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Yankees manager Joe Torre said with Jason Giambi out of the lineup with a foot injury, left fielder Hideki Matsui would need to play the role of the team's leading power hitter. Matsui certainly filled that role to the fullest and earned American League Player of the Month honors for July.In 28 games, the two-time All-Star batted .345 with 39 hits and 28 RBIs in 113 at-bats. He also led the league with a .735 slugging percentage, 13 home runs and 31 runs scored. Among his 18 extra-base hits last month, five were doubles. To cap off his brilliant July, Matsui slammed two home runs on Tuesday against the White Sox. "It would be ideal if I could start this kind of pace [in] April, but it seems like every year, right now is about the time I start to feel good at the plate," Matsui said through an interpreter in mid-July. "I have no idea [why]." Whatever the reason, Matsui exploded midway through the season, mounting an 18-game hitting streak (July 3-19) and hitting safely in 25 of the 28 games in July. He also walked 14 times and had a .411 on-base percentage. "My swing feels pretty good, and I just feel better at the plate," Matsui said. "I think the home runs and all that are just a result of that." Matsui had a five-hit game on July 22 against the Rays, matching his career high. Entering Thursday, Matsui was hitting .293 with 21 home runs and 74 RBIs. This marked his first career Player of the Month Award. He won the AL Rookie of the Month Award in June 2003. "I'm just happy. It's an honor to be chosen for an award like this," Matsui said. "I think from the [Japanese] fans' standpoint, it's certainly a positive -- to see players go abroad and be successful."
Other AL hitters had impressive Julys, but couldn't beat out the Yanks' reliable slugger. Matsui beat out fellow sluggers Adrian Beltre of the Mariners (.314, 11 doubles, six homers and 30 RBIs), Justin Morneau of the Twins (.347, .644 slugging percentage, six doubles, eight homers and 28 RBIs), Robinson Cano (.385, 42 hits, seven doubles, one triple, six homers and 24 RBIs) and Mark Grudzielanek of the Kansas City Royals (.429, five doubles, one triple, one homer and 11 RBIs).Even more impressive than his numbers was what Matsui did to amass them, as Torre said he battled some health problems with his knees through his hard-hitting streak. But whether he has been playing in the outfield or getting rest as the designated hitter, Matsui hasn't trailed off his pace. "Early on, he wasn't satisfied with his home run output and it looked like he tried to force it a little bit," Torre said. "But because of his reliability, he's been great. He's a producer."
Matsui did indeed begin to produce up to his capability. He hit safely in 23 of 24 games dating back to July 3, before taking an 0-for-5 collar in the Yankees' 10-6 victory on Sunday at Baltimore, a span in which he batted .364 with 22 RBIs and 25 runs scored."I've been able to make some small adjustments against pitchers, and that's probably helped quite a bit," Matsui said. "I haven't really changed that much. ... I think it was just a matter of time."
Geremy Bass is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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With rents rising faster here than in much of the nation, Sonoma County apartment complexes are attracting buyers as well as renters.
Sales of rental complexes rebounded in 2012, and the pace has picked up this year, experts said.
"It's really strong in Marin County, Sonoma County," said Nick Grotjahn, a spokesman for RealFacts, a Novato-based apartment market research firm.
Sonoma County's average apartment rent jumped 5.3 percent to $1,407 in the third quarter, according to RealFacts. That was the largest gain from the previous quarter among 41 metropolitan areas around the country that are followed by the company.
The county's rents have jumped 10.4 percent in the past year, the fastest gain among 26 metro areas in California.
Apartment managers are reporting strong demand in Sonoma County from prospective renters. The county's average occupancy rate has climbed to 97.5 percent, up from 94.3 percent in 2009, RealFacts reported.
Demand among renters has grown due partly to a lack of new housing, experts said.
"We are in a supply-constrained market," said Scott Gerber, a senior vice president with Cassidy Turley in San Rafael.
Buyers, meanwhile, are attracted to apartment complexes partly because the return is better than for many other investments, Gerber said. As well, the county's occupancy rate has dipped below 95 percent only two times in the past 20 years, demonstrating that owners consistently have been able to find renters to fill their complexes.
As well, in recent years potential buyers have watched institutional investors snap up large apartment projects in the Bay Area and around the country.
Apartment sales slowed dramatically in Sonoma County in 2011, Gerber said, partly because investors remained concerned about the economy. That year the county recorded the sale of 12 complexes totaling $126 million, according to Cassidy Turley.
Sales increased to 18 in 2012 and to 20 for the first nine months of this year. So far this year, buyers have spent $98 million buying local apartment complexes, a lower number due to the sale of complexes with fewer units than two years prior.


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I think I've just connected my blog, via RSS Reed, to my Twitter account so my updates on here will show up there and I can bother even more people in an even easier manner than ever before. I almost understand what an RSS feed is, but I think I figured out enough to use it. If this doesn't work, I'll hate RSS feeds forever for making a fool out of me. I wonder if I'm getting closer to the age where new technology seems too confusing and stupid to bother with.
I'll be in LA next week. Holy shit what happened to November? Tomorrow comes the day of dread for me when it comes to shows. The packing and shipping of new paintings. The process itself is a pain with all the bubble wrap and the cutting of two boxes to make into one big box to fit all the paintings, etc. But the stress of having five months of work flying across the country and zooming down highways is not a fun time. I usually kill a goat or two to appease the shipping gods.
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Sierra Nevada is opening its new brewery in Western North Carolina next month with the ultimate Southeastern beer festival.
The event with 125 Southeastern breweries and many special collaborations will showcase the growing craft beer scene in the Southeast led by North Carolinas burgeoning industry.
Dubbed Beer Camp Across America, it is the culmination of a two-week festival tour that visits seven cities, starting at the California brewers Chico headquarters and ending Aug. 3 in Mills River in Henderson County.
The whole festival is actually pretty crazy, said Bill Manley, a Sierra Nevada spokesman based at the companys brewery 20 miles south of Asheville. We think the series is the largest beer festival ever attempted.
The tour evolved from Sierra Nevadas Beer Camp, a regular pilgrimage that draws craft industry representatives and enthusiasts to Chico, where they go behind-the-scenes and collaborate on special brews.
The idea behind Beer Camp is we bring people to Sierra Nevada and show them how we do things and experience our thinking as far as brewing goes, Manley said.
The tour, he added, is designed to take the camp or at least its special beers directly to craft beer fans. Weve got this big crazy bus and we are going to ride it all the way coast to coast and back down, Manley said.
Twelve breweries or groups traveled to Chico earlier this year to create unique beers for a limited-availability 12-pack that will debut in mid-July. The breweries that participated included all-stars Russian River, Firestone Walker, New Glarus, Three Floyds and Cigar City, which dont distribute in North Carolina.
Instead of picking a single North Carolina brewery for the collaboration, the Asheville Brewers Alliance sent two representatives: Luke Dickinson from Wicked Weed and John Stewart from Green Man to brew under the industrys groups name.
The Asheville-inspired beer is called Tater Ridge. Its a Scottish ale brewed with sweet potatoes and malt from the local Riverbend Malt House, a style that gives a nod to the mountains heritage and the states top crop.
