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Partridge In A Pear Tree - The Bruery
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2.15/5 rDev -45.8%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2
Thanks to Andy for sharing this at my 30th birthday whale tasting.
Pours no head, dark mahogany murky ruby brown colored.
Nose has plenty of oxidation, cardboard city, then brown malts, molasses, raisin, candi sugar, BBQ sauce for some reason with ketchup and vinegar, weird, fruity apple, etc.
Taste brings plenty more oxidation and wet cardboard, raisin and fruit, molasses, light candi sugar and syrup, again a weird tomato based BBQ sauce taste which is not pleasant, chewy, light booze, soy sauce, this would make a great marinade for meat but terrible for a beer.
Mouth is thin and almost no carb.
Overall blech! I can't believe this has such a whale status to get, just to do a lousy vertical?! This beer was terrible and the only beer at the tasting we couldn't finish. Thanks for bringing it Andy so I could try it at least once, but wow was that bad!
Serving type: bottle
05-06-2013 02:19:57 | More by jlindros
2.68/5 rDev -32.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2
Shared by Andy for the JLindros Birthday Whale Tasting. Reviewed from notes.
A - Poured into a Kate the Great tulip a murky reddish hazelnut hue with a thin light halo. No real head.
S - Uh oh....Figs, malts, molasses, prunes, and soy sauce. Not really digging whats going on here at all.
T - Taste is well...oxidised? I really don't know. There's malts, sugars, figs, heavy soy sauce, really sweet...just incredibly unpleasant.
M - Mouthfeel is on the tarter side, medium carbonation, medium body.
O - Overall, the general consensus with this beer was while glad to try it it was simply shocking. Not sure what happened here but this beer was almost a train wreck. I really don't think anyone finished their glass....
Serving type: bottle
04-11-2013 17:34:26 | More by rudzud
2.35/5 rDev -40.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2
750ml bottle shared by Andy at our whale tasting last night. Poured into a Portsmouth tulip.
A - Pours a reddish tinted amber color...quite hazy in the glass. Low collar, no real head.
S - Aromas are heavy and sharp - prunes, molasses, soy sauce, buttery. This smacks you in the face with aroma...a little bit rough.
T - Tomato juice, soy sauce, sweet...really rough.
M - Tart, soy, medium carbonation, medium body.
O - Very glad to have been able to try this. Now I know not to try to track this one down - would be very upset to part with what these are commanding in the trade market. Honestly, this was a major disappointment and a drainpour...really was undrinkable.
Serving type: bottle
03-03-2013 16:38:04 | More by portia99
4.48/5 rDev +12.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
A - Pours a cloudy ruby with a touch of brown mixed in with a thin finger of khaki head. The head fades very quickly leaving behind a touch of lace.
S - Aroma is full of dark fruit with some plum and a touch of apple with a hint of Belgian yeast spice, brown sugar, and a bit of booze.
T - Starts off with some sweet dark fruit with some plum and dates with some brown sugar sweetness and some Belgian yeast spice. Through the middle, some apple comes through with some more residual and candi sugars and some fuller dark fruit flavor. The finish is a mix of lingering dark fruit sweetness with some abbey yeast, spice, and some booze.
M - Medium-full bodied with mild carbonation. Feels smooth with a warming and sweet finish.
D - Very drinkable. Really smooth and nicely balanced. Good American take on the Belgian Quad style. Good rich dark fruit flavors.
Serving type: bottle
06-08-2012 04:34:47 | More by ngeunit1
4.15/5 rDev +4.5%
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Bottle at City Beer.
Caramel brown body with some chill haze, clears up as it warms. Lower-moderate carbonation, little in the way of head or lacing.
The nose is surprisingly nice. Toffee and strong fruity esters that are very pear-like. Pleasantly oxidized, nutty, some cocoa powder and molasses.
Palate is very similar, pear comes to mind again along with toffee and molasses. Oxidation lends a nutty note along with a touch of cocoa. Full body with low carbonation. To my surprise, this is aging very well and tastes much better than it did fresh.
Serving type: bottle
04-10-2012 19:41:08 | More by largadeer
4.65/5 rDev +17.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
Huge thanks goes out to Norcalgrowler for treating me to a bottle of piat at city beer store, needless to say I really owe you one marco, thank you!
3 years old, let's see how it holds up
750 poured into two tulips
A- looks pretty darn good so far. Murky reddish brown , half inch of reddish brown head. more carbonation than I was expecting.
S- smells really good! Sweet malts, brown sugar and a bit of Belgian yeast. a slight pear scent in the back ground. My only gripe with the nose is how faint it is, by it's there.
T- wow. I wasn't expecting much from this guy honestly, kept thinking it was going to be like cuadeuple, luckily it's not at all. The pears take a huge step forward that makes this guy taste spectacular! I love every sip. Tons of dark fruits, sweet malts, slight tartness in the finish. I was prepared for a big let down here but this is aging pretty freaking well. The second glass was even tastier.
M- nice thick body which is well carbonated. Works very well with the dark fruit. The body makes this beer excellent.
O- yoa, definitely an amazing surprise. I was expecting over hype to ruin this one for me but I really think we were lucky enough to catch this guy at its peak, I don't see it improving much more than this. Can it make 12 years? Doubtful, but I can tell you it delicious now. Is it worth wales? Depends but I'd drink it sooner rather than later.
Marco, again i appreciate it buddy!
Serving type: bottle
01-14-2012 00:21:59 | More by KevSal
New York
4.28/5 rDev +7.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Huge thanks to Amyliz4 for sharing this one! Was not expecting to ever have this one.
a - Pours a murky reddish brown color with moderate carbonation evident and one inch of white head.
s - Smells of sweet dark fruits, molasses, brown sugar, raisins, bready malts, and light toffee and caramel malts. Very fruity and sweet, but I like it.
t - Tastes of sweet dark fruits, molasses, vanilla, caramel malts, toffee, Belgian eyast, light spice, figs, raisins, and lightly toasted malts. More caramel here and not as quite as the nose, which makes it a lot better for me. A step up from the nose and really nice.
m - Medium body and low carbonation, very smooth and creamy. Very easy to drink....great mouthfeel. No alcohol at all here.
o - Overall a very nice beer. I drank 2TD, 3FH, and 4CB's on Christmas day, so only a week earlier, and much preferred this one to those, as the taste and mouthfeel were great. Was actually surprised with how good this one was after all those on Christmas. Very glad I got a chance to try this one.
Serving type: bottle
01-03-2012 21:42:31 | More by mdfb79
District of Columbia
4.15/5 rDev +4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
750 mL bottle shared by Amy. Thanks!
Dark brown with a light ran head, minimal lace and low retention. Excellent aroma of dark fruit, plum, raisin and red grape with light vanilla, oak, caramel and toffee. Medium thick body with low carbonation. Flavor has strong brown sugar and molasses from the start over bready yeast and a dark fruit and plum finish. Minimal alcohol presence. Actually, this is a nice quad.
Serving type: bottle
01-02-2012 22:44:25 | More by yourefragile
4.43/5 rDev +11.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
I thought I was just hanging out with some friends drinking some pedestrian world class beers like bourbon barrel plead the fifth and Chocolate rain when the always lovely Thorpette decides to turn it up to 11 with this special bottle from her cellar. Thanks a ton, one of my biggest wants.
Beer is brown, hazy, thin off white head, wispy, low lacing, moderate carbonation, looks good.
Aroma is biscuity, strong, mild alcohol, great yeast aromas, fruity, esters, smells awesome.
Beer is medium in body, a great quad. Sweet, strong yeast palate in the middle of the beer. Great finish not dry. No astringency. Dark fruits and malt throughout. Great connectivity and a good beer. I wish I had more. Maybe in 8 more years.
Serving type: bottle
01-02-2012 17:26:51 | More by drabmuh
4.25/5 rDev +7.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Huge thanks to Amyliz4 for sharing this bottle. Served in a Bruery tulip.
