mrs. Pelosi told reporters on Capitol Hill.
Democrats couldn't budge Mr. Bush from his promise to veto any spending bill that broke his budget limit or didn't come with $70 billion in emergency war funds, a down payment on the $196.4 billion war request for 2008.
Rep. Barbara Lee took to the House floor to accuse Mr. Bush of holding domestic programs hostage for war money, and fellow California Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters urged her colleagues to defeat the bill.
"We are never going to end this war until we stop feeding this war with taxpayer money," said Mrs. Waters, who with Mrs. Lee co-founded the Out of Iraq Caucus.
House Minority Whip Roy Blunt, Missouri Republican, applauded the approval of the war funds but lamented the months it took to secure spending for troops in combat.
"Perhaps more troubling than the delay, though, is the fact that so few Democrats in the House thought it worthy of their support," he said. "For this new majority, the story of this session has been a tale of false-starts, missteps and unimaginable overreaches. But at least on this issue — the most critical one outstanding — Democrats decided to do what was right and allow our members to cast the right vote, finally, on behalf of our men and women in the field."
The roughly $555 billion bill included the war funds and $11.2 billion in other emergency funds that don't count toward the budget limit. Coupled with the $459 billion Defense Department bill signed into law last month, the new bill met Mr. Bush's $933 billion cap for total discretionary spending.
The other emergency funds cover veterans' health care, border security, drought relief and other domestic programs.
Democrats first proposed spending about $23 billion more than the president requested. They later offered to split the difference and spend $11 billion over the limit, then cut the offer to about $4 billion before surrendering to Mr. Bush.
Appropriators met Mr. Bush's budget limit, in part, by slashing his defense and foreign-aid priorities to pay for restoring and even boosting domestic-spending programs that the White House wanted to trim.
The Democrats' emphasis on domestic priorities included adding $1 billion to expand health care access, $607 million for medical research, $767 million for education programs such as Head Start, $486 million for renewable energy and $1.8 billion in Homeland Security grants.
They cut administration priorities, including increased funding for abstinence education, expansion of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and some weapons-program requests.
Republican support for the bill came despite early criticism that the majority rushed to pass a 3,500-page bill that conceals more than 9,000 pork projects and some abrupt policy shifts, including a provision that undermines current plans for a U.S.-Mexico border fence.
The 2006 Secure Fence Act specifically called for "two layers of reinforced fencing" and listed five specific sections of border where it should be installed. The spending bill nixed the two-tier requirement and the list of locations.
The White House pledged anyway to pursue the original plan to build about 670 miles of border fence in 2008, despite Democrats' attempt to obstruct the project.
For all the public tuttutting about congressional earmarks, the targeted spending items seem almost as popular as ever, with about 9,000 included in the massive appropriations bill Congress is sending to President Bush.
They will steer $7.4 billion in taxpayer funds to birds and bees, locks and dams, parks and ponds, and scores of other projects throughout the nation, including:
• $825,000 to expand the neonatal intensive-care unit at St. Louis Children's Hospital (Sen. Christopher S. Bond, Missouri Republican)
• $464,000 for hops research (Sens. Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray, Washington Democrats, and Oregon's Gordon H. Smith, a Republican, and Ron Wyden, a Democrat)
• $100,000 for the historic Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, N.Y. (Rep. Louise M. Slaughter, a Democrat)
• $705,000 for brown tree-snake management in Guam (Sens. Daniel K. Akaka and Daniel K. Inouye, Hawaii Democrats)
• $2.2 million for Mormon cricket control, evenly divided between Nevada (Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat) and Utah (Sen. Robert F. Bennett, a Republican)
• $223,000 for beaver management in North Carolina (Sen. Elizabeth Dole, a Republican, and Rep. David E. Price, a Democrat), and $475,000 for beaver management in Mississippi (Sen. Thad Cochran and Rep. Roger Wicker, both Republicans)
• $353,000 to combat Asian long-horned beetles (Sen. Richard J. Durbin, Illinois Democrat)
• $779,000 for wolf-predation management in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan (Reps. James L. Oberstar, Minnesota Democrat, and David R. Obey, Wisconsin Democrat)
• $332,000 for oyster post-harvest treatment (Rep. Allen Boyd, Florida Democrat)
• $244,000 for bee research in Texas (Rep. Chet Edwards, a Democrat)
• $513,000 for blackbird management in four states, sponsored by numerous lawmakers.
Associated Press


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Here's a quick interview I did with Matt Childs from Vidcaster on the show floor at Dreamforce 2013:
Last week I interviewed Jeff Kaplan from THINKstrategies to get his views on the conference and what was announced. Some of the highlights are here. The slides we reviewed are below.
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Europe's Atlantic, Baltic and River Cruisesby Paul Motter, CruiseMates Editor | 06.08.12
A guide for people considering a European cruise: The Baltic and Atlantic cruise ports and river cruises.
In part one, we focused on Mediterranean options for first-time Europe cruisers. Click here to read part 1. In this article, we will discuss the Baltic Sea, the Atlantic Ocean and river cruising.
Highlights of the Baltic Sea The Baltic Sea connects to the North Sea and the Atlantic through the Danish Straits, with Denmark and Germany to the south and Norway in the north. Inside the Baltic Sea to the south are Poland; the "Baltic States" of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia; and Russia. To the north are Sweden and Finland. The typical Baltic cruise usually ends or begins in Copenhagen, Denmark or Stockholm, Sweden. The highlight of a Baltic cruise for most people is St. Petersburg, Russia, once known as Leningrad, the "Jewel of the Soviet Union."
Although the Baltic Sea is as far north as the major cities of Alaska, the weather can be surprisingly temperate and even hot in summer. Winter can come quickly, however, and you probably don't want to cruise there past mid-September. The area is certainly far more populated and rich in history than Alaska. With some 85 million people living within the Baltic Sea drainage basin, the history of the region goes back thousands of years. Some of the region's cruising highlights incude:
Kiel Canal: The mainland of Denmark (named Jutland) juts north like a tall finger attached to the coast of Germany on the southern shore of the Baltic. To give ships a shortcut from sailing around Denmark, Germany's Kiel Canal traverses this peninsula just below the border. Both shores of the Kiel Canal are covered in greenery with bike trails, roads and traditional homes.
Denmark: Known as the home of Hans Christian Andersen, Denmark has some 250 cruise ship visits each year. The capital, Copenhagen -- on the island of Zealand east of Jutland -- was founded in 1167. With 1.2 million inhabitants, it is a major trading center. Highlights for visitors include the Tivoli Gardens amusement park and the Stroget, a pedestrian street with buskers and souvenir shops. The Rosenborg Castle in Copenhagen (1606) is open for guided tours and contains the Danish Crown Jewels. Kronborg Castle, south of the city, was built in 1420 and is also known as "Elsinore," the setting for William Shakespeare's Hamlet.
