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The London Internet Exchange (LINX) has successfully completed the final phase of its network refresh project including the installation of a full LINX PoP using co-location facilities provided by global data centre and managed ICT services provider Telehouse.
As part of a future growth plan, LINX redeveloped its networks across the Telehouse sites to allow for expected growth and increased demand in network capacity. This comes almost 18 years after the first LINX peering switch was located at Telehouse North.
LINX is now running with a doubled capacity of 9.6TB, creating more growth and demand from within Telehouse to fill this now the upgrade has been completed. With a large number of LINX's 430 members situated at Telehouse, Telehouse forms a core part of LINX's operational strategy.
The upgrade involved the deployment of two separate high-performance Ethernet switching platforms running on Extreme Networks and Juniper, to provide an extra level of fault-tolerance. The switches were implemented across ten locations throughout the UK at a stage where the old network was reaching capacity and were installed in time for the London 2012 Olympics.
Derek Cobb, CTO at LINX commented: "Telehouse have helped us to increase our network growth. They were resourceful when we needed additional power to the suite and helpful when difficult last-minute situations arose.
"Telehouse has been there with LINX since the very beginning and continue to be vitally important. The recent major upgrades of the LINX PoPs at Telehouse North, East and West are testament to the strength of this relationship."
Michelle Reid, Sales and Marketing Director at Telehouse comments on the pivotal project, "We are proud to facilitate this major step that LINX has taken to grow the network capacity in London and beyond. Our long standing relationship made us a suitable partner in realising this unique project and as we share a similar vision of a more connected society, we hope our customers continue to grow with us to explore the potential of the internet".
About Telehouse
Telehouse provides global Tier III data centres, connectivity and managed ICT solutions, providing secure and resilient infrastructure for mission-critical IT systems. Established in 1989, Telehouse became Europe's first carrier neutral colocation provider. Today, the company is at the heart of the Internet and telecommunications infrastructure, serving over 1,000 major corporations worldwide, across a wide range of industries including government and financial institutions. Telehouse is the data centre subsidiary of Japanese corporation KDDI, a $45 billion Global Fortune 300 telecommunications and systems integration provider. In 2012, Telehouse in conjunction with KDDI launched its own brand of cloud services offering dedicated and hybrid IAAS.
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Every parent has been there at one point or another—at the mercy
of his or her child's tantrum in the checkout line at the grocery store, in a crowded restaurant or at home. In a matter of minutes, your child goes from quiet and well-behaved to completely inconsolable.
The good news is
that temper tantrums are entirely normal, especially in toddlers. For toddlers, tantrums are often brought on by a young child's inability to understand and cope with his/her emotions, emotions related to hunger, tiredness or feeling overwhelmed and
While it's not possible to prevent every single emotional meltdown, there are ways to manage them. Leslie
Deitch Noble, MD, Pediatrician at NorthShore, discusses some of the best techniques for approaching tantrums:
Don't overschedule. Try not to overexert your child by packing too much into the daily schedule. This
is not to say that every day needs to be the same, but when possible try not to push your child to the limits with errand running. A hungry or tired child is much more likely to act out. If you know you have a long day ahead, let your child know in advance
so he or she will be better prepared for the change of pace.
Be consistent with your approach. Try your best to manage your child's behavior during every tantrum. Encourage communication during a tantrum. Say, "Use
your words" or ask clear questions to better understand what might be causing your child's frustration. Lastly, do not give in. Letting your child have his or her way during a tantrum won't help break the cycle, even if it ends the immediate
tantrum. Ideally, you don't want to give your child any attention—positive or negative—while he or she is having a tantrum. So, as long as you are not in public and your child is not going to hurt him or herself, the best approach is to completely
ignore your child until the tantrum stops.
Distract. Distract. Distract. If you can, try to divert your child's attention away from what may have prompted the tantrum in the first place. Be sure that you recognize that
he or she maybe be upset by a situation, but then offer different options or new activities. For example, if your child has a tantrum over wanting a new toy or treat at the store, you can suggest that you find the "new" toy she got most recently
when you go home. A similar approach can be tried with treats. If necessary, try to avoid going down aisles at stores that might prompt meltdowns.
Celebrate (and embrace) the good times. Let your children know when they are
behaving well and encourage this type of behavior. Tell them how happy it makes you when they listen and follow the rules. Along with acknowledging good behavior (and even rewarding it), be sure your children know how much you love and care for them. Much
of what triggers tantrums is children wanting to express their emotions and wanting attention.
