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Our main grumpiness was that for anyone who just wanted to have a disco-ey dance and a bop around - entertainment was HORRENDOUSLY thin on the ground. Every evening we hoped there would be the combination of a dancefloor and excellent DJ Ant for the not so old, most evenings we were disappointed.
We didn't go and see any of the speakers - nautical history and ex-policeman - but apparently they were pretty good. And the concert pianist seemed to get big thumbs up too.
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Ratings: 1,629 | Reviews: 710 | Display Reviews Only:
Reviews by Nitty703:
4/5 rDev +4.4%
05-30-2014 15:50:05 | More by Nitty703
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North Carolina
4.1/5 rDev +7%
Pours black but with some deep red highlights with a slight off-white head that is gone in a flash leaving nothing behind,milk chocolate is very prevelant in the aroma with a little smokiness and a roasted coffee hint.Nice deeply roasted flavor with big doses of cocoa and smoke,alot of flavor melding going on but seemed a little light in the mouthfeel department otheriwise a top notch brew.A easy drinker with alot of flavor needs a little tweaking to be great in my opinion.
12-03-2004 23:18:04 | More by oberon
4/5 rDev +4.4%
05-31-2013 01:26:37 | More by aszatk01
4.5/5 rDev +17.5%
05-03-2014 18:36:31 | More by Hoppin_mad
New York
2.08/5 rDev -45.7%
a: Very dark brown with garnet highlights with with a cream tan head. The head settles to half a finger with a a decent retention period.
s: There is a mild roasted aroma and nearly an equal metallic off aroma. There are some dark fruit aromas in the background, mostly plum like and a slight diacetyl.
t: There are flavors of dark roasted malt and coffee and moderate levels with a moderate lemon cider off-flavor going on. The is a moderately low sweetness and a medium bitterness. the balance finishes off-dry and slightly roasty.
m: very slick and prickly, so I'm thinking more diacetyl, which is ok per style, and some astringency, is not ok per style.
o: I enjoy that this beer is leans towards the bitter and roast side but there are several flaws that should be corrected before I could appreciate the beer and raise the score. I'm not that great a describing the off flavors and aromas I sense but something isn't right with this one.
07-24-2012 22:33:38 | More by MadScientist
4.03/5 rDev +5.2%
Pours dark brown with plenty of dark reddish hues coming through. It could be a shade darker.
Toasty chocolate malts come across in the aroma with hints of lactose and coffee. It smells good but lacks finesse.
Taste is a little different than the smell; the non-fermentable sugars come through in the taste with bitter chocolate and black licorice, a touch metallic, but not too much so. It has good, smooth carbonation and a velvety body, nothing to complain about there for sure.
Not a bad beer, and I'm not sure what I'm looking for to improve, maybe lose the metallic tinge that it has, and it could be quite good.
03-23-2010 07:29:22 | More by brownbeer
3.75/5 rDev -2.1%
A: Black with little to no head with very
slight lace.
S: Sweet candy malt aromas with expected
touches of coffee and chocolate.
T: Rich coffee flavor with chocolaty notes.
A hop finish that I did not care too much
for. There was a mild rust twinge left at
the back of my tongue. This is was a
moderately sweet milk stout.
M/D: Smooth, rich/creamy while refreshing. An
all seasons milk stout for me.
08-02-2009 16:25:24 | More by ArrogantDeadGuy
North Carolina
3.9/5 rDev +1.8%
A: Deep brown, nearly black in color. Rough pour yielded a thin light brown head that dissipated quickly with very little lacing.
S: Light swirling liberates aromas of coffee and chocolate.
T: Creamy full bodied chocolate with coffee tones. Very little carbonation makes this smooth to drink. The complex and abundant malts linger after the swallow leaving a good amount of sweetness behind.
M&D: Full mouthfeel and an easy smoothness makes this highly enjoyable. Because of the fullness of this brew, I don't know how many I could take in a single sitting.
Overall I thought this is a very good milk stout. This is the first Duck-Rabbit product I have sampled and so far I'm impressed. There is a complexity of malty goodness that makes you want to keep coming back for more.
02-05-2008 01:53:39 | More by SIRIUS2
4.33/5 rDev +13.1%
Was given this beauty as a gift in a bottle. It was my first of The Duck Rabbit brews.
A-Dark Brown, but not the typical stout.
S-Devine coffee, roasty, and chocolatey hints.
T-Even better than the smell implies. A big roasted flavor, but not too much. Then the smooth coffee flavor with a chocolatety finish/resonation.
M-Thinner than expected for a milk stout, but oddly fitting.
O-Will definitely drink again.
11-21-2011 13:03:59 | More by scott9890
3.8/5 rDev -0.8%
Small head formed on the not quite opaque black body. Redish highlights are quite prevalent. Head disappeared to nothing much too quickly. No lace formation either.
Aroma is all about the toasted/roasted malts. A bit of dirty ash tray with some strong wood smoke characteristics. Day old coffee hints as well.
Nice flavor though. A good toasted smokey flavor with subtle amounts of sweetness throughout. Finishes initially with a sweet bitter milk-like flavor which transitions into strong toasted notes. A good dose of sweet yeasty bread as well.
