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Story:I arrived at work at 8:30 am on September 11th. My office is on the 20th floor-Bdwy-Times Square. My sister phoned me at approximately 8:50am to tell me that a plane crashed into the WTC. She was extremely upset..she had just watched the live feed on Channel 4 from WTC showing the plane as it crashed into Tower 1. She insisted I leave my office immediately! At first, I couldn't believe this was happening...my co-workers and I tried to get an image on our computers, but our computers had gone down. Everyone started receiving phone calls from family & friends...telling us what was happening and to evacuate our buiding. My sister called again - screaming and begging me to leave -- another plane has just hit Tower 2 -- we were under attack! My coworkers and I did leave then and ran outside to look downtown - it was surreal - a mushroom cloud of black smoke covered the downtown sky. Hundreds of people were walking uptown -- everyone was walking uptown. I was concerned for my family, my friends, but we could not call them...phone service had gone out. We walked up to 63rd Street to get to my sisters apartment..all bridges & tunnels were closed. It was so strange..the streets were so quiet..everyone looked resolved...calm...probably in shock. We saw a crowd in front of someone's apartment window in the 50's -- a television had been placed there..we finally saw the horror...the building had just fallen down!!! I felt the way I did when I heard JFK had been shot...complete shock,horror. The beautiful blue sky was filled with smoke and ashes. We looked downtown from Madison Avenue and we saw what looked like Hiroshima. I realized then that people I knew that worked in the WTC may not have made it out. Three of them did not.


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David Lee won't require surgery and should fully recover from a hip flexor tear that ended his season in the first game of the Golden State Warriors' postseason. Dr. William T. Long told the San Francisco Chronicle that the outlook for the forward, at least in the long term, is good:
"The good news is that it rarely requires an operation. Almost never," Long said. "In my orthopedic lifetime of 25 years, I've never seen it require an operation. Not once. He should recover and heal completely. It's not expected to cause trouble down the line."
Long also speculated that persisting back pain for Lee could have been early signs that the hip flexor was torn before he went down in Game 1 of the first round series against the Denver Nuggets. The hip flexor involves both the leg and back by attaching the spine to the thigh.
Although Lee will be fine with a while to rest, his Warriors teammates will continue without him. Coach Mark Jackson heads to game two with either Festus Ezeli or Carl Landry starting in Lee's place at the power forward slot. But with Denver expected to have athletic 4-man Kenneth Faried ready to play after sitting out Game 1 with an ankle problem, Jackson could throw rookie swingman Harrison Barnes at the power forward spot.
Whatever the case may be, the Warriors have struggled without Lee. In 21 games without him over the last three seasons, Golden State has a 3-18 record.
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FORMER Upton rowing club star Zac Purchase struck gold on Saturday as he married his long-term girlfriend Fliss Hill at St Paul's Cathedral.
The rower, who clinched second place in the lightweight men's double sculls with teammate Mark Hunter at the London Olympics, and Miss Hill tied the knot at a ceremony in the Chapel of the Order of the British Empire.
The couple, both 26, met at King's School, Worcester, and were joined by about 150 guests, including friends, family and Olympic rowing colleagues including Hunter.
During the ceremony, the congregation sang I Vow To Thee My Country, Be Thou My Vision and Jerusalem.
Speaking after the ceremony, Canon Mark Oakley, who presided over the wedding, said: "It was a very beautiful wedding.
It was full of family and friends and some rowing colleagues.
"I thought today, actually, Zac Purchase won his gold medal. He looked a very happy man and she looked radiant."
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ALAMEDA — As soon as D.J. Hayden woke up, he flashed back one year to the day he almost died in a practice collision.
Hayden got an encouraging text message from his mother Wednesday morning and he said he just felt blessed to be living after undergoing emergency heart surgery last Nov. 6.
After battling his way back from a near-death experience, Hayden's growing pains as a rookie cornerback in the NFL for the Oakland Raiders appear like minor impediments rather than shaking his confidence after a rough outing last week against Philadelphia.
"I'm just truly blessed," he said. "Truly blessed to be living right now. Truly blessed to be in the NFL right now. I'm just truly blessed."
Hayden collided with a teammate in practice at Houston one year ago, tearing a blood vessel off the back of his heart. He was rushed into immediate surgery for a tear of the inferior vena cava, the large vein that carries blood from the lower half of the body to the heart.
The injury is 95 percent fatal in the field, according to doctors, and is most commonly associated with high-speed motor vehicle accidents.
Hayden didn't know if he'd ever be able to walk again, much less play football. But he eventually recovered and worked his way back to get drafted 12th overall in April by the Raiders. After a setback in May when he had to undergo surgery to repair an abdominal scar, Hayden was finally cleared for contact midway through training camp and has played all eight games so far this season.
"Nothing in football can compare to what he had to go through and the type of mental toughness that it takes to battle through the injury that he battled through and to be able to come back like he's been able to come back," coach Dennis Allen said. "I have no doubt that he will be able to respond, he'll be able to come back and he'll perform at a high level. Not a lot of people have gone through the things that he had to go through."


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I must confess, my idea of what people mean when they say that is a bit hazy. Do you mean scream-o teenager crap music? Never, ever, ever, ever, ever. I really don't think any of that even made it past like 2006, did it? Definitely the Vanilla Ice of this last decade.
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I was just listening to the Umek upbeat remix of that...
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Something of a love/hate thing with God Module, some stuff like this is great EBM, then they'll run off and do some poor techno with bad sampling.
So tired of there being like 1 EBM group with 30 different names. Shit's gotta stop. And yeah, someone really needs to sit these kids down and teach them how to incorporate samples because everything just sounds like Grendel, etc.
She's been quiet for a few years.
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Nearly 100,000 people throughout Alabama suffer from Alzheimer's disease. Hundreds of people joined together in Huntsville to help find a cure.
The annual Walk to End Alzheimer's took place Saturday morning at the Botanical Gardens.
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Organizers said the event gets bigger with each passing year. "We've had more people pre-register today than we have ever had in the history of any of our walks," said Courtney White.
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An allocution by Jim Durrell, Chairman of the Board
Good afternoon, bonjour.
Welcome to the Annual Public Meeting of the Ottawa International Airport Authority.
I'm very pleased to be here, in what is my first official duty as the new Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Airport Authority.
I would like to thank my colleagues on the Board for their expression of confidence by electing me Chair.
I look forward to working with all of you as we continue to move the Authority's efforts forward.
As a member of the Board for the past five years, I have watched the Airport Authority team develop skills and talents that are recognized among the best in the country.
I have participated in one of the most exciting construction project that the region has seen.
And, I have been a part of one of the most active and dedicated Board of Directors in the city.
I would like to thank Claude Bennett and Regis Trudel, who have gone before me as Chair.
They have both done an outstanding job of positioning the Airport Authority as an important contributor to the economic landscape of the region, and have served their Boards well in the past.
