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Sherwin-Williams Interview Questions & Reviews
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Pretty straight forward interview. From the beginning it seemed the interviewer didn't like me and had the feeling that I wouldn't get an offer. He seemed disinterested and asked some off the wall questions.Interview Questions
No Offer
- How would you change the world with paint? Answer Question
- Application Details
I interviewed through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks - interviewed at Sherwin-Williams.Interview Details
I was contacted by a recruiter about their Management Trainee Program. First interview was with an HR rep where I was asked the basic first interview questions. Second step was an in-store visit to two stores in my area where they provided me a list of questions to ask both the Manager and the Assistant Manager to get a feel for what they do. Third step was an interview in person with the District Manager. There were questions asking what I thought I could bring to the company, how I have handled a difficult situation with the "co-worker" of some sort, and what are your future goals.
Great company, awesome pay and the best people co-workers but be ready to pick up your life to move where they want you. Also you will most likely work every weekend as an Assistant Manager.Interview Questions
Negotiation DetailsThere wasn't one.Accepted OfferPositive ExperienceAverage Interview
- I had done a lot of research on interviewing so there was no question that was particularly difficult. Answer Question
- Application Details
I interviewed through other source. The process took 2 weeks - interviewed at Sherwin-Williams.Interview Details
The interview processes that I have been involved in have been fairly casual and straight forward. It always looks good to dress professionally. You will usually do one o two interviews, one with the store manager, and if they consider you, one with the DM. It also looks good if you show interest in continuing your career with Sherwin-Williams, or if you are a woman or a minority. Because SW is mostly white males, they are eager to hire women and minorities who are interested in the field.Interview Questions
No OfferPositive ExperienceEasy Interview
- What are your biggest strengths/ weaknesses in regards to working in the store? Answer Question
- Interview Details
Making sure the individual is comfortable as possible, by doing so it can help them answer questions and get a better understanding of the job. Also making sure the candidate is professional and presentable.Interview Questions
Declined Offer
- Why are you more of an asset than a liability? Answer Question
- Interview Details
Posted to an internal job posting, which was followed by a call to inform me I would be interviewed by the hiring manager. The interview took about a hour to a hour and half upon which I was informed I would be notified shortly of his/her decision. I was offered the position within a couple of days with my asking salary and I acceptedNegotiation Detailsn/aAccepted Offer
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I interviewed online. The process took 4+ weeks - interviewed at Sherwin-Williams.Interview Details
Very straight-forward and friendly process! Three interviews: 1.) phone interview w/ recruiter 2.) Store interview with store manager and assistant manager 3.) Face-to-face interview with City Manager and District Manager
The phone interview was about 30 minutes, questions were STAR format that had a lot to do with customer-service. Just prepare several "stories" about how you've done well in a sales/customer-service/management environment and be able to tell them in a way that makes you seem warm and professional. Recruiter also emphasizes whether you're open to relocation - so be open with them about your expectations.
The store interview is when you go in an learn more about the position. They go over the different responsibilities, from warehouse safety, sales, operations, and inventory management. Recruiter will email a worksheet with questions to ask the Store Manager - mostly about the different responsibilities and expectations. From my experience, the Store Manager didn't ask me anything about my past work-experience (they were busy!). I felt he was mostly gauging my interest in the job and whether it would be something I would want to do.
Final interview is at the District Office with the City Manager and District Manager. They went through my resume and asked me about my work experience. They also spent a good amount of time going over the opportunities and culture. They didn't ask any STAR questions (I was kinda bummed, I had prepared a lot!), but they mostly were gauging my personality and whether it would be a fit.
From my experience, everyone was overwhelmingly friendly. You can tell this is a good company to work for.Interview Questions
Negotiation DetailsSet salaryAccepted OfferPositive ExperienceEasy Interview
- Name an instance when you've turned a negative customer-service experience into a good one.
Name a time when you've been part of a group where someone wasn't pulling their weight and what you did about it. Answer Question
- Name an instance when you've turned a negative customer-service experience into a good one.
- Application Details
interviewed at Sherwin-Williams in January 2014.Interview Details
I applied online using their web based system. It did not work very well and I did not hear from them for at least three weeks. I had a brief phone interview and seemed as if I was unqualified.Interview Questions
No OfferNeutral ExperienceEasy Interview
- There were some technical questions I was unable to answer. Answer Question
- Application Details
I interviewed online. The process took 3 weeks - interviewed at Sherwin-Williams.Interview Details
This is a company where there is a lack of diversity. If you are a minority, you will get interviewed. But good luck with the interview process. This isn't a company that values diversity and it isn't a global company. To be honest, being a minority and working for this company would have been nothing but disappointments. Literally playing the role of Rosa Parks in a company like this isn't a battle worth taking on top of daily work stress. Politics would be a challenge you can't take on.No OfferNeutral ExperienceAverage Interview
- Application Details
I interviewed in-person. The process took 2 days - interviewed at Sherwin-Williams.Interview Details
I first met with the manager of the store. After a few questions and some time "getting to know" each other, I was told I would be meeting with the district manager. The interview with the district manager was just as simple. A few questions about my experience (the typical..."Do you have any customer service experience?", "Have you handled cash before?".Interview Questions
Negotiation DetailsI was not able to negotiate.Accepted OfferNeutral ExperienceEasy Interview
- There were not any difficult or unexpected questions. Everything was straight forward. Answer Question
5 people found this helpfulApplication Details
I interviewed online. The process took 3 weeks - interviewed at Sherwin-Williams in May 2014.Interview Details
The interviewing process was as easy as can be. There is a 3 step process. The first step is the phone interview there is a recruiter who calls you and the call is about 30-45 minutes. After the phone interview, the recruiter will set you up for the second step which is the in-store interview. The in-store interview is usually about an hour to two hours long. I was told the store that I would be visiting and given the number to call the store manager to set up a time and date that was convenient for the both of us. I also asked what he recommended I wear which he told me khakis and collar shirt would be fine. It includes a tour of the store and a interview with the store manager and the assistant manager. Before you arrive, the recruiter will send you a questionnaire to print out and take with you for the in-store interview and it basically has questions that you should ask which gives you further details about the store and the business. The store manager asks his/her questions then you turn around and ask the questions listed on the sheet. Same goes for the assistant manager. If you make it to the 3rd step, you will be contacted by the District Manager to set up the final interview. Be sure to dress your best because this will be more of a professional interview than the first two were. After speaking with the District Manager you will then be contacted by the recruiter later in the week to offer or not offer you the job.Interview Questions
Negotiation DetailsI was hired by the District Manager and was offered the job where I gladly accepted. The recruiter sent the offer letter to my email address and I had a couple of days to accept or decline. The offer letter consist of the store location as well as the benefits and salary.Accepted OfferPositive ExperienceEasy Interview
- The questions weren't so bad. The phone and the District Manager interview asked similar questions such as "Why do you want to work for the Sherwin- Williams Company?, What is good customer service? How would you handle an angry customer? "Based on the store visit, what would you change about the store?" Are you willing to relocate?" I realized that Glassdoor was the best source to prepare for the job interview with this company. Answer Question
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Grant Museum of Zoology - Bloomsbury
The Grant Museum of Zoology has moved. Formerly housed in a building not unlike a school science block, it's now located over the road and up a bit. Try to approach from Gower Street if possible, as the stunning Georgian residences are worth seeing en route. There's also a rich seam of blue heritage discs on the buildings, indicating that significant persons formerly lived at these addresses. Probably the densest concentration anywhere in the UK.
If you like your preserved specimens to be human in origin, you're probably thinking of another museum (The Hunterian), but it's nearby so you could visit both in one session. The Grant Museum of Zoology leans towards animals displayed in jars and antique viewing cabinets. Close to the entrance is a glass container, brimful of moles (18 apparently, but looks more). Not an image you're adequately prepared for, so it serves as a useful acclimatisation exhibit for the museum. It's difficult to look at - yet equally difficult to look away. You're caught in a form of intellectual, horror-tinged quicksand. Moving further into the museum, the emphasis veers more towards taxidermy and skeletal displays. A useful opportunity to stand back and survey the surroundings.
