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Dec 11, 2012
Egypt's Facebook sheikhs reflect the growing diversity within Islam. The new tech-savvy sheikhs range from rock-star street preachers to Salafi populists. Even the old clerics are finding they have to be hip to keep their flocks. Their television shows, broadcast on popular satellite stations, compete for viewers—generating new rivalries over who controls the Muslim message.
Tunisia: Interview with Sheikh Rachid Ghannouchi
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Tunisia -- Robin Wright interviewed Sheikh Rachid Ghannouchi, the leader of Ennahda Party, on the first anniversary of Tunisia's first democratic elections. Ghannouchi reflected on the new Islamist spectrum, especially concern about the growing Salafi factor.
Interview between Efraim Halevy and Aaron David Miller
Oct 24, 2012
Efraim Halevy is a former Director of Mossad and former Head of the Israeli National Security Council. Aaron David Miller is the Vice President for New Initiatives at the Woodrow Wilson Center. The interview took place following the October 18 meeting "Iran, Palestine, and the Arab Spring: The View from Israel" at the Wilson Center.
Obama, Romney Debate U.S. Policy in the Middle East
Oct 23, 2012
U.S. policy in the Middle East was a central point of dispute during the final presidential debate on October 22. President Barack Obama claimed that he has shown strong leadership on counterterrorism, democracy, women's rights and religious minorities. During the debate, he labeled Romney's proposed policies "reckless" and "all over the map." Governor Romney criticized Obama for not stemming the "rising tide of chaos" in the region. He called for arming the "responsible parties" of Syrian insurgents in order to force President Bashar Assad out. Both candidates emphasized economic development as the key to stability and peace in the region.
Pew: U.S. Voter Pessimism on New Middle East
Oct 22, 2012
The Pew Research Center conducted a poll on the U.S. public's views on the Middle East in early October. The public is increasingly pessimistic about regional developments following the Arab uprisings. In April 2011, 42 percent of Americans thought changes in leadership would "lead to lasting improvements for people" in countries like Egypt and Libya. But in October 2012, only 25 percent still believe there will be lasting improvements.The results were released prior to the final presidential debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. Overall the poll found little difference in opinion between Republicans, Democrats and Independents. The majority of Americans, 54 percent, say it is "more important to have stable governments in the Middle East, even if there is less democracy in the region."
American Perceptions of US Embassy Attacks
Oct 16, 2012
Following the massive Arab and Muslim demonstrations and attacks on American embassies in Libya and Egypt in reaction to an anti-Muslim video, the Sadat Chair for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland and the Program on International Policy attitudes conducted an American public opinion poll to study how the American public reacted to these events. A majority of Americans said the attacks were supported by extremist minorities but also thought the Egyptian and Libyan governments did not protect American diplomats and their staff. About three in ten Americans wanted to completely cut aid to Egypt and four in ten wanted to reduce aid.
Clinton Pledges Increased Support for Democratic Transitions
Oct 16, 2012
On October 12, Secretary of State Hilary Clinton declared that U.S. support for democratic transitions is a "strategic necessity" and not just "a matter of idealism." She discussed the status of North African political transitions at a conference hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Clinton pledged to increase engagement with the region, despite the outbreak of anti-American sentiment in September 2012. She urged Congress to approve an additional $770 million in assistance to countries that enact political and economic reforms.
Part II: Religious Leaders on Anti-Islam Film
Sep 28, 2012
On Sept. 9, the Salafi preacher and television host Sheikh Khalid Abdullah aired a YouTube clip of the "Innocence of Muslims" film on satellite channel al Nas. Religious leaders across the region condemned the film's offensive content. High-ranking clerics in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and elsewhere called for restraint after the deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya on Sept. 11.
Part I: Governments on Anti-Islam Film
Sep 28, 2012
The leaders of Islamist governments in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia have condemned attacks on U.S. embassies and consulates in reaction to the offensive "Innocence of Muslims" film. In public statements and private contacts with American officials, all three leaders assured the United States that the assaults did not reflect government policy or public opinion among the majority in their countries. Each of them blamed small groups of extremists.
The Post 9/11 Threat
Sep 26, 2012
In this interview, Counterterrorism expert Philip Mudd describes the ability of the US to identify and respond to emerging global threats such as terrorism, drug cartels, and human trafficking. Are we safer today and what is the US national security narrative in the age of globalization?


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06-29-2014 19:09:06 | More by bplzip
3.85/5 rDev -4%
I shall start by mentioning that this is not really a "beer store", it's a farmer's market that happens to have a good selection of craft beers.
I didn't notice any old/expired beers. Good so far. Nearly all of the beers are in a walk-in cooler. Even better.
The selection is focused on domestic craft brews. You'll find your typical DFH, Great Lakes, Rogue, Ommegang, etc... Not much in terms of imports though. Still, for a farmer's market, this is pretty good.
If I'm in the area and need some beers, this is the place to go. However, I don't think it's worth the drive from Greece when you have Wegmans down the road. Prices are cheaper than Beers of the World and comparable to Wegmans or maybe $0.25-0.50 cheaper.
11-03-2009 14:42:22 | More by DmanGTR
New York
4.7/5 rDev +17.2%
Let me preface this by saying that the five point ratings are based on the fact that this is not, technically, a "beer store". Instead, this is actually a farmers market stuffed full of produce, landscaping and lawn care items, etc. Yet in the back is a massive beer selection, which an employee told me includes "over 300 different beers".
I didn't take the time to count, but it wouldn't surprise me if he was right. Green Flash, Oskar Blues, Ommegang, Stone...at a friggin' farmers market!
In theory, the newly designed Wegmans might have a slightly, and I mean slightly, larger selection. However, a huge plus to this place is that probably 90% of their selection is refrigerated, so if you need a last minute brew and you don't have time to chill it, you're pretty safe here.
Also, unlike Wegmans (last I checked), there's a rack in the walk in cooler with a large "make your own six pack sign", with bottles of Stone, Rogue, and all sorts of other tasty stuff sitting on it. It's not the largest selection in the world, but it's still great to have if you want a bottle of this and a bottle of that without buying the whole sixer.
An added bonus is that this is a local market. This isn't a chain or franchise or anything like that; this is just a large Mom & Pop operation.
Pricing is very reasonable here. $5.99 for local stuff like Dundee Oktoberfest, which is at least a dollar (maybe two) less than Beers of the World. $6.99 for Stone's Bitter Chocolate Oatmeal Stout ($8.89 at BOTW).
This is a first-impression review; I was just there for the first time the day before writing this. But it definitely won't be my only visit.
09-06-2008 12:06:01 | More by pitweasel
New York
4/5 rDev -0.2%
My friend had been telling me about this place for months but everytime we tried going there it was closed. Aman's is a traditional farm market that has typical farm market hours (which means they're not open that late).
I was very supprised by the beer selection. They have coolers full of the typical macro-brewery beers and malt beverages as any store does. Then they have a few of coolers full of micro-brewers. They also have a walk in cooler that has a full selection of growlers of local brewerys and 22oz bottles of beer and ciders.
