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MARRIAGE DIGEST: Debate over 'gay marriage,' civil unions just beginning in Md.
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (BP)--Despite a favorable court ruling for conservatives, the debate over "gay marriage" in Maryland apparently is far from over.
Several Democrats, including state Sen. Gwendolyn Britt and Del. Victor Ramirez, say they will sponsor bills that would legalize "gay marriage" when the General Assembly meets against next year, the Montgomery County Sentinel reported. Their action comes after the Maryland Court of Appeals -- the highest court in the state -- refused in a September 4-3 decision to legalize "gay marriage."
"[The court's decision] is their legacy, not ours," Ben Barnes, a Democratic delegate who supports such a bill, told The Capital newspaper in Annapolis. "The court failed to act with courage and conviction and it absolutely opens up an opportunity to act."
The good news for Christian conservatives is that Senate President Mike Miller, a Democrat, opposes both "gay marriage" and Vermont-style civil unions, which grant homosexual couples the legal benefits of marriage, minus the name.
The bad news, though, is that Democratic Gov. Martin O'Malley and Democratic House Speaker Michael E. Busch support civil unions. O'Malley is planning to meet in the coming weeks with Equality Maryland, a homosexual activist organization.
"[Mr. O'Malley] will advocate for civil unions bill ... [so] all Marylanders are treated equally under Maryland state law," spokesman Rick Abbruzzese told The Capital.
Democrats control both chambers.
Meanwhile, Republican Del. Don Dwyer says he will file a constitutional amendment protecting the natural definition of marriage. The amendment -- which would go to voters if passed by legislators -- would prohibit both "gay marriage" and civil unions.
"This issue is so important, the people of the state have to be able to vote on it," Dwyer was quoted as saying in The Capital.
Legalized same-sex unions in any form would impact what children are taught about families in schools, he said.
"It shouldn't be taught to the children of my constituents in a public setting," he said.
CORZINE FOR 'GAY MARRIAGE' -- New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine, a Democrat, told reporters for homosexual publications Sept. 9 that if a "gay marriage" bill reached his desk, he would sign it, the Gay City News reported. Nevertheless, Corzine isn't rushing to get the legislature to act -- particularly with a presidential election approaching in 2008.
"I don't think I'd like to see this debated in a presidential election year," Corzine said. "It's an incitement to people who will make policies on a whole broad range of issues that will keep the status quo."
He added, "I think we can move very quickly here, but I think we ought to do it in a way, by the way, that doesn't cause setbacks everywhere else in the country, that doesn't make it a tool for people who I believe start unjust wars or try to take away children's health insurance or aren't committed to enforcing hate crimes laws and all kinds of other things."
Telling the reporters, "I hope you know I'm on our side," Corzine -- who just last December signed a bill legalizing civil unions -- said he thought the state legislature could debate the issue of marriage in 2009.
His comments came at an informal gathering of the New York chapter of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association.
"I think we're in the process of evolution," he said. "I don't know whether it's three years or five years, but in some time frame in the not so distant future I suspect that New Jersey will embrace the moniker of gay marriage or same-sex marriage."
AROUND THE WORLD -- Sweden's three opposition parties introduced a "gay marriage" bill in early October, moving that country one step closer to redefining marriage, 365Gay reported. The parties -- the Social Democrats, the Greens and the Left Party -- may have the votes now to pass such a bill, particularly since a considerable number of members of two of the governing parties (the Center and Liberal parties) support it.
In Australia, the government of Prime Minister John Howard, a vocal opponent of "gay marriage," could be headed to defeat in the Nov. 24 general election. The latest poll shows the Labour Party leading Howard's governing coalition, 58-42 percent, the Indo-Asian News Service reported. But Labour leader Kevin Rudd surprised many Oct. 23 when he said he, too, opposed "gay marriage" and would not work to change current law. Rudd would become prime minister if his party wins the election.
In Canada, a September report analyzing data from the 2006 census showed that only .12 percent of the nation's 6.1 million married couples involve same-sex couples, Reuters reported. The data is the latest information showing that when afforded the legal right to "marriage," most homosexual couples take a pass. For instance, in Massachusetts, 6,121 homosexual couples received marriage licenses from the state in the last seven and a half months of 2004, the timeframe when it was legal. But in 2005, that number dropped to 2,060, and in 2006, to 1,427.
Michael Foust is assistant editor of Baptist Press.
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Have you Googled yourself lately? If you're unfamiliar with the phrase "vanity search," it refers to an Internet search of yourself. What comes up when you go to Google and type in your name? Are there three, 3,000,000, or zero results? Do the results surprise you, or are you confident you know what's going to surface when you hit the enter key? These questions may seem strange, but having some kind of Internet presence as a freelancer is becoming an increasingly important networking requirement not just socially, but also professionally.
As I sit in front of my computer ready to email or call a new client—designer, consultant, artistic director, entrepreneur—I can't help but wonder how I should address this person. What will be the best way to reach out to this client so that she is responsive? Instead of trying to guess how this person works or what kind of projects she normally undertakes, it just makes good sense for me to simply Google her to do a little research in advance.
In the best case scenario, the client will have a website that tells me exactly what I want to know. Hopefully, I find information about a client's past projects and what other people may have thought or commentary about the work of others through networking sites. I may even find out some of a client's extra-curricular interests which may help us relate better while trying to forge that ever-important trust we need to form a solid business or artistic bond. Think of it as virtually going into someone's office and striking up a conversation about sailing based on the pictures of boats hanging on the walls.
Alternately, I can perform a search for a new colleague and come up with absolutely nothing. This is where I run into a problem. If I am trying to find information about a potential client, and there is nothing about them online, it becomes infinitely more difficult for me to consider the person's viability or, worse yet, it can become harder for me to take them seriously as a professional. Reputations are important in any industry, but I think many of us will agree that they play a particularly important role in entertainment because this is such a small industry. I find that, for younger professionals, what Google does or doesn't say about a person could have a serious impact on professional relationships. I'm not trying to imply that everyone out there should meticulously catalog their lives through blogging, social networking, or personal websites, but if there are few or absolutely zero results returned in a search of a name, it starts to bring into serious question her legitimacy in the field.
Even for the plugged-in web-savvy crowd, there are more possibilities out there than you may have realized. Getting involved with forums related to your area of expertise can provide exposure not necessarily available through normal channels. Check out Sceno:graphy, a site devoted to designers sharing online portfolios and trading knowledge through articles and forums. Or take a look here at livedesignonline.com, where this magazine has its own forum. These sites have hundreds, if not thousands of members from all walks of the entertainment industry; if you become involved enough to be seen as an authority on a topic, you may even be presented with opportunities that may never have surfaced otherwise without that online networking ability. And let's face it, in this economy, even those with steady jobs need to be doing as much as possible to make themselves irreplaceable in their positions. Why not make yourself known as an expert in your field so that you're doing everything in your power to make sure you're always in demand?
I know there are people out there who will disagree with me on this.I am sure that there are those of you who have been in the field for many years and who already know everyone else or, better yet, have a reputation that precedes you. All of this may seem completely extraneous, but I'd argue that, even for you, managing your online identity is important. At some point, if you don't create something to tell the world what you've done with your career, there's a good chance someone else will, and at that point, you lose control over authoring your own identity. It's certainly true that someone could put something out there regardless of whether you have your own web space or not, but at least if you publish your own work or ideas, you don't have to depend on—or worry about—what someone else might have to say about you. Think of it as further branding yourself and managing that brand appropriately.