Have questions about tantrums? Get answers from other parents and our team of experts in our new online community The Parent 'Hood.
Find out more here: The Parent 'Hood.
Accidents involving children happen. The good news is that most of these accidents can be prevented by proper childproofing and preparation. According to the
National Safe Kids Campaign, accidents disable and kill more children than disease, drugs and kidnapping combined. It's important to childproof your home early and to make adjustments as they get bigger and become more active and mobile.
Julie Holland, MD, pediatrician at NorthShore shares a few key tips for childproofing your home:
What have you done to childproof your home? What other child safety tips would you like to learn more about?
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Shouldn't Parents Get a Thank You Note?
I'm wondering why I'm even asking this, but times have changed and maybe I expect too much. My stepdaughter got married last summer. We paid for about 1/4 of her wedding costs. And then I decided I still wanted to get a gift so I purchased her whole set of china (since no one had purchased any of it yet). When we gave it to her, she just looked at it and said oh I was wondering who bought that off my registry and walked away. Personally I think she was expecting more. So I figured some time after the wedding we'd get a thank you card for our contribution to her wedding costs and the china. Never got anything. Am I expecting too much? I mean even a verbal thank you would have been nice. Her dad wasn't thanked either. Should we say something to her? It makes me not want to doing anything for her going forward and I hate that feeling.
Yes, she should be sending thank you notes to everyone that gave her a gift. Seeing as how the marriage ceremony was last year, she is behind in sending you one. But, she is your step-daughter. How is the relationship between she and your husband? You may want to let him handle it if you don't want to start anything between you and her. He can innocently say "Hey Suzy, we didn't receive your Thank you card yet. Are you still sending the rest out? " Or something to that effect.
Nope manners have not gone out of style yet. Thank you notes are still expected and should be done. NancyLouise
Yes, your step-daughter should have sent a thank you note, though many children don't send them to parents when they do send them to other relatives. My concern is with her response when presented with the china. Her lack of enthusiasm and gratitude tends to indicate that she is self-focused, thinking only about herself and not about the giver and the gift. Has she perhaps been raised without the best of manners or sensitivity toward others?
I don't think she was raised that way, but her mother encourages her bad behavior toward us. Still, she's 31 years old now and should be thinking for herself. I don't get any of it because I have adult children too and I wouldn't allow them to be disrespectful toward their father, in spite of any issues we've had. It's bad parenting. She is very self focused, she never sends a fathers day card, never remembers her dad's b'day (and of course not mine either). I recently started doing the same to her, to make a point. I just feel she's way too old to not have any appreciation or consideration toward us. The relationship between her and her dad is just ok, and that's mainly because of his effort, not hers.
I agree with Sweet Pea. The problem is the lack of enthusiasm and gratitude, not with the absence of a written note.
I am HUGE on thank you notes, and even I don't expect or usually send them within the immediate family. Just seems a little too distancing or something. We just call each other if we don't get the gift in person.
Please don't "do the same to her, to make a point." It makes you seem petty and punishing. You won't make your point, you'll just relinquish the high ground. If you don't want to send her gifts or cards because you feel unappreciated, then don't, but don't do it to try to manipulate her behavior, and don't try to stop your husband from sending things anyway if he wants to.
Of course you are right about her behavior, but it's not for you to try to fix it. Leave it to karma. Likewise, don't be heard to blame her parents -- as you note, she's 31, not 10 -- and in the case of her mom, it will make you seem vindictive.
I just want to add that it's not that I am OPPOSED to immediate relatives sending thank you notes, especially a bridal couple sending them to their parents for the wedding. It's a classy and charming thing to do. If memory serves, ours took the form of a picture postcard from our honeymoon thanking my parents for the wonderful wedding -- not very formal, but enthusiastic and sincere. I just meant that I wouldn't read anything into it if otherwise appropriate expressions of gratitude were expressed otherwise.
If a gift is given in person, it is acceptable to give thanks verbally, especially if the thanks are very effusive (which clearly they were not in this case).
I agree with gellchom, don't think you'll manipulate her into behaving better by "forgetting" her birthday. It probably won't even occur to her that that is what is going on. But, if you feel unappreciated, don't give gifts/cards/whatever, simply because you don't wish to. You are never _compelled_ to give a gift to someone if you don't wish to. That's why it's called a "gift" and not an "obligation".