I look forward to continuing the good work that they did during their tenures.
On behalf of the rest of the Board, I would like to welcome the three new Members who joined the Board just last week:
Michel Belley was nominated by the Chambre de Commerce de Gatineau ;
Eric McSweeney is a Greater Ottawa Chamber of Commerce nominee; and,
Michael Skrobica was nominated by the Air Transport Association of Canada.
Paul Benoit et toute l'équipe de l'Administration aéroportuaire ont démontré un niveau élevé d'excellence au cours des sept dernières années, et j'aimerais exprimer ma reconnaissance envers chacun d'eux.
Ils ont démontré un engagement inébranlable et je n'ai aucun doute qu'ils continueront à le faire lorsque l'Aéroport international d'Ottawa pendra de l'ampleur dans les années à venir.
After what has been accomplished in the last seven years, I know the future will have many more exciting projects in store.
We will be exploring Phases II and III of the expansion project, and studying the capacity of such facilities as the parking structure.
We will be further streamlining the operations at the airport, and ensuring a safe and secure environment for our passengers.
We will be working hard to attract more airlines and destinations to Ottawa.
And we'll continue to be a strong presence in the communities that we serve.
As I'm sure you are aware, this is a challenging time in the industry; we hope that the events of 2003 don't repeat themselves, and while we're cautiously optimistic about Air Canada 's future, the truth is that nobody knows what will happen at this point.
We'll await the outcome like many others will.
We know that other factors, over which we have no control, could affect our business.
So, we've got to be vigilant in our approach to both our finances and our operation.
We must continue to make every decision with thoughtful consideration.
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We've got a lot of work to do, and we're ready to go.
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Manchester-by-the-Sea — Frederick M. "Mac" Bundy Jr., passed away on September 13, 2013, from complications of congestive heart failure. He was predeceased by his wife, Doris Deming Bundy, to whom he was married for over 50 years. The eldest son of the late Frederick M Bundy and Anita Hollister Bundy, he grew up in Boston on Beacon Hill and at Fiddler's Green in Gloucester, Mass. He graduated from St. Marks School, Yale University and Harvard Business School.
Mr. Bundy worked as a municipal bond underwriter for Advest in Boston for many years, and was past president of the Municipal Bond Club of Boston. He was a former Mason, and an avid ACBL bridge player. In his younger days, he played tennis and paddle tennis at the Essex County Club.
A longtime resident of Manchester-by-the-Sea, he is survived by his sister, Patty Wray; brother, David Bundy; his children, Barbara Black of Simi Valley, Calif., Dorothy Dylag of Wrentham, Mass., A. Holli Mira of Warren R.I., and Jon Bundy of Londonderry, N.H.; six grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
ARRANGEMENTS: Funeral services will be held at the Crowell Chapel at the Rosedale Cemetery, Manchester-by-the-Sea, on Saturday, September 28, at 11 a.m. Relatives and friends are invited to attend. As requested, there will be no visiting hours. Burial will follow in Rosedale Cemetery. Arrangements by the Campbell–Lee, Moody, Russell Funeral Home, 525 Cabot Street, North Beverly. For information, directions, or to offer condolences, please visit www.campbellfuneral.com.


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The DeKalb High School Baron Brigade appeared at the Bands of America competition for the first time this past Saturday in Yipsilanti, MI., which is a national competition.The band scored a 3rd place finish out of 20 bands during the day competition and the right to advance to the finals performance in the evening. Out of the 10 bands in the finals, the Baron Brigade placed 3rd overall. We are so proud of the kids and all their hard work. Now we move on to Regionals this Saturday in Chesteron, IN for a spot to move on to Semi-State next weekend. Good Luck to my daughter Alyssa Gibson and the rest of the kids.
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The Moon river is the lifeline of Isan, bringing sustenance and irrigation to the poorest and most populous part of Thailand. The World Bank identified the Moon, the greatest of the Mekong's tributaries, as a suitable location for a giant dam, and proceeded to fund a hydropower project that is destroying the traditional way of life in a picturesque river basin of self-sufficient villages.
Why is it that dams are always built in such beautiful places? The Pak Moon Dam is located in the lush hilly zone where Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia come together. Here the yellow waters of the Moon surge downstream into the mud-red Mekong mixing to form bi-colored waves, like coffee splashed with cream. The banks on both sides are dark green, covered with thick, jungly vegetation at the juncture known as the "mae nam song si," or two-colored waters. Overlooking this scene are the Pa Taem cliffs, protected surfaces of which are scratched with artful paleolithic cave drawings, one of the oldest sites of its kind in Asia.
A short distance upstream is another work of man, an altogether different kind of scratch on the environment. The Pak Moon Dam is a homely concrete monstrosity 300 meters wide and 17 meters high. The World Bank provided technical support and loans which will cost the people of Thailand some 223 million dollars plus interest when the loan is paid in full.
The electricity generating facility blocks and regulates the natural flow of the Moon, but it's not been working as well as proponents claimed it would and economists reckon it won't pay for itself, let alone contribute meaningfully or profitably to Thailand's electricity grid (the 1995 estimated Output was 0.04% of the total).
Failure to deliver what it was supposed to deliver is reason enough to question the wisdom of the bankers and technocrats, since it is ordinary Thai citizens who will eventually have to pick up the tab. But the precipitous decline in fish populations and growing poverty of villagers along the banks of the river is stirring angry protest. By some estimates, the Moon has lost ninety percent of the fish that used to spawn here, and once enriched the Mekong downstream in Laos and Cambodia.
Peasant folk, with a deep and abiding respect for their river of life, opposed the dam early on, as did numerous NGO's and technical experts. But it's not easy standing in front of the steamroller of progress, especially when funded by a prestigious US based institution such as the World Bank. Early protests against the project were blithely ignored by contemptuous yet insecure Bangkok politicians suffering from development envy. Power hungry EGAT, (the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand.) "We are the authorities, we have the law, we have the right to develop," said one of EGAT's public relation men recently. "We have to have power."
Power indeed. The powerless and impoverished who have borne the brunt of EGAT's power plunders are getting more and more people to listen.
For one, the World Commission on dams released a draft study highly critical of the Pak Moon project in February. Furthermore, the Isan peasants, some of them in their tenth year of protest, have upped the stakes: They are no longer asking for compensation; — they want the river back. It's not that the Bangkok pols and crooks who routinely line their pockets in the name of rural development suddenly had a change of heart so much as the fact that EGAT suddenly lost control of the dam. The villagers, tired of being ignored, tired of being Dismissed, took things into their own hands, in this case, literally.
The Pak Moon dam and Rasi Salai dam are both occupied round the clock by angry peasants and no one steps near either site, especially the edgy authoritarians at EGAT, without protester permission. Journalists, demonstrators and rock bands have been welcomed with open arms, but EGAT, which has a long record of deceptive public announcements, has been kept firmly at bay.