Three other beers from the 12-pack also were produced at the Mills River facility.
The final stop on the tour is the official grand opening of the new brewery, which began producing beer in March and changed its labels in April to include North Carolina and California as its home.
The brewhouse, on a wooded hill outside town along the French Broad River, is operating at 4,000 barrels a week, larger than many native North Carolina breweries produce in a year.
Tours will begin in mid-August but the taproom and restaurant probably wont open until late-November.
The festival will be the first sneak peak to the property for anyone who wants to come up, Manley said.
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Marty Hurney, the Carolina Panthers general manager, says hell talk. He doesnt want to, but he will. We agree to meet Tuesday at noon.
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No restaurant. The more the Panthers lose, the less time Hurney spends in public.
When youre losing nothing is good, Hurney says at a round table beneath a flat-screen TV in his office at Bank of America Stadium. The bye (this Sunday) is not good, going home is not good, the foods not good and you go through the drive-thru more than you ever do.
You dont avoid going in public because youre afraid of what people are going to say because most people are very nice. But you feel like youve disappointed everybody and you are almost afraid to look them in the eye because you know what winning football games and having a winning team does for the whole region.
Hurney has been Carolinas general manager since 2002. He knows what a losing team will do to a region.
Im the one thats responsible for the product on the field, he says. When your record is 1-4, and you havent won since 2008, it grates at you every day.
Drive-thru lines wont save the season. What will?
When somebody takes a punch at you your first instinct is normally to punch back, says Hurney, 56. When youre 1-4 you can start questioning yourself and think whether you should fight back or not. But this league is all about handling adversity and you dont get much more adversity than were in right now.
Adversity should make you stronger, it should make you tougher. And thats going to be the key to how we continue the rest of the season.
Your philosophy is to extend the contracts of draft choices that perform for you and disdain expensive free agents. Yet youve had three winning seasons since 2002 (11-5 in 2003 and 05 and 12-4 in 08).
Do you question that philosophy?
I think its a proven formula, says Hurney. You can be coronated in March for going out and giving big money to free agents and thats great. But I dont think it works in your locker room. I dont think its a solid plan.
You extended the contracts of running backs DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart. Youre paying them a total of $79 million, $44 million of it guaranteed.
In retrospect, would you still do that?
Yes, says Hurney. And the reason is this. I think you keep your good players. And in this day and age with all the websites, everybody wants to be a mathematician with the salary cap. Listen. The salary cap is just a system of choices and you have to make difficult choices with your players every year.
I know thats one of the biggest criticisms (re-signing both backs). But I think running backs set the tone for games. And when you have excellent players, players at the top of their positions, I dont think you can let them go.
But Williams and Stewart arent setting the tone.
Again I think its hard when everything isnt coming together, when youre behind more youre not running the ball as much, says Hurney. Maybe we have to look at things and do some things different. You say we arent running the ball. But we ran for 200 yards against New Orleans and we ran against Atlanta.
Combined statistics for the Saints and Falcons games: Williams 25 carries, 118 yards; Stewart 21 carries, 91 yards.
Combined statistics in the other three games, all Carolina losses (two of which Stewart missed): Williams 23 carries, 55 yards, Stewart four carries, 16 yards.
If we were winning (the close games) I think you say the decision works, says Hurney. It all comes down to whether youre winning or losing.
Carolinas weakest component has been its secondary. The question feels old now. But are you comfortable starting Haruki Nakamura at safety and rookie Josh Norman at cornerback.
We have faith in their ability, says Hurney. Its human nature, just like the questions youre asking, to want faces to point to and say, theyre the reason. And its not individual faces in this business because its how you come to together as a group, OK? The individual face that should be pointed to belongs to me.
Do you still believe in your ability?
Im a better general manager today than when we went to the Super Bowl or we went to the NFL championship or we went 12-4, says Hurney. I know more. But the bottom line is the record is not good enough, its unacceptable.
Panthers owner Jerry Richardson likes and respects you. Its tough to envision him firing you. Can you see yourself walking away?
My mom and dad raised me to understand that life is hard and when things get hard you have to get tougher and you have to work harder, says Hurney.
Hurney is not going to quit.
Should fans quit on this team?
I was with San Diego in 1992 and we started 0-4 and finished 11-5 and played the (Kansas City) Chiefs in the playoffs, says Hurney. We beat them 17-0. Ive never been as nervous or excited the night before a game as I was the night before Kansas City.
We fought back from 0-4. Thats what this game is about, overcoming adversity. If youre going to quit you should just walk out and get another job.
But is winning this season realistic?
Its such a game of confidence and you need something good to happen to trigger that, to ignite it, says Hurney. To get to that point, our toughness, the character of every person in this building, is being challenged.
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The season looked set resumed on a boring note after the winter break, until Schalke's Jefferson Farfan scored with one minute remaining in the first half.
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Rutland Town Firefighters, State Police and Regional Ambulance service rescue workers prepare to extract a man from the cab of the truck he was driving when it hit the back of an empty school bus stopped at a railroad crossing.A man was injured and taken to the hospital after the truck he was driving ran into the back of an empty school bus that had stopped for a railroad crossing on Route 3 in Proctor this morning.
The man was trapped in the truck for about an hour while firefighters and rescue crews worked to cut away the truck around him and remove him from the cab. Emergency workers set up an IV bag while firefighters used a sawsall and a circular saw to cut, then peel away the roof of the truck cab. They removed the truck door, and then lifted the man out onto a stretcher.
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Longboard Island Lager - Kona Brewing Co.
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Reviews by joshstillskates:
3.86/5 rDev +14.5%
This lager is very smooth. It can satisfy veteran beer enthusiasts as well as the relative newbie. For me, this is a very practical drinker. This beer won't knock your socks off, but will hopefully keep your shirt on. It has low ABV with a solid taste. Despite other great beers, I can enjoy not getting hammered by high ABVs. All in all, this brew delivers.
08-23-2013 02:51:11 | More by joshstillskates
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North Carolina
3.58/5 rDev +6.2%
Had this on tap at a local Italian eatery last night and honestly was pleasently surprised.Came in a standard pint glass a light to medium golden with some chill haze from the glass,a thinner but well retained head atop.Not much in the nose,a little sweetness and grain but really not much goin on.Was taken back a little by the herbal hop smack I got on the palate....really.Herbal with a firm toasty base that did fade after a few drinks but still the hop flavors were a pleasent surprise.Drinkable and firm in the mouth,a nice lager beer with food.
04-17-2009 21:00:09 | More by oberon
3/5 rDev -11%
02-10-2013 18:51:44 | More by mojohawk21
4.05/5 rDev +20.2%
Appearance This one is a light, orangish-yellow in color with a really good head that showed retention, which is rare in an American Lager.
Smell The big grain base here is easy on the nose. It has a very pleasant bouquet and is balanced with some light hopping.
Taste This is not a bad lager. Its much better than the standard macro-swill. The grain is unapologetically bold with just a small bitter hop compliment. Just as Zorro said in his review three days ago, it starts off with the big lagerish grain, brings up the bitter hop flavors, then closes with a light sweetness.
