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Ebenezer Ale - BridgePort Brewing Co. / Brewpub
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Reviews by Fabric8r:
2.5/5 rDev -31.3%
Just before Christmas, I stopped and got three holiday brews. I had never heard of this one, so picked up a 6 pack. Not good. Not good at all. It looked fine in the glass, nice little head, and smelled OK, but tasted like somebody made a mistake. I couldn't pinpoint the flavor, and really didn't try, I just didn't like it. Some spice flavor of some kind.
Sorry folks, I just didn't care for this. Still have 5 more I don't know what to do with.
(Drank the 6 pack of Pyramid Snow Cap right away)
01-07-2004 19:50:45 | More by Fabric8r
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North Carolina
3.88/5 rDev +6.6%
Poured a rich amber with an ample creamy looking head that left sheets of lace as it settled,aroams are pretty subtle I picked up some cherry and cinnamon mainly but not real strong.This warmer has some complexities that make me give it higher taste ratings although they dont blow your mind,holiday spice cinnamon nutmeg maybe a touch of clove and dark fruit over top a bready-like elemant I really liked the somewhat earthy dryer finish .A tad thin I think I was hoping for something robust but its quaffable for a winter seasonal.Like I said there is some complexities but the beer is pretty subtle,not bad.
12-16-2005 02:14:55 | More by oberon
3.23/5 rDev -11.3%
Appearance Mostly brown in color with an orangish hue and very clear. The head was big and foamy and a little tan.
Smell Thick, musty malt aroma with the promise of sugar and hops. Theres also a very heavy spice in there that I cant identify.
Taste The unidentifiable spice from the nose shows up big time at the taste. Its maybe a cross between very dark chocolate and molasses. Theres a hop balance here for show, but the dark malt leads the way.
Mouthfeel This felt a little clumsy in the mouth. Its only medium-bodied, but theres a small refreshing dryness that helps things along.
Drinkability This went down well enough, but it simply cant keep pace with the many other good examples found in this category.
12-29-2003 01:59:30 | More by RoyalT
3.73/5 rDev +2.5%
The Ebeneezer Ale poured a dark mahogany with a good light tan head made up of medium sized bubbles that quickly went down to a thin layer. It has a nice, complex aroma of malts, spices with some fruitiness and alcohol. The initial taste is malts with some sweet, yet tart, fruitiness. It has a nice hop finish with a kind of mediciney aftertaste. The tastes mellowed out and balanced better as I drank more and it warmed up.
12-11-2003 05:06:56 | More by Beaver13
4.45/5 rDev +22.3%
I drink this one right out of the bottle as it is one of my favorite winter warmers, right next to Jubelale. I was able to score another 6 pack of this years batch before it is replaced by all the spring beers.
A great deep mahogany color (from previous pours into the glass) this should have some flavor to it when you look at it and it does.
Smell's of fruit and hops.
Taste is very appealing to me, you know you are drinking a winter beer, full of spice and flavor with a clean hops finish. A bit bold at first but fades quickly with no real aftertaste or lingering bitterness.
Mouthfeel is good, again you know you are drinking a great medium body beer, not to light nor to dark. Great for pounding back a 6 pack in an evening if need be.
Overall I rate high as I go back and forth between this and Jubelale as my winter refreshment. This is just a little lighter than Jubel so depending on how I feel, it hits the spot!
04-15-2011 02:38:10 | More by BigE90
3.75/5 rDev +3%
12-03-2012 18:14:42 | More by mkrass
3.7/5 rDev +1.6%
A dark ruby, amber-tinted beer. The aroma and first sip are very herbal, with some light spiciness, and a sprucey hop bitterness. Malts slowly assert themselves to be sweet, toffeeish and dominant. I'm not sure what, if any, spices were used here but there does seem to be an overwhelming herbalness. This may be solely from the hops. Over time, the malts stretch themselves out and really carry the beer. Mouthfeel is decidedly unsticky which is welcome for such a sweet, malty beer. I didn't particularly like it at first, but over the course of the pint it really sank its claws into me and at the end I wanted another. This may be due to its excellent aftertaste.
11-20-2003 22:35:31 | More by Thrasher
3.08/5 rDev -15.4%
Pours out, a sturdy brown color, with good clarity for how dark it is. Cream colored head. Aroma was mostly muted, nutty if you look for it. No alcohol heat, nothing warming sensed yet.
Nutty, decent hopping, substantial bitter sting, mild warmth, can't tell whether its exacerbated by the bitterness being high or not. Its a decent beer, but I don't know what makes this a winter warmer as opposed to say a PacNW brown ale (read: hoppier). Usually, when one mentions the word aftertaste, its usually a negative connotation, but here, there is no aftertaste, and its a disappointment, because there wasn't much taste frankly. Didn't pick up any spice notes either. Really, the only flavor left was the metallic bitterness that is too high for this style (or any pretty much) of beer.
I dunno, if malty beers without much flavor behind them are your thing, then I would recommend. At least there are no off flavors really.
12-13-2011 23:24:46 | More by Beerandraiderfan
South Carolina
3.59/5 rDev -1.4%
12 oz bottle poured clear, red-amber in color, and topped by a very good head.
Malty and very lightly spicy (perhaps just from hops). Some chocolate appears by the finish, and is quickly joined by a hint of coffee. Aftertaste is dominated by dark roasted malts.
O: decent but unexceptional brown ale.
04-07-2014 15:12:17 | More by chinchill
3.23/5 rDev -11.3%
This beer pours a dark brown, with a red tint to it. The head is tan. It fades slowly leaving very few laces. It smells slightly fruity. It also has a slightly spicy aroma. There is not much to the aroma. I think the only thing I can put a name to is a slight grape like aroma. I can not detect any hop presence. It has a nice toasted malt taste. I can taste grapes slightly. As with the arome, I taste no hops at all. It has a very slight cinnimon taste, but not much. This beer is sort of lacking on flavor and aroma. Perhaps some more hops and some spices would help. This beer goes down smooth. It is carbonated well. It leaves a sweet taste on my palate. This beer would make a good session beer because it is low in alcohol, and the flavor is very non aggressive. I doubt I will try this one again.
07-29-2005 02:02:31 | More by OStrungT
3.75/5 rDev +3%
11-30-2012 04:41:26 | More by WaydeRafnel
New Mexico
3.8/5 rDev +4.4%
Big light tan head settles into a nice lacing above a cloudy and particle filled reddish amber colored beer.
Light aroma of lightly roasted malts with some light darker spices.
An even taste consisting light caramel malts with light but darker spices.
A light dry aftertaste that brings some of the light caramel with it on this medium bodied affair.
A light caramel taste that brings with it a lot of extras that holds the caramel notes in check resulting in a pretty good beer.
08-16-2012 00:12:42 | More by LXIXME
3.5/5 rDev -3.8%
08-27-2013 03:25:54 | More by DerekQXQX
3.75/5 rDev +3%
Appearance: Nothing to get excited about, a little lacing of head around a caramel colored beer. Low levels of carbonation coming to the top.
Smell: Pleasant clean malt smell with some yeast.
Taste: This is where the "magic" happens for this beer. A sort of soft malt hits your tastebuds first followed by a zing effect, possibly from the high level of alcohol. Light aftertaste of peppermint, cinnamon, possibly ginger and sort of dry. On a second taste this beer has an interesting malt presence that comes at you first followed by this crazy "second meeting" of flavors that makes this beer interesting and complex.
Drinkability: I could have a couple of these in a night and not be upset. Not a perfect, all the time beer, but interesting enough every once in a while for an occasional drink.
Overall this beer has character. It is aptly named and a great addition to winter beers.
10-31-2010 04:56:38 | More by wmtxbb
3.5/5 rDev -3.8%
01-18-2012 00:13:34 | More by switzer
4.28/5 rDev +17.6%
Small head atop a dark slightly cloudy amber melts to thin lacing. Fairly typical for the style.
Aromas are Tasted amber malt and cherries along with a touch of cocoa powder.
Taste follows the aroma...sweet toasted malt gives way to lightly bitter cherry and some cocoa on the end. Very nicely balanced combination of complex flavors. Also nicely subtle and nothing is 'in your face' or overpowering.
Mouthfeel is creamy and full.
Aftertaste of chocolate covered cherries....not candied cherries...REAL cherries.
Nice warming alcohol afterwards as you savor the last sip.
