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French actress Maria Schneider, who caused a furor as Marlon Brando's teenaged co-star in the steamy 1972 film "Last Tango in Paris," died Thursday in Paris at 58. Her death came "following a long illness," a representative of the Act 1 talent agency said, and she was said to have been battling cancer.
Just 19 when she starred opposite Brando in Bernardo Bertolucci's iconic film, which garnered Oscar noms for Brando and Bertolucci, she played Jeanne, a young Parisian woman who takes up with a middle-aged American businessman.
Though Schneider appeared in more than two dozen films throughout her career, none would bring her even a fraction of the success of "Last Tango."
With its X rating and large-scale release, "Last Tango" kicked off a trend for more graphic material in films. But its release spurred bomb threats and protests, and Bertolucci was convicted of obscenity in Italy.
Bertolucci told Italy's ANSA news agency that he wished he could have apologized to her. "Maria accused me of having robbed her of her youth and only today am I wondering whether there wasn't some truth to that," he said.
During the 1970s, she battled drug addiction, overdoses and a suicide attempt. She refused to do nude scenes again and checked herself into a mental hospital while shooting "Caligula" rather than perform in what she saw as an obscene film.
She told the U.K.'s Daily Mail that in 1980 she met someone who helped her stop doing drugs but wouldn't specify whether it was a man or a woman. "I call this person my angel, and we've been together ever since," she said.
In the same interview, she seemed to regret her most well-known role, saying, "To be honest, I felt a little raped, both by Marlon and by Bertolucci."
She starred opposite Jack Nicholson in Michelangelo Antonioni's existential 1975 drama "The Passenger" and appeared in Franco Zeffirelli's "Jane Eyre."
The daughter of actor Daniel Gelin and Romanian-born Marie-Christine Schneider, she had her first major role in Alain Delon's "Madly" in 1969.
She continued working in mostly minor French films and TV shows, appearing in "Savage Nights," the TV series "Maigret" and her last film, Josiane Balasko's 2009 "Cliente."
(Elsa Keslassy contributed to this report.)


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It took about nine days of hard work (rebuilding a deck) and a 1400 mile round trip, now Breda has a beautiful piano.
25 Wednesday Jul 2018
It took about nine days of hard work (rebuilding a deck) and a 1400 mile round trip, now Breda has a beautiful piano.
18 Thursday May 2017
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I just wanted to add my logo to this (without a dropshadow or outline). Hey, bear with me. It's little things like this that drive visual people insane. Tough day with this HTML crap – but ended by kicking out three nice labels.
This is it for tonight. Got rid of the shadow, but not the outline. Ugh.
05 Thursday May 2016
A new assignment landed on my desk (or monitor) this week – corporate identity for a financial services business. This should be interesting, to visit a world that I find bewildering and occasionally intimidating.
I've always been interested in the relationship between finance and creativity. Beethoven said "No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist", but he wrote works on commission for various members of the royal and political families. Without financial backing, Beethoven would have been playing piano for tips at some biergarten in Vienna.
I doubt the IRS appreciates creativity, which is why it took two weeks to eliminate the creativity from my tax returns. Personally, I find it hard to jump back and forth between creative work and crunching numbers. When I'm forced to confront bookkeeping, I stay at it for the entire day.
Why are finance and creative so different? Often at odds – but totally dependent upon each other. Are there good examples in business where the two come together? Are there people who excel in both? I get tired of the left brain/right brain thing, but there must be people who use their whole brain?
05 Thursday May 2016
I heard the term "IN Box Zero" on a Freakonomics podcast. Is it a goal worth achieving or a waste of time? There are too many in mine – 303 right now. 33 from today alone – yeow. Then again, a close friend has several thousand.
How many emails in your IN Box?
Stephen Dubner has produced several great Freakonomics podcasts recently, this one was titled How to Be More Productive.
28 Monday Sep 2015
Its been months, took three hours to sort, delete and file – and this morning I visited an empty IN BOX! It had reached nearly 800 emails and was driving me crazy.
TODAY, I'll unsubscribe to a dozen retail marketers. I don't know why some of them think that daily, even multiple daily emails won't eventually drive customers away. If I find a way to automate this email blitz, I'll post it here.
28 Monday Sep 2015
I imagine the Healthcare Marketplace, an open air bazaar of enthusiastic professionals, eager to assist me through the myriad of important choices…
Not quite.
Honestly, I had great hopes for easily accessible health insurance, but this is really confusing. Too many choices and (I guess) I have to wait for open enrollment. Again.
22 Tuesday Sep 2015
This voyage of discovery is tougher than I'd imagined. If you've just joined me – I'm trying to visit one new place a day. Yesterday I went to Huron Meadows Metropark.
I should explain. Last week, Bree and I had a delicious Italian meal at Ciao Amici's, a charming little Italian Restaurant in Brighton. We chose to be seated outside, along the sidewalk. It was delightful and it occurred to me – I had never eaten at an authentic Italian Restaurant until this year! (Both times in Brighton).
It's embarrassing that the only NEW destination I could think of was the ugly ass beer store on Dixie Highway over by Waterford Hill. Waterford is FLAT! Ironically, Waterford Hill is in Clarkston. We don't even have OUR OWN hill! But, we have a hell of a lot of beer and liquor stores!
This particular store, painted rhodamine red, has a sandwich-board sign boasting "Largest CRAFT BEER Selection", which sounds interesting, I like beer. They have lots of beer, okay prices, lots of booze. I chose a six pack of Singapore IPA by Saugatuck Brewing Company, bought an instant lottery ticket. The guy at the counter was relatively friendly. I didn't count the beers and can't confirm or deny the Largest Selection thing. There's a fitness center next door and you might sit in your car, drink your beer and watch the endomorphic women jog up and down the sidewalk, high-fiving each other.
I thought I'd do some research and find nice things to say about my town, which led me to city-data.com. The opening image. Asphalt.
Perhaps tomorrow I'll break into a neighbor's house (considering I've never been to the Waterford Jail). It took some hunting, but the ugly beer store does have a name: Reserve Spirits Fine Wine and Cigars.
I will try harder. There are bright spots nearby. Sorry for the lame post – just fyi, the lottery ticket was a $10 winner.
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We wanted to take a short hike and Huron Meadows Metropark turned out to be a real surprise. This 1500 acre park is just a couple miles south of Brighton. Interesting that you could throw a kayak or canoe in the Huron River and in a week or so paddle onto Lake Erie. News to me – the Huron River begins at Indian Springs Metropark (a few miles from my house) and 130 miles later, you'd be at the Lake Erie Metropark in Brownstown.
It was a nearly perfect, cool, sunny day and Bree and I hiked along wide cross country ski trails, then along a narrow foot trail through oak, hickory and beech woods, then made out on the edge of the Huron River. It's good to be middle aged and in love. We saw only six or seven people the whole time and I wonder why people aren't flocking to such a lovely park?
Now… I'm thinking – I could put in at Indian Springs, pick up Bree in Brighton and paddle to Lake Erie. In a month we'd go over Niagara Falls and make Manhattan by December.
I was inspired by the discovery and now wonder – would it be possible to visit a new place every day? I'll ponder that question further in the future. Being an optimist, I've titled this entry 0001. My first consecutive day of discovery!
Map Image: "Huron River Michigan map" by Tim Kiser
17 Thursday Sep 2015
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I'd like to know – does anyone else out there ENJOY getting lost on a road trip? Does anyone else get a kick out of driving without a navigation system, seeing towns and cities without a planned route?
I turned off my phone while driving from Sandusky back to Waterford and took in the sights. It added a few hours but I saw people, houses, farms and industry.
Try it. Get off the interstate. Get lost and you might find yourself.
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16 Wednesday Sep 2015
There's a reason that this journal is called at least 27 things, its actually an understatement. I often feel I've got a hundred irons in the fire.
A year has passed since I left my steady job at the printing company and so much has changed. You'll find me a much happier, relaxed and optimistic person. Having control of your day to day life is generally invigorating. There is no one to stop you from working in the garden all day – except yourself. I manage to stay focused about 90% of the time – mostly because I'm determined to do this for 10 – 15 years. I've had my hands on nearly 600 packaging projects and the gardens look better.
I'd like to make writing a habit, a daily activity that I enjoy – so here goes – I'll have a one day streak when this is posted! My problem, which is common, is that I'd like to do everything PERFECTLY- or not at all. That's a terrible character flaw. Anything worth doing is worth failing miserably, repeatedly, publicly.
My aspirations for year two of Bennett & Bennett involve handling more of the production aspects of product packaging and expanding my photographic capabilities, i.e. buying a high end digital camera and lens. I'm starting tomorrow by visiting a digital label printing facility in Sandusky, OH and paying for the cool, carbon graphite, camera tripod I found on sale.
That's three RISKS in one day. A lot has changed in a year and taking these risks assures that much will change in the year ahead. So… Welcome back! Stayed tuned. I'll ignore my fears and be back tomorrow.