Mouthfeel This one is medium-bodied and smooth in between the cheeks as all good lagers should be.
Drinkability If you want a lager, why would you drink some macro-swill if you could have this?
12-15-2004 01:44:49 | More by RoyalT
3.5/5 rDev +3.9%
10-06-2013 01:32:05 | More by Turbo
3.73/5 rDev +10.7%
Review from BeerAdvocate magazine Vol. II Issue VII:
Hawaiian climate. Bring on the lagers!
Pale in color, glowing yellow and crystal clear, which is similar to the sub-style. Wild flowers, Asian pear and a bit of doughy biscuit in the nose. Big on smoothness, creamy as well, which was an unexpected but welcome surprise. What a lovely body on this lager. Biscuity, grassy maltiness is long and drawn out. Bitterness dials in with a spicy and dried herb flavor. Very balanced, from hops to sweetness to toasted grain. Clean palate with only a hint of sulfur. Biscuity flavors from the grain become dominant in the end for the most part. Big dry finale of clean grain.
Very impressive, a bigger body than we expected, but that's not a bad thing as it stays very drinkable bottle to bottle. Just more proof that brewing lagers is worth the effort.
09-10-2010 18:08:57 | More by BeerAdvocate
3/5 rDev -11%
Nothing spectacular about this beer, yet nothing incredibly annoying either. Poured a bright yellow with a small, frothy white head. Smell was of grass, slight tropical fruit and malt. Flavor was very clean, slightly earthy and malty but not much complexity. Mouthfeel was refreshing and average for the style. Nothing spectacular here but a solid Lager nonetheless.
08-27-2011 01:55:31 | More by Dmann
Rhode Island
3/5 rDev -11%
04-09-2014 16:02:54 | More by MikeC144
3.58/5 rDev +6.2%
12oz bottle pours a very clear golden yellow color with a small fizzy white head that dissipates rather quickly. Good active carbonation. Aromas start with toasty grains alongside some grassy, herbal hops with a hint of pepper as well. Fairly mellow and nice overall.
First sip brings a light toasted grain malt upfront that's followed by a mellow herbal, grassy hop flavor. A bit of a peppery spiciness that's followed by a light bitterness on the way down. A crisp, clean easy drinking lager that goes down easy and is a well crafted brew.
Mouthfeel is on the lighter side with sturdy carbonation as it goes down. An easy drinking lager that I can see being refreshing on a very hot day out by the beach. Although it's not something I'd personally grab regularly...it's still a tasty all malt lager that goes down easy and is plenty drinkable.
06-15-2007 23:16:12 | More by orbitalr0x
5/5 rDev +48.4%
11-04-2012 21:28:15 | More by markallmon
3/5 rDev -11%
05-11-2014 15:26:01 | More by DWolf
3.75/5 rDev +11.3%
07-08-2012 18:12:39 | More by jonphilipp
3.25/5 rDev -3.6%
06-03-2012 23:45:50 | More by TimoP
3.5/5 rDev +3.9%
07-25-2014 14:21:31 | More by Nversobr
Rhode Island
2.5/5 rDev -25.8%
08-01-2014 14:53:28 | More by Doomcifer
3.25/5 rDev -3.6%
02-09-2013 08:22:03 | More by Beerswag
3.75/5 rDev +11.3%
08-15-2014 03:52:09 | More by petewheeler
3.38/5 rDev +0.3%
Presentation: 12 oz brown twist off bottle with a packaged on date on the neck.
Appearance: Pale yellowish gold holding a good clarity with a wicked frothy head on top.
Smell: Basic clean maltiness clean.
Taste & Mouth Feel: Smooth with a semi-crispness in a medium body. Clean pale malty flavors throughout, not too sweet. A good kick of spicy bitterness to help balance. Finishes slightly dry.
Drinkability & Notes: An all around easy drinking lager, this is a real American Lager in my book. Light yet still very flavorful, an all purpose beer.
07-29-2004 00:37:04 | More by Jason
3.4/5 rDev +0.9%
Appearance: minimal head, medium carbonation, clear, light gold in color
Smell: toasted malt and grass--not overly strong
Taste: toasted malt, grass, and some light sweet citrus fruit--perhaps pineapple
Mouthfeel: light bodied, high carbonation, slightly sweet, smooth
Drinkability: I like the subtle fruit tones to this and I might have this again on a hot day. Nothing I would rush to get, but it is better than most in its style.
03-19-2010 14:37:16 | More by tigg924
3.5/5 rDev +3.9%
08-01-2013 05:00:13 | More by aquazr1
3.5/5 rDev +3.9%
08-02-2013 02:44:33 | More by stlkerry
3.5/5 rDev +3.9%
The beer pours a slightly hazy light yellow color with a white head. The aroma is heavy on the corn and wheat. Not very appetizing. The flavor is wheat and corn with some grassy and earthy hop notes. Medium mouthfeel and medium carbonation. Kona makes some good beers, but this is not one of them.
05-22-2010 04:36:20 | More by Mora2000
3.1/5 rDev -8%
Opened 12 fluid ounce bottle, poured into Pilsner glass.
Pours a 1" head, dies down to .25" of foam with lots of bubbles. Color is mostly clear/slightly hazy light yellow brew with some bubbles floating to the top.
Smell is of light hops and malts with faint herbaceous notes. Taste isn't bad, but it is not great either. It taste mostly like malt/adjuncts - just a straight beer flavor without bitterness or bad aftertaste. Nothing major - nothing worth writing home about, but still a decent brew.
05-02-2008 09:28:48 | More by mattster
North Carolina
2.5/5 rDev -25.8%
08-08-2014 23:45:28 | More by avitallo
4.05/5 rDev +20.2%
12 oz bottle poured into a SD Padres 40th anny. pint glass (I saw a previous poster rep the Mets glass, so I may do the same, haha)
I've always loved this beer from the first time I had it. I don't know what it is. I think it's what a premium American lager should taste like. Figures we have to go all the way to Hawai'i to find it. Figures. Very smooth and very drinkable. Not too pissy like a generic American lager (i.e. Coors light) but not too overwhelming either. I recommend this beer to anyone and everyone. My rating may seem average but the taste and drinkability are the only categories really above average because let's face it, that's what we're looking for anyway right?
Enjoy a Kona Longboard!
12-23-2009 08:07:34 | More by SDbeerguy
Longboard Island Lager from Kona Brewing Co.
77 out of 100 based on 1,862 ratings.


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Labour Left the UK Anorexic
Debt is often likened to fat. This is due to the idea that debt like fat is a weight that bears down on the individual (or country) and restricts what one can or cannot do.
To make this comparison is to misunderstand the biological reason for fat.
This misconception can be understood if we consider why the body requires fat.
We become fat if we consume too many calories in times of plenty, this if consumed in the form of fat or carbohydrates (we can't store protein) is stored away.
Why do we store this excess energy?
In case there comes a time when food becomes less plentiful i.e. during winter or a famine. We can therefore use the extra energy stored as fat to stay alive and to find any morsal of food around whether that be fruit and vegetables or hunting down an animal that is also managing to survive the harsh times.
This shows that fat is the biological equivalent of an economic surplus. A surplus after all is a built up stack of money during times of plenty like a boom that you can then use when times are hard.