Pours a moderately-dark brown with a good light tan head. Nice spotty lacing and a thin collar. The nose carries some strong dark fruits and a bit of sweet malt. Quite a bit of stuff going on there. I'm impressed, as I hadn't heard the best things about this. Malt provides a really nice backing presence. No discernible alcohol presence. Flavor is quite rich with a medley of dark fruits. Some very mild earth. Medium body and pretty chewy. Super smooth. Really excited to finally try this one and glad it lived up to the hype.
Serving type: bottle
01-02-2012 13:56:28 | More by Thorpe429
District of Columbia
4.47/5 rDev +12.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Bottle shared by Amyliz4. Muchas gracias.
The beer appears dark brown with a quarter inch of tan head. The aroma is fabulous, with prominent yeast and malt, brown sugar, caramels, toffee. Smells Belgian and wonderful. Fabulous taste. Easily one of the best American examples of a quad I have tasted. Brown sugar and molasses are tempered by a bready yeast presence. Medium bodied and silky smooth on the palate. Overall, a very good beer that I am ecstatic to try.
Serving type: bottle
01-01-2012 23:43:02 | More by Huhzubendah
3.38/5 rDev -14.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Poured from a 750ml bottle into three snifters. Extra special thanks to HeatherAnn and StevePens for the assist!
A: Pours a deep, muddy, russet color with faintly lighter highlights towards the edges. An off-white head of about 1 finger lingered for a decent amount of time before melting down to a clumpy skim that left a surprising amount of lace behind.
S: Loads of caramel, toffee, and nuts. Dark fruit was present as was some booziness. Some spiciness, as well, but this smelled more like an English Barleywine and/or Old Ale than a Quad to us.
T: Hmmm. Tastes just as it smells with a suggestion of oxidation. Not a deal breaker, but not completely endearing either.
M: Far too slick, lifeless, and thin. Sorely lacking in the interesting facets of a true Quad that keep the palate engaged.
O: We were really hoping for so much more than what we got. This was the first beer of the evening (and before the food, too) so we couldn't chalk this up to palate fatigue. The oxidation has me wondering what people who collect these to do a 12 year vertical are going to get many years down the road.
Serving type: bottle
08-14-2011 19:52:22 | More by GbVDave
3.35/5 rDev -15.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Found my notes for this in my old notebook. No date on the page, but sometime in the summer of 2009.
A: The beer pours a very dark amber color, some brownish qualities to it, with a finger and a half of off-white head.
S: Smells intensely sweet. Lots of raisins and plums, maybe a bit of fig. Some caramel and molasses notes to it. Also some prominent spice notes, maybe nutmeg and cinnamon.
T: More of the same on the palate. Sweet dark fruits and sugar overwhelm you. It's almost syrupy, in fact. Booze, spice, caramel, molasses, plums, and raisins sum up the different flavors well.
M: Quite full in body with a low carbonation which doesn't help.
O: Sort of a mess. Funny that at the time I didn't think much of this beer and as a result got rid of this beer for almost nothing in return.
Serving type: bottle
03-20-2011 07:20:28 | More by womencantsail
3.85/5 rDev -3%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.5
Poured(into a Bruery tulip & Delirium Tremens snifter) from a bottle that has been stored correctly since it was bottled.
The initial impression was an aroma of soy sauce and bruised figs and over ripe fig/raisin/prune/plum. After the bottle was open for several minutes, the beer warmed in the glass and started to come into its own.
SIGHT: The color was a dark brown mahogany with copper highlights.
SMELL: The beer smelled of figs, dark raisin, rum cake, molasses, green olive, soy sauce, coke syrup . Oxidation is starting to play a role here.
TASTE: The taste is very sweet and some lingering spice. The age of the beer is making it hard to put words to specific fruits and non fruits. It mainly matches what the nose is showing.
OVERALL: The beer is still tasty (sweetnees dominated) but it showing signs of age and I don't really seeing it going for the long haul. I would say this beer has 2 years left before it starts to fall apart. The soy sauce and the green olive notes worry me for any beer 3 years in its existance.
Serving type: bottle
01-17-2011 05:51:16 | More by msimmons32
4.18/5 rDev +5.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
From notes:
Pours a very dark ruby red/chestnut brown color with bright red/mahogany edges when held to a light source and a 1.5 frothy yellowish beie head. Decnt retention, slowly fading into a laying ring that leaves sporadic spots of lacing behind.
Sweet dark fruit aroma with zest, peppery spice, Candi sugar and slight medicinal syrup. Hints of raisin, fig, plum and date.
Full bodied with a pretty prominent malt backbone that balances out the sweet dark fruit, peppery spice and cough syrup notes. Pretty sweet and spicy up front with lots of candy sugar, pepper, grape, raisin, plum and fig. Slightly dry finish with subtle alcohol warmth but overall a well masked ABV.
Serving type: bottle
12-30-2010 02:43:12 | More by corby112
3.93/5 rDev -1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
42nd review on BA
Bottle to tulip.
App- It's a watered down brown color with burgundy highlights that poured with very little head on it maybe a 1/2"
Smell- My wife said it smelled like soy sauce to her. Smelled like a malt overload and it has a nice pairing of fig and raisins.
Taste- It's very sweet with a lingering taste on the back of the mouth. I'm so confused as to what's going on with this beer. I had such high hopes that it was going to be my first A+ rating but it wont be. I hope as I hold onto the 2nd bottle and crack it open in 9 more years it will age nicely. I'm not saying it's bad by anymeans. I just expected more.
Mouth- It's a sweet drinking beer that needs to be taken slowly and enjoyed. It does have some bite to it and the carbonation level is a little low to me.
Drink- It's one of those times where I am glad I didn't give up a small fortune to get something I wanted. It was great to have this and can't wait for the next one at the end of the series.
*Intresting note- Got the wife to try it. She comments, " What is wrong with you people? How do you like this stuff?"
Serving type: bottle
11-07-2010 19:03:21 | More by FosterJM
British Columbia (Canada)
4.1/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Christmas in July!
With an upcoming move, I won't risk this one...
A: Deep chestnut-amber with a slight haze, light tan head, thin ring of retention leaves a little leg.
S: Plum pudding. Enough said.
T: Sponge toffee, figs, brown sugar, golden raisins, candied fruit, nectarines, modest bitterness, slight alcohol warmth.
M: Fairly full body with a moderate residual sweetness for the style.
D: A 'sweet' sipper.
Serving type: bottle
07-25-2010 20:22:42 | More by Derek
4.28/5 rDev +7.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Found this in a liquor store in Frederick, MD
S: Strong raisins, figs, sweet toffee, nuttiness, caramel, rich.
L: Very dark brown, nice light tan head that dissipates.
T: Sweet sticky toffee like malt, undercurrent of bold dark fruits. Mild alcoholic bitterness leads to fading of fruits to chocolate dryness. Very mellow butter pecan flavor follows. Finishes quite neutral.
M: Rich velvety fullness.
A very rich and sweet beer, the alcohol actually works here to keep it from being a boozy mess. I really liked the flavors in this, very dessert like. Wish i had another one to age a bit, still a treat to try.
Serving type: bottle
07-02-2010 03:51:45 | More by bum732
3.38/5 rDev -14.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 2
I bought this bottle with the intention of holding on to it to complete a vertical, but unfortunately, that's not how things worked out.
I was taking inventory of my bottles today, and accidentally dropped this one. It didn't break, but the cap lost pressure, and it began to gush, so my fate was sealed, and I opened it the rest of the way.
The appearance on this one is a turbid cinnamon and molasses.
It smells like a pile of freshly ground raisins and figs with a pinch of cinnamon and spiked with booze.
After almost a year and a half, I would have expected more from the flavor on this one. It's still cloyingly sweet, like a thick syrupy cider. Spiciness is prominent, with cinnamon taking the lead from start to finish. Boozy.
While I don't care for how sweet, spicy, and hot this beer tastes, I appreciate the mouthfeel. It's thick, soft, and coating. I'm drinking something substantial here.
At this point, drinkability is this beer's biggest fault. I don't think it was ever intended to be a 750ml you'd drink yourself, but I'm having a hard time even getting through my first glass.
