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Long Islanders litter women's lacrosse All-America list
Nine former Long Island high school stars were named Division I All-Americans, and five received first-team honors, as the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association announced its honorees this week.
Alyssa Murray, Syracuse, Sr., Attack (West Babylon)
Shannon Gilroy, Florida, Jr., Midfield (Northport)
Kelly McPartland, Maryland, Jr., Midfield (Farmingdale)
Mikaela...Read more »
15 LI players named lacrosse All-Americans
Long Island will be well represented in the ninth annual Under Armour All-America Lacrosse Classic this summer, which features the nation's best senior players.
Eight boys and seven girls from the Island were named Monday as 2014 Under Armour All-Americans.
The boys game, which will be broadcast live on ESPNU, is at 5 p.m. July 12 at Towson University's Johnny Unitas Stadium. The girls...Read more »
Katie Reilly passes her way to Suffolk regular season points title
Huntington scored 231 goals this season.
Katie Reilly had a direct hand in over half of them.
The Huntington sophomore established herself as one of the top playmakers in girls lacrosse, and finished the regular season as Suffolk county's leader in both points (120) and assists (79).
While Reilly scored 41 goals this season, she stood out for her ability to create for others, a...Read more »
West Islip, Eastport-South Manor, Mt. Sinai top seeds in Suffolk girls lacrosse tournaments
The field is set for this season's Suffolk girls lacrosse tournaments.
Undefeated West Islip earned the top seed in Class A after finishing the league season 14-0.
With an attack led by Lindsay Darrell, Vanessa Costantino, Riley Hill, and Emily Piciullo, the Lions are deserved favorites to win the county.
No. 2 Hauppauge, No. 3 Northport and No. 4 Middle Country join West Islip...Read more »
Bay Shore's Dale Cosgrave excels in face of Type 1 diabetes
Dale Cosgrave has established herself as a key contributor on Bay Shore girls lacrosse.
The senior attacker's on-field accomplishments this season—17 goals and 16 assists—look even more impressive when considering Cosgrave has Type 1 diabetes.
While Cosgrave does not use the condition as an excuse, she does say it makes playing more difficult.
"You have the game on your mind,"...Read more »
Farmingdale's Lax Festival a hit
What offseason?
More than 30 teams participated and hundreds of supporters showed up at Farmingdale High School last Sunday to watch girls lacrosse. Farmingdale hosted its "Lax Festival," an exhibition tournament which included teams from across the island, from the varsity level on down to youth league, competing in a series of 7-on-7 games.
Yes, in autumn. And yes, on Sunday,...Read more »


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The end of Vowing to Get Healthy — and a new beginning
Looking back on how far I've come in the last three months while challenging myself to get healthy, and looking ahead to where I'm going.
'Stressed' is 'desserts' spelled backwards
By this time next week, I'll be up in Boston, just days away from getting married. I'm really stressed, and trying to handle it in healthy ways.
Making healthy choices: My diet, before and after
Healthy eating has been a big part of my success. Sticking with it is key.
The home stretch in my quest to get healthy
T-minus one month until our wedding. I've learned how to get healthy, but there's much more I want to do.
Create your own DIY workout, no equipment required
Not having a gym membership (or having to skip a day) shouldn't keep you from getting a great workout.
Answering your questions about how to get healthy
I've received great letters from readers, not only encouraging my efforts to be more healthy but also asking how they can, too. Here are some ideas.
Brides band together to get fit
I'm teaming up with other brides-to be at New York Health & Racquet club, all working to look our best in that fancy white dress.
After a month, what I've learned so far about getting healthy
The last month hasn't been easy, but I've already learned a lot about how to lead a more healthy lifestyle.
Tackling temptation and eating healthy
When you have zero willpower and delicious treats surround you, how do you stay on the healthy track?
Move it! Working out to take off the weight
After decades of being sedentary, working out three or more times a week is a big adjustment. I'm sore almost all the time, but I already feel healthier.

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Beautiful Upgraded Townhouse -Gated Comm. in Fort Myers
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- sleeps 6
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Beautiful Upgraded Townhouse in a Gated Community: Quiet, Central Location with Wireless Internet
Accommodations: Attached 2 level Townhouse, 2 Car Garage, 3 Bedrooms, 2 ½ Baths (Sleeps 6)
Property Information:
Exclusive, private community located off Winkler Avenue Extension south of Colonial Blvd. and west of Ben C. Pratt Parkway.
San Simeon is a gated townhouse community, access is only with code/pass card. Same secured access to clubhouse for use of pool, hot tub and fitness center. Property is a short walk to the clubhouse entrance and as close as you can get!
Wonderful townhouse is available to rent this fall and winter. Beautifully decorated and fully furnished. Vaulted ceilings make it feel very open, spacious and warm. Step out on the Lanai to enjoy the private garden, sunset, and scenery.
Kitchen: fully equipped with granite counter tops and upgraded appliances. Eat in kitchen area.
Living area: Cozy and warm. Wireless secured internet access and cable television ready to go. Flat screen television is available for your enjoyment. DVD player
Dining Area: Spacious dining area with view of the Lanai gardens
Lania: Furnished with table and chair. Electrical outlets to enjoy music.
Master Bedroom: Large bedroom suite furnished with queen bed, beautiful bath with roman tub, stand up shower and two vanities. Television with cable available for your use. Walk in closet is huge!
Bedrooms 2 & 3: Large furnished with queen beds, dressers and nightstands. Ample closet space with ceiling fans.
Washer and Dryer is in a private room on the second floor.
Garage: 2 car garage with door opener.
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3 queen beds
3 ceiling fans (1/BR)
Cable TV, DVD
Fitness center
Shared pool & hot tub
WiFi (wireless)
Outdoor features
Gas grill
Full kitchen – fully equipped
Cooking utensils provided
No pets allowed
No smoking allowed inside
No smoking on lanai or garage
Other features
Linens/towels provided
Central air
Smoke detectors
activities and attractions in Fort Myers Gulf Coast South
Golf, tennis
Sailing, boating, jet skiing
Swimming, shelling
Wildlife viewing
Cinemas/movie theaters
Live Theatres
Miniature golf
Location: Within minutes of multiple shopping centers, outlets, fine dining, casual restaurant, golf, tennis, and other attractions.
- Short walk to Walmart, Lowes, Kohls, Publix, Bealls, and restaurants
- 25 minutes to Ft. Myers and Sanibel Beaches
- 5 minutes from 6 Mile Cypress Slough Preserve with walking paths, guided tours and biking.
- 3 golf courses nearby
- 15 minutes from SW Regional Airport
- Minutes from I-75.
vacation rental rates
Oct. - 1600/month
Nov. - Dec. - 1900/month
Jan. - March - 2200
April - 2000/month
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Prior to paying a reservation deposit, always verify payment instructions by calling the phone number displayed on this listing page. By contacting the owner directly and paying by an approved method - credit card, paypal, check or bank transfer - your reservation payment will be protected up to $1,000.Learn more in our Security Center
Top things to do in Fort Myers
- Golfing - Many course choices!
- Beaches - Take your pick!
- Shop at the Edison Mall or Miramar Outlets
- Tour the Edison Estate
Top things to do on a budget
- Soak up the sun at the community pool
- Walk to nearby restaurants and shops
- Bike on Six Mile Cypress trail
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Delly Fortgang, The #1 Vocal Performance Coach Invites You To Watch One of Her Singers As He Continues To Rise!
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Delly Fortgang, The #1 Vocal Performance Coach Invites You To Watch One of Her Singers As He Continues To Rise!
20 year old Barry Fortgang's latest project is The Filharmonic, a Filipino a'cappella boy band. The 6 young men got together last April for the first time, recorded an audition video, and sent it to NBC's Sing-Off producers. It was so exciting to get a callback! They were in the top 100 out of more than a thousand groups. After … [Read More...]