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|Brandenburg Gate
|Tivoli Gardens
|Checkpoint Charlie
Germany: The second stop on a typical Baltic cruise is Warnemunde, Germany. This former Eastern Block beach town is the gateway to Berlin. The ship dock is just a five-minute walk to the train station, where the Warnemünde-Express offers hourly trains all day long between the port and Berlin.
The train is primarily for Berliners who want to spend a day at the beach, but it is also handy for cruise tourists going the other way. One can disembark early and take the train to Berlin for a reasonable cost. The ride is almost two hours, however, so plan to make it a full day and see as much of Berlin as you can in a short time.
Berlin is big and sprawling city, so you might choose the ship's excursion to guarantee you will get back in time. Most cold war vestiges of this once-divided city are gone, including Checkpoint Charlie, but the Brandenburg Gate and a recently renovated Reichstag (once again the seat of Germany's government) still stand. The TV tower offers an awesome view of the city.
Poland: Gdansk, the fourth largest city in Poland, is usually the next port. The city's shipyard is famous for spawning the Solidarity Union, the organized movement credited with destroying the Communist Party and leading to the election of Lech Walesa as president of Poland. The main attraction is Old Town. This long public square is full of shops selling locally derived amber jewelry and other arts and crafts. There are concerts, shops, outdoor restaurants, puppet shows and beautiful, historic Orthodox churches. A taxi from the pier to Old Town should cost under $15.
Baltic States: Your cruise may stop in Riga (Latvia), Tallinn (Estonia) or both. By this time you will start to notice a sameness in the region's architecture, which is attributed to the Hanseatic League, a centuries-old trading partnership that linked many cities along the Baltic shore. This generally means tall, four-story buildings with elaborate facades, but somewhat plain and cramped on the inside. The lowest floor is for commercial purposes, with the upper floors built as apartments. The three Baltic States (add Lithuania) are famous for being the first former Soviet satellites to withdraw from the USSR, but capitalism has not exactly flourished since then. The highlights are their Orthodox churches and antique shops.
Russia: St. Petersburg, Russia, is the jewel of a Baltic cruise. Most ships stop there for at least two full days, some even for three. The city was the de facto capital of Russia until the Communists moved it to Moscow. It is famous for the first home of Peter the Great, and the Czarist Palaces -- including the Summer Palace and Catherine's Palace, both outside the city; and the Hermitage Museum/Winter Palace, in the heart of town. Other attractions include Lenin's office from which he ignited the Russian Revolution.
The more time you have there the more you will see. Other attractions include the Kirov Ballet, the onion-domed Church of the Spilt Blood, and the Yusopov Palace, an elaborate private residence where citizen friends of Tsar Nicholas plotted the murder of Rasputin.
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|Peterhof in St Petersburg
|Red Square - Moscow
|The Back fountains Peterhof
This city is one of the highlights of Europe and the main reason to take a Baltic cruise. Whether you are interested in the Middle Ages, the Tsarist era, the Stalin era or World War II, you should find the city and surrounding area fascinating.
Helsinki, Finland: In truth, many ships do not stop at this stark Scandinavian city with few distinguishing sites. The Helsinki Cathedral is one of the main attractions.
Stockholm: One of the best things is the ship's long, meandering approach to the city through an archipelago of beautifully lush islands. Be out on deck or on your balcony to watch the scenery go by. When you finally reach the city, you'll see statues on the waterway alongside Gamla Stan, Stockholm's old town, where pedestrian streets are lined with shops selling art, glass and other unique crafts.
The city is the home of the Nobel Prize committee and museum. A nighttime attraction is the ice bar, a vodka bar constructed purely of ice blocks where the chairs, bar and drinking glasses are all made of ice. But Stockholm's must-see attraction is the Vasa Museum, built to house one of the largest and best-preserved wooden warships ever built (in 1612). The Vasa was rescued from the bottom of Stockholm's bay, where it sank immediately after being christened. The museum is a huge closed structure large enough to contain the entire ship, and to let visitors walk all the way around it from the keel to above the top deck. See http://www.vasamuseet.se/InEnglish/about.aspx
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|The Ice Bar - Stockholm
|Danish Crown Jewels
|Norwgian Fjord
Norway: A starkly beautiful country, a special Norwegian cruise will go up the Atlantic coast to what is called the "North Cape," the top of the Scandinavian land mass above the Arc6tic Circle. Here are beautifull fjords cut from ancient glaciers. Ships can traverse the fjords a threading a needle.
Atlantic Cruises -- Portugal to Benelux and the British Isles Along the Atlantic coast of Europe are several areas of interest. This region includes the British Isles, Gibraltar (a British territory on the tip of the Iberian Peninsula); Lisbon (Portugal); Bordeaux, Cherbourg and Normandy (France); Brussels and Bruges (Belgium); Amsterdam (Netherlands) and on up to the North Sea.
Southern Islands: To the south of Gibraltar and the mouth of the Mediterranean are the Canary Islands (Spain) off the coast of Morocco. With a population of 2 million, these seven islands are jam-packed with timeshares and European sun worshipers. Madeira is a similar Portuguese island several hundred kilometers from the coast of Africa.
Britain and Ireland: Many cruises begin in London and head in various directions: south to the Canary Islands, east into the Mediterranean Sea or north towards the Baltic. Some cruises circumnavigate the U.K. and stop at Edinburgh and the Shetland Islands (Scotland), Belfast and Dublin (Ireland) and Liverpool and Dover.
Portugal: The capital of Portugal is Lisbon, a crowded city and not an affluent one. There are plenty of outdoor attractions like pedestrian shopping streets, parks and sidewalk cafes. Bargains abound in open markets for crafts and locally grown foods. Seafood restaurants offer lavish feasts for comparatively bargain prices. Sintra, a tourist destination with a Moorish royal palace, is 30 minutes from Lisbon by train.
France: From the Atlantic, ships can navigate up the Garonne River to Bordeaux, a major French city known for wine and for true French cuisine, including escargot and some other dishes most Americans wouldn't consider. Take a wine-tasting trip to the vineyard of Lafitt-Roschild, or visit the quaintly preserved village of Saint Emilion. River cruises along the Rhone or the Seine are both very satisfying and popular. The Seine voyage ends up at Normandy where you can see the famous D-Day beaches.
Mont Saint-Michel: One of France's major tourist destinations, this monastery is built on a tiny outcrop of rock on the Atlantic coast. It is cut off from the mainland at high tide and can only be reached at low tide.
Normandy: This is the dairy region of northern France where cheese, sausage and a bottle of wine make the perfect meal. You must stop at the beaches of the D-Day invasion. The museums and monuments to the fallen soldiers here are breathtaking and unforgettable.