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I have recently become a bit of an addict when it comes to the Starbucks egg bites but at $5 a day, something had to change. I looked online and found so many recipes on how to re-create these delicious morsels with the sous-vide method. This method cooks food in a sealed container or bag in a regulated water bath. The result includes tender meats and flavourful foods. For those with an Instant pot, there are also plenty of recipes out there.
Sadly, I am more old school and have none of these gadgets so what's a girl to do? I had to turn to the European methods that I grew up with so I experimented with bain-marie (also French. . . .have I ever mentioned how much I love the French?) This is also a slow cooking method in water and, unlike the others, I actually HAD everything I needed.
If you don't have one of these handy gadgets (see below), you can make egg bites with small mason jars but this silicone mold is worth it if you plan to make egg bites often. It also doubles to make cute little cheesecakes. This is the one I bought and it worked great but there are plenty of options out there.
So what makes these egg bites so popular? They are tasty, portable, healthy, and versatile. They are easy to make and great for re-heating throughout the week so you can make these in advance. For those trying to get more protein in their diet, this is a great low calorie option. Also, because you can mix up the ingredients, it can be vegetarian friendly.
The base is what really counts here. It requires 4 eggs (of course), 1 tsp of salt and 1/2 tsp of black pepper. What gives it the soufflé-like texture is the addition of dry curd cottage cheese (1 C) and cream (1/4 C). I use Avalon cereal cream but half-and-half would also work. It you want more flavour you can substitute 1/4 of the cottage cheese for a cheese of your choice: gruyere, jalapeño havarti, cheddar are just a few that come to mind but remember to adjust the salt because these cheeses are saltier than the cottage cheese.
Oh and I LOVE dry curd cottage cheese because it is not slimy like regular cottage cheese. I mix it with canned fruit and cinnamon but I also put it in savoury dishes like lasagna.
. . . .but I digress. Once the ingredients are in a blender, blend until smooth.
In the egg bite molds you can add whatever ingredients you would like. For this recipe I chopped up some chorizo sausage (dried) and chives but get creative. If you are going to add ingredients that tend to be more watery such as salsa or spinach, you will want to reduce a bit of the cream.
As I mentioned, the trick to getting that sous-vide texture it to cook it in a bain-marie. Preheat your oven to 400º AND ALSO put a kettle of water on the stove. When the oven is ready, place the egg bite mold with the egg mixture and filling into a deep, larger dish.
Place the container in the oven and pour hot water into it so that the egg bite mold sits deep in the water (obviously not so the water covers it). This is easier than doing it all and then trying to balance the dish with the hot water in order to place it in the oven.
After 25 minutes you can carefully remove the dish from the over and then remove the egg bite mold from the dish. I let it sit out for about 5-10 minutes because as it cools, the egg naturally releases from the side of the mold and they will not stick. You will see it happen. Place a plate over the mold and flip the egg bites onto the plate.
That is really all there is to it. I admit, I have already ordered a second mold so I can make double batches. These can be made ahead of time and microwaved for 30 seconds to re-heat.
Let me know how these turn out for you!
Egg Bites
author: Eve@DivineDiuum
1 C dry curd cottage cheese
4 large eggs
1/4 C cereal cream
4 oz. dried chorizo sausage
1 green onion
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp fine black pepper
1. Pre-heat the oven to 400º.
2. Place a kettle of water to boil.
3. In a blender, blend cottage cheese, eggs, cream, salt and pepper.
4. Dice green onion and chorizo.
5. Evenly distribute chorizo and green onion mixture into the egg bite molds.
6. Fill the molds with the blended egg mixture.
7. Place the egg mold in a deep, larger dish.
8. When the oven is hot, place the dish in the oven and fill with hot water from the kettle being careful not to cover the egg bite mold.
9. Bake for 25 minutes.
10. Remove dish carefully from the oven as water will be very hot.
11. Carefully remove the egg bite mold from the larger dish and set it aside.
12. Allow the egg bites to cool for 5 minutes or until the sides begin to release from the mold.
13. Flip egg bites onto a plate and serve.
Calories 138
Protein 14.9 g


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KAMLOOPS - The city of Kamloops is going ahead with $855,000 worth of repairs to the Tournment Capital Centre Fieldhouse.
The outside walls of the building are leaking water. The experts the city hired in 2012 say the building's envelope has failed. The water leaks during the fall and winter in the west concourse and the upper hallway areas.
According to the experts in building envelope technology, the design and the original construction of the fieldhouse are to blame.
The city is hoping that the buildings designer, Stantec Archituecture Ltd., and the general contractor, D and T Developments Ltd., will help pay for the repair costs. If they don't voluntarily chip in, the city will take them to court to recover the costs.
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Catching up with Stoner Metal Power Trio Deserts of Mars
If you like your metal with the sludgy vibe of stoner rock, you should discover Austin's Desert of Mars. This power trio has been around for a few years, but they've got some interesting tricks up their sleeves for 2013.
Tony Salvaggio (bass/vocals) and Billy Garretsen (drums) formed the band around 2006 and once they added guitarist Bob Hoff, they honed their "Mars Metal" sound and set their sites on Austin's Red River District, a perfect place for their brand of rock and roll during that time period.
Over the years they played a lot of shows with a lot of fellow Austin metal bands, recorded an album in 2011 called Transmission and collected a steady set of fans, called Martian Maniacs.
Last year Garretsen decided to step down from the band and the guys were blessed to find the talented Erik Kinservik to step in. Because of the change in this three-man power trio, they've been keeping a low profile as of late, but are planning to come back with a new passion and new tracks.
INsite owner Sean Claes had a chance to chat with the band recently.
Sean Claes: I kind of get that old-school Iron Maiden rock sound from you guys. How would you describe your sound?
Tony Salvaggio: We usually get Sabbath meets Motorhead with a dose of Monster Magnet and I think that is fair.
I am a huge stoner rock/metal fan and I think that a lot of our riffs (esp. on the first album) come from that. All of the members of the band have really varied tastes in music, so sometimes it can be hard to pin it down.
To me, it's riff based driving rock/metal that is heavy but polished and fairly accessible. It's why we started calling it Mars Metal. It doesn't fit into straight up stoner rock and it has influences from all over the place.
Claes: What's in a name? Why Deserts of Mars (DoM)?
Salvaggio: I wanted a name that has many connotations, is catchy, and hearkened back to the Desert Rock/Stoner Rock influences.
I also liked that it can evoke different imagery depending on the person. It's an interesting planet that we actively explore, it's the God of War, its been in Sci-Fi and in our heads for years... Billy took that and ran with it on our flyers, so now we have a kind of space rock thing going on as well.
Claes: Your fans are known as Martian Maniacs. How'd that come about?
Salvaggio: Ha! I just thought it sounded cool at the time. I haven't asked anyone if they actually dig being called Martian Maniacs, but it seemed to work. Like how Voivod has the Iron Gang, and metal bands all had cool names for their fan clubs. Maybe I just read too many Metal Maniac mags back in the day.
Claes: Your debut release Transmission came out in March 2011. Does it still stand up to who Deserts of Mars is as a band?
Salvaggio: I think so. We took a bit more time than I wanted to when Billy (Garretsen, the original drummer) left, but we really wanted to make sure we have a tight band of friends with similar goals rather than just moving on to new drummer X.
With Erik in the band now, of course he brings a different take (if you come to a show with him bringing the thunder you'll hear some new takes on the old material), but we've really gelled as rhythm section and the new stuff is really moving in a direction we dig.
A lot of the music still comes from bass riffs as a starting point. So, it may be different, but it will always be straight from the heart and DoM through and through.
Bob Hoff: I agree. I am really proud of that body of work. I think the songs are still interesting and, at least for me, still a lot of fun to play.
Erik Kinservik: I would say that it does, but we are maturing as a band and progressing to a harder, more syncopated style that is focused on a tight rhythm section with groove, impact, and energy.
Claes: Who did the artwork for the CD? It's pretty fantastic.
Hoff: It was a collaborative effort. If I recall, the concept really took form at a post-gig Kirby Lane session. The initial photography and digital effects were done by John Sommer. Then Billy took those images and kicked them up to 11 with additional digital compositing.
Salvaggio: We wanted to keep the space rock vibe going and I think it was captured well.
As a band we're lucky that Billy is an awesome artist and he's still pretty jazzed to do posters and such for us a well when he has the time. People remember the poster art of DoM even if they haven't seen a show.
Claes: For your CD release party in 2011, you donated all of your profits to the relief effort in Japan, citing you have a lot of friends there. We seem to forget things when the next news cycle hits… so… It's 2 years later. How are the friends doing now?
Salvaggio: Luckily my friends were in Tokyo and were fine for the most part. Their families are also doing well. It was a rough time though since they had children who were obviously scared with all the blackouts and craziness.
I ended up sending care packages of snacks, batteries, and flashlights and such as well. I think things are pretty good for everyone I knew who was affected. However, there are a lot of places still recovering and that is heartbreaking and sobering. All in all, it was just the right thing to do.
Claes: Have you written/recorded any new material since Transmission?
Kinservik: Not yet, but soon. I'm looking forward to it!
Hoff: Yeah we're working on that right now. Our tentative plan is to have some material put together and hopefully at least have an EP available this summer.
Claes: Tell me about a track or two.
Salvaggio: The first one we reworked it a heavy wall of sound kind of anthem called "Pyramids." I wanted the kind of vibe that The Sword has on some of their heavier more raw tracks and Erik has really started beefing that up.
In our new jams, there is some straight up groove stuff, a song that I want to mix in my love of classic doom metal like St. Vitus and Cathedral, and there's a few riffs that I'm not sure where they will go. It's all Mars Metal to us.
Claes: In late 2012 you brought on Erik Kinservik to replace Billy Garretsen on drums, citing Billy's need to "train his newborn daughter to fight Rocktopi on Mars and beyond." How is the new trio gelling?
Salvaggio: Really, really well. Like I said before, it took us a bit longer than I wanted to get back to playing live (but still shorter than our previous guitarist change which took around a year), but it has been awesome.
Erik's drive and time spent behind the drums has really added an extra bit of oomph to the sound. Billy's raw power and of course his friendship are missed. He's still a really good friend and he wants to do more artwork and be a part of the band outside of drums, which is awesome.
However, Erik is an awesome musician, great friend, and really cool guy. I can't stress how important finding the right combo of attitude/drive/understanding of what we want to do is in a band. So, it was all well worth the wait!
Hoff: Surprisingly well! Finding a new member wasn't something we were looking forward to at all. But after meeting and jamming with Erik, it was clear that he was the right person to bring in. It has been an absolute blast getting to know him. He also brings with him a great deal of industry experience (and great road stories). Oh yeah, he's an amazing drummer too!
Kinservik: For me it's going Awesome! I like bringing some fresh ideas to the mix and it's been cool so far.
Claes: Can each member tell me about your favorite original song to perform live and why?
Salvaggio: Even though we've played it a million times, I still dig "Send More Gasoline" because it seems to be a crowd favorite.
I also really dig the doomy parts to "Strike," and "Cities on Fire" is always fun.
Kinservik: "Pyramids." I love the dynamicisim, simplicity, and groove of this new track.
Hoff: My favorite would probably be "1000 Suns." It is a heavy song and the lyrics are very personal. Two things that I like in my music!
Claes: Looks like you were pretty busy last year during that "certain week in March" in Austin last year. What are your plans for this year?
Salvaggio: This year will be low key. Erik is actually going into surgery this week, so he will be recovering. I'll still be out and about going to heavy shows.
It would be nice to be playing during that week, but it's more important that we have a healthy Space Viking so that we can take over the universe this year!
Claes: You've all got really interesting and creative day jobs. Tell me a little bit about them.
Salvaggio: I work as a tech artist at Intific, company that does simulation and edutainment projects. I've been in the games industry since 1996 and Intific is run by people who have all been in the games industry.
On the side I also have written some comic books and I'm working on a few screenplay ideas (I plan on doing more of that this year as well).
Kinservik: I manage a team of great people at Bazaarvoice. I also own Pressurehead, a high-end Audio System design/build company.
Hoff: I work at a software company named GameSalad. We make a tool that allows people who don't have traditional coding experience to make video games.
Claes: Tony, you have a side project that plays Japanese rock covers. Tell me about Pocari Shred.
Salvaggio: I met Pocari Shred's guitarist Liao Hsien-Hsiu through a mutual friend and he had been trying to get the band together in a few incarnations. I've almost never played covers in a band, so I was kind of hesitant.
Once I started jamming with them it all just fell into place. It's really fun music and I've been a fan of Japanese pop culture for a really long time so it fits. Lots of fun and some of the songs are really challenging so I get to stretch a bit which I can roll back into my technique when playing with DoM.
We play heavy tunes, some anime theme song covers and we're learning some punk tunes for an upcoming Punk Vs. Rockabilly gig in March (Sunday, March 10 @ Flamingo Cantina). As far as I know, we're the only J-Rock cover band in Austin… which is kind of a cool niche.
Claes: You seem to favor the Red River scene. Tell me a few of your favorite clubs to play in Austin?
Salvaggio: Red Eyed Fly has definitely given us a home from the beginning of the band, while we were still getting our sound together. That has been awesome.
Outside of that, I really, really dig playing Red 7 and would love to play the Mohawk as well. I've seen so many good shows at those venues. Playing the Grackle was fun last year and I've been to some cool shows at Dirty Dog, Holy Mountain, Frontier Bar and the 29th Street (Spiderhouse) Ballroom.
We're down to play almost anywhere as long as we can play loud and heavy. We've been talking to lots of bands that we are friends with so hopefully we'll be breaking out into ALL of our favorite venues soon.
Hoff: Red Eyed Fly has always treated us with respect. I enjoyed playing at Red 7 and the Parish too!
Salvaggio: Yeah, it would be cool if all venues had the lights and sound that the Parish has!
Claes: Who are some bands we should check out?
Salvaggio: Ok, I want to name a bunch, but I hope I don't leave anyone out. If I skip anyone at all, I hope they don't get offended if I forget because there are tons of great bands in Austin, and we've played with a lot of awesome people.
Some of my favorite bands to see are (in no particular order) Boars, The Unmothered, Wet Lungs, Communion, Mala Suerte, The Millipede, Awesome Death, Neon Cobra, Eagle Claw, Skycrawler, Destroyer of Light, Egypt(TX), and most recently Sky Acre.
One of my favorite non heavy bands is Danger*Cakes, they rock the nostalgia/rockabilly tunes like no one else.
Hoff: (Non-Locally) Animals As Leaders!!! Intervals, Periphery, Russian Circles....
Claes: Once Erick recovers, what is on the horizon for Deserts of Mars?
Salvaggio: First of all, we're making plans for our second album, and we're working on playing outside of Austin as much as possible. We're also making plans to play with other friends of ours in heavy bands around town and possibly on tour in our never ending quest to rule the universe.
We're also part of the Austin Sound Sampler compilation that will be passed around at various venues next week. You can get a preview and/or free download online through bandcamp http://austinsoundsampler.bandcamp.com/
Claes: Anything else to add?
Salvaggio: Just thanks for the interview and that we hope to see new and old Martian Maniacs all over Austin and the rest of the galaxy very soon.
If anyone reads this and picks up the album or visits our sites, feel free to send us a message or email. We love talking to everyone about Mars Metal, music,games, movies and anything else cool and heavy. Check us out on Facebook, Bandcamp, Cdbaby and almost any other digital service, and let us know what you think about Mars Metal.
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/DesertsofMars
Website: http://www.desertsofmars.com/
Bandcamp: http://desertsofmars.bandcamp.com/
BONUS: Here's the making of one of Deserts of Mars' posters - a Valentine's Day work:


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So today I was sitting outside reading my latest manuscript in my bathing suit, trying desperately to dampen the white glow of my body in time for nationals next week. And no, I do not look like LKH's latest heroine - I look like a sickly computer programmer. Into the driveway roars a bunch of guys in a truck. I scramble for my shirt and shorts like a Yankees fan after a foul ball.
Later, after I'd recovered from my embarrassment somewhat, the doorbell rings. I go answer it to find a guy in his twenties asking if I could turn on the outside power outlets. "No," I said to his two rather large, green nipple rings. I couldn't look away. We had the whole conversation with me staring at them.
I did NOT find that hot.
In fact, I hardly ever see a hot guy anywhere. Sighting them is a very rare occurrence for me. I saw one last year at the Police Academy shooting range. Thinking... Vin Diesel was hot in PITCH BLACK (but not in other movies). Um... well, Harrison Ford, of course, but he lives near my parents in Jackson Hole Wyoming and he's sadly VERY OLD now.
Which brings me to one of those stories all my friends find so amusing. It's call Leigh Wyndfield Acts Like A Jackass, Part 182:
My family has a condo up in the mountains and I went up a few days early to write. We had ants. Lots of them. I carefully tracked them into a box of chocolate cereal the kids love, then called the exterminator, since the ants didn't go away when the cereal did. They said they'd be out "sometime." I shrugged and forgot them, settling happily in to spend a few days merrily writing away.
A day later, there is a knock. "Weird," I thought. "No one comes here." I open the door to the most fantastically built, hot guy I've ever seen in my whole entire life. Whoa.
"Hi," I said, completely confused. Was he lost?
"Hi," he says back in a strange, kind of sexy accent - maybe Norwegian. He looked like he came from Viking stock. Muscles bulge out his uniform and he's carrying this big box by a handle -- and I swear I thought he was a stripper!!!! In my bizarre, messed up writer's mind, I immediately decided my sister-in-law had finally gone one step too far in her pranks (it was my birthday the next day).
We look at each other while I try to form words to send this fabulous hunk of man away, because I know one thing - there is no way I'm letting him take off his clothes! I'm a married woman, for god's sake!
"Um," he says, starting to look confused. "Did you say you have an ant problem?"
Then I realize that the uniform says "Ned's Exterminators" on it and I had, indeed, called about an ant problem.
I was so embarrassed. Really and truly. But also relieved, since I hadn't yet gotten the words out to stop him from undressing. THANK GOD!!!
But really, that's one of the few men I've taken one look at and been speechless. Often, it's a man's personality that makes him for me, not his outside package. I don't the like feminine good looks you see in magazines. I guess I'm turned on by what I see on the inside more then the outside. Which might be why a lot of my heroes are pretty banged up. To me, scars mean character and experience. They symbolize the ability to face tough challenges head on and come out better for it all.
I have a feeling I may be in the minority, though.
I've been back up quite a few times to the mountains since then and while I've been on the look out, the bugs are all gone. A man who is good looking AND completes a task beyond expectations - be still my beating heart!


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The word "Exclusion" is newly added to the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial, and Rep. Derek Kilmer, D-Wash., is pressing legislation to get it formally recognized by Congress.
The expanded title was observed by Kilmer, along with Japanese Americans interned in World War II, at what the congressman described as a "pretty extraordinary meeting" Monday at the Memorial.
"One thing strikes me, the notion that not all of our history is pretty: There is value, importance to telling the entire story," Kilmer said afterward.
"It is a matter of rising every time we fall. The community here is recognizing, noting a period of time when our nation's leadership made bad decisions with horrible consequences."
Kilmer was joined by architect Johnpaul Jones, who designed the memorial and was recently given a National Humanities Medal by President Obama.
On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order that Japanese-Americans be moved away from the Pacific Coast to often-bleary internment camps in Idaho and Nevada. The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously upheld the internment.
The human consequences can be seen from 72 year old pictures from Seattle newspapers, notably 227 Japanese Americans crowding onto the dock at Bainbridge Island carrying all that they were allowed to take with them. Bainbridge was the country's first "exclusion zone."
An elderly woman named Yukiko Nakamura shed tears at the event on Monday. The stories told showed instances of nobility such as the neighbors who took over the farm of one Japanese American family, and had profits to turn over when they returned. Others, most, were left with nothing.
"Some of it was awful to hear, hurting," Kilmer said.
The binding of wounds has taken years. The Bainbridge Memorial is one symbol, but there are others. These include:
–The old 5th Avenue federal courthouse in Seattle was renovated in the last decade, and renamed for William Kenzo Nakamura. Nakamura went to an internment camp with his family, but enlisted in the U.S. Army. He was killed in Italy on July 4, 1944, and posthumously voted the Congressional Medal of Honor more than a half-century later.
–At the 4,500-foot level on Mt. Lemmon, just outside Tucson in Arizona, is the Gordon Hirabayashi Campground and Picnic Area. A University of Washington student from Auburn, Hirabayashi was one of two Seattle-area men who fought internment all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
(Hirabayashi was considered such a threat to national security that he was allowed to hitchhike from Seattle to the Arizona internment camp that is now a campground bearing his name. He would later have his conviction overturned and was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obama.
–Congress voted to compensate surviving internees when it passed the Civil Liberties Act of 1988. Seattle's U.S. Rep. Mike Lowry was a major sponsor of the legislation. Amazingly, two other prime sponsors — Democratic Rep. Norm Mineta and GOP Sen. Alan Simpson — met each other as young men. Mineta was interned in Wyoming, where Simpson was growing up.
–Mineta became U.S. Secretary of Transportation under President George W. Bush, the first internee to serve in the Cabient. Two U.S. Senators from Hawaii, Daniel Inouye and Spark Matsunaga, were part of the much-decorated 442nd Regimental Combat Team on the Italian front in World War II.
Walt and Millie Woodward, publisher of the Bainbridge Review, took a tougher stand four decades before all of the sometimes- posthumous honors. They opposed the removal of Japanese Americans from Bainbridge Island when it was happening.
Once excluded, the internees of World War II went on to do their country proud. And their country has reason to take pride in them.
Will lawmakers in the other Washington officially put "Exclusion" into the title of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial?
"There are hurdles to getting anything done in Congress," said Kilmer, in classic understatement.