Our son married last fall. We received a thank you note from him and his wife for our providing the wedding finances a few months after the wedding. However, at the wedding reception, the bride and groom toasted their parents and in that toast thanked both families for helping make the wedding possible.
This situation sounds different. To me, the bride's response to the wedding present was almost a non response, and quite rude. I am sorry you are in this situation as it sounds to me as if you would like to have a great relationship with this young woman. Perhaps she will come around some day, but don't hold your breath.
If I were in your shoes, I too would pass on future gift giving with this attitude. If anyone is going to say something to her, it should be her father and not you. Have you talked with him about this?
Thanks everyone for the help and advice. If I don't give gifts going forward it will be just because I don't feel she deserves it, I'm not trying to change her behavior at all. I know that's up to her considering her age and nothing I do will make a difference in how she behaves. I have left it up to her dad to confront the situation. He has and gets a million excuses. He says she's ungrateful. There was no toast or thanks at the wedding reception either. As for the china, it was one of those times where I felt I nailed the gift idea and then when she turned her nose up at it, it hurt. But like someone else said I'll wait for karma.
Karen, weddings seldom bring out the best in people, especially step children. You are doing too much for them. Don't be surprised when they don't appreciate it. Stop doing anything that requires a thank you. You will feel better about your relationship, and so will they. They resent your gifts, and they resent you. I have much less stress in my life since I stopped doing nice things for my adult step kids.
You said that you paid for 25% of the wedding? The expectation is that the bride's parents cover the full cost of the wedding. Perhaps she was upset at the minimal contribution? Also, perhaps your step daughter does not like you since you are not actually the biological parent. Rather than worrying about a trivial thank you card, you should work on building your relationship with her.
Sorry bail, that expectation only holds when the bride is being married from home, not when she's 31 and presumably has been financially independent for some time now.
My own DD recently married at age 30, and she and her fiance paid for the whole wedding; in fact they said they did not expect any financial contribution from us. We did help with the logistics of the wedding and in addition to being thanked in the speech the groom made, we received a lovely, heartfelt effusive thank you letter from our DD.
If you ever do say anything, don't make it be about her behaving badly. Say, "I was hurt; I had hoped so much to please you. And I feel taken for granted. We love you, of course we do, but it is still so valuable to know that our loving gestures are recognized."
And yeah, feel free to scale way back on gifts; if she ever says something, Miss Manners suggests a reply like, "I never hear that you like our gifts, so I thought you didn't enjoy receiving gifts from us, and I didn't want to impose."
Oh, i wanted to say this:
Colleenoz wrote: "If a gift is given in person, it is acceptable to give thanks verbally, especially if the thanks are very effusive (which clearly they were not in this case)."
I actually disagree when it is a wedding gift. I think all wedding gifts must be responded to in writing, even if they're presented in person.
Talley-Sue, I should have added "If the gift is from a parent". As a parent I wouldn't expect a thank you note for a personally given wedding gift if I was thanked in person. A written note is a bonus in this situation, for me. All others should be thanked in writing.
bail0081, we paid for 1/4 of the costs because 1) that was a huge chunk of $ for us; 2) she also has a mom & stepfather who I'm assuming paid for some of it; 3) we know her in-laws paid for some of it and 4) her husband is 33 years old, they have been living together for 6+ years both working lucrative jobs so the expectation was of course that they would pay for some of their costs. The son-in-law is very responsible and expected nothing from any of the parents and was very grateful for the costs we picked up. As colleen noted, times have changed, and for my own daughter, she and her husband paid for their entire wedding. If someone isn't happy with a parent picking up $5K of their wedding costs well they can get what I got for both of my weddings - nothing. We had modest weddings, paid for everything ourselves and had no hard feelings toward our parents.
Since my original post, we have cut back a lot on gift giving, etc. when it comes to her because it isn't appreciated or even recognized. You are right southernsummer, I do feel a lot better now, no more frustration wondering if the gift was good enough, was it the right gift, was it not enough?? It's ridiculous, people should be appreciative no matter. We did send a really nice gift basket during the holidays, which i had custom made based on what they like. In return my husband got a text message, "got the basket, thx". Again, no enthusiasm, no thx to me, I guess she expects a new car.
