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Ranking Our Regional Brewpubs
- Chinon00 Jan 17, 2008 10:59 AM
So I decided to rank the fifteen regional brewpubs that I've visited at least once within the past year according to atmosphere, food and of course beer (Atmosphere 0-2pts Food 0-3pts Beer 0-5pts). The highest possible score therefore is 10 points. Here they are:
Appalachian Brewing Company (Harrisburg, PA) 6
Bethlehem Beer Works (Bethlehem, PA) 6.5
Dogfish Head (Rehobeth Beach, DE) 8
G.G. Brewpub (Glenside, PA) 4.5
General Lafayette Inn (Lafayette Hill, PA) 6
Independence Brewpub (Philadelphia, PA) 6
Iron Hill Brewery (North Wales, PA) 7
Lancaster Brewing Company (Lancaster, PA) 6
Manayunk Brewpub (Philadelphia, PA) 5.5
McKenzie's (Glenn Mills, PA) 6
Nodding Head (Philadelphia, PA) 4
Rock Bottom Brewery (King of Prussia, PA) 6
Slyfox Brewpub (Phoenixville, PA) 8
Triumph Brewery (Philadelphia, PA) 7
Victory Brewpub (Downingtown, PA) 7.5
Of the places that I have been on your list I think your rankings are very generous. I have been to many brewpubs from Maine down to the Carolinas and I think when it comes to brewpubs that our area is quite poor.
Honestly there isn't a brewpub in the area that I would give more than a 6 and the only one on your list that would get that would be Iron Hill (West Chester and North Wales).
re: mitchh
OK well let me break one of my scores down and see if you agree:
Dogfish Head scored:
Atmosphere 1/2 (average)
Food 2/3 (average)
Beer 5/5 (outstanding)
Agree/ disagree?
re: Chinon00
Atmosphere .5
Food 1/3
Beer 4/5
re: mitchh
Thanks. I can actually agree with that. Could you please provide me a score breakdown of Iron Hill and your number one brewpub (and it's name of course).
Thanks again.
Independence Brewpub is closed. I guess that means they score a zero.
And only a 4 for Nodding Head? While their beer is hit or miss (2/5) their food is usually good (2/3) and nothing wrong with the atmosphere - (1.5/2). That's 5.5 from me. People trash this place and I'm not sure why.
Rock Bottom over Nodding Head? That's a surprise to me. And I'm guessing most of the Lafayette's score comes from the beer?
re: lawgirl3278
Lafayettes score is definitely not coming from the food. yikes.
re: GBak504
For atmosphere and food I looked at it like this (and I could be wrong).
I think that overall Triumph (both in Phila and New Hope) has very good atmosphere for example because: the staff is knowledgeable and friendly, the crowd is cool, and they have a nice sort of modern layout and design with plenty of points of visual interest. They've never been unreasonably noisy either when I've been (which is more of a personal preference I know)
For food, since we are talking about pub food essentially I referenced the food at really good gastropubs (e.g. Royal Tavern) as being 5 out of 5 and went from there.
Note: I've yet to have visited a brewpub with food as good or as interesting as Royal Tavern, Tap, etc.
Note 2: I gave General Lafayette 1 of 2 (atmosphere), 1 of 3 (food), 4 of 5 (beer)
Note 3: IMHO if you scored 5pts or below you shouldn't be in business.
re: Chinon00
General Lafayette
atmosphere 0 out of 2
food 0 out of 3
beer 2 out of 5
re: mitchh
I think having a ghost deserves 1 point for atmosphere. ;^)
re: mitchh
That's pretty harsh. I agree that the atmosphere and the food leave a lot to be desired but Sunset Red, Pacific Pale Ale and "I'll Be Bock" deserve more than a 2 out of 5 don't they? And their 275th anniversary Barley Wine was tome of flavor.
re: Chinon00
You asked my opinion and I gave it. Sorry that I don't agree with everyone.
As I posted above, I've been to many brewpubs, especially in the New England, New York State and some in Ohio and when it comes to brewpubs, this area pales in comparison.
That said if we take out my out of state experiences out of the equation then I guess the General's beer would be more like a 3.5.
re: mitchh
I travel a lot and I will be sure to visit Brewer's Art in Baltimore (as suggested by Buckethead) when I get a chance. The website looks fantastic. But could you please breakdown a few places that you've visited in New York State, New England, etc via atmosphere, food and beer that you really like. I'd really appreciate it.
re: mitchh
Way harsh......The General Lafayette needs to do two things to really up their profile....ban smoking and upgrade the menu. I think that place has a great atmosphere (besides for the wall of smoke in the bar area) their beer is good, sometimes great, but the food stinks.
re: JCap
First of all General Lafayette has cask conditioned ale (two handles) and that in and of itself deserves extra points. I do not find their food to be bad, and I am a food snob. They have comfort food there (mac and cheese), good wings, a good chicken cheese steak, a decent steak salad, and a good charcuterie plate. I have also been to a beer dinner there where the food was outstanding.
