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Reviews by Schlafly33:
2/5 rDev -44.6%
04-30-2013 14:05:24 | More by Schlafly33
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4/5 rDev +10.8%
07-28-2014 02:39:53 | More by wrightst
3/5 rDev -16.9%
10-26-2013 00:01:40 | More by jmccullough108
3.48/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
(Served in a strange)
A- This beer starts as a slow motion gusher that pours a near full glass of off-white foam that sticks to the glass in sheets. There is a clear deep yellow body with a Champagne carbonation.
S- The clean nose has soft field corn notes an dry woody green hop hints in the finish. There is a hint of bee's wax that grows in the finish aswell.
T- The dry Pils malt is followed by a touch of green bitter, woody hops in the finish. There is a dry candy hint that comes through and a pungent bitter bite in the aftertaste that is enhanced by the carbonation.
M- This beer has a light mouthfeel with a crisp fizz prick.
O- The malt is almost nonexistent and the only real hops is just bitterness but I don't taste any sulfur or infection. This beer has great drinking potential of it only had a bit more malt flavor.
Serving type: bottle
04-30-2013 15:43:42 | More by rhoadsrage
4/5 rDev +10.8%
02-07-2013 01:34:44 | More by rlb49
3.39/5 rDev -6.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured this German style Pilsener from a 12 oz bottle into a pint glass. Poured a nice hazy golden color, produced a nice white head, above average retention and a nice amount of lacing left on the glass. The aroma consisted of malted grain and some floral hops. Light in body, malted grain base, sweet/bitter, finishes semi dry. Refreshing thirst quencher, decent session beer- a lot more character then a macro brewed lager. I would rather pop a top on one of these then a "Bud" any day.
Serving type: bottle
01-27-2013 00:13:57 | More by GossageBrewery
2.25/5 rDev -37.7%
10-27-2012 17:54:59 | More by Kpitevl
4/5 rDev +10.8%
08-16-2012 00:52:46 | More by Lotharsdad
3.5/5 rDev -3%
04-30-2012 02:11:52 | More by ahentz
3/5 rDev -16.9%
01-31-2012 17:30:27 | More by Bierwolf
3.7/5 rDev +2.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured into a pilsner.
Golden color with a thick white head. Tons of bubbles can be seen rising to the top. The head has nice cratering and lacing. Awesome head retention all the way to the bottom of the glass.
Not too strong of a smell. Noble hops and some malt sweetness.
The flavor is ok. There is a nice malt backbone balanced by the bitering hops.
This beer feels good. It's light bodied, crisp and smooth.
This beer isn't huge on flavors but it's highly quaffable. This would make a great session pilsener.
Serving type: bottle
01-06-2012 23:41:52 | More by TippySelenoid
4/5 rDev +10.8%
11-14-2011 07:06:26 | More by DCon
3.63/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
A: Pours a nice golden color with a large head and nice lacing.
S: Aroma of fresh grain with a hint of sweetness.
T: Taste of fresh grain with a mild sweetness. a nice bitterness and a dry finish.
F: Fairly light body, crisp, clean and refreshing. Nice balance.
O: Easy drinker, a good any time beer.
Serving type: bottle
11-13-2011 20:21:59 | More by soju6
3.65/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Never heard of the Griesedieck Golden Pilsner is a decent beer. My neighbor brought some back from down state IL. The beer poured orangish copper with slight haze into my tulip glass. Decent white head that is lace. The smell is almost non-exsistent. Taste starts a bit sharp then relaxes towards the end. Definite hops and barley present. The mouthfeel is good....can't really complain. Is this the best pilsner I ever tried....no...but its good.
Serving type: bottle
10-09-2011 22:10:57 | More by WoodBrew
4.03/5 rDev +11.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Standard small pint glass. Poured golden tan and clear, tons of soft carbonation rising at all times, monster head that lasted forever and left huge, sticky chunks of lacing.
Smell is peppery grains, hops, wheat, not real strong but quite nice.
Taste is softer than you'd expect from the smell, with a great blend of hops bitterness and sweet malts.
Light bodied, plenty of carbonation, and a slightly slick aftertaste.
Overall this is a damn fine beer and I'm going to try to get more of it to drink myself. Great job!
Serving type: bottle
07-27-2011 21:05:35 | More by AlCaponeJunior
4.1/5 rDev +13.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Came across some fresher bottles (@ Liquor Barrell in Benton), so re-reviewing to give it a second try. Poured straight down the middle into a Duvel tulip.
A finger of white foam collects at the top. then leaving a solid ring of drippy lacing. A floating island of skim floats in the middle. Good clarity with a slight haze to the saturated orange beer.
Soft bready aroma, with a mellow sweetness like shortbread or sugar cookie. As it warms there are grassy, floral hop traces.
Straightforward flavors of light apple or pear, soft grainy bread, grassy noble hops. Hits all the style hallmarks and has an overall pleasant character. Soft carbonation, light in body. Very crisp and clean, easily sessionable. Glad I found some fresh bottles of this, it's a solid tasty pilsner.
01-25-2011 B- / 3.43 rDev -11.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Purchased at Piasa Winery in Grafton, IL.
Bottle has inkjet "9340" printed on bottom, never got a response from Sand Creek as far as the date. Cool retro label, though it's contract brewed in Black River Falls WI, at Sand Creek.
Voluminous head when poured into a slender stange glass, about 3 fingers width of head. The lace is sticky, and it remains for the duration of the glass. Slightly hazed pale gold, with visible carbonation. Some yeast sediment was present in the bottle, leading me to believe it's bottle conditioned.
Clean grainy pilsner malt nose, slightly tea like.
Firm bitterness in the taste, again similar to tea. Husky grain, dry crackery aftertaste. Reminds me of pre-prohibition "all malt" lagers i've tried before. Clean with no off flavors, with a mild bitterness true to the German tradition. Dry feel with light carbonation. Probably nice in warmer weather, i'll have to revisit a fresher bottle.
Serving type: bottle
05-23-2011 22:54:39 | More by emerge077
4.28/5 rDev +18.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Nice to see another pilsner put into the mix.
Produces a massive amount of off white head that retains quite nicely and has a golden clear body.
Aroma is grainy cereal in the way of Grape Nuts, and has what I perceive as a metallic Saaz hops presence.
Has a hearty cereal grain taste, with an ample amount of spicy hops. It does have a kind of tobacco like flavor, but a very interesting trait.
Feels well carbonated and moist to the palate. Overall a pils I'd try again in a heartbeat.
Serving type: bottle
05-10-2011 23:59:06 | More by TheSarge
3.43/5 rDev -5%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Appearance: Pours a darker golden color with a huge white head with great retention. Steady stream of carbonation can be seen rising from the bottom.
