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Volume 140, Issue 8, 28 February 2014
Though discovered more than a half century ago metallic glasses remain a scientific enigma. Unlike crystalline metals, characterized by short, medium, and long-range order, in metallic glasses short and medium-range order persist, though long-range order is absent. This fact has prompted research to develop structural descriptions of metallic glasses. Among these are cluster-based models that attribute amorphous structure to the existence of clusters that are incommensurate with crystalline periodicity. Not addressed, however, are the chemical factors stabilizing these clusters and promoting their interconnections. We have found that glass formers are characterized by a rich cluster chemistry that above the glass transformation temperature promotes exchange as well as static and vibronic sharing of atoms between clusters. The vibronic mechanism induces correlated motions between neighboring clusters and we hypothesize that the distance over which these motions are correlated mediates metallic glass stability and influences critical cooling rates.
Communication: From rods to helices: Evidence of a screw-like nematic phase140(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4866808View Description Hide Description
Evidence of a special chiral nematic phase is provided using numerical simulation and Onsager theory for systems of hard helical particles. This phase appears at the high density end of the nematic phase, when helices are well aligned, and is characterized by the C2 symmetry axes of the helices spiraling around the nematic director with periodicity equal to the particle pitch. This coupling between translational and rotational degrees of freedom allows a more efficient packing and hence an increase of translational entropy. Suitable order parameters and correlation functions are introduced to identify this screw-like phase, whose main features are then studied as a function of radius and pitch of the helical particles. Our study highlights the physical mechanism underlying a similar ordering observed in colloidal helical flagella[E. Barry, Z. Hensel, Z. Dogic, M. Shribak, and R. Oldenbourg, Phys. Rev. Lett.96, 018305 (2006)] and raises the question of whether it could be observed in other helical particle systems, such as DNA, at sufficiently high densities.
Communication: Multireference equation of motion coupled cluster: A transform and diagonalize approach to electronic structure140(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4866795View Description Hide Description
The novel multireference equation-of-motion coupled-cluster (MREOM-CC) approaches provide versatile and accurate access to a large number of electronic states. The methods proceed by a sequence of many-body similarity transformations and a subsequent diagonalization of the transformed Hamiltonian over a compact subspace. The transformed Hamiltonian is a connected entity and preserves spin- and spatial symmetry properties of the original Hamiltonian, but is no longer Hermitean. The final diagonalization spaces are defined in terms of a complete active space (CAS) and limited excitations (1h, 1p, 2h, …) out of the CAS. The methods are invariant to rotations of orbitals within their respective subspaces (inactive, active, external). Applications to first row transition metal atoms (Cr, Mn, and Fe) are presented yielding results for up to 524 electronic states (for Cr) with an rms error compared to experiment of about 0.05 eV. The accuracy of the MREOM family of methods is closely related to its favorable extensivity properties as illustrated by calculations on the O2–O2 dimer. The computational costs of the transformation steps in MREOM are comparable to those of closed-shell Coupled Cluster Singles and Doubles (CCSD) approach.
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- Theoretical Methods and Algorithms
Rationalization of the Hubbard U parameter in CeOx from first principles: Unveiling the role of local structure in screening140(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4865831View Description Hide Description
The density functional theory (DFT)+U method has been widely employed in theoretical studies on various ceria systems to correct the delocalization bias in local and semi-local DFT functionals with moderate computational cost. We present a systematic and quantitative study, aiming to gain better understanding of the dependence of Hubbard U on the local atomic arrangement. To rationalize the Hubbard U of Ce 4f, we employed the first principles linear response method to compute Hubbard U for Ce in ceria clusters, bulks, and surfaces. We found that the Hubbard U varies in a wide range from 4.3 eV to 6.7 eV, and exhibits a strong correlation with the Ce coordination number and Ce–O bond lengths, rather than the Ce 4f valence state. The variation of the Hubbard U can be explained by the changes in the strength of local screening due to O → Ce intersite transitions.
A stochastic model for kinesin bidirectional stepping140(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4865934View Description Hide Description
In this paper, a hand-over-hand stochastic model for the dynamics of the conventional kinesin is constructed. In the model, both forward and backward motions are taken into consideration. First passage time distributions, average velocities, dwell times, and forward/backward step ratios are investigated based on the model. A good agreement between the results of the model and experimental data is achieved under a variety of external loads.
A bridge-functional-based classical mapping method for predicting the correlation functions of uniform electron gases at finite temperature140(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4865935View Description Hide Description
Efficient and accurate prediction of the correlation functions of uniform electron gases is of great importance for both practical and theoretical applications. This paper presents a bridge-functional-based classical mapping method for calculating the correlation functions of uniform spin-unpolarized electron gases at finite temperature. The bridge functional is formulated by following Rosenfeld's universality ansatz in combination with the modified fundamental measure theory. The theoretical predictions are in good agreement with recent quantum Monte Carlo results but with negligible computational cost, and the accuracy is better than a previous attempt based on the hypernetted-chain approximation. We find that the classical mapping method is most accurate if the effective mass of electrons increases as the density falls.
Analysis of geometric phase effects in the quantum-classical Liouville formalism140(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4866366View Description Hide Description
We analyze two approaches to the quantum-classical Liouville (QCL) formalism that differ in the order of two operations: Wigner transformation and projection onto adiabatic electronic states. The analysis is carried out on a two-dimensional linear vibronic model where geometric phase (GP) effects arising from a conical intersection profoundly affect nuclear dynamics. We find that the Wigner-then-Adiabatic (WA) QCL approach captures GP effects, whereas the Adiabatic-then-Wigner (AW) QCL approach does not. Moreover, the Wigner transform in AW-QCL leads to an ill-defined Fourier transform of double-valued functions. The double-valued character of these functions stems from the nontrivial GP of adiabatic electronic states in the presence of a conical intersection. In contrast, WA-QCL avoids this issue by starting with the Wigner transform of single-valued quantities of the full problem. As a consequence, GP effects in WA-QCL can be associated with a dynamical term in the corresponding equation of motion. Since the WA-QCL approach uses solely the adiabatic potentials and non-adiabatic derivative couplings as an input, our results indicate that WA-QCL can capture GP effects in two-state crossing problems using first-principles electronic structure calculations without prior diabatization or introduction of explicit phase factors.