I put their food way over Rock Bottom food which I find to be a glorified Applebees and the atmosphere in Rock Bottom feels like a warehouse, where you cannot hear yourself think.
Re Victory, their food is pedestrian though their pizzas are pretty good. The best reason to go to Victory is to try beers there they dont distribute.
Have you ever been to the Brewer's Art in Baltimore? If Dogfish Head counts as 'Regional', I'd say they do too. Their beers are not very widely available in Philadelphia as they don't bottle anything, they only sell kegs, and precious few of those from what the bartender there told me. Southwark (4th and Bainbridge) has their Resurrection on draft, so do a few other places. Anyway, the atmosphere there is a 2/2, the food is at least a 2/3 (great burger and fries), and the beers are easily a 5. If you ever get down that way, definitely go there. Actually it may be worth the trip all by itself, it's a 90-minute (or so) drive or an hour train ride.
re: Buckethead
You cannot rate Brewers Art without recognizing number 1, they try to be a european style restaurant. They try to pair beers and food together and they have a good selection of cheeses. They are a food destination for people who do not like beer and they have a great wine list (for a brew pub).
Also noted about Brewers Art is they have guest beers on tap.
If you are willing to include Harrisburg and Rehobeth then I would say you must consider Stoudt's in Adamstown. No doubt some of the finest micro-brewed beer in the region.
re: coolgeek
I broke down Nodding Head as 1/1/2 (average atmosphere, below average food and beer). In the many years that it has been open and that I've been going I can't recall ever having a memorable meal or beer there. I simply can't say that about any other regional brewpub that I've visited. I scored G.G. Brewer's slightly higher (0.5/1.5/2.5) because I actually have found myself intrigued by one or two of their beers and I find the Wednesday bar menu a treat and at a great price (if they still have it). I can't name one beer (or meal) that I've truly craved (or remember) from Nodding Head.
I've only been to Sly Fox and Victory and would probably rate them about where you do. Victory has zero atmosphere and fairly poor food but top beer. Sly Fox has better atmosphere and food but the beer I would give it hair less unless they have a bunch of their "single hop" IPAs on tap. I've always wanted to go to DFH but never made it. They are my favorite brewer in the US.
Someone mentioned New York and New England brewpubs. There's one fairly unknown in Western Mass call Opa Opa. Food was very good and the beers were outstanding. It's sort of in the middle of nowhere unless you are from the area or go to one of the 5 colleges.
re: amini1
I agree with your sentiments about Sly Fox v. Victory. Although I gave them both 5s for beer, I personally give Victory the nod over Sly Fox but (like you) only slightly. My thinking was like this:
• To score a 4 for beer means that although you brew remarkable beer I can immediately think of several places that I think serve significantly better beer across the board.
• To score a 5 means that you brew remarkable beer and I cannot think of any places that are significantly better.
So therefore I don't consider Victory to be significantly better than Slyfox.
PS – This year's IPA Project at Sly Fox was remarkable.
Below I've sorted by Philadelphia region, ratebeer.com's "Best Brewpubs 2007" http://www.ratebeer.com/ratebeerbest/.... I don't know what their criteria were but I found it interesting. My only major beef was ranking Bethlehem Brew Works over: Slyfox, Dogfish Head, General Lafayette or any Iron Hill establishment. Note: I've added the ranking out of 100 in parenthesis.
Victory (#15
)Triumph (#27)
Bethlehem Brew Works (#28)
Iron Hill – North Wales (#29)
Slyfox (#33)
Dogfish Head (#37)
General Lafayette (#40)
Iron Hill – West Chester (#49)
Appalachian Brewing Company (#58)
Nodding Head (#81)
Iron Hill – Newark (#88)
McKenzie's Brew House (#97)
re: Chinon00
I'll note that that site's "Guide's Rating" for Nodding Head is listed as Excellent
re: Bob Loblaw
Well some of the areas best brews (Victory, Yards, Dogfishead,) are really trying to be regional brewers and the food is an after thought. The experience of visiting the brew pub is almost secondary to trying beers. We lost several of the best examples of brew pubs, namely the original Dock Street, and the original Sam Adams Brewhouse (which personally I liked better than Noddinghead).