It's psychological warfare at the moment, with radical supporters of the largely silent peasants countering the noisy, defensive claims of EGAT on behalf of the largely silent state. EGAT assistant governor Subhin Panyamags says it's too late to do anything about the dam, echoing remarks made by science minister Athit Urairat. "Compensation has been paid," he announced at a recent seminar in Bangkok. "This business is finished."
Wanida Tantiwitayapitak, a well-known Bangkok activist serving as spokeswoman for the peasants is not easily cowed by bureaucrats passing the buck. In a cover story in Siamrath's weekly she said, "If we are to oppose an unjust state, then we have to engage in rebellion," echoing the strident rhetoric of Thai leftists of an earlier generation. She says she doesn't mind being arrested. "The state is part of an unjust system exploiting the poor."
Trying to pit farmer against fishermen, EGAT public relations men claim they need to take control of the dam to prevent farms from being flooded as the water was above the flooding level of 110 meters. The protesters quickly countered on June 10 with a photo provided to newspapers showing a protestor dangling in front of the dam watermark which was a good two meters below that level.
EGAT has also said the people of Ubol Rachatani Province will suffer blackouts if the protesters failed to disperse, but university experts came in and pointed out that the only blackouts likely to occur would involve a malicious flip of an EGAT switch since electricity is currently in over-supply and not dependent on the dam which has never performed up to standard. The Assembly of the Poor, as they are known in Thailand's English press, represent a coalition of villagers, fishermen and activists from Thai NGO's hoping to stop the kind of development that only construction firms and kickback rich politicians can love –something totally unnecessary and ecological damaging that makes the place where it is located worse off than before.
Peasant protest leader, Thongcharoen surrounded by a half dozen villagers wearing rural threads, looked distinctly uneasy and out of place when he came to Bangkok to speak to foreign correspondents on May 31. Sporting a wispy Uncle Ho style goatee, cowboy hat and a plaid peasant scarf, he spoke in a quiet and dignified manner. "The Moon is our bloodline…how dare they destroy nature…we predicted this would happen…electricity output goes up and down but villagers life only goes down. We used to have a rich life…let it be the last dam."
The use of snappy sound bites was a bit disconcerting, coming from a man otherwise convincing in his sincerity, but the fact that there is a warrant out for his arrest might help explain his inability to engage in any real conversation. Surrounded by a dozen supporters both rural and urban, Thongcharoen moved within in a bubble so tight that even esteemed social activist Sulak Sivarak had trouble breaking in. Isan villagers long dependent on the Moon for fishing have the most easily defined complaint –the fish are gone. Cambodians down river are suffering too, because fish that can't return to their natural spawning grounds upstream at the Moon, are not going to make the downriver journey via the Mekong to Tonle Sap and beyond. The World Commission on Dam study says 169 of 256 species have been affected and 77 prevented from migrating. Furthermore, some fifty breeding grounds in shallow rapids have been submerged.
According to an American fisheries expert, long resident in Thailand, the peasants are exactly right. "Dams kill rivers," explains Tyson Roberts of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. A burly, cheerful man, whose thirty years in country leads him to say "our" river, instead of "their" river, Tyson says "the fish have to be able to go up and down, and most can't scale the ladders. Fish ladders," he said, "are an afterthought, put in to counter ecological criticism but actually ineffective." Social and environmental considerations should be given equal weight to financial considerations he says, adding. "Hydropower threatens to destroy 20% of "our" fresh water fish. Damaging the river ecology in term impacts fish populations in the gulf and the sea."
But the seasoned protesters, wary of quick fix solutions that EGAT technocrats have come up with, such as stocking the Moon with new kinds of fish and generous (from the point of view of poor peasants) offers of cash compensation are calling for something less definable but more valuable, the autonomy to preserve a way of life that has served them for centuries, even millennia.
The Moon is blocked by a smaller dam at Rasi Salai, where fisherman joined by rice farmers have taken over the facility and threaten to tear it apart in a sympathetic protest. The rice farmers not only complain about flooding, but say their fields suffer increased salinity due to the backed up waters and flooded forests. The protest at Rasi Salai has gotten less attention in the press but is worth taking note of for several reasons. Being smaller in size and having earthen ramparts filled with stone, it can be, and is, at least symbolically at the moment, being deconstructed brick by brick.
During the height of the Cold War, this stretch of the Moon river was "infested" with communist insurgents, some loyal to Hanoi, but mostly under the command of the China-dependent Communist Party of Thailand. Many of these former rebels are still around, now advanced in years, seamlessly blended into the social fabric as rice farmers, teachers, even policemen. In fact, the notorious village of Ku Sot, considered so red it was burned to the ground during the heyday of Vietnam war era counterinsurgency, is not far from the banks of the Moon. The above average political awareness of peasants in this area is in part the legacy of communism which flourished underground in Northeast Thailand like nowhere else in the sixties And seventies.
The strident dream of changing Thailand by revolution was undone long ago, not so much by the effectiveness of US backed counter insurgency, (which tended to radicalize people and produce more rebels) but because of the generally easy going, happy go luck nature of the village folk who don't take well to regimentation or dictatorship of any sort. Nearby towns, such as Bungbun, are pleasant villages composed of small merchants and small landholders who strive more for self-sufficiency than integration with the distant Bangkok government.
The politically savvy villagers here are not asking for handouts, just a chance to be self-sufficient. Benign neglect serves the region better than meddling from Bangkok, abetted by the World Bank and other organizations of global reach loyal to no one in particular. Villagers here grow only one rice crop a year, like other parts of dry, impoverished Isan, but they have been diligent and industrious in building up cottage industries such as silk weaving, and under nearly every wooden house on stilts, can be heard the clackety clack rhythms of spindles and heavy wooden looms.
News about the Pak Moon has been steady fare in Thai papers, with constant hints of violence keeping readers on edge. PROTESTERS FEAR BLOODY CRACKDOWN, THE DARK SIDE OF DEVELOPMENT, PROTEST CHIEF DARES POLICE TO ACT, POWER SUPPLY MAY BE HIT, etc.
The day after the headline, DAM PROTESTERS GET 10 AM DEADLINE TO LEAVE, four popular musicians put on a concert for the embattled protesters, injecting new life in the the movement. Surachai Chantimatorn and Mongkol Utok of Caravan, two veteran folksinger activists, were joined by the comedian/singer Pongthep Kradonchamnan and the popular heartthrob Pongsit Khampi. Unlike Bangkok's pop gliterati, these singer-songwriters have deep roots in the countryside and frequently pen "songs for life" about the oppressed and dispossessed.
