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Details for a major new art installation, going in on the High Line this summer, have been finalized.
Building on the success of Spencer Finch's installation in the Chelsea Market Passage, we're once again partnering with public art superstars Creative Time and the public art wing of the Parks Department. This time, we commissioned a site-specific multi-channel sound piece from artist Stephen Vitiello, entitled A Bell for Every Minute. The piece will be installed in the 14th Street Passage, another semi-enclosed space where the High Line runs through a former industrial building.
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571 Projects in Chelsea is now showing a High Line-inspired work by artist Jan Gilbert. The New Orleans native makes her debut in New York with a piece entitled Sur la ligne/On the line. In the gallery's press release, Gilbert states that the High Line "serves as a superb viewing pedestal of this vibrant, quirky, industrial layer of the city." Her photographic works combine multiple perspectives on views from the High Line, and the images are embalmed in a transparent membrane.
Now that spring is approaching, our gardeners are beginning the cutback process, which will provide space for new growth during the warmer months. In a traditional garden, plants are cut back when their stalks begin to dry during autumn. In keeping with planting designer Piet Oudolf's belief that a plant's dried seed heads are just as beautiful and important as its flowers, the High Line's vegetation was left in its natural state.
Come see the High Line in its stylish white coat! After the snow stopped falling early this morning, our Maintenance and Operations team spent several hours using snow blowers, shovels and an eco-friendly de-icer to clear the High Line's paths and stairways. The park is now open south of 16th Street, and we expect a complete opening very soon. UPDATE: The entire park is now open!
We love this shot by Tim Schenck of Silman Associates, the High Line's structural engineering firm. It shows the progress, and the context, of the new access point at 30th Street, what will be the northernmost point of Section 2.
February is unexpectedly interesting for blooms on the High Line. This month features three plants: witch hazel (Hamamelis x intermedia 'Pallida'), Dawn bodnant viburnum (Viburnum x bodnantense 'Dawn'), and sweet box (Sarcococca hookeriana).
The rose-colored buds in the picture above are the beginnings of blooms on a Dawn bodnant viburnum, a shrub that flowers during the bleakest part of the winter. Its clusters of flowers have an excellent fragrance in late winter/early spring.
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August 4, 1982 was just a typical two-hit, two city, two team day for Joel Youngblood.
They called him MISTER Koo.
Gary Carter finally made it to the Hall of Fame on this date ten years ago.
For two-thirds of the Miracle Mets outfield, July 5 is a more memorable date than Independence Day.
Take an infographical look at the changing face of the Mets all-time hits record, or as it has come to be known, Mt. Kranepool.
The life of a day in New York Mets history.
Cleon Jones picked up his 1,000 career hit on this date in 1973. Dae-Sung Koo only needs 999 more to reach that milestone.
Men are from Mars, women are from Venus, and on July 27, 1999, the Mets were from Mercury. Needless to say, today's a pretty big date in franchise history.
Very busy day on Friday at Citi Field...and that was before the game began.
The Mets Hall of Fame only includes four pitchers from all 50 years of the team's existence. There has to be more than four great Mets pitchers in team history, right?
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Pots take up the least space when you nest them, but that leaves the lids with no place to go. Give them a home of their own by installing metal towel bars inside your pantry door. Don't use fancy or bulky bars -- look for simple ones that stand out about 2 inches; mount them only to the rails of solid-core wooden doors. To hang a lid, slide it behind the bar so the knob or handle catches and holds the lid in place.
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rausher22 Apr, 2010
would like help for my cast iron lids. my pans hang on a rack. the lids are much to heavy for any of these ideas.
lyke2design19 Mar, 2010
I just dealt with this this past weekend. IKEA has a lid holder that mounts to the inside of any door. It has multiply rails to hold four or five lids each. Also they are very inexpensive, @ $5.00 each. It solved my lid mess.
2ESMOM19 Mar, 2010
This is a terrific idea. I have my pots on a pot rack, but the lids are in "lid racks" in the drawer under my oven. It is fine for the small ones, but the others always get caught on the drawer and it won't open. I just hope my pantry doors are the right size for this trick.
4Hobbes19 Mar, 2010
Just put lid on pot upside down and you can stack them
Nayda15 Mar, 2009
because "pots take up the least space when you nest them"
efemmeral8 Mar, 2009
Call me crazy but why not simply put the lid on the pot?
elskbrev7 Mar, 2009
Consider the scratch damage to the cabinet door what with the continual insertion and removal of these lids. Better to mount a thin sheet of plywood or plexi to the panel before installing the towel bars.
JCsMelodie7 Mar, 2009
This method on the door is not doable for a rentor, however, especially if you have glass lids, like I do, that are too heavy for this type of mounting. Of course the alternatives are not to hang, but to "file sort". For instance, like the "letter sorters " you could get that have dividers tall enough but not too tall to hold the lids that would sit inside the cabinet. The fullness of the lid sits down inside the separator. But it would be nice to have them out of the way
sierralion6 Mar, 2009
I'd have a tough time finding a solid core wooden door anywhere in my kitchen or my whole house for that matter. Pantry??? I thought I saw awhile back directions for a wall mounted lid rack...??
DawnSW6 Mar, 2009
These lids in the picture look pretty heavy. I would not do this for heavy lids - I think the weight of eg Le Creuset lids would pretty quickly pull the rack off the door, damaging it irreparably. the exception would be if you could fasten the rack much more strongly than normal, with several mounting points and into solid wood
kenji6 Mar, 2009
what happens when you take a lid off the rack? Looks like they kind of "nest" together...I'm with Laurel Lou on this, I put lid on pot upside down and then stack a smaller pan on top.
JoleeC6 Mar, 2009
I keep my lids right on the pans. That way when you grab the pan the lid is with it.
hpjunkie246 Mar, 2009
the bottom of my oven has a "warming drawer" i think thats what its called i put my lids there and i have a pot rack for my pots and pans...just an idea...
Osirissoy6 Mar, 2009
Only problem I see with this idea is that it will scratch up your door.
Laurel_Lou6 Mar, 2009
I don't think this would work for my cabinets. I turn the lid upside down on its matching pot, then put a pot or pan on top, turn its lid upside down, then do the next size. The lids are always with their pot.
Pamasaurus6 Mar, 2009
wow, gr8 idea. jennymcn, You should measure at least 4 times before screwing in them into the doors. Once you measure twice you'll realize ho the doors will close then perfect your image w/ 2 more measurements.
lbuser6 Mar, 2009
You can get these towel bars at Home Depot, Lowes, Ace Hardware (Tru-Value) and Target. Probably at WalMart but I haven't looked there. You mount the towel bars so they don't line up with the shelves. Most shelves fit behind the cabinet frame and nearly all doors fit in front of the frame, so you just close the door. Don't get fancy towel bars or they will stick too far into the cabinet. Otherwise, they will fit fine.
Naynay6 Mar, 2009
You could also hang them in your cabinets if you store them under your cooktop.
jennymcn6 Mar, 2009
How do you close the cabinet door when there are shelves inside?
TheVoice1617 Apr, 2008
Can you recommend where to find these types of towel bars? The only ones I have been able to find extend out more that 2 inches.
rlhrlh2 Mar, 2008
Brilliant! Thanks for the idea.


