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Durban Backpackers - On the Beach
17 The Promenade, Glenashley, Durban, South Africa, Distance from city centre: 11.2km
With stunning panoramic views of the Indian Ocean, en-suite doubles with their own TV, cosy dorms with self-catering facilities, a sparkling pool and a scrummy breakfast, come to Durban Backpackers On The Beach for some affordable luxury.
Situated in Durban North between the City Centre and Umhlanga Rocks, On The Beach is literally that - on the beach. Watch the waves break over the golden sand in your front yard, pop down for an early morning dip and search for shells as you unwind in this little bit of paradise…
Close enough to everything you could possibly need; restaurants, banks, bars and the cinema and only 10 minutes drive from the bustling city centre - what more could you ask for?
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- Outdoor Terrace
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Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 1 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
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Nick Kelley Photography Exhibition – April 26
Author: Will Rice
Nick Kelley used to work at Trouts Fly Fishing and is having a photography show in Downtown Denver. Nick spent time exploring South America - traveling, hiking, and fly fishing. He traveled from Ecuador south through Patagonia – shooting photography throughout the journey. His work is compelling and you are cordially invited to this event being held on Friday April 26th.


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"Seas The Day" in Cape San Blas
- bedrooms 5
- baths 4½
- sleeps 17
- pool yes
- hot tub no
- pets allowed yes
- type House
- community Seagrass
rates (USD)
/ week
vacation rental description
"Seas The Day" is the best place to unwind and relax on the Cape.
Our beautifully decorated 3-level home is great for families
vacationing together or family reunions. We have many custom
features including a top-floor great room/dining/kitchen area with
fabulous views. The dining area has a large table that will
comfortably accommodate 14-16. The kitchen has granite countertops,
and an island that seats four with a wine cooler/beverage center, and an
under counter ice maker, with stainless steel appliances. We also offer
Wireless/DSL Internet Access, Satellite TV, DVD, and Stereo. We have
2 King Master Bedrooms, each with tiled walk-in showers, a garden
tub, & a jetted tub. A third Queen Master Bedroom with its own tiled
bathroom. A fourth bedroom has a full over full bunk bed with a twin
trundle. The fifth bedroom has a twin over full bunk bed also with twin trundle. These both share a large bath with tiled walk -in shower.
This is great for kids & teens.
Seas the Day has some of the best views of the Gulf. We are a "Pet Friendly" home to well behaved dogs. There is a private pool with kiddie pool for your enjoyment!
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Coastal Joe Vacation Rentals 850-227-7775
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5 Bedrooms:
2 King Bedrooms
1 Queen Bedroom
1 Bedroom with full over full Bunk bed with twin trundle (sleeps 5)
1 Bedroom with twin over full Bunk Bed with twin trundle (sleeps 4)
1 Queen Sleeper Sofa in great room
4 1/2 baths
TV's in all bedrooms, Large TV in great room, queen sleeper sofa,
wireless internet, kitchen with stainless appliances, under-counter
ice maker, wine/beverage cooler in island, granite countertops,
tiled walk-in showers, jetted tub in 1 king master, garden tub in
other king master. Gas grill, outside shower.
Private Pool with kiddie pool.
activities and attractions in Cape San Blas Gulf Coast North
Swimming, snorkeling, scalloping, great fishing, charter fishing
nearby, golf nearby, sailing, state park with boat access 3 miles
from house at tip of the Cape, restaurants on Cape and in nearby
Port St. Joe and Appalachicola.
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4 night minimum rental, 7 night minimum 5/24/14-8/8/14
9/7/13--11/22/2013 $2585.00/Week
11/23/13--2/28/2014 $2065.00/Week
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5/24/2014--8/8/2014 $4250.00/Week (Sat. to Sat. only)
8/09/2014--9/5/2014 $3445.00/Week
9/6/2014--11/28/2014 $2585.00/Week
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Additional fee of $250.00 for Cleaning and Linens. Add 11% Gulf County Florida Tax to rates above. There is also a $100.00 Pet Fee. Until confirmed, rates are subject to change without notice.
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Bulletproof Girl
debut: Amazon's Top 100 in Fiction & Literature
Also from Quinn Dalton
"A quietly moving debut novel."
"Dalton's prose [is like] a Lucinda Williams song: full of sass, sexual tension, and dive-bar cool."
The News & Record (Greensboro, NC)
"Dalton is an evocative writer...genuinely funny. She has a knack for pulling off the delightfully unexpected detail, and she keeps her story moving forward at an easy, pleasing pace. Expect more good work from Dalton."
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"The main character in High Strung is incredibly likeable. Worried that she's like her mother, the underfed, sexually exhausted, pornographically overwhelmed London-dwelling adult-novel editor moves to Ohio, which she discovers is not boring but crazy in a whole new way."
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"A biting and witty story."
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"High Strung deals a dish best served with charm...it tickles the throat on the way down."
Tampa Tribune
"Quinn Dalton writes whip-smart prose that will charm you while she picks your pocket and steals your soul. I'm convinced her sentences are made of Kevlar, and her characters - wily, wry, dangerous - are so true they're bulletproof."
Julianna Baggott, author of Girl Talk and The Miss America Family
"Finally, a novel for the nicotine-addled lip-biter in every woman. Relax, read, and let Dalton do your worrying for you."
--Erika Krouse, author of Come Up and See Me Sometime
"Dalton's characters captured me with their quirky audacity. In their fierce drive to connect, difficult truths result. Her characters love each other imperfectly-the best way they know how. High Strung is infused with the absurdities of contemporary culture, and the fallout of political adventuring in a divided country; the combination makes Dalton's novel a timely and important debut."
--Elizabeth Oness, author of Articles of Faith, winner of the Iowa Short Fiction Award
"Quinn Dalton exposes the hole in the emotional landscape of new-century America and fills it with sharp, discerning prose. Loss is the mortar sealing past to present in her protagonists personal history; hope resides in the beauty of the writing. Dalton is a writer to look out for."
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"High Strung is a family drama with kinky edges, and Quinn Dalton's deft handling of the bombastic, outrageous and poignant is a remarkable achievement. Readers everywhere will cheer Merle Winslow as she learns no matter where we go, we can't escape where we came from."
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I got my 360 for Christmas of 2006. Only had one game for a long time, and that was Gears of War. The first game I got other than Gears, is still a favorite of mine despite some poor design choices. That game is Dead Rising. Now, it looks like Dead Rising 2 might finally be surfacing.
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Why We Like Them:
Since the company was launched in 1993, Bill Mensching's ShowMotion has proven to be the bedrock of set construction for Broadway and beyond. This full-service shop, located in Norwalk, CT, specializes in high-tech engineering, sophisticated motion control, steel and wood fabrication, and the building, painting, and electrifying of scenic elements for everything from live entertainment and industrial shows to themed environments and amusement parks. Recent Broadway musicals, ranging from 42nd Street and The Producers to the complicated scenic carousel designed by John Napier for Jane Eyre, prove how Mensching and ShowMotion step up to the plate and repeatedly solve the most challenging problems with technically sound solutions.
"What I like best is the challenge of mixing engineering with creativity."
--Bill Mensching
The ShowMotion team
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What Their Peers Say About Them:
"They were great at carrying my concepts and ideas through to fruition," says set designer Bob Crowley, who worked with ShowMotion on the building of the sets for the Tim Rice/Elton John version of Aida on Broadway and its current national US tour. "Some of my ideas can seem very silly and pretty insane at the time, yet Bill Mensching made sense of them, and he's a lovely man to boot. When you are doing a show like this for the first time, you never know if things will work or not, and they were great at making it all happen. The sets for Aida were very diverse with all kinds of tricks, textures, and illusions, and they helped make it all possible."
In Their Own Words:
"My great-grandfather Henry had a horse-and-cart business hauling scenery for Vaudeville and Broadway," says Mensching, a fourth-generation IATSE member. "My grandfather, William H. Mensching. unloaded trucks for him and eventually became the production carpenter for Billy Rose and for the Shuberts, as well as the Yiddish Theatre. He then became the first general foreman for the CBS Television Studios in New York. My father, William G. Mensching, did his apprenticeship at CBS, then went back to the theatre working at Feller Scenery across the street from Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. He finished his career at Radio City Music Hall. I did my apprenticeship at Pete Feller's Canal Place shop in the Bronx in 1972. I never knew anything but the theatre; it was always in the house. The first set I saw in the shop was the opening mountains scene for The Sound of Music.