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|Lisbon Portugal
|Canal Cruise - Bruges
|Honfleur, Northern France
Bruges, Belgium: This quaint town is said to be one of the best preserved "pre-motorized" towns in Europe, although plenty of cars seem to get in for "special reasons." Cobblestone streets intersect the network of canals that run throughout the town. Boat tours of the town are quaint though crowded. Most ships dock about 20 miles from Bruges, so ship tours are recommended. Do not try to walk to the train station on the coast to get to Bruges on your own -- the walk along a high-speed rural highway takes over an hour.
Amsterdam, Netherlands: This city is famous for many things, from a legal red light district and cafes where you can buy marijuana over the counter to the home where Anne Frank hid from the Nazis. You can walk all day long and soak in the sights, take a water tour on the canals, or rent a bicycle. One day in this city is enough to exhaust most people, though members of the younger generation have been known to arrive here and have a hard time leaving.
River Cruises Dozens of river cruises are available in Europe, and many of them cater specifically to the U.S. market. Airfare and shore tours are generally included in the quoted price of the cruise -- which once again gives you even more benefit in prepaying for most of the vacation in U.S. dollars.
Riverboats in Europe are modern vessels with top-rated cuisine featuring local ingredients. The boats hold between 100-200 passengers, and the focus is on seeing the sights, with one or two tours scheduled every day. There are usually cruise managers who sleep onboard, coordinate and assist the guides on every tour, and give orientation lectures every day.
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|River Boat on Seine
|War Memorial - Normandy
|River boat upper deck viewing
While the most famous river cruises are on the Rhine and Danube, others are offered in almost every country in Europe. Most are seven days. Prime port cities include Prague, Vienna and Cologne. French river cruises include the Seine River from Paris to Le Havre. The Russian journey from Moscow to St. Petersburg is highly recommended. There are even 21-day cruises that go all the way from Amsterdam through the Ukraine to the Black Sea.
One thing to watch for is making certain you have enough time to see the major cities where the cruises begin or end. It is best to arrive a few days early to see these cities. Usually the riverboats stay in the first city for just one night, which does not allow any real time for sightseeing.
Major European river cruise lines include Viking River, Avalon, AmaWaterways, Uniworld, Scenic Cruises and a few new ones.
Summing Up These are rough guidelines, and many European itineraries will cross the boundaries of the general cruising regions we discussed. Many Mediterranean cruises traverse the entire sea from Barcelona to Istanbul, while others start in London and go as far as Russia.
Europe is expensive compared to a few years ago, but it may not get any cheaper soon, and it might get even more expensive as time goes by. Fuel costs continue to inflate airfare and the value of the dollar has been on a downhill course for eight years now.
You aren't getting any younger, either!
On that note, keep in mind that young children are more likely to cause you consternation and expense on a European cruise than they will enhance your journey. Much of Europe is fascinating intellectually, but it isn't action oriented like a theme park.
If they do go, one advantage of a cruise ship is the general availability of onboard youth activities and babysitting. If the worst that happens is your child gets bored and cranky, you can always leave him in the hands of trained youth directors.


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- Verderber qualifies for ECAC and NCAA's in pole vault -
South Huntington, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State indoor track team opened the season on Sunday, December 2nd at the CTC Relay Carnival at St. Anthony's High School in South Huntington, N.Y.
The Rams were led by junior Joseph Verderber (Riverhead, N.Y.) who finished first in the pole vault, clearing a height of 4.55m (14' 11"). Verderber's mark, which ranks third all-time at FSC, qualified him for the ECAC Championships. His winning performance currently ranks as the best mark in the pole vault event in all of Division III.
Senior Edward Brown IV (Bay Shore, N.Y.) finished second in the weight throw with a distance of 16.70m (54' 9.5") and fifth in the shot put with a toss of 12.60m (41' 4.25").
Sophomore William Frederic (Brooklyn, N.Y.) posted a fourth place finish in the 3000m with a time of 9:43.60.
For the women, junior Melissa Bonilla (Massapequa Park, N.Y.) finished fourth out of 11 competitors in the 1 mile run with a time of 5:44.83.
The Rams next will compete at the St. John's "Bill Ward" Invitational on Thursday, December 6th at St. Anthony's High School.


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"Baby Crochet" by Sandy Powers and "Wearable Knit Wits" by Katie Boyette recently were released by Sellers Publishing, located in South Portland.
Both books are lavishly illustrated, filled with detailed project instructions and photographs of specific techniques used in some of the designs. The cost of each book is $18.95.
For those who like to make whimsical caps for infants, "Baby Crochet" offers many, including a newsboy cap with visor, a simple cap decorated with shamrocks, a beanie adorned with a sheep applique and a petal cap.
Other designs in the book include the Three Peas in a Pod cocoon with a matching cap. The Flower Bird Nest Cocoon wraps baby in shades of plum embellished with rosettes and leaves. The Snowflake Bird Nest Cocoon in white is trimmed with an edging of Fun Fur yarn to give it an air of "snowiness." All three designs include matching diaper covers.
The book provides instructions for afghan, sweater, leggings, socks and bib projects, which call for Red Heart, Dale of Norway, Bernat, Cascade, Patons, Berroco, Plymouth or Premier yarns.
The projects in "Wearable Knit Wits" are designed for those with a sense of humor who like to mix wry fun into their knitting. The Badger Scarf, knit to resemble — you guessed it — a badger, complete with subtle (and not so subtle) striping is a humorous example.
My favorite designs in the book are the Lobster Mittens, which will make a child's hands look like something that crawled out of the sea, and the Yeti Scarf that uses cable stitches to create the bodies of a row of abominable snowmen with black beads for eyes. And to go with the Yeti Scarf there's the Bigfoot Slippers, fit for a clown or anyone who wants to leave behind evidence of his existence.
Other designs in the book might more rightly be described as whimsical, such as the Hooter Hat with a knit-in owl motif, the Barnyard Buddies sweater complete with tiny knit farm animals, an elegant toddler-size Baby Bird dress with a band of large and small birds decorating the hem and legwarmers adorned with five different insect motifs.
A truly unique design in the book is the Accordion Handwarmer that resembles an old fashioned squeezebox which easily could inspire the wearer to dance a jig.
But you don't have to be a "knit wit" to enjoy this book. Omit the owls, the bugs, the grump figure, the ninja and the cyclops and you still have basic designs to knit. But if you are attracted to the witty in knitting, this is the book for you.
Designs in the book call for Cascade yarns.
Access Boyette's blog at http://caffaknitted.typepad.com/
For more information, go to sellerspublishing.com.
Author Carol Sulcoski states right up front in "Sock Yarn Studio" that readers won't find designs or instructions for socks in her book. This book is strictly about the yarn and how to knit other things with it. Nor does it include instructions for learning to knit. It assumes readers already know how.