10-28-2006 03:04:38 | More by IntriqKen
4/5 rDev +9.9%
11-28-2011 04:15:55 | More by Sargully
3.5/5 rDev -3.8%
02-01-2013 19:33:40 | More by UWBadgerFan4Life
3.08/5 rDev -15.4%
Appearance - Pours a brownish amber with an off-white, finger width head with average retention. Virtually no lace.
Smell - Faint notes of raisin and caramel. Really subtle, even after warming.
Taste - Nearly as weak as the nose; faint roasted malts evoking a hint of mocha, a bit of raisin.. and that's basically it. Not a lot on the back end. A shame.
Mouthfeel - Medium body with fair carbonation. Smooth in the very least.
Overall - Pretty disappointing. No brew date, but Total Wine does a pretty good job of selling out their seasonals, so I gotta think this is fresh. I just don't see any appeal in this beer, absolutely no depth or complexity with this winter warmer.
11-03-2012 06:27:45 | More by TheSixthRing
3/5 rDev -17.6%
12-14-2011 01:52:02 | More by seanthornton152
3.95/5 rDev +8.5%
Pours with a sparkling, foamy, robust head. Aroma is crisp, delicate, yet inviting and familiar - malty with the slightest piney hint. Color was a deep, barely translucent mahogany brown. Mouthfeel is lighter than expected, but smooth with ample, yet delicate carbonation. I was expecting the flavor to be a torrent of clichéd malts, but I was pleasantly surprised to find a slowly developing medium bodied dry flavor, with mere hints of roasted malts and an oakey depth.
01-13-2007 02:20:00 | More by jmarcot
3.48/5 rDev -4.4%
A: ruby-brown in color, rather creamy head and strings of lacing
S: roasted malts, caramel, and spiced hops
T: nice malty sweetness, hops give polite spicy character. A tinge of orange peels, cherries and ever-so-soft cloves/cinnamon. Not sure where the hops went after a few sips...weak. Prominent malts and few holiday spices
M: nice mild to hefty body and medium carbonation. Kind of a wry finish. The taste vanishes kind of quickly and something thin and watery about the follow up
D: kind of regular winter warmer, nothing really stands out. Of the "garden variety" as they say
11-16-2008 20:38:05 | More by Magpie14
3.5/5 rDev -3.8%
12-03-2011 03:48:32 | More by jh1982
3.65/5 rDev +0.3%
A - Deep ruby-garnet ... almost to the point of opacity. This beer is dark, alluring, and mesmerizing. The thick creamy three finger head shows outstanding retention, and leaves a shitload of really nice creamy arcs of lace around the glass. This is one of the contenders for best head retention out there. Ten, fifteen, twenty minutes later, that head is still standing strong, and tons of lace starts to crust and dry all over the glass.
S - Fruitcake, almonds, and hops. Candied orange wedges (the gooey kind that are crusted with sugar), maraschino cherries in their syrupy sauce, dark chocolate covered cherries, sweet citrus hops, and a "whisper of cinnamon" (to quote Niles Crane). A deep brown sugar and butter on a hot mashed sweet potato is there in shocking authenticity.
T - Much like the nose, there is much brown-sugar and cinnamon here, but it plays second fiddle to a hop profile that we who are not fortunate enough to live on the west coast would attribute to an IPA. Some sweet fruity molasses notes do provide their share of malt, but the label blurb lead me to believe that this would be a malt bomb... and boy was I wrong! If anything, this is more related to Schlafly's Christmas ale or SN Celebration than a British malt bomb as the Ebenezer character would lead to to believe. Good stuff for sure, but a little less hoppage would be more appropriate here.
M - Medium in body, aggressively carbonated, and hoppy as hell. A bit foamy in the mouth, this finishes flabby and bitter with hops.
D - From this review, one might thin, that I don't love hops. Well, I do love hops. In fact several of my all time favorite brews are DIPA's and IPA's. It's just that, well, sometimes hops just aren't called for. This brew has some nice and complex fruitcake, cherry, and cinnamon notes going for it, but the hops come in and decimate any delicate wintery flavors that I noticed in the nose. I love having my palate destroyed with hop power, but not when I'm trying to concentrate on the wonderful, but more delicate notes that can't stand up to the almighty hop. All in all, this is a fine brew... i just think it could have been slightly better. A near miss of top tier beer IMO
01-08-2009 06:35:38 | More by pmcadamis
3.83/5 rDev +5.2%
Found this bottle in the back of my mini beer fridge, all but forgotten. Brought back from Lake Havasu City, AZ over Spring Break. A random find at a wine shop, along with a bomber of Stone IPA. A little out of season I suppose.
Pours a dark garnet with a finger or two of cappucino froth on top. Nose is a striking apricot potpurri and peach schnapps. Taste continues with the schnapps, buttressed by christmas cookie spice and caramel malt. Mouthfeel is thin for a winter warmer, but welcome on a hot day like today. An interesting warmer here, smells delicious, tasted pretty good. Not overboard on the cinnamon and nutmeg like most in the style. Perhaps the age did this old man well.
05-31-2006 03:29:53 | More by Golden2wenty1
Ebenezer Ale from BridgePort Brewing Co. / Brewpub
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In response to the defeat, U.S. president Abraham Lincoln appointed John Pope, a brash officer who had fought well in the West, as commander of the new Army of Virginia. His initial orders were to march overland to the Peninsula and, in conjunction with McClellan, defeat the Confederates around Richmond; however, Union general-in-chief Henry W. Halleck instead ordered McClellan to withdraw from the Peninsula and move to reinforce Pope. While the Army of the Potomac sailed the Chesapeake Bay to northern Virginia, Pope's men would have to hold their own against any Confederate advances.
The Battle
Beginning at about two o'clock on the afternoon of August 9, Confederate batteries, including some on Cedar Mountain, exchanged fire with Union artillery. Confederate infantry moved into formation to charge the Union guns and then suffered immensely while charging, while Union infantry also arrived in strength. Instead of retreating in the face of his old Shenandoah Valley nemesis, however, Banks decided to stand and fight. As the Confederates attacked, Confederate general Charles S. Winder of the Stonewall Brigade fell with a mortal wound. Union troops, meanwhile, pressed the Confederate center and right, but their advance petered out.
Lee quickly moved the second wing of his army northward to reunite with Jackson. He was now convinced that Union troops would strike at Richmond from the north, and no longer felt obliged to shield the city. Eager to strike a decisive blow at the Army of Virginia, Lee sent Jackson on a march around the Union flank, where he famously captured the supply depot at Manassas Junction. Jackson's campaign culminated in a victory at the Second Battle of Manassas that ended the short life of the Army of Virginia. From there, Lee moved north into Maryland.
The Battle of Cedar Mountain, meanwhile, was the first indication that the war would move back to northern Virginia rather than remain along the York-James Peninsula. It also demonstrated Lee's aggressiveness and his ability to make quick, and often successful, strategic decisions.
Time Line
June 27, 1862 - Union general John Pope assumes command of the Army of Virginia, which has been cobbled together from three Union corps that have already performed poorly against Confederate general Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862.
July 12, 1862 - Union general John Pope's Army of Virginia occupies Culpeper County.
July 13, 1862 - Confederate general Robert E. Lee orders Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson to prevent Union troops from cutting a crucial railway at Gordonsville, Virginia.
July 27, 1862 - Confederate general Robert E. Lee dispatches A. P. Hill's division to reinforce Confederate general Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson near Gordonsville, Virginia.
August 3, 1862 - Union general George B. McClellan is ordered to withdraw his Army of the Potomac from Harrison's Landing on the James River and to reinforce John Pope's advance against the Confederate capital at Richmond from northern Virginia.
August 7, 1862 - Confederate general Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson learns that Union general Nathaniel P. Banks's Second Corps is isolated at Cedar Mountain, eight miles south of Culpeper, and plans an attack.
August 9, 1862 - Union and Confederate troops clash at the Battle of Cedar Mountain. Although outnumbered, Union troops have an advantage in the early part of the fight. Confederate reinforcements eventually counterattack and drive Union troops from the field.
August 11, 1862 - Not wishing to be counterattacked by Union general John Pope's entire force, Confederate general Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson withdraws his troops from Cedar Mountain to await additional reinforcements from Robert E. Lee.
