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Forty Creek Barrel Select
Review: Forty Creek Barrel Select Canadian Whisky (84/100)
a Review By Chip Dykstra (Aka Arctic Wolf)
Posted on September 4, 2011
For those who do not know, John Hall is the mastermind behind Forty Creek Whisky. (He has owned the distillery and been making his whisky since 1992.) The flagship brand for his distillery is Forty Creek Barrel Select Whisky and it is constructed as a blend of three grain whiskies: a corn whisky aged in heavily charred white oak barrels; a rye whisky aged in lightly charred white oak barrels; and a barley whisky aged in medium charred white oak barrels. Each grain whisky and each barrel type was chosen carefully to add specific characteristics to the final blended whisky which is then 'married' or finished in Forty Creek's own sherry casks. Each of the original grain whiskies is distilled only once in a practice which is practically unheard of in the whisky industry. However, John Hall felt that if he captured the heart of the first distillation for each grain, he would also capture the best flavours of each grain.
When I mentioned to Dave Gordon, the Regional Manager of Shiralli Agencies that I was reviewing a few Canadian whiskies on my website this summer. He arranged for me to receive a bottle of Forty Creek Barrel Select Whisky to re-acquaint myself with the Forty Creek style. Although I have previously reviewed this whisky, I felt it was appropriate to revisit it and provide a new review. (I have left my original review at the bottom of this page so that my readers can easily see what changes I noted in the blend since my first review.)
In the Bottle: 4.5/5
The Forty Creek Barrel Select Whisky bottle is a medium-tall whisky bottle, dark brown in colour. I like the design of both the bottle and the label. They seems to have just the right colour scheme to imply professionalism. There is something about this whisky that catches my eye every time I see it on the shelf. And that is the point of a good presentation. It should catch your eye in a positive way, and perhaps stir the inkling in the person looking to think that whatever is inside must be worth investigating.
In the Glass 9/10
The Barrel Select displays a brilliant copper colour in the glass which has obvious tints of orange and red when you hold it up to examine in the light. The immediate nose is of honeycomb mixed with caramel with an obvious taint of corn. When I tilted my glass and gave it a slow swirl, I noticed the whisky imparted long slender legs which traveled at a moderate pace back into the glass.
I allowed the glass to decant and began to notice a nice marmalade scent alongside the corn and caramel. Some light baking spices were developing as was a delicate smokiness. As the glass was allowed to breathe the baking spices seemed to deepen with obvious tinctures of vanilla growing in the breezes. In fact, the longer you allow the glass to sit and breathe, the more scents and aromas seem to drift up from the glass.
In the Mouth 50/60
The Forty Creek enters the palate as a soft but dry whisky with little oil apparent in the mouth-feel. Honeycomb, lightly punky corn, and warm oak spices are the initial flavours to greet me; but I immediately sense more complexity. I can taste a little marmalade that has more than a little orange peel in its flavour, and I can taste the lightly bitter nutty flavours of almond and hazelnut.
It seems as though the longer I allow the whisky to decant the more flavours come through, dry fruit is evident which gives the whisky a lightly smoky flavour, and I believe I taste light touches of leather and tobacco bobbing in the currents of the flavour profile. Yet, in spite of all this wonderful complexity, I find myself wondering where the sweetness sensed on the nose is hiding. Things are just a little too dry, and the lightly bitter flavours need a counter balance.
In the Throat 12.5/15
The Forty Creek Whisky has a dryish finish with some hot oak spices which warm the throat and the back of the palate. Smoky dry fruit flavours seem to trail down in the finale where a touch of bitterness at the end dropped the score a little. However, I should point out that adding two ice-cubes made the ending very enjoyable.
The Afterburn 8/10
Based upon the tremendous nose, I am disappointed to some degree with the Barrel Select Whisky. It is hard to put my finger on the problem as this is a whisky with tremendous depth to the flavour profile. My tasting notes are full of great descriptors. But I think that in the midst of all that complexity, I could not find a central theme which tied the whisky together for me.
I found myself wishing I could taste the individual grain whiskies which make up the Forty Creek blend. My instinct tells me I might like these single grain whiskies more than I liked the final blend. I think this is because I find the final blended whisky too busy; I sense confusion rather than harmony, and that is a pity, because this whisky is on the verge of greatness.
You may read some of my other Whisky Reviews (click the link) if you wish to have some comparative reviews.
Suggested Recipe:
Autumn Glow
2 oz Forty Creek Barrel Select Whisky
1/8 oz Maraschino Liqueur
1/2 oz Dry Vermouth
Dash of Angostura Bitters
Frozen Blackberry
Chill a small cocktail glass until it is very cold.
Aromatise the glass with Maraschino Liqueur. (This can be done by pouring a little in the glass, swooshing it round and expelling any excess. The object is to coat the inside of the glass with a film of the Maraschino liqueur.)
Place the Forty Creek Whisky, Dry Vermouth, and Angostura Bitters into a metal shaker with cracked Ice.
Shake until the shaker chills.
Strain into the chilled glass.
Garnish with a Frozen Blackberry
As always you may interpret the scores I provide as follows.
0-25 A spirit with a rating this low would actually kill you.
26-49 Depending upon your fortitude you might actually survive this.
50 -59 You are safe to drink this…but you shouldn't.
60-69 Substandard swill which you may offer to people you do not want to see again.
70-74 Now we have a fair mixing rum or whisky. Accept this but make sure it is mixed into a cocktail.
75-79 You may begin to serve this to friends, again probably still cocktail territory.
80-84 We begin to enjoy this spirit neat or on the rocks. (I will still primarily mix cocktails)
85-89 Excellent for sipping or for mixing!
90-94 Definitely a primary sipping spirit, in fact you may want to hoard this for yourself.
95-97.5 The Cream of the Crop
98+ I haven't met this bottle yet…but I want to.
Very loosely we may put my scores into terms that you may be more familiar with on a Gold, Silver, and Bronze medal scale as follows:
70 – 79.5 Bronze Medal (Recommended only as a mixer)
80 – 89.5 Silver Medal (Recommended for sipping and or a high quality mixer)
90 – 95 Gold Medal (Highly recommended for sipping and for sublime cocktails.)
95.5+ Platinum Award (Highest Recommendation)
Note: Below is my original review published in November of 2009, the score has not changed that much and perhaps the only difference from the old review to the new is that my tasting notes are becoming more detailed.
Review: Forty Creek Barrel Select Canadian Whisky 84.5/100
A Review by Chip Dykstra (Aka Arctic Wolf)
Posted on November 8, 2009
Forty Creek Whiskies are the brainchildren of Master Distiller John Hall. John Hall bought the Kittling Ridge Estates Winery in 1992. Although primarily a winemaker, when John discovered a small pot copper still on the estate he couldn't resist the urge to experiment with another product he loved… whisky. The wine making heritage combined with the love of whisky has produced what I consider to be a unique Canadian Whisky. Each batch of whisky is produced upon this small pot copper still, but what makes Forty Creek Whiskies special is that John doesn't use a single mash for his whisky like other producers. He makes three separate batches. A corn mash produces a corn whisky, a barley mash produces a barley whiskey, and a rye mash produces a rye whisky. Each whisky is aged separately in a variety of oak barrels, and then blended and finished in sherry casks. The sherry is actually made right at the winery so Forty Creek can utilize their own sherry casks for the final finishing.
