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A virtual private line key telephone system is provided. The system includes a console including a plurality of line keys each associated with a party that can be reached via a switched trunk line. A look-up table means associates the line keys with the telephone numbers of the associated parties. A communication path is established from the console to one of the trunk lines. Signals are sent to the central office via the selected trunk line corresponding to the telephone number in the look-up table means associated with a line key that is actuated to place a calls. The telephone number of incoming calls are determined and compared with telephone numbers in the look-up table. Thereafter the line keys which are associated with the incoming calls are determined. The incoming call is coupled to the console when a line key associated with the incoming caller is actuated.
1. A virtual private line key telephone system comprising:
a console including a plurality of line keys each associated with a party that can be reached via a switched trunk line;
a look-up table means associating said line keys with the telephone numbers of the associated parties;
means for establishing a communication path from said console to one of said trunk lines and sending signals to the central office via said selected trunk line corresponding to the telephone number in said look-up table means associated with a line key that is actuated to place a call;
means for determining the telephone number of incoming calls and comparing said incoming call telephone number with telephone numbers in said look-up table means to determine which line keys are associated with the incoming call; and
means coupling the incoming call to the console when a line key associated with the incoming caller is actuated.
2. The telephone system according to claim 1 wherein each of said line keys includes a status indication which emulates private line status indications.
3. The telephone system according to claim 1 wherein each of said line keys includes a status indication where the status of a call to a party is indicated at a fixed location associated with a particular line key regardless of which trunk line is used for .[.he.]. .Iadd.the .Iaddend.call.
4. The telephone system according to claim 1 wherein, said line keys are located at a plurality of consoles,
said trunk lines are each associated with a line card capable of detecting line status, and said look-up table means includes
a look-up tale at said console for associating line keys to virtual logic address codes, and
a look-up table at said line card for associating virtual logic address codes with said numbers of associated parties.
5. The telephone system according to claim 4 wherein the status of the calls to associated parties is displayed at said console for said line keys as though the .[.lien.]. .Iadd.line .Iaddend.key were associated with a private line.
6. A virtual private line key telephone system comprising:
at least one console including a plurality of assignable line keys;
a line key assignment look-up table for said console for associating specific line keys to parties that can be reached via a switched trunk line and a virtual logic address code;
at least one .[.lie.]. .Iadd.line .Iaddend.card for a switched trunk line which can connect to multiple parties via a central office switch and which provides calling party identification (cpi) on incoming call;
a cpi look-up table for associating calling party identification telephone numbers with virtual logic address codes;
means for placing an outgoing call on said switched .[.lien.]. .Iadd.line .Iaddend.by actuating a line key, looking up the virtual logic address code associated with the line key and party, and looking up the calling party identification telephone number corresponding to the virtual logic address code and automatically placing a call to said telephone number; and
.[.mean.]. .Iadd.means .Iaddend.for receiving incoming calls on said switched line by detecting the calling party identification (cpi), looking up the associated virtual logic address code, displaying status of the calling party as ringing, and connecting the trunk line to a console on which a line key corresponding to the calling party is actuated.
7. A method of making and receiving telephone calls on a multi-party key telephone system using switched lines including line keys at operator consoles and line cards at outside line terminations including the steps of:
maintaining in memory the association between line keys and telephone numbers of parties that can be called or from whom calls can be received;
receiving telephone calls by
determining the caller telephone number,
determining which line keys are associated with said caller telephone number and indicating the line status as "ringing",
connecting the line card for the incoming call to the console at which a line key associated with the calling party is actuated, and
making telephone calls by
determining the telephone number of the party to be called associated with an actuated line key
automatically dialing said telephone number associated with an actuated line key, and
connecting the line card used for said call to the console at which the line key was actuated.
8. A method of making and receiving telephone calls on a multi-party key telephone system using switched lines wherein said system includes line keys at consoles and trunk lines connected to line cards,
maintaining a look-up table associating line keys with address codes associated with parties that may be called,
maintaining a look-up table associating address codes and telephone numbers for parties that may be called,
placing outgoing calls by
actuating a key corresponding to the party to be called
looking up the address code and corresponding telephone number of the party corresponding to the actuated key and automatically placing a call to said corresponding telephone number; and
receiving telephone calls
determining the caller telephone number,
looking up the address code associated with said caller telephone number,
indicating "ringing" by the caller,
connecting the incoming line to the console where a line key is actuated corresponding to said address code of said caller. .Iadd.
9. A virtual private line key telephone system comprising:
a console including a plurality of line keys that can be associated with a party that can be reached via a switched trunk line;
a look-up table for maintaining an association of line keys with telephone numbers and parties to be associated;
means for determining the telephone number of incoming calls and comparing an incoming call telephone number with telephone numbers in said look-up table to indicate the caller at all line keys associated with the incoming call; and
means coupling the incoming call to a console when a line key associated with the incoming caller at the console is actuated..Iaddend..Iadd.
10. A method of making and receiving telephone calls on a multi-party key telephone system using switched lines including line keys at operator consoles and line cards at outside line terminations including the steps of:
maintaining an association between line keys, telephone numbers and parties that can be called or from whom calls can be received;
receiving telephone calls by determining the caller telephone number and indicating the line status as "ringing" at line keys associated with the caller;
connecting the line card for the incoming call to the console at which a line key associated with the calling party is actuated; and
making telephone calls by determining the telephone number of the party to be called associated with an actuated line key, automatically dialing said telephone number associated with an actuated line key, and connecting the line card for said call to the console at which the line key was actuated..Iaddend.
This is a Reissue of U.S. Pat. No. 5,214,691..Iaddend.
This invention relates to key telephone systems and, more particularly, to the large key telephones of the type used in the financial community referred to as trader turrets.
In the financial community, securities and commodities are usually traded using a private line trading network between brokerage houses, banks, and other trading partners. A brokerage house, for example, typically has one or more trading rooms coupled to a large number of telephone lines, usually private lines, going to its trading partners. A trading room may include any number of trading stations each including a key telephone known as a "trader turret" which provides key line access to a large number of the incoming lines. A large trading room can easily trade securities and commodities at the rate of millions of dollars per second.
A typical trading transaction involves a rapid series of short telephone conversations to locate traders having the desired security for sale at the best price. A typical call lasts ten seconds and there may be on the order of five calls per minute during the course of a single transaction. Private line key telephone systems provide immediate access and are preferred for the rapid, multi-call communications involved in most financial transactions.
Manual dialing is much too slow and cumbersome to be seriously considered in the hectic environment of financial trading. Auto dial systems where a single key actuation sends dial tones or pulses to a central office switch are also too slow for most trading operations since dial pulse systems usually take about eighteen seconds to connect, whereas tone systems usually take about fourteen seconds to connect. Private lines provide the desired immediate communication, but are much more expensive than switched lines.
The trader turret work stations are specially designed to suit the needs of a financial trader. The line key assignments on the console are a personal matter and may change as market conditions change. Typically a trader will want the most frequently called trading partners to appear at a specific line key and at specific locations on the console so that, in most cases, it is not necessary to take time to read the legends associated with the keys. The console must indicate the line status for all lines available at the console so the trader can tell which lines are in-use, on hold, ringing, or free. The console must also indicate the active line at the console so that the trader can always confirm the identity of the trading partner on the line.
An auto-dial line is not compatible with normal trader turret operations. With a switched line the central office switch selects the first available trunk to the trading room which means that the call from a particular trading partner can come in on a number of different lines. As a result, the call can appear at different locations on the trader turret which is generally unacceptable to traders. In addition, as previously mentioned, auto-dial lines take too long to complete a connection.
An object of this invention is to provide a trader turret with virtual private lines, i.e. switched lines that appear to the trader as private lines.
Another object of the invention is to provide a less expensive trading network based at least in part upon the use of switched lines.
Most telephone service companies provide ISDN (Integrated Service Digital Network) which consists of lines suitable for data transmission that are switched at the central office. The central office ISDN switch responds to a burst of data identifying the party being called and the originating party. Normally, a connection is completed in less than two seconds. On incoming calls the central office switch provides the calling party identification (cpi), i.e., the telephone number of the calling party. Because of the short connection time specification, ISDN lines can be used in the hectic financial trading operation. The ISDN lines cannot match the speed of a private line, but are considerably less expensive and are satisfactory for many of the less active trading partners.