Two brewpubs that were not mentioned were Porterhouse in Lahaska, PA (until recently contract brewed by Yards, do not know what has happened there.) which I would give a 3 - 4 for its beers, 3 for its food and 3 for its atmosphere. Its best attribute is that its smoke free, it has limited parking and gets crowded. The range of the beers is pretty good, and they sometimes have guest beers available from yards.
The other one that is just within the greater Philadelphia area is Shipp Inn in Milford PA. Home of "Best Bitter" they are a true authentic british style brew pub. Atmosphere is great, nice place to meet the locals and have some pretty good food (Stilton skins, wings, Scotch Eggs, Tiddy Oggie etc). On Sundays they do a mean Roast Beast and Yorkshire Pudding. The beer is brewed with the Ringwood process (they got their yeast from Shipyard in Maine), so you have to like the buttery diacytals that this process produces. I do. Other beers there include a great porter, several good stouts, and one of the few milds that is still brewed. They also have a wonderful selection of guest beers both on tap and about 200 in bottles. I would give this 4s across the board, and give them kudos for not having a tv in the bar and for going non smoking before the whole state did! They are found in Milford NJ, right across the river from Upper Black Eddy which is in Upper Bucks County.
Finally people who like microbrews and seafood should check out Crabby Larry's in Chalfont, PA. A seafood restaurant and a small brewpub, they do a couple of interesting beers including their Wild Oat Winter Warmer, and their Whiskey Vanilla Porter. Also a great place to get Oyters Po'boys and great fresh seafood through out the year. 3's across the board.
I lived in Philly for three years and personally found Nodding Head to be excellent for both food and beer -- and compared to other places within walking distance, the food was a decent value. I liked their BPA (Bill Payer Ale). As for Independence, I'm glad to hear it's gone. It had this prime location at Reading Terminal/Market East Station, and squandered it with forgettable beer, loud music and mediocre food. I still recall the pizza I sent back at that place -- undercooked dough, sickeningly sweet sauce and cheap cheese of indeterminate origin. Rock Bottom ought to grab that place and establish a presence in Center City.


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Monday, December 20, 2010
I love Dylan Thomas
My brother, wife and offspring are supposed to be coming up from Surrey (near London) on Christmas Eve. They did plan to drive but have now bought train tickets. Darling Daughter 2 and her fiancé are coming from London by train on the 23rd, fingers crossed, and Son on Christmas Day. I don't see all of this happening. Son currently lives north of here and will have to drive. Anyway, this is why I'm trying so hard to make our streets passable.
Meanwhile, here's a bit of Dylan Thomas's "A Child's Christmas in Wales", which I LOVE. No one uses language as he did. I've read this with classes at Christmas for thirty years. It makes me squirm with pleasure - and at least while I'm reading it, I'm reconciled to the Arctic scenes outside.
Years and years and years ago, when I was a boy, when there were wolves in Wales, and birds the colour of red-flannel petticoats whisked past the harp-shaped hills, when we sang and wallowed all night and day in caves that smelt like Sunday afternoons in damp front farmhouse parlours, and we chased, with the jawbones of deacons, the English and the bears, before the motor-car, before the wheel, before the duchess-faced horse, when we rode the daft and happy hills bareback, it snowed and it snowed.
But here a small boy says: "It snowed last year too. I made a snowman and my brother knocked it down and I knocked my brother down and then we had tea."
"But that was not the same snow," I say. "Our snow was not only shaken from whitewash buckets down the sky, it came shawling out of the ground and swam and drifted out of the arms and hands and bodies of the trees; snow grew overnight on the roofs of the houses like a pure and grandfather moss, minutely white-ivied the walls and settled on the postman, opening the gate, like a dumb, numb thunderstorm of white, torn Christmas cards."
"Were there postmen then, too?"
"With sprinkling eyes and wind-cherried noses, on spread, frozen feet they crunched up to the doors and mittened on them manfully. But all the children could hear was a ringing of bells
"You mean that the postman went rat-a-tat and the doors rang?"
"I mean that the bells that the children could hear were inside them."
"I only hear thunder sometimes, never bells."
"There were church bells, too."
"Inside them?"
"No, no, no, in the bat-black, snow-white belfries, tugged by bishops and storks. And they rang their tidings over the bandaged towns, over the frozen foam of the powder and ice-cream hills, over the crackling sea. It seemed that all the churches boomed for joy beneath my window; and the weathercocks crew for Christmas, on our fence."
"Get back to the postmen."
"They were just ordinary postmen, fond of walking and dogs and Christmas and the snow. They knocked on doors with blue knuckles..."
"Ours has got a black knocker..."
"And then they stood of the white Welcome mats in the little, drifted porches and huffed and puffed, making ghosts with their breath, and jogged from foot to foot like small boys wanting to go out."
