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David Flores is excited about reuniting with Bob Black Jack for Saturday's Grade II, $150,000 San Carlos Handicap for older horses at seven furlongs. The last time the veteran jockey teamed up with the speedy son of Stormy Jack, they won the Grade I Malibu Stakes at seven furlongs back on Dec. 26, 2008.
Ailments have sidelined Bob Black Jack since, but the 5-year-old horse has been working forwardly at Hollywood Park for trainer James Kasparoff.
"Kasparoff is doing a great job with him," Flores said. "The horse is looking good, he's healthy and he's sound. His last work was good and he's coming back really well. I don't know if he's going to need the race, because at seven-eighths, he might, but we don't know."
Bob Black Jack is a committed front-runner, having failed to make the lead only three times in his 10 career starts. "That's his natural style," Flores said, "so I'm not going to go against him. He knows what to do and I'm going to let him."
Bob Black Jack set a world record for six furlongs of 1:06.53 when he won the Sunshine Millions Dash on Jan. 26, 2008. He has earned $594,925 for owners Jeff Harmon and Tim Kasparoff, Jim's older brother.
The field for the San Carlos, which goes as the ninth race on a 10-race program: Hunch, Joe Talamo, 113; Supreme Summit, Rafael Bejarano, 113; Bob Black Jack, Flores, 120; Dancing in Silks, Joel Rosario, 121; Bestdressed, Alonso Quinonez 115; Ventana, Victor Espinoza, 114; and Quietly Mine, Inoel Beato, 114.
Win or lose, Unusual Suspect has the most unique resume of any entrant in Sunday's Grade II, $150,000 San Luis Obispo Handicap for older horses at 1 1/2 miles on turf. According to trainer Barry Abrams, the 6-year-old is the only horse to have won at every major track in California—Bay Meadows, Del Mar, Golden Gate Fields, Hollywood Park and Santa Anita. He also has won at distances from six furlongs to a mile and a half, beating Pacific Classic winner Richard's Kid in the mile and a half Cougar II Handicap at Del Mar last August.
With earnings of $739,850, Unusual Suspect is the leading money earner among Unusual Heat's vast list of progeny. Unusual Heat, who turned 20 on Jan. 1, has sired 294 runners since starting his stud career 12 years ago. "His oldest foals are 11 years old," Abrams said. "Raise the Heat is 10 and from his second crop, and still running.
"The San Luis Obispo is a tough race, but I just need somewhere to run Unusual Suspect," Abrams said. "Hopefully, this will get him fit for the next race (the $100,000 Crystal Water Handicap on Feb. 28)."
Unusual Suspect worked four furlongs on Pro-Ride Thursday in :48.60.
The field for the San Luis Obispo: Dynamic Range, Victor Espinoza, 117; Sir Dave, David Flores, 114; Bourbon Bay, Rafael Bejarano, 114; Romp, Chantal Sutherland, 112; Unusual Suspect, Alonso Quinonez, 115; Obrigado, Joel Rosario, 116; Troubletimesthree, Martin Garcia, 111; Sudden War, Alex Solis, 114; and Porfido, Joe Talamo, 116.
Racing lost two of its most gracious and successful owners recently when Mary Jones Bradley passed away on Feb. 5 and Betty L. Mabee followed on Feb. 15.
Bradley, who owned the popular 1970s star Cougar II, died at age 90 in Rancho Santa Fe. She raced Cougar II under the name of Mary Jones. An heiress to the Florsheim shoe fortune, she was married to singer and actor Alan Jones at the time. Cougar II, trained by Charlie Whittingham, won 20 of 50 starts including the 1973 Santa Anita Handicap.
"She was a larger-than-life character and had great success with Charlie when I was an assistant with him," said Hall of Fame trainer Neil Drysdale.
Betty Mabee, who with her late husband, John, helped build one of the west's great Thoroughbred breeding empires and played a key role in the blossoming of the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club and Del Mar racetrack, died Monday about 7 p.m. at her home in nearby Rancho Santa Fe. She was 88. Mrs. Mabee passed "peacefully and quietly," according to her son, Larry, who noted that his mother had finally succumbed to an extended illness.
"She was a real-class lady," said Hall of Fame trainer Richard Mandella, who, among others, conditioned Bel's Starlet, Event of the Year and Best Pal for the Mabees. "We had some very nice horses, and Mrs. Mabee was a very gracious lady. It's sad to see her go, but I guess it was time."
A warm, personable woman with an easy smile, Mrs. Mabee made a point of carving out time in her busy life to be deeply involved in numerous charitable organizations and programs during more than half a century in the San Diego area. She had a special love for projects involved with children in need and was a founding member of Voices for Children and the Angels of Aseltine Auxiliary.
Mrs. Mabee, a native of Unionville, Missouri, grew up in Iowa and married John, her high school sweetheart, to start a partnership that was to last for 60 years and see them reach great heights in the world of business, as well as fame and fortune in the Thoroughbred industry.
The Mabees moved from the heartland to San Diego during World War II and opened a mom-and-pop grocery store that evolved into the 30-store Big Bear Supermarket chain. Subsequently, the Mabees started and ran Golden Eagle Insurance Company, California's third-largest workers' compensation carrier with more than 1,300 employees. But the couple discovered their true love in 1957 when they bought two horses for $6,000 at the Del Mar Yearling Sale.
That small investment led to the founding of Golden Eagle Farm in Ramona, California, which grew from 197 to 568 acres at its height in the early 2000s. Among the Mabees many equine successes, the best of all -- and Mrs. Mabee's personal favorite -- was Best Pal, a rugged California champion they bred and foaled at their farm who went on to win more than $5.6 million, including the 1991 inaugural running of Del Mar's most prestigious race, the $1-million Pacific Classic.
Following the death of her husband in 2002, Mrs. Mabee agreed to join the board of the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club as a director, a role she served in until 2008, when she took on the title of Director Emeritus.
Besides her son, Mrs. Mabee is survived by three grandchildren. The family encourages those wishing to honor her in some fashion to make a donation to their favorite charity in her name, or send a contribution to one of Mrs. Mabee's favorite cause, Aseltine School (www.aseltine.org) in San Diego. The school's mission is to aid emotionally troubled and learning disabled children to lead independent and fulfilling lives.
The 2010 Santa Anita George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award winner will be announced Saturday on HRTV. The announcement will be a part of HRTV's "Saddle Battle," which begins at 3 p.m. The five finalists are Calvin Borel, Garrett Gomez, Randall Meier, Gallyn Mitchell and Deshawn Parker.
"Santa Anita has presented the Woolf Award since 1950 and it is an integral part of our historical fabric," said Santa Anita's Vice President, Business Coordination and Director of Broadcast, Amy J. Zimmerman.
"The Woolf Award is one of the most highly coveted honors any rider can attain and some of the greatest jockeys in the history of the sport have this trophy on display. This is an award of national significance and we are proud to be able to make this very important announcement Saturday on HRTV."
Santa Anita's jockeys will be missing three of their best players when they take on Holy Angels in the 43rd annual Charity Basketball Game next Thursday, Feb. 25, 7:15 p.m., at LaSalle High School in Pasadena. Kent Desormeaux and Corey Nakatani are riding on other circuits, and ex-rider Corey Black has retired.
But long-time local stalwart David Flores, the jockeys' co-captain, is not discouraged. "We have a bunch of new riders in the colony, and it looks like they want to be part of this," Flores said. "Hopefully, they'll bring some good basketball skills to the game. A few of the young kids can play, so I'm thinking we have a good team this year."
Proceeds will benefit the Holy Angels athletic department. Legendary Hall of Fame jockeys Eddie Delahoussaye, Laffit Pincay Jr. and Gary Stevens will be on hand along with four-time national money-earnings champion Garrett Gomez to sign autographs beginning at 6:15 p.m.
