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The mad scientist tinkerer extraordinaires over at iFixit tore down the new PS3 super slim, just like they do with every new expensive electronic device that comes along, and have done with past PS3s. So, what makes this PS3 so slim? Low carbs? Paleo diet? Forcing a USB dongle down its throat until it gags and pukes? Of course, the biggest change comes from the new top-loading disc drive. As I pointed out a couple months ago, despite its smaller size, the PS3 super slim actually needs additional overhead clearance to get the disc in and out. It's not a lot, but depending on your TV stand, it may be too much. iFixit notes that the top-loading disc drive is "repair friendly". But what's not repair friendly, are the fans and heat sinks, which are found below the motherboard assembly. If either of these have an issue—an issue often found in previous PS3 models, especially the fatter, original PS3s—you'll have to remove the motherboard assembly to access them. However, iFixit does conclude that it help the design stay more compact and solid. Other standout changes include rubber padding around the disc drive to reduce noise, and less power consumption. If only they could do something about how long it takes to update the firmware and get to playing games. iFixit gives the PS3 super slim a 7 out of 10 for fixability, noting that Sony has made a console that is not only a smaller form factor, but it's also lighter, quieter, and consumes less power. Take from that what you will, then enjoy the pieces of PS3 super slim below.
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Describes a pilot study of Usenet Newsgroup postings about Philosophy. The aim of the research is to arrive at a set of predictors of the quantity and usefulness of documents posted on the Net with the aim of assisting educators in the development of curricula, and LIS practitioners in the assessment of networked resources. In particular, we wished to see whether relationships existed between the layout of digital artefacts and the usefulness and reliability of their content.
The current study suggests that a strong correlation exists between the email header elements stating the number of cross postings to multiple newsgroups and the relevance of a posted document to its purported topic. Articles deemed "useful", namely those which exhibited facility with technical terminology and methods appropriate to the field of discussion, also appear to be briefer or less verbose. We suggest that the number of cross-postings, and the number of lines in a message, are better predictors of the usefulness of message content than are other header elements such as the purported subject, or the sender's Internet domain of origin.
The process of scholarly publishing and editing, including the peer review process, has been in existence for many generations. Publishers have adopted certain conventions, such as title pages, contents pages, descriptions of authors' credentials, references, and indexes, which assist librarians and other researchers who wish to assess their reliability. The layout of books allows immediate categorization - as "mass-market", "trade", or "scholarly" material.
Scholars are thus able to appraise monographs and serials quickly, based on their physical appearance or packaging, before actually examining their texts. In some cases, the reputation of the book publisher, or the journal's editorial board, may be recommendation enough. While no scholar can claim to provide the absolute 'truth', the editorial process ensures that the contents of printed materials have been given reasonable scrutiny prior to their release.
The same is true of audio visual media, such as sound recordings, films, and videotapes, which have equivalent characteristics. For instance, a documentary film can usually be distinguished from a dramatic work, merely by examining its citation or by looking at its credits.
However, digital media present evaluation problems which are to some degree inherent in their design. There is no "cover" nor "title page" to an email message, and rarely are credits and references given for Web pages. Digital documents are volatile, transient, and multitudinous.
Accordingly, in these pilot studies, we sought to examine the headers of email type postings to Usenet Newsgroups on academic topics, and the amounts of personal self-revealing information provided by selected groups of academic Web authors. The primary group of people studied were those purporting to hold credentials in, or to be seriously interested in the topic of Philosophy. We wished to determine, in the first instance, whether there were any email header elements which might reliably forecast the appropriateness of the texts, and in the second, to determine how much we could determine about authors' bona fides by examining their Web pages.
Within the literature of librarianship, many of the articles on internet use have been what might be termed "use studies". These include a series of publications emanating from Australia. They include works by Applebee et al. (1997), Bruce (1995 and 1994), Pascoe et al. (1996), and Organ and McGurk (1996). Blinko (1996) conducted a study of staff and students at a British university, while McClure (1994) discussed the broader impacts of the Net on academia in the United States. Other articles focus upon the searching behavior of users, and upon reference services and use of the net by practitioners. Clayton et al. (1996), discuss the problems associated with user surveys conducted over the Net. Having conducted an email survey ourselves (Brown-Syed and Witzke, 1996), and having experienced quite a low rate of return, we did not attempt to use similar methods in this phase of our research. It is partially because email surveys are not terribly representative that we wished to study the documents themselves. (Brown-Syed and Witzke, 1996).
Studies of related Internet services, especially of the World Wide Web, are more prevalent. Our 1996 study of traffic on a Bitnet Listserv designed to provide peer support for users of Unesco's Micro CDS/ISIS library automation software (Brown-Syed & Witzke, 1996), sought to determine the usefulness of the information contained on the list, and the reasons for its use. This study included a user survey and analysis of the content of postings. It concluded that, while the list was indeed fulfilling its function of user support, a striking number of postings were of limited use, or offered seemingly conflicting advice. If this was the case in a moderated mailing list, how would posting patterns in unmoderated Usenet Newsgroups compare?
Like Bitnet lists, (Listservs), Usenet News predates the global Internet. In the 1980s, it was employed heavily by commercial, educational, and military users, and offered non-profit organizations an inexpensive vehicle for the exchange of ideas and information. Like Listservs, Usenet Newsgroups can be moderated by human or mechanical editors, but by far the majority of them are unmoderated. Because of the ease with which users can subscribe and unsubscribe to Newsgroups, they are perhaps more vulnerable to spurious or misdirected messages.
In the 1980s, Newsgroups were used for scholarly and technical communication, as well as for recreation. Netiquette guides like Brad Templeton's "Emily Postnews" documents (which appears from time to time in news.announce.newusers), informed users that there was a place on the Net for any sort of conversation, but that it was up to users to ensure that they discussed designated topics in appropriate groups. Ed Krol's classic Whole Internet Catalog explains the hierarchy of Newsgroups, and the complicated voting procedure used to create new ones (Krol, 1995).