This is a nice beer to have as an investment to sell to someone else in the future, but I have a hard time imagining it will EVER be worth the price I expect some people will pay for it to complete their vertical.
In closing, I think I probably lost a lot of money in drinking this thing today, but after trying it, I'm pretty confident, that if I chose to keep it for the next few years, the level of disappointment I'd feel when I finally opened it would be even worse than what I was feeling when I saw the cap starting to gush today. At least I got that out of the way.
Serving type: bottle
04-20-2010 22:49:46 | More by portlandjeff
3.78/5 rDev -4.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Thanks to the mothman for providing this beer.
Pours a deep raisin brown color with almost a cinnamon hue. Looks maroon when held up to the light.
Smell is awesome, very rich. Lots of rich toffee, dried fruits, cinnamon, and roasty malts.
Taste is big and flavorful. Lots of spice, seems to be cinnamon. Dried fruits come through as well with a slightly hot finish, the 11% ABV is definitely detectable. Good beer, nice flavorful quad but there is a little bit of off flavor in the finish.
Mouthfeel is smooth with a pleasant level of carbonation.
Drinkabliity is pretty good, it still seems a little hot but should develop nicely over time.
Serving type: bottle
04-18-2010 02:02:00 | More by pmccallum86
3.2/5 rDev -19.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Got a pair of these in trade just before the big rush to acquire this beer commenced. Poured into a snifter. Nice orangish-amber color, with maybe a ½ inch of cloudy white head. Aromas of apple skins, candi sugars, apricots and yeast. On the palate, more sugary sweetness, mixed with apple juice and alcohol. The body was kind of thin on this one, overly sweet and hot. Was expecting quite a bit more.
Serving type: bottle
04-16-2010 21:57:59 | More by emmasdad
3.65/5 rDev -8.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.5
Sampled September 2009
A solid pour into my 25cl tulip glass produces a three-finger thick, amber tinged, tan colored head. The beer is a dark, concentrated amber color that shows an almost brilliantly clear light cranberry hue when held up to the light. The aroma smells expressively of sweet, rip dark fruit (even noticeable as I pour this); notes of rum soaked raisins, dark concentrated plum, fig compote spiced with Chinese five spice, a touch of tart tamarind, some date notes. The malt character in this beer is big as well with notes of brown sugar and light molasses, a touch of graham cracker and a rich, dense, moist holiday bread like note. Overall the spices are fairly subtle in the nose, but play a supporting role to the concentrated malt and fruit notes that dominate the aroma. Despite being quite fruity, this beer does not come off as overly sweet, nothing near cloying, but it does have a rich concentrated fruit aroma to it.
Thick and viscous as this first hits my tongue, there is an ample carbonation here as well, that still is not able to scrub the palate of this heavy beast of a beer. Rich, fruit laden notes of figs, raisins and prunes up front turn into a concentrated, almost brandy like note in the finish where some warm alcohol flavors come into play. A touch of tartness in the finish rounds out the fruit character and there is a definite spiciness to the finish that contributes notes of clove, perhaps a hint of anise, and an earthy, perhaps coriander, slight nutmeg note as well. The finish sees some toasted grain character in it that helps to dry out up front notes of caramelized malt sugars that provide a rich brown sugar note and some date like flavors. This is definitely a sweet rich beer, it manages to not be quite cloying, but it could certainly be a touch drier, which would make it a touch more quaffable and perhaps even a bit more complex.
A second pour of this has this being quite carbonated again, much of the sweetness is tempered by the carbonic acid in the beer, this really helps the balance of the beer quite a bit. This is definitely a problem for this beer, it is just too big of a beer to be drunk quickly before the carbonation levels drop off, which then leaves the beer a bit unbalanced. This is a nice beer, it should actually improve a bit with age, at least for a couple years, as some additional oxidation should dry this out and add some additional complexity. If The Bruery is planning on a 12 year "vertical" tasting this beer actually has the oomph to go the distance in reasonable shape (unlike that Witbier from down south) and I can't wait to try the other 11 beers.
Serving type: bottle
03-07-2010 16:04:45 | More by Gueuzedude
United Kingdom (Wales)
4.25/5 rDev +7.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Had this at the Reserve Society Initiation.
Poured into my wine shaped tasting glass.
Pours 1/2 finger of beige tan head. Color is an orange hued copper. Big and malty. I am enjoying the aroma.
Aroma: Big malt profile. Plums, raisins, cherries, and some grassy hops.
Taste: Same as the aroma, but very sweet with caramel and toffee. A very nice quad. Lots of malts and grassy hops. The plums raisins, and cherries are all present as well.
Mouthfeel: Smooth and creamy, almost full bodied with a medium amount of carbonation. Ends very clean.
Overall, a nice quad and I can't wait for the 12 year vertical. Very drinkable and I really want more of this one. I highly recommend this one.
Serving type: bottle
01-29-2010 21:09:02 | More by mothman
4.13/5 rDev +4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Poured at Reserve Society initiation.
A- Pours a nice hazy light/medium brown color with a nice pillowy 1 finger off white head which left clumps of lacing.
S- Very sweet. Candi sugar, sweet malt, toffee/caramel, pear/apple, nice bready yeast scents, and a little alcohol burn.
T- Definate caramel apple/pear, candi sugar, baking spices, bready yeast, and some roasted pecans/almonds.
M- Thick and heavy beer, alcohol that is still apparent, nice ample fluffy carbonation. It is very sweet but I believe that this beer after a year of aging is showing signs of promise.
D- Not so easy to drink this, very heavy beer that is quite rich and syrupy. Give it more time and open up on the 12th day of Christmas...
Serving type: bottle
01-23-2010 19:55:31 | More by Schmaltzy
4.13/5 rDev +4%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Deep amber color with ruby tones. A light tan finger and 1/2 of head formed with tight bubbles. This head faded quickly
Smells a touch metallic, of cherries and a hint of sour. Musty
Well, good news the flavor does not follow suit from the aroma. I was quite worried. Tons and tons of deep dark fruits. Black Cherry, fig, prune, date. Comes back to the cherry again and again. A touch of maple at times. With the sediment later there is a ton of caramel and some cocoa notes.
Full bodied and almost syrup like. The slightest amount of carbonation. A warming quality to it.
This beer grew on me. My initial reaction from the aroma was negative, but this really grew on me.
Nice beer. I hope I enjoy the other in 12 years as I complete the vertical on the series.
Serving type: bottle
12-26-2009 00:26:18 | More by Reagan1984
Partridge In A Pear Tree from The Bruery
out of 100
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Alec and Jack (my nephews in Oregon) hanging out with the Great Puffin of Portland (or so I shall refer to him.) Alec is a seagull man himself, so I'm glad to see him accepting other seabirds, as Jack's t-shirt recommends. Jack has good taste in all things.
Previous niece and nephew sighting at the Oregon Puffin can be found here.
(Photo courtesy Aunt Jane)
This fine photo of a tufted puffin is by Chris Dodds. Peconic Jeff spotted it.
Maddy and Zac in Portland.
With the bulk of the Puffin/Wind Chimp community up north snowboarding at CD's place (wish I coulda made it!) I have no tales of derring-do (or doofus do) of my own to share. So thank you Bill Nightingale for sending this peach...Alaska wakeboarding (featuring a special appearance by a puffin 56 seconds into the video.) Enjoy!
Every year on February 2nd, Peconic Puffins emerge from their burrow and consider their shadows. If there's a shadow, what does it mean? Should I visit Bill and Hulse in Puerto Rico? Take the wife to Bonaire? Check the seals on my drysuit? Or just bring my fin collection to the kitchen table, do some winter maintenance with sandpaper, and daydream about April wave sessions at the Bowl?
The druids celebrated the midpoint between the winter solstice and spring equinox (though the date is off by a week...not bad for people without decent iPhone apps) and in Punxsutawney I've read they used to hunt groundhogs and then have a barbecue. But those were the old days. This Groundhog Day I'm gonna check my drysuit (and dream of Bonaire.)
(Photo courtesy Gareth James at Geograph. And if you're wondering what the kayak & cucumber blog set have to say about it, check out the Groundhogma on Frogma.)
