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"The game is definitely slowing down for me," Weatherford told Inside Knights.
More good stuff: Latavius Murray. The sophomore back showed quite a bit of burst as he was able to get into the open field on a few occasions. Murray was also able to get tough yards in goal line situations.
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The ugly: This has nothing to do with the defense, but there was an infestation of bugs on the practice field. Luckily the bugs didn't bite, but they were plenty annoying.
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As for the quarterback competition, Rob Calabrese has been working mostly with the first string, but Joe Weatherford severely outplayed him on this day. There will likely be no real decision made on who the Knights starting signal caller will be until after the conclusion of summer practice.
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John Muldoon scored Connacht's only try in Italy
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Veteran flanker John Muldoon scored Connacht's winning try as they got their Heineken Cup campaign underway with a 19-10 victory over Zebre on Saturday.
The Ireland international's second-half score was complemented by 14 points from the boot of former Scotland fly-half Dan Parks.
Connacht started the match well, retaining possession and stretching the Italian outfit's defence at every opportunity. Their early endeavour was rewarded with a fourth-minute penalty from Parks but that proved to be a rare venture in Zebre territory. For the remainder of the half most of the play belonged to the home side as they used their solid lineout platform to build pressure.
Quintin Geldenhuys and Mauro Bergamasco carried to great effect but basic errors proved costly as four visits to the Connacht 22 yielded just one Daniel Halangahu penalty. The Zebre full-back missed two other kicks at goal during the first half and after 17 minutes, Connacht turned a brief foray into home territory into three more points from the boot of Parks to restore their lead.
A key turning point came right on the stroke of half-time when the vastly experienced Bergamasco was penalised for a tackle on Tiernan O'Halloran that was somewhat harshly deemed to be a 'tip tackle'. Referee Leighton Hodges sin-binned the 93-times capped Italy international and Parks kicked a brilliant penalty from the halfway line for a six-point buffer at the break.
Connacht then dominated the first 20 minutes of the second half but failed to score during the sin-bin period despite some incisive back-line play from the likes of Heineken Cup debutant Robbie Henshaw, Tiernan O'Halloran and Fetu'u Vainikolo. Handling errors and poor decision-making underlined a tension in their play as they tried to add to their only previous win in the tournament - a hard-fought defeat of Harlequins in the Galway wind and rain last January.
On the hour mark, Eric Elwood's men earned a penalty from a five-metre scrum and opted to stretch the lead to two scores through the boot of Parks. That settled nerves and barely two minutes later a turnover in their own 22, forced by the excellent Denis Buckley, led to the game's first try.
Kieran Marmion hacked downfield, Mike McCarthy's chase was tremendous and he forced a penalty from Luciano Orquera. The quick-thinking Muldoon took a quick tap and went in from 10 metres out, scoring under the posts with Parks converting.
That score should have settled Connacht but the final 20 minutes were error strewn and the visitors were unable to relax as Zebre scored a converted try from replacement flanker Filippo Ferranini in the 72nd minute, although the hosts could not get any closer in the remaining time.
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The example already given under § 432 will be reconsidered where 200 kg of straw in bulk are to be treated in a corridor made from bricks of banco with a volume of 2 m3.
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2. Preparation and weighing of the forage to be treated
The straw to be treated should be dry and not damp. Leave it ready in piles of sheaves if it is already bunched; if this is not the case, take care when withdrawing from the stack to line up the lengths of straw in bunches, not just dropping it in a heap. This will help both for the eventual weighing and treatment operations.
Collect together several bunches of straw until you have 10 kg, measured with the weighing scale (see Photo 23). Prepare with the farmer, the necessary length of cord for tying up the 10 kg of straw, always tying it the same way. Make a knot on the strand to measure this length. In this way and using the knotted strand, the farmer can now proceed to make up bunches of 10 kg of straw on his own, without any need to reweigh his straw.
For group demonstrations, one could ask the farmer to prepare the straw, "weighed" by this simple technique, stacked in heaps of 50 or 100 kg (Photo 24). This preparatory work will assist enormously with the work which remains to be done on the day of the demonstration.
Bunches of rice straw, resulting from hand threshing operations, are often quite uniform (200 to 300 g). Before each treatment operation, it is always useful to take out a dozen samples or so and to estimate their average weight.
3. Preparation of the solution
Weigh a quantity of 10 kg of urea with the balance. Because the farmer will not have such a balance, calibrate one of the recipients which he has and with which he is familiar, a glass for tea for example, if one is in North Africa.
One needs about 15 glasses of tea to make up 1 kg of urea. One may also calibrate larger recipients such as tin cans for conserves or condensed milk, .… or any recipient which can be readily identified by the farmer.
Pour 100 litres of water into a 200 litre (40 gallon) drum. Here again, receptacles can be graduated so that a mark indicates this precise amount. Slowly introduce the 10 kg of urea, stirring the water in the drum vigorously with a stick or paddle so as to avoid the formation of any lumps. The water will become cool as the urea dissolves. Some 10 minutes will be needed to dissolve all the 10 kg of urea.
4. Spraying and compacting the straw
The straw is sprinkled with the solution, layer by layer (Photo 25), until complete filling is achieved for the silo, the trench, the pit or the enclosure. Experience shows that, in order to ensure good compaction and moisture content in the straw whilst reducing to a minimum the spraying operations, it is most convenient to build straw layers which are about 20 cm deep once compacted.