Smell: Fairly light and nothing special. Grain and wheat and a little bit of caramel malt.
Taste: Sweet at first with a bitter hop finish. The wheat and malt fill in nicely in the middle. Kind of a little soapy.
Mouthfeel/drinkability: Very crisp with a light body and some very lively carbonation. Fairly impressive.
Serving type: bottle
01-03-2011 01:02:38 | More by meatmallet
3.68/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
12 oz bottle poured into a standard shaker pint glass. Tight and frothy head eeks over the edge of the rim. Good legs on the head and chunky circles of lace clings to the glass. Color is a clear golden straw yellow.
Smell has toasty and husky grain. It has a mild skunk aroma, but more like a cheese than a light strike. Taste is till grainy, but is enhanced by a clean grassy hops.
Mouthfeel is crisp, but has a heavier grainy finish. Overall nice offering. I see this as more of a beer you would have while eating out.
Serving type: bottle
01-31-2010 01:26:56 | More by bort11
3.68/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
It has a nice gold color the head was nice at first but disappeared quickly only to leave little bit of white lace. This beer also started of hazy but cleared up fast. There are some real tiny bubbles to the body. It has a typical crisp pils aroma nothing overly special. The carbonation bite dies down fast. It has a very clean crisp flavor. The usual macro lager. A little bit grainy aftertaste. Overall not bad.
Serving type: bottle
11-21-2008 18:05:39 | More by MTNboy
3.63/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
A - Poured out a somewhat, cloudy, straw-yellow color. It had a two-finger, foamy white head.
S - It smelled of grains and light caramel malt. There was a subtle floral aroma, too.
T - It tasted sweet and of grains. It had a slight hop bite.
M - It was very crisp, fizzy and sharp. A light-bodied beer.
D - This is a very easy drinking pils. Not a great taste but pretty good for the style and sessionable.
Serving type: bottle
07-27-2008 15:03:42 | More by zeff80
4/5 rDev +10.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from the bottle a slightly hazy straw yellow with a thin, but bright, white head.
Sweet, hoppy aroma pilsner aroma.
The clean taste is follows the aroma with a well balanced combination of the hops and malts. Fruity up front with light breadiness at the finish.
The mouthfeel is clean and tight with moderate carbonation.
I am pleasantly surprised by this pilsner from Griesedieck. In fact, I'd say it's the best pilsner made in St. Louis. Sorry Schlafly.
Serving type: bottle
05-20-2008 20:42:11 | More by Monkeyknife
4.22/5 rDev +16.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Nice and golden. Thick foam head that sticks. Lots of smooth, active carbonation.
Nice hoppy and sweet smell.
Spicy and sweet taste. Bright and refreshing. Flowery. Very nice. I haven't had a lot of pilseners but this seems like a very good one to me.
Goes down smooth. Creamy head feels great on the lips.
I could definitely go through 6 of these in a night.
This is a great beer, and reasonably priced ($7 at Dierberg's near St. Louis). The GB Brewery appears to be in High Falls, WI, not St. Louis. It's too bad these old St. Louis beers (like Lemp) aren't actually made in St. Louis, but I hope they come home some day. They do the city proud.
Serving type: bottle
01-17-2008 01:53:29 | More by ch473
4.28/5 rDev +18.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Pours a golden color with a decent amount of carbonation with small beads of foam that slowly fade over time, leaving some lacing down the side of the glass.
Has a flowery aroma from the Saaz hops, which blend nicely with some sweetness from the all-malt base.
The flavor is smooth and well-balanced between hops and malt. The malt has a bit of sweetness, but gives the beer a firm backbone. The hops add a decent amount of bitter spice but not too much to turn one away.
True to its style, this is the best pils I've tried so far. I'm glad the Griesedieck Bros. are back in business, and it's good to see them come out with a pils that's true to its style. A definite MUST.
Serving type: on-tap
12-18-2007 15:56:06 | More by stagman
3.43/5 rDev -5%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
I found some bottles, and away we go: Clear straw yellow, with a firm white head that generated some sticky laces. Soapy malts in the aroma, and a pleasant taste to boot, not a tasteless crap-light type pilsner. Sharp and crisp with a decent amount of malts. I would not have a problem with a pilsner of this caliber.
Serving type: bottle
05-15-2007 13:46:01 | More by Vancer
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Could your pet really be a better listener than your spouse? Can too much stress cause an intestinal disorder. Recent psychology headlines explore these subjects as well as many other topics. Learn more about some of the psychology news and research that happened in 2010.
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Poll: One-Third Say Pets Listen Better Than Spouses
May 17, 2010 - A recent poll by the Associated Press found that more than 30-percent of pet-owning women reported that their pets were better listeners than their husbands. Nearly 20-percent of men polled also said that their pets were better listeners than their wives. Learn more about this poll as well as other therapeutic benefits of pets.
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June 7, 2010 - In a study published in the online journal Neuropsychopharmacology, researchers tested 379 people who abstained from drinking coffee for 16 hours and then were given either caffeine or a placebo. The participants were then tested for a variety different responses to measure levels of alertness. Researchers found that caffeine does not increase alertness in habitual caffeine consumers, it simply offsets the negative symptoms of withdrawal.
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June 14, 2010 - According to a new study by researchers at Duke University, advanced age does not necessarily predict diminished decision-making. In the study published in the American Psychological Association's journal Psychology and Aging, researchers found that risky decisions were linked to cognition and not age.
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July 12, 2010 - According to research published in the American Psychological Association journal School Psychology Quarterly, children who have poor problem-solving skills are more likely to become bullies, victims of bullies or both. When academic problems are also present, children become even more likely to bully.


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Is that not more condtioning rather than genetics?
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And genetics allows for nearly infinite complexity and variation so there is no requirement for two people with similar disposition to have the same moral compass. In fact I'm arguing close to the opposite-- no two people will have exactly the same moral compass, and there is no True North, so to speak.
Studying people with similar deficiencies/anomalies/abnormalities just makes it very clear to see how impossible it is to define anything that is consistent for all mankind, and the "natural law" becomes something more of an amalgam of human traits that are more or less pronounced in different people & populations and occasionally suppressed or re-routed entirely. Are the insane not human if their brains don't process empathy? Does that have theological implications?
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By Pejman Yousefzadeh Posted in War — Comments (7) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »
I did not see it, but I read it and it reads well. I have to say that however necessary it may be to remove 30,000 troops by next summer (assuming that the conditions for removal are met) and thus return to pre-surge conditions, the return to said conditions makes me tremendously nervous and causes me to worry that we may lose all tht we have gained through the surge. I really would like to see more evidence that the Iraqi security forces are up to the challenge of filling in for the departing Americans who made up the surge and as of yet, that evidence has been lacking. This is not to say that I believe the Iraqi security forces will never be ready. Far from it. But their timeline is accelerated.
