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September 18, 2011
3:00 pm
What will it take for Tampa Bay to pick up win No.1 at Minnesota? PewterReport.com's beat writer Mark Cook shares his thoughts on the Five Keys To Victory in this weekly column. Sunday after the game, he will revisit the five keys and grade how he felt the Buccaneers did, including individual unit grades.
KEY 1: Gang Tackle Adrian Peterson
We have heard it all week from the Buccaneers coaches and players: "11 hats on the ball." For Tampa Bay to have any success they must control Vikings All-Pro running back Adrian Peterson, who in four seasons has amassed 5,880 yards rushing.
As Michael Bennett told us this week, Peterson possesses the unique combination of both brute power and 4.40 speed, making him the most complete back in the league in my opinion. And let's not forget the additional threat as a receiver out of the backfield.
Trying to stop Peterson one-on-one is nearly an impossible task especially for young players like middle linebacker Mason Foster and defensive end Da'Quan Bowers, who as rookies have probably never faced a back like Peterson while in college. While Gerald McCoy and Brian Price aren't rookies themselves, they at least have had a taste of big-time NFL running backs. Peterson, though, is nothing like anyone they faced last week against the Lions -- or any back they faced in their rookie seasons for that matter.
The key to bringing down and holding a back like Peterson in check will be just as the players and coaches said, 11 hats on the ball. If they don't gang tackle, and if they allow the Vikings superstar to break tackles and get through to the next level, it will be a long day and there is a very distinct possibility of coming back from Minneapolis 0-2.
KEY 2: Play Like The Preseason And Pressure McNabb
The entire PewterReport.com staff was touting this defensive line as the strength of the defense after the final preseason game. With 13 sacks in the four warm-up contests, it appeared the pass rush would be much improved over last season when the Buccaneers tied Jacksonville for the second-worst league sack total with 26. But after one game we are shaking our heads wondering where all the promise of a sack-happy season went.
KEY 3: Give Blount 20 Touches
If LeGarrette Blount gets at least 20 touches this week then the Buccaneers come home 1-1. First of all, it will be an indication the Buccaneers didn't fall too far behind early. Secondly, it will mean Tampa Bay will have established the time-of-possession edge.
As we saw last week when the Buccaneers get behind, their up-tempo personnel take the field. As of now, Blount gives way to veteran Earnest Graham. Blount wasn't jumping for joy with his five carries last week but he also wasn't seething mad as some local reports [that went national] implied. I was standing there Monday when the comments were made and I can say firsthand they were misconstrued by some members of the media. The second-year tailback certainly wasn't happy to watch from the sidelines during the second half of the Lions game, and as you would expect from a professional, he felt he could have helped the team if given more of a chance.
I believe head coach Raheem Morris and offensive coordinator Greg Olson were both also not happy after watching the film Monday, seeing arguably their most effective offensive weapon play the part of casual observer.
With Jeremy Zuttah being named a starter Friday it is clear the coaching staff is hoping to try and bring a new attitude to the offensive side of the ball. But regardless of whom the five linemen are, Blount can't be held in check by his own coaching staff.
KEY 4: Get A First Quarter Touchdown On Offense
Coaches are tired of talking about it and the players roll their eyes when we reporters bring it up. But when the Buccaneers begin games with play calls that make Mike Shula look like Mike Martz, it's an issue that must be addressed. So just sprinkle a magic potion in their Gatorade and it will all be better, right?
We all wish it were that simple. First of all quarterback Josh Freeman must develop a little more of that go-for-the-jugular mentality when starting football games. The cool-collected attitude is a great trait to have when the chips are down -- not so much when trying to get a lead. With that said, the second-year signal caller needs help from his coaches, in particular Greg Olson. Even if they just come out and toss an 80-yard bomb attempt on their first play, it sends a signal to the opponents, and just as importantly their own players, that Tampa Bay wants to be aggressive. Two straight handoffs to Blount or a 5-yard tight end screen to Winslow won't scare anyone.
I hope we all get a break from the same old postgame and weekly press conference routine talking about the slow starts, as I am beginning to find more and more of my own red hair on the keyboard from writing about it.
KEY 5: Take The Lead Into Halftime And Take Out The Crowd
As having been witness to a Buccaneers-Vikings football game at the Metrodome in 1996, I can attest to the claims of it being loud. Ear-shattering is more like it. And with this sold-out contest being the first game back inside the Dome after a roof collapse late last season, the Vikings' fans will make life miserable for the Buccaneers, particularly the offense and the linemen.
Donald Penn, a former Viking, told PewterReport.com that the crowd noise is a definite home-field advantage. The offensive tackles will have the hardest time, as they are the farthest down the line from Freeman. And as Penn also told us, it gives the edge to the defense because they can sometimes get a split-second jump before the linemen get out of their stances. It is no coincidence that Jared Allen has almost a 2:1 sack ratio [24.5 to 15.5] at home as a Viking as opposed to being on the road.
The Buccaneers must do something to quiet the crowd. Whether it be a couple early scores, a defensive touchdown or a long return, Tampa Bay can't afford to try and play both the Vikings and the 12th-man at the same time. Take a lead into the locker room and it will go a long way in helping to assure a victory Sunday afternoon.