Debt is the exact opposite. Debt is the economic equivalent of your body shutting down because you are not consuming enough relative to the energy your expending in order to stay alive. If don't balance your calories (tax revenues) with your energy expenditure (expenditure) then you will physically crash because your body can't cope. We are experiencing one of the biggest global financial crashes in our history due to governments and banks not balancing income with expenditure.
As Nick Thornsby pointed out in his blog, Labour were overspending before the financial crisis hit in 2008. We might not have been anorexic as of 2008 but I'm guessing we were pretty darn close.
The problem with anorexia and the financial crisis is that you can't cut your way out of it. It is impossible to cut yourself out of anorexia. You can cut your energy expenditure to bare minimum but if you aren't consuming enough then your body will continue to shut down your internal organs. That leads to death.
In the financial crisis, we can't cut ourselves out. We need to grow ourselves out. All non-essential spending should be cut but we need growth as well.
The fat cats sitting on surpluses have to realise that they built those surpluses exactly for this reason therefore need to spend it in order to create growth in the economy. Only by creating growth in the economy, will their need to dip into their surpluses diminish. They can then replenish their surplus.


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PEORIA, Ill. --One local couple's ordeal while adopting children has resulted in some new legislation.
Last week Governor Pat Quinn signed a Senate bill which allows couples to begin the process of adopting foster children sooner.
Kitty Yanko and her husband Steve became foster parents several years ago with the goal of adopting children.
Yanko said the three siblings they were raising lived in their home for five years before they were finally able to adopt them a year ago.
Now, thanks to this new amendment, foster parents will only have to wait nine months until they can begin the process of adopting their foster children.
"Day to day you feel like you need to do the best job you can for them and care for them and provide for them but you also realize that they might leave you and go back home, so it was tough," she said.
"The legislation will be part of the Adoption Act, and will be a mechanism for the court system, the state's attorney's office to look for some flexibility, some streamlining of the process in how we can make the system better," said state Senator Darin LaHood, sponsor of the bill.
Yanko said she hopes other families will not have to wait as long as she and her husband did to become adoptive parents.
The couple has one biological daughter in addition to their adopted children.


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Minority Media
Papo & Yo is heavy-handed with its metaphors, but bittersweet and beautiful in execution
Papo & Yo
Vander Caballero's semi-autobiographical PlayStation Network exclusive Papo & Yo is like a sad book you can't help but read before bed. Take the sentimentality from your favorite tales of growing up under tragic circumstances and use it in a network of puzzles and mazes so that it becomes a game, and you'll produce the sort of feelings Papo & Yo evokes. It's a sorrowful – sometimes uncomfortable – experience, but it's also touching and worthwhile.
The game is, at its core, about the relationship Caballero had growing up with his abusive, alcoholic father. Everyone who has heard anything about Papo & Yo knows that; it's a selling point of the game now, and Cabellero is always willing to tell the story to a new audience. He wants Papo & Yo to be like a Pixar film: something that can bring up serious, adult drama while presenting itself as enjoyable and even maybe kid-friendly. I'm unsure of how well the game succeeds at that goal.
The game opens with a well-dressed young boy hiding in a closet, clutching his yellow robot action figure as an enormous shadow lumbers by, growling his name. "Quicoooooo," it slurs. Quico looks around the closet and sees a glowing white spiral magically appear. He falls through it to a seemingly alternate dimension. The world he enters is modeled after the shanty towns of Brazil, where stacks of housing seem to erupt from the mountains and caves create a vertical playground.
Though the location is exotic and fascinating in its own way, the look of Papo & Yo feels a bit outdated. Quico's animations are jerky, and the low resolution textures of some objects, plus an abundance of clipping, can be a distraction. The more you let the story grab you, however, the less you'll worry about the game's technical failings.
Papo & Yo's puzzles blend the real with the fantastic
Quico may enter this world he enters alone, but he soon finds a young girl who possesses magical chalk. The chalk, and Quico's imagination, are at the heart of Papo & Yo's game play.
The chalk can create all manner of things in Papo & Yo, from doors and portals to stairs and wind-up keys. The chalk can alter reality as well, and the blending of reality with childish fantasy is executed well. In one of my favorite puzzles, Quico tries to follow the girl only to watch her teleport from one end of a gaping chasm to another. At Quico's end are several boxes, scattered within a square drawn by the chalk.
Quico isn't just moving cardboard when he grabs a box. From the cliff face across the chasm, a house rips loose from its bindings and floats in mid-air. It moves exactly the way Quico moves the cardboard box, including the light bouncing motion Quico makes when he walks. It's a surreal effect, and plays off the expectation we have as gamers of encountering a simple puzzle and expecting our reward once we've completed it. Many of Papo & Yo's puzzles produce such rewards as you solve them instead of waiting for all input to be completed, and this tiny change makes a big difference.
Puzzles become increasingly complex as the game goes on, though they only occasionally stump the player. Most of the time it's obvious what Quico needs to do, it's just a matter of timing jumps and pushing the right buttons in the right order to progress. There is very little frustration or expert skill required; the puzzles are there to funnel your progression through the story. They can be fun to solve, but that's not the point; this isn't Portal or Quantum Conundrum.
Quico is soon reunited with his robot toy, Lula, who is now both larger and alive. The robot also gives Quico a rocket boost to his jumps. Lula tells Quico they must find their friend, Monster. The first interactions with Monster are sweet and kind, as Quico perches on his belly like Mei atop Totoro, and bounces off with a comic, trampoline effect. Quico feeds Monster coconuts to lure him different directions, as many paths in Papo & Yo are blocked until Monster can step into the appropriate chalk square. Then, the game introduces frogs. How I hate frogs.
Monster is addicted to the frogs, and the game warns that should he eat one, he'll turn from being Quico's friend to his enemy. It's unsettling the first time Monster reaches into a pipe, desperately clawing at the frogs. In early trailers, Monster had a more animalistic design. Now he has distinctly human-like features, and his movements are less alien. He looks like someone rooting feverishly through a cupboard. It's unnerving, and though I hadn't yet seen Monster eat a frog, I feared what would happen if he did.
Papo & Yo's heavy-handed metaphors - 99 bottles of frog on the wall
It becomes impossible to keep Monster away from the little green nuisances. His rage is intimidating, and although Quico can't die and the game doesn't punish you for getting caught by Monster, it's not something you want to see happen, and that's enough motivation. It may be stylized, but it's hard to watch something you know is meant to represent a father chasing his son, only to watch him savagely beat and tear at the child.
The metaphors in Papo & Yo are on the nose and, by the end of the game, they're no longer metaphors at all. The conversations and actions in the final act of the game lay the groundwork for much interesting discussion, though that may be a conversation that needs to wait until more people have played the game. For now, I'll say that it bothered me that Papo & Yo seems to give an absolute answer to a personal situation.
The story is touching and bittersweet, but there are some oddities about its pacing. The girl Quico meets shoves him and calls him cursed, but soon after wants to help him cure Monster. There are dream-like sequences that show Quico running while everything else is frozen in time. He charges through the rain as his father drives through the streets and stands over an unidentified person, but the dream sequences happen in the early hours of gameplay and only pop up twice. They end abruptly, without resolution or explanation.