Mouthfeel is too thin. This has a crisp feel initially which I think might be due to too much carbonation. Drinkability is good though. Nothing offensive about this one, just a bit subtle overall.
07-14-2005 02:49:33 | More by blitz134
4/5 rDev +4.4%
12-08-2012 00:56:13 | More by Pandaflute
3.72/5 rDev -2.9%
08-31-2014 22:40:17 | More by BigMarty1980
4.25/5 rDev +11%
10-28-2013 23:12:40 | More by nstroup
3.25/5 rDev -15.1%
05-16-2013 02:10:55 | More by SmellsofMahagony
4.25/5 rDev +11%
07-08-2012 18:08:19 | More by jonphilipp
3.5/5 rDev -8.6%
01-08-2013 00:34:01 | More by iemailjack
3.38/5 rDev -11.7%
Appearance: Deep brown with garnet highlights. Head fades away very quickly.
Smell: Roasted grains. Sweet toffee and caramel notes. Maybe some fruity esters.
Taste: Coffee. Subtle sweetness. A touch of hop bitterness. Seems like most of the bitterness comes from dark grains.
Mouthfeel: Silky smooth. Slik. Moderate carbonation. Med/Full bodied.
Drinkability: Kind of reminds me of the latte I got from Starbucks this weekend. Not too keen on stouts, but I was given this one by a friend. I really enjoyed it.
05-03-2005 00:35:42 | More by tjthresh
3.93/5 rDev +2.6%
On tap at the Hickory Hops Fest on April 9, 2005. Had a couple of sampler glasses of this one, which I really enjoyed. Appearance is deep brown, essentially opaque, with a quickly vanishing beige head. Some patchy lace is left on the glass, but it's a bit difficult to judge overall appearance from the small glasses. Aroma is nice, with lots of burnt roast malt character tempered by carob and some sweet smelling lacto aromas. Mouthfeel is light bodied for a stout, but carbonation is good. Taste mirrors the aroma, with bitter dark roasted malts, a hint of nuttiness, and some sweet lactose. Hops are difficult to discern, and a more assertive hops profile would benefit this one quite a bit. Finishes with a dark roasty malt bitterness that lasts several minutes. Very well done for a sweet stout. I look forward to sampling the bottled version of this, as it's this small brewery's biggest seller.
04-11-2005 11:15:33 | More by merlin48
3.83/5 rDev 0%
Thanks to AKSmokedPorter for this one...
Pitch black in color with no light penetrating thru...1/8 of a finger of light tan head forms for seconds and fades as quick as it is created. No lacing hanging on to the sides of the snifter.
Real nice in the nose...earthy, nutty, dark chocolate with a subtle sweetness due to the roasted malt.
The taste is just as enjoyable...mildly sweet with a slight addition of lactose. A nice dose of hops dry out the finish and the chocolate profile is perfect for the style.
A bit over carbonated and quite thin in the mouthfeel...goes down easily and makes a nice nightcap for me...not something I'd comsume as a session brew.
Another solid offering from Duck-Rabbit.
07-19-2006 00:53:45 | More by warriorsoul
3.9/5 rDev +1.8%
Had on tap at Octane in Atlanta, GA. Is a very dark brown, clear, head did not last long at all. Almost no carbonation.
Smells of sweet malts with some coffee.
Some smooth coffee notes at the start followed by some milky smoothness. But not as milky as I expected. Smooth, medium bodied. Well balanced.
05-31-2009 17:16:52 | More by nem2006
3.75/5 rDev -2.1%
10-30-2013 02:22:48 | More by codysjb
4.25/5 rDev +11%
12-26-2012 19:57:59 | More by Guinnsslvr
South Carolina
3.5/5 rDev -8.6%
05-18-2014 00:10:16 | More by mattmc50
3.73/5 rDev -2.6%
Appearance: dark black with no head
Smell: cocoa and coffee dominate
Taste: expresso, small chocolate taste towards the middle, small sugary finish
Mouthfeel: bitter harsh start with a slightly sweet end. Medium heavy body that is slick, with a sweet aftertaste.
Drinkability: I think this is ok for a milk stout. The sweetness I found was more subtle that others. I would have another, but almost would drink it more like a regular stout.
04-28-2009 15:02:01 | More by tigg924
4/5 rDev +4.4%
Thanks to djrn2 for sending me a handful of beers from Duck-Rabbit.
The beer pours a very dark brown color with a tan head. The aroma is full of chocolate and coffee, with some lactose and cream notes thrown in. The flavor is more of the same. The coffee and cream notes are front and center, with some chocolate and light to medium roasted malt also thrown in. Medium mouthfeel and medium carbonation. A very nice sweet stout.
05-13-2012 02:38:22 | More by Mora2000
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By Colin Lauderdale, Contributor
Bridgett Blough '08 is the owner and operator of The Organic Gypsy, one of a growing handful of food trucks in Kalamazoo. The Organic Gypsy straddles the realms of small-scale, local agriculture and downtown service industry, which allows Blough to make her living exactly how she wants: nourishing bodies and growing a resilient local economy in southwest Michigan.