"What I like best," he continues, "is the challenge of mixing engineering with creativity; working with creative people and bringing their ideas to reality. We stay current through people on our staff constantly looking at different ways to do things, and looking at new products on the Internet and in mailings. We try to integrate new technology with what works and what's practical along with our old hands-on experience in theatrical applications."
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Thoroughly Modern Millie for Broadway; Carnivale for Radio City Music Hall; a new front entrance to Madison Square Garden; an outdoor trellis for Flatotel on 52nd Street; Figs, a new Todd English restaurant at Mohegan Sun Casino; and a rigging package for the national tour of Blast.


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Greensburg —
Whether the art was music or paint, the young artists at South Decatur Elementary School (SDES) were able to showcase their work for family members at the Fine Arts Spring Fling Tuesday.
As the school year winds down to an end, students were eager to show off all their hard word throughout the year. Excited expressions were visible on many students' faces as they waited to perform for their families.
The evening started with a concert given by students in the fifth grade band. They played four songs before being joined by their sixth grade counterparts. The combined group of young musicians did two songs together. Afterward, the sixth grade band took over and finished the concert by performing four songs.
While the students shifted positions to assemble on the risers for the choir concert, students presented thank you gifts of hanging flower baskets to band teacher Nicole Smith, and choir teacher, Karen Meeker.
The students expressed their gratitude for all the hard work both teachers have done throughout the year leading the band and choir and sharing their love of music.
The choir concert followed immediately afterward, with fifth and sixth grade choirs performing two songs together and showcasing their ability to sing in parts. Many in the audience found the movements students did as they were singing "John Kanockanocka" to be amusing. The loud, clear voices of the SDES students rang through the gymnasium as their foot stomps shook the floor.
After rearranging themselves on the risers, the sixth grade choir split into boys and girls and sang a lively version of "Anything You Can Do," from the musical, "Annie Get Your Gun." The fifth grade choir then took over and sang a rousing rendition of "Ain't We Got Fun."
The choirs then combined again and performed two more songs before the risers were cleared from the floor and students performed a dance for the assembled crowd to the delight of everyone present.
Immediately after the concert finished, students and family members were invited to view the school-wide art show in the cafeteria. Art was displayed from every grade in the school, showcasing projects from the whole year. There were first, second and third place ribbons awarded to art from each project.
There was a selection of art spanning the entire school year and a wide variety of projects. SDES art teacher, Lori Bierhaus, tasked students with projects from many different styles of art, allowing them to build their skills while exposing them to various artists and methods of creating art. The talent exhibited by the students is impressive, to say the least, said one SDES parent.
The Fine Arts Spring Fling appeared to be an enjoyable event for both students and parents and many will likely be looking forward to next year's event. The teachers at SDES support the arts fully and do all they can to nurture the creativity of the students as they learn and grow throughout the year.
More photos from this event can be found at www.greensburgdailynews.smugmug.com.
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The Hollywood Suite in Budapest -Castle view, SAFE Buda side in Budapest
- bedrooms 3
- baths 1½
- sleeps 12
- pool no
- hot tub no
- pets allowed yes
- type Apartment
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$ 490 - $ 590 / week
$ 2,000 - $ 4,000 / month
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Google Keyword: OMG TRAVEL BUDAPEST
Live Like a Movie Star In Budapest!! Two large bedrooms and a lounge. The Hollywood Suite affords you the room and comfort of a spacious apartment at the price you'd pay for a single hotel room. Lodging in Hungary doesn't come better than this.
Why rent a tiny hotel room, when for the same price, you could snag a spacious luxury suite where you and your guests can relax in style?
This Budapest apartment feels like a home away from home.
This apartment is equipped with electronic self check-in and self check-out devices. This also means that you can arrive in the middle of the night and won't need to pay late check-in fees. Assisted check in is also available if needed.
Luxury at a price you can afford:
The Hollywood Suite combines the luxurious amenities of a world class hotel, the style and sophistication of a Hollywood penthouse, and the old world charm of the city of Budapest. Our Hollywood Apartment is the best value you'll find in a vacation rental in Hungary.
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- Additional sleeping areas Living Room Sofa Bed(s)
- General Amenities Air Conditioning Balcony Central Heating Lift/Elevator
- Living Room Convertible Sofa Bed Fireplace Table & Chairs
- Bathroom Bath Beauty Supplies Hair Dryer Shower Slippers Towels
- Kitchen Cookware & Bakeware Dishware & Utensils European Kitchen Fridge & Freezer Kettle Microwave Oven
- Extra Features Bath and kitchen towels provided Broadband Internet Cable/Satellite TV DVD Player DVD/Music Collection Iron & Ironing Board Linens Provided Piano Stereo/Radio System Tumble Dryer Washing Machine
- Extra Services 24h Concierge Local Guides Local Transportation Tours & Excursions
- Parking Covered Parking Off Street Parking Secure Parking close by
- View/Location City View
- Suitability Kid Friendly Pet Friendly
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Google Keyword: OMG TRAVEL BUDAPEST
Location: This classy apartment is located in the trendy Buda district.
The Hollywood Apartment is centrally located, making it the ideal starting point for a broad range of destinations and a convenient access point for the city's public transportation.
Parking info: Off street parking for about 5 Euros a day and for 8 Euros per day you can park the nearby shopping center's covered and secure parking lot.
Sights nearby: A five minute walk will take you to trams, subway, and taxi stations.
A modern shopping mall (MOM Park) is less than a block away, and is huge enough to give you a Hollywood shopping experience like the Hollywood living experience you'll have at this Budapest apartment.
For vacation travel, you can't find a better location for accommodations in Budapest.
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Please visit our official website for rates, availability and to book online!
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One of my favourite dresses in the game and the second last Princess Leia dress to acquire, I found the off pieces really hard to collect. The boots and gloves were the last two pieces I needed. The whole outfit took two months to finish, recently purchasing the gloves from the AH. Unfortunately, there are no pant options that suit this type of dress that seamlessly. I'd be a lot happier if you could just hide the pant option given the current choices in-game but since that's not possible, your choices will be limited for transmog purposes.
Shoulder: Lightning Infused Mantle
Chest: Robes of the Guardian Saint
Waist: Ruthless Gladiator's Cord of Accuracy
Legs: Ancestral Woollies
Hands: Arachnidian Gloves
Feet: Arachnidian Footpads
Main hand: The Undeath Carrier
Wand: Wand of Prismatic Focus
Alternate Options
Head: Cowl of Benevolence
Weapon: Hammer of the Astral Plane
Off hand: Eerie Stable Lantern
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Yeah, we really need Blizzard to give us tights!
Otherwise, really nice! I've dropped the elegant robe for my own priest, I couldn't get it to work, so I'm back to pants.
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Review from BeerAdvocate Magazine Issue #38 (Mar 2010):
Lacing holds bigger bubbles, while the head does not feel like staying; at least the ring of lace drops a bit on the glass. Sunset amber color, bright and clear. Big mint, pine and grapefruit rind aromas meld with higher-alcohol tropical fruit and a faint caramel malti- ness. Raw honey and caramel are pulverized hard by a resin-filled jackhammer of hops; tobacco, pine sap, hemp seeds, grapefruit rind and fresh-cut grass. The alcohol pigpiles with a semi-hot mess of tropical fruit. Hint of toasted biscuity grain middle to end. Bitter finish lands semi-dry.
One of the most fierce beers out today, this is an angry beer ... a clear view of where the hops and alcohol are here. A slow sipper that should be shared. As for cellaring, to each their own, as the hops will lessen. So, if you don't like your palate to be totally shredded, then some cellaring might be a good idea.
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The OG came to the Traid early this year,thankfully.Poured into a imperial pint glass a full rich bronze with a tight two finger head that settled slowly leaving one big sheet of lace behind.Wow the resiny hop aromas seem to be amped up this year,they really stand out,some alcohol and caramel show thru as well.Its real big right now,probably to big,leather and alcohol hits ya up front,the hops are oily and resiny,the sweet alcohol burn really hits hard though.It needs to sit no doubt,this is massive and full of extreme hop goodness,Iam gonna come back to it in a few months.
