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Gary's local knowledge of the Russian River market, process expertise, responsiveness to a first-time homebuyer, care and respect for all parties, and negotiation skills were instrumental in the successful offer on my dream home which closed early, under budget, and under appraised value.
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In a market where there is more demand than supply, having a knowledgeable agent to guide us through the process not only help us set realistic expectations but ultimately help us successful bid for a place that we can call home. He has a very calm and professional approach that help us take some of the emotion out of the bidding process. He was responsive and very accommodating to our busy schedule.
Gary listed and sold our TIC in Russian Hill in almost record time. It was on the market for about a week. Our family was very impressed with his knowledge, skills, and how he took care of all the small details. He immediately responds to questions, messages, and emails. I would highly recommend this agent to other sellers of SF real estate. He is the ultimate professional.
If you are selling a home Gary is the go to guy. He has a huge resource of people who can help you throughout the process (contractors, loan agents etc). He will give you good advice and will also listen to you and you don't have to agree all the time! He will also make sure that any offer he brings to the table is valid and complete. He doesn't waste your time. Great Realtor, and still a friend!
I've owned, and sold, many houses, and I must say, I worked with no agent as professional and proactive as Gary Beyrouti. Not only was he able to sell our house at a price in excess of what we expected, but he was instrumental in developing the marketing and staging that moved the house in less than a month. If you are lucky enough to be able to have him agree to take your listing, you should do it. You will not regret the decision.
Gary Beyrouti was my agent for selling a rental property in San Francisco. He made good recommendations to increase the interest from potential buyers, by making fairly inexpensive improvements, which also increased the value of the property. He arranged and oversaw the work for the improvements, making the experience an easy one for me. I highly recommend Gary when you're in the need of a Real Estate Agent.
Gary is fantastic! He was knowledgeable, thoughtful and proactive in selling my condo in Eureka Valley. At a challenging time in the market, Gary was steadfast in his efforts to negotiate on my behalf for the best possible outcome. I'd highly recommend Gary to any of my friends, family or colleagues looking to purchase or sell their property in San Francisco.
Gary worked with us to help us buy our home in Noe Valley in early 2002, just as the market was steeply accelerating. He was recommended by my previous agent from the Peninsula as somebody to work with in San Francisco. When it finally got to the house that we did purchase, we were of one mind on the price necessary to get the deal and the whole process went smoothly. We've been happy there for over ten years and Gary has been helpful with contacts for other professionals as the need comes up with our house. We'd recommend him without reservation.
I worked with Gary for both my purchase and sale of real estate in San Fransciso. He is an expert in the industry and a pleasure to work with. Gary is efficient and effective in getting results. His communication, follow through and partnership skills are the best of anyone I have worked with in the field. I would 100% use him again and I highly recommend him.
I have known Gary for 10+yrs now and as long as I live in SF, he will be the only broker I use. I've already bought (and sold) 2 houses with Gary and have been 100% satisfied on all occasions- he is fantastic. Not only is he experienced, but he is knowledgeable with SF real estate. He is extremely reliable and has a very keen eye, but what really separates Gary is his character. He is trustworthy and honest- his interests are always focused on what is best for his client and given his communication skills, he is attuned to their needs. I could not give Gary a higher recommendation.

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25 January 2015
Human VMs
Several months ago, I finished the third book in Hannu Rajaniemi's post-human Jean le Flambeur series. It's a monument of fiction of what-will-happen-when-we-can-upload-consciousness that has social cachet for today's various technological anxieties. Fantastical art as commentary on present day. While researching author interviews and secondary sources after-the-fact, I read one of the author's recommended source articles titled "If Uploads Come First", written in 1994 by Robin Hanson. One key dramatic history, revealed near the end of the Rajaniemi trilogy, was that when brain uploads happened humans became dupe-able VM workers for tasks that algorithms couldn't accomplish. What a computer can't achieve, 5K uploaded brains could be sold into slavery to achieve. The problem that computers can't do X is solved by simply having digitized humans do it by the thousands.