In her book, Colcoski answers the question: What is sock yarn? She discusses how to categorize sock yarn, how to avoid the dreaded phenomenon known as "pooling" when knitting with patterned yarns, the importance of swatching and how to tell if your sock yarn is the right weight for a project.
The book is divided into one-skein, two-skein and three skein (or more) project sections. Projects include, caps, shawls, cowls, gloves, a child's sweater, mittens, leggings and several items for babies. Outstanding designs include Kitten Mittens in blue and brown, the Habitude Lace Scarf, The Cushington Square Pillow and the Alexander Street Hat.
The cost of the book is $19.95. For information, visit larkcrafts.com.
Go to skiffvintageknittingpatterns.co.uk to access free patterns from the 1930s to the 1960s.
And speaking of knitting, an anonymous donor has provided a supply of acrylic yarn that needs to be put to a good purpose. Knitters and crocheters are invited to stop by the Bangor Daily News reception office, Buck Street entrance, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday to pick up one free skein of the yarn. The yarn donor requests that it be used to make mittens, hats or scarves for a charity of your choice. The offer is on a first come, first served basis since the supply of yarn is limited. After your project is finished, email a photo of it, if you wish, to email@example.com.
Call Ardeana Hamlin at 990-8153 or email email@example.com. Don't forget to visit her blog at byhand.bangordailynews.com.


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Wasendorf Gets 50 Years: How That Ranks With Other Schemers
Russell Wasendorf Sr. was sentenced to 50 years in prison on Thursday, among the heavier sentences for a Ponzi scheme in the recent times.
But the scheme that cost investors about $215 million cost Wasendorf more than 1 year for every $4 million, a hefty ratio compared even to Bernie Madoff and the original Ponzi himself.
Here's a brief list of some of the more prominent Ponzi Schemer Sentencings and other white-collar sentencings of note.
Charles Ponzi — 5 years — The original was sentenced to five years in a Massachusetts jail house in 1920 after his $15 million scheme, equivalent to about $162 million today.
Bernie Madoff — 150 years — Bernard Madoff, the self-confessed author of the biggest financial swindle in history, was sentenced in June 2009 to the maximum 150 years behind bars for what his judge called an "extraordinarily evil" fraud. When first charged, the SEC said the fraud was at least $50 billion.
Peter Madoff — 10 years — A federal judge sentenced Peter Madoff, the brother of admitted Ponzi schemer Bernard L. Madoff, to ten years for his actions as the top compliance officer at Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, making him the second person to be sent to prison after four years of investigations into the fraud.


text: I have said this before, but I LOVE tiramisu. I also love pumpkin though this time of year. Why not combine the two. A friend and chef from California gave me a tiramisu recipe that I make in cups. I really enjoy this version since it is so much easier to eat and looks just as pretty when served. Chocolate Pumpkin Tiramisu - Serves 6 1 bar of dark chocolate (3.5oz), 1 C hot coffee, 5 TB bourbon, 1 1/2 C mascarpone, 1 C powdered sugar, 2/3 C heavy cream, 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla, 1/4 tsp. cinnamon, 1 C canned pumpkin and 1 package ladyfingers. Coarsely chop half the chocolate and add to a small bowl. Add coffee and whisk until the chocolate is melted. Whisk in 2 TB bourbon. In a large bowl, combine the mascarpone, powdered sugar, cream, vanilla, cinnamon and remaining 3 TB bourbon. Beat until fluffy. Add pumpkin and mix until combined. Take 1/3 of the ladyfingers and dip, one at a time, into the coffee mixture. Don't leave in too long since they will get soggy. Arrange them in a single layer in the bottom of an 8 oz. glass. I had to break my cookies to get them to fit. Divide one third of hte pumpkin mixture among the glasses, spooning it on top of hte cookies and spreading to cover. Grate more chocolate over the pumpkin. Repeat the layers 1 or 2 more times, depending how much room you have left in your glasses. The last layer should be the pumpkin mixture. Cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight. When ready to serve, sliver more chocolate shavings over pumpkin and enjoy cold.


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AVID Students with Mayor of West Sacramento, Christopher Cabaldon
AVID Website
Please click on the link below for more information about the Bridgeway AVID Program.
What is AVID?
AVID ( Advancement Via Individual Determination) is a 6th period B day elective for 6-8 graders. You can join if you get an application from Room 39. You must have appropriate behavior during class. You also have to have a GPA (Grade Point Average) of 2.5 or above. In this elective, you should be motivated to work well with students and willing to participate in the elective. And more importantly, you have to have the desire and determination to want to go to college! In the elective, there are some field trips to colleges as well as guest speakers. If you are interested, come grab an application!-- (Theo N. 2/18/16)


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NH woman seriously injured in snowmobile crash on Lake Umbagog
CAMBRIDGE, N.H. (AP) � A New Hampshire woman has been seriously injured in a snowmobile crash in Cambridge.
The New Hampshire Fish & Game Department says 22-year-old Ashley Devost of Milan was ice fishing with friends when she drove a snowmobile on Lake Umbagog on Saturday night and hit the shoreline. She was ejected from the machine and laid on the ground for over an hour before her friends found her in the snowy and dark conditions.
Fish and Game Department says she was taken to the hospital in Colebrook and then moved to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center by ambulance due to the severity of her injuries.


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That God's Name May Be Honored
The world is watching, so let us take care to live as God has told us to in order that we might please Him and not cause His name to be blasphemed among those who know us. Are we showing ...Read More
Christian Slaves and Masters
Dr. John MacArthur writes, "Displaying a proper attitude of submission and respect, and performing quality work, help make the gospel believable" (The MacArthur Bible Commentary, p. 1,797). Those who profess Christ and yet are insubordinate to their employers or ...Read More
Conceited Know-Nothings
It can be easy to know all of the right methods for interpreting the Word of God and yet at the same time not obey its precepts. This happens all too often in the Christian community when believers, consciously or ...Read More
Good Means for an Evil End
It is amazing how many people see the gospel as a way to prosper. Rank heresy guaranteeing a hundred-fold financial reward in this life for those who "name it and claim it" permeates the airwaves. Companies emblazon "Christianesque" slogans on ...Read More
Godliness and Contentment
One commentator says, "Godliness is not about acquiring better and more material things; it is instead an active life of faith, a living out of covenant faithfulness in relation to God, that finds sufficiency and contentment in Christ alone whatever ...Read More
The Desire for Riches
Each day we should ask ourselves whether we are content with the gifts God has given us or whether we are coveting (not simply wanting) something else. That something could be money, a relationship, a job, recognition, or any number ...Read More
Beware the Love of Money
Matthew Henry comments, "People may have money, and yet not love it; but, if they love it inordinately, it will push them on to all evil." The line between the pursuit of money for godly ends and the love of ...Read More
The Good Fight of Faith
Everyone who follows Christ makes the "good confession of faith" when he joins a church body, and Paul's exhortation to Timothy to remember the confession he made before other witnesses is an allusion to the importance of fellow witnesses ...Read More
The Duration of Our Charge
Christianity is a lifelong surrender to Christ. There is no such thing as "retirement" in the kingdom of God, and, therefore, if we are truly in Christ, we will never abandon our callings as members of the one body nor ...Read More
Our Great and Glorious God
Beauty is around us everywhere, seen in the handiwork of God in nature and in the works of the artists whom He has gifted in His common grace. But while all of these things are beautiful, they pale in comparison ...Read More
The Rich Person's True Hope
The temptation to trust in our savings accounts affects us all, whether or not we would be considered rich by society's measure. We must be good stewards of what God has given to us, and part of this involves ...Read More
Guarding the Deposit
None of us is seeking to live in conflict with the people around us, and so we are always tempted to make the gospel inoffensive in order that we might preserve the peace. But the gospel is a "stumbling block ...Read More


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"I have been up to this lake a couple of times, and can only find a public spot to fish at the main marina. You have to pay to fish there, $2.00 per day I believe. If you..." Highland Lake Dam
"This lake has been drained and they are building multi-family housing and a large shopping center here...." Hickman Lake


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The Washington Post's David Fahrenthold counts six budget "showdowns" in Washington over the past two and half year. The looming battle this fall over funding the government and raising the debt ceiling will be number seven. That led Fahrenthold to examine what the six showdowns have accomplished with regard to the size of government.