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A: Pours golden-amber with a 2-finger beige head into a standard pint glass. The beer is see-through and seems to be running pretty low on carbonation. The lacing left behind is pretty sticky and thick.
S: First whiff is of piney and slightly citrus hops. This is overcome by a slightly honeydew melon, pear, and hop blend as the beer sits for a few minutes. The aroma is just a little thin and watery, but otherwise has a good balance between sweet malt and bitter hop smells. The more I bring this into my nostrils, it becomes very similar to a Pinot Grigio scent.
T: Bittering hops are ever-present throughout the sip and lend a nice balance to the abundant sweet malts. This is a pretty well balanced American Barleywine and might be the most hop forward of an A.B. that I've tried. It definitely does not tread into the syrup soup category that some others of the style do. A candied fruit flavor is a dominant taste on my palate, as well, with a creeping taste of alcohol as the beer warms a bit.
M: I am really enjoying the contrast between a creamy feel on the back and sides of my palate and the puckering hop collision with my tongue. It is a bruising hop oil presence, but I commend Stone for juicing this up so heavily with the humulus lupulus.
D: Good for the style. The malt/hop balance makes it more drinkable than other malt syrup bombs that I've encountered in other barleywines.
04-20-2010 02:14:41 | More by TCHopCraver
North Carolina
4.15/5 rDev +0.2%
Poured from a large bottle into a snifter style glass.
I'm barleywine fan and was happy to see my local store had this brew as I was unsuccessful in locating it last year.
It pours a golden amber hue, a bit lighter in color than I expected, but it looks very good. Mostly clear with a head of not quite 2 fingers - again, a bit surprised by this but still very nice. There was good lacing all the way down the glass.
Aromas were complex, but with more hops than anticipated. I should expect this from Stone - I love their hopped up brews and that's why I buy them so frequently. There is plenty of that typical barleywine related aroma: carmel, dark fruit, and some estery scents, but the additions that blended nicely included some pine and citrus. Very cool.
Flavors were a rush on the first long pull; a rather balanced blend of heavier caramel malts and dark fruit esters with some interesting grapefruit and pine characteristics. Everything works great together and it really comes together as one full-on flavor rush. It's a touch sweet, as you would expect, but the hops tend to mute that a bit. The finish is cleaner than many barleywines I've had, perhaps do to the hops and heavier carbonation, but it certainly lets it go down easier.
Great brew! Stone Brewing scores another win in my book. If you want to try a slightly new twist on the same old barleywine, check out Old Guardian.
03-13-2010 13:12:01 | More by SIRIUS2
4/5 rDev -3.4%
Haven't drank this one in awhile and decided to crack it pretty fresh. Pours into my glass a lovely deep ruby red with good clarity and a quarter inch of khaki foam on the top. Aromas start off with a dense mix of sweet caramel, molasses, brown sugar and a good dose of fruitiness as well. Hops kick in a resinous piney undertone with some earthy floral accents as well. Great depth in the aroma. A little lighter on the hops than previous years if I recall.
First sip brings sweet dense caramel malts upfront intertwining with an array of fruit, toffee and brown sugar. Piney, slightly floral hops kick in with some nice resinous accents and a solid bitterness that helps to counteract the malt sweetness. Alcohol is there on the finish to let you know it's not playing around.
Mouthfeel is smooth and creamy with a great viscosity and carbonation. Quite easy to drink given the fact that this packs quite an ABV punch. On the sweeter side but not overly so and the bitterness does a good job of working out some of the sweetness. Overall, a tasty barleywine and I'll look forward to seeing how it ages.
07-24-2010 02:56:25 | More by orbitalr0x
4.47/5 rDev +8%
Bomber. Limited Early 2010 Release.
Amber color, tan head, a little bit of lace.
Aroma of caramel, sweetness, and flowers.
Big hops. Mostly grapefruit, a little bit of piney hops. Sweet caramel malt.
Pretty sharp and piquant.
Great beer to drink.
Definitely a sipper.
11-07-2010 22:27:12 | More by lordofthewiens
4.03/5 rDev -2.7%
I am not always the biggest fan of Stone's brews but this one was really great.
The appearance of the beer was a beautiful copper that was clean and crisp to look through.
The smell was syrupy sweet with a pungent aroma of hops and alcohol.
A syrupy sweetness hits you in the front, and the taste of alcohol really lingers with this one. Really got to sip this one because those fresh west coast hops extenuates the alcohol even more
The beer has some good body to it , and ends with a crisp hoppy finish
The alcohol really brings down the drinkabilty I have had a lot of beers with higher ABV's that went down a lot easier than this one. If you are planning on sitting back and just enjoy one glass, it is perfect though.
05-12-2010 09:29:24 | More by 3HovsepiansBrews
4.33/5 rDev +4.6%
2010 vintage poured into a Stone Old Guardian glass.
The beer pours a hazy tannish-brown color with a small white head. The aroma is a mix of caramel, brown sugar, pine and some orange. The beer smells very sweet and syrupy, with no detectable alcohol.
The flavor is heavy on the toffee with a nice amount of orange citrus and pine notes. There is also a lot of sweetness from the brown sugar. The orange notes really come through and increase as the beer warms. The alcohol is detectable but the beer is still easy to drink.
Medium to thick mouthfeel and medium carbonation. A classic American beer that never disappoints.
09-11-2011 03:53:36 | More by Mora2000
4.45/5 rDev +7.5%
Old Guardian has all of the rich, malty aromas one would expect from a high-quality barleywine--deep brown sugars, caramel, vanilla, molasses, chocolate malts and hints of oak--and combines these with a medium-strength blast of hoppy goodness.
On the tongue, the brew provides an immediate sugary blast, but with far darker tones than the nose would imply. Here, the sugars tend more towards the blackness of molasses than the sweetness of sugarcane, and are tinged with chocolate malts, syrupy vanillas, dark chocolates, hints of tobacco, fig, and roasted nuts. A thick layer of hops and hoppy flavors counterbalances this darkness, bringing grapefruits as well as lychee nuts and light rosewater threads. The aftertaste is largely black sugars, and lingers. Mouthfeel is medium to medium-heavy, and carbonation is medium.
Overall, this is an excellent barleywine, and quite refreshing in its depth and complexity. One of the beer's only weaknesses is a strong alcohol tinge that runs throughout the mouthful, obviously the result of the massive ABV (11.3%). I've encountered few beers of this style that so revel in chocolate malts and roasted nuts, and find myself wishing that more did. Well worth trying.
08-03-2011 03:39:04 | More by jondeelee
4.35/5 rDev +5.1%
2010 Release poured into a tulip glass. Deep transluscent amber in color with a nice two and a half finger white head. Great retention and lacing. The scent is strong of carmeled malt. The alcohol scent that accompanies fresh bottles is very faint. The taste shows great aging. Flavors of carmeled fruits like figs. Very high in candied flavors. But there is still a piney bitterness from the hops present. For it's age, the mouthfeel is great: medium bodied, syrupy, and well carbonated.
03-02-2013 02:44:54 | More by whoneeds8
West Virginia
4.15/5 rDev +0.2%
Stone has been good to the state of Ohio, it's a pretty good day when you can buy 22 ounces of Barleywine for 6.99. This one pours a deep ruby amber hue with a large off white khaki cream head forming thick with fine even lacing forming as the head dwindles. Big deep dark fruit notes soaked in alcohol, a nice raisin, plum, fig fruitiness going on with big rounded booziness. Pine and earthy grapefruit ridden hops blends in aggressively, definitely a welcomed aspect in a young American barleywine. Almost a cedar or charred oak with a bit of vanilla a very interesting humidor or oak barrel hints, although I know this one hasn't touched the wood. Perfect serving temp adds to the experience don't serve this one too cold. Big bold layered flavors, rough and aggressive hop bitterness that tends to soften with some age. Juicy citrus grapefuit rinds, with pine/earthy hop flavors colliding. Big caramel and dark fruit infused malt layers, toffee nearly burn flavors...booze blends with vanilla, charred oak and plum and fig brandy blends. Mouthfeel is full bodied carbonation is mellow and easy going, heavy abrasive waves of hop bitterness are left behind with each sip. Drinkability overall this one has huge potential with more aging much like most barleywines, a nice heavy brooding hoppy b-wine that will get better and better.