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How are you guys doing? I am sure you guys are already know where this post will go. You all get this requested this the most.
Can you guys do a full upgrade to the rendering engine. P3D just doesn't leverage my new RTX 2070 Super at all. Frames are still low. The engine just can't seem to handle with addon's and autogen. I mean it works fine but new rendering engine will do wonders. Even help in VR as VR needs all the fps.
Breaking away from FSX has to happen some way or the other. Very grateful for having 64bit and improved graphics; just looking forward to your next update whenever that is.
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Most users appear to conclude P3D is generally more CPU limited than GPU limited. Your comment appears to support that traditional view. Raise the number of texture Poly's and draw distances if you wanna push your video card's work rate higher without resorting to a higher-resolution display output.
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Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans
I have John Lennon to thank for getting me back into the Ascent of Woman series. I've been so caught up in the throes of day to day, that I haven't had enough time to finish blog posts, let alone watch the second episode of The Ascent of Woman.
As this blog is a significant part of who I am and what I value, this quote reminded me that I am the one who constructs my life, and where my purpose leads. So I finally stopped, put my other jobs on the backburner, and got back into this wickedly awesome BBC series.
The first episode focused on women in prehistoric civilisation. You can read my review of it here. The second episode is opened with the introduction of an 11th century Chinese artwork called the Qingming Scroll, which depicts an idealistic view of China as envisioned by an Emperor: peaceful, well governed and almost exclusively male. Like in the many centuries before it, and across the globe, women are expected to be behind closed doors; quiet, chaste, obedient.
A large portion of the episode was dedicated to the effect of Confucianism on women; a Chinese philosophy that played a large part in the shaping of a deeply hierarchical and patriarchal China. It encouraged social harmony, through the idea of Yin (female essence) and Yang (male essence), but this was eventually challenged when Yin was labelled as inferior to Yang by male scholars. The hierarchical system went so that the Emperor was practically God, and women were fundamentally bottom of the ladder. Confucianism believed everyone had a social order, which aligned with heaven, and if everyone kept their place, the cosmos stayed in balance. But if not, the heavens wreaked havoc through plagues and famines and such. (No pressure, women!)
The confucian classics – written by all-male scholars – were a cornerstone of which Confucianism was based. Liji, the Book of Rites, governed rules of state and individual behaviour and conduct. Women were in the home, the men could be in the public realm of government and culture. Many beliefs of this society were shaped by writings that endorsed a mentality of male superiority – even up to the 20th century!
In this episode, what stood out to me was the story of a Chinese Empress in the 7th Century, Empress Wu, who defied the Confucian model of womanhood by creating her own dynasty. She came from a low-ranking family, ended up the concubine of an Emperor, and married his son, to become the new Empress. She clawed her way up to the top in order to prove herself, and in return was vilified, with hundreds of crimes laden upon her. This reminds me a lot of Hillary Clinton – who is by no means sleeping her way to the top – but for being ambitious and being a woman, she has been labelled a criminal for actions that in the case of others, were overlooked as mistakes. And like Empress Wu, who to this day is the only Chinese Empress to have ruled China, is still seen as an 'evil and corrupt woman'. In reality, it was her challenge of the Confucian order that got her to power, and during her reign she lead as any other male Emperor lead, with some outstanding achievements and reformations, but also some cruelty in her practice. Despite the good she did, she was vilified more than any other male counterpart. But the horrific cliches of woman in power are pumped out in every culture. To this day, government and politics is still very much a male preserve.
"I think that people take a moral perspective when they judge a female political leader; people think from the achievement angle when they judge a male political figure." – Ascent of Woman


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…the woman?(1) Never.
However, as I listen to the recriminations of those and their supporters who seek to respond to allegations of sexual harassment and assault (even casual, uninvolved observers commenting on the news), I hear words and phrases that, in 2017, surprise me.
Words and phrases that, in my view, belong to a bygone, long-gone era of patriarchal hegemony (never, I believe, God's intention, but rather the corrupted generational heritage of a fallen humankind) when men were rulers of their realms and women were chattel.
Words and phrases that reflect the wide influence of power and privilege, affecting the attitudes and biases not only of those who bear them, but also those without them, which is to say, the whole of society.
Words and phrases, even more, that reflect how power and privilege never are relinquished by the hands of those who bear them without a struggle.
Words and phrases, still more, that reflect an ages-old, biblically-bankrupt view of Eve (more on this at another time).
Words and phrases like: "It happened because she…
• dressed and acted provocatively."
• was out late."
• was in that part of town."
• didn't say, 'No'."
Women can dress and act as they choose as expressions of their sense of and comfort with self. Women can choose to stay out late. Women can choose to be in any part of town. Women can choose to say "No" with words or with wordless social cues, whether demonstrable or subtle.
Sexual harassment and assault happen because men choose to act on their power of position, physical strength, anger, misogyny, or all of the above and more.
(1) Sexual harassment and assault observe no genderal boundaries either in regard to the perpetrators or the victims. However, here, I define (and confine my commentary on) sexual harassment and assault as that which is committed by men against women.


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Haji Muhammad Amin Giga
President Giga Group
Haji Amin Giga stepped into his family business of textiles in 1982 which was established by his father Haji Abdul Rahim Giga in 1956. Haji Amin Giga strategically focused on non-traditional and non-quota regions like Africa for trade in textile, made-ups, and machinery. Under his leadership Mian Akber Trading Corporation in Pakistan has won the Largest Exporter to Non Quota Countries award for the past 17 years. Haji Amin Giga believes in challenges. Under his captaincy, the company carved a name in the African market with a unit in Dar-es- Salaam, Tanzania with a workforce of over 5000 that earned the appreciation of the President of Tanzania for contribution to the Tanzanian economy. In 1994 he ventured into the bullion market by establishing Mazyood Jewellery LLC in UAE. Soon it became one of the leading traders of bullion in the UAE and the subcontinent.
The excellent working relationship with Union Bank of Switzerland Warburg, brought Mazyood Jewellery the title of the most active client of the year 2000. Ever enterprising, Haji Amin established Al Ghurair Giga Gold Refinery in 2003 at the Dubai Multi Commodity Centre (DMCC) in UAE. The project is a joint venture between the Al Ghurair Group and the Giga Group. Haji Amin then entered the arena of construction and property development and established ventures in Pakistan and UAE. He established joint ventures with EMAAR – one of the largest property developers in the world and the Al Ghurair Group – one of the biggest groups of UAE with businesses all over the world. Besides his remarkable business acumen and success, Haji Amin is also known for his philanthropy. He is encourages the young by providing the deserving with the opportunities for higher education and personally devotes a significant time to mentoring. Today all Giga Group Companies have the privilege of the leadership of Haji Muhammad Amin.
Mr. Amir Amin Giga
Chairman Giga Group
Mr. Amir Haji Amin, a young yet seasoned entrepreneur, with a passion and determination for achieving high-value standards. And is presently the Vice Chairman of Mazyood Giga International, the property-developing arm of Giga Group; actively steering the strategic planning, implementation and launching of the 'Goldcrest,' The development matured to become a successful brand that gained overwhelming response and trust from well over 5,000 satisfied customers.
Giga Real Estate is another property-specialist company in Dubai of the Giga Group, dedicated exclusively to Goldcrest projects, for which Mr. Amin is its Chief Executive. Contracting and Development are its primary activity. The company takes pride in having professionals chosen for their in-depth knowledge of the Dubai property scene, only to facilitate the clients with unbeatable real estate services such as selling, buying and re-selling. As gold is the family's core business, the group has set up Al Ghurair Giga Gold Refinery in which Mr. Amin is an active member. The refinery is located at the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC), an established free zone that consists of refineries, manufacturing units and offices.
Mr. Amin's vision is to expand the Group's operation to the sub-continent, and beyond. To achieve his global vision the Group has entered into a joint venture with a Malaysian public company – IJM, which has more than 3,000 shareholders, and formed IJM Gulf Limited in Pakistan.
Mr. Najeeb Amin Giga
Vice Chairman and CEO Giga Group
Mr. Najeeb H Amin Giga, Vice Chairman and CEO of Giga Group since 2009. He holds many executive and leadership positions in the member group companies. He played a major player in expanding development projects in Iraq and Libya, worth 900 million dollars.
He was awarded with the Best Exhibitor in UAE Expo 2011 in Pakistan.
His strategies and planning has helped the company in controlling the cash flows and scheduling of different Projects in Pakistan like Defense Residency Islamabad & Crescent Bay Karachi and state-of-the-art project World Trade Center Islamabad.
He is passionate to bring quality Education system in lacking areas through Technological Advances. He also keep the vision for the people of Pakistan living in backward areas where basic necessities of life are lacking.