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@grabs40 Michael Grabner I am happy to announce that I will be an Islander for the next five years.new building,new contract and new baby.what a great year!!!!! KatieStrangNYI Katie Strang Multiple sources confirm to Newsday that Grabner's 5-year deal is worth $15 million Strang Story Here
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This is his ballot, choices, and an explanation of why he chose to vote despite the boycott by the local chapters of the PHWA. My personal opinion is that he chose the professional course in this matter. Who knows if the outcome would have been different if he was present for the vote, but I would bet that he received some pressure from his brethren. Kudos Mr. Staple.
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Having transformed the image of the games console from the coach potato's best friend to a fitness fanatic's essential tool, Wii Fit Plus returns with a fresh feast of exercises and games.
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Super Mario 3D World for the Wii U gives you multiplayer fun as well as stunning graphics that really bring the Mushroom Kingdom to life.
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Marc Shaiman, Krysta Rodriguez, Nick Blaemire and More Are Part of Joe Iconis & Family, Beginning Oct. 12 at 54 Below
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Tony Award-winning songwriter Marc Shaiman (Hairspray, "Smash"); Krysta Rodriguez, who stars in the new Broadway musical First Date; and Nick Blaemire (Godspell, Dogfight) are among the artists taking part in the October engagement of Joe Iconis & Family at 54 Below.
Performances of Joe Iconis & Family are offered Oct. 12 at 11 PM and Oct. 18 at 8 PM.
The cast features Blaemire, Katrina Rose Dideriksen, Seth Eliser, Alexandra Ferrara, Molly Hager, Ian Kagey (Oct. 18 only), Dennis Michael Keefe, MK Lawson (Oct. 18 only), Rachel Lee, Lauren Marcus, Jeremy Morse, Rodriguez (Oct. 12 only), Rob Rokicki, Charlie Rosen, Lance Rubin, Rachel Sussman, Jared Weiss, Jason SweetTooth Williams, among others.
Shaiman, whose Broadway credits include Catch Me If You Can and Hairspray, among others, will be the special guest at the Oct. 18 show.
According to press notes, "Musical theatre writer Joe Iconis is about to journey to the West Coast for the world premiere of his musical The Black Suits in sunny Los Angeles. But first, he's proudly bringing his unique mash-up of showtune cabaret and rock and roll jamboree back to 54 Below, just in time for Halloween! Join Mr. Iconis and his merry band of musical theater punks as they roar their way through a set of Joe's incendiary songs, along with a few seasonally-appropriate spooky classics. The huge cast of brilliant actor/singers, lunatic musicians and legendary special guests will offer you an evening where searing character studies meet drunken back room sing-alongs. This is no mere concert. This is a great, big, howling love-letter to passionate musical theater at its best and bloodiest. Grease up your kazoo, fill your whiskey glass and stay for a while. It's going to be a helluva night."
Jennifer Ashley Tepper produces.
Iconis penned the Drama Desk Award-nominated Bloodsong of Love, The Black Suits, ReWrite and The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks as well as the theatrical concert Things to Ruin. His songs have also appeared on the second season of the NBC musical drama "Smash." For more on his work, read the Playbill.com Contemporary Musical Theatre Songwriters You Should Know.
His musical The Black Suits will run Oct. 27–Nov. 24 at CTG's Kirk Douglas Theater in L.A.
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We ate in the Golden dining room on the upper floor. I would say to anyone that gets the upper floor to have their table change so you will eat on the lower floor. The reason is the waiters entertain for you and when you sit the upper floor you miss out. Don't worry because there is room down below for you to switch seats.
The weather was not so good and we were unable to stop at Half Moon Cay. This is Carnival's island and they were going to do lunch on the beach for us.
I did not like our room as there were to many people talking so loud and kids would be running in the halls. The next time we take a cruise we will get a balcony and enjoy sitting out by ourselves.
I did enjoy each morning going for a walk at the jogging/walking deck, followed by the free class at the gym at 7:00am.
It is worth getting up early to watch the sun coming up.
We will try another cruise line next time, but will do more research first.


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Andy Reid is probably down to his final few days as Eagles head coach. Michael Vick could be in the same situation, and it's only fitting he'll get one more chance to quarterback his team.
Nick Foles is on I.R. Vick knows what's going on. But the good news is that, like Reid, he's going out with a lot of respect in the city and in the Eagles' locker room. He also gets the opportunity to leave Philadelphia with a boost to his reputation with the other 31 teams.
"I know what I can do," Vick said. "I think you all know what I can do and I believe in myself. I'm only going to continue to get better through hard work and preparation. I'm going to put myself in tip-top condition in the offseason by training hard and that's all you can ask for.
"Hopefully I can help somebody's organization next year."
Vick had no chance to finish his career in Atlanta. He was imprisoned and later cut from the Falcons' roster. He came to the Eagles a wounded man, later reached the highest of quarterbacking heights and leaves humbled once more — not full circle but not far off, professionally speaking.
Still, Vick will approach the game against the Giants on Sunday as a final blessing on his way out of town. He has earned the chance. He can sting the Giants one more time. And in doing so, he can prove he still has it.
"One thing I never do is waver or back down from an opportunity to get on the field regardless of what has transpired from the season," Vick said. "I'm fully confident in myself and the guys around me to put it all together for the last game and get a win for Andy."
A lot of teams need quarterbacks, but many would be hesitant to lock in Vick — who turns 33 next summer — to be their starter. The Jets have been mentioned. Others will be mentioned heavily once the front-office shuffling and coaching changes occur. There will be a job for Vick in 2013.
"I'm not putting pressure on myself to go out and put on a great performance in a sense of an audition," Vick said. "The thing I'm truly confident about is my ability to play the game of football — what I know, what I've learned, the success I've had over the past years and what I can accomplish. So, I think I just have to continue to play my game."
He can play freely Sunday. The Giants should fear this. Vick has struggled this season and in 2011 by trying to be too much of a robot. He was at his best in '10 when he let it rip, so to speak. There have been plenty of mistakes and turnovers along the way, but if Vick can go out and beat a defense that was white-hot this time a year ago, he should be able to convince a general manager and a head coach to give him a chance.
Vick last played on Nov. 11, since relinquishing his starting job to Foles. His future, though, is still in front of him. Vick has a few chapters left in his story, and he can start writing them Sunday at MetLife Stadium.
"I just miss it," he said. "I have an opportunity to go out and play and I'm excited about it."


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|Cook Time
|20 Minutes
|Total Time
|35 Minutes
|Main Ingredient
|Peaches; Figs
|Cook Method
|Stove Top
|Low Calorie; Low Fat; Gluten Free; Low Cholesterol; Low Sodium; Heart Healthy; Vegetarian
1 teaspoon black peppercorns
2 teaspoons butter, divided
2 teaspoons fresh thyme, chopped, divided
4 (about 1 3/4 pounds) firm ripe white peaches, halved and pitted
8 firm ripe Black Mission figs, halved lengthwise (about 1 pound)
1/3 cup balsamic vinegar
1/3 cup cr�me fra�che
1/8 teaspoon salt
In a small skillet, cook the black peppercorns over medium heat for 6 minutes or until toasted. Remove from the skillet and allow to cool. Once cool, put the peppercorns into zip-top plastic bag and seal. Using a meat mallet or rolling pin, crush the peppercorns, and then set aside.