The Wolf returned to the water a few days ago, sufficiently recovered from a dinged knee. Peconic Jeff noted that this event took place on the auspicious day of a Wolf Moon. I asked Jeff (who knows about moons) when the Puffin Moon was, as I am desperate to get back on the water. Jeff did some research and said "I don't know...all I found for "Puffin Moon" was this:
(Wolf photo by Jeff Schultz. Puffin photo by Sally Van Natta, an impressive nature photographer. Check out her work on Flickr.)
Peconic Jeff put me on to The Mighty Sven, a puffin in Happy Feet Two (penguin movie...been there done that. Would do it again, too...penguins and movies go together!) Sven is said to be "a tufted puffin passing himself off as a penguin who can fly."
Passing himself off as a penguin? I think they've got that backward. Puffins don't want to be penguins (why would they...penguins don't fly, and who has the better beak? The soulful eye?)
The Mighty Sven...if you're ever out east come sail with the crew. Thanks Jeff for spotting a brother Puffin!
RIFF, the Reykjavik International Film Festival, is Iceland's number one film event. They say they are, so it could be true. Certainly they're the tops with us at the Peconic Puffin, because RIFF's grand prize is...
The Golden Puffin!
How cool is that?
There are puffins all over the RIFF website...some appear to be silver...and there's a giant (well, man-sized) golden silhouette of a puffin. Puffin puffin puffin! Works for us.
(Director Jim Jarmusch displays classic puffin affection as he gnaws lovingly on the skull of a golden bird. A big shout-out to Jennifer for netting this unusual bit of puffinry!)
No boards or sails here. Sometimes puffining takes me to strange places. This young lady is named Rhiannon, and was a member of a puffin club (a penguin may have been involved as well.) In addition to puffins she blogs about fashion. I have a GREAT puffin tie, but no photo of me wearing it. Something to do in April...
I've been reflecting (ie feeling sorry for myself) on the lack of SUPing (missed ALL OF WINTER) and sparse windsurfing conditions of late. I will be off the water for the next week, but will still have windsurfing stuff here (particularly if Jeff shoots any new photos!)
Surfboard craftsman and waterman Rotorhead sent the alert: "AKC Welcomes Three New BreedsThe American Kennel Club is pleased to announce that three new breeds became eligible for AKC registration on January 1, 2011, bringing the totally number of registered breeds to 170. (let's skip #1 and get to the point:) The Norwegian Lundehund is the only AKC-registered breed whose original purpose was puffin hunting."
Puffin hunting? What the heck? That seems wrong (though maybe broiled puffin on a hot dog bun with mustard is a treat.) But back to the Lundehund:
"Today the breed makes a loyal and playful family companion."
Puffins have ALWAYS been loyal and playful. But my wife and I are thinking about getting a dog, so maybe the Lundehund would be a good choice.
(Puffin on the left: "You ever seen a Lundehund?" Puffin on the right: No, but I saw The Black Swan. Overhyped!" Lundhound pack: "Easy, boys...let's sneak up on 'em slow.")
What say ye, John Cleese?
Thank you Mark Paine for hooking me up.
"Reindeer? We don't need no stinkin' reindeer! Though if Dasher came by he could help us with our jibes..."
(Puffin Santas by Paula Lucia at Heron Cove Art. Jibe assistance from Dasher at Sideoff Video. Merry Christmas from The Peconic Puffin!)
The Peconic Puffin has been receiving a steady stream of email urging us to address the Canadian Pooping Puffin political commercial "scandal" which targets Stephane Dion, a liberal. I have resisted, because in Puffin algebra, the pooping puffin commercial is to puffins as the anti-John Kerry windsurfing commercial is to windsurfing.
I will note the fecal theme that seems to delight certain conservatives. Back in 2004 the director of President Bush's campaign was dubbed by his friend and boss "Turd Blossom". In the Bush administration a trusted adviser is equated with a flower that grew out of a pile of shit.
And we wonder why the country is in trouble.
Here's the video: For good news about puffins, check out these posts. And as OG Peconic Puffin Avery would say: "Don't be a poopy face!"


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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Atlanta started the 2012 season with a win while Carolina began with a loss, and the NFC South rivals have mostly plotted the same course ever since.
Sunday at Bank of America Stadium it was the Panthers who wandered off the beaten path — by not being beaten by the Falcons.
Carolina scored on its first five possessions, Cam Newton had a 72-yard touchdown run and the hosts looked anything like cellar dwellers in a 30-20 conquest of conference-leading Atlanta. It was far and away the best performance of the season for Ron Rivera's crew and a game that saw Newton regain the form that made him Offensive Rookie of the Year in 2011.
Newton finished the day 23-35-0 passing for two touchdowns and rushed for 116 yards and another score. It was the team's first home victory since Sept. 16 and the first time in nearly three months Newton had a smile on his face following a game in Charlotte.
"This was big," said Newton, the first QB in franchise history to rush for more than 100 yards in a game. "We wanted to come out and set the tone early on offense, defense and special teams, and we did that. It's just about execution and we executed today."
The Falcons (11-2) were already in a 16-0 halftime hole when Newton put the game out of reach after calling his own number on a first-and-10 play from his own 28.
Jogging to his left, Newton streaked down the sideline and slowed up long enough to find a blocker (Steve Smith) inside the red zone.
From there he serpentined his way into the end zone, capping off the score with a somersault.
"It was a zone read and a core play of our offense," Newton said. "When I was running I saw 23 (Atlanta's Dunta Robinson) look back like he thought the running back had the ball and I kept thinking. 'I can't get caught … I can't get caught.'"
He didn't, and it was a big-time play on big-time day for Carolina (4-9), which has endured a mostly forgettable season.
"These guys here gave a great effort," said an emotional Rivera. "This shows you exactly what they're capable of. This shows that we're capable of doing good things.
"It was very gratifying the way they played for each other."
The NFC South champions tried to make things interesting, scoring one TD at 4:48 of the third when Matt Ryan hit Roddy White for a 4-yard score and another on a an 11-yard White-to Julio Jones connection with 13:57 remaining in the contest.
However, a 2-point conversion try following the second touchdown failed, leaving the contest a two score game at 23-13 — and leaving the Panthers in control.
They wrapped it up 4:11 from the finish when Newton popped a short screen pass to DeAngelo Williams, who turned the play into a 53-yard touchdown.
The Falcons added a consolation TD on a 1-yard plunge by Michael Turner with 53 second left on the game clock, leaving the final at 30-20.
"The way we played today, you won't beat anybody in this league," said Falcons linebacker Sean Weatherspoon. "That's pretty much my critique of the game."
Falcons coach Mike Smith agreed.
"We didn't play anywhere near to our potential, to our standards," Smith said. "We'll learn from it and move on and we've got to put this one behind us as soon as possible."
Atlanta managed just 35 yards of total offense over the first two quarters thanks to outstanding Carolina defense, but the eventual winners' offense looked solid as well.
In fact the Panthers' time-chewing opening drive was one of their most impressive of the year.
Marching 77 yards on just 11 plays — mostly on the ground — Newton hit Greg Olsen with a 25-yard scoring strike at 7:49 of the first.
Graham Gano toed the PAT and the hosts were up 7-0 before the Falcons had touched the ball.
Carolina's second possession started at its 22 and wasn't quite as impressive — there was no TD at the end of it and Newton threw his first incompletion of the day after starting 8-for-8. Still, it ended with points.
Newton kept the drive alive with a remarkable 14-yard run that saw him escape the clutches of Falcons defensive end Corey Peters, but the series ultimately stalled at the Atlanta 6.
Gano was called upon again and this time he nailed a 24-yard field goal to increase Carolina's advantage to 10-0.
Atlanta's offense continued to struggle each time it got the chance to move the markers, and that led to more scoring chances for the Panthers.
Carolina added to its lead on its third turn with the football when Gano nailed a 41-yard kick with 4:48 to go before the half — and the team with the NFC's best record was down 13-0.