Cook's Final Analysis: A totally different style of offense this week as the Buccaneers defense will need to stop the run first as opposed to last week where the biggest key was slowing down Detroit's Calvin Johnson. Donovan McNabb always plays well against the Buccaneers and is very familiar with the style of defense Tampa Bay plays. Offensively the Buccaneers must establish some sort of running game or it may be a long afternoon.
Cook's Prediction: Vikings 17 Buccaneers 14
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My husband and I have been on four cruises—three of which were on Norwegian. We have found that the freestyle cruising concept works really well for us and that the service is always great. We have tried different cabins for each cruise and decided to try a family suite for this vacation.
We flew into LAX the day before and took a limousine to the Hyatt Long Beach where we met the rest of our family. The Hyatt was a perfect location since it is surrounded by restaurants, the pier boardwalk, and also the Aquarium of the Pacific. After eating lunch we went to the Aquarium which I would recommend buying tickets online since they are less expensive. The exhibits are extensive and it is definitely worth the money to see. That evening we all walked to Islands Burgers and retired early.
After checking out the next morning we took a limousine to the San Pedro Pier, which is about a 15 minute drive. It is much easier with 7 people and luggage to take the limousine especially if you have small children since they will supply a car seat if needed.
The embarkation process was the only part that disappointed us. There was little signage to direct guests to the proper lines. In fact, there was not even a latitudes line so all guests ended up in one single queue. We had to ask where to go for the suite check-in which was not ready for arriving guests. They ended up directing us to the same line but we were taken to the first available operator. After checking in we were escorted to the other side of the terminal where they had coffee and pastries available. We were the only ones in our party of 7 to have a suite so the remaining members waited in line several hours before being able to board the boat.
After getting the all clear the suite guests were taken on board and brought to Cagney's for lunch. This was a wonderful experience since it was quiet and not crowded. After finishing lunch we went to our family suite cabin. This was our first experience having a suite and I now understand why people say that it spoils you. The room is 409 square feet and has amazing floor to ceiling windows. I don't know how many times during the cruise that I just sat on my couch with a glass of wine and looked out the windows to the ocean or watched the sunset.
Suite Perks: everything that is listed on the suite perks is included. There is a DVD player with about 80 movies that you can have brought to the cabin (we watched 3). We also packed a few for our niece which came in handy as well. Each evening our butler Renato brought us canapés or some type of sweet treat. Breakfast and lunch in Cagney's is a great perk if you just want some time away from the other venues. The menu does stay the same but the food quality is wonderful. The concierge will provide information on priority tendering if applicable. As noted before, the concierge, butler, and steward are not included in the tip pool so you do need to plan on extra gratuities.
Day 1 (long beach): That evening we met the family in Aqua for dinner. Since we went at 5:00 pm there was not a line so we were in and out.
Day 2 (at sea): We went to the arts/crafts class on paper box making, attended the latitudes party which had free drinks and appetizers, and went to the progressive wine tasting ($15 pp). This was really fun and educational. There were 6 wines that you tasted and then tasted again after eating sweet, savory, and sour foods. That evening we did Christmas caroling in the atrium and attended the Captains cocktail reception (suite guests). We capped off the evening with dinner at Aqua, listening to Mr. Motown Stan Sykes, and watched the Newlywed/Not so Newlywed game which was very funny.
Day 3: (cabo): We chose not to do an excursion since we are back for a wedding in April. Instead we met our concierge Omar and took the first tender to Cabo. The pier has Senor Frogs, the Hard Rock café, and the famous Cabo Wabo. After doing some shopping and drinking we headed back to the boat and layed out at the pool. Very relaxing! That evening we dined at Ginza and played games with the family.
Day 4: (mazatlan): We chose to do the Old Mazatlan walking tour, which is about a mile or so in length. The tour was very informational and lasted about 3 hours. The tour ended with watching the cliff divers and having margaritas at a restaurant on the beach. After returning to the Star we layed out at the pool and had a few more margaritas. Since it was Christmas we ate an early dinner in Aqua and hung out with the family in our suite.
Day 5: (puerto vallarta): My husband chose to do the Extreme zip line Adventure with his brother-in-law which they both enjoyed. The only complaint was that the zip lines were shorter than they had anticipated. They picked up the photo package which was $60 and the company did print 4 of the photos for them to take along with the cd. I chose to stay onboard and soak up the rays at the pool. After they returned we at lunch at the pool and listened to the Mariachi band that they brought on board. That evening we watched our brother-in-law play in Deal or No Deal. He ended up taking the deal while we played along on our $20 game cards. Afterwards we headed to watch the Perfect Couple Game Show which was hysterical.
Day 6: (at sea): We slept in and then met the family for the Jazz Brunch held in La Cucina. The brunch consists of pastries, cheeses, salads, eggs, seafood, and desserts which is served buffet style. You then order your entrée off of the menu. The food was fabulous and the $20 per person charge was well worth it! The jazz trio was very talented. We then figured it was our final day to lay out so we soaked up the final rays and then headed to the buffet for dinner. This was the only night that we ended up heading to bed early. All that relaxation does get to you!
Day 7: (at sea): We slept in and hoped that the weather would hold out but it ended up being windy and chilly. The husband went to work out and I headed to the arts/crafts bookmark making activity. I then headed to the paper flower making activity and the towel folding demonstration. This was all held in the grand atrium and since the person leading the activity did not have a microphone it was difficult to hear what was going on. During the afternoon we played games and then headed to my father's birthday dinner at Moderno. This was our best meal on the ship plus the service was out of this world. The cuts of meat and salad bar were really good—be warned that it is a lot of food so come very very hungry! At the end of the dinner they brought out his birthday cake and we all sung happy birthday. We had hoped to make it to Elements but the dinner did not end in time so we all played games before packing our suitcases and heading to bed.