04-05-2010 16:13:31 | More by WVbeergeek
4/5 rDev -3.4%
12-08-2011 18:27:06 | More by valkyre65
4/5 rDev -3.4%
02-21-2012 00:54:37 | More by cynical1027
4.22/5 rDev +1.9%
A- it pours a burnt orangey, golden yellow color, think unfiltered apple juice. Minimal head, and carbination, what i'd expect from the style.
S- the smell is really complex, but mellow from what i was expecting, think DIPA, but aged the hops have fallen out just a bit but matured, into spicy, herbal, earthy tones. It smells sweet, like fresh wort. a cereal sweetness that really comes through, the smell to me is almost malt forward. earthy, sweet, and spicy. like in other reviews, has that stone character. i don't know what it is. Great.
T- sweet, almost smokey flavor, spicy and earth malt character, the bitterness builds, and leaves resiny hoppy, tingly and coating your mouth. Finishes with alcohol vapors, but not too distracting, gets more noticiable as it warms. apricots and caramel.
M- thinner than expected, but sill admirable, coats the mouth with sweetness, and maltiness, finishing with a hoppy resin, not overly bitter.
D- pretty drinkable, from what i was expecting, over 11%, and not that filling, two pints for sure, but by then, might have to tap out...too much sweetness to have more...great journey while it lasted. alcohol, starts getting to you. great sipping beer.
*this was my first venture into barley wines and no doubts i will be back for more!
11-03-2010 23:56:34 | More by Loot
4.85/5 rDev +17.1%
I love this barley wine, this is the reason for my love of the style. Can never get enough. The taste is typical stone with the mighty hop presence that give way to delicious roasted barley then the alchohol burn. Pour this beauty straight into a snifter on release date or cellar it for years and watch how it changes. Hops fall out and the flavors just meld into pure enjoyment.
10-31-2010 17:01:50 | More by pumptrick
4.25/5 rDev +2.7%
12-11-2011 16:56:10 | More by alamode
4/5 rDev -3.4%
02-26-2014 14:24:01 | More by Griffith
2.98/5 rDev -28%
With thanks to ?, Sorry I forgot who brought this bottle. I was able to try this beer on a tasting organized by Fiona de Lange (the Dutch beer lady) at 'de Molen'.
A - An amber looking fluid with a slight beige lacing.
S - A bit woody and no hops in the smell.
T - Smells like a 'wine IPA'!!
M - A medium carbonation.
O - This is not my style.
02-20-2012 19:12:23 | More by Mar02x
4.3/5 rDev +3.9%
Pours a cloudy reddish orange with a small off white head, small bubbles near the edges. Smell is very hop forward - spicy herbal and floral. Malt sweetness is there but not as in your face as most American Barleywines. Taste is spicy hops up front balanced by malt, but definitley heavy on the malt. Finish is an earthy hop profile. Mouthfeel is medium body and light carbonation, not as coating as most in the style. While it might not fall perfectly into style, i prefer my barleywines extra hoppy and when i saw this one was fresh i had to pick one up. For me, this is a great example of the style.
11-02-2010 01:04:42 | More by nkersten
3.95/5 rDev -4.6%
consumed on 04-18-2010 12:55am
Poured into pint glass....copper/dark caramel color with a fluffy off white head that stuck around for a while.. settled in at a thin nice looking film..
when i first cracked it open it smelled of sweet dark cherrys. I got this again once it was poured into glass. very sweet boozy smell..piney/hoppy with a malt backbone.. a little caramel, grapefruit..wood, really a lot going on in the nose..
First sip was whoa!..as it enters my mouth I get sweetness right away. I keep sipping because I cant really get any other flavors except for the aftertaste. so I let it warm up a bit by letting it sit.. minutes later I retaste and get sharp grapefruit...also that taste you get when you bite into the skin of an orange, very strong hop presence but yet still get that dark cherry sweetness, almost medicinal...aftertaste is a burn, hoppy tone with wood (cedar? oak?)
mouthfeel is thick and very warm...def a slow sipper..
you also get a burning down your chest after every sip..
my first barley wine, didnt expect that much hop presence...thought these were hop bombs..def gonna give big foot a try...
overall not bad, i'd try this again..
04-19-2010 07:39:45 | More by aval89
4/5 rDev -3.4%
01-26-2012 05:19:03 | More by jh1982
3.95/5 rDev -4.6%
Poured from a 22oz bomber into a snifter. Long-winded blurbs excerpted from a journal entry written during a trip to India on the back - seemingly little to no connection to the contents within.
Glassy raspberry and alizarin body with a large array of tiny bubbles rushing to the surface. Heavy isabelline head recedes to a large collar and a thin peninsula leading to a quarter sized hill of bubbles in the center of the glass. A swirl reactivates the crown while leaving a stippling of lace around the sides. Viscous legs drag down the sandy lacing when you take a sip.
Punishing malt aromatics with an unconcealed dose of alcohol. Stewed nectarines, leather, lanolin, dark cherry, and maple syrup with a hint of blueberries. Hops are grassy and earthy, but can't cut through the rest of the aromatics.
Malt base delivers a tsunami of carmel-dipped bread, which becomes crustier as it approaches the finish. The hops assert themselves mid-palate, with a biting pine bitterness and a touch of grapefruit. The finish shovels on licorice, more earth, and a hint of pepper. Low dried fruit notes throughout as well. Actually has much in common with Arrogant Bastard, though this dials up the malt and alcohol quite a bit.
Medium, almost medium-heavy bodied, with good carbonation. A bit slick, and a little hot.
Distinctively Stone - and a pretty good example of the style. Curious to try an older vintage.
04-05-2010 02:34:30 | More by augustgarage
3.5/5 rDev -15.5%
03-06-2012 07:16:10 | More by Beezee
3.85/5 rDev -7%
22oz bottle, snifter.
Hazed apricot colored beer, with wisps of tannish, but typical off-white head. Maybe this is a case of abv affecting head seriously.
Dried apricot, yellow raisin, apricot hop, huge caramel, and a little diacetyl and alcohol.
Dried apricot again, white pepper, apple, butterscotch, caramel, and all quite sweet. The hop bitterness is pretty miniscule, but the alcohol bitterness makes up for it. Alcohol also contributes a little to the tropical, dried fruit aspects. This is already a pretty cohesive beer built around alcohol, light dried fruit, and a steady does of caramel.
This is quite flat, which reveals a thinner than expected body. I'm not impressed, but the flavor hides this weakness until the end of the glass.
The alcohol is there but it's very well worked into the rest of the beer. It's going down smooth.
12-07-2010 01:38:52 | More by brewerburgundy
4.45/5 rDev +7.5%
Appearance: Light orange haze
Head: Small head that dissipates quickly
Smell: Nice caramel malts with a great citric on the nose
Taste: Sweet dark citric with healthy malt sweetness
Weight: Medium body with low to medium carbonation
Finish: Rich full sweet hops with malts on the back end and subtle heat
04-06-2011 05:19:24 | More by Snow81
Stone Old Guardian Barley Wine Style Ale 2010 from Stone Brewing Co.
92 out of 100 based on 323 ratings.