The move to this former Edwardian library is an appropriate one. Tall ceilinged and dressed in wood panelling, it's the kind of room in which Holmes would lecture Watson on the merits of a mutton supper. Or where Phileas Fogg would dash out - India bound - to locate a fresh packet of tea. It's stunning and all the better for having exotic birds and beasts packed into every available square-foot. Like the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, the Grant Museum belongs to University College London and is part of their Bloomsbury campus (The Wellcome Collection is also around the corner). Consequently the museum has 'part-time' opening hours (see below) and shuts on public holidays, so planning a visit is advisable. Some displays have iPads attached and visitors are invited to voice their opinions concerning the role of science in society, or more specifically, how the museum should be run. Called QRator, QR codes are displayed throughout the museum and visitors can hashtag #GrantQR on Twitter if they wish to directly solicit the museum's attention (like an online "ahem!"). You see, it might appear a lofty and distant institution, but UCL is distinctly cutting edge and approachable when it comes to technology. It's also the largest research institute in the UK and among the world's university elite.
Robert Grant - Professor of Zoology & Anatomy
Robert Grant was the first Professor of Zoology and Anatomy and the museum is named after his collection. It was amassed after he arrived at the newly established seat of learning in 1827, and found the educational materials to be lacking (he tutored Charles Darwin in his previous post at Edinburgh) . Once he started collecting, Grant evidently found it difficult to stop. After 47 years as professor of zoology, he died, aged 81, and left his entire collection to the university - apparently on his deathbed. It's difficult when that happens, not to imagine a pen in his frozen hand, as the last will and testament was moved in a signature-shape below. He was buried in Highgate Cemetery.
There are no highlights, in this 'all-highlight' Grand Guignol of the preservation arts. The kind of gallery that director Jean Pierre Jeunet would produce if he was in the business of fitting-out museums. It has a rare quagga (zebra-like, horse relative), a dodo (half-a-dodo to be precise, which was found in a drawer during the move in 2011 - like a toffee down the sofa). A pterosaur which staff assumed was plaster-cast, turned out to be both genuine and 160 million years old. As interesting as the collection is, the stories surrounding the items are more so. The abrasions on the inside of the giant tortoise shell, suggest it was added to the cooking pot on a long voyage - possibly The Beagle, accompanied by Charles Darwin - but so far, unproven.
It's free, surrounded by many places worthy of your time and above all, memorable. Some images you may wish to un-remember, after they revisit, uninvited in the early hours of the morning, but... such is the price of an education.
The Grant Museum of Zoology reopens. By the BBC, streamed from YouTube.
Opening Hours
The museum is open: Monday to Friday 1-5pm.
Also open for group and research visits on weekday mornings 10am-1pm, when advance booking is required.
The Grant Museum of Zoology, Rockefeller Building, University College London, 21 University Street, London WC1E 6DE
Nearest Tube: Euston Square, Warren Street or Goodge Street.
Call: 020 3108 2052

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W London launch designer bikes for the Elton John AIDS Foundation
Like our European cousins in Paris and Barcelona, Londoners love to cycle through the city as a healthy alternative to public transport. So much so that since it's launch last year, over 6 million users have hired Barclays bicycles with Transport for London.
Now - just like Fiat's collaboration with Gucci - W London and the Elton John AIDS Foundation present a range of exclusive designer WOW Bikes for W London's hotel guests to discover the wonders of the city from 11 August to 29 October 2011.
Project creator and artist Benedict Radcliffe, Paloma Faith, Alice Temperley and Patrick Cox are among the six creatives who have designed their own bicycles and created bespoke cycle routes for the launch of the initiative.
Paloma Faith's retro creation is an homage to music, decorated with piano keys to jazz up the mud guard and a 50's radio in the handlebars; "I wanted to customise this modern fixed-gear bike with an edge of beauty giving a real vintage, classic and traditional feel", comments Faith.
And designer Alice Temperley envisaged a feminine bike with a playful energy to mirror the spirit of the ALICE by Temperley brand. Temperley enthuses, "I am attached to my bike and wouldn't be without it [ ] At the weekend I cycle all the way down the canal to meet friends for lunch in primrose hill and then on to regents park and past London zoo to Camden."
The covetable bicycles will be auctioned off at the end of the summer, with proceeds benefiting the Elton John AIDS Foundation. The auction will be launched online at Facebook.com on 11 August and will close on 29 October 2011.
So, what are you waiting for? Get on your bike!
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Police try to track down witness after M20 crash
Police in Kent are trying to track down an important witness following a fatal crash on the M20 on Boxing Day. The accident happened between junctions 2 and 1 on the London-bound carriageway of the motorway just before 8pm.
The single-vehicle collision involved a silver Vauxhall Vectra driven by a man in his 50s who died at the scene. Inspector Martin Stevens from Kent Police said officers want to trace a witness who may now be in Scotland.
"We're particularly keen to speak with a male witness who made the initial 999 call for this incident. Unfortunately due to an error with the phone number given we have been unable to make contact with him. The number given had a Scottish landline code so it is possible this witness is not in Kent."


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By all accounts, Steve Bernier took the flogging like a pro following Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals. The Devils forward was responsible for a brutal boarding hit on Kings defenseman Rob Scuderi in the first period of the hockey game Monday night, and when all was said and done, Los Angeles scored three goals on the ensuing five-minute power play.
All Bernier could do was sit in the locker room alone with the roar of the crowd alerting him of each deadly strike of a puck hitting the back of the net. Via the Bergen Record:
"I'm going to finish my hit on that play," Bernier said. "I thought he was going to keep with the puck on his forehand and he turned back. I feel very bad, but it's a fast game out there and it ends up being a bad play."
Bernier said he didn't watch the rest of the game, but sat in the locker room "and tried to listen to the crowd."
"It was very hard, for sure," he said. "I wish I could take that play back, but I (can't)."
The Devils didn't blame Bernier for the loss despite the magnified nature of his penalty and the direct result of his exit from the hockey game.
"If you want to ask me about that in about a week," Devils coach Peter DeBoer said after the game, "I'll give you my honest opinion on it. It's a bad spot for him to be in. Everybody knows Bernie's heart's in the right place. He's not at fault."
Zach Parise and Martin Brodeur were just a few of the players who echoed the same thoughts, but Devils blog In Lou We Trust still isn't happy with Bernier for the hit, saying that "He royally screwed up tonight." There's a Kings pun in there somewhere.
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Along with Master of Puppets and Seasons in the Abyss, Rust in Peace is one of the greatest metal albums of all time! So when I heard Dave Mustaine was remastering the Megadeth catalog, I HAD to get my hands on a fresh copy!
Let me start with the high notes… The musicianship is OUTSTANDING. The instruments are crisp and clear, with lots of insane riffing and rapid fire drumming annihilation! You can even hear the thumping bass line, which I never heard on the original cassette or CD (except for the obvious bass intros to Five Magics, Poison Was The Cure, and Dawn Patrol). As far as the music goes, the remastered version of RIP certainly delivers! Buuuuuut…
Okay, here we go… For those of you who have never heard Rust in Peace, stop reading right here. Turn your computer off, drive to the store and BUY IT NOW!!! You MUST own this cd!!! Rust in Peace veterans read on…
Dave Mustaine BUTCHERED the vocals!!! Did he re-sing them? I'm no sound or recording expert, but I can certainly tell when a beloved recording that I've been listening to since I was 14 years old (I'm 27 now) has been altered. As everybody knows, Take No Prisoners and Five Magics have entirely new vocals, but upon further inspection, I've realize most of the album – if not all – has new vocals as well. Just listen to the low Vic Rattlehead vocals of Polaris, the chorus of Lucretia, and the jumble of words in Poison Was The Cure… you can tell the vocals are different. It's very noticeable in the parts where the rest of the band sings back up ("The warheads will all rust in peace!", and the "Hey!" chorus of Lucretia), and since they weren't around for the remastering process, the difference is clear. And of course, we're all reeling over the butchering of Five Magics (even the printed lyrics are different!)
Has Dave Mustaine pulled a George Lucas on us and changed a beloved product just because he thinks he can make it better? I heard something about Capitol losing the vocal tracks to Take No Prisoners… did the same happen to all the songs? At least an explanation in the booklet would have been nice. Are the rest of the remasters the same?
You know Dave, it IS possible to remaster an album without altering its content. Just look at Slayer's pre-Reign in Blood catalog… the production is so bad, even the remasters sound like [...] But at least they didn't change the content of the recordings. And that's where the remastered Rust in Peace FAILS.
Of course you could just pretend the first 9 tracks don't exist and buy it just for the demos and the old unreleased track My Creation (it's only 1:34 minutes long… er, short!). The booklet is actually pretty cool, with an introduction by Dave Mustaine and several band photos from that time period. It seems my particular copy is factory-pressed incorrectly. The lyric sheets to Holy Wars and Hangar 18 are cut in half, with Dave Ellefson's forehead appearing on the bottom of the page, and his neck on the top. Looks like a factory mistake, but I don't mind, it just it makes it a little more rare. Any other fans out there have messed up copies too?