In 1998, T. Matthew Ciolek, of the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, conducted an "impromptu" survey of some 1700 academics on the Net. This survey was aimed at ascertaining the time spent in various online activities. Ciolek observed: "Activities on the Net are twofold: (1) traversing the system and making use of its various information resources; (2) active research and construction work aimed at provision of networked information resources. Not surprisingly, construction work was less common (and less time-intensive) of the two." (Ciolek,1998). The results of this survey, while interesting, do not assist us greatly in determining just who is constructing which resources, and how useful, reliable, or effective those resources might be. However, they do suggest that network creation activities increase with user experience: Ciolek's observations on construction of personal pages are congruent with the results of the Oct-Nov 1997 Survey (GVU 1997) where 10,108 participants reported that 46% of them have created a web page and where was found that "the percentage of respondents creating web pages increases with the length of their online experience." (Ciolek, 1988). If one wished to apply this logic to Usenet News postings, an author's frequency of posting and cumulative number of posts might be considered analogous. Tools like DejaNews have allowed reaearchers to perform citation searches or topical searches, but because of the volume of traffic, most sites do not keep copies of the News for lenghty periods.
When we began our investigations, personal Web pages on the Net had been the subject of only one study of which we were aware. Bates and Lu (1997), who reported no similar studies, performed a content analysis of 114 personal Web pages derived from an online directory available through Netscape's menus. The purpose of their study was not to determine grounds for accepting or rejecting information, but rather, to categorize the types of pages found with respect to metaphors from other media. Its goal was to determine whether certain types of information were more apt to be present consistently, and to see whether any conclusions about stylistic elements and the cultural function of personal Web pages emerged. Quoting December & Randall (1994), they defined "home" pages as designated entry points to local Web sites. Operationally, in this study, a home page was defined as the first screen of information that appears upon entering the URL address (drawn from the People Page directory) of a Web site.... (Bates & Lu, 1997). However, as analysis of the authors' own web site access logs demonstrate, the nominal "front" or "home" pages are quite apt to be bypassed by users who use search engines or direct links to locate specific documents on the target sites (Brown-Syed, 1999a).
Table 1. demonstrates how access to pages not linked from an academic site's home page can constitute the majority of traffic from bona fide off-campus visitors during a two fairly typical periods toward the middle of an academic term. The high number of hits on the "King Arthur" material can perhaps be accounted for simply. Of several thousand pages devoted to this supposed monarch, the page ranks highly on search sets retrieved from AltaVista, and other engines. As well, other Arthurian sites link to this short bibliography cum Weblog. Even during an exceptionally busy time for students, hits to the home page constitute only about a tenth of all visits to the site.
29 Sept - 05 Oct 1999. (N = 1539).
21-27 Sept 1999. (N = 2716).
The assumption that a site's popularity is an indicator of its quality or relevance is problematic. Moreover, results can be easily skewed. The publication of the current article may in itself skew future results, as other researchers follow the links it contains.
Since 1994, the Graphic, Visualization, & Usability Center (GVU) located at Georgia Tech, has conducted surveys of the Net aimed at collecting demographic data. (GVU, 1999). Descriptions of several papers derived from these surveys are available online, however, the documents are "preprints" and may not be cited nor quoted. The URL for the GVU study appears in the attached References. The GVU surveys do not focus upon the academic use of the Net. However, some of their findings are of interest, for instance, while the October 1997 GVU survey found a majority of Net users were over 50 years old, for the first time, among the cohort of newer users, there was a higher ratio of females to males.
A demographic study based upon responses of about 1800 network users, had been performed by the Canadian government in 1996. By comparison, it had determined: "[T]he majority of respondents (72.6%) were between the ages of 25 and 54 years of age.... The majority of all respondents were males (76.6%), 23.4% were females." (Canada, 1996, summarized in Canada, 1999b). This survey determined that most network users were highly educated, middle class, and living in heavily populated and economically prominent areas of the country. The survey was not limited to Web use. It contained questions about other services, such as telnet, ftp, and discussion groups. (Canada, 1999a). However, it did not concentrate upon the creation of networked documents, nor upon the scholarly use of the Net, but upon users of government Web sites. Moreover, it depended upon an admittedly skewed sample - only people who found the survey could respond to it. Surveys like these give us insight into the characteristics of Net users, and may provide benchmarks against which to compare the characteristics of the cyber-scholar population.
With the advent of the global Internet and the entry of commercial network service providers, and the popularity of the World Wide Web, older services such as mailing lists and Newsgroups have been largely ignored, perhaps deservedly so. Some of the older Newsgroups have lost their hitherto professional character, and appear to have become the haunts of users who have never read about Newsgroup hierarchies and Netiquette. Some groups are now completely given over to mass-mailed advertisements, despite the former strict adherence to rules which allowed advertisements only in certain groups. Indeed, as this article went to press, the home page at "DejaNews", now re-launched as deja.com had all but completely de-emphasized the organization's original role as a Usenet news search engine facility, and had been largely given over to online shopping.
These developments do not necessarily spell the end of Usenet. Rather, they may herald a return to the facility's halcyon days as a vehicle for serious scholarly and scientific exchange. The NASA sponsored news group, sci.space.news, for instance, carries up to date press releases and mission itineraries, and contains almost no spurious messages.. The group is moderated, and reader comments are re-directed to another group, called sci.space.policy.
We felt that the usefulness of message contents could be functions of the posters' proper use of jargon appropriate to a given field, their provision of references (whether direct or indirect), and their stylistic familiarity with the medium. We subsequently adapted the methods used in this study in our examination of Web authorship. After examining several groups on the screen, we were able to arrive at several specific hypotheses.
In particular, we felt that the use of technical jargon appropriate to a field, and the contribution of authoritative or verifiable material in postings about that field, might be predicted from the path, from, subject, and physical extent fields of the posting headers. The manner in which we operationalized the dependent and independent variables is outlined below.
Our dependent variable, "Usefulness", was determined by collapsing measures of the use of appropriate technical jargon, and of evident relevance to the expressed title or topic given in the "subject" line.
Independent variables proposed included: the number of cross-postings to other groups, the length of the documents themselves, the domains of origin of the senders, and their use of actual rather than proxy addresses.
Two Usenet Newsgroups related to philosophy were chosen for this study. We chose these groups because we were familiar with technical or professional philosophy , and felt we would be able to identify direct or oblique references to its recognized practitioners and arguments. We chose philosophy groups because we felt, due to our previous academic degrees, that we would be competent to recognize the terms and concerns of professional philosophers when they occurred in the texts of News documents.