As he has for the past 10 years, HRTV anchor/analyst Kurt Hoover will coach the jockeys.
Along with Flores and Paul Atkinson, Rafael Bejarano, Joel Rosario, Mike Smith, Joe Talamo, Martin Garcia, Brice Blanc, Alonso Quinonez, Felipe Valdez, Mike Baze, Tyler Baze, Omar Berrio, Christian Santiago Reyes, Micheal James and others are expected to participate.
LaSalle High School is located at the southwest corner of Michillinda Ave. and Sierra Madre Blvd. in Pasadena, approximately four miles from Santa Anita. Admission is $5. TOC Industry Summit Draws Broad Interest
The Baldwin Terrace room at Santa Anita was filled to capacity Saturday for the first-ever Owner/Trainer Industry Summit hosted by the Thoroughbred Owners of California. Nearly 150 people heard industry representatives and expressed their concerns about the most pressing issues facing California racing.
First up was a panel on California's satellite wagering system, which included Tom Varela of SCOTWINC, George Haines of Santa Anita, Craig Fravel of Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, Robert Hartman of Golden Gate Fields and Chris Korby of CARF.
Discussion focused on possible long-term solutions for the aging satellite network. Established nearly 25 years ago, the system includes 32 wagering sites throughout California, predominantly at fairs. It has been losing money in recent years due to a combination of factors including migration of handle from brick and mortar locations to Internet wagering, high-fixed costs, and outdated facilities. Proposed solutions include opening up-to-date "mini-satellites" in locations such as sports bars, card clubs and Indian casinos, as well as reducing the 20-mile radius restriction for placement of new mini-satellites in relation to existing California wagering facilities.
The second panel included John Harris of the CHRB, Tom Robbins of Del Mar and trainer John Sadler, who discussed California's year-round racing calendar and what it might look like in the future. Possible scenarios discussed included reductions in race days and longer breaks between race meets. In response to a question from the audience, Harris explained the process of race date allocation and the importance of consensus among all industry partners, including the owners, trainers, tracks and labor.
The closing panel on track surfaces included Drs. Lucy Anthenill and Francisco Uzol of the UC Davis Laboratory, Dr. Rick Arthur of UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine and CHRB, trainers John Shirreffs and Sadler, Fravel, and professional handicapper Toby Turrell. Drs. Anthenill and Uzol presented statistics on findings from their necropsy program on racehorse fatalities from 2005 through 2009 on dirt, synthetic and turf tracks. Additional data was presented by Dr. Arthur on catastrophic injuries both in racing and in training. Fravel presented statistics reflecting Del Mar's experience in relation to horse injuries, field sizes, and various runner statistics before and after the installation of Polytrack.
Shirreffs and Sadler detailed some of their experiences on synthetic surfaces, explaining the reasons they favor a return to traditional dirt tracks, while Turrell spoke about some of the mis-perceptions about handicapping synthetic versus dirt track races. Several members of the audience expressed their opinions about track surfaces, including trainer Darrell Vienna and owner Jerry Moss, both in favor of a return to traditional dirt tracks. What some feared might become a shouting match between the two camps turned out to be a civil and useful dialogue, with panelists and audience members alike expressing a desire to work together to find a solution to California's track surface issue.
Tragedy struck the racing community Tuesday as former trainer Dal Jones Jr. died of an apparent heart attack after undergoing surgery at Arcadia Methodist Hospital. He was 38. "We grew up together and played baseball at Temple City High," said agent Tommy Ball. "We were very good friends." Jones also played baseball at Azusa Pacific University and later worked at Santa Anita in Group Sales. Jones was currently an integral member of Hollywood Park's marketing and group sales departments. His mother, Eleanor, works in Santa Anita's Operations Department. Jones is survived by his wife, Sally, and their two young children, son Dal Jr. and daughter Avary. A memorial service for Jones will be held at Santa Anita at a date to be announced.
FINISH LINES: Tomorrow marks another 'Free Friday' at Santa Anita. Patrons will receive free General Admission and box seats, while supplies last, as well as being offered $1 hot dogs, beers, sodas, popcorn and coffee . . . Undefeated Caracortado is back on the track "and doing great" following his fifth straight victory last Saturday in the Grade II Robert B. Lewis Stakes, trainer Mike Machowsky said. The California-bred gelding is scheduled to take on Kentucky Derby Future Book favorite Lookin At Lucky in the Grade II, $150,000 San Felipe Stakes on March 13 . . . Agent Vince DeGregory reports he has taken the book of jockey Alonso Quinonez effective immediately from Nick Cosato, who is going into another business . . . Dan Ward, assistant to Jerry Hollendorfer, said Tuscan Evening's victory in Monday's Buena Vista Handicap was "the best race of her career," and she could return in the Grade II, $150,000 Santa Ana Handicap at 1 1/8 miles on turf on March 21. "But we will nominate her to the (Frank E.) Kilroe (Mile) on March 6," Ward said, adding that Las Virgenes winner Blind Luck is scheduled to work Monday for the Grade I, $250,000 Santa Anita Oaks on March 6 . . . Jordan Blair, assistant to trainer Kenny McPeek, said Striking Dancer, upset winner of Sunday's Grade II La Caňada Stakes, likely will make her next start in the Santa Ana. "It's either that or face Zenyatta in the Santa Margarita on March 13," Blair said. "Our options are limited." . . . The road to the Kentucky Derby kicks into high gear this weekend, and HRTV will provide onsite coverage from the Fair Grounds and Gulfstream Park, sites for two key Grade II Derby preps Saturday. Gary Stevens and Scott Hazelton will be in New Orleans for the $300,000 Risen Star, and Caton Bredar and Daily Racing Form's Jay Privman will provide the latest from South Florida and Gulfstream's $250,000 Fountain of Youth . . . Trainer Barry Abrams will be Jerry Antonucci's guest Saturday at the Today's Racing Digest seminar, 11 a.m., in the East Paddock Gardens . . . ShowVivor II was down to 885 contestants going into Thursday's races.


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On Thursday, October 17, JSRI will cosponsor a screening of the documentary Herman's House at 7:00 p.m. in Nunemaker Auditorium, Monroe Hall. The film tells the extraordinary story of "Angola 3" prisoner Herman Wallace and a panel discussion will follow featuring artist Jackie Sumell, Wallace's sister Vickie, and criminal justice experts from Loyola University New Orleans. The event is sponsored by the Office of Mission and Ministry and cosponsored by JSRI, Co-Curricular Programs, and the Women's Resource Center. For more information contact Joe Deegan at firstname.lastname@example.com.
On Friday, November 8, JSRI will host a presentation of Jesus on Trial at 12:00 p.m. in the Moot Court Room, Loyola University College of Law. Former federal prosecutor Mark Osler and Chicago-based public defender Jeanne Bishop will present a modern interpretation of Jesus' trial and sentencing where the audience becomes the jury and will discuss the current use of capital punishment in the United States. The event is sponsored by JSRI, the Office of Mission and Ministry, and the College of Law.Banner photograph by Harold Baquet: Christi Schott and Fred Kammer, SJ, at the 2012 Trafficking conference registration table.

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If you're thinking of going out to dinner Thursday night, there's a great reason to chow down at a local restaurant all while helping the Louisiana SPCA.
"Pause for Dinner" is happening at several local restaurants that are donating 20 percent of their sales to the animal organization.
Jennifer Abbrecht from the Louisiana SPCA, Chef Laura Cedillo from Galvez Restaurant and Chef Aaron Angelo from Galvez Restaurant joined us in the kitchen with more information on this great event.
The event takes place at more than 20 local restaurants from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m.
For a full list, go to www.la-spca.org.