Since it's a farm market they also have tons of non-beer related foods, fruits, vegetables, and other items. But all in all it's worth checking out their beer selection if you're in the area and don't feel like going to your typical grocery store.
09-21-2007 00:38:49 | More by iceball585
New York
3.85/5 rDev -4%
After being recommended to check out Aman's Farm & Market for beer, I made the trip out 104 to scope out their selection. When you first walk in the place it looks like an ordinary farm market. As you make your way towards the back left corner of the store, you see the massive array of coolers filled with a wide selection of (mostly domestic) craft beers.
Among the selection were beers from Ommegang, Great Divide, Avery, Flying Dog, Sierra Nevada, Victory, Brooklyn, Middle Ages, Ithaca, Magic Hat, and Anchor, to name a few. There is also a walk-in cooler which carries growlers of Custom Brewcrafters and Rohrbach's beer. Also were some 750ml. bottles from Stone (IPA, Arrogant Bastard, etc.), Bear Republic, and others. I saw one or two British ales from Young's and Fullers as well.
The selection is definitely above average compared to what you will find at Wegmans and most other places in the area... especially for being a farm market. However, I feel some stores in the area, such as Hegadorns, offer a much better and more diverse selection of beer. Aman's focuses too much on domestic craft brews, to the point where it all seems a bit too samey. I was disappointed by their selection of quality imports. They could really stand to use some of their cooler space for more British, German and Belgian beers, while doing away with some of the domestics.
Overall, the selection was decent and the prices were a little bit better than Beers of the World. If I lived closer I'd probably be a regular customer. However, I don't know if it's worth driving all the way out to from Greece, when I can drive a few extra miles to Hegadorns, which has reasonable prices and a better selection.
For a farm market, you cannot go wrong with their selection, and their prices aren't too bad, either. I recommened Aman's to anyone living in the Irondequoit/East Ridge area, who like good beer.
02-24-2007 23:54:36 | More by TagoMago
New York
4/5 rDev -0.2%
I went to High School next store for 6 years and thought it was just a place to buy pumpkins and cheep beer. Now that I'm older friends told me that they had expanded their beer cooler and were carrying craft beers.I didn't believe them. So for shits and giggles I decided to take a look. To my supprise there was a huge selection of Craft beer to taken. First you'll see 8 see thru cooler doors filled with American and European selections and on the side there is a door that will bring you inside the cooler where there is more Beer!!. Inside you'll find growlers, malt beverages and more selections.I couldn't be happier considering I live not to far from there and good beer is just a short drive away. The people are very friendly especially when they see my shopping cart filled with micro brews! You can also grab some snacks, fruits and vegetables and dairy while you're there. Please keep up the great work.
10-17-2006 00:23:20 | More by boulevard2
New York
4.15/5 rDev +3.5%
Aman's market has always had a decent, above average selection of beer, especially for a farm market/garden center. Recently a fellow BA told me he picked up some Great Divide Titan IPA there, and being so close to my house, I thought it was worth a revisit. Aman's has really stepped it up. Stopped in today to find a brand spankin' new beer cooler loaded with some tasty American micros. Ready for this? Flying Dog, Southern Tier, Flying Bison, Lake Placid, Riverhorse, Anchor, Brooklyn, Weyerbacher, Otter Creek, Great Divide, Rogue, Lost Coast, Blue Point, Anderson Valley, Boulder Beer, Ithaca, Magic Hat, Harpoon, Victory, Middle Ages, Bear Republic, Long Trail, Erie Brewing, Stone, Ommegang, North Coast, Sierra Nevada, Red Hook, High Falls, Abita and Saranac. Other quality imports too like Fuller's, Carlow Brewing, Jever, DAB, Franziskaner, Spaten and more. Nice. The store owner/manager has been responsive in the past when I asked about carrying something I didn't find. Definitely a worthy beer store with good prices and for me, very convenient. When in Irondequoit or NE Rochester stop in, there's sure to be something to satisfy. Winter hours are limited 9a.m. - 6p.m. Mon - Sat. Summer hours are a bit more accommodating, 8a.m. - 8p.m. Mon - Sat and 8a.m. - 6p.m. Sunday.
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Johnny Rodgers, the Heisman Trophy winner for Nebraska in 1972, has been granted a pardon for his role in the holdup of a Lincoln gas station in 1970.
The Nebraska Pardons Board voted 3-0 on Thursday to pardon the 62-year-old Rodgers.
Rodgers has said he's long regretted what he called a drunken prank. It was after the last day of his freshman year that he and two othermen robbed the gas station. The holdup netted $90.
The crime was first investigated as an armed robbery. Rodgers pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of felony larceny and was sentenced to two years of probation. Rodgers has repeatedly denied that he had a gun during the holdup.
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How do you take a reveal shot on a sony vaio?
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I just checked the VAIO keyboard here: http://repair4laptop.org/contrib/sony_vaio_pcg_nv190/sony_vaio_pcg_nv190_keyboard_spring_clamps.jpg
It's the same as any other desktop or most laptop keyboards. The method is the same, be it a Sony VAIO, or any other computer.
When you want to take a screenshot, just hold down your ALT key and press the PrtSc / Sys Rq key once. Then, click the Start menu, click Run and type the following command and then hit the Enter key: mspaint .
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Hairston says he has bills to pay and people to take care of and now will have to find a new way to make ends meet.
"A lot of people was depending on that place," said Hairston.
"I feel bad for them, I wish there was something I could do for them," said John Beck, who delivers to MasterBrand Cabinets daily.
An Executive at MasterBrand, Robert Jacobs says they had no other option.
"For anybody in business, this is about the most difficult thing that we can do," he said.
Jacobs says this plant produces the same custom product as their other locations, and it has not been in high demand.
"This decision although difficult was fairly clear based upon where the customers are and where the other manufacturing facilities are," said Jacobs.
Still, this news comes as Martinsville remains highest for unemployment in Virginia.
"It's really tough, it's really tough. It's tough for our economy," said Richard Sarver, owner of Sarver Cleaning Service.
So Hairston spent the day researching a new career - something he didn't anticipate.
"The only way I would be looking is looking for something better. But as far as keeping a job, I figured I would have it for a while," he said.
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State troopers say two people were killed in a vehicle accident Monday night along I-59 southbound in St. Clair County.
At least two vehicles were involved in the crash at the Double Bridges Road overpass near Steele. It happened around 7:15 p.m.
State troopers closed both southound lanes near mile marker 169 for several hours Monday night. Traffic was re-routed onto Highway 11 south at mile marker 172.
Troopers say that "due to fire" the identities of the victims will not be released until the coroner can make positive identification.
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The few cases for max contracts it does matter. That list isn't long. Doing anything for any others is a waste of resources.
Sorry, I said average but I didn't mean that, we had a mathematical decider before.
15% might be a little useful in cases where you have cap space next year but not this year and can backload contracts more then. Really though, on a contract with a first year value of 10 mill. you increase of 10% is 11 mill the second year, 13.3m for last year. 15% is 11.5 second year and 15.2. So .5 mill the second year and 1.9 in the fourth year. Is this really worth the effort of tracking every player and their contract lengths for?