As for thank you notes, I don't even expect actual paper thank you notes at this point, but a verbal thank you when she got the gift or at the reception would have been nice.


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The LPGA will hold The MasterCard Classic from March 4-6, 2005, at the Bosque Real Country Club in Mexico City, marking the tour's first event in Mexico since '75 (LPGA).
NTRA: SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL's Liz Mullen reports the NTRA has signed a multi-year sponsorship deal with Cendant that will feature the company's brands –- Budget car rental, Century 21 real estate and Days Inn hotels –- in advertising around horse racing programming. An industry source "estimated [the deal] to be in the high six figures annually" (SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL, 9/27 issue).
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ACROSS THE BOARD: NHRA multi-team owner Don Schumacher appeared on Speed Channel's "Wind Tunnel" last night, and said having teams in several different NHRA series has "allowed me to bring sponsors in that support all of the different kinds of vehicles. With the U.S. Army on the Top Fuel car and on Pro Stock bikes, it allows for diversity ... and gives them the opportunity to be in the winner's circle twice on Sunday but also get some additional TV time. It gets them additional support from the soldiers and does a better job for recruiting" ("Wind Tunnel," 9/28).Which WNBA player would you most like to endorse your product? Vote in THE DAILY POLL


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native Mayapple
I recently saw beautiful patches of Mayapple at the Hightower educational forest up in Dahlonega. I would like to duplicate this in my wooded area. Does anyone know would these grow well on a shaded slope or would they do better in the flat area at the base of the slope where they might stay a little moister? Also does anyone know the particular variety that is native to GA and where I might locate some? Do I need to plant a lot or will they fill in quickly?
There is only one species of Mayapple native to the US and GA, Podophyllum peltatum.
The ones I grow were collected during GNPS rescues at sites in the Metro area.
I have had best success growing them in lightly ammendended clay soil, with several hours of morning sun. They required a couple of years to become established and then began to spread at an exponential rate.
Here is a link that might be useful: Mayapple
i currently have a series of approximately 10-12 of them growing on a shaded slope on the north side of my house that gets (at most) half hour of evening sun with absolutely zero hours of morning sun. the soil is good 'ol GA clay with a little bit of additional matter added in (nothing special, some bulk 'clean' dirt we picked up). i literally never water this particular section of yard. my oak loaf hydrangeas and paper bushes, autumn ferns, boston ferns seem to do well in the same area, so it most hold some moisture well.
in fact, I didn't know what the heck they were until i made this post with pictures over at the 'name that plant' forum.
suffice to say, i say "give it a shot". from reading at 'name that plant' forum, if you can manage to get them started and they like the area, they'll come back year after year (but they don't like heat very much).
Mine were planted by a friend who also picked them up from a GNPS plant rescue here in metro ATL. I have never seen them in stores. I can't tell you what it takes to get them established, but I can tell you this: Almost every native plant we've put on that side of the yard was planted and died off within (literally) 8-10 weeks, so I assumed they just didn't make it. There were literally only 3-4 last year, this year I have almost a dozen that sprouted up.
All I can say is, find out when your the next GNPS plant trade is near you and try that route to source them, get them in the ground ASAP, and keep your fingers crossed ;)
I've seen them for sale recently at Lady Slippers or Lost Mountain Nursery. I can't remember which one, but you could call them and ask. Lost Mtn. has many different native woodland plants that I don't see at other nurseries.(Trillium, Wild Ginger, etc.,...)
You might try this company for Mayapples and many other Eastern Natives.
They are rated in the Top 30 companies by Dave's GardenWatchDog.
They ship bareroot, but that's ok for Mayapples and most other Native plants. Just plant them in your selected location when received.
They sell in quanities of 5 per item, but prices are very good.
Be aware that these plants are likely wild collected from private property or with a state issued permit, from public construction sites(road widening, relocation, new construction and others).
Good luck!
I found Mayapples several years ago at Habershams, and have them growing near ferns, hydrangeas and mahonia in an area with dappled shade (through limbed up pines) and a bit of morning sun. The soil is somewhat damp as the area is at the back of my yard near a lake.
has anyone had any luck with propogating mayapples from the seed pod? i believe mine have already flowered (it was so fast, i must've missed it ...)
from what i gather, you remove the seed pod, dry it out, split it open and plant the seed(s) in the your desired location after the heat of summer has passed. not sure how accurate this info is, or how to tend to it once in the ground.