Calculation of absorption spectra involving multiple excited states: Approximate methods based on the mixed quantum classical Liouville equation140(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4866367View Description Hide Description
We investigate the calculation of absorption spectra based on the mixed quantum classical Liouville equation (MQCL) methods. It has been shown previously that, for a single excited state, the averaged classical dynamics approach to calculate the linear and nonlinear spectroscopy can be derived using the MQCL formalism. This work focuses on problems involving multiple coupled excited state surfaces, such as in molecular aggregates and in the cases of coupled electronic states. A new equation of motion to calculate the dipole-dipole correlation functions within the MQCL formalism is first presented. Two approximate methods are then proposed to solve the resulted equations of motion. The first approximation results in a mean field approach, where the nuclear dynamics is governed by averaged forces depending on the instantaneous electronic states. A modification to the mean field approach based on first order moment expansion is also proposed. Numerical examples including calculation of the absorption spectra of Frenkel exciton models of molecular aggregates, and the pyrazine molecule are presented.
Implicit solvation model for density-functional study of nanocrystal surfaces and reaction pathways140(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4865107View Description Hide Description
Solid-liquid interfaces are at the heart of many modern-day technologies and provide a challenge to many materials simulation methods. A realistic first-principles computational study of such systems entails the inclusion of solvent effects. In this work, we implement an implicit solvation model that has a firm theoretical foundation into the widely used density-functional code Vienna ab initio Software Package. The implicit solvation model follows the framework of joint density functional theory. We describe the framework, our algorithm and implementation, and benchmarks for small molecular systems. We apply the solvation model to study the surface energies of different facets of semiconducting and metallic nanocrystals and the SN2 reaction pathway. We find that solvation reduces the surface energies of the nanocrystals, especially for the semiconducting ones and increases the energy barrier of the SN2 reaction.
Double-hybrid density-functional theory with meta-generalized-gradient approximations140(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4865963View Description Hide Description
We extend the previously proposed one-parameter double-hybrid density-functional theory[K. Sharkas, J. Toulouse, and A. Savin, J. Chem. Phys.134, 064113 (2011)] to meta-generalized-gradient-approximation (meta-GGA) exchange-correlation density functionals. We construct several variants of one-parameter double-hybrid approximations using the Tao-Perdew-Staroverov-Scuseria (TPSS) meta-GGA functional and test them on test sets of atomization energies and reaction barrier heights. The most accurate variant uses the uniform coordinate scaling of the density and of the kinetic energy density in the correlation functional, and improves over both standard Kohn-Sham TPSS and second-order Møller-Plesset calculations.
The relativistic polarization propagator for the calculation of electronic excitations in heavy systems140(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4865964View Description Hide Description
In this work, we present a new four-component implementation of the polarization propagator for accurate calculations of excited states in heavy systems. Differences to existing nonrelativistic realizations are detailed and the energetically lowest final states of the ns 2 np 6 → ns 2 np 5(n + 1)s 1 and ns 2 np 6 → ns 2 np 5(n + 1)p 1 transitions in noble gases are calculated and compared with experimental data. Already for the light atoms Ne and Ar spin-orbit coupling leads to noticeable zero field splitting that gradually increases in the heavier homologues and eventually invalidates the LS-based description of singlet and triplet excited states. For all four noble gases Ne through Xe, we observe a very good agreement with experimental transition energies in the considered energetic range where the extended version of the propagator implementation in general yields better excitation energy differences than the strict variant. In the extended version, off-diagonal first-order contributions in the two-particle-two-hole block are included that are not present in the strict variant. In case of Kr and Xe, nonrelativistic approaches already exhibit unacceptable deviations in the reproduction of transition energies and the spectral structure. The obtained excited final states are analyzed in terms of atomic contributions to the donor and acceptor orbitals constituting the corresponding wave functions. The relativistic polarization propagator provides a consistent description of electron correlation and relativistic effects especially relevant for the heavier systems where these two contributions are no longer separable.
Recovering position-dependent diffusion from biased molecular dynamics simulations140(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4866448View Description Hide Description
All atom molecular dynamics (MD) models provide valuable insight into the dynamics of biophysical systems, but are limited in size or length by the high computational demands. The latter can be reduced by simulating long term diffusive dynamics (also known as Langevin dynamics or Brownian motion) of the most interesting and important user-defined parts of the studied system, termed collective variables (colvars). A few hundred nanosecond-long biased MD trajectory can therefore be extended to millisecond lengths in the colvars subspace at a very small additional computational cost. In this work, we develop a method for determining multidimensional anisotropic position- and timescale-dependent diffusion coefficients (D) by analysing the changes of colvars in an existing MD trajectory. As a test case, we obtained D for dihedral angles of the alanine dipeptide. An open source Mathematica ® package, capable of determining and visualizing D in one or two dimensions, is available at https://github.com/lbf-ijs/DiffusiveDynamics. Given known free energy and D, the package can also generate diffusive trajectories.
Monte Carlo simulations for the free energies of C60 and C70 fullerene crystals by acceptance ratio method and expanded ensemble method140(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4866451View Description Hide Description
Accurate values of the free energies of C60 and C70 fullerene crystals are obtained using expanded ensemble method and acceptance ratio method combined with the Einstein-molecule approach. Both simulation methods, when tested for Lennard-Jones crystals, give accurate results of the free energy differing from each other in the fifth significant digit. The solid-solid phase transition temperature of C60 crystal is determined from free energy profiles, and found to be 260 K, which is in good agreement with experiment. For C70 crystal, using the potential model of Sprik et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett.69, 1660 (1992)], low-temperature solid-solid phase transition temperature is found to be 160 K determined from the free energy profiles. Whereas this is somewhat lower than the experimental value, it is in agreement with conventional molecular simulations, which validates the methodological consistency of the present simulation method. From the calculations of the free energies of C60 and C70 crystals, we note the significance of symmetry number for crystal phase needed to properly account for the indistinguishability of orientationally disordered states.
Nucleation near the eutectic point in a Potts-lattice gas model140(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4865338View Description Hide Description
We use the Potts-lattice gas model to study nucleation at and near the eutectic composition. We use rare-event methods to compute the free energy landscape for the competing nucleation products, and short trajectories at the barrier top to obtain prefactors. We introduce a procedure to tune the frequency of semigrand Monte Carlo moves so that the dynamics of a small closed system roughly resemble those of an infinite system. The non-dimensionalized nucleation rates follow trends as predicted by the classical nucleation theory. Finally, we develop corrections that convert free energy surfaces from closed (canonical) simulations into free energy surfaces from open (semigrand) simulations. The new corrections extend earlier corrections to now address situations like nucleation at the eutectic point where two products nucleate competitively.
The virial theorem for the polarizable continuum model140(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4866174View Description Hide Description
The electronic virial theorem is extended to molecular systems within the framework of the Polarizable Continuum Model (PCM) to describe solvation effects. The theorem is given in the form of a relation involving the components of the energy (kinetic and potential) of a molecular solute and its electrostatic properties (potential and field) at the boundary of the cavity in the continuum medium. The virial theorem is also derived in the presence of the Pauli repulsion component of the solute-solvent interaction. Furthermore, it is shown that these forms of the PCM virial theorem may be related to the virial theorem of more simple systems as a molecule in the presence of fixed point charges, and as an atom in a spherical box with confining potential.