In sum: we had big government two and half years ago and today we have…big government.
Some left-leaning pundits are in a tizzy that the Washington Post would dare run an article that doesn't speak of "draconian" spending cuts to "popular programs." Instead, Fahrenthold looked at four measures and concluded that little has changed: federal spending is slightly down, the number of federal employees is slightly down, the number of regulations is up, and the federal government still has a lot of real estate.
Fahrenthold's sin (one of them) is that in pointing out that spending has gone flat after the bipartisan spending explosion of the 2000s he didn't recognize the alleged virtues of increasing government spending to "stimulate" the economy. I'm guessing Fahrenthold didn't get the memo that a journalist writing for a mainstream news outlet is supposed to supply a quote from some macroeconomic forecasting Nostradamus like Mark Zandi.
I do wish, however, that Fahrenthold would have explicitly differentiated between the size and scope of government. When it comes to the scope of government activity—basically, what all Uncle Sam does—I don't know how anyone could argue that it has receded in the past two and a half years. Or the past ten years. Or, well, you get the point.


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About the Author
John le Carre was born in 1931. After attending the universities of Berne and of Oxford, he taught at Eton and spent five years in the British Foreign Service. The Spy Who Came In from the Cold, his third book, secured him a worldwide reputation. He divides his time between England and the Continent.


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Crisis Trojan First Malware to Target Virtual Machines
Researchers have discovered additional capabilities within the Crisis financial malware, namely that it also spread via virtual machines.
Crisis, also known as Morcut, is a malicious rootkit which infects both Windows and Mac OS X machines using a fake Adobe Flash Player installer, Takashi Katsuki, a software engineer at Symantec Security Response, wrote on the company blog. The installer was actually a Java archive (JAR) file which had been digitally signed by VeriSign.
The JAR file contained two executables, one to infect Mac OS X and the other to infect Windows. The malware checks the operating system of the infected machine and drops the appropriate executable to open a backdoor onto the compromised computer, Katsuki said. The Windows executable can spread using one of the following mechanisms: copying itself and an autorun.inf file to a removable disk, infecting a VMware virtual machine by copying itself into the image, and dropping modules onto a Windows mobile device, Katsuki wrote.
While this is the first instance of a malware targeting virtual machines, Katsuki was quick to emphasize that the malware wasn't exploiting vulnerabilities in VMware's software. Rather, the malware was targeting how virtual machines are stored locally as files on the host machine, Katsuki said. The files that represent the VM can usually be directly manipulated or mounted, even when the VM is not active, he said.
"Many threats will terminate themselves when they find a virtual machine monitoring application, such as VMware, to avoid being analyzed, so this may be the next leap forward for malware authors," said Katsuki.
Advanced Capabilities
The newly discovered capability is a sign that the developers behind Crisis are still working hard at making new and more advanced versions, Intego Security's Lysa Myers told Security Watch. This version may have targeted malware researchers and other highly-security conscious users, as they are the ones likely to be using VMs in order to limit damage from running suspicious files, Myers said.
"This is indeed a surprising development, as this is the first malware to spread by this means," Myers said.
The malware also uses the Windows remote application programming interface to drop attack modules onto any Windows Mobile devices that are connected to a Windows PC, Katsuki said. However, Symantec has yet to see any actual Windows Mobile attack modules.
Commercial Origins?
Crisis was first discovered by Kaspersky Lab researchers last month. Intego Security also identified a maliciously-crafted Java applet which contained a known Flash exploit and shellcode to connect to an IP address used by other Crisis variants. Crisis was designed to spy on online communications, such as recording Skype calls, recording instant messages, and taking screenshots of Web browsing activities, as well as stealing financial details.
There have been a number of malware attacks against activists and not-for-profits, Myers noted on the Intego blog. Earlier this year, there were several specially-crafted Word documents targeting Tibetan non-governmental organizations. Crisis was observed in a targeted attack against a group of independent Moroccan journalists who were recently recognized for their efforts during the Arab Spring revolution.
There are hints that Crisis originally began life as part of a commercial malware package sold mostly in the US and Europe before being packaged for hacker forums. The company behind the commercial version, Remote Control System DaVinci, targets the software for government surveillance, Myers wrote. Priced at 200,000 Euros, it's unlikely Crisis will be ever used in anything other than targeted attacks, she said.
"If you are the intended target, it's very important that you have good security measures," Myers said.
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(CBS) You've heard of "100 Bottles of Beer on the Wall"?
How about 50 to try before you die?!
Call it the bucket list of beer.
GQ magazine put together a list of 50 beers from around the world all beer enthusiasts need to try before they die.
GQ's style editor, Adam Rapoport, narrowed down that list and, along with co-anchor Harry Smith, sampled Rapoport's top half-dozen. All six are readily available across the country, and inexpensive.
Rapoport's top six:
Allagash White
Ommegang Hennepin
Oskar Blues Dale Pale Ale
Redenbach Grand Cru
Anchor Steam
Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout
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Allagash White - $9 (4-pack bottles)
The Portland, Maine-based Allagash makes a lot of excellent, wheat-heavy Belgian beers, and this is their flagship: light and bubbly with a beguiling spice mix no one has been able to guess. This is a wheat beer. Like most, it's a little cloudy and sweet, relatively low alcohol. Often drunk a lemon or orange wedge squeezed into it. I don't want to say it's a beer for girls, but it's a beer for girls. They love it-especially on a hot, summer afternoon.