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Best Fried Chicken Denver 2003 - Rocky Mountain Diner/Castle Cafe
Readers' Choice: Kentucky Fried Chicken
The fabulous pan-fried chicken at the Rocky Mountain Diner and its southern sibling, the Castle Cafe, is enough to fry you to the moon. Pieces of tender bird are coated in a spicy, super-secret-recipe batter, then fried in heart-healthy canola oil until they're tender and juicy inside, golden-brown and crisp outside. With other places dropping fried chicken off their menus, the fact that these restaurants continue to offer fried chicken -- and such good fried chicken -- is something to crow about.


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|Beckham to Play Final Competitive Game With Galaxy in MLS Cup
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CARSON (CNS) - MLS Cup 2012 on Dec. 1 at The Home Depot Center will be David Beckham's final competitive game with the Los Angeles Galaxy, but the famed British midfielder said he wants to "experience one last challenge before the end of my playing career."
Details about what the challenge could be may come when the 37-year-old Beckham meets with reporters at The Home Depot Center.
Beckham called his six seasons with the Galaxy "an incredibly special time" and said that playing in the championship game won't be "the end of my relationship with the league."
"My ambition is to be part of the ownership structure in the future," Beckham said. When Beckham signed with the Galaxy in 2007, he said he would be facing one of the biggest challenges of his career, trying to boost the popularity of the sport in a nation where it had long been met with apathy and derision.
"In my time here, I have seen the popularity of the game grow every year," Beckham said. "I've been fortunate to win trophies, but more important to me has been the fantastic reception I've had from fans in LA and across the States. "Soccer's potential has no limits in this wonderful country and I want to always be part of growing it."
Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber said "there is no doubt that MLS is far more popular and important here and abroad than it was when he arrived."
"David has achieved great things on and off the field during his time with the Galaxy and he will always be an important part of our history," Garber said. "We look forward to his continued involvement with the LA Galaxy and the league."
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I've branched out quite a bit in my message boarding lately and I've discovered some guys I trust with info and guys I don't just like everyone else but I thought I would post up who I am seeing as our staff next season.
This of course assumes we have signed Gruden which I have a 99% level of confidence in TODAY. The deal is done in my opinion (thanks Peyton!) and will be announced somewhere around 11/30/2012. Take it for what it's worth to you. In case you are skeptical, please see the tax records (search for Gruden J in Jefferson County) for the land he owns in East Tennessee.
So here is your 2013 Tennessee Volunteers coaching staff for your review and discussion.
Head Coach - Jon Gruden
Offensive Coordinator - Not positive but I am hearing either Jim Chaney being retained or Jeremy Bates
Running Backs - Jay Graham
Quarterbacks and/or Wide Receivers - Tee Martin
Offensive Line - Sam Pittman - This is a must have retention in my opinion. Very valuable coach and will keep our current O-line commits, ummmm, in line.
Defensive Coordinator & Associate Head Coach - Raheem Morris
Defensive Line Coach - Marion Hobby
Linebackers - Dale Jones
Defensive Backs - Unknown right now
Special Teams - Rich Bisaccia - Finally?
Graduate Assistant - Brandon Staley
I'll update this if I find out more info, clarify things, or have to remove someone.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A man accused of stabbing his wife and mother-in-law in east Louisville appeared in court Wednesday morning.
Police say 40-year-old William Wade was fighting his wife and mother-in-law at a house on Spring Ridge Drive when he stabbed his wife, and then she stabbed him.
All three were taken to the hospital and are expected to be fine.
Wade pleaded not guilty to charges of assault, domestic violence and resisting arrest. His bond was set at a quarter of $1 million and he was ordered to have no contact with his wife or her mother.
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After reading through this summary of the CBA I found the entry-level (rookie) compensation section interesting given we have to sign the #1 pick overall:
*New entry-level compensation system including the following elements:
1. All drafted players sign four-year contracts.
2. Undrafted free agents sign three-year contracts.
3. Maximum total compensation per draft class.
4. Limited contract terms.
5. Strong anti-holdout rules.
6. Clubs have option to extend the contract of a first-round draftee for a fifth year, based on agreed-upon tender amounts.
*Creation of new fund to redistribute, beginning in 2012, savings from new rookie pay system to current and retired player benefits and a veteran player performance pool.
So how is there 'savings' from this system, as far as savings compared to what? 2010 rookie salaries? An average of the last few seasons?
Gotta love the 'strong anti-holdout' rules. Nothing more frustrating than not being able to sign draft picks. Other thoughts?


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Kuhnhenn Imperial Crème Brûlée Java Stout - Kuhnhenn Brewing Company
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Reviews by airohead2001:
3.63/5 rDev -10.4%
Huge thanks to glazeman for taking the trip out to Kuhnhenn Brewing Company for this year's Summer Solstice!
A - Dark brown with nice legs, but surprisingly, there is no head.
S - Lactose, cream, vanilla, chocolate, coffee.
T - Slightly to my disappointment, this one is quite sour. Similar to the Short's Cup A Joe. The coffee is the clearly the most dominant taste, but the sourness is overpowering.
M - Pretty thin all in all. For an 8% imperial stout, I was expecting this one to be a little bit thicker.
D - Again, similar to Cup A Joe, the drinkability of this brew is limited by its sourness.
07-02-2010 18:31:08 | More by airohead2001
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4/5 rDev -1.2%
06-23-2013 12:30:39 | More by DanGeo
4.11/5 rDev +1.5%
On tap at Kuhnhenn's brewpub in Warren. Pours very nearly black, maybe some hints of dark, dark ruby-brown near the very edges, but it's pretty much not letting any light through. Tan head shows decent retention, although it doesn't leave much lacing behind. Fine bubbled and cream, it just perches softly atop the black brew.
The aroma is deep, deep coffee beans; kind of like when you open a new pouch of coffee beans for the first time and stick your face in it and inhale. Roasted, rich, oily coffee beans. More roast than sweetness, although a small cream and sugar-like sweetness aspect is relevant. This one has a very faint, abrupt booziness in the tail-end, something that I don't recall being as noticeable in the non-imperial version of this brew. Aside from that, the aroma isn't much different. Maybe a little less sweet.
Handfuls of finely roasted coffee beans and used up coffee grinds line the edges of the flavor profile. The coffee is pretty "deep", in that it almost tastes like a quaintly made espresso rather than a cup of morning coffee. Not picking up as much sweetness on the palate as on the nose, but a faint, vanilla-like residual sweetness comes a-knockin' about halfway through and really ties things together. Without that, it wouldn't really be a "Crème Brûlée" java stout, right?
I'm having a hard time identifying any real differences between this brew and the non-imperial version, and it doesn't help that so much time has passed since I've had the former. These would be a nice one to do a side-by-side with. The mouth feel is pretty smooth, silky, and creamy. Seems thick enough for my liking, so maybe that's something else that the imperialized version has going for it. Either way, they're both very tasty coffee stouts that any coffee-beer lover would definitely enjoy.