The Panthers got the ball for a fourth time just before halftime and for the fourth time they changed the scoreboard, with Gano kicking the Bank of America Stadium tenants to a 16-0 lead as time expired in the second stanza.
The Falcons would never get closer than 10 points the rest of the way.
Smith caught 12 balls for 109 yards for the winners and Williams picked up important yardage when needed, grinding out 56 on 17 carries.
"It was outstanding to put a whole game together," Smith said. "It's unfortunate it has taken us 10 games later to figure it out. But, you know, we're getting things slowly but surely."
Middle linebacker Luke Kuechly had a career day on defense, registering 11 solo tackles and assisting on five more. Thomas Davis was in on seven tackles for the winners.
"I think we were just able to put a whole game together," Kuechly said. "The offense really controlled the first half for us. They ran up the clock and we didn't have to play much."
Ryan wound up with 342 passing yards on a 49-34-1 passing day and managed two TDs.
Roddy White had 11 receptions for 117 yards and Julio Jones had 66 yards on five catches.
The Falcons' ground game managed just 35 yards on the afternoon.


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Thanks to the profit-seeking souls at Times Books, you don't have to be a lobbyist or congressional aide to get your hands on the text of the Clinton health-care plan. You can go to the mall and pick up a 284-page paperback copy for $8. But judging from the way both supporters and opponents are describing it, even the pros haven't really read the plan.
When supporters talk about it, they sound like cheery personnel officers guiding new employees through company benefits packages. "We offer two choices of plans," they say. "There's the fee-for-service plan, where you have a $200 deductible, and the preferred provider network, where you pay only $10 a visit. Which would you like to sign up for? We recommend the cheaper one."
Opponents, on the other hand, make the Clinton plan sound like just another expensive entitlement scheme: Aid for Families with Dependent Sick People. They warn of heavy payroll taxes–if you like FICA, you'll love Clintoncare–and runaway costs. They talk about the deficit and lost jobs.
Both sides treat the health-care plan as the latest lavish program for taxing and spending. One side emphasizes the benefits, the other the costs. Neither gets to the real story.
Despite the neat charts you've probably seen reprinted in your local newspaper, most of those 284 pages have nothing to do with describing benefits. And very few talk about paying for them.
The Clinton plan isn't a simple transfer scheme. It is a systematic program for destroying the health-care industry and replacing it with regional cartels, government price caps, and mass, standardized medicine. It is not about handouts or subsidies, though it includes both. It is about unbridled, unaccountable bureaucratic rule.
Sure, the plan has its silly and expensive moments. It suggests covering aerobics ("physical training classes") in the name of preventive care. It picks up everyone's therapist bills, promising a cost explosion unmatched since California started allowing worker's comp claims for "stress."
At its most absurd, the Clinton outline declares that "health plans may not terminate, restrict or limit coverage for the comprehensive benefit package for any reason, including non-payment of premiums." (Emphasis added.) It's easy to see where that will lead. Why pay when you can get the same care for free?
But the heart of the plan is not expensive indulgences. It is, rather, an attack on choice and competition. In page after mind-numbing page of bureaucratic detail, the plan closes every conceivable avenue of escape, plugs every possible source of diversity, eliminates every incentive for innovation. It threatens new drugs with price controls, forbids hospitals and universities to train more than a constricted number of specialists, requires urban health plans to serve rural areas, and makes paying extra for care a crime.
To read the plan carefully, to picture the world it describes in deliberately abstract language, is to begin to see the forest amid the trees. And it is The Forest of No Return. Those who stumble in never can get out. Bill Clinton is nationalizing the health-care industry and doesn't have the guts to admit it.
The centerpiece of the plan is the system of "regional health alliances." An alliance may be a state agency or a nonprofit corporation overseen by your state. The government-appointed alliance board determines which companies can offer hearth plans in your area. Employers and self-employed people pay premiums to the local alliance, and "it is the obligation of every eligible individual to enroll in a health plan."
The regional alliance resembles the local cable franchise–a governmentcreated monopoly through which consumer services flow. "States may establish one, and only one, regional alliance in each area."
Like a cable company's, the alliance's prices and services are tightly regulated. Consumers have "choice" among health plans offered through the alliance, just as they can choose whether to buy Showtime or HBO from the local cable monopoly. But the number of plans is limited, and most are nearly identical. (The plan lets big companies establish their own "corporate alliances" for employees, but it doesn't let them offerplans that pay higher fees than the standard government ones.) Consumers are stuck with a single regional alliance that has no competition and thus no incentive to give good service. The only escape is to move to another region and hope the new alliance is better.
Each plan must provide a standard benefit package and price its premiums within a narrow range based on a "target" established by a National Health Board. If premiums are too high, they have to be "renegotiated" or reduced via an "assessment" (a.k.a. a tax) on high-priced plans. The Clinton outline doesn't specify what happens if no company will sell its services at the approved premium. But it does give each state the option of establishing a government-run single-payer plan. In other words, it provides a mechanism for establishing a Canadian-style socialist system through the back door, without the messiness of a congressional vote.
Much of the plan deals with various sorts of price controls. Bill Clinton is obsessed with containing the cost of health care–he brought it up incessantly at the Little Rock economic summit. But the Clinton plan eschews any thought of making consumers more sensitive to prices. It deliberately limits out-ofpocket costs "to ensure financial protection" even as it expands "free" care not only to the now uninsured but also to people whose current insurance plan is less lavish than the "guaranteed benefits package."
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Chula Vista city councilman Steve Castaneda is facing felony charges for lying to a criminal grand jury -- plus misdemeanor charges for failing to disclose all his economic interests. Is he the victim of a witch hunt, or is District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis doing a good job rooting out political corruption? Castaneda was arraigned yesterday.
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Rancho Santa Fe is one of the wealthiest communities in America, but its residents can't agree to spend money on a new school for their kids. Two school bond measures have failed already, and according to Ian Port of the Rancho Santa Fe Review, a third may fail also.
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Five California National Guard helicopters will be pressed into service this weekend on the watch for wildfires. Lieutenant Colonel Laura Yeager with the California National Guard says there's an agreement with the state to use the military aircraft. She says there's a particular need right now because state firefighting equipment needs maintenance -- and their crews need some rest.
San Diego Development Plans Revised to Fight Global Warming
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A San Diego-based consumer group says San Diego Gas and Electric customers should get a rate reduction instead of a rate hike. SDG&E wants to boost rates by $1.4 billion over six years.
Cal. Officials Call to Switch Authority Over Emissions Cap Mandate
Lawmakers are calling for changes to the agency in charge of implementing a landmark bill to limit greenhouse gas emissions. That's in the wake of allegations that Governor Schwarzenegger's staffers have been blocking progress. From Sacramento, Marianne Russ reports.
Libby Sentence Commuted, Race in Schools, South Bay Development
This week, President Bush commuted the 30-month prison sentence of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, who was convicted of lying to federal prosecutors about his role in the leak of a CIA agent's identity. Also, the Supreme Court recently decided to restrict the use of race in determining which school a student can attend. And, a massive bayfront development project in Chula Vista is in jeopardy.
The first time I saw the truck with the grisly billboard-sized pictures of so-called "aborted fetuses," I was in Hillcrest with some friends. It was several years ago, shortly after moving to San Diego. The pictures were grotesque and obviously meant to provoke a reaction. I had never seen anything like it before and my initial reaction was "Who's driving?" If that sounds odd, it's only because as a journalist, I've always been fascinated with extremist groups and extremists themselves. So when the issue of abortion resurfaced on the national level after the Supreme Court upheld a ban on "partial-birth abortion," I thought it was time to meet the guy who drove the truck.


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Definition of epiphysis in English:
Line breaks: epiphy|sisPronunciation: /ɪˈpɪfɪsɪs
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( plural epiphyses /-siːz/)
- 1The end part of a long bone, initially growing separately from the shaft. Compare with diaphysis.More example sentences
- The skeleton is highly incomplete, consisting of hand and foot bones, epiphyses, ribs, vertebrae, the right ilium, and teeth.
- The use of androgens by adolescents who have not completed their full growth will eliminate further growth by closing the bone epiphyses.