According to this rule of thumb, a silo which is 1 m high will be made up of 100/20 = 5 layers
In this example, 200 kg of straw will be treated, so each of the 5 layers will contain 200/5 = 40 kg of straw.
Make the first layer by placing 40 kg of straw at the bottom of the silo, the bunches to lie parallel with the edges. Trample it down well, specially at the edges (by dancing; children often like to undertake this task). Now sprinkle the straw, still continuing to trample it, with the required amount of solution which in this case is 20 litres for 40 kg of straw (50 %), which means two watering cans full of 10 litre capacity. It is very important to sprinkle the straw evenly; never over-sprinkle certain parts and forget others.
Once the first layer has been finished, spread out another layer of 40 kg, follow the same procedure and repeat up to the top layer. If any solution remains after completing operations, don't hesitate to sprinkle it on top of the pile.
5. Ensuring an airtight enclosure and placing the cover
In order to achieve a good treatment, one must neither lose any solution by infiltration into the soil or along the walls, nor lose any ammonia by evaporation to the atmosphere.
The soil and the walls must therefore be sealed if they are not impermeable. This is the case of the hole or the semi-buried trench. For silos made in banco which are considered in this example, take care to ensure air-tightness by covering the walls with a sealing material made from mud mixed with straw or manure or, even better, cement. The soil may also be lined or recovered with a layer of cement.
Once the silo, pit or hole is filled, trample down well the last layer: invite as many people as possible to "dance" on top. Now it should be covered. Various possibilities present themselves according to the availability of local materials.
The cover could be made:
from strips of plastic sheeting,
from old fertilizer or flour sacks which have been sewn together (Photo 26) in the form of strips which allow covering the silo. A set of 2 × 4 = 8 sacks allows one to make a sheet measuring 2 m × 4 m. Two could be made so as to cover the silo with a double layer with overlaps which would allow the forage to be well tucked in; these can be used again the following season as long as they are well washed and cleaned each season.
using banana leaves or mats made from sisal or séko (Photo 27) which should already be on the site, ready for placement. It is very important that the edges and joints be well covered.
It is also feasible to make the cover with mud mixed with manure in a similar way to sealing the walls (see above).
Once the silo has been well filled and trampled down, heavy objects should then be placed on top to keep it well compacted (bricks, stones, sacks filled with earth, etc..).
B - Bunches or bales of forage treated in large amounts with farmer groups or on a large scale farm
For the case of conventional bales, one should proceed in a manner similar to that for batch treatment.
Sprinkling the urea solution can be done by hand with a watering can, layer by layer (Photo 20) after having determined the average weight of the bales or bunches and thus that of each individual layer. The layers should be built in a criss-cross fashion to avoid any losses of the solution.
The process of spraying on the solution may be mechanised by using booms equipped with nozzles which are connected to a tanker truck with a pump (Photo 21) and a precision meter. This is the system which has been developed in Tanzania for baled maize stalks, treated at the level of cooperative farms. For the type of forage being treated, one had even arrived at undertaking a single spraying operation on top of each stack (made up of a maximum of 4 layers in this case) once it had been constructed. The first trials were crowned with success but it is still necessary to verify the repeatability of such a method for which success depends upon the capacity of the forage to retain and absorb the water. The authors do not recommend trying this method with certain forages with rigid or smooth stalks such as Andropogon gayanus.
Forming the airtight seal is done by the classic method with plastic sheeting in the same way as for ammonia treatment. Various solutions are currently under study, as has been mentioned, to economise on the plastic (by covering the stack with mud).
In South East Asia (for example in Cambodia) the straw is harvested in small bunches of about 250 g. The stacks of bunches are built up with layers of 500 bunches (100 to 150 kg) following the normal traditional method for making the stack (Photos 18 and 19). A layer of 100 kg is generally made up of four rows of bunches which overlap each other so as not to leave any gaps between them and always placing the cut end of the straw towards the outside. The layer is then sprinkled with 50 litres of the urea solution. The operation is repeated for each layer until the stack is completely built. One should make sure that a stack like this is not made too narrow. Two layers of non-treated bunches are then placed right on top of the stack. A roof, sloping towards the sides, is then made to cover the entire stack (Photo 28).


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Harpoon 100 Barrel Series #08 - Smoked Porter - Harpoon Brewery & Beer Hall
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Ratings: 59 | Reviews: 52 | Display Reviews Only:
4/5 rDev +2%
01-11-2014 15:27:44 | More by rorjets
3.25/5 rDev -17.1%
10-13-2012 23:28:36 | More by t0rin0
4.25/5 rDev +8.4%
05-25-2012 16:13:06 | More by SalMineo
4.5/5 rDev +14.8%
02-19-2012 20:47:44 | More by jongullotti
3.5/5 rDev -10.7%
02-18-2012 22:48:48 | More by jfcaa193
New Hampshire
4/5 rDev +2%
12-06-2011 02:24:56 | More by Rochefort10nh
3.75/5 rDev -4.3%
12-01-2011 07:06:52 | More by rab53
3.2/5 rDev -18.4%
Thanks for sharing this, Bobby.
A: The pour is a dark brown color with a little bit of reddish tint and a thin layer of off-white head.
S: A light roasted malt aroma with only a light smoke note to it. There are some nice chocolate aromas with a little bit of metal to it. Sort of a bland nose.