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Delly Fortgang is the #1 Vocal Performance Technique Coach in the Las Vegas Valley. She is a music teacher, creator & producer of the Future Stars Monthly Showcase, and co-founder of Showbiz Kidz, a non-profit, tax exempt 501 (3c)organization. It all begins with Delly and her ability to bring out the talent of her students and allow them to achieve a high level of success in vocal and … [Read More...]
Steve Fortgang
Steve Fortgang is the host of the Future Stars Monthly Showcase (7th year). Steve is a former bandleader of the Steve Fortgang Entertaining Orchestra in South Florida. Presently, he a Music Specialist for the Clark County School District (20th year) and Director of Showbiz Kidz, a non-profit, tax exempt 501 (3c) organization. Showbiz Kidz founded by Steve Fortgang in 1993, is dedicated to teaching young performers to share their talent gifts for the benefit of others. We open our … [Read More...]
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It takes someone special to be a great teacher as well as a star-quality performer. Delly's rare ability to share her passion for singing, as well as her expertise as a vocal coach, transforms her students' lives. Delly brings a unique approach to her students who not only shine onstage but who connect with the audience and deliver a quality performance. Delly has become one of the most sought out vocal coaches in Las Vegas and the west coast. To inquire about becoming one of Steve & Delly's future stars, please call us at … [Read More...]
Delly's Blog: Great Start For 9 Year Old!
Great Start For 9 Year Old Congratulations to my singer/student Shane Davis, 9 years old. He was selected to the cast of "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" a Broadway National Tour that ran for a year. Shane played the son of the main male lead. Shane is a talented singer, dancer, and … [Read More...]


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I am back out at the stadium for practice. There aren't as many fans here yet. It is the last day I will be here until Friday (my real job starts up again on Tuesday).
Follow along as I tweet from practice. (send me questions to @senorjessroot). You can send your tweets and pictures mentioning me and I will retweet them.
I will write some more after practice about my observations.
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As a program, iMR would replicate all of the MapReduce APIs (application programming interfaces), and it would carry out the similar functionality of MapReduce, namely filtering data and aggregating the results. It would differ in that it could continually produce analysis, based on the latest data.
The researchers built a prototype of iMR, using the Mortar distributed stream processing software. With iMR, the user would specify the range of data being processed in a given analysis, such as all the data gathered in the past 60 seconds. The user would also specify how often results would be produced and transmitted, such as every 15 seconds.
Logothetis admitted that the Web servers may spend most of their resources doing their intended jobs, namely delivering services to users. But iMR could use the spare cycles left over to crunch the log data.
In their paper, the researchers devised a plan where the organization could establish a trade-off between the speed at which they get the analyzed data with the completeness of the resulting analysis. If an organization wants the analysis quickly, then each server may drop individual log entries during times of heavy usage, leading to less conclusive, but still relevant, results. Whereas a thorough analysis of the data would require a longer period of time, and more server resources to complete.
While in-situ MapReduce may not be beneficial for organizations that run only a handful of servers, it could be valuable to larger operations, such as search engines, social networks, and e-commerce sites, Logothetis said.
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Enjoy the benefits of laser hair removal resulting in permanent hair reduction with the Rio Scanning X60 laser hair removal system. It sends a laser beam to the hair follicle to permanently disable the root without affecting the surrounding area.
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Ohio State University, 2010 - $20,000
Agricultural fungicides, which combat a number of plant blights and diseases, are estimated to prevent the loss of up to 95% of annual crop yields worldwide. At the same time, many current fungicides are petrochemicals that come with major financial and environmental costs from toxicity and chemical buildup in the soil. Organic fungicides offer a safer solution, but are currently much less effective and more expensive than chemical fungicides.
This E-Team, calling itself Gen2 Agro, is developing a next-generation organic fungicide that is over 20% more effective than current organic options, making it comparable in efficacy to chemical alternatives. Gen2 Agro's product is composed of naturally occurring, non-genetically modified bacteria that has been found to directly attack fungi, secreting byproducts that suppress fungal growth. The team's fungicide will work for some of the world's most valued crops, including soybeans, wheat, and potatoes.
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I'll Buy Andrew Sullivan News For 20 Bucks
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- It's a thrill to watch journalist Andrew Sullivan break away from big media companies and launch his own reader-supported, ad-free venture to continue the work that has made him so famous and successful as a true independent.
The dawn of the digital age has generally been tough on professional content producers because the Internet has disrupted many of the traditional business models that supported their livelihood. The great promise of the web, though, has always been that it will ultimately enable talented content producers to break free from the corrupting influence of the handful of giant media conglomerates that have long had a stranglehold on access to mass audiences. This cutting out of the middle-man will ultimately lead to a more direct connection between audiences and creators and more quality content.
Sullivan is one of the few figures in journalism who can pull off such a stunt now, so it may be overly optimistic to call this the beginning of a trend towards this ideal, but I hope it is. We are in dire need of mainstream, popular journalists who can achieve pure financial and editorial independence. Judging by the early results of Sullivan's foray, he's well on his way to achieving that.
Sullivan announced last week that he's leaving Newsweek/Daily Beast, and its corporate overlord IAC/InterActiveCorp (IACI), and launching his own company called Dish Publishing LLC. This means that his popular blog -- The Dish -- will no longer be polluted with advertising, and his regular readers will be asked to pay at least $20 a year for the site's content. More than 12,000 readers have already ponied up, according to media reports, at an average price of $28.We hear a lot these days about the shrinking of the news industry and the negative effects of the Internet on American journalism, but we hear very little about the web's positive effects, which are numerous. For those willing to find it, there is now more fact-based, enlightening information easily available to people than ever before. I think this is bringing a wave of public enlightenment to our society and the world beyond -- the ramifications of which we really have yet to comprehend -- but in the meantime, professional journalists have struggled to keep up with social media and the explosion of information availability.
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Shaw Grigsby loves reading his bible, and he loves flinging arrows from his compound bow at nuisance wild pigs. He loves spending time with his young grandson, and he loves looking for spawning bass. As simple as it may sound – he loves life. This week he loved a lot en route to winning the $100,000 Bassmaster Elite Series event at Florida's Harris Chain of Lakes.
It was no surprise that Grigsby stood on the stage while weighing in another fat limit of largemouths and told an audience of a few thousands fans to "trust in the Lord with whatever you do." Advice uttered through Shaw's calm smile under a full-grown mustache, with "Romans 8:28" scripted across the back of his tournament jersey.
This week he again trusted his faith and followed his strengths. He did what he does best -- look for fat bass on shallow water spawning beds in the springtime, and catch them with a level of proficiency that few in the world have ever rivaled. Grigsby used a Quantum Smoke baitcasting reel loaded with 25-pound test line, and a Quantum size 30 Tour Edition spinning reel spooled with 8-pound Stren. His top two lures were a Strike King Okeechobee colored Rodent and a pearl white Rage Craw. Both reels were mounted on easy to identify royal blue Quantum Tour Grigsby rods.
And the cool thing is – as Shaw marched toward victory -- unlike the wild pigs that tear up his Gainesville, Florida lawn – nobody was rooting against him.
Grigsby's long-time fellow competitor and roommate on the road, Gary Klein said, "Shaw's a great human being. He loves the outdoors. He has tremendous respect for Mother Nature. He's a very positive person – and that's by choice. I figure it takes equal energy to be negative as positive. I'd rather exert my energy toward being positive, and Shaw is the same way – that's why we're close friends. And knowing Shaw like I do, I'd have to say he's the best sight fisherman there's ever been."
Grigsby's style earns the respect of not just fellow pros, but his long-time sponsors too. Guys like Bob Bagby at Quantum, who said, "I've had the pleasure of working with Shaw for more than 20 years. We've both been with Quantum a long time. I can honestly say you won't find a guy in the fishing industry that is a nicer human being and has a more upbeat attitude than Shaw. But, don't let his happy-go-lucky attitude fool you. The dude is an intense competitor, and as cool under pressure as you can get. This event just showed the young guns that you never want to count out the old veterans. Congratulations buddy, you earned it, and it couldn't happen to a nicer guy."