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"Deathly Hallows" Translation Released in RomaniaHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
December 02, 2007, 06:24 PM
The release of translated editions of the seventh Harry Potter novel continues with the book's publication yesterday in Romania. Their edition of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" was translated by Ioana Iepureanu, who has worked on the previous novels. The publishers of the book, Egmont Romania, have also released the cover art for this edition. You can view this cover art along with the translated title of the novel, right here in our Image Galleries.
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New Britain (AP) — Connecticut State Police say a man at the center of a standoff in New Britain has died after a stun gun was used to end the stalemate.
State Police spokesman Lt. J. Paul Vance says that as officers brought the unidentified man down the stairs of the apartment building where the standoff began Monday night, he had difficulty breathing and suffered a possible cardiac arrest.
He was declared dead at New Britain General Hospital at 2 a.m. Tuesday.
Police were called to the building at about 7 p.m. Monday after receiving reports of an unruly person. Witnesses said the man threw a lamp and other objects from the apartment window and threatened to jump if police entered the building.
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After the San Diego Chargers turned the football over three times in the first half, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel fumbled the football when his arm was hit by linebacker Travis LaBoy. The play was originally ruled an incomplete pass, but Chargers head coach Norv Turner challenged the play. After a review, the play was reversed and ruled a fumble with the Chargers recovering. Judge if the call was correct yourself:
After the Chargers got the ball back, they had a touchdown pass to tight end Antonio Gates called back due to offensive pass interference and their drive stalled out. The Chargers had another holding penalty on the drive and Rivers took a sack on third down. The Chargers lined up for a 50-yard field goal, but Nick Novak missed. The Chiefs still lead, 10-3.
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Sister Evangeline is a young nun. At only 23, she has grown up with the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration since she was 12. She lives an orderly life and does what is expected of her. When a letter arrives requesting access to the convent's archives, Evangeline has no idea this simple letter will change her entire life and everything she ever thought about the world.
Evangeline discovers an old correspondence between the convent's late Mother Superior and the philanthropist Abigail Rockefeller. This correspondence leads Evangeline to the discovery of an ancient society and a conflict as old as time. The Society of Angelologists have been battling the Nephilim, the beautiful, cruel descendents of angels and humans, for thousands of years. Little does Evangeline know, she's been tied to the Angelologists her entire life. She's been prepared for her role in the ancient war even if she didn't know it.
"Angelology" is rich with biblical lore, history, mythology and more. History enthusiasts will love the way Trussoni ties the history and theology into one riveting background.
"Angelology" had great promise. It was full of all the things I love: history, action, suspense, mythology. When I finished the book, however, I realized that I had just wasted 500-something pages of reading that I could never get back. The ending is what got me. I was enthralled. I was completely captivated in the story and the history. And then I got to the last thirty pages, which completely ruined the entire book for me. I'm not sure if Trussoni was trying to be tricky or surprise the reader with a twist at the end, but it failed miserably. It felt contrived and silly. Trussoni had written a book that I would have compared with "The DaVinci Code," and then somehow didn't manage to follow through.
With that said, "Angelology" did make the New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2010 list, so maybe everyone else didn't hate the ending as much as I did. With so much going for it, I hate that I was so disappointed when I turned the last page. I wanted to love this book. I wanted to get lost in a world of sweeping biblical lore and dark angels, but it just didn't happen.
I will give Trussoni credit for a completely original plot. Her only fault, in my opinion, was the ending. She built the tension slowly and perfectly. She put extensive research into this book, and it showed with the depth of the history and theology woven throughout the novel. "Angelology" is beautiful, dark and compelling, and then there's the ending.
I'm sure not all readers will hate the ending the way that I did. If the history and theology sound like things you would be interested in, give it a try. Maybe you will walk away with a better opinion than the one I have.
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As early as it is, the New York Mets couldn't have gotten off to a better start. They showed off a re-designed Citi Field. Johan Santana looked more or less like himself on the mound. The team won its first four games. Indeed, everything was coming up Mets, which, of course, meant that it was inevitable that something wouldn't come up Mets. Now we know that something.
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David Wright has a small fracture in his pinkie. No surgery. Will wear a splint. Timetable is unclear right now.— Andy McCullough (@McCulloughSL) April 11, 2012
Obviously, it's good news that Wright won't need surgery. As finger injuries go, this is pretty minor. But it's not out of the question that Wright could need a stint on the disabled list, which would deal the lineup a considerable blow. Starting in Wright's place at third on Tuesday was Ronny Cedeno. We're talking about a drop-off from David Wright to Ronny Cedeno.
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Arsenalnoye Krepkoye (Strong) - Baltika Breweries
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4.13/5 rDev +50.7%
Appearance - It's got a nice dark golden color with about a 1/2 inch white head that dissipates fairly quickly. It doesn't have a memorable appearance, but it certainly looks good in a glass.
Smell - Nothing special. There was not much of an aroma at all.
Taste- I love the taste of this beer! It's got a prevalent syrupy sweetness to it, almost like a pancake, that is very pleasant. Some might think it's a little too sweet, but I like that in a beer, so it struck me well. For 7% ABV, you can't taste much alcohol. Delicious! Especially for those who aren't big beer drinkers.
Mouthfeel- Pleasant to the touch. Lightly carbonated and goes down easy, especially for 7% ABV.
Drinkability- Very drinkable. The sweetness makes it easy to drink a lot of this stuff.
Overall, considering that I am able to get this stuff at a local liquor store for $0.99 per half liter bottle and mainly care about the last three categories, this is a tremendous buy for me! Experienced beer drinkers will likely consider this beer to be average, but many inexperienced drinkers will find this to be a delight.
12-31-2009 18:39:36 | More by Olivander
Rhode Island
3.53/5 rDev +28.8%
A clean yellow/golden yellow beer. Has a big foamy bright white head that leaves a good lace. The aroma is a sweet grass with a hint of lemon and a light biscuit malt in the background. The flavor starts with a strong rush of alcohol into your mouth. Followed by a light malt sweet and a light hop pricklyness on the back of your tongue.
03-20-2005 19:19:59 | More by ybnorml
3.5/5 rDev +27.7%
Best Before 9.18.11
From a 16.9 oz. glass bottle, not the plastic 2 liter.
Goofy label, just look at those printed grommets in the shield surrounding the label. Strong like bull!
Bright gold, white foam, sticky lacing. Slow rising carb trails.
Inoffensive sweet floral hop aroma. Wow, hops in a euro lager... don't smell that every day.
Mild flavor, inoffensive again. Tea like, sweet and grainy, mild bitterness. Pleasant aftertaste, slightly caramelly. Eventually dry in the finish, no hint of the 7% abv thankfully. A+ recommend, dziękuję!
08-21-2011 04:34:49 | More by emerge077
3.5/5 rDev +27.7%
Arsenalnoye Krepkoye
16.9 fl oz brown bottle
Best before 26.10.09
Served in a 20 oz tulip glass
Pours a golden yellow color with a super white colored head. Little spots of lace appear.
Whiffs of a fruit basket with a floral backdrop.
Syrupy and sweet cereal grain flavor a decent mouthfeel. Hints of granny smith apples and a nice hop snap on the finish.
Nothing fancy, but drinkable. For a beer that is 7%, this goes down rather easy.
08-18-2009 23:35:38 | More by Hibernator
3.33/5 rDev +21.5%
Essentially malt liquor, but not all that bad. Coppery, leaning toward amber with a short-lived head. A little thin and astringent at first, but some lightly sugared malt flavor follows. Thins out a bit again toward the end, with a pleasingly clean finish. Alcohol does not do much to announce itself, although you can detect a touch of fusel alcohol if you try. Overall, one of the better in this class that I've had an opportunity to try, and better than any US counterpart malt liquor.
04-01-2006 06:12:30 | More by Brent
3.23/5 rDev +17.9%
My 2nd Baltika Breweries beer poured out of a PET bottle.