Thankfully, for those of you who might not yet have your own virtual real-estate, there are a multitude of options. The most obvious route is creating your own web page or hiring someone to make one for you, to publish your digital portfolio, or share your philosophies on life, the industry, or whatever else might be relevant. Ultimately, while I think there is a certain amount of inherent professionalism in having your own domain and telling people they can contact you at email@example.com, there are plenty of alternatives that can boost your presence. Social networking sites like Facebook are great ways to let people know what you're about both professionally and personally; these sites will publish as little or as much about you as you're interested in sharing, but they allow people to connect with you and find out about what you do or what your interests are. Sites like LinkedIn will do the same thing except they are much more concentrated on career networking and are minimally "social." Twitter (my new obsession) takes on micro-blogging by allowing users to post updates 140 characters at a time, thereby creating a kind of meta-stream of a person's activities.
The long and short of it is that, in 2009, it's not a difficult task to put your name and your career out where others can see it, and if you're responsible about what you publish (let me stress that, because someone, somewhere will find what you post), you can only benefit in the end and make your potential new business and artistic endeavors that much stronger. So if you haven't yet, I suggest you Google yourself. You'll be glad you did.
Larry Zoll is a freelance lighting and marketing professional specializing in theatrical lighting, themed environments, and control systems. You can reach him at email@example.com.

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Modeled after the classic masks masqueraders and carnival goers in New Orleans wear, this disguise is decorated with fantastic feathers cut out of colorful paper. But take a second look and you'll discover a few clues that give away the identity of the face behind the disguise -- a white turban, square shades, and enormous gold earrings. That's right! It's none other than Mama Odie, the centuries-old eccentric fairy godmother who lives deep in the bayou with her seeing-eye snake Juju.
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- Craft scissors (optional)
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- Glue stick
- Black marker
- Wooden paint stirrer
- Glue dots
1. Print out the template and use it to cut out the turban pieces from white paper, the earrings from gold or yellow paper, and the sunglass lenses from black paper. Cut out a mask base from any color you like (it will be covered when the mask is finished). Then use craft scissors (if you're using them) to cut out a bunch of paper feathers in both sizes, again using any color you like.
|2. Shape the turban ties into loops and staple them to the top of the turban base, as shown.
|3. Glue the upper turban strip onto the base, sandwiching the stapled portion of the looped ties between them. Glue the two lower turban strips in place on the base.
4. Begin gluing paper feathers around the eyeholes of the mask base. Use the larger feathers along the outer edges and the smaller ones in the center of the mask between the eyeholes. Then top the larger feathers with a layer of smaller feathers.
5. Glue a sunglass lens in place around each eyehole. Then use a marker to draw a line between them.
6. Glue the tops of the earrings to the back of the mask base so that they extend below the feathers.
7. Glue the top of the feather-covered mask to the bottom of the turban.
8. Use glue dots to attach the paint stirrer to one side of the mask to use as a handle.


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The culprit: smog.
In 1952, California Institute of Technology biochemistry professor Arie Haagen-Smit discovered how smog forms when nitrogen oxides from vehicle tailpipes and hydrocarbons from oil refineries react with sunlight in a photochemical stew to create ozone.
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Since Haagen-Smit's scientific breakthrough, California has been the nation's legal and atmospheric testing ground for air pollution control. The resulting standards have set the course for lower and lower vehicle and plant emissions across the United States.
Now Air Products, a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Trexlertown, is helping California develop its next wave of smog-clearing controls — hydrogen-powered vehicles. Company officials say they believe hydrogen fuel cell batteries will eventually revolutionize the nation's auto manufacturing industry and then transform the nation's energy policy.
"It's about energy sustainability, the environment and efficiency," said Ed Kiczek, Air Products' global business director for Hydrogen Energy Systems.
Air Products' effort is centered on the California Air Resources Board's push to force the auto industry develop zero-emissions vehicles. That can be done with hydrogen fuel cells that emit nothing but water vapor from tailpipes. Air Products is one of several companies building the infrastructure on California's so-called "hydrogen highway" that will allow consumers drive into a fueling station to top off hydrogen-fueled vehicles, which can go up to 400 miles on a full tank.
Gloria Bergquist, spokeswoman for the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, said the 12 companies her group represents are committed to creating multiple product lines that run on a variety of sources: clean-burning diesel, ethanol, electrical-standard gasoline hybrids and hydrogen. She likened it to a roulette wheel because manufacturers never know what technology is going to take off. The jackpot would be hydrogen, she said.
"Hydrogen has always been the Holy Grail because they are zero-emissions vehicles," Bergquist said. "That has always been the primary goal and hybrids are really seen as a bridge to reach hydrogen."
Hydrogen is the simplest, lightest and most abundant element on Earth. But it's only found in combination with other elements, such as oxygen, which bonds with hydrogen to create water. To use hydrogen as a gaseous fuel, it has to be separated with its bonding element.
The cheapest way to make hydrogen is to extract it from natural gas. A more expensive way is to pull apart water in a process called electrolysis.
Both methods emit greenhouse gases in the production phase, but not in the usage phase when water vapor comes out of a moving vehicle, said Scott Samuelsen, a mechanical, aerospace and environmental engineering professor who directs the National Fuel Cell Research Center at the University of California, Irvine.
Air Products does not design the vehicles or the fuel cells that combine hydrogen and oxygen to produce electricity that power the engine, wheels and gadgets. Air Products would supply the hydrogen to a network of emerging fueling stations to keep the cars running.
California car lots could stock hydrogen-fueled cars by 2015. Such a new market would bolster the company's bottom line because for half a century the company has been supplying hydrogen to refineries to purify gas products. It also has found other niche markets for hydrogen fuel cells such as forklifts for warehouses, generators for cell phone towers, unmanned drones for the U.S. military and submarines for the navies of five nations.
To tap into California's burgeoning hydrogen economy, Air Products is relying on a threefold business model that requires some public money.
First, the company works with private owners to convert a standard gasoline pump at a state-approved location to a hydrogen pump. Second, hydrogen-fueling stations are built at standard gas stations or landfills.(Last summer, Air Products used a $2.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to turn man-made greenhouse methane gas into usable hydrogen at the Orange County Sanitation District in Fountain Valley, Calif.)
Third, and perhaps the most critical to a long-term nationwide usage of hydrogen-fueled cars, Air Products is helping develop interstate pipelines. Such an endeavor occurred in May 2011 when Air Products helped Toyota and Shell open a pipeline-fed hydrogen station in the Los Angeles area.
Samuelsen said Air Products' model makes economical, logistical and municipal zoning sense if the state is to succeed in getting the public to rely on hydrogen cars the way they have gasoline or diesel-powered vehicles. He said the to produce hydrogen fuel cells has been dropping after 25 years of research by car manufacturers.
"Without the infrastructure, the car will be a failure," said Samuelsen.


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Five people were temporarily displaced while firefighters battled a fire in a mobile home next door to theirs on Tucson's southwest side.
The fire in the 1600 block of West Ajo Way destroyed a single-wide mobile home that was unoccupied.
The five people, including two children, were allowed to return to their home after the fire was under control.
The cause and origin of the fire, which happened at about 7:15 p.m., are under investigation.
There were no injuries reported.
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Reviews by Elimination:
4.08/5 rDev +4.9%
Had to check out the oatmeal stout.
A decent black very nice mocha head. Doesn't look to thick
Smell of classic roasted grain chocolate very sweet oTmeal cereal coffee with cream vanilla latte
Taste very close to smell. French roast coffee very faint vanilla a bit of brown sugar
Fairly thin mouthfeel but honestly a very drinkable stout pretty good really a very nice dinner beer but not higher abv
03-09-2011 00:53:42 | More by Elimination
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4.38/5 rDev +12.6%
Pint glass served on tap. Very pleasant surprise to find this beer at the Big River Grill in Stevenson, WA.
Pours a brown head that retains well. The look is nice and dark. Clear.
Well stated caramel notes and of course oats.