Well-liked, down-home and talented B.A.S.S. photographer James Overstreet echoed Klein and Bagby's thoughts. "Oh man, Shaw's one of the nicest people you'll ever meet. He loves life. He just makes you feel good. It's hard to beat being around positive people like Shaw," said Overstreet.
B.A.S.S. weigh-in host Dave Mercer added, "The most amazing thing about Shaw is how giving he is. He was standing on the dock minutes before morning blast-off, all the pressure on him to win, yet he's signing autographs and posing for photos with every fan that asked for one."
Perhaps it was Shaw himself, as he held the first place trophy during an interview, who best explained his approach to life. "There have been a lot of people in my life that served as bright spots, I try to live each day in an effort to be a bright spot to others," said Shaw.
A good guy finished first. A bright spot indeed.
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In the heart of the Motovun forest, one of the most important areas for harvesting the white truffle in Istria, Zigante Tartufi Days are being held each year.
This long manifestation is being held over seven weeks during autumn (from the first week in October to mid-November).
We are looking forward to seeing you at the Zigante Tartufi Days 2013 Fair & Exhibition!
Zigante oils won golden medals in almost all olive oil festivals and manifestations in the Republic of Croatia this year!
Our new, modern European factory in Plovanija prepared new products under the Zigante Delice brand, while our cheeses with truffles and other products from the Zigante tartufi range of products are conquering not only famous restaurants, but also households, in Croatia as well as in other parts of Europe and worldwide.


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New Premium Ad Space Available on CABS Buses
Transportation and Traffic Management now offers a different advertising space opportunity to both internal departments/organizations and external vendors. Eigthteen of our buses are equipped with framed space at eye-level behind the bus driver. Only one space is available on each of the buses. One month of advertising in this premium space is $570 for all 18 buses. See the attached ad rate sheet for more information and check out the "premium" section.
2014-2015 CABS Route Information and Service Updates
Transportation & Traffic Management reviews bus service operations on an annual basis. After a review is completed, changes may be made to the alignment of routes, schedule and frequency of service. Below is an overview of changes for the 2014-2015 service year.
Regular 2014-2015 CABS service resumes at 6:00pm on Saturday, August 23 with the Campus Loop North.
September 1 - Labor Day Holiday CABS Service
CABS will run weekend service on Monday (9/1). The Campus Loop North, Buckeye Village, and paratransit will still operate. All other bus service will be temporarily suspended. For parking information during this time, please visit CampusParc.
August 31 - Traffic Impacts
The CLunger Beats 5000 event will take place on Sunday (8/31). Rolling closures will occur on several campus roads, including sections of College Rd., 19th Ave., Neil Ave., 17th Ave., Cannon Dr., John Herrick Dr., and 12th Ave., from approximately 10:00am – 11:30am. During the time, CABS service interruptions and traffic delays are anticipated. See the event route here. Click here for more information.


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The mission of the UofH Telecommunications unit is to plan, operate and maintain the University's telephone, voicemail and cable TV systems. These consist of:
Telephone systems (PBX's):
Voicemail systems:
Cable TV system (managed and operated by Media Technology Services):
View telephone network diagram (requires Internet Explorer with VML). Also available: details of services.
During peak periods, the Telecommunications Unit technical staff sometimes receives more requests for service than can be handled at once. When this happens, we prioritize work according to its overall effect on the safety and welfare of all members of the university community, recognizing the special importance of telephone service to those who reside on our campus.
Please note: All residential telephone, TV and data network outlet additions and moves can be ordered only by the Office of Residential Life. Individual residents may not order outlet changes directly from Telecom. We urge those who have a special need to move or add outlets to contact ORL for assistance. [Back to Student Phone Service]


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Guess who hit the big 50
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Guess who hit the big 50
Terry !
Confusion breeds Discussion which breeds Knowledge which breeds Confidence which breeds Friendship
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Happy birthday, Terry. Hope you had a great day.
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Happy Birthday Terry.
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Vase with Autumn Asters, 1886
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)
Immediately following his arrival in Paris, Van Gogh painted a large number of still lifes. He regarded these works as studies in color, paintings in which he could experiment freely with contrasting colors, such as blue and orange, yellow and purple, or – as here – red and green. As he wrote to an English friend, his aim was to achieve "intense coloration, not gray harmony."


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At the HBS VC Alumni event I was at last week (no – I didn't go to HBS – I was a panelist) I heard a great line from a wise old VC who has been a VC about as long as I've existed on this planet.
"VCs only need three rights: Up, Down, and Know What The Fuck Is Going On"
If you've read Venture Deals: How To Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist, you already know that Jason and I agree with this statement. And even though a term sheet might be four to eight pages long and the definitive documents might be 100 pages or more, other than economics, there are really only three things a VC needs in a deal.
Up: Pro-rata rights. When things are going well (up) a VC wants the ability to continue to invest money to maintain their ownership.
Down: Liquidation preference. When things don't go well (down), a VC wants to get their money out first.
Know What The Fuck Is Going On: Board seat. Beyond demonstrating that older VCs also swear in public, many people believe that with a board seat comes great power and responsibility. In reality it mainly gives one the ability to know what's actually going on, to the extent that anyone knows what's actually going on in a fast moving startup.
As I was writing this up, I remembered that Fred Wilson had a post about this a while ago. I searched his blog (using Lijit and the term pro-rata) and quickly found a great post titled The Three Terms You Must Have In A Venture Investment. He attributes this to his first VC mentor, Milt Pappas, and the three terms are the same ones referenced above. It's a great post – go read it.
Entrepreneurs – don't get confused by the endless mumbo-jumbo. If you haven't read Venture Deals: How To Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist grab a copy. Or read blogs. Or do both. And VCs – don't forget what terms you really care about – focus on making it simple.
For some time Jason and I have felt that VC's have had an unfair advantage when it comes to understanding term sheets. So a few years back we wrote a whole series of blog posts (the Term Sheet series) which became the basis for the book Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist. Our goal with all of this was to help put entrepreneurs on a more even footing in negotiating a deal with a VC.
In some ways, I've always seen writing (both books and this blog) as a form of personalized teaching. It let's me efficiently share whatever knowledge I have. But a few months back while I was visiting TechStars NYC, I had the chance to meet the guys over at Veri and pretty quickly realized they have a really interesting format for teaching things like how a term sheet works in an even more personalized way.
The result is Veri's Understanding Term Sheets. The experience works like it would if we were learning it together one on one, namely that I ask you a series of question to figure out what you do and don't know. When you know the material you get to quickly prove you're a champ. When you don't know something, I help bring you to the exact snippet of information you need to know. In other words, we figure out what you know, and help you learn only what you don't. And hopefully have some fun in the process.
Let me know you think about Understanding Term Sheets, especially if there are ways to improve it.
While some people hate the phrase "failing fast", I find it instructive when it's used to signify that one isn't going to pursue a particular path in the context of a larger set of activities. A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about The Proliferation of Standardized Seed Financing Documents. It generated several hundred email responses and a handful of phone calls. A week or so later, my partner Jason Mendelson wrote a post titled Why There Will Never be a Standard Set of Seed Documents. I've concluded that Jason is right so rather than torture myself, I'm failing fast with regard to trying to help create a set of standardized seed documents.
Since I received so many private responses to the original post, I thought I'd summarize them here by type of respondent.
Lawyers: By far the largest numbers of responses were from lawyers offering to help (thanks!) I didn't count them up, but I got well over 100 emails from all over the US. In many cases, the lawyer offered to come to the meeting, share their seed documentation, and work to make sure that seed documents were complete and acceptable to their firm. The vast majority of lawyers provided solid background on all the seed investment work they had done. Several weighed in with their views of the potential issues, often sighting the NVCA standard document process which everyone seemed to refer to as some version of "a mess." A few made sure to remind me that east coast lawyers needed to be involved or the docs wouldn't work on the east coast. A few brave ones told me why I was destined to fail but wished me luck anyway. Fortunately, due to the magic of Gist, I now have contact information for a whole bunch of lawyers I didn't know before.