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April 30 2019
Announcements -
Agenda -
Iron Brewer
- Chris Speece
- Vinnie Vescio
- Jim Glass
- Ted Moyer / Gene Pryor
- Stephen Brescia / Glenn Locke
- Dave Catapano
- John Yeomans / David Gwyn
- Harry Arnold
- Mike Gilbert
January Meeting 1/31/16
We judged Round 1 of Iron Brewer VII--Belgians. Congrats to the winners who will now compete in Round 2--Donuts!
Group 1 - Chocolate w/ Glaze
Group 2 - Cinnamon Sugar
Group 3 - Jelly
We'll judge Round 2 at our April meeting.
December Meeting 12/20/16
Our annual holiday party and beer exchange was a great success with lots of great homebrew and commercial beer changing hands. We also has some fun entries for our label contest, which even included some topics besides dehumidifier water.
November Meeting 11/29/16
We had another joint meeting with Barley Legal homebrew club at Neshaminy Creek Brewing Co. Jeremy led a panel of NCBC brewers to speak about current projects and future plans at NCBC.
October Meeting 10/25/16
Sunny Brae Hop Farms spoke to the group about growing hops in Central PA. While we didn't have any commercial beers brewed with their hops, the members were able to purchase some Comet and other hops to try in their next homebrew.
We also kicked off Iron Brewer VII, which will feature Belgian-style beers to tie in with our upcoming Monk Melee competition.
September Meeting 9/27/16
Our annual Oktoberfest celebration featured great food thanks to the staff at the Hulmeville as well as a festbier brewed by Mike Grippi.
Tom McLaughlin also spoke to the group about brewing his Big-Brew-Day-winning beer, Palming Arnold, at Broken Goblet.
August Meeting 8/30/16
Joe P from SØLE Artisan Ales was our guest and he spoke about his brewing history including the last year as gypsy brewer and future plans to open a new bottle shop and pub brewery in Easton, PA. We also got try both some draft and canned SOLE offerings.
We also signed up 6 teams to brew for the ALEiens table at Broken Goblet's Hoppy Halloween festival.
July Meeting 7/26/16
We judged the 3 finalists for Iron Brewer VI. In a very close vote, Sean Sliwinski and Steve McCollick were crowned champion brewers for their "Hillbilly Bourbon Barrel Porter", a porter conditioned on oak with Maker's Mark and homemade vanilla. Cheers to the champs and the other worthy finalists.
The folks from Broken Goblet were also on hand to announce the winner of our Big Brew Day contest. In another close vote, which included a tiebreaker round of judging, they picked the entry from Tom McLaughlin as the winner. Tom will get to brew his "Palming Arnold", a witbier with black tea and lemon, at Broken Goblet! Congrats to Tom and cheers to Broken Goblet for sponsoring the contest.
June Meeting 6/28/16
Our first outdoor meeting of the year featured Mark Thomas, Brewmaster from Vault Brewing in Yardley. Mark spoke about the detail that goes into brewing beers for Vault, including water chemistry, yeast cell counts and the benefits and challenges of exclusively using whole flower hops. We enjoyed 3 Vault beers on tap for the first time ever at the Hulmeville, but hopefully we'll see more once the new Vault production brewery goes online in the coming months.
We also toasted ALEien Michael Grippi for his gold medal at the 2016 NHC. His barleywine placed first out of 241 finalists in the Strong Ale category. Cheers!
May Meeting 5/24/16
We had a great turnout for a special joint meeting with Barley Legal held at Neshaminy Creek Brewing Co. Our featured speaker was Dr. Matthew Farber, Director of the Brewing Science program at USciences in Philly. He spoke about yeast health, pitching rates and the benefits of making a starter for your brews.
April Meeting 4/26/16
We judged the Iron Brewer Round 2 entries featuring flowers--hibiscus, lavender and jasmine. We had a really strong showing and congrats to the winners:
For the Round 3 championship, the finalists may brew any style, but the beer must be aged on wood and liquor. We'll judge and crown this years winner at the July meeting.
We also sampled the Team ALEiens entry from the recent Club Barrel Brew Championship. Their beer--an oude bruin base, conditioned on tart cherries in a red wine barrel--was great. The brew day for next year's competition will be in July so save the date if you want to be part of the team.
March Meeting 3/29/16
A new club year begins. Congrats to the following individuals who were elected club officers for the upcoming year:
President – Natalie DeChico
VP Education – Jessica Streeter
VP Events – Matt Solin
Treasurer – Sean Sliwinski
Club member extraordinaire and spreadsheet enthusiast John Yeomans spoke to the group about entering homebrew competitions. Having your beers win and place in these competitions is often a numbers game. The more you enter, the better chance you have, especially if you enter some of the less trafficked categories. (Your pilsner has a better chance than your IPA.) Win or not, homebrew competitions are also a great way to get unbiased feedback on your beers. In summary , enter more competitions to bring honor and glory upon the ALEiens!
February Meeting 2/23/16
Mssr. Yeomans was slated to speak for us about entering beers into competitions, the BJCP at large, becoming a judge, etc etc, but was unable to make it. Furthermore, nobody had any information they would've liked to share with the group about homebrewing or to help one another become a better homebrewer (perhaps it was too last minute).
So instead of talking about or even drinking homebrew, we drank waelz.
Herr Yeomans will now speak in March about these topics, and this club may once again be a homebrew club (maybe).
JANUARY MEETING 1/26/16 at 7:30pm
Please bring in a chilled 6 pack of your beer. Please rubber band a piece of paper to each bottle that states your Name and Beer Style. Check it in with Sean or Cory who will be running the judging this meeting. There will be four large tables, each one will be judging all the beers in one of the four styles. The scoring is simple, circle the rank that you give each beer in that category. 5 beers, means 5 places, assign one rank to each beer: 1st, 2nd... etc. The top two beers from each group will move onto Round 2 along with one wild card beer from the entire group (or if there is a tie). The nine people moving onto Round 2 will draw the next theme before leaving.
Good luck!
Advancing to 2nd Round:
Jason Palsgrove and Doug Klumpp
Jeff Lewis
Sean Siliwinski and Steve McCollick
Tim Roche and Eric Landolfi
Chris Speece
Team T-Rex arms
Andrew and Aaron Muckin
John Yeomand and David Gwyn
December Meeting 12/29/15
It's the time of year where we all come together and celebrate the holidays, friendship, and of course home brewed beer. Yum!
The party will be featuring our Holiday Beer Exchange. Last year we had an awesome turnout for this, again! For all of you first timers, this is how it goes down:
NEW TO 2015's HOLIDAY PARTY! Bring your favorite homebrew label to our holiday meeting and as a club we'll pick a couple of favorites. Please either stick it onto an empty (or full) bottle or it cut out so we can display them nicely on the fireplace mantle. Everyone will get to vote once in each category. We look forward to seeing your favorite labels that you've created! (THANKS TO Steve Mc for this idea)
WINNERS: Best- Blaise, Funniest-Kurt
Manatawny Still Works was developed to produce world class spirits with character in small batches. Our distillery is modern, but our practices are based on old world production with a reverent nod to the history of the region. From the Lenape Indians, whose name for the nearby creek we borrowed for our distillery to historical figures of importance, for whom we named some of our very first spirits. The spirit of Manatawny is focused on quality, but rooted in the past. Max, their head distiller, spoke to the club.
Justin Dyjak "Review The Brew" with his 3.5% Southern Brown Ale.
October Meeting 10/27/15
Doug Marchakitus, the head brewer at Iron Hill North Wales, will be speaking to the club this month!
Head Brewer: Doug Marchakitus
Assistant Brewer: Pete Corbett (ALEiens member!!)
Doug was a homebrewer and server when he started at Iron Hill, but his passion quickly lead him into the brewery. Doug began as an Assistant Brewer at Iron Hill, and then took a Head Brewer role at Manayunk Brewing Company. Today Doug is back in the Brewery at Iron Hill. Doug's favorite beer styles include Belgians and wild, barrel-aged beers. Doug will be bringing Kilohop, their Double IPA that was brewed to celebrate their 1000th batch! WE ARE ALSO PICKING IRON BREWER ROUND 1 INGREDIENTS TONIGHT. Bring your $10 entry fee, please!
Jim Coates "Review The Brew" with his W00T Stout clone.
September Meeting 9/29/15
Join us for our first ever ALEIENS OKTOBERFEST! Not only did Mike and John brew two fantastic beers for the event, but Jeff also has a sweet taplist and 1/5 liter beer steins for all who attend! Plus, spatzel, schnitzel, red cabbage, german potato salad, and pretzels (not to mention oompa music) for ALL!! Join us for what may be our last patio meeting for the year. And all of this is free to all members, courtesy of our fantastic membership dues. We'll also have the new work shirts in, so wear that or your old shirt for our big club photo.
Tap list inside: Paulaner Weisen (a very limited beer that Paulaner is featering in their official Oktoberfest Tent), Great Lakes Oktoberfest, & Hacker Pschorr Oktoberfest.
August Meeting 8/25/15Jeff Lewis presented three beers that were split into 3 batches and fermented with different yeast strains.
July Meeting 7/28/2015
Deer Creek Malting
Deer Creek malting stopped by to talk about what it is like to open up the first Pennsylvania malthouse since prohibition, as well talking about grains in general and the malting process, how they operate, etc. Aleien Avery, who works at Tired Hands' new fermentaria jawn brought "Tuff Leather", a 1.5% saison created using all Deer Creek malts.
June Meeting 6/30/2015
How to: tap handles
Sean Siliwinski walks us through the process of how he converted old Weyerbacher tap handles into the Zymie featuring tap handles we used for NHC 2013. This process could easily be applied to creating a tap handle of your own from scratch or to messing around one of the old Weyerbacher tap handles laying around the Hulmeville.
We also tasted the Keystone Barrel championship winner (Congrats Barrel brewers). It was designed as an oude bruine with plums.
May Meeting 5/25/2015
Not Micromatic
"Hey Everyone!
Unfortunately MicroMatic had to cancel as our guest speaker for this month's meeting. Our meeting is still being held tonight, though we won't have a speaker. Too last minute to book someone else, sorry. Also, a car ran into The Hulmeville's back deck & gate so we can't even hang outside in this beautiful weather. We'll still have the upstairs open, we'll make some announcements (see below), play some trivia for prizes, and drink. That's it. Philly Beer Week starts this Friday, 5/29, so make sure to hit up some of the 1000+ events all over the Philly, Burbs, and NJ area. If we don't see you this May meeting, we'll see you in June for the tasting of the Sour Barrel Brew from the Keystone Club Barrel Brew, learn how they brewed & soured it, and learn how to make some sweet tap handles. Thanks and Happy Beer Week!!"
April Meeting 4/28/2015
The Iron Brewer Finals
Our final three contestants (Eivind Sandstrom, Mike Grippi, Scott Mangold) were charged with the task of making a beer to pair with a Dibruno's s'mores bite (which was not a s'more at all but rather a combination of cheese, chocolate, and other things made in the appearance of a s'more).
There were 4 guest judges -- 2 from Dibruno's, 2 from NCBC -- and the Aleiens collectively counted as one vote.
Scott Mangold made a quad, but it was young and undercarbed still, and received no votes.
Eivind Sandstrom made a stout with herbs and coffee (sensing a quad couldn't be done in time) and received 2 votes, coming in second place.
Reigning champ Mike Grippi made an English Mild and received 3 votes, successfully defending his title.
March Meeting 3/31/2015
The Wooder Meeting
First things first:
Elections were held as to who would be an ALEiens officer for the next year -- and nobody decided to run against anyone currently on. Come on guys, this isn't how democracy works.
After Democracy failed (again) Mike Grippi gave to us a nice talk about water chemistry, how it pertains to brewing, and how only jagaloons use 5.2. The crazy informative powerpoint should be posted soon.
February Meeting 2/24/2015
Yarr, they be Heavy Seas (brewing company)
We had the fortune of hosting Heavy Seas Brewing company -- Hugh Sisson (owner Heavy Seas, former owner stunning locks), Chris Leonard (brewmaster), Mike Beamer (sales manager).
Histories were discussed -- Sisson formerly the manager/brewer at Sisson's, the first brewpub in Baltimore, and a craft beer jawn before that, started Clipper City 20 years ago which evolved into Heavy Seas, survived the 90s industry bubble burst by contracting other brewery's beers and now produces 50k bbls a year. Leonard formerly the longtime head brewer of the old General Lafayette Inn (the General Lafayette Inn is no more, but its building is the current site of the new Barren Hill brewpub (digression)), did a few jobs elsewhere then started at Heavy Seas in 2013.
Firkins were a topic of discussion as well -- and fitting as we procured some custom firkins which both tasted mad-baller.
Next month we will hold ALEiens officers elections -- run if you are bold enough, if you can withstand the mudslinging such democracy creates. If you survive the furnace, then you shall bear the highest of honors.
We will also be collecting members dues.
January Meeting 2/3/2015
Note: the meeting was held the first week of February due to planned (but not arrived) inclement weather.
The January meeting showcased the second round (and semi-finals) of our intra-club Iron Brewer competition. Each group was forced to create a SMaSH beer, that is a beer using only one predetermined hop and one predetermined malt. The winners were as follows
Munich/Moteuka: Eivind Sandstrand
Maris Otter/Nelson Sauvin: Mike Grippi
Rye/Topaz: Scott Mangold
The winners will have to create a beer that pairs with a DiBruno's S'more bite, which apparently is made edible by getting rid of all of the weak components of S'mores, and only keeping the strong. The "S'more" is made of dark chocolate and soft almond torre (instead of marshmallow) on a slab of Scharfe Maxx cheese (instead of graham cracker). More details on the competition page.
December Meeting 12/16/2014
Holiday party beer exchange! Super fun time!
November Meeting 11/18/2014
Conshohocken Brewing
October Meeting 10/28/14
Iron Brewer Round 1 Judging!
Winners:SE Asia
1st) Denise and Kurt Schiller
2nd) Scott Mangold
1st) Eivind Sandstrand
2nd) Jeff Lewis
1st) Mike Grippi
2nd) Lothar
Latin America
1st) Blaise Fougere
2nd) Tim Roche and Eric Landolfi
Wild Card) Dave Drass
The next round will be as follows
Smash Beers (Let's get SMaSHed)
Maris Otter and Nelson Sauvin
Mike Grippi
Time Roche and Eric Landolfi
Jeff Lewis
Munich Malt and Moteuka
Eivind Sandstrand
Dave Drass
Rye and Topaz (must be either all rye extract or >40% Rye grain bill)
Kurt and Denise Schiller
Scott Mangold
Blaise Fougere
As these are smash beers, you must use a malt bill consisting of just the category (rye exception noted), all of these malts are available as extracts for those who do not all grain; the hop profile also must be made entirely of the selected hop. Everything else (yeast, boil time, mash temperature, how the hops themselves are used, water profile, OG/SG/ABV, IBU, etc) is up to the brewer themselves. One brewer from each group will advance to the final round, which will be the first year we are trying a 1st 2nd 3rd system instead of a head to head like in years past.
September Meeting 9/30/14
Corey Reid, Beer-Ambassador of Sly Fox Brewing Company, came by and talked about various things about the brewery itself, the importance of canning, his experience with Sly Fox (which almost spans 20 years), and the brand spanking new 360 can lid that everybody is talking about. Yes, it is illegal in most states, Yes, it is legal in Pennsylvania -- because it is not a beer law, therefore it is not as archaic.
Reminder that all Iron Brewer entries are due by next meeting with a description emailed/sent to any of the officers (Natalie, Jess, Lothar, Ed, and now Jake). Since this round is fairly open ended, we need to see what you were attempting to do to make a beer that fits a certain regional flavor profile -- Central America is practically its own continent, the Mediteranean is the second largest sea in the world, India is its own subcontintent, you get the idea.
As aforementioned in the previous paragraph -- Jake Gardener is going to be our interim Vice-President (events) as Dave Drass has had to step down.
August Meeting 8/26/14
Jess Streeter (Reigning Philly Beer Geek, may her reign be fair) and Chris Speece gave a talk about using Lactobacillus in beer and other things (because they were supposed to give a talk on berlinner-weisses, and didnt make any, meh, close enough).
Jess began by describing her sour mash method for berlinner-weisses, which she usually does in smaller batches because it makes it easier to temperature control them (heat stops butyric acid from forming, and beer that tastes like rancid cheese or vomit). She then went over how to make more yogurt from old yogurt, how to make sauerkraut, and how to make pickles.
Chris went more into detail specifically regarding lactobacillus itself, how homebrewers (such as himself) use it, and how certain breweries do their sour beers. There are two basic strains of lactobacillus (debruckii and brevis), and most sour beers use some variant of one of the two -- brevis is gaining popularity due to its resistance to hops. He advocates the sour wort method of souring, which is similar to sour mash, except it is run off. On his set-up it is easier to control the temperature that way. The sour wort method can also be used to create sour hoppy beers, as the sourness can form, and then the wort can be processed like any other beer. There is also the sour mashing Jess described, barrel souring, and the direct pitching of bugs.