Beginning with the first article carried on the University's news server, we extracted every tenth article from two related Newsgroups, to a total of twenty articles per group. By examining the documents, we extracted the following information:
As well, we examined attached ".signature" files, when these were provided. Some experienced users use the News reader's capabilities to attach contact information automatically to outgoing mail. Typical signatures include postal addresses, phone, alternate email, or fax numbers, along with affinity statements, such as "Associate Professor, Such and Such University". However, not all users are aware of the signature mechanism, and some experienced users append very brief ones, often humorous rather than informative in nature.
Interestingly enough, during our preliminary search for groups to study, we discovered a fraudulent professor. The poster, evidently a computer programmer in Melbourne, Australia, passes himself off as a Professor of Developmental Psychology at a non-existent university, evidently for the purpose of eliciting information about sexual behaviour from unsuspecting teen agers. Accordingly, we felt that a more detailed examination of signature files would best be left to a follow-up study.
To operationalize the dependent variables, we applied two measures to the document contents. A technical jargon variable and a relevance variable were constructed.
Each document was assigned a technical language value from 0 to 2. If a poster clearly referred to commonly known philosophical arguments, named specific philosophers, or constructed formal philosophical arguments, the document was assigned a value of 2. If the poster appeared to be concerned with a traditional problem or branch of philosophy, but did not employ professional methods or references to technical philosophy, the document was assigned a value of 1. If the user's posting had no philosophical content whatsoever, it was given a zero.
Similarly, we compared document contents to the stated subject of the posting as provided in the header. A document which clearly advanced the topic of discussion was assigned a value of 2, while one only moderately on topic was given a 1, and a value of zero was assigned to documents which had no bearing whatsoever on the topic at hand.
Realizing that staying on topic and employing appropriate technical language or methods could be interpreted as two aspects of a document's relevance, we later combined the two original independent variables, labelling the composite variable "usefulness". We then used statistical tests to determine the likely influence of the individual independent variables, derived from the document headers, as well as combinations of them, upon each dependent variable in turn, and upon the composite variable "posting relevance". The data were analysed using SPSS 9.0, with the results shown in Table 2:
lines | techno | subj= disc | x-posts | useful- ness | |
lines Pearson correlation Sig. 2-tailed N |
1.000 - 38 |
-.279 .094 37 |
-.107 .528 37 |
.738** .000 38 |
-.222 .187 37 |
techno Pearson correlation Sig. 2-tailed N |
-.279 .094 37 |
1.000 - 37 |
.678** .000 37 |
-.401* .014 37 |
.935* .000 37 |
subj=disc Pearson correlation Sig. 2-tailed N |
-.107 .528 37 |
.678** .000 37 |
1.000 - 37 |
-.209 .215 37 |
.894* .000 37 |
x-posts Pearson correlation Sig. 2-tailed N |
.738** .000 38 |
-.401* .014 37 |
-.209 .215 37 |
1.000 - 38 |
.345* .037 37 |
usefulness Pearson correlation Sig. 2-tailed N |
-.222 .187 37 |
.935** .000 37 |
.894** .000 37 |
-.345 .037 37 |
1.000 - 37 |
In Table 2, drawn from a sample of postings in philosophy newsgroups, we see how a document's scores on use of appropriate technical language, the tendency of its contents to reflect the stated subject of discussion, and therefore its "usefulness", are inversely proportionate to the number of lines contained therein, and to the number of groups to which the document has been cross posted. While we observe strong relationships between pairs of variables, such as "use of technical language" and the tendency to "stay on topic", among the strongest relationships, and therefore, among the most reliable quick indicators of a document's likely relevance, is the number of groups to which the message has been cross posted. This fact is particularly useful in quick reference settings, because it is easily determined from the document header, and requires no facility with technical terms particular to a discipline. Similarly, the number of lines in a posting appears to correlate well with the number of cross posts - the most verbose postings tend to be the ones most widely distributed.
As the following summary statistics and Table 2 demonstrate, our investigation of email header elements suggests that a cursory examination of the header elements "lines" and "x-posts" can indeed be used is a rough predictor of a document's relevance to the announced topic of a Newsgroup. However, further research is required due to some ambiguities in the current research design. These will be explained below.
Ambiguity arises first and foremost in the determination of relevance, which we have expressed in terms of a collapsed variable called "usefulness". Our samples were drawn from two specific Newsgroups, and we have considered all articles with respect to their relevance to those two points of entry. However, any one user may have post a message to another group, and for various reasons, chosen to copy the message to one of the groups we sampled. Further studies might attempt to analyse the priorities given to groups named in the "x-posts" header element. Such research would have to cope with the fact that "replies" to postings are often made indiscriminately. A user sees a message, touches the "follow-up" key, and does not necessarily check to see how many groups the reply will affect.
This "quick trigger finger" behaviour can be embarrassing, and "noisy", especially if the original poster was merely seeking answers to an open question, and had not really determined the "most proper" group in which to post. It can lead to a sort of institutionalized irrelevance in the News. Once a thread of discussion begins, subsequent contributors may perpetuate an initial misdirection unintentionally.
Another ambiguity may obtain from the broad focus of the groups selected, and from the fact that words like "metaphysics" have popular as well as technical meanings. The same may not be true of other topics. For instance, the term "personal water craft" has a precise meaning, and it is unlikely that users would post messages in a group devoted to this topic unless they were aware of that meaning.
In future studies, we hope to draw representative samples from other newsgroups whose known or stated functions are professional or academic, and also from those whose users seek primarily to exchange recreational or avocation information. For example, genealogists have a tightly controlled, terse, and concise way of requesting information from other genealogists. Almost all of the postings in genealogy Newsgroups exhibit voluntary conformity to standards which have evolved over the past decade or so. It is possible that amateurs of other fields, such as computing, photography, skiing, or other hobbies, are more productive in their use of the medium than are users interested in more intellectual pursuits like philosophy. Because genealogy, for instance, has its own vocabulary, which tends to dissuade outsiders, chance users may feel less inclined to post rambling or badly-formed requests to genealogy lists than do those whose interest in philosophy is avocation rather than professional. The same may be true of other scholarly mailing lists and Newsgroups, which, by their very natures, invite speculation from people in other fields of endeavour.