A: pours with a half inch of foam that quickly dissipates; no lacing at all; very clear, light brown color
S: just like my last Baltika beer; hint of sweet brown sugar; I can't really explain this scent any better than saying that it smells like a dingy, musty, inner-city Russian alley way that is strewn with garbage from a bakery
T: surprisingly good for what it looks and smells like; sweet, malty, brown sugar and caramel
M: light carbonation and very drinkable at 7%
O: At $1.99, this imported Russian beer gave me very little expectation. However, compared to many of the low-priced quantity over quality beers of the U.S., this beer is very well done. Much more enjoyable than a 32oz of Pabst, MGD, or any Coors/Bud product.
05-19-2011 00:30:04 | More by jerskine
New York
3.2/5 rDev +16.8%
The beer pours a nice gold color with a thin white head that quickly fades to spotty lacing. The aroma is decent. It has a sweet malty scent. There are no traces of the increased alcohol or any hops. It's clean and crisp. The taste is decent. It has a rich, malty flavor despite it's pale profile. It's quite sweet throughout with just a touch of hops in the finish. The mouthfeel is average. It is a medium/full bodied beer with less than adequate carbonation. This is an average Euro lager. It's way too sweet for me, but I guess it gets the job done for people looking for a quick buzz.
10-19-2007 23:39:17 | More by WesWes
New York
3.2/5 rDev +16.8%
16 ounce bottle poured into a pint glass.
Appearance: Dark golden in color with a two inch white head.
Smell: This was a pleasant surprise. Sweet, floral notes and hops.. Not kidding, I never thought I'd smell hops in a beer a like this.
Taste- This was not bad at all. Very sweet, bready, white grapes, sugar, slightly metallic, slightly bitter and just a touch of alcohol.
Mouthfeel- Flat, thick and syrupy.
Overall- For what it is, it's pretty good- A cheap buzz with a tolerable and decent taste. It is really really sweet though, I couldn't drink too many of these.
04-19-2011 23:25:17 | More by Derranged
3.03/5 rDev +10.6%
A: Clear golden body. Frothy white head. Good retention. Better than average lacing.
S: Sweet adjunct maltiness. Alcohol. Some minor vegetal or earthy character.
T: Average, sweetish adjunct-laden maltiness. Alcohol is noticeable but not overdone, and generally expected in stronger Eastern European lagers. Mild herbal hops. Solid bitterness. Finishes dry with a light wash of alcohol.
M: Medium bodied with a very fine-bubbled, moderate carbonation.
D: Pretty average.
12-10-2006 03:47:47 | More by NeroFiddled
2.98/5 rDev +8.8%
Appearance- It gas a bold golden body with a nice white head that disappears quickly.
Smell- It has strong citric hops aroma. Very crisp.
Taste- It has a very cheap flavor it is adjunct filled for the most part. It has a strange fruitiness to it and some mild citrus and hop tones.
Mouthfeel- Medium bodied with average carbonation.
Drinkability- Oddly, it is not too bad.
09-28-2008 13:25:04 | More by MTNboy
2.93/5 rDev +6.9%
Presentation: Bless my little cotton Commie socks. A beer from Baltika which doesnt have a number! One of the great things about living in LA is the multi-cultural atmosphere I work in, my work colleagues know my love for beer and often I get unexpected gifts from some obscure places, this is one of them from a fellow Engineer formerly of Russia. A metric sized half-litre (500ml) brown glass bottle, labeled as 1 Pint 0.9 fluid ounces for the US market. The label is all foreign to me though, none of this translated Arsenalnoye rubbish, my bottle has the word APCEHAΛБHOE which translates as Beer from the Arsenal, in rough speak above the words Extra Lager in a smaller white text. The Arsenal heritage is borne out by the symbol atop the main label, a pair of dueling flintlock pistols crossed over a large letter A in a red circle. Main crown cap is red and has the text APCEHAΛБHOE ПОВО. Listed as Alc. 7.0% by Vol. with a Production Date of 03.08.05 and Best before Date of 03.08.06.
Appearance: Tremendous head on the pour, an expansive white jobby which stays at around 1-2 for some time and only slowly collapses, but always leaves a decent covering. Faded golden body with a pale-straw super-lucid clarity. A handful of streamers with average carbonation levels. Soft lacing which soon slides down back into the body of the Lager.
Nose: Low strength aromas, I struggled to get anything at first, but I managed to get a reasonable guess at what was going on before the beer completely disappeared.
Taste: Biscuit malts, pale and lightly toasted with some sweetness and a little grassy bitterness in the finish. Very middle of the road, it never strays from the tried-and-tested Lager formula, but there again neither does it suffer the awful adjunct laden sweet corn soaked in high alcohol crappy tastes that many East-Euro 5%+ Lagers project. Clean enough to enjoy but simple enough to forget.
Mouthfeel: Never found the alleged 7% alcohol, unless it was asleep and waiting to kick my ass later on. Conditioning was good enough to add a smooth aspect and the lightly chilled body which kept the tastes in check. It felt OK, nothing great but good enough.
Drinkability: I must stay that I really did not mind this one, not mediocre but nothing more than average. Simple enough with a clean profile, and I certainly wouldnt turn this one away at a Russian BBQ if it were offered.
Overall: Not that bad actually, rather surprised in fact. But still just OK.
06-15-2006 03:17:53 | More by TheLongBeachBum
2.9/5 rDev +5.8%
Appearance: minimal head and carbonation, gold in color, clear,
Smell: grass and toasted malt
Taste: grass, toasted malt, and sugar
Mouthfeel: moderately sweet, light bodied and carbonation
Drinkability: An overly sweet Euro lager that is typical of this brewery. Not bad, but probably nothing I am going to try again. Worth trying once.
04-03-2010 16:26:10 | More by tigg924
2.85/5 rDev +4%
Overall not a bad beer if you are looking to get drunk cheaply and still tell people you are drinking an import
Appearance: Golden color and a little foggy
Smell: it is very fruity, sweet and malty
Taste: Very unoffensive sweet and malty, as has been stated before hard to taste the alcohol once you get a few sips in.
Mouth-feel: Again unoffensive has a fruity flavor/sweet which some like.
Drink-ability: If you are not looking for anything special and want something cheap that will get you ready to head out to the bars then it should work just fine.
Overall not bad not great if you like your drinks a little sweet, malty, and Russian then this is for you.
10-19-2010 02:38:17 | More by Zoidzilla
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2.8/5 rDev +2.2%
A: The beer is crystal clear yellow in color and has a light amount of visible carbonation. It poured with a thin bright white head that died down, leaving some bubbles on the surface and a collar around the edge of the glass.
S: Light aromas of apples are present in the nose along with hints of nondescript malts.
T: Much like the smell, the taste has flavors of apples with slight hints of sweetness. No alcohol is perceptible.
M: It feels nearly medium-bodied and clean on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This beer is quite drinkable as the alcohol is very well masked and does not at all detract from the taste.
09-13-2013 00:09:03 | More by metter98
2.8/5 rDev +2.2%
The beer pours a nice golden color, slight head that fades fast. The aroma is of slightly sweet amlt and some subtle alcohol. Hop aroma is non-existant. Taste is sweet malt with very little alcohol. Mouthfeel is average, very little carbonation.
This beer is not terrible but I would most likely not purchase it again. A little too sweet, most likely in an attempt to hide the 7% alcohol. There are better export lagers available.
03-28-2009 21:08:18 | More by rugerj
2.78/5 rDev +1.5%
Not as bad as it could have been. Like their #9, i purchased it without really knowing what i was getting myself into. Thought it would be maltier than it is.
Anyway, light on flavor and heavy on alcohol. Absolutely nothing impressive, but it's drinkable. Wasn't stinky or nasty. Just not all that great. If i was in Russsia, i could put a few of these down in the absence of anything better. Fortunately, i am able to get much better beer, and i will.