Writer Sulak Sivarak too has dedicated much of his work to improve the life of the meek and abused, and his scorn for those on high sometimes gets him in trouble. At a recent public forum on the Moon in Bangkok, the British educated scholar/activist held up a thousand-baht note to preface his comments. "As you know," he says, waving pale pink bill in the air, "the American dollar says 'In God we trust.' Well, this is Thai money, Thai money shows, well, respectfully speaking, their majesties, the King and the Queen and a picture of a dam." Sulak's pointing out of the obvious brought nervous chuckles to audience aware of Sulak's famous lese majeste case that got him Chased out of the country.
Sulak went on to say that when he sent food to the protestors at government house, he learned that the hospitals had been ordered to stock up on blood supplies since a violent confrontation seemed inevitable. "If you want to show you have power, use non-violence." He lamented the fact that Buddhist Thailand had been overtaken by a western commercial culture that has distorted Descarte's logic into "I buy, therefore I am," and proposes that Buddhism could help set things right by re-asserting, "I breathe, therefore I am," a simple view underscoring the sanctity and equality of human life.
Sulak says the government must take the villagers seriously, as they represent 85% of the nation. "Talk to them as equals." He criticizes the EGAT fat cats and World Bank experts for their five-star hotel lifestyle, divorced from reality of countryside. He acknowledges that it is not easy for the government to admit it is wrong, but said," if government doesn't lose face, the people will suffer."
Melissa Foster, the only representative of the World Bank at the meeting, spoke briefly in a sweet and soft-spoken manner that did not entirely mask an awkward note of guilt in her voice. She said she was at the forum not to preach but "to listen and learn." That's a commendable approach, but why didn't the World Bank listen and learn from the peasants ten years ago before funding the controversial project? Kraisak Chunhavan, son of former prime minister Chatchai, and a member of parliament, takes issue with the World Bank view, saying "I've been opposing dams all my life." He said even when he worked as an advisor to the government, he couldn't stop the bureaucracy from approving Pak Moon. "Dams are named after royalty to avoid controversy," he noted wryly, "but it backfires because when something goes wrong people call it by royal name, like the "problem with Sirikit."
At this point, Kraisak looked around nervously, noting that he, like Sulak, "had one foot in jail" for talking this way about the monarchy. He said that developers "view farmers as serfs," moving them around at will like pawns. "I hope this is the last dam. Learn the lesson of Pak Moon or face the consequences." he concluded, shifting from eloquent English to tough Thai street talk.
"Mung sang, gu phao." You build it, We burn it."


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Beautiful Creatures
- Release Date: Feb. 14, 2013
- Genres: Drama
- Cast: Emma Thompson, Jeremy Irons, Thomas Mann, Emmy Rossum, Viola Davis, Zoey Deutch, Margo Martindale, Andrea Frankle, Alden Ehrenreich, Alice Englert
- Directors: Richard LaGravenese
- Official Site: http://beautifulcreaturesmovie.com
- Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
- A supernatural love story set in the South which tells the tale of two star-crossed lovers: Ethan, a young man longing to escape his small town, and Lena, a mysterious new girl. Together, they uncover dark secrets about their respective families, their history and their town. The film is based on the first novel in the best-selling series by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl.
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Cleveland's Lake Erie Monsters and Walgreens are teaming up to bring you the Monsters Harvest for Hunger Program. Help feed local families by donating non-perishable food items at all March Monsters home games. All food items will be collected at entrances and will benefit The Cleveland Food Bank.
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From November 14th-December 21st fans are asked to bring new unwrapped gifts for children to all Monsters games. The Monsters along with the Cavaliers will take these items, wrap them and give them to many local children who may not have any gifts for the holidays. The following are Monsters home games you can bring items to:
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Check out where the Tour will be rolling through this season, and then come out to watch your favorite team practice and meet the players afterwards:
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The engineering firm Butler Fairman & Seufert , Inc. has been chosen to design a new bridge for Ford Road over Eagle Creek.
A contract for the service is scheduled to be signed by the Boone County Commissioners during their 9 a.m. Monday meeting at the Boone County Annex, 116 W. Washington St., Lebanon.
Butler Fairman & Seufert was one of six engineering firms interviewed by the commissioners for the bridge project, which has an estimated cost between $1.333 million and $1.697 million. No date for construction has been set.
Also Monday, the commissioners are expected to hear a request for identification badges from attorneys involved in the David Camm murder trial, due to begin Aug. 5 in the Boone Circuit courtroom. Camm, a former Indiana State Trooper, was twice convicted of murder in the deaths of his wife and their two children at in September 2000 at their home in Georgetown, Ind. Both convictions, one in Floyd County, the other in Warrick County, were overturned. This trial was moved to Boone County because of extensive publicity.
Issuing ID badges to the lawyers could speed up security checks during the trial, which is expected to take about two months.


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Police say keep calm over Tube terror hoax
The Metropolitan police have told Londoners to "keep calm and carry on" after a hoax text warning of a terror attack on the tube was circulated.
Man found dead on a bench in west London common
A man was found dead on a bench at a common in west London this afternoon.
Olympic rower James Cracknell to challenge Boris Johnson for Uxbridge seat
Olympic rowing legend James Cracknell is to challenge Boris Johnson to be the Tory candidate in Uxbridge and South Ruislip for the 2015 general election, The Standard has been told.
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Presenting the Past: Ruby Podva, Danville's postmaster
Original post made on Dec 5, 2011
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, December 5, 2008, 12:00 AM
on Dec 5, 2011 at 3:24 pm
Thanks for the history lesson ! My Dad, James M. Podva, son of Robert and Irene Podva, was born at "Bonny Vista", aka, The Old Podva House, in 1917. I recall first meeting Roger and Ruby there at a family reunion in the early 1950's. My cousin Dolph showed me how to jump safely from the hay loft and his dad, Boo Podva, taught me how to ride a horse. Great memories of my early childhood days!
on Dec 8, 2011 at 7:27 am
Montana, I bet you have a wealth of information on Danville History. How wonderful. I hope you share it and photos so we can learn more about Danville.
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I look forward to purchasing and reading the new Danville history book!


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DANVILLE - First Midwest Bank, 27 N. Vermilion, in Danville was held up at 3:40 PM on Wednesday afternoon. Police arrived at the scene, and were told a white heavy set male gave the teller a note demanding cash, and left with an undisclosed amount of money. Director of Public Safety Larry Thomason said no weapon was displayed during the robbery.
A 43 year old Centralia man, was found after K9 units were used to track him down. He was found in the 100 block of Van Buren, he was taken into custody and no gun was found.
The suspect is being held for Aggravated Robbery, no one was hurt.
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- Studio: Metro Goldwyn Distributing Company
- Release Date: Feb 22, 2008
- Starring: Anton Yelchin, Hope Davis, Robert Downey Jr.