A separate key on the trader turret identifies each trading partner that can be reached on the ISDN network in the system according to the invention. A look-up table maintains the telephone number of each of these parties and associates each such number with a line key for the party. For outgoing calls this telephone number from the look-up table is sent to the central office as a burst of data when the key is actuated. The indicators associated with the ISDN party line keys at all consoles in the trading room emulate the private line indications.
Incoming calls from an ISDN party are more difficult to process since the calls come in on common trunk lines which are not unique for a particular trading partner as is the case with a private line. An incoming ISDN call, however, does supply a calling party identification (cpi) which identifies the caller and can be compared with the look-up table containing the numbers of the ISDN parties that the system is set up to receive. If a match is found, a ringing line indication appears at all consoles associated with the keys for the calling party. If a key is actuated, a path is completed from the incoming call trunk line to the trader turret at which the key was actuated and the indicators at the consoles are changed to indicate that the line is in-use.
The only difference observable by the trader between a private line and a virtual ISDN private line according to this invention is a slightly greater connection time for the outgoing virtual private line calls. The signalling at the console emulates a private line and therefore IDSN lines are satisfactory for many financial trading operations.
The foregoing and other objects may be understood more fully from the following specification which sets forth an illustrative embodiment of the invention. The drawings are part of the specification wherein:
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the overall system according to the invention;
FIG. 2 is a time line diagram of events in setting up an incoming virtual private line call;
FIG. 3 is a time line diagram of events in setting up an outgoing virtual private line call;
FIG. 4 is a flow diagram of the program at the trader work station; and
FIG. 5 is a flow diagram of the program at the ISDN line card.
FIG. 1 is an overall diagram illustrating the system according to the invention. A trading room includes any desired number of trader work stations 10 each including a large number of line keys 12. A typical trader work station will have at least thirty line keys and may have as many as several hundred line keys. In a normal installation, actuation of a line key establishes a talk path from a handset 22 at the work station to the associated private line 20 via a suitable switch 24.
Associated with each of the line keys at the work station is a pair of indicating lamps 14 and 16. Lamp 14 may be a green status indicator which indicates the line is busy by a steady on condition, the line is ringing by a rapid flashing, the line is on hold by a slow flashing, or the line is free by the off condition. The other lamp 16 of each pair has a different color, such as red or amber, and is used to indicate the active line that is in use at the station. Also associated with each line key is a name plate indicator 18 which is preferably an LCD display identifying the party associated with the line key.
Trader work station 10 is controlled by a microprocessor 30 which has access to a key press sensor 31, a lamp display memory 32, a name display memory 33, a line status memory 36, a line register 37, and a line key table 34. Key press sensor 31 detects when a line key is depressed so that when interrogated by the microprocessor, the sensor returns a digital code identifying the depressed key. The lamp display memory includes a memory bit for each indicator lamp 14 and 16 which control the on/off state of the respective lamps. The microprocessor periodically updates the lamp display memory according to the current line status and active line. The line status memory 36 includes data indicating the current status of all the lines in the trading network. Line key table 34 includes the data for the custom key set up for the work station giving for each key the associated logic address code (LAC) for the line to be connected when the key is depressed, and the name plate information for the key. Thus, the Line Key table associates the parties with specific line keys at specific locations on the console.
The microprocessor uses the line status information in memory 36 and the line key to line assignment information in table 34 to update the lamp display memory 32 so that the work station displays line status at the correct location on the console. The microprocessor updates the name display memory 33 according to the name assignments in table 34. With this arrangement the trader can have any line in the system appear at any desired line key with any desired name plate designation by the appropriate set up of table 34.
Handset 22 provides, and responds to, analog signals. The handset is therefore coupled to digital switch 24 via an analog to digital converter 38. Microprocessor 30 supplies commands to the switch for establishing a talk path to a line card selected by actuating a line key.
Each of the private lines 20 available to the network connects to switch 24 via a line card 21 constructed according to the specifications for the particular line. The line cards include conventional line status circuits 28 which detect the status of the line, that is, busy, ringing, hold, or free. The line status circuits pass on digital signals indicating status to microprocessor 29 in the line card which, in turn, supplies the information to all the line status memories 36 at the turret work stations via a broadcast channel 26. Preferably, only changes in line status are broadcast to thereby reduce the traffic on the broadcast channel. With such an arrangement, the interface card 35 at the work station must decode the line status change information received from the broadcast channel and update the line status memory 36 accordingly.
If the private line is of the analog type, the signal is passed through an analog to digital conversion and then to microprocessor 29 for routing to a particular handset at a work station via switch 24.
Switch 24 is preferably a duplex digital switch including a broadcast channel of the type described in application Ser. No. 07/766,047, entitled "Distributed Control Switching Network for Multi-line Telephone Communication" filed concurrently herewith. This switch is modular with each switch element being controlled by separate processors. A typical switch element includes 19 input ports and 19 output ports with 32 channels per port. For routing through the switch, each destination is given a unique logic address code (LAC). A route is selected by supplying the switch with a "path set" command and the destination LAC. When a switch element receives a "path set", command it interprets the LAC and sets a path through the switch element toward the destination LAC. To permit unlimited conferencing, a talk path is established by first connecting the work station to a bridge and then establishing the route from the line card back to that bridge.
The preferred switch also includes a dedicated broadcast channel in each switch element. Preferably each switch element includes a first-in, first-out (FIFO) stack for received broadcast messages so that multiple broadcast messages can be prioritized when passing through a switch.
For selection of a private line, the operator locates a line that is free or ringing and depresses the appropriate line key. The microprocessor looks up the LAC for the line corresponding to the depressed key in line table 34. A path set command is issued to switch 24 to establish a path between handset 22 and the appropriate private line card 21. When the connection is established, line status circuit 28 detects the change of status to busy and broadcasts this status change to all the line status memories 36 in the network. Work station microprocessor 30, using table 34, changes the status and active line indicators associated with the depressed key.
The purpose of this invention is to provide switched line capability that emulates private line operation at the trader work station. In particular, it is important that the switched line party always appear at the same location on the console and always be associated with the same line key regardless of which switched line is used for the call.
Although ISDN switched data lines are preferred because of their high operating speeds, other types of switched lines could also be used provided caller identification is provided on incoming calls. Also systems similar to ISDN in other countries, such as Digital Access Signalling (DAS) in the United Kingdom, can also be used. The ISDN protocols are set forth, for example, in ISDN Protocols for Connection Control by Harmon and Newman, 1989 IEEE. Basically, ISDN lines provide data in packets including a header giving the calling party identifier (cpi). The ISDN line card 40 must be designed in accordance with the ISDN protocol.
Line card 40 includes line status circuits 45 which determine the status of ISDN line 47 and supply the status information to a microprocessor 41. Since the incoming data is in a serial format, it is supplied to a shift register for conversion to a parallel format supplied to the microprocessor. The microprocessor is programmed to extract the calling party identifier (cpi) from the incoming data and stores this information in a cpi register 44.
The ISDN line card includes a CPI Table (look-up table) 42 accessible to the microprocessor. The table includes all the cpi telephone numbers that the system will recogmze and the associated virtual logic address codes (vLAC). The VLAC is a dummy address code used to identify a party available on an ISDN line as though it were a private line party. A VLAC serves to identify a line key associated with an ISDN party rather than the line to that party. For incoming calls, the CPI Table is used to convert the cpi into a VLAC so that line status indications appear at the appropriate locations on the consoles associated with the particular line key and calling party. For outgoing calls, the CPI Table is used to connect the VLAC message into the telephone number to be called. In actual practice, the use of separate look-up tables for incoming and outgoing calls would usually be preferable.
The ISDN line card also includes a VLAC/aLAC register 43 for associating the ISDN party with the actual LAC of the ISDN line card. Microprocessor 41 is coupled to switch 24 via the broadcast channel 26 and a data channel 48.
For virtual private line communication, a line register 37 is added to the memory accessible to microprocessor 30 for storing the VLAC/ALAC association for a call which is the same as that in register 43. For the virtual private line keys, the VLAC for the virtual party is inserted in LINE KEY table 34 instead of the LAC identifying an actual line.