I enjoyed this beer so much I added the brewery at White Salmon as a must stop on our road trip. Review of Country Boy IPA to follow.
05-23-2011 01:02:37 | More by NWer
3.75/5 rDev -3.6%
04-17-2013 23:50:47 | More by Hopmodium
4.25/5 rDev +9.3%
08-25-2013 22:07:53 | More by rwshelton2
3.5/5 rDev -10%
10-15-2013 01:36:39 | More by wchasse222
3.85/5 rDev -1%
First had: on tap at their brewpub
Poured brownish black with a small cap of beige head. Pretty standard stout aroma: dark malts, lightly roasty, notes of cocoa and coffee. Pretty standard taste as well, reflecting the nose: roasty malts, coffee and cocoa, with a bit of bitterness from both, slightly grainy and a touch of subtle earthy hops. Pretty smooth, medium mouthfeel, and nicely drinkable.
01-09-2012 21:32:33 | More by Rifugium
4.5/5 rDev +15.7%
09-02-2013 15:23:53 | More by kbrown
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4.25/5 rDev +9.3%
03-31-2014 05:18:50 | More by Erik-P
3.75/5 rDev -3.6%
04-11-2014 18:52:27 | More by anteater
3.75/5 rDev -3.6%
09-19-2013 23:50:57 | More by lighthabit
3.5/5 rDev -10%
06-06-2014 19:37:51 | More by jpd7374
4/5 rDev +2.8%
09-18-2013 03:10:19 | More by Haybeerman
4/5 rDev +2.8%
A: Poured a dark brownish, black with good carbonation and a brown head
S: Oats and plenty of it, some chocolate and some roasted notes
T: A very good stout. Plenty of oats, oats and oats with some chocolate, light roastiness
M: Has a nice body, roasty, chocolate and oats. Creamy indeed but at times it was sordove thin on mouthfeel.
D: Yeah, go for it. Good oat stout.
08-07-2010 02:18:42 | More by barleywinefiend
4/5 rDev +2.8%
Served in straight pint glass. Poured a solid black with an inch of deep tan head that had good retention and lacing. The beer had solid malt and roast aromas. The flavors were also solid roast, a hint of coffee, and malt. The body was a little thinner than I like for this style, but still solid. Drinkability was very good, I could have a couple of these. Overall, A very good beer, worth going out of your way for.
06-17-2010 08:12:01 | More by beertunes
3.98/5 rDev +2.3%
I held my glass to the sun steaming across Everybody's patio and noted a distant glow of fiery red in this otherwise ebony ale. A skunk cannabis aroma rose upwards in a manner I might ordinarily associate with a Northwest IPA. Though this was unusual for an oatmeal stout, the herbal fragrance combined with dry cereal grains producing a raw invigoration. The taste showed an engaging mix of gentle malt sweetness and robust roastiness while a frolic of tan suds stood guard.
Good from the word go. Hearty but not overpowering.
05-19-2010 02:18:06 | More by RedDiamond
3/5 rDev -22.9%
07-16-2014 06:04:32 | More by atpca
4.22/5 rDev +8.5%
appearance - dark brown, opaque, one finger head
smell - chocolate and malt
taste - chocolate malts are dominant here, some other roasty and vanilla notes, cocoa
mouthfeel - medium body
overall - a decent stout, good chocolate, cocoa, vanilla flavors
01-08-2012 05:01:45 | More by djbreezy
3.5/5 rDev -10%
06-25-2014 22:04:05 | More by Sir_Goatman
3.73/5 rDev -4.1%
Very dark brown with some black areas. Creamy tan head. Fair head retention.
Sweet chocolate notes with a touch of cream coffee. Very slightly fruity. Nice.
Smooth malt with a good coffee nots. Bitter chocolate and some earthy hops. Good.
Medium full body with moderate carbonation. Fine.
A nice stout. There's nothing wrong here and the balanced fruitiness is nice.
08-07-2011 03:50:38 | More by dgilks
Cash Stout Oatmeal Stout from Everybody's Brewing
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Seattle Seahawks (15-3) vs. Denver Broncos (15-3)
Sunday, February 2 at 6:25 pm ET on FOX
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I have been waffling back and forth for the past two weeks about who to take in this game. In the latest podcast, I picked the Seahawks but now I'm going away from that pick.
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3.93/5 rDev +5.1%
-theres a burnt caramel look without any head. some nice floaties though!
-some floral hops in there with a little bit of fruit...maybe some orange
-subtle hops at first, then it really explodes and sits in your mouth. all you can get from it really, but it is a nice burst
-really smooth without much carb...may have sat too long
-really drinkable for a DIPA with a solid burp
08-26-2009 19:35:50 | More by juhl31
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3.75/5 rDev +0.3%
08-13-2013 12:01:40 | More by SanFranJake
3.1/5 rDev -17.1%
Bottle courtesy of Exiled.
Pours orange-amber with a white head. The aroma is extremely hoppy with some pineapple and cat pea notes to it. Very pungent. The flavor is similar with a lot of bitterness. Lots of hop flavor but it is kind of muddled and I can't really pick out anything particular. Medium mouthfeel.
01-05-2010 21:31:17 | More by Mora2000
4.58/5 rDev +22.5%
Had on tap @ toranado yesterday. All I can say is that this is my new favorite i2pa! Read other reviews and can't believe heads are complaning about "too much hops"?!?! Weak sticks...anyway....
A: Super hazy burnt orange. No head. No lacing.
S: Hop bomb. No malt will ye find here.
T: I know a beer exists entitled hop juice, however; I think this one should lay clam to that title. This beer just whacks you in the face with hop goodness! The hippies at Iron Springs must not have heard about any shortage or rise in price.
M: Sticky and Bitter. Friggin' great IMO.
D: I got a growler today since their only 10min from my spot up north. I'll make a dent in it tonight, but this beer gets you trashed pretty handily! The hippies at the brewery are soo cool. This is my new favriote brewery.Bye Marin Brew Co.(except when the white knuckle's on deck), Bye Moylan's(your hopsickle's been outdone). Prices,beer,food,people they're all spot-on!
p.s. old hippies rule!!!
11-03-2008 04:38:43 | More by ironlung
3.89/5 rDev +4%
A little darker than expected, runs the gamut of amber to light brown almost. Great hop aroma. Was getting excited at this point.
Taste, on a non biased palate (I had a few before this one), cut right through. Good hopping, good bitterness. This is a bigger beer than the innocuous label would lead you to believe (you know, the ones that prominently brag on their ibus & abvs).
Mouthfeel, bitterness and high alpha (acidic?) hops seem to be about all that catches hold, and there is nothing wrong with that. Balance is for amber ales. Some grit to it. $5.99 at Ledger's in Berkeley was well worth it.
05-10-2010 23:16:56 | More by Beerandraiderfan
4/5 rDev +7%
06-02-2014 06:22:43 | More by GlassHound
4/5 rDev +7%
07-31-2014 00:06:30 | More by Belgeko
4/5 rDev +7%
02-12-2012 04:47:43 | More by jh1982
4.5/5 rDev +20.3%
03-15-2014 02:34:20 | More by VE777
4.5/5 rDev +20.3%
01-26-2013 16:57:17 | More by BSW
4.05/5 rDev +8.3%
A: a clear orange, nice head and great retention
S: love the smell here. Get a sweet, bready malt. Not much hops here, but I don't mind.
T: first I get the piney/earthy hops, followed by a nice, kind of sweet, bready malt. Can' really tell that its 9%.
M: the mouthfeel is just decent. Light to moderate carbonation
O: definitely a good beer. Really tasty.