- Summary: Charlie Bartlett, a wealthy, intelligent 17-year-old, has been kicked out of nearly every boarding school in town and is now enrolled in the local public high school, headed by the reluctant Principal Gardner. Initially struggling to find a place in the new school, Charlie eventually establishes himself as the supportive listener who dispenses well-needed advice, and the occasional prescription, to mixed-up teens. As intuitive Charlie befriends and emotionally influences nearly every student at Western Summit High, the entire school begins to transform into a very different place. (Kimmel International)… Expand
- Director: Jon Poll
- Genre(s): Drama, Comedy
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Score distribution:
Positive: 10 out of 25
Mixed: 12 out of 25
Negative: 3 out of 25
Yelchin delivers one of those performances that pop eyes... It's a breakthrough role.
A refreshingly entertaining character study that refuses to dumb down its youthful cast or bury their concerns in service of a catchy soundtrack.
If the attention span of Charlie Bartlett didn't wander here and there, the movie might have been a high school satire worthy of comparison with Alexander Payne's "Election." But as it dashes around and eventually turns soft, it loses its train of thought.
Sequences like the silly montage of Charlie on Ritalin (which just looks like the precious doodles of a former editor), grievously underdeveloped characters, and heavy heapings of sap instead of snark keep Charlie Bartlett from making the dean's list.
The dismal high school comedy Charlie Bartlett has the look, feel and sentiment of a made-for-video cheapie that might have been grudgingly whipped together by Robert Downey Jr. as some sort of court-ordered community service project for his many drug busts.
Score distribution:
Positive: 17 out of 21
Mixed: 1 out of 21
Negative: 3 out of 21
Nov 26, 2010If you ask me it reminds me of what Ferris Bueller would do if he while he was at school other than Chalie's huge house other than when it gets all bad in the middle and nearer the end.… Expand
Jan 19, 2011I adore this movie! After renting it out randomly at my local video store I became obsessed with this amazing film. Anton Yelchin is a standout and Kat Dennings as usual is a absolute pleasure to watch on screen. The film combines humour with hard hitting topics such as drugs, depression and family. When my friends and family ask me to recomend a movie to them this is always the first one that pops into my head. The only negative comment I have to say is why the hell wasn't this movie released in theatres in Australia. For such a great film, I don't believe it received the applause that it was definitely lacking.… Expand
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I would like some input on which body would offer the better resolution and high ISO performance. I shoot mainly portraits in studio and on location and bands also in studio and live shows. I've narrowed it down to two used bodies. The 5D (original) and the 1Ds mark ii. Thanks for your input!
I've not tried one myself yet, but I have to echo the D700 suggestions. You really should stick with the Nikon brand, and also it just may be that you are shooting part of the time, in available light? But it sort of depends on how many Nikon lenses you have, and if you like them...and if they are full frame. You can buy a used D700 for around $1500. I have never seen a photograph taken with one, that I didn't like.
I just don't like the ergonomics of Nikon's full frame bodies. I need fingers that are 6 inches long, to reach the shutter release. And the controls on the rear, are way too tiny.
Regarding the image size issue, I don't see it as one for the type of work you do, unless as mentioned above, most of your work winds up being prints that are 20x30 or larger.
I've wanted to try Perfect Resize, myself. I like Photoshop's standard "bicubic" enlargement ok, but it's far from..."perfect". The "bicubic softer"...supposedly "best" for enlargements...really seems best for making a picture soft and ruining it.
Haha I love the ergonomics on my D700 I have average hands and don't have any issues whatsoever. It's a shame that Nikon has since removed/altered the AF control levers that I love so dearly.
Whenever I use a Canon body it bothers me that the rear dial is a big wheel and not the same type of dial as the front one... Using it feels a bit like having to rub my belly while patting my head I also hate mode dials and love that Nikon puts a quick-select mode button on their semipro bodies. To each their own!
You should give Perfect Resize a try; they have a free trial so there's nothing to lose. It really does add a good amount of detail compared to standard sharpening/upscaling.


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CHATTANOOGA (WRCB) - Crystal is 11 and in the sixth grade. Her sister Barbara is 12 and also in the 6th grade.
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Both girls have a lot to offer. Crystal is an achiever. She read more advanced reading books than any other fifth grader in her school last year. Barbara likes to read too.
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After traveling the Arab world over land and sea, the Stars of Science team and permanent jurors were ready to welcome all the accepted candidates to Doha for the final selection round. The team also welcomed the arrival of all 8 local jurors who were preparing to join forces in deciding the top 16 candidates for this season!
The format of presenting changed this season as the candidates were given a chance to meet the jury beforehand for an extensive Q&A session to learn more about their projects and ask all the questions required. This was very helpful to the candidates but also put them on their nerves as the prime will now consist of only one random question from one juror that the candidates must answer.
To be automatically accepted to the top 16, the candidates must receive a grade over 80%. Any grade below 50% is an automatic disqualification while anything between the two grades means the candidates must wait and hope that their grade is high enough to be qualified!
The candidates who received between 80-50% waited anxiously in the waiting room where they tried to rank themselves according to their grades received while one candidates sat all alone the entire day. Mohammed Amine Besbes and Mohammed Doumir received over 80% and were announced the first participants in the top 16 spot for Season 5!
As the day came to a close the candidates were ready to hear the results on who made it and whose journey ended at that moment. Host Khaled Al Jumaily read out the results and they ranked as follows:
Mohamed Amine Besbes - Virtual 3D Drawing Pen/84.7%
Mohammed Doumir - Camel Racing Diagnostic Boots/ 83.5%
Mohamed Ismail - Solar Panels Autonomous Robot Cleaner/ 79.9%
Waleed Jan - Mechanical Braille Editor/ 79.9%
Alaa Al-Harbi - Arabic Speech Training Kit/ 72.2%
Feras Abdul Majid - Water Cooler Bottle Lift/ 70.6%
Yasser Nezzari - Kinetically Driven Robotic Arm/ 70.3%
Mohammed Islam - Navigation and Home Automation forthe Blind/ 66.8%
AdilAitOuahman - Briefcase Transforming Bicycle/ 65.2%
Mohammed Al Kuwari - Automated Verdict in Disputed Football Scoring/ 62.5%
Anwar Almojarkesh - Assistive Pillow for Hearing Impaired/ 62.2%
Alaa Al-Rawi - Auto-Adjusted Comfortable Seatbelt/ 61.9%
Mohammad Abazeed - Car Performance Enhancer/ 60.8%
El Arby Sidi Boubacar - Auto-Balancing System for Electric Bicycle/ 60.8%
Nouf Al-Asfour - Automated Reflexology Glove/ 60.3%
Sherif Yahia - Speech Synthesizer for the Language Impaired/ 50.4%
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Orientation Week kicked off with the warm encouraging words from host Khalid
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DELAHOYA SAYS MAYWEATHER AFRAID OF ALVAREZ, afraid to fight him???
DELAHOYA SAYS MAYWEATHER AFRAID OF ALVAREZ, afraid to fight him???