With this arrangement, line status information is broadcast to the trader work station according to the VLAC and is therefore displayed on the console at the first location associated with the ISDN party rather than with the line being used. When a talk path is established, the talk path is from the work station to the ISDN line (ALAC) associated with the virtual party (VLAC).
FIG. 2 is a time line diagram illustrating the events taking place in the ISDN line card (located at ALAC) and at the work station card (bLAC), as well the communication between these cards.
The time sequence working from top to bottom in the diagram commences at the line card with detection of an incoming call which includes a calling party identification (cpi). In step 50 of FIG. 2 the line card processor looks up the VLAC corresponding to the cpi of the incoming call from the CPI Table 42 and associates the VLAC and ALAC in register 43 (FIG. 1). The line card next broadcasts the VLAC and ALAC and indicates the status thereof as "ringing". The broadcast information is conveyed to all of the trader work stations and the line status memory 36 at the work station is updated accordingly. In step 51, at the work station card, the lamp display is updated to indicate the status as ringing for the line key corresponding to the VLAC. This ringing signal identifies the calling party on the ISDN line rather than the calling private line as is normally the case.
If the operator decides to pick up the ringing line by depressing the corresponding line key, the work station card connects the talk path to the associated bridge (BLAC) and initiates a "path-set" request to the BLAC. The call request is sent to the ALAC line card which then prepares instructions in step 53 to initiate a "path set" form the line card (ALAC) to the work station (BLAC). Switch 24 (FIG. 1) then establishes a duplex talk path from the line card (ALAC) to the work station bridge (BLAC). The line card also sends out a status broadcast identifying the ALAC, the VLAC and the status as "busy". The broadcast information is received by all work stations which update the local line status memory and, in step 54, display the indicator lamps corresponding to the VLAC as "busy". At his point the communication has been established between the calling party and the work station hand set, and the line key for the calling part is indicated as "busy" at all of the work stations which access that party.
When a call is completed, a release can be initiated either by the calling party or the operator of the work station. In either event a command is sent to the switch to "drop" the talk path. In steps 55 and 56 the work station and the line card both disassociate the ALAC from the VLAC and the line card thereafter broadcasts the ALAC, the VLAC, and their status as "free". In step 57 the operation is completed by a display at the work station of the indicator light associated with the VLAC line key as "free".
FIG. 3 is a similar time line diagram for the events which take place in an ongoing virtual private line call. In this case the initial step is a line key press at the work station when the operator wishes to place a call to one of the ISDN parties. When the key is depressed, the microprocessor in the work station looks up the VLAC in Table 34 corresponding to the depressed line key and also looks up a free ISDN line (ALAC) in status memory 36. In step 61 the work station is then connected to the associated bridge (BLAC). A request for a call set up giving the BLAC address is then sent to the ISDN line card corresponding to the selected ALAC. The line card looks up the called party identification (cpi) corresponding to the VLAC and sets up the call with central office switching. In step 62 the line card then initiates a "path set" from the ALAC back to the BLAC and establishes a duplex communication therebetween via switch 24 (FIG. 1). The line card next will broadcast the VLAC, the ALAC, and the line status as "busy".
When the call is terminated, either by release at the work station or a release at the line card, the path through the switch is dropped and the ALAC and VLAC are disassociated in steps 63 and 64. Finally, the line card sends out a broadcast of the VLAC, the ALAC and indicates the line status as being "free".
The flow diagram for the microprocessor program at the work station is illustrated in FIG. 4. The program begins with step 71 which is a look-up of the status of line LACs and vLACs for display on the station consoles. The program also periodically interrogates the key press sensor to determine if a line key has been pressed corresponding to a virtual private line (VLAC). If the answer in decision 72 is "no", the program proceeds to handle other line events as required. If decision 72 indicates that a key has been depressed corresponding to a virtual private line party, the processor in step 73 looks up the VLAC number for the depressed key in the Line Key Table. The processor then looks up a free ISDN line (ALAC) in the line status memory 36. The ALAC and VLAC are then associated and stored in line register 37. In step 76 the processor next sets up a connection to the local bridge (BLAC) and in step 77 sends out a request to the ALAC line card to set up a path back to the bridge (BLAC). The program then monitors acknowledgements to determine if the call set up has been received by the line card. If not, the program waits in step 79 and then repeats steps 76 and 77 attempting to again set up the call back to the bridge (BLAC). When the call set up has been acknowledged, the program proceeds to step 81 which handles the call progressing as required. The program periodically checks to determine if the call has been terminated and, if not, repeats step 81. When the call is terminated, as indicated by decision 82, the program proceeds in step 83 to disassociate the ALAC from the VLAC and then returns to the idle condition.
FIG. 5 is a flow diagram for the program in the ISDN line card. In this program the processor proceeds through inquiries 90-92 to determine, successively, whether there is an incoming call, a call set-up request, or a release. If all decisions are negative, the program proceeds to step 93 where it continues line card handling.
If decision 90 indicates that an incoming call is present, the program proceeds to step 94 which extracts the calling party identification (cpi) from the incoming call packet. The processor in step 95 then looks up the VLAC corresponding to that cpi in the CPI table. In step 96 the ALAC is associated with the VLAC and in step 102 broadcasts the VLAC, the ALAC, and line status as "ringing". If a call set up request is present at the time of decision 91 (either as a new call or in response to a "running" indication), the program proceeds to look up the cpi for the VLAC in the CPI table in step 100 and sets up a call to the called party corresponding to the cpi in step 101. Thereafter, the program proceeds to initiate the path set up and broadcasts the line status in steps 97 and 98.
If a release is detected in decision 92, the program proceeds to drop the talk path in step 104 and disassociates the ALAC from the VLAC in step 105. Thereafter, the processor is step 106 broadcasts that the VLAC and ALAC line status is "free".
While only one illustrative embodiment of the structure and methods has been described in detail, it should be obvious that there are numerous variations within the scope of the invention. The invention is more particularly defined in the appended claims.
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He went into the offseason planning to work out primarily at third base, then became Triple-A Salt Lake's starting shortstop when he didn't make the Angels' opening day roster. Green, 26, was called up by the Angels on Friday to play … left field?
While the Angels cope with injuries to Josh Hamilton and Kole Calhoun, Green figures to immediately slot in as the right-handed part of a platoon in the outfield with the struggling J.B. Shuck.
Green played 49 games in left in Oakland's minor league system in 2012, and six more in the last week, once the Angels phoned Salt Lake manager Keith Johnson with the plan to get him ready for the big leagues.
Green said he was "as comfortable as you can be for having six games" of recent experience.
"The only difference is that the batter just looks so much farther away," Green said "That's about it. It wasn't that tough. It was an easy transition."
Of course, the reason Green is in Anaheim now is not his defensive capabilities. It's his bat, always his calling card and this season particularly so.
He was hitting .349 with 11 extra-base hits in 26 games for the Bees after hitting .280 with 10 extra-base hits in 40 games for the Angels last year.
"Right now, that right-handed bat's important, especially with some guys out of the lineup," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said Friday.
Green, acquired for Alberto Callaspo last July, also hit .333 in spring training and challenged Ian Stewart for a reserve spot to begin the season.
Scioscia said the Angels feel Green is "adequate" defensively in left field and at third, and indicated they are "very comfortable" with his play at second base and shortstop.
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Seaside Johnnies at Oakland Beach: Great Seaside atmosphere with decent food
Seaside Johnnie's is located on Oakland Beach in Rye and is a good place to grab something to eat if you happen to be in the area. During the summer season the place gets quite crowded from the visitors to the beach as well as the locals especially during the weekends.
The restuarant is a nice size with indoor and outdoor seating as well as a small bar area. Ferni and I like to sit in their outdoor dinning area as we like the cool breeze of the ocean during the hot summer days. The food here is consistently good and they have a nice selection of seafood and other dishes to please just about anyone especially those that do not like seafood. The staff is quite friendly and very attentive.
Ferni and I also enjoy the bar area especially if we only want to enjoy a few drinks without wanting to order anything to eat (you can order at the bar as well though).