09-03-2005 19:08:36 | More by Bonhoeffer
New York
2.75/5 rDev +0.4%
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08-16-2014 20:25:22 | More by djrn2
2.58/5 rDev -5.8%
Pours a slightly darker shade of gold, with a big fizzy head that disappears quickly. There is, however, some lace clinging to the side here. The smell is alcohol and a touch of rust, whereas the mouth is a bit heavy. The initial taste is a touch sour, alcohol kicking in as we head towards the finish. The aftertaste is sour. I can't find any hops here. Still, it is not repulsive, as many Russian strong beers are...
06-28-2003 11:26:02 | More by Globetrotter
2.58/5 rDev -5.8%
Pours a clear, pale gold with a white head that fizzes down to nothing. Smell of sweet grains and applesauce.
Very sweet and in the vein of Euro-style lagers. Notes of pear and apple predominate. Hops are but a whisper. Carbonation helps lift flavors off of the palate a bit but doesn't carry enough into the finish. Finish is prickly and residual sweetness lingers a bit longer than I'd like. 7% ABV is well-hidden.
At first, I quite liked the way it drank but as I drink it more, my opinion is changing a bit. Not as smooth and well-rounded as I'd like; more hop presence would do this some good. Glad I split it. Even then, we were unable to finish.
01-15-2012 23:43:49 | More by Zraly
2.53/5 rDev -7.7%
Holy Beer, Batman! This review is for a 2.5 liter plastic bottle, believe it or don't. I had better REALLY like this since I am going to be spending some serious time with it. No problem, since I have the Wisco/BC Women's Frozen Four on streaming live video to help keep me company.
Amidst all of the Cyrillic lettering on the label is a Bottled On date of 06.10.10 14:26 Best By date of 06.04.11. Oakle doakle!
Lots of carbonation evident and the pour produced a rocky finger of fizzy bone-white head with low retention. Color was a beautiful deep golden-yellow. Nose had a Juicyfruit bubble gum-like quality. Mouthfeel was thin, just above watery, with a powerful grapey-fruity taste in the mouth. Oof. It was not as pronounced as in a Minhas offering, but it was mighty dang close. It had a mild fusel heat to accompany the fruitness as though to add to the ... well, I won't say unpleasantness, but it was not a pleasure to drink this beer, either. Finish left a dry, cloying taste in my mouth and I knew that it was a harbinger of the headache/hangover to come. It was cheap, it was paid for and I wanted a beer for the hockey games, so it was not too bad in total. I would not recommend it as a casual drink but as an intriguing beer, it might be worth a try. I spent an evening with it (in total), watching hockey, so as an accompaniment to sports, it makes it. Otherwise, don't bother.
03-18-2011 22:30:04 | More by woodychandler
New Jersey
2.53/5 rDev -7.7%
16.9oz bottle poured into a pint glass
Pours an extremely clear yellow with a one finger bone white cap. The head fell to nothing rather quickly and left a thin collar around the glass.
Aroma of pears and green apples and some floral hops. I think this guy might be a little passed its prime.
The flavor follows the nose. Green apples and pears with some floral hops. A slight metallic taste on the back end.
Light on the palate, easy drinking. Not much in the lines of flavor, but what is there is a little off putting.
This is my first of the style, and I am not sure where this one falls in the mix, but this might not be a style for me.
11-19-2011 04:27:12 | More by ColForbinBC
North Carolina
2.5/5 rDev -8.8%
01-14-2012 05:00:45 | More by tclapper
2.5/5 rDev -8.8%
01-26-2012 03:50:41 | More by Doodler
2.5/5 rDev -8.8%
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The Mountain View City Council will be faced with an important decision on Tuesday night (July 10) about the Mayfield Mall/Hewlett-Packard site. I encourage the Council to take full advantage of this opportunity to provide as many homes as possible.
It's hard to find a home that's affordable here -- especially for young people who grew up here. I have several friends who have moved out of the area, and in some cases have left California entirely, because they couldn't find a place they could afford in places like Mountain View.
Redeveloping the Mayfield Mall site is an incredible opportunity to provide needed homes right here in town, without paving over farmland or requiring long commutes by car. The site is right by the San Antonio Caltrain station and local shopping (i.e. grocery stores, restaurants, etc.). It makes sense to put more homes there. I live near Caltrain myself - I take the train to work every day and I am lucky in that I haven't had to commute by car in over 3 years (in fact, my wife and I just downsized to a one-car household earlier this year). I know that when you live near the train station, you're much more likely to take the train to work instead of driving.
Let's not waste this opportunity. This is a big site in a great location. We can build enough homes to create an attractive new neighborhood where people can walk to shops and take the train to work. If we do that, we'll have created a real community, protected open space, and helped to relieve traffic. Sounds like a winning plan to me.
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Don't worry the mountain view city council is renowned for building high density on something as small as a postage stamp....go take a look at the monstrosity being built on Ferguson drive next to 237 bu Pulte homes....
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As a planner, I've been watching the progress of this project for some time. It's evident to me that this is the type of development that should go on this parcel. These pockets of density, placed, appropriately, near many transportation choices, afford the residents AND the surrounding neighborhood more walkable retail, services and amenities. A sprawling neighborhood doesn't have the density to support nearby retail, thus, all trips need to be made by car. I don't need to preach, in this era of rapid climate change, about the need to minimize car usage by focusing on creating ped, transit, and bike-friendly denser communities that pollute much less than sprawling, single-family-home developments.
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Congrats to @MichaelDelZotto for re-signing!! #therightway—
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Couldn't be more excited to be back with the rangers. Big year for us. #therightway—
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10:52AM Larry Brooks says that Del Zotto's deal is worth $2.55 million per season.
Regardless of the terms, the Del Zotto deal brings with it a legit shot at the Cup for him. Can't put a price on that.—
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Greensboro: William DeWitt Graham, Sr., 76, of Greensboro died Wednesday, October 31, 2012, at Blumenthal's Jewish Rehab and Nursing Center. Mr. Graham was born January 30, 1936, in Rowan County, the son of John Gilmer and Merle Davis Graham. He graduated from Mount Ulla High School and received his BS Degree from North Carolina State University. He was retired from Flav-O-Rich Dairy where he was production manager. Mr. Graham served in the North Carolina National Guard and was a member of Jamestown Presbyterian Church.
On April 16, 1961, he was married to Alice Joanne Bame. Surviving is his wife, Joanne; two daughters, Sheryl Graham Moody, married to Gray Moody of Greensboro; Mary Ann Graham of Bristow, VA; one son, William D. Graham, Jr. of Greensboro; and one brother, John Lee Graham of Salisbury, NC.
A Celebration of Life Service will be held Saturday, November 3, at 2:00 p.m. at Jamestown Presbyterian Church, conducted by Reverend John Muse and Newton Cowan. The family will receive friends in the church fellowship hall following the service. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to Jamestown Presbyterian Church, 1804 Guilford College Rd., Jamestown, NC 27282.
Hanes-Lineberry Funeral Home Sedgefield Chapel is serving the family. Online condolences can be made at www.haneslineberryfuneralhomes.com.


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This article and the linked article within present some amazing discoveries by Eric of BroadStreetHockey. Eric and the Broad Street Hockey crew (Geoff Detweiler) have been tracking each zone-entry during each Flyers game this year. They've come up with two fascinating results: 1. Entering the zone via carrying the puck in instead of by Dump results in basically TWICE as many shots on goal, even AFTER you take out odd-man rush and dump-and-change situations. 2. Neutral Zone play is far more important than previously believed and is far more of an area where player skill affects performance than offensive or defensive zone play, as opposed to simple randomness. The first of these discoveries I suspect will be more interesting to the general LHHockey community though the 2nd is probably more of a landmark discovery, so I've linked in this fanshot the second dump-in vs carry-in article. (If you guys aren't going to NHLNumbers regularly at this point, you're missing out. It's filling the hole created by BehindtheNetHockey becoming ArcticIceHockey and then some.)