- This growth occurs at the epiphyses, where the main shaft of a bone joins the parts which are shaped to fit a joint at each end.
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- The infection spreads and destroys the epiphyseal cortex, the intervertebral disc and the adjacent vertebrae.
- A shortening of the limbs is characteristic of other conditions such as diastrophic dysplasia, multiple epiphyseal dysplasia and pseudoachondroplasia.
- Another type of fracture common in children is a growth plate fracture, called an epiphyseal plate fracture.
Pronunciation: /ˌɛpɪˈfɪzɪəl/
mid 17th century: modern Latin, from Greek epiphusis, from epi 'upon, in addition' + phusis 'growth'.


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Green Futures not only provides us with highly useful information, it's also great fun to read.
"Tropical forests", Andrew Mitchell of the Global Canopy Programme tells me, "constitute about 40% of the potential solution to climate change between now and 2030. And do you know how many out of the last 100 Green Futures briefings have been about forests?" Not precisely, no."Well, I'll tell you. Precisely none. And you claim to be a magazine about solutions…"
Ouch. He's right of course. So why so little on forests – particularly when there's so much debate around the fascinating, if complex, new financial mechanisms which could ensure their future? Perhaps because it's always easier, at a superficial level, to get people excited about new things, rather than new ideas. A solar plane, a smarter meter, a window which generates power…the very stuff of GF Briefings.
Few of us, after all, live in rainforests. But that doesn't make them any less interesting. As 'Forest Futures' [p26] makes clear, they are fast emerging as our last, best hope of curbing runaway climate change – and doing so at a profit,too. Which makes them very interesting indeed, in both senses of the word.
If forests are tomorrow's green gold, today's is still renewable energy. Even if you completely ignore climate change – or if you think the sceptics are right and it's not really happening – the economic logic of renewables is still overwhelming, thanks to the looming 'energy crunch' and fears around security of supply. It's a logic which seems to be impressing corporate America ['Sunrise over the new frontier', p18], and with an Administration onside, there's every chance the States will pull ahead.
Staying ahead, of course, means being smart, being innovative. Which, let's face it, can feel like an overused word these days. So I'm grateful to Chris Sherwin, head of Forum's Innovation Team, for translating it into English. "Innovation", he says, "just means new ideas
that work." Suddenly, it's a lot more straightforward. It's also the title of one of two special supplements which you'll find included with this edition (making it, incidentally, our largest ever issue). New ideas that work brings together some of the brightest young sparks in
British design, who are literally reshaping how we see some classic green dilemmas. Imagine a beautiful virtual tree on your wall, whose green leaves shimmer with health when you save power, but wilt if you waste it. How's that for making energy efficiency interesting?
And just as we need workable new ideas to save forests in Brazil or save energy in Britain, so we need them too to ensure the basic essentials of daily life – like clean water, or decent shelter. That's a recurring theme in the second of this issue's supplements, the latest in our international series, which focuses on South Africa. (It's being distributed there with every copy of the Financial Mail.)
Its title, Ubuntu!, sums up another 'shining truth' of sustainable development: it's something we can only achieve together, not alone. 'Ubuntu' is an ancient word present in many southern African languages, whose meaning has been captured by Archbishop
Desmond Tutu. "We think of ourselves far too frequently as just individuals, separated from one another, whereas [in reality] we are connected and what each of us does affects the whole world," he says. "When we do well, it spreads out; it is for the whole of humanity."
Today we call it social capital. It's an old idea, but it still works.
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Shri. O P Jindal, an industrialist par excellence under whose aegis the O P Jindal Group grew from strength to strength. But for the world at large Shri O. P. Jindal was much more than that. He was a leader of the masses, someone who would often champion the cause of the poor and downtrodden. He was not just a celebrated politician, but also a great humanitarian and an avant-garde visionary. His life both as an industrialist and as a social worker left an indelible mark on this nation. And for us at the O P Jindal group, his life gives us inspiration to touch new heights.
The Jindal Group is a US$ 18 billion conglomerate, which over the last three decades has emerged as one of India's most dynamic business organisation. The Jindal Group was founded in 1952 by steel visionary Shri O. P. Jindal, a first-generation entrepreneur who started an indigenous single-unit steel plant in Hisar, Haryana.
Over the last 3 decades the Group has grown to be a US$ 15 billion, multi-national and multi-product steel conglomerate with business interests spanning across mining, power, industrial gases, port facilities and of course steel making. From mining iron ore and coal, the group produces sponge iron, ferro alloys and a wide range of hot-rolled and cold-rolled steel products ranging from HR coils/sheets/plates, hot-rolled structural sections and rails to CR coils/sheets, high-grade pipes and value added items such as stainless steel, galvanized steel & coated pipes. It has not only diversified into power generation but also into petroleum, infrastructure, diamond and high value metals & mineral exploration. Presently the group has manufacturing outfits across India, US, UK and Indonesia and mining concession in Chile, Indonesia & Mozambique and marketing representative's offices across the globe.
Growth has been a way of life for the Jindal Group and its motto all along has been 'Growth with a social conscience.' The group places its commitment to sustainable development, of its people and the communities in which it operates, at the heart of its strategy and aspires to be a benchmark in this direction for players in the industry the world over. The group's strength lies in dynamic and aggressive approach of the leaders of the group. These leaders are none other than the four sons of Shri O. P. Jindal. Their appetite for growth is enormous and have a clear vision of being recognised as best in the industry by consolidating its core strengths. Under their leadership respective companies managed by them as mentioned hereunder have grown by leaps and bounds.
The group has already announced its intention to set up Greenfield steel plants and power plants in the state of West Bengal, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Odhisa, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Karnataka. The group is continuously on the look out for acquiring various Iron ore and Coal mines, critical inputs for steel making.
The technology-driven group employs over 50,707 people across the globe. Shri O. P. Jindal over the years built a reputation of integrity and dynamism and his four sons are today continuing with his rich legacy. Now headed by Smt. Savitri Devi Jindal, the group is still expanding, integrating, amalgamating and growing across sectors around the world.
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Fair lawn - Two escaped dogs allegedly attacked a resident and his dog while on a walk earlier this month, leaving the resident injured and his dog dead. The borough is holding the accused dogs for public safety reasons, while the dogs' owner is fighting for their release.
The incident occurred on Jan. 3, when Wilson, an 80-pound Boxer, and Cosgrove, a 180-pound Mastiff, escaped from Hope Alexander's back yard in Fair Lawn after a friend left the gate open.
Police later received a 911 call from a resident reporting two dogs attacked another dog and a pedestrian at the corner of Hedman Place and Stelton Terrace. The pedestrian was later identified as Gary Weiss, a Fair Lawn resident and Yorkie owner. Upon arrival, police found Wilson and Cosgrove circling Weiss and his Yorkie. Both he and his dog sustained injuries. The Yorkie appeared to be in critical condition.
According to a police report, the officers never officially drew their guns, however, one officer unlocked his holster in case the dogs expressed hostility toward them.
After the dogs were subdued, Weiss was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center for treatment. His Yorkie was transported to Valley Brook Animal Hospital, where it died three days later as a result of the injuries.
Weiss could not be reached for comment. Photographs taken from inside the animal hospital revealed the Yorkie was brutally mangled during the alleged incident. The two larger dogs did not have any visible injuries.
Per borough policy Wilson and Cosgrove were quarantined for 10 days at the Fair Lawn pound to undergo testing for rabies. After the dogs pass testing, the borough had the option of either releasing the dogs to the owner or retaining them if they posed danger to the public.
When the 10 day quarantine was set to expire on Jan. 14, Carol Wagner, the borough health department director, reached a settlement for returning Wilson and Cosgrove to Alexander, provided she agreed to various safety requirements, including placing heavy-duty locks on her gates and equipping her dogs with muzzles when they left the property.
But the dogs were not released from the pound because, according to Borough Manager Tom Metzler, Wagner did not have the authority to reach a settlement with Alexander. The agreement could only be made by the mayor and council, who instead wanted a hearing on the incident where a borough judge would determine the fate of the dogs.