Vibrational quasi-degenerate perturbation theory with optimized coordinates: Applications to ethylene and trans-1,3-butadiene140(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4866365View Description Hide Description
A perturbative extension to optimized coordinate vibrational self-consistent field (oc-VSCF) is proposed based on the quasi-degenerate perturbation theory (QDPT). A scheme to construct the degenerate space (P space) is developed, which incorporates degenerate configurations and alleviates the divergence of perturbative expansion due to localized coordinates in oc-VSCF (e.g., local O–H stretching modes of water). An efficient configuration selection scheme is also implemented, which screens out the Hamiltonian matrix element between the P space configuration (p) and the complementary Q space configuration (q) based on a difference in their quantum numbers (λ pq = ∑ s |p s − q s |). It is demonstrated that the second-order vibrational QDPT based on optimized coordinates (oc-VQDPT2) smoothly converges with respect to the order of the mode coupling, and outperforms the conventional one based on normal coordinates. Furthermore, an improved, fast algorithm is developed for optimizing the coordinates. First, the minimization of the VSCF energy is conducted in a restricted parameter space, in which only a portion of pairs of coordinates is selectively transformed. A rational index is devised for this purpose, which identifies the important coordinate pairs to mix from others that may remain unchanged based on the magnitude of harmonic coupling induced by the transformation. Second, a cubic force field (CFF) is employed in place of a quartic force field, which bypasses intensive procedures that arise due to the presence of the fourth-order force constants. It is found that oc-VSCF based on CFF together with the pair selection scheme yields the coordinates similar in character to the conventional ones such that the final vibrational energy is affected very little while gaining an order of magnitude acceleration. The proposed method is applied to ethylene and trans-1,3-butadiene. An accurate, multi-resolution potential, which combines the MP2 and coupled-cluster with singles, doubles, and perturbative triples level of electronic structure theory, is generated and employed in the oc-VQDPT2 calculation to obtain the fundamental tones as well as selected overtones/combination tones coupled to the fundamentals through the Fermi resonance. The calculated frequencies of ethylene and trans-1,3-butadiene are found to be in excellent agreement with the experimental values with a mean absolute error of 8 and 9 cm−1, respectively.
Monte Carlo configuration interaction with perturbation corrections for dissociation energies of first row diatomic molecules: C2, N2, O2, CO, and NO140(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4866609View Description Hide Description
Dissociation energies for the diatomic molecules C2, N2, O2, CO, and NO are estimated using the Monte Carlo configuration interaction (MCCI) and augmented by a second order perturbation theory correction. The calculations are performed using the correlation consistent polarized valence "triple zeta" atomic orbital basis and resulting dissociation energies are compared to coupled cluster calculations including up to triple excitations (CCSDT) and Full Configuration Interaction Quantum Monte Carlo (FCIQMC) estimates. It is found that the MCCI method readily describes the correct behavior for dissociation for the diatomics even when capturing only a relatively small fraction (∼80%) of the correlation energy. At this level only a small number of configurations, typically O(103) from a FCI space of dimension O(1014), are required to describe dissociation. Including the perturbation correction to the MCCI estimates, the difference in dissociation energies with respect to CCSDT ranges between 1.2 and 3.1 kcal/mol, and the difference when comparing to FCIQMC estimates narrows to between 0.5 and 1.9 kcal/mol. Discussions on MCCI's ability to recover static and dynamic correlations and on the form of correlations in the electronic configuration space are presented.
Gradient of molecular Hartree–Fock–Bogoliubov energy with a linear combination of atomic orbital quasiparticle wave functions140(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4866796View Description Hide Description
The analytical gradient for the atomic-orbital-based Hartree–Fock–Bogoliubov (HFB) energy functional, the modified form of which was proposed by Staroverov and Scuseria to account for the static electron correlation [J. Chem. Phys.117, 11107 (2002)], is derived. Interestingly, the Pulay force for the HFB energy is expressed with the same formula as that for the Hartree–Fock method. The efficiency of the present HFB energy gradient is demonstrated in the geometry optimizations of conjugated and biradical systems. The geometries optimized by using the HFB method with the appropriate factor ζ, which controls the degree of static correlation included, are found to show good agreement with those obtained by using a complete active-space self-consistent field method, although they are significantly dependent on ζ.
Multiple time step integrators in ab initio molecular dynamics140(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4866176View Description Hide Description
Multiple time-scale algorithms exploit the natural separation of time-scales in chemical systems to greatly accelerate the efficiency of molecular dynamics simulations. Although the utility of these methods in systems where the interactions are described by empirical potentials is now well established, their application to ab initio molecular dynamics calculations has been limited by difficulties associated with splitting the ab initio potential into fast and slowly varying components. Here we present two schemes that enable efficient time-scale separation in ab initio calculations: one based on fragment decomposition and the other on range separation of the Coulomb operator in the electronic Hamiltonian. We demonstrate for both water clusters and a solvated hydroxide ion that multiple time-scale molecular dynamics allows for outer time steps of 2.5 fs, which are as large as those obtained when such schemes are applied to empirical potentials, while still allowing for bonds to be broken and reformed throughout the dynamics. This permits computational speedups of up to 4.4x, compared to standard Born-Oppenheimer ab initio molecular dynamics with a 0.5 fs time step, while maintaining the same energy conservation and accuracy.
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Hyperspectral imaging with in-line interferometric femtosecond stimulated Raman scattering spectroscopy140(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4865939View Description Hide Description
We present the hyperspectral imaging capabilities of in-line interferometric femtosecond stimulated Raman scattering. The beneficial features of this method, namely, the improved signal-to-background ratio compared to other applicable broadband stimulated Raman scattering methods and the simple experimental implementation, allow for a rather fast acquisition of three-dimensional raster-scanned hyperspectral data-sets, which is shown for PMMA beads and a lipid droplet in water as a demonstration. A subsequent application of a principle component analysis displays the chemical selectivity of the method.
How to measure a complete set of polarization-dependent differential cross sections in a scattering experiment with aligned reagents?140(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4865673View Description Hide Description
Polarization-dependent differential cross section (PDDCS) is one of the three-vector correlations ( k , k ′, j ) in molecular collisions, which provides the most detailed insights into the steric requirements of chemical reactions, i.e., how the reactivity depends on the polarization of reagents. Only quite recently has such quantity been fully realized experimentally in the study of the reaction of the aligned CHD3(v1 = 1, |jK⟩ = |10⟩) molecules with Cl(2 P 3/2) atoms. Theoretically, PDDCS is a relatively new concept; experimental realization of the theoretical construct requires some careful considerations that are not readily available in the literature. Here, we present the "know-how" behind the full PDDCS measurements to fill the gaps and to provide a clear roadmap for future applications. To make the connection apparent between the methodology presented here and the stereodynamics revealed in previous reports, the same Cl + aligned CHD3 reaction is used for illustration.