In the Bottle: 4.5/5
The whiskey presentation on the shelf is very nice. The bottle is a dark brown, and the back of the bottle features a good promotional vignette about the whisky and its production. A promotional advertising card featuring comparative scores from Whiskey Magazine's Michael Jackson (deceased), shows the Forty Creek to be rated higher than other Canadian whiskies in its age and price class. The information is a little dated, but accurate if you go back a few years.
In the Glass: 9/10
As I pour the whiskey in the glass I immediately get a whiff of bourbon sweetness which dominates the aroma. This is not surprising as in making the whiskey the separate Corn mash whiskey would be very much like bourbon. The whiskey also uses rerun bourbon barrels in aging so the character of the corn should show through. I am also hit with a mildly punky smell almost reminiscent of peat smoke. This smell has kind of a dark cherry influence.
In the Mouth: 50/60
I would not call this a robust whisky. The flavours in the mouth are very sensitive to what your palate has experienced previously. The whisky flavours are however extremely complex. A mild bourbon vanilla profile mixes with a spicy rye profile. On some days vanilla, honey and bourbon is all I can taste, on other days I experience a far greater depth of flavour. This depth includes hints of plum and cherry, as well as the faint smoke I noted on the nose. This smoke I believe is coming from the sherry cask finish which gives the whisky a heavier body than other Canadian whiskies. There is a distinct bitterness that lies at the back of the palate which I believe is associated with the sherry influence as well. The process used to make the whiskey, especially the large variety of barrels used for aging are giving this whisky an amazingly complex profile. But they are also responsible for the tender nature of this complexity.
In the Throat: 12.5/15
The whisky is typically smooth like most Canadian whiskies. Aftertastes of vanilla and honey are mixed with that sherry influenced smoke. On some days the smoke turns to bitter punk, and on others it stays tamed.
The Afterburn: 8.5/10
This is a go to whisky when I have friends who want to experience something familiar, yet distinctively different in a Canadian whisky. It is almost a masterpiece of craftsmanship. The staggering complexity and depth of flavours is at times perfect. But it is a delicate perfection. The sheer variety of different oaks used in aging, the three separate whiskies which must be married into one, and the sherry cask finish all need to be in perfect balance. When this whiskey hits the right notes I absolutely love it. When it doesn't quite reach those heights, it is still very good.
4 Responses to "Forty Creek Barrel Select"
October 10, 2013 at 1:25 pm
I have not tried any other forty creek product but enjoy this whiskey a lot, smooth and inexpensive the best combo for the regular working guy . I was a crown royal fan for a couple decades and still a top 5 for me, the competition is becoming strong .I like to try new to me whiskey and know this site makes this very easy find what I like in a whiskey, glad I found it.
May 24, 2012 at 10:56 am
I think you might like Forty Creek Three Grain. Alas, it's only available at the distillery.
December 31, 2011 at 4:25 pm
While I am not a fine whiskey sipper (never had the stomach for drinking on the rocks or neet) I enjoy good rye whiskeys for mixing with cola or ginger ale.
I've been a big and loyal fan of Crown Royal for years, occasionally dipping into Canadian Club or CC100. When I found Forty Creek, my search stopped.
It has since become my favorite and while I have tried and enjoyed Crown Royal Black, and tried and didn't enjoy White Owl, I find I am brought back to this as a favorite for mixed drinks.


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Someone I was close to once died in an accident. I found out about it when they were in the hospital. I had missed any opportunity to see them again, alive, but I wanted to go and be there, for my friends and the family that were present. I never made it there that night because I was stuck at trying to decide how to get ready to go. Should I just go with what I had on? Do you wear a tie? A dress shirt? I had shorts on, did I need long pants? Long pants are respectful. A tie is respectful. But it's not a funeral, not yet. I didn't need to change yet, did I? Who the fuck spends this much time deciding on a wardrobe? An hour had passed. A whole hour, just looking at my collection of novelty T-shirts and colorful silk ties and accomplishing nothing. This didn't even take into account my internal debate about picking up coffee and doughnuts.
Nothing I focused on that night meant anything. It was bullshit in the most extreme way, but it's where my mind went. Tiny, pointless details. What if I did bring doughnuts -- would people think I was awful for making a stop and not rushing over? But what if they'd been there for hours? They'd be hungry, and I'd be thoughtful. No jelly doughnuts, you can't have red stuff squishing out. Can you eat in a hospital, or is it unsanitary? Boston cream looks like pus, that's horrible.
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While the potential existed that I had briefly lost my mind and spiraled into a bizarre OCD fit of T-shirts and baked goods, I've noticed since then that this kind of behavior, as much as I can tell from the external behavior of others, is not all that uncommon. When you're really affected by a death, when it really hits home, you need a distraction, and your brain will run hog wild trying to find one. I once watched my mom, after her own mother's funeral, rearrange sandwiches on a tray about a hundred times, and she wouldn't let me take one because it would mess up the pattern she had made. I stole a few later, but for a while there I was really hungry and it was pretty tragic. I've heard some people get all horny and have sex. It's an odd time in a person's life.
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You have to acknowledge that as appropriate as tears may be for loss, so too is laughter. Maybe not the actual act of a person dying -- if you find yourself chuckling over car wrecks and leprosy, you may want to seek professional help, because you're a bit of a creepy ghoulie, aren't you? However, it's worth noting that you don't need to deal with death by becoming an emotional wreck.
In times of stress, I become almost unbearably goofy. I enrage others in tense situations due to my tenuous grasp on seriousness that becomes more and more ephemeral the angrier people get with me until the point where I either get hit or have to hit someone else. I'm not proud of it, but it happens. I will smile like a drunken Cheshire Cat making it rain at a strip club when the shit hits the fan and have little to no ability to somber up for the sake of maintaining decorum. It's not necessarily that I think it's funny if someone died, or you lost your job, or the city is being locked down due to the presence of mutant isopods -- it's just my natural reaction. I suppose on some level even my writing is an outlet for that, for my desire to make people laugh. I enjoy it, I want to be entertaining on a basic level, and, even when wholly inappropriate, I still try to do it.
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A: CGI has been involved in the Architecture Forum specifically the TOGAF (V9) rewrite and the SOA Working Group. Personally I have been heavily involved in the TOGAF rewrite and enhancement, specifically leading the revision of the Architecture Transformation (Phases E & F) part of the ADM. Concurrently I am working on the enhancement of the Data/Information Architecture Phase in conjunction with the Semantic Interoperability efforts. As a regular speaker at the Architecture Practitioners Forums I share with the IM/IT community TOGAF implementation experiences as well as discussing the EA linkages with Business Transformation, Governance/Stewardship, and Information Management. As a CGI EA Practice Leader I have also been training and certifying CGI and client enterprise architects on TOGAF and their specialized architecture frameworks.
Q: Why is it important for other organizations to join The Open Group?
A: IM/IT is pervasive but the IM/IT profession is embryonic with little in the way of standards for architecture. This is increasingly problematic in a period of globalization where information is being recognized as a corporate / national asset that has to be universally understood, securely shared and carefully managed. The Open Group is a consortium of clients, IM/IT service providers and product vendors dedicated to creating the requisite Enterprise Architecture processes and standards that will enable "Boundaryless Information Flow" internally and externally in extended enterprises. In addition to the standardized architecture processes and best practices the Open Group is also addressing the fundamental skills required of an IT Architect that will provide a common global baseline. Participation from organizations will allow members to contribute to the formulation of these processes, skills, and best practices as well as have the licence to use the key Open Group resources in their daily endeavours.