A few years ago, a coworker told me about out-sourced personal assistants. These are 3rd-worlders who will sell their time by the penny to organize your life remotely as best as possible. The concept was as fascinating as it was morally ambiguous, but I never took advantage. How to organize such unlimited resources? This I had encountered before--conceptually--with Amazon's Mechanical Turk. Again, not having partook, the MT offers a marketplace of people-who-will-do-anything with people-who-need-anything-done. Think 1000s of addresses to enter for fractions of pennies an address. People have time and need money, and there is work to do that would be too costly to write a computer program for.
Friday was an argument with the boss about whether a large VM containing multiple server instances was more valuable than multiple, smaller VMs of equal summed potential.
21 December 2014
The strangely enduring power of kitsch
From the article The strangely enduring power of kitsch:
The Czech novelist Milan Kundera made a famous observation. "Kitsch," he wrote, "causes two tears to flow in quick succession. The first tear says: How nice to see children running on the grass! The second tear says: How nice to be moved, together with all mankind, by children running on the grass!" Kitsch, in other words, is not about the thing observed but about the observer. It does not invite you to feel moved by the doll you are dressing so tenderly, but by yourself dressing the doll. All sentimentality is like this - it redirects emotion from the object to the subject, so as to create a fantasy of emotion without the real cost of feeling it [emphasis mine]. The kitsch object encourages you to think, "Look at me feeling this - how nice I am and how lovable." That is why Oscar Wilde, referring to one of Dickens's most sickly death-scenes, said that "a man must have a heart of stone not to laugh at the death of Little Nell".
22 November 2014
Poetry and apocalypse
A few weeks back when the movie Ouija was being advertised, I became curious where the word came from. Apparently, ouija (which I grew up pronouncing as wee-gee for some reason and can't not say it like that) has the improbable etymology of either ancient Egyptian for "good luck" or a combination of French "yes" and German "yes".
While scanning the Wikipedia article, I saw that the poet James Merrill wrote a three-part epic apocalyptic poem, generated from ouija board seances, called The Changing Light at Sandover. The three books, published in 1976, 1978, and 1980, span 560 pages. They were published together with a short coda in 1982 and won the National Book Critics Circle Award the next year. My last attempt at long difficult reading, Joyce's Ulysses, failed, but I had to get this. I have not yet started.
Somewhere I saw Sandover compared to T. S. Eliot's apocalyptic 1922 poem The Waste Land so I ordered the Michael North edited version when I ordered Sandover. I've so far read this short, barely 15-page poem three times and have started picking through the 300 pages of reference material including Baudelaire, James Frazier, Aldous Huxley, and Herman Hesse. Dedicated to Ezra Pound, it reads like infinitely more accessible Pound. I've read a few sections out loud and felt that added much. One connection that bubbled up while taking in Eliot's bleak imagery was Godspeed You! Black Emperor's album F# A# Infinity. I listened to this back in July 2010 and may need to revisit.
File under synchrony: since purchasing The Waste Land, I've been barraged by random references to Eliot and Pound.
5 October 2014
Roman Jakobson's functions of language
Intrigued by the concept of phatic expressions: messages whose only purpose is to confirm the channel is working. The canonical example is when we walk by someone and say "what's up?" No information beyond mutual acknowledgement is communicated. There is a related, nuanced concept called backchannel that represents speaker/listener confirmation. When one person is monologuing, the listener is seldom completely silent. To confirm that the messages are being received (and understood), the listener will nod or punctuate with "yes" or "go on". It's almost impolite not to make such statements, and this ties back into the idea of the phatic as "social grooming".
Moving one level up from phatic, we can see how such statements fit in communication as a whole via Jakobson's functions of language. The framework for these functions are the elements of communication:
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Different functions of language will emphasize the different elements in the diagram above. Phatic emphasizes the channel. Here's the diagram amended with Jakobson's functions:
Daniel Chandler's Semiotics for Beginners has a good table mapping the element, function, and an example for each. Modified here:
Element | Function | Use | Example |
context | referential | imparting information | It's raining. |
sender | expressive | expressing feelings or attitudes | It's bloody pissing down again! |
receiver | conative | influencing behaviour | Wait here till it stops raining! |
channel | phatic | establishing or maintaining social relationships | Nasty weather again, isn't it? |
code | metalingual | referring to the nature of the interaction (e.g. genre) | This is the weather forecast. |
message | poetic | foregrounding textual features | It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven. |
13 September 2014
Smart watch
When the Moto 360 came out I was trying to find a reason to get a smart watch. Can't really justify it in any way but that nagging desire will still be there. It'd be nice for notifications while riding the Vespa, and if it stored audio w/out the phone I'd love to use it for jogging music. Or, better yet, if I could just swap my SIM card and stream music.