07-20-2012 00:02:48 | More by Beericjb
3.63/5 rDev -2.9%
A: deep burned orange with a nice settling 1/2 in. fluffy head and thin sticky lacing
S: big hop bite presence, especially as it warms; pine sap and lemon citrus really come through here
T: standard issue pine and bitter citrus, primarily dry grapefruit unlike the nose, undeniable bite; really not too remarkable in comparison to the numerous other examples out there
M: slight creaminess on the finish, thin up front with thick finish
D: bomber is just about right here, solid example of style but nothing exceptional here
08-02-2010 16:36:45 | More by WOTO97
4/5 rDev +7%
05-31-2014 23:43:33 | More by mc4z
4/5 rDev +7%
03-10-2014 05:17:52 | More by bouncepass
3.9/5 rDev +4.3%
22oz bottle split with a friend. Got from mjl21...aka Mike. Thanks for everything like usual of course!
A- Poured a deep dark amber color. Tons of haze in this beer. Good 1 1/2 inch off white head. Left good amounts of sticky lacing on the sides of the glass.
S- Huge piney smell. Uhm...I mean huge huge pine hop smell. Citrus hops come out a little as well. No malt backbone whatever to speak of. This makes my mouth water with the hop presence.
T- Well a slight citrus hop front followed by a massive bitter hop explosion that takes up the rest of the beer. Pretty much a one trick pony with this beer. I like bitter DIPA's so this is amazing to me.
M- This is a medium heavy beer. Mouthfeel is good. Carbonation was perfect with the beer smoothly walks over your palate leaving a huge bitter hoppy resin coating the tounge.
D- This was a good beer that if I could I would have again and again. Mike hooked me up with yet another beer that I can't get enought of. I will look at getting this in a trade again for sure.
06-22-2009 00:21:55 | More by alleykatking
3.58/5 rDev -4.3%
Sampled on tap at the brewpub, but reviewing a bomber purchased from the Jug Shop in SF.
Dark saturated copper orange, visible streams of rising carbonation. Thin layer of foam at first, fading quickly to a thin ring around the edges. Bright clarity, drippy crown of lacing at the top rim of the glass that drips down.
Smells a bit floral, vegetal, catty, and medicinal... hoppy sure, but a little odd. "Better on tap" for sure.
Tastes malt forward, an initial flash of sweet caramel with some dry piney herbal notes, bitter aspirin, topsoil, raw hop bitterness. A little harsh, long lasting bitterness in the finish. Needs something to balance, the bitterness becomes a little one dimensional and builds on itself quickly over time. Medium bodied and sippable. Fans of piney bitter DIPA will enjoy this, but it was a bit lacking in terms of a west coast hop bomb.
10-11-2011 05:39:41 | More by emerge077
4/5 rDev +7%
12-28-2011 05:31:04 | More by leprakhan
2.4/5 rDev -35.8%
On tap at Toronado.
Appearance: Clearish amber with a thin white head.
Smell: Intensely resiny hops, no real malt presence here, just hops. I'm all for intensely hoppy DIPAs but this one seems a bit one-dimensional.
Taste & mouthfeel: Resiny, slightly grassy hop flavors up-front quickly followed by a palate-annihilating bitterness. Malt is non-existent. In fact, after a few sips, you can't really taste anything other than the bittering hops, which are hilariously relentless. Hands down this is the most bitter DIPA I've ever tasted, well past the point of balance and really just undrinkable.
08-11-2008 22:26:18 | More by largadeer
New Hampshire
3.5/5 rDev -6.4%
Consumed 4/5/13
Appearance: Hazy caramel color - dark amber, with a lot of orange and yellow when held up to the light - nicely sized, off-white head - keeps a nice cap, leaves some nice splotches of lacing
Smell: Fruity, hoppy, herbal, and grassy - an interesting number of things going on here - orange and grapefruit rinds, somewhat oily, with some pith - herbal, leafy, and grassy - caramel, lightly syrupy malts - hoppy and malty, but I don't think I would necessarily call this balanced
Taste: Bitter and intense, somewhat unexpectedly - oily, wet, sticky citrus - resinous, wet pine - very bitter - big malts as well - caramel, with bready and crackery flavors - leafy, grassy, and herbal - lightly earthy, with some strange (but not bad) spiciness
Mouthfeel: On the full side of medium, nicely carbonated, smooth, somewhat harsh bitter aftertaste - harshness builds over time
Overall: Is this a TMNT reference?
I thought this would be the least intense DIPA that I acquired from San Francisco. I was wrong. This is legitimately intense. Very oily, wet, and hoppy, with some sweet, big malts. Best consumed in a hockey mask, I guess.
04-06-2013 00:55:57 | More by angrybabboon
3.75/5 rDev +0.3%
10-03-2012 12:53:45 | More by Binger72
3.5/5 rDev -6.4%
Figured i'd give them a try since they be local and all...
Pours a giant A-bomb mushroom white head. Orange carmely look to it...
Mostly big hops with a malt smell lingering in there.
Piney hop taste with some underlieing sweetness, very bitter.
As someone else wrote "I reviewed this beer to show I don't only review just good beers"
09-06-2009 04:01:56 | More by Murchmac
3.88/5 rDev +3.7%
On tap at The Toronado...
Appears a hazy, dark amber with a small white head that slowly fades out. Scattered lacing is left around the glass.
Smell is of mary-jane up front, grapefruit, spicy herb, black pepper, & orange zest.
Taste is of the mentioned aromas but very intense on the herbal end with cooked basil and black pepper flavors coming through just a bit too heavy.
Mouthfeel is medium bodied, gummy, chewy, resinous, slightly grassy with sweet notes that quickly turn to bitterness.
05-18-2007 19:29:38 | More by weeare138
2.93/5 rDev -21.7%
On tap at Iron Springs Fairfax, CA
A- Hazy orange with fluffy white head really nice lacing.
S- Hops and a lot of them!
T- This is where the beer begins its downward spiral for me. This beer is extremely bitter - it has a medicinal aspirin taste to it. This becomes somewhat subdued as it warms.
M - Good amount of carbonation isn't very thick for an I2PA
D - If it wasn't for the aspirin taste this would be great considering the mouthfeel.
11-30-2008 00:03:23 | More by xhcadamx
3.63/5 rDev -2.9%
Paid $6.99 for a bomber from Healthy Spirits in San Francisco, CA. Poured into a large snifter to review. This is the third bomber of this I've had; I keep going back for more.
White head that is tightly knit and about an inch in height. Glowing ruby-orange in color. A very thin layer of retention and nice lacing.
Certainly on the balanced side for its style yet is still quite interesting and stimulating to me which is contrary to my normal taste. Hops are dank and floral, almost to the point of being perfumy. Strong malt backing. Unique and enjoyable.
Taste is even more balanced. Right down the middle in fact.
Mouth is thick and creamy with a medium-long finish of dank hops. Nice carbonation. Good drinkability.
A good DIPA from this newer/smaller brewer that I'd recommend to try. To me, I'd put it right up there with 90 Minute in the class of balanced DIPAs.
02-25-2010 03:12:51 | More by ibbjamin
3.6/5 rDev -3.7%
Full disclosure, I bought this beer because the dog on the label looks like my dog.
Pours a very hazy burnt orange with an off white head that dissipates and leaves a nice cap. Nice caramel malts.
Aroma. Piney hops with some sweet citrus hanging around underneath. Lemon zest, some grassy hops.
Taste follows the nose then adds some mint and oily hops. Clean finish.
Mouthfeel is medium. Somewhat carbonated. Doesn't really stand up to the hoppiness.
Decent dipa. Glad I tried it, makes me curious about other iron springs brews.
02-25-2012 02:52:25 | More by natemort13
Casey Jones Imperial IPA from Iron Springs Pub & Brewery
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METHUEN — The city will begin borrowing $3.7 million this fall to pay for dozens of energy efficiency improvements at municipal and school buildings.