My sister used the kids club and our 3-year old niece thoroughly enjoyed the experience. They had really fun activities scheduled for them.
Disembarkation: We had gold VIP tags so we could leave anytime but waited for the family who had red tags (10:00 am). Once they called our tag color we headed to Spinnaker lounge where we went through customs. After clearing customs we left the ship and found our luggage in the terminal under the colored tags. The only process took 30 minutes. After getting the luggage the limousine picked us up and took us back to the Hyatt in Long Beach.
All in all, this was a wonderful cruise and I think our entire family enjoyed the Mexican Riviera. We will definitely be staying with NCL for future cruises.


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Hi all,
does anyone know which flashlite 2.1 phone has the largest memory space available to the flashlite player (and what that memory size is) ?
Hi all,
does anyone know which flashlite 2.1 phone has the largest memory space available to the flashlite player (and what that memory size is) ?
runtime memory for the Flash Lite player is set by the OEM. At the current moment there is no infos for FL2.1 enabled phones from Nokia on Device Central.
For FL 2 enabled phones from Nokia is around 2M.
You can check easily using Device Central.
Also, Nokia S40 5th edition are the only Nokia handsets enabled with Flash Lite 2.1.
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I had this information in one of my presentations
Series 40 Flash Lite 2.x: 1,920 KB dynamic, 128 KB static
Seems like Flash Lite 3 breaks all records in memory allocation:
One of the reasons is the support for FLV with FL3 and the OEM ensuring there's enough free allocated memory to handle the playback of that content. Additionally newer devices have more internal memory available so FL can take advantage of it, as long as the OEM decides to.
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These are good news, I think memory is one of the weak spot of Flash Lite (and other technologies for small devices) so increase it for the applications is a nice start.
It would be nice if this feature would be in the following Nokia Flash Lite enabled handsets, but for me the most important thing to do is to improve the flash lite player memory managment, probably the big weak point of this technology.
But, It's great to have more memory for our contents!
Thanks for the replies guys - looks like I'll be getting an N95-2
p.s. I have a flashlite3 music player application built - ready for testing if anyone wants to try it it can be found at: www.ps3musicplayer.com


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May. 9, 2012, at 2:36pm
The other day a friend sent me a message asking if I'd be interested in reviewing a book she's just published. I told her I was scared I would hate it, which would put me in a dilemma. I'm a critic by nature and vocation. I can't dissemble. And I'm afraid my honest impressions would discourage her in her work.
She laughed and assured me that she finds private criticism helpful. Then she sent me the book. It came in the mail just now.
As I held it, disliking the cover art, it occurred to me: Wait a sec. "Private criticism"? Did she mean (perhaps unconsciously) to bind me not to say anything in public?
Maybe she didn't mean to do that at all, but it's a notion I come across …continue reading
If being able to accept correction is a sign of a trustworthy person, being able to accept correction from someone you are in a position of authority over may be the gold standard.
Aug. 21 at 11:37am | See in context
I have related this story so many times that I am sure anyone who knows me at all well has heard it, but it made such a lasting impression on me. I was a teen. My mother was concerned about my welfare (I was being uncharacteristically close-lipped), and she knew I had been corresponding with my brother who was away at college. Rather than ask him whether she had anything to worry about (and trust his judgment if he said I was ok), she chose to read my emails to him. When I discovered this, I was furious. We argued about it for a couple of days on and off.
Then Sunday came, and we went to Mass, still angry. And when we came out of Mass, my mother drew me aside and told me, "I was wrong. I'm sorry. Will you forgive me?"
She humbled herself in prayer, and it led her to recognize the real harm she had done me and our relationship. This blew me away.
Aug. 21 at 11:27am | See in context
That makes sense.
Aug. 19 at 7:46pm | See in context
I'd say philosophical rather than academic, since the latter term has a negative connotation of "unrelated to life". Also, I'm not an academic. :)
Philosphical of course doesn't mean impractical. When Wojyla wrote his essays on Person and Community, he didn't intend to start a community. Same goes for von Hildebrand's Metaphysics of Community. But both texts have immense value for anyone who might like to form a community.
Then, too, think of all the debate and discussion that preceded the drafting of the U.S. Constitution. Quite a lot of thought about the principles of right governance went into that document, including the thought of men who didn't live to see their ideas realized.
Think of Peter Maurin and his call for "round table discussions" as an indispensable prerequisite for the development of new communities.
Think of the discussions and debates, not to mention all the philosophical and theological texts, that preceded the documents of Vatican II.
The Protestant Reformation began with the 95 Theses...
Aug. 19 at 6:14pm | See in context
Katie van Schaijik, Aug. 19 at 2:52pm
I don't want to start an intentional community. What I want to do is help articulate and identify the sound principles for intentional community life.
So more of an academic interest then, rather than an immediately practical or action-oriented one? Given that your post contrasted yourself with people who find their family/parish life to provide sufficient community, I find that ... odd? I would rhetorically ask you what the point is, of working out the right way to do something, if you're not planning to actually do it... except I've done that so many times myself, it's not really worth asking.