Blough calls what she's doing "living the multiplier effect," and firmly believes that the growing local food economy in Kalamazoo is the city's path to prosperity. "Small businesses," she says, "are what drive local economies. Local communities stay together and healthy and vibrant through local small businesses."
Blough graduated from Kalamazoo in 2008 with a degree in economics. She looks back on college fondly, but can't quite figure out how much of her success as a small business owner is attributable to her college education, and how much to her own identity as a "creative solution finder."
K does not necessarily have a strong technical curriculum for entrepreneurship. But, according to Dr. Tim Moffit, Associate Professor of Economics and Business, the College does have a strong tradition of producing entrepreneurs. "Probably our most effective business outcome is entrepreneurship – by accident."
Moffit chalks this up to strong self-selection (K students are motivated, hardworking risk-takers) and a global, liberal arts curriculum. "Mix an ambitious, overachieving student with holistic thinking, and you get an entrepreneur."
Moffit refers to Blough's entrepreneurial way of thinking as "genetic." As much as she has used her K education as an asset, she brought an awful lot to the table when she came to college. She comes from a large family with parents, aunts, uncles and siblings who have all started their own businesses. "Career-wise," she says, "it always made sense that I would become an entrepreneur."
Many aspects of Blough's K education haven't contributed directly to her work. Her economics degree didn't include a single marketing class. Much of the material covered in her courses was "a lot of fluff" – highly theoretical, lacking in technical skills or concrete details. She estimates that, from all the economic terms she learned in her major, she uses about five on a daily basis.
But she also credits K for helping her develop into the entrepreneur she is today. A small business owner needs a diverse skill set, creative problem-solving ability, and effective strategies for coping with stress. Kalamazoo College was fertile ground for developing those skills.
Blough identifies one skill in particular as critical to her work: "Being able to see small, right in front of you, and then lift your head up to see big. In my truck, I'm making an awesome tomato sandwich for you today and it's nourishing your body, but it's also part of something much bigger. What I really learned at K is we're part of something much bigger."
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October, 2011
Richmond, TX – Girl Scout Kathy U. worked to better and promote the Texas Wildlife Rehabilitation Coalition (TWRC) to earn the Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council Gold Award, the highest award a Girl Scout can achieve. Less than five percent of girls who join Girl Scouts earn this recognition.
"I learned that patience is really important in life, especially in the Gold Award," said Kathy, a senior at Foster High School. "This project taught me in order to do some things efficiently, it needs to take time."
Earning the Gold Award is a significant honor that requires recipients to demonstrate outstanding leadership skills, career planning, community involvement and personal development. It takes more than 100 service hours and two to three years of intensive work to complete the award requirements, which include planning and completing a project that is a service to the community.
"I chose this project because I really love animals, but I didn't want to work with the average, everyday animal shelter," said Kathy.
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"Kathy has always shown exceptional organizational skills, which dramatically increased with her Gold Award," said Nancy U., Kathy's mother." She maintained focus of her goals throughout her project and completed a high quality project in the time frame she originally established."
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NYT's Front-Page Sniff: 'Educated' High-Income Voters Alienated by Tea Party, Still Like Obama
Stupid white men for the G.O.P.? New York Times White House reporters Jackie Calmes and Mark Landler teamed up for Friday's front-page campaign preview, "Obama Charts A New Route to Re-election." In a change from the paper's standard politically correct approach to race and class, the reporters crudely emphasized that "less-educated, low-income whites" tend to support Republicans. (What happened to "the party of the rich"?)
With his support among blue-collar white voters far weaker than among white-collar independents, President Obama is charting an alternative course to re-election should he be unable to win Ohio and other industrial states traditionally essential to Democratic presidential victories.
With growing cities and suburbs, they are populated by increasing numbers of educated and higher-income independents, young voters, Hispanics and African-Americans, many of them alienated by Republicans' Tea Party agenda.
Terry Nelson, a campaign adviser to George W. Bush, John McCain and, this year, the former candidate Tim Pawlenty, said he was "pretty optimistic" for 2012, partly because Mr. Obama's support among lower-income, less-educated white voters, never high, has dropped enough that Republicans see good prospects for winning industrial-belt states like Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin.
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Calmes and Shear contrasted the less-educated Rust Belt to "better-educated" swing states like Colorado and Virginia, which went for Obama in 2008.
Except for Indiana, a long shot, Obama advisers say the president will be favored or competitive everywhere he won before, including Ohio. But polls underscore how tough a task he will have with independents in the industrial belt, where income and education levels are below the national average, compared with states like Colorado and Virginia with higher-income, better-educated independents.
The latest nationwide New York Times/CBS News poll this month showed that 51 percent of independents with household incomes below $50,000 disapproved of Mr. Obama's performance, as did 57 percent of those with incomes of $50,000 to $100,000. But independents with household incomes above $100,000 approved of his job performance by 50 percent to 43 percent.
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Usual NYT snobbery towards "fly-over" country.
Submitted by drsamherman on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 2:34pm.
This elitism is a direct contradiction to this "fighter for the middle class" and "union champion" rhetoric that we see from Zero in his current messaging. How will the Democrats reconcile the fact that unemployment has hit the minorities they purport to serve harder than the general population? The bad economic times are affecting everyone, but of course the Democrats are only pandering to their bases while they expect that only the rich, white, guilt-ridden liberals will be the ones who provide the cash for the campaign and the minorities to vote as they are told. Hypocrisy, much?