Entrepreneurs: The next largest number of respondents were entrepreneurs. I think all of them cheered me on, told me how much they hated paying lawyers for their seed documents, and asked if there was some way to reduce everything to a few standard pages, not unlike a mortgage document. A few told me "don't include lawyer X in the process – he charged me $70,000 for my seed deal" and a few suggested that lawyers should have to use paper and crayons instead of word processors. Several asked if I'd be interested in funding their companies. All demonstrated a sense of humor about the situation.
VCs: The VC comments came in a few different flavors. A few said "I don't see the problem – it's fine having multiple seed documents." Another reminded me that "great is the enemy of good" (although the real, and more relevant quote is "The perfect is the enemy of the good") and the existing forms floating around are "very good – much better than they used to be." Another suggested that none of the standard docs worked for him, but he was perfectly happy to sign the forms from Law Firm Z without any modification. Several asked me whether I was still watching 24 (yes, I will watch it to the bitter end.) I received private emails from each of my partners containing a slightly different version of "are you out of your fucking mind?"
LPs: I only had one email from an LP. It was a short one. "Don't waste your time on this."
After pondering all of this, I realized that I was both trying to solve a problem that didn't really want to be solved while at the same time falling into a common trap of working on something that, while on the surface seems like a good idea, isn't really my issue to solve, at least not in this way. As many of you know, the issue is not only the term sheet, but also the underlying documents supporting the deal. I think this is a nuance that is often missed, as the seed docs need to be robust enough to easily support a next round financing (Series A or Series B) since the seed financing is rarely the last one. So, while a simple term sheet might be able to be agreed on, I realized that getting the actual docs agreed on would be a miserable, and likely impossible, thing to try to deal with.
Hence my failing fast. While in theory this might be a great idea, I've concluded that I can't be successful at this. There are plenty of people – namely all the lawyers that work with startups – that have a much greater incentive than I do to get this right, be efficient for the entrepreneurs they work with, and be cost-effective for the companies they bill. So, I'm going to leave it to them.
Over the years my partner Jason Mendelson and I have heard from numerous people that they've been exposed to our Venture Capital Term Sheet Series as reference material in a college course. We are delighted by this and whenever we've been asked, we've always said (and will continue to always say) "with our blessing." However, we haven't kept track of any of this over the year and have a few ideas for things we can do to update the material now that five years have passed.
So – I'm writing with a simple request. If you've used, or encountered, our Term Sheet series in a college (undergraduate or graduate) course or any other teaching / seminar environment, can you leave a comment below with the information (school / program / year / professor) or email me the information?
For those of you concerned about nefarious plots on our part, I assure you that we are delighted this material is out there in the public and are happy to have it freely used and passed around for all eternity. I promise we won't send Jack Bauer your way.
Simeon Simeonov, the Founder & CEO of FastIgnite, has put together a nice Stock Option Vesting Calculator. It works just fine for stock vesting as well.
Sim is a dynamite entrepreneur who has also done a tour of duty as a VC so he knows the drill well. In the email he sent me about it he said it was inspired to put it together after reading several of the posts in the Term Sheet Series that Jason Mendelson and I wrote several years ago.
Sim – next up – how about a simple liquidation preference and exit analysis calculator?


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We know from the ups and downs of the past four and a half years that anecdotal evidence and positive signals regarding Sgt. Bowe Bergdahls release can circle back to the path of heartbreak and frustration for his Idaho family and the nation.
The news Tuesday that President Barack Obama and the U.S. State Department were attempting to update or refresh some kind of prisoner swap marks an important dot on the continuum that could lead to Bergdahls ultimate release. For this we are optimistic and grateful.
Other dots include actions both in the U.S. and in the Afghanistan war zone, where Bergdahl was taken prisoner in 2009.
A film purportedly depicting Bergdahl a month ago seemed to be saying, yes, we still have him and here he is, lets make a deal. Bergdahls Hailey family and supporters have worked tirelessly to get his situation and plight before the American people in a number of creative ways, bracelets and billboards to name a few. He is certainly not anonymous, and both sides know there is something to be gained by continuing to talk.
Going back just a bit further in time to last summer, a prisoner swap deal with affiliates of his Taliban captors in Afghanistan seemed to be getting traction until as has often been the case prospects of Bowe Bergdahls release slipped again below the skyline of hope.
The news Tuesday showed a recent shift in U.S. policy: Instead of releasing Taliban prisoners piecemeal in order to make a determination of a good faith deal, the U.S. is now ready to release all five at the same time in exchange for Bergdahl.
This willingness to negotiate and to realize the window of opportunity to seek Bergdahls release may be closing as Americans begin to disengage in Afghanistan might be the strongest dot of any that will connect a path to Bergdahls ticket home to idaho.
Anybody who spouts off about knowing what is going on behind the scenes is likely not in a position to know. Silence is the SOP. These deals employ nuance upon nuance, and they often are as delicate as they are dangerous.
Frustrating as it seems, our military has ruled out military rescue attempts delicate and dangerous to date.
The most mystifying aspect of the recent Bergdahl activity is the publicity surfacing from what is usually a very hushed affair: Flag-rank Pentagon press secretaries solemnly saying Bergdahl has been gone too long; military officers in the know sending YouTube messages through Sen. Jim Rischs office reassuring the Bergdahl family that everything is being done.
Yes, we should all err on the side of hope and prayer and success in this fragile moment. Dots are connecting in the direction that you would want them to go.
Godspeed to the process.
Whereas the rest of us have marked the time in years and fractions of years, the Bergdahl family lives the moments, the hours and the days unending.
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The 2010 golf tournament was held in Redding, CA at Gold Hills Golf Club. This book is a collection of photos taken throughout the day on the golf course and at the evening dinner party. Pick up a copy to relive the memories or if you can't attend this years tournament, why not buy a book to donate to the foundation?
The Chris Thurman Memorial Foundation is a a non-profit organization that generates money through a yearly golf tournament in memory of Chris Thurman. The foundation awards money to junior golf programs and golfing scholarships in Northern California. (EIN: 26-3403737)
Check out our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chris-Thurman-Memorial-Foundation/188505081210588
About Chris Thurman
Chris started playing golf at age two, as his father Kim, was a golf pro at Riverview Golf and Country Club. At age seven, he joined the Junior Golf program at Riverview. He fell in love with the game and played all through high school.
While attending Shasta Junior College, Chris and his teammates brought home the state golfing championship in 1991. Chris then attended Oregon State University on a golfing scholarship for one year before transferring to Sacramento State. A regular on the golf course, Chris was known for having the farthest drive, even winning a qualifying contest for the RFMax World Long Drive Contest in 1998.
Throughout his lifetime Chris excelled at golf and played for recreation and in many tournaments with his family: brother Kim Jr., father Kim Sr., sister Lorie, Aunt's Sherry and Terry, cousin Randy, Grandmother Maxine, and his most favorite golfing partner was his Grandfather Bill.


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Capricious: 36By joy. Filed in Capricious, Fiction |
Tags: capricious, julie cox, serialized fiction
Welcome to Fox Pass, Texas, a small community where the people are friendly and the mythical creatures aren't so mythical after all. Capricious by Julie Cox follows the adventures of satyr Luke and his fellow myth-folk in a town that borders a whole lot more than Mexico. (Do you need to start at chapter 1?)
Chapter 36
Luke woke with the dawn, as he had for the past several hundred years. Sally lay beside him, significantly more rumpled than she had been the night before. She was, Luke had just discovered, an active sleeper.
She breathed deep, almost huffing, the lines of worry on her face slackened. Her dark hair lay in a careless tangle around her face; her spaghetti-strap pajamas were pulled askew by her midnight squirming. Luke bit his lip, looking her over, so touchable and pretty. He could see the outline of her breasts against the thin pajama fabric, and the cleft of her cleavage, the curve of her hip where her shirt had pulled up in the night. He ran a hand down her side; she muttered in her sleep, like a grumbling squirrel, and was still again.