Aug. 19 at 3:30pm | See in context
Anna Macdonald, Aug. 19 at 12:23pm
I was thinking that if you want to start an intentional community without those problems, it might be helpful to know the details of how the attitudes arose in the first place...
I don't want to start an intentional community. What I want to do is help articulate and identify the sound principles for intentional community life. One way to do that is the "via negativa", i.e. examining bad and dysfunctional communities.
So, for example, if a lack of transparency and accountability in the governance of the group is hallmark of dysfunction, it follows that transparency and accountability in governance is among the desiderata for a healthy group.
If control and conformism easily creep in, we will want to find ways of maximizing freedom, and so on.
Since a stress on "roles" for men and women so easily leads to the subordination of the individual to his or her "role," we would want to take care to avoid that.
I've already got several draft posts in the works. One identifying community destroyers, one identifying several models of healthy community, one being to lay out some key principles of sound community.
Aug. 19 at 2:52pm | See in context
Since you ask, I will say that I don't think of the covenant community that I grew up in as a cult, per se, but mostly because that word brings up images in my mind of a more extreme stereotype of "cult" than I experienced.
To my mind, one of helpful lessons we've learned in recent decades, partly thanks to the experience of the Legion and the Covenant Communities, is that not all cults or cultlike groups are extreme. Cult dynamics can be more or less subtle and more or less thorough-going.
Similiarly, we've learned that you don't have to get drunk every day to be rightly considered an alcholic. We've learned that sexual abuse and physical abuse aren't the only kinds of abuse. (There's also verbal abuse and emotional abuse.)
We've learned that cults don't have to have a whacked-out theology or a a central leader. They can even be Catholic. The key factors are things like control, conformism, and lack of transparency and accountability on the part of the leadership. The convenant communities had all those things in spades, though I agree with you that they weren't as bad as the Moonies.
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Katie van Schaijik, Aug. 19 at 10:37am
You can use "code" if you insist, but if you do, you won't be addressing the questions and problems I've raised. You'll be talking past me. A group's teachings are only one aspect of its dynamics.
It is precisely for this reason that I use the term CODE, so as to begin to categorize different dynamics in question with covenant community vs. the loaded umbrella term "cult". My intention is not to talk past you but to try to agree on a proper language for defining the types of dynamics we observe in covenant community.
The term "cult" is a perfectly useful one. It captures what I mean to identify. Code doesn't. If I want to critique a given group's teachings, I do that. If I want to identify the group as a cult or as infected with cultism, I do that. I'm sorry you don't like the term, but it's the right one for my purposes. CODE doesn't serve the need.
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Katie van Schaijik, Aug. 19 at 10:37am
You can use "code" if you insist, but if you do, you won't be addressing the questions and problems I've raised. You'll be talking past me. A group's teachings are only one aspect of its dynamics.
It is precisely for this reason that I use the term CODE, so as to begin to categorize different dynamics in question with covenant community vs. the loaded umbrella term "cult". My intention is not to talk past you but to try to agree on a proper language for defining the types of dynamics we observe in covenant community.
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Anna, I really appreciate and admire the way you're hanging in with me here! Often my frankness drives people away.
I have to run, but will be back soon to take up your good points.
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The legend was a long time in coming.
Although Ferdinand Porsche designed the original VW Beetle in the 1930s, it wasnt until 1948 that the first car bearing his name was sold. And it wasnt until 1964 that the immortal Porsche 911, with its air-cooled, six-cylinder rear engine and spacy streamlined look, rolled off the assembly line.
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Porsche went beyond the standards of the day, said Ken Gross, the auto writer and historian who curated Porsche By Design, an exhibit of 22 classic Porsches that opens Saturday at the North Carolina Museum of Art.
The original Volkswagen was commissioned by the German government as a car for the people, so the product Porsche designed had to fall within certain parameters, Gross said.
When Porsche wanted to make his own car, he wasnt limited by the price, Gross added. As such, they could build a better car.
And a better-looking one featuring an unforgettable curved roof line and a hood that was elongated for a car of its size. Porsches designs were all about aerodynamics meeting aesthetics, form following function, which can be seen in the Museum of Art exhibit.
Among the examples on exhibit are Steve McQueens 1958 Porsche speedster; a rare Formula One race car, one of only four ever built, that was driven to victory in the 1962 French Grand Prix; a 1949 coupe from the first Porsche factory; and a car in psychedelic colors on loan from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum that was once owned by Janis Joplin.
The idea for the exhibit originated with NCMA director Larry Wheeler, a longtime admirer of the world-class collection of 35 Porsches owned by Durham resident Bob Ingram. Having seen that collection and how it represented a very high form of design collecting, I thought Porsche would be a great car to showcase design continuity through the century, Wheeler said. Theyve held onto a basic concept and a basic form based on the 911 and its iterations.
Even though this is NCMAs first car design show, exhibiting cars as examples of industrial design dates back to the 1950s. Earlier this year, Gross curated a show for the Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville that featured classic 1930s Art Deco cars, like the Cord, Pierce-Arrow and Bugatti.
The notion of autos in a fine art museum is not a new idea, Gross said. These (Porsches) are wonderful examples of 20th-century industrial design; they are kinetic art, wonderful sculpture.
These cars are really interesting to see.