There were two review the brews -- Tim and Eric had some bieres blanche with which they used different spice and fruit combinations. Jim Coates had a take on Founders Centennial IPA that he called "3 Cent IPA" because it used 3 ounces of hops in a 2.5 gallon batch.
BESPOKE BACON! Bespoke Bacon, from Lansdale, PA, spoke to the club and provided us with tasty samples of their bacon to try! Bespoke Bacon has involved themselves in the beer community (and for some reason also with prism brewing) for quite some time now and the owners are home brewers themselves. They brought 3 styles for us to try, "Classic," "Bloody Mary," and "Big Pepper." This is bacon as it should be in its purest form; fresh organic herbs and house-ground spices in the cure, perfect hickory smoke, deep mahogany color in the finished product. It will instantly improve any dish, and it will make bacon and eggs worth getting up for again.
Jeremy Myers from Neshaminy Creek Brewing Company also came by to announce the winners of our Big Brew Day competition with them.
1)Dave Drass with a Black IPA
2)Natalie and Joe DeChico with a "hoppy english beer" sometimes otherwise known as an ESB
3)Eivind Sandstrand with a Pale Ale
Winners received rare and limited run beers from NCBC
**We are now taking pre-orders for our ALEiens WORK SHIRTS!!
-REVIEW THE BREW: Matt & Avery and Justin & Amber
June 24, 2014
Finally, the favorable weather quickens. This meeting was held outside. The fellas from Broken Goblet came to us and regaled us with a tale of woe that has finally turned to triumph as they open their doors on July 12 (you better have been there). They told their story, told about the business, and took questions about the daemons lurking litigatiously on the North Pacific coast of our country, where they see themselves in five years etc. (you know, typical questions). They brought with them Bubba's teabag and their oatmeal stout.
May 27, 2014
The may meeting was intended to be held outside due to the return of fairer weather, however a sharknado lurched forth, bringing rain and forcing us inside. We watched ALEiens member and reigning Philly Beer Geek Mike Lawrence's introduction video from the Philly Beer Scene awards which he hosted this year, but didn't play to completion at said awards due to technical difficulties (we saw it all, lucky us). Afterwards we watched "Suds County", San Diego (county)'s attempted response to Mike Lawrence's own "Beeradelphia". "Suds County" encapsulated the rise of the brewing industry in San Diego county by stating that its brewpubs were popular in San Diego county from the start, and they could finally start selling in San Diego county in the late 90s-early 00s once their beers had become liked in places that weren't Southern California. It used examples such as Blind Pig Brewing Company in Riverside County and stated the importance of Sierra Nevada, which is several hundred miles away in Chico, Northern California.
Afterwards the newly created Iron Brewer trophy was passed out to Mike Grippi, commemorative mugs for past winners were passed out to past winners (who previously had no sort of trophy and had to rely on bragging rights), and a second place trophy was created for Jeff Louella.
Club member Garrett Williams, from Pour Richard's Coffee, will be talking about all things coffee! In his talk, he will discuss coffee origins and terroir, coffee roasting, and finally, preparation techniques and how they will affect a brew (beer). Drawing correlations between artisanal coffee and home brewing, he hopes to bring your next coffee beer to the next level! There will be coffee samples and we'll be infusing some brews with coffee using the DFH Randall Jrs. Garrett has been in the specialty coffee industry for over ten years. Currently, he is working as the director of Education and Events at Pour Richards Co. in Devon, PA.
Judged the two final brews of our in-house competition, IRON BREWER! This will come down to a best-of-brew between the two finalists Mike Grippi & Jeff Louella. Mike Grippi won
March 25, 2014
Whitney from Cargill malts came in to speak about different malts and the malting process.
February 25, 2014
Matt Knuttel (Naked Brewing) spoke about Alts
John Stemler (Free Will Brewing) spoke about kolsch & the beer industry.
January 28, 2014
Iron Brewer Round 2 Judging
December 17, 2013
Holiday Meeting, Fast Rack Challenge, Bottle Share
Thanks to the members efforts at the Holiday 2014 meeting, the club donated $202.00 and 4 boxes of food to the Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission! Thank you to all who donated!
November 19, 2013
Cleaning and Sanitation with Scott Bicksler from Weyerbacher Brewing Co.
October 29, 2013
Iron Brewer Round 1 Judging.
Mike Grippi
Jeff Lewis
John Yeomans
Matt Knuttel
Chris Speece
Natalie DeChico
Johnny B
Jeff Louella
Bill S/Scott M
Justin/Glenn L
Blaise/Tom C
Belgian Blonde:
Steve/Keith L
Dave D/John
Underlined denotes Advancement. The next round will be coffee beers that are not stouts or porters and tea beers that need to include black/green/oolong/etc teas, not herbal/fruit teas.
September 24, 2013
August 27, 2013
Joe Moran and Matt Kennedy spoke to the club about brewing Belgian style beers, their system, and gave us some samples (and their recipes)! We picked styles for Iron Brewer IV. Info and recipes from Outta Hand Brews is in the forum. *Outside Meeting*
July 30, 2013
Mead Meading! Sheree from Stonekeep Meadery in Boyertown, PA spoke to the club about making mead. She brought delicious samples of their mead to share with the club. We collected entries for Malt Madness. *Outside Meeting*
June 25, 2013 Minutes
We watched Beeradelphia, made by our own Mike Lawrence, and did little else because NHC was only a few days away. *Outside Meeting*
April 30, 2013 Minutes
Joe Bair of Princeton Homebrew came to talk about hops and their essential oils, which contribute flavor and aroma to beer. He focused on Humulene (Hallertau), Carophyllene (Kent Goldings), and Myrcene (Amarillo). To better demonstrate the characteristics of these oils we paired each of the hops with a beer that highlights the hops and that oil, and combined them in a mini-randall. Hallertau was paired with Samuel Adams Boston Lager. Kent Goldings was paired with Yards ESA. Amarillo was paired with Smuttynose Finestkind IPA.
When that was finished, we explored the tastes of some new hops and lesser known hops we might not have had using the Miller Lite test – putting a few pellets in a bottle of a bland/inoffensive/flavorless beer, and letting it sit for a week. We tested German Herkules, German Smaragd, New Zealand Nelson Sauvin, New Zealand Motueka, and French Strisselspalt.
Review the brew of Mike Sodano and Matt Knuttel's beers was skipped because of how long the meeting had run at that point, and how many extremely hoppy beers we had ingested by that point.
Meeting Documents:
Humulene – Noble Hops – Hallertauer Mittlefruh
Humulene is responsible for the "noble hop" taste and is found in high amounts in the 4 noble hops – hallertauer mittlefruh, tettnanger, saaz, and spalter. It can contribute a spicy/herby flavor.
Sam Adams Boston Lager – 30 IBUs
Samuel Adams Boston Lager helped lead the American beer revolution, reviving a passion for full-bodied brews that are robust and rich with character. Since 1984, Samuel Adams Boston Lager has used only the finest hand-selected ingredients to create this perfectly balanced, complex and full-bodied original brew.
Carophyllene – English Hops – Kent Goldings
Carophyllene is found in high amounts in English hop varieties, like kent goldings and fuggles. It contributes a woody, earthy, peppery taste and aroma to beers.
Yards ESA – 44 IBUs
Crafted from the finest ingredients and originally intended for the cask-ale connoisseur, Extra Special Ale is a traditional English-style ale with notes of chocolate and hop spiciness throughout. We consider this our flagship beer, appreciated by Yards aficionados for more than 15 years.
Myrcene – American Hops – Amarillo
Myrcene is found in high amounts in many American hop varieties (cascade, amarillo, simcoe, nugget, centennial) and was not a desired oil in brewing until relatively recently. It contributes strong grapefruit and pine flavors.
Smuttynose IPA – 75 IBUs
You could say, then, that Smuttynose IPA is a physical salute to the glory of the American hop grower. The citrusy hop flavor coming from a mixture of Simcoe and Santiams is pleasantly balanced by a smooth bitterness from the Amarillo hops. The beer itself is light bodied and crisp with a golden color that will throw a slight haze, as we bottle it unfiltered. At 75 IBU's, this is definitely not a training-wheels IPA, but is meant for hop lovers looking to satisfy their craving in a way that's not easy to find. We think they'll be quite pleased.
Dues are now ... due -- $25 for the year. Please see Ed Welsh in regards to payment.
Please sign up on the website for which beers you plan to make for the NHC. 6 taps will be Past/Present/Future for the following IPA's and Saisons (10 gallons will eventually be required of each, though one brewer need not account for all of that), and the other 6 will be wild card -- anything goes.
Big Brew Day is May 4th this year, and we will be getting yeast from Mckenzie Brewhouse -- their Belgian strain (Chouffe) and their Saison strain (White Labs Saison II, though by now it's proprietary).
Mckenzie Brewhouse will judge entries for us. Collection for this will be at the June meeting and winners will be announced in July.
We are taking part in the Session Beer Challenge during Philly Beer Week, and we need people to volunteer for this. 5 gallons is required of each brewer.
Iron Brewer will start after all of this madness, and the first round will likely be Belgian themed -- due to the McKenzie Brewhouse strains and to drive entries for Monk Melee. Speaking of which...
Monk Melee will almost assuredly be in December again.
Jeff Louella's talk on Kombucha --http://www.slideshare.net/jefflouella/kombucha-101
Jeff Lewis brought his Robust Porter in to be reviewed, considering to bring it to the NHC.
Steve Wieland brought his Imperial Spiced Stout to be reviewed.
Regular minutes:
ALEiens Officer elections
Running -- President: Natalie; Vice-President: Jess, Dave, Jeff; Treasurer: Ed; Secretary: Matt
Won -- President:Natalie; Vice-President: Jess, Dave; Treasurer: Ed; Secretary: Matt
Review the Beer
Tom Cassidy -- Belgian Dark Strong
issues/concerns: fermentation time/temperature, carbonation levels, lagering time, yeast esters
Chris Speece -- Saison
issues/concerns: herb/spice mixture, overall impression of flavor combinations
Who's going? Who's brewing? More openings for club night?
Themes (space, alien), set-up (how many taps, pins), brew themes (past, present, future -- style specific, which styles; wild card?). No electricity. ALEien costume?
Fancy minutes:
Aye, the eve began with a crisis of leadership, wherein our goode ALEiens needed to select their new officers, for which to formalize power. Alas, 'twas not much of a struggle at all, as Natalie ran unopposed for President, Ed ran unopposed for Treasurer, and Matt ran unopposed for Secretary. That left the remaining battle to be fought twain Jess, Dave, and Jeff for the two Vice-President seats. It was a mighty war, though Jess and Dave wound up the victors.
We then proceeded to review bieres as a group of our fellow membres Tom Cassidy and Chris Speece, who were finding faults with their bieres, seeking advice, or simply looking for an appraisal, an impression, of what the biere had become. Tom went first with his Belgian Dark Strong Ale, citing possible issues with his biere's fermentation and it's age. Chris went second, inquireing inquisitively about the blend of herbs and spices he added to his latest Saison.
Lastly it was discussed what shall we do with the impending National Homebrewer's Conference. We attempted to esablishe which membres will be in attendence, and which membres will be brewing bieres for the conference. We discussed the possible manner of appearance of our boothe, deciding largely to make play on words of our organisation's title. We discussed the possible kinds of biere we shall present to fellow attendees, thinking it may be wise to present a past/present/future interpretation of a few styles, mayhaps a few bieres outside of that realm as well. The matter was brought up of who should dress as our mascot, the aleien? Sadly he will be unable to agiley dispense our wares, untethered by the boothe.
Steering Meeting 1.22.13 Minutes
-can't be charged with a host liability law
-we are a non-incorporated association
no liability
no taxes
not recognized as federal or state entity
-stay unincorporated
(non profit does not deal w/ inc.)
-if we pour at beerfests, covered
social host, no license, do not need anything
-will buy insurance for the club anyways- for officers
-need someone to research insurance for the club (once we get total paid members)
-facebook/twitter- matt betz?
-Form of organization
why we collect dues
not just to brew, broad, to make sure we are properly spending
-dues DO NOT pay for homebrew
-put on website, not just required though; can hand out to memebers
-broad, educational purposes
-do not raise more than $5,000/year
does not mean $5g including what carries over year to year
-members- no last names, first initial
-mark members as paid, but website open to all, all to learn
-AHA registered group?
Run, organize, set up meetings
Set up meeting events: speakers, how I brew, review the brew
Communicate with Hulmeville about upcoming events/beer on tap
Meetings start/end on time, run smoothly
Run officers meeting monthly
Post all related material online
-Vice President-Events
(outside club) homebrew competitions, keep up to date, post on site
in-house homebrew competitions & events (big brew day, iron brewer)
plan/set up future events- trips, etc
local event updates
post all related material online
-Vice President-Education
help plan/set up events- meetings, homebrew comps, etc.
classrooms/learning opportunities for the club
plan/set up future events- trips, etc.
local event updates
inform others about the aleiens
cross promo/work with other clubs
come up with new ideas for club meetings, event, move club forward
post all related material online
dues/who pays
bank account
file as non-inc association or partnership
(Ed Welsh checking on this & EIN#)
3 people as authorized signers/internet availability
announce upcoming dues
treasurers report
post all related material online
take minutes of meeting (brief)
post minutes on website
member log in/guest book
post all related material online
have member forms available
-For the elected positions, we will purchase liability insurance
*Webmaster/Members at large committee/NHC lead/PR person-fb, twitter
-$25 a year (about $2/meeting)
-March meeting is when dues are DUE
-start collecting at feb/march meeting
-sign up after august meeting $15 (half year); instead of pro-rate
-March-August & September-Feb are where year splits
-Guests of members
listed as guest, not coming to just drink beer
no guest fee?
-"Open" meetings for anyone? Once a year?
Guest with sign in and who they came with
-Sign in book for members & guests (trial 1-2x a year)
-write into bylaws ways to 'remove' members/offenses
+will contribute to insurance for officers, website ($315/year), NHC, in house competitions, future events, food at big brew day, etc.
Minutes from last meeting
Guest book review?
Amount in bank, what we've bought/paid
Members that need to pay
Alert for upcoming events, homebrew comps
Gather volunteers for events
Upcoming meeting events, speakers
Sign ups for "How I Brew" speakers, meeting host
Introduce speaker
If homebrewer, plan for Q&A, share/response of their brews
If guest speaker, plan for scheduled Q&A time for brew sharers that meeting
Wrap up
Next meeting, last minute questions
Open share time
1/29 announce we will start dues
positions we have open for office
dues due at March 3/26 meeting
NHC tickets on sale 2/5
-have to buy to attend club night; will determine #of brews & our presence
2/26 positions voted on & filled
can start paying dues (cash for now)/sign in
sign up for "How I Brew" or "Review the Brew"
NHC main discussion meeting
-who's brewing, building, setting up, who purchased tickets
-drop off kegs/carbonating at NCBC
-NHC beers will be tasted for off-flavor, quality to proceed to NHC
-raffle off the chance to fill/pour your brew from a pin (cask)
"How I Brew" discussion/review the brew?
3/19 First officers meeting (& members at large?)
solidify roles/duties
draw up bylaws
3/26 Paying dues/sign in
NHC discussion
Jeff Louella Kombucha talk/review the…ferment?
Fancy minutes
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DSDP/TML/Ramp down policy 0.2
Ramp down for 0.2 Release
- 0.2(Ganymede) was released in 14 January 2009
- 0.3M5(Galileo) was released in 30 January 2009
- Branch: branch_dsdp_tml_0_2_0_R
- Tag version: dsdp_tml_0_2_0_R
New features
- No new features to 0.2 will be accepted anymore
- 0.2.x version will be the last version totally compliant with Ganymede. If you are using TmL prefer
migrate to 0.3.
- New features to 0.2.1, requires a committer vote on the bugzilla with at least two committers voting +1 and no -1s.
- New features to 0.3 or future, will follow the regular procedure for TmL and should be discuss in mailing list
before define the target version.
Bug fixes
- 0.2 releases will accept bug fixes:
- A P1 or P2 bug
- blocking or critical
- major
- This bugs will be accepted for 3 months (30 April 2009) and a new 0.2.x version will be generated to fix it according to demands.
- After that, the rule for any other bugs is applicable.
- 0.2 releases will accept any other bug fixes for 6 months (30 Jul 2009), if there is a committer vote on the bugzilla with at least two committers voting +1 and no -1s.
- After 30 Jul 2009, any bug should be has a committer vote on the bugzilla and should be approved with +1 for all committers.