About Bob Weisman
Robert Weisman BEng, MSc PMP, CD is a professional engineer and graduate of the Royal Military College (RMC) of Canada and Laval University where he studied engineering and computer science, specializing in knowledge-based systems for crisis response.
In a diverse 28 year military career he gained expertise in leadership, Plans and Operations, national and international Command and Control, and IM/IT Strategic Direction working in all levels of headquarters as well in the R&D establishments and as faculty in the RMC.
Bob joined CGI in 1998 as a Management Consultant and started the Enterprise Architecture Practice in 1999 in Ottawa with a focus on coping with the Business Transformation aspects of EA and IM/IT in general.
Bob speaks several languages, continues to work globally and joined the Open Group Architecture Forum in 2004 as an active member and major contributor to the new TOGAF V9.
Bob is the happy husband of a fellow free spirit and traveller who put up with innumerable lengthy absences. Both are the proud parents of a graphic artist and two engineers, all of whom are active hockey, killer frisbee and soccer players.


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Environmental Education Certification
Environmental Education at Great Salt Lake Institute!
We invite you to be part of our first Environmental Education (EE) certification cohort.
Applications are due on October 18!
Who: Environmental Studies students, Outdoor leadership students, education students and anybody else who may benefit from EE certification.
What: Nationally accredited EE certification through the Utah Society for Environmental Education (USEE)
When: Online course Spring semester 2014, work with GSLI in summer 2014, Online course fall semester 2014 (course details found here).
Where: Right here at Westminster college! We will use Canvas to administer the online course. Some supplemental events will take place during the courses for your benefit.
Why: GSLI needs some help with our outreach programs during the summer and fall. More importantly, YOU need experience, training and certification for future jobs and schooling!
How: Applications are closed as of October 19th. We will now be holding interviews and giving you more details soon. Applications are DUE October 18!
The total cost for the program: $300.00. Great Salt Lake Institute and Environmental Studies Department will pay for HALF of the program! Your cost will be only $150.00 as follows:
If you have any questions, please contact:
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Responding to Campus Bigotry
...[T]he Board reaffirms its commitment to the principles of academic freedom and free speech. ... Unequivocal adherence of these rights and principles, however, does not mean that the University is required to open its doors to those who would destroy or violate the moral and intellectual integrity of the institution and what it stands for. ...[T]he University must prevent hate mongers from using the University as a venue and launching pad for their hate speech campaigns.
Statement by Chairman of the Board Wayman F. Smith III regarding expressions of bigotry and hate on the Howard campus.
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04 March 2014
The Tudor Rose, Borden, offers traditional food and cask ale in a relaxed, family-friendly atmosphere amid surroundings of great character. Originally two cottages, the building dates back to the 1750s and great care has been taken to preserve its warm, comfortable feel.
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01 March 2014
Perfect sharing dish, that goes very well with beer. Serve with Beer tasting shots on the side and some homemade cranberry sauce and crusty bread or toast. Try drizzling cubes of stale ciabatta with a little olive oil, sprinkle with sea salt and toast, then thread onto long kebab skewers or stripped rosemary twigs and serve with the baked cheese.
25 February 2014
Situated on the A257, just a 3 minute drive from Canterbury's vibrant city centre, The Evenhill at Littlebourne boasts character, charm, warm hospitality and good food.
The redesign of Shepherd Neame's flagship Spitfire ale scooped a top honour at a national awards ceremony.
Created by Tunbridge Wells-based design agency JDO, the revamp took silver in the branded drink packaging category at the Design Business Association's annual Design Effectiveness Awards.
22 February 2014
A vegetarian and gluten free starter dish that packs all the flavour of smoked salmon and makes a special dinner party dish or buffet special. It has such vibrant colours and will impress any vegetarian.
Contact us by email
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Shepherd Neame LimitedThe Faversham Brewery17 Court StreetFavershamKent. ME13 7AXUnited Kingdom
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They make browsers and email clients. That were made by laided off AOL workers
Yes you are using something made by ex aol employess
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Quite possibly the most shittacular browser you may find on this fair interweb. Mozilla Firefox is a slightly better than a kick in the teeth. But only very slightly mind you. For all the woes that firefox may cause, one may try the highly effective, highly sexy Opera browser.
Jim: Oh noes! I can't download any porn and game demos with my shitty mozilla browser.
Russ: Might I suggest the Opera browser? Relatively speaking, it owns firefoxe's ass.
Jim: True dat
Russ: Fuck yeah!
Russ: Might I suggest the Opera browser? Relatively speaking, it owns firefoxe's ass.
Jim: True dat
Russ: Fuck yeah!
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Mozilla was Netscape Communication's nickname for Navigator, its first Web browser, and the name of an open source public collaboration created to develop Navigator. AOL acquired Netscape in 1998 and stopped supporting the browser in 2008. The ongoing Mozilla Foundation's main focus is the Firefox browser.
Download Mozilla Firefox, a free Web browser. Firefox is created by a global non-profit dedicated to putting individuals in control online. Get Firefox today!
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Robert Jarosch
Robert Jarosch is no longer a member of the WPJA and so their Member Profile cannot be accessed at this time.
The Wedding Photojournalist Association proudly recognizes the accomplishments and creative excellence of Robert Jarosch. The following awards have been earned by Robert from the WPJA. These achievements come with great merit considering the high level of competition that a member faces in the contests.
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Ruth V. VerShaw, 90, of Kewanee, died 11:26 a.m. Tuesday, March 19, 2013, at Courtyard Estates, Kewanee.
Funeral services will be at 2:30 p.m. Friday, March 22, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Kewanee, with the Rev. Burnell Eckhardt officiating. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Thursday at Schueneman-Tumbleson Funeral Home, Kewanee. Burial will be in Wethersfield Cemetery. Memorials are to the St. Paul's Lutheran Church Building Fund.
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whats the best anime OST you have listened to?
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A Closer Look at Asiana Airlines
An Asiana Airlines flight from Seoul to San Francisco crashed and erupted into flames while landing at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday, killing two people and critically injuring dozens. Flight 214 with 307 people on board, including 16 crew members, crashed just before noon Pacific time. The airline released this statement:
The following information has been confirmed.
Asiana Airlines flight OZ214 (Aircraft Registration HL7742) departed Incheon International Airport on July 6, 2013 at 16:35 (Korea time) bound for San Francisco. Only July 7, 2013 at 11:28 (Local time) an accident occurred as OZ214 was making a landing on San Francisco International Airport's runway 28.
There were a total of 291 passengers (19 business class, 272 travel class) and 16 cabin crew aboard. The majority of the passengers were comprised of 77 Korean citizens, 141 Chinese citizens, 61 US citizens, 1 Japanese citizen, etc. for a total of 291 people.
Asiana Airlines is currently investigating the specific cause of the incident as well as any injuries that may have been sustained to passengers as a result.
Asiana Airlines will continue to cooperate fully with the investigation of all associated government agencies and to facilitate this cooperation has established an emergency response center at its headquarters.
At this point no additional information has been confirmed. New developments will be announced as more information becomes available.
Headquartered in Seoul, Asiana Airlines Inc. operates routes to 23 countries as well as an extensive domestic network and is a member of the Star Alliance group of airlines. It's South Korea's second-largest airline by revenue and passengers, after Korean Air Lines Co., and is part of the Kumho Asiana business conglomerate.
Saturday's accident was the third fatal crash since Asiana started in 1988. The last accident involving an Asiana aircraft was the crash of a Boeing 747 cargo plane near Jeju Island, south of the South Korean mainland, in July 2011. A pilot and co-pilot were killed. A fire from a lithium-ion battery was suspected to have caused the accident.