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it started way before 63,some of it was to control the serf in this country and others to prevent blacks from owning arms as the whites were terrifyied they would pay back the masters.other were to keep opposition in politics from defending themselfs from bullys.the 60s were more from the actions of so******ts and weaklings to control the people. -- --
Gun control is a world wide concept, for Europeans the date was 1917 with the Boshivic revolution. It shook the west to the core with a large educated population engaged in a war that few truely understood. The catastophic waste of life on the Western Front and a new political force promising to sweep away the corrupt establishment in Russia, and replace it with a so******t democratic philisophy of the working class....... throughout the world by means of a violent peoples revolution.
FACTS TO PONDER: (A) The number of physicians in the U.S. is 700,000. (B) Accidental deaths caused by Physicians per year are 120,000. (C) Accidental deaths per physician is 0.171. Statistics courtesy of U.S. Dept of Health Human Services. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Now think about this: Guns: (A) The number of gun owners in the U.S. is 80,000,000. (Yes, that's 80 million..) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (B) The number of accidental gun deaths per year, all age groups, is 1,500. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (C) The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is .000188. Statistics courtesy of FBI >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So, statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous than gun owners.
The only times in this nations history that anything great happened it was because normal men put aside their petty differences and fight for a common cause. Chester "The great object is that every man be armed . . . Everyone who is able may have a gun." (Patrick Henry, in the Virginia Convention on the ratification of the Constitution.)
Chester thanks for posting up that information. I found it very interesting.
..without a doubt propaly true..for me when i went threw a 9 hour operation in 2006,7 hour life suport,open-heart scared me more than a man with a gun..LOL


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The best non-Duluth albums of 2009*
Similar to last weekend's list of the best Northland albums released in the past 12 months, this also comes with a disclaimer: This is all one jerk's opinion.By: Matthew R. Perrine, Budgeteer News
Similar to last weekend's list of the best Northland albums released in the past 12 months, this also comes with a disclaimer: This is all one jerk's opinion. If I, Matthew R. Perrine, have inadvertently snubbed any of your beloved records, don't take it personally; just e-mail your picks and I will add them to the already published "What the Mayor and Other Northlanders Liked in '09" compendium. (See attached link.)
That said, I had a very hard time — relatively speaking, of course, as I know there are much more pressing issues facing our nation during these troubled times — whittling down my list of 50 favorites to the 25 you'll read about below, and, per usual, this is in no particular order as my favorite album changes from day to day.
Now, with all of that silly business out of the way, on to the fun:
fun. – "Aim and Ignite" (Nettwerk)
Although I wept (quite audibly) when the Format called it quits — and, thus, ended its Freddie Mercury-would-be-oh-so-proud power-pop reign — Nate Ruess' new outfit picks up exactly where the immortal "Dog Problems" left off. For fans of good music.
A Great Place to Start: "Light a Roman Candle with Me"
Kasper Hauser – "The Sons" (Spacesuit)
Chicagoan Thomas Comerford gives Jeff Tweedy and the boys in Wilco a run for their money with "The Sons," a shimmering testament to the concept of long-players: This is a record you look forward to listening to from end to end, soaking in each and every note, coda and phrase. Simply brilliant songwriting.
A Great Place to Start: "Macbeth II (In the Morning)"
Fol Chen – "Part I: John Shade, Your Fortune's Made" (Asthmatic Kitty)
Falling somewhere between Neutral Milk Hotel, Prince and Basement Jaxx, Fol Chen is indeed one funky group. God bless Samuel Bing and his quirky attempts to bridge the gap between music, hallucinations and the literature aesthetic. In other words, this is high art, and it's worth your time.
A Great Place to Start: "Cable TV"
Mason Jennings – "Blood of Man" (Brushfire)
Though he's made us "suffer" through some notable missteps on his way up in the world, Mason has finally given his longtime friends what we've wanted since we heard "Butterfly" so many years ago: a no-interference Mason Jennings album. The Minnesota-raised maverick wrote, performed, produced and recorded every nook and cranny of "Blood of Man," and the results are nothing less than a big breath of fresh air. After that too-many-cooks tenure at Epic Records, we thought we'd nearly lost you.
A Great Place to Start: "The Field"
P.O.S. – "Never Better" (Rhymesayers)
Doomtree's P.O.S. ushers in a new age of adventurous, forward-thinking hip-hop with one of the genre's most fully realized albums.
A Great Place to Start: "Low Light Low Life"
Avenpitch – "Cast Off" (Dance School)
With a generous — albeit slightly unexpected — helping of radio-ready approachability, Avenpitch's gorgeous, only-slightly-abrasive melodies are at the forefront of the Twin Cities' electropunk movement.
A Great Place to Start: "Don't Come Cryin' to Me"
Wild Light – "Adult Nights" (Almost Gold/StarTime)
Save for the California Republic, Wild Light frontman Tim Kyle makes friends wherever he goes: with former roomie Win Butler he was in an early incarnation of the Arcade Fire, and his group recently worked on a Christmas single with the Killers, but … oh yeah, it's about the music, not namedropping. Just listen to this Rob Schnapf-produced debut and you'll hear what everyone else has already gone positively mad for: glorious, pretension-free rock 'n' roll that's tailor made for multiple spins.
A Great Place to Start: "California on My Mind"
Kill-Me Kare Bare – S/T (Self-Released)
Like the Rentals? No, I mean really like the Rentals? Well, so do these Twin Cities guys — and I'm digging every moment.
A Great Place to Start: "Hit List"
Brendan Benson – "My Old, Familiar Friend" (ATO)
Though he's recently made two records of substandard fare with pal Jack White in the Raconteurs, this purveyor of all things power pop (Sloan fans should take note) has returned to his former solo and Mood Elevator glory with this gorgeous LP. Music doesn't get much more inviting than this.
A Great Place to Start: "A Whole Lot Better"
Frank Turner – "Poetry of the Deed" (Xtra Mile/Epitaph)
Don't let the fact that Frank Turner used to be the lead singer for the London hardcore band Million Dead scare you away: This is one now-solo singer/songwriter you'll want to pay attention to. It's a rare album indeed that exudes this amount of warmth without deploying cheap tug-at-the-heartstrings tricks.
A Great Place to Start: "Live Fast Die Old"
Mark Mallman – "Invincible Criminal" (Badman)
Guest appearances by members of Cloud Cult and the Hold Steady notwithstanding, this is exactly what you'd expect from modern rock's undisputed champ: tight, enthralling tunes that owe as much to the day of "classic rock" as to the indie underworld all his fans seem to spend their time in.
A Great Place to Start: "White Leather Days"
The Awful Truth – "Object Permanence" (Orchid Collective)
Not since Clem Snide has the sound of abject melancholy sounded so listenable as it does on "Object Permanence." While the man behind the music, Brent Colbert, probably wouldn't be the first guy you'd call if you wanted to grab a beer, he does know his Duluth music — he's a fan of Nathan Amundson's Rivulets and the almighty Low — so let me be the first to say he's welcome in the Twin Ports anytime.
A Great Place to Start: "Purple Station Wagons"
The Avett Brothers – "I and Love and You" (American)
Yes, Rick Rubin produced this beast, but, rest assured, this is the same ol' group your favorite in-the-know college DJ has been telling you you'd absolutely love since the Jayhawksian superheroes combined forces in the first place.
A Great Place to Start: "January Wedding"
Maudlin – "And the Second Law of Thermodynamics" (Self-Released)
Highly addictive (and slightly sinister) girl/boy vox from St. Paul's pre-eminent post-punk power trio.
A Great Place to Start: "Block by Block"
Wilco – "Wilco (The Album)" (Nonesuch)
Eschewing the experimental whimsy of early-Aughties classics like "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" and "A Ghost is Born," the Windy City's most prominent ambassadors to the world at large — musically speaking, of course, as I think Obama and Oprah might take offense to that statement… — move further into the calm, cool and collected territory paved in 2007 by "Sky Blue Sky."