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Progressives simply view
Submitted by ThePickle on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 3:26pm.
Progressives simply view themselves as the smartest people in the room, regardless of the room they are in. The idea that a "rich, educated, white person" would vote any other way than in support of Obama and his policies is an idea that they simply cannot fathom.
They routinely group people together in these little cliques and assign to them certain attributes and expectations, those being primarily an utter and complete loyalty to the Progressive agenda.
This is expected of them even when said agenda is either crushing them under foot, or routinely reviling them as being "part of the problem", they are expected by their Progressive overseers to act in a manner that said overseers have assigned them.
To back up these assertions I point you to the numerous times that Dem/Libs/Progs react with complete confusion and incredulity to so called "defections" on the part some portion of the voters the have historically viewed as belonging to them. Witness the "Stockholm syndrome" hypothesis forward by Uber Lib Janene Garafolo when confronted with the very idea of a Black Presidential candidate that was NOT a card carrying Liberal but a Conservative no less.
When faced with these "defections" they routinely refuse believe that it actually happened and will ceratinly NEVER admit that it happened as a mark of displeasure with their policies.
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It is called the Dunning-kruger effect
Submitted by Samshile (not verified) on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 9:33pm.
Man, some college degrees are becoming obtuse
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Highly Educated, High-Income Voters??
Submitted by Samaritan01 on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 2:46pm.
Well, if Obama gets reelected they had better get used to being Poorly Educated, Low-Income Voters because that's all we're gonna' have left!!
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they just don't get it
Submitted by dmacleo on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 2:49pm.
the tea party is not a republican agenda.
its an average american agenda and they are pissed to find out that the average american did not agree with progressive values.
they woke the beast, hoped it would support them, and was shocked when we bit back.
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tea party
Submitted by Schofield Kid on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 4:25pm.
Oh they get it alright, they just have to portray it as being some kind of evil radical agenda that would take away rights from the poor and minorities. Cut regulations, Cut taxes, and for the love of GOD quit spending what you don't have. Very simple and they know it, but it has to be about racism and all these other things because they can't argue on the merits.
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nailed it right on the
Submitted by jkwtrading on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 5:59pm.
nailed it right on the head...
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They are still mixed up.
Submitted by IdahoJim on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 6:23pm.
The libs still confuse educated with intelligent.
All the liberals I know (or knew before I moved to Idaho) were always basing their arguments on what they learned in school or learned from other liberals. Talking to them was like talking to a brick wall; completely useless.
I have never met an open minded liberal, so why do they keep telling conservatives like me to be open minded? Don't we listen to both sides and have a jolly time poking holes in the arguments? Of course, we poke far more holes in the left than we have in the right.
Don't even get me started on Libertarians. I thought I was one for a while, but I managed to shake it off and remain a conservative.
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Libertarians are...interesting creatures
Submitted by lsudolemite on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 6:48pm.
Everything for them boils down to an economic or individual freedom argument, e.g., Ron Paul's drug legalization and military isolationism. If they could make the case that random acts of murder increase per capita GDP, then they would be in favor of it. They seem to be oblivious to the notion that most people don't form policy positions in a moral vacuum. I generally like John Stossel, for instance, but when he starts saying patently absurd things about how gas gouging during a natural disaster is justifiable, it makes me tune him out.
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Define "educated".
Submitted by big.league.slider on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 8:34pm.
Tea Party candidate Herman Cain has a BA in mathematics, an MS in computer science from Purdue, and has worked as an analyst for the US Dept of the Navy. I can't think of one single liberal politician or journalist at the NY Times that has any similar credentials.
In fact I'd bet that Obama did not even get a passing grade in remedial algebra.
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In fact I'd bet that Obama
Submitted by GregE on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 12:10am.
In fact I'd bet that Obama did not even get a passing grade in remedial algebra.
We'll never be allowed to know.
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the tea party is not a
Submitted by bagtree on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 2:56am.
the tea party is not a republican agenda.
its an average american agenda and they are pissed to find out that the average american did not agree with progressive values.
they woke the beast, hoped it would support them, and was shocked when we bit back.
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TWO robbers snatched handfuls of mobiles phones and left staff terrified in a raid on a Clacton shop.
The men walked into the Carphone Warehouse store at the edge of Brook Retail Park in Clacton last week.
One of the crooks distracted staff by engaging them in conversation, while the other robber walked straight to the staff room door and kicked it open.
The first man pushed the two staff members into the room at the back of the shop before raiding the Carphone Warehouse store room with his partner.
They grabbed several phones from the store room before fleeing through a fire door at the back of the shop.
Staff at the store were not hurt but were left shaken by the incident.
It happened just after 5pm on Wednesday February 19.
The first man is described as being mixed race with a round face and about 5ft 9ins tall.
The second man was white, slightly taller than his accomplice and wearing a black beanie hat.
Anyone who saw the crooks or has any information about the incident should call Sgt Phil Terry or Det Con Emma Benyon at Clacton police station on 101, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.