Before the 2011 incident, Asiana's only other fatal accident happened July 1993, when one of its Boeing 737 aircraft crashed into a mountain as it approached an airport in Haenam, South Korea. Sixty-six people died in that accident, and 44 were injured.
Website airlineratings.com, which rates airlines by various categories, had a top-rank seven star safety rating for Asiana Airlines before the latest crash.
The safety record of South Korean airlines has in the past focused on the larger Korean Air Lines. In the late 1990s the nation's flag carrier was notorious for fatal crashes. The U.S. Defense Department barred military personnel from flying it.
Korean Air suffered from a number of accidents, including two fatal ones in 1987 and 1989. In 1994, one of its planes skidded off a runway and burst into flames after the pilot and co-pilot bickered about whether to abort their landing due to bad weather.
In 1997, a Korean Air jetliner crashed on the Pacific island of Guam, killing 228 passengers and crew.
After that incident, Korean Air sought help from foreign specialists in flight safety, including from Boeing Co. and Delta Air Lines. Changes introduced included requiring all of Korean Air's pilots to become proficient at English and improving cockpit coordination between pilots and co-pilots.
In 2006, International Air Transport Association, a trade group for the world's major airlines, certified that Korean Air had achieved "the highest standards and best practices for safety."


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Criminal Charges Brought in Mortgage Fraud Scheme
Homeowners defrauded of over $100,000
BALTIMORE, MD (March 23, 2012) The Baltimore County States Attorneys Office has charged Rodney Getlan, age 45, of Owings Mills, with felony theft, operating as a credit service business without a license, mortgage fraud, and related charges. The charges are in connection with a scheme in which he allegedly defrauded homeowners of considerable upfront fees for mortgage modifications and stole their monthly mortgage payments. Getlan was arrested on March 20, 2012 following an investigation that also included the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing & Regulations (DLLR) Office of the Commissioner of Financial Regulation and the Baltimore County Police Department. He is currently being held on $500,000 bail.
Commissioner Mark Kaufman and the entire Office of the Commissioner of Financial Regulation work tirelessly to protect our most vulnerable neighbors from predatory practices, said Maryland Labor, Licensing & Regulation Secretary Alexander M. Sanchez. These charges are the first step in a victory for Maryland consumers, too many of whom have been victimized as they struggle to keep their homes. I thank the Baltimore County States Attorney and Police Department for their help in this investigation.
The Rodney Getlan case is one of the most extensive fraud cases committed by one individual that our agency has investigated. His victims, including one family with a special-needs child, found themselves facing foreclosure with no warning due to his actions. He took advantage of the complexity of the mortgage modification process and manipulated his victims for his own personal gain, the Baltimore County Police Department said in a statement.
According to the 46-count charging document, Getlan offered loan modification services from January 2009 through January 2012. The charges specifically refer to nine separate homeowners who fell victim to Getlans scheme, in which he allegedly forged documents to support his claim that lenders of the homeowners had approved their loan modifications. Homeowners believed that their monthly payments were going to their lenders; however, the investigation determined that Getlan allegedly deposited those payments into his own accounts. The investigation revealed that Getlan used numerous bank accounts, fictitious company names, and email addresses and fraudulent documents. The investigation also alleges that Getlan changed homeowners contact information with their lenders to his own address so that the homeowners would not receive notification of default or pending foreclosure. The total loss to the defrauded homeowners is alleged to exceed $105,000. Additionally, two owner-occupied residences have already been sold at foreclosure and another three homeowners have received Notices of Intent to Foreclose. If convicted, Getlan faces up to 15 years imprisonment for each of 18 counts of theft; up to 3 years imprisonment for each of 19 violations of the Credit Service Business Act; and up to 10 years imprisonment for each of the nine counts of mortgage fraud.
In the fall of 2011, the assistance of the Office of the Commissioner of Financial Regulation was sought by the Baltimore County States Attorneys Office. In February 2012, that partnership resulted in Getlan being sentenced in relation to a guilty plea to felony theft involving a victim of his loan modification scheme. He was sentenced to a two-year suspended sentence with eighteen months of supervised probation. Getlan is also pending an arraignment on March 27, 2012 on charges of burglary and theft.
The investigation into Getlans activities involved Investigator A. Thomas Koehler of the Office of the Commissioner of Financial Regulation and Detective Dave Donnelly of the Baltimore County Police Departments Financial Crimes Unit. In addition, Erin McCarthy Naylor, Director of Mortgage Fraud for the Office of the Commissioner of Financial Regulation, and Assistant States Attorney Adam Lippe, Chief of the Economic Crimes Unit, have partnered in the investigation and prosecution of this complex case. Ms. Naylor will be sworn in as a Special Assistant States Attorney to assist in the prosecution. She joined the Office of the Commissioner of Financial Regulation in 2011 through a Department of Justice Grant and is responsible for creating and implementing a mortgage fraud outreach program as well as leading efforts to enhance criminal prosecution statewide.
This is a positive example of local authorities using the resources and expertise of the Division of Financial Regulation in bringing criminal prosecutions, which is essential to fulfilling our role to protect Marylanders, said Commissioner of Financial Regulation Mark Kaufman.
Consumers who may have been victims of Getlans scheme and have not already been contacted by Det. Donnelly or Ms. Naylor are requested to call 410-230-6097 for assistance.
Charges are not a finding of guilt. An individual who has been charged is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty at some later criminal proceedings.
The Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation protects and empowers Marylanders by safeguarding workers, protecting consumers, providing a safety net and cultivating a thriving workforce that can meet the demands of Marylands dynamic economy. Follow DLLR on Twitter (@MD_DLLR) and Facebook.


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Systemwide Events Calendar
Play In ClayMay 20, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Windward Campus, Hale Pālanakila 216
This is an open ceramic studio for community people. Lab assistants will help teach the basics of preparing clay, the potter's wheel, and hand building techniques. Lab assistants are supervised by Instructors Paul Nash and Bryce Myers. We work in the Stoneware, Porcelain, Raku, and Pit fire processes. Very advanced students can work with lusters and china paints. For more information, contact Professor Paul Nash at 236-9323. Open lab time Monday through Thursday 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday from noon to 4 p.m.
Instructor: Paul Nash
Course Fee: $140 + $30 lab fee (payable to instructor)
Course Code: P05AR120
Dates: Mondays & Wednesdays, May 20 - June 26 (no class 5/27)
Time: 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Meetings: 11
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Summer Bible Study for Women
Location:Room 150E 108 Seventh Avenue South Nashville, Tennessee
Event Details
Beginning Tuesday, June 3, First Baptist Nashville will be offering Beth Moore's Inheritance Bible Study.
Beth's website explains the study: "This nine session lecture only DVD series is a topical study of Inheritance throughout God's Word. Each session is approximately one hour in length.
Key verse: Psalm 16:5-6. 'The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places.'
We will meet in Room 150E at 10:00 a.m. each Tuesday June 3 – August 5. Listening guides will be available for $5. Bring your Bible and enjoy an hour of Bible study each Tuesday this summer.


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An Upshur County commissioner said a doctor's orders should have trumped a local emergency squad's policy during a recent event which could have put a patient's life in jeopardy.
Commissioner Creed Pletcher argued Thursday that an Upshur County Emergency Medical Squad's policy of first taking a patient to St. Joseph's Hospital in Buckhannon not only added needless costs to a medical bill, but in one instance went against a doctor's orders to take a patient needing specialized care to United Hospital Center in Clarksburg.