The projects will be completed as part of an energy management contract approved Monday by the City Council. The work will be overseen by Ameresco, a Framingham-based energy services company.
City councilors unanimously approved the contract with Ameresco, a decision that was met by applause from members of the School Committee seated in the audience.
Before the vote, Mayor Stephen Zanni assured councilors that all costs associated with the energy improvements will be recouped through future energy efficiencies — approximately $300,000 annually over the next 15 years.
Council Chairman Sean Fountain likened the agreement with Ameresco to a capital improvement plan.
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Game 6 of the 2011 World Series took a lot out of the players, managers and even the fans watching at home as the St. Louis Cardinals staved off elimination and came back to force Game 7 with a 10-9 win over the Texas Rangers in 11 innings. With one game left, though, several players are walking wounded with injuries sustained in Thursday night's game.
On the Rangers side, Nelson Cruz and Mike Napoli were both injured on Thursday night. Napoli rolled his ankle pretty severely sliding into second base, but was able to finish the game. Nelson Cruz strained his groin late in the Rangers' 11-inning loss to the Cardinals. The latest comes from Brent Gambill.
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Holliday says he thinks he can play in Game 7. Left park with right pinky in a splint and taped, though.
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Hunter Highlands Condo - ski on ski off in Hunter Mountain
- bedrooms 2
- baths 2
- sleeps 10
- pool no
- hot tub no
- pets allowed no
- type Condo
- community Hunter Highlands
- rates (USD) $ 1,000 - $ 2,000 / month
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2 Bedroom 2 Bathroom unit
Sleeps 6-8
Grab your skis and take a few steps right to the slopes-do not need
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When enough snow can ski back almost to the door
3 levels
1st floor - 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom
Bedroom with queen Bed
2nd floor - 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, kitchen, laundry room, living
Bedroom with queen bed
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3rd floor - loft
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Washer and Dryer
Fully equipped kitchen (stove,microwave,coffee maker,dishwasher,etc)
Large deck with gas barbecue grill
Catskill Club resort nearby with pool, hot tubs, restaurant
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Skiing/Snowboarding (on premises)
Cross Country Skiing
Cross Country Skiing
Outdoor Pool
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Fishing (nearby)
Mountain Biking (on premises - Hunter Mountain)
Horseback Riding
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Celtic Festival - (Aug)
Microbrew & Wine Festival - (Sept)
OktoberFest - (October)
vacation rental rates
Please Check Calendar For Availability
Winter Season
Nov 15 - April 15 $7,000 (or best offer)
Summer Season
Second Half of June - Labor Day $4,000 (or best offer)
Will rent for shorter or longer time periods, please contact for details.
Note rates much lower off season.
Approximate Rates (reasonable offers considered):
April 16th - June 15th & After Labor Day - November 15th
$275.00 per night - weekends/non-holiday/non-festival
$250.00 per night - mid week/non-holiday/non-festival
$1,000.00 per week $300-350 per night - (holidays or festivals)
$1,500-2,000 per week - (holidays or festivals)
$375.00 per night - holiday
$350.00 per night - weekends/non-holiday
$275.00 per night - mid week
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PERU — State police arrested four people from Lexington, Ky., on an array of drug charges during a traffic stop Wednesday on U.S. 31 in Miami County.
The stop by Indiana State Trooper Luke Bowyer at 4 p.m. led to the arrests of Katherine Foxworth, 24, Daniel Fogtman, 25, Daniel Shields, 23, and Gregory Kuzman, 29, all from Lexington. All four were incarcerated in the Miami County Jail. Foxworth faces felony charges for possession of cocaine, possession of psilocybin mushrooms, possession of LSD, possession of drug paraphernalia, and possession of a schedule IV narcotic. Fogtman was arrested on felony charges for possession of marijuana with a prior conviction, possession of LSD, possession of cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia, and possession of methamphetamine. Shields and Kuzman face misdemeanor counts for possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of marijuana under 30 grams, state police reported in a news release.
The four were traveling north on U.S. 31, near Miami County Road 600 North, in a Honda Accord when they were stopped by Bowyer for failing to signal a lane change, the news release stated.
During the course of the traffic stop, Bowyer became suspicious and requested a narcotics detecting K-9 unit to assist.
The K-9, Zeke, conducted a free air sniff around the Honda and alerted to the odor of illegal narcotics inside the vehicle. During a search of the Honda and its occupants, officers reported finding methamphetamine, marijuana, prescription medication, cocaine, psilocybin mushrooms, LSD, and drug paraphernalia.


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Casa Pericos-4BR, 2.5 Acres, DSL, A/C overlooking Bay in Playa Carrillo
- bedrooms 4
- baths 2½
- sleeps 10
- pool no
- hot tub no
- pets allowed yes
- type House
- community Samara/Carrillo
rates (USD)
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vacation rental description
Imagine this...you are sitting in the jungle, the trees are huge,
towering above you, the forest is alive with the chatter of birds and
insects, big blue butterflies glide lazily around you. The air is damp and smells like the earth after a good rain. You are connected to the nature around you, at peace...tranquil!
This is how you will feel when you stay at Casa Pericos (House of
Parrots). A wonderful tropical two story A-frame home nestled among
the mango, papaya, lemon trees and coconut palms on a hillside overlooking Carrillo
Bay. Sitting on 2.5 acres of tropical splendor, you are alone with the birds, butterflies, iguanas and howler monkeys!
You are one with nature. Although Casa Pericos is very private, it is
a mere 5 minute walk to Carrillo Beach. This is one spectacular white sand beach lined with coconut palms and warm, gentle surf and untouched by any buildings whatsoever. The guidebooks say it is one of the most beautiful beaches in Costa Rica. The 3 kilometer long crescent beach is protected by a coral reef which keeps the waves small and is a great beach for families with children. It is a popular beach for surfing, boogie boarding, kayaking, sunbathing, swimming and relaxing. It is also the place to be when the sun sets over Carrillo Bay and the Pacific Ocean. A brilliant, magical experience!
From the large covered deck and patio overlooking the beach, you can
observe flocks of parrots (yellow naped amazons and smaller orange fronted parakeets), motmots, trogons, kiskadees and an array of different birds flying by at any given moment. In the mangroves below the cresendo of birds, frogs, crickets and other creatures is quite melodious. At night you can sit and watch the bats zipping around
your head, devouring the unsuspecting insects, see the geckos
scampering after moths and chirping loudly for mates, and in the
distance watch the blinking lights of the fire flies. The longer you
sit the louder everything becomes!
Hungry? A 5 minute walk up the hill and you're in the center of town.
A quaint little fishing village which hosts several good restaurants
and three little grocery/liquor stores plus a mini-golf. For something
a little more happening take a 10 minute local bus or cab ride into Samara where you will find several waterfront restaurants, water sport rentals, three internet cafes, a bank with ATM, tourist shops, two surf schools, and massage and language schools.
house rental amenities
Four bedrooms - master bedroom suite has a king, second downstairs
bedroom has a double plus a twin and two upstairs bedrooms have two or three twins each. All bedrooms have spectacular ocean or jungle views, air conditioning with remote controls and are fully furnished with linens and towels. Two full bathrooms with showers and hot water are located downstairs and the upstairs bedroom facing the jungle has its own half bath. All bedrooms also have variable speed floor and ceiling fans as do the living room, kitchen, and covered outdoor deck patio areas.
Gourmet kitchen with state of the art stainless steel appliances and dishwasher in case you want to cook, and what would a tropical vacation be without a blender for those fruit smoothies or specialty tropical drinks, a coffee maker for the fine Costa Rican coffee, a toast/bagel cooker, a microwave for the sunset popcorn and a full complement of basic kitchen utensils, pots and pans and cooking supplies. An outdoor propane BBQ grill and a digital guest security safe are also provided. Outdoor hammocks, overhead fans and swinging chairs make your relaxation on the covered outdoor deck overlooking the Pacific ocean and the spectacular sunsets all the more enjoyable.