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Articles, Info, and Events focused on New Valley's involvement in the Drupal Community
Ultimately, I know there isn't a silver bullet. So I ask you, ney implore you answer this question: How do we kill clickbait?
A lighthearted interview with owner and lead developer, Roger Soper. Drupal. Life. Ice cream.
July is a busy month in the Drupal community! Learn where we'll be and what we're doing!
Your website, and by proxy your online presence, is no different in that it needs regular maintenance to keep it performing its best.


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MSDN Wiki Projects - #3 - A Huge Responsibility
When you're in charge of something so large, so easily modified by the public, and so potentially impactful, how do you actually
do it?
Accuracy, relevance, usefulness, language, abuse, and more - these are just a few things that might keep you up at night if you're one of the people overseeing a corporate wiki.
At Channel 9, for example, we're on a pretty long leash. The freedom we enjoy in content creation and community activities is astonishing. Along with that freedom, though, comes a lot of responsibility. Anytime we put content online or interact with customers, there's the possibility of really blowing it. Fortunately, we actually do all right, but the concern is always there. It's natural. It has to be.
The situation is even more interesting for wikis. Where Charles and I have control over the content we produce, a wiki takes a lot of the control away from the site owners.
So, what do you do? How do you even begin to think through all the things that could go wrong? What kind of editorial oversight is there? How do you choose what's to be documented? How do other people at Microsoft feel? What legal concerns are there? What's the hardest part about getting a wiki up and running here?
When you aren't responsible for a project like this, it's easy to forget just how much risk is in place, as well as how many technical and editorial issues there are.
This is the third part of the interview, and we tried to address some of these issues. The deeper we went, the more interested and impressed I was. I loved learning about Fabrice and Molly's jobs. There are so many angles to this Microsoft wiki stuff that I would have been happy to have talked to them for many hours more.
Such a unique and delightful challenge...
The Series:
- Video #1: Saying Hello
- Video #2: How and Why
- Video #3: A Huge Responsibility
- Video #4 (last): Internationalization
The Discussion
It occurred to me only recently that the Wiki approach might be an effective way to document, at the level of detail necessary, all of the APIs and operational and configuration aspects of Microsoft products. It does not seem reasonable to expect the corporate behemoth to undertake the task alone. Naturally, such a Wiki would need to be closely monitored, as Wikipedia is, to limit the amount of damage done by vandals and the ill-informed.