T: The smoked malt is fairly mild. A touch of smoked salmon, maybe a bit of wood. Light chocolate flavor with a decent amount of roasted malt. A bit watery.
M: On the light side of medium with a medium carbonation.
O: I found how to make a smoked beer palatable: age it for several years.
09-17-2011 00:46:01 | More by womencantsail
New Hampshire
4/5 rDev +2%
22oz bottle from 2005.
Pours nearly opaque with mahogany edging and a half inch head of tan foam. A solid skim coat on the surface for the duration of the glass as well as some nice ropes of lacing.
Aromatics lead off with dried cocoa, smoldering embers, and faded coffee grounds. Hints of char and Oreo shells follow through.
Medium bodied with a slightly crisp and velvety mouthfeel.
Dark chocolate, espresso, and charred malt start the palate. A mild bitterness to balance but it seems to be from the acrid malts. Zero hops to speak of.
Finishes fairly thin and quick with a quick wave of smoke, bakers chocolate and a strange menthol-like undertone.
For a 5+% ABV brew this ones held up really well for six years. Never really was a big beer to begin with, but holding it's own quite nicely.
02-16-2011 22:11:57 | More by brewandbbq
3.85/5 rDev -1.8%
A-Pours a very dark cocoa brown tooped with a nice frothy tan head and little lacing.
S-Bacon in a glass. 'Nuff said.
T-A bit of sweet malt on the front is quickly washed away by the rich smoky bacon flavor. A bit one-dimensional but tasty.
M-A bit overcarbonated but otherwise medium bodied.
D-Good. An above average smoked porter.
07-02-2009 00:46:06 | More by sholland119
4.6/5 rDev +17.3%
Wow. This is everything a smoked porter should ever be.
Pours dark brown with a stick-around head. The nose of this beer is exactly what you'd expect, malty dark roastiness with a puff of sitting-by-the-fire smoke. The greatness of this beer is in it's balance. The roasted and dark malts are firm but not opressive, the rich malty underbelly of this beer hoists the magnificent smoky wonder. Rich; delicious. There are hops but they are an afterthought. If ever there was a beer to give to a person who was not into smoked beers, this is it. Then they can try a schlenkerla. But they would probably rather have one of these. Amazing and delicious.
07-11-2008 02:15:31 | More by SigEp
3.93/5 rDev +0.3%
A: Nice dark brown, almost black, with a little bit lighter color when held up to the light. Small amount of head, that held for a little while.
S: Smoky, wood fire, bbq, malts, caramel. Excellent.
T: This is where it shines. It makes itself known as a porter with coffee undertones mixed in with the malt, however, the taste of smoke, wood, fire, and bbq come through. Very tasty. Drink one of these when you're cooking up some good bbq, and it's a perfect pairing.
M: Fairly standard for a porter. Not much carbonation, heavy, but not thick.
D: I really wish this was more than just there 100 barrel series. I would definitely buy this regularly. Despite being a dark beer, it's fantastic for pairing with BBQ in summertime.
07-25-2007 19:35:54 | More by YonderWanderer
New Hampshire
4.1/5 rDev +4.6%
12oz brown bottle with lots of info on the label; Brewer:Brett Simmons, series #8, 5.7%abv, 37 IBU's, and 14.4 original gravity. Brewed at the Windsor, VT brewery, this is a spring release with a best by date of 8/9/07. A dark brown, close to being black brew topped by a tan head. Mahogany at the edges when held to light. Mequite-like smell with a sweet porter roundness underneath that includes mocha iced coffee aromas. Sweet malt flavors upfront with a well-rounded roast taste. Smoked hardwood flavor starts at the midpoint and trails to a medium long finish. Perfect level of smokiness brings a campfire vibe to the privacy of your own home. Hops balance with bitterness that doesn't intrude on the other flavors. Rare style to be tried at least once for the truly unique experience of BBQ'd beer.
07-10-2007 16:08:02 | More by mshallah
Rhode Island
3.75/5 rDev -4.3%
appearance - Dark chocolate brown color with a nice small head when poured. Later on it just had a ring around the rim.
smell - Roasted malt, and smoke smell.
taste - Smokey, but not overwelming for me. Had some hop at the end.
mouthfeel - Light-medium body.
drinkability - Encore series beer, I would purchase this again. Enoyed this.
07-09-2007 00:40:00 | More by auxiliary
New Hampshire
4.03/5 rDev +2.8%
Saw this encore series of 100 Bbl series a couple of weeks ago so I picked up a bottle to see what it was about.
A - Pitch black and thick with a dark brown tan head that lasts quites some time.
S - rich roasted sweet malts with a hint of underlying smoky peat aroma.
T - similar to the aroma but with a touch of hops bite to round out the flavors.
M - oddly light to medium bodied, creamy smooth and mildy carbonated.
D - smooth and refreshing. went amazing with a homemade spicy chicken quesadilla.
definitely worth a try!
07-05-2007 16:45:59 | More by barleywinebrewer
New York
4/5 rDev +2%
12oz serving - best by 08/09/07...well within.
An opaque pour with a big stiff tan head that resists fading. A nice amount of lacing observed.
The smell is an earthy malt with a roasted smoky character that is not overbearing. Medium bodied, the mouth feel is creamy and nicely carbonated. Nicely balanced, the texture complements the flavor well. It finishes with a slight sweetness and with another burst of nutty flavor.
A good drinker. Thanks to FLBC for the opportunity to try this one.