06-03-2013 02:16:18 | More by tectactoe
3.75/5 rDev -7.4%
01-08-2013 20:51:53 | More by warnerry
4.75/5 rDev +17.3%
03-27-2012 22:02:42 | More by TCJosh
4.1/5 rDev +1.2%
A - Deep cola in color with a thin, almost non-existent, tan head.
S - The nose is very rich with coffee and chocolate. The aroma reminds me of fudge brownies, maraschino cherries, whip cream, vanilla and steaming cup of espresso all poured into a gigantic snifter.
T - Wonderful coffee, roasted malts, and chocolate flavors mingle well together, though it does not have the complexity of the nose. This is no where near as sweet as the regular version.
M - Full bodied despite the low level of carbonation present. Finish is quite dry in comparison to the regular version
D - The intense coffee and chocolate flavors make this a fantastic beer. I wish some of the complexities of the nose would have come through in the taste. A little more sweetness would have helped to make this a bit more "crème brulee"-ish.
01-04-2010 04:25:30 | More by FrognutUnl
4.08/5 rDev +0.7%
From a growler poured into a CBS snifter
A - Dark, espresso coffee. No head other than a very slight layer of foam near the edges.
S - Sweet Coffee. Hints of caramel and vanilla waft up from this. In the backbone, there is definitely a smell of Creme Brûlée that stands out. Smells like you walked into a Gloria Jean coffee shop. Great nose on this one.
T - Sweet coffee at first. There are hints of vanilla and caramel mixed in. There is definitely a sweet hint of the Creme brûlée as well but it is just a hint. The coffee is definitely stronger in here. The finish is light, bitter espresso with enough cream sweetness to keep it from being too bitter
MF - Minimal carbonation. Medium body with a slight stickiness to it. There is a slight astringency near the backend that comes from the coffee.
O - A great coffee stout from Kuhnheen. Has a great nose to it. I really like how well it balances the coffee with the sweetness throughout.
07-14-2012 03:32:20 | More by jeonseh
4.75/5 rDev +17.3%
02-08-2014 23:39:42 | More by king75
Ontario (Canada)
3.98/5 rDev -1.7%
Enjoyed on tap at the brewpub. A real coffee and sweet cream experience. Reddish brown body. Very creamy mouthfeel. Smells creamy coffee. Better than the Southern Tier version. Great even for a non-coffee drinker like me. Sweetish, and best as dessert after a meal.
11-02-2010 13:08:00 | More by Sammy
New York
3.5/5 rDev -13.6%
Thanks to Adam for this one. A beer I was just thinking about and miraculously ended up on my doorstep. Poured from a 12oz. bottle dated December 2009 into a Blue Point snifter.
A: Increasingly heavy pour as I try to create some head, utterly fails on this one. A .5 finger mocha head rises for a millisecond and then disspates just as quickly. Beer is pitch black letting through no light. Lacing emanates slightly from the sides of the beer where a thin layer of head struggles to hold on. Not much there though, not that I expect a whole lot.
S: Coffee, vanilla, chocolate cake, cocoa, and every other synonym of "chocolate smelling" I can think of. Incredibly balance with the coffe though and depth equal to the looks of this pitch black beast.
T: Opens a sour coffee which is pervasive throughout. Hints of vanilla, cocoa, brownie, dark and milk chocolate, and sour purple grapes. Finish is more irksome sourness that won't go away. Lingers for a bit, though not at all sticky.
M: Medium to full bodied, carbonated and not as smooth as it could be. Oily in the mouth though not overly so. Finish is viscous and heavy and lingers for quite a bit. ,Not sticky like I expect though.
D: The smell of this beer just keeps me going back for more but the sourness in the taste repels me like no other. I'm not sure if this one is infected or not, but I hope it is (in which case I will edit this review later on). That being said, this beer shows huge promise. The flavors and complexity are there as well as the mouthfeel to pull it all together. I'm definitely gonna give this one a second shot if I get a chance!
03-15-2010 23:26:02 | More by SpeedwayJim
3/5 rDev -25.9%
11-14-2011 23:22:56 | More by Photekut
4.03/5 rDev -0.5%
12oz bottle shared by bring - thanks, Barry!
Pours dark brown with a very small light tan head. Kuhnhenn is not big on heads overall it seems. This has more than most of their beers though.
Aroma is very rich with loads of chocolate and coffee. Sweet malts and a little alcohol as well. Smells excellent.
Flavor is not quite up to the level of the aroma, but still tasty. Very Tootsie roll-like with milk chocolate as well as coffee, toffee, and roast. Not too much going on, but what is going on works well.
Medium-bodied and smooth on the palate with a drying mouthfeel.
Very enjoyable overall. Would not be hard to take down a full bottle of this beer.
05-07-2010 16:54:05 | More by nickd717
4.25/5 rDev +4.9%
07-21-2013 11:18:25 | More by beergorrilla
4.25/5 rDev +4.9%
02-28-2014 15:23:22 | More by md655321
New York
4.75/5 rDev +17.3%
08-02-2014 04:29:22 | More by pjkelley82
4/5 rDev -1.2%
had on tap tonight, second beer of the night, on tap in tulip at kuhnhenn
appearance - black in low light conditions, thin head if any that quickly dissipated, little cabonation
smell - smelled of sweet vanilla up front with nice roasted malts, then faded into a nice coffee scent, best part of this beer was the smell, that alone was enough for me to want to drink it
taste - followed nose, started off vanilla with a nice sweet roasted malt following, then that moved into a watery malty taste with possibly a bit of dark chocolate but that was a streatch, followed by a nice coffee flavor, over all it was balanced going from a moderate sweet vanilla and moving into a mildly bitter coffee, after taste was of a frozen vanilla cappuccino, will order again
mouthfeel - a bit watery for me based off of the style and my experience with both creme brule stout by souther tier and FBS, i would have liked a bit thicker with this type of flavor i prefer a thicker mouthfeel to pair with the above normal flavoring but over all pleasant still, went down very easily
drinkability - this is a very drinkable beer, went down a bit too easy for me and got a glass of water after it to prepare for the impending drive home, would gladly grab a growler and enjoy from the safety of my own house, if you are a fan of souther tier creme brule stout and FBS this is the perfect marriage of the 2
the score may be low due to mouthfeel as stated i prefer a thicker beer when flavored like this but overall this was a tasty brew
01-07-2011 06:24:07 | More by SeaUrchin
4.25/5 rDev +4.9%
05-01-2012 01:58:04 | More by hoppymcgee
4.22/5 rDev +4.2%
Big thanks to mikem409 (via RB) for this gem!
Pours with a black body, and a light frothy chocolaty head. Dissipates to a filmy ring. Aroma of sweet cream, coffee, roast, vanilla cream, sugar milk, and a robust chocolate. Fearing an overly sweet taste, I was pleasantly surprised. It's sweet with a vanilla/chocolate milk note, sweet creamy coffee, big roasted notes. Feels average though really. It's very creamy, but it's medium bodied at best. Nothing bad at all but definitely the slight week link. Admissible though in the end because this is a wildly tasty and aromatic beast!