One beneficial effect from any withdrawal of troops is that it will allow us to test the proposition--advanced by Democrats--that a troop withdrawal is just the thing that we need in order to spur the Iraqis into reaching a political settlement. Logically, the chances of such a settlement coming about are supposed to go up with a troop withdrawal, right? If we are no closer to reaching a settlement as the surge comes to an end, are we as a nation then prepared to admit that a mere troop withdrawal will not be enough in order to prompt a political settlement in Iraq? Will the argument that the only way we can save the domestic situation in Iraq is to leave thus go the way of the dodo?
Because in those circumstances, it should.
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I haven't read it nor watched it, yet, but I believe it might be possible. One of our troops' mission in Iraq is to train Iraqis to defend themselves. As more and more Iraqi forces can step up and lead missions, that makes it a possibility.
In addition, you've got the politics of the thing in the form of a deeply religious country with extremes in the different sects divided on the way forward, unlike when this country began its bid for independence from an uncaring monarchy. Considering our own government... which has been established for over two hundred years... has spent the better part of a year now accomplishing very little, you'd think there'd be some understanding that it's not so easy to unite a divided nation.
We won the war a long time ago. It's the peace that has us bogged down. We have a Democratic Congress who thinks it should dictate the terms of government in an independent country not their own in addtition to other Middle Eastern countries not liking the idea of a free independent Iraq.
On the whole, I'm confused why everybody complains about the war in Iraq. Yeah, it has gone on an uncommon length of time but the personal sacrifices within this country haven't correlated with the length of time spent over there. Congress complains about the money spent over there when there is no shortage of money here to do the things that need doing and some besides when you count all the pork stuck in some of the weirdest appropriations bills.
For the most part, the average American gets up, goes to work, does the same things day in, day out buys what he wants when he wants and doesn't even think about the war on a daily basis. In short nothing has changed much in the daily life of the average American.
It's only when the numbers are floated, 3000+ deaths, $100 billion that things get crazy. They think of those in terms of their immediate surroundings and funds rather than the overall picture of the entire nation.
There are more deaths in a month in just about any decent sized city than have happened in the the whole 5 years of the Iraq war. As for the money spent, do these people think that $100 billion is going to go back into their pockets when the Democrats (all) have stated they're going to raise taxes even if they stopped spending money in Iraq and on the military?
but I think politics has a lot to do with it.
If very modest drawdowns are made between Christmas '07 and the end of summer '08, the surge will be affected very little. It will let the public know that Bush is committed to reducing our presence in Iraq, a positive thing for Republicans. Meanwhile, the next twelve months should be enough time to remove the worst of the bad guys, assuming that we target the Mahdi army after we chase AQ out of Iraq. Stability in Iraq between Sept and Nov enhances the Republican chances of keeping the White House, and hopefully, regain some of the seats in Congress.
Callously political, right? Calculating, even. Trading lives for votes, right?
BUT, what happens in Iraq and the Middle East if the Republicans lose? Even if Hillary wins, the most hawkish of the Democrat candidates, she could pretty much decide to withdraw the troops in 2009, let brown stuff impact fan, and hope that the excitement is over by by the election of 2012. She wins with the anti-war group, and she can blame Bush for the loss. Our worst fears are realized: religious thuggery, occupation by Iran, spreading chaos and losses in the Middle East. Increased chances of terrorism here at home.
If Edwards or Obama wins, no change in outcome, only the rhetoric.
It has to do with politics, but, as Republicans keep reminding the base, elections have consequences.
All this talk about troop withdrawals, retreat, and benchmarks is totally trumped by one fact: We're never leaving Iraq.
After all, our 62-year military presence in Germany may be starting to wind down and our 54-year deployment in ROK is likely to be over soon as well.
Or, never is a reeeeeeeally long time.
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock.
...actually, I am FOR a long-term military presence in Iraq, and all over the globe. Please read the entire article to see that. Thanks :-)
if we were leaving the extra 30,000 troops in until the general, without any political pressure, tells us Iraq will be stable as they are drawn down. Yes, they've helped. Yes, the Iraquis are improving. If the Iraquis are good enough to hold their own, that means some of our troops should be able to enjoy some short term R&R (well at least as much as you can given the situation) in one of those areas where they are maintaining law and order. And when they can consistently enojoy that R&R, then we should start rotating people home.
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text: Just because the state says the public can't enter a park doesn't make it so, and that's the chief reason officials should reexamine their plan to close up to 70 parks starting in July. It's not that open space is sacrosanct; as much as we love them, parks are fair game for budget cuts along with almost everything else. But the question that Gov. Jerry Brown must answer is whether California will really save any money, even in the short run, by closing so many parks.


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- Editor's Note: Allen Mead died early in the morning Sept. 30, 2012. This remembrance is written by Kurt Wehrmeister, a friend of Allen and former associate editor of the newspaper he owned and published: The Geneva Republican.
Allen Fox Mead, who died this weekend, about seven weeks shy of what would have been his 96th birthday, was a community newspaper editor whose time was, sadly, so long ago both chronologically and journalism-wise, that today's young writers and editors might only barely comprehend how he went about his work, and why.
Allen (and he was "Allen" to absolutely everyone—only grudgingly conceding to "Mr. Mead" from high-school kids) was the editor/publisher of The Geneva Republican from 1950 to 1972, continuing, under the publisher title, as City Hall reporter and sportswriter until his retirement in 1986, when the newspaper was sold to Wayne Woltman.
The weekly newspaper had been his entire professional life for 47 years—beginning in 1939, when he brought home his newly minted M.S. degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin back to the Geneva in which he'd been born on Nov. 23, 1916, and where he'd graduated from Geneva High at the precocious age of 16 in 1933. He went to work with his uncle, editor Cadwell P. Mead, in the compact newspaper office and plant at 121 S. Third St., right across the street from theKane County Courthouse.
"Cad" Mead, and his father, Charles B. Mead, had built the office there in 1923—both for easy coverage of goings-on at the courthouse, and for easy across-the-street delivery of the Legal Notices which were a major source of the newspaper's revenue. (Today, look up above the door at 121, now owned by Michael Simon and leased both to a retail shop and Fox Valley Jewish Neighbors, and you see the inscription in the concrete: 1847 GENEVA REPUBLICAN 1923; the first date being the founding date of the newspaper, five months before the premier of the Chicago Tribune. The Mead family had bought the newspaper in 1903.)
But I digress. How was Allen Mead different from most of today's community journalists?