Ommegang Hennepin - $7 (750ML)
Earthy yeast plus lemon and clove in a supremely drinkable amber body. This is the best American saison there is. It's a farmhouse ale, aka 'saison' (pronounced SIZE-ON). Similar to a wheat beer, but spicier (a lemony, clove zest). Goes great with ethnic, spicy foods such as Thai food. And it opens like a bottle of champagne, which is cool.
Saison (French, "season") is the name originally given to refreshing, low-alcohol pale ales brewed seasonally in farmhouses in Wallonia, the French-speaking region of Belgium, to refresh farm workers during harvest season.
Oskar Blues Dale's Pale Ale - $9 (6-pack cans)
Packed with tons of citrus from a heavy dose of American hops, this is the quintessential stateside IPA. Like most pale ales, it's on the hoppier side-which means its slightly bitter and sour. You know hops when you taste em. However, it's not as hoppy as a IPA (Indian Pale Ale). And we really like the can, which makes it easily transportable, great to bring to a picnic or barbecue or the beach. Technically speaking, beer lasts longer in a can because no light is allowed in.
Rodenbach Grand Cru - $9 (750ML)
The classic Flemish red: funky, vinegary, and dark. A blend of one part young and two parts barrel-aged beers makes it deliciously sour with notes of boozy fruit. A fruitier beer, but not fruity sweet, more fruity sour. The fruitiness cleanses your palate so it makes you hungrier. Slightly more expensive, more fancy. More like wine than the six pack you pick up at 7-11. You could bring it to a dinner party.
Anchor Steam - $9 (6-pack bottles)
The one and only true example of this unique style, Anchor's Steam Beer is a lager in name only. Fermented at higher temperatures than your typical lager, it keeps the style's crisp dryness but adds fruity esters and extra hops. The most accessible and biggest name of the bunch. But it deserves the hype. It's a lager (which most commercial beers are, such as Bud and Heinekin), but it delivers more flavor. It's a good first step into the world of more unique beers.
Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout - $3 (12 ounces)
The classic oatmeal stout: soft and creamy, with just a touch of roasted bitterness, like the soft poke of feathers in a down pillow. A meal in a bottle! Dark as root beer. Really rich and smooth. Goes down easier than you expect, kind of like Guinness. You don't need dinner when you've got a bottle of this in front of you.
Allagash White
The Portland, Maine-based Allagash makes a lot of excellent, wheat-heavy Belgian beers, and this is their flagship: light and bubbly with a beguiling spice mix no one has been able to guess.
Anchor Christmas Ale
Anchor has changed their Christmas Ale recipe every season since 1975 (along with their label design), but they hew pretty close to a classic, festive cold-weather brew: rich and fruity with subtle spice. Last year's had notes of vanilla and cinnamon.
Anchor Steam
The one and only true example of this unique style, Anchor's Steam Beer is a lager in name only. Fermented at higher temperatures than your typical lager, it keeps the style's crisp dryness but adds fruity esters and extra hops.
BrewDog Smokehead
The two Scots behind BrewDog look outside their homeland's long but languid beer traditions for the inspiration here, storing a pitch-black stout in smokey Scotch barrels to give it an outrageously salty, earthy tang.
Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout
Dark stouts usually have hints of cocoa to them already, so the trick with chocolate beers is subtlety. Brooklyn nails it: Not too sweet, not too bitter, but chocolatey enough to make it special.
Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron
Drink this one for its story, as much as for its taste: Dogfish Head's Sam Caglione traveled to the wilds of Paraguay to find one of the hardest, heaviest woods on earth and used it in a tank built to age just this beer. The dark, extra-strong brown ale gets an added kick of vanilla from the wood's unique oils.
Fritz Briem 1809 Berliner Weisse
Fritz Briem's is Berlin's take on wheat beer: yeasty and super-carbonated but with a uniquely tart, bright finish, making it the perfect summer beer (with no need for a pansy-ass lemon slice).
Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold
Richer, hoppier, and maltier than standard American lagers-or even German ones-but crisp enough to be your new go-to session beer. (Note to non-beer nerds, a session beer is usually one that's light in alcohol, allowing you to drink several different ones during the course of an evening. Or day.) Dortmunders are tough to find even in the homeland, but thankfully craft breweries like Great Lakes are making them common fare around here.
Hitachino Lacto Stout
Skip Hitachino's more common lemonade-y wheat beer and seek out this harder-to-find stout, made with milk sugar for extra creaminess and a slightly sour, Hershey-bar-like kick.
Lagunitas Cappuccino Stout
One of the best examples of a notoriously tricky style, this one tastes more like the foam of a cappuccino than the espresso, which is to say light, smooth, and just sweet enough to balance the stout's natural bitterness.
Leelanau Whaleback White
Leelanau is the side project of Ron Jeffries, who also brews at Jolly Pumpkin. Their wheat beer is cidery, sour, fruity, and extra dry, thanks to aging with wild yeasts in French oak barrels.
Lion Stout
If you only have one Sri Lankan stout before you kick, make it this one. Creamy and bittersweet, with a rich tan head and notes of fruit. Plus, it comes in cans-perfect for spicing up your next barbecue.
Ommegang Hennepin
Earthy yeast plus lemon and clove in a supremely drinkable amber body. This is the best American saison there is.
Oskar Blues Dales Pale Ale
Packed with tons of citrus from a heavy dose of American hops, this is the quintessential stateside IPA.
Oskar Blues Old Chub
Thick, sweet, and insanely malty; ruby-red, light on the hops, and heavy on the toffee notes. Old Chub outdoes all other Scottish Ales, even though it's made 4,000 miles from Glasgow.
Picobrouwerij Alvinne Melchior
Melchior is a solid English-style barleywine-strong, sweet, and malty, with notes of rich, dark fruit-but the extra kick from an infusion of mustard seeds pushes it into mad-science territory. It's so crazy, it has to work.
Pretty Things Jack D'Or
They call this one a "Saison Americain" thanks to a heavy dose of citrusy, west-coast hops. Belgian yeasts give it a sour kick and a blend of oats and barley smooth it out.
Rodenbach Grand Cru
The classic Flemish red: funky, vinegary, and dark. A blend of one part young and two parts barrel-aged beers makes it deliciously sour with notes of boozy fruit.
Rogue Dead Guy Ale
Rogue's Dead Guy is a strong, German-style maibock-full of hearty malts with a bit of spice from Saaz hops.
Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout
The classic oatmeal stout: soft and creamy, with just a touch of roasted bitterness, like the soft poke of feathers in a down pillow.