"My understanding is that St. Joseph's Hospital could not handle the situation," Pletcher said. "So why take them to St. Joseph's Hospital? Paying for a trip to St. Joseph's and then paying for a trip to Clarksburg doesn't make sense to me."
Teresa Kahn said a patient with a fever of 103 degrees and with an abscess came to her husband's office in Buckhannon in November. The doctor called for an ambulance to take the patient to UHC because of the need for a vascular surgeon and a infectious disease specialist. Kahn said St. Joseph's Hospital does not have such medical personnel on its regular staff.
A first responder offered to transport the patient to the Buckhannon hospital instead, as per the squad's protocols of going to the closest available hospital, which Kahn said went against the doctor's orders. But an attorney for the EMS said the doctor never told the responders it was a medical emergency.
"If those words (medical emergency) had come out of the doctor's mouth, it would have been a much clearer situation," Fairmont attorney J.T. Hodges said. "He didn't indicate it was a life-threatening situation. As the doctor is talking to the paramedic, it is easy to say this is medically necessary."
Commissioner Donnie Tenney asked what would be the difference between the doctor saying the patient needs to be seen in Clarksburg and saying it is a medical emergency. Pletcher again countered that the treating physician already knew the local hospital would not be capable of handling the situation. The patient eventually was transported to UHC in a private vehicle and later underwent emergency surgery.
"It was a word play because he didn't say 'medical emergency,'" Kahn said. "(The local doctor) had been the medical director for the squad for 12 years. Do you think he would tie up an ambulance if he didn't have to? Nobody ever responded to see what the situation was."
Kahn said if the patient had been taken to St. Joseph's emergency room, then a doctor there would have had to make another evaluation. That could have resulted in being flown by medical helicopter to another hospital or being transported by ambulance. Either way, she said, it would have been an unnecessary delay.
"This went right down to the wire," Kahn said, "and if this were an isolated incident, I would not be here. We have to have people who are first responders who are capable of following a doctor's orders. In our county, do we want an EMS to have their own checks and balances that don't check or balance anything?"


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Quote from: RLPhoto on November 16, 2012, 10:57:30 AMDEAD THREAD.No, it isn't, you and me just posted :-) ... and it seemed the appropriate thread for this piece of information. Will surely get attention because you cannot unsubscribe to threads in this forum :->
The resurrection has arrived to CR forums.
Quote from: RLPhoto on November 16, 2012, 11:02:58 AMThe resurrection has arrived to CR forums. It is often interesting to read former predictions after the release of the actual product - the 6d will be no different, I'm esp. looking forward to the "real life" dpreview af comparison between the d600 and 6d, Canon might have found a nice for the 6d after all beyond the obvious gps-tourism.
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The 5 Most Amazing Things Accomplished While in Prison
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Prison. The Big House. Ol' Shower Buggeryville. Whatever name you know it by, it's the same thing -- a place where we put criminals who aren't rich or famous. And sometimes innocent people who just get railroaded. And a disproportionate number of minorities. Ha ha, political humor!
Anyway, the basic idea behind a prison is to remove a nogoodnik from society for a while. Thing is, sometimes those nogoodniks manage to find a way to be successful even when they're behind bars. So successful, in fact, that it'll inspire you to rage- and depression-filled panic shits and cause you to make frustrated cries of "cockholes!" to the heavens when you see the kind of stuff some dudes are doing from the clink. That's another name for Ol' Shower Buggeryville.
#5. Running a Pharmaceutical Empire
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The greatest thing about modern society is probably Game of Thrones. Then beer, the Internet, cool cars, Xbox, microwave dinners, the circus, and so on. Somewhere on the list are boner pills. I imagine they'll rank higher on my list when I'm old and busted and weeping into my pubic thatch as I punch the little one-eyed runt in an effort to make him respond.
Knowing how important boner pills are to a large segment of society, Martin Hickman decided he'd dabble in dong turgidity and set up websites to sell Viagra and various knockoffs of the drug. Now technically you can't do that just on a whim -- there are laws in place that prevent just anyone from being a pharmacy -- but Martin was the kind of go-getter who doesn't let legalities or responsibility or the health and welfare of others interfere with his plans.
Hickman was arrested for his nefarious deeds, selling not just Viagra without a prescription but cheaper, unregulated knockoffs from abroad like Kamegra, Lovegra, and, I like to think, HalfChubegra. These pills claim to be the same as Viagra and generally come from India, but let's be honest: They're probably 50 percent Mumbai street trash and 50 percent hobo skin.
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"They offered me a bottle of Scotch to turn my gonads into Lipitor. So long, everyone!"
After being imprisoned and also fined for ignoring previous orders to stop selling drugs online, Hickman did what any reasonable entrepreneur would do when put behind bars: He kept making money. His local paper ordered some pills from his website and received them a few days later, all while Hickman was in prison, demonstrating that perhaps the police in his neck of the woods are unsure just how this whole Internet thing works.
Since that first arrest, Hickman was jailed again for a longer period, for the same crime, and assets of over $21 million were seized. So apparently selling boner pills in jail can be pretty lucrative, even if you don't get to enjoy much of the cash you make from it.
#4. Making Porno
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Being a porn star is a dream a lot of mildly dysfunctional people entertain at one time or another. You see strangers having sex on camera, you see documentaries on HBO that invariably end with a crying 19-year-old girl yelling at her mom on the phone, you see Ron Jeremy naked, and you think, "Yes, this is for me." And there's nothing wrong with that if you're not emotionally scarred by it and you're having fun. I bet there's a few porn stars out there who really enjoy what they do. I'd like to meet them and go out for some beers some time.
In prison, any dreams you have of starring in porno are probably nightmares, and the plotlines are all predictable and terrifying and don't take your feelings into consideration at all. Usually. But in this case, something hilariously different happened! I can't wait to find out what in the next paragraph!
Turns out that the U.K. prison HMP Rye Hill subcontracts to another company to hire educators. That company brought in 59-year-old British cougar (which I guess is a bobcat? I'm not sure) Beverley Van-de-Velde to teach prisoners. And teach she did. Media studies. Also media boning, when she filmed herself having sex with a 29-year-old murderer in an office.
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"Hey baby, wanna pork?"
A 17-minute DVD, complete with credits apparently, was made of the two having some couch sex, and it was found with love letters sent between the two, because some women have a really weird infatuation with murderers that's kind of hard to wrap your head around. Remember that woman who married Richard Ramirez? What the hell was that about? Ted Bundy got married in jail, too, and that dude who dressed like a clown and had a crawl space full of bodies. Ladies, you can do better. A good dating tip is, if he's a notorious serial killer, he's just not that into you.
Now of course this story comes to us courtesy of the Daily Mail, which means it's potentially as true as a genie in a lamp granting me a bottomless beer fridge and some sweet new T-shirts, but the part about Richard Francis stabbing a man in Croydon in 2002 checked out, so it seems like it would be a bizarre twist for a tabloid paper to research what, at the time, was an eight-year-old murder and use it as a small detail in a story about prison porn. I'm going out on a limb and believing that this beautifully awful story is the real deal. The real, disturbing deal.
#3. Recording an Album
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Not a lot of people know that, back in grade school, I played the oboe, and to this day I can drop a phat rendition of "Good King Wenceslas" if you're looking to spice up a Christmas party. Also please never ask me to spice up your Christmas party because that shit was a lie, I forget how to play the oboe. However, other people are much more committed to music than I and have even gone so far as to pursue their love behind bars.