In a large skillet, melt half of the butter over medium-high heat. Add half of the thyme to the melted butter and then place the peaches, cut sides down, into pan. Allow to cook for approximately 2 minutes. Once browned, remove from the skillet. Place a single peach half onto 8 dessert plates with the cut sides up.
In the same skillet, melt the remaining butter and stir in the second half of the thyme. Place the figs into the skillet, cut sides down, and cook until brown (approximately 2 minutes). Remove from the heat and place 2 fig halves on each plate beside the peach.
Heat the skillet over medium-low heat, and add the vinegar. Cook for approximately 3 minutes or until reduced to 3 tablespoons. While allowing the vinegar cool slightly, spoon approximately 2 teaspoons of cr�me fra�che into the middle of each peach half. Drizzle a small amount (approximately 1 teaspoon) of the reduced vinegar onto each peach and top with a pinch of crushed peppercorns. Sprinkle with salt to taste.
Calories: 133 cal
Total fat: 5g
Saturated fat: 3g
Monounsaturated fat: <1g
Polyunsaturated fat: <1g
Cholesterol: 12mg
Sodium: 50mg
Carbohydrate: 22g
Fiber: 3g
Protein: 2g


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Doors open at 4pm, contest begins at 4:30!
Thanks to everyone who attended in 2013 and special thanks to our great contestants.
The East Tennessee Young Musicians Bluegrass Contest is held each year on the last Saturday in February at Hawkins Elementary School in Rogersville, Tennessee. The contest began in 2004 as the idea of The Ball Sisters Band of Rogersville. The contest has always been held as a fundraiser for youth programs in Hawkins County. Currently, the contest benefits the Heritage Lites Leadership scholarship program of the Rogersville Heritage Association. The purpose of the contest is twofold; it is our hope that the contest will provide a stress-free opportunity for young musicians to perform and create friendships with other musicians, secondly, by raising funds for youth of the community, kids are helping kids.
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Tomcat USA celebrated 15 years of in-depth training courses for professionals in the entertainment industry with a sold-out Hoist and Rigging Workshop recently in Midland, Texas. Top-notch instructors and 82 participants from all over the United States plus Canada and the UK were brought together for the four day workshop. This year also marked the third annual Advanced Hoist and Truss Workshop with 10 participants from around the US.
Don Dimitroff of Columbus McKinnon coached participants through the disassembly and reassembly of a Lodestar chain hoist. Dimitroff was most ably assisted by Dave Sowa, project manager, and Fernando Hernandez, hoist technician, both from Tomcat.
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In addition to four days of highly informative classes, the students were treated to dinner each night—culminating with the traditional "factory night" at Tomcat USA featuring a tour of the facility, demonstrations, and graduation ceremony.
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"Exceptional - a real must read for baseball fans"
And a real must read for those of us who came of age in the era of "The Micks" pivotal years. I appreciate that Jane Leavy didn't glorify Mantle in her book-she wrote the truth-both the good and the terrible, the heartbreak of a man who's body was worn down by the sport he loved and who finally found himself - the real Mickey Mantle.
I grew up in a Dodger family..my parents were from New York, transplants to Los Angeles in the 40s....we listened to baseball all spring and summer-didn't matter who was playing-our big multi band radio was tuned in to a baseball game. When the Yankees played USC pre season in 1951, my dad had 2 tickets and I got to go..I saw the home run that was the start of Mantles baseball life and I got an autograph in my pink autograph book..and as an awkward 11 year old girl with her own mitt, I never forgot the way he smiled at me and said "Girls can't play baseball!". I developed my first crush...Mickey was it for me. Rooting for the Yankees was as bad as it could be in my family but I spent the next 35 years following my hero.
This book is great for those of us who never saw the dark side of Mickey Mantle and for baseball fans who didn't experience the game when it was played for fun-before the big salaries and bonuses, when kids played until dark on vacant lots or at school yards.
The writing and story and wonderfully done, though I wasn't really impressed with the narration. Still, like all personal histories it's about the person. This book is better than the several other Mantle books I've written-it's honest and doesn't glorify Mantles bad disposition or sexist ways-things that were never printed in newspapers back then. There was a protection of sorts around sports heroes and politics in the middle years of the country.
A must hear for sports fans of any era.
"Derivative, Unbelievable, End of America novel"
This Post-Apolyptic end of the US as told in North Carolina is a thin copy of every bad end-of-the-world mixed with "the Commies are Coming" movie I've ever seen. It's hero is a cigarette smoking, fedora wearing, type of 40s college professor who obsesses about his coming lack of smokes as much as about the lack of insulin for his diabetic daughter. His only qualification as lead dude seems to be his reenactment in Civil War Battles every month or so. Therefore they call him Colonel. He's one of the most unrealistic heroes I've ever read. I could not figure out why he was such an admired man..I didn't get his high community value- it sure isn't in his thinking or reasoning ability. He's Average Man, mourning his wives death, living with his mother in law and daughters and functioning poorly as a parent. He makes stupid decisions, doesn't understand his 16 year old daughter just might be having sex or that he ought to take care of his wounded hand..he's Mr Peepers mixed with Maxwell Smart!
Along with lame heroes comes equally lame dialogue..."81 people have died, professor, but everything seems ok." is typical. Now I've been to Asheville, it's full of counter culture people and the hero himself does these Civil War play things. They have lots of horses yet they are choosing to use the horses for food rather than for transportation...that could have just been thrown in for the gross factor to prep the listener for the dog as food part that comes up though.
Publishers blurb says this book was touted "On the floor of Congress" Doesn't say why and I'm left wondering why.
There are too many simplistic lines of dialogue to quote, just for humors sake, but believe me..I did a lot of rolling my eyes and going 'Duh' at many of them.
If you want a good post apologetic book, try the Metatopolis series edited by John Scalzi. The characters in these short stories are, at least, intelligent.
Don't was your credit..it's going back and thank you, Audible for the return offer.
"Written 1990, still a good book/ listens well"
3/4 of the way thru this, I started thinking this is one of Roberts older books and boy was I right. IMO, her older books are better than many of her newer ones.
'Public Secrets' has all the drama of Robert's Irish trilogies, including the Irish accents..which,sadly, aren't done all that well by narrator Renee Raudman. Her male protagonists, who seem to be primarily Irish accented, do come across nicely, and the female protagonists have strength of character and determination for an early Roberts women character..they usually seem to be wimpy .
The plot is as well written as character development and though at times, it seems a little convoluted-still I was able to follow the story line and characters. Lastly, the bad guy wasn't obvious to me. At least, he wasn't obvious enough to make him stand out for me. Thats always nice!
I found the story line to be OUTSTANDING if not HEROIC in content, the characters of the protagonists to be believable. and finally the villains are just as nicely written as the heroes.
Well worth a credit, just don't expect a new books
"Nora Roberts want-to-be, not bad/not great...Meh?"
I have mixed feelings about this book. I enjoyed it enough to look forward, slightly, to the next in the series but I'm not in love with it by any means.
As I wrote in the header, it's a great deal like the usual Nora Roberts trilogies. NR always has Irish brothers or sisters, each of whom is haunted by a disturbed past falling in love with the mysterious stranger from someplace else. This is derivative enough to be penned by NR, down to the 'fisting her hair in his hand as they fell in embrace'.
And speaking of the love scenes, they are either quite mild in writing when compared to MsRoberts' typical ones or the narrator here, Hollis McCarthy, doesn't have the voice to bring these interludes to their maximum pulse leaping ultimate fruition.