For starters, he really never cared all that much about "crafting and honing" a snappy, sparkling lead to dramatize or emphasize the controversy of a given situation. If he wrote a piece on how much Geneva's electric rates were going to increase, he gave it to you straight—the percentage and the effective date in the first paragraph, because he figured you needed to know that upfront. He didn't necessarily boil it down to "x" amount of dollars for the "average" user—because he figured you were smart and self-reliant enough to go into your file drawer at home, pull your last bill, and do the math yourself as to how much extra it was going to cost you.
Secondly, the concept of keeping it "short and tight," a mantra of today's journalists, wasn't really a huge priority of Allen's. Thoroughness and comprehensiveness were more important. Stories on an electric-rate increase, or results of a school-board election, or a road-resurfacing project, all, for the most part, went as long as they needed to go, to give all the pertinent information. He certainly didn't "pad" with anything superfluous, but as with all journalists until perhaps the 1990s, he was trained in the "inverted pyramid" style: Put the important stuff at the top and report the details of lesser importance in ensuing paragraphs. When a reader had enough for their needs, they would leave that story and go on to another.
Thirdly: Allen Mead really gave not a damn about winning state or national journalism awards ... or about whether a given story or layout was going to entice additional readership. On one hand, because he never cared about "rising in the business," at least after he took leadership of The Republican in early 1950, at age 33. He figured that running his hometown's weekly newspaper (and its commercial printing operation, directed by his partner, Dick Marti) was the highest calling there was, or at least the highest calling he cared to answer. He knew how very important The Republican was to Genevans, and how important his work was to his hometown—without having to blow his own horn.
And indeed, as to that point—for much of his career, Allen had a luxury virtually unknown to today's journalists: no competition. Until the late 1960s when the Beacon-News opened a Tri-Cities office on West State Street, and especially when the St. Charles Chronicle started a Geneva edition in 1973, The Republican was Geneva's one and only source of news (and also, Geneva businesses' one and only venue for print advertising). But even a decade into that period of competition, as late as the mid-1980s at the end of Allen's career, nearly 90 percent of Geneva's 4,200 or so households held a paid weekly subscription to The Republican! Let that sink in for a moment: Ninety percent market penetration, with paid subscriptions! (That statistic is about as foreign to today's newspaper managers as the planet Pluto.)
And fourthly, Allen was utterly ego-free as a journalist (and as a human being, for that matter). You could count the number of "bylines" he took in his long career on one hand—and most of those, in the early '80s, only because I talked him into it. He placed his name as "Editor and Publisher," and later just "Publisher," in the masthead, because the Post Office required it. He figured, for the most part, that that was enough.
What mattered, first, last, and solely, to Allen Mead, on a professional level, was covering Geneva and its citizens—period. It would be a bit of an exaggeration, but not much of one, to assert that if in, say, 1958, a meteor had struck in the middle of Main Street in St. Charles or Wilson Avenue in Batavia, it might get only a few lines in The Geneva Republican—unless, of course, a visiting Genevan had been present and injured by the meteor strike, or it somehow otherwise affected Genevans. Allen figured that St. Charles had the Chronicle and Batavia had its Herald. His job was to cover Geneva and Genevans.
Take an hour or two with the Geneva Public Library's microfilm copies (if the microfilm reader is working) of Allen Mead's Geneva Republican in the 1950s or '60s—or, for that matter, the iteration of the paper under David Rogers and Dianne Herschelman and me in the 1970s and early '80s (for we learned under his tutelage). What would strike you is a look at a considerably smaller town, admittedly, perhaps, more insular.
The Republican of that era was an unabashed and unapologetic cheerleader for local business and industry. Granted, it generally did not harshly criticize the public actions of elected officials, and certainly not their private actions. It—or, he (for the 22 years between 1950 and 1972 The Republican's editorial voice was Allen's and Allen's alone)—figured that the proper course was to fully describe the actions of local government ... and to let people decide for themselves whether that was satisfactory, or if they instead wanted to elect new leaders, or to run for office themselves.
Not that Allen Mead didn't lead public opinion, and quite effectively.
It was only under him that, in 1950, a regular Editor's Column was instituted. And it was there where, gently but persistently, he argued, in the 1950s, for the consolidation of Geneva's elementary and high school districts into one unit district; for the need to raise funds to build the community's first public swimming pool; for the development of Swedish Days; for the need to build a new and modern Geneva High School on Logan Avenue.
In the 1960s, he pushed editorially to clean up and develop the community's decrepit, formerly industrial riverfront; and for more traffic signals on State Street on both sides of the river so that pedestrians and kids on bikes could cross the busy road safely. And in the 1970s he wrote, along with David Rogers, for the need to keep local control of DuPage Airport (a battle first won, then lost); for the need to get the former Illinois State School for Girls onto the real-estate tax rolls (a battle only partly won); for the need for more clean industry to relieve the residential real-estate tax burden; and in support of numerous School District referenda.
But what mostly strikes one, looking at year after year of The Republican under Allen Mead, was how very lucky Geneva's young people were; really what a doting father figure they had in the editor's office at 17 N. First St. (where he moved The Republican and Republic Printing to larger quarters in 1959 until '86).
To be sure, it was under Allen, beginning in 1947 (his uncle Cad named him managing editor that year, when he returned from stateside service in World War II), that for the first time The Republican had a legitimate, regular, prominent sports section, giving lavish and comprehensive coverage to Geneva High athletics.
He faithfully covered football, basketball, wrestling and especially one of his favorite sports, track and field. Hundreds upon hundreds of former GHS athletes, now in their 40s to their 70s, fondly recall a smiling Allen Mead circulating around the locker room, notebook in hand, after a win, doling out his trademark lemon drops. And on the relatively rare occasions when little Geneva's Vikings kicked the "big boys"—to get into the state basketball Elite Eight in 1963, or to the state football championship in 1975, or beating East Aurora's arrogant basketball Tomcats on their home floor in 1981—there wasn't a happier guy in the world than Allen Mead.
But it wasn't just the jocks. From elementary school on, whether their interests and achievements were in the arts, or science, or the humanities, or civic service, Allen made sure that items and pictures of Geneva's teens and preteens and their accomplishments got prominent play in the 12 or 16 weekly broadsheet pages of The Republican. And for several years in the 1960s, with tight school funding evidently precluding a student newspaper for a time, he devoted a weekly full page to items written and edited by GHS journalists. Every June he would run a separate section with generous-sized portraits of Geneva High's graduating seniors—but, with many dozens of the 100 or 150 graduating seniors, you already felt you knew them and their accomplishments; so often had their smiling faces appeared in The Republican during preceding months and years.
And, he didn't think any of this was all that special. He just thought this is how you were supposed to operate, as a responsible small-town newspaper editor.
It is a brand of community journalism that we simply don't see anymore. Economics, and the fractionalization of the communications business, preclude it.