I give the remastered version of Rust in Peace four stars because I can't bear to give such a masterpiece anything less. If not for the new vocals, it would've been an EASY five.


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Celis White - Michigan Brewing Company
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3.48/5 rDev -7.9%
Pours a chunky white head over a hazy honey-infused light straw colored body. Head recedes fairly quickly, but leaves some fairly hefty bands of lace. Aromas of coriander, earth and a faint trace of citrus. A bit musty too. Spicy flavorcitrus, more pronounced coriander and pepper , and a dollop of earth for good measure. Quite acidic. A touch of yeast as well. A crisp, yet quite light, mouthfeel with moderate to high carbonation.
Crsip and refreshing as a good wit should be. The body was a bit light even by with standardsalthough that could increase its refreshment value during lawnmower season.
04-05-2006 00:39:34 | More by Shovelbum
4/5 rDev +5.8%
03-02-2012 21:05:48 | More by Calculat0r
4/5 rDev +5.8%
05-11-2012 07:01:31 | More by Piason
3.95/5 rDev +4.5%
Pours a hazy bright yellow with a 1-finger white head that disspates quickly leaving some moderate lacing along the glass. Aroma is of light yeast, citrus and coriander. Taste is crisp and clean, with the citrus and spice on top of a base of light cashew-nutty yeast. Mouthfeel is peppery and well-carbonated, goes down smooth. Not my favorite wit, but very refreshing on warm days, a drinkable witbier.
05-22-2006 01:00:46 | More by kosmoraios
Alberta (Canada)
4.3/5 rDev +13.8%
Pours cloudy yellow with one finger white head. Deep wheat smell, some citrusy notes are there as well. Taste - Very rich creamy wheaty goodness with some lemony notes. Great stuff! Light, very flavorful, excellent brew! It's extremely drinkable, too bad it's only 250 ml bottle.
01-20-2009 03:16:12 | More by Voonder
New York
3.93/5 rDev +4%
Poured into Hoegaarden glass.
A: Opaque orange-yellow with more orange than yellow. Head fills the rest of the glass after a careful pour, but recedes almost instantly and becomes a thin blanket.
S: Usual wit aroma: orange, coriander, black pepper, clove.
T: Banana bread up front with some coriander, citrus toward the middle. Finish is wheaty and bready with some pronounced black pepper flavor. And it's definitely black pepper rather than that burnt latex some wits end up with. Flavors are a bit watered-down tasting.
M: Crisp, light, refreshing.
D: Solid. A bit watery, but I could drink a lot of these. If you want an amazing wit, look elsewhere. If you want a good one with no real obvious flaws, this works.
09-20-2006 15:47:42 | More by rarevos
3/5 rDev -20.6%
12 oz bottle pours cloudy and light with standard white head and some scattered lacings. Average head retention.
Aroma is spicy, banana, clove with kind of a musty odor. No date on the bottle so hard to say what this is.
Taste is banana / clove, with some spicyness and a fairly strong sour apple tart belgium yeast flavor. Mouthfeel is lightly carbonated but maybe a bit wet with a dry tart finish. Not extremely smooth front to back sweet up front and really tart finish.
Comparing to true belguim wits, like Hoegarden it seems a bit rough around the edges. Tartness is very distinct more so that usual and in general a bit off flavor, wits and weiss beers have a short shelf life so not knowing how old this bottle is really hurts this review. I'll be nice and call this one average.
03-08-2006 02:03:10 | More by kgotcher
4.2/5 rDev +11.1%
Pours a very bright yellow but light in color almost clear. The white head on this one makes it look like a lemon merigune pie. Smell is lemony and sweet. Also an aroma of corriander. First sip revelas a grassy and lemony taste. Very refreshing and crisp an easily drinkable beer. I know it comes with a high expectation due to the previous history of Celis. However, I like this beer. It is good with food like cheese and bread. I can easily drink this. The corriander might be a bit cloying after a few however. Corriander taste is coming through deeper into the glass. Still I paired this with a combination goats, sheep, and cow cheese with a rustic Italian bread and it held up well with the grassy taste. I really wanted a Hennepin and this filled the gap when I couldn't quite get what I wanted.
06-09-2005 03:00:52 | More by mjohn27603
3.53/5 rDev -6.6%
Pours a cloudy pale blondish yellow with a light white head and minimal lacing. Aromas are of of zesty lemon, wheat and bread malts. For flavor this beer hits up front citrus and zesty with lemon dominating while a slight spice makes its way in. A mixing of wheat and doughy like malts find their way into the picture. Following a combination of sweetness and tartness finishes this beer. Carbonation was light for this beer to match its light body. Overall this beer was tasty but there are definetly better ones of this style out there.
07-28-2004 04:07:37 | More by bigbeerdrinka
3.25/5 rDev -14%
12oz. bottle poured a hazy yellow orange color with a thin layer of head and almost no lacing. Smells of sweet fruit and a bit of spice. Taste of yeast, starch, and some strange bitterness almost like seltzer water. The mouth feel thick and creamy was the only highlight of this beer I have a couple more of these in my sampler case and I hope they taste better than this one.
11-25-2006 21:57:46 | More by Alkey
3.03/5 rDev -19.8%
Pours very light straw colored with a faint cloudiness. Seems to be mostly filtered, may be a very thin film of yeast on the bottom of the bottle. Yeasty aroma of bananas wafts up, with some wheat there as well. Taste is pale malts with grainy wheat feel. Low carbonation enhances the otherwise subtle fruitiness. Slight metallic finish mixed with yeast. Not terrible, but a fairly pedestrian version of a witbier.
05-16-2005 02:52:06 | More by BeerFink
3.28/5 rDev -13.2%
Poured a very cloudy light yellow with little carbonation and not much head. Aroma was malt and fruit; coriander was rather subdued. Some wheat in there as well. Medium body, and quite tart. On a sweet/bitter scale, it definitely leaned to the sweet side though it was balanced by the sourness. Again, lots of orange but the spice was not very apparent. Couldn't really expand on the mouthfeel any more, so let me reiterate the tartness. Drinkability was slightly better than average.
I like this one, though it is tough for me to not compare it to Hoegaarden, a personal favorite. This one has more body, more orange smell and taste, more sourness, less coriander, and is not as drinkable and refreshing. The last of these is the biggest difference. I'd say it's a good beer but would stop short of calling it great.
06-07-2006 02:51:34 | More by shererjt
3.78/5 rDev 0%
Quickly poured down the side of a half liter glass mug, the hazy straw-colored brew develops a bright white three-finger head which slowly recedes, leaving clumps of foam stuck to the sides. Plentiful carbonation keeps the head refreshed.
The aroma has hints of bitter orange with spicy notes of coriander and pepper.
On the tongue, citrus and spice are up front, with the wheat following in an envelope of muted hops. Good fizzion in the mouth, but the flavor falls off in the back of the palate, typical of many wheat beers. Mild acidity and peppery tang linger in the aftertaste.
Overall a decent rendition of the Belgian style for a pleasant summer refreshment.
04-23-2011 00:50:32 | More by tubacharlie
4/5 rDev +5.8%
12-18-2011 05:59:25 | More by ommegoose
4.43/5 rDev +17.2%
This is one of the beers that first lured me into beer geekdom many years ago. Since then, the brewery/recipe has changed hands a few times and was unavailable for awhile. Even now, it's hard to get, but I had to get my hands on some.
The beer isn't as hazy or cloudy as I remember, which is too bad. The smell is very good, with stong floral and grain overtones, plus a citrus edge. The mouthfeel is crisp, with pinpoint carbonation. There are enough hops to somewhat balance the tastes of citrus and sweetness.
There's a lingering aftertaste that extends the flavor's life and invites drinkers to sip slowly in order to enjoy each mouthful. Still, the beer is good enough that I couldn't linger too long between each bend of my elbow.
I'm glad to have you back, old friend.
08-17-2004 03:53:56 | More by GnomeKing
4/5 rDev +5.8%
08-25-2014 23:06:11 | More by Chilly_E
3/5 rDev -20.6%
11-18-2011 19:01:48 | More by thearsenal
3.5/5 rDev -7.4%
06-12-2012 03:37:14 | More by wilkinswesley
3.38/5 rDev -10.6%
I tried some more, this time i didnt pour it out of the bottle, i found that this made a huge difference. More flavor all around.