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RUSH: Heartland, Wisconsin. Hi, Steve. You're next. It's great to have you here.
CALLER: Hi, Rush, thanks for having me on your show.
RUSH: You bet, sir.
CALLER: You know, I actually called in last week about the Millennials and pessimism and the book Atlas Shrugged, and so I want to talk about something else today. I'm an 18-year-old college student, and I grew up in an upper middle class family. And my parents always gave me good opportunities and a good life, and sometimes I feel like I have to feel guilty for being dealt a good hand in life, and sometimes --
RUSH: Wait, wait, wait, wait. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Let's take this step by step.
CALLER: Okay.
RUSH: Your parents gave you good opportunities and a good life.
CALLER: Yes. They worked hard to do that.
RUSH: Well, explain that.
CALLER: Well, I mean, my dad's a small business owner, and so we've had a lot of good opportunities. We've been able to travel a lot. And sometimes when I'm in different neighborhoods I kind of feel like I tell 'em what school I go to, and they're like, "Oh, that's the rich school. Oh, you guys are the rich people," and --
RUSH: Yeah. So the guilt is not coming from you.
CALLER: Yeah, I guess it's society.
RUSH: Well, your father works, obviously, right?
CALLER: Yeah.
RUSH: If somebody said, "Did your father earn what he's got?" would you say yes?
CALLER: Absolutely. I mean, he's worked so hard to give us a good life.
RUSH: So what in the world is there to feel guilty about? That others don't have the same opportunities as you?
CALLER: I don't know. I guess I've just always grown up with people, I don't know, criticizing me for being dealt a good hand, and I'm not really sure why, and --
RUSH: Are there people who have more than you do?
CALLER: Oh, yeah.
RUSH: Do your friends' fathers have more than you, are you envious of them?
CALLER: No. I mean, I'm happy with my life, and I feel like it's my goal in life to make the next generation behind me have a better life than I had.
RUSH: Okay, so you feel guilty, and you think others are trying to make you feel guilty. Obviously you don't want to feel guilty, so what are you doing about it, if anything?
CALLER: Well, I mean, I have good opportunities, and so I'm using my God-given talents to serve the community. I like to think that I've had an impact in my Boy Scout troop and teaching Sunday school and I just want to make the most of what I have. I mean, I have a lot of potential, I feel like, and --
RUSH: See, this is interesting to me because all you're doing is living your life, and you're trying to make the most of it you can, it sounds like to me. It sounds like your father did the same thing.
CALLER: Yeah.
RUSH: But there is a stigma. There is a stigma in our culture today attached to success. It's deemed to be unfair because not everybody is, particularly in a bad economy like this. You're no different than anybody else in your situation, but you do really have to fight it because guilt is giving other people way too much power, and you're not gonna be able to do anything about it. If you were to throw away what you call your opportunities, if you were to discard these things, it wouldn't help anybody else's life. It wouldn't make their life any better. It wouldn't make 'em feel any better. It wouldn't do anything for you. Don't ever succumb to the temptation to diminish yourself in the face of all of this as a means of making people feel better. That isn't the way to do it, and it doesn't work that way anyway.
CALLER: Something else is that it doesn't matter if you're upper middle class, middle class, lower middle class, and that's a totally different issue with how we judge people based on class, but it doesn't matter where you are, as long as, like, if you're happy where you are, that's fine. But if you want to advance yourself, there shouldn't be anything wrong with that.
RUSH: Exactly right.
CALLER: Sometimes I feel like there is something wrong with that.
RUSH: And you shouldn't have to hide it if you succeed at advancing yourself.
CALLER: Yeah.
RUSH: Now, it's perfectly fine to be humble.
CALLER: Yeah.
RUSH: It's perfectly fine to be well-mannered and polite and all that, but it's like Buckley said, back in the thirties, the days of FDR, it was said that we had to go collectivist or socialist because there are too many poor people. Now we have to do it because there are too many rich people. The left just can't decide. They just can't be happy. And at the root of it anyway is control over people. They just offer whatever excuse they think will sell at a given time to try sell socialism.
Somebody like you comes along and you end up being the problem. You are pointed to as a problem. You're pointed to as a rare example of what's wrong with the country, and it's just the exact opposite. You've had influences that have inspired you. You can do the same thing for other people. That's the value in success. That's the value in achieving things. It has the ability to inspire others to want to emulate it, and you can further that along.
Fight the guilt. There should be no guilt whatsoever if everything you've come by is genuine. Now, if you've cheated people out of it, if you've stolen from people, that's a whole different game, but you haven't done that, doesn't sound like your father has. So there's no reason to feel guilty. Actively fight it. It's a prison that you are gonna put yourself in. And you're gonna fall prey to the class warfare that the Democrats use. That it isn't fair for people like you and we have to take from you 'cause you're not paying your fair share. You've got more than you should have. You've got more than you need. You don't need as much as you have. We're gonna come get it.
The danger is that there are lots of other Americans who will agree with that and who don't even know you that will end up resenting you or disliking you or what have you. It's a tactic that the left has used, the Democrat Party has popularized it. And you're impressionable, you know, you're 18, and so forth. You still have lots of failure ahead of you, too. Not everything's gonna work out. You have a lot of opportunities. You're gonna botch some. It's called life.
You're gonna see both sides of this, and you'll have a greater appreciation for success as those things happen. Everything is a learning experience. You'll see what I'm talking about.


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Republican hopefuls who want a chance to take on Gov. Dannel P. Malloy in this year's gubernatorial race will be squaring off on Sunday during a debate organized by the Brookfield Republican Town Committee.
With the exception of Tom Foley, the GOP's gubernatorial candidate four years ago, all of the Republicans who have expressed an interest in the race will attend the debate, which will be held at Brookfield High School at 5 p.m. The doors for the event, which is free and open to the public, will open at 4:30 p.m.
"I am pleased and happy that our candidates will be in Brookfield to debate the important issues to all Connecticut citizens – smaller government, reigning in spending and taxes, and cracking down on government control of Connecticut businesses," said Brookfield RTC chairman Marty Flynn. " We have over 700 seats in the BHS auditorium and I'd love to see them filled on February 16th!"