Sierra Nevada Harvest Ale
Sierra's Harvest Ale marked a new trend for west-coast brewers when it debuted in 1996, and it's still the best of the (slightly-bigger-these-days) bunch: wet hopping, in which hops go straight from the vine to the brew kettle without being dried. They use cascade and centennial, grade-A west-coast citrus bombs, with extra earthy, grassy flavors unique to hops picked and brewed right at their prime.
Sixpoint Sweet Action
Sweet and very hoppy, with a little grass and citrus thrown in. It's mellowed a bit from the original recipe-their Double Sweet Action is closer to the roots, but harder to find.
Smuttynose Barleywine
This is one of the best barleywines around, but a bit challenging to get into. It's heavy on the caramel, and thick as syrup, like a sherry. Drink it like one, too: This is a perfect dessert beer.
Stone Imperial Russian Stout
Heavy, thick, and midnight black. Imperial is an understatement-this is a meal in a bottle. If you can find it, try it barrel-aged for an extra level of bourbony, syrupy goodness.
Stone Old Guardian
Old Guardian is a perfect entry-level barleywine. Not heavy and thick, like the more intense varieties, and with extra hops to balance the boozy, fruity malts.
Trumer Pils
Forget Pilsner Urquell-that watered-down swill has nothing on Trumer. Started in Salzburg 400 years ago but now made in the Berkeley hills, it's a radically flavorful pils, bitter and bubbly and extra dry with slight floral notes from heavy hopping.
Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier
Cloudy, spicy, crisp, and tart, this might be the perfect wheat beer, and a summertime staple.
AleSmith Speedway Stout
This artisanal San Diego brewery boasts a line-up that is high in quality, and often in ABV. Speedway Stout just barely edges out their other offerings with its coffee infused richness that opens up more flavors as the beer warms.
Bear Republic Hop Rod Rye
This brewery's expansion may be built on the deserved growth of Racer 5 IPA, but you'll be greatly rewarded for tracking this down. Everything is on overdrive with huge hops, caramel malts ,and spicy rye, but the balance it maintains makes for an impressive brew.
The Bruery Saison Rue
The awards and accolades just keep coming for these young brewers. The line-up is always adventurous, but perfectly restrained rather than overt. Saison Rue is a farmhouse-style beer with hints of rye and wild yeast strains that make for a deliciously complex drink.
Cantillon Iris
The Iris is the flower of Brussels, and this annual brew is barrel-aged for two years. While it is spontaneously fermented like other Cantillon lambics, it differs in that it contains only pale malts and a portion of fresh hops (versus wheat and dried hops). It is tart but complex. Substitute this for sparkling wine and your guests will be glad you did.
De Struise Pannepot
A vintage-released Belgian Quadruple Ale that is sent forth into the world at least two years after it was brewed. The combination of flavors is compelling and rich while the carbonation keeps the heft of the beer from crushing the palate-which makes for a surprisingly easy drinking 10% ABV. An oak-aged 2008 batch is soon to be released.
Dieu du Ciel Route des Epices
This Montreal brewery is single-handedly raising the craft-brewing profile of Canada. This selection may not be their best known but it is probably their most intriguing, with its use of peppercorn. The flavoring is unmistakable, and pairs incredibly well with smoked meats.
Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA
What can we say? If the West Coast Style IPA (arguably) became the USA's contribution to the beer world and is itself an exaggerated version of the English IPA, what is the next level? How about a version boasting 18% alcohol and 120 International Bitterness Units? (Note to non-beer nerds: That's crazy bitter.) Be careful with that 12-oz. bottle.
Jolly Pumpkin La Roja
Visitors to this Dexter, Michigan, brewery could be forgiven for mistaking it for a winery. Ron Jeffries barrel-ages every release. Most batches are then blended to provide consistency, but all have wonderful tart elements that the used barrels help to impart. La Roja is a delicious sour brown ale in a line-up of excellent brews.
Marin Brewing Company IPA
In our minds, this is the quintessential interpretation of the West Coast Style IPA. The aroma, color, malt balance, and bittering are perfect and eminently drinkable. There isn't an element that overshadows another, and it's an excellent baseline by which to enjoy other IPAs.
Only one beer is made at this Trappist brewery, but that is more than enough. Orval is a worldwide classic Belgian Ale. Proprietary yeasts imparted during secondary fermentation give Orval its subtle and distinctive sourness.
Port Brewing Shark Attack Red
What started as (and still is) a small pizza chain is now a full-fledged and high-quality craft brewery. Port Brewing is also responsible for the Lost Abbey line; Shark Attack Red is their Imperial Red Ale. It's wonderfully rich and balanced by intense hopping.
Russian River Pliny the Elder
Perhaps the most well known and sought out double IPA on the planet. The reputation is well earned, as the brewers have found the magic spot between huge flavors and drinkability. This is a hop head's dream.
Saison Dupont
The style has been making a welcome comeback, and this one is probably the best known progenitor. Saisons are traditionally delicate but flavorful, complex but not overt. They are excellent beers for food pairing, and Saison Dupont is the perfect match for a huge range of flavors.
Schneider Aventinus
Consistently recognized as one of the top beers in the world, Aventinus is a wheat doppelbock with flavors of bread, caramel, and fruit, and a slightly bitter finish. And the carbonation level makes it a very drinkable 8%. A classic.
Westvleteren Abt 12
This Trappist beer is available only at the source and there are strict limits as to how much one can purchase. The monks only make enough to run the monastery. Its difficulty to obtain aside (but not discounted), "Westy" 12 is widely considered one of the best in the world, and is often aged for several years.
Harviestoun Old Engine Oil
Yep, it's the color of old engine oil. (Is there not a manlier name for a beer?) And, while we haven't actually tasted old engine oil, we're going to say that it tastes nothing like it. A perfect balance of roasted coffee flavor and chocolate, with a slightly bitter finish. For a heavy beer it's surprisingly drinkable.
Great Divide Espresso Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout
This medium- to full-bodied brew first hits you with a huge toasty espresso taste and then with a bitter, hoppy finish. The Colorado-based Great Divide recommends drinking it for breakfast, but with a cloying high 9.5% ABV you'll need to take a nap for lunch.
Double Mountain Black Irish Stout
Why do we import Guinness when we have this right here? Brewed in Oregon, this has that creaminess you love in Guinness, but with real flavor-pleasantly roasty, with a hint of dark-chocolate bitterness.
Samuel Adams Utopias
It's hard to call this a beer because it has no carbonation, has the consistency of brandy, is best sipped from a nosing glass, and, oh yeah, it costs $150 for a 24-oz. bottle. But it's worth a taste if you come across it at a bar: complexly sweet, like a port.
Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier
We can't pronounce it either, but don't let that keep you from drinking it. Simply ask for it at your finer beer store or bar as "that German Smoke Beer," and they'll most likely bring you this: a beer made with malt toasted over an open fire that gives it a pleasantly smoky flavor-like liquid BBQ.