Pours very clear for a witbier, looks like a slightly cloudy Bud. A white head forms and fades quickly, no carbonation. Smells of hints of orange and spice. Tastes salty at first and throughout. Not much of the smell transfers over to the taste. There is a taste of some floral hops at the end and the hops give it a little bit of bitterness. the hops are present in the after taste. mouthfeel is slick, kind of oily. Overall there is nothing special about this beer.
07-22-2004 01:44:12 | More by danadeny
4.47/5 rDev +18.3%
served from 12 oz. brown bottle.
pours a nice "white" color. only slightly cloudy, but it is bottle conditioned. smallish head for this style...and it recedes quickly.
smells just amazing. you can really smell the distinctive yeast that they use in both this beer and in the celis raspberry. very grassy, herbal and tea-like. tase is superb. very light and drinkable, yet the spicey-citrusy kick really delivers. a nice, subtle witbier that i found to be extremely drinkable. both this and the raspberry are very good beers, imho. great summer beers!
09-07-2004 19:32:53 | More by vitesse
3.6/5 rDev -4.8%
A: Poured a cloudy, lightly colored yellow with some rising carbonation. Small 1/4" sticky head that retains decently with little to no lacing.
S: Orange peel, citrus rind, and coriander up front, some candi-esque spicy notes in the background with some slight earthy scents as well.
T: Follows the nose with orange peel, generic citrus rind, and corainder throughout with some banana peeking through in the middle. Some extremely slight belgian-like candi flavors in there as well as some earthy and herbal notes. A bit of crisp hops at first swig also.
MF: Creamy and medium, finishing slightly dry.
Overall: While this beer is not confused with better crafts of the style, it does a good job of giving a solid, macro-esque brew. There is definately better american varieties available, but turning to this one is not too far off.
12-15-2006 18:08:34 | More by Illinick
3.9/5 rDev +3.2%
Somewhat hazy, clear light golden in color, with a clean white head that recedes rather quickly. Lacing is good. Nose is great, with notes of lemon, herbs, and flowers--roses, perhaps. Taste is crisp, bright and lemony, though not overly spritzy. Rather, there is a softness and mellowness. Refreshing.
Not the powerhouse wit that is Allagash, but admirable for an american wheat, of any type.
02-09-2005 05:34:41 | More by Riggo
3.75/5 rDev -0.8%
Poured into a pint glass.
A: Hazy gold color with a bright white head. The head settled out fairly quickly.
S: Wheat and yeast aromas blended with coriander, orange and other sweet spice notes. Becomes even more citrus-dominated as it warms.
T: Very dominant citrus overtones with a soft wheat backbone. Hints of coriander, clove and other spices as well, and the yeast adds its own fruity character.
M: Fairly light-bodied and smooth on the palate, thanks to a medium amount of carbonation. Aftertaste is sweet and fruity.
D: A very drinkable witbier. One could easily spend a warm night on the back porch with a few of these.
A light, subtle and refreshing beer. If you're looking for big, bold flavors, then this is not the one to choose. However, I found it to be quite delicious and refreshing, and I would certainly consider bringing a sixer of this to my next party.
03-17-2009 06:06:50 | More by PirateUlf73
3.4/5 rDev -10.1%
Pours a clear staw color with a rather large head and no lacing. It smells very citrus--mostly lemons and a bit of grapefruit. I can also smell some pine. The taste is nothing special, but it is better than most witbiers I have had. I mainly notice a mild lemon taste throughout the beer. After a second or so, the banana flavor rises along with some spices. It finishes with a not as pleasant metallic taste, but it is luckily not that strong. The carbonation in this beer is pretty much perfect, but the beer is a bit overly watery. It's also a very drinkable beer even for someone like me who does not usually like the style. Overall, a very mild beer, but still a decent one.
01-23-2009 01:53:55 | More by Jablonski
3.98/5 rDev +5.3%
Served on-tap at Conor O'neils in Ann Arbor.
medium yellow color, very clear. Slight head leaves just a little foam by the end of the glass. No lacing.
Stick your thumbnail into an orange and smell. Same thing.
Tastes like a sweet orange. The kind that doesn't leave the state of Florida. There is a slight bitterness that seems to come from orange pith rather than any hops.
Mouthfeel is light with low carbonation. Very refreshing.
Hot day...Celis White...Cool day.
09-17-2004 06:45:58 | More by ken3c
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Libertarian Rob Sarvis advocates ending police militarization, drug war in VA gubernatorial campaign
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Rob Sarvis,
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The Uncovered Politics blog recently ran a positive profile of Rob Sarvis, nominated by LP Virginia to run in the state's gubernatorial campaign. here's an excerpt:
The Libertarian Party of Virginia nominated Robert C. Sarvis for governor in a special state convention held Sunday afternoon in Waynesboro.
Though not quite a household name, the little-known Libertarian is an impressive candidate by almost any measure.
Raised in Northern Virginia, the 36-year-old Sarvis graduated from nationally-renowned Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, a magnet school in Alexandria. After earning degrees in mathematics from Harvard University and the University of Cambridge, the over-achieving Libertarian candidate worked as a software developer in the Silicon Valley before obtaining a law degree from NYU and a Master's degree in economics from George Mason University.
While at NYU, Sarvis co-founded the NYU Journal of Law & Liberty, a libertarian-leaning law journal.
Sarvis, who lives in Annandale with his wife and two children, is socially liberal and fiscally conservative, favoring same-sex marriage, open borders, and an end to the nation's War on Drugs. A staunch defender of civil liberties, he opposes the militarization of the nation's law enforcement agencies and worries about future drone surveillance in the United States and abroad.
An entrepreneur and devoted free-market advocate, he also favors smaller government at all levels — a particularly tough sell in a government-saturated state with more than 322,000 federal employees and retirees, not to mention an additional 515,000 full and part-time state and local government employees.


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INDEPENDENCE, Mo. - Rumors of threats against many local schools have law enforcement and district officials addressing school safety.
About a dozen law enforcement agencies and school districts met Wednesday afternoon.
They are working to determine how to handle the rumors of violence this Friday.
School officials said they are investigating, but they have no reason to believe them to be true.
Chief Tom Dailey with the Independence Police Department wants parents, students and faculty to know schools are safe and will be protected.
"With all the recent events, we want to ensure that our citizens know that everybody up herein on the same page. We share the same conviction, the same state of preparedness and readiness, and these threats or actions will not be tolerated," said Dailey.
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Antonia's nickname was "Ladybug." She was gifted in music and art.
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There are many creative activities that can be done to extend the learning after reading "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas."
Students participate in a P.E. game that focuses on strengthening the abdominal and leg muscles using scooters. With five students acting as the "Grinches," they guard beanbags while sitting on scooters, while the rest of the students attempt to get their presents back and make it safe back to "Whoville."
Young scholars explore and practice the strategy of summarization and scaffolding while mastering how to recap the details from a story and/or singling out what is important to recall from a story. They summarize the book, "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," by Dr. Seuss.
Young scholars summarize a selected piece of text fiction. After reviewing the correct way to read silently, students read "How The Grinch Stole Christmas," documenting important information on sticky notes. They write a summary paragraph using their recorded notes.
This PowerPoint reviews works by Dr. Seuss. The interactive game requires players to answer plot questions about Fox in Socks, Cat in the Hat, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, The Lorax, and One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish.
Students write paragraphs highlighting reasons why the Grinch may have stolen Christmas.
In this How the Grinch Stole Christmas! worksheet, students use their fine motor skills to color the Grinch face, cut the mask out, and attach ribbons or string to create their own Grinch mask.
Students read the story "How The Grinch Stole Christmas". They keep a journal about their reading to help comprehend the story content. Then students write a letter to the Grinch about the best Christmas they ever had.
Learners create snowflake similes, Kwanzaa plaques, menorah banners, and more for the month of December. In this December activities lesson plan, students also analyze characters in How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
Students research language arts by analyzing several holiday stories. In this character development lesson, students read A Christmas Carol and The Grinch Who Stole Christmas while identifying the characters, plot and settings. Students complete a worksheet in which they demonstrate the similarities and differences between the main characters in both stories.
Learners study the author, Dr. Suess. In this author study lesson, students create a KWL chart on information they know about Dr. Seuss. Learners are assigned roles, such as the researcher or recorders for their group assignment to find out more about Dr. Seuss. The students complete web research and report their findings back to the class. Learners finish the "L" column of the KWL chart.