06-19-2007 22:20:24 | More by jjayjaye
New York
4/5 rDev +2%
The beer pours a dark brown color with a thick frothy tan head that slowly fades to lacing. The aroma is good. It has a dry, roasted scent that boasts of caramel malts and a mild smoked malt aroma. The taste is good also. It has a smooth, malty flavor that goes down easy and finishes dry with a slight smokey edge. This is a nice smoked porter. It's got a wondeful peated feel that's not too aggressive. The mouthfeel is good. It's a full bodied beer with adequate carbonation. This is a good drinking brew and one they should bring back each year for a seasonal mix pack or something.
06-10-2007 00:37:29 | More by WesWes
3.93/5 rDev +0.3%
12 oz encore series of 100 Bbl series
A - very dark, nearly impenetrable, still discernible as brown though and not black, a full finger of caramel brown head sits atop that fades in a minute or two
S - smoky indeed, smoky roasted malts dominate, some slight sweetness follows, but the smokiness overwhelms, but not to a fault
T - smokiness, as expected persists to the flavor well, a nice woody charcoal-y smokiness, not some conjuerd up smokiness, probably one of the smoothest smoky flavors i have experienced, light with some hoppy background, very enjoyable
M&D - light bodied and smooth, as mentioned, quite refreshing, the smokiness is distinct enough to be nice, but light enough to not be cumbersome, a nice beer, one of the better 100 Bbl series
04-30-2007 02:46:36 | More by sinstaineddemon
3.45/5 rDev -12%
I had the original a few years ago and was glad to see this as an encore.
Pours out dark brown with an off white head that drops pretty quickly.
Smells of roasted malts , caramel and a bit of smoke.
Tastes a lot like it smells...mostly sweet carmel , toasty malt and smoke. A slight bit of chalk. I think that the intensity of the flavors is a bit less than the orginal , but that may be my faulty memory. Mouthfeel is a little thin and the carbonation medium.
It is a drinkable porter.
04-04-2007 18:43:14 | More by Hautacam
4.58/5 rDev +16.8%
I realize now that this beer is retired but I just had to review it anyway. It's now available in 6 packs.
Appearance: Dark, dark brown color. Almost hard for light to penetrate. Excellent for a beer of its' style.
Smell:Rich and toasty with the aroma of the smoked malts coming through strongly. The aroma makes me hungry for something like steak or sausages. A bit of coffee comes through in the aroma.
Taste: Much like I described for aroma. The coffee hint is more pronounced though with the smoked malts in the background.
Mouthfeel: Leaves a decent aftertaste with just a slight warm feeling on the back of the tongue.
Drinkability: Very drinkable version of this style. It's something to aim for when making a smoked porter yourself (which is what I did).
03-31-2007 04:11:29 | More by Brad007
3.9/5 rDev -0.5%
22oz. bomber: This bottle managed to get itself hidden in the back of the beer fridge. This one poured a pretty dark brown, with a fairly generous tan head. It didnt linger long or leave much lacing. The aroma is decent, with a roastiness being its main component. Somewhat smokey also. The taste is good. Definite flavors of the roasted malt, with a tinge of chocolate and coffee. Slightly dry finish.
06-16-2006 20:03:19 | More by Boto
3.9/5 rDev -0.5%
22oz bottle purchased at or Dorr's Liqour Mart in Brighton Center. Poured into a pint glass. Close to two year old.
This is a refreshing offering from Harpoon. It is pretty subdued (both smell and taste), but it has a nice complexity to it. It tastes roasty, backed up by a nice touch of chocolate and smokiness. This beer is still tasty after this time, and I am glad I had to taste it.
04-17-2006 17:23:03 | More by bignick
4.18/5 rDev +6.6%
P: 22oz bomber with a bottling date on the back label of 01/28/05.
A: Opaque reddish brown, 3 finger tan head with a few large bubbles at first, settles to a thin layer of foam leaves a slight sticky lacing, foam never completely disappears.
S: Earthy, tree bark faintly like root beer with smoke instead of sweetness.
T: Silghtly sweet at first, quickly covered by chocolate malt smoke and hop flavors. Maltiness fades to a smooth finish with lingering smoke and long lasting but light hop bitterness.
M: Smooth & slightly oily, mellow carbonation feels almost like nitro.
10-17-2005 15:39:01 | More by MarineHokie
New Jersey
4.13/5 rDev +5.4%
Smoked flavor in this one is more pronounced than the other smoked porters I've tried. Closer to a rauchbier taste. I'm not drinking this at the peak of freshness, not that I'm overly concerned. I'm wondering what the ratio of porter to smoked flavor would be if I had this sooner. hard to rate the taste, b/c the smokiness takes over. Since I'm not getting too much porter out of this, relatively speaking, I'm making this a bit lower. But a decent rauchbier though.
Chocolate malt and smoke on the nose. Thick head and pretty decent lacing that lasted a while.
10-12-2005 01:39:24 | More by GeoffFromSJ
3.28/5 rDev -16.3%
Appears a ruby dark brown with a beige head and lots of thick, sticky lacing.
Smell is sort of weak but there's a bit of smokiness and roasted malt.
Taste is a bit thin of roasted malt. This is just missing the full grittiness of a smoked porter.
Mouthfeel, again, is pretty water and bland for the style. Needs more to fill it out and some creaminess.
Drinkability is ok but who really cares?