Even people not particularly interested in the automotive world will find the exhibit of interest, he said.
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Divekick is here, it's $10, and it exposes the hideous, beautiful heart of fighting games
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The best competitive games have beauty at the core. The need to learn the systems inside of games, master them, and then be able to effectively use them against your opponents is a wonderful thing, and watching players who understand how games work and how to bend those games to their will is amazing. The problem is that it takes a monstrous time investment to get to that point.
Fighting games are a great example. You need to spend hours learning the mechanical skills necessary to learn each character's special moves so you can use them without thinking. Then you need to learn what moves work best in what circumstances, and then master different characters playing against different characters. The best players practice for an incredible number of hours each day, every day, and after a few years they become competitive. The game they're playing isn't the game that casual fans enjoy.
Fighting games, at their core, are about spacing. How to control your opponent, knowing what options they have in every position, and where you have the advantage. This is the beauty hidden in fighting games, and it's something few of us know enough to see, and even fewer are good enough to experience. Divekick is a shortcut to that experience, and it operates as a way for even beginning players to get a look at fighting games being played on the highest levels of strategy.
Which is silly for a game that began as a joke, still features rather basic graphics and animations, and can be played with only two buttons, but here we are. Divekick asks you to learn what makes each character different, how to move, and then you're ready to take those skills against other players.
You only need to hit your opponent once to win each round, and since the only buttons you need master are "dive" and "kick," anyone can play. It's a game that's fun to play against children, or first time players who may be uncomfortable with the variety of button presses required by more intricate fighting games. This is a party where everyone is invited. Here's the official description of the game:
At Iron Galaxy we love fighting games. To the average fan, most of what makes them fun is hidden behind a never-ending series of input combinations they have to memorize. That's why Divekick has just two buttons: Dive (into the air) makes your character jump straight up. Kick causes your character to fly foot first at a downward angle. If you press Kick on the ground, you can jump away from your opponent. Utilizing these moves, the first hit will win the round, and the player that wins five rounds first wins the game.
Still, the strategy is deep, muscle memory is important, and understanding why you need to stay in certain areas of the board to win comes with time. The trick is that the game rips everything that isn't pure strategy out of the experience, so players are offered a shortcut into the sweet science of fighting games.
This is like Guitar Hero for hardcore fighting game fans: It's not as good as learning to play an actual instrument, but it will give you a window into understand what playing well feels like, and it could serve as a gateway drug to the real thing.
The game is filled with inside references to personalities and clichés from the fighting game community, and the humor may not make sense if you're not familiar with that scene. Don't worry about it. The real fun here is playing against another human being who is in the same room, which can be done with a single Vita if you go that route, and learning how to bully them into the corner before landing the one hit needed to win each round.
It's $10, it's a great game for parties, and you can play against anyone who can hit two buttons. I don't know what else to say. It's out now. Get on that shit.


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Reviews by troysoy2:
3.43/5 rDev -4.5%
12 oz bottle, no freshness date, poured into a tulip glass.
Deep copper color under two fingers of luscious, off white head. Great retention, and some nice lacing going on.
The smell is surprisingly heavy on caramel. This gives way to just a wisp of pine.
This is an Imperial IPA with a really nice malt character. Caramel and grainy bread are lightly accentuated by moderate pine bitterness. Citrus just barely shows up in the mix. The mouthfeel has a nice thickness, and is on the lower side of carbonation.
Not a bad brew. Not what I might have been expecting from most Imperial IPAs, but all in all, quite enjoyable. Not sure how fresh this bottle was. No big deal.
10-16-2012 03:31:20 | More by troysoy2
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3.2/5 rDev -10.9%
12oz bottle. Pours a hazy copper orange with a medium pillowy head that retains well and laces the glass.
The aroma is sweet caramel malts and melon with some biscuity toffee and fruity, slightly metallic hops.
The flavor is sweet biscuity malts with some fruits that leads to a big flavorless bitterness that lingers in the aftertaste. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with smooth carbonation and is a little watery.
Overall, I didn't really care for the flavor. It had good bitterness, but not much hop flavor. Plus it had a lot of biscuit notes which I don't really care for especially in an IIPA.
09-30-2010 02:37:42 | More by Beaver13
4.25/5 rDev +18.4%
04-01-2012 12:50:52 | More by amalficoast
New York
4/5 rDev +11.4%
12 ounce bottle that came in a $9.99 four pack. I see no freshness info.
Pours typical almond amber, moderate haze. Frothy lite mocha head, stays @ 1/4 inch and leaves better then respectable fine lace.
Pine resin nose with some underlying malt.
Hopped up DIPA, resin, pine, gritty hop notes. Big and bold. East coast style...dont let the name fool you, this stuff is brewed in NY state.
Pleasant in the mouth with ample carbonation.
Solid effort, not spectacular, but a quality brew in all respects.
12-26-2010 19:38:20 | More by Billolick
New York
4/5 rDev +11.4%
11-16-2011 05:27:23 | More by virinow
3.88/5 rDev +8.1%
Pours a hazy copper with golden edgings and a light, three-finger thick, off white head that leaves behind full layers of lacing.
Aromas of citrus (tangerine and lemon zest), toffee and hop resins.
Taste is well balanced between the citrus hops up front, toffee sweetness and light toasted malts in the middle and a grassy bitterness at the end. An alcohol astringency is throughout, but not overwhelming.