10 comments:
- Dartford Warbler said...
Thank you for posting this. I love Dylan Thomas too and have shared his wonderful language with children over the years. I bought a beautifully illustrated "Child`s Christmas in Wales" when we visited the Dylan Thomas Museum in Swansea , some years ago. Somehow it has got lost and must still be at school somewhere.....
I do hope that your family reunion can happen in time for Christmas, although things don`t look good for travellers this week. Snow is falling fast and thick in the south of England today. Fingers crossed for a timely thaw!
- 12:57 pm
- RWD said...
To take photos in the snow turn the little dial on the back of the camera to "Scene". I'm fairly sure that this is currently set for snow scenes.
"Helpful" advice from Mr Life!
- 2:54 pm
- Lucille said...
That book is always brought out at Christmas here.
- 3:27 pm
- libby said...
Thank you for this....have just spent a happy moment or two savouring each sentence.
- 4:13 pm
- Fran said...
His language is magic.
- 5:27 pm
- herhimnbryn said...
Ah Dylan.....
Thankyou for reminding me. I was imagining my Welsh Nanna's accent when reading this.
Happy Christmas Isabelle. Hope all the family find you.
- 10:45 pm
- Thimbleanna said...
Hahaha -- I love that Mr. Life posted a comment! I wouldn't know how to handle myself if TMotH commented on my blog.
Thank you for posting that beautiful passage. See, the snow IS beautiful. I do hope everyone makes it to your house safe and sound -- it sounds like a wonderful gathering of everyone in the Life family!
- 4:21 am
- Lucy said...
How absolutely gorgeous, thank you so much!
I hope you and yours are safe and warm wherever you are, and wish you many joyful reunions whenever they may happen.
- 2:44 pm
- fifi said...
I read this the other night after watching the news about all that snow, and I found myself wishing you had been my English teacher...
- 11:13 am
- Minnie said...
Many thanks for the re-introduction. Dylan Thomas makes me 'squirm with pleasure' too. Last home was in S Wales, and he captures the rhythms and idiosyncrasies of Welsh-English beautifully, making them all dance to his own tune: gorgeous!
Bonne année.
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IBM faces yet another antitrust headache today, after French mainframe open source outfit TurboHercules filed a complaint with European competition watchdogs. TurboHercules has accused Big Blue of denying customers the right to run IBM's mainframe operating system on anything other than IBM iron. The Paris-based company filed …
Why is it ok for apple to prevent people using their OS on non-apple machines, but not ok for IBM to prevent people from using their OS on other machines? I realise the mainframes are larger and more expensive but this shouldn't count as a reason, should it?
Why not?
I don't think it would hurt IBM to license z/OS at enormous cost to use on any platform the customer likes...with no IBM support if it fails to work/perform.
"Waaah! Big, evil corporation is big and evil!"
Nothing to see here. This is just a bunch of freeloaders wanting to build a product that leeches off IBM's hard work—and R&D expenditure.
It's not like IBM is the only company making and selling mainframes, so they don't have a monopoly.
TurboHercules are more than welcome to write their own damned mainframe OS if they think it's so easy.
Oh what a surprise ...
As I reached the bottom of the article and went for the comments button I was thinking "3,2,1, wait for the 'what about Apple' comment", and there it was !
@ Fraser
Well Apple are a fairly small player in a market dominated by Microsoft/Windows. IBM have an effective monopoly, or at least a dominant market position, in the mainframe market and by keeping out competition they are able to distort the market to their advantage and the customers disadvantage. It's exactly the sort of behaviour IBM were engaged in back in the 50's and 60's, and 70's, and ... IIRC back in the 70's/80's the US <something> department spent 11 years building a case against IBM for exactly this sort of behavior - but then by some pure coincidence it got dropped when a new President came to power, and there's no hint at all that the corporate sponsorship from IBM for his campaign had any influence.
@ Sean Timarco Baggaley
What's with the "freeloader" comment ? Note that they didn't want this for free, they asked to be able to BUY licences on reasonable terms. And it's not as if they haven't done any development work themselves to make it work on non-IBM hardware.
Not exactly, IBM may have the majority of the mainframe market, but by no means all. The main application that is run on IBM's mainframes is DB2, which is also available for AIX, Solaris, HP-UX, OS/400, Windows and Linux - this is hardly lock in. Also, most bespoke applications can be ported between architectures.
Now, my personal opinion is that a software vendor (when we're talking about general purpose computing, rather than embedded devices) should not be able to say where their software is run after is has been purchased however, they should be able to state what are supported platforms. In the same way that at the start of PC OS virtualistation, many vendors said we won't support VM installations, but replicate the problem on our supported hardware list and we'll have a look.