Russian River Valley Brewing Co. Beatification
Perhaps the wildest American Wild Ale out there. Mouth-puckeringly sour, funky like a barnyard, with a little bit of oak (it's aged in barrels). Beatification is a super-intense beer that you will either hate or become addicted to.
Monk's Café Flemish Sour Ale
This is like drinking a Sour Patch Kid. Light, with a pleasant, palate-cleansing sourness, it's the perfect partner to a pile of Belgian frites and mussels. Or anything you want to eat a whole bucket of.
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That said, I've got 3 12oz bottles aging in my basement. One for one year out, two years out and three years out. Should be a tasty 4th for the next three years.
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Similar to the OP, though it's only 5. I imagine Reaper has had them all:
For a beer lover, there is no better thrill than wandering the beer aisle and suddenly spotting a bottle of some elusive, seasonally available, or otherwise un-find-able beer. Its cause for a minor, and sometimes major, celebration. Here are five beers weve had on our Love to Try list for quite some time - whats on yours?
1. Pliny the Elder from Russian River Brewing Company - This one always gets mentioned whenever Double IPAs come up in conversation. We hear that the hop flavors are out of this world. Its made year round, but bottles get snatched up incredibly quickly. Russian River also makes a Pliny the Younger, a triple IPA thats even harder to find!
2. Curieux from Allagash Brewing Company - Aged in Jim Beam barrels, this rich and fruity Belgian-style tripel received top marks from Beer Advocates Alstrom brothers last year. Its produced seasonally but is well-distributed nationally. Its just a matter of finding it in the store at the right time.
3. Brute from Ithaca Beer Company - This is one of those truly American beers thats really pushing all the boundaries. Its a sour ale, similar to Belgian wild-fermented beers, but...different. It uses local New York hops, gets aged in oak barrels, and then has some champagne yeast added during bottling. Amazing stuff, but produced in understandably small batches with limited distribution.
4. Immort Ale from Dogfish Head Craft Brewery - The combination maple syrup, peat-smoked barley, juniper berries, and vanilla in this beer just sounds too good to pass up. Dogfish is known for producing incredibly unique and top-notched beers. If anyone can pull off a beer like this, its them. Its a released in late spring (dependent on the maple season), so mark your calendars now.
5. Dreadnaught IPA from Three Floyds Brewing Company - Another double IPA that we keep hearing about. Its described as having a lot of fruity and citrusy hops balanced with sweet caramel malts. Sounds good to us. Its available year-round, but is still hard to find.
What beers do you really really really want to try?
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Just got back from Madison, WI and fell in love with a stout that I have the Gomer's boys ordering for me. Bear Republic Big Bear Black Stout. Great chocolate, coffee, anise flavors. Nicely balanced with hops. Strong smoky finish. Took another bottle camping with me and it was more intense as it had come to temperature by the time I drank it.
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Bluegrass Brewing Company Professor Gesser's Mind Numbing Ale (IPA) - terrible
Three Floyds Apocalypse Cow - an imperial/double IPA brewed with lactose sugar as if it were a milk/sweet stout. Super bizarre and lots of fun.
Port Brewing Old Viscosity Ale - a strong ale/stout hybrid. Tons of smoky, ashy flavors. Quite tasty.
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Found some more Pliny and was a lot fresher this time around at a little over two weeks old. Kind of amusing that they had it stashed in a min-fridge behind the counter and you have to ask for it.
Drinking one right now and it is notably better than than the 40 day old bottle I had last month.
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Drinking some Seeyoulator Doppelbock by Boulevard. There was a Boulevard rep at the store that suggested it and it is pretty damn enjoyable. The ceder is a nice touch that might have mellowed some in this 2009 leftover.
The Boulevard guy also mentioned a few times that they have a Saison due out this fall that was something different than Tank 7.
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As for tonight, I'm choosing between Hoppin' Frog's Wild Frog Wheat and Chatoe Rogue's First Growth Dirtoir Black Lager.
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That Rogue Black Lager sounds interesting. Really haven't tried all that much from them yet.
Sad that I just polished off my last glass of the doppelbock. Really enjoyed that one.
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The Black Lager is above average. I was expecting a little bit more given the 98ish RateBeer rating.
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Black Lager isn't the greatest of styles to begin with IMO.
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I dunno. Old Engine Oil was delicious. But, yeah, it's not really in my top 3 or 5 styles, I suppose.
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Rating to style, I liked Rogue's black lager quite a bit: http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile...9/?ba=Reaper16
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VATICAN CITY – The Vatican on Tuesday issued a set of "Ten Commandments" for drivers, telling motorists not to kill, not to drink and drive, and to help fellow travellers in case of accidents.
An unusual document from the Vatican's office for migrants and itinerant people also warned that cars can be "an occasion of sin" – particularly when they are used for dangerous passing or for prostitution.
It warned about the effects of road rage, saying driving can bring out "primitive" behaviour in motorists, including "impoliteness, rude gestures, cursing, blasphemy, loss of sense of responsibility or deliberate infringement of the highway code."
It urged motorists to obey traffic regulations, drive with a moral sense, and to pray when behind the wheel.
Cardinal Renato Martino, who heads the office, told a news conference that the Vatican felt it necessary to address the pastoral needs of motorists because driving had become such a big part of contemporary life.
He noted that the Bible was full of people on the move, including Mary and Joseph, the parents of Jesus – and that his office is tasked with dealing with all "itinerant" people – including refugees, prostitutes, truck drivers and the homeless.
"We know that as a consequence of transgressions and negligence, 1.2 million people die each year on the roads,'' Martino said. "That's a sad reality, and at the same time, a great challenge for society and the church.''
The document, "Guidelines for the Pastoral Care of the Road,'' extols the benefits of driving – family outings, getting the sick to the hospital, allowing people to see other cultures.
But it laments a host of ills associated with automobiles: drivers use their cars to show off; driving "provides an easy opportunity to dominate others" by speeding; drivers can kill themselves and others if they don't get their cars regular tuneups, if they drink, use drugs or fall asleep at the wheel.
It also pointed the finger at traffic problems particular to Rome: "Danger also derives from city cars, which are driven by youngsters and adults who do not have (full) driving licences, and the reckless use of motorbikes and motorcycles.''
It called for drivers to obey speed limits and to exercise a host of Christian virtues: charity to fellow drivers, prudence on the roads, hope of arriving safely and justice in the event of crashes.
And it suggested prayer might come in handy – making the sign of the cross before starting off and saying the rosary along the way. The rosary was particularly well suited to recitation by all in the car since its "rhythm and gentle repetition does not distract the driver's attention.''
The document is intended for bishops conferences around the world, and as such offered recommendations for their pastoral workers, including setting up chapels along motorways and having ``periodic celebration of liturgies" at major road hubs, truck stops and restaurants.