Be careful. While they are a nice oddity to have, they will shoot up in places where you don't want them. We built our house 10 years ago on a golf course outside of Savannah. There were thousands of them growing on vacant lots. It took me quite a long time to get rid of them in my yard, as I found them to be a nuisance. My soil is sandy, and they seem to grow best in full sun. Butterflies love them.


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By Robert W. Jenson • Cardinal Ratzinger used to say that overcoming the Church's divisions would require a great intervention of the Spirit.
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After spending months playing hard to get, and spending quality time holed up at the White House for days, the unions seem ready to say yes to President Obama's health care bill.
"If continued improvements are made, then we will," says Richard Trumka, president of AFL-CIO, on a conference call with reporters late this afternoon.
That's because labor leaders tonight announced a tentative agreement with the White House and Congressional leaders that would scale back the so-called Cadillac tax imposed on high-cost health plan. Plus, a few other goodies they've been seeking. The tax has been a sore point of negotiation for weeks.
The deets, according to Trumka:
- The threshold for families that would be hit by the Cadillac tax is raised from plans costing $23,000 to $24,000, starting in 2013, with proportional increases for individuals in high-cost individual plans;
- Health care inflation costs taken into account;
- Adjustments for high-cost plans in companies that have large numbers of women or older people, whose plans tend to cost more even if they offer no additional benefits;
- Allow collectively bargained plans to participate in the health insurance exchange, starting in 2018; and
- No state and local employee plans, nor plans in collective bargain negotiations, would be subject to the tax until 2018.
The unions, and in particular, the AFL-CIO, have been complaining loudly about a proposal to subject family plans costing more than $23,000 for a family of four to a 40 percent tax.
The tax would be imposed on the plans themselves, but workers with these generous plans feel they might be the ones paying the bill. The concern of union workers is that they've given up wages in many cases to get better health care, and they fear they will not get those wages back.
But Obama and company support the tax because they see it as a deterrent for companies to offer such expensive plans that potentially waste health care dollars.
The trade off for Obama might be shoring up support for an important constituency, but with these proposed changes, the savings will be only $90 billion over a decade—$60 billion less than originally expected.
There's still a long way to go before a health bill is signed into law — other tax questions, subsidy values, illegal immigrant coverage and abortion restriction issues are still out there, but Trumka says this is a "step along the way in a quest for real reform."
Trumka dismissed criticisms already coming from Republican quarters that most of the benefits they negotiated would be primarily for union members. "We increase the threshold for everybody out there," Trumka says.
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Hi everyone! Thans for all the help i have recieved on my prior two threads! I am about to begin formulating another recipe. It will be another partial mash....my 2nd.
I build my recipe based on the lierature "How to Brew" by John Palmer for ingredients, and use an online calculator for all the math and gravities ect. I have the capability to mash about 5-6 lbs of grain.
Now, in his book while referencing certain ingredients, he talks about usage per 5 gallon batch (ie For Chocolate malt he suggests 1/2 for brown ale, and 1 lb for porters and stouts). Pretty straight forward.
However, some grain he lists '% of grain bill' an amount or range which causes some confusion.
For example he suggests Bisuit Malt to be 10% of grain bill; therefore lets say my malts are:
- 3 lb DME (eqivelant of approx 5 lb base malt grain)
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From a flavor standpoint, by Biscuit malt is right on at 10% of the grain bill (converting the DME to an equivelant of basemalt).
Yet from an actual grain standpoint, my Biscuit malt is 20% of the grainbill. So if the grainbill suggestions are also meant for neccessary ratio for proper conversion, I am double the biscuit malt that i should be at. (Oh, and my example is for ease of math....I am not sure off the top of my head if Biscuit malt has any diastatic power to convert on it's own, let's assume it does't. i am not really curious about this specific recipe; rather i would like to know how grain bill in a partial mash affects conversion or if that is a non issue so long as i have SOME base malt in the mash)
You have to consider what the DME consists of. Most likely Base Malt and some sort of Crystal malt. Most likely it does not contain Biscuit Malt.
So if you were to add say 1 pound of Crystal Malt then the total Crystal Malt would be greater than 10% of the bill as there is some in the DME so you would need to adjust accordingly. Not so with the Biscuit. Adding 1 pound to that list of fermentables would keep it at 10% of the total bill.