To say that because Apple aren't big enough means that they can get away with behaviour that would be deemed illigal by a larger company is not a valid argument, if it should be illigal, it should be illigal for all. Laws that are selective in where they are applied are bad laws.
Not quite
DB2 on a mainframe is not the same as the UDB or iSeries flavours; in fact, in some areas (eg. running stored procedures) it is quite different. It also offers some performance enhancements which are completely incompatable with UDB and iSeries DB2, so your comment about lock-in is not really valid. Depending on how an application uses DB2, the effort to port between environments can be considerable. You also fail to mention CICS and IMS, both in most likelihood used heavily by the people who make sure that your bank balance or pension balance is accurate every morning.
But all this is to miss the point. Readers who have honed their current skills on commodity hardware and software, using common programming languages and technologies, many donated for free from a community of other programmers, might forget that for many of us the only way into this business was to be fortunate enough to work for companies who could pony up enough (ie. < £1,000,000) for a mainframe, plus attendant controllers, tapes and disks.
The Hercules project has always been (IMHO) about allowing people to run mainframe operating systems on commodity hardware, thus allowing those of us who like to keep our IBM chops up to scratch, or simply scratching an itch, to do so; not ripping off IBM's IP to undercut their hardware business (as if a x86 and a z10 are remotely comparable).
IBM's stance on modern operating systems frustrates those of us who would like to keep the mainframe ecosystem healthy by being to contribute at our own expense, and in our own time.
does this sound *remarkably* like the microsoft DOS license
To OEMs
Run any OS you like
We charge by the number of processors you sell.
So if you sell a board with DOS loaded, you pay us. If you sell it DOS free, you *still* pay us.
Note Hercules are *not* asking IBM to port z/OS, let them run it. At uses *own* risk. BTW a *long* time ago (mid 80s?) IBM did supply an AT with an s/370 type processor in it. Remember a Byte writeup but never very popular. Expensive by PC standards but (in theory) a bargain for training or offloading development before deployment to a real MF.
IBM may not have taught MS all it knows about being a monopoly supplier, but they *sure* made a good teacher.
Thumbs down for IBM's behavior.
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IBM is unable to comment on this story as it is currently pursuing an agreement to purchase the EU.
IBM is noted for ugly and foul business methods. Read about "FUD" on wikipedia. IBM was the first to employ FUD in a wider scale.
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Patrick Majewski working pads with Bill Johnson June 17,2013 Check out the new video of Patrick "The Machine" Majewski working pads with Bill Johnson at Global Boxing Gym. Kamil Laszczyk Ready To Defend WBO Title June 13,2013 Kamil Laszczyk (13-0, 6 KO's) will make his first WBO Inter-Continental featherweight title defense on June 29 in Ostroda Poland. The "Polish Beast" will face Belarusian fighter Andrei Isaeu (23-3, 7 KO's) in a 12-round co-feature bout. Boxing, Muay Thai, and MMA Trainers Needed! June 13,2013 Global Boxing Gym is looking for experienced trainers who generate their own clientele. Skok Wolomin Boxing Show Promo June 11,2013 Check out our next event's promotional video! Global Boxing Foundation Supports Tarnovia Boxing Club June 10,2013 While overseeing the renovation of a training facility in Dzierzoniow, Poland, Global Boxing Foundation is getting involved with a new project. The Foundation will support Tarnovia Boxing Club in their efforts to create a professional place for young athletes from Southern Poland to develop their boxing skills. Marcin Brzeski Photo Shoot June 06,2013 Promising heavyweight prospect Marcin Brzeski (3-0, 3 KO's) is getting ready for his next challenge under the watchful eye of coach Soroko. Global Boxing to co-promote its first event in Europe June 05,2013 After having made a statement on the East Coast, Global Boxing Promotions is heading to Europe to team up with Babilon Promotion in organizing a professional boxing event on Saturday, June 29 in Ostroda, Poland. Patryk Szymanski Promo May 30,2013 Check out our fighter's new promo by DigitalReflectionSTUDIO! Open Sparring Session This Saturday At Global Boxing Gym May 28,2013 Once again Global Boxing Gym will host open sparring session for fighters from the Tri-state area. The event will start at 3 p.m. on Saturday, June 1. Boxers from Main Street, Juan Laporte, and Chilltown Boxing Club will be among many others attending the event.


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Kittery, ME—June 2, 2011—GreenPages Technology Solutions, a national IT consulting and integration company, announced today that Michael Halperin has joined the organization as Vice President of Managed Services. In this role, Michael will be responsible for leading the Managed Services division's engineering and operations teams, strengthening its services portfolio, and driving growth objectives.