This topic has come up a couple of times, and I know everyone has their own taste for how they observe and enjoy the game. But as you'll occasionally see me refer/link to stats that don't appear in the NHL boxscore -- and more often than not they'll be from Behind the Net -- here is a bit about some of them. I'd never pretend that numbers define this chaotic game, but they can help us understand it better. And they certainly provide some context on a season or a player, particularly after the fact. It's hard enough to watch one player for a whole game, much less 19 guys -- usually 5 of them simultaneously -- over 82 games. So I like to use these rate stats to question my own observational biases. If you ever have questions about these, the above links are good resources to peruse. But also don't hesitate to say "more of this, please" or "less of that, please" or log any questions. ... Though my answer will usually be something akin to "The world is a confusing and chaotic place."
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Original post made on Apr 10, 2013
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on Apr 10, 2013 at 7:30 am
These are superficial band-aids as to why more citizens don't apply.
The council only wants commissioners who fall in line with their views, and the number of residents who follow their views and want to be shills for them is a shrinking pool of candidates. Look at what happened when the council voted in the developer mouthpiece to replace the knowledgable Feinberg (who was more considerate of the residentalist view) for Planning & Transportation.
Many times various members of council disrespect the process: they don't show up for the interviews, or the council will extend the deadline for applications because they don't like the applicant pool. Who wants to be disrespected in this way?
And some people who apply to gain more insight into the city as preparation for running for city council; however some city council members view that as a threat for when they run for re-election.
on Apr 10, 2013 at 7:36 am
Maybe Palo Altans are saying that the local government has too many requirements for Boards and Commissions. If people are of a working age, they don't have the time for attending the never-ending sessions that frequently don't result in anything meaningful.
Commissions like the Planning & Transportation Commission often make questionable, or self-serving, decisions--leaving too many people disinterested in being associated with that group of people.
The Architectural Review Board also needs some rethinking--since we are seeing a lot of large, ugly, buildings taking over Palo Alto.
The whole idea of self-governance is not faring well in this town, these days.
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I know well educated, thoughtful residents with experience in commission fields who applied and were not even interviewed!! Or they were considered 'too old'. The Architectural Review Board, the Parks and Rec Commission, and the Arts Commission have made so many very BAD decisions. The spineless Council only selects those with whom it would agree .The commission idea is a joke . Just look at what the Art commission has done. No, the City Council just lets the commissions do its dirty work and hides behind the commissions' skirts.


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---- — PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The red-hot Atlanta Braves found a different way to continue their winning streak: good, old-fashioned hustle.
Dan Uggla had a tiebreaking RBI grounder in the 12th, the Atlanta bullpen pitched 5 2-3 scoreless innings and the Braves beat the slumping Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 on Saturday night for their ninth straight win.
Atlanta took a 4-3 lead with a three-run fifth highlighted by first baseman Freddie Freeman's two-run single, and it appeared Braves starter Brandon Beachy may pick up his first win on the hill in over a year. But Jimmy Rollins tied it with a two-out double in the seventh off reliever Luis Ayala that scored Mayberry
That hit closed the book on Beachy, a Northwestern High School product who gave up three earned runs on five hits in 6 1/3 innings in his second start this season following Tommy John surgery.
Beachy was 5-5 with a 2.00 ERA in 13 starts last season before having surgery June 21, 2012. He struggled in his return to the big leagues, allowing seven runs on eight hits in 3 2/3 innings Monday against Colorado. Beachy, who struck out four and walked two Saturday, lowered his ERA to 9.00.
"It was a step in the right direction for me, that's for sure," Beachy said. "I settled in after the first inning and made some quality pitches."
Luis Avilan (4-0), one of seven Atlanta pitchers, threw a scoreless 11th inning to earn the win and Craig Kimbrel got the last three outs for his 33rd save in 36 chances as the Braves won for the 11th time in 13 games.
"Beachy pitched great, and our bullpen shut them down like they always do," Freeman told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Phillies left-hander Jake Diekman (0-2) pitched a perfect 11th but ran into trouble in the 12th. Justin Upton walked leading off and went to second on Freddie Freeman's groundout. After an intentional walk to Evan Gattis, Diekman walked Paul Janish, a career .215 hitter, on four pitches to load the bases.
Justin De Fratus replaced Diekman and Uggla hit a bounding ball to short that looked like it could be a double play, but Uggla was safe at first when Chase Utley's relay pulled an extended Kevin Frandsen off the bag. Utley withstood a strong takeout slide from Janish, who made contact with the Philadelphia second baseman.
"Unnoticed by a lot of people is the way Janish went into second against Utley," Atlanta manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "If you go in tiptoeing there, Utley gets a clean look."
Said Janish, "The ball was hit slow enough and I was able to disrupt the play. Fortunately, it helped us win the game."
Gonzalez also credited Uggla for his effort on the play.
"Uggla really busted it down the line," he said. "The winning run came on a double-play ball, but our two runners made a difference."
John Mayberry Jr. homered for Philadelphia, which has lost four in a row and 12 of 13.
"Obviously, this is very frustrating," Mayberry said. "It can flip and come back around just as easily. We're going to remain confident until the end."
The Phillies did threaten in the 12th off Kimbrel, as Rollins reached second with two outs on a fielder's choice and wild pitch. But Kimbrel struck out pinch-hitter Laynce Nix to record his 23rd straight save.
"It seems like we have a hard time getting going," Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said. "We're having a hard time playing good enough or doing enough to win. We're playing the game out and staying there with it. We're just getting beat right now."
Justin Upton homered for the Braves.
The Phillies took a 3-0 lead on Utley's RBI groundout in the first and Mayberry's two-run homer in the second. Upton brought the Braves within two runs with a solo shot in the third before Atlanta's three-run fifth.
John Lannan allowed two earned runs and four hits in 4 1-3 innings with a two walks and no strikeouts. Lannan was pitching on three days' rest after rookie Jonathan Pettibone, who was scheduled to start Saturday, was placed on the DL on Friday with a right shoulder strain.
"Everybody has to go through it and learn from it and move on," Lannan said of the skid.


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Workshop Addon Creation
Creating a Workshop Addon
This article will teach you how to prepare and upload an addon to the Steam Workshop.
Before you begin
There are a few rules before you start uploading addons.
- Do not upload multi-part addons. What this means is that if your addon won't fit in a single addon - do not upload it.
- Avoid requiring other addons. In some cases this is permissable - like if it's an addon for a gamemode. But making a weapon that requires another weapon to function is not allowed. If your addon does require another addon - it shouldn't error if that addon isn't present. It should just do nothing.
- Erroring addons get removed - even if it is user error.
- Avoid uploading packs - unless they're all your work. A pack of your maps is fine. A pack of maps you found that you think are cool is not fine. A pack of your weapons are fine. A pack of cool weapons you downloaded is not fine.
- Make an effort with the thumb - addons with blank or irrelevant thumbnails get banned. If you can't be bothered to make an icon for it then don't bother uploading it.
- Do not reupload addons - Reuploaded addons will be taken down. Search workshop before uploading.
- Do not release stolen code - All addons that are proven to have stolen code will also be taken down.
- Do not upload malicious code - Common sense - all addons containing any sort of exploit or backdoor will be removed.
- Do not upload game content packs - All addons containing only game content ( for example CS:S, Portal or Half-Life 2 series content packs ) will be removed.
- Do not reupload newer versions of your addons - Common sense - update the old one, don't upload a new one. Duplicates will be removed.