Our office watched the Apple event (insert joke about Chinese sponsorship and/or U2's corporate sycophancy here) and was unpleasantly shocked at how their watch was both retro-futuristic and cluttered. The Moto 360 looks much nicer: the outside is timeless, and the screens are simple. Others have noted this odd reversal of expectations. How did Apple get it so wrong? Either way, they have enough of a following that the game is on.
Here are some notable articles on the adventure:
- Moto 360 review--Beautiful outside, ugly inside - Concerns about battery life and slow, inefficient processor.
- iFixit cracks open the Moto 360, finds smaller battery than advertised - A non-event that I'm surprised Ars ran with. See Reddit discussion here.
- Not quite hands-on with the Apple Watch, and the questions it doesn't answer - What's the battery life? #SavedYouAClick
- Liveblog: Apple Live Event, September 9, 2014 - Anil Dash and Paul Ford snarking at their best.
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Nicholas Sparks, the bestselling author who has had, I think, every single one of his books made into movies you really love (A Walk to Remember, The Notebook, Dear John, etc.) will finally be making his original-series-not-based-on-a-book TV debut, on ABC. "Oh my goodness, great news THIS early in the morning?" I know. Throw your coffee in the garbage. From Deadline:
The drama, titled The Watchers, tells the story of a fallen angel looking for his mortal love. … "I've always wanted to create a smart, unconventional show about angels on Earth, and ABC is the perfect home for this kind of imaginative, character-driven drama," said Sparks.
Duh, of course. Who hasn't always wanted to create a smart, unconventional show about angels on Earth. But, uh, really kind of a spoiler because I thought there was only going to be one angel? Now there are already multiple angels? The idea of multiple angels doesn't pique my interest as much as one single angel does, Nicholas. But the thing with Nicholas Sparks that I understand from seeing 1 of his movies (A Walk to Remember, if you must know) and reading 0 of his novels is that there is always some sort of a sad plot twist. So. What with the sad plot twist be of THIS ONE?
- Angel is really a devil, but the girl is already in love.
- Angel doesn't tell the girl that he's an angel and when he does tell her she's like, "But I'M an angel," and for some reason since he came to Earth to look for his "mortal love," this means they cannot be together unless one of them gives up their angel wings.
- The plot of City of Angels except one of them dies and then that's the end.
- Angel is not really an angel after all. But the girl IS an angel!
- The exact plot of Michael.
- Dead Like Me except one of them falls in love but the girl has a boyfriend, plus she thinks angels are gross.
- The angel falls in love but then the girl goes into a coma for 80 years and wakes up with she's 100 and the angel still looks 20 but they're still in love, but then the lady dies.
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The angel is not only an angel but is also a time-traveling flapper ghost angel?
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We had that all important appointment with our epilepsy specialist this past Friday. Unfortunately, I didn't get the news I wanted to hear.