A much larger sample, using data drawn from a variety of discussions on various fields and reflecting various disciplines, would be required before any sweeping conclusions could be drawn. However, with the volume of traffic in Newsgroups, and the number of Newsgroups both increasing exponentially, any sampling method which was based on an educated guess about the population would likely prove fruitless. However, our pilot study suggests that of all the elements in standard Newsgroup email headers, number of cross postings and length of the submission in lines are generally good at predicting the likely usefulness of postings. If librarians or researchers are in a hurry, these elements may help them identify relevant documents quickly.
It appears that we were correct in assuming that some indication of the value of a newsgroup posting can be ascertained from the document headers. While we recognize the limitations of this pilot study, we feel that it is possible to construct measures of document relevance and to predict their occurrence based on header information.
We attach one important caveat to this suggestion: in order to construct such a measure, one must be somewhat familiar with a given field. This study made no at tempt to confine itself to "established" newsgroups - ones which had passed the complicated voting procedures outlined in Krol (1995) and conducted in the Newsgroup news.announce.newgroups. Groups established outside the formal process, "alternate" groups, often have no charters or rules of appropriate conduct. Future studies should compare the traffic in "alternate" groups, with "official" groups established by calls for votes. As well, the traffic of "talk" and "miscellaneous" groups should be compared with that in groups with more restrictive applicability, such as those in the "science", "computing", or "society" hierarchies.
As well, there is some surface evidence from the sample that a user's frequency of posting, and the phenomenon of discussion "threads" or topics of conversation, may have considerable bearing upon the relevance of postings.
Finally, it would appear that our measure of document relevance remains valid regardless of the actual name of the newsgroup or its presence in or absence from the hierarchy of official groups. When we examined sci.astronomy.research, for instance, our University server carried only five articles. All used the jargon of astrophysics appropriately, and all discussed matters referred to in their headers. Conversely, the group alt.sex, established when a discussion group for human sexuality was defeated in the call for votes process, was originally set up for serious discussions of sexuality. It now scores poorly, according to our measure, since it is given over almost wholly to advertisements. A more careful examination of this measure of document relevance would have to be undertaken before it could be applied to general discussion groups with "talk" or "misc" in their names, since it might prove hard to identify appropriate technical jargon in these largely amateur, rather than professionally dominated, groups.
Our investigation of Usenet Newsgroups suggested that brevity and focus of articles could indeed be determined by examining the header elements "lines" and "x-posts". Our investigation of the personal Web pages of academics suggests that those earlier in their careers tend to reveal more about themselves, hence providing more clues to credibility, and at the same time, to produce a greater volume of digital artefacts. We feel that further research into potential means of ascertaining the reliability of documents on the Net is indeed critical for information intermediaries such as librarians, archivists, or news reporters, and that the absence of editorial control on the Net makes it critical that such "hallmarks of authenticity" be determined. Despite initiatives such as Metadata, information about Net authorship is provided voluntarily for the most part, and we feel that further studies to facilitate the rapid assessment of such information are essential.
Cases | ||||||
Valid | Missing | Total | ||||
N | Percent | N | Percent | N | Percent | |
x-posts * usefulness | 37 | 92.5% | 3 | 7.5% | 40 | 100.0% |
lines * usefulness | 37 | 92.5% | 3 | 7.5% | 40 | 100.0% |
Value | Asymp. Std. Error(a) | Approx. T(b) | Approx. Sig. | |||
Nominal by Nominal | Lambda | Symmetric | .159 | .104 | 1.439 | .150 |
x-posts Dependent | .160 | .090 | 1.695 | .090 | ||
usefulness Dependent | .158 | .145 | 1.014 | .311 | ||
Goodman and Kruskal tau | x-posts Dependent | .138 | .040 | .193(c) | ||
usefulness Dependent | .218 | .046 | .142(c) | |||
Uncertainty Coefficient | Symmetric | .258 | .050 | 4.425 | .235(d) | |
x-posts Dependent | .230 | .047 | 4.425 | .235(d) | ||
usefulness Dependent | .294 | .059 | 4.425 | .235(d) | ||
a Not assuming the null hypothesis. | ||||||
b Using the asymptotic standard error assuming the null hypothesis. | ||||||
c Based on chi-square approximation | ||||||
d Likelihood ratio chi-square probability. |
Value | Approx. Sig. | ||
Nominal by Nominal | Phi | .844 | .334 |
Cramer's V | .422 | .334 | |
Contingency Coefficient | .645 | .334 | |
N of Valid Cases | 37 | ||
a Not assuming the null hypothesis. | |||
b Using the asymptotic standard error assuming the null hypothesis. |
Value | Asymp. Std. Error(a) | Approx. T(b) | Approx. Sig. | |||
Nominal by Nominal | Lambda | Symmetric | .283 | .094 | 2.614 | .009 |
lines Dependent | .088 | .084 | 1.014 | .311 | ||
usefulness Dependent | .632 | .150 | 2.820 | .005 | ||
Goodman and Kruskal tau | lines Dependent | .101 | .005 | .752(c) | ||
usefulness Dependent | .708 | .019 | .743(c) | |||
Uncertainty Coefficient | Symmetric | .446 | .041 | 8.300 | .997(d) | |
lines Dependent | .312 | .035 | 8.300 | .997(d) | ||
usefulness Dependent | .779 | .052 | 8.300 | .997(d) | ||
a Not assuming the null hypothesis. | ||||||
b Using the asymptotic standard error assuming the null hypothesis. | ||||||
c Based on chi-square approximation | ||||||
d Likelihood ratio chi-square probability. |
Value | Approx. Sig. | ||
Nominal by Nominal | Phi | 1.745 | .466 |
Cramer's V | .872 | .466 | |
Contingency Coefficient | .868 | .466 | |
N of Valid Cases | 37 | ||
a Not assuming the null hypothesis. | |||
b Using the asymptotic standard error assuming the null hypothesis. |
How to cite this paper:
Brown-Syed, Christopher & Morrissey, William (1999) "Using newsgroup headers to predict document relevance." Information Research, 5(1) Available at: http://informationr.net/ir/5-1/paper64.html
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Since first gaining attention with 1996's Citizen Ruth, which cleverly satirized both sides of the abortion issue, Alexander Payne has had a pretty good run. His follow-up, Election, was one of the darkest, most accurate and hysterical high school comedies ever made. His third film, 2002's About Schmidt, was a great story that proved you can start over at any age, and also featured yet another landmark performance from Jack Nicholson, again reinventing himself in the role.