To upload an addon to workshop you will need next things:
- A folder anywhere on your computer containing addon files
- A 512x512 .jpg icon for your addon.
- Latest Garry's Workshop Publisher
If you're going to make your addon public, please make sure it's unique and will add something new to Garry's Mod. Don't upload addons you didn't make, even fixed versions, without the author's consent.
Folder with addon files
The structure of addon for steam workshop has several differences from the classic addon system of Garry's Mod 12:
- info.txt is not needed
- .txt files are restricted, except vehicle scripts
- .dll, .htm, .html, .css and .js files are restricted as well
You addon folder structure must look somewhat like this: (below is just an example)
<syntaxhighlight> myAddon/
myAddon is the folder you will need to specify in the workshopper and it's name could be anything, since addon's name is defined in the workshopper and NOT by the folder name.
The icon
This must be a 512x512 JPG image. Do not use an image unrelated to your addon - this is stupid and will probably get it removed. Express your addon in image form.
Make it beautiful. Please don't just stitch together something horrible in MS Paint. It should look good, otherwise you'll be making the workshop look dirty. Besides, who wants to download something that looks like a three-year-old made it?
Garry's Workshop Publisher
This is the tool you will have to use to upload addons into workshop and update them. You will need the latest version here.
Click 'Create New Addon' at the bottom right corner and a new page will be opened. Fill the fields according to the rules on the left. Note, that titles must be at least 3 characters long and descriptions are purely optional.
On the second page you must set an icon for your addon, which must be 512x512 jpeg image. Otherwise the tool won't show the icon you have chosen and won't let you upload your addon with reason 'No preview image'. If everything is done correctly, the chosen image will be shown instead of a question mark.
On the next page you will need to specify path to your addon files. After you have done that, a file list will appear and any file with red text is invalid and should be removed/fixed. (Either in wrong place or filetype restricted) If you don't, the tool will error with 'No Files or Invalid Files'.
On the fourth page you must select at least one tag. Tags will help to search for similar addons, so don't abuse this feature or your addon might be taken down.
On the fifth page you can select the games your addon requires. It is completely optional, but if you do use it, let users know in the description of your addon, which games they need.
On the last page the tool will check if your addon is valid or not. If it is, it will start uploading process (Upon clicking Finish), if the addon is invalid, it will print out the errors messages in red. You will have to fix them in order to successfully upload your addon.
Once the upload is finished, the workshop page of your uploaded addon will be opened in your default web browser.
After Going Live
Please make sure your addon isn't creating errors for people. If your addon is creating too many errors it will be removed.
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I find myself a cemeterian. I am other things, of course, but I am also this.
Like an aficionado of, say, bridges, I see a terrain that most people do not. A bridge aficionado will have some awareness of the bridges that lie ahead of them when they travel, and further, will have a list of great or exemplary bridges they have visited or hope to visit. People they travel with might know of the Golden Gate or the Brooklyn Bridge but may be completely unaware of the sweeping span of the New River Gorge Bridge in Fayetteville, West Virginia, or the funky old, covered Green River Bridge in Guilford, Vermont.
My avocation in cemeteries started when I wrote a history of the Santa Barbara Cemetery. This effort started in 1996 and ended with publication of that history in 2006. During that period, when I traveled for work or vacation, I began visiting cemeteries. I wanted to understand them in the way a bridge aficionado understands bridges – as types, as evolutionary stages, as exemplars of cultures and practices, as institutions.
I also read, of course. I read about regions and about trends, and always the same handful of cemeteries cropped up as IMPORTANT. Like bridges, many people will be aware of these, though likely fewer people have inadvertently crossed them. These cemeteries include the famous graveyards of New Orleans, the great Mount Auburn Cemetery west of Boston, Brooklyn's Green-Wood, the old cemeteries of New England such as Cape Cod, and now possibly the most famous of all, Forest Lawn in Glendale, California.
I opted out of pursuing the famous and important, though. Mainly, I could not take time away from family and work and go vacation in cemeteries. There was, however, a strategic side to my thinking. Visiting cemeteries that do not figure as historical in the literature would force me to see them with my own eyes. I could not rely on other's interpretations; I had to understand the historians interpretations and make my own.
Unlike bridges, however, which are singular in time, evolution, and design, cemeteries are more like people or towns or old pets. Each cemetery did start at some point. The people burying their dead in them had a set of practices. There was some means of managing these sites, from a laissez faire dig-it-yourself to an overarching corporate control. Then you add time and trends, the influence of a manager or sextant, salt it with locale, and pepper it with varying levels of respect.
It matters little, but I could tell you, just by walking the grounds of most cemeteries, when they were founded, who the original 'stock' in the area was – German, Irish, Spanish, etc. – when transitions took place and what those transitions were. I could often tell how the management of the cemetery had changed over time. I could even estimate with some level of accuracy the total number of burials, the number of unmarked graves, and the level of record-keeping at the cemetery. It's not a trick I pull out at parties.
Buckets of Buckets
Any aficionado has their list of the important bridges, buildings, birds, peaks, etc. they must visit. My practice kept me from ever having such a list. While I was researching and writing the book, I worked in the software industry. I traveled to the places where the customers were. While I was in these places, I went to the cemeteries. I visited Pennsylvania, Georgia, New Jersey, Milwaukee, upstate New York, Minnesota, Texas. I traveled to Amsterdam, Melbourne, Shanghai. More recently, working on telescope installations, I traveled to South Africa, Chile, and other parts of Australia and Texas. I also visited cemeteries where I vacationed, to Indiana, New Mexico, Mexico, Hawaii, and so forth.
Then, through a confluence of various factors, I found myself visiting the important cemeteries. I went to Forest Lawn, Mount Auburn, Boston and Cape Cod, Mountain View and Chapel of the Chimes in Oakland, the great Père Lachaise (and my even more favorite the Montmarte). Then came a chance to visit Colma.
Colma is the single greatest accumulation of cemeteries in one place in the United States that I know of. There are at least seventeen and more likely twenty cemeteries. (Cemeteries tend to split and merge and change names or expand across multiple sites. It's a bit like counting animal cells as they divide, albeit cemeteries do divide very slowly.) There are over 1.5M burials in Colma. With the diversity of the cemeteries – Catholic, Japanese, Serbian, and so forth – Colma ranks as the Disney World of cemeteries.
Becoming Colma
The area was named Colma sometime in the late 1800s. It was essentially a thickening on the road south of San Francisco. There was a church, a post office (1869), and a cluster of farms and residences. A Colma sports arena held sway from 1907 through 1915 or so as an important boxing venue.
Cemeteries began to come to Colma of their own accord. While Colma's population was small, San Francisco, ten miles to the north, was the largest in the state. Pressure to cease cemetery operations in the city, and even to move cemeteries out, began mounting by the 1880s. Land in the city was too expensive to be relegated to burials. The area around Colma was considered ideal because it sat down the well-maintained Mission Street from the city, and streetcars and the Southern Pacific rail line ran to it or through it.
The first cemetery in Colma, Holy Cross, was established in 1887 by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese. The diocese moved nearly 40,000 graves from San Francisco to the new burial ground. Two years later, two Jewish cemeteries, Home of Peace and Hills of Eternity joined forces and created a cemetery, moving some 13,000 graves. Salem Cemetery arrived in 1891 with 696 graves. Cypress Lawn, the largest non-denominational cemetery in the city, moved in 1892, bringing 35,000 graves. In 1896, Mount Olivet (now Olivet Cemetery) opened, and in 1899, the Italian Cemetery moved with over 8,000 graves.
Then, on March 26, 1900, the City of San Francisco, passed Bill #54 & Ordinance #25 outlawing any new cemeteries within city limits. This was, like most cemetery-related practices, a long-standing norm on the East Coast where new cemetery designations had been outlawed within major cities by 1825. On the East Coast, the concern was the spread of disease. San Francisco's legislative body was primarily concerned about property value.