Some of what's replaced Allen Mead's sort of journalism is improved—in immediacy, certainly, in incorporation of video and sound on the Web.
But there is much, so much to miss, as well.
So long, old friend. You've richly earned your final "30."


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Venables: "Pieces are there" on defense
SENECA — Brent Venables remembers his first impression of Sam Bradford.
In 2005, Bradford served as Oklahoma's scout team quarterback while redshirting, meaning Venables, then the Sooners' defensive coordinator, got a daily look at him.
"I was begging for coach (Bob) Stoops to go get a (junior college) QB," Venables said. " 'This guy, this isn't the guy, coach.'"
One year later, Bradford set an NCAA freshman record for touchdown passes. He won the Heisman Trophy and was the No.1 overall pick in the 2010 NFL draft by the St. Louis Rams.
Venables' lesson? Don't rush to judgment. He'll get plenty of opportunities for patience in his first season as Clemson's defensive coordinator.
This fall, Venables will rely on a group of young players who'll mix with a core of veterans in hopes of improving a defense which struggled at times under former defensive coordinator Kevin Steele.
(Bradford) is playing in the NFL," Venables said. "As a (true) freshman he wasn't ready, and most of them aren't. Because of depth, sheer natural talent you say , 'Well, we're not going to play them very much. But they gain experience and it helps a year from now."
11 players on Venables' defensive two-deep are either freshmen or sophomores. Sophomores are expected to start at three of four defensive line spots, middle linebacker and a cornerback spot.
Perhaps the most important is Stephone Anthony, who pushed senior Corico Wright to an outside position, taking over the starting middle linebacker role in spring.
A former five-star signee, Anthony improved as he played last fall, but will be counted on for a much larger role in 2012.
"He's really hungry to be a great player," Venables said. "He's very coachable, brings high energy every day. He's talented, and I knew that. I watched him in high school; (Oklahoma) might have been his first offer as a junior. What a quality person, individual he is. He's an achievement-oriented young guy.
"He cares about having his name on it and not letting his teammates down. He's got a lot of the traits and intangibles that you want, not just players, but leaders, figureheads of program, your starting middle linebacker to have. He's not there, but he works every day, he's locked in. He pays attention and he's hard on himself."
Another year in major college football, Venables said, will make a difference this fall.
"No doubt," he said. "Whatever he was, I think he'll be twice the player he was last year. More than anything, not because of knowledge or experience, but just because of maturity and playing last year. It's getting all those jitters out, like all freshmen have."
A pair of sophomores who were limited last season will also be counted upon. Lateek Townsend missed the first four games while serving an NCAA extra-benefit suspension, and Tony Steward played in only five games before suffering his second ACL tear in as many years; he sat out spring practice while recovering.
"I was pleased with what I thought was strong engagement in meetings, but I couldn't dedicate the whole meeting to seeing what he knew, what he retained. I needed to work and see what the guys who were going to practice knew," Venables said of Steward.
"…I did watch his high school tape, and he can run straight ahead , explosive, very fast and I really liked his personality and what they are as people, as much as anything."
Steward is healthy and has been fully cleared since May; Venables wants to see him make an impact.
"I hope he makes some decisions really hard about what we're going to do as coaches with defensive personnel," Venables said. "His mindset is, he knows he's got an opportunity to make an impact and a group that returns experience, but again nobody showed any level of consistency to brag about."
Townsend played primarily on special teams last fall; he'll begin as the third-team strongside linebacker behind junior Quandon Christian.
"I love what he brings. He likes to play," Venables said. "Football is his sanctuary. Practice is his sanctuary. I saw him improve as much as anyone in the spring, with his foundation and fundamental technique. He's got a ways to go. The first seven, eight practices were pretty stagnant. But then little by little I started to see a little improvement every day. It was a lot easier for me to be encouraged in nourishing to him. I think he started to flourish that way."
Tackling ability, Venables said, helps Townsend stand out.
"He's explosive, he can run, he loves contact," Venables said. "He's a contact player, and a lot of guys… (you say) he's soft, he's not a real explosive tackler. He doesn't have experience and he doesn't understand all the nuances of the game yet, the intricacies of the defense. I love his willingness to be aggressive, be in attack mode. We need to find a place for him once we start."
Another player who'll have a place (or places) in the defense this fall is freshman defensive back Travis Blanks. He's currently listed as the second-team strongside linebacker/nickel back behind Christian, but could line up as a cornerback, safety or nickel back.
"I love Travis and I love his attitude," Venables said. "He's as mature a freshman as I've been around. He's really hard on himself, that's his No.1 attribute. I'm trying to teach guys to be like Blanks. That guy comes to work every day, and makes mistakes, takes ownership, takes responsibility, and you see him in a very purposeful way go and attack that weakness the next day.
"And you can coach him hard. He's not polished by any stretch, but I think he has a chance to be a real quality player in time. He has the foundation and makings of what a lot of special players have as far as intangibles. He's got length, he's got speed, he's got instincts, good ball skills. I think he'll be a big part of what we're doing this year."


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Kim alluded to her marriage and Kris as "mistakes" during one of her recent tweets. Kim tweeted, "Maybe our mistakes r what make our fate. W/out them what would shape our lives? Perhaps if we never veered off course we wouldn't b who we are."
Well, who are you, Kim Kardashian? Several haters feel you are nothing more than a shell of a person who has sold her soul to the Devil for money and fame. If you have, you better hope that contract isn't as ironclad as your prenup to Kris Humphries is. It'll always be easier to divorce a basketballer than to break a contract with the Devil.
But, fans can't just blame Kim because it's momager, Kris Jenner, who is really the ringleader of the Kardashian klan. Kris has "pimped out" not just Kim but also Kourtney and Khloe. And, now that Kendall and Kylie have grown breasts, Kris is pimping them out too. Being a Kardashian must be a blast in this world but that existence seems so empty and void of true relationships. Now that will be a mistake they will have to contend with on their deathbeds.
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NORMAN — The United Church of Norman — UCC will present the Rev. Dr. Yvette Flunder at 7 p.m. Wednesday at St. Stephens United Methodist Church, 1801 W. Brooks St.
The title of the free lecture is "My Mama's Kitchen ... A Theology of Relentless Hospitality."
Flunder is a preacher, educator, conference speaker and singer. She is the founder of City of Refuge UCC in San Francisco, which unites gospel ministry with social ministry.
A native San Franciscan, Flunder is an ordained minister of the United Church of Christ. She received a doctor of ministry from San Francisco Theological Seminary.
Flunder is presiding bishop of a multi-denominational fellowship of 110 primarily African American Christian leaders and laity.
She is a trustee and adjunct professor at Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, Calif. Flunder is recognized for her work in the HIV/AIDS epidemic. She is the author of "Where the Edge Gathers: A Theology and Homiletic of Radical Inclusion."