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Floyd is not Canelo's daddy so using you vs your father is NOT a reasonable comparison. It is rather insulting that you would make that comparison. Like I said, Canelo has a bunch of good fights available for him. If Floyd doesn't want to fight...that's fine. Canelo will go on with his career.
And I don't know how valid the "Canelo needs to prove himself in a PPV event" argument is when the guy Floyd hand-picked to fight has even less "star power" than Canelo. And who is Canelo going to fight in the fall if not Canelo? Devon Alexander? Zab Judah? Danny Garcia? Andre Berto? LoL....not a PPV star if you combined the fanbases of all 4 fighters.
I don't think Floyd is scared...but I think he has no intention of fighting in the fall. He is a once a year fighter at this point. My guess is that he fights the winner of Judah-Garcia in the fall if he happens to fight and then we may see Canelo-Floyd in May of 2014 or 2015.
Course he's not his father, I said hand that feeds him. By being on Mayweathers undercard that's who clearly brought in the money
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If he hasn't been calling his shots on his own career before then he certainly is now. GBP did not want him to fight Trout, but Canelo had the balls to step up and do it. I think that is a good thing and I can't imagine you think it is a bad thing. He is only 22, but if he can start calling shots in his own career at a young age then you are better off doing it. I think we can all agree that Canelo taking the Trout fight against GBP's wishes is a GOOD thing.
Canelo vs Trout would have been the biggest true undercard fight that I can ever remember. Can you think of one better? One that means more? A young potential star against the best fighter in his class? This would be like Fernando Vargas vs Winky Wright had Winky beaten Mosley the fight before facing Vargas. Everyone knew Trout was dangerous...he proved it and got more name value by handling Cotto the way Wright handled Mosley.
There are only 3 ways Canelo could have handled the Floyd offer...
1. Turn it down and just ignore Mayweather Promotions and move on to your own fight with Trout
2. Make a counter-offer, knowing that if Floyd turned it down then you will move on to make your own fight with Trout
3. Accept the undercard offer, continue to try and live off of Floyd's fame, and turn down your own event with Trout while likely taking less money in the process. You also turn down a chance to fight in front of 30,000-40,000 people that are there to see YOU.
The only real options are 1 and 2. I guess you are insulted that Canelo even came back with a counter-offer. Ok...I am not. I honestly would think that you wouldn't be that sensitive about it. Boxing is a business...remember?
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FGCU Announces Softball Tryouts
Fort Myers, Fla. - Softball tryouts for anyone interested in joining the team will be held on Monday afternoon, September 8th, at 3:00 PM at the FGCU Softball Stadium.
Tryouts are open ONLY to FGCU students that are enrolled in a full-time course of study during the fall term.
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I don't know how many saw this article in Friday's Wall Street Journal:
In Japan, Scented Fabric Softeners Wrinkle Some Noses
And this companion blog post:
For Some, Scented Fabric Softeners No Laughing Matter
Japan's environment ministry came up with a novel suggestion earlier this year for women sweating out the summer in hot, energy-scrimping offices. "Combat body odor,'' the ministry suggested in a tip-filled Web page touting its turn-up-the-thermostat campaign, "by using scented fabric softener.''
The ministry's suggestion spurred action by groups such as the Chemical Sensitivity Support Center and the Society Demanding Fragrance Restraint, while bloggers raged about "secondhand Downy." The Japanese media has coined the phrase "sume-hara," for "smell harassment."
The article goes on to say that one of the most aggressive adopters of fabric softener are high school boys. One woman who claims to be sensitive to the smell says she leaves the train as soon as she sees a group of them come on board.
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This is very strange, but interesting.
Let's go, you cat-obsessd moron.
The article was a good read. I think the main culprit is the complete washing of clothes process which may lead to a stronger body odor if not done properly. I can imagine the lazy/self conscious high school boys dousing their clothes with the chemical as if it's cologne. I would definitely buy a mask.
don't ask
.... interesting...
The biggest issue is Japanese deoderants are simply sweet smelling sprays. There's no anti-perspirant in about 90% of the body sprays. On top of that, the Japanese are really weird about any kind of perfume or cologne.
The slightest smell sends some people into angry fits about how offensive it is to smell like cologne. Nobody says a word about smelling like old feet, though. On a crowded train, I'd take decent cologne over body odour any day, but everything smells like Axe.
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I don't know if it's the same for Japanese as it is for Chinese, but if it is, then they don't really produce the same kind of body odour as Westerners. They're literally physiologically different in that aspect, and for the most part don't really have to wear any kind of deodorant. I had a realllly hard time finding decent deodorant in China myself, and my guess is that it would be similar in Japan. I never really noticed any kind of body odour, other than bad breath. If you didn't wash properly (which I can see happening to more than a few of those crazily pressured Japanese/ Chinese highschool students), then I suppose they'd smell just like everyone else. I doubt using a more fragrant fabric softener is really going to fix the issue. I know you're all stressed, but find time for a shower!
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fried okra help
Anyone have a good or easy way to fry up some okra? I saw a can in the store and it brought back memories of it. I am also thinking of battering it and deep frying it. Any suggestions?
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I bread my okra with corn meal...some may use flour. The trick to getting it to stick is wet the okra lightly with water or milk. When okra is not in season, I buy the frozen, breaded okra at the store. I have known some to pan fry okra...I use a Presto Fry Daddy and deep fry it. .
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Yup.....we always lightly bread ours with flour and pan fry it. we use water to stick the flour, too. Not much else can top some home-grown, pan fried okra!!
Andrew Spivey
"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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I'm not much for okra but I will eat my Aunts. She cuts it into 1/4" thick pcs and covers it in saltwater for an hour or so in the fridge. Then she said to take about 3/4 cup of yellow cornmeal 1/2 tsp salt , 1/4 tsp pepper and mix in shallow bowl. heat about 1 " hot oil in cast iron skillet. (deep fryer will also work but tastes better in the skillet) Drain okra and roll in cornmeal mix and fry about 5 min and put on paper towels. If you like a thicker coating dip the okra in a well beaten egg before the cornmeal mix. Happy eatin. Dave
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Looks like me and Dave two DAMYANKEES like fried OKRA. Need any help with the eating I'll be right there. We grow it in the garden here on Staten Island.
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Yee-Haw--Yankees that not only know what okra is, but that its good
eatin' when done right!! FRIED!!
OKIE--or is that OKRAie
You're talking about one of my favorites. I can eat it any kind of way it's cooked. When I'm picking I even eat a bunch raw. But my favorite way is without breading. I'm not real sure how, but my wife puts the sliced okra in a cast iron skillet with a small amount of oil and some salt, covers it and lets it simmer, stirring it once in a while. I could make a meal with that in itself, but she usually cooks neckbone, cornbread and collards,
or mustard greens. I grow Burgundy okra that is a beautiful deep red while growing but turns back green when cooking.