Another comment on McCarthy, IMO, shes just too American voiced to pul off a good Irish accent. The mens Irish voices just don't take me there when compared to other narrators. I think the producer might have done this series poorly by not hiring someone perhaps like Adrian McKinty narrator Gerard Doyle.
I scored this 4 stars and a Meh..for average. A tad bit better than average, it's a long haul from literature and even from excellent romance novels. Sophie Moss has a lot of potential but I can'd admire this obvious rip off of Nor Roberts stock-in-trade.
"Excellent Police Procedural novel-new author-GREAT"
I think this was an Audible 'deal' book that I paid a few dollars for, in any case, it would be well worth a credit. The protagonist is a retired NYPD detective who finds himself wound into a serial killers plot to destroy a small police department in upstate New York.
I found the story arc to be well constructed and tightly written with wonderful character development and excellent visualization of the area where it takes place. I felt I came to know the people and the surrounding territory as I listened. Since I enjoy books where I get to know the characters, I enjoyed listening very much.
It's a longish book, which makes the need for a good narrator even more important. George Newbern is new to me and I like the way he reads the story..I'm putting him on my list of narrators to check out.
I got the feeling this was the start of a series, but haven't checked..I hope Newbern narrates following books.
If you enjoy police procedural type of novels, this is a good one for you to try
"Davina Porter is a wonderful narrator"
I've gotten on a kick of listening to books I read when I was in college, in 1960 and there abouts. Nevil Shute was a wonderful author and "On the Beach" was a seminal book for me, as a young person raised in the "Drop and Cover" bomb raid trials every school in Los Angeles practiced. The atom bomb was very real to us..but that has nothing to do with "Beyond the Black Stump", does it?
I read this as a senior in high school and was fascinated by Australia when I did. The vastness of the continent amazed me, as did the primitive way people lived in 1955 in the outback..the frontier.
This book is dated, but fully shows the bigotry that was rampant back then, before the civil rights movement here in the States. If you can get by that, and not want to re-write the way things were, it's a great story about two people who fall in love. About Australia in its time of just starting to be civilized. About the excitement of the oil speculator and the misery of an arid land with no water.
As for the narrator, Davina Porter is a favorite..she narrates all Diana Galbendon's "Outlander" series and does a credible job of an Australian accent.if you enjoy Bruce Courtenay's books about that land you'll like this slightly different outlook on it.
"Absolutely Delightful Listen Highly Recommended"
As the daughter of an engineer, this book tugged on my heart. For anyone not of the technical bent, tis a wonderful listen for the story.
Narrated by the iconic Frank Mueller, this classic Nevil Shute novel brings back excellent stories written beautifully. And narrated by Mueller, a person of acclaim in the history of audiobooks, makes this a one in as hundred type of listen.
Romance, a very likable protagonist and the effect he has on his followers as a writer for an engineering weekly magazine, a bit of suspense with the sailing of a yacht and so on, this is a wonderful listen for anyone.
Highly Recommended.
"Solid but dated medical thriller"
Its hard to beat Tess Gerritson when it comes to medical thrillers and impossible to beat George Guidell when it comes to dramatic storytelling.
This was a slightly yucky "doctors gone bad" story that hasn't aged very well. I remembered reading it in the early 90s and thinking 'this could never happen' . 20 years later it doesdn seem nearly as impossible. But it's still yucky when it comes to mutant births.
I still like Gerritsons work but am going to seek newer novels.
Not worth your credit
Mediocre "FBI agent falls for the bad girl, the bad girl is really good" type tale.
Tanya Eby is just average as a narrator..she doesn't do justice to the sex scenes that are written in a so-so manner.
I listened to the whole thing but didn't feel compelled to pay attention very closely.
It's going back. It was a Daily Deal so it's really no biggie...no credit waste.
I really appreciate Audibles Return Policy..Thanks Audible!
"Not quite as gripping as "600 hours""
I found this interesting but not as compelling as the first book. There was FAR to much of the "Edwardisms" that we're clever in the first book and far less development of new characters.
It's a " have to hear" if you've heard and appreciated 600 hours, but I suggest holding expectations down. Luke Daniels got a bit campy with some if the narration I thought.
Still worth the credit just to hear the final outcome of Edwards story.
"Luke Daniels IS Edward"
Im in awe of both the authors work and the narrating by Luke Daniels in this unique story of Edward, a middle aged man with Aspergers/OCD who is reliant on his authoritan father for support, being unable to work in a typical office environment.
Edward and his fathers interaction forms a great deal of the conflict in this story..as Edward tries to grow his father pushes him down. A very sad reflection on many parent/adult child relationships.
The novel shows a side of OCD that has become well know these days. Lancaster writes with a gentle knowledge of the situation and developes his characters beautifully. This is a sort of quiet novel, with achingly complex interpersonal relationships...unless the reader knows an OCD patient, Edward may seem awkwardly backwards, yet Lancaster draws him out with sympathy. I was especially touched at the "Dragnet" scenes, where Edward has substituted Jack Webb and the Dragnet characters for a father and family.
Once again, Luke Daniels shows his talent as one of the best of the modern audio book narrators. Kudos, Mr Daniels, for another wonderful narration.
The very sad ending pulls the entire story together but left me feeling equally sad for the characters.
Highly recommended.
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So yes, I'm sorry, but in countries where the justice system works like that, yes, it's good he got shot. Because otherwise he'd have simply walked away with no problem, at least now he'll truly stay in hospital at least and get new exams to see if he still has the former problem, and with luck he'll be pronounced healthy and be actually sent to jail afterwards.
I know that the Croatian justice system is doing a bit better nowadays, but in Romania and Bulgaria, the police is either payed by mafia groups or afraid of them and many get away. Not all... because some mafia groups pay more then others. And then some mafia leaders get to be voted into the parliament... so yea.
It's bad for Bulgarians and Romanians, but us Greeks don't get treated much better in western Europe.
It wouldn't surprise me if some in Britain start advocating shoveling all of us from the Balkans into ovens to clean up their dreary little isle.
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This reminds me of a joke about northern UK more then England... but it might be offensive... maybe I shouldn't tell it.
Well you know what, I will, in the end it's a funny joke and not truly mean at all, it's just a joke:
A french reporter wanted to test if the Scottish people are as truly cheapskates as people say. So he decides to go on a trip to Scotland.
He passes the border entering Scotland and on the way he goes thirsty. He decides to try his luck and knock on the door of a house. An old man exits.
The french reporter asks for a bit of water. After a minute the old man comes with a large bowl filled with milk.
The french guy drinks almost half of it after which he says:
"But you people are not cheapskates at all! What people talk is not true at all! I asked for water and actually got a full bowl of milk, thank you!"
"Well boy, you're welcomed" said the old man. "In the end, nobody wanted to drink that milk since a rat had drowned in it."
The french boy drops the bowl hearing those words to which the old man gets angry and yells:
"After I gave you milk you break my grandmother's night piss bowl?!"
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I still want to move there. From the US.
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It's an embarrassment of riches to have new collections by short story masters Nathan Englander and Dan Chaon released on the same day (Feb. 7). After publishing novels in 2007 and 2009, respectively, they've returned to a form that showcases their talents at fashioning sturdily constructed, memorable tales.