Traditionally, prison music is a symphony of harmonicas and desperate sobs, but in recent years recording artists have found themselves incarcerated and still desirous of recording their latest hit single. What to do? Turns out it's not even uncommon for musicians, typically rappers (though I really hope one or two folk albums have been done this way), to record an album via prison phone.
When I first heard of this, it was literally one artist doing it, and I thought, "Well isn't that novel," and then I found an article that listed 11 songs that were recorded by artists who were locked up, including Tony Yayo. Most people can't figure out how he's allowed to record music when he's free, let alone when he's in jail.
Several entire albums have actually been recorded behind bars, and even Charles Manson has a few dozen prison recordings loose in the world, although those seem to be less music and more crazy shit that you'd expect Charles Manson to put on tape in prison, probably him accusing his own asshole of some Jewish conspiracy or calling his toilet out for attempting to usurp his authority. Remember that when people ask why your garage band doesn't have an album out yet -- you just need to rob some banks and get locked up, then call a guy with a recording studio.


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Honeck, Dvorak and MozartRussian pianist Yulianna Avdeeva debuts at Heinz Hall in Mozart's famous Piano Concerto #21, nicknamed "Elvira Madigan" for its inclusion in the eponymous 1967 film. Dvorak's cheerful Symphony #8 was inspired by the folk music of the composer's native Bohemia.10/11/2013 - 10/13/2013Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Princess IdaThe Pittsburgh Savoyards celebrate 75 seasons with Gilbert & Sullivan's Princess Ida. A Princess and a Prince -- will there be a Wedding or a War? Join the Savoyards for this hilarious romantic battle.10/11/2013 - 10/20/201310/11 - 8:00 pm10/12 - 8:00 pm10/13 - 2:30 pm10/17 - 8:00 pm10/18 - 8:00 pm10/19 - 8:00 pm10/20 - 2:30 pmAndrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, Carnegie, PAwebsite | map
Take 6Heralded by Quincy Jones as the 'baddest vocal cats on the planet!', Take 6 celebrates their 25th anniversary with a brand new tour full of new a cappella arrangements, great storytelling and their unbeatable and unmistakable harmonies.10/11/201310/11 - 7:00 pm10/11 - 9:30 pm1815 Metropolitan St, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Freya String Quartet presents Fresh VoicesThe Freya String Quartet presents new works by young, up-and-coming composers from across the world. Includes Pennsylvania premieres by Hong-Da Chin, Elizabeth Kowalski, Matthew Peterson, Chung Eun Kim, and Zachary Albrecht. FSQ is Pittsburgh's only full-time professional string quartet.10/11/2013 - 10/13/201310/11 - 8:00 pm10/13 - 2:00 pmLocation: First United Methodist Church, 5401 Centre Ave, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
Verdi's AidaEnslaved in Egypt, the Ethiopian princess Aida is torn between love for her country and love for the Egyptian general Radames in the grandest of grand operas. Against the backdrop of their warring nations, the lovers try to defy the odds, but their fates are sealed. Latonia Moore is Aida, Carl Tanner is Radames, Elizabeth Bishop is Amneris and Hao Jiang Tian is Ramfis. Antony Walker conducts.10/12/2013 - 10/20/201310/12 - 8:00 pm10/15 - 7:00 pm10/18 - 8:00 pm10/20 - 2:00 pmBenedum Center, 231 7th St., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and SpikeIn this Tony-winning Best Play, Vanya and his sister Sonia tolerate the mediocrity of their middle-aged lives in Bucks County, PA, until their movie-star sister Masha returns for a visit that shakes things up. With her boy-toy Spike in tow, Masha incites a madcap family reunion complete with all the comic genius that only Christopher Durang (Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge) can deliver. Tracy Brigden directs.10/12/2013 - 11/03/20131300 Bingham Street Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Stile Antico - The Phoenix RisingEnglish Renaissance choral music owes its current popularity to the UK's Carnegie Trust, whose Tudor Church Music edition revived extraordinary music that had languished unperformed for centuries. Stile Antico celebrates the Carnegie Trust's centennial with a program entirely drawn from its publications, including masterpieces by Taverner, Tallis, Gibbons, White, and the exquisite five-part Mass by William Byrd.10/12/2013Time: 8:00 pmLocation: Calvary Episcopal Churchwebsite
Latin-American and BulgarianWarren Davidson conducts the Vardar Rhapsody by Pancho Vladigerov, a new work for accordion and orchestra by and featuring Vladimir Mollov, and the Sinfonia India by Carlos Chavez with the voices of the Coro Latinoamericano Pittsburgh.10/12/2013Time: 7:30 pmLocation: Upper St. Clair High School, 1825 McLaughlin Run Rd, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
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Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic Chamber OrchestraGuest conductor Joseph Silverstein, former Music Director of the Utah and Chautauqua Symphony Orchestras and former concertmaster of the Boston Symphony leads the Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra in Beethoven's Leonore Overture #3, Stravinsky's Pulcinella Suite, and Prokofiev's Symphony #1 "Classical." Mr. Silverstein will also play and conduct Mozart's Concerto Violin Concerto #4 in D Major.10/13/2013Time: 7:30 pmCarnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
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6 Tips for Turning Awful Fan Fiction into a Best Seller
#3. Pile on the Deity Comparisons
Gods embody ideals, so when you're writing in a genre like fan fiction about a topic like sex, restraint isn't really on the menu. You'd better believe you're drawing from antiquity and beyond.
I didn't understand why this Adonis wanted me. But when he looked at me with his divine eyes, I felt like a goddess. It was like staring into the eyes of Apollo, if Apollo wasn't such a dick. He looked at me now, with a gaze that promised when we made a loving tonight, it would be heavenly. My inner goddess tingled up my spine, and she was hungrier than the most wretched, starving, bloated baby in Somalia. But this was no ordinary hunger, like poor people have. This was a goddess famine ... for sex.
Drop divine references no more than 42 times per chapter, but double down the rate of recurrence in any sex scenes. (Tip: They are ALL sex scenes.)
#2. Be Realistic
You're already writing about impossibly beautiful and successful people, half of whom can turn into a mist when the moon is full. You're going to want to ground your book in the vivid details of the scenes. Remember, it's important to put your reader right there in the scene, as deeply as you can. Then put them in deeper. That's right. Right there, baby. Oh God. Baby. Baby.
See if you can spot what's wrong with this excerpt that Publisher's Weekly called "Sizzling, the way an egg sizzles in a skillet," and then apologized, because they're supposed to come up with more quotable reviews than that:
The lush, full-bodied hair on Eros Blaque's naked tushy wafted sensitively in the bedroom breeze. Now revealed before his lady lover, Mary Sue Standynn, Eros did not shy from waggling his gifts nudely for her pleasure. She nodded at his offering of a penis engorged with blood, and accepted him into her musky cave.
"I am going to plow through you like a freight train," he murmured in her erect ear. And then they sexed.
Eros' godly hips rhythmed erotically as he love-thrusted the quivering, wet loam of his lady lover, Mary Sue Blaque (for so she thought of herself after marrying him in her head just now. She would tell them of their brain-elopement later. For now, it was adult-hug time).
Mary Sue groaned with an ecstatic agony that revealed heretofore undicked depths of agonizing ecstasy. She raked her fingernails across his back swiftly and with great speed, urgently scratching him almost instantly. Suddenly Eros looked her in the eye the way a man does when he is using his lady lover like a gym sock soaked in warm moisturizer but realizes that he loves her. This was pleasant to her, and she indicated such by continuing to have sex with him.