A Great Place to Start: "Wilco (The Song)"
Felt – "3: A Tribute to Rosie Perez" (Rhymesayers)
It'd be a cold day in hell before Slug, Murs and Aesop Rock got together and to-die-for hip-hop isn't produced. With representatives from Atmosphere, Living Legends and the Weathermen, it's like an "indieground" dream bill; the stars have definitely aligned.
A Great Place to Start: "She Sonnet"
Bob Dylan – "Together Through Life" (Columbia)
Though he has no right to make this many legendary albums so far into his autumn years, Duluth's most famous native son has done it again: "Together Through Life" and, for that matter, the much-talked about "Christmas in the Heart" put to shame all those other elder statesmen of rock 'n' roll who just gave up on creativity. I can't foresee Robert Zimmerman ever becoming merely a caricature of himself; he will forever make music that matters.
A Great Place to Start: "My Wife's Home Town"
Eyedea & Abilities – "By the Throat" (Rhymesayers)
I was about to chide E&A for making us waiting so long for less than 30 minutes of music, but then I heard "By the Throat." I quickly apologized to the powers that be and proceeded to melt my face with one of the most ferocious hip-hop — and I use that term loosely here, as Eyedea's excursions into rocking out shines through here — discs ever produced.
A Great Place to Start: "Spin Cycle"
Ben Lee – "The Rebirth of Venus" (New West)
If Australia's Ben Lee knows one thing, it's that there is nothing in the world more exhilarating than a good pop song. Like George Harrison's output in the '80s (or anything ever produced by Jeff Lynne), "Rebirth" is the punchy, unavoidable sound of a shared experience you'll never want to shake. This is truly uplifting music here.
A Great Place to Start: "What's So Bad (About Feeling Good)?"
Matt & Kim – "Grand" (Fader)
If you've ever asked to describe the sound of a sugar high, don't fret; just spin this Mates of State-channeling notimetowasteeverysecondisprecious rush of a record. ADD never sounded so frantically delicious.
A Great Place to Start: "Don't Slow Down"
Eulogies – "Here Anonymous" (Dangerbird)
The beauty of this Peter Walker project is that there is nothing explicitly groundbreaking about it: Instead of trying to change the world, this foursome sticks to hammering out some of the tightest winter-day compositions since Death Cab for Cutie's Barsuk days. College radio, are you listening?
A Great Place to Start: "This Fine Progression"
Manchester Orchestra – "Mean Everything to Nothing" (Favorite Gentlemen/Canvasback)
Before the boys in Plastic Constellations went on their merry way(s), they learned a valuable lesson: producing intriguing, genre-expanding slabs o' music and rocking out from time to time don't have to be mutually exclusive.
A Great Place to Start: "My Friend Marcus"
Thao with the Get Down Stay Down – "Know Better Learn Faster" (Kill Rock Stars)
I want to party with San Francisco's Thao Nguyen and her two-man backing band. They just seem like legitimately cool people with a solid sense of what's beautiful about this world. Oh, and they know how to rock. Always appreciated.
A Great Place to Start: "Cool Yourself"
David Bazan – "Curse Your Branches" (Barsuk)
Though he'll forever be known as the frontman of the now-defunct group Pedro the Lion, this messiah of quasi-religious messages has all but redefined the sound of singer/songwriter perfection with his full-length solo debut.
A Great Place to Start: "Bless This Mess" [Download here]
Jason Lytle – "Yours Truly, The Commuter" (Anti)
Although he had a stellar crew behind him in Grandaddy days — Jim Fairchild, aka All Smiles, most notably — Lytle's work is just as monumental and Radiohead-quashing when he's flying solo.
A Great Place to Start: "It's the Weekend"
*To get a taste of how my tastes have (or haven't) changed throughout the years, follow these links to see my picks for 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 and 2002. Hope you have an hour to spare….
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Rhode Island this week submitted its "blueprint" for a key aspect of Obamacare: the Health Benefits Exchange, a marketplace for health insurance.
The thousands of pages of documents, submitted to the federal government a few days ahead of Friday's deadline, describe how the state will design and manage its exchange.
Starting Oct. 1, people with no health insurance, people who buy insurance on their own and those who work for small businesses will go to a website to select a plan and meet the requirement to obtain coverage by 2014. They will be able to find out whether they are eligible for federal premium subsidies or for Medicaid, and to compare the cost and design of several plans that meet standards set by the state.


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Maribelle's Tavern, the restaurant that formerly lived on Riverside Drive, is re-opening on Thursday in a new space: the former Hugo in Oakley. Owner Leigh Enderle says, however, that it has been completely transformed. "No one will recognize this as Hugo," she said. The new restaurant will occupy only the lounge/bar area of the former […]
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Have you ever watched "Doomsday Preppers"? It's a popular National Geographic Channel reality show about average Americans who make elaborate plans to protect themselves and their loved ones from earthquakes, mega-volcanos, economic disaster, geomagnetic storms, you name it.
These people have spent countless hours and tens of thousands of dollars to keep their families safe from TEOTWAWKI --The End of the World as We Know It.
Now don't get me wrong -- disaster preparation is prudent and necessary, as we all learned when Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast. But many of these preppers are, well, slightly over the top. That's why they're on reality TV.
Unfortunately, the doomsday prepper mentality has spilled over into investing. Many individuals, spooked by the financial crisis and the Federal Reserve's unprecedented easy-money policy, have abandoned stocks and loaded up on so-called alternative assets -- especially precious metals -- to protect themselves against the coming apocalypse.
In a poll, 1,800 WSJ.com readers said they put an astonishing 44% of their portfolios into alternative assets, but invested only 8% in U.S. stocks. TD Ameritrade told me 29% of its clients' balances in exchange-traded funds are in alternative investments, often precious metals.
And a recent study by Northern Trust of 1,700 wealthy U.S. investors found that 30% of households with investable assets of $5 million or more "say they are more inclined to consider alternative investments now than they were five years ago."
The high-net-worth individuals polled by Northern Trust were looking at many different alternatives, including currencies, hedge funds, and private equity.
'Speculating, not investing'
But three financial advisers I spoke with -- all certified financial planners representing the CFP Board of Standards -- said that when their clients discussed alternatives, they were mostly looking for gold and silver and protection against TEOTWAWKI.
These planners try to talk determined doomsters off the proverbial ledge with nothing more than common sense about holding widely diversified portfolios and investing for the long haul.
"I always revert back to, how does this fit into your financial plan?," asked Cary Guffey, a financial advisor with PNC Investments in Birmingham, Ala. Some of the precious metal fetishization becomes "speculating, not investing," he told me.
Gold, for instance, has had "a remarkable run-up, but it can come back down," he said.
It already has -- from a high of over $1,900 an ounce in August 2011 to around $1,550 now, a nine-month low. The yellow metal is approaching the 20% decline normally associated with bear markets, and may test key support levels soon.
When gold peaked in August 2011, the SPDR Gold SharesETF (GLD) was worth more than the SPDR S&P 500ETF (SPY), which tracks the Standard & Poor's 500 index ($INX). Since then, the S&P index has soared 40%, not including dividends, so gold bugs have trailed the big-cap benchmark index by 60 percentage points.
Meanwhile, silver is officially in a bear market. "Many investors have abandoned silver in pursuit of better returns in the stock market," The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. "Other investors see less of a need to hold the metal as a hedge against inflation."
But the stock rally is all phony, doomsday preppers argue, pumped up by the Fed's easy-money policy. As soon as that ends, the markets and the economy will come crashing down, and those who have a treasure chest full of gold and silver coins (and portfolios stuffed with GLD and SLV) will rule the world.
Prepping for a financial meltdown
Never mind that they're envisioning an off-the-charts meltdown in which paper money is useless and only gold is legal tender. It also assumes a hyperinflation of the kind we've seen rarely in history.
Too many of these prepper investors have been influenced by gurus like Dr. Marc Faber and Peter Schiff, who predicted for years that the U.S. will suffer hyperinflation like Zimbabwe or Weimar Germany.
Whatever you may think of the Fed's policy -- and I find it troubling -- that just hasn't happened. Maybe that's why gold, which had a great 10-year run, is now stuck in a trading range.
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