Thin to medium mouthfeel, slightly sticky and high carbonation.
Was expecting more hops in this one, but it is still a well balanced, moderate Imperial IPA.
02-25-2011 15:13:10 | More by ThreeDimesDown
2.85/5 rDev -20.6%
Amber color, average all around. Aroma was lacking, no freshness date, a little sweet.
Taste, lacked the big hop bite I was looking for. Significant amounts of caramel, pale malts. Taste of honey. Plenty of carbonation, sweetness, but lacking in the hop mouthfeel department. Alcohol too noticeable.
I'm usually a big supporter of Mendocino's stuff, they've been around forever making good beers, but this one is a little below average for style, and definitely below their own standards. I'd venture a guess that it was a little more aged than it should have been. Hold it against the brewery for not telling me when it was made or when to drink by.
06-08-2011 16:26:13 | More by Beerandraiderfan
West Virginia
3.5/5 rDev -2.5%
01-22-2014 16:56:51 | More by williamjbauer
West Virginia
2.4/5 rDev -33.1%
Appears a deep orange pale copper hue with an off white head, speckled scattered lacing across my chalice. Aroma has deep citrus with some biscuit malts, a touch of pine and honey malts as well. Flavor is a bit weird it's like an herbal pine experiment with hints of citrus, blast of alcohol in the back end this is a bit rough. Unrefined hard to drink version of a great style, mouthfeel falls flat seems like it's brewed in Saratoga with the rest of the lineup. This is the type of craft beer that turns off new comers, Drinkability just isn't good not a beer I will return to anytime soon.
10-18-2010 16:01:30 | More by WVbeergeek
South Carolina
4/5 rDev +11.4%
served in standard pint glass
A - clear or hazy amber, with off-white head. Head has good retention. Trace of sediment in bottom of bottle (added to my beer, of course).
Mouthfeel: creamy and full, but with some dryness towards the finish. smooth; medium body and carbonation
S - Resinous and citrusy hops, but a bit subtle compared to the bold taste. {A more recent Nov. 2011 sample had a bolder, more citrusy aroma}. A bit earthy with hints of herbs and baked bread.
T - citrusy hops with traces of orange. Rather complex hop mix but perhaps not quite as hoppy as expected for an Amer. imperial or double IPA. Significant levels of sweet and caramel malt to balance the bitter hops. Only moderately bitter and hoppy after-taste. 8% ABV is largely hidden.
O - A very well-crafted DIPA. Boldly flavored, yet an excellent sipper that is refreshing and not challenging or overly aggressive. .
11-30-2010 01:38:35 | More by chinchill
3.75/5 rDev +4.5%
03-30-2014 02:34:04 | More by imbuckeye
3.5/5 rDev -2.5%
01-13-2013 07:50:48 | More by mdaschaf
North Carolina
4.48/5 rDev +24.8%
Pours amber with a hint of orange. There's a thin lacing of white head that's soft and has good retention. The nose is bready and sweet with some underlying baked apple notes. The flavor opens up with a malt forward, bready, sweet, birthday cake character and then blends into a citrusy, grapefruit, pineapple hop character that is slightly bitter in the finish. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied and smooth with decent carbonation.
This is a solid beer. It has good flavor and body. It's balanced, smooth, drinkable, flavorful. This is a nice West Coast IPA.
04-04-2012 13:30:21 | More by tdm168
3.75/5 rDev +4.5%
04-06-2014 00:23:40 | More by dertyd
3.25/5 rDev -9.5%
11-17-2013 01:11:19 | More by BlazedNug
2.35/5 rDev -34.5%
A - Deep bronze with a finger of head. Moderate lacing.
S - Almost non-existent hops is the first thing I noticed. I really hope this is just a case of an old bottle, as it was not dated. Strong sweet malty aroma with a bit of citrus hops after a lot of searching.
T - Cloyingly sweet malt throughout. Again, almost non-existent hops. I don't really understand the deal with this since it is supposed to be an Imperial IPA. Definitely not representative of the style at all.
M - Feel isn't bad, medium-bodied with moderate carbonation.
O - Highly disappointed by this one. I had never seen Mendocino in OK, and seeing as it was an Imperial IPA from the West Coast I expected a whole lot more. I was struggling to find any hint of hops, and I really think/hope it was an old bottle. If not, this "IPA" is a joke.
08-11-2011 02:31:26 | More by sdmvd6
4/5 rDev +11.4%
03-12-2012 00:24:40 | More by Nage37
3.2/5 rDev -10.9%
Mendocino's Imperial IPA pours up with a nice effervescence that creates a low-moderate cream colored head that sits rather loosely atop the bright sunglow-deep golden body. The aroma is rather muted, as there's some staleness (oxidation) which greatly diminishes the more pleasant aspects (citrus, minty, piney) of the late addition hops. Grainy notes, toasted crackers & some light alcohol round out the nose. The flavor starts off with a some enjoyable graininess with some developing sweetness that gets completely underscored by a coarse bitterness that carries through to a rather harsh, bittersweet finish with a mineral/vitamin character that's unpleasant. This medium-full bodied strong ale has all the components of the style, but misses the quality mark. It's definitely worthy enough to have a pint, plus the point-of-sale price is nice!