So it was with eager anticipation that I went in to see Payne's latest, a buddy road trip comedy called Sideways. Though, as you well know if you've seen Payne's other films, they are not works that can be simply filed away into any one category. In Sideways, Paul Giamatti plays Miles, who's recently divorced and not handling the circumstances so well. His good buddy Jack, played by Thomas Hayden Church, is about to get married. The two friends have arranged a little getaway, sort of a last hurrah before Jack gets married, and hopefully a chance to get Miles out of his slump. As it turns out, Miles and Jack have very different ideas of what their weekend in Santa Barbara's wine country is all about. Miles is a wine connoisseur, and is looking forward to a weekend of drinking good wine, playing golf and hanging out with Jack. Jack is looking to get laid one final time before tying the knot. The two soon find a happy medium when they meet Maya (Virginia Madsen) and Stephanie (Sandra Oh), two fun-loving wine knowledgeable women. The problem is that Jack is looking simply to score with Stephanie and is willing to tell whatever lies will get him to that goal quicker. Miles may have actually found something special with Maya, but in keeping with his friend's pre-marital wishes, he's had to weave his own web of deceits.
Alexander Payne has always exhibited a very unique ability to craft characters that are extremely true to life and also different from what you usually see on screen. In a similar respect, these characters often find themselves in distinctly unspectacular situations, but the way they are portrayed by Payne, with his exceptional gift for storytelling, they are always completely engaging. Sideways is not quite at the same level in this respect, but it is still a very entertaining and moving film. This is my least favorite of Payne's work, though you should understand that I am saying that as an extreme fan of Payne's previous films, which I hold in the highest regards. In another words, Sideways is still a very good film.
Actually, the part which I found most fascinating is also the part which I've heard may alienate some audiences. As Miles and Jack head into the Santa Barbara wine country, Miles attempts to teach the wine-ignorant Jack a little culture. This is a clever device that serves to teach the audience about wine at the same time. While I've enjoyed wine for years, I've maintained my ignorance with a curiosity that I've yet to explore. I found this exploration fascinating and it was great to get a lesson when you aren't even aware of it. While the film is entertaining audiences and you are engaged in the voyage of these characters, you can't really complain about learning something along the way. I loved all the specific wine talk, such as the scene where Miles explains to Jack the proper way to appreciate, explore and then enjoy a wine tasting. There's also a great scene late in the film in which Miles talks to Maya about the reason he loves Pinot Noir so much. In the process of making an analogy, he describes the process by which the grapes are grown and chosen in the vineyards. Great stuff.
All of the performances in Sideways are very good, but it will probably come as no surprise that Paul Giamatti is the standout. After all these years of playing bit roles, it's great to see Giamatti finally rise to the forefront. Besides just being a very fine actor, Giamatti has a different look that we usually don't see in lead actors, more of a real person quality. As Miles, Giamatti doesn't hold back, fully exposing his wide range of emotional depth, perhaps in even greater detail and range then he did with American Splendor.
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We are sitting here in the ICU waiting room praying,
sometimes crying, reading scriptures, even
BUT we serve a ALMIGHTY God
{this is extremely serious}.
remove the shunt and re-put another shunt in.
pressure in the brain went from
Linny...i'm praying unceasingly! But i will also pray during a specific time of 12p.m. Mountain time tomorrow, 12p.m Mountain time on Tuesday, and 9p.m. Mountain time on Wednesday...praying well into the night tonight...also my FB friends are praying too! Thank you for updating! The Lord hears our prayers...sending you comfort and love! <3
ReplyDeletePraying often and will take Tuesday 6-7 am PST. You know our Director of Women's Ministry suffered a horrific brain injury 3 years ago and is now 80% recovered. Her recovery has been nothing short of a miracle from prayers all over the world for her. It will happen for Karl as well. Squeeze your Autumn tightly for me!
ReplyDeleteDear Linny, I will pray from 3am-5am MST every morning this week, and many other moments of the day . . . Praise God for His Spirit of comfort and peace as He wraps His loving arms around your family and Karl's family, and holds Karl ever so lovingly in the palm of His Almighty hand.
In prayer, Beth from WI
I have never "introduced" myself here, so I guess I am a "lurker", but I love reading your blog, and love your family. I have prayed today for Karl and will set aside tomorrow (Monday) at 2:30 to pray. I will be at work, so if someone else can help with that time in case I get a call, that would be great. I know it isn't much of a "commitment" but I wanted you to know I am praying and that I want to be a part of this, too, and add my prayers to the others. I also want you to know I will be praying for Karl's family and for your family, too. I will be praying for Autumn at this time. Lots of love and possitive thoughts to you all.
ReplyDeleteAsking God to wake me tonight - in prayer for specific things for Autumn's Karl.
Praying that ministering angels would be so close... that Karl would experience a touch, revelations, and life-changing experiences with God while this miracles unfold.
Trusting Him.
(And we will be praying on our way to work as well - 6 - 7am and more).
Much love and prayers for YOU and Autumny.
Hi Linny.
Love to your family right now.
My heart is especially burdened for your Autumn after the previous tragedy in a similar situation which she faced xxx.
We're in Ireland so we are 7hours ahead.
We will do 3-4pm mst(10-11pm here) today and from 1-2am mst 19th and 20th July(8-9am here)
We believe we will see a miracle for your Karl. Jesus IS the healer xxx
My son woke me up with his head banging at 4:30am today. I went up and soothed him but knowing my alarm was going to go off in little more than an hour, I laid in bed unable to drift back to sleep. I thought about Karl and I began to pray. Been praying for him, for Autumn, for his family, and for you all.
Believing for a miracle!!!
Linny, in tears for Karl and praying now, 7am Eastern time. I will keep him prayer through the day, name written on my hand. Prayers for peace and comfort for Autumn, Karl's family, all of you as well. My husband just rode off to work on his motorcycle - this story is a worst fear of mine. Praying.