She looked so peaceful and sweet while she was asleep, and Luke wanted to kiss her on her soft, plump cheek. As he leaned over her, she stirred, and smacked him in the nose as she threw her arm up. Wincing, he disentangled their limbs and went to the kitchen to make coffee. Kissing would have to wait until she was more engaged.
To his surprise, someone else was already up. There was hot coffee in the carafe and a hiss of steam rising from the percolator. Luke poured a cup and walked out onto the front porch, where Charlie sat hunched over his clutched mug.
"You're up early," Luke said by way of greeting.
"That recliner is not made for extended napping."
Charlie took a drink, slurping like a child. "August came back late last night. Or early this morning, however you want it. He didn't catch his horse."
"That's the weirdest freaking thing," Luke said. "I never seen anything like that. There ain't many myth-folk got a second half to them like that." The idea of having something run off with a bit of his soul was unsettling. He took out a crushed pack of Camels and fished out the least bent one, lit it, and drew in a lungful of smoke.
"I've seen it before," Charlie said. "I… well, I've studied, we'll leave it at that for now. I think the closest equivalent outside our own sphere of magic is the witch's familiar. It's like a separate entity, but neither can exist fully without the other. To have a schism like that must be distressing. Did anything happen to it while you were on the other side of the gate?"
Luke chewed over the question for a minute. The horse had been out of sight several times during their otherworldly trip, but nothing he knew of had distressed it. "Only thing I can think of is, his eyes changed color from red to green."
"Huh. They were red in our world before you went into the gate?"
"They were green when I saw it. I guess the significance of that depends on what made his eyes glow in the first place, which is a question I don't know that even August would know the answer to. My first guess would be some kind of ectoplasm, given what they are."
"The only other time I've heard that word," Luke said, "was in Ghostbusters."
Charlie waved his hand dismissively. "It's an otherworldly discharge, like the physical manifestation of psykinetic energy before it's dissipated."
"Now you're just trying to use big words. You got a thesaurus in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?"
Charlie gracefully ignored Luke and continued his analysis. "If it changed color when it entered the portal… I wonder what changed. Does the portal act as a filter of any kind?"
Luke shrugged. "It's got to, I suppose. Otherwise any old thing could come waltzing in or out, ya know? Most times, if you're not a native to a world, you gotta be called to come through, or be a specialist in spirit walking. Which August and his horse, being ghosts, would be."
"So maybe instead of adding something in… the portal took something out."
Luke was silent, digesting this piece of information. He rolled the cigarette, mostly gone, between his thumb and fingers. "Huh. Like passing milk through a cheesecloth."
"I don't know why you would do such a thing, but I suspect you get the idea."
Luke patted Charlie's head. "You're young. Soon enough you'll be using phrases like ROTFL and young folk will look at you the way you're looking at me."
"Still doesn't seem real, the whole living forever thing."
"Well, it ain't really living forever, is it? You're not the same person every time. Really, you're not. And the memories aren't there all the time; you gotta go looking for them, or you might even forget they're there, like a box of pictures under the bed. Good thing, too, because we'd all go mad otherwise. Then one day you gotta go dragging them all out looking for something in particular, and come across stuff long forgotten that punches you in the gut or makes you laugh out loud." He sighed. "It's a wonderful, terrible burden and privilege."
"Better than the alternative." Charlie's face took on a thoughtful expression. It suited him, Luke thought. "Do you believe in heaven?"
Luke shrugged and put out his cigarette on the bottom of his boot. "Don't know. Ain't never been." He stuck the butt of the cigarette into the coffee can full of butts. There seemed to be one of those coffee cans, rusted and half full of butts and sand, on every front porch he'd ever known. He stood up. "C'mon. Let's go pester a ghost."
Capricious is published weekly on Circlet.com. Want more? Proceed to the next post! Or, revisit earlier installments.
Julie Cox lives in Texas with her husband, children, and ever-expanding menagerie of animals on their farm. She runs a small online yarn business, teaches yarn spinning, and is the associate editor of Gearhearts magazine. She has numerous stories published with Circlet Press and elsewhere. For her full list of published works, see her website at www.lazypifarm.com.


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John Sadler's success this meet has surpassed even his expectations. Well on his way to his second straight Santa Anita training title with a 40-29 lead over runner-up Bob Baffert through Sunday, the 53-year-old Long Beach native also has seven stakes victories, one behind leader Baffert, and in Sadler's mind, that's what makes his achievement all the more remarkable.
"Yes, this meet has exceeded my expectations," Sadler said Wednesday morning. "If you would have said to me before the meet, 'John, you're going to claim only a handful of horses,' which is probably what I've claimed, whether it's four or five, I don't know, but it's not a lot, and I would win this many races without really a strong claiming division, I wouldn't have believed it. That's what's made this unique.
"It makes this meet special, and different from some of the other ones, the reason being, in this economy, the clients haven't really wanted the lesser horses. Nobody really has a lot of claiming horses right now, except maybe (trainer Jack) Carava, which is his primary business." Carava trains exclusively for the La Caňada Stable of Ron Valenta.
Three of Sadler's stakes wins were recorded by Sidney's Candy, who established himself as a leading Kentucky Derby contender with victories in the San Vicente Stakes, the San Felipe Stakes and the Santa Anita Derby. Sadler said the son of Candy Ride is scheduled to leave for Kentucky next Monday, April 12.
Sidney's Candy has been ridden in each of his six races by 20-year-old Joe Talamo, who missed riding in his first Kentucky Derby last year when morning line favorite I Want Revenge was injured the morning of the race. All parties involved with Sidney's Candy obviously hope for better luck with the chestnut colt.
"It wasn't like a magical moment," Sadler said in explaining how Talamo got the mount. "He works the horse, we like him, and he just happened to be in the right place at the right time."
Horses are athletic, but some are more athletic than others. Being nimble can help extricate a horse from a tight spot, but not always.
Such was the case for Lookin At Lucky in the Santa Anita Derby, when the 4-5 favorite finished third by six lengths to Sidney's Candy after steadying on the far turn in Saturday's nine-furlong race.
"It's very hard for a horse to recover, especially the way he got stopped," said former jockey Joe Steiner, who has worked Lookin At Lucky many times for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert. "He was starting to make a move and got stopped cold, and it's almost impossible for the average horse to make a recovery and come back on.
"What Lookin At Lucky did in the Santa Anita Derby showed that he's a great little horse. I've worked him every time he worked until the last three times. I worked him as a 2-year-old, when he was learning how to run."
Steiner has been working regularly for Baffert since before last year's Breeders' Cup. "But I've been with him off and on throughout the years going back to Silver Charm," said Steiner, who retired as a jockey in 2006.
Ross Porter, who for 28 years shared a microphone with Vin Scully as voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers, will present the trophy to the winning connections of Saturday's $100,000 La Puente Stakes for 3-year-olds at 1 1/8 miles on turf.
Porter has been ranked as one of baseball's 60 all-time best announcers and is a member of the Southern California Sports Broadcasters Hall of Fame after 38 uninterrupted years on the air in Los Angeles. Prior to working with the Dodgers, Porter was sports anchor at KNBC Channel 4 from 1966 to 1976. He announced NFL games for seven years on NBC from 1970 through 1976.
Porter was rated among the elite by Curt Smith, widely regarded as America's foremost historian of baseball broadcasting, in his 2005 book, "Voices of Summer." Over 1,000 Major League broadcasters were judged. Ross announced Dodgers games for 28 seasons between 1977 and 2004.
Porter's website, RealSportsHeroes.com, features interviews that Porter has conducted with athletes from all parts of the sports world. "RealSportsHeroes" promotes the positive side of sports, but also offers updated opinion from Porter. Recent interviews at www.RealSportsHeroes.com include chats with Willie Mays, Steve Stricker and Torii Hunter.