I think.
OK, so in short, when there is a suggested % of grainbill or a reference to grainbill...and i am doing a partial mash, I include the DME equivelent (NOT just the grain).
PS, i figured the DME has some other stuff in it other than base malt, which is why i use the lightest Briess DME available. :^)
To be completely accurate, the percentage actually refers to the "quantity" of sugars you get from each ingredient. So in your example:
3# DME = 42pppg x 3 = 126 gravity points
4# two row = 36 x 4 x (assuming 70% mash efficiency) = 101 gravity points
1# biscuit malt = 34 x 70% = 24 gravity points
That's a total of 251 gravity points. So if you back out from that number, then your percentages are:
4# two row = 40.2%
1# biscuit = 9.6%
If your mash efficiency improves, your percentages will change.
Thanks to all for the help. This also clarifies is why the book lists some mounts as % to grain bill, and others as amounts per 5 gallon batch. Certainly, flavors are still given off even if efficiency is horrible...so for something like Biscuit malt it may be ok adding additional biscuit malt to compensate, but i wouldn't want to overdo something like roasted barley to compensate for bad efficiency, lest my beer tastes like a carbonated starbucks
I understand your logic, but for me, I always go by my efficiency number, and I always build recipes by percentages. I say "I'm going to make an American pale ale and I want it to have:
7% Munich
5% crystal 20
2% crystal 40
and the rest is base malt
And then I figure out what the poundage should be of each malt, based on percentage and mash efficiency. And then I go to the LHBS and get my grains, down to the hundreth of a pound. So for the above recipe (1.058 OG, 75% efficiency), I bought:
.95# Munich
.70# crystal 20
.28# crystal 40
11.39# Maris Otter
If my efficiency were 65%, I would by buying more grain, but I would still maintain the percentages. If this were a stout, I'd be doing exactly the same thing - more roast barley, more chocolate malt, more crystal, etc.
I really don't like this idea in homebrewing that ingredients are built on quarter-pound increments.
I echo that sentiment "I really don't like this idea in homebrewing that ingredients are built on quarter-pound increments."
My Home brew store only sells by the pound, and i have a cheap plastic analog scale. In addition, I have only mashed once (JUST set up my bucket in bucket system) so i have very little to go by in terms of guessing efficency. i anticipate it will only go up from the 59.5% from batch #1. For that reason I currently build my recipes based on 1/4 lb increments. But i am very maticulous and detail oriented (analyst and finance background), so no doubt when i begin to get a feel for this, i will be building my recipes the same as you.
Quick Question in light of this. So may last recipe is a High Gravity Stout. I did NOt up my malts as you just suggested to maintain percentage grain bill. Only upped my DME for the higher gravity. Therefore, would you say this will still have that stout style taste? For reference:
Mash: 3lb two row, 1lb roasted barley, 3/4lb chocolate malt, 1/2lb medium crystal
DME: 7lbs
I am now wondering weather I was too light on my specialty grains
That's still a good amount of roasted grains. It's not like it's going to be a brown ale. It will probably be black as night. It's a relatively low amount of crystal (maybe 2-3%) but the higher OG will mean a higher FG, so you'll get some sweetness. Should be a tasty beer if fermentation goes well.


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Edinson Cavani – Arsene Wenger hinted he is yet to bid £62m for Cavani from Paris Saint-Germainas the media reported some days ago.
Speaking to the media after watching his side claim three points in a very tough game against Queens Park Rangers last night, Wenger although did not clearly state he was not in for Cavani called rumours the report of him offering £62m for the Uruguayan.
Wenger said: "I don't give any importance to rumours. There was a rumour two days ago in France that I offered £62m for Cavani from Paris Saint-Germain. Everyday there is a different rumour so I don't give importance to that.
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Lukas Podolski – Arsene Wenger in this post-match chat with the press just after the Premier League match against Queens Park Rangers refused to comment on Podolski leaving the club amid interest from Inter Milan. Wenger did hint Podolski would get some playing time.
"In every big club you have some players who don't play and they are not happy. If you find players who are happy when they don't play you have a problem. He [Podolski] will play.
"[Tomas] Rosicky had an outstanding game today and he didn't play for a long time. Our job is always to be ready when you play."
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