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Bushwacker Wholefoods sell a wide variety of organic food, supplements, vitamins, wheat free and allergy free food and many other health foods.
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WPP wants to purchase digital shop Big Spaceship, making an offer of $12.5 million in recent weeks, according to a source close to the situation.
Brooklyn, NY-based Big Spaceship has been in talks with WPP since October, according to the source. The deal is in due diligence stage, the source said.
Big Spaceship's clients include Adobe, HBO, Skittles, Victoria's Secret, Land's End, and various other notable brands. The agency's disciplines include brand strategy, web, mobile, social, games, and content.
WPP declined to comment, and Big Spaceship didn't reply by press time.
The London-based holding company and its competitors remain keenly interested in the dwindling herd of independent digital agencies. In August 2011, WPP announced the purchase of Rogers, AR-based Rockfish Interactive, a month after ClickZ reported a deal was in the works in the neighborhood of $40 million.
WPP was also mum about a rumor that it's considering a bid for MyWebGrocer. The Vermont-based e-commerce provider has dozens of supermarket chain clients, enabling web sales for thousands of locations. According to comScore, MyWebGrocer had 2.1 million U.S. unique visitors in February, up from 1.5 million during the same month in 2011.
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Taylor Mitchell, 19, was attacked while she was hiking alone in Cape Breton Highlands Park, Nova Scotia, when she was attacked by two of the animals on Tuesday. She died of her wounds on Wednesday.
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Authorities near Cooke City, Montana are continuing to investigate an incident in which a hunter accidentally shot his companion in the middle of his struggle with an attacking grizzly bear on Saturday.
Both hunters survived the bizarre incident. The boar grizzly, estimated to be more than 20 years old, was not as fortunate.
Officials with the Montana Fish Wildlife and Park and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have not released the names of the hunters involved, but said they discovered no negligence and the shooting is officially ruled as accidental.
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The action began when Rory Chapple, 39, heard the telltale huffing sounds of an agitated grizzly bear coming toward him. Though he was armed with his hunting bow, there was no time to nock an arrow, much less draw, aim and fire.
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The Montana Secretary of State's office concluded last week that Florence-based Footloose Montana has until June 18, 2010 to obtain signatures from 5 percent of the total number of qualified voters in Montana, including 5 percent in each of the 34 legislative house districts. That translates into approximately 24,337 signatures to land the initiative on the November 2010 general election ballot.
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The Colonial House Restaurant and Bar is on the move. The restaurant, famous for its gooey caramel rolls and comfort food cuisine, is moving down the street to the old Casa Real building.
Owner Kevin Beshara says the new location will provide more space and parking for restaurant patrons.
Besides the location change, everything else about the Colonial House will remain the same. "What makes us feel like home to some people or a good place to eat and enjoy yourself - that'll still be there that comfort, that feeling of home family friendly," Beshara said.
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|Rematch fail
Date Climbed: Jun 28, 2014
|Came back for a rematch, thinking that now we know the route better and are in better shape. Made it to previous stopping point about 1.5 hours earlier. Advanced quite a bit but still ran out of time again.
Not sure about 5.5 miles BTW; we haven't made it even close to the summit and yet both our pedometers showed around 16 miles.
|Posted Jul 7, 2014 11:20 pm
|Timing/route-finding fail
Date Climbed: Sep 14, 2013
|We started too late (9am), assuming this will be fairly quick (5.5 miles one way). Nope. This is the most confusing route ever, so we spent so much time figuring our way out that it was quite clear that we're not making it (needed to drive home that night).
|Posted Jul 7, 2014 11:17 pm
|good times
Date Climbed: Jun 17, 2012
|second time up matterhorn peak. This time went up the couloir, had to use crampons/axe. Great glissade down. One of my all time favorites!
|Posted Apr 15, 2014 5:36 pm
|Good climb
Date Climbed: Mar 16, 2014
|Climbed West and descended East Couloirs with friends on a clear, sunny March day. Still quite a bit of snow on the rock despite low precip this winter. Good conditions in the couloirs and no need for pro there but we kept crampons on and used running belay throughout the trough/ledges on the SW side of the mountain.
|Posted Mar 18, 2014 5:01 pm
|CAG Guided Trip
Date Climbed: Jul 12, 2012
|This was a guided trip through CAG, and a first taste of mountaineering. Very little snow throughout the route.
|Posted Nov 14, 2013 7:14 pm
|Climbed East Couloir in semi winter conditions with California Alpine Guides. 50-60mph gusts on top so didn't stay long. Gorgeous day out. I recommend the company.
|Posted Sep 25, 2013 6:30 pm
Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2011
|Went up as part of a summer mountaineering class.
|Posted Sep 19, 2013 3:49 pm
|Great views
Date Climbed: Dec 16, 2013
|Nice hike except the scree slog on the final push.
|Posted Aug 29, 2013 9:10 pm
|Long, Great Hike
Date Climbed: Aug 14, 2013
|See Ambret's entry in the summit log and trip report.
|Posted Aug 26, 2013 8:50 pm
|Via SW Slope
Date Climbed: Aug 14, 2013
|Summitted with Ruvicha via Horse Creek Canyon and the southwest slope. A very long day for us, but it was great to get to the top after having had to turn back last year. Spectacular views in all directions.
|Posted Aug 23, 2013 1:04 am
|From Horse Creek Pass
Date Climbed: Jun 29, 2013
|Summer Sierra season got under way with a solid climb of the northernmost SPS Emblem Peak. Trail from Twin Lakes up Horse Creek is ok, then all cross-country. Went up the side way too early and ended up climbing some very steep and loose terrain. Route up to Horse Creek Pass was very blocky. From HCP, a slog in the sand to near the summit; two steps up, one down. Very frustrating and exhausting. Eventually reached the solid rock near the top, climbed class 3 blocks to highpoint. Tremendous views in all directions. The off-trail, boulder-hoping part on the way back felt never-ending. Tough one-day ascent, but some of the best views anywhere!
|Posted Aug 14, 2013 7:31 pm
|East Couloir
Date Climbed: Jun 1, 2012
|East Coolie w/ Pete & Rahil
|Posted Aug 11, 2013 9:28 pm
|Via East Coul.
Date Climbed: Aug 3, 2013
|I can't remember the exact date, so this is approximate.
The east couloir was just a slog. The only class 3 section (and the only part that was fun) is after you reach the saddle at the top of the couloir. Otherwise, it's class 2. I think the west coul. is probably a better scramble. In late season, do everything in your power to avoid the sand and talus on the west side of the snowfield; that is some of the steepest, LOOSEST choss I have ever hiked on. Ever.
|Posted Jul 14, 2013 6:35 pm
|A Little In Over Our Heads
|Inspired by Dharma Bums, a desire to get more into mountain climbing, and the proximity to my grandparents' cabin (in the Virginia Lakes valley a few valleys over to the southeast) I decided to try to climb this peak with my girlfriend. Too ambitious. Also didn't do my homework well.