We talked past, present, and future. I did get the information I was seeking, just not what I was wanting. The first burning question was WHY WHY WHY things aren't playing out the way they had originally thought immediately after surgery. The answer? Let me start by saying that we are dealing with lesional epilepsy. There was a clear lesion on Austin's last three MRI scans. In cases of surgical intervention with lesional epilepsy, the most common predictor of a successful or favorable outcome is the ability to remove all affected areas depicted on imaging (or MRI). Failure to resect the entire area of abnormal tissue shown is the most common reason for the surgery to fail or not produce a favorable outcome. Austin had an incomplete frontal lobectomy -meaning the entire lesion as seen on the MRI was not removed. They could not safely remove the entire area without causing harm (right-sided paralysis). At the back of the frontal lobe lies the motor strip (this is where the motor function controlling his right side resides). Removing that removes his ability to move his right side. Even though that area was clearly spiking (favorable for seizure production) during electrode placement in surgery, they felt it better to leave it alone. Austin is quite delayed in every area. However, his mobility is one of his stronger areas. Even with a clearly defined lesion (abnormal area) on his MRI, a deficit such as paralysis would be devastating to a child with so many other "problems". They wanted to leave him with this function and see if removing the other area would be sufficient. They also did not want to take the chance that there could be more extensive abnormalities causing seizures that MRI was not showing, and removing that would mean causing paralysis and still not stopping seizures. I did not even consider this scenario, and it was not explained to me until I asked him point blank, Why? What is more devastating...a motor deficit involving one side, or daily seizures affecting his development? He definitely answered my question. More devastating would be paralysis on one side AND seizures. They also felt that the areas that were removed were so significant that they anticipated a huge improvement. They felt it was enough to make a huge impact, and in the case that it didn't, we could always go back and take another look. The areas removed could have been enough to suppress any other abnormal areas from producing seizures -or it could have the opposite effect...the removal could make any other areas take over and produce seizures. This is what he feels happened. We talked about other scenarios as well. Austin has confirmed Focal Cortical Dysplasia Type II (or FCD Type II). This type tends to be more extensive and widespread. It is the leading cause for intractable epilepsy. It could be that the only remaining area is the motor strip and removing that (causing paralysis on his right side) would stop the seizures. Or, it could be multilobar (involving other lobes of his left side) in which a total hemispherectomy (complete removal of the left side of his brain) would work. However, there is also the possibility that it is in multiple areas ALL over his brain -right hemisphere as well. That is the worse case scenario because that would mean surgery would never be an option. Not that we are talking surgery again. I did want to know ALL our future options though. It's not completely out of the question later on, but there would have to be more convincing evidence ruling out anything that suggests his dysplasia is bilateral (both side of the brain). Right now, though, all we have is the MRI which showed the lesion to be contained to the frontal lobe. It may or may not be in other areas and is just not showing up (like his previous "normal" MRIs). We just can't take the chance that it is far more extensive in which case another surgery could be unsuccessful. My heart could not take that again. In my heart, I do not feel it is bilateral. Although my eyes are clearly not enough to validate this, I truly believe it is only the left side. I could be wrong. What do I know? But, if seizure appearance really does play an important role in determining which side is affected, it is clearly only his left. I don't think I have ever seen a left sided seizure. Sure, he has generalized seizures, but almost all the seizures I see definitely have more of a right sided appearance. I've pointed it out numerous times. And when I had no clue there was left frontal lobe dysplasia, I knew something was going on with the left side. Even when there was absolutely no other evidence to suggest this. They are more right sided now than ever. And he has a strange new behavior that involves picking at his right thumb (always associated with either seizures or seizure behavior, aka the zoning) in addition to still rubbing his right hand before/during/after seizures and/or clusters. I feel just as confident as I did before, but I'm leaving it at that for now. It has only been one month since surgery and we are in no place to be considering it again. Our wounds are still too fresh to even really go there. Not to mention Austin is still healing and will need much more time before another surgery is even an option anyway. We discussed our present options. We don't have any new meds to try. We didn't get a good start on the LGIT (low glycemic index treatment), thanks to the steroids wreaking havoc on everything. Which reminds me...the steroids, although showing some success (drops are down and there are extended periods with no seizures at all), cannot be a long term treatment. There are too many health risks and side effects associated with them. When treating seizures, they are only meant to be short term. Either they will stop the seizures or they won't. Improvement is not enough. The only thing worse than a med not helping is a med that helps that has to be withdrawn. That is where we are. Since we have no more meds to trial, we start over. He asked me which ones I would like to give another try -ones that I thought might have helped. He said there is a possibility they will help now -due to the time that has passed and the areas left from surgery may be more responsive. The only ones that came to mind were zonisamide (Zonegran) and Depakene. We have a long history with the Zonegran and I really didn't want to go back there (we finally got him off after two years of trying last fall). He was on Depakene for about six months back in 2009. During that time he had no drops at all. I always blamed the vigabatrin for the drops since they started when he was first given it and stopped when he got off. During the vigabatrin wean, we added the Depakene. It wasn't until a month after stopping Depakene that the drops came back. Our lives were so much different before the drops came back. I really leaned more toward starting Depakene again first, but he settled on Zonegran. We started him back on a decent dosage. No wasting time on this trial because I was adamant that I didn't want to draw it out again. If there is not significant improvement within a couple weeks, we will go to Depakene. Hopefully, we will start the clonazepam wean sometime soon when we're not making other changes. I'm dreading that one, but there's absolutely no reason to have him on it. The only reason he is still on it is because it will be a very long and difficult wean and there have always been other changes taking place. I'm going to ask if we can maybe to a little at a time in between other changes. The key is to not make simultaneous changes. Which is why we decided against the LGIT for the moment. He said we should keep it in our back pocket for now and rethink it if these other two meds fail. There's also the ketogenic diet we can consider again since it did have an effect. No comment on that one for now. We will go in April for another follow up and an MRI to check that his brain is healing properly. Then, we will have an EEG. So, that's it. That's the plan for now. |
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The Answer: A canker sore is a little ulcer in the protective lining of your mouth. Unlike cold sores, which are caused by the herpes virus, canker sores are not the result of viral or bacterial infections and are not contagious. They're auto-immune, which means that your body is basically attacking itself.