I've had their calamari the few times the few times I have eaten here, and their frozen margaritas are quite good as well.
Favorite Dish: The only items we have eaten here have been the calamri which I found to be good and Ferni has had their burger and said it was okay.
I love their frozen drinks, the frozen margarita is my favorite.
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Ruby's Oyster Bar & Bistro: Steak Frites and Escargot
Ruby's is one of our local favorites. Located right in the heart of downtown Rye it is just one of several great eateries in a four block radius. Ruby's has that casual atmosphere I love with excellent food. Ruby's has a nice menu with a variety of seafood, chicken, fish and meat selections as well as Oysters. There specials list always has something that catches my eye and stomach.
Whether my wife and I stop in for a drink and an appetiser or a full meal; we are never dissapointed. I love their steak frites, calamari salad and escargot. My wife is a big fan of their mussels and their warm brownie sundae.
Our last meal here was during Restaurant week 2011 (fixed price menu for dinner was $28 for appetizer, entree and dessert without tax and tip). We brought my Mother and her husband here for dinner. Hal and Mom loved their meal especially the oysters in a champagne sauce. We had a delicous meal and a fun time.
Favorite Dish: The steak here is very good. A thick cut of tender meat with the right amount of seasoning. The goat cheese mashed potatoes that come with the steak are incredibly good and I could eat a whole bowl of them if I could. The steak is also topped with thin cut onion rings that are out of this world good. The escargot here are a favorite of both my wife and I. They are served in an herb butter sauce with small rounds of puff pastry on top. Th calamari provencal is also a great choice. Cooked not breaded calamari rings are served in a broth with vegetables, peppers and herbs. It is a tasty and refreshing dish.
Piazza Pizzeria & Deli: Our neighborhood pizza joint
Piazza Pizza is our local pizza joint not too far from home. They have a large variety of dishes to choose from. It's quite small though with only a few tables if you decide you want to eat in, but most people order to go. They have delivery service which is usually quick and the food always arrives piping hot.
We've ordered many different pies and their sicilian pie is our favorite, it's awesome. The sauce is perfect and they put just the right amount of cheese which is gooey! The hero sandwiches are huge (16 in. sub) which can easily be shared. Their pasta dishes are great! Their sauce is spot on with just the right amount of seasoning, but not overpowering tastes.
Ferni and I orderd either a sicilian pie or a sandwich to share at least once a week.
Favorite Dish: The sicilian pie is great, just the right amount of sauce and cheese makes this a winner. The hero sandwiches are huge, enough for two to share and the best part, the price is less then $7. The entrees like any of their pasta dishes are cooked perfectly and quite yummy!
You can't go wrong with anything you order here.
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Pier Restaurant & Tiki Bar: Good Drinks, Tasty Bites and a Nice water View
The Pier Restaurant and Tiki Bar is a new installment to the Playland area; opening in May 2010. he place is very big with a huge outside area with a 36 foot Tiki Bar that extends out onto the pier. Inside is a large dining area that has plenty of seating and televisions for sports watching. This place has quickly become popular and very crowded on the weekends especially in the nice warm weather. We usually just grab a seat at the outdoor bar or at one of the patio tables to enjoy the view and nightly entertainment.
My wife and I take our evening walks through Oakland and Rye beach so we often stop here for a bite to eat or a snack. The menu has a nice assortment of appetizers, pub grub items and seafood. They also have beer, wine, hard liquor and specialty drinks like The Fish Bowl Pier Punch, Tikitinis and Tiki Blue Sangria. Prices here are a bit higher than average but you are paying for the location.
Food here is good but service can vary depending on the amount of customers. It's nice to have a fun place within walking distance that we don't have to worry about a designated driver.
**Just a suggestion: go during the week to avoid the crowds which can be a bit on the rowdy side especially when the amusement park is open.**
Favorite Dish: The spinach and artichoke dip is my favorite appetizer here hands down. It's served in a huge bowl with tortilla chips, sour cream and salsa. It is more than enough for two to share portion wise. The dip itself is very creamy and has melted cheese on top which gives it an added crunch and saltiness. I usually have a Miller Lite when here and my wife goes for a Landshark, Stella, Tidal Wave Margarita or a Strawberry dacquiri.
Rye Grill & Bar: Great Food and Service Every Time
The Rye Grill & Bar is our local hangout and one of our favorite places to eat in the area. We often find ourselves here to meet friends after work, have a meal with Liz's parents or to grab a bite to eat after one of our beach walks. The place is cozy and we always feel comfortable coming for a meal or just to hang out with drinks. Upon enering the restaurant there is a nice bar area up the stairs on the left with plenty of seating. On the right hand side there are two spacious dining rooms with tables and booths. Upstairs is another dining room, bar and private party room. The Rye Bar & Grill was recently renovated and we love what they have done with the place. It's an open, airy and inviting place to enjoy a good meal or cocktails.
The food here is always good and the service is very good even when the place is jammed. Then menu has a nice selection of American classics as well as pub grub. I like that there menu has a good selection of bar food as well as real food so I can just grab an appetizer if I'm not that hungry. The brunch menu has some of the pub grub/entrees from the regular menu with some tasty breakfast items. The specials are always interesting and I find myself ordering at least one thing whether an entree or an appetizer from the special selections. Dessert here is incredible so make room for dessert when you are here for a meal.
Favorite Dish: The cheeseburger sliders, Filet Mignon Sandwich, calamari and crab stuffed mushrooms with beurre blanc are my favorite here. The sliders are three mini burgers; which are incredibly tasty. The pulled pork sliders are good as well but not the best pulled pork I have had. The calamari is a favorite of both Liz and I. It is very crispy and has a tasty dipping sauce. The steamed mussels in tomato broth is always Liz's favorite. The crabmeat stuffed mushrooms are excellent and we could lick the plate they are that good. The cheeseburgers are very good and I also enjoy the filet mignon sandwich. I like that the burgers and sandwiches are served with both french fries and onion frizzles.
The filet mignon entree is also a great choice with some of the most tender meat I have found in this country. It's served in a garlic sauce with mashed, mixed veggies and onion frizzles. The grilled chicken sandwich is very nice and Marie and I both love eating it. I had one of the specials on one of our visits which was a dungeness crab quesadilla with a creamy horseradish dipping sauce. It was incredible good and a large portion ; I enjoyed eating my leftovers the following day. The tuna special sandwich on my last visit was incredible. The tuna was very fresh and cooked to a nice medium rare.
Dessert here is always a must for us... The chocolate lava cake and the apple crisp are incredibly good. The lava cake is a large round of gooey chocolate lake with an incredible chocolate center. Piled ontop of the cake is ice cream, whipped cream, chocolate sauce and caramel. It is heaven on a plate but even I can't finish it......it is so rich. The apple crisp is more like an apple crisp tart. The shell is a flakey crust that surrounds delicious apple pieces covered in streussel topping. It's served warm with a good dollop of vanilla ice cream.
When we come here for brunch I enjoy the eggs bendict which is very nice and almost too much to eat. Liz enjoys some pancakes with strawberry syrup and a nice Bellini.
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Seaside Johnnie's: Dinner with A Beach View
Seaside Johnnie's is a small reataurant/bar right on Oakland Beach. We like to take nice walks on the beach and grab a great meal here. They have outdoor patio seating as well as indoor seating. On most nights we choose to sit outdoors unless the wait is too long. Sitting outside and enjoying the beach views is the best way to enjoy a delicious seafood meal. The indoor dining area is not a bad option since it is very bright from all the windows and doors and has nice ceiling fans to keep guests cool. The bar area is a nice size and usually jammed on a nice summer night.
The menu has a nice selection of seafood items as well as some "land" dishes.....but why come to a place called Seaside Johnnie's and not eat seafood. The portions here are a nice size. The seafood is very fresh and delicious. The service here has always been excellent even when the place is jam packed.
**The restaurant is very crowded on the weekends and the wait times can be extensive so try to come during the week to avoid crowds.**
Favorite Dish: The King Crab Legs are my favorite here. I like that they are already cracked for you so there is an ease of retrieving the delicious crab meat. Liz enjoys the King Crab legs as well but has also enjoyed the broiled sea scallops. The sides that come with the meal are always good and I like their brocolli and baked potato. The meal always begins with a warm loaf of bread served on a wooden board with butter...it is so good.