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CATEGORIES Trailers/Clips, HorrorIt was a busy weekend for the guys at Twisted Pictures. Not only did they announce their plans to make a big screen version of the Image comic book series Sorrow, the company also found time to debut the promotional trailer for director Rob Lieberman's new film The Tortured.
If you're not familiar with the project, it centers on two parents (Erika Christensen and Jesse Metcalfe) who conclude the justice system came up short when sentencing the man (Bill Moseley) who kidnapped and killed their son. If you guess they abduct and torture said man, give yourself a screenwriter's credit.
While it's nice to see Twisted Pictures not going the Platinum Dunes route (by making original films instead of trying to remake everything under the sun...), I'm not sure another riff on Craven's The Last House on the Left is something I'm all that interested in seeing (particularly since I just saw a Last House on the Left remake this year). That being said, watching Bill Moseley play a slimy kidnapper who gets his comeuppance might make sitting through a bunch of heavy-handed philosophizing about why good people occasionally do bad things more tolerable. Or not. Here's to hoping 'Freebird' turns up on the soundtrack during a scene of Moseley being tortured. That alone could make or break this film.
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Eastleigh civic chiefs to freeze council tax
Updated 3:49pm Sunday 23rd February 2014 in News By Emma Streatfield, Senior Reporter
EASTLEIGH residents look set for another year with no increase in council tax from their local authority.
Cabinet members at Eastleigh Borough Council agreed to recommend the budget for 2014/2015, which will now go to full council tomorrow.
Members voted in favour of recommendations including a nought per cent rise in council tax and spending of £10.9m for 2014/2015 compared with an income of £10.4m.
This means the average Band D property's borough council element of the tax for each household is £130.07, a reduction from £133.39 last year, which reflects the transfer of some services and facilities to Chandler's Ford and Bishopstoke parish councils.
In July last year, the council announced it was freezing the amount of tax it charges residents for two years.
If fulfilled to 2016, this would mean five years of no increase.
Leader of the council Keith House had said this would mean a 12-year reduction in council tax in real terms.
Other spending plans in non-parish areas include £166,000 on open spaces, parks and recreation grounds, £44,000 on public toilets, £50,000 on cemeteries, £52,000 on children's play areas and £7,500 on bus shelters.
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Authorities with the Montgomery Public School System put several schools on a precautionary lockdown Thursday as police searched area businesses targeted by bomb threats.
The schools were Carver High School, Goodwyn Middle School, and Forest Avenue Elementary School. A fourth school, Peter Crump Elementary School was put on lockdown because officers were chasing a burglary suspect in close proximity to the facility.
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Sigrest and Kline become the second Dolphins to earn the honor after Katie Kelly received first team accolades in 2009.
"I'm happy that Sarah and Olivia earned this honor," said JU head coach Amanda Lehotak. "They have both had a great year. Sarah has been stellar in the circle, while Olivia's bat is one of the keys to our offense. It's nice to see them get rewarded for their work on the diamond."
Sigrest has posted career highs in wins (26), strikeouts (200), shutouts (10) and ERA (1.01) in the circle. Her ERA is fifth nationally, while ranking 14th in shutouts. She struck five or more batters 20 times, including a career-best 12 against Florida A&M (4/13).
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For all of the issues that the New York Red Bulls have had this season with their goalkeepers Greg Sutton and Bouna Coundoul, help is on the way. The club announced today that they have signed German keeper Frank Rost. The 38-yard-old will count as the club's third Designated Player.
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In the first half Wednesday, Bartlett's girls had dominated Streamwood in every way except the one that mattered most — the scoreboard.
The Sabres steadied themselves in the second half, regained the lead, then hit every single fourth-quarter foul shot to end a 12-game losing streak to the Hawks, 43-36 in a nonconference contest at Bartlett.
"Finally," said senior guard Deja Moore, whose fourth-quarter play capped off the comeback.
Coach George Rosner's Sabres last beat their neighbors to the south in 2002, so the veterans like Moore and Jessica Cerda, who scored 16 points each to lead their team, had known nothing but defeat at the hands of the Hawks.
"We have lost to Bartlett for I don't know how many years and Rosner wanted to win bad and so did we," Moore added.
The Hawks could get ahead by no more than 11 in the first half despite outrebounding Streamwood 24-12, scoring eight second-chance points, and netting 11 points after Sabres turnovers.
Liz Arco devastated the Sabres (11-2) on the boards in the first half with 12 of her 15 rebounds and nine of her team-high 11 points.
"I was worried," Rosner said. "It was a bad start, they had a great game plan, their defense was a little different than what we've seen and they ran us a little bit, which surprised us. We were only down six at halftime, though. That's what we took with us into the locker room. I said we're not that far down and we had one offensive rebound and they had 11."
The Sabres held the Hawks scoreless the first seven minutes of the fourth quarter. In the meantime, Moore put down a rebound bucket to get them within 31-28, and with 4:25 to play Cerda hit a three-pointer to net the 999th point of her career and knot the contest.
With 2:56 to play, Holly Foret broke the tie and gave Streamwood its first lead of the night with two free throws.