ReplyDeletelooks like you are 2 hours before me so I will pray my time 11pm tonight. . your time 9pm-10pm Monday for Karl. I have been praying for your Autumn. . that fear would not grip her. . that she would not feel like "it" is all happening all over again. . I will keep popping in for updates and pray accordingly. . .
ReplyDeleteJust found out about the situation since I didn't turn on the computer yesterday. I am praying now (6:24 mountain time) and will pray throughout the day whenever God brings Karl to my mind. Also praying for the peace that passes understanding to guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
ReplyDeleteOh Linny, I will be praying! I need to check into the time zone thing and then I'll get back to you, but I just wanted to share about my husband's miracle after a very similar accident.
The day before Dave's high school graduation he was in a motorcycle accident and had to be flown to a hospital in a bigger city. He had a tramatic brain injury, some broken bones, and had some internal bleeding. He had multiple surgeries and it was a very long road, but God COMPLETELY healed him! He was told by some of the doctors that he would never be able to do much in life, that he would never be able to go to college. Well, God is so much bigger and not only did he finish college in 3 years, he also went on to get his masters! We were dating at the time of his accident and now we've been married for 13 years (today). We have 3 beautiful boys at home and we're waiting for our 4th boy who we'll be adopting from China (this will be our 3rd adoption from China). Dave has many, many scars on his body including a very deep and long scar on his head from all the surgeries. Those scars are a reminder of our miracle working God. I'm believing in that same miracle for Karl.
I made a spreadsheet with all the times that had been posted as of 8:36am. I made it public so anyone can fill in their name for times that are unclaimed... I hope it works!
Will pray during a certain time as well once I can sit down and look at the times covered and figure out the best time to pray. Will repost once I figure it out but will be lifting him up all day today. Praise God for miracle that has occurred already! Can't wait to see the Lord's hand move again! Love and prayers, Charissa
ReplyDeleteWill pray during a certain time as well once I can sit down and look at the times covered and figure out the best time to pray. Will repost once I figure it out but will be lifting him up all day today. Praise God for miracle that has occurred already! Can't wait to see the Lord's hand move again! Love and prayers, Charissa
ReplyDeletePraying often from Ohio. I will take the time slot of 10-11 pm MST Monday and Tuesday night. I have been thinking and praying for Karl, Autumn, and both of their families constantly since I heard about the accident. I know all too well the pain of what you all are going through right now. Love and Prayers!!
ReplyDeleteI will be praying tomorrow (Tues morning) from 7:00-8:00 am, Eastern time, so that makes it 5-6 am, your time.
We have had a family member suffer major trauma, and I know how it affects everyone, from sleep to eating.
And, I also know how much we are blessed when others pray, how honored I was when people asked about my nephew and when they told me they were praying.
I will now be honored to be praying for Karl and for Autumn.
our prayers are with you bob and vicki,Matthew called us from germany crying and informed us what had happened sunday we have been praying every day for Carl to get through this accident,we have watched him grow up and he is a great young man our prayers are with you all god will help him pull through this! Greg,Dolores,Matthew and Michael Gallegos


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Benefit of glyceryl trinitrate on arterial stiffness is directly due to effects on peripheral arteries. | |
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PMID: 15761047 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
OBJECTIVE: To determine how the vasodilator glyceryl trinitrate (GTN) alters arterial stiffness and improves left ventricular afterload. METHODS: Ascending aortic pressure waves were measured with fluid filled catheters of high fidelity in 50 patients undergoing cardiac surgery, before cardiopulmonary bypass, both before and after intravenous infusion of GTN. In all 50 patients, wave reflection was identifiable as a secondary boost to late systolic pressure, permitting the pressure wave to be separated into a primary component, attributable to left ventricular ejection and properties of the proximal aorta, and a secondary component, attributable to reflection of the primary wave from the peripheral vasculature. RESULTS: GTN infusion caused no change in amplitude of the primary wave (mean (SD) 0.0 (1.4) mm Hg, not significant) but substantial reduction (14.6 (9.6) mm Hg, p < 0.0001) in amplitude of the secondary reflected wave. Fall in mean pressure was attributable to a mix of arteriolar and venous dilatation, with relative contributions unable to be separated. CONCLUSION: Favourable effects of GTN on arterial stiffness can be attributed to effects on peripheral muscular arteries, causing reduction in wave reflection. Results conform with previous invasive studies on vasodilator agents and their known effects on calibre and compliance of muscular arteries. |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1428-32 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Aorta / drug effects*, physiology Blood Pressure / drug effects* Cardiovascular Diseases / physiopathology Compliance Female Humans Infusions, Intravenous Male Middle Aged Muscle, Skeletal / blood supply Nitroglycerin / pharmacology* Radial Artery / drug effects*, physiology Vascular Resistance / drug effects Vasodilator Agents / pharmacology* Ventricular Function / physiology |
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Posted by Bob LeGere on Wed, 01/16/2013 - 21:04
Of all the talk radio I listened to Wednesday concerning the hiring of Marc Trestman as the 14th head coach in Bears history, one comment stood out for its stupidity.
It was the notion was that general manager Phil Emery, president and CEO Ted Phillips and chairman George McCaskey didn't hire Trestman until they had the "blessing" of quarterback Jay Cutler.
Really? Could there be a better/worse example of the tail wagging the dog? I'll spare the offender in question by not identifying him, but his last name rhymes with Shmefter.
Hopefully for the sake of Bears fans and the success of the franchise, the opposite is true. Hopefully Trestman gets the go-ahead to take Cutler to the woodshed and demand that he start improving his god-awful mechanics immediately.
Hopefully Trestman sends Cutler to his room without dessert until he makes an effort to be a better teammate and leader. Cutler's deficiencies in those areas were hinted at Wednesday by outgoing special teams coordinator Dave Toub, a fair and honest man.
Before he left to become the special teams coordinator in Kansas City -- bad for the Bears, great for the Chiefs – Toub was asked about Cutler on the Waddle & Silvy Show on ESPN Radio.
"There are certain aspects he needs to get better at – his leadership skills," Toub said after praising Cutler's physical abilities.
If we've learned anything from watching Cutler for four years, it's that his bionic arm, athleticism, courage, toughness and confidence aren't enough. Until his mechanics get better, his below-average accuracy won't improve. And until he becomes a better leader, he won't get teammates to follow him or elevate their level of play for him.