01-29-2012 03:05:41 | More by EgadBananas
North Carolina
5/5 rDev +23.5%
11-17-2011 03:37:48 | More by tclapper
3.83/5 rDev -5.4%
Bottle shared by bring. Thanks, Barry. Impenetrable black body with a small reverse-cascading tan head that quickly settles to a ring. Smells like...creme brûlée. With coffee. The vanilla and cream are right up there with the intense coffee aroma. Very sweet and dessert-like, there's a bit of milk chocolate as it warms. Tastes quite good, but it doesn't quite match the smell. Coffee is up-front, slightly vegetal in character. It isn't as sweet as the aroma led me to believe, but there's a sold vanilla-cream sweetness behind the coffee. The mouthfeel is creamy and rich and the finish mild and roasty with a slight vegetal note. Very nice stuff.
05-06-2010 02:07:06 | More by largadeer
4.93/5 rDev +21.7%
64oz growler from DeCicco's. Thanks to Alex as always.
A- Pitch black with a foam espresso head. Little to no lacing. The beer appears thick and full.
S- Smells of the most wonderful whole bean coffee aroma. Notes of chocolate, caramel,and butterscotch. Creamy and delicious.
T- Much like the smell, a brilliant java stout. Better than most I've ever had. Again whole bean coffee/espresso, chocolate, and butterscotch. A great balance of the three, with the coffee really leading the way. The aftertaste is perfect, not too acidic or overboard.
M- Again, pretty much spot on. A little light on carbonation, but the body is perfect.
O- Not sure how this beer is rate a B+, as it was an A all the way in my book. A must have for coffee lovers. Would absolutely seek out again.
05-06-2011 22:55:09 | More by Gfunk720
New York
1.5/5 rDev -63%
01-13-2014 04:48:57 | More by cestlavie
New York
3.48/5 rDev -14.1%
a - pours quite black with a one-finger mocha head that quickly diminishes, retention around the edge only, no much lacing
s - the aroma is the highlight, like a vanilla latte with four or five shots of espresso and some caramel thrown in as well, they hit the creme brulee notes very well, really fantastic aroma
t - bitter coffee burst up front the quickly turns into a sweet and sour vanilla and caramel flavor, lingering light coffee bitterness and a strange lactic sourness, I'm not sure if there is an infection issue with these bottles, but I tried this on tap at last years Winter Solstice and in the bottle (same batch) soon thereafter, and there was no sourness, my previous tastings were much more enjoyable, I'm giving this a 3 versus a lower score because I know how great it was before the sourness developed
m - full-bodied, moderate to low carbonation, fairly sweet and sour finish with only light bitterness, some alcohol warming
d - the sourness is rather awkward and really limits the drinkability, the alcohol is pretty well hidden
Pretty disappointed with this bottle, as my previous tastings of this beer were fantastic. I'll definitely revisit this one with one of my remaining bottles or the next release.
08-04-2010 00:45:03 | More by WeisGuy
4.25/5 rDev +4.9%
11-27-2011 04:11:12 | More by StoutHunter
4/5 rDev -1.2%
05-30-2012 17:29:44 | More by Zaphog
Kuhnhenn Imperial Crème Brûlée Java Stout from Kuhnhenn Brewing Company
90 out of 100 based on 146 ratings.


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Instagram Week
1. Luna is back in San Francisco!
2. We finally went to a shooting range. It was the most stressful and crazy feeling for me, but a good feeling for the bf. Haha
3. San Francisco weather has been perfect this week, and when it's perfect.. ice cream and outdoor activities are a must.
4. Shopping is the best therapy around.
5. Finally got my $80 shoe rack, definitely worth the money.
6. More arts and crafts, this time I made my own DIY rhinestone bracelet on the far left. :)
Ellie Goulding x San Francisco
Golden Gate Bridge 75th Anniversary
One of many beautiful landmarks in California, and one of many reasons on why I love San Francisco.
Instagram Highlights
2 years ago
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i love you like a love song, baby.
Coachella Fam
Coachella was the shit because I spent it with a bunch of crazies. <3
2 years ago
Easter Sunday BBQ
Thanks to everyone who came out to the BBQ, definitely one to add to the book.
2 years ago
Breakfast at Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles
Brunch at Griddle Cafe, Papas y Poaches (must try)
Lunch at the famous Pink's, Chili Cheese Fries + Planet Hollywood + Osbourne
Dinner at Midori Sushi, delicious up scale all you can eat in Studio City
This obviously wasn't our menu for the whole day, just a few of my favorites from our whole mini-vacation.
Mikawaya Japantown | Mochi filled Gelato
Milk on Beverly Blvd. | Macaron Ice Cream Sandwiches
Porto's Burbank | Cheese Rolls + Potato Balls
Lette on Larchmont Blvd. | In love with their Salted Caramel, Lette = Paulette's = Chantal Guillon in SF.
My top four snack/dessert spots during our mini-vacation.
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1. You can't sell it2. You can't even give it away (a charity doesn't want the liability of paying the maintenance fees)3. If you stop paying the fees, it goes to collection and ruins your credit rating4. If you leave it to your children in your will, they might be on the hook for it (again, the law of perpetuities would seem to apply here, but you'd have to sue to break the contract).
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Should You Buy A Timeshare? Probably not!
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You can disclaim an inheritance. Thus, if your parents leave you their timeshare in their will, you can say, "No thanks!" and not take it on.ReplyDelete
On the other hand, if you do accept it, and re-deed it in your name, you may be as stuck as Mom and Dad were.
If my parents were dumb enough to buy a timeshare, and they left it to me in their will, I would disclaim that part of the inheritance. Until I signed on the dotted line, I would not be liable for the maintenance fees.
What would happen? Well the maintenance fees would not be paid, and your dead parents credit rating would be ruined. The company would eventually foreclose and then sell the timeshare to some other sucker....
Suckers being in short supply these days, they would prefer to get a maintenance fee out of you - in perpetuity....
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New format for rookie/sophomore game
it will no longer be rookies vs. sophomores (great change!) Basically: 1) Assistant coaches still select 18 players (not sure if it's 9 of each still or not, but I assume yes) 2) Barkley and Shaq have an on-air draft (school-yard style). 3) Fratello/Barkley asst coach their team while Shaq/Kerr asst coach the other team.


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Supervisors: Louise Brown and Shelley Budgeon
My research seeks to understand the continual construction of heterosexual intimacy across three generations of urban middle class Bengalis since the 1950s through primarily a method of retrospective in-depth qualitative narrative interviewing. From an auto-ethnographic epistemological position in which the researcher is also the researched, studying one's 'home' and self simultaneously; the construction and reconstruction of intimacy in the lived experiences of these Bengalis often mediated by a cultural imagination is understood from the lens of the 'now'; in how they engage into a recasting of lived experiences through memory. In so doing, this paper will problematise the concept of 'time'; show how the 'past' and 'present'; 'tradition' and 'modern' are simultaneously constitutive and constituted in which the notion of 'contemporary' is also under continual construction through various cultural claims and imagination of the subjects in their 'stories' of intimacy.