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Safwat Marzouk
- Assistant Professor of Old Testament
- B.Th., Evangelical Theological Seminary in Cairo, 1999
- M.A.T.S., Evangelical Theological Seminary in Cairo, 2001
- S.T.M., Union Theological Seminary in New York City, 2002
- Ph.D., Princeton Theological Seminary, 2012
- Book Review of Images of Egypt in Early Biblical Literature by Stephen Russell in Journal of Hebrew Scripture (2011)
- "A Postcolonial Reading of the Hagar-Ishmael Narratives in Genesis" at the American Academy of Religion, Fall 2011
- Book review of Ezekiel by Steven Tuell in Biblical Theology Bulletin (2010)
- Entries in Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception, Vol. I, (2009)
- Entries in New Interpreter's Bible Dictionary, Vol. III (2008)
- "The Monstrification of Egypt in Ezekiel: Why is Egypt a monster in Ezekiel?" and "Putting the Monster, Egypt, under check: Geo-political minimization of Egypt and Pharaoh's descent into Sheol" at Society of Biblical Literature annual meeting, Fall 2010
- "Not a lion, but a dragon: Funeral dirge and combat myth in Ezekiel 32:1-16" at Mid-Atlantic Regional Society of Biblical Literature meeting, Spring 2007
- "Reading the Old Testament and the Middle East," at Presbyterian Church USA Big Tent, Atlanta, June 2009
- "Introduction to Islam," seminar co-leader at Riverside Church, New York City, Spring 2002
- Huffington Post articles: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/safwat-marzouk-phd/
"Although the story of the Old Testament centers on God's relation with the people of Israel, the story also involves Israel's neighboring nations. The way God deals with these nations and the way Israel relates to them is more diverse than what is usually assumed. Through studying the biblical witness to the complex relation of inclusion and exclusion, mercy and judgment, conflict and reconciliation; understanding the historical and cultural circumstances; and analyzing how these traditions have influenced our theology, the church will better understand its identity, ministry, mission, and relation with those who are seen as outsiders."
Safwat Marzouk grew up where the interfaith dialogue among Christians, Jews, and Muslims influences daily life. As a Christian in Egypt, Safwat focused on study of the Old Testament to better understand God's vision of shalom. His studies at Princeton concluded with his dissertation, "'Not a Lion, but a Dragon,' The Monstrification of Egypt in the Book of Ezekiel." Safwat is an ordained member of The Synod of the Nile, a counterpart to the Presbyterian Church, and he was a pastor in Egypt and also while completing doctoral studies. In addition, he has been an adjunct professor Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia, Pa., and teaching fellow at Princeton. His love of teaching, pastoral heart, and scholarly curiosity foster classroom discussions that bring compelling insights to ancient texts.


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PEORIA, Ill. -- Bids are set to go out for the first phase of a $1.5 million renovation project at the Carver Community Center in Peoria.
The renovation is being paid for by the city of Peoria through tax increment financing, or TIF funds.
Work needed to be done includes tearing out the ceiling and walls inside the auditorium as well as upgrading the production stage.
The second floor, which used to be a clinic, will become the "Magic Johnson Academy" for seventh and eighth graders.
Interim Director Ken Hinton said programming for the agency will be centered around three areas; education, health and careers.
Hinton said the exterior work could begin next month.
"The foyer is going to be redone, the lighting in the entire facility is going to be changed. The energy footprint is going to be greatly reduced," said Carver Center Interim Director Ken Hinton.
There are also plans to open up a farmer's market at the Carver Center.
The facility is scheduled to open in mid July.


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Law prof stumbles upon story of early black Cornell law grad, the topic of his new book
Posted Jul 2, 2013 10:24 AM CDT
By Martha Neil
Taking a break from proofreading his new book on civil procedure in 2004 proved fortuitous for a Cornell University law professor.
Looking through the school's digital card catalog, Kevin M. Clermont discovered a law school thesis written in 1890 by a man he had never before heard of, who would become the subject of a future book. The Indomitable George Washington Fields: From Slave to Attorney was self-published this month, reports the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Further Internet research led Clermont to an obituary for Fields, a former slave who worked as a butler for New York's governor before he earned his law degree at Cornell, appearing in an 1890 photo of the law school's graduating class, and went into private practice. An autobiography also proved invaluable.
By the time Fields wrote it, "he was blind, and some of it was gibberish," Clermont told the newspaper. "But if you look at the keyboard and decide his fingers are one to the left of home key, you can decode it. It was a fair amount of work, but the voice, the tone, the work are all his.
"That's the centerpiece of the book."
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The newest addition to Quaker Bridge Mall is Sephora.
The beauty and cosmetic chain's newest store opens today, Monday, Nov. 12, beginning at 10 a.m. at the mall in the 3300 block of Route 1 (Brunswick Pike) in Lawrence Township.
A news release about today's store opening reads, in part:
As a prestigious retailer of popular beauty products from more than 200 brands including Bare Escentuals, Benefit, Bumble & bumble, NARS and Philosophy, Sephora's addition will provide one convenient location for shoppers' beauty needs. On staff experts can help with all needs ranging from selecting the right color foundation to customizing a daily skincare foundation.
More than two dozen new stores and restaurants – including the recently opened Cheesecake Factory – are part of the ongoing renovations at Quaker Bridge Mall.


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Festival Launches!
October 9, 2009 · Print This Article
The 2009 Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival Presented by HBO launches today, Friday Oct 9th through Sunday, Oct 11th. Our Presenting Venues are the Asian Arts Initiative (1219 Vine Street, Chinatown Philadelphia) and the Ibrahim Theater at the International House (3701 Chestnut Street). Prices for all films: General Admission $8 | Student Price $6
Click to view online schedule & ticketing
Interactive Program Guide
Children of Invention
Fri. Oct 9th, 7pm
Ibrahim Theater at the International House (37th & Chestnut)
The Sundance sensation about two young children living outside Boston who are left to fend for themselves when their mother gets embroiled in a pyramid scheme and disappears.
(Followed by our Opening Night Party at Marbar at 40th & Walnut, $15)
PAAFF & HBO Presents: A Conversation with Aaron Yoo
Sat. October 10th, 2pm
Ibrahim Theater at the International House (37th & Chestnut)
We are very excited to be teaming up with HBO to bring you this FREE event featuring rising Hollywood star Aaron Yoo (Disturbia, 21, Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist, Gamer, etc). Aaron will be in attendance for the Q&A and will also be receiving the PAAFF Rising Star Award.
Formosa Betrayed
Sat. Oct 10th, 8pm
Ibrahim Theater at the International House (37th & Chestnut)
Sponsored by Comcast and the Penn Taiwanese Society
A political thriller, based on true events, set in Taiwan, starring James Van Der Beek.
-Philadelphia Premiere/Filmmaker Will Tiao will be in attendance
(Followed by an afterparty at Sumo at 12th & Chestnut)
Story of Wine
Sun. Oct 11th, 5:45pm
Ibrahim Theater at the International House (37th & Chestnut)
Sponsored by World Shippers & Importers and Bi-Co KSA of Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges
At the one year Anniversary Party for the wine bar 'Story of Wine', Min-sung, a former fund manager who became a sommelier because of his love for wine, made an exclusive wine list specifically paired with a unique story that represents the qualities of each wine.
-East Coast Premiere
(Followed by a FREE Wine Party featuring food from the Stephen Starr restaurant "El Vez")
HIGHLIGHTS OF PAAFF FILMS at the ASIAN ARTS INITIATIVE (1219 Vine St)
Saturday, October 10, 2:00 pm
During the last days of the Vietnam War in 1975, President Gerald Ford signed into law a $2 million inititative that airlifted over 2,500 orphans out of a lost country and into a new life. 'Operation Babylift' was an event that sparked controversy, defended by many as one of America's most humanitarian acts and vilified by others as a mass kidnapping. Now over thirty years later, this documentary takes a candid look at the effects of Babylift on the adoptees, families, and volunteers, giving voice to their journey as they make peace with their controversial past.
-The screening will be followed by a discussion with film producers Tammy Nguyen Lee and Jared Rehberg.
Saturday, October 10, 7:00 pm
Sponsored by Boat People SOS and OCA-Greater Philadelphia
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Versailles residents impressively rise to the challenges by returning and rebuilding before any other flooded neighborhood in New Orleans, only to have their homes threatened by a new government-imposed toxic landfill just two miles away. The film follows the empowering story of how this multi-generational group of people, who has already suffered so much in their lifetime, turns a devastating disaster into a catalyst for change and a chance for a better future.
-The screening will be followed by a discussion with film producer S. Leo Chiang.


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Americans have been stuffing turkeys with oysters for centuries. Now a treat, oysters were once plentiful and for centuries were the most commonly eaten shellfish in America. At home, cooks filled turkeys and other birds with oysters to stretch the pricier fowl. They also made loaves, sauces, pies, soups and stews with the inexpensive protein.