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Impact fee cuts could cost Hernando schools $630000
Tampabay.com, FL - October 31, 2009
To the majority of School Board members, giving up some impact fee money is a worthy sacrifice for the good of the county's economy. Now, with some sense of the actual cost, board members have to decide whether the County Commission's idea of an economic ...
Hernando County's rush to cut impact fees is short-sighted
Tampabay.com, FL - October 31, 2009
Hernando County's reckless rush to forgive future impact fee payments as an economic stimulus is short-sighted and could lead to increased traffic congestion. In a matter of just minutes, the commission's debate last week turned from giving a break to ...
County officials outline priorities
Osceola News-Gazette, FL - October 30, 2009
With Florida positioned for another economically bleak year, Osceola County and other local governments vying for financial support from the state are at risk of not receiving much help once the new legislative session kicks off in March. According to state Rep. ...
San Jose Provides Model for Bay Area Growth and Transportation Needs
Streetsblog San Francisco (blog), CA - October 30, 2009
In our ongoing coverage of the adverse affects of trafffic engineer's over-reliance on automobile level of service (LOS) measurements, we've examined how new amendments to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) would allow local jurisdictions ...
Park impact fee jumps 52%
Indianapolis Star, IN - October 29, 2009
A 52 percent increase to a fee associated with new home construction is expected to boost Greenwood's park and recreation amenities as the city expands. At least one city official is wary of taking more money from future residents' pockets as a recession ...
Don't flush community trust over sewer rate increase
Gulf Breeze News, AL - October 29, 2009
Twice in the last week, I've been involved in sewer rate increase debates during social occasions. Sewer is not a normal topic of conversation, and somewhere along the line, the real reason for the conversation and the controversy itself I believe came out. ...
Eric Ernst: This fee has unfair impact on restaurant's expansion
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL - October 28, 2009
Rick Shea thought he'd bring in a little extra business to his New Faull Inn restaurant in Grove City. He fenced in the vacant land next to his building, set up tables, hired musicians and opened the area for food and drinks from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Thursdays. That was ...
Impact fee reduction may include commercial
Tampa Tribune, FL - October 28, 2009
To jumpstart the economy even more, county commissioners Tuesday voted 5-0 to expand its impact fee reduction plan from solely residential to add commercial and industrial construction. The vote calls for a public hearing on the matter, scheduled for ...
Controversial bill may get 2nd look
Charleston Post Courier, SC - October 27, 2009
A referendum might be in the works on the controversial 15 percent property tax cap approved by voters only three years ago. State Sen. Mike Rose, R- Summerville, is considering attaching a call for referendum on a bill passed by the House of Representatives ...
Impact fees questioned for Bearizona
Williams Grand Canyon News, AZ - October 27, 2009
Developers for the planned Bearizona theme park in Williams faced a hurdle at the recent meeting of Williams City Council, held Oct. 22 at city hall. That hurdle came as council members questioned impact fees for the proposed animal park in the form of credits that ...
Hernando considering residential, commercial, industrial impact fee cuts
Tampabay.com, FL - October 27, 2009
County commissioners next month will consider cutting not just residential impact fees but the fees for commercial and industrial construction as well. A public hearing will be held Nov. 10 on the reductions, which are seen by some in the building industry as a ...
Watchdog claims $15000 accounting error at Hartsel Fire
Fairplay Flume, CO - October 22, 2009
The Hartsel Fire Protection committed a $15,000 accounting error on its impact fees account, according to comments made by Monica Jones at the Hartsel Fire Board meeting on Oct. 14. Jones, who has been serving as spokeswoman for ACT, Accountability Citizens ...
District 86 likely to waive developer fees
Suburban Life Publications, IL - October 22, 2009
Hinsdale Township High School District 86s Board of Education will consider a request from Clarendon Hills to waive fees related to the proposed expansion of a retirement community but not before the board gets additional information from the developer. During a ...
Harford's Impact Fee Debate Sparks Tea Party Revolt/Rift
The Dagger, MD - October 20, 2009
A bill to repeal Harford Countys impact fee created some strange bedfellows when it was first introduced by Dion Guthrie, a Democrat representing Edgewood and Joppatowne and Chad Shrodes, a Republican representing the rural north. Now, the repeal effort ...
Vail on fees: yes and no
Vail Daily News - Vail,CO,USA - October 20, 2009
Communities around Colorado charge fire impact fees to make sure new growth pays its way for town services, but Vail says the timing isn't right to start charging now. Vail town staff showed the Vail Town Council a comparison of various local impact fees and...
St. Lucie Commission debate the merits of increasing impact fees on new homes
Vero Beach Press-Journal, FL - October 20, 2009
County commissioners on Tuesday questioned whether raising or lowering impact fees had any effect on the construction industry as they discussed following staff recommendations to raise the fees nearly $3,000 for new homes. Impact fees are taxes designed ...
Dorchester, Charlestonschool issues face tests
Charleston Post Courier, SC - October 19, 2009
Home builders, who have a powerful lobby in this state, have been particularly successful over the years in thwarting efforts to impose development impact fees for schools. But they lost one this past legislative session. Now they are trying to recoup that loss in ...
Traffic impact fee affects consumers, so make it fair
Bakersfield Californian, CA - October 19, 2009
The Home Builders Association of Kern County has and will always be a defender of the consumer. After all, that is who buys the houses the various builders provide the community. I am not a builder but am informed about the nonprofit HBA, which protects the rights ...
Builders: Impact fee plan flawed
St. Augustine Record, FL - October 18, 2009
The St. Johns County Commission plans the second and final public hearing Tuesday to hear public comment on its new impact fee deferral plan, but a spokesman for local builders said Saturday that the plan probably won't work. Ed Paucek, representing the St. ...
La Quinta holds off on developer fee hike
The Desert Sun, CA - October 15, 2009
In an effort to assist with the struggling building industry in the Coachella Valley, La Quinta city officials decided to wait on a fee hike that could compromise current and future projects. The La Quinta City Council voted 5-0 Oct. 6 to continue deferral of the city's ...
County strips Beaumont of sales-tax money for road repairs
Press Enterprise, CA - October 15, 2009
Riverside County transportation officials stripped Beaumont of its sales-tax money for road repairs, continuing a feud among regional officials and the city over impact fees. The money from the county half-cent sales tax, an estimated $470,000 meant for maintenance ...
St. Lucie County may hike impact fees on new houses by $3000
Vero Beach Press-Journal, FL - October 15, 2009
The impact fee for the developer on a new single-family home in mainland St. Lucie County a cost often passed on to the customer could be rising by almost $3,000 on April 1. Impact fees are taxes designed to pay for the demands on parks, public buildings, law ...
Bruce: Who Should Pay For New Schools?