Englander caused a stir in 1999 with his first collection, For the Relief of Unbearable Urges, which offered unorthodox glimpses into the world of Orthodox Judaism. He stays close to his roots here, echoing the art of Jewish short fiction masters from Isaac Bashevis Singer to Philip Roth in tales that are both contemporary and timeless.
Most of the Jewish characters that populate the stories in What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank are survivors (literally so, for the several who endured the Holocaust). Nowhere is that more dramatically demonstrated than in the novelistic "Sister Hills," set in the northern portion of the territory captured by Israel in 1967. The story spans decades, and focuses on Rena and Yehudit, settlers who occupy two desolate settlements on "empty mountains that God had long ago given Israel but that Israel had long ago forgotten." With its mythic overtones, it's a stunning narrative achievement.
Englander is intrigued by the difficulty of moral choices, as displayed in stories like "Camp Sundown," when a group of Holocaust survivors at an elderhostel camp decide to take revenge on a man they believe was a Nazi guard at a concentration camp. And the title story, evoking a classic Raymond Carver tale, follows two couples—one, assimilated South Floridians; the other, friends who have abandoned America for an ultra-Orthodox life in Israel—as they debate which of them would shelter the other in a new Holocaust.
As serious as some of Englander's themes may be, he displays an equally potent gift for comedy, most notably in "How We Avenged the Blums," recounting the fumbling efforts of a group of Long Island Jewish boys and their dubious Russian martial arts teacher to retaliate against an iconic bully, "the Anti-Semite."
Several of the stories in Dan Chaon's Stay Awake have the same enigmatic aura as his 2009 novel, Await Your Reply, an intricate exploration of identity in the cyber-age. From the opener, "The Bees," in which a recovering alcoholic is haunted by his decision to abandon his wife and young son, a chill descends on Chaon's world.
The mostly male protagonists are stunted, both economically and emotionally. The employed ones work as supermarket clerks or UPS drivers, and the most accomplished, a former college professor in the story "Long Delayed, Always Expected," has been brain damaged in an automobile accident.
Death is another thread that unites Chaon's stories. Two moving examples are the title story, in which a child is born with a "parasitic" twin head with an underdeveloped body attached to hers, and "Thinking of You in Your Time of Sorrow," where a teenager and his "former future wife" struggle after their newborn's death.
Though their subject matter could not differ more dramatically, in their moral seriousness and literary craftsmanship Nathan Englander and Dan Chaon deliver some of the best of what contemporary short fiction has to offer.
Much like his previous work, this newest collection of short stories from Englander (The Ministry of Special Cases) continues to explore the complexity of Jewish identity through the diasporic experience. An homage to the Raymond Carver short story titled "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love," the first story in this collection features both a secular and an ultra-Orthodox couple discussing the tenants of Judaism under a haze of alcohol and marijuana. The characters in this story oscillate between serious intellectual debate and comical tangents that lead to serious questions, setting the tone for the rest of the collection. Introspective, self-divided, and self-ironical characters recur often in Englander's stories, cutting the heaviness of the darker themes of loss and violence that permeate the narrative. Though many of the stories appear didactic in intention, a man lured into a peepshow is given a performance by his wife, former rabbis, and psychiatrists, Englander suspends the moralizing attitude, passively presenting thinly veiled parables to the reader as open-ended questions. VERDICT A wonderful collection of short stories that will appeal to fans of Etgar Keret and Jonathan Safran Foer.--Joshua Finnell, Denison Univ. Lib., Granville, OH[Page 99]. (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
It's a tribute to Englander's verve and scope that the eight stories in his new collection, although clearly the product of one mind with a particular set of interests (Israel; American Jewry and suburbia; writing and reading; sex, survival, and the long shadow of the Shoah) never cover the same territory. Each is particular, deeply felt, and capable of pressing any number of buttons. The title story, which features a reunion of old friends, a lot of marijuana, and a series of collisions between Israel and America and Orthodoxy and laxity, starts out funny and gets funnier, until suddenly it's not a bit funny. "Sister Hills" traces an Israeli settlement from its violent founding to its bedroom community transformation and reads like a myth, simple, stark, and, like many a myth, ultimately horrifying. And as you spend a few days with the beleaguered director of "Camp Sundown," a vacation camp for elderly Jews, you'll find, as he does, that things you think you're sure about--guilt, justice, silence, and the morality of revenge--start to get fuzzy. What we talk about when we talk about Englander's collection turns out to be survival and the difficult--sometimes awful, sometimes touching--choices people make, and Englander (For the Relief of Unbearable Urges), brings a tremendous range and capacity to surprise to his chosen topic. Agent: Nicole Aragi, Aragi Agency. (Feb.)[Page ]. Copyright 2011 PWxyz LLC


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The New York Times has another story about what those wacky colleges and universities are up to. This one focuses on Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, which has a residence hall for students and their pets. Not just fish, not just cats, but dogs too. Even dogs that weigh more than 40 lbs. A board of students and faculty members governs the students with pet privileges, and can revoke a student's permission to have a pet on-campus if the student doesn't take proper care of her animal.
Meredith Whipple, our editorial intern, wrote about a similar program at Stetson University.
Stephens College administrators say the program has gone smoothly, with only a few violations of policy. They say the students who bring pets to campus tend to be organized and hard-working. Skeptics, however, say the frantic pace of campus life and good animal care don't mix. They worry animals will spend long periods of time alone in their owners' rooms, and that pets will be abandoned after the academic year is over. On a New York Times blog, Deb Duren, Vice President for Student Services at Stephens, is fielding questions on their pet-friendly policy. There are also a number of comments from readers; some are positive, others are very skeptical.
Are these and other factors ones your institution considered when allowing or disallowing pets in residence halls?
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20-11-2010 16:33
My N8 was working fine but during one day it stopped giving me the name of whoever was calling me even though their details are on my phone,has anyone else come across this and does anyone know how to resolve this?
20-11-2010 18:35
It stopped giving you the name but is it at least giving you the callers number?
Have you checked for duplication?
20-11-2010 19:07
as you say it gives the number but not the caller name, it is not duplicates as it dosen't display ANY names. if it was maybe one or two names it may have been different
20-11-2010 23:38
mines doing similar...
when i get a call i get no number, or contact name..
just says 'call'
20-11-2010 23:41
If you get just "call" that is a different issue. "call" usually means Caller ID has not been activated by your network. Contact your network and request they check and activate caller ID on your account.
22-11-2010 15:39
I have just noticed this happening on my N8 today too, it has been fine until now, I think it was even working yesterday (don't quote me on that!) but now when I get a missed call from anyone it just comes up with the number instead of the name, even though they are in my address book. I have tried it with a few different people and every single one is the same!
22-11-2010 22:45
found a simular posting so took my sim out yesterday and caller ID has started working again not sure why
23-11-2010 21:21
After playing about for a long time trying to fix this I have found a makeshift solution!
If the contacts are on your sim then it works fine, if they are on your phone then it doesn't.
This is by no means ideal as you cannot add photo's etc when they are on your sim, but I have now got them on both my phone and my sim, only problem is that when I add new contacts and want full functionality I add them to the phone and then have to go in and copy them over to the sim in order for them to show up when they call/text.
Hope this helps, until Nokia pull their finger out and fix the problem!