07-20-2005 17:31:36 | More by weeare138
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Spud, that is interesting; I hadn't thought about bugs and spiders. Maybe there is something to it.
and also spot bugs and spiders easier.
Joan, that's interesting that the birds didn't take the blue threads. Maybe they're like me and like white so they can tell when things are getting dirty :)
I'm glad birds find butts beneficial, so if they use them for nesting material is there some other product that helps keep lice down and nests warm? Would dried nicotiana leaves work?
My old lawn furniture fabric started to split and birds came and harvested not only threads from the fabric but also stuffing. We found bird nests all over the place, including in my dryer vent, where birds had white threads and white stuffing in tidy little nests. They didn't take the blue threads. The nests were really quite pretty and I kept some of the material to hang under a branch of the Colorado Blue Spruce that they could continue to harvest. It is all gone now.
Thanks for the link to the article about Urban birds Idaho.
Thanks for the link to the video Patricia about the crow feeding pets.
Wonderful stuff!
That's cute.
Crow feeds pets....
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Scott MacLeod says the competition in Newcastle Falcons' squad is keeping him young.
The former Scotland lock turned 35 earlier this year but has already signed up for another season with the Kingston Park club, having shown no shortage of running during his two years on Tyneside.
A latecomer to the game who did not take rugby up until his 20s, the former Edinburgh and Scarlets man says training and playing with the likes of Dom Barrow has kept him fresh in both body and mind.
"It is, aye," said the Hawick-based forward, when asked if the presence of so many youngsters in the Newcastle forward pack is a rejuvenating influence
"I suppose I am the experienced head now in the second-row, especially line-out wise.
"I like working with the boys on that and influencing it. I enjoy working with the young boys on that part of the game, bits like how to read things and what you should be looking for."
With 21-year-old Barrow having shone during his first season of Premiership rugby after signing from Leeds, the England Under-20 cap is being tipped for big things by his senior colleague.
MacLeod added: "Dom is a great player and everybody knows that.
"He is on his journey and everyone hopes he makes it to the top."
Faced with plenty of competition for a starting spot in the Falcons' pack despite the retirement of Italian veteran Carlo del Fava, MacLeod said: "I have always been in a position where the second-row has been highly competitive.
"Even with Scotland when I first came through it was Stuart Grimes, Scott Murray and Nathan Hines. Iain Fullarton was there, and I would be thinking why can't I ever be at a team where the second-rows are rubbish!
"We have some great guys there at the Falcons, and Calum Green coming up from Leeds for next season is a great addition.
"I remember playing against him in last year's Championship semi-final – Fraser McKenzie is still a young lad and then guys like Ian Nagle and Harry Spencer are at that age where they can still learn.
"I have not seen them have a major shot yet in the side but they are impressive in training – and it bodes well when you have guys pushing like that."
Meanwhile, Falcons' Scottish veterans Ally Hogg and Mike Blair will both be assistant coaches with Ponteland RFC next season, assisting new head coach Tom Bramald. Bramald joins from Tynedale, stating: "Ally and Mike are both doing their coaching badges and as part of that they need to working in a club environment.
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0Taylor Swift, Bon Jovi and Prince William Partied Together
Remember that charity gig that Taylor Swift booked at Kensington Palace for one of Prince William's causes? Well, it happened, and Jon Bon Jovi was there and they all sang together! Isn't that fun?
The trio did a nice little rendition of 'Living On a Prayer' together at the Winter Whites Gala to support homeless charity Centrepoint on Tuesday night, and stars like Benedict Cumberbatch and James Blunt were in attendance. Kate Middleton, however, wasn't there – she got left at home to watch the baby. BOO!
Here's what Taylor had to say about the event:
"It's positively magical here. There are fairy lights and there is fake snow falling from the sky and everything is just gorgeous. I am just very lucky to be here.
"I don't think I have ever played in a palace before. So it will be really wonderful. This evening is so special… It is for a charity that as well as being very important to Prince William is also very important to me."
November 27, 2013 at 12:30 pm by Jennifer
1Jon Bon Jovi Walked a Fan Down the Aisle At Her Wedding
Australian Branka Delic is a Jon Bon Jovi superfan – and who wouldn't be? (That's a rhetorical question – don't answer it.) He's a stud. She's been planning to marry her longtime partner, Gonzalo Ciadera, for a while, and she knew she wanted Jon to be part of the ceremony. In fact, she wanted him to walk her down the aisle! So she launched a website called BonJoviWalkMeDowntheAisle.com and turns out… he did just that.
The pair were married on Saturday at the Graceland Chapel in Las Vegas (romance!) – the same location Jon himself got married in 1989… probably not a coincidence – and Jon surprised Branka by showing up that afternoon ahead of his show that same night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Sweet!
Here's Branka's statement:
"I have memories for life which I'll never forget. Such an amazing man to take time from his schedule to come walk this crazy Aussie down the aisle… Jon….. I salute."
And here's Jon's tweet about the happy couple (ie drumming up more publicity for his current tour):
Congratulations @branksd! May you & Gonzalo have a lifetime of happiness, love & memories together – ALWAYS! pic.twitter.com/JuN8eNKfdi
— Bon Jovi (@BonJovi) October 13, 2013
In all seriousness, that was a pretty sweet thing of him to do, so plus one for Bon Jovi.