The paper also seeks to understand the 'newness' of the 'new' middle class, and interrogates into how 'new', the 'new' man or the 'new' woman is within this class and how this claimed newness engenders a 'new' discourse of intimacy, if it does at all. The various dimensions of intimacy that come up alongside intimacy as heterosexual conjugality are intimacy as friendship, homosociality and homoeroticism; intimacy as self introspection; and intimacy as masochism in pain and separation.
The paper engages with the middle class narratives' regular scripting of intimacy through works of Rabindranath Tagore and also with the continuing and changing linguistic and idiomatic expressions in the narratives of intimacy.
A sociologist interested in personal relationships, intimacy, family, culture, in terms of the micro processes of interaction within them in everyday living. The epistemological position undertaken to appreciate a poststructuralist ontological worldview that recognizes the possibility of multiple subjectivities across a range of discourses is auto-ethnography that focuses on how people give meanings to their actions. Therefore, emphasis is laid on the sociology of people in their lived experiences and imagination.
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HBO is currently crafting a biography -- 'Hemingway & Gellhorn' -- starring Clive Owen as Papa and Nicole Kidman as his third wife (leading war correspondent Martha Gellhorn), who inspired his novel 'For Whom the Bell Tolls.'
Now Deadline reports that the supporting cast has come together -- a wild collection that stretches from the critical acclaim of David Strathairn (playing John Dos Passos), to the indie quirk of Parker Posey (who will play fourth wife, Mary), to the metal-headed music of Lars Ulrich (as Dutch documentarian Joris Ivens). But there's one more notable casting bite -- leading Canadian actress Molly Parker will play second wife, Pauline, and thus get Hemingway's last cent.
It's fitting that some Canadian flavor should be worked into the film. After being wounded during World War I, a young Hemingway moved to Toronto to work for the Toronto Star Weekly. He stayed in the city for roughly a year, and by 1921, he'd married his first wife Hadley and became a foreign correspondent for the paper.
It was in Europe that he met and married his second wife, Pauline Pfeiffer (Molly Parker). Fast-forward ten years, Hemingway began to cover the Spanish Civil War (where he met Gellhorn), while Pauline worked on their home in Key West.
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Only two years later, Hemingway married Gellhorn, the focus of HBO's film.
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Is it possible that Wang never wanted this vote to pass?
His offer to pay for the referendum vote was always contingent on if the vote won, which never appeared to be full fledged commitment to me.
Wang did no P.R. or GOTV for this plan other than preaching to the already 'Yes' voters in Nassau County.
I'm starting to think that this wasn't the politicians attempt to wash there hands of the Islanders, but Wang's attempt to wash his of Uniondale.
Wang will be free in 2015. He can sell the team, which I doubt. He can move the team to Brooklyn (which would be great for me, but bad for him – he'd be right back to being a tenant at probably bad terms and no real way to start making money on the team. I can see Brooklyn as a one or two year stop-gap if come 2015, he's not fully built or committed to anything better. Lets face it, we are so desperate that we are saying that 14,500 isn't so bad – well it is. Nobody wants a professional arena that size.). Wang can try and build and develop wherever he thinks he'll be most successful. He can look for a site on public transportation in Brooklyn, Queens and Nassau that also includes surrounding development opportunities.
I'm starting to see Wang as the biggest winner with the referendum not passing (Jay Jacobs – our unlikely and unlikable hero and ally). He's free of Uniondale. He's free of the Town of Hempstead. Mo more aging and broken Coliseum in a bad and soulless spot. No more spending money to build on land that he doesn't own. No more lack of money making development opportunities tied to a new building.
While I'm not much of a Wang fan I do respect his business acumen as well as his devotion to being a positive community presence through his ownership even as it hurts his bottom line (… so much for the business acumen). If Wang wanted to sell the team he would have been out a hundred million or so in losses ago.
I think that the Islanders stay on Long Island and they build there own arena (publicly, privately, a mix, tax-breaks – whatever works), that includes surrounding development rights and near public transportation. (As I typed, I realized that Willets Point could be the only spot that fits.)
Wang will eventually start to make money. As the talent ages and improves the team will progress to a playoff mainstay and eventually … at some point further down the road than is really necessary we will not the be the butt of every NHL joke, but only most of them.
Wang won the right to do what he wants and where it makes the most sense for him and his team the moment the referendum went down.


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Round 2...
I think things went fairly smoothly last night, despite the slightly late start. Tonight were going to try to get it going exactly on time, hence the reason I'm posting this a bit earlier than I did last night. I want everyone to check in before we get rolling. I'll be doing a bit of drafting for both Shiv and unambig tonight; Shiv is at the very least bouncing early, and unambig is going to show up a little late.
Drafting rules are the same as last night, and for those of you who don't remember, go back and check yourselves, I'm too lazy to do it.
Here are the remaining point totals for our 10 participants...
- stinky - 56
- bubbles - 47
- donkey - 32
- Ulf - 64
- magicmike - 78
- kimura - 64
- Deuce - 60
- Shiv - 61
- unambig - 77
There is no benefit to holding on to any of your points, so trying to scoop up 3 fighters for 1 point tonight makes no sense. However, you NEED to hang on to 1 point for the Bantamweight portion of the draft - you CANNOT draft a fighter with 0 points.
Without further ado, let's close this thing out strong boys.


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U.S. congressmen raised concerns over whether peer-to-peer (p-to-p) networks are exposing users' personal information, but witnesses at a House Committee on Government Reform hearing Thursday produced little evidence of that happening on a large scale.
Committee staff members were able to find tax returns, medical records, attorney-client communications and resumes on one search of an unnamed file-sharing service, said Committee Chairman Tom Davis, a Virginia Republican. He also warned of spyware or adware that's available on some p-to-p services.
"Users of these programs need to be aware that sharing personal information can open the door to identity theft, consumer fraud or other unwanted uses of their personal data," Davis said. "Parents, businesses and government agencies also need to be aware of these risks if their home or office computers contain file-sharing programs."
However, James Farnan, deputy assistant director of the Cyber Division at the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, said his agency hasn't received any complaints of identity theft through p-to-p networks, but victims using p-to-p services may not report the crime if they are using p-to-p to illegally trade files.
"Peer-to-peer networks primarily serve as a come-and-get-it resource on the Internet," Farnan said. "Criminals are only beginning to explore the potential of crime via peer-to-peer networks."
Nathaniel Good, an information graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, showed the committee files downloaded from users of popular p-to-p service Kazaa. Good identified entire contents of e-mail inboxes, credit card information on spreadsheets, and employee bonus salary agreements, all presumably shared accidentally.
"There's a lot of stuff here the person doesn't want the rest of the world to download," Good said.
In a study through Good's school and the University of Minnesota, researchers found about 1,000 Kazaa users sharing their e-mail inboxes during a one-week sweep of the service in January, Good said. But that's a small percentage of the estimated 70 million active users Kazaa users.
In the newest version of Kazaa, the default setting allows only files to be downloaded from a downloads folder, said Kazaa lawyer Philip Corwin. Users would have to change the settings to share tax documents or credit card information elsewhere on their hard drives, he said.