Students participate in activities to increase teamwork and cooperation skills. They increase abdominal and leg strength through movement on a scooter. Students participate in games using scooters.
Learners participate in a variety of 'tag'. The "Grinch" is it while "Santa and Mrs. Claus" can free any 'frozen' students. They can work on varied locomotor skills (hopping, walking, jumping)as they navigate the field boundaries
For this Grinch reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 25 various types of questions about the story "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." First, they describe who the Grinch was, where he lived, and what his dog's name was. Then, students name three things that the Grinch hated most about Christmas and why. In addition, they describe what Christmas is all about based on what they read in the story.
In this Dr. Seuss decorations worksheet, students color and cut out 5 ornaments for a Christmas tree. All ornaments depict characters from the movie based on How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss.
For this Dr. Seuss connect the dots activity worksheet, students use their counting skills to complete the dot to dot in order to find out what the Grinch is giving Max for Christmas.
Students listen to two famous stories about people who do not like Christmas, and then create a Venn diagram to compare and contrast the main characters.
Students learn about different holidays through reading books. In this lesson, students are introduced to Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, La Posada, by listening to stories. Students read a book as a class about a holiday; after reading about the holiday they discuss the holiday and then do a fun activity. The Christmas Promise, is one of the books suggested. Students talk about being homeless and collect canned goods and food for homeless people.
Students read The Grinch Who Stole Christmas to explain the importance of climax in a story.
Learners explore how artists contribute to the public good. For this art and community lesson, students identify a community's needs and wants, identify how characters in a story meet their needs and wants, and identify ways that arts help meet the needs of people in their own community.


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http://www.flickr.com/photos/klaus_s_henning/ :: Biography :: Born and raised in Hermannstadt/Sibiu in the heart of central Romania, German artist Klaus S. Henning has lived in Southern Germany and in Eastern Canada since the late 80's pursuing a career in electrical engineering and software development. As a craftsperson and artist, he is mostly self-taught and has been influenced by his surroundings and travels across Europe, North-America, and more specifically to Canada, Romania, Israel and India. Klaus has been a photographer for many years as well as having done drawings and paintings for about 23 years concentrating his efforts on china ink, collage and stained glass(tiffany)-style drawings. In the past couple of months Klaus has added ceramic pottery to his mix of interests. Klaus has spent 13 months in the Seoul Metropolitan Area and absorbed many vibrant cultural impressions from this magnificent country: Korea. Most recent experience: Thailand and Canada.
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So all this talk about Syracuse and a BCS bowl has me stewing a bit. As much as I would LOVE to see Syracuse win the Big East crown, playing in a BCS bowl may just be a tad premature for this team. Believe me, I'm still pulling for Syracuse to finish 10-2 (6-1) in any case, regardless of what Pitt or anyone else does the rest of the way. There's absolutely no way to justify at this point us getting the BCS slot over them, barring a total melt-down on their part (which is always possible). They're undefeated in the conference and flat out embarrassed us on our own turf. They deserve it, not matter how dissappotingly awful they looked losing to Notre Dame.
So in dreaming up an ideal bowl scenario, I gotta think long-term. If Syracuse immediately hops back into the BCS bowl scene, there could be a lot of undesirable effects, both long and short term. Rather than focusing on the amazing turnaround season Syracuse Football has had, the media would focus on the weak Big East, and Syracuse would immediately become the poster child for why the conference needs to lose its AQ status. It sucks to say it, but no one wants a Big East team in a BCS bowl this season. And as big of a fan as I am, I also have to recognize that Syracuse very well could get destroyed by the likes of any team in the BCS top-15, and not only would nothing good would come from that, it would be devastating. Even though we're 6-2, Syracuse is still rebuilding. I'm not saying we wouldn't stand a chance, just that winning a BCS bowl game would be a mighty tall order for a team who was annihilated by Pitt and Washington not too long ago. So lets let Pitt take the national stage ass-kicking for us. If we've learned anything from their OOC games, we know they're good at embarrassing themselves when it counts the most.
At the same time...as much as I admire the quest for the Beef and believe it is still the goal until bowl eligibility has been achieved, I think being that Syracuse is, y'know, the #2 team in the conference, we very soon need to set our sights higher than the #6 Big East Bowl slot.
That being said...I think the ideal scenario is the Champ Sports Bowl. Number one reason is, looking at potential matchups from the ACC, I think we can beat any of those teams. Secondly, it's still a reasonably good bowl game. Third, not winning the conference and missing out on a BCS bowl gives the team something to set it's sights on for next season. If making a bowl was this goal this year, following that up next season becomes equally important. Syracuse followed up a great 10-3 season in 2001 with a 4-8 stinker the next, and we all know what happened after that. Lastly, it's also played in the state of Florida. It's no secret HCDM is looking to re-establish Syracuse recruiting ties down south, and there are none better than those that come out of Florida. In addition, there's still a lot of Syracuse players from Florida who will be ready to go, and you can count on a good showing from Orange fans.
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Carl "Jump" Warner, 68, of rural Toledo, passed away at 11 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012, at Seton Specialty Hospital, Lafayette, Ind.
There will be a visitation for family and friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today, Oct. 9, at Barkley Funeral Chapel, Greenup. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the Life Center of Cumberland County, 507 E. Main, Toledo, IL. Online condolences can be expressed at www.barkleyfuneralchapels.com.
Carl was born Oct. 21, 1943, in Clark County, the son of Clyde and Donna (Easton) Warner. He married Jonnie Matteson on May 18, 1968.
Carl served his country in the Army from 1965 to 1967. He owned and operated the Montrose Shell Station from 1969 to 1976. He then went to work as a welder at Blaw-Knox in Mattoon for 25-plus years. In 2004, he was hired on at Eastern Illinois University as a janitor.
He was a member of the Greenup Masonic Lodge 125, Danville Consistory, the Ainad Shriners and the Greenup VFW and American Legion.
Surviving is his loving wife of 44 years; son, Jason (wife, Amy) Warner of Effingham; daughter, Jennifer (husband, Gary) Wellbaum of Ramsey; brother, Don Warner of Greenup; sisters, Bonnie Brandenburg of Toledo, Judy Lewis of Greenup and Norma Stewart of Casey; and five grandchildren, Faith and Hannah Wellbaum, Jacob and Ashlyn Warner and Kimberly Harshbarger.
He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Leland and Ivan Warner; and a sister, Bernice Walsh.


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March 10, 2010
Residents are being asked to report any sightings of the Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM), which was discovered in a trap located in a lemon grove in Bonsall.
The find prompted California Department of Food and Agriculture and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to place additional traps in the area. A quarantine will be triggered if a second LBAM is found.
"Our goal is to determine if there is more than one Light Brown Apple Moth in the area," said Robert Atkins, County Agricultural Commissioner. "Hopefully, this is a lone stray."
The LBAM caterpillar damages the plant by feeding on its leaves, buds, shoots and fruit. The greatest damage comes from larvae feeding on the fruit causing brown areas on the fruit's surface.
The LBAM is native to Australia and has been found throughout California. The moth is suspected of feeding on more than 2,000 plants and at least 250 crops. Hosts include fruits like apples, blueberry, peach, pear, strawberry, grapes, citrus; broadleaved weeds, like plantains; vegetables, including cabbage, corn, pepper, tomatoes. It also is found on trees, including oak, willow, poplar, walnut; and ornamentals, such as roses, chrysanthemums and dahlias.
A meeting for local growers regarding the LBAM is planned for the week of March 22. More information about this meeting will be posted on the Department of Agriculture, Weights and Measures Web site.
If you suspect you have Light Brown Apple Moth on any of your plants or trees, please call the CDFA PEST HOTLINE at 1-800-491-1899 or 619-698-1046. For more information and pictures of the moth in various development stages, visit the CDFA Light Brown Apple Moth Web page.
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Inspired by a great article over at Fear the Fin (which you can read here: http://www.fearthefin.com/2011/7/25/2291903/history-of-the-sharks-roster), I did some digging into the current Devils roster to see how we got to where we are today. Sure, as die-hard fans we're all familiar with how we traded down with Calgary in the 1990 draft to acquire Martin Brodeur 20th overall (in exchange for draft picks that became Trevor Kidd and Vesa Viitakoski) but there are some fascinating things in our family tree, including two players on the roster who are ancestors of other players!