Wireless broadband DSL Internet, Satellite TV, an iPod/iPhone charging dock with speakers, board games and DVD/CDs for when you get tired of listening to the crescendo of bugs and native critters plus a modern washer and dryer for when you want to wear something other than a swimsuit also are also provided. Our outside shower lets you wash off all the sand when you return from the beach which is only 800 feet down the hillside from our home.
activities and attractions in Playa Carrillo Costa Rica
Costa Rica is so diverse, there is so much to do! A 5 minute walk
down the hill from Casa Pericos and you can be on the beautiful
3 kilometer long sugar sand Carrillo beach, enjoying world class sport and game fishing from the Carrillo harbor or riding horses on some of the world's most spectacular scenery and waterfalls, kayaking, standup paddleboarding, surfing,
boogie-boarding, mountain biking, zip-lining and more. If your time
allows, we recommend you also visit the Monteverde cloud forest or the
active Arenal Volcano and hot springs, two of Costa Rica's most popular tourist spots.
Samara Tours - The Samara Beach Travel Center and Skynet Internet can help you check your email, rent cars, bicycles, scooters and ATVs or book various excursions locally and throughout Costa Rica.
vacation rental rates
Jan 1 - May 4, 2012 ...........$1200/week (High Season)
May 5 - November 16, 2012 .......$900/week (Green Season)
Nov 17 - Dec 14, 2012 ...........$1200/week (High Season)
Dec 15 - December 31, 2012.........$1650/week (Holiday Season)
Jan 1 - April 30, 2013...........$1200/week (High Season)
50% deposit required to hold reservation with balance due six weeks before rental start date. $250 security/damage deposit collected upon check-in & refunded upon check-out. No refunds within 6 weeks of rental start date.


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Lined up next to race leader Jimmie Johnson with three laps to go in the Southern 500 and coming to the green flag, Tony Stewart was in excellent shape to finally do something he had never done before: Win at Darlington Raceway.
In 19 previous attempts, Stewart had failed to go to Victory Lane at Darlington – one of just two tracks on the circuit where the driver/owner was without a Sprint Cup Series win (the other is Kentucky).
But as the green flag waved, Stewart's car ran out of fuel and he wasn't able to keep pace with the 48 car of Johnson. Gone into the night was his chance to get that ever-elusive victory on the track referred to as the "Lady in Black."
Instead, for the 20th time in his career, Stewart was shut out of the winner's circle as he finished third behind Johnson and second-place finisher Denny Hamlin, who powered by the sputtering Stewart heading into Turn 1.
Afterward, Stewart was in a far different mood than he was a week ago at Talladega when he voiced his displeasure with the style of racing that had just taken place.
This time, the defending Sprint Cup champion was far more positive, focusing his attention on the many hurdles he and his team had to overcome to what was Stewart's fourth career top-five finish at Darlington.
"It's why we won a championship last year," Stewart said. "We never give up. Steve (Addington, crew chief) kept me positive. He was calm the whole time. He kept saying, 'I'll work on it, I'll get it fixed.' It just kept me calm. Sure enough, we finally got it to do one thing and then we could work on it from there and try to get it the rest of the way."
All around, it was an eventful night for the Stewart-Haas Racing team he co-owns, as the crew for Ryan Newman got into a post-race shoving match on pit road with the crew for Kurt Busch. And of course, there was Danica Patrick making her Sprint Cup debut on the track "Too Tough to Tame."
Stewart wasn't sure what transpired to instigate the scuffle on pit road, but he did have high praise for his other driver.
"Yeah, I got to watch a lot tonight, even if it was from afar," Stewart said. "I'm ecstatic with the results. Don't know where she finished; don't know how many laps down she was. She ran good lap times tonight. There was a period of the race where she said her balance was at her best, she was within a one-tenth (of a second) of the leaders at that point in the race.
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Pima County Sheriff's Department deputies are searching for a man suspected of attempted child abduction.
PCSD describes the suspect as Hispanic, between 19 and 20 years old,
and about 5' tall with an average build. He has a short buzz-cut or flat
top hairstyle and was last seen wearing black sunglasses, a "Navajo"
striped blue jacket and dark blue pants, which were slightly dirty.
Deputies said a 10-year-old boy was walking to Thornydale Elementary School, near Magee and Thornydale, around 7:15 a.m. Tuesday morning when a man started to follow him.
According to PCSD the boy became nervous and decided to turn around and run home. When he passed the suspect, the man stepped toward the boy, opened his arms and tried to grab him, according to PCSD officials. But the 10-year-old stepped to the side and ran.
The boy said he looked back while running and saw the suspect jogging after him. The boy reached his home and told his father, who then drove him to school. They did not see the suspect while driving.
School officials addressed the attempted abduction by sending home the following letter:
Dear Thornydale Parents:
Because the safety of our
students is our number one concern, I want to make you aware of suspicious
behavior which occurred in our community at approximately 7:18 a.m. this
A student reported being
followed on his walk to school by a person described as a Hispanic male, 19 –
20 years old, with black hair cut closely. The student description also
included that the male was wearing a "blue jacket with Navajo colors" going across
The student was not harmed
and the Pima County Sheriff's Department report was notified and a report
As always, we are committed
to our students, staff and our community at large and respectfully request you
to continue to assist us. Often our parents and community members can be our
best eyes and ears in the protection of our students and our neighborhood.
Also, during your conversations with your child, please continue to emphasize
the importance of being aware of surroundings, being watchful of each other,
walking together in groups, not talking to strangers, and reporting any
concerns to an adult or authority.
Please do not hesitate to
contact the Pima County Sheriff's Department at 520-351-4900 if you have any
additional information regarding this incident or other safety concerns.
Thank you for your
attention to this.
Sarah Clem
Principal, Thornydale Elementary
Anyone with information is asked to call 911 or 88-CRIME.
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I may be going off on a limb, but I was thinking recently about how a comparison could be made between the recording careers of Led Zeppelin and the Beatles. To me, LZ were the Beatles of the '70's. In the '70's, LZ were the most popular band in the world. Their albums were huge commercial successes and were praised and copied by musicians around the world.If you look at the final recordings of both bands, I think you'll see an interesting similarity. "Led Zeppelin IV," which featured "Stairway to Heaven," is looked upon by most fans and critics as their "masterpiece." The same was said about the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper" album. After "Led Zeppelin IV" was released, the band put out four more studio albums. After "Sgt. Pepper" was released, the Beatles put out four more studio albums.It's interesting to compare Led Zep's final four albums with the Beatles' final four. LZ's "Houses of the Holy" was appreciated by fans, but was not as highly regarded as "Led Zeppelin IV." "Magical Mystery Tour" was also appreciated by fans, but was not as highly regarded as "Sgt. Pepper." After releasing such exceptional albums as "Led Zeppelin IV" and "Sgt. Pepper," it would be incrredibly difficult for ANY band, even two as fantastic as LZ and the Beatles, to duplicate that overwhelming success with a follow-up release.LZ's next album was "Physical Graffiti," a two-record set. The Beatles' next album was "The Beatles" (better known as the "White Album") which also was a two-record set. Today, many fans of both bands regard these two-record sets as the best music either band either committed to vinyl. Critics gave these albums mixed reviews. Many critics believed these albums could've been edited down to single albums. The extraordinary breadth of musical influences, a quality shared by Led Zep and the Beatles, is revealed in great detail on these albums.The next LZ album was "Presence," a quickly recorded LP with a very stark, live sound. The next Beatles' album, in the order in which they were recorded, was the "Get Back" album An album which was recorded quickly and has a very stark, live sound- in its original incarnation, not in the overblown Phil Spector production called "Let It Be." "Get Back" was considered a bit too stark and live (raw, if you will) and the project was put on the shelf. The final Led Zep recording was "In Through the Out Door," a richly arranged, well-produced album which focused the band in new directions- the use of synthesizer being a highlight. "Abbey Road," the Beatles' final album, was also a richly arranged, well-produced album which focused the band in new directions- the use of synthesizer being a highlight (in 1969, when "Abbey Road" was released, the Moog Synthesizer had never been used extensively on a rock album.) It's interesting to note that the release of "In Through the Out Door" came approximately ten years after the release of "Abbey Road." Both albums were released in the final year of the decade in which each group was at the height of its influence and popularlity- "Abbey Road" (1969) and "In Through the Out Door" (1979). Who's knows where either band would've gone afterwards? The final albums of each band illuminate new musical directions which other bands would have to chart for themselves.