Ulcer is a catch-all term for any hole in a bodily membrane. In the case of canker sores, the top layer of epithelial cells gets worn away, exposing the blood vessels and sensitive nerves underneath. Think of it like a blister with its outer dome dissolved.
Though they know the immune system is responsible for creating these sores, doctors don't understand what starts the reaction in the first place. They have their suspects. Munching into a sharp tortilla chip, the edges of broken teeth, braces and hard toothbrush bristles (always buy soft!) can cut the inside of your mouth, becoming the site of a painful sore. Acidic, citrusy, and spicy foods might be triggers, and if you already have a sore, these foods can make it worse. Theories suggest that canker sores might stem from allergic reactions to naturally-occurring oral bacteria, or sensitivity to the sulfate in toothpaste. Vitamin B12 deficiencies and gastrointestinal issues like Crohn's and celiac disease could also play a role. And then there's stress, which might cause canker sores by compromising your immune system.
Canker sores are temporary and usually last a week or two. (If a sore sticks around longer than that, see a doctor; oral cancer looks similar.) Look for patterns—do you get canker sores after drinking lemonade or eating Indian food?—and try to cut out the trigger. Once you've got a sore, avoid hot, spicy or acidic foods, which can irritate it further and hurt like heck. Rinsing with warm salt water helps reduce swelling and promotes healing. In the meantime you can get an over-the-counter topical numbing agent at your drugstore to ease the pain.
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Jets' Hainsey eager to restart bargaining
Union negotiating team believes there's still time to salvage season
NEW YORK -- Winnipeg Jets defenceman Ron Hainsey is getting antsy. Not only is he anxious to get back to the bargaining table with the NHL, he really wants to be on the ice with his teammates.
Just not at all costs and not without the right deal.
As part of the negotiating committee for the players' association, Hainsey has kept busy during the lockout by taking part in the ongoing talks with the NHL. But ongoing is now a relative term, because nothing has been going on between the sides since talks broke down again last week, despite the presence of a federal mediator for two days in New Jersey.
"We've said it a number of times, but it's worth repeating: It's obviously very difficult to make a deal if you're not meeting or negotiating," Hainsey told The Associated Press in a telephone interview Tuesday. "I've yet to see a way we can do it without sitting down across a table from each other."
Two weeks ago, progress was made during several consecutive days of negotiations between players and owners in New York. The sides disagree on how close they might have moved toward a deal, but a major breakdown at the end wrecked any hope for a fast solution.
Since then, there's been no collective bargaining agreement in sight and no talks were planned as of Tuesday afternoon.
"Nothing scheduled at this point," Hainsey said. "We've always said we're open to sit down and meet any time, and now we're kind of in a situation where no one wants to make the first move. Maybe there is a way of doing it. Communication the past couple of days has been quiet. Maybe there is some way to get it started with something similar to what we had (in New York)."
Players' association executive director Donald Fehr declared then that an agreement was in reach, a notion that was quickly knocked down by NHL commissioner Gary Bettman after the union declined to accept three non-negotiable points. When the offer wasn't unconditionally accepted, the league turned down the union's proposal and withdrew any offers it had made.