I had hoped the puzzles would be metaphors unto themselves, but they seem to be just puzzles for puzzles' sake. Their arbitrary implementation doesn't make sense in the grand scheme of things, enjoyable and fun to watch though they may be. This is always going to be a problem when it comes to telling smaller, personal stories in games; it's hard to reconcile the characters and their interactions with the need for meaningful interaction in the context of a game.
Papo & Yo dares to explore an adult subject in a mature way in a medium often criticized for its shallow subject matter. It's short, simple, and effective; I was bordering on tears by the end. I don't feel the mood Papo & Yo gives off is one for kids, despite the warm colors and magical presentation, and even adults may be turned off by what the game teaches as its final lesson. Those setbacks are minor in light of experiencing something that feels new and different, where the stakes are much lower than trying to save the world, but much higher for a child trying to save his father.


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Erie Times-News sports reporter Duane Rankin captured Penn State entering Beaver Stadium for the final time in this 2012 season.
The players wore No. 42 on their helmets for senior captain Michael Mauti, who is out with a knee injury. The Nittany Lions beat Wisconsin in overtime, 24-21, in their season finale.


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We don't harbor a grudge against Ilya Kovalchuk anymore for pointing at Sid back in his rookie year. 2:45.
A Stanley Cup kind of makes you forgive and forget. Not to mention that without Kovalchoo, we wouldn't have this.
Plus, Ilya Kovalchuk is a beast.
And now we actually feel bad for him. That Dmitry dude over at PUCK DADDY who speaks European languages asked Kovalchoo who he considers a legend.
His answer: Aleksey Morozov.


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August 07, 2002, 09:26 AM
Tons of pics sent to us by readers - time to catch up! (click on the pics to enlarge)
First and foremost...today's Niffler Award (hidden treasure, I tell ya...) goes to ... well, he didn't send us his name. But he DID send us a picture of Daniel Radcliffe as a youngster, and it's darling:
Next, the lovely reader Trina sends us this pic of the props shown at Comic Con:
And the latest in the Wall Calendar brigade, which should be available by now:
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Zappers by Zappers - over 4 years ago
"We got together a team for the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life, and we all work for Rio Grande Electric Coop in Brackettville, Texas. The event was on May 1st and our team raised $4,518 to our goal of $4,000. The whole event raised $23,000 for the American Cancer Society! WOW!!! Everyone was very pleased with our shirts and custom ink made it very easy to design and order. I was very impressed!!!"


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John Edmondson
Derry News
---- — It was a refreshingly cool 68 degrees, a sun-splashed early August afternoon in Amsterdam, and I was doing what I love to do on vacation — absolutely nothing.
I know what you're thinking. I didn't need to travel thousands of miles to do nothing. I could have stretched out on my deck and watched the leaves on the trees flap in the breeze.
But my lawn chair here at home is no match for a seat along the Prisengracht, one of the many canals that form the heart of Amsterdam. Time stood still as I sat in an outdoor café and admired many of the estimated 2,500 houseboats that are as common in Amsterdam as apples are in Londonderry.
I need to be wary of the occasional teenage speeder on Route 102. In Amsterdam, it took only one close encounter of the two-wheeled kind to make me remember to look both ways before I crossed any street, large or small in the city, lest I be toppled by a biker.
There are approximately 800,000 residents of Amsterdam, but about 1 million bikes. I've grown accustomed to seeing bicyclists in the states riding the latest high-tech models, all dressed like competitors in the Tour de France. In Amsterdam, most of the bikes look like the one Beaver Cleaver rode to visit his buddy Gus at the fire station. I asked a local why there were so many retro bikes. She explained that bike theft is a major problem, so why waste money on the expensive kind?
In Londonderry, it's common to see parents with young children out for a leisurely ride. Dad leads the way, followed by a couple of kids with Mom pedaling slowly close behind.
Though a laid-back city in most ways, every biker in Amsterdam appears to be in a hurry. Parents with kids too young to walk strap them onto their bikes and speed to their destinations. I saw one dad with two kids in a front basket and two others in the rear. He flew along the canal, avoiding gawking tourists, steering with one hand while he held a cell phone in the other.
Young and old alike pedal everywhere in Amsterdam. One day, before our tour started, I stepped outside the hotel to take in the morning air. It was early, before the trams and buses created the city's sound track. In the distance, I spotted a lone biker approaching the hotel. From 50 yards away it became clear it was a woman. As she got closer, I could see she was middle-aged and dressed for the workday in a long skirt, leather jacket and stylish boots.
While a typical American professional might pull into a parking lot or step out of a cab, this woman locked her circa 1965 Schwinn in the bike rack in front of the hotel, turned around, smiled at me and said, "Good morning. Are you ready for the city tour?"
Yes, I was, and fortunately, it was a bus tour, and she was the guide. I wasn't ready to risk life and limb trying to keep pace with Amsterdam bikers. And besides, it allowed me to engage in my favorite vacation pastime — sitting and observing life in a foreign city. Many would consider that doing absolutely nothing at all.
John Edmondson is a teacher in Hampstead.


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Governor Robert Bentley on Friday announced that Alabama's preliminary, seasonally-adjusted July unemployment rate is 6.3%, down from June's rate of 6.5% and well below July 2012's rate of 7.6%.
July 2013's rate represents 135,089 unemployed persons, down from 140,024 in the previous month and 163,932 in July of 2012. The last time Alabama's unemployment rate was at or below 6.3% was October of 2008 when the rate was 5.9%.
"While we are encouraged to see another drop in our unemployment rate, we need to remember there is still a lot of work to be done," Governor Bentley said. "We will continue to recruit more jobs. We will continue to show how Alabama is a great place to do business. We will encourage more companies to build here and expand and hire more people. And we will continue these efforts until everyone who wants a job is able to find one."
Currently, over 15,000 jobs are available on JobLink, Alabama's free online jobs database (www.joblink.alabama.gov). Record numbers of jobs continue to be posted to the database, with the average monthly job count consistently being 1,000 more than at the same time last year.
Help Wanted Online (HWOL) data, which counts jobs on JobLink and other online sources, counts more than 51,000 total job ads in Alabama. The professions with the most jobs advertised online, as reflected by HWOL, are registered nursing and truck driving, with average hourly wages of $26.37 and $17.99 respectively. In July, there were 2,277 ads for registered nurses and 2,852 for truck drivers.
The top 20 occupations with the most job openings posted can be seen in the HWOL data attached.
"Employers are hiring in Alabama," Alabama Department of Labor Commissioner Tom Surtees said. "The most in-demand jobs posted – meaning jobs available now – are relatively high-paying jobs that translate into lifelong careers. Additionally, we know that more jobs are coming, as more companies have announced that they are locating or expanding in Alabama."
For assistance in applying for jobs, or to determine eligibility for available vocational and education training assistance, please visit your local Career Center. A listing of career centers is available at www.joblink.alabama.gov or at www.labor.alabama.gov.