The drinks here are very good and I enjoy a nice beer and Liz likes her dacquiri.
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Robert Downey Jr. and Phil Hughes have more in common than you might think. Both dealt with notoriously weak starts to their careers in The Big Apple. Hughes in pinstripes had four straight years of a 4+ ERA, and Downey on SNL. Both had to deal with brace-faced divas, Joe Girardi and Anthony Michael Hall. One was scouted by Gene Michael, the other Lorne Michaels. One wanted to impress Pettitte, one wanted to avoid petting Randy Quaid's pet squirrel. One had to wait for A-Rod to finish frosting his hair before he could use the bathroom, one made frosting out of cocaine. But once they were out of New York, the world opened up to each. Yesterday, Hughes won his 16th game, going 8 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 5 Ks, and lowering his ERA to 3.52. His K-rate is 8 and his walk rate is 0.7, as he set the all-time strikeout-to-walk ratio at 11.63. Think about that walk rate for a second. Okay, the second is up. He walked 16 guys in 209 2/3 IP. That's as terrific as 186 Ks, which is what he had. His ERA doesn't look amazing in today's day and age where everyone has a sub-3 ERA, but Hughes was actually unlucky and had a 3.15 xFIP. Everything together has me excited about Hughes for 2015 fantasy baseball. I could see him being relegated to 2nd fiddle status with some other 3rd or 4th fantasy starters, but outperforming his draft spot. Circling back to AMH, any time a guy like Hughes strikes out as much as Anthony Michael Hall and walks less than Uncle Buck, color me excited. Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:Please, blog, may I have some more?
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Wasn't even planning it but my title is quite the send off to my turns at the Fantasy Baseball DraftKings posts this year. I've had some highs – Hot Carrasco Sauce! – and some lows (J.A. did NOT, in fact, make me Happ-y) but in the end, I'm happy with how the season went. We learned together, we played in a few 10 team leagues together. we sucked together…of course, the key thing in all of this is the word 'together'. So without getting all sappy, let me just say thanks and move on to my final DK roundup, shall we? Yes, let's. I always do my best to not only find value but to find breakout value. I highlighted my Carrasco call because if you're gonna aim low, you gotta aim high…that made more sense in my head before I typed it. My point is, if you're not spending beaucoup bucks on an arm, they better offer you the chance to pay up for upside elsewhere or to offer major upside themselves. It's why Bauer at home was a scary proposition every time but also a 40 point outing possibility that you just couldn't ignore. Well, maybe it was just I that couldn't ignore. Speaking of pitching at home, Henderson Alvarez has some pretty drastic splits on the year in terms of DK points. There's almost a 7 point swing for Henderson pitching away vs pitching at home and he's also thrown 3 complete game shut outs in the house of the Unicorn vomit. Clearly he's a home schooler and with that, he gets a prime matchup against a Phillies team that's not even treading water right now. There just haven't been many bright days for the Phils of late as they have the 4th worst K%, and the second worst wOBA/wRC+ over the last 14 days. This is not a team out there looking to conquer. They're looking to be vanquished and Henderson is in a prime sitch to do just that. Given his price tag of $7,200, he makes it easy to roster a pitcher priced over 10K today if you're so inclined. And for Henderson, that's really Alvarez to it so let's move on. Here's some more hot takes for the Tuesday DK slate…but before you go! Yeah, I'll still be doing some off-season baseball stuff but if you're a DraftKings nut and wanna play the football side of this crazy world, keep up with us over on the Football side, would ya? I'll be your DK guide most weeks so come hang. Ok, now on with the show…
New to DraftKings? Scared of feeling like a small fish in a big pond? Well try out this 10 teamer of Razzball writers and friends to wet your DK whistle. Just remember to sign up through us before you do. It's how we know you care! If you still feel helpless and lonely, be sure to check the DFSBot for your daily baseball plays.Please, blog, may I have some more?
Here's what I didn't say in June, but could have, "With the promotion of George Springer and Gregory Polanco, Mike Trout and Mike Trout's father, Tim Salmon, should make room in their mini-van that's designed to look like a submarine because there's new top hitters in the major leagues of baseball. Put down your periscope, Trout, no need to look any further. You have the new challenger for your supremacy. Polanco is especially intriguing due to his blend of speed and power, and inability to hit for a low average. There's just no chance he hits below .280. No chance. Also, on August 25th play the Powerball numbers 37-08-32-11-09-38." And that's me quoting what I could've said! Of course, I didn't say it exactly like that, but that was generally my feelings. As it started to appear like each was overmatched, I told you to sell both of them before they bottomed out. Springer's got his strikeout problems, that I'll go over at some point in the offseason, but Polanco got a raw deal. He had 6 homers, 12 steals in 64 games. That's a 15-homer, 30-steal guy next year. The Pirates demoted him yesterday as some kind of neg designed by pick-up artist, Mystery. Polanco's K-rate wasn't terrible, his walk rate was fine, he was done in by a .241 average. A .241 average with the aforementioned strikeout rate that wasn't bad. So what happened? He was unlucky. That batting average was being grounded by a .277 BABIP. With his speed, Polanco could easily have a .320 BABIP and a .290 average. For this year, you can lose him, but I'm still going to like him in 2015. Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:Please, blog, may I have some more?
"Richards is talking to trainers but remains on back. Injury appears to be serious." That's how the news was tweeted out yesterday by the Angels beat writer. If Agatha Christie were around today, she'd adapt that tweet and name the novel, 140 Characters On A Train Wreck. Then it would be re-released after a train disaster with its new title, The Pitcher's Trap. No matter the title, there was and will only be one antagonist, the Fantasy Baseball Overlord, who gets his jollies from the misery of fantasy baseballers. You sit on his lap; he says, "What do you want this season?" "A healthy pitcher." "Ho, ho, ho, no." Arm injury, oblique, hip impingement, parallel parking impingement because of a stupid cone, broken toe, Tommy John surgery, Tomas Juan surgery in Mexico, forearm strain and now a knee. The Angels best options are Wade "Joey" LeBlanc, Randy "Team Jacob" Wolf and Chris "Lord" Volstad. They are all horror shows. Mean's while, it sounds like Garrett Richards will miss the remainder of the season, but hopefully will be fine for next year. Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:Please, blog, may I have some more?
In a crazy day of trading, the blockbuster has to be David Price heading to the Tigers. Though, I'm not sure blockbuster is the right word anymore. Blockbuster is so 80's. Blockbuster sold out to a fro-yo chain and is Blockberry now, isn't it? The Netflix deal of the day? The Hulu pause-for-three-ads-every-five-minutes trade of the day? The Redbox snatch and grab? See, I wasn't even talking about the trade in that last one. I wonder if Josh Reddick ever rubs up against a Redbox. Any the hoo! The Tigers rotation is now Price, Anibal, Verlander and Scherzer. Well, you got two aces again! Unless Tim McCarver is announcing and still thinks Verlander and Anibal are aces. As for fantasy, this does nothing to Price's value. Maybe now that he doesn't have a manager pulling names out of a hat for a lineup, he might get a few more wins, but did his bullpen get noticeably better? Eh. Did his division become noticeably easier? Eh, his career ERA vs. the White Sox and Indians is worse than his ERA vs. the Red Sox. That's kinda irrelevant though, these are different teams then he faced previously. In all, it's a solid lateral trade for Price's value, but he was already a top arm in the game. No one is happier to see Price than the Tigers Assistant GM, Ted DiBiase. Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:Please, blog, may I have some more?