FINISH LINES: American Lion is Kentucky Derby-bound after his front-running victory under David Flores in the Illinois Derby at Hawthorne Race Course last Saturday. "There wasn't a lot of speed in the race," trainer Eoin Harty said. "We figured to be on the lead or certainly very close to it. It was a strong race considering how windy it was there. It was blowing 30 miles an hour right down that stretch, and it's a pretty long stretch. It wasn't gusting, it was just blowing the whole time, so it was a good race." Harty said Flores will retain the mount in the Run for the Roses on May 1. American Lion already is at Keeneland to prepare for the classic . . . Mike Machowsky hasn't closed the door on Caracortado running in the Derby. "I haven't ruled anything out," the trainer said. "He's nominated for it. We'll just wait and see. He has $153,000 in graded earnings and I'll know in the next 10 days what's going on. A lot can happen during that time." . . . Mike Smith rides Zenyatta in Friday's Apple Blossom Handicap at Oaklawn Park, then moves to Keeneland Saturday to ride Pasadena Stakes winner Make Music for Me for Alexis Barba in the Toyota Blue Grass Stakes . . . Alex Solis rides Starlarks for trainer Paddy Gallagher tomorrow in the Vinery Madison Stakes at Keeneland . . . Jamie Lloyd expects an improved race from Fantastic Pick in Saturday's $100,000 La Puente Stakes for 3-year-olds at nine furlongs on turf. "He probably needed his last race," the trainer said, referring to the gelding's fourth-place finish by less than three lengths at 50-1 behind Make Music for Me. "The horses that beat him came back to run very well, so my horse figures to be right there." . . . "She's Funomenal cracked a sesamoid in a workout on March 14 and has been retired," reports Bob Ike, part owner of Summit Racing. "She was shipped to Kentucky and bred to Awesome Again, but it's too early to know yet if she's in foal." She's Funomenal won two of four starts (one second), including the Ifyoucouldseemenow Stakes at the Hollywood Park Fall Meet, while earning over $60,000 . . . Victor Espinoza has been suspended three days (April 11, 14 and 15) for "careless riding," altering course without sufficient clearance, causing interference while riding Who's Up in the Santa Anita Derby. Garrett Gomez was fined $750 for "disorderly conduct," for punching Espinoza following the race . . . Of the 2,315 runners who participated in the Santa Anita Derby Day 5K run, California Horse Racing Board steward Scott Chaney finished ninth overall and seventh in his age group (under 40) in 17.54; HRTV's Zoe Cadman was 169th overall and first in her age group in 22.46; and jockey Chantal Sutherland was 275th overall and 15th in her age group in a time of 24.36 . . . Trainer Craig Lewis will be Jerry Antonucci's guest at Saturday's Today's Racing Digest seminar, 11 a.m., in the East Paddock Gardens . . . Hunch play of the year on Easter Sunday was a 5-year-old mare that won the first race at Golden Gate Fields at an $11.60 win payoff, despite being 5-2 on the morning line. Her name: Easter High.


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Toronado 20th Anniversary Ale - Russian River Brewing Company
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4.58/5 rDev +4.3%
Warmed up the nose was awesome. Rich, complex and could of sat with it for hours. Interested to read the 5 different beers that make up the blend to better understand what I was tasting. The quad elements are at the forfront and should carry this beer for several more years. Touch of sourness, a bit like Dissadent where it was funkdafied. Very easy to drink and very enjoyable. A rare treat that was great to try once, don't feel to need to trade away the farm for more.
05-26-2009 00:18:12 | More by paytoplay
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4/5 rDev -8.9%
03-27-2014 19:46:32 | More by tectactoe
4.5/5 rDev +2.5%
Beer review from BA Mag Nov 2007.
Brewed for Toronado's big 20--a famous beer bar in San Francisco--this brew started as a blend of 5 different barrel-aging beers with Brettanomyces and other micro-funk. The final blend was done by brewer Vinnie Cilurzo and Toronado owner David Keene, and then finally re-fermented in the bottle.
Pours a dark brown/amber beer, topped with an ultra-fine, creamy white lice with legs--the lacing is pretty amazing. A bit medicinal in the nose, but soft and pleasant, with an underlying woody oak aroma and suggestions of fruit--cherries and pears, perhaps--and hint of buttery caramel. Even smoother on the palate than it looks with a fizzing build-up to a luscious creaminess. Fairly light bodied. Tart up-front and intensely oaky and acidic, but this is pushed back, balanced, and complemented by a sweet-n-sour cherry flavor, plum, nectarine, and a slight caramel sweetness that folds in and out. Dry overall, tannic and quite vinous at times. Yeasty spice, a linger of oaky wood, and some pear grit in the finish.
Simply sublime. The end.
07-07-2010 01:19:13 | More by BeerAdvocate
New Jersey
4/5 rDev -8.9%
04-20-2013 04:11:55 | More by acurtis
4.97/5 rDev +13.2%
Bottle shared with friends and family at a tasting party we had. The beer poured a nice amber color, clear, with a solid head that gave way to a solid ring on the edge. The nose had some funky notes, refreshing. The taste was an excellent mix of sour, tart but also a strong Belgian strong ale presence. After this beer warmed up a bit, more complex tastes came out and just added to the pleasure of drinking this fine beer. Out of all of the RR beers I love, this one is right at the top and if I had a few more bottles, it would probably be on top.
02-24-2008 19:46:35 | More by ggaughan
4.47/5 rDev +1.8%
On tap at Toronado San Francisco
Russian River 'tion night 2011
A: Dark red in color and clear. Carbonated enough to create a small white head, which was gone by the time I made it back to my seat.
S: Very strong earthy aromas, oak being the most prevalent. Of course, the expected Russian River sour aroma is definitely there.
T: Outstanding taste. Fills the mouth with sour, oaky, and a small fruity taste in the background. Obviously compares a little to Consecration, which I have been drinking for years. However, this is quite different. I think this beer is better balanced. Taste is long lasting.
M: Medium bodied with perfect level of carbonation. Sour and tart finish leaves the mouth on the dry side.
O: An extremely rare beer that I was lucky to have. There was only one sixtel of this beer at Toronado SF Russian River 'tion night 2011 and a big line to get it. It didn't have a chance and only lasted about 20 minutes. This beer definitely lived up to its hype and I would love the chance to have it again.
09-04-2011 05:14:25 | More by beerfan99
New York
4.22/5 rDev -3.9%
Never thought I'd get to try this one... but alas... Opened at a tasting 5/29/10. 4oz. pour from a 750ml corked and caged bottle into a snifter. Reviewed from notes.
A: Pours a 1/2 finger semi-coarse off-white head with great retention. Beer is a cloudy reddish-clay. Lacing is patchy and supple and with great cling.
S: Nose is cherry, wood, funk, peat, and a slight ethanol in the background. There's not that much going on here which surprises me, but the flavors that do come through are very clean and crisp even after all that time.
T: Great balance here. Cherries, raspberries, and other red fruits with a slight woody overtone. Tartness throughout with a building spiciness from the carbonation at the end. Yeasty bitterness accents the finish along with a tiny bit of booziness.
M: Light to medium bodied, superbly carbonated, and incredibly lively. Its like a party in my mouth! Beer is slightly dry and finishes clean. Aftertaste is near non-existant. At 10.43% this beer doesn't drink anywhere near as boozy as its abv. Instead, it's light and carbonated enough so that the nuances of all the flavors are still relatively easy to detect.
D: Again, I'm thankful to have had a chance to try this. Having said that though, even though the beer is very solid with great flavor, spot-on feel, and a thoroughly pleasant nose... it was a bit of a disappointment. A joy to have for sure and I'd no doubt jump at the chance to try it again, but at the end of the day, not worth the trouble. Try it if you get to but don't be too disappointed if you dont.