In quick succession during 1901, the Serbian Cemetery, the Eternal Home Cemetery, and the Japanese Cemetery all moved to Colma. In 1903 Greenlawn Perpetual Care Park (later renamed an Endowment Care park in the 1950s when perpetual was deemed a difficult legal framework) arrived, and in 1904, Woodlawn set up shop next door. In 1907, Sunset View Cemetery arrived.
There were now 13 cemeteries in Colma, varying in size from a couple acres to spreads of hundreds of acres.
In 1912, the City of San Francisco voted to have all remaining graveyards within city limits removed. Cemeteries in the midst of moving were struggling to find family members willing to pay for the moves. According to one site, http://www.colmahistory.org/history.html, many moved bodies were interred in mass graves where there were no relatives to pay the roughly $10.00 removal charge. Feet were dragging and the new ordinance did not have the desired effect.
Two years later, on January 14, 1914, the city passed Ordinance #2597, essentially an eviction notice to all cemeteries, stating they must remove all remaining bodies and monuments as a "public nuisance and a menace and detriment to the health and welfare of city dwellers." The eviction notice, backfired however. It caused the remaining cemeteries and several families to put up a stout resistance. Not until November 1937 were the legal battles resolved and the remaining bodies ordered to be removed.
The last four additions to the Colma cemeteries roster were Greek Orthodox Cemetery (1935), Pet's Rest Cemetery (1947), Hoy Sun Cemetery (1988), and Golden Hills Memorial Park (1994).
In 1924, the little town (2.2 square miles of mostly cemeteries), incorporated as Lawndale. The town fathers were unaware or unconcerned that a town called Lawndale was already established south of Los Angeles. They left the post office named Colma and thus avoided problems, as mail arrived addressed to Colma, California. As soon as home delivery was considered, however, the two Lawndales found themselves sorting each other's mail. The town was re-incorporated as Colma in December, 1941.
What's Colma in Chinese?
I visited Colma on a cold, dreary February day. I arrived before light and left only after the onset of male-pattern exhaustion around four in the afternoon. I missed several cemeteries, including sadly, Pet's Rest and the old Salem Cemetery. The one's I visited were nevertheless truly fascinating. My photos will guide you through most of the cemeteries. I just want to share a few notes of what was most interesting to me.
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First, the Chinese influence in these cemeteries is huge. At least six cemeteries have extensive new burial areas filled with the distinctive black or brown granite upright stones. Most of these cemeteries also provided funerary burners. These are free-standing brick or masonry structures, typically with a steel door and tin exhaust stack. They are used to burn spiritual tributes, specifically cardboard facsimiles of money, clothing, possessions, homes which the deceased can then use in the afterlife.
Americans, no matter where they come from (other than China apparently), are increasingly turning to cremation and disposition outside of cemeteries. To see vital new areas of graves and to see cemeteries creating entire new areas to attract these burials was surprising. It is the Chinese market that is driving the expansion of cemetery property in Colma.
Cypress Lawn, with three large sites in Colma, is developing their most recent site with several unique styles of grave offerings. Many of these use low hedges or walls to cordon off a plot, echoing to how graves were once separated in the 1800s and 1900s. There is a large fountain near the entrance with semi-enclosed wall of niches, and two granite parapets out over their man-made lake with perhaps 50 to 100 memorial plaque locations.
Across the valley, Woodlawn has installed two scattering gardens with extensive plantings, stepping stones, benches and many small granite memorial plaques. Access is not easy; impossible for anyone in a wheelchair, or using a walker or crutches.
Also catering to the Chinese (and other populations) is Colma's casino, Lucky Chances. Opened in 1998 after a significant dissent in the town, Lucky Chances is a 60-table cardroom with over 650 employees. After a few hands of Texas Hold'em, you can play Pai Gow. The business is one of Colma's few tax staples and is meant to keep the living side of the town alive and well.
What Memorial Park Faze?
If cemetery history can surface a faze, it was memorial parks. Hubert Eaton reopened Forest Lawn Cemetery as Forest Lawn Memorial Park in 1917 and set off a nationwide transformation of the cemetery industry. He introduced the policy and practice of flat markers (and an absence of raised markers) in acres of grass, and organized the cemetery as a profitable business.
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His success was immediate and notable. While the popular culture made fun of his new model of burial, cemeteries across the country saw the numbers. Eaton's success was surprising and astronomical. Many cemeteries simply changed their name to capitalize on the phenomenon. In Colma, Woodlawn and Greenlawn, both launched in the era of lawn park cemeteries, added Memorial Park to their names. Some cemeteries in places outside Colma went further and set down policies that required flat markers. Other cemeteries set aside new sections as flat-marker-only sections.
What is universally apparent in Colma is that, with the exception of a few name changes, and a smattering of flat markers, sometimes gathered into relatively small sections, the memorial park wave passed right over Colma.
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Cemeteries develop from open land to used-up graves, then sections and then entire cemeteries. The character of a cemetery is so unique. You can see some images from some cemeteries and not be able to tell which cemetery they come from. In Colma, this is less often the case. The ethnic burial grounds have largely retained their base populations.
Then there is the plan.
Each cemetery has a plan of use. In some cases the plan is quite simple. Rows, or the rows are varied by type of grave, or have policies and sometimes basic development applied, or are broken up with larger plots. Cemeteries with the luxury of space spread it over the rows and plots, allowing in light, grasses, flowers and trees.
Thus, entering each cemetery you have a qualitative experience of space or density, and of the breadth of expression. In general, the Serbian and Jewish cemeteries were fairly dense and largely uniform in their expression – size, color, and treatment of markers. The Chinese markers also show a uniformity that is broken only by what appears to be a recent drive to display wealth with larger, more uniquely designed stones. Holy Cross is an airy haven with grassy avenues among the grave and mausoleums.
My favorites turned out to be the Italian Cemetery and the Japanese Cemetery. The Japanese have a reputation of finely wrought, and sometimes quite bold, artwork. This is apparent in the Japanese Cemetery. Massive stones, sometimes with sweeping, deep-cut carved characters, surround the entry circle. Alternately, some of these huge stones carry ordered rows of small, intimately cut characters. Walking deeper in – this is perhaps the smallest of all the cemeteries in Colma – the stones show a surprising level of uniqueness and artistry. Other cultures begin to seem derivative in the face of this wealth.
The Italian Cemetery is a display of the derivative, but of one felt and expressed deeply, making the apparent mimic a compelling, dark, solo voice. The Italian Cemetery is composed of sections and rows, each with similar memorials. There are tightly spaced, nearly identical mausoleums, raised sarcophagi trued to each other to the micrometer, and rows of lichen-masked angels. The effect overall is of a full expression. The effect at the detailed level is of that as well. In between, the replication of stones becomes a field for seeing. I spent the better part of two hours in the Italian Cemetery. Beautiful.


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Released: February 13, 2008.
Genre: SID Metal/Metal.
Label: Spinefarm Records.
Number Of Tracks: 12.
Overworld is the third album by the Swedish metal band Machinae Supremacy, which was released on February 13, 2008.
POSTED: 12/12/2008 - 05:09 am
Release Date: May 1, 2004.
Label: MBD Records.
Genres: Rock.
Number Of Tracks: 15.
Compared to the later two albums this album has got the most sid in it, wich may be a good thing to some and a bad thing to some.
POSTED: 01/18/2008 - 01:35 am
Release Date: Dec 1, 2006.
Label: Spinefarm.
Genres: Rock.
Number Of Tracks: 11.
Redeemer has less sid than their previous album, Deus Ex Machinae, but still a very solid sound with deep lyrics.
POSTED: 01/18/2008 - 01:26 am