Suddenly, without warning, and much too soon, after a couple minutes, though it seemed like more, and anyway, it's a compliment, Eros' face twisted with unwanted delight. "Mary Sue, my loveeeee! I fear I am going to spend!!!" he howled, "Yes! It is definitely about to occur!"
And there, of course, propriety commands us to direct our gaze to the wafting curtains.
Did you spot it? That's right, for all this scene's gritty realism, the man never tied the woman up and called her -- oh my, the most terrible names.
If fear and eroticism thrive when the audience fills in the gaps for you, sleeping with the devil means your entire book should be whittled down to "I fell in love with my stalker, and the sex was good."
#1. Be Unrealistic
Love in books is irresistible and instantaneous. Love in reality is a long, drawn-out process of waiting for one party to realize it's out of the other's league. When that doesn't happen and two people do manage to trick themselves into falling in love, it's one of life's most beautifully obnoxious experiences. At last, a woman can have sex without worrying about her reputation, and a man can have sex without pretending to be a generous lover!
Yes, love is a beautiful thing, even if the guy is no longer free to shoot hoops because he has to go to brunch. But it's not as beautiful as what happens in books. In romance novels, that magical feeling of being special to the Most Amazing Person in the World happens in not only the lucky lovers' heads, but the world around them. And that's the kind of once-in-a-lifetime magic that we're going to sell to these dopes for as much cash as we can wring out of them.
To live -- to LOVE! To clasp another human being to thy pulsing breast in the blind of night! To flourish and be happy -- ah! Our happy lovers have found their purpose at last. The real question is -- why haven't you? Could it be that there's something wrong with you, Becky? Be sure to read the sequel to find out!
Right now, you're worried that you don't have what it takes to describe the miracle of lust and love the way Fifty Shades does. But just because James can bring herself to get up in the morning and feel emotions, that doesn't mean you don't have what it takes to write erotic fiction. Just do what I do: Fill the hole in your heart with money. Sweet, filthy, glorious lucre!
Anyway, you can score some serotonin for half the price of a first date. If by some chance you can picture yourself in love again, by all means, express that in a story about a domineering, rich bastard who abuses young virgins. For the rest of us, love is nice, but money doesn't break its promises.
Brendan McGinley was cursed by a gypsy to never know true love until he revised his comic pitches for original characters.
Check out more from Brendan with The 7 Most Terrifying Rejected TV Ads and 5 Ways the '90s Made Us Strong.


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The most dangerous gang in the USA. They rep Springfield, MA and they are no one to fuck with. Usually roll with glocks and sell crack rocks.
O shit nigga its Glocks and Rocks! Run niggas run fo ya muthafuckin' lives!
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School: Canisius
Nickname: Golden Griffins
Affiliation: Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Coach: Jim Baron
2011-12 record: 5-25, 1-17
Jim Baron takes over the thankless job of being the basketball coach at Canisius, which has just one winning season since John Beilein departed in 1997. Baron inherits a group that couldn't defend, shoot straight or win games a year ago and eventually cost Tom Parrotta his job.
So why is everyone on Main Street smiling? For starters, Baron has a propensity for ultimately turning thankless jobs into gratifying ones as he did in previous stops at St. Francis (Pa.), St. Bonaventure and Rhode Island. Also, Parrotta left enough talent to pull a surprise or two, and Baron added a few pieces of his own, notably his sharp-shooting son Billy. Finally, there's a culture change — the Golden Griffins are now the Runnin' Griffs as Baron infuses an up-tempo attack.
"The emphasis that we've been trying to put on the guys is rebounding the basketball, defending the basketball, trying to be gritty, that's the caricature of my teams," Baron said. "When you take over the program some of the challenges are to get guys who haven't been that way to get them to be that way. They have to understand the intensity of the approach. That's the challenge."
A starting lineup isn't set but Billy Baron and fellow captains Alshwan Hymes, Isaac Sosa, Harold Washington and Chris Manhertz serve as the team's core. Kansas State transfer Freddy Asprilla gives the Griffs their best paint presence in years while Roberts Wesleyan transfer Jordan Heath is a long, fluid athlete in the frontcourt.
Keys to success
Canisius has solid guards, starting with Billy Baron, who averaged 13.0 points and shot over 31 percent from three-point range in each of his last two seasons at Virginia and Rhode Island. Sosa, who has a year of eligibility remaining after transferring from Central Florida, and Hymes are also deadly from long range, which will open space for the slashing Washington, a second-team preseason All-MAAC selection. Junior Reggie Groves provides experience and depth at guard. Baron wants to run but Canisius has to take care of the ball, which departed point guard Gaby Belardo struggled to do last season.
The 6-foot-6 Manhertz, who finished fifth in the MAAC in rebounding at 7.4, has added muscle to his 235-pound frame and has double-double potential. Also back is 6-9 sophomore Josiah Heath, Jordan's younger brother, who started 19 games as a freshman, and 6-10 sophomore Kevin Bleeker, who showed flashes of being a good baseline jump shooter. Canisius was poor at rebounding and defending. The additions of Asprilla and Jordan Heath should help, but both bring huge question marks.
The 6-10, 280-pound Asprilla hasn't played competitively in 18 months and his conditioning has always been in question, and while Jordan Heath should adjust to Division I, Roberts Wesleyan is a long way from the MAAC, especially when the spotlight grows hotter.
Big games
The Griffs' first three games are at the Koessler Center against Boston University, St. Bonaventure and the University at Buffalo. They will also be without Asprilla in those games as he serves a three-game suspension. The nonleague schedule also includes NCAA Tournament teams Syracuse, Temple, UNLV and Detroit, which features All-America point guard Ray McCallum, Jr.
The cupboard is well stocked for Baron, but molding a group that lost 25 games a year ago into instant winners will be difficult. The nonleague schedule should prepare the Golden Griffins well for the MAAC, where the top five teams are all capable of winning the conference championship. Canisius will be improved, but anything above a .500 finish would be surprising.
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Erik Reichenbach is a Survivor fan-turned-favorite, a comic book author and artist. He placed fifth on both Survivor: Micronesia and Survivor: Caramoan. Follow him on Twitter @BloodyAmer1can.
"The only thing I can predict about Brandon is that he's going to be unpredictable. That gives me very little solace in this game when predictability really is everything."
– John Cochran, winner, Survivor: Caramoan
How bad is the Brains tribe at challenges? It's like the setup to a "Yo momma" joke.
The Brains tribe is so bad, they'll lose Immunity even if you throw the challenge.
The Brains tribe is so bad that you can run the Reward out of order and still beat them.
The Brains tribe is so bad, they practice wearing blindfolds and still get left in the dark.
The theme of this episode of Survivor: Cagayan is idiocy. Beauty has some deep discussions about the chicken reproduction. They're pretty sure it involves a heat lamp. Brawn wants to throw a challenge to vote out their strongest member. Brains can't figure out how to center a flag on a platform.
Jeff Probst needs to scrub the word "outwit" off the Cagayan logo.
The Brawn tribe may have been the most boneheaded of all. Cliff is an obvious post-merge target. He's a huge shield for the rest of the physical powerhouses on Brawn. Why vote him out?
Sarah's Making MistakesThe problem is that Tony has made Sarah so paranoid. She's convinced that Cliff could plot against her at a tribe swap. By voting Cliff out now, she thinks she's getting rid of an enemy later.