"We've had a few weeks where we worked all week leading up to Thursday and Friday, and it looks like we're gathering momentum, and then had some setbacks," the 31-year-old Hainsey said. "Those things make it a bit more difficult. On both sides you get a feeling that you're making momentum and getting closer, and then you take a step backward. Then things quiet down for a couple of days, and someone has to pick up the phone and re-engage and figure out a forum.
"Personally, I would like to believe that this is not a personal thing or an anger thing. This is the business side of hockey. It's not easy, I've learned that through doing it."
The lockout reached its 94th day Tuesday, and all games have been cancelled through Dec. 30. Bettman has said the league doesn't want a season with fewer than 48 games per team, so play would likely have to get underway by mid-January for that to be possible.
"We would prefer that we were done already," Hainsey said. "There is still time to get something done and salvage a reasonable number of games for a season. We're not up against a hard deadline yet, but we are getting short on time."
After labour talks ended last week, the focus suddenly shifted toward the courts when the NHL filed a federal class-action suit Friday, seeking to establish that its lockout is legal. In a separate move, the NHL filed an unfair labour practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board, claiming the players' association has bargained in bad faith.
The NHL says the union's executive board is seeking authorization to give up its collective bargaining rights, a necessary step before players could file an antitrust lawsuit. The union has declined comment, although a vote on the matter will reportedly be completed Thursday.
"Unfortunately the league filed suit against the players," Hainsey said. "That's never something you want to get to, obviously."
-- The Associated Press
EDMONTON -- An Edmonton MP is supporting an idea that the Stanley Cup be awarded to an amateur team if the NHL labour dispute isn't settled in time to save the season.
Brent Rathgeber suggests the Cup could be the prize in a national competition to determine the best non-pro team in Canada.
A group of recreational players made a similar suggestion during the 2004-05 lockout when they argued in court that Lord Stanley's mug wasn't the exclusive property of the NHL.
An out-of-court settlement back then said the Cup's trustees have the option -- but not the obligation -- of awarding the prize to another team if there is no NHL champion.
One of the Cup's guardians made a similar suggestion to Rathgeber at an event in Montreal last week.
Rathgeber points out the trustees' original purpose was to promote amateur hockey in Canada.
"I propose that the trustees exercise that very discretion and award the Stanley Cup to the best amateur or beer league or women's or sledge hockey team in Canada," Rathgeber writes in his official blog.
"What would be more Canadian than having players, who play only for the love of the game, challenge for a Cup that they would otherwise never even remotely be in contention for?"
-- The Canadian Press
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I thought this was enjoyable :3 I am a sucker when it comes to sound boards lol The only issue I had was you put 'Maelstorm', even though he sounds like he is saying Maelstrom. And a couple other spelling doodaddies. But it doesn't effect the likeness to much, so overall though, I still enjoyed it :3 I love Travis Willingham as well(Who voices Guile here) so that was an added bonus :3 Hope to see some other Soundboards from you!
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A course called Development and Production of the Situation Comedy, taught by Trustee and Visual and Media Arts Executive Artist-in-Residence Kevin Bright, was profiled recently by the Boston Globe's Christopher Muther.
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Are there cooperative or small, local malt producers? Malt producers appear to be owned by very large companies (e.g. Cargill. GrainCorp). From the King Arthur Flour cooperative to small local entities there are a lot of great food producers not using the multinational corporation model. It seems natural for home brewers to support independent producers as well.
I read about one in New England recently but can't remember any details. I don't know of any list of index. I buy organic malt from Gambrinus, which, according to Mid Country Malts, is the smallest malting house in North America. http://www.countrymaltgroup.com/gambrinusmalting.asp I assume they are not comparing them to any artisan or boutique maltsters.
Valley Malt looks interesting for those in the area and inspiring for those who aren't. Have they expanded beyond "the Northeastern craft and home brewer" as stated in their mission statement? Gambrinus in British Columbia seems to be part of Cargill:http://www.cargillfoods.com/na/en/pr...tion/index.jsp (Considering the name there may be other Gambrinus malting companies than the one in BC.)
It's odd that you should mention King Arthur flour. King Arthur is just a brand that distributes flour contract milled by Lindley Mills. Check out Riverbend Malthouse in Asheville, NC. I'm looking forward to getting some malt there this week.