An IT Services specialist with more than 20 years of industry experience, Michael has led the build-out and transformation of multiple IT Services businesses. His management experience includes executive roles with start-up, mid-sized, and Fortune 100 firms. Most recently, Michael was Managing Partner at Cogent Growth Partners, a buy-side merger and acquisition advisory firm focused on the IT Services space. In 2009 and 2010, Michael was named to the MSPmentor 250 in recognition of his leadership in the Managed Services industry.
"We're extremely pleased to welcome Michael to our executive team," said Ron Dupler, GreenPages' CEO. "His vision and leadership skills will help GreenPages successfully meet the increased demand for Managed Services we're seeing in the marketplace."
In 2009, GreenPages acquired the VAR division of Boston-based Managed Technology Partners (MTP)—a move that accelerated GreenPages' unified communications, virtualization, and data center strategy. GreenPages' Managed Services business is key to helping solidify it as one of the top IT consulting and integration companies in the Northeast. In February 2011, GreenPages was named to the MSPmentor 100 list of top Managed Service Providers worldwide.
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Nov. 27-28 - All libraries will be closed for Thanksgiving.
Oh to be a kid again! How fun would it be to create art based on some of your favorite books? Heck, that even sounds like a good time as an adult.
We've partnered with the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art to present an art-making workshop at the Arvada Library each month based on popular kids books! A visiting artist will help your kids express themselves through a variety of art media, with the emphasis on creativity and fun!
This free program is designed for 6-12-year-olds and takes place from 4-5 p.m., the fourth Friday of each month through July, at the Arvada Library. Registration is not required; participation is limited to the first 30 participants.
We certainly didn't have anything this cool around when I was a kid - I'm tempted to swing by just to see the masterpieces that are created!
Sometimes it's not just the unemployed that are having trouble in the job market. Sometimes it's the businesses. The American Job Center is holding an event on Feb. 13 for businesses who are looking to hire.
All you need to do is provide a job description and they'll send you the resumes of pre-screened, qualified applicants from their pool of more than 3,000 active job seekers. After that you just need to commit to interviewing the selected candidates to see if they are a good fit.
If you're interested in changing the economic climate and the lives of Jeffco residents, connect with job candidates by contacting the American Job Center, 303-271-4800.
Looking for romance? Find your perfect match at the Golden Library's annual Sweetheart Book Sale. From Feb. 3-16, you can chose from a great selection of recent, used romance paperbacks for just 50 cents each. These special romance paperbacks will be on tables located outside the meeting room.
Parenting. Sometimes it can seem like an overwhelming responsibility. There's so much you need to be thinking of that you might not know where to begin. You might want to hear more than one perspective on a topic before deciding what will be best for your family. To provide some assistance with the monumental task of being the best parent you can be, we've started a brand new book group just for parents at the Arvada Library.
On the second Wednesday of each month at 2 p.m., parents are invited to attend this book group and discuss the selected topic. From Brain Development to Toxicity, we'll be covering a number of important issues. While there's not a specific title to read each month, we do offer suggestions, but you're not limited to those.
Feel free to bring along your little ones - we'll have storytime, books and coloring sheets for them while you're with the group.
Topics and reading recommendations
Let's be honest for a minute. As a society, Americans aren't as up to speed on what is happening in the rest of the world, and what our role is, as some other countries. In fact, the issues out there today can seem slightly overwhelming to tackle.
If you're looking for a place to start, why not come to one of our upcoming Great Decisions nights at the Columbine or Evergreen Libraries. This popular foreign policy discussion group is perfect for those who are interested in learning more about current events.
Each program is presented in a balanced and non-partisan way, and includes background information, current data and policy options for each issue. Topics include:
Sessions at the Columbine Library begin with a planning meeting at 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 27 and continue on select Mondays through May 19. The Evergreen Library will host the program beginning at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19. It will continue through Monday, May 5.
Exact date information
Meetings are open to anyone who would like to attend.
If your Spanish is a little rusty or you're looking for a way to improve your fluency, we have a great opportunity. You can practice your Spanish and help others with their English in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. This is not an instructional course, but rather an opportunity to chat and improve your skills through conversation. All are welcome!
6:30-8 p.m. Second and Fourth Wednesday of each MonthBelmar Library
Practique Inglés o Español y ayude a otros aprendiendo en un ambiente amable. Intercambio no es una clase formal, es una oportunidad para mejorar sus destrezas a través de la conversación. Todos son bienvenidos!