"You have to go in and choose to share that file or everything on your C drive," said Corwin, who attending the hearing but was not on the witness list.
Good's study recommends consumer education about the dangers of file sharing and a better user interface for Kazaa, and Corwin said the p-to-p service will take those recommendations to heart. A new version of Kazaa, due to be released shortly, will include more prominent warnings about unintentionally sharing private files, Corwin said.


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Nicholas Jones,20, was last seen wearing a white t-shirt and khaki pants last Tuesday. Jones left his home in Auburn, Alabama, on September 25th, and never came home.
Alabama deputies say Jones may be in the Bayou State. Jones is about 6 feet, 2 inches, nearly 200 pounds with hazel eyes and brown hair and his right hand is injured.
Deputies say he may be going by "Jobe Williams."
Cindy and Percy Jones, his parents, say they have to reason to believe their son has made his way to Monroe.
Attala County Sheriff's Department says his truck was found abandoned on September 28th, and the next day he was spotted entering Louisiana.
"He probably appears just fine in a way, but he's sort of driven just to wander right now," says Percy Jones. The family says their son has a history of mental illness, and a severely injured right hand. Jones' parents are checking shelters for Nicholas, but organizations like the Salvation Army can't give them an answer.
"We are not allowed to say whether they're here or not but what we can say is that if they do show up, we can deliver a message," says Lt. Jerry Williams.
Privacy policies restrict some shelters from sharing information, but Lt. Williams says if Nicholas were to show up, the police will know.
"Now through our background check that we do to allow you to stay in our facility, the police do a background check on the individual."
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Strikeforce: "Barnett vs. Kharitonov," which lit up the Showtime airwaves last Saturday night (Sept. 10, 2011) in Cincinnati, Ohio, is officially in the books.
So too, are the heavyweight grand prix aspirations of Antonio Silva and Sergei Kharitonov, who were both finished in their respective bouts over the weekend in "Queen City."
In addition, Ronaldo Souza coughed up his 185-pound title to young middleweight upstart Luke Rockhold while Muhammed Lawal pasted grappling guru Roger Gracie.
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I have a new Nokia 701, which I bought yesterday. The first thing I did when I got it home was to check with Nokia suite to see whether FP1 for Belle was available here in Taiwan. Apparently it is not, but Nokia suite did tell me that I should install a new version of the Nokia maps software, which I duly did. It then said that I should download new maps, which I also did.
After going through the rest of the phone setup, I started checking various things I found that the map application would not open. When I press on the icon I get a spinning circle in the middle of the screen which remains for about a second, then smaller circle in the top left of the map icon which stays for a couple of seconds. The circles go away and nothing opens.
I can set up map options, define my Nokia account etc, and ironically I can see the maps themselves if I open the Drive application, but I still can't get the map application to do anything.
I have tried lots of things:
Nothing makes any difference. I have a hunch that this is because I have reinstalled the phone operating system, but not the maps software, and I can't find anyway of doing this. Stupidly I did not make a backup first.
Does anyone out there have any suggestions?
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I have tried lots of things:
- deleting everything on the phone with *#7370#
Unfortunately the above was probably the incriminating factor for this Belle device and you may well find that you need to have software completely re-furbished at Nokia Care Point to return device to "Out of box" state.
There is a big difference between Nokia Maps Suite 2.0 from Nokia Beta Labs which took away a big chunk of free phone memory but could be removed if wanted and the production release which binds itself into device software and can't!
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Hi Alan,
The new Nokia Maps suite is in the Ovi/Nokia Store for your phone.
The tricky part is if you are allowed to reinstall or not. If the usual approach fails, one might try to add /download to the link above, download and copy the .sis file to the phone and see if that works?
If it fails then Nokia Care is the next step, they may have a link to a full package off-line installer for Maps instead of the small on-line version in the store for this kind of trouble.
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Thanks for the comments. In the end I took it to the Nokia service centre here in Taipei and they fixed it within an hour.


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Tired of being a laser chicken or green-glowing broccoli? Just got your druid alt to 85? Mostly a bear, but want to up your DPS during non-tank phases? This guide's for you. It will cover the basics of the feral druid DPS spec at level 85 for you Cataclysm cats, including rotation, gear stats, talent and glyphs. I'll be focusing on PvE — but don't worry, I'll address the many sorrows of feral PvPers soon.
Feral DPS strengths
- Strong single-target DPS Currently just a bit behind that of assassination rogues and unholy DKs.
- Excellent survivability With Survival Instincts, Barkskin, and Nurturing Instinct, we definitely don't overwork the healers.
- Excellent mobility Most melee have a passive +15% run speed buff available to them, but we're the only one that gets +30% via Feral Swiftness. Combined with Feral Charge, we're typically the first melee DPS to reach an add.
- Lots of raid-wide buffs, including +5% crit and some small raid-wide heals viaLeader of the Pack. Also +30% bleed damage via Mangle and -12% armor reduction withFaerie Fire.
- Tranquility is awesome and not just for restoration-specced druids. Often overlooked, it remains a great raid-wide party heal when paired with Nurturing Instincts. My feral Tranquility has healed for over 200k. That's a lot of healing for 8 seconds. Between LotP heals and Tranquility, I'm often the largest source of raid-wide heals not coming from a dedicated healer.
- Battle rez Not as overpowered now that you're limited to one rez (or three in 25-man), but still game-changing.
- Hybrid spec potential A shared talent tree with bears makes a combined DPS/tanking spec very viable.
- A challenging, interesting, and dynamic DPS rotation
Feral DPS weaknesses
- A challenging, frustrating, and capricious DPS rotation While the rotation has been made significantly easier in Cataclysm, a less-skilled cat will do much less damage than say, a less-skilled warrior.
- Weak AoE DPS Kitty Swipe got nerfed hard in Cataclysm, to the extent that multidotting is now our best bet for three to four targets.
- Weak on fights with lots of target switching Our hardest-hitting attack is Rip, which almost requires 5 combo points to use. Generating those CPs when our cooldowns are down takes quite a while.
- No gear in forms If you spend a lot of time admiring your character, this spec's not for you.
Stat Priorities: What to look for
Best stats
- Weapon DPS Feral attack power is dead; weapon DPS is king. In almost every situation, getting a weapon with better DPS is the best upgrade you can make, regardless of the weapon's stats.
- Agility By far, agility is our best stat. It gives us extra attack power and crits, which affects all our abilities. In almost all cases, optimal gearing revolves around getting the item for each slot with the most agility.
- Mastery Since we derive a large portion of our damage from bleeds, Mastery (Razor Claws) is our best secondary stat. Any gear without mastery should be reforged when possible. The upcoming patch 4.0.6 will decrease the value of mastery somewhat, but it will remain our best secondary stat.
Okay stats
- Strength/Attack Power We get 2 AP for each point of strength, but we get no crit benefit, making this primary stat considerably inferior to agility. Leave the strength items for the plate wearers, though consider it if it's a massive upgrade in ilvl (26+ pts) to what you're currently wearing. Strength weapons are an exception; an ilvl 359 strength weapon is better then an ilvl 346 agility weapon, due to DPS. That said, don't roll need on Akirus unless nobody else wants it, as Malevolence is just as easy to get.