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LOGAN COUNTY, Ill. -- Norm Mueller has been cheering on the St. Louis Cardinals since he was 6 years-old.
"I guess I'm a diehard," said Mueller. "I watch all the games that I can and so does my wife."
His wife is Pat Mueller. When they met she didn't realize how much Norm liked the Cardinals. Until they got married.
"We went to St. Louis on our honeymoon and saw three games in two days," recalled Pat.
Before long Pat became a fan too. She has to be, the Mueller's house is filled with baseball memoriabilia, much of it from the Cardinals.
"I just seemed to get started (collecting) with a few items and all of a sudden it just grew and grew," Norm said. "I've sent out hundreds of letters to baseball players asking for them to autograph cards. A lot of them I got back, a lot of them I didn't get back."
The highlight of Norm's collection are his Stan Musial items. He has almost 200 of them, most of them autographed. His favorite is a painting which also bears Stan's signature.
There's also Red Schoendienst and Lou Brock and Bob Gibson. Pick a Cardinal and Norm probably has something autographed by him.
There's even a ball signed by Don Denkinger, the umpire who infamously cost the Cardinals the 1985 World Series when he blew a call at first base.
But Norm says this series with Boston is a toss up.
"Its going to be a tough series because the Cardinals have good pitching and so Boston has good pitching. They also have good hitting, so do the Cardinals," said Norm as he sized up the two teams. "The Cardinals come around when you think they're out of it and they're down, all of a sudden they come back and here they go."
And Norm hopes they go all the way.


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90 Min to NYC - Artist's Retreat w/40 ft Pool, 4 acres in New Paltz
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90 Min from NYC, Pool and privacy. Location, location, location.
Hudson Valley/New Paltz area retreat with 40 foot pool. This is not your ordinary vacation rental. It is a beautiful contemporary private home designed by renowned artist and architect Joseph Caroff.
This is a 2BR/2BA home with artist's loft as 3rd BR. Modern architecture in a lush setting with TONS of LIGHT. VERY PRIVATE situated at the end of a long driveway on 4 very private acres adjacent to a large natural pond. The home has soaring ceilings, polished hardwood floors, cozy wood burning fireplace, artist's loft, separate garden room, barn,jacuzzi tub(in Master Bath), and 40 foot lap pool. Furnished with contemporary furniture, down comforters and pillows, and a fully equipped kitchen (Henkel knives, etc.). Fully heated and air conditioned. This home is 6 miles from downtown New Paltz and the Gunks, and is one block from the Hudson River. A quick 90 minute commute from Manhattan by train or car. All rates include utilities, groundskeeping and pool maintenance.
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Wirelss Internet Service
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New contemporary furniture
Down comforters and pillows
Fully equipped kitchen (e.g., Henkel knives)
Fully heated and air conditioned
Jacuzzi Tub in Master Bath
Polished Wood floors
High, Soaring Celings
Master Bedroom has king size bed
Master Bath has a whirlpool/jacuzzi tub
Guest Room has full size bed
Artist's Loft has view and a sink (for cleaning brushes, paints)
Artist's Loft has convertible sofa/bed - sleeps two
Pool is open Memorial Day through Labor Day
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Hiking & Climbing
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Antiques shopping
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Local theater
Skiing (Hunter or Belleayre)
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Thrill capital of the world or the happiest place on earth?
During the Summer time we can often find ourselves going on vacation. Some go to the beach and others go to Amusement parks. But which park do they go to? Most people lean towards Disney or Six flags Resorts. But which one is better? Disneyland or Magic Mountain. I say Magic Mountain stands over Disneyland By a long shot.
So at first your thinking "this guy is crazy", But think about it, Magic Mountain is the Ultimate thrill seeker while Disneyland is beautifully designed but lacks the thrill seeking aspect of an amusement park. For example Holly Woods's tower of terror of terror is beautifully designed and thrilling but compared to X2 there is no contest. X2 has rotating seats, fire, a 90 degree angle drop and it is the world's only 4th dimension rollercoaster. Not to mention there is music on the ride. Terror of terror is just your basic drop ride with a few neat designs, nothing special. Yes we all love tower or terror but x2 had me when the sets turn you so you are LOKKING DOWN as you drop. Another example would be the famous California Screamin and Tastu. While again California Screamin is beautifully designed with a 100 feet drop it lacks originality. Every park has that one ride that everyone fears but it's just not original. This I where I would say Magic Mountain am better. They made Tatsu and this ride is like no other. The seats rotate into flaying position so you are on your stomach! Not only does it feel like you are Flying but at sunset the view is beautiful. So why settle for just your average rollercoaster when you can have a new experience?
Other than the rollercoaster's being a lot more enjoying at Magic Mountain, Freight fest Kills Disney's holiday in the park. Holiday in the park is crazy but Freight fest is INSANE! Zombies chase you around the entire park, they allow rollercoaster's at night and they add cool scary features to the rides. Disney to be honest doesn't offer much during these events for whatever reason except for a nicely designed park. On one of the rides at freight fest x2 has a creepy voice that's whispers" Is everybody in???.....IS EVERYBODY…….IN? the ceremony is about to begin(x2)(x2)(x2)" before you leave the station and trust me it is scary. I just remember being so amped but nervous when that voice was playing. If you are looking to be scared then drive past Disney and take the exit to Magic Mountain. Disney Really lacks in this category they change almost nothing except the look of the park. The Workers at Magic Mountain really stand out as at Disney they are nice and loyal but they do not go out of their way to make your experience more enjoyable. The workers at Magic Mountain really get into as they always are smiling or making the line wait more enjoyable by starting gam 2es or singing. Also Magic Mountain has 18 rollercoaster's so if one is closed its fine but if a ride at Disney is closed it ruins your entire day considering there is not even a handful of rides there. On top of that they don't even tell you what's closed until you spent your money to get in the park. Talk about being ripped off. I would cry if I got in and California Screamin was closed.
STILL not convinced???????????? Well check this out. The price for a season pass that works at every single six flags park in America It will cost you about a good 80 dollars. This works for the entire year! Now Disney….. Well prices for a day ticket for one person NO park hopper (California adventure not included) will cost you 100 dollars. That's ridiculous and really overpriced. Think about that a pass for one day for 100 dollars or a season pass for 80 dollars. Some may argue that they won't go to more than one Six Flags park but why you wouldn't when Discovery kingdom and Magic Mountain are so close to Each other. When you get sick of x2, full throttle, scream, and Tastu just get in the car drive north and hop on medusa, v2, roar, Kong and Boomerang. Six flags also updates their park often as Disney does not, Disney gets a new ride every 9 years maybe while six flags Magic Mountain has gotten 5 new rides in the last 5 years (supermannx2,tatsu,Green latern, lex luther,full throttle and more)updating one ride x into x2.
All in all Magic Mountain is way better deal and you know it. You get a better experience with usually short lines since there are so many rides. Disney is fun and creative but just not worth all the hype. So all you die hard Disney fans need to think about it for a second. Is Disney really as exciting as you say it is? Or is it really just burning a hole in your pocket. Just something to think about.


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Them's the Rules
Long before I became a parent, the one thing I'd always promised myself I would never, ever say was the dreaded "Because I'm your mother, and I say so." Now that I've got a 7-year-old, not having that phrase at my disposal means I have to come up with other ways to justify all the things I want Henry to do (or usually, not to do). So I've concocted some very specific (if unusual) "house" rules.
Our number one rule is in effect whenever we go anywhere; Henry can touch anything he likes, as long as 1) it's something an adult would also be allowed to touch, and 2) he touches it with only one finger. If I see his little hand moving toward a shiny object, I bark, "ONE FINGER!" and the potential grabby fist becomes a harmless gentle poke. If he breaks the one-finger rule? He has to spend the rest of our visit marching ahead of me with his hands clasped on top of his head. (Draconian? Sure. Do I need to enforce it often? Luckily for both of us, no.)
And because I'm a lexicographer, I want to avoid teaching Henry that some words are always bad. Of course, I don't want to have the foulest-mouthed kid in school, either. So our rule is that there are no bad words, just bad places to use those words. If Henry wants to talk about certain bodily functions, he can talk about them only in the bathroom. (This has led to him dragging us in there to tell us poop jokes.) The f-word and the s-word? Those are only appropriate in rock music, so he can't use them until he's a rock star. (Guess who's been practicing his guitar more often?)