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The sun is shining, spring has sprung but its still a bit chilly …..
If you are adventuring out over the Easter break make sure you pack your old faithful cable. Wether your boating over in the lakes, or further afield or heading out for a ride around the track or countryside you can keep the rest of your wardrobe fairly light and breezy and throw the humble cable in your bag to layer up with the chilly winds set in.
Be Inspired: Follow out Pinterest Board dedicated to crews and cables.


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We are not who we should be.
Maybe we've grown up too fast:
Playing like we can prophesy lifetimes
Just to open our eyes and realize that we can't see what we have right in front of us.
That these moments spent playing cops and robbers with gats
Won't end glad
I don't care how many times my middle schoolers may beat me at Gran Turismo
They can not drive my car.
Ability does not equal responsibility.
And maturity ain't currency,
And there ain't nothing wrong with waiting patiently
Don't we all miss our childhood, anyway?


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Grad school can be rough. But you don't have to figure it out all on your own.
Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) will host a series of workshops called "Riding the Wave: Navigating the Ups and Downs of Grad School with Greater Ease." Each session will provide practical information and engaging discussions as well as individualized exercises to personalize your experience.
All sessions will be held on Thursdays from 3:30-5 p.m. in Elings 1605. See below for more information on dates and topics.
February 4: Optimizing Motivation and Well-Being
February 11: Defining Personal Goals and Making an Action Plan
February 18: Effective Communication
February 25: Achieving Work-Life Balance
Sessions build on each other but drop-ins are welcome. These workshops are open to graduate students in all fields of study. You can download the series flier here.
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The Royal Oak Offshore Diver from AP has become something of a modern classic in the realm of sport watches. The original (which Jason reviewed in detail here) was considered a worthy successor to the very first Royal Oak with the way that it paired AP's superb in-house caliber 3120 with a beefy mega-diver's case. It was also the first watch in 39 years to come from AP to feature the double-hash mark at 12 o'clock, subconsciously placing the new Diver in the same realm as the original Jumbo, at least to the die-hards that would even notice something like that.
After the steel-cased Diver was such a success, AP launched it in 2012 in a forged carbon case, which upped the ante in terms of luxury dive watches from a materials stand-point - Jason took it diving into the Great Blue Hole off Belize here. But, just t his week, AP announced a third iteration of the Diver - this time in matte black ceramic. The result is just awesome - for a few reasons. A) Forged Carbon, which AP arguably pioneered in the watch world, has been adopted by a handful of competitors, so it's nice to see them pushing things forward. B) This is the first AP Diver to have a sapphire caseback. It may not sound like much, but when you own a watch housing the beautiful AP 3120, it's sure nice to be able to look at it from time to time. And, the sapphire caseback hasn't affected the Diver's depth rating at all - it's still 300m. The sapphire is housed in a titanium caseback, to boot. C) The ceramic Diver is quite a bit less expensive than the Forged Carbon Diver. It will retail at $21,800, while the Forged Carbon guy is closer to $30k.
All in all, while a ceramic case and sapphire caseback aren't anything revolutionary, this a nice and welcomed new take on what could be described as the most serious watch-guy's dive watch on the market. You can see more details on this new Offshore Diver right here.


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CBS, NYT Team With Quinnipiac on Presidential Polls
CBS News will team with Quinnipiac University and The New York Times on polling for the upcoming presidential election.
The polls start this month and continue through October in six key states: Colorado, Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin.
"CBS News, The New York Times and Quinnipiac University all have proven track records of conducting polls that maintain the same rigorous standards," said Sarah Dutton, director of surveys for CBS News in a statement. "The information to come out of these polls will be invaluable during the election."
CBS and The New York Times have teamed for polling for almost four decades; it is Quinnipiac that is new to that equation, though not to polling.
It has been conducting public opinion polls on a range of issues for two decades.


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Why this "old-school" strategy still works!
You never know whom you'll sit next to on an airplane. During my last trip I sat next to the gentleman who heads up public relations for the Minnesota DNR (that's a big job in our Land of 10,000 Lakes!)
After learning what I did for a living he probed about the efficacy of direct mail in today's digital world. Here's what I said…
It certainly is easy to get caught up in the next hot digital trend. And don't get me wrong. We always recommend a thoughtful online strategy be part of your direct-marketing plan. But don't ignore direct mail.
Yes, I know that direct mail is more expensive than e-mail but when used wisely, direct mail outperforms many tactics, particularly with prospects and most certainly in some customer segments (i.e. active-aging consumers.) Here are 3 reasons why:
1. Direct mail is an active, intrusive and tactile format
Customers may find their way to your site, but a catalog or a direct mail piece in their mailbox is an intrusive tap on the shoulder. When done well, direct mail appeals to the senses and stands out even in a crowded mailbox.
2. There's something magical about seeing your name in print
Personalization is no longer an expensive option. When we creatively incorporate the customer's name into a direct mail piece, the results can really be worth the effort.
3. A wealth of interesting format options
Email blasts are pretty much a one-size-fits-all. But direct mail offers many different sizes, shapes and dimensions. You can even embed video into your direct mail piece!
Research backs this up: 70%-90% survey respondents from ALL age groups admitted to making a purchase because of direct mail… even if they made the purchase online.
The important take away is this: direct mail should be in your mix. Definitely use email to pre-announce your mailing or remind customers of offer deadlines, but get creative with your integration. Remember that several channels working together can be powerful!


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