23-11-2010 22:00
Strange ! Caller ID usually only works using the phone memory only ! Maybe they've changed things for Symbian^3, which would be a nightmare for me as all my contacts won't fit on my sim, and if you use sim contacts and phone contacts together it causes multiple entries and loses Caller ID !!!!!
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26-11-2010 15:42
I have just had a new n8 and the caller id stopped working. All you need to do is call your network provider and they will text you an update. Read this then delete it and switch your phone off and on and problem solved!!!
07-12-2010 5:46
I tried all suggestions here but nothing worked. What worked for me is when I did a reinstallation of the device software from OVI. Just go to Software Update and select reinstall it under device software of your Nokia N8.
Hope it works for you.
08-12-2010 6:06
i have the same issue with the caller ID, when i dial out, it shows who im calling to sometimes, but it is anoying cuz when getting a sms, i can´t see who sent it either, and if i have the sms id, my n8 doesn´t let me reply to it, i can reply to it if it shows just the number show sent it ,it gets me frustraded
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did you install battery monitor application recently?
I had the same problem. I just removed battery monitor app and its all back to normal now.
Try it hope it helps.
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it's true I had Battery Monitor inst. I removed and now it's just normal.
tx a lot for the hint happy Christmas to all
25-12-2010 2:35
does that application is set up by default on that phone? cuz i didn't download it as far as I remember
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I too had the same problem. Just removed the sim card, put it back in and all is back to normal. Thanks for the tip.
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I too had the same problem. Just removed the sim card, put it back in and all is back to normal. Thanks for the tip.
I did the same thing: Turned off my N8, took out the sim card,put it back in,turned it on and everything's fine now
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tried to change the sim card..it worked on a different sim card..
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Just Reinstall the latest software using OVI and VOILA!!!!!!! It worked for me!!!!!!!!!!


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2.2/5 rDev -34.5%
Pours a cloudy bronze, with a thick, fluffy, white head that stays for a while.
Hops were the only scent my nose initially picked up.
Hops compeletely dominate the taste. Kind of a boring taste, with bitter from beginning thru the finish.
Some carbonation on the palate, but even that is overwhelmed by the bitter hops.
With such high alcohol and so much bitter, I didn't find this very drinkable...one was plenty.
07-07-2010 21:41:45 | More by RickS95
North Carolina
2.23/5 rDev -33.6%
Appearance: An eruption of foam upon opening and pours with a massive sea foam of a head; great retention and lace, but just way too much
Smell: There is some sweet malt that one would expect, but it battles with a tart lemon, green apple aroma that is way out of style
Taste: Like the aroma, the beer has a very odd flavor profile; starts out promising, with a nice toffee malt flavor that persists, but that is quickly overtaken by a tart lemon/green apple flavor; after the swallow, the tart flavors dominate to the beer's detriment
Mouthfeel: Medium to full body with buoyant carbonation
Drinkability: Very unusual, and it is hard to imagine that this is what the brewer intended; the tartness renders it nearly undrinkable; the best part of the beer, sadly, is the label
Thanks, Wadsey, for the opportunity
02-26-2009 01:15:01 | More by brentk56
2.65/5 rDev -21.1%
Poured from the bottle into a pint glass, beer is deeper shade of golden-orange, slightly hazy and has a thin, velvety looking head. The smell has lots of caramel malts, the hops really aren't coming through for me. The taste is a mixture of the same caramel malts mixed with a skunked flavor reminiscent of green-bottled Euro beer and a warm alcohol finish. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with a thin yet creamy carbonation. Drinkability suffers due to the poor condition of this particular bottle. I'm sure that this is not how the beer was intended due to the massive lack of hops and the skunked flavor. Unfortunately this is the beer I have to rate; it would be interesting to try a "fresher" one.
07-15-2008 02:21:29 | More by gmfessen
2.7/5 rDev -19.6%
From a bottle that I picked up to trade off and these are the rest of the 6 pack and poured into my snifter.
A - actually a pretty good looking barley wine. The color is a deep amber with a deep, bronze hues. Actually kinda hazy as well. On top there were mountains of creamy foam just hanging out and stuck around rather well throughout the brew.
S - The first smells that I picked up were hints of bubble gum and candied bananas. A rather sweet smelling brew and there also smells to be a light hint of orange as well mixed in with a slight hint of fresh bread.
T - at first this is rather sweet and almost taste like pure, pink bubble gum to me. After that there comes in a stronger, citrus taste which reminds me of a nice juicy orange; There also seems to bit of a lemon juice flavor that wells up in there sometimes as well and can even be a bit overwhelmeing as it can make you pucker. in here there is also a bit of the alcoholic taste that brings up a bit of the bitter aspect to counteract some of the sweetness.
MF - this is a nice thick and even a bit of a chewy brew. Can definitely tell that this one is sitting in your mouth and there is also a light amount of carbonation in there as well. Feels a bit like eating a piece of bread.
D - overall an okay barleywine that is rather simple and even sometimes seems a bit unbalanced as it seems a bit heavy on the alcoholic and citrus taste. Just expect a little more going on in such a big beer. However, it is easy to forget that this one is actually 10% as it comes through but not as much as you would think. After awhile the lemon aspect of this beer became a bit too much for me and I had trouble finishing it.
03-14-2008 03:18:00 | More by jeonseh
2.85/5 rDev -15.2%
12oz bottle picked up as a single as soon as this brewery hit my local stores shelves. no freshness information on it. drank from a tulip glass.
A- this one pours out a copperish colored body with a large bright white colored head on it. the head has poor retention and lacing.
S- sweet bready and caramel malts are the first thing that i could smell. after that comes a large dose of booze. some summer fruits like apple, pear and lemon come through as well. faint floral and pine hops.
T- the alcohol moves to the front in the taste. the sweet caramel and bready malts are also coming through pretty strong. the light summer fruits i could smell take a distant back seat here. a little bit of pine and floral hops at the end.
M- medium to full bodied with a carbonation level a little above what im used to.
D- decently cheap for the style/strength at 10$/sixer. not the best barleywine i have ever had. not by a long shot. probably wont pick this one up again.
05-27-2010 17:21:34 | More by jwinship83
2.88/5 rDev -14.3%
I found this single 12oz brown bottle at the Binny's store in Plainfield, IL for $1.69. No information about the beer on the label and no freshness date either.
The beer poured a golden-bronze-orange color with a 1 finger white head that lasted a few minutes and left tons of nice lacing.
Big fruity smell - sort of pineappley, with noticeable malts and even some floral hops.
This is an extremely bitter and alcoholic beer. The fruits that I picked up in the nose are dwarfed by the bitterness and alcohol flavors. Some sweet caramel malt tries its best to break thru and add some balance, but the bitterness and high alcohol won't give in. More bitterness and more alcohol in the finish and aftertaste.
Medium body with a smooth and creamy texture. Medium high carbonation.
Too much alcohol flavor to enjoy more than one at a time. In fact, I'm not sure I enjoyed it that much at all.
09-10-2010 02:07:50 | More by matjack85
2.88/5 rDev -14.3%
Pours a hazy dark golden color. Light white head, some lacing. Nose is candy sugar and a bit of hops. Decent mouthfeel, builds out well. The flavors just never deliver. The webpage describes this as a summer barleywine...say what? A strong beer that lacks a defining charachter. No significant hop flavor, no significant malt flavor - more of a sugary stew.