Lately Henry's been asking to watch violent movies. After a 20-minute debate about whether he's be scared watching the uber-violent 300, I changed my argument: I wasn't worried that he'd be scared, not at all. I was concerned that he wouldn't understand what was going on. So of course he could see 300 — as soon as he wrote me a three-page-paper on the Battle of Thermopylae, (No 7-year-old wants anything that much, I can tell you.)
Eventually, Henry's going to see my "rules" for what they really are: desperate ways to ensure his good behavior. I'm hoping by then he also sees them as my sneaky attempts to make him think about things in context, rather than as black-or-white, yes-or-no situations...and, most importantly, that I'll be able to rattle off new rules a fast as he demonstrates new behavior that needs ruling.
How Our Reader's Rule:
No TV before noon. Also, the Wiggles are asleep whenever it's dark outside.— Kimberly Chapman, Nevada
Whoever made it gets to flush it. (Our youngest would become inconsolable when his older brother flushed his potty deposits before he had a chance to do it himself.)— Kerrie Newbeck, New York
You can wear your backpack anywhere — except in your car seat, the tub, or your bed.— Gina Wyman, Massachusetts
Whichever child is being the "stinker" of the week is on pooper-scooper duty. (The rule works so well that cleaning up after the dog often falls on my husband.)— Karen Mode Lightfield, Ohio
No talking at breakfast. It seems cruel until you've had a meal with my three kids — they simply cannot eat and talk.— Carrie Frantz, Illinois
When my kids don't want to finish their dinner, they have to take one more bite of everything for each year they are old.— Lorraine Lodge, Maryland
The car is a mandatory shoe-wearing zone.— Carrie Chiaro, Arkansas
If you're going to have a snack while you watch TV or a movie, it has to be vegetables. (I can get our toddler to clear a plate of lima beans just by setting it in front of him while Ratatouille's on.)— G. Liz Flecha, Michigan
Meals are only eaten at tables, but snacks can be eaten on the couch or floor (or, well, anywhere).— Moira Waldron, Georgia
If my 6-year-old sees a toy he really wants at the grocery store, and he remembers it for a few visits, I let him get it if he agrees to sacrifice some equivalently priced dessert. (This sometimes backfires like the time my husband and I were left without ice cream for two weeks so Max could have a toy 18-wheeler.)— Amanda B., Arizona
You can wear your footed jammies in public only if you've taken them off long enough for Mom to wash them and you pick the pair that doesn't have a hole in the toes. No chocolate milk before breakfast, except on days that start with S. You can run around buck naked in your own bedroom. And no steamrolling the cat.— Becca Riding, North Carolina
To reduce fighting between my two boys, when they start to squabble I ask the elder, Ian, to stick his arm out in front of him. If he can reach his brother, he needs to take a step back. (This works particularly well when they're on top of each other in the bathtub.)— Laura McGurdy, New York
If Mom or Dad has said no to something and you whine, the answer will stll be no. But if you hold the back of your hand to your forehead (in your best impersonation of a damsel in distress) and say, "Alas, I fear I shall perish without it!" the answer might (just might) be changed to a yes.— Karen Rucker, Kentucky


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Newburyport Daily News
---- — State Sen. Barry Finegold, D-Andover, is promising to help the family of a murdered teacher, devastated by a recent Supreme Judicial Court ruling that means her accused killer, if convicted, will not spend the rest of his life in prison.
Finegold's task is not an easy one, but it is well worth the effort to grant the families of victims relief from this misguided court decision.
The SJC ruled on Christmas Eve that it is unconstitutional for murderers under age 18 to be sentenced to life in prison without parole. The court based its decision on the premise that the brains of juveniles are not fully developed, therefore "a judge cannot find with confidence that a particular offender, at that point in time, is irretrievably depraved," the court said.
The decision extends a 2012 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in Miller v. Alabama that struck down mandatory life without parole sentences for juvenile killers. The SJC decision not only bars mandatory sentences but denies judges the discretion of weighing facts of a specific case and determining that a youthful murderer merits life in prison without parole.
The U.S. Supreme Court relied on similar arguments about immature brain development in juveniles but retained to judges the ability to look at each case individually.
The SJC decision is retroactive, meaning there are 63 killers in Massachusetts serving life sentences who now will be eligible for parole. Nine of these committed their crimes in Essex County. Among them is Richard Baldwin, who was 16 in 1992 when he bludgeoned 16-year-old Beth Brodie of Groveland to death with a baseball bat.
The SJC ruling will also impact the case of Philip Chism, the Danvers High student charged with the murder of teacher Colleen Ritzer of Andover. If convicted, Chism's sentence must include the possibility of parole.
In a statement, the Ritzer family said it felt betrayed that the SJC showed more concern for the rights of killers than compassion for their victims.
"This decision should not be applauded, rather overturned as an act of justice and humanity to victims of violent crimes and their families," the family said.
Finegold, whose 2nd Essex and Middlesex District represents Andover, Dracut, Lawrence and Tewksbury, told reporter Dustin Luca the ruling "caught a lot of people off guard. I disagree with the decision and I do believe it should be life without parole for someone who commits a crime like what has happened."
Finegold said the Legislature "may have to look into a constitutional amendment. We need to look into legislation."
That won't be easy. Passing a constitutional amendment in Massachusetts is a complex task requiring the support of a majority in a joint convention of the Legislature in two successive sessions. Then, the proposed amendment is placed on the ballot for the consideration of voters.
As we argued previous, the SJC decision is as misguided as the law the U.S. Supreme Court corrected in its 2012 ruling. The high court determined that, in the case of juveniles convicted of murder, a judge must be able to weigh the facts of a case in establishing a sentence. The SJC prohibits judges from weighing the facts of individual cases. Just as mandatory life without parole sentences are an inappropriate one-size-fits-all remedy, so, too, is the SJC's blanket prohibition of any life without parole sentences.
The Legislature should act to remedy the injustice the court has imposed on the families of the victims of juvenile killers.


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CHESTER, Ill. (AP) - A union official says numerous inmates were involved in an assault that injured two guards and a chaplain at Menard Correctional Center in southwest Illinois.
Kevin Hirsch is president of Local 1175 of the American Federal of State, County and Municipal Employees and a sergeant at the prison. He says one inmate appeared to lure a guard into the attack Tuesday morning. An assault by more inmates followed and the second guard and chaplain were injured.
Hirsch says 10 to 15 inmates were placed in isolation after the incident.
Illinois Department of Corrections spokeswoman Stacey Solano says the prison in Chester is locked down and the incident is under investigation. She says injured staff members were treated at a local hospital.
Neither Solano nor Hirsch would identify the staff members.
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First Photos of Adult Ron Weasley, Scorpius Malfoy, and More Online (Updated)DH Film
As a follow up to our previous report, new images of the Harry Potter cast filming the much anticipated Epilogue sequence at Kings Cross station are now online. In this newest set, we get our very first glimpse at actor Rupert Grint as his character, Ron Weasley, nineteen years later. This full HQ image can be viewed right here in our Image Galleries. We expect more photos to come online in the coming days, and if you are able to capture any images from the filming, please do email us at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The Sahara episode is a commentary on the failure of governance — that even the most brazen transgressions of law should require the apex court's intervention.
To a world accustomed to viewing things in nuclear terms, India came up with the idea of a 'Hindu Undivided Family' as a basic social unit to refer to an extended family of siblings and close relatives living under one roof. The notion that all living things on Earth constituted a universal family (Vasudhaiva Kutumbhakam) is also India's contribution to the global repertoire of philosophical thought. But none of these ideas, grand though they may be in their conception, can be a guidepost for regulating mundane, this-worldly, activities, such as raising funds from the capital markets. Such decisions must necessarily rest on far narrower criteria than the emotional construct that the Sahara Group sought to lay emphasis on, in mounting its defence over the dispute with Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). In the event, the Supreme Court was entirely justified in dismissing the Group's claim that its act of raising Rs 26,000 crore was purely an internal affair involving its employees, friends and affiliated entities and hence, outside the pale of regulatory oversight by SEBI.
The Apex Court's verdict — directing the two companies to refund the entire amounts mobilised (along with 15 per cent interest), or remit to the Government's account monies due to subscribers who could not be traced — is a shot in the arm for healthy corporate governance practices in India. There can be no two opinions about the need for effective regulatory mechanisms, when it comes to raising funds from the public in whichever form. The logic here is linked to investors not being always fully informed about the intentions of those to whom they are entrusting their monies. The job of regulation is to enforce proper disclosures to address such information asymmetries that are behind most scams and financial frauds.