October 14, 2013 at 6:30 am by Jennifer
3Jon Bon Jovi's Got Something to Say To Justin Bieber
Jon Bon Jovi's been touring for about eight gazillion years and he's still raking in the money, so I think he knows a thing or two about hitting the road and keeping fans happy. That's why, instead of speaking up urging Justin Bieber to stop being an asshole and a waste of space, he's instead warning Baby Elvis against showing up late for his shows, because people don't like waiting. Well, okay.
From The London Evening Standard:
Jon Bon Jovi has branded Justin Bieber an "asshole" for emerging on stage two hours late for a concert at the O2 arena.
The 51-year-old rock singer, who has a reputation as one of the hardest-working men in music, claimed the teenage star risks alienating his fans if he continues to disappoint.
Bieber later blamed "technical issues" and claimed he was only 40 minutes late for the show in March.
Jon, speaking to the Standard in Vienna on the latest leg of the band's Because We Can world tour, said: "Every generation has guys that do that, none of that is new.
"They run the risk of disrespecting their audience members who have worked hard to pay for their ticket, to give you the permission to take two or three hours of their lives — or in that kid's case, 80 minutes of their lives.
"Do it once, you can be forgiven. Do it enough times and shame on you. They won't have you back. Then it just becomes a cliché. It's really not cool — you're an asshole. Go to f***in' work!"
Well, I guess he did mention him being an asshole, after all. And while this is a definite symptom of asshole-ism, it's certainly not the only one. That being said, one of my Top 5 pet peeves is sitting around waiting for people who can't be bothered to show up to shit on time. I managed to get here, why couldn't you? Take that tardy for the party bullshit elsewhere, 'cos I'm not having it. I was raised to be five minutes early to shit – the world doesn't wait for you, you know?
May 21, 2013 at 9:30 am by Jennifer
1Bon Jovi's Daughter Got Arrested for Overdosing
Bon Jovi's daughter, Stephanie Rose Bongiovi, overdosed in the early morning hours today, and the story is actually a pretty sad one. Sources close to the family state that Stephanie, a college student in upstate New York, was found unresponsive in her dorm room, and when taken to the hospital, it was determined that she'd overdosed on heroin. To add insult to injury? She was arrested after she was found to be alright. To be fair, she wasn't arrested because she overdosed, because seriously, wouldn't that be ridiculous? No, she was arrested because, at the scene of the "crime," I guess you could say, a small amount of marijuana and heroin, and paraphernalia was also found. That's allegedly what the arrest was for, but hey. Maybe it could have been because she overdosed on heroin, too, I don't know.
First of all, ugh on heroin. I didn't even realize that H was still such a popular drug of choice. I remember after high school there were some people I used to be casual friends with who got into heroin deep, and basically the only reason that we ended up *not* being friends was because of the whole heroin thing. But jeez. This poor Stephanie girl has got a long road ahead of her for recovery. I mean, if she was intentionally trying to OD, that's a horse of a different color altogether, but if she wasn't? Well, I think someone needs some serious help one way or the other.
Good luck to the family, and thank God she's going to be OK. You know, one way or the other.
November 14, 2012 at 5:30 pm by Sarah
1Katherine Heigl's Best Friends Include Taylor Swift and Jon Bon Jovi
Who would have thunk it, right? I thought Taylor Swift was too sweet and Jon Bon Jovi was too awesome to cavort with the likes of Katherine Heigl, but it looks like I was wrong. If you hear Katherine tell it, she's the most friendly lady in all the land:
When Katherine wasn't busy filming [for New Year's Eve, she joined husband Josh Kelly on the road where he was touring with Taylor Swift … and the two blondes totally hit it off.
"I adore that girl," Katherine told us on the carpet. "I was so excited to meet her! I tried to keep it cool but after chatting for only 20 minutes I was like 'we're best friends now!' She is so sweet and down to earth."
Coincidentally, Taylor was in the NYE prequel Valentine's Day. Heigl has been hamming it up with musicians everywhere. In New Year's Eve, the former Grey's Anatomy star gets up close and personal with Jon Bon Jovi.
"I play a caterer that gets the gig to cater the big, fancy New Year's Eve party in New York," she told us. "Her ex-boyfriend, played by Jon Bon Jovi, is a very famous, big-time musician, comes back to play Times Square."
"And yes, we totally make out," laughed Katherine.
"It's really interesting talking to Jon about his career and all the little things that I now know about from my husband, like the lingo and when you're touring, how do you feel bout your rider," Heigl laughed, adding: "I dropped in as much music lingo as I could!"
Ugh. Is that the most irritating nonsense you've ever heard or what? Seriously, is it? Sometimes someone just bugs me to the point where everything they ever say or do or wear or think is ridiculous and annoying and awful. I'm human too, ok?!
October 19, 2011 at 3:30 pm by Emily
3Apparently, Bon Jovi is Trying to Move Into Today's Mainstream Pop?
I love Bon Jovi. I love him probably more than I can even tolerate 90% of today's 'rock and roll' musicians or pop stars. Jovi's got substance, lasting power, and above all, talent, and this is why I'm not sure he's trying to hard to remain relevant in today's meat market known as the music world when, guys, he's already got this.
Anyway, Jon Bon Jovi appeared on Europe's MTV Music Awards last night and did this awkward duet with Rihanna (above). And I'm confused.
Just … watch the video. And let me know if you share the same sentiments, like 'Is the Jove selling out?' 'Was this even the Jove's idea?' 'Is this what Rihanna considers dancing?'