The Dagger, MD - October 15, 2009
Do you support a tax increase to pay for recently-built schools? Should Red Pump Elementary School or other school construction projects be stopped? If your answer is NO to either of these, then oppose Bill 09-29, School Development Impact Fee, because this ...
Hernando County may reduce impact fees to help jump-start home building
Tampabay.com, Fl - October 14, 2009
Hoping to breathe life into the flagging building industry, the Hernando County Commission on Tuesday seemed poised to cut residential impact fees in half for a year, and possibly longer. Under a proposal that will move to a public hearing and more discussion ...
Legislature should call the League's bluff on impact fee lawsuit threat
American Daily, AZ - October 14, 2009
The Arizona League of Cities recently threatened to file a lawsuit because the Arizona Legislature imposed a two-year moratorium on development impact fees during Governor Brewer's special session. The League argues that the fee freeze is unconstitutional ...
Tea Party Against Impact Fee, This Tax Isn't About Schools, It's about jobs."
The Dagger, MD - October 13, 2009
Since July 2005, the Harford County government has levied an Impact Tax on every new home construction permit. The idea of the Impact Tax seems noble enough- the money raised from the tax goes into the Harford County Public Schools Capital Budget account ...
Proposal would cut impact fees by $4289
Tampa Tribune, FL - October 13, 2009
Saying they need to do something to spark the economy, county commissioners on Tuesday proposed rolling back single-family impact fees to 2001 levels and giving homeowners an option to either pay them all upfront or set up a payment plan spread over an ...
Impact fee deferral gets traction
Tampa Tribune, FL - October 13, 2009
County commissioners voted 5-0 Tuesday to schedule a hearing Nov. 10 to discuss adopting an ordinance that would allow commercial and industrial builders to defer payment of impact fees that total in excess of $25,000 for up to three years. Commissioners ...
Proposed impact fees, projects topics of Dewey-Humboldt meeting Tuesday
Prescott Daily Courier, AZ - October 11, 2009
The Dewey-Humboldt Town Council and the municipality's ad hoc Capital Improvement Program Committee will conduct a joint meeting this week for a public hearing on the town's proposed development impact fees. Tuesday at 3 p.m. inside Town Hall, 2735 S. Highway...
Suspending impact fees shouldn't be Hernando County's only option
Tampabay.com, FL - October 11, 2009
When the Hernando County Commission sits down Tuesday afternoon to ponder its impact fees, it needs a broader discussion beyond consideration of a builder-endorsed moratorium. Builders are proposing a one-year suspension of the nearly $9,200 fee for a ...
Hernando County home builders urge County Commission to cut impact fees
Tampabay.com - October 11, 2009
Faced with a virtual standstill in their industry one that has long bolstered Hernando County's economy local home builders hope the County Commission can provide them with a stimulus package they say they need to get back on their feet.. The builders ...
Plan would defer commercial impact fee payments
Tampa Tribune, FL - October 9, 2009
County commissioners on Tuesday will consider a plan that would allow commercial and industrial builders to defer payment of impact fees that total in excess of $25,000 for up to three years. County officials hope this will act as an incentive to spur development ...
Impact fee freeze runs hot, cold
Tampa Tribune, FL - October 8, 2009
When it comes to lowering or suspending impact fees, there will always be two opposing schools of thought. This latest proposal from a local builder, calling for a temporary fee freeze, is no different. County commissioners will discuss it at Tuesday's county ...
Cape board asks BPW to lower water fee
Cape Gazette, DE - October 8, 2009
The Cape Henlopen School District Board of Education is seeking a reduction in a Lewes Board of Public Works $249,000 water and sewer utility impact fee for the new high school. Camilla Conlon, school board president, says the fee is too high and there are ...
Vancouver will halt some fee hikes
The Columbian, WA - October 8, 2009
Vancouver City Manager Pat McDonnell announced Thursday that in light of the continuing recession, the city will suspend planned increases in several fees that had been scheduled to go into effect next year. "We are aware that these measures will impact our ...
Greeley council puts brakes on development fee increase
Greeley Tribune, CO - October 7, 2009
The Greeley City Council on Tuesday night scrapped a proposed change to development fees that would direct funds to transportation, drainage and trails projects. The council unanimously voted to deny the ordinance, which would have phased in the ...
County to mull impact fee freeze
Tampa Tribune, FL - October 7, 2009
Supporters of a short-term moratorium on impact fees got some high-level backing Tuesday when the school board voted 4-1 to at least consider the possibility. But the heavy lifting on the matter will come Tuesday, when county commissioners sit down formally to discuss ...
Kalispell has two openings on impact-fee panel
Daily Inter Lake, MT - October 7, 2009
The city of Kalispell is looking for applicants for two openings on its Impact Fee Committee. One opening was created with the recent resignation of Gerald Reckin, a general representative on the committee. The second opening must be filled by a certified ...
County mulls payment plan for impact fee
St. Augustine Record, FL - October 7, 2009
Trying to attract new business and industry to St. Johns County, the County Commission on Tuesday began a process that the board believes should lower the sticker shock some businesses feel when they learn how much they'd need to pay to move here. The ...
Homestead traffic light may eat up most impact fee funds
Pahrump Valley Times, NV - October 7, 2009
Nye County Assistant County Manager Pam Webster released the impact fee figures Tuesday, during a meeting of the Pahrump Regional Planning District Capital Improvements Plan Advisory Committee. While about 20 interested residents -- which included members ...
Trillium weighs in against dropping impact fees
Blaine Northern Light, WA - October 7, 2009
Blaine's largest developer has considered the city of Blaine's proposal to eliminate development impact fees and has decided it doesn't like the idea. In a letter dated September 28, vice president for development Chris Benner told the city that the Trillium ...
Hernando School Board switches stance to back impact fee cut
Tampabay.com, FL - October 6, 2009
They stopped short of supporting a moratorium on collecting impact fees, but School Board members did say Tuesday they are willing to go with a little less revenue. The board voted 4 to 1 at its workshop to send that message to the County Commission. The commission, ...
County Commission gives new church an $82670 break
Grand Junction Sentinel, CO - October 5, 2009
A church, moving from within the city of Grand Junction to 33 acres in unincorporated Mesa County, is the first to successfully challenge Mesa County's transportation impact fee since the fee was established in 2005, according to Ken Simms, senior transportation...
Cities, homebuilders differ over impact fees
East Valley Tribune, AZ - October 5, 2009
A homebuilders association official maintains that a two-year freeze on raising development impact fees or any new related fees would provide some stability to a battered homebuilding industry. But East Valley leaders say the move sets a bad precedent toward existing ...
Vote eliminates 'double dip' for road impact fees
The Coloradan, CO - October 3, 2009
The board, after some discussion, passed an amended ordinance 5-2 that eliminates double-dipping, or the process by which the town is able to collect road impact fees twice from the same location in a short period of time. Town board member Michael Kelly and ...