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Of course, the members of Led Zeppelin likely never knew that this seven-song album was to be their last. Had they known, they may have gone out with more of a definitive bang. Surprisingly, though, "In Through the Out Door" shows a tired band moving in a creative direction, leaving the world to wonder how the rockin' foursome may have sounded had it played on in the synth-crazy 1980s. John Paul Jones actually takes more creative control on this record, co-writing five of the seven songs. And it's his keyboard work that makes a great deal of this sometimes dull album a bit more interesting.
After the seven-minute dinosaur riff of "In the Evening" comes the unexpected "South Bend Saurez," a slinky barlike number with a hopping piano and a scorching solo by Jimmy Page midway through. There's even a feminine-sounding "Sha-la-la-la" vocal bit at the end, something different for Zeppelin. "South Bend Saurez" is just the first of several upbeat-sounding tunes on this record. The well-known "Fool in the Rain" overstays its welcome by a few minutes, but "Hot Dog" is a ride-'em-cowboy track with a looseness and country tinge that's unexpected. Robert Plant plays the down-to-earth country-rocker role to the hilt and seems to enjoy himself. That song is a great segway to one of Zeppelin's best and most underrated songs, "Carouselambra." Born of a musical zoo of varying forms, "Carouselambra" is packaged neatly in three parts, starting with a buzzing synthesizer and a frantic pace. The beginning is guitarless but bursting with electric energy, really unlike anything Zeppelin had tried before. All at once the song stops dead in its tracks and the hot-paced first stanza suddenly becomes a memory, replaced by a deep, moaning guitar and vocals. Things pick up again in the third stanza with an odd slice of synth that could practically introduce the 6 p.m. news. Overall, "Carouselambra" is an adventorous journey, epic on a new Led Zeppelin level.
A humble attitude and sound creeps into the final two tracks of the CD, perhaps a form of apology for the band's reckless behavior and unlucky past. "All of My Love" and "I'm Gonna' Crawl" are noted for their wonderful string sections and desperate-sounding love-is-all-you-need lyrics. "All of My Love" is dedicated to Plant's sadly deceased young daughter, while "I'm Gonna' Crawl" sounds like a hopeless romantic who got plowed the night before. By the record's end, the four great musicians are in complete synchronicity as they've been so many times before. It's a handsome and stately end to a career known for roughness around edges. Zeppelin got out of the game without embarassing itself, and created a solid ending to one of the world's most influential and dazed-and-confused rock bands.
One of the biggest reasons for my initially buying this particular Zeppelin album owed much to curiosity; as in curiosity as to why so many Zep fans–nevermind the critics–seemed to trash it so much. Having been previously inundated with Zeppelin I, II and the almighty fourth album, this was indeed "different". But the thing I came to appreciate about Zeppelin over time was how 'different' a lot of their latter days output was and how their musical style progressed over the course of eight studio albums.
"The Brown Bomber" (Zeppelin II) and "Zoso" are great records, but I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be as big a LZ fan as I am now if every single album sounded like them, or if Plant & company felt they needed to endlessly recycle the riff from "Whole Lotta Love" to keep their "true fans" happy and never try to expand beyond nicking old blues numbers.
For one thing, the much carped about use of synthesizers featured on "In Through the Out Door" never once bothered me; it wasn't like Zeppelin never used them on a song before ("No Quarter" anyone?); having Jones back on the keyboards/piano for this one makes for a refreshing variety amongst all the tracks, an ingredient that was sorely lacking from "Presence".
I'll just finish this by simply stating that ITTOD is by no means an album to be ashamed of. For me personally, it's at the very top of the list along with "Houses of the Holy" and "Zoso". Times change and so do many truly great musicians over the course of their careers; Led Zeppelin was no different.
I was 14 when this album came out and turned the grooves to dust within a few months by ceaselessly playing it on a cheap Soundesign turntable. Then I got in on 8-track. In 1983, I bought the casette (newly installed in my car), and in 1998, I finally broke down and got it on CD. When you buy an album *four* times, you know it's a keeper.This is a fitting denouement for the Greatest Rock Band Ever, though I wish John Bonham drank a little less and lived a little longer. His touch is all over these songs. His genius was that he made the drum riffs sound easy. It's deceptive — you try some of those bits while never dropping the on-tempo beat from the high-hat. "In Through the Out Door" also showcases John Paul Jones' layering-on of the keyboard and synthesizer parts over his driving bass. My favourite is his upbeat boogie-woogie piano on "South Bound Suarez."Robert Plant still had most of his voice when this was recorded, and it really comes out best on this remastered CD version. The album's opening tune, "In the Evening," sends the listener back not to 1979 (when this record was released), but to 1973. The sound and leitmotifs are right out of "Houses of the Holy" songs "The Ocean" and "Dancing Days." Jimmy Page's guitar solo is quintessential Pagey; There's no guitarist who can touch him. Hendrix, Clapton, Nugent, Van Halen, they come close, but you listen to Page, scratch your head and ask "how'd he do that?""Fool in the Rain" is the best song on this record. It's a song only Zeppelin could do: Part Reggae, part meringue, part Carnaval in Rio, laid over with Page's Steely Dan-like solo, it's still all Zeppelin. Plant's voice soars on this one."Hot Dog": Country Western, sure. Rockabilly, yeah. What I really hear is Plant's tribute to Elvis. When his voice wavers and quavers, the King comes through. Plant doesn't say "hunka hunka," but you can hear it between the lines.Yes, I forgive them for "Carouselambra." Too much synth. However, excellent bass and guitar lines and it's all over the map in its musical construction."All My Love": At the time, a fave at high school dances, but it was really Plant's tribute to his son, who'd died tragically. How eerily it seems written for Bonzo as well….."I'm Gonna Crawl." This is Led Zep blues, right out of "In My Time of Dying" and "What Is and What Should Never Be." It's gut wrenching, slow, a dirge."Zoso" is still their best, but this is the one I get all sentimental about. I listen to it, and I'm 14 again.
Let's put Led Zeppelin in perspective: They had 8 full length studio albums before disintegrating. They ARE one of the best bands of all time, like the Beatles before them, Led Zeppelin will always spark interest in music fans. YES, Led Zeppelin 4, Houses of the Holy, Physical Graffitti and Presence probably caught Zeppelin in their prime. All eight albums have their pluses and minuses, and yet, In Through The Out Door is always criticized the most. Like U2, R.E.M. and Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin had to change. Robert Plant just lost a child, disco was bigger than rock, and punk's angry cries were more deafening than any Zeppelin record. The complaint of synthesizers is understandable since Zeppelin is mostly known for Page's guitar wizardry, but In Through The Out Door is Zeppelin's Achtung, Baby, or Out of Time or Permanent Vacation–it's a rebirth of sorts. I certainly think that non-fans should check this out if they don't like Led Zeppelin for it has the hits "Fool in the Rain" and "All My Love." If the Beatles only relied on John and Paul then we'd have no Here Comes The Sun or Yellow Submarine. John Paul Jones's influence gave Zeppelin more credit. It wasn't just Page, Plant and Bonham. I know I'll get heat for defending In Through The Out Door, but it is a great record, just not like Zeppelin's others.