I make a batter of corn meal and a beaten aigg (hey, this is Kentucky) with salt and pepper, deep fried!! It'll make a puppy pull a freight train!!
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Bike push for West Somerset coastline bike trail
10:00am Saturday 4th January 2014 in News By Danielle Morris
A BIKE push from Blue Anchor to Dunster Beach took place on Sunday (December 29) to help support the quest for a bike trail along the West Somerset coastline.
It was organised by the Friends of the Steam Coast Trail.
The Steam Coast Trail is a multi-user path planned for West Somerset open to pedestrians, cyclists, wheelchair-users and mobility scooters.
Planning permission has already been granted for the section linking Dunster Beach with Blue Anchor but the group are hoping the rest of the route can be planned.
Judy Mapledoram helped to organise the bike push. She said: "We want to create a cycle path to make it easier for people to cycle from Watchet and Minehead and also along Dragon's Cross to Washford and the Mineral Line.
"At the moment you can't cycle there without avoiding the A39 and it can be dangerous.
"It would be great for everyone, families especially, and it would mean avoiding the main road.
"We came up with the idea of a bike push to get our supporters together and to create a fuss about it.
"There was a great turn out and people were very keen, we were lucky with the weather, it was great."
After pushing their bikes along to Dunster Beach they were able to cycle up to Dunster and then back along to Carhampton.
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Pride & Joy Mild Ale - Three Floyds Brewing Co. & Brewpub
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Ratings: 1,925 | Reviews: 674 | Display Reviews Only:
Reviews by MikeEhrmantraut:
3.75/5 rDev -3.6%
10-30-2012 18:12:55 | More by MikeEhrmantraut
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4.05/5 rDev +4.1%
A mild ale?Well not so sure about that,pours a rich copper with a nice white two finger head that leaves a nice sheet of lace behind as it settles,no "mild" aromas going on here piney,resiny hop with slight caramel malt note in the background.A tad watery mouthfeel but not to thin mild flavors for Three Floyds I suppose lightly sweet and caramelly but that piney,resiny American hop presence is there make this well balanced and oh so quaffable.I could drink this ale all day has nice flavors and ind goes down like water,a traditional mild no but a damn good American style mild oh hell yeah.
07-31-2005 19:49:18 | More by oberon
4.75/5 rDev +22.1%
08-14-2012 01:47:50 | More by Zakk
4/5 rDev +2.8%
08-25-2013 16:34:55 | More by JJH79
4.05/5 rDev +4.1%
Picked up a 6 at D&D Food and Liquor, Wicker Park, Chicago. The bottle I poured from was the worst labeled beer bottle I have ever seen. 2 labels pasted on in weird angles with as much of the white showing as the printed side. Not a big deal but this was a first for me and wanted to share.
A: Nice , ever so slightly hazy medium amber color. Creamy 2 finger head that delivers some good lacing and keeps a thinner creamy head throughout.
S: Very lively grapefruit hoppy aroma. Hard to drink without experiencing the zingy smell.
T: The taste is just what you would imagine based on the smell. Not very complex to my taste buds but pretty well balanced. The strong fruit dominates but as it settles into the hoppy bitterness at the end, you can taste a slight biscuity maltness - just enough to take off the edge and balance it off.
M: Light body. Medium carbonation - just right for the beer. Crisp with the carbonation. Somewhat creamy and smooth on the finish. Overall felt a little watery at times.
D: A curious beer for sure. Not a mild ale but not quite an APA either. Kinda IPAish but not quite. This isn't my favorite style of beer and fruity is certainly not my favorite taste profile but having said that, I found myself downing 3 of these suckers tonight and enjoyed them. Can I hear someone say session beer? You can't deny that 3F brew a fine beer.
11-02-2008 02:04:10 | More by sgoodship
4.5/5 rDev +15.7%
03-07-2014 22:54:07 | More by dacubz
4.65/5 rDev +19.5%
Had this off cask at The Map Room last Saturday, 1/22. Poured a clear golden amber red with a small bubbly head. The head was not thick, but somewhat lacy and intricate. Very nice appearance off the hand pull. The nose comes with big grapefruit, citric candy bubblegum with hints of peaches. Just so damn good...almost like a fruit salad in a glass.
First sip is smooth and hoppy with a beautiful melding of grapefruit and tropical fruit flavors. Very little carbonation, but it works damn well in this case. Hints of caramel peek through on the way down, with nice interplay of sweet and bitter notes. Wonderful, just wonderful.
Smooth and oh-so creamy mouthfeel goes down so easily. If you think Pride & Joy is a good session ale out of the bottle...just try it on cask and be blown away. This one could be drank all night long with no problem. Simply a great beer by Three Floyd's made even better on cask. Highly recommended.
01-25-2005 01:37:37 | More by orbitalr0x
4/5 rDev +2.8%
03-06-2014 21:08:57 | More by bulldogg915
4/5 rDev +2.8%
08-13-2012 05:29:38 | More by danthehopslamman
4/5 rDev +2.8%
07-24-2014 21:24:55 | More by DaftPatrick
4/5 rDev +2.8%
07-25-2014 00:23:34 | More by Kappakoosh
3.35/5 rDev -13.9%
Poured an orangish gold, had sort of a nice light citrus malt aroma.The head was substantial and stuck around, the taste was a soft thin, malt flavor, with a little hop bitterness that comesin at the end. I guess its better than drinking a macro, but compared to other TF products, its like drinking their version of a light.
08-01-2004 18:07:41 | More by grynder33
3.5/5 rDev -10%
07-10-2014 23:48:53 | More by Jared14
3.5/5 rDev -10%
09-13-2013 06:11:37 | More by dgfool
3.5/5 rDev -10%
03-16-2014 06:14:05 | More by 77apm
3.75/5 rDev -3.6%
10-17-2012 14:05:03 | More by Twifiter
4.53/5 rDev +16.5%
Pours a nice orange. Very big hops/citrus aroma. Taste is primarily pine resin with much less citrus than in the aroma. Hops give nice bitterness and a bit of pucker. Body is rather thin, which is okay at this ABV. Nice lighter alternative to Alpha King.
03-16-2007 11:26:58 | More by Duster72
3.5/5 rDev -10%
05-07-2013 05:11:44 | More by BuckeyeSlim
3.5/5 rDev -10%
07-10-2014 13:24:38 | More by Jason
2.33/5 rDev -40.1%
12 oz bottle. Tones of pungant hops very little malt character. Pour pale with an orange/brown hue. Very little head and no lace. Massive hop flavor but still no real malt present. Super bitter. Kind of makes me cringe to swallow. Light body. Pretty puckering. Not real easy to drink. By far my least favorite 3F brew. Im sure glad the rest are pretty great.
08-22-2005 17:18:26 | More by tjthresh
4/5 rDev +2.8%
Thanks to clvand0 for this beautiful 12 oz bottle. Pours a clear, actively carbonated, amber body with an attractive, two finger ecru head that retains well before leaving some nice patchy lace down the glass.