Eaten as cooked food at home, oysters were often consumed raw from street carts, typically run by African Americans who found grueling but independent work in the oyster trade. Americans also ate their favorite shellfish at the oyster saloons that proliferated in the 19th century as stagecoaches, canals and railroads made it possible to distribute the bivalves, which had been shipped inland in the 1700s, even more readily. Although special dishes - such as oyster stuffing in New England, Oysters Rockefeller in New Orleans or Hangtown Fry in San Francisco - distinguished particular regions, by the mid-1800s, the expanding country had a national oyster market and was united in a national oyster craze.
For many, the Thanksgiving meal must include sweet potatoes with marshmallows. The happy marriage of the tuber with caramelized, gooey goodness owes itself to two developments of the 1800s. In the late part of the century, in the decades when the national Thanksgiving holiday took hold, Northerners discovered sweet potatoes - long eaten in the South - and incorporated them into the special meal.
Meanwhile, marshmallows had been recently invented by those culinary trendsetters, the French, who beat the roots of the marshmallow plant with egg whites and sugar to make a chewy treat. Handmade and something of a luxury at first, marshmallows became more affordable after entrepreneurs substituted more widely available gelatin for marshmallow root and, in an era that was developing mass production techniques more generally, figured out how to manufacture an affordable product on a grand scale. In 1917, the Angelus Marshmallows company distributed a recipe booklet that taught Americans how they might use marshmallows. With that, the classic pairing had arrived.


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By BOB CHRISTIEAssociated Press
PHOENIX (AP) - Yuma police are recommending that prosecutors file four misdemeanor charges against state Sen. Don Shooter for an incident where he allegedly barged into his teenage grandson's classroom and confronted the teacher.
Police spokeswoman Sgt. Leanne Worthen said Thursday the charges include assault, interference or disruption of an educational institution, criminal trespass and disorderly conduct. The assault charge didn't involve actual contact but is being requested because the teacher was fearful.
Police reports show Shooter went to his grandson's charter school on March 22 and was told by the receptionist he could not see the teacher. Shooter reportedly ignored her and continued to the classroom and confronted the female teacher.
A statement Shooter has provided says the teacher harassed and bulled his grandson and he was trying to resolve the problem.
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5 tips for establishing a Hardware MVP
A common and often effective practice in software development is to release a "minimum viable product" (MVP) as soon as possible in a development lifecycle. A MVP is a V.1 product with basic functionality and unrefined usability. Getting out a MVP early in the development process makes it possible to begin learning from users sooner, iterate faster, and more effectively establish product-market fit.
This MVP concept applies well to hardware development, but requires a slightly different approach. Companies building a physical product need to get it right the first time. A typical product cycle is 12-18 months, which means there 's no room for bugs, and the initial design and usability must be excellent. A seemingly minor product flaw can have devastating repercussions with regard to security, manufacturing, industrial design, launch strategy, etc. There's less room for mistakes with hardware.
Here are five things to consider when developing your MVHP (minimum viable hardware product):
1. Know your customer
Your MVP is the minimum product feature set needed to delight your customers. So who are these customers? It's not you. Your customers are the people walking around Best Buy, Target and Starbucks. These are the people you need to identify. Having a clear idea of your target market will guide many decisions when building the product. Determine your customers early.
For example, the founders of Flip video were able to tap into the video camera market by targeting a younger demographic by offering a pocket-size, inexpensive camera and strategic marketing.
2. Focus on the concept
The 'M' of MVP stands for minimal and minimal = your concept. This doesn't mean remove features to get to market faster, instead focus on the concept and why people need this product. Perfect your concept with the things around you: we recently met a man who runs a successful 3D printer company. Instead of spending money early on testing his concept, he used plastic molds to create things. They only lasted 30 or 40 times but it was faster and cheaper than using metal.
3. Establish Early
It's best to determine what will go into your MVP as soon as possible. There are many moving parts in a hardware development project, emphasizing the need for careful coordination and planning. A roadmap is needed, and establishing your MVP early will help you set up goals, have something to refer to and improve upon.
4. Minimal doesn't always mean less
So, you've got the concept and your MVP is set…not so fast. Depending on your team's capabilities and the scope of your product, often more can be done. More features, better interactions, cleaner design. But it's up to you to decide which features are necessary for your MVP. Minimal doesn't have to be less, but all MVP features should enhance the core concept and must be well executed. Some features are best saved for a generation two product.
5. Be patient
Building hardware takes time and speed bumps are bound to happen. With that said, there's many components to developing a physical product and establishing your hardware MVP early will only make your journey much easier. Hammer down your concept and target market, find a mentor or two and have patience with the process of building (hopefully) a revolutionary product.
"Minimum viable does not equal mediocre, think of it as minimally awesome." – Eric Klein, Lemnos Labs
Bluetooth credit card? There's a market for that.
If you've been on Facebook, Youtube or maybe Twitter in the last week, there's a good chance you saw a nicely done video showcasing an all-in-one payment card similar to Echo. It's a pretty neat concept (our biased opinion, of course), so we were unsurprised it was received with such interest and excitement. A snazzy Bluetooth Low Energy card connected to a mobile app hoping to revolutionize the way we pay? Awesome – sign me up!
Of course, the buzz around this concept is about much more than novelty and cool tech. In recent years, there has been a tremendous amount of innovation around smartphone-based payment systems. The need for payment solutions that are more intelligent, capable and integrated with our digital lives is widely recognized, but so far none of the solutions introduced to market (Google Wallet, Isis, Square Wallet, etc.) has resonated with the public. When it comes time to pay, we all still reach for our wallets.
Here's why Echo will change all of that:
Connected card
Phones aren't fit for payment. Paying with a card is quicker and easier than phone-based payments. Pulling out your phone, fumbling through a collection of apps, then holding your phone to a sensor at the register is, quite frankly, a pain. A simple swipe wins every time.
Echo merges the efficiency of the conventional payment card with the power and convenience of a mobile wallet.
Universally accepted standard
Today's mobile payment solutions require merchants to upgrade their existing POS system, an unwelcome investment in unproven technology. What's the value in a payment solution you can't use anywhere? Echo works everywhere cards are accepted, even ATMs!
Capable technology platform
For years, Near Field Communication (NFC) has been the darling of the payments industry. We've long considered Bluetooth Low Energy a superior wireless protocol for payments use cases. The ability to communicate over a meaningful range makes BLE more capable than NFC, and BLE needn't be any less secure. The wise decisions of Google and Apple to support BLE on their iOS and Android platforms means BLE is also the more compatible of the two low-energy wireless protocols.
A Bluetooth enabled, all-in-one payment card just makes a lot of sense, and the overwhelming response to this concept witnessed over the past week provides resounding confirmation that it solves a genuine need that a lot of us have.
For now we're 100% focused on building an awesome product. We can't wait to share more details, but in the meantime, stay tuned for more on Bluetooth Low Energy, trends in the payments industry, and other topics that catch our interest.
Welcome to the Age of Connected Hardware
Grabbing a cup of coffee on my way in to work this morning, something caught my attention: not a single person seated at the coffee shop had fewer than two or three devices running at the same time. One woman transferred pictures from her iPhone to her Macbook over the cloud, while the man beside her synced his smart-watch with an app on his tablet. Such sights are common today, and to think, just five or six years ago this would have been inconceivable.
In the last two decades, mobile and web technology has redefined how we interact with information and with one another. Today, we are witnessing an equally important trend in which our mobile devices become not just information gateways, but part of a growing ecosystem of interconnected devices and sensors that are transforming how we engage with the world around us.
All of this is made possible by a new generation of wireless communication technologies that operate in the background of our everyday lives. Of these new technologies, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) is of particular interest to us at Protean (we use BLE to connect our ultra-low powered card with your smartphone). As evidenced by Nest, Pebble, Lockitron and Fuelband and a host of popular new products, we consider BLE a robust and highly versatile standard with a long life ahead of it.
Unfortunately, as we soon discovered, far too little documentation and guidance is readily available for those interested in Bluetooth Low Enery. In a series of blog posts to follow, we will share our findings and discuss the unique challenges and opportunities intrinsic to BLE. If you would like to learn more – please stay tuned!