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Family Fun Sunday Series
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Based on the classic story by Washington Irving
Sunday, October 20, 2013 at 1 p.m.
Recommended for ages 5-10
$18 adults, $15 children
Don't forget your costume! Come early to participate in the Quick Center's annual Halloween costume contest!
Join Ichabod Crane, Brom Bones, the lovely Katrina Van Tassel, the residents of Tarry Town and, oh yes, the Headless Horseman, as they live the story made famous by the legend. This autumnal classic is one you won't want to miss!


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Ocean sunrise and tropical dreams in Marathon
- bedrooms 4
- baths 3
- sleeps 10
- pool yes
- hot tub yes
- pets allowed no
- type House
- community
rates (USD)
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vacation rental description
Picture yourself on a tropical island, half-asleep in a poolside lounge chair of your own private home, with sun-kissed skies and the sparkling blue Atlantic Ocean nearby. Feel your body succumb to the tropcial breeze as it gently cascades over you, draining your stresses away! It is not a dream! It is life in Marathon, heart of the Florida Keys! In a recent review of tourist destinations around the world, Marathon was cited by the New York Times as one of the "Top 10 Hot Destinations for 2010! "
Villa Tropical Dreams IS a tropical delight, full of ice cream colors and charm. This central a/c four bedroom deluxe home is completely private, there are no shared facilities, and it is only a five minute ride to the beautifully groomed Sombrero Beach!
The master bedroom has its own en-suite bathroom with his and her sinks along with a king sized bed. It is equipped with a ceiling fan and cable television.
The living area opens to the expansive porch overlooking the ocean with a grill to enhance your entertainment and cooking styles and the open floorplan leads an easy path to the fully equipped kitchen. Entertain and relax on the huge open covered deck, adjoining the large family room with glass on three sides.
Sunbathe on the open deck, swim in the private pool, and relax in the hot tub. Sidewalk on tidal pool extends into the Atlantic for fishing or viewing. Drink your morning coffee to brilliant sunrises and cook fresh fish on the outdoor grill as the sun sets!
World famous sport fishing - with 150 feet of concrete dock on deep-water canal. Oversized lot has plenty of room for parking, and bring your boat trailer! Some of the best scuba diving in the country is just off Sombrero Reef!
house rental amenities
- Entertainment
- Private Pool : With a heat pump system which heats the pool to 20 degrees above the average outside air temperature.
- CD Player
- Stereo System
- Private Hot Tub
- Cable/Satellite TV (5)
- Kitchen
- Full Kitchen : including stove/oven, blender, & toaster
- Microwave
- Ice Maker
- Dishwasher
- Cooking Utensils Provided
- Refrigerator
- Outdoor Features
- Deck/Patio (2) : Huge covered deck and also sunbathing deck overloooking ocean. Outdoor patio dining table and chairs, deck chairs, lounge chairs.
- Gas/Electric BBQ Grill
- View/Location
- Oceanfront : Also 150 foot concrete dock on deep water canal with fish cleaning table & bait freezer.
- Communications
- Wifi (Wireless Internet)
Tidal pool with sidewalk that extends out into the water - fish from your door! Open floor plan - large family room, dining room and kitchen. Enjoy your meals outside on the patio table overlooking the ocean. Each bedroom is decorated in ice cream colors of lime, peach, and lemon.


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Algorithms for hierarchical microarray clustering
Komarina, Srikanth (2004) Algorithms for hierarchical microarray clustering. Masters thesis, Iowa State University.
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Genes are parts of the genome which encode for proteins in an organism. Proteins play an important part in many biological processes in any organism. Measuring expression level of a gene helps biologists estimate the amount of protein produced by that gene. Mircoarrays can be used to measure the expression levels of thousands of genes in a single experiment. Using additional techniques such as clustering, various correlations among genes of interest can be found. The most commonly used clustering technique for microarray data analysis is hierarchical clustering. Various metrics such as euclidean, manhattan, pearson correlation coefficient have been used to measure(dis)similarity between genes. A commonly used software for hierarchical clustering based on pearson correlation coefficient takes O(N^3) for clustering N genes, even though there are algorithms which can reduce the runtime to O(N^2). In this thesis, we show how the runtime can be reduced to O(N log N) by using a geometric interpretation of the pearson correlation coefficient and show that it is optimal.
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Mountain Views @ Indian Springs Golf and Country Club in La Quinta
- bedrooms 3
- baths 2
- sleeps 6
- pool yes
- hot tub yes
- pets allowed no
- type House
- community Indian Springs Country Club
rates (USD)
/ night
$ 875 - $ 1,000 / week
$ 3,000 - $ 3,500 / month
vacation rental description
Indian Springs Golf and Country Club: Our single level home is located on a quiet street, with a terrific view of the Santa Rosa Mountains from the back garden.
Inside you will find the home is newly furnished with fresh paint and new carpet. Granite counters in the kitchen, 3 cable tv's and a nice jacuzzi tub. The covered patio is perfect for relaxing and reading as well as open sitting area for barbecuing, watching the humming birds and looking at the magnificent sunsets. 2 car driveway parking.
house rental amenities
*Designer decorated and fully furnished
*3 bedrooms 2 queen and 2 singles
*2 bathrooms (1 with jacuzzi tub)
*Private garden with covered patio
*Walk to swimming pool, jacuzzi and work out center
*Outdoor barbecue
*Laundry room with washer and dryer
*Cable tv in living room and 2 bedrooms
*Fully equipped kitchen
*Air conditioning/heat
*Cozy gas fireplace
*2 car driveway
*Clean linens provided
Rental Policies
*All reservations must be prepaid in advance
*Move out cleaning fee of $150.00
*No pets
*No smoking allowed anywhere on the property inside or outside
*Rates, terms and conditions are subject to change
*Non-Refundable Property Damage Protection $50.00 ***(therefore we don't ask for a huge deposit)***
activities and attractions in La Quinta Deserts
Indian Springs Golf and Country Club is rated "BEST COURSE" under $100 by the Desert Sun and for 2008 and 2009 has received Golf Digest's 4 STAR rating. Indian Springs is one of the finest and friendly courses in the desert with Country Club Service. Indian Springs is known for its tournament speed greens that are a "Perfect 10". Indian Wells Tennis Garden 5 mins away. There is just so much to do in the desert.
*Tennis, golf, cycling, swimming, horseback riding
*Walking, hiking, sight seeing and scenic drives
*World class shopping at El Paseo and the finest restaurants
*Hot air ballooning, Zoo, Wildlife Park, Water Park
*Watching the Hummingbirds and star gazing
*Trader Joes and Sprouts just 5 mins away
vacation rental rates
Oct 1, 2012 - April 30, 2013: $150/nt...$1000/wk...$3500/mth
May 1 2012 - Sept 30, 2012: $125/nt....$875/wk...$3000/mth


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Puma Golf Tech Short - Limestone Gray
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The Puma Golf Tech Short is a lightweight blend of double-woven durability. The moisture wicking finish and Puma's innovative Dry Cell technology work together to keep you cool, dry and comfortable during the round. With UV Protection, +50 UPF provides the ultimate sun protection rating allowing just 1/50th of the sun's UV radiation to pass through it. Constructed using Bluesign� technology that optimizes the sustainability of the manufacturing process and limits resources used, these shorts are an Eco-friendly product designed to last.