Aroma begins with a sharp grapefruit hoppiness that also has a hint of orange and pine needle. Some sweetish malt is vaguely in the background.
Mouthfeel is on the light side, with active carbonation and a hops presence.
Taste features the citrusy hops of grapefruit and orange peel. Very little malt character is noted, even at room temperature. Finish is citrus rind hops, as is the aftertaste.
This is nothing close to an English dark mild ale, but it's highly drinkable, and very well put together. Much closer to an American pale ale in character, but I wouldn't mind keeping several bottles of this around. Very nice.
11-09-2004 01:58:21 | More by merlin48
4/5 rDev +2.8%
Purchased at City Limits in Providence, RI. Good people they are at City Limits.
Ok its my b-day, I'm driking a lot of good brews and listening to Cake. I'm dancing at the foot of the Lord and all is bliss....all is bliss.
Nice sticky head atop this amber sea of hoppiness. Mild yes. Hoppy yes. I can't righly say if it's too hoppy or just right in the mild department. Definitley hoppy characteristics up front. Lip smacking hops as a matter of fact. Sweet with matching hop bitterness. A nice little brew from Indiana. This is quite drinkable a nice beer to have about the house for any old situation.
07-14-2005 06:17:56 | More by fdrich29
4.18/5 rDev +7.5%
Thanks again to Bignick for this one...and thanks to Diversified Imports for bringing this one real close to home.
Pours a bright copper color with a full finger and a half of white head...sticky lacing on the side of the glass.
Very clean, citrus hops up front and a nice sweet caramel maltiness in the finish.
Taste really delivers...true to the style, this is not overdone with the hops and the malt balance is there. Carbonation is a touch high, but still one hell of a session beer.
This would be my lawnmower beer if I had to choose one...so flavorful and balanced.
03-15-2006 02:29:46 | More by warriorsoul
4.13/5 rDev +6.2%
Amber color with a white head that didn't last real long, left some lacing. Juicy grapefruit and lemony hops with some pine and caramel too. Taste seemed to hit me with some caramel and pine first, before quickly changing to juicy grapefruit, and then some more pine in the finish. Taste seemed to be right around 4.25, it was close to 4.5, but not quite, so I'll give it the 4. Higher carbonation, light-medium bodied. Highly drinkable, almost hard not to have another.
07-29-2006 08:16:56 | More by badbeer
4/5 rDev +2.8%
12-12-2013 17:36:36 | More by Chris_Panos
Pride & Joy Mild Ale from Three Floyds Brewing Co. & Brewpub
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WASHINGTON (BP) -- Judges and legislators are preparing to determine the definition of legal marriage in a variety of states.
Whether same-sex unions should be recognized as marriages soon will be weighed by government officials in New Jersey, New Mexico, Hawaii and Michigan. The fate of the latest efforts to expand gay marriage beyond 13 states and the District of Columbia will be determined in those states either in the next few weeks or next year. Among the latest developments:
-- The New Jersey Supreme Court agreed Oct. 11 to review a state judge's decision to legalize same-sex marriage in the state. The justices scheduled oral arguments in the appeal for Jan. 6-7.
-- The New Mexico Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Oct. 23 on whether judicial decisions legalizing gay marriage in two counties should be extended throughout the state.
-- Hawaii's attorney general issued a legal opinion Oct. 15 saying the legislature has the authority to legalize same-sex marriage without the state constitution being amended. The ruling came as the Hawaii legislature prepares for a special session that will begin Oct. 28 to consider legalizing gay marriage.
-- A federal judge in Michigan disappointed same-sex marriage advocates Oct. 16 by delaying a decision on the state's ban on such unions, saying he would rule after a trial scheduled to begin Feb. 25.
Southern Baptist ethicist Russell D. Moore pointed to the responsibility of Christians to defend the biblical view of marriage amidst cultural change and legal challenges.
"We have known for some time now that we're in the midst of a major cultural redefinition of marriage," said Moore, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission.
"At the end of all of this, though, will be a basic human longing to know whether marriage is rooted in something more permanent than court decrees or culture shifts," he said in a statement to Baptist Press. "We must stand here with a witness to the marriage of man and woman as more than a state creation, but instead as an icon of the Gospel of Christ and his church, bride and Groom."
In its Oct. 11 action, the New Jersey Supreme Court granted Gov. Chris Christie's request that they consider a lower court's ruling without an appeals court first considering it.
Superior Court Judge Mary Jacobson ruled Sept. 27 the state's refusal to recognize gay marriage violated the equal protection clause of the New Jersey Constitution. She ordered the state government to begin permitting same-sex marriages Oct. 21. On Oct. 10, Jacobson refused a request to block enforcement of her order while the decision was being appealed. In issuing its order a day later, the state Supreme Court did not rule on whether Jacobson's order would take effect Oct. 21.
Christie vetoed a same-sex marriage bill approved by the legislature last year and continues to say the issue should be decided by voters in a ballot initiative.
The New Mexico high court, which already has issued an opinion favoring advocates for same-sex unions, will hear oral arguments Oct. 23 in response to a request from the state's 33 country clerks, according to Reuters News Service. After judges ruled gay marriages should be permitted in two counties, the clerks asked the justices to determine whether same-sex marriage should be legal statewide.
In August, the New Mexico Supreme Court rejected the religious free exercise arguments of Jonathan and Elaine Huguenin, a Christian couple who operate a photography business. The justices ruled the Huguenins violated the state's ban on sexual orientation discrimination by refusing to photograph a same-sex ceremony.
Hawaii's legislators will determine whether to recognize gay marriage during a special session called for by Gov. Neil Abercrombie, a proponent of its legalization. In his Oct. 15 opinion, Attorney General Dave Louie said the legislature "unquestionably has the constitutional authority" to pass such a bill. A legislator had asked Louie to rule whether legislators could legalize same-sex marriage since the Hawaii Constitution says, "The legislature shall have the power to reserve marriage to opposite-sex couples."
In Detroit, federal judge Bernard Friedman surprised gay marriage proponents by postponing an opinion on the constitutionality of Michigan's restriction on marriage. Dozens of same-sex couples were waiting at clerks' offices in the state to receive marriage licenses had Friedman invalidated the ban, the Detroit Free Press reported.
Friedman acknowledged in court his uncertainty. "I'm a little nervous," he said, according to the Free Press. "I've never had a case like this before."
The expanding legalization of gay marriage has resulted in the loss of freedom to exercise religious beliefs by business owners, including the Huguenins. The ERLC has endorsed new federal legislation to address an aspect of this growing problem. The Marriage and Religious Freedom Act, H.R. 3133, would prevent the federal government from denying tax exemption to, or withdrawing it from, individuals and institutions that define marriage as only between a man and a woman.
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