Phones aren't fit for payment
Financial technology dweebs like ourselves have a tendency to over complicate simple matters. Case in point – mobile payments. So often, the failures of mobile payment ventures (e.g. Google Wallet, Isis, LevelUp) are attributed to infrastructure problems, balkanized standards, over-regulation and a host of other abstract concepts. All of the jargon tends to mask a basic reality: phones are a bad way to pay. Here's why:
Less is More
The modern smartphone is, well, smart. What it gains in versatility and raw processing power, it often loses in practicality. My phone has a calculator, but I'd rather buy a dedicated calculator if I need to crunch a lot of numbers. Similarly, I could use my phone's GPS for a road trip, but if I'm traveling across country I'd rather use my Tomtom. A similar comparison can be made between the credit card and the smartphone. As a frequent shopper, which of the following sounds more appealing?
1) Pull out your phone, load up an app, enter a pin code, select a card and pay, then wave it in front of a terminal
2) Pay with credit card: Pull out your wallet, pull out a card and swipe
For most of us, this is a no-brainer. Fact is, cards are extremely quick and efficient at what they do. Products like pebble, fuelband and fitbit have been wildly successful because they've accurately diagnosed the need for simple, specialized hardware interfaces. Replacing the card with a phone accomplishes just the opposite.
Reliability Matters
Let's say you're grabbing a coffee, so you pull out your phone to pay and it's dead. With no access to the specific app you were hoping to pay with, you're out of luck.
A card won't spontaneously die on you, nor will it time out, freeze-up or log out on you out at the most inopportune moment.
Would you hand off your phone off to a waiter/bartender?
When you go out on a Friday night and open a tab, are you prepared to hand the bartender your phone? Suppose you rent a bicycle and the shopkeeper asks to hold your card, how would you feel about parting with your mobile phone all afternoon?
Here at Protean, having the ability to pay with our phones just doesn't get us excited. On the other hand, we're optimistic as ever about the opportunity for cloud and mobile technology to reinvent how we shop and pay. As such, our mission is really quite simple: combine the power and intelligence of mobile and cloud with the form and efficiency of the traditional payment card.
What do you think?
When can I get my Echo card!?
We owe you an update, scratch that, several updates!
We'll start by saying, things are busy (in a great way) at Protean HQ. We've grown our team and have continue moving full steam ahead. Great progress has been made, but it seems we spoke too soon when we announced a release timeline last year. With New Years just around the corner, Echo will not be available in 2013.
Designing, programming and manufacturing new technology is a long and involved process that tends to hit delays. As it turns out, packing a Bluetooth- enabled microcomputer into a card-sized device comes with a number of unexpected challenges. It's important to note as well, Protean is more than a Kickstarter project. Our goal is to make a dent in the payments industry and build a company of passionate, bright people backing an awesome product. These things take time.
For now, we will hold off on announcing a new release date until we have all of our eggs in one basket and full confidence in our ability to deliver on schedule.
Although this post doesn't answer the question of 'when'? Instead, we're hoping it begins to answer 'why', as in why we're taking every step necessary to make Echo the very best it can be.
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- Protean adds Nick Bognar (blog.getprotean.com)
- Welcome Brittany Morris! (blog.getprotean.com)
- Jack Wink joins Protean (blog.getprotean.com)
- A Brief History of Reprogrammable (Dynamic) Card Technology (blog.getprotean.com)
Protean adds Nick Bognar
The Protean team (Proteam?) is growing, slowly but surely, and we're happy to announce Nick Bognar as our Content Producer. He may or may not be writing this, but either way we'll continue to refer to him in third-person.
Nick will focus on all things content; blog posts, newsletter updates, social media content, publicity/outreach and a bit of everything else to help inform and build the Protean communities moving forward.
When he's not in the office, you'll find Nick daydreaming about his next (hopeful) travel destination and binge-watching Netflix, you can also find him on twitter or at email@example.com.
Welcome to the team, Nick!
Jack Wink joins Protean
We're super excited to add Jack Wink to our engineering team! When Jack isn't hosting 1200 person hackathons or not blogging, he's slinging Python, Java, and C++ code. And riding air matresses in the street during Ann Arbor flash floods.
Welcome Brittany Morris!
It's always an exciting time to bring on new team members, especially so with a small, tight-knit team. So when the question became, what do we need in our first hire?
We made a list:
- someone to help with booking travel and team events
-someone to coordinate the renovations/redesign of our office
- someone to handle our administration/paperwork
- someone to lead our HR efforts in the future
Sounds like we should hire four people, right? Nah, let's just hire one, do-it-all, jack-of-all-trades, superhuman and they'll be called our "Team Coordinator".
And we found her!
We're happy to have Brittany Morris onboard as the Protean Team Coordinator. Not only will Brittany doing the above-mentioned duties as both our product and team grow, but she'll also have her hand in helping shape our culture, keeping things inline and on time as well every other detail to keep things running smoothly around the office.
When she's not here with us, you can find Brittany cooking, tailgating and cheering on her favorite teams. Find her on Twitter, here.
Welcome aboard, Brittany!
Google Has a Card up its Sleeve
Despite generating impressive buzz with its Wallet offering, Google's foray into the world of payments has so far proved disappointing. As Google prepares to unveil an overhauled version 2.0 of Wallet, now would seem an appropriate opportunity to autopsy Wallet's original platform, take measure of its shortcomings, and scrutinize Google's new direction. (more…)
A Brief History of Reprogrammable (Dynamic) Card Technology
We use our payment cards constantly. Rarely can we be found outside our homes without them. It would seem obvious, then, to try to get more out of the payment card – to have it do more than serve as a dumb, unsecured receptacle for small amounts of financial data. Indeed, over the past four decades a tremendous amount of thought and creativity has been applied toward developing cards that are smarter, more powerful, more convenient and more secure.
Payment card tech has advanced along two separate development tracks: innovation around cards that are compatible with the ubiquitous swipe reader (e.g. powered cards/reprogrammable stripe cards), and innovation around cards that require specialized card reader capabilities (e.g. smartcards/chip cards/RFID cards). This article briefly traces the history of payment card technology, emphasizing the development trajectory of powered cards with dynamic magnetic stripes. (more…)


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Torture at Angola Prison
President Obama promises to close Guantanamo, but a court proceeding in Louisiana exposes brutality closer to home
by Jordan Flaherty
The Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola is already notorious for a range of offenses, including keeping former Black Panthers Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox in solitary for over 36 years. Now a death penalty trial in St. Francisville, Louisiana, has exposed widespread and systemic abuse at the prison. Even in the context of eight years of the Bush administration, the behavior documented at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola stands out both for its brutality and for the significant evidence that it was condoned and encouraged from the very top of the chain of command.
In a remarkable hearing that explored torture practices at Angola, 25 inmates testified last summer to facing overwhelming violence in the aftermath of an escape attempt at the prison nearly a decade ago. These 25 inmates – who were not involved in the escape attempt – testified to being kicked, punched, beaten with batons and with fists, stepped on, left naked in a freezing cell and threatened that they would be killed. They were threatened by guards that they would be sexually assaulted with batons. They were forced to urinate and defecate on themselves. They were bloodied, had teeth knocked out, were beaten until they lost control of bodily functions and beaten until they signed statements or confessions presented to them by prison officials. One inmate had a broken jaw, and another was placed in solitary confinement for eight years.
While prison officials deny the policy of abuse, the range of prisoners who gave statements, in addition to medical records and other evidence introduced at the trial, present a powerful argument that abuse is a standard policy at the prison. Several of the prisoners received $7,000 when the state agreed to settle, without admitting liability, two civil rights lawsuits filed by 13 inmates. The inmates will have to spend that money behind bars – more than 90 percent of Angola's prisoners are expected to die behind its walls.
Systemic violence
During the attempted escape at Angola, in which one guard was killed and two were taken hostage, a team of officers – including Angola Warden Burl Cain – rushed in and began shooting, killing one inmate, Joel Durham, and wounding another, David Mathis.
The prison has no official guidelines for what should happen during escape attempts or other crises, a policy that seems designed to encourage the violent treatment documented in this case. Richard Stalder, at that time the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, was also at the prison at the time. Yet despite – or because of – the presence of the prison warden and head of corrections for the state, guards were given free hand to engage in violent retribution. Cain later told a reporter after the shooting that Angola's policy was not to negotiate, saying: "That's a message all the inmates know. They just forgot it. And now they know it again."