6:30-8 p.m.2do y 4to Miércoles de cada mesBiblioteca Belmar
Early literacy. It's at the foundation of what we do as a library, so we're very excited to tell you about an innovative partnership we've joined to support early learning in Jefferson County. We'll be assisting Jefferson County's Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) and the Triad Early Childhood Council in their efforts to increase access to high-quality child care for infants and toddlers from families with low incomes.
These two groups recently received funds from the Colorado Department of Human Services to address this issue. The money will be used to provide select Jefferson County child-care facilities with materials, resources, coaching and professional development to support high-quality services. A portion of the funding will also be used to reimburse providers who have achieved a high-level of quality child care.
The program will start by providing services to 19 child-care facilities serving children from families with low-incomes. So, how do we fit in? The Library will be presenting storytimes at licensed child-care centers and offer coaching, materials and other early literacy resources to staff, parents and caregivers. We can't wait to get started!
Missed the first couple of series of job training workshops at the Arvada and Belmar Libraries? Not to worry! We're teaming up with the American Job Center (formerly Jeffco Workforce) again to help you make the most of your job search. The information you learn will not only increase your chances of landing that job, but will save you time while you're searching!
Four free workshops will be offered - Standard Resume Techniques, Interviewing for Success, Job Search Tips & Tricks, and a Resume Review Lab. Register for a class today!
One day I was watching the news or Jeopardy or The Goldbergs (Love. It.) and I saw a commercial that caught my eye. Something you don't see very often. It was a commercial promoting Colorado libraries. Say what?
Well, JCPL, along with several other metro area systems have partnered with Channel 7 to create more awareness of the variety of resources we have to offer. In addition, they are also featuring information on their website. Check them out today and you might just learn something new.
Create and test the strength of your own electromagnet at this month's MakeSomething workshop. Register today while there is still space!
MakeSomething events are designed for adults. Children may attend with an adult; please use parental judgment when deciding whether this event is appropriate for your child.
Workshops feature a focused project. There may be use of soldering irons, chemicals, and various tools. Attendance is limited to the first 20 registered participants.
10 am.−12 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11Belmar Library
Can't make the instructor guided program, but still want to work on a project? The Open Lab is the same day from 12-2 p.m. and does not require registration.
OpenLabs always include access to soldering irons, other makers, and various tools, plus a place to work on your projects. Registration is not required.


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Rasmussen: Patriot systems in Turkey are only for defense purposes
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Secretary General of NATO Anders Fogh Rasmussen yesterday criticized the remarks made by Iran's Chief of General Staff Hasan Firuzabadi, who has said that Patriots might lead to a world war.
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"Since the very beginning, we have made it very clear that the deployment of Patriot systems in Turkey was only for defensive purposes. I do hope that the Patriots s would be a deterrent factor for countries who may think about firing missiles on Turkey," Rasmussen noted.
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Get sweet treats at Rochester's annual Great American Bake Sale
The 3rd annual Great American Bake Sale is back again in Rochester on Saturday, August 17, starting from 8:00 a.m. to noon at the upper lot of the Downtown Rochester Farmers' Market.
This community-wide bake sale will raise funds for the Rochester Regional Service Collaboration which benefits Blessings in a Backpack, Community Kitchen and the Rochester Area Neighborhood House.
"More than 17 million kids in America are at risk of hunger," said Stephanie Hellebuyck, events coordinator of the Rochester Downtown Development Authority. "Some of these kids live right in our community, so it's important to support the wonderful organizations that help them. Together, we can make a difference in our community."
Those interested in donating their baked goods to bake sale can visit DowntownRochesterMI.com to download a donation form or to submit donation electronically.
If you have a sweet tooth make sure you come out to the bake sale. Anticipated activities include a cupcake-walk, cooking demonstrations and more.
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Video: Middle East Youth Festival
April 26, 2010
"I learned a lot and I think everyone did too. It was like a utopian village, something to aim for on a wider scale."
These words are from one of the delegates at Global Citizen Corps first-ever Global Festival; an event which brought together young people from Jordan, Lebanon, UK, U.S. and Ireland in Edinburgh for an action packed week! The Middle East Youth Festival in Edinburgh was many things to many people. To me it was a celebration — a series of inspiring, youth led actions, a logistical headache and a dream come true!
We aimed to make the exchange as youth-led as possible, building their understanding and their capacity for delivering meaningful actions. They received training on conflict issues, group work, peer education and public speaking before spending time planning and delivering actions. Staff from all countries participated in the planning and delivery, and the young people themselves trained, delivered and evaluated one another.
The first public action they delivered was a Friday night preview of a photography exhibition. The photos were taken by their peers in Gaza; they spent an afternoon with a facilitator looking at image composition and then moved on to discuss the image content and context. During the preview, they guided the public and engaged them in discussions of the issues that arose.