This is a case that should never have gone all the way to the Supreme Court. At stake was a simple proposition namely, whether the Companies Act does lay down a threshold limit of 50 subscribers for a fund-raising programme to be deemed a 'public offer'. Further, the issue at stake is also one of whether such an offer to the public must invariably be accompanied by a promise to get the instrument listed for trading in a recognised stock exchange. These questions have taken three long years to resolve, and close to Rs 26,000 crore has been raised from the public in what has clearly been the biggest public offer in the history of India's capital market. The Sahara episode is thus at a more fundamental level also a commentary on the capability of institutions of governance, post-Independence. That even the most brazen transgressions of law should require the intervention of the apex court to put a halt to it is something to ponder over.


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Social cohesion
The Council of Europe actively promotes social cohesion. Its main objectives are:
- to promote the concept of social cohesion as defined in the Revised Strategy for Social Cohesion;
- to analyse social changes in the light of the definitions of social cohesion;
- to develop the concept of shared responsibility by the greater inclusion of civil society in promoting social cohesion;
- to guarantee an adequate level of social protection;
- to analyse developments in employment and its role in social integration, and questions of training and changes to workers' rights;
- to provide protection for the most vulnerable groups in society and review the policy instruments relating to their well-being;
- to promote equality of access to rights whilst respecting differences;
- to combat exclusion and discrimination in all its forms.
A social cohesion strategy
Improving access to fundamental social rights as laid down in the Revised European Social Charter for all members of society is at the core of the social cohesion strategy.
This goal is to be achieved by developing intergovernmental activities in the following areas:
- Social protection: efforts are being made to extend coverage of the standards laid down in the European Code of Social Security and the European Code of Social Security (Revised) in all member States which are in a position to accept them;
- Social services: recommendations were designed to ensure that social services staff become more efficient in meeting the complex needs of people at risk of social exclusion;
- Employment: work is concentrated on promoting equal access to employment while taking account of changes to the employment market and within employment services;
- Housing: work is in progress on access to housing, particularly in member states with acute housing problems;
- Children and family: efforts in this area are aimed at developing an integrated approach to children's rights in accordance with the Council of Europe conventions and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The emphasis is on the role of the parents in the full and well-rounded development of children in modern society.
Developing social cohesion
The Revised Strategy for Social Cohesion defines the main lines of work of the Social Cohesion Development Division. Current activities include developing useful indicators and other conceptual and methodological tools to promote social cohesion and the Division organises an annual open Forum to debate aspects of social change which affect it. The analysis of the debate is published in the "Trends in social cohesion" series and the electronic newsletter Social Cohesion Developments describes the various initiatives in detail.
European conventions for the protection of social rights
The Revised European Social Charter and its protocols guarantee a number of fundamental social rights (see chapter on "Human rights: protection, promotion and prevention"). The European Code of Social Security and its Protocol guarantee minimum levels of protection, including medical care, sickness benefit, employment injury compensation, maternity, unemployment, invalidity and survivors' benefits, family allowances and pensions.
Protection abroad
The following agreements facilitate international mobility for workers and their families, their integration into host countries without loss of cultural identity and their legal protection and welfare provisions:
- The European Convention on Social Security. This is based on four fundamental principles: equal treatment, uniformity of applicable legislation, conservation of rights and payment of benefits abroad. The convention covers all legislation concerning sickness, maternity and invalidity benefits, retirement pensions, survivors' pensions, benefits for occupational injuries and diseases, life insurance payments and unemployment and family benefits.
- The European Convention on Social and Medical Assistance is based on equal treatment. Contracting parties undertake to ensure that nationals of other contracting parties who are lawfully present in their territory are entitled to the same social and medical assistance as their own nationals.
- The European Convention on the Legal Status of Migrant Workers enshrines the principle of equal treatment for migrant workers and nationals of the host country and guarantees the right to family reunion. A consultative committee monitors its application.
Bilateral and regional social security co-operation
The Council of Europe has an extensive bilateral and regional assistance programme for member states in central and eastern Europe. Its objective is to help them to implement national social security legislation which is compatible with the minimum standards of the European Code of Social Security and its Protocol. The Council also promotes social security co-ordination by encouraging links between member states, using its own relevant legal instruments. These guarantee equal access to social security for migrant workers and their families, especially when they have worked in two or more countries.
People with disabilities
The Council of Europe advocates a clear policy for people with disabilities, with particular emphasis on rehabilitation, social integration and full participation in community life. Its policy model eliminates exclusion of any nature: psychological, educational, family-related, cultural, social, professional, financial or architectural; it promotes independent living and full citizenship and helps to bring it about through several European initiatives and by urging national legislative reform.
Migration issues
The Council of Europe's work in this field focuses on the reasons for migration, migrants' legal status and on integrating migrant and refugee populations. The Council's policies emphasise integration and provide guidelines to improve community relations, to encourage cohesion and tolerance and to guarantee migrants' social rights. One recommendation, for example, promotes access for non-nationals to jobs in the public sector.
Irregular migration being a major concern, the Council has adopted a migration management strategy, based on the protection of migrants' human rights, promoting dialogue and partnership between the countries of origin, transit and destination. One of its tasks is to examine the regulations and practices affecting the legal status of foreign residents and other persons admitted to the territory of member states.
Roma and Traveller communities
The Council of Europe helps member states to improve the situation of Europe's Roma and Traveller communities through assistance programmes, for example the joint programme with the European Commission on Roma in South East Europe. The Council emphasizes two essential aspects - the need for comprehensive national policies and the need to involve these communities in drafting them and putting them into action, particularly at local level. The Group of Specialists on Roma, Gypsies and Travellers is drawing up guidelines and policy recommendations on the access to fundamental rights for these communities. The Co-ordinator of Activities on Roma has close contacts with the European Roma and Travellers Forum, an international association set up in Strasbourg in 2004 to give a voice to these populations throughout Europe.
Population and demographic developments
The report "Recent demographic developments in Europe" published annually provides the latest information on population developments in the 47 member states: size of population, rate of increase, migration, marriage and divorce, fertility, mortality and foreign population. It is available in printed form, including a CD-Rom.
The Council of Europe Development Bank
The social development bank in Europe
The CEB was set up in 1956 under a Council of Europe partial agreement and has 40 members at present. Its priority is to provide financial assistance to member states facing social problems arising from the presence of refugees, displaced persons, migrants and victims of natural or ecological disasters. Today, the CEB's action extends beyond its priority objectives to new social and economic goals, in particular, to improving living conditions for vulnerable social groups such as abandoned children, the disabled, ethnic minorities and those below the poverty line.
With these priorities in mind, the CEB contributes to the financing of social projects in three major areas:
- Strengthening social integration, in particular by providing aid to refugees and migrants, increasing social housing, improving living conditions in urban and rural areas and fostering job creation and preservation.
- Responsible management of the environment through preventive action and aid to regions hit by natural or ecological disasters, the construction or rehabilitation of water supply infrastructure, the treatment of liquid and solid waste, the production of clean and renewable energy and the protection and rehabilitation of the heritage.
- Developing human capital through projects in the education, vocational training and health sectors.
The CEB has set up a "Selective Trust Account" through which it channels a share of its annual profits into subsidising interest rates and exceptional donations for projects with a particularly high social content in its more needy member countries.
The CEB has granted loans of over € 20 billion since it was established and the annual lending volume stands at about € 1.6 billion. At 31 December 2008 its total own capital was € 4 718 shared beetween its 40 member states.
For the period 2005-2009 the CEB aims to increase its action in member countries, particularly those in central and south eastern Europe.
The North-South Centre
The European Centre for Global Interdependence and Solidarity (the North-South Centre) was set up in Lisbon (Portugal) in 1990 as a Council of Europe partial agreement, following a European Campaign on North-South interdependence and solidarity which the Council organised in 1988.
The Centre has two objectives: to raise public awareness of North-South interdependence and solidarity and to develop links with governments, local authorities, NGOs, parliamentarians and the media worldwide in order to promote human rights, pluralist democracy and global education.