To begin, the first thing that jumped out at me was the enormous number of UFA signing we have, including both Unrestricted and the Undrafted variety. The following players were all signed as free agents:
- Brian Rolston
Dainius Zubrus
- David Clarkson (undrafted)
- Eric Boulton
- Rod Pelley (undrafted)
- Cam Janssen
- Anton Volchenkov
- Henrik Tallinder
- Andy Greene (undrafted)
Matt Taormina (undrafted)
Johan Hedberg
That's 11 free agent signings on a roster with 26 players (undoubtedly some of these names may end up in Albany). Ignore the fact that Brian Rolston and Cam Janssen were originally drafted by New Jersey. Their current stays in New Jersey are a direct result of Free Agency.
After the 11 Free Agents we have three players who came to New Jersey via trading activity. This is where we get our first form of family tree anachronisms with Bryce Salvador, who was acquired in exchange for Cam Janssen who was the 117th overall pick in 2002. Dave Steckel was also the product of a trade, for Jason Arnott last season, as you should all be aware. Then there's the Ilya Kovalchuk trade. Sure, he signed as a Free Agent, and we've all been well versed in just what was given up to acquire Kovalchuk. I'm not going to get into the details on that one, but it's worth reiterating that Kovalchuk cost more than most of the roster combined. The total damage comes to six draft picks (all in the first three rounds) and Johnny Oduya (who was a free agent signing). On the bright side, one of those six draft picks, the one which became Patrice Cormier, was our first round pick in 2008, which became Patrice Cormier and Mattias Tedenby (via trades with Washington and St. Louis). I'll get into that in a bit.
Now we come to what we all hold dear, the Devils' farm system. A large number of the players on New Jersey's roster were drafted by the Devils in the NHL Entry Draft throughout the years. The following players were all signed with the Devils own draft picks (allotted by the NHL):
- Patrik Elias (51st Overall, 1994)
- Travis Zajac (20th Overall, 2004)
- Mark Fayne (155th Overall, 2005)
- Mark Fraser (84th Overall, 2005)
That's only four players on a roster of 26 who were drafted with the Devils original picks. Lou Lamoreillo likes to use his draft picks as trade material very often. Eight players on the current roster, drafted by New Jersey, were drafted with other team's picks:
- Jacob Josefson (20th Overall, 2009 via CGY for 23rd and 84th Overall 2009)
- Mattias Tedenby (24th Overall, 2008 via MIN for 23rd Overall 2008 via WSH for 21st Overall 2008)
- Nick Palmieri (79th Overall, 2007 via CGY for David Hale)
- Vladimir Zharkov (77th Overall, 2006 via STL for 25th Overall 2006)
- Zach Parise (17th Overall, 2003 via EDM for 22nd and 68th Overall 2003)
- Colin White (43rd Overall, 1996 via TBL for Corey Schwab 200th Overall in 1990)
- Matt Corrente (30th Overall, 2006 via STL for 25th Overall 2006)
- Martin Brodeur (20th Overall, 1990 via CGY for 11th Overall and 32nd Overall)
As a final note before I go I want to mention the most fascinating thing I discovered. Nick Palmieri, as mentioned above was acquired via Calgary's draft pick in 2007. The Devils acquired that pick in exchange for David Hale. David Hale was drafted by the Devils with the 22nd overall pick in 2000. That pick was acquired from Colorado in the trade that sent Brian Rolston to Colorado and brought Claude Lemieux back to New Jersey. Brian Rolston was drafted 11th overall in 1991 by the New Jersey Devils. So the 11th overall pick in 1991 eventually resulted today in Nick Palmieri being a Devil (and I suppose partially Brian Rolston as well).
I just wanted to share that with everyone on a slow off-season Monday.


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Greetings, Rays fans.
A wandering Atlanta Braves fan here, on the man-quest to visit every Major League Ballpark. A little while ago, I swung by to ask the Tampa/St. Pete's locals a few questions about the Trop and the area, and many of you fine DRaysBay folks gave me a lot of great suggestions and ideas, and for your help, I am grateful.
As promised, I'm giving you guys a write-up of my experience at the Trop, from a neutral perspective, and not some Boston-loving talking head. This is slightly different as well, because I didn't realize how Rays-heavy this trip would be for me overall, but to your benefit, a little bit of bonus coverage of the Rays' AAA kids, since I was in Durham, North Carolina the night prior to my Trop trip, to see my Gwinnett Braves taking on your Durham Bulls.
There are about 30+ images in this FanPost, so please keep this in mind - it is going to be a bit graphic intensive.
When it comes to my baseball travels, I'm not particularly picky about who's playing in the game - Originally, this weekend in time, I was planning on going out to Colorado to see the Braves take on the Rockies, but due to some spotty looking flights (I do the whole standby thing), and the fact that a friend of mine who wanted to come not being able to come made me realize how little I wanted to wander around Denver on my own. So, with my heart still set on traveling for baseball, I relegated to making a day trip to somewhere closer, where the cost of going solo wouldn't be as heavy.
There are only four parks in the eastern divisions I haven't yet gone to, and they were all in Florida or New York. And since I think I made it clear that cost was an issue, that kind of eliminated any New York trip, but when I saw the July 9th game between your Tampa Bay Rays and the Toronto Blue Jays, it made sense. This is when I came here to bombard you with questions, to which so many of you helpfully came through and gave me ideas, to which I will again say my thanks for.
BUT, before I made my way down to St. Pete's to see the Trop, I made a detour up to North Carolina where some of my closest friends live, because I hadn't been to the newer Durham Bulls Athletic Park, and they just so happened to be playing against my Braves' AAA affiliate, well (Gwinnett) Braves. And this is where my journey begins.
DURHAM, North Carolina
A long time ago, I went here when it was just "Durham Athletic Park," and they were still affiliates of well, my Atlanta Braves. A lot has apparently changed - the Rays moved in and they have kicked the Devil out, the Braves AAA went from Richmond, Virginia to Lawrenceville, Georgia, and the park is completely different than what I used to remember. No matter. The bottom line is, Rays fans, that for this evening, you and I, were rooting for opposing teams.
A shot of the infield, during the Star-Spangled Banner. They've really done up the park a whole lot than from what I remember - The giant office buildings in center field, as well as the buildings in RF (not pictured much) give the park kind of an enclosed feel, slightly different than the other AAA-level parks that I've been to, but considering the Bulls are the closest thing to ML-level baseball in the entire Carolinas/Tri-state region, I guess it kind of works.
One notable change is the newish Bull in LF - I'm not sure how many people remember the hurricane that more or less destroyed (ripped off the head and one of the legs) the old bull, but apparently the City of Durham had changes in mind prior to the destrucity, and a more "Bull Durham"-inspired bull is the one that takes it place now.
Something that annoys me, and might annoy some of you faithful Rays fans, but "The Blue Monster" - are you serious? The Bulls have never been, and I hope never become, a Red Sox affiliate, so why they felt the need to give this acknowledgement to the Red Sox by parodying the Green Monster, and worse off, creating a manually-operated scoreboard in the same vein as Boston's is completely beyond me. It's bad enough that Boston infects the city of Atlanta during Interleague, but to go on the road to a minor-league club that has zero ties to the Red Sox and see this nonsense? Kinda unneccessary.
Matt Joyce manning right-field. He had a hell of a night this evening, as he scored three runs, as well as drove in two more with his bat. The way he punished AAAA pitcher Tony Armas, Jr. was making me cringe in my seats as the Bulls jumped all over the Braves and raced to a 3-0 and 5-2 leads within the first three innings.
Henry Mateo doing his best impersonation of Craig Counsell with his helicopter-like batting stance. This picture doesn't quite do justice the amount of activity the bat has when he's simple just waiting for the pitch.
As the game got later, and it was clear that nobody was going to fill the seats, I just made my way down as close to the net as I could, and started taking pictures. Unfortunately for you guys, they were mostly the Braves players, but at least here's one of Luis Valdez pitching to Justin Ruggiano.
I'm not going to lie, I thought there was no chance in hell that the Braves were going to leave Durham with any wins at all. The AAA pretty much lost all their best starting pitching to trades or the big club, and their bats were never anything to brag home about. Furthermore, all my previous MiLB Braves games resulted in a paltry 0-6 record, and with the early Bulls lead, it was looking more like 0-7 was on the horizon. But one big 3-run home run by rehab-assignment Atlanta 2B, Kelly Johnson in late innings captured the lead for the Braves and they somehow managed to hold on to the bitter, tense end. Final score, Braves 7, Bulls 6.