How great would it be for the Braves to trade for Marlon Byrd? Byrd and Ervin reunited. Byrd, of course, would have to bleach his skin like Sammy Sosa, put a giant yellow Brillo pad on his head for hair and wear some butt-hugging shorts that even white boys got to shout, "Baby got back!" Then Isiah can show up early, kiss them all on the cheek and watch from the sidelines. Ah, to dream (team). Due to a slightly inflated BABIP, Ervin Santana's ERA is up a tad from where it should be. Right now, he has the 27th best xFIP, right in front of Adam Wainwright. Speaking of Wainwright, Ervin's K-rate is better than his. Is Ervin Santana pitching better than Wainwright? I wouldn't go that far, but I wouldn't go so far away from that statement either. Doesn't anyone stay in one place anymore? It would be fine to see your face– Sorry. The great thing about Ervin compared to a Wainwright, he's not even owned in some leagues. In the leagues where he is owned, how much would it take to get him in a trade? A Brain Freeze? A potato chip that's in the shape of Sloth from The Goonies? A free ticket to an autograph show where Shelley Duncan is dressed up like Tackleberry from Police Academy? I.e., not much. Go, get Ervin, he's magic, abracadabra. Anyway, here's some more players to Buy or Sell this week in fantasy baseball:Please, blog, may I have some more?
Something many of you don't realize, but one of the first people to talk to a player that was just traded is his new team's tailor. The Yankees tailor got on the phone with Chase Headley to find out what size jersey he wears, and Headley looked down, beaming to be out of Petco, and said, "Giuseppe, you might want to take out my inseam too." I wonder if the flowers smelled a little better as Headley stepped into Yankee Stadium for the first time. Sure, in contrast to his hour long ride through the Bronx, getting lost in Hunts Point, anything would smell better, but it can't be worse, can it? His career in away games prorated over a 162 game season is: 79/19/79/.286/14. Doode's David Wright! Well, almost. Which is sad for Headley and Wright. More sad for Wright. What a guy does in only half a season can be anywhere from bupkis to I-want-to-bump-grind-and-kiss. Will Headley suddenly be mixed league worthy? Yeah, for at least a flyer, if nothing else. Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:Please, blog, may I have some more?
David Price is one of the most interesting pitchers right now. Snooze! Okay, Random Italicized Voice, I'll try not make this too boring. No, I thought I heard an alarm and was yelling for it to snooze. Oh, okay. So– Snooze! You're not hearing an alarm! Maybe it's your voice, Random High-Pitched Voice! Snooze! So, Price's K/9 and BB/9 are at 10+ and sub-1. He should be a top five pitcher with those numbers. It's not rocket surgery that if you're striking out ten guys per nine innings and walking less than one guy good things will happen. This isn't like when your mom says if you're good to people, good things will happen back to you, cause I'm pretty sure any millionaire will tell you that's a crock. The odd thing is not enough good things have happened to Price. See, Mom! Price's ERA is at 3.93 on the year. That couldn't be further from what is going on. Right now, he's having the best season of his career from a strictly peripheral sense. This is all happening while his fastball velocity continues to fall. It doesn't add up like Joan from Mad Men being married to that guy that looks like a young Jeff Goldblum only geekier. As each great start happens like yesterday's — 8 IP, 3 ER, 5 baserunners, 10 Ks — it's going to make it harder to buy Price low, but I would. Snooze! Ugh, I hate you. Anyway, here's what else I saw this weekend in fantasy baseball:Please, blog, may I have some more?
I'd like to begin this OBP roundup by mentioning one of my favorite points that's been discussed in the comments before: OBP and OPS are worth looking at in leagues that don't use them. For example, if a player has a high OBP, then he has a greater likelihood of getting runs relative to a player with a lower OBP. The same goes for OPS or slugging, either of which can be a proxy for players who get homers, extra base hits, and rbis. These stats obviously have more value in leagues that use them, but they should be given attention in leagues that do not include them because they suggest which players have more value and are likely to retain their value over the course of the season. Anyway, time for a good ol' fashioned OBP roundup:Please, blog, may I have some more?
Yesterday, the Astros had a scare when Jose Altuve was hit hard on the hand by a pitch and he immediately left the game. Because of the nature of Altuve's hand, a broken bone would've been devastating. You know those tiny boats that people use tweezers to put into little bottles? Those people are called tinyshoremen. Tinyshoremen are the only ones capable of working on a hand as petite as Altuve's. Finding a doctor who is also a tinyshoreman? Good luck with that! Thankfully, X-rays came back negative and he's day-to-day. Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:Please, blog, may I have some more?


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USF added another talented athlete to their class of 2012 in Pensacola (Fla.) quarterback Jalen Spencer Tuesday afternoon.
The 5-foot-11, 175 pound Spencer will likely end up playing defensive back for the Bulls once he enrolls in college and was sold on the direction of the program under head coach Skip Holtz.
"I said, well, they're on the up-rise, and I might as well take a chance on them," Spencer told Tampa Bay Online.
Spencer recently ran a 4.7 40-yard dash at the Jacksonville Under Armour Combine. He held offers from Southern Miss, UAB and South Alabama and was getting looks from other local schools as a defensive back as well.
"I feel like I can make that jump because I'm athletic," Spencer said. "I love playing quarterback. I've been playing it my whole life, but if I've got to switch it up I'll switch it up."
Spencer is the third commitment for USF's class of 2012.


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Situated in the lobby of the Inn at Solitude, adjacent to the fine dining St. Bernards, you'll find the intimate Library bar. Relax in oversized chairs in this upscale setting with views of the sun setting on the slopes. Sip on one of the signature cocktails such as the Bacon Bloody Mary, Miss Jameson's Hot Toddy or the Candy Cane, which will take Jack Frost's nip right off your nose. Whet your appetite with one of the appetizers on the menu below.
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Poems and Pink Ribbons and Tigers, Oh My!
By Susan Larson
This week on The Reading Life: Sharon Carter Sheridan and Jarvis DeBerry of the Poems and Pink Ribbons writing workshop for breast cancer survivors and those living with breast cancer.
Also, Susan welcomes Cornell Landry, whose new book is The Tiger and the Honey Badger Take on the Zoo; and Susan has some thoughts on reading about New Orleans after Katrina.
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Snow removal costs put some areas tens of millions over budget
The seemingly never-ending snow this winter has cost D.C.-area municipalities way over what they budgeted for snow removal and road clearing.
VDOT says state will exceed snow removal budget by more than $100 million
Virginia highway officials say the state is likely to exceed its $157 million snow removal budget by more than $100 million.
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2007 BEST Mexican Restaurant
The only variety to be found at a lot of Mexican places is in what gets stuffed into the chimichangas and enchiladas. Not so at Ole, where chef Erwin Ramos has expanded his menu to make room for authentic ingredients like ancho chilies and mild cotija cheese, and Oaxacan- and Veracruzan-derived dishes like jicama-blood orange salad and sirloin steeped in poblano chili. As the hordes of happy diners attest, Ole even takes standards like guacamole to a higher level, preparing it tableside in the brightly tiled dining room.
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Ace HardwareRead MoreWith spring spreading like a bag of spilled gravy, now is the ideal time to throw open the windows and get home and lawncare projects underway. Reclaim the yard from winter's occupation with Adams Adirondack stacking chairs ($14.99 each) and an Ace Flexogen 50-foot garden hose ($19.99). Illuminate outdoor living spaces with a 6-pack of Solar Walk Lights ($12.99) or the welcoming blaze inside a Living Accents portable firepit ($29.99). Ace also covers indoor bases with products and services for tree-free areas of the home. If you need to match paint to a favorite coverlet or choose a hue that complements a pleather recliner, each store offers a paint-matching service free of charge.2730 South Academy BoulevardColorado Springs, CO US
Soccer BuddiesRead MoreThe enthusiastic coaches at Soccer Buddies educate youngsters on the value of physical fitness and impart much-needed confidence through drills and practices that refine fundamental skills. Lessons aim to build on the foundations of balance, agility, and coordination for budding athletes as young as 10 months old. As kids get older and their skills begin to mature, they?ll also have the chance to advance through age- and skill-appropriate classes, which increase the chance that students will be fully prepared for advanced moves such as bicycle kicks and the act of kissing a World Cup trophy. Youngsters will find new physical, cognitive, and emotional challenges at every leg of the training track, and those who excel will be eligible for an invitation to the Soccer Buddies Select class, a higher-level learning environment for competitive-minded players younger than 12.5025 North Academy Blvd.Colorado Springs, CO US
The Home Furnishing CompanyRead MoreThe Home Furnishing Company eases the stress of shopping for new beds, couches, and living room furniture by uniting multiple services under one roof. Their 40,000 square foot Denver showroom displays a collection of furnishings from more than 20 different vendors, and their in-house transportation company can deliver specific pieces in less than a week. Customers can also benefit from in-house financing, or place their desired items on free lay-a-way, giving them ample time to convince their old couch that they've grown apart over the years.3840 Sinton Rd.Colorado Springs, CO US
Colorado BBQ OutfittersRead MoreFrom grills and smokers to classes that teach even the most tender-footed backyard cooks how to properly use them, Colorado BBQ Outfitters has the knowledge and inventory to keep its customers grilling. During classes, students learn the basics before moving on to smoking meats and choosing types of grills and woods. They also watch a demo on preparing four different cuts of meat. Stock up on grilling tools and accessories, a huge variety of sauces, and all the goods to get the coals hot, including a person to walk across them.6850 N Academy BlvdColorado Springs, CO US
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Who made you God?