We approached the peak from the north, scrambling up the East Couloir (as near as I can tell), making it to within at most 500 feet of the summit, but we weren't sure where to go from the east ridge and had reached our turnback time. We weren't as comfortable with the terrain as we'd like so descended via the Southeast Slope and Horse Creek Pass, getting to back to the trailhead well after dark.
Will have to come back, with a USGS map and better planning, and give it another try!
|Posted Jun 11, 2013 1:40 am
|Great Trip!
Date Climbed: Apr 14, 2013
|Awesome trip up, snow was a little sketchy coming back down but the views up top were worth it.
|Posted Apr 18, 2013 7:53 pm
|North Arete
Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2012
|A long a$$ drive to make a long a$$ climb. I thought I was toast by the time I finished the approach. Let my partner lead P1 and by the time it was my turn to lead my head was back into it. Lead P2 (very easy) P4 (Spicy and long) a short P5 (only places 1 peice) and the interesting 4th class traverse to the true summit. My partner got the money pitch P6.
|Posted Oct 19, 2012 3:13 pm
|Re: Matterhorn via Hörnli ridge with guide
|This log is for Matterhorn Peak in California. You might want to move this post.
|Posted Oct 19, 2012 3:03 pm
|North Arete
Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2012
|Successful climb & summit with Paul F.; trip was full definition of "mountaineering = nice!; Paul lead all the pitches of technical climb (thanks!); the 5.6 crack pitch on the blank face with lots of air was awesome!!; tough (for me) final move onto top-out of climb.
|Posted Oct 15, 2012 3:01 pm
|Matterhorn via Hörnli ridge with guide
Date Climbed: Jul 31, 2012
|I'm not an experienced climber but my story and video might be helpful for others who are planning this climb.
|Posted Sep 6, 2012 2:50 pm
|Vitaliy M.
|Double Dihedral
|Did double Dihedral and traversed to Dragtooth and Doodad after
|Posted Aug 27, 2012 3:39 pm


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There has been a lot of debate and discussion regarding the so-called government "shutdown."
A quick recap, in case you've been ovewhelmed by the constant news coverage over the last couple days: members of Congress on both sides of the aisle seem deadset on getting their way regarding next year's budget, with Republicans bent on delaying and defunding the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and Democrats refusing to budge on the issue.
The shutdown has had little immediate impact in Hunt County. While pundits and talking heads screamed about the oncoming shutdown like it was the end of the world, Hunt County has continued to operate as normal. The shutdown has caused fear and confusion, but much of it seems unwarranted.
That doesn't mean that we won't begin to feel the long-term effects. A prolonged shutdown will (and already has) negatively affected the stock market. Nationally, programs like WIC that provide nutrition assistance to mothers and children have already closed down.
And we don't have access to our many national parks, museums and zoos. We can certainly live without them, but don't plan on vising Yosemite or Yellowstone soon. The shutdown will undoubtedly affect us in countless other ways as well.
With the "debt-ceiling" talks set to begin in the near future, the United States remains diametrically opposed on key issues like health care and government spending. This won't be the last fiscal problem we run into.
While the shutdown will bring adversity, we have an opportunity to shoulder the load like we've done time and time again and prove to the world (and Washington D.C.) that we can overcome problems, even if they're self-made.
It is also important that we focus on gaining information and critically analyzing it, rather than allowing these situations to fill us with fear or anxiety. These kinds of problems are not solved with hand-wringing. They are solved with logic and reason.
As Americans, we also should feel empowered. If we don't like the way Congress has been acting in regards to the shutdown (or anything else, for that matter), we are the ones that vote them in and out. Whatever your priority is, you have the opportunity to vote for politicians with similar mindsets on the municipal, county, state and federal level. An opportunity that many in this county ignore.
In short, the shutdown isn't the end of the world. But it is a real problem without a solution at the moment. We should watch our Congressmen and women closely over the next days and weeks and hold them accountable for their actions.
The opinion expressed here is that of the Herald-Banner editorial board. The board can be reached at email@example.com.


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Editor's note: Five Things You Need To Know Today is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance. If you know of something happening in town that did not make our list, please add it in the comment section!
1. A Rainy Wednesday Expected in Foxborough
Today's weather in Foxborough, according to the National Weather Service based in Taunton, calls for rain, mainly before noon. High near 66. Northwest wind 9 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80 percent. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. Wednesday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 47. North wind 5 to 7 mph.
2. Foxborough Police Issue No Citations During Sunday's Parking Ban
Foxborough Police Chief Edward O'Leary said there were no citations issued Sunday to residents in violation of the parking bylaw, which prohibits residents from parking vehicles on their properties for a fee during Gillette Stadium events with expected crowds larger than 15,000.
"Officers did monitor it and there were no obvious parking operations but we will be working with the building commissioner as we go forward to make sure we cut down on what's going on," O'Leary said.
3. Warriors Game Day:
The following Foxborough High School teams will be in action Wednesday:
- Boys' soccer travels to Mansfield for a 3:30 p.m. match
- Boys' golf hosts Attleboro for a 3:30 p.m. match
For results and expanded schedules, check out Patch's Warriors Scoreboard here.
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- 6 to 8 p.m. - Beer Dinner at Skipjack's: Come to Skipjack's and enjoy four courses and five craft beers for only $50 per person.
- 7 to 10 p.m. - Live Music at Tastings Wine Bar & Bistro: Welcome Matt Michinzie to Tastings' Music Series' stage.
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Medical Information Technology, Inc. (Meditech) is coming to Foxborough, according to a report on Mass High Tech's website.
The provider-centered medical software business recently announced it will spend the next 18 months readying its new space - a vacant building at 1 Constitution Wy. in Foxborough, according to Mass High Tech.
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Friends of the Allegheny Wilderness
(original photo of Cornplanter Stairs is Copyright 2005 by Chris Lareau)
My ancestors arrived in Warren County from Östergötland County, Sweden, in the late 1800s.
And like other immigrants, they were industrious people. My great-great-grandfather John Hofstedt made his living as a tannery laborer in Stoneham, as did his son Peter.
Tanning was a very important industry of the region at that time, relying upon the surrounding resources of Penn's Woods to prosper.
Today, there are no longer any tanneries because the resource that drove that industry -- old-growth hemlock trees -- was hastily overexploited. But there is still an important wood-products industry that derives benefits from the multiple-use of the Allegheny. However, it is not just wood products that enrich the lives of citizens today.