Moore then went to the line for six free throws in the final 1:44 as the Hawks had to foul after missing three field goal attempts at tying the game. Moore made all six and was 8-of-10 on the night from the line. The Sabres as a team made 10-of-10 fourth-quarter foul shots and held Bartlett to five fourth-quarter points.
"I usually only hit about half my free throws in a game," Moore said. "I don't know what the difference was tonight. I've been doing a lot of extra work, but I was probably more focused because it was Bartlett."
Hannah McGlone, who had 10 rebounds and four points, made two foul shots with 44 seconds left to up the lead to 39-33 and put it out of Bartlett's reach.
"Free throw shooting decides close games," Rosner said. "We played like a veteran team down the stretch."
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"Things we were doing early in the game — attacking the basket and going to the goal, being more aggressive offensively — you could see it happening like every coach has seen it, that we stopped doing it," Hawks coach Denise Sarna said. "A veteran team takes advantage of that. They took advantage. Every day we get a little closer. We're working now to establish the winning part of the game."
Bartlett got 10 points from Alyssa Hernandez and seven from Chantel Zasada.
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Investigators in Decatur County are searching for an armed robber Friday as his suspected accomplice sits in jail.
37-year old Karonn Skinner was picked up by Federal Marshals just after midnight in Tallahassee.
He's accused of robbing Bishop's Travel Center at gunpoint Monday afternoon, but he wasn't alone.
Investigators say the two men walked around the Bishop's Travel Center on U.S. 27 for a few minutes before Karonn Skinner approached the clerk with a gun.
Investigators say Skinner and his accomplice got a small amount of cash before taking off on a red Honda motorcycle.
"A witness that was at the store actually followed them into Florida near Havana where they had stopped to put gas into the motorcycle. Once they saw a witness was following them, they evaded at a high speed to get away," said Captain Chip Nix.
Investigators suspect this pair not only robbed this store, but also stores in Mitchell, Gadsden, and Leon Counties.
Investigators think Skinner is also the man in the video we showed you Thursday from an armed robbery at Family Dollar in Camilla.
"He's got a pretty lengthy criminal history. He's done time for a bank robbery actually so this is kind of one of the hard core criminals. He's on probation down in Gadsden County and is considered to be a career offender down in Florida," said Nix.
Investigators say they will beefing up patrols with their Operation Safe Holiday over the next month, so while folks need to be vigilant like this witness was, they need to think twice about trying to take matters into their own hands.
"We have had crimes such as murders solved by a citizen whipping out a cell phone and videoing a portion of the crime or the suspect. And that's always good to have, but then again we don't want a witness putting themselves in harms way," said Nix.
Skinner had his first appearance in Tallahassee Friday afternoon and is now in the Decatur County Jail.
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Do I understand correctly that the GAS station contruction will not start until the Starbucks is approved?
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I wonder if Walmart would get a 5-0 vote if they wanted to build a gas station in Pleasanton? Whatever Safeway wants, Safeway gets.
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You are pretty much right on target with that one. However, that may be just a subset of "whatever the unions want, the unions get". Safeway's labor force is union, Wal-mart's is not". Unions own the Pleasanton City Council.


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Illinois lawmakers have given preliminary approval to a plan to hold the special election for former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr.'s House seat on April 9.
SEE: Former NU football star running to replace Jesse Jackson Jr.
Gov. Pat Quinn wants to hold the election to coincide with previously scheduled municipal elections. Quinn said doing so would save money.
But state law requires the election to be held within 115 days of a seat becoming vacant. That would have required the election for the 2nd congressional district to be held March 19.
A House committee voted 5-0 Tuesday to allow the later election date. The bill now moves to the full House.
Jackson resigned from Congress last week, citing his battle with bipolar depression. He also acknowledged he is the subject of a federal probe.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald defined the "jazz age" with his colorful prose. His works include: "This Side of Paradise" (1920), "The Beautiful and the Damned" (1922), "The Great Gatsby" (1925), "Tender is the Night" (1934), and "The Last Tycoon" (1941). Read more about Fitzgerald's life...
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The "Lost Generation" of American writers included: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, John Dos Passos, Sherwood Anderson, Kay Boyle, Hart Crane, Ford Maddox Ford and Zelda Fitzgerald. The term was first used by Gertrude Stein who told Hemingway, "you are all a lost generation."
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Wednesday, 31 October 2012 10:01
There was a time when Christians tended to be more concerned with candidates who shared issues of their faith than with any thing else. That all seems to have gone by the wayside with a Black Christian President named Barack Obama and the possibility that he will serve another term. The so-called Christians today would rather vote for a candidate who is a member of a cult, by their own definition, and is a liar acting in violation of God's law that says, "Thou shall not bear false witness," i.e.: lie.
The Christian Holy Bible says that liars shall burn in the lake of fire. White Republicans who profess to be Christians seem to be willing to burn in the lake of fire than re-elect a black president. The other conclusion is that they are not true followers of Jesus Christ and never believed in Jesus Christ in the first place. In past years, they have called themselves the moral majority, but they are neither moral nor are they the majority.