To set the tone, concerts on AC/DC's current tour have been starting off with the showing of a cartoon in which lead guitarist Angus Young is depicted as the devil. The fact that Young, 56, still performs concerts wearing a schoolboy's outfit — replete with short pants, jacket, white shirt, striped tie and a cap — suggests Satan as a middle-aged juvenile delinquent. But, hey, that's part of the fun.
Thundering lead singer Brian Johnson still swings above the stage from the clapper of a giant suspended bell, as a prelude to "Hell's Bells." Young still duckwalks, shirtless, across the stage during "Let There Be Rock" (a blistering AC/DC classic whose title pales only next to "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)" and the decidedly non-Gershwin-esque "Crapsody in Blue."
It's all as subtle as the giant inflatable party girl the band uses as a stage prop during "Whole Lotta Rosie" — and a ridiculous, if not heroic, amount of rock 'n' roll fun.


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It remains a work in progress, but operators of San Clemente's new Dorothy Visser Senior Center are proud of the 7,963-square-foot facility at 117 Avenida Victoria and want you to have a look inside.
The center, named posthumously for a major donor, opened quietly Monday, hosting classes and a low-key lunch that Age Well Senior Services didn't promote because there is still a lot of interior work going on.
Audio-visual equipment is being installed and final touches are being put on a fitness center. A computer lab is still to be furnished. The main hall, noted for its wooden ceiling beams and Spanish-style arches, can be partitioned for multiple activities.
"I think it's the most phenomenally beautiful building I've ever had the pleasure of being in or working in," said Cathy Lee, the center's executive director. "The center is very cozy and inviting. I think it's time for San Clemente to come check out their local senior center."
The center is much bigger than the 4,500-square-foot facility it replaces. That facility, part of the San Clemente Library at 242 Avenida Del Mar, has housed the senior center since 1982. The old senior center is almost empty now, Lee said, and will become part of an expanded library.
Marilyn Ditty, chief executive of Age Well Senior Services, which operates senior centers from San Clemente to Newport Beach, said a grand-opening celebration likely will be scheduled for early November.
"All of our activities are here," Lee said. "We'll have a big party here this Friday. We always have a big 'Thank God It's Friday' party."
Lunch is offered to seniors 60 and older at noon Mondays through Fridays for a suggested donation of $4.
The center also welcomes volunteers. "We have a much larger building and more room for volunteer opportunities," Lee said.
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The room was open 24/7, no room keys. There is no hostel feeling, hostel with the most rules I have ever been to.
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Entrance door lock to female dorm upstairs was extremely burdensome, was therefore left unlocked almost all the time. Anyone could have entered the room at night and attack someone, or take personal belongings! POOR security. Lock needs replacing!! Bathroom door lock was also very burdensome, very hard to lock , needs to be replaced! ONE bathroom for 12 females in one room is super inadequate!!!! Room was clean, staff was excellent, beds were OK.
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20th August 2013
Comment: Why is there so much LGBT focus on Russia? 20
12:40 PM — Journalist Patrick Cash writes about international condemnation of Russia's anti-gay laws and says western outrage is wrapped up in wider geopolitics.
16th August 2013
Comment: Boycotting the Winter Olympics risks allowing critics to say there's a 'homosexual agenda' 85
4:41 PM — PinkNews reader Aaron Ruddock, who was a Games Maker at the London 2012 Olympics, fears boycotting the 2014 Sochi Winter Games would play into the hands of homophobes who argue their is a "homosexual agenda".
14th August 2013
Comment: It's of great concern that Alan Turing's life is being rewritten for the benefit of Hollywood 77
4:53 PM — Julia Turing writes of her anger at the decision of producers of the upcoming Alan Turing biopic to change aspects of the gay scientist's life.
Peter Tatchell: What is it with football and homophobia? 24
2:05 PM — With the imminent return of the UK football Premier League season, human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell asks if we are any closer to witnessing the arrival of another openly gay British professional footballer.
13th August 2013
Comment: Will Sochi haunt the Olympic movement? 17
7:09 PM — Former Spanish Junior Swimming Champion Emmanuelle Schick fears the lessons of the 1933 Berlin Olympics have not been learnt when it comes to the IOC's handling of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.
10th August 2013
Comment: A gay man writes about anxiety and depression caused by religious homophobia 34
12:34 PM — Gary Powell shares his experience with PinkNews.co.uk of growing up gay in the 1980s and how encountering fundamentalist Christianity sent him on a downward spiral.
2nd August 2013
Comment: Growing up gay in rural Britain 69
2:43 PM — Teenager Justin Allen writes for PinkNews on the challenges of growing up gay in the countryside.
31st July 2013
'This closet is suffocating', the life story of a young gay Muslim in Pakistan 55
6:08 PM — A young gay Muslim in Pakistan shares his experiences of life in the staunchly conservative country with PinkNews.co.uk.
Comment: Hollywood should stay true to the real story of Alan Turing 61
2:05 PM — Writing for PinkNews.co.uk, Harriet Lucas says the decision of producers of the upcoming Alan Turing biopic to change aspects of the gay scientist's life for the benefit of the movie is a betrayal of his legacy.
30th July 2013
Comment: What shall we say to the homophobic preacher? 93
1:52 PM — Writing for PinkNews.co.uk, Adrian Tippetts says sceptical thinking is the only protection against theocracy, even if our religious allies may be offended by that discourse,
29th July 2013
Comment: The Russian vodka boycott is an example of passive gay activism 125
6:24 PM — Richard Smith believes we are living in an era of "passive gay activism" - and he points to the much-publicised boycott of Russian vodka by some in the LGBT community as proof.
25th July 2013
Comment: David Cameron's principled and courageous support for equal marriage made me become a Tory 92
12:26 PM — Writing for PinkNews.co.uk, Gary Powell explains how Prime Minister David Cameron's leadership on equal marriage changed his political perceptions and was his motivation for joining the Conservative Party.
24th July 2013
Comment: Why the gay community should not have to say 'thank you' for equal marriage 77
5:42 PM — Benjamin Butterworth reflects on recent changes to the law in England and Wales to allow same-sex couples to legally marry, but questions whether the gay community should be thankful for the changes?
19th July 2013
Comment: Northern Ireland could face legal action if our politicians don't support equal marriage soon 24
11:21 PM — Writing for PinkNews.co.uk, Gary Spedding speculates on the possible legal problems faced by Northern Ireland unless it begins the processes to allow equal marriage.
18th July 2013
Exclusive: I am so proud we have had the courage to make love equal by David Cameron 67
11:04 AM — Writing exclusively for PinkNews.co.uk and the media partner of our Out4Marriage campaign, the London Evening Standard, the Prime Minister has said that love should not be "divided by law". David Cameron also heaped praise on Out4Marriage and Freedom to Marry, the Conservative equal marriage group founded by Nick Herbert.
17th July 2013
Peter Tatchell: There are still aspects of discrimination in the equal marriage bill 27
12:48 PM — Peter Tatchell welcomes Parliament's decision to pass the same-sex marriage bill but says in its current structure trans people get a "raw deal".
15th July 2013
Comment: Now is the time to make history and celebrate the arrival of equal marriage by Nick Clegg 25
5:52 PM — Leader of the Liberal Democrats and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg reflects back on the journey towards equal marriage since he first pledged to support changing the law on PinkNews.co.uk.