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For a beautiful bedroom, start with the bed, say home designers for Baer's, a collection of fine furniture stores with 15 locations throughout Florida.
"The bed is always the focial point," says Wendy Rossi, who has been designing for the stores for 15 years. "The bed and the bedding," agrees Baer's design consultant Connie Sherrard.
Changing just the bed can give your room a whole new look. Upholstered headboards can complement wood of existing furnishings while adding color and imparting a softer look and feel. That's an ideal solution if you're sizing up to a larger bed and don't want to invest in a complete new bedroom set.
Padded headboards are more comfortable for leaning against when you're working, reading or watching TV in bed.
"People are in bed with their laptops now," Rossie says.
Going glamorous
For a more glamorous look, you can try a four-poster bed. "That makes a statement,"says Sherrard.
The headboard and footboard and rails make the bed, she says, even more than bedcovers and frills.
"In Florida, we don't put on a lot of dust ruffles," she added, so the lines of the bed itself are important.
For added color and beauty, however, Sherrard advises heaping the bed with pillows. "Women love them because they dress up the bed," she says.
Today's big beds take some dressing up
"Everybody wants a king-sized bed in the room," Sherrard says. "It doesn't matter if it's for personal use or for rental. If you don't advertise a king-sized bed, they say it won't rent."
"The owners will sacrifice a night table in order to get a king-sized bed in there," she noted.
To create more space in the bedroom, chests of drawers are being moved into closets or hallways.
Reducing clutter is important. In turn, the designers suggest using furnishings that act as storage including night tables with drawers and benches with interior storage.
Rossi says she tells clients to have professionals redesign their closets for added space in the room.
The advent of big-screen TVs has also made a change in bedroom furnishings. "Years ago," says Rossi, "about 20 percent of my clients had a TV in the bedroom. Now it's maybe 90 percent."
Now, mirrors are moved to make space for the TV over the dresser. Modern dressers have drop-down drawer fronts to accommodate cable boxes and DVD players, reducing clutter.
"That keeps the top of the dresser clear," Sherrard says.
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Living by the Sea / Minarc
Architects: Minarc
Location: Malibu, CA, USA
Architect In Charge: Minarc
Design Team: Erla Dögg Ingjaldsdóttir, Tryggvi Thorsteinsson
Year: 2011
Photographs: Courtesy of Minarc
Patio House / Undurraga Devés Arquitectos
Architects: Undurraga Devés Arquitectos
Location: Las Condes, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile
Architect In Charge: Cristian Undurraga
Design Team: Orlando Etcheberrigaray, Eduardo Castillo, Cristian Larrain
Landscape Architect: Juan Grimm
Area: 460.0 sqm
Year: 2007
Photographs: Cristóbal Palma
House in Rubí / BETA OFFICE ARCHITECTS
Architects: BETA OFFICE ARCHITECTS
Location: Rubi, Barcelona, Spain
Architects In Charge: Raúl Bañón Tomás, Brian Ramón Aguilar, Xavi Freire Cano
Area: 511.0 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Miquel Coll Molas
Appleton Living / Minarc
Architects: Minarc
Location: Venice, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Design Team: Tryggvi Thorsteinsson, Erla Dögg Ingjaldsdóttir
Year: 2011
Photographs: Art Gray
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Video: Villa Under Extension / OFIS Arhitekti
This is an update from the project already published in 2008 from slovenian architects OFIS arhitekti. In the words of the architects: "This project involved the extension of a 19th-century villa located in a beautiful Alpine resort next to Lake Bled. Both the old villa and the landscape were strictly regulated by the National Heritage."
The White House Prahran / Nervegna Reed Architecture, ph Architects
Architects: Nervegna Reed Architecture , ph Architects
Design architect: Toby Reed
Location: Victoria, Australia
Project team: Toby Reed, Anna Nervegna and Peter Hogg of PH Architects
Project area: 364 sqm
Photographs: John Gollings


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WHEN BRIAN O'DRISCOLL was weighing up the pros and cons of playing for another year, having another stab at beating New Zealand was enough to make the rest of the list irrelevant.
He is expected to be fit for the November series, but his calf strain is hanging around for a lot longer than was originally expected, forcing the IRFU to take a long look at those much vaunted succession plans of theirs.
No doubt Joe Schmidt and Les Kiss will do everything in their power to ensure he starts against the All Blacks, but in the meantime they will be looking at their options. No matter what sort of recovery he makes, he will not play all 80 minutes of all three tests and at the moment the 13 shirt is looking as thin on back-up as the days when John Hayes was the only choice to lock down the Irish scrum.
Ireland's new head coach hasn't picked a particularly adventurous squad – no Luke Fitzgerald, no Kieran Marmion, no Dave Kilcoyne – but he will have to be adventurous when it comes to grooming O'Driscoll's back-up. It won't serve Gordon Darcy or Ireland well to move him to 13 when O'Driscoll isn't available.
Of the players chosen by Schmidt, only Robbie Henshaw, Fergus McFadden, and, at a push, Luke Marshall and Keith Earls, could be considered realistic options. Luke Marshall is seen as an inside centre, McFadden almost never got picked in the centre under Schmidt, Keith Earls is clearly now far happier and far more effective on the wing, and Robbie Henshaw is inexperienced and only just converted from fullback.
We spoke to Shane Horgan and Eddie O'Sullivan on Second Captains and they feel the search won't start properly until the end of the season, but Joe Schmidt is a ruthlessly thorough coach and will already be sizing up his second, third and fourth choice options, even if he doesn't play them.