For someone who reads people for a living, Sarah is acting illiterate. Even if Cliff were after her – which he isn't – rivalries within a tribe dissipate pretty quickly after a swap or a merge.
That's true unless there's been a very real betrayal, like a thrown challenge. Had Sarah succeeded at her plan, she could have created an actual enemy in Lindsay. Then she really might have had a problem.
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Let's give the ever-optimistic Woo credit for his smooth gameplay. He's able to convince Sarah that he's 100 percent with her, and also save his best bud Cliff by winning the challenge. "I'm just trying to affiliate myself with the majority, and when the opportunity is presented to me, I've got to take it," he says.
Lucky for Cliff and for Brawn, the Brains tribe is so bad, they use rice to try to make fire. Spencer puts in a good effort, but ultimately is beaten in the hoops competition by a professional basketball player.
A Smart ChoiceThat leaves Tasha and Kass with a problem. They know that a tribe swap is imminent. Who do they vote out to put themselves in the best position? J'tia offers blind loyalty. Spencer is more well-rounded.
Tasha and Kass win this week's Fishy for making the right decision. They keep Spencer and dump J'tia like J'tia dumped the rice. On Survivor, where so much of the game is out of your control, you want to play with rational players whose motivations you can guess.
"Unpredictability is just as dangerous as disloyalty," Spencer says. In my opinion, it's even worse.
Furthermore, J'tia is the anti-Cliff. She's sucked so bad in every challenge, nobody is going to want to vote her off. Add her legacy as a rice burner into the equation, and if she makes it to the swap or a merge, she's got smooth sailing into the endgame. That's a spot that Tasha and Kass should want for themselves.
Conversely, Spencer has performed notably well. If the other two tribes start picking off Brains, he'll be an early target.
The worst pre-merge tribe can sometimes be the one with the best post-merge prospects. The big tribes turn on each other – and they often turn on themselves to settle their scores.
The Brains tribe, by the very fact of their awfulness, are in an enviable position. With a strong squad, they could go deep in this game. On Wednesday night, they made the right choice.


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To repeatedly thrust or slide the penis between the two globes of a woman' ass. The crack slide is preferably performed on women with large buttocks and loads of ass cleavage. Basically it is the ass version of the titty fuck.
I would crack slide the shit out of Kim Kardashian's huge booty!
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a term used for when one puts their hand in another's butt crack and slides in an upward motion, then slaps the butt.
I just couldn't resist to crackslide her because of her huge butt.
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Hamburg, WSW win in hockey
Austin Bishop and Chris Moses had two goals and an assist each as Hamburg eliminated West Seneca East from the small school Federation hockey playoffs, 7-3. The Bulldogs (11-8-1) will face Williamsville East in the semifinals Tuesday.
Pat Ciancio scored twice and Brandon Bork added a goal and three assists as West Seneca West advanced with a 6-2 win over Williamsville South. The Indians (15-3-2) will face Sweet Home in the semis Tuesday.
Alden fires off Sectional title
Alden swept the .22 caliber and air rifle competitions at the Section VI Rifle Championships at Alden Middle School. The Bulldogs scored 1,089.32 in the .22, winning that title for the sixth straight year, and 1,108.35 in air rifle. Alden also won .22 and air rifle in 2009, 2010 and 2011.
Individual Sectional champions were Mike Moore of Clarence in prone, Eddie Schmitt of Clarence in offhand, Alyson Sylvester of Alden in kneeling, Maxwell Arnold of Alden in aggregate and Sylvester in air rifle.
Several shooters qualified for the March 2 Rifle Regionals at West Point. Representing Section VI will be Arnold, Sylvester, Matt Schaefer, Connor Budziszewski, Katie Kaminski and Albert Boucher of Alden. This will be Sylvester's fifth trip to the Regionals, a run she started in air rifle as an eighth grader.
All Stars joining the Alden group at regionals are Rhianna Lechthenthal (Orchard Park), Moore (Clarence) and Sarah Kaiser (Kenmore).
St. Mary's/Deaf bows in final
The St. Mary's School for the Deaf girls basketball team fell behind early and lost, 55-23, to the Rochester School for the Deaf in Sunday's final of the Eastern Schools Deaf Athletic Association tournament in Providence, R.I.
Shakenya Ward-Brassell scored 13 points for Saints, who trailed, 24-3, after the first quarter. It was the Saints' fourth straight appearance in the final.
In boys basketball, Craig Paige led four scorers in double figures as Niagara Catholic beat Walsh, 63-48. Andrew Adamson and Jonathan Jackson added 13 each for the winners. John Watson of Walsh led all scores with 22 points.


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On one hand you are correct that the revenues do not correspond to this being a hobby activity, but once you look at any Canon website, the statement is readily confirmed (although using slightly different terms) as Canon does distinguish between their offerings for companies (multi-functional devices and such) and their offerings for private or home office usage.
Yes there is a niche called professional photography, but this is really just a niche. Most of the photographic equipment revenue appears to come from what they call consumer or home office usage, which may include people getting started in the business.
That is a distinct area from doing business with large corporate customers with hundreds or thousands of employees, so within Canon you will find a multitude of of employees taking care of corporate customers, but only a few will actually have something to do with photography.You don't see this with Nikon. All their other businesses seem to have eroded over time, so that for them only photography appears to be left.
I'm just wondering... 46.1MP is 8316x5544. 14 bits of usual information make 16384 levels of a colour. Is it not so, that increasing the resolution to such a level you should also remember to increase the colour depth to avoid the banding, which may occur at the pixel level? Does Nyquist-Shannon rule has anything to do here or not? If so - is the 46.1MP maximum usable resolution in 14 bits domain?Guys knowing more than me?
Really? I would imagine it will have a different AF system. The 5D III is a prime candidate for a great AF system, but a megapixel monster with a low frame rate? I guess I don't really see it getting the top-end 61/41pt AF system. I certainly hope it gets something better than the 6D's 11pt AF and even the 7D's 19pt AF systems, though.
AF, etcfirst Canon need a sensor to compete with.low read out noiseLarge DRThere are non
Quote from: jrista on September 30, 2012, 01:45:22 AMReally? I would imagine it will have a different AF system. The 5D III is a prime candidate for a great AF system, but a megapixel monster with a low frame rate? I guess I don't really see it getting the top-end 61/41pt AF system. I certainly hope it gets something better than the 6D's 11pt AF and even the 7D's 19pt AF systems, though.Why? If it is a 1-series body it will most probably have the top AF system. Wasn't this situation the same with 1DsIII ?
So nothing was announced at Photoplus? ;-)
Finally some relative credible rumors and 16 bit. I believe will be in a 5D3 Body (not 1D) aimed directly to studio work. At those specs will be at around $ 5K.For what i do... regarding photography... 46 MP is a blessing from havenI really, really hope this will be true
This might be off the wall for hard core students of Canon history who can predict what Canon will do -- but it will be interesting to see which of two paths Canon will take with this puppy. Assuming this is a 5D style camera:1. further the specialization (and sale) of different bodies by preserving both a 5D and a high MP camera, optimizing each for their respective niches and preserving the sale of both, i.e. a 5D4 appears in addition to the 46mp body. 2. compete more directly in the D800 style market, but at a higher price -- , i.e. merge the 5D and high MP lines into one camera that can play well at both 46mp and 21-ish. Use it for studio, landscape, location, wedding, lightweight sports and wildlife. Odds are that the 46mp body won't appear until 5D4 time anyway
It just kills me when people complain about the weight of todays DSLRs'.