05-30-2010 13:46:24 | More by SpeedwayJim
4/5 rDev -8.9%
11-14-2011 21:45:10 | More by Photekut
New Jersey
4.13/5 rDev -5.9%
Opened today at a tasting. Thanks to brianbrick for hooking me up with this bottle.
A: Very nice clarity and slightly ruby in color, looks a little like apple cider. Very nice carbonation on it with a nice lingering ring at the.
S: Tart notes of cherry to start. Very mellow funkiness and some wood as well. There is also a bit of heat going on in the nose
T: Acidic up front then tending into some ripened cherries and raspberries. Some citric tartness. Some great wood notes, a touch of vanilla. Some wine notes
M: Prickly carbonation feel. definitely a fusal alcohol note but for the most part it is mellow.
D: Very happy to have tried this beer as i may never have the opportunity to do so again. The sourness is very mellow at this point and im sure if i could handle more of this.
05-29-2010 18:32:40 | More by mikey711
4.22/5 rDev -3.9%
Bottle poured into flute (glass, not the instrument) at Toronado for Belgian-Inspired beer dinner.
A - Nice cloudy reddish-brown color with an off-white head.
S - Brett, tart, funk, figs, and wood.
T - Very complex. Dark fruit, figs and berries, red wine, lots of oak and some vanilla. Very good, but not as intense and flavorful as the Consecration Batch 1 I had next to this. More complexity than Consecration though.
M - Medium body with a smooth finish despite the tartness. Mild sour bite.
D - Pretty drinkable for a sour ale. This is a shame because it's gone quickly and from what I hear, bottles are now being priced in the triple digits (cough, ripoff, cough!).
Overall, nice and complex, but not quite as much of a standout as I was expecting.
09-08-2009 18:04:34 | More by nickd717
4.4/5 rDev +0.2%
On tap at the Russian River pub. The chalkboard said 9.93% alcohol, but the website says 10 and the bottle says something else. This beer poured a dark but fairly clear brownish-red. A light but frothy finger head sat on top with ok retention. Very good lacing as well. The smell was tart, grapes, maybe a bit of sour cherry. The taste was almost exactly like the pinot noir barrel aged Supplication. However the blend gave this one a little more body and a little less acidity, though it is still quite tart and acidic. That little bigger body gave it a nice mouthfeel, still light and spritzy but not as harsh. A very nice beer to drink though the acid gets to me after a while.
I didn't read the flyer they had posted about this by the bar, so I'm not sure what beers went into the blend but my best guess would be that Supplication was the biggest part.
08-10-2007 15:49:28 | More by MiScusi
4.75/5 rDev +8.2%
My only bottle of this, drank with the girlfriend at midnight of our one year anniversary. No better time to finally open this one. Poured into my Russian River glass.
Beautiful dark golden color, ruby highlights. Positively glows in the light under the proper angle. A small off-white head forms and persists for a couple minutes, but eventually dissipates. Outstanding clarity. This is a great looking beer.
Sweet cherries, oak, brett, a bit of barnyard, and a touch of vanilla in the nose. Nice.
The taste is much like the smell, only amplified. This beer explodes on the palate. A blast of sweet and sour cherries, vanilla, oak, other dried fruit (prunes?). Though sour, not nearly as sour as other Russian River beers I've had (i.e., Beatification). This beer actually has a sweetness mid-palate. I usually like my wild ales to be bracingly sour; this beer is not quite there, and yet I'm not disappointed in the least.
Mouthfeel is excellent. Slick, medium-bodied, with a lingering sticky finish.
Drinkability is just too much. This is way, way too easy to drink. My glass is almost gone and it's been way too quick. Over 10% abv? Ha, I almost cannot believe that.
This beer is awesome. It's exceptionally well done. Perhaps the only Russian River sour I've enjoyed more was a batch 3 Temptation. Consecration reminds me of this beer, but only when it's at its best. Highly recommended, if you can possibly get your hands on it.
08-23-2010 07:37:06 | More by davod23
4/5 rDev -8.9%
06-18-2012 20:30:58 | More by dsgolovin
4.75/5 rDev +8.2%
01-29-2013 05:59:50 | More by GRG1313
3.5/5 rDev -20.3%
08-11-2012 19:19:33 | More by claaark13
4.25/5 rDev -3.2%
03-25-2013 01:57:12 | More by SpdKilz
4.47/5 rDev +1.8%
A 750 mL corked and caged bottle shared with Spacecoyote, BankerJoe and others in the parking lot at Weyerbacher Brewing.
A: The ale is a dark red-brown ale, opaque due to the color and some sediment throughout. A finger of head emerged on the pour.
S: The aroma is quite tart, sour with a black cherry undertone that had some vanilla throughout. Thar tartness is much stronger here than in Cable Car.
T: The brett is not afraid to dominate the taste, jabbing at the tastebuds with an intense funk that causes a partial pucker. Dark fruits run rampant, black cherries and raisins, with a surprising amount of lighter fruits, including apricots and touches of grapefruit (from the tartness, not the hops). Green grapes and apples also pop up throughout. The tartness is the lasting memory of this beer.
M: Delicious! The funk and fruitiness are palate-appeasing.
D: Even at an abv over 10%, this beer is a great drink. The tartness doesn't overwhelm the tastebuds but is strong enough to please you. A million thanks to Spacecoyote.
06-14-2008 01:51:18 | More by akorsak
4.75/5 rDev +8.2%
08-07-2012 15:29:44 | More by Diomede
5/5 rDev +13.9%
01-14-2013 06:17:17 | More by HaveUSeenMyCellar
4.93/5 rDev +12.3%
Had this had Toronado's Russian River night on 2/10. This one is about as perfect a sour as I've ever had.
A: Beautiful brownish red with a nice thin white head.
S: Amazing. Clean sour aromas, no sweaty socks here. A little aged lambic style aromas too. Dark fruits also very prominent, including cherries and currants. I could sniff this stuff all night...
T/M: And drink it all night too. This is an awesome beer. Extremely well-balanced, with sour fruit and nice acidity. I'm really impressed by how clean the flavors are here.
D: Unbelievably drinkable. I can't tell where the alcohol is. The $50 price tag was exorbitant, but I'm selfishly happy that they didn't allow bottles out the door as it gave me the opportunity to try it.
02-11-2009 16:08:05 | More by abfraser
3.93/5 rDev -10.5%
Thanks to mikey711 for sharing this at an epic tasting on 5/29/10. Poured approx. 4oz. from a 750ml bottle into a small snifter.
A: Brown-red-orange blend, not much head but this beer does not stop fizzing.
S: Cherry forward, not medicinal but candy-like and sweet. A little booze still comes through.
T: Tart and funky, leathery, a little raspberry in the backbone. Not as complex as I hoped.
M: Overly carbonated, prickly, dry finish.
D: With so much carbonation and such a high ABV for a sour, this one is not all that drinkable.
Overall, I see a little conundrum with this beer - it's apparent that it can handle age in the carbonation and ABV department, but not country of origin department. American sours just do not hold up like European sours. In my opinion, they almost all taste the same after enough time.
06-07-2010 01:48:16 | More by hoppymcgee
3.88/5 rDev -11.6%
Ditmier asked me if I was in... I say, "Uhhh... Fuck Yeah!!" We shared this with the boys about a month ago.. reviewed from pretty good notes.
Pours hazy orange.. okay white head flecked with tan yeast globs..
Nose shows a bunch of fruit and funk.. lemony, apricot and lite pear with good sour notes... hints of chardonnay.. Though everything seems really flat and just doesn't gel.
Flavor is brett and some Belgian phenols with a bright tartness.. green apple .. I get some sour cherry with barrel tannins.. more malt presence than I was expecting.. vinous elements let you know it has some woody backbone.. complex I guess.. but seems pretty flimsy.
No alcohol and a surprising body with good everpresent small bubble carbonation.