But Cutler has, in Trestman, the perfect teacher. Trestman can break Cutler down and build him back better than he was. He is the coach who can elevate his game, who can get him to finally, at long last, play up to his immense potential. But only if Cutler will allow himself to be coached – to accept hard coaching if necessary.
If Cutler can't do that, then it's time for him to go after next season when his contract is up. Then the Bears can let someone else worry about getting him to play up to his capabilities.
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Title Note | Demonstration misspelled on file card as "demostration" |
Date | August 1976 |
Description | Image of a group of people working together to cane a chair as part of a chair caning demonstration and class in the Humpback Rocks Visitor Center and Mountain Farm area near milepost 5.8, section 1B of the Blue Ridge Parkway. The group appears to be near completion in caning the chair. Other groups can be seen in the background working on their own chair caning projects. Image taken from the National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway Headquarters. Photographed by Robert G. Bruce in August of 1976. |
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IHL report finds mixed economic indicators
Published: June 22,2010
Tags: consumer spending, economy, employment, jobs, recession
JACKSON — The economy is showing signs of life in Mississippi with retail sales rising and tax revenues stabilizing, but unemployment is still hovering near 10 percent, according to the June 2010 issue of the Mississippi Economic Review and Outlook.
The publication is compiled by the Center for Policy Research and Planning at the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning. This issue presents the state economic forecast from 2010 to 2015, and includes detailed employment forecasts by sector (a probability of 60 percent is estimated for the state forecast). National and international developments impacting the state economy are examined.
"This recovery hardly deserves the name, but it is still good news that Mississippi's economy is finally turning the corner," senior economist Dr. Marianne Hill said of the state's economy.
Retail sales have been rising, job loss is slowing, tax revenues are no longer plunging, and the value of residential building permits issued has stabilized. Still, the unemployment rate is hovering near 10 percent, tax revenues are below estimate for fiscal year 2010, and federal stimulus funds are running out.
Rural areas are suffering more from unemployment than urban areas; and some industries have been hit harder than others. Employment dropped more in construction than in any other sector, sinking 12 percent in the first quarter in comparison to the same period last year. The oil spill in the Gulf and tornadoes this spring have added to the economic challenges facing the state.
Nationally, gains in job creation and in output are strengthening. A double-dip recession is unlikely, although global financial instability and weak demand continue to threaten a smooth recovery. Indicators remain mixed, as is usual during a recovery: nonresidential construction continues to drop, while housing starts are up. Consumer spending is rising, but local and state government spending is down.
Unemployment rates vary greatly by region and industry. The South's unemployment rate was just above the national average of 9.7 percent in March, while the unemployment rate in manufacturing was 13 percent and in construction was 25 percent. Blacks had unemployment rates above that for whites, and female heads of household had unemployment rates above the overall rate for men.
The recovery lacks strong drivers on the demand side and so is forecast to be slow. Consumers are recovering from a 22 percent fall in their net worth, and are increasing their spending only gradually. Business enjoyed an increase in profits in the first half of the year, but investors remain cautious about expanding facilities.
The financial reform package nearing a final vote may not have adequately addressed the "too big to fail" problem, and the healthcare reform bill is likely the first of many steps towards addressing rising health care costs.
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2009 Austin Super Regional
Capsules compiled by Christina De Nicola, Duncan Phillips, Sean Ryan, Phil Stanton
1. Texas Longhorns
Austin, Texas
Automatic bid – won Big 12 Tournament
Won Austin Regional
2009 record: 17-9-1, 44-13-1 (first in Big 12)
Head coach: Augie Garrido (Fresno State, 1961)
Record at school: 561-266-2, 13 years
Overall record: 1,732-790-9, 41 years
Associate head coach: Tommy Harmon
Assistant coaches: Skip Johnson, Tommy Nicholson
Team offense: .287 BA, 352 R, 36 HR, .411 SLG%, .377 OB%, 70-91 SB
Team pitching: 2.83 ERA, 531 IP, 433 H, 161 BB, 480 K
Top hitters: Brandon Belt (.338/8/38/17 2B/14-17 SB), Michael Torres (.299/2/28/12-13 SB), Brandon Loy (.307/0/26), Travis Tucker (.283/2/26/12-14 SB), Kevin Keyes (.305/6/37/12 2B), Connor Rowe (.276/6/33), Cameron Rupp (.282/8/39/11 2B), Preston Clark (.267/2/23).
Top pitchers: Taylor Jungmann (7-3, 2.45 ERA, 73.1 IP, 55 H, 29 BB, 81 K), Austin Wood (5-1, 15 SV, 2.03 ERA, 75.1 IP, 52 H, 15 BB, 66 K), Austin Dicharry (8-2, 2.40, 2.40 ERA, 56.1 IP, 36 H, 20 BB, 56 K), Chance Ruffin (9-2, 1 SV, 2.95 ERA, 106.2 IP, 8 H, 22 BB, 93 K), Cole Green (5-2, 2.98 ERA, 87.2 IP, 73 H, 29 BB, 66 K), Brandon Workman (3-3, 3.45 ERA, 70.1 IP, 55 H, 25 BB, 78 K)
Last NCAA appearance: 2008 (2-2 in Houston Regional)
Notes: Texas host an NCAA Regional for the 23rd time at UFCU Disch-Falk Field, the first since 2006 – and it likely is the most memorable. The Longhorns were tested to the tune of a 25-inning marathon – the longest game in NCAA history – against Boston College before winning 3-2. The next night, Texas trailed Army 10-6 in the ninth inning before scoring eight times, the last four coming on Preston Clark's grand slam to win it. The showing by Austin Wood (12.1 no-hit innings of relief, finishing with 13 IP, 2 H, 14 K) against BC was legendary; fellow Austin, Austin Dicharry then came on to toss the last 5.2 innings and earn his eighth win. Opponents hit .179 off Dicharry, a freshman. The Longhorns and Horned Frogs met once in the regular season, with Texas winning 6-0 on a staff day for both teams (five pitchers threw for UT, six for TCU). Thirty-one of the 34 players on the UT roster hail from the Lone Star State – the other three come from California. Pitcher Chance Ruffin's father is former major league pitcher Bruce Ruffin. Ruffin has gone 17-4 in his two seasons in Austin. Senior reliever Keith Shinaberry has contributed a journal to CollegeBaseballInsider.com this season. Brandon Belt has been drafted twice in the 11th round – once by the Red Sox out of high school and once by the Braves after a year of junior college (2007). The Longhorns have four players – Taylor Jungmann, Andrew McKirahan, Morgan Mickan and Cameron Rowe – who played at Georgetown HS in Texas. Coach Augie Garrido is the winningest coach in NCAA history. The Longhorns are seeking their sixth trip to Omaha in the past 10 years. Texas became the fourth team in Big 12 history to win the regular-season title and the tournament title in the same year.