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02-08-2011 06:10:07 | More by Beertracker
3.75/5 rDev +4.5%
04-22-2013 18:10:52 | More by bmurray10
3.98/5 rDev +10.9%
12 oz bottle at 42 degrees into a Stone IRS tulip.
A: It pours a lightly clouded red-orange color with a finger of frothy, dirty-white colored head that holds and laces well.
S: Strong caramel maltiness, slightly subdued citrus, breadiness, and resiny hoppiness. It turns more to the citrusy hops as it warms.
T: Grapefruit, lemon zest, sweet caramel, intense resiny bitterness, rye, and some sweet berries at the end.
M: It has a medium-thick body with adequate carbonation and a silky-smooth finish.
D: It isn't the hop bomb that I envisioned with it being from the west coast but it was quite enjoyable.
02-23-2011 02:21:01 | More by bucklemyshoe
North Carolina
4/5 rDev +11.4%
04-27-2012 02:23:20 | More by donquixote
4/5 rDev +11.4%
04-20-2013 23:19:04 | More by Ajlvt
Ontario (Canada)
3.75/5 rDev +4.5%
05-27-2013 00:47:19 | More by Stocean1
4.5/5 rDev +25.3%
10-14-2012 22:00:59 | More by 4Socialanxiety
3.55/5 rDev -1.1%
Pours from the bottle a deep orangish copper color with a white head of about two fingers that lingers well and laces the glass some. Initial aroma is malty sweetness and disguises the hoppiness of the beer very well. Taste follows with very bitter flavors, some pine, and a nicely balanced malt sweetness follow. Feel is moderately heavy bodied with a generous carbonation bite on the finish. Overall a good example of the Imperial IPA, it fits within the style, yet also shows the range of maltiness that is sometimes evident.
04-26-2011 02:49:33 | More by jacobseyb
Imperial IPA from Mendocino Brewing Company
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Idina Menzel, Lucie Arnaz, Robert Klein and Maria Friedman Celebrate Marvin Hamlisch Jan. 29
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Tony Award winner Idina Menzel is joined by Lucie Arnaz, Robert Klein, Brian d'Arcy James, Olivier Award winner Maria Friedman and pianist Kevin Cole for One Singular Sensation, a tribute to late composer Marvin Hamlisch, Jan. 29 with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.
Menzel, whose concert tour Barefoot at the Symphony was conducted by Hamlisch, headlines the 7:30 PM evening that offers selections from Hamlisch's prolific career, including "What I Did For Love," "The Way We Were," "They're Playing Our Song," "At the Ballet" and more.
The evening also promises appearances by original They're Playing Our Song cast members Arnaz and Tony nominee Klein, as well as original Sweet Smell of Success star d'Arcy James ("Smash," Titanic), London stage star Friedman (Sunday in the Park with George), pianist Cole, vocalists Klea Blackhurst, Vanessa Campagna and Rocky Paterra, and the All-Star College Chorus.
Hamlisch was the Principal Pops Conductor for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. The multi-award winner, whose numerous compositions included A Chorus Line, They're Playing Our Song, The Goodbye Girl, Sweet Smell of Success, "The Way We Were," and more, died Aug. 6, 2012, at the age of 68.
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About four years ago, my predecessor here, Pete Bosak, wrote a blog that was titled "Musings on the Laptop." He looked at the information that was publicly revealed about laptop that belonged to former Centre County District Attorney Ray Gricar. It ended up in the Susquehanna River.
Since that time, we have learned more about the laptop and Mr. Gricar. I want to look at all the information available and look how this fits into various scenarios.
First we will look at what has come out over the years:
A. Mr. Gricar was interested in getting rid of the data on the laptop.1 He had purchased software to erase the drive and had asked someone outside the office about methods for doing it. As this was a defense attorney, it would not be case related. I wish I could shed more light on who it was, but I am not able to at the present time.
B. Prior to his disappearance, Mr. Gricar was doing searches on his home computer for terms like "water damage to a notebook computer," "how to wreak a hard drive," and "how to fry a hard drive."1 The date was on the drive and destroying the drive would destroy the data.
C. While hinted as early as November 2005, and by numerous Internet rumors since,2 it was not reported until now that at least one witness saw Mr. Gricar with his laptop in the Mini Cooper. The laptop did not have a wi fi connection, so he was not using it to communicate with anyone. Even Mr. Bosak, in his blog, noted that no one saw Mr. Gricar outside of the Mini, but he never said no one saw him with it in Lewisburg.
D. Mr. Gricar was seen, by at least three witnesses in very close proximity to the spot where the drive was found.3 The distance from where the Mini was parked to the bank of the river is 50-75 yards. As can be seen in these photographs Mr. Gricar could have easily walked there. https://picasaweb.google.com/LookingforRay/Lewisburg73009 Further, he was seen sitting on one of those benches, so he did get out of the Mini.
There is a fifth point, a more general one, about Mr. Gricar. He was very private. People did not know about his private life. He was not a particularly gregarious person. A neighbor of his in the mid 1980's described the Gricars as a "stay at home family," in the FBI background check.4 Robert Mix, his predecessor as DA, described him as "reserved," in the same report. His ex-wife, Emma, indicated told a friend that it seemed she could never connect with him.1 So the fifth point is:
E. Mr. Gricar was not one to share data about himself with others. In looking at the destruction of the drive and the data on it, that factor that is often overlooked.