This is why the North-South Centre is often described as the Council of Europe's window on the world; its purpose is to assert the values upheld by the Council beyond the European continent.
Bringing together, promoting dialogue, informing
Through its workshops, forums, seminars, educational material, publications and other activities, the Centre seeks to bring together the partners of the quadrilogue (governments, parliamentarians, local and regional authorities, civil society organisations) to pool and discuss ideas, to inform people about globalisation issues and to promote global co-operation and solidarity.
The North-South Centre's activities come under two units:
Global education and young people
The unit promotes global education for sustainable development, human rights, peace, conflict prevention and intercultural dialogue. It provides a youth training programme and is developing a global and regional networking.
The Centre is working to co-ordinate global education at a pan-European level to improve its quality and impact through European peer review processes and collaborates with the European Union's new member states to reinforce it in these countries.
The youth dimension aims to extend, improve and give visibility to the role of young people and their organisations as agents of development and global interdependence.
Dialogue and capacity-building for solidarity in an interdependent world
The Council provides platforms for dialogue between Europe's nations and Southern Mediterranean and African countries on policies to be implemented for democracy, human rights, social cohesion and capacity-building. The main objective of this Unit is to promote the Council of Europe's values and to enlarge the existing North-South networking.
The Transmed programme promotes dialogue on intercultural and inter-religious subjects, women's rights and the advancement of democracy and the rule of law in southern Mediterranean countries.
Europe-Africa Dialogue aims to facilitate dialogue and the exchange of experiences between European and African partners (particularly among parliamentarians) on issues such as human rights protection, good governance, conflict prevention and immigration.
These programmes are assisted by the Multimedia Unit, the Centre's communication sector which oversees the North-South Centre's publications, in particular the Newsletter "The Interdependent", its website and public relations.


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Why are Daft Punk so popular again?
We may remember 2013 as the year of victory laps. From "Arrested Development" to Daft Punk, what wasn't huge during its time is returning to great fanfare.
Bang a drum for LTJ Bukem
A drum-and-bass legend comes to The Blockley.
Robert DeLong and his 'X' factor
Robert DeLong may be electronic dance music's new ruler, but don't call him a DJ. The 26-year-old is out to prove that nerds rule the world.


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Odds of Getting In
Becoming a full-fledged, honest-to-goodness successful poet—someone whose main profession and source of income is writing poetry—is extremely difficult. In case we haven't driven that idea home by now. In order to get to that point, you'll have to write thousands of poems, submit to hundreds of literary magazines, and publish dozens of collections. Billy Collins has published 13 collections to date; Nikki Giovanni has put out 18 and written several children's books; Mary Oliver has written no less than 28 poetry collections.
Of course, if all you want to do is get published, your goal will be a bit easier to achieve, although it's still no cakewalk. Many publishers will only agree to put out your collection if you've been published before, either in a prominent literary magazine or through a first book prize. Even once you've been published, that doesn't necessarily mean that you've made it. There are countless published poets who remain completely unknown and uncelebrated throughout their lives and careers.
As we've discussed already, though, you're clearly not in this for fame or fortune, so we suggest plugging away, writing and submitting as much and as often as you can, and being published by anyone who will have you.


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UPDATE: Atlanta Police say they have located Judith Beadle and she is safe. She was found Sunday evening, but further details are not available.
Police released video of the last known sighting of a woman who is the subject of an active Mattie's Call.Judith Beadle, 30, was caught on camera at the CVS at 842 Peachtree Street in northeast Atlanta on Dec. 2. Surveillance video caught her at the counter of the pharmacy.Police say Beadle has been diagnosed with "diminished mental capacity" and could be in danger.Investigators say Beadle was also seen that same day around 5 p.m. at a shelter near the CVS. They are concerned because her belongings, including a laptop, were left at the shelter.Reports say Beadle was depressed and told her family she wanted to commit suicide.Authorities say if you spot Beadle, call 911 or the Atlanta Police Department's Adult Missing Persons Squad at 404-546-4235.
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Six must-have gadgets and tech for student success this fall
What will the well-equipped student be carrying this fall? It used to be enough to have books, paper and pencils in class. If you were a techie you might have a souped up calculator or (wow!) a small voice recorder. …
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There were only 3 people on this English language tour so there were many opportunities to ask questions.Our tour guide was excellent. She detailed so much history of Vienna and there was so much passion for her city in the telling. She showed us many interesting sights and took us to places we would never have found on our own such as the Spanish horse school, St. Stephens Cathedral,the palace,Mozart's house with the only picture of him withouta wig. She also pointed out many examples of architecture. We all learned so much.
Doing what: Small-Group Vienna Highlights Walking Tour Including Coffee and Cake
I think the trip is definitely worth the money and is a good way to see the City without your feet aching.
The best bus line is the red one (the circle line) followed by the blue one (at least I think it's blue, it's the one that goes past the river Danube). The other line which I think is Green and goes through the palaces and museums is a waste of time unless you plan to actually get off and have a look around.
An important point that I would like to make is that Viator could provide a bit more information with regards to where to get the bus. 'Look out for the green and yellow buses' is simply not enough information. Luckily we were staying next to St Stephens Cathedral and found that one of the bus stops was located there however, if you want to start from the begining of the tour, you can catch all of the bus tours from outside the Opera House.
Doing what: Vienna City Hop-on Hop-off Tour
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We always use hop-on, hop-off buses when in major cities to get an over view of the city and its major attractions. We were then able to determine what places to visit later in the week. There are three lines that can be used, Suggest if you have the time to do all three but we only did two lines as we spent part of the rest of the day at Heroes Square and the shopping area around St. Stephen's Cathedral. Recommend this tour.
Doing what: Vienna City Hop-on Hop-off Tour
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My current drink of choice:
Singleton of Glen Ord 12yr.
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eat my way through Greece and Italy
My "Go-to" dinner party dish:
eggplant lasagne or southern fried chicken
My favorite comfort food:
homemade bread
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Blue Hill- NYC, Mandarin Shanghai- LA, Mi Tierra- San Antonio, Ratskeller Koepenick- Berlin,
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by Roland Sigurdson
Fish all have their favorite spots in a lake. If you fish, you'll learn where certain fish are most likely to be found. Why does a fish choose to live in one part of the lake rather than another?
Where fish hang out depends on the time of year. As weather changes from season to season, conditions in a lake change. For example, as weather gets warmer, some parts of the lake warm up. Then fish might move to a different place, or zone, to find food and shelter.
Fish also change zones as they grow. Like babies, newly hatched fish need different kinds of food and shelter than grown-up fish do. This story follows young yellow perch from spring through winter. As the seasons change and the perch grow, they travel to new lake zones.
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Smugglers Cove Adventure Golf
A fun way for pirates (adults) to introduce buccaneers (under 16s) and scallywags (under threes) to golfing, this all-weather, astroturf 18-hole course in Rosscarbery features wooden rafts and treasure chests.
A fun way for pirates (adults) to introduce buccaneers (under 16s) and scallywags (under threes) to golfing, this all-weather, astroturf 18-hole course in Rosscarbery features wooden rafts and treasure chests.
You can splash round the coast with Atlantic Sea Kayaking , which offers many tours and classes.
No credit cards.
Learn to ride the waves at Inchydoney Island. The surf school also rents boards (from €20 for two hours) and wetsuits (€10 for two hours).
A road train leaves from the West Cork Model Railway Village on a 20-minute commentated circuit of Clonakilty. It's good if you like being cooped up and stared at.
The bay is good for swimming, albeit in a bracing sort of way. The sandy Blue Flag beach at Inchydoney Island , 4km from town, is good too, but watch out for the dangerous riptide; when lifeguards are on duty a red flag indicates danger.
Aquaventures Dive Centre charges €115 for a full day's diving including gear; a half-day snorkelling trip costs €40. It also offers diving and accommodation packages in the attached B&B; contact the centre for prices.
Baltimore Sea Safari has various sailing adventures starting at €25 for 2 hours.
Baltimore Sailing School provides courses (five days for €290) from June to September for beginners and advanced sailors.
Cape Clear Island
Ionad Foghlama Chléire runs Irish-language programs for adults.
Cape Clear Island
For everything you need to know about goat husbandry, contact Ed Harper at Chléire Goats, based at a farm west of the church. He makes ice cream and cottage cheese, available for tastings, and runs half-day (€35) to week-long courses on goat keeping.