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida
I'm sure this is what more of you guys would be interested in, so sorry if I made you wait a little bit.
I awoke super early on the 9th, to make my early, early flight out of Raleigh-Durham, because I was flying Delta, naturally a layover in of all places, Atlanta stood in my way of getting to Tampa. But upon arriving in Tampa, I was disappointed to see that the skies were gray and unpromising, but then I realized that the Trop is indoors, and that the rain shouldn't be an issue. I picked up my rental car, and with time not really on my side this afternoon, made the drive down I-275 into St. Pete's.
Despite the fact that the signs pointing to the Trop said one thing, I still followed GPS, which put me onto I-175 for a brief moment. I'm the jerk on the road who tries to take pictures while driving, and here is the Trop while steering left onto the ramp of I-175.
You guys want to know what really sucked? Time. It was not on my side this afternoon, and the bottom line is that I really wanted to try some restaurants
or find some hookers from the places you guys suggested, but the car rental place was a little slow, and the weather, sure it might not affect the game, but it would certainly affect my standby flying and getting back to Atlanta. So, pretty much, as soon as I got to St. Pete's, it was about 45 minutes until game time, and I had no idea what the parking situation was going to be like, or the lines for tickets, etc.
I wish I asked what the Trop cost to park, because the $15 cost kind of caught me off guard. Not that I'm not capable of paying it or anything, but I suppose I was expecting less from a place that used to be, well free, four people or not. Atlanta is $12 to park, and Philadelphia is $10. St. Petersburg doesn't exactly strike me as Seattle ($35), Washington ($20) or Boston ($115), so I guess I was just a little blindsided there.
I walked around the entire park vicinity, and couldn't find a single scalper, either. I found several people looking for tickets, but not a single person scalping them. So, now a sweaty mess, I made my way to the box office, where surreptitiously, most of the ideal seats I would've wanted were already gone, so I had to settle for something upper-deck. No big deal, I wasn't planning on doing a whole lot of sitting anyway.
Love the old school lineup boards outside. I had no idea who would be pitching this game prior to getting here, and seeing a matchup of Roy Halladay vs. David Price made me feel like I lucked out immensely. Seriously, I couldn't have stumbled upon a better pitching matchup than this one.
I did however, take the advice to see the Ted Williams Museum. Not a whole ton of "history" to be had from a team as young as the Devil Rays and Rays, but still a pleasant walk through some nice visuals (and air-conditioning).
If any of you guys are the least bit curious to why I took this photograph, you need to read more, or watch more Robert Redford movies. Or at least, look at my username. This, made me immensely thrilled to see, and quite possibly might've been the best thing I saw at the Trop.
I don't know what they're called down in St. Pete's, but the ones in Atlanta are quite resentful if you refer to them as "the Braves cheerleaders." Kinda cute, but I was more amused by the "VOTE FOR LOS" t-shirts that they, and all the staff were wearing. A little bit of a shame, because I totally dig chicks in jerseys. But I did try to bribe a few Trop employees, and offered $20 to several of them if I could have their VOTE FOR LOS shirt. Unfortunately, none of them bit.
I was amused by the sheer amount of stairs everywhere in the Trop's outfield seats. Architecturally, the Trop is definitely one of the more uniquely laid out parks I've seen. But climbing stairs to get into the bathroom? Man, I really feel bad for those who ate something kind of rough, and suddenly have to run down a flight of stairs, only to have to turn and run up some more stairs, all while clenched like a clam.
The big, uh, Rays guy coming out of the wall. Totally inadvertent, but the ceiling light looks kind of like the ball that he's apparently diving out for.
I enjoyed the comic strip-style artwork on the walls. Stan the Man Musial was my favorite one. Obviously, I took this shot while waiting in line for the Rays Touch Tank.
If it's not obvious already, I'm a big fan of the really unique things about every ballpark. I think the Rays Touch Tank is easily the most unique thing about the Trop. As a enthusiast of aquatic life (I have a 60 gallon saltwater tank), this was an awesome experience, and I've touched rays before, but never fed them; I was very amused by the way they kind of just hoover the food, and you barely momentarily see a mouth, as the sardine heads just vanish from your fingers. And if it's not evidenced by the photo above, I was probably the oldest kid there, surrounded by throngs of youths.
David Price, warming up in the bullpen. The worst part about most of the experience was the fact that the domed off sky and artificial lights were really messing with the way my piddly point-and-shoot handles the light, and often times can't tell whether a flash is suggested or not, and warning me of blurry images. But a photo is one thing, but watching a phenom like Price work is always a pleasure.
Okay, I'm not going to BS you guys - the Trop is full of more gimmicks, more games, and more distraction than I've ever seen at any of the other parks I've been to thusfar. I'm theorizing a lot of it has to do with the demographic, which I noticed is very, very heavyily leaned towards children, so that's fine and all, but for guys like me who really still care about the baseball in the end, it's a little much, just walking around the Trop.
But I suppose since I apparently walked in the opposite direction, I totally missed this little dlclaimer. So it was themed all along - I guess I can't complain.
So, after pulling the "old school no-nonsense at my damn ball game" stick out of my butt, I went back to the Latin All-Stars food joint in the Carnival, and picked up a Cuban sandwich, which would prove to be the only food I got to eat in Florida that day. It wasn't bad as far as other typical ballpark fare is concerned, but just the fact that I'm eating a hot fresh pressed Cuban sandwich while watching baseball made this trip totally worth it.
And since I made my way to my seat anyway, something I enjoy doing is going to the highest point in straightaway center, and just taking an obligatory shot of as much of the park as I can. I also like making panoramics in my spare time (at work), and I have several other parks' folders, where I try to piecemeal six JPEGs into a nice wide panorama of the park.
I don't know how the locals feel about all the noise made during the games, but I can see both sides of the argument. I can get how it might be annoying to hear cowbells, maracas and ThunderStix all game long, especially if they're like right in your ears. But as a Braves fan who has to endure paltry crowds, apathetic "fans," and mostly people who don't give a turd about the Braves, it's also highly refreshing to see enthisastic fans, who take the effort and contribute by wearing team apparel, show up to the games, and bang objects in unison with their team's play. I can admire that about the Rays fans at the Trop, and give credit to where it is due.
It was also really nice and cool up in the nosebleeds, fyi.
David Price ends his outing after six innings, and racking up 7 strikeouts. I like to identify where in every park, the strikeout meters are, whether it is done by the fans, or a sponsored scoreboard as such.
So, remember how I said that I shouldn't be worried about the weather while inside of the Trop? Yeah. I think this is the first time in my history can I say that I endured a rain-delay inside of a dome. It rained the day I went to Toronto's
Skydome Rogers Centre, but didn't notice it until afterward, but this day at the Trop, sure, the rain didn't effect the game, but the massive amounts of lightning that came with it certainly did, as it knocked out a teeny-weeny bit of power in the stands behind home plate. Right after Grant Balfour got out of the one-out bases loaded jam, which I would like to say was absolute awesome on his part. As a proponent for changing the way relievers are credited with stats, I must say that 0.2 HUGE saved innings go credited to Balfour for his ballsy performance.
Can you see the power outage? It's in this picture here. Yeah, exactly. This kind of irked me badly, because any game with Roy Halladay and David Price mowing down batters, I was expecting to be a lot shorter, and give me the leeway to get back on the road and back to Tampa International, so I could get out of Florida before the weather really messed things up. I hardly saw any reason to suspend the game for as long as they did, because a few lights in the stands were out.
Another first in the history of my travels - Looney Toons being shown on the big screen during a rain delay. I actually remember seeing "Baseball Bugs" back when TNT first started, and they used to show Looney Toons in like three-hour blocks.
The best part about this was, when the usher I was standing near drew to my attention, were the Tampa Bay relievers who were all standing around watching the cartoon as well. My camera isn't good ehough, but pretty much everyone hanging out in the Toronto dugout and bullpen were doing the same thing as well.
Unfortunately, as amusing as all of this was, I decided that it was time for me to make my exit. The rain could be hear booming on top of the dome, and I could use all the opportunities I could get to make my way out of Tampa and back to Atlanta, ASAP. My mentality was that if I could get to the airport prior to the end of buisness hours, my chances would be greater. Even if it meant forfeiting the conclusion of a tight Rays/Jays baseball game.
This is what I had to drive back in; sure the photo does not do justice, but it was kinda bad, especially considering I was in a rental that felt a whole lot different than from what I normally drive. I was fortunately able to catch the conclusion of the game on the radio on my way back to Tampa, and as sure as you guys know, the Rays held on, and sent the Blue Jays packing with the sweep, which is awesome for you guys.