Chino Valley council examines regional impact fee study
Prescott Daily Courier, AZ - October 3, 2009
The Chino Valley Town Council will discuss a regional impact fee and buy-in fee study at its special study session at 6 p.m. Tuesday in council chambers at 1020 W. Palomino Road. This study, a town official said, is intended to identify the hierarchy of fees in the ...
Town Council hears impact fee report
Pinedale Roundup - October 3, 2009
The Pinedale Town Council was presented with the results of an impact fee study at its meeting on Monday. The study was conducted by TischlerBise, a fiscal, economic and planning consulting firm with bases both on the east and west coasts. If implemented ...
Impact fees here to stay
Ponte Vedra Recoder, FL - October 2, 2009
Impact fees will remain in place but the structure and application of the fees may change following a review ordered by St. Johns County Commissioners. The decision came in a special hearing Tuesday, one in which commissioners considered suspending impact fees to spur ...
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Mick lives near the Essex coast and what's been affecting TV reception has been the huge tropospheric opening occuring at VHF and UHF over the last few days. What's a problem for TV viewers is a good thing for radio amateurs interested in VHF and UHF.
I've had just a few moments to enjoy the opening, but the results have been good.
Driving home from work on Monday evening, I worked Helmut, DO5PZ who was working through the GB3WH 145MHz repeater near Swindon from his QTH in western Germany. When I got home, I made some nice contacts in a few minutes. A quick CQ on 2m CW resulted in a couple of nice French QSOs - F3VS in JN38 was as loud as a local! On 70cms, I was pleased to work F8DLS and DC8PA for my first German station on 432MHz from Longworth.
By Tuesday evening the opening seemed to have moved a bit. Though the French 2m beacon F5XAM was still a huge signal, the Swiss beacon, HB9HB had faded down. A quick venture onto 2m CW gave a nice QSO with DK4U up in JO42 - a decent distance.
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Curtis Ekmark of St. Mary's High School has been named the WBCA National High School Coach of the Year, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) announced today. Ekmark's daughter, Courtney, has made an oral commitment to play for UConn.
Ekmark led St. Mary's to a 29-1 record and its third Arizona Interscholastic Association state championship this season. The Knights, who outscored the opposition by 33.5 points, are ranked No. 3 in the USA Today High School Sports Super 25 Poll.
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That gain had been the latest opposition advance in an urban war zone that expanded last summer, when rebel fighters took control of several neighborhoods.Aleppo is Syria's largest city and a key front in the civil war raging between President Bashar Assad and those trying to overthrow his regime.
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Posted on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 01:49 am:
Typically I plan my brew sessions so that I either directly re-pitch on the slurry from a lower gravity beer to a higher gravity beer. Occasionally I will harvest the yeast, but do not do this nearly enough. While I understand that yeast harvesting can help reduce cost, my interest in getting a sound process established is really more about having the right type and quantity of yeast available upon demand.
So, what are those "best practices" in use by the collective? My typical approach has been to sanitize a couple of 12 oz. beer bottles by running them through the dishwasher with a heat cycle at the end the night before, and then spray the inside with Starsan, drain, and using a sanitized funnel, fill half-way with yeast slurry. I top this off with a freshly opened can of Coors Light (can submerged in Starsan prior to opening. I then cap the bottle, and store in my kegerator.
Is this approach sound? I recently stored some yeast in pre-boiled mason jars and lids, and covered with pre-boiled water. Is one method better than another? Are there other methods that are more straight forward?
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Posted on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 01:49 pm:
I think your method sounds fine, however, I wouldn't cap the bottles you're putting them in. Sure, there's little chance of activity, especially in the refrigerator, but I think you may be tampering with bottle bombs there. I'd just put some sanitized aluminum foil over the top with a rubber band.
I personally store mine in mason jars cuz the wide mouth makes them easier to fill.
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I think a lot depends on how long you plan to store it. I salvaged some hefe yeast in a juice jar and covered it with foil. It was in the refrigerator for 3 weeks at which point I simply set it out at room temp. poured off the excess liquid and pitched. The new wort was fermenting after a few hours, no problem.
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Thanks for the input guys, sounds like I am on the right track. I think I'll stay with the mason jars as they don't require a funnel, and they are more stable; I'll continue to top-off with megaswill, as it is pasturized and convenient.
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I pour off slurry into one of the gallon glass jugs I use for stepping up new yeast and stick an airlock on it.
Although I'm sure your sanitation efforts head off some variables, I think the dangers of various infections come from within as the slurry contains plenty of protein drop out and other gack.
Like Mark, I've been successful pitching slurry up to 3 weeks old, but I can also say that in 15 years of brewing, I've pushed it a few times on old slurry and gotten spanked every time with unfortunate off-flavors. Flat learning curve. With the ready availability of high quality yeast these days, it's just not worth it.


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Retirement is a time for relaxation and fun, but you also need to make sure that you're staying active and not becoming sedentary. Keeping your mind and body engaged in the world around you can improve your mood, stave off Alzheimer's and other medical issues, and provide you with the chance to get more out of your life after work. There is so much to keep you busy in your community, no matter where you live. One resource that a lot of people avoid is actually a great place: the senior center.
Local senior centers might not have the most appealing names, but they are full of people who have similar interests and who are in similar stages of life as you. There are always activities and events going on and you can get a lot of social and recreational benefits from this type of facility. You shouldn't be scared away from exploring this opportunity just because of its name. No one likes the word 'senior citizen', but that doesn't mean that you should avoid anything to do with it because you can miss out on a lot of great things with that type of mentality.
There are plenty of local resources for your recreational needs, of course. Even people who live in rural settings can travel to nearby towns and cities to find things to keep them busy. The senior center is only one place worth checking out, but it's one that people usually avoid because of the nature, stereotypes, or assumptions that have been made about it. If you're looking for like-minded people and fun things to do, however, I recommend you check it out. No one is going to think that you're "old" just because you found a fun place to hang out.
Until we can convince communities to change the names of these facilities to something more fun and less stereotypical, we're going to have to accept it. Give it a try for yourself and you might be surprised at just how much you can find to enjoy. And don't worry, I won't tell anyone you went.