Forty-five years ago, a bipartisan group of lawmakers agreed to legislation that would have a lasting impact on our nation's public lands -- not by changing them, but by making sure some portion of these magnificent wild places would remain undeveloped in perpetuity.
The federal Wilderness Act, signed into law Sept. 3, 1964, was statutory acknowledgment that America's wild landscapes helped shape us as a people and that there is significant value in ensuring future generations will always have the opportunity to experience some part of the original America.
Since then, ordinary citizens, working through their elected representatives, have employed the Wilderness Act to protect nearly 110 million acres within America's National Wilderness Preservation System. Thanks to support and leadership from both Republicans and Democrats, Congress has passed 140 bills preserving wild land in 44 states, including the wildly popular Hickory Creek and Allegheny Islands Wilderness areas in Pennsylvania.
In addition to being the 45th anniversary of the Wilderness Act this year, it is also the 25th anniversary of the Pennsylvania Wilderness Act -- legislation that gave Pennsylvanians our only federal wilderness areas.
The Pennsylvania Wilderness Act was signed into law by President Reagan on Oct. 30, 1984. It was the product of 11 years of debate and compromise.
Then first-term U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter voted for the legislation, stating "this is not only a great day for Pennsylvania but for our entire nation." The late Sen. John Heinz observed "this historic legislation ... is an effective balance among the competing commercial, environmental and recreational benefits to be derived from the area."
Though we gratefully celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Pennsylvania Wilderness Act, we must also acknowledge that less than 2 percent of the Allegheny is permanently protected.
Other national forests around the East have on average 11 percent of their lands designated as wilderness. Friends of Allegheny Wilderness has proposed designating as wilderness 54,460 acres of Allegheny National Forest. During the Forest Service's recently completed Forest Plan revision, more than 6,800 of a total of 8,200 public comments -- greater than 80 percent -- specifically advocated for FAW and the Citizens' Wilderness Proposal.
Some are uneasy about designating additional portions of the Allegheny as wilderness, believing it will lead over time to eliminating timbering from the entire forest.
Clearly, there are people who would love to see FAW and the Citizens' Wilderness Proposal used to achieve broader anti-logging goals. However, it was never the intention of the framers of the Wilderness Act to have their magnanimous legislation used in such a cynical way.
The Citizens' Wilderness Proposal precisely delineates that about 12 percent of the forest be protected as wilderness. FAW will work to ensure that our wilderness efforts are not misused by faraway ideologues -- some of whom have perhaps never even set foot in Pennsylvania, let alone the Allegheny.
This 25th year of the Pennsylvania Wilderness Act is an anniversary worth celebrating, for wilderness is much of what defines us as Americans. As we enjoy autumn, many of us will be hunting, hiking, fishing or paddling in some of the special wild places bequeathed to us by those who years ago had the foresight to preserve some of our most treasured landscapes.
Shouldn't we all work to ensure that all areas of the Allegheny deserving of such protection receive it?
As I sit here writing this in the serenity of a beautiful sunny day at the top of Oakland Cemetery, overlooking the verdant hills and valleys of Warren, where my great-great-grandfather Hofstedt was laid to rest, I have a sense of connectedness with my family's and the Allegheny region's intertwined histories.
Based on my experience of hundreds of visits to Hickory Creek, Allegheny Islands, and our proposed wilderness areas over the years, I feel confident that my ancestors who scraped a living out of these woods would approve of FAW's approach to permanently protect forest industry jobs, recreation and significant additional wilderness to benefit all future generations of people and wildlife alike in the land they loved and adopted as their own.
KIRK JOHNSON is executive director for the Warren-based nonprofit organization Friends of Allegheny Wilderness.


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Driving around today, there is one thing that you will simply not fail to notice and that is the increasing number of vehicles that are sporting personalised number plates. As these are no more a luxury only for the elite, many people are opting to have personalised number plates on their vehicles. The DVLA has made it possible for vehicle owners to create their number plates with a combination of letters and numbers that they prefer.
However, personalised number plates cannot be created by using any numbers or letters in any way that individuals want. The DVLA has set a particular format that has to be followed while creating a personalised number plate. There are two varieties that personalised number plates are available in.
• Number followed by letters
• Letters followed by numbers
The combination in which these letters and numbers are used is what makes personalised number plates stand out when compared to ordinary number plates. The DVLA introduced another format for personalised number plates in 2001 which include 2 letters which are followed by 2 numbers and again by 3 letters. The new format was expected not to yield good results but it seems that people have managed to come up with good personalised number plates with this format as well.
As personalised number plates are not too expensive anymore, a large number of vehicle owners are starting to create number plates that are in some way linked to themselves. This has also resulted in many different uses of number plate combinations today.


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Cincinnati Council could take the necessary steps this week to hire the former head of the city's transportation and engineering department as the executive director for the streetcar project.John Deatrick has lots of experience managing big projects including the reconstruction of Fort Washington Way and the public portions of The Banks development.
You had to know that this $110 million streetcar project was going to run straight down the middle of this year's Cincinnati mayor's race.
One candidate, Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls, has been an ardent supporter. The other major candidate, John Cranley, has been a vocal opponent.
At the moment, though, the streetcar appears to have jumped the tracks.
Cincinnati Council Member Chris Seelbach is telling streetcar supporters on Twitter his patience is beginning to run thin with the project. He wrote either city administrators need to get going or they don't. He asked how many times will the date for operations to start be pushed back. The original plan called for streetcars to be running this year. Now the projected operating date is 2016.
The Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA) is moving ahead with the process to apply for an $11 million federal grant to help build the Cincinnati Streetcar system. A cooperative agreement will govern how the two agencies spend the federal money during the streetcar project. But the SORTA Board has approved language in a document the city does not want included.
The president of Duke Energy says the company will not provide a construction schedule for moving its wires and pipes for the city's streetcar project until the two sides reach a deal on an operating agreement.
Julie Janson expressed her concerns in an October 10th letter to City Manager Milton Dohoney, Jr.
Janson said the operating agreement must allow the company to have immediate access to equipment during emergencies and enough time to resolve any issues.


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Think of this as Volume 17, Number 33 of the newsletter I have written weekly since March, 1997. Enjoy.
The Obama Administration has sought a way to explain health reform to people for years, without much success.
Turns out their answer lay in the words of a man who has been dead for over 100 years.
In his "Autobiography," the first part of which was finally published last year, Mark Twain wrote this:
"Consider the wisdom and righteousness of the old-time custom – the paying of the physician by the year. Consider what a safeguard it was, for both the physician's livelihood and self-respect, and the family's health. The physician had a regular and assured income, and that was an advantage to him; the family were safe from his invasions when nothing was the matter, and goodness knows that was an advantage to the family."