My risk paid off, as I was able to snag a very late, but available first-class seat back to Atlanta, but it did stink having to forfeit the additional time I could've spent in St. Pete's. I really wanted to try Zurritos, or some of the other restaurants down between 1st and 4th. I actually drove past a few of them, and cringed at the thought of not being able to actually stop. Nevertheless, I thank all of you who gave me those good ideas, and perhaps in the future I'll make my way down to St. Pete's again for some baseball. Oddly, despite the NLE vs. ALE Interleague schedule, we missed the respective matchup. I blame the Red Sox, since the Braves had to play them SIX times. I don't like Interleague.
In conclusion, the trip to the Trop was an interesting one. I'm not going to sugar-coat it when I say it, but there were a lot more things about the Trop that I wasn't very fond of in comparison to many of the other parks I've done, but then again, I'm also the type of person who believes rain or shine, baseball should be outdoors, even in Florida's humid summer climates.
But the Trop is also not without good, as I greatly enjoyed the Touch Tank, the Cuban sandwich, and I have great admiration for the fans who show up, and most importantly, I do like the way the Rays operate as an organization, and freely admit I was rooting for them during the World Series.
I hope that my honest opinion does not ruffle any feathers around here, but I'm not here to blow smoke and brown nose. Instead, I'm hoping that those of you who have taken the time to read this far have enjoyed my experiences in both the AAA level as well as the ML level. I'd appreciate any and all feedback, and flames too, because then I at least know you've been reading.
Thanks for reading, and good luck on the rest of your Rays' season. Please do something about the Boston problem!


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Claims of inappropriate behaviour by a member of the British royal family
I'm shocked, I tell you. Shocked! A member of the royal family being rude to people and behaving inappropriately? Impossible! Oh, wait…
Chinese operatives waging war on US
Those bloody Chinks! I knew there was a reason not to trust them way back in January.
The bargains to empty Guantanamo Bay
Two terrorists for the price of one and ship as many of the bastards to the UK as we can even if they don't belong there.
Arab leaders privately urging an air strike on Iran
Thus the Sunnis land themselves in the Shi'ite. Can't say I blame them. Hardly an earth-shattering revelation though given they've been killing each other for ever.
Ahmadinejad compared to Hitler
Personally I prefer to compare the old religiofacist to this.
Stand-off with Pakistan over nuclear fuel
Pakistan is fighting a civil war with Islamofascists who just love blowing things up. Who wouldn't want a stand-off over something that leads to the potential to go bang big time?
Strong criticism of the UK's military operations in Afghanistan
And this is news to the Daily Fail?
Attacks on both David Cameron and Gordon Brown, who is said to be branded 'unstable'.
FFS! Tell me something I don't know!
US requests for specific intelligence on individual MPs
We have no specifically intelligent MPs. We do have a lot of thieving cunts though. Here's all the Yanks need to know about our MPs.
You can read the rest of the Fail's tedious and unsurprising security breach "revelations" here.


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Hey, way to go with that pick of UNC-Ashville to win it all. Since you're clearly the creative type, let's put that imagination to further good use; according to the St. Paul Pioneer Press, Minnesota's starting shadow of his father center, Ralph Sampson III, is writing a novel. Will it be a story of struggling to live up to expectations? A journey of self-determination? A stranger-in-a-strange-land yarn?
It's about this guy who is extremely talented, does all the right things, is an NBA star, but then gets away from his grounding and faith and starts losing everything in his life. In the end, he realizes what he had and what he lost, accepts it, then commits himself to getting back to the way he was growing up.
As one member of the commentariat quipped, "Oh, it's just his father's biography". In any event, the working title is yet to be determined, so it's up to you, the clever degenerates of BHGP, to pick the name of Mr. Sampson's book. All entries should be placed in the comments section below and will be picked through a process weighing humor against the relevance of the title to the subject (or in other words, HFMR will figure out which one would make the funniest photoshop and we'll go with that). Like the Bracket Contest, the winner will receive a shirt. Unlike that contest, the shirt will simply be one of Ross' shirts. Good luck!


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One of the more novel uses of automated lighting took place this past spring in Washington, DC, when Current Events International, the technical production company, helped facilitate the temporary Finnish Embassy Lighting Display at the Dupont Metro station. The city of Helsinki selected artist Annikki Luukela to provide a lighting design to commemorate the visit of Helsinki mayor Eva-Riita Siitonen to the US capital. Luukela, working with Current Events, installed 42 Martin Professional MAC 500 and 600 moving spot and wash luminaires inside the Dupont station.
DC Mayor Anthony A. Williams and Mayor Siitonen, along with the managers from the Metro, officially opened the display with a ceremony that took place on March 14. The exhibit displayed a colorful wash of lights on the ceiling of the station's escalator; anyone entering the station would see a display of changing colors as he or she descended the escalator to the bottom level. Additional units, giving off gold light, were programmed to project stars featured within cobalt and purple constellations at the bottom of the escalator, and on the ceiling at the entrance to the station's mezzanine. The effect was that of an eerie transformation to the station's concrete bunker design.
In a funny way, the light show was the perfect way to honor a Finnish dignitary. As Anneli Halonen, cultural counselor at the Finnish Embassy, who conceived the project, told The Washington Post, "Light art is big in Finland. We have very long winters with little light. Light is very important. It affects a person's life." And who among us couldn't use a little more color in his or her life?
The Finnish Embassy Lighting Display, up for eight weeks, was taken down in mid-May.


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News: The-Dream Fires Back Over Album-Flopping Diss
Tuesday, Jun 25, 2013 12:15PM
Grammy-winning singer The-Dream is showing the world his life does not revolve around record sales, promptly addressing shots fired his way from a Twitter user over his recently released IV Play album.
Rather than come up with excuses, Dream stood behind his project's sales and said his career is much bigger than moving albums.
"@sinfulreligion AND....... but what changed? Boat,Maybach, my kids Rich? Unless the 43k I sold affected ure life style this ain't the 90s," Dream tweeted June 25 in response to a user claiming his album flopped.
"Spend 7 million I'm promo and Marketing and to sell 300k.. N*gga please. Just to say you did good. N*gga ima make 5mil on sync fees idgof."
"I'm in the Publishing business yall can play along with that buy my own album Game. I appreciate it if I only sold one Album. House Money."
"Lol I'm not ranting just kept it one hunded. Nothing Changed. I will still be Paid to create another Classic, why. Because I'm Dope. True" (The-Dream's Twitter)
Earlier this month, the R&B hitmaker's newest LP opened in the Top 20.
Atlanta singer-songwriter The-Dream returns to the upper tier of Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums as "IV Play" opens at No. 2 with 23,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. His previous release, the mixtape-turned-album "Terius Nash 1977," peaked at No. 29 on January 5, ending his streak of consecutive top 10s at three. His debut set "Love/Hate" debuted and peaked at No. 5 with 59,000 in 2007 followed by the No. 1-opening Love VS Money with 151,000 copies in 2009 and "Love King" (No. 3) with 58,000 in 2010. (Billboard)
Recently, rap star Kanye West stood behind the idea of putting out a quality album even if it meant not selling a million copies.
"This is the part of the show when I start complaining about sh*t, justifying sh*t, but you know how it is," he says as he let the menacing beat of "Clique" ride. 'Ye continued to rant about the rollout of his album and his lack of care behind promotion and radio play: "With this album we ain't drop no single to radio. We ain't got no NBA campaign, nothing like that. Sh*t, we ain't even got no cover. We just made some real music. Like, back when I used to make albums and sh*t, a couple years ago, we'd go away and work on the album for months or something. We'd always have to hold the album to like August, or September or till the perfect moment and sh*t. Because it mean that 'I think would sell more if it get more audience and sh*t.' But honestly at this point when I listen to radio, that ain't where I want to be no more. Honestly at this point, I could give a f*ck about selling a million records as long as I put out an album for the summer that y'all can rock to for all f*ckin' summer... At this point I don't really give a f*ck about outside opinion." (YouTube)
In late May, Bad Boy Records rapper French Montana downplayed the importance of pushing out big record sales.
"Nah, not really," Montana said in reference to worry about his album sales. "Nah, I don't make money off CDs. I do shows. I do other things. So that don't bother me. It don't concern me because I'll keep working hard regardless. The only thing I was concerned about was having the right music. That's what's gonna live on forever." (Power 99 FM)


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