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Sound: Judas Priest is one of the best heavy metal bands from the '70s and '80s and this album is no different. I can recognise this album from it's speed and melody. Judas Priest is known for pioneering the speed metal genre and this album shows it. The most impressive songs on this album are Freewheel Burning, Rock Hard Ride Free, The Sentinel, Eat Me Alive, Some Heads are Gonna Roll, and Night Comes Down (really slow song really melodic, but really nice to listen to). The only downside to this album is that it has poor sound quality to the very core of it, but then again it was made in the late seventies. The guitar parts are not too complicated but sound really cool. K. K. and Glenn shine brightly on this album. // 9
Lyrics: The lyrics are suprisingly good as far as Judas Priest is concerned. They trace everything from Rockin' hard and messin' up the system (Rock Hard Ride Free), to a showdown between two foes in mortal combat (The Sentinel), to plain ol' riding motorcycles (Freewheel Burning). Rob Halford is one of the best singers in Tru Metal ever, but his range of notes is limited in this album I find. // 8
Overall Impression: This album made me a Priest fan. So far I have this album, Hell Bent for Leather, and Painkiller (masterpiece). This album is one of my favourite albums. The most imressive songs are Freewheel Burning, Rock Hard Ride Free, The Sentinel, Eat Me Alive, Some Heads are Gonna Roll, and Night Comes Down. I like the fact that it has a really old-school sound like that of Screaming For Vengeance. If it were stolen id be pretty pissed and I buy it again. If it were lost I'd find it. // 10
Sound: This is by far and away my favorite Priest album of all time. This was the peak of their musical success and arguably their ability to produce "complete" metal albums. It carries many of the same musical structures that met them with success on the Screaming For Vengeance album, but this is where they perfected it, and it shows. KK Downing and Glenn Tipton shine as usual on this jem, as well as the sublte innovations of Ian Hill and Dave Holland. If you're looking for a first time metal album then this is perfect. This is definately Judas Priest at their best, and possibly one of the most underrated metal albums of the '80s. // 10
Lyrics: Lyrically, Defenders is what you would expect of an '80s power metal album, but to the next level if you will. Rob Halford's lyricall writing ability spews from every song like hellish poetry. Overall the lyrics are top notch and fit perfectly with the musical proportions of the entire album. Rob Halford's vocals are what really shine here though. The high pitched, harmonic screams that he reaches in nearly every song is enough to send shivers down your spine. This is where Rob Halford was arguably at the peak of his singing ability, or at least his effort to make it so. // 8
Overall Impression: Defenders of the Faith is, in my opinion, one of the best metal albums of all time, and inarguably the best Judas Priest album. There are so many hot chops on this album that it's impossible to choose a favorite. However, the most impressive songs are The Sentinel, Jawbreaker, and Love Bites. All three of these songs are fast, dark, and engrossing in their musical perfection. There are many other memorable songs like the highway track Rock Hard Ride Free, or the empowering Night Comes Down and title tracks. The songs Eat Me Alive and Some Heads Are Gonna Role are a bit lackluster compared to the rest, but still very well done. Overall, this album rules! It is one of my favorite metal albums and a must have for all metal and rock fans. // 10


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Yeah, crazy about sums up the day. Unusually hot April weather set the stage for a day full of mantivites. What does friendship, homebrew, and a hog's stomach have in common? They were all bullet points on our mangenda.
The day started early when I put a Boston Butt on the 26 inch Weber even before I had breakfast. To give you an idea of the kind of dedication this takes, I never miss eating an early breakfast (or a late one for that matter).
Around noon, our merry bunch of home brewers started to show up. Eric recently started dabbling in homebrew in the last couple of months. Today was the first day he was going to use his new kettle, burner, and fermentor. I was going for my third all-grain batch. I hope it turns out better than the last two. I am going with the proper recipe a friend of mine passed on to me. I figure once I really nail it consistently, I will start to dabble with it. Also, I say proper because last time I had to alter the grain bill significantly because of my short prep window.
With the brewing under way, I promised the guy's something different for lunch: hog's stomach. Now this is something I literally stumbled on. I went looking for a pork belly at the store and when I went to pick "it" up, I got a stomach. Since I am pretty good at making lemonade out of lemons…or should I say beer out of malt and hops, I said what the hell.
Thanks to Wikipedia, I learned that a hog's stomach, or maw, is used in several different ethnic dishes. Closest to home, the Pennsylvania Dutch make maws by stuffing them full of potatoes, sausage, and cabbage. Fortunately, potatoes, sausage, and cabbage satisfy three of my seventeen food groups. I figured I was set.
Some further digging through the interwebs turned up several similar maw recipes. This one in particular was my favorite because it had pictures. The stomach is essentially a vessel for the stuffing. Now I am usually pretty good with anatomy, but after looking at the previous hog maw pictures, I was little perplexed as to why I couldn't find the opening to the stomach. Dave smartly noted that stomach was butchered open. My grandfather, who worked at a meat packing plant, probably rolled over in his grave.
My second error was that I did not have any good kitchen stitching equipment. I'm just not always stitching animals closed apparently. In the linked to article above, the woman sewed her stomach up (the hog's stomach…not really hers) with the precision of a surgeon. I, on the other hand, went at it like Dr. Nick from the Simpsons.
After stuffing and binding the stomach, I threw it in a pan and grilled it indirect for almost an hour. The results? Actually, really good. No one keeled over and everyone went back for seconds. We were all in agreement that the smooth inner lining was quite tasty. Next time I will try and be more prepared so I can sew the stomach up properly.
Both batches of our beer are fermenting strong tonight, so only time holds the true answer to our success. The day was great. It is hard to believe we slugged it out for nine hours. Hot weather, great beer, two meals and good friends. Thanks Eric, Keith, Nate, Dave and Gregg (Hopefully next time The Drew makes it)! Mantabulous!


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Whew! What a garden meeting!Posted Saturday, April 4, 2009, at 9:29 PM
This one seemed to go like grease lightin'! We had lots of plants to share and Barbara brought cuttings of her mystery plant, that is STILL a mystery plant!
It is a plant that roots like a willow, bends like a willow, but she is sure it is not a willow. It resembles a forsythia and blooms a week or two after forsythia, but it is not a forsythia.
It has bell shaped, white flowers that come out at the leaf joints, but the leaf is already formed. As soon as my cuttings perk back up, I will get a close-up of the leaf. She said that they might even flower, so maybe we will have something to put up here for you plant sleuths.
We got updates on the VFW gardens, and it looks like we need to have plants and plans by next meeting. We have a generous offer by a land owner to till some of his fields for a community garden.
I will give him a call to get more details, but those who might be interested in gardening, but do not have a place should contact me. We will see how much interest there is and discuss the possibilities.
A lovely new face came with LOTS of growing experience and we hope to get her back to teach us some of the finer points of canning as well. She apparently gardens well over an acre of vegetables each year, so we KNOW she has things to teach us.
There was so much going on that we did not get to the internet much, but we do have some new websites to peruse. I will post them on our web page in a few days. Thanks to everyone for a great visit!
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