The second action was a film screening of "Knowledge is the Beginning," which explores issues of cooperation and peaceful change. The youth welcomed in viewers, handed out delicious baklava, introduced the film and responded with eloquence to tricky public questioning following the screening.
On the Wednesday of the Festival, pupils from two local schools attended a day event facilitated by the Festival delegates. English skills amongst the delegates widely varied, so they supported one another by working in groups of mixed nationality, age and gender to deliver training on peace and conflict issues. They closed the day by setting the participants the challenge of following their lead and developing their own peer awareness raising activities!
The Scottish Parliament hosted the final actions. Two delegates delivered a "Time for Reflection" presentation in the Scottish Parliament, which was available to the public and all Members of the Scottish Parliament. This was followed by an evening reception at the Parliament.
The actions taken by the Festival's participants reached nearly 5,000 members of the public — a powerful demonstration of the multiplying impact peer education can have! During the evaluation, it became apparent how much the participants appreciated the faith the staff had in them.
There was no plan B; the events had been publicised, tickets had been distributed, they had to be delivered and they were the ones to do it! Never once did they let us down, rather the staff were constantly overwhelmed by the skills, confidence and stamina that the participants demonstrated. They were truly Being the Change!


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Social networking giant Facebook is apparently expanding it online shopping offering by testing a new feature that would allow users to create a 'wish list' of items they are 'lusting after'.
Facebook announced that it has joined forces with seven retailers to test the platform, which allows users to 'want', 'collect', or 'like' a product.
If you 'like' something, then the item will show up in your Timeline, News.com.au reports.
"We are beginning a small test in which a few select businesses will be able to share information about their products through a feature called Collections," a spokesperson for the firm said.
"Collections can be discovered in news feed, and people will be able to engage with these collections and share things they are interested in with their friends. People can click through and buy these items off of Facebook," the spokesperson added.
Facebook said that its new Collections feature would gradually be offered to all its users in the US.
Some users will see the 'want' button as part of the test, while others will see a button inviting them to 'collect' an item or to 'like' an item, the firm said.


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Welcome, fight fans to the annual Solaris VII Exhibition Tournament! And do we have a special treat for you this year! We guarantee that you have never seen a combination of match-ups like these, and may never see such a thing again in your lifetime! […]
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Introductory Box Set Available For Preorder, And For A Short Time A Cool Deal!
By randall on February 28, 2014
The reprint of the BattleTech Introductory Box Set has finally hit the US port and so we're making pre-orders available immediately! As soon as it clears customs and hits our warehouse we'll provide a Street Date for when it'll be available to stores as well.
However, don't forget that this isn't just a reprint. While […]
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Historical: Wars of the Republic Era Print Preorder, and Other PDFs, Available
By randall on February 27, 2014
In 3081, the Republic of the Sphere was born from the ruins of the Word of Blake Protectorate. For an Inner Sphere devastated by the horrors of escalating war, the Republic was a beacon of hope for a brighter, more peaceful future…
For a time, it almost was.
Historical: Wars of the Republic Era […]
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Alpha Strike Point Value System Open Beta
By randall on February 14, 2014
Alpha Strike is a new, fast-playing form of the BattleTech game of futuristic, armored combat. Developed for the modern tabletop miniatures wargamer, this book brings players the ability to wage war on land, sea, and air using the Quick-Strike game system first devised for truly large-scale play, re-scaled to the tactical level of "classic" […]
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The John Wilson Orchestra played to a packed Hall One of Sage Gateshead. Kieran Gill was there to catch the show led by Gateshead-born John Wilson
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Craft beer is becoming ever more popular. Richard Fletcher gives his thoughts on if it will ever become mainstream
A new restaurant headed by former Masterchef: The Professionals finalist Dave Coulson gets the Secret Diner's seal of approval
It may be the best part of four decades since Mott The Hoople last played the City Hall but loyalty knows no bounds where these glam rock heroes are concerned
Blue strobe lighting and billows of red smoke is how Kelly Jones and his band opened the gig to coincide with their eighth album release
Church bells ring, then Tom Verlaine leads his Television on.They tune up, perhaps unaware given their sporadic live appearances over these past four decades
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Dick Godfrey caught two of opera's greats at Sunderland Empire during their seven-month tour
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The faux-snakeskin suit was brought out of retirement as Bob Geldof and his bandmates turned back the clock at the 02 Academy
The Guy Barker Orchestra did a marvellous job of backing chart-topping singer Paloma Faith at The Sage as Mercedes Broadbent found out
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