Counties with the lowest unemployment rates for July of 2013 are: Shelby County at 4.2%, Baldwin County at 5.3% and Cullman County at 5.4%. Counties with the highest unemployment rates are: Wilcox County at 16.3%, Perry County at 14.7% and Dallas County at 14.4%.
* See attachments for individual county data and HWOL information.
Click here to view the State Map of unemployment numbers.
Click here to see unemployment rates by county.
Click here to see Alabama Monthly Job Ads statistics.
INFORMATION SOURCE: Governor Robert Bentley's Press Office
12 East Delano Avenue
Montgomery, AL 36105
(334) 288-1212
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(Reuters) – A majority of French think former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn should not get involved in the 2012 presidential election following his return to France after a sex-assault scandal in the United States, a poll showed on Sunday. The veteran Socialist politician had been seen as the clear favorite to…
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It sounds like the end result is a little garish for the tastes of Manning's wife, Abby. "He won't be wearing it," she informed her table at the Met. "I might wear it for a few months," Manning, the Super Bowl's MVP, sheepishly replied.
HAMMER TIME: A new frontier has broken out in the luxury handbag wars — and it's all for a good cause. Rare and collectible Fendi and Chanel purses will be among items auctioned off by Sharon Stone May 22 at the amfAR gala during the Cannes Film Festival. Silvia Venturini Fendi really went to town, creating a plain white canvas baguette and inviting 20 art world stars to customize them in aid of various charities. Participants include Jeff Koons, Kendell Geers, Francesco Vezzoli, Subodh Gupta, Sylvie Fleury and Tom Sachs, who painted his black, signed it and noted, "Please Display Other Side." Meanwhile, at Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld went full-throttle luxury, creating a lustrous alligator style with a double-C clasp pavéd in 334 diamonds.
GENERATION JUMPING: La Redoute has bagged another glam mother-daughter fashion coupling for its next catalogue — still with a franglais twist. Following in the footsteps of Jane Birkin and Lou Doillon for spring, the mail-order giant has tapped Paris-based British actress Kristin Scott Thomas and her 20-year-old student daughter, Hannah, to model in its fall edition, due for release in June. The pair selected around 15 pieces from the catalogue's range for the shoot, photographed by Marcel Hartmann.


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Renovated and spacious 4 bedroom vacation home in Long Beach
- bedrooms 4
- baths 2
- sleeps 15
- pool yes
- hot tub yes
- pets allowed yes
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$ 1,485 - $ 2,100 / week
$ 5,100 - $ 7,500 / month
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Centrally located near casinos, restaurants, shopping and beaches, and just an hour away from New Orleans, this completely updated and fully equipped home is just waiting for you! You can store your boat or RV, enjoy the one acre fenced yard, swim in the private pool, relax in the hot tub, enjoy grilling on the patio, play basketball or horse shoes outside, or play ping-pong, pool, air hockey or foozball in the air-conditioned sunroom. Come and stay at this Happy House!
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on Apr 10, 2012 at 5:04 pm
Hash browns anyone? This is NOT why you should teach your kids how to cook, before sending them off to college, but you should do that anyway. And there is still time for those graduating HS this summer. My first attempt at making French fries, in a shared rental house, nearly caught the place on fire and a roommate stunk the place up by burning frozen peas.
on Apr 11, 2012 at 8:13 am
Seriously Pedal Power? Cooking hash and burning frozen peas? Minimization isn't proactive. Those same HS seniors coild be reading this article and getting a good laughfrom your contribution, but it's light-heartedness could be fatal to the next person willing to try. I suspect another situation like this isn't far behind.
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MALONE — Country-music superstar Vince Gill and the Little River Band headline the grandstand entertainment this summer at the 163rd edition of the Franklin County Fair.
Dale Chapin, president of the Franklin County Agricultural Society Board of Directors, made the announcement this week to round out acts for the fair, which is Aug. 3 to 11.
Gill is one of the most successful country performers in history, having won 20 Grammy Awards and 18 awards — including Entertainer of the Year twice — from the Country Music Association.
He will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9, and perform a number of his hits, among them "I Still Believe in You," "Look at Us," "Restless" and "When I Call Your Name."
Married to Christian artist Amy Grant, Gill is a popular duet performer and teamed with Sara Evans, Reba McEntire, Bonnie Tyler and, most recently, in November 2012 with Kelly Clarkson for her greatest-hits collection.
The multi-talented musician was also part of Pure Prairie League, which hit in the 1970s with "Aimee" and "Let Me Love You Tonight."
He became a solo artist in 1983.
Chapin said Gill will be one of the most expensive entertainers the board has brought to Malone, so, while ticket prices have not yet been set, they will be a little higher for that show.
"People go to Montreal and pay $40 or $50 bucks, but they can see him here, so it's still a good price," he said.
Tickets go on sale June 1, he said.
The fair office is closed until April 1, but Chapin said updates on the fair are on the agency's Facebook page.
Little River Band had Top 10 consecutive hits to set a record in the music industry with songs including "Lady," "Happy Anniversary," "Lonesome Loser," "Take It Easy on Me," "The Other Guy" and "Man on Your Mind."


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A jury found Michael Parson guilty on all eight counts in the shooting of his wife outside their Sandy Springs apartment. The woman, Adina Parson, survived after being shot eight times.Parson, who chose not to testify in his own defense, was convicted on charges of aggravated assault, attempted murder and other charges. Prosecutors said that Parson wanted to kill his wife so that he could marry another woman.Jurors spent Thursday morning watching and listening to a videotaped statement Parson gave police as they investigated his wife's shooting. On tape, Parson admitted that he cheated on his wife with a co-worker, who became his fiancée. He also said he had sex with that co-worker while his wife struggled to survive in a hospital. Parson told investigators he realized that didn't sound right, but insisted he did not shoot his wife. On Wednesday, it was revealed that Parson lied about having spinal cancer, and was not actually receiving treatments at the time his wife was shot. Prosecutors also read a letter Parson wrote to his fiancée, Rachel Harner. Before the shooting, prosecutors say Adina Parson was a young, successful lawyer who worked a lot, engaged in couple's activities with her husband, and volunteered at church. The state says her husband was leading a double life, and was engaged to Harner, a young soldier he met when she was just 19 years old. The state says Parson found a friend, created an alibi and then shot his wife outside of their home."The perfect murder…except for two things: Number one, Adina Parson didn't die. And number two, [Michael] knows nothing about cellphone records, and that was his undoing," said prosecutor Linda Dunikowski.As a result of the shooting, Adina Parson lost her eye, is barely able to walk and talk, and is confined to a wheelchair. Family members said that the conviction closes a horrible chapter in Adina's life.The jury began deliberations late Thursday and the verdict was returned about an hour later.Jurors said that cell phone evidence helped to convince them of Parson's guilt."I think the smoking gun was the cell tower evidence. That was the smoking gun. But everything led back to him," said Cesar Martin, a juror in the trial.The sentencing phase will begin on Friday morning.
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The FAA talks a lot about the importance of safety management systems. It has several web pages dedicated to SMS. Newsletters dedicated to SMS. And employees certainly talk it up at internal and external meetings. But talk is cheap, as we all know.
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It appears that Europe isn't big enough for two major ATC conferences.