05-23-2010 03:55:15 | More by sweethome
New York
2.93/5 rDev -12.8%
Got this one from Local BIF 3 a long time ago. Finally getting around to it. Has a label with a warning sign on it: Warning! We will kick your ASS! Classy... Poured from a 12oz. bottle into a Darkness snifter.
A: Extended pour yields a .5 finger coarse white head that's comprised of big bubbles that dissipates quickly. Beer is a nice, clear orange. Lacing is slightly stringy and spotty with some thin legs and decent cling.
S: Nose is gentle but surprisingly fruity given the style. Appropriate caramel and brown sugar comes through as well as notes of apple, a slight bit of tree sap, and a hint of apple. Not the most aromatic but nothing offensive or out of place for the most part.
T: Opens malty with caramel, brown sugar, and maple syrup but bitters quickly. Predominantly pine and bark bitterness with a touch of lemon rind. Flavor fades out quickly and there's an awkward bit of fresh apple, grape, and citrus right at the end. Finishes scratchy bitterness and aftertaste is an astringent hoppiness.
M: Medium bodied with low carbonation. Little to no heat given the high ABV. slightly oily in the mouth but grainy for the most part. Finish is accented and aftertaste is sticky and filmy.
D: Pretty much what I expect from an American style barleywine. Rather hop forward with a brief malt presence upfront. I prefer my barleywines a bit on the rich and malty side so this fails slightly in the body and flavor. Not a bad beer though and very drinkable given the high ABV.
12-09-2010 21:06:49 | More by SpeedwayJim
3.13/5 rDev -6.8%
Pours a .25 finger head that appears 30 seconds after I poured the beer. I though it had gone flat, but a head does appear and leaves a modest lace. Color is a light mahogany-brown is either unfiltered or had yeast added for bottle conditioning.
A cocktail of dried fruit sums up the nose for me.
Huh, not as huge as you would think. Containing a soft maltiness that seems downplayed for the style , the nougat taste is subtle and is preceded by a sweet caramel. Hops are also low played, like lemon juice and water. The high abv % is all but non-existent. My only qualm is that this beer, for the style, lacks much flavor, either for better or for worse.
Thin and oily. Carbonation is low, though the yeast inside looks pretty done. No 'bottled on' date.
Lackluster and middle-of-the-road, this one is pretty drinkable and for the high abv% I consider that a bad thing. I'm half way done after 5 minutes and am already tipsy. I was looking forward to reviewing more brews!
01-17-2011 03:36:18 | More by tapman
3.18/5 rDev -5.4%
With as much trouble as its made out to be to get label approval and other bureaucratic minutiae pushed aside, the brewers at Mishewaka must know someone. I dont know how else a title like this could get through.
Calm nectarine, this beer has nearly nothing to show in terms of head.
Nose seems to be an odd combination of English stock ale and American IPA. Theres even English barleywine and Dopplebock tangents at work here. Its the malt; caramel and Munich working and fighting off one another. Familiar but fleetingly candied.
There are some good DIPA flavors here, but they cede quickly to bready malt-forwardness notes, then metal, and booze flavors. This beer is a flowing identity crisis. If I would have gotten two, I would have laid the other down for a year or so to see what happened.
08-07-2007 08:49:18 | More by GreenWBush
3.25/5 rDev -3.3%
10-16-2012 08:56:25 | More by bzach
3.3/5 rDev -1.8%
Had this on tap last night at The Pub. Review from phone notes.
A- Pours semi-hazy amberish copper color. One finger off-white head that sticks around for a couple minutes. Big lacing everywhere with this beer.
S- Everything with the smell is muted for the most part with this one. Oddly the alcohol in this comes through with the most power. This is followed by some sweet (light bready with caramel overtones) malts along with light apple hint to it. In the back of the smell there is light citrus hops (lemony).
T- Bigger profile in the taste than the smell. Big sweet toffee malts come in the front. Along with that a light alcohol burn. The middle is overrun with a fruity taste that is not suppose to be there I think. Interesting but not really needed with this beer. There is a light hop in the tail end before the alcohol takes over and makes this a little unenjoyable.
M- Medium-heavy mouthfeel. This beer has good carbonation for the style. Sweet malts and a light alcohol presence in left on the palate and in the aftertaste with each sip. Very drying feeling in the mouth.
D- This is a interesting example of the style. I went and had another glass of it before switching to something a little less alcohol tasting. Worth a try.
12-23-2009 01:34:31 | More by alleykatking
District of Columbia
3.33/5 rDev -0.9%
12 oz bottle poured into a snifter.
Vigorous pour results in a small off white head of large bubbles that quickly dissipates to some scattered bubbles. Cloudy, brownish amber color. Medicinal, alcoholic pinch hits first, followed by citrus hops and caramel. Medium thick body, slightly syrupy, very little carbonation. Flavor is balanced between caramel malty sweetness and citrus pulp hops, though the finish becomes slightly cloyingly sweet. Not a bad barleywine, but a little too sweet and medicinal tasting for me to enjoy.
09-30-2009 01:08:36 | More by yourefragile
3.43/5 rDev +2.1%
Thanks to PHawk for knocking this one off my wants. It is from a homestate brewery so it was one I really wanted to try.
A: Pours a rather light hue of gold with a touch of murk to it. The head is almost a full one finger with good retention. Nice lace noted.
S: Rather mild aroma and what is there was not great. Hints of musty basement and wet cardboard with a touch of citrus hops thrown in.
T: I like the taste better than the aroma, but it's still nothing too great. Sweet malt up front with hints of caramel. Citrus pith and a bit of sugary sweetness in the finish.
M: Medium in body, somewhat smooth, with a somewhat dry finish.
D: Not bad, though this is not a Barleywine.
10-31-2008 14:01:17 | More by tpd975
3.45/5 rDev +2.7%
This beer will kick my ass. Says so on the label. Pardon me for being a little skeptical.
The beer poured a really surprisingly towering head. It never really dissipated through and through. The beer is a pale orange with a yellow in there as well.
The smell is a malty, yeasty combination of fruits such as peaches, apricots and apples. No discernable hop aroma.
The flavor hits a mild bitterness with an apple cider influence. There are hints of honey and field grass. The aftertaste has a good hop kick, but maintains its slight bitterness and comes in a little sour.
The feel is slightly watery and borderline astringent on the tongue.
The drink is smooth enough, and filling enough. Did it leave me wanting another? I will probably drink it again...sometime in my life. Did it kick my ass? Nah.
09-01-2008 06:17:54 | More by cnally
3.5/5 rDev +4.2%
Presentation: Poured from a 12 oz brown bottle into an Imperial pint glass. Label has a picture of (what else) seven mules and a small government-esque warning label: "Caution, We will kick your ASS!" No freshness date, but it really doesn't need one.
Appearance: Pours with just under one finger of nearly pure white head, impressive for a barleywine. This settles to the thinniest wisp of foam. The beer itself is honey orange, with just the slightest chill haze.
Smell: Strong sweet alcohol smell mixes with caramel and marshmallow malt aroma.
Taste: Strong caramel malt upfront, with a noticeable alcohol warming in the finish. Almost a toasty flavor. Bitter yet smooth hops throughout.
Mouthfeel: Average carbonation level, maybe a little low, but good for the style.
08-11-2008 22:14:46 | More by beveritt
3.53/5 rDev +5.1%
Pours a slightly foggy golden color with a very attractive cream colored fluffy head. Plenty of lace left as the head settles down.