Excellent thread! Did a quick scope on the web and found one near me in NC but it looks like there not doing 50# sacks yet? Worth some more research for sure!http://riverbendmalt.com/?page_id=8


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Is cruising still safe? That ship hasn't yet sailed
It is an industry that believes its best days are still ahead, with more cruise ships coming on stream or being commissioned to be built.
Yet the events of the last months have left people wondering if cruising is still safe.
What started with the Costa Concordia tragedy has led to a disturbingly ongoing series of events that have shaken people's confidence in the vacation option they once saw as both the safest and most enjoyable.
The worst of the events, the Concordia disaster, as bad as it was, did not affect potential cruisers' willingness to book cruises all that dramatically. Perhaps because of reports the accident may have been caused by a rogue captain who failed to follow policy, it was seen by many as a one-off occurrence.
Then came the unmitigated public-relations mess that was left in the wake of the Carnival Triumph fiasco that really focused attention on the Carnival Corporation, which also owns Costa cruise lines.
Carnival experienced a couple of less serious but highly publicized events that put the microscope clearly on that companies' fleet of ships.
More recently with the fire on board the Grandeur of the Seas, operated by the other cruise giant, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, the media really began to ask serious questions as to why it was happening with such frequency now, after so many years of perceived safe cruising.
The industry, particularly Carnival, for a period of time had been holding its own in terms of passenger sales with the introduction of massive price discounting.
CLIA, the cruise lines association, passed their own passenger's bill of rights to quell some of the fears consumers were expressing. Skepticism remained, however, because there are no real teeth in it and members may make their own interpretation of the policies in some cases.
In a recent Harris Research poll ,the industry's worst fears were confirmed.
While the numbers for Carnival are the worst, the poll that measured reactions to the seven major cruise brands identified by respondents, the trust quotient has been dramatically affected.
What is described as the 'Perceived Quality' score is down 13 per cent against what is was before the first Carnival fire.
Worse still for the industry is purchase intent has dropped by 11 per cent.
So is the cruise industry failing us and should we be looking to other ways to spend our hard-earned dollars for the vacations we deserve?
I think the industry has partly failed its loyal consumers by cutting costs in on-board maintenance to raise the bottom line. They have, while preaching safety, allowed themselves to be lulled by their own success, not believing the kinds of events that occurred could happen ever, let alone more than once.
But is cruising still safe? Will I continue to go on more itineraries in both the near and far future?
The cruise industry has been given a dramatic boot in the derri®re and is moving quickly to upgrade their on-ship technologies. They have already introduced practices to improve safety procedures.
Just as every event in Mexico became major national news some time back after Canadians were killed in the country, the same scrutiny is happening now relating to cruise events. There is a natural inclination to place every event, big or small, in a pattern that leads to the conclusion that suggests the industry has fallen apart in its safety commitment.
Let there be no mistake -- the events that occurred were unacceptable and should not have occurred. I do not want to leave any perception of a whitewash or that we should look at them with a 'devil may care' attitude.
But thousands and thousands of itineraries around the world are followed weekly by dozens of ships in all the major seas of the world.
Like airline accidents, when one does occur its impact usually affects many people at one time.
One of the reasons given for some of the perceived laxness of cruise-line vigilantes comes with the fact most cruise companies are registered in countries with few policies on how they operate. But now the U.S. government is looking at passing legislation that would establish policies for any cruise ship sailing into ports in the United States.
The reporting of events on board cruise ships needs to be tightened and be more transparent.
However, consider the reality that cruise ships today are often carrying the population of a small city, especially when both passenger and crew numbers are combined. It becomes an especially large one when the sum total is multiplied by the number of ships on the seas at any given time, plus the number of itineraries sailed over a 52- week period.
The Harris numbers still show confidence in cruising, albeit less than before all of the events that garnered so much publicity recently.
But the industry will recover, as they themselves demonstrate through their continued investments in new and bigger ships.
They are following their procedures, and confidence will return to previous levels.
In the meantime, I will be on the lookout for the bargain pricing that will see both old and new cruisers capturing the unique, most positive experience that comes with an ocean voyage.
Ron Pradinuk is president of Journeys Travel & Leisure SuperCentre and can be heard Sundays at noon on CJOB. Previous columns and tips can be found at www.journeystravelgear.com or read Ron's travel blog at www.thartravelguy.ca.
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