On October 16, London-based events marketing and communications company UBM announced the signing of a 10-year pact with representatives of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) to stage its ATC Global conference in that country starting next year.
While the U.S. government is on a Congress-created enforced shutdown, the aviation industry might be tempted to wonder what the FAA actually accomplishes. What we are learning is that a lot of what the FAA does is process paperwork. And when the paperwork stops flowing, we can be forced to stop flying.
Every decade or so, sometimes more often, someone or some organization proposes "privatizing" the U.S. air traffic control system. In 1985 it was the Air Transport Association (ATA), now renamed Airlines for America, which released a study calling for a self-supporting federal ATC corporation.
You need only glance at the first cover of Business Jet Traveler, from October 2003, to see how far it has come. The magazine, which I edit, began as an outgrowth of Aviation International News and, in its early issues, seemed more like a clone than an offspring.
Last month, I wrote about preventing whistleblowing: how do you keep employees from blowing the whistle? My short answer was to listen to what employees are saying about safety problems, investigate and take appropriate actions.
The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) has bid a fond farewell to the VC10 air refueling tanker, a type that has been in British military service for 47 years.
A large helicopter crashed last month near Norfolk, Va., and not only wasn't the National Transportation Safety Board mobilized; it probably even had advance warning. The planned wreck was part of a continuing series of rotorcraft crash tests sponsored by NASA in partnership with the FAA, the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Army, dating back to 2009.
When my wife and I recently dropped off our son for his freshman year at Bard College, we had the pleasure of listening to a talk by the school's extraordinary longtime president, Leon Botstein. He noted that universities have been around since the 11th century and have endured through everything from the development of movable type to the invention of electric lights and the moon landing. They'll survive the Internet, too, he said.
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Reviews by Kulrak:
2.35/5 rDev -8.9%
Pours a light golden color with a small amount of white creamy head that fades away leaving a thin layer to coat the glass on the way down. Smells very faintly of yeast, and not much else. Tastes very clean, hardly any flavor there at all. There's some bitterness, but it doesn't really have much flavor to it. The mouthfeel is pretty thin and watery, a little fizzy. Overall, it's drinkable, only because there's no flavor to object to. Standard aussie macro stuff.
08-19-2007 10:53:03 | More by Kulrak
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1/5 rDev -61.2%
08-03-2012 04:04:45 | More by pin
3/5 rDev +16.3%
This pours a pale gold colour. Clear. Disappointing head though.
Some sweet floral notes on the nose.
Some pleasant sweetness grasiness. Not a lot else going on.
Quite a high level of carbonation.
Ok I suppose but it's not gonna change my world.
06-24-2009 09:28:45 | More by Macca
2.9/5 rDev +12.4%
A; Yellow golden, clear with low to average carbonation...2 finger white head quite good head retention, with nice lacing.
S: Eggy suplhur was the most pronounced, touch of malt sweetness, & some hay notes....watery
T: A little sweeter Aussie beer (not true to its English Bitter Style though), just another aussie lager. Only a touch bitter but doesn't linger, had that classic Aussie Lager dank metallic chemical aftertaste albeit nowhere near as strong as the CUB beers. I don't know why the big boys think this is a good thing to have in our beers (maybe its the differentiating aspect).
As it warmed a little it released more honey sweetness
M: initally creamy, but then finishes a little light & watery & leaves the palate bored. Considering the carbs looked a little dead, this had heaps on the tongue
D: I am not sure about this...its very innofensive, I have heard people say they dont want this cos they hate Bitters (they haven't tried this of course)...this really ain't got any to worry about.
This was a lot 'kinder' than I thought it would be, quite smooth, but not very flavoursome - good thirst quencher when u want to slam it down hard.
More bitey hops would have helped (florals as well cos it was bland in smell too).
Would I want another one? Probably not, but I;d pick this over a VB, Melb or even a crowny.
JUST TOO BLAND Sadly cos this seems to be pointing in the right direction
10-16-2008 06:45:24 | More by WHROO
2.13/5 rDev -17.4%
A: Pours a dark copper color with a small head that fades quickly to bits of lacing.
S: Very mild aroma. Just a trace of grain and that's about it.
T: Taste is quite bland with just a bit of hops crispness, some grain and a bit of malt sweetness in the background. No real bitterness and a clean finish.
F: Very light body, very bland.
O: A non discript beer by an unknown brewer. Nothing to see here.
08-28-2012 03:02:32 | More by soju6
2.5/5 rDev -3.1%
04-08-2013 16:31:14 | More by magpieken
2.5/5 rDev -3.1%
02-15-2012 18:01:28 | More by Bockerdoppel91
3.03/5 rDev +17.4%
This is a beer that I had been avoiding.... not sure why, maybe due to its prominent display in LiquorLand, which appeals to me not.
a) Dark yellow, golden.... lots of bubbles. White frothy head, almost souffle.... leaves a heavy lace
s) Notes of PoR & sulfur... not too dissimilar to Crown. Improves as it warms, picking up some grain hints.
f) Better than Crown....a slightly sweet, nutty malt profile. PoR noticable again, and the bitterness is somewhat weird.... a late, side/rear tongue sensation that makes it seem more like an afterthought in the brewing process...
m) Medium body, full mouth. More body than other macros e.g. New/VB.
d) Surprisingly drinkable. More so than VB, Crown, New etc.
10-02-2007 10:42:49 | More by vancurly
2.5/5 rDev -3.1%
Tasman bitter availiable at liquorland outlets is coles answer to VB.
Pours a light amber with a thick head. Skunks a little.
Tastes pretty much the same just has a crisper hop finish. Other than that theres not much difference.
Not a bad cheap beer to drink on a hot day with mates.
07-12-2005 02:24:08 | More by BeerNutta
3.03/5 rDev +17.4%
Clear light gold with a loosely bubbled head and minimal bead.
The smell is diappointingly bland watery and metallic,
The taste has a little more character than would be suggested by the smell. There is a reasonable amount of maltiness that blends into a smooth and sweetish finish, all of which is superimposed on a medium bitter background.
This beer has the beginnings of complexity
It is above a lot of macros , because it has some balance and character albeit restrained . It is still a pretty plain and uninspiring drop but in the wine vernacular it is a drinkable quaffer.
11-23-2005 09:52:41 | More by jarmby1711
3.13/5 rDev +21.3%
Pretty pale yellow. It actually poured a head and left some very respectable lacing! The head retention was as good as a bitter gets really. Some inconsistent carbonation, which was a bit weird.
Smell was pretty bland in terms of flavour on the palate, with some sweetness in it, quite malty smell for a bitter. Which lasted through the after taste. The after taste was the bit I enjoyed the most with malts on the middle and bitterness on the edges of the palate. Very high carbonation for an English bitter. Definite floral hops there, the malt and hop balance was fine I would say. Maybe with some better quality hops it wouldnt be that bad at all. It could really afford more hops or less malt. It strikes me as a beer which could be good but has to stay cheep and sacrifice complexity. Thats ok if thats what the brewer wants and for the price its damn fine.
I hate to consider price but this beer is very cheep and is better than VB so its a decent effort, although not really exciting either. Good beer to drink when you have no money.