Smell is of pungent hops and caramel malt. Some sharp grapefruit and resin is mixed with caramel and syrup. Strong sweet floral notes blend with dank grains.
Taste is mostly smooth, with plenty of juicy hops and caramel malt. Grapefruit and pineapple ooze with a resinous back. Syrupy and slightly unbalanced, it finishes dry with a lot of resin.
Feel is medium to full bodied, a little chewy with the stickiness to it. Leaves a strong mouth coating.
Pretty good. I appreciate the abundant resin, but the overall balance suffers a little. High abv is deceiving, and as is warned on the bottle and the website, it kinda kicks your ass if you've not careful. Drinks pretty clean for a beer @ 10% abv.
03-14-2008 18:33:16 | More by lightindarkness
3.65/5 rDev +8.6%
What I can tell from the breweries website, this isn't the same as "Seven Mules Strong Ale". That one has a higher ABV, and this one is said to be a "summer barley wine". I could be wrong... dunno...
Anyways, the beer pours a clear gold color with a huge white head.
Smells candied and fruit like. Also a bit of a hot cereal like aroma.
Taste is deceivingly light. Very crisp, dry and tart. There is an overall bready sweet malt character, a bit of bitterness on the finish, and a touch of alcohol. Not bad, interesting beer.
Mouthfeel is nice. Thick and full up front, finish is a bit light.
Drinkability is pretty good, but I can see this one sneaking up on you... interesting beer, that is certainly worth a try.
Thanks for sending this my way indybeer!
04-27-2007 02:32:36 | More by flexabull
3.73/5 rDev +11%
This unlabeled barleywine (the bottle had no clue as to the style or strong 10% alcohol content) pours a cloudy golden with no lacing whatsoever. Nose is hoppy, strong, and bold. The flavor is similar, with the hops profile dominating. The bottle's proclamation "We will kick your ASS!" is charming (and truthful). A strong alcohol sting arrives at the finish, letting you know you're in for a ride. Interesting and tasty.
12-19-2010 20:33:16 | More by secondtooth
3.83/5 rDev +14%
Bottle received in a trade with vj2slow. 12oz brown bottle with a cool sticker on the label that reads "Caution, we will kick your ASS!)
Appearance was a bit muddy, orange, brown with small white head
Smell was pretty good. Sweet, malty, hoppy, bready
Taste was pretty good too. A little sweet, but not overly like the DFH Fort
Mouthfeel was a bit thin considering how big ths beer is
Drinkablity was pretty good. Not the best barleywine out there, but not bad by any means. I would have a couple more of these if offered.
10-11-2007 02:55:38 | More by bradford
South Carolina
4.08/5 rDev +21.4%
12oz bottle poured into a Snifter
A Poured very nice deep amber with lots of haze and cloudiness apparent from the start. Some sedimentation visible in the bottom of the glass settled down nicely after a few minutes. Very small head of maybe one finger high that held on for only a few minutes before settling down to just a thin layer across the top with some minimal side glass lace. There was no apparent carbonation streaming.
S The aroma was full of hops on the first smell. Nice deep citrus bouquet with hints of orange, tangerine, grapefruit and pineapple that were seamlessly melded into a nice bourbon like whiff of alcohol. Definitely a big on here there was no doubt of that. Some light caramel sweetness was apparent as it warmed with hints of grain and grassy notes as well.
T The flavor was very nice and very much like a nicely aged barley wine. There were some light hints of hops at the very start which kind of mellowed and blended in with the sweetness as you went further into it. There was an obvious bit of alcohol inside this and it really gave you a bit of a kick in the beginning. This mellowed down significantly as it warmed and it brought out a great deal of spice in it. Nice hints of figs and other spices were well blended and accented the hops wonderfully. This was very big but very well crafted as the many hints of flavors were well presented and molded nicely to cover up the large quantity of alcohol.
M Very nice and smooth. The carbonation was not too terribly over the top, however there was just enough so as not to make it feel to thick and syrupy. Decent finish that had a touch of bitterness to it, but nothing outrageous. Slightly dry with a caramel and candy like coating to the mouth.
D Actually very good. I would have thought it would have been more of a sipper then it turned out to be. This was actually quite drinkable and the high ABV surprisingly well hidden. I could have put down another, but my body may have objected to that idea.
Overall I thought this was a very good and very interesting selection. I would have said a very fine aged and mellowed barley wine. I would easily grab this one again if I could find it. Just an excellent selection and something I look forward to getting again one day soon.
12-24-2007 18:14:24 | More by mikesgroove
4.15/5 rDev +23.5%
So, either I have no taste, or I just started drinking this beer waaaay too cold. I mean, I definitely started drinking it at fridge temperature, but wow, that is some brewing.
I didn't know what style it was, and the taste reminded me of Fullers London Pride, so I figured it was an English Pale.
As the beer warms, the flavor increases some, but the base stays the same. The beer feels very light and airy with a nice toffee taste dominating, with faint hints of coffee and a dash of sweet apple juice.
Its size and strength don't really show and I mean that. If I didn't know better, I would think that I was drinking a 5% abv beer. Quite deadly, really. I am sure I could get a few of my friends into a lot of trouble with this guy.
Wow, masterfully brewed. Light and crisp, the alcohol serves only to help dry the beer out. There is no heat to distract from the taste. The hops are muted but present -- if I were to guess, I'd say they used English hops of some variety. The fruity, leathery presence suggests that, but they are very much playing a supporting role to the toffee-malt.
Wow. This beer will, as advertised, kick your ass.
06-30-2007 17:31:23 | More by shbobdb
4.2/5 rDev +25%
As stated in other reviews, the label is not very descriptive therefore I had NO IDEA what I was getting when I opened this. The pour was exactly what one would expect from a barley-wine however, i had no idea that I was pouring a barley-wine so I was a bit disappointed at first.
After the first smell & taste and discovery of the nature I was very pleased. Note: this is high ABV but very drinkable. be careful.
03-11-2011 16:56:13 | More by gdc2506
4.25/5 rDev +26.5%
11-14-2012 01:48:55 | More by GaryFields
4.72/5 rDev +40.5%
Pours a rather light copper color for a barley wine, with a nice little bit of head though, and almost no lacing. Very nice scent, it's fairly deep and has APA attributes as well, with a slightly citrus/floral undertone. Fantastic taste! A wonderful deep barley wine/malt flavor and feel, with a very nice American hop usage giving it a nice citrus/bitter aftertaste that's wonderful on the palatte. It's one of the smoothest and best hop/malt mixed American (or otherwise) Barley Wines I've ever had.
10-02-2008 18:09:27 | More by JamesS
79 out of 100 based on 25 ratings.


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Time passes so quickly in Open Source that you can easily
trip over all the milestones if you don't watch where you're walking. Although this is definitely more agreeable than what you'll trip over in Closed Source, dancing around all the momentous beginnings and endings is always a challenge. We have one of those milestones this month. Because this event is much mentioned and little analyzed, I'll take a crack at it. I'm talking about the appearance of the Linspire free version known as Freespire. You'll find a review of Freespire in our Reviews section, as well as a news bit on it in this month's Software News. What's the big deal about another free Linux distro from a consumer-end corporate supplier? In truth, I don't think there is really a big technical story with Freespire, but we should at least mark this moment as the end of an experiment.
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