The Schull Watersport Centre hires out sailing dinghies (€60 per half-day) and snorkelling gear (€15 per day), and can arrange sea-kayaking sessions (a two-hour session costs €30) plus other activities, like sailing lessons.
Horse- and pony-trekking and trap rides are available at the Ballycumisk Riding School , outside Schull on the way to Ballydehob, for €30 per hour.
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TREMONT, Ill. -- Several schools across the state are struggling this year with funding cuts.
While some schools wait for undetermined amounts of state aid to come in, Tremont School District 702 is taking a more "hands on" approach.
"We are tired of having the conversation start with the budget," said Tremont School District Superintendent, Jeff Hinman. "We want to get back to what is important and what we are here for. We are here to educate kids."
The state owes the school district $200,000 in general aid, but 702's faculty and students are trying to bridge that gap all on their own.
"It's bridging the gap between the state's downfall and the education system, so that is kind of how I came up with the idea of having the bridge between the apple for the education system and Illinois," said Tremont junior, Britney Kent.
Kent was chosen to create the logo for the district's fundraiser, that will be held all day Saturday at Tremont High School.
She is hoping "Bridge the Gap" will help young artists like herself because 30% of the money raised will go to different clubs and athletic teams in her district.
The other 70% will go towards providing Tremont Grade School with air conditioning for a comfortable learning environment.
"The only way they can keep cool is with the doors and windows open," said Tremont parent, Jo Ellen Lohnes. "Even with that, they are sweating to death. They come home soaking wet and the teachers are soaking wet. You can tell everyone is very uncomfortable."
The Tremont School district has already raised $25,000 from various cash donations over the last week.
They are hoping large support on Saturday will bring in $50,000 more. Activities start at 7 am at Tremont High School.
Hundreds of dollars in prizes will be raffled off along with a silent auction for a week-long trip to to Disney World.
A comedy show will be available for $15, and dinner for $10.
The event will wrap up around 9 pm.
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Arizona women paid much fairer than most U.S. states
A new study from the National Partnership for Women & Families shows Phoenix women only earn 85 cents compared with every dollar made by the men.
The Phoenix Business Journal reported that there is an annual pay gap of nearly $6,700 for men compared to women working in the Phoenix area.
Phoenix's pay gap is still a less than the national one of 77 cents to the dollar. The study found that Arizona pays women much fairer than the majority of states throughout the U.S.
Wyoming has the largest pay gap. On average, women earned 67 cents per every dollar men earned in Wyoming. In fact, Arizona had the sixth-smallest pay gap of all the states. Vermont has the smallest at 87 cents on the dollar.
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* An abbreviated version of these comments was delivered in downtown Iowa City, Iowa on April 4, 2011, at an Iowa City Federation of Labor rally in support of public sector workers and commemorating the 43rd anniversary of the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
I want to thank the Iowa City Federation of Labor for having this event and inviting me to speak tonight on the 43rd anniversary of the assassination or perhaps the execution of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who would have been 83 years old today. I still remember the day after King died. I stood at my dining room window as a massive procession of silent black mourners passed beneath my family's apartment at Fiftieth Street and Woodlawn Avenue on the South Side of Chicago. Thousands upon thousands of Chicagoans were walking in collective bereavement from all-black sections north of Forty Seventh Street to all-black sections south of Sixtieth Street. Meanwhile, whole city blocks were in flames on the city's black West Side. The West Side rebellion provoked the city's racist white mayor Richard J. Daley to issue a subsequently notorious "Shoot to Kill" order, telling his police chief to target black "arsonists" for summary street executions. I could feel the life being sucked out of the nation and the world and the onset of a long dark reaction.
King was killed as many of you know, while lending his support to striking public sector sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee. It was one of many times in his life that King had acted in support of organized labor and striking workers. He was also about to lead a Poor People's Campaign for economic justice in Washington D.C. and across the country.
A self-declared democratic socialist, Dr. King was deeply committed to economic and social justice broadly conceived and not just to racial justice alone. As he said and wrote more than once, he was not interested in the devil's gift of equality without opportunity and justice. At the same time, he did not believe in the desirability or the possibility of achieving meaningful domestic progress within a framework of imperial militarism. By the middle 1960s, by 1965 and 1966, King referred repeatedly and in various ways to what he called "the triple evils that are interrelated": racism, economic inequality, and militarism. On April 4, 1967, King gave his famous "Time to Break the Silence" oration against the Vietnam War at Riverside Church in New York City. This is the speech where King referred to the United States as "the leading purveyor of violence in the world today," detailed why the achievement of justice at home required confrontation with Empire, and argued that that "a nation approaches spiritual death when it spends more on military defense than on social uplift." Exactly one year later, King lay dead from an assassin's bullet under circumstances that remain unclear to this day. American and world history might have unfolded more progressively to some relevant degree had this critical murder not taken place.
As a left writer, author, and speaker, I often get e-mails and Facebook messages from predominantly white male 30-something conspiracy theorists who want me to jump on board with their elaborate "inside job" ideas about 9/11, the killings of the Kennedy brothers in the 1960s, the supposed CIA-sponsored childhood and education of Obama, and even the fake nature (I am not kidding) of the 1969 moon landing. Leaving aside the complexity and implausibility of their speculations, I generally write these theorists back with a question: "if you are so obsessed with government assassination conspiracies why don't you seem to care about April 4, 1968 and the killing of Dr. Martin Luther King?" The King case is chock full of the sorts of unexplained loose ends and contradictory facts that the conspiracy crowd loves. (People who want to go down those dark roads can start by reading William F. Pepper's book An Act of State: The Execution of Martin Luther King [New York/London: Verso, 2003]) At the same time and more to my point, King was a plausible target for elite execution in a way that the Kennedy bothers simply were not. Liberal and Orwellian/Oliver Stonian rehabilitation efforts and wishful historical thinking aside, the Kennedys were ruling class men of American Empire and Inequality, incorporated. King was not. He was an actual radical-democratic threat to dominant domestic and imperial hierarchies and doctrines, which is why the Kennedy and Johnson administrations wiretapped and otherwise harassed him and his inner circle with impunity.
Like Helen Keller and Albert Einstein, the democratic socialist Dr. King was much more radical then the keepers of the collective American public memory allow most of us to know. "The black revolution," Dr. King argued in a 1968 essay titled "A Testament of Hope," is "exposing evils that are rooted deeply in the whole structure of our society. It reveals systemic rather than superficial flaws and suggests," King wrote, "that the radical reconstruction of society itself is the real issue to be faced."
This is part of why he turned down repeated requests from progressive politicos that he run for president. The changes we needed to avert catastrophe and build a human civilization, King felt, could not be limited to the periodic re-shuffling of the names and faces and parties in nominal power. It had to go deeper than replacing one brand or shape or color of corporate- and military-captive office-holders with another such brand once every two, four or eight years.
If Dr. King were alive today, he would, I am convinced, have expanded his "triple evils that are interrelated" to include sexism and environmental exterminism or ecocide. He would have spoken in righteous terms against the lax regulations and oil addiction that permitted British Petroleum Deepwater crime against the ocean last year, against the ever-escalating destruction of livable ecology that the petro-profits system is advancing at a rapid pace, and against the unacceptable risks to public health posed by nuclear power – risks that have become all too real in the wake of the ongoing Fukushima disaster in Japan.
King would by now be relatively unimpressed, I think, by the fact that the current president of the United States is black given the fact that that president has continued the standard Washington practice of serving corporate and financial dictatorship and shocking economic inequality at home and military empire and global injustice abroad. In the first two days of his supposedly "humanitarian" intervention in Libya, Obama launched more than 200 cruise missiles, each costing more than one million dollars – a remarkable statement of what King considered America's "perverted priorities" in a time when 25 million Americans are unemployed and 50 million U.S. households suffer from food insecurity. Were he alive today, King would condemn the obscene war profits that flow to military "defense" (empire) contractors like Raytheon, Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Rockwell Collins as billions suffer the elite-imposed crime of poverty at home and abroad.