Tuesday, 23 October 2012 19:19
There is a Christmas song that says, "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas." Well it's beginning to feel a lot like election time as we draw nearer to November 6, 2012 to determine whether the money of racist billionaires can outdo the will of the people to re-elect Barack Obama for a second term.
I've seen a lot of elections in my years on this earth, but I can't remember when racism and sexism played such a great part. Every time I hear a Republican talk about returning to better times, I wonder what times are they talking about? Are they talking about a time when a Black person could only dream of being elected President of the United States? Is that why they call it the American Dream?
The other point that is interesting is the large number of persons who are willing to vote against their own self interests. Why? There are women who are willing to vote for a man who is promising to close the door to affordable health care for women, such as Planned Parenthood, and prescribe to a theory that women should work, even if they are not guaranteed wages equal to men for the same work as spelled out in the Lilly Ledbetter Act. This was the first bill that President Obama signed once he was elected to the office of President.
Wednesday, 17 October 2012 09:01
In Karachi, Pakistan, this week, a fourteen year old girl named Malala Yousafzai, was on a bus on her way home from school when a gunman of the Taliban party boarded the bus, asked for her and shot her in the head. Her crime was advocating for education for girls in Pakistan, in violation of Taliban rules against girls getting an education. Priority for educational opportunities only go to males.
In Austin, Texas, a white female named Abigail Fisher was denied admission to the University of Texas. She decided that too many blacks were admitted in front of her and she should be admitted instead of the blacks. She sued for discrimination and last week her case was heard by the United States Supreme Court. The question basically was, and remains, should America still seek diversity and/or Affirmative Action to provide opportunities for admission to professional schools or simply maintain the status quo and keep professional schools mostly white?
Tuesday, 09 October 2012 19:19
There is so much going on that I am remembering the song, "What's Going On." On the national level, the re-election of Barack Obama as President of the United States, is the primary issue facing America. It's hard to believe that there are enough American people that hate having a Black man as president so much that they would subject America to a Mitt Romney presidency. Just because someone is White doesn't mean he is automatically right. The contrary is true also. We really don't need a narcissistic man who believes that we should live so the rich can get richer and the poor get poorer.
Do we really need a president so out of touch with the needs of American people that he would announce that he will get rid of Big Bird and close down Sesame Street? Sesame Street is still the largest classroom in America. My kids "attended" Sesame Street. At the same time, Romney admits he will promote tax and social policies that protect the giants on Wall Street. Worst of all, he is a liar. If I have to explain that, then America is in real trouble.
Wednesday, 03 October 2012 10:00
The world has been watching as America's Republican Party is working overtime to keep African Americans and others including the poor and disadvantaged from voting in the upcoming Presidential and Congressional elections. Then the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union), the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), Legal Defense Fund and other organizations with legal teams did something. They filed lawsuits based on evidence they discovered to stop the attack on citizens' right to vote.
Eventually, a few of the courts in states like Texas, Florida and Pennslyvania ruled that the voter restriction laws were unconstitutional and had to stop. And then, as if the hand of God laying back waiting for the right moment to step in, something amazing happened. On October 1, 2012 the Republicans fired the firm they had hired to register voters, by hook or by crook.
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OXFORD: Police have not yet identified the 21-year-old woman who was killed after being repeatedly run over on the A40 on Monday.
She was hit by a Ford Ka at about 10.30pm on the westbound carriageway between Forest Hill and the Thornhill park-and-ride.
Her body was hit by other vehicles. Anyone with information should call Pc James Mahony on 101.
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oafie says...
This is a particularly hazardous area to walk along, unfortunately it has to be done in order to access the bus stop and for those residents that do live in this locality. Oxon County Council do not wish to encourage people to to do this-in case it encourages more users of their nearby public sex environment ... difficult (not to say dangerous) for those of us that need to use the bus
12:38pm Thu 15 Nov 12
EMBOX1 says...
OCC need to sort that out, and fast.
4:19pm Thu 15 Nov 12
honey2012 says...
6:10am Fri 16 Nov 12
widl10 says...
So it did confuse me why it happened where it did..
Either way, it was an unfortunate accident & my sympathies go out to her family.
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Christine Hovis says...
12:13pm Fri 16 Nov 12
oafie says...
If she was on the side of the road with no path it does not take a rocket scientist to wonder why she got hit.
If she was hit several times her body may well have moved, she may have been walking from thronhill or toward thornhill, or the Forest Hill bus stop.
She may have been taken to the public sex environment ........
Whatever or however this happened that strectch of road is dire, people do have to use it and even with the path on the other side of the road, one still has to cross the A40 to get to it.
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The book fair at Rockport Elementary School has high goals, with students taking part in the schoolwide "Get Fit for Lit" effort.
The students' "reading fitness" comes from an effort to read 10,000 pages, collectively, ending on March 1, Dr. Seuss's birthday.
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WASHINGTON - Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) sent a letter to Office of Budget and Management Director (OBM) Peter Orszag asking for the full funding of the Caroline Pryce Walker Conquer Childhood Cancer Act in his Fiscal Year 2011 budget request on. Friday, Dec. 3. The Caroline Pryce Walker Conquer Childhood Cancer Act of 2008 was introduced by former Congresswoman Deborah Pryce (R-OH), in memory of her daughter who passed away due to childhood cancer. The bill passed the House of Representatives during the 110th Congress by a vote of 416-0 and a unanimous vote in the Senate.