TCU Horned Frogs
Fort Worth, Texas
At-large bid from Mountain West Conference, 3-0 at Fort Worth Regional
2009 record: 15-5, 39-16 (first in Mountain West)
Head coach: Jim Schlossnagle (Elon, 1992)
Record at school: 250-118, six years
Overall record: 327-1165, eight years
Assistant coaches: Todd Whitting, Randy Mazey, Ryan Shotzberger
Team offense: .312 BA, 409 R, 62 HR, .499 SLG%, .393 OB%, 59/85 SB
Team pitching: 4.17 ERA, 492.2 IP, 488 H, 179 BB, 389 K
Top hitters: Matt Vern (.363/15/50/16-22 SB), Chris Ellington (.342/6/52/21 2B), Jason Coats (.335/6/31/17 2B), Matt Carpenter (.335/9/45/23 2B/13-14 SB), Matt Curry (.327/3/31), Tyler Featherston (.317/4/27/13 2B), Corey Steglich (.307/2/30), Bryan Holaday (.297/10/47)
Top pitchers: Eric Marshall (2-2, 8 SV, 1.30, 27.2 IP, 19 H, 5 BB, 19 K), Taylor Cragin (5-0, 2.68, 53.2 IP, 40 H, 16 BB, 33 K), Trent Appleby (4-1, 3.05, 56 IP, 53 H, 19 BB, 46 K), Greg Holle (5-2, 3.89, 41.2 IP, 43 H, 15 BB, 26 K), Kyle Winkler (7-0, 3.95, 68.1 IP, 65 H, 32 BB, 46 K), Tyler Lockwood (4-1, 4.41, 67.1 IP, 71 H, 17 BB, 43 K)
Last NCAA appearance: 2008 (1-2 at Stillwater Regional)
Notes: TCU hosted its first Regional and won its first Regional. Freshman outfielder Jason Coats had the game-winning hit in the bottom of the ninth in the championship game against Oregon State. Coats, who had three hits and two RBI in the title tilt, was named the Most Outstanding Player for the Fort Worth Regional. The Horned Frogs are looking for their first College World Series appearance, although Coach Jim Schlossnagle was on the staff at Tulane in 2001 when the Green Wave reached Omaha, and assistant Randy Mazey, a former head coach at East Carolina, also reached the College World Series in 2001 when he was an assistant at Tennessee. Senior Matt Carpenter penned a journal for CollegeBaseballInsider.com in 2008. He missed most of 2007 with an injury and has hit 20 homers the past two years while fielding a slick .960 primarily at third base this season. Leading hitter Matt Vern batted nearly 100 points less last year (.275). Opponents hit .198 off closer Eric Marshall. Freshman Kyle Winkler was drafted by the Brewers in the 37th round and has gone unbeaten for the Frogs. Setup men Taylor Cragin and Trent Appleby have been stellar, combining for a 9-1 record in 109 innings spanning 39 appearances. Tyler Lockwood is 16-5 in his career and also has a twin brother named Drew. TCU and Texas met once this season, with the Longhorns posting a 6-0 win on April 7 in Austin.


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Dr. Timothy P. Vachris graduated from the University of Texas Medical School at Houston in 2005. He works in Austin, TX and specializes in Family Medicine and Sports Medicine. Dr. Vachris is affiliated with Heart Hospital Of Austin Campus St David Medical Center. He speaks English and Spanish.
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Oh, and to answer your other question, I am a member of BX, but have never actually bought or sold anything there, and have not had any dealings with this person.
Oh, and to answer your other question, I am a member of BX, but have never actually bought or sold anything there, and have not had any dealings with this person.
I totally understand what you're saying Joe, that has been my experience as well. I too, was contacted about the '13 FR LE SmB, same price as Cigar Dan quoted. I had posted a couple days ago that I was looking for a bottle or 2. In all honesty, I was not offended, its his, and he gave me his price point. I passed, but don't begrudge him, he owes me nothing.
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I'm not angry at the guy. I just told him that he was new here (joined last month), and things didn't work on SB the same as on BX.
Was out and about and came across 3 bottles of 2013 OFBB for $49.99 but didn't pull the trigger, for now : )
Well, on the one hand - letting you all know might keep the fair-minded members from abetting his profiteering ways. On the other hand, the person is new here and may not realize the gentleman's forum we have here, where sharing (stories, information and our own good cheer) is the be-all and end-all.
Funny thing tho, I was offered a bottle for a third less on BX.
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I'm not asking for his name but am asking if he has been posting because if not he may have joined just to sell.
We're Bourbon Geeks, it's who we are, it's what we do.
We appreciate everyone's help in policing the boards here as we all know that there's a very strong sense of community among SB'ers.
If you receive any private messages that you believe violate the Straightbourbon terms of service agreement, please bring it to the attention of a staff member via PM and we will handle it privately.
Calling out folks in the forums will cause more problems than solutions.
Thanks for your help.
My name is Joel Goodson. I deal in human fulfillment.
I grossed over eight thousand dollars in one night. Time of your life, huh kid?
I stumbled across 5 bottles of E H Taylor Warehouse C Tornado Surviving last week while I was visiting friends in MA. They were priced at $67 and the guy working at the store had no idea what he had when I mentioned that I was surprised to see them, granted it was more of a wine store. If I didn't already have an unopened bottle at home I definitely would have snapped one up.
I left 4 2013 Staggs ($99 each) and 1 2013 WLW ($90) on the shelf, I only bought 2 of each for myself. However, I'm back down by the store again today so if they are still there...
Crap, if they are still there I may have to get one more stagg, then I have no idea how I'm going to fit 8 full size and 4 200ml bottles in my checked bag.