He would be appalled by the right wing assault on public sector workers in Wisconsin and other states across the Midwest and the country – the biggest attack on organized labor in recent American history. He would have noted how this attack is part of the broader top-down class war of the wealthy and narcissistic Few against the last outposts of the greatest anti-poverty program in American history – the American labor movement. He would have noted how the attack is based on a number of lies including the false claim that public sector workers are over-paid relative to private sector workers and the false claim that public sector wages and benefits and collective bargaining rights are the cause of state deficits. He would note the primary role of tax breaks, exemptions, and loopholes for the rich and corporate Few and the obscenity of military empire in creating the deficits that policymakers use as the pretext to slash benefits and opportunities for everyday working people and the poor. He would have approved the remarkable Winter Solider testimony of the young American Iraq War and occupation veteran Mike Prysnor, who said the following in December of 2009, 11 months into the "hope and change" presidency of the Empire's New Clothes Barack Obama:
"I threw families on to the street in Iraq only to come home and see families thrown on to the street in this county in this tragic, tragic and unnecessary foreclosure crisis. I mean to wake up and realize that our real enemies are not in some distant land. They're not people whose names we don't know and whose culture we don't understand. The enemy is people we know very well and people we can identify. The enemy is a system that wages war when it's profitable. The enemy is the CEOs who lay us off from our jobs when it's profitable. It's the insurance companies who deny us health care when it's profitable. It's the banks who take away our homes when it's profitable. Our enemy is not 5000 miles away. They are right here at home. If we organize with our sisters and brothers we can stop this war. We can stop this government. And we can create a better world."
If King were alive today, he would have been heartened by the extraordinary public sector worker rebellion that recently took place in Madison, Wisconsin. As a national leader who saw no point in running for president, he would have seen that rebellion as deeply and favorably consistent with something that the late radical American historian Howard Zinn (another key veteran of the 1960s black Civil Rights Movement) said in 2009. "There's hardly anything more important that people can learn," Zinn argued two years ago, "than the fact that the really critical thing isn't who is sitting in the White House, but who is sitting in—in the streets, in the cafeterias, in the halls of government, in the factories. Who is protesting, who is occupying offices and demonstrating….It is becoming clearer and clearer to many, after the first year of Obama's presidency," Zinn added, "that it is going to require independent action from below to achieve real change."
At the same time, I am convinced that King would be concerned about the significant extent to which labor leaders, politicians, and the media seem to have succeeded in taking the Wisconsin workers struggle off the streets and channeling it into the system-safe avenues of judicial wrangling and electoral politics. Independent action from below — regardless of which of the two corporate and imperial parties holds nominal power in Washington, the state capitols, and city hall — was what Dr. King was all about. He died on the eve of leading such action for economic justice with a liberal New Deal Democrat (Lyndon Johnson, perhaps the most genuinely anti-poverty president in American history) sitting in the White House. Independent action not just for small reforms or for a "new" set of elite-vetted "leaders" to sweep into office but ultimately and ever more urgently for "the radical reconstruction of society… the real issue to be faced."
Paul Street (www.paulstreet.org)is the author of many articles, chapters, speeches, and books, including Empire and Inequality: America and the World Since 9/11 (Boulder, CO: Paradigm, 2008); Racial Oppression in the Global Metropolis (New York: Rowman & Littlefield, 2007; Segregated Schools: Educational Apartheid in the Post-Civil Rights Era (New York: Routledge, 2005); Barack Obama and the Future of American Politics (Boulder, CO: Paradigm, 2008); The Empire's New Clothes: Barack Obama in the Real World of Power (Boulder, CO: Paradigm, 2010); and (co-authored with Anthony DiMaggio) Crashing the Tea Party: Mass Media and the Campaign to Remake American Politics (Boulder, CO: Paradigm, May 2011). Street can be reached at [email protected]


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The partial government shutdown has reached day three and for one local non profit organization, it came as a rude awakening.
"We got notification today that the federal funding that we rely on each month - we're not going to see any reimbursement for those funding activities until the government is back up and running," said Jennie Hill.
Hill is the Executive Director for Court Appointed Special Advocates, CASA of the South Plains. The organization recruits and trains community members who advocate for kids in the foster care system who have been abused or neglected.
"This would be funding to help our staff as well as mileage reimbursements for our volunteers to go see the foster children that we serve as well as funding to cover benefits for our staff, so it's really key and critical for us," Hill said.
She says the advocates are assigned to serve any youth that comes into foster care in the area. They place them as far away as Amarillo, Tulia and Houston and are required to periodically check on the children they place.
Hill says if the shutdown continues, ultimately it's the foster care children who will suffer.
"We won't be able to serve as many kids as we would like to. Unfortunately, we know that last year there were over 1,200 children in foster care in our area, so that would mean less and less of those kids would be able to have a CASA because of the funding stalemate."
The South Plains Food Bank may also face some problems.
"If this really lingers on for even a month, we're going to see an increase in families coming out here for services," said Chief Development Officer of the Food Bank Lyn Garcia. "We do receive USDA commodities and distribute those through the government, but ours have all been purchased and we've been guaranteed that those will all be coming until January.
That's the time the Food Bank would begin to worry, but they do have a backup plan.
"We always have money set aside and allocated in reserve funds if we need to purchase food because we will be here for our families that we've made promises to that we're going to provide them with food and we will be able to do that."
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Merced County voters Tuesday appeared to put Pat Lunney and Vern Warnke in a November runoff for the open sheriff's post.
Tony Dossetti and Daron McDaniel apparently will face off for the District 3 seat on the Board of Supervisors, both of them outpolling incumbent Linn Davis.
Voters also were leaning toward approval of two of the four school bond measures on the ballot, and Treasurer Tax-Collector Karen Adams led in her bid for re-election.
District 5 Supervisor Jerry O'Banion was unopposed for a new term, as were District Attorney Larry Morse II, Superintendent of Schools Steve Gomes, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder Barbara Levey and Auditor-Controller Lisa Cardella-Presto.
Here is how the races stood Tuesday night:
• Sheriff: With 82 percent of precincts reporting, Lunney had 33.8 percent of the votes, Warnke 33.6 percent, Frank Swiggart 26 percent and the rest for Jim Soria.
They are seeking to succeed Tom Cavallero, who was appointed to complete the current term after Sheriff Mark Pazin left for a job in Gov. Jerry Brown's administration.
Lunney has been chief of investigations for the Merced County District Attorney's Office since 2008. He also served as chief of the Merced Police Department for 15 years. Warnke is a retired senior sergeant and part-time deputy for the Sheriff's Department.
• District 3 supervisor: With all precincts reporting, Dossetti had 39 percent of the votes and McDaniel had 34 percent. The district includes Atwater, north Merced, Franklin-Beachwood and McSwain. Davis was at 20 percent, and William Snyder had the rest of the votes.
Dossetti is a retired police chief and a Merced city councilman. McDaniel is an aide to Rep. Jeff Denham, R-Turlock.
• Treasurer tax-collector: With 82 percent of precincts reporting, Adams led with 54 percent of the vote over challenger Richard St. Marie, the director of administrative services at the Sheriff's Department.
The measures, which each needed 55 percent of the vote to pass, looked like this:
• Measure L: This bond measure for the Merced River School District had support from 61 percent of the voters, with all precincts reporting.
• Measure M: The bond measure for the Merced City Elementary School District had 57 percent approval, with all precincts reporting.
• Measure N: The Le Grand Union High School District's bond measure was falling short at 51 percent, with half the precincts reporting.
• Measure O: The Planada Elementary School District bond proposal was at 53 percent, with one of three precincts reporting.
Measure M, which has been in the spotlight, promises to repair K-8 schools by fixing leaky roofs and faulty electrical systems, and removing asbestos and lead paint, according to the "Vote Yes on M" website.
With less than two hours left before the polls closed, Merced County officials said the voter turnout had been disappointing.
"I'm hearing that it's been pretty quiet and a very low turnout," Levey said. "We do sometimes see a spike when people get off work, so I'm hoping things will pick up."
The Merced Sun-Star contributed to this report.


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Prior to WNCT, Erica spent the last year behind the scenes, as a sports producer at WUSA9 in Washington D.C.
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Auralis's Spring 2011 introduces the Urban Tropical look, taking inspiration back to the Puerto Rico of the 70's, the Caribbean and New York as a backdrop. For Spring 2011, Auralis imagined a scenario where a group of Salsa musicians and artists, circa 1978, found themselves stranded on an island. In her vision Willie Colon, Rita Moreno and Halston venture into Culebra, a pristine untouched Caribbean paradise. The clothes the wear are Urban Tropical.