Well, that is a very solid case that Mr. Gricar tossed the drive into the Susquehanna, with the intent of destroying the data on it. It has the three elements for a solid case. He expressed an interest in destroying that data and there were computer searches (motivation). He was in Lewisburg with the laptop (opportunity), according to at least one witness. He was close to the spot where the drive was found (means), again according to several witnesses. That is a very solid case that Mr. Gricar tossed the drive, for the purpose of destroying the data on it, but doesn't tell us what happened to him after that.
Well, there are three main scenarios as to what happened to Mr. Gricar, suicide, voluntary departure, and foul play. Mr. Gricar destroying the data on the drive fits in directly with two, but not directly with the third. There are also three possibilities about why Mr. Gricar wanted to destroy that data, and one of them has nothing to do with either suicide or voluntary departure. Let's look at each possibility.
1. A suicidal Mr. Gricar was still a private Mr. Gricar. He may not have wanted investigators, or even his next of kin, pouring over his computer records. He might have had notes about the performance of various staff members, which he didn't want to see public. He might have not wanted his web surfing habits noted. He might have had family photos of his daughter, and didn't like the idea of some stranger ogling them.
Mr. Gricar also might have been doing searches on words like "depression" and "suicide." Many people are sensitive about health problems, and a presumably suicidal Mr. Gricar could have been one of them. He might have been keeping notes on his own mental state on the laptop, sort of a digital journal, that he never wanted publically revealed. All of those reasons are possible why Mr. Gricar would have tossed the drive, if he ended up committing suicide.
2. A Mr. Gricar that wanted to walk away wanted to do so anonymously. Any travel arrangement could have been on that laptop, like transportation schedules and maps or such things as account information. While traveling with a laptop would have helped him check these on the road, those checks would have been traceable. Each computer has an IP address, unique to that device, which is traceable.5 If Mr. Gricar was sitting at a bar, downing a Grey Goose martini someplace in Slovenia or Ukraine, and decided to check on how the investigation was progressing, that would be discovered. Since it was a county owned laptop, they should have been able to get the IP address. This would be a good reason to toss the drive.
3. Would a murderer have wanted the information on the laptop? Would a murderer have wanted to destroy something on the laptop, something incriminating?
The first question would be how would a murderer know what was on the laptop. Mr. Gricar had at least three computers and the laptop was not one he used on a daily basis. If a presumed murderer just wanted some information, why go to the trouble of removing the drive?
The presumed murderer who wanted to eliminate incriminating data would have had a worse time of it. Unless he/she was with that computer for every minute since the data was placed on it, there would be no way of knowing if Mr. Gricar had hard copies on file, copied it to another computer, to a CD or flash drive, or to an online storage site, or all of those things. Tossing the drive simply does not fit with murder, if tossing the drive were those purposes. There is another possibility that does fit with murder.
4. The destruction of the drive is not directly tied to the disappearance. Mr. Gricar voluntarily tossed the drive, but when he did so, he had the intent of being at work on Monday morning. Mr. Gricar was a private person, and did get rid of the data on that hard drive. Further, he may not have wanted things like his credit card number to get out. So, he asked people about destroying the drive, did those searches, took the laptop to Lewisburg, removed the drive, and tossed it into the Susquehanna. That would be prudent way of eliminating the data on the drive.
One thing I didn't realize until recently was that the laptop was an older model; it had been replaced by the company in 2004.6 Mr. Gricar had had it for about a year. It would not have a huge value, because there were newer models. When the time came to return it, he simply could indicate that he had dropped it the water and that it was beyond repair. Then he could have written a check for its value. It would have been a small check.
If Mr. Gricar had returned, absolutely no one would have been looking for the laptop or the drive. It would have been one more piece of junk in the otherwise pristine Susquehanna. It only became important when he did not return home.
It is possible that the destruction of the laptop was not related to an act of foul play against Mr. Gricar. It might have a coincidence, a convenient one for a murderer
This scenario is consistent with the witness accounts. Mr. Gricar was seen in Lewisburg around lunchtime, across from the Packwood Museum about 50-75 yards from the drive was tossed. He could have tossed it then, or he could have been scouting a location to toss it. He was seen later in the day in the Street of Shops and its parking lot. There is a several hour gap when he could have been meeting someone (if the report of him behind the Courthouse in Bellefonte is incorrect).
The destruction of the hard drive and the data on it points to Mr. Gricar's disappearance being a voluntary act, either suicide or walkaway. Lead detective Matt Rickard said, of the various foul play theories, "Throw in hard-drive searches and it doesn't kill the theories, but it makes them virtually impossible."1 I would agree, if we knew that Mr. Gricar's disappearance was directly related to the ultimate destruction of the data on the hard drive. We don't know that, however. A wild coincidence is possible.
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1 P-N, 4/15/12 http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2012/04/ray_gricar_mystery.html
2 http://www.centredaily.com/2009/09/24/2396710/the-investigation-part-15-rebooting.html
3 http://www.centredaily.com/2009/03/12/2396594/the-lewisburg-witnesses-april.html
4 http://deadspin.com/5890077/what-is-the-cia-hiding-about-the-missing-da-who-didnt-prosecute-jerry-sandusky-in-1998-probably-nothing
5 http://www.techterms.com/definition/ipaddress
6 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/MPC+Computers+Introduces+the+TransPort+T2200+Notebook+Computer%3B...-a0111841987
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