Five prisoners, including Mathis, were charged with murder and currently are on trial, facing the death penalty – partially based on testimony from other inmates that was obtained through beatings and torture. Mathis is represented by civil rights attorneys Jim Boren – who also represented one of the Jena 6 youths – and Rachel Connor, with assistance from Nola Investigates, an investigative firm in New Orleans that specializes in defense for capital cases.
The St. Francisville hearing was requested by Mathis' defense counsel to demonstrate that, in the climate of violence and abuse, inmates were forced to sign statements through torture and therefore those statements should be inadmissible. The judge, 20th Judicial District Judge George H. Ware Jr., ruled that the documented torture and abuse was not relevant. However, the behavior documented in the hearing not only raises strong doubts about the cases against the Angola 5, but it also shows that violence against inmates has become standard procedure at the prison.
The hearing shows a pattern of systemic abuse so open and regular it defies the traditional excuse of bad apples. Inmate Doyle Billiot testified to being threatened with death by the guards: "What's not to be afraid of? Got all these security guards coming around you every day looking at you sideways, crazy and stuff. Don't know what's on their mind, especially when they threaten to kill you." Another inmate, Robert Carley testified that a false confession was beaten out of him. "I was afraid," he said. "I felt that if I didn't go in there and tell them something, I would die."
Inmate Kenneth "Geronimo" Edwards testified that the guards "beat us half to death." He also testified that guards threatened to sexually assault him with a baton, saying: "That's a big black … Say you want it." Later, Edwards says, the guards "put me in my cell. They took all my clothes. Took my jumpsuit. Took all the sheets, everything out the cell, and put me in the cell buck-naked … It was cold in the cell. They opened the windows and turned the blowers on." At least a dozen other inmates also testified to receiving the same beatings, assault, threats of sexual violence and "freezing treatment."
Some guards at the prison treated the abuse as a game. Inmate Brian Johns testified at the hearing that "one of the guards was hitting us all in the head. Said he liked the sound of the drums – the drumming sound – from hitting us in the head with the stick."
Solitary confinement
Woodfox and Wallace, who together with former prisoner King Wilkerson are known as the Angola 3, have filed a civil suit against Angola, arguing that their confinement has violated both their Eighth Amendment rights against cruel and unusual punishment and Fourth Amendment right to due process.
Recent statements by Angola warden Burl Cain makes clear that Woodfox and Wallace are being punished for their political views. At a recent deposition, attorneys for Woodfox asked Cain, "Let's just for the sake of argument assume, if you can, that he is not guilty of the murder of Brent Miller."
Cain responded, "Okay. I would still keep him in (solitary) … I still know that he is still trying to practice Black Pantherism, and I still would not want him walking around my prison because he would organize the young new inmates. I would have me all kind of problems, more than I could stand, and I would have the Blacks chasing after them … He has to stay in a cell while he's at Angola."
In addition to Cain's comments, Louisiana Attorney General James "Buddy" Caldwell has said the case against the Angola 3 is personal to him. Statements like this indicate that this vigilante attitude not only pervades New Orleans' criminal justice system, but that the problem comes from the very top.
"I would still keep him in (solitary, even if I knew he is innocent)," said Warden Burl Cain. "I still know that he is still trying to practice Black Pantherism, and I still would not want him walking around my prison because he would organize the young new inmates."
The problem is not limited to Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola – similar stories can be found in prisons across the U.S. But from the abandonment of prisoners in Orleans Parish Prison during Katrina to the case of the Jena 6, Louisiana's criminal justice system, which has the highest incarceration rate in the world, often seems to be functioning under plantation-style justice. Most recently, journalist A.C. Thompson, in an investigation of post-Katrina killings, found evidence that the New Orleans police department supported vigilante attacks against Black residents of New Orleans after Katrina.
Torture and abuse is illegal under both U.S. law – including the constitutional prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment – and international treaties that the U.S. is signatory to, from the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, ratified in 1992. Despite the laws and treaties, U.S. prison guards have rarely been held accountable to these standards.
Once we say that abuse or torture is OK against prisoners, the next step is for it to be used in the wider population. A recent petition for administrative remedies filed by Herman Wallace states: "If Guantanamo Bay has been a national embarrassment and symbol of the U.S. government's relation to charges, trials and torture, then what is being done to the Angola 3 … is what we are to expect if we fail to act quickly … The government tries out its torture techniques on prisoners in the U.S. – just far enough to see how society will react. It doesn't take long before they unleash their techniques on society as a whole." If we don't stand up against this abuse now, it will only spread.
Despite the hearings, civil suits and other documentation, the guards who performed the acts documented in the hearing on torture at Angola remain unpunished, and the system that designed it remains in place. In fact, many of the guards have been promoted and remain in supervisory capacity over the same inmates they were documented to have beaten mercilessly. Warden Burl Cain still oversees Angola. Meanwhile, the trial of the Angola 5 is moving forward, and those with the power to change the pattern of abuse at Angola remain silent.
The Angola Three: http://www.angola3.org
Safe Streets Strong Communities: http://www.safestreetsnola.org
Families and Friends of Louisiana's Incarcerated Children: http://www.fflic.org
Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana: http://www.jjpl.org
Left Turn Magazine: http://www.leftturn.org
Jordan Flaherty is a journalist based in New Orleans and an editor of Left Turn Magazine. He was the first writer to bring the story of the Jena 6 to a national audience and his reporting on post-Katrina New Orleans has been published and broadcast in outlets including Die Zeit in Germany, Clarin in Argentina, Al-Jazeera, TeleSur and Democracy Now. He can be reached at email@example.com. Research assistance for this article was provided by Emily Ratner.
8 thoughts on "Torture at Angola Prison"
This is such a horrible and heartbreaking story. It's true, if Obama wants to end torture, he needs to look at what happens in prisons right here in the U.S. as well as at Gitmo. This must be a priority. It makes me sick the way some people romanticize the warden Burl Caine just because he "lets" the prisoners participate in some sick rodeo. Liberals are guilty of this as well. "Black pantherism"? What an idiot!
This situation is intolerable. Thanks for printing this article! Keep up the good work, Bayview!↓
I agree with Natalie, what can we do about this, i sure want to help, my friend is at Angola….
Can we make something and send to President Barack obama ???
Keep up doing the good work,God bless you
Wow! Unbelieveable…. however it is real, I say to our black brothers that is out on the streets, this is the system we should not want to to encourter. Therefore, we should be working instead of drug selling… we should be trying to get in these positions so that we have power and authority like those " white crackers" we should be empowering ourselves by finishing high shcool and attending college. Let's go into law enforcement! More black attornerys and less black jail birds. I don't want to sound as though I am not from the hood because I am! I was born and raised in San Francisco Fillmo!!! however I am now a mother of 5 black beauty girls and a school teacher. I will not allow a white man or white women to be-little me in any form or fashion…. by empowering and education myself….. I dare a police or any white sheet waring KKK member to touch me or my children… Empower yourself my black brothers and sisters! and as for you badge holders…. The White House is NOW BLACK!!
Of the 6 inmates that tried to escape, 5 are white and 1 is black. The inmate that was killed was white. The inmate that was shot in the jaw is white. The abuse is subjected to all races within angola. There is no racial division ,in terms of inmate abuse.↓
This is not about racism. It is about decency and humanity. Nobody should suffer torture or abuse. Obviously the men in these facilities had issues in the first place. Maybe instead of fussing over what color they are, people should fuss over what happens to them for the rest of their lives. It is not about being like "white crackers." (And by the way, some people should really grow up).
90% of these men will never walk out the gates of Angola. I personally do not believe that they should be punished over and over for the rest of their lives for these crimes. Being banished from society for the rest of their lives is a huge punishment. Any security officer or warden in charge, white or black, sick enough to allow these activities to go on should try living amongst these conditions himself for a little while. Then again, there is this place called hell…
Anyway, the point I was trying to make was people should care less about picking this issue apart to serve their own agenda, and have enough compassion and humanity to understand what the problem is.↓
angola is harsh and should be shut down or let som good prisoners beat the hell out of guards for a day…do unto others as u would have other do unto u treat people the way u want to be treated↓