At the moment Henshaw looks the most exciting prospect, and it would be fun to see Ireland play with a bit of beef in there for once, but at the moment that excitement is based on his physical attributes and his mentality, and the fact that Pat Lam has seen fit to try him at centre for Connacht.
Its no huge surprise we're struggling to find alternatives, outside centre is becoming the hardest position to fill in top level rugby. To make it as a thirteen at international level you have to have the speed of a winger, the hands of an out-half, the tackling technique of a flanker, and the brain of a defence coach. There is a huge rate of attrition so if you have skinny ankles, forget about it.
Everything that happens in that channel happens at high speed too, so instincts and reflexes have to be top notch. Wingers and fullbacks only have a certain number of variables to deal with, scrum-halves rely on technique and speed of movement, out-halves on their decision making, but outside centres have to do a bit of everything. If you look at the major rugby playing nations, no one currently has a 13 that ticks all the boxes, though on his day Wesley Fofana can be magical.
O'Driscoll, as we know, has all those attributes, plus that rarest of things, natural creativity. For now though, the search is on for someone who won't let the rest of the team down. Whoever subs for him in the November internationals and the Six Nations will be told to stick to the basics, make their tackles, with Johnny Sexton likely to take on even more of the decision-making duties.
Brendan Macken is a good example of that at provincial level – he has done a good job of following orders at Leinster, not trying too hard, and staying focused. He has also benefited hugely from working under O'Driscoll. There is a good argument for Schmidt to pick O'Driscoll's probable successors as soon as possible so they at least have a season of watching, listening to and playing alongside the greatest player Ireland has ever produced.
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ANN LOVEJOY | How to succeed with asparagus
Savory-sweet, plump and crisp, fresh asparagus may be spring's most succulent vegetable. Home-grown asparagus tastes vastly better than store-bought and is well worth the space it requires. However, several readers have questions about asparagus. One frustrated fellow wonders why he grows other spring crops like snow peas and new potatoes easily, yet his asparagus always fails.
Asparagus is pretty easy to grow well as long as you meet its simple needs. For starters, it is a perennial vegetable, not a single-season crop. Anybody who plants asparagus and hopes to harvest in a few months is doomed to disappointment. Indeed, harvesting the meager stems of young asparagus plants will speed them on their way to plant heaven.
So what does asparagus want? Time and space. Asparagus plants are very long-lived and can be productive for decades if given a good start in life. One thing they don't tolerate is root disturbance, so a bed of their own is a must. They also require good drainage or they can drown in winter, especially when grown in heavy clay soils.
Asparagus officinalis has a number of varieties, from old standards like Mary Washington to new dazzlers like Purple Passion, a tender-sweet treat that turns green as it cooks. Asparagus comes easily from seed, but seedlings can take three to four years to reach harvestable size. Planting established crowns lets you harvest lightly the second year and normally after that.
Asparagus crowns look like a cross between a lily bulb and an octopus. The sturdy roots are very long, indicating their need for deep, good soil. I've had the best luck growing asparagus in dedicated raised beds 2 feet deep and 4 feet wide, built on a base of crushed gravel for good drainage. Two feet of compost-enhanced garden soil gives plenty of depth for yearling crown roots. Since asparagus prefers slightly alkaline soil, mix in some dolomite lime before planting to bring the pH closer to neutral. An annual mulch of compost also helps to reduce acidity.
Traditionally, asparagus crowns are planted in shallow (4- to 5-inch deep) trenches. Spread out the roots, placing crowns about 15 inches apart in staggered rows. As the plants grow, fill in the trenches with fresh soil and mulch the bed with 3-4 inches of compost. Feed young plants in spring and midsummer with a balanced (5-5-5) organic fertilizer to provide steady nutrition over the growing season. I also give them liquid kelp (such as Maxicrop) once a month all summer. Keep young asparagus plants evenly moist (they like the same inch-a-week of water as lawns).
The first year, allow all stalks to produce their ferny foliage. They'll become quite tall and very bushy, eventually providing enough shade to keep weeds at bay. Until that happens, hand weed the bed gently to avoid root disturbance. Year two, harvest for a few weeks, removing up to a third of the plumpest stalks, then let the rest mature, which strengthens the root system. By the third year, you can harvest normally, which means taking plumper stalks until the plant produces persistently skinny ones. When that happens, let all remaining stalks mature to boost plant strength.
Harvest asparagus by bending and snapping off the stems as close to the ground as possible. Pick in the cool of the morning or as close to dinner time as practical for the most remarkable flavor and best texture. To crisp up soft asparagus, re-snap the ends, then plunge the stems into cold water for 10-15 minutes.
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Excellent location – rated 10/10! (score from 5 reviews)
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Mount Nevis Hotel has the nicest view and location of any of the hotels that we visited on the island. The staff are friendly and made us feel like we were part of an extended family, rather than just guests staying at their hotel. If you want a peaceful and beautiful place to stay in Nevis with a truly beautiful view of the southern peninsula of St. Kitts (away from the noisy, busy large resort properties (i.e. Four Seasons), the Mount Nevis Hotel is the place.
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The people were extremely nice and caring. The food was excellent. The views were amazing. I didnt have to want for anything, just ask.
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An accident was reported Wednesday morning on Ronald Reagan Highway between Montgomery Road and Interstate 71 due to an accident.
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