- Critical strike Crits are one of the primary methods that we use to generate combo points due to Primal Fury making this secondary stat very nice.
- Haste Haste increases our melee damage, but more importantly, it increases our energy regen. It is currently slightly inferior to crit but should become roughly equal after the 4.0.6 patch.
Poor stats
- Hit Unlike most other classes in the game, we're not too concerned about hit. If we miss a special attack, 80% of the attack's energy is refunded, letting us try again with little penalty. One large caveat: If your raid relies on you as an interrupter, then you DO want to prioritize hit, and take the hit (heh) to your personal DPS.
- Expertise Just like hit, but doesn't affect our interrupts (since bosses can't dodge while casting). Reforge out of it.
Bad stats
- Resilience Great for PvP, of course, but horrible for PvE. That said, the four-piece PvPset bonus was so good that it single-handedly made PvP gear better than the equivalent PvE gear; thankfully for new druids, that's being fixed in 4.0.6.
- Everything else Don't worry about spirit or intellect, for example; they have virtually no impact on our characters. PvPers may want spell penetration, but that's a more advanced topic I'll cover another day.
Talent spec
0/32/9 is your basic DPS spec. I find Primal Madness to be mostly useless, so I've chosen to put the points in Perseverance instead. I'll dig deeper into this in another column.
Prime Rip (essential), Shred (important), and one of Berserk/Tiger's Fury/Savage Roar; I lean towards Berserk, personally.
Major Nothing critical. I'd recommend Feral Charge, Faerie Fire, and Rebirth for raiders.
Minor Your choice though Dash is nice.
DPS rotation for feral cats
Feral DPS has a lot of buttons. You have two debuffs, two bleed DoTs, and one self-buff that all need to be maintained, three direct damage abilities, and two cooldowns. That doesn't even get into defensive/hybrid stuff. While the length of these abilities have been extended for Cataclysm and maintaining them is much less of a John Madden exercise, the sheer number of buttons required can be somewhat disconcerting. I'll work through them one at a time.
- Keep -armor debuff from Faerie Fire up at all times. You can put this up on the pull and generally not worry about it too much, since it lasts 5 minutes. Don't worry about the stacking bit; Feral Aggression takes care of that.
- Keep -bleed debuff from Mangle up at all times. Basically, hit Mangle every 60 seconds unless you're lucky enough to have an arms warrior or sublety rogue with you who put that debuff up automatically.
- Use Tiger's Fury (TF) on cooldown. Burn off some energy via Shredding if you need to avoid wasting the King of the Jungle proc. Don't try to save TF to use with other abilities; you want to activate it as often as possible, unless you're about to enter a burn phase.
- Use Berserk on cooldown. You can't use TF during Berserk, so it's best to use Berserk shortly after TF. If using a DPS potion such as Potion of the Tol'Vir, stack it with Berserk.
- Rip with 5 combo points. Rip is your hardest-hitting ability. You want this up as much as possible. If the boss is below 25% health, you can use a Ferocious Bite (of any number of CPs) before it drops to refresh it due to Blood in the Water. It's best if you can bite with 5 CPs but okay if you can't. Biting above 25% can slightly increase DPS but makes it much more difficult to manage a rotation and should be avoided while learning.
- Keep Rake up as much as possible. Rake doesn't hit as hard as Rip, but it'll still be probably your second-hardest hitting ability.
- Savage Roar whenever it drops. Unlike Wrath, when DPS collapsed if a SR was left unrefreshed, you can safely deprioritize it now. It helps, but it's not essential.
- If all of the above is done and you have energy, Shred. Shred is your primary CP generator. Don't burn too much energy on Shreds, though; sometimes you'll want to save energy for more important abilities dropping off.
- If you have to move/switch targets, don't forget Ravage. 2/2 Stampede will let you proc a free Ravage every time you use Feral Charge.
I highly recommend using some kind of buff/debuff tracking mod, as the default UI is pretty poor at conveying timing information. I personally use NeedToKnow.
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Steve Blake hit a game-winning three-point shot with 1.3 seconds left to help the Lakers upset the Houston Rockets on the road despite playing without Kobe Bryant.
In a confusing finish with the Lakers down two and 10.9 seconds left on the clock, Jodie Meeks nearly turned the ball over on an out-of-bounds play when he passed the ball into ... nobody.
Wesley Johnson scrambled to collect the ball before it scooted across the court and out of bounds. The Lakers called for timeout with 3.4 seconds left. That set up Blake's big shot.
Blake finished with 14 points, shooting 4 of 6 from three-point range. The Lakers shot 39.1% from the field and 45.7% from three-point range after shooting 78.6% from distance in the first half while building a 19-point lead.
After the Rockets had pushed their way back, primarily at the free-throw line (52 attempts for the game), Coach Mike D'Antoni had his players intentionally foul Dwight Howard.
The Houston center, playing against his former team for the first time since leaving via free agency in July, shot 5 of 12 from the line through that final stretch, giving the Lakers just enough room to steal the win.
James Harden finished with 35 points. Howard had 15 as the Rockets shot only 37.7% from the field.
Pau Gasol had a difficult night, often guarded by Howard, shooting 1 of 10 from the field for only two points. Gasol led the Lakers with 12 rebounds. Howard had 14 boards for Houston.
The Lakers improve to 3-3, getting their first win on the road. The Rockets fall to 4-2.
After the emotional victory, the Lakers will fly to New Orleans where they'll play the Pelicans on Friday night.
Houston will host the Clippers on Saturday.
Lakers 81, Rockets 77 (end of third quarter)
The Rockets managed to whittle away most of the Lakers' lead, closing to within four points by the end of the third quarter.
James Harden leads all scorers with 28 points, getting half of his points at the free-throw line (14 of 16). The Rockets are shooting only 39.7% from the field and 25% from three-point range.
The Lakers dipped to 56% shooting from long range (14 of 25) but have taken only 10 free throws to the Rockets' 36.
Jodie Meeks leads the Lakers with 14 points, followed by reserve Wesley Johnson with 12.
Lakers 64, Rockets 50 (halftime)
The second quarter ground to a halt as the Lakers continually sent the Rockets to the free-throw line.
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PHILADELPHIA — Authorities say a man and a woman have been arrested in the murder of a clerk shot to death in the north Philadelphia store in which she worked.
Police said Tuesday that 20-year-old Raymond Soto and 19-year-old Eliana Vazquez were taken into custody in the murder of 33-year-old Rosemary Fernandez-Rivera.
She was gunned down by a masked man Jan. 23 inside the Caribe Mini Market in the Kensington section of the city.
Officials said Soto was being charged with murder, criminal conspiracy and related offenses. Vazquez was being charged with conspiracy and related offenses.
Family members and neighbors have said that the victim had been interviewed in the November murder of 22-year-old Luis Chevere near the store. Twenty-three-year-old Jorge Aldea was arrested Friday in New York City in that case. -- (AP)


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