Exclusive Ed Miliband: I am proud that the House of Lords has passed equal marriage 18
4:49 PM — Labour leader Ed Miliband has praised the House of Lords after it passed the same-sex marriage bill at Third Reading this afternoon and he also thanked PinkNews for its "fantastic campaigning" on equal marriage.
Comment: The part that PinkNews is proud to have played in the equal marriage debate 28
11:48 AM — As the campaign for the introduction of same-sex marriage in England and Wales draws to a close, PinkNews will be publishing a series of histories of the debate from a variety of different angles. This history, by PinkNews founder Benjamin Cohen reflects on the role that this publication has played in fighting to change the law. From its initial acceptance of the civil partnerships status quo, through to securing the support of Nick Clegg, David Cameron and Ed Miliband to change the law on marriage and launching the Out4Marriage campaign.
12th July 2013
Comment: Are religious conservatives able to talk cordially about gay issues? 26
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Mideast airline Etihad offers bed and bath suites
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Talk about some serious legroom.
Etihad Airways, a fast-growing Mideast carrier, laid out plans Sunday to offer passengers who find first-class seats a bit too tight a miniature suite featuring a closed-off bedroom, private bathroom and a dedicated butler.
It is the latest salvo in the worldwide battle among airlines for well-heeled customers. Their willingness to spend big on premium seats can make a big difference to an airline's bottom line.
The Abu Dhabi-based carrier revealed the front-of-plane amenities as part of a broader rollout of plush new cabin offerings for dozens of long-range jetliners it plans to receive over the coming years.
Etihad Chief Executive James Hogan conceded that offering what the airline says is the first-of-its-kind multi-room suite helps generate buzz, but that ultimately it is a serious effort to bring in more cash. The carrier already woos the flying elite with perks including first-class onboard chefs and in-flight nannies.
"Obviously there's going to be a halo effect in the positioning of Etihad Air as a premium carrier," he said. "But we wouldn't do it unless we felt we could make money with it. ... This is a top-end market. There is demand here."
Etihad is the smallest of three rapidly expanding, government-backed Gulf carriers redrawing global aviation maps by funneling travelers through their desert hubs.
Its base in the Emirati capital, Abu Dhabi, this year became the first in the Mideast to open a U.S. preclearance facility staffed by American customs and border officials. U.S. pilots and members of Congress have criticized the facility, which is largely funded by the UAE, alleging it puts American carriers at a disadvantage.
Since starting operations in 2003, Etihad has built a fleet of 96 planes. It carried 11.5 million passengers and posted a profit of $62 million last year.
It has ordered more than 220 additional planes, including 10 Airbus A380s and 71 Boeing 787s being outfitted with new interiors introduced Sunday.
Among the promised amenities for those aircraft are 11-inch seatback TV screens in economy, a "lobby" on the A380s featuring a semi-circular leather couch and bar area for first and business class passengers, and prayer areas for Muslim passengers that can be curtained off and have an electronic indicator pointing the way to Mecca.
Etihad has been aggressively building stakes in foreign carriers, including Virgin Australia and Germany's second largest airline Air Berlin. It has for months been considering buying a piece of struggling Italian carrier Alitalia. Hogan had no comment on those negotiations Sunday.
Its bigger rival Emirates, based in nearby Dubai, has offered onboard showers to first-class passengers aboard its double-decker Airbus A380s since the plane joined the fleet in 2008. It also separates coach passengers from those in business and first class on an entirely different floor in its dedicated concourse in Dubai.
Etihad's latest offering goes one step further.
One passenger — or a couple — aboard each of its new A380s will be able to book a three-section miniature suite that the airline is calling a "residence" at the very front of the plane's upper deck.


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Occupying a place of honor, sort of, on my interesting-clippings bulletin board is a 2001 quote from one Martha Kent, then Director of the Safety Standards Program for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. In it she says that issuing a regulation is: "...a thrill, a high. I love it. I absolutely love it. I was born to regulate. I don't know why, but that's very true. So long as I'm regulating, I'm happy". You can read the full account for yourself in the March 11, 2001 issue of Reason Magazine.
Not occupying a similar place of honor is a recent news report discussing Forest Service plans to improve the Green MountainNational Forest in the Braintree area. On the budget: restoring long-abandoned 19th-century farmstead sites and apple orchards, which, like almost all other non-modern Vermont land development now universally deemed admirable and worthy of officially-sponsored protection, was originally executed entirely by individual design initiative and construction effort, without a single Act 250, local zoning, or design review permit required. The USDA could have earned the Harris Award simply by recognizing the merits of now-forbidden unregulated private initiative.
Now that we live in an age of happy regulators in which the only admired unregulated activity in Vermont is that of long-dead white guys who moved into unspoiled wilderness to kill trees to build heavy-timber houses and barns, and cleared forestland and drained wetlands to plant non-native crops like Red Clover and graze methane-emitting European-origin livestock like Red Devons. No surprise, then, that in the growing debate over the benefits of residential fire-suppression sprinkler systems, almost all the official chatter concerns the means and intensity of regulation. I've not read a single article in the Code publications or construction trade magazines directly advocating a non-regulatory incentive-based approach.
I did find one article, in the June 1991 issue of Sprinkler News, setting forth the numbers to show that, using the collegiate fraternity house example, the payback on retro-fit sprinkler installation was then 7.7 years. It didn't say the obvious: that retro-fit is far more expensive than installation-during-new-construction, and that therefore systems installed in new buildings would, ideally, enjoy an even faster payback. Faster payback, of course, equates to increased owner-incentive, no mandatory regulation needed. Not a scenario to make the battalions of Martha Kents in governance-careers happy.
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Aug 26, 2013
BROOKLYN, N.Y. – The Seton Hall women's soccer team suffered its first defeat of the 2013 season on Monday night, dropping a 1-0 decision to reigning Northeast Conference champions LIU-Brooklyn at LIU Field.
For the second-straight match, the Pirates (0-1-1) held a double-digit advantage in shot attempts but the looks at net did not translate into goals for SHU. The Hall got off nine shots in each half against the Blackbirds, finishing with an 18-8 edge for the night. Seton Hall previously posted 24 shots against on 12 for Stony Brook in the season opener; a game that ended in a 2-2 draw.
The blue & white clad Pirates got off to a fast start, firing three shots in the first eight minutes, but only one forced a save from LIU-Brooklyn keeper Jessica Sexton.
In the 23rd minute, senior Ashley Clarke (Paramus, N.J.) produced an effort that forced another stop from Sexton and resulted in an SHU corner, the fourth for the Pirates to that point in the proceedings. Seton Hall limited the hosts to only one attempt on goal the rest of the half and got another chance to jump ahead just before half as Sexton was called into action again by a shot from freshman Sarah Cortes (Paramus, N.J.), but the Blackbirds' senior keeper was up to the task once again and the teams headed into the break in a scoreless stalemate.
Senior Marie Klemme (Berlin, Germany) got the first look at goal for either team after a defensive start to the final 45 but her 58th minute effort sailed wide. SHU captain Jennifer Pettigrew (Kearny, N.J.) made her second save of the night just over a minute later but soon after another corner kick that saw the Pirates come up empty handed, LIU-Brooklyn would start the sequence that led to the only score of the game off a set piece of their own.
The Pirates created a number of opportunities to equalize, doubling up the Blackbirds 6-3 in shots and earning three more corners after falling behind. Perhaps the best chance came in the 89th minute when senior Meghan Hayes (Fredon, N.J.) provided a tough test with a well-placed shot but Sexton again had the answer, going full stretch to push it over the bar.
It was one of three saves that she made in the final five minutes as the Pirates pushed to draw level.
The night ended with SHU also enjoying an 8-1 advantage in corner kicks over LIU-Brooklyn (1-1-0) but Sexton's eight saves proved to be the difference. The teams have now split a pair of meetings over the last two years after the Pirates blanked the Blackbirds 2-0 in the 2012 opener for both squads.
Pettigrew made three stops for The Hall and Cortes finished with a team-high four shots.
The Pirates return home this Friday, August 30 when they host Army at 3:00 p.m. The game is the first of two that will be played at Owen T. Carroll Field on the day as the Seton Hall men's soccer team will open its 2013 campaign against Rhode Island at 7:00 p.m.