Wow.. My mind had built this one up waaaay too much. Good.. arguing with great, but in nooo way world class. I know that time can sap a sour's potential, but the Toronado was no where near as good as I was hoping. I will drink my Supplication bottles with Gusto from now on, they are much better than the fabled Toronado 20th (I still wanna try a tap sample :-)
There is nothing wrong really, it is just a pretty well made big boned sour that hides the alcohol well. It is never going to fart rainbows or rewrite Shakespeare... Despite the great chance to try this Whale (probably my top whale to this point), I wish I still had my share of the trade back. Thanks Eric for making this happen, I know you did it for me.
10-15-2010 08:19:44 | More by JohnGalt1
4.5/5 rDev +2.5%
Appearance: Clear reddish-brown with two fingers of head that lasted the entire hour I sipped on this.
Smell: Tart and very oaky with a backbone of funk. There's a ton of barrel character here; vanilla, toffee and a hint of red wine. Incredible complexity.
Taste & mouthfeel: Sour up-front but not overly so. While it's on the dry side, there's a hint of caramel and vanilla sweetness from the oak along with a strong tannic presence. Fruity flavors (cherry, plum) mix nicely with the oak and funk, making for a beer of incredible depth and balance.
Notes: Enjoyed this one at Toronado's 21st anniversary party. Among all the amazing beers I tried that day this stood out as the best.
Jan 2011 update: While still good, this beer has fallen off quite a bit.
08-10-2008 22:43:29 | More by largadeer
4.72/5 rDev +7.5%
Trey (treyrab) brought this out to kick off our Pittsburgh tasting that was supposed to up the ante even from our Philly tasting earlier this year. Poured this into a tulip.
The body is a dull brick red with a hazy translucent quality. It is capped beautifully by a thick and creamy head that is more reminiscent of a stout than it is a 10.4% wild ale. The retention is unlike any sour I have ever seen. Lacing comes in a thick wall along the back of the glass with a large parabolic ring complemented by spotty gobs of foam in front.
Prominent aromas of white grapes and a dry funk that is closer to the aroma of a spontaneous fermentation than any American sour that I have tried. This is certainly not easy for any American brewer to accomplish. There are esters of alcohol, but not any astringent aromas. On the palate, the depth of this beer really shines. Bitter and dry cocoa powder, red vinous notes, lemon zest, and a geuze-like earthiness spring to the forefront. There is a strong presence of oakey tannins, but very little vanilla to be found, despite the barrel aging.
The feel is much like the appearance would insinuate...a creamy, medium consistency, full-bodied drink. This is a home run, as there isn't even a touch of the 10+% alcohol. The sourness is nicely balanced by the natural funk that, as I said before, really impressed me. This is definitely one of the top American-made sours, and I wish that it was easier to come by.
10-04-2010 02:00:45 | More by NittanyBeerFan
4.05/5 rDev -7.7%
I was lucky enough to get to try this one at the DC Lost Abbey Tasting. Poured into a 5.5 oz. snifter.
Appearance: Pours a cloudy reddish amber with a very thin ring of off white carbonation.
Smell: Like a flanders red or an oude bruin. Vinegar and tart berries with a touch of sweetness.
Taste: Quite tart with red berry sourness and some oaky wine notes. There is a sweetness from the malt along with a mild vinegar note. There is a funk in the finish and it gets more sour as you progress through the sip.
Mouthfeel: Medium body with very aggressive tingly carbonation and a dry finish.
Overall: This is a very complex sour. It seems to have held up well, but I've never had it before. Consensus was this one reminded us of consecration.
07-03-2012 00:32:03 | More by oline73
Toronado 20th Anniversary Ale from Russian River Brewing Company
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SEATTLE — When Cole Gillespie starts Friday in left field for the Mariners, in his first game after being promoted from Triple-A Tacoma, it will mark a victory for perseverance.
Cycle back to the day after New Year's: Gillespie, 29, sought a location to jump-start a pro career about to enter its ninth season after managing just 169 at-bats in the big leagues over parts of three seasons.
He saw the Mariners as a good fit.
"When I signed," Gillespie recalled, "the roster was pretty left-hand oriented. I knew, talking with them, though, they'd probably go out and try to get some right-handed bats.
"But at the same time, I felt this would be a good spot for me. And being from the Northwest, in Portland, all things being equal in signing with another team, I was going to choose the Mariners."
Gillespie then batted .433 in 17 spring games for a club still searching for right-handed bats … and found it wasn't good enough. The Mariners not only reassigned him to minor-league camp; they did so on March 18.
"It was a little frustrating at first," he admitted, "especially with it being with a couple of weeks left in the spring. But at the same time, I can't control their moves or their decisions.
"All I can do is to go down there and continue to put up some numbers and, hopefully, kind of open their eyes and try to force their hand a little bit if I can."
Gillespie did just that.
He was batting .362 in 16 games for the Rainiers with five homers and 14 RBIs. That was just the thing to open eyes and force hands — particularly since the Mariners are still looking for right-handed punch.
"Right now," manager Lloyd McClendon said, "we're trying to play with the roster and get the right fit. This guy is swinging the bat well down there. Hopefully, he'll continue to stay hot up here."
Injured lefty James Paxton threw for the first time — he played catch — in his recovery from a strained back muscle that surfaced in an April 8 victory over the Angels.
It wasn't much: Just five minutes at a distance of 45 feet, but Paxton reported only positives.
"I got to my regular arm slot," he said. "No pain. I felt strong throwing the ball today. We'll see how I feel (Saturday), and how I respond. If all feels good, I'll throw again (Saturday)."
Club officials are hesitant to discuss a recovery timetable, but Paxton's injury — a strained latissimus dorsi muscle — typically requires six-to-eight weeks before a pitcher returns to active duty.
Paxton, 25, won his first two starts before the injury forced him to the disabled list. Also: the Mariners were 5-2 after he beat the Angels; they were 3-11, before Friday, since his injury.
The All-Star ballot came out Friday and should soon start showing up in stadiums around both leagues. Online ballots are already available at www.mariners.com and www.mlb.com.
Nine Mariners are on this year's ballot, which is not surprising. The ballot typically includes the starters for all teams. One note: Corey Hart is on the ballot as an outfielder; Logan Morrison is listed as the designated hitter.
The rest: Mike Zunino at catcher, Justin Smoak at first base, Robinson Cano at second base, Brad Miller at shortstop, Kyle Seager at third base; and Dustin Ackley and Abraham Almonte in the outfield.
The last Mariner voted into the starting lineup was outfielder Ichiro Suzuki in 2010, although Cano was the American League's starting second baseman for the last four years while playing for the Yankees.
Balloting runs through 8:59 p.m. Pacific time on July 3. The All-Star Game is July 15 at Target Field in Minneapolis.
Left-handed reliever Lucas Luetge, as expected, rejoined the club prior to Friday's game after being recalled from Tacoma.
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Luetge allowed two runs in one inning over two outings in his earlier stay. He was 1-0 in four relief appearances at Tacoma but permitted three runs in 4 2/3 innings.
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Zunino threw out Andrus in the first inning on April 15 at Texas, which started a streak of throwing out four runners in seven attempts prior to Friday's game.
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It was in the fourth inning at Yankee Stadium when Griffey saved a run for Randy Johnson by climbing the wall to snatch a homer away from Jesse Barfield.
After making the catch, Griffey sprinted back to the infield with arm raised, holding the ball, and a huge smile. Griffey also went 2-for-4 in the 6-2 victory.
Saturday is the 13th annual Boeing Salute to Armed Forces Night at Safeco Field. All branches of the service will be recognized, and Boeing will present a commemorative coin to 15,000 fans.
VFW Post 2995 will collect donations outside the gates to to help provide care packages for troops serving overseas.
The USO will operate silent auction tables for memorabilia near Section 128 on the main concourse, the Terrace Club and the view level (300 level). Items will be available for bid through the sixth inning.
The Mariners and Rangers continue their three-game series at 6:10 p.m. Saturday at Safeco Field. Right-hander Felix Hernandez (3-1 with a 2.04 ERA) looks to bounce back from his first loss when he faced Texas righty Colby Lewis (1-1 and 4.22).
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