11-25-2005 04:03:31 | More by Finite
New Hampshire
3/5 rDev +16.3%
11-27-2011 00:02:04 | More by Rochefort10nh
2.5/5 rDev -3.1%
Obvously an adjunct lager, so I will review it as such.
Appearance - 4.0
Not an English Bitter! A finger of bubbly white head sits atop a pale gold body with lively carbonation, good head retention.
Smell - 2.5
Sweet grains, grassy hops, quite basic.
Taste - 2.0
Pretty basic macro lager, nothing special, but not offensive either. Quite crisp, tastes of grain, grassy and steely hops, moderately bitter and quite astringent in its finish.
Mouthfeel - 3.0
Moderate carbonation is just about spot on for the style, but could stand to be finer.
Drinkability - 3.0
A good lawnmower beer with more flavour than some, but definitely not a beer for enthusiasts.
Whoever added this beer needs to go out and drink a real English bitter, because this isn't one. It also is a small notch below the standard James Boag products, although better than many from the mainland.
03-27-2009 07:32:09 | More by LittleCreature
Tasman Bitter from J. Boag & Son Brewing
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Kugels are an important exercise Jewish women perform on a regular basis in order to keep their men happy. Well, maybe not on a regular basis, but at least around the High Holidays. And the more kids you've had, the more kugels you need to do.
Sure, to the untrained eye, Yom Kippur, or The Day of Atonement, is about deep reflection, making amends for sins against God, and about editing out every possible element that might distract one from the task at hand. The rules are severe: no eating, no drinking, no washing, no wearing make-up, no leather shoes, no sex.
It's a lot not to do. Other than the deprivation of physical pleasure, it is distracting not to think about all we are not eating. Really, we could have a much better conversation with our Maker over a cup of coffee and a nosh. Hold on, "Another latte please." And honestly, He might be a little more forgiving if we could arrive in full make up.
Have we gone to hell yet? Just wait.
This Yom Kippur, let's focus on the food. To paraphrase Jimmy Buffett, "It's sunset somewhere."
As a people, we're not known for our small appetites. After all, our definition of a single serving is a five inch high Reuben. Deprive us of three square meals and we are more than a little peckish by the time Neiliah is recited.
So how much are the Chosen choosing to eat? Here's the breakdown for this Yom Kippur weekend, according to Steve Geffen, the second-generation owner of delicatessen, and Gabriel Viteri, the VP of Strategy and Business Development at Acme Smoked Fish, the largest distributor of smoked fish in the country.
(Acme Smoked Fish? We're not making that up. Who knew Wile E. Coyote was a member of the Tribe?)
Not so fast. To make it a little more fun, we're presenting it as a quiz. Think of this as Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, but the Yom Kippur version. We'll call it, Weight, Weight, Don't Tell Me, Fuggedaboudit, Tell Me!
1. When is it the worst time of year to be a salmon, aka Nova?
- A. Thanksgiving
- B. Easter
- C. Yom Kippur
2. How many pounds of Nova will Once Upon a Bagel sell this weekend?
- A. 400 pounds
- B. 4,000 pounds
- C. 40,000 pounds
3. How many pounds of Nova will Acme Smoked Fish sell during the two weeks leading up to Yom Kippur?
- A. 400 pounds
- B. 4,000 pounds
- C. 40,000 pounds
- D. 400,000 pounds
4. How many pounds of pickled herring will Acme Smoked Fish sell during the two weeks leading up to Yom Kippur?
- A. 2,000 pounds
- B. 20,000 pounds
- C. 200,000 pounds
5. Who even likes pickled herring?
- A. No one
- B. No one
- C. Your father-in-law.
6. If you have high cholesterol, should you attend a Break-The-Fast?
- A. No
7. Whitefish, or whitefish salad?
- A. What's the question?
- B. Whitefish salad.
- C. By a lot.
8. How many eggs does Once Upon a Bagel order in preparation for the holiday weekend?
- A. 90 cases of 30 dozen eggs
- B. 2,700 dozen eggs
- C. 32,400 eggs
- D. All of the above
9. (Caution: This question contains carbohydrates.) If Once Upon a Bagel has 68 workers working 36 hours straight making 280 dozen bagels per hour, what time does dinner start?
- A. As the sun begins to descend into the horizon.
- B. As the last rays of sun sink behind the trees
- C. Not soon enough.
10. If you forgot to place your order, are you screwed?
- A. Yes
- B. No
- C. Not allowed on Yom Kippur
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J.K. Rowling to Host Party in Scotland for Release of "Beedle the Bard"Books
The Scotsman is reporting today that Harry Potter author will be holding a tea party at the National Library of Scotland for the release of The Tales of Beedle the Bard. This special book, proceeds to benefit the Children's High Level Group charity, will be released on December 4, and "ten local schools will be asked to bring 20 pupils, aged between eight and 11, to the party." The paper reports that "members of the public will be able to win tickets for their school through a ballot held by the Evening News next month." UPDATE 2: The Guardian reports that Bloomsbury, Scholastic and Amazon will also be running competitions to give away places at the tea party. Jo will be reading excerpts from "Beedle" to the children at this event at the library, which "has also borrowed one of seven original handcrafted copies of The Tales of Beedle the Bard to go on display for a month." This copy of the book is the one given to her first editor, Barry Cunningham. UPDATE: The BBC reports the book will be on display to the public starting December 5 until January 4, 2009.
Jo is quoted as saying: "Hundreds of thousands of vulnerable children in Eastern Europe are living in appalling conditions in large, residential institutions. Contrary to popular belief, fewer than 4% of them are orphans, but are in care because they are considered disabled or their families are poor or from ethnic minorities.
"The charity is publishing The Tales of Beedle the Bard to raise money to fund our work in helping these children out of institutions and in to loving families or community care homes. I hope that The Tales of Beedle the Bard will not only be a welcome present to Harry Potter fans, but an opportunity to give these abandoned children a voice. It will encourage young people across the world to think about those who are less fortunate and help change many young lives for the better."Emma Nicholson of CHL said "We're thrilled to be hosting the launch in Edinburgh, a city synonymous with JK Rowling and the world of Harry Potter, to raise awareness of the plight of young people living not so many miles away.
"We are extremely grateful to the National Library of Scotland and to Barry Cunningham for agreeing to put on a Beedle display, and would like to extend our thanks again to Bloomsbury, Scholastic, Amazon and the various foreign publishers for their support on this very special, charity publication."
The competition to win tickets will begin in the Evening News on Wednesday, November 5.


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'Luber' | Spiga Textured Leather Card Holder with Colored Trim by BOSS
Model Luber-C 50265827 Black
DetailsItalian cow leather
Spiga textured
One open pocket
Two card pockets
One ID pocket
Engraved metal logo detail on front
Measures 10 x 7 cm (3.9 x 2.7 in.)
DescriptionThis spiga textured leather card holder by BOSS can hold everything you need to leave a professional impression, with one open pocket, two card pockets and one ID pocket. This style features contrast colored trims along the edges of the card pockets, and an engraved metal logo decal on the front.
Material & care
Material information: 100% Cow leather, Lining: 100% Polyester