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A woman is in custody after she confessed to investigators that she stabbed a North Tulsa man to death, Saturday Afternoon.
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This month marks the 20th anniversary of an icy showdown for the ages — the Olympic face-off between Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding after Harding's then-husband hired a goon to take out Kerrigan's knee in the weeks before the Lillehammer Games. Kerrigan quickly recovered and snapped up a silver medal, and Harding was knocked off the podium by a broken shoelace (or karma… depends who you ask). Flash to the present: As ladies' singles figure skating competition kicks off at the Sochi Games, Logo TV is launching a cross-platform mini-series called "Ice Queens" to commemorate the "Whack Heard 'Round the World" and to celebrate figure skating for all its high drama.
Chock full of former RuPaul's Drag Race contestants, Ice Queens includes season 4's Willam Belli as Harding, Morgan McMichaels as Kerrigan, Delta Work as an FBI agent, Yara Sofia as Oksana Baiul, Colby Melvin as Harding's scheming hubby Jeff Gillooly, Christopher Adames as literal hit man Shane Stant, and Vivienne Pinay as a reporter. Below, check out the promo and Belli's exclusive behind-the-scenes dish about this "awesome little Zamboni ride that everybody's all tucked in for." READ FULL STORY


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I've been reading a lot of books about bank robbery lately, including Duane Swierczynski's The Wheelman and Jim Sallis's Driver. Now it's Steve Brewer's Bank Job. Three goobers from down around Bakersfield who like to think of themselves as "outlaws" drive to northern California and go on a crime spree. (That's their description.) Their lack of competence leads them to need a hide-out, and the happen onto the cabin of Vince Carson, a retired bank robber. They decide to force Carson to rob a bank for them. I have nothing to say about what happens after that, since I don't want to spoil the story. Let's just say that things don't go exactly as they plan.
Like Swierczynski, Brewer mixes dark comedy with his caper, so this book has it all: violence, laughs, and plenty of action. Okay, almost all. There's no sex. Don't let that deter you from reading the book, though. It's fast-paced fun all the way.
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I guess my reading of Elmore Leonard has turned me off to bank robbery in general. More than once, Leonard has pointed out in his work that bank robbers are the dumbest criminals, because they're so likely to get caught. As a result, I can't even think about such a theft without thinking of what he's written.
On the other hand, I just love heist stories in general. Which makes my approach to this subject somewhat schizophrenic, I suppose.
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on Jul 26, 2013 at 9:22 am
We go to Blackhawk Plaza for movies and Starbucks. I used to go to Draegers, but found better pricing for specialty items at Lunardi's, otherwise Safeway or Costco are my go to places for groceries. My teenager &her friends do not shop at the plaza because they were followed closely by security and that made them uncomfortable. The plaza is toddler friendly, but once they are older there is little to attract them to go shopping with me so we just go elsewhere . It still has an exclusive rep because the stores are on the high end and you can only take so many poor experiences to know you are not welcome. It seems only the eateries last .
on Jul 26, 2013 at 11:23 am
The restaurants even come and go, the only one making any money are the contractors. How many times has the space at the new Field House been renevated since Blue Footed Booby Canoe Club? Let's see Laurus, Roti 8, and now Field House. I think I'm forgetting one What about the location of the Prickley Pear Cantina. Alberto's, Coa, and now Prickely Pear. The restaurants need to have some real lunch specials for bring in the locals. The turn over is very high for these restaurants. I've lived here nine years and I'm still waiting for a real anchor store. It's not Drager's; everytime I go in there, it seams to have more employee's than shoppers. I agree too exspensive for everyday shopping. Safeway, Costco, and the local Farmer's Markets take's care of my needs. Bring back Ann Taylor and Restoration Hardware.
on Jul 26, 2013 at 12:10 pm
This article is too long to actually read, but it would have been nice to see pictures from 25 years ago, or how it has changed through the years…we all know what it looks like now!
I do agree with the comments above. I used to go there for Cold Stone, but I no longer shop there and I don't know anyone who does. Too expensive and not enough good stores! The only thing it's good for is to show-off to someone visiting the area.


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Preheat the oven to 475 degrees.
In a heavy roasting pan, combine the vegetables
and olive oil and toss to coat. Roast 20 to 30 minutes, turning every 10 minutes, until the vegetables are nicely browned.
Meanwhile, tie the herbs together with kitchen string. Transfer the pan to the top of the stove. Add the wine, stock, tomatoes, and herbs and cook over high heat for 15 minutes. Stir in the Swiss chard and cook 2 minutes more.
Season with salt and pepper. To serve, spoon the vegetables and sauce over the polenta.
this was an interesting recipe-- i ate vegetables i have never eaten in my life. the recipe did not specify whether to set the oven on bake or broil, and after 30 minutes of baking, although some veggies were browning, others were not thoroughly cooked through. polenta was delicious and the herbs really made the dish. i might make this again using vegetables i like a little better and leaving out some i didn't